The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-08-29

travel, heat and work, this girl knew
no fatigue, nor was ever heard 10 mul
mur. In less than five days she ha'
visited every precint in the county eX
IcnDt four. and this failure was due II
IN unfavorable change in her father
condition requiring her presence nea
him. Aud, through 1t all she neve
let her father suspect that there wa
auy fight in the county, putting hcl
absence down to important business
of her own, lest it increase his illness
This piece OF work is unparalleled in
our Southern country, and while Miss
Power is, and always has been,
avOwcdly opposed to female suffrage,
| venture tho assertion that if the men
of Kinds County, Mississippi, could
have their way they would never OBJ
joct t. such "poitics III they heard
from her.
Exceedingly wOmanly and gracious
in appearance, this girl seems equally
c charming in Il palace, and in little
log cabin home. The genuine spirit
Of courtesy and kindness that is one Of
hnr chief attractions served her well
in this work, and the fact that
throughout her life she has been able
to recognize true manhood, whether
in jeans or brOadclOth, and do it honor,
was us good us Il life's superficial train
ing in the school Of politics.
| Her work did not cease in Kinds,
but into every county she could reach
she won't, never needing her own com
fort, but getting up atall hours OF night,
riding on palace cars, in freight ca
booses or on work trains to make her
points. 1t is said of her that she so
Tiled the crew of q certain freight
with admiration and sympathy that
the conductor waited his train at the
various stations one day until the del
egateS could be talked to, thus aiding
her to cover five towns il one half day.
Her work as q canvaSser ended, she
sat the day of the convention in Il pri-
vatc office surrounded by the best and
brainest men of Mississippi: directing
with clearncss and wisdom that
amazed those who 0beycd her behests
the convention work.
No man in Mississippi could have
done the work better, and very few as
well, as it has been done by this brave
and loving girl who says, have only
two weapons il. this hard tight-my
love for my father, and the truth"
Telling of the way they worked, Miss
Power said to the friend who tells me
the story: 1.-The desk in the library
was never vacant. One Of the girls
would write until the o'clock u. IN.
train, then rouse my brother. who
would fly to the train on his bike, matt
the hundreds Of letters, maybe, and.
returning, take his place at the desk
wcrking up the early morning mail.
All o'clock this was sent of, and an
other sister took her turn until the III
o'clock mail went Off. After that, "all
hands" fell to giving such time Us they
could spare. And thus, in those four
weeks Of ceaselcss nursing, with Il pa,
per on our hands also, and latter my
constant travelling, the children sent
out thirty thousand circulars and
wrote twelve hundred letters. Pretty
good work for July. don't you think ~
Miss Power gives funny descrip-
tion of the stage fright that attacl1e ed
her when sho first essayod to election
eer. u thought ! should faint, said
she. Everything swan in IL sea of
blackness before me. The floor went
up or the roof came down my knee 5
shook frightfu ly, and my usually glib
tongue cave to the roof Of my mouth
and as long as live | shall regard the
clover merchant who came forward
and broke the ice by inquirng for my
fathers health as my deivorer Ugh
it makes me shudder to recall it,"
That is one sccnce here is another
1" If you like cxcitement," says Miss
Power, in describing the moment
when success came, "you should have
been in the capitol when they nomi-
mated l.apa The noise of the shaking
building, the echoes OF the thunderOuS
applause and the unending stream Of
men flying back and forth made q scene
of rare excitement. And at last, when
as sat at the desk in my headquarters
and heard iiying feet rush down the
hitherto deserted hall, and heard my
brothers voice, ard know that the bat
tie was over and that victory was minc
| thought | should die Of sutfocation
| could not get my breath. And then
singly, in couples, trios, dozens, scores
and mObs, the mon who had stood by
me came to tell me the news. And
ah, they told it gladly! Some strong
mon laughed, and others, stronger
cried. Some knelt right there and
thanked the divine Father for His aid
and at last, whom had proudly clasp
ed every honest hand in all that
thrOng, | started home to tell The news
to my father and mother; and as
flew along with one of the grand young
sons OF Mississippi, who, forg etful o
cares and troubles OF his own, had
stood close ut my side and made &
mon, besides ladies and children, fol
lowed me into this glad homo, where
the children in their joy had forgot
ten the bitter, toilsomo weeks, and
whore my father, though still, | thank
God, unconscious Of the bitter fight on
him, had that in his eyes us he reach'
cd out his arms to me that made the
horrible month ust passed change, all
at once, into tho happiest of my life.
Miss Power, who has made this val
liant fight, was early appointed as one
OF the directors for the State Of Mis5ls.
sippi for tho Atlanta Cotton States and
International Exposition, and, while
she has had to employ most OF hcl
time otherwise, she has been working
diligently throug hout the State in tho
interest Of the exhibit from MISSISSIPPI
pi and she is confident that oven now
Mississippi and her women will come
nobly to the front with crcdltablC
exhibit.
New York Journal: Here's a man
named ttipD h,.rn Killed ny lightning
in The pig storm Of three nights ago
Got up when the storm was At It's
height and vent to the " indow to
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