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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
DR.. Charles F. Aked
Writes on
AMERICAN WOMEN
AND MILITANCY
By DR.. CHARLES F. AKED

them outside; they were mauled
by blackguards. They continued
to go to meetings and to inter
rupt. The violence grew. Filthy
scoundrels offered themselves as
Stewards" that is to say, as
chuckers- out, at meetings for the
opportunity it gave them of COM
hitting indecent assaults upon
women and girls in the act Of
carrying them and bundling them
out of meetings.
The women were prosecuted:
not the rOughs. They We're
charged with all sorts of fancied
Offenses, such as assaulting po-
Hcemen, etc. Had they paid the
small fines imposed the world
would have heard no more of it.
But they refused to pay the fine,
and they went to Jail. Here they
We're treated as the worst of
criminals are treated. Women of
refinement, university women,
girls among the sweetest and most
engaging of their sex, were forced
to strip, stand in a line of women
as nude as themselves, vicious
women, pickpoCkets, thieves and
criminals of every kind, waiting
for their bath. and go into the
same bath tub and the same wa
ter as these women had been in.
The prison system has been
changed because of the suffer
ings and through the agitation Of
these women.
The women refused food. Then
the Government adopted the foul
and disgusting practice Of forci-
bic feeding. I believe that it is
entirely illegal. I believe that if
the women had carried this mat
ter from court to court they would
have proved before the end that
the prison authorities had been
guilty of assault That is only an
opinion. The fact is clear that
atroCious and hideous cruelties
have been inflicted upon some of
the noblest women living upon the
earth at the present time.
Yet these things did not drive
the women to crime.
Asquith committed himself to
great suffrage melsure-but it
was for menl
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
A Sympathetic Protest.

l admired Mrs. Pankhurst and
liked her daughter, Christabel. I
have opened my church to them
in Liverpool. I have preached
sermons and made speeches in
defense of their militant methods.
Christabel Pankhurst spoke in my
church one evening in the early
days of their agitation. Her
mother was present and begged
me to preach a sermon advocat-
ing their cause. l did.
Some of the women members Of
my church went to prison. | sent
them flowers and wrote them let
tiers of sympathy and encourage
ment, and commended their ac-
ton from the pulpit. The last
meeting at which l spoke in Lon.
don. previous to, leaving England
to make my home in America.
was a meeting in Exeter Hall pre-
sided over by Mrs. Pankhurst,
and my fellow speakers that
night were Christabel Pankhurst,
Israel Zangwill and Philip Snow
den. Up to certain point in the
militant movement I stood bv
the side OF these women and
spent time and money in their
behalf.
I mention these things for the
purpose of showing that mine is a
sympathetic protest and not a
hostile one.
The late Prime Minister Of
Great Britain, Sir Henry Camp
bell Bannerman, told them to
poster the Government. He told
them that his Cabinet was divid-
ed, and he advised them to make
themselves an irritant to politi-
clans. They did. And they were
treated with a brutality which
passes all belief. This phase of
the story has not been understood
in America. Elizabeth Robins in
her fine story, The Convert" has
told a part Of it, but her book has
not been widely read here. She
has explained why one girl car
ried a dogwhip when she went to
meetings. A member Of my
church, speaking in my church
after her release from prison, said.
delicately, of the feroCicus attacks
made on her by the stewards of
the meeting which she interrupt
ed, And they did not forget to
let US know that we were wom-
en-" l do not know why 1 should
not express that more plainly.
Women Ill-Treated.
It is the custom in England to
ask questions in political meet
ings. The process is known as
"heckling." After Campbell Ban
nerman's advice the women be-
gan to attend public meetings,
and they asked questions. Their
Interruptions angered men; they
were thrown out of the meetings
with violence; mobs seized upon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
SECRETARY RADCLIFFE is
BACK FROM EASTERN TRIP

added TO the shirt of ever. Chlnaman it
would increase the price of cotton cents
and consume 100000 bales With the
discarded skirt comes the opposite effect.
for it has decreased the demand for cot
ton material very materially.
Il visited Detroit. New York, Boston
and my old home at Worcester. At each
place l got in touch with firms that might
establish headquarters in Birmingham.
but l regret to say 1 found an obstacle
almost everywhere in the freight rates
that now prevail
"Birmingham's Importance is well
known in the east and I found that its
great possibilities were recognized there.
In visiting the several commercial bodies
found that they were familiar with con-
ditions here and we'll informed as to ad-
vantages of this city.
During my enforced stopover In Gin
cinnati I visited the Chamber of COM
merce at that point which is said to be
the finest building of it's kind in the
United States. While 1 enjoyed yny visit
am glad to be back in Birmingham and
again take up my duties''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
News of Ensley

