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XBX SU5STEK WATCHMAN", Kit.bluhed April, 1SS0. "Be Just and Fear not-Let ail tile Ends thoa Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRCE SOCTHKOH, Established Jone. 13*6 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 8.1899 New Series-Vol. XIX. So. 15 Published 3?ery "Wednesday, IST. Gr. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : ?1.50 per annum-in advance. ADTSHTISEKSKT: Ono Square first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. AH communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will, be charged for. British Disaster Was Not a Disgrace Nor Was Their Loss Half as Much as First Reported, LondoD, Nov. 2.-The breakdown ct the Delagoa cable, com bitted with the mooopoliz?tioQ of the available tele? graph lines by the government and British staff officers, is responsible for the fact that nothing farther has arrived from South Africa. Tb? government has received dispatches rectifying the casualty lists. A belated dispatch from Ladysmith, describing Monday's fight says: ' A couple of fqaadrons cf Hussars had * narrow escape from disaster early in the dav They found themselves sadden iy confronted, within easy range, by au overwhelming force cf Boars, who seemed to spring from the bowels of the earth. The Hussars were splendidly handled and were extricated with ooly one man wounded. The war office today made public a dispatch received from Geo. White, deesribing the operation of Monday. It w?8 as follows : '.Ladysmith, Oct. 31, 7.50 p. m - 1 took oat from Ladysmith a brigade of mounted troops, two brigade divisions of the Royai artillery, tbs Natal field battery and two brigades of infantry, to reconnoitre in force the enemy's main position to the north, ac?, if the opportunity should offer, to capture the bill behind Farqabar's farm, which had OD tbe previous dav been held in strength by the enemy. In connection wit this advance, a column consisting of the Tenth Mountain artillery, four haif companies of the Gioueesters and six companies of the Royal Irish F?sil? iere, tho whole under Lieut Col. Charl ten and Maj. Adye, deputy assistant adjutant general, was dispatched, at ll p. m , on thc 29cb, to march by night up Bail's Spruit and Seizo Nicholson's Nek, or some position near Nicholson's Nek, thu3 turning the enemy right flank. The main advance was snc-ess fully carried cur, tbe objec:ive of the attack being found evacuated and ao artillery duel between our Seid batter? ies and the enemy's guns of positions and Maxims, is understood to havo caused heavy loss to the enemy The reoDonoissance forced the enemy to fuily disclose his position, and. after a strong counter attack on our right, the infantry brigade and cavalry having been repulsed, tbe troops were slowly withdrawn to camp, pickets being Iefr on observation. Lite tn thc engage? ment the navai contingent coder Capt Lampion, of H. M S Powerful, came ia co action and silenced, with their extremely accurate fire, the eoem}'? gun? of position. Toe circumstance-i which attended thc movements of Lieut Coi. Carlton's column are not yet fuiiy ccown, but from reports received the column appears to have carried out the nigh? march unmolested until within two miles of Nicholson's Nek At this point two boulders rolled from the hill and a few rifle shoots stampeded the infantry ammunition mules. Tbe stampede spread to the batrery mules. 57b;cb broke loose from their leaders and got away wirb practically t?'.'.' whole of the gun equipment and the greater portion of th*- regimental small arm ammu:iirii.n The reserve was similarly last. "Tbe infantry battalions, h-?vrevo-r. ?xsd bayonets and. accompanied by the personnel of the artillery, seized a h;:? on the ?o?: of fhe road, ts?D miks frons toe Nek, t?itl? but little eppc-i :ion. There they remained unmoiest ? till dawn, the time britts occupied in cr^-ctztwg the defeaso .:: the hill and constructing s'o.ie san gars :?:;'-? waiw a covsr frcm ere. At daca ?. .s;:;;::: i*h!r>2 attack on oar pe? i rion w-..