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PAGE 12 I WOMAN SIIFfRM mm SOUTH Municipal Primary Vote Has Been Granted White Women in Atlanta. pP .' __ The municipal primary vote just I granted the -women ot Atlanta Is indi- I catlve of the Ingenuity with which I women hare gained their ballot rights. I This la the second city of Georgia. I a state supposed to be locked and barred against equal suffrage, to grant city primary suffrage to women. The other city Is 'WaycroBs which capitulated two years ago before the old American principle that "taxation without representative Is tyranny." So many women In Waycross paid large taxes that the city Invited white women In to the white primary elections. By a majority vote, with only one dissenting voice, the Democratic City oommtttee of Atlanta bestowed the same right on white women on May 8d of this year. This.committee Is made up of a certain number of men from each ward and one of Its principal duties Is to decide on the regulations governing primaries. t"The adoption of the equal suffrage resolution by the committee means that Atlanta has set the pace for the state of Georgia In favoring the enfranchisement of women. The action I was made possreie by the faCl tha1 the local primary committee controls the White primary of the city, which Is not affected by state laws," sayB the Atlanta, Georgia, press. "It Is within the discretion of the committee, which acts under a sort of 'gentlemen's agreement,' to grant the ballot to Atlanta women for any one primary, although similar action would have to be taken by subsequent committees to give them this privilege In succeeding elections." "Theoretically we have obtained a small share of what we should have," said Miss Eleanor Raoul, a young woman law student in Atlanta, and a former member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association's Research bureau. "But practically we have, as far as municipal politics goes, gained as mnch as we would have, under broader rights because It will be a long, long time before there is more than one party In Georgia." The efforts of Atlanta women to gain this local right began In 1915, two years before Waycross women got it The significance of the Atlanta act was enhanced by the cablegram from Paris, announcing that Senator William J. Harris, of Georgia, had pledged himself to vote for the federal suffrage amendment. This appeared almost simultaneously with the gain of women's right to enter into Atlanta primaries. Both victories coming together have tremendously heartened the women of Georgia, who feel that the weage or equal sunrage nas oeen driven deep Into the mind of the Georgia electorate. They point to the Infinitesimal speck of equality gained In Tennessee when Lookout Mountain?one little town near Chattanooga?gained municipal suffrage two years ago; now Tennessee has state-wide municipal and presidential suffrage. Municipal suffrage, In conjunction with presidential suffrage, has been granted women by the legislatures of Illinois, North Dakota, Nebraska and Tennesee. It was also given the women of Vermont by legislative grant on March 21, 1917, two years before their legislature gave them presidential suffrage. Women may now vote at municipal elections In: All Incorporated towns in Vermont. In Columbus, East Cleveland and Lakowood, Ohio (1917). These are all Home Rule cities, Vhlch, under Ohio's now constitution, can make their own charters. The woman's ballot was gained therefore In these cities by referendum to the voters at the polls and not by the legislature. In Florida the following charter towns have equal municipal sufTrage; FellBmere, 1916, In St. Lucie county; Anrantla and Cocoa, In Brevard county; Orange City and Deland, In 7f?L..<a nv.t n.i? tt u I.- vuiuoio Coaatfi fTcHI ruinr UEUtll and Delray, in Palm Beach county; j Florence Villa in Fok county; Moore Haven, in De Sota county; Clearwater in PlnellaB county. All these in 1917. Orlando in Orange county In 1919. j These are charter towns. Precedent was set when the legislature granted | a charter Including woman suffrage to i Fellsmere. Since then similar char ters have been granted to the remaining towns . Governor Catts signed ; the Orlando Woman Suffrage chartei | in April of this year. Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, also has municipal suffrage for women by j | RECORD OF THE PAST No 8troa(j?r Evidence Can Be'Had In V Fairmont. W Look ^fclLto their raHfrd. What they havAdone many thaAs in years gone by lithe best gnaqsnteaf of fu-1 tare result! AnyoneJaMHToad back; ! *\any reaael sutiertfg Atom urinary | troubles, film kidney illi, should find comforting' words in She following statement. j / neys have beB^reak And haven't acted right. Tmn I bfve had pains through my back Js loinn ^ i have stooped over ltd I have hardly I ; been able to EtralgUpn. Doan't Kid-! ney Pills have quk*ly rW me of the {1 pains and regnlatef my kidneys." . Mrs. Radford |? the above ntate-! ment on April 8. 