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9 . / The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC. Published Thursday Mornings. B. W. & W. r. Bradford Puri.ishkkk W. R. Bradford Editor B. W. Bradford Managkr The Time* invites contributions on live subjects. , but does not a^ree to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The right is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. Subscription Rates: One Year 11.25 Six Months 65 FORT MILL. S. C.. SEPTEMBER 8. 1910. Cansler. In the primary election last Tuesday James <Dansler received 40-odd thousand votes and will therefore pro in the second primary with McDuffie Hampton. Hampton should be elected. Not one in fifty of the men who voted for Cansler will seriously contend that he possesses the qualifications necessary to discharge the duties of the office. Here in York county where we know Cansler and have known J him as a chronic office-seeker for the last quarter of a century and are able to appraise him at his true worth, it is little short of astounding that he should receive 2,143 votes out of a total of 3,500. There is not an office in York county for which the people have so little respect that they would elect Cansler to it. For 6ne term, 20-odd years ago, he ; was eiectea county superintendent of education. More than once he was a candidate for reelection, but never got the office a second time. Why? Because it took the people of the county just two years to learn that he was neither temperamentally nor intellectually qualified for the position. Then, why try to saddle upon the State, in a more important office, one we have tried locally find found wanting? There is no argument to justify the election of Cansler. He should be defeated by such a decisive vote that even he will know, once and for all time, that the people have no confidence in him and are heartily sick of his vulgarity and buffoonery. The idea that Cansler could do anything for the people of South Carolina in the office of railroad commissioner is so utterly absurd that it is worse than silly. _________ "The Times' " Election Service. Since the primary elections last Tuesday, a number of South Carolina newspapers have been pleased to acknowledee the efficient service which they received from the telephone companies in collecting the election returns. Except for the kindness of the mnnnorer nnrl rmo the operators of the Fort Mill exchange, who worked overtime to accommodate this paper, The Times is under no obligation to any telephone company or any individual connected with any telephone company for the returns which it received. We paid dearly for the service this paper got, and it was poor ser- j vice at that. It took ^The Times one hcur and fifteen minutes to i get its first connection with the court house at Yorkville, notwithstanding the repeated assurance of the Charlotte office, through which all Yorkville business must be transacted from Fort Mill, that the line was not in use. The Yorkville exchange i simply refused to make the con- j nection which The Times desired, I a circumstance which seems to confirm the statement of a Rock . Hill newspaper man that there appeared to be a conspiracy in the Yorkville office to keep certain York county newspapers from getting the election returns. The Times also was refused the least reduction in the matter j>f rates, notwithstanding the well known fact that newspapers ai-e almost invariably granted concessions on ne*s messages; jmd it not infrequently is the ciie that telephone companies fit nish newspapers in their ternary N ' * % ' ' ' - . / with election service without making any charge therefor, which we believe to have been done in York county last Tuesday night. However, The Times is under obligations to Mr. Walter Neil, of Yorkville, Mr. Otis Hull, of Rock Hill, and Miss Clara Culp, of Fort Mill, for assistance which made it possible for the paper to publish full election returns by 6 o'clock Wednesday morning. False Weights and Measures. A writer in the current number of one of the country's leading magazines directs attention to the prevalence among: a certain class of merchants of the use of false weights and measures and concludes with the statement that the value of the dollar will be increased from 5 to 15 per cent, when the quantity received is what it purports to be. This , is a subject to which The Times on more than one occasion has j directed attention and urged that the Legislature create a superin- i tenent of weights and measures. I There is not the least doubt that the people of South Carolina are being swindled'out of thousands of dollars annually by unscrupulous merchants who by manipulating their scales and weights to cheat the purchaser thereby increase the already high cost of j living. In the absence of such ! an officer, however, the housekeeper can do much toward abating this species of petty thieving by having a kitchen test outfit to check the quantities of the commodities purchased. But real and lasting relief will not come to