The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 28, 1900, Image 4

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28, 1900. The Sumter Watchman was roundeu D 1850 and the True. Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of thc old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sumter. Senator Tillman's speech on the Phil? ippine question is well worth reading. It is a strong speech on the right side of an issue of paramoaot importance. President McKinley after all the talk did not appoiot Seoatbr MeLaorin OD ytbe Philippine commission. It is said that Sourh Carolina's junior senator is more useful to tbe Senate than he could be by aoy possibility as a member of the commission This statement is at? ? tributed to the expansionists, and has BO reference lo his usefulness to bis South Carolioa constituents. If the British soldiers who captured Spion Kop a short time ago bad dis? played one half the fortitude and tena? cious oourage that Gen Cronje and bis compatriota have in tbe death trap at Paardeburg Gan Baller would have been spared at least one trip across the Tagela. The Boers have dearly out* classed the British to every way, except io point of numbers, throughout the war, and wheo they have been finally crushed, by mere weight of nambere, it is a doubtful question whether Brit? ish prestige will be raised or lowered by the achievement. Is it likely that France, Germany or Russia will have an increased respect for the prowess of th? English army ia consequence of this war in South ?frica, in which a mob of undisciplined farmers, wben not fighting against odds of three to one, have met and defeated the flower of England's army ? If any doab; exists as to the right and authority of the Sinkiog Fund Commisoion to lend the funds to the State for the purpose of completing the State House, steps should be immedi? ately taken to*h&ve the doubt set at rest. The State House bas remained too long in an unfinished condition and nothing should now be permitted to stand ia the way of completing it at the earliest date practicable. It is strange that the Republican editors and politicians are still loosiog sleep ever the undesirability of Bryan ?s a Democratic candidate for preei deni, while the ifemoprats are for him and arc not worrying at ail, aod he is stronger with the masse* tbao ever. His popularity 13 probably the obief objection that the Rspablioaos have to bring against bim Tbe business men of a place make or kill if. If they are progressive, pubiic spirited and far-sighted they foster all enterprises that gives employment to labor, create a market for raw material and tho products of the country aod attrae: outside capital ; they invest their own money li bera ii y and induce other* to do likewise, at.d theo bend every effort zo make the enterprise a success aod the icvestmeo; as profitable as poseibie. If fae business men are . tbe reverie of progressive, public spirit? ed atd far sighted they either refase to take any stock io any ei-terprtse that will ouiid up ?be community or sub? scribe so niggardly that tbey are LO help to it ; they sit down on the dollars they hive mad.*: ca: of the community and refuse to par: with them, unless a ball vL-id chain ia tbe shape of a bond and m ;rcgege cao be attached, and while they are sicing down on these dollars :ne community goes to geed and is left bigh dr>. whtic other places de veiop and grow rich 00 the opportunities that thc dollar eq seizers bav* spurned. Suoiii.*- today has opportunities that, if j proper!? utilized, will promote a rapid j aod i:?-?:by growth, incren.-c business 1 and ?<ve;.op every l;oe of industry. The qaesttoo ie. will thc business men size tbe opportunity, become progr?s- ? sive and public-spirited ?o~?c builder?, or wiii tbey elect co sit down ar,d enjoy 1 the music the eagle cakes when tbey squeeze tbe doliars ? j AU grades of paper are advancing io price and ic a short time-wben -*e have to re? plenish our stock-ocr customers will have to pay more for paper and envelopes. >"ow is the time to lay ia a supply of statiooery, and we can sell at tbe old prices fer a short time on'y. Bey while we have a full stock and a large assortment-bought at the old nrice3.