Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-28
west ROAD UNDER fire
Business Mems League After AFgu:
ment Decides Not TO Butt In
QUESTION AROSE over STARTINGP0INT

League to Meet Monthly in Amerid5 5r
Legion Rooms-Name Changed fror
That Originally Proposed-May At
tempt to Move Picnic Grounds.
Argument bordering on the strenu-
Gus on the question of the West Road
from Smyrna to the county seat
featured the first regular meeting o.
The Business Mems League in Ameri-
can Legion hall Friday evening. The
row came about when j. A. Marion
Esq, stated that since the law in re-
gard to the West Road specified that
construction work should begin at the
corporate limits of york and work
westward instead Of at Smyrna, why
he thought the League should go on
record as being opposed to the action
of the road commissioners and others
who have decided that work will begin
at the western end Of the county.
| Mr.. Marion went on to say that as
he understood the purpose of the re-
Gently organized league, it was an or
ganization maintained for working for
the best interests Of the town and
community and that such change IN
the West Road plans as proposed
would be for the best interests OF the
town.
Claims Technical Error.
Senator John r. Hart took the floor
in defense of the West Road and the
action of the road commissioners in
letting contracts at road meeting last
"Wednesday. He said he had drawn
the original bill for the west ROAD.
While the act did state that the road
should start at the corporate limits'o
the county seat, this was technlcal
error. for which he was responsible.
He took OCCASION TO say that in the
ma st twenty-five years the people or
Western York had paid $4,000 into the
county road fund and in that time had
received the services of the chaingahe
for only six months which came at
time when the weather was inclemeh''
Il was nothing but right and proper
bo ,rpued thae-the people of Western
York should have road ana that us
construction should start at the west
ern end. It was a matter Of pure ana
sjmple Justice and he proposed that as
long us he represented YORK county III
l,the--senate he was going. to see 70 IL
ibat the pcop,e Of Western York got
tho road to which they are entitled
He nointed out further that the county
commissioners had promised that the
county chaingang would begin work on
the West Road starting at the corpor-
ate limits Of Yorkville not later than
september and would work toward
the construction forces operating on
the other end.
Uraes Hands OFF Policy.
las. D. Grist said that he heartily
endorsed the sentiments of Senator
Hart. You are attempting organlZa-
lion of a Ct .mercial league or asso-
! citation, he said, whose purpose IS 10
nromote the best interests of the town
and the general community. Much Oh
your salvation from business stand
point lies in Western York county
Those people have never been treated
fairly in regard to public road WORK.
Now they have gone ahead with TINS
proiect and contracts have been let'
You need those people. You need
their friendship and trade. You u
yer get it by antagonizing them.
That's one big trouble with the town
now. In past years there has been TOO
! great an apathy toward people further
ont The result is they are giving you
The high sign and going by you 10
other towns to trade. You'll be max
ing a grave error by any attempt TO
nut this organiza ton on record as
opposing present plans for that west
Road.
President George Cartwright of the
Business Mems League couldn't see IL
that way. We are as much entitled 10
that money as anybody else he de-
clared. If we've got Il chance TO nave
that work start at this end 1 think
we ought to do il. We are more inter-
ested In roads in the Immediate Vic:hl-
" than we are further out and l MINK
il right that we go after this matter.
think we ought TO let those west
ern York people and their road alone
declared S. l.. Courtney. / think more
of them from Il business standpoint
than | do of almost anybody else.
J. L. Hart thought it very Iootlsh 10
antagonizc Western York and IN tac'
saw no reason for complaint since the
chnineang work was To begin from
this side. 49,.
$. l.. Courtney moved that the
league 20 on record us being opposed
to interfering with present contracts
and plans for the Western Road.
More argument.
Second to the motion and carried py
an overwhelming majority.
Constitution Adopted.
The League adopted Constitution
a.; submitted ny j.. A. Marion, Esq.
appointed TN Il committee to draft the
articles.
After some discussion II was dcrided