Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-27
THE STATE AND RECORD.
Characteristic Tilt Between Two Columbia
Papers.

Papers.
The Abbeville Press and Banner of
Wednesday contains the following
compilation Of the controversy that
followed the publication Of Captain
sawyer's letter by the Columbia Rec
ord. It is Of especial interest to those
who have seen but one side Of the case.
AN 1Ns1NuAT1oN.
| Captain Sawyer's letter is addressed
to Senator McLaurin and published in
his organ, so we suppose the junior
senator gave 1t for publication. But of
course, being a good Democrat, Sena-
tor McLaurin does not agree with Cap
tain Sawyer when he says the Demo-
Gratis are making themselves dam
nable fools about the liberty Of these
people," nor again when the gallant
captain says he has "lost all confidence
in Bryan."-The State.
HURLED BACK AS UNTRUE.
| It Is a matter of no Importance how
The State regards The Record; but for
fear that silence may be taken as CIV
ing assent, The Record desires to state
that The States classification of The
Record as McLaurin's organ Is an un-
truth, whose repetition will be a
lie. The Record is owned by stock
company and nearly every shareholder
in it is a business man of Columbia.
It's policy Is dictated solely by concep-
tions Of what is best for Columbia. 1t
agrees with some Of the junior sena-
tors opinions and wholly disagrees
with others. It shows him only exact
ly the same consideration 1t extends to
other public men. A paper which free
ly handles the epithet organ lays itself
open to suspicion of being itself an or
gan.-Columbia Evening Record.
| UGLY CHARGES.
| We are prepared for The Record with
the record. We have the names Of Its
stockholders and the amounts OF their
holdings as far as Is known by prom
inent business man Of Columbia who
has been a hacker and stockholder OF
The Record and whose name can be
ascertained on application to a certain
bank in this city to which we shall d.
rect our evening contemporary If 1t
cares to challenge his figures.
The authorized capital stock of The
Record company Is $4,000, which sum
had not been fully subscribed when our
informant gave US the figures month
or so ago. The gentleman had just sold
his stock to Senator McLaurin and
mentioned the fact. This led to the
question who the remaining stockhold-
ers were. He gave the names Of seven
| columbia business men," who, all told,
held s525 or $575 of the stock, the name
of an eighth who held $500 Of 1t and
was president Of the company, and the
name of a ninth who was believed to
hold $1,000, received in payment OF the
plant formerly and now used by The
Record. Total for these Columbia bus
mess men," $2,025, or $2,075. The re-
naming backer was Senator McLau-
rim. who owned or otherwise controll-
ed either 81, 400 or $4,000 Of the stock,
he could not remember which-but Ger
tainly a majority Of the issue. Not de-
string to be too personal we do not un-
dertake at this time to explain what
we mean by otherwise controlled
but IL The Record insists
Now we submit that If Senator NC
Laurin controls the greater part OF the
stock of The Record-and we do not
believe The Record will call our infor-
mant a liar when it thinks out his
name-it is legitimate to call that pa
per his organ. 1t Is more than legiti-
mate to do 80 when The Record speaks
for him frequently, and prints for him
matter-such as the letter of Captain
Sawyer-which he desires to go to the
public, and defends him when he goes
counter to Democratic principles and