The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 09, 1901, Image 1
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tftft eolMSjOset losortlon. 10
Ooetreets Yoc three inontbe, or longer eril
so esnse et rsdossd rotee*
All cwatnooteettoae wnlco ooboereo prleoto
lotoreete eilU be charged for m advertiementa.
ONMroorieo ood tribute* of reepeete will bo
for.
Gloomy Outlook For British.
Five Thousand Boer Invaders
Have Entered Cape Colony
In Two DeUohmenU.
Loo do it, Jin 1 ?Gen Kitchener
Be* telegraphed the * or office oo fol
low?:
'?Pretoria, Dee. 81, 1900 -Geo.
Ceoi, who bow boon following op
Be Wet reports that ho has ooptored
worse horses, fits wagons with sap
?ioo sod 6,000 roands of emmaoition
? has relsswad sod allowed to go to
?heir farms 16 Bosr prisoners who
wars teksn at Da Wei's laager sod
who wars befog forced to fight
Oeo Krenoh recently captured 12
prisoners sod a Urge quantity of oarts
sad cattle. Among the prisoners
waa a diepateh rider bearing a letter
Iroea Beyers far Smote 99
Colasborg, Oapo Colony, Monday,
Dae II.?Two hundred and fifty
Boors oaptorwd U moo of# Neebitt'e
aoeoc 60 miles soothesst of Coles
The seemy, aiooo increased to 800,
bat appsarad soar Welle vredeo aod
*m driving off Hock
Loodoe, Jaa I ?The Capo Towo
oorrospoadsot of tbs Daily Moil who
dwells apoa the pm*\\y of the post
tie* la Oapo CofOey, eeys:
??The Bear Uvsdera now oambor
6,000 The western invasion gives
the moat ooaoora It baa split lato
two drvisioos, wblob are marching
lilt tba proem of a fork, one by wsy
ef Sutherland toward Mslamesbary
bad tbs other toward Beeofotd Watt
"The eaemy era oow ranging over
immense tracts df territory, naoesai
taiiog the employment of so army
eurpej to deal with them Lird
Kiteheaer bee poured troops into the
disturbed sreos; bet lbs fugitive
too tics of tbs Boers bars to a Urge
estsnt noatrslnted his precsotions
??ll was Ml that lbs only mesas of
excluding the invodort from too rich
districts in tee westero part of the
colony was to call oat ths formers
Todsy'e tslsgrsms prom so a splsndid
reapoaee frail the eastern portions
bat the weatern is doubtful, not 80
pa? oeot of the population being
regarded as loyal Hones lbs Boer
eoeeaetratlaa le that direction
Landing Maral Onna to Pro*
taot Cape Town.
Charges Hada That Sollend Doss
Wot Beetles the Orovity of tba
Actuation.
Caps Towo, Cape Colony, Jen 2 ?
The British battleebipe Monarch will
lead gone tomorrow as s preosution
sry saessure. The situstioo is an
?doabtsdly serioas.
Il io true Ihot the Daten bsve not
joined the invsdero io sny considers
bio nwmbers, bot o look of ormo is
believed to be the true resson for
ebstentation In many plsces horsoo
ore freely offered end informetioo
rssdily supplied to the Boers
The esfly proclamation of martial
low in the Cap* Towo division to ex
pweted Tbio diviofon does not In?
clude Cope Town itself
THE SITUATION.
Ths Isleol repolo ohow the silos
lion Io be generally aa follows :
Kommen, if still uninvested, prob
sbly soon will be
Grlqselend West Is filled with
email psriiss of Boers who sro work
tag oosih toword Prisoks, for th<
purpooe of cooperating: with or eup
porting Ooenmsndanl Hartsog whoae
sdvooce parties sro io the neighbor?
hood of Prsserborg
The Boert ore close to Oraaft Rei
ssi. where of late ths Dutch hsve
given many demonatrationa of ex
ireme sympathy.
In ths esolern part of the colony
the advance goard >?f the Boers ie
elooe to Morotaburg, about 26 miles
northeast of Grodwk
The general opinion here in that
Ihe position is not properly nppre
oialed in Knglond The Worcester
conference exoited the Dutch through
out the colony Many old reoideiito,
who ore by no mesns slsrrnisis,
rtgsrd s geoersl oprising of the
Deloh as quite likely.
mm- m
April. 1S40. "Be Jui
SUM
Those Terrible Boers. I
Paolo Stnckon British st
Cape Town Land Naval
Guoa.
