Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-07
Friday, July Z, 1905.

win probably be dry unless the board
reopens the dispeusaries. The dis
pensaries were closed by vote OF
three to one, but citizen Of Pickens,
j. s. Wilson, had action brought on
the grounds that the election was
conducted illegally and also that the
section under which 1t was held, the
Brice law. Is unconstitutional. These
are among his points. He, therefore,
applied for a writ Of mandamus to
make the county board of control re-
open the dispensaries again. 1t was
said yesterday that the dispensaries
could hardly be reopened, as some
OF the points raised were those OF
fact. On the other hand, the su-
preme court may not pass upon tne
matter until late in the summer ana
even after that time there may be
more delay and so some new step
may be taken. w. Boyd Evans OF
this city, represents Wilson, and
Messrs. Jas. P. Cary and c. E. Rob-
inson the board Of control. ...
The Charlotte Observer Of We'd
nesday contains the following report
Of Senator TiIlman's Fourth of July
speech at Greenville: Senator Till
man, after a few pleasantries about
the crowd, the occasion and the
weather, and after declaring that
this was not the time or the place
for him to make political utterances,
started in to talk to the farmers as
farmers. 1--WE are not here as clti-
zens Of the United States, but as
farmers" he said. He spoke first OF
the Southern Cotton association and
said that while he was willing to con-
cede that 1t had done some good In
helping on an agitation, he did not
think 1t could rightfully claim all the
credit for the present rise in the
price of cotton. He said: Tom
Smith, Bill Johnston, John Williams,
and the others saw something was
wrong, so they Joined the cotton asso-
citation and went to resolving and re-
solving, and resoluting and resoiuting'
but Old King Grass was the man VINO
came along and choked the cotton
out. That's what raised the price"
Then he added. amidst the hilarity,
$50 Providence takes care of its own
Senator Tillman ambled on, apparent
ly somewhat at a loss what to talk
about Some one suggested corn, i've
got the best corn crop in South Caro-
lima; I don't care who he Is. You
amt seed mine, Is your" cried tall,
arty-looking man In a broad brim-
med straw hat! The senator laughed,
so did the crowd. mo, l haven't
seen yours" he said. We'll you
come UP to Chick Springs and lemme
show YOU some sho nun corn as is
corn" said the man. Even II the
speaker had had set speech to make,
he could not have made 1t In that
crowd, for some one was constantly
trying to sidetrack him into politics
or something in which he might have
occasion for his pitchfork. He did
finally touch just a little upon the
dispensary and his former friend,
John L. McLaurin," though very little
about the latter, saying, with laugh
DE mortuis nil nisi bonum." He said
manage to get his many speeches
these days in the newspapers. But
speaking Of the present movement
and politics, he compared 1t with the
former farmers movement IN Soutn
Carolina These newspaper men,
he said, think they smell fire when
ever the farmers begin to organize"
The crowd laughed boisterously when
he explained the difference between
the two movements saying that
other movement years ago was quite
different We openly declared then
that we were going into the swim,
and we went in. They said we would
get into deep water. We did get In
to deep water. and we drowned more
politicians than any fellows that ever
went a-fishing." About the dispensary
Senator Tillman said the time and
place to settle any issues on that
score would be the next Democratic
primary. The legislature, he said,
had been tampering with the dispen-
sary, and he indicated very clearly
that he thought somebody had got
II into somewhat of mess, for
speaking Of it. he said, We've got
to clean this thing. If necessary put
II in a pot and scald 1t If we can't
do that, I say kill it." He made 1t
very clear that when the next election
comes around and the people are
electing another legislature to clean
the dispensary, he would be on hand.
"Ill be a candidate" he said, unless
my health fails. I'll meet the men
who manage the dispensary face to
face, as I've always DONE" He said,
too, that he would do this In the same
old way, saying "I have always called
a spade a spade and a thief thieI,
and / haven't got forked tongue or
been lulled completely to sleep up
there in Washington" Then he de-
clared again: 1.-The legislature has to
reorganize 1t and make 1t decent or
I'll stump the state to kill 1t They've
got to make II clean or they've got
to let 1t go. That's my position"