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Sortie From Ladysmith Destroyed Two Camion. Only News Friday Was From Natal. London, Deo 9 -The war offiee tonight issaed the following dispatch from Gen Baller, dated Frere Camp. Deo 9, afternoon : "The fellowing was received from j Geo White today : 'Lase eight scot i Gen Hooter, with 500 Natal volunteers j ander Rnynstoo and 100 of the j Imperial Light Horse under Edward* j to surprise a goo oo a bili The enterprise was admirably Cirned cir, j and was entireiv successful, the hill being captured and a sis inca gun ao l | Howitzer destroyed wi<n ga:? colton by ! Capt Fose and L euc Turt;er A J M asi ca was captur d and Drought to j Ladysmith. Oar los* was ooe k?ie? and Maj H^oder-oo of the First battalion of the Argyle Highlanders, wounded At the satne time Col Knox seized the bili one squadron of the Ninteenth Hussars rode round Pepeworth Hill, burning kraals and catting the Boer telegraph lines Thev had no casualties * Boer Head Laager, Ladysmith, Fri? day, Deo 8.-Tbe British troops made -a sortie between 1 aod 2 o'clock io the morning They crawled np a ravine and stormed and carried Lombards Kop, which was held by the B >ers, and on wbiob were place il a Crousot gun and a Howitzsr These gcos were destroyed with dynamite. The British captured a Maxim guo and then retired The Lancers, Hussars and Guard* made a sortie west of Lidysmtth at daybreak under cover of a beav\ artillery fire wbiob the Biers returned briskly. The Bri isb atferwards re tamed to Ladysmith The Boer losses are reported to have been slight A strong burgher column bas crossed tho Tugela river at Colenso wirb the objeot of attacking the British Estcourt column Maj Er amos and Lieut Malan will be tried by courtmanial io connec? tion with tbe toss of the guns. Cape Town, Thursday, Deo 7 -A .bandred men of the naval brigade proceeded to the front tonight. lt is known that the Boers have cross-cut the ends of their Mauger ballets, thus producing an effect similar to the dumdums .London, Dec 9.-A special dispatch from Pretoria dated Friday, Deo 8, says 3.OOO British troops, preceeded by an armored train, are advancing on Colesburg from Naaapoort. Terrible Battle at Stormberg London, D c ll-The war office pnbl'snes the following dispatch from Gen Forestier Walker at Cape Town : Gatacre reports : "Deeply regret to inform yoe that 1 met with a serions reverse io tbe atraek on Stormberg ' " I w-8 misled as to the enemy's posi tioo by the guides and found impracti cable ground. Caeuahies, as far ss known at the present, a?-?1 : Second Bitralioo Royal Irish Rifles, wouodd-Lent Col Eager, Maj Sea ton. Capt Kelly, Lient Stephens, Lieu Barnard-mo Suff ? k R gimeot, wounded-Seconc Lienr Maynard, twelve men. Mi-siog-Capt Weir Lteot Christie, Second Lieu* R?dn^y 290 men Sevnty fourth F?elo Briery, severe? ly wounded-Lieut Lewis and tbrct men. Slightly wounded-Two men. Seventy seventh Field Battery, Kili ed-Ooe gunner Wounded-M*j Pedeival Northumberland Fusiliers, mistic,? -Maj Stevens, Capt Fletcher, Capt Morley. Second Lieut Wake, Second Lieut Coulson, Lieut. Radcliffe and 206 meo and six cen commissioned officers and men Royal Birkshire Rogiment, Killed One priva'e. The remainder of my casualties will be wired as soon as ascertained. Molteno, Cape Colony, Sunday x/ec 10. 5 30 p m -Gen Gafacre' movemeot may be termed a reconacis sance in force. Irs object was to j ascertain the strength of the position of : the B >ers, who were strongly entrench j ed along the Stormberg range He left Putter's k--aal shortly after noon yesterday with a fighting force slightly over 4 000 men. L3*vu?g Alolteno at 9 o'clock la?: evening be made a memorable night march over th ? rocks and veldt Tne-e was no sound except a steady trscop. j and there wire no disringai-biog ! lights, the bright m?io:j having gone i down about half pnst ll. Tb'- c^lurun j arrived safely within a ct ".pie or unie? of its destination, the only incidents or ? the march ncing a?i occasional sudden cali of "bait7' under the belief that the Bjers were near Suddenly a terrific fire opened sim ul tane~usly on the British fronf ana rigrr flank. The R ?ya: irish lt fi s. wh cb formed roe advioee, sought sh<-:r<r benin. a neighboring kopje and were speedily joined by the retnaiod* - or the column. I- was soon found, how ever, ?bat r^i? pi?si-i?o o wa? covered by i> ?er guns, which wi rc more po *er<;u! than fi -:i o supposed The tro p*, taerefjre, sought a - fer position ao uf half a mile aw;iy. two batteries in the ruoaniiajo, engaging 'he B>ers. aLd c /V )ti-jg the troops ia their j W?