w. A. Propst received serious, but
not fatal injuries and Homer Barclay
and Frank McCauley were slightly ilr-
iured yesterday afternoon, when the
automobile in which the trio were re-
turning to Ensley from Bessemer was
overturned.
Mr. Propst was badly cut on the head
and his shoulders and hand injured
A number of stitches were taken in his
head at Cunningham hospital.
The three men who are employees of
the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad
company at Ensley, had been visiting
the plant at Bessemer. A front tire
blew out and the auto sweryed. the
momentum overturning the machine.
Miss Ella Simpson has been appointed
superintendent of the lunch room sal
the Ensley High school for the en-
suing season The lunch room under
the auspices of the school improve
ments association was most successful
during last term, and the election OF
Miss Simpson by the association is eX-
pected to prove most advantageous for
the next year.
DR.. and Mrs. 7. p. Hay have returned
from a trip to the mountains, and pr.
Hay will conduct the services at the
First Presbyterian church today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
SUITS FILED

Charles {. Mitchell of Pratt City has
filed suit In the circuit court against DR..
James f. Seay, DR.. Cleveland Seay and
DR.. Cecil Gaines, in which he claims $1,000
damages for the death of his minor son,
who died from appendicitis. The plaintiff
alleges that the defendants made a wrong
diagnosis when called in to attend the said
minor son previous to his death
Mitchell has also sued the Southern
Railway company for $4,000 damages. He
sets out as grounds for this suit that
his minor son, previous to his death, was
an employe of the Southern railway, and
that he paid certain sum monthly for
medical service and that the company had
service to their employees. This suit was
filed in the city court. H. X. White and
J. B. Aird are attorneys for the plain
tiff.
A. w. Hilton has filed suit in the cir
cult court against the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company claim
ing $4,000 damages for alleged personal
injuries.
Marie Foxworth has sued the Birming-
ham Terminal company for $1,000 damages.
The plaintiff alleges that she is weak and
infirm and that she had undertaken to
take a railway journey She states that
she had heavy grip and that the Off
cials of the defendant company refused
to allow one of her friends, who was car
rying the grip, to pass the gates leading
to the railroad platform. and that she
was greatly injured thereby
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

William c. Radcliffe. secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce. returned yester-
day from two weeks vacation spent in
the east. Mr.. Radcliffe combined bust
ness with pleasure while on his trip and
visited the commercial bodies of several
cities and exchanged ideas. He states he
found general conditions good. although
there was some complaint among the tex
tile manufacturers of New England. Il
1T was stated that the present styles
of women's clothes hdve much to do with
the shortness of orders in the textile
mills" said Mr.. Radcliqe. 1T is matter
of common knowledge that less material
is being used in the make up of women's
clothes than ever before, which combined
with the no skirt fashion that prevails
have caused a decrease in the consump-
ton of textile goods
This may sound little far fetched
but it is the cause assigned by the manu-
facturers of cloth and cotton goods as
being the reason for the slump in orders.
1t is a reasonable conclusion, for it is like
the oft-quoted remark of a famous diplo-
mat, that if two and a half inches were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
NEGRO STABS
CONDUCTOR ON CAR
During Scuffle He Is Also
Robbed of Gold Watch
and Days Collections

}. ]. Atwood. a street car conductor
for the Birmingham Railway, Light ane
Power company, was stabbed and pain
fully injured last night about o'clock
by an unknown negro man, who made
his escape. The stabbing occurred on
the trailer of a North Ensley car near
East Thomas Station.
During his seuffle with the negro
Atwood was robbed of a gold watch
and his entire collections for the day
amounting to about $50.
He was able TO go to St Vineents
hospital where his wounds wers
dressed. He then proceeded to the po-
lice station, where he gave an accurate
description of his assailant
According to Atwoods account Of tho
affair told to Detectives Warren and
Darnell, a party of negroes got on the
car and when ne went to collect their
fare. claimed that they had paidahirl.
While the dispute was in progress a ne.
gro slipped up behind him and reach
ing around. stabbed him in the neck
with pen knife. The wound was NOT
serious, although very painful.
Atwood turned to confront his assaiI-
ant, firing twice at him. Both bullets
went wild There was a considerable
scuffle after the shooting during which
the conductor was robbed At this point
the car stopped at Ida station and the
entire party got off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
ECONOMY OF SPACE
ny SAM t. KENNEDY