-H. G. Osteen & Co. GEN. CRONJE SURRENDES Four Thousand Boers I Down Their Arms. LondoD, Feb 27 -The war efl has received the following dispa from Lord Roberts : "Paardebe Feb 27, 8.45 a m -Gen Cronje i all of his force capitulated uncoil tionaily at daylight and is now prisoner in my camp The streng of hie force will be communical later. I hope that her majest; government will consider this ev( satisfactory, occurring as it does the anniversary of Majuba. London, Feb 27, 5 02 p. m -T war office has received the followii from Lord Roberts : '.Paardeberg, ll o'clock Tuesd morning-From information furnie ed daily to me by the inteliigen department it became apparent th Gen Cronje's force was becomii more depressed, and that the disco tented troops and the discord amor the leaders were rapidly increasinj This feeling was doubtless accent ated by the disappointment cause when the Boer reinforcements whir, tried to relieve Gen CroDje wei defeated by oar troops on Feb 23. resolved, therefore, io bring pressui to bear on the enemy. Each night th trenches were pushed forward towar the enemy's laager so as to gradual! contract his position, and at the 6am time I bombarded il heavily wit artillery, which- was yesterda materially aided by the arrival of fou six inch Howitzers which I ha? ordered from De Aar "In carrying Gut these measures captive balloon gave great assistant by keeping as informed of the disposi tioos and movements of the enemy At 3 a m today a mest dashict advance was made by the Canadiat regiment and some engineers, support ed by the First Gordon Highlander* and Seoond Shropshire?, resulting ic our gaining a point some 600 yardi nearer the enemy and within about 8G yards of his*trenches, where our men eotrecohed themselves asd maintained their positions till morning, a gallant deed worthy of our colonial comrades and which, I am glad to say, was attended by comparatively blight loss "Tbis apparently cinched matters, for at daybreak a letter signed by Gen Cronje, ia which he stated that he sur? rendered unconditionally, was brought to our outposts under a flag of truce.'* "Io my reply I told Geo Crcnjo TT* must present himself at . camp aod that his forces most come cut of their laager after iaying down their aroo3 By 7 a. m I received Gen Cronje and disnatched a telegram to you anuounc iog the fact. In tho course of cocver sation he a&ked for kind treatment at. oar baods. aod also that his wife, grandson, private secretary, adjutant and servants might pccooopany bim wherever he might be-ssnt. I reas sored him and told bim that bis request would be complied with. I informed him that a general officer would be sent with bim to Cape Town, to ensure bis being treated with proper respect en oute He will start this afternoon under charge of Maj Gen Pettymac, who will hand him ever to the geoeral commanding at Cape Town. "The prisoners, who number about ?.OC?. will be formed into com mand?os under cur own cfii-jer?. They will aUo leave hero toda}, reachiog thc Modder river tomorrow, wh^o they will bc rail? ed to Caps Town io detachments '* The above dispatch was road in both the house of ?ords aud ;ha house of : CADJILL ons todav The reference to tho Canadians evoked imn>2r..-.' and pro I ioogi'd cheering. : Mr A. J. l?alfour, the government i I leader in the house of commons, said i J he had no information relative to tbe I Boer guns. LondoD, Feb 27, 6.25 p. m- Lord I Roberts bas ooti?ed the war office that toe number of Boer prisoners approxi? mates four thousand, of which about ' 1,150 are citizsns of the Orange Free State. The remainder are citizens of the Transvaal. Twenty nine Transvaal officers were captured and 18 Free State officers were made prisoners. Tee guns captured from tbe Trans vaai forces were tbree 7.5 centimetre Krupps, nine one pounders and one Maxim guo. From the Free Scaters the British captured one 7 5 centimetre Krupp aod one Maxim gun. London, Feb 27, 7 05 p m.