Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-07-26


He says that whatever he would agf-
tate in one county he would agitate in
every county. He believes that law
Is the best solution Of the whisky ques-
tion and that il properly carried out it
would be as near an approach to pro-
hibition as could be hoped for. He fa-
vored biennial sessions of the legisla-
ture because the laws would be as good
as they are now, and there would be
saving Of SAC, 900 year. Favored keep
ing up state institutions of learning,
and while he was not member of the
legislature last year, he was In Colum-
bia, and at the request Of York men,
bers, he went to legislative friends in
behalf Of Winthrop college. He favor
ed southern teachers teaching from
southern books out Of books written by
southern men. [Applausel. Was not
in favor Of making white men who are
not able to educate their own children,
being taxed to educate Negro children.
In favor Of prohibiting children under
IL years of age from working In cotton
mills Informed that he had only one
more minute, he turned to the half doz-
en- ladies and complimented them. He
concluded amidst applause.
Colonel ]. H. Wilson, of Sumter, can
didate for secretary Of state, said that
on this, his first appearance. 1t was in.
cumbent on him of telling WHO l am,
what am, and what I have DONE" and
it will not take long. He was farmer
and every dollar he ever made or lost
was on a farm. He did not ask for
votes on that account; but the people
should vote on merit. Then he spoke
of his record in the war, his struggle
to get an education, and his labors on
the farm. He said there were many
soldiers who could not read and who
signed the muster rolls with cross.
and they, Of course, could not hold Of
flee: but they deserved we'll Of their
fellow citizens. Then he told OF his
record as a Kuklux, and how he was
dragged into the Federal cou"ts be-
cause of his work In the campaign of
1876. [Applausel.
Mr.. ]. T. CAN'T, candidate for secre-
tary of state, had been assistant sec
retary for the past two years. One OF
the speakers had told Of the marvellous
development Of the state during the
past six years, and II you do not know
it, 1 am here to tell you that you are
paying for everything you are getting.
Then he told of the steadily increasing
valuation Of real estate and the equally
steadily increasing tax levies. He said
lima Is placing the burden Of her taxa
tion on real property. He thought there
should be more attention to Indirect
sources, and told how, as assistant sec
retary of state, he had increased the
income Of the office from $4,000 to $780,
900. Then he told how the legislature,
when 1t needs more money, should, In
stead Of levying on real estate, look to
indirect sources. Time out. Mr.. CAN'T
bowed. [Applause].
]. Thomas Austin, Of Greenville, cam
didate for secretary Of state. Said al!
of the candidates for this office were
conducting their campaign on a high
plane, and he believed that they were
better friends today than when they
started out. AS member of the leg
islature he has always stood for libe-
raj educational appropriations. Said
| that the development Of fees in the Of
fee of the secretary Of state arose not
through the efforts Of Mr.. CAN'T. but
was more on account Of the general
prosperity that the state has been en-
joying. Said that the Office was merely
an administrative one, and that If Mr..
CAN'T wanted to make the suggested
changes he should run for the legisla-
ture. Told Of his own legislative expe
rience beginning with the Wallace
house. IApplause1.
Mr.. o. B. Martin of Greenville. cam
didate for superintendent Of education.
Told how his mother was born in one
county, his father in another. he had
married in another and proved, amidst
| loud laughter that he was a citizen of
South Carolina. Said he stood for thor
ough. practical work in the schools of
South Carolina-no cigarette and candy
| work. Told of the woman who raised
her boys on prayer and hickory, and
raised them every day and did not
raise them any too much. Said he had
been accused of buncombe In condemn
| ing the frequent changes in school
| books. He said he was in favor Of
changing a poorer book for a better
one; but was not willing to wipe them
all out at once. He had not made any
charges against his competitor. His
competitor denied responsibility for
some Of the charges; that the state
knowledged having voted for some of
the changes and the difference was the
difference between tweedledum and
| tweedledee. Told joke about the thief
who stole clothes from the Jew. ,Po-
liceman was going to shoot. Jew said,
| Shoot him in breeches; that is my coat
and vest!" McMahan Is willing for
criticisms of the board for their
changes, but he must not be criticised
for his changes. Mr.. Martin told a
number Of anecdotes and got lots OF
applause.
Mr.. ]. ]. McMahan, also candidate for
superintendent Of education, told the
audience how 1t had been entertained
for ten minutes by Mr.. Shoot-him-in-
| lthe-breeches, and although he would
ho e,1od fo dovofo biroeolf fo 6fopns-
sion Of the affairs Of his department,
on account Of the points made, he
| would have to reply. He denied that
there had been any closed door proceed
| ings Of the state board of education
in the matter of changing the books,
and told how the governor appoints the
state board Of education without con-
sulting the state superintendent, and
Mr.. Martin knows very we'll that the
state superintendent should not be held
responsible. He went on to say that he
was not able to be present at the meet
| ing Of the state board at all Of Its ses-
sions for the reason that at the time Of
its meetings he was engaged in going
around the state defending himself
against ISLANDERS that had been perpe-
trated against him. He says ne voted
for some Of the books and against some
Of them; but he had only one vote in
the board. Told how he had corre-
spOnded with educational organizations
In all parts Of the country with a
view to getting the best books, and also
told how he had been able to secure
| the lowest prices for books that have
ever been offered to any state in the
Union. He had sought to confine the
schools to one line of books so as to pre-
vent further changes, and told how
there can be no further change until
1906. Said he had ever felt the great
responsibility Of his position and was
proud to know that many Of the ablest
and most intelligent people or the state
were telling him that he had accom-
plished a great deal. He said 1t was
his policy to do the best he could for the
hact intarest of tho 1uhnla nountru and