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Dewey's Action Based oo Nelson's Motto. "The Boldest Measures are the Safest," Said the Great? est of All Sea Fighters. If Admiral Dewey had encountered with disastrous results the torpedoes that had teen laid for him, or if his ships bad gone down nuder the com? bined fire of the Spanish forts and cruisers at Manila, we would all be blaming him now as loudly as we are praising. Bat Dewey adopted tbe policy of : ali the successful naval commanders in I history ; he acted on tbe theory of Nelson, the greatest of all sea fighters, who throughout his dazzling career held it as an axiom that -'the boldest measures are the safest." The Fabian policy has often worked wonders on. land ; I have never read of any great achievement it bas wrought at si;a. There it bas been the man who ran the risks that has won., thc mao who has defied hidden and open dan? gers and sometimes taken chances that seetsed foolhardy. Victories on laod have been won against fearful odds ; bat the fiower of safety and of glory has been plucked from the nettle dan ger far oftener co the sea. There ts something in the nature of things that conduces to this difference. On land tbere ara so many chances for dilatory tactics that are not presented at eea; so many more opportunities for judicious retreat and deliberate ma? ?oca vers for advantageous position The great range of our modern guns has bad no proportionate effect on tbe range of naval warfare. Fighting at sea has ever been, and probably ever will be, at close quarters. The sea dogs fry at each other's throats. Men on a ship cannot roa aiuy collectively as readily as meo oo tba rand and indi? vidually they are- under au infinitely greater duress that reaches down to the H bottom of their fighting qualities. Tbere are many records of heroic dar? ing at sea which make our blood tingle as it did when we read the story of Dewey's unmatched victory at Manila. Tc landsmen these r?citais carry an extra thrill for the simple sea in itself has for them an element of terror. Woo but a militant sailor would have thought for ia moment of attacking two vessels stronger than his wheo bis hts own was riddled and rocking aod r almost sinking ? Yet Paul Jones did that and with bis moribund erafs con quered her braes sf losty enemies. Perry was rachat Lake Erie, but it was a time when prudence meant ruin. Hull had an unequal show against tbs Guerri?re, but be sank her with one broadside from the ^weaker Cinstitution. j The response of Pani Jones to the Eagiishmaa wheo he badi been almost wiped cf? the water and by all the rules of common sense should have hasreaed to surrender, "I have jost began to fight," is io tone with the apiri t of all the glori?os heroes of tbe wave. What daredevils the mao who go dowe to the saa in ships to fight have beso io all history ! L:ke a Titan realised oat of the my ?ha fisejas sturdy oid Tromp sailing op and down the E J gi is h channel as gaily as a modern yachtsman on a pSe*3c;?e cruise with a broom at the masthead of his flagship as a token that he meant to sweep England from the sea, and he oame near doing it. Franois Drake, ia spite of the efforts of Hawkins to bold bim down, woo weil the name of "Dragon of the S?as." Spain bad never before felt an arm like bis. Half pirate, loving a 5 ?ht aa mo3t men love luxury ; abso lately without fear and largely without conscience, he was of all thc men in England the one *he most needed in bis time If a writer of fiction should picture co us snob a man we would throw down his book and sign over tbe wildness of his fancy. But this same Francis Drake was a real man, a very practical ooe, and qiite a terrible one to those who came io his way. If we could summon as fitnesses those who were inhabitants of Cadiz on j the 19:h of April. 1537. we would be j a^le to obtain some very interesting testimony on this point. j Drake slipped into the harbor cf, Cadiz in tbe night, as Dewey did at j Manila, and tbe next morning when the Spaniards on shore and io the bay awoke there he was-quite the most potential man thereabouts and of bis kind in the whole world at that time, not in force of fleet and arnsament,but ia the supreme power cf knowing bow to do the thing he bad set out to at;cnd to. Before tbe sun went dowo that day he with thirty ships bad burned aod sank over one baodred of the enemy's vessels, and sailed away, laughing over the neat manner in which be had ''sing? ed his Spanish majesty's beard " a pro cess which he kept op along the coast of Spain anti! the ramor of his ap proaeh laid the way wide open for bim withersoever be went Io the process of time the star of Drake as a naval hero paled to the second magnitude. One mightier than Drake walked the decks of Eaglish men of war His name w&s Horatio Nelson Like Drake a self-made man, be wah beyond compare the man of his time in England