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V A ' ' The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC. Published Thursday Mornintrs. B. iV. & W. R. Bradford Publishers W. R. Bradford Editor B. W. Bradford Manager i The Times invites contributions on live subjects, but does not agree to publish more thsn 210 words n any subject. The ripht is reserved to edit very communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. i BoBscRimoN Rates: One Year $1.26 8ix Months 68 FORT MILL. R. C.. SEPTEMBER 15. 1910. Our Awful Murder Record. In no other civilized nation does the annual death roll from homicides equal or approach that of the United States. In 1895 1 there were 2.000 killings in this country: in 1909 the number had increased to 10.000. This year there are apt to he 11.000 or 12.000. and unless the country is aroused to the fact that something must be done to stop this wanton destruction of human j life the day is not far off when 20.000 will he the yearly toll of the pistol-toter and other classes of murderers. There is noprainsayinp: that the country is in a deplorable condition as a result of the non-enforcement of the laws aprainst murder. We see it stated that conditions are due to the "crass ignorance or open dishonesty" of the jury which fails to find a verdict of guilt where the evidence of the Stat? leaves no doubt. But the real reason for all this lawlessness. all this destruction of human life, lies deeper than the failure of the juries to do their duty. It is due to the sickly sentiment pervading the country against holding to strict account those who willfully kill their fellow-men. It is no uncommon thing to hear the remark. "Oh. well, I don,'t think it would do any good to punish the man; he may be guilty of murdering bis neighbor, but it would not restore the life of the neighbor to put his slayer in prison or hang him." The natural consequence of such sentiment is the ever increasing thousands of widows and orphans, many of whom are in poverty, because the life of the mainstay of the home has been rt* 1 i ? snuneo out in an evil moment. Not long ago a homicide occurred in York county. Little , sympathy was expressed for the family that suffered the irreparable loss of one of its members, but there were not a few who let it be known that they would not punish the slayer, "because he did not intend to kill his victim." Truly there seems to be an easy mode of defining the intentions of the person who is to be tried for his life. The fact is, there is no way of telling what is in one's heart when he does to death a fellow-creature. We are too prone to believe he is telling the truth when he says the killing was unintentional. We would better hear the evidence before making up our minds as to the innocence of the accused. Mr. McNinch Hoppled. T T -1 i appearances are deceiving, Candidate S. S. McNinch is making about as much headway in his campaign for Congress as one would expect of a yoke of oxen drawing a wagon leaded to the gunwales with lead over a rough mountain road. One of the latest evidences that Mr. McNinch is destined to shoot the * chutes on election day is the frosty reception he received at the Republican rally held in Gastonia Saturday. The rally had been advertised as a soul-stirring event which would be attended by many hundreds of the faithful from all points of the Ninth district. The enthusiastic, scrambling hundreds were conspicuous by their absence, which is one way of saying that they did not show up. They are not apt to show up on election day, either? for Mr. McNinch. Meanwhile, Ik a moment can be spared to ascertain what a news correspondent, who says he was an unbiased onlooker of the Gaston rally, says: "About the only distinguishing feature of the whole day was the lack of any real enthusiasm. Mr. McNinch's speech was quite a disappointment to the crowd. His whole address was an attempt to show that a protective tariff was the thing which the South needs and that the other desideratum is a shiD subsidv. To an unbaised onlooker it appeared that the big county rally, which was intended to start the campaign off with a rush, fell flat. If any good for the Republican party was accomplished it must have been under the surface." The Drift Democraticward. The Democratic party won a great victory in Maine Monday. For the first time since 1880 the Republicans are unhorsed of the governorship and have lost two congressmen, with the certainty of the Legislature, which will elect a successor to Senator Eugene Hale, being Democratic. However much the Republican leaders may have tried to discount the recent special congressional elections in Missouri, Massachusetts and New York, in which the Democracy won signal victories, they are now forced to admit the significance of the Maine election as indicating unmistakably the drift of sentiment toward the Democracy. Hi hi, hickety he! Oh you .limbo C.! What, what, what, what's the news from Swat? The State's buzzard seems to i i ? - - i ' nu\e ueen an eagie inuisguise. Evidently the voters think York county's road law needs working over. Too many cooks spoil the broth nearly all the newspapers supported Featherstone. Our good old friend Tom Boyd n shows that there are still a few left in the come-back class. The man with his ear to the ground says he can hear something making a noise like more York county defeats two years hence. Cansler 4.(MK)behind Hampton, and nearly all the votes in! Ain't it a shame, a measly shame, to keep Mr. Cansler out in de rain? Well, now, are you experiencing the sensation of plunging hell ward? If so, let headquarters know how it feels, and whether you expect to land on j your head or on your heels. A correspondent writes The Times that inasmuch as this paper "has been jumping on Mr. \T V 1 r\vt ^ k " 1- ? ? mvlllllVIl l/ll (H.V.UUUI>U1 ins cnange I in politics, it would be nothing I but fair and just in you to cor- | rect a false rumor that has been circulated against Mr. McNinch about bringing in foreign labor < to supplant native white labor." Certainly this paper does not wish Mr. McNinch's chances of I election injured by false rumors, f There are good reasons to spare r. why he should be defeated, with- ( out resorting to unfair methods. | LINBECK & ELAM, ; (POPULAR JEWELERS) [ CHARLOTTE, N. C. j West Trade St., Near Square. "The Little Store with the Big Stock." Wo aro getting in tremondous J stocks of the most select lines of / Jewelry, Watches, Silverware, C Cut Class and Holiday Goods. j Our stock has the variety that you want when you select a Wedding or Holiday Gift. Come to see us and we will al- v. ways give you the best goods for 1 the least money. I GoolWeatl At Kimbrell1 Ladies', Misses' and Ch value at $2.25, the $1.50 v at 50c. Just the thing fo ment of fine, all wool Swe SPECIAL FOR THIS WE Fall and Wii For ladies and misses, ii prices ranging as follov $16.00, and regular $15.00 you to see this beautiful li ing elsewhere. Ladies' and Nice assortment just re< dinals. You just can't mi $4.00 Cape that sells regul surprised. Bi Beautiful assortment at Infant! Infants' Bootees at 15c : Infants' Caps, nice sele< Small lot of Infants* Ho a big reduction. Muslin Small quantity that mus a small matter. Our new line of fall i 011 every train. Call t< to show you around. ] For good things to ef E. W. 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