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 494 HISTORY OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE Clark, the most eminent members of the legal, medical and cleri- cal professions, public officials and business men. The annual convention met in the O. Henry Hotel, Greens- boro, Jan. 27, 28, 1920, Miss Weil presiding. A brilliant banquet was attended by a large number of representative men and women. The honorary president, Mrs. Daniels, made a brief speech and Miss Marjorie Shuler, national director of publicity, was a speaker. Mrs. Raymond Brown, vice-president of the National Association, and Miss Shuler addressed the convention and the public meeting in the evening, over which Mrs. Daniels pre- sided. Twenty-four leagues were reported, largely the fruit of the organization work done during the year by Mrs. Mary O. Cowper of Durham, who had the assistance of Miss Mary E. Pidgeon, a national organizer. During the year a series of re- lated suffrage papers were prepared by members of the Greens- boro league and distributed by the State league among the dif- ferent branches. Miss Weil was continued as president. Reports of all committees and of the work in general throughout the State, were so encouraging that Miss Shuler frequently voiced the com- mon feeling, "North Carolina will ratify." Among the North Carolina women who have made addresses for suffrage in the State are : Dr. Delia Dixon-Carroll, Miss Louise Alexander, Miss Clara B. Byrd, Mrs. Cunningham, Miss Harriet Elliott, Mrs. Fairbrother, Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Jerman, Mrs. Lingle, Mrs. T. D. Jones, Mrs. Platt, Miss Weil. When the State Equal Suffrage League was organized in 1913 many of the newspapers refused to carry stories about it or assist in advertising it in any way. Gradually, however, they have been won over almost without exception, not only to the publishing of news but many of the most influential papers con- tained during 1920 convincing editorials in behalf of equal suf- frage, so that the women who are working for it regard the news- papers as among their strongest allies. Special mention should be made of the vigorous support of ratification of the Federal Suf- frage Amendment by the Raleigh News and Observer, the Greensboro Daily News and the Charlotte Observer. The workers are greatly indebted to Chief Justice Clark, who for years has been an unfailing champion of equal suffrage and