1113, and on Tebru-1 ary 18. 1917, ihe added: "I i need a kidney remedy now. Doanlaj tHKidsey Pills have been or great help! to me and I am always glad to recommend them." ^grice 69r. nl all dealers. Don't slmt . V lrey. remedy ? get Japan's Kidney Pills ? tho same that I ' ,i?u. Koster-Mllburn ll MOTOR * 50 J' V '^*<*#1WWy,^*?.. "Tax!, sir?" You look around motorcycles with side car for two, ' and Bometlmes gets there quicker. legislative grant. The bill was sign ed by Governor Thomas C. Rye lii April, 1917. It was the first womar suffrage hill ever brought before t Tennessee governor for ratification and It grew out of the expressed wist of the women on the mountain tt have a woman on their school board In Annapolis, Maryland, taxpayinj women were given the charter rlghi of woman suffrage by the legislature of 1900. In Waycross, Georgia, In 1917 suf frage for women In white primaries wsb granted upon n resolution fron th Waycross city council to the rep resentatlves from Ware county, ol which WaycroBB Is county seat. [GEORGETOWN Mrs. Minnie Fortney spent Satur day and Sunday the guest of her sIb ter, Mrs. William Gantz, at Fairmont nuiiu luurgau tspeill I uw.saay mgfll with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sattorfield at the Brady mines. Frank Fortney has returned home after spending a few weeks with hie aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. William Oantz at Fairmont. X. E. Fisher, who has had small pox. Is able to be out again. Wilbur Fortney Is visiting his aunt Mrs. William Oantz at Fairmont. Mrs. Musgrave was a business callei at Fielrmont recently. Harry Brock entertained Harvej Musgrave and Byrl Henry one evening last week. Mr. and Mrs. Hashman are smiltni over the arrival of a new son bort last week. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Trlckett anc daughter, Mary, will move in a few days to Morgantown. Lessle Neely took in the show ai Morgantown Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Satterflelc and two children, Leona and Owen, ol the Brady mines, opent Saturday anc Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Arnett. Joe Barker was at Morgantown or Wednesday. Miss Blake Snider was shopping a: Fairmont Monday. Mrs. Emma Amett spent one after noon last week.with Miss Sarah Clark George Massey and Russell Ralph snyder attended the show at Mor gantown Wednesday. Mrs. Tillie Wlldman spent Satur day night with hor mother, Mrs. Ry Arnett. MIsb Mary Trlckett was shopplnt at Morgan town Wednesday. Miss Belle Morgan was at Falrmoni Monday. Mrs. Lily Ammons was visiting ai Attractiv Because of the largi offer them at very attr at Prices that Cannot 1 our statement. We carry the large colors and ticks are incl We sell mattresses. purchase. They are hij you come down town to chase, although we are bered among our long 1 Jgjgj We Sell Pathe j ? PatRephones PHONE ?i3 Your Credit is Good. CYCLE TAXTS LONDON'S I -1 Ai ? t o see where It Is, and there at the curb, r hat's the latest In way of a taxi In Lo nc Fairmont Saturday and Sunday. Mr. SI Michael who has been very sick, is better. Belle Morgan was at Morgantown Wednesday. Edward Thorne has bought an automobile for bis family. Edward Thorne was a business call| er at Morgantown Wednesday. MrB. Emma Arnett entertained r Every' i mi_ _ j. mat jxc delicious tionably ; Some wc that food powders phatfc cc ; high^t clardd a ! unwholc Rp Made fr is Royal Conta e Mattress E ; stock of-ipattresses that we hi active prides. Having bought )e Excelled anywhere in the ci .st stock oi mattresses in. the uded. \ . at anywhei ; from $5.5Qy.to^l0, jh-class m? Presses apayew^i do shoppii g. Rem^mbfr a cqJ certain that wharf* vnrfi son tV>? ? ^ ww wvv viiy iome Fur; ,*fc$f[*i 0. H. HIME1 PggiPft^ig JVTEST I - ti p under your nose, Is one of these * Ion. It costs less than the big ones h b s p M1ss Icie and Sarah Clark one after- j noon last week. b Rev. W. P. Clark returned home lasi f Saturday night after spending a week li with business at his farm at Cincinnati, Ohio. Gilbert Thome, of Morgantown, spent Sunday at Will Snlder's. D. B. Snider, of Fairmont, spent n Sunday at W. S. Snlder's. 11 Woman K >yal Baking Powder i? appetizing food?u 1 i J.'J - wnoiesome. jmen, however, do nol [ made with cheaper , containing aKim an< impounds^ often i j&id tex^ore;?manvj liiprt baking powdejfe wome and injurious safe and sure way is to VAT: ?' om Cream of Tartar derived from grapes ins No AlumLeaves No E bargain Sale ive on handour salesroom at an opportune moment we ; ity of Fairmont. A visit to oq town and consequently have a iJ / depending on the particular .lid he rielitrViter? fx* -*K-?? 