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THE FORT MILL TIMES
Democratic?Published Thursday*.
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No. 112.
ICntcrtd at the postofflce at Fort
Mill, S. <*., us mail matter of the
second cluss.
THURSDAY, NOV. 3, 1921.
The recent limitation for the
abolition of capital punishment
in North Carolina seems to have
met with a check which means
an em I of it. for the present, at
least, by the announcement ol
Coventor .Morrison that the prop
osilionwdoes not meet with his'
favor. Fj here is KOincthing to be
said both for and against capital !
piinishnicnt; but by and large society
is committed to this method
ot punishing men convicted of !
the more heinous crimes. The
fact that so many men who deserve
to be sent to the gallows or
the electric chair escape the puuisinent
they have earned, fcewis
proof that, after all. society
is not as sineere in its advocay
of capital punishment as
appears at first blush. The criminal
law of the State is what the
Legislature of that State makes
it. and in every State id' thetunion
the newspapers from time to time
inform the public of a loophole
being discovered in the law
through which some criminal escapes
who should]be executed. It
is enTTrely within the power of j
tin- people of the various Stutes j
to elect men In their riwimntivu ,
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Legislatures who could so word
their it.initial statutes as to make
eseape from tleath impossible,
once tin* prisoner had ueen so
sentenced hv the court. But the
people apparently no not want
inflexible laws in respect to the
State taking human lite, although
frequently when some criminal
has managed to defer, or perhaps
nullify altogether, the death sentence
hanging over him by taking
atlvaiiiagi 01 provisions oi the
vww law under which he was
convicted there is a great outer.*
that the ends of justice have
been dclt.itedy and the uniformed
ale ie?l ,o beiieve that the people
are about to rise up against the
courts. Nine times out ot tin
the courts at which criticism is
u'liicu in siicii cases are blameless ;
they have gone 110 further than
to see that me defendant gets the
rights which the law says are his.
If the law is wrong, the lawmakers
should change it. if the people
want it changed, in the Jsuite
pen it 1*111 ui ry in Columbia today
there are three white men who
were sentenced to be electrocuted
on October 21. They were not
electrocuted. ?% u.> / Because the
laws of South Carolina gave then.)
the right oi appeal to the supreme
court and they took advantage of
that right, thereby automatically
staving the execution of the death
sentence hanging over them. And '
who can blame these nun for ex- j
ercising the right the law vouchsafed
them to prolong their own '
lives? We imagine that life, even 1
to the blackest criminal, is about
as sweet as it is to other people, j
Sometimes, unfortunately, levity
is injected into the most serious i
maiiers, and so it happened in the
case of one of the condemned <
men in Columbia. IIis appeal to
the supreme court had not been
perfected on the afternoon of the ;
day next preceding the one on j
which he was to be put to death.
Then a law officer asked the man
if lie intended to insist upon his :
right of appeal to the higher j
court, as if the man would say, 1
"Oh, no, I prefer to be put to ,
dtath and am impatiently await- ,
ing the arrival of the morrow
that I may be ushered into a new
world, although that new world
may mean hell for me." Acta- |
ally, one or two newspaper writ- i
ers showed chagrin that the con- |
detailed man refused to accommodate
himself to their way of '
thinking - that his lift* should end
at once. The people may criticise
the courts and juries all they
will for the failure of the law to j
\
execute criminals; but back of all
the criticism is this fact?the reason
why more men are not legally
put to .death in this country is
because so many people are opposed
to capital punishment.
Next Friday morning. Novem- j
bcr 11, will mark the third anni- j
versary of the close of the World j
war. it was in the early hours
of the morning of that memora- j
Die day that word was flashed
throughout the world thut Germany
had surrendered. America,
in common with the other allied
countries, received the glad news
with the blare of trumpets celebrating
the end of the most titanic
struggle in the history of man
kiml. For the first time in more
than four years, the guns on the
Western front, ever speaking a
murderous language, were silent,
and the soldiers, tattered and
worn, laid aside their rifles and
thanked God for deliverance from
the fury of battle they had so
long supported. Who is there
among us that does not remember
the sensation of relief when I
the news of the armistice was ,
proclaimed? Who thfit does not
remember the gratitude felt for
the soldiers who fought and died
that we might live? Victories
such as Armistice day are not the
issues solely of clashes ot flesh
and steel. They are of a finer \
quality than that. They arc triumphs
as well of an unconquerable
spirit. Armistice day!?a day
destined, if we will, to keep company
with other days of the eal- ,
endar that mark great moments '
of history and will never die.
Succeeding general ions will aeclaim
Armistice day. Cod grant
that they acclaim it in the spirit '
that lumlc it. ami that this spirit,
like the day. will lie imperishable.
Let every American dedicate himself
to the spirit of lofty patriotism
which made Armistice day j
u national day of rejoicing. Pay
tribute to the glory and the ideals
of the American youths of 1917191b.
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TAX NOTICE ? 1921-22.
Office of the County Treasurer ol
York County.
Notice is hereby given that the
Tax Looks for York County will
be opened oil Tuesday, the loth
day of November, 1921, and w ill
remain open until the 21st day of
December, 1921. for the collection
of State, County. School and Lo- 1
en I Taxes, for the fiscal year 1921
without penalty, after which day 1
One Per Cent Penalty w ill be ad
ded to all payments made in the
month of January. 1922. and Two
Per Cent Penalty for all payments
made in the month of Febriiarv.
1922. and Seven Per Cent
Penalty will be added to all pay- j
meiits made from the 1st day of
March. 1922. to the 15th day of
March. 1922. and after this date
an unpaid taxes will go into c.\ecut
ion and all unpaid Single ,
Polls will be turned over to the j
several Magistrates for proserin j
tion in aeeordanee with law.
All of the Banks of the County
will offer their accommodations
and facilities to Taxpayers who
may desire to make use of the
same, ami 1 shall take pleasure
it> giving prompt attention to all
correspondence on the subject. i
All Taxpayers appearing at my '
office will receive prompt attention.
Note?The Tax Books will be '
made up by Townships, and parties
writing about Taxes will always
expedite matters if they
will always mention the Township
or Townships in which their
property or properties are located.
' HARRY IS. NEIL,
Treasurer of York County.
TEACHK K S' C IS UTI Kl C A T1SS.
Teachers are reminded that
either a State certificate or a permit
from the State Board of ISxaminers
must be registered in
this office before their warrants
can be paid.
JOHN IS. CARROLL.
Supt. of Education.
New low prices on New Home
Sewing Machines at Massey's.
The only machine that never
wears out.
DR. T. O. GRICG
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Office Next to That of C. S. Link, i
Formerly Occupied by Dr.
J. B. Elliott. 11
Telephone Connections. i
Ij. .1. Mhski'V has been selling
New Home Sewing Machines her?
for the pust 37 years uiul none 11
ot them are worn out yet.
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future growth dcpendi
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are building for tomorrc
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true to name and free of onior
uniform and full. Come and
Clovers, Rye, Oats, Vetch, Ra
Pasture Mixtures, Grasses and
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