Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-07
TO IMPROVE The LAWS
York County Legislative Delegation
Holds Annual Meetings.
SUGGESTIONS TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY
Magistrate Wants 20 Put Liquor Law
VioIators OF Cl,ainsang-Two Sug
gest Doing Away With County
Workcrs-Askad 10 Change Official
North Road-Other Matters Dis.
eussed.

North Road-Other Matters Dis.
eusscd.
York cu!inty citiZcmS meeting the
York county legislative delegation in
tn" courthouse il Yorkvillo Tuesday
morning ut the dclcEat:Gn'S invitation.
! ;!g@sSi cd r. nj dill Legislation especially
! III regard To roads. Incidentally they
registered vigorous protests with thc
delegation iii regard To high taxation.
making ii plain that they thought
| there should he Il pruning of expenses
wherever possible. Tho only express
sion from the delegation in regard to
The high tax rate came from Senator
! elect Hart. presiding. who stated that
while lie was in favor OF reducing the
levy rs much rs possible he would not
: agrr" to cutting down the revenues
being raised for the support Of the
| Ford. Sam VI. GliSt, i. f. Lowry. Jack
! Eyers. S. C.. Bycrs, j. S. Brice Esq
and MAGISTRATE r. l.. y. Smith address,
rd tn" delegation on various matters.
! Wants Road Changes
W. ~. l1camguHrd, chairman Of the
! Kings Mountain Township road com
mission. asked the delegation for The
paSS:It,c Of an act making the ruaG
! through the village of Filbcrt between
! Iorkvlle and Clover tho official Norta
road "f the county. Mr. B"ameuard's
argument was that the state highway
commission had designated the roaG
past f'ilbrrt as the North road and was
working on il nuw. Under the Stewart
law the old Lincoln road past the resi-
drncr nj II. W. WithcrspOon was Of
! licially recognized hy the county rs tho
! North road, and money would be SHvC+:
10y turning this road over To the town
! ship supervisor for maintenance with
the understanding that most of the
county funds go To the Filbc:t road aa
the North rnad.
SIR. I,ramgunrd also wanted some
kind nr legislation t0 govern the siZ:.
loads that automobile trucks be allow
I'll to haul over the roads. y North
Carolina truck hauling from so to Sn
| tween Is"thHny and Glover has in the
,EiSi trw W"lS done thousands Of dol
I ,irs Of dann=" Ia that ruId. he said.
! If snlur restrictions arc not put on the
l,iy i!;lrkS it will lc Impossible to
maintain the good rmIdS Of Kings
Maintain township. he said.
Bethel Roads.
Jesse T.. Ford Of Bethel township
wanted the Iinrnln ruad past the
Withrsinun ilcr to remain rs the Of
li"iul Nurth road. He also asked the
delegation It. provide funds for tn"
mliniaiuunrr nf The C!nvcr-Wright's
! Ferry ru;!d which splits Bethel town.
ship IT WAS over this road that mos,
n.,,p!r would havH 10 travel tn get to
! ihr bridge over the Catawlf that York
and MrrklrnbllrE counties ar" going 10
lrll tu draw trade Ia Charlotte. The
inwnS!lip supervisor. Mr.. Ford said.
. h:;l lrrn spending very little money
Oh this road. If Bethel township
could ::ct hr!' share of the automobile
TAX money it wuuld 20 far toward tn"
maintenance Of this: road Er said.
!. = ll'irr. Esq. reported that the
Turkey Greek drainage commission
had completed its work and had Il sur
nlus ri funds remaining. He wanted
the ,lrl.aliunS Of York and Chester
rui!ntrS IL pass an acl allowing In"
proplr in the drainage district to pay
their drainag" taxes for 1870 out ".
the funds nn hand instead "f another
assessment fnr III" past year. This the
,lrlr-rli"n will dn.
Mr.. l.rir" called attention To the farc
that nothing definite had eyer been
runc. hy the commissioners nf York and
M,ri!rnhurG counties in regard tn the
huili:n% Of Il bridge over Cathwln
irivcr at Il point near WrightS Ferry.
There IS Il probability that tAr whole
undertaking will yet fail through. ar-
rur,ling to Mr.. l;ricr. Although the
M,rklrnhlr@ authorities have h::irH':
tu Jnuy lwu-th;rtls Of the cost Of the
bridge. and :IhlIimrntS. Attorney Cam
sIrr nf Charlotte is uf The opinion that
under the laws uf North Car"l!na the
! N,ukIruhI,r. HlIthnritirS can hulli nHly
! tu the middle If I'll" river. The longest
lhu,mrnt is on the Inrk county side.
Too Many Road Bosses.
"SIr.iking to You gentlemen "f th"
delegation as Il private citizen, SAFE
! Mr.. Hri',. Il think y"u ought In COIL
Si,l,.:. ;'u:Il' ruld law some. We have III
this rnlIn;y too many road i"*S"S an6
,uu many rrIh commissions. Under the
ur, sent system the supervisor and
.nlIntv commissioners are left high anu
,I,.y with nothing Ia look after except
thr rl,uir.:u. anil The hong bridges.
Irn'i knew what iS best hut it appears
80 IN. that instead of a!l these conn
missions; one commission would be
better.
Alr. i:,i,." .;.,iL that thrr" was much
! ,1i.:s:,- -i..!;I,tinn in tic ruIIniy with III"
state !ii...w;y SYSTEM and thrI" was
l., :rr,iu:: that ihr highway r"EmiS-
+i,n ::h"!,d employ competent en-