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THURSDAY. JANUARY 14,190%
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"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?|
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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.
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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. %
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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. !,
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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.
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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|
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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
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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
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TION NO HINDRANCE.
AT WORK.
KITE T?>))A\i TO
S. COLLEGE, Macon Ga.
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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 % !
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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.
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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-, '