Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-11-28
crock HILL COUNTY"

The last issue of the Gaffney Ledger
contains the following rather amusing
article headed as above:
The intelligent people of upper York
county should not be lulled into feeling
of security by the pretended apathy on
the part of the champions of the new
Rock Hill county.
There is always lull before the storm,
and when it does break loose the havoc
generally wrought makes the earth
tremble.
Beware of the onslaught of these
mighty forces that will be brought to
bear on the citizens in Cherokee town
ship, should they fail to secure their
Ideliverance now when friendly hand is
extended to rescue them from the coming
onslaught.
A determined effort on the part Of each
citizen in the territory threatened hereto
fore to be merged into and lost in the
bounds of the new and greater Rock Hill
county, should grid on his armor and
battle for his rights and interests.
A change is bound to come, and the
time has come when you can by an hon
est and determined effort choose for bet
ter or for worse.
The hand of Enterprise, guided by the
fingers of Destiny, will lead you to sue
cess.
Hug not the delusive phantom of
hope" for the entirety Of the old counties
to remain. The constitutional conven-
ton, in its wisdom, saw the necessity of
smaller counties and provided for their
creation. Besides, the people see the ne
cessity. The old counties are going to
be reduced, and the new counties are
coming. Let Limestone be the first in
the arena.
You will not be left in peace, that ignis
fatuus will lead you into the dismal
swamp of despair and regret.
''There is a tide in the affairs of man
when taken at its flood leads to fortune"
Embrace this, in all PROBABILITY, your
last chance, and win success, or neglect
to do so and follow the wiles of the pre-
tender and you will do your posterity an
irreparable injury.
In this deliverance there are several
propos itions which we fail to exactly
unde rstand. 1t was clearly explained in
the recent primary campaign in this
county that no matter which way the
election mightgo, it would not necessari-
ly follow that York county could be di-
vided. There was danger of considera-
bly, more trouble and i'll feeling one way,
however, than the other. This was be-
cause the peculiar circumstances. All
in telligent people are well aware Of the
fact that it is impossible to erect a con-
stitutional county out of the area of York.
The principal danger during the campaign
appeared to be the fact that the proposition
was being advocated bya surveyor who
was also candidate for the state senate.
No such condition Is likely to arise again
at least for gen Grafton, and the fear that
if Cherokee does not 60 to Gaffney, Cataw-
ba and other townships will erect coun-
ty for themselves is absolutely ground
less. But this is not all. Suppose these
townships did cut themselves off from
York, it will not leave the balance of the
county in as weak and lame condition as
will be the proposed new county of Lime
stone to start with. Then where, in either
event, can the voters of Cherokee hope to
benefit themselves by going off to the
proposed new county of Limestone? We
have been searching very carefully to find
some logic in the arguments Of the advo-
Gates of the new county proposition but
we are free to confess that our search has
been in vain.