Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-25
|5Bll more ADD NAMES TO
| list OF WOMEN VOTERS
Yesterdays Registration Carries
.Fs. Total'Wcll Above $500
81 ). Sss Mark,
81 CoLoRED WOMEN QUALIFY
That Existed During
Earlier Period Has Entirely
Ahated - Three Octogcnarians
Register-''Lily Blacks" Active.

Thc, feminine line vending Its way
TO the registrars Offices at the City
Hail yesterday between the hours oil
/ An and 3 p. NJ was deceptive. Old
and seasoned politicians. accustomed
TO giving out election day estimates
based upon observation OF the INES
ssnation and predicted that the days
Z enrolment would fall 80 per cent be-
/ low the total of any day this week.
Tho count last night disclosed that
they had reckoned wrong. No fewer
than 5S1 womcn's names were added
70 the citE's polling iist The iemi-
4 dayAiss $50.
The wiseacres came closer to the
real situation during the. day in their
estimate OF the colored enrollment.
e Garland Taylor. deputy clerk of the
City Circuit Court. took the place OF
Central Registrar Woodson ut the
/, solored station in the basement. Be
ing less practiced at the task. he was
able TO register only cighty-one COL
ored women against l03 registered by
Woodson the preceding day.
The ,misca lcuiation of observers was
due to the fact that at no time dur
ing the day was the congestion of the
+ earlier period of registration APP
procession. There was no crowded
hour in the morning or in the after
noon, The. registrar and his deputies
We're kept busy all day, hut the wom-
en- were not subjected to the annoy
ance and Inconvenience OF waiting
long time in line. The total ,reEistra-
tion for the day was only thirty-two
below Thursdays figures.
Three OctoEcnnrians Qualify.
4 An unusual incident OF the day was
the appearance in Deputy Blakely's
office Of three octogenarians. Mrs
Annie Muse Bigger. widow OF the late
Colonel John Bell Bigger. for quar-
ter of century clerk of tho House
OF Virginia. was the senior of tho trio
Mrs. Bigger was accompanied by her
son. Samuel w. Bigger, of the State
Soiftpoh rat CG nnad offices De
around" rhysie snSse and d m sGtitins
she is remarkably active
sS.t she was the life OF the party of ten
g ladies' had in here" said the deputy
q registrar. relating the incident ''She
nlied out her application faster than
less than half her age. Mrs Bigger
rs in the S1th year OF her age"
Following Mrs. Bigger came Mrs.
Clara +. Drake, who gave her age ms
S4.and after her came Mrs Ellen l..
Quisenberry, the Junior member OF
the trio. who only recently attained
II Is a remarkable fact. vouched for
by the registrar, that none of these
old ladies required assistance in maxi
ing out their applications, and each
wrote clear, leGible hand.
While party leaders were viewing
the line and giving their conjectures
rs 10 the cause of the absence of the
congestion heretofore noted at both
the white and black stations. Regis
I trar WoodSon expressed the opinion
Inat a large number OF women were
deferred from coming early by the an
1 nouncement made OF the opportunity
! AFFORDED them on registration day. DC
1ooer ?. TO register IN the precinct
In which they reside.
" Musr HIVE Poll Tax.
| ~. would like to put these ladies on
notice that nothing Can DE done for
g3Ihem on registration day II they come
8 10 The precinct registrar without "a
X poll tax receipt in hand. / have no
sSdoubt many OF them are under the i'm
& preston that they can be assessed
= pay the politax and be registered al
the precinct station on registration
3 day: The precinct registrar will be
\ unable to enroll any woman or man
who has not been 10 the office OF the
\ CITY Treasurer and paid his or her
Doll tax. The poll tax receipt must be
Y exhthited in oil cases. No poll tax no
5s5 Estimates Of the expected enroll
ment of white and colored women
were obtained yesterday afternoon
from authoritative sources Miss
TAdeie Clark. secretary of the citizen
3 ship committee of the Virginia Lea gu.
nsQ1 w omen Voters. said
organization has listed nm
10000 women who are
yirtually pledged TO register. They
S:have been coming al6nC hravely and
expect the heavy registration 10
! con inue to the last day.