-The officers captured by GeD Roberts, besides Gen Piet Cronje, include the following well known commanders : Chief Commandant M. J. Wolveraoe, a member of the volksraad, Field Cor? net Fruf, a Scandinavian ; Maj Al? brecht, the famous German artillery? man : Maj Von Dewitz, the distin? guished German officer responsible for meet of the splendid engineering works of the Boers since the commencement of the war. Are the Boers Mean People ? "The Boers ought to be whipped because they are the meanest people on earth "'-Presiding Elder M. E. Church, South The quotation above is from au elderly Christian (?) leader that lives not a thousand miles from Sumter. I do not know bis standard of meanness. The Roman historian said, "the Christians were the mo6t depraved of mankind and haters of humanity.v About the year 1100 I read, ' If a man loves those that de? sire to love God and Jesus Christ, if he will neither curse nor swear, nor I lie, nor commit lewdness, nor kill, j nor deceive his neighbor, nor avenge ! himself of his enemies, he was ac- j cused of heresy and punished " My little girl said Jesus was killed because He told the Jews they were not good enough Just two genera? tions ago the M E. people, south, were considered by the cultured to j be mean, low bred and ignorant. How we forget, how we forget. We remember the beautiful letter writ? ten by the Boer general to the widow of the English general when his body was returned, reminding us of our own dear Lee in his treatment of Mrs Gen Kearny. Allow me further to cali to mind the 6ong of the British soldier by Kipling about 1 Following the Bobs to Heil/' and what the special corres i pondent of the London Daily Times wrote from the field of Colesberg which the Boers won, ' Our burying party sent out was received by the Boers sympathetically. They ren dered assistance also to our men. Over the graves of our men they sang a hymn, and some of the lead? ers made impressive speeches, ex? pressing abhorence of war, regretting the losses on both sides, and deciar ing tue hope that the war would soon be ended." One wonders if ever before in the history of war the victors in such an engagement stood around the graves of the men they had just bhot, sang a hymn, aud, amid these solemn surroundings, im? pressively bewailed the strife of blood, which they fervently hoped would soon be ended Mystery of earthly affairs that we must shoot such men. Alas ! for human wisdom. May God protect and spread virtue. We know but little of the Boers, except these occasional glimpses into their hearts through, as it were, the key holes But the English princi? pality, don't we know her, the griz zied old villianoua devii. She killed my great grandfather, and treated us as if we were the meanest of man- j kind, as wild animals, if you please, j simply because we elected to change j our allegiance from her crown to the j principle of ?ber ly. She has en compassed tue globe by conquests, j and in vain have I searched for the ? Deople her advent has blessed. Long since the ruling olas?; of : England has eeasc.l to be looked upon as Christians, and theil baleful j influence and power has about mined th?' world Think ol tiie sail, sad time? wc have had in this country since adopt ing her ways Think of the brute in her, of how she treats the masses, like thc Indians treated the wild animals in the forest, never doin aught for them, but continually prey ing upon them Think of how one I tenth of her home population ar abject paupers without hope or pros peet Ic might ba said the Boers started tus war. it has been tail the Biers were fools to issue that ultimatum, bat they would have been ?en times bigger fools not to have i>eued it. We read wr;ere the good old Qaeen called for troops to quell disturbances in "my South African possessions." Toe last we read from her was for help to repel invasion. What is she after ? ? knew from tbe beginning that it was a case of pagao Rome and pagan Carthage ; both could not exist in Africa, which contains one-quarter of ail the land in tho world. On Eng? land's past we see only deliberate cold? blooded murder aod robbery. The Boers knew ber intentions over two years ago, when President Kruger re? ceived a message from his minister at London, containing t?ete word?: "Time to prepare.'7 No nation on earth would have issued suob a manifesto to boast? ful England tuoh as was submitted by that baodfulfof Dutch farmers. I eay that advisedly I hope they were in? spired