The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 01, 1899, Image 6
BOERS AND BRITISH
HAVE SEVERE FIGHT
BOERS CAPTURE 1,500
MULES
Otn White With 12,000 Hen,
Mentoed by Gen. Joubart With
17,000.
Loodoo, Oot. 30.? The postiioo at
Led rate ub, without beiog alarming is
sufficiently Jeuge-ou* to exeite odx
lit*, Evtdetli? tbe B >ern are trytog
te repeat their Daodee teetioe. Rough
ly eetisaatsd tbe? haee 17,000 oieo as
agaiost 12.0>)0 british
Ose Sir George Stewart White has
Ibe better artillery, but bis ia of leaser
reege Tbe date? ie tbe B-ier euaok
ia reported to be dee lo ibe ooo-errival
ef Commsodiat General Joobert's eol
?see. This baa gifeo tbe British a
aieeb ?osded respite after tbeir reosoi
exert rots
Everything-, it ia now eousidered,
biojes epoo Gen White's resource
aod judgment Nothiog ie keowo
regarding tbs progreia of defensive
werkt for the proteoiioo of Ltdysmith.
Tbe eeoeonbip is more aotive Ibao
tier. teooniiog to tbe Daily Chron?
ic Is's eorreepoodeoi, "tbe new regale
tioee limit the Dumber of words for
Cage fttootgti to ooa fourth the oum
r allowable before M
Farsasrs ia tbe neighborhood of
Ledysmitb hi re left tbeir farms aod
etoek te tbo mercy of the Boere aod
are eoegregatsd ia tbe towo. Tbe two
geas tbe Boom bare moooted are pow
erfel weapoos. They are tbe ooee
weed lo sheiliog Dundee, aod it ie a
matter of consider able surprise how
the* was aged o traosport srjob heavy
pieces. I
Agate, it it reported that President
Kr?ger aeeompeoisd Qeo Joubcrt to
she froot io a npbodidly fitted travel
iag wagoa.
The Staodird's correspondent at
Ladysraitb. telegraphtag Saturday,
tetds a stetem?ot that tbe Boere bare
ttptared 1,500 ??tbe, a Iota that must
eertooely iboonreoienoe British Irans?
port.
The attempt af ibe Boere to oat tbe
railway at Piste re wee frustrated by
British eavalrj
The wife of Qeo. Jao Kock baa
arrived at Lsdysmite atder a flag of
treee to ?orte ber woeoded basbaod.
All the oawotcded Boer prisooers
have beea teat to Durban to prtvtot
toy ettesjpt at rescue
Tbe etpleotltot of tbo alleged Boer
tmtasre tt Daodee appears to be tb%t
a povtioo of tbe Iowa guard, although
fairly waracd b;t Ovo. Tale before bit
retiretaett, totititatd to earry arms,
# tod 80 tf tbti? wert ebot before tbe
Beere discovered who they were.
TJst body of Sir Wee. Symons was
haried witboat a eoffio, ebroa^drd io
the Uotoo Jaok. Asteog tbo papere
foeed epoo him wte a telegram from
Lady Symons ooogrttalttiog bim upon
hit saeesss.
Later seeonoto of tbe first battle aod
Ibo evseoatioo o' Daodee do oot give
those affaire a rosier boe. Owing to
the ebelltog of Oleoeoe Osmp ibe tele?
graph operetore were eompelieJ to
ooossper with t omeroas ooforwerded
dispatches Wfeeo tbe Boere colored
Djodoe they iedtlged to geoeral loot
tog of stores, tat apparently did oot
vtbsrwtoe molest ibe popoltet.
It ibe first be tie ibe Boers osptored
tbt Maxim of tbe K ghteeoth Httsars,
hat only after ibe etlire erew of the
gosj, with ooe eterptioo, bad beeo dis
a bled The strvivor effectually dim
aged the guo Only two officers of the
etat of Get. 8ynoos ttott off witboat
a woaod.
