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man an TSE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 18 50 "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's andiTruth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane. 1346 Consolidated Aug. 2S1881. SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 19.1899 Sew Series-Vol. XVIII. Xo. 51 Published Srsry Wednesday, 2>ar. C3-. Osteen; SUMTER, S. C. TERMS I 1.50 per an Dam-ia advance. AOT1&TI8IK1HT: Ono Square first insertion.............$1 00 Ererv subsequent insertion..,...., ......... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil : be made at redaoed raies. AU communicatiocs which subserve private ir teres ts will be charged for as advertiemenls. Obituaries and tribales of respects will be sharked for. RAW RECRUITS ARE Y ERY, YERY SCARCE. . ^ ? Some of the Qualifications for Becoming a Soldier. Tbe State, Jnlj 12. The recruiting station in the Ken dal! building is not packed and crowded with yoong men eager to offer their services to their country. Perhaps the would-be volunteers are waiting for the late First regiment to volunteer as. a whoie There have been nine recruits sc cepted within the past ten days, all for the regular army. All but two of j these were colored. j Under the new cal! for volunteers there are to be ten regiments Re emiting offices have been established all over the country, and when a volunteer passes the medical exam i . i nation and is accepted, he is sent to | the nearest regular army post, head quarters - for the regiment being organized South Carolina is in the department of the Gulf, with head quarters at Atlanta, or Fort McPher son, Ga When a recruit is accepted here, he is sent to Fort McPherson to join his regiment, the Twenty ninth, j North Carolinians are sent to Camp j Meade, Pennsylvania. Georgians, i Alabamians, South Carolinians, etc , j wiH compose the Twenty-ninth Lieut. Williams, who is in charge of the recruiting office at this place, j will be in the city today and will act upon about a dozen applications for enlistment. While Uncle Sam wants men, and wants them bad, still he affects a lordly air and demands that the men to be sacrificed in the Phil ippines must not be vagabonds. Wheo a youth applies for admis sion to the army, the first question put to him is, "Are you a minor ?" If the young maa is not 21 year6 old his parents or guardian are required to make certificate that they do not object to his enlistment. The certi ficate reads in part, "I do hereby fully give my consent to bis enlisting as a soldier in the volunteer army of the United Stales for the period June 30, 19G1." This permission having been obtained, the boy is free to en list. The next step is to get a recom mendation of character. Uncle Sam claims that be doesn't want dissolute and worthless characters in bis army. The character gauntlet having been run, the relentless physician gets in bis work, and the physical examina tion is not as "easy" as one might imagine. Except in special cases none bot unmarried men will be enlisted for ibis service Ordered to the Philippines. Washington, July ll.-Capt T S. Bratton, assistant surgeon at Tybee island, and Assistant Surgeon H. H Bradley, at Savannah, Ga , have been ordered to accompany the Nineteenth infantry from Camp Meade to the Philippine islands. Ordered to Fort McPherson. Washington, July 13.-Officers re 03Dtlj appointed to the volunteer army have been ordered to joio (heir reg m 3D ts at the several regimental stations. The following efficers of the Twenty aiuth regiment have been ordered to Fort McPherson. Ga ; Major D G Case, Captains Cleveland, Willeooxsoo and Beary T. Thompson ; First Lieu tenants W P Corbett, R J Arnold and W P Screws ; Second Lieutenant M Holley, at Fort McPherson, Ga. No Rush to Volunteer Washington, July 13 -There have been enlisted in the volunteer reg menes 791 meo. As the recruiting bas ali been done at the regu'ar stations the result is considered very good a', tbe war department. The recruits by regiments are: Twenty-sixth, 141; Twenty seventh, 134 ; Twenty eighth, 86; Twenty-ninth, 21; Thirtieth, 118; Thirty-firs:, 181 ; Thirty-second, 75; Thirty-third, 9 ; Thirty-fourth, 24 ; Thirty fifth, 2. Aguinaldo's Speech at the Tarlac Celebration. j Quotes the Moaroe Doctrine j in Reference to America AND HER COURSE IN THE PHILIPPINES. Manila, July 12, 7 25 p ra -A copy of the Independencia has reached Manila containing the speech which Aguinaldo made during the recent celebration at Tarlac, of the anniversary of the Filipino independ ence. In substance it is as follows : "Filipina, beloved daughter cf the ardent Sun of the Tropics, commenc ed by Providence to the care of noble Spain, be not ungrateful to ber salute who warmed you with the breath of ber own culture and civili zation. "It is true she sotsght to crush thy aspiration for independence, as a loving mother opposes separation forever from the daogber of her bosom This but proves the excess of affection and love Spain feels for thee, Filipina ! Delicate flower of