Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-09-18
MRS. ANNIE K. DEN &c
MAKES AN APPEAL
To the Patriotic Women of the South
To Use Cotton Clothing and Thus
Hep the South in This Ex-
tremity.

Help the South in This Ex-
tremity.
Mrs. Annie Kincaide Dent, President
of the Mississippi Woman's Suffrage
Association, who is a successful cotton
planter herself, and is one of the best
known and highly respected ladies af
our county, recently wrote the follow
ing letter to the Jackson Evening
News. 1t is a credit both to her head
and heart, and her idea has been TAX
en- up in New Orleans and will doubt
less spread all over the cotton belt.
Should the ladies of the South all
take up this matter as Mrs. Dent sug-
gests, it will give wonderful impetus
to all movements looking to the sue
cessful marketing of this years cot
ton crop. 1t will be movement equal
to the buy-a-bale movement, which
is giving such courage and hope to
Southern planters. The following is
Mrs. Dents letter:
"Editor Daily News: l heartily en-
dorse your timely suggestion to the
women of Mississippi to launch cam
paign for the wearing of cotton goods
Such a movement should appeal, not
only to the women Of Mississippi, but
to every public spirited woman
throughout the cotton growing states
The conditions now confronting the
cotton producer of the South seem
unequivocally to indicate the psyche
logical moment to launch a campaign
for increasing the demand for cotton
goods.
The manufacturer is endeavoring to
do his part in the output of cotton
fabrics, which rival silk and wool In
beauty and texture. Word comes down
the line that the supply of dyes, which
are imported, will soon be exhausted
and that next season will, necessarily
be a "white season." Why not seize
the opportunity of the hour, and make
this a "white cotton" season?
AS a result of the breaking out OF
the European conflict, the cotton
grower and various members Of the
cotton trade are facing the most com
plex problem in the history of the
south's chief industry, and all should
work together for the public good.
From the view OF a club woman, q
business woman and cotton planter
this is written in the hope that it may
in some slight way further indicate
to the unselfish and patriotic women
of Mississippi that they should, by
some concerted action, show a dispo-
sition to aid in the big movement to
save the south from bankruptcy.
ANNIE K. DENT,
Cotton planter and President Missis-
sippi Woman Suffrage Association
The idea of Mrs. Dent has been
heartily seconded in New Orleans, as
will be seen by the following dis
patch:
New Orleans, La, Sept. 12.3"Cot-
ton clothes for Southern women"
This slogan Saturday morning was
pronounced in Jackson, Miss 1t was
caught up by Telegraph wires and
flashed to New Orleans. Telephones
were requisitioned here and an hour
after Mrs. Annie Kincade Dent, presi-
dent of the Mississippi Suffrage asso-
citation, had issued her suggestion,
many of the suffrage workers of New
Orleans had thrown themselves into
the campaign and were proclaiming
broadcast throughout the city.
"Cotton clothes for New Orleans
women"
What the "buy bale Of cotton"
campaign is among the men of the
south. the "wear a cotton dress" move
ment is to become among the women.
New Orleans suffragettes and club
women have grasped the idea with en-
thusiasm. They even have suggested
that men, too, give up the wearing of
any other clothing than that made
from cotton cloth.
81 am heartily in favor of Mrs.
Dents idea," said Mrs. E. J. Graham,
state organizer of the woman suffrage
party in Louisiana.
"It's dandy idea" said Mrs. H. B.
Meyers. president of the City fedora
ton.