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Some of the Qualifications for
Becoming a Soldier.
Tbe State, Jnlj 12.
The recruiting station in the Ken
dal! building is not packed and
crowded with yoong men eager to
offer their services to their country.
Perhaps the would-be volunteers are
waiting for the late First regiment to
volunteer as. a whoie
There have been nine recruits sc
cepted within the past ten days, all
for the regular army. All but two of j
these were colored. j
Under the new cal! for volunteers
there are to be ten regiments Re
emiting offices have been established
all over the country, and when a
volunteer passes the medical exam i . i
nation and is accepted, he is sent to |
the nearest regular army post, head
quarters - for the regiment being
organized South Carolina is in the
department of the Gulf, with head
quarters at Atlanta, or Fort McPher
son, Ga When a recruit is accepted
here, he is sent to Fort McPherson to
join his regiment, the Twenty ninth, j
North Carolinians are sent to Camp j
Meade, Pennsylvania. Georgians, i
Alabamians, South Carolinians, etc , j
wiH compose the Twenty-ninth
Lieut. Williams, who is in charge
of the recruiting office at this place, j
will be in the city today and will act
upon about a dozen applications for
enlistment. While Uncle Sam wants
men, and wants them bad, still he
affects a lordly air and demands that
the men to be sacrificed in the Phil
ippines must not be vagabonds.
Wheo a youth applies for admis
sion to the army, the first question
put to him is, "Are you a minor ?"
If the young maa is not 21 year6 old
his parents or guardian are required
to make certificate that they do not
object to his enlistment. The certi
ficate reads in part, "I do hereby
fully give my consent to bis enlisting
as a soldier in the volunteer army of
the United Stales for the period June
30, 19G1." This permission having
been obtained, the boy is free to en
list.
The next step is to get a recom
mendation of character. Uncle Sam
claims that be doesn't want dissolute
and worthless characters in bis
army.
The character gauntlet having been
run, the relentless physician gets in
bis work, and the physical examina
tion is not as "easy" as one might
imagine.
Except in special cases none bot
unmarried men will be enlisted for
ibis service
Ordered to the Philippines.
Washington, July ll.-Capt T S.
Bratton, assistant surgeon at Tybee
island, and Assistant Surgeon H. H
Bradley, at Savannah, Ga , have been
ordered to accompany the Nineteenth
infantry from Camp Meade to the
Philippine islands.
Ordered to Fort McPherson.
Washington, July 13.-Officers re
03Dtlj appointed to the volunteer army
have been ordered to joio (heir reg
m 3D ts at the several regimental stations.
The following efficers of the Twenty
aiuth regiment have been ordered to
Fort McPherson. Ga ; Major D G
Case, Captains Cleveland, Willeooxsoo
and Beary T. Thompson ; First Lieu
tenants W P Corbett, R J Arnold and
W P Screws ; Second Lieutenant M
Holley, at Fort McPherson, Ga.
No Rush to Volunteer
Washington, July 13 -There have
been enlisted in the volunteer reg menes
791 meo. As the recruiting bas ali
been done at the regu'ar stations the
result is considered very good a', tbe
war department. The recruits by
regiments are: Twenty-sixth, 141;
Twenty seventh, 134 ; Twenty eighth,
86; Twenty-ninth, 21; Thirtieth, 118;
Thirty-firs:, 181 ; Thirty-second, 75;
Thirty-third, 9 ; Thirty-fourth, 24 ;
Thirty fifth, 2.
Aguinaldo's Speech at
the Tarlac Celebration.
j Quotes the Moaroe Doctrine
j in Reference to America
AND HER COURSE IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
Manila, July 12, 7 25 p ra -A
copy of the Independencia has
reached Manila containing the speech
which Aguinaldo made during the
recent celebration at Tarlac, of the
anniversary of the Filipino independ
ence. In substance it is as follows :
"Filipina, beloved daughter cf the
ardent Sun of the Tropics, commenc
ed by Providence to the care of noble
Spain, be not ungrateful to ber
salute who warmed you with the
breath of ber own culture and civili
zation.
