The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, April 21, 1903, Image 1
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•GAFFNEY, S. C.. TUESDAY. APRIL 21. 1903.
$1.00 A YEAR.
A BIG SCANDAL IN
POSTAL DEPARTMENT
Flagrant Example of Repub
lican Administration.
A COLOSSAL ROBBERY.
High Official. In the I’o.t Office Depart
ment Have lleen I'luiKlerlng Kight and
Left and Stealing KnorinnuH Sums An
nually—Several Have Ite.igned.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Washington. D. 0., April 20—The
scandal in the Post Office Department
is one of the most flagrant examples
of republican administration fur
nished since the war. The charges—
and the? are well fortified—disclose a
colosfeal scheme of jobbery and rob
bery. Several officials have resigned
Others don't dare Several of the
high officers of the department seem
to have plundered right and left. In
view of the millions annually spent
for the postal service it is readily seen
how venal officials could “rakeoff”
enormous sums yearly.
The jobbery apparently grew up
under Hanna’s man. Percy S. Heath,
who as First Assistant Postmaster
General was a politician, if nothing
worse. The department was admin
istered like a Uhinese province and
whether or not Heath was a direct
beneficiary his methods bred up the
rotten system now being pitch-forked
to the sunlight.
And this sort of thing has been
going on while letter carriers, post-
office clerks and railway postal em
ployes are underpaid and overworked.
If the contracts for carrying the
mails over the railroads were as eco
nomically let as they should be and
could be, and the purloined millions
were saved to the government, the
postal employes could be paid decent
Alaries and there would be money
left over besides.
Exposure in this case came as a re
sult of a row among officials. Robert
J. Wynne, who believes in having his
authority respected, got mad at some
of the well-intrenched officials who
were amused at Wynne’s efforts to di
rect. Wynne was recently appointed
First Assistant Postmaster General.
The other fellows had been in their
jobs for years and were rated as ex
erts.
So Wynne resorted to the familiar
device of starting a fire behind his
enemies and the disclosures resulted.
* * ♦
Bellairs, the swindler and convict,
who as an Associated Press represen
tative, sent the news of General Leon
ard Wood’s “marvelous success” as
an administrator in Santiago first,
and subsequently in Havana as Gov
ernor General, has been exposed. He
is uow known as a npan named Ballen-
tine, from Norfolk county, England.
He is in the New York Rogues’ Gal
lery. He is described by Byrnes as
the most successful confidence man
of the world. He was convicted of
forgery in Florida, and three years
after the expiration of his term he
was, under the name of Bellairs, in
forming the American public of
Cuban affairs. He was Wood’s guide,
counsellor and friend. He was on, it
is seriously asserted, three distinct
Cuban payrolls. He then, after
“making Wood,” was sent to the
Philippines and for two years the
Philippine news came to this country
filtered through this moral sewer.
Exposure came to him through his
book, in which he denounced Gov.
Taft and extolled Wood and declared
that Wood should be sent to replace
Taft. Taft’s friends exposed Bellairs.
If the republican “grafters” fight fre
quently enough we may learn all the
truth about this administration, but
they’re not likely to. Common cause
will assert its influence.
Bellairs, however brilliant as a
swindler he may be, is only an inci
dent. What of Wood, the President's
great friend? What of the charges
against Wood so lightly dismissed by
Secretary Root? Did Wood know of
Bellairs’ real name, record and char
acter? Did not some army officers de
nounce Bellairs to Wood, and did not
&be latter, despite that fact, continue
bis association with Bellairs? Why
was the administration of Cuba so ex
pensive under Wood? Palma has gov
erned more flrmlv, more quietly; and
much less expensively. How about
the gambling monopoly Wood fas
tened for ten years on Havana? We
do know that be did get from the
stockholders of this gambling monop
oly a $5,000 service, and It is said
that be admitted the service into
Cuba free oPduty four days before its
prasentatlon. How about the con-
trnts let aod franchises granted by
Wood?
Aod yet Wood is slated by Roose-
relt to be the head of the army—the
Lieutenant General.
