Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-04

powder.
The ladies Of Chester are preparing
to issue a Cook Book" 1t Is to in
clude more than a hundred pages In
large type. and is to be quite hand
some and valuable work. The York
vile Enquirer Is doing the printing,
and will have the book ready in about
month or less.
While The Enquirer would not be
so ungrateful as to suggest that 1t Is
not the recipient of as many nice COM
pliments as it deserves, and perhaps
more, one of the neatest that has been
paid us for quite a while was by a
minister who has been in the county
something less than a year; but who
has already won the confidence and
love, not only Of his own congregation;
but of all the extensive territory that
Is covered by his work. Although, we
are sure there would be no objection,
there Is no need to mention the name
of the minister referred to, as he did
not happen to be talking for publica-
ton. What he sai5 was more in the
nature Of friendly, personal greeting,
and 1t ran like this: Il am not yet
subscriber to The Enquirer; but have
seen enough to realize that / will have
to be, If l am to become full fiedged
citizen of York county, which l fully
expect to do. In all my experience, I
have never known a county paper to
cover its field so completely and thor
oughly as does The Enquirer. 1t seems
to me that l find it in every home, and
the people read it, too, from the mag
azine matter on the first page to the
last advertisement. 1t has frequently
happened that l would hear people
speak of things they had seen in "the
paper" and when l would tell them l
had probably overlooked it in The
mentioning his daily], they
would tell me: Why, you ought to
take The Enquirer
It is pretty generally understood by
intelligent people everywhere, that
there are certain laws which will not
enforce themselves. This Is particu-
larly true of the laws against gamb-
ling, selling liquor and keeping disor-
derly places of resort. In the case Of
laws intended especially for the pro-
lection Of the person or property Of in
dividuals, the incentive for enforcement
Is obvious. The person or persons ag-
grieved or injured, will attend to the
matter, but that which is everybody's
business is nobody'S business, and Of
fenses against entire communities are
often allowed to go unchecked, for the
reason that individuals are reluctant
to take the initiative. In cases where
these offenses become so intolerable
as to force the community to make
common cause, and act as one man, 1t
is different. This happens at times, but
not often. Liquor selling, gambling
and the keeping of disorderly places
sometimes provoke community action,
but ordinarily these offenses are con-
Quoted with sufficient caution to avoid
the arousing of general feeling.
When the dispensary was run out OF
York county, those who had most to
do with this step, anticipated that un-
less they took proper precautions to
prevent, it would only be but short
time before Illicit liquor sellers, al
ready numerous, would begin to null
tiply indefinitely. In this state Of af-
fairs, Mr.. ]. l.. Sanders was appointed
to look after the situation, and the
way he has been doing it, and what
he has accomplished is a matter of
pretty common knowledge. 1t may also
be said that his record as an officer
mas the appreciation and approval Of
the law abiding element Of the county.
But right here, we desire to sound
note Of warning. Mr.. Sanders's job Is
not an easy one. man in his posi-
ton must not only keep his eyes open;
but he must carry his life in his hand,
so to speak, all the while. While may
be there is no lack of backing and ap-
it must not be forgotten that there Is
even more malice and hatred among
the element that is not law-abiding.
The way of the courageous, intelligent
and efficient officer of the law, Is not
always Strewn with roses. He meets
all kinds of obstacles and many Of
them he has to fight alone, while the
people whose fights he is fighting are
almost ObivouS to what is going on.
NO rogue ever felt the halter draw
with good opinion of the law" and
very few of the men who cross the
path of Officer Sanders duty feel any
better toward him for running them
down There are a great many people,
who would like to have the job Of this
officer for the pay they think there is
in it. Officer Sanders is earning all