The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-10-23
WOMEN PLAN WAR ON
GEORGIA LEGISLATORS
FEDERATED CLUBS HOLD AN
NUAL CONVENTION. MRS.
HAYES PRESIDED.

ROME, Ga.-Clear-eyed and rather
solemn $50 representatives of the fed
Grated club women of Georgia settled
to work at the first business session
of the twenty-seventh annual conven-
ton of the Georgia Federation of Wo-
mems clubs.
1t was a Solemn occasion as the
women ssembled-modishly but quiet
ly clad women Of Georgia's first
homes, each lingering her program Of
the convention that contained pray
er for club women beginning;
keep us, o God! from pettiness;
let us be large in thought, in word,
in deed"
Open With Song.
The spirit of the occasion was main
tanned in the first action, the mass
singing of America, the Beautiful"
the General Federation song, led by
Mrs. E. R. Hines, of Milledgeville, of
which one quartrain is:
ooh, beautiful for patriot dream,
That sees beyond the years,
Thine a1abaster cities CLEAN
Undimmed by human tears"
Presiding were Mrs. J. E. Hayes,
federation president for five years, and
Mrs. A. P. Brantley, of Blackshear,
first vice president.
The details of official seating, re-
port of credentials committee and pre-
sentation of the rules and regulations
the convention, were swift
" cleared away, and the reports of
the officers, reviewing the work of the
last year and outlining plans for sig
nifcant work to come, were taken up.
Tells o. Ideals.
The high point of these was in the
report Of the president, Mrs. Hayes,
which included among other things
striking analysis of club ideals, as we'll
as a practical statement of work done
and work proposed
Expression of the activities for
which club women stand was given
by Mrs. Hayes at the start of her re-
port, as follows:
Club work is worth while. 1t gives
the individual woman an opportunity
to discover her personality and pos
sibilities. 1t gives her broader view
point of life, that she may be better
mother, wife, home maker and neigh
Dor. 1t creates a spirit of cooperative
service and unselfish interest in the
welfare of the community and city
beautiful. 1t inspires her to bigger
ideas and broader thinking. The good
club woman derives many benefits,
for if she gives to the club the best
that she has the best comes back to
her"
Serious About Legislative Plans.
The women showed that they were
serious about their plan of legislative
reform. A resolution on this subject
was referred to the committee for con-
sideration.
Whereas" it said, members of the
Georgia legislature saw fit to ignore
measures presented for their consid-
Grafton by the legislative committee
of the Georgia Federation of Wo-
mems clubs, and, whereas, the meas
ures were of vital importance to the
welfare Of women and children OF
Georgia,
BE it resolved that list of mem
bers of the general assembly be COM
piled, with record of occasions upon
which members were absent from
their posts, particularly in the closing
DAYS of the session, and that record
of the vote of members upon import
ant measures be also made and that
this record be sent to members OF the
Georgia Federation of Women's clubs
for their consideration"
New Officers Elected.
Mrs. A. P. Brantley, of Blackshear
was elected president, and Mrs. Hayes,
the retiring president, was elected
honorary president of the association
for life. Other officers are: First vice
president, Mrs. A. E. Bremen, Angus
ia; second vice president, Mrs. 5. D.
Sanford, Athens; recording secretary,
Mrs. Oscar Mckenzie, of Montezuma;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. M. Boy
kin, OF Atlanta; treasurer, Mrs. Albert
Hill, of Greenville. Mrs. Alonzo Rich
ardson, of Atlanta, was elected state
director.