Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-14
WITHIN THE TOWN.


flying machine will visit Yorkville?
Another new building or two on
Congress street and things will look
better.
-"Frying chickens are in great de-
mand in Yorkville, but they are very
scarce.
The glorious Fourth is coming and
not even a game Of baseball scheduled
for Yorkville.
The weekend crowd in Yorkville
was a little larger than for several
previous Saturdays.
Mr.. Amos Keeter will probably be-
gin his summer campaign in Yorkville
within the next week or two.
The York Cotton mill is now busy
getting things in shape for the install
lation of the weaving machinery.
- Rev. j. S. Corpening, pastor of the
baptist church at Ridgeway, 5. C.,
will assist in a series Of meetings to be
commenced in the Yorkville Baptist
church on next Sunday evening, June
10, at $50 o'clock, and continue for
several days.
The new fire insurance map of the
town of Yorkville, for which a survey
was made by the Sanborn Map COM
pany during the winter, has just been
issued It is quite a complete and sat-
isfactory work, showing all the build
ings in the town in relative propor-
tions, etc. Only the insurance agents
have copies, however.
The first train stopped at the new
C. & NV. station yesterday. the
building having just been completed
and turned over for the occupancy of
Agent r. w. Long and his assistant,
Mr.. Henry Summit The building
presents a neat and trim appearance,
which will be materially augmented
when the work Of cleaning off the
grounds is completed.
- What the state of the towns fl
nances is, we do not know. There Is
law, the charter under which the gov
ernment is being administered) proVid-
ing that the town council each year
make a full statement Of all receipts
and expenditures. This law has been
deliberately ignored, and the citizens
of the town have no way Of knowing
what is becoming Of the taxes they
pay. This is stated merely for the in
formation it contains and to explain
why we do not know anything of the
towns finances. What we started out
to say, was that the most meritOrious
move that has been made in YorKVllle
since the town has had n municipal
government, was that move made last
summer i'm the direction of fixing up
the streets. We shall not say that the
work was done perfectly, because IT
was not. Anybody can see that 1t
NAV have cost more than it should
have cost also. But under the circum-
stances it was creditable creditable to-
the town and creditable to the MEM
hers of the council who supervised it.
The sensible thing now is 20 go on
with this work, provided the finances
of the town will admit of further prog
ress The question as to where to be-
gin is very well calculated to arouse
differences of opinion. There are plen-
~ of places that badly need improve
ment, and there is no difficulty about
citizens i'm all parts of the town being
able to make showings that their
streets need Improvement worst. But
right on down Congress street is the
way the work should progress. This
section should be taken up next for the
reason that it includes the remainder
of the business portion of the town.
the portion in which most people
are interested. No, we are not running
the thing. We have not thing to DO
with it. except to pay our part OF the
taxes, and to offer our suggestion as
to the best and most sensible way ot
eypending the money.