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PoSHs ud fflrery WcdJtosday, SUMTER, S. C. ^ BUS: $1.5Q per annum-io advance. 8p|Sv/:- . -DTi.'t IIMIIT: . 7 0 :^i^^v kn:-irai; Insertion I 00 8^^ xw tiiB, cringer wi ' IS^TOiwrarCStw which subserve private ^^^^att^Bl be charged for sa ad vertiefen ta. ^ aad tributes of respects will be ^^ r p Slor^ ^Kj-^oe ^om Boer Country ^^yS ^m ^^}-^: not fejfeLondon, Sept. O-^esphe all : calm, Great Bn-v .^^ll^M^ 1^ ^:^ same' condi i| Jf|J|^ States of ^ip>^;i^ ;"w h v pein. Beneath- tbe : ^|p^*a^iaVo^ reserve, tbe ra - r i^m^ ^B^^Bt& working night and. ^t^| Soa ^^ ' or || |pft oe canght fc^^^^^b e 'Lord ' Sa^hory is qui ; :: Jo f bome in Hatfield House, Mr v^M^H DL. bnried io work at the ; doable forces at ' ^j ts^il atiena an<t and dock, yards ^^p^ li^iijkT i ili^ every nerve t o eqaip dHiraspeort troops to the Gape Si ttjatay be est down lor certain that ^^^MBrit ia wiU do nothing to pre ^^^gtate matter , and the colonia! ^'^M^fW^.tim admitting., that the ^reat Britain had demanded tbe dis ^^^Spf -sent of the forts at Johannes ^^^ iogether with a material red co fo gSprl& &e anuament of borghers, cofonia office today would oeith ./^J.^ci ffipa nor deny, although it is fi . ^- eanWhile the ^Marquis of Lans Il y^l^r e* ." secretary: of state for |jl | ^ morning from '^g:|^ib m bas held long conferences ^ ^w/fcb Gen Lord Garnet Wolseley, ;^^^^p''^niai^li il^ and Gen. Sir Evelyn J If ^and the activity at headquarters is ^pS^| ^ fi4/in the contract, supply the i^|^fe|3^^^^lre - ir4n8pert Je p^^^llg ^lfer.. the ' Mediteranean today '& f,yfimU 1*100 troops were witnessed by ;* largeIaad enthusiastic crowd. |S j ^v . Woolwich activity increases :<4^^krtment, * where Maxim gens, y-r^iyddice shelis, balloon equipment, ; S^ ^^8*^018' wag DS *or lime light ^|J^^spf r^ carts, ambulances, ||p||j^^ being horned While rumors of the reassembling of pp^^u^seat are current, the fact is recall. pPft^th** to .the Afghan war ia 1878. ?V:;YtGr at- Britain declared war first aod theo assembled parliament. | p?fe TKa evening the Marquis'of Lane , ow e issued a strict order to the staff of the war effice, warning ail subordi .J'v i - natea to refrain from giving the press ..'.> ' an j information without the authority of ;he r superiors and calling attention $ tot prenions breaches of duty in this Testent, which, the order says, **will be Advices from Capetown this eveoiog aw to the effect that tba Afrikaoders ^ declare chat the Transvaal wiU not yield farther, and that if tbe imperial government does not recede from ita present position war is ioe vi table. The South African News supports thc con* teat on of the * Transvaal that the convention of 1884 abolished the auxeraioty. According to other advices the hnrghers re rapidly going into Laager, ; while the xodos from Johannesburg yesterday reached 1,000 parsons. The stock exchange ac Johannesburg has resolved to dose the moment martial law ie proclaimed, bat all carrent contracta will be carried oat ontil the proclama tion suspending business. In the meaetime tbs merchants are erecting barrieades in front of their shop win At Pretoria the interest seems to be eetuered io the meeting of tba Orange \ Free State volksraad tomorrow (Thursday) which it ts hoped say somehow seggest a modas vivendi that would save the situation. On the' other band advices from Bloemfontein announce the arrival there of a large number of members of the raad, adding that the result of tomorrow's sitting is already agreed upon, as the Orso ge Free State will tkrow io its lot with the Transvaal, ali the Free State burghers being' armed a&d ready to start at a moment's A special dispatch from Johannes borg says that 450 persons left by eoe train today. Bight Hoo. Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Liberal member of parlia ment for West Monmouthshire, -and f ormer leader of the Liberal opposition in the house of com m ODS, in the course of aa adresed to constituents this even ing io New Tredgar, said he could not read the persistent attempts of the war press to aggravate the Transvaal situ ation without iodination. "Great Britain," said the speaker, "cannot claim general sovereignty io the Transvaal when she bas only par tial suzerainty,"and President Kruger cannot claim for the Transvaal the position of an international sovereign state. Both aides, therefore, have made allegations which cannot be main tained by either. Sir William declared that there was no casos belli and expressed the Hope theta shameful catastrophe might be averted. BOERS ARE READY. London, Sept. 21.-The Johannes burg - correspondent of the Morning Post says : *The Boer preparations are as complete as the government can hope to ' make them It is - believed that martial law will he proclaimed [ Thursday*if oo reply has been reeeiv j ed frotn'Eogiand hy that time. It is [ understood that the dispatching of [ British troops to South Africa will be regarded as a casas belli. The Boer officers are urging the government to begin hostilities Jortbwith.. It is felt that the Orange free State can best be forced to action by a successful military demonstration oo the part of the Transvaal." The Traosvaal Crisis. All Calculations are Upset by Hostile Attitude cf Orange Free State \ London, 8ept. 22.