Ateio it it eestrisd tbit the moment
tbt Hoyel Dtbliti Fusiliers reached tbe
sum mi i of ibe Kopje, at Gleoooe, the
B)ors showed a isbite flsg aod asked a
traee to btry their dead The British
artiitery was ordered to eease firiog
tod the Boers rook advaotage of tbe
opportunity to re.teat en masse. Other?
wise ib?y would have beeo deolimated
by tbe British oauooo
Tbo tpeeial correspondent of Tbe
Daily Mail at Ladytmitb, telegraphing
Sunday, describes ibe arrival of the
war oallooo there Saturday It wae
weleomed, be said, w h wild daooea by
Ibe Ktffirs, who regard it as a deity
Qeo. Whit* aod Qeo ,dir Arcbibe d
Harter both eseended Sunday aod re
ooaeoi'.ered tbs etemy's poeilion.
Aeeordiog to llio latest reporta from
Gape Towo, Qeo Jouhert has joined
heads with tbe Free Slots foroe*. aod
there bos beeo some oo'posi fighting
Preeidsot Kroger bee arrived at Gleo
00 3
There i- oo fresh oews from tbo
w utern frontier. Tbe mines aro still
worktog at Kimbrrley, where there are
provieiooa eooagh to la-it nine monthi
Cecil Rheden ha* mtuoted and fully
equipped a towu rfuard of 400 men at
itM of l lo,<h.ii
Tbo Dorbao oorreapondeot of Tbt;
Daily Mail says "Ii h reported, on
the authority of tbt* British resident* io
Poodolaod, that ibe Hondos are in eon
tttot eommomoatioo with the Ii ?-i .
whom ibey are amiooe to help
Tbe Household Uuard,.t ia annomic
ed, beve received order* to form a
compoeile regimerjt for South Africa,
inoluding the first lifo Goads, Lieut
Sir Lockbart commanding;, quartered
et Wtndeor, and dctafchmenta of the
Second Life Ooard, colonel, the Karl
of Doodonald, commanding, and the
Hoyel borte gonrdt, Lieut Col.
BrocHltoburtt oommsodiog Tbe
raedictl extmtnotion tu begun yet
terday, tod it it expected tbtt
the regiments will embark io
about a week Emperor William
wirtd t farewell message to the
Royal Drtgoooe, of which regiment
be ie booary colonel, saying: "May
you til return uotctlhed and well."
Tbe Sttndtrd voices the genertl
toxiety regtrding Sir George White's
position by remtrking on the
adaptability tnd able strategy of the
Boers, for which they htd hitherto
not been given credit It goes on to
ety: "Tbeir strategy it ao well
planned tbtt it it the product of tome
officer trained in the beat European
school of war."
Londoo, Oct. 31 ?The war office
hae received a diepatoh which says
Gen V\ hite has fought an engagement
preaomably with Gen. Joubert'a
force, wbioh waa pushed back after
tevertl hour's fighting Tbe British
lost tboot 100 men tnd the Boer
leaeet wore much greater. The
Boert were io larger numbers tnd
bed better trtiilery.
Gtn. Wbite't dispatch, which.was
dtted 4 30 p m, todty read: "I
employed ell the troops here except
tbe obligttory gtrriton before the
workt I tent t mountain battery,
the Roytl Inth Fotilert tnd the
Gloooettert to ttke up t position on
tbe billt to oletr my left flank The
force moved tt 11 yetterdey evening
tod during tome night Bring the
battery mules stampeded with tome
of tbe guno, which, however, I hope
to recover These battalions have
not yet returned but ere expected
tbit evening I detailed two brigade
divisions of fiold trtiilery tnd five
bttttlioot of inftntry. tided by
cavalry, under Gen French, to at
trtok t potition upon whioh tbe
enemy yetterdty - mounted guot.
We found tbit potition evtcutted,
but our foroe eras attacked with coo
tidertble vigor by wbtt I btlieve
were Gen Joubert't troopt They
btd many guns tnd showed in greet
numbers. Our troopt were til in no
tton tn we potbed the enemy btck
tevertl miles, but did not succeed in
retching bit lttger. Our lottet'tre
estimtted tt between 80 tnd 100, but
tbote of tbe enemy must have been
much greater, tbe fire of our guot
tppetring very affective
"After being In action tevertl
boort I withdrew the troopt tod tbey
returned unmolested to tbeir canton
menta. The enemy tre io grett
numbers tod tbtir guns rtnge further
tbtn oar field gana
"I now have tone naval guot
wbioh htve have temporarily tilenotd
tnd, I hope, will ptrmtoently domi
note tbe enemy's gunt with wbioh
be bat been bombarding tbe town at
a range of over 6.000 yards "
WHITE GETS REINFORCE
MENT
Ladysmitb, Oct. 30,' 12 50 p m.
