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LEAGUE OE WOMEN VOTEES Mrs. N. G. Evans...Chairman Mrs. J. L. Mims-_.l_Secretary Mrs. J. W. Peak_Treasurer Mrs. \V. L. Dunovant Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman_Finance Mrs. W. B. Cogburn_Literature Miss Sara Collett.1_Publicity ...Press Register And Do Your Duty, Vote For Righteousness. However lightly we women may view this new duty, new responsibility, or new privilege, it does not change the seriousness of the situation. We have "Come into the kingdom of such ?a time as this," and it does not matter ?what our attitude toward voting is, "we should religiously study the politi cal conditions, and vote for right eousness. Have you ever stopped to think "that the enfranchismeent of so many women at this critical time has'nt just ^happened, that above the human there there is the Divine. Were you to decide to make a gar ment you would begin to assemble your material. First you would decide upon the pattern and then undertake to select your goods, your trimming, your thread your pins and needles scissors and so on. God also works out by a patterji the things that come to pass. What part in his plans are you taking of your own free will? Are you ? a tangle in the divine thread, or rust upon the needle; or are you the wax that makes the thread run smoother ?or the emory that polishes the needle? Ask yourself this question, place yourself-are you governed by prin_ . cipal or prejudice? n Many of our greatest men and 'women fear that our civilization is trembling on the brink of disaster, and is it^too much to suggest that the salvation of our national life lies in the hand of woman? By what right do you withhold your part? Wha-, excuse . have you for drawing about you your selfrighteous skirts and passing by on the :other side? Too many otherwise good men have already followed that policy, preferring to live oblivious to J .the political demands of their country ' . and are patting themselves on the back,, while unctious pride oozes up every pore. ' We can sot plead that politics is too "dirty. That fact is your call to duty. Wade in and clean up things. What though you bef oul your garments you can change them? Even/tho you should become submerged, you will :make a good mud_sill for the struc ture that is to be ; there is more honor in that than in tipping the dome ! You say not a very promising pros pect, but why haggle over your own .political prospects when the salvation ..of a nation cries aloud for sacrifice? Each succeeding generation sets its -ideals, and the indications are that money and fame will not fiigure ex cept when Jinked with sacrifice, and the meat and women, jvho contribute tmost to their generation in sacrificial service wll be most honored. Be a Jo_ ah of Arc, Deborah, an Esther if you must, but if not, then be a good conscientious, intelligent citizen and do your duty and the country will be safe. Do not follow men, but follow what they advocate if it is good, ?.f not .turn them down. The studies in citi zenship are open to every woman who will use them, and the registration hooks are also open to all who wish ito register up to the eighth of Octo ber. Secure your registration certifi fcate now while you can and do your duty. Mrs. "W. L. Dunnovant. State Press Chairman, L. W. V. - i If your better half objects to your registeri: T, use the wise tactics of queen Esther. Feed him three days j *>n the best at your command and he j will let you have your own acorn and i "half of his own ! But to be seriously minded, it is your duty and one over which he has no right to interfere, "besides, don't let him stop you by threatening to quit if you Start. After sober reflection we conclude that yours is worth more than his, per- j haps, and you should choose the lesser evil. . i Registration Book to be Open Over the County. Gov. Cooper has been reqnested by me to have the registration books opened at Johnston, Trenton, [ Red Hill and Meeting Street, so that the women of these communi ties may register without the neces sity of Coming to Edgefield. The time for closing the registration books is not far distant (the 29th of this month) and it behooves, every woman who is interested" in the Democratic party and the wel fare of our Southland to register at once, so as to be able to vote in Novembtr. It is too late now to hesitate about using the vote, even though where women may not have wanted it. The law has been pass ed and you may rest assured, the Republican women will take advan tage of it. The duty of every Democratic woman is to stand by our party else it may be defeated. The women in some parts of our State are realizing this and register ing in great numbers. . _ We would