Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-07

art said that not only was Dr. Saye
for the office as his competitor;
but there was behind the doctor as his
advisor and assistant a distinguished
politician at Yorkville, Mr.. Brice, who
had come out in two column article
in newspapers in Dr. Saye's behalf.
The Enquirer, he said had always been
his political enemy. Just before the
county Democratic convention two
years ago, it had come out in a state
ment that Mr.. Halle and myself were
conspiring to wrest the control Of the
party from Mr.. Brice, and 1t was stated
that had been working up the scheme
while ostensibly working in the inter-
est of the Cotton association Mr..
Halle denounced the statement as false
in the convention, and / also denounc-
ing it as false defied them to produce
any one Of the hundred men there who
would say that ever spoke word Of
politics to them while canvassing in
the interest of the Cotton association.
Not a witness did they produce. l re-
ceived $125 for that work from the
Cotton association; but no politics did
discuss with any one. The story that
was trying to form q political party
to turn Brice out Of office was false.
Next he took up Mr.. Brice's article on
the road law and proceeded to attack
it as a lot Of buncombe, especially the
statement that money, that had been
paid out ostensibly for road work, may
as we'll have been burned. He said
that IL this was true, Mr.. Brice himself
was more responsible than any other
one man, as he had been in pretty di-
rect supervision over the county gov
ernment during that time. He claimed
10 hn nioc
ing all that could reasonably be ex-
pected Of them with the money at
hand, only $l2 or SIS a mile. Some
one had asked him about that SO tax on
eighteen year olds. / say that every
man in York county between IS and
SIS, will have to pay that tax or go to
Jail. DR.. Saye said the chaingang, but
that shows that he Is not familiar with
his own law. Mr.. Stewart said he was
not in favor Of taxing minors, because
that was equivalent to double taxation.
Their fathers would have to pay 1t.
He insisted that people in town would
have to pay the SO tax twice, once for
municipal purposes and once for .coun-
try road purposes. He claimed that
there was no escape from this except
through amendment of the law. He
went on to discuss the original draft
of the law, and the part that Mr.. Brice
had taken in its amendment, saying
that Mr.. Brice at first tried to con-
fine the road appropriation within the
limits Of ordinary county levy. Mr..
Stewart had requested the chairman
near the beginning Of his speech 10
let him know when he had only five
minutes left. The chairman notified
Of his limit Then he asked to be no
titled again when he got down to one
minute. The chairman gave him the
notice; but he continued to palaver
until the minute was gone and when
the time was up he said that he had
written out his attitude on the road
question and he had intended to re-
serve that minute in which to read 1t.
1t looked as II the document was about
to be lost to the world; but at the
request Of DR.. Saye, Mr.. Stewart was
granted more time. Mr.. Stewart there
fore read the paper in which he
declared himself 'in favor of the prin-
ciple Of property taxation for road
building" He was in favor of the
employment Of road engineer. He
was in favor of working the roads by
contract. He Is in favor Of a commu-
tation tax. He wants TO keep the
chaingang. He wants to give every
man liable to road duty the choice be-
tween paying and working, and he
wants to punish the man who will do
neither. He wants to abolish the
board Of county commissioners except
supervisor, and substitute therefor a
board Of township road commission
ers. He wants each township to re-
tain IS per cent of it's road tax for
its own purposes and the balance Of
this tax he wants expended on two
G,,,f oil hi ioh rttfN nifAor a
as practicable east and west, and north
and south He wants the chaingang
to construct these highways, and when
the chaingang Is not otherwise engag-
ed he wants it to work on the other
roads. When Mr.. Stewart had finish
ed reading his paper, the representa-
tive of The Enquirer politely asked
him for a copy Of it. For reply, how
ever, his face took on look Of fierce
disdain and he shook his head with
out uttering a word. He afterward
gave the paper to Mr.. ]. K. Scoggins,
representing the Rock Hill Herald.
The people who had applauded Mr..
Stewart when he took the floor, SEEM
ed to forget their business, for at the
conclusion of his speech there was
never a cheer.
Hon. S. n. Epps
Said he speaks the words Of truth
and soberness when he says 1t gives
him pleasure to meet the people Of
this section of York county. He had
never been here before; but had
made his maiden speech a short dis
tance from that spot. Spoke pleas
antly of the ladies as the most beauti-
full objects on earth. When he made
his first speech he was only plain
farmer out of the cornfield. Because
he is q farmer he does not mean 10
tackle any other profession. If / am
sick I go to the doctor, If / am In
trouble I go to the lawyer, If / am
hungry go to the merchant. All pro-
fessions are necessary. At the open
ing of this campaign it looked as If
there would be no issues. 1t looked
as If it would be like the fellow who
objected to a marriage because he
wanted the gal himself. He said that
the day had come when the people
read and are posted. He Is a Demo-
crat and is willing for the settlement
Of all questions by vote Of the peo-
pie. York county Is one Of the eaSi-
est counties in the state to represent,
for the reason that most bills are in
troduced at the demand Of the home
people and there has been no such
demand from the people of York.
When DR.. Saye came to him with his
road law, he was not welded to 1t;
but if the doctor would agree not to
abolish the chaingang and would give
each township its own money, he
would vote for it. He said that there
had been some kind of a resolution
passed by the Farmers Union here at
York; but he did not know just what
1t was. He had supported the Saye
law, it is true; but he had done II not
so much because it had met his ap-
proval as in order to keep down an
unpleasant disagreement among the
members of the delegation. All such
are unpleasant. He
was not in favor Of indiscriminate i'm
He was in favor of the