Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26

ment has little to do with their alteration
or retention when it comes down to ques-
ton of dollars and cents.
To repeat, the new counties seem to be
doing fairly we'll, to say the least, and the
old ones hold their own. The coming
county (Congaree, perhaps its name will
bel will be the best of all, and its success,
we hope, will aid THE ENQUIRER to re-
cover from its spell of the blues. Take
off the tinted glasses and with all uncloud-
ed vision, look around. Where are the
wrecks? We don't see any.
1t is always more or less vexing to
get into controversy with The State,
not on account of any formidable ar
ray of logic or facts that is likely to
be brought to bear by that paper but
on account of the tendency of that
paper to fly the track and seek to put
it's opponent into unwarranted posi-
tions for which there is not the slight
est show of justice. We have OBJ
served this tendency time and again.
We do not feel justified in saying that
| it arises from ignorance, and again en-
tertaining as we do, such an aversion
for the tendency, we are not inclined
to intimate that it comes from the too
common desire to take an advantage
by any means, fair or foul.
For instance, commenting on the
above, we do not think that we have
printed q statement, line or a senti-
ment that can fairly be construed to
mean that The States consolidated
county scheme "strikes US as funny"
On the contrary, we said in the plain
est possible language that we consid-
cred the idea a good one, and we gave
our reasons so fully and so clearly
that The State made them the text OF
long editorial in further arguing
the practicability and desirability of
carrying out its cherished plan. The
thing that struck US as funny, as we
clearly explained, and as The State as
clearly suppressed from the above ar
gument, was its explanation of its in
consistency on the ground of "conven-
ience." The explanation is, to say the
least, a convenient one; but somehow
it still strikes US as quite funny.
Of course we recognize that it is a
difficult matter to fix by an iron clad
rule the proper area to constitute a
county but the necessities of the case
certainly require some stability, and
that we now have to very limited
extent. It would have been, in our
opinion, much better for the state, If
the recent constitutional convention
had allowed the provision of the old
constitution relative to the formation
of new counties entirely alone. But
then again, we do not consider it very
good taste on the part of The State to
impute personal motives to the re-
marks of The ENQUIRER. Things have
not been as THE ENQUIRER thinks
would have been best for all concern
ed; but at the same time they are fix
ed so far as the constitution can fix
them, and we see very little possibility
of any probable change that can further
affect the status of York county.
What we said about dissatisfaction
in new counties was said advisedly.
1t may be possible that Greenwood is
as we'll off as it was before but Abbe-
Vile has certainly been injured, and
there is as much reason for their re-
consolidation as there is for the con-
solidation of Richland and Lexington.
It is true that York contributed to the
new county of Cherokee; but it is also
true that this contribution would now
be willing to come back by an over
whelming majority, if it were as Soon
yenient" as The State would have it..
The people frankly say so. They
were deceived and have learned of the
fact to their cost. 1t is very nearly
the same in Union and Spartanburg.
But The State is not going to hear
many complaints on this line. Most
people recognize the philosophy of
quiet submission to the inevitable /;
but it is a noticeable fact that the
Dragging about bettered conditions in
the new counties is generally confined
to the newspapers and to the politi-
clans who are in the swim. Now, in
conclusion, we will repeat that we
have no objection to the proposed con-
solidation of Richland and Lexington.
AS we have already said, the county
seat will be as convenient to one section
as to the other, and the probability is
that the county government will ex-
perience increased efficiency and de-
creased expense.
MERE-MENTION.
Returns so far received from Mis-
sissippi primaries settle the fact that
Governor McLaurin has defeated Pri-