Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-12-02
A SLICK CUSTOMER.

A SLICK CUSTOMER.
Nobody need ever try to corner the
Gaffuey Ledger so as to make it admit
its discontinue. 1t has too little re-
gard for facts and presumes too much
on the ignorance of its readers, whom
it evidently thinks, believes what it
says simply because it says it. In our
issue of November Is, we reproduced
the following from The Ledger of No.
vember 10:
At meeting of the town council held
on the 7th, an ordinance was enacted cur
failing the name "Gaffney City" to "Gaff-
ney," and also changing the title of "1n.
tendant" to Mayor" and of "Wardens''
to aldermen"
This was all there was on the sub
Iject, and it struck as being so funny
that we felt impelled to make a few
remarks, as follows:
The Gaffney tow council seems to con-
slider that it is invested with all the power
of the general assembly. By recent Or
dinance it resolves that the intendant is q
mayor and that the wardens are alder
men. We have noted like proceedings
before, nearer home; but the humor OF
the situation is undiminished.
In reply to this The Ledger merely
contented itself with saying that the
editor of The ENQUIRER was an ig-
norant jackass, who needed to inform
himself as to the law, and leaving the
Inference that the town council Of
Gaffney has the right assumed by so
many other town councils to do what
ever it pleases. Having been sure be-
fore We had said anything that we
had somebody in an uncomfortable
hole, we then quoted the Gaffney City
charter and challenged The Ledger to
cite the authority of the town council to
promote its intendant to mayor and its
wardens to aldermen. The Ledger
let an issue 60 by without reply, and
we read it scathing lecture which
brought out the following in its issue
of Thursday:
On account of the rush of business for
the past few days, we have neglected to
answer our contemporary The YORK..
VILE ENQUIRER, as to the authority of
our town council in changing our charter
i'm the several particulars set out in an
ordinance to that affect, and especially
changing Intendant to Mayor, and War
dens to Aldermen. Our contemporary
comes back at us very humble i'll spirit.
which disposition we very much admire,
when we stated that our authority was the
law, and asks US to point out the law, SD
that if it is in error, it may confess. There
is rule, we believe, that every person is
presumed to know the law; but as our
contemporary is an exception to this rule,
we quote for its information as follows:
Acts 1899, page 70: ''That on and after
the approval of this act, the charter or
articles of incorporation OF any city or
town in the state, whether such city or
town was originally incorporated by act
of the general assembly or under the gen
eral law by the secretary OF the state,
may be amended in any particular, not
inconsistent with the constitution and
laws of this state in the following man
ner''-then providing for the names OF
such amendments.
No extra charges for copying.
Yes, we had this act before us from
the very first, and we had read not
only the part quoted by The Ledger;
but also the balance of it, which is as
follows:
"a petition shall first he submitted to
the town or city council by majority of
the freeholders of such town or city,
praying that an election be ordered, to as
certain whether such amendment, or
amendments, ought to be made or not
whereupon the said town council shall
order an election, after not less than 10
days public advertisement. AT such elec-
tion, each amendment shall be voted upon
separately, and the tickets or ballots shall
be prescribed by the said town council in
such way as to plainly express the Will
of the voter as to each question submit
ted. At such election the qualified elec--
tors of the municipality shall be allowed
to vote OH the question, or questions, OF
proposed amendments, at the usual vot-
ing places, in box provided for the pur-
pose at each voting place. If majority
of the votes cast be ascertained and de-
clared to be in favor of any or all Of the
proposed amendments, then the said
council shall publish the result of said
election, and declare the adopted amend
menl or amendments, to be part of the
charter of incorporation Of such city or
town, plainly showing the reading Of the
parts involved, as amended, and shall
forthwith file with the secretary of the
state copy of such declaration; where
upon such adopted and declared amend
ment or amendments shall stand as a part
of the charter Of incorporation of such
city or town.
Whether or not this has been com.
piled with, The Ledger has never in