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First Epistle of "Guv." to the Aaronites. lateo Daatos et dona Ferenies - Lee * vii?cass 28-28. Hello Aaronites i Whe-e-n! Say, got your wind back? Yes, your wind, the wind yoa expended on that lengthy First Epistle to the benighted Leevites. Wa'nt you much exhausted by that ?ffort? What'd you commence with that ^rreat big, black, lithographed li-me for, <mis) representing Lee county arad sticking Bishopville away ap in the N. 3S. corner. Don't you know the Simes don't mn that way ap there, nor down ?at Scottville either. Now, "Falsas-in uno" you know, "falsas in omnes" and you have started oat .making a bad impression on those yoa'd convert Then yxsu cite the decision ia the public park case in Columbia as precedent aga?nst the power of a town to dispose <of property. Wo unto voa lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; ye enter not in yourselves, aid them that were entering in ye Mad red. " Oh, how we'd iike to bear voa, back -ed by a fat fee and more to come, - argaetng the solid validity of Lee coun? ty's title to the Opera House, signed and sealed by the proper officials, as ananimoasly voted by the qualified ejectors of the town of Bishopville. Heavens, what volumes of law you'd ^uote, what cataracts of precedents would glibly coll off year pivotal tongues. How you'd sneer tmd jeer and jibe at5 tether side if .tfcey. brought forward Columbia's ruined park, de? preciated private property and the gen? eral nuisance of the sequestration of the pabHc park, by the city council (not the citizens) to railroad parposes, as a parallel case to the voluntary dona? tion of the Opera House by ?he free sand anani mo ns consent of tbe^free holders of Bishopville. Yoa claim that a body corporate and politic must first, forsooth, obtain authority from our fiddle-de-dee legislators (God save ?he mark, and with apologies to some of 'em) who can't enact a jary law without shutting up the courts of a whole State. Well, we rather think the Opera Hoase and Lee county and you lawyers, would have a high old time of it if this legislature should ?get a finger in the pie ; for then the lawyeis, like little Jack Horner, would get up a corner and pull out ali the plums. As it is, or will be, who's to ! kick? If the citizens of Bishopville' are satisfied and the citizens of Lee ] county are satisfied who's to bring j suit for. damages, or tresspass to try j " title, or man daran us? You also i ?ring out the big bull fiddle and sound j "the sonorous note of poverty. "Lee i .county will be the poorest county" j (Italics your own) "Lee county will \ ite the poorest of them all "except Chesterfield and Horry. " Why goodness-g racious-sakes-alive, ?t ha'nt been many days since your special ambassador and minister pleni? potentiary was over here pleading that we'd not cut off the very richest por? tion of Sumter county. He verily j?ead much like a citizen who once owned the present site of Pinewood and who, when the Clarendon line was gt "being run plead with the surveyors for X2od sake not to leave him in Clarendon or he'd starve to death. Lord bless as and help and save us, you are not ; going daft with grief at the loss of us, ; are you? You should be shouting peans j and hallelujahs and hurrahing at the Blolessed riddance of this poverty struck, indigent jejune part of your territory. We are too poor to grieve about. We ha'nt got but one poor little mHlion seven hundred and fifty-five thousand six hundred and fifty nine dollars, and about seventy five cents, we reckon; while vou'ns will have $4,300,909 to go or>? until you "kin tek ont a leen" in the spring. Now^f you can moderate that transcendent magnaninity that causes you such grievous apprehension as to our welfare and will let us depart in peace we'll agree to give yoa seventy nve cents as a prize or premium for the only known case of grief or regret Jior, or opposition to-the riddance of poor kin. Dearly beloved brethren, we *iid not know you loved us so 1? Really we've heeu. strongly tempted to run to those big black lines and rub out a -gap. with our foot so's we can get td you when we want to borrow 25c, and ^et dinner, and "stay all night and smoke free cigars and spend a week in town. We did not know it or suspect ' it ; before, and something over two thirds of the voting people. over here ?fid'nt know it until those big, black ?g zag lines, that our surveyors never drew, loomed around us. There -4we some few others, it is true, - that ?