The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 15, 1898, Image 3
SUMTER IN THE FORE.
College Boys From This County
Take the Honors,
The following account of the anona! cele?
bration of the Sapbradiao Society of the
Sooth Carolina College is taken from the Co?
lombia State of Saodaj. It will be foood
ia teres HQ? by a nvpritv of the readers ot
thia paper for it tu.unices the snrcesa of
three Su mt erb cys :
The c?? nnaeaeemev * xercises of the Sooth
Carolus roi ieee ?ere ue?un last ti ?tit This
was ?be c^?k> ? ot the noaatl celebration of
the Eopin.di?o L?tir?iry Society. *A large
aod ap >r?-ci?iive -?odlenee wai present. Tbe
chapel ?as beautifully decor? ed and 'be por?
traits of soce ot the focift.v's honored and
famooB members were hong from the gallery
railing
This was the 92d atinW- r- sry of the society
and it was very notable io ?bat it eeotoota
" larger graduatisg class last night than it has
in mac y yesrs. The ?ocie j is io a flosriab
i?* coodiBon atd is doing exeelleot work for
the students
President E 6 Wiltoo io a graceful
speech welcomed the visitors io behalf of his
society. Ic was encouraging:, he ?aid, to sea
??ch a large and col ti ra ted aodieoee present
ai*d it woold be aa inspiration to those wher
were u> narttct{iate in the ev<?oing's exercises
Mr. Vivian Mord? ont Moses, of Sumter,
waa theo introduced - by President Wilson.
7 Hr. Hosea delH-eted Sba ju*!xor oration and
spoke well. His speech waa well written aod
?bowed mach iboogbt. Be chose for his
: theme, "Is the sooth unpatrioticF*
Be said that :tt moat be remembereii that
we are a. cooservatire people. We are tbe
Jeeeeotlaota of ? Saxon stock?; the people of
'roe true sooth tia ve io their Veins to-day that
>lood which stirred the Knights ol the Round
table. Wheo you tax as with a lack of pa
riottsfll it ia preeminently ar. English people
?hat you charge ; it is an Anglo-Saxo2 race
1 hat jon insult.
Hiattiry dears os of thia aceueatioo. The
jennala of the aw tory are 6Ued with deeds of
??atriotism of ac utberners. Show foe a leader
from tl e north aod for him I ' will cour t you
a score of southern generals Io the war of
iba Revolution aod io 1812 the south was in
tbs forefront. It is an historical fact that io
.be war of 1812: the Palmetto State furnish
i? mors troopj than all the New England
Iftates together. It is weil to remember that
5t waa a Sooth Carolioa company that slant?
ed on the halis of the Mont*zomas the first
American flag;.
Disrespect far the Sag ic the north aod
1 rest bis become so common that nariooal
i ?od Sta te legislation has been invoked to
irrest it; some bajf-a-dezsn bills have been
introduced in the two booses of congress
.,' having for theil' purpose the protection of the
Hag frc m wan :on insult and part isac and
laercenary d?gradation. Bot these measures
_ 4 re not eecestaiy io the sooth. We need no
legislation for the making of ocr patriotism.
It ia bred id tb* bone and ia aa, ins?parable
from our character as is the brae from the
.ky ander which we live.
lathe press?t war the sooth bas shown
a strong cu rt eui of patriotism coursing
through the veins of her sons They have
reepoadod oobly to the call aod have a ready
immortalized themselves.
Tell ow not that the sooth is oopatriotic!
fier patriotism cao never die. per people
area people of ?o timen t, and their sentiment
ill immortal. It needs 00 proof. It bas
already baso put 00 trial, lt is impossible
tut tba south could know lack of patriot
? m. It ls s tra tb as grand as the troths of
fa ia ven that as long as the l?bil remains, as
lt og aa ft pto pi 5 dwell io tbat land, so long
al ?ll tbs t people, imbued with toe noblest
: stottmesta. bold io their heart of hearts a
patriotic lovefor the A minea 0 flag.
At tho conclusion of Hr. Motes' speech.
Mr.. Cowper Pattoo, is a* very thoughtfal aod
ftstrvaive speicb, deliversd the dedaimer'a
medal to Mr. Horace Sorby of Somier. It
will be remembered that Mr. Ear by won this
mada! at the recant detainer's contest.
