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FORT MILL. S. C . SKITKMBKR 1. 1910
Columbia at the Foot, as Usual.
The 1910 season of the South \
Atlantic baseball league closed \
Satur "ay with Columbia at the i ?
foot of the percentage column, r
as usual. Numerous reasons ?
have been advanced why Colum- r
bia never has a winning team. c
Some of the apologists for the c
poor record of the club say it is j
because the city is the smallest .
in the league and .cannot, there- y
fore, compete with the larger y
cities by hiring high-priced > (
players. This claim is short of a
the facts, as Columbia is not the r
smallest city in the league. I
Columbus, Ga., which has just
won the 1910 pennant race, lacks
several thousand of population c
1 u:_ -
iu a|uai VjUiumuiti ill blZO. j
As we see it, one thing which ^
has militated against the success i
* of the Columbia club is poor t
management. The owners of \
the club have been imposed upon f
by men who claimed to be able
to direct successfully the affairs s
of the club who were little more ^
than novices and failed to
exercise the proper restraint
over the players to insure the
article of ball the patrons of the
game were entitled to. In a
word, there has been too much
intemperance among the players
' ?too much liquor drinking, if ,
you please.
But Columbia has done well to
maintain the club and all South
Carolina feels pride in the
patriotism of the capital city
enthusiasts who have spent
thousands of dollars without hope
of return rather than have the
humiliating advertisement go
abroad that their city could not
support a ball club. May the
1911 season have in store better
things for Columbia.
Not So Many Blockheads. i
A number of North Carolina s
paper? are wondering why Mr. i
Sunset McNinch, Republican can- i
didate for Congress in the {
Charlotte district, refused the (
invitation of Congressman Webb
that Mr. McNinch meet him in ,
joint debate during the cam- (
paign. That's as easy as cracking t
a papershell pecan. Mr. Mc- \
Ninch's political record is as <
? vulnerable as a toy balloon and, i
knowing this to be true, he did (
not purpose to give Mr. Webb an (
opportunity to show him up.
Aside from this, however, there
appears an inclination among .
some of our friends across the t
line to take too seriously the (
candidacy of Mr. McNinch. i
There are not enough block- t
heads in the Ninth North Caro- <
lina district to open their Con- *
gressional jackpot with a pair of
deuces, 1
A Duly of the Successful Man.
W The man who makes money in |
a community has a duty to per- j
form to tbnt pommnnitu Tfmau i
. A V, .uuj I
be that he has made his money
by his superior business ability,
and that he would have done as
I well anywhere. That does not
alter the ease. If his gifts are , [
great his responsibility is equally j
as great. No man was placed on <_
earth for the sole purpose of t
making money, and the man who t
has this as his ideal had better t
never have been born. It is not 1
an act of charity but the per- J
formance of a simple duty for the r
man who has made money to pass ]
a little of it on for the benefit of !
the community, even though he \
never expects to see a dollar of \
his contribution come back. c
"THE LAND OF MURDER."
In the United States the murierer
claims more victims $very
pear than in any other civilized
and enlightened country in the
world, says an exchange. Homicidal
mania prevails in this progressive
land to a far greater
axtent than in any nation in
Europe. Our people are shocked
and horrified?ana very properly
so?when a president or high
)fficial is struck down by the
land of the assassin. The at:empt
to assassinate Mayor
Say nor, of New York, has
.? ui:~ J?i.u?
l-IIC ICpUUilC l/U IIS Ut?[JUl?.
Vet the country has never become
aroused as it should be to
:he appalling prevalence of
nurder in the United States?to
,he frightful toll of human life
vhich is taken every day. This
rountry has, indeed, acquired an
unenviable reputation as "the
and or murder." Hardly adav
lasses in which the newspapers
lo not record many crimes of
nanslaughter. The mania is not
ocal or sectional. It is nationvide.
Americans, as a rule,
ire law-abiding and God-fearing
nen. Yet there is an element
imong them which is quicker and
nore desperate in the use of
leadly weapons than the people
>f any other land. In 11)07 it
vas estimated that we were
laving about 9,000 murders a
rear which was from eight to
wenty-five times as many, in
iroportion to population, as (
Ireat Britain, France, Germany
ind Japan have. This is a
ecord which the thoughtful
leople of this country should
Kinder long and seriously. That
luman life should be held so
heap in this progressive and
^lightened land, that the
Jnited States should have the
ghastly and evil distinction of
eading the civilized world in the
lumber of murders committed
rpQ vl\7 ic PQ11CO fAl*
v,c%? ?ty , >v; vuuo\? x yjk uaiiv/iiai
lumi'iiation.
