Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-11

Mr. Hurt and attempted to discredit
him at Ogden on Friday were present,
they made no public attempt to inter-
rupt him on Saturday but contented
themselves with making depreca-
tory remarks to kindred spirits about
the preacher who would offer as a
candidate to the legislature. Mr.. Hurt
dwclt for some time on the oyershad-
owing Importance Of a definite sup
port Of the free public schools-the
common schools and impressed his
hearers with the fact that he was
handling a subject with which he was
entirely familiar. He stated that he
was not fully posted as to the merits
or demerits of the scheme for the
state to engage in the business Of
manufacturing fertilizers but that he
considered 1t wrong In principle and
calculated to promote graft and dis
honesty and therefore as he now saw
it would not If elected support the
scheme. He favored good roads and
was not in favor of repeating the Saye
law. He came out clear and strong
as to his position and views on the
whisky question, they being strictly
in conformity with his profession as
a Christian minister
Samuel L. Johnson was next intro
duced. He stated that he entered the
Confederate army at the age Of sew
enteen and remained constantly In
the service of his country until April
1866, and by reason Of this fact was
deprived Of the educational advanta-
ges he might otherwise have enjoy
ed. He stated that at caucus held
in Yorkville two years ago it was
agreed that he should be the candi-
date from Catawba township for the
legislature but when he was offered
the support Of those who held the
caucus, for reasons satisfactory to
himself he declined to become can
date. He favors the establishment
and operation Of a fertilizer factory
by the state. Is in favor Of a mar
riage license law and stated that
while he did not consider that there
was any force in the argument Of
those opposed to a marriage license law
because it's passage meant the even
tual passage OF a divorce law, he
would favor 1t even though satisfied
that it's passage also meant the pas
sage Of a divorce law. Was not thor
oughly familiar with the Saye road
law, but thought it should have been
submitted to the people. He closed
by stating that If elected he would by
using his pencil keep his constituents
thoroughly posted through his pa
per" as to his work in Columbia.
Mr.. o. l.. Sanders was next intro
duced and just as he commenced to
speak, the band, located about 20 feet
away commenced to play. He took
his seat remarking that he was not
equal to the task Of speaking against
q brass band. After the band had
In OF
to the front and had been speaking
for two or three minutes when six or
eight pistol shots rang out from a
point In the woods about 100 yards west
of the stand and instantly the crowd
became aware that a fight was In pro-
gress, a majority Of the men making
for the scene Of disturbance, leaving
Mr.. Sanders without an audience. 1t
was perhaps thirty minutes before
conditions warranted the chairman In
undertaking to again resume the ex-
ercises, when the speaker started Tor
a third time by stating that on the
day previous at ogden he had not
been able, because Of lack Of time, to
fully state his position on the various
questions brought forward for discus
sion, would only undertake to finish
his prepared speech and would, there
fore confine himself, to the road ques-
ton, engaging in a practical and SEN
sible treatment Of the subject notWith-
standing the existing confusion. He
said he considered the road law seri-
Gus question. All are agreed that good
roads are desirable and the question
has narrowed down to working them
ourselves or paying for them. Accord
ing to his information the taxes pro-
vided by the Saye law would aggre-
gate about 100000 a year. The epgi-
neer's squad will consume about $4,000
leaving about $4,000 with
which to build roads. 1t will take q
long time to get good roads on this
and he does not believe the
people will stand any more taxation.
He thought the best thing was for ev-
erybody to agree on a plan and push
It, He thought that the engineer could
lay out more work In two weeks than
the county could pay for in two years.
AS he saw 1t there were two ways In
which the roads could be built at once.
One was to issue bonds and the other
was to make every land owner a road
overseer to work the roads along his
own lands, requiring him to use the
labor on his own lands and such other
labor as might be living off public
roads; but which Is liable under the
old law.
Mr.. w. B. Wilson, Jr., was intro
duced as the next speaker by Hon. S.
H. Epps. He stated at the outset that
by reason Of his limited time and the
over r-shadowing Importance Of the
road question he would devote most
of his time to that subject. His re-
marks on this subject appear in full
in another column. He expressed him.
self as favoring the repeal Of the lien
law; favoring the abolition Of the i'm
migration bureau, but in favor Of the
retention of the intelligence depart
ment for the purpose Of advertising
the resources Of the state. Thinks 1t
would be wise to confine the opera
tions of the state farms to the produc-
ton Of food stuffs, and does not ap-
prove of the scheme for the state to
engage in the manufacture Of fertili-
zers. In conclusion he denounced as
false the report that Stewart, Wilson
and Glasscock were in combination
to re-establish the dispensary in York
county and stated that he was running
on his merits and If elected would
York county as a whole and
not a particular faction or clique.
The next speaker introduced was
Hon. S. H. Epps. He started out by
repeating what he had said the day
previous relative to his, not being we'd
ded to the Saye law but supported 1t
rather than have any unpleasantness
in the delegation-said he had voted
to do away with the bureau Of immi-
grafton at the last session. Said he
favored selling the state farm and
taking the convicts and putting them
at some other business. "Favors good
roads: but don't know how to get
them" Had hoped that the whisky
question would not be injected into
this campaign as he was satisfied with
existing conditions under the Carey
Cothran law. Said he was ready to
abolish the lien law In regard to the
'guano business" he said that 1t was
his understanding that it was the pur-
pose Of the advocates of the plan that
fertilizers should be sold to the farm
ers at a profit of 10 per cent, and If
that was done 1t would help the
and therefore he would ia
vor the establishment Of a fertilizer
factory by the state. The speaker
then called attention to the fact that
he was the only candidate from lover
The river this year.. and said that I'VE
send up the Macedonian cry for you
to come over and help us on August
25." Mr.. Epps insisted that he was in
4 good humor, Notwithstanding the
fact that his manner, style and tone
while speaking did not indicate 1t,
and he said that in order to prove it