Mr. J S. Tercer followed aod in a very
graceful speech piesented the debater's medal
to Mr. A. D McFadden, of Clarendon.
Tbe president then iotrodoced Mr. A. Cour
te Jay Carson of Sumter as valedictorian of
hil class Mr. Carbon is a good speaker aod
ac^oittdd himself creditably. He said : ?
In tbBse days of so called self-made meo,
where each str ives for himsef alone, a slur
ba? beeu cast upon education aod its true po?
sition au a factor of modern enlightenment
bai been a nd? ri st i ma ted. While the money
nu ker is universally laud ed, the Quiet scholar
rece/ives not e * va ao encouraging look from
tbe'world. Tte short peiiod spent io acquir?
ing/a liberal ?ducation ls considered aa a
watte of time Higher education ia tieated
wit h indifference. The silent aod most pow?
erful influences are seldom recognized, while
tba unexpected ia startling. But education
hal been bf ioealcolable benefit to mankind,
as t evidenced by roany notable instances,
lt lUntimately associated with all material
progr?s? It ii the basis of nor political aod
rah ?iona prosperity. Education ia the cor
nernooe of thai? great structure, modern en
Hgt tenmtjot In early days superstitious
fear held meo submissive Tbe magician,
the oracle decided opon the coarse to be pur?
em?! io any undertaking. Later Jbw Greeks
fort jnlated laws, eliminating chance as a con?
troling factor. With the establishment of
written law, ed scat ion became supreme and
bas ever since roled the progresa of every na?
tion. Kd oca tum is in perfret harmony with*
law-abidiog citizenship, wit boot ?hieb no
sari30 can nae to power. Tbe more educated
a pK>5>?e, the more law-abiding, Striking
exaeipli* of the power aod infloence of eda
casi; n are aeeo in Europe 10-day Spain,
once ?h e centre of the leam i og of Europe,
later euppreaaedl education, and with its de?
din* ber power passed away. England's and
Ger!isny's pow er reata with their educated
etattaasen and citizens. We oeed oot go so
jar aa Europe t o tee toe power of edacatioo.
Amarina owes ber rapid progress and devel?
opment to old dvilix-itioo broogbt across tbe
water, combined with the influences exerted
by colleges and universities which she baa
eataMis Ded. However, tba- mere for mn hiting
of ls wt wooli be of little advantage without
tbs great lesson of obedience to law.
Obedience to authority ts essential.
Eduction is a necessary aid in
understanding the manner of tbe appiicatioa
of laws, and ea ab! et us to ioterpret its trna
epirt ; and more intelligently to obey tbe
courue marked ont. Farther than tbit, it
exerts, tbroagb os, ao lafioeuce apon others.
This is the keynote to the strength of edaca?
tioo. This briogs os to aootber tpbere, tbe
sceoe of a noble activity, the mind of the io*
dividual mao. Here it is that education is
wen 10 all tbe fullness of its beauty. Edaca?
tioo broadens, elevates aod ennobles the in?
tellectual life, ?sod while thu? ennobling and
elevating tbe man it also risea into tbe sphere
of the spirit, beyond mere materialism and
utilitarianism. It makes thought and feliiog
tbe C<MI of its effort.
Again, witb edacatioo, the mind ia opened
to tee and receive tbs suggestions, the beauty
and the secret harmony of nature. The ed?
ee* te i mao sees much more of beauty and of
usefulness io the worid about bim. Tbe
rk-d in which education bas exerted most
power is within the mao himself. It bas en?
foscad the harmony of moral law, ennobled
character aod opened, to mao the boundless
wcrii of thought.
?^-?-<
Quality is fi**i consideration of the White
mach soe.
To ase is to try, to try is to hoy the
*? White."
If yoo was! your raaebsce made new,
bring it to Randie.
THB WAR PRACTICALLY
OVhR
The Vibwsof Col. Jas D. BiacdiDg.
