Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-30
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Clipped
From the Yorkvillc ENQUIRER

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From the Yorkvillc Enquirer
began work grading cotton in
Nooks HUI Saturday morning." said A.
=. Smith. federal cotton grader for
YORK county. last Saturday afternoon.
graded ten bales the first day,
Mr. Smith went on to say. y
deputy Sheriff Tom Quinn, who
hae his right leg badly scalded sew
erai weeks ago when he stepped into
some not mash at distillery in
Kings Mountain township which he
Vas assisting I'm raiding. is still suf
Iering n great deal from the injury.
The leg Is not healing as rapidly n
nad been expected and the flesh re-
mains raw. MY father" remarked
Mr.. Quinn the other day, said he
ala not see what l meant stepping in
that stun anyway. and 1 assured him
that would never do II anymore"
me condition of the East and West
ROAD between forkville and Rock Hill
Is more wretched than 1t has been at
this season for years, and IL is con-
stant'y growing worse. From the best
information available, there is but lit
tie hope for early relief, because ap
porently there is nobody responsible.
The trouble seems to be that at the
last session of the General Assembly
there was passed an, act which took
out of the hands of the county board
OF commissioners the money with
which the road might have been fixed
and put that money under the con-
troll of the State highway commits
sion without deyolving any special
obligation on the State highway COM
mission to do the work Under the
law as 1t stands the State highway
commission has Jurisdiction over all
roads and all roads
tnat continue into other counties or
states. and 1t has authority to do
what 1t thinks proper in the building
ana maintenance OF these roads, con-
ditioned on the approval of the
county authorities.
The money heretofore available TO
the county authorities is now subject
to the warrant of tho State highway
commission, and although the State
hishway commission cannot do any
thing except with the approval of the
county authorities, even with that ap-
proHal the state highway commission
is not compelled to act. ; The state
highway commission has both the
money and the discretion and appar.e 9
entiy " has small If any responsible
Ivy. All the automobile lioense taxes
that were. formerly at the disposal of
the county authorities are not now MT
disposal OF the State highway COM
mission md In addition to the license
taxes the state highway commission
mas NJ It's disposal the proceeds OF n
property tax OF two mills on the dol
lar lowed on all the property of the
county. II was understood some
nonths hack that the State highway
commission was to take over and
maintein the Yorkville- Rock Fill
road when the same should have
heenr put In accountable condition by
the county authorities. but the trou-
bie Is that the county authorities
nave no money with which to put the
road In acceptable condition. There
IS no available money, 1t appears. ex-
ccpt that which Is now within the
control or the State highway com.
and the state highway COM
1t appears. is not willing to
allow the nse of the money for that
purpose. Just now the prospect for
the maintenance OF public highway
between Yorkyille
nnd Rock Hill through the. winter
does not appear to be very bright.