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? The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC. Published Thursday Moniinirs. B. W. & W. R. Bradford Pf iiijsiieks W. R. Bradford Editor B. W. Bradford Manager The Times invites contributions on live subjects, but docs not ajrrec to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The riitht is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. Subscription Rates: One Year.. SI,2A Six Months ? ... .65 FORT MILL. S. C.. AUGUST 11. 1910. An Opportunity for Anger. A writer in one of the exchanges which comes to The Times has the courage of his convictions. He does not wish to make anyone angry, "but not caring much if he does," he rises to ask whose duty it is to see that the filth is cleaned from the vacant lots in his town. If he lived in Fort Mill he would not be obliged to confine his observations as to filth to the unused lots, but would find it in plenty, augmented by months' 1 accumulation of trash, in the back lots and on the streets?on the main street as well as on the side streets. And in Fort Mill he would not have to speculate on the possibility of making someone ' mad by directing attention to unsanitary conditions: immediately his words reached the public there would not be lacking those to denominate him a greater menace to the tranquillity of the town | than the filth is dangerous to the community's health. Here he j would be expected to keep a close mouth and allow the dozen cases of typhoid fever which are reported in town to multiply into a score and more cases without referring to it. In other words, he would not be expected to do his duty. If he did it in defiance of the wishes of those who are content to aljow sickness to ravage the families of others so long as it does not lay j hold of their own families, he would be set down a troublemake^ Unfair Tacticr. ' Certain South Carolina newspapers in theif zeal for the socalled prohibition cause seem to have lost a considerable part of their sense of fairness. Failing to answer the Democratic doctrine of local self-government, these papers are now undertaking to stigmatize as liquor advocates the newspapers and public men who dare say they do not believe it ricrht to run rouch-shod over the will of the six counties of the' State which less than a year ago voted for the legal sale of liquor. So far as The Times is concerned, it opposes the proposal of the State-wide advocates because it is not Democratic. This paper has never urged the sale of. liquor. On the contrary, it has urged temperance; but it has held fast to the party principle that the minority have rights in the conduct of their own affairs which the majority cannot afford to take from them. Hence it finds itself in accord with the platform of Mr. McLeod, who is just now a candidate for governor of the State. Mr. McLeod is not, as some who are opposing him are trying to deceive the voters into believing, advocating the sale of liquor. Repeatedly during the campaign he has stated that he would not advocate liquor for any community. Last year in his own county of I-?ee he voted to abolish the dispensary. But Mr. McLeod is a Democrat, and being a Democrat, he cannot agree that York county, for instance, has'any right, moral or otherwise, to force upon another county of the State that which it does not want. Nothing could be more in line with the principles of the great party to which nearly all! South Carolinians are pleased to acknowledge allegiance than local option, and it will take more than misrepresentation to convince the people other^ wise. ||^ Andrew's Birthplace. The average South Carolinian I is a very busy man these days? . j too busy, in fact, to consume 1 much time discussing a point 1 which has long been settled. 1 That is why so little attention is j paid the insistent claims of j certain North Carolina newspapers that one Andrew Jackson 1 was a native of that State. The t weight of authority undoubtedly agrees'with the statement Old !J Hickory often made himself, } that he was a native South t Carolinian, born in theWaxhaws, j (some 20-odd miles southeast of t Fort Mill. Of course it is not j , probable that Andrew went to . the trouble of locating the State I line the day he was born to make ; doubly sure he was a son of this 1 blessed Commonwealth, as some 1 ! of the Tarheel papers think he should have done, but his own J testimony ought to be worth t something. Certainly Andrew ? Jackson was a South Carolinian, but if there were any doubt c about it, who of the million and I more sons of this Commonwealth ^ now in the land of the living would care a fig? Without half ! r trying, the old Palmetto State s has produced bigger and better c men than Andrew. j Peter Harris, Confederate Soldier. The proposal of the Fort Mill j * Daughters of the Confederacy j \ to place an iron marker at the J grave of every Confederate soldier in Fort Mill township has c been the subject of much k favorable comment in various 0 sections of the State. ^ Last Thursday Capt. A. L. 1 Black, of Hock Hill, was in Fort Mill and while in town expressed his gratitude to the Daughters ' ) for the patriotic work which they have undertaken. Capt. Black is a veteran of the c Twelfth South Carolina regiment, Company H. He is particularly " anxious that the grave of Peter [ Harris, a Catawba