THK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850.
"Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's."
TB?S TRUE SOUTHRON, E?tabl?shcd Jane 12*>6
Consolidated Aug. 2,1881.
SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1900.
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THE WAR IN AFRICA.
Farther Security Needed for
. Costs of British Rles.
London Jan, 31, 4 a. m.-It is
?ow known that the cabinet devoted
mach of its discassions on Saturday
io the mobilization of the fleet,
until farther secarity to the home
coast has been obtained by naval pre*
parafions, the Eight division shall
sot be sent to Sooth Africa.
The mobilization of reserve war?
ships, if such a coarse shall be deter?
mined opon, would be of the almost
importance There is nothing in the
intelligence possessed by the public
to cao3e the cabinet prolonged dis?
cussion of this matter and the infer?
ence is that the fleet may be mobil?
ized as a genera! warning to other
countries to keep their hands off the
Transvaal qoestion, or the ministry
may have definite knowledge that the
neutral powers purpose to take some
advantages elsewhere'while England
is bo8y io Sooth Africa
Ooe thing is certain. Teo thoa
sand men, ail ready to go to Sooth
Africa, are detained for reasons of
which the public has no knowledge
There is talk of 47 militia battal?
ions being embodied These are all
of the militia not previously warned
A sharp lookout is being kept on vol
unteers for the vari?os Sooth African
regiments.
The Daily Chronicle says :
"Three suspicious characteis were
rejected by headquarters in one regi?
ment Monday Two were unmistak?
ably of Boer origin The third,
whose English was faulty, had been a
German officer "
The indications are that the relief
of Ladysmith has been abandoned
for the present aud that a concentra
tion t>f the British for an invasion of
the Free State is in progress In j
addition to Gen Kelly Kenny's move? |
ment, Gen Brabant, chief of the
Cape Colonials, has arrived at Strerks
troom
The natives report that three Boer
guns have been removed from Spy
fontein to Kimberley The BoerR are
apparently making a special effort to
reduce the place quickly The Kim
berley garrison was safe last Sunday
BELIEVE BRITISH ARE WHIP?
PED.
Berlin, Jao 30 -Aoo rdiog to
private reports received here the Cape
Dutch are still joining the Boer forces
The German pres3 express the belief
that Great Britiao has about reached
the end of her military resources and
would do well to acknowledge defeat
and to conclude peace.
The Kraz Z-\tung, which attributes
her reverses largely to the absence of
compulsory military service, says:
"Among the most interesting resolt?
of the South African campaign is the
mach denied truth that the worth cf
nations is weighed io war's balance, and
England is already in the midst of
catastrophe 11
The Deorsobe Tagez Z itung cays it
is evident that not oo!y Gen Warren,
bot Geo Baller's whole force has beso
defeated on the Togela This it calls
"the begining of the end *'
Loss Greater Than Any Brit?
ish Force Has Suffered
Since 1811.
London, Feb 1 4 a. o -The
supplemental lists of casualties fi!! two
coiumc-? io nooparifti ?yp-j i ? the morn?
ing papers, making 1 300 re-ported
thus tar in Gen Buller** operanoo*
north of -hs Togela The I)a*.!y
Chronicle f stimates that the rotai
exceed? 2.000
The 40 per c;:or loss r' Spion sop is
greater than a:.y British .force ever
suffered, excr*n* possibly at Albaera,
Spain, io 1811
Toe admirai try h xs warned ali bait
pay naval officers to bold themselves in
readiness f>r service This, with the
fact that able seamen, not tboroogly
experienced, have been withdrawn from
the channel F quad roo, is ^akeo to indi
cate the earl? mobil-zatioc <f the
reserve flaet, i'sneciailj 'A'7 division
At a meeting the army and navy
members of the hou-e cf commons yes?
terday a resolution expressing absolute
confidence io whatever the government
thought necessary commanded only two
vofes. Iostead of this, a resoiu'ion
was adopted oalling for the immediate
formation of a home defense force
Lord Salisbury bas called another
oabinet council, which will meet Friday
or Saturday to consider the situation.
Public spirits are at very iow ebb.
