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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
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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
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Today, T
Game called
Admission - Ladies
and Childrei
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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.
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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
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9 44 3.00 Black Sue
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sound banking pri
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price:
fort Vici Oxfords for $2.65
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44 2.25
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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
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dal Pumps -- 44 2.25
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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.
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(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.
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