by God If they have ought of virtue I pray God to lead them to the highest success. W. A. James, Jr. BisboDville, S. C. "I am very much coooerned just at present," said Representative Stokes, of South Carolina, "io an effort, to extend the free delivery of mail aloog star routes. I have bad one or two peculiar experiences wbiie trying to promote tbisy branch of postal service Amendment for that kind of free delivery-, was passed by the last con? gress, but through some error of the committee clerks it was given the same number as an amendment that Senator Tillman had adopted regarding star route contractors Mr Tillman's amendment provided that contractors should live in tbe State where they oootraoted to carry mails. There was very determined opposition to that to the bouse, and I pleaded in vain to have the tangle straightened out. "So mv amendmeot was lost, bat at the postofSce department they promised to try an experiment for me in the State of South Carolina They adver? tised for contracts, with and without provisions that contractors should deliv? er the mail along their routes, wherever the farmers would erect boxe9 and comply with certain regulations. Quite to my surprise and that of the depart? ment cffioiaU the difference in cost for the improved service was only ?600 for the entire State. "I felt very ootbusiastio over <be showing, and early in the session reintroduced a bill that I offered io the last coogrets. providiog for this improv? ed service on all star routes. Yea can imagine that I felt complimented a few days ago, wheo I found identically the same bili, word for word, introduced by a Pennsylvania republican. He had found a copy of my old bill, wbioh he very apparently regarded as a gocd thing, and introduced it."-Washi?g too Post Representatives Ryan, of B?culo, bas jast returned from a trip to tbe South He was accompanied by sev? eral gentlemen from the Qaeen City of (he Lakes, and a week was spent in South Carolina ano Alabama in the interest, of the Pan-American Exposi? tion, which is to open io Buffalo a year from next Jone. "We found throughout the South," said Mr Ryan, speaking of his trip, "many things which were strange to os of the North. For instance, the presid? ing officers of the bouse and the senate of the South Carolioa legislature wear gowns like those of the justices of the United States Supreme Court. They showed us some of the records of the reconstruction days, which opened the eyes of ail of us to the terrible state of affairs which must have existed under the rule of the ignorant people who did so much to se t back thc Southern States. "On one oooasioo. for instance, in 1875 or ??<76, $1,500 was paid for the robes ? referred to, while ordinary 8 ceot cuspidors were paid for out of the State treasury at the rate of $30 each Still those days are almost for? gotten, and the Soutn is making rapid strides in material progress. The Buffalo party was most cordially receiv? ed, and we bad assurances from all the people whom we met that the States which we visited will be well represent? ed in the forthcoming exposition." Washington Pest The New State Board. Tho new State board of control held a session yesterday and formal? ly took charge of affairs at the State j dispensary. M r ("rum the Commis ? sioner-elect was prese-;:?, anti consult- j ed with the new l):>ard lt was de termined not to buy any more liquor at present as the old board at its Feb mary session purchased sufficient ' block to run tilings without trouble j I'-c Dr Hull's Cough Syrup it i>n<-e fur i bronchitis and grippe It has stood the test ? und is positively H relmble remedy Lilt; is too ehort to experiment with new so-called "sure curta " Bull's Cough Syrup costs hut 25 cents. PISGAH N EWS. Pisgah. F?n 26 - A few more cold licks Red the oats will go where the farmers don't want them At t.e-1, they are severely ?oj urr<j Messrs J D Gillie and Gordon Hutch ison ?re iu \h? tobacco, to mike or bust. Mpst who pUnted last ve^r hare reduced or quit. More would quit the "sickiy baby," but it wiil burt their pride to do so. E*sy credit, the scarcity cf labor, and the high price of ccttoo, wiil give Ur. Babcock sorte patients in the nebr future without