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.Advertiser's Tt-n found that die bert resslts art stained through advertlMmeru placed la-The Durban Sni-, Wcatis eT-r one reads it - THE DURHAII SUIT '' Aw i THE EOIIE PAPEIt "Three Dollars a Ycyf crth Five." the no:::; r apee , 23th TEAK. .associated pkess dispatches DURnAM, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1013. associated rEES3.ris?Aic3iSfV Utile Girl Wins Suffrage Prize t ': :4 r V A ' rf . -- m M . EomC X When the Leonia branch of the Women's Politicial League of New : Jersey :"bft ered a ? Sgold plece to the tupil In. Leonia schools who wrote wrote the best essay on Woman Suf frage, and decided that "No. 63" eas ily won, the committe was astonish ed on opening the envelope .so num-j bared. It contained the name of Miss Julia C, Horne, aged twelve years, 01 ,iihe Bth1 grade of Leonia gramma pohooL ' Nearly two years ago the New " .'York World published a playlet writ. . ton and staged by Miss Home, who is the daughter of Prof. H. H. Home of New York university, whose home . T : - mu . : i i then caused widespread comment. She la an omnivorous reader, but not a 'bookworm, ibeing a happy, nor mal . child, who loves out of door sports. Including riding, driving, swimming, diving, rowing, baseball, tennis, basketball and other .health ful recreations. She is an aht violin Iu,pil, ibeing a member of the Leonia grammar school orcnestra. Her his trionic talent is marked, one of her favorite roles being that of Robin Ilood. , ; . Women Have the AVill. Little Miss Horhe's essay, entitled "A Plea for Woman Suffrage,' fol lows: "My husband," remarked a Phila idclphia matron to a group of friends, "was a' confirmed smoker with a to jbaeco (heart when I married him, a year ago, but today he never touches the weed." 'Good," said one of the group; "to foreak off a lifetime habit requires a fitrong 'Will." "Well, that's what I've got," said lho wife. ' So to break off the lifetime habit tof male Suffrage only requires a strong will; tot (hat's what the wom jen have got. Equal Suffrage is not a new issue. JFor. ages, in-(practical form, noble womien and irliliant men have plead. a-io tu tiohtiyipoetif tm ye sung tie deeds of mch (women nor accounted H'hom too strong-minded for "human (nature's daily food." v ' In the Leonia grammar and high teohools the girls receive in every .par ticular the same mental training aa thoir , brothers and other boys. In our Bvoinos we have the same parents, the name influences in the formation of wbaracter and intellectual pursuits. AVc inherit the same talents and the eamo tendencies. The wisest scientist is not yet able to predict sex for a child. i If a mother wishes to influence an lunljorn son to be a statesman or man of affairs, and tho child is born a daughter, is this culture for life and good citizenship to be sacrificed? School children should be interest ed In this question because they are the men and women of tomorrow, and "as the twig is bent, so the tree inclineth." If our govea-nement is to ibo an ideal one we must receive the (complete training to fit 119 for a per fect work as individuals. 1 The" children of today -must learn hot only what their (parents know, Unit many 'other things, so that we may ibe said to improve. A few years ago the German cm , poror jestingly remarked that "wom an's kingdom was bounded by four K's viz: "Kirche, Kueche, Kleider, Kinder." Now, when the political inap of the world is being changed, the boundaries of that kingdom must Ibe modified accordingly to keep pace iwith the world's needs. I will jrescnt my pleas for equal Suffrage as rebuttals of favorite ar- Eumentg used by anti-suffragists. First, "women are not the equal of men mentally, and not naturally in terested in politics," it is claimed. . Even if we admit this, the way to improve their mentality is to give them the vote. New vocations will then be open to them, better salar ies paid, and thus in their broader . education the statesinanj-iuip- of .their husbands, sons and brothers will be clovated and purified. 1 Cites Dido as Example. From the time of Dido, the- wise "Queen 'and beautiful woman: who founded a city in 870 B. C, to the present time, wise reforms in govern ment, in matters of public morals and public health have been effected ,"Iox Femina." Perhaps the most striking illustra tion of woman's intelligent interest in politics was Aspasia, hy whom So crates was taught and who is believ ed to have written the most famous tprations of Pericles, and of whom be ywas singularly proud. I have net time to cite the familiar names of iioble quoons from the days of Queen Esther until now, whos.i wisdom and (prudence have guided their counsel lors amj saved their subjects. Second, they say "Suffrage would . . Ixj detrimental to women and to. the , country" This has not been the case -Where it has ben on trial. Who can estimate' the value to public' morals wiP t.hfl nolififtwwnnn Mnat. i -already almost all large enterprises? jWhen women share equally in the making of laws, our economlcand legal r ighta will be broader. I believe that women have a keen er sense of justice than man.1! think that Shakespeare has given us the purest