The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 08, 1907, Image 3
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Clothes of Distinction
Ederheimer-Stein
Suits for the Young Fellows
T HIS store cannot do you a
greater personal service
or benefit itself more than by
helping you to secure the best
clothes of leading makers at
prices you can afford to pay.
CL There’s no reason why it can't
do this; there’s every reason
why it should; unques
tionably it does when
it offers you this
stylish, reliable
make.
Ask to
See the Longworth**
A style far in advance of the
common procession—Distinctive
— St ylish—Perfectly Tailored—
Better Fitting—Shape Retaining.
All Sizes 30 to 38. Prices $15 to $3^
Carroll & Byers
LieiTCH’S HOT
SHOT FOR JAPAR
Russian General Warns America
of Her Peril in the Pacific.
SEES NO WAY TO AVOID IT.
NOTICE!
We are prepared to
store your Cotton and to
issue warehouse receipts
for the same.
A. N. WOOD & D. W. HICKS.
Sept 24-Oct 1-8-15.
SAT! HR. BOGGY/BUYER!! i
You can get a nice Buggy that
is GUARANTEED and a set of
Harness, also GUARANTEED
from us for $67,50. - : # : :
Two-horse Wagon, with brake
and body for $47.50. : :
Yours for biz,
SMITH HARDWARE CO.*
Peoples B. & L. ‘
Loans money on town and county real estate. Al
lows interest on advance payments. Loans can be
repaid or reduced at any time. Second series now
open. We want 500 more shares taken by Oct. 15th.
Sub|cribe now and file your application for loan.
R M .WILKINS, Prest. R. S. LIPSCOMB, Treat.
J. F. GARRETT,V.-Prest. H. K. OSBORNE, Atty.
Office M. and P. Bank, Gaffney, S./C.
Declares Our Commercial and Military
Supremacy Is Seriously Tkreataned.
War With Japan, He Believes, Would
Be Most Awful Experience America
Could Undergo.
Wbeu General Nicbolaa Llnerttcb,
commander in chief of the Russian
military and naval forces during the
war with Japan, was recently asked
by the Petersburg correspondent of
the New York American to express his
opinion on far eastern politics In gen
eral and on the mutual relations of the
United States and Japan In particular
he said:
Having spent a great part of my
life In the far east, I do not hesitate to
comply; all the more so because I con
sider that what I have to say Is in the
interests of all white men.
America made two grievous mis
takes In her far eastern policy, and
both these mistakes have had the ef
fect of weakening her position In the
Pacific. First. America favored Japan
during the late war; secondly, she en
gineered the Portsmouth peace. The
United States could lose nothing from
the Increase of Russia’s authority in
east Asia. America went there for
trade only, and Russia was not a trade
rival. The continuation of the war
would have seriously weakened Japan
commercially and politically and for a
generation delivered America from a
powerful rival In the Pacific. But Mr.
Roosevelt first helped Japan to victory
and then helped her to reap the fruits
of a victory, as if American patriotism
consisted in making Japan one of the
greatest powers on earth.
I consider that this powerful new
Japan now threatens America’s exist
ence as a Pacific power. She will de
stroy American trade. Her subjects,
if allowed to settle freely In American
possessions, will undermine the eco
nomic prosperity of the white Amer
icans. During my long residence In
east Asia I had opportunities for study
ing the effect of Japanese immigration.
The Japanese regarded Russian terri
tory as a sponge to be squeezed. They
took low wages, spent not a kopeck;
many even brought with them boxes
of rice for their own consumption.
America can suffer even more from
Asiatic settlers, as the standard of liv
ing is high.
Of course America can exclude Jap
anese from the Pacific coast, but from
that must arise a political danger. I
am convinced that any action agalnet
Japanese Interests in America, wheth
er on the part of the federal govern
ment or of the local authorities or cit-
iaens, would be a prelude to a war In
which America could gain nothing and
would probably lose much. The Phil
ippines she would inevitably lose. AH
Japanese statesmen desire their acqui
sition, and the Japanese denial of this,
based on the pretense that the climate
Is too hot for colonists, is untrue.
However, it is a mistake to assume
that Japan would necessarily concen
trate on the Philippines In the event
of war. More likely she would uot
shrink from the risk of attacking the
American fleet wherever it might be
found and of directly menacing the
Pacific coast.
The United States is uot at present
In a position to resist such an attack.
A war with Japan would be the most
awful experience America could un
dergo. Americans rely too much on
their fleet. 1 admit that Afherlca has
new and first rate battleships, good
sailors and just as patriotic a spirit as
Japan, but these do not insure victory.
Victory depends upon the skillful and
experienced handling of fleets. Num
bers and weight have much less impor
tance on sea than on land. The Jap
anese could probably cope with any
fleet In the world. They are masters
in the use of the torpedo. They un
derstand the tactics of coast and port
fighting, and there are reasons for be
lieving that they will handle the sub
marines of the future better than oth
er nations. I refuse to believe that
the superior American fleet would set
tle the war In one big battle.
On land, whether In the Philippines
or at home, the United States conld
effect nothing. Americans do not un
derstand that men, patriotism and
money do not constitute a military ac
tion. Americans have bad no experi
ence In real warfare. They are not, as
a nation, organized for war and do not
seem to understand what war is. I
have seen a good deal of the United
ftates army and even conMhanded
Americans among others during the re
lief march to Peking during the Boxer
outbreak. As men 1 found American
soldiers well educated, intelligent and
well conducted above all Europeans,
and their bravery and patriotism had
no limits. But their voluntary free
and easy discipline was not soldierly
In the European sense, and such a sys
tem would Inevitably break down in
dealing with a ruthlessly dragooned
and disciplined people like the Japa
nese.