When tbe nation bad almost resign
ed itself to the fall of Ladysmith there
cornea from all quarters today an indi?
cation that Geo Baller will make
another attempt to relieve the besieged
place.
If the Daily Mail's report of Geo
Boiler's statement that be hoped to be
io Ladysmith within a week could be
implicitly relied on, oews of farther
serious fighting would ba expected
shortly. But the papers are loath to
believe what the St James Gazette
oharacteriz38 a3 "oowarrantable boast
I iog," if true. Moreover, the war
I office throws cold water on the dispatch
this afteaoooo by issuing a statement
that it bas oo news confirmatory of
such a move as Geo Belier's reported
speech iodioates. Yet. today's dis?
patches from Ladysmith sod Cape
Town give a stroog impression that
there is som thing more than a rumor
io ail these reports. So, while all
deficite opinion mast awaic farther
oews, it does cot seem at all unlikely
that aoother desperate effort will be
made to suecor Gen White.
"The possibility of Geo Baller making
another dash appears to depend greatly
oo the exact position of Gen Lyttle
ton's brigade. Beyond the ooderstand
iog ic is oo the north side of the
Tugela river, everything is a matter of
supposition It will easily be seen that
if Geo Lyttletoo still bold? the drifts
oo the north side Gee Buller retains
the opeoiogs aod might attempt another
advance by way of Potgieters or some
neighboring drift. But the vagueness
regarding the position of Geo Lyttleton
re?oives ail this ioto the purest surmise
From the other columns there is oot
much news of aoy kind, aod it would
require something of overwheiroiog
importance to detrae: from the absorb
iog interest io Lady smith's dilemma.
However, there are interesting' cable
dispatches telling the story'of Spion
kop Winston Charohiil says that
Capt Thoroeycroft. who replaced the
wouoded Geo Woodgate, is the hither
to unnamed offner who gave the order
to retire, aod fully justifies him in so
doiog Churchill says the Boer losses
were greater thao those of the British
A dispatch from the Associated Press
representative at Spearman's farm,
dared Thursday, Jan 25. describing I
the fight and retirement from Sp:oo
kop, says :
'.We filed down sadly bur in nerfeot
order The King's Royal Rifles' colo
oel was struck down at the moment a
heliograph message ordering the retire?
ment was handed him The enemy is
holding thanksgiving services tonight.
"The surgeoos, who ascended the
hill, were allowed to remove our
wounded. The scene at the top was a
fearful aod terrible witness of the
destructiveness of the artillery. All
day our stretcher bearers w&re busy
j oarryiog dowo meo "
FOOD FOR SHELLS.
London, Feb 1 -Acconnte of tbe
battle of Spoin kop continue to filter
in All testify to the terrific Boer
fire Several estimates that the total
losses of Gen Baller' turning move
ment will amount approximately to
1.500 When reinforcements arrived
the troops were much cramped on
the top of Spion kop Preparations
were made below to secure tbe
position, guns were on the way and
engineers had been ordered np to
strengthen the entrenchments
Coi Thorneycroft was not aware of
this when he ordered the retirement,
and he actually mst the artillery
comnig up
Gen Woodgate was wounded about
2 o'clock in the afternoon Even
then he protested that he was all
right and bad to be held down on
the stretcher
It is reported that the Boer com
mander at first insisted on the release
of some Boer prisoners before he
would permit the English to collect
their wounded
A curious incident is related of the
j fighting on Jan 24 One of the Lan
! casters while firing from the prone
j position, had his head taken clean off
! by a sheil To the amazement of his
I comrades the headless trunk quietly
j rose, stood upright a few seconds
J and then foil
j L .ndon, Fob 2, 4 30 a --J. -Mr
j Wynn harn'? remarkable declaration in
j the house of commons todav thar Great
! Britain will have in a fortnight a toral
j o' 213 OOO troops in South Afrija, with
j 542 guns, is received wirb wonderment,
j Ail af ?JU?? thorp, exempt about 18,
I OOO that aro afloat Beyond comoari
; son, this H the larges* force (iroat
j Britain bas ever put into the Geld. At
. th" cod of the Crm.'pan war she had
I scraped together 80,000 mon Wei
i ?ing-on at Waterloo bad 25,000.
