Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-21
WITHIN THE TOWN.


first class shape.
The price of eggs Is showing a
slight but steady decline.
Mr.. P. w. Patrick is building a neat
cottage on Church street.
A handsome new church on the
corner of Congress and Madison streets
will help the appearance Of that local.
ity wonderfully.
Yesterday was rush day in the
office of the county auditor. 1t was
the last day for the taking Of returns
without penalty.
-Yorkville is a much more important
trading point than only a few weeks
ago, and the trading Importance of the
town continues to grow rapidly.
Manager Johnson is on the lookout
for some more good shows for the
spring season, but finds them rather
harder than usual to get. He has
plenty of applications from second and
third rate aggregations; but gives
them no encouragement.
"A citizen of Yorkville, who has
done some building in the town and
who wants to do some more, has writ
ten The Enquirer a communication
based upon recently published para
graphs with reference to the encour-
aging of building, etc. In that letter
he makes a statement bearing on what
he considers the arbitrary attitude Of
the town council In prescribing the
kinds of houses to be built, and ac-
cuses the town council of Inconsistency
in allowing repairs to be made on al
legged fire traps that he thinks should
be condemned. He complains that the
attitude of the town council Is calcu-
lated not only to discourage building;
but to make people who have already
built wish they had not done So There
is a good deal Of reason in the letter,
and coming as it does from q RESPONSE
BILE citizen, we would be glad to pub
lish 1t; but unfortunately at the close,
we are told not to use the information
as furnished; but to investigate the
matter for ourselves, and to give the
subject an airing" Now we are great
believers in the idea of turning on the
light, and the writer of this note as
well as several others he mentions,
have our sympathy in the matter Of
helping to build up the town; but at
the same time we think that in mat
ters of this kind the people who have
kicks coming, should deliver those
kicks themselves. We are willing to
furnish the space through which they
can reach the public and through which
those criticised may reply If they see
proper, but really we do not feel called
upon to do the kicking on our own
account.
Mr.. B. A. Wharton, deputy insur-
ance commissioner has notified the To-
cal fire department that he will be In
Yorkville about March 1. for the pur-
pose of making his annual inspection
Of fire risk conditions, and requests
that everything be put in apple pie or
der before his arrival. The law on
the subject is as follows: Sec. 4.
The comptroller general or his deputy.
or the chief Of fire department or chief
or police or intendant (where there Is
no chief Of fire department), or county
sheriff, shall have the right, at all rea-
sonable hours, for the purpose of ex-
animation, to enter into and upon all
buildings and premises within their
Jurisdiction, whenever any OF said Of
ficers shall find in any building or up
on any premises combustible material
or inflammable conditions dangerous
to the safety Of such building or prem
ises, they shall order the same to be
removed, or remedied, and such order
shall be forthwith complied with by
the owner or occupant Of said building
or premises: Provided, however, That
If the said owner or occupant shall
deem himself aggrieved by such order.
he may, within twenty-iour hours, ap-
peal to the comptroller general, and the
cause of the complaint shall be at once
investigated by the direction Of the
latter, and unless by his authority the
order of the fire chief or chief Of police
above named Is revoked, such order
shall remain in force, and be forthwith
complied with by said owner or occu-
pant. The comptroller general or his
deputy, fire chief or chief of police or
county sheriff shall, as aforesaid, make
an immediate investigation as to the
presence of combusttble material or
the existence Of inflammable condi-
tions, in any building, or upon any
premises under their jurisdiction, upon
complaint of any person having an
interest in said building or premises or
property thereto, any one failing to
comply with the orders Of the author
tiles above specified, shall be punish
ed by a fine not less than SO, nor more
than $50, for each days neglect. Sec.
5. Any officer referred to in section l,
who neglects or refuses to comply
with any Of the requirements Of this
act, shall be punished by fine of not
less than $25. nor more than $100."