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% FORT MILL TIMES; DEMOCRATIC 0. W. BRADFORD, - EDITOR. ?? One yen r *1.00 , Fix months .00 Three months, 25 On oppin-atlon to the publisher. t?d--.ccuU>lnK rates are wudc known to interested. t ?. is .. ? . i.. 1 ii - j THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11,1909. PATERNALISM?IF NOT, WHAT ? X During the last few dav? we have made inquiry of citizens from various sections of the county as to the demand in their - respective neighborhoods for the ! enactment by the Legislature of a compulsory education law. The result of this investigation adds to the conclusion we had already reached?that there is no desire, j except'in isolated cases, in York county for any such law. Eliminating entirely the very impor- j taut objections we urged against i fthe proposition a few weeks j pgo ?increased taxation for the white people and negro ascend- ' ancy? there still remains an .equally vital reason why no such iaw should be placed upon the statute books of South Carolina. It will abridge the rights of the father to an intolerable extent jby taking from him the control pf his own home and setting up in his stead a petty law officer, i Such a proposition is entirely repugnant to our ideas of freedom and manhoqd. Since when have we fallen so low that we need a supervisor general to tell us how to conduct the affairs of our own homes? Since when has South ..Carolina become a convert to the Yankee .idea that would completely subserve.the freedom of the individual? Let the advocates of this pernicious doctrine ] explain since when the people of r? 1:? i -- I uuuiu v/muuiia imvu outgrown I the old-fashioned Democratic1 doctrine that the least governed community is the best governed. The Fort Mill Times would not presume to tell the York county I jnembers of the Legislature what their attitude should be toward j tcompulsory education, but we are absolutely certain that if they would be governed by the 1 sentiment of their constituents % they will oppose the measure jnost vigorously. *VVe believe we know whereof we speak when we say that if the compulsory p lucation irop;sition were ?ub pi t el to the voters of York county in the Derroeratic piimary not one man in seven wouid vote for it. JAKE BINNS, IMAGINARY HERO; ' 'A little nonsense now and jthen is relished by the best of pien." On that hypothesis only can one account for the excess of silly hero-worship indulged in by the press of the country over the act of one Jake Binns, wire-1 less operator on the Atlantic liner Republic, in remaining at his post of duty after that vessel, hid collided with the Italian merchantman Florida off the j poast of New York a few days ago. Binns did his duty, in the , face of danger; that is what he was paid for, and we cannot understand why he should be held up to the world as an unexampled hero any more than the hundreds?thousands?of locomotive engineers who daily j face as great danger in the discharge of their duty and whose acts of heroism are never known beyond the locality in which they occur. But let some one high in /official life sing the praises of an alleged hero, as was done in the i .case of Binns by an Illinois ( representative in the halls of I Congress, and all those who de-; light in cheap heroics fall in line and follow like a flock of sheep in the wake of the bellwether. Binns, as we have said, did his jduty; so much for that. There .were three horns to the dilemma which he faced; He could stick fo his post and wait for help, s.vim, or drown. There was every prospect of the arrival of rescuers; the Republic was several hundred miles off shore, the water was cold, and swimming was not therefore advisable. Binns acted in the circumstances just as any other sensible man ,. would have acted?he stayed at J his post of duty, whjch was the sifest place, A every-day incident has been magnified into a., very important event. I ] spent yes Roosevelt, with his characteristic propensity to intermeddle in the affairs of the vark>us States of the Union, persists in telling: the Legislature of California what its duty is in regard t to the proposed anti-Japanese legislation of that Common wealth. In his latest attempt to dictate in the matter he informs the Legislature that it would be clearly unconstitutional for it to pass a law forcing the Japanese out of the public schools established in that State for white children and into schools especially provided for the Japanese. In this statement Roosevelt either intentionally ignored a decision of the supreme court of the United States in a similar case or is ignorant. Less than two years ago this high Federal court held that the Kentucky l3\v prohibiting the co-education of the races in that State was constitutional, and it is puerile to say that the California situation is different upon the ground of treaty rights with Japan, for it is not within the power of Roosevelt, who has acted unlawfully in this