Editor Daily Item:
Certainly Sumter, both tbe county sod city,
have done their doty nobly ia responding
among the first to tba cal! for a company for
the war. She still justly deserves tbe title of
the "Gamecock County." Someov tbe other
counties end cities, DOtablr Charleston and
Columbia have failed. I had almost said ig?
nominiously, in responding to tbe call of
their country. It does not ri quire deep in?
sight into Statecraft to ascertain tbe true
cacees of thia waot of patriotic spirit, bot
this is not the proper time to state the same.
The deplorable fact remains that our beloved
old State is still under tbe cloud of not bar?
ing furnished her quota under the first call,
whereas, every other State I believe bas done
so and their troops are at tbe front.
Looking at the present status cf Spain at
home, at the positioes of our squadrons
around Coba and Porto Rico aod Dewey's at
Manila, and the number of our-troops already
landed for invasion of all these Island*, it
requires no prophetic foresight to say, that
the troops from the States will never be call?
ed into camp under the second call. This is
also apparent from the fact that the War De?
partment prefer J to fill op companies now in
service to the maximum of 106, rather than
mobilise under tbe second call, lt, in fact,
means that ibia maximum will furnish ample
troops without ?cy other Ragimrate being
?igin'ze'd
It you will allow a prediction from one of
the very few living who has bad some expe?
rience in a foreign invasion, he will say that
the war ia practically over Santiago wilt
be taken or rather surrender as did Vera
Cruz, and the castle of San Ju aa d'U i loa (as
strong if not strooger than Morro Cf?tle)
without the loss of SO men on our ci de K Asa
military sequence San Joan de Cu ia will fall
in a fortnight ia similar manoer aod Porto
-Rico will be ours. Havana wilt not be
stormed (this would be criminal folly on our
part) but starved into submission iii a mooth,
and Coba will be free. This can and will be
effected by the troops already on the Island
and in transports on the way, ir.od by the
Second Division of Invasion ready to sail
from Tampa No mere of our troops will
ever .be called from Chickamaoga - or any
other, camp of mobil ?zit i on. Of course trey
will bave to remain in their camps until the
treaty of peace is ratified by the U a i ted Sutes
and Spain, which wit! probably require three
or four moMba. I ain most happy io think?
ing co, though the boys who ar- "spoiling
for ? fi?bt" may not, because they do not
wish to agree with me.
My opinion, though worth little, will at
least have the happy effort of quieting to
some exteot the fears of tbe mot: er?, wives
and sweethearts of the boys.
But my pencil bas run off with me, my
only intent when beginning this epistle.W*JS
to state that the 4th Company to take he
place of the Sumter Light Infantry in bi ?j.
Thompson'* Battalion is now being organized
io Columbia. If there are any boys in Som*
ter County who would prefer th go with the
Battalion *'oo to Washington11 and ba Under
the command of that gallant soldier, M C.
Bailer, if they will report to me io person or
by letter, I wilb see that they receive trans?
portation aod necessary expenses.
J. D. BLANDIKG
Sumter, S. C , Jone lOtb.
City t Cou neil Heating.
e City Council met last Wednesday night
io regular semi monthly cession. Tbe usual
routine balinese was takeo ap and disposed
of with no delay.
A abed waa ordered erected in the rear of
the Opera Hens; for the storage of city prop?
erty-old fire engioe, reels, etc This prop?
erty ia now stored io a reoted building for
which almost enough rent is paid per year to
build a shed on city property
There were two bids for the lease of tbe
Opera House Mr. Abe Rytteoberg. the pres?
ent lessee, bid $240 per ye*rt and Mr. Irving
A. Rettenberg made a proposition, to run tbe
Opera House for the city oo a percentage
the city to receive 80 per ceot. of the net pro?
ceeds. . No action was taken on either propo?
sition, and tbe matter was referred to Alder?
men Hogbson and Horst for investigation. ~Z
The bills?and accounts filed since last meet?
ing were audited and ordered paid.
Petitions were presented from several par?
ties whose bedding was boroed by tbe order
of the Board of Health, after the recovery of
a smallpox patient on tbe premises Tbey
asked that they be paid for the bedding de?
stroyed. The p?titions were received as in?
formation without reference.
