Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-29

Now is the time to do Christmas
shopping. Don't put 1t off until all the
prettiest and best things have been
picked over.
Next Monday is salesday for Decem-
Der. There are several tracts Of land
to be auctioned off before the court
house door.
Our attention is called to the fact
that rural route No. 6, Yorkvile ranks
second instead of third for the largest
number of pieces of mail handled. The
comparison is with the whole state.
We would like some of our Arkan-
sas friends to get up a club for The
Enquirer this year. There are large
number of York county people in Ar
kansas and not few Of them take The
Enquirer. Some years ago one Of them
got up a club Of fifteen or twenty
names; but since then the names have
either come In direct from the different
subscribers or they have been returned
by York county clubmakers. We take
a lot Of pride in these Arkansas names
and we would feel very much gratifed
to have a lot of them come in together
In a single Arkansas club.
The individual who hesitates to go
after one of the township buggies be-
cause he fears some one else has too
much Of o. start is making a mistake
There Is all Of December, January,
February and March yet, and whether
a man or woman can win buggy
within that time depends principally
upon how hard he or she works. The
field has not been exhausted nor Is 1t
likely to be. A worker with the right
kind Of energy can go into almost any
one of the townships right now, and by
keeping at it to the end win buggy
almost entirely with new subscribers
The version of the action Of the AS
sociate Reformed synod on the tobacco
question as given by the church paper
in it's current issue will come nearer
meeting with the approval Of the men,
bers generally than the version given
In the Charlotte Observer. The Obser-
yer seems to have had the matter very
much exaggerated. There is no doubt
about the fact that the tobacco habit
Is a very filthy one, and 1t ought not
to be encouraged. Still there are few
people who believe that men and wo-
men who have nothing worse to an
swer for than the use Of tobacco are
in very great danger Of eternal dam
nation on that account.
The recommendation Of the grand
Jury as to the superintendent Of the
county home is rather unusual. not to
say remarkable, and we are inclined to
think that 1t will not give very general
satisfaction. In view Of the fact that
the superintendent was elected only
month ago over several other appli-
cants, 1t Is reasonable to assume that
the county board Of commissioners
must have known. in a general and in
formal way, all that the grand jury
knows now, and IL this is true. the ac-
tion of the grand jury must be con-
to the county board as 1t is to the su-
perintendent of the county home. But
still that is not the point. The charges
indicated against the superintendent Of
the county home are drunkenness"
and "mismanagement." While both OF
these charges are serious as indicating
unfitness, and unfitness of a character
that would make it the duty Of the
board of county commissioners to
cause the incumbents immediate re-
moval from the position. still neither
of them is indictable. But that there
must be an indictable offense under
meath it all seems to be fully warrant
ed by what the grand jury says in It's
report. and II the superintendent re-
signs as the recommendation says he
must, his resignation will have to be
taken as a virtual confession Of guilt
The public cannot construe it other
wise That the grand jury has the
power to do what it has done there IS
no question, and 1t Is a fact also that
no man has a right to question it's mo-
tives in the matter. And the subject
Of the recommendation has no cause
to complain He does not have TO re-
sign as indicated. II he feels himself
innocent of any criminal wrong doing,
he has only to stand his ground and
await the promised prosecution.