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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5,1889. The Sumter WotcAman was toan deo in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium in Sumter. In another part of to-day's paper is printed a letter written by Col. 0. H. LaGrsngs, narrating some personal recollections of the civil war, in which Col. Wallace of this city is mentioned Is our preface to the letter it was omit ted to state that Col. Wallace and hts comrade Stewart were both members of tbs 8th Texas Cavalry. Col. Wallace still has ia his possession the blanket that he used to shake dust between the provest guard and Stewart when the latter made his escape at Louisville, Ky., when they were on their way to prison. It >s a fine hand wove Mexioan blanket, and apart from its value as a war relic is worth a good price. He earned the blanket through the war and to prison, and brought it home. Excepting some bullet holes and moth cuts it is in good preservation. The Caban assembly has dissolved and the pacification of Cuba will now proceed along the Hoes laid down by the McKinley clique without organized opposition. The disbandment of the Cabas army will be benefioal to the island and Gen. Gomez is a otis g wisely and patriotically in lending his influence to accomplish it without needless delay and friction. Contributions for the Confederate Reunion are coming in slowly and anleas tba Veterans bestir themselves Sumter County will make the poorest showing of all the counties of the State. The Veterans of all the Sooth have been invited by the State of South Carolina and the Veterans of the whole State to assemble in Charleston, and the duty of providing entertainment devolves upon the people of the State and not upon the city of Charleston alone. The Veterana should take the lead in raising funds and unless they do -so, little can bc accomplished. If they will go to work systematically in every section of the county sufficient money can be raised with no great difficulty to place Sumter County on a footing with other counties. It is unnecessary, we presume, to nrge upon the Veterans the need of prompt and systematic acticn, for the short time intervening between this date aod the Kennion makes every day count. A staroh factory in this community would do more to reduce the cotton acreage than all argoments aod theories that might be advanced A oertain market for all sweet and Irish potatoes, com and rice that ocuid be produced io the country adjacent lo Seater would dethrone the cotton king and the farmers would be more prosperous than since cotton sold for teo ceo ts a pound There is more clear money to be made en potatoes at fifteen cents a bushel than on cotton at seven cents a pound Tillman and Garr s may have for gotten to pay for the bricks; Tillman, Evans and Eilerbe may have allowed the balances doe for hams, coal and other supplies to slip their memory; Tompkins, Latimer and others may bare imagined that the furniture was a present; but what about the farming operations of Governors Tillman, Evans and Eilerbe ? Could any lapse of memoiy account for using con Ticte and penitentiary moles for indi vidual gain ? The McKinley imperialists' motto is un-American to tbe kernel They say to tbe Filipinos, "Submit to our rule or you will be exterminated." The Revolutionary Americans de manded liberty or death, the McKin ley Americas commands submission or death. A hundred years and a transition from national weakness to strength produces a marvelous change ia national policy. Roosevelt For President. MCKINLEY CROWD UNEA SY-THE FIGHT ON REED NOT ENDED. Washington. April 3 -A bomb was exploded !o administration cir oles by a prominent New York republican who came to Washington for the purpose, wben it was anoonc ed that Gov. "Teddy" Roosevelt was io the Seid for- the republican Presidential nomination, next year, and tbat tbere was an understanding between "Teddy" and Gen. Miles, who bas been credited with entertain ing a similar ambition himself Some of Mr. McKinley's friends appear to think that be is bound to be renomi nated and re elected, but those of them who are long beaded and who have had experience in politics, do not look at things that way ; they know that both Roosevelt and Miles have qualities which are calculated to arouse the enthusiasm and support of the