- com? menced hy the enemy, iva: mads; :: way until 9 30 a ... ; wica strong rcecforeeaents enabled rheta t > rr. - h to .he attack with*great energy. Their sre became very searching and two companies of the G. aersters, in an advance position, were ?-rti?-r, <i to h]: ia%k. The czerny thea pressed :<> short rac.'ie, tne ic^-^ts on our tid becoming very nntcerou?. "At 3 p. OB., car ammunition wa* capturad and the survivors of the coi arno feli into the enemy's hands. The i enemy treated our wounded with ! humanity, Geo Joubert at once dis ! patching a letter tc me, offering safe cooduot to doctors and ambulances to I remove the mounded A medical Officer and parties to render first aid to ! the wounded were disp&tolied to the ? scene of action from Ladysmith "last : Dight, and i h s ambulances at dawn : this morning. ! "The want of suoce?s of the coiumo ' was due to the misfortune of the mules J j stampeding ard the consequent loss of j I the guns and small arm ammunition j j reserve. j "Foe oficial list of casualties and j prisoners will be reported sbortiy. The j latter are unier^tood to have been sent ! by rail io Pretoria. j "The security cf Ladysmith is io no j way affected 11 \ The concluding sentence of Gen. i White's dispatch relative to the safety I of L'.dy?mith, was received with a j certain reserve, io view of the fact that j j similar oficial assurances were given J j recently at Dandee and Glencoe, ard j there is intense anxiety for further I news of the reported renewed attack, j which is not mentioned io the official j dispatches. BOERS CLOSING IN. I Londoo, Nov 1 -It was announced ? rcday bi a spacial dispatch from Lady ! smith that toe B^ers again oiosrd j around that place on Monday night ; spading shells into the Britirh camp. I The two guns landed from thc British \ cruiser Powerful opened fire on the \ Borrs at dawn Tuesday ! The Boers brough' up moro guns, . bot some of them were silenced, j It is r.ddcd that the Boers loss mu^t ! have been heavy. j Toe sarr'.so.i at LiGynmt?a is de I scribed as hiing ia good spirits and I confident and the trocps are said ro be j fail of fign;. The artillery duel was ; still in progress Tuesday night TEE AIMS OF THE BRITISH London, Nov. 1 -Lord George Hamilton, secretary of state for India, speaking at Ealing this evening, re? garding the situation in South Africa, said : "Our ultimate victory is certain, and ween the terms which we, as vic? tors, will propose to the vanquished aro known foreign countries will see that the main cause which has forced us to embark upon this coofliot is not a desire of pecuniary profit or of territorial aggrandizement, but a determination to emancipate a vast territory, for the common benefit of mankind, from ac ignoble and degrading tyranny.,} I Disconnected Reports Sifting Through the Censors. London, Nov. 3 -Special dis patches from Ladysmith, dated Tues? day, give further detail regarding the renewal cf the bombardment The Boers, having reoccupied their j old positions, remounied big guns Their Sre was accurate but almost harmless Some of troop-; were slightly injured by splinters. . Lieut Egerton and his men from the Powerful did splendid work and j quickly silenced the Boer guns, j The Boers .acknowledge having suffered heavy losses in men and I horses in the previous battle Gen i Jan il M Kock, who was wounded in the battle of Eiandslaagte. died in the hospital at Ladysmith on Mon? day night Little light is thrown an the actual situation by the news at hand today The magnitude of Monday's fight, i however, is more than ever evident I Virtually three actions were raging I simultaneously, but is obvious that I t.l>e intention to roil back the Orange ; Free State troops wad not achiev I ed The correspondent of The Daily I News at Ladysmith telegraphing j ! Tuesday says : Dr. Hornabrook, j i whiie searching for the body of Lieut. | \ Capharn on Umbulwena Hil!, which j i was in possession of the enemy, met ? j Boers. On stating the object of his ! quest he was kindly received The ! j consensus of opinion among the j I Boer3, he thinks, is they aro sick of lighting and would like to throw up ! : the sponge They said their loss yes- i ter?ay was heavy and due chiefly lo ! . our artillery tire J; Ail was quiet at Bulawayo, in Rho? desia, according to dispatches receiv i ed this morning, up to Oct '21 ii,, war office has received a tele : gram, dispatched from Ladysmith at 9.25 this morning, saying ti,-.? (} -u '. IVhrte wai; wei! and holding his posi ? ion A a official telegram reporting thc condition cf the wounded ut Kimber lev vdds that Col Kefcewitchi th- j British commander there, has learned ' from various eources tti.it -ric e: h sses ot: the occasion of th;- tate sortie Oj iii;; Diitlsb t-rooDs fr?