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VOL. SI. NO. 78
Associated Preaa Service
ATHBNS, OA, WEDNESDAY. MAT J#. 1923.
A. B. C, Paper
•Inale Coplea 2 Centa Dally. S Cente Sunday.
Anti-Foreigner Move
Is Seen In China As
Circulars Are Found
KIWIS MEETING
TEINSTIN—Inflammatory circulars calling on the
people to rise up against all foreigners in China have
been discovered in a number of nearby towns and vil
lages and ip this city itself.
The circulars allege that the Foreign Committee,;
whose names and occupations are given, is planning to'
turn over the former German concessions here to the
British.
Th,- Herman territory reverted
(o Chin* on settlement upon
declaration of. war . asainrt
District Governor . Out
lines Objectives of State
Organization in Force
ful Speech Here Tuesday
Central powers.
Slnoo that time
been badly admlniatered by
li,,' fhlneae, the Foreign Commit-
risaerta.
TWO reported
KILLED
SHANGHAI—Three Chlneet cap
tlvea taken by the 8ucho.w train
banititr. In the raid on the Shanp
hat-l'ekln express, have been hurled
to their death over a precipice near
the i.rltsande' mountain atronghoU’
.. a warning that negotiation for
. — - ■ irlaoners
the release Of the foreign prisoners
meat he brought to a speedy term-
Inatlon, according to an unconflmr
*1 message received from fctneh-
TKKIN—With the coneaent ot
the Chlneao' government. Minister,
ot Communication! Wu Tu Lin,
and General Long Iteh have pro
ceeded to the atronghold of the
Shantung bandits to offer them-
Klven aa hostages In order to ob
tain the release of the foreigner*
she are hold as the prisoners ol
the brigands.
Normal Literary
Societies Elect
Officers For ’24
Three Athens Girls Given
Offices in Mildred Ruth
erford and Altioria So
cieties At State Normal.
Tho officers of tho two Literary
Societies, of the ftnte Normal
School, the Mildred Rutherford am'
Altioria have been elected for next
year.
The following officers *»mve been
ENTERTAINMENT AT
COLLEGE CAFETERIA
Club Delegates Thank
Domestic Science Class
For Delightful Lunch
eon
5.5. Convention Will
Hold Final Sessions
Wednesday Night Tl
. * By F. R-
Hundreds of college
representing tlyir schools
young peoples'religious pi
closing session of the Get
Wednesday night nt 7:45
Frank M. Oliver of Savannah,
governor of the Georgia district of
Klwanls International made one'of
the most forceful epeeches ever
heard In. Athens while addressing
the Kwianls clubs of the Northern
district here Tuesday.
Ten clubs, and two prospective
clubs, Lawrencevllle . and Com
merce, sent delegatee here lor
the first Inter-city meet of Kl-
wanla held In Athena and an en-
thuaialsUc meeting resulted. Be-
Tirade Launched
Against Repeal
Of “Prohi” Law
Says Men. Who Voted
For Repeal of Dry Law
Are Guilty of Treason.
(By Associated Press.)
WART
’d high school students, some
ectly and others in groups of
nizations will attend the
I Sunday School Convention
“College night** fa the name given
to a..w ..iHli fusion of the convert
tlon and on thta occasion Dr. Hugh
MaglU. noted religious educator and
for. H. E. Tralle v the former of Chi
cago and the latter front New York
Will deliver addresses. Students
from tho University, State College
of Agriculture. High School, Lucy
Cobh and State Normal School will
attend.
