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ft ... ? ; PORT MILL TIMES DBMOCRATIO B. W. BBAOrORO, SOITOR. __________________ One >*nr 91.00 Six months .60 Thru* months ? On application to the publisher. ad* ?<rtl>>lni( rules are made kno\yn to ?' ?*?? Interested. THURSDAY FEBRUARY *, 1909. MBfgBMPBBRgPt -LIRB. XJA11... L Jil I _fgr? CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. There seems little liklihood of the bill of Representative Rucker j abolishing capital punishment in South Carolina, except in cases > of criminal assault upon women.; becoming a law at this time, but; there is, nevertheless, much to, be said in behalf of the bill. This ! is a matter which we have given considerable thought, and we are unable to arrive at the conclusion that hanging prevents or deters the criminal classes from murder, the crime responsi- j ble for most legal executions. If; it be true that hanging prevents murder, as is generally claimed, why do our authorities deem it best to conduct the executions in private? Why not invite the public to witness the criminal dangling at the end of the rope, I instead of conducting the executions in private? If hanging serves as a warning to would-be murderers, the public should be invited in to profit by the warning. If we were as civilized as we claim to be, we would abolish capital punishment, with its < brutalizing horrors, and establish a penal colony in one of the State's sea islands where murderers would be speedily exiled for life. Murderers should be allowed to live, exiled fnrever from society. We would have them alone with their own conscience, "under its cold shadow by day and its black win? by night," If society wishes to enforce the value and sanctity of human life, can It do so by allowing two murders for one ciime? It is a fact easily proved that where hangings are most frequent, murder is most common. In the States of Rhode Island, Michigan, Wisconsin and Maine, where the death penalty has been abolished, life is more secure than in many other States of the Union. The death penalty was abolished in Switzerland in 1879 and it is the most peaceful nation of Europe. Portugal abolished capital punishment in 1867 and murders in that country have decreased more than half. Because men are murderers is the very reason why the State should not be. Life imprisonment is the humane solution of this problem, but in order to be effective, conviction should be swift and sure, after a trial as thorough and just as law cgn m?!vP it witVirmt fVio ?f ?? pWXVM?> VIIV VIIOIII^C VII technical appeal, executive clemency or pardon, THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE This world^famed gambling institution was formed in 1792 by 24 brokers in the city of New York, under a tree near the present number, 60 Wall street In 1817 the New York Stock and Exchange Board was constituted by 25 men. From that time down to 1853 it had its quarters in the Merchants' Exchange, at Wall and William streets. In the latter year it removed to Beaver and Wall streets, and in 1865 to Ks present location on Broad street, It is a voluntary association and not incorporated, with a membership limited to 1,100, Members are ejected and tnust be nominated by two men, who must say that they would accept the uncertified check of the nominee for $20,000. The initiation fee is $90,000. The dues a srA lire nuoui *o(i, rnese memberships are known as "seats," and are sold or transferred at varying prices. J? the seven years prior to 1900 these seats were sold as low as $10,000, In 1900 they were quoted at from $88,000 to $11,090. Prior to 1900 the highest price of a seat was about $95,000. In April, 1906, a seat sold for $84,000, and in March, 1907, for $73,000. The original object and purpose of the exchange was to obtain uniform commissions for the buying and selling of stocks, but this object and purpose has been enlarged during the one hundred and sixteen years of] the existence of the exchange so as to include the purchase and sale of all and every variety of stocks, bonds, and secui Hie?, national, state, county, and municipal, industrial, public, and private; their manipulation, so as to control prices, and, in short, every form of speculation, legitimate and illegitimate, from the purchase and sale of stocks and bonds, with an honest delivery, to the wildest form of stock gambling and stock jobbing. Through its operation a few men have become fabulously rich, while hundreds of others possessing comfortable fortunes have passed from its doors penniless and pauperized. We have long suspected?and a legislative report has just confirmed our suspicion?that a considerable percentage of the students who receive free tuition at the various State-supported institutions as the result of competitive examinations were not entitled to receive their education at the expense of the tax-payers'1 upon the plea that their parents were not able to pay the tuition charge.:. There is a law on the statute books of the State designed to remedy this evil, but 1 it still exists and will continue to : exist until