The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-22
GOV. RYE CALLS WOMEN
SETS SATURDAY, OCTOBER Is,
FOR WOMEN TO REGISTER TO
40 THEIR BIT"
All Women Ct Tennessee Asked BY
Governor to Register In Order to
Aid Government to Win War Against
German Militarism.

Nashville. Tom C. Rye issued
proclamation setting aside Saturday,
Oct. 10, as woman's registration day
in Tennessee, The proclamation fol,
lows:
| "Woman's Registra ton Day Proclama-
| ton.
! THE history of the world is a record OF
| conflicts between destructive and con-
| structive agencies. War; when pursued
| for the purpose of conquest and the sub
| lection of peoples, Is the destructive force
ut high tide. When undertaken for the
just liberties of humanity it is the highest
test of eternal righteousness, because in
volving the greatest sacrifices. 1t then
becomes the constructive force fighting
to uphold the truth that will make men
free. Such war; upon Americas part, is
the one into which we have entered. II
must be won for the right, and in the
waging OF it and In the winning of it we
shall not forget the spirit in which we
enter or be unfaithful to humanity's cause
We go into it with courage in our hearts
the same courage that was the inspira,
ton of our fathers when at the birth of
our nation they discarded old ideas of
government and set cut to build up the
human right that those who submit to
authority shall have voice In their own
government. The courage that builds is
greater Ere than the courage that destroys.
that which deals death. This greater
courage belongs inherently to the
mothers Of men. The world is fast learn
ing to give due recognition, and as Amer
lea enters this world war we cannot dis
count the part that the mothers of men
will play in meeting the crisis, unfalt ar.
ingy and unafraid. They will give their
sons, their brothers and their husbands.
This is not all; they will give themselves,
and the work of their hands and brains.
They will conserve the nations resources
and double its power to build. They will
add to the practical efficiency necessary
to establish and maintain the defense that
Is TO WIN the war for the right. And best
of all, they will ever point us to the high
est aims for which we hattie
1t is fitting, therefore, that every en-
couragement be given to their efforts for
practical organization. that they may do
most effectively what they want to do
and what the nation expects of them
recognizing the Importance of thor
ough organization in every laadable I'M
dertaking and deeply conscious of the
inevitably follow organized, harmonious
effort upon the part of Tennessee woman
hood, and in pursuance of the plans of
the National Council of Defense to bring
of Tennessee, do hereby proclaim Satur-
day, Oct. 49, Woman's Registration Day,
when the women of Tennessee Is years of
age and over will present themselves for
registration at the regular polling places
In their respective districts and wards,
between the hours of am. and pm,
in order that the relative proportions OF
trained and unframed workers may be
tscertaned, and an accounting had as to
the woman power available for the sew
sral activities and occupations women are
sow pursuing and may be called upon to
pursue during the war and an estimate
made of those who will need to have
opened to them opportunities for train
ng to better fit them for their chos an
ields. The necessity of this registration
n order that proper aid and assistance
Pay be given to the National Council of
+ \ siaaasS looking to the SUCCESSFUL prose-
We 0Iis3s5n s nreesent war must be appar-