Tbt ntvtl brigtde trrived thit
morning tt half past 9 o'clock tnd
has just commenced firing gunt
with grett precitioo. Tbe Boer 40
pounders, which btd tgtiu begun to
tbeil tbe town, were temporarily die
tbled tt tbe third tod fifth tbote
Britk firing it in progrett on tbe
right and left.
Londoo, Oct 31 ?It it believed
that the naval brigtde which arrived
Monday tt Ladytmitb consisting of t
huodied men from the Britith cruiser
Powerful, with tome of the Power
ful's four-inch quick firers, with t
rtnge of 10,000 ytrdt, firing <* 45
pouod shell
Tbe btttery that waa lott it proba?
bly one consisting of six two tod t
half muzzle lotdert and 36 mules
FORTY POUND SHELLS DROP?
PING IN LADYSM1TH
Ltdytmitb, Oct 30,11 50 a m ?
Firiog commenced at 5 20 this morn
ing, the Boers shelling Ladyemith
with 40 poooders.
After seven shots the British gunt
succeeded in silencing the Boer fire
A force of Boers is now advancing
on the British left flank
NEWS FROM WEST BORDER
London, Oct. 30 ?A war office
dispatch from Capetown dated Oct
26, stya : "An armored train under
Llewellyn got within 1,900 yards of
the Boer itager, three milea south of
Crocodile Port. The Boers bad
driven in their horses on the ap
proach of the train Three Maxim
belle were diaobatged into the Boers,
who must have had considerable
loss. T?ey returned 10 shots with
no effect Col Plurner's outpost has
had several s?trirmisles on the Croc
odile river M
From later advices it was iearncd
that the Llewellyn train returned to
Machndi, 100 mileH north of Ifltftk
iojr I/ewellyn reporta all quiet.
London, Oct 30 ? Latest news
in ? the western border haH appa
rentiy reassured the British authori
lien as to the ability of M sicking and
Rimberly to withstand assaults.
A dispatch from Fort Tall, for
wnrdeo during the evening of Got
24, announces that Blackburn's force,
in the skirmish at Rhoden' Drill,
killed 12 Boers A Kaffir spy re
ported that many more Boen? were
lying in the Dnft, dying Biackbum
died of his wounds on returning to
Fort Tuli Scouts report there that
the Bourn are concentrating stiongly
on tho Rhodeeian border with Max
imt
Lorenzo Marquee, Delagoa Bay,
Oct. 30?A dispatch received here
today from Pretoria, under date of
Oct. 28, says Gen. Cronje, the Boer
commander, announced there that the
British garrison at Mafeking made a
bajonet attack on Commandant
Louws Laager, near Grandstand, but
were repulsed, leaving six dead on
the field, and it was believed that
many of the attacking parly were
wounded. The dispatch adds that
Saturday moraing Col. Baden-Powell
asked for an armistice in order to
bury the dead Gen. Cronje con?
sented to this, the Boers assisting in
placing the dead in the wagon re*
turning to Mafekiu?.
London, Oot. 31 ?A dispatch from
Capetown announces the arrival in
Table Bay of tbe Dunottar Castle late
last evening with Gen. Sir Redvers
Boiler ind his staff, who are expected
to land this morning Tbey will meet
with a tremendous ovation in Capetown.
It is reported from Pretoria that 200
of the British wounded from Dundee
arrived there and have been furnished
accommodation in tbe State school
building. '
London, Ost. 81.?A dispatch from
Lorenzo Marques says a strong foroe of
Portuguese troops has arrived on tbe
Trsosvas! border from Mozambique
territory, owing to fears regarding tbe
hostilities between tbe British and
Boers.
THE NEW YORE COTTON
MARKET.
New York, Oat 28 ?Business on
tbe Cotton Ezobango has undergone a
further contraction this week, and tbe
market has been rather doll Tbe
faot that the weather has continued
warm sod favorable has inoreased tbe
confidence of the believers in lower
prices and their selling together with
the olosiog out of those bulls whose
patience had beoome exhausted, and
basked up by the indtffereeoe of Europe
to tbe ridionausiy light receipts, was
amply sufficient to take oare of tho
demaod, and prices show little ehaoge
from last Saturday. Differences bo
tween tbe months have narrowed
sharply as a result of healy buy-tag by
shorts in tbe rear positioos, who fear
that the loesl stock might be muob
sought after and received on eontraet,
owing to the relative obeapoess of this
market. January olosed today at
7.18 to 7.14, against 7.13 last Satur?
day, while the more distant months
tbow a small deolios.
