Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, November 10, 1910, Image 4
The Fort Mill Times.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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, BLANKETS.
sts in white, red, pray and
1 $1.50.
IE DRESSES.
nelette and Ducklin fleeced
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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
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