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mm HE 3UHTER WATCHMAN, Kstablifthed April, IS50. Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Alms't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTH BON, Established Jone 15 Ge SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 9. 1901. New Series-Vol. XX. So. 24 %\? Wtfd?M w? ?wnttjrrra. P&blishai Every Weiaesday, -Br INT. C3r. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C, TSRMS : $1.50 per annum-io advance. ADV2BTI3EKSS?: Ono Square first insertion.SI 00 Bvery subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. AH communications which subserve private interests will be charged forasadvertiemects. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. Gloomy Outlook For British. Five Thousand Boer Invaders Have Entered Cape Colony in Two Detachments. London, Jan 1 -Gen Kitchener ass telegraphed the war office as fol "Pretoria, Dec. 31, 1900- Gen. Koo i, who has been following op De Wet. reports that be has captored sume horses, five wagons with sap piles and 6,000 rounds of acumen it ion He has released and allowed to go to their farms 76 Boer prisoners who were taken at De Wet's laager and who were being forced to right Gen French recently captured 12 prisoners and a large quantity of carts and cattle. Among the prisoners was a dispatch rider bearing a letter irom Beyers for Smuts ,r Coiesburg, Cape Colony, Monday, Bec 31.-Two hondred and fifty Boers captured 14 men of# Nesbit t's boree 50 miles southeast of Coles **rg. The enemy, since increased to 800, has appeared near Weltevreden and 'is driving off stock London, Jan 2 -The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mail who dwells upon the gravity of the posi? tion in Cape Colony,' says : "The Boer invaders now number 5,000 The western invasion gives the most concern It has split into two divisions, which are marching like the prongs of a fork, one by way of Sutherland toward Malmesbury ?nd the other toward Beauford West "The enemy are now ranging over immense tracts of territory, necessi tating the employment of sn army corps to deal with them Lord Kitchener bas poured troops into the disturbed areas; but the fugitive tactics of the Boers have to a large extent neutralized his precautions "It was felt that the only means of excluding the invaders from the rich districts in the western part of the eolony was to call out the farmers Today's telegrams promise a splendid response from the eastern portions but the western is doubtful, not 30 per ceot of the population being regarded as loyal. Hence the Boer concentration in that direction Landing Naval G?ns to Pro? tect Cape Town. Charges Hade That England Does Not Bsaliza the Gravity of the Situation. Cape Towo, Cape Colony, Jan 2 - The British battleships Moaarch will land guns tomorrow as a precaution ary measure. The situation is un? doubtedly serious. It is true that the Dutch have not joined the invaders io any considera bie numbers, bat s lack of arms is believed to be the true reason for absten tat i on Io many places horses are freely offered and information readily supplied to tbe Boers The early proclamation of martial law in the Cape Town division is ex pected This division does not in? clude Cape Town itself THE SITUATION. The latest repots show the situa tion to be generally as follows : Kurnman, if still anio vested, prob ably soon will be Griquabnd West ie filled with small parties o? Boers who are work ing south toward Prieska, for the purpose of cooperating with or 6up porting Commandant Hartzog whose advance parties are in the neighbor? hood of Fra3erburg The Boers are close to Graaft Rei net, where of late the Dutch have given many demonstrations of ex treme sympathy. In the eastern part of trie colony the advance guard of the Boers ?6 ? close to Maraisburg, about 25 miles j northeast of Cradock The general opinion here is that ; tbe position ia not properly oppre j elated in England The Worcester j conference excited the Dutch through j out the colony Many old residents, I who are by no means alarmists, j regard a general uprising of the Dutch as quite likely. Those Terrible Boers. Panic Stricken British st Cape Town Land Naval Guns. C?pe Town. Jan 3.-The military authorities aro prepariog for ali con? tingencies, it has been decided to transfer the Boer prisoners from the camps to Transports. Farmers coming into Carnarvon describe tbs Boers 8? traveling io parallel colamos, with numerous flank? ing partier sweeping the country of horses, plundering loyalists and oarry ing off evertbiog eatable it appears that they are aooompanied by string* of pack horses lightly loaded. Colesberg telegraphs that Kritaineer's commando ia crossing the Middleburg district, bat is getting few if any recruits PANIC IN CAPETOWN. Here in Cape Town such business men aa are unable to leave are organiz? ing a town guard composed of the lead? ing citizens Tho commercial companies have aeked the mayor to call a mass meeting to arge the government to suppress