The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-10-26
Capt. Teal Sold Interest in COlfax
Chronicle"

printer last week we minated that
Capt. Teal was president of the Chron-
icle Printing Co., but letter from the
Chronicle Editor informs US that Capt.
Teal sold his interest in that paper
more than two months ago. This same
letter calls our attention to statement
published in the Chronicle of the 5th,
showing that the Capt. owned no stock
in that paper. We make this correc-
ton for Mr.. Teal's benefit and in doing
so we congratulate the Capt. for hav-
ing gotten so much newspaper exper-
fence with>so little expense attached
to it.-People's Democrat, Oct. 10.
The above is not a fair and
square statement and correction
of the injustice and wrong done
the Chronicle Printing Company
and editor and manager. Neither
does it make the amende honord-
bic to two police jurors who are
so unjustly reflected upon direct
ly by name, nor the two others
who voted with them, whose ac-
ton is aspersed by inuendo. In
justice, therefore, to the honora-
BILE police jury as a body, acting
clearly within their legal rights
and in the conscientious discharge
of their duty, we protest against
such unfair journalism.
The sale made by Capt. Teal
was a matter of almost public no.
toriety two months ago, being
known to fully eight or ten rep
resentative business men of Col
fax, besides the parties directly
interested and concerned in the
sale. The Chronicle made no
mention of the sale and transfer
of the stock in its columns at the
time, because it was a matter of
purely private concern, and it
was thought best not to create
any public comment about it, such
as has arisen since our publica-
ton of the fact under the re-
quirement of the U. S. postal
law. The letter from the edi-
tor of the Chronicle, /" above re-
ferred to, was entitled to publ
cation, and since the editor of
the Peoples Democrat defines to
do so, we publish a copy which
we preserved, as follows:
Colfax, La, October ID, 1912.
E. A. Mathis, ESQ.,, Editor Peoples
Democrat, Colfax, La.
Sir:-In your comments in your pa
per of Oct. IL, 1912, about the letting
of the parish printing of Grant parish
by the police jury, you make use of the
following language:
''LaCroix, of ward one, who put in
job, and Dunn, of ward seven, who
seconded it, are son-in-laws of the
president of the Chronicle Printing Co. !"
In making this utterance you have
pursued the direct policy of misrepre-
sentation in order to put the Chronicle
editor in false position. You uttered
purely and simply an untruth when you
penned the above, and we believe you
knew it was not true at the time you
wrote it.
We have no direct interest in the un-
worthy SANDER you utter as to the mo-
tives that prompted the police jurors
named, but we do have a vital interest
in the vicious conclusion you print as
to any unfair or unworthy method by
which the Chronicle editor secured
majority of four to two votes over you
in the election of printer by the police
jury.
The father-in-law of the two gentle
men you name, Capt. C. H. Teal, is
NOT the president of the Chronicle
Printing Company, Limited. Capt. Teal
sold out his entire interest in the Chron-
icle more than two months ago, before he
went on his trip in the North, and he
has absolutely no connection with our,
company. The affidavit published in
the Chronicle of Oct. 5, 1912, shows
the ownership and management of this
company, and gives the list of the
owners of the capital stock, together
with the number of shares owned by
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