ideal of a judicial tempera ment in the character of Portia. The Goddess of Justice as well as Liberty i3 represented by a woman. I feel sure that the vote of woman would result in an end to vice, war and drunkenness. Fears Xo Neglected Homes. Third "Women' would neglect their homes and be less gallantry re. gafded by men, and their more fem inine organizations, churches, clubs, etc., would lag.' . Women- most actively at work for Suffrage have nlot neglected Itheir homes, and many leaders like Abra ham Lincoln have confessed their in debtedness to the training of their Ipublic spirited mothers while the mere experience of conscientious, in telligent voting would make women more alive, and useful along other lines. In ancient times, God gave a woman the gift of prophecy. She led a victorious army, composed a won derful ode and judged wisely be tween "man and man." TJiia was Deborah, a mother in Israel... A wonderful new word' has Just come into our language the word "world-mother." Among these are Jan e Ad dams, Katharin e Davis, Anna Howard Shaw, now at work for world peace and liberty for all. Why She Wants he Vote. In New Zealand, Australia, Nor way, Switzerland and other foreign countries women have, the ballot. Shall we, the future women of Amer--lea, so keen to do our part, be denied the right of true citizenship? Ten ot our states already have Woman Suf frage and are proud of It . Therefore, I plead for the cause ot Woman Suffrage. When I'get grown I want to-vote because: .. 1 My father and brother vote, f " it IS tfcst-ttiat -tshwutd voter GAL 3 CHILD WINS 3 Society heds the woman's vote, 4 Women for their own growth need the vote. 5 Mothers and teachers of future citizens require the vok. 6 States and countries where It has been tried have, on the whole, profited by the women's votes. 7 The day of righteousness Is surely coming, when women shall vote. The judges decided Misl Morne's essay was written without assistance and gave it the prize over nearly one hundred competitors. Governor James' Whitcombe, ot Oregon sent the following telegram to the, Empire State Campaign Com mittee on their recent Suffrage Tele phone Day: "I take pleasure in indorsing the working of Equal suffrage in Oregon. The women of our state, have availed themselves of their privilege with. en thusiasm, and wisdom, and I ami con fident they are a strong factor for good government and progressive principles. Their example should en courage the voters of the east to grant their motihers, 'wives and daugmers Che full right to Which they are en titled as .working, tax-paying citi zens, bearing the full burdens of the common wealth without "all it3 privi leges. The women of Oregon have done well with their franchise." New Wine of Democracy. If anything were needed to prove that woman suffrage is a part of mod era demand and progress the align ment in certain families would be sufficient proof. Dr. Lyman Aboot is unalterably opposed to votes for wo men but bis' (progressive son is for tho women's ballot. Hamilton Wright Mable is against woman suffrage but nis daughter is an advocate. .Ex President Taft argues against women vouu, while his daughter Helen is woiing iiv the cause as a member of the Equal Suffrage League. Grovcr Cleveland's two daughtcis are active in suffrage work while their motber is an anti. President Wilson is non committal but his two daughters arc suffragists. The younger generation aro seeing the vision of tho promised land of equal right to all. The new wine of democracy won't be contain ed in the old bottles of prejudice- and tradition. 1 Bishop Spauldiug Declares. Bishop fcipaulding of Utah: "After long observation, declares that Equal Suffrage ha's developed better wives and better mothers, and that women have brought to their duties as citi zens and legislators superior human. A Modem Declaration Of Independence By HELN MOWER. When, in the course of sWan events, it becomes neces sary for one half of the people the Women to ask for po litical bonds that shallcoimect them with tho-other half the men and to assumetJnoiig the pcopk of the United States the separate and iiiiliyidual statiotf to which the ' laws of democracy entitle inem, a decent respect for the opinion of the voting consjituency " requires that they should declare the causes jvhich impel them to take this stand. -rS ' ; We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created eqtal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and;tlie pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among people, deriving their just powers frqnUhe consent of the governed; that whenever; iny formUf government be comes destructive to ttiesft pmls, it is the right of the peo ple to alter or to abolish itfVid to institute a new govern ment, laying its foundation; on such' principles and orga nizing its powers in sueh fwm as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety iaml happiness. Prudence, in deed, will dictate that-." governments loner established should not be changed for l accordingly all experience, more disposed to suffer, wt right themselves by abolish! ;,rht and transient causes, and1- las shown that mankind are ile et ils are sufferable, than to 