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The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC. Publiithed Thursday MorniturH. B. W. & W. r. Hradvord Publishers W. R. Bradford Editor | B.W. Bradford Manager f The Time* invite* contribution* on live subject*, but doe* not agree to publish more than 200 word* on any subject. The right ia reserved to edit *ery communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to tho?e interested. Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. BunaciurTiON Ratks: One Year S1.2S 8ix Months .66 FORT MITT, S. C.. MARCH 16. 1911. Gratuitous Criticism. However unwelcome the news , may be to his many friends. Governor Blease will have to walk the plank to private life at the expiration of his present term. A number of North Caro- ! lina papers have said so, and that | settles it. There is no second-! term or senatorial hope for the governor; he is serving his first and only term as chief executive, and if lie ever thought that the fates might award ,him a seat in the United States senate the Tarheel papers which have been pouring editorial hot-shot into him have convinced the fates that such a procedure would be unwise and indecorous. More's the pity, since there undoubtedly is some very important at-home business to which the North Carolina papers might turn their attention. There was. for instance. an alleged trial held at Whiteville, N. C., last week in which the defendants, husband and wife, were accused of murdering a young medical student. The jury said the accused did not murder the dead man. The woman in the ease admitted that she shot the student a dozen times, more or less, and it seems that he died from the effects of the wounds. FJut she wasn't guilty, because she shot to protect her honor! the honor of a woman who tried to persuade her victim to floe the country with her after she was lawfully married to another man. It might be well in passing to suggest that the North Carolina papers which have been so profuse in their criticism of Governor Blease could render the country service of greater importance by trying to create respect for human life in the 01(1 iiuiui ouuf niveau 01 oiiering the people of a sister Commonwealth a lot of gratuitous advice about what they should do in a political way to their governor. Bailey Won't Do. It is somewhat singular that a man of the rugged honesty usually attributed to Senator Tillman should fall so completely under the hypnotic influence of Senator Bailey. No later than Saturday the senior South Carolina senator found occasion to reiterate his warm admiration for the Texan as one of the ablest men in public life, observing the while that to Senator Bailey should be entrusted the Democratic leadership in the senate. There are perhaps few who will take issue with Senator Tillman's statement that Senator Bailey is an able man. In truth, he is an intellectual giant; but intellect is not the only prerequisite to leadership such as Senator Tillman would entrust to him. The interests of the Democratic party in the senate should not he placed in the keeping of a man whose honesty of purpose would be questioned and whose choleric tenrperament is unpardonable, albeit he may be as able as Calhoun or Webster. Senator Bailey has been tried in the national house of representatives as the Democracy's leader, and he led to disaster. The same thing would happen to the party in the senate should its interests be placed in his hands. Furthermore, the country remembers very distinctly indeed the unsavory Waters-Pierce oil scandal in which Senator Bailey figured a few years ago. By allowing himself to become the attorney of the oil trust while pretending to give his best service to the country, he lost the confidence of the American people. No greater mistake could be made than to select him as the party leader in the senate, for the people would view his every act with suspicion and distrust. Not only should Senator Bailey not be put forward by his colleagues in such an important capacity, but for the good of the party and the welfare of the country he should be kept in the background as much as possible. It will be a happy day when Texas refuses to return Bailey to the senate. Some School Board Advice. Within the last week there has been received by The Times from the corresponding secretary of the State Teachers' association a copy of a resolution which he says was passed by the State board of education advising the trustees of the public schools to grant to teachers two days' vacation. with pay. so that the teachers may attend the spring meeting of the State Teachers' association. With equal propriety the State board might have extended its excursion into the Held of advice by suggesting that the trustees furnish pocket change for the teachers and pay their railroad fare and hotel bills. Taking the cue from the State board, we shall proceed to do some advising on our own account: A mistake would be made to close the schools for the teachers' meeting: the game isn't worth the candle. But there is something more to be said of the "advice" of the State board. It occurs to this paper that the niom !..% tw i i-i i i * in i n v/i tilt" UU?U U 1/UL1H1 1111(1 IHJl~ tor employment advising anions themselves about the burdensome conditions they allow to continue by the frequent chanpes of textbooks in the public schools. The Times does not father the statement. but it does not hesitate to publish it that the belief is general throughout this section that somebody is acting dishonestly with the patrons of the public schools in this matter. A? To Campaign Linrs. It is an easy matter for the editor of a newspaper to print the statement that the campaign liar is abroad in his county, but if the same editor were called upon to name one man whom he considered such a character he would not dare do it. York county is perhaps as free of campaign lyini>- and dishonest elections as any county in the State and it is nothing short of willful misrepresentation of the facts to state that there is in our midst a latere class of people who deal in such rotten poods. The Fort Mill community is no bettor and no worse than the other communities of the county and we have not heard of any campaign liars setting up for business here. When you hear of a York county man being lynehed for lying or hustled to hades for hypocrisy, investigation of the circumstances probably will disclose the fact that his offense did not grow out of a political campaign. Would Save Republican Bacon. To get to the meat of the matter without wasting words, the rushing of American troops to the Mexican border is a desperate effort of the national administration to save the bacon of the Republican party in the presidential election next year. Evidently President Taft sees the handwriting on the wall and hopes to avert the impending disaster by working up a little war with Mexico to divert the mind of the people from the broken promises and general inefficiency of his party. The trick planned out for the McKinley administration in PHM) as a result of the war with Snain. hut it i* hont.t t'nl whether the people can be led into the same trap again. Two Political Predictions. Senator B. K. Tillman will not enter the Democratic primary in 11)12 as a candidate for reelection. In the race which he says he will make for Congress against Mr. Finlcy next year. Both Butler will get less votes than he got last year. There are too many special courts in South Carolina and when the matter comes to a show-down at the ballot box the governor's position will he upheld. I S. C. Black Minorcas Northup Strain Eggs for Hatching, prices $2 and $5 per 15. Eie-htv o < ' per cent hatch guaranteed from $5 eggs. J. D. FULP. State Vice President American Black Minorca Club. Winnsboro, S. C. i We Do Not Claim To have better Garden Seed, than anybody, but we have a larger and better selection and they were bought fresh. ; Many of the best gardeners depend on us year after year for their seeds, and we be-! lieve it would he to your advantage to do the same. MAY'S. FERRY'S. WOOD'S. at Ardrey's Drug Store. L1NEBACK & ELAM (I'OITLAK JKWKLKKS) CHARLOTTE, N. C. West Trade St., Near Square. "The Little Store with the Big Stock." Wi- arv getting in tremendous stocks <if tin* most select lines <?f .1. welry, Watches. Silverware, I'lit tilass Holiday (Jouds. Our slock has tin variety that you want when you srlrrt a \S"* ?idinjj ?r I!oli(!ay Oilt. Come to see us am! we wiil a!ways irivc vou the In st ^oods fur the least motley. Whesi Yo I)rink pure, cl ('Alt A.) 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