Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-15
Women Voters League Con-
vention as Viewed by an
EdgeGeld Woman.

jill "SdAlSSatS1
held in the Y. w. C. A. building, the
previous evening a banquet and re-
ception having been held at the JEFF
ferson hotel. The first persons in the
hall to be seen on entering at an early
hour, were Mrs. Joseph Sprott of
Manning, state president of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union,
and Mrs. No Gonzales in close con-
versation. Mrs. Sprott and Mrs Con
zales are devoted friends. The pres
ent office of Mrs. Sprott in her res
idence in Manning was the room
where Miss Barron was married to
N. G. Gonzales which was at that
time the Barron home. One would
have thought from the intentness of
the conversation that Mrs. Sprott
and Mrs. Gonzales were discussing
politics at this woman voters league
convention, but they were not. They
were talking about some Sunday
school work they were mutually in
terested in and Mrs. Gonzales was
reeretting that she would have to be
absent from the meeting on account
of a wedding which was to take place
in the family at the same hour.
Turning from these two, l came
face to face with Mrs. Dan QUITS of
Greenwood, where they have 500
members of the Woman Voters
League. Mrs. QUITS is superintendent
of the Woman's Missionary Union of
Abbeville association and when she
was accosted with the question as
to what she was doing there she said
in substance, "We are away ahead
of Edgefeld in everything, and es-
pecially in the Woman Voters
League where we are holding on to
our Farm and Home Demonstration
agents in spite of the adverse recon-
mendation of the Grand Jury.
Next was another, product of Edge
fields older territory, whom I had
never seen but Recognized her as
as 1 saw her face, Mrs Richard
Williams, president of the Greenwood
Woman Voters League. Mrs. Will
liams was Miss Annie Gaines, and
that is how. She was first described to
us before 1 had met her, as "a mem
Der of that intelligent Games fam
She is related to a great many
in Edgefeld county, especially
the QUITS family. She is tall and slen-
der and blonde, and made later the
response to the address of welcome
in a most gracious and graceful man
ner. She was perfectly at home in the
presence. of the Governor of South
Carolina, Hon. John Gary Evans and
other celebrities, both men and wo-
men who were presnt. Later in the
day she was unanimously elected
state chairman of the Woman Voters
League, nominated for that office by
j. L. Minis of Edgefeld.
Mrs: Kate Kernaghan of Edgefeld
was also there assisting the Y. w. G.
A. of Columbia in their serving of a
delightful dinner to the convention.
The organization in the cities of the
Y. w. C. A. is under the patronage
largely of the wealthy and influential
women and it is considered an hon
or to be selected on their board OF
management. Mrs. Pope Matthews iss
intedested in the Y. w. c. A., and
her mother, Mrs. Kernaghan was
there in cooperation with her.
Other distinguished guests were
Hon. and Mrs. John Gary Evans, who
have just returned from Europe. Mr..
Evans made a very interesting and
instructive address to the convention
on the Importance of registering and
enrolling in the Democratic 'ubs, and
being represented in county and
state Democratic conventions. He
stated that the law required that a
man and a woman represent the va,
rious states as national Democratic
committeeman. He said that the pro-
gram as carried out by the Woman
Voters League convention, the sub
jects they discussed, their intelli-
gent plans of procedure, their sense
of justice were significant and with
out precedent. That in all the history
of the centuries such groups had new
er before met for the unselfish and
earnest study of citizenship.
Mrs. John Gary Evans was present
as a member and one of the officers