Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-22
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.


THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
The county campaign, which open
ed at Barnett's Mountain on last
Thursday, continues to progress
smoothly with only an occasional new
incident to vary the monotony to one
who had saw and heard what occur.
red at the opening meeting.
There was very good attendance
on the Clover meeting-not so large
as at Barnett's Mountain !; but some
what larger than is usual at Clover.
The speeches were generally about the
same. Mr.. de Loach again announced
his principles, and made it perfectly
clear how he would feel honored al
being elected fairly and squarely on
the basis of his character, ability and
principles, and how he could not re-
tain his self-respect should he have
reason to believe that be had been
elected under false pretenses. Mr.
Hull stated it as his intention to vote
for M. B. McSweeney for governor.
He says be endorsed the governors
record as man, and as chief execu-
tive, and besides he was personal
friend. Mr.. Hull also took notice OF
talk of which he had heard to the eff.
feet that he is "bigoted Roman Cath.
olic." He said that his mother was a
Roman Catholic and his father Luth.
eran. His father did not come back
from the war, and he was raised by
his mother. He is not communicate
in the Roman Catholic church and is
not claimed by that church. He has
the highest veneration for the church,
however, and no apologies to make.
He is not bigoted. His wife is Pro-
testant. His older children are mem
bers of Protestant churches, and his
younger children attend Protestant
Sunday schools. He considers that
every man is entitled to hold such reli-
gious views as he sees fit-and that as he
does not object to the views of others,
he does not think they should object
to his. Mr.. Beamguard was at home
and his home people took pains to
show that he had their endorsement.
The Glover people showed the can
didates every courtesy that could be
demanded by the splendid hospitality
of the community.
At Bethany, on Saturday, the meet
ing was altogether pleasant, and the
routine was generally the same with
the exception of the speech of Mr..
Hull, who took occasion to refer to
THE ENoUIRER's synopsis of his re-
marks at Barnett's Mountain as not
making his position as to the dispensa-
ry exactly clear. He did not want to
be understood as opposed to the dis.
pensary. He believed in temperance,
and in the dispensary as necessary
adjunct of the dispensary law; but
was not in favor of putting dispensa-
ry upon community, the majority of
whose voters were opposed to it. Mr..
Hull also referred to the matter Of
sending Confederate veterans to the
Charleston reunion, and set the record
straight. He said that the idea origi.
mated with The ENQUIRER, which
proposed to send nine Confederate
veterans to Charleston at its own ex.
pense, and that he co-operated by in.
stituting a movement, as the result OF
which individual citizens of Rock Hill
and vicinity also complimented num-
Der of veterans.
The Hickory Grove meeting on
Monday, was held in the school house.
THE ENQUIRER was disappointed in
getting report from its representative,
as it had arranged, and we have had
to depend on such information as We
have been able to gather. 1t appears
that the Prohibitionists at Hickory
Grove were laying for the dispensary
candidates, and Rev. Mr.. Barber acted
as spokesman. All of the candidates,
except Mr.. de Loach, were taken to
task more or less severely. His position
was entirely satisfactory from the pro-
hibition standpoint. Mr.. Brice made
practically the same speech as at Bar
nett's mountain, and when he got we'll
into his remarks on the liquor ques-