Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-28

reason the women and girls dow
here are uniformly and rcmarkahl
beautiful.
II is a difficult matter TO get a lin
on the strength OF gubernatorial can
didates. for there is no interest in IN
campaign. and as for the lesser can
didates. few voters know who Is 1
the race until the candidates are In
troduced.
Cooper apparently has considcrahl
strength here. and Peoples will ru,
| well. AS near as one can judge a
this stage Of the game. Peoples viii
get better vote here than Richards
| But while men differ in their opinions
concerning the relative strngth o
candidates. find: Cooper Mcl.auriI
and Richards are the only candidate
in the first primary. because his fol
lowing Is purely personal and he |:
the most popular man in the racr. /
Richards gets into n second race will
Cooper. the McLaurin and Bcthra vot,
will go TO Cooper. II McLaurin gets
into n second race with Cooper. II,
will get the Richards and People.
vote. In short, McLaurin Is the onl,
man in the race who can beat Cooper
or make him fight to win"
do not set this down us an opinio,
nj I,tt i,,iN
of the many men with whom talk
The composite opinion OF up-countrI
voters may be entirely different. Ii il
is and ] can get II, ! will tell yol
about it. for this isn't my funeral.
am in the cnviablc position of tn,
man who sat on the fence to watci
the world go by.
John l.. McI.aurin was tho first N
the gubcrnatorial candidates to spcal
this morning. He said that each o
his opponents had in his platform 9
plank favoring the state warchous,
system. but that no one of then
thought 1t eXpcdicnt to mention thai
there would have been no warchous,
system but for McLaurin.
He spoke OF cotton. Of the fact that
the south has natural monopoly OF
this greatest of all plants and should
br rich beyond the dreams Of avaricc
hut was as n matter OF fact poorer
than any other section OF tho country
while all those who handled the cot
ton after II left the farmers hands
grew rich by the contact.
AS remedy for this condition h,
called attention TO his warehouse sys-
TEN, which, II conducted by man ol
force and ability, would put the farm
er on cash basis and take him
out from under the thumb Of shylock
bankcrs-or "so-callcd bankers. who
should have the three balls OF n pawn
broker in front Of their DOORS
AS he continued speaking and
found in the audience an intelligent
conception Of his doctrine, the orator
in him took charge and: he turnet
loose. It was some speech, people
And every time he stripped a piece o
hide off the insurance trust, or hurlc,
a vitrolic phrase at those responsible
for tho present high taxes, the crow,
gave him an ovation.
He snid he was the only man in tn
Carolina would expect anything. an,
i'm reference to Mr.. Cooper. said tina
Il pleasant smile and delightful
handshakc were not the only quail
ties of a governor in times like these
Peoples. the second speaker, sai'
that II elected he would run the oiliC
different from the way IL had bcci
| run for tCur years. Referring to TN
warehouse system. he said il was on
of the greatest institutions I'm tn
state.
lie does not believe in disrcgardin,
the laws Of the land. hut does bclicv
in the right Of petition and appeal 4
the chief executive, and promises 4
temper justice with mercy"
John G. Richards followed Nj
Peoples. He said he was proud 4
he n farmer. and proud of his rccor'
as n friend OF farmers.
He promised II elected governor I,
use his influence to so develop tn
| warehouse system as to make II tn
greatest institution in tho state.
He called attention to the fac
that he was author OF the hill 10 pro
| vide free scholarships for the poo
girls Of South Carolina.
In a fine conclusion he said tha
war was not an issue. that his onl
son had volunteered and was now Il
service. and that he knew full wei
every other fathers son would scrv
rs gladly.
Andrew J. Bethea made patriots
speech. He is known in Collector
county. and was well received.
II. A. Cooper was greeted with
hearty burst OF applause when intro
duced. He repeated his Barnwcll as
sertion that he had no hope of
lowering OF taxes, and said that tn
Legislature and not the governor wa.
responsible for high taxes. The GROVE
appreciated his candor and chccrc'
him repeatedly. He advocated tn
English budget system" Of raising
the states revenues.
He said that he prepared the frs
warehouse bill ever introduced in tn
legislature.
Cooper has courage. Beyond
doubt he has fine conviction tha
taxes cannot be lowered. and he face
crowd and argues for greater ex
penditures-and the folks cheer be
cause they like his grit.
If he gets away with it. 1t will b
the first time. 80 far. as know. that
man has won a political victory b
daring to express his conviction
when his convictions called for highe
taxes.
| DesChamps and Duncan spoke.
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