>t>) Kimberly were very heavy [ REPORTS OF BOER VICTORIES EXCITE THE CAPE DOTCH. Parir!, Nov. ii.-Toe ll:.vas Agency this evening published tue following i i dispatch, which the agency ea} s was ! I received through its correspondent at I j Brussels : Cape Town : The news of the Boers' two victories around Lady? smith has created considerable ex? citement among the Afrikanders, who do not conceal their joy. Sir Alfred Milner, the British higa commission? er, is much perturbed at their atti? tude. Gen. White, in these two engagements, iost about 350 men killed, wounded and prisoners. The second victory was woo by toe Free Staters, commanded by Lucas Meyer, who seized Colenso, thus cutting off the retreat of Gen. White, who is wounded. The investment of Lady? smith is complete, and the Boers are masters of the Pietermaritzburg and tbe Durban railway. News has reached Gen White that Mafeking is closely beaeiged and that the Boers have successfully repulsed the sorties. Tne surrender of Mafek? ing is expected. it is also confirmed that the Free Staters have seized Colesburg. BIG LOSSES ON MONDAY. London, Nov. 2 -A special dis? patch from Ladysmith says 20 British dead and IOU wounded have been counted on the scene of Monday's disaster, while 870 prisoners were sect to Pretoria MOUNTED INFANTRY WERE CAPTURED London, Nov: 2-Another list of casualties at Dundee was issued by the war office today. It gives 82 non-commissioned officers and men of the Dubiin Fusiliers missing, in? dicating that ?he Boers captured as many Fusiliers as they did Hussars. LADYSMITH SHELLED. London, Nov. 2 -The war office this afternoon issued the fellowing dispatch : "Chief of staff, Ladysmith, to war secretary : "Ladysmith. Nov. 2-Lieut Eger? ton, H. M. S Powerful, dangerously wounded this morning by a shell, left knee and right foot. Life not in dan? ger at present " It was inferred from this dispatch that the artillery duel between the Boers and British continues as Lieut. Egerton was a gunnery lieutenant with the big naval guns LADYSMITH SURROUNDED. London, Nov. 2, 10 p m -The war office has just informed the As? sociated Press that a dispatch has been received from the governor of Natal, Sir Waiter Francis He!y Ilutchinson, announcing that commu? nication with Ladysmith has been interrupted since half past 2 this afternoon Thts ia not regarded by the war office, however, as in any wise con firming the rumor of a complete in? vestment of Ladysmith or o? the capture of Colenso. London, Nov. 2 -Gee. Sir George Stewart White has cabled the war office that in the engagement on Farquhars farm, near Ladysmith, on Oct. 30th, when Lieut Col Carleton's column was compelled io surrender, six officers wero killed and nine wounded Among the non-commis sioned officers and men the casualties were 54 killed and 231 wouaded Gen. White promises a list of the missing later Details of ?h9 Fighting and Losses at Farqunar's Farm. London, Nov. 4, -1 05 a. m.-There is very little? fresh intelligence today, hut it is believed that the Delego? Bay route, if not already restored, speedily wiil bf1, thus giving quicker commonicatian with the ('ape The situation is still hopeful. The accounts that continue to ar? rino icgarding the fighting on Far? quhars farm only confirmed its serious nature and the narrow escape of Gen White lt now sppears as if it were only the arrival ;'? the naval centinprept i from the Powerful which prevented; a worse di-after It seems tua' ! when i: wae s^en that retirement war I imperative, two Natal cavalrymen j volunteered to convey a dispatch j across the Bo<-r Hues to Maj. Aove. j ordering him to retire, but the ris!: I was considered foo great and Sag ??g haling wes employ ed instead:. The ??9t??e< was too ?reat ?sd 1 Lo : gi ou nd too r>''i>;c';i for our Cavalry ii) go ; ;o ??is assistance Accr.rt??i!? iq di?