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I THE FORT MILL TIMES. I Democratic ? Puublished Thursdays. P B. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor. SoMCurnoN Rates One Year ?1.26 Six Months 66 The Times invites contributions on live subjects bet does not acres to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The right is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to thoee interested. Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. Entered at the postoffice at Fort Mill. S. C.. as mail matter of the second class. ____________________ THURSDAY, JULY 11. 1912. Whatever else may be said of thn vacnli of the Raltimnrp oon IIIC 1 tOUIW VA V?av ? vention, it is certain that W. J. Bryan's star set to rise no more when he disregarded the preferential primary instructions of his own State by shifting from Speaker Clark to Governor Wilson and gave out a statement attacking the honor and character of the former, on which he based his reasons for deserting the Speaker. There are a good many people throughout the country who agree that Mr. Bryan's attitude up to and during the convention was not such as to inspire confidence in the man. Repeated inquiry was made of him as to whether he was a candidate for the nomination. He is quoted as having replied in the negative but replied so evasively and feebly that he "left the country still in doubt whether the snake that made the track was going south or coming back." His fight on Judge Alton B. Parker, than whom there is no more trustworthy man in America, for the temporary chairmanship showed the quality of Mr. Bryan's gratitude when it is re?11 ?1 i,U ? i. ttAAMo nOCA Tnrlnm CHJieU lllttl 1UUI jcaia a^u uuuj^v Parker supported Mr. Bryan loyally and paid his own expenses campaigning in many States in behalf of the candidacy of the Nebraskan. Then Mr. Bryan said nothing about Judge Parker | being a "reactionary." When he threw decency and fair play to the four winds by taking advantage of his position in the Baltimore convention to disparage the j candidacy of Speaker Clark, he stabbed in the back one of the truest and most loyal friends he ever had. Gov. Wilson is a bigbrained, broad-minded man and no one more devoutly hopes for his election than this paper; but what W. J. Br>an needs is the use of Medea's kettle to be boiled anew. We followed him till our feet were ail out of shape and we lost the sight of our left eye looking for his name in the newspapers, but about ten days ago our feet began to assume their normal1 shape and we are fast recovering our eyesight. After a thing is done there is * ? A. ??T i.U notning easier man to say i u>iu you so." and thereby get a cheap reputation as a true prophet. Yet to everyone who during the past ten years has followed intelligently the trend of politics there has come at times, and with increasing frequency as certain events asserted themselves, the belief that the political flux would at last resolve itself into a readjustment of parties. Steadily the two elements found in both leading parties have drifted farther apart, and in so drifting men of the same views in both parties have been drawing closer together. To some extent this has been regarded with aversion. So strong are party ties that men of similar views have refused to accept the situation. Whether they can continue to do so is doubtful; the logic of events will probably be too strong. Thus it, may easily come to pass that men who have in past elections fought each other most manfully may now or in the near future ofanft ci/ta Kvr ciHo qc friondc OiailU 01UV X/J UIVIV MW ivtivtw, and former friends be arrayed against each other as political foes. This is all the more probable as party shibboleths have in recent years lost much of their force. All this will mean much wrenching of heart and many an anxious moment, but, looked at in the light of history, one may safely say that ultimately the country will gain. All this unrest and reshaping means that the people are thinking to good purpose, and when the people do that it means a bad time for unscrupulous bosses and selfish interests. Engineering feats of vast magnitude and benefit have been so successfully accomplished that one must be a born skeptic al-' most to doubt the feasibility of any proposed undertaking. Projects once deemed visionary in the extreme are now facts and excite but; little comment. The suggestion that the straits of Belle Isle which separate Labrador from Newfoundland should be closed by building a causeway across them may seem chimerical to any and of no use; even if made an actual fact But | BmtBrr iBffit r r m - engineers tell us that the plan is practicable and that it would