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The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC. Published Thursday Morn in jr a. b. w. 4 w. R. Bradford Pubi.ihhkrb W. R. Hkaiifoiid Editor B. W. Bradford Manaorr The Times invites contributions on live subjects, but does not ajrree to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The riaht is reserved to edit very communication submitted for publication. On Application to the publisher, ailvcrtisini? rates are made known to those interested. Telephone, local and lonjr distance. No. 112. Subscription Rater: One Year $1.25 81* Months .65 FORT MILL. S. C.. NOVEMBER 10. 1910. The Democratic Victory. Unless the reports so far available from the elections Tuesday are inexcusably misleading, the Democracy has won a victory so wide in its scope and so freighted with promise of good for the future that every lover of decent government should feel gratified over the results. Notwithstanding the successive defeats the party has sustained in the last 18 years, it has maintained its hold upon the country as no other i party could have done, because it has always been near the hearts of the people, and today we see it the victor in the hardest fought contest of recent years. With every member of the president's cabinet in the field working with might and main, with an ex-president rushing from East to West and from North to South to save the party from defeat, with the great monied interests of the North pouring into the Republican treasury unnumbered dollars to debauch the electorate and with every other influence, good and bad, that could be brought to bear to aid the Republican cause, we see the Democracy once more come into its own by electing the lower house of Congress and the State tickets in many of the most important Commonwealths of the Union. The reasons for this political upheaval do not lie so deep that the average man can- j not understand them. The people have lost confidence in the Republican party. It promised to revise the tariff downward two years ago, but instead of redeeming the promise it has done the bidding of the corporation thieves by placing upon the country a new tariff law that has made the cost of-living out of all proportion to the earnings of the masses. Still another reason for the great Democratic victory is the universal contempt in which Theodore Roosevelt is held. The people have sickened of hearing his ranting and welcomed the opportunity to put him on the shelf. He is down and out for all time. Lame Duck Likely to Get the Job. Governor Ansel is being besieged by applicants for the position on tne ooara oi railroad commissioners made vacant by the death of Commissioner Sullivan. The latest enumeration of the applicants totaled 12. In political phraseology, a majority of the number who are asking for the appointment are lame ducks, which means that they have been refused political preferment by j the people. One of the applicants is apt to get the job, and we would be surprised if the governor appointed the man who seemed best qualified to fill the place. He seems to prefer to ! select his appointees from a class of citizens who could not hope for popular election. Only the other day, Joseph A. McCullough, of Greenville, was made a member of the State Historical commission by Governor Ansel. Few South Carolina Democrats who know McCullough's record would vote for him for any oince. it the Governor does not know this it is because he is stupid. Still he appoints the Greenville man to an important position. We shall be glad when Governor Ansel's term expires. His administration has been of j the do-nothing variety. He has had little, if any, influence with the Legislature, because the I members correctly took his meas- \ as a dull man. THE TARIFF ROBBERY ! 1 Tom Watnon in The JefTeraonian. , Do you know how much you j contribute, every year, to the sup- , port of the United States govern- ( ment: The question is deeply impor- , tant to you and should cause you : to put on your thinking cap. There are 90,000,000 people in , this republic ?little and big, , young and old, black and white, ' rich and poor. The Federal government is spending over $35,000,000 every day exclusive j of Sundays and legal holidays. Consequently, nearly 40 cents a day is what Uncle Sam spends j of your money?besides 40 cents j for your wife and for each of your children. ; If your family consists of five persons, your part of the Federal tax is $2 per day! What do you think of that, son? For the 300 work days of