-While the pre cise result of the secret session of the raad of the Orange Free State is not yet known .ner , President Steyo's speech at the opening of the session is regarded as an almost infallible indication of the attitude which the Free State will take. Commenting from this point of view, the London morning papers are all impressed with the added gravity of the situation, and mnrmers are beginning to be heard regard i og the dilatoriness of the government in getting troops forward. Military men are said to be impa tient They assert that everything is ready and that they are only wait ing for orders It is recognized that the attitude- of the Orange Free State makes the original estimates based upon Dutch neutraHry too small. Evidently a much larger force will be. required. The government is faced with something like a dilemma The leader of the opposition has publicly denounced the precipitancy of the colonial office in forcing a conflict. Therefore, ministers are disinclined to convoke parliament. If on the othe* band, so large an expenditure as the appearant attitude of the Orange Free -State would involve should become necessary, the govern ment would be obliged to summon parliament in order to get adequate supplies. It is understood < that the money question \ accounts for the dribbling manner in which the troops are being forwarded. German military experts, realizing he seriousness of the campaign before Great Britain, are comment ing with astonishment upon the fact that England is so behind in her pre parations. In Berlin it is also believ ed that Dr. Leyd's is acting as Presi dent Kruger's evil genius and mis leading him by reports that he is likely to get sympathy if not assist ance from some of the European powers. No member of the Cape cabinet was present at the meeting of the Afrikanders members of the Cape parliament yesterday. A dispatch from Pretoria announces that arms continue to be served to the burghers. v Barred From tbe Mails. Washington, Sept 21 -The poet office department today issued an order barring from the mails the mat ter issued by the ex Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and . Pension associa lion, with headquarters at Nashville, Tenn The ostensible object of the assciation is to secure pensions for ex slaves. The bills providing for such pensions, which were introduced in the last congress, were used as a basis for circulars in which it was represented that the suggested legis lation was far advanced. Meetings were held in valions places, always ending, it is alleged by the pustoffice officials, io an appeal for money to advance the work in hand. j Lima, Peru,-via Galveston, Tex., Sept. 21.-A great .fire this evening almost completely destroyed the famoas and beau ti foi ch arch of San Francisco, founded by Fizz aro io 1535. DREYFUS RELEASED FROM RENNES PRISON. Drives to Station Where His Two Brothers Greet Him. HIS DEPARTURE UNNOTICED. Rennes, Sept 20- Capt. Alfred Dreyfus at 3 o'clock this morning left the prieon here in which he had been confined since his return from Devil's Island, and proceeded to Vern, where he took a tram hound for Nantes. His departure was complete ly unnoticed. M. Viguie, the chief of the secret service, and the prefect, M Dureault, arrived at the prison after midnight, bringing the minister of war's order for the release of Dreyfus The latter walked from the prison to the boule vard Laenne, where he entered a waiting carriage and was driven to the Tern station, outside the town. Mathieu Dreyfus met him at the train and accompanied him to Nantes. While this dramatic turn in the Dreyfus drama was taking place all Rennes slept and the departure of the famous prisoner of Devil's Island was no more noticed than that of an ordinary traveler. The carriage which was in waiting was the same vehicle which took Dreyfus to his prison when he re turned from Devi's Island. Dreyfus got in opposite tbe house where Ma tre Labor! had stayed previous to the attempt upon his life, aod alighted about 500 yards from the station and walked io, regardless of the drizzling rain The Nantes train came in just as he arrived. Alfred and Mathieu Dreyfus quickly took their seats and the train went out of Rennes, bearing Dreyfus away, a free man. A small crowd of people had walk ed round the prison until midnight, expecting the release of Dreyfus, but it then dispersed, thinking it too late for Dreyfus to leave. Madame Dreyfus left Rennes at noon, accompanied by her father and friends "LIBERTY 18 NOTHING TO MB .WITHOUT HONOR." Paris, Sept. 20.