11 ttyour store d^s not obliga quality thajy you get for your ot;ly a raw 01 mattress : SpeciaVFelt Mattress ctJtton felt. Regular price "Almost M" brand < price $16.00. Sak price, Acme-Combinali}pn?2 lar price, $10. Sale pxice ! Cotton Top, which Ve During the Sale?$5.50. niture Co JCK, Manager. 810 J I 0 k ^ ^ I 10SE PLAN FOR i CLARKSBURG M jegionnaires Will Go to At tend Frolic on Saturday Night Fairmont Lodge, 8, Loyal Order o! loose, last night at Its meeting It loose Home, Initiated twelve candiates. Forty applicants received due ig the special dispensation have witha the next three weeks to present hemselves for Initiation. Plans have been made to take e irge number of Fairmont legionaries a the frolic of the Monongahela Val Legion, 52, Mooseheart Legion rhlch Will be held In Moose Temple :iarkshurg, on Saturday evening. Alfalra of the Moose band are proresslng nicely. The memben of the and expect to have their new unlarms by May 30, when they will pa ade at Watson Incident to the Memrial Day observance In that place 'he suits have been ordered from M !. Lllley & Co., Columbus, 0., and are xpectea to arrive In Fairmont on lay 2S. The contract on May 30 calh it twenty-three pieces at Watson and be musicians are diligently at work ractlcing. Next Friday evening the Moose band rill hold a rehearsal at 7:30 o'clock i Moose home. At that time the and will decide whether or not It will o to Clarksburg on Saturday night tc lay in the parade incident to tht iooBeheart Le<ion. The band now as recruited a strength of twentyIve pieces and is gradually rounding ito a splendid organization. NOTICE/ This Is to notify tlJ public not tc ust my wife, Maihel Aieana. as I will ot ho responsible f* any debts con acted by her. / 5-22-lt EMLRL O. MEANS. " [ I OlOWS makes inques b Know baking ifphosilferior of the ve deto be use iking >wder which * litter Taste I i NowOn we are in a position to ye enabled to sell them r store will corroborate , large assortment. All quality you desire to BTTo you the next time te you to make .a purmonev von will hp num. El OUR MANY BARGAINS ies?50-pound all white (, $20. Sale price $16.00 Df mattresses. Regular $13.00. 0 percent cotton, regu$8.00. regularly sell for $7.00 \ We Have a Full Line of May 1 Records EFFERSON STREET. Opposite Court House. i.'" ' ?. 1' ' -?''r- ' ' * SOLE AGENCY IN I 1 W.LDougl; \ "The ShJ That Ho] $3.50, $4.00,/5.00, $5.50, A trial mill convince vou tni are superior far style, comfo The actual vaue is determii [ fixed at theJnptorjr and stfrn guarantee that the shoes a price paid/or thepi. / FUUi /ND CMffLETB ; HAND INCLCDINQ BU j| BLACK QE I \ JX?'-main b I.UPPUbl IL . . rAIDMriM* wm 1VENINGT, MAY 22,191*3 airmont for , ass^Shoes 1 rti^&rvic* amjf value. ifll \ped on the bottom as a I jre always worth the |l STOCJT NOW ON H PEON STYLES IN ?w Prices in Fairmont H I WE SOCIETY Virginia, e Public stian Science I B., New York, N. Y. hip of thd Mother Church entlat, In Boaton, Mass. jH Morgantown t^y 23, 1919. 1 iially Invited to attend. rsonal belonging, but In such event don't J j a Want Ad in The t around quickly or - finding the article ontalns It words and would you lose something try one I Inlng personal liars currency. ephone 1234-X. ^ % IHI'I V/ I ^ Originators and Leaders of 1a i IU.1..1B .. imr . 8a age - - ! ??? I ; CHRISTIAN Spiffi Morflan?rf*n, Wert AnfounCo a Fre L^ure on Chrii : ^ Irn^O. Stridor, Cf S. (lejf ber of the Board o^U-ecturei /he Flret Church of Chalet, 8cl f Masofi'ic Templk ! Friday Evening, II atj/cl You and your frtrwdW are cor< Tou^/i Luck! NO one likes to lose a pei it sometimes happens. w*aste any time in puttin| West Virginian. Bring 1 telephone and the odds of will stand in your favor. The following specimen Want Ad C cost but 28c each Insertion. If ever lfce it. LOST?Wbllet, conta! papers and few do Reward to finder. Tel The West Virginian Want carefully read by hundrei Marion county residents. TISE YOUR WANTS for a word each insertion and prise you. You Won't Lose West Virginian i i A I 1 The season is here apd i with the best ^hat "BaHdom" the most complete lin/ of Reaches Halls, I and Gl< in the city. Even have plate ial rates'for complete club e< (MsMa t Ad Columns are I ds of Fairmont and I You may ADVER- I the small cost of 2c the results will surThough a Want Ad ?y fir 1 ive cap fully equip you has to offer. We carry J iats, Masks, I ] >ves ill s for your shoes. Spec- I luipment of 12 suits. rdware fj