The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-05
''SIVS AGAINST WOMEN
N EIGHTEEN STATES"
LONG LIST is UNCOVERED
~ THE LEADERS OF THE
rpMrNTNE MOVEMENT.
,rORcIA WORST OFFENDER

W Women Lawyers Who Are Delv-
INC Into Records in Library OF the
IT. S. Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-To date,
Gins OF IS states against women
20 been uncovered by the national
Eomaos party. The most heinous OF
IN the eyes OF the feminists, con-
T.. IN the refusal of state to rec
L.;,o the equality OF women in all
kgal matters.
4 Borrowing deep into the voluminous
=. codes contained in the library Of
II limited States supreme court the
women lawyers. working under the
4 lection OF Alice Paul, are ferreting
IN the determinations against wom-
4 AZ soon as a complete list OF the
Erosgressions against the sex in one
A. has been unearthed he shame of
.t state is Haunted to the world in
Imphlet form.
r. l. hard to determine which OF the
ates is guiltiest from the feminist
inf Of view, certainly not one of the
is entirely blameless. Judging
erely specifically, Georgia seems to
We received the most black marks
I'm the recording angels at work in
II supreme court library
#I-nder any and all circumstances the
tsband is the head OF the family in
Porgia. The person may have So
CroTsy announced that the two
Aould be made one, but in Georgia
n husband is the one.
The husband is the head OF the
Anily, and the wife is subject to him;
legal and civil existence is merged
d the husband" is the way the law
ad, in that wicked state.
Marriage Not Partnership.
Ed Scott and his wife Belle lived in
all county Ga. She rented the
lis in which they lived and sup
grted the husband by teaching
shool. She complained that drunk
n man by the name of Patterson in
Mded her home and used vulgar and
Nbfane" language. Her husband
aimed that the man was not drunk
Ia that he was a suitable associate
ia that he behaved most decorous-
n Whether or not the drunken man
Mid be punished for his invasion of
Il house depended upon whose home
&was. The court said: mo matter
b. paid the rent, the true legal rela-
n Of husband and wife in her (the
Hes mind is reversed. She puts
"a petticoats in a more advanced po-
ion than the pantaloons. Where
sband and wife reside together,
atever else she may be head OF, he
= head OF the house"
Neither does the Mississippi law
fognize marriage as a partnership
Tween equals. Here, too, the hus-
nd may welcome or exclude any
"A he wishes from the home for any
Rson or no reason at all. For in
#nce, the following case was taken
pm the legal records:
4 Colonel X. refused to allow his
Epson, the only child of Mrs. X, to
n her. The court upheld him, stat
8 he had a perfect right, as master
q the house, to exclude any person
Pm his door, and to determine who
sbuld be received as a visitor by his
n whether or not the grounds upon
hlch he acted were sufficient to Justi-
Il him in a moral point Of view"
n Louisiana the mothers authority
3fr her legitimate minor children is
AReror in every way to that OF the
Rher By Louisiana law children owe
#fdlence, honor and respect to their
Hher and mother But in case the
Gents disagree the fathers will is
d only to be honored, respected and
Eyed. in Louisiana an attorney re-
ply quoted Crotius to the effect
"A ii the commands of the mother
Il father clash the father is to be
Eyed on account of the excellence
& his sex"
~ hoppee the excellence of his sex"
Fnd maybe that expression didn't
X the fcminists mad.