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OFFICIALS GIVE
RELATIVES JOS.
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Hui;^ies
We have just unloaded another car of Anchoi
and we ask you not to overlook the many goM faints
•he Anchor Buggy possesses, over others. We alf-o have
of Piedmont Wagons, ^ou know them; they
a car
have been sold here more than 20 years.
R. M. WILKINS IHARDWARE CO.
This space belongs to
CAROLL A BYERS.
The up-to-date merchants.
I). C. ROSS. President.
J. A. CARROLL, Vice-Prest.
MAYNARD SMYMH,"Cashier. „
CHAS. \V. HAMKS, Ass’t. Cash.
| The National Bank of Gaffney
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If It Wc-e Not For Prominent Rel-
c.ivfj The People Could Not Hold
Jo 1 —The Railroad Commission.
V.ishington, D. C., Aug. 29.— 0
; cf great men all remind us,
Ye may make our lives sublime, *
A'.d with Father’s push behind us
We can get there every time.
The next role assayed by the “Big
Stick” will he to chasten those in
high official place who have been prac
ticing nepotism.
One phase of the recent “graft”
disclosures in the agricultural de
partment was that Secretary Wilson
had retained in the position of pri
vate secretary for nine years, his son,
Jasper Wilson, and that last summer
he sent the latter on a mission to
Alaska, ostensibly to investigate cer
tain alleged violations of the game
laws, bin when one considers that it
was a delightful summer trip, at gov
ernment expense, and that Jasper was
enabled thereby to give personal at
tention to a private investment in min
ing property, all the while drawing his
salary as private secretary for duties
supposed to be performed in Wash
ington, the conclusion is inevitable
that Father Wilson was good to son
Jasper. The expense of young Wil
son's junket was about $500, which
the government paid.
Nepotism, although a petty species
of “grafting," is the commonest kind
in Washington. It has grown to be
something at once ridiculous and de
plorable. President Roosevelt is go
ing to have his Keep Investigating
Committe look into it and see
if the Big Stick cannot he brought
into play. In every branch of the gov
ernment service the sons, daughters,
end other relatives of men influential
in official life, may be found safely
ensconced in paying jobs. In some
Instances as many as five relatives of
one department chief have been put
upon the pay roll, in cheerful disre
gard of the alleged limitations of the
civil service rules.
One prominent foreman in the gov-
vernment printing office—a hot bed
of graft—has three relatives appoint
ed under him. Congress can hardly
be expected to correct the evil, for
nepotism is more prevalent on Capitol
Hill, or as much so, as in the execu
tive departments. President Roose
velt's investigation can not reach con
gress. If he did, he would read some
interesting disclosures.
For example, the vice-president of
the United States, Charles W. Fair
banks, signalized his introduction in
to office by appointing his son as his
private secretary, at $2,220.00 a year.
The son was sworn in three hours af
ter his father, so that no time was
lost in starting the salary. He has
been traveling over the country with
the vice-president while the latter has
been campaigning for the presidency,
and a messenger to the vice-president,
at $1,4-10.00 a year, has been doing
the work of the office.
The vice-president
the members of his
on the government pay roll. One, a j
woman from Southern Indiana, who
draws a salary in the war department, j
secured for her by the vice-president.
on tariff revision. Recent events have
confirmed my belief and they are now
intensified by the fact that the
“Stand-patters” are preparing to
spring another trap to prevent the
tariff revision they so much desire to
avoid but which the public so much
desires.
There is still a concerted action
among them to force railway legisla
tion, as is evidenced by the agitation
particularly in the West, where the
position of Chicago, St. I>ouis and Cin
cinnati as against New York, is help
ing them materially. Their war-cry is
“Anything to stave off monkeying
with the tariff,” which is the one
sacred thing in their eyes. In or
der to help out this scheme, they are
now demanding that when congress
assembles, there shall he all sorts of
investigations in every one of the de
partments in order to uncover graft
that has existed and punish the graft
ers. Lord knows there is demand
enough for that in the natural course
of events hut their purpose is to cre
ate an artificial demand such as they
have f or the regulation of railroad
rates and always from their selfish
standpoint. They do not care whether
the government regulates railroad
rates or investigates graft in the de
partments so long as it lets that be
loved tariff alone. So, when congress
assembles we may expect a stirring
up of all qf the sewerage there is in
these departments down here and a
renewal of the attempts in some way
or other to force congress to a long
winded and long-drawn-out consider
ation of the matter of railway rate
control. If these two can be drawn
out long enough, and both look to
me to be interminable, there won’t he
time left for any tariff revision and
you aand I will keep “shelling out”
for the benefit of the highly protected
trusts who are willing to see ev
erything go to the dogs so long as
they keep their grip on the very good
thing that they have had ever since
the Dingley tariff was adopted.