0?pe Town. Jan 3 ?The mili'ary
authorities aro prspariog for all con ?
riogeooies. Ii his bseo decided to
transfer the Boer priaooer* from the
camps to transports
Fareiers coming into Carnarvon
describe the Boere el* trsveling io
parallel oolomos, with numerous flaak
ing parties ssreepiog the oountry of
horsss. plaoderiog loyalists and earry
log off everthiog eutable It sppcars
tbet they are aooompsoied by strings of
peek horses lightly loaded.
Cotesberg telegrephs tbat Kritiinaer's
commando is crossing the Middleborg
distriet, bot is getting few if soy
rseroits
PANIC IN CAPETOWN.
Here io Cepe Town soeh bosiocss
iss) as are ooahle to Iseve are organis?
ing a towo goard ooosposed of tbe lead*
iog eiliieoe The commercial eompanies
have asksd this mayor to eel I a soees
meeting to urge the government to
suppress distoysl a-wsoapers aod to
proclaim martial law Tbes eorolimeot
of volunteers for tbe defense of the
eolooy a?ss started today with tbo
utmost enthusiasm Tbe members of
eivil service enlisted in a body aod
millionaires eod beggars are enlisting
with equal ardor.
THB MILK THE BORRS DRINK
A station master of the Fraeerburg
road bse seised a number of eases,
msrked Mocodeoeed milk." snd address?
ed to Fraserburg, wbien contained
8 000 split toilets, 500 dotpoatore sod
150 poooda of dyoamite
Tbs British battbsbip Monarch todsy
leaded men aod gaos to relieve the
troops for esrviee northward. It is
behoved tbat tbe gtfbs will be sent op
tbs eosotry. i
Fits hundred oitissne enlisted todsy,,
tbs sorollessot beiag very setive. It
is boped tbat tbs first batob of moooted
?so will Isavs witbio tbrse days for
Worcester Tbey are to hold tbe passee
of tbe Hei River ssoootsios to protest
tbs railwsy tonne!. Tbe orgsoiieiiuu
Is rough sod rssdy, oot troubled mooh
wrtb drill or specie! ueMorm I Horses
!w?f"towfwi.
IN fBS TRANSVAAL TOO
Ths Boats io tbe Transvaal have
beeo eieeediegly aetive for tbe last
week or eo, daily sttsokiog traios, ood
voys sod isolsted posts Io most
iestsooes tbey have been rspolssd sod
tbe rallweye are sow workiog more
rsgulsrly
A oommtod, sopposed to be io the
louotsiee dividing Middieborg eod
Oiasf Reioet. easoot be exactly
located Tbe iovadsro io tbe west, who
are eipeoted at Fraserborg today, bave
altsred tbsir soorss aod ere now to tbe
direetioo of #Witlistoo, to tbs northwest
Tbs British bavs occupied Frassrburg
Tbe Boere to Beoboaoalasd bave
beeo sgsio joiosd by tbs iobsbitsots
wbo ooee before rebelled
CosasBSodoes are reported to be at
Blikfootsio. Bosttsp aod Deniels Kiol
Tbeir ohjsetivs is believed to be
Oriqoatowo, which is oow occupied by
tbe Britisb.
Lord RoWatttV Knighted by
v tlie Queen.
Cowes, Isle of Wight, Jan 2.?
Field Msrshsl Lord Roberts arrived
here lodaj sod drove immediately to
the Oeboroe boose, where tbe queen
bestowed oo him an osrldom, with a
specisl remainder for bis daughters
He was also made a Koigbt of tbe
Garter
The et.amer Canada, on which
Lord Roberts at rived, anchored off
Osborne at 12 45 a m
Tbe ebipe in tbe road were gaily
dreeaed, the sea front wae elaborate
ly deoorated with bunting and Vene
tiao meats, while feetoona adorned
the route to the Oeborne house, at
tbe entrance of which wae erected a
oniqoe tribute of tbe queen's appre?
ciation of the field marebara wotk
in tbe shape of to arch of laurel.
This was the first time sucb an grob
bad ever appeared in honor of any
aobject of ber majesty
New Tear In Pekin.
Pekio, Jso 1 ?Tbe advent of the
new century wss eelsbrated ia Pekio
oo ao elaborsts scale. Tbo disohargo
of numiroos guos at midnight oteated
a soaro end many tr. ops wero s.'ot to
discover whether thn o'ty had boen
sitaoked or whether it waa a B?ier
riaiog.
