Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-07-13
Wednesday, July l3, 1893.

Although not represented at the
meeting of the board, THE ENQUIRER
has a thorough understanding of all
the ins and outs of this advertising
matter, and in the issues of Wednes-
day and Saturday, discussed the ques-
ton, not from behind the scenes; but
from dignified common sense stand
point, and on Monday Clerk Brice
handed in a supplementary notice:
YoRKv1LLE, S. c. July II, 1898.
GENTLEMEN-In order to prevent any
misunderstanding between the newspa-
pers bidding for public printing on the
18th instant, will state that the contract
sioners on the 18th instant, contemplates
and includes all the printing and adver-
Using of every nature and kind whatso-
ever emanating from the county auditor,
county treasurer and county Superlnten-
dent of education of York county, South
Carolina, for the period named in my
first communication to you, for which the
county of York is or will assume any la
bility. Respectfully,
j. S. BRICE.
Clerk Co. Commissioners, York Co., S. G..
Upon the basis of these notices, of
course, it was necessary for THE En-
oU1RER to make its proposition as to
what it would do, and when the board
met yesterday, the following PROPOSE
ton was handed in:
vopu1yrr1r g n J,1y 10 1903
Us. BRIcE, ESQ.,. Clerk of the Board
We beg to acknowledge the receipt OF
your favors Of July and II.
We have not been advised that the Off
.cials mentioned have delegated to your
board the responsibility OF giving pub
licity to such notices as the law requires
these officials to publish but as matter
of courtesy beg to advise you that we will
publish these notices at the rate pre-
scribed by law.
In order that there may be no possible
misunderstanding, we will advise you
that at the rates prescribed by law, the
advertisements involved in your notice
as required by law to be published, will
amount in the aggregate to the sum OF
SlS, and for this amount we will publish
them in THE YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER,
during the period you specify.
Your letter of July II, evidently called
forth by the editorial in The ENQUIRER
of last Saturday, but which you say was
written to prevent misunderstanding,
confuses US very much. The advertising
involved is matter of statute law which
all may read, and which, therefore, need
not be subject to confusion but when
you refer to ''all the printing of every
nature and kind whatsoever, emanating
from the county auditor, county treasurer
and county superintendent of education"
we confess that you have us beyond our
depth.
TO do all this printing properly would
require a much larger outlay of capital
than would be justified by all the work
of the kind that can be gotten in this Sec
ton. Outside of Charleston and Colum-
bia, there is no Office in the state that ca
do it properly. We can come nearer
doing it than can any other office in this
section, but it is far beyond our facilities.
There is much of this printing that we
can do; but as business proposition it
strikes us that we can hardly afford to
make bid for it under the terms of your
letter. 1t is impossible to foresee exactly
how much or what kind of printing any
of these offices will require, and until
you inform us on this subject, we will
have to withhold our bid. In the mean
time, however, with regard to such work
ties, we beg to inform you, that if you
will give us specifications as to quantity,
quality and time of delivery, we will give
you prices that cannot be duplicated in
this section, except for inferior grades of
work.
While awaiting specifications as to job
work, we beg to say that nothing in this
proposition with reference to advertising
is to be taken as in any way vitiating or
annulling our existing contract with the
board of county commissioners on the
advertising subject.
The YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER.
The only other bid submitted was
that of the Yorkville Yeoman, per J..
S. Drakeford, who offered to do the
work specified for 25 per cent. less than
the rate prescribed by law.
The members of the board, in con-
sidering the matter, showed that they
had given it more thought than ever
before, and, generally discussed the
situation from reasonable standpoint.
Mr.. Gwin raised the point that if
THE ENQUIRER's bid was the legal
rate and the legal rate only amounted
to $1S, then the bid of Mr.. Drakeford,
which was 25 per cent. less than the
legal rate, must be the lowest. Mr..
Culp called attention to the alleged
fact that the advertisement of the au-
ditor alone came to SIS, and some
cents, and that in addition to this, the
treasurer had long advertisement to
print.
Mr.. Miller professed not to under
stand the matter, and then asked that
it be referred to Mr.. Brice. Mr.. Brice
was asked for various points of infor-
nation, and so also was a representa-
tive of THE ENQUIRER who was pres
ent. Mr.. Brice gave his opinion freely.
The representative of THE ENQUIRER
declined to make any explanations,
stating that in case of dispute the
matter would have to be settled in
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