The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 17, 1900, Image 2
Censors Stop All News.
Nothing Moro From Lady
smith-Ali News Telegrams
Held Up.
London, Jan 10. 4 30 a. m -The
war office has neither cootributed aDj
fight oo the situation in Natal since
Sunday nor allowed the dispatches of
correspondente to get through. Conse?
quently the public impatience finds
vent ic a discussion of tbe conduct of
the war.
The Morong Post demands thai; tbe
forces afield, afloat and in preparation
shail be iocreaeed by 65,000 men. To
this end ic urges that all the trained
asen the country possesses, militia and
volunteer?, shall be called out, asserting
incidentally that, although the attitude
of other powers is correct io tbe diplo?
matic sense of the word, an invasion, if
attempted, wocld be sudden, and that
now is the time to apprehend contin?
gencies.
Great Britain's losses since tbe war
began are fast approaching S;000. A
war offioe compilation of casualties,
issued last evening, shows a total of
7,213-1.027 killed, 3,675 wounded
and 2,511 missing. These do not
include 140 who have succumbed to
disease cor the casualties at Ladysmith
last Saturday.
NEWS FROM LADYSMITH ANX?
IOUSLY AWAITED.
Further news of Geo. White's victory
is anxiously awaited, as it is generally
realized today thai there aas little
warrant for the exultation which fol?
lowed the announcement of his repulse
<rf the Boers. This remarkable revo?
lution in Boer tactics bas bese another
complete surprise to the British, wbo
bad oct reckoned on the weakened
garrison of Ladysmith being subjected
to such a courageous assault, and it is
realized that Gee. White's troops can
Bot be expected.to greatly prolong snob
so ardurous d&fecse. Io some quar?
ters it is considerod unaccountable that
?Gen. Baller did not press bis attempt
.co effect a passage of the Tugeia river
while.the Boers were engaged north?
wards, aod (he comment on bis apparent
.supineness are nowise complimentary.
From the Boer headquarters it is re?
ported that Geo. Buller is constructing
a subsidiary railroad from tbe main line
v Co Colenso, westwardlv, in the direc?
tion cf Potgieter's drift.
Advices from the Modder river say
the Boers continue to extend their
works,, and it is estimated that 30.000
tuen are required to defend them.
The prisoners captured by the Cana
diaos and Qaeenlanders at Sunnyside
are going to Cape Town fer trial as
rebels.
.London Papers Call on People
to Break the Censorship.
London, Jan. 12, 4 a. m.-Lee
Metford cartridges are running short
in the British magazines, and, accord
ing to a 6emi official report, the war
office purposes to fail back temDo
rattly upon 100.000.000 Mark IV ,
expanding bullets, most of which are
alr?ady in storage in Sooth Africa
The war office, however, ha3 issued
the strict order io the volunteers that
the 50 rounds of **Mark IV ,: given
them meet be used in practice at
home, none being taken to South
Africa.
After the public announcement that
?o such bullet woo id be used in this j
war, its employment, the Daiiy j
Chronicle thinks, would be ? serious
breach , of faith, especially as the
British commanders hare complained
tba- the Boexs occasionally use such
projectiles
The newspapers were reconciled j
-dering the early days of the war to !
.cable censorship to take fur granted
that full narratives sent by mail !
won--! supply ali deficiencies. For j
.oms week*, however, even the mail
cojTe*poiide?ce that has arrived in
London h?s shown signs of habitual
scissoring by the censorship Pages
are renumbered without chronological
oc'logical connection, leaving thc ?
happening* '.*e.se:ir>;-c quite unin j
tel?u'ib''- !'! roany cases The editors. ?
actifs DOS??L..!V in concert, are iavir.-u
these fte's before the public and in- j
sisti:;g that they be permitted to know j
and to }.?'i-y the Ucts
The Dai'y Kai! formerly accuses!
iii:' vrar . fti::e ci '"doctoring" tn edit I
tog . iii dispafenes before their
issuance and cites particulars The
:>n:ly Chronicle avers that there
eeems to be official conspiracv
against ?ettinjj t?.'C ttuth be known
Al'hoogh the nnmbei ?t deaths
from dysentery :sr:d enteric fever at
Ladysmith have been pubiisbed by
the war office since Saturday night,
aothing has been given out regarding
the engagement The war office
certs that ii has nothing to give out
Arm chair critics, who, io the ab
seoce of reportorial or official do
?scriptior? from the seat of war, pour
forth pages cf conjecture and opinion,
conclude that not much is to be ex?
pected of the British hosts in South
Africa until Lord Robers 6hall have
had plenty of time to think and fresh
levies shall have arrived. Time is
work'ng now for the Boers. Each
day makes more difficult the three
oeieagured positions.