Roughly speakine. oriiy 80,000 men
are at the front. Tan thousand others
have been lost and 10,000 are shut up
at Ladysmith.
Exoludiog these, there are 70,000
troops who have not yet been io action,
ia addition to those at fea. Why so
many have not yet been engaged is
explained by the lack of laod trans
portation and the organization .of sup
plies, to wbioh Lord Roberts' is devot?
ing experience and Lord Kitchener his
genius for details It seems as though
the weight of these masses must destroy
the equilibrium wbioh now holds the
Brittan forces stationary wherever they
ara io ooataot with the Boer army
Laok of transports and organization
will not explain adequately, why wheo
generals at the front request reinforce
ment, they got tbem in rather small
numbers Koowiedge is slowly pene
traticg to London that large garrisons
most be kept io Cape Colony to hold
down the Cape Dutch, who, as every?
one knows, outaomber the British
residents 3 to 2
The war ofihe this eveoiog completes
the list of the British casualties at
Spioc kop by announcing the names of
215 misaiog meo of vari?os regiments,
including 137 members of the Lan?
cashire Fosileers.
It is generally supposed Gao. Buller
is maturing another attempt to reach
Ladysmith.
A letter appears to day from a
Hanoverian officer, formerly of the
Twenty-second German infantry, but
now among the military advisers of the
Boers, which says tba: nearly 10,000
traioed European soldiers, including
quite 300 officers, are among the Boers.
Referring to the military situation at
Ladysmith, the officer says :
"Owing to the strength of our posi?
tion, on a cycle of heights, like Sedan,
we cannot be brushed aside except by a
relief column outnumbering us two to
one
Owiog to the discovery that cotton
khaki u insufficient protection for
troops sleeping on the South African
plains, the government is starting to
reclothe the forces io the field with
woolen khaki and has already ordered
95 000 snits io Glasgow alone
Canon Farmer, who was forced to
leave Pretoria with other British
clergymen, has arrived io London
With reference to Charles E Macram,
the former United States consul at
Pretoria, Canon Farmer said to a
representative of the Associated Press :
"Mr Macram was one of the lagt
men I saw before leaving. I told him
be was taking the wroog side and did
not understand American feeling His
chief care seemed to be for his persooal
safety, and I think it was chiefly on
that account that he left in thc midst
of the crisis He is not a strong man
and President Kruger may have taken
advantage of this
"in regard to Blake's so-called
volunteers, they are like Mr B ake,
mostly burghers who would have been
obliged'to fight any way Mr Maerum
told me there were 5 000 Americans io
the Transvaal, most of whom the
United States was glad to get rid of "
Pretoria. Caooo Farmer added, TOS
prov?8?ooed for two years
Ia the absence of exciting war news
the nation and the newspapers have
bad time to discover the otter lack of
relation existing between the feeliog of
tbe people aod the temper of tbe gov?
ernment, as demonstrated io parlia?
ment, where, instead of relieving the
grave anxiety of the country by the
declaration of measures it is proposed
to take in behalf of the oational safety,
ministers continue to demonstrate their
inability to grasp the situation by
heating tbe air with recriminations,
self accusatory defense aod bickerings
as to the degree of responsibility at?
tachable to the respective departments
of the government The disgost. al?
most despair, noticeable on all sides,
is voieed by the ultra ministerial
organ. The Globe, which says :
"The heart of the empire seems par?
alyzed, while its extremities are in full
vigor. Thus far only one statesman io
the front rank bas struok the right note
and that is Lord Roseberry."
There will be a totai eclipse of the
sun May 28tb, 1900. According to
Prof Bigelow the path of the shadow
will begin at sunrise over the Pacific
ocean just west of Mexico, extend
thence northeast over the Southern
States from New Orleans to Norfolk,
crossing the middle portions of the
North Atlantic ocean to Portugal and
termination near the northern end of
the Read Sea at sunset.