"It is true she sotsght to crush thy
aspiration for independence, as a
loving mother opposes separation
forever from the daogber of her
bosom This but proves the excess
of affection and love Spain feels for
thee, Filipina ! Delicate flower of
the east, scarcely eight months
Weaned from the breast of thy
mother, thou has dared to brave a
great and powerful nation such as is
the United States, after barely organ
izing and disciplining tby little army.
Yet we reply, we will be slaves to
none, nor allow ourselves to be de
ceived by soft words Let us con
tinue to defend our fatherland untH
independence is assured, for this is
justice We shall see at least that
the great American nation will
acknowledge tho right which is on
our side That doctrine of the great
Monroe, that America is for Ameri
cans, is not forgotten Just so we
affirm that the Philippines are for the
,Filipinos. Some Slates of the Amer
ican union have arisen in our-favcr.
"Especially is the Democratic
party convinced that both victors and
vanquished will loise precious lives
Thus many of the people and many
statesmen censure President McKin
ley as inhuman for having ordered
bis military representatives at Manila
to seek means to bring about hostili
ties "With the Filipinos these facts
prove that they wished to try us to
see if we are able to live up to the
second color of our banner, red,
which signifies courage, heroism
and martyrdom. Therefore, we
should not resent this straggle
with the Americans. In spite of
their expressed desire to dominate ali
the Philippines, weil convinced are
they that we wiil fight witb justice
and right on our side and that
autonomy is all a show of deceit,
only serving to save certain accumu
lated wealth. We have never con
cealed our aspirations, that we aspire
but to independence, that we will
struggle on to obtain it, perhaps from
those who are cow oor enemies and
tomorrow will be our allies as they
were for the overthrow of the power
of Spain. We might well accept this
autonomy America offers, but what
can we do with it if our ambition is
independence and if we are to accept
it only to later overthrow by force of
arms the sovereignty of America ?
As I believe it is the intention of the
autonomists to make use cf treachery
and deceit, we cannot accept such a
procedure. We do not wish to be
traitors afterward We wish to show
our character, our frankness and sin
cerity and nothing more. Let us
avoid the example of those natives
who having at one time been colo
nists, accepted autonomy to enable
them to make their work surer, once
everything was prepared. History
bas given us an example of this in
recent events Let us persiet in our
idea, which is the only and legitimate
and noble aspiration of a people
which is d sirions at ali cost to pre
serve its national honor spotless and
as pure as a crystal Thus, then,
there will not be a single Filipino
autonomist. Those who are so are
in the eyes of the people but time
servers, fearful of losing their riches,
threatened by risks of war
.'Filipinos, let us be constant ! Let
us strengthen the bonds o our
union!"
Aguinaldo concluded with calling
for cheers for independence, the
union of the Filipinos and for the
liberating army.
CAVALRY AFLOAT.
Manila, July 13, 12 30 p. rn -
Lake Laguna de Bay ie being patrol
ed by three troops of Fourth cavalry
under Capt McGraw and the army
gunboat Napidan commanded by
Lieu i Larsen The force makes its
headquarters on an island, living on
cascoes, in which the men are towed
about to make unexpected visits to
towns where there are small forces of
insurgents, for the purpose of keep
ing the rebels moving Un Tuesday
the troops had an engagement at
Mantitupa, on the south shoie of the
lake They fought 500 inourgents
there, entrenched near the shore.
The Napidan shelled tbe rebels and
a party of American troops number
ing 135 landed and drove them by
a sharp running fire to the hills,
where they were too strongly en
trenched for the small force to attack
them.
Two of the cavalrymen were
wounded and the bodies of ten insur
gents were found. It is supposed
that the enemy's loss is 35.
PITIFUL CONDITIONS.
