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rv ' • r'\ v *&> THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FBIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in ail that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894 HAFFNEY, S. C., £111 DAY* AUGUST 7, 1903. $1.00 A YEAB. SULLEN SILENCE IN WAR DEPARTMENT Promotion of Leonard Wood / Over other Officers- PATHOS AND INJUSTICE Roosevelt*. Attempted Promotion of HI. Pet, Leonard Wood, to Lieutenant Uen- eral’a Po.ltiou Over Older Officer. I. Creat log a Stir at Headquarter.. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Washington, D. C. Aug. 6 —There li sullen silence, but gnashing of teeth and angry looks in and around the War Department these days when the name of Leonard Wood is men tioned in the hearing of some of the old veterans Of those whom love of Roosevelt hath singled out the name of Wood overtops all the slate of army officers i intended for promotion. There is pathos as well as injustice in the fact that scores of gallant and accomplish ed officers of the civil war are to be retired and denied forever the chance that is marked out for the Presi dent’s playground pal. Simply be cause Wood has been the friend, con- ■fidant and playfellow of the playful young man who happens to be Presi dent of the United States, Leonard Wood, five years ago an army doctor, With the rank of Captaio, has been continually and rapidly advanced in rank, pay and power over the heads of older and better soldiers, whose lives have not only bean faithfully devoted to the service of their coun try, but woo have been imperiled in every crisis that Las confronted it in forty years. It matters not if the old veteru s shed their blood for the Union and are entitled by every precedent of military usage, every mede of honor and all logic of justice to rank above this little-while-ago army apothecary. From Colonel of a volunteer regiment '•t^major general of volunteers and flren brigadier general in the regular service. Then to governor geueral of Cuba, a position in which he was al lowed unlimited power along with the privilege of disbursing $30,000,000, for which he has been held account able to nothing and nobody save him self and his own sweet will It has mattered not that accusations so grave against General Wood’s con duct in Cuba as to provoke an effort tfr he.ve his administration investi gated. Wood was supremely indif ferent to his accusers. Had not President Roosevelt in a public speech denounced them as “branded with infamy?” So Roosevelt’s congress men and Roosevelt’s administration blocked absolutely all inquiry as to W’ood’s conduct in Cuba. Wood’s notorious acceptance of costly gifts from the “Jai Alai,” a well-known Havana gambling concern, was pub lished everywhere. It was all right with Roosevelt if Wood did it. When /the question of Cuban reciprocity was pending before Congress Wood busied himself seeking to influence legislation, employing Cuban funds to promote reciprocity It happened at the same time that the beet sugar people of the West appealed to Secre tary of the Department of Agricul ture James Wilson, as their friend, to say a word to congressmen. Not re garding it as proper for an executivd officer to appear to meddle with the affairs of the legislative branch of the government, Mr. Wilson declined. But it was different with Wood. He could do what no onher executive offi cer dared to attempt. Wood had no sooner become governor genera! of Cuba than he at once consorted with ’ certain newspaper writers to discredit the administration of his predecessor, General Brooke, and to boost the ad ministration of General W’ood. One of Wood’s favored proteges in the ex ploitation of his autocratic glories was one Bellairs, a former convict in the Florida penitentiaiy. Wood, through this fellow and others who slopped over about him continually and complacently, took credit for what was due others and .laughed at every bad thing that was imputed to him. Returning to Washington at the close of the American occupation of Cuba. Wood loafed at and around. . the White House. Although an offl- F cer of the army and liable to duty, for months and moot' d he was al lowed to idle in Washington, doing nothing, unassigned, doing utterly nothing of which the public could learn except to chase across country with Roosevelt and play slapstick with him in the Roosevelt White House playroom. At last the time comes for Wood to be moving. The beet of friends must some time tire of each other’s com pany. Bo it is arranged for Wood to F *go to the Philippines, there, in the due course of expeditous arrangement, to be military chieftain of the archipel ago. Now, having been made major geueral, with abominable injustice preferred above officers of stainless record to whom the country Is in debt, he is placed in line to outrank the oldest and best generals in the army—to be commander of them all. Men who have been lifetime soldiers, trained at the United States military academy, educated in the service schools and winning honors in those higher schools of responsibility of camp, field, campaign and battle, who never were found wanting in any hour of danger,are to be forever de barred of the American soldier’s brightest hope, to command Ameri can armies, all certain to be retired in order to make the best possible place for Roosevelt’s pet. But it is not all