the people from these onerous conditions until the Legislature affords the necessary protection. The High Cott of Living. One of the latest apologies for the iniquitous tariff law which the Republican party has saddled upon the country is in the shape of an Associated Press interview with a New York professor who claims that the high cost of living is due to the increase in popula- tion of the big cities during the u last decade. The high freight rates on the raw materials to the \ big cities and the equally high t rate for the return of the finished i: products to the smaller communi- P ties may add a modicum to the 0 cost of living, but it is not suffi- ? cient reason for the exhorbitant g cost of practically everything1 g man uses, as our learned profes- r sor claims. The real reason why c the cost of living in the United r States is so high is to be found a in the greed of the money wolves f who have been able to influence j a the Republican Congress to pass a c tariff law that is oppressing the people as no other form of legis-! lation could. The worst phase j( of the matter is that there is no t hope of escaDe from thps#? hnr. - ! 1 densome conditions as long as I p the Republican party is in power. It is owned body and soul by the r trusts and will continue to do the j ^ bidding of its masters. ,1 Of course there won't be any Republicans in Heaven ? why i( should there be??but one finds 0 it easy to believe that G. B. Al- n ford, Republican nominee for the 1 State senate in Wake county, b N. C., will come pearer getting j, there than any of his coconspira- s tors- - he Has reared 14 Democrat- ic sons. | J: | i e THE INFLUENCE OF BAD BOOKS. * a We forbid the sale of opium, f but allow an unrestricted trade \ in blood-curdling outlaw stories P in which the law nearly always a is depicted as an oppressive insti- L' tution to be defied or evaded, ana wnere those who break the u law are extolled as heroes. In a t recent bank robbery the presi- e dent and cashier were shot down * and the youthful robber, unable to escape, committed suicide, e His companion of 15 years related how the dead young robber 't' never was without a robber story and that "Tracy, the Bandit," was his idol. The same enthusiasm diverted into a more worthy channel might have r made a hero out of him who now \ fills a felon's grave. \, Many parents who would be j u horrified to see their boys r associate at all with persons of t' low character allow them to j ( associate with such characters j E * A CERTAI1 IN YORK Who has achieved the re] plantation "as good as strontflv in nraise of Kim KIMBRELL'S PRICES. us this week, here are soi have to show her: Fifty-four inch Table Felt, p Full lin&of Gracewood Chevi Big lot of Canton Ginghams, Assortment of Utility Ginghj Just received fifty pieces of you to select from, per y Maple Leaf Charnbrays, suit* extra harH finish, per yai Thistle Poplin in fashionable Corn Spot Poplin (special), p Big lot of 10c Lawns, per yar Just received several pieces in and make your selecti< Trunks, Big Trunks, little Tru Trunks. If you want a g able price, something thi you, WE HAVE IT. V E. W. KIMI TELEPHONES 7a AND 7 inder the cover of books. Par- I r * *1?4. r 4-\- - 1 uto iui^ci liiHi iroiii trie per-1 erted admiration of such heroes o the emulation of their deeds 3 but a step. Since so many ( >arents neglect the supervision , if their children in this respect , ind the public i9 the sufferer in ] he end, it devolves upon society { is a matter of self-protection to upp^ess the sale of such perlicious literature. It seems in onsistent to hang a body of nen for preaching anarchy to idults, who are supposed to know >etter, and on the other hand to lDow the broadcast dissemination >f similar ideas stupefying the | noral perception of our youth, t is a noteworthy fact that most < ?f the murders, highway robber- 1 es and other atrocious crimes, ( he relating of which fills our rewspapers, are committed by i >ersons of youth and vigor. lard From Mayor Cole L. Blease.: 'o the Democratic Voters of York ] County: I I am deeply grateful for the magnif- I :ent vote which I received for govern- ' r in the first Drimarv. and 1 tak?> thin { nethod of expressing my thanks for j hose you pave me in your county. ( Leaving my home county of New- i erry with a handsome majority, and < eading all the other candidates in the t urrounding counties of Lexington, ^ laluda. Fairfield and Laurens the later county being the home of Hon. C. 5. Featherstone, who is my opponent ( n the second race -my vote was gen- | ral throughout the State, without re- ( ;ard to geographical lines or to voca- . ions in life. In 17 of the 43 counties, ( lthough there were six candidates beore the people, 1 received more votes han any other candidate. Having led iy several thousand votes in the first ( rimary, and with the assurances of ) upport which have come to me, I am , onndently expecting to be nominated y or governor in the second primary. I have sought to place my campaign i pon a high plane, seeking the