Tor economy of space and eonserva-
tien of resources. Dock CONS and Rob-
ert Warren, two negros. of Ensley., can
give pointers to the Pullman car people
and the deficiency experts"
In an old discarded 6x12 animal cage
which at one time served as crowded
quarters for two NANCY lions, these
two energetic and original negroes now
conduct boarding house, restaurant.
soft drink stand and boot blacking es-
tablishment.
Dock stated yesterday to The Age
Herald representative that the cage
now housed seven regular boarders. be-
sides number who lodged elsewhere
and ate at his restaurant The animal
cage is No. 16 of the Famous Robinson
Shows" which was left at the state fair
grounds last year. 1t was brought to
Ensley, and is now fitted with screen
door and window on one side in addi-
tion to the barred windows which still
remain at each end.
This crowded tenement house is To-
Gated between the tracks of the 4Bir-
mingham Railway. Light and Power
company on the South Ensley car line
at Tuxedo junction. and has aroused
much interesting comment of passen-
gers on the cars. The lettering on the
back of the cage is plainly visible from
the cars coming into Ensley, while the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

bars Of the end window can be seen
from the outgoing cars
Dock says that he receives 80 cents
per week from the dodgers and IS per
week for furnishing meals. He pays
50 per month rent. but has to pay Ii
censes for three different kinds of bust
ness
While a thorough investigation of the
interior of the structure was made by
the reporter. it is still a mystery how
the lodgers are cared for. Besides a
double bed, which is provided with a
patent extension apparatus of home
manufacture, the cage contains a gaso-
line stove. refrigerator, table, pit and
bread cabinet table. kitchen utensils
and keg in which the soft drinks arc
kept in ice water
The proprietors endeavored to explain
the system by which this .intensive'
system was worked. but Is was most too
elaborate for the lay mind to grasp at
one sitting. According to the best un-
derstanding of the matter, five or six
of the boarders slept inside and the
remainder on the roof.
Dock and Bob said they intended ad-
ding few more items to attract busi-
ness little later. but during the dun
summer months were satisfied to drag
along as best they might with what
little they had.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
SHOOK TO SPEAK AT
AID CLUB LUNCHEON

Paschal G. Shook. chairman of the
auditorium committee Of the Chamber
of Commerce. will address the Ad club
at the regular weekly meeting next
Thursday on the subject of THE Att
ditorium and What it Means to Bir-
mingham."
Special invitations have been mailed
to every member of the Ad club. an
nouncing Mr.. Shocks address, and an
unusually large attendance is ex-
pected to hear him. The luncheon will
be held in a private dining room at the
Empire hotel at / o'clock. President
John Sparrow will preside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
WILL EXPLAIN THE
EX-SLAVE PICNIC
Simon Philips, the President, Will
Make Speech at Courthouse
Tomorrow Night

Simon Philips president Of the Ex-
Slaves association of Birmingham will
speak Monday night at the courthouse
In reference to the "Old Mammies' din
ner to be given at Smiths park Satur-
day. August 30. Philips states he has
been requested to make his speech by the
white people and citizens interested in
the old time darlxies and that he will ex-
plain purpose of the dinner and of
the association.
He will take for his subject. you Reap
What You Sow" The public is invited
to attend the speaking. 1t is stated that
several old mammies nearing the century
mark and formerly owned by well known
white people will be on hand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
ENSLEY DEPARTM ENT
A Few of the Specials Offered by
Dupuy-Burke Realty Co., Inc.