disloyal nswspapers and to proclaim martial law. Tho enrolment of volunteers for the defense of the colony was started today with thc utmost enthusiasm The members of ci vii service enlisted in a body and millionaires and beggars are enlisting with eqaal ardor. THE MILK THE BOERS DRINK A station master cf the Fraserburg road has seised a number of oases, marked "condensed miik." and address? ed to Fraserborg, which contained 3 OOO split ballets, 500 detonators and 150 pounds of dynamite The British battbebip Monarch today landed men and guns to relieve the troops for service northward. It is believed that the gao* will be sent up the country. ? Five hundred oitt'iess enlisted today,, the enrollment being very active. It is hoped that the first batch of mounted men will leave within three days for Worcester They ere to bold the passes of the Hex River mono tains to protect the railway tunnel. The organization is rough and ready, not troubled much with drill or special uniform Horses arencaros. IN THE TRANSVAAL TOO. The Boers in the Transvaal have been exceedingly aotive for the laet week or so, daily attacking trains, con? voys and isolated posts Io most instances they have been repulsed and the railways are DOW working more regularly A oom.mand, BQpposed tc be in the mountains dividing Middleburg and Giaaf Reinet. cannot be exactly located. The invaders io the west, who are expected at Fraeerburg today, have altered their course and are now in the direction of "Wit?eton, to the northwest. The British have occupied Fraserbarg The Boers in Becbaanaland har? been again joined by the inhabitants who onee before rebelled i Commandoes are reported to be at Blikfonteio. Boetsap and Daniel? Kial Their objective is believed to be Griqoatowo, which is now occupied by tbe British. Lord Rober ts Knighted by the Queen. Cowes, Isle of Wight, Jan 2.- j Field Marshal Lord Roberts arrived j here today and drove immediately tc the Osborne bouse, where the queen bestowed oo bim an earldom, with a special remainder for his daughters He was also made a Knight of the Garter The steamer Canada, on which Lord Roberts arrived, anchored off Osborne at 12 45 a m. The ships in the road were gaily dressed, the sea front was elaborate ly decorated with bunting and Vene tian masts, while festoons adorned the route to the Osborne boase, at the entrance of which was erected a aniqoe tribute of the queen's appre? ciation of the field marshal's woik in the shape of an arch of laurel. This was the first time each an arch had ever appeared in honor of any subject of her majesty New Year in Pekin. Pekin, Jan 1 -The advent of the new century was celebraled in Pekin on an elaborate scale. The discbarge of rum .-roos guns at midnight created a scare and many troops w^re sent to discover whether the o;ty had boen attacked or whether it was a Boxer ri-iog. Geo Charlee held his reception io the muming asd Mr Cocker received i io the afternoon A feature which sacsed considerable \ comment was a review of ?ho British j troops in honor of Queen Victoria acd | of the Australian federation, to wbioo : all the Dations were invited to send I representatives Tba Free ch we:e con? spicuous by their absence, not a sir.gie j Frenchman being present at the review, j De Wet Still Marching On? j Boer Ammunition Cap? tured. Cape Town, Jan 4.-Two hundred B?i-rs have recrossed tbe Orango River going north The Rucsiao commandants,Petrow?ky. and Dc Plooy, were kiiied io the figfar iog a Utrecht D:*c 25 h. London, Jan 4.-Lord Robert9 io a communication to thc public, expressing bis thanks for tbe receptiou tendered bim, eulogizes tho soldiers io South Afrioa aod appeals for contributions to the soldiers' and sailors' association, seconding the efforts of the Pricoe of Wales to take oarc of tbe families of tbe taeo who are fighting. BOEK AMMUNITION CAPTURED Cape Town. Jan 4 -A quantity of ammunition has been captured from sy tx pat. biz o rs with tbe Boor invaders io the neighborhood of Paarl. London, Jan 4 -Earl Roberts of Kanhapar and Pretoria is already immersed io bis arduous new duties at the wer office. He wiil take oo holi? day. Thero is no further news from Lord Kitchener, ?who. according to Cane Town dispatches, is cali'mg for 5 OOO men to guard the Raad mines. ^Enlist? ing in Cape Colony continues active, and 500 men will leave Cape Town for tbs north within thc next few days Information regard<ng the invasion is scanty. Col Williams attacked the eastern invaders Jan 1 near Middle? berg but failed to dislodge them. Re bas sicoe been joined by Lieut Coi Grenfell and the Boers have retired. Gen Brabant bas arrived at Graaf Reioet. Advices from Maseru, Basutoland, dated yesterday, says that three $3Dar ate colamos are still pursuing Gen De Wet, bat with no success beyend taking 28 prisoners. Cannoo firing is continually heard All the English have deserted Ficks barg, taking their stock of grain across the border and the Boers have looted tbe town. Baron von Ketteler Has Been Avenged. Pekio, Dea 31-Sab