Show I I There waS was a tumble hot argument argument ment merit down to Hen Weathersby's store night betwixt most present on the ques- ques of Woman Suffrage Eph Higgins our accommodating ing P. P M. M had closed up the P. P O. O a little mite early and come overto over overto overto to Hens Hen's store to pass the inI in I intercourse as you might say and he along with him hima a copy of the city paper which had come to the P. P O. O by mistake and which Eph had opened to see what the news from the outside world might be In this paper was vas wasa a long editorial on the of whether or not women ort to be allowed to vote the same as s men Eph he put on his specs and he read this editorial aloud to them themas as was present in the store It went wenton on to say that jest at present there is a good cal eal of ag all over the country on this of woman and it that the time is not far distant when women as well as men will walk alk right up to the ballot box on day and vote according to the dictates of their own con con- sciences Eph said he didn't think it was wasa a bad idee to let women vote being being being be be- ing as he they ort to have their say in politics as well as men but coming from Eph Higgins this didn't amount to much every buddy knows that at every Eph allus votes exactly the way his wife tells him to Bill Hepburn our blacksmith said he was agin women voting if they ever had a right to vote they would shut up all the therum therum therum rum shops in the country and then what would he do when he desired to take a little nip to cheer up the inner man or for his sake as you might say Hank Dewberry Dewberry Dewberry Dew Dew- berry told Bill that women might close up the rum shops but so long as hard cider held out he reckoned this wouldn't be such a abad abad abad bad world to live in Arne Ame Hillyer our talented lorer and It gal light also J. J J of the P. P notary republic et said that this talk about women disgusted disgusted disgusted dis dis- dis- dis gusted him in the extreme He said women didn't have any more right to vote yote than men had to wear dresses and if he ever his wife advocating woman suffrage he would mighty quick show her herr t I that her place was in the home and not out Jest then Atnes Arnes wi wife wie e stuck her head in the store door and says Ame Arne Hilier what do you mean by loafing away your time down here and me all alone alono at home borne Now you march along with me meP mer I IAme Ame Arne he dropped the of woman and the store and joined his wife Hen Weathersby prop of the store didn't e express press no opinion on the Hen said he didn't darst dar t being as some of his best customers I were women and if he g give gre re out that he was agin t woman they would probably trade at the Co seat The T q CS W was S discussed until until until un un- un- un til almost 10 o'clock when Hen closed up the store and adjourned to their various homes without settling the as asto asto asto to whether women ort to vote or not |