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

make 1t 1S years for? Dr. Saye: II did
| not do it. l found 1t that way in the
old law and 1 neglected to change it.
Voice: why did you not change it.
DR.. Saye well, / had not considered
the matter as carefully as l liked to-
and l was trying to be cautious about
attempting changes that would seem
too radical. But if l go to the senate
1 will change this feature so as tc
make the age limit FL to S." Friend
ly voice: Make it 16 to co." Anoth-
er friendly voice: That's right we
can't have good roads without working
for them and everybody should help
| The doctor went on to say that he had
| been giving the matter lot Of careful
! thought and he felt that he was better
able to make such amendments as the
| law might require to increase it's ef-
fectiveness than his opponent would
be. He entered into an explanation oi
the necessity for a competent road en-
gineer, saying that with scientific helI
it would be practicable to relocate such
roads as need relocation and the work
generally can be done more economi-
cally and more satisfactorily. A voice
IF we had the right kind Of a supervi-
sor and overseers, we could have good
roads under the present law" DR.
Saye: THAT is right; but we CAM
have good roads without cost" Voice:
THAT is all right. You have York
county at your back" DR.. Saye: Yes
and mighty good backing she Is. Wher
she makes up her mind to have gooG
| roads that Is what she will have. II
has been objected" continued the doc
tor, that all the money will go to the
main thoroughfares. That Is not lit
| terally correct under the law as ii now
| or nd hi,f Low or
| so that every man can say where his
tax money shall go, or at least that II
shall go to the roads in which he Is
most interested. It has been complain
ed that the taxpayer is deprived Of the
| alternative Of paying or working as
now. Well you all know as we'll as
do that under that alternative large
numbers neither work nor pay. But
under this law a man can work three
days, get enough money to pay his taS
or he can work five days and be two
dollars to the good. There has beer
| complaint that the law provides chain
gang punishment for failure to work
and he went on to show that the pen
atty under the Saye law is practically
Identical with the penalty as it has
| stood for years, he having drawn this
feature from the old law. There ha6
been complaint also because there were
no exemptions; but he had no apologies
| to make along this line, as there haG
always been too many exemptions, and
| he wanted everybody to pay He had
always performed road duty himself
and did not think anybody should es-
cape it. He said that he had taken his
| instructions as to the wishes Of his
constituents in this matter principally
from the resolutions passed by the
| Farmers Union last January. He re-
| ferred also to the resolutions Of en-
dorsement adopted by the Democrat
| ic county convention in May. Mr.
Stewart, his opponent was a member
of that convention, and as he did moi
open his mouth or vote against the
commendatory resolutions, he stands
| on the record as approving them. How
then can he go before the Democrats
Of York county asking them to re-
pudiate the law Is a proposition the
| doctor could not understand. Asked as
| to how he stood on immigration, DR.
Saye said he was opposed to going af-
te immigrants Unfortunately: but he
stood ready to welcome all good citi-
zens who desire to come and make
| their homes among us. He is in favor
Of the maintenance of the bureau OF
information, but does not approve the
idea of going after immigrants in
discriminatory. He Is in favor OF
the sale Of the state farm; but
| as he sees the situation now, does
not approve Of the idea of the estab-
| lishment Of state fertilizer factory
because for one thing. he does not be-
| leve that the state should undertake
TO compete in business with private
| invididuals, and he does not like the
| idea anyway 1t was quite evident al
Ir 10Th hn ho h
had the close and undivided attention
Of his audience and when he sat down
he was accorded pretty generous ap-
| plause.
Mr.. w. II. Stewart,
Also a candidate for the state senate
was the next speaker. He did not be-
gin to speak after he took the floor un-
til after there had been an opportunity
for a. slight demonstration that had
evidently been arranged beforehand
| The demonstration was not especially
| impressive, even to the unintiated, Mr.
Stewart began by saying that this was
| the first opportunity he had had Of ad-
dressing the people Of this section, and
went on to say how much pleasure he
| felt in being able to look into the faces
| of so many stalwart men and beauti-
full women. Then he proceeded to give
q brief history of himself, saying that
he was born on the Catawba, spent his
| early youth and manhood in Fort Mil
| township. He was only thirteen years
old when the war broke out, but al
sixteen his widowed mother had
buckled arms on him and sent him to
the war. Within a short time after
ward he was captured, then sent home
from the hospital, and during it all
he had discharged his duty as best he
could. He had represented York coun-
ty in the Legislature for six years, and
during his service there were some
great issues that tried the stuff that
men were made Of. He had always
stood on the side Of agriculture, had
participated in the fight for the estab-
lishment of Clemson college and voted
with the people who were responsible
for that institution. He paid his res
poets to the biennial campaign liar in
this county. He said he had met with
man the day before who said he
could not vote for him, Little Black
Wilson, Jim Glasscock and some one
else because they were working to put
the dispensary back in York county
This man said he liked them all we'll
enough, but he would not stand for
the establishment Of the dispen-
sary. So far as he is concerned, he
wants the people to understand that
such a statement is absolutely false.
He is no fool. The dispensary law
has been killed. DR.. Saye has told
you that, and nobody can put the dis
pensary back on the county except
the qualified voters. Before there can
be an election there must be a petit
ton signed by a certain number of
qualified voters and after that every
qualified voter has right to vote on
the question at the ballot box. He
did not believe that anybody wanted
to establish a dispensary. If such a
rumor is current at all it had its orr
gin nowhere else except in the brains
of the editors Of The Yorkville Enqui-
rer and the Rock Hill Record. He
was satisfied that the report Of the al
legged rumor was absolutely false. He
said he felt sure that he could not be
misunderstood and he hoped he would
not be misquoted. Discussing the
lien law, he said he was In favor Of
the repeal of so much of it as relates
to the merchants lien, but was not in
favor Of the repeal of the law as 1t re-
lates to the landlords lien. He would
not vote for an appropriation for the
support of Mr.. WatSon's bureau. Dis
cussing himself again he said that he
had met a man in the western part Of
the county the other day who had told
him that he could not vote for Stew
art because they said he was an ''aris-
tocrat" Over in Rock Hill there
wera paODla who said that he belOng-