Indian who ^ served in his company, be marked , by the Daughters. Harris* (. grave is thought to be in the old , Nicholson burying ground, about live miles north of Fort Mill, . near the home of Mr. W. H. , Windle, i peter Harris was one of three : Kw>t U.... . .u . .1 * ? uiuuici^, nit? inner iwo oeing' James and John, who served the t Confederacy faithfully as private soldiers. Peter was a member. of Capt. Black's company and according to Capt. Black-, was as bravo find true a man as ever r Wore the gray Uniform of the i South. At the battle of Sharps- t burg he was severely wounded '1 through the knee and fell to the t ground unable to walk. Real- ( izing the danger from the ene- c my's fire to which his position 1 subjected him. Peter crawled: c backward 50 yards to a place of r safety, supporting his injured' ? leg by resting it upon the other I one. After the wound healed, c Peter returned to his company : ? and continued to the end of the f 1 war to fight for the Confederacy. ? The names of Peter, John and c 1 James Harris are on the Confed- c erate monument in Fort Mill t There was no way by which t they could have been pressed in- ( ; to the service of the Confederacy, i? as they were neither citizens of J South Carolina nor of the Con- 1 federate States, and their names 1 were placed upon the monument < in grateful recognition of the 1 service which they rendered the i cause of the South. 1 t Which Was Humiliated? One is often repaid for loitering on the bandstand in Confederate j J park by hearing of an incident 1 out of the ordinary. Saturday i afternoon a citizen who knows i < much but sometimes tells more ] related a story of a recent expe- * rience of a character about town ( who freouentlv tr?r* fron. 1 ly of the flowing bowl, or, to be 1 exact, from the mouth of a half- j pint flask. < Some days ago this worthy i went home in his accustomed < flop-eared condition. For a rea- 1 son which could be attributed 1 only to that of fellow-feeling, he 1 formed a sudden interest in the j welfare of his pig and sought to I get on friendly terms with the I swine, which he said had been i mistreated and underfed, by i making it a good bed. He had t no sooner climbed into the pen, ? however, than the pig, after i surveying him with a critical eye, I bounded out of the enclosure and made otf. Query: Was the pig I humiliated by the owner's at- J tempted display of friendship, or 1 was the owner humiliated by the r refusal of the pig to associate \ : with him? ; ( f In and Around Clover. '"ort Mill Times Correspondence. Clover, Aug. 9?The surroundng country was visited with a lice rain Sunday night, which ;very farmer was pleased to see. The work on the new Clover ligh school building is being jushed right along. Mr. A. J. Quinn, liveryman, ost a valuable horse Friday ivening. Mr. J. Lindsay Templeton had i serious runaway scrape Friday vhile comimr from Yorkvillp rhe horse became frightened at something along the road and 'an away, tearing the buggy 0 pieces and cutting several fashes in Mr. Templeton's head, rhe horse also was cut very jadly. Miss F.mmie Davis, of Clover, oute No. 4, is visiting friends it Catawba. Miss Eunice Plaxco, of Clover, oute No. 4, who is teaching nusic at Hickory Grove, reurned to her work Monday after 1 short visit to her parents. Mrs. W. M. Plaxco and chiliren of Bartow, Fla., are visiting dr. R. N. Plaxco and family of forkville, route No. 1. Work has been begun on the oads of King's Mountain townihip and the work is being arried on nicely. J. L. R. Lower Steel Creek News. \>rt Mill Time* correspondence. Steel Creek, August 8.?The armers of this section were very nuch pleased with the refreshng rain which fell yesterday and ast night. The damage done to Mr. John; Smith's house by the wind storm ; if July 28 is about repaired. The torm also blew Mr. Charlton Smith's chimney down. The farmers are having good i imes going to picnics and eating watermelons. The picnics at Lapps' school house and Oak J rove church were great sucesses. Mr. and Mrs. McClain Stroup, if Pirw?vill<? -!> ?> til..; - , . l.'.n.lft HIVH | >arents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Itroup, this week. Messrs. .John and Leon KenIrick. of Rock Hill, are visiting heir grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. {. G. K end rick. Miss Lillie Stroup, who has1 >een visiting her uncle's, Mr. j . P. Stroup, returned to her lome in Charlotte yesterday. The dedication serves Sunday t Flint Hid WCl'e greatly enjoyed iv ah present. W. S. The South in Congress. The solid South will mean nore politically in the sueceedng years than ever before, says he Charleston News and Courier. The movement of population in his direction has been great. )klahoma, for instance, which is listinetly Southern in its ideals, las more than doubled population luring the last decade. It has tow practically as many people is South Carolina or Louisiana, t will have twice as many tongressmen as heretofore. Texts will show a gain of at least ive congressmen. All the Southern Stales will show in :reases ot population and many! >f them increase in representa- I ion in the national house. On he other hand, many of the listinctly Republican States will how losses in population or in ?ains. This means that their epresentation will be decreased, ?or it is practically certain that i new ratio of apportionment A,'ill be made by the next Congress in accordance with the lew census, wherefore States hat have not increased in population will show more or less oss in political influence. It is not improbable that the South will gain 15or 20 congressmen under the new census, even f the apportionment of representatives is changed in order to prevent any great increase in the size of the house. This would larry with it a loss to some Republican States. It is entirey possible that after the reapportionment the solid South, jven if without any assistance whatever from any other section )f the countrv will or?n+??