San Francisco, July 13.-Advices
received by the transport Newport,
dated Manila, June ll, are as follows:
The volunteers are greatly debilitated
in consequence of their hard cam
paigning through three months of
tropic weather. Since the middie oi
May no volunteer regiment has had a
sick list oriess than 20 per cent, ill,
and a fewregiments have less than
one third of their number on duty.
The Nebraska regiment has suffered
worst. It came in from San Fernan
do a few days ago with lees than 200
men in the ranks The South Dakota
followed yesterday with 275 men on
duty. Tbe Montana and Kansas
regiments at San Fernando have not
more than 280 available men each.
The morning after the Washington
troops took Morong a week ago only
263 men responded to roll call. The
Washington men have been engaged
since March 12 in preventing the
insurgent armies of the north and
south from forming a junction in the
region of Laguna de Bay, often being
engaged at the same time with the
enemy in opposite directions.
Twenty four of the Nebraska
officers are on the sick list and the
Montana, Kansas, Washington and
South Dakota regiments show 20 or
more officers in the hospitals or sick
in their quarters These regiments
bave borne the brunt of the figbtibg.
Their losses in killed and wounded
range from 160 in the Montana to
280 Nebraska men The loss of the
Kansas regiment is second to that of
Nebraska men, while the Washington
and South Dakota regiments follow
closely, each with losses of about
200 The Oregon regiment bas also
suffered severely.
Of the regulars the Thiid artillery
ii; the heaviest loser,, its killed and
wounded numbering 123.
OTIS WANTS TARGETS.
Washington, July 13.-A dispatch
has been received from Gen. Otis
requesting that there be sent to the
Philippines 2,500 horees in order
that a brigade of cavalry may be
organized for use at the end of the
rainy 6eason Gen. Otis bas tried
the horses of Manila and nearby
countries, but none of them seem
available for cavalry. It is the in
tention of Secretary Alger to have
the mounts carefully selected and he
thinks that animals from the Southern
States, not too heavy, but tough and
wiry, will be the best.
Capt. H. T. Thompson.
Capt H T. Thompson passed
through Florence last night on his
way to Fort McPherson near Atlanta,
Ga., to join the regiment to which he
bas been assigned.
Col Thompson within the past two
days has received two telegrams from
Assistant Adjutant General Carter,
the firet apprising him of his appoint
ment as captain of the 29th volun
teer infantry, the second ordering
bim to join his regiment at Fort
McPherson, Ga . stating that his
commission would be mailed to him
at that point.
At Fort McPherson Col. Thompson
will first meet his company, and will
at once begin to get it in order. His
regiment will be commanded by Col.
Hardin, who was colonel of the 2d
N. Y at Santiago, and was promoted
for conspicuous gallantry in tbe field.
Capt. Thompson was pleased to find
that this gallant man would be his
superior officer.
Capt. Thompson expects to be in
Manila by October 1, and 6 very
anxious for the time to come when he
may get a taste of actual warfare.
Be entertains no thought but that his
promotion to the rank of major will
come as soon as he arrives ac the
Philippines He has received num
bers of applications from Sooth Caro
lina men who desire to join his com
pany. Most of them were under him
in the 2d S C. V , but roany were
raw recruits -Florence Times, 14th.
Georgia Assassination.
Macon, Ga., July ll-A special
to The Telegraph from Lacrosse,
Sumter county, says that the repre
sentative of that county. Hon. Henry
Singletery, aged sixty, was assassi
nated tonight while going ic om his
store to his borne near by. T > 6ody
was found a half hour after t 'kill
ing. The head was crushed i as if
by a bludgeon. No clue as o he
perpetrators or tbeir motive Mr.
SingSetery leaves a large family and
was a man of wide influence in this
section Dogs have been secured
and searching parties ha 3 gone from
Amencus and Leeeburg.
Insists on Independence.
GEN. GOMEZ MAKES
I SPEECH IN HABANA.