-The Aurore will tomorrow publish the following dec laration from former Capt Dreyfus j "The government of the republic bas given me my liberty. But liberty is nothing to ne without honor. From today I shall continue to seek repara tion for the frightful judicial error of which I remain the victim. I wish France to know by a definite judg ment that I am. innocent. My heart will only be at rest when there re mains not a single Frenchman who imputes to me the abominable crime perpetrated by another. (Signed) Alfred Dreyfus. - mm ? ? Like One Returned From the Dead-Health Not Good. London, Sept. 22 -A correspond ent of the Daily Mail who joined the Dreyfus party at Bordeaux and ac companied them to Carpentras, de scribes Dreyfus as "thoughtful, pre maturely aged, with soft eyes, a smiie like a woman's and rather the appearance of a savant than a sol dier." When told of the great wave of British sympathy io his behalf, be wrung the correspondent's hand and showed the deepest emotion. His health, the correspondent says, is far from satisfactory. He ate meat yesterday for the first time. "It is against the doctor's orders," said Mathieu Dreyfus. "Ah !" said the former captain of artillery, "let me have a holiday today. I will be sedate and obedient again tomorrow. I am just like a boy now and feel that I could run and jump about the green fields for very joy Just think ! I shall now be able to laugh and play with my children in the beautiful country " After the meal, despite his broth er's half laughing protest, he smok ed several cigars tc celebrate the holiday The ead note amid the re joicing was the death of M. Scbeurer Kestner. "I am grieved beyond words," said Dreyfus, "to think that I shall never be able to thank that noble heart." One of bis first acts on obtaining his freedom was to have a wreath sent to be placed on the coffin of bis champion and friend. At present he speaks little of past events He says : "I have forgiven, but I cannot forget," and he intends to devote himself to proving bis in nocence. When that has been ac compiisbed be will only ask to be allowed to spend the remainder of bis days with his loved ones, far from the busy world. "His delight at everything on th journey," continues the Daily Mail's correspondent, "was that of a man returning from the dead to the world he loved.. The affection and eolici tode of bis brother are touching to Bee. His physical weakness causes the deepest apprehension to his friends. The journey was in the main uneventful except for a few ex pressions of disappointment on the part of people who endeavored to get a glimpse of him " DREYFUS 18 IN PRANCE. Carpentras, Department of Vau cluse, France, Sept. 21.-Former Capt Dreyfus arrived here this morn ing and went to the borne of M. Val abregne, a relative. Although the arrival of Dreyfus at the home of Pani Valabregne, his brother-in-law, who bas been estab lished as a cloth merchant here for a quarter of a century, was soon known, no demonstration occurred. Mme. Dreyfus is expected here to night While Dreyfus' health doe not permit of his receiving visitors it is hoped the climate will restore his strength during the next few months which he is expected to spend here. The Pardon of Dreyfus. The pardoriog of Captain Dreyfus is highly creditable to President Loabet and his cabinet, but it is a very poor reparation for tba infamous wrong that bas been inflicted upon this man. France says to Dreyfus in effect, "You are a traitor. You have been twice convicted of treason. Yon really deserved to be left on Devil's Island thereat of yonr life, bat in considera tion of what voa have suffered already and oat of pientitade of my mercy I will forgive you." France has put a brand opon Drey fus which an executive pardon cannot efface. She has blighted his life and set a ornel aod iodellible mark against his name. He will never more be soldier of hers, and the dearest ' desire his life and of those who love him can sever be gratified, because he has been denied a vindication. It ie not strange that the enemies of Dreyfus, do not rail at the French .administration for granting him a pardon. They realized that the convic tion that they had persecuted an innocent man prevailed throughout the civilized world, except in France, and was growing fast there. They were naturally anxious to let the matter drop and to have it pnt out of sight so far as possible. They wished to have the incident closed, as the Dreyfus conrtmartial said on so many occasions when it wished to exclude evidence in favor of the prisoner. The friends of Dreyfus are not making any demonstra tion over the pardon, because they con sider it but scant jastice to an outraged mao,who was twice declared guilty of the highest crime without evidence enough to prove him guilty of even a misde meanor. The Dreyfus pardoo stands to the honor of President Loubet and his cabinet, bat the stain upon the name of France is there still, and will be there through all ber history. Atlanta Journal. The Carterville Riot. Springfield, 111, Sept. 21.