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“VOTES FOR WOMEN IN 1920” WINS I Washington and Tennessee Legislatures Ratify the Susan B. An thony Amendment, Thus Giving the Necessary Thirty-Six States Out of Forty-Eight Victory Crown* Seventy Year* of Persistent Struggle by Devoted Champion*-* Some Notable Features of the Long Fight for Equal Suffrage Through Amendment of National and State Constitutions—Some Names Made Immortal by the Contest Washington.—" Votes for women In 1920” wins. Washington and Tennes see have ratified the Susan B. An thony amendment This gives the 36 necessary states. March 22 the legislatures of the States of Washington and Delaware met In special session, having been convened to pass upon the ratification of the Susan B. Anthony amendment to the Constitution —so called because It Is the same form In which she drafted it in 1875, as follows: ‘The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Woman suffragists expected prompt ratification by Washington, and hoped to win in Delaware after a fight. When these two legislatures met the facts of the ratification situation were as follows: Ratification necessary by the legisla tures of three-fourths of the 48 states of the Union. Amendment ratified by 34 states, be ginning with Wisconsin, June 10, 1919, and ending with West Virginia, March 10, 1920. Ohio ratification before the Supreme court Amendment defeated by six states between September 2, 1919, and Feb ruary 17, 1920, as follows, in the order named: Alabama, Georgia, Mississip pi, South Carolina, Virginia, Mary land. Connecticut and Vermont have no regular session until 1921. Govs. Mar cus 11. Holcomb of Connecticut and Perclval W. Clement of Vermont had refused to call special sessions. Florida and Tennessee cannot vote In 1920 because of constitutional pro vision requiring election to Intervene between submission of amendment and action on it Louisiana legislature was to meet In May; no hope of ratification. North Carolina, scheduled to meet in ■pedal session In July. Gov. Thomas Susan B. Anthony. W. Blckett had declared his Intention of asking for ratification. Washington ratified as expected. Delaware and Louisiana voted "no." Governors of Connecticut, Florida and Vermont refused to call special ses sions. The Ohio ratification was up held by the United States Supreme court Under this decision Tennessee called a special session. It is 70 years since the organized movement for woman suffrage was be gun In the United States. In 1848 Lucretla Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton called a woman suffrage convention at Seneca Falls, N, Y., which launched a “Declaration of Sen timents" and passed a resolution de manding equal suffrage. These are two immortal names In American history. Lucretla Coffin Mott (1793-1880) was born in Nan tucket, Mass., of Quaker parents. Aft er teaching, she became “an acknowl edged minister" of the Friends. She married James Mott, who worked with his wife against slavery. Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was born in Johnstown, N. Y. Her fa ther was a justice of the state supreme court. She married in 1840 Henry B. Stanton, a Journalist and antislavery speaker. Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) Joined with Lucretla Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton In organizing the wom an suffrage movement. She became In time the real leader of the movement; certainly she was Its militant suffra gist Bom In Adams, Mas.% she came of Quaker stock and early devoted herself to "temperance” (the prohibi tion of those days) and to the aboli tion of slavery. When Miss Anthony began talking In public of “woman’s rights” she was derided and hissed by the men in her audiences as a “freak of nature.” Un dismayed, she carried the campaign to congress and to the states. During the Civil war she demanded that wom en be given equal rights with the new ly enfranchised negroes. The answer she got was: “This is the negro’s hour.” For several years after the Civil war Miss Anthony endeavored to secure an interpretation of the four teenth and fifteenth amendments which would allow women to vote. Finally, in 1872 at Rochester, N. Y, she tried to force an Interpretation by voting at the polls. She was arrested and fined. She refused to pay the fine, but was not sent to Jail. In 1875 Miss Anthony drafted the amendment to the Constitution which has now been ratified. In 1878 the amendment was introduced In the sen ate by Senator Sargent of California. It was defeated in 1887 and thereafter was not even debated In congress un til 1914. During the years the constitutional amendment campaign was making no progress the women won many vic tories in the states. They secured full suffrage in Wyoming (1809), Colorado, Utah and Idaho (1894), Washington (1910), California (1911), Kansas, Ari zona and Oregon (1912), Montana and Nevada (1914), New York (1917), Ok lahoma, South Dakota and Michigan (1918). They won presidential suf frage in Illinois (1913), Nebraska, Rhode Island and North Dakota (1917), lowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri and Ten nessee (1919) and Kentucky (1920). Partial suffrage prevails In many of the states. In Illinois, for example, women vote for candidates for all of fices not mentioned by the state con stitution. The National American Woman Suffrage association in 1912 opened headquarters in Washington and be gan an active campaign for the passage of the amendment. In 1916 It established branch headquarters there which were devoted entirely to the amendment campaign. The National Woman’s party, or ganized In 1910 by Alice Paul, estab lished Washington headquarters in 1913 and introduced the militant into the campaign. Alice Paul —the third Quakeress to immortalize herself —is the spectacu lar figure of the struggle. She Is a practical politician and developed the deadliest card index on members of congress that practical politics has ever seen. Pretty soon she was serv ing notice through the White House pickets that the president was the “man higher up.” The arrest of near ly 500 of these pickets and the imposi tion of jail sentences had no effect. Incidentally Miss Paul herself served seven terms in Jail. The amendment was beaten three times in the senate and once in the house before it was finally passed by the Sixty-sixth congress June 4, 1919, by the necessary two-thirds majority. The resumption of woman suffrage work after the Civil war was marked by the organization in 1869 of two na tional organizations; National Wom an Suffrage association, with Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony lenders and headquarters in New York; American Woman Suffrage association, with Mary A. Livermore, Julia Ward Howe and Lucy Stone leaders and headquar ters In Boston. The line of division was this; The former wished to concentrate on the passage of a con stitutional amendment; the latter was In favor of obtaining the suf frage through amendments to state constitutions. In 1890 the two organ izations were united under the name of National American Woman Suf fage Association, and work was pushed along both lines of endeavor. Mrs. Stanton was president until 1892. Miss Anthony served until 1900, resigning at the age of eighty. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt was Its head, 1900-1904. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, recently deceased and possibly best loved of all the lenders—a wom an of transcendent gifts and elo quence—was president until 1915. Mrs. Catt was then again chosen. Mrs. Frank Leslie left a large legacy to Mrs. Catt to be used In the work. The National association made ar rangements at the St. Louis conven tion of 1019 to dissolve its organiza tion and become the League of Wom en Voters. These arrangements be came effective at the Chicago conven tion in February last THE STARKVILLE NEWS. STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI EVENTS Gathered from All Cor ners of the State and Told in Briefest Form Starkville.—That there Is great wealth in dairy products for Missis sippi is evidenced from the statement made by H. J. Schwletert, general de velopment agent of the I. C. His data on what the dairy industry has don? and would do tor the state if fully de veloped is very interesting. When in Starkville recently he was very much impressed with the soils around here. “One of the greatest needs of any state," he said, “is the development or creation of new wealth or additional wealth, and in no other part of the United States are there greater possi bilities for development that will bring hundreds of millions of dollars to the state than in Mississippi. With her marvelous natural resources, her matchless climate, responsive soil her excellent water and her ability to produce practically all of her own food and feedstuffs, we believe that she Is destined to -become the Wiscon sin of the south in the production of dairy products." Carthage.—At a recent meeting of the board of supervisors of Leake County the routes for the two cross country highways were definitely designated and the engineer is now engaged in surveying the proposed routes. The east and west route is via Edinburg and on the Neshoba County line. The north and sou*h route, beginning at the Scott County line, is via Lindsey Bridge on Tusco lameta and Estes Mill to Carthago From Carthage the road is to go to Conway and intersect the Natchoz Trace Highway at Sanders’ Bridge. Agricultural College.—A progiammo of addresses by leading citizens of the state as a supplement to the practical work being done by the 550 boys in their 17 courses at A. and M, College, has been announced by State Leader J. B. Tanner. Among those scheduled are President Hull of the college on ‘The American Flag," Su perintendent Bond on “The Faimer as Leader of Community Spirit,” and Secretary Godfrey of the Y. M. C. A., on “The Spirit That Wins." Lieut. Miller delivered an address on the Victory medals, saying each ex service man, with an honorable dis charge Is entitled to same. Grover Section, of Washington, field commis sioner of the bureau of war risk insur ance and Miss Kate Markham Power of Jackson, representing the American Red Cross Society, delivered addresses. The convention adopted the four fold plan for the relief of ex-service men. Merigold.