case in arrogating tP himself the the treaty-making power of Congress, to bind the individual States of the Union to any treaty' which he may have entered with the Japanese interfering with the internal affairs of the States. The idea seems to be growing that the churches are losing their influence upon the people. The facts apparently warrant the conclusion, and we believe it is because too many ministers have forgot their duty of promoting the religious spirit among the people and have taken to the field of politics. It is said that the State house at Columbia has been alive with ministers of the gospel since the Legislature met, all lobbying in the interest of the prohibition bill which they hope to see passed. It would seem that the settlement of such I matters could more appropriately ' be left to the judgment of those who have been chosen by the people for such purposes. Meanwhile, the claim is set up that there are many sheep wandering in the field of religion without a shepherd. , It looks now as though Sena- . tor Tillman and his Democratic i colleagues are to succeed in balking the confirmation of the negro, Crum, as collector of the port of Charleston. There are numbers of good white men in South Carolina who are more capable of filling tills position I than Crum, and considering the protests from the people of Char- j leston and the State generally, we hope that a white man will soon succeed the negro in this important position. Citizens of the town of Cheraw, realizing that a certain class of fakirs who roam the country are all but helpful to the town, have asked their council to refuse license to all street carnivals, fortune tellers, street peddlers, ; cheap shows and medicine quacks who may in the future wish to set up in the place. The request is a just one and should be granted, and we would be pleased to see council of every town in South Carolina, especially that of Fort Mill, prohibit the operation of all such fakirs. j The Confederate bodies of the State of Louisiana are up in arms against a proposition to introduce into the public schools text books which direct the pupils to write essays on ISooker Washington, ' the negro educator. It is to be ; hoped that those opposed to the proposition will succeed in having it quashed. 1 Railroads Must Accept Mileage. By an aye and nay vote of 91 ; to 5 the House on Monday passed M. L. Smith's bill doing away ! with the present mileage book I regulations which the traveling j men have been protesting against i since they were put into effect. , The bill reduces the maximum passenger rate to 21-2 from 3 cents and requires conductors to accept mileage strips on trains, and forces station agents to check baggage on mileage. An amendment requiring passengers to secure tickets before boarding their trains was tabled without divisions. The railroad people still think they will win out. in the Senate, though this appears doubtful. ?Next Sunday, the 14th, -is ; St. V; '? T)ay. Senator Smith's Secretary. Senator E. D. Smith has shown rare good judgement in the selection of his private secretary. Mr. C. M. Galloway, the young Columbia newspaper man who has just been given the appointment, , ; is certain to fill the place' most i acceptably. Mr. Galloway has been the news editor of The %c* "*y^^'' *' ^ ' Mu. C. M. GALLOWAY. i State for several years and much 1 of the excellence of that paper j is due to his good work. Mr. Galloway is a strict party man, and, last year, in conjunction with j a former editor or this paper. Mr. W. R. Bradford, rendered valuable service to the Democra| cy in the collection of the campaign fund for Mr. Bryan. Senator Stewart Defends Road Bill. Editor Fort Mill Times: Please allow me space for a few words in reply to some statements which appeared in your last issue in regard to the road 1 bill I have introduced in the State Senate. I knew when I introduced the bill that there would be objection to it. I also ! knew it would be a fact that no bill could be drafted which would suit everybody, and 1 am not, i therefore, trying to do that, but I am trying to carry out the I 1 a f 1 - * pieuges i maae in tne recent primary Qn every, stump in the ! county. I agreed to two things?the | working of our roads upon the ' township supervisor plan, each township to receive its own money, and the using of the ehaingang in repairing or con- \ structing two main highways through the county first, and then the use of the,ehaingang in ; those townships through whichi. the main highways did not pass, until each had received a just , proportion of its benefits. That is what the bill I have passed in | the Senate does, though some peo- ? pie think differently. The objection to my bill is ) based upon the assumption that the ehaingang will be for a long \ time used upon the main high ways, but anyone at all familiar 1 with the'public highways must!"1, know that this work, if kept going continuously, can be done ; in less than, two