-A Carterville special to the Statt-Journal saya that the secret verdict of the coroner's jury in the Carterville riot case is io two sections. The first states that Hose Bradley, John Black, T. L. Floyd and Henry Branum came to their deaths by gunshot wounds inflicted daring a riot, and charges Wesley Shadowen, Willis Shadowen, Elmer James, Lem Shadowen, Willis Carney, Will Kelley and others, un known to the jurors, with being engaged in the riot. The jury states that it is unable to Bay which of the accused men killed the negroes. In the second section of the verdict the jury finds the fifth negro, Sim Com mins, was shot by Elmer James and thus making a direct obarge of homi cide against James. The special says the negroes at the Brush raine attempted to kill one of their Dumber whom they accused of betrayiog them into the hands of the white miners The negro was resoued by the militia and ned the neighbor hood. The white miners are now look ing for him. They desire to prosecute him for participating io the Sunday riot, to offset the oases brought against them. INSURGENTS DITCHED TRAIN NEAR ANGELES. Manila, Sept. 22, 2 35 p. m-A party of insurgents ditched a railroad train a mile and half south of Ange les this morning and then opened fire upon the derailed cars from a bamboo thicket close to the track, killing two Americans and wounding five others. Lieut Lome and five of his scouts, who were on the train, made a vigor ons defense and caused the enemy to flee. Six dead rebels were afterward found in the thicket from which the rebel fire came Gen. Wheaton with six companies, proceeded from Caiumat to the relief of the train, but bis services were not needed, A Cabinet Meeting Was Held in a Hurry. BELIEVED IT AGREED ON REPLY TO KRUGER AS FEELER. Loo don, Sept. 22 -A cabinet coon oil WM held today begioaing at 12.30 p. m. A large crowd assembled about Downing street early in the day. The cabinet ministers were loudly cheered the eeoratary of state for the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, receiviog the lion's share of the applause. The meeting ended at 2.40 p. m. Rumors are current regarding the result of the cabinet council, all pro fessing to be based on good sources. But these are vague and contradictory. One news agency announces that imme diate and decisive action had not been deoided upon. Later in the day various rumors were still current regarding tbe cabinet meeting, but the following, which The Pall Mali Gazettes publishes is believed to be correct : "The comparatively short duration of the council warrants the conclusion that nothing of supreme importance was decided, and such we believe to be the fact. "information in our possession is to the effect that it was as interim cabi net summoned to consider an interim dispatch. It is believed that this paper which met the unanimous approval of Mr. Chamberlain's colleagues, will be pnblished as -soon as received by the Boer government Monday, or at least at the' latest Tuesday. According to The Pali Mall Gazzette the dispatch opens with an expression of regret at the unfortunate character of Secretary Reitz's latest reply and proceeds with a very firm insistance upon the repudiation of the claim of the Transvaal to the status of a sover eign state, once more pointing out British readiness to settle at once the nature of the proposed arbitration tri bunal, providrd the other British con ditions are promptly and unreservedly accepted, and concluding with the inti mation that the imperial government is now engaged in drawing np its own terms and that the Transvaal may expect to bear from them very shortly. The Pall Mall Gazette says that an other meeting bf the cabinet will take place next Thursday or Friday ben the issues will be presented in a more serious shape. KRUGER HOPES FOR PEACE. Capetown, Sept. 22 -Writing to an intimate friend here, President Kruger says : "Things are serious and will become graver, but a peaceful settle ment will be attained " In the Cape bouse of assembly today, discussing the question of volunteers. Mr. W. P. Schreiner, the premier, said he boped some day to see a force established is which tbe Eoglisb and tbe Dutch would unite for tbe defense of the colony and render it independent of imperial troops. MOVING INDIAN A KMT AT GREAT EXPENSE. Bombay, Sept 22.