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TOT? WW? WITT T'lBPtf a Li I JJli llililh iiltiUU. PUHIJSHKI) Wl-iDNKSIJAYS. Win, It BRADFORD. {subscription price . . *1 [h r year. riinvsimiitlwii'i' *>11 current subjects is invited, but wo do not iitfivo to publish communications containiug more thun ItttO wools n*i l no responsibility is us Kutncil for the \icws of correspondents. As an advertising niediuni for l liarlottc, Pineville, Fort Mill, and Hoc-It Hill business houses The Timesis unsurpassed. Hates made known on applicat ion to t li? publisher. lineal 'Telephone No. 2'1. MAY I. 11K>1. \\ Ikmi it cntnes to working out n problem so Hint tlie public in bamboozled and no p.'itroim^e lost, the average Koput>liciiti politician eim easily bent the world. Ail example lias iti~t been ninth' iinblie l! i< officially announced that Mr. Me1\ in Icy unci Secretary Koot have | decided that the number of enlisted men in the regular army ' shall b" limited to Tff.OdU, unless 1 there is a fresh outbreak in the J Philippines. That was to bain- , boozle the public, and will make 1 small difference for a long time, a- < tin* slowness in recruiting made it ' certain that it would take many ^ months to enlist ill the men j authorized by the new army law. < Accompanying tile announcement ' was the statement that all the of- ' tieers provided for by law would ^ bo app tinted. That was to save , the pitronage over which there t has b/en so much scrambling. If there are more officers than there * is work for them there are always nice little details, in Washington j and elsewhere, to which those with t llllll Plirillirli ???ni t?.? namini.ul I : I I" .... principal duties of which are Hocial. ' Gov. Allen E. Candler says he J will probably in his message to i the State Legislntm e next < )etoher t recommend the disfranchisement > of the ignorant negro in Georgia. 1 Ho says: J "I think it would he well for Georgia to follow the example set by Alabama, Mississippi and Noi th Carolina and revise the constitution. One reason we need a change is that the present eoiisti- 1 tntion is a very tiarrow-guaged in- ? strnment from beginning to end, I and it needs going over thorough ly t?> meet modern conditions. At 1 present 11 hampers entcrprisi s ' Another reason why a change ' should be made is that we want to *" regulate the franchise in Georgia ' as has been dole in ot her Southern 1 States. Some restriction of the 1 lmlli.t i?i iii.h.wliiii'i' 'I'l... ..l.o \ ... . 1 * P.MI I ^ , JIM II | | ?* primary will * 1?> for awhile, hut a j t empi>rarv expedient of that clinr- 1 artei* will nut serve for all time. 1 We need something that will meet 1 the requirements lor years. We ' should follow the example of other 1 Southern States." 1 I . <** ? ? Doubtless William .1. Bryan did v not have -John L. McLauriii in luiud when he wrote for the our- | rent issue of The Commoner ihe i editorial which follows, hut never- 1 theless it tits t lie ease presented hy ' the oourso of the junior Senator ! from South Carolina, says The , State: i "A reader of The Commoner has ' asked whether a representative r should give expression to his own ' convict n ns or he Lfoverned hv the 1 wishes of his const il uents. Then* v are two theories on the subject. ' The first is that the people think ' f,?. ?i..........i i i ? - ? ; v/1 Mil Iiinnitrn mill 1st I CI I'rprt'- 1 noutatives P? j^ive legislative effect ' In their wishes; the other thcnrs !" i i that the people are incapable of I thinking for thcmselves and choose I representatives to do the thinking 1 for the rest of the people. > "The