The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-28
SIDELIGHTS OF BARBECUE
 HELD YESTERDAY AT LOVICK
By ELLIS c. HoLLuMs

and took charge Of the sheriff and my
 self. MT. DeBardeleben was left with his Cadillac to await new tires.
 At Irondale postoffice W. B. Rosamond
 in a Rec, was in desperate need of
 jack, his tires, too, being in a trouble some mood. Judge Davis furnished the
 jack, and left it with Mir. Rosamond. At
 the cross roads to Leeds and Lovick, D. c. Coleman was found resting and look
 ing sadly at his Maxwell. Something
 was wrong with the steering gear. Judge
 Davis picked him up and rattled across the Lovick bridge at 12:O3 o'clock p. m., with plenty of time to spare before lunch.
 Speaking of lunch, that was most in- teresting sight-1S0o people attempting to eat at the same time. You see, Hugh | N1cGeever was slated to speak before lunch; was, in fact, the last speaker on the programme.
 1 About o'clock a photographer an- nounced quietly that he would be sta- tioned at the bridge at 2:30 for the purpose of getting a group picture of whatever candidates happened to be there. Like magic the word passed around and the party came to a speedy halt. The old fiddlers' convention was tuning up for a recital when Ed Pa ] tillo c1ambered upon the platform and ] told the candidates they could get 1 their photographs made in a group. 1 One of the fiddlers was a candidate. Another was a candidate. Another was l a candidate. All three of them broke 1 for the bridge. And they arrived, too.
 
 | Rufe Bivens talked himself hoarse. l He was one of the most active men
 on the grounds and made something l like six speeches in the course of two i hours. On the return trip in the board | of revenue machine he was continu- ] ally shouting to passersby on the road, l although he never had an opportunity | of knowing whether or not he knew 1 those to whom he spoke. for Lawrence | Pennington was driving the car and, as MT. Bivens said, Hes some engi- neer." pr. Lovelady and Hugh Me- l Geever were busily engaged in holding
 on and Major Cameron sat tauntily in 1 his place by the side of Pennington.
 Ed Patillo occupied himself by throw ! ing cards into passing wagons and | front yards. All pronounced the day a great success.
 ] Mir McGeever inadvertently said lsomething about food in the course ] of his remarks and the crowd wavered 1 for an instant and then broke for tho | l shout. Barbecued beef, pork, mutton
 and every other kind of meat you can | think of were to be had in abundance. | Cold slaw just like mother used to l make" brought joy to the hearts of | many fair ones Brunswick stew also ] was to be had and, while 1t was not 1 exactly according to Hoyle, it was ex- l cellent. The crowd surged about the ! tables, filled wood trays, secured knife, ] fork, spoon, lineup and left for the l hil1sides to make room for others 1 Since observing the amount of food consumed by some of the candidates I am convinced that they are badly 1 in need of the position they seek l somebody has to pay for what they ] eat. One man filled three of the trays
 with meat, slaw, pickles, etc, saying | he had two friends he was providing for His friends never showed up and | he did not return the food. It was all 1 right however, for the food was l cooked to eat and everyone there en- l joyed it.