S2250 One five cottage MODERN fronting Tewater
car line Shadyside.
$26o0-One modern cottage 100xl5O feet 18th
street and Avenue J, line.
$2500One building and five cottages LOOK
$50 foot lots, between Tdewater line and Owenton
Ensey line
$3000One six modern cottage Avenue II and 10Th
street
$2S50One five modern cottage Avenue and 24t
street.
S2650One five cottage with hail. best constructed cot
tage on Hawthorne and 25th street. block
from South Ensey and North Bessemer line.
$1,000 One hundred feet fronting South nsey line at @
ing station
$1500One hundred feet fronting South nsey line at Col
lege street station corner lot
six cottage furnace heat and all convenences
(Insley IIighlands) We have number of other bar
gains in vacant and improved property and acreage.
We write Fire Tornado Burglary Accident Health Employ
ers' Liability Automobile Workman's Compensation,
Public Liability, Elevator Liability, Team Liability,
Plate Glass Steam Boiler and Fly Wheel Insurance
and Bonds.
Dupuy-Burke Realty Co., Inc.
1910 Avenue Phone 351
ENSLEY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Horned Messengers

An old peasant woman in the Amur
territory has had narrow escape from
some embodied spirits" from the other
world. She lived near the town of
Alexelevsk with her only son, a very
industrious man and devoted to his
mother. The old lady was known in
the district around for her devoted life.
The son died and left to his mother
his savings of 700 roubles. The mother.
as is told in the "Amursky Listok, :"
took 600 roubles to the treasury at
Alexelevsk and deposited 1t there. keep
ing 100 roubles at home On that night
she was awakened by knocking at her
door and a voice saying, "Open Granny
Anisia. We bring news of your son
from the other world"
Shaking with fear the old woman
crossed herself and opened the door
Three figures entered, each wrapped
In long cloth and each with big OK
horns standing from the head. But
they spoke good Russian. One of then,
said, Your son is in the other world
where he has been made a water car
rier. He has to carry thousand buck
cts day. If he does not there are
devils who beat him with hot iron. We
have redeemed him from his task
makers, but he has to pay them money.
Your son has sent us to this world for
the Inheritance that he left"
The old woman stammered out that
she had only 100 roubles of 1t with her
and had put the other 500 in the treas
ury at Alexeievsk. They took the hun
dred and told her to be sure to have
the rest ready for them the next night.
In the morning she hastened to the
town and asked to withdraw her
money. The treasurer inquired why
she needed 1T on the next day after
putting 1t in. She explained that mes
sengers with horns had come from her
son from the other world to ask for
the money.
When the treasurer heard her story
he sent a police detachment to wait
that night near her house. Sure
enough, the horned messengers ap-
peared. They were seized and unmask
ed One proved to be the village elder,
the next was his deputy, and the third
was the village scribe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
ITALIAN CATHOLICS
HAVE SERVICE TODAY

An allday service Will be held today
at st. Michael's Catholic church, East
Thomas, the occasion Being the Feast
of the Virgin Mary, at which a large
number of Italian Catholics are ex-
pected to attend The Italian brass
band of Ensley viii be in attendance
and render appropriate selections The
church and grounds have been suitably
decorated for the occasion. Rev. Father
Canapa, pastor in charge, will conduct
the services. The outside arrange
ments viii be in charge of Joe Schelleci.
a prominent member of the Italian col
ony al East Thomas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
NEGRO WALKS AWAY
WITH TRAY OF RINGS

Ed Jones, negro, was seen walking
along Third avenue near Nineteenth street
last night about s O'Clock with a tray OF
rings in his hands and was promptly ar
rested by Officers Riley and Kent on a
charge of grand larceny.
The negro, it is charged walked into
Kress' and asked to see some rings. He
was shown a tray and then asked to see
another article. When the saleswoman
turned her back he picked up the rings
and walked out of the store
The tray contained about 40 rings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
CARRYING PISTOLS
GROWING SERIOUS

Stating that the practice Of special Of
ficers carrying concealed weapons when
off duty was getting to be a serious prop
osition and strongly condemning the prac-
tice, Judge Jelks Cabaniss of the police
court imposed fine of $50 and a street
sentence Of 80 days on Luther Hamilton,
who was arrested on a charge of disor-
derby conduct and was found in the pos
session of a pistol.
He was also fined SO for disorderly con-
duct. The defense was that Hamilton had
been threatened by a 'nigger' and that
he had redeemed the gun from a pawn
shop as means of protection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Articles of Incorporation

Articles of Incorporation were filed yes
terday in the office of the probate judge
as follows;
Steel City Ice company, located at Ems
ley. Capital stock. $4,000. Officers, #. j.
Lange, president: C. F. Lange, vice presi-
dent, and F. w. Lange secretary and
treasurer.
Porter Cotton Oil company. Capital
stock, $4,000. Officers, l.. M. Porter, pres
!, ,tdsnt; E. j. sConklin, Vice presidents G.
". Wilson secretary and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
The Third Generation

