Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-07-17
rILLMAN AND THE DIsPENsARY.

In answer to the recently published
call, about fifty or sixty people from
different parts Of the county assembled
In the court house yesterday morning
for the purpose of suggesting legis-
lative ticket in the coming primary;
and discussing such other matters as
might be brought up for considera-
ton" -... 90.
The court house was named as the
place for holding the conference; but
about half hour before the hour fixed
for the meeting some fifteen or twenty
of the leaders of the movement, includ-
ing various signers of the call, assem-
bled in one of the upper rooms Of the
Allison building, presumably for the
purpose of blocking out and agreeing
upon a general plan OF operations.
The conference convened In the
court house shortly after IL o'clock
with fifty-three people present and
was called to order by Mr.. ]. r. Halle
of Fort Mill township. Mr.. s. H.
chairman and Mr.. w. Thompson Jack
son of Yorkville was elected secretary.
On taking the chair, Mr.. Epps took
occasion to thank the conference for
the honor bestowed upon him and to
say that if the body were a convention
he would be at ease in the chair; but
In the case Of a conference he was
somewhat at a loss to know how to
proceed. However, with the assistance
Of the gentlemen on the floor he
thought that there would be no trouble
in securing satisfactory transaction of
such business as might be presented.
Mr. Stewart read the published call
down to the signers, and moved that
the chair appoint a committee of five
on platform and resolutions. The mo-
ton was adopted unanimously and the
committee was appointed as follows:
W. H. Stewart, ]. c. Wilborn, j. r..
Halle, w. Thompson Jackson and M.
S. Carroll.
The chair announced that the confer
ence would be at ease during the delib-
Grafton Of the committee, and while the
committee was retiring, Mr.. Jackson
took occasion to say: 1T looks to me
that under this call, do not belong
in here. / am a friend of Senator TILL
man and am in favor Of the dispen-
sary law as it was originally; but If
this convention was called for the pur-
pose of nominating a ticket, / have no
part in it for l am opposed to that
Somebody said that the object Of the
conference was not necessarily to NOM
mate ticket but merely to discuss the
advisability Of so doing and in that
view of the matter, Mr.. Jackson decid-
ed that there was no reason why he
should not serve on the committee.
The committee remained out about
ten minutes and finally reported the
following:
We the committee on platform and
resolutions, beg leave to submit the
following:
. l. We favor education and believe
mild compulsory law will be blessing
to our people.
.. We believe in good roads and
think a great improvement can be
made in our present public road sys-
tenn.
8. We believe the great question OF
taxation should receive more consider
alton at rhe hands of our legislators in
the future than in the past.
4. We believe in the dispensary sys-
TEN in controlling the great liquor evil;
but we believe further that it has been
In the hands of it's enemies for the past
few years: but should now be placed
in the hands of it's friends, and honest
ly administered.
Resolved, That the sense Of this con-
ference Is that the chair appoint COM