-^yoa must have let into the secret of your love and affection and high ap? preciation and who, perhaps, enjoy peculiar privileges and favors, in the snape of notes and mortgages and liens, wao will vote against these lines: but we predict that after the election they will be blacker and more zig zag and indellible than now. Then again you strike a minor chord in our se?ti Jaental economy and touchingly and with^pathos play a tender strain that appeals to our pride and patriotism and thereby you do reach our "blind j side" and "tender spot" and get us ander the "5th rib." But dear hea? ven, pride and patriotism are such dear luxuries for poor people to keep, and their market value is so far below par these days that it would'nt buy us a meal of vittles or pipe of tobacco in Sumter, so we must need resign them while we pit the Bantam against the Gamecock on the 22d. The fight is not of our seeking, but Sumter has thrown the gase of battle and we must ne?ds j take up the gauntlet. Yes "men have the right to change their minds upon learning the true conditions surrounding any proposi? tion," but "truth lies at the bottom of the well," and the "bottom of the well" seems to have dropped out. Guv. Wee Nee, Oct. 14, 1901,. Please cease to write and print ''Gardner's Battery," for Capt. Hugh B. Garden's "Pallmetto Battery." We did cover ourselves with a lot of sweat and mud and dust and some gore and .glory and would like to have the re? cord kept straight. G. Answer to Lee County Address. Hr. Editor : Some one has sent me a map, an address and some ancient his? tory on the formation of Lee County. :It is amusing to see how hard-pressed i&e opponents of Lee County are for arguments to sustain their side of the case. What in the name of fceom mon sense has the saving of Mr. A or B four years ago got to do with the matter now at issue? Are a few men at Bishopville and elsewhere responsi? ble for the success or defeat of the new county? If so, -things have got to be an a nice fix. ? thought the object of the new county was to be for the con? venience and good of all the people ?within its boiiders and not for the benefit of a few men. So far as the published statement of our Clerk of Court about the indebtedness on the Opera House in Bishopville is concern? ed, I regard the pledge of the people there to give that house as a count house as good as any one else's pledge in or out of Sumter County. They are not the kind of men to shirk theix responsibility in the least. If so, when have they done it? If the- county is formed it assumes its share of the indebtedness of the three old counties, and if they are amind to tax them? selves for 'improvements it is simply their.business and not that of others, j They assume all the responsibility and not otheass. Have they not the same? right to a ?new county as other sec-: tions of ona* Stete? I would think so, j and what fair and impartial man caa ? deny it to ihem. This being so, Lee j County should have a fair and im-i partial showing on its merits by the | people within its prescribed limits, i then; if w?a or defeated alL should bei satisfied. So far as the "address"! is concerned it proves nothing except j to show its opposition. If the ' ' com- ; mittee" will examine the map of. the! State,- they will find Marion, Dorches-1 tor, Florence-and other counties, more j irregular sn form than Lee County will] be. Even Charleston County when j divided, had to go under water to get j its territory when Berkeley was cut j off. The treasurer does not collect | taxes at every man's door but each one has to go ox ?end to Sumter , to do so. ! So far as the argument that Sumter County should not be divided because its was defended by Gen. Sumter and others, is not worth noticing. Senti? ment should not enter into this matter at all for it is purely a matter of busi? ness. If Sumter County is not divided it will continue to give large fees to our court house officials and that will be the only advantage against division for our taxes this year will necessarily be high. If Lee County is lost at the polls a bitt?rnesss of feeling will be generated because others outside the eounty interfered, and you know how ?"peace and unity," was preached a few years ago. So let us at least be at peace with our neighbors and friends in this matter, even if they