young men in their party, and that with good management a com bination of their following might give the Hanna McKinley machine a hard fight, if not an actual throw-down If tbts announcement is straight, Boss Plattt must have failed in his offorts to keep "Teddy7' off the McKinley track. With all Czar Reed's faults, and he has enough and to spare, he has never been a sneaky fighter, whioh is more than can be said for the administra tion crowd, which is afraid lo come out in the open and try to defeat Reed for the Speakership, but is en gaged in trying to bluff him into not being a candidate, by stating that the administration bas determined to throw its influence for Reed, but with the empress understanding that the rules of the next House shall be changed so as to cut out all the Czar business. The idea is that Reed would not care to be a speaker, if he is to be shorn of the autocrat power he has wielded, This is on a par with the talk which has at times been heard ever since Reed first became Speaker, about republicans who were going to unite with the democrats to change the rules and curtial the pow er of the Speaker. They never did so, and if the republicans elect Reed. Speaker of the House again, as they will almost sorely do, he will be the same old Czar It has been brought out in the tes timony before the military court of inquiry that Gen. Eagan told a Bos ton contractor, and a Texas cattle raiser, who had in a bid for furnishing beef on the hoof, that Secretary Alger bad practically ordered bim to try the refrigerated beef, which Swift & Co claimed to have a secret process of preserving, as an experiment The longer the court sits, the worse things look for the Alger Eagan crowd, aad Maj Lee, who is repre eenting Gen Mile3 says he bas lots more witnesses on his list. But as the meat has already been fully proven to have been" bad, the court may deside that it is nnnecessa-y to hear all these witnesses. Mr. McKinley bas apparently at last become aroused to the danger, to his own political fortunes, of retain ing Alger in his cabinet, and, on ess ali the political "wise me" are at fault, the "Ex" is bot on the trail of Alger and cannot fail to catch up with him very soon lt has been, these men say, fully determined by Boss Hanna and tbe other directors of the administration machine that Alger must go They prefer that he should do so willingly, but if he de clines to tender bis resignation with out being requested by Mr McKin ley to do so, Mr. McKinley will make that request From a strictly selfish point of v ew, democrats would pre fer that Mr McKinley should keep Alger in the cabinet, for then it would be impossible for the adminis tration to deny responsibility for Algerism and all its horrors, bat democrats are too patriotic to wish to eee a man filling the resposibie office of secretary of war, who de selves to be kicked out, just to make political capital for their party ; they wish, above everything else, to see the affairs of the grovernment prop erly administered, and know that they will not be in the war depart ment, as iong as Alger is at its head A group of army officers were discussing the cost and results of the campaign of Gen Otis against the Filipinos, which has just closed with the taking of Aguinaldo's capital, and the driving of him and bis army into the interior, when one of them said : "For my part, I don't thick the game worth the candle After a considerable loss of life, we have the Philippine insurgents just where the Spaniards had them That is, we have possession of the coast and all of the towns and they are in the interior. It is trup, that if wc start after them, our pursuit will be very different from that of the Spaniards, and that in the end American grit is bound to win, and we shall succeed in killing, capturing or subduing them all, but it will be no picnic 1 assure you, and I know what the country is ; we shall pay dear-far too dear I think-for our triumph over them.7' The Cubans who came to Washmg ton to present to the administration resolutions adopted by the Cuban assembly, left town in disgust when informed by Secretary Hay that Mr. McKinley would not receive them, 3nd tbat no more money would be put up than the $3,000,000 promised Gen Gomez, and that the assembly would not be allowed to issae bonds for the purpose of raisiog money. There is a