Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-02-10
Ilc 5torkrille enquirer.
YORKVILLE, s. @.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1900.
RECOVERING ITS SERENITY.

RECOVERING ITS SERENITY.
We are glad to note that the Spar
tanburg Herald is, in measure, get
ting over the bad humor it was exhlb
iting last Sunday. Its symptoms on
Thursday morning were rather more
encouraging. The following expires
sion of it's mind on that occasion shows
that while it has not entirely recover
ed, its condition is at least hopeful:
THE YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER takes for
granted that because we expressed some
very positive views concerning the pro,
position that Rock Hill should be renewed
of the debt she incurred as all induce
ment to get the Winthrop college, which
debt secured the prize over several com,
petitors, that we were mad. The Herald
never gets mad. We make 1t rule, a
standing rule of the Office, to always be IN
the best Of humor. We assure our con-
temporary that while we have positive
convictions at times, and express them
positively, that it is great mistake to sup
pose that this is an evidence of anger,
Certainly, we had no thought that
Spantanburg would be injured any more
than other counties by carrying out the
suggestion of THE ENQUIRER. IL was no
thought of pecuniary loss or gain that
nrompted our remarks. Indeed, we are
not i'm the habit of viewing questions OF
principle from a pecuniary standpoint.
Because Spartanburg was competitor,
and made a bid for the location OF this
school, we happened to know that the
Rock Hill people obligated themselves to
nav a certain sum Of money if the school
should he located there. The Spartan.
burg people considered the bid Rock Hill
made, and while it was not much higher,
it was deemed more than we cared to
give, and hence we lost and Rock Hill
won.
We looked upon the bid Of the Rock
Hill people as bona fide. We believed
every dollar of it was made with the in
tention that it should he paid. we
thought that the Rock Hill people be-
lieved that the location of the school IN
their midst would be worth the amount
they promised, that it was plain bnSl-
ness proposition, and hence we consider
it bad faith to try to wriggle out of these
obligations after the school is located.
We took for granted that representa-
tive paper, such as the IoRKVILLE EN-
oUIRER is, would not plead the baby act
for one of the leading towns in its coun-
ty, without some sentiment in that town
Iebind the proposition. We are glad to
know, however, that the Rock Hill peo-
pie are innocent.
AS to the "dOg in manger' propose
ton. we have read nothing i'll Puck
quite so amusing. What have we to fear
from Rock Hill? Spartanburg has a col
lege for women that does not lean on the
state for large annual appropriations; but
earns what it gets in competition with the
world, and yet has finer equipment and
better advantages in every way imam the
Winthrop school. even with the state OF
South Carolina behind it. We would,
however, rejoice most heartily 70 see WIN
throp become the leading school III the
United States; we have always taken an
interest in her welfare, and know that
her prosperity does not detract from the
prosperity of any institution in this coun-
try. But while this is so, we Still main
tain that when individuals or commun-
tiles obigate themselves to pay money,
they ought to be made to pay it. 1t won't
do to say that the bid of Rock Hill made
to get the school was bluff. She is profit
ing by the bid, and should, in common
justice and honesty, never seek 70 throw
the burden on other shoulders.
So much of the first and second par
agraphs of the foregoing as are purely
explanatory are accepted as inforna-
ton that has no special bearing on the
present discussion but that portion of
the third paragraph, which again in
Inmates chad faith" is only to be taken
as lingering symptom of the unpleas'
ant manifestation Of Sunday morning.
In the belief that Rock Hill made her
bid in good faith with the intention of
paying every dollar of it, The Herald
is entirely correct. 1t is also correct
in the belief that the Rock Hill people
considered and still consider the school
worth all it cost but the charge that
they are trying to wriggle out of their
obligation is purely graluitous, and so
far as we are able to see, it is entirely
unwarranted. The Herald certainly
has nothing upon which to base it ex-
cept the narrow view it took on last
Sunday.
The inability of The Herald to un-
derstand why THE ENQUIRER should
make suggestion of this kind with
out the authority of local sentiment in
Rock Hill, is very good explanation
of The Herald's general confusion on
the whole subject. This paper is not
in the habit of seeking inspiration from
individuals or communities. 1t advo-
Gates what its believes to be cor
rect principles on principle, and
we have a very distinct recollec-
ton of having condemned, before the
contest was opened, the proposition
whereby the state sought to stir up
rivalry between different town for the
| location of Winthrop by means OF