Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-04
THE REAL ISSUE.
A LOCKER On Thinks the Road Issue Is
Only Blind.

Editor 4orKVllle Enquirer.
Having heard the Saye law dis
cussed more or less for the past few
weeks, and having read Senator
Brice's article in The Enquirer, with
your permission 1 will give my views
on this all important question. In the
first place, it reminds me of a man
that is very sick and sends for a doc
tor and when the doctor comes and
diagnoses the case and writes a pre-
scription and goes on to the next pa
tient. the sick man looks over the pre-
scription and finds quinine or calomel
or some other ingredient in the pre-
scription that he is prejudiced against
and he refuses to take the medicine.
Last winter, the people were very
sick over the road question, and at a
meeting of representative citizens held
in the court house on the 5th day of
January, they decided to send for a
doctor. After rubbing their past rep
resentatives good and hard and hold
ing them over the Goals for not having
the moral courage to frame and pass
practical road law, they appealed to
the members of the York delegation
for remedy.
DR.. Saye being the only practicing
physician in the delegation was select
ed to diagnose the case and write
prescription, (road law). And after,
diagnosing. the case and writing his
prescription, the politicians are trying
to get the people to refuse to take their
medicine.
That the diagnosis is correct, there
is no doubt and that being the case,
there is no remedy except to take the
medicine.
Now, it is true that the nausea of
Nd ho fnn
passed: but it will return again next
winter worse than ever and the peo"
pie will again call for doctor, and
when they call in another physician,
he will tell them the only remedy is
the Saye remedy-taXation.
Now, let US examine the Saye reme-
dy and see what it contains and what
ii was intended for.
When a doctor has only one patient
to treat, he can suit his treatment to
that particular case; but when he has
to treat a large number Of patients, he
cannot treat each one separately, but
give a general treatment.
Now, in this case, it was necessary
for DR.. Saye to treat black and white,
rich and poor, all in one prescription,
and if he got a little too much quinlne,
(money) and made it a little too bitter
for some of the more delicate stomachs,
it is rather weak for some Of the more
robust brothers in black.
And there seems to be a great howl
going up about the eighteen year olds.
They are afraid they will not be able
to survive such a strong tonic. Now,
let's see if the Saye remedy is any
worse than the old one, five full days
on the roads or pay two dollars. NOW
that is what the eighteen year old boys
have been taking and no kicks, yet
when Dr. Saye makes a slight change,
they turn up their noses and froWn
and say they cannot take their med
icine.
Now, this is a case where there is
no way to get relief except to take
your medicine, and Doctor Saye wrote
his prescription so that everybody Will
have to take his part hence the KICKS.
Heretofore, a few people have been
taking their medicine and the roads
and the country have been benefited
TO that extent; but large part of the
people have failed to take their part
and bad roads, mud and general dis
satisfaction is the result.
Now, one more word and I am done.
Is it the Saye road law that they are
fighting so hard or are they using that
as cover and keeping the real issue
in the dark? From what / have been
able to learn from talking with large
number of people all over the county,
| think there is a deeper and more sim
lister motive behind the fight on the
Saye law than the three dollars COM
mutation tax, and l ask all good and
loyal Democrats and all law abiding
and liberty loving citizens of York
county to keep their eyes open and TO
watch and think and note as free and
indenendent citizens and not be hood
wiked and led by any sort OF designing
politicians. who are trying to fasten a
curse on the country that we have
been tried and found wanting. / refer
to the whisky evil and know whereof l
speak. LOCKER oh.
Yorkville. s. c.. August 8.