/-u ^ WIIWI Ui OU arge a representation in the louse as to present in itself" a 'ormidable minority. Any political party, then, with the jacking of the solid South, will >e a national party, and a powerful one at that. Our political nfluence is increasing. The ime has about passed when the Youth's influence at Washington s negligible. Misses Elizabeth Pilson, of viorth Wilkesboro, N. C., and darv (1. Greenlee, of Marion, \T. C., have returned to their espective homes after a pleasant risit to Misses Isabel and Dora irie r. Value of the Cotton Crop. People outside the Southerr States frequently do not realize the importance of the cottor crop of the South to the countrv nor its value to the growers o1 the staple, says The Southerr Field. Much has been said about the mistake of the one crop system of the South, and there is a very general impression thai to a large number of Southerr farmers the growing of cottor has brought poverty. This im pression, unfortunately, has toe much foundation. It is not because cotton is a poor crop, but because the farmers have pursued unwise methods and have failed to grow the other crops for which their lands are suited. This fact has made many people think that the South offeree: little to farmers from othei sections save cotton growing, and cotton growing was not, as a rule, a paying crop. The fact is that it is not only the greatest cash crop of the country, but for the man who will pursue proper methods, diversifying enough tc keep up the fertility of his land and produce his own forage and food, one of the most profitable crops the farmer can grow. Onesixth or one-third of a bale to an acre, raised on soil not especially adapted to cotton, and which should be put to other uses, grown mainly from the fertilizer which the inadequate plowing and cultivation makes necessary, is not a paying crop. But with the proper methods of cultivation one or two bales of cotton to the acre can be grown, and such crops at even 10 cents a pound give returns of $50 to $100 an acre and at little more cost, except for picking, than the usual farm crops of the North. In the whole country the value of last year's cotton crop as estimated by the census bureau was $812,090,000. In the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee it was $483,000,000. The acreage of the crop in these States was 15,159,133, and the farm value of the crop per acre was over $52.52. These figures show how important a place the crop plays in American agriculture. That it is to play even a more imnnrtnnt ? J o ^ ~ <i - * --* fnntt in me i uiure, wnen tl'.G cotton grower shall devote a portion of his lands to other crops, and will then prove even much more profitable, is certain. SOUND E PRINC Every day since the Pine^ opei.ed its doors for businet growth and development, methods and painstaking a comprised of Careful men m correct rules of hanking be This conservative msna safety of every dollar depoi We respectfully solicit yo The Pineville Loan GEO. w. BUI PINEVtLLI I Marble and Kranite Monuments. A large stock at prices from $5.00 up. Call and see the line at our storeroom. Boulevard and Palmer streets. Phone 1618, Write and let us call and show designs. Queen City Marble & Granite Works, Charlotte, IVT. C. Take Dilworth street cars to reach our plant. Phone 112 for , "Haile s on the Corner" ! HEADQUARTERS FOR f ICE CREAM AND ] t DELICIOUS FOUNTAIN J DRINKS, t CIGARS, " , ! CIGARETTES, J SMOKING AND 1 CHEWING TOBACCO, PIPES, ; CHEWING GUM, ETC. FINE LINE OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES. 1 GOOD PLACE TO LOAF. WELCOME TO ALL. Fort Mill Drug Comp'y i J. R. HAILE, MRr. ) I YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS i (The Old Reliable) t YORKVILLE, S. C. Monument dealers the country over carry practically the same line of de- I f l signs, and usually the customer must take not what he wants, hut the near- f . est thing he can find to it in the list . submitted. Or in other words, he must take one of the regular stock designs and consequently gets a duplicate of hundreds of (y other monuments already erected and exactly alike except possibly in the 1 r quality of the work and material. 