Hts countrymen have erect ad in bis hooor more monuments than to aoy of his ootemporaries, and with good reason, for the real conqueror of Booaparte was not Wellington bot ?00. In the height of his pc Napoleon, though successful every w on land, was defeated everywhere sea. because his fleets could sei whip Nelson nor escape him. The little one eyed, one-ar bullet-riddled British admiral ii nothing so well, not even au ever with Lady Hamilton, as tc dispos one of Napoleon's fleets, and that did with wooderful rapidity aod nobroken succession. He had not only to fight Napol but the British admiralty as well, he was too much for both. Napol boasted that be defied the rules of on land, but here was a man who w out boasting brushed aside the rule war on sea aod followed only the wi light of his own great genius and own ncconquerable courage to viet after victory almost invariably agai heavy odds. The caan is shown in nothing be! than in the message he sent to admiralty which had vainly tried ? keep bim down even when he bad come the popular hero in Englat "I am seekieg the enemy. I \ fight him whether be be at anchor under sail, wherever I nod him e whatever bis strength may b< These words referred to bis sail into i Baltic but in them there is a prophc of Trafalgar. At Copenhagen, where he shatt ed the naval power of Denmark a prevented a coalition, the prospect which had terrified England, bis t perior in command, viewing t fierce fight from afar and seeing t odds against his fleet, eignalled N 90 n to retreat Nelson kept on fighting and wh one of bis lieutenants called his J teni ion to the admiral's signal, threw h's glass up to his bliod ey and, winking his good eye, mischie ously, said : "I don't see it " A 1 tie later the signal to pull out of tl action was repeated and several Nelson's officers in a great apprehe sion as to the result of his disobe< ence begged bim to order his shi out of the fight. His reply wa "Damn the signal ! Keep mine flyic for closer.battle. That's the way answer such signals Nail mine the mast !" The world knows the sequel.' At the battle of the Nile he encoui tered a French fleet stronger than bi destroyed or captured every one < the French ships save two and thee escaped only to fall into Nelson's ii satiate grasp a little later If be could have chosen his tin: and manner of death could Nelso have done better than fate did fi him ? Who but Nelson would ha* dared the battle at Trafalgar ? Th allied fleet of France and Spain ou numbering him in ships, guns an men about two to one, lay before hiu ne could fight or run As he ha never learned how to ron he fong! and won the greatest naval battle i all history. He sailed in on hi theory that "the boldest measures ar the safest." The allied fleet-in spite of ile im mensely superior strength, was al most annihilated, but Nelson fell an died on his flagship, which bore th prophetic name, Victory. The world bas never looked upoi his like as a naval commander There are military critics who wil contend that Napoleon was a greate soldier tuan Marlborough, am Senator Henry Cabot Lodge tells u that Hannibal was a greater sold ie than either, greater than Julio Caesar also, but there is no mai whose words are worth listening ti who will arise and say that a greate sea fighter than Nelson ever lived England cheered and wept whet she heard what had happened a Trafalgar She gave her immortal admiral th< grandest funeral ever seen in tha heroic i?le and his uame is to-day tlx beet one of all to conjure with whei British patriotism is to be aroused How happy should we be that ou own gallant boys under a commande who has so well won his place in th< j list of naval heroes have giveu a new I gleam of glory to the 6tars on oui ! flags and that in onr great rejoicing over the unexampled victory at Manila we have not to mourn thc death of glorious George Dewey or ? single mao of the two thousand whom he led in such splendid fashiou.-J. F Richardson, in Atlanta Journal. Chicago, May 10 -"Sal: horse" may b* stricken from th3 soldiers' Mil of faro if ch- stock yard coopers have their way. Swif: & OJ a barrel maker; struck tO'doy for an'ioore^e of wage? and they threaten to involve the coopera in two ot'ter great packing plants The bearing of these on the soldiers a: Cbiokamauga and Tampa is io the fact that ail the beef aod pork issued by the commissary of subsistence is packed in Chicago Discovered by a Woman. Another great discovery has been made, and that, too, by a lady in this country. '*D ?east fastened its clutches upon he; and for seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death -eein ed imminent. For threo month? she couched incessantly, and could not sleep She finally ? difcove.