the j year your contribution to the United States expenses is $600. Pretty steep, isn't it? You pay ! that tax when you consume tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, firewater and manufactured goods. You can escape the tax on tobacco and whiskey by letting them alone; but you cannot help yourself when it comes to manufactured articles. They are ( necessary to your business and to your very existence. Clothing, crockeryware, cutlery, furniture, plantation supplies, etc., you are compelled to purchase, whether you want to or not. Now, let us see how the "protective" principle works; The foreign manufacturer wish- : es to sell you a suit of clothes, or a pair of blankets, or a cheap overcoat, or a bottle of wine or an automobile; but our government will not allow him to come into our markets freely and compete with the American manufacturer. On the contrary, he is forced 4-^ * 1 rru w pcty iur cue privilege. 1 nis takes the form of a duty paid at the custom house, where the foreign goods are landed. This duty goes by the name of the tariff. When the foreigner brings his ! wine to our country for sale, he pays a tariff of 37 per cent, at I the custom house. When he im- I ports an automobile, he pays 50 per cent, of its value for the right to sell it here. If blankets are imported from abroad, they have to pay a duty ; of 165 per cent; if a cheap overcoat, 250 per cent. It must be quite clear to you that the foreigner adds the custom house duty to his original price; and that you pay the tax when you purchase the imported goods. Consequently, if you buy imported wine, you are charged one-third more than the foreigner would have demanded, had there been no tariff duty on the liquor. If you purchase an imported car, you pay one-half more than the original price. If you buy blankets made in Europe, the price is doubled, and then increased 65 per cent, more, besides, because of the 165 per ' cent, tariff tax. On thp f'hpa ri nuprprtot f Vio price will be four and a half times as much as the original price. Suppose you purchase $10 worth of blankets. In that case, your Federal tax on that item alone amounts to more than $6. Let me turn it around, and explain it to you, another way: The foreigner comes to New York with a pair of blankets valued at $4; before he can offer them to you for sale, he is charged 165 per cent, tariff?duty, j Now, 165 per cent, on $4 amounts i to $6.60. Therefore, the foreigner, in order to get his $4 for his blankets, must add $6.60 to his original price, making the goods cost you $10.60. But suppose an overcoat of cheap grade is imported?a coat which can be sold in London for $4. In that case a duty of 250 per cent, must be paid, before the coat can be sold in this market, j Now, 250 per cent, on $4 amounts to PAno^<nmnflv YAVt vviiuvx^UVllllJ tliu cheap overcoat costs you $14. In other words, you pay the Federal government a tax of $10, when you supply yourself with a cheap overcoat. On ordinary clothing, you pay two prices?one for the goods, the other for the tariff tax. What the foreigner pays to the government you refund to the foreigner when you buy the imported articles. How does this system hugely enrich the American manufacturer? By enabling him to add $10 to the price of his $4 overcoat; and $6.60 to his blankets; and to % double the price to his ordinary slothing. He knows what the foreigner will have to add to his selling price; and the American manufacturer simply adds about cne same to his selling price as the foreigner actually paid at the custom house. What the foreigner paid and you refund the government gets as your part of the Federal tax. What the protected manufacturer of this country added to his selling price, the manufacturer put in his own pocket and kept it there. And he gets $5 out of you, where the government gets one. As your extravagant government bleeds you to the extent of 40 cents a day for each member of your family; and as the unpitying and insatiable manufacturers bleed you five times as much, it is no wonder that the producers of wealth are unable to keep any of it. The non-producers make the laws, while you are producing the wealth, and these "laws" are framed for the special purpose of handing over to the non-producing class what the wealth-producers make. Yet there are thousands of the oppressed victims of these robberlaws who say they "take no interest in politics;" and that if a man will just work harder and talk less, he will come out ahead of the game. That's exactly what the special privilege class