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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16
Mr.. Blease.

As to how it may have come about
and all that, is of very little conse-
quence, for the important fact is that
Mr.. Cole L. Blease is the choice of
majority Of the white people as be-
tween the candidates who have Of
fcred and he is to be the next govern
or of South Carolina.
It is very well understood that The
Enquirer is not an admirer of Mr..
Blease, and readers of this paper know
the reason. His record as a public man
has not been such as to invite our APP
proval. He has upheld things that we
think should he condemned. and his
attitude To many questions has been
what we consider decidedly dcmagOgiC.
w" have never said anything about
Mr.. Blcase either in criticism of his
public acts and uttcranccs. or as n
Candidat" for office, that we did not
believe to be absolutely true and war
rauted 10y the facts, and we hav" al
tinucs to pursue the career that is in
dicatcd i'm his past record, he is pretty
sure to bring about conditions that are
likely to prove embarrassing.
That Mr.. Blease is man of very
considerable ability there is no qucs-
tiom. We have taken occasion To make
this statement more than once before,
and the truth of it is we'll borne out
10y the record. The question is as to
whether he will employ these ahili
ties i'm the direction his past uttcranc"s
have indicated, or rather more in line
with the prevailing sentiment of the
state If he has a really laudahlc
ambition to rise higher. h" will keep
closer i'm touch with the hcalthcst scn-
tim"nt. and he may make a much bet
ter chief executive than many of us
have heretofore had reason To believe.
This The Enquirer sincerely hopes.
1t is not our purpose I" nag at Mr..
Rlcasp or his administration. We know
that even ii he is as bad as h" has
been painted by his worst enemies. he
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Louise Guy Of Lowryvilie is
visiting i'm YOrkville.
Mrs. W. L. Jackson and children
of Rock Hill are visiting near York
vile.
Mr.. T. c. O'Farrell of Spartanburg
is spending few days at his home in
Yorkville.
Misses Annie Ashe. Alec Starr and
Mary Land Of Yorkville. left TINS
week for Chicora college. Greenville.
Mrs. Dora GLADDEN. of Yorkville
was called to Richmond. Va. Wednes-
day on account of the illness OF her
brother. Mr.. l.. G. Joyner.
Messrs. +. G. Riddle. Meek Barnett
F.. NJ. Stanton. G. w. Adickcs and >.
G. Wood of Yorkville, went over to
Charlotte. yesterday afternoon in Mr..
Riddles automobile.
Mr. NJ. NJ. Johnsey of the Capers
Chapel neighbOrhood of Chester cOun-
ty. spent yesterday with friends III
Yorkvillc. This was Mr.. Johnscy's S
first visit To Yorkville in sixty years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16
ELECTION OF BLEASE.
Columbia State Accepts the Result
Philosophically.