years. Why, ! then, should Fort Mill, Bullock's Creek and Bethel townships do J any kicking? Is it not a fact i that these three townships of our county are the ones which , in the last two or three years ? have had the principal benefit of , the ehaingang? Is this not especially true of Fort Mill town- 1 ship? Therefore, why the kick- i i ing? The ehaingang has been shifted here and there through the , county for the last ten or twelve years (some say for political purposes) with the consequent result that we have not ten miles of continuous gftod roads. But if the ehaingang is required to repair the two main highways through the county, we will soon begin to see some lasting benefit! to all our people - some, of course. receiving this benefit to a greater j degree than others, which cannot be helped/ I was a little surprised at Mr. Z. T. Bailes' idea, expressed in your last issue, that we could build good roads without money, under the old system of "all work and no pay." I thought he lived near enough to the good roads of Mecklenburg county and traveled them often enough to know that good roads cost money, and much of it. 1 believe that bad roads are even more expensive?hence I am trying to give our people a law to spend the money which they have paid into the county fund in their own townships and under their own supervision. I did not put the 20 per cent, increase in ! taxation on our people, but as it is there, I wish it wisely and t? * * % juu'inousiy expenaed, and in my judgement that can only be done by the township supervisor plan. W. H. STEWART. [ This is just the time of year whou yon aie most likely to havo kiduey or bind- | der trouble, with rheniuatiatn and ' rheumatic. pains caused by weak kid* 1 uoys. Delays are dangerous. (Jet 1 DeWitt's Kidney und bladder Pills, a uud be sure yon Ket what you aisle for. < They are the best pills made for back- r ache, weak buo'.t, nniuary disorders, in i lamination of the bladder 0:0. They ] are antiseptic and act promptly. We 1 soli and recommend thoui.?Ardrey's 1 p , *! '*& y ? February on the Farm. I ? February is a very important ^ month on the farm. The real work then begins. When the 02 ground is too wet for the plow, QS terraces should -be cleaned off, 6$ ditch banks of briars and weeds ^ and stumps taken up from the a* fields. It is a good time to >5 thrash peas and shuck corn. Pine straw should be hauled into 05 the stables and lot. All plows and harness should be put in ?* first-class condition so that no a time will be lost when the plowing begins. In the preparatory ?5 work get enough plow points, i G3 plows, extra sintrle trees on hand ??l to ket p you going without having to go to the shop or store every a* time something breads. IjS Careful preparation will great-1 JjS ly increase the amount of work you can do. ?Chas. Petty in 62 Spartanburg Journal. ! q? If yon need n pill take DeWitt's Little <5 Early Risers Insist on hem; gentle, VS easy, peasant, little liver pills. Fold by Ardrey's drug store. o York County's Magistrate Courts. S As a matter of information for Q? th* people of the county, The Times publishes below the sec- q? tion of the general magistrates' S bill applying to York county. * This bill will bb passed by .the Legislature before the present S session ends. The only change K in the law as it has heretofore q? stood for York county will be an a? increase of $75 in the compensa- X tion of the magistrate at Rock Kill, the increase being for of- ? fice rent. The Yoik county sec- 0 tion of the bill is as follows: Qg The Judicial districts1 of magistrates <Oj for York county, for criminal cases jOj coming within their Jurisdiction, shall ng be as follows: The First district shall int embrace Broad River township, and ' Q3 the corner of King's Mountain town- \ /Vp ship adjacent to Broad River town- * shin: the Second district shalhcmbraeo pQ Bollock's t'reek town* hip; the Third 55 dbtrlct shall embrace Bethesda town- Cfl ship; the Fourth district stfnll embrace /O) York township; the Fifth district shall Jr embrace King's Mountain township. C-Q and In the corner of said township 55 adjacent to Broad River township; the Vy magistrate of King's Mountain townshin shall have concurrent Jurisdiction with the magistrate of Broad River township: the Sixth district shall embrace Bethel township: the Seventh district shall embrace Fort Mill township; the Eighth district shall embrace C9 Ebenexer township out-dde of the cor- /Oi orate limits of the city of Rock Bill: the Ninth district shall embrace Ca- fa tawba township, and that nnrt of Ehe- 55 nezer township lying within the in?nr. I IXJ porate limits of the rlty of Rnrk Hill, i There shall he appointed magistrates ; Jg for each of said districts. each of | Cq whom shall have rivll jurisdiction over 55k (he entire county, and in cases cor- | Gy nizublo hy the court of general ses- ; sions, each of said magistrates shall ; yr have Jurisdiction over the entire conn- fiy