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FHJC S MTSS WATCHMAN, Established April, 18S0. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's andiTmth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone. isft6 Consolidated An?. 2,1881. Sew Series-Yoi. XIX. No. 5 Pttolisfrgd Errery Wednesday, NT. C3r. Osteeii) SUMTER, S. C. TSRMS : $1.50 per annum-io advance. iOTlBTISlKIIt: Ooo Square first insertion.......$1 00 Every subs quent insertion.... 50 Contracts for three months, or locger wil be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private interests wil! be charged floras ad rertiemen ts. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. j The Dreyfus Trial. SEaitre Labonri the Central Figure in Trial Yesterday, Brings Mercier to Prison Door. Rennes, Aog 22-Today was Maitre Labori's day at the Lycee, wbere Capt Alfred Dreyfus is stand ing tria! on charge of treason. La bori was the central figure of the scene As the Dreyfus drama unrolled be fore a crowded court this forenoon, Labori's tail, viking-like form in a long black gown, bordered with ermine, sitting in front of the foot- ! lights, was the magnet which, from the moment the curtain was rung up nntil it fell at noon, drew all regards, not merely glances of curiosity, but the steady gaze of admiration. * His mere presence brought ht ightness into the court room and fresh light into the proceedings Labori did what people bad ex pected. He galvanized the dormant defense into an active, living thing M D mange is conciiitary. He has always seemed to fear to tread on the military corn. Labori is a gladiator and always aims to touch bis foe to the quick Let there be the slightest opening in his opponent's defense and he thrusts home Today when M D mange found nothing to ask a witness, M Labori's quick eye had discovered weak points, and he came iorward with searching questions f e opened today with an eloquent speech, and the audience could have listened for an hour to his rich, melo dious voice, modulated tones and the impassioned outbursts, accom panied by energetic and speaking gestures Gens. Roget, Billot, Mercier and Roisdeifre, with the other military witnesses, gave one another anxious glances and put their heads together to exchange obviously disagreeable impressions as Labori plied the smaller military fry, who occupied the witness stand successively today, with disconcerting questions ^ abori cornered Gen Mercier on the Schneider letter, which the latter had used in evidence and which Col. Schneider had repudiated as a for gery. The general was surprised when Labori soddenly demanded that Mercier be recalled. Evidently he hoped the tribunal would support bim ic refusing to explain how he got a copy of a letter of a later date than his incumbency at the ministry of war. Bot Labori was not to be denied He insisted that Mercier should give some explanation Then, after hesi tating, Mercier declared that be would assume ali the responsibility attaching to his possession of the document. This, as Labori intended it should be, was a demonstration of communication by the general staff of part at least of the secret dossier to an ordinary soldier, such as Mer cier became immediately on leaving the ministry of war. When Labori had attained his object and forced a confession of grave violation of law on the part of Gen. Mercier, he gave a smile of grim satisfaction and then added significantly : "I shali have other questions to pot to Gen. Mercier99 The scene was highly dramatic and made a profound impression upon ali spectators Gen. Mercier must now be spend ing a very miserable evening, for as the result o this admission, and with the additional charge of com municatiog secret documents to the court martial of 1894, be is liable to arrest at any moment. Indeed, some people think it not impossible that he will be lyiog in military prison ad joining the cell of Capt. Dreyfus be fore the week is out. Another series of questions put by M. Labori concerned Lajonx, a spy formerly in the service of the French war office, but packed eff to South America, according to varioac mili tar ywitnesses, because be probed a swindler. Labori asked how it wss, if that were EO, that Lsjo:s was still receiving moothly payments. (richman mw .Southron SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jnoe, JSftS Consolidated Aug. % ISSI. SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17.1899. New Series-ToL XTIII. No. 42 counsel fjr the efecss theo aod dar ing the cross-examination Gf the wit ness, D De Grandmaison, evoked the severest criticism on the part of the publie present and bodes ill for Drey fus. Not only Col. Jouaust but the other judges displayed considerable impatience during Labori'a scathing oross-examiBatioo, shifting restlessly ic their seats and dramming the table with the tips of their fingers. Gen. Mercier faoed Labori's fire with callous demeanor, standing on the platform, his hands behind bis baok and his faee only half tamed toward bis questioner. Oooe or twice a savage look io the eye. , ac elevation in the tone aod a swayiog to and fro of the body revealed the inne; fires of re ssentaient. Geo. Roget faced the court with an air of unblushing effrontery. His handsome bu*; unsympathetic features expressed tue bitterest scorn, as he span around on bis heel and with arms crossed, faeed Labori