Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-25
"Political Policy"

received for the amounts they pay us
each year for sending them THE EN-
oUIRER, we hope most of them Will
pardon us in a short diversion whiie
we give attention to a rather remark
able article which appeared In the
Rock Hill Record of the 14th instant
under the heading Of "Our POLITICAL
Policy" and which is reproduced else
where in this issue.
We frankly confess that If we should
undertake to give real good excuse
for the reproduction of this curious
announcement we fear we would be
at no little difficulty in making good
to our own satisfaction. But this fear
NAV be because we are so lightly I'M
pressed ourselves as to naturally cal
culate that others would probably see
the situation from similar point OF
view. However the thing really Is Gu
rious, and its publication might seem
justified on the ground of its curiosity,
If on no other grounds.
In the first place. we regret TO re-
mark that our contemporary seems to
be very inaccurately informed as to
facts, and that places us at somewhat
of a disadvantage At least we think
it must be inaccurately Informed, for
1t mentions as facts certain things OF
which we have no knowledge whatever
and which, if they were true, we would
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them. In some instances we could give
the proof, and in other instances we
can offer nothing but our word, and
this, we feel sure that our contem-
porary is not in a humor to accept
Now, to begin with. the Record
charges that THE ENQUIRER is an or
gan in a bargain with a political ring,
and as proof Of the charge says let
anyone examine the report OF the
county's expenditures, issued at inter-
walls and see il any paper I'm YORK
county save THE ENQUIRER is allowed
so much as $5 per year Of the patron
age from the county seat In this
connection, we. would like to protest
against the word patronage" as rath-
er too suggestive Of graft. If there Is
paper in South Carolina that gives
value received for the money it
charges for advertising, that paper is
THE YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER; but let
that go. We've looked up the last
quarterly report of supervisor and we
find payments as follows: Yorkville
New Era, $5O.5O; Fort Mill Times,
$29.75; Rock Hill Record, s27.50; Rock
Hill Herald, $66.66.
The amount paid THE YoRKvILLE
ENQUIRER was $167.3f. This was for
job printing and advertising from
April 81, 1905 to December 81, 1905. If
we solicited dollar of it. either directly
or indirectly, we are not aware of it,
We were glad to get it, Of course; but
we do not feel that we are under any
special obligation to anybody. Reach
than any other paper published in the
county, and such a large per cent OF
the families that are reached by the
other papers, it seems to us quite nat
use THE ENQUIRER in giving publicity
TO their announcements.
As to the announced purpose of the
Record to fight for the county adver-
tising patronage" all we have to say
is TO let it go ahead. THE ENQUIRER
is not i'm such a fight. So far as we
are concerned the present officers or
those to be elected hereafter may place
their advertising where they please.
We want it only so long as we can give
the best value for the same money.
THE ENQUIRER has never in all its eX-
iStence regarded the county advertis-
it ever reaches the point where it can
not live i'm absolute Independence of
grafters of whatever kind. it will go
out of business. We promise the Rec
ord that
AS to how THE ENQUIRER was con-
Quoted from 1868 to 1876, those now
connected with it have very little per-
sonal recollection. The present edi-
tor was only eleven years old in 1876.
But we have the files of the paper as
ii was printed in those days, and the
editor of the Record or any one else is
welcome to come and look them over
We have no desire to dodge reSpOn
Sibility for anything that was done
OF course, we do not mean to say that
we are going to accept just anybodys
statement of what happened; because
some people like the Record, are in
clined To make careless statements
Sometimes. especially when they are
more cOnce rned about carrying a point
than they are about the truth. How
ever. let the complaint be made up of
facts from the record.
With the balance of the Records
political policy" we have no concern.
If the Record is satisfied with il, we
are satisfied that it should be. 1t is no
affairs of ours. AS to our own ''po
litical policy" we have no special an
nouncement to make We have al
ways endeavOred TO give our readers
the best. most honest and most intel
ligent service of which we are capa-
able. and up to this time we have noted
no failure of satisfactory appreciation