* * *
Things are very dull politically io
Washington, but ouce lu awhile some
member of Congress drops in to do
some work before the departments
and talks politics to the newspaper
men at night in the corridors of the
hotels. Some of the leaders of the
democratic party were here re
cently and they diacussedfthe prob
abilities and possibilities of t! fu
ture of the party and possible of prob
able candidates for the presidency on
the democratic ticket. It is the con
sensus of opinion among those to
whom I have talked that no man can
or ought to be Dominated who did not
loyally support the party and the
ticket in ’ItU and 1900, and that will
eliminate several names that have
been mentioned in this connection.
Senator Gorman has his friends among
those who have talked recently, and
so has Judge Parker, of New York.
They nearly all agree that the man
should come from the East.
* * ¥
“Prosperity strikes” is the very
significant designation of a New York
newspaper for the strikes on April 1.
when several hundred workingmen
stopped work because their demands
for higher wages were refused. The
workingmen are simply striking for
some of the prosperity which the
trusts and monopolies have been en
joying for several years. The work
ingmen. along with the rest of us,
have been paying the high prices and
rates which have made the trusts and
railroads prosperous, and they are
now asking for their share of prosper
ity. As a matter of fact it will take
an increase of 40 per cent in money
wages to put real wages as high as
they were in 1897, for. according to
Dun’s tables of prices, the cost of liv
ing is 10 per cent higher now than in
1897. Yet we call this prosperity.
Charles A. Edwards.
AT THE CHURCHES.
Hr. •StfHiliiiiti) IllHcuurHeH on Murder and
(l.itwIefcSIlfHM
Sunday morning Mr. Steadman
preached on “How to Reach a Re
vival in the Church.” His sermou
was delivered, with unusual earnes-t
ness.
He announced that it was his in
tention to hold a special series of re
vival meetings commencing the first
Sunday in May. Commencing next
Wednesday night special prayer
services will be held for the meeting.
He will have the cooperation of all
the pastors in the town, and asks
the cooperation of all Christians,irre
spective of denomination.
At night Mr. Steadman preached,
as previously announced, on “Murder
and Lawlessness.” The congregation
was not so large as the morning ser
vice. His reflections on the carnival
of crime deserve the serious con
sideration of all law abiding people.
In his opinion the fault is not so
much the pistol carrying habit, or
the fault of the much abused trial
jurors, as it is the false sentiment or
public opinion. A false idea of
Chivalry and reckless teachings of
disregard for law and its enforcement,
are the root of the matter.
At the morning services Mr. J. W.
Lipscomb sang a solo, and Miss Bar
ton at the evening services.
The church conference just after
morning services was very encourag
ing and Jharmonious.
The financial report to April 1st,
shows double the amount for pastor’s
salary and missions, compared with
this date last year. Hunduy school
reported as encouraging. It is the
consensus of opinion that the music
committee should arrange to pur
chase an organ for the church, and
that matter is now being investigated.
At the First Baptist church the
usual Sabbath services were held, and
all were well attended. Rev. A. C.
Cree delivered two excellent sermons.
The singing, as usual, was a feature.
There was no service at the Pres
byterian church on account of the
absence of the pastor, Rev, W. R.
Potter, was in attendance upon the
session of the Enoree Presbytery.
Insurance 8ta. intlcs.
Columbia, 8. C., April 18.—The
comptroller general has given out the
following .usurance figures:
Fire companies, foreign, wrote
risks for $81,549,428 41. Premiums
received, $830,350.00. Losses paid,
$220,707 07.
Uniied States fire companies risks,
$58,404,785 42 Premiums, $84,841.-
21. Losses paid, $407,158.10.
Life companies, risks $15,813,007.-
70. Premiums, $2,030,480.11. Losses
paid, $898,077.65.
Accident companies, risks. $21,-
322,220 49 Premiums, $123,308*01.
Losses paid, $341,105 59.
Total license fees received by state,
$28,449.27.
(live It» Trial.
Just received a fresh lot of "Clif
ton” flour made of native Kentucky
wheat, guaranteed to be the best
flour iu the market. Proof of the
flour is lu the bread, cake and pastry.
Give "Clifton” a trial and you will
need no argument to convince you.
W. J. Wilkins <fc Co.
THROUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE.
items of Interest of Passing
Events.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
•events tlmt Have Taken Place from One
End of the State to the Other Culled from
Exchanges for ^julck Reading by Scores
of Unsy People.