the east, scarcely eight months Weaned from the breast of thy mother, thou has dared to brave a great and powerful nation such as is the United States, after barely organ izing and disciplining tby little army. Yet we reply, we will be slaves to none, nor allow ourselves to be de ceived by soft words Let us con tinue to defend our fatherland untH independence is assured, for this is justice We shall see at least that the great American nation will acknowledge tho right which is on our side That doctrine of the great Monroe, that America is for Ameri cans, is not forgotten Just so we affirm that the Philippines are for the ,Filipinos. Some Slates of the Amer ican union have arisen in our-favcr. "Especially is the Democratic party convinced that both victors and vanquished will loise precious lives Thus many of the people and many statesmen censure President McKin ley as inhuman for having ordered bis military representatives at Manila to seek means to bring about hostili ties "With the Filipinos these facts prove that they wished to try us to see if we are able to live up to the second color of our banner, red, which signifies courage, heroism and martyrdom. Therefore, we should not resent this straggle with the Americans. In spite of their expressed desire to dominate ali the Philippines, weil convinced are they that we wiil fight witb justice and right on our side and that autonomy is all a show of deceit, only serving to save certain accumu lated wealth. We have never con cealed our aspirations, that we aspire but to independence, that we will struggle on to obtain it, perhaps from those who are cow oor enemies and tomorrow will be our allies as they were for the overthrow of the power of Spain. We might well accept this autonomy America offers, but what can we do with it if our ambition is independence and if we are to accept it only to later overthrow by force of arms the sovereignty of America ? As I believe it is the intention of the autonomists to make use cf treachery and deceit, we cannot accept such a procedure. We do not wish to be traitors afterward We wish to show our character, our frankness and sin cerity and nothing more. Let us avoid the example of those natives who having at one time been colo nists, accepted autonomy to enable them to make their work surer, once everything was prepared. History bas given us an example of this in recent events Let us persiet in our idea, which is the only and legitimate and noble aspiration of a people which is d sirions at ali cost to pre serve its national honor spotless and as pure as a crystal Thus, then, there will not be a single Filipino autonomist. Those who are so are in the eyes of the people but time servers, fearful of losing their riches, threatened by risks of war .'Filipinos, let us be constant ! Let us strengthen the bonds o our union!" Aguinaldo concluded with calling for cheers for independence, the union of the Filipinos and for the liberating army. CAVALRY AFLOAT. Manila, July 13, 12 30 p. rn - Lake Laguna de Bay ie being patrol ed by three troops of Fourth cavalry under Capt McGraw and the army gunboat Napidan commanded by Lieu i Larsen The force makes its headquarters on an island, living on cascoes, in which the men are towed about to make unexpected visits to towns where there are small forces of insurgents, for the purpose of keep ing the rebels moving Un Tuesday the troops had an engagement at Mantitupa, on the south shoie of the lake They fought 500 inourgents there, entrenched near the shore. The Napidan shelled tbe rebels and a party of American troops number ing 135 landed and drove them by a sharp running fire to the hills, where they were too strongly en trenched for the small force to attack them. Two of the cavalrymen were wounded and the bodies of ten insur gents were found. It is supposed that the enemy's loss is 35. PITIFUL CONDITIONS. San Francisco, July 13.-Advices received by the transport Newport, dated Manila, June ll, are as follows: The volunteers are greatly debilitated in consequence of their hard cam paigning through three months of tropic weather. Since the middie oi May no volunteer regiment has had a sick list oriess than 20 per cent, ill, and a fewregiments have less than one third of their number on duty. The Nebraska regiment has suffered worst. It came in from San Fernan do a few days ago with lees than 200 men in the ranks The South Dakota followed yesterday with 275 men on duty. Tbe Montana and Kansas regiments at San Fernando have not more than 280 available men each. The morning after the Washington troops took Morong a week ago only 263 men responded to roll call. The Washington men have been engaged since March 12 in preventing the insurgent armies of the north and south from forming a junction in the region of Laguna de Bay, often being engaged at the same time with the enemy in opposite directions. Twenty four of the Nebraska officers are on the sick list and the Montana, Kansas, Washington and South Dakota regiments show 20 or more officers in the hospitals or sick in their quarters These regiments bave borne the brunt of the figbtibg. Their losses in killed and wounded range from 160 in the Montana to 280 Nebraska men The loss of the Kansas regiment is second to that of Nebraska men, while the Washington and South Dakota regiments follow closely, each with losses of about 200 The Oregon regiment bas also suffered severely. Of the regulars the Thiid artillery ii; the heaviest loser,, its killed and wounded numbering 123. OTIS WANTS TARGETS. Washington, July 13.