Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-30
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Bright Young Woman Views Recent
Mectina From Feminine Angie.


Meeting From Feminine Angie.
(The following article Was written for
the Laurens Advertiser by, Miss Kate
V. Wofford, one of thetdelegates from
Laurens county to the recent State
Democratic conventiori) tf
1t seems a little presumption for
me to head my article wich such a
sweeping title as the above. but since
/ have returned from Columbia, the
women and the parttthey played in
the convention has been the question
most frequently asked Of me.
"Well, WE'LL" say my good friends
Back from Columbian "How's the
convention?" ,ae1"fr
"Fine as a fiddle" I.
whats up?" ,Nr9'
yeah, know. But the women"
Farm bloc was upatoo"-
"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 con-
vention, whether they kept silent as
admonished by the good Saint Paul,
whether they had bobbed hair ard sur
reptitiously indulged in chewing gum
or sat peering behind scholarly spec
tacles and talked of the unknown guam
tity in politics The soldiers bonus
and the farm bloc were interesting;
but could wait-the women 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 political life Of our state and ma
ton. u ~
But let me state at the beginning.
When the announcement came from
thd county convention that had been
selected q delegate for the state con-
vention my mind fieweblack 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
I 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 par
ticipation of women in public life and
had she been living today she would
have had my place, at the convention
and filled it better than / could ever
hope to do. It, therefore, seemed to
me. as we set our faces toward Co
lumbia on Tuesday morning, that un-
seen dslegates--my mother and all the
other women who dared to back woman
suffrage in its unpopularity, sat beside
us, delegates representative OF the
honesty, of the earnestness and purity
of purpose that women everywhere are
bringing with them into their new
duties Of suffrage Two other women,
representing the fine type of woman
hood of Laurens county, Mrs. X. l..
Gray and Mrs. Alvin Curry, of Gray
Court, and our genial representative
Mr.. Carol Nance, Of Cross Hill, our
automobile host, and a fine one made
up the party.
1t 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 ana
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, DIR.
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 viii Lou Gray.
The opening hour of the convention
TO the surprise of everyone, including
the weather man, broke bright and
clear, happy omen of the good demo-
cratic fellowship to follow. Arriving
at the capitol and the convention hall,
| found it already comfortably full,
and the air buzzing with the pleasant
hum of political bees in the different
bonnets scattered over the hall Pla-
cards with the names of the different
counties studded the hall and under
meath these placards sat the delegates
the men and the women! Thirty
five of the latter, and not Il bopped
head of hair among them!A Intelligent
looking, intelligent thinking, and intel