That tbe speculation is less aotive
than it reeeutly has been is regarded
by many as a sign of warning to those
who are loog. The olaim is made that
the bulls have played al1 their cards?
reduoed erop estimates, very light
receipts, good business and heavy buy?
ing for the general public?and that
the refusal of tbe market to advanoe
further indicates that these cards have
been played for all they are worth.
To me tbe situation seems to have
resolvtd itself for the moment into one
of patieot waiting between the South?
erner, with bis orop to market, and
tbe forelgo spinner who most have this
cotton to spin. Tbe eonfidenoe shown
on both sides is great. He will win
ultimately who bas correctly gauged
tbe eiss of the orop and in tbo mean?
time it is a question of wbo gets fright
soed first
There oan be no doubt that if Eu?
ropean consumers believed that tbe
present movorooot of supplies was, even
in a measure, an indication of what we
are finally to get, they would long ago
have bought everything in sight. But
tbey have not believed this, and do not
believe it yet I do not see how tbey
can muob looger ignore tbe mesgreoess
if receipts, and if the movemoot con?
tinues on anything like its present scale
I believe tbey will abandon their idea
of getting cotton oheaper and buy it at
such prices as they oan. American
mills have already bought largely. The
opeo weather in tbe South is uudoubt
edly helping the bears every dsy it
continues. Concerning bow muob it is
adding to the orop there is great diver?
sity of opinion The market seems to
me to be duplicating tit* action between
6 cents and 6| cents, iod I expeot to
see it carry tbe parallel still further and
follow tbe present stagnation with a
very sharp advance.
James Riordan.
Fire at Manning
Manniog Oot 28 ?Yesterday morn
inp about 3 o'clock smuko was discov?
ered ooziog from the store of C. W.
Kcodal, commonly culled the racket
storo, aod the building was s > full of
smoke that tbe front glasses were
u I in on t ready to burst out. The fire
wuh in ihn back of tho building, about
the millinery room, and no one oould
g<'t to it on acciunt cf the dsoss smoko.
Ah lbs town bad BO tire protection, tli"
building hud to bum, and it was with
great work (hat many adjoining build?
ing wero not lost llso Tho oripin of
tho firn is not kn >wn, mi exploded
lamp being assigned oh one theory.
There wan ft 10.000 iosorailOS, and it
in claimed tbai tbero was about
?14,000 in goods, eonsistiog, ot olotb
ing. Mines, etc , in fact, a stock of
general merchandise, Sleep! groceries,
uil of which was eosoplstsij destroyed.
??In His Stopb"
The most fiaSJOUS SBd wi'iHy r? ?d book of
tbe I At half of the century. For sale by
H.O.Osteen & Co. Three e'yles b'.Dditig.
21Cj 35c, COc.
Cuba is Improving
Slowly But Steadily.
Gen. Lee Says Natives not
yet Ripe for Establishing
Their own Govern?
ment.
Washington, Oct. 29?Gen Fitz
hugh Lee, who is in the United
States on a vacation from his post in
Cuba, is in the city on his way south
He is accompanied by his son, To
morrow night Gen Lee expects to go
to Richmond to witness the launch?
ing of the Shubrick, he will return
to Washington Wednesday.
In an interview he says the people
of Cuba are ateadily improving under
the existing protectorate of the
United States and are slowly but
surely rebuilding their war wasted
homes and repairing their crippled
fortunes. Life and property are sure
in Cuba, owing largely, he said, to
the salutary restraint exercised by
American military authority. He
thinks the time not yet ripe, however
for a purely Cuban government.
??Cuba," said Gen. Lee, ''is improv?
ing. The Cuhabs are tractable and
self reliant Their impulses are
generally in the right direction, but
of course both in the theory and
practice of self government they are
wholly without experience. There
is among certain Cubans a deep
seated prejudice against some men
who, the Cubans think oppressed
Cubans under Spanish rule, and if
given a free rein the Cubans would
make a abort work of them The
United States government is pledged
to grant independence to Cuba after
the island has been pacified, and I
believe that promise should be fulfill
ed just as swiftly as we can in reason
and justice.