Two companies of United States
coast artillery arrived in Charleston
Thursday night over the Atlantic
Coast Line in a special train. The
companies were direct from Manila.
A charter was granted Friday to the
Greenville Improvement company,
with a capital of $25,000. W. J.
Thackston is president; Frank Ham
mond vice president and W. C. Beach-
am secretary.
The jury at Kingstree in the case
of the State vs. Henry James, colored,
charged with the murder of Harvey
Wilson, also colored, has reached a
verdict of guilty of manslaughter.
The judge’s sentence was reserved.
A commission for a charter was
asked for a banking institution, in
Columbia. It is to be a trust
company, to be operated by William
A. Coleman ifc Co., and the capital
stock is $500,000. William A. Cole
man, of Whitmire, will be president.
Geo C. Finklea, a wel 1 known citi
zen of the Hymansville section near
Florence, died past week. He was a
sufferer from Bright’s disease and
this malady was the cause of his
death. He was the last of live broth
ers, all of whom were victims of the
same disease.
Hasael Gault, a young farmer liv
ing a few miles from Jonesville, while
out hunting last week let his gun go
off accidentally while sitting on a log,
the whole charge going through the
calf of his left leg. The wound is an
ugly flesh wound, but Mr. Gault Is
doing well. Drs W. J. Dougless, of
Jonesville, and L. J. Wood, of Kelton,
are attending Mr. Gault.
There’s a new daily newspaper in
Charleston. More properly speaking,
it is a nightly publication. It is The
Fair Journal and it is issued every
night at the Cathedral fair, at the
Hibernian hall. The Journal is a
very excellent publication. It is
edited by Rev. P. L. Duffy, with Col.
James Armstrong as associate-editor,
and it it the official organ of the
management.
There is positive evidence that an
incendiary is trying to burn Duncan
church or the parsonage, or both, in
Spartan’burg. The Rev. M. L. Banks
is the pastor. Several times he has
been annoyed at night by persons
walking through his yard and on
the piazza. A kerosene can was found
near the chuich, with signs that it
had been set on fire, but th) blaze
went out before the can exploded.
There has been no arrest made. Ibis
difficult to ascertain the object of the
wouid-be incendiaries.
Dr. F. D. Kendall, of Columbia,
was charged by the Columbia Medi
cal society with unethical conduct,
aid a mess of testimony was offered.
He was not granted time to meet the
charges or to collect and present evi
dence in rebuttal, nor was hit attor
ney, Lawton D. Melton, permitted to
represent him. The matter was
brought to a close by taking a vote
Friday on the evidence against Dr.
Kendall, and he was declared guilty
by an overwhelming majority and ex
pelled from the association.
A preliminary examination was
held at Mt. Pleasant, near Charles
ton, Friday afternoon by Trial Jus
tice Thomas Keenan in the case of
John Milligan, 11 years old, for the
murder of his mother, Mrs. Nancy
Milligan, on the 13tb of March last.
The 8tate was represented by Mr.
Lee Royal and the defendant by the
Hon. G. F. Von Kolnitz, Jr , who
went over from the city to undertake
the boy’s defence. After argument
on both (ides and an eloquent appeal
for the boy by Mr. Von Kolnitz the
case was carried over to the Court of
General Sessions.
A negro by the name of Holloway
was aoidentallv killed near Saluda
by another negro on the evening of
April 13. It appears that the de
ceased had just left the home of his
slayer and after going a short distance
called for a gun to shoot a rabbit.
The negro, whose home he had just
left, hurried down to him with the
fowling piece and Holloway leading
was endeavoring to point out the
cotton-tail. His companion was cau
tiously following with the gun cocked
and elevated, ready to shoot as soon
as the game was shown him, but In
some way be stumbled, the gun wee
discharged, and the entire load took
effect lu Holloway’s back or shoul
der, killing him Instantly.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
IN lOWEB CHEHOKEE
From Our Correspondent at
Etta Jane.
PERSONALS AND LOCALS.
