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PLOKKMCE. S C. THURSDaAq, APKIL 21, 1898.
No. 197
FIRE INSURANCE.
THE LARGEST AND MOST LIBERAL COM
PANIES IN THE WORLD.
WM. R. BARRINGER, agt.
OFFICE AT CENTRAL HOTEL.
I was readaig a
of Cbambwrlam’s
and Diarrhoea
Worcester Eut«
which leads me to
con truthfully su
any remedy equal
and diarrhoea I
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to cure the worst
self or children.'—
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ail druggists and t
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Darby The Druggist.
Purity
There areno Flles
—" In my Store.
ICE-CREAM Aft»*rno' > n.
and tny Spe
chls,
At all times
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CRISIS FAST APPROACHING!)
iforth Atlantic Squadron Ordered
• To Cuba to Begin Hostilities.
SPANISH FLEET
IN PERSONAL b
SOME fl?.2 OUR
AND SOME ARE
OWtOPLE
Her Majesty’s Words
Inaudible But Patriotic.
MOVING.
declaration of war mo
mentarily EXPECTED.
Minister Woodford leaves for Franee—
Cuban iMurgants refuse to treat
with Spanish Representative#—Gen
eral tee Thinks the War will Last
Two Weeks.
Special to the Daily Tlmss.
Washington, April ai.—4.20
hThe ^orth Atlantic
ron,'under Ccmmodore Sampson,
has been ordered to Cuba to begin
hostilities.
VOLUNTEER BILL PASSED.
The volunteer bill passed the
Senate to-day, but with the time
service reduced.' (
COAL EXPORTS FORBIDDEN.
All coal exports have been for
bidden.
Madrid, April 21.—2.26 p. m.-
Senor Polo y Bernahe cabled the
nature of the American ultimatum
to Spain before leaving Washing-
ton yesterday.
SPAIN SEVERS DIPLOMATIC RELA
TIONS
Before Minister Woodford could
present the ultimatum to the Span-
ish authorities in Mad: id this morn
ing he was notified that Spain had
severed diplomatic relations with
the United States
WILL LEAVE FOR FRANC*
Woodford will leav for France
to day.,
WAR EXPECTED.
Washington, April 21.—3.26 p
m.—A declaration of war is mo
mentarily expected.
DECLARATION OF WAR ADVISED.
The strategic board of the army
advises that war be declared At
once and the president thinks like
wise.
INDEPENDENT INSURGENTS.
Havana, April 21—3.26 p. m—
The insurgents refuse to treat with
the representatives of the Spanish
government.
* SPANISH FLEET COMING THIS WAV.
'-The Spanish fleet has left Cape
Verde Islands. It is thought here
that it will strike the American
' t.
J.EE SAYS TWO WtEKS.
ington, D. C, April ai.—
—Congressmen think
war will last two months.
General Lee says
weeks.
it will Ust two ton.
i Vb *> Co ie and go *:.d du
m-d tt tiivee a* Pl^aunrel
of Tbelr Movement
1 Mr. J. T. Sholar
is u
iming
Mr. Z.
monsville.
I. Kershaw jE Tim-
yman
SPANISH MINISTER LEAVER.
Washiagton, April 20.—Tlic . Mr. W. E. hinklea, of
Spanish minister, accompanied by 15 in Clt ^‘
six members of his suriT iel'i Wash- Mr. A. J. Friar, of F^estville,
ington at 7.30 o’clock to-night, and is i 1 the city,
the Spanish government thus ter- . D ** vt T -
mmated ,t. diplomatic represem*- ^ in Co , um ^ a
tions in the United States. Ibe
minister and his party Jell by the Mr.
Pennsylvania road, going No£h- last
ward to Buflalo and Su?
nt last
Henry M Wiilcol
night in the city.
spent
M. Me
ce to.-'
M 'ckxirftoiaorrow morning j Mr C f W G asqae, of Char
the Spanish Officials ^Wiil lie 0,1 ton, was jn the city iRst night
British soil. They will stop for a: _ tt w ^ L i
dav or two on the Canadian side of • Mr. F. H. McEachern, a popp-
Suspension Bridge, jtnd will^theu drummer was in the city yester
• still increasing in popularity. Don't
pay 35c. for your coffee when 25c.
will buy coffee just as good—noth
ing superior to it, at J. F. Stack-
1 lev’s.
i V
| The first group of the Ladies’
- Aid Society of the Baptist church,
wdl serve ice cream and strawber
ries to-night at J. J. Cox’s furniture
store. Call around and patronize
the ladies in this worthy cause.
