Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-08-25
wOODMEN PICNIC AT RICHLAND
Senator B. X. Tillman Was there
With His PitChfOrk.

senator Is. X. TiIlman Was there
With His Pitchfork.
The picnic of the Woodmen Of the
World, held at Richland last Friday,
was decided success. At 11.3O a.
m. the local Woodmen, together with
all visiting brethren, formed line at
the railroad station, and, headed by
the Orr Mill Cornet Band, marched
to the stand I'm the grove near the
school house. Immediately follow
ing the parade was Senator TillIlan
in carriage in charge Of Miss An
ME McMahan and the w. o. w. COM
mittee, J. ID. McMahan and Harry r..
Hughs. Upon reaching The stand
the Choppers" arranged themselves
around it and the speakers took their
places on the stand. Seated with the
Senator were Hon. J. r. Earle, Hon
NJ. b. Dendy, J. b. Pickett, w. c.
Foster and w. T. Hubbard.
The vast crowd in waiting was
then called to order by the chair
man, Harry r. Hughs, and given a
hearty welcome in few well chosen
phrases. This was followed by a
lively selection by the band, after
wiich the chairman arose and said
that it seemed to be law OF nature
that all greater events, or bodies,
had to be preceded by lesser ones,
and that, in this particular case, for
him to attempt to introduce Senator
b. r. Tillman to the people of Oco-
nee was very much like one who was
unknown trying to present one who
was known; that after all he would
not introduce the Senator to them,
but would introduce them to Senator
b. r. Tillman, who would address
them.
Ihe Senator arose, assumed his
characteristic fighting pose and said,
III part, that he was glad to be in
OcOnce again and have the Opportu-
nifty Of meeting the peoTie 80 discuss
questions that are o common inter
est. n little over a year ago, on
advice Of his physicians. he went to
Europe for his health because poll
tics, both State and national, had be-
come so hot until he supposed they
were afraid he would have paralysis
or something similar, but he vas
glad to say that ne had returned in
good health and ready to take up the
duties the people expected Of him.
good many little newspapers i'm
this State, he said, have had his
obituary set up for some time, but
that by all the gods he didn't intend
to give them chance to print it yet.
AT this Season Of the year, when
the farmer is resting from his sum
mer'S work, meetings Of this kind
are beneficial on account of the spirit
OF sociability they inspire in the peo-
pie. He knew the loneliness of the
daily routine of the life OF the aver
age farmers wife, and therefore it
gave him pleasure TO see her have
an opportunity to get out of the
trcadmill and breathe the spirit of
freedom as is her right. The wife
is usually the first one up in the
morning and the last one to bed at
night, and what with cooking. and
caring for the children, together
with her other numerous household
duties, it is no wonder that her Wis
ion gets no further than the four
walls of her cottage. But the march
OF progress has done much to change
all this, and one of its greatest agents
is the rural free delivery, which
brings to the remC.nst sections the
daily newspaper, so every one may
read aud keep abreast of the times.
AS he looked into the many faces
there he was reminded of the fact
that, although he had been in Wash
ington twenty years, he had not for
gotten the people who sent him
there.
On an occasion like this he did aot
know exactly how to proceed. He
had been complimented by being
called n good debater, provided he
got "sassed," but in this instance
the ladies were immune from that,
and as to the men, their looks were
about all they could brag about, and
as far as he could Sc he could mea-
.Gre good CD looks with anything
in the crowd.
He said that he had worked hard
in his position, and If the people
were disappointed he could not help
1t. He always made it a rule to do
whatever he did with all his might.
even If it was doing nothing. At
this Juncture train passed. and he
said that as it had called his atten-
ton. he would pay his respects to
the railroads before going further
with any discussion. A recent ex-
perience he and his wife had on a
Southern Railway train in South
Carolina made him want to see the
people instruct our representatives
10 see 10 IT that we people down
south have the same railroad accom-
m0datiOnS as our Northern brethren.
On account OF something being wrong
n" has TO keep lot of money tied up
i'll mileage all the time. He then eX-
hibitcd Il Southern Railway mileage
book and Pennsylvania Railroad
mileage book. and said that in Penn
Sylvania. and numerous other States.
you buy the book and it is not only
70
but for as man; others as you see
lit to carry: white i'm the South vou