1 We make a specialty of giving our customers exactly what they want; ' taking their ideas and combining them | ci with our experience we endeavor to ! t work out an original design, which in t the completed monument reflects the , i taste and individuality of the purchaser. If you want something above the . average, let us make it for you. It I will cost you no more than the ordinary I ' kind. ' i JOHN K. CARROLL, Pres. and Treas. i NOTICE. nun, uasnier 3, --- Iff. C. i; ' Job Printing.; Political Announcements. ELECTION. AUGUST 30. For Congrco 5th District. I am a candidate for Congress, and will abide the result of the Democratic primary election. THOS. B. BUTLER. Gaffney, S. C.. For House of Representatives. The Times is authorized to announce 2. W. WALLACE as a candidate for lU.. II " t.iv- uuusf 01 Representatives, subject to the choice of the Democratic party n the approaching primary election. The Times is authorized to announce 3. A. EPPS, of Fort Mill township, as v i candidate for the House of Representatives. subject to the action of the Democratic voters in the primary election. I am a candidate for el* ction to the House of Representatives, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. THOS. F. McDOW. The Times is authorized to announce 1. S. GLASSCOCK as a candidate for -e-election to the House of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic party in the primaries. The Times is authorized to announce 3. L. SANDERS, of McConnellsville, is a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives, subject to .he approval of the Democratic primary. I hereby announce myself as a canlidate for the House of Representaives from York county, subject to the iction of the Democratic primarv. J. E. BEAMGUARD. For County Trcnrurcr. 1 hereby announce myself as a eanlidate for the office of Treasurer of fork county, subject to the rules and emulations of the Democratic prinaries. ROBT. L. GUFF. 1 hereby announce myself a sa candilate for nomination for appointment to he office of County Teasurer, subject o the action of the Democratic voters n the primary election. JOHN A. NEEDY. The Times is authorized to announce LARRY E. NEIL as a candidate for ippointmont as Treasurer f??r York ounty, subject to the recommendation if the Democratic voters in the primary lection. f or Supt. of Educntion. 1 h? reby announce myself as a candi The qualifications for voting in the ensuing Democratic Primary Election on the 80th inst. are as follows; The voter must be a white Democrat., 21 years of age, or become so be- 1 fore the bth day of November, 1910, ' 1 and a resident of the State for one year, and of tin- county sixty days, and have had hi* name enrolled on the particular club roll where he offers to vote at least five days before the first pri- I mary election. Then can be uo other or further enroll men t after the 2"?th day of August, t \V. H. WILSON, JR., i County Chairman. 1USINESS i] IPLES fille Loan and Savings Bank I is it has enjoyed a ^substantial This is due to the careful ttention of the management 1 rho insist that the recognized observed at all times, gemetit insures the absolute tited here. ' ur account. and Savings Bank, ; iaic ior Supeaintendent of Education or York county, subject to the choice >f the Democratic voters in the prinarv election. MINOR R. RIGGERS. The Times authorized to unnounc** dr. JOHN WARREN QUINN. for nerly of ({road River, now of York ownship, as a candidate for County Superintendent of Education, subject o the action of the Democratic voters n the approaching primary election. For County Supervisor. The Times is authorized to announce riiOS. W. HOYD as a candidate for . Supervisor of York County, subject to 'V he choice of the Democratic voters in he primary election. 1 hereby announce myself a eandilafe for reelection to the office of supervisor of York county, subject tcv he rules of the approaching Detnocratc primary election. CLEM F. GORDON. The Fort Mill friends of JOHN F. GORDON take pleasure in presenting lis name to the voters of York county :or the office of County Supervisor, dr. Gordon filled this office some years ?go and his administration redowned to he interests of the county as well as effecting credit upon himself. For Coanty Auditor. The Times is authorized to announce IOE M. TAYLOR, of Newport, as a .W? OUUIIUI l/l I III R aiumy, iubject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the primary election. The Times is authorized to announce Broadus M. Love, of Smyrna, as a caniidate for the Democratic reeommenlation for appointment as Auditor of ifork county; subject to th* choice of the voters in the primary election. 1 hereby announce myself as a canlidate for nomination for reappointment to the office of County Auditor, subject to the action of the Democratic voters in the primary election. JOHN J. HUNTER. We are authorized to announce T. E. McMACKIN as a candidate for appointment as Auditor of York ;ounty, subject to the recommendation >f the Demociatic voters in the primary election. For Mai(i*tratr. The Times is authorized to announce V. B. BLANKENSH1I' as a candidate for Magistrate for Fort Mill townshin. subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the primary election. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reappointment as Magistrate for Fort Mill township, subject to the recommendation of the 1 )emocratic primary lection. JOHN W. MrELHANEY. Congressional Campaign Schedule. The candidates for Congress from this (Fifth) district have arranged their schedule for York county meetings as follows: Fort Mill?Wednesday, August 17. Rock Hill Thursday, August IS. Yorkville Friday, August 19. Clover Saturday, August 2<?. Hickory drove Monday, August 22. SALESMEN WANTED To look after our interest in York and adjacent counties. Salary or commission. AdIress THE VICTOR OIL COMPANY, Cleveland, O.