Habana, July 12.-At a meeting
j held last evening in the Payrei theatre,
; after the street demonstration and
parade in his honor, Gen. Galberto
Gomez was himself the principal
speaker. Io the coarse of a long
address, dealing with tho reasoos for
I beginning the war against Spain, he
I said : "I am now, as I always have
been, a separatist; and I still demand
the separation that I asked before thc
war, not only separation from Spain,
but from any and.ali other nations.
Poople only begin a revolution when
this is absolutely necessary to life and
! progress. If a superior force deters
them before this object is attained, there
is merely the question of delay.
.'The revolution will inevitably re
turn. Nations, like stars, have their
seasons of eclipse ; bu;, following their
orbits, they emerge and accomplish
their final dectioy. The destiny of
Goba is only independence. The basic
ideas of the revolution were co mystery
and, therefore, a synopsis now, which
would really remind ns of past suffering
and of incidents only to be recalled
with horror, is unnecessary. Still we
would return to tboee direful days if it
had to be. Honor is as much a neces
sity in national life as is food in the life
j of the individual, and it ought to be
insured, if possible, even though the
attempt may resuit in catastrophe and
death.
"Such disasters we can avoid by
perfect unison, by raising our voices to
declare that this country is ours and
that we want it for ourselves, vby
i forgetting our enmities, by obliterating
personalities, by drawing a line through
our terribie past and by devoting our
j selves to the future,
j "We should give due thanks to the
j Americans whose progress and power
! inspire our admiration, but this dues
not mean that we shall resign ourselves
to a tutelage to be exercised over us.
Let us make the same statement to the
United States that the American
colonies made to England when they
declared in 1776 that the Americans
oWued North America."
The netire speech was in this spirit.
The local press praises it today as "the
most important occurrence since Janu
ary 1st."
Most of those present at the meeting
were negroes and many of the banners
borno in the procession 6howed the
legend of "Independence or death.'''
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There Is No Respite For
Jones.
Gov. McSweeney announced yester
day that he had refused to pardon
Robert T. Jones, the Edgefield mur
derer who is serving a sentence of 20
years in the penitentiary. Tbe case
was at one time widely celebrated
Jones is charged witb having
murdered three neighbors and kinsmen,
the Pressleys. They had been renting
land condemned by the State sinking
fund commission. There was a dispute
as to tts ownership, sod one day in
November, 1885, while Charles and
Edward Pressley, Jr., were plowing
the land, Jones walked into tbe field
and without provocation riddled them
with gun shot. He theo walked over to
where Edward Pressley, Sr , a palsied
man of 78 years, was holding a horse.
Him he killed without a word of
warning.
Jones was tried in March, 1886, and
a mistrial resulted. In March, 1887,
he was convicted of manslaughter. An
appeal was made to the supreme court.
There were four subsequent trials.
At the sixth and last, held in
Lexington, whither the case bad been
transferred, Jones was convicted of
manslaughter. That was in June,
1891, six years after the triple
homicide. Solicitor Nelson was assist
e by S McGowan Simkins and W W
Butler, of Edgefield. Jones* lawyers
were Major W T Gary, Ernest Gary,
N George Evans and Major H A
Meetze.
Mrs. Jones and her little daughter
pleaded with tho governor for Jones'
pardon, but Gov. McSweeney declined
to interfere.-The State, July 13.
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That tremendous plan, whereby Cecil
Rhodes and the Emperor of Germany
hope to ooonect one end of the great
African continent with :he other, is the
boldest railroad enterprise ever attempt
ed. The Cape to Cairo railway will be
the longest in the world. It will run
from the capital of Egypt, on the
extreme north, to Cape Town, on the
extreme south, thus spanning the entire
length of tho Dark Continent, and
covering country more diverse than any
other line of track. Thc Canadian
Pacific is 2,906 miles long, the Siberian
railway will be 4,741 miles locg, but j
thc Cape to Cairo will be 5,6G4 miles j
long Of this distance, more than half
is already finished and is now in
operatino. The importance of this
railroad to mankind at large can hardly
be overestimated.