A fine r.Tw city hail is the latesr
gift of Charles Broadway Rou-e, tho
biicd millionaire of New York, to his
native town. Winchester, Va. It will
bo one of the handsomest structures of j
its li ! t d in thc State Ir wi1! cost
about $50.000, of which Mr Rouse |
gave ?30 000
Tho Atlantic Coast Lamber Company
h=is purchased tho G"orge'owo and
Western Raiircad from Georgetown to
Laoes, ar?d have also purchased two
steaoK-ra t.> pi y between Georgetown
aod New Y ork.
A man ar Bridgeport. Conn, looking
at. the crowd at tho station platform to
meet Mr Bryan, paid : "A man who
can get them out like this in January is
a dangerous proposition to fool with in
November."
MOVEMENT OF BOERS
AND OTHER SIGNS
Indicate Anotner Advance
by Buller- Free State In?
vasion.
London, Feb 3. 4 10 a. m.--Helio
grams flashed from Ladysmith three
days ago say that the Boer invest
ment lines then were thinning and
that the besiegers were moving in
force toward the Tagela, indicating
that a collision was expected there
This intelligence bears out other
signs" that Gen Buller purposed a
fresh attack
The war office reveals nothing of
what bas happened in Natal With
out exception the military critics
regard with dismay the prospect of a
renewal of the assaults unless Gen
Boiler has been heavily reinforced,
and there is nothing to indicate that
this is the case Lord Kitchener bas
been traveling from army to army in
northern Cape Colony, and Gen
French, by instructions, is now in
Cape town consulting with Lord
Roberts Large engineering con?
structions are proceeding at Modder
river, suggesting that Lord M et hu
en s fortified camp bas been selected
a3 the bass from which to invade ihe
Free State. Numerous sidings, plat?
forms and warehouses are being
built, and a permanent railway bridge
ie well .advanced German stategists
assert that the topography of the
country would make invasion easier
from Kimberley and the district
northward than from the more rugged
region of Sterkstroom or Colesberg
"BOBS" WANTS MORE MEN
London, Feb 2.-Dispatches from
several points in South Africa merely
tell of desultory shell firing and tbe
movements of patrols, though Cape
Town mentions a rumor that Gen
French has captured 800 Boers,
where and when not being announc?
ed.
Sensational rumors are current that
the militia ballot act will be put in
force Feb 14th, and that Gen Lord
Roberts, the commander in chief of
the British forces in South Africa,
has cabled for 90,000 additional men.
which it is added, the government
has promised to give bim, sending
oO.OuO militia and volunteers, and
40 000 militia reserves
It is also said that the volunteers
will be mobilized forthwith. It is
even asserted today, that the cabinet
has specially deait with these mat
ters
The Gazette this evening says it is
the queen's intention to confer the
Victoria cross on Capts Congreve
and Reed, Lieut Roberts and Corpo?
ral Nurse for their attempts to save
the guns at the battle of Colenso.
THE MAFEKING REPORT.
Lorenzo Marques, Feb 1 -A dis
patch from Gaberones, dated Jan 23,
describing a reconnoissance of some
of Col Plumer's forces around the
Boer laager southward, seems to
dispose of the story that Mafeking
has been relieved On that date the
Rhodesians captured two Transvaal
flags and drove off the Boer outposts
before returning to Gaberones
D0UTHIT RESIGNS.
Having Been Vindicated by
the Senate He Does Not
Want the Place Longer.
State L'quor Commissioner J B
Douthic has resigned his position, the
resignation to take effect immediately.
His e'estioo was oonfirmed only a few
days ago by the renate by a vote of 19
to 16, aod it seems that be w;is waitiog
for this viDdicatio? only His letter of
resignation is as follows.:
To the Hooorabie Stare B >srd of
Control :
I hereby tender my resignation of j
; offisc of State commissioner, ai.d ask
that ir be accepted a* your next meer !
tug. ? beg to say thar my resign i-noo j
wouid have been banded you as sooo a>. j
j ? wes vindicated ny ye,ur board bu* fer !
i rh-.- rfqeest of FO:;JO o' y>ur members j
j that 1 continue un'i: y^U" meeting in j
j January. At thar ti.ne I ridocaotiy j
j CODS":"!red t:? oontinue until your Febru j
! arv meering, hu' my privae affvri j
: demanded my attention ?nd 1 now a*k ?