*K'?"awa! Th8 actioo now became g?nerai at ? long rani?0 * <^',f!?f*hrnerit'. of mooot" : ed ia fat: tr y ?;.. vtu . J AU cl o view ot "cutting on the eneray's right flack Suddenly a strong commando ?ras seeo moving frota tho north and the Royai Irish RiS?s and the Northumber? land regiment were sent cut to meet it it so ?o discovered, however, that the Boors had machine guns we?l placed and the British were compeiied to face a terrible Ore Finding it impossible to hold the position in face of an enemy apparently in superior position, numbers ana artillery, the Bunsil retired on Molcoo, the Boers following up tho retirement eloseiv aod brint;irjg two big guns to near <>n the retiring column. It is believed here that the British casualties were sut serious. MOST SERIOUS ASPECT OF GATACRE'S DEFEAT. London. Dac ll. 4 45 a. m -It is hardly too much tc regard Geo Gat acre's repulse near Stormberg as the most serious defeat British arms have yet sustained in the wboie campaign Already the official advices show that two men were killed, 19 oficers and 17 men were wounded and 596 men are missicg Bu: it is evident that tbe worst is not feoowo. The proportion of wounded and killed is so small, when compare? with the missing-who are undoubtedly prisoners in the hands of the Bjera-tbat the t-uppiemeotary list of casualties is awaited with serious misgivings. Ic is also feared that there were serious loss?s of goos and fquipmsnt Toe most serious aspeet of the affair is the effect it is likeiy te have on the Dutch in Cape Colony, who have been wavering as to whether to throw in their lot with the B?ers Hosts of the ootbero farmers are uow likely to join the rebellion. The defeat is also serious because it wili delay the june MOO of Geo Gatacre with Gen French at Naaawpoort The plan was for their combined forces to relieve the oressure on Lud Methuen's column. APPELT'STBILL FOR A j LIQUOR LAW. The Appeit bill to provide a j substitute for the dispensary, which I seems to have attained some prom ioence in the state is about as fol \ lows: I It forbids the manufacture, sale i eic, of liquors of all forms except as provided in the bill It provides that at the next general election the voters of each county 6hall declare for strict prohibition, dispensary under countv control, or license as provided for under the constitution Each county bas the system that suits its people best If the vote is for prohibition they shall have it pure and simple and in its most stringent form, if for county dispensary then a board of j control is provided for in the county supervisor, the foreman of the grand jury, and a citizen to be appointed by the mayor dr the intendant of the county seat The moral character feature is insisted upon by the bill for the appointee The board receives $3 a day for their services but are not to be allowed more than three days in each month The county board purchases the iiquors and the ma? chinery is practically the same as is now in eff-ct for the state board They are required to publish all of their purchases, so that the public can see as to the matter of the "in fluences" brought to bear on them A.I? of their meetings shall be open to the public. Liquors may be tested by the chemist of the state universi? ty Dispensaries may be opened or ciosed by the board, and in any part of the county, even in an unincor porated towu The applicant for dispenser must fiii the same require mente as are now exacted The pro? fits of the sale of liquor goes as now, to the county school fund and to the town The same restrictions are now observed in the matter of the eales and the hours are pre 6erved In such counties as vote for Ii cense under the constitution, a li cenpe board, of the same constitu? tion as the board of control is pro vided for. and the same rules apply to them except as to the matter of buying liquor and electing dis pensers These are established on petition and license given to the man who has a paper endorsing the request from a . jajority of the free hoid vot?is of the town, if under five thousand inhabitants, if over that cf the voters of the ward in which the business is to be carried on The fae for license is to be no less j than six hundred nor more than j twelve hundred dollars, a3 the board j may see fit The same regulation as to the bouts ! of sales and the restrictions as are required in the dispensary are main tailed for the licensed bar. The board may have any liqu or tested by the siato chemist, ano' shall exact a ?3 OOO bond and pros? cute for violation? ol' it. They sha!! pub hst! itji-ir proeedmccs and their meet? ings shall ne public The a ? f -i 11 s of the oresent Mit! board arid dispensary shall be wound up a^d the assets turned <>vr to a board consisting ol a legislative committee and the sut" treasurer. This is tin biil over which ti;*' \>'.