votes of , he people only on my own merits. If . lected I will be the governor of the . L'KAIO nonrJo vmfkoitf * pin - , irramui ic^aiu ui scciion r ciass. > I desire to warn the voters against \ leventh-hour rumors and false charges. > 1 shall deeply appreciate the suffrage f the Democrats of York county in < he second primary. . i COLE L. BLEASE, Newberry, S. C., Sept. 3, 15110, y j WANTED ? Cosmopolitan Magazine equires the services of a represents- 5 ive in Fort Mill to look after subscrip- i ion renewals and to extend circulation ' y special methods which have proved 1 nusually successful. Salary and commission. Previous experience desirable ut not essential. Wlyjle time or spare j ime. Address with references, H. C. s lampbell, Cosmopolitan Magazine, 17851 I (roadway, New .^ork City. 1 T N WIDOW I COUNTY I putation of running her any man," comes out IBRELL S GOODS and If she drops in to see me of the specials we er yard 50c ir\f o n/%%* ?. 1 "* A vw, J/CI jriii u 1UC per yard 10c ims, per yard 10c Figured Percales for ard 12 l-2c ible for boys' waists, rd . _ 10c shades, per yard 18c >er yard 1 25c d 71-2c of Bengaline. Come 3n, per yard 35c Trunks. nks, and all grades of ood Trunk at a reasonit is certain to please 5RELL CO. b, FORT MILL, S. C. ] Injustice to Supervisor Gordon. (Editorial, Rock Hill Herald.) A rumor has been afloat all over the county that as soon as Clem Gordon was elected supervisor he had the chaingang brought to Rock Hill. To prove that Mr. Gordon had nothing to io with the removal of the gang at this particular time we reproduce below the minutes of the meeting showing that Mr. T. W. Boyd was supervisor when the gang was ordered to Rock Hill: "Office of County Commissioners of York County. Yorkville, S. C., Nov. 4, 1908. Mayor Roddey presented a petition from the city of Rock Hill, requesting that the county board send the chainpang to Catawba township to do permanent work on such roads in said township as the city council may designate, for the length of time necessary to return 2,803 days' work of one man to be returned under the contract of the city of Rock Hill with the county board of commissioners, under which the said cdunty board agreed to return to such roads as may be designated by the city of Rock Hill the same number of days work as will equal the time of prisoners sent to the chaingang from the city of Rock Hill. "Commissioner Lumpkin moved that immediately upon finishing tbe work in Ehpnp7.*?r tntunoKin ? - bimir uic ^ tie sent to Catawba township to do permanent work on such roads, in Catawba township, as the city council jf Rock Hill may designate, for a period of time sufficient to return to Lhe city of Rock Hill 2,803 days' work if one man, this being the amount of vork due said city by the county board if commissioners under said contract; this to be in full settlement up to Nov. 1, 1908. "Motion duly seconded and unanimousy carried. "It is ordered that the chaingang of this county be moved to such roads as the city council of Rock Hill may lesignate immediately upon the completion of the work being done by said chaingang in Ebenezer township. "THOS. W. BOYD, Supervisor. "Hazel Gkist, Clerk." The above will show that Supervisor Cordon brought the chaingang to Catawba township by order of the board, vhich order was acted upon before he vent into office. The Herald holds nothincr airainst T. iV. Boyd; he is a good friend of ours ind he has served the county in the >ast to the best of his ability. We can iay equally as much for Clem Cordon. It is not fair to Mr. Cordon to bring !uch charges against him. Any man :hat can read can see thai he is being stabbed in the back. A report is also being circulated that Supervisor Cordon bought a sprinkler hat cost over $900. This is not true, rhe county board ordered the sprinkler jo be purchased and it cost the county, til told. $194.00. It is strange how confused the genertl public gets on real facts and acts ibout election time. Of course there s a motive behind each rumor whether t be true or not. FOR SALE OR RENT My home dace in Pleasant Valley, containing 60 teres of improved land. Good dwelhng, jarns and outhouses. Apply to R. W. [>oster, R. F. D. 1, Osceola, S. C. \ t liif r ivir. r a The season is c you w^1 buy suet tor deep plowing, i rows, Harness, Whips, Steelyard: leather and a lot < too numerous tc will find our pric( lowest and a coir lect from, and if i chance when you articles we will rr go "just a little bi Your Col This fall we \ Buckeye Cotton ( will give you al your cotton seed, terests, let's talk tl fore you buy and this fall. | Cotton Sheets, McElhaney i ????????I Marble and Granite 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, j Charlotte, ltf. C. { Take Dilworth street cars to reach our plant. THE WISE LOOKS F( He sees at a glance each week depositing A SAVINGS BJ that it will be but a I reap his reward by h pile of money. This and the years before Start an account if w The Pineville Loan GEO. W. 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