or the audience or the judges. He is extremely vain and is always striking attitudes for the benefit of newspaper artists, quite a number of whom regularly attend the sessions. His impertinent behaviour was strikingly illustrated today when he interrupted M. Labori's examination of Gen. Chanoine, whioh had resulted io M. Labori's scoring heavily against Mercier, with the exclamation : "This examination is a waste of time." As a matter of fact the examination of Chanoine showed Mercier in a very bad light as it brought out that he had privately communicated to Chanoine on the first day of the secret session, a re port on the Paoizzardi dispatch for in sertion in the secret dossier. Gen. Chanoine admitted that be was wrong in accepting the report, but pleaded ignorance in judicial matters. The report consited of three pages, of which the second and third, Cha moine declared, contained fantastio, and. in fact, false representations. M. Labori brought Gen. Mercier to the bar in reference to this. Mercier admitted that the report emanated from Da Paty de Clam, bat claimed that he himself did not understand its contents, though he thought it would be interesting and perhaps useful to Chanoine This explanation was re garded as very lame, and, combined with other shady actions would damn Mercier as a witness io the eyes of any impartial tribunal. Whipped by: Florida White caps. Tampa, Fla., Aug. 23.-Editor W. C. Cram, of the Florida Republican, was brutally beaten by whitecaps at Peek last night. He is postmaster at that place, and bas been going out there attending to the mail at night and returning to the city in the morning. Some weeks ago he appointed Dan Mor rison, a colored mac, his assistant, so that the ofice could have a man in charge all the time. Morrison was made to give ap the office by a committee of oitizeos who are unknown, and Mr. Crum had to go out aod attend to the office himself. Last night after he had completed his work be started to a house he owns a short distance away, where he sleeps when there. He was held up on the roads by a mob of masked men with guns, who made bim dismount. He was tied with a rope, band and foot, and given a brutal beating. He also sustained severe braises about the head and shoulders from the kioks administered by the mob After they finished beating him they out off the whiskers from one side of his face and applied carbolic aoid to the deep gashes on his naked flesh made by the whipping. Mr. Cram does not know who attacked him The mob threatened to kill him if be ever ap pointed another negro assistant there. He has closed the office, and will deliver no mail to the Peokites, and his resig nation has been aoeepted at Washing ton. - i mm - Distributing Arms. London, August 25 -The Capetown correspondent of The Daily Mail says : "Despite the virtual biookade of war material io Delagoa bay, the Cape government is sending enormous con signments of munitions of war to Bloemfontein. During the present month over 2,000,000 cartridges have been sent and 500 rifles were dispatch ed last night from Port Elizabeth to Bloemfontein. "Io additioo to this, the Cape minis try, while absolutely declining to arm the volunteers of the oolocy, continues to afford other facilities to the Orange Free State to arm its burghers jost across the water, freely granting the ase of the colonial railroads for the distribution of cartridges from thc Blo emfontein arsenal to the border towns. "The patience of the people is becoming exhausted and un'esa ;he imperial government acts quickly and decisive!? the gravest damage may ensue to British prestige " Cali, see and buj, embossed or floral Crepe Paper. H. G. Oateea & Co. The Town of Darien Under Martial Law. Governor Puts Co). Lawton in Charge of Disturbed District. Darien, Ga , Aug. 25.-While all is quiet here tonight the day was one of great anxiety and intense excite ment among the white people. An cntbreak of the negroes bas been momentarily expected since the kill ing by John Delegal, a negro, of Joseph Townsend, a prominent citi zen and depnty sheriff of this coun ty, last uight. Today Sheriff Biount sent the following to Governor Can dler : "Please order Liberty Independent troop to report to me, counted, at once. Situation critical ; one deputy killed, another wounded. (Signed) T. B. Biount. Sheriff. Col. A R Lawton, late command er of the Second Georgia volunteers, U. S. V., also wired the governor to send a quantity of carbines and supply of ammunition for the sol diers. Col Lawton was here thi*3 morning to investigate the situation. After a conference with the officials he re turned to Savannah. When the gov ernor received the message from Sheriff Biount he ordered Col. Law ton to return if necessary and take command of the military He is now here in that capacity and has enough men it is believed, to easily handle the situation. The sheriff and his deputies con tinue to make arrests of the rioting negroes and the jail has a large num ber in it notwithstanding the fact that the town boat Iris left here this morning for Savannah with 25 rioters who bad been arrested. This was a precautionary measure to prevent an attack on the jail by the negro friends of those imprisoned and to make room for those who have been arrest ed since the removal. The situation here is regarded as critical although with determined