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fPPPRV^nrrSBAOFORO, - EDITOR. One yenr , SI.00 Six months 00 Three months 25 Oj^ application to the publisher. advertising; rate.a are made known to those Interested. * ii-J ? - IHJl. H".LU . IJ J.. 'XI -m THURSDAY. JANUARY 14,190% -t u 1 - . ' "1 have qpt attempted to deceive \ anybody; 1 have not told any fake- { hoods; I have not broken any law; 1 j hpye not been guilty of any immoral conduct. J had the right to purchase the land if I could, bat my judgement gold me it was unsafe as an invest ^rau. iufu( tumpniiun vi >uj private life and my public work as a ynan and a senator with Theodore Roosevelt, or any other man, and feci absolutely sure of .the ground upon which I stand." These words were uttered by B. R. Tillman in a masterful epeeeh in the United States Senate Monday afternoon in reply to a vicious attack made up<ort hjm by Theodore Roosevelt ^charging that Senator Tillman frad taken advantage of his office of senator to exploit Westein government lands for personal gain. The whole case against Senator Tillman rests upon the implacable hatred of the president for the South Carolina senator and not one honest motive actuated his hypocritical heart in trying to destroy the reputation which Senator Till-^ man enjoys from ocean to ocean and from the great lakes to the gulf as a njan of unimpeachable honor and integrity of purpose. 11 there is doubt in the mind of .anyone of the esteem in which Senator Tillman is held by his hdme people and the confidence fKov rorvncn ir? 1/if a?\a I/IIVJ ^yuov. Ill U11U| itl. OULU UUV read the resolution passed unanimously by both branches of the .Sjuth Carolina Legislature Tuesday within less than two hours .after meeting for the session of 1939. Senator Tillman long since earned the ill will of this pestilential person, be it said to (the everlasting honor of the distinguished Carolinian, by showing him up to the country in his true light?that of a faker and falsifier who has been a curse to the country since the day the assassin's bullet sent William McKinley to an untimely grave. xSo far as the Fort Mill Times is j concerned in this issue and other | issues that may arise between ; Southern Democrats and Northern Republicans, if there is the 1 semblance of right on the side .of the former he will receive the .endorsement, of this paper. PUBLIC OFFICIALS' SALARIES. The bill increasing the annual salary of the president of the United States from $50,000 to $100,000 has been reported favorably by the Senate committee on finance and will likely become a law at the present sesssion 01 uongress. One, hundred thousand dollars seems to the average layman an enormous sum to pay for the services ,of one man, but in the case of the president of the United States it is none too much. There is a general inclination , to underpay public officials, the superficial observer apparently thinking that no rgfil work is ;nvolved in office-holding and that the incumbents should be able to exist upon the honor which is conferred upon those chosen to serve the public. This [ penurious policy, so far as it apjfe plies to public officials in South Cafehlina, wo believe to be directH I V' J)r!respon8ible in many instances Hfc for the peculations that occur! nk from time to time among the ?|A .office-holders. Men must be rem paid sufficient salaries to meet! |||jK^ the reasonable needs of them1?|1m selves and families, otherwise embezzlement of the public funds HgR^k is likely to occu&with increasing | frequency. '**' is apropos to note at this that there will be introat the present session of_ Legislature a bill to increase ^H^BB^pe salaries of the State officials I^Hffl^Koin the niggardly sum of $1,900 j ^BJHg^^which has heretofore been paid each. South Carolina can well f.fford to increase the compensation of these officials, notwithstanding the depressed financial WBW'* - conditions. They have too long HgB been unedrpaid and it is time to provide just salaries for the sei^ vices which they render the con> Hn mopwealth . Z ^Si?