One of the reasons why manilaughter
is so frequeut and so
;ommon in the United States is
he habit which prevails to a
videspread extent of carrying
:oncealed weapons. This habit,
t is well known, is not restricted
o the lawless elements in our
:itizenship. Men of good renite,
law-abiding citizens, are
>ften found among the class who
:arry arms habitually. They are
lot of the type of deliberate
nurderers. They are not brawlers
seeking a quarrel. But
vhen disputes arise they are
irone to make use of deadly
veapons. The list of murders
s swelled every year in this way.
VIeii take human life in hot
ilood over comparatively trivial
natters. There ought to be a
Dublic sentiment against the
carrying of concealed weapons
.vhich would outlaw every man
,vho went about armed unless he
vas engaged in an occupation
n which his life was constantly
n danger. And this public
jentiment should find expression
n the vigorous and impartial
mforcement of the law against
ill men who make a practice of
carrying pistols or other deadly
veapons without the permission
)f the authorities. The man
A;ho goes about armed in a
nvilized community ought not
,o be tolerated. In a moment of
Dassion, when he has lost self:ontrol,
he may do murder?and,
n fact, often does murder?in a
juarrel growing out of trifling
causes. In Europe it is only the
criminal classes and the anarchsts
and revolutionaries who I
iarry concealed weapons. The
iverage citizen is not a "pistoloter."
Hence the small number
>f homices in England, France i
ind Germany as compared with I
,he appalling number of cases
)f manslaughter in the United I
states. Public sentiment in
Europe will not telerate the
nstol-carrying habit by citizens
,vho profess to be law-abiding. .
tVe should cultivate the same
vholesale sentiment in the
Jnited States and enforce it by
aw more vigorously than ever
Defore.
Not a Charitable Institution
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i child of charity. It earns twice
>ver every dollar it receives, and
t is second to no enterprise in
:ontributing to the upbuilding of
he community. Its patrons reap
'ar more benefits from its pages
,han its publishers, and in calling
?or the support of the commulity
in which it is published, it
isks for no more than in all fairness
belongs to it, though generally
it receives less. Patronize
ind help your paper as you would
iny other enterprise because it
lelps you, and not as an act of
:harity.
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House Will Be Democratic.
Congressman Ollie James, of
Kentucky, one of the leaders of
Democracy in the house of representatives,
is certain that the
November elections will signalize
a great Democratic victory.
"If the Democrats do not win
the coming congressional election.
hands down, there is not
: much use in trying again to
win," says Colonel James.
"Everything is in their favor.
It seems to me that it is impossi1
ble for them to fail. I estimate
that the Democrats will have a
majority of from 50 to 100 in the
next house Fiftv is thf? ?mall_
est number that could be conceded.
"The Republicans are carrying
a weight which they have never
been forced to bear in any campaign
in which they have been
successful. Events have been
i playing into the hands of the
Democratic party for the past
year. The tariff law alone, it
seems to me, would have been a
sufficient foundation for Democratic
success. But other factors
will enter into the contest.
The letter which Senator Aldrich
sent to Representative McKinley
furnishes one of the best Democratic
campaign documents that
could have been devised. This
will be read by Democratic speakere
throughout the country. It
will be used as one of the arguments
against the present tariff.
"The spi t in the ranks of the
Republicans has grown wider
ever since the adjournment of
the recent session of Congress.
The party was in a bad way then.
But it is in a much worse condition
now. The insurgents in
the Middle West, too, are more
active than the regular Republicans
thought they would be.
They appear to have on their
fighting clothes, and the chances
for a reconciliation are so small
as to be negligible in calculating
the results of the contest.
"On the other hand, the
Democratic party is united.
There never was a time in the
history of the party when the
spirit ot narmony ami cooperation
was so clearly manifest. I believe
that the Democrats could
win this fall, even if the Republicans
were not suffering
from so many embarrassments.
But with the conditions as they
are, there is not the slightest
doubt that we will have the next
Congress by an overwhelming
maioritv."
Interest id Great Falls.
Much interest just now centres
in cotton manufacturing circles
about the mill city which is in
process of construction at Great
Falls, in Chester county. ? As
nothing but the finest goods will
be manufactured, nothing but
the best labor will be employed.
In order to keep this labor a
plant the equal of any in the
South is being erected. The
houses are of four and six rooms
each, with hot and cold water,
sewerage, wide porches and
generous yards. There is a
fine filtration plant in connection
with the town which nrnmisps n
splendid supply of drinking
water.
Messrs. Hal and Robert Mebane,
the directing heads of the
big Republic cotton mill, are
having elegant homes built on
the top of the hill overlooking
the mill village.
By December, or earlier, the
company hopes to be ready to
begin manufacturing. This is a
$600,000 proposition. The mill
will have 25,000 spindles and accompanying
looms, etc. When
it is completed the company will
plan the erection of two additional
mills, to have 75,000 spindles
and accompanying looms, etc.
This means a further expenditure
of about $1,500,000. All these
plants will be driven by electricity.