Although the war office d?clines to
^onSrm the report that Lord Methuen
oas been recalled to England, in
-MI IM ii ?ni m i m la^nn-M-?-?
qniries made by a correspondent at
Methuen's home in Wiltshire have
elicited the information that when he
received his wound his horse threw
him heavily and spinal and other in?
juries surpervened.
The theory is now advanced that
the seizures of the German mail
steamers Herzog add General, since
released were made on purposely mis
leading information supplied to Brit?
ish ageDls, the desigu being to embroil
Great Britain and Germany in a
quarrel.
LADYSMITH BATTLE TERRI
BLY BLOODY.
London, Jan 12 -The Daily Mail
says : "We learn that in the attack
on Ladysmith last Saturday, Jan 6,
The British losses were 14 officers
I kilted 34 wounded, and over 800 non
commissioned officers and men killed
or wounded
"The Boer losses, we hear,
are estimated at between 2,000 and
3,000 "
GEN BULLER ADVANCES
ANDSECURES STRONG
POSITION ON ROAD
TO LADYSMITH.
London, Jan 13, 4 a. m.-Gen
Buller's 28 words announcing bis
forward movement of Thursday in
terpreied as meaning that be had
passed around the western end of the
Boer "lines at Colenso and is now
several miles behind them, and with?
in 14 miies of Gen White's out
posts at Ladysmith The Boers, a
(ew days ago, had forces with guns
at Springfield, where Gen Buiier
dates his dispatch. These commands
have been obviously dislodged either
by fighting or by manoeuvres, the
Boers retiring across the Tugela as
Gen Buller advanced. From Gen
Buller's dispatch, coupled with the
fact that unofficial intelligence from
the 6eat of war has virtually ceased
since Monday, the deduction is
drawn that important operations are
in progress, as be cannot move far
without going against the Boer en
tr?ncbments.
The deaths from enteric fever and
dysentery at Ladysmith, averaging
from 8 to 10 daily, are considered
more serious than the 420 casualties
of Saturday's fight, as they indicate
the frightfully insanitary condition
of the beleaguered town. A letter
from Ladysmith, dated Dec T, says
that even then 90 out of 540 men in
the battalion of which the writer was
a member were 6ick with dysentery
or enteric fever, and according to a
dispatch to the Daily Chronicle dated
Jan 8. the patients and attendants in
Tombi camp, where tbe hospital is,
then numbered 2,800."
It is officially announced that the !
Earl of Ava bas died of his wounds. I
. THE LOSSES AT LADYSMITH j
London, Jan 12 -The war office j
this morning received the following
dispatch from Gen Boiler dated
Springfield. Thursday, Jan ll at 9 20 >
evening :
"I occupied the south bank of the j
Tugeia river at Potgieters drift this j
raominec and seized Pont The liver j
is in flood. The enemy is stronly ?
entrenched abeu; four and a half
miies to the north "
The war office announces that the j
British casualties at Ladysrath Jan 6. |
among the rank and file were loo
killed and 242 wounded. Among
the officers there were 13 killed and
27 wounded
Among the latter W3S Lieut Coi
Wm Hemy Dick Cuuyughsi:;, V C .
commander of the Second brigade of
the Gordon Highlanders since 1897
wno. has s?Dce succumbed to his
wounds He was immensity popular
everywhere.
Gen Bulier's second attempt to
cross the Tugela obviously is of a
flanking character ; but, whether it
is intended to push the advance
home, or whether his operations are
only 3 feint to cover an attack in
force on the Boer position at lilang
wari3 mountain remains to be seen
^Springfield, from whence Gen Bul
ier's dispatch was sent, is IG miies
vrest of Frere. The last news irom
>'pri enfield was thai it was held by
the Johannesburg corps under Geri
Ben Viljoen and that tho Boera had
bi? guns in posilion at Potgieters
drift, apparently six or eight miles
north of Springfield, and acro*6 the
big Tugeia Thc possessor; of the
: drift and ihe Pont is regarded as o?
