Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-01
A SECOND ABE LINCOLN.
Specimens Of Newspaper Fun With
Hon. Kimsey Huskey.

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Hon. Kimsey Huskey.
New York Sun (before election.)
With straining eyes and ears, with
hot and quickened breath-no refer
ence to the dispensary intended
South Carolina awaits the fateful
news. Again the Hon. Kimsey Hus-
key comes up to the scratch.
A month ago the name Of Kimsey
Huskey was perhaps unknown out
side of the beloved precincts Of his
own beloved county Of Cherokee. To-
day the world rings with his fame
and millions Of boys and young men
are fortifying themselves for the
struggle Of life by repeating this pas
sage from Kimsey Huskey's autobi-
ography:
II have done a little Of everything
that a farmer boy could do. I have
ploughed, hoed, ditched, cut cord
wood. split rails. clerked in a store
about two years, and have taught
school about four years. We read
about how old Abe Lincoln used
to split rails; he split enough rails
one winter for a man to get him a
pair Of pants. Now that is about
what he did, and the whole world
has made a big thing Of 1t. I split
nine hundred rails my own self In
one winter for an uncle Of mine. II
will try as hard as I ought to,
can do anything Abe Lincoln did but
be a Republican and president"
We don't know by what chicane,
dishonesty or brazen fraud the will
Of the people was frustrated and
Kimsey Huskey declared only second
in a four cornered race for member
of the general assembly from Chero-
kee county. But you can no more
keep down such man than you can
shut up Vesuvius or Mr.. Bryan. He
Is trying a second time. II the will
Of the people is baffied a second
time. Kimsey Huskey will keep on
trying. II will rum" he says, until
ClCCtCu, IL ~ tdhCo t"CiNO yCoio.
If 1t takes twelve years! Where
are Bruce and the spider by the side
Of that? Where is Gen. Grants 'if
1t takes all summer" The Hon.
Kimsey Huskey may be delayed,
tripped up, but he will get there all
the same.
Charlotte Observer (after election.)
We have before this expressed our
selves upon the subject Of northern
interference In the affairs Of the
south. See now what 1t has come
to. Swayed by the willy stroke Of
the prince Of demagogues, the New
York Sun, which. on the eve Of the
election, when it was too late to re-
fute-ri It, coupled the name of the
Honorable Kimsey o. Huskey with
that Of a fellow called Billy Bryan,
the good people Of Cherokee county
Is. c. have been deluded into doing
to themselves, to the south and to
the world a grave, though fortunate
ly not an irreparable injustice.
The Observers special representa-
tive at the polls in Cherokee wired
us last night as follows:
"Dr. Anderson beat Hon. Kimsey
Huskey for house Of representatives
two to one today. Observer editorial
came too late. Light vote"
That will settle 1t with us-for two
years. SO far as we are concerned,
there will be no contest Of this elec-
ton, though clearly the will Of the
people has been defeated. Light
vote"-think Of 1t when so much was
at stake. But having submitted our
cause to the arbitrament Of the bal
lot box, however unjust the decision,
we shall. with malice toward none,
with charity for all" humbly bow 10
the inevitable.
There Is hope for the country yet.
The Honorable Kimsey o. Huskey Is
of such stuff as men are made OF.
He's no sardine. Having already
split more rails than Abe Lincoln, he
will split on and on till when the
final reckoning comes and he and
Abe bring together before the great
throne of fame the products Of their
hands, Abe's little pile Of rails Will
look like three toothpicks beside
those Of Kimsey. Moreover, there
are eleven more times for the Hon
orable Huskey to run. so let US
not despair.
But It's a bowling shame.