Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-05
FRIDAY, APRIL s, 1918.
the neishborhood of right yesterda,


Oliver Louthian Of Yorkville. fell
and broke his leg while wrestling on
the Graded school grounds Wednes-
day.
People who would like TO have
gardens are still handcuffed by the
difficulty Of getting the necessary
plowing done.
The county board of commission
ers held their regular monthly meet
ing Wednesday, but transacted no
business OF special interest out OF the
ordinary.
!! Quit talking new" and 'old" time.
Go to bed and get up by your clocks
Just as you have always done and
eat by them too. There Is but one
kind OF time now and that Is the
time shown by clocks that are run
ming according TO law.
- From April lst. 1917. to April lst,
1918. the local fire department has
responded to thirteen fire alarms. One
response was to false alarm. The
estimated property loss due to the
twelve fires was $ll.500. nearly all
Of which was covered by insurance.
- Because Of the advance in the
cost Of ammonia and other elements
entering into the manufacture OF ice,
the price OF ice is to be slightly high
er this summer: but according TO re-
tail prices so far announced, not so
high as would be indicated by the ad-
vance in wholesale prices.
The time Of the daily prayer
meetings at the Associate Reformed
church has been changed to o'clock
instead of s o'clock, the change hav-
ing been made for the especial bene-
fit OF business people. a number OF
whom have s1Bpressed desire to at
tend.
We respectfully suggest that the
town should not require license OF any
OF the jitneys-certainly not Of any
for the present. All Of these jitney
lines are OF business value to the
town in bringing people here who
would not otherwise be able TO get
here. None OF these lines are MAX
ing an income in proportion TO the
investment, labor, wear and tear and
hazard involved, and they should br
a, onl hn H.
cipality. but by the business people
in every possible legitimate way.
After the lines have been permanent
ly established on a reasonably pros
porous basis. will be time enough to
consider the matter OF taxation.
- There Is positively no need for
any loafers or vagrants al this time.
1t h up 70 the town council to put "A
stop to loafing and vagrancy. The
police should be instructed to go after
every lOafer and other ldler and ask
him what he Is doing. who he Is
working for and for how much he Is
working If loafers on the streets
have nothing else to do they should be
required TO work on the streets. There
Is absolutely no excuse for not work
ing In times where there Is an abund-
ant demand for labor ut fair wages,
and no loafing should be permitted.
The responsibility for loafing lies not
with the loafer; but with the muni-
cipal authorities and the police.
We have just one suggestion tG
make about municipal registration
and 1t Is in the Interest Of fairness and
decency. Heretofore the plan> has
been to hunt up and register the peo-
pie who were known to be In sympa-
thy with the crowd which the reg
istrar belonged. Other people were
| registered IL they came after certit'
Gates and were able to meet every re.
quirement of law, except In some
cases even they were denied. We know
and can establish one case In which
the registrar deliberately attempted tc
refuse q registration certificate to q
man because "ke was going to vote
against u.s." Now, so far as The York.
Vile Enquirer is concerned, 1t does moi
propose to try to have anything what
ever to do with this election except
the individual members OF the stan
who are eligible to register and vote
expect to do so. We know that II IL
not the business OF the registrar tc
hunt up people and take their certifi.
Gates 10 them. But since this has here
tofore been done in a one-sided man.
ner. we think II should be done fol
everybody and the town council
should see to 1t that everybody who
has a certificate from the county
board Of registration and who has paid
his taxes. should be provided with q
town registration certificate.