| jC. \ EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY. ! The Times has not been especially friendly to Governor Ansel. Indeed, we do not claim to have been friendly to h'm at all; we have seen little to comtjriend in his administration, and we have not hesitated to point out what appeared to us as his mistakes. For this very reason nonnnf Ka ?? I ?? V VUIIUVV W JLCM1 WiUIUUt nil" grudgingly according him the credit for exercising worthily last week one of the prerogatives of his office. Some weeks ago a poor, friendless old negro who had served nineteen years of a life sentence in the penitentiary wrote the governor an humble, distressing letter begging that he be pardoned, and setting forth in his petition the fact that he was guilty of the crime of which he was convicted, burglarizing a store and making way with $6 worth of goods. The petition apparently was lost sight of, and if there were those who gave the old negro's plea for mercy a I second thought, they doubtless momentarily pitied him, but concluded that his petition would be denied, and then dismissed the matter. But for once Governor Ansel has happily disabused the minds of those who considered him an unsympathetic man with little care for others' ills Friday last the governor granted the old negro a full pardon and expressed the hope that his long confinei ment had taught him a lesso". | which would henceforth deter him from wrong-doing. We are glad that Governor Ansel parj doned t*ie old negro, and we j doubt not that he will find many other cases equally worthy of ! executive clemency if he will but j cultivate "the sweet weakness, | to forgive." A RIlNrn f.AMC ? Some months ago we directed i attention to what we believed to | be a gigantic bunco grme which I was being practiced unon the ! people of this and other States by the "institutes" for the treatment of persons bitten by dogs alleged to have been rabid. We were and are confident that not half the patients of these institutes were hydrophobia subjects for the reason that they were not victims of dogs suffering with the disease. In not one instance have we noted the failure of an "institute" to pronounce the head of the dog which had been forwarded to it for examination that of a rabid animal. Hydrophobia is one of the most fearful diseases to which man is heir, and when one is bitten by a dog it is not strange that he and his friends should become panic-stricken and seek the services of those who claim to be in business to prevent the development of the malady. But the public should not be forced to submit their cases to "institutes" which are of doubtful reliability. These "institutes" slintllH Ko invnet-i/*"*-"'! ' 4' uv uiTtoti^aicu uy Lilt: proper authorities with the view to criminal prosecution of their promoters for the fraudulent use of the mails if it be apparent that they are not honestly conducted. Last week The Times expressed the opinion that there was no further need for public contributions'in behalf of the Italian earthquake sufferers in view of the munificent contribution made for their relief by Congress and the generous aid extended them by private donations. This view of the matter is supported by the statement published Saturday that one societv alone has for. warded from this country $721,031 for the sufferers. South Carolinians who have money to devote to charitable purposes would do greater good by forwarding it to the fatherless little boys and girls at the various orphan homes of the State than by sending it to the Italians. The only honorable and honest way to stop a newspaper is to step into the office and pay up all arrearage, get a receipt and have your name taken off the list. To fire your paper back at the publisher marked "refused" when you owe'six months or a year, and never go near the office, is not only disreputable, but superlatively dishonest as well. ' j * ELECTION ECHOES. A study of the vote in the recent presidential election dis- s closes the fa<;t that Mr. Bryan * was not only the logical Demo- j. cratic candidate, as his friends r claimed, and that no mistake was R made in nominating him, but f that he recovered the ground the j" ! party lost in the disastrous Parker j campaign of 1904. The official v count of the vote cast in Novem-, a ber, published recently, shows , s that Mr. Bryant vote was ex- j J i actly 1,315,211 in excess of Judge i y Parker's; that by a change of i f 110,00c votes in Indiana, Ohio, I c Missouri, Maryland, Kansas, Del- * aware and Montana the electoral ^ votes of those States would have ' c gone to Mr. Bryan instead of 1 Judge Taft, and that the former < would have been elected to the * 1 presidency. Three times Mr. j : tsryan has been the candidate of the party and each time his total | vote has gone beyond the six million mark, a vote which no 1 ? ] other Democrat has ever reached, j which seems to prove incontest- i ably that no other Democrat 1 could have dor^e a whit better. Of course the recital of these j facts is worth nothing so far as j the recent election is concerned, t but they-do disprove the sense- < less claim that the Democratic 1 party has ceased to be a potent \ factor in national elections. The Democracy is far from being < dead and will yet win the great i triumphs to which it is entitled. 