to be an easy rout step march to more glory for would-be Major General Wood. The United States Senate is yet to consider the nomina tion of Wood. President Roosevelt was informed by severol Senators as soon as be returned from bis western vote-and-varmint hunt that if he sent to the Senate the name of Leonard Wood to be Major General, a strong effort would be made to defeat his confirmation. Nearly all the mem bers of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs have expressed them selves as opposed to Wood, at least on the ground that he has not done enough to merit this extraordinary advancement. These Senators have said that if the President persists, there will be an investigation of all Wood’s doings in Cuba. The mem bers of the Senate Committee on Military Affair* are Hawley, Proctor, Warren, Quarles, Scott, Foraker and Alger, republicans, and Bate, Cock rell and Pettus, democrats, with one democratic vacancy left by the re tirement of Harris, of Kansas. Should the republicans weaken, as they may do, and as many have re cently done before the tide of Roose- veltism in state politics, such demo crats as Bate, Cockrell and Pettus, all three grand old soldiers and lovers of justice, are hardly the sort of men to permit this flagrant favoritism and undeserved recognition to pass unresisted and unrebuked. Wood’s promotion to be major general in the regular army, is, in. all conscience, bad enough, but the certainty that, in the ordinary course of* human events, this erstwhile army doctor, this military pill-peddler is to be lieutenant general and commander of the United States army, is quite more than enough to disgust the civilized world. Chakles A. Edwards. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE ~ From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. neighbor, W. S. Wilkerson, was cho sen president of the association, and J. S. Brice secretary and treasurer, and the mention of these two names in connection with the movement is a guarantee of its success. J. L 8. TILLMAN’S PITCHFORK. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. tirlndiill Iti-idge .Matter. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Home, Aug. 3—Mu. "Editor:—It has now been about sixty days since the bridge at Grindall was washed away, and there is, so far as the general traveling public knows, no effort being made to fix a crossing of any sort. It is true there are some very clever men around there all the time who will carry you over in their batteaus and charge you a small fee, but teams and vehicles of any con siderable weight cannot cross, and men and women, too, are daily run ning great risks in crossing there. The gentlemen owning the Jane on either side of the river gave written consent tothe landing a flat on each side of the river three daj s after the washout, but passing there last Fri day and Saturday, I saw nothing has been done, so far as 1 could see or hear, to give even a hope that any arrangement would be made in the near future for the public crossing of the river at that place. Those whose duty it is to look after the matter j surely do not know how great incon venience and danger exist. Respectfully, Wm. Jefferies. King's Cret-k Itenid. (Correspondence of The Ledger ) King’s Creek, July 27—We can hear the whistle of the thrashers every morning around the station thrashing out the farmers’ wheat, which is very sorry this year. Mr. Hugh Caldwell, of Texas, is here for a while. Hugh is a jovial fellow and his relatives and friends are all glad to have him back again. Mrs. J. P. Knox is in this commu nity visiting her old acquaintances and friends at and around the station. There are u good many people at- j tending Piedmont Springs this season. Mr. J. A. Cooper, of Lincolnton, N. C., who has been down a few days visiting Mrs. Cooperand little son, j Charlie, who reside at the residence of Mr. T. P. Whisonant, lias returned to Lincolnton where he is assisting bis brother, L. W. Copper, in building ; a large cotton mil) at that place. Mr. W. C Wilburn visited his sis ter, Mrs. Cooper, Sunday. c Hid Office l>t*yd. Those having business with Super intendent of Education J. L. Walker will do well to remember that he is in his office on Fridav and Saturday of every week and on the first Mon day in every month. When you want a physic that is mild and gentle, easy to take and cer tain to act, always usj Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. ;L. D. Al lison, Oowpens We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at Its expiration. 80 watcb your label and the date and renew before ’tls too late. •Events that Have Taken Place from One End of the State to the Other Culled from Exchanges for Quick Heading by Scores of Busy People. Mrs. Nance, of Rock Hill, the aged mother of President Johnson, of Win- throp College, and who has been in Shelby, N. C,, for two months, died at that place Sunday afternoon. A reward of $100 was offered for the apprehension of the parties who burned Hollis Springs Baptieli church near Walhalla in May. This was one of the oldest churches in the State. Governor Heyward has offered a re- i ward of $150 for the arrest of Lee Green, white, who along with Toole and others, murdered a Jewish ped-! dler named Abram Suresky in Aiken > county last week. Gov. Heyward announced Tuesday i that he had appointed W. -H. Stall- ! worth, of Greenwood, to be