The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-03
MISS KEARNEY AD-
! DRESSES AUDIENCE
Court House Was Well Filled. Dis
cusses Governments Of Many For
eign Countries.

Miss Belle kearney spoke at the
&court house in Grenada Thursday
afternoon in the interests of her can
Adidacy for a seat in the United States
Senate. She mentioned nothing
about her two opponents, the Ev-
s. Senator or the Ex-Governor who are
Z also candidates. After prayer by
s. Rev. f. A. DeMiller she was very ap-
s propriately presented by Mayor w. S.
81 p. DOty. The court house was very
= nearly filled and there were as many
men as women to hear this distin-
d gu:shed lady.
n She gave a brief sketch of her life
and what she had been trying to do.
y She said she came from a GOd-fear-
ing home at Flora, Miss, where her
parents still lived. After she was
s out of college, she said that she real
lied the righteousness of the liquor
traffic and that her first public acti-
: vities were with the Woman's Chris
tan temperance Union fighting
%hiskey, and that she was thankful
that she had lived to see the day that
the principles of the w. C. t. u. had
j been engrafted into the Constitution
OF this great government.
She discussed world affairs, taking
Up particularly the governments and
. conditions in the leading countries
of Europe and Asia with which she
showed as much familiarity as with
Aer own country. She showed how
that beer and dances were among the
chief concerns of many of the women
fCf Germany prior to the w2r. She
told of being entertained at some of
the first" homes of London and how
the hostess welt TO the dining table
with pug dog under each arm and
when later the said hostess became
bewildered with wine and even
stronger drink, that the two dogs
finished for her that part of the meal
she was unable to care for. OF
course she said that she did not mean
to leave the impression that such
. things was the rule, yet from that
she sought to emphasize the lesson
of the banefulnesS of wine and other
strong drinks and TO show that even
lvomanhOod in too many instances
h ID forgotten the old time home and
tn Use essentials which are indispen-
sibIe to stalwart character building. !
WitH the morality of men and such
condMct upon the part of so many
III.
that there was little wonder that
there WAS a world war and that chaos
almost reigned today.
She Showed how woman had strug- |
cled for an equal chance for centur-
les, and, pointed with pride to the
recognition Mississippi had given wo-
man. Slse said that she was proud |
that Mississippi in manv cases had !
taken the lead in recognizing the !
rights of women and that she hoped !
that Mississippi would also seek to
claim the distinction Of placing the
first woman in the United States Sen
ate. Shei said with women in equal
numbers on public duty with men
that the same standard Of morals
would be- demanded.
Miss k!earney told about the great
number of girls who had gone from
their homes to Washington City dur
ing the early days Of the war and
how the affections and confidence OF
one thousand of them had beenabused |,
by men SO that they were com
PEELED 70 either 90 home or to SAM
tarium to become unwillingly moth
ers. She told how men who had been
in the departments for years would
impose on these girls by promising
promotion and an increase of salary
if they would not resent their ad-
vances-all these things, she said,
must give away to right standards
and she said one of the quickest ways
to right them was to put a large
of women in Congress to see
that innocent girlhood and virtuous
is protected.
She put herself on record for the !,
League of Nations as written bv :
Woodrow Wilson and said that ,
America had been the leader of the !
world since the foundation of this !
government in all things for the bet !
terment of humanity and that she !
hoped that those of he present day !
would not dim the luster Of the flag 7
by renouncing that leadership and q
by saying to the world that the peo- !,
pie of this country wanted 10 live
for themselves and to themselves.
Miss Kearney's speech was favor
ably received and all agreed that she
was a highly cultured woman and 0
that she could make very interest v
ing speech. She has a good voice N
and makes herself we'll rn0erStOO6 I