-^ fi?:.ut is to be made, if Senator Appell 's really in earnest as to thc mailer -vi tl termined to presu j!, it m*\ be the next state law Mr. M yti Id's yid provides for very near iy the ?sam*1 thing', and tn*> two forces rr.'ny ^? united in the legislature. McKinleys Trained Apimais Subservient Repub?ican Ma j jority Carrying Out Orders. I Washington, Dec ll -Mr M elvin ley's hired men. otherwise known ?i9 I the republican majority of the house, 1 are obeying orders like trained ani i mais They bpgan today the aciuai ' work of railroading through the j house, in a single week, ihe gold j standard bill that McKinley had pre pared last summer The vote is to be taken a week from today, and, of course, the bill wi'i be passed, as it J will be sure to get all the republican j votes, and it is being claimed that eight democrats from New York 3nd possibly others from the east'-rn states, will also vote for it The republicans are so fond of wearing their gags that they have offered to give some of the time allotted to them for debate on the bill to the democrats The navy department has got Scbley weil out of the way. but his friends in Congress are on the alert in bis behalf, as was seen when a I proposition, which originated with Mr McKinley, was submitted to them The proposition was that congress pass a bill reviving the grade of vice admirai in the navy, and that Mr McKinley would at once nominate both Scbiey and Sampson to that grade This eounded well, but Schiey's friends hare so far de dined to accept it, unless Mr McKin ley would promise that Schiey's norn ination should be made first, so that he would continue to rank Sampson. Representative Berry, of Kentucky, who is one of Schiey's stanchest friends says he intends to push his resolution offering the thanks of con gress to Schley and the men under bim for destroying Cervera's fleet, I but if an agreement is reached about the vice admiral busiuess, that wiil probably end the the whole matter Representative Leotz, of Ohio, bas offered a resolution asking for an investigation, by a special committee of the house, of the charges growing out of the interference of United States troops in mining troubles in Idaho, in defiance of and contrary to the federal constitution, at the indi vidal request of the governor, when no riot or insurrection existed, and without consulting the legislature or the local sheriff. If present indications may be de pended upon, the position of those democrats who voted against the dangerous method of refusing to allow a man with proper credentials to be sworn in as a member of the house, is likely to be vindicated by the final disposition of the Roberts case Members of the Roberts com? mittee may, of course, change their minds before their report is made to ?he house, but it looks now as though their report would recommend that Roberts be sworn in and then be expelled, because of bis being a polygamist. Members are beginning to realize that the precedent of not allowing a man with regular credent ! lais to be sworn in, is too dangerous I a one to be set up If one man can I properly be denied, one hundred men might be treated in the same way by. an unscrupulous majority It isn't the Roberts case, but the principle at Slake that makes the action of the bouse important That Mr Quay isn't ascertain of getting that seat in the Senate, as his friends would ?ike everybody to believe is 6hown by the presence in Washington, working in Quay's in terest, of ex Seuator Don. Cameron. Mr Quay will also be in Washington this week An adverse report is expected from the Committee on Elections which is one of the few committees not excluded in the re? publican grab of increasing their representatives, but the real fighr wiii be on the floor of the Senate The chances 6till seem to favor Quay, ?ithough several of the Senators who had been counted upon as certain to vote to seat him, are said to be in doubt as to how they