Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
Representatives Cherry and Leslie

voted for the repeal Of the state ware
house law and Representatives Brad
ford and Num- voted against repeal.
Tho Sharon town council consists Of
r. M. Sherer mayor and ]. L. White
sides, C. s. Pratt, r. H. G.. Caldwell,
and T. r. Penninger, aldermen.
The outlook is that shipped mules
are going to bring more money this
spring than they did last spring.
The long spell Of wet weather has
furnished considerable protection to
the partridges.
Glover 10 to elect municipal officers
on February 9. So far Mayor w. F..
Rich for reelection and DR.. l. j.
Campbell are the only candidates an
nounced for the mayoralty. No can
didates for aldermen have been an
nounced.
If chanaina the name Of the town
be Of any possible benefit to anybody
nobody who feels an interest In the
matter, should object. The only rea-
son offered so far Is that 1t would
save time and ink employed in writ
ing the syllable "ville," and those who
advanced this argument seemed to
forget that since the whole name Is
printed on their stationery, they rare
" have occasion to write 1t anyway.
There being no practicable reason for
this suggestion, 1t would follow that
there must be some other kind Of rea-
son. What is It?
We are beginning to fear that when
all the returns are in, 1t Is going to de-
velop that the wheat acreage of York
county Is not as large as the public has
been led to believe. 1t Is fact that
more acreage was prepared for wheat
than usual, and in every case the peo-
pie who prepared the land had the
seed in readiness; but the rains COM
menced Just about sowing time, and
much of the wheat that was intended
to go in has not been sowed yet. Some
Of the people who were intending TO
SOW wheat insist that they are going
to put it In yet as soon as the weather
clears up; but it is very we'll under
stood that wheat sowed as late as this
stands but a poor show Of making
anything.
Although we feel assured Of the sim
cerity Of motive on the part Of MIR.
Cherry in introducing his bill to elect
trustees by the people instead Of hav-
ing them appointed by the county
board Of education, we are exceeding
ly doubtful as to the wisdom of the
method. While it is a fact that trus-
tees acceptable to everybody cannot
be secured by any method, either elec-
ton or appointment, we are persuaded
that the appointment method Is likely
to give the best results with the least
friction. In the first place, under the
present method Of appointment, the
patrons of a school district or ma
jority Of them are able to get anybody
they want for trustees by simply MAX
ing known their desires to the county
board of education, and that gives
practically all that could come from
Mr.. Cherry's proposed act. But to
change the law so as to provide that
trustees must be elected by ballot Is
calculated to foster and encourage the
most disagreeable kind Of politics pos
sible without any better results. NO
one should attempt to gainsay the pro-
prietv Of majority rule, as a general
principle; but everybody can under
stand how this principle is directed
under circumstances that involve COM
plications of family ties and neighbor-
hood feuds. We are inclined to be-
lieve that as rule the best results
will be accomplished by having the
trustees appointed by the county board
Of education as heretofore.