Dr. S. C. Baker, President of tbe Board of
Health, wat present and made an informal
report on, the Smallpox ?pid?mie. He stated
that oo cases had been discovered or reported
within tbe past two weeks and all tbo?e wbo
have bad the disease have recovered. The total
cost of stamping oat the epidemic, including
tb? erection of pest houses, maintenance ot
patients, physicians' ?a tar its, guards, etc.,
amounted to $1,800. A formal report will
be submitted at the earliest convenience of the
Board
A vote of thanks to the Board of Health
for the excellent management of the epidemic
was adopted by the Council
The disposition of the pest bouse property
was left to tbe discretion of the Board of
Health
The C erk and Treasurer was directed to
make a note in bank for $1,000 to pay cur?
rent expenses of tbe city.
Monaghan Hone Company Election.
Tbe sonnai election of officers of Mona?
ghan Boee Co , was beld at tbe regular meet?
ing last Wednesday night. Tba officers wbo
are to serve during the ensuing year are :
J. G. B. Wilder, President.
R S. Hood, Vice President aod Captain.
B. P Kelly, Secretary.
C E. Horst, Treasurer
D. J. Auld Jr., 1st Lieutenant.
T. P. Lvnam, 2d Lienteoant.
' W H. Ya-tes, Jr , Collector.
H W. Hood, Chief Pipeman.
J. D Ecperaoo. Assistant Pipeman.
A. H Wilder, Foreman of Heise.
A Daring Rascal.
A negro .catered the boose of Mr. W. M.
Lenoir at Hagood, on last Sunday aoroing
before daylight and made bis way to the
room of Mr Lenoir's neice, in vsbicb a dim
tight waa barning. He pot out the lipbt,
bot made BOX? noiee tbat awoke ber, and she
immediately got op and struck a match,
whereupon be knocked ber down and made
bis escape She alarmed tbe family bj
screaming, and tbe negro was immediately
pursued, but bad not beeo found at hst ac?
counts It is thought that be id koowo
Look ! A stitch SB Time.
Saves nine. Hoghe's Tonic (oew 'improved,
taste pleasant) taken in early Spring and
Pair prevents Chills, Dengue and Malarial
Fevers. Acts on the liver, tone? up tbe sys?
tem, Better than Quinine. Guaranteed, try
it. At Droggists. 50c. and $1 00 bottles.
x 1 oct.
- aay i , , ? ff -
Good Sering Machines from $10.00 up at
Randie's.
War in sawing machines, bot the "White"
it victorious
THE VOTE OF THANKS
The Board of Health Officially
Notified.
OFFICE CITY CLERK AND TREASURER,
S?MTIB, S. C , June 9, 1898.
To tbe City Board of Health, Somter, S. C
Gentlemen : I take pleasare io stating that
City Council bas voted jon sincere thanks
for the prompt at.0 efficient maooer in wbicb
jon bare managed aod suppressed tbe receot
outbreak of smallpox io oar midst. We feel
that you are entitled to tbe gratitude of tbs
community. Yours very truly,
C. M. HURST, Ja, Clerk.
COUBT OF SESSIONS.
The following business bas been transacted
since our last isaoe :
The State vs.'Warren Bracey Dargan, ar
?00 Verdict not guilty.
The State rs. James H. Vaughn, arson.
Verdict, not guilty.
The State vs. Si 1vey Scott, murder. Verdict,
guilty of manslaughter; recommendation of
mercy. Sentence, three j ears in penitentiary.
The petit jurors were discharged Friday
aod court adjourned sjne die the lame after
noon.
The Grand Jory completed its work Tues?
day afternoon, as there was little to do, and
made the following presentment :
.To Hie Honor, R.JC. Watts, Presiding Judge:
Tb? Grand Jnry .respectfully reporta to
your Honor that ali billa of indictment giren
as by the Solicitor hare been passed upon
At last term of Court, acting under in?
structions of the Presiding Judge, the Grand
Jory reported with reference to the existence
of bouses of ill-fame in the city. A commit?
tee was appointed to pft cure evidence upon
wbicb to prosecute the persons supposed to
conduct these booses, report tbat such evi?
dence as would promise the conviction of tbe
individuals concerned bas not been procured
Tbe.attention of the Grand Jury, bas been
called to tbe fact that -some parties have
stretched barbed wire along some of the pub?
lic highways without properly protecting
them by boards or railiogs. If this is not
corrected, we will present said parties to next
term of Court.