a change soun. Willie Vinson, colored, bad bis bouse turnt with ail ns contents Saturday ni?bt and just escaped himself He thought the judgment had come The Doest speech in congress this aessioo, as published in the Record, is by Littlefield, representative of Maine, in behalf of the minority resolution io the Roberts' case. It is a masterful argument. Tbe ne*t best on the same sutj;ct is by DeArmood, democrat of Missouri. Dr Bull's Cough Syrup is a grand old rem? edy, used for EOHDV years, and still in puolic favor. It is without doubt the b?et medicine for all pulmonary hff-ctions It alwajs cures. All druggists sell it for 26 cents Metsorolcgical BscDrd. The followiog is a report of observations of the weather taken at Stateborg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the 28 days ecding Sun? day, February 25, ISO? : Temperature. ? Condition. 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 S 10 ll 12 lt! i 4 15 16 li 18 19 20 21; 22? 23 24; 251 38 44 43 33 50 61 ' 65 62 62 S7 73 66 52 43 60 70 58 67 67 54 27 20 29 15 20 37 44 40 46 45 56 52 34 34 41 54 34 40 46 c9 33 i 12 45 ; 54 66 j 52 21 32 i 39 40 6i ! 35 61 i V ! 38 ; 22 j 32 ! 32 36 24. 3;. 49. ?4 5 61. 54. 56. 64.5 59. 43. 38 f. 50.5 62 46 53 5 56 e 40 22 i 33 43 52 5 46. 48. j ,9. ? SO. ! NW-V8 S W W 8W S S vi W-Vh S V8 B SE NB ve NE BNE E SW-va B E va E Ta w W w SB j SE vail.43 w j .00 w j .00 s-vs! .63 vif ! .10 .02 00 .00 .00 00 oo 49 .00 Trace Trace .00 09 i 06 1 58 .16 1.07 00 i .00 .00 .02 .00 00 .00 Cloody ?Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudv Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloody Clear ?Cloudy .Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy ?Cloudy ?Cloody Cloudy Cloodv Cloudy Cioody Cloodv ?Cloudy. Heavy raina fell on the 1 Otb aod 11 tb, es? pecially dormg the evening of the 11th when a thundercloud parsed over between 7.20 aod 8 p. m Ram in heavy showers during the night And on the 13.h Light fall cf sncw cn the i7th from 4.30 to 9 30 p. m. followed by cold wave, and the next d?y, Sunday, the 18tb, was the coldest as yet this winter. Three days after there was H thunder storm. Toe Marca Ladies' Home Journal. ..The Return of the Business Woman," by Edward Bok: 'The Anecdotal Side cf Mr. Beecher,1' "College Girls' Larks and Pranks," ''The Modern Son and Daughter," "Wb*re the Fouoder of the Kindergarten was Born" are among the notable features of the March Ladies' Home Journal. "The Autobiography of a Girl," "Tbe Theatre and Its People" and "The Parson's Butterfly" are continued, and "Edith and 1 in Paris" and "Her Boston Experiences" are concluded Howard Chandler Christy contributts the 6rat of bis Amerihan Giri series of drawings, showing her at chu:co, aod A. B F.cst humorously pictures "Tne Country S:o-e as a Social Centre." An Easter solo and an Anthem are timely ; and thencmerous articles on falli?os in woman's weor will be a useful guide just at this time. This is but a hasty glance uetweeo the covers of the March Jour? nal. By Toe Curtis Punlisbin^ Company, PmUdalphia. Ote doliar a year ; ten cents a ccpy. ^???? ?.-??? m* Vut TTiron^h His Tace?. The wealthy linton is confessedly the most fastidious man ii vin?; as to the quality of his personal domestic service. The concentrated energy with which an Englishman wiil rebuke his servant for an offense so slight that the average American fails to observe it bears out the above statement, and it is this social condition that lias de? veloped tho liyperaristocratie intelli? gence office in London. Those who propose changing serv? ants are not content with references ami a perfunctory interview with the man or maid under consideration, but insist upon a full dress rehearsal of both manners and appearance. The servant in livery is put through all his paces, must display the size ol* his calves, the haughtiness of his pose, as well as breeding in handling a card, announcing a guest or serving tit the table. Nothing is taken for granted. The master and the mistress sit by ami dis? cuss the points of croom or butler as they would those of a high priced horse or valuable do?. Domestics are taken with great seriousness by the upper class Englishmen, and for that reason nothing is left to luck in peopling the servants' hall.