Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 02, 1911, Image 4
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FORT MILL. S. C... FEBRUARY 2. 1911.
Criticism of the Courts?-Why Nol?
Some years ago a great hue
and cry went up from Republican
throats because the Democratic
national convention dared
criticise the Federal courts. The
Democratic party believed that
the courts were failin.tr in their
duty to the people and did not
mince words in saving so. In ;
South Carolina today there is a
mild stir because Governor Rlease
has intimated that the supreme
court is not observing the law as
it should. "We think." says The
News and Courier, "that Governor
Blease will find, no matter
what the surface indications have
led him to believe, that, there is
still an odor of sanctity about our
courts." Yes, there is such "an
odor of sanctity about our courts"
that it shocks the unduly deferential
if one speaks the plain
truth in referring to the courts.
we suppose there are those who
would have nothing but honeyed
words for our courts however
much they mijrht fail in their
duty. Go to, go to! For our part,
we see no reason why the judiciary
should he above criticism
any more than the legislative or
judicial branches of the government.
This is a republic, not a
monarchy in which free speech is
denied. If the supreme court of
South Carolina looks to its own
convenience rather than to the
interests of the public in rendering
its decisions, Governor Blease
has done the ri^ht thint? by <iirectinjj:
attention to t he practice.
An to \Y hitc vii*hinjc>
()ne of the things already settled
in the opinion of an exrhaiure
whicli comes to this cilice is thai
there will be no whitewashing in
connection with the work of the
legislative < < n.mithe scon to be
select ed to investigate Iiaffairs
of the winding-up commission of
the old State dispensary. VA
are not so cock-sure on this point
as the paper referred to. '! her.
may or may not he a daub ot
whitewash applied here and
there. At any rate, it is worth
while to await tin; announcement
of the personnel of t he committee
before accepting as final anybody's
opinion as to this phase'oi
the investigation. Nor do we
mean by this to be understood as
saying that the commission, collectively
or individually, has been
guilty of wrong-doing. As to
that, the bestevidence will be the
findings of the investigating committee
if the work isdom- impartially
and with the view of
punishing the guilty and relieving
the innocent of the aspersions
arising iron the governor's
Mie?.->aee i'ei en.-u in.'- > ? " '* ?11
Ration. There is mo ti*liin>v i:>
advance who is or who is not
guilty ol'wrong-doing. The con.mission
makes fi gi t at si.ow 01
innocence i:i welcoming the investigation,
but The Times can
say to those who are not acquainted
with public opinioti in
Columbia, where most of the
work of tile commission has been
done, that there lacks a deal of
being absolute accord on the
question of the honesty of at
least one member of the commission.
A Questional*'e Claim.
Whatever the final action of
Congress regarding the claim o<
Lieut. Peary to the discovery ?>i"
the North Pole, the countr.s
hesitates to believe that he was
any more successful in his verdure
to tin* irozen north than the confessed
faker. I>r. C< ok, who admits
that he d< es not know
whttiitr he rcuihed the pole or
not. Unfortunately there seems
to be no way of either proving
01* disproving Peary's claim. It
is simply a case ot taking the
unsupported word of one man for
the achievement who has much
to gain by congressional recognition
of his claim. The excuse
Peary offers for refusing to take
a white man with him on the
final dash to the |>ole- that he
wished the entire credit for the
discovery of the pole?is not one
to inspire confidence in the man.
Meanwhile, regarding the disposition
of Peary's claim for congressional
recognition, it is ji
matter for gratification that at
least one congressman, Mr.
Macon, of Arkansas, has taker
the stand that Peary must prove
beyond doubt that he has beer
to the pole, else he will not get
congressional recognition unti
Mr. Macon has exhausted even
means to prevent it.
The Ousting of Miller.
The removal of Thus. K. Millei
from the presidency of the State
colored college at Orangeburg l>\
Governor Please is no more thai
was to be expected. As Tin
'1 imes observed some months age
when President Mitchell, of tlu
University of South Carolina
was making prohibition speeches
throughout the State, he was ex
ceeding the bounds of propriety
in taking a hand in politics. Thi
State pays its college president;
to attend to their duties as edu
cators and not t<> attempt to rut
the politics of the Common
wealth. This seems to bo tin
view of the governor. In th<
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mir Miller, notw ithstandiiiK th?
