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FORT MILL. S. C.. MARCH 7.1912.
Out in old Missouri, at least,
the houn' dawg can now roam
his roam without fear of molestation.
Governor Blease is numbered
as one of the four Democratic
governors who favor Judson Harmon
(or the Democratic nomination.
Teddy's head followed his hat
into the ring, but since the hairraising
expose of Saturday we
opine that it is now a headless
hat and a hatless ring.
________
It seems a little singular that
the Senator from Lancaster, the
home county of Justice Jones,
should have voted almost to a
unit to sustain the Blease vetoes
of items in the appropriation bill. '
However, the Senator from Lancaster
may have a better line on
the politics of his county than
outsiders would think.
A teleeraDhic desDatch from
Denver, Col., says that odds of [,
2 to 1 are offered in the pool
rooms of that city that Theodore I
Roosevelt will not be the next
president of the United States. [
Likewise odds are offered that 1
neither Taft, LaFollette, Har- i
mon, nor Clark will land the pres- j
idential job. Incidentally it may r
be mentioned that YVoodrow Wil- (]
son is at present handing: out o
dope to our Western friends, who f
perhaps have not heard of Oscar o
Underwood. if
tl
Of more than passing interest h
to the authorities of numerous J1
towns of this State was the law J?
enacted by the late Legislature ^
requiring all towns of more than sj
200 population to keep ?.r. item- ?
ized account of all receipts and n
disbursement s and to publish j o
seme. This law will necessitate j a
some extra bookkeeping on the }
parts of the city and town clerks 1:
of a large number of municipali- ^
ties, but it is a good law and
will prove itself so. The tax t
pa^Pfs of every town are en- t
piffled to know for what the pub- c
-Mic money is being expended, and j
under the new law inquiry into t
the matter will be unnecessary. (
Speaker Champ Clark made it (
clear a day or two ago, when he <
declined a pressing invitation to j
make an address in Boston, that i
he will remain in Washington I
'during this session of Congress. 1
He has been almost swamped }
with invitations to attend meetings
in various parts of the country,
but he has uniformly de- ?
clined every invitation, because, f
as Speaker of the House, he be- \
lieves it to be important and his g
duty to stay in Washington in- \
stead of running about the country
making speeches that may ?
help his candidacy for the Presi- *
dency. There has not been a
day in the last month the Speaker c
has not been compelled to decline [
an invitation somewhere. r
The supervisor of Anderson i
county, Mr. Pearman, is going f
to show the people of his county J
and the State how easy and in- 1
expensive it is to improve the J
public roads if one goes about ^
the work in the right man- ^
ner. "Supervisor Pearman has," t
according to a press despatch, j
"placed with a concern at An- t
derson an order for 25 'split-log' 1
drags which he intends to dis- r
tribute in all sections of the 1
county to farmers and other per- j *
sons who will use them on the ^
roads in their communities. The (
drag, while made of substantial [
timbers, cost but $3.25 each, and [
the supervisor figures that he p
will be able to get a great deal
of good work done by his plan."
Mr. Pearman will not be disappointed
if the drags are properly
used at the proper time. For a f
sand or clay road there is no 1
better nor cheaper machine than *
the drag. Other counties of the {
State would do well to adopt the ]
plan introduced by the Anderson J
supervisor. t
We were deeply interested as i
well as pleased to read in a t
Spartanburg paper a day or two p
ago that the council of that city (
at a meeting recently had decreed p
that a number of chewing gum i
slot machines which have been 1
operated there must go. It has J
been but a few weeks since
council of Fort Mill took similar J
action with regard to machines t
of this kind which had been in- t
stalled in several of our stores. i
These machines allow a piece of i
chewing gum, worth perhaps I
" t , Sf
one-half cent, for every nickel
dropped into the slot, and at
times issue brass cheeks worth i
5 cents each in merchandise. Of <
course, when the checks are 1
dumped there is no gum coming, j
and vice versa. The element of !
gambling with the machine comes ]
in when the player has put his :
money in the machine, receiving 1
gum therefor, and exchanging 1
his gum for checks which he <
plays back into the machine '
until he finally awakes to realize <
that he has neither gum, money '
nor checks. There is not one
man in ten who spends the
checks for merchandise, prefer- .
ing to chance them back into the j
machine in the hope of receiving j
a greater number of checks. (
Some idea as to the good stealing i
that goes on in the operation of 1
the chewing gum slot machine '
may be had from the statement J
of a local merchant in whose
kn/1 Konn Arvnt*
pittCC CI IIIctClliHC liau (
ated that the owner had taken j
as high as $100 out of that particular
machine on one of his ,
semi-monthly visits to Fort Mill, i i
But the gum machine, like other 1
gambling devices, must go, and i
other towns which care to try the 1
experiment, will not long tolerate 1
their operations.
