Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-26
CURRENT COMMENT.
What South Carolina Editors Are Saying
and Thinking.

CURRENT C0hMENT.
What South Carolina Editors Are Saying
and Thinking.
Columbia Record As The Record
understands it, Tillman did not advise
at Greenwood that the Tolberts be
killed; but that if it was the belief
of the citizens of Greenwood that the
Tolberts were responsible for the trou-
bles in that country, it would be more
manly and fair to deal with them than
with their ignorant colored dupes. 1t
is The Records recollection that simi-
lar sentiments were expressed by some
of the papers which now condemn
what Tillman said at Greenwood about
the Tolberts.
Gahney Ledger: We cannot under
stand why The State and the Green
vile News should so far forget them
selves as to make use of the language
they have recently been guilty of using
in expressing contempt for Senator
Tillman. True, the senator's veracity
is tainted but what cares he? These
papers should have judgment enough
to know that all Mr.. Tillman desires is
the loaves and fishes and, if the ma.
jority of the people are willing we
have no doubt but that he will get all
that is possible for him to get.
Columbia State: The Sumter Free
man asks if 1t is any wonder that our
people resort to mob violence when
their officials give them such advice as
Tillman did at Greenwood, when he
recommended the killing of the Toll
berts, white Republicans; and the
Oconee News, whose editor was pres
ent, says it was "perhaps the most
open anarchist speech ever made in
this state" "a most inhammatory and
dangerous speech to come from such
q prominent and so-called influential
man." At least 500 people heard this
declaration, the Oconee News says,
and received it "with almost absolute
silence" We hope that silence signi-
6es dissent. If any of the Tolberts
should now be assassinated, Tillman
would be not only morally response
BILE; but in law, an accomplice before
the fact.
Hampton Guardian Judging from
letters now being received by the gov
ernor, in response to his circular letter,
there is consensus Of opinion among
municipal officers in all parts of the
state that the dispensary law can be
enforced by the same machinery by
which other laws are enforced, as sug-
gested by the governor. The work of
saving much money to the state, al
ready begun by the governor, will be
still further increased by the sincere
cooperation of town and municipal
officers. 1t will give good reason for
another considerable reduction of the
constabulary force, and also convince
keepers of blind tigers that they can
no longer defy the law with impunity.
News and Courier: In connection
with the reports of the Wheat Grow
ers' convention at Greenwood on Tues
day, it is pertinent to recall some in
teresting facts noted by our Yorkville
correspondent a few days ago. He
said: ut will be remembered that
this correspondent gave the details of
a big crop of wheat raised by Fred
Oliver, of Charlotte, N. c., last sum-
mer. The yield was about 1000 BUSH
els, or an average of about 80 bushels
per acre. A gentleman, whose home
is in Charlotte, said a few days ago
that it was equally as good as his crop
last summer. 1t has not yet been
threshed; but is expected to aggregate
not less than 10000 bushels. Mr.. W.
S. Wilkerson, one of York's most sue
cessful wheat raisers, explodes the old
idea that it was impossible to raise two
or more successive crops of wheat on
the same land. He said he had been
experimenting and sowed the same
land for three successive years, follow
ing each crop of wheat with crop OF
peas, and that the second year the
yield was better than the first and the
third better than the second.
APPLE CROP REPoRTs.-At the
49, Arn1a Chin.