-ed a w*y t<? recovery, uv purchasing <<f us a bottle of 1)?. King's N\*w Discovery for Consumption, and was so much reUevsd on I taking first dose, that she sie;?t all sight : and ! with two bottes, h.:? been absolutely cured. ! lier sane is Mr.? Lather Lutz." Thus writes ! W. C ?amuick ? Co , . f Shelby. E. fi Trini ; bottles freo at J. F. W. DeLormc's Dr?- Store. (Regular si zo 50c at.d $1. Every bottle guar? anteed. 4 Held up Lee County. An Io j unction Against the Counts' Commissioners. Petitioners Allege That the Act of February, 1898, Creating the New County is Null and Void. / _ On the strength of a petition filed in the supreme court alleging irregu I larity in the formation of the new coun ! ty of Lee. which waq created by an act of the last legislature, Chief Justice Mciver has signed an order requiring the commissioners of the new oouoty to show cause on the 30th of this month why they should not be permanently re? strained from performing their duties as commissioners. The solar plexus blow which the petitioners expect to deal tho new coun? ty is aimed at the act of the legislature creating the county, claiming that the attempt to establish Lee county was made too soon after the failure to land Salem couoty, Lee and Salem embrac? ing practically the same territory. If the petitioners are successful they will seriously interfere with che aspira tiona of ccrtaio gentlemen who want of fice down in Lee county, and it is said the fight will be characterized with much bitterness. The title of the case is put down as J R Segars, Jr, S J Fields, S F Gard? ner. R M Josey, B R Gatlin and R M Cooper, petitioners, against J L Par rou, John C Shaw. I P Kilgo, E E Tiller, A E Skinner, A M Lee, R E Carnes, W W Herron, J W Gardner, J E McCutcheo, S F Moore and Wil liam Kelley, ns commissioners of Lee County In the pei i rio o it is alleged among other things: ''Tbat Salem County and Lae County embraced muoh of tbe same territory io each of the three old counties of Sumter, Darlington and Kershaw, the same territory embraced ic both of said proposed new counties, being not less than four fifths of the en? tire territory that was embraced ix each of the said comities uf Salem and Lse. And the. electioo on tbe question of forming Lee Couoty was held within the invasion of the infantry upon tbe one year of the prior election on the question of forsaiog Salem County. "That opon "he establishment of the ??aid Lee county, county officers fon the new county, inclcdr iog clerk of court, sheriff, iadge of probata, treasurer, auditor, supervisor, commissioners of electioo and others, will be required ; addition? al buildings, euch as court noose, jail and poor house must be erected ; terms of court must be held and jurors there? for^ must be summoned and emp&cneled books of registration transcribed aod an adjustment of indebtedness between the new county and che old counties made, ail or some of which will involve an ex? penditure of money over and above of wha" would be rpqiTed if auch new county be not estir>iished, aod the moa ey so expended mue>t be raised by taxa? tion of the taxable property within the limits of the said new county "That your petitions, are citizens, electors freeholders and taxpay? ers of tbe territory emhraoei within the said Lee county, opposed to the creation of said county ; and they should make known their op p-sinoo and take action to preveot tbe formation of snob uew county before the same bas been fully established. Aod they further submit that thesaid act -cf the general assembly is ?ull and void, for the reason that, the said L?e county did not receive two-fhird** of the favor able vote of the qualified electors voting io each .?eetiou of said proposed new cou'y. as reported by ihe managers of flection fer the several ?ld couoties :'rom which thia new county was pro? posed ro be taken, and for the further reason 'bat an election on the question of fjroiiog Lne county was held less fhao four years after toe four fifths of the territory em traced therein h?c voted upon the for ! matine of a new county as hereinbefore sent forth. .'Wherefore yoar petitioners pray that the defendant* as commissioners of Lee county racy be enjoyed from i or performing any act or da:y imposed upon them by the terms of the said uot of 1898 " Tne paper H sijned by B"?yd and Brown, E. K Dargan, Rjbt, W Shana, for petitioners -Ooluml-u R? cord. Yellow Jaundice Cured, Suffering humanity should be supplied with evtrj moana possible for its relief. It is with pleasure we publish the following : "This is to certify tim*. I was a ttnible sufferer from Yellow Jaundice for over six monthf, and was reateu bj some of tho best physicians in our city and ail to no avait. Dr. Bell, our drug gi;t. recommended Electric Kilters; and ofter taking two bottles, I was entirely cored. I n??w take great pleasure i;: rccomrncridiiig them t.; an" person suffetiag from this terrible mal .-:?!