Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18
THE COUNTY CANVASS, .

on Saturday. Today's meeting is to
be at Piedmont and tomorrow's meet
ing at Hickory Grove. The party will
be at Blairsvile Thursday, and Nc
Connellsville Friday, and the canvass
will wind up at Yorkville next Satur-
day. The election will take place next
Tuesday.
1t was not practicable to get a re-
port Of the Fort Mill meeting in the
last issue of The Enquirer without
holding the paper back until after the
usual publication hour, and as there
was nothing to indicate justification
for anything of the kind, the matter
was not considered. There were rea-
sons for assuming that there might be
some developments out Of the usual
order at Rock Hill, and The Enquirer
had a special representative at that
place last Saturday.
From a number Of candidates who
were present, our representative learn
ed that the Fort Mill meeting was a
very pleasant one. AS they always do
on such occasions, the Fort Mill people
extended the splendid hospitality of
their town to the candidates, treating
them all as honored guests. And there
was some good humored fun in the
meeting that was very much enjoyed
by all present, especially because Of a
joshing tilt between Messrs. Wilson
and Hollis and a we'll timed shot from
Mr.. Hughes.
During his speech, Mr.. Wilson di-
gressed somewhat to take fall out of
Mr.. Hollis because Of the latter's having
given up farming for the law. AS the
reporter gathered the story, Mr. Will
son made 1t appear that Mr.. Hollis had
given some of his friends as q reason
for quitting the farm something like
this: why one summer when l found
myself plowing in corn as high as my
head, l came to the conclusion that
this would never do, and was seized
with an inspiration to get an educa-
ton. So just left my plow stock in
education" Mr.. Wilson thought that
a man who could raise corn high as
Mr.. Hollis's head, (Mr Hollis being
something over six feet) gave promise
OF being too good a farmer to be lost
to the business, and that he had made
mistake in leaving the corn field. It
looked like the spelling Of good far
mer for a serious uncertainty. The
audience enjoyed the joke very much,
and 1t was clearly up to Mr. Hollis,
who was to come afterward to retail
late. When his turn came, he admit
ted that he did not like to plow in
corn over his head, and while he did
not know nearly all there was to be
known about farming, he believed
that notwithstanding that Mr.. Wilson
was the manager of thirty four places,
he could give him cards and spades
and beat him. why, I'll bet you, Mr..
Wilson does not know the difference
between a straight shovel and a twis-
ter, and l don't believe he. knows how
to tie hamestring. And why he
stands here advocating the repeal Of
the lien law is something / cannot un-
derstand. If he should go on his own
resources tomorrow, the very first
thing he would do, would be to hunt
up some merchant and ask him to run
him on a lien next year. And don't
any Of you people rent him your land.
If he would farm 1t all, he would farm
it into Catawba river, and the next
year it would be so poor you couldn't
raise a disturbance on It," The Gro Hd
was very hilarious over all these hits,
and everything was in a good humor.
While Mr.. Hughes was speaking, a
spectator in the back part Of the hall
WHO was lcdIllllS lOO udCh
chair, turned over with a loud crash.
People turned to see what was the
matter, and when it was evident that
nobody was hurt, Mr.. Hughes said:
Il didn't know l was speaking quite
hard enough to knock q man over.
will have to draw in q bit" This
brought another round Of laughter.
The only other speaker among the
candidates for supervisor is Mr.. Geo.
L. Suggs. He is an earnest advocate
Of better roads and bridges, and from
every stump he explains his plan for
improvement by means Of bonds to be
voted by townships. AS to whether
his ideas are meeting with approval or
not, there Is no question Of the fact
that he is contributing to general dis
cusSion. After the meeting, the can
didates went about among the people
Of Fort Mill and had a first class time.
The Fort Mill people enjoyed the day
and so did the candidates.
There were more voters at the Rock
Hill meeting last Saturday than at any
other meeting of the campaign. The
meeting was held in Friedheim's hall,
which is considerably larger than the
court house auditorium, and the hall
was filled to it's capacity, mostly with
voters. Mr.. w. ]. Cherry presided, and
the exercises were opened with prayer
by Rev. w. A. Beckham. The pro-
ceedings generally were about the
same as at other meetings, the special
features being applause for Mr.. Stew
art, and Mr.. Stewards claim that he
did not say what he was reported to
have said at Ogden about selling his
house to Winthrop for $4,000. He claim
ed that he said lover three thousand
dollars"
DR.. Saye was the first speaker of
the morning and made practically the
same speech he has been making ex
cept that he more effectively pressed
home some of his points. He wanted
it understood that he was not a time
serving politician, trying to catch
votes that would contribute to his po-
litical ascendency. He had made
mistakes, no doubt; but his mistakes
were all the result of honest endeavor
to promote the best interest Of his
people, regardless Of the personal con-
sequences to himself. He was before
the people now not as a seeker Of po-
litical honor, but at the request of nu-
merOus representative citizens from
various parts of the county, and he
was asking support, not on the demer-
it's or shortcomings of any man or in
Stitution: but upon his own record as
public servant and private citizen.
His private character and public rec
ord were open to investigation. With
reference to the road law, which he
had introduced in compliance with the
wishes of his constituents as voiced in
the resolutions Of the Farmers Union,
he had done the best he could under
the peculiar circumstances. The law
is not perfect: but he is willing to take
all the blame for its imperfections and
allow others to take credit for all the
good in it, He believed however. he
could amend it so as to fulfill every
reasonable requirement. He called at
tention to the fact that at the begin
ming Of the campaign, he was the only
good roads candidate in the bunch,
but now his opponent for the senate
and other candidates are trying 10
crowd him off his own platform. He
had heard no objection to the road
law until after he had come out for
the senate and in view Of develop
ments, including the virtual endorse
ment of his road law by certain other
he was confirmed in the con-
cluSion that there was something else
behind the whole business. Just what
it was he was not prepared to say:
but he felt sure that all was not plain.
After discussing the road law in it's
various phases, admitting the justice
IF some Of the criticisms that had been
made and exposing the emptiness Of
others, he referred to the fact that the