The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-30
|SUFFRAGETTESA ARE
PLEASED WITH WORK
State Convention Adjourns
Following Non-Arrival of
Speaker at Selma

Selma, January o. Especially .)-Miss
Laura Clay of Kentucky, representative
of the National Suffrage association. who
was scheduled to deliver an address to
the Alabama Equal Suffrage association,
did not reach Selma this afternoon, and
after short session the first annual coii-
vention of the organization adjourned.
Before an adjournment was taken two
Invitations, one from Huntsville and the
other from Montgomery, were EXTENDED
for the next meeting. Neither one of the
invitations were accepted, though the
preference among the delegats was that
the next meeting be held in Montgomery
two years hence during the session of the
next legislature.
The association has number of meas
ures which they would like TO see be-
come law and one of which is child laaor
regulation, well as another measure
regulating working hours to an extert.
The convention met "Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock and remained in session
for several hours before the arranged
programme for the session had been com
pleted.
The reports of the various standing
committees as read proved very gratifying
to the different delegates and they Will
all leave for their homes Thursday morn-
ing, well satisfied with the work which
the association has accomplished since II
was organized in October
The reports of the various officers and
chairmen of different standing commit
tees which We're made during the MORN
ing session showed that each of the
separate organizations forming the state
association have been growing rapidly
during the past few months.
At the morning session the Birmingham
delegates reported that the organization
had already accomplished considerable
in that city, During the year they ex-
pect to propose and carry through many
new ideas which will prove beneficial
to the residents of that city. Mrs. Ja-
cobs and the other officers of the as
sociatiof who were elected when the
organization was formed in Birming-
ham last October will retain their offices
until the next annual convention.
After the convention had been called
to order Wednesday morning by Mrs
Jacobs prayer was offered by Rev. e. W.
Gamble rector of st. PauPs Episcopal
church. Miss Lucy Partridge on behalf
of the Selma association in short ad-
dress then welcomed the convention to
Selma The response for the convention
was made by Mrs. Spencer of Birming-
ham.
The report of Mrs Mu'dock. secretary.
and Mrs. Spencer. treasurer, were then
read. Both of these reports proved most
gratifying to the members of the conven-
tiop. The report made by Mrs. Spencer
showed that after the association had
paid its annual dues of $40 to the ma
tional organization there remained in the
treasury balance of more than 800
The reports of the chairmen of the va
rious committees were then read and
among which the report of Miss WORTH
ington and Miss AImes on literature and
the press proved particularly interest
ing to the delegates
Mrs. Despard. n leader of the militant
suffragettes, who, with two women
companions, was sentenced yesterday to
four days Imprisonment on the charge
of resisting the police was released
this evening, some unknown person
paying her fine of $40 Mrs. Despard.
who lis a sister of Gen. Sir John French.
had refused TO accept the option Of
fered by the magistrate of paving a
fine and was sent to jail
On being notified of her release to-
night the suffragette leader said:
Whoever paid that fine was no
friend of mine. But am going out to
fight again."