there are a few prosecutions and convictions under it. There are today being educated at Winthrop and Clemson a considerable number of girls and boys, we doubt not, whose I parents are amply able to pay their tuition but who are freestudents, accepting the bounty I of the Commonwealth which was i intended for the daughters and sons of parents who cannot af1 fo~d to give their children a collegiate education. Thus do I we see the Commonwealth being ! mulcted of thousands of dollars annually and poor but deserving girls and boys deprived of that to which they are entitled. A twnlinr afnto nf fonto ?n known to thousands of citizens throughout the State, exists in i connection with the board of i trustees of Clemson College, in that a majority of the members i of the board are not under ; State control, but were appointed under the Clemson will and are not responsible to the Legislature for their official acts. So far there seems to have been no friction between the trustees of the State and those serving under the Clemson will, but it is too much to expect these happy conditions to continue indefinitely, The day i3 almost certain to come when there will be a schism and South Carolina has too much at stake to risk the disruption j of the college if there is any way to a/oid it. We were not, therefore, surprised to read the report of the legislative committee AM QfafA J ? ? | vii utaic-aiucu lii&ULUUUIlS recom| mending that if it be possible | under the terms of the Clemson i will for the State to secure control of the board, such steps be taken at once. This is a matter which should receive the earnest consideration of the Legislature 1 at the present session. . Last week The Times printed an editorial on "Sabbath Obserance," in which note was taken of the sermons preached recently by a number of Columbia ministers on the subject. There was, however, one phase of the matter we failed to mention which seems to be more or less perti, nent, and it was the utter lack , of consistency ?not to use a i stronger word?displayed by these same ministers in decry\ ing the desecration of the Sab| bath and within the hour furnishing (as they in all probability Hiril tY\e> a# ? , ...v vu^ij v> until aci IllUItS j for publication in tho Monday 1 morning: papers, with the certain knowledge that the copy would be edited, the type set, the proof read and the forms made up Sunday night. There has been no change in the status of the proposition for the erection of a bridge over Broad river at or near Howell's ferry. The York commissioners stood in the position of being willing to meet the Cherokee commissioners in the middle of Ithe riyer and, as we understood it, the people most interested on both sides of the river are hold. ing the Cherokee commissioners ! responsible for inaction,?Yorkvilte-inquirer, '>* V * | ' Mr. Wiboa's Side of Cluinft Matter, i 1 In commenting last week on 3 the road bill which Senator W. t i H. Stewart proposes for York i | county, The Times referred to ] ' the differences which exist in the i I legislative delegation as to the ] : advisability of adopting certain , j provisions thereof. The bone < of contention between Messrs. I Stewart, Glasscock and Sanders | on the one side and Messrs. Wilson and Hollis on the other seems i to be the employment of the,,! county chaingang, the latter; gentlemen objecting to the pro- ; vision of Section 12 of Senator, Stewart's bill which makes its mandatory upon the supervisor to first employ the chaingang in repairing the public roads "running east and west ana then north and south throughout the county. Mr. Wilson claims that if this provision of the bill is enacted into law, the townships of Fort Mill, Bullock's Creek and Bethel will not receive the work of the chaingang to which they are entitled. In a statement written for The Times, Mr. Wilson expresses himself in opposition to the chaingang proviso of Senator Stewart's bill as follows: "I do not agree with the chaingang proviso of Mr. Stewart's bill because the idea is that the two main highways must be completed before the caingang can be removed from them to do any work on any other road in the county. The last proviso of Section 12 of the bill is meaningless and impossible of execution ! I by the county board of commis; sioeers. It will be impossible for the board of commissioners to' 'distribute the benefits of the i chaingang among the various townships as impartially as posble' when they are bound to complete the two main highways before they do any other work, and | when these two main highways ! only run through six townships i in the county. The townships of Bethel, Bullock's Creek and Fort Mill under this arrangement will I not get any work from the chainCJl.nur until thp main ViirrliHfovo o?i ; 0 0 ... ?..w uigiinajo aiC completed and neither of these highways will come anywhere near touching any of these townships. "Our delegation last year on the stump were a unit on the proposition that 'the money de| rived from the two mill road tax in each township should go to: the township to be expended on j the