! t'n.'?r you accept my resignation
Since my vindication hy the senate I
cannot consent to serve y-'U longer, as j
y.:u knew I have only fought for p-r- |
socal vindication, and my resignanoo
has been at your commmaud < Ter ?:nce
my viodicafioo by y<?u
And since my confirmation by the
senate I now consider it complete, and
insist on retiring. I wouid have mado
this insistance sooner but for tbe fact
that owing to the uncertainty as to the
action of the geoeral assembly you
could cot sooner supply my plaoe with
a competent mao.
J. B DOUTHIT.
Tbe General Assembly.
j Columbia, Jan 31 -Oo Tuesday the
I bouse adopted Mr Paton's r?solution
locking to a constitutional amendment
by which bonded cities could under
take city water works, by a vote cf
104 to 10. exempting certain cities
Mr Baoot secured the passage of tbe
bill repealing the amendment to the
primary law, by which in Charleston it
was required that voters io tbe primary
should have registration certificates,
which prerequisite is oot required else?
where io the State in State and oouoty
primaries
The resolution allowing a sait to be
brought against tbe State by the Caro?
lina National Bank for the recovery of
the value of two notes, endorsee! by
-Col Neal, &3 soperioteodent, was adopt
ed after considerable discussion.
SENATE
The Appelt local option bill was
killed in the Senate today by a vote
of 25 to 12
Another bill of importance was
discussed and also rejected, lt refer?
red to the manner of assessing
property for taxation
The night session opened with the
further consideration of the Graydon
dispensary bill The Mayfield sub
stitute was taken up, the pending
motion being an amendment to it
by Senator Henderson providing for
the appointment of the board of
directors by the Governor.
Senator Archer offered an amend?
ment that the Senate elect one mern
ber of the board of directors, who
shall be chairman, and the House to
elect 'wo, all of whom mast
be men of good moral char
acter They shall serve for two
years and shall receive the
per diem a?d mileage of members of
the Legislature, to be paid out of dis
pensary fonds, and they shall meet
and take their oath ten days after the
approval of tbe Act He said that
by having separate elections he
thought there woold not be so mach
chance of political influence being
brought to bear. The election of a
chairman by the Senate would cer
tainly obviate the usual political
squabble for that position His plan
would create a friendly rivalry be?
tween the two houses to secure the
best business men
The yeas and nays being demand?
ed the amendment wa3 adopted by
I 25 to ll
Columbia, Jan 31-When the
house met this morning the senate
reported that it had killed Mr Hy
drick's insurance bill and also the
bil! relative to township boards of
assessors
At the instante of Dr Wyche a
number of claims on which favorable
reports were made were taken up
and passed without the formality cf
printing and going on the calendar
Reports that were unfavorable or
divided went over on the calendar.
The house took up its third read?
ing bills. There had to be u yea and
nay vote on the joint resolutioo to
provide for the constitotional amend?
ment relative to bonding ce: *.ain
cities and towns On the yea and
nay vote 96 members voted for the
final passage of the resolution, and
Messrs Gamble and Ragsdale voted
against the resolution Eighty three
votes were necessary for the passage
of the re8oiution, so with the 96 votes
the resolution goes to the senate for
agreement
There was a brief discussion on
Mr Robinson's little bill to recognize
teachers' certificates in the various
counties. It finally went through, as
did all the bills down for the third
reading
Mr Prince of Anderson called up
his prohibition bill
Mr Magill wanted to recommit the
bill for a definite reports This was
voted down
Mr DeBtubl moved to indefinitely
postpone the biil and said there was
no use to discuss the matter as it had
been thoroughly discussed iast year
A yea and nay vote was called for
by Mr Williams, which resulted:
Yeas 79, nays 26
The bill was ordered to its third
reading, without any * amendment,
and gives ail towns local boards of
assessors
Mr Fairey of Orangeburg again
brought up hin bill relative to the
burt.lng of dead swine He argued
that the bili was? of much importance
He read from the national bureau in
support of his bili The only way to
prevent the spread of the diseases of
hogs is to burri or destroy the hogs
The house refused to kili the bill
by HU overwhelming vote The bill
went to its third reading as fo?iows :
That whenever any 6w5ne 6bail die
from any natural couse whatever the
owner of owners of such dead swine,
upon notice thereof, shall immediate*
ly burn or bury, or canse to be burn?