We bave deferred all examinations of
offices, kc , en til next term.
Thanking the Judge and officers of the
Court for courtesies extended.
Respectfully submitted,
W. G. WELLS, Foreman.
In addition to the foregoing, the Grand
Jory desire to express and place upon record
their regret at tbe death of F. A. Folsom, late
for em au. W. G. WELLS, Foreman
Mr. Jobo Be vi os, editor of the Press, An?
thon, Iowa, saja: "I hare used Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in my
family for fifteen years, bave recommended it
to hundreds of others, ard have oe ver known
it to fail in a single instance. For sale by A
J. China.
The State campaign cceetiog will be held
in this city on Tuesday, June 28th. If all
the candidates supposed to be running are on
band the meeting will be ao all day affair,
and of speaking there will be no end. Cam?
paign meetings are biennial inflictions to
which most of ns look forward with no pleas?
ure.
The warning to bicyclists to refrain from
scorching when riding on the eidewalk ap?
pears to bare-had bat little effect, for it is no
unusual thing to see boys and men, wbo
should know better, racing along ia utter dis?
regard of tbe laws of tbe town and careless
of tte safety of pedestrians. A coarse of
treatment in Street Commissioner Tribbie's
gang is what they need.
The Somter Light Infantry, as well as every
other company in the Sooth Carolina Regi?
ment at Cbickamauga, will need twenty-two
to t wen ey-fe ur men to gire tbe company tb?
required maximum number, 106. Will Sum?
ter County furnish the men that are wanted ?
If there are any who. -trish to enlist they
shoold join the Sumter L-ght Infantry rather
than attempt to orgaoize another company.
Tbe company needs tbe mee and it should be
recruited ia so far as possible, from Sumter
County.
The Mayor's Court was io ees'ion last
Wednesday for the first time in many days
Mr A D. Meses and Patrick Beard, colored,
were arrigned for disorderly conduct, the
specfications setting forth that tbs prisoners
at bar had been fighting, quarrelling and
wrangling on Liberty Street. They were
adjudged goilty, after the evidence was ali in,
and Mr. Moses was required to pay a fine of
SI or work two days on tbe streets, while
Patrick Beard was sentenced to pay $5 or
work ten days.
The first cotton bloom of the season wss re?
ceived Friday morning from Mr. W. A Bow?
man. It came from the farm of H E Cotter,
of Pack8ville. He is a customer of Herby k
Co , of Ibis city, and sent them'tbe bloom to
show what bis cotton crop was doing in this
dry weather He has three acres of cotton
planted on Maren 1st, that grew off finely, and
there are quite a number of blooms io the
field at present.
The election for a board of school commis?
sioners for this city was held yesterday. Tbe
polls were at the usual place under tbe porch
of the Court House, and it was a good tbiog
that it was in so puolic a place, for otherwise
there would have been fewer votes cast. Com?
paratively few people recollected that an
election was to be held; and only those who
happened to pass that way took the trouble
to vote The oid board, consisting of Messrs
Neill O'Donnell, Marion Moise, P. P. Gail
lard and E C Haynswortb, was re-elected
without opposition. This board bas dis?
charged every duty incumbent upon them so
satisfactorily tbat ?s tong as its members con?
sent to re-election they will be retained ia
office.
Teacher's Institute'
Superintendent of Education Mayfield bas
arranged to hold teacher's institutes io a
majority of the counties during the summer,
and yesterday he announced the dates on
which the various institutes will be held.
Tbe Sumter County Institute will be held
in this cit j July 25-SC. with Supt. S. H.
Edmunds and Supt. C. A. Graeser, of Dar?
lington, in charge.
Superintendent Edmunds will assist in
conducting the institutes in Georgetown,
Marion and Darlington.
Kingston, Ja , Jane 14-Reports
received this morning from Guanta?
namo state that the Spanish forces
made another attack on Camp Mc?
calls early Monday morning and
kept up an annoying Gre J from pro
tected positions for several boors.