district, chief constable to succeed Howie, re- i | signed Stallworth will have charge \ j of the Beaufort squad. The magazine rifles for the State 1 militia have arrived in Columbia. A whole car load of armament came to that city Wednesday from the arsenal i at Augusta and the adjutant general’s office will soon begin to send the rifles to the several companies in the State. ; Early Tuesday morning State Con stable Eubanks and another officer captured 53 gallons of illicit corn whiskey, a double-barrelled shotgun, two men and a mule and wi?gon near Duncans, in the Glassy Mountain section of Greenville county. The men were tried and sent up for thirty i days each. Lightning struck the barn of R A. Hudson, a farmer of the Longtown ; section of Ridgeway county, Satur day afternoon, killing one mule and setting fire to the barn, which with 200 bushels of corn, 15 tons of hay, i a wagon and a huguv were burned. The Joss is l least $750. There was no insurance. Governor Heyward has received a letter from an attorney in Vienna, i Austria, requesting him to lock up i the relatives and descendants of Johann Probst, who came over here in 1703 and settled in this State. The letter is written in English, but was evidently literally translated, as the wording is so vague that it is not! exactly clear what is wanted with Probst’s decendants. The Cberaw and Bennettsville rail- i road is cearing completion the tres ties over Beaver Dam and and Phill’s ! creek have been put in, ami a large , i force of bands are now at work in Crooked creek, near Bennettsville. j The locomotive is running to within four miles of Bennettsville and by August 20th it is predicted the train will be making daily trips between the two Pee Dee towns. Governor Heyward has refused to remove Squire W. 0. Bailes of Fort Mill township against whom a pe tition was presented some time ago. Bailes is a notary nublic and his residence has long been the as- ^ sembling place of elopieg lovers fiom ; his section, both from North and' South Carolina. Some of the neigh-; hors objected to this and presented a petition for his removal. Bailes pre sented a counter one for his reten tion. Mrs. Susanna Benton, living four miles from Columbia, Tuesday insti- ! tuted claim and delivery proceedings before Magistrate Moorman of that city against Constable Osborne for recovery of her horse and wagon, which were |seized and confiscated in Hurleyville on Saturday with three gallons of liquor -aboard. Mrs. Ben- t ton claims that she loaned the team out on Friday and is in no way re sponsible for the presence of the liquor. Son Williams, a Southern Railway colored ex switchman, narrowly es- caped being crushed to death under the wheels of engine No. 829 in Co-I lumbia Tuesday at noon at the union | station. As the engine pulled out from the shed at a brisk pace Wil-, Hams, in attempting to blythly bop up on the pilot in the presence of the on-lookers, caught bis coat pocket in a projecting bolt, causing him to loose bis footing. Suspended by his coat with his feet bobbing along in | front of the wheels,the later gradnally gaining ground as bis coat began to ! give way under the strain, the fellow was dragged about 30 feet, when the engine was stopped just in time to save his life. To Cure • Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if It falls to cure. E. W. Grove’s sig nature la on each box. 25o. Interesting Paragraphs and Recent Hap penings in Lower Section of the County Gathered Up by Our Regular Correspon dent tor Benefit of Ledger Readers. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Aug. 5.—The meeting j at Salem closed Monday night with ; five accessions to the church. Rev. ' I T. F. Boozer, of Gaffney, was present and preached six sermons, all of which were well received. Rev. W. G. Neville, of Yorkviile, preached the closing sermon Monday night to a large congregation. His text was Mark 8:30 37:—“For. what shall it profit a man if be shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Though Mr. Neville came to Salem an entire stranger to many of the congregation, yet to our Ledger readers he had already been introduced, and it is needless for us to say that he came up to their high est expectations. His appeal to the unconverted and those who are striv ing for th's world’s goods to the ex clusion of their souls’ salvation, was strong and convincing, jind it had its effect, too. If it were possible to do anything like justice to the speaker or his subject we would give a synop-, sis of his sermon on Monday night. It was necessary to hear it in order to properly appreciate it. No pen-pic- 1 ture we might draw or attempt to draw would do injustice, and there fore we reluctantly forego the pleas ure such a work would afford us. Mr. Neville went from here to Greenville with his two Mi le daugh ters. They went through the country ! by private conveyance. They will go on to Walhalla, where with his fam ily he expects to spend his month’s vacation midst the scenes of his youth among tho mountains of Wes tern North and South Carolina Mr. and Mrs. vV. C. Blackwell have returned from a visit to Armenia, Chester county, where they went to see Mrs. Blackwell’s sick sister, Mrs Janie Waters, who died on Saturday and was buried at Liberty church. Last Saturday this section was visited with a fine rain, which was greatly needed. Crops have put on a new appearance and