-A dispatch has been received from Gen. Otis requesting that there be sent to the Philippines 2,500 horees in order that a brigade of cavalry may be organized for use at the end of the rainy 6eason Gen. Otis bas tried the horses of Manila and nearby countries, but none of them seem available for cavalry. It is the in tention of Secretary Alger to have the mounts carefully selected and he thinks that animals from the Southern States, not too heavy, but tough and wiry, will be the best. Capt. H. T. Thompson. Capt H T. Thompson passed through Florence last night on his way to Fort McPherson near Atlanta, Ga., to join the regiment to which he bas been assigned. Col Thompson within the past two days has received two telegrams from Assistant Adjutant General Carter, the firet apprising him of his appoint ment as captain of the 29th volun teer infantry, the second ordering bim to join his regiment at Fort McPherson, Ga . stating that his commission would be mailed to him at that point. At Fort McPherson Col. Thompson will first meet his company, and will at once begin to get it in order. His regiment will be commanded by Col. Hardin, who was colonel of the 2d N. Y at Santiago, and was promoted for conspicuous gallantry in tbe field. Capt. Thompson was pleased to find that this gallant man would be his superior officer. Capt. Thompson expects to be in Manila by October 1, and 6 very anxious for the time to come when he may get a taste of actual warfare. Be entertains no thought but that his promotion to the rank of major will come as soon as he arrives ac the Philippines He has received num bers of applications from Sooth Caro lina men who desire to join his com pany. Most of them were under him in the 2d S C. V , but roany were raw recruits -Florence Times, 14th. Georgia Assassination. Macon, Ga., July ll-A special to The Telegraph from Lacrosse, Sumter county, says that the repre sentative of that county. Hon. Henry Singletery, aged sixty, was assassi nated tonight while going ic om his store to his borne near by. T > 6ody was found a half hour after t 'kill ing. The head was crushed i as if by a bludgeon. No clue as o he perpetrators or tbeir motive Mr. SingSetery leaves a large family and was a man of wide influence in this section Dogs have been secured and searching parties ha 3 gone from Amencus and Leeeburg. Insists on Independence. GEN. GOMEZ MAKES I SPEECH IN HABANA. Habana, July 12.-At a meeting j held last evening in the Payrei theatre, ; after the street demonstration and parade in his honor, Gen. Galberto Gomez was himself the principal speaker. Io the coarse of a long address, dealing with tho reasoos for I beginning the war against Spain, he I said : "I am now, as I always have been, a separatist; and I still demand the separation that I asked before thc war, not only separation from Spain, but from any and.ali other nations. Poople only begin a revolution when this is absolutely necessary to life and ! progress. If a superior force deters them before this object is attained, there is merely the question of delay. .'The revolution will inevitably re turn. Nations, like stars, have their seasons of eclipse ; bu;, following their orbits, they emerge and accomplish their final dectioy. The destiny of Goba is only independence. The basic ideas of the revolution were co mystery and, therefore, a synopsis now, which would really remind ns of past suffering and of incidents only to be recalled with horror, is unnecessary. Still we would return to tboee direful days if it had to be. Honor is as much a neces sity in national life as is food in the life j of the individual, and it ought to be insured, if possible, even though the attempt may resuit in catastrophe and death. "Such disasters we can avoid by perfect unison, by raising our voices to declare that this country is ours and that we want it for ourselves, vby i forgetting our enmities, by obliterating personalities, by drawing a line through our terribie past and by devoting our j selves to the future, j "We should give due thanks to the j Americans whose progress and power ! inspire our admiration, but this dues not mean that we shall resign ourselves to a tutelage to be exercised over us. Let us make the same statement to the United States that the American colonies made to England when they declared in 1776 that the Americans oWued North America." The netire speech was in this spirit. The local press praises it today as "the most important occurrence since Janu ary 1st." Most of those present at the meeting were negroes and many of the banners borno in the procession 