Several car loads of water melons
from Florida passed through Flor
ence yesterday.
The Southern Express Company
is doing a rattling business just now
and Mr. K. C. Barrett is giving
our truckers every possible con
venience in handling the immense
uhLoi truck t!
AMID WILDEST EUCITEMEHT.
THE YOUNG KING BESIDE HER
ON THE THRONE.
‘‘.AUhousli i» Dirk ind ijloo*j Future 1
1b Before u« the Diflicultieft are »•*
Beyond our Power!-—We truat ia
God that we Shall Overcome the
Baai‘lt>is and I'njaBt Attacks Made
l'pou Ur,.”
Madrid, April 20.—The opening
of tho Spanish corks to day was a
magnificent higbt. All the
wealth an l beauty ol Madrid gath
ered in the Senate, where every
available foot of space was occupied.
Large bodies of troop# were drawn
up outside the building, including
the 1 ■ l,llin 1
dragoon
wm&
At-
spend some days at Toronto. Fn -m
tkere they go to Halifax, to take
an ocean liner. While the jniuister
is on this side of the border he Las
the protection of the passport* is
sued late this afternoon* by the
State Department, at his request,
following the delivery of a copy ot
the President’s ultimatum to Spain.
day.
Mr. John Crosawell, a wellk#own
traveller, spent last niftht in the
city.
Mr. F. P. Cooper, of the; Colum
bia State, was registered at the
Central last night.
WAR PLANS WELL L' ID.
Washington, April 20.—The
next move must now be made by
Spain, according to the depart
ment officials. If the Spanish
government takes a view, as might
possibly be concluded from the
action of its minister here to-day,
that in language and terms the
congressional resolution is insult
ing f it may promptly hand Mr.
Woodford his passports, upon re
ceipt of this communication, and
thus bring the negot ations to the
crisis and cause a breech of di-
PKNC1LLED PICK-UPS.
Some Local auil S<me Not, Hut #1! «f luter-
est to the Ituu.i^r.
The rose is red, The Tim i s i» too,
Put iu an ad. and yt.u’ll ibid it true.
If' you want to-o iy’e news to-day.
read the Daily '1 xMes.
Caboose No. 5,014 of the Wil
mington and Weldon railroad is
flying the United States flag.
•
Evangelists Grumpier and Wil
liams will open their revival meet
ing to-night in the tent on the old
Graded school lot on Irby street.
Every merchant who has adver-
12 pounds good clean Rio cofiee
for $1.00 at J. F. Stackley’p.
We are offering & 50c. tea better
than ever. Try a sample at J. F.
Stackley’s.
Hoffmeyer’s window presents a
war like scene to-day. There are
soldiers formed in battle array,
cavalry and artillery companies
and out on the waters you get a
very good idea of Uncle Sam’s
navy. All the small boys should
call at Hofftneyer’s to see the sol
diers. Hoffmeyer says “Cuba must
be free.”
presellV ia full
A wild cheer at
itie carp* were
Strawberry ice cr^am at Darby
| the Druggist’s this afternoon.
Observer Speaks.
Mr. Editor:— The citizens of
our beautiful little city endeavor
to show themseives to be enter
prising and patriotic to the out
side world, but not to the people
ut home. They like very much to
eee a good daily pap> r kept up by
a firm of enterprUing young men,
hut dislike very much to patron-
ize that firm, by either subscrib-
plomatic relations within the m xt i . ~ - -
the other ! t,se ^ ^ nows that the money spent ^g to, or advertising in, the paper
in advertising is n >t lost, and that 1
straight newspapt r advertising is
better than all schemas
twenty-four hours if on
hand, it should neglect to return a
satisfactory answer before Satur
day noon, that line of police will
be quite as effective as positive ac
tion. inasmuch as it would amount
to a refusal of the dem u nds of the
United States. In suen case the
President would proceed immed a
tely to the use of the naval and
military forces of tne United
States to execute the will of Con
Some want the enterprising firm
o pay out money for dispaches to
put on the bulhain board for them
o read free of cost. A uuwipap ir
cannot be run on friendship—al
though the piper appreciate
fneuUh— l ut it takes money, and.
unless the citizens come forward
and show their patriotism, by
either sutacribu g or advertising,
the newspaper will have to ceas'--
Yet, those same people will pat
ronize some man who has a b.otter
or other fake ad for oar merchants.