would vote It ?6 on the personal friendship of those Senators that Cameron and Quay are now working Senator Mason's speech in favor ? f his resolution of sympathy for the Transvaal Republic, oow eogaged in a war for liOerty with Grear Biitain, contains come hard kn^cKs for promi nent republicans, including the presi? dent. Masoo may nor rank high as a Statesman, but bi* tongue Das a sting ! on the end of it when he wishes M t? i have, quite as nagging if not so poiiati ^d, as that wielded by ingulf, and o'her sting slingers who have been in the Senate Boss Hanna aopears to have emerged i fren: his wrestle with thc rheumatism and hi> cheek bo k, which is credited ! w:?b .-uer; a promioeu! par; in the Ohio 1 campaign-. as cross a.- a cripple hear He was fcobb?tog ou: of the Wm te j House, whi-rn he had been hulaing a conference with Mr M sKtoley ana Mr Henry C. 1'ayuc, cf Wisconsin, wi:o has been mentioned, a.- Mannas M?O ces-or ar s!?.- h "t ?:? iee Republican ; N it?onal Com mi?* toce, fben ne wa-- j a*;::<] ii :' w-ere true ih-at he io? n&ed : to retire from the ch i?rmaiv?.oip ni tive cocatnitte Ht* glared ..r.g.i.-y a? the newspaper ;r?;*?i V/I?D ask;'d < ii to*?, bi tore w^weriog and then s ap?>cd on: a- . tut ned awav : ' N . one s- author /, d ?o !?ay what ? iv:l; do ??3 CUSAN OIL cuCuts, Burns, Bruises, Rheuma? tism and Sores. Price, 25 cts >oid by i?ughaon-Ligoo Co. Oiangapo and Sudig Sitz d by Americans Manila, D.c ll, G.45 p. m. -The advance ?U:itd of Gen Grands con. rt? and ander Maj Spence, arnv d a Oiangapo, 5ubi<? bay, dunn-; rhe nsffh ot Saturday. Dec. 9. which piaec wa occupied witn liftie resistance, the enemy fleeing. Maj Spence had ao arduous match over tne mountain trails* from Di?:aiup:hiar) Yf-sreraay tu o r c i n ?>. the Baltimore and O "egon and a chartered transport aTived at, Oiangapo from ^ianiio The navy was di-apooioted to find th< army in possession or thc p?;?ce, cr-vch they had b^ped to cap;ure A detacn meot of marines ceder Cap* My rs. j occupied thc navy yard at Oian^apo, and wiii hold and occupy it a- a n-ivai sta'ion. The yard co?>fc?9f?' ot eev?n largo buildings and some repairing an-' machinery shops, ail damaged bv the bombardmr-Dt of Sepf 28. New Orleans, Dec T -It is said a movement is on foot in this city, backed by eastern capitalists, to control the rice industry A circular letter has been issued to mill owners asking for 90 day options on their plants. There are 13 mi'ls in New Orleans- Those who are interested in the undertaking decline to give out details Charleston, Dec 7 -The petition of the Seaboard Air Line for right of way through certain streets and for the grant of a "large track of unused city land in the extreme western patt of the city, was granted by city council tonight The joint committee on streets and railroads reported favorably on the petition and it went through unanimously The opposi tion contented itself with qu;et work on the outside and in the committee room and with a formal protest to council on the plea of the d-terjora tion of the property along the route of the railroad Washington, Dec ll-Commander E T Wood U S N, died of typhoid fever at his residence in this city a? 5 o'clock this morning He was in command of the gunboat Petrel at the battle of "Vlaniia bay Oe wi!? be given a naval funeral at Annapoiis Wednesday Not Offered by Denmark. Washington, Dec. ll-The State department authorizes a contradiction of the report that the government of Denmark bas offered the Danish West India inlands for sale f^5 CUBAN RELIEF cures Colic, ?v Neuralgia and Toothache in five minutes. Sour Stomach and Summer Complaints. Price. 25c. Sold br Hnghson Lierm Ho. Tampa Cubans Excited. Tampa, Fia , Dec 7,-Cubans hero aro much excited over several speeches which were made in cigar factories tin's morning* bv Cubans whose names will not be revealed. ? The speakers were bitter and incen- j diary ir: their language regarding, the American occupation of Cuba and advocated the use of force and j dynamite to rid the island of ail Americans. There are several thou sand Cubans in Tampa and it is j believed these orators have come ? from Cuba to excite the colony7 and to raise money later on to carry out j some pian of insurrection. - iTIl- .?