The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-06
PLANS COMPLETED
FOR SUFFRAGE MEET
Delegates Will Begin To Ar
rive Tomorrow For the
Session.

Plans for the conference of the
west Virginia Suffrage League ara
rapidly nearing completion The
state officials, the speakers and those
who have been called to the confer
ence will begin to arrive in the city
tomorrow evening while others will
come on Thursday morning
The first session of the conference
will be held on Thursday afternoon at
the Country Club when addresses of
welcome will be delivered by Mrs
Beulah Boyd Richie, president of the
local Political Equality Club, and
Mayor Anthony Bowen
On Thursday evening at $50
o'clock banquet will be served at
the Manley hotel. One hundred COW
ers will be laid for this banquet, in
GLIDING persons here for the confer
ence, local people and those who will
participate on the program.
Mrs. j. Gale Eberts, OF Parkersburg,
president of the West Virginia SUI
frage League. will preside as toast
mistress at the banquet. Mrs. Eberts
will arrive here tomorrow evening
and will be the guest of Miss Marga-
ret Mckinney at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. S. Mckinney.
Mrs. Ellis Yost will arrive here
Thursday and will also be entertained
street.
On Friday morning a meeting of
the state executive committee will be
held. Miss Margaret Mckinney, of
this city, and Mrs. Beulah Boyd
Richie are memberS of the state ex-
ecutive committee.
Friday afternoon will be given
over to discussions OF methods for
the campaign which the women will
wage for the ratification of the suf-
frage amendment in 1916. The slogan
adopted by the women is "Victory
1916"
Mrs. Mary E. Craigie. chairman of
the churchwork committee OF the
North American Women's Suffrage
Association, will address the confer
ence on Friday evening at the Temple
on the subject The Ideal Suffragist"
Mrs. Craigie viii arrive here Wednes-
day evening from Buffalo and will
leave here Saturday for Parkersburg,
where she will deliver addresses be-
fore the women's clubs OF that city,
Mrs. Craigie is a speaker of interna-
tional fame and her address will be
a splendid one. Another speaker who
will be heard with interest, who also
Is noted worker in suffrage leagues
is Miss Elizabeth ]. Hauser OF War
rem, Ohio. Miss Hauser is talented as
an organizer and her address will
deal with methods for the campaign
to be conducted in the state. Her
subject will be Campaign Methods"
Among the persons who will be
here for the conference are DR.. Rosa
and his wife. DIR. McCune Rosa, of
Martinsburg, who will arrive here to-
morrow evening; Miss Beatrice Yeat-
er, of New Martinsville. Mrs. Eugene
Ford, of Grafton; Mrs. Talton Engle, of
Grafton: Miss Florence Hogue, of
Wheeling; Mrs. Schroeder, of Graf
ton; Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Yost, of Nor
gantown; Mrs. E. Gale Eberts, OF Par
kersburg, state president OF the West
Virginia Suffrage League; Mrs. A. D.
Hopkins. of Petersburg; DR.. Harriet
B. Jones, OF Wheeling: Mr.. and Mrs.
George c. Sturgess, OF Morgantown;
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Ruhl, of Clarks-
burg; Judge J. c. McWhorter, of
Buckhannon; Judge Frank Cox, OIL
Morgantown; Ex-Governor W.. B.
Glasscock, of Morgantown; Judge
Frank Nesbitt, OF Wheeling; Thos. B.
Hodges. of Morgantown; Mrs. w. D.
Woodbridge, OF Parkersburg; harold
Houston, of Charleston; Mrs. Thos.
Peadro. Parkersburg; Miss Carrie
Zane, Wheeling.
The tickets for the banquet are in
the hands Of Mrs. Charles E. Marley.
chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee. and those desiring same, can
secure them from Mrs. Marley The
tickets will cost one dollar.
The following committees are in
charge OF the conference:
Resolution-Miss Florence Hoge,
Wheeling, chairman.
Reception committee-Miss Marga-
ret e. Mckinney, Mrs. R. L. Cunning
ham.
Hospitality committee-Mrs. C. E.
Manley. Mrs. Allie Raymond