112: the forms to which thev are aecustomettTTTut when along train of injustices evince a' design tt keep them undii' absoluoe sex aristocracy, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such govern ment and to. provide nevvsricguards for their, future e cjfrityv ueh haS beeirtritrenrtrnaiice of the wom en of the United States ;induch is now the necessity which constrains them 16 alter their present system of government. The history of tin1 United States is a history of repeated 'discriminations .against women. To prove this, Jet facts be submitted to a candicf world. ' The government as at present existing has refused its assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. , It has refused us the rinlit of representation, a right in estimable to women and formidable to tyrants only. It has maintained armies and navies' without our eon sent. . ; ' ' ' It has declared war without our consent. It lias imposed taxes upon us without representation. It has tried us by juries in whose selection we, have had no choice, under laws we have had no hand in making, and before judges we have had no voice in choosing. Our repeated petitions .for better laws affecting, the home and children and our-own honor have been ignored. It has refused to establish minimum wage laws that we may receive proper pay for our work. We do not receive equal pay for equal work. We arc restricted from entering certain professions which we are by training fitted, for. Mothers are not allowed to be equal guardians with the fathers over their minor children. ' We must obey- the laws, yet we arc not considered cap able of having any hand in making the laws. We must pay taxes, yet we have no voice in saying how the money shall be expended,-nor what the rate of taxa tion shall be. We are classed with. children, aliens, idiots, lunatics and criminals, yet we do not feel that we rightly fall into any one of these classes. , We work in factories,. stores, and offices, yet' we have nothing to say about the conditions under which we work. We are obliged to attend school," yet we have no Voice in shaping the policv of the school board. , rf We have appealed to-the native justice of voters Ito right these wrongs, but thcy'have been deaf to our ap peals." We musttherefore, acquiesce in the necessity and demand direct representation in accordance with the laws of democracy. We, therefore, as representatives of womankind, do. in the name and by authority of our sex, solemnly publish and declare that all women arc and of right ought to be free and independent voting citizens, that all political de pendence upon the male sex is and ought to be totally dis-, solved, and that as free and independent women, we must have full power to vote, hold property, and do all otheii Actsltnd things which independent women lU.'iy of right do. And for the purpose of this declaration we mutually pledge each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. , ' . A .. 4 Preparations ior gt inj onfes- tnen iiy. the non-Buffragaatates fara- ell parties wei tif-.leaTe their home town3 for Washington in ne fall are goiag. rapjdly oa, through 3!! states, according 9 i'ri fe"' Cormlck, the or! " Tflt Wtr id the Congress' National Am assoqiatioa. I state plan to TOntioa at t their belief fc meat- to the whioh would e: -..a, , ed upon their i n for L support. In this Ma ii thosn ' t that the attltudo"of .. ry Lniiad States oongresBmao on tni question can he assured Jhia fall before ever he seta foot la the. national capitoi or has a chanceto rote oa,. woman suf frage in, the bouse or senate. Special attention -wiU bs.ipid.iy the local suffragists to- the5' new members of congress of wliotk there-are 130 thla session. .')' '' ' OonTenUotta will le .iheld in tea congressional distrlots in JJorth Caro line.. Witji, only. tAs members and a deiegaUon which Toted sodly against the amendment last year & the house of representatlrea, the sttlragists -believe there ig oiuch room for im provement in the attitude. of the con gressmen of thin" Btate. Misa Mary Henderson oLSallshury, is in charge! of the rariouB congressionail commit tees in her statet. . State congresBionisl chairmen have been appointed by Wrs.' AreCormlck and these chairmen, turnfctii o their records, have inatked the several con- , - . ' .--. in-.. ' greMioaal victima fa Jkefr respedlT scales d ara teoortina- w- ington7uic."of te aatoaf coponit-4; tee the nomber w district for which fher li vHdertate o iecoun't 'X "wipa are milking bo allpft'uneg for' - iBsiolelrwad, ot stiff rag.who found anoogTtheTew'Ccm-j i but pot the jnutPW di- ; Vhidk the eoaveatiOB-are, iM a jiJj .Thf dow not ' Sew iTork. ' Pennsylvania? . are bow oa for Equal Sf-A .d th s'tate nittkrs are oa--, ' ang4iHa chese or aoem i .lie the' f, equal 4;iltraB.; anW.es all DUt one I waosu iwrvj cwr ' the Woiian?Suffraie amen4met list . year. But in aU ta other states, tne . congressional district inserting will be head and suffragists believe that tboy will have a decided - influence, mo ; state as well as national legislation in regar dto Woman Suffrage. " "This ig according to the tfme hon ored policy of theNatloaal American Woman Suffrage association,. Mrs, . t