stay in or leave the old county. The writer of this article has no axe to grind in this matter, and only advocates the time honored doctrine of equal and fair play between man and man. Jas. E. DuPre. Pisgah, S. C., Oct. 14. A CORRECTION. Mr. Editor: Kindly allow me space in your next issue to correct an erronous statement that I find in a pamphlet which I am reliably informed is being circulated in the territory of the proposed county of Lee, osten? sibly for the purpose of prejudicing the voters in said territory against any offer the town of Bishopville may make toward furnishing the necessary public buildings for the county in case the county seat be located in Bishop? ville ; also prejudicial to the new coun? ty in general. Said, pamphlet contains a petition calling upon the Governor to order an eiection . to decide upon the propriety of changing the location of tbe county seat to some other place, because of B's having fail? ed to make good her promises in rela? tion thereto, signed J. E. McCutchen, "and many others" I will simply say I neither signed said petition nor authorized any one else to do so for me. Yours respectfullv, J. E. McCutchen. The petition to tbe Governor refer? red to by Mr.. McCutchen was publish? ed in the Watchman and Southron in May 1898, but the signatures to the same were not We are informed that in its republication in the pamphlet mentioned by him, which, pamphlet was not published in this office, some of the names were placed there through a mistake of recollection. Mr. Mc Cutehen's disclaimer is, of course, con? clusive. The mistake ought not to have occurred and is regretted. We learn that application has been made to the Governor for a certified copy of the petition, and if furnished, the same will be published in full, names and all. The petition appeared to have been generally signed, for in Mr. Josey's communication, also republished in the pamphlet, he says **'*," this petition, now receiving practically the unanimous approval of the citizens of our dear little new-born county," &c. Since the above was written we have been furnished with ten of the peti? tions in question, all being alike and published the same elsewhere in this issue with the signatures thereto. We are informed that other copies with other names are in existence, but have been misplaced. We are also informed that evidence will be furnished that Mr. J. E. McCutchen approved the matter of said petition-indeed that he suggest? ed the same and expressed his willing? ness to join in said protest. Zt S??p2nsd in a Drug Store. "One day last winter a lady came to my dru?r store and asked for a brand of cough medicine that I did not have in stock.*' says Mr. C. R. Grandin, the popular drug? gist of Ontario. N. Y. "She was disap? pointed and wanted to know what prepa? ration I could recommend. I said io lier that I could freely recommend Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy and that she could take a bottle of the remedy and after giv? ing it a fair trial if she did not find it worth the money TO bring back the bottle and I would refund the price paid. In the course of a day or two the lady came back in company with a friend in need of a cough medicine and advised her to buy a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I consider that a very good recommenda? tion for the remedy.'' It is for sale by Dr. A. J. China. A young commercial traveler 19 years old was arrested the other day at a cafe of Courbevoie, near Paris, while expressing approval of the crimes and Caserio. To commend anarchist crimes in a public place is a punishable offense according to French law.-Post. Who Wanted County Seat Changed. The Petition to Gov. Ellerbe Ask ing Him to Order an Election to Remove County Seat of Lee County. The following is the petition ad? dressed to Gov. Ellerbe in the Spring of 1898 by citizens of Lee county and the names affixed to ten of the origi? nal petitions circulated for signature. Other of these? petitions have been misplaced and the full list of those singing the petition cannot be given : THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA LEE COUNTY. To His Excellency W. H. Ellerbe, Gov? ernor of the State of South Caro? lina: Whereas, prior to the recent election upon the question >s? the formation of the new county of Lee and the loca? tion of its county seat, the town of Bishopville promised arid agreed to raise the