Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-08-02
FRIDAY, AUGUST q, 1919.

| lIleS, anu dS GuSlneeTS
roads, pave our streets, light our
towns etc, instead Of finding II neces-
sary to send to northern states to get
men to do the work our bright boys
can be trained to do. He advocated
more education to enable our people to
be better farmers. He wanted to see
the cattle industry developed. "The
most important thing now is grass" "a
voice: "'Tis now.") that our cattle
and dairying industry may be develop
ed to its full; and this will build up the
farms and make South Carolina blos-
som as the rose"
Judge Jones next paid attention to
good roads and their Importance to
rural life and town life. With good
roads throughout the country, the
farms could be made the most attrac-
tive spots on earth. Good roads would
build up the country, and the towns.
They would build up the attendance
upon the country churches and the
| schools, and altogether the matter OF
| good roads was Of vital Importance to
every rural community. He said the
way to get good roads was by Federal
aid through appropriations made to
| improve the rural delivery Of mail. A
beginning had been made and he hop
ed and believed that Federal aid OF
roads would come sooner or later.
The next point discussed by Judge
Jones was the need Of more money In
South Carolina for development
cheaper money for the man who needs
| to borrow. To do this he wants to see
the great life insurance companies loan
or invest their surplus funds In this
state. He would bring this about vol
unfairly IL he could; but by law re-
quiring such investments In South
Carolina as a prerequisite to doing
business in the state II necessary.
He next took up and advocated the
adoption by this state Of the Torrens
system Of land registration and ex-
planned its advantages to the man who
was either buying or selling real es-
tate. He hoped for Its early adoption
by this state.
Next the speaker took up the south's
great monopoly-cotton. 1t is the
wealth producer Of the country. The
great need now was q method by
which the crop could be held on the
market and sold gradually. The ware
housing system promised the solution
and although the supreme court had
declared unconstitutional the ware
house law passed by the last legisla-
ture, the scheme was declared to be
feasible and warehouse law could
and should be passed to conform to
the courts decision and then the state
and the south would begin to get Its
| full measure Of wealth from its mon
opoly.
He next expressed himself In favor
of the passage by the legislature Of a
workingman's compensation law and
believed II would be constitutional and
hoped for its passage as 1t would bring
q period Of better feeling between cap
ital and labor.
Judge Jones brought his remarks to
close by saying that ne would not
inject unpleasant things into this oc-
casion. It was not q question Of who
should be governor, but what would be
best for South Carolina. Thanking his
hearers for their good attention and his
kind reception at Filbert he was liber-
| ally cheered as he took his seat. Judge
Jones speech was well received by
those who heard II and his advocacy.of
better roads, the Torrens system and
endorsement Of the state cotton ware
house system were favorably COM
| mented on.
w. p. Pollock
or Chesterfield was the next speak
er and expressed his pleasure at being
invited to Filbert by the w. 0. w. He
paid his respects to the Woodmen and
other secret orders which have Tor
their creed the brotherhood Of man and
the fatherhood of God. He said he was
no stranger in York, that he had been
candidate for congress before, four
teen years ago, when Mr.. Finley was
elected and now he thought II was time
that the people Of York give him their
support for the Office to which he as
pires. He reviewed Mr.. Finley's con-
gressional record and maintained that
the people Of the Fifth district had
given him plenty and thought thattt
Pollock to go to congress, for ne pc
lieved that he could most capably-
represent the district and could do as
much Tor the state as can any other
man. He referred his hearers to his
address delivered at Sharon, as re-
Gently published In The Enquirer, IL
they wished to know where he stands
on the various national questions.
He endorsed the parcels post system
as q means to relieve the people from
the high express rates and to put the
rural communities In closer touch with
the city markets for goods they had to
buy and sell and ridiculed Mr.. Finley's
position as to the. parcels post system
He advocated Federal aid In building
roads used by rural free delivery
routes He endorsed the state ware
house plan and advocated the passage
by the next legislature of warehouse
bill in conformity with the recent DE.
cision Of the supreme court. He SAID
that the price Of money In this state
is too high. That per cent was the
legal rate, the banks charge and In
some cases by rediscounting every
three months money was made to cost
the borrower as much as IL per cent
per annum. This ought to be relieved
by the Federal government loaning
money at q rate not exceeding per
cent He thought the Fifth district
should be represented by a young,
vigorous, fighting representative, ana
asked the suffrage of York's voters on
this basis.
Mr.. Pollock was listened to with
he took his seat. The next speaker was
F. H. Hyatt
OF Columbia, the president Of the
South Carolina Good Roads associa-
ton. Mr.. Hyatt said he appreciated
the invitation extended him to come to
Filbert. That he was not a candidate
for any office, but was here to do what
he could in the interest Of better roads
for South Carolina He devoted his
whole talk to this subject and told OF
the many benefits that would accrue
to town and country dwellers by the
building Of better roads. He said that
when he and the late Senator Iatimer
began making good roads speeches In
this state fifteen years ago they were
actually Kissed at some places, but
things were different now and the peo-
pie everywhere were waking up to the
advantages to be derived from good
roads. He advocates a 10 per cent tax
on tobacco and liquor for the benefit OF
roads and also favors Federal aid In
building post roads. He thinks 1t time
the government should reduce its ex-
penditures for the navy and army, the
Philippines, ETC., and spend some OF
this money helping to make life In the
country more pleasant. Mr.. Hyatt was
listened to with close attention by the
people around the stand.
The next speaker introduced was
John G. Richards
Candidate for railroad commissioner.
who was glad to be present and felt
like he was at home, as his father and
mother were York county people. He
was especially complimentary to
York county audiences as being COM
posed of ladies and gentlemen, who
always give public speakers good, re-