McCormicK points oat, "We beliere t in building flraHy in the state while at the same time doing ;or wrk In Washington. We realiietnat -our committee in Washing- tofts force and effect only as It is backed, up ty the congressmea's ristitueBtss' ' So we Jierp the state workers! in thelf atate campaigns, arid 'they tbetp: n In the congressional districts. ' Asfoaa-. gressional districts combined eauke states and conversely, states are sub divided into districts, we are prepar ing for the ratification of our amend-. ment as ve go aiong,? . , Wnmp.ri MM VlllWISi r(. - ..Ac an 1 l (Ition II. Butler.) A few wks ago I was in Italcixn one afternoon when Dr. Anna Siuuw and -some other' determined women wore thenj talking to the people ana to tho li-i;i;ilatiiro about female sut frase. Tlio men put up a bold bluir that female sniTrau'e would be a Ioiir, Ions ti"e "n the n .ul in North Car olina, but after the meetings .were over, 1 noth 1 1 1 t!vit in eai-h groi;;) ot men that dixcus:-;-:! i ho subject a upr tain signiii'rant it u m !;' of them p.T- (lii"ted that f":i:ule 'jaiiffrafro1 would I come in this .t;Hc :u:ich soouer than i lots of folks think. Thejretirally they I had figured that uiTraj:e a long' way J off, but when the-i1' i-rophets had list i ened to the wouieu a new light sc-eiu-I ed to appear. It was the old story. When worni :i Pet their minds on a thinjr you can conclude they will be heard. You boast that this is a n'lan's coun try, but it' y on lo"k at your history you see Unit uoluen maile it. Colum bus was a LTtat old navigator, but who 'paid the bill? Isabella ol Castile. It was not. I''1 nlinaiul, thu kiiiR, 'who sent t'olumbu.H to lind the new West ern world and create the greatest na tion the earth has ever seen. 'It was Isabella, and the money came om her own porsona! possessions. Isa bella, and e!:u n,ade not only a great nation in the Western World, but tir ' hT reUn Spain became the united kingdom that dominated all of Eu rope, Columbus turned in vain to the men of lCuripe. It may have been superior wisdom, or better Judgment or any old trait of character, but the men would mot listen to Colum ns. It" was the women who stood 1 by him in bis wild venture, and to Isabella is due America. . I'erhaps Klizabetli of England Is not in all respects a model of femin ine character and attribute, but it is certain that she aided Sir Walter Ral eigh in beginning the colonization ot the American wilderness. She male England and in making England started colonies. , A Woman's Country. From the beginning this has been a country of. the women and 'by the women. You may not be aware of It, but it is tho women who do things in the United States. The women run tho schools. The women dominate the churches. . The women; ape the pa'rnns of tho stores. The women shape the character of the ehildren. Now the women are goin to come forth boldly and take a hand in the levcilopiiHvnt of North ('aroltma, and they are going to introduce some in w fashions and bring some new en. erg' to tho task. , ' Women toGet Same Pay as the Men Get The Illinois slate board of admin- istration decreed that women em ployed in state institutions stall re ceive th sanm. pay , as . men ..where they do the au;t work. This decis ion will affect about 3,5oo women employe:;. Mrs. tfi'ifco W ilbur Trout, presi dent of tho Illinois Equal Suffrage association, in commenting on this new recognition of ' tho equality ; of women said: "Illinois women can vote, and students of political economy know that i)6 class of persons in history deprived of a voice in the govern ment "'havo ever" received fair treat ment by the government. "Tho action of tho state boaud Is economically sound," commented Mrs. Trout. "It protects tho men for where women receive. the same com pensation as men tho temptation to replace tho man' with equally, capable woiitn at a lower rata of pay' is 'removed." The now regulations provide that the same minimum salo ot wages i shall apply to men arid women em ployed by state institutions; that all ouiployes shall havo one day of rest in seven; an automatic promotional wago scale, and that changes from ' night to day service shall ba made weekly-instead of monthly, .as has been? tho practice. ' .. : President Kern, ot ho state board, . who Presided at the meeting, said: "There is no reason why a nurse in a state institution should not receive the same wages as men atttetbdants in the same class of work. .-Jt-should have been recognized long ftgo." Definition of Chivalry. Madam De Stael's definition, ot "chivalry" was "protecting a woman from every other man except. Urn. self." And it-is-no less true today; While we condemn the mob lashed to fury by confused ideas of imianly duly based on false sentiment, the. out ward of degrading social standards, we seem to forget that the real blame is on the men who make the iw the laws to protect themselves and their own sons," at the . sacrifice ot somebody's daughter- somebody's little girl, a tender, confiding child lured to her ruin by those to wihom. she would naturally look for counsel and protection.- , 'IWT8!to-Pt'Wlfare'V.w0,m'e'i la ity and 111ptb.erb.ood,
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