"The industrial situation is improv?
ing, the money is gradually going
into Cuba, but nothing like as fast
as it would if investors were sure
that property would remain safe for
years to come and protected by a
government strong enough to enforce
law and order
Gen Lee declined to discuss poli?
tical affairs in Caba and whether or
not the Cubans desired independence
or annexation
SCHLEY'tsTsOLITUDE.
Washington, Oot. 30.?Secretary
Long said today that he did oot
contemplate making aoy chsoge in
Admiral Sobley's orders. So far they
sre nothing mor* than a direction to
tike command or" the Sooth Atlantic
station. The date will be definitely
fixed when it is known exaotly bow
soon the Chicago will be ready for sea.
Nothing has been deoided by the
department as to the dispatch of one or
more warships to South Afrioa. Sec?
retary Long pointed oot that that sec?
tion of the world is within the geograph?
ical booods of the South Atlantic
station. The.afore Admiral Sohley
will be at perfeot liberty to go there, or
aoywhere else on his station kftcr he
takes command. No order from the
department will be necessary in such
oaue.
Respecting the mooted iooiease nf
the South Atlantic squadron, the
secretary said that he would oot hc^i
tat3 to increase the number of ships on
the statioo if there were neoepnity for
it. So far the necessity has not
appeared, and, tberepore, it was not
contemplated to have more thin the
three vessels, the Chioago, Montgomery
and Wilmingioo on the station.
?vm4s> ???^aw>?
Beer Dispensers Hold On.
Columbia,Oot 29 ?At the meeting
of the State board of Control Satur?
day night Messrs Miles and Williams
reported that they had seen the at?
torney general, who ruled that the
board had no right to close the beer
dispensaries ; that it could only be
done by the county boards, and then
only for cause The attorney gener?
al promised to submit his ruling in
writing tomorrow
Mr. Haselden moved to reconsider
Mr. Williams' resolution relative to
closing the beer dispensaries on Nov.
1 next.
Mr Williams seconded the olu
tion, end on being put it vas carried
unanimously
Mr Williams then moved that in
view of the attorney general's ruling
on the beer question the resolution
passed at the September meeting of
the board be amended so that ttye
beer dispensaries be closed at the ex?
piration of the terms of ofBoo of the
incumbents instead of Nov. 1, as
already ordered This was second
cd by Mr Haselden, and the motion
prevailed
1Spaniaids and Cubans," says the
New York Frees, "'are living together
all over Cuba in peifcct amity ?
nowhere were so than in Santiago,
the reel Cuban citpital When we
contrast this condition with the mur?
der of 1,000 Unionists in the South
during the first year after the war of
the rebellion we see how slight are
the obstacles to the reconstiuction oi
the island if natural racial lines aie
followed M Is it true, really, that
a thousand * Unionists'' were killed
in the South in the year mentioned f
II so, the fact wholly escaped atten?
tion in this region, and none of them
wete ever missed, at any rate.
Doubtless the Press is wrongly in
formed as ueual*?News and Cou
rier.
YELLOW FEVER CON?
DITION.
Washit gton, Oot. 29?Reports re
oeived by Surgeon General Wyman of
tbe Marine Hospital Service are tbat
eight oew oases of yellow fever ap?
peared at Miami, Fla., yesterday. The
weather oonticues bad. At Key Weft
there were two eases and one death
Saturday. A strong breeze has been
blowiog nine days and is regarded as a
favorable iodioation.
Jackson, Miss , Oot. 29 ?No new
oases of yellow fever have appeare i in
Jackson during tbe past 24 hours.
Tbe temperature'is falling 'apidly to?
night, and a heavy frost is expected.
By tbe latter part of the week it is
believed ail quarantines against Jack?
son will be raised.
- M M
Yates Replies to Ouzts.
To the Editor of The News and
Courier: Will you kindly allow me a
brief space to reply to Mr. D. A G.