everything is much revived. Almost every section we hear from has had good rains. By a private letter we learn that our worthy solicitor, J. K. Henry, in company with thirteen boys, went to Columbia Falls last week and had an enjoyable time. Mr. Henry is fond of young people’s company and with them he is a great favorite. Admi ration of him and his company is growing up in the young men with whom he comes in social contact. He makes himself agreeable and con genial with them and its effect can easily be seen in their fathers and mothers, too. Our country, so far as we know, is very healthy—not a case of sickness about here. The Messrs. Lattimore, of North Carolina, passed here with a load of harness which they were taking to the Union market. The Postoffice Department is let- ing out the contract for carrying tho mail from Sarratts to this place. So soon as the new route goes into effect the line from Union to this place will be discontinued. Rev. Mr. Hammett will begin a series of meetings at Abingdon church next Sabbath Digit and will perhaps protract the services for a week or longer. All are invited to attend. We have fine growing weather now. Our people have had an abundance of fruit this year, though it has a great tendency to rot. Messrs. Foster <k Co. will move their saw mill to Mr. Jeff D. Hughes’ after this date. Farmers are (xpecting fancy prices for their cotton and cotton seed this fall. While this will no doubt effect temporary relief to them we are in doubt whether it will be a blessing in the end or not. and Mrs. J. T., Bigham, of Sha ron, have been spending a few days with Mr. T. S. Estes and family. We understand the telephone com pany are contemplating aome changes on their line between here and Hick ory Grove. The proposed changes wilt doubtless be satisfactory to a majority of the patrons of the line. Our York county friends are now seriously considering the good roads queatlon and geting the matter in proper abape, and we are aatlsfied they mean business. In noticing their proceedings the other day, published iu the Enquirer, one is readily imprened with the idea that a new era will soon dawn upon that county In which good roads will be the principal factor. Our THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. Tbe Instrument Handled Ylgorouttly in Indiana. Madison, Ind., Aug. 4—At the Madison Chautauqua yesterday 2,500 people heard Senator Tillman and Burton debate the “negro question.” | In replying to tbe Kansas orator’s argument favoring an educational standard as the solution of ohe negro probldfe,’. Senator Tillman handled his pitchfork so vigorously that at one point in bis address be was hiss ed. He said the S^ut h did not seek to re-enslave tbe negro; but the shot gun would be used to prevent negro domination, if necessary. He defend-! ed lynching for certain offenses and said the South would bant and kill negro assailants of white women in spite of law and the meddling of long-nosed Yankees. . His reference to the valor of Con federates who bad whipped Union soldiers for four years, and bis sar castic manner in statiog that many pensioners never smeit gunpowder aroused the ire tbe wearers of the blue. NOKTH CAKOLINA NEWS. CoditioiiK Around E/.c-M. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Ezell. Aug. 1.—We are very dry ; up here; crops arejbeginning to hurt for the want of rain. Gardens have nearly all dried up. There are showers about every day, but not in this im mediate neighborhood; but the indi- ; cations for rain are good and we are still hoping to get our share in ‘ due season.” Some of the citizens of Spartanburg county are talking of holding an indignation meeting on account of the bridges not being replaced arosY Pacolet river. It is a source of great inconvenience to the people, and of great expense to the mail carrier, or the United States. I don’t know, who has to bear the added expense of two carriers instead of one. In our opinion those bridges should be re placed as soon as possible. A negro by the name, of Mose Camp, was drowned in Moore's mill pond near State Line, July 25th. He was in bathing and got beyond his depth and was| drowned in the pres ence of his friends who were unable to render him any assistance. This, i and like instances, should be a warn ing to boys to keep out of deep water. Miss Nannie E. Scruggs, of Brook lyn, and Mrs. Ida McBee, of near Arrowood, have gone to Rock Hill to visit their brother, Mr. J. D Scruggs, who is critically ili. Mrs. Wm. McArthur, of Gaffney, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. E. McKinney, of Brooklyn, returned home this morning with her husband, Prof. Wm. McArthur, who came up yesterday. Joe. New I’leuMant NewH. (Correspondence of The Ledger.i New Pleasant, Aug. 3.—This sec tion was visited by a gentle rain last Saturday. The drouth lasted about, five weeks. Tne rain came mild and pleasant and was received with grate ful hearts. The school at this place is now in progress with an enrollment of sixty- nine scholars. We had the pleasure of attending the meeting which is in progress at Mt. Olivet, yesterday. The Revs. Bridges and Gold are able men in tbe cause of Christ. Eight conversions has been the re- 1 suit up to yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. B. Ray, of State Line, were visiting friends and relative) in this vicinity yesterday. Mr. Pate Price is confined to his home now with typhoid fever. Mrs. Price is also very unwell at this time. With best wishes for The Ledger and its readers. Baylos. My boy when four years old was taken with colic and cramps in his stomach. I sent for the doctor and he injected morphine, but the child kept getting worse. I then gave him half a teaspoonful of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme dy, and in half an hour he was sleep ing and soon recovered.