-The remainder of the Ninteenth fiossars and the cavalry staff have sailed for the Cape. Tbe cost of transporting the Indian contingent to South Africa is estimated at 400,000 -m>rr* ' -?? No Longer a Myth. The Eleventh Cavalry is now a faot and no longer a subjeot of fiction. Many a writer of novels, knowiug that :here were but ten regiments of cavalry io the United States, has used the term "Eleventh Cavalry" when describing some command in order to make bis story appear more realistic and at the same time not get caught in describing troops actually in existence. More than that, it has been the custom of army officers, when referring to the many ' colonels," .'majors," "captains'-* and other officers whose titles are generally self made and self-adopted, to say that they are officers of the "Eleventh Cav alry," and an officer and a troop of the "Eleventh Cavalry7' have always been regarded as myths aod the titles to euch have beeo placed io question It snot believed that ithe Eleventh Cavalry, of which Colonel Luokett is commander, in the Philippines, will be any myth, but that it will render good service to the goveromeot. Although it is a volunteer organization, its number begins immediately after the regulars which is the same rule adopted in num bering the volunteer infantry regiments. -Washington Post. INSURGENTS OFFER TO FREE PRISONERS. And to Send Prominent Officers to Confer With Gen. Otis. Washington, Sept. 19-Secretary Root today received a cablegram from Geo. Otis that seamed to iodioate a weakeniog on the part of the insur gents. It coo tais s a proffer to deliver the American prisooera who have been for so maoy months in the bands of the insurgen ts and also sought permission to parley with Gen. Otis. This cablegram wa at once taken by Secretary Boot to the cabinet meeting and formed the main topic for discus sion at the begiooiog of the session. However upon reading the message carefully its apparent importance seem ed to diminish. Secretary Boot himself did not regard the matter as of import ance at this time. He recalled fre quent efforts on the part of the insurgents in the past to gain time at crit ical moments by opening negotiations, ostensibly with the object of making peace, and ho was not sure but that this last offer was something of tho same kind. However that may be, the secretary was of the opinion that it would fail to afford the insurgents any advantage. Gen. Otis would receive any messenger and listen to him and make answer to bis proposals, bot this would not m the slightest degree restrain the military operations, and the American arms would lose oo ground, no matter how the negotiations turned out. Still it is realized there is a possibil ity that the insurgents may have become disheartened at the renewed and intense activity in the direction of reinforcing Gen. Otis, and concluded io view of the great force gathering to open the campaign in the dry season, that fur ther resistance would be useless. It is pointed out as a noticeable fact that Aguinaldo's name.does not appear in Geo. Otis's dispatch, and though this may not be of great significance, still among some of the army officers it is surmised that there are serious dissensions among the insurgents and perhaps some of the discordant elements are in this ease aoting on their own responsibility. Chesterfield Girl's Adven ture. Miss Viricia Massey, 21 years old, toe daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Massey of the Dudley section of Ches terfield county, left her home tbe morn ing of the 5th inst, to go to .her married sister's berne, about t wo miles away, to assist io patting np some kraut Failiog to come back on the day she was to return, her father went after ber, and was mora tban astonish ed to learn that she had not been there Search was instituted at once, but oo trace of ber was found until last Tues day, when friends of the family living in Wadesboro, N. C., notified the parents that she was there. It eeems tbat on leaviog borne her mind became affected, and she wandered to Wades boro, a distance of abont twenty miles from ber home, and was seeking employment wben sbe was recognized by friends of the family, who notified tbe parents, as stated. -i i i i mmm - A Reign of Terror. Little Rock, Ark , Sept. 21.-Mail advices today show tbat a reign of terror exists io tbe ocal mining districts bf Sebastian County, where strikes of the onion miners continue. At the Jenny Lied a crowd of ooo-noiooists, armed with Winchesters, celebrated tbe first day by gettiog drunk and riddling the steeple of a church with ballets. At another time a eon unionist was accidentally killed wbile at work in the mines. Since the withdrawal of deputy United States marshals, who have been guarding the mines, the non unionists have been armed with Win chesters. The State authorities will refrain from interfering with importa tion of labor until the United States court of appeal passes oo a decision ot District Federal Rodgers declariog, io effect, that tbe State has oo power tc restrict the importation of men to take the places of strikers. Hundreds of tuen have been imported by mining, companies from Kentucky, Weet Vir ginia and Alabama. Some of these have been induced by the unionists to quit work. Short forces are working at all the mines affected by the strike, and a coal famine is threatened in plaoes dependent on Arkansas mines unless the strike oan be settled soon. Rp"A^4 RS R ABSOJLUTIIY PURE Makes the food more delicious and wholesome . - . ; . \_ . -;??>.-. *v >-o- "....'*