1 as the party of the people, and 4' it is worth while to recall the ^ result of the last election for the I encouragement it will lend in 1 I future campaigns. I There is nothing that calls atattention and draws people to a , town like a good newspaper. In ! order to make a good newspaper the publisher must have the ] patronage of the people among i wlinm ll ?* 1 i T f Urx 1?1 r 1 it nviii tiv 11 v11 iic nut) null* way support it stands to reason j that he must in return issue a { poor paper, and in doing this , every man in the town and sur- ; | rounding country has to bear a < portion of the loss. For this J reason, if for no other, the man who tries to make a good news- i paper should have the support of , t : his town people, all of whom i reap fully as much benefit from |1 its efforts as he does himself. I i I i In every town you find some ;? men who always croak and growl;!! their chief amusement seems to ( be to snarl and whine and howl. I Of course they do not prosper j ] well -such people seldom do? ] I and so they strive to make them- 1 selves and all their neighbors blue. Meantime the energetic j man who labors for his town, ;? always works to build it up in- 1 stead of tearing down, will ride ; j from earth to heaven in a Pull- \ man palace car, and will dwell 1 i in peace forever where the firstclass angels are. % i r For the first time in a number of years Fort Mill township is j without representation in York's . delegation in the Legislature, but, % considering this fact, we have c ! no reason to feel that we are j slighted. Fort Mill votpr.Q . ; a noble part in electing the 1 gentlemen now in Columbia and ; i that the interests of this town-! ship will fare well in their hands 1 i we have no reason to doubt. \ Advice to farmers for 1909: ]} Plant what you please, where * 1 you please and when you please. { Perhaps you will think this some-11 ! what brief, and so do we, but we [ ; are trying to print a newspaper, ? not run the affairs of the farmers. !, 9 Every Citizen Should Help. I The ladies of the Civic Society, t together with other ladies of the t town have taken upon themselves I the task of raising funds to care ^ : for the town cemetery. Council y : nas Deen asked to aid in the !, ; work, and while the ladies have t ! been informed that tjie finances J of the town are not at present such as to permit the granting a of money for the purpose, Mayor v Harris has promised co-operation l ! in the work at an early date. | The ladies are much gratified with the liberal contributions v which have been made by owners j of cemetery lots, and feel sure r that with the amount now in j hand and the co-operation of 1 council arid citizens in general it will be possible to put the v cemetery in good shape and em- t ploy a keeper to give constant 1 care to our city of the dead. AH l( citizens should aii in the under- t ta' ing. t i\ Dr. Masse jr to leave Rock Hill. The people of Fort Mill townhip will read with interest the ollowing extract from an article /hich appeared in the Rock Hill lerald of Saturday: "The tumerous 'friends of Dr. J. E. lassey, Sr.. and his excellent amily, will be sorry to learn hat on February 1st they will eave the city for Snrinirdell. Lancaster county, where they vill live. The move will not be l permanent one but Dr. Mas- t ,ey'<$ extensive farm interests j lecessitates his moving there t or several years. Dr. Massey i ms been a resident of Rock Hill or the past fourteen years and luring that time he has won the lighest esteem of every one vhom he has come in contact vith. He is today one of the >ldest practicing physicians in ifor^ county, having practiced :ontinually for thirty-eight years, tourteen in Rock Hill and twenty tour years in Fort Mill. Love Their Home Land. Earthquakes, like some other latural phenomona, make man ealize what a puny and helpless jeing he is when the forces of nature break loose and work havoc. Yet there is love for his home land, supplemented by a persistency and daring in man that no destructiveness can deter. No sooner are cities over turned aud destroyed or hillsides covered with lava than he begins to rebuild on the same site and renew the cultivation of the soil. San Francisco and the territory siround Mt. Pelee are recent :ases in point and in a few years the parts of Italy so terribly devastated by the recent earthquake will again be the abode of teeming thousands of industrious people. This is not the first time that that portion of the world has been destroyed by earthquake and fire, but it was rebuilt, and so it will be again. A Great Inconvenience. Farmers of the Harrison (N. C.) neighborhood are heard to complain of the present inconvenience to which