Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-18

At the present time YorKVllle 1s
neither English, French nor German.
It Is distinctively American-an Amer
lean name Of an American town.
There were $50 transfers Of real es-
tate recorded in York county from
March 1911 to March, 1912; 1893 from
March, 1912, to March, 1918; 516 from
March, 1918 to March, 1914; 529 from
March, 1914 to March, 1915.
Mr.. c. H. Smith Of No. Yorkville,
brought some alfalfa to The Enquirer
office yesterday that measured three
feet in length. He says he got about
five tons Of cured hay off two acres
at his first cutting last week.
To change YorkviIIe's name on the
strength of such flimsy pretexts as
have been offered in favor Of the
proposition, will make the town small
er instead of bigger in the eyes Of the
outside world, which will have a right
to conclude that after all it Is only a
lone man town."
Through a rather peculiar accident,
the sticking together of two photo
graphs in such a way as to show up a
title on one that belonged to the other,
another photograph was substituted
for Smyrna school in the last issue
Of The Enquirer. The sketch Is being
reproduced today with the proper cut.
As a prereq uisite to voting on the
change Of name question next Tues
day, the voter must show his munich
pal registration certificate and receipts
for all past due municipal taxes. To
vote in the election for school trus-
tees to be held at the same time, 1t
will be proper to show state registra-
ton certificates and receipts showing
the payment Of all past due state,
county and school taxes.
Reports Of good stands Of cotton are
common, and the concensus OF test
mony seems to be that the general sit
uation is better in this regard than 1t
has been for at least ten years. Mr..
]. M. Stroup of Yorkville, who Is, one
Of the largest planters in the county,
has in 500 acres Of cotton, and he says
it has been twelve years since he has
had as good a stand as he has this
year. Stands are good on all kinds Of
land.
II the people who have lived In
Yorkville in the past have handed
down no reproach on those who live
here now, why should the people who
live here now be willing to throw re-
proach upon those who have lived here
in the past? Yorkville became York
VILE by act of the general assembly
representing the state Of South Caro-
lima generally and the people of York
county especially. Could the old people
speak, those who have lived, striven
and died here, they would say: "lf
there is any good reason for changing
the name, do it; but If there Is no good
reason for the change, why vex each
other about such a matter?"
The South Carolina county seats
whose names end in vile are as fol-
lows: Abbeville, Bishopville, BENEFITS
Vile, Greenville, Yorkville. The fol-
lowing county seats have different
names from their counties: Monck's
Corner Berkeley, st. Matthews, (Cal-
houn). Gaffney. (Cherokee), Manning,
(Clarendon), Walterboro, (Colleton),
st. Georges, (Dorchester), Winnsboro,
(Fairfield), Conway, (Horry), Cam
den, (Kershaw), Bishopville, Lee),
Bennettsville, (Marlboro), Walhalla,
(Oconee), Columbia, (Richland),
Yorkville, (York). There are fifteen
of these, a fraction over one-third of
the A counties in the state. This is in
reply to those gentlemen who are SOL
emnly assuring people who have con-
fidence in them, that Yorkville is the
only county seat in the state that does
not have the same name Of its county.