FINAL
8E83ION
Wednesday morning's temlon of
the convention wan devoted to con-
frtmonc- -'Iv’-Rlon.. of th© "Varn-
V”/ — r r j "IRT —"inn- UI 1 HP v m u
NEWBURGH.—The repeal of the tlon Bible school*, rural Sunday
state prohibition enforcement act schools, week-day rellgloua educa-
■tatutes'would likely reaule lh tlon and other Important subjects*
more or leaa conflict between the ftn ,i phase* of Sunday School work.
i* In '
atato and federal authorities,” m [*t’«« apetmera at cue cinvenilon
the opinion of President Harding. Rome Of the finest ever heard In
The view* of the prealdent were Athena and It la expected the cloa-
expreased In a letter to Wesley Be a«lon which begin* at 7:45
Walt of tl)U city, which wai made . o’clock with a aong service, will
public Wedneday morning. I draw a capacity crowd to the Flral
The bill which repealed the act. Methodint church. R. D. Webb, gen-
FIRE ID WATER
i i ' • • ’‘ i ■ H
HOT SPIES II
OWN AWFUL SCENE
III Greenville Tourists
Will Be Entertained
'
In Athens Thursday
Authorities At Work
Trying to Clear Up
Debris Left By Flood
Waters.
DEATH TOLL NOT
YET ESTABLISHED
Rescue Parties Search-
Ing For Other Bodies
Of Possible Dead. Num
ber is Low.
elected by the Mildred Rutherford -Mm Governor Oliver. District
Society: • * Governor W. W. Mundy of Cedar-
Lyle Walker, prealdent, Conyers; 1 , own H, hero. Joe A. Merriman of , ‘n,“.^ruM^Irtiture by"oJ£1
Lillian. Milton, vice president. | savannah, district secretary and. „rnor 8^rith before K ^
Blacks hear; Eva Tillman, s«re- representatives from the ten club. I Sn, ' ,h ' beIore tH!COmg ZLliI
SS;nr^ r A°t : h.n?. Velyn m^t* wa. entertained by) Waite wrote to Prealdent Hard-!
Chairman of committees: Sara tho local club and tho meeting was , ■“« "*“« that J”J”?.“ooJernor hud'lh^McSnd’mM^st of*thTAe
Farmer, music, Wrena; Margaret heldJn the main auditorium of the I bIU • hould ,l * ned by Governor, Ized the second meeting of the Aa
lam i
Work iGflWplBtodg^ Secre
tary. Fqfbes. Announces
On Return to City Tues
day. Opens June 19th.
Gill, decoration, Macon; Louise
Walters, refreshments, Anderson-
vllle; LaBasnare Barnett, enter
tainment. Colbert.
The following officers have
been elected by the Altioria So
ciety:
Nellie Shltlett, president, Lyer-
ly; Rath Conyers, vice president,
Athena; May Vetter, secretary.
Savannah; Otis Cain, tieasurer,
Lawrencevllle.
Chairmen ot committee*: Mat.’
William*, potter, Catania; Fannie
Lila Conyers, decr.atlon, Athena;
Sara Lee Williams, refreshments,
enter-
The improvement work on the
beautiful six-acre Lake Edward*
it the Athens Y. M- C. A. bof*,.'
cimp in the mountains of North
east Georgia, Was completed Mon
day, according to the .report
brought back by Frank Edwards,
chairman of the boy*’ e*mp com
mittee, end Secretary Forbes, who
returned from comp Monday night.
Last year then wot to much to
do to even get the camp ready for
the opening day, that some exca-
ming around the banka and in
the upper end had to be l*ft un
done. But now there Is ample
depth a|T around the bank* and in
the upper end 1 of tho lake for ea-
hoeing. “
ow places on tho bonk*
damn have been filled
' y high banks will b*
of the lodge, a place
i> a point of constant supervision
as®"* 1b “ fc - x
CANOES . . . • •
••With the eighteen'canoed on this
beautiful mountain lake, ond on*
(Turn te page eight)
sta* rollers of Agriculture and I Smith, that Congress bd"convened sndntlon. held at the Methodist
SStJXIT ESSTh? Mta ! »»d the legislature and governor j f h,m-h Tuesday _ night, when. Dr.
the luncheon was served br Mia*!*?" ”
Scotfs class ofvDoracstlc Selene
girls at the Agricnltnral cafeteria... 1
President J. W. Barnett, 1^-ed
(By Associated Press.)
