The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 15, 1900, Image 2
THE WAR IN
SOUTH AFRICA.
Surrender of Harrlsmltn?
Boen Attaok British Gar?
rison at Elands River.
L mdon, August 7 ?Lord Roberto
reports to Ibe war office under date
01 Prelorio. Aogoat 6, aa follows :
"Uerriamith surrendered on August
? Neighboring country seems to be
?|uiet Kitchener is with the force
sooth of the Vaal River He was
joined yesterday by o strong detach
??ot of Brabant's Horse and tho
Canadian regiment.
"Too B**r attacked the garrison
it Elands River on Ibe morning of
Atguet 4 Information was oent to
Carriugton, who woo on the way to
Eiaoda R'ver Ian Hamilton, who
reached Roateoburg yesterday, re
ported heoriog keovy firing in the
direction of Elands River Todoy
tbe firing seems more distant, which
tooke aa if tbo E<aods River garrison
bad been relieved snd was retiring
towards Zetrost "
1LLNE19 OF MRSTEYN.
&<ooustad, Bogust 7.?President
Stey n in seriously ill.
CHAVB RLAIN'S VENGEANCE
Lmdoo, August 7 ?Tbe Secre
I ry uf the Mate for the colonies
klr Chamberlain in reply to a quea
tion in the House of Commons today,
said be had already made himself
a< qoeinted with the views of Canada
and Aoatralia io regard to the main
Erims ot tbe Sooth Afriosu settlenent
o added that Ibey were completely
in ococrd with her Majesty's Govern
mem as to Ibe necessity for the so
neiatioo of the Orooge Free State to
tbo British Empire and tbo eotablish
taont of s government supported by
m military force, with tbe ultimate
funnaioo of representative govern?
ment
BOER* APOLOGIZE TO 8T0WE
Pretoria. August 7 ?Additional
details regordiog tbe attack on the
train bearing Mr Stowe, show that
twenty oevon bullets trsversed bio
oompartmeuf. Louis Sharp, on Amer?
ican accompanying Mr Stowe, was
shot through the foot.
Thereon, whom Mr. Stowe hastily
sought, expressed sorrow for the set,
maintaining that it was due to o
?loUke The Boors put Mr Stowe'e
csrriege back on tbo line.
?' BWJHan t^nnwaa
Matters in Havana.
Hsvnaa, Aog 7 ? Martio L Foams,
to tog director gaasra! of potts, appear
sd for ibe Iret time nerioonlly todsy
ageios; Kite* G. RttbbiOe, tbe denoted
dirtotor, sod offered addu ooal evidsoee
io the soon of tbe Irat ioaieoee.
Depay Auditor Lawabs. who bts
bssn tsvestigatisg Mr KatbboDe'a
aoooQo'i. diaallowa iteois sggregsliog
tests tkao $25,000 Tkets ioolods
aoaotkorisid pertoosl expsoditores sod
atafl 4 pay rollt, logstbsr with a ourn
ft: tf qotatiooabla aosooots
Tbo Steal is ready lo go to trial after
Judge Barrings aakte a summary of
tbe sbnrgss tad Iks lists allotted to lbs
assumed to answer expire! It is prob?
able, therefore, tbsi the trial will soils
Ott daring Iks first week of September
Tbc qasettoo bat keeo raited ae to
wke ler Mr Ratbbooe cto bs legally
coum ' '1 witboot tbo preaeoee of C F
W N*clj, tbe ditmiticd fioaoeial ageot
of t'""-. who it alto eharged with
k'avf defalcation. It it btld by tome
that Mr Keibboae't alleged offense ie
quite divisor. aVtptte tbe faot that an
old Sp-? <?h law requires the tribunal to
ley uni taoooosly person ? accused of
join* enrnionlity
F?' y eaaet of ytlloa f. var are oow
utder tr<n'.msot io Hutaoa and tbe
die*?ro ia on tbe ioerease in Pilar del
B'o Tbefe ooodi:i<)os arc taid to be
larg 1/ due in the adeem of uon
imu. i, Spaoiah emigrants, now
aaaou >ittg to ?ooi?? 'J1' 000
Boers Have Probabiy Captur?
ed a Garrison
L^'riou, August 8 ?Lord Roberts
learn tl at Kionde river garrison bus
boet. captured sfter ten (lays' resist
once. The war office has received
from turn the following dispatch :
"Prrtoria. August 7 ? D?laroy.
