The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-08-23
THE BIG BARBECUE.
Hundreds Feast on the Fat Of
the Land, and Listen to
Political Discussion.

Whiteville did herself honor last
Thursday. The citizens of the
town and community dubbed to-
gether and gave one of the largest
and most enjoyable old-fashiOned
barbecues in the history of that
thriving community, noted for It's
courtesy and hospitality. Early in
the morning the crowd began to as.
semble, and by noon fully 1900
people were present. The spot Sc
lected was a shady grove near the
depot. When dinner was announc-
ed, the crowd looked upon a sight
both pleasing to the eye and tempt
ing to the appetite-long lines of
tables loaded down with elegantly
cooked and seasoned carcases, chick
ell, ham, pickle, cake, and other
good things too numerous to men,
ton. In an orderly and well beha-
we'd manner, the immense thrOng
filed to the tables and partoOk of the
feast, rendered more enjoyable by an
abundance of cool water, passed
continually up and down the lines by
polite walters. After every man, wO-
man and child had been satisfied, a
dozen carcases remained untouched
on the pits-in fact there was a
surplus sufficient to feed almost as
many more.
Political speaking was the attrac
ton in the afternoon. In view of
the fact that the contributors to the
barbecue comprised gold STANDARD,
free silver and populite adherents,
it was agreed by the management
that each side be requested to invite
a speaker. The gold standard adj
vocates chose the Hon. JOSIAH Pat
terson, who promptly accepted.
The free silverites invited Mr.. E.
w. Carmack, but it was impossible
for him to be present. Next they
appealed to the Hon. Casey Young,
but he too was compelled to de-
cline. Finally, by paying his ex-
penses, they secured the services of
Hon. b. A. Enloe, of Jackson. The
populites expected John Henry Nc
Dowell, but he failed to put i'll his
appearance. The only crumb of
comfort that fell to the pops as the
financial doctrine advocated by
Enloe, which tickled their fancy
and elected from them rounds of
applause.
AT l O'Clock PM, Col. Patter-
son mounted the platform and adj
dressed the audience for one hour
and a half. The subject of his
speech was the financial question
which he analysed thoroughly. In
the outset, he stated that if this
country had free and unlimited
coinage of silver it would 90 to a
silver basis, and would result in
yer mOnometalism instead of bimet-
alism, and he challenged Mr.. Enloe
to point to one country on the
globe where the arts and sciences
flourish, where prosperity and good
wages prevail, that has the single
silver standard. 'If," said he, "by
the free and unlimited coinage of
silver, | thought that the bimetal-
ic standard could be maintained,
there is no man that would be more
heartily in favor of it than myself;
but it never has been done, and
do not believe it can be done" He
favored the gold standard because
he believed it to be the best money of
the country, and permitted the use
of both metals. He asked why it !
was that Cleveland had been so Sc
verely abused. ''Does he not said
the speaker, "stand upon the same
platform to-day that he did when
you assisted in electing him? Has
he not been more than liberal in the
distribution of patronage to the
South?" And then Mr.. Patterson
went on to enumerate the different
positions of honor and trust held by
Southern Confederate soldiers in
foreign lands. He praised the Pres
ident for protecting the credit of our
government and maintaining pub
lie confidence. During the course
of his remarks he took occasion to
allude to those who had misrepre-