The marines OD shore at Camp Mc
Calla were aided by gunboats that
came in as close shore as possible
and opened fire on the Spanish po?
sition with rapid fire guns and ma?
chine guns The Spanish were
driven back, and it is thought that
some of their men weie killed and a
number wounded. The marines can?
not be dislodged by the Spanish with
the force they have available at this
time.
South Carolina BOYS at
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Chickairiauga.
Special to the News ao<? Courier.
Chickamaoga Park, Ga, Thursday,
June 9.-Within hi,If a mile of the
place ?here Sooth Carolina troops a
generation ago made a heroic stand, the
BOOS of those* veterao? are now camp?
ing. The youoger generation bas
come here in response to the call from
their State. Everyooe^bere is anions
aod eager to do battle under the Stars
and Stripes, and t?is without losing the
true Carolioian's veneration for the
Stars and Bars. Things have changed
wonderfully within the past three de
oadee. Just across the Alexander
road, from the Palmetto boys, are
camped the regiments from Peoosyl
vania and Minnesota, which, with tbe
South Carolina troops, will go to make
op the brigade. The Pennsylvanians,
both officers aod men, are already on
visitiog terms with oars, and vice-versa,
and the Minnesota contingent were
qoick to make friends with their one?
time opponents
NO NORTH-NO SOUTH.
If this war bas no other effect it will
have that of showing those across
Mason and Dixoo's Line that oar peo?
ple have no horns, and oar people will
see that those who weir the "blue" are
of the same blood. The fact of the
matter is there has been a jomp of a
generation, and there is bat one veteran
of ibo civil war in the Sooth Carolina
regiment, and he the chaplain, and so
it ts io the forty odd regiments here,
only that most of them have yoong
men, from oolonel down to the iast pri?
vate
There is no special occasion to at?
tempt fine writing abcut the camps aod
the great mobilization of troops here ;
what the readers of The News aod
Coorier are most concerned aboot is the
cooditioo of the thoa ?and yoong meo
who are here repesen tin g the pride and
fellow feeliog of the State whence they
came.
REGIMENTAL DISCIPLINE.
Before the South Caroina boys had
well gotten op this moroiog the Penn?
sylvania boys-there are two regi?
ments of them with io ii quarter of a mile,
?.od the New York troops were skir?
mishing around the South Carolina camp
on their drills.
The Sooth Carolina boys are not op
6o their skirmish drills at all, bot soon
will be, but their gener il discipline seems
to have made ac impression, judging
from the comments of the Chattanooga
Times. Here is what the Times says :
"Whatever this regiment may have
lacked hi the way of. eqoipmeot, they
made op for in disc ipline, which was
far better than that cf aoy volunteer
regimeot oow at the park. Their man?
ner of leaving the train and receiving
coffee reminded one of the regulars, if
not better than that of the regulars.
The companies act like parts of a ma?
chine, responding readily and easily to
every command.*' AUGUST KOHN.
Seventeen Thousand Men are
Moving to the Front as
Fast as Ships Cac Car?
ry Them.
Washington, June 12.-Under com
maod of Major Gen. Shaffer, the
first division of the United States
army will sail to night from Key West
for Santiago de Coba to besiege and
capture that towo. The army trans?
ports, 30 io number, left Port Tampa
yesterday aod are now at Key West.
Toe eonvoyiog warships, believed to
number between 16 and- 19, will be
ready for the voyage by nightfall, and
with this powerful force there is no
longer reason for apprehension that the
transports can be attacked successfully
by aoy Spanish warships, even if such
should have escaped the naval com?
manders at Key West aod off Habana.
lt is believed here that the sally oot
of Habana of the three Spanish gun?
boats was intended to create the im?
pression that they were prepared to go
oat to attack the transports. If so, the
plans miscarried for the crafts were ed
tected immediately by Commodore Wat?
son's cruiser aod driveo back pell mell
ioto Habaoa harbor a ider the protec?
tion of the shore batteries. Eveo if
these bc rta bad escaped they could bave
done oo damage, for the sieze of the
ooovoy furnished for the troopships is
sufficient to warrant belief that they
would have been speedily destroyed
should they have had the coarage to
make attack upon the fleet of Americao
ships. The Spacisb gunboats are not
one of them the equal in power
of the smallest of the American
cruisers, or even of snob goo
boats as tbe little Bancroft, which may
be used as Geo. Shaffer's flagship.
