The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
WOMEN WILL OPEN BOOTHS IN TOWN TO COLLECT PULL TAX
League of Women Voters to "Carry On" Pay Your Poll Tax Campaign to
 the End

As a climax to itc intensive Pay
 Your Poll Tax Campaign" the Jeff ferson County League of Women vot- CTS will open special booths in the downtown distrlct and the suburbs beginning Wednesday, January 24
 and continuing to February 1, which
 is the last day for payment of poll taxes, according to final plans made Saturday mt rning at the meeting of the executive board held at the league Eeadquarters at the Hillman hotel.
 Miss Mollie Dowd, chairman of the , booths committee, announced the fol- lowing locations for booths: Live man, Joseph & Loeb. Council of Jew ish Women in charge, with Mrs. NJ. W. Heidenrich president; Drennen's, Woman's Trade Union league in
 charge. with Miss Mary Cadden presi
 dent; Caheens. Catholic Women's club in charge. with Mrs. Charles
 Harris president; Steele Smiths, Re-
 publican Women's club in charge
 with Miss Ella Conley chairman.
 These bG oths will be open all day
 and will be In charge of committees
 from the respective organizations.
 Suburban booths will be stationed at
 the following localities: Five Points,
 open Monday and Tuesday, January
 2s and 80, with Mrs. A. J. Grefen-
 kamp and Mrs. Joseph Wiefrich, Jr.,
 in charge; Wcodlawn, Mrs. R. A. Clayton, chairman. open January 29,
 S0 and 9l East Lake, open January
 29, 30 and 31, with the following in
 charge: Mrs. Minter of the Shakes
 peare club, Mrs. Bohannon of the
 Twentieth Century club, and Mrs. T.
 F. Huey of the Pierian club, chair
 man. West End, open January 29, and
 30, with Mrs. J. J. Windham, in
 charge. Wylam, Mrs. James Kirk
 patrick in charge, opening dates to
 be announced later.
 Booths In Suburbs
 Tax Collector James F. Hawkins
 will also open booths at Fairfield.
 Ensley. and Pratt City Provision has
 been made for men to pay their taxes as well as women. Only voters
 between the ages Of 21 and 45 are required to pay and the money from the poll taxes goes to support the public schools.
 During the last week of the cam paign ffve-minute speakers will be heard Ut the various theaters and moving picture houses in the city according to announcement made by Mrs. c. D. Brooks, chairman of this committee. Among these speakers will be Mrs. Myrtelle Shell, Mrs. Neil Wallace, Mrs. J. F. Car1e, Mrs. A. P Hull, Mrs. E. A. Cooper and Mrs. J. B. Aird.
 "We feel greatly encouraged over the results thus far of our pay-your- poll tax campaign" said Mrs. J. M. Hankins. chairman Of the campaign and president of the league. We have left no stone unturned to reach the women voters, having ssent let ters to the presidents of every woman's organization in the county and had 5000 leaflets distributed. Letters have also been sent to all | of the pastors and Sunday school su- perintendents in the county and a special appeal has been made to the heads of the School Improvement association and Parent-Teachors as sociations on account of their in- terest in the schools. We have had posters distributed through the stores In the city and the moving picture | theaters have carried slides for us During the last week of the cam paign five minute speakers will ap- pear at the theaters.