HOT SPRINGS—A* daylight
began to light up the scenes ol
twisted, charred wreokago laying
In allmy mud and water, rescue
parties mad* up of staffs .from
th* army and navy hospitals be
gan aearching fpr the deed and In
jured.
means of cammunleatlor
were cut off'by th* tornado, flood
and fire. Train service with the
stricken storm district eras' Impair
ed, hut a Missouri Pacific wrecking
crew Immediately rushed to
For the purpose of bringing other cities in their itiner
ary into closer relationship with their own one hundred
and twenty-five Greenville, S. C., business m,en will ar
rive in Athens Thursday morning on the homeward lap
of their “Get Acquainted” tour.
The visitors are making a tour
Riots and Piracy
Disrupting China
In Recent Weeks
Outlawry Rampant Over
Various Provinces;
Strong Anti-Japanese
Sentiment Prevalent.
storn» district.
While the proparty loaa will be
heavy only on* paraon waa report
ed aerloualy hurt. Mrs. Katie
(By Associated Press.)
PEKIN—Banditry In alx provinc
es. nntl-Japanoae riots In one pro
vince. Japanese boycotts In several
piracy on the southern coast and
up the southern rivers, war in
three province* and warlike prepa
rations In a fourth are the out
standing problems of the past few
of Weatern North Carolina, Tenn
essee and Georgia under auspices
of tho Greenville Chamber of Com
merce. They are traveling in
a special train and wil larlvo In
Athens from Atlanta at 7:20 o'clock
over tho S. A. L. railroad.
weeks which a ire confronting the
Chinese government.
At the head of the list owing to
ths ’ International compllcalons In
Christianson, caught In an auto- volved. stands the Suchow outrage
mobile when.tha flood swept down In which a strong force of bandlti
from the mountains and engulfed from Bhangtung and Honan pro-
Central avenu* tho. principal bust* vlnces raided tho Pekin-Shanghai
to*ty;
K. Trail., of New York, and V. vruihad. Physicians old hr
elate offWal who voted]W. Sims,"of Ilaletgh, N. _C„ .poke I™"
KlWANIS OBJECTIVE
IS OUTLINED
MUCH INTEREST IN
IS]
to atistalii the Constitution of the
United SUtes." Waite's letter (aid.
In Ms reply President Harding'*
wrote In part, "Pending approval
ntirirnod"^* ohtMtlvo of'The^chibe I calI1 » er BUI. by Governor
outlined th* oh]ectlve of the clubs | stnIUx. this matter Is hardly
Governor Oliver In hie speech
of (he state as adopted at a meet-1
to* of the trusts* held In Dublin I f^Sf.rauQ?o
r to bo
ing Ol IUO iruum uem iu uuuuu i a-, ~ J *5
In March. TOI. objective ha. a. oa To/^ d^termi^Ulon *’
It* aim mainly a,program fpr bet- i”
taring farming. ctradlUosa. of B ° ud ^
m WDITEU
UK ‘LABOR AGENTS’
to the many Sunday Pchol workere
who have gathered here from all
parts of the country to dlscups
“The ndw day In Religious Educa
tion.** -I
Mr. 81ms. the first speaker,
chose as his subject “Backward
and Forward." Looking Into the
■ (1 urn to page eight)
Students, Faculty Mem
bers, and Athens Resi
dents Look At Heavens
Thru Big Telescope.
By J. Harrell Drewery
Much Interest has been shown of
late by students and fac.llv mem
bars of tho University of Georgia
in astronomical aubjecta. Tho In.
tereat Is not limited to tho irtu-
donts who are taking work In the
astronomy.courses, but other* are
likewise Interested. A large num,-
depth^fo^the bor of people freguen. the Mopre
beginners to*lean! to swim. This college building and view tho Mara
and other heavenly bodies through
tho big talehcope Ut that bui'llug.
(Professor Thoburn has change ot
the Instrument and he* Invited all
who care to visit Ms labratory
take a
ment--
stato and contained ilz seperat-
objectlvoa. i
. The ' work that the clubs
outlined, for tho state Is rigtt In [v
line *wlth that the SUt* Colled* T
ot Agriculture la doing and Preil-1
dent Andrew M. Soule, who was ;
present at the meeting and deliver,
ed one of the main addresses said
that thg*elubs were doing more
than any other agency outside the
college Itself to pnt over lie own
program In Georgia.