The “bard times” crowd cannot
At a meeting < f Csinp A- J.
Huole, Sous ot Confederate Veter
ans, held last ni.^ht Miss Mary
McCall of this cLy, daughter ol
the late G»o. E. McC-ill, wae
unanimously elec ed soonsor
Conductor W. L. Jones ami En
gress. How. this will be done, gineer J. J. Jennings brought the
what steps shall first be takep, or soldiers from Rocky Mount to Flor-
whether Havana shall be block- ence and Conductor H. M. Brunson
aded, or whether an attempt shall and Engineer John Meadors carried afford ki speud 10 cents a week ot
bV^/.’l/rgolor “tl th ' m 10 Charle8ton yesterday. „p., e pock., ch«g., to a M ,.t ,u
troops to Havana under cover of There are over 300 bicycles in
a bombardment by a fleet, are all use in Florence,
matters of mere speculation. The •
experts of the army and nav/have Fifty-five car loads of troops
laid their plans with the greatest passed through Colurdbia to-day
detail for the future, but they do bound for Tampa.
not hesitate to say that any attempt . .
- - - The Epworth League meeting
at the Methodist church to-morrow
night will begin promptly at 8
o’clock. Members are urged to
note this.
to make these public in advance,
to the manifest advantage of Spain,
would be actual treason.
There was a disappointed crowd
at the depot last night when the
soldiers failed to arrive.
jamous
General Insurance Agency
or ®
SANBORN CHASE,
Fire, Life & Accident lasHraiice. p. a uar > a !J 0US ^ ioclu J»va
Flavor coffee, at 25c. per pound, is
npare
up-building a home eutnrpnie
That same hard-up crowd, though,
depend upon tb0 H citiZ'4us of this
city for a livelihood, yet they dis
like very much to assist our citi
zens m making a live paper for a
live town.
Some of onr business men pre
fer taking the evening paper pub
lished at our neighboring towu
instead of assisting those at home
from whom they seek patronage
Observer.
2 30 p: m. an
nounced the arrival of the queen re
gent, who was driven to the antes
palace in a state coach and escorted
by a deiachraent of Life Guards.
The cheering was taken up within
the building as the queen regent
entered, the cheers be mg accom
panied by enthusiastic c; ies of Viva
Alfonso treed” “Viva Espana!” a
really tumultuously p. trie tic de
monstration.
The queen regent read the speech
from the throne while seated, with
the young King A iouso on her
right and the premier, Scnor Sagas-
ta, standing near tho king. Her
Majesty's wsrds wen inaudible to
all but those in her immediate vi
cinity. The reading was 'reeled
throughout with cries of “Viva Es-
panal”
A wonderful picture whs pre
sented by the queen's entourtrage,
consisting of most ot tbe highest
personages in Spain, in brilliant
court,'military, naval or pakce ini-
tor ms.
At the close of her nnjesty’s
speech there was renewed cheering,
after which Premier Sugasta de
clared the cortes opened, and the
queen regent and the boy king, ac
companied by the court, left the
building, amid another' wild burst
of enthusiasm. The queen regent
concluded as follow's:
“Although a dark and gloony
uture is before us, the difficulties
are not beyond our powers. With
our glorious army, navy and the
united nation before foreign aggres-
rion, we trust in God that we shall
overcome . without stain cd our
honor, the baseless and unjust at
tacks made unnn «»*•
All the up to date styles in Ox
ford ties, Oxford slippers and
strap sandals can be fonnd
Bultmann’s shoe store.
2t d a 20.
made upon us.’
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