Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-09

with pubic printing, this last named
term often being used to include the
whole subject. We shall endeavor to
explain the different terms in the or
der mentioned.
I OF course all advertising Is suppos-
ed to be public advertising; but the
term as generally used in this connec-
ton applies more especially to the ad-
vertisng for which the public has to
pay, or rather such advertising as is
paid for out of the county treasury.
This includes advertising placed by
the county board Of commissioners
the county auditor, the county treas
urer and the superintendent Of educa-
ton.
The county board Of commission
ers Is required by law to publish a
statement Of the disbursements Of the
supervisor quarterly, and the law fixes
the price to be paid therefor at not
more than sec per annum. The coun-
ty board oil commissioners Is also re-
quired to publish notices Of the let
ting Of bridge contracts where the
amount involved is more than 800
and also notices Of annual meetings
There are other notices that have tc
be published in connection with bond
elections, closing Of roads, ETC., but
these are Of rare occurrence and dc
not amount to a great deal In the ag'
gregate. Under the law also the
board Of commissioners must cause
to be published notice Of the opening
Of the tax books and the appointments
Of the treasurer.
The county auditor Is required to
publish notice Of his appointments In
making the round of the county. The
law requires that the notice be pub
lished once a week for four weeks
The publication Of the notice as in
dicated in any newspaper of The coun-
ty is compliance with the law.
The superintendent Of education Il
not required to do any advertising
but from time to time gives notice OF
dates for the examination Of teachers
and certain other public information
He has authority to publish such no.
tices when he deems publication nee
essary.
The clerk Of the court occasionally
publishes a court order with reference
to a special term, notice to jurors
etc. Unless the order specifies the
papers in which such advertisement
are to be printed the clerk uses his
pleasure.
The foregoing includes practically
all Of the so-called public advertis
ing" The price to be charged fol
this advertising Is fixed by law, as l:
also the price of ali other legal ad'
vertising. The legal price Is one dol
lar per square" for the first insertion
and SO cents per square for each sub
sequent insertion. A square Is ONT
inch BREWER measure. In brewer
measure there are nine lines to the
inch. A paper using type Of another
size, like The Enquirer, using minior
Of ten lines to the inch, is entitled tc
charge on a basis of BREWER. AS 6
matter Of fact The Enquirer count!
ten lines Of minion to the square.
| The aggregate amount paid out Of
the county treasury for advertising ir
a year depends upon how much ad'
vertising is to be done, and upon the
number Of papers used. For instance
all advertising required by law, al
we'll as all advertising by the commits
sioners and others not specifically re-
quired by law; but paid for out Of the
county treasury, last year, was pub
lished in The Enquirer. The tota
amount Of The Enquirer's advertis'
ing bill against the county for all ad'
vertising done from January 1, 1906
to January 1, 1907, was $178.6S. This
includes the quarterly reports Of the
supervisor, for which the law allows
total of $50 for the four. 1t can.
not be published in more than one
paper except on a pro rata basis
Much Of the other advertising was
published in other papers, and the
price charged by each Of them fol
each particular advertisement, was
the legal rate. 1t Is not deemed de-
sirable to itemize the amounts paid to
the different papers; but If all the ad-
vertising that was required or deem
ed necessary during 1906 had been
published in all the papers the amount
of the bill would have been $S93.4O
The term public printing should be
taken to refer more properly to job
printing and stationery. The county
pays for all the stationery and print
ing used by all the county officers. BY
far the greater portion Of the public
expenditures on this account Is paid
for blank books, records, etc., and
goes to printing concerns In Charles
ton, st. Louis, Baltimore and else
where. Most Of the work bought at
home, includes letter heads, envel-
opes, blanks and other jobs for which
foreign concerns cannot compete sue
cessfully. Practically all Of this work
Is given out on a competitive basis.
The amount received by The Enqui-
rer for public printing" during 1906
was $124.90. This is but small frac-
ton Of the total amount expended for
printing and stationery during the
period mentioned.
Except the very small amount that
Is paid for out Of the county treasury,
the advertising that comes out of the
clerks office is included principally In
sale notices, summonses. These are
generally published in such papers as
may be indicated by the attorneys in
stitutlng the proceedings to which
they relate. The papers in which the
advertisements are to be printed are
generally indicated in the court orders
providing for publication. The law
yers sometimes make their selection
on a basis of patronage, helping the
newspaper man; but more often they
select the newspaper that is able to
give their notices the widest publicity.