Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1921-09-14

POLITICAL POT BOILING
Strong Indications That One or More
Women Will Be in Race for
County Offices.

AT primary election held in Put
k nam county last week a woman wa.
i. nominated for trustee and it seem,
n to have aroused some women in thi:
q county to the idea that they can JUS
4 as we'll be elected and hold office a:
1 the men. The Chronicle understands
4 that there is one avowed lady cand-
idate for trustee and there seems to
= be rumors in the air that other mer
, candidates for county office may a
!, little later have women opponents.
= The fact that woman should as.
; pire to county office in the county
, is new to our people and the question
of her election rests very largely on
what the people of the country dist
rict- will think of women candidates
and il. the feeling will be sufficiently
strong for them to insure reason
able divide of the vote. 1t is ex-
d: pected that lady would receive quite
strong following in Crossville, and
possibly at Pleasant Hill, Crab Orch
ard and Grassy Cove. Should that
prove to be the case the lady cand-
idate would be in the running, for
they would be sure of a scattered
vote at most precints aside from
those mentioned.
In the minds of many there is no
logical reason why women should
not hold office in this county as we'll
as elsewhere. The feeling is very
strong that if woman or two should
be elected in this county it would
prove helpful in many ways, espec-
tally at any point where the welfare
Of the children was Involved and shq
would be in position to exert con-
siderable influence in behalf of the
children no matter what county Of
flee a lady might hold.
PRIMARY DATE.
The question of changing the time
of holding the primary election has
been considerably agitated the past
few days. 1t is understood that some
of the candidates favor holding the
primary election this fall and not
later than early in November or the
last of October
The reasons they advance for the
change of time of holding the primary
election is: The roads are better in
the fall than in the spring and cand-
idates can get to the people more
easily and the people can get to the
polls more easily than in the spring
when roads are invariable bad and
the farmers are rushed to the utmost
with their spring work.
On the other hand some claim that
10 change the time of holding the
primary election withou several '
months notice having been given by
he county executive committee would !
lave strong flovor of SNAP pri- t
nary held in the intereSt Of some 4
ertain few. Had the executive a
ommittee notified the public at its a
ast meeting of the proposed change }
would have placed the matter in I
ght to avoid any idea of snap N
ldgment" being taken. 1t is also n
rgued that to hold the primary SO l.
lany months out of date and on so al
hort notice works Ar injustice to tc
,me candidates who may be consider l
g entering the race, but have not U
wen it much serious thought be-, T.
Iuse they feel that the time of cleo al
On is so many months ahead. az &c
riding to the usual custom fhold- l..
G the primary. Any new candidate ri
no might aspire to enter the race u;
ould naturally wish longe. time n;
canvass the county and get ac- an
a;nted w,:h the people than those an
W in Office for they have each made r.
e or more c.; n,paigns aud are pretty, be-
II known to the people generally. 20
lereas the i,tw aspirant might ~ ant
'ompara i've stranger. EXCEPT in HIS ant
me neishhorhood.
The feeling is very strong with
ny that any movement .ha- smacks Nc
DANCED of party disruption should tue
carefully avoided, and many view sci
change of time in holding .he the