Geo Cheffee. held his rtoeptiou in
the morning aod Mr Cougor received
in the aiterooon
A nature which caused oonnde rablr
comment wa* a review of the British
trcops in hoi.or of Queen Victoris and
of the Austrslian federation, to whiuo
all ill nauoos were invittd to scad
representatives Tbs Froeoh weio eon
spieuous by their abssooe, not a single
Frsoobeoao being present at tbe review.
hmon
it and Faar not?Let all the Ends thou .
TER. S. CL WEDNES
De Wet Still Maroblog Oo
Boer Ammunition Cap?
tured
Ctps Town, Jan 4.?Two hundred
Boers have reoroased tbe Oraogo River
going north
Tbe llu'tfiin ooinmindanlB.Petrowpky.
and Do Plooy. were killed io the fight?
ing a Utreobt D*o 25 b.
London, Jan 4.?lord Roberts io a
communication to tbo public, expressing
hit tbaoks for tbe reception tendered
him, oolognea tbo soldiers in South
Africa and appeals for contributions to
the soldiers1 and sailors* association,
?eoonding tbo efforts of tbs Priooe of
Wales to take oaro of tbe families of tbs
men who sro fighting.
BOErt AMMUNITION CAPTURED
Cape Town. Jan 4 ?A quantity of
ammunition has been oeptbred from
sympathisers with tbe Boor invaders in
the neighborhood of Paarl.
London, Jan 4 ?Eirl Roberts of
Kaohapar and Pretoria is already
immersed in his arduous nsw duties at
the wer office. Ho will take no boli
Tbero is no further news from Lord
Kiteheoer, 'who. aooording to Cane
Town dispatches, te calling for 5 000
men to guard the Raad mines. ^Solist
tog in Capo Colony continues aotive,
and 500 men will leave Cape Towo for
the north within tbe next few days
Information regarding the invasion
'ia scanty. Col Williams attacked tbe
eastern invaders Jan 1 near Middle
berg but failed to dislodge them. He
baa siooe been joined by Lieut Col
Qreofell and tbe Boers have retired.
Qen Brabant has arrived at Qraaf
Barett.
Advices from Maseru. Basutoland,
dated yesterday, says that tbrse a3oar
ate ootomns are still pursuing Qen
De Wet, hut with no suoeeis beyond
taking 28 prisoners Cannon firing is
continually heard
All the English have desertsd Fioks
burg, taking their stoek of grain across
the border tod the Boers hate looted
the town
Biron von Ketteler Has Been
Avenged.
Pekto, Deo 81 ?Sab Hsi, the man
who killed Baron von Ketteler, tbe
German mtoister to China io June last,
was beheadad today in the preseooe ot
a large number of rp^oUtors
A meeting of the foreign ministers
will be held as soon ss Sir Ernest Mi
son 8atow, the British minister, who is
suffering from ebilU and Ister, shall
hsva recovered sufficiently to be pres
snt At that time a date and plaes for
meettog the Chinese commissioners
shall have been agreed upon
THE 8TATE DISPENSARY
Colombia, SO. Januaay 2 ?The
directora of tbe State dispensary to
day made poblio the annual finanoial
statement of the liquor dispensary
system. An exaet oompariaon with
former years esnnot be msde, sa tbe
fiscal year 1900 comprised merely tbe
first eleven mouths, while heretofore
the csleodsr sod tbe fiscal year has
bean tbe ssme. Not including
December, tbe heaviest trade montn
ujf tbe year, the seres for 190$
amounted to $2,481,840 22, nearly
8150,000 io excess of tfce entire year
18d9. For tbe twelve months of
190? the increase will Be $1,000,000
The State receives 10 per cent net
profit, which amounts to $176.072 18
This will be prorsted among toe conn
ties of the State for the poblio schools
Tbe profits scorning to towns snd
cities in addition to the State's profit
is $298,166 28 This amount is di?
vided equally between the respective
towns and oonnties in which dispen
caries are located
The grand total of profits io $474,
178 46, or 26 per cent of the antes
There are 93 liquor dispensaries
and 23 beer dispensaries
Tbe dispensary started in business
in 1894, with $50,000 appropriated
by tbe State This has been refund
ed, an equal amount invested in real
estate, and a stock of $250,000, paid
for, is carried constantly.
The diepeueery now claims to be
the largest whiskey bottling estab
lishment in tbe world
An Odd Sight.
