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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.
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Who ie it that makes the Fewer-
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