necessary funds for the pur? pose of erecting the necessary Public Buildings, which said promise had the effect of* influencing many votes in favor of the formation of such new county. And whereas, -since the said election and th? establishment of such new county the said town of Bishop? ville has failed to provide the neces? sary means for that purpose, and its ?refusal to do so has now become ap? parent. And whereas, the Commissioners of ?he new county of Lee have applied to ifche Sinking Fund Commission to bor? row a. large amount of money upon the obligation of said county wherewith to erect said Public Buildings, and are about to place thereby a heavy bur? den of debt upon the taxpayers of said new county, by reason of the town of Bishopville failing to comply with the terms of the aforesaid promise. Now, therefore, the undersigned, qualified electors of said county of Lee, do petition your Excellency to order an election as provided by the Constitution of said State for the pur? pose of voting upon the question of re? moving the Court House of said coun? ty from the town of Bishopville to such point as may be designated by the qualified electors in such election. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c j D. E. Keels, N. C. Pennington, E. J. Goodman, W. B. Justus, J. J. ; DuRant, W. C. Pigate, M. L. Keels, J. W. Phillips, J. W. Hodge, Lewis J. Hickson, B. F. McLeod, S. E. Tun? stall, Andy DuBose, J. A. Gaves. Sr., J. A. Gaves, Jr., S. W. Frierson, D. A. Baxley, L. A. Hawkins, J. A. DuRant, E. B. Durant, T. N. Griffin, Joe S. Potts, F. S. Potts, J. M. Wil? son, Sr., B. F. Jones, J. A. Rhame, A. J. Price, John McIntosh, T. B. Rhame. G. W. Stokes, Jno. M. Miller, Phil Miller. W. D. Jones, E. F. Darby, M. D., C. P. M. Wilson, T. E. Rhame, J. B. Tallon. I. T. Flem ing, F. Dunlap, J. G. Stokes, E. E. j Timmons, L. B. Sansburv, W. L. j Whitaker, A. Middleton." J. J. McLeod, T. E. Sanders, H. W. Flem ! ing, J. F. Hawkins, M. A. Moore, J. i F. Matthews, T. A. Nance, Jessie M. ! Wilson, J. D. Clark, L. Lane, D. P. Dennis, W. R. Sandres, S. T. R, Wilson, J. L. Pranell, J. A. Hickson, T. W. McDonald, J. S .Lewis, J. W. McDonald, S. A. Durant, J. S. Wheeler, J. E. Rhame, R. T. Cook, C. H. Decker, R. C. Westberv, F. H. Brutsch. H. B. Fraser, " J. A. McCutchen, E. D. Boy kin, J. B. Thomas, J. E. Westberrv, Elias Allen, C. M. Richards, E. G* McCutchen, Jr., J. H. Wingate, WT. F. Bullock, W. M. Anderson, T. R. Anderson, E. A. Atkison, J. T. Tallon, J. B. Anderson, D. H. Smith, John A. Christmas, A. L. Atkison, Geo. D. Brearley, G. B. King, J. M. Moonev ham, J. E. Moonevham, R. M. Plowde?, C. M. Plowden, W. G. McCoy, A. T. Cooper, W. H. Brvan, H. L. Atkison, J. W. McCoy; J. C. Bul? lock, S. A. Atkison, J. D. Moonev? ham, F. A. Atkison, G. F. Nesbitt, L. R. Young, J. M. Smith, G. W. Self, J. E. Price, W. Brearley, W. W. Player, H. E. Moonevham. W. D. Hancock, J. W. Mathis, J. J. Parnell, J. F. Hill, W. P. Mooney? ham, C. A. Craig, J. H. Skinner, Jno. H. DesChamps, W. W. McKagen, H. C. DesChamps, S. A. Bak?r, J. R. Parnell, W? F. Hill, H. C. Mnnn, L. Hr Everett, J. E. McDuffie, E. D. Law, J. A. Law, L. W. DesChamps, J. W. Player, A. M. Mooneyham, H. D. G. Muldrow, J. E. Muldrow, W. A. Green, W. B. McLeod, W. W. DesChamps. S. J. Scarborough, C. F. Hill, W. W. Skinner, W. M. Cooper, C. Taylor, W. P. Newman, C. M. Mims, j. D. Newman, W. M. Kirby, J; J. Kirby, J. T. Boise, W. A. Kirby, A. L. Tallon, D. E. Tallon, J. H. Tallon,. W. A. Tallon, E. B. King, P. B. Sanders, T. L. Sanders, W. B. Galloway, F. Hug? gins, W. J. Copeland, J. H. Huggins, T. W.McDonald, W. F. McDonald, W. E. Lenoir, R. A. Keels, J. A. Stuckey, M. N. Baker, W. B. F. McCoy, J. E. McCoy, M. M. Herring? ton, E. Alexander, Geo. B. Shiver, W. E. Moore, M. C. Mayes, H. B. Skinner, S. J. Hill, R. S. Heriot, T. S. McLendon, J. K. Heriot, C. W. Shiver, J. M. Mathis, J. Lawson Mathis,?W. W. Fraser, R, M. Bradlev, D. G. Rembert, J. V. Baker, J. M. Mims, W. K. McCov, S. M. McCov, W. T. Brown, E. H. Mathis. H. R. Mathis, E. R. Josey, M. R. Mathis, J. S. Mooneyham. ;*I wish to truthfully state to you and the readers of these few lines that your Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is without question, the best and only cure for dyspepsia that I have ever come in contact with and I have used many other preparations. John Beam, West Middlesex. Pa." No prepara? tion equals Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as ii contains all the natural digestaDts. It will digest all kinds of food and can't help hut do you good.