Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-01

known among his friends as a man
who generally did what he said he
would do. He said that the lieutenant
governor has very little to do with
matters Of taxation. He also was op'
posed to the proposition to issue state
bonds for road purposes. Stands fol-
the higher education of our boys and
girls, beginning with the common
schools and taking them through the
colleges. He thinks that enforcement
of the law is one of the most import
ant issues before the people and he
stands for law and order. His opin-
ion on the liquor question does not
add to or take from his competency
to fill the office to which he Is aspir-
ing: but he wants it known that he
has never favored the legalized sale OF
liquor and he never will. II 1t car
be shown that the average man Is
more prosperous as the result of the
legaliZed sale Of liquor, then he Is
for it: otherwise. no. (Applauded al
conClusion).
Attorney General.
B. 3. Evans was introduced as the
first speaker. He said that he mao
practiced In all the courts from thai
of magistrate to United States su-
preme court. His opponent could moi
say that. Lyon had promised that Il
elected he would put stripes on the
grafters. Has he done 1t? No. Saio
that Black had been made free
man by Judge Memminger's action IN
discharging the jury. Said that 1t was
at the request of Lyon that Judge
Prince fined Farnum $4,000, instead
of sending him to the penitentiary
Said that Judge Prince told him tha'
IL he had known that Farnum was sc
wealthy. he would never have let him
off with such a small fine. He charg-
ed Lyon with failure to do his duty III
the Southern railroad merger case ano
the Virginia Carolina Chemical com
pany case. Lyon has done nothing III
either of these cases but ask for more
money. Only 100000 of the money
derived from the winding up OF the
state dispensary has been put In the
state treasury. The balance OF 1t Is
subject to the check Of the treasurer
of the winding-up commission. he
charged Lyon with having spent mon
ey employing outside lawyers. because
he did did not have the ability to dc
II himself. Thomas Fielder told me
lndI Ildu BOlltll thtii
for his services. He further told me
that he is now arranging to compro-
mise a six hundred thousand dollar
claim against the Richland Distilline
company for 100000. When he con-
cluded he was literally applauded.
Chairman Wilson announced tina,
Mr.. Lyon was not present and tha'
there had been no communication
from him.
For Governor.
Mr.. C. C. Featherstone was the firs'
speaker. He began by telling joke
on himself to the effect that he hao
received encouragement In his prohi'
bition position from the lunatic asy-
lum. He had no apologies, however
for telling what he conceived to be
right. There are those who say thai
the whisky question has bee nsettled
That Is not true The whisky question
will never be settled until 1t Is settled
right. Thirty-six counties of South
Carolina are not going to be dictated
to by six counties. What does Lexing-
ton county want with whisky when /,
can get all the liquor 1t wants In CO.
lumbia. He once advocated local op'
ton as a means to an end, and Ii has
worked beautifully; but now local op-
ton has proceeded to the point where
else is necessary and thai
else is statewide prohlbi-
ton. We want in South Carolina the
same thing that the legislature has
done in reference to cocaine. That
law says cocaine cannot be sold ex-
cept on a physicians prescription, to
be administered under that physician's
To have local option
and liquor under existing conditions is
lust about as reasonable as compul-
sorry vaccination in one county and no
law in another. Mr.. Featherstone
said that the Prohibitionists must fight
for their lives. When Gladstone was
asked how England would get along
with the beer tax eliminated, he said
that England sober would never be
troubled by all the revenues necessary
for its needs Told several amusing
Jokes to illustrate that South Carolina
had had enough Of the liquor business,
and declared that the state will now
get rid Of 1t. He asked his audience
la make inquiries at his home for in
as to his business capacity,
and said that If elected he would give
tie best administration In his power.
biennial sessions Of the
legislature and four year terms of
office for all state and county officials.
He concluded with a joke on the can
didates who were making claims or
having done so much for the state,
and said that 1t makes very little diff
ference who Is elected governor, so
he is a good, clean, honest man. APP
plause1
Mr. F. H. Hyatt, the next speaker,
said he wanted to talk as a business
man. He said that II the people were
looking for a candidate with clean
and consistent record on the whisky
question, they would have to vote for
Hyatt, for he had been a Prohibition
ist all Of his life. He said he con-
sidered the educational question as one
Of the most important that now con-
fronts the people of the state. He Is in
favor of better schools, better common
schools, and better higher institutions
Of learning. He believed in paying
better salaries to teachers for better
teachers make better schools. So far
as his business record was concerned.
he did not have to refer people to his
home town; that he could refer them
to any bank or banker; that he was
known all over the state. Referred to
his efforts Of several years ago In be-
half of the Southern Cotton associa-
ton; preached diversification Of farm
ing. and reviewed his efforts during a
number of years past in behalf Of bet
ter roads. He stated that the people
too often make their selections for Of
fice from the standpoint of popularity,
rather than capability, and this is the
cause of much of the resulting dissat-
sfaction. Promised that If elected
governor, the people would never have
occasion to regret or be ashamed OF
any act of his. Applause
Mr.. Thomas G. Mcleod was the next
speaker. He began by saying that he
'ealiZed that he was speaking to the
of Scotch-Irish people
who came here rather than surren-
Ter their individutl liberty and who
would never submit to any dictation
n their religion or politics. He was
proud to speak to the people OF the
county in which was the birthplace OF
he greatest Democrat who had ever
Jackson-and to stand
n the shadow of Kings Mountain,
where such a glorious blow was struck
or liberty. He said he favored liber-
II appropriations to the higher in
;titutions of learning. Told how he
dvocated direct appropriations to the
public schools and although it had
allied as a general proposition, the
movement had served as an entering
wedge to the high school appropria-
ions. Said that the time has come
vhen agriculture should be taught i'm