<>. - Wi Bubonic Plague Steadily Spreading and Ravo-u tlODS. Kingston, Ja. Nov 28 -Passen? gers from the west coast of r-outb America report an ominous outlook in connection with the spread of the bubonic plague There seems little doubt that the epidemic is slowly but steadily working westward in South America To t h is dangerous plague is added the genera! condition of political on rest in ali the western provinces cf ?outh America Chili is on the eve of a financial crisis, and possibly of revolution, which bas only been postponed, and not averted, by the government's re duction of the issue of forced paper currency from $50,000 OOO to $20, 000 000 In Peru and Bolivia serious revolutions are going on. Triey are disorganizing trade Ecuador is in a condition of incipient revolt against the dictatorship of President Eloy Alfaro and. a strong revolutionary movement, directed by the clerical party, and supported by a majority of the people, is 6aid to b*? in course of organization on Peru vian soil Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Digests what you eat. It artificiailydigests the food an^aids Mature in strengthening and recon? structing the exhausted digestive or? gans. It is the latest discovered diTest ant and tonic. Ko other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It in? stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Kausea, Sick Headache, Gastralgia, Cramps, and all other results of imperfect digestion. Prepared by E. C. Dewitt ? Co., Chicago F r **'f> in tirn'fr bv J S Hocrbgon & Co We can now begin to show y ou our Go??., x'mas?}oo,,s Part of which are now in. From time to time we will tell you about them. Books Which make the best presents and Pictures Which make the home beautiful, And many useful presents, such as Fountain Pens, ALBUMS, and ornamental Gifts, such as Necktie Boxes, Comb and Brush Set:?, Toilet Cases, * Glove, Handkerchief and Collar Boxes, Etc j SMOKING- SETS. CHRISTMAS CARDS, BEAUTIFUL BOOKLETS, i Calendars, Etc. : fra?leme m ber-We will be head quarters for Liberty Street. EXPERT HANDS Guided by artistic eyes have produced exquisitely beautiful Trimmed Bats for our Millinery Display. Good judgment and care ir. the purchasing of material en? ables us to offer Rats of excep? tionally good value at mode? rate figures. MISS MCDONALD. Estate o? Aaron D. Bicker, Dec'd* WE WILL APPLY to tbe.Judge of Pro? bate cf Sumter C mote, ?on D cember '<8'0, 1899, for a Fioal Discharge as Execu? tors cf tbe last V? ll! and Testament of said deceased. E P PJCKER, G L KICKER. L B, DURANT, Nov 28, 1899 Executors NOTICE 'IO TAXFAYiT UFFIGE OF COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER-COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C ,tSept. 29, 18S9. NOTICE is usrehy givec-tbat I will be in ruy office in tbe County Court House at Sumter from October 15tb to December gist, 1899, inclusive, for the collection of taxes for toe fiscal year 1899. Tbe levy is as follows : For State purposes. For County purposes, For School purposes, 5 mills. 3? miils. 3 miils. Total levy, 11? mills. Also tbe following special school levies : Scbool District No 1, 2 mills. School District No 16, 2 mille. - School District No 18, 2 mills. Scbool District No 20, 3 mills, tot Cito, 2 mills. Concord, 2 mills. Privateer, 2 mills. No. 5, 1 mill. No. 17, 1 mill. Commutation Road Tax for 1900 is also payable at the same ti roe. H. L. SCARBOROUGH, Oct 4 Treasurer Sumter Co. Of The St*te of Soutb Carolina-Sumter Coun? ty-Office of Supervisors of Registration, Sumter County, Sumter, S. C , February 1st, 1899. Notice is hereby given that in accordance1 with an Act of the Geoeral Assembly, and in conformity with the requirements cf the State Constitution, ibe books for the registration of all legally qualified voters. a.->d for tbe issuing cf transas, *t2" wiii be open Ht the office of Supervisors of Registration in the court bouse, between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m.. and 3 o'ciock p. m . on the tirsiMon day of eacb raocth, until thirty days before the next gener?! election. Micors who shall become ct HS? during thet period cf thirty days shall be entitled to registration before the books are ciced. if otherwise qualified. The requirements for a qun?fed voter are that the applicant for registration shall be abie tb re.id a- d write correctly, or possess" in bis own nsrae property to toe amount of" tnree nuodrea do?ars, upon which be pays taxes E F BURROWS, T. D DcBOSE, J. M KNIGHT, Supervisors of B?g:stratioo Sumter Co. Mcb 1 50 YEARST ' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS Ac. 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