-J. S. Hughson A' Co. Th?' annual convention of thc Amer? ican Hankers* Association meets in Milwaukee today. Merry Makers' Week is in full blast in Augusta now. It is said that Editor Henry Watter? son, of thc Louisville Courier-Journal, will run for president in 1904. Burglars blew open the safe of the B?uiTton Milling Company,of Bluffton, Ohio. Mondav, and caused a loss of $20,000. It is reported that scores of Italians have been discharged from the silk mills of Patterson, N. J., because of the deed of Czolgosz. " Mr. Clayton, ambassador to Mexico, has^tendered his resignation. Believes Hampton is the Man For Senator, Stateburg, Oct. 14, 1901. To the Watchman and Sonthron : I see that the Watchman and Sonth? ron thinks that it will be a mistake to put Gen. Hampton up to make the race against McLaurin fer the LL S. Senate, on account of his age and the state of his health, and that the opponents of McLaurin would be taking shelter under Gen. Hampton's name and settle none of the issues raised by McLaurin. I believe, however, that if Gen. Hamp? ton is unable to make the race on account of age or health, no one will know it better than he will and none will be quicker than he will be to re? fuse to make it. If he consents to so to the senate I believe he will be entirely able to fulfill all of the duties of the position. His name will doubt? less carry great weight in the state, but there is not a man in the state now who wrll be able to show up more plainly the pernicious and insidious doctrines of McLaurin. Hampton's influence doesn't, altogether depend on his past great services, but very greatly upon the fact that everybody knows that in what he says he hasn't counted the chances of gaining or losing an office, but speaks out what he thinks ; he is one of the few men who as a leader of the people, as well as when he was a soldier, who has never been known to make a serious mistake. And with this the people of South Carolina owe it to themselves to repair the wrong done Gen. Hamp? ton by the legislature in 1890, when his name had not been before the peo? ple. Even then he would not have been defeated if he had consented to modify his position at ai!, as there were numbers of the legislature who wished to vote for him but did not be? cause he would not endorse the alli? ance demands. His defeat then was only one more instance of Hampton's inflexibility to what he thinks right. Now I. hope that the people will arise and put their greatest man back into the highest position in their gift, as he is in entire accord with the major? ity of the State and because it will be an inspiration to their manhood and their patriotism to have a man like Hampton again in the lead. And all may feel perfectly sure that if he can? not do justice to any responsibility the people seek to put upon him, that he will not take advantage of his past record to make any race or secure any office in the world. W. J. Kees. "I am indebted to One Minute Cough Cure for my present good health and my life. I was treated in -vain by doctors for lung troubles following la grippe. I took One Minute Cough Cure and recovered; my health." Mr. E. H. Wise, Madison. Ga. -J. S. Hughson & Co. PISGAH NEWS NOTES. Short Crops, Neighborhood and Personal News of Interest. A close inspection of the cotton [ around here, and other sections shows that it is shorter than last year. Un? less the price rises the farmers will be hard pressed to pay their debts, for this crop has been the most expensive one for years. Peas had their vitality killed to a large extent in the hot September sun. The finest crop raised this year is grass. Immense quantities of hay have been saved and the country will be well off in that line next year. Pea vine forage has grown to be an immense industry. Large stacks of it can be seen all about. It is a fine i feed in the winter for stock. There don't seem to be a's much scarcity of oat seed as was feared. The Read State farm has a large lot of fine oats for sale, and the farmers can buy there if they can't get nearer home. Chicken cholera is raging here. Sev? eral have lost a large number of their fowls. Mr. T. H. Smoot of Durants, is teaching a private school at Pisgah church. He is a very pleasant young man, and has made many friends" since he has been here. ' Miss Daisy Boman, of Georgia, will teach the Hilliard School this year. She has just arrived. Pisgah Church appreciates the ser? vices of its pastor, Kev. J. C. Crouch so much that it gave him a unanimous call last Sunday for another year with an increase of salary. Mr. Crouch is doing a good work here. Pisgah, Oct. 15. COTTON MARKET UNSETTLED. English Spinners Evidently Expected Cheap Cotton This Year. Manchester, Oct. 13.