The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-15

Will llcr village SlSGefB ana, rather
than see them humiliatod and made
ridiculous by tho election of Strong,
entered the campaign with energy
and fought her husband, politically,
as bitterly rs his most desperate ono
my. But, the die having been cast,
Brown was not the man to shrink
from the result. He had placed
Strong on the ticket to be elected
and he would not allow his defeat if
his political shrowdness could pre-.
vent it, He went into tho campaign
to elect Strong and defeat his own
wife.
AT this juncturo in the campaign,
the Sunday cider question became a
side issue, and Mr.. Doran practically
Withdrew from tho contest, although
q few Of his friends stood by him to
the last. When election day came
there were thrco tickets in the field,
known aS the DOran, the Strong, and
the Brown. DOran had the united
support of two restaurant prOpric-
tors, with their cooks and walters,
eleven all told. Strong was support
cd by Brown who owned twenty bal
lots, and few who thought it would
be good jok" on the womcntO force
him upon them in the City Council.
Mrs. Brown had the support of tho
rest of the community.
The women left the management
OF the campaign on election day to
their friends of the Stcrncr sex, quito
generally rofralnng from clcctionecr-
ing, and only fourteen of them voted
The men, however, took unusual in
terest in the contest, and pursuing
tho USUAL election day tactics, made
the fight II close one. When finally
tho polls were closed and the ballots
counted, it WAS found that tho wom-
Ell had been successful. Sixty five
votes were cast. OF these DOrnn
received only eleven, and the women
went i'll with rush. Mrs. Brown
was the candidate upon whom the
fight had been made, and she defeat
od her opponent, Strong. She re
ccivcd 81 votes to Micawber's II.
The city administration, then, forthe
ensuing year, Is composed as follows:
Mayor, Mrs w. Ii. Kelly; Police
Judge, Mrs. II. S. Greer; Council
women, Mrs. $. r.. Stewart, Mrs. "
f.. Ewart,s 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 O.
their own sex.
Mrs w. II. Kelly, the new Mayor
IS probably the youngest Mayor il
the country, being only 23 Years OF
age. She IS native of johnson
county, and has been married three
years. She believes III woman's 3
rights, although she says she will not
allow her official laborS to conflict
with her home duties. She is the
mother OF II yOug baby who will pre-
side with her over the Council meet.
inEs. She is bright, pretty and in
tclllgcnt. She Snyh it will be her en-
drnSor to conduct the affairs of her
official post with an eye to the city's
best welfare.
Mrs. Il. ;. Greer will dispense JUS
tlcc from the bar Of the police court.
She also Is very young, only %. Sho
Is Il native of Van Buren, county,
Iowa, but has lived in Johnson coun-
ty for ten years. She is bright, viva
clOuS, and quite too charming to in
Quirc into the merits of "drlnls"
and "vags" She confesscs 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 Woman's instinct for the rest.
She will enforce the laws to the let
ter. If there IS II penalty to be i'm
posed 1T Will be imposed -"nnd not.
10 be lrmltted, either, to use her
own W"rdS. w hat IS the use OF fin
ing man and then rclnltting his
inc: Ih"y must pay up or break
rocks "hcn am Judge,
among the members or the COun-
ca Mrs. Brown IL the wife Of Brown
tile aVehgsr. Size Is young and tho
motncr or tamlly. Mrs. Stewart is
Wl4o" on the other SIDE OF 80, and
VIII nave Hubdulng effect upon tho
youthlul MHyorand her Council com
lIaillolS' MIS-. EWart IS on
tllc 0thrr "ldc or 90, q widow, and
lnolher Oh the regulation numbor of
chliufcn HhrIS an4rdcnt Sutlragl8t,
"Il:l l" cllI"d over lcr poiItlcal nc,
H"irolhGllIS' Mrs Holdcn Is 20 and
T SIio ii,otl'fi 81 'iiIrc cliIiuroh' 9iie IL
VIZ wy ny, VI Ho''il'Ii" oman 'ctc"-
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