Tbe odd eight of a man rolling bis
wife in a barrel a quarter of a mile to a
blacksmith shop wuti witnessed in Han
over, Pa, a few days auo Tbo woman,
who weighed 300 pounds, was standing
on ths hind ot th< barrel trimming
en SS The barrel head oaved in, and
the woman wont wrli it She filled
and fiwt'd the barrel SO porteotlv that it
w?n impossible lor her to ^el on alone,
or fur her hu^bard to pull her cut. Ho
wis, ihersfors, compelled io toil the
lii rrel and the woman S quarter of a
io a bUoksmith eh p, whore the iron
hoops were cut and the woman was
relieved of her uncomfortable wooden
overoost.
Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's
3D AT. JANUARY 9. 3
Framing Cuban Constitution
The Monroe Doctrine May be
Favored by the Constitu?
tional Convention.
Habana, Jan 2 ?The Cuban con
stitutions! convention is considering
two promulgations of the future rela?
tions between Cuba and the United
States One of these affirms, in the
first place, an acceptance of the Mon
roe doctrine and the establishment of!
friendly relations with all nations,
tdgelher with a resolution to proceed
in all esses in complete accord with
tbe United States In the second
place, it proposes to pat at the dis
poeal of tbe United States a portion
of tbe shore of any bsy on the north
coast sod of two bsys on tbe south
coast for naval stations, together with
concessions sufficient in extent for
the purposes of defense and sanita?
tion In tbe third place, it declaree
that Cbba will place herself on a war
footing to help the United States in
case each assistance shooid be need*
ed( while a fourth proviso is an ampli
oation of the first, second and third.
The other promulgation contem?
plates :
"First, Tbst tbe convention is
vested with authority only to con
vene.
Second Not having been granted
legislative functions, the convention
cannot arrange the basis of future re
lotions
Third Nevertheless, should Wash?
ington prefer such a discussion the
convention is willing to di'tc, as and
sgree upon on srrangement of mutual
relations
Fourth The aspirations of the
convention are merely to consolidate
tbe country for reconstruction. Its
energies are direoted toward sop
porting tbe avowed policy of the
United States to which Cuba is bound
by indestructible ties of gratitude,
said policy being based upon tbe
unequivocal preservation of liberty
and independence throughout tbe
American continent
Tbe former promulgation embodies
tbe desires c-f delegstes friendly to
tbe United States Tbe latter is a
counter check to the extremists It
is considered that tbe former is likely
to carry
PENITENTIARY REPORT.
The books of the State penitentiary
have been clcsed for the year of 1900
aod tbe accounts bave been balanced
Tbe report is bow in course of prep?
aration and in a short time will be io
the bands of tbe State printer Tbe
figures indicate that the penitentiary,
under tbe 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 yesr the
institutioo will show a net earning of
$86,483.67, vbich takes no aocount
of tbe amount, of corn and other pro
ducts from tb a fsrms during tbe past
year, used at the institution for
maintenance
The yesr opened with $9,886 67
00 bond Tbo total receipts for tbe
year wets $65 ,926 36 io actus! cash.
The total disbursements were $71.
879.91, leaving a cash balance on
Deo 31 last of $3,983 12, to which
amount should be added tbe estlmat
ed'value of ' 28 bales of cotton on
hand?$13,120?and $2,962 due for
convict biro and oats, msking a total
of $20 015 12 To this also should
be added tbe fallowing disbursements
for permanent improvements, making
tbe net profita first given : New
prison building, $9 446 55 of the
?contract price of $14,649 ; refcrma
tory, $1,000 ; artesian wells, $1,220;
barn, $2,000 ; gravel roof on hosiery
mill, $450 ; new boiler, etc. $1 100 ;
recovering guirds' quarters, $110 ;
mowers, binders, mules, etc, $1,142
Tbe total receipts were actually there
fore $82 008 36
The population report will show
that there were 801 prisoners in con
finement at the close of the year 1899.
From tbe court* nince that date 246
were received ; 11 were recaptured,
making a total of 1.058 Thero were
187 discharges, 24 pardons, 23 escap?
ed. 26 died and 1 killed while trying
to escspe, leaving in the prison on
Deo 31, 1900, 795 prisoners
It ia hoped that the new prieon
buildi.ig will be ready for the use of
1 the prisoners b)* Feb I Tbe work is
progressing well ?The State, Jan 4
It has always been a mystery to us
just why Hen Tillmau opposes the
construction of the Nicaragua canal
Certainly no event should be hearld
ed by the south with more generous
delight than the digging of thin great
inter oceanic oatial Ttllman's course
in the senate Iiks for tho most part
been eatiefnotory. but In blS opposi?
tion to n scheme of such vital import
to the south he st once opposes prog?
ress stid the interest of his own sec
tion ?Greeuwood Iudex i
and Truth's."