At this hour-1030 o'clOck-with
a3. 600 votes reported TO the state.
and probably 5000 more to be heard
rrom-Blease leads FeatherStOne for
governor by more than 3.OOO votes
There is no likelihood of the remain
ing votes affecting the result.
Cole l.. Blease is elected governor
of South Carolina. The result is par
tally accounted for by the most com
plete political organization ever at
tempted heretofore in South Caroliha'
but there was something more than
that and something which we are not
vet prepared to account Tor. we lelt
that il was there, but as there is no
apparent cause for an upheaval in this
state, the motive Of this swelling OF a
popular tide in behalf of Blease is not
apparcnt. There is the spirit of revo-
luton in hard or panicky times; South
Carolina was never more prosperous
What is the psychology of it?
The question of liquor was. un-
doubtedly. a strong factor, but that
question was Il factor four years ago
and the people went the other way.
The state made its fight for Feath-
erstone but knew that conditions
particularly that indeiinable mentai
condition of the peOple-were against
his election. and his defeat. greatly
as it is. is not surprising
And as there does exist this undercur-
rent of feeling in South Carolina. we
can accept the result with philosophy,
and hone for the best for South Caro-
lima.
South Carolina must go forward,
whoever may be the governor; we can
NOT pause for disasters. The agencies
for progress and law and justice must
continue To face forward.
The pendulum has swung far one
way; il will return.-The State. We'd
neSday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16
The c. G. NV.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Carolina & Northwes-
tern Railroad was held in the offices
of the general counsel, Col. j. II. Ma
riOn, in Chester at noon yesterday. Mr..
r. H. White presided, and Judge j. j.
Mcclure acted as secretary. Most of
the stock was represented.
The entire board of directors was
reelected, Mr.. c. e. Spencer of York
vile being elected to succeed Joseph
+. Wallace. deceased. The directors
are as follows: Chester. T. II. White,
J. H. Marion, S. H. Hardin: Yorkville,
C. T. Spencer: Hickory, j. \. Martin;
GastOnia, J. F. Johnston; Newton, L.
F. Long.
The directors met subsequently and
reelected the officers as follows:
President. w. y. Barber of New York;
general manager, l.. II. Nichols of
Chester. general counsel, ]. II. Marion
of Chester: secretary, J. J. Mcclure OF
Chester
The annual reports of the officers
were on routine topics.
Contrary to public expectation the
matter of locating the shops was not
taken up. Col. l.. T. Nichols, general
manager in conversation after the
meeting, said that this matter is one
for the management to handle. and
will be decided as soon as GaStonia
is heard from in full on the PROPOSE
ton that was submitted a few weeks
ago.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16
OUR EXTRA.

Most of the subscribers of The En-
uuirer were no doubt well pleased with
the extra edition of the paper that was
issued from this office last Wednesday
morning, and to know that they are
pleased is source of satisfaction to
the publishers.
This matter of collecting and pub
fishing election returns Immediately
after an election involves great deal
of labor and very often, not little eX-
pense, and the pay is almost, II not
entirely in appreciation, which how
ever, is not unacceptable coin.
Heretofore we have been accustomed
to hold the paper back from the regu-
lar time of issue and send it out day
late in order to carry the election
news: hut that plan has always been
unsatisfactory. and this time we aban-
GJned it and sent out an extra edition
instead. The extra edition involves
still more labor and expense on the
publishers: but for Obvious reasons, is
more satisfactory to the subscribers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16

instances his friends got it for him.
Mr.. FeatherstOne got good deal OF
this vote in York and other counties,
and he got it by going after it, either
i'm person or through his friends. And
although there be those, other than
candidates who turn up their noses at
cotton mill votes, the common sense
truth is that cotton mill votes count
just as much as do any others. There
is no question of the fact that the
average mill worker is just as anxious
for good government as anybody else,
and people who persist in trying to
treat him as belonging to a separate.
distinct class make n serious mistake
In York as in other counties there
are those who complain at conditions.
There are those who say, politics are
a dirty businesS-too dirty To miX-up
with" But that does not help the sit
uation in the least. People who de-
cline to have anything to do with pol
itiCS. are sooner or later brought to
realize that politics have To do with
them. If these people are clean and
politics are dirty, then they are under
the control of dirty politics. and they
themselves are responsible, because
they have neglected their duty in help
ing To make politics clean.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16

scores of society women. Crippen's
lawyer claims that Belle Elmore Is
alive and in the United States.
The Hotel Oneco at New Haven, Conn,
was destroyed by fire early Wednes-
day morning ard before the blaze was
checked damages to the eXter. cl a
half million dollars had been done. The
guests of the hotel escaped In their
night clothes. Portions Of human
body were picked up on the East river.
N. Y, Wednesday and the police be-
lieve they have another Guldensuppe
murder mystery. .... Ernest w. Ger
bracht, former superintendent Of the
Brooklyn branch Of the sugar trust,
was given sentence Of two years In
the Federal prison in Atlanta, Ga, By
the Federal court at New York We'd
nesday. He is another victim Of false
weights. Pope Plus is reported as
quite i'll at Rome. He is suffering from
gout, and the troubles of the Catholic
church in France, Spain, Portugal.
Germany and Austria, are adding to
his troubles.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