former is the Democratic 1 theory. Tlieio is more intel ivjence ' ttmi integrity amonjj the people ' than ever finds expression through ' re present.at in s. Toe faet t hat eon- ' stiiiitions nre referreil to the poo r pie for adopti"ii s evidence of f his. h as is also the fact that the voting * of bonds, the selection of county J seats, and other important matt, is ' are usually decided 1 >y popular ' Vote. The fact that platforms are ! adopted |>y party conventions is 1 conclusive proof that the voters ' have a riijht to know tliecaudidat *s ' views h -fore they vote for him. "Accepting this theory to he the ' correet one. it follows that a repre- ' senta'.ive Ins no moral ri^ht to ' misrepresent his cons*ituents. I'p- * on all (]iiei'ions covered hv the * pl??: i'or^i. a n pia s nlu! i ve i? h ?und ' ,\ puh'c < flioial ' ?V o ... . i!| othee wit liout ill 1 feiulir. ? to keep the platform pleclo h it tains office under false proh men, and certainly to obtain to all otii :y . w i. means is as rep-j ivl.eiisihle as to obtain money ? r merchandise in that way. Ah n i rah'a representat ive is elected to I olliee ?b tin* c iiididate of a party, and liis platform applies the principles of tic party to tin' questions then before tin* public. IT 11? w questions arise after the dec- , tiou the representative is in duty bound to apply to them the same principles applied by the platform to other questions. If the coiis ituents change their views they cannot wit i propriety demand that the representative change hi s convictions during his term, but it the repr -scntat ivo uudcrgoos a change of opinion which separates liiin from his constituents upon an imp rtant question, he ought to resell. A representative ought to speak and vote his convict ions, hut when his convictions are so uttered that lie cannot conscientiously e irry out the wishes of his *onst it limits, he ought to give way to some one who is in harmony with t lie const it lien cy. Soinet inies when a great question arises, cans inj; now party alignments, the rep. resentstivo returns t<> his people, Iirescuts the now issue, mid eitleavors tr?convert lii* constituency ) his way <f lliinkinu; such a (?uI'm* is entirely honorable and ft *m siicroskfill. "The sen nil theory, namely, hat tin* representative should net ndependeut ly of the wishes of his oust il wonts, is the aristocrat i?* ?ne, rests upon the assumption lint the voters are not competent o think out and decide the tjuosions which corieern their own welfare. It is only a step from his theory to the doctrine that lie pei pie should not be allowed o vote. J '"It is important that the representative himself should have a J jroper conception of his relation , o his constituents. Most of the j 'orruption that finds its way int<^ lit* government routes front the ( endenev of the lvnreseiitiit.ive in ejr.i:d his olliee us privale proper- j y rather than as it public trust. L iVIien a i*i'present lit i ve decides , hat lie is lint hound tore>peet the ivi.-hes i>t" his eiiiistitnents he is on ( lie down m-?nle, and usually the) text step is to m tke nil the money ' le can out of the olliee." ?? -+ + "Chlldlbli Fraud aud Rot." forkvilie Yeenuiu. It is said, it [ion [rood authority, .hat the day after the dispensary ' deetion in Koek Mill, wiien the imposition was defeated, fo rty- ! tve "packages of liquor arrived at lie express ofliee in that pliice ind not one of them heloneeit to a nan who had sup ported t he dispell ary. Several years a^o, it may ie remembered by niiny of our eiulers, when ipiestious of this lind be^an to he agitated, and