THE
901. _Ne*
The Monopoly's Profits.
WHAT THE TOWNS AND
COUNTIES GET FROM
THE DISPENSARY.
Columbu. Dao 2 ?The report of the
Stare dispensary for the year ending
N"V 30 shows that oo gross sales of
$2 421 840 22 tbo dispensary made,
through all of its branobes, $298,
166 28, which was divided betweeo tbo
oities and counties. This is indepen
dent of tbe profit by the State and
represents the money msde and divided
betwron tbo counties aod oities It :s
ooteworthy that from tbe ten dispense
ries in Charleston tbe oet profit divided
between tbe city aod eounty of Charles
too was only $12 305 26. Tbe four
dispensaries in Colombia netted and
paid into the aity and oounty treasuries,
sooordiog to the ssme report, $22.738
76. Tbe city of Greenville, with two
dispensaries, netted to tbe eity and
ooucty $10,130 42. and tbe oity of
Spartanburg netted to tbe oity sad
county $11 382 Georgetown, as will
be noted, went over tbe $10,000 mark
io net profits Tbo gross sales of the
Sumtcr dispensary were $57,891 51 ;
net profits $9 683 33 ; of tbe Mayee
ville dispensary, gross sales. $11,
136 89. net profits $1,493 38 ; of
BisboDville dispensary, gross sales,
$23,477 15. oet profits $3 930 98*
The statement that baa just been
printed shows the 'location of the va?
rious dispensaries, the gross aod net
profits which have been divided, accord
ing to the report, between tbe eity aod
ooonty governments.
The Philippine Government
Manila, Dec 31 ?The Philippine
commission baa completed tbe prep
aration of a general municipal gov?
ernment bill. Tbe provisions, in
many respects, are similar to Gen.
M ac Arthur's order establishing muni?
cipal government's and authorizing
elections, but they sre much more
elaborate, covering all details Tbe
moat important new feature is the
establishment of laud taxation aod
doiog away with tbe cedola (or bead
tax) and taxation on people's occupa
lions A feature new to the Philip?
pines is tbst the revenue from lend
taxes is to be expended whore it is
collected Tbe manner of holding
elections and the duties of officers
are prescribed.
A decision in? the San Joee Medi
cal college case has been deferred
until Saturday
Hubbard's Cotton Letter.
Special to tbe State.
New York, Jan 2 ?A sharp ad?
vance in Liverpool brought buyers
from tbe west and south who antici
psted a falling off in tbe movement
which will bring Europe into tbe
market as buyers Local operators
were also free buyers, taking tbe
realizing ordere, which were met on
tbe advance The temper of the
trade ia to look for a further improve
moot in Liverpool tomorrow. Re
ceipts st tbe ports were considered
to be light, notwithetsoding the
holidays wbioh naturally curtailed
tbe movement It is believed tbe
south will be tenacious holders of
their cotton, ss all expect reports to
confirm this disposition oo their part
Tbe advance has pointed more cotton
towards this port sod our stock ia
slowly increasing through tbe main
tisnence of tbe January premium.
Hubbard Bros & Co
Tbe matter is becoming eerioos at
last "A bill has been introduced in
congress by Representative H. C
Smith, of Michigan, proposing tbe pay
meet of a pension to a Miss Pattia, of
New Bo6ton, in that State, for injuries
received before sh" was born. The pen
sion in tbia oaso is baoed on tbe claim
(bat this lady'a orippled oocdition is duo
to the prenatal eboek when ber mother
reocived tbe oews that h?r boebaod and
fitbor hnd been wounced io battle.*'
0< course, news of the sickness of n
roUtivo or friend in tbe army, or of a
defeat of the army, would have like
depressing prenatal effiota. Tbe neat
step, it is probable, will be to provide
a peos:on for everybody on tbe winning
side wbo was horn during tho war time
or for nine mootbs afterwards ?New*
aoi Courier
There have been no developments in
tho Kingetree diaoeoeary robbery case.
Go? McSwceney , Commissioner Crom
aod tin mcmb.rs of the State Board
of Control and Assistant. Attorney
General Gunter held a long conference
relative to tho case on Wcdnesdsy.