Ouzt's comments on me, and say tbat
he is a great big, puffed up ass, aod
were it not for tbe notoriety be ban
reoentiy gained by bis slanderous at?
tacks upon oertain gentlemen in this
State the publio would never have
known of his existonoe. In my article
I made no unkind or unfriendly allu- |
sioos to bim I wished to avoid per?
sonalities, in whiob the publio are not
interested. I asked oertain questions
as a eitizen. I bad a right to ask.
He could not answer them truthfully
without compromising bis friend or
friends on tht State board ; so it suited
bis purpose better to evade i be ques?
tions and call me a "pimp'1 and a
"boot-liok." When he calls no these
names he lies, and he does so knowing?
ly. If bis statement concerning
the other subjects of bis vile attacks are
not more aoourate than his statements
oonoerning me they are very bare of
truth. Fie says I lost orders for glass
on aooount of the worthlessnesu of my
goods Here he makes another false
statement knowingly He knows tbe
orders were tahen from me because of
certain false and rasoally representa?
tions made by J. B. Doutbi. to the
State board, and given to one of Dou
thit's friends, representing a small
jobbing concert, which concern imme?
diately placed tbe order given by the
board to my pet pie to manufacture. He
says I obtain ;d a "beer privilege" and
farmed it out for seventy-five dollars per
mootb. This, too, is false. He says I
am short to tbe State several hundred
dollars. This ia false, or at least this
is tbe first I have heard of it I was
uodcr a heavy bond, and my bondsmen
are respoQsible Wby was oot
my bond sued ? He sneaks
of bis modesty. Great God !
Has he any ? The publio doubtless
will be surprised to know tbat this
'*Major91 D. \. G. Ooits of present
aod sodden notoriety is tbe ssme D A.
G. Ousts tbat a little newspsper in
Charleston in 1890 had dressed op like
an ape in uniform, with yellow trim?
mings, dancing around tbe State.
Modesty ? Yes, be knows as muoh
about modesty as Bob Iogcrooi did
about Christianity. Ouzts is bitter
and very sour?doubtless smirting
under bia recent chastisement ; but let
me advise him to cheer up, study navi?
gation aod in the spring manipulate
the guiding cords over a mule's baok,
lose sight of the past aod forget all
about intrigues, rebates and fat jobs,
and put away bis 13 inoh guns. He
has no ammunition for weapons of this
oalibre, and when tbe Legislature
meets lot's have a thorough iovetitiga
(ton. Let Blu6othal & Biekeit, of
Atlama, be asked to testify ss to all
they know of Ousts aod Doutbit.
Let Mr. J. O A. Moore, of Dar
lington, be invited to give his experi?
ence of J. B Doutbit's conduct as a
member of tbe board. Oo with your
rat killing, Hsseiden, Dan Miles and
Chris Robinson. Don't let a few
politioal enemies side traok you?tbe
people are "wid ye "
j. St Julien Yates.
Fort Motte, October 29
What Would Jesus Do ?
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, writing
in the November Ladies' Home Jour?
nal In further emphasis of the teach
logs of his famous book, "In Ilia
Steps," reiterates that "the teach?
ings "f Jesue wiil work in the
market, the home, the school, the
fihop, the street, the life of man
everywhere, but they cannot work
in a selfish heart, ond they are not
capabie of expression in a soul that
has put any one on the throne except
Him who is Lord of all. Why are
men afraid to try Love in business ?
Why are they cowardly in the face
of giving the greatest thing* in the
world its most supreme test ? Uume,
let us take Jesus at Iiis word If
we seek the Kingdom of God first we
shall have all I he physioal things we
nenl What woild Jesus do '! There
is no question an to His conduct in
our places There is no oaauistry it)
the question when asked honestly
every day. When the world is
willing to ask it, and lives according
to the daily answers, it will begin to
enjoy its millennium Perhaps that
Golden Age will be this coming
century. Why not ? It rests with
the human lace to prove that of all
tbe mighty forces that rule the real
life of men on the earth, none is so
mighty, so practical, so permanent,
so productive of happiness and
power as the life of Jesus lived over
again In the lives of those who be?
lieve in Him as the life abundant tor
a weary world."
LIEUT. VICTOR BLUE
HONORED BY MARION
Presented With a Beautiful
Loving Cup by His People.