vlieu milliners ot sineereami wrllueatiiiii^ eliurch |)Oibe^an to nterest Iheniselves actively, from i religious standpoint, wo held hat tln> math r had nothing in ire linn polities at tin- bottom ? was i >thin^ loss. And the inerensing wideuee of ai'i uinulat i no yoars ' ?nd to strengthen, rat her than waken, this belief. Stop an in>tant and coolly survey tin* propo- i >ition. Here, for example, area ot of people pawino the air, cryn^ and beseeching that you vote ( i^ainst a dispensary in order to , liseourao,? and prevent as far as lossible the use of lupior, and hen as soon as their point is earned a number of tin in j^o oil' and in port a supply to to oive the lo^s or pour into the branches, to ;et lid of it! Of course iis poliics. No mail imbued with true eliu'ious /.? d, no man who lights vhiskey on am ount of genuine regions He in pies, behaves in any inch unaeeountatile manner. I'ol- . ties enlist the partisan support of hi* people who line up on one side or the other, generally the n pillar ? ide, for a contest at the lolls. 'I hey imagine they are in crested in Home princi.ph s inmlved, liut one out of live could lot nive mi intelligent exp,anaion of wliut it \v?i8, if linked lor it, md the other four would not en e, ml would continue to move heavmi and earth to heal the other tide. It is a matter of feeling, not lympat hy; of prejudice, not prin ip!e; of maudlin Heiitiinent, not unt conviction; resulting more' rom a di'Hire to seem to lie than o he; a matter of more accident, )os*dhly tlinn design; hut polities, icvertlieleHs; for of such partisan ncoiisistcneieH polities is horn, ihtdiiR its sustenance and power. S'o man, who down in his heart ins a reason for his religion. who n his soul h is an abiding faith in In- unerring wisdom ami Hoodness if God and his persi-tmit justice, an delih na'oly condescend to ilaspheme His name hv taking; lart in such childish fraud and rot n the name of religion. ?- - ? Never ahed tears over spilt milk, rherc B enough water lost as it is. (lolJ Mill Items. Ivlitor Timffi: J fife in your j paper of the 10th ultimo u lettei from my fri*?ntl Hoy. Now, in ( old Hill, it is customary when one jumps the fence for the rest to follow, like sheep. W e are a little jealous, and are afraid that Hoy and others will get ahead of us. Wo want our name in the paper, too: hence this letter. Hoy in right when he pays there are "crack"'farmers in Gold Hill, hut we have had rain since Hoy's letter was written and the "mack" farmers have been idle recently. We live in hopes, liowevt r. regardless of wind and rain. We were aware that Gold Hill could boast of a great many things, but were somewhat surprised to learn that there is a "crack" potato farmer in . this community, vdio hopes to raise 1(H) bushels of po aloes to; eve:y halo of cotton that a certain neighbor makes. To this potato farmer I would like to say that a j North Carolinian lias invented n| machine which he could use very ( proiitahly, and tha' he can loam ' more about the machine upon in- | qui rv. With the except ion of Mr. Thos. Mcrritt, the health of th s community is v? ry >40. d at present. Mr. Mcrritt lias been eontincd to his l?d more or l-ss during the past ei?;ht months. Mr. S. (.'. Kalis' mules ran away witli his wii^on one day last week, but foitunately no harm was done. Josh Sniim;s. ? The New Pension L'st. The State pension board has at last completed its labors for the year IttOl and adjourned. Kvery 1 upplieation has been most curcfully cjone over and considered, and the result of the operation of the new act has been to most materially reduce tlie number of names on I lie lists. One source of the relllflion iu fmmrl in ll,.? fn/O ilmt tin* new pension law only allows pensions to widows of soldiers aelually killed in the .service, and widows who have reached the n^e f (?o years. This statement shows Ike tioures for last year as compared to those of this year: A. R. C. Total. 