Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-06-27
WITHIN THE TOWN.

enjoyed what he had to say.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
- The best time to pay that $2.5(
street tax, is before it amounts to So
The price is moving toward the 5:
limit daily.
- The idea of engaging Rev. Sam
Jones to deliver a lecture in Yorkvill,
next fall is under consideration. Tht
Rev. Samuel never fails to draw 6
crowd, and it is not likely that there
would be an exception in the case o
Yorkville.
* DR.. NJ. w. White has purchased
from Miss jamie Robinson her house
on Kings Mountain street, and Miss
Robi inson has purchased from Mrs. c
J. Robinson the latter's house on Soutt
Cong gress. The transfer of titles was
mad last week.
II Colonels Davis and Stephenson
have given out to Messrs. Keller &
Logan, a contract for extensive re
pairs on the Kings Mountain Military
Academy building. The contractors
are making their arrangements to com
mence work at once. They have nc
doubt of their ability to put the prop
erty in first-clas repair by September
XThe board of trustees of the York
vile graded school has elected Mr.. R
A. Dobson, of Yorkville, assistant
superintendent, vice Mr.. Jennings K
Owens, who declined to accept. Mr.
Owens had not applied for the position
of assistant superintendent, and BIZ
election by the board was without so
licitation on his part. Mr.. Dobson is {
recent graduate of Furman. He ha'
had experience as school teacher ant
is capable of filling the position mos
acceptably.
- Lightning played considerable hav
oc at the central telephone station
during thunder storm last Saturday
Miss Susie Hill, the efficient "central,
was shocked, almost stunned, by the
flash, and quite large number o.
"drops"-more than half-were burn
ed out. The report was very loud
being distinctly heard in all parts oi
town, and many people in the immedi
ate vicinity of the central station were
badly frightened-more so than Miss
Hill, who quietly resumed her work
within few minutes after the incident
- The idea of trying to make the in
come from the waterworks pay opera
ting expenses is all right; but to at.
tempt to get from this source money
sufficient to pay the interest on the
bonds, is carrying the matter a little
too far. 1t is like man trying to lift
himself by his bootstraps. The bond
burden was voluntarily accepted by
all the people for common protection
and benefit, and it rests equitably
upon all the property of the town.
To ask water consumers to bear this
burden alone in addition to wear and
tear and operating expenses, is to i'm
pose upon them double taxation.
- The town council of Yorkville
and the consumers of public water,
are still wrestling with the perplexing
water problem. The matter is receiv'
ing earnest and intelligent considera-
ton from every point of view, and al
though no satisfactory settlement
seems to have been reached, there is
no doubt about the fact that the town
is making educational progress in the
principles of ofmunicipal ownership. But
it is not an easy problem-this thing
of the equitable distribution among a
portion of the citizenship of conven-
fences that are derived from taxation
of the whole municipality, without
more or less injusticej At least so it
appears in the absence of careful con-
sideration of the whole broad question.
All the perplexity in SYorkville has
grown out of the use Of water for
domestic, business, industrial and hor-
ticultural purposes, etc. 1t ispossible
that the original object of the\water
plant and the surrounding conditions
have been lost sight of to greater or
less extent in view of these secondary
considerations. The water plant was
erected for fire protection only, at cost
of about $4,000. The idea of munich
pal conduct of general water busi.
ness was never anticipated, and as a
matter of fact the municipality has not
since procured authority to engage in
such business. With the construc-
ton of the plant, it developed that
there must be arrangements to keep
the standpipe full of water, otherwise
there could be no guarantee of fire