The Fertilizer Tax.
Editor Fort Mill Times:
There are not many, if indeed J
there are any, public questions j
so unilateral that one must needs
preface with an apology, except
in isolated instances, what he
would say in opposition to some j
one else's opinion on a subject of j
general interest. Concluding,
therefore, that the question I
now have in mind does not properly
fall in the class of isolated
instances, I shall ask the pardon
of no one for what is to follow. |
Generally, it is an accepted rule
that there are two sides to every t
question; but there seems to have j,
been an exception noted to the c
rule in an article which The
Times published last week relaLive
to the fertilizer tax collected c
in South Carolina for the use of .
Glemson college. Under the law, ^
juKiVK r?rnhnhlv is sfripflv PT1- ^
'orced, Clemson college is the
ecipient annually of about $300,>00
from this tax. Not one penny c,
f this princely sum is intended CJ
or, nor do I believe goes to, any
ther school in the State. One ^
; on safe ground in assuming ^
lat Clemson co,lege exercises Qj
er absolute title to the whole in
o half-hearted fashion. The
iw gives it to her; and herein 1 R
nd reason for diverging from
ne opinion of those who conder
this an equitable arrange- ^
lent. I undertake to say that
ot one in ten of the farmers or tc
thers who pay this tax receive w
my direct, and precious little '
ndirect, returns, except such as [j
s afforded by the privilege they e]
ometimes enjoy of indulging f-(
heir ears as a beneficiary of their cj
mwilling. patronage expatiates "
>n the grandeur of the work of
he institution. It is the old, ^
>ld story of the many laboring tj
'or the one; but even at that, n
Vioi-o \?;nn IH not- hp sn murh ^
?ause for complaint if a majority 0
)f something like six-sevenths t]
>f the students were farmers' ^
sons, since the farmers pay j
practically all the tag tax. At s
present, however, Clemson is <
patronized either largely by the
parents of town boys or the ^
parents of boys who, after they
lave finished their course at the ^
:ollege, never return to the farm
o practice what is popularly
supposed to have been taught
hem. Pulling the bell cord of a i:
lay-burner, or directing how it *
should be pulled, does not appeal g
persuasively to them.
Of the fertilizer tax, two-thirds
should be diverted to the public ^
schools, because the enlightment, g
he welfare, of the Common- '
vealth finds its root in the
schools which are, or should be,
ppen to all the white children. ?
rhe children of the masses are g<
lot privileged to go beyond the
public schools?that is, to the jfj
ligher institutions of learning? t
n pursuit of an education. This nl
)eing true, the public schools are ~
entitled to first consideration in ^
he distribution of tax money
:ollected for educational pur>oses
and should be made as
horough as the means of our
jeople will permit. It is puerile b
or anyone to contend for the n
ligher educational institutions ^
egardless of the efficiency of the u
jublic schools. When one hears "
;uch thought advanced he is u
vithin the bounds of reason in 01
ruessing that the roof of the head
>f the advancer would be in no =
mmediate danger should his
>rain turn to dynamite and ex- i
)lode. Observer.
March 4, 1912. 5
Clark Campaign Buttons.
The first campaign buttons of
inv of the candidates for the *>
Democratic nomination for the \
Presidency to reach Fort Mill j
his year were received by the V
editor of The Times a day or two ,ri
igo and are now to be seen fre- '
juently on the streets of the
own. The buttons came from
Washington and were issued in
>ehalf of the candidacy of Speaker
Champ Clark. They are of
wo kinds. One bears a likeness
)f Mr. Clark and on the other is 3
printed a sentence from the now S
'amous hound dog song written 3
)y a constituent of the Speaker
)ack in Missouri, the quotation
jeing "They gotta stop kickin'
ny dawg around." Speaker
Plark, by the way, is strong in
;his community, and if the selecion
of the Democratic nominee |
vere left to the choice of the <
roters of Fort Mill there would
ie nothing to it but Clark.
Candidates for State Offices.
Political announcements are
[iow in order, and the candiiates
who expect to go before
the people are beginning to come
forward and make themselves
known, says a Columbia special
In the News and Courier. .This
pear is an important one in
politics, for every office, practically,
from the president of the
United States down to the minor
. ounty positions are to be filled,
rherefore, the number of candiiates
will likely be unusually
arge.