ty. and thev are hereby required to ar- i 25 rest and hind over witnesses or de- Qy fondants in any part of the county lti AA all cases triable by the court of Ren- H3' oral sessions. , m Each of said magistrates shall ap- ' 5? point a constable, or constables, and Cjy Wo with the clerk of court of common I pleas and general sessions for York county a certificate of the apnointment pQ of his constable: and ench of?suid con- 55| stables shall die with said clerk a Qy bond. In the penal sum of 5200. in the form now required by law for cons-laThe said magistrates and constables 55 Jhall receive per iinnunt from said Gy county as compensation for their serrices and in Ibm of all fees and costs w In criminal clW^s, the following sal- m irles. to wit: In the First district. JjC the magistrate and his constable shall fach receive 5200 per annum; in the cOc Second district, the magistrate and his jr' constable shall each receive 5175 per Dy annum; In the Third. Fifth and Sixth 55 districts, the magistrates and their Cy rnnstnblcs shall each receive 5175 per (Ok annum: In the Fourth district, the magistrate and his constable shall each receive 5 350 per annum: in the Seventh district, the magistrate and his constable shall each receive 5225 per annum; in the Kighth district, the magistrate and his constable shall ?aeh receive $200: in tlte Ninth district, the magistrate and his constable shall each receive $500 per annum; and 575 for office rent, fuel, lights and stationery. It shall be tHe especial duty of all said magistrates nnd their constables, to enforce the laws against the Illicit sale of whiskey, and to enforce the game laws of this State. It shall bp the duty'of and each of 11 said magistrates and their constables 1,[ are hereby instructed and required to I attend public meetings, when request- j . ed by those In charge of the same, and especially all public school exer- i clses at school houses In their respec- 1 live districts, when requested by the j teacher or trustees, for the purpose j of preserving order, and arresting all disorderly persons, and upon written notice to county supervisor that the 1 magistrate and his constable are neglecting to attend to this duty In their districts, the supervisor is hereby au- ( thorlzcd to appoint and designate some ! ( other magistrate to perform this duty 1 ; and pay the ot!iciuIs so appointed out of the salaries of the magistrate and 1 constable neglecting or refusing to I ?' perform his duty; each magistrate and ft) constable shall make out separate ac- X counts for said salaries, and said mag- 123 Istrntes are hereby required to certify before the county commissioners that 5c they hnve paid over to their constables the ftil 1 amount of their salaries 55 hrein allowed to their constables. 1 y) Whenever it Is impracticable for the m coroner to hold inquests, the said magistrates shall conduct the same is Qy their respective districts without any cost or expense to the county. Should any magistrate refuse to hold such Inquest in his district the county super- 55 visor may designate another mngis- Cy trate to hold the same, and deduct $10 from the salary of the magistrate refusing to do so. Only one physician shall be summoned and receive pay 55 for conducting a post mortem, unless the exigencies of the case require another physician. <>n and after the approval of this fiQ act it shall be, and is hereby made, i 55 the duty of ejich and every magistrate Qy In York county to make a full and complete itemized report monthly lo ' JO* the county auditor and county treas- Qg urer of all fines and licenses and any 55 moneys collected and pay the Cjp same to th county treasurer before a wnrranl iu leeno/l v??? - u ? ?* " ........ mcucu U/ Hie uwru OI OOUOty commissioners for. the salary of said magistrate. . ^ rhere is not any botrer Salve than Do- y Witt's '"arboliz d Witch Mn??l Salve fiy Wo hen-by warn the public that we ire not responsible for auy injurious ;5ir tffects caused from worthless or poison* >us imitations of onr DeWitt's Onrbol* sod Witch Hrz<1 Salve, the original. Sr It is goo i for anything when a salvo is Vp tended, but ?i is eg|>ecially good for jiles. Rr> sure you get DeWitt's. fold jBt, :>y Ardjvy's drug store. Qy -J- .. ' V ' - . \ ! The Store That 5 j J SEWING - ORGANSa MACHINES ANOS: | You II Acknowled i That the FURNITURE Dt ' if tint imtc<t '???'! *>- tuv iiiwoi v\Mii|;iutl? illlll 1 tion. Thousands have alrau The latest and best styles 1 a simplified definition of the Our Terms are L 0 If you desire credit, we wi * allowing you ample time bet Call and see us. We guar ~T 1 1 MILLS & YOI LEADERS EN FURNITURE, - ????????????? ?? ???? ???? 5^?????6^222!JIIZ2lJ2^rZ 1 MULES gl| K J I .. ''}< Tj - : JUST 111 ANOTHER 0. For This This hunch of Mules a that you have had a chanc %/ All we ask is that you < fore you make a purchase, business with you. We make the terms ! all stock. 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