The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-11-01
WOMEN READY
FOR ELECTION
Apply at Democratic and Re-
publican Headquarters for
Final information.
For the Newly Enfranchised
Voters at All Polls on
Election Day,

The women OF chattanooaa In.
tend 70 vote lntelIlaertiy, and they
are eager to know the why and
whereiore o. everythHs connected
Ing anything for granted and many
are seeking information on matters
that they do not understand. These
ooneIuslons were reached by Q 70.
porter OF The News who visited the
the democratic and republican par y,
Women callers cropped in every few
minutes to ask questions regarding the
election Tuesday, and after listening &c
they intended to be right before going
At the democratic headquarters Mrs
Joe w. Gift. county chairman; Miss
Alice Sweetwood. general secretary;
from f the Various wards and precincts.
were kept busy answering the ques-
tions of the newly enfranchised voters.
Mrs. Mary Giles Howard and n COM
petent group OF workers Is instructing
the republican women how to vote. At
both headquarters last week was busy
one. Both parties have made lists OF
all the registered voters and have or
ganlzed transportation corps to take
care OF the old and. invalid women on
Mrs s. II. cayce is the chairman of
the democratic transportation facilities.
She will be at the democratic head
quarters all day tomorrow and all
chairman of wards and precincts desir-
ing cars can communicate with her.
as she will direct her work from there.
How to Vote.
or course many women Of Chatta-
nooga and Hamilton county have voted
dental election and therefore a momen-
tous occasion. But as one local politi-
clan said when reassuring timid new
balloter," 1T Is not very different from
a cooking school: don't get excited"
She will be handed a ballot: this she
takes into the voting booth. and after
due elaboration, which cannot exceed
five minutes, she will place cross
desires to elect. She then folds the
ballot, with the names inside, and will
hand II with her registration certificate
to an officer Of the, election, who will
drop 1t into the ballot box.
eertIflcste. Without +. you cannot
DO Don't defaee the ballot; this
means erase or cro5s out. " you
should max: a mistake by putting
new ballot from the officer In
charge
u you wear glasses don't forget
them.
Remember that you do not put
any mark after the names Of the
presidential candidates, but vote fer
the electors, who VIII In their turn
vote for the president. Take your
instruction card with you and then
you Will know who they are.
Schools for instruction.
At, all Of the voting places there will |
be schools OF instruction TUESDAY Tor |
men, too. II they want |
any information. There will be women |
5lstance to woiAen who desire 1t.
In the First ward John Mahoney win /
De in charge Of the instruction school /
which will be In the criminal court |
room. In many of the county pre-
cincts, women living near the polls
nave offered their homes to be usea
rs women's headquarters during the
Ali over the county the women are
showing great interest in the election |
and the women OF the rural communi-
lies are very well posted on subjects
political, according to Mrs. CHIT, who
spent most OF last week In visiting
he chairmen OF the county precincts.
1.-THE rural women know all about
he league OF nations. Many of them
rave read the document, and discuss
t intelligently. The rural women are
live 10 tne issues VI tuiS chihpdiSu,
md are going to use their ballot, now
hat they can" said Mrs. Cliff.
Local politicians estimate that the
otal vote of Hamilton county with
he newly enfranchised women's vote,
will be about $4,000, and out of the
made by republicans and democrats,
he unbiased observer finds that the
'esults in the Third district will de-
,end on the women voters just as well
he results In the entire state. That
| majority of the women believe in the
covenant OF the league Of nations,
here Is no doubt.
Copy OF Ballot.
Electors for James M. Cox. candidate
for president, and Franklin d. Roose-
welt, candidate for vice-president.
(vote for Twelve.)
w. Y Boswell.
Giles Evans.