fact that lie was a college presi
<kiit ami a Republican, attempts
to influence as many Democrat:
as would listen to him to vott
against Mr. Bkasr-. Now (.lover
nor Blease does what many ot lumen
would have done lie re
quests Miller to resign. Wese*
nothing in the governor's aetioi
to call forth unfriendly criticism
For the use of extravagant lau
yruaKC commend to us alway
and then mum one or two of on
North Carolina exchanges. Il? ri
wo find ti e (Charlotte Chronicl
in an editorial in its news col
limns referring to Nevada as i
"{.treat State." Save thi mark
If Nevada is a "e.reat State'
may we lake up our re id< nee ii
a better world before we eve
hear of a Slate with small en
downturns. Bill Moore, w io
knew all about the saj.ie-br.ml
CoinmohM eallh. onee t?id ustiia
wiu-n ti e Aiir.ij'h.t> iiui bed th<
job of making the land li" ha<
some ( ):.! left and that 11
(1 in l?t <1 tnem down to form th
S.ate of Nevada. We believe it
Hut The Chronicle again almos
equals the Nevada * xaggoratioi
hy re It rruig to a Charlotte l'amil;
as ou.inei i" people, evident!;
mistaking notorit ty for fame, a
did the biting dog whose maste
put a bell about his neck to giv
notice of his presence whoreve
he went. 1 he bell about th
neck of The Chronicle's "prorni
nent" family is the police cour
record for heligerency of a num
her of its members.
" There, nov ! We have ag<i
olVended tie Fort Mill Times
Winthrop college invited and en
tertaii.ed the Vork County Tcn -h
ens' association on Sitter-h y am
gave tben. a dinner." observi
a .p->. -1 t;t of the Keck Ili!
ill ralo. 1 ::e foregoing is a 1'.
el' srv u talk which The Time
would pass lainotic.'d oi.it fr?. th.
impression it mav create tha
this paper is unfriendly to Win
?a... ..n . >>
I >I'>[) . I V,* .1 IV 111
Times sir'e ! ihat nothing was t
Wo gained by thf trip of th
tumoral Assemply to Winthrojj
There was not a word in th
criticism which could ho con
strued as inimical to th collcgt
Winthrop is a groat institution
the greatest of the kind in th
South, and is doing a work \\ hie
could not ho impaired withou
serious !?> to the :'tu i\ Th
Times i not pleased that anyon
should have gone out o: his wa
to misrepresent i s altitude U
ward the o' ? go.
Reason reigned in the house <
roprcsen alive- Tuesd:;\ and as
result the State wil have a mai
riage license law. Provincial pr?
judice gave way tc? enligl.tene
need.
Evidently certain members of
the General Assembly do not con- t
, sider the wishes of the people of I
i j the State worth a straw so far as i
the liquor question is concerned. 1
i If the people could have their t
way. consideration of the liquor
question by the law-makers
j | would not onlv be deferred for j t
1 the present but would take a; J
! back seat, so to speak, for several 1 1
: years. But there is to be no i I
> such prood fortune. Representa- ! <
i 11 n /* r%
Live ruitz. 01 nerKeiey county, , t
has introduced in the house ajc
bill opening anew the whole j ?
i liquor question. It is his pur- 1
: pose to afford every county in J i
the State the opportunity to say >
i whether it wishes prohibition or r
; the legalized sale of liquor, in the t
1 latter contingency giving the op- t
t tion of county dispensaries or
1 high license, t'rider the present
' law once a county has voted on
the liquor question, there cannot ;t
be another vote on the matter \
for four years. j
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Monday The State printed ajl
picture of Representative .J. E. i
' Beamguard, of York county, and i
referred, to him as "a seasoned i<
^ legislator who always is on guard t
for his constitution." We have \
observed that Mr. Reamguard'
wears an overcoat i*i winter.
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Of course it does not follow
hat because all Republicans are
>ad men and it is writ large that
lone of them will ever get to
leaven. all Democrats are pood
nen and own a fee simple inter(st
in the pearly streets. Othervise
we would never find such
nen as James Smith, Jr.. of New
lersey, in the Democratic party,
fortunately, however, when a
>ad Democratic head is raised to
isk for something to which it is
tot entitled there is always a
:lub handy with which to hit it.
Smith probably thought that the
Slew Jersey L -gislature would
'all over itself rushing to him
vith the senatorship. but Goverlor
Wilson advised another course
ind Smith will now have to go
o the devil with the Republicans.
When we get at the bottom of
he thing it is doubtful whether
here is a millionaire in the
:ountry who has observed the
fold*, n rule in amassing his for;une.
Likely enough he has lobbed
legislation, or beaten the
jeople out of franchises, or sold
nipure food, or put inferior goods
m the market, or sold at extorion
prices, or paid starvation
vages.
Luck to the Mexican rebels.
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Our fertiliser people have furnished
us with good looking prices for the
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coming season on all the moot popular
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you a thing or two. Cur prices are sure to
prove attractive to you, because they are
cheaper.
Right now is the time you will need a
good Turn Flow. Our stock of Ckattanooga,
Oliver Chilled and Vulcan Plows is complete,
even the necessary repair parts, and when it
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Have just received a fresh shipment of
Red Bliss and Irish Cobbler Irish Potatoes.
We bought a big lot of these Potatoes and
bought them right.
Call in to see us right soon. It means
aoiiars to you.
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