?great importance It is reported
here that Gen Buller submitted his
, plan of c:trnpaig'i to Lord Rib'rts
immediately alter the latter landed
j and that Gen Roberts sanctioned il
Th'*re H a belief, in some quarters
that Gen Hectors McDonald will sue
c-:.ed Lord Methuen in command of
the British force ai Modder riv r
The Gazette tod;-.y proclaims the
prohibition of the exportation from
; the United Kingdon: o: the carrying
i coastwise of a variety of .icids, capa
: b!e of being converted into military
I Ptores
The Appetits of ;-. <???:*t
_
; Is envied fry al! {mor dyspeptics whose stoni*
ach and liver are out of order. All such should
I knuw that l>r. Kir.g'a New Life Pilli, ti;?- won
j deri'ui Stomach and hiver Uarnedy, gh*es a
I splendid appetite, sound digestion aod a regu
i lar bodily habit that insures perfect health and
' great energy. Only 25c J. F: Delcine's
J drug store. 4
! The Genera! Assembl
i
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Columbia, Jan ll.-in the b
today a number of third reading
were acted upon.
Mr Blease's resolution, lookin
a constitutional amendment prc
ing for four instead of two year ti
for members of the house failed
cause of the lack of two thirds o
votes of the members elected
After some sparring the b
practically killed the pending
looking to the granting of rail
charters on the ground that i
could be issued by the secretar
state. ^
There was considerable discus
on Mr Sander's bill, which seek
eliminate to an extent the reqt
ment o? arbitration in settling fire
surance losses. He seeks to r
the loss adjusted before a jury
establishing the facts, in such c;
where arbitration is not desiree
the !o6er. but the bill was psssed
The anti usury bill of Mr. Maul
of Greenville, was vigorously c
tested and finally kilted
Quite a number of bills were
troduced today.
Mr Winklers dispensar}7
which has been mentioned, is be
read in the engrossing departm
and the final copy wiii be prese
tomorrow.
At noon the Senate came over
the election of au Associated J
tice
The body was called to order
Lieutenant Goyernor Scarborot
and, after the purposes of the asst
bly were announced, Senator Gr
don, of Abbeville, in a brief and e
quent -speech nominated Associ
Justice Eugene B Gary for re el
lion.
A roll call was necessary and t
lers were appointed on the part
both branches io tabulate the vo
which was, of course, unanimous ;
the re-election of Mr. Gary.
SENATE.
Io the senate today the resoluti
from the house requesting our rep:
8entatives in congress to introduce
measure providiog for the appointee
cf graduates of the South Oaroli
military academy to lieutenancies
the United States army was referred
the committee on milittary.
A number of new bills were read
their titles.
Senator Sheppard introduced a joi
resolution, which was adopted, iostrc<
ing the committee on privileges a;
electiocs, of both houses, to repu
wh?t officers are to be elected .at tb
term.
Thc bill providing for the return
assessment aod taxation of banks caa
up, and Senator Henderson moved
strike out the enacting words
Senator Mowor explained that tl
objeot of the bili was to have the hao;
make their returns just as railroads c
and aTso to secure uniformity
The yeas and nays were called on|t^
motion to strike out the enacting wore
resulting in the bill being ki!led??by
vote of 27 to 8
The jcini resolution providing f(
tbs preparation and completion of rr.
history to accompany the Confedera!
rolls was referred to tho oommittee o
militar?
On the second reading Mr McCu
rough's bili to rppeal the Act. makit;
?ud:ug? c#f facts by juries in rqiit
cases conclusive was kiiied.
Mr Stevenson's bili to make it a coi:
demeanor to swear falsely or cocata;
j fraud io the maoagemeot or conduct o
a primary election, or io voting in th
the same, and fixing punishment there
for. was papped to a third reading.
The bill to require the publication o
all petitions for pardoos before filio;
with the Governor was recommitted t
the judiciary committee
Columbia, Jan 12 -The house to
day did considerable hard work J
great many bilis were disposed of
some killed and others adopted.
A resolution looking to denying
i the use of the State house for th<
State ball was cleverly changed to ?
resolution allowing that use, undei
i acceptable conditions There was c
hard and somewhat acrimonious con
test over the issue, but the Stute bal
j won
! Senator Gr?bers county court bli
j went through the house- today, ai
i though at one lime it was ratbet
j "wobbling." Certain counties, ex
i emoted in the Senate, asked to rc
j tain the privilege of having an
j election on the question, if the voters
! saw proper, w?iie other counties
j that the .Senate had not exempted
j from the provisions of the bili asked
1 for exemption
; There was a lively and spirited
: con' st over an innocent little
; measure which sought to raise thc:
salary of the Sta-e iibrarian-a young
i ady-to *SG<J. It is now ?600.