Hai, the mao who killed Baron von Ketteler, the German minister to Cbioa io Jane last, was beheaded today io tbe presence of j a large sambar of spectators A m?e?ing of tba foreign ministers will be held as soon as Sir Ernest Ma soo Satow, tbe British minister, who is suffering from chills aod fever, shall have recovered soffieieotly to be pre9 e?t At that tims a date and place for meeting tba Chinese cora missioner* shall have beac agreed upon THE STATE DISPENSARY' Columbia, S C , Januaoy 2 -The directora of the State dispensary to day made public the annual financial statement of the liquor dispensary system. An exact comparison with former years canno: be made, as the fiscal year 1900 comprised merely the first eleven months, while heretofore the calendar and the fiacal year bas been the same. Not including December, the heaviest trade mooth of the year, the sales for 1900 amounted to $2,481,840 22, nearly 1750,000 io excess of the entire year 1899. For the twelve months of 1900 the increase will Be $1,000,000 The State receives 10 per cent net profit, which amounts to $176.072 18 This will be prorated among the conn ties of the State fur the public schools The profits accruing to towns and ciries in addition to the Slate's profit is $298,166 28 This amount is di? vided equally between the respective towns and counties in which dippen saries are located The grand total of profits is $474, 178 46, or 26 per cent of the sales There are 93 liquor dispensaries and 23 beer dispet ies The dispensary s arted in business in 1894, with $50,000 appropriated by the State This bas been refund ed, an equal amount invested in real estate, siid a stock of $250,000, paid for, is carried constantly. The dispensary now claims to be the largest whiskey bottliug estab lishment in the world An Odd Sight. The odd eight of a man rolling bis wife io a barrel a quarter of a mile to a blacksmith shop wa;) wirneeped io Hau ovfT, Pa, a few day? ??:O Thc woman, who wt/igbed 300 pounds, waa standing on ?he head of the barrel trimv.ing TIT en The barrel head caved in. ard j the womao went wrh ;r Sh? filled J and fi'^d thf barrel sc perfectly that it j tmpofsible lor her to got ow alone, j or f?r her husband to pull hor cut. fie wa--, thcietoro. compelled ?o soil the br.rrel aod the weisin aquar.'fr of ai to a blacksmith sh p. wi ere the iron 1 hoops were cor ..nd the woman was relieved of her uooomfortab'.e wooden j overcoat. Framing Cuban Constitution The Monroe Doctrine jJIay be Favored by the Constitu- j ! tional Convention. HabaDa, Jan 2 -The Cuban con j etitutional convention is considering! two promulgations of the future rela? tions between Cuba and the United States Oire of these affirms, in the first place, an acceptance of the Mon? roe doctrine and the establishment of friendly relations with ail nations, tdgether with a resolution to proceed in all cases in complete accord with the United States In the second place, it proposes to pat at the dis posai of the United States a portion of the shore of any bay on the north coast and of two bays on the south coast for naval stations, together with concessions sufficient in extent for the purposes cf defense and sanita? tion In tbe third place, it declares that Coba will place herself on a war footing to help the United States in case such assistance shooid be need? ed, while a fourth, proviso is an ampli cation of the first, second and third. The other promulgation contem? plates : "First, That the convention is vested with authority oniy to con vene. Second Not having been granted l?gislative functions, the convention cannot arrange the b&eis of future re lations Third Nevertheless, should Wash? ington prefer such a discussion the convention is williDg to discuss and agree upon an arrangement of mutual relations Fourth The aspirations of the convention are merely to consolidate the country for reconstruction. Its energies are directed toward sup porting the avowed policy of the United States to which Coba is bound by indestructible ties of gratitude, said policy being based upon the unequivocal preservation of liberty and independence throughout the American coutinent The former promulgation embodies the desires of delegates friendly to the United States The latter is a counter check to the extremista It is considered that the former is likely to carry PENITENTIARY REPORT. The books of the State penitentiary have been closed for the year of 1900 and the accounts have been balanced The report is BOW in course ot prep? aration and in a short time will be in the bands of the State printer The figures indicate that the penitentiary, under the capable management of Capt D J Griffith, will make per haps the best showing of any of the State institutions Including amounts spent for per? manent improvements this year the institution will show a net earning of $36,483.67, which takes no account of the amount of corn and other pro ducts from the farms during the past year, used at the institution for maintenance The year opened with $9.886 67 on hand The total receipts for the year were $65,926 36 io actual cash. The total disbursements were $71, 879.91, leaving a cash balance on Dec 31 last of $3,933 12, to which amount should be added the estim?t ed value bf 328 bales of cotton on hand-$13,120-and $2,962 due for convict hire and oats, making a total of $20 015 12 To this also should be added the following disbursements for permanent improvements, making the net profits first given : New prison building, $9 446 55 of the .coutract price of $14,649 ; reforma tory, $1,000 ; artesian wells, $1,220; barn, $2,000 ; gravel roof on hosiery mill, $450 ; new boiler, etc. $1 100 ; recovering guards' quarters, $110 ; mowers, binders, mules, etc, $1,142 The total receipts were actually there fore $82 008 36 Tho population report will show that there were 801 prisoners in con finement at the close of the year 1899. From the courts since that date 246 were received ; ll were recaptured. makiDg a total of 1.058 There were 187 dischargee, 24 pardons, 23 escap? ed, 26 died and 1 killed while trying to escape, leaving in the prison on Dec 31, 1900, 795 prisoners It ia hoped that the new prison building will be ready for the use of the prisoners by Feb 1 The work ie progressing well -The St3le, Jan 4 It has always been a mystery to us just w!iy B?in Tillman opposes the construction of the Nicaragua canal Certainty no event should bo hearld ed by thc south with more g?nerons delight than tho digging <>f llrif great inter oceanic canal Tillman's course ? in the senate has for tho most part | been satisfactory, but in b?e opposi-j lion to n scheme of such vital import | to the south he at once opposes prog res9 and the interest of his own sec don -Greenwood Iudex t Tile Monopoly's Profits. WHAT THE TOWNS AND COUNTIES GET FROM THE DISPENSARY. Columbi.*. D23 2 -The report of the Sfare dispensary for the year ending Nf>v 30 shows that on gross sales of ?2 421.840 22 tho dispensary Tiade, through all of its branches, ?298, 166 28, whiab was divided between the citie3 a?d counties. This is indepen? dent of the pro?t by the State and represents the money made aod divided between the counties and cities It is noteworthy that from the ten dispensa? ries io Charlearon the net profit divided between the city aod county of Charles ton was only $12 3?5 26'. The four dispensaries in Columbia netted and paid into the sit? and county treasuries, acoordiog tD the same report, $22.738 76. The oity of Greenville, with two dispensaries, netted to the city and county $10,130 42. and the city of Spartanburg netted to tba city and county $11 382 Georgetown, as will be noted, went over the $10,000 mark in net profits Tho gross sales of the Sumter dispensary were $57,891 51 ; net profits $9 683 33 ; of the Mayes villa dispensary, gross sales. $11, 13G 89. not profits $1.493 38 ; of Bi?boDvi!le dispensary, gross sale?, $23,477 15, net profits $3.930 98' The statement that bas just been printed shows the location of the va? rious dispensaries, the gross and net profits which have been divided, accord ing to the report, between the city and county governments. The Philippine Government. Manila, Dec 31 -The Philippine commission bas completed the prep oration of a general municipal gov? ernment bill. The provisions, in many respects, are similar to Gen. MacArthur's order establishing muni? cipal government's and authorizing elections, but they are much more elaborate, covering all details The most important new feature is the establishment of laud taxation and doing away with the cedola (or head tax) and taxation on people's occupa lion* A feature new to the Philip? pines is that the revenue from land taxes is to be expended where it is collected The manner of holding elections and the duties of officers are prescribed. A decision in#tbe San Jose Medi cal college case has been deferred until Saturday <-i- rrrift i ? ? i m*m ? Hubbard's Cotton Letter. Special to the State. New York. Jan 2-A sharp ad? vance in Liverpool brought buyers from the west and south who antici pated a falling off in the mevemeL which will briog Europe into the market as buyers Local operators were also free buyers, taking the realizing orders, which were met on the advance The temper of the trade is to look for a further improve ment io Liverpool tomorrow. Re ceipts at the ports were considered to be light, notwithstanding the holidays which naturally curtailed the movement. It is believed the south will be tenacious holders of their cotton, as all expect reports to confirm this disposition on their part. Tho advance bas pointed more cotton towards this port and our stock ia slowly increasing through the main tianence of the January premium. Hubbard Bros & Co The mattur is becomiog serious at last "A bili bas been introdaced in congress hy Representative H. C Smith, of Michigan, proposing the pay? ment of a pension to a Miss Patti?, of New Bostoo, tn that State, for injuries received before she was born. The pen sion ia tbis case ia baaed 00 the claim