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LAN ~VOL. IX. DEATH OF GEN LAWTON, vti vn ii> i < i'ii 111'hi v i nuiunu ?? niurj i IKII I I.M TilK FILIPINOS. After an All Night's March hi Hnd Attacked the Town of San Mateo. The place Was Well Fortified and (Jen. Lawtoi Was Walking Along the Fin Line Encouraging Ills Troop? to Advance Against a Sharp Rll00ter8, Trench. Manila, Dec. 19?II p. m ? Gen. Lawton left home on Monday night having returned lion: His northern operations on Silur day, to lead an expedition through Mariquina Va'ley , which has been aoinsurgent, st ronghohl throughout the war. The valley h$R several times been invaded, hut never held bv the Americans Gen. Geroniino was supposed i< havg tliete the* largest organize i force north of Manila and < I? n Otis wished to garrison Mariqtii na. The. night was one of the uoi -i of the season. A terril>le rain i a 1 begun and is 'still continuing;. Accompanied by his stall' an 1 Troop I, 4th cavalry, (Jen. Liwton set out at 9 o'clock in ad vance of the main force, consist iog of the 11th cavalry aid one battalion-each of the liOth .m l y 27th infantry, which started ir >m L$ Loma at midnight. With ? small escort ho led tlio wy\ through an almost pathless country, a distance of ^fteon miles, over hills and through cauebreak and deep mud, tlio horses climbinor f Itn pnobo o ?m! cl Jimic !.,? Vtiv ? OIIU U"?> 'I the hills. Before daybreak tlx command had reached (lie hea<l of tlie valley. ' San Mateo was attacked at s o'clock and a three hours' lighi ensued. This resulted in hut lew casualties on the American side, apart from the death of (ien-rnl Law ton, but th<? attack was dif ficukp-bccnure of the natural ?! fence of tlie town. (Jen. LawUm v,' was walking along the firing liiu # , # t within three hrtndred vards of i\ sharpshooters' trench, conspicuous in the big whiUa helmet l.? wore and li^bt yellow rain coat lie was also easily distingni-ha hie because of his comni;uu!ii>'statnre. The sharpshooters iluvclt. several close shots, which olippm the grass near. His jail' o'llicers called Gen. Lawton's attention t? -T=? . ?' ! -LI!. T ^ Narrow Jjscapv. HpF Thankful word written by Mrs Ada E. Hart, of (Jroton, 8. 1) ^ "Was ta\en with a had cold whicl |-1 . settled^, v*uy lungs; cough set it Nl and li* . y terminated in (.'oil '. i sumption. 'Four Doctors gave tip JV saying I could !?-y but a short tim#> 1 gave myself up to tn> K2\ Sa*/or, determined if couM not B*',. pU.,"with my friends on earth. 1 Tm % v Id meet my absent ones ithi.vc j My husband was advised to gn [ ? pr? K'J^r'a New Discovery fot | Consumption, Coughs and Cold.t 1 gave if u trial, took tn all <?ii\.V bottles. It has en me, am p thank .(iod, I am saved and now St well und healthv woman.'' Trta bottles free at Crawford Dkc^ Drug Store. Regular sue / j. and $1. Gtinr ante^d or price refunded. 1 JASTE LANCASTER, S. [ I the danger ho xvaa in, but lie onl I ! niirijod with his usual i'ohi ui| ! !?ir htilU'ts ^ii'itlenly hi* oxrlaim ; cm! "I inn oImiwI....! l.i hands in :i des; erate ell'ort i stand < r>M t and !oh int ? 'lit* arm of ;i si:?IF er. ()r<l??rl ! *? rushed across t' I Ii?'"i?i lor s:11 <_> ii -. v> 11 > d nsliei I n I i nail' (I i;i? ely. I.lit ill i i* r 11 or I .[were useless. Tin- body was take lo a clump ol bushes and lai upon a stretcher, the familin - white helmet ooveriiej; the lac of I lie dead m li' l'al. i Alum*,' .i tlii;, mom i i l! cheers oi the American troop i rushing into San M Ueo wer i min?rlin<; with tin' rille volley? I After the li<*h' six *t;d\vart cava ryineii forded the liver to tli , town, carry ini; tin? litter on :11oi shoulders, the stall preoodin i with the colors. and a cavnlr oeeoi t following. Troops tile hirtd.ended through the ' wihluil where the Imdv win laid, air inanv ,i i v?r tell thorn the eves ? * men who had loin? followed th intrepid Ljiwton. I lie ('illir , command was shicken with mi, as though e eh man hid *ull<rei a person ;! lo>s. v < iwiiij* to t he coinlil mn ?