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The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC. Publinhed Thursday Mornimra. B. iff. & W. R. Bradford Publishers W. R. Bradford. ; Editor B. W. Bradford Manager The Timet* invites contributions on uve subjects, but docs not ajrree to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The riirht is reserved to edit very communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising: rates are made known to those interested. Telenhone. local and lontr distance. No. 112. Subscription Ratks: Ono Year. S1.25 Six Months .65 FORT MILL. S. C.. JANUARY 12. 1911. The Rising Tide of Lawlessness. Ten thousand and more murders in America in the last twelve months! If that is not a record to encourage abroad the belief that this is a land of murderers, a nation of criminals, one is at a loss to know what would convey such an impression. There never has been a time since civilization was established in the Western Hemisphere when crime stalked abroad in America as it does today. Read any paper carrying the news of the day and one is confronted with accounts of murders, suicides, embezzlements, forgeries, robberies, criminal assaults, scandals and all the other misdeeds enumerated in the catalogue of crime. Nor are the renorts of the criminal haoDen ings in the country carried in any one paper sufficient to give an adequate conception of the lawlessness that is rampant over the republic. The news of only the most reprehensible crimes are transmitted by the intelligence agencies, yet the number of crimes that the daily papers tell of is simply appalling. Observing South Carolina's contribution to the nation's awful criminal record one can but be alarmed over the deplorable state of affairs in this Commonwealth. It is one of the leaders in crime. Murder, for instance, is an almost daily occurrence in this State. Something must be done to check this rising tide of lawlessness. otherwise in a few years no man's life will be safe in South Carolina. The remedy? Law enforcement. Once let it be known of all men that the man who wantonly destroys the life of his fellowman will certainly, surely arid truly pay the penalty for his crime, and ere long murder will wellnigh be a thing of the past in South Carolina. We often hear of inefficient South Carolina jurors. There is much in the complaint. In York county, as in the other counties of the State, men sit as jurors in murder cases who are mentally incapacitated to perform such important, service; they are toe easily moved to return improper verdicts by the oratorical tlights and sickly sentimentalism indulged in for their consumption by the lawyers for the defense. This kind of man is not able to think for himself; his thinking is done by the lawyer who pathetically tells of the previous "good character" of thecrimina and the humiliation that will fal upon his "honored family" if ht is hanged or sent to the peniten tiary. And usually the trie! works and the murderer goes scot free. But the failure o: law in South Carolina murdei cases is not due entirely to th< weak-minded juror. Not infre nuentlv he observes that th< courts are doing- little to promot< the security of life in Soutl Carolina and concludes that i murder is considered lightly fcn the judges why should he, ai obscure citizen, attempt to arous< the public against the crime Some of our judges do not d< their duty. Same Old Talk. "There is some talk," saysth Horry Herald, "among the rani and file of the national Demc cratic party, mostly among th 'whips,' to drive William Jen riings Bryan out of the party He may or may not be a shrewi diplomat, but this much is cei tain, that on three separat 1 M Ik - . A. 0 occasions he was given his op- ] portunity to make good and thrice < he failed to do so; that three j times the party was led to dis- \ astrous defeat under his leader- ] ship, and now, for his own good < and the good of the purty, he i should be relegated to the rear i both as a leader and ar. adviser." The talk that our contemporary hears of is the samf old talk that the trusts, which do not select their captains f? jm the ranks of the enemy, h?.e indulged in for | many ye^' It does not come l fro**- "rank and file" of the party; certainly not from the "whips" among the rank and file. That would be impossible. A "whip" is a member of a legislative