Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-01-18
sonal, but the expression OF candid
opinion. We quote:


former Greenwood residen4, who
has announced her candidacy FOR
mayor Of Walhalla, where she now
makes her home. "A letter from
) Miss latham to A. J. Sproles to-
day tells Of her candidacy. Miss
latham did not say what opposi-
tlon she has, but Mr.. Sproles de-
olared this afternoon that it would
take an unusually strong candidate
to defeat Miss latham.
miss latham lived here several
years ago and has a number Of
friends who will ibe interested to
know that she Is a candidate for
mayor of her native town. While
here she took an active interest
in all political and civic affairs"
And another comment from the
same paper, one day later:
'rrhe town OF Walhalla has the
opportunity Of electing the first
wom.'7i mayor in the history Of
! South Carolina, and If 1t does rise
to its opportunity and elect Miss
'Addie latham mayor 1t will havo
one of the best in Walhalla's en-
tire experience. We say that be-
cause Miss Addie, as most of us
know us down here, where she
: lived some years ago, Is thor
oughly capable woman to manage
Walhalla's town affairs. She has
wonderful executive ability, self
confidence, sympathy, vision and
breadth Of view"
And then, from the Greenville
Piedmont, which paper took occa-
sion to comment on what the Green
wood paper had to say:
Now that Miss Addie latham Is
d candidate for mayor of Walhalla,
the Greenwood pub
lished in the city in which she for
merly lived, declares that, IL she is
elected, she will be one OF the best
mayors in Walhalla's experience.
According to the same authority,
she Is a thoroughly capable wo-
man to manage Walhalla's town
AFFAIRS for she has wonderful ex-
ecutive ability, sef-confidence,
sympathy, vision and breadth of
view.'
''If Miss latham wins at the
polls she will be the first woman
mayor in South Carolina. In that
event WaFhalla will become CEN
ter of much interest to students
OF politics and government. THAT
women viii be drafted 20 serve as
mayors IN this state is certainty.
1t is only i question Of WhiCh mu.
nicipality will first make this pro-
gressiye innovation. Some time
ago Mrs. F.. e. Howell, a public
spirited woman of Florence, was
strongly urged to run for mayor
Of that large city, and the Pied
mont is informed that If she had
made the race she would have
been elected easily. 1t may not be
so very long until Greenville will
have a woman mayor-in fact,
any one of a number of capable
women in this city would make
a far better chief executive than
many OF the men who have been
mentioned for this office in the fu-
ture.
''If Walhalla elects the flrst wo-
man mayor in the Palmetto State,
then the administration Of the
Oconee capital will attract gene
raj interest and attention as we'll
as far-flung publicity. Women havs
made good mayors in many places.
There is no reason why they can
not do likewise in South Caro-
kna.'
Miss latham has broken the ice
In Oconee. 1t may be that she will
not again venture on the "pOlitical
pond" in such cold weather as char.
aCteriZes that time of the year In
which Walhalla's mayoralty cam
paigns and elections are held--De
cember and January-but there 4
absolutely no good reason why. sh.
should not venture further out into
the political pond III the summer
h W rf
The water fine. She and a number o
able women in our county whom ".
could name would make formidabl,
opponents to the best Of our NAL,