-The local market is nervous and unsettled owing to the state of cotton. The Liverpool stock statistics show only a two weeks' supply for the needs of Lancashire, and the quanity at sea is much smaller than at the same time last year. The Lancashire spinners, as a rule, have bought lightly, although last week they purchased more freely than usual. The prospect is, however, that the rest of the month will prove an an? xious and harrassing period, with part of the machinery stopped and the turn? over unsatisfactory. The advance in cotton well nigh precludes negotiations until a steadier state of things ?hall I have been established. Not until then will it be possible to clo business in a ! satisfactory way. The demand from the large India j markets lias been fairly encouraging. but the advance asked put an end tn J the negotiations. China inquiry has! fallen off considerably, liuyers are generally in a positon to wait until tlif prospects as to future values take more definite shape. Trade with the Levant and South America continues rest rioted. Yarns were firm throughout tin week, but business was difficult and the turnover poor. Philadelphia. Oct. 13.- -EdwinLonge? necker, aged *2\ years, quarter-back on the football team of the lirown Preparatory School, of this city, died late last night in a hospital as a result of injuries received in a game last Tuesday. Longenecker, who was pre? paring to enter Cornell university, was heavily thrown and fractured his "spinal column. He became paralyzed and an operation was performed on him last Friday. He took a relapse yesterday and died at midnight. Miss Stone May be Murdered. Employment of Force Increases the Danger. Constantinople, Oct. 14.-It trans? pires that the Turkish commaander had completed dispositions to sur? round Miss Ellen M. Stone's captors at noon, Saturday last. Spencer Eddy, secretary of the United States lega? tion, however, received information that further acitvity would result in the death of Miss Stone, and at 3 o'clock Saturday morning he proceed? ed to the residence of the minister of foreign affairs, Tew?k Pasha, and de? manded the immediate retirement of the Turkish troops. This was carried out and the Bulgarian forces followed suit.. Mr. Eddy's action has the unanimous approval of the members of the diplomatic corps, who are con? vinced that efforts to liberate Miss Stone by force will infallibly result in her murder. Neither Mr. Baird nor Mr. Haskell, the missionaries, have yet been able to get in touch with the brigands in or? der to arrange as to the amount of the ransom for Miss Stone. Macedonians to Blame. London, October 13.-The Reuter Telegram Company has received the following dispatch from Constanti? nople; dated October 13: " There have been no further developments in the case of Miss Ellen M. Stone, the abducted American missionary. It is reported that Spencer Eddy, secretary of the United States legation in Con? stantinople, received today a dispatch from Washington advising him that a sum of money which should suffice for the ransom would be forthcoming. The text of Renter's advices is ambiguous. " The Daily Telegraph has the follow? ing dispatch from Sofia, dated Sunday : "United States Consul General Dickinsion has received no instruc? tions to pay the ransom. He is afraid a dangerous precedent would be created by payment. As he is now fully convinced that the brigands were merely instruments, acting under the instigation of late members of the Macedonian committee, he has made strong representations to the Bulga? rian Government, asking the arrest of these instigators. Should this be done, he says, Miss Stone would doubtless be released on payment of a moderate indemnity and assurance of freedom for her captors. Some Macedonians have already been arrest? ed here." A Mysterious Shooting. Richmond, Va., October 12.