Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-31

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Smith might be said to be the father.
He has reason to be proud of his town.
WIND UP OF THE: CAMPAIGN.
The last meeting of the county cam
paign was held in the courthouse at
Yorkville last Saturday, and was we'll
attended by people from the surround
ing country and fair representation
from different sections of the county.
Under the rotation rules that have
obtained throughout the canvass, the
candidates for the various county seat
offices were allowed to speak first,
and the candidates for the legislature
spoke last. The audience was more
liberal with its applause than has been
the case at other meetings, and several
of the candidates received encourage
ment at the close of their speeches.
Local interest centered to q greater
or less extent in the answer to a ques-
ton that it was understood would be
put to the legislative candidates. The
question was: "If Featherstone re-
ceives a majority of the votes in York
county, will you consider that fact as
your instructions to vote for Prohi-
bition ?"
Mr.. McDill was the first speaker.
He made a straightforward speech on
the educational question, and wound
up with a reiteration of his Prohibition
views. He said that a question almost
identical with the one asked here had
been asked at Hickory Grove. He
had said no at Hickory Grove and he
would say no here. While it was his
desire to thoroughly and correctly
represent the people of York county
in the general assembly, and while he
believed that whisky should be so
controlled as to reduce the evil to
minimum, he was not acquainted with
Mr.. Featherstone's platform on this
subject; he did not know whether
Mr.. Featherstone's ideas were prac-
tical, whether they were calculated to
accomplish the result desired, and,
therefore, he would not consider him
self as in any way bound by Mr..
Featherstone's election. Mr.. McDill
was applauded literally.
Mr.. Mellow was on his mettle. His
Yorkville friends had been discussing
the Hickory Grove incident, and
among them there was quite differ
ence of opinion as to the course he
should have taken. Mr.. Mellow was
aware of that fact, and he made him
self more emphatic than ever. He
had from the first requested an ex-
preston from the people of the county
on the Prohibition question, and offer
ed to be bound by the result of the
vote. He recognized that in the dis
pensary statute there were many OBJ
iectionable features; but upon the
whole the scheme was the best and most
satisfactory solution of the liquor ques-
ton that had ever been devised, and
for the present he would stand square
ly upon the dispensary platform.
The speech throughout made a good
impression, and it was noticed that
Rev. w. G. Neville, whose article in
the last issue of THE ENQUIRER had
brought especial attention to the
question, joined literally in the ap-
plause that followed the conclusion of
his remarks.
The other legislative candidates all
held to the same views on the liquor
question that were outlined by Messrs.
McDill and Mellow, and the reporter
is informed that during the canvass all
the candidates publicly endorsed Mr..
Johnson's proposition to try to have
the dispensary law so amended as to
permit the removal of dispensaries in
the same manner in which they are
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