assembly appointed unofficially to enforce the discipline and look after the interests of his party. Therefore, there are no "whips" in the "rank and file." Mr. Bryan is not a "shrewd diplomat." Our contemporary may dispel any doubt it entertains on that score. He has never been in the diplomatic service of any country. A diplomat is a representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another. The defeat of the Democratic ! party in the three campaigns, 1896, 1900 and 1908, in which | Mr. Bryan was the presidential I nominee was not due to his leadership. All this talk of Mr. | Bryan having led the party to ' disastrous defeat is veriest buncombe. In neither of the three campaigns in which Mr. Bryan j I wns thp narfv 1 nnniil liic leadership have been improved j upon. We tried another leader, | in 11K)4?a good man, against! whom nothing could he said with what success? Our party1 was mashed as flat and as full of holes as a porous plaster. In 181X5 j Mr. Bryan made the most brilliant campaign in the country's ; history and came within 19,43(5 j votes of election. When Mr. ; Bryan is driven out of the Democratic party for no other reason than to satisfy the black-flag j trusts and quasi respectable commercial buccaneers he will be ac-1 j companied by several million j j voters. , I Not often, but once in a while, | there drifts into The Times office the irresponsible, counterfeit I complaint that in publishing the news of the community this paper discriminates against people who, are engaged in certain vocations. | | The complaint is not harmful, however, and would be passed over without notice but for the opportunity the repetition of it jifTmvls; fr??* n rpmiivL- n?- twn paper has heretofore thought to | make. In publishing the news of Fort Mill The Times undertakes , ?not without a measure of success, it is pleased to believe? '! to be absolutely fair to everyone; i it has no friends to reward by 1 parading their names before the t public to the exclusion of matters ) of more interest to its readers, * i and it has no enemies to punish ;! by keeping their names out of . j its columns when they should be there. The columns of this paper are not closed against any rei ! spectable ci^zen of the com* munity; but in Fort Mill, as in . every other community, there * are citizens of relatively more ' 1 X&MWX&XAWX* \ 1 Sixteer < j of Faithfi - in For the last 16 years w * m the leading grocery stores , ^ It has always been our ai i ^ our customers, this being 3 f success. ^ ? We want all of you wh during the year 1910 to g yf be benefited as those whi 'jL the past 16 years, k & "We please those who < 11 JONES, ' * prominence than their neighbors. Consequently, there is more interest in news items about the , former than there is about the 1 latter. Some newspapers conseiye it to be their duty to publish j the things of most interest to ] the greatest number of people. The Rock Hill Herald says the < ljck is tenure may accept me uivi- j tation of President Johnson and ; spend the 19th instant at Winthrop college. If the invitation has reached the Legislature, there is absolutely no doubt of : its acceptance. It is as certain j as death and taxes, because there are a lot of rube members < of the Legislature who will welcome the opportunity to get a I; free ride and a good dinner at the expense of the taxpayers and most of the other members are 1 too indifferent to the interests | of the people they were elected i to represent to protest against the subsidy. There is absolutely nothing gained by such junketing trips of the Legislature to the State-aided colleges and it is high time the waste of the people's money thus incurred were cut out. "Jayville Junction" at Graded School Auditorium 8 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, Jan'y 17. (Management Miss Dovie Harris) Admission 25c; children 15c. Annual Meeting. Claim* Against York County Must be Presented by Monday, January 30. Yorkville, S. C. January 5, 1911. