The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-06-08
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Bright Young Woman Views Recent
Meeting From Feminine Angle.

(The following article was written
for the Laurens Advertiser by Miss
Kate V. Wofford, one of the delegates
from Laurens county to the recent
state Democratic convention.)
1t seems a little presumptuous for
me to head my article with such a
sweeping title as the above, but since
l have returned from Columbia, the
women and the part they played in
the convention has been the question
most frequently asked of me.
We'll, WE'LL" say my good friends.
Back from Columbian" "How's the
convention?"
Fine as fiddle" say I.
whats up?"
Yeah, know. But the women
Farm bloc was up too''-
"Oh, sure! But tell me. How did
the women behave?"
The women! So that was it! People
wanted to know just about our new
citizens, whether they overran the
convention, whether they kept silent
as admonished by the good Saint
Paul, whether they had bobbed hair
and surreptiously INDUCED in chew
ing gum or sat peering behind schol-
ary spectacles and talked of the un-
known quantity in politics. The sold
ier's bonus and the farm bloc were
interesting but could wait-to wo-
men now! Whereupon my enquirer
and casually sat ourselves down
then and there and talked about this
new feminine element which has
come silently but surely in the politi-
cal life of our state and nation.
But let me state at the beginning.
When the announcement came from
the county convention that I had been
selected delegate for the state con-
vention my mind few back to the ex-
pressed wish of my mother that she
might some day participate in the
politics of her state. Aunt Kate, -
how she would have arisen to days
like these! She was the first suffragist
l ever knew and the finest. Her home
and personal life was direct con-
tradiction to all the pitfalls predicted
by those not in sympathy with the
participation of women in public life
and had she been living today she
would have had my place at the con-
vention and filed it better than l
could ever hope to do. 1t, therefore,
seemed to me, as we set our faces to-
ward Columbia on Tuesday morning,
that unseen delegates-my mother
and the other women who dared to
back woman suffrage in its unpopu-
larity, sat beside us, delegates repre-,
sentative of the honesty, of the earn
estness and purity Of purpose that
women everywhere are bringing with
them into their new duties of suf-
frage. Two other women, represent
ing the fine type of womanhood of
Laurens county, Mrs. R. L. Gray and
Mrs. Alvin Curry, of Gray Court, and
our genial representative Mr.. Carol
Nance, Of Cross Hill, our automobile
host, and fine one, made up the
party.
It was the complaint Of the women
of one delegation that their men had
done all in their power to make them
uncomfortable, and it was with great
complacency that I comforted her and
invited her to move up to Laurens
county where the men gave us square
deals! Mr.. Nance did everything in
his power, as did other delegates, DR..
Douglas, DR.. Miller and Gov. Cooper,
to make our debut into politics easy,
even going the second mile to see that
the two committee places of this
county were given to women, the
places on the rules committee going
to Miss Kate V. Wofford, and the one
on platform to Miss Will Lou Gray.
The opening hour of the conven-
tion to the surprise OF everyone, in
cluding the weather man, broke
bright and clear, a happy omen of the
good democratic fellowship to follow.
Arriving at the capitol and the con-
vention hall, i found it already COM
fortably full, and the air buzzing with
the pleasant hum Of political bees in
the different bonnets scattered over
the hall. Placards with the names OF
the different counties studded the hall
and underneath these placards sat
the delegates men and the wo-
men! Thirty-five of the latter, and
not a bobbed head Of hair among
them! Intelligent looking, intelli-
gent thinking, and intelligent talking,
they were marked, though candor