be a great gain to Canada. The \ straits at their narrowest point are but twelve miles in width, but through this narrow passage I vast quantities of ice in bergs and floes enter the Gulf of Newfoundland, thereby, so it is said, unduly lengthening and making more extreme the winters of lower Canada, and greatly delaying the opening of navigation. The theory is that if these straits could be closed all the ice from the north would be diverted far to the east of Newfoundland with consequent gain to navigation and to the climate of Canada and southern Labrador. As the depth of the straits is not extreme and an infinite amount of rock for filling is close at hand the plan is possible, but as with all such propositions, the question is?would it pay? - . .1 i In the campaign meeting at Chesterfield Saturday G. W. Ragsdale, candidate for Congress, criticised Mr. Finley's : vote against the Bristow amendment to the proposed amendment rto the Federal constitution providing for the popular election of United States senators. Mr. Ragsdale perhaps did not know i that the Bristow amendment was aimed at the South, in that it reserved to the general government control of the election of United States senators and had for its purpose the ultimate reentry of the negro into the polii tics of this section. If Mr. Finley had voted for the amendi ment, as Mr. Ragsdale seems to think he should have done, he would not ha; e voiced the senti1 ment of the people he represents, I and would have found himself aligned against practically every Southern Democrat in the House I of Representatives. Mr.-Ragsdale seems to have made a very poor start in his race for Congress; but inasmuch as he admits that Mr. Finley has made a good Congressman it cannot be said that he is without some information as to what is going on in Washington. It is not unusual to serenade and honor men who have rendered signal service for their community or country, but it 1 was left to the citizens of Bath. Maine, to honor a pardoned criminal. In that they set a by no means enviable precedent, j Charles W. Morse, who was < welcomed with a brass band, a < parade, cheering and speeches, had as a banker tried to embez- 1 zle large sums of money and to ! bring misery to many homes, and his penitentiary experience was generally regarded as but a , slight punishment for his misdeeds. On the ground that he was so ill that prison life would shorten his days he was pardoned. But like most of his class who are freed to go home to die ! he speedily regained his health. No one begrudges him that, and all hope his remaining years may be honestly spent, but the citizens of Bath can hardly have had a sense of the fitness of 1 things to welcome him as a returning hero. From the viewpoint of this 1 paper, the disinclination of the | Yorkville Enquirer to be influenced by the criticism of other South Carolina papers which have been prodding it for refusing to espouse the candidacy oi eillltr uwvciiiui uicaac v;j : Judge Jones is characteristic of the good serse which The Enquirer usually displays in considering public matters. If The i Enquirer does not think it wise to lend its influence to the cause 1 of either the governor or the former judge, that is The Enquirer's business and the course it is pursuing is entirely commendable. The manner in which some of the newspapers handle the proceedings of the State campaign meetings reminds one of a fly on the body of an ox, which ; passes over all the sound, healthy parts and hunts a sore spot at which to stop and feed. Indeed, they are not unlike the hornet that rejects all the sound fruit; and seizes uoon the one rotting specimen, ard as the hornet reveals his nature by getting poison out of the same flower where the! bee gets h^ney, so do these habitual growlers prove themselves bad reporters by their bad reports. Correct spelling is rapidly becoming a lost art. Because some i ''advanced" educators have mini- i mized its importance many a ] person, who has passed through a high school or college, cannot j write an ordinary business letter ;, without misspelling a lot of ( words. This careless and slovenly ( habit into which they have ] fallen is inelegant and detracts i I from the literary value of a let- < ter or anv other composition. I i That so many boys leave the : farm for the citv is cause for . regret, but isn't it a fact that many a boy has been driven from the farm because he has had to ( do chores while the men were ] nooning under the trees? < The Court House Bond Election. Yorkville Enquirer. At the general election in November the qualified voters of York county will decide whether or not the county of York shall be bonded to the amount of $75,000 