Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-26

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Urged that II is our duty to do Ill in
our power for tho support OF the boys
on the battlefelds OF Europe in up
holding true democracy and Christi
IN religion throughout the world.
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Lieutenant Governor.
The chairman read letter from
OctaviuS Cohen. expressing his regret
at his inability to I've present and
| assuring the audience that ne had
never been and never could be Il
Blease man.
| G.. ". Wightman told of the various
deCoy methods that have been used
10y the Conservatives to catch Blease
votes. and when hc told how Blease
had been elected over Jones follow
] ing prayers OF the Christian people
for the election OF the best man. he
drew applause and laughter He said
that the conservatives this time are
using patriotism ~ dccoy. claiming
that all the patriots are among the
Conservatives and all the traitors are
IamonE the Reformrrs. He dcnounc-
ed The Manning administration as the
| most incompetent that the state has
ever known and said that Manning
| had pardoned some of fhc lowest
most abandoned and guilticst prison
crs who have ever been in the pcni-
| tcntiary.
j. 7. Lilies of Orangrburg. told OF
the honors he had enjoyed At the
hands of the people Of Orangeburg
who are very careful in their election
ntI a N
of the ways and means committee
lie said the author OF the state ware
l.ouc law had said publicly that cN-
| cept for the friendship Of Mr. Lilies
| the bill would never have become Il
law. He said that he knew there wer,
happicr wives and mothers in South
| Carolina because of his work aa Il
legislator. He would like To discuss
| " hat had been done in the conscrva
tion Uf public health. what had been
doEr by the OranEchurg farmers with
| their marketing organization. He did
| not question any mans loyalty: but
he declared that there should not b,
elected To ollicc any man whose 10y
atty is questioned. cloud APPLAUSE
| He paid Il tribute to the service flag
hanging over the cross street and h,
said that any man who is not will
| ~
Il wall and shot. (Applausc)
Superintendent of Education.
J. f. Swcaringcn began by thanking
| the people OF York county for In,
splendid support they gave him ter
years ago and which they have con-
tinucd To give him ever since. Th,
first line OF defense, hc said, Is In
| France, and the second line Is back
here in our schools. The supcrintcn-
dent OF education wis no executive au'
! thurity under the laws. He can d,
nothing but advise, devise and per
suadc. He referred to the splendid
educational results that had beer
achieved in York county, and told how
he had co-oprratcd with Mcssrs. Nc
Mackin. Quinn and Carron. II" re-
joiced in the standard that York
county has set. and the example II
| furnishes To the balance OF the state
He said that If the people of South
| Carolina are to be- educated at all
they are to br educated in the public
schools around your homes. Only ON,
out of every nifty school children ever
get to college and only one in ten gets
| ,hrouEln the high schools. and the los
| son is that you cannot have schools
IarOund you that are too good. Reply.
ing to criticism of his oilicc. he ap-
| piled an appropriate joke about an ole
pillar in the church who had cause tt
he thankful for the earthquake, be-
cause that was the only lintOward oc'
currcncc during his long married lif,
for which his wife had not sought tC
hold him responsible. daughter and
Iapplausr.)
| Il. r.. Rector said that he had beer
Il III. 4 l,,,
ups and downs that helped to qualify
him for this office. Told Of experience
i'm the Philippines. where ~h4r ~taugf
the Filipino s3NaEGs. He was tol
how -Ula- uHiin tning there was I
'irrach the F'ilipinos how to raise bet
ter crops. how 30 make clothes. no,
to cook better food. He learned ther
that the people of South Carolin
need the same thing the Filipinos nee
that Is to bc taught TO do better tn
things they are going to have TO d
all their lives. He concluded wit
Henry Grady's famous illustration G
: the manner in which the people G
the south depchdcd upon the outsid
world for everything around them cX
ccpt their yellow dog. daughter an
applausc.)
| Attorney General.
X. i. Scarson OF Allendalc. was tn
first speaker. He had served in tn
legislature under Governors Ansc
I5lcasc. Smith and Manning: but ha
never swung to the coat tails OF an
; man. He did his own thinking an
he had never known but ono man wh
ne was willing to follow blindly and h
is Woodrow Wilson. In national poll
tics. hc said he was for the admins
tration. and in state politics he want
cd to say that he was not. and nrve
had been n supporter of GovcrnO
lilcaSc. (Applausc.) He conclude
: with tribute to the American hoy
in France. backed solidly by tn
American people ut home. promisin
i, that all would give their support {
the last dollar and the last drop {
blood.
=. NJ. Wolf Of Anderson. compli
mcntcd the people on the pOssessio
. of one OF the finest conrthouscs in tn
state. Mr.. Sapp had the advanta ;
over him here because of his fornC
candidacy for congress. He told Of h
{ educational advantages he had enjoy
=, cd and gave reasons why nc wa
, properly qualified for the Office of nj
torncy general. Concluded with stron
: expression of faith and confidence
President Wilson.
Claude u. Sapp felt that he did nc
come rs IA stranger. He said that h
Is not seeking Office on the dcmerit
or faults Of the men who are runnin
against him. He is not asking fo
election to this office because he I'm
been assistant for two and hal
| years: but he insisted that he Is bet
. ter qualified to fill tho office than h
. would otherwise have been. and tina
although hc does not say now that hi
opponents are qualified, he does sa
they would be better fitted if the
had this same experience. He tol
how in his campaign for congress
had been the only man in the rae
who had taken the unqualified posi-
ton that we should no longer put Il
with the insults that Germany ha