—Having received his ap pointrnent a short time ago to enter the religious field as missionary in Aflca, Prof. P. H. McCormick, who ren dered such faithful and efficient ser vice as a member of the faculty of the Bolivar Agricultural High School dur ing the past session, has resigned his position, and will leave for the foreign fields November 1. Meridian. —The city council has adopted an ordinanse providing for an increase in the tax levy of one mill to be voted on by the qualified electors of the city for the purpose of increas ing the salaries of all subordinate em ployes of the city government. Ellisvllle.—The Jones County board of supervisors has passed an order re quiring those who have borrowed money from the county to readjust the security given for the loans. This la to be done on September 14. Agricultural College.—A survey of the present crop situation, plans for vigorous agricultural activity durirg the fall months, and a sweeping vis ion of the large alms of extensive work presented by Director Wilson were the conspicuous features of the session of the Mississippi extension workers held here. Carthage.—The eleventh annual ses sion of the Leake County Fair, to be held at the fair grounds at Estes Mill, eight miles from Carthage, gives prom ise of oelng the best In the history of the association. The fair will be in ses sion four days, Aug. 24-27. luka.—Four retail merchants were fined here yesterday by T. Stellger, Mississippi state feed Inspector, for Belling feedstuffs without having the (Mississippi tax stamp attached. • •lit The following officers were elected: Dr. Ira L. Parsons, Brookhaven, state chairman or commander; Edward F. Warren, Canton, vice-commander. Enterprise.—Clande Payton ha* volunteered to Inital V nomination In the new church ur Pr U construction at Enterprise. / a Indianola.-~A compilation of the as seased valuation of the personal roll of Sunflower County for the year 1920, as revised by the board of su pervlsors, handed in by John W. Johnson, chancery clerk, shows th* following figures: There are 12,501 mules at an average value of approx imately $144. or a total value of sl r 789,315; automobiles, 1,407, average $450 total value $220,505; merchan dise valuation, $1,097,490. These are the big items, which with others foot up $5,983,540 excess over last year be ing $2,304,750, or about 62 per cent increase. The supervisors increased the assessor’s figures $130,680. Total polls assessed, white 2,750, total 9,352. There are 250 sheep and goals assessed. Agricultural College.—The greatest agricultural campaign in the recent history of the state is planned for a feed and cover crop campaign to be conducted Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 2 and 3 Every federal extension worker of the state, according to Director R. S Wilson, will during this time give the major portion of his time to this cause, in addition every newspaper of the state, every bank, all leading business men and all . industrial agenda? having any connection with rural protncms will be invited to give fullest co-operation. Tupelo.—The trapdoor fell, the spirit of Charlie Marshall was usher ed into eternity and the fatal Miller tragedy ended. He went to his death without the twitch of a muscle and with a smile on his face. He showed as game spirit as is seldom seen by one faced by similar situation. When Marshall was asked if he had any statement to make, Judge Clayton his counsel, spoke up and said. ''Marshall has no statement to mabji. His remarkable calmness in this or deal is a proclamation to the world of his innocence." Agricultural College.—Pres. D. C Hull of A. & M. College delivered to ‘h 550 club boys assembled here his first public address since his election, his subject being ‘ The American Flag” Dr. Hull’s message was an interpra tatlon for his youthful audience of the unity, liberty, and equality which ara symbolized by the national emblem, and his remarks stirred the bright eyed Mississippi lads profoundly. ••• • • Blue Mountain. —Following the cus tom of several years, the Tippah County Camp of United Confederal* Veterans, which has Capt. Thomas Sp'ght of Ripley as its commando*, held Its annual midsummer reunion in Blue Mountain, the gathering over flowing the campus and buildings of Blue Mountain College, which were flung open in hospitality. ••• • • Jackson.—The state capltoi com mission held another conference, at which the situation in regard to light ing and elevator power for the new capitol building was again discussed. Secretary of State Power, who is a member of the commission and its oxecutiv>) officer, explained how and why it was necessary to conserve fuel. ••• • • Standing Pine.