RoY/l
Absolutely
Makes the food more d
ROVAl BAKIfte PO
ton.
TRUE SOUTH ROM? established Jane 15 66
' Series?Vol. XX. No. 24
COTTON STAIISTICS.
Secretary Hester'e Figures for
Four Months Just
Ended.
Now Orleans, Jan 2 ?Secretary
Hester's New Orleans Cotton Ez
obaoge statement, issued today covers
the monthly movement to December
31
Compared with last year it shows an
increase for the month io round figures
of 873,000 bales. The tot at for Decem?
ber was 1,771,122, against 1,397,778
last year.
The amount of the erop brought into
sight for the three months from Sep?
tember to Deeember, iastosivc, ig 690,
000 over last year
The movement fern the 1st of Sep?
tember to December 31, inclusive,
shows receipts at all United States de?
livery porte 4,554 692, against 3,980.
514 last year; overland serosa the
Mississippi, Ohio sod Potomac rivets
737,080, against 812,997 last year;
southero mills tak'ngs, exclusive of
quantity consumed etsoatbern nntporte,
586,388. against 598,286 last yoar,
and interior stocke io siioefs of those
held st the commencement of the seasoo
729 798. against 525,640 last year.
Northern spioners too'i during De?
cember 417 045 bales, sgsiost 498,
626 last year, increasing their total for
1 the four months to 1,136,500, agaiost
1.436 130 last year.
Foreign eiports for the fir*t four
months of the seasoo bsve been 3 181,
937 bales, showing ao increase over last
B3SSOO of 613,502 The gain io for?
eign export* during December compar?
ed wirb December laet year has been
238 122
Stock at the seaboard, sod at the 29
leading southern interior markets on
December 31, were 1,819,984, against
1.898.939 the same date last year.
Up to Deeember 31 last year, 62
70 100 per cent of the eoftoo erop had
been marketed, and for Ike same four
mootbs in 1898 the - percentage of the
orop brought into sight was 68 62 100
aod for the same time In 1897 the
percentage markend was 65 15 100
bis use waa esawe.
Mr. J. E- Lilly, s pro min sat eitiaon of Has
nibal, Mo., lately had a wonderfel delirersnec
from a frightful death. In tilling of it ha say*.
"I sm taken with typhoid fever that ran ist?
pneumonia. My l?ngs beeatce hardened. I
waa ao weak I couldn't even fit up in bed.
Nothing helped mo* I eipeeted aonn to die of
Consumption, when I heard of Dr. King'? New
Discovery. One bottle gave greet relief. I
continued to use it, end now a?o well and
strong. I can't cay too much in its praise."
Thif marvellous medicine, is the .?urest and
quickest cure in the world for all thront and
lu?g trouble Regular sisss SO ets and $1.0S.
Trial bottle free at J F, W. DsLorme's Drag
Store, every bottle guarantee i X
1MB b) ?
Tne Hearing Postponed.
Columbia, Jan 4 ?There was s
meeting of tbo State railroad com?
mission yesterday for the purpose of
giving the representatives of the oil
mills of the Ltate a hearing in regard
to the request of tbo railroads for so
increaee of rates on cotton seed, the
latter claiming that the present ratea
were put on when the cotton 6eed oil
industry was in its infancy and for
the purpose of fostering it
Tbe oil mill men present were
Messrs C 8. McOullough and Bright
Williamson of Jarlington, Thomas
Taylor, C PitzSiroons. fl E. Weils
and Geo u Baker Before the bear?
ing commenced telegrams were re?
ceived from a number of other oil
mill men in different parte of the
State, saying they could not attend
at this time and asking for a delay.
The result was the postponement of
the hearing until Jan 25
LYNCHED BY NEGROBS.
AUaote, Ga, Jan 2?A uuej.a' io
the Coost'cutioo frmn Qiiiuiau, Ga.
says : A negre, wbrsa name sea net
be learned, was lynched by s mob of
hts owo ootor toaigbt ntco tail** north
of Qjitmso, for aesao'.tiog aemill negro
girr. Bailiff Paoe cf this eoun'.y, bad
tbe negro in charge and was snaking bis
way here. When about to board a
iruio near Kennedy, a mojb of negroes
who were oo the train, prevented bim
from doing so, aod taking the prisoner,
shot bim, with oo attempt at eoooeal
meot of tbeir crime.
- mm ^SJSSB?
The Brytn eleotore will meet in Co
imbta oo Monday. Jaruary 14tb, to
oast their ballots for Bryan and Steven
son
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