Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-05
CARD FROM Mr.. CARROLL
Further Discussion Of Personal Mat
tiers in Controversy With Mr.. Viii

Further Discussion Of Personal Mat
tiers in Controversy With Mr.. VIII
born.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer:
MI. ]. c. Wilborn, our brilliant
mayor and booster. has published an
open letter in reply to my recent com
m%unication to The Enquirer, and with
your kind permission I desire to 8
some more Of your space for a little
further discussion Of the subject.
Just why Mr.. Wilborn does not come
back at me through the same Medium
in which he was a~rraigned, / do not
know; but unless 1t develops that he
has been refused admission to your
columns, I do not see that I am called
upon to follow him into his own bali
wick.
Mr.. Wilborn admits that he went to
Chester to buy goods and explains
that 1t was only a little purchase Of
$1.75, which could not be had any
where else except III Rock Hill; de-
mands the name of my informant and
wants to know why I went to Columbia
to buy an automobile.
To me all this sounds funny. II this
sin he c~onfesses Is the only one he has
committed in the matter Of buying
goods elsewhere that could have been
had as easily in Yorkville-"Yark" as
he calls it-then I taxi It back; but
before I take 1t back I must have an
affidavit.
Since there Is no dispute about the
fact Of the Chester incident, the name
Of my informant Is not important. I
went to Columbia to buy my automo-
bile because I could not get what I
wanted here, and, too, I have not made
myself ridiculous begging farmers to
give US the helping hand as he has
done as a 'hot air artist"
Again, Mr.. Wilborn would create the
impression that ! sold an undesirable
lot to the creamery at h exorbitant
price of $3.50. This lot wa purchased
7. Ferguson was one. I don't remem-
Der the others; but will say that they
had one lot offered by H. c. Glenn, one
by ]. H. Carroll, and the one I sold
them. They selected mine. I had
nothing to do with the selection, as I
can show by Mr.. Ferguson. Mr.. VIII
born refers to this lot being on a back
street. II he knew anything at all he
would know that q creamery can not
be placed out among residences on ac-
count Of sanitary regulations. / stand
ready to give the money back for this
lot at any time with proper allowance
for use.
In regard to my propositions Mr..
Wilborn asks two questions. The first
is: when you use the words properly
managed, will you demand that you
be elected on the board OF directors,
and be permitted to select the man.
agers?"
No, I will make n 10 such demand;
but I will certainly have q say 80 as to
who would be the directors and man.
ayers. It was a business proposition
and not a donation proposition.
I'd. "Wil you insist on selling sites
at q price greater than the amount OF
stock subscribed by your" / have
nothing To offer in the way OF suitable
lands or sites to sell, but l beg
leave TO remark that he knows the
booster way of working such things.
My propositions are for nard cash and
I will see That the other Ia too, and by
whom Subscribed, and that there are
no strings tied to 1t.
Mr.. Wilborn makes'some silly twad-
die about my lending money to q
church at s per cent. Now. 1t so hap
pens that ! have five loans to churches
two Of them on coiored churches.
One Of these loans I took up after an
attorney had put on $50 for foreclos-
ure proceedings and $10.05 for clerk
Of the court costs, and the paper was
never f~oreclosed. Another n was for
a loan to build a parsonage, and draws
Z per cent and payable In fve years
Another n was for q considerable
amount and when parties making the
loan they proceeded as In q bond sale.
AS 1t was to run for a long term they
- ,1 htll~u-tkn Tnon and SQv-
ings bank and myself. They accepted
my proposition and Of course 1t must
have been the most advantageous or
they would have taken the other mon
ey. This loan was at z per ceht- The
other one was made at s per cent per
annum, when one bank, to my W
knowledge, promised the money and
then fell down on the people. They
came to me and I sold my cotton crop
in order to be able to let them have IT.
One banker told me at the time that /
could lend the money at 8 per cent
discount, which is considerable over 8
per cent straight. Now, I think these
loans and rate Of interest they carry,
will compare favorably with loans
made by the building and loan associa-
ton Of which Mr.. Wilborn is secretary
and treasurer, and on which he charges
Oh " w eN
81, for a bootblack.
Now, Mr.. W1lborn makes some re-
marks about the turn Of the wheel OF
fortune" and I want to soy TO him
that II does not matter what kind or
fortune you try to turn, let 1t be farm
ing and practicing law at Newport D.
c., or falling on a political movement,
or trying to be mayor Of a town, II
takes a certain commodity commonly
known as gray matter" to be success
full, as he should realize by this time.
He winds up his letter by saying hat
he Is going TO do all that he can Tor
the progress Of the town and II 1t falls
let the blame lay where 1t belongs. 1
can only say that I hope he will be
successful; but I am willing to cave II
to a fair and unbiased public, that II
he does not succeed, h blame cannot
be mine or the towns or anyone else's
with the load 1t Is carrying around It's
neck.
This is all that { have to say now;
but in a short time will have some
facts In regard to the manner In which
town money Is being wasted.
W. r. Carroll.
p. S.-The following letter, which
was received by me, after the fore8o-
ing was written, explains itself fully.
w, R. G..