military control it is thought further trouble can be prevented. The ne groes apparently have no leader upon whom they can rely. It is estimated that the negroes outnumber the white people is this part cf Georgia five to one and the whites are consequently apprehensive. John Delegal, the negro who killed Deputy Sheriff Joseph Townsend and wounded Deputy Hopkins last eight, cannot be found. Hs is the son of I Henry Delegal, whose arrest for assault started the race war. The two I deputies weot last night to the bouse of Henry Delegal to arrest his two soos. John was found at the house and Town send entered. The negro made no remonstrance but showed his willing j ness to accompany the officers. Hopkins I who was io the moonlight outside was joined by Townsend tod the two waited for the negro to come out. He came to the door aod a negro woman, hand iog him a goo, he fired on the officers. Townsend died io a few minutes aod was brought to this place by Hopkins, who is badly wounded The white people thought this would be a signal for attack and many slept on their arms all night as they will do tonight. The negroes have remained sullenly silent op to this time gathering in crowds and looking doggedly at the military and the officers of the law. The county officials have offered $100 reward for John Delegal and Governor Candler will be asked to increase this amount. The 75 members of the First Georgia who were left here two days ago when old man Delegal was taken to Savan nah, are patrolling the town tonight. All saloons are closed and the strictest order is maintained. ARMED NEGROES IN A SWAMP. Nearly every negro left town this evening, and tonight words comes that they are massed in Delegar's swamp, 12 miles from town. They are knewo to be armed and a posse of citizens left on a special for the place at 8 o'clock. Tbey will maintain a guard over the negroes and keep them from doiog any damage during the night. A telegram was sent to Brunswick urging ail white citizens to come to Darien. A boat was dispatohed to carry them to this city and a special train will be ready in case more want to come. The presence of these whites is wanted to overawe the negroes who are well aware of their superiority in numbers. One hundred men of the First Georgia are under orders io Savannah to be in readiness to move and if more militia is wanted the Liberty Rifles will be sent. The ordering out of these troops is within the discretion of Col. Lawton. WILL MOVE ON NEGROES. Darien, Ga., Aug. 26-Midnight. A corjfereooe was* held at ll o'clock tonight between Sheriff Biount, militia officials and a citizen's committee, and is was decided to take decisive aotion at daylight against the negroes who are massed and armed io Delegal's swamp, 12 miles from this city. The sheriff wired Col Lawton, who is in Savanoah tonight, tu send the militia at once, and bas received a reply to the effect, that the men are ready and that the Liberty county troops will start from Hinesville for Darien at 2 o'clock. The McIntosh dragoons are at their armory with horses ready. The citizens move from Darien on a special train for the. swamp at 3 o'clock and the militia-about 150 in number-one hour later. The negroes are armed in defiance of law, and the purpose of the militia is to surround the swamp and relieve the blacks of their firearms and arrest them. The two special trains are being prepared. Gov. Candler gave Cel. Lawton plenary power in the matter, and it was not found necessary to call upon the chief executive of the State for the militia. SUBSIDIZES THE SULTAN OP S LU. Manila, Aug. 24.-Gea. Bates has returned from Sulu, haviog success fully accomplished his mission there. After five weeks negotiation with much tact, an agreement was signed which in substance was as follows : American sovereignty ovtr Moros shall be recognized and there shall be no persecution against religion ; the United S'ates shall occupy and control such parts of the archipelago as public interests may demand; any person can purchase land with the sultan's consent; the introduction of fire arms shall be prohibited ; piracy shall be suppressed ; the American courts shall have juris diction except between the Moros ; the Americans shall protect the Moros against foreign invasion and the sol tan's subsidy from Spain shall be con tinued. The sultan and several ehiefs signed the agreement. Slavery Recognized. The new treaty General Bates is negotiating with the sultan of the Sulu islands will be sent to the Uoited States senate for ratification, we presume. It will be an epoch-making document. For this treaty will recognize the sultan of the Solus, that is to say, it will recognize under the American flag the existence of a monarch. The govern ment of the sultan of Sulu goes right on. As the Homans expressed it, we shall have an "imperium in im perio ;" yet there are plenty of people who even now will solemnly assure you that no such thing as imperialism is contemplated by the administration of Mr. McKinley. Another thing this "treaty" will recognize is human slavery. The New York Sun's special dispatch from Cebu Tuesday stated that one article provides that slaves shall have the right to boy their liberty. The sultan, it is report ed, was satisfied, and merely stipulated that when a slave bought himself it should be at the market price. But slavery goes oo. Yes, human slavery is recognized again under the starry banner of freedom ! What of the con stitution of the Uoited States, which was amended to prohibit slavery at the cost of the most terrrible civil war io history ? - The senate's debate on the "treaty" will be an event of the year. The Declaration of Independence has al ready been riddled. We are almost ready to predict that Orville H. Platt, of Connecticut, will yet defend human slavery on the floor of the senate, jost as British statesmen within two years have defended its existence within the East African dominion of the British empire. Mr. Platt should begin to read up the speeches of the late John C. Calhoun.