bssring of lan Hamilton s approach
towaid Ruttenburg nod seeing thnl
bo bad no chauce tf capturing Baden
Powell, hurried oft ok Kmnds river
Hamiltoo reported that firing in the
Eland* liver direction ceased yeater
day and that Lieut Co) Hoare's gar?
rison had evidently been captured
"Hamilton left Ruatenburg this
osoruiog, bringing Baden Powell's
foroo with him
"Dowel commenced crossing the
Vaal river yesterday. Kitchener, is
now moving in pursuit Metbueu,
on ibe right book of the Vast, hss
evidently come into contict with
Dewet's advance guard, at his guns
were heard by Kitchener th s mom
i?f" |
td.tot'a Awfal Ptlgat.
f M 111 gia?, fcnitur ??nee?, I UN ) New?,
wee ?ffli'ted fur y are with Files BSSt oo due*
tor or ramadj ba pad aatd b? trau '..uckio ./a
A-ji-a -alve. 11? write* two b a*? wb ilj
?ar?>l a aa. It'n the e?t I* lo cur? on tun1
ant ia? eatt s?lra In the world Cure SJtsf*
aB<e?l Oaly IS Cent?. Huld ? y J. P. W.
Vel#e.ate, l>rng.i?t 5
BRYAN NOTIFIED
OS WEDNESDAY.
Thirty Acres of P?opie Hear
His Speech
Iodianapolis, lod, Aue 8 ?Wm J
Bryao and Adlai E Hteveoiioo wert
today, io this city officially aod formal,
ly notified of their nominations by the
democrats at tbe reoeot K?osas City
convention to tbe offices ro p c ivoiy of
president aod vioe president of the
Uoited States. Tbe ceremony wa
mode tbe occasion of a dem ?nstratioi
with which tbe democrats may be fairly
Maid to have began their national oam
paign
Tbe notification ooourred io tbe
military park, a beautifully shaded
t-aot of ground io the centre of ?h*
i y Tbe paik contains probsMy 30
sores of ground and it was well cover?
ed with people Io tbe vicinity of tbe
peakere' stand tbe crowd was verv
deose Probably a maj ?rity of tbem
were residents of Indianapolis, bn
many were from other portion of Indi?
ana, while many also oame from distant
States. There was a'?o q lite a ge eral
gatberiog of tbe members of tbe demo
ora"o national o mm ? o-\ wM'e, of
oou so, tbo mt cob rs of tbe too easj?
mit ees appjiuted to make tbeoitinal
notifications were a'so prosent Tbe
ooces oo was, therefore, rega ded as of
national poli'ioa) importance
Toe oereor.ooy wss preceded by a
parade through 'he priooinal s'reots of
the oity, wliiob was parti* pated io by a
oomber ol visiting and local demo
oratio oluba These acted as an esoor>
to tbo notification party ai d the oe*a ?
oado wss *n imposing ooe. Tbe mis
tog began a few miou'-* **fter 3 o'o ook
aod oooeluded at 5 40 p m. F.??
speeches were mtdc. Mayor Taggart, ot
In lisnapolis adding a wehomo address
to the notification sp-eohes of U-pre
sentative Riebardsoo sod Gov Thorns*
aod responses made by Mr Biyan aod
Stevenson
Towne Declines Nomioation
Dulutb, Mino. Aug 7 ?Cbarles A
Towoe, who was nominated for Vioe
Presideot by tbe Populists, has noti
fied tbe Chairman of tbe Populis
National Committee that he oanno>
aoeept tbe nomination a? it would not
promote the success of tbe Bryai
tioket, whose eleetioo bo regards as ot
th j greatest importance to tbe ooootry.
sfj mm
The Big Floatlog Dock.
Pensscols, Fla, Aug 7.-? Advices
from Washington say that the presi?
dent and secretary of tbe navy have
decided to locate st tbe Pensscola
oavy yard the immense floating dry
dock at flabaua purchased from tbe
Spanish government.
This is the largest floating dock io
the world It was built in 1887 at a
cost of $600,000 aod was bought by
tbe Uoited States for $250,000 It
is 450 feet long? 82 feet wide,
weigba 4,400 tons, and has s lifting
capacity of 10,000 tons It is easily
operated by hydraulic power being
divided into a series of water-tight
compartments oo each side of tbo
keel distinct from ooe another.
Robe-eel the Oroya.
