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The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC. PublixhtHl Thursday Momiiurs. < B. W. A W. R. Bradford Publish brr W. R. Bradford Editor B. W. Bradford. Manaoir The Timen invites conlribu lions on live subjects, but does not aitree to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The risrht is reaerved to edit very communication Mubinittcd for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. Telephone, local and lontr distance. No. 112. SuaflCRimoN Ratks: One Year 11.26 Six Months 66 mgs FORT MILL. 8. C.. MARCH 2. 1911. A Republican Four-square. One of the really great men in the senate of the United States' is Johnathan Bourne, of Oregon. Along with his old-fashioned name Senator Bourne has carried ; with him into "the greatest de-! liberative body on earth" a lot of old-fashioned ideas to which the country must sooner or later return if the republic is to continue to be the "land of the free and the home of the brave." Paradoxical as it may seem, Senator Bourne is one Republican who believes in the people. He thinks this country be-1 longs to the people and agrees ] with Jefferson that the people should rule it?"that all government derives its just power from the consent of the governed." Wherefore we find Senator Bourne only a few days ago standing at his seat in the senate delivering one of the most. powerful arguments vet heard in behalf of the resolution to submit the election of United States senators to a direct vote of the people. Monday Senator Bourne again showed his faith in the people by excoriating the president of the United States for using his appointive power to intimidate members of Congress. "Extension of the power of the executive," said Senator Bourne, "is the beginning of dictatorship. The remedy is to make presidents directly accountable to party and general electorate by enacting laws for presidential primary votes, thereby destroying the power of political Ijosses and their backers, the campaign contributors. The people can be trusted. The composite citizen knows more and acts from higher motives than any single individual, however great, experienced or well developed. In the composite citizen selfishness is minimized, while in the individual it is usually dominant." Senator Bourne's ideas ;is to the Vight of the people to rule are ' alike applicable to national, State, county and township affairs. When the argument is heard that the people are not capable of governing themselves and the selection of this or that official should be within the appointive power of one "higher up," if the skin ol the one advancing t he argument is scratched usually there will be found one with selfinterest at stake. Are we going to be a race of stoop-shouldered men? One would naturally think so to look over almost any large crowd, walk down any crowded street, or glance at the average male human being he meets. The man who walks with his head erect, his shoulders thrown back and his chest extended just as nature intended he should, is a rarity and is remarked about wherever he goes. The average man, and more's the pity, the average young man. walks as if he were very tired. A community torn by dissen sions, rent asunder by strife and contention the people ready always to My at each other's throats on account of rivalry and petty jealousies can never hope to succeed. The univeral brotherhood of man is constantly deferred and the end of time will appear before this great desideratum can be brought about, unless man shall be brought to the realization of this weakness. Let him inquire, "Who is my neighbor?" J Judge Watts the Man. It is said that a number of Charleston plug-uglies were in constant attendance upon the recent session of the legislature as lobbyists for one of the candidates for the new associate justiceship. Any candidate with such friends work in tr in his be half for as important office as a seat on the supreme bench of the State does not deserve to win. We congratulate the four members of the York delegation who displayed the discriminating sense of responsibility resting upon them by voting consistently for Judge Watts. He should have been elected, and we believe will be elected at the 1912 session of the Legislature. It is said in behalf of Judge Watts that his decisions as circuit judge have been overruled by the supreme court less than the decisions of any other of the State's dozen circuit judges. When the Legislature adjourned Judge Watts was the leading candidate for the associate justiceship and his friends are confident he will win after the balloting begins again. We trust the four York members will vote in 1912 as they did in 1911. Improving the Premises. We agree with an exchange which remarks that a little paint, a hammer and a few nails, a