Every precaution bas been taken by
the government to ensure the safety of
the troops en route to Coba The na?
val war board was in sesiioo to-day
making tbe final preparations for tbe
disposition of tbA guard ships. The
transports will be kept as closely to?
gether as safe navigation will permit
and the warships will be disposed ahead
astern and on either flank. The fleet
est scooting vessels will be thrown far
oat io odvaoce of the transports, and
in order to ensure against sn attaok
from the rear some of the vessels, such
as the St Louij, perhaps, will Hoger far
astero ready to signal the heavy armed
croisera at tbe first sign of ao approach?
ing foe The stately battleship Indi?
ana, it is expected, will lead the pro
cession of ahips will be the most
nomeroos gathered io American waters
since the civil war.
Slaughter of Spaniards bj
Manila Insurgents.
Washington, June 6-The navj
department at 2 o'clock posted th<
following bulletin :
"Admiral Dewey reports the insar
gents have been actively engag?e
with Spaniards in the province o
Cavit? during the past week Thej
have won several victories, taker
prisoners about 1,800 men and 5(
officers of the Spanish troops, not na
tive. The arsenal of Cavite has beer
prepared for occupation by the Unit
ed States troops upon their arrival oi
the transports
"Admiral Sampson is engaged ir
arranging with Admiral Cervera foi
the exchange of Naval Constructoi
Hobson and the men with him, now
prisoners at Santiago, for some of th?
officers and men held prisoners b\
the United States at Fort McPher
son M
OVER A THOUSAND KILLED.
Manila, May 31, via Hong Kong,
June 6 -The Spanish outposts have
been driven ia all along the line,
simultaneously and with great slaugh
ter It is said that over a thousand
have been killed. There has beer
fierce hand to band fighting for 7(
boura, despite the typhoon which if
raging.
The violent winds and torrents ol
rain render the rifles of the Spanish
troops unavailing The natfvee
easily win at every step with theil
slashing knives
To-day the insurgents hold Mala
bon, Tarlee and Bacoor. They are
now attacking Santa Mesa and Molate,
the suburbs of the city, which is com?
pletely encircled fqr a distance ol
seven miles.
A native regiment, under Col
Aguinaldo, cousin of the insurgent
leader, yesterday joined the insur?
gents. The governor has issued s
despairing proclamation, begging the
insurgents to come to terms, and
meanwhile be is> arranging to remove
all the Spanish population inside the
old walled city. He is filling the
moats, testing the draw bridges and
placing 6trong guards in the principal
streets and artillery along the walls.
All the other troops are camping ia
the suburbs. The weather is terrific.
I visited Cavite . without the Span
i ards knowing it any found there
197 wounded and 56 prisoners,
j among the later six Spanish officers,
the others natives. AU were well
treated.
Chi?f Aguinaldo, in the course ol
an interview, has sard that insurgente
are eager to rush upon Manila forth
with, but that Admiral Dewey refus?e
to allow "hordes of passionate, semi
savages to storm a civilized metro?
polis."
Admiral Dewey intends to await
the arrival of the American troops
In the meantime the insurgents have
been forbidden to cross the Malote
river, seven miles south of Manila ;
otherwise the Petrel will be stationed
there to bombard them
The volunteers smelt powder yes?
terday # An officer was killed and
three others were wounded The
rest retired rapidly One German
resident bas enlistee with the volun?
teers.
WANT AGUINALDO, DEAD OR
ALIVE.
Manila, May 29, visV Hong Kong,
Jane 6.-Many natives will try to
secure the large reward the govern?
ment has offered for the capture of
the insurgent chief Aguinaldo, dead
or alive. Already several of the in?
surgent officers have been assassi?
nated.
it is officially declared that four
armored cruisers, with colliers, tor
? pedo boats and transports carrying
10,000 troops have left Spain for
eastern waters. The Spaniards are
utterly unimpressed by the naval de?
feat here. They " explain that their
squadron was vastly outclassed, and
are confident of a victory on shore.
; They are determined to fight to the
end as the ships did. Evidently they
will never learn common sense until
Manila is annihilated by street and
! house fighting in the outer city and
by * bombardment of the walled
citadel.
