Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-19
TUESDAY, MAY 1e, 1914.

amount of whisky that Is sold there.
Adjoining counties increase the reve-
nue. of the dispensaries. There is no
doubt Of 1t, and since such is the case,
those counties who spend much money
in counties having dispensaries, should
receive the benefit Of the money so eX-
pended.
The governor said he could see no
wrong in doing this. and that sorry Is
the white man with good educational
facilities in his own county, who would
not by his taxes, help weak schools or
other counties.
l admired the address Of the morn
ing, said the governor, and | only wish
that more addresses Of similar nature
could be made throughout the state.
We would all be bettered by them.
You have read or heard Of me being
painted In bad colors because oppose
the help Of white people toward negro
schools. do not believe God ever
meant the darkey to be taught Latin,
French and Greek. All who have been
so taught have become vagrants. There
is no use of running a good field hand
by educating him, and 1t is easy to see
that the whole country is being ruined
by educating negroes.
I have nothing against the negro, as
serted the speaker. have defended
more negroes free Of charge than any
LAWYER of the Newberry bar. While |
am his friend, that does not convince
me that should take money out OF my
pocket to educate him. / have probab-
ly pardoned more negroes than any
other governor.
The governor here described In
graphic manner conditions in the old
hosiery mill at the penitentiary. ana
said that his pardoning OF Its occu-
pants proved that he didn't hate the
negro. No man, he said, should hate
to the extent where he could not act
fairly and honorably.
Education. continued the speaker,
should not be confined to books alone
| would rather have man with weli
educated heart, than he OF cultivated
brain who sits up at night trying 10
devise a scheme to steal from ms
neighbor next day. Education shouio
be of the body, mind and heart; put
some men are natural born fools. and
no matter how much education they
receive, they remain fools.
am glad to know, continued Gov
ernor Blease that Bethany Is to have
new church. When 1t is completed
send YOUR children there. Teach them
| to fear God and live right and do right;
AS I have said before, what the world
says about me, l care not, but no man
without the help of the good Lord
could have overcome the newspaper
trust. the corporations and the imam
cial interests as have done. And L
ask now. IL the Lord didn't help me
heat those devils, then who did?
If YOUR boy learns some trade ana
proves a failure, turn him TO some
thing else. Let him repair his mistake.
And no matter in what line the young
man is engaged, let him be the best:
| AS the gentleman said this morning,
continued the governor, some OF the
most educated men can not read ana
| write The best representative Soutn
Carolina has had in twenty years, Hon.
Josh Ashley, could not read In early
life. A lady once asked me II 1t was
not a pity Josh Ashley didn't have an
education. I said, mo Madam" She
| asked why, and 1 told her he had q.
wonderful mind, and IL his parents had
sent him to college, he might nave De-
come a dude, and have been or no ac-
count.
south Carolina needs manly mem
men who have the manhood to speak
out against wrong doing, men VINO VIII
not desecrate the ballot, but Will cast
n for men representing truth and right.
We need men who won't nix witnesses
| and iuries, and thus clear guilty cul-
nrits' IL we had more such men our
school appropriations would be rightly
| used.
Too often, said the speaker. we con-
| denim before we know WHEREOF we
speak. Little whispers become DreeZes-
| and breezes become cyclones. Old they
say" does much harm.
Who is this Mr.. They SayE asked
the governor have been hunting ror
| /
found him yet!
| And / repeat, book knowledge isn't
all. Excuse me from the girl who Is
sent to college at a sacrifice, and then
| comes home and spends her time read
| ing novels, while her poor parents are
toiling. That gfrt Is not educated; Nput
| spoiled. Please excuse me from the
boy who, sent to college under the
same circumstances, comes home, lays
around. gets him a pair OF patent ieatn-
er shoes and red socks, lets his father
do the work, and, before going to bed
sucks a little cigarette to steady his
nerves!
| We want intelligent education. and
no other kind save that which Will De
valuable And we should be fair. All
I ask, said the governor, is fair and
impartial treatment. Don't take some
body else's word. II such treatment
was given everybody, the world would
be a better place. Do unto others as
you would be done by; and In iilustra-
| ton of the point, the governor con-
cluded his address with the following
story:
In anticipation Of the visits OF q
Young man to her daughter, a good
mother had given careful and expnciS
| instructions as to proper conduct, ana
among other things had impressed upon
the girl that she should not allow the
youno fellow to hold her hand. The
| young man came, and after some little
time the mother dropped into the par
lor and was surprised to see her
daughter holding the young Fellows
hand.
She sternly rebuked her daughter,
but the girl said she was doing just
what the Bible said do. However, the
parent was not convinced, but sent the
daughter after the Scripture in order
| to Le shown. On the girls return with
the book. she read to her mother the
| following:
Whatsoever ye would have men 9n
unto you, do ye likewise unto them,
Hearty applause greeted the concur
sion Of Governors Blease's address
| which concluded the exercises or the
| afternoon. Scores of people pressed
toward the stand to greet the chief
| executive, and more than fifty ladies
| came to the steps Of the platform TO
meet him. He was presented with
flowers, including a pretty wreath and
| beautiful box Of May cherries. The
governor left Bethany about four
o'clock for Clover, going from there to
Columbia in the afternoon. The picnic
did not break up until late in the af-
ternoon and many people remained to-
| witness the closing exercises OF the
school which were held in the evening"