Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-27
CHANGE THE NAME PETITION

AS previously promised. The Enqui-
rer is herewith presenting a copy OF
the petition recently presented to the
town council, asking for an election
on the question Of changing the name
Of the town Of Yorkville to York
and upon which the town council has
acted in calling the election to be held
Tuesday, May 90.
Under the law in this matter an
election must be ordered on a petition
signed by a majority of the freehold
ers Of the corporate limits of the town
Of Yorkville.
ty auditor, the only legal authority on
the subject, there are 1872 freeholders
in the town Of Yorkville. These in
clude individuals. firms, corporations
fraternal organizations and the like.
Among the names signed to the pc
tition there are a number that appear
to be in the same handwriting with
out power of attorney or other indi-
Gated authority in connection there
with. There are instances where in
%dividuals have signed for estates as
individuals instead of executors, where
husbands have signed for their wives
without any statement to indicate au-
thority, where the names of corpora
tons have been signed in whole or in
part, without designation Of author
ity: where parties at interest in indi-
vidual estates have signed as individ-
ual freeholders. and where trustees of
a single freehold are counted as sep
arate freeholders. Many Of the sigma
lures are clearly irregular.
|. The total number of names on the
petition is 272.
OF these 76 are qualified voters, or
entitled to become such.
Seventy-seven Of the signers are
colored freeholders, men and women,
and but four or five of them entitled
to vote.
The total number Of white women
freehold signers is "a.
The total number Of nonresident
signers is 81.
Among the 'signers are the names of
thirty people who are not down on
the auditors books as making re-
turns of real property in the names
used for signing the petition.
The total number Of voters quail
fled to vote in the last municipal cleo
ton was 239. Following is a complete
list of the names on the petition and
filed with and passed upon by the
town council for the purpose of order
ing the election:
:. l.. Davidson. Louis Roth, John
S. Jones, estate of ]. B. Allison by w.
w. Lewis, trustee; w. II. Barron, j. G.
Conner, F. c. Riddle, S. l.. Steele, Jno.
d. l.. Shieder, c. A.. Boney. w. G.
secretary Yorkville Cotton OIL Co.:
w. b. Moore. Mrs. w. b. Moore. w. F.
Pierce, Mrs. Dora Gladden., l.. G. Mas
sey. Mrs. Withers Adickes, Mrs. w. w
Jenkins, Fl. l.. Summit, p. w. Pat
rick, w. T. Moore. /. w. Johnson, ].
f.. Lowry, Mrs. Inman Wallace. Geo.
w. Brown, r. T.. Heath, ]. G. Will
born, F. l. Cody, Robt. T. Allison,
Bessie G.. Allison, Elizabeth Barron, !.
f.. McElwee, j.. M. Starr. Mary Cart
wright. J. p. Anthony, a. Y. Cart
wright. r. ~. Bratton. NJ. D.: Sarah
G. .Ashe, John r. Hart, J. d. Mellow
ell, Mrs. :. B. Witherspoon, Annie w.
Marshall, Il. J. Mackorell. Mackorell
Eros, r. H. Dobson, K. l.. Montgom-
cry, n. c. Willis, II. f. Neil, B. NJ.
Love, i. G. Ferguson. r. d. Dorset,
:. Il. Jackson. j. A. Tate, B. NJ. john
son, w. 5. Willis, J. p. White, ]. :.
MackOrell, w. II. Herndon estate, j.
S. Mackorell, admir-; r. j. Herndon,
w. L. Paher, G.. w. Sherer. G. H. San
differ. ]. II. Carroll. Mrs. p. Y. With
erspOon, Mrs. T.. NJ. Drakeford, NJ. l..
Carroll, T.. 4. MCGEE, Mrs. Thos. w.
Speck, Mrs. b. Frank White. Kate
Williford. Mrs. w. D. Glenn, Mrs. H.
T.. Laws. A. b.. Steele. j. w. McFar-
land, w. J.. p. Wylie. Mrs. w. b. Wy
lie. Mrs. Hattie Berry, Bessie Plaxco.