Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-14
THE COUNTY CANVASS.

Following the schedule of the exec
utive committee, after the meeting at
Tirzah last Saturday, the county cam
paisners had an off day Monday. They
went to Bethany on Tuesday, Glover
on Wednesday, Forest Hill on yester-
day, and today's meeting is being held
at Fort Mill. Tomorrow's meeting is
to be held in Rock Hill.
There was Il picnic In connection
with the Bethany meeting on Tuesday
1t was attended by two or three hun
dred people, and music was furnisheq
by the Yorkville cornet band. Mr.. J.
Darby Smith presided, and the exer-
cises, which took place in the school
auditorium, were opened with prayer
by Rev. w. E. Hurt. The speaking
was practically the same as at preYi-
Gus meetings, each Of the candidates
covering the same lines as heretofore,
and Mr.. W. H. Stewart repeating his
usual abuse Of Senator Brice and The
Yorkville Enquirer.
At Clover the candidates met with
the generous hospitality that the pea-
pie of that place have always been ac-
customed to accord them. The meet
ing was held in the opera house, when
was comfortably full. Mr.. J. f. Beam
guard presided, and the legislative
der: Saye, Stewart Hurt and john
son in the morning, and Glasseock'
Wilson, Epps, Sanders and Hollis IN
the afternoon.
DR.. Save made about the same
speech he has been making heretofore;
but devoted himself principally to the
attack that Mr.. Stewart and his
friends have ben making on the Saye
road law. He called attention to the
fact that Mr.. Stewart was in Colum-
bia as reading clerk of the senate at
the time the law was under consia,
Grafton, and was fully cognizant OF all
that was being done. He had ample
opportunity to make any suggestions
or criticisms, he might have seen prop
er to make and his suggestions and
criticisms would have been duly ap-
preciated at that time. Not only did
Mr.. Stewart know of the Farmers
Union resolutions in which the road
law had it's origin; but he was a mem
Der of the Democratic convention that
endorsed the resolutions and he mad
not raised a word Of objection at any
stage Of the proceedings. The doctor
thought that if Mr.. Stewart had any
real objection to the law, II his pur-
pose was to benefit the roads and the
people Of York county rather than his
own personal advancement, he should
have offered his good counsel on some
of the previous occasions when that
good counsel could have been Of such
benefit that it would have probably
rendered his present objections unnec-
eSSary.
The most striking feature Of Mr.
Stewards talk, was the increasing
energy of his abuse and inyective
against Senator Brice and The York
vile Enquirer. particularly against the
latter. The occasion of his ire against
The Enquirer, was the following edi-
tOrial paragraph, which appeared In
last Tuesdays issue:
platforms are important but they
should not be considered above char
acter and reputation. The voters of
York county are invited to consider
the characters and reputa-
tions of the two senatorial candidates.
Character and reputation count for
more in the senate than does gift OF
gab.'"
Mr. Stewart seemed to cOnstrue this |
as directed especially at
him, and as he discussed it, he work. !