-John O'Brien, superintendent of the erect? ing shop of the Richmond Locomotive Works, was instantly killed by a stray bullet this morning : by whom the shot was fired is a mystery O'Brien at the time of the shooting was standing at the main door of his shop, consulting with a man named George B. Myers, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in regard to work, and the gate watch? man. Myers and the watchman tell the same story in connection with the tragedy. Myers's statement is as fol? lows: * *I approached Mr. O'Brien in regard to getting a job. He asked me where I I was employed last, and I replied with the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail? road, at Cincinnati. At that moment I heard something pop like a match. Mr. O'Brien threw his hand up across I his breast and began to fall. "The watchman and I caught him and held him up. Several men in the shop rushed to his assistance and car? ried him to the store room. He died before he reached the store room, and never even murmured." The mystery of the death is where the shot came from, as there was no one passing at the time. The bullet entered the heart, passed through the body and lodged in the back. It was a 22-calibre. TH? HEED OF TBE HA??. Not Enough Men to Meet Demand Says Crowninshield. Washington, Oct IL-Admiral Crowmnsbield in his annual report dwells ripon the imperative need- of the navy for more officers and men. He says"if the department were called upon to man the ships for war serivce it could not meet the demand. There are not enough line officers to man the ships already constructed. When, in three years, the vessels now under construction shall have been completed the number of officers necessary to man them and a few auxiliary vessels would be no less than a thousand, and the problem presented is how these officers can be secured in the short time re? maining. There is but one remedy ac? cording to Admiral Crowninshield, and that is to increase the number of cadets at the naval academy. The number should not be less than 800. Therefore, it is recommended that beginning with the next congress there shall be allowed at the academy two naval cadets for every representative or delegate, two for each senator, one for the District of Columbia, and 10 at large annually and that the course should be limited to four years. Another striking recommendation of Admiral Crowninshield is that four vice admirals be created, reducing the number of rear admirals to 14 if neces? sary. It is said that the United States often has been placed in a humiliating position on important occasions abroad by reason of the low rank of it-; naval representatives. The report says the navy department j is alunit to follow up the precedent established last year in the creation of a torpedo boat reserve station at Nor? folk by establishing four oilier stations a Port Royal. Charleston, Pensacola and a second one at Norfolk. i- ?? .*. * i-? - Neely Being Tried by Cubans. Washington, Oct, ll.-The war de? partment is informed that the trial of F. W. Neely on charges of misappro? priation of " postal funds in Cuba is now in progress. No law officer Gf the United States government is en? gaged in the case, although testimony and depositions taken in this country have been forwarded to the prosecut? ing officer in Habana. Additional testimony in the case was sent yester? day, ii^^. _~ MONEY IN POLITICS IN ENGLAND. Sensational Charges Seem to be Sustained Against Liberal Party. London, Oct. IL-The Spectator to? morrow will print letters from Cecil Rhodes and the late Francis Schnad horse, who from 1885 to 1892 was the chief organizer and adviser of the Liberal party, sustaining the sensa? tional allegations made some months ago that Mr. Rhodes, in 1891, gave ?5,000 to the Liberal party on condi? tion that Mr. Gladstone would not bring about the evacuation of Egypt by the British troops. Both Sir Wil? liam Vernon Harcourt and Sir Henry Campbell Banerman have publicly de? clared this to be false. In a letter covering this correspondence Mr. Rhodes sums up as follows : "I met Mr. Schnadhorsc in London and he asked whether I was willing to subscribe to the party funds. I said I was prepared to do so provided the policy was not to scuttle out of Egypt and that in the event of a home rule bill being brought forward provision should be made for the retention of the Irish members at Westminster. I understood from Mr. Schnathorst that he would consult Mr. Gladstone, which quite satisfied me, as I looked upon Mr. Gladstone