The Cotton Crop.
CONDITION OF CROP IS
MUCH MORE ENCOUR
AGING.
The general tenure of cotton reports
continue to be favorable with a few
exceptions in each State in the belt,
except in Texas over the area inun
dated, where ao extensive tract of some
of the most productive cotton lands
will produce DO crop, except what may
hereafter be planted.
The crop io geoeral is of uoerft
stand, but the early pianted is fruitiog
well.
lu North Carolina cotton is quite
promising, looks healthy, but is grow
icg slowly. It is forming squares
rapidly and is blooming nicely. In
some southern counties the crop appears
to be exceptionally Soe.
In South Carolina reports on cotton,
while not wholly favorable, are very
promisiDg. The crop is 6mall, healthy, j
clean acd blooming freely; lice continue
to infest it in places, but are doing no
serious iojary. A few report the plaot
growiog too much to weed, others as
not growiag at all, especially on red
lands in the western counties. Sea
Island cotton never looked better.
Ic Georgia cotton is blooming rap
idly aod taking on forms ic some
localities, but there are some complaints
of lice aod grasshoppers.
Io Florida excessive raios have
caused cotton to shed in the northern
district. As a rule, however, the crop
is good. Some fields are beiog laid by.
Io Alabama cotton is weil fruited,
forming boils rapidly, aod is clean,
healthy aod very promising, though
some few sorrespoodeots report mioor
damage by boll worms aod blight.
In Mississippi old cottoo is good io
nearly all localities, but youog cottoo
is backward, although oow doing fairly
well. There are a few complaints of
worms and blight. Rust is reported io
Tishomicgo couoty.
In Louisiana the cotton crop,although
in various stages of advancement
some ody large eoough to be scraped
acd the first placted forming bolls-is
generally clean, growiog rapidly aod io
a satisfactory condition.
Io Texas the counties io which crops
have suffered the greatest damage are
MoLsooao, Bell, Falls, Milam, Robert
soc, Brazos, Hurelsoo, Washiogtoo,
Grimes, AustiD, Wailer, Fort Beod
and Brazoria The damage to crops
has been great, aod estimates state that
it averages from one third to one-half
the growing crops It is cot possible
to obtaiD tbe exact damage at the
presect time, acd some two cr three
weeks will be required before actual
cocditions can be determined. The
water still covers a large area cear the
mooth ef the Brazos. Feoces, houses,
stock and farming implemeots io the
Brazos bottoms are almost a total loss
Outside of the flooded district cottoo
is in good cooditioo, growing rapidly
aod is generally froitiog well. There
are complaiots also that the cottoo plant
is goiog too much to stalk. There are
a few complaints of insects, although
co material damage is reported from
this scarce.
Io Teoessee cottoo, as a rule, bas
made good progress toward fruitage,
aod, exceptiog the complaint of had
staods aod rust io some localities
prospects are rather eoccuragiog.
Io Arkansas cotton is ic various
stages of advancemeot, some squares
aod boils are beginning to form. Io
some sections it is making too much
weed acd not fruitiog weil.
Io Missouri cotton is advaociDg
steadily
Io Oklahoma cotton shows an abun
dance of squares and blooms.
Other politicians and public men,
says the Wilmington Messenger, may
lose their beads like Geoeral Butler, of
South Carolioa, iod Seoator McLaurio,
of the same State, and some of the
crank preachers, and Roosevelt aod Joe
Wheeler, aad the little fellows ic the
cooked cabioet, but Colooei W. J.