trick concealed in this bond business that nobody bas sue ceeded in getting entirely to the bottom of There are also some millions of dollars in it, if the admin istration can be roped into giving an official consent Although this con sent has just been refused and not for the first time, the schemers have not given up and are still at work and hopeful of success. Kansas Boys at the Altar. Five more Kansas boys were offered np on the altar of expansion Sunday, and ll Kansans were among the wounded at Malabon. Tbis makes 28 dead and upwards of 60 wounded in the Kansas regiment on Lazon, a record that brings the issue olese to borne. Are the islands worth it ? Twenty eight Kansas mothers, their gray heads bowed io grief, are not alone io belteviog not. The relatives and friends of every Kaosas boy pierced by an insurgent bullet are not the oniy ones who believe not. Every mao and woman who reads daily the list of dead cabled from Manila, a list in which Kansas contributes freely of its most gallant Jood. is set to thinking. They see the reckless aod appalling expendi ture of life and treasure in an attempt to bestow liberty and enlightenment on an inferior, alien race that neither waots such blessings nor is capable of accepting them. Tbe Kansas boys whose lives hive been sacrificed enlisted in the volunteer army to fight Spain. Instead, they were sent to a group of islands on tbe other side of the earth, there to battle with wild negroes in the jungle and ander bosh, with every advantage on the side of the savage. The people of Lawrence, Kans., believe the life of Lieut. Alford was worth more than ail the unclothed barbarians in the Philippines; the people of Coffeevilie lost more when Capt. Elliott fell than they will ever receive by virtue of flirting with gilded "destiny." Every Kansas boy killed at Manila meaos 500 votes against imperialism and 500 votes in favor of the rugged American Democracy of Jefferson and Jaeksoo. Go to H. G 08teen & Co. for pretty Paper Dolls, ladies, misses and babies. The "White" is the beat on earth. Call, 6ee, and bay embossed or floral Crepe Paper. H. G. Osteen & Co. The White is feing of Sewing Machines* NO MORE FOOLISHNESS. Washington, D. C., April 3. The Cuban assembly must very speed ily decide upon the proposition of the United States government to pay that $3,000.000 to tbe Cuban troops. lt was said today that the entire matter is io the bands of Secretary Alger. He hus already conferred with Gen. Brooke, and before leaviog Habana fully acquainted the military governor with his views, so tbat the latter is competent to act at a moment's notice if the muster roils of the Cuban army are not promptly surrendered to the Uoited States, probably the govern ment will also feel that it is warranted in withdrawing the support in the mat ter of rations it bas been extending these soldiers io view of what amounts to a practical declination on the part of their officers, as represented by the Cuban assembly, to accept the terms held out by the government. The officials here are rather puzzled to koow why the assewbly is inclined to rely on some unknown syndicate, as against the formal pledges of the Uoited States. LAWYER STOPS A FUN ERAL. Birmingham, Ala., April 3.-Wben the body of Ira Goggaos, the ex policeman, who was shot in the Aroade saloon on Saturday by Cliff Capoon, a boy, was about to be lowered ioto the grave today, P. G. Bow man, an attorney, who was em ployed to prosecute the oase against the boy, stopped the burial aod had the body carried back to tbe undertakers, where a bullet was taken from the deceased's head. Tbe second funeral with the same remains then followed. When weighed the bullet taken from Goggan's head was found to be nine grains heavier than the bullets from Capoon's pistol. It is believed a third party had a hand in the shooting, notwithstand ing thc olaim of tbe boy tbat he did it ail. G. A Griffith, deputy city marshal at Woodlawn, a suburb, was arrested to-day, obarged with murder. He was io the saloon at tbe time of tbe killing. Habana, April 3 -10.20 a. m - The overland telegraph lines connect ing Habana with Santiago were completed by the signal corps yesterday, placiog them in general communication with every commaod and all toe important torcos of the island The corps hag constructed 2,000 miles of line in 60 days. 