The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-22
MAYOR WEDDED-- GONFUSES
 CITIZENS
(By United Press)

MOOfiiANEN, Fla, Oct. 22.-Since the mayor of this peaceful little com. munity parried, the faithful constitu. ents are.terribIy confused. The matri. monial sentures of a mayor do not, as a rule, create much disturbance in mu. nicipal affairs But in the case of Moorhaven it's different.
 Moorhavens mayor was different from all other mayors. She - that's what caused all the trouble - being woman, changed her name when she married She was elected mayor while Mrs. George Horwitz. Then her honor the mayor married Captain J. J. O'Brie1fS U s. R., former newspaper man and ex-secretary to the mayor 3f Moorhaten.
 The mayors husband is now on his way to France. But by marrying the mayor of Moorhayen, O'Brien set the population to thinking. Here is the question that is worring the residents of Moorhayen. Mrs. O'Brien was elect ed mayor of Moorhaven as Mrs. Mar ion D. Horwitz, the name that appears on her election certificate and the one she has signed to all official docu- ments since becoming mayor Now must she sign Mrs. J. J. O'Brien to those documents, or the name that appears on her election certificate?
 Regarding her job as mayor Mrs. O'Brien said: "The job of being mayor is new one to me and l like it. I have to hand out justice for all petty offenses, for l sit as town magistrate in the town, and that. with managing the countilmen. Is full job fin itself In addition to her duties as mayor Mrs. OfBrien finds time to run a small farm of 5000 acres, where she raises practically every known vegetable and as side line hogs. She has worked from o'clock in the morninl ! until n o'clock at night on her farm lataaf sanugh the summer season and +h convinced there isn't fhiDi q woman can not do.
 When she works in the field Mrs O'Brien like all other farmerettes, dis cards the skirt and takes to trousers 1 She does not look like a woman wh, had been slaving in the field all da, and managing a small town at tn same time. She is blonde, pretty an, young. "I am more than thirty, how ever,' she said.
 Being mayor one would think sh would be willing to talk about the VIC man in politics. "That is the last thinl I want to talk about" was her surpris ing answer when the question of VIC man suffrage was brought up. Don ask we what I believe for I do no know a thing about woman suffrage All my life I have been busy doin the things I wanted to do and hay not had time to think much about DC litical enfranchisement
 Not that suffrage is not coming. she added hurriedly, but in my min the best argument for it is the ev dence women are now giving in al sorts of war work. The work tha women have done in the war relic agencies and the work they do in tn juvenile and municipal courts is proc enough for me that any woman is a good and capable as any man.
 Getting off the question of vote for women, Mrs. O'Brien gave fe' hints to the modern farmer "The ol time farmer" she said, didn't kno' when to plant or where. He simpl dropped the seed into the same groun season after season. Nowadays an! one can learn to farm by doing as tn department of agriculture tell you tt l have four large tractors and wor all day as long as my men do. An then, of course, I work at night. too If the government would make pos sible the development of other vast lands in this country as thes drainage canals have made them avai able in Florida the food probler would shrink in proportion"
 Mrs. O'Brien was recently made member of the governor of Florida staff, with the rank of major. Sh Is also>on the state committee on ns tional defense, and is preparing to ol ganize home defense organization.
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