I The lady won
Mr Winkler had a bili looking to
i specially cheap excursion rates on
I round trip tickets, with limits After
a considerable contest thc bill was
: kiiied
??Ir Winkler wanted ins dispensary
bill brought in without reference
Mr Ashley and Mr Jeremiah Smith
objected, and the bili was referred to
the judiciary committee.
SENATE
The senate iv,i-; in session just one
hour to lay and uu'i! the house gets
' further into i's calendar the senate will
not have much before it.
A concurrent resolution was received
j from the bouso io reference to
! drainage of swamp lands. T?o g
! eroor presented a memorial on
i ?-ubject. and the resolution provides
I a commis-icn of two senators and ti
j representatives, to be appointed by
i presidicg officers, to carefully iov
j gate the mailer aod report to the le
j iature. The senate agreed to
j concurrent resolution without debate
I The unfavorable report oo Mr Si
Haiid's bili to arborize and require
j commissiooers appointed to apport
I the indebtedness of Berkeley
j Colietco Counties, chargeable ?o E
j chester County, to assess all nu'
j property owned by the county cf Bsr
j isy and Golleteo, and apportion
I eame between the old ooualie* and E
chester, was adopted and the bill i
rejected.
I Unfavorable reports were rriade
tho judiciary committee on the foi Ii
iog bills, and the reports being adop
the bills were rejeoted :
Making stenographers' no^cs of tri
final atd conclusive proof of what. ?
the testimooy
Amending thc county goverom?
biil in reference to roads and hishwa
Tjafav^rable reports were mide
two of Senator Grajdon's bills, I
they wen: on the calendar : bili p
vidir.g for a uniform system ot regist
a'jd biil relatiog to service and su
mors of magistrate?
It b'iG been evident t-ioce the open:
?rssion of the senate that lhere wt
nor enough calendars and journals
go around, cud Senator Soddatb mcv
that sixty be ordered Sweater Ms
held had the resolution amended so ti:
seventy copies of both the calendar a
journal bo printed, acd tbi? was agre
to
Thc House biil relative to sweari
falsely or commiting fraud in prima
elections w-s killed. a3 the iaw now
sufScient to cover thc case
Mr. Mower's bill making soi
changes in the time of holding mut
c?pai elections in cities or towns of mn
than 1,000 and less than 10.000 inha
itants was rejected without debate
. MUNICIPAL TAXATION
The following bill relating to tas
tion in cities and towns was pass?e
Sec 1 That cu and after the a
proval of this Act no separate retori
for taxation shall be required or e
forced by authorities of any city
town.
Sec 2 That the county auditors
this State shall keep the returns i
ail property liable to taxation with
any city or town of their couni
separate from the returns of properl
in the same township not taxable I
such city and town, but taxable t
State and county, and shall alf
plainly indicate on the tax duplica!
all property taxable by each city ar
town, so that ali municipal author
ties may, without difficulty, bas
levies thereon without separate r<
turns for taxation.
Sec 3 That for the pupose of ta:
ation the corporate authorities of a
cities and towns shali have authorit
to conform the fiscai year of eac
city and town to and with the fi=c?
year of the State, and to fix the tim
for levying and collecting raunicipi
taxes
Senator Mauldin's bili reguiatir.
the width of tires wa6 made a specii
order for Wednesday
Senator Dean's biii to regulate th
granting of pensions was killed witl
out discussion
Senator Blakeney's bill to gtv
landlords and tenants liens agains
shares of laborers and croppers afte
division of crops for advances wa
recommitted to the judiciary commit
tee
Senator Barnwell's bill relating t
jury commissioners received it
second reading
?- - - -o- . ?? ? ? -a? -
Discovered by a Woman.
Another great discovery has been made, ant
that, tco, by a. lady in this country. ''D tea."
fastened it* clutched upon her and for sevci
jears she withstood its severest tests, hut he
vintl organs were undermined and death sce:n
ed imminent. For three months she cougbei
incessantly, and could not sleep. She Quail;
discovered a w ?y to ivcovery, by purchasing o
us a l>o::ie/ of Dr. King's Now Discovery foi
Consumption, and was so much relieved 01
taking first dose, tha' sue slept ali night: am
with two bottles has been absolutely cured
Her name i? Mrs. Luther Lutz. Thus write:
Mrs. HT. C. Hamnick & C>\ of Shelby, N. C
Tri;?! bottles 'ree nt J. F. W. DeL ?rmo's Dru<r
Store. Regular size 50c and $1. Every bott!;
guaranteed 4
- min i II - -
Cardinal Giraiomo Gotti, whom thc
Pope is said to desire for his 6ucces
sor, is a striking example of the
democracy of the Catiioiic hierarchy.
