Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-14
INTEREST IN THE COUNTRY

From expressions that The Enquirer
has heard directly and indirectly from
various quarters, there Is about as
much interest among the farmers and
others living in the country on the
question Of changing the name OF the
town of Yorkville to York, as there
Is in town. AS a matter Of fact the
country people seem to be more out
spoken than the town people, espe-
cially those town people who are iden-
titled with the change the name aggre-
cation.
The matter came up in Carroll
Bros store on Wednesday, the con-
sensus of testimony was not only that
they were in favor Of keeping the
name as it is; but all the country peo-
pie they had heard express themselves
were the same way.
One man who lives on Yorkville No.
6, said that he thought he ought to
have q right to vote, as much OF a
right as anybody, because Yorkville is
the county seat Of York county and II
there Is to be any voting on the change
Of the name all the citizens Of the
county should be allowed to vote.
"And If they should submit 1t to the
county," he went on, there will GER
tainly be no change unless somebody
gives some good reason-better than
we have had yet"
Among those who have talked to
The Enquirer about the change, prob
ably none have thought the matter out
more fully than Mr.. Jos. w. Smith,
former county commissioner, who lives
on Yorkville No. 1.
"All the people out our way, so.far
as l know" said Mr.. Smith. Wednes-
day afternoon, "are opposed to the
change. They don't think they are
being treated right, and I agree with
them. Yorkville Is the county seat of
York county, and If the name Is to be
changed on a vote, think we should
all have an equal say so.
"As to what they want to change it
for l do not know. Of course COM
mon sense tells us that there Is some
reason behind any and all the reasons
that have been made public for Of all
the reasons that l have heard, there
is not one that would be compliment
ary to the intelligence of billy goat.
Anybody ought to have sense enough
to see that the real reason has not
been stated. No man Of ordinary
sense would raise all the row and all
the feeling that has been raised by
this proposition simply because some
other towns dropped Vile off their
names long ago or in order to save a
ten cents bottle of ink for the whole
community during the next fifty years.
That makes me laugh. If the reason
means more taxes or any Of that kind
of thing, Of course II Is none of my
business from that standpoint. That
Is up to you people in Yorkville. But
am interested all the same. York
vile Is my county seat, and | like the
name Yorkville for the county seat
better than I would like York. But
the biggest thing about it all is that
Yorkville Is my postoffice, as much
mine as it Is of any Of you people in
the town itself and / don't want 1t
changed either. Whatever you do
about changing the name of the town
in your little old election, the people
along the eight rural routes out Of
the town will have their say-so when
it comes to changing the postoffice.
You have to go about this by petition
through Mr.. Finley, you know, and
when it comes to that us residents of
the rural routes will have as much
say-so as your Board Of Trade. From
what I have seen and heard, / do not
believe the people of Yorkville are
going to stand for such foolishness,
and am pretty sure the country peo-
pie will not"