%. T nm gratefully jours, M. A. Hogaity, Lissington, Ky " ^old by J. F. W. Delorme Druggist 4 lt was just after the war had been declared, and the quiet man saw the noisy one sacaking o way ?rum au ox cited crowd. "What's the matter ?" asked the quiet mao . They are dis cussing the war,'' reolied the noisy one. 'Well, you have been yelling for war for the last two months haven't you ? ' demanded the quiet man "Of course 1 have,''* returned the noisy one ; "but, hang it all, these people are talking about enlist ing." Lessen of War. Thc war with Spain, whether cf long or ebert duration, will leave the United States with dome very important prob? lems to face aod settie. Some very im? portant leesoos have already been ?earn? ed One of those is that it is never safe fyr a country, no matter how big, rich and t-troog, io be unprepared for war. The United States are not a bel? licose or miilimr)- onion They do not hunt for trouble. But this war with Spaio bas shewn how suddenly even the peaceable T.Ji>iced States may be forced into war It is not vain boast io g to assert a belief tba: there is no nation on the fane of the globe which ' the Uoited States could not ultimately whip in war, bu; the little affair with Spain bas shown iiow much this coucry would have suffered in the beginning of a war with a power better prepared f<?r war then wis Spcin Our people are brave enough a<?d w:i? fight to the death, but, orgar-izatioo aod discipline are a? essential to winning victories os simple bravery and it wiil be some time yet before c^en the email army of 125.000 volunteers will be sufficiently disciplined to be prepared to cope with seasoned soldiers. The Record do?s not favor any large ioorease of the stmdiog army, but the laws governing th2 militia organizations should certainly be changad so as to in? sure the existence at all timen of a vol? unteer reserve, well organized, equip? ped and drilled, ^o meet ?he require? ments of any national emerguccy. The need of a better navy bas been shown. Cur navy has bee'.) almost sufficient for the requirements of war with such a weak naval powee as Spain, but sup? pose the conflict bad come with a coun? try with a far stronger navy than oars? The be*t insurance of peace after all, is thorough prepared ness for war it-goes without saying, ateo, that more atten? tion will hereafter be paid by the gov? ernment to thoroughly fortifying our coasts and keeping their defences in good condition. So much for the lessons taught the United States The lessons taught oth? er nations aod the problems the war will leave as a legacy will be consider? ed io other editorials-Columbia Re? cord. -i ? ll ll? London, May 13.-Tbe Madrid cor? respondent of the Daily Mail, tele graphing late Thursday says : Admiral Bermejo admitted to-night that the Cap" Verde squadron is now at Fort de France, on ibe West coast of Mar j tiniqae, French Vv est indies. . Montgomery, AU, May 12-The Second regiment. Uoited States cav? alry, passed through here this after? noon On the firs: sectiou of the tram, cn which was Colooe! Hu.'t, there wes a Spanish spy in irons and under guard. He was discovered after the train had left Chattanooga lase night and immediately pt t under arrest The regiment is cn route to Mobile It was impossible to get coy particulars from officer* of the regiweot as to the proofs against <he man It is said that the Japs want to buy the Philippines from ns and the Germans want ta endorse fur the payment of the indemnity that we will demand in order to get a chance to come into possession themselves. The United States has not advertised an auction of a job lot of Spanish islands yet, and there is no reason for outsiders to grow excited -Au gusta Chronicle. If it be true that Spaniards brought in captured ships to Key West by American war vessels are not fed and cared for it is & disgrace* to the United States. It may be that law and custom do not make the main? tenance of these men incumbent on our government but they are in fact helpless prisoners and the United States can not avoid responsibility for them If they are dependent apon the Red Cros& it ii a shame. Madrid, May 12-ll p. m -It is said that Senor Moret, secretary for the colonies, and Senor Gallon, foreign minister have resigned Admiral Bsr mejj, minister of marine, and Count Xiqoena, minister >f public works, are also said to have resigned. One of the members of the Spanish Cortes who dosen't fancy the way they are running the war business over there, created a sensation the other day by quoting scripture aa.follows, from Isaiah: "As for? my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them Oh, my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err and destroy the way of thy paths 99 This struck so bard and so near home that the loyalists wanted to expel the scripture quoter from the Cortes. Whooping Cough I had a lmle boy who waa oearly dead from an attack cf whooping cough My neighbors recommended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I did not think that any medicine would bfip bim, but a'ter giving him a few desea of that remedy I ooticed an improve I ment, aDd ot:e bottle c ired bim entirely. It J is the bes*. c)u^h medicine I ever had in the j bouse.