"A. c. Fishel was elected auditor Of
Chester county over l. Med. Hood
$50 to S39.
In Cherokee Mr.. Thos. M. Caldwell
was elected clerk Of the court, Mr.. h.
Felix Lipscomb supervisor, and Mr.. w.
d. Kirby judge of probate. Mr.. w. S.
Hall, Jr., defeated Mr. N. w. Hardin
for the senate 1.76S to 1928.
- Columbia, September IA: c.. c.
Featherstone, the unsuccessful candi-
date for governor, left this morning
for his home in Laurens, having come
down to Columbia to hear the returns.
Before taking the train Mr.. Feather
stone wrote a note to his successful
competitor, Mr.. Blease, congratulate
ing him upon the result Of the cleo
ton. When asked II he had anything
to say for publication, Mr.. Feather
stone replied that he would accept the
verdict of the people in good spirit
and would be found doing his duty as
a citizen.
- Trenton, September IA: Senator
B. r. Tillman, at his home at Tren-
ton, when asked about the result or
the second primary said today: 1T Is
a remarkable illustration OF what lit
tie influence the newspapers have.
They have been so unfair and unjust
that they are utterly discredited by
the people. I expect Governor Blease
to disappoint his enemies and TO act
with such prudence and wisdom that
he will justify and make happy his
friends. He has a golden opportunity
and I believe he will make good. NO
one can dispute that he has brains,
and while he has faults, like the devil,
he is not as black as he has been
painted"
- Florence September IA: Reports
are coming in from all sections Of the
county to the effect that a species or
worm is boring into and running the
cotton crop. E. Willis, in charge OF
the government work here, will ask
for an investigation Of the pest. Those
who have travelled over the cotton
belt say that if there is good crop
of cotton anywhere in the belt. 1t Is
I'm this section, so that the farmers
are plunged in the depths by the dis
coyery of this new enemy. The worms
are said to resemble the crop worm
very much and to attack and bore into
big and little bolls and eat the hpre
right out of it. S. H. saunders, one OF
the big farmers in the county, who eX-
pected 600 bales from his crop, says
that the worms have taken at least
100 from him and are still at work on
what is left. Many other farmers are
bringing in complaints of the same
nest
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16

IT would he interesting if the Blease
supporters in Rock Hill would divulge
who put up the money for the con-
tinuous hack service here between the
mill settlement and the polls. Some
body paid for this service SUI !. Now.
who was it?-ROck Hill Record.
Hacks were also run at YOrkville as
usual, and at Glover for the first time
in the history of the town and at other
towns throughout the state. AS to
whether this is lawful there is more
or less doubt The only way to de-
termine whether it is lawful or not is
by a test. If it is lawful then the peo-
pie who feel that their cause is injured
bv hacks should meet hack with hack.
An election is like war. All is fair in
war. and all is fair in an elec ion that
is lawful. 1t is not good form to
squeal over the result of a battle. and
it is not good form to squeal over the
result Of an election. There is much
more credit to the man who shows that
he is able to properly take a defeat
than there is to the man who is unable
to make proper use of a victory.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16
A FEELING of Uncertainty.-The

A Feeling of Uncertainty.-The re-
turns from yesterdays primary indi-
cate the election of Cole L. Blease as
governor of South Carolina by ma
jority of between four and five thou
sand votes over his opponent, c. c.
Featherstone. The state will wake up
this morning with an uncertain feel
ing as to the future and as the day
grows older will begin to wonder just
exactly what it has done and what Is
TO be the result. Blease, in our opln-
ion. will pursue one of two courses.
He will either measure up under MS
responsibilities and make South Caro-
lima an honest, able governor, thereby
displeasing and disappointing many or
those who voted for him believing they
were going to be pardoned for crimes
committed. and allowed to run riot
over the state without regard for law;
or he will fail utterly as governor, STICK
to his friends and be repudiated at the
end of his first term.
We hope he will make good gov
ernor, measure up to his opportunity
and live down the horrible political
record he has i'm this state. II Blease
has the spark of greatness in him,
which some of his friends claim he has.
he will make good. He will realize
that much that has been said of him
was probably due because Of his rec
ords, and passing up the past, VIII
look to the future to make himself res
pected and honored by the people of
his state-Spartanburg Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16
CLOVER CUlllNG.
Graded School Commences Work
Misunderstanding UP the Trees
Prize For the First Bale.

