The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-14
to elect Strong and defeat his own


wife.
At this jupcture in the campaign
the Sunday cider question became
side issue, and Ar. Doran PRACTICAL.
withdrew frsm the contest, although
a few of his friends stood by him tx
the last. When election day came
there were three tickets in the field
known as the Doran, the Strong, anc
the Brown. Doran had the unitec
support of two restaurant proprie
tors, with their cooks and walters
eleven al told. Strong was support
ed by Brown who owned twenty bal
lots, and few who thought it would
be a good Joke on the women to force
him upon them in the City Council
Mrs. Brown had the support Of the
rest of the community.
The women left the management
OF the campaign on election day tc
their friends of the sterner sex, quite
generally refrainIng from electioneer-
ing, and only fourteen of them voted.
The men. however, took unusual In
terest in the contest, and pursuing
the USUAL election-day tactics, made
the fight close one. When finally
the polls were closed and the ballots
counted, it was found that the wom-
en- had been successful. Slxty-hVs
votes We're cast. OF these Doran
received only eleven, and the women
went in with rush. Mrs. Brown
was the candidate upon whom the
fight had been made, and she defeat
cd her opponent, Strong. She re-
ceiyed q votes to- Micawber's 21.
The city administration, then, orthe
ensuing year, is composed as follows:
Mayor, Mrs W. H. Kelly; Police
Judge, Mrs. T. s. Greer; Council
women, Mrs. S. E. Stewart, Mrs. ".
E. Ewart, Mrs. R. G. Holden, Mrs.
Nat Ross, Mrs. II. G. Brown. The
Treasurer, City Clerk, and City Mar
shall hold Office by appointment.
The women will turn the rascals out
and fill the places with officers Of
their own sex.
Mrs. W. H. Kelly, the new Mayor,
is probably the youngest Mayor Ill
the country, being only 23 years OF
age. She is native OF Johnson
county, and has beer married three
years. She believes in woman's
rights, although she says she will not
allow her official labors to conflict
with her home duties. She is the
mother OF a youg baby who will pre-
side with her over the Council meet
ings. She is bright, pretty and in
telligent. She says it viii be her en-
deavor to conduct the affairs OF her
official post with an eye to the clty's
best welfare.
Mrs. T. S. Greer will dispense JUS
tice from the bar of the police court.
She also is very young, only %. She
is 2 native of Van Buren county,
Iowa, but has lived in johnson coun-
ty for ten years. She is bright, viva
cious. and quite too charming to in
quire into the merits of ''drunks"
and .'vags." She confesses that she
doesn't know much about the law,
but she does know what is right and
what is wrong, and she will trust to
her woInans instinct for the rest.
She will enforce the laws to the let
ter. Ii there is penalty to be i'm
posed it will be imposed-''and not
to be reunited, either, to use her
own words. "What is the use OF fin
ing a man and then remitting his
fine? They must pay up Or break
rocks when I am Judge"
Among the members Of the Couo-
Gil Mrs. Brown is the wife of Brown
the avenger. Shs is young and the
mother Of family. Mrs. Stewart is
a widow on the other side of so, and
will have subduing effect upon the
youthful Mayor and her Council COM
panions. Mrs. Ewart is on
the other side Of 50, a widow, and
mother of the regulation number OF
children. Sheis al ardent sufrag agist,
and is elated over her political ac-
quirements. Mrs. Holden is 25 and
the mother Of three children. She is
the daughter of Councilwoman Stew
art. Mrs. Ross is the wife of e1-
Mayor Ross, who defeated Brown at
the election year ago. She is 80
years of age and has FIVE children.
She is believer in woman's rights
and will watch the experiment OF te-
male government with scientific IN
terest.
The fight for the appointive Offices
is quite as brisk among the women as
if succrlent Government Jobs were at
stake, and fair contestants are al
ready bringing personal and political
influences to bear in their favor IN
the hope of wrestling their coveted
prizes. There are several seekers for
each Office. Among those who want
to serve the city in the capacity Of
Marshal is Miss Mollie Tunney. She
is handsome girl of 10 years. She
does not seem to have @ very clear
ides of the duties. When asked
what she expected would berequued
of her she said: ''Oh, you know, all l
will have to do will be to light the
lamps"
When informed that it was also the
Marshal's duty to make al occasional
arrest she was for moment dscon.
certed, but recovered, and a danger
Gus fash lit her eyes as she remarked.
Il guess I can manage that, too, if l
have to"
The first meeting of the new Board
of officers will occur on the third
Thursday in May, when the city will
enter upon an era OF petticoat govern
ment.
The First Sunday School.
In recent publication, Savannah
and it's Surroundings, the following
statements occur, which shows that
John Wesley, in addition to his other
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