Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-17
DAY AT PARKsYILLE.
County and Congressional Can
didates Cordially Received
By Citizenship of Parks
vile on Friday.

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The editor of The Advertise
spent an unusually pleasant day
with the good people of Parksville
Friday last, the occasion being. the
county campaign meeting.
Crops of the west-side.
First, we shall pen few lines
concerning the crops of this favored
section, as greater number of peo.
pie are more deeply concerned about
cotton and corn at this crucial
period than they are about politics.
We went to Parksville via Reho
both and made the ,homeward jour.
ney by way of Red Hill. Taking
into consideration the fact that cot
ton is two weeks late, the writerhas
never at this season.. the middle OF
August, seen better crops in the
western section of the county. OF
course, cotton is by no means made.
A prolonged drought would be ex;;
ceedingly disastrous, consequently,
as the expression goes, farmers are
mot yet out of the woods The
fact is, they are under great sus,
pense and anxiety lest rain fail TO
fall at the proper time. Old corn
is practically made and some fodder
has been pulled. Young corn in
the main is promising, but, like cot
ton, the yield. depends altogether
upon weather conditions. Farmers
have done their best under the very
trying circumstances, frequently
working in rain and mud. Now 1t
remains for Providence to determine
what the harvest shall be.
Splendid School Building.
After steady driving for more
than FIVE hours, in company with a
candidate friend, we reached the
end of the twenty-two-mile journey,
refining up at the splendid school
building, where morning session OF
the sSummer School of Oratory and
Political Economy was held. The
building is large, well lighted, well
ventilated and Conveniently arrang!!
led, bein admira ii adapted Ito
a campaign meeting fas well as fo1
classroom work.
| Col. W. ]. Talbert.
Clad in suit of Immaculate lin
en-, Col. w. j. Talbert, himself a
prince among stump and platform
speakers, presided over the meeting.
All of the candidates for the subor-
dinate offices were, as at former
meetings, given an opportunity to
plead their cause in a few words.
Those seeking legislative honors
were given a half hour each. Mr..
Wells and Mr.. Courtney spoke in
the forenoon in the school audito-
rum and Mr.. Simkins and the con-
gressional candidates, Mr.. Garris
and Mr.. Byrnes, spoke under the
trees near the church in the after
noon. We took notes of the
speeches but having reported them
twice, and owing to the great de-
mand upon our columns this week,
we will refrain from detailed re-
port. Suffice it to say that all of
the speeches surpassed those of any
of the former campaign meetings.
As practice, intelligent practice,
makes perfect, some of these gentle
men are on the 4oad to perfection.
No new issues were introduced by
any of the candidates.
Typical Parksville Dinner.
The members of the Baptist
church served a most excellent din
ner under the beautiful oaks near
the church. Besides hash, pickles,
bread and barbecued meats, all pre-
pared in the best possible manner
and in unlimited quantity, pies,
cake and other sweets were served,
giving a variety that has not been
supplied at some of the other meet
ings. The ladies also served delic-
ious ice cream near by for five cents
per saucer. The ladies of Red Hill
and Parksville have one thing yet to
learn, and that is that their ice
cream is worth more than five cents
per saucer. Charging so small a
sum for their cream does not bring
them large enough returns for their
labor. The quality and quantity
served both warrant an increase of
price.
Delightful Social Feature.
The writer was very deeply i'm
pressed with the spirit of good fell
lowship that seemed to pervade the
atmosphere, which made the social
feature of tie meeting at Parksville
an exceedingly pleasant one. The
occasion was not only devoidof the
''fuss and fury" that one used nat
urally to expect at a campaign
meeting, but was characterizedby