roads of that township/ as, well as the commutation tax, and that it should not be a county road fund. That is the only fair and just way to distribute it. ; Now, the county chaingang is maintained by a levy of one mill I on all property, real and personal, in the county. Eeach township pays this one mill on all property | within its bounds. Why, there- j fore, upon the same basis of fairness and justice, should not everp township in the county receive its proportionate share of the work of the chaingang, and : why should three townships in the county be required to contribute a one mill tax on all property in tl eir township to build permanent roads in six other townships and increase the value : of property in those townships when these three townships will get no benefits whatever from said roads? They are just as i much entitled to their one mill i tax as they are to their two mill tax money. "As to the disposition of the | chaingang, I have advocated | since the first and still advocate that it should be left, as nearly | as possible, in the complete control of the supervisor and county commissioners, and should be worked by them in each township of the county, as nearly as possible, in proportion to the amount each township contrib utes to its maintenance." Disappointed in the Stewart Road Bill. Editor Times: After reading i Mr. Stewart's bill on the road law, I must confess I was some- j i what disappointed. I was expecting a different proposition entirei ly?something to reduce our tax. i In the last year our taxes have , increased 20 per cent and the ' poor people already find it very difficult to meet this obligation. Then ten when *mn """ , , ........ jwu vitavc new j office?, you increase taxes. His | bill concentrates the working of the roads too much, I think. ; What we need is a good man in each community who will take charge of the roads in his sec-1, ' tion and have them worked < without pav, and the poor man, j1 be he white or black, can work 8 or 10 days each year better than I he can pay the required tax. I think we need more and better roads, and it seems to me the best law for us is that every ablebodied man be required to perform road duty about four times 1 a year, say one day in January, one day in April, one day in August, and one day in December, , or from 4 to 6 days each year, , divided so as to fix up the broken < places and keep the ditches clean. '1 rhen we can have fairly good 1 roads the year round. With the , | Stewart bill, 1 don't think ou-* roads in the interior can ever 1 be what we would like to have [ | them. All we want is a plain, , (simple, strong roa<J lavyr that will < i, ,1^, | K B ' l ?-i? require every able- bodied tnan to work so many days each year, and make the penalty so jnreat that we can press the people to work. Give us more and better roads but less tax. Ihaven't a word to say about the chaingang. [ am willing to leave the gang to our county commissioners. We don't want any more paid officers when the work can best be done without the extra township supervisors. Brother, we as a community of farmers don't want so much red tape. Let us do our roads up in the plain, old-fashioned way, then we will not be bored to death to pay men to do this sunervisinn If nnvnno Vioo a different view to this, please let us hear from him. Maybe someone can untangle this road Froblem, for such it seems to be. hope Mr. Stewart will reconsider his bill and by some means leave off the expensive part of it, at least. I hope to hear from someone else on this subject. Z. T. BAILES. North Fort Mill, Feby. 1. York County News. (Turkvillo Enquirer, Friday.) The work of cleaning up at Ninety-nine islands preparatory to resuming the construction of the power dam at that place, is now well under way. There has been tremendous loss at the dam on account of succeeding freshets since the suspension of the original operations, much of the work having been washed away. Up to the present time about one hundred laborers are busy; but within a few weeks this number will be largely increased. A barn and stable belonging to Capt. W. B. Smith, at Clover, was destroyed by fire last night at about 9 o'clock. When discovered the flames had already made headway that put them beyond control. The loss includes the building, two horses, two mules, buggies, harness, gears, etc., a lot of roughness and aggregating something like $1,500. There is insurance to the amount of $1,050 in the London, Live.pool and Globe. There is a good deal of cotton being held in York county; but the status of it is quite different from much of that which was being held at the same time last year. Then, a great deal of the cotton held back was encumbered with airrirultiiriil anH - ?a ?i MIIVI VVI1VI IICIIO, Now, most of the cotton that is being held is actually owned by the holders, and they do not have to sell until they get ready. Congressman Finley spoke at considerable length on the postoffice appropriation bill Wednesday. He reviewed briefly the the work of the postal commission and said that he did not think congress ought to