The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-09-21
OCTOBER IS seStI ].
.s'AS REGISTRATION DAY
FOR THE WOMEN
GOVERNOR RYE ISSUES PRcCLA-
NATION APPEALING TO PA 4
TRICTIC WoMANhOOD. ID
THE KEC.SsITi IS AI'IiRERT,,
In Rendering This Service They
Will be Contributing to a Cause
In Which They Are vitality inter-
lested.

Governor Tom G.. Rye has issued
the following proclamation setting
Saturday, October 10, as the day on
which the women of Tennessee will
be registered for national service dur,
ing the war: 4
y 1.-THE history of the world is rec
ord of conflicts between destructive
and constructive agencies. War,
when pursued for the purpose Of con-,
quest and the subsection of peoples is,
the destructive force at highest tide.
When undertaken for the just lber-
ties of humanity,sit is the highest test
of eternal righteousness, because in
volving the greatest sacrifice It
then becomes the constructive force,
fighting to uphold the truth that will
make men free. Such a war, upon
America part, is the one into which
we have entered. 1t must be won for
the right, and in the waging OF 1t and
in the winning of it, we shall not for
get 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
inspiration of our fathers when at the
birth time of our nation they discard
ed old ideas of government and set
out to build up the human right that
those who submit to authority shall
have a voice in their own government
The courage that builds is greater
than the courage that destroys. This
greater courage belongs inherently to
the mothers of men. The world is
fast learning to give it due recogni-
ton, and as America enters this world
war, we cannot discount the part that
the mothers of men will play in meet
ing the crisis, unfalteringly and UNI
afraid They will give their sons,
their borthers and their husbands.
This is not all, they will give them
selves, and the work Of their hands
and brains. They will conserve the
nations resources and double its pow
5er to build. They will add to the
practical efficiency necessary to estab-
1ish and maintain the defense that is
to win the war for the right. And
best OF all they vii! ever point us to
the highest aims for which we battle.
st is fitting therefore, that every
encouragement be given to their ef-
aurts for practical organization, that
they may do most effectively what
they went to do and what the nation
expects of them. Recognizing the
Importance of thorough organization
I'm, every laudable undertaking and
deeply conscious of the wholesome
and beneficial results which inevita-
biy follow organized harmonious ef-
fort upon the part of Tennessee wo,
manhood, and in pursuance of the
plans of the National Council of De,
Tense to bring about this result, |,
Tom c. Rye, Governor Of Tennessee,
do hereby proclaim
Saturday, October 18th, Woman's
Registration Day
when the women of Tennessee, 16
years Of age and over will present
themselves for registration at the reg
nlar polling places in their respective
districts and wards, between the
hours of a. m. and p. m. in order
that the relative proportions OF
trained and unframed workers may
he ascertained, and an accounting
had as to the woman power available
for the several activities and occupa-
tions women are now 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 training to
better fit them for their chosen fields.
The necessity of this registration, in
order that proper aid and assistance
NAV be given to the National Coun
ell of Defense, looking to the success
ful prosecution of the present war,
must be apparent to~every woman in
Tennessee. and in rendering this SER
vice, they will be contributing to a
eause in which they are vitality inter-
ested. and the history of our woman
hood justifies the belief that there
7 III not be Stacker in oil the state
in regard to this important matter.
IN witness whereof, / have here
Hnto subscribed my name on this the
Rth day of September. 1917, and
caused the Great Seal of the State to
he affixed hereto. TOM C. RYE,
Governor.
ssBy the Governor,
IKE B. STEVENS.
Secretary of State" =