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Union Meeting.
Tbe Sumter Union, Saotee Association,
will meet witb the ?ishopville Baptist Cnurch
on Friday, Marcb 27tb, 8 p. ra,
After devotional exercises, led by Rev. S.
.D.?Yates, tbe Union will organize.
Subject for discussion-"What is Being
Led by tbe Holy Spirit?" Discussion open?
ed by Hon. J. S. DuPre.
SATURDAY.
10 a. m.-So>jpcr: "What Constitutes
Discipleship?" Di?cussion opened by Rev.
-J. W. Davis.
11 a. m.-"What Constitutes a Live
Church?" Discussion opened by Rev. J. R
.Smith.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Sermon by Rev. J. J. Mevers. Assisted bv
?*
Rev. J. R. Smith.
SUNDAY.
10 a. m.- Reports from the several Sun?
day Schools, to be made by some one from
-each school in the Union. Followed with
?addresses by brethreos Joel Hough and W.
A. James.
11 a. m -Dedication of new church build?
ing. Sermon by Rev. J. B. Parrott, of
'Barkesdale, assisted by- Rev. J. J. Meyers and
Rev. J. N. Eotzminger.
8 p. m.-Sermon by Rev. J. N. Entz
rninger, assisted by Rev. J. R. Smith.
Pastors will please come, und insi.-t on
every Church and Sunday School bending
delegates. Fiue music may be expected.
.Every Church in the bounds of the Union
cordially invited to join us. A hearty wel?
come to all. Fraternally,
T. W. SCRUGGS, Pastor.
AU county papers please copy.
OONSECRATSITTO GOD.
fThe following article should have appear?
ed io our last issae, but was inadvertently
?omitted 3
Tbe con8ecratioo services of the Church of
the Ascension, the recently completed Episco?
pal church aear Hagood, were attended.
Sunday by an unusually large congregation,
many having come from Camden, Stateburg,
Sumter and other sections of Sumter and
Kershaw Counties. The church was filled to
overflowing and many could not find even
standing room within the church.
The services were conducted by Bishop Ca?
pers, who was assisted by the Rev. Mr.
Stoney, of Camden. After the consecration
services were concluded, Bishop Capers
preached an earnest and deeply impressive
sermon tbat breathed the spirit of piety and
religious fervor. The key note of the dis?
course was an appeal to tbe believers in
Christianity, the true Christians, to be bea?
con lights of religion aud soldiers of the
faith in this age of skeptical investigation
and experimental disbelief.
The services were concluded by the admin?
istration of the rite of the Holy Communion
to the many communicants who were pre:ent
in the congregation.
Tbe boose of worship thus consecrated to
the service of God is situated on the Camden
road, about a mile from Hagocd and twelve
miles from Camden. It is of the gothic order
of architecture and is n substantial and taste?
ful structure, well lighted,- comfortable and
sufficiently large for the accommodation of
any congregation that will gather on ordi?
nary occasions. The building is a credit to
the congregation that built il, and tbe con?
gratulations of the Bishop were well deserved,
for in building this church and furnishing it
inside and out in so handsome a manner they
have accomplished a work that would have
been commendable ic a much iarger congre?
gation.
Tbe many visitors were entertained by the I
hospitable people of the community, whose
doors are ever ajar to the stranger as well as
to their friends. To those whose privilege it
is to know the people whose .?mi?es bave
lived in that favored region along the
Wateree ri ?er for generations it is a rare
pleasure to spend even so short a space of
time as a day among them. There is to be
found true hospitality and all cf the social
virtues that make life sometbiog better and
more pleasant than mere existence.
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Oldest Member of the South Caro?
lina Conference.
Information was received here Monday af?
ternoon, by 'telegram from Raleigh, of the
death of Rev. Samuel Leard, which occurred
at 3 o'clock Monday morning, the result of a
fali while descending the steps of his
dwelling one day last week.
At the time of bis death Mr. Leard was the
oldest member of the South Carolina Confer?
ence, Methodist Church, South, having com?
pleted his Sis; year oo the 12th of February.
He was received into the conference in 1835,
and was appointed that year as junior
preacher on the Wiosboro circuit, which
theo embraced tbe whole of Fairfield and
Chester counties and a portion of Richland
and York -Chester Reporter.
.Lieg a cy to the Church.
The will of Miss H. Ellen Ridgeway, of j
Davis Station, Clarendon county, whose
death recently occurred, was probated yes?
terday in the office of the Probate Judge,
and she bequeaths her property to the super?
annuated ministers of the South Carolina
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. Mr. Joseph Sprott, Jr., is the execu?
tor. The property is worth several hundred
dollars.-Manning Times, 11th.