Bryan keeps his feet planted on the
principles of liberty, the laws of his
country, the antecedents of the wise
meo, tbe constitution aod Declaration j
of lodepeodeoce, and is opposed to all j
foreigc alliances. He said only a few ;
days ago : '"I believe George Washing- j
ton was right. We ought Bot to enter
into any entangling alliances with
foreign nations. The question of an
Anglo Saxon alliance is involved in the
question of imperialism. No entang
ling alliances would be suggested were
it cot for tho fact that a colonial policy
will strengthen those wbo desire a
foreign alliance"
Government Dealing ;Wit
Dreyfus5 Persecutors.
Paris, July 10.-It is rumored that
as a result of the revelation of the
inhuman cruelty practiced upon
Dreyfus while on Devil's island, M.
Leben, the minister who was respon
sible for the orders sent to M. Deniel,
while in charge of the penal settle
ment where Dreyfus was confined,
will be proceeded against, the gov
ernment not confining its action to
yesterday's dismissal of Deniel.
M. Bertillon, the handwriting
expert who testified before the court
of cassation that Dreyfus was the
author of bordereau, still remains at
the head of the anthropometic
department of the perfection of
police, but bas been deprived of bis
official duties.
Baron Baulny, another of the aris
tocratic promoters of the demonstra
tion against President Loubet at
Auteuil, has been pardoned.
It is understood that M. Loubet
also desired to pardon Baron Chris
tian], who made the assault on him,
but the cabinet decided that this was
quite out of the question.
The Gazette de France today pub
lishes the report which the prefect of
police presented to the government
March 29, on the Orleanist party. It
8ay3 the League of Patriots and the
anti Semite league were in close
relations with the Duke of Orleans,
who sent 5,000 francs to M. Derou
lede and large sums to Deputy Jules
Guerin. Altoge her the royalists
are said to have expended 300,000
francs in getting up the Neuilly bar
racks fiasco.
Prof. Syveton, treasurer of the
League of the French Fatherland,
has been suspended from bis duties
at the college of Rheims for at
tempts to incite an anti-Dreyfus agita
tion at Rennes. According to the
same authority Comte Boni de
Castellane also subsidized the move
ment.
EPWORTH ORPHANAGE,
The trustees of Epworth orphanage
held a meeting at the Jerome hotel
yesterday. There were present Rev.
A. J Stokes, D D , Rev. G. H. Wad
dell, Rev J. W. McLeod and Dr. W.
J Murray The trusteee decided to
build an infirmary complete and well
appointed in every particular. It
was also decided to have a system of
water works for the orphanage,
i These improvements will cost about
! $8,000, and the money is D sight
i There are about 100 orphans at the
Epworth and they are all healthy and
happy.-State, June 12
Columbia Park Question
Settled
Speoial to Thc State.
Cheraw, July ll -A motioo was
made here today before Chief Justice
Mciver for an injunction restraining
the Seaboard Air Lino Railroad
CompaDy from building their depct in
Sidney park, Columbia.
Judge Mciver, after the arguments
occupyiog about two hours, said that
he doubted if any appeal lies from the
order at all, but that it would oot be
tecessary for him to decide that, but
that he could reach no other conclusion
than that this was virtually an appeal
to him at chambers from Judge
Buchanan's order and be bad no right
to consider it.
Would Go One Better.
" We feel like hurrahing for Colum
bia. Judge Buchanan bas overruled
the order staying the condemnation
proceedings against Sidney park in
that city and the good work of the
Seaboard Air Line will go on We
confidently predict that] the prettiest
place in the State will be the terminal
that the Seaboard will build in the
park. We only wish that that road
could have seen its way clear in tak
ing our offer of the Florence park as
a terminal Maybe that will come
later ; we hope PO.;;-Florence Daily
Times. Thank you. A Spartanburg
man said the other day that to get
the Seaboard into that town Spar
tanburg would be willing to give it
the city hall lot and a cemetery to
boot.
Two distinguished visitors were in
Columbia Tuesday, I. Yamamoto and
T. Furmya, of Tokyo, Japan, members
of the Japanese legation at Washing
ton. They had been to Summerville
aod the Isle of Palms.
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