The insurgents raided a railway
station 10 miles to the north of Manila
and killed three priests and an officer.
There bas also been a pitched battle
at a Spanish post south of Manila,
near Cavite, the result being that the
insurgents retired The Spanish
casualties were 150
At Manila the work of construct
ing defenses goes on, and there are
sandbag breastworks in all directions.
The Americans are always using
their searchlights, but they never in
terfere with the work of the defenses.
The Spaniards believe that they are
short of ammunition.
The governor has issued a pro?
clamation offering the nantives great
concessions and declaring that the
Americans will be powerless on the
land.
Meanwhile the insurgents are
steadily advancing along the coast,
supported by the United States gun
boat Petrel, and are driving the
Spaniards into Manila They have
captured five important positions nine
miles from the city, and over 400
Spaniards have been killed. Four
thousand Spanish reinforcements nave
been sent, but it is asserted that
Aguinaldo will enter the city by
June 12 A bombardment will be
avoided is possible.
Austria Keeps Hands Off
She Has Declined to Mediate
Between the United States
and Spain.
. Vienn_, Jane 10.-The govern meat
has declined to ioittate mediation be?
tween toe United States and Spain, as
it wiehes to avoid the appearance of
making intervention seem only dynas
tts action io the interest of tbe qseeo
regent, ?hieb perhaps might give fatal
offense. Nevertheless a decided opin?
ions held tbat tbe time for intervention is
very near at hand, although a hesitation
to take the ?rst step is e video5 every?
where The probability is that Russia
will undertake the ioitiative witbio one
or two days. %
It is koowo that ibe American gov?
ernment has become more approachable
on the sobject of ioterveotion. With
regard to tbe Fbi ippioea, oo doubt
exists io official minds of Vienna that
tbe islands oaooot remain io the bands
of America. Tbe insurgents there
rejeet ali foreign control, aod moreover
it is scarcely eoooeivable that America
could provide a sufficient force to enable
I ber to take foll possession of so exteo
sitive a group of islands.
- The probability ie tbat the powers
will find a way ont of the difficulty by
establishing a sort of protectorate,
which perhaps Eoglaod might under?
take. Ooe fact, however, is incontro?
vertible, the united cabinets are agreed
that the Philippines must remato ao
opeo market for the commerce of the
world.
San Francisco, Jane 14 -The
troops of tbe second detachment of
the army for the occupation of the
Pbillippine islands are embarking on
the transports to-day and it has been
stated officially that the feet will sail
to morrow for Manila. The fleet will
touch at Honolulu for' coal and fresh
provisions, bot the expedition will
make all the baste possible to reach
Mao ila as rush orders have been
issued from headquarters.
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CANDIDATES9 GARDS.
FOR CONGRESS.
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Congressman J WM STOKES is hereby
announced as a candidate for re-election from
this, the Seventh District, sobject io the
Democratic primary.
THOMAS F. BRANTLEY, cf Orangeborg
is nomieated for Congress from the Seventh
District, subject to the action of the Demo?
cratic primary.
FOR SUPERVISOR.
Mr. Editor ; Yon will pleoe announce W.
S. DINKIN3 as a candidate for County Su?
pervisor at the coming . etectioo, aod oblige
hie FRIKKDS.
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At the request of many friend?, ? hereby
aoooonce myself a ca nd id a ie for the office of
Coooty Supervisor If. elected I promise the
people of Sumter Coooty to do my duty as
I see it without fear or favor.
Very respectfully,
* W. H. SEAL
FOR TREASURER.
H. L. SCARBOROUGH again aeks elec?
tion to the office of County Treasurer in the
approaching primary-promising, whether
elected or defeated, ever to put forth bis beet
efforts for the advancement of tbe County's
interests.
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
Thankfal to the Democratic Party and
friends of Sumter County for tbeir kind sup*
port in the past, I most respectfully ao
Doonce myself as a candidate for re election
as Judge of Prolate at approaching pritrary
election kc
THOS. V. WALSB. ?
Judge of Probate. '
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nounce him ae a caod ?date for tbe office of
County Superintendent of Education, (ob?
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