The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-11-12
Mics Jane Addams, First Vice Presi-
dent National American Woman Suf-
frage Association.

to the National Suffrage Association. The
principal roles are taken by Miss Olive
Wyndham, Miss Katherine kaelred, lead
ing, lady in Joseph and us Brefarfeni
company nephew of Edwin Booth, ana
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw.
Nashville is said to be so enthusiastic
over entertaining the convention that i
will grudge the time necessarily thy oeno te,I
to business sessions. Nashville women
are arranging a parade, also an old-Iasn5
ioned barbecue at Andrew Jacksons old
home, THE Hermitage, called the MounI
Vernon of the South. There Will, OF
course, be many informal dinners ana
luncheons during the convention ana an
afternoon tea at one OF the peauulul
country clubs. On one evening tne SUI
fragists in charge of the press work
throughout the country VIII dine and dis
cuss plans for the coming year. Another
evening the professional women at the
convention will meet at dinner The pro-
fessional woman's dinner arranged BY llr.
Eliza Taylor Ransom, of Boston, during
last years Washington convention, was
great success, the guests including many
Of the best-known ministers doctors ana
lawyers in the United States,
But IL is not 50 much the special events
which make a convention interesting as
it is the general comradeship and inter,
change Of ideas among women from az
parts of the country engaged in all KINDS
Of work. The women of the north ana
west are especially interested IN the MANY
brilliant Southern women who are giving
their time and energies so fully to Wom-
an suffrage Among these women are:
Virginia-Mrs. Lila Mead Valentine Ricn-
mond, President of the Virginia Equal
Suffrage Associations Miss Ellen Glass
cow Richmond; Miss Mary johnston
Warm Springs Virginia; Mrs. Kate Wal
ler Barrett Alexandria, Virginia North
| Carolina-Mrs. a. Henderson. Chapel Hin,
President Of the Equal Franchise League;
! Miss Anna Forbes Liddell, Charlotte; Miss
Susanna Bynum, Charlotte. South Caro-
iina-Sfrs. NJ T. Coleman, AbbeVille,
President of the Equal Suffrage League;
Mrs Henry Martin, Columbia; MISS su-
san Frost, Charleston. Georga-Mrs;.
Mary McLendon, Atlanta, President of
Georgia Woman's Suffrage Associations
Mrs Emily McDougald, Atlanta Presi-
! dent Equal Suffrage Party; Mrs. Frances
s. Whiteside. Atlanta. Florida-Mrs.
| Roseile G. Cooley, Jacksonville, President
Of Eqhal Franchise Association Rev
| Mary Stafford, Orlando, President Florida
| ces Anderson Jacksonville. Alabama.
| Mrs. Pattie Jacobs, Birmingham, Presi-
dent of Equal Suffrage Association; mrs.
( oscar Hundley, Birmingham; Mrs, >; 81
! Annie X. Dent, Yazoo City, President Of
/ Woman Suffrage Association; Mrs. Nellie
| Nugent Somerville, Greenyille; Miss Pau
line orr Jacksonyille Tenne9ss,e5Se-M1tii Mss
! Sarah Barnwell Elliott, Sewanee; Mrs
| Crozier French, Knoxville. Kentucky
| Mrs Desha Brecl3nridge Lexington,
I President of the Kentucky Equal Rights
/ bssociat ton: Miss Laura Clay Richmond /;
/ Mrs James Leech, Louisville. Louisiana
/ Miss Kate Gordon. New Orleans, Presi-
/ dent Of the Southern States Woman Suf-
| fraqe Conference; Miss Jean Gordon, New
! orleans, President of the Louisiana Wom-
/ an Suffrage Association; Mrs. Edgar M.
4 Calm New Orleans. Miss Annette Fin-
/ negan Houston, President Of Texas WOm-
\ an Suffrage Association; Miss Eleanor w.
1 Breckenridge San Antonio; Mrs. Hor-
\ tense Ward, Dallas.
/ The rapid growth Of the Southern or
! CARNATIONS both in members and enthu-
I eiasm is alone sufficient to contradict the
i prediction, which used to be frequently
I made, that the South would never en-
d0rse votes for women In fact 1t was
generally said at Washington last year
/ That the presence Of 50 many charming,
/ alert Southern women was the most IN
sDiring thing about the Convention.
Nashville itself as well as the organized
/ suffrsgists Of Tennessee, is prepared to
! give o warm welcome to the women who
} SrC leaving their homes and their impOr-
Z tant work in order TO take counsel to-
; gether for the coming year. The city Of
fcers. the Chamber of Commerce the
BUSINESS Mems Association, and the
/ newspapers are all cooperating to fur
J nish a warm welcome to the Convention.
The program for the Convention is in
5 charge Of the following Committee: DR..
Z Anna Howard Shaw, Moylan, Pa. chair
man: Mrs. Mary Ware bennett, sos Fifth
avenue New York. Secretary: Mrs. Stan
lev Mccormick. Boston; Mrs. Ida Clyde
Clarke Nashville: Miss Jean Gordon, New
orleans: Miss 1linOT Byrns. New York.
Mrs Ernest Thompson Seton, Of Con-
necticut, s. the National chairman Of To-
: csl arrangements, and Mrs. John y. Ken
ny. u Nashville. is Tennessee's chairman
Of Iocai ARA ngements. Convention head
quarters viii be at the Hermitage Hotel