From the ST. LOUIS Repub11c.
Fifty years ago her grandfather came
over in the steerage with a pack on his
back
well. what of it?"
Nothing except this paper I'm read
ing says she departed for Europe this
morning with forty-two steamer trunks.
three maids and tickets calling for the
Uhite-and-gold suite.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
One Way to- Get II

FTom the ST. LOUIS Republic.
$50 Grace is to be a June bride Mar
ries for love. ! hope?''
Yes. and for home, too
'1'm afraid / don't understand"
Her husband-to-be Is the instalment
man that sold her mother the Kitchen
linoleum last February. You ought to
see the pretty little flat already furn-
tshed and waiting for theW.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Woman Dangerously Stabbed

Lucy George, negro woman. was dan
gerously stabbed last night at $3.50 o'clock
by an unknown negro man. The stabbing
occurred in front of the Birmingham Pa
per company's plant. The woman was
sent to the 1illman hospital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
PERSONAL.

The friends of Napoleon Kenney will
regret to learn that he is seriously iii
with typhoid fever at his home, 2O00
Sixth avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Bessener News

Ressemer, August 18.-(Special )-Wil-
liam A. Ligon of the engineering depaI t
ment at the Raimond mines had his right
leg fractured just below the knee yester-
day afternoon, a large rock falling on
him as he was riding up the slope on a
skip.
Mr.. Ligon was Immediately removed to
the Elizabeth Duncan Memorial hospital,
where 1t was found necessary to perform
an operation. the bones being badly shat
tered
Mr.. Ligon is nephew of j. A. Hum
phries, superintendent of the brown ore
mines at Tannihill, and is q years old.
He has been with the Republic Iron and
Steel company for several years.
AS the result of sticking the point of a
pair of scissors into her eye, Marie Greer,
the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Greer, may lose the sight in her
eye. She was visiting a neighbors little
girl and the two were cutting out doll
dresses on the floor. Marie leaned over
to pick up a peice of cloth and stuck the
point of the scissors into her eye. doc
tor was Immediately called in, but it is
feared that he will be unable to save
the eye.
AT a meeting of the ,Matrons club, the
following officers were elected for the en-
dent; Mrs. 7. j. Conwell, vice president;
Mrs ceph Brannon. secretary-treasurer.
The newly elected officers will be in
stalled at an early date In order that
their names may be used in the new
calender, which will be printed early in
the fall.
Monday night the Bessemer Lodge No.
45S. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
will hold it's regular communication at the
usual hour. Final arrangements win be
made for the convention, which will be-
gin here on Tuesday. There will be five
applications to ballot on. and every men,
ber is urged to be present.
At the First Presbyterian church Sun
day there will be the regular morning
and evening services the Rev. l. f. Swal-
low taking for his morning theme.
Ashamed of Jesus and for the evening
service. Refusing to Come to Christ
Sunday school will be at the regular morn
ing hour.
Tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, the
Rev. I. F. Swallow will preach at the
Sloss chapel.
o. R. Thomson will leave tomorrow
for st. Louis where he will attend the
National Commissary Managers associa-
ton. He will also visit Chicago, Mil
waulzee and other points.
Miss Orean Perkins of Sayre is the
guest of her aunt Mrs. w. P. Golson.
J. HI. Bush has returned from a visit
to his parents at Childersburg. He also
visited friends at Talladega Springs
Martin Upton and Lee Martin have
gone to Unaka Springs, Tenn, for 10
days visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Summers will leave Mon
day for Columbus, Miss, where they will
reside in future.
Mrs w. E. Bonham and Mrs. T. d.
Lewis are visiting in New York.
Miss Mamie Bell will leave in few
days for Carbon Hill.
Mrs. A. ]. Littleton has gone to Blue
Mountain, Miss, to visit fief brother, J..
A. Atwood.
Mrs. s. t. Self and children of Brighton
are the guests of Mrs. Self's mother.
Mrs. Frank Childers
E. Il. Brown of Birmingham visited
friends in Bessemer today.
Jake Jessel is the guest of his mother,
Mrs. Esther Jessel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
viii Preach First Sermon

The Rev. W. J. Garretson. the new pas
tor of the Second Presbyterian church.
will preach his first sermon this morning
at II o'clock and at night at s o'clock.