as the Liberal party. Mr. Schnahdorst acepted the contri? bution upon the conditions defined : in the letter appended." j In this letter. jKff. Rhodes demanded that his contribution* be kept secret and that the check be returned if the Irish 'were not represented at West I minster. But he added a postscript j saying:"I am worried at Mr. Morley's \ speech on Egypt. If you think your j party hopeless, keep the money, but J give it to some charity. It would be jj an awful thing to give my money to breaking up th? empire." In 1892 Mr. Rhodes again wrote Mr, Schnadhorst drawing attention to a speech of by Mr. Gladstone fore? shadowing a scuttle out of Egyt, and expressing the hope that Mr. Schnad? horst would do his best tb check the mad step. "But,"' he said, "if your respected leader remains obdurate I shall certainly call upon you to devote my subscription to some public char? ity." In Mr. Schnadhorst!s reply he says Mr. Rhodes money had already been spent, as he believed it was given mainly to help the home rule struggle. Mr. Schnadhorst, however, assured Mr. Rhodes that Mr. Gladstone's ut? terances were only an expression of pious opinion, that Sir William Ver? non Harcourt was also annoyed at them, and that no scuttle out of Egypt was likely as he had seen Lord Rose? bery, then slated ?for foreign minister,, who would not permit it, being * a "strong man who will take his'owu course, very different from the plaint, supple Gran vi le." J! "On the reception of this," Mr. Rhodes says, "I bothered no more, as upon Lord Rosebery's appointment I knew that Egypt was saved. I leave your readers to decide how far Sir Henry Campbell Bennerman is justi? fied in characterizing the original statements as a lie from beginning to end. According to their statements, neither Sir Henry Campbell Banner? man nor Sir Wm. Harcourt are ac? quainted with the facts. But I natu? rally assumed that Mr. Schnadhorst was speaking with authority." Two Hundred Orphans. Needed and verv much needed I What? Your help, dear friend, in making provision for our big family. Two hundred children have come to our sheltering roof. We are overwhelmed with necessi? ties. There is not even one dollar in the treasury. We need clothing, food of every sort, specially flour, molasses, bacon, meal and all things of that kind. We need help at once. The dear little people do not know that the treasury is in such a plight. God and his people have always cared for. them, so why should they fear! Trusting Him, they go for their daily bread, and they have never yet found it lacking. And they are not going to find you, lacking, now. Friend, what you do, do quickly. It only costs five dollars a month to support a child, giving him board., clothing, education, and mother-care ! Send vour checks or money orders to Wm/P. Jacobs, Clinton, S. C. Send provisions or clothing to Thornwell Orphanage, Clinton, S. C. Ask your railway authorities for free transportation. The Revolution in Venezuela. Willemstad, Island of Curacoa, Oct 12, via Hay tien Cable.-Advices receiv? ed here today from Maracaibo, under date of October 10, say the Venezuelan troops are entrenched at various points on the peninsula. A majority of them are in the vicinity of Maracaibo. The conditions at the front are inde? scribably confused. The Venezuelan soldiers are ravaging as if in an ene? my's country. Being practically with? out any commissarait, they are com? pelled to live on the country and take possession of everything in sight. The country side is rapidly becoming de? serted, resulting in a lack of food sup? plies of any kind and a consequent increase of hunger, distress and suffer? ing among the soldiers, who have no shelter. Sickness is spreading rapid dly among them .- rid they have no medical attendance or medicines. The Guajira Indians are becoming more incensed against the Venezuelan t.oops on account of the outrages com? mitted by the latter, and have shock? ingly mutilated over a score of Vene? zuelans who have fallen "into their hands. These advices conclude with saying that fighting there seems improbable. Washington, Oct, 12.-The thirty days' period of mourning prescribed by" President Roosevelt in respect to the memory of the late President Mc? Kinley will expire tomorrow and the flags on all the Government buildings which have been half-masted since the 14th ultimo, will be displayed again at full mast, beginning Monday