Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-25
PLAYING THE GAME
Choice Of County Candidates Largely
q Personal Matter.
TaE HUMAN INTEREST SIDE OF IT

One Candidate is Going to Get Vot
Because He Made a Boy Fight
Another is Going to Lose a Vot
Because of Dislike for Father-ob
servaticna Gathered on. the SWIM
Around the County.
BY q LOCKER On.
With the meeting in Yorkville to-
morrow, the York county Democratic
campaign for 1922 will be past history
AS is generally the case from the out
side it has been a pretty tame affair
Not more than 1000 voters at the most
have heard the talks of candidates and
many of those who have listened have
paid little attention to what they have
heard. The swing of the county was
completed, practically with the meet
ing. at Rlajrsville yesterday. From the
standpoint of the LOCKER On WAC Tvs
attended most of the camnaisc meet
ings the "circus" has been interesting
in the sense that by mingling with the
folks he has learned a little, of the 'in-
side" fights and quarrels Of the folks
that have occurred during the past two
years. His knowledge Of who doesn't
like who" in this community and that
has. been increased His ''genealogi-
caP's knowledge so to put it, has been
Increased. He is now more familiar with
who is kin to who and who has married
who. He has learned about church
rows and school rows and financial
rows and estate rows and all that sort
of thing,
He has learned something of the
change in political and general leader
shin in the various communities of
York county where there have been
changes. In every community there
are from two to, twelve men and now
since the women have gotten into the
political game, few women, who are
looked upon as leaders. Some times
one or more of these so-called leaders
lose out for one reason or another. In
other instances they hold that leader
ship until they die. The Looker-On has
beeA acquainted with most Of these
leaders for a number of years. Il has
been interesting during the campaign
just coming to a close to learn which
of these leaders have lost out and to
learn OF those leaders who have sue
ceedod them. In York county there
have Been few changes in leadership.
Since the last primary n few OF those
who were noted rs leaders have died.
But in most instances those who were
generally regarded as King Bees" two
years ago are still so.
A Funny Game.
AS has often been remarked before,
Politics are funny game. Npwspa-
pers and preachers some times preach
sermons, the gist OF which is "Vote for
thehbest man for office regardless of
whether or not they arc your friends or
enemies" The voters of York county
paysno, attention to sermons Of that
kind. OF the 6,275 enrolled, 5000 of
them are going to vote for men they
knew and whom they favor regardless
of their qualifications. So far as state
Offices arc concerned outside of the gu
bernatorial race and the race for sec
retary of state, which is sought by jim
Dozier, q York county man, the aver
aga York county voter doesn't C; te two
whoops in Hades who wins.
And as I was going on to say so far
asgeounty offices are concerned, the
average voter is going to vote for men
whom -ne knows and likes or against
men he knows and doesn't like Here
is where the matter Of kinship comes
in, For instance, l know q candidate
who has incurred the ire of a man be-
cause that candidate didn't favor the
candidacy of this man for a by
four office he sought. This little two
by-four office sought by the disgruntled
one means as much if not more to him
than the governorship would have