The International “hobby”, o:
tho clubs, that of bettering the un'
derprlvlleged child, was also dis
cussed. In this connection tho Kl-
wanla club* of the atato have be
come .Interested In deaf and dumh
children and have arranged treat
jUlllDEIOIN
The Marquette hotel end nearly a
score of buelnes buildings were In
ruins aa a result -of a Are which
sprang up after the torrent raced
Into the city.
Store fronts -mtaahed, oath
houses wrecked, and dhhrla strewn
about Tuesday night stood as mute
evidence ot th* fury
menta.
th* tie-
monthly to this Institution and
having the privilege of aendlo*
children there for treatmont.
BRIEFLY THE
"HALF DOZEN-
The farm program outllnlcd hi
Governor Oliver contains alx oj
Jectlves, brieifly a* follows:
1. Co-operation with the State
College of -Agricqlturo In every
wag practicable, especially in plan-
‘ Demonstration and'
» to visit Ms labratory » Ing a Form Domonatratio
p.°p “ m,ugh . t,,e
r^rr
Eighteen Hundred Neg
roes Lose From Two to
'dr
Ten Dollars Each Fd
“Special Train.”
P1NRBLUFF — Fully eight,
moot for these children at Df.^,,,,,.* nmo „ from mH e, |. Jv-
Stap cri* sanitarium at Macon, th* d i rwUnn (al p, rK | Bt ojady.
club's of the _state contributing - nA „ lnly
Ark., Ttftoda/ anrt vainly awaltel
a special train which th#y expected
to take them to new homes and high
waxes In th# industrial centers of
the north, according to a report
which came Wednesday morning
from the postmaster at Grady.
Alleged labor agents bad been
working In the territory for several
day*.
It la alleged that the agents col-f
(acted from two to ten dollar* from
each negro* In return for which he
wan to make reservation for them
on the “special'train** and olgn theta
up for jobs when they arrived at
their destination.' * »
BANNER-HERALD POLICY HOLDER IS PAID $80
FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
REPORTS NOT
Y3T VERIFIED
Karller reports that there had
been 'heavy loss of llfo were not
(verified when a cheek -was trade
.' today by oily official* and news-
ay I* >;»: 1 vLTi ■' (paper man.
r. I (ji.it,.-; j ' I Store building* collapsed from
kangled'Body' o^Whjte
Man, Apparently '• (jo their cars were left stranded.
Years Old, Struck By "*' w ^ b * u,v,d «» hi¥ * «'
Seaboard Train. : In the wake of the flood,
— (caused by lightning broke out al
The mangled body of an unlden-'midnight and added to the horrors
tlfled trhlte man, apparently sixty- \ot the catastrophe. The Mar-
five years, of age, waa brought to-QUette hotel, was one of the first
the city Wednesday at S:S0 p. m.'buildings to be enveloped In. flames
by the train crew of No. ft south-I The Grand Rapids Furniture corn-
bound Benboard pasaenger train |P«ny was also swept by flames,
where It la being prepared for| Oueata In th* hotel ars believed
burial by Dorsey’s, funeral direct-! to have all epeaped aa they died ra
te''' lmalned awake on account of ths
Conductor Fuller In charge of the cnrlf storm,
train, stated that hla frnln struck I The fire departments hand!-
tbs man. white he was walking capped by the high watees and dc-
along the tracks a short distance brla In tha streets nuulv little head-
out of Libert on. He was alive way controlling the flgmea flow-
when taken aboard, and a wire was ever, the steady downpour of rain
sent ahead to Athens to have an which finally conquemd the fire
ambulance ready to take^ljtn to *> and practically all burning build-
hospital, but before the .train Ings were extinguished by early
reached the city the Accident victim dawn. *
died. I ' » '
Ths only mark of identlflcatlot LflpwL-.,,
found ou the man or abput Hit Aligner LOUTtS
clothing was themame “H. T. Frln-
ton" written in s, ik on the aweal
band of a brown rFeltcraft*
express May C. and kidnapped
number of foreigners, Including
some Americans, who sjill are held
prisoners.