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Important tc Pensioners.
Under the new law the surviving soldiers
will have to meet on the 1st Monday in
April to organize and elect two members of
the pension board. The board will then be
composed of the two members so elected, the
Auditor and Treasurer and a fifth man, a
practicing physician, to be selected by the
other four. The board so constituted will
then meet on the third Monday in Ajr?! to
?consider applicatious, etc.
Cubans Sign Under Duress.
Forced to Protest Against
Tiie Action of Congress.
Habana, March 12, via, Tampa,
March 12 -The protest, agaiost the
action of congress being circulated in
Habana for the signatures of commer?
cial houses, presidents of clubs, corpo?
rations? and merchants generally has
stirred up a riot here. Many houses
refusing to sign have been threatened ;
others signed under duress. The mem?
bers of the Union club threaten to de?
pose tho president for signing the name
of the club. The editor of La Discus?
sion deoin-ed to sign the name of his
p-jper on the ground that he had no
authority during the absence of the di- |
ractor, who i- ;n Madrid Given tb^
choice of signing or cease publishing,
he signed.
General Weyler's last proclamation
providing for onfiscationj of the prop?
erty of those in active or passive aid of
of the rebellion is bitterly denounced
by Cubans. It is said to furnish the
p-tty officials a bas?9 for extensive
blackmail operations ^nd also to wreak
vengeance upon Cubans generally.
Under its terms, the property of any
person failing to present himself in 15
days must, be seized. Many are com?
pelled to flae to interior towns, or to the
cities of the coast and others who have
gone ahmad awaiting quieter times,
and left their homes deserted or in
charge of servants, may lose ali.
Thc elections ordered to take place
April 19 attract little attention. The
three parties will go through the form
of holding an election, all voting for
the same candidates, who have been
named, not by the parties themselves,
but by the Spioish authorities. The
mockery of the elections will be appar
ent when among the candidates are
found the name9 of Ge?. Suarez Val?
dez, now in command of the troops io
Pinar del Kio ; Gen. Pola Aviega,
who is in Spain ; Gen. Pando, who is
in command of the second division of
the army here, and Romero Robledo,
who is in Spain and whom all Cubans
bate Just how the voting is to be
managed while the island is a vast
camp aod a large portion of it in the
hands of the enemy, bas not been
divulged The wise men at the palace
have been at work for days on a procla?
mation covering the elections, which is
waited with interest.
A number of residents of Seiba
Delugua, Habana province, have arriv?
ed here and tell the following story :
A large party of insurgents appeared
near their town Saturday. The Span?
ish garrison immediately took from
their homes all the Cubans in town
and at the point of bayonet compelled
them to stand io a line io front of the
garrison. They were in mortal terror,
as the insurgents advanced to attack
the town. The invaders seeing unarm?
ed men standing in front of the Spanish
troops, withheld their fire, and finally
withdrew wi'hout makiug any attack
After this oocurreuce, the best part of
the residents of Seiba Delgua fled to
this city
[Signed] * Clark.
- -MCP- f -?
The Patriot Forces Capture
Another Town.
Facts About Some Recent Engage?
ments. Rejoicing Over the Ac?
tion of Congress-More Cru?
elty to Prisoners and
Non-combatants.
Key West. March 13.-Private ad?
vices received in this city by the steam?
er Olivette Weduesday night from Ha?
bana, dated Marsh 10, at General
Aguirre's headquarters, report a battle
at the town of Jiguiabo in which the
rebels defeated a detachment of Span?
ish troops, capturing all their arms and
ammunitions.
The insurgents under the command
of Major Pani Arrango captured the
town of San Antonio de Rio Bianco,
half a mile from the city of Jaruco,
which was guarded by a detachment of
Spanish volunteers At the approach
of the insurgents, the volunteers sent a
com mission to the insurgent leader offer?
ing to surrender. They delivered about
80 rifles and 2,000 rounds of ammuni?
tion. Twenty volunteers deserted and
followed the insurgents. ?rrango's
force went in the direction of the
Oviedo plantation. There they were
ambushed by 300 Spanish troops. A
small reinforcement coming up from
Maoeo, they charged the troops, dis?
lodging them and drove them in great
disorder from the field. The troops
left 20 dead and the insurgents six
killed and two wounded. From Oviedo
plantation the insurgents went in the
direction of Campos de Florida, where
they met a train carrying 500 troops.
