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The Fort Mill Times.! DEMOCRATIC. Pub'.:,hod Thursday Mornings. ^ B. & W. R. Bradford Publishers t W. R. Bradford Editor j B. W. Bradford. Manac.er i __ > C hrw ?H frufl flMAaii'MQlp ^^i?triil?rwrfti The Time* mvilcn contributions on live subjects, but does not sjrree to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The riirht is reserved to edit very communication submitted for publication. Telephone, local and lonir distance. No. 112. Subscription Rater: One Year .11.25 8tx Months .65 FORT MILL. S. C.. JUNE 2. 1910. Again the Restricted Primary. Commenting on the observations of The Times last week with respect to "driving thousands of Democrats out of the party" if the plan of those who r would restrict the Democratic primaries to qualified voters is adopted. The State asks, "Where would such Democrats be driven?" Likely enough they would be driven to the Republican party. Fortunately or unfortunately, the registration laws of South Carolina do not require the applicant for a registration certificate to declare his politics. He may be a Democrat or a Republican ?it is not a part of the business of the registration board to inquire which, and inasmuch as the qualification test hinges almost wholly on the complexion of one's skin, we probably would have the satisfaction of seeing these thousands qualify for participation in the general election and *1 pa i- .-i- - n li:. Liicrcm ier vote tut; ivepuuncan ticket. Many of those who favor the ^ restricted primary seem to assume that the adoption of their ideas would force every Democrat to register. This reasoning appears faulty, but, granting for the sake of the illuminat'on ^ which a free and full discussion of the subject will insure, that ? 75 per cent of th? 100,000 Democrats in the State would secure Q registration certificates, how many of the 75,000 who are not at present qualified voters would ? go to the polls to vote in the ^ general election? Probably not 5,000. If some plan were ad- c vanced the adoption of which a would result in every Democrat in the State participating in the (| general elections, thereby re- ^ lieving our congressmen of the n harassing election contests to c which they are often subjected 11 and giving the State greater 1 prestige in the national legisla- r ture, no one would favor the P plan more heartily than The * Times. But until there is a . strong opposition party in South v' Carolina?which we do not wish ^ to see, much less help create? there is nothing to be gained by thp nrnnnspH ppctript-ofl r**r..... 3 So far as the attitude of The r State on this subject is concerned, s its opinions are entitled to great t consideration. It is one of the ^ foremost, if not the foremost, ? champion of Democracy among the thousands of Southern news- r papers. It is sometimes wrong, but always honest, and discusses this subject, as it does every other subject, with understanding. Which is more than can be said for some of the "me too" papers that in their infantine feebleness are jabbering about our elections being controlled by floaters and men herded from other States to vote for this or that candidate. It is nonsense, but it is worthy the source. The Tag Tax Revenue. Tho !<nnniinfpmunt M....v?t>ivvi?iv?ut X I V/III tlic office of the State treasurer that the fertilizer tap: tax will amount to $250,000 for the current year is a bit of information which should be of interest generally, but of particular interest to the farming classes. This is a tax collected from the sales of commercial fertilizers, 25 cents on each ton used in the State. It is turned into the treasury by the fertilizer manufacturers, but the tax is of course added to the sell? ng price of the fertilizers and is ' )aid by the farmers. 1 It is suggested that the tax is 1 .00 high and should be reduced, J vhich probably is true. But ' he thought on which we would 1 ocus attention is the use to i vhich the tax is put and to point ! >ut how it could be more ad- J rantageously used. Every dollar : >f the tax goes to the support of ])lemson college. Clemson colege is a great institution and is i loing a worthy work in advancing 1 he agricultural interests of the < State, but Ciemson college does ] lot need $250,000 a year-at i east, the college does not need I >o much revenue from the tag ] ,ax. One hundred and fifty ' ;housand dollars a year for ciemson college would seem a iberal appropriation, with supilementary revenues from the students. The remaining hun- ( ired thousand dollars should go .0 the public schools. There it vould be of greater benefit to the i >eople. i Ciemson is not, however, the >nly State-aided college which is ] eceiving too much money at the i expense of the common schools. < The University of South Caro- 