The captives are threatened with
death unless tha Pekin government
stoi'e them to their former placet
In thp army and immediately ra>
call the troops' besieging them.
At Tangsban la Chihli province
8undny morning Chinese troops
mutinied and attempted to loot
native bank. Fearing damage
the railroad, which it is their dutj
to guard, American troops at Tient
ordered Cut They re
tired without taking action when If
waa found the railway
Stater
My,'to act
>| 7 Coming
lay; One
Day Showing Here
Shadows," a picture that
many Athens' morlny picture fan*
have been Interested In and 1 which
was Mllad here a few day* ago
but was lost In transit will be
shown-without fall Saturday at the
Fa lace.
Lon Chaney la tha itar of thla
production and many local thent-e
goers are Interested In this partic
ular picture and It will closo a
week of aplondld pictures at tho
Palace.
ENLARGE JACKSON P. O.
JACKSON.—Work of enlarging
the Jackson post office building
le now going on. When completed
the building will afford 1,104
square feet of floor space.
JJgy 2nd
/9zs
6 ^yyy/ 7 y - clahhkce jumbo
£*.!•%? 1*1*3 EiGHTTDOLiARS IH1*3 BJ«
f/ \ > -
/ <B \ 10865
S' 80,00..
r;
.ai.-.ir-ie^OCo-p,., undt-p-'i.-Nc. 3169 A0
-rnnt.rh-W i'r ■ J ' aOOidant _
ijuster.
l—wf n »-a • ■ clew, weke orto'esyeee.r, A, hm.
Broksii.I. 1*^. •■A/s/e.t n
■ • j 1 : m
Alrav, I* , b . tacrfmii* or a chtckd nsr-Herald on March 14. tin there- vehicle or as a'lara-parlnx paaaen
tokl . - US • VII8VH'
vaich Tb* Baaner-HeraId forward-
P*"** 1 day* ago to Claranc*
J^jnlna, colored, aged II of neat
s-’^rarArsi'':
w_ of The Banner-Herald
7 his subscription to the
one year and paying for
*»«v
Fleming
ilbed to The Ban-
by becoming eligible for a Banner-
Herald Travel Accident Polity. On
April A I»tk lean than one month
after the policy waa laaued him.
Fleming nufferid mlatonlme oj
srs»SK?js«i
trailer, vrldch Vtoa auacbrd 'tg.tht
track, paa#l hvrr.hl* |r* v
Under the' leiyiis of the policy
leg sustained white en
gaged In travel, either In a private
aer. entitles the policyholder to In
demnity of 110 per week for net
mot* then It weeks. FlemlngV]p«id In'advance subscribers,
physician Sdvised him that hla In
jure* would earn hint-to be "laid
up" tar eight weeks aad.be
ot »S0, or *10 a
Prtka-
The claim was filed on April 15
wlth.B. .R. Blood worth, local agent
who writes the Travel Accident In-
■trance Policy which Th* Banner-'
Herald gins fra* of chart* to Its
The
>t*l> 'first i
office In Detroit, and eevkm
th* check, of Which the ghove Is a
uj* wr, rw*» u,c * 1 x-uevK, ui wnicn me soove u a B«jona year i
fora Ppt-In », claim‘for indemnity photograph, wa, made on .yay g* championship.
nf IU) nr 110 EL week for' Sight Qn< * MSshafl 'Tha Do. n .. Tfo.ol.l A* Thin VM> ml
ha waa wearing, ,711a clothing wan
that of a laborer, or tye had been
walking on the highway as It)
showed stags of duat and mud.
Th© body will remain at Dorsey's |
Uphold Decisions
From This County
The court of appeal, and Su-
chape! until disposition t. author j ^^Tcurar’^my.™^
| from th© Superior court, that of
| Hhchano vs. Ebarhart ©t aL Judg«
Prealdent Hugh II. White. Sec
retary E. W. Carroll of the Cham
ber of Commerce hero and C. H.
