The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-08-27
have their way they would never OBJ
ject to such "politics as they heard
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, have their way they would never oh
ject to such politics as they heard
from her.
Exceedingly womanly and gracious
in appearance, this girl seems equally
charming in palace, and in little
log cabin home. The genuine spirit
of courtesy and kindness that is one o.
her chief attractions served her vel
in this work, and the fact thai
throughout her life she has been able
to recognize true manhood, whether
in jeans or broadcloth, and do it honor
was as good as life's superficial train
ing in the school of politics.
Her, work did not cease in Hinds
but into every county. she could reach
she went, never needing her own com
| fort, but getting up at all 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
| filled the crew of a 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 a pri-
vate office surrounded by the best and
DTdiuCSb Lu6u VI ultCCOluS
with clearness and wisdom that
amazed those who obeyed her behests
the convention work.
No man in Mississippi could have
done the work better, and very few as
we'll, as it has been done by this brave
and loving girl who says, have only
two weapons il this hard fght-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: 'The desk in the library
was never vacant. One of the girls
would write until the 2 o'clock a. IN.
would fly to the train on his bike, mail
the hundreds of letters, maybe, and,
returning, take his place at the desk,
working up the early morning mail.
AT 6 o'clock this was sent off, and an
other sister took her turn until the 10
o'clock mail went Off. After that, "all
hands" fell to giving such time as they
could spape. And thus, In those four
weeks of ceaseless nursing, with u pa
per on our hands also, and latter my
constant travelling, the children sent
out thirty thousand circulars and
wrote twelve hundred letters! Pretty
Miss Power gives funny descrip-
tion of the stage fright that attacked
her when she first essayed to election
eer. u thought | should faint" said
she. Everything swan in a sea of
blackness before me. The floor went
up or the roof came down; my knee $
shook frightfully, and my usually glib
tongue clave to the roof of my mouth
and as long as live | shall regard the
clever merchant who came forward
and broke the ice by inquiring for my
fathers health as my deliverer Ugh
it makes me- shudder to recall it,"
That is one scence here is another
=" If you like excitement" says Miss
Power, in describing the moment
when success came, you should have
been in the capitol when they nomi
mated papa The noise of the shaking
building, the echoes of the thunderOus
applause and the unending stream of
men flying back and forth made scene
of rare excitement. And at last, when,
as [ sat at the desk in my headquarters
and heard flying feet rush down the
hitherto deserted hall, and heard my
brothers voice, aid knew that the bat
tie was over and that victory was mine,
/ thought should die of suffocation
could not get my breath. And then,
singly, in couples, trios, dozens, scores
and mobs, the men who had stood by
me came to tell me the news. And,
ah, they told it gladly Some stl ong
men laughed, and others, stronger,
cried. Some knelt right there and
thanked the divine Father for His aid;
and at last, when had proudly clasp
ed every honest hand in all that
throng, started home to tell the news
to my father and mother; and rs /
flew along with one of the grand young
sons of Mississippi, who, forgetful of
cares and troubles of his own, had
stood close at my side and made q
magnificent fight, full half hundred
men, besides ladies and children, fol-
lowed me into this glad home, where
8 the children in their JOY had forgot
ten the bitter, toilsome weeks, and
whore my father, though still, thank
God, unconscious Of the bitter fight on
him, bad that in his eyes as he reach
ed out his arms to me that made the
horrible month just passed change, all
at once, into the 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 M ssis-
sippi for the Atlanta Cotton States and
International Exposition, and, while
she has had to employ most of her
time otherwise, she has been working
diligently throug hout the State in the
interest of the exhibit from Mississip
pi, and she is confident that even now
Mississippi and her women will come
nobly to the front with a crcditable
exhibit.