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Tbe Fort Hi time?. DEMOCRATIC. j ' Published Thursday Mornings. b. AT. & W. R. Bradford Publishers W. R. Bradford Editor B. W. Bradford....* Manager vi Subscription Rates: One Year $1.26 Six Months 66 FORT MILL. S. C.. MARCH 17. 1910. Waterworks for Fort Mill. Time and again The Times ^has tried to arouse interest in the pressing n ^ssity of a sys!tem of waterworks for Fort Mill. Seemingly our efforts have gone for naught, but we are not discouraged. One of these wild, windy nights, such as have been experienced recently, fire may break out, and if it does, hundreds or thousands of dollars will go up in'smoke while the people stand by unable to check the flames of destruction. Or an epidemic of typhoid or other life destroying disease may come aloiig and work irreparable loss to the town. It is not only needful but necessary that we forestall either contingency. There is not one tenable argument which can be offered in opposition to a system of waterworks for Fort Mill, nor will anyone who has disinterestedly conO f /I AMn/1 f K r~\ i ? 1 -v ? a/>I- .. A 1 oiuvikiic ?uu.|cct giimsuy uiu town's needs of such an improvement. Not only is it admitted almost universally that Fort Mill should have a system of waterworks for the fire protection which such system would afford, but the equally important considerations of health, comfort and the material increases in property values are generally recognized in this connection, j This being true, it would seem that little trouble would be experienced in providing this very desirable utility. But not so, and why? Why has Fort Mill not already taken this advanced step, as have many Carolina' towns of like size, especially since it is obvious that nature has relieved the town of a very great deal of the expense which most towns must incur when they install waterworks? What ^ it the stock objection of those who are content with present conditions and who 4'all hack on the child-like statement that because our forefathers pot along without waterworks, were not burned out and did not die of thirst, we should be willing to put up with like conditions? Taxation the eternal question of taxation, which arises ever and anon to block the path of progress. Contemplation of being subjected to the payment of a few additional mills on the dollar transform:^ mole hills into mountains in the sight of many of our citizens. Most of these have not given the matter the benefit of the mature reasoning which would conv ince them that the expenditure for a waterworks plant for Fort Mill would within a very few years be repaid in the reduction in the high rate of insurance levied on the town by the companies which write the risks. It is equally certain that some of those who now look with greatest disfavor upon the proposition would be its greatest beneficiaries. A Charlotte cot Mr mill which some days ago reduced its running: time to four days the week announces the purchase of hundreds of chrysanthemums to beautify the homes of its. employes. Chrysanthemums for the man working on short hours \\ ith the responsibility of providing for a wife and children! This is welfare work-of the inopportune variety. It's enough to make Halley's comet take tol^e woods. ' 1H RBl. The Republican Party Responsible. If the Democratic party were in power every Republican newspaper from Bangor to Brownsville would lay the blame for the great labor strikes now on in the Northern States at the door of the Democracy and in long, vociferous editorials make much political capital of the situation by claiming it was conclusive evidence of the Democracy's ineffi ciency to maintain orderly government. Of course no such condition of affairs would arise if the party of Jefferson were in power, for the Democracy would see to it that the abuses and favoritism which produce strikes of such magnitude as that now being waged in Philadelphia, for instance, were not a part of government; but we fancy such conditions under Democratic administration to illustrate the fact that the Republican papers let no opportunity slip to promote the interests of their party. In striking contrast is the attitude of the great Democratic papers with respect to the strikes. They are not making the most of the situation by iterating and reiterating that the Republican party is sole ly responsible for the widespread unrest and justifiable tQrbulence