-r I !i country, which i- i:n|assi!de >j I'.ir as vehicles :i:v coneerneil, th remains eo.ild i>< i he innuuht t< ; Mm.ii ? i ?day. Mrs. Liwtonaix the children are living in ;i (lev I eminent residence, formerly n< jctipied hy ;i Spanish jionerai I San Mateo li'is between a iii"' i , I mountain 1 ?' 11it:?1 ami a I>! ??. ?? . si ml low <1 r? a in in front, mii wide sand I>?i -. which the in-mi > ir< nl trenches and the hilildiir: I columnii !. The Americans wrr ' coin pel ill I to lull! |!>e riccv ; 111 1 iler lire. 11 wns while they wer lyinp in tin* iic. iiehiami vo! ley in j. a a i > s. prep sr ilory t . passin^. t lie m in am. that <iemr? j l.awton was : i ??t. A 11, except til olliecrs, were luhietl rover, stail' ollhvr was uoumlcil a!??n i I lie s ime t line, ami < in ? ?t her o| Nicer ami seven nmn \v? rv wojim] I Oil. I 'I A Her throe liwic' - limit i-m- ill i; Filipino- were <li-p r-. i in; > lit .| mountains. taiiso t o siami % vi:ik. We want reliable ami otierceti ; men ami women in em Ii State t f travel and . ,?? int aoen's; saint I .i'lj.'tO <? > 1 mi i : i nr .1: I ex; en I ? ??, j>u?r'i!i?cetl ami paiil weekly I no expt I'lenco riqtnr !, wo in Ijstftjet \on. l.-.ral Kept" >< nfativi l wail'eii Si-inl Rf l: ?'lp for 1 II ( raithu! rs. iVhlren, Tho He! , ' 'oni J a i , I >epf. A , I'ii It.ileIplii: r.1. No;. 1 8 wk Moi'tmu^e on button's Homo. i! \\ Dec. Jo.?A<1 j 1 'it-Jen iiid i;l!.i r Iri?. xi 1 ^ (i j ( ?<mi. l/t\vton It iyi' i-sned nil mji t( peal '<( I!i? piiolie lor 11111?II M pny ( IV a i????rtfrti <? j roper! |! bought li\ (.; n. i.-iu i h'Oijie in < 'iilifornia. L | ?* .??? . "rtliK MJputc ( onifti < lire i- I lie lif ft'in#Ur I over used Tnr roughs iui f i .Mi''1.-. It is UiiiM|ii:\llc(l fur v. In pin i . j,j* 11Kla Children all like it," writes I lUiapis, C entry vi lie. IimI. Nt-v fails. It is the only harmless mnrd I , that gives iinuK'iIialf re?hlts. tire *! cough', culrts, ImarK'ncsH, croii| ! pneumonia, bronchitis mid aiWhmtt i pud lung troubles. Its early use pre " V..?1s consumhtir.il. < raw ford Uroi 'I 4T - ** rv r >, J / - ik en SHMI-WERKLY. C., SATURDAY, PEC1I v Free Delivery of Mail. y i ! Mr. Kditor : Will you kindly is permit me spare i ? say to vnur , readers that on ia-t Saturday the i8; poMmaster general signed th ? 1 order which grants to South Car<Jo!ina wha* I have In en striving i, I lor more then a year j1 to u! obtain lor the whole countrv. n This coaler provides lor lit" tree t] deliverv of mail along every st tr ,r j rente in South Carolina. It will e!ho understood tha1 star routes j iin Inde all until rout s where the in o! iscatried through tlie conn< j I rv bv in i \ ate coavev it'oe. I here e are MT'I ol these rentes in South Caro'ina?piite ;i number ol I- which rati through your counirv ?so that thev touch almost r every neighborhood in the state. ?r 'i'ltis Fervico will begin duly v M next lor a term of four voars. ,1 j All that is necessary on the part r I of the people living on or adja| I Ci 11! tn lilli' fit tin - ? limit I'.iiitoo "I. ifjin iiiilcr to secure tree delivery ,> j of their iiii.il. i-i loeri'ct :? box 011 i hr rordddein siieli position that Itho currier can reach it without [U leavini* 1 lie sim' o his vehicle, and then direct lie* postmaster to seal voiir m dl out by such i)' e in ii r. As the soiv.'ice is l>ein<r under . cd taken m an experimental ivav, 1 j and in South Carolina only, upon I niv suiciresiion and oriren' ro'eoin..; meudation, 1 may l>e pardoned , ! ; ie'din^i some anxiety for such results in the \\ it '< state us will justify lite a-'suiMiie s ! have I I 1 W '?