that this lady\ crippled condition ts due to the prenatal shock wheo ber mother rear ired the news that ber bosbandand fither bad been wouoaed io battle.''j CK course, news of tho siokoess of a relative or friend in the army, or of a defeat of the army, would have like depressing prenatal erLots. Thc next step, it is probable, will be to provide a pens:on for everybody on the winning side who was born daring thc war time or for nioe months afterwards -Newa and Courier There have been no developments io the Kingstree dispensary robbery case. Gov McSweoney , Commissioner Grono aod th? members of the State Board of Control sod Assistant Attorney General Gunter held a long conference relative to rho case on Wednesday. ! COTTON STA MSTIC& I I Secretary Hester's Figures for Four Months Just Ended. New Orleans, Jaa 2 -Secretary Hester's New Orleans Cotton Ez change statement, issued today severe tbs moothly movement to December 31 Compared with last year it shows as increase for tbs month io round figures of 373,000 bales. Tbe total for Decem? ber was 1,771.122, against 1,397,778 iast year. The.amount of tbe erop brought into sight for tbe three months from Sep? tember to December, inclusive, ia 690, 000 over last year Tbe movement form the 1st of Sep? tember to December 31^ inclusive, shows receipts at all ?foiied States de? livery ports 4,554;692, against 3,980, 514 last year; overland ?cross the Mississippi, Ohio and jPotomao rivets 737,080, against 812,997 lase year; southern mills takings, exclusive of quantity consumed ft ?ouibern outports, 586,388, against 598,286 last year, and interior stocks io excess of those held at the comrneocemeniof the season 729 798, against 525,640 last year. Northern spinners took during De? cember 417 045 bales, against 498, 626 last year, increasing their total for rhe four months to 1,136,500, against 1.436 130 last year Foreign exports for the fir*?t four months of the season have been 3.181, 937 bales, showing an increase over last 83asoo of 613,502 ' Th? gain io for? eign exports during December compar? ed with December last yeer bas been 238.122 Stock at the seaboard, and at the 29 leading southern interior markets on December 31, were 1,812,384, against , 1,898,939 the same date las: year. Up to December 31*?aat year, 62 70 100 per cent, of the oof too crop had been marketed, and for the same four months in 1898 the* percentage of the crop brought into sight was 68 52-100 and for the same time in 1897 the percentage markend was 65 15 100. mu? ? . il i 'mm ai? Life WM Saved, Ur. J. E- Lilly, a prominent citizen of Han? nibal, Mo., lately had a wonderful deliverance from a frightful death. In telling of it he say?: '.I teas taken with typhoid fever that ran int? pneumonia? My langs cocaine hardened. I was so weak I couldn't even *it up in bed. Nothing helped mr I eapeetod gonn to die of Consumption, wbsn I heard of Dr. King's New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I continued to use it, and now am weil and ? strong. I can't eay too much in its praise." This marvellous medicine, is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all throat and lung trouble Regular siass 30 ots and $1.09. Trial bottle free at J F. W. DeLorme's Drag' Store, every bottle guaranteed. 2 .mm . m . Tne Hearing Postponed, Columbia, Jan. 4-There was * meeting of the State railroad com? mission yesterday for tbe purpose of giving the representatives of the oil mills of the Uate a bearing in regard to the request of the railroads for au increase of rates on coff on seed, the latter claiming that the present rates were put on wheo the cotton seed oil industry waa in its infancy and for the purpose of fostering it The oil mill men present were Messrs C 8. McCullough and Bright Williamson of Darlington, Thomas Taylor, C FitzSiroons. fl E. Wells and Geo Li Baker Before the hear? ing commenced telegrams were re? ceived from a number of other oil mill men in different parts of the State, saying they could not attend at this time and asking for a delay. The result was the postponement of the bearing until Jan 25 LYNCHED BY KEG ROES. Atlante. Ga, Jan 2-A specie.' to tbs Consti:ution from -Qiitmao, Ga. saya : A negre, wbese i?ame can net be learned, was lynched by a mob of his own color tonight nico milfs north of Qaitmao, for assaulting a emili negro girt. Bailiff Pace cf thia oouo:y, bad the negro in charge aod was making his way here. When about to board a train near Kennedy,'Vmob of negroes who were on the train, prevented him from doing so, and taking the prisoner, shoe bim, with oo attempt at conceal? ment of their crime. -*r*+<m~ ? The Bryen electora will meet in Co? ombia on Monday, January 14tb, to cast their ballots for Bryaa and Steven? son. mm HE 3UHTER WATCHMAN, Kstablifthed April, IS50. Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Alms't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTH BON, Established Jone 15 Ge SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 9. 1901. New Series-Vol. XX. So. 24