Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1917-10-11
MAYOR AGAINST HER WILL
Antisuffraaist Has Job Thrust Upon
Her and Like a Woman" Makes
Very Good Executive.

New York.-Mrs. Marian N. Horwitxi
mayor of Moorehaven, Fla, major on
the military staff of Governor Cats of
the southern state, has come here to
get legal pointers from the biggest
city on how to run her little town.
Perhaps the strangest fact about
Mrs. Horwitz's occupancy of mayors
office Is that she Is an antisuffragist
and opposed to women holding public
office. --...
Now that Mrs. Horwitz Is actually
administering the duties of the mny-
orally she proves with the best argu-
ment possible that her theories are
wrong. Whether she will change her
ideas before her term of office expires
is question which is interesting suf-
fraglsts and antisuffragists alike.
From a prominent place In Phlla-
delphia society to the mayors office
in the Florida municipality Is the
transition which has taken place in
the life of Mrs. HOrwitz. The wom-
an mayor is the widow of George
Qulntard Horwltz and daughter OF
the late Daniel Newhall.
At the present time she Is the owner
of the largest farm In the Florida
Everglades and even now she spends
q great part Of her time there play
'ng the part Of farmer. The man
ner In which she handled her extern
sive farm property, the efficiency
methods which she put to use and
the remarkable results obtained by
her so impressed the citizens Of
MoOrehaven they decided that Mrs.
Horwltz was the one person to handle
the reins of the local government.
The post vi mayor was literally
thrust upon Mrs. Horwitz. She pro-
tested to the wellmeanlng citizens OF
the place that she did not desire the
office and that 1t was against her prin-
ciples to take it, but her protests were
unheeded. She had to take the nomi-
nation and her election followed. Mrs.
Horwitz received rs per cent Of the
NONSo vast 1T TIC CiCIllOus
AS soon as Mrs. Horwitz took Of.
flee she announced a policy which
rendered the citizens of Moorehaven
grateful that they had made her their
leader. She believes In progressive
ness In politics and has declared for
the elimination of party lines. A ref.
erendum on all legislation of a mu-
nicipal character, sanitation, schools,
police regulation and new financial
system are some Of the steps Mrs.
Horwltz intends taking In an effort
to make Moorehaven the best-gov-
erned municipality in Florida.
The mayor of Moorehaven is as well
Judge of the police court.
She lad been In office only five days
when soldier and q restaurant keep
er were arraigned on charge OF fight
Ing.
Brought before the woman Judge the
soldier pleaded guilty, but asked to be
released on the ground that he had to
report next day to his command &C
miles away. Mrs. Horwitz lectured
the soldier and reminded him that he
owed the restaurant keeper ST. Then
she sent the soldier away with an or
der to his captain that the debt must
be paid or the soldier returned to serve
go days working on the streets OF
Moorehaven. Before sending the Of
fender back to his company, however
she sentenced him to ten minutes
work on the streets.
To the restaurant keeper she de
liyered stirring lecture. Moreover
she instructed the marshal of the city
to put the restaurant keeper to work
on the streets for 60 days in the event
Of his breaking the law again.