undertake a consideration of so important a matter now, but that it should be taken up and discussed at length at the extra session in Match. He also explained that it was necessary for the committee on postoffices and postroads, of which he is a member, to increase the appropriation for the rural free delivery system over the estimates submitted by the postmaster general, for the reason that had this not been done it would have been impossible to establish new routes because of lack of funds. He paid a high tribute to the worth and efficiency of the free delivery system and the carriers serving in the different routes throughout the United States. Besides these points he touches on other features of the bill now being considered. <Rivr>lr Will v *..? ituiuiu, nuiurujiy.l Over 400 loads of rock were placed on the old Saluda road Wednesday to be used by the county chaingang in macadamizing the roda. The farmers living along this road, and those who have to travel this road, realize the value of good roads and are now showing the county their appreciation by putting all the rock that will be needed on the road. The chaingang is at Eresent in Ebenezer township, ut will be moved to Saluda road as soon as the convict camp is completed. Best price paid for cotton yesterday on local market, 9.5-8 cts. There is not any bet'er Salvo than DoWitt's arboliz d Witch Hazel Salvo. We hereby warn tho public that we are not responsible for any injurious effects caused fnmi worthless or poisonous luiitntious of our Do Witt s L'arbolized Witch Hazel Salve, tho original. If. ia IVfiA 1 fni* anwfhS"'- * - ... ?.~S . .v.. n.ij I * 114*11 U Hltlve 1H needed, but it it* especially k<*>d for piles. Be dure yon yet Do Witt'*. Sold by Ardrey's drug store. Some of the oid citizens say we always have two weeks of colfi weather in February, and that the recent cold snap was the beginning of it. This is just the time of year when yon n o most likely to have kidney or bind der trouble, with rheumatism and rheumatic pains caused by weak kidneys. Delays are dangerous Get Dm Witt's Kidney ntid bladder Pills, aud be sure you j<et what you ask for. They are the best pills made for backache, weak back, nniuary disorders, in tiaiumatiou of the bladder ec. They are antiseptic ami act promptly. We sell and recommend thorn.?Aidrey's drug store, \ ' & ' ?S?? i . \ ; * ">' .tf" * V _ | The Store' ? SEWING Oil ;? MACHINES | You II Ackr I That the FURN1 is the most compl tion. Thousands ] The latest and b Q a simplified definit | Our Terms ? If you desire ere @ allowing you ainpl @ Gill and see us. 1 MILLS & g LEADERS IN FURNITI LI EN -?E ORDIN XNOE. An ordinance declaring and fixing n special License Tax to be (mid by person. firm, company or corporation en gug<-<i 111 uiiv uumiii'hm, proiessiou or vocation therein mentioned, within the incorporate limits of the town of Fort Mill, providing for the col eel ion of same. b'ec 1. Be it ordained by th? Mayor and the Wardens of the 1 own of Fort Mill, S. (J., in t ouncil assembled, that on and after the let day of January, J'JOO, every person, linn, company or corporation then engaged, or that thereafter may become engaged, in any business, profession or vocation hereinafter mentioned, within the incorporate limits of the town of Fort Mill, shall take out u license therefor from the Town i ouncil for which he, it or they shall pre-pay to the said Town Council, for the public use of suid town, and for t]ie purpose of meeting in part the current expenses thereof, a special License tax, as follows. Te ephone Company or agency, each, for loll business done between the town of Fort Mill and auy other point without tlio corporate limits of said town, within the State of SonthOaro ina. ami not including that done without the Statu and not including that done for the government, i?er year $ 10 00 ' telephone Company, or agency, each, for local business done exclusively within tho town of Fort Mill, S. U., and not including that done for the government, jier year 2 00 Express Company, or agency, each, for business done exchu. ively in the town of Fort Mill, S. t , and not including that done without the Stale,and not lnelndiug government business, per year 25 00 Telegraph (. oinpany, or Agency, each, for business done exclusively iu the town of Fort MiU, S.1 ., and not including business done without the State, ami not including government business, per year 10 00 Kerosene Oil Oompanv, or Agen cy, eacn, receiving, storing, selling or delivering oil to nierchunts either by wagon or otherwise, per year 25 00 Fire Insurance Company, or Agency, represented by eithor local or transient Agents, for either soliciting or selling insurance, each, per year 2 50 Life Insurance Company, or Agency, represented by oithor local or transient Agents, for either soliciting or selling life liuuruuce, per year 10 00 Transient dealers in fruit or pro| duce, provided this license shall not apply to people living within the surrounding country who make their own fruit or produce in the town of Fort Mill, per day 1 00 I Mugic Lantern iShows, for