Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-27
Asritultnra1, and Commercial gnterests of the 9eop
the strong sentiment Of this constitu.

the strong sentiment of this constitu.
ency.
For our part we do not object to Sen
ator McLaurin's having an organ mol
The Records acting in that capacity
Our only concern about this contempt
rary Is to avoid all controversy with II
for reasons 1t will probably under
stand. The reference to 1t was an in
advertence which would not have been
committed by the writer hereof-The
State.
CHARGES REFUTED.
We have no intention of discussing
the private business affairs Of The Rec.
ord with The State, for they are not OF
public interest. It would be just as
profitable to review the financial his.
tory Of The State and inquire into the
various ways in which 1t has been f.
nanciered. We have heard some bust
ness men Of Columbia make some very
interesting remarks about their hold.
ings in some Of the companies which
have kept The State alive. There has
been but one company In charge of The
Record and its affairs are in a very
satisfactory state.
It is a matter Of record in the secre.
tary Of states office that the author.
lied capital stock of The Record Pub.
fishing company Is $4,000. This fact
has been published in the columns OF
The State in the past, and yet it an
nounces this morning that the author
lied capital Of The Record Is $1,000
That Is but sample Of the errors
which we have no intention Of point
ing out in detail.
Suffice 1t to say that Senator McLau.
rim does not own single share of the
stock of The Record Publishing COM
pany. He has not bought any Record
stock. The insinuation or assertion
that he otherwise controls The Record
Is likewise a falsehood. We have al.
ready said what repetition Of the as
sertion that The Record was McLau-
rims organ would be.-The Columbia
Evening Record.
ANXIOUS FOR QUITS.
In Conclusion, We Hope.-Regarding
an article in the Columbia Evening
Record, II is sufficient to say: ~ Tha,
The Record does not challenge the
truthfulness and reliability Of the gen.
tleman who gave The State its infor-
nation Of Senator McLaurin's ICON.
+roup ~ rrba paoord. fhof tho oopfla.
man himself does not deny making any
Of the statements attributed to him by
The State; and therefore that The
States good faith In the matter Is un.
questioned. (2) That our informant
believed, when he spoke to us, that he
had sold his Record stock to Senator
McLaurin, and had in fact shipped II
to him: but, for reasons not necessary
to state here, the senator subsequent.
ly-so we now learn-refused to take
it. (3) Whether the majority of the
stock stands on the books in Senator
McLaurin's name or Is mortgaged tt
him Is immaterial in considering the
question Of control" az Whether, al
our information ran, the authorized
stock was $4,000, or instead was SO. .00t
is also immaterial; the point being
what proportion Of the stock ISSUED
represented Senator McLaurin's inter.
est in the paper.
AS we have already intimated the
reference to The Record as Senator
McLaurin's "organ" was an inadvert.
ence on the part Of member Of the
staff Of this newspaper who did not
realize fully the extreme repulsion Its
editor has for any issue or contact
with that paper, regardless Of the
names in which its stock may stand
OF course when denial was made there
was nothing for it but to offer the evi'
dence In our possession.
It matters nothing to us whose or
petitor Of The State in any sense o1
the word and we are in no way con.
cerned about it's politics. We have ig'
nored a great deal Of nagging on its
part, remembering that there Is no re.
dress to be had for anything 1t may
say. It would please US greatly If the
name of The State should never apeal
in The Record and in such case we
would be willing to give bond that the
name of The Record should never ap.
pear In The State. If we do not give
such a guarantee now 1t Is only be-
cause we do not know what advan.
tage might be taken Of 1t. But II bus
liness men Of Columbia" have any
thing to do with the conduct Of the pa
per and want a modus vivendi we are
ready to establish the quarantine
The State.
CONCLUDING cLINcHER.
The Record will discuss the utter.
ances Of The State just as 1t does those
of any other paper, and does not care
a copper whether the editor Of The State
likes it or not. That Is matter Of su-
preme Indifference. One thing Is ab-
solutely certain, If The State does not
stick to truth in it's assertions abou,
The Record, it will be promptly called
down. AS far as character and good
name are concerned, The Record VIII
not come out second best in compari-
son with The State.
The Record did not challenge the
"truthfulness and reliability Of the
gentleman who gave The State infor-
nation" but it did assert that the in
formation he gave was incorrect, and
1t does assert that The States use OF
that information was an ungentleman-
ly violation of the confidence Of a pri-
vate conversation.
Finally, any assertion that Senator
McLaurin has any interest In or con-
troll over The Record is lie, pure and
simple. We do not intend to discuss
the question, for there Is nothing to
discuss-The Record.