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I \ FORT MILL TIMES oc MOCR ATIO 0. W. BRADFORD, - - EDITOR. < imp si.00 ; tlx months 50 Three months .25 ; < ?n application to die publisher, adr-itlsliuc r???* are made known to ] I'iisp Interests. ?U-JSJ-MI JIMUI B.I . II.!-. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18,1909. 1 ?ass? - ? , ?? 1 THE KILLING Of i. 8. HOOD. 1 1 Probably no more inexcusa- i ble sacrifice of human life ever besmirched the reDutation of North Carolina than that which i occurred in Charlotte a few days ago when W. S. Biggers shot to death Mr. J. G. Hood. Without a moment's warning: and with no opportunity to defend himself against the murderous intentions of Biggers, the dead man was waylaid in front of the Central j hotel and shot three times, once after he had fallen to the pavement, this shot, fired into the back of the head, being the one ; which produced death, according to the testimony before the coroner's jury of the physicians? who examined the body. The /differences between Mr. Hood; find Biggers seem to have grown out of a bebt which the latter pwed the former, an unthinkable reason upon which to base the least show of justice for killing a fellow-man, whatever the circum- ; Stances surrounding the trans- ; Action, But barbarous and inexcusable as was the killing, it is All but matched by the covert attempt of a Charlotte paper to palliate the jcrirae by publishing cplumn uj>on .column of quasieditorial matter in its news columns favorable to Biggers. For instance, the paper referred to aays: "Biggers' mind was un- j balanced, and not until several Jiours later in the day was there! any evidence of his mind clearing." One can but feel surprise ^nd disappointment that any; newspaper which pretends to stand for law and order should apparently accept without ques- j tion the sincerity of 'Biggers' claim of irresponsibility for the. crime because "after his con-, finement, Biggeis began raving like a maniac." Sure; why not? But we very greatly mistake the good sense of the average Meek- ! lenburg citizen, before a jury of whom Biggers will be tried, if jthig "insanity" plea which Biggers will ofTer to escape the hangjnan's nooze is seriously considered. Biggers is, of course, entitled to a fair trial. This he should certainly get. And we 1 1! 1 - ? - A f A A 9 ueueve ji ne gets it, tna consummation of the jury's verdict will b? such that many a long day will pass before Charlotte sees an-, other such killing. fENATQR HUMAN SCORES AGAIN. Senator Tillman has won another signal victory for the people of South Carolina in forcing the witdrawal from the senate of the name of W. D. Crum, the negro renominated by Roosevelt for collector of the port of Charleston. Thus is the fact again established that when our people want any official business of importance transacted in Wash- i ington the one sure way to accomplish the desired end is to enlist the support of Senator Tillman. However much certain papers and politicians in South Carolina may undertake to dis-;, credit Senator Tillman with his 1 colleagues, the fact is apparent that insead of his influence ! waning in the affairs of the: < government he grows stronger all the time. Those who predict-! -1 *1 - ? ? - - ?u me undoing 01 the senior sen- ( ator as a result of his recent i joust with Roosevelt over the < I Oregon land matter, should be I I frank enough now to state that | they did not know what they 1 were talking about, that the wish t i was father to the thought. < COllEBES VERSUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. j B It is high time for the people 1 H of South Carolina to give more | than passing notice to the fact t t'lat the State treasury is being \ drained to support the colleges 11 H of the Commonwealth, ' while. I B proportionately, very little is; * v being done for the public school { BB j, system. A per capita of $147 is i expended on 3,500 college stu- < I I dents and for the edcuatioi) of i 1 1 e ich of the 319,000 pupils of the j liBBi public schools only $4.99 is ap- . raHSR propriated; Of course there is t |||||B 4nore or leas dissatisfaction over ' t.s" ' i * such a disproportionate distribution of the school funds, and the day is not far off when the people are certain to demand to know why such a condition of affairs is continued by the Legislature. Indeed the day is already at hand when something worth while should be done for the common schools of the small towns and rural districts. This thing of the great mass of the people being taxed to educate the sons and daughters of a favored few while their own little ones grow up in ignorance as a .esult certainly has been endured long enough. We are decidedly of the opinion that entirely too much money is being expended by the State for the maintenance of Clemson, Winthrop, the University and the Citadel, .and we should be pleased to see the appropriations to each of these institutions cut in half for the benefit of the public schools. But the little boys and girls of the State seem to have few