AGAIN. rlmminS w wv
Prize For the First Bale.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer
Glover, September 16.-The Clover
graded school resumed work on tne
10th. with the following teachers IN
charge: J. H Spann, superlntendent'
Misses Nell Nell, Lilly Bell Neely'
Mary Eunice Grist, Emma Currence'
Annie Jackson. About 10 pupils nave
so far been enrolled. Owing to the
fact that the new building has not been
completed the old one and the opera
house are being used temporarily; IL
is expected that the new building
which will have eight large rooms, one
comparatively small one and 1our
cloak rooms, v ii be ready Tor use ny
October 16. Work was delayed lol
about ten DAYS because of the failure
of the slate for the roof to arrive. Ine
roof is now on and the inside work IS
being pushed.
Sometime ago the town council had
all the lower limbs on the shade trees
on the principal streets of the town
trimmed. cutting the limbs off to
height of from twelve to ffteen
feet from the ground. The I'M
prOvement is much appreciated by
those who have been accustomed 10
lodging low hanging limbs during wet
or freezing weather, and besldes II
adds much to the appearance OF the
trees. o-
Several bales OF cotton, possibly 20,
have been sold on this market TINS
week. most of them being bought by
Mr.. w. P. Smith. The first bale was
brought in on Monday by Ernest Part
low, colored, and bought by Mr.. Smith
at IA cents a pound, but Partlow really
got Is cents as he got premium OF 30
offered by the Bank of Glover for tne
first bale Of new cotton sold on this
market.
Glover polled the largest vote In her
history at the election on Tuesday.
A good citizen of this place, who came
here more than two years ago from
another state, and whose name was on
the club roll refused to vote on Tues
day and at previous elections, because
he was not registered. He stated that
he would not take the oath that ne was
a qualified voter and would support
the nominees, because he was not I'D
position to deliver the goods.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16
Hindsiuht and Foresight.

The YOrkVille Enquirer says that
FeatherstOne received several thou
sand votes he would not have gotten
had the newspapers kept quiet. VIII
The Enquirer tell us how many votes
Blease would have received had the
newspapers kept quiet !-AhueTso''
Daily Mail.
No, we did not say that neighbor,
nor anything like it. What we did say
was this:
What The result will he, we do not
know and will not know until tonight;
but we desire to testify that the CO.
lumbia State and the News and Cou-
rier have rendered heroic and effective
service in the fight These papers
have given Mr. Featherstone several
thousand votes that he would not nave
gotten had they kept quiet.
And in saying this. we did not say
quite all that we should have said.
Both the State and the News and Cou-
rier played the mischief with Mr..
Featherstone before the first primary.
If after the first primary they had Kept
on in the same direction they were go
ing. the majority of Mr.. Blease would
Their facing about held back that ma
jority some. That is about all the
credit to which either paper is entitled.
The things that both papers said before
the second primary went to prove that
both knew enough to pursue n dl1er-
ent course previous to the first prl-
mary. If they had acted differently, Mr..
Featherstone would have been elected.
Yes, we understand how people Will
say that it is easy enough to see it
all after it is over-"hindsight is better
than foresight" etc, but this does not
apply to The Enquirer. in testimony
whereof, we desire to offer in evidence
this paragraph from our issue OF Au-
gust 2:
"While we do not desire to get on the
side of the Columbia State in this cam
paign, and have no intention or DONG
so. we have no objection to the States
coming over to our side, and this we
think is a strong probability. Yes. the
State is for local option as a means 10
insuring the sale of dispensary liquor
in counties that have enough votes 10
beat the ProhibitionistS; but there are
some things that appeal to the state
more than local option, and we doh |
blame it either One of these things
is opposition to Mr.. Blease. Mr.. BleaSe
is a local option dispensaryite, avow-
edly in favor of, rather than opposed
to the liquor traffic. Mr.. Mcleod IS
a local optioniSt. who declares that he
does not favor the liquor traffic par
ticuarly: but who used to stand by
the state dispensary. The Columbia
state is for Mcleod now, and will be
for him in the second primary II ne
gets there But if Mr. Blease is in the
second primary with Mr.. Featherstone
instead of MI Mcleod, the Columbia
State is going to be. not for Mr Feath-
erstone; but against Mr.. Blease. Just
watch all that please and after the
facts have developed, make a note as
to the extent to which The Enquirer
may have been guessing or talking
from sound judgment"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16
MERE-MENTION.

