The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
SUFFRAGISTS ARE WAITING EAGERLY FOR CONVEYING OF
 GADSDEN MEETING
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the real opening of the convention will l begin at o'clock. The meeting will
 open with a prayer by Rev. w. K. Simp- 1 son, greetings from Gadsden by Mayor ] w. G. Bellenger and response on be- 1 half of the state association by Mrs
 Charles Parrott.
 | short memorial will be presented to Virginia Clay-Clopton of Huntsville and Mrs Charles Hildreth of New Decatur two pioneer suffragists in the state. This
 will be given by Mrs. Milton Humes of
 Huntsville MRS. HUNDLEY TO PRESIDE Reports of delegates to the national
 convention will also be part of the after1 l noon session. The first evening meeting
 over which Mrs. Oscar R. Hundley will preside, will open with a selection from 1 the High School Glee club followed by | the always delightful reading, An Anti | Suffrage Monologue," given by Miss
 Amelia Worthington. Miss Worthington | IS really a rare treat in this anti argu-
 ment and will undoubtedly please Gads- | den as she has on several occasions done ! her Birmingham audiences. A one-act
 play will then follow called Back of i the Ballot presented by the Gadsden 1 suffragists.
 These night meetings are the only i social features of the convention. No business will be transacted and they are open to the general public,
 Thursday morning and afternoon will be entirely given over to reports. Thurs day night with Mrs. w. $. Dill, Gadsden S
 E. s. A. president presiding the pro- gramme opens with music by the Gads- den Music Study club, followed by public lecture given by Senator Helen Ring Robinson. Senator Robinson will be introduced by Mrs. Solon Jacobs. Miss Mary Partridge of Selma will end the programme with a short address. Friday morning will be the election of
 officers, reports of the resolutions com
 mittee and amendments to the constitu- tion and election of national delegates.
 MUCH WORK ON LAST DAY The last afternoon. of the convention holds the greatest amount of working
 material of all This whole meeting will be devoted to a conference of methods Discussions from the floor will include such topics as: General Publicity, Press Alabama State Bulletin, Literature, Sup , plies and Propaganda such as the Voice. 1 less Speech and Street Speaking. These various topics will be lead by suffragsts from all over the state, and include Mrs Richard Johnston, Birmingham; Mrs | Meta Smith of Brewton, Miss Amelia Warrington, Birmingham; Mrs. J. G.. | Wilkins of Selma, Mrs. Conrad Ohme of Birmingham, Mrs Bonelli Mrs. J. G. | Converse, Mrs. H. H. Shell, Mrs. Nixon
 
 on state methods of legislation will be led by Mrs. Geiger, and national methods 1 by Mrs. Solon Jacobs. Organization work will be discussed by Mrs. Julian Parke of Selma, Mrs. Holcomb of Ca-
 lera and Mrs. Stern of Montgomery. | The conference will end with question: airs by the younger organizations of the state, led by Mrs. B. w. Williams of l Alexander City, Mrs. Napoleon Johnson
 of Clanton Miss Sara <ieth of Anniston Miss Susan Beech of Scottsboro and other delegates from more-recently organized associations in the state
 1 It can readily be seen by this construc- 1 tive programme that the Alabama sullra- gists do not intend to make their con-
 vention a pink tea, but do expect to de- | rive profit as well as pleasure from the
 meetings.
 i Little need be said of the Birmingham l delegation. They are all too well F''o~7n 1 to the community to need further intro- l duction.
 | A distinct pleasure will be added to the l convention when we realize that Ala bama's president is also member Of the 1 national board and has already been hon. ored by the board with responsible work. | It is with feeling of confidence in the future that the fourth convention of the ! Alabama Equal Suffrage association is
 about to convene. Undaunted, the suf- | fragists of Alabama will ever echo down the ranks "The Battle Cry of Marching Women," not marching to a battle of
 petty discontent, or fire of shrapnel,
 but to a battle against the ills of society
 that can be victoriously reached ''-- a
 short cut with the vote.
 If the slogan of the last convention ! was, Victory 1915,' now we cry, with greater strength, Victory 1919. "