A startliag incident of which Mr. John
Dliver of Philadelphia, was the subject, is nar?
rated by him as follows : "I was in a most
iraadful coalition My skin wss almost yel
ow, eyes sanken, tongue coated, paio eootinu
illy in baek ?o I sldoa, no appetite?gradually
(rowing wtakar day by day. Throe pbyii
nans had gi?ao ma up. Fortunately, a friend
advised trying 'Electric Bitters,' afcd to my
groat j'-y and surprise, the first bottle made a
decided improvement. I continued sBjOtf use
for three week*, and am now a wall man. I
know they saved uiy life, and robbed the grave
of another victim." No one should fail to
try them. Only 60 cents per bottle at J. F
W. DeLorme'e Drug Store. S
Fitz Knocked Out Ruhhn.
New York. Aug. 10.?Bob Ftiz-nm
mors met Go* Ruhliu, tbo Akron
Giaoi tonight before tbo Twentieth
Cutary olob at Madison Squire Gar
den and won by knooking the Ohioao
down and out in tbe sixth round
Before tbo fi^ht aod for some weeks
past there bev* beeo many reports to
be effect that Fi'tiimroons was too old
io oopo successfully witb bis youoger
opponent. It was argued that Pitz
MtnmonV well knowo knowlodge of tbe
game and bis capability of hard bitting
w >uld not be able to oounterbalanoo
the youth aod streogtb as well la (be
recently aiqnirod ing tacstos of the
Ohio man. Tonight, however, all ibis
bss swet cbaoged. PitiutnmoiiA did
tbo trick oleanly and oloverly. 1; was
a tierce and bloody banlo wbilo it last?
ed, and at times it looked as if iiublio
would get tbe better oi the oldor man,
bat Fmsimmona at tho proper time
would cut loose with bis fearful body
blow, which finally snuffed out the
Ohio boxer's light
Pi'seimmoos oonoedud about ol
pounds to Kublin, and ibis in itself
was a serious handicap. But as tbo
result sbcw?d, F g<immoos was c^uul
o tbo task ho bad set himself, and won
out wi'h it at terrible solar plexus
blow whiob, w cnever it laoded, shook
Iluhlin fr<?o? be d tVaal
? ass ? ? ? o ? ?
A oloihier uo tie* tor street N w
Y k so ?? ? $ I emt 1 ?i* hea ai d t avo
fWl io oh.beo tor a $100 Couiadeistt
Dill.
0JNW1UN OF COTTON
Average Was 76 Dunug
MoDlb T x*8 Improved
FtVd Pol Oil!
Waehiogtoo, Aug 10 ?Tbft months
report of tbo statisticao of tho depart
moot of agriouiiurc oh? w* tho avdag
ouodirinn of crttoo on Aug 1 ?n h?v<
Oeeu 76 a? 0' moarcd with 75 8 r>
Jul* 1. 1900; 84 ?n Aug 1 1899;
91.2 oo Aug 1. 18.*8 aod 85 3 ?he
ui'-uo of the Aagust avcrag a of tb?
last ten years. To^ro was an iruorove
mcot of oonditioo dunog July amoao
log to ?v? pom's io T x-is Muo
Arkansas, o poii ts io Georgia 10 Ii
>li-e ?urj ano 1 in TenooM-eo O th
0 bor bard ibere whs a denl?uo of 9
points id N rtb Carolina, 5 io Soot
Cat ??oa and Indian Territory, 4 n
Mi?*i8*ippi, L u i*oa aod F ?ri^a, 3
?n Aab'ma, 2 Otfiehuma aod 13 it
Virgioia
The impairment of oonditioo is du
io tbe main to d ough' and continue*
1 ok of proper eu'nvatioo, hut theo
a o extensive (so luua woero h?av>
a d oooiinuos raios bavo wrougb
e rtOUB injury to tbe gjrofinc orop
Wuile tbe oooditioo io Texas is now
2 points ab?ve tbo Suto's ten ye?i
average. cv> ry ether S'a>o still repor s
a oooditiou bolow ucb average, A k??
?as being 2; NjnIi Car <ina. 7 ;
Louisiana. 8 ; Teooessec 1"; G??o.
tfta, 11 ; South (Carolina aod V ginis,
12 ; Florida. 15 ; Alabama, 21 and
Mi?si8hippi 26 poiots hi lor? then
respeotive ten year averages.