-Springfield Republican. --?? .^ How Postal Cards Are Often Wasted. "Women often send messages to their dressmaker or to dry goods shops oo postal cards," says the September Ladies' Home Journal, "attaching a bit of cloth, ribbon or lace as samples. This makes the card 'unmailable,' so it is always sent to the dead letter office and invariably destroyed. Men-pre sumably men-not; iofreqaently paste a clever joke or a telling political frag ment upon a postal aod send it to a friend-at least, start it ; but it never arrives. Nothing may be attaohed to a postal card, nor may one word be written opon the address side except the address itself" Makes the food more del ROVAL DAKING FOWt Cuban Soldiers Fight With Cuban Police. Five Men Killed and Ten Wounded in Few Minutes. Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 23.-Five men are dead and ten wounded as a resait of a fight last night between gendarmes and disappointed Caban soldiers at Cae vi tas, three miles from Santiago, where the payment cf tho Cuban troops is progressing. Five thousand Cubans had gathered there to receive pay and after three days 580 had been paid Thousands who had heen disappointed at other points had come to CuevitaB, as the last place of payment in the province. The imperfect list cansed great dis satisfaction, and- a rnmor circulated yesterday that the paymasters wonld leave today, alarmed the men wno had not been paid. They began to collect in groups and to show their annoyance. Finally their threats became serions. Capt. Beliat with twenty gendarmes was present to preserve order among the applicants and the United States troops protected Col. Moale, the officer having charge of the payments. Sud denly Capt. Beliat, who was mounted, was surrounded by a mob. struck by stones and bottles and shot in the arm. His men promptly fired a volley into the mob, three persons being instantly killed asd thirteen wounded, two of whom died this morning. Col. Moate's guard promptly sur rounded the money office, but tock no part in the fighting. For a few minutes there was a lively conflict, carbines and machetes being used freely. Capt. Beliat was the only gendarme wounded. AH the dead were colored Cuban soldiers. This morning payment was resumed nuder a heavy guard. There are rumors that a force is being organized to attack the pay ellice, bot these are probably unfounded. Gen. Castillo, civil governor of San tiago de Cuba, was at Cuevitas at, the time and soon restored order. There is no doubt that the inaccurate list will cause a great deal of hardship. Many veterans have followed the United States commissioners fer six weeks, ooly to fiod their names are net enlisted. Gen. Leonard Wood, military govef nor, does net, however, anticipate serious trouble. mm i i i mm The Coming Cotton Crop. Mr. Neill's extravagant estimate of the growing cotton crop is very nat urally exciting; unfavorable comment wherever cotton grows We ven tured to say, a few days ago, that he bad probably missed the mark*by a million bales, and one authority at least charges bim with even greater error Mr Neill, it will be remembered, predicted a crop of 12,000,000 bales. Mr. George W. Truit*, of Georgia, says the Atlanta Constitution, cuts down this estimate nearly 3,000,000 bales ; that is to say, he places the crop at 9,250,000 bales. What makes bis opinion interesting, as explained, is that "iast year Trnitt underbid Neill by 2,000,000 bales and tbe final count vindicated his judgment *' The Constitution adds : "Mr Truitt is one of the most intelligent cotton growers of the south. Ile bas good reasons for his estimate, and having won once, he will have many to pin their faith to bis prediction " % It is interesting to note, in connec tion with the dicus8ion, a special dispatch from Dallas, Tex , printed yesterday : "The weather," it report ed, "continues fearfully hot. For ten days the thermometer has daily reached 103 to 106 io the shade. No such continued, horribly hot weather has ever been experienced io Texas Water is giving out everywhere. It now looks as if the cotton crop of North Texas and the Indian Territory will be totally de stroyed. Up to date we have lost one million bales.-News and Cou rier, Aug 24. A whistle that can be heard forty miles bat? just been invented. It con sists of three whistles made of bronze and arranged between two disks of steel. The mouth of the largest is turned upward and the mouths of the other two are turned downward ; the steam is carried through some openings in the disk. The whistles are tuned in ohord, and they harmonize as accura'e ly as a well tuned piano ? BAKING POWDER HIRE licious and whoSesome JES CO., NEW YORK. _i