They wrecked the train, defeated the
troops, killing many and captured a lot
of arms and ammunition.
The report of the action by the Unit?
ed States congress has caused much re?
joicing among the insurgents.
Oscar Heid, a celebrated German i
artist, has joined the insurgents and
been commissioned color bearer to Gen- j
eral Aguirre.
SPANISH BARBARITIES.
?? i
Jose Azoui and 127 other Cuban j
sympathizers have been transferred fco
the Morro castle dungeons, where their
sufferings arc something terrible. They
are fed on bread and water and are
compelled to sleep on the damr* ground
amidst a lot of filth.
On the lUth inst., some Cuban boys
' were met on the public road by a de?
tachment of Spanish troops, who fired
on the boys, killing them
At Palmas de Pedroso, the Spanish
troops entered the town, killing every?
thing in sight. lt is said that 15 per
s)ns were shot, and that among the
killed is a man by the name of Per
domo, an American citizen.
Ac Artemisia it is reported that Span?
ien soldiers ravished many women and
young girls, and entered the churches,
carrying off everything of value.
Alabama on Trial.
The Investigation Into Elec?
tion Frauds in 1894.
Washingten, March 10.-Senalor
Chandler, from the committee on
privileges and elections, to-day Bub?
mitted to the senate the majority re?
port recommending the adoption of
Senator Allen's resolution providing
for an investigation of the Alabama
State and legislative elections of
1894. Reference is also made in the
report to the previous election of
Thomas (T. Jones, regular Democrat
as governor ( Reuben F. Kolb being
the opposition candidate.)
His election, the report says, was
due to the "wholesale falsification of
returns of dishonest election officials
in pursuance of a great conspiracy
deliberately organized long before the
election for the purpose of changing
the political complexion of the State
in case it should appear that Kolb and
his supporters had carried the State "
Referring to the election of 1894
when Kolb was again a candidate
against W. C. Oates, the report says
that Kolb was elected as well as a
majority of the legislative candidates
on the same ticket, but thal they
were not given the offices on account
of the fact that a fictitious vote was
returned The report calls attention
to the fact that in 15 counties the re?
turns showed that 50,000 votes were
polled when in reality only 16.000
were ca6t Instead of Oates being
elected by 27,587 votes, the report
ddclare8 that he was defeated by
about 7,000 majority. The Kolb
legislature, the teport says, was
counted out in the same way and in
both elections, the fraudulent votes
came mainly from the ' black coun?
ties," that Kolb and his ticket car?
ried a majority of the "white" coun?
ties and that the negroes failing to
register, false poll lists were made
and false returns were certified to on
behalf of Kolb's antagonist
"The case," the report says, "is
not merely one of local frauds which
happened here and there over the
State, but the case made is that of
carefully planned and deliberately
manufactured masses of fraudulent
returns based upon no votes what
ever, but made to apparently defeat a
State government that was actually
chosen and to give apparent title to a
State government defeated by the
voters.
The report concludes with a de?
tailed account of the particulars con?
cerning the organization of tlie Kolb
legislature and the election by it of
W. S. Heese as a United States sen
ator to hold the seat now occupied
by senator John T. Morgan. The
committee pay tho investigation
should be held and the facts made
known whether they are as have
been charged or are unfounded. If
the charges are well founded, the re?
port says, it may be the duty of the
senate to oust Mr. Morgan from his
seat. The report takes positive
grounds affirming the right of the
senate to make the investigation.
How the Day was Spent
Movement of the Visitors in
and Around Port Royal.
Beaufort, March 13.-There is
about to be another link in the rapid
and substantial naval development of
the United States Some time ago
when there was talk of putting the
battleship Indiana in a dry dock, it
was said that the nearest available
dry dock was at Halifax, the possi?
bilities of the dock at Port Royal
had not been tested. It was realized
that it would never do to send the
Indiana to Halifax, and so attention
was attracted to the just completed
dock, and. inquiry showed that the
dock here as well as the port were in
every way suited to the task. There
are plenty of docks in the country,
but the one at Port Royal seems to
be the only one complete with a
sufficient width of gate to admit
such first class battleshi ps as the In- I
diana
The docking has been anxiously
awaited and has been looked forward
to with great interest by the people
of the South Atlantic coast. The '[
railroads worked up large excursions, j
and there was quite an invasion of
visitors to see the docking and the !
noted vessel. They came by the j
hundreds from South Carolina and ?
Georgia, and by noon there were
about 2,000 visitors on the ground.
