Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-04-28

promptly presented the bonds at the
office of Treasurer Neil, where, by
their terms, they are made payable,
and was informed that there Is no
money on hand to meet the obligation.
Inquiry by telephone of a banker
in Gaffney, developed that so far as is
known there, no provision has been
made for the payment of the bonds.
and so the matter stands at present.
There has also come to the Loan
and Savings bank for collection about
$4O,O of the bonds issued by Cataw-
ba and EbeneZer townships. 1t Is prob
able that other bonds of these town
ships will be in today or tomorrow;
but there is no trouble about them.
Ample provision has been made to take
care of all the bonds Of Catawba and
! Ebenezer, now falling due, and pay
ment will be made promptly on May
l, next Monday.
AS to exactly what will happen over
in Cherokee, cannot be definitely stat
ed. That the bonds will be paid, of
course, goes without saying. If on de-
mand the supervisor and county board
of commissioners fail to come across.
| the holders of the bonds will ask for
an order of mandamus, and then 1t
will be up to the officials named to
pay or go to Jail for contempt That,
however, Is only mentioned as the
modus operandi. The commissioners,
will Of course, be able to provide the
money somehow, until the matter can
be arranged regularly.
| Without attempting to take all the
credit 1t Is fair to say that except for
information dug out by The Enquirer
York county would have been In very
much the same shape as Cherokee
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York county applied to the editor of
The Enquirer for information as to
when the bonds Of York, Ebenezer and
Catawba townships were due. He
had asked others about the matter
and from such information as he had
obtained had gathered the impression
that the bonds were not due for year
or two yet. Somebody had told him
too that although. there had been some
sort of a compromise as to these bonds
the terms of the compromise had not
been carried out and the entire issue
would have to be paid in full.
| Treasurer Neil had the record Of the
compromise transaction, having found
1t in the office Of the clerk Of the
court; but that was about as far as
he had gone. more especially since
he had reason to believe that there
was no hurry.
A careful search of the files of The
Enquirer, however, showed all the in
formation desired-the date Of the is
suance Of the bonds. the amount is
sued by each township, the date OF
maturity, the details as to the original
compromise, and the fact Of the terms
of that compromise having been COM
piled with by the county. With this
data as a guide, Treasurer Neil was
able to confirm everything, and to
prepare for the legislative delegation
a statement that made intelligent ac-
ton a matter Of easy routine.
| We feel quite confident, however
that except for the information thai
was developed in The Enquirer Office
as the result of Mr.. Neirs inquiry OF
the editor, York would now be in the
same predicament that Cherokee Is in;
but at the same time, we desire nc
misunderstanding Of the fact, that ex-
cept for that inquiry by Treasurer
Neil, the investigation that first de.
veloped the desired information would
not have been made, and the predica-
ment would have been the same.
The attention Of Supervisor BOYD
was called to the matter as soon as q
hot trail had been struck and he gave
his hearty cooperation in all the
steps that Treasurer Neil considered
necessary to placing the informa-
tion before the legislative delegation
| in a comprehensive manner.