Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 17, 1910, Image 4
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Just received a new lc
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All kinds of Harness?ar
Cracker up.
When you need anything
we'll try to please you.
A few Lap Robes left th
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You are cordially ir
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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,
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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
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at we v/ill sell at cost.
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lvited to be with us.
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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.
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