—F. L.Wil kins, Shell Lake, Wis. Mr. Wilkins is a book-keeper for the Shell Lake Lumber Co. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co.; L. D Allison. Oowpens. The question as to whether they are wearing men’s socks may be de termined the first real rainy day KmphaiilztMi It* Superiority. The best test of an article is the way it sells. Bransford Mills, at Owensboro, Ky., where “Clifton” 1 flour is made, run night and day, and yet they cannot supply tbe de mand for “Clifton.” In tiis city, as elsewhere, it is the standard by which other flours are guaged, and tbe statement that “it is just as good as Clifton” only makes its superiority the more pronounced. W. J. Wilkins A Co. Interesting Item* Concerning Oar Neigh bor* Beyond tbe Line Which May Prove Entertaining ReadlAg for Hundred* of Ledger Reader* The Sjuthern Bell Telephone Com pany began Tuesday the work that will result in the placing of all its wire* in Charlotte underground. Some one in Durham turned in a false fire alarm Sunday night, and the city authorities have offered a re ward of $25 for sufficient evidence to convict tbe one who did it. Mr. Nicholas Slattery, of Flat Rock, has been appointed chief clerk in the Southern Railway passenger offices in Richmond, which is a decided pro motion. Mr. Slattery has been with several railroads, his good work hav ing attracted wide attention. Mr. Elijah ’ope, 80-odd years old, died suddenly of heart disease Friday afternoon, on his farm in Shiloh town ship, Camden county. There were several others in the field with him. He went to a spring to get a drink of water and while there dropped dead. Seven children survive him. Last Friday Milas Cedric, an em ploye at J. A. Basinger’s saw mill, in Morgan township, Rowan county, was struck iu tbe abdomen by a board on the planer and died Monday as the result of his irjuries. The remains were taken to the former home of the deceased, in Davidson county, accom panied by his wife and five children. An excursion from Taylorsville en route to Charleston, S. C., passed through Charlotte Thursday morning* at 10:30 o’clock. While the crowd was at tbe Southern depot, Officers Sikes and Ayers arrested Calton Vi ’it.gor, a 17 year-old young man of Statesville, on the charge of carrying concealed< weapons. He could not put up th£> required bond and was locked up Sunday night as passenger - train No. 84 was going into the yard at Hamlet, and while it was still run ning at a very high rate of speed, a negro, who is said to be Will Barker, jumped off. his head striking a cross- tie. It was thought that he could not live, as his skull was badly fractured. The only excuse that is given for his act is that he feared arrest at Ham let. The tobacco market opened at Wil son Monday morning with fairly good sales. Never in the history of the Wilson market has there been so much dissatisfaction shown by to bacco growers on account of prices. The buyers showed no desire for the tobacco offered and 80 per cent, of the offerings were bought by ware house men. There was about 75,000 pounds sold at an average of 54 cents. W. W. Goldsmith, Jr., a flagman on the Southern Railway, was knocked from the top of a caboose Monday night, by coming in contact with a standpipe at Statesville. Fortunately, his injuries are not very serious, being confined to a badly bruised leg. The injured man was taken to Old Fort ou passenger train No. 35. and was given proper attention. He was resting well at last account and will probably be entirely recovered within a few days. All the cotton mills in Concord have suspended temporarily with the ex ception of one or two of the Cannon mills The mills of the Odell Manu facturing Company shut down about this time every year for two weeks to give their operatives a vacation and to repair and overhaul the machinery. Some of the other mills have shut down on account of the scarcity of cotton and the high price of the staple. Andy Miller, the negro who is said to have been with John Hampton and ‘ Lucette McDonald, a short time be fore the latter was found dead in Charlotte Saturday night, was arres ted in tnat city Tuesday night by Van Griffin, the colored detective, ^filler professed much surprise when arres ted and denied having been in the company of Hampton and the Mc Donald woman Saturday night. He was placed in jail to await tbe action of the coroner's inquest. Alexander B. Hofferman, a wealthy philanthropist of Chicago, is at Knox ville, Tenn., this week closing a deal for 90,000 acres of fine timber and agricultural land in Cherokee county, North Carolina. It is his purpose to colonize tbe southern part of Chero kee county with poo people from St. Louis, Chicago and other large cities. He will give them a large part of bis new purchase. Mr. Hofferman de clares that something must be done to relieve the congestion in tbe large cities. f *1 m i Who I* He? Who ie it that makes the Fewer- gallons; w^ara-longer paint? / J-uf,