Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-16


by a competent business man of charac
ter, standing and experience, and if the
county is to be of the importance its pro-
moters think, the duties of its clerks
office will be sufficient not only to keep
the clerk busy; but also an assistant.
Under these circumstances, we do not
imagine that after a few years expe-
rience, there will be any wide range of
choice among the candidates for clerk of
the court. The salaries of most of the
other officers are ridiculously low, and as
for the Office of superintendent of educa-
ton, it would have been just as sensible
to have asked for its abolition. The idea
of asking a competent man to fill this
office for $500 year! The only redeem
ing feature to the scale Of salaries as pro-
vided, is that which gives the county
supervisor $500 year for services, and
$3.50 for clerk hire; and we confess that
this is some improvement on the situa-
ton in York. Here the supervisor re-
ceives only $500 without the clerk hire
provision. AS a matter of fact, however,
the salary of the supervisor should be
higher than that Of any other county
officer. Being entrusted in large meas
ure with the management of county
funds, the supervisor is really the most
important officer under the county gov
ernment, and the salary should be such
as to command the very finest talent and
ability.
In section five we note that the new
county people want three representatives.
That they should want all they can get
and some things that do not belong to
them, is not at all surprising but accord
ing to law, until Cherokee increases in
population somewhat, she will not be en-
titled to but two representatives. The
delegations from York, Union and Spar
tanburg will do well to see that she gets
no more.
The proposition to at once transfer all
litigation now pending from the various
sections which 60 to make up the new
county, to Gaffney City, looks to US very
much like it is loaded. By the working
of the act, unfinished criminal business is
also included. Without going into dis
cussion of the matter at length, we would
suggest that it might be as we'll to leave
such litigation, as has already been COM
menced, to be disposed of in the regular
manner.
Section IL also appears to be loaded
somewhat. 1t provides, among other
things, that the boundaries of the town.
ship of Cherokee, in York county, shall
not hereafter be changed. At first glance
the provision looks to be innocent
enough; but then it is easily possible that
some trouble might come out of it.. We
suppose, of course, that the object OF this
provision is to keep the townships from
being divided up into smaller townships.
At the same time, however, we do not
notice the display of any anxiety in
regard to the township Of Limestone,
located in the centre of the proposed new
county. Suppose the act is passed as a
whole, except with an amendment in the
first part fixing the boundaries in accord
ance with the desire of those people OF
Cherokee who wish to remain in York,
and then suppose in later section it is
provided that the present boundaries Of
Cherokee shall remain unchanged. May
be no such complication is premeditated !;
but if the act passes in the shape indicated,
the probability is that those Cherokee
people who desire to remain in York will
be given a good deal of trouble.
Taken altogether, the bill is ably draft
ed, and that it guards we'll the interests of
Cherokee in every particular there is no
question. But for the measure to pass
lust as it is, without amendment, will be
unjust and prejudicial to some Of the
interests of York county, and, under the
circumstances, we can only suggest to
our representatives in the general assem-
bly, that they keep their eyes skinned"