*! - . M I' M is (!t-1??. i? ]iupon the < ; inl?T<'>i and apprcriu hm shown (> hy our [ i'0|)!o. As :* firs! uviiU uce , t?r proper i' i r^-t :ii"! npptccia" 1 i<>ii, i h ;>< our pcy. 1m will erect | iim it !?)>:? ilou t he content ,'v.itli any.old waste l?ox?and let I fliein la- rca Iv for 11?< first trip ! of tic carriers under the new \ I Cent r.iels next duly. I Yours 1 ruly, | d . M. Stokks. i House of Representative, Washington I > i' . Dec 1 2, $100 Reward $100. 'I'll" renders of this paper will lie p!f;i.-"?l to learn that rhcrc is at toast : one dreaded disease that science has t)""i able to cure in all its stages, and , ;?liat is Catarrh. liall's Catarrh <'lire is , the only jiositive cure known tithe " med'ciil fraternity. Catarrh being a \ con si ' in ional disease, ri quires a coni-| si it u! ional t rent iiient. Hall's Catarrh . Cure i- taken internally, ading direct' j 1 > up.hi ! lie blood and mucous surfaces I ?>f the system, thereby destr yingthe foundation of the disease, ai d giving || l lie patient strenglb tiy building up II i I lie const it ut ion and assisting nature i in'doing its work. The proprietors ' I have so much faith in its curative j.I powers, that they oll'er One lluudreil i Hollars for any case that it fails to i cure. ? ti?1 for list of testimonials. Addre?, ! '. .1. CIIKNKY it Toledo, t>hio. |, Sold !i> I?riiiffjisls, ~~n\ Hall'- Family rills are t lie best. i- I 2.< r att<! WlicHn* Now Kccul'irs. II s \\ , Doc. "JO.?Tin* n ,s: iuilo to-lay oontii ino'l I ho nomi nation- ot Fit/lni^li l/-o awl Joseph Wheeler to ho brifiatlior d gonernl-t .n th" regular army. (I ' ? i. If takes but a minute to ovvrtonip r tickling in the throat and to Mop a y cough by t htftiae of Otfe Minute Cough 'h < ore. i his roquety quickly cores all j.i fornix of throat and lung troubles, it : Ilnrniles* and pleasant to fake It pro - vjott i KFiiuiptien. A famous specific i. for Kril pc and its after effects. (Jraw j ford lirpa. d-w-s * ,, \ ' ** .MBER 23, 1899. f 1 I Absolutely t Makes the food more de c woyal fl?kinq po? ' S! IjYKH KIM'tliLI ('ANN PROTEST. They Enumerate tin* Effects the Hold Standard (till Which Hiinetallisf s Regard as l)i*astreus, and Call on Republican Rimctallisls to Resist the Pi naucial Tendencies ot Their Party. Washington, Dec. IS.?After I t he passage today by the House of the financial bill the silver Iio i publican leaders in the city held I a meeting and adopted an address | setting forth their views as to its filed. The address recites the record of .the Republican party on tho financial question and criticises the new currency bill in tbe following terms : "St ps are now being taken to insure that the gold standard I shall be'preserved.' The present bill 'preserves' it with a von i geance. The vast bonded debt of the country, now payable in'coin' that is either in gold or silver, is to be made payable in gold alone. : Nearl*' half a billion of standI ard silver do liars, heretofore not redeemable in anything, not con di tilting a burden on either the gold reserve or the credit of tho (Joverntnent, but forming a larg* ' percentage of our basic nionov are hereafter to be redeemable in K<?!tl, thus increasing tremendous I l\ the strain on that metal, and | becoming an 'endless chain' with t w hich to pull gold trom the treas nry, and affording an excuse lor I the final destruction of the silver lollars as money and their forced sale as bullion, alter the manner of the ('ortnan procedure in 187'd. file greenbacks, ttio best paper money the world ever saw., the I oroduet cf the natrintism ;in<l statesmanship of the Republican part\ in the days of Abraham ' Lincoln, aro to lie virtually destroyed by being eh a i mod into mold .a rtllicat. -s, to l)M locked up | in the treasury and paid out only ; for gold. The tax on the ciic.nla tiou of the national b ulks is tube ) reduced ami. the amount of the hank currency they may issue on Government bonds deposited is to ! he