Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-08
WITHIN THE TOWN.

i There were no auction sales last
Monday, salesday for August.
- The county board of commission
ers holds its regular monthly meeting
today.
- The ENQUIRER received letter
on Monday from former citizen OF
Yorkville, now residing in another
state, who desires to take stock in a
national bank to be established here.
The letter was turned over to Mr.. S.
NJ McNeel.
X Over in Swamptown, last Sunday
afternoon, Mayme Mckinney applied
an unprintable epithet to Ed. Ander-
son. Anderson said he might take
that off of a white man for whom he
was working but he would not take
it from any niger, even if she were
a woman, and he blazed away with a
double barrel shot gun. The charge
tore the womau's hat from her head !;
but did not ipjure her. Anderson soon
after departed the corporate limits.
The woman was before the mayor on
Monday on account of a row with
another woman and fined SIS.
- Recognizing as we do that business
is business, and not sanctioning for an
instant a single step that is not morally
right, THE ENQUIRER begs to say that
any unfair advantage of Mr.. T. B. Nc
Claim, owner of the Sutro Cotton mill,
just at this juncture, will result in the
greatest shame and outrage that has
ever been perpetrated in Yorkville.
We are not aware of any such move
being intended. We hope it will not
be; but we certainly do not think that
any small creditor, or large one either,
will be justified in precipitating crash
so long as there is reasonable hope of
adjustment. No mans interest can
suffer by the delay of another week
but by too hasty action it is possible
that Mr.. McClain can be financially
ruined and the whole community hurt
to a much worse extent than we now
thinks it is. We believe Mr.. McClain
will give up everything he has rather
than rob single creditor of a cent,
and under these circumstances no one
is justified in trying to still further
embarrass the situation.
JUDICIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL.
There was joint campaign meet
ing in Yorkville last Saturday. The
candidates for congress in the Fifth
district, and the candidates for solici-
tor in the Sixth circuit, appeared in the
court house pursuant to Democratic
executive committee arrangement, for
the purpose of presenting their respec-
tive claims to the voters. The audi
ence was small, compared to some that
have assembled under similar circum.
stances on previous occasions; but in
view of the fact that there is no espe-
cial excitement over either race, it
showed up very we'll. There were,
perbaps. as many as $50 people pres
ent.
J. S. Brice, Esq, chairman of the
York county Democratic executive
committee, presided, and introduced,
as the first speaker, Congressman D.
E. Finley, who is candidate for re-
election. Mr.. Finley spoke for some
thing over an hour, reviewing his poll
tical record and giving his views on
various questions of national import
ance.
HON. d. E. FINLEY.
By way of introduction, Mr.. Finley
said that if he should consider it nec-
essary for him to come before the peo-
pie of York county to convince them
that he was the same man that they
had honored 80 often and elected to
congress two years ago, he would not
be candidate. He spoke of his Sc
lection to congress over five other
candidates, all of whom were repre-
sentative citizens and good Demo-
Gratis, and expressed pride in the fact
that he had been enabled to make
all his various canvasses for con-
gress without exciting the least
friction or personal animosity as
between himself and his opponents.
He had never been a mud singer !;
but had always upheld and practiced
the propriety of reviewing political
records aud expressing views upon
pending political questions. He held
that as representative he would al
ways be governed by the will of his
constituents, and the position is now
especially pleasant because the will of
his constituents happens to be his
own. Mr.. Finley said he had studied
the political history of this country
from Democratic standpoint, and
that as all the principles upheld in
the Democratic platform were Demo
aratic to the core, they all had his en-
dorsement. The Republican party
has, so far as can be indicated by its
acts, trampled upon the constitution of
the United States and the declaration
of independence. Hawaii, Porto Rico
and the Philippines have been &C.
quired as the result of the Spanish
war, and the Republican party is try