I remember once giving an order
that certain bodies of troops, among
them Americans, must break camp at
5 In the morning and resume their
march. To my amazement an officer
came to me at night and pleaded that
the Americans were tired. It wonld be
better, be suggested, to start at 8t “the
men would be in better eptstts.** I
agreed. But I came to the conclusion
that In these Americans I was eem-
niiindhig something very different
from wbut I \ as trained to under
stand from the word "army."
These are merely a few reasm - win
I think that America’s position In the
Pacific I« seriously threatened. Ami >
see no way to avoid the dang-”. !,
Japan, taking advai.'.ag - f onio of
fense against her immigrant- or > >n:.•
other pretense, should make undue dr
mauds upon America. America will be
forced to accede or to enlbarU on a
war which will almost certainly provt
disastrous.
The yellow peril Is in tld-; mmso r-ti
I’.tlt It will bee,
bio realty in
bio re.“lty in the future, when r
merely Japan, but China, aru * I a: ■'
regenerated, shall he bamled togetho-
for tit<> expulsion of the while r.. >
from Asia. The mo t then that wl;
nen ••an hope for is that Asia does ju
retaliate jn kind. The time 1« •pie',, ;
this peril passed by when, alter th-'
relief of Poking in 1. 1 er-r :
aln upon the ezar’s government
• nnehnh* agreements for the form -
partition of the Chinese empire.
UNCLE JOE OPTIMISTIC.
Plenty of Chance*! to Get Money. S” -
the Speaker.
Speaker Cannon, addressing ft O"o
people at Tuscola. 11!.. the other d pv.
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Morgan and the rest have a lot oi
money—but how many millionaires are
there In this country? IIov man;'
could you name? Not a thou and
Suppose, though, we -;t.; there are CO,
td<» iniiiiomiires. Even then that leave ,
the rest of the wealth owned by the
rest of the eighty odd million Inhabit
ants. Never has any population of
equal size accumulated one-third as
much. Why, you young i»eople here
today have a lot more chance for your
white alley than I had when I was a
boy.”
BATH POOLS IN SCHOOLS.
Washington Official Would Have
Swimming In the Curriculum.
Swimming as a part of the curricu
lum of the public schools in Washing
ton is recommended by Henry B. Da
vis, inspector of plumbing of the dis
trlct, in his annual report, says the
Washington Herald. Mr. Davis sag
gests the providing of pool baths In
the public schools, which might serve
as free bathhouses when not In use by
the public authorities.
“If swimming had been mads com
pulsory in our sc bools some years
ago,” says the report, “tbs community
would probably havs been spared the
series of distressing fatal accidents In
the river during the past few years.”
Mr. Davis urges the establishment
la Washington of public baths to be
open the entire year. Thebe, he says,
are a “civic necessity,” as is shown by
the fact that practically every large
city In Germany, England, Switzer
land and Austria has one or more
baths, some sufficiently large to ac
commodate 1,200 persons at one time.
Bull That Runs a Treadmill.
Thomas Hill, a LawrencevlUe (N. J.)
farmer, has returned to the use of oxen
on his farm, says a Trenton (N. J.)
special dispatch to the New York
'limes. He soys he finds them cheaper
and better than horses or mules. He
has trained a bull to ran a treadmill,
which pumps water, churns butter and
does all of that kind of work. The
bull, Hill says, beats a windmill or
gasoline engine “all to pieces.” Other
farmers are watching the experiment,
and “horseless farms” may soon be
popular.
Jones J. Darby
Insnrance
Office Star Theatre Bonding
Just Received
Car each of heart pine
Shingles, Ceiling and
Flooring. Call on us when
in need- of building mate
rial. ; : : :
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The Builders Supply Co.
Sept-24-3m
FOR ALL GOUr.TY NEWS, IM
PORTANT HAPPEN I NOE IN THB
•TATE AND EVENTS OP INTEREST
IN FOREION LAND* TAKS AND
RIAO THE
FALL AND WINTER
■PI I ■■■■ 14* B
Thursday,
October 10th, llth and 12th
From 9.00 A. M. to 10.00 P. M.
We will show the latest styles in Millinery,
also an up-to-date line of Ladies’ and Child
ren’s Wraps. . . . ...
Miss Annie Whitney Smith will have charge of
I
this department and will be glad to have all the
ladies call and let her show you what we have.
HOLT.
Honest Jewelry
I can say without fear of successful contradiction that I have the
largest, finest and most oomplste line ot Jewelry ever
shown in Cherokee county, or this immediate section of the
comntry—a line equal to any carried in cities the size of Char
lotte. My goods are as fine as can be made, and that money
can buy, in America; and my prices are as low as consistent with
high quality. : ::::::
High-Grade Work.
Bring your repairing to an expert—one who has made the
business a life-study, aud learned it from years of practieal
experience. I guarantee my work in every instance. Come in
and let me convince you of the truth of my assertions. : :
Thos. H. Westrope.
teEFA handsome line of self-filling Fountain Pens just in.
They Are Better Than The Old Style.
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This T rade Mark!
ft
Is an emblem of faith
—it guarantees to you
that the makers of
Buck’s stoves and rang
es hold themselves re
sponsible for their wares.
It means t that the mak-
am
ers are proud of their
good handiwork and put
their stamp of approval
upon it. When you buy
a Buck's stove or range
you buy satisfaction. Let
ur show them to you.
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