- : patches fi*< d Tu- sd ay, defensive j works were being constructed OM the j ;.i;is around Ladysmith, and ir was expected that tho .naval guns would bs mounted tlx- following day The ? Boers were threatening to ait town in force on Wi dnesday and Thursday and the women, children a;i<? other r?ofj combatants wc-ro being sent hy train to the south Lady smith is provisioned for two months. ! Paris and Berlin continue to sup- ! ply statements of British reverses, j the latest being that Mafeking bas falleu. Delayed dispatches fronj British camp at Ladysmith, Natal, add little information regarding Monday's fight except the eetimates of the Boer tosses, which are now said to be 95 killed and 200 wounded, mostly victims of the artillery shelis, which have wrought such great havoc that it is said Gen Joubert, the Boer commander in chief, has written a letter to Gen. White, the Britsh com? mander, protesting against the use of Lyddite. The following is a detailed revised report of the total British casualties among the rank and file at Farquhar^ farm : Artillery' 4 killed, 29 wounded, 85 missing ; cavalry, 2 killed, 9 wound ed. none missing : First King's Rifles, 1 killed, 32 wounded, 21 missing ; Second King's Ritiis, 8 killed, 29 wounded, 16 missing ; Leicester regiment, 2 killed, 18 wounded, 4 missing ; Dublin Fusil? iers, none killed, 6 wounded, 1 miss? ing ; Irish Fusiliers, 10 killed, 41 wounded, missing unknown ; Glou? cester regiment. 30 killed. 53 wound? ed, 330 missing. Engineers and naval and colonial forces, none killed, 7 wounded, none missing. Revised total, 57 killed, 227 wounded, 173 missing, the last men? tioned not including the Irish Fusii iers. A significant fact indicating the hasty character of Gen White's retreat to Ladysmith is the number of men captured, apart from the members of the Gloucester and Irish Fusiliers taken prisoners. London, Nov 3 -The war office this afternoon replying to inquiries, said no information had been re ceived there of fresh Boer movements at Colenso or elsewhere, and it was added the officials were not aware if 1 the railroad to Ladysmith was intact j or not. London, Nov. 3 -An armv order * rn/ ? issued this evening instructs the proper authorities to mobilize 25 battalions^of militia at their respect? ive headquarters on various dates after Nov 20th. Orange River, Cape Colony, Nov 2 -(Delayed in transmission )-Kim berley is still safe and the wounded are doing well Capetown, Nov. 2.-(Delayed in transmission )-The Cape Times says it has reliable information that there have been no casualties amoDg the British at Mafeking since Oct. 13th After the heavy bombardment Gen Cronje asked the town to surrender. Col Baden Powell was asleep when the messenger arrived, but, on being 'awakened, received him hospitably and politely replied : "I will let you know when we have had enough '; London, Nov. 4 -The Daily Mail pubKshes the following dispatch from Ladysmith dated Wednesday morn? ing : Matters today are quiet The Boers are apparently mounting more heavy guns to the north and north? east, which are likely to give us trouble. A Boer contingent, 1,500 strong, and clearly visible from the camp, is coming away to the south. The inhabitants of Ladysmith con ? tinue to leave the town. Liquor Profits That Have Gone to the School Fund Inasmuch as there is considerable interest being manifested in some quarters in the amount of the dispen- | sary profits that have gone to the free schools of the State since the constitutional provision waa put in some years ago, a representative of The State yesterday iooked up the official figures The booka show that on April 20, 1898, $70,409 55 was distributed io the schools of the State. On April 30, 1899, $67,204 35 was paid out to the schools by the comptroller general, and now the third payment is about to be made This amount, ali the counties having at last been heard from, will be $19,433 37, and j $?,00?