Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-20
LADY NANCY ASTOR FACES STIFF BATTLE
TO HOLD PARLIAMENT SEAT AGAINST "VETnL
Various Forces Working Ia
Dislodgc Her From the
Commons.
SUPPORTED By WOMEN
Female Voters Say They Like
Dry Views of Incum.
bent.

PLYMOUTH. ENGLAND. Aug. Ia
| Rooze Is going to be one or the big
factors in tho fish, Lady Nancy Aston
4 iaccs-the greatest fight of her po-
/ litical Ike.
This daughter OF Virginia. tho
! first woman TO sit In the British Par
lament. has returned from her tri-
hmphal tour of America TO nud vnri-
/ Gus forces trying 10 dislodpe her
. from the House OF Commons where
/ sh" represents a Plymouth constitu-
/ "uCy
: There viii be n parliamentary cleo
/ ton next year. or sooner II the Pre-
mi"r d"cr"es IL. And Lady Aston
sitting as u Conservative. finds vari-
Gus Conservatives inly pro-hoozc
opposed Ia giving her tho nomina-
tl"n because of her pronounced dry
ieanincs
Talking With r"opl~ here. found
women voters strong for Lady Astor.
said one:
We Ike her dry views. and her
advocacy Of measures designed Ia
protec; women and children We
like her hr""zy democracy and her
old fashioned Christianity"
'Shr's n 1. =. Imu"rtnuon."
y politician put 1t this wav:
shes AN American Importation.
and she's trying to force American
prohibition on M"
said "A shopper:
Lady Astor has been an indus
! triuus member 81 Parliament. hut
She liz too much the friend az lloy1
George. We want somebody who will
break from him II h. doesn't stand
for what the Conservative majority
wants"
Said a saloonkecper:
Too much pupsyfoot that's Lady
Artor. our people don't want any
one Ia Interfere with thclr long-cs-
tahlish"d habits. They want their
beer
An cN-suidi"r said:
"ph. suppose Lady Nsiur ia All
right for tn" cN soldiers ~ IA" town.
but she doesn't do anything for us
fellows who come 10 plymouth from
other towns
Her Position strong
In spite of opposition. Lady Astor
ia popular md has strength The
rreat wcI"um" home meeting NV
mouth people hold FOR her at Guild,
hal on the Fourth ~ luly proved IT.
a guest FOR several days this week
at the HON. OF Mrs NJ. II. Robertson
George B Th"mrsun az I.nvinsr-
ton. Is visiting his sister. Mrs f. r
VOORHEES,
MIR. snd Mrs Edward Hohson and
Mrs. w. E SaudidYr notored tut
Mo"ksvnle. n. G.. Monday. whore they
viii visit relatives
Professor Clarence RauShan or
Prospect, WAS TIL. guest this week.
~ Robert cunniuGham az Fl"ra RAM,
farm
MIR and Mrs W. IT, Carter wer, IL,
ChmrlottcSNill" saturday on husiurss
Mrs James Clark who has h".u
visiting her mother. Mrs. J. r. Wood
has returned {" her home In Wilson.
y G.
have returned from tcn-dny visit
10 Mt Elliott Springs
Ri!ly Harrison, "f G,ernsh"ro, Y.
c.. is visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs Srih-u Harrison.
Miss AnGriNn" Dam"r"n and Henry
i.aune, OF I.yu"hhurr, war" quests
sunday OF Mjss caroline Harrison .
Dr.. Robert Whitehead. of M"h";r,u.
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs Thomas
Whitehead. a. Mountain View
Miss Corrlnuc Watts has returned
TO Washington after Spending h"'
vacation her" with her paIrn,s. MIR
and Mrs. \ 4; Watts
Mrs In'H VI. White and Mis-. Firm.
White returned Tuesday from visjS
/" MIR and Mrs. T. Myers iilggin-
hoth;.n,, at CtfnN. H"drord county
Miss Mnssi" shelton. who has been
visiting her sister Mrs. Perkins Kin
cry. 81 Kichmond, has returned -
Amherst
Miss lin'c whitehead liz at home
again after visit to relatives at
HurkHville
family reunion was h"ld this
week "a, TIA" home Of MIR. and Mrs
\. T. Jones. near Amherst. ThG
guests Included Mr. aud Mrs l. l.,
Jones. OF Lexington: Mr.. and Mis-.
" l.. Naru"s and son. ~ Pleasant
View and MISS Alma Jones. ~ Cali
fornin
IS : ELLIS. Of Chicag". is spending
a few dayS In Amherst MIR Ellis
expects this IAN :" return 10 An-
rcrst TO I've.
Mrs 9. Il Ward and Misses Mary
l.Dile and E.-rrpetI u-nr..