6howed the legend of "Independence or death.''' - - 11 - There Is No Respite For Jones. Gov. McSweeney announced yester day that he had refused to pardon Robert T. Jones, the Edgefield mur derer who is serving a sentence of 20 years in the penitentiary. Tbe case was at one time widely celebrated Jones is charged witb having murdered three neighbors and kinsmen, the Pressleys. They had been renting land condemned by the State sinking fund commission. There was a dispute as to tts ownership, sod one day in November, 1885, while Charles and Edward Pressley, Jr., were plowing the land, Jones walked into tbe field and without provocation riddled them with gun shot. He theo walked over to where Edward Pressley, Sr , a palsied man of 78 years, was holding a horse. Him he killed without a word of warning. Jones was tried in March, 1886, and a mistrial resulted. In March, 1887, he was convicted of manslaughter. An appeal was made to the supreme court. There were four subsequent trials. At the sixth and last, held in Lexington, whither the case bad been transferred, Jones was convicted of manslaughter. That was in June, 1891, six years after the triple homicide. Solicitor Nelson was assist e by S McGowan Simkins and W W Butler, of Edgefield. Jones* lawyers were Major W T Gary, Ernest Gary, N George Evans and Major H A Meetze. Mrs. Jones and her little daughter pleaded with tho governor for Jones' pardon, but Gov. McSweeney declined to interfere.-The State, July 13. -- --??- -< ^- -- That tremendous plan, whereby Cecil Rhodes and the Emperor of Germany hope to ooonect one end of the great African continent with :he other, is the boldest railroad enterprise ever attempt ed. The Cape to Cairo railway will be the longest in the world. It will run from the capital of Egypt, on the extreme north, to Cape Town, on the extreme south, thus spanning the entire length of tho Dark Continent, and covering country more diverse than any other line of track. Thc Canadian Pacific is 2,906 miles long, the Siberian railway will be 4,741 miles locg, but j thc Cape to Cairo will be 5,6G4 miles j long Of this distance, more than half is already finished and is now in operatino. The importance of this railroad to mankind at large can hardly be overestimated. The Cotton Crop. CONDITION OF CROP IS MUCH MORE ENCOUR AGING. The general tenure of cotton reports continue to be favorable with a few exceptions in each State in the belt, except in Texas over the area inun dated, where ao extensive tract of some of the most productive cotton lands will produce DO crop, except what may hereafter be planted. The crop io geoeral is of uoerft stand, but the early pianted is fruitiog well. lu North Carolina cotton is quite promising, looks healthy, but is grow icg slowly. It is forming squares rapidly and is blooming nicely. In some southern counties the crop appears to be exceptionally Soe. In South Carolina reports on cotton, while not wholly favorable, are very promisiDg. The crop is 6mall, healthy, j clean acd blooming freely; lice continue to infest it in places, but are doing no serious iojary. A few report the plaot growiog too much to weed, others as not growiag at all, especially on red lands in the western counties. Sea Island cotton never looked better. Ic Georgia cotton is blooming rap idly aod taking on forms ic some localities, but there are some complaints of lice aod grasshoppers. Io Florida excessive raios have caused cotton to shed in the northern district. As a rule, however, the crop is good. Some fields are beiog laid by. Io Alabama cotton is weil fruited, forming boils rapidly, aod is clean, healthy aod very promising, though some few sorrespoodeots report mioor damage by boll worms aod blight. In Mississippi old cottoo is good io nearly all localities, but youog cottoo is backward, although oow doing fairly well. There are a few complaints of worms and blight. Rust is reported io Tishomicgo couoty. In Louisiana the cotton crop,although in various stages of advancement some ody large eoough to be scraped acd the first placted forming bolls-is generally clean, growiog rapidly aod io a satisfactory condition. Io Texas the counties io which crops have suffered the greatest damage are MoLsooao, Bell, Falls, Milam, Robert soc, Brazos, Hurelsoo, Washiogtoo, Grimes, AustiD, Wailer, Fort Beod and Brazoria The damage to crops has been great, aod estimates state that it averages from one third to one-half the growing crops It is cot possible to obtaiD tbe exact damage at the presect time, acd some two cr three weeks will be required before actual cocditions can be determined. The water still covers a large area cear the mooth ef the Brazos. Feoces, houses, stock and farming implemeots io the Brazos bottoms are almost a total loss Outside of the flooded district cottoo is in good cooditioo, growing rapidly aod is generally froitiog well. There are complaiots also that the cottoo plant is goiog too much to stalk. There are a few complaints of insects, although co material damage is reported from this scarce. Io Teoessee cottoo, as