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Invaluable in the household, and to the teacher, scholar, pro fessional man, and self cd u ca tor. _ Specimen pages sent on application to G.&C. merriam Co.,Publishers, Springfield, Mass._ J CAUTION Do not be deceived in - buying small so-called "Webster's Dictionaries." All authentic abridgments of Webster's International Diction ary in the varions sizes bear onr trade-mark on the front cover as shovn in the cuts. OC-CK>CK>C<KKKX><>CKX>CH>C^ HOME ENTERTAINMENT I3 so largely a matter of mueic that there is very little entertainment at borne without a Piano. Have solid merit, as attested by tbe bigb praise of everyone who has bought a Stieflf Piano for the past fifty years. Call and examine oar stock or write for Il lustrated Catalogue. CHAS. M. STIEFFj BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 9 North Liberty St. 521 11TH ST. N. W. Notice of Iptii Tbe State of South Carolina-Sumter Coun ty-Office of Supervisors of Registration, Sumter County, Sumter, S. C., February lat, 1899. Notice is hereby given that io accordance with an Act of the General Assembly, and io conformity with the requirements of the State Constitution, the books for tbe registration of all legally qualified voters, and for tbe issuing of transfers, etc,, will be open at tbe office of Supervisors of Registration in tbe court henge, between tbe boors of 9 o'clock a. m . and 3 o'clock p. m., on the first Mon day of each month, no til thirty days before the next general election. Minors who shall become of age during- that period of thirty days shall be entitled to registration before the books are closed, if otberwiee qualified. The requirements for a qualified voter are that the applicant for registration shall bc able to read and write correctly, or possess io bis own name property to tbe amount of turee hundred dollars, upon which be pays taxes. E. F BURROWS, T. D. DuBOSE, J. M. KNIGHT, Supervisors of Registration Sumter Co. Mch 1 NEW Mm m TOWN. Blacksmith and Wheelwright. IHAVE OPENED ON LIBERTY Street near corner of Harvio Street, and solicit any work in my line and guarantee satisfac tion. Horses Shod for 30c. all round, if Horse is in good condition-Cash or Equivalent. General repair work of all kinds done at correspondingly low prices I have references from best people of Macs ville where I worked the past 3 ear and from Camden, where I did business for 17 years. Special promptness given to work for physicians and cases of urgencv. W. T. HALL, Wheelwright and Blacksmith. Feb 24-21 'CLEVELAND! BICYCLES^ Cleveland and Victor Bicycles for sale by JENKINS BROTHERS Iff s. In our Dry Goods Department Mousseline DeSoie in exquisite patterns and all shades of solid colors-50c per yard. This will be a "WHITE GOODS SEASON" and we have prepared for it. We can show you the largest line of white goods ever shown in this city. Dimitys ufrom 10c up. Piques in Welts and Novelties at all prices. In WASH GOODS we are displaying beautiful lines of Organdies, Ginghams, Silk Striped Cheviots, Madras, Duck and Calicoes. Our line of Silk and Cotton Draperies are neat and attrac tive. Prices right. All styles of Ladies' Straw Sailors In small and wide, and rough and smooth braids. DUCK and CRASH SKIRTS from 50c up. STAMPED LINENS for picture frames and other fancy work, Wash Silk in all shades for same. Jj JjJ A complete line of Colgate & Co's Perfumery and Toilet Preparations. New Styles Ladies' Collars, 10c. BACK 2JNCHES BACKBENCHES 10c a piece. FR0N72%1HCHES FRONT BUNCHES IN OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. In Men7s Suits we have Strouse & Bros. celebrated line-every suit guaranteed. Prices right, "nuff said." j i^^ Duchess Trousers, I /3< |p\ > ^Whcse guarantee is : j| feIMft|PF^ vlpi/ j 100 for a Butt0IL': $L0 for a < <^ ^^> I ^ate *n ev I7 particular, K > rUK /XW 5 gers we have a large assort ; Fit and Workmanship Perfect. I ment of Pants Patterns for * The Appearance without the Cost. \ you to select from. We make -.CSTINTHSWORLO. IOC FOR A BUTTON. S them up and guarantee a fit ^JJ^^^i^X^^ or no sale. Prices $5 to $10. J. HYTTENBERG k . BLANK We haye bought a stock of Blank Books direct from the manufacturers. We saved the jobbers5 profits, and our customers will get the benefit in Low Prices. AH who have need of blank books should give us a call. Liberty Street.