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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18,1909. 1
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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.
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..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#!
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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?
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I Pictures and Frames.
\ China Tableware. an(^
i Tliere are a great mi
1 put off from (lay to day and
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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?
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For This
This bunch of Mules a
that you have had a chanc
All ' ' ?
i\ii we ask is tliat you
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fore you make a purchase.
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business with you.
We make the terms
all stock. _
Mules can be seen at II
Very re*
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tuy-Why Not Now? |
^ Beautiful Tea Sets. ^
prices^ Couches and Sofas. ^
my ^responsible people who ?2
week to week the buying of ^
lfort, because tliey are not in |9
worthy class of people that we ?
or ca>y-payment plan. This ?
man the opportunity to furnish g
iniself and family of other no- g
st ns explain th$ plan to you. @
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come to see our Mules beWe
know that we can do
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