friends in the capitol at Columbia, while the colleges are able to maintain there a strong lobby to see that the money comes their way. There is a popular suspicion abroad, however, that all the people are not fools and in this there is ground for hope that these intolerable conditions will ere long be dissipated. The lower house of the Legislature has refused to appropriate $12,000 for the maintenance of the home for Confederate veterans which has just been completed in Columbia, upon the specious argument that there is not a sufficient number of old soldiers who would enter the institution to warrant the expenditure of the money. This is a far-fetched reason for withholding from those old veterans who have no means of support and no relatives to care for them the bounty the State is justly due them. Members of the Legislature who opposed the appropriation pretended to see in the institution the means of humiliating the veterans who would become inmates thereof, ignoring the disagreeable fact, which is a crying shame and a disgrace to the State, that dozens of these old men who wore the gray are already forced in their poverty to live in county poor houses. Truly the Almighty does seem to have placed heads on the shoulders of some people solely for the sake of conformity. A Profitable Crop for Fanners. The farmers of Fort Mill section will bt interested to know that the officials at the experiment station at Clemson College, and at the various other experiment stations in the South, are hard at work on the sweet potato question. They are rapidly beginning to realize the great future this plant has before it. On most farms, this crop is considered a matter of little importance, but when we consider the comparatively low cost of production, the immense yield per acre, and their record of good crops every year, notwithstanding the unfavorable seasons, we cannot do otherwise than term it one of the most profitable crops the farmer has. The experiments at Clemson College show an average which varies from 100 to 500 bushels per acre, depending largely on the variety planted. This was made with a soil which is not unlike the most soils found on the farms of all sections of our county. This experiment is a just one, and one which any of the farms of the up-country could depend upon as a guide in their plans. Much attention has, of late, been directed to the production of starch from sweet potatoes. Both the quality and the quantity derived, prove that it is far superior to its sister plant, the Irish potato. This discovery is not commonly known yet, but it will be but a short time until there will have been a bulletin jompleted on this subject. It 117ill ha ?1? * ..... vv otm, any who may DC interested. The one important question ivhich now stands in the way is uhe "keeping" proposition. This las heretofore been nothing less .han "a game of chance." but :here are several plans now being irepared for press which we lope will settle the question and establish a uniform rule for their preservation. These plans will submitted to the public in the lear future. If this problem ran be successfully mastered, it s believed there will be no hesitation on the part of the people o utilize the potato in this way, md cause more of our farmers o plant this gre^t American 'surefoot," C. B. F. Stewart Road Bill WiU Become Law. Special to The Time*. Columbia, Feb. 18.?Difference* In the York delegation as to the advlsablllty of passing two distinct road bills for York county monopolised the attention of the houae of representaIIVA. - ? * * ..uwui iin nour ini* ariernoon, | and the discussion, participated In by j all four members, at times became ' rather heated and more or less personal. The road bill Introduced by Senator -Stewart had gone front the senate to the house and successfully passed third reading, to be returned to the 1 senate for ratification?not. however, before being considerably amended by the house delegation, which amendments. It Is understood, were agreed to by the entire delegation. Including Sen- i ator Stewart, who recognized the futility of Insisting upon his original bill since opposition to certain provisions had arisen. Immedltely after the passage of the Stewart bill Mr. Wilson succeeded In obtaining the consent of the house to consider another York road bill, which he and Mr. Hollls had Introduced? the old Saye law with certain amend- j ments, taken from the Stewart bill, ! Mr. Stewart says. Mr. Wilson stated that his purpose In Introducing this | bill was to "put It up" to Senator Stewart to take his choice between the two bills, that he (Mr. Wilson) decidedly preferred the amended Saye Mil to the Stewart bill. In this Mr. Wilson was supported In a speech bv Mr. Hollls. after Mr. Glasscock had moved to commit the bill to the committee on roads, ferries and bridges, this being a parliamentary move to kill the bill. Mr. Wilson accused Messrs. Glasscock nnd Sanders of bad faith In op- j 1 posing his bill, stating that they had agreed to allow It to pass the house and go to the