Tbo avcages of tbo d ?crer?t States
oo Aug 1 were as follxvs : V ?ginia,
77 *, N^rtb Carolina. 80 ; Soub IV -
noa. 74 j G orgia, 77 ; F"? ?da 74 ;
A abim 07 ; Mi ?i'S po , 60 ; L u ?
ieo ; 77 ; T?I*S, 83 ; Arfean aa 83 ;
T>oi?ce?ee 77 ; M s oo i, 84; O i
boma. 80 ; Indian lunuciy, 91
T re bas been some abandonment ot
laod planted to ctoo, but the arcs
4baod o d is somewhat lo?s than wa
gsoerally txueotod one month ago, aoo
he department wli no; at prosen?
obango its sereege 6 U'eo,
Tbo ki* g ot Servia baa married ar
uutitlcd w >man from among tbe com?
mon people
The South Carolina Interstate and
West Indian Expoaition is having
trouble in securing possession of the
Rht-tt (arm, which was recently pur
chased by tbe directors at a cost ot
$36 C0<>, oue thousand dollars of the
amount being in stock of the com
pany Tho property is being claim
ed by F Horres and J L Harbers
who rented the prop?'ty for farming
purposes in 1898 T icy are now in
possession of tho farm and under a
decision by Judicial Magistrate M*-m
mioger refuse to turn ovor the prop,
erty, to tbe expositiou company
The property, it is said, is being
closely wstcbed night and day and
qo one connected with the exp? sition
is allowed to pot foot on tbe proper
State Chairman Wilts Jones vea'er.
lay made public a letter from Mr J
H. Moors of Cbarlsctoo withdrawing
from tbo rasa for a'toroey general
obisb dssos that Attorney General
Bellinger is to be recleoted wnbou
ippositioo Tbe leltor was received
aver s week sgo. bat bas oot beeo
msde public owiog to tbo abseoeo ot
Col. Jones from the svy This is the
iecoo<} candidate to withdraw since the
campaign opsoed op
The big dam oo Seneca river
where tbe electric power for Ander
ion is generated, is being raised to a
height of 43 feet When the im
provements on the plant are finished
it will bsve a 5 000 horse power and
will have cost about $500,000
Cotton ta likely to remain at a good
pnoo if the Hoostoo (Texas) Post fie
urea oot the situation correctly. It
says the supply of old 00*too io tbe
United States today ia 230 000 bales,
aod that tbo amount visible in all parts
of the world is only 1,OOS 000 bales
American, or a million bales lees than
were available for ooosumptioo at this
timo last year. These million bales
are sufficient for ooly four weeks' ooo?
sumptioo, and never before in the bis
tory of tbo cotton trado bas tho world
been so dependeot upon the growing
crop With tbo trade baro of old oot
too oo September 1 aod tbe supply of
mw staple for the ensuing 12 month1'
still in nature's care, tbe situation as
to prtoes is undeniably strong. The
Post says that uotbiue le?a than n
United States orop of 11,000 000 bales
will bo fully sufficient for tbo world's
needs the coming ?oason, but such a
yield is oot probable. At prescot the
indications arc for a yield of about
10 000 000 bales, or less
ASK YOUR FRIENDS!
YOU FINi) THAT THBRE ARK MURE
M
\ sed bjr pe'p'c nbn know a cood pinro tha
any otnor tutWt? I a because S itff Piano
ate bciter a d ?:ont fad ?b?o o'lu-re.
Motiou Tu? Tg ?uJ Impairing; Aceom
mh'riatint: Tern e Catalogue and book
suggestion* <?? ??? rfu cir?-n.
CHAS. M. STIEFF,
W*r??n? ran. ft North L r*ery Si-sot.
r rum ? U ? ?( k ot B Lefeyet.e Av
Allr'i S?d L?n? ?n?rr*ts.
BALTUUaaB, MD
meals and
cool cooks
You'll not need to regulate your cooking
by the thermometer when you get a
Wickless Blue Flame Oil Stove. On the
hottest clays you can cook whatever you
choose, in whatever way you wish, with?
out suffering any additional discomfort
while cooking, The comfort you'll gain
is only one of the advantages of using a
Wickless
Blue
Flame
Oil Stove
It is handier than a coal stove and eleauer and cheaper. The Wickless Blue
Flame Oil Stove is absolutely safe; it burns ordinary kerosene, without wicks
and causes neither smoke, smell nor soot.