not have old Edge field a laggard in time, when ehe bas ever had a leading place in South Carolina in every important movement. I am sure I can count on the loyalty of our true women. Don't wait until tomorrow, du your duty today. MKS. N. G. EVANS. Judge DeVore Says Women Should Register. To the Edgefield Advertiser: Whether rright or wrong, wise or unwise, there have been enough States to ratify the Amendaient to the United States Constitution giv ing and granting to women the right aud privHege of voting. The National Democratic Party has always been in favor of grant ing this privilege and are now ad vising and urging every loyal dem ocratic woman to qualify herself for voting, especially in the Presi dential Election this fall. This being so it is net only the right but the duty of every woman with in thiB State to qualify herself to vote, and in order to do so, it is necessary for her to register in ac cordance with the laws of this State. This does not mean that she must vote but that she may do so, if she desires or it becomes nec essary. Very respectfully, J. W. DEVORE, Circuit Judge. Sept. 13th, 1920. Whaley Addresses Women's Clubs. The following clipping comes from the news columnns of The^ State. We repeat it because of its sane views and that our people may see how our prominent men think on this sub ject "In an address on citizenship de livered before the Business and Pro fessional Women's club, Judge M.S. Whaley cited the question of thewvice district, which question is prominent in the minds of Columbia's thinking population at the present time, as an instance which emphasizes the neces sity of womem taking advantages of the privilege which is theirs of regis, tering and voting,. "Judge Whaley's talk was brief ?nd to the point. He first dwelt upon the technicalities of the Democ.ra.Ue rules and of registration and voting, explaining th? difference ^CtT^een the DemoCttttifc primary' &nd the, general election. He saicHh?? lt Jfl hoi a questj ion now of whether women Want ic? vote or not, but that the thing has come and it is the duty of every wo man to register and vote. "Much of the terrors connected with voting in some women's mind is that of jury duty he said. Judge Whaley believes that the legislature will exempt women from jury duty or else make it optional with them, but he said that if women ask that they be exempted they will be delivering up a right that they should exercise, because there are numbers of cases where a woman jury is badly needed. No right he sx?? is without its respon sibilities. He spoke of the filthy con dition of the court houses, and said that he, himself, didi not feel that women should be asked' to do jury duty in such places. "Judge Whaley said that women should not think they are being drag ged into politics simply because they register and go to the poles and vote, and he also said that women should not sell their votes." State News. The state news is very encouraging. Anderson county is leading the state in registration. Anderson has also the first woman voter in South. Carolina Mrs. Inez Callahan voted "yea" for dditional school tax in Oak Grove district, Thirteen hundred registered in Anderson in less than one week. Aiken county secured additional registration places, and is pushing the leading counties close. Union county is very enthusiastic over the registration of her women, and the women mean to vo~2 ir the November election to prove to South Carolina that they do want the ballot. News from Walterboro says that Colleton county women are register ing in large numbers. Charleston is not behind very far in the race for second. '.arI?uon women are aroused to their duty as patriotic citizens. Face Reduction of Representa tion Unless Women of South Carolina Register and Vote November. By vote of the congress of the United States and three-fourths of the sovereign states of the union the women of the United States have been given the right to vote. While there is no law (as in Bel gium) forcing anyone to vote, the necessity of a correct working dem ocratic government demands that all qualified members of the electo rate cast their ballots at the proper time. The idea of voting rests on the theory that the best ways to protect the interests of each indi vidual is to allow each person a voice in determining the policy of the state. Thus under the old sys tem of manhood suffrage every man voted, or else allowed the in terests of hiniseli' and family to suffer through lack of representa tion; under the new system of uni versal adult suffrage the duty of protecting the epecial interests of the family units devolves upon the female as well as the male. Neg lect to register and vote, and in the long run you will suffer