a rule, bas made good progress toward fruitage, aod, exceptiog the complaint of had staods aod rust io some localities prospects are rather eoccuragiog. Io Arkansas cotton is ic various stages of advancemeot, some squares aod boils are beginning to form. Io some sections it is making too much weed acd not fruitiog weil. Io Missouri cotton is advaociDg steadily Io Oklahoma cotton shows an abun dance of squares and blooms. Other politicians and public men, says the Wilmington Messenger, may lose their beads like Geoeral Butler, of South Carolioa, iod Seoator McLaurio, of the same State, and some of the crank preachers, and Roosevelt aod Joe Wheeler, aad the little fellows ic the cooked cabioet, but Colooei W. J. Bryan keeps his feet planted on the principles of liberty, the laws of his country, the antecedents of the wise meo, tbe constitution aod Declaration j of lodepeodeoce, and is opposed to all j foreigc alliances. He said only a few ; days ago : '"I believe George Washing- j ton was right. We ought Bot to enter into any entangling alliances with foreign nations. The question of an Anglo Saxon alliance is involved in the question of imperialism. No entang ling alliances would be suggested were it cot for tho fact that a colonial policy will strengthen those wbo desire a foreign alliance" Government Dealing ;Wit Dreyfus5 Persecutors. Paris, July 10.-It is rumored that as a result of the revelation of the inhuman cruelty practiced upon Dreyfus while on Devil's island, M. Leben, the minister who was respon sible for the orders sent to M. Deniel, while in charge of the penal settle ment where Dreyfus was confined, will be proceeded against, the gov ernment not confining its action to yesterday's dismissal of Deniel. M. Bertillon, the handwriting expert who testified before the court of cassation that Dreyfus was the author of bordereau, still remains at the head of the anthropometic department of the perfection of police, but bas been deprived of bis official duties. Baron Baulny, another of the aris tocratic promoters of the demonstra tion against President Loubet at Auteuil, has been pardoned. It is understood that M. Loubet also desired to pardon Baron Chris tian], who made the assault on him, but the cabinet decided that this was quite out of the question. The Gazette de France today pub lishes the report which the prefect of police presented to the government March 29, on the Orleanist party. It 8ay3 the League of Patriots and the anti Semite league were in close relations with the Duke of Orleans, who sent 5,000 francs to M. Derou lede and large sums to Deputy Jules Guerin. Altoge her the royalists are said to have expended 300,000 francs in getting up the Neuilly bar racks fiasco. Prof. Syveton, treasurer of the League of the French Fatherland, has been suspended from bis duties at the college of Rheims for at tempts to incite an anti-Dreyfus agita tion at Rennes. According to the same authority Comte Boni de Castellane also subsidized the move ment. EPWORTH ORPHANAGE, The trustees of Epworth orphanage held a meeting at the Jerome hotel yesterday. There were present Rev. A. J Stokes, D D , Rev. G. H. Wad dell, Rev J. W. McLeod and Dr. W. J Murray The trusteee decided to build an infirmary complete and well appointed in every particular. It was also decided to have a system of water works for the orphanage, i These improvements will cost about ! $8,000, and the money is D sight i There are about 100 orphans at the Epworth and they are all healthy and happy.-State, June 12 Columbia Park Question Settled Speoial to Thc State. Cheraw, July ll -A motioo was made here today before Chief Justice Mciver for an injunction restraining the Seaboard Air Lino Railroad CompaDy from building their depct in Sidney park, Columbia. Judge Mciver, after the arguments occupyiog about two hours, said that he doubted if any appeal lies from the order at all, but that it would oot be tecessary for him to decide that, but that he could reach no other conclusion than that this was virtually an appeal to him at chambers from Judge Buchanan's order and be bad no right to consider it. Would Go One Better. " We feel like hurrahing for Colum bia. Judge Buchanan bas overruled the order staying the condemnation proceedings against Sidney park in that city and the good work of the Seaboard Air Line will go on We confidently predict that] the prettiest place in the State will be the terminal that the Seaboard will build in the park. We only wish that that road could have seen its way clear in tak ing our offer of the Florence park as a terminal Maybe that will come later ; we hope PO.;;-Florence Daily Times. Thank you. A Spartanburg man said the other day that to get the Seaboard into that town Spar tanburg would be willing to give it the city hall lot and a cemetery to boot. Two distinguished visitors were in Columbia Tuesday, I. Yamamoto and T. Furmya, of Tokyo, Japan, members of the Japanese legation at Washing ton. They had been to Summerville aod the Isle of Palms. JL POWDER URE lic ous and wholesome >EB CO., NEW YORK. J