each performance 5 00 Theatrical performances,for ea h performance 5 00 Palmistry, for each and every person p ving such vocal iou or calling, per day,,, 5 00 Lightning Rod Company, or Agency, each per year 100 00 i Itinerant traders,-vender* of any kind of wares, merchandise or pateut medioiues, worm medicines, or pateut rights, each, per year 50 00 i Citcus or Equestrian shows, or menagerie, or carnivals, per day, (in the discretion of the mayor) $5 00 to 100 00 Sewing Machine Companies, or their Agents, selling tnuchiues within the town of Kort Mill, S. ' .,per year 10 00 | Photographers, per year... 5 00 Sec. 2 No liceuse shall be trans ' ferred from one person, firm or corporation, to anotper except with the sale of the stock of goods, or business, and with the consent of the Mayor. All licenses shall be paid by the 1st day of March. Sec. 1}. Any person, firm or corporation refusing qr neglecting to pay any license required by this ordinance shall be fined in the sum of not less than $10.00, nor nioro thun $100.00, or Jin- j prison rnaut of a term of not less than i H55S5fc'^fiV$5i5B!?9B8K^ & ^060S^3OS?0( rhat Saves 1 | .GAMS and PIANOS iowled&e to i TURE Department lete and most satb lave already made <: est styles from the 1 ion of the store. are Liberal dit, we will make tl e time between pay We guarantee sati YOUNG IRE, I PIFNTV A I h k- II I I I FOR F We are prepared to ? coming year. A1 reads us and made arrangem Iper cent, whieh is to b their farms this year, well as old ones, and n< gard to how much mor doubled our Capital ai loaned. We prefer lo; rather than standing lo to farmers who will u their crops, loans to be not want loans to run loans that will be paid re-loan it on cotton, w in the Spring. The g are in the above kind c accommodate a greater basis and cause our Ci much more rapid rate in standing loans. W of loans, even though \ rather than get 8 per c have a tendency to con pand it. ^ We arc building one M South Carolina are pro ? is growing at a radid n be progressive and b< ^ that we cannot help 01 (5^ ourselves. Call in to see us or < 09 service to you. All v careful attention. I THE NATION g ROCK HILL, ten (10) days, nor more than a tern thirty (SO) days Sec. 4. The charges for licenses any business not enumerated in an; the above sections shall be deter mi by the Mayor. Sec. 6. All Ordinances, or parts A-A: s * * vruiunilCVN, inconsistent llQITWit U hereby repealed. Done and ratified in open council I the 8th day of December 1908. L A. HARRIS, Attest: Mayoi A. R MoELHAlfKY. ? lerk. NOTIUK OF ELECTION. Notice is hereby given that nil e tion for an Alderman, from Ward will be held in tho Town Hall on T\ day, February 9, 1909, to fill a vaca now existi??k in bourd l olls will o at 8 a. m. and clos at 4 p. m. Only tho qualified voters of War can participate in this election. J. 11 Patterson, A. A. Bradford i T. D. Faulkner are appointed mana* for said election. By order of Council this January 1908 A. R. MoKI HANEY, Clerk o' Coiincl You Money. f m i and HEATERS | the Fact== 1 of our establishment g ^factory in this see- g obeisance?have you? ? best manufacturers is g le terms satisfactory, ? ments. ? sfactory prices to all. q COMPANY, 1 FORT MILL, S. C. g OF MONEY I ARMERS. | supply farmers money for the ? r a large number have been to ents to borrow money at six Q? e used by them for running 50 We want new customers as ? , dw want to talk with vou in re- ?? ley you will need. We have X id this money has got to be Xf ' aning ft on commercial paper 5) ans. That is, we want to loan 00 ise the money in cultivating Qjri paid back in the fall. We do x one or two years, but prefer X to us in the fall so that we can X hich will be turned into money ;reater part of our investments 50 >f loans. We find that we can Op number of people on the above 5L ty and County to grow at a than if we invested our money iK c prefer taking the above kind ve get only 6 per cent for them, ent on standing loans which itract business rather than ex- /a : of the largest institution., in (g , ud to say that our community ire. We have always tried to ^ dieve firm'y in the principle 50 ir customers without helping ^ write us if we can be of any propssitions given our most jgj (AL UNION BANK, ? , dutely Safe) X ' 1 of To Whom If May Concern. 9 for ThiH in to certify that onr boy hart J ^ ?J been nufferiitK with u bticl chm? of piles jf ned for lonj{ time, and it WM thought by H sonic that ho could not bo cored. I 1 ?' finally triml fill Roddey (col) of Fort are Mill, 8. U and t hit* in lo certify that he nag cor t'<! llie boy. fl th'9 John F. Phillip* *? Wife. g; -j. -fa u.-sr?. ? -g. i_I 3 11 ? H r. Cleaning, Pressing, I and Dyeing. g . Join the Kurt Mill Pressinpr^H i'Y Club, membership mh- month. Dry, chemical ?cy cleaning. Besides Cloth iflBp8g|^9H P?? clean or dye Furs, Skins^^igs^^^H d 4 Mats, Feathers, bleach Straw or B Panama Hats; old Neckties and H md Ribbons made new; cleaning and jew dyeing of Gloves. jj 19 'Phone orders to 146, or call on H us up stairs over Parks Drug Co, 99 l- GUY A. ROS?, Proprietor, 89 I .