> :nere goes to the superintend j ont of education for nor/xaai institu ? tes cte Tili;3 amount is to be paid ii? tho next few days Who?: -JA has been p-?i;I there ?r:i! ' bc left to the credit of trie dispensary ! scharA fund the sum of $43,312 28,1 and the schools will hove been paid i a total of $IG2 187 lit When 'this j year's amount necessary to make up ; the S3 per caei-.a has been paid, the! comp?rolh r will then proceed to ti:ri j tribute rro rat-: among the several counties, according to enrollment, , the $43.312-28, making tim grand total paid iii? schools ?205 Wt.) 05 Exclusive of the school fund, thc j ' tate dispensary h?sd in the Slate : treasury yesterday, subject to the j order of the State board of control, a balance o? $144 49i.TO. This is ihe exact status of the State's rum business a present, not taking into account outstanding bills and war? rants -Stale Nov. 2 WILL WE HAVE A SLICE OF CHINA ? Report That the United States Will be Asked to Select its Part "Will the LTsit<d States seize a portion of the Chinese empire ? And, if so, what part of it does it desire ?" The Washington correspondent of The Philadelphia Times learns that these questions are to he immediately asked President McKinley by the diplomatic representatives of Russia, Germany, France and Great Britain. Says the Times' correspondent, writing from Washington, under date of Octo? ber 31st : "Count Cassini, the Rus sian embassador, will arrive io this city tomorrow and will put the question directly. The other powers will all soon be represented here again and the United States government has been notified by it9 ambassadors and minis? ters abroad that the same questions will be put by all tho other great powers." This news is startling, and, coming, as it does, at a time when England is absorbed in the Transvaal war with 90,000 o? the very fiowsr of her fight ing men engaged, it is highly stgntS cant. It virtually means that the partition cf China has been decided u??n by thc great powers, and that the United States is invited to join them io the grab, [s means, too, that the j ports and territory thus seized are to be practically closed to trade outside of1 that of the country making the seizure. Ic even means, perhaps, that the Uni? ted States are invited to take their choice of thc rich valleys and sniendid harbors of the Flower Kingdom, in order that, after the monumental grab is consummated, the powers may not be thenceforth menauced by the gigan? tic world power that has just been thrust into "the Eastern Question," with her Oriental foothold in the great Philippine archipelago. Since the war with Spaii, with xtB surprising results and the vast respon? sibilities it has thrust upon our nation no question of such importance has presented itself as this query of the powers. Two yeats ago it would not have been asked ; it was undreamed of, but since the United States have come into the Orient, with ber warships and their consequent argosies of commerce, it had to be asked. The presence of the young lion of the Occident, hardly yet realzing his colossal strength, must perforce be recognized and reckoned with by the others of the national juogie-dweliers, whose predatory plans he bas seriously disturbed. And so they approach, with apparently peace? ful intentions, and ask us what part, of! the prey we would choose ? The reply of this government should | be a prompt- and unequivocal "No" to ? thc first question, which will make it j unnecessary to answer the second, j This declination to join in the partition I of China should he followed by an equally prompt, unequivocal and decis? ive declaration that China shall cot be divided by any power but that its ports and provinces shall be Gpen and free to the trade cf all nations, without dis? crimination in favor of any ose. England and Japan would undoubtedly join the Uoited States in this conten tioc, and the rest of the world couid ! * /I* * not resist the combination.-Charlotte Observer. To porifr and enrich the blood, strenethen the nerved ao? invigorate tbe system, uee Dr Dr M A Sircrnoo3: Livor Medicine FOR THE OPEN DOOR. London, Xov. 4 -A special dispatch from Washington asserts that the American State department recently asked France, Germany and Russia to pivo written assurances rcgaraiog the preservation of tho "open dcor" io J Coioa, being dissatisfied wita mere orai j a^suraocps and rejecting a proposal | that the United States sbouid seize a j port and establish a sphere of in?u^ncc io China "If tb<'??? a.