It strikes me that the artificiality of
this demand for railway rate regula
tion becomes apparent more and more
to every thinking man as the matter
is being more thoroughy discussed.
Politicians would like to see additional
powers given to the interstate com
merce commission unquestionably, be
cause it would be beneficial to them
ir many ways. And a Maine paper
in commenting upon something I
wrote on this matter a week or two
ago says that that commission would
not necf?ssarilv he a political commis
sion. It would unless the law which
created it should he changed, be
cause that law provides in Section 11
that a majority of that commission
shall be of the dominant political
party. There is no getting away
from that and there is no question
whatever among politicians but that
it is the political control of condi
tions that is desired. That control may
mean the converting of any commu
nity or State through the fixing of the
freight rates into a community or
State favorable to or opposed to the
dominating party. That party hap
pens to be the Republican and Presi
dent Roosevelt and congress both
want to keep it so. How good a thing !
that will he for the country the re
cent revelations as to conditions in ;
the agricultural and postoffice depart
ments are amnio evidence. There
would be ten times the opportunity
for not only graft hut political manipu
lation in a politically controlled intei-
state commerce commission than in
all of the rest of the existing depart-
has had two ofin^’nts togeher. Any praeical politi-
househould staff 1 °' an w *^ you that.
(’has. A. Edwards.
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to open a SAVINGS ACCOUNT
with this bank.
We Pay 4 Per Cent. Interest
compounded quarterly. Capital,
Surplus and Profits, $90,000.00.
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R. A. Jones,
R. M. Wilkins,
Directors:
ej. N: Lipscomb,
W. C. Hamrick,
W. C. Carpenter,
R. R. Brown,
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But we are here to stay, and will always give
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Furniture, Stoves and Undertakiig.
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Napolean’s One Armed Soldier.
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DIRECTORS:
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THE ROGERS HOME PLACE on the corner of Rut
ledge and Pine streets. Seven-room house on lot 160x200
feet to 20 foot alley in the rear; good well on back porch;
wood shed, chicken house, barn with six stalls, crib and
hay loft. Fruit trees, grape vines, shade trees in front
and back yard. Premises fenced. In other words, a
complete home. Price $2,500.
You’canjeasily sell ofTan 80 foot lot,,Hand |have |left a
very cheap home.
For further particulars Jaddress
j, w. ALEXANDER, - - Spartanboig, S. C.
eTf Stfictly “A” Grade Baggies
Go to Smith Hardware Co. and buy the
famous “Tyson & Jones.” The Smith
Hardware Co. now have the exclusive
agency for our fine line of Buggies,
Runabouts. Phaetons, Surries, Car
riages, &c., in this immediate territory,
and will make the prices right. Call on
them. You can get no better work on
any market. :: :: ::
TYSON $ JONES BUGGY GO., Cartilage, N. C.
rial secretary mornings and evenings,
outside of office hours, for Mrs. Fair
banks and received no private compen
sation: the other is the case of a
negro in the District of Columbia who
enjoys a messenger’s salary in the
bureau of engraving and printing, se
cured for him by the vice-president,
and who acts as a servant in the vice-
president’s household nights, morn
ings and evenings.
Rut this article is to deal wjth ne-
notism and the president’s impending
investigation. The congressional di
rectory discloses in part the nreva-
lence of the graft of nepotism in the
capitol. For example. President pro.
‘em. Frye, of the senate, had his neph
ew as private secretary when he pre
sided over the senate. Senator Gal-
linger, of New Hampshire, had his
son as clerk until recently. Senator
Cockrell had two sons on the pay roll
at one time, and when he left the sen
ate to go to the Interstate commerce
commission he took one of them with
him as private secretary. There be
ing- only one appointment at Mr.
