Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-05
"He is a Common scold."

What a mean and 'spiteful DISPOSE
ton that fellow has, to be sure! Ever
since a new paper was started in York,
Editor Grist Of The Yorkville Enquirer
has been snarling and grumbling over
pretty nearly everything that comes
in sight. He apparently wants no pa
per in York county to "earn" dollar
Of the public money save The Enqui-
rer. Opposition, competition-legiti-
mate at that-has almost converted
Grist into a common scold; and II he
he would probably have been publicly
ducked.
CRISIS latest TRADE is directed
against the courthouse commission in
regard to the advertising given out by
that commission.
If the editor of The Enquirer had
more common sense and a keener idea
of the decencies Of business life he
would realize that it would pay him
better and make him more friends by
attending strictly to his own business
and letting the other fellows business
alone-especially the business Of the
Rock Hill Record. Because the York
News was started as legitimate COM
petitor Of The Enquirer is no reason
why the latter paper should try to
ty, or lecture the other papers.
We believe the two Rock Hill pa
pers are able to manage their busi-
ness without any Of CRISIS interfer-
ence. We never did have any use for
a "hog"-and that's what the editor OF
The Enquirer has always tried to do
hog all the public business possible
He apparently has never wanted to see
anyone else make living. He has had
a Crouch" for several years, which
he should try to throw off.
The Record takes very serious ex-
ception to this statement, appearing
in that York paper last Friday:
IN. B.-If the Herald will look ulJ
the issue Of the Record for October 4
1915, it will find printed there sworn
statement by 0. K. Williams, business
manager, that John G. Anderson OF
the courthouse commission, holds Sc
curities against the Record in excess
of l per cent of the capital stock, said
statement having been made on in
quiry of the Federal government. Now,
of course the Herald can readily un-
derstand why Mr.. Anderson did not
give this business to the Record to the
exclusion of the Herald. The Herald
would have thought badly Of it, and
probably raised a row, so since the
public was paying the bills. the east
est way out was to give it to them
both"
The above is about as mean and ma
licious a statement as ever came from
the foul pen of that fellow Grist.
What business is ii of his who we
owe money to?
And what effrontery il is for Grist
to suggest, by inuendo even, that John
G.. Anderson gave the Record this ad
vertiSement because the Record owed
money to Mr.. Anderson. We have a
suspicion that the Record is perfect
ly able to borrow money for legitimate
purposes, and we cannot see that it is
any Of CRISIS business.
The truth of the matter is that Grist
is just as big hog today as he ever
was but il is equally true that there
is not as much in the trough for him
He is showing this by the way he
squeals in every issue. If he has nc
competitor. as he so frequently alleges
in his paper. why is he always squeal-
ing?
Keep your hands off the Record
Rock Hill Record.
The habit of lawyers in resorting to
personal abuse of the other side when
they have a bad case is evidently not
confined to lawyers.
We would not have anybody think
that we are fond of such personal
abuse as has been heaped on us by the
Record 1t is not at all pleasant; but
we cannot claim that it came as a
surprise When. in the presence OF
what we conceived to be our duty, we
made this expose, we fully foresaw the
unpleasant penalty. OF course, we
might have gotten rid of this unpleas-
antness, as the Record did. by neglect
ing to reproduce the other side; but
since to arrive at an intelligent and
Just decision. the public needs all the
courthouse commissioners in dividing