Special to the State
Marion, Oct. 27.?Lieut Victor
Blue, who arrived with his w fe last
Wednenday on a brief visit to bis
mother and other relatives, v. as the
subject or an interesting "futction"
last evening, when, before a trilliant
and appreciative assembly, the cere?
mony of presenting him w th the
beautiful loving cup, contribu ed by
citizens of the community in which
he was reared, was conducted in tbe
spacious rooms of the Marion 1 brary.
The principal apartment was (raped
with th national colors and tas efully
decorated with flowere ; and t le ar?
tistic surroundings formed an at
taractive setting for the ani nated
picture of beauty aud ch valry
gathered to do honor to tbe gallant
lieutenant and his lovely bride. Tbe
appearance of the lieutenant and his
party at a late hour of tbe ev?oiug
was the signal for the prompt etecu
tion cf the programme that had been
arranged in anticipation of the event.
Hon. V/ J Montgomery in appro
priate remarks introduced Hoi J.
? Ellerbe, who had happily been
chosen to make the speech of pre?
sentation.
Is He a Savage ?
Durbao, Natal, Oot 26?In -eply
to ao inquiry made by bins, Gen. Sir
George Stewart White, has received
tbe following telegram from Command?
ant Gen. Joubert: "I most ex >rees
my sympathy. Gen. Symoos, uofortu
I nateiy, was badly wounded and died.
He was buried yesterday. I trust tbe
great God will speedily bring to a oiose
this unfortunate state of affairs, bro tght
about by unscrupulous speculators and
capitalists, who went to the Transvaal
to obtain wealth and, in order to fur?
ther their interests, misled others and
brought about this shameful state of
warfare over all South Africa, in wl ich
so many valuable lives have been tod
are being sacrificed, as instanoe, Oes.
Syroons iod others.
"I express my sympathy to Lidy
Symoos ie the loss of ber husband."
SEABOARD IN CAMDEN.
Catrdeo, Oot. 26 ?Tbe Seaboard
Air Line began yesterday to lay their
traok io Camden. They started at the
juootioo of the Sooth Carolioa and
Georgia Exteosioo Railroad and a ill
immediately lay the traok from there to
the river, a distaooo of two or mere
miles, the purpose being to haul tie
iron for the bridge directly to tbe
river.
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Great Men Who Never Laugb
From the New York Frees
Great men have often fancied it a
part of greatness to refrain fron
hilarity Philip IV, of Spain, is
said to have laughed only once in his
life That was when bis bride, Ance
of Aostria, wept at bearing that the
queens of Spain had no feet. Sbe
took with German literalness ao oil
piece of Spanish courtesy. As she
was journeying toward Spain some
German nuns met her and desired t >
present some stockings of their ow i
knitting. Tbe worthy princess was
about to accept the gift, when ?
Spanish grandee of her suite inter
ferrtd with the remark that it would
be a waste of etiquette, as tbo queen*
of Spain were not supposed to havo
any use for stockings, whereat tbo
princess began to weep, understand?
ing, poor woman, that jn her arrival
in Spain her feet would be cut off.
Lord Chesterfield said : "Nobodj
has seen me laugh since I have come
to my reason," and Congreve maket
his Lord Froth, in tbe "Double Deal
er." say : "Wh?n I laugh I laugh
alone99 Young people and fools
laugh easily, says an old proverb,
which has often proved true.
Nevertheless, the singer, Robert,
gave lessons in laughing in Paris
and London in lv05, and, so far, at
least, as fi'ling his own purse went,
with success. He held that men and
women could not laugh ' decently
aud sympathetically" without proper
training and Raid that a person who
could laugh only in one tone seemed
to him like one who could say oui
and non : but thai, a trained laugher
should express many things
The revenue tax on legacies ha
laid a heavy hand on Converse coi
lege. The amount, left will amount
to over $100,000 Tne revenue law
says 10 per cent of it must be paid
to the internal revenue depart?
ment This will take over $10,000
out of the portion intended for the
college Tnere seems to be no way
around it
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A va?t difference exists in the llavor
of eggt liens fee on char sound
jrrain, and kept on a clean grass run,
give much finer product than fowis
that have access to *tarle and manure
heaps of all ktode of filthy food.
Hens feeding ?? f18n a||(j onjon8
liavor their eg^s accordingly, just
as co?vs ea'ins onions or cabbage or
drinking offeoeive water impart a bad
taste to the milk and butter. The
richer the toed, the higher the color
of eggs. Wheat aud corn give eggs
j tbe best color