Cockrell’s disposal in the commission
one of his sons had to return to pri
vate life. B. R. Tillman, Jr., acts as
committee clerk for B. R. Tillman Sr.,
senator from South Carolina. Sena
tor Lodge's son, George Cabot Lodge,
is assistant clerk of his father’s com
mit t<*e, and Senator Knox’s son. Reed
Knox, is messenger to his father’s
committee, at $1,410 a year. Senator
Gamble, of South Dakota, has not
been able to provide for all his rela
tives, having only two places, but he
did the best he could. He gave one
of the places to his nephew and the
other to his son. who is a student in
a college at Port Deoosit, Md. John
Warwick Daniel, senior senator from
Virginia, has John Warwick Daniel, Jr.,
as clerk of the committee of whiqh he
is chairman. Senator Burton’s com-
mlttee has IT. S. Burton as messenger.
The relationship is not close but the
name is suggestive; as is also f he
case of John Mitchell Handy, who Is
on the pay roll of the senate commit
tee over which Senator Mitchell, of
Oregon, presides. Senator Warren, of
Wyoming, has his son and namesake
o n the roll of his committee.
The most remarkable case of “sen
atorial courtesy" is that of Senator
J. F. Alice, of Delaware, who appoint
ed his son as his committee clerk and
then, having another nlace as mes
senger, graciously gave it to a rel
ative of his colleague. Senator Ball
The fever has extended to the officers
of the senate, Sorgeant-at-Arms Hans
dell having appointed his son to a pay
ing place In his office
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Some time ago I put myself on rec
ord as believing that this agitation
for railroad rate legislation was in
part a scheme of the “Stand-patters
brary. maintains, despite his eighty
years, an interest in current letters,
says the Chicago Chronicle.
“Fiction," said Mr. Spofford the oth
er day. “is the chief produce of the
press today, and while some of this
fiction—notably the work of Joseph
Conrad—is beautiful and perennial
much of is is as false as-—’ Mr. Spqf-
ford smiled. “As false is the sto-v of
Napolean and the one-armed Soldier."
“Napolean. seeing this one-armed
soldier on the streets of Paris one
day, called him up and said:
“ ‘Where did you lose your arm, my
friend?’
“‘In your last campaign, sir,’ said
the soldier.
“‘And you were never decorated?"
said Napolan.
“ ‘Never, sir.’
“‘Then, here is the cross. May you
wear it with honor,’ said the emperor,
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Springs, N, G.
Gaffney, S. G.
his own
soldier’s
and taking the cross from
breast, he pinned it on the
faded coat.
“The one-armed soldier flushed with
pride at this great honor. His eyes
glittered, his breast heaved, his lip
curled proudly.
‘And, sir,’ he said ‘suppos
lost both arms, what then?’
Then.’ said Napolean, ‘I
have made you an officer of
gion.’
“On hearing these words the soldier
quicker than thought drew his sword
and cm off his other arm.”
1 l had
should
the le-
Study Your Own Interests
If it is a Buggy you want, you want the best. The
best Buggy made is the Buggy made by Taylor,
Cannady & Co. We have them in both open and
top. The only Wagon giving absolute satisfaction
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Do you want the only Disc Plow that will work a
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GAFFNEY, S. C.,
A Very Sick Boy.
Mark Twain on his last visit to his
birthplace—Hannibal, Mo.—told the
school children a true story about a
schoolboy, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord.
“This boy,” he said, "awoke one j
morning very ill. His groans alarmed
the household. The doctor was sent I
for and came, post haste.
“ ‘Well,’ said the doctor as he enter-1
ed the sickroom, ‘what is the trouble?’
“ ‘A pain in my side,’ said the boy.
‘“Any pain in the head?'
“ ‘Yes. sir.’
“’Is the right hand stiff?’
“ ’A little.’
How about the right foot?'
“ ‘That’s stiff, too.’
“The doctor winked at«ihe boy’s
mother.
“‘Well,’ he said, ‘you’re pretty sick.
But you’ll be able to go to school on
Monday. Lot me see, today is Satur
day and —”
“ ‘Is today Saturday?’ said the boy
in a vexed tone. ‘I thought it was
Friday.’
‘Half ua nour later the hoy declared
himself healed and got up. Then they
packed him off to school, for it was
Friday, after all.”
The Cherokee Cafe
Is the new place opened up at HO Fred
erick St., where you can be served with
Meals, Lunches, Soda Water, Ice Cream,
Etc., both day and night to white and
colored alike. In the rear of Merchants
and Planters Bank. : : : :
The Gaffney Gify Land and Improvemenf Go.
own,'
and of this jjlace. tn lots of Ml
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Some family skeletons can’t be kept
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to 100 acres n liberal time rates; also Asrrlcultural Lands to rent for Farm puri**ses
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