IntereHtlng; ramgraplitt and Recent Hnp-
peulngs In Lower Section of the County
(lathered Up by Oar Regular Correspon
dent for Heuelit of Ledger Readers.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Etta Jank, April 18.—By town
ships, the Yorkville Enquirer is pub
lishing a list of soldiers that went
from that county to the war. This
will be the means of getting the lists
as nearly correct as is possible to get
them. We hope other papers in the
State, which have not done so, will
follow the example of our York coun
ty neighbors. It’s only about three
weeks until the U. C. Veterans’ re
union will be held in Columbia when
these records will be called for, and
it is hoped that another disappoint
ment is not in store for them.
The readers of these publisher 1 .oils
are requested to note any omissions
or .errors and file the correction with
the township boards from which they
come. Thus it will be an easy mat-
terto get the same absolutely perfect.
The rolls as they apear are approxi
mately correct, but when they reap
pear they will be ready for the his
torian if the survivors will only do
their duty.
Mr. T. Jeff Hughes spent Thurs
day night with us. We are always
glad to see him. He is never low
spirited and always has plenty to talk
about. A sketch of his life would
make interesting reading. He has
perhaps seen as much of the world as
any man of his age.
We have never seen such a growth
in wheat at the time of year as it
now has. A few farmers, we learn,
had planted corn and some cotton be-
foie the ruins of last week set iu.
Ditching and terracing is the prin
cipal work of farmers now. The low
lands have been under water many
times this winter, and uplands are
badly washed in many places.
t^uite a number of people have dug
storm pits. They are about as com
mon as we understand they are in the
West.
Speakingof the weather conditions,
our friend and neighbor, J. Rufus
Boole, Esq., says he believes it does
just as it pleases, anyway. Some
years ago we took occasion to say to
him, in speaking of |the weather:
“We have a nice day overhead.” To
which he replied: “Yes, but unfortu
nately we are not going in that direc
tion.”
Our ever vigilant and worthy con
gressman. Hon. D. E. Finley, has
sent the patrons of this office a sup
ply of garden seeds. Mr. Finley takes
great care to see that his constitu
ents get everything to which they are
entitled.
In the retirement of Mr. John R.
Mathis from the editorial chair of the
Union Times the State press loses one
of its most worthy and conscientious
writers. His editorials, especially on
the concealed weapon question, were
copied and re-copied, not only
throughout the State but beyond its
borders.
The A. R. Presbyterian this week
gives a short sketch of the "Brick
Church” in Fairfield county. It is
written by Rev. C. E. McDonald, of
Winnsboro, 8. C., and is well worth
its room in any secular paper. Mr.
McDonald wrote it for the centenial
volume of the A. R. P. church, which
is to be published this year.
Our Ledger readers will remember
our saying something about this old
church four or five years ago and
giving a note written on the walls by
some of Sherman's men when they
converted it into a temporary barracks
and berse stable in February, 1805
The note referred to has been care
fully preserved and is as follows:
“Citizens of this community : Please
excuse us for defacing your house of
worship so much. It was absolutely
necessary to effect a crossing over the
creek, as the Rebs destroyed the
bridge. A Yankee.”
This church stands at what was
called Kincaid’s bridge on Lit tie river,
and the Confederates had torn up the
bridge and the Federate took the seats
out of the church to repair It so they
could cross. It Is one of the oldest
churches In this country. It is twelve
miles west of Winnsboro, and at one
time was the centre of wealth and in
telligence.
Its membership was made up of
that sturdy class of Scotch-Irish peo
ple who have left a history which re
flects credit on the State as well as the
commuulty iu which they lived.
It is said that of the twenty-eight
members of that church who went to
the last war only one ever returned.
One reason we like' to speak and
write of this dear old church is be
cause our parents worshipped there !
long before we were born.
The church was first called Little I
River, afterward Ebenezer, but for |
many years it has been called the
"Brick Church." Th« present house ;
was built in 1788. In 1848 the church
and graveyard were enclosed in a
granite stone wall which will stand
till time is no more. The wall was
made of large blocks of granite laid
in lime mortar. James Kincaid, Jr.,
gave the lime in which the blocks
were laid, and it was hauled from
Limestone Springs, in Cherokee
county.
