The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-24

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Democrat, Senator McLaurin does not agree
with Capt. Sawyer when he says the Demo.
Gratis are making themselves "damnaole foos
about the liberty Of these people" nor 8 again
when the gallant captain says he has lost all
confidence In Bryan. The State.
THE RECORD HURLS BACK THE INsINUATIoN
AS AN UNTRUTH.
It is q matter of no importance how The
silence may be taken as giving assent, The
Record desires to state that The States classi-
6cation of The Record as McLaurin's organ is
an untruth, whose repetition will be lie.
and nearly every shareholder in it is a bust:
ness man of Colum bia. Its policy II dictated
solely by conceptions of what Ia best for Co
lumbia. 1t agrees with some OF the junior
senator's opinions and wholly disagrees with
others. 1t shows him only exactly the same
consideration 1t extends TO other public men.
a paper which freely handles the epithet Or
gan lays itself open to suspicion OF being itself
THE STATE MAKES UGLY CHARGES AS TO
M'LAURIN's CONTROL OF THE RECORD.
We are prepared for The Record with the
record. We have the names of lis stockhold-
ers and the amounts of their holdings as far
as Is known to prominent business man Of
Columbia who has been backer and stock
holder OF The Record and whose name can be
ascertained on application 10 g. certain bank
IN this city TO which we shall direct our even.
ing contemporary If 1t cares to challenge his
figures.
The authorized capital stock OF The Reco.d
company Is 5000, which sum had not been
the figures month or SO ago. The gentle
man had just sold his stock to Senator Nc
Laurin and mentioned the fact. This led to
the question who the remaining stockholders
u xoxra Hn no ~ Inn
bia business men" who all told, held S525 or
S575 Of the stock, the name OF an eighth who
held $500 Of 1t and was president OF The COM
pany, and the name Of ninth who was be-.
fieved 10 hold 81, ZOO, received in payment OF
sthe plant formerly and now used by The Rec
ord. Total for these "Columbia business
men" 2,025 or S2O75. The remaining backer
was Senator McLaurip, who owned or other
stock, he could not remember whlch-but Ger.
tainly a majority Of the issue. Not desiring
to be too personal we do not undertake at
wise controlled" but if The Record insists-l
Now we submit that II Senator McLanrin
controls the greater part OF the stock OF The
Record-and We do not believe The Record
win call our informant liar when 1t thinks
out his name-it is legitimate to style that pa.
per his organ. It is more than legitimate to
do 30 when The Record speaks for him fre.
quently, and prints for him matter-such as
sires to 90 to the public, and defends him
when he goes counter to Democratic princi.
ples and the strong sentiment of this constt;
tuency. - - !!
Laurin's having an organ nor to The Records
acting in that capacity. Our only. concern
about this contemporary is TO avoid all con.
understand. The reference to 1t was an mad.
vertence which would not have been commit
ted by the writer hereof.-The State. @-
REPUTATION OF THE STATES CHARGES
PLAIN LANGUAGE IN REPLY.
We have no intention of discussing the prl-
vate business affairs OF The Record with The
State, for they are not Of public interest. 1t
would be just as profitable to review the I'm.
ancal history of The State and inquire Into
the various ways in which 1t has been f1nan.
ciered. We have heard sope business men OF
Columbia make some very interesting re-
marks about thsir holdings In some OF the
Their has been but one company in charge oi
The Record and its affairs are In very salts
It isa matter OF record in the Secretary Of
States Office that the authorized capital
stock Of The Record Publishing company is
$4,000. This fact has been published In the
columns Of The State In the past, and yet II
this @ nT
sample Of the errors which we have 'nointeu.
tion Of pointing out In detail.
Suffice 1t to say thai Senator MoLaurin does
not own single share Of the stock Of The
bought any Record stock. The insinuation;o OF
assertion that he otherwise controls The Rec
ord Is likewise q falsehood. We have already
said what repetition Of the assertion that The
Record was McLaurIn's organ would be.-The
Columbia Evening Record.
THE STATE ASKS THE RECORD TO LEAVE ITS
NAME oIJT OF ITS COLUMNS AND IS ANxI
GUS TO PLAY QUITS. .. E....
article in The Columbia Evening Record
1t is. sufficient to say: ~ That The Rec
ord does not challenge the truthfulness and
reliability Of the gentleman who gave The
control" OF The Record; that the gentleman
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 unquestioned. t2) That our in.
formant believed, when he spoke 10 us, that
he hads sold his Record stock TO Senator Nc
Laurin, and had In fact shipped IT 70 MIN,
but, for reasons not necessary to state here.
ssnsqs a ass % Wheber
| OF the stock stands on the books In Senator
McLaurfn's name or Is mortgaged TO him 1e
lmmaterial In considering the question OF
| control" (D Whether, As our Information
ran, the authorized stock was 5000, or in.
stead was SIC, 900 is also immaterial; the point
being what proportion OF the stock issued rep.
resented Senator McLaurin's interest In the
paper; ho,o o,r..av ,r,,,oted tho referanoe
to The Record as Senator McLaurin's "organ'
was an inaavertence on the partof q member
OF the staff Of this newspaper who did not re-
has for any issue or contact with that paper
regardless OF the names In which It's stock
may stand. OF course when denial was made
there was nothing for 1t but to offer the evi.
a ~ lon
II matters nothing TO us whose organ The
Record Is. 1t is not competitor or The
State In any sense OF the word and we are ID
no way concerned about Its politics. We
part remembering that there is no redress to
be had for anything it may say. It would
please Us greatly If the name OF The state
should never appear 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 q
guarantee now 1t Is only because we DO not
know what advantage might be taken OF IT.
thing to do with the conduct of the paper and
want modus vivendi we are ready 70 estab-
lish the quarantine.-The State.
THE RECORD WILL MAKE NO CONCESSIONS
BUT WILL MAINTAIN ITS INDEPENDENCE
AND, so TO Speak, WILL LET THE JUST
oENsURE FOLLOW THE TRUE EVENT.
The Record will discuss the utterances of
The State just as 1t does those OF any other
paper, and does not care copper whether the
editor of The State like II or not. That is q
matter of supreme indifference. One thing Ia
absolutely certain II The State does not stick
10 truth in it's assertions about The Record 1t
will be promptly and emphatically called
down. AS far as character and good name
are concerned, The Record will not not come
out second best In comparison with The
State.