Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-12
Although there appears to be no sat

| lSfactOry explanation OF the reason,
quite a number Of business people Of
this section are willing to testify that
they observe more freedom in the cir
culation Of money since the first of
April than during the first twelve days
following the first Of March.
Frost did more or less damage to
beans, Irish potatoes and tomatoes in
many localities yesterday morning; but
reports vary as to the extent Of the
loss. Some gardeners report beams
killed down entirely, and potatoes and
tomatoes hardly less injured, while 9TH
ers report that they have not been hurt
at all. Peaches in some cases have
grown to the size OF hazlenuts or
larger, and while the froxt has certainly
not done them any good, it may have
done some damage. The very common
effect of a slight frost at this stage Is
to cause peaches to fall off and make
faulty such as are left; but also. the
fruit has often been known to with
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BILE injury. Field crops, of course, have
not been hurt
The September, 1920, issue Of the
Winthrop College bulletin, just out, is
devoted exclusively to School Sur
vey of York County" by John F.
Thompson, professor Of rural life edu-
cation at Winthrop. The work begins
with a brief outline of the county's ed
ucational progress from the days of'Dr.
Joseph Alexander, before the American
Revolution, and includes complete
catalogue of texisting conditions, as
compared with similar conditions in
different counties in the United States
that have made most educational prog
ress. The result or this comparison is
to impress :the. c2pIctions that h; whlle
York county has made most credltaple
progress, there is still much to be
done and the student Of the survey is
not left in doubt as to what that some
thing. is or how to do it. While; the
attention Of the average student or the
work is likely to be held to the survey
itself, those who have experience: III
such matters cannot escape being I'M
pressed with the vast amount or intel
ligcnt, painstaking labor that has been
eXpended by the author and compiler
This work is we'll worth while to al
who are earnestly interested in the
progress of rural education or educa-
ton generally, for that matter, and
copies may be had upon application tc
winthrop college.
Noting the published statement that
80 per cent. Of the automobile license
tax collected in York county amount
ed to s14,53S.SO and that the appor-
tionment was being distributed, The
Yorkville Enquirsr sent representa-
tive to the Office Of the county treasur.
er to learn, whether the amount mac
been received. 1t developed that the
money is not being divided that way
Instead all the money that is eeine
sent to Columbia on account OF auto
mobile licenses is being kept there AND
paid out to the county treasurers by
warrants or the state treasurer as ex-
pended That is the county engineer
makes out an itemized bill for labor
truck repairs and various other things
and sends it in to the state highway
comnission, which on approval, sends
the county treasurer warrant on. the
state treasurer. The county treasurer
deposits the warrant in local panK
gets the money and pays the bill. II
this is the law, the law ought to be re-
pealcd, and if it is not the law 1t Is
very high handed proceeding. why
should not such portion Of this money
os belongs to York county be sent tc
the county treasurer to be deposited in
York county banks where 1t can be
used by the people until it is used on
the roads? Why should the Columbia
banks have the use of York county's
money? It is bad enough to have our
roads worked from Columbia without
the local people having any say; but
when it comes to the point where the
county authorities are not to be allow
cd the custody Of the county's own
money that is getting to be a;llttie
too much. -. -
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