they are put and the extra travel required to reach Fort Mill, where many do their trading, by reason of the fact that Barber's bridcre over Suo-ar :reek has been impassible since the August freshet, and they are compelled to travel by way af Bailes' bridge. We have not heard of any intention of the authorities to rebuild or repair Barber's bridge, but understand that York and Lancaster counties, since building the Bailes iron bridge a short distance down the creek, will spend no more meney on Barber's bridge. Htnce, it would seem that if the people of Barberville and Harrison communities care to use the aridge they will have to keep t up without expense to the jounties. For health and happiness?DoWiti's Little l'tarly Risers?smal .gentle, easy pleasant, little liver pills, the best nade. told by Ardrey's drug store q- It sometimes happen that a girl may get rid of a persistent suitor by marrying him. It soothes (ain.it is ccoling and healing. Good for cuts, burns, bruises and icrntuhes, bat especiully recommended For piles?DeWitt's Gurbolized Witch Flazel tfaUo. told by Ardrey's drug it ore. ? -4 ? More people have been civilized .vith the bathtub than with the Ten Commandments. \ great, many people have kidney and gadder trouble mainly due to neglect >f the occassional pains in the buck, ilight rheumatic pains, urinary disirders, etc. Delay iu such cases is luugerous, Take De Witt's Kidney and dladder 1 ills Ihey arc for weuk back, tackuche, rheumatic pains and all kid ley ami bladder trouble, toothing and mtiseptio. Regular size 50c. told bv >. rurey s drug store. ? A mean trick for a man to )lay on a girl who rejects his >roposal is to take her at her .vord. [his is just. the time of tho yi ar wh m 'on are most likely to contract a se'ere cold, and you should always have ?oiiuedy's Laxative ough Syrup landy, especially for tho children. It ustes nearly as good as maple sugar, t coses the cold by gently moving the >owe!s through its laxative principle, utd at the same time it is sgpthiug for hroat irritation, thereby stopping tho ough, bold by urdrey.s drug store. Not until the undertaker gets >usy with a man docs he cease o be unpopular with his relaions. fou may eat all the good sensible food rou want if you will ct Kodol digest t for you. iJon't worry about dyspep- j ia or indignation, for w< rry only tends o make you tnoro nervous. liesides on don't have to worry any more j bout what you eat. because Kodol for dyspepsia and Indigestion will digest ny and all food at any and all times, todol is guaranteed to give prompt "retef. bold by Ardrey's drug store. Every man likes to hear a vise woman talk?because she >? ? t requires a proper combination of eriuiu acids with liutnral digestive lices to perfect a dyspepsia cure. And j hat is what Kodol is a perfect digeser that digests all the food you eat. f you will tu'.io Kodol for a little ihilc you Will uo longer have indigosiott. Yon then couldn't have iudiges- ' ion. How could yoa have indigestion 1 f your food were to diga. t? ixoriol ligesta all yon cut. It is ploasaut to like, acts promptly, hold by Ardrey's i Irug store. nop SPECIAL NOTICES. <8 FOR SALE?A good Horse; will 8 work anywhere and has saddle 5 gaits. Fof particulars apply Jfi to B. Henry Massey, at Postoffice. $ FOR SALE?The Sellers house i and lot on Forest street, Fort > Mill, S. C. Apply to J no. R. Hart,-Atty., Yorkville, S. C. Cj< WANTED?To take your orders > for Sweet Potato and Cabbage < Plants. All varieties. Satis- ^ faction guaranteed. Jas. H. G Patterson, Fort Mill, S. C. J WANTED?A number of Cedar ! C Posts, suitable for fencing. & Apply at Times Office. ? CABBAGE PLANTS-The best f frost proof, sure head nlants C that can be produced at the following: prices: 1,000 to 4,000, $1.50; 5,000 to 8,000, $1.25; 9,000 to 20,000, $1.00. Varier ties: Early Jersey Wakefield, Js Charleston Wakefield, Succes- G sion, Flat Dutch. Cash with (5 order, F. E. HULL, g Rock Hill, S. C. g LOST OR STOLEN-Two Cer- C tificates of E. VV. Kimbrell Co. 0 Stock, one of 30 shares be- g longing to Belk Bros, and one X of 20 shares to J. B. Mack. Al- 5 so a note of $3,000 to E. M. ? Beld Ex., by Belk Bros, on V i which is a credit of $2,000, and Q one of $2,000 by J. B. Mack, g All persons are warned against x trading for or trying to use the Ja same. A reward will be paid, ^ if returned to me. G Mrs. E. M. Belk, Executrix. g Your confidence is re- ^ spected at Ardrey 's Drug ^ store and your little child (j can and will get just as G good prices as you and q we trade with them just G as if you were present g and expecting your ap- j? proval. j| j "i" 1 Bargains ii ? Christmas is aver a begun, bringing hope S trade. Before the e? ?we want to sell wha Ladies', Misses' and 0 We have only a few o ? offer to sell them f 1 Below Acti ? Below we give you i x have, and if 3 011 are lc gS in Cloaks, come to se< 8 LADIES' C IOne Brown Cloak formerly One Green Three Tan Two Tan " " One I an " u One Black " '' One Tan " *4 One Black " " One Black One Tan Three black One tan Cloak formerly s Cjp One blue Cloak formerly s ? Four browrn Cloaks formerly ? One black Cloak formerly i s M isscs' and'Chi 1 ^ One Red Cloak, former price S frx One Gray Cloak, former price Four Misses' Cloaks, mixed f jgj Seven " " 05 On^ Child's bearskin Cloak in 65 One Child's cut velvet Cloak i fnrari Q9@@@??