in the labor world. The rotten old party of the plutocrats is but serving its masters in fostering the unjust conditions which produce such strikes. At to School Buildings. The people of Clover, realizing that their school facilities are inadequate to meet the present and future needs of that bustling town, are about to hold an election to vote upon the question of issuing $10,000 worth of bonds to provide a new school building. At the present price j>f labor, lumber and other building material $10,000 will not provide such a building as the town needs and our friends in the western section of the county, will make a mistake if they do not increase the amount to $15,000. Fort Mill is about to have some experience along this line. In April of last year an election was held here and an insufficient amount of bonds was issueu to provide an adequate building for the school's present needs, to say nothing of tlie future. .Just how the trustees of the school will manage to erect the building that all admit is a necessity is not known, but it Is safe to say that if the election had not already been held the amount of bonds Fort Mill would issue would be materially increased. School buildings are not put up to meet the requirements of a day or a year, except in cases of emergency. The Charlotte Observer does not have the reputation of making senseless remarks in its i ditori. ! pn'.mrm-: n?wl? if v? ^ therefore, surprising to note that it had something to say last Saturday about Andrew Jackson never ceasing to regret "that lie did not hang Calhoun for the latter's nullification activities." Perhaps The Observer will now be kind enough to tell the public when the president of the United States has been in position to hang anyone at his sweet will, especially a vice president of the United States. One would expect such torn my rot from a New England newspaper seeking to disparage the greatness of Calhoun, but is surprised to find it in a Southern newspaper. Hang Calhoun, indeed! Some uneasiness is felt in Fort Mill lest the activities of the burglars and purse-snatchers who have operated unhindered in Charlotte for the last month be extended to this place. But there is really little danger of this class of criminals undertaking to ply their trade in South Carolina; they have heard of Palmetto State justice. So far as Fort Mill is concerned, it is almost a certainty that no negro could assault and rob a white woman on the streets and get away unwhipped of justice, as happened in Charlotte some days ago. * * HARRYING MR. BRYAN. \ Already some of our Democratic brethren are beginning to plague their souls with thoughts of what Mr. Bryan may do or i may want to do in 1912 about the party's candidate for the presidency, says the Charleston Post. Mr. Bryan is conducting himself admirably, and if the marplots would only let him alone and get down to the philosophy of the situation, they would find things coming along much better. There is no reason to suppose that Mr. Bryan will make any effort to obtain the nomination, unless he is goaded and baited to the point of seeking it by a lot of bourbons, who can't conceive of a situation wide enough to include themselves and Mr. Bryan. As a matter of fact, the campaign 8f 1908 laid the ground for a very admirable situation in 1912, and everything is promising excellently for its realization, except the radicalism of the extreme anti-Bryanites. They would rather lose, it seems, than to win with Mr. Bryan participating in the campaign and being entitled to recognition in the hour of victory. They fail to realize that the party could not win by excluding i\lr. Bryan's following any more than it could win with Mr. Bryan excluding the other element In 1890 and 1900, Mr. Bryan had his sweet will, w it h tn disastrous results that we all remember; in 1901 the conservative wing of the party carried the campaign under Judge Parker's candidacy, with even poorer returns; in 1908 there was a coming together of the warring elements. Mr. Bryan was the candidate, and had the support of such men as Judson Harmon and David R. Francis and Richard Olney and George Gray, of the Cleveland Old Guard, and, while Mr. Taft was elected by a large majority of the electoral college, the popular vote in the central West showed a tremendous tendenev townrd the Democratic party, contrasted with the results of the previous election. The campaign of 1908 brought