Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-29

tlemen would think Of diverting the
public funds for the promotion Of their
own interest in such a manner, and
we did not care to run the risk Of be-
ing told that the advertisement was
being printed without charge and
mainly for the semblance Of prestige
it would appear to give their paper.
No, The Enquirer was not given
more than twice the amount Of adver-
tising that was given to any other
county newspaper" nor did 1t charge
rate for the advertising more than
twice the rate charged by any other
newspaper"
, We have just explained that Of the
$57.S5, the sum Of $3.50 was for job
printing, and $3.50 worth Of the ad-
vertising was done before Messrs.
Brice and Wilkerson got in the busi-
ness.
The Enquirer printed one adver-
tisement amounting to $3.50 that was
not sent to the other papers. This was
on November %, 1912.
The next advertisement sent out
was that relating to the sale Of bonds.
The same copy went to all the paprs,
then being published in the county,
and the instructions. so far as we
know, were the same.
According to Treasurer Anderson's
statement, the Rock Hill Record
charged $1O.75: the Rock Hill Herald
charged s6.75; the Fort Mill Times
charged $3.50; The Yorkville Enquirer
charged $3.50. [See bill rendered to
Mr.. Anderson.l
1t appears that the notice advertis-
ing the sale of the courthouse bonds
| was published only in The Enquirer
and the York News. We charged the
legal rate.
The next advertisement was no
tice to building and heating contract
ors. This advertisement went out to
| The Enquirer the Herald, the Record
and the News. The Fort Mill Times
was not included. The Record, ac-
| cording to Mr.. Anderson's report,
charged $1,000, The Enquirer charged
1856, the Herald charged $1,000 and
the York News charged s10.50. The
rate that can be charged is fixed by
law and should be exactly the same
in all cases.
1t is a fact that each Of the Rock
Hill papers have about the same
circulation, and both have virtually the
same readers, and therefore there was
no business reason why the commits
sioners should have spent the public's
money to have the advertisement in
serted in both. The Fort Mill Times
has more circulation in. Fort Mill
township than all other county news
papers and the public money could
have been used to better advantage by
leaving the advertising out Of one OF
the papers where its circulation would
be duplicated and inserting it In the
| Times.
If our contemporary Is really and
truly interested In Keeping the record
straight" we recommend that 1t clip
this statement for its scrap book.
Also we will request that before 1t
again charges us with collecting more
than other people for legal advertise
ments or even as much as other people,
it take a look at the vouchers-this
year, last year, ten years ago. twenty
years ago-any old time.
N. B-If the Herald will look up
the issue Of the Record for October Z,
1915, it will find printed there a
sworn statement by o. K. Williams,
business manager, that John G. Ander-
son, of the courthouse commission,
holds securities against the Record in
excess Of l per cent Of the capital
stock, said statement having been
made on inquiry Of the Federal gov
ernment.
Now, of course the Herald can
readily understand 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 easiest way out was to give it to
them both.