Those who went directly to Port
Royal saw the Indiana lying out in
the stream like a Moating brownstone
fort. Tho docks were soon crowded
with visitors, and the announcement]
that the battleship would be open to
them at 1 o'clock was well roeoivptf.
The Indiana had quito :t rough
time of it down from Hampton '
I Roads, encountering a gale and
j heavy southwest winds. The hatches
? leaked a bit from the firing of the
; heavy guns fore and aft for the board
of inspection.
Captain Evans is delighted with
the trip thus far Pilot Lee was
brought down on the Indiana arid
brought the immense vessel over
i?,a.t as if she was a tug. The In?
diana is drawing 24 3 and had she
been drawing 29 ?he could have
Come in as well. When she carne up
to the dock she anchored. The'
west winds were against the tide and
cut it somewhat short, or the entry
to the dock would have been made
this morning. If nothing unfavor?
able occurs and the wes?erly winds
are not too high the docking will ;
certainty occur in the morning on the j
high tide at 9
The authorities of the naval sta- i
tion. the dock people and all are I
ready and anxious for the docking of j
the Indiana and giving her bottom I
the first cleaning it has received '
since she left the Cramp shipyard.
The naval event has been given
something of a social turn The
visitors from Geogia and South Caro?
lina were accompanied by their
governors and staff officers Quite
early in the morning the lighthouse 1
tender Wisteria had aboard, bound
for the dry dock, the invited guests,
among whom were Governor Evans,
of South Carolina. Governor Atkin?
son, of Georgia, and Congressman,
Elliott who has a fatherly interest in
the event, having been the first
to propose the dock. Accompanying j
Governor Evans were Adjutant Gen-1
eral Watts, Military Secretary!
Stokes, U. S. A., and Cols. McCrady,
McSweeney, Evans, is eal, Martin, j
Lockwood, Appelt. Mauldin and!
Behre. Accompanying Governor ;
Atkinson were Adjutant General
Kell, Assistant Adjutant General
Brown, Cols. Harrison, Elliott,
Wilkes, Cailoway, Messick, West,
Inspector General Obear, Comptrol?
ler General Wright, Clark Howell,
editor ? f the Constitution ; H. H.
Cabaniss, manager of the Journal ;
C. A Collier, president of the cham?
ber of commerce ; W C. Saunders,
W. II. Inman and other representa?
tive business men. Charleston sent
a large delegation, headed by the
city council, and among the party
were Federal Judges Simonton and
Brawl ey and Maj. J C. Hemphill,
editor of the News and Courier.
Augusta, Savannah and other
neighboring cities were represented.
Most of the day was spent in sight?
seeing by the visitors, Upon the
arriva! of the guests at the naval
station they were received by Com
mandant Rockwell, Chief Engineer
of Construction McKay and the at?
taches of the station. After beiig
?how:; about the Paris Island station.
Governors Atkinson and Evans and
party were received with salutes
aboard the Indiana. After a nation?
al dinner party to-day there was a
call for speeches and short talks were
made by Governor Atkinson, Govern- j
or Evans, Congressman Elliott, Colo?
nel Wilson, Adjutant General Watts, ?
Adjutant General Kell, Captain;
Brown, ?. S. A , and Major Lock- j
wood. There was some merriment;
over the cross fire of references to
senatorial bees that are thought to |
be in the bonnets of the two govern- :
ors.
The government coast survey boat ;
Blake is now in port Royal bay to see
whether there has been any changes ;
in the courses of the channel since;
the last eurvey.
If the Indiana goes in the dock on |
time in the morning, the expectation j
is two large pumps will have the I
basin empty by noon. The two main i
pumps have a capacity of 35,000 gal- ?
lon a minute, which means the clear?
ing of the basin in an hour and 40
minutes Naval constructors, repre?
sentatives of shipping yards, govern
ment representatives, the press and
many otherwise interested, are here in
full force to see the docking to mor?
row. To-night the visitors were
tendered a reception, and the town
people called on the governors and
Congressman Elliott for speeches.
The weather has been fine with the
exception of the west wind. I
Most of the visitors left for their
homes this afternoon. Governor At?
kinson and party left here for Atlanta
at 11 o'clock to night.
Weeds along railroad tracks are now
killed by the "electric weedkiller. "
It consists of a car carrying a dynamo
which senda a heavy current into a rake
of fine wires dragging among.tbe weeds
on each side of the track. As the
wires touch them, the weeds are "elec?
trocuted'' down to their smallest root?
lets It is proposed to introduce the
same system in farming.
All kinds of Sewiug Machine Needles a j
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