-surar.c?? aro declined." says the dir-p^tah. "the United States ? r?i!i insist upon China observing the srrfee of tho treaty giving thc; TT-,-. ?-,".- . . t .: . . a ?tates rouai ngats tv.th otner Usiiy v br?mete, coa) m en Mc g .liv uwa "this nets deparlure ia ?ii: Do.'icy, -rrh^o'-i diat?" imnortacee.7' -nd suggests will ba fully j .nay s foes thc ia: emanen al Eurona :.: c vcr? rcmark Makes the food more deli ROYAL BAKING POWDE i THANKSGIVING. Gov. Mcsweeney Issues His Proclamation to the People. Gov. McSweeney on Wednesday issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation : The people of this State have been abundantly blessed daring the past year. Gratitude is one of the Chris? tian virtues. We should give thanks at all times. Men too often forget the goodness of God There should not only be gratitude in oar hearts, bat there are times when we should give visible evidence and audible expression to that gratitude. We have beea remarkably free from pestilence and scourge. We have been permitted to plant and to gar? ner The rains have come and the earth has yielded her fruits and we have been allowed to enjoy the labor of our hands. We have made prog? ress in manufacturing the product of our fields and our forests. It has long been customary to take one day out of the three hundred and sixty five when we shall cease from the toils of oui labor and render thanks to the Giver of all good for the many blessings we receive To the end, therefore, that we may, with thank? ful hearts, show appreciation of the tender care of our Heavenly Father, I, M. B. McSweeney, governor of South Carolina, in conformity to the proclamation of the president of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, the 30th day of November, 1899, as a day of thanks? giving and prayer to be kept and observed by all the people of this State. Let all public offices be closed and all private business and labor of every kind cease and let all the people assemble in their accustomed places of worship and render thanks with grateful hearts to their Creator and Preserver for the blessings of life and liberty and happiness which, they daily receive. Let the people on this day aiso remember the fatherless and not forget that the poor and the needy you have with you always, and that we sre told by Him who made the great sacrifice for us that it is more blessed to give than to receive, and by our own deeds of charity prove the sincerity of oar gratitude. lu testimony whereof. I have here? unto, set my hand and caused the great seal of the State of South Car? olica to be affixed Done at the Capitol, in the city of Columbia, this 31st day of Ostober, A D 1899. M. 3 McSweeney. 3y the governor : M R Cooper, Secretary of State. In a 'lefter received from a Welsh? man residing io the Transvaal the triter avers that there are not 5 per cent of the Ootlaoders wantiog what Chamberlain and bis parry are contend iog for He contin?es: ?t has been said that the B}ers are stiff necked. It ia the owners of the works and the money makers that are stiff necked. But if they will go to law with the workmen here they s'and the same chance cs be does of losing the case. Kroger gives ?he same opportunities to toe poor workman as to the millionaire. The works pay a clear proSt of about ?20,000 a month. The R^ad p^sed a law that 5 per euot of shesc profits would co to the Governmest. And bow this fretted the owners! Bat they say no-hing about the law of Rbodes's Chartered Company This law say that one half of the cufpat; of every work is to ?0 to the company without any consideration wbethcr the work pays or acc. Tho Barnwell Shortage. Atters ey General B^iingrr has returned from Barnwell where went ro iook int--? - fcc marrer of the shortage of the late County Treasurer Free. The probabilities :<re that the bood* mco bavs to bo sued in order f:>r ihe State -o recover -State. Nov. 2 URE icious and wholesome ;R CO., NEW YORK.