Attorney General J. Fraser
Lyon will offer for re-election to
the office, which he has filled for
the past six years. He went
into office the year the people of
the State declared against the
>ld State dispensary and his
svork. in that connection is well
<nown. Opposed to Lyon will
De Representative Thos. H. Peepes,
of Barnwell, serving his
irst term in the House; H. H.
Evans, of Newberry, has also
innounced that he would make
the race for attorney general.
Comptroller General A. W.
lones will stand for re-election
ind so far no opposition to him
las appeared. His work in a
ight for the equalization of tax
nws anri other matters relative
;o the assessment of taxes is
veil known.
R. M. McCown, the present
secretary of State, will stand for
e-election in the primary this
summer. Mr. McCown has filled
his office for several years and
s strong with the people in all
sections of the State. The only
>pposition to Mr. McCown so far
s that of Senator Rainsford, of
Cdgefield, who is one of the
eading members of the State
ienate.
State Superintendent of Eduction
J. E. Swearingen will
fferfor re-election and. no opK)sition.
so far, has appeared to
lim. He has made a splendid
ecord in the office of Superin
endent of Education and is weli
mown in every section of the
Itate.
State Treasurer Jennings will
etire, and S. T. Carter, the
hief clerk in his office will offei
or the position of State treasrer.
The announcement of Mr.
barter's candidacy was made
everal days ago.
Col. E. J. Watson will be a
andidate for the office of agrijlture,
commerce and indus ies,
which is now elective. Mr.
'atson is the present incumbent,
aving been appointed when the
fice was created several years
ro.
The term of Major John G.
ichards on the raiiroad comission
expires this year and he
is announced his candidacy for
.e place for another six years.
Cansler, of Tirzah," and Sena>r
J. H. Wharton, of Laurens,
ill also be candidates for this
osition. Cansler has been in
le race for railroad commissionr
several times and Wharton !
Drmerly served on the commison.
Other candidates for this i
osition will likely appear.
Then the race for governor, in '
rhich is centered more interest
liis year than ever before in
tany years at least. Governor ,
'ole L. Blease, who is rounding !
ut his first term, will go into j
he race for re-election opposed ;,
y former Chief Justice Ira B.
ones, John T. Duncan and posibly
others. This will be the
'hot" race of the campaign.
In every county officials are to
e elected and thus the whole
eople are getting ready for the
hroes of a campaign involving
very officer from president of
ia TTnifflf] Qtofac Pnn.
IV umivu mvuvvu ?v t? ii* vv?i
ressman, United States senator,
overnor, etc.
For the position of United:
tates senator, B. R. Tillman, !
'ho is finishing his third term,
'ill be opposed by James Talert,
of Edgefield. Mr. Talbert
lys he is going to make the
ice to the finish.
The opening guns in the cam- j
aign will likely be fired when the
>emoeratic State convention as-1
ambles on May 21 to elect dele- f
ates to tne national convention,
fioose a successor to Gen Wilie
ones as State chairman and the
ther officials who will guide the
arty in the State for the next;
vo years.
i
Immense shipments of the: :
itest spring and summer goods '
eing received daily and we are
ow busily engaged in displaying j
lem. Our millinery department !>
ill be more complete this season 1
lan ever before. Figure with
s on your spring hat. Watch
ur advertising space next week. |
E. W. Kimbrell Co.
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ujl 0" Your
^Jj^Next Walk
V U see our new
>S: -stock of toilet j
Sj We've a whole lot
EjgKff r particularly our
\ nei,vr assortment of
\ Diamond Dyes. )
beautiful. '
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FORT MILL DRUG COMP'Y ;
J. R. HAILE, Mgr.
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Young
Mr. J. P. Browi
ty Tailoring Cor
York, will be wit!
March
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a nice suit for Eaj
are in keeping v
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anteed to fit.
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EGGS FOR SALE
I am now offering eggs for
latching from my |
Famous Fields' Strain of
Partridge Wyandottes.
I do not claim to have the
inest chickens in the world, for
[ ave not seen all the Partridge
Wyandottes, but do say that my
stock is bred pure from a strain
if birds that have not been defeated
in the show room for the
last six years.
Eggs, $1.00 per 13.
B. C. FERGUSON,
Fort Mill, S. C.
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Two-Year-Old Corn 3 (X
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Happy Valley Corn 2 3f
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key Pocahontas Corn. Its long record proves its
d is merit. Honest goods, honest priced, honest measjta.
ure. and aged in wood. 4 full quarts. $3.00; 6 qta
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quirements of the most exacting
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than our yard. Do not
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our estimates. It will be
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