The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-14

The three giant seaplanes, the NC'l'
II win be surprising, how many latent
! talents the women are going to show
up with some of these days. There are
at present "a women in oklahoma who
are holding down this organizing job
however, as against II in 1918. Eight
of that fourteen were reelected to of
| flee. which is not a bad showing.
| These include Mrs. Mildred Smith of
/ Blaine, Gertic Thomas of Dewey, Sarah
| I.iston of kingfisher, Louesa Sprecht of
| Major, Carlotte Archer of Mayes,
| Beatrice Ward of McClain, Anna Burks
| Love of Oklahoma county and Minnette
| Hedges of Tulsa county. Other women
| elected to this office in the election just
| past are Miss Lura Mount of Adair,
Mrs. Edith NJ. Layton of Canadian,
IIildred Wammack of Craig, Helen
Fichtl of Creek, Allie Jane Smith of
Delaware, Roxie Hughes of Garvin,
Cora Il. Farrell of Logan, Miss Martha
Davies of Love, Mrs. S. A. Whitsman
of Noble May +. Hussey of Pawnee,
Emma \. Bassler of Payne, Fannie c.
Ross of Pittsburg, Victoria Lyles of
Wagner, Mary T.. Richards of Wash.
ington and Adele McDaniels of Woods
county.
Leaving the school room, we step di-
rectly into politics by going into the Of
fices of county and court clerks. We
have entirely left the home limits now
and are actually into the seething mael-
strom, and find it not so terribly
strenuous after all. These are the
places that the men try to reach by us
ing all their political powers and Il
great many of them are so busy cleo
tioneering fot their next term that
they are in danger of overlooking which
women are cminently fitted to fill.
They are full of detail work and of care
full copying, and in those counties where
themen hold full sway and draw the
salaries, there is generally woman
deputy who does the work, for most
men hate details whereas most women
take them like u duck takes to water.
The future will undoubtedly find more
and more women III these positions.
Eleven Elected Court Clerks.
Eleven were elected court clerks in
the last election, whereas but four held
the position in the previous year, and
Il notable fact is that three of this four
were reelected; namely Edna Y. Wat
kins of Grady county, Lillian Johnson of
Noble county and Ensna Ringer of
Woods county Other women who We're
given this office this years are: Jessie
Keith of Beaver Bertha Strong of Cim-
arron, Bessie II. Burnett of Delaware,
May c. HaEtin of Major, Jennie &.
Coates of Mayes, Eva Vance of Murray,
Mamie Saxon Bell of Pottawatomie and
Marie Henson OF Texas.
II 1918 there were but two county
| At present there are nine. The two
were Aura Foster of Beaver and Mrs.
/ Grace II Morton of Okmulgee, both
of whom We're reelected last November.
/ The latter took office in 1917 to release
4 man for army service and her work
was so commendable that she was
placed in the same office by large
vote last fall. In addition to this she
is at present state secretary OF the
] I - ~
man serving on the official body.
Other women county clerks this year
are: Lizzie n. Gipson of Comanche
| county, whose husband was killed lh
France and who was victorious on the
republican ticket in a county with a
| stupendous democratic majority, car
lotta u. Fellows of Cimarron, Mrs. g.
X. Maddox of Creek. Mrs. w. W. Osle
of Custer Mrs Larmar Looney of Har-
mon, Mrs. 5. A. More OF Nople ana
Mrs. Nora Stagg of Tillman county.
However. the most remarkable record
this year was made by the four Okla
hona women who "broke into the Of
flee of county treasurer. Yes, indeed
TO such straits has the state come that
four women were permitted to get 10
the county strong box and the voters
actually trusted their taxes to women
folks. This is something unprecedented
in political annals of the state and shows
how far we have advanced on our way.
| Several years ago the men would have
considered it "Lese majesty" for wo-
man to have hinted for such job. The
| four counties who made themselves IA
| nous in this way are AtoKa, VINO
| elected Mrs F. L. Phillips; Cimarron
who chose Hazel Taylor as keeper oil
the keys; Major, who has entrusted her
money collecting to Mrs. W. l.. Corwin'
and Payne, who placed lnez Taylor
| Swimm to this important trust.
Three i'm One County.
Cimarron county leads the state IN
progress, having at present a feminine
county clerk, court clerk and county
treasurer. Whether this is due to lack
of men. to the superior political apility
Of the women, TO brains, or to plain
follishness, we leave the reader to de-
eide.
But the women are breaking in; that
t. evident They have not advanced