-Cleveland Plain Healer. On a Camel. Thc sensation has been likened to j that which would he felt Ny mounting j a stool placed cn :i spriagless cart dr*v- J en over a piowed Meld. I found it ail j that andmore. Xext to walking bare- J foot in chains, riding on Carnet back ts. I in iii" eyes of the Moors, the worst | degradation they can put upon their prisoners.-("?rey's "itt Moorish Captiv? ity/' ? A S<*ott*!i SC????ICTC Th?- following appears in a Glasgow paper, li would be Inierestingt?.) know Whether it ]'.:;< led t.. business. ? f >o. j the supplv of era'n? 1 pianos in Scotland . i ni ii -<t be considerably in excess "?' the j denian? I. .*r.a<ly having large drawing room won! i gladly sfore grand piano in fe? llini for i!<e; n fercuees given."- Lon? don Truth Twenty Years Proof. Tutt's Liver Pills keep the bow? els in natural motion and cleanse the system of all impurities An absolute cure for sick headache, i dyspepsia, sour stomach, con? stipation and kindred diseases. "Can't do without them" R. P. Smith, Chilesburg, Va. writes I don't know how I could do without them. I have had Liver disease for over twenty years. Am now entirely cured. Tutt's Liver Pills Vs vSM! - FIBE Z FIEE Z is so ominous sound to the man who I isn't insured, wheo be sees bis home ' disappearing in flames and smoke. We cao hardly have any compassion OD him. wheo it is so easy ar.d at such a small outlay to provide against such loss A policy io tbe Hartford Insur? ance Co. costs you but a small sam wheo we draw it foi* you, and gives voa security as safe as the Bank of Eogland. A, G. PHELPS CO, Geo'lloeoraoce Agents, Sumter, S. C. Mch 15-o The Larpst anil Most Complete Estalstat M Geo. S. Hacker & Son. -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS) Moulding & Building Material. office aod Warerooms, King, opposite Can non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. ^^Sy* Porch as? our make, which we gu?rante superior to any sold Sooth, and thereby save money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty Ortnbpr 16-o PATENTS > Caveats, and Trade-?larks obtained and all Pat-j ?tntbusinessconductcufor MODERATE FEES. SOUR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U. S. PATENTOr.ftccJ >and wecansccure patent ia less tane than ihosej ^remote from Washington. _ < Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip-J ?rion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of* j charge. Our fes not due till patent is secured.. < i A PAMPHLET *" How to Obtain Patents," with< ?cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries* Jsent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO.i OPP. PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. Sftu&c -,5-r ?Se BSS ?lt alfa ^fidkj&A: i RELIEF CAME. J MRS. E. C. COLYER * *5 ?*salubrity, Ga^, Aug. ^ ? infe^MS^ 8t21'jS98, writes: Ben;lf edicta has certainly 2 ifen^^^fe ^?en * ^CSS*n^ t0 jj* ^ 'I&^l^ ft^^ old daughter. Sher 3fTr^yHBffli was in wretched lr ff Ajfflw^^^> health and had|* H ?7 ^^BS3py missed fourmonthsA 2 " Two bottles of Beni ll edicta have entirely restored her health. W 2 The monthly periods have returned p ?and are now painless and regular.? ?I _ * * Do yon suffer from Painful, Irregular * ? or Suppressed Menstruation? Benedicta^ j-has cured many suffering women and* *wili caro you in The privacy of yourP iu home, wlthoue the necessity of physi-p ISSilpipnal fions actio? Jrifcl: f?^F* & fea:*: ?IfcLWas I ?lnin? or- If', Og' S^FEMAIE Sf ; s:; Y^WMm > . th -as them sofhnt monthly periods& ?ma} be reguia rand painless. Headache.? 3? Dizziness, Nervousness. tl?at draffsringjf ? . :.:.-.??: vi and those terrible pains In *s fer" ? back, hips arid abdomen iniicklvL : lisappear. f s..?.i )>v all Dmszists or sor.; r??st-pajil !. \ N>\ . f " V.->:;tii!v" li. rculntin?: fill* :-f in connection; ls with each 0?>ute for 3 to r . LADiES BLUE BOOK sent free to any a<l- ? .' dre; -. A sample ix>.\ of ..Monthly*"" Resr- ;v jj ularino iMHs sent for 10c. in ?tamps.? Address. Woman's Depart ment. Neiv ? M Spencer Medicine Co.. Chattanooga. Temi. ? Mi ntioii th'<.< pup*,. sr ??r : S71 r~' '-^^" "S?" ?S? ^ ^ Sold by Hughson-Ligon Co