ed or buried, such dead swine, and
when buried it shall be put not less
than three feet from the surface of
the earth
That the owner or owners of any
dead swine who sha i 1 violate the pro?
visions of the preceding shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in a
sam not more than one hundred dol?
lars or be imprisoned for a period of
nut more than thirty days.
The committee on railroads re?
ported unfavorably on the petition of
of H R Thomas to investigate the
railroad commission. Tbe committee
reported that it bad inquired into the
matter and found oo occasion for the
investigation asked for. The com?
mittee found nothing in the charges.
Mr Jones bad a bill to repeal the
cotton seed license bil! for Clar?
endon County He coald not see
why Sumter and Orangebarg were
eternally fighting the bill, Clarendon
wanted to ru*: its own affairs.
Mr Fairey said be has been here
four years and this was the fifth time
he had spoken against the bill.
Orangeburg did not want Clarendon
I to nave a wide open policy as to seed
cotton
Jtfr Wilson, of Sumter, thought it
useless to always be kiiling the same
bill He opposed this bill because
of the interests of his people
Mr Wiison said he had letters from
Clarendon thanking him for opposing
the bill The bili was killed by a
decisive vote.
8ENATE
The senate bas at last embodied its
ideas of what the dispensary law
should be in a bill to be sent to tbe
house There are some details yet to
be arranged, bot the maia features
have beeo disposed of to far as the
seoate is concerned
It bas beeo remarked that the debate
bas beeo characterized throughout by
tbe best spirit aod ootbiog spiteful or
calculated to cftend any one bas been
said or dooe.
As it now staods the proposed law is
like this :
The present- board is abolished and a
board to be eleoted separately by sen?
ate aod bouse, is to constitute a board
of directors. The mao of good morai
character, to be elected by the senate,
is to be chairmao, aod the two to be
elected by the noose 3re toe other
members They are to get the pay of
members, of the legislature.
The commissioner is to be elected by
the general assembly ; is to serve two
years ; is to receive $3 OOO salary.
He is to give a ?75,000 bond, ic rhree
surety companies, each bond to be
?25,000, and is to have geoeral control
of the management of the State dispen?
sary.
County boards are to be elected by
the State board, as at present, with the
?.xception that it is to be dooe by aod
with the consent of the seoate
Coooty dispersers are to be elected
by county boards.
Constables at present serving aod to
be appointed are to give a hood of
?500 for the faithful performaoce of
their duty.
The State board of direotors are still
to fix tbe profit to be m?de by the
State aod by the couoty dispensaries OD
liquor sold.
Aq, unfavorable report was made on
the boose bill reducing the fertilizer
tax
Another Move in Carter Case.
Washington, Feb 1.-The papers io
tbe case of Capt Carter were received
ac the supreme coart today The
applicstioo for a writ of certiorari will
have to be made Mooday The peti?
tion for a writ of certiorari is present?
ed by Abraham J Rose
The twenty third annual meeting
of the South Carolina Young Men's
Christian association will convene at
Greenwood on Feb 8, 9, ?0 and ll.
All Christian men of the State are
invited In towns where there are
no associations, young men, by
bringing ietters from their pastors,
will receive the same courtesies us?
ually extended to delegates.
The levees on both sides of the
Mississippi are of sufficient e^'enr. that
if they were built in a single straight
Hoe they would be about 1,300 miles
loog, or long enough to s:rc:ch the
greater parc of the distance bctwoon
N !W G leans and New York.
BAKING
POWDER
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ROYAL BAKIWa POWDER CO., NEW YORK.