The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 09, 1901, Image 1
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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
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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
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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