Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-08
THE FOURTH in YORKVILLE
Governor Cooper and Congressman
Stevenson the Speakers.
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION MAKES GOOD

Good Roads the Principal Topic
Communication for Magistrate Smith
Stevenson Condemns Grade Cross
inas-A Day of Pleasure and Profit
yariously estimated at from $500 te
5000. in all probability the latter estl
mate more nearly correct, huse
crowd gathered from every nook aho
corner of York county came to YORK
Vile last Friday to attend the m1's1er
Jndependence day celebration stosco
here under the auspices Of the YORK
Vile automobile association. II was
q ouiet. orderly crowd, come to en-
iov a day of pleasure and pfof.t ano
it did. One of the principal FEATURES
of the day were addresses by Governor
Robert A. Cooper and Congressman W.
F. Stevenson, the former devoting nus
address principally to the suo1ecs ~
snS the other counties of the state for
them. and the benefits that will accrue
morally and materially as a result
thereof Congressman Stevenson also
smoke at some length on the supJecS
though he devoted the major portion
OF his speech to a defense OF the Lea
que of Nations.
Crowd Came Early.
The Fourth Of July crowd came into
town early and before the dancing rays
of a July sun began to peam ooMi
heatedly, the streets were nnea VIII, WIZ
neonje' In all manner Of vehicles they
came-wagons, buggies, numerous au
tomobiles. on trains and on foot. MUSIC
for the day was furnished by the Can
new Cornet band, which came from tle
Cherokee town through the couh.i .S ~,
a little late, somewhat oeiayns 'nS ~
aaroSe .hroush' the. principal streets OF
10 Town and which was lead by j. n.
Carroll. marshal Of the day, VINO ro9e
IN q beautifully decorated aatomopiie
followed by numerous other autono-
biles, quite attractive In gaia attne
Governor Cooper was among those VIZ '
rode in the parade and as ne rooe
through the streets he was sreeteu
with applause by the hundreds WIZ Wno
lined the streets as far as the eye couio
see.
Spoke at Graded School.
Following the parade large part OF
the crowd followed the bano ana .Ie
long line of automobiles to the graoeo
school where under group OF shaue
trees in the rear or the pulioirS, a a
commodious stand was erected. Ihere
were possibly 1900 people i'll the aual,
ence. Mayor l. w. johnson presloea
over the exercises which were opened
with PRAYER by Rev. E. e. Gillespie IN
Producing Governor Cooper, the nrst
speaker of the day, the mayor salo tia'
n gave him peculiar pride TO lntro-
duce to a York county audience, GoN-
ernor Robert A. Cooper, the best gov.
ernor that South Carolina ever mao.
The governor was received WIFI aP-
plause. 1,.,,.th ~
mly. said the governor in beginning
his address, to a county Whlch won
more medals in the late war than any
other county in the United States. Al.
though there were more tnan 1,VoV'ooo
soldiers overseas during the late War'
only seventy congressional medals were
Ont of the seventy, York county sons
were awarded three. These gallant
sons have not only justified the con-
fidence that the people back home I'M
posed in them to do their duty put ny
fhe award Of congressional medals II Is
nroven that they went far and beyond
the line of duty. You should be more
than proud Of Lieut.. Geo. Z: McCei-
vey of York. Lieut.. James Z: Dozler
of Rock Hill and Sergeant Hall OF ForI
Mill who were awarded congressional
medals. Sergeant Hall will never wear
his medal. He gave his life for 1t ana
now sleeps with some of his comrades
on foreign field.
II is interesting to note, said Gov
ernor Cooper that OF the seventy lieo,
ais awarded, South Carolina received
eight and of the eight, six were aWaro-
ed to members of the 11Sth lnfantry
which was formerly the hrst reglIhen'
of the South Carolina national guarn.
The speaker paid a fine tribute %
Magistrate r. Z. A. Smith OF Broad
River for his work in breaking up the
illicit LIQUOR business in Broad River
township. I am glad to come TO YORK
for another reason, he SAID. reau
in the paper recently a story apout
an officer of the law In your county
that | would like to see dup cated In
every county in the state. He dldn
write the sheriff of the county to come
ont and help him break up Illicit liquor
making. He didn't write the governor
I'm fact he has never written me let
ter But while a public meeting al
which he was to preside was IN pro-
eress. he left to capture still and
take yiolators of the law. L wish 10
commend to you the action OF Magls-
trate Smith and I wish that there were
many more officers OF his stripe III
every county of the state
This meeting today, understand
is largely in the interest of good ROADS
said Governor Cooper. l do not know
as much about good roads as &c
about bad roads. I venture the asser'
tion that the bad roads of South Caro-
lima are costing the taxpayers more
money than good roads would cost
The cost of transporting crops over
had roads to market is much greater
than il would be over good roads. Bac
roads are expensive in other respects
II we are to have the educatlonal ae.
yelopment in South Carolina ina,
is so essential, consolidation or rura
schools and the building of good roads
&c absolutely necessary. The relglous
life of the state is involved. The coun.
fry church is one of the most powertu
influences in the state and good roau:
should lead to all the churches IN OF
der that all mankind might attend ane
be benefited. o,,,,
The time has been and may come
again when good roads are needeC
for the transportation OF troops. VIZ
may have from time 10 time oo.mIS[., VtioS
insurrections and other trouples Wnici
NAV make the presence or troop
necessary. Major General Read tolC
me some time ago that had it not beer
for the good roads of France the Al.
lies would have never been able u
defeat the German hordes.
1t is my hope that the people o
York county and all South Caroilne
will soon come to realize one thing
YOU can't have good roads withou
paving for them. Federal aid Is n!
gift, but simply your part OF taxes whlci
YOU have paid to the government ant
which will be refunded on certain con
ditions. | want South Carolina to ge
her part of this Federal aid, and to d
II. the initiative must be taken at once
Telling his audience that he hoped U
see South Carolina spend s1OOO 10000.
for good roads in the next ten years
the governor said that in less than tw'
years of actual warfare the state CAV
S100,000.000 to the various war WORE
drives and for investments in govern
ment securities. Yet nobody Sunere(
and the state today materially Is mor'
prosperous than ever in its history.