In the election in Arizona on Tues
day to elect delegates to a constitu-
.ional convention, the Democrats
elected twenty-e eight Of the hfty-two
delegates and will dictate the wrltlng
OF the constitution. Ten or the
leading beef packers Of Chicago were
indicted by Federal grand jury Mon
day. Conviction on each count means
one year in prison or $4,000 fine or
both. The packers will spend mil
lions. II necessary, for their defense.
Fire destroyed a large wood
working establishment in New York
Tuesday, involving a loss of $3Oo'ooo'
One man was killed and several were
injured -. Miss Leona Windham
aged Is years, committed suicide al
Ozark. Ala. Tuesday, by shooting her-
self with a pistol. The homes OF
Mayor Fite and Marshal Steed al
Statham, Ga. were dynamited early
Sunday morning. following the blnd-
ing over of several blind tigers to the
sunerior court "A business estaD-
lishmert belonging to Enrico Casapl-
anca. a wealthy Italian, was dynamlt-
ed I'm New York Tuesday by black-
maiIers. who had demanded that
Casabianca give them $4,000. ....
John Walker was shot to death at
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Monday night as ne
was keeping a death watch over the
remains of his daughter. Two or ms
brothers have been arrested charged
with the killing. Not less thah
thirty persons were bitten by a rabid
wolf hound at Bath Beach and Ben
sonhurst, y. Y. Monday. A south
ern conservation congress will be held
in Atlanta. Ga, October I and S.....
President Taft has refused to pardon
four of the sugar weighers of the New
York customs house, convicted last
year and now serving terms in the
Federal prison i'm Atlanta, Ca.
Two negroes were lynched at Upton
vile. Tenn. Tuesday morning. They
were charged with attempted crlmlnal
assault on two little white girls. s.....
The Independent lcIllbtia atl' Noi'N VI
ton of Tennessee at Nashville on
Wednesday, unanimously indorsed the
candidacy of Capt. B. w. Hooper. Re
publican, for governor. Among other
things the platform adopted demands
law enforcement and condemned Gov
ernOr Patterson for pardoning conVlcts
for political purposes. In the primary
election in New York Tuesday for del
egates to the Republican state conVen-
ton, the Sherman faction secured $40
delegates. and the progressive wing
headed by Mr.. Roosevelt, secured 3Oo'
Emmett Walker, one OF the ne
grocs, charged with killing Motormah
Brown, several months ago near At
lanta, Ga, was on Wednesday acqult-
ted of the charge. Tom watson mas
formulated plans to establish num-
ber of county newspapers through
out the Tenth congressional district ot
Georgia. To help him in his polltlcal
work ..A fast train, carrying the
officials of the Norfolk and Western
railroad, jumped the track at Delorme,
w. Va, Tuesday afternoon. crashed in
To the station and killed four persons
and fatally wounded three others. .....
The trial Of DR.. Crippen and Ethel
Glare Leneve was resumed at London
Wednesday, after 4 recess Of several
DAYS. The trial is being attended by
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is as good as many other public men
who enjoy the confidence and esteem
of the public, and we know also that
even if he comes up to the highest
standard of even the best Of his fcl-
lows, he is still liable to make hon
est mistakes. AS the choice of the
majority of his fellow citizens, there
fore, he is entitled To fair and impair
tial consideration and SD far as The
Enquirer is concerned, this he shall
have.