Mrs. J. D. Whitesides Dead.
Shortly after arriving in Yorkville
Saturday morning to attend
the county campaign meeting,
Jeff D. Whitesides, one of the
county's most highly esteemed
citizens, who lives on his farm
near Hickory Grove, was advised
by telephone that his wife had
died suddenly of heart disease.
Mrs. Whitesides was a most excellent
woman and was highly
esteemed by all who knew her.
She is survived by her husband
and six or eight children, several
of the latter being grown.
VVANTKI) Cosmopolitan Magazine
requires the services of a representative
in Fort Mill to look after subscription
renewals and to extend circulation
by special methods which have proved
unusually successful. Salary and cornmission.
Previous experience desirable
but ndt essential. Whole time or spare
time. Address with references, It. C.
Campbell, Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1789
Broadway, New York City.
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Talking About Weather.
There are two apparent reasons
why people talk about the
weather so much, says an exchange.
One is, that it makes a
decided impression on most of
; us, and constantly either forwards
our plans and adds to our
pleasures, or breaks them up and
brinora IIS flisannnintmont Wo
are so a part of all that we see
and mingle in, and are so susceptible
to conditions and changes
around us, that our spirits are
affected bv smiling or frowning
skies. There are a few people
so fortunately, or unfortunately,
without nerves that they are able
to declare that they care nothing
about weather, that it does not
make the slightest difference to
them. If it is true, their capacity
for enjoyment, and possibly
for suffering as well by way of
compensation, must be small.
To most the difference between
a perfect June morning, with all
nature clad in beauty and vocal
with song, with fresh, coql
breezes fanning one's cheek and
coquetting with the whispering
tree tops, and a blazing day in
August, with the mercury at the
top and the air surcharged with
moisture, is pretty nearly as
wide as that betweeen paradise I
and hades. Probably in tropical
and subtropical climates, where
there is little change, the weather
is less talked about. The other
reason why we talk about it so
much is the obvious one of;
paucity of subjects and lack of
social initiative and tact.
Furniture
Bargains
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I w e are onering many attractive
hot-weather bargains
in our splendid stock of Fur- j
niture. Lots of folks are
taking advantage of our bargains.
We are sure that you
too could find something here
you would like to have. Can't
you come down here where
the goods are to be seen*?
HAMMOCKS
afford relief from hot weather.
Anyone can enjoy the
! pleasure and comfort of a
Hammock for a very small
outlay; not only for this summer,
but for years. Our handsome
pillow Hammocks, with
neat fringe, have several special
features over other makes
that we will be elad to have
you examine carefully before
you buy.
W. G. REID & SON
ROCK HILL, S. C.
| Read This Lei
W. B. MEACHAM.
PRSSIDENT
E. W. Klf
GENERAL I
Mr. Farmer: We beg
market price for all yo
great pleasure in quoti
are sure to need withir.
?'Peerless11 2 poun<
?'Peerless1 2 poun<
?<New Arrow'1 Ties ;
Extra large, 8 oz. 1
Big shipmemt of Red
price for September. C
Flour just received. L
of Hardware. Come in a
Thanking you for pai
business with you in th
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Mr. Fa
The season is c
you will buy such
for deep plowing,
rows, Harness,
Whips, Steelyards
leather and a lot c
too numerous to
will find our price
lowest and a com
lect from, and if y
chance when you
articles we will m
go "just a little bit
Your Cot
This fall we v
Buckeye Cotton C
will give you all
your cotton seed,
terests, let's talk th
fore you buy and
this fall.
Cotton Sheets, (
McElhaney
Marhlft and Granite
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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, I
Charlotte, INI. C. A
Take Dilworth street cars to ^
reach our plant.
Iter, You'll Not
W.H.BELK,
V.DDfOT
VIBRELL CO
MERCHANDISE ANI
Fort Mill, S.
to inform you that we mi
ur Cotton and Cotton See
ng you below prices on i
i the next few days:
i Bagging at $3.75 per r?
i Bagging, with Ties, at
at $1.10 per bunch.
Cotton Sheets at 25c, ot
Rust Proof Oats to come
Jar load' of "Our Best1*
arge stock of Farm Implt
ind let us figure with y<
st favors and hoping to
e near future, we are,
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other hardware
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down with the
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will give us a
go to buy these
ake your dollars
: farther/'
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/ill represent the
)il Company and
that's going for
For mutual inie
matter over besell
your goods
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E. W. KIMBRELL?
SECY-TREAS
MPANY
D COTTON
C. , August 30, 1910?
rill pay the highest
id thi3 fall, and take
some articles that you
oil, 1
.70 per bale, j
* in lots at 20c each,
in this week. Special
and ??Silver Leaf ^
sments and all kind3 ^
311 A
do a greater amount of J
irs,
KIMBRELL COMPANY,
E. W. Kimbrell, Mgr..
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