want to hear him say. Mrs. Cook Tells Truth. Dexter, Ky. ? In a signed statement, Mrs. Cook tells the truth about how Cardui brought bach her health and strength. She says, "I could not get any relief, until I tried Cardui, the woman's tonic. I suffered more or less for 10 years, and was so weak and nervous I could hardly do my house work. Now I am in better health than ever before, am regular as clock work, do not suffer at all, and grain strength everyday." Thousands of women have been helped back to health by Cardui. Try it. TWO FOR ONE-A good Jersey cow and heifer, nine months old, for a cow fresh in milk. Cow has had thret calves. Or I will sell both for sufficient money to buy another cow. Apply t< James Spratt. ll-10-3t FOR SALE, CHEAP- Good buggj mare, 950 pounds, splendid traveler, perfectly sound, works anywhere. A 1st top buggy, good as new, wagon, plow and harness. $210 takes the outfit E. C. Coker, 704 College Ave., Rocl Hill, S. C. REWARD ?$2.50 will be paid for return of yellow hound pup that strayec or was stolen from Gray Clayburn i few days ago. Return to W. L. Hall. FOR SALE?Georgia Cane Syrup at 35c per gallon in 35 gallon barrels. A1 so Home-made Vinegar at 20c per gal Ion; fine Grape Cider at 35c per gallor in 16 gallon kegs. W. H. Davis, 1301 Taylor St., Columbia, S. C. 10-20-8t FOR SALE "Georgia Buck" Pota toes from our Riverside farm. The\ are the best for eating. $1 per bushel Try them. L. A. HARRIS & CO. FOR SALE?Two (2) acre lot witl five room house, well and garden, or Booth street, Fort Mill, S. C. Price, $1,200. Apply to W. M. Kimbrell, 1203, Richland St., Columbia, S. C. FOR SALE?Several hundred cordi of snlendid four-foot pine wood ant two-foot oak wood, at $3 per cord de livered or $2 at the woodyard, tw< miles from town. T. H. MERRITT Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby warned not t< nunt, nsn, or trespass in any way upor lands owned and controlled by the un dersigned. We have offered a standing reward of $5 to our tenants and others who will report to us anyone eaughi trespassing on our lands. S. E. BAILES, J. Z. BAILES, 11 -10-2t T. W. CULP. Home Decoration You are gradually accumulating trouble for yourself when you persist in adding coat after coal of whitewash and unreliable colored wall finishes to your walls, Come and let us show you some of the handsomest designs anc suggestions you ever saw foi your home decoration, and let us tell you how to apply it and mak( a permanent job that will be i thing of beauty and a comforl for years. It will cost just i fraction more ?the total cost u trifling anyway?for a nice job, good for years, than for a jol you are not satisfied with frorr the start and will want to dc over in a short time. We could point you to work in town that has been a comfort and pride foi years, whereas there are man> others that are continually worrying over the appearance of jobs that never did satisfy. Another thing, let us quote yoi on those magazine subscriptions. Ardrey's Drug Store ?i ... She Was Mad as a Wet Her A well dressed lady was i Massey's store shopping a fe> days ago when she noticed suit on the rack exactly like th one she was wearing. She aske the price and when told it wa only $17.50, she said she ha just paid $35.00 for one exactl like it. We tried to console he by telling her it was a regula $35.00 suit, but we bought a 1c ; of samples at a big discount an our $7.50 suits were worth $15.0( But her money was gone an she was mad. If you need i suit or anything else you ca get better goods at lower price i at Massey's than anywhere elst 1 His expenses are lighter and h ! is satisfied with less profit. Tli fast growing stores grow fas , by charging big prices for the: goods. Massey's prices are guai ante^d to be the lowest, qualit considered. New lot of the fj i mous Harrisburg shoes just ai rived. [ 1 Prosperity Omen ot the Time: Did you ever see such signs c prosperity as we have in Sout Carolina? Good crops, most all c | which are bringing fine price; Good health, most everybod cheerful and happy, more mone on deposit in South Carolin | banks than they have ever hac 1 one of the largest State Fairs o record. Land selling high con pared with former prices, bi very cheap considering the pre; 1 ent increase in yield per acre an trie tuture prospects. One hur dred to two hundred bushels c corn and one to four bales of coi ton per acre should teach all ser sible people that lands are sur to sell much higher. During ot career in Real Estate we have a ways predicted that the sellei of farm lands