Made in various sizes for various-sized flam 11 lex; told :it pricea to suit any sized
pockiJtboolis?wherever BtOYCS are sold. 1 f the denier tlocs not liave them, write to the
STANDARD OIL COMPANY.
Mt\s. JL. Atkinson,
Fashionab'e
MILLINERY.
ITow Summer Goods and arovcltiei
Coming in Every Week.
Stock of Flowrra and all Tnrnrotng Mate
ri? ? full cow for Suumer use.
Daily additions of dp? d*3i?09 io Tritncniop
reo ou Tnaixed Hat DepartrafBt continu
ouely attractive The outgoing model* ar
?omptly replaced by later ide:u of our ow
tesigt iog <?nd c p<p| of tLe latest Haid eIiowi
io New York
The a?m? excluGi^&ctS ch*recttt>z 9 ou
-xhthit of UNTRIMMED HAIS whieb com
rises choice se.eetioos rf Straw Braids, it
white, black and the pa9tei ebndea
Prices the lowest io city tor equal qualities
Mrs. L. Atkinson,
SUMTER, S C.
May Id
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
SINTER,
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE?
POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C.
Paid up Capital.$ 75,000 CO
Surplus aud Profits .... 25,000 00
Additional Liability of Stock?
holders in excess of their x
stock. 75,000 00
Total protection to depositor*, $175 000 00
Trane ?et? a General Banking Busioras
SpPCtH* attention tjiven to collection*.
Si VINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposit* of SI aod upwards received. Io
terest allowed at the rate or 4 per cent.iper
?aootn, on amounts above $5 and not exceed?
ing $300, parable quarterly, oo first days of
January, April, July and October.
R M. WALLACE,
L. S.Cabsom, President.
Caebiur
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invention is probably paUuitable. Communica?
tion-, ?-tnctly confidential. Handbook on Patente I
aont tree Oldest ageno? for securing patents.
Patents taken thron?!! Muun A Co. receive
tpeciol notice, without charge, iu tho
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A handsomely Illustrated weekly. I.nrcest cir?
culation of*xny sctentlf.o Journal. Terms, $3 a
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Branch. Office. 02? V St.. Washington. D. C.
Vinegar. |
I have on hand a lot of
Hoiue-inade Vinegar of very
fine quality. The flavor is del?
icate, while the strength is
equal to any to be had.
Will be sold at my residence
for 40 cents per gallon.
Ii? OKTKK1V
Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food aud aids
Natura io strengtheniug aud recon?
structing the exhausted digestive or*
gans. It 1st lie latest discovereddigest*
aut aud tonic. No other preparation
can approach it in efficiency. It in*
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Sick Headache, Gastralgia Crampsand
all oiher results of imperfect digestion.
Price jOc. and f l. Large sir.c contains times
small size. Book all about dyspepsia mailed! rtw
Prepared by E C Lew ITT A CO. Chicago.
^HtPHERD PUPS FIR SALE.
ALITTBR of tiiiH ihoroogbored .'hf\
herd Puppies, old eooagti to t*kt< fron?
??Tner. Price, $5 ioeb, O?toe and ?ee thrui,
ot wrn ? io KUANK H AMMHTT,
Juij JO. Korat, fl. 0.
Remember
That Jflaycsvillc
i* the best Tobaeco Mar?
ket in the State*
SALES ARE GOING ON DAILY.
We have a large corps
of buyers and plenty of
money with which to pay
for tobaccos and we guar?
antee good prices and sat?
isfactory treatment*
Bring us (your tobacco*
THE PUDDING SWAMP TOBACCO WAREHOUSE COMPANY,
JOHN W. MILLS, Manager.
Just Received*
2 carloads Lime
1 carload standard four-foot Laths.
1 carload Cement and Plaster Paris.
-ALSO
The usual stock of Horses, Mules,
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons and Har?
ness.
14L HARRY*
Sumter, S. C, June 4,1900.
GLENN SPRINGS
HOTEL,
GLENN SPRINGS, S. C.
QUEEN OF SCUTHERN^UMMER RESORTS
-STILL LEADS.
There is but one Glenn Springs, and it has no equal on the
continent for the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, Bowels and Blood.
Hotel Open from June 1 to October I.
Cuisine and Service Excellent.
It is up-to-date and Everybody Goes There*
For water apply to For board apply to
raul feini|j$on* Simpson & feimpson.
WA1EU FOB SALE BY UK. A. J. I UNA.