Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-04
WOInanF nFrOnGeOrqia
 Member of Senate
Mrs. ". H. Felton is the First of Her Sex to Obtain An Appointment Ills s7 Years of Age.

Atlanta. Ga, Oct. 3 (By the A. P)- woman from Georgia today won the distinction of being the first of her sex to obtain appointment to the U. s. senate, when Mrs W. H. Felton of CartersviIle, Ga, long known as the Grand Old Wom- an of Georgia was named by Governor Thomas W. Hardwick as senator to sue ceed the late Thomas L. Watson until the November elections, when a successor will be chosen at the polls. Mrs Feiton is S7 years of age and has been promi- nent in state politics for nea { half a century.
 Mrs. Felton has accepted the office and
 in expressing her gratitude for the honor stated that it was going to thrill the na- toin when the news is conveyed from the lakes to the gulf that 8 woman has been chosen to become a member of the United States senate
 England borrowed an American-born woman," said Mrs. Felton, 'to accept a seat in the British parliament, but noble old Georgia experienced no need to bor- row, and she alone of the forty eight states in the United States had gover- nor with courage to say so, and to con- firm the saying by an executive proclama- tion."
 Before rendering the appointment to Mrs. Felton, Governor Hardwick tIough mutual friends offered the office to Mrs Thomas E. Watson, wife of Senator Wat son, who, the governor said, declined it because of i'll health
 In a statement today Mrs. Felton said it was eminently fitting that this posi- tion should have been rendered to the widow of the late Senator Watson"
 For myself" said Mrs. Felton in a communication to Governor Hardwick, T wish to thank you expressly and em- phatically, in the name of thousands of Georgia wom en-wives. mothers, grand mothers and great-grandmothers- are enthusiastic Georgians and who rep
 resent the staAe in varied lines of noble philanthropy and endeavors.'' Mrs. Felton was born in Dekalb coun-
 ty, Georgia, June 10, 1855; she was the oldest child of Charles and Eleanor (Swift) Lattimer. She was married Oct
 Il, 1853, to Dr. W, R. Felton, who died in 1909. Five children were born to this union, but only one of them, Dr. Howard II. Felton. survives.
 The new United States senator was one of the two Georgia women on the execu- tive committee at the Columbian exposi- | tion in 1893. She has aways taken an | active and ivey interest in civic affairs ] In the interest of temperance she toured
 Georgia in 1SS6-S7
 Mrs. Felton has been one of the princi- pal opponents of woman suffrage in the 1 south and is an active member of shc Daughters of the American Revolution, a
 member of the Colonial Danes of Ameri- ca. and one of the earliest members of the Atlanta Woman's club.
 Despite her advanced age, Mrs FcltoT is exceptionally active She has a large , political following in tf1e state and t56li an active and positive stand for Governor i Hardwick during his recent campaign for reelection.
 l Simultaneously in announcing the ap pointment of Mrs Felton, Governor Hard wick announced himself a candidate fo1
 the unexpired term of the late Senator 1 Watson,
 There are now eeven candidates in tht 1 senatorial race. The primary will be helt 1 on Oct. r.