-J L. MOORE, S.mtb Burgetown, Pa. j For sal?- hy A. J. China. II- > ? ? a^ Tbe '-White" ruo? Hgbt The "While" 3-Wi rif.'ht. The '*White" is ihe ->rideof borne. If you are after comfort in sewing you will get it, if )OU buy ibe 4vWbiie " Those un- a_Ej . tfTi Humors tions, painful boils, annoying pim? ples and other affections, which ap? pear so generally ut this season, make the use of that grand Spring Medi? cine, Hood's Sarsaparilla, a necessity. The accumulated impurities in the blood cause very different symptoms with some people. Thc kidneys, liver and bowels are overmatched in their efforts to relieve the clogged system. Dizzy- headaches, bilious attacks, failure of appetite, coated tongue, lame back, indigestion and that tired feeling arc some results. Prom the same cause, may also come scrofula, neuralgia, sciatica or rheu? matism. All these troubles and more may prop? erly be called " Spring Humors,* and just as there is one cause, a curb is found in just one remedy, and that is Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the impure blood, enriches blood which is weak and thin, vitalizes blood winch lacks vitality. Thus it reaches every part of the human system. For your Spring Medicine - to pre? vent or cure Spring Humors, take Sarsaparilla sut? One True Blood Purifier. Get only Hood's. ?- j ? T-k-si are the only pills to take HOOG S FlllS with Hood's Sarsaparilla. HAVING TAKEN the Boase on Main Street second door eo-jtb of the Nixon House, I am piepared to soc modale a lew jezuiir boarders, and also lodging and meals tc transient enstomera. Terms reasonable. Mas. W. B. SMITH. Sept. 8._ Money to Loan. ON FARMING LANDS fiasy payments No comm'ssiona charged. Borrower pavs actual cost of perfecting loan. Interest 8 per cent JOHN B. PALY?ER A SON, Feb. 8-3-a. Columbia, S. C. THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depository Transacts a general Banking business, ajso bas A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest flowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annul. Payable qn.irierly, on first days of January, April, July and October. W. P. B HAYNSW0RT8, W F. R.3AME. Cashier \President. Jan 13. le Largest ai Most Complete Esta?Mt Mi Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS; Moulding & Building Material. efficeand Wareroons, Kiog, opposite^ Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. ^33~ Purchase our make, which we gcaranti superior to any 3old South, and therein ??ave money. Window and Paney Glass a Specialty Qctober 16-o NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. THE SrATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SU MT RR COUNTY. 07FICS OF SUPERVISOR OF KEQISTBATIOK, DUMTES O? UNTY. j-?UTBR. S. C., tiay 1, 18S7 Notice .? here* -j civen thai if accordance ai th HU Act of the 1 enerai Aswm? ly, the books for the registration of aU le^a-l; qnnii bed voters, nod for the i<tun:g of transfers, kc, will be opec Kt the court boui-p. netweea tbe hours cf 9 o'clock a. a , nod 3 o'clock p m.. on the fir.-*t Monday of each month, and for three successive da j 4, until thirty dfijs before the nest ircr.erni election Minors who eh?.!! hrcome of agre during that period of thirty days, shall be entitled to registration before the r-ooks HTS closed, if otherwise qualiStd E. F. BURROWS, Chairman. T. D. DcBuSK. C!f-rk. J. M. KNIGHT, May 18 Supervisor? of R^trisf<a'ion ?RE YOU NEEDING AN IRON SAFE? HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN-[ E?1AL AGENT tor ihe Alpine Fire | an?) Burglar Proof Safe Company. I am prepared to offer !ib?ral ie:mo to those who are ir1 nee d of a good safe For prices and terms address J, A. RENNO, M'b 24 Sumter, S. C BEAUTY HATE CHARMS and all the charms which beau? ty likes best to don are shown n our grand display of fash? ionable jewelry for this season. Jewels like these would7 en? hance the charms of the most fascinating belle, and surely no fair one would despise such brilliant aids to her. beauty. Like personal 'loveliness, they conquer admiration on sight ; they score new victories at ev? ery inspection. Those who look over our stock do not willingly stop with examina? tion. Beauty may now be made easily irresistible by a few judicious purchases from our display of up to date jew? elry. L. ?, FOLSOM, Jeweler and Optician, SIGN OF THE BIG WATCff, Oct. 16. A. wim i soi, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866: Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & QLOBE, NORTH BRITISH ? MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,600,000. Feb 28 Anyone sending a sketch and description. 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