Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-06
Candidate Blease.

a majority I'm Kershaw.
Candidate Blease.
Columbia State.
Few men are devoid of traits of
character that are commendable. For
example, Candidate Blease sticks TO
his friends through thick and thin"
He has said so.
Broadly speaking, loyalty To ones
friends is a characteristic that the
world deems admirable, and the world
is right. The man who will make sac
rifices for a friend, who will suffer for
him, who will defend him against a
ma jority-all for unselfish friendship
can not be wholly bad, however bad
he may be-
But there are occasions when the
man who sticks to his friends
through thick and thin may use that
disposition to outrage justice and to
bring widespread reproach upon his
state. If such a man Is governor and
If he does not possess a high concep-
tion of his obligation to law and JUS
tice and good government, his person.
all friends-the men who have done
him service in the past or from whom
he expects service in the future-stand
first, they are put before the people.
before every other consideration.
Such a governor shields his friends
from justice; such a governor pardons
his friends when convicted of high
crime; such a governor is a menace
to peace, and a dsintegrator of his
party.
An example in point is Malcolm r.
Patterson of Tennessee He pardoned
his friend, Cooper, convicted of assas-
sination.
almost to a Man."
Sumter Herald.
The best people Of this state will
support C. C. Featherstone almost to
man. They are not all statewide
Prohibitionists, either.
For the Young Men and Boys.
. Sumter Herald.
Previous to the first election the
Herald espoused the cause of no spec
ial candidate for the office of governor,
for the simple reason that there were
several candidates for this high office,
any one of which would have been ac-
ceptable to this editor, but the condi-
tions are no longer thus. So far as we
were able to judge from their plat
forms. both Featherstone and Mcleod
were IN favor Of prohibition. Their
only difference was simply a difference
Of methods. Featherstone advocated
prohibition by a statewide process.
while Mcleod felt that better results
could be obtained by allowing each
county to vote out the dispensary.
Since the elimination of Mcleod the
only course open to his supporters who
really want whisky reduced to a min
imum, is to vote for Featherstone.
Featherstone Is a Christian gentleman
of the highest type. He is also, a
man of statesman-like ability and pro-
portions, and would make a governor
Of whom the Palmetto state would feel
justly proud. The editor Of the Her
aid would not hurt hair on the head
of Mr.. Blease-even II he is as bad as
his worst enemy thinks he is, but the
good of humanity is of more import
ance than any individual, so in behalf
of civic righteousness and in behalf Of
the young men and boys and helpless
women, who have suffered by the de-
mon rum, we beg the voters Of the state
to go to the polls on September 18th
and cast their ballots for c. C. Feath-
erstone.
Will Be True to Herself.
Spartanburg Herald.
AS between Mr.. Featherstone and
Mr.. Blease Spartanburg county will
be true to herself and to the state.
The county gave Mr.. Featherstone a
plurality in the first primary and will
give him a majority in the next. The
intelligent voters Of Spartanburg real
ize that now is the time for all good
men to come to the aid Of the state
and they will be present on election
day.
UnquestionabIe Character.
Dorchester Eagle.
If you are inclined to vote for a good
man and a man Of unquestionable
character cast your ballot for C. c.
Featherstone. He Is the winning can
didate now, and If you value your vote
you will be on the safe side by voting
for Featherstone
Featherstone Will Win.
Charleston News and Courier.
This, then, is the political situation
as it now presents itself. Summed up
in a few words, the probabilities are
that in the second primary Mr.. Feath-
erstone will win. If So. he will be
elected on account of his personality
and in spite OF his prohibition views.
If so. it will be because Of the mate
rial assistance rendered him by the
men who have been the supporters of
Mcleod, the local optionist. Mr..
Fcatherstone cannot afford to forget
it altogether if his ambition shall be
realized and he comes next January
to occupy the office of the chief exec
utive i'm the state house at Columbia.
Two Kinds.
Spartanburg Journal.
Mr.. Blease is a local optionist. But
there are two kinds of local optionist.
one kind is opposed to the sale of Ii
quOr. The other is i'm favor of the sale
of liquor. Mr.. please is the kind of
local nptionist who favors the sale of
liquor. Are you that kind of local
optionst?
Liquor Question Disposed o.
Charleston Post.
Now, it is perfectly clear that the
people do not favor the enactment of
statewide prohibition law, and the
general assembly will be influenced iT
it's treatment of the question to the eX-
tent that it should he influenced by
such an expression. Even those who
believed that statewide prohibition
should prevail. will and should give
due heed to the determination of tn"
question by the people at the primary.
That the people should have determin-
ed this issue as they have determined
il. is i'm no way surprising. All hut six
of the forty-twO counties of the state