11)00 . . .. Hi 3(52 7.21>H 7. 7tM? 1001 .... 24 201 0,213 (1,43s Docrouso . 22 101 1.0H5 1.20K On a hasis of (100,000 tin* class A pensioners Inst year oot $72 audi; class li, $1(5; chits C, $12..'50; NO TRICKS TO CJ We givo you Plain, 1 What \vc advertise* \ here just as i One Pric CASH FROM ALL, 1 rI li?? values we are f?ivin<? are lon^ 1o learn where bargains hi and s(|uure dealing, coupled will Prices like (hose, hacked up I Ladies' Patent Tip C )xfords, '1 P.) cents. All styles, 74 cents. Oxfords at D8 cents is as good a Men s Nullifiers, 7.7 cents. .Men's, Ladies' and Children pics, the 25-cent kind, 10 cents. So Oil. Ladies' Kendy-Mndo Shirt Waists, all colors $1.08, like ot Percale, Madras Lace Stripe \Y worth 25 to 50 cents more. 10-inch White Organdie, 1 t< M. Sim.*>'. ^'1 9s cents. Coat mid Vest. ?1.2-1 Men's Pants, 25 and 19 cents Men's lints, not straw. 10 cen Pure liinni (\ Men's Fine Shirts, 25 cents f You *?ot nn it< mixed lull will guarantee satisfaction, and our you want it.'' The BEE HIV CIIARL0TT1' i on a basin oi' Si 00,000 thoy would liavo in ciaBBuH i> and (J $l9.f2 aid $14.02, respectively. This year class A pensioners will L*et $'.'<? en li. class ]5 about $29.80 and class (' about $22.'Jo. The receipts have Ween sent to the several counties for the pensioners to sign. As soon as they begin to come in the warrants bathe individual pensioners will be sent to the several clerks of court. Northern Presbyteilans Will Change their Confession of Faith. A Hub-committee of the commit-! tee on revision of the creed appointed by the Presbyterian general assembly met in Pittsburg. Pa , Friday to tabulate the results of the Presbyteries on creed revision, and to formulate a report to be presented to the general assem- ! bly in May. The committee decided upon two important features of the plan for revision, which will be presented to the general assembly. Thes-? features are as follows and are ' most urgently demanded by the Presbyteries: 1. A new statement of doctr'ne to be issued as a supplement to t lie eonfessi- n of f.".i t h. 2 A revision of the confession itsi If. either by tlm addition of a declaratory paragraph or a change in the text. The committee's report says tlint the jeturns from tho Presbyteries indicate that the church desires some change in its eredal state- 1 incut, and that "it is in the mind of the church that the confession shall be interpreted throughout, in harmony with tho teaching of rvnpiure, that i*??<I in noi willing that anyone should peiiah, nor is it the decree of (Jed, 1 >111 tin- wick eduess of their own hearts, which shuts some men out from the salvation freely and lovingly offered in Christ Jesus to all pinners'' SilverwareWe are adding at all times to our line of Sterling Silver all the most desirable pieces for table use. For presents or use in your family you can find nothing better. < Qs'/<nnrf/nfa/n 'Phone -J7T. CHARLOTTE, N. ('. GIVE AWAY. ITCH CUSTOMERS! Tnadulterated Values, on will always find represented. e To ASH rREAT ALL ALIKE! tolling. T( doesn't take the people e to he had. It takes facts, fair li low prices, to get and hold trade, by reliable goods, w 11 draw trade: 1 cents. Common Sense Oxfords, Our guaranteed Solid Leather s you can buy anywhcie for $1,2.