Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-05
EDITORIAL BULLS EYES.

News and Courier: That Edge
field cat that went to California In
a trunk and was locked up nine days
without food or water was not with
out Edgefield wit. The cat took the
risk in order to enjoy riding on a
free pass.
Columbia State: John Gary Evans,
one time governor by the grace or Ben
Tillman's factional toga, complains that
the secular press Is refraining from
attacking the corrupt individuals con-
nected with the dispensary and instead
attacks the law. It all depends on the
point Of view. Not a great many years
ago when Evans was governor and the
air was filled with talk Of rebates and
smell Of corruption, he was not parti:
cularly pleased when the suspected
individuals drew the fire Of the secular
press.
News and Courier: Because Messrs.
Lyon and Christensen, Of the dispen-
sary investigating committee, have
not approached their task with kid
gloves, several esteemed contempo-
raries, which enjoy the affectionate
regard Of the dispensary officials, are
alarmed. Because these two gentle
men have shown some contemptuous
disregard for red tape these news
papers argue that the good names or
innocent men may be injured. NO
honest man need fear the light. No
honest mans reputation has oeen
hurt by anything that has trans
pired through the agency or elther
of these young legislators. The truth
is that nobody in South Carolina eX-
pected that the investigation woulo
be other than a fiasco. 1t has turned
out an upheaval. Whatever has been
rfh Ira
primarily to Christensen and Lyon.
If the nest Of petty villainy IN
Spartanburg had not been discovered
and exploited II is more than prop
able that nothing OF signlncahce
would have been divulged In CoIum-
bia. If Messrs. Christensen ana Lyon
had fingered their job In a periecuy
proper and ladylike manner chorus
would now be ascending from every
legal grog shop keeper. as weil as
from the overlords of the liquor
business and their henchmen, ascriD-
ing praise to the investigators; AS
il Is, the last resort of making
counter attack upon them Is sousht
in desperation. II the investigating
committee had not included al leas'
two bold, as we'll as Intelligent men,
II would not have been able 10 oreah
through the solemn Gordon or Sllellce;
nOIQlnR IN llS TdIlhS TIC ''o'.
humble Of political station Wnlc,
has surrounded the dispensary anu
made possible Its corrupuon toI
twelve years, nor would II nave Oeen
able to overcome the oppoSitloh "
any real investigating which hlnue[eu
the endeavors Of the committee from
the start. and in part came from per
sons who ought to have been actiVeIs
enlisted with the gentlemen iro''
Beaufort and Abbeville.
Beaufort Post: In speaking or the
dispensary investigation last week We
said Of the committee that II mao
commenced at the outlet OF the
stream instead of at its source; tnat
II was wasting time upon shrlmp
and minnows, while the big nsh IN
Columbia are hiding in the muuuy
waters of the Congaree. we MAKE
some suggestions to the commute
and necessarily touch upon history
When the dispensary was inaugurateu
and orthodox rules laid down 10
govern II, and TraXler was mdue
commissioner, Is 1t not fact thas
to make a start. the state Ioaileu
$4,000 to put up the plant ana ouy
stock. anG that Traxler furnished tne
very best product of the Mill creek
Distilling company, and no pull-pack
was allowed? And that, although
under Injunction for two months
when no business was done, when
the time came to bounce Traxler'
in about a year, he turned over
balance to his successor or over
$4,000, and also turned over guam
tity Of contraband stuff and samples?
Then came in Nixon and the re-