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


any general entries like, say, sundries,
5000, or.$4, 900, as the case may be /;
but he wanted the report to account
for every single cent that was expend-
ed. Although, at heart, he was a
Prohibitionist, he wanted to do on the
liquor question whatever the people
wanted him to do, and if the execu-
tive committee would provide at each
precinct a separate box in which the
Prohibitionists might express them
selves on this subject, he would be
glad to take such expression as his
instructions.
Mr.. J. R. Witherspoon, candidate
for the house of representatives, began
his remarks with the announcement
that he was not feeling we'll and then
complimented the Clover people on
having an abundance of hog and hon.
my. He told of his membership on
the ways and means committee of the
house, and the opportunities he had
had to see how the money went. He
said that poor people should not try
to put on airs, and that South Carroll
ma was trying to put on too many airs
for her means. As q case in point,
he cited that the president of the
South Carolina college received SAL
ary of g, 500 a year, while the presi-
dent of Woford, Erskine and Furman,
all the equals of the president of the
South Carolina college, received each
about half that SUED. He thought that
the president of the South Carolina
college could afford to serve for as
small salary as could the presidents
of the other colleges. He wished
there was not drop Of liquor on the
earth. He does not drink the stuff
because he is afraid it will kill him !;
but it is here and has to be controlled,
and as the best way of controlling it,,
he believes in the dispensary law.
He gave some figures as to what had
been accomplished in the way of sala-
ry reduction, and told of some efforts
in the direction of salary reduction
that are still under way. In conclu-
sion, he told of the fraudulent out
standing Blue Ridge script, issued by
scallawags and Negroes for the pur-
pose of building a railroad that was
never built. 1t amounted to about
s15,O 100000 or s2O,OOO,ooo, and al
though the whole thing was fraudulent,
he felt confident that if the United
States court ever got the opportunity,
it would hold the whole debt to be
valid, and, therefore, although his
plan may seem to be dishonest, he was
in favor of repudiating the whole bus
mess. To pay the debt would require
q special state levy of something like
10 mills, and this would amount to
something like con6scation.
Mr.. w. N. Elder, candidate for the
house of representatives, said that
this was not the first time that he
had been before the people as can
didate. He had not made an extern
sive house to house canvass for the
reason that he was already well known
to the voters of York county and he
did not consider such canvass neces-
sary. His record would bear him out
in the statement that he had always
worked for the best interest of York
county. He had always taken an
active part in the advancement of the
educational interests of the county and
state. He was one of the pioneers in
the movement for the establishment
of Clemson college, and although be
had, while member of the legislature,
voted for every appropriation that
institution had asked for, still he was
not prepared to deny that its manage
ment had been extravagant. How
ever he was at the same time member
of the board of trustees ofWinthrop
college, and being certain of the fact
that Winthrop was not asking for any
thing that was not necessary, he felt
that the case was the same with Glenn
son, and, consequently, cast his votes
without attempting to investigate.
He took an active part in securing the
location of Winthrop college in York
county, and he had observed that no.
body in the legislature would dare
oppose Winthrop, because of the para
mount Importance of the institution.
His Individual faith in Clemson was in
dicated by the fact that for four years
he had boy there. The only chances
of improving the public school lay
either in increased taxation or in pri-
vate subscriptions. He was an origi-
nal supporter of the dispensary law
and believes yet that this affords the