*). V. Straw Hats, Sailors, etc. SnmTlie nO-ceiit ones, 2~> cents, and Waists.? Nicely made lip Silk hers aak to !? 1 for. (iin^hani. aists. 25, '?>'), 10, 7 1 and OS cents. 10-yard lengths, 5 cents. . 71 and OS cents. Heavy (1oats, Man's Whole Suit. 5?1.21. Wool l'unts, 7 I and OS cents, its. Good ones, all styles, 10 cents. >ilars, 5 (Vnts. or the 40 ami 50 cent kinds. i every article you buy here. We guarantee means 4'in< ney back if E THE ONE PRICE 1 CASH STORE, - - N. C. HH| | ^ W,, A?. T | HAVE YOU About that in< flour tho pooplo ar Rock it ill nowada not, it will par vo 1 % % by bringing a lo; wheat over. satisfy von boron * ? lions. 'Try us a oii and good (lour. ROCK 111LL U< L. E. !',H()W> Furniture Having bought 1 no st? wo are ollbring special i it uro to make room foi arriving daily. Take advantage of on PLAN. W(4 an1 ahva terms of credit that \v to you. Pianos, Organs, Sewi kinds of Stringed Musi E. M. Ai ROCK HILL, S. C. Increasing sales attcs WALTER % m? ww f i i ii - . < V r - V ... ,r V -V 'V v ? V/TV " . ***'''*"?i i' Tubular Ste Superior in ccnstructi over all others in quality inipro vcnicnts, includiny Wheels, Roller and Dal Simple root Lilt of great and Track Clearer; a ma: draft and durability. CATALOCL A. A. YOl'XO, Agent. J. U. Traywick & Co., DKAI.KKS IN FINE EIQUOKS AN!) AV I N KS, ), No. tvi Knst Trails St. | i. CIIAKLOTTK, - N. (\ i BARBER SHOP. For first rln^s to:i: trial v. ?.? t.?11 j barbpr shop ut' \V. U. t av'?'!. i.i 'I bank building. Hair <'lit! iau'. ^ ' \ iir , , SbainiMMiinj,'and SingiMii/. l.adi< i sham pound. for HOLIDAY PRESE*WTS The Lamp of S Til.' Iftlllp ItlHt (loonn't flAP?? tip t" ns>> I# >il l.nnrimm- ; tin-lamp z&Ad j^.1 J "ii tr< t r ami -liiyapnfHl ; flu- la / ?Uj;li Ptrl with, i . ?".t !?;??<- a mm 'Cbc v*? ? " \ of ,* p v Oil., r ' >tni -t i t\ ' o ? ' ? ' f V I y tli.yir.v ins..:, . : . 1 r.. s,;, tiior. i ?>u-\ \pt\k f"r.. ilia l imp olY r. I ym is m Oil il ; i*\ r. lamp lias" 11. V VJSsL-^N ONI J <:\ni)? >.C.i V!" y *s v.. i i : . y ! ,;aW'> . \ - ? tvaiitu lav. Inn r ^ W j inlf !. a v.iSM m??rr 'I t *?. i* t i *V, i ' 1": ' ' Mtw Ro-jhes er. ^ ' i5l*fe" ' * ' <I >11 I t. r r . s>. In, Mti, ' n W? Ait^PhCUUSTS ill lh.. tf tbinpi. Couduiiui *"' -- TH".aOOHFSTEaU^?ai, ( i HEARD . .. ; (\ clean, sweet v gelling over at vs? If you have t t a to investigate, wl of your good believe we can <1 vonr exnect.si . 1' i j> for satisfaction 3LI,ER MILLS, J. Manwc.MU. Bargains. DC I; of 5*arnos & Love, indueonionts in Furn now floods that arc ir EASY PAYMENT ys ready to arrange in pro\o satisfactory ing Machines, ancl all cal insl rmncnts. ridrews, $ t the worth of the A, WOOD if' ff'-! fAW/ ? > \? If ' > t; . ,I<R "v' .% "; ^V'" el Mowers. on and finish, ranking of materials and latest ; Steel or Cast Drive .1 Bearings, "now and capacity, Spring Lifter vcl of simplicity, light r?T free:. , LOUT MILL, S.C. MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES. 1 ; II !1< flit fill lli/? ( l.ifil'iru W la: L ? ' > i II1111' 111 >111(1 lipHiltttOllO \unpany. of 1 v 1111 ii 11. Vl.f it ml lac Us nvil! , 1" la., the largest con' rn < f 11: kind in the I'nited >iat?s. Anyone in need of anyhi n;4 in my Sine would do well to all > . me f a pr; -e-. heloro placing hei r o dei'H. i\ I). F \! I.IiNEtt, Tori )Iill,S.C. >;.!> X MWSI'APITHS F<)!1 S \ LIT AT THE TIMES OFFICE. FOTeve RVdayJJSE' iteady Habits or mniikc, or <*nn??? yon tluit look.-; K""'' wWti jf nip thnt you nover will* a ^ .ocbcctcr. mBy . *l H " ' 1 ! ?? ind '' ? p0 I ! ii' ! 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