for the purpose of erecting a new court house for York county in Yorkville. The act providing for the bond election and for the erection of the court house in the event the proposition receives a majority of the votes cast, is as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of South Carolina, At the next general election for State and county offices hereafter, the question of the issue of seventyfive thousand ($75,000) dollars in twenty year .coupon bonds of York county, shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said county, and for said purposes the commissioners of election shall provide a separate box 1 * .i thereror ana aouoie me numuci of ballots as are provided for each county office to be voted for at said election; one-half of said ballot shall contain, plainly written or printed thereon, "For the issue of Bonds," and the other half, "Against the issue of bonds." The managers shall count the vote, and the election be declared in the same manner as now provided in case of county offices. Section 2. In case a majority of the votes cast at said election on the question of issuance of said bonds be in favor of their I issuing of the said bonds, the' county board of commissioners; shall issue coupon bonds of York county in an amount not to exceed $75,000, payable twenty years after date, and bearing a rate of interest not to exceed 41-2 per cent. Sec. 3. Said bonds shall be signed by the members of the board of county commissioners,; and their official seal thereto affixed, and be in amounts of $500 each; Provided, That their names may be lithographed on the coupons of said bonds. Sec. 4 The bonds so issued shall be turned over to the commis sion hereinafter named, and by it sold, and the proceeds used to erect a court house for York county in Yorkville. Sec. 5. That J. S. Brice, John G. Anderson and W. S. Wilkerson are hereby made and constituted a commission, to be known as the court house commission, to employ architects, adopt plans, and specifications, and to make contracts for the erection of said court house. Upon its completion, the said commission shall make a full and complete itemized report of their acts and; doings as such to the board of county commissioners, a copy of which report shall be filed in the clerk of the court's office and made a permanent record therein: Provided, That if any of the commissions named in this sec-1 tion shall, for any cause refuse or neglect to act, the county i supervisor shall have the power to appoint a commission or commissioners, in place of the commissioner or commissioners refusing or neglecting to act: Provided further, That each commissioner shall receive as compensation for his services, the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars. Sec. 6. For the purpose of j payment of the interest on the said bonds, and to provide a sinking fund for their redemp-j tion and retirement in case they are issued, a levy of one mill be, i and the same is hereby assessed i on all taxable property in said county until said bonds and interest thereon have been paid, retired and cancelled. Passing of the Full Blood Indian. The American Indian is doomed to disappear in a few decades. He is merging into the white race rapidly. His fate as a full-blooded Indian is already sealed and there seems to be nothing that will save him. He can not keep pace with the march of progress. He could live and thrive in a wigwam and lope over the lonely forest trails for hours at a time without fatigue. He can not exist in a modern house and pines and wilts like a captive wild bird. His children today are far dif-i ferent from the healthy pap- j pooses of more than a century ago. His wife has a very meagre supply of vitality compared to the rugged squaw who used to do all the work for his great-great-1 grandfather. According to the census of 1910, the total number of Indians in the United States is 265.683 i and 150,000 of these are full-; blooded. There are nearly asj many tribes as in the old Colonial days, but six of them are represented by only a single member and 30 have less than 10 members each. Indians are found in every State, but Oklahoma contains the largest number. 