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of tin* County Board of Commissioners will he held in th" office of said board in Yorkville on Wednesday, February 1, 1911, at 10 o'clock a. m. All persons having past due claims against York county are hereby notified to present the same to the clerk of this board on or before Monday, Janu- j ary 30, 1911. All claims against the county must be itemized and sworn to in an affidavit ' setting forth they ure just and true, due and owing; that the labor or ser- ! vices were actually rendered, or the I supplies actually furnished, and that no ; part of the account has been paid by I it isu'i ill n t t\r nltini-ivicii Claims not presented during the year \ in which they originated, or during the year following, are forever barred. All persons authorized to administer oaths are required to probate claims J apainst the county free of charge. By order of the board. T. W. BOYD. Supervisor. ANNIE I.. WALLACE, Clerk. l-12-3t Happy New Year 7 o the friends and patrons who have made 1910a very prosperous year for | us, We wish to extend sincere thanks. We wish for you a New Year of happiness and prosperity. Ft. Mill Drug Co. J. R. HA1LE. Vwp. I Years | II Service. ? e have conducted one of in \ in the town of Fort Mill, in m to act honestly with all in the prime reason for our o have not traded with us ^ivc us your patronage and ? 3 have patronized us for jannot please themselves." S The Grocer. 3 I Town Treasurer's Report. Following is the report of the Treaplrer of the town of Fort Mill. S. C.. for the year ending December 31, 1910: RECEIPTS. Balance from 1909.. $ 3.75 Police department. .. 707.75 License tax 233.50 Street tax 755.00 Property tax . _ 820.25 Money borrowed. __ 497.33 Cement bills collected 134.23 Cemetery lots sold . 72.00 Dor tax 47.00 rown hall rent. 24.30 Total $3,345.11 DISBURSEMENTS. Police departiaent $646.25 Electric lights . 623.20 Streets and sidewalks 489.29 Cemetery work 143.50 Mayor's salary . 150.00 Clerk's salary.. . 125.00 Borrowed money paid ... 500.00 Advertising contract 50.00 Sanitary department .. . _ 24.75 TrimminR park hedRe 6.50 ManaRers of elections ... 9.00 ReRisterinR electors 5.00 Expense tax returns 5.00 Bond for treasurer .. 5.00 License taxeB refunded 35.00 Street tax refunded 30.00 Fine returned . ... 5.00 Attorney's fees 10.00 Interest on notes. ... 6.15 Accounts: McElhaney & Co., $25.25; Fort Mill Times, $'..55; W. B. Hoke. $10.43; R. M. Hood, $1.00; Niagara Stamping Co., $4.65; R. F. Grier, $3.60; E. W. Kimbrell Co., $1.97; Pound-Moore Co., $9.00; Mills & Young Co., $5.95; V. B. Casey, $4.00, B. F. Massey, $5.00; A. A. Young, Young, $2.45 79.75 Insurance on town hall 10.25 Drayage and postage . 2.75 Total . $2,966.39 Cash on hand ... 378.72 Total $1,345.11 J. L. SPRATT, Treasurer. Trespass Notice. No hunting, fishing or trespassing of any kind by persons or live stock is allowed on the Watson place. JIM A. BARBER, Agt. 12-29-2t Old newspapers for sale at The Times office. I Old Reliable hi I km /JaiI Buggies, Surries, Harnes glad to have you call and see B. D. SI Phone 28 * The Ori Mr. Royst Manufacturer above other c< idea Twenty-s to-day; the re Factories to su F. 1^' NORFOLK. V, MACON. QA. <t& :.. ? U "On the Yes, hard, but it's fair, is srettinir liioli PI" iitifl lii(? o n big car load of "Our ! Leaf" Flour that we re ago was bought just befc are able to quote you at Have you tried a sack of it good though! The 1 everybody all the time. Harne Just received a new st liess, Wagon Harness Blankets, Riding Bridle Lap Robes, Driving Oh and the like. Good old Country Sausage, \ Best Cane Syrup on the mar E. W. Kim Blank Liens, Mortgages, Etc., for sale by The litchell?Monarch v /; ^ MiTCHELULLWIS GO. ' l racin?m wis. ; is, Rubber Tires, Farming implements our line. PRINGS & COMI 22 S. College St. RE gin #f Roystcr Fcr :er believed that succes; of Fertilizers who would onsiderations. This was >even years ago and thi suit has been that it r< pply the demand for Roysl S. ROYSTER GtTANO COMPAN FACTORIES AND SALES OFFICES. A. TARBORO. N. C. COLUMBIA. 8. C. SPARTAN COLUMBUS. OA. MONTGOMERY, ALA. BALT ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnrnma?mmm Rise." The price of Flour her every day. The Best" and "Silver ceived a few days >re the rise and we the same old price. "Our Best" ? Isn't Flour that pleases >ss. ock of Buggy Har- / 4 >, Saddles, Saddle f s, Horse Blankets, ( >ves, Horse Combs j 2 pounds for 35 cts. ket at 50c and 60c. brell Co. Notes, Bills of Sale, Times. of the Road { I , Fertilizers. We will be 5 ANY, I CHARLOTTE, N. C. 3E MARK GISTERED. tilizcrs. s awaited the place quality Mr. Royster's is is his idea squires Eight ter Fertilizers Y, BURG. 8. C. IMOHC. MO. ( I