—Another Confeder ate veteran has passed away. J. W. Barnett died at his home. His death was very sudden, although his health had been somewhat impaired. While walking about the place he was at tacked with heart trouble and suc cumbed at once. He was born In 1843, fa Alabama. Carthage.—W. R. Ayres made a trip to Jackson in his automobile and his car was stolen. The police were notified and an investigation was made, but to no avail. One day Mr Ayres was notified that his car had been located in Humboldt, Tenn. Washington—Census figures for 1920 released by the census bureau for Nox ubee County, Mississippi gave Brooks ville 754, Macon 2.051 and Shuqualak 764- Issaqueena County figures gave Mayersvllle a population of 155. ••• • • luka.—lt was learned here after a meeting of the Chautauqua finance committee, that the Red Path Chau tauqua would be In luka on Sept. 3. 4 and 6. This will make the fourth visit of this Chautauqua to our city. ••• • • Vicksburg.—After electing officers for the ensuing year and selecting Clarksdale for the place of the third annual convention the second annual convention of the department of Mis sissippi American Legion adjourned. Kosciusko.—The voters of AttaU County showed their Interest in bettor schools by voting 460 to 102 for a coun ty wide 3 mill school levy. This vote, of course, did not Include the separate school districts of the county. ••• • • Indlanola—Business concerns and In dividuals of Indlanola have expressed their faith in the Staple Cotton Co operative Association and numbers have signed a petition circulated pledging their support. ••• • • Senatobia.—The big saw mill owned by W. A. Oolsby at Cold water, MUss., in the northern part of the county, has been shut dpwn because of the serious crisis in financial circles. LEOPARD CANNOT CHANCE SPOTS Mr. Dodson, the “Liver Tone” Man, Tel's the Treachery of Calomel. Calomel loses you a day! You know what calomel Is. It’s mercury; quick silver. Calomel Is dangerous. It crashes into sour bile like dynamite, cramping and sickening you. Calomel attacks the bones and should never be put into your system. When you feel bilious, sluggish, con stipated and all knocked out and be lieve you need a dose of dangerous cal omel just remember that your druggist sells for a few cents a large bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone, which Is entirely vegetable and pleasant to take and Is a perfect substitute for calomel. It Is guaranteed to start your liver without stirring you up Inside, and can not salivate. Don’t take calomel 1 It can not be trusted any more than a leopard or a wild-cat. Take Dodson’s Liver Tone which straightens you right up and makes you feel fine. Give it to the children because It is perfectly harm less and doesn’t gripe.—Adv. Not a Bit Curious. Mrs. Smith was all dressed up, and that piqued Mrs. Ungers’ curiosity as she met her on the road. “Going to town, I suppose?” asked Mrs. Rogers. "No,” answered Mrs. Smith. “Oh to see your sister at Giasges vllle.” “No,” was the sentenlous answer. “Going to see Cy’s sister at the Cor ners, perhaps?” “No, I’m not," came the positive an swer. “Well, my gracious!" exclaimed Mrs. Rogers impatiently. “Do you think I care a rap where you are go ing?” Mm Name “Bayer” on Genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” is genu ine Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. Accept only an unbroken “Bayer package” which contains proper directions to relieve Headache, Tooth ache. Earache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger “Bayer packages.” Aspirin Is trade mark Bayer Manufacture Mon oacetlcacidester of Sallcylicacid.—Adv. For Giving. Betty, who Is three, is always pick ing up words and phrases she hears nine-year-old John use. One morning she said, “Mother, will you forgive me?” “Forgive you for what, dear?” Betty was worried, but only for a moment. "Forgive me a nickel,” she suggest ed, brightly. Father and Daughter Get Relief by Eatonic R. J. Powell, Sweetwater, Texas, says, "Eatonic helped me at once, but It was my daughter who got the marvelous benefits. She could not even take a drink of water without awful misery, but it relieved her; she Is feeling much better. All this from one box, so send me four more at once." Hundreds of people now take eatonic; one or two tablets after each meal keeps them In good health, feeling fine, full of pep. Eatonic simply takes up the excess acidity and poisons and carries them right out of the system. Of course, when the cause of the misery is removed, the sufferer cannot help but get well. You will find It a quick, sure relief for heartburn, indigestion, sour. acid, gassy, bloated stomach. It costa but a trifle and your druggist will supply you. If you don’t feel well, you gtv e eatonic a test. Adv. Thoe Wags. “lou say the revolver you bought had six chambers?" “Six chambers and a seller.” tww™,’’",', '-v.d shit *ldT°pSJs; Varmlfuc*. Ob. do.. out -IX None preaches better than the ant. and she says nothing. ”