74,825. Official investigation shows that sterility is more common among full-blooded than among mixed blood Indian women and the birth rate is steadily de dining. The number of children born increases in proportion to the amount of white blood. Not; pnly that but the vitality of the1 offspring as shown by the proportion of surviving children follows the same rule. These conditions will tend to increase the proportion of mixed bloods among the Indians of the United States and as a result the full blood Indian is doomed to disappearance at an early date. Representatives of the faculty af Clemson college will hold a Farmers' Institute in Rock Hill, an July 16. j] Jack Jol In the recent hard-! Jack Jonhson knocked , 1 we have our prices Knock< A few Straw Hats 1 % We also have a big that we are not going tc prices before you buy y Now is the time to Coat. We have the nic seen. They come in th $5. Dont forget Schlos M'EL ANNOUNCEMENTS, For Congrtu. We are authorized to announce D. E Finley as a candidate for reelection U Congress, subject to the action of th? Democratic party. 1 hereby announce myself a candidal! for Congress from the Fifth Congress ional District, subject to the Demo cratic Primary. GLENN W. RAGSDALE. For U. S. Senate. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the United States Senate, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Your support and influence wil 6e appreciated. N. B. DIAL, Laurens, S. C, For Clerk of Court. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for reelection to the office of Clerk of Court for York county, subject to the result of the Democratic primary. J. A. TATE. We are authorized to announce JOHN R. LOGAN as a candidate foi the office of Clerk of the Court, subject to the choice of the Democratic voters in the primary election. For Sheriff. We are authorized to announce JOHN S. SANDIFER, of Yorkville, as ? candidate for the office of Sheriff ol York county, subject to the action ol the Democratic voters in the Augusl primary. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Sheriff of York county, subject tc the result of the Democratic primarj election. S. S. PLEXICO. For State Senator. The Times is authorized to announct J. E. BEAMGUARD, of Clover, as ? candidate for the State Senate, subjeel to the result of the Democratic priman election in York county. The Times is authorized to announce THOS. F. McDOW, of Yorkville, as j candidate for State Senator from York county, subject to the action of the Democratic voters in the August pri mary. For Township Supervisor. The Times is authorized to announce JAMES H. SUTTON as a candidate for the office of Supervisor of For' Mill township, subject to the recom mendation of the Democratic voters ii the August primary. Recognizing his splendid record ai township supervisor since the offici was created, both as road-builder an< the business-like manner in which hi has handled the road fund, the man; friends of Mr. C. P. Blankenship re spectfully present his name to thi voters of Port Mill township for en dorsement for reappointment to sail office. Subject to the action of thi uemocrauc primary election. We hereby nominate Mr. D. G Kimbrell as a candidate for the offic of Supervisor of Fort Mill township By reason of his experience in th duties of the position and knowinj that he would serve all sections with out partiality, we feel that he woul give entire satisfaction in the office. FRIENDS. Notice of Registration. Supervisor* Will Fill Appointment* a Rock Hill, Fort Mill and Clover. Notice is hereby given that in obedi ence to the provisions of law so requir ing, we will be at the places namei below at the times mentioned for th purpose of issuing registration certifi cates to such citizens as mav apply fo them, and who shall furnish satisfac tnry evidence of possessing the neces sary qualifications to enable them t receive the same: Clover, August 6. Fort Mill, August 8. Rock Hill, August 9 and 10. The constitutional requirements a to eligibility for registration are: (1 Applicant must be 21 years of age. (2 Must have been a citizen of the Stat two years, of the county one year an of the polling precinct at which he de sires to vote four months. (3) He mus be able to read and write, or pay taxe on $300 worth of property. (4) He mus furnish satisfactory evidence of havinj paid all past due State and county taxes The receipt of the county treasurer i sufficient evidence of having paid taxes R. M. WALLACE, Chairman, A. M. BLACK, J. E. BURNS, Supervisors of Registration for Yor County. 