would sooner c later be scarcer and the buyei largely in the majority. Yo will have an opportunity of yoi life to buy some nice small farm and building lots at the Jone Realty Company's land sale con mencing Thursday, Nov. 17th, o the grounds at Lancaster, S. C Be sure and attend for both bui iness and pleasure. Bring yoi friends, both ladies and genth men. It is reasonable to suppos that some buyers will pick u great bargains, as too much of is going to be sold for all of it t bring its value. We want th entire push to reap good benefit! both buyers and sellers. Com out and help yourselves, yot town, your business, your con community and your State. L us have a red letter day for the grow< and prosperity of Lancaster. Messrs. W. P. Stogner and 1 M. Belk will take great pleasur in showing you the lands. W have arranged at Heath-Elliott Stables for conveyances. Th property ought to sell well. Th Terms are only one-fourth Casl privilege of three equal annus payments on the remainder. Th Bidders and Buyers will settl the price. Sales will be made t white people only. Don't forg< the date and place, Lancaster, S C., Thursday, Nov. 17th, on th grounds. J. EDGAR POAG, Broker, Rock Hill, S. C. "Cuts The Earth To Suit You Taste." "Haile's on the Corner Cigars. CINCO, ; MISKO, \ SABOROSA, CORTO PLAZO, ? SWEET BRIER, i HAVANA RIBBON, t TWO ORPHANS, 1 SAINT JULIAN. > cigarettes. ! PIEDMONT, I OLD MILL, HASSAN, TURKISH TROPHIES. When in need of abov 5 brands, "Make our store you store. ' Fort Mill Drug Comp'; J. R. HAILE, Prop. ' ! Meacham <5 i n v ELKIN (N. C.) WOOL a We have these well known Blank* e plaids at $3.50, $4, $5 and $7.50. j Cotton Blankets 75c, $1, $1.25 ant _ Teddy Bear Blankets, 75c. ! i TTTlurAiTrvn 1 u mjuurtuo ana nuus y i Long and short Kimonos in Flam ir at 25c, 50c, 75c, $1 and $1.50. r House Dresses, $1. >t SWEATEI a : Women's Sweaters, white, red an ). j Men's Sweaters, 50c, $1, and $2. Chi d Hoods and Toboggans, all colors, 25c ; a Bear Skin Hats for boys, white, r n TALCUM PCT\\ Colgate's Violet, Cashmere Bouqi Soap, 15c. Colgate's Extracts, 15c, 2 e Paste, 10c and 25c. Colgate's Toilet ,e ida Water, 2oc. 5t ir Meacham A r -1 Fruit C S In selecting the materials h S ter wheat flour, known to t ^ 2 flour, for while spring whet y ; 5 bread, it is impossible to ht y ^ with cakes when this is us< 1, J It is high time to begin n yk ing and Xmas cakes, so u it & Imperial Flour, made from d 3 the other ingredients. i- j X Crystalized Cherries, C ^ Seeded Raisins, Citron, Spi 11 JONES, T ir " is [g555S5B55S5HH5H5E5TS5H5H5SB5i ? ? COME AND 3- a ~ Ir n s_ m Before you buy your Furniture ie g will sell you for either CASH or ]} I have al30 put in a fine line c ;o iu sell very cheap. g The very best 5-string Broom j ,e Cj A lot of light Underwear for Is Ir K Sweet-Orr Overalls at 90c. ^ g Have a lot of Odd Pants at p th K known here. p u I wish to discontinue my Dry ( e jj fer the public some rich bargains ,e n Come in and let me fit your be jg [J sell it so cheap that you will buy e B !i i S SI G. B. MA ;l !Bla5g5a5Z55H5gmSgSasa5H5EgE5i >. _ 16 jjj*0**0**0**0* *0**0**0* >????*: | FRUIT CAKE B ?S V This is the season of the y ? of the housewife turn to t | Q Thanksgiving and Christmas 5 ry these things in stock. C< 9 g citrcn, nuts, almonds, curran jj in generous supply here, an 9 We shall be pleased to fill yo 9 i* Celery fresh every week. 0 === 6 Stewart & Culj 8 1 | Send Your Next Order for Job Prin <' i ) z Epps. , BLANKETS. sts in white, red, pray and 1 $1.50. IE DRESSES. nelette and Ducklin fleeced < IS. d tfray, 50c, $1.50 and $2.25. ildren's Sweaters, 50c and $1. and 50c. ed, blue and f?ray, $1. rDERS. let and Dactylis, 15c. Pear's 5c and 45c. Colgate's Tooth Water, 25c. Colgate's Flork Epps. akes. 1 3 be sure to get win- Uk he trade as pastry S it flour is best for S ive perfect success baking Thanksgiv- ^ se Dan Valley and ^ pure winter wheat, J rystalized Ginger, S ces, Currants, Etc. S he Grocer. ? [5E5ia5asra5H5a5H5B5E5g5lB| SEE ME I I SI -1 nil 1 or Sewing Machines. I IKI CREDIT. ISI >f Cutlery which I will N j for 45c. Hi idies and gents at 18c. |(n| irices the cheapest ever |jfl| joods department and of- |jj > in this line. jjj >y in a nice Suit. Will S two suits for him. jjj I lGILL. I I !5g5a55H5HH5HaE5B5H5aSla IGREDIENTS I - i 6 ear when the thoughts he ingredients of the * Fruit Cakes. We car ocoanuts, raisins, figs, ^ ts, etc., are to be found jj d of the best quality. ? air fruit cake order. 15 I Telephone i Number 15. V ting to The Fort Mil Times m A