@?0@0? 06 LIMITEO MEANS OR EDUCA ALL OUR C.000 GRADUATES It. II r IRK 1?.\II>. IU> Utll AT ? OO. |"|A a A I A RIJ too *( ? Cour.vf. U/\. OO if' f )?00?^000000 ? S Mills & Y > | 1 F I I Somethini \ | AND YOU | Nice, Frest I CALJ 1 Our Groci j) The Phone | We handle not! | best of things to e | fore guarantee o | absolute satisfaeti* | pride ourselves oi 1 It's iike this: Th | take your order; y | There's little wait Mills & \ 2 j???????????? (8 i i - . i-. } ?@@<8???S ???? n Cloaks. 1 nd the New Year is ? s|fora good years' ? Did days are gone S? it we have left in q* Childrens' Cloaks. (gj~ f these cloaks and ? rorn now on at? ? ual Cost. | a list of what we ? >oking for bargains g e ours: JLOAKS. <g sold for $1000 for $6 50 ? 44 44 8 50 '* 5.50 g 44 44 1000 41 650 ? 4 4 4 4 1000 44 7.00 * " 8-5? " 5-5? ? 44 44 IO.OO 44 6.50 <4 " *7. ro " r ro iooo " 7.50 q0 12.00 '* 8 50 ? 8 00 " 6.00 0 " " 3-5?/' 2-25 ? ;o!d for 5 00 for 3 50 ? old for 5.00 for 3.50 0 f sold N>r 5.00 for 3 50 0 sold for 4 50 for '2.50 Qc (Irons' Cloaks. ? ^5.00, now - - - $3.50 5.00, now - - 3.50 joods, for - - - 1.25 X 1.75 5? white " - - - 1.75 ? n brown ror - - 2.00 0 SRELLCO i )???0?Q@??@?0 HY A S5,00o f ^f Shank i>tii?om? TION NO HINDRANCE. AT WORK. KITE T?>))A\i TO S. COLLEGE, Macon Ga. 0?S?S?S?S^^SB^^B oung Co. |fl I To Eat, || WANT IT 1"^ i and Good, 1 1 > is No. 12. ? ling but the very at, and can there- & ur goods to give g on. Then, too, we ?' ti quick delivery. <B|, e 'phone rings, we % ! ou get the goods. & ing for you. @ oung Co. | )?????????@@??> ' , %i Cleaning, Pressing.; and IlviMiur ? J n. Join the Fort Mill Pressing Club, membership $1.00 p' month. Dry, chemical or we 4 cleaning. Besides Clothing, v. | clean or dye Furs, Skins, Rug ; Mats, Feathers, bleach Straw Panama Hats; old Neckties an< : Ribbons made new; cleaning and dyeing of Gloves. 'Phone orders to 446, or cad oi us up stairs over Parks Drug Co GUY A. ROSS Proprietor. i H k B a Dcsicos rrvTi * Copyrights 4.cAnyone sending a sketch and dcrtrliit mar quickly nacerlnln our opinion free wnethT uIn rout Ion is probnbly pnlentah'n. Couioi.i.iIca lions strictly contldonttal. HANDBOUK ? '" sent (roe. OlUeat ngeii'7 for curunr nulcnm. 1'AienU taken through Munn A Co r'Co'.v ; rptcial notice, without charge. In tho Scientific Jimericati. A handsomely lllust rate<1 weekly. I .irgest rip, i enlatlon of any cientiOn Journal. 1'enna. or year; four months, 9L Bold by all nee sdcjiWra. New York Branch Office. 625 f Ht., Wajhtugtor., O. C TAX RETUKN FOR 19.>1 I Office of the County Auditor of Yen ( onnty, S. i; Ab required by Statute, my book-i < be opened at my office in Yorkvi lo >n Friday, Janna-y lnt, 1900. and k? j op.'ii uufi February 20th, 1000, for l)? * . purpoae of lint in# for taxutiou al Tn \ ab u 1 roj?erty be d in York > onntv or. i January l, 1UD0 Returns niude on proper blanks, and sworn to bo fort an officer qualified t. administer an oath, ami forwarded w ino by registered mail before February t > <r 40th 1909, will be accepted A1 taxpayers are purliculnry request ed to inform themselves ns to the nuiu i ber of their respective School District* The school districts in which ther* are special levies in Fort Mill town ship are Nos 48, 48 ami 89 For the purpose of facilitating ti taking of returns and for tic grenn' convenience of taxpayers, 1 wll. laFort Mill Wednesday, Thursday ai Friday, the 4<>th, 41st and 44nd day*? <> January, 190U. All males between the ages of twentyone and sixty years, except Cotib devate soldiers over the age of fifty years ar?i liable to a |x>l 1 tax of $1. My office in Yorkviile wiil be I every week day from January Jsr ft' 1 February 40th. inclusive, and retortmay be mude there at any time. JOHN J. ItUNTtiR. Auditor York t'onniy. i Yo' kwille, 8. (1, Dec. 18, 19ox. TRESPASS NOT I E. Notioo is hereby given that all p.r.ynm aro forbidden to hunt, tlsli, out timber i or trespass in any manner upon thyj m^. . lands of the nndersigtied. ^ "SASisaix a\v 8U3XJLIS3 KSHNSUOniH Alii i/\V-, '