Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-24
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.


themselves, appreciates more fully
than the newspaper reporter, the
limited stock of ammunition that is
carried by the canvasser for county
Office. This is especially the case
when there are no important issues
under discussion, or other grounds
of controversy.
In the present campaign, the differ
ent candidates seem to be in pretty
general harmony. There are but
slight differences of opinion among
the legislative candidates on the only
two questions that are being discuss
ed-whisky and education-and with
all the other candidates, the matter OF
preference is based on personal popu-
larity, competency and general fitness.
Under the circumstances, there is
nothing in the present canvass that is
calculated to arouse very deep inter-
est, and in view of the fact that, as a
rule, each candidate has only to tell
over again at each place of meeting
the same old story, and, as matter of
convenience, the reporter for The
ENQUIRER waited for the Clover meet
ing last Saturday to take in what was
being said. As the candidates had
already told their respective stories at
Rock Hill, Fort Mill and Barnett's
Mountain, the presumption is that by
the time Clover was reached, each
had his little message satisfactorily
memorized, and was in position to
say bis say to the best possible advan-
tage.
There was big crowd at Barnett's
Mountain on Friday but the speakers
got poor attention. At Glover the
crowd was smaller. 1t was made up
of representative voters from the town
and the surrounding country, and the
patient, respectful attention they gave
was all that could have reasonably
been asked for.
The meeting took place in the school
house. Mr.. J. E. Beamguard acted as
chairman, and the speeches were limi-
ted as to time. The legislative can
didates were held down to Is minutes
each, and the candidates for the vari-
Gus county offices to 10 minutes each.
Some of the candidates had stories that
they were unable to tell satisfactory
within the time allotted but in the
case of most of them, 10 minutes each
was ample.
Mr.. T. P. McDill, candidate for the
house of representatives, was the first
speaker. Generally his speech was
about the same as delivered at Sharon
and already synopsized in The EN-
QUIRER. He disclaimed any intention
of making a fight against Clemson COL
lege but said he was in favor of CIV
ing the privilege tax to the common
schools. He was in favor of continu-
ing the dispensary system for the pres
ent, at least, and at no time would be
willing to exchange this system for a
system that would place the sale of
liquor in the drugstores.
Mr.. Il. F. Mellow, the next legisla-
tive candidate, discussed the educa-
tional and whisky questions at more
length than previously. He deplored
the fact that the dispensary law, ham,
pered as it had been by ipJunctions,
etc., had not had a fair trial, and said
that until it had had such q trial, he
was in favor of keeping it upon the
statute books. He was in favor of the
continued liberal support of all the
higher institutions of learning but
believed that some of these institu-
tions may have been managed with
too much extravaganza. For one
thing, he was in favor of having each