5t-t8-l c? . ?nnrwmn j Electric j Bitters iMado A New Man Of Him. "I was Buffering from pain in mv stomach, head and back," writes H. T. Alston, Raleigh, N. Cn "and my liver and kidneys did not work right, but four bottles of Electric Hitters made me feel like a new man." MICE SO CTS. AT ALL PRU6 STOftEI. / I t mson Knocl :ought battle for the world's hea^ Jim Flynn out in the ninth round ed Out the First 1 left that we are offering at a BIG assortment of Men's and Boys > carry over and it will pay you our summer supply of Underwes buy a pair of nice Odd Pants to est line of the Wald Walker ki e very latest, greys and browns, 1 s Clothes, Stetson Hats and Crosi .haney & Store of Style and Quality. ; Safe Deposit ^ Everyone has deec cies and other valiu should be in some sec - ? Call and see the s l that we have recentl , ' 4 fire-proof vault. r ^ We rent them at $1 I THE FIRST NATIONS . % T. S. KIRKPATRICK, . ^ President. ' %/ Bl SHOE t 4 1 ' * 4 In order to reduce stock we < ; t TIRE STOCK of Summer Shoes 4 odd lots at a great deal less thai I . will give you back 20 to 40 cent | ^ of shoes you buy from us. Thi 1 have ever had to buy new, up-t( 1 f It will pay you to buy several p J ^ Of course this discount is for ca i t i L.J. MA * t | THIS IS With each packag , we give you two nice 1 Just received a nice fresh lol e -Qfnr-t anrl R ! dI5U ui carvi aoi un ?p uuu vm? r Along with the other good tl we call your attention to our u Ask for Jackson Square, Hyge ,3 ) J We have a big line of Ball ) J quarts and pints. See us befo i McElhane i. S Store of Style ? k -v ? rp? - * fainting, li t I can save you money and materi proper selections arul use of paints a your home. For all kinds of Brush V be Painted, Enameled, Stained or Vai in quality and taste. j + I am doing a lot of first-class painti , + munity, but I am always ready and ei ; FRANK WHITE, The P ? ?MKMPJ?aBW?MWfj Iced Out. i| ry-weight championship 1. But with this store i^ound. ; REDUCTION. ' Porosknit Underwear to see us and get our ir. match that Blue Serge nd that we have ever ityles and colors $3 to sett Shoes. CO.. | Boxes i: Is, insurance poli- ^ , ible papers which ^ :ure place. afe deposit boxes y installed in our j< 1.00 per year. ? 1L BANK, F0Rir | T. B. SPRATT, ; i' Cashier. 4 G SALE: I Dffer for two weeks our EN- 4 at wholesale cost, and many ! 4 n cost. This means that we 4 s out of every dollars worth ? s is the first opportunity you >-date shoes at these prices. 4 air at the big discount sale. ZI sh only. SSEY. : FREE. " emi?m Tea ^ ; Flower Pots. | t of Swift's Premium Hams, fast Bacon in glass jars. lings that we have to eat, p-to-date brands of Coffee, ia, Luzianne or Continental. | Fruit Jars in half gallons, re buying Fancy Groceries, i >y & Co., and Quality. nting, Etc. * al and clearly explain to you the ^ nd finishes for all snrfaces about ^ j V'ork, or if you have a surface to 1 mished, see me. I will satisfy you ^ ng for the good people of this com ager for more work. ainter, Fort Mill, S. C. Mid - Sui Half the Summer is already go we have cut our prices and profit halves, but you will have several m cool, comfortable Summer Goods. , money "bad" right now, and becau motto to "carry nothing over," w< our Summer Goods, Oxfords for t Women's and Children's, all oui French Ginghams, Sea Island Tis Milan Silks, All-Over Embroideriej Ready-made Embroidered and Ginj. Pretty Summer Skirts and Up-to-( slashed the prices right and left a these handsome values slide at less Don't wait until tomorrow, f These special values can't remain 1 the sacrifice prices we are making E. W. Kiml "The Place Where Qu MILLINER1 $2.4 Will buy any Hat in 01 of them worth $4, $4.! A. T . LNow is your time to ge a cheap price. All Oxf for men and women g duction. Fancy Silk and $2.50, going at $1 Did it come from Epps7 If s?, c MEACHAM f | Parks Groc If you w | Good Things "] jl jo Parks Grocery jjj E. S. PARKS, H lE5Z5eL5Z55Z5ZESZSEB-ZSaSES { 23d SAVINGS THE OLD REJ |l Capital S" ^ * i n r!i._ ?| surplus ana rrorus I Liability of Stockholde fi Total Your account will be appr and your interests will alwayi If you are not a patron < bank in Fort Mill, let this become one. LEROY SPRINGS, Pre J W. B. ME A I We Insuri Ishebi Bailes & m? wrw KING'S NEW LIFE PILLS : The Pills That Do Cure. ELECTRIC _ Ti"e BITTERS Family MecUcitle. y ? *> mirier ne. Realizing this fact, s on Summer Goods in onths yet to wear nice, Just because we need the ise it has always been our # j have gone through all he whole family, Men's * Pretty Lawns, Voiles, sues, Silk Marquisettes, s with bands to match, a t rharn Dresses, also all our ; late Millinery and have nd are letting many of than cost. !ome in to see us today, ong in our possession at you. brell Co. ality Counts." f SALE. 18 ur store. Plenty 50, $5 and $5.50. ;t a Fine Hat at ords oing at a big re Parasols, $2.25 [.48. lon't worry. & EPPS. 5SgSH5E5a5553SaSa5B5BlEil | :ery Co. | rant | ; to Eat, | 116 i Company, jjj Manager. jj] 55B5Z5nS5rSSg5gsgSH5H5H|n BANK, I LIABLE. 9 $25,000.00 j 12,569.36 rs 2 5, C00.00 $62,569.36 eciated by this Bank > be carefully guarded, of this, the strongest be your invitation to sident ^ lCHAM, Cashier. || Everything If 1 Against v Anything fl "Link. I * '^Js B. J. WHITE, Attorney at Law. Dffice Over Ardrey't Drugstore, FORT MILL, S. C. Call Tuesdays and Fridays. * V '