Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-06-01

a shade higher, and the trousers plain, straight
and medium close. A fine, vale diagonal is
supplanting the broadcloth among those who
can rise superior to the superstition, centuries
old. that dress suits must be of hard finished
black cloth.
THE DUTY OF THE HOUR.
THE IMPORTANCE OF REGISTRATION.
[Chester Bulletin.]
Every man who wants to vote this fall must
register. The law as to that is unequlvOcal,
and it is useless to "kick against the pricks." "
The man of whatever political parry that does
not register cannot vote. Every man, there
fore, who would perpetuate good government
should be sure that he registers at once.
[Chester Reporter
There are some we know who declare their
purpose to be not to register. They say that
they are natives of the county, that they have
voted ever since they reached the lawful age,
and that they do not propose to degrade them
selves now by carrying a certificate to the
polls to show their right to vote. Those who
feel this way would be justified in SO feeling,
and in acting in accordance with their feel
ings, if registration was confined to any par
tcular class, and they were included in that
class But such is not the case. The law
is universal in it's application. 1t includes
all-the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the
white the black, alike. Governor Hampton
Governor Hagood, Chief Justice Simpson,
must all have their names in the registration
books otherwise they must stand aside and
see the affairs of State settled without their
having voice in determining the result.
Surely no good citizen, who will give the
question calm and unprejudiced consideration,
can hesitate as to where his duty lies. The
exercise of the right of suffrage is not privi-
lege only, it is one the duties Of citizenship,
and he who fails to vote when the State
needs the voice of all her intelligent citizens
to guide her affairs is derelict in the duty he
owes to his State.
Others that we know say they will not reg
lister because they think the law is bad one.
Grant that they are correct in their Judgment,
how can they ever secure its repeal unless
they register and elect representatives to the
legislature who will repeal it. The logic of
the situation demands of this class particular
ly that they should register.
Lastly the unanimity with which the blacks
are registering all over the state shows that
the Radical party is preparing for desperate
struggle next fall to recapture the State Gov
ernment. A remembrance of the black days
that preceded 1876 ought to be enough to
nerve every white mans heart to leave moth
ing in his power undone to prevent such
dire calamity.
[Aiken Journal and Review
We can scarcely believe what the papers Of
the State tell us as to theapathy ofo citizens
in this matter. The colored voters are regis
tering to man. Can it be that sensible and
reasonable white men, with so much at stake,
can be so blind, or Indifferent to their inter-
ests as to fail to qualify themselves for deter
mining the future government OF South Caro-
lima You can as easily buy without money,
as deposit ballot in November without reg
istering within the time specified by law.
This is no mere question of politics. 1t is
one of the institutions of public safety, of
morality and decency. The next election will
be very closely contested. Citizens of Aiken
county, remember your responsibility. BE
true to yourselves, your families, your dear
old Commonwealth Be sure to register!
Hamburg Chroniclel
No man should allow prejudice to stand
between himself and duty-duty to the party !;
duty to his wife and children duty to his
State duty to himself as a man. Let the
difference created by the passage of the Stock
law be buried, at least so far as registration IS
concerned, for it is certainly cutting or ones
nose to spite ones face to refuse to register
because YOU are dissatisfied about the Stock
law or any other law. 1t is useless to deny
the fact that we have before us darker days
than have been known for many years, and
our struggle for supremacy this year will be
as great, if not greater, than it was IN 1916.
How, then, can man, other than Republl-
can, refuse to aid in securing continuance
of Democratic rule in South Carolina by re-
fusing or neglecting to register? Democrats,
think of this matter well before you deter
mine to not vote with your party, for unless
you register you forfeit your right to vote,
and welcome back to our State black negro
Radical rule.
[Horry Telephonel
If the white men do not register, this cOun-
ty, which is beyond doubt strongly Demo-
cratic. will Enthusiastically be carried by the
Republicans next fall Our fears are not idle,
but are based upon solid facts. To name
them: In Bucks Township, last Friday only
thirty-fve white men were registered, against
something over one hundred and five colored.
In Socastee Township the proportion was not
as great, vet the result was anything but sat-
isfactory. This will not do, Democrats. There
is too much at stake to let our individual
opinions and prejudices govern us in a matter
so vital to our interests as is this elective fran
chise. With it we can make or repeal laws ;
without it we are powerless, and to refuse or
neglect to use the power placed in our hands
because a certain law does not meet our fancy
or is not conducive to our wishes or cOnven-
fences, is like cutting off our nose to spite our
face. The intent of the law is not to abrldge
a single right of any citizen, though he be as
poor as the historical beggar or clothed in
purple and fine linen, but to meet require
ment of that rotten fabric, the Constitution
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ing. The law is harmless instrument to all
honest men, but to political tricksters it be-
comes an instrument of torture, a constant
thorn in the side, and hence their opposition
to it and endeavors to intlame the minds OF
people. We invite the closest scrutiny and the
severest criticism of the law, feeling assured
that it will stand the test and meet the ap-
probation of all who desire the purity of the
ballot-boX.
LOOK OUT, YoUNG MEN.-When it is said
of young man, "He drinks,' and it can be
proven. what store wants him for a clerk
What church wants him for a member Who
will trust him d? What dying man will ap-
point him his executor He may have been
forty years in building his reputation-it goes
down. Letters of recommendation, the back
ing of business firms a brilliant ancestry can
not save. The world SHES off. Why 1t is
WHISPERED all through his community, 'He
drinks, he drinks ~ When a young man loses
his reputation for sobriety, he might as we'll
be at the bottom of the sea. There are young
men here who have their good name as their
only capital Your father has started you
out in city life. He could only give you an
education. He started you, however, under
Christian influences. You have come to the
city. You are now achieving your own for
tune, under God, by your own right arm.
Nou. lo4,l, ont uonnn man that there is no