Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-08

the Santuc country, and that is the only
road by which Rock Hill can be reached
from the Mount Holly section when there
is freshet in Fishing Creek"
Our readers will be able 10 discover
THE ENQUIRER's unfairness. 1t elimi
mated as much of our article rs would
serve to weaken our complaint. We have
right to expect better treatment at the
hands of THE ENQUIRER. Its effort tt
belittle what we had to say about the fear
full condition of the "Waters hill" was bad
enough but its unfairness in misquotine
The Herald is altogether unworthy the
pretensions it makes of unequalled rella'
bility. The omission may have been ar
accident; but when we remember THE
ENQUIRER's proneness to boast OF its al
most infallibility, we have no reason tc
think so. Whether accident or design
however, the omission had the effect Of
rendering our complaint ridiculous.
THE ENQUIRER talks very smart about
all the roads in the county being in "bao
condition." We know that to be true a.
we'll as THE ENQUIRER does. But we
are sure THE ENQUIRER does not kno"
of any section Of important highway, the
main road leading into populous section
that is in anything like as fearful condltloI
as. "the Waters hill" We have not ask co
nor do we expect that the commissioner
will fix all our roads now. We have only
suggested at the request of taxpayers who
say the road is impossible for country
use and will have to be abandoned II no.
improved, that something be done by the
commissioners to put 1t in better condl
ton.
The ENQUIRER intimates that the way
for the people of this section to get bettel
roads is to ''go down in their pockets fol
that purpose. Our people have already
done so TO much larger extent than has
been done elsewhere in York county
The subscriptions of cash and iaoor VII
show how largely this is true II IHE EN-
QUIRER will take the trouble to lnVestl
gate. But does The ENQUIRER kno"
that two years ago the taxpayers OF "a
tawba township sent we'll signed petl
ton to the legislature asking that specia
three mill tax be imposed IN CataWos
township for the purpose OF improving
the roads in that township? The York
delegation, so we are informed, though'
the success Of the measure very doubtful
as it was of local nature. 10 cure TINS
defect, however, member OF the G0rE
delegation was requested by ROCK Hill
citizens to introduce bill amending the
general road law 80 as to permit any Town
ship in any county in the state that de
sired to do so to pay special three mills
tax for highway purposes in that town:
ship. The bill was drawn up and referred
to a committee of which The ENoUIRER,s
fellow-townsmen, ex-RepresentatlVe .
R. Witherspoon, was member. Ine
committee sent in an unfavorable report
Thus ended our efforts to get authority tt
"go down into our pockets to improve
our own highways by the use OF func
that THE ENQUIRER, with all It's vas
riches, would not have been called upor
to contribute one cent to.
But we shall not pursue the subject fur
ther. We all trust the commissioners
may see the importance and fairness o
making q special effort to improve the
Waters hill" whatever The ENoUIREF
may think or say about it, and that act o
justice will be appreciated by the peopiIt
of Catawba township.-Rock Hill Herald
March 4.
So The Herald is determined to holo
THE ENQUIRER responsible for the
condition of the "Waters hill" Afte'
holding its tongue about the matter
for nearly two weeks, it comes at US
again like the above. AS to whether
in reproducing what The Herald hao
to say before, we garbled anything, we
are not able to state positively. The
only copy of The Herald's editorial
at hand was used by the printer il
trying to reproduce it. We are, there
fore, unable to refer back and see il
our reproduction was exact. We are
not conscious, however, of having in
tentionally garbled anything. Such
an error as The Herald alleges could
have occurred quite easily; but some
how we are unable to attach as much
importance to it as does The Herald
To make sure that we have fixed it all
right this time, we have carefully com
pared the extract above with the copy
and others interested are invited tc
verify the reproduction. We would
not misrepresent The Herald for any
thing in the world.
The ENQUIRER has all along been
in full sympathy with the special road
tax idea, and we protest that it is moi
to be held responsible for any action
the York delegation in the general as
sembly may have taken with regard to
the matter.