senate. This assertion ; was indignuntly denied by Mr. San: dors, who wer.t somewhat Into the history of the differences of the dele- I gatlon. In the hubbub that was on The Times' correspondent could not hear what Mr. Glasscock said In reply , to Mr. Wilson's charges, but nfter the house adjourned this afternoon. he stated that he had tacitly agreed to support the Wllson-Hollls bill, but had chnneed his mind and supposed that Mr. Wilson knew It. The matter of the house passing Mr. ! Wilson's bill finally came to a vote. | and the two farmer members from I York won out by a vote of 4 4 to 39. j AH of whlen means thut the roads of York will be worked for a year or two ! at least under the Stewart law. the prophecies of one or two county pa- I pers to the contrary notwithstanding. This does not appear to be the end of the matter, however, for both sides to the controversy have promised i to let the people hear from them on I the subject In the campaign next year. Mr. Wilson particularly Is displeased , over the turn affairs have taken. Meanwhile the people of York coun- ' ty seem to have made no mistake in sending Mr. Stewart to the senate. | i uniy mis morning Mr. Stewurt was 1 accorded the unanimous and unusual . (at this session) consent of the senate I .; to take up for consideration out of Its j , order the bill appropriating $36,000 ' for a dining room, auditorium, etc., ! I at Winthrop college. Mr. Stewart has ! had lltUe to say In the discussion of the various mutters which have come up for consideration by the senate?a | sensible course for a new senator to i pursue. \V. It. 11. i Savings Back Wins Case. When Tuesday's issue of The ! Enquirer went to press, the i court was engaged on the case ! of the Savings Bank of Fort ; Mill against Alexander Sprunt & ' j Sons, a suit for $1,500 balance! j due on bills of lading. A reprc; sentative of Alexander Sprunt & j ' Sons, had been doing business: i for them through the bank. | While it seems that there had ; j been no definite understanding between the plaintiff and de! fendant as to the status of the ' agent, there had been a sufficient i number of transactions to establish the relationship of the defendant as principal. Finally, the agent made some shipments that failed to net profits to his j principal and the principle de; clined to make good the money i advanced by the bank. The dispute seems to have been over' the actual status of the agent in ! his relation to the defendant. The jury found for the plaintiff: in thp full nmminf quo#! .M.. V4>< V uuvu AV/1 Spencers & Dunlap for plaintiff ; Messrs. J. H. Marion and J. S. i Brice for defendant.?Enquirer, Friday. Gold Hill. I Our neighbors are generally well, I think, and the farmers i are quite busy with their work. We are having some unusually hot weather for the the time of year and the fruit trees are beginning to bloom. Sylvester Coltharp is in Char-: lotte today on business. Mr. S. C. Faris left here for Plant City, Florida, on Saturday ! last, where he goes to visit a i i daughter and other relatives. He I i will be back inside of two weeks. They may feed Taft on possum, 1 taters, gater steak, etc., but he I will never know what good eati ing until he splits rails or cords 1 wood all day and then sits down to a supper of cracklin bread and sweet milk. SPLINTER. Gold Hill, Feb. 16. j It will be of interest as well as f information to the public at large to know that a recent postal law passed, prohibiting the use of a < postage stamp that has been torn in any way. If a stamp of the above description is used on a < ! letter the postoffice department < can hold it up for "postage due." j j Whether "Uncle Sam" expects < to give any rebate when a stamp i is torn is not learned, but it is i a common occurrence for some i ! one to tear a stamp accidentally 1 ' and stick it on a letter. ; Thifl if juHt the time of year when yon a e moat likely to lmve kidney or bladder, trouble, with rbemnntiani and rheumatic pa'ina canned by weak kid- M | neya. * Delaya are daugorouK Get y DoWitt's Kidney aud bladder Pill*, I and be anre you got what yon nak for. ? ; They are the beat pilla made for back- < uche, weak buck, nuinary diaordora, in i flit imitation of the bluddor o:c. They 1 are ant inept ic aud act promptly. We 1 ell and recommend o.rdroy's ( <lrng atore, i Mr. Ballet Writes Again. ? Editor Times: In reply to ^ Hon. W. H. Stewart in regard to his bill touching on the roads, JS he seems surprised at my ideas q* of things unright. Where he jgj seems to think I should have a* gotten some exalted ideas in re- X gard to good roads, is exactly J? where I find so much fault. The Q> Mecklenburg road law, so far as Q the grading and macadam goes, , 6$ is all right; but when you get off X the finished roads you find some j X of the worst roads I have ever X seen. We will take the Nation's i 05 Ford road leading from Fort GS Mill to Charlotte. It is one of 0 the oldest, straightest and, best j S laid off roads entering Charlotte, j X A part of this road, about 7 miles in North Carolina, can't be; traveled for the want of work ! OS and repairs to bridges. The ^ bridge over Sugar creek. 