Compton, 8. A. L. commercial agent
will probably go to Atlanta >V©d
nosday night and return with the '
tourists THUrsday.
Upon arrival here the vlnltorn
wil be taken in automobiles to th*
State College of Agriculture where
breakfast will be served, Tha par
ty will bo entertained by the Than
ber of Commerce while In Athen*.
preparations having been complet
ed by M. J. Coats, chairman of the
entertainment committee. The tour
ists will be entertalnedT with a ban
quet In Atlanta Tuesday pight by
the Chamber of Commerce. Ablt
Nix will be toastmaster here at
tho breakfast given tho vlsltora.
Van Noy WIer, chairman of the
automobile commltee report? that
thirty Athens auto owners have vol
unteered the use of their earn for
the purpose of welcoming the vis
itors So Athens and taking them
td the 8tate College of Agricul
ture. The Chamber., of ConWnerce
has mailed out cards thanking each
auto owner for tho courtesy In of-
f. ring tin- am- of earn.
After upending n few hour? in
Athens tho Greenville boosters will
leave at 10 o'clock over the Cen
tral of Georgia for Madison whore
thej('Wll! bo met by tho Junior
Chamber of Commerce and Kiw&nlr
club and tendered u lmrbeouc.
The Greenville Chamber of Com
merce, which I* conducting the tour
Is one of the llveat In the United
States. It has 1900 paid members
with an annual Income of $40,000
It recontly sponsored a aucceoaful
movement for a *1,000,000 county
bond Issue for good roads. It main
tains a woman’s bureau, traffic bu
reau, Industrial bureau, agricultur
al bureau, merchants bureau and
others.
MADI80N.—Tho party of Green
ville, 8. C. business men, number
ing 125, and whlcfc includes the
Governor of tho state, and other
promlnont stato ollicials, which is
touring tho states of Gcorglu and
Tennessee, In tho Interest of
friendship and good will, will ar
rive in Madison Thursday at twelve
o'clock. Madison Is all set for the
nccOslon, having planned a gigan
tic barbecuo, and an uuto excur
sion and other interesting features
for the time the party !h here. They
leave -Madison at three o’clock for
Augusta, where they spend the
night.
The National League Of Women
Voters- And What It Stands For
BY.PI^0DUCT8 OF
THE LEAGUE'S WORK
The purpose ol the League as
£*i1 U 2£ "Mined In the By-Law. are two:
Vurl n *• J 04 **. Erwin. Erwin and n f ritlu-n «hn
TO WHITE, CHE
Strickland, contra.
This wu ths ease that grew
{of a fire and th* vacating of ths
corner store where tb* American
I State Bank is now loeated and then
occupied by tha E. 8. Sportln*
Dr. S. V. Sanford Makes ^ m. (*», *. .,fy
Presentation Speech As *™ r '- Br»<i»*ii and >u ttu»
Silver Cups Are Given ,°. f rr^Tc.'Tr^
Coach and Captain. - j
Preceding Uje Georgia-Mercer 1 j. 1 **' , "• u *}‘ n j* lh » * tl ° rn ”
cam* Wednesday, Captain Georg*ISSlSl—- '1,’ Xmm * Ruck
Clark nnd Coach W. P. White werei"* * u »V‘ lQr . contra- .
presented two silver loving cups I _ ■ , '
br th. membm o/ thc tinivA^uy (George Jay Gould
HU "SZSr&mlmZ r to-.ftjrtnF ^.ntndy M jymrahip
ror, Wolver M. Smith and J. J. -Unmoved leglata
of Garcia hkaeball. teon).,. ” vavcuavi
V. BanTord, facaltf. dirfcor.bf ath- r\ Tp -‘ At Mpnfnno
1st lea mode the pteaentatlOn speech EaLCo rtl JvlCIllUIlC
and In hla very ddlghtful wqy pre- (By Aasociatad Praxa.)
