The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-05-06
time General Gomez was chosen COM

Antonio MaceO as tne second IN com
mand, with the title of lieutenant
general, and Senor Thomas Estrands
Palma as delegate plenipotentiary and
general agent of the republic abroad
As soon as the members of the govern
ment took possession of their offices or
ders were issued 70 divide the provin
ces into prefectures. On each of these
taxes are imposed on all articles oi
commerce entering into the towns
For the purpose of properly collecting
the taxes. the roads to all the cities,
as we'll as the coast are patrolled by
the Cubans. The money collected,
which AMOUNTS some months to sew
eral thousands of dollars is sent tc
New York to Senor Palma to be spent
for arms and ammunition The fund
so formed is called here the treasury oi
of the republic. There is another treas
ury in the junta, that of the Cuban
revolutionary party.
The Cuban revolutionary party IS
the organization founded by jose
Marti in the United States by which
he obtained the necessary elements to
work for several years in preparing
for the revolution. The party IS com
posed of the many Cuban political
clubs which exist in the United States.
The clubs elect the delegate and treas
urer of the party, and there is a coun-
Gil formed Of the presidents of all the
clubs. The members of the clubs in.
clude most of the cigarmakers and
employees of the Cuban cigar factories
in the United States. They number
over is, 900 and contribute for the Gu
ban fund 10 per cent. Of their wages
and the whole product of one day Of
labor during the week. They do even
more. When money is needed for
some special purpose, as after some un.
fortunate event. which has entailed
extraordinary expense they give one
day o. labor more to Cuba Libre. y
After the wreck OF the Hawkins, for
instance, this was'done in order to pre-
pare the next expedition of General
Calixto Garcia. After tne first unsuc-
cessful attempt of the Bermuda to sail
from this port, they offered to make
the same contribution, but Delegate
Palma did not like to accept The offer,
having then money enough to proceed
with his work, The patriotism of the
Cubans seems exhaustless. They all
contribute to the Cuban fund,
from the highest to the lowest.
The amount collected monthly by
the Cubans, without including extraor-
iinary gifts of sympathizers, is from
$50, 900 to 500, 900. 1t isemployed in
buying arms and ammunition for the
Cuban army and steamers in which
10 send the expeditions Although
all the power isin the hands of the
delegate, who appoints the secretary
Of the party, now Senor GonZala de
Quesada, who is in Washington, Senor
Palma consults voluntarily on in
oortaut matters some prominent Gu
ban living in New York. The infor-
NAL councillors constitute what is i'm
properly called the J2nta in-the Am
erican newspapers. No such organiza-
lion as the Junta. really exists 1t is a
word which remains over from the last
war 10 1868, when an organized Cuban
Junta existed in New York, presided
over by the wealthy Cuban, Senor
Miguel Aldama. The treasurer of the
revolutionary party is Senior Benjamin
Guerra: When the time for the elec-
ton of delegate approached this year
all the clubs decided that the delegate
should be the plenipotentiary appoint
I'd by the government of the republic.
now Senor Palma, who will probably
hold the. Office until the independence
Of Cuba.
The letter addressed by Senor Palma
to Secretary of State Olney, and
quoted above, ends with these words:
'In view Of the history Of this re.
volution as