There is a long list of eminent men
and noted families North as well as
South, who trace their lineage back
to those who took part in the early
history of this church. VVe would
like to give them all, but will men
tiononlyafev of the oldest—those
who worshipped there prior to the
beginning of the last century They
are: Hawthorne, Turnipseed, Mont
gomery, Cameron, Blackstock, Boyce,
McQuistian, Brice, Strong. Young,
Hutchison, McKammie, Carter, Me
Gill and others.
We could add others in whom hun
dreds of our Ledger readers fed an
interest, but this is sufficient at
present. j. l. s.
MRS. NESBITT ENTERTAINS.
A Delightful Hour Spent nt Her Ilonpltalile <
Home Friday Afternoon.
The quiet and restful days of Lent
being past, Mrs. J. N. Nesbitt began
the social season with a progressive
“flinch party” Friday afternoon.
The elegant home was tastefully
decorated in white and gold vbich
made a pleasing back ground for
dainty spring costumes. The pen
and ink pictures of quaint and origi
nal souvenir score cards, tied with
white and gold ribbons, foretold the
merry hour which followed. After
the game a delicious luncheon was
served.
Mrs. Nesbitt was assisted in the
hallway byAlinses Hare and Hopper,
who presided over the punch howl,
and in the dining room by the Misses
Crawley and Mrs. A. W. Doggettf
Among the invited guests were:
Mesdames Edna Harris. Beona Brown,
T. B. Butler, J. C. Lipscomb, Ed.
Gaines, W. B. Dul’re, E. H. DeCamp,
Lawson Spake, Felix Lipscomb, Ed.
Ezell, Henry Osborne. T. Westrope,
L. Campbell, Jim Brown, Jim Bell,
Will Wilkins, George Brown, J. A.
Willis, A. R. N. Folger, W. A.
Turner, J F. Garrett, C. M. Little
john, W. C. Hamrick, W. C. Carpen
ter, R. M. Gaffney. T. L. Brown.
Charlie Humphries, J. C. Ratliff. B.
R. Brown, T. H Littlejohn, N H.
Littlejohn, Harry Gooding, Sam
Morgan, Lauri Hames, Smith Cook,
Sam Hopper, Jr., Faul Gaffney, Jake
Shuford, John Sarratt, A. C. Cree,
G. G. Byers, A. N. Wood, J. G. Ward-
law, R. 8. Lipscomb, J. Q. Little, J.
F. Fincken, Elmore LeMaster, J.
Wilson, S. H. Griffith, B. B. Steedly,
8. B. Crawley, J. N. Lipscomb. A. W.
Doggett, O. E. vVilkins, J. H. Turner,
E. H. Turner, J. M. Steadman, W.
R. Potter. A. B. Gaines, Vic Laven
der, Zeb Robertson, J. V. Sarratt, J.
H. Lipscomb, J. Brohawn, M. E.
Jefferies, Jim Littlejohn, Rosa Round-
tree, R. R. Wilkins, Pac Hamilton,
Nathan Lipscomb, Porter, Misses
Maggie Munro, Daisy Hart, Bird
Crawley, Pearl Crawlev, Fannie Hop
per, Carrie Sams and Inez Sarratt.
A Curious Hen Keg.
Mr. R. S. Moore, of Mt. Paran, was
in the city Saturday, and showed us
a hen egg that was laid by a hen be
longing to Rev. W. V. Moss, which had
on one side of it, a well defined profile
of a woman with a hen under her arm,
and an almost perfect picture of a
spoon. The picture of the hen was
almost perfect, so much so that the
head, back and eye would do credit to
many an artist. On the other side of
the egg was another picture of a hen,
but not quite so plain. This egg was
laid about six week* ago in a dry nest
and taken from it the same day.
About ten days ago another egg
was found on Mr. Moss’ place which
had a picture of woman on it also,
but it was aot so plain and well de
fined as the first one.
An election was held at Jonesville
Wednesday for a dispensary. The
vote was large for that town and re
sulted in a defeat for the dispensary
advocates. Ninety-one votes were cast,
of which only six were in favor of the
dispensary. Nearly every man that
signed the petition for a dispensary
voted against it. Wednesday the
pressure brought upon them by pub
lic opinion was more than they could
stand and they turned over and went
for the right.