ranted th* cupe. M INTONE.—Oeorxe Jay Gould,
George Clark Is playing his laet American millionaire flManctar,
imaa for his Alma Mater and fol- ! who has beau III at dtp Martin
lowing a precedent eatabllohed last for some tlm* dad here at thru
year the captain ot the baaebel’ 1 o’clock, Wednesday morning. • '
team Is presented with some toker I The milllonglra was one of the
as a reward for the service, he hai 'moat promlnlent. financiers In.the
hla team and hla school, i business world. Ho had
Coach White Is serving his third 1 since March 30, when ha was
rear as a Georgia mentor and Iw i stricken with pneumonia at his
mad* a moat enviable record. HI* villa near Mentone.
“ ‘ year at th* University ha-won
teeq straight games
hit
Dixie
This year which will complete hla
third, he baa already, won the s
for the National Caaualty Company 'Juries were sustained.
TO OPERATE WAREHOUSE
VALD08TA.—Fenner & Smith,
formerly operating tho tobacco
warehouae at Tlfton. have leased
the Hahlra warehouse nnd trill op-
and to promote -Improved legtata-
tlon.
There la a third rfhult to wMch
wp did not pledge ourselves di
rectly bnt wMch I sometimes think
themselves the all partisan
attltudo of the League can go far
to maintain understanding and
sympathy and a common purpose
when these bonds are hastened
by party alignments. However they
may differ as to methods, the great
majority of women earnestly desire
such things as proper care and well
rounded education for all children.
mtfy prove to be of even greater thq safeguarding of girls In indus-
servlco than oar specified alms., try, the promotion of social hy-
rr*.(a la m | n ht !>e> , nll.wl thn r *
I withi a win i crate it the coming season. The
) r * _ ™
fir.n Ih :i1r»-adv making plans to
gla may again be acclaimed the |g C t ready for the season.
champiuiM of Dixie.
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This Is what might be called the
by products qf our efforts.
In the dhfs when some of us
sacrificed *11 other possibilities of
soda! service In order to give our
whole time and strength to tty?
sufferage movement, we werq sus
tained' In this coarse by oor belief
that In working for polftilcal
equality wa were working for the
fundamental principle upon which
this nation w*a bullded, and thus In
tho broadest sense, we wsrq belp-
ing to make Its Ideals * reillty. We
believed, too. that the ballot In the
hand* of the women would be tho
moat potent means of accomplish
ing tho special end* of the variosa
forma of social service In which
,4r» were Interested.
Faith ifc Democracy: In mnch the
■ame way the faith la the possibili
ties for good of democratic g6v-
ernment, which la the foundation
of the League of Women
Voters, la a necessary answer to
the disillusionment and the skepti
cism of many men who have grown
weary In well doing because'U has
seemed to avail, nothing in the
face of self-keeking and trickery
In the conduct of public affairs. Let,
os be thankful that we are hopeful,
for abiding belief In what the
whole people can and will do was
never more sorely needed.
8olidiritiy of Women: Among i
Kl^no. th<* removal of civil and
legal discriminations on the ground
of sex. It Is therefore well for
them anil well for tin* community
that owmen of all parties have an
opportunity that women of all par
ties have an opportunity to come
together In an organization devoted
solely to the Interests of women as
voters and there take counsel to
gether for the accomplishment of
the interest!! of women aa voters
ind there take counsel together for
the accomplishment of their com
mon alms, which are far more like
ly to bo attained If a program Is
outlined by an inclusivie group of
""mi'ii tluin tt-v would be if left
solely to the initiative of political
parties.
Help to Men In Public Office:
Another kind of service can bo
rendered to the man In public of.
fico, beset by seekers for peraonal
favors, business concessions, or lo
cal or sectional benefits, who soon-
or later tends to forget that
tho average citizen wants none ot
those things because the
citizen neglects to make It clear
that bla desire Is for the oomgion
welfare. To the publis servants who
want to serve the whole people,
the searchlight which maeli of our
work turns upon th* doing of of
ficials and law makers will bo $