the Democratic party into something like harmony. Mr. Bryan was reasonable enough and considerate of, the views of men with whom he had long been at war within the party Such men as Harmon and Francis a ?d 01ney and Gray entered into the spirit of the situation and conducted themselves as good Democrats should do. They are on good terms with Mr. Bryan and he with them. There is some comradeship between them and respect and confidence. They can get together in 1912 for a Buggies, V. Har Just received a new lc Side A All kinds of Harness?ar Cracker up. When you need anything we'll try to please you. A few Lap Robes left th Blount's Tru Are the best. Sold by i IV. F. HARK Spring an< Mini OPE Thursday, You are cordially ir | MEACHA / f * - I fight under some other leader < than Mr. Bryan, and Mr. Bryan < will support heartily and in- j telligently the effort to carry j the party to victop' and to es- j tablish Democratic principles. ' Certainly the Democratic party j isn't going to win if it continues to keep alive the factionalism | that has rent it for the past fifteen years. The people who I keep prodding Mr. Bryan all the j time and insisting that he is t1 going to make trouble in 1912, are the trouble-makers themselves. Town Hall April 2, DM V Mil I VV J <>TAU DAAirrn JpW ; i j ^ A ^ . Wm> jy Jki Thinking ol Building? I'" so, let me figure with you. I can save you money. At any rate, let me furnish you estimates. 1 use the best grade of material at the lowest prices. No jobs too laree, none too small. A. A. BRADFORD Builder and Contractor, Ft Mill. S C Iagons and %mJ ne ss. >t of t'iDse Reiaforcid \g Buggies \y oiecs or p.\ri from Whip ? in this lino come to see us; at we v/ill sell at cost. ie Blue Plows us. sis S SONS d Summer p pHk rr V'ihm ? LNERY MING , March 24 lvited to be with us. M & EPPS. I VLA IIULLUX dUU IUIT1 DUVACJV assisted by the THE FAMOUS OLD SOUTH QUARTETTE 1 of genuine Southern negroes who sing the songs of the old plantation. Auspices local chapter U. D. C. Remember the date, Saturday, April 2. Y our V egetable Garden It is now time to be getting it in order. Every family should have one. Not only profitable, but a pleasure- to grow your own vegetables. As to Garden Seeds We are now receiving our annual fresh stork consisting of corn, beans, peas, turnips, pepper, tomatoes, watermelons, eanteloujwfs, etc. Buy your garden seeds from i us and make a success of gardening this year. Fort Mill Drug Comp'y J. R. HAILE, Mgr. i t s Table Ec B 6 9 WHEN YOU GET TIRED OF 6 * W1TA A GROCER WHOSE S EARNINGS AT THE END OF g COME HERE Q WHAT A LITTLE READY Q YOU DAILY. OUR PRICES fi WE KNOW YOU WILL B 9 * QUALITY OF OUR GOODS 9 | Stewart &. Cu ?Z3f ?C? ?@?-s ?@?@??3? m An Up-T I n DC] vr is? tj | Hardwa 1 \\ here you will always fin little things that are never a ?well as everything in Mecha Farmers' Implements of supi quality, is the store that is e a don t want to waste time ant line we are offering the peop ??) over our stock of Hardware I Groo X w e nave also added to ou well selected stock of Idea' X T l->r? ctrvrt 10 *^11 J . ... . ..V. uiuvi\ 10 till 1 IV. Oil (U1U \"V I Q every purchase. Phone us v .l will make prompt delivery ai Genuine N. O. Sugar Ho vy 1 McElhaneyl ? lsgsa5HgB5-psfIsz^ 5 a7i rszagTi I MULES, | _L II jj We have ^ j ust | stables in Rock H Snice mules, some have shipped thi S and see them. iir 'C1 <; i i<riMRA kV* U AlLilTii/jn WANTED 1,000 ladies to see our new Spring Goods.- Mills & Young Co.. Dry Goods and Shoe store # \ )0(0()OiOi)0(0(XX)OiX 9 :onomy. 5 nzri 5 DU I/TO Pat nn i iviv 1,0 ?JAI ur iuuk 5 0 ' THE WEEK OR MONTH, J % "l AND SEE J MONEY CAN DO FOR Q ARE REASONABLE AND Q E PLEASED WITH THE Q 5. PROMPT DELIVERY. * 8 8 8 1 Telephone IP* Number 15. Q 8 X s*.? W*tiV vV ^Sr?# , ^ sure Store g *d the thousand and one g* it hand when wanted, as Q nics' Tools, Builders' and @ erior manufacture and best ? iKvays sought when you v 1 that is just the kind of S le today. Call and look eries ? ir business a complete and vy and kancy Groceries. X 5 guarantee satisfaction on your wants and our wagon A nywhere in the city. (5$ use Molasses, gallon, 60c ^ ) rAmnonTT C? x y | SaaaBsasasasssHsgsasHSH'B MULES! | I 1 Ln IJ! 1 If^l received at our g{ ill a fresh car of of the best we is season. Call || JJL & SON. 1 * M iVdsasasgjaagiS WANTED 1,000 men to buy dress and work shirts. 1,200 to select from. Mills & Young Co . Shirt dept