because the vote of your husband will not equal' the vote of another waman and her husband. Besides it should be realized that women as a class have certain spe cial interests to be advanced and protected only through their exer cise of power by the vote. We need the action of the women of South Carolina in order to advance social legislation: Child labor laws, pen-> sioDS for old mothers, institutions, for the helpless, and countless other reforms cf a social nature have as yet hardly demanded the serious attentien of the laws tender a part of the population. A more immediate and sectional, reason why our women should reg-' ister and vote is the necessity of. showing the North in the year of1 census taking and consequent re apportionment of representation the largest possible vote. Accord ing to the Nork Nation the Repub lican Chairman of the House Com mittee on Reapportionment of Rep resentation is using all his influ ence to have southern representa tion in congress reduced propor tionate to our voting strength as compared with the voting strength of the northern states. Under the second section of the Fourteenth Amendment. Congress has full power LO do this very thing, which might involve the reduction of the South Carolina representation from five to two, even one member. This movement can have the wind taken out of ita sails only by a' full vot?" of both sexes. , Regardless of the number of pop ular votes cast in the November elections, the Democratic- candidate for president, provided, {ie wins by a plurality qf ope, will get the full South Carolina delegation in the eleptorial college, Yet it should kg thf ftfflbUi?U Qi all loyal South Carolina Democrats, male and fe male, t? Show our choice for presi d?flt in a decisive and overwhelm.-, ing manner. , iJ MCGOWAN SIM KINS. WOMEN ?F??f$f?0 NOTARIES PUBLI?. !>* Special Effect of Suffrage Alerid metn Felt in State. First effect of the promulgation of the 19th amendment were felt in Sou th Carolina yesterday when Governor Cooper commissioned as notaries pub lic five women of South Carolina. It is true\ that the bells have rung and the women held hurrah meetings and jubilation gatherings, but itt was not until Governor Cooper issued these commissions that the effect of the amendment was actually felt in the state. The commissions were issued to Nell Pressly Detreville, Ruth Simmons ?ll of Columbia ; Maggie Viola Thoma son of Newberry and Ola C. Crane of Spartanburg. Numerous applications for commis Sawyer ,and Minna Layton Holman, sions as notaries public have been Made in the days before the meeting of the Tennessee legislature, but as the women were not electors they could not qualify. Miss Detreville was the first woman to make application for a commission as notary public after Tennessee had taken action on the amendment, and very properly her name is in the list of those to whom commissions were first issued. Chronic Catarrh. Our manner of living makes us very susceptible to colds and a suc cession of colds causes chronic ca tarrh a loathsome disease which it is estimated that ninety-five per cent of our adult population are afflicted. If you would avoid chronic catarrh you must avoid colds or having con tracted a cold getrid of it as quickly as possible. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is highly recommended as a cure for colds and can be depended upon. 'NEW STORE New Goods I desire to inform my friends and the people generally that I have opened up a large stock of L CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS and LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR in the store under the opera house next door to L. T. May's store. Everything is brand new in every department. I went to New York in August and selected my stock in per son, which enabled me to buy many lines at very close prices. Come in to see me at my new store. It is my pur pose to render the best service to my patrons that lean, giving the benefit of every money-saving price I can. Every department in my store is well supplied with newest fall styles. It will be a pleasure' to^how you our pretty merchandise. A. DAITCH 0 Under the Opera Hoir a BARGAIN IN New Overland Cars HAVING GlV?N UP OUR OVERLAND CONTRACT WE ARE OFFERING TWO BRAND NEW Overland-4 Cars at $975 Delivered at Johnston These cars are brand rt'?w-have never been driven a mile-and were shipped to Johnson, not driven from factory. This is a great bargain for those who contemplate buying a car. We make this BARGAIN PRICE because we are not handling Overlands any more. We gave up Overland cars in order to devote our entire time to STUDEBAKER cars. Price $975 delivered Consolidated Auto Co? J. P. BLAND, Manager " Johnston, South Carolina