Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-05

we'll, II You hang him to limb hs
dies, don't he: You are obeying the
law, not violating 1t, therefore"
He spoke Of the pardons he issued
while governor, some LOO in number
and quoted the fact that his method
was success by the fact that not a
one Of them had been caught and sent
back to the penitentiary.
whats the use Of sending a youth
to the penitentiary for life, he said
when, while tanked up on mean whis-
ky. he does some act OF which he is
not conscious. The man who sold him
the whisky ought to go along 10 the
penitentiary with him, even II it's the
state Of South Carolina, that one Is to
blame"
He charged that whisky is drunk
the fashionable clubs Of Columbia.
He quoted a number Of newspaper
articles OF papers Of this state, re-
garding the cheapness Of human life
in the mind of the average person OF
the state. He did not lay any Of the
recent killings to the administration.
stating that no one man could be held
responsible; however that when any
one was lynched while was governor,
'Blease lynched him. now its different.
they didn't lynch that fellow at Ello-
rec, they merely shot him to DEATH '"
He took up the prohibition question,
stating that he was forever opposed to
the open saloon, with the pool room
attachment and the indecent pictures,
the music boxes and the social drink.
which ruined the young men OF the
country"
He declared that he favored local
option; that II any county wanted pro-
- IL of
It; but make the rules stringent.
In referring to his resignation as
governor, some few days before his
last term expired, he stated that no
one but himself knew and no one else
ever would.
He spoke of his various work in the
fight when he was
senator from Newberry county In 1905
and after talking along this line for q
time he took up the dispensary ques-
ton:
somebody has been making money
out of the dispensaries," he said'
somebody has been getting rebates.
Anyone who would make a statement
like that and not be in position to
prove it would be a fool" continued the
speaker, "and I am prepared to prove
the remark"
He charged that the whisky was
adulterated and that this was where
tn. graft" came in, in the shape Of
rebates. He spoke Of purchasing a
bottle Of standard-brand whisky IN
Baltimore and then comparing 1t to
the whisky Of the same brand SOLD In
one Of the dispensaries. -.
He referred with pride, he said, to
the fact that In the recent prohi6ition
election, counties that went for him IN
other years We're the counties voting
for prohibition. He mentioned the
names Of Aiken and Anderson coun-
ties.
He stated that he believed in local
option and stated that the people OF
Greenville county should have voted
upon the road bond issue.
He declared that II Charleston wait
ed dispensary they ought to be al.
lowed to have 1t, that laws could not
change the sentim ent Of people.
"You can't legislate morality into
people," he declared.
At this time he paid his respectb 10
the ministers, stating:
at would become them better to
occupy their pulpits and preach the
religion Of Jesus Christ than try to
dabble in politics. They'd have heap
more success improving the morality
of the people and saving SOULS de-
clared the speaker.
In closing. the former governor
promised his hearers that IN 1877,
some time about the middle OF the hrst
month, he would be glad to welcome
his old friends back to the governors
mansion and "eat some more OF that
old pie" IT,,
He was heartily applauded, time
after time during the speech and at
the conclusion. He promised to re-
turn when the campaign opened ana
talk more upon his plat form, outlin-
ing the Issues as he saw them that
might be uppermost at that time.
The day proved a great success;
there being but little disorder ana
those who attended seemed to have
enjoyed the entire day to the fullest.