whitewash brush, a few flower seeds, a broom, and, more important still, a little time each day, is all that is repuired to make the outward appearance of many nomes attractive. You have seen the house with paint rubbed ofF in places. You have seen the fence with every other paling gone, and with those remaining hanging suspended from bent nails. Back lot fences and buildings were dirty and presented a ramshaekly appearance. The yard was littered with tin cans, antiquated newspapers, and refuse of all descriptions. This situation presents a composite picture of carelessness. It offers contributory circumstantial evidence sufficient to convict owners thereof in the court of common cleanliness. And, once in a while, on visiting various streets, you have found premises well kept. The hammer, the hroom, the whitewash brush and the hoe have keen used freely, and fences presented normal appearance; the house was neatly painted; in place of trash there were flower plots, and the whitewash brush had made the out-houses and fences immaculate in appearance. One represents the abode of the sloven; the other the home of the opposite class. The investor notices these points. The visitor r.^cu Willi I 111*11 J. 1 nt stranger intuitively forms his impressions by these conditions. The purchaser will pay more for the place which looks neat and tidy and clean. Front a financial standpoint, clean premises pay, and pay richly. There are other reasons why every home should he made attractive. Health is no small consideration. Dirty premises breed disease, attract flies, and in many ways menace the health of occupants. In the Charlotte Observer Sunday we note that Congressman A. F. Lever of the Columbia district is referred to "as a Democrat of Democrats.'* The last national platform of the Democratic party, adopted at Den vet less than three years ago, declared that lumber should he on the free list. Mr. Lever did not think so, and when the lumhei schedule in the Payne-Aldrich tariff hill w as voted upon in Congress Mr. Lever was one of tin few Democrats who refused to he govrned b> the party platform. In the Democratic primary last August a number of papers ii Mi. Lever's district scored hirr heavily tor what they termed hi? betrayal of the interests of lib constituents and the parly creet by votiny lor a duty on lumber, and there are not a few who wil wonder how The Observer man a^es to praujre Mr. Lever "as i Democrat of Democrats." < Tillm an voted aivainst the reso lotion for the popular election o United States senators; Smitl voted for it. Take your choice. r? ~ TWO KINDS OF NEWSPAPERS. Some days ago two newspaper men, editors of the weekly press of the State, met at the eapitol in Columbia and presently their conversation turned to shop talk. . One was the head of a paper which prints little editorial matter; the paper of the other usually appearing with from two to three columns of editorial in each issue. I For convenience we shall designate the papers as No. 1 and No. 2, No. 1 being the "editorialless" I paper. "1 do not find." said the editor of No. 1. "that it either helps the standing of my paper or puts money in my purse to publish editorial. It is such j an easy matter to write something which will give offense 1 when one least intends it, thereby reducing the paper's revenue, that I have concluded the best policy for me to pursue is to try J to publish the news of our comj munity and let the fellows on the city dailies do the editorial work. Of course my paper is not quoted as often as it perhaps would be if it contained more editorial, but I care nothing for that; the advertising our town : gets otherwise is enough. 1 am i in the newspaper business to get all I can out of it, just as the merchant is selling dry goods or groceries to reap as big profit as possible. No, sir, no editorial for my paper; it doesn't pay." "How many new subscribers; 'has your pa{>er got in the last! year?" asked the editor of No.! I 2, "and is your town grow-j ing?" The editor of No. 1 re-! plied that he had lost about as! many old subscribers as he had i gained new ones and that if any new houses had been put up in his town during the last year lie had not seen thern. "But 1 am on pleasant relations with everybody," said he. "Well, well,"! observed No. 2, that is an ideal state of affairs. You ought to he i grateful for your Arcadian environment Ntihndv tn liiwf f?iiill with what you write ami to flin^r verbal bricks at you from the minute your paper is on the streets till another issue appears. You outrht to come up my way. There the newspaper business is' i i PLOW BRAND I ETIWAN Fl E. W, KIMBRI VTETTTTISTO 5TSxftt S&&jti1tV*TSrsTti VK Announ After Monday business will be agement of Mr. solicit a continua i! 5 . PA- no rfnn a rra /rurAM i puit uuagg given was opened a yc (appreciate all th< favor us with. C. M I mmmmammim $ i i i somewhat livelier, if less profitable. My paper is cussed and discussed from week's end to week's end. When I publish an j editorial suggesting some little1 improvement for the community's good, I am told that the paper is trying to dictate the affairs of the people: that if I ever run for office I mav exneot to get it in the neck. The little threat about what the voters will do for me at the polls is amusing to say the least, since I do not want any office in their gift. But I am digressing. Pardon me for opposing your views as to the worth of editorial matter to the weekly paper. No live newspaper can afford to omit a generous supply of editorial matter in each issue. It not only gives the paper prestige and influence it would not otherwise gain, but it helps the town. I have heard men say that the weekly paper published in their home town had no influence for either good or bad. Let the paper publish some- thing these men do not like, then their utterances indicate that | their mind has undergone a sud-, den change. A newspaper with-; out opinions is like soup without salt. It is neither a credit to the man who runs it nor an influence for good to the community which , supports it. Of course the newspaper which is outspoken loses a subscriber now and then and not infrequently other business, ! but in the end the losses give way to the gains. You probably will continue to run your paper on the ! 'editorialless' plan, and I will write editorial as freely as I choose." Lost: A Subscriber. "Inclosed find $2 for my subscription. Stop my paper. I used to like The Times, but I am mad with it." Thanks?for the two bucks, which we had despaired of ever getting. May your honesty in-1 crease, Mr. ex-Subscriber. But to the rear end of your com- < municution: We regret to note that you are bilious. This we are able to observe from having rHMrlfnd Ikhi' I li.i ..T > %( ?w m nwn nir v. 11?n11icin wi y\jui yellow blood (mr/A' to the skin and stagnate there to mud. Take a dose of soapsuds and ashes about 3 jd". m. and let the combination saturate your system thoroughly. Then you may conclude The Times is a tolerable family physician. Editor Tne rI imes. FERTILIZERS UTILIZERS ELL COMPANY cement! | /> March 6, this i under the man- | C. M. Fite. We | nee of the liberal the store since it i *ii ft ;ai d^u, dliu Will ^ 5 trade our friends m 7ite Co. ij 5 TWrn't-WFm*tW-fWTWfWtW m This sp belongs E. W. Kiml Gene Merchc !r ^IVMH i /x 11 ,^.r I Proof of the Pudding of Chewing 1 i . . Rock Hill Hugg# Co., Flock Iiill, S. C. (Jcntlcmcn: Knowing t>.?.t >v.u are in! garding your buggies, I uecrn :t in,v duty to I am now running. This buggy was bought in Huwkiusvil ! been in constant use since. I Miring tins tinn j live or six times a distance of lint) milt*.-: eac this job until last year. IYour "Long Distance" axle !ast< d tin gy, and the springs did likewise. It has always been the lightest runnin i ever ridden in, and the wheels you use can't 1 gladly volunteer this testimonial a making what 1 honestly believe to be the be: Your buggies are "A Little Higher !n j I have ever used. Wishing you continued success, and a i booster from conviction, I am. Mills & Younj If 9,896 F and planters told you that of cotton, corn, tobacco, \ rice, sugar cane and true 'ncreased and even double By Usi Virginia~C Ferfill and which they thought the b< ducers on earth?wouldn't yoi justice to yourself, try these fei increased yields on your own thousands of un-asked-for lette the day they bought Virginia-C of these lcttcrsare in our 1910 F; can he had free of your dealer,or SALES OFFK Richmond, Vi. A Mail u? thit Coupon Norfolk. Va. S / Columbia. S. C. 1 VlUJMA ( AIOLINA INIMICAL Company Durham. n C . P!fi?r rr- d me s copy of your 1910 ^ inaton-Salem. ? j Farmers' War Book free of coat. Charleston, 3 C Baltimore. Md. , Name Columbua, Ga. r Montgomery. A!] #n Mrmphta. Tenn. e Il.rrrit.uri, U, i ^ ' n ace 5 to brell Co. i* a 1 ints < \ ; After 18 Years ;he Bag. hake Pari . <3u.. V \ . 10, IHII. ;iTf st?.(! !i kt- i>r;..sunjr rewrit' you re.mtive t?> a Rock Hill !e, (la., 1T> year* apo, ami it has* i- it has been run to Huwkinsville !i trip. I never had any repair* on out;h the whole .* < r\ice of the bufjif and ea*i? st ridir.j/ I'ti^'jjy I have be beat. < I am confident yon merit it by st bupi'y made. i l'rice Hut " fur sup# rior to any -surinjr you I am a "'Hock Hill" Very truly yours, F. W. MASON. I Company. farmers their yields per acre vheat, fruits, peanuts, k crops were greatly d ng Carolina zers ist and biggest crop proi feel that you should, in rtilizcrs and get the same farm? We have many rs from farmers blessing arolina Fertilizers. Many irmers'Year Book, which by mailing us the coupon ;ks i g Jlan'a. Ot. * ifarrub, fia.