7 or 8 g miles south of Charlotte has not a been crossed in 8 or 10 months. j| Now, this is one of the oldest II roads that we have. 1 have no (g doubt but that it has been used ^ for 150 years as a public highway. Then, take the road from Pine- a ville to Wright's Ferry. I have Jg often seen it so bad that it was Q> dangerous to travel. These two Q roads have been worked some- 0 what on Mr. Stewart's plan. S They turn out and work the roads in July and August, some- ^ times in September; spend all Q> the money and time that the law ? requires, then if the season is Cg wet and big rains come, the roads must go till the next year ? because there is no money in the J0{ treasury. Mr. Stewart, if you 05 or anyone else doubts this as- (S3 sertion, just come up and I will 0 show you the roads. I don't con- *5 demn the good part of the road a law that Mr. Stewart proposes. X The more I see of the paid officer system the less I like it. I ? have plain proof for what I have | ?? said. Mecklenburg county has JS some of the worst as well as a some of the best roads I ever Jfij saw. Brother, I have traveled v from Maryland to Mexico, some- <S times by rail," sometimes by ^ boat, and sometimes on foot and -never saw as bad roads anywhere ^ as some of those in Mecklenburg. 05 Come up and stay a few days Qj5 and I can take you over i.ome of M this good system of roads that ft* you refer to in your letter, a Brother Stewart. I have nor v been as highly favored as soire ? men I have known, but when it ? conies to good roads I claim to ? know something of how to secure them. Now, if you go to grad- 55 ing and making good roads that. J0! way, and put me down by the j jg| best man yoir have, I will put ? down a dollar every time the ? other man does, but I don't want' cq so many paid officers, I heard one o# the senator's best friends X say the other day that he thought i w there had been $12,000 paid out ? to survey the roads of York ? county and did not see any benefit by making the survey at present. Another friend said S Mr. Stewart's bill provides for v nine township commissioners at ? $3.00 per day for 75 days and ? four overseers f<?r each township, which will be 36 more, at $2.00 per day for 75 days. I am jX not certain that this is correct, but I have had that interpretation put upon things as they exist at 1 present. I am rather slow in , figures, but to the best of my knowledge this office making w 11 cost the people of York, county $7,625. This may not be correct but this is my understanding of it. Then with our tax already increased more than 20 per cent, what will become of us? The fflY 19 noifl lotrroltr Kit ...U ? ..... ujf IIII'II WHO own the land and stock and some of it is never paid back to them, j I pay for more than a dozen my- \ self and never get it all back. The trouble with most people is | we go too fast. All this money gone for surveying and not one mud hole filled up or one single ditch cleaned our. What we need is a plain simple road law to make every able-bodied man [ work 6 or 8 days in a year at 1 different times so as to keep the ' broken places mended up. It doesn't require much time to j? keep good roads if we take this 03 plan. Go on with the chaingang 03 and build good and permanent qq roads where they are needed g* most, but please don't tax us to * work our roads in the interior. | j? Try to appoint one good man in ? each community with authority Qy to work. ' Try that and in my way of thinking you will see some g& improvement. Mr. Stewart, I X don't mean to dictate to you but j? you see the people want to see 05 the money wisely guarded in this office business. We have 3 or 4 @ county commissioners, and wj S are willing for them to manage JX our county affairs. Please don't * give us any more officers unless <9 they want to serve the people ? gratis. I don't want to seem hard headed with Brother Stewart, but this is my idea of things. Z. T. BAILES. g? rhcro is not any bot'er Salve than Do- J? ffitt'i < arboliztd Witoh Hazel Salve We hereby waru the public t-hat we xjk ire not responsible for any injurious Jr iffects caused from worthless or |K>i*ou- ^ him i mi furious of our DvWitt'B t'arbolzed Witch Hazel Salve, the original. It is^'srl f"r anything when a salve is Qp reeded, bat it is especially good for rile*. Be sure you get DeWitt'a fo'd >y Ardroy'a drug atoro. Qy? IHHHHBBHBBI I Eventually You'll E I Pictures and Frames. \ China Tableware. an(^ i Tliere are a great mi 1 put off from (lay to day and i -i j * t/iiujgs ussuilllUl 10 nomc COll position to pay cash. It is for the benefit of this inaugurated the installment plan gives every responsible his home without denying li cessities of life. Call and h mills & yo LEADERS IN FURNITURE, 000? '' ' ' mtj MULES H| yir*g M * ** JUST R] ANOTHER 0 For This This bunch of Mules a that you have had a chanc All ' ' ? i\ii we ask is tliat you i fore you make a purchase. 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