Towelit Without Coat,
Every forty-eight pound sack in
which "Clifton” flour is packed will
make two good towels, the regular
towelling goods being used In the
manufacture of the sacks. Ask for
"Clifton” in the towel sack.
W. J. Wilkins <k Co.
THE
TAR HEEL STATE,
From the Mountains to The
Sea.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Intereatlng IteniH Concerning Our Neigh-
bora Heyoml the Line Which May Prove
Kiitertalulng Keading for HuudredH of
Ledger Keadera
Superior Court for the trial of crimi
nal cases met in Charlotte yesterday.
Judge Shaw presides.
Mecklenburg fruit growers state
p isitively that all kinds of fruit has
not been damaged to any extent by
the recent cool snap.
Mr. H. M. Cates, of Orange county,
who died recently, bequeathed to
Wake Forest College iu hi? will $i,-
000. Mr. Cates was an alumnus of
the college.
George Smith, a colored employee
of the Southern at Spencer, was in
stantly killed Sunday morning. Smith
* us on an engine on the Spencer yard
as helper when he fell from the en
gine. The fall produced instant death.
Smith’s neck being broken.
Much disturbance is caused in
Bladen county because of the stock
law, to which a number of residents
are very much opposed, and some who
are much aroused in regard to the
stock law, fired into the homo of
Messrs, ate Willis, Alex Addison
and Richmond Johoson.
Colonel Stith, of New York, a prom
inent miner and financier visited Pel
ham a few days ago to inspect the
platinum mines of that vicinity. He
expressed himself as highly pleased
with the prospects and intends send
ing experts there in a few days ta
make further investigations.
The election held at Smithfield,
Johnson county, Wednesday to vo;e
on the question whether or not Smith-
field township should levy a special
tax to improve its roads, passed off
q'uietly. Only a small vote was polled
—377 in ai!—277 of which were cast
in favor of “special tax.” giving a
majority ot 77 in favor of the roads
tax.
It is believed that a very valuable
iron ore bed hes been discovered at
Hot Springs. The mine, which is the
property of the Rumboughs, has
turned out some ore with 55 percent,
of iron, a percentage which renders it
very valuable. A gentleman who has
leased the mine has contracted to fur
nish a hundred car-loads of the ore to
the rolling mills at Knoxville.
John Broadnax, the sixteen-year-
old colored boy who killed Sidney
Blair, an aged farmer, in Rockingham
county, on March 22, has been sen-'
tenced to be hanged on May 22, the
jury having returned a verdict of mur
der in the first degree. Broadnax shot
the farmer and his niece, Miss Sallie
Walker, and was in the act of plunder
ing the house when arrested. Miss
Walker’s injuries were slight. A spe
cial term of jourt convenedjat Went
worth on Monday to try the case.
Feeling of antagonism which has
existed in Asheville between labor
organizations and certain contractors
became ma ’Rest Friday when two
non-union stone masons employed on
the Central Methodist church received
an anonymous letter saying they must
cease work. Contractor Westall, who
has the work in charge, says his men
will not be intimidated by the letter,
and that he believes he could put his
hand on the man who wrote it. The
letter was written on union station
ery.
No. 7, the afternoon south-bound
local passenger train on the Southern
Railway, struck a large rock weighing
several hundred pounds, between
High Point and ThomasviJle, Thurs
day afternoon, and as the train was
going at full speed, it seems a marvel
like No. 97, the fast mail, when it
struck a rock on the same section of
track several days ago. The rock wis
smashed to pieces and a violent shock
was given the engine and front cars.
No one was injured and no serious
damage was donq.
Bonnie May Jones, the fourteen-
year-old girl, who ran away from
Asheville last November with Marie
Kuykendall and thereby created a
sensation, attempted to commit sui
cide in that city Friday. She swal
lowed about two ounces of laudanum,
but will recover. The cause of the
girl’s action is attributed to the arrest
of two negro women on the charge of
forgery. The two woaoenjhad present
ed forged checks at the Battery Park
and when ipprebended said that Bon
nie Jones had forged D. G. Noland’s
name and asked them to get the
money at the bank. The news of their
arrest, and that she also was to be ar
rested, reached tbe^glrl and the at
tempt at suicide folllowed shortly af
terward.