The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-07-18
AS COL. BACON SAW 1T.
A Rich and Rare Account Of the State
Campaign Meeting at
Eddefeld,'


field, from the Edgefeld Chronicle,
written in Col. James T. Bacon's
inimitab)e style will be read with
great interest by the people of the
State. throwing side light on the
campaign that cannot fail to charm.
Edgefeld's State campaign meet
ing took place day before yester-
day and was really in many re.
spects more of social than a pol
itical affair. Our court house was
crowded to excess and perhaps more
than half the people were ladies'.
Not only the ladies of our town
and vicinity came out, but also
many from 10 aud IL miles away,
especiaily. from Trenton. Before
10 a. M. dozens of privileged old
men, heads Of tribes, and dozens of
ease loving young mon III wet shirts
had entrenched themselves in the
best places in the court house say
ing to themselves, "Soul and body
take thine ease." But they had
rcckoned vainly. AS fair women
in white and lilac gowns and pink
roses began to pour in, the ease
loving mon were premptorily and
ignominioualy routed.
Chairman Rainsford is an emi-
nently courteous and chivalrous
man, and he allowed no man to
sit while woman stood. 1t was
a delightful scene. We always re-
joice to SEQ ease loving men routed.
"And they began with shame to
take the lower Seats" The ladies
stuck manfully-we call attention
Of Mrs. Virginia Durant Young to
the expression-until all the eight
governors had scattered priceless
pearls of wisdom. The only can.
didate, however, who. got a bou.
quet was the Hon. Joel e. Brunson
who received it with the Smile of a
cast iron skeleton' The Hon. John
G, Sheppard was the vlcarious bear
er Of this bouquet. Imagine the
master of an ancient Phoecian feast
presenting flowers to the skeleton
that SAID, "To this thou must also
come" Like a great many other
little incidents of the morning it
Was very funny. And there were
other cast iron skeletons. And
few like "Brother Crafford" and
Butler Hare were roly poly, and all
the eight governors began, by ener.
getical)y and laboriously compli-
menting 'the ladies' Most of them
did it like an elephant planting
their feet in bed of roses. Gov.
Manning, we perceived that women
love him instinctively and at q
glance, did rise to the heighth of
saying "fair and noble women"
When the last governor, Herr
Cratford, had gracefully subsidized,
with the wave of q turkey tail fan,
it was 1 O'Clock, and the ladies
rose in q body and modestly re-
tired, followed by the circus per-
formers and the rabble. And then
followed moro scenes that were
more social, social financial than
political. The Episcopal ladies
sold ice cream and sherbet beneath
the trees near the court house steps,
In the broad hall of the floor oi
the court house the free lbrsry
ladies, at table mile long, sold
delicious dinners, with cucumbers
And under some French Mulber.
rios hard by, two renowned barbe.
cue chefs sold fragrant ribs of NUT
ton, fatal onion sauce and hash oi
~ morse power. 1t was very gay
and brilliant scene, irredescent in
TACT. Ard all of these wonders
purveyors sold all their wares and
could have sold great deal more
The State" campaigners were il
Trouble, in fact in bitter and mex
prosslble anguish. They dared no
slight either one of tho life givinl
food institntions. The Episcopa
ladies, the free library ladies' an,
the barbecue chefs had them al
marked, tagged. They had to g,
from one of the cabattoirs to tn
other, and pay out coin at eacI
receipt of custom. Consequent
the cast iron skeletOna woro ,,,