1 ina is, considering the number : >f students enrolled and the vork of the institution, quite as extravagantly provided for by he Legislature; likewise, possi- i >ly, Winthrop college. The legislatures of the last few 1 rears seem to have lost their i equilibrium over the subject of < ligher education. They have too i greatly disregarded the crying leed of the youth of the State for i >etter preparatory schools, un- < nindful of the fundamental : ruth that structures are reared 1 rom the ground upward and not i rom the sky downward. I There is work for the next < ..egislature in providing a more j equitable and beneficial distribu- I ion of the revenues collected for ] educational purposes, and the ( )eople should give the matter 1 hought in selecting the mem- 1 >ers of the Legislature this 1 lummer. 1 ??????? < North Carolina Republicanism. | If our memory serves us, it < vas the Charleston News and Courier which once sapiently i bserved that the average North 1 Carolina Republican is a fifth- < lass citizen hunting a third- or 1 durth-class postoffice. The < 4ews and Courier did not. of ? ourse, mean to say that all t ?Iorth Carolina Republicans are 1 >ad men, but it did mean to say < hat, taken by and large, they i re a measly lot. This being true ?as it unuestionably is?one is at a loss i o understand how any well- ( meaning, intelligent Democrat * an throw aside the friends, both J lolitieal and social, of a life-time 1 o align himself with the i lOiicoAtie r\o??oAwr?/%l 'J * l~ ' iuuo^uuo pciouuuci anu iiit^ puinu * rinciples of North Carolina i tepublicanism. 1 North Carolina Republicanism ] 3 not one whit better than South 1 Carolina Republicanism. Up 1 here, as down here, it stands I or everything that is vicious i .nd intolerable politically and J nuch that is reprehensible < ocially. It is the sponsor for and I he apologist of ignorance; it is in admixture that was brewed or evil purposes over a fire t ;indled to destroy Southern < nanhood and decency. It is not; f BASE! FORT v: CHE* Today, T Game called Admission - Ladies and Childrei * the fault of the builders of the blaze or of their progeny that the fire has not burned as fiercely is they planned. The conflagration has been kept in check by patriots "who, true to the teachings of their fathers," love the South for what it has suffered and who had a care for the future of their native land. These are the men who made North Carolina what it is today and what it is destined to continue to be?one of the greatest Commonwealths of the nation?and it is little short of insult to ask or expect an intelli gent North Carolinian of principle who has heen used to voting the Democratic ticket to turn his back on the only party from which our section can hope to receive fair treatment. The South, as no other section of the country, is suffering from Republican hypocrisy and debauchery. Do our neighbors across the invisible line that separates North and South Carolina purpose to sacrifice their manhood and their material interests to satiate the ambition of any office-seeeker, whether he be a candidate for Congress or for coroner? We scarce think so. Partisan Democrats. The Charlotte Chronicle thinks the Democrats in Congress were "small and narrow" in opposing the proposed appropriation to pay President Taft's traveling expenses and "that their action seems to smack of the partisan." If it were i>ossible to ascertain the attitude of the constituents of these same congressmen it is safe to say that not one in ten but who would agree that their representatives did right. Taft took advantage of the great office he is holding to make a junketing tour of the country in the interest of the Republican oartv. His speeches on a dozen occasions prove the statement. Having spent all and more than the annual allowance of $25,000 for the president's traveling expenses, he now asks Congress to supply the deficit. It were better to allow him to make good the shortage from the $75,000 salary the countrv is navinchim. lot half of which he is earning:. Me is one of the {xxirest presilents America has ever had and le ought to pay for the privilege >f traveling over the country, to ifford the people an opportunity :o see him, as he expresses the purpose of his trip, as if every community did not have a fat nan to look at. The action of the Democrats 'smacks of the partisan!" Why lot? What were they sent to Congress for? Are we to understand that the Democratic congressman should not be partisan? Perhaps so; but there is the conviction among the rank and file >f the party that when their representatives refuse to be lartisan it is high time to elect lartisans in their stead. The Democrats in Congress did just what their constituents wished :hem to do in opposing this neasure. We congratulate