increased from 1)0 per cent to I par of the honds, t lit is making ! their business enormously more I profitable, opening the way to an immediate possible nidation r-f j bank notes, not legal tender, excellent for getting into debt on, i but unavailable for get ting out ol debt with, to the extent of $800, 000 o0o, a nd . placi ng the regulation of the volume of money, and hence the determination of price* I and the burden of debts, abso j lutolv in the power of the bank? { and the creditor class.'1 The address appeals to Repuh i lioan bimetalliatR to oppose the | present financial tendencies ol 'their party. It is signed b\ 1 /'i._ ~i ? ?' ? \ riHrit's i\. iDwno,cnairmnn com inu?tP'?; Ilenry M. Teller, It. F j I'ettijrrpw., Frank J. Cannon i l'Mpar Wilaon, Charles S. Hart ' man, John Shafroth and Freil ! Dubois. Miss Annft H. Gunning, Tyre, Mch sa\s, "I suffered a longtime from dys pepsia; I.osr- fle?h and bprams ver; weak. Kodoi Dyspepsia ( ore eom ' plefely en red me." If digests what yoi eaf and cures nil forms of stomael rronble. If never fails t<> gi?e inline dinte relief in the wost cast's. Craw j ford ltros: d-w, ? , ( ? n w v < * ^ . . i rfi' " 4 *'" > * . '/* ? \ . . 'Rise! "NO.TO . j making md Powder >URE licious and wholesome OCR CO.. NSW YORK. Pension for Gen. Lawton's Widow Washington, Dec. 20.?Senator Fairbanks today introduced a bill granting a pension of $2,000 a year to the widow of General Law ton. Representative Landis, of Indiana, introduced a similar bill in the house. Mr. Landis represented the district from which < ieneral Lawton's first regiment. was recruited. Spain's Greatest NeedMr. It. P. Oliyia, of Barcelonia, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves had caused severe pains in the back of his head. On using Elictric Hitter-', America's greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy, all pain soon left him. He says this grand medicine is what his country needs. {All America knows that it cures j liver and kidney trouble, purifies the blood, tones up the stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life into every tnuscele, nerve and organ of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only 50c. Sold by Crawford Bros.. 1 )ru iTLrists. 1 I ?? Mississippi Planter Murdered. Kosedale, Miss., Dec. 20.? T. II. McLemore, an extensive planter and merchant, and his manager, A. It. Drumas, were shot and fatally wounded today by two Negroes, Ilob and Wash Code. The trouble grew out of a business dispute, the Negroes emptying the contents of a shotgun into the bodies of the white I men. A large posse is in pursuit. I l><> voir WAVT TO MAKE $SOO I We want a local manager, lady jOr gentleman, in own town or viiuuij , iiv ran vnndiu^ ifijuuouo J You ch 11 devote full or gparitime; or evenings only, in con. nection with your regular vocai tion. $200 to $300 can be mad* i before Christmas and it will r*I! quire very little time. It is not | necessary to have had experience. | Send stamp for full particulars, i Address, The Bell Company, I Dept. B., Philadelphia, Pa. Not. 1 8 wks CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. I "Which do you like beat of the everi greens, Joe ? I." murmured the maiden, "like the fair ( mistletoe." "Oil, give me the holly," the little boy said, "With its shininir urreen leaves, and its berries so red ! ' The berries you love drink the sup of the (rees? Tims getting their living without saying please. A lazy old thief is the thief, mistlet oe, Hut the holly takes care of itself, rein "ked doe. M ai<<<ai<kt A. Richard. <'olunibia, S. C. Mr. <1. Sheer, Sedalia, Mo., saved his j child's life by One Minute Cough < ure, Doctors had given her up to die w ith croup. It's an infallible cure for coughs, colds, grippe, pneumonia, bronchitis and throat and long troubles. Relieves at once. Crawford t ?< \ liros, d-W-8