Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
DELEGATION HOLDS MEETING
Citizens Discuss Many Matters Of
More or Less importance.
NUMBER OF WOMEN WERE PRESENT

bflce Wouio FIdNe LAW 10. nt0eh'
Lights on Buggies and Wagons. q
Nisht--Additiona Equipment Need.
ed for chainsans-West Road Wants
/ Appropriation of oo0-s3o,ooc Ask.
ed for Boyd Bridse-opposi.ion Il
MeekIenburg Project.
Much idle and unnecessary talk,
sporadic outbursts Of fervid oratory,
presentations Of claims for approprla-
ucns and tender Of a, number OF sug-
gestions worth while, featured the
meeting of the county legislative dele
latlon with citizens of York county
held in the court house Wednesday
morning. All Of the members OF the
legislative delegation were present:
but there were few citizens present
when Senator John II. Hart called the
meeting to order at II o'clock. How
ever the number increased as the
meeting progressed and there were q
number of matters up for discussion.
The presiding officer requested that
oil remarks be brief and to the point
and succeeded fairly well In keeping
folks down to Issues. ,hie
liahts on Vehicles.
Hon. j. s. Brice asked that the dele
CATION try to put through measure
requiring drivers Of buggies and wag-
ons in the night time to show q, light
in the interests of the preservation of
life. 1t was impossible, he said, for
tho driver of an automobile to see a
wagon or buggy in the road until right
upon it and many accidents resulted.
Mr.. Brice also discussed the matter
of grade crossings and took occasion
TO say that the state should require
the railroads TO build either overhead
or underground passes at all public
crossings since 1t was impossible to
make all travellers stop, look and
| listen" .E 3l
Opposition to State Insurance.. Z
w. S. Wilkerson voiced his opposi-
ton 10 the state sinking fund commits
sion which charges SIS per $1,000 in
surance on rural school houses where
as private companies would give the
same amount OF insurance and In
surasce just as good at "a per thou
sand. This matter Of insurance, Mr.
wilRerson argued was @ big item In o
community where it Is necessary to
rcise much money for common school
education and rigid economy should
be practiced. He scoffed the claim OF
the sinking fund commission that at
the end OF ten years 1t will be In posi-
ton to insure school houseI free OF
charge, claiming that the profits 1t Is
making will be appropriated for some
other purpose before the end OF that
period.
Mrs. ]. M. Williams Of McConnells-
Vile, a. member of the Woman's Coun-
ell of the York County House Demon
stration Work as the spokesman for a
delegation OF farm women of the coun-
ty, asked the delegation TO continue
the appropriation of $1,000 to pay the
salary of Miss Juanita Nicely, woman's
home demonstration agent for YORK.
The balance Of Miss Neely's salary Is
paid by the Federal government.
Mrs. w. r. McKellar of Sharon also
endorsed the work of Miss Neely as
county agent and said that she had ac-
complished great things and I'VE want
the work to so on"
Bethel Has Debt to Pay,
Mr.. .Brice called attention to the fact
that when the present board OF town.
ship road supervisors for Bethel took
charge last winter they found on hand
a debt of nearly $1,000 on the town
ship when their predecessor left Office
The debt had not been paid and ne
WAS sure that as n matter of law the
township was liable. r. 8. Riddle sus-
restcd that the delegation increase
the township levy for road purposes
by two mills in order to take. care Oh
the Indebtedness.
Equipment for chaingang.
Supervisor Hugh G. Brown asked
for additional equipment for the coun-
ty chaingang and for an additional ap-
propriation for maintenance. The
number of the convicts on the gang at
present he said, was SO and the aver
arc since last April has been about 81,
whereas the old average was about 81.
Naturally more money was needed to
run the gang. .E.|.
Hc estimated that the needed addi-
tionaI eqipmcnt would cost $3.50.
Fourteen mules arc needed which will
cost about SITS each, eight wheelers
at SIS each; six wagons and extra
feed. lie wanted to swap off six OF
the chaingang's mules and he esti-
mated that he would have TO pay n dif-
ference of $1OO with each mule.
DR.. J. il. Sayc thought the county
should buy small steam shovel in
stead of the extra mules and weelers
as an economic measure. The super
visor didn't think, however that the
shovel would be economical on short
hauls which the chainSAng Will have
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