the Democratic congressman on this evidence of partisan spirit. May ;heir tribe increase. Mr. Osmond Barber has the ;hanks of The Times office for a luantity of the finest peaches seen in Fort Mill this season. BALL! MILL s JitK hursday. I at 3 p. m. - - - - 25c i - - - - 15c f T OPEN YC AND] X F?" W them Vl ?" ty-tw Low special low cut pric Go down this lisl your choice at your 23 pairs $3.00 Solid Com 21 " 3.00 Patent Co 30 44 2.50 33 44 2.50 Tip Vici 5 44 3.00 Tan Russi 16 44 2.50 Tan Vici 17 44 2.50 Gun-meta 10 44 2.50 Patent Bu 7 44 3.50 Patent Pu 9 44 3.00 Black Sue 20 44 3.00 Patent Pu 11 44 2.50 Pat. Colon Get your size nov lot of styles to selec We also have a i and children's oxfoi __ E. W. Kii I Anno The Pinevill i i We beg to infor i ing institution will We extend the bank on its openin be our pleasure to sidered one of the institutions of like We are prepare to US. and QrJir surance of safety a sound banking pri a customer of this Capital St Stockholde Protection Safety deposit b 14 per cent. int< time deposits. OFFICER a ... w. M. KUSJS, Rresid W. M. MORROW, V GEO. W. BUNCH, C Pineville 1 - rvr >UR EYES LOOK we are pushing at you. e hundred and eigh0 pairs of ladies' Cut Shoes with a e on them, t and you will find price: fort Vici Oxfords for $2.65 It " " 2.65 44 2.25 44 2.25 a Calf 44 4 4 2 . 50 44 2.00 1 44 44 2.00 tton 44 44 2.00 mps - 44 3.10 de Pumps ? 44 2.65 .mps -- 44 2.65 dal Pumps -- 44 2.25 vr, while you have a t from. nice line of misses' rds. mbrell Co. iuncement ol the Openii e Loan and Ss .1 IT -1 1 m me public that the open for business We public a cordial inv ig day or any day the show you our build neatest and most con size in the State. d to take care of any :it the business of the ind every considerate nciples. We trust the bank in the near futui cck paid in - - Jj >rs' liability - - to depositors 5j oxes for rent. Large s srest allowed on sav :s DIF ent. W. M. MORRO\ ice-Prest. BAILES, E. H. Cashier. SON, JAS. E if ?/if nr r **** ? 1V1 ^L.r,L.L.AINU, .oan and Sai Pineville, N. C. v,_.. r^,_? \<T? Clems on Agricultural College Examinations. The examination for the award of scholarships in Clemson Agricultural College will be held in the County Court House on Friday, July 8th, at 9 a. m. Applicants must (ill out proper forms, to be secured from the County Superintendent of education, before they will be allowed to stand the examinations. For detailed information, apply to the Superintendent of Education, or to the President of Clemson College. Applicants for admission to the College, but not seeking for the scholarships, will also stand entrance examinations at the court house July 8th. The scholarships are worth $100 and p free tuition. The next session of the college opens Sept. 14th, 1910. COST AND COURSES OK STUDY. n\ A , ?;? \Af n^i Ituuuri*. (2) Agriculture and Chemistry. (3) Agriculture and Animal Industry. (4) Chemistry and Geology. (5) Civil Engineering. (6) Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. (7) Textile Industry. Cost per session, including Board, Laundry, Heat, Light, Uniform and all fees, $118.70. Books and all other miscellaneous supplies, about $20.00. For students who pay tuition, $40.00 additional. For catalog and information, apply to W. M. RIGGS, Acting President. , UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION. The University of South Carolina offers scholarships in the Department of Education to one young man in each county. Each scholarship is worth $100 in money and $18 term fee with t free tuition. Examination will be held at county seat July 1st. Examination of students (generally for admission to the Uni1 versity will be held at the same time. Write for information to S. C. MITCHELL. President, Columbia, S. C. Winthrop College. SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the county court house on Friday, July l,at 9 a. m. Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 1 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination. Applicants for scholarships should write to President Johnson be! fore the examination for scholarship | examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free I tuition. The next session will open I September 21, 1910. For further in| formation and catalogue, address Pre?. j D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. 1 A "Special Notice" in The Times | will bring results. Phone 112. mmmmmm mmmmmmm mmmmmmm mmrn I lg of ivings Bank doors of this bank- 1 ^dnesday, June 8. f itation to visit the \ reafter and it will ing, which is conveniently arranged business eutrusted public with the asDn consistent with \t you will become ! re. n 5,000.00 15,000.00 ?30,000.00 ?ize $2.00 per year, ings accounts and SECTORS V, S. H. KELL, Z. T. HAND, Z. M..IOHN. M'CLURE. W. S. I rings Bank ? I