Iiis father was a Genoese laborer and
! worked along the ?locks of the town
j Gotti's early surroundings were whal
one might expect in that station oi
life Soon after he became a Carme
I ?itt; monk his talent began to show
? itself. His first triumph m dipio
macy came when as Papal nuncio in
: Brazil he mettled great disturbances
which had arisen between church
1 and State Tin's won for him the
I Cardinal's hat lie is but GI years
old, and fc-till lives tho severely
ascetic life of his ordei.
George Cochrane, the steeplechase
jockey. suffered a serious accident
recently a? Aiken, S 0 , where ho hes
b; schooling bis empioyort', V li
and T Hitchcock, jumpers While
training a green jumper he feli wirb
thc hors-.- and lay unconscious for three
days. When bc came to he was
demented and it is doubtful if ho will
ri cover. Cochrane was one of thc best
of thc cross country division riding oo
j thc metropolitan ttacks last year.
MR. EDITOR :
You may have had us in mind when referring in a recent
issue of your paper to the peculiarity of merchants in regard
to advertising, in which you quoted them as saying that "im
good times it was not necessary to advertise, and in hard times
it did not pay." While we have always found that advertising
paid us, we must confess that for the past sixty days any in?
crease of business that we might secure by that means, could
j not have been satisfactorily waited on, as our clerical force has
! been taxed to its utmost capacity.
Now that the rush of cotton is over and we have aa
opportunity to say a few words to our friends in the country,
we desire to acknowledge, through the columns of the Watch?
man and Southron, our grateful thanks to them for the liberal
patronage bestowed upon us, for which we can ofter nothing ia
return except our promise that their interests will be as care?
fully guarded by us in the future as they have been in the past.
It is particularly gratifying to us to acknowledge a very
liberal trade during the months of September and October from
our farming friends, to whom it was our pleasure to extend a
credit during the summer. It proves to us that they appreciate
our endeavor to be just and reasonable with them, when they
need assistance, as we have always tried to be-our motto
being
LIVE AND LET LIVE
Although we tried to anticipate this season's wants by
buying a heavier stock than ever before, our trade has so far
exceeded our expectations, that we have been obliged to re?
plenish frequently and freely every department of our store.
In Dry ?*ood?
Wc bought a very heavy stock of staples, a fair percentage
of which we still have on hand and are selling at old prices,
Those
ir ff eel Hlanket?
Which you have been waiting for so long have come at
last. It was not our fault that they were not here sooner as
our contracts were made in May for September delivery, but
the mill has been so crowded with orders it was impossible to
deliver them sooner. These goods are made in
A Southern Mill.
From Southern Wool,
By Southern Men
and there are none better. They are improving on the finis*
every year. We are selling at the same price as last year: but
if we have tc duplicate we will be obliged to charge an advance.
We onlv have about
FIFTY PAIRS,
so doirt put oft" buying, or you may get left.
Why the advance in cotton should have affected the price of
shoes, but strange to say they too have gone up. We don't
know whether it was judgment or luck, but our purchases for
Fall were nearly double our usual contracts. We are buying
now for Spring and paying 10 to 15 per cent more for the same
class of goods, but those oa hand will go at the old prices while
they last.
In our write-up about Shoes last Fall we liad something spe?
cial to sav about
The H. 0. Godman Line for Women and Children.
Our increased sales for these goods prove that we told the truth.
Bear in mind we are still the SOLE AGENTS FOR THEM AN?
GUARANTEE EVERY PAIR
THE L. M. REYNOLDS LINE OF MEN'S SHOES, sold
exclusively by us, are trade-winners. The prices range front
SI.75 to So.50. and every pair warranted. If you want the
best $3.00 shoe buy a Reynolds.
This lias certainly been our banner season in the clothing
business, and if there are any or'the men or boys in the county
who have not bought a suit, it has not been cur fault : but fear?
ing there still may be a few unprovided, we are keeping up our
stock by telegraphing orders for shipment by express.
Il' you need an overcoat see us before buying, as we have
some great values.
In our Hat and Furnishing Goods De?
partment will he found some values that compare favora?
bly with the balance of our stork.
This announcement would not be complete without a
word al ?out our
G.ROCEUY STOCK.
'i'his department is up io the usual standard, and that is
saying about all that is necessary for it. Our MI ELBURNE
FLOUR, of which we believe there is more sold in this county
than other brand, is pronounced by those who use it; unsur?
passed.
onnell & Co*