Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-04
EDITORIAL BULLS EYES.

Greenville News: Many newspa-
pers Of the state are denouncing the
chain gang system, but their condem-
nation of 1t is not as strong as that
Of the convicts.
Newbery Observer: Will Commits
sioner Tatum take up a collection now
and pay the fine imposed upon Inspec-
tor Brown by the mayor of Barnwell
for carrying a pistol?
Columbia State: BY the way, when
Is Adams of Colleton going to get
that new trial? The man has been
once convicted Of murder by an i'm
partial jury: then he played outlaw
for a while and finally sister-in- law
made a favorable affidavit In his be-
half, saying her first sworn testimony
was perjured. If Adams Is innocent
he should be liberated; II he Is guilty
he should be hanged and the law
should not delay. An old man was
slain and Adams did the killing.
Sumter Herald: 1t is a great pity
that Senator Tillman did not make
himself clear on the dispensary ques-
ton in his recent letter. What re-
lief II would have been to those as
piring gentlemen who are looking to
him for their cue and who expect
him to provide them with their
opinions of this all-important issue.
1t was cruel of Benjamin, really 1t
was, but the old man himself seems
to be in a quandary, and is waiting
to feel the popular pulse further be-
fore he makes positive deliverance.
Gaffney Ledger: The dispensary-
ties and anti-dispensaryites argue
The prohibitionists claim that IL
does. If the liquor element can get
all the liquor 1t wants under prohi-
bition and the prohibitionists are
pleased with the workings of the
law, why not make prohibition
unanimous? Both sides getting what
they want under prohibition we see
no reason to complain, while II we
continue dispensaries and barrooms
the prohibitionists will always be
complaining.
Anderson Daily Mail: 1t seems
that the technicalities of the law are
always in the way of justice. Wit
ness the check put upon the dispen-
sary investigation by Chief Justice
Pope. The legal principle involved
may be all right, but the moral ef-
feet of such a decision is all wrong.
Such decisions on the part OF the
courts, however unavoidable they
may be. have the effect of causing
the masses Ol Tie peOplS W looC AZ
spect for the courts and for the law.
The people are demanding a more
speedy administration of justice. If
Farnum has been guilty of wrong
doing that fact should be made
known without delay If he is in
nocent there should be no delay in
proving his innocence.
Greenville News: The bulls are
doing their utmost to send cotton
up to the twelve-cent mark and while
that will put money into the pockets
Of the farmers ii will not help much
in the long run. In an interview the
other day former Senator McLaurin
said: when cotton gets much over
IL cents other articles come into COM
petition and experience has shown
hat in proportion as 1t advances
above that price there is a steady de-
crease in consumption. Mills close
down, labor is thrown out of employ
ment and with the slackening OF de-
mand for goods comes surplus or
raw cotton to be carried over as
club to break prices the next year.
That is good sense. When We know
the cost of production, we likewise
know that cotton is not worth twelve
cents. and the south would be richer
If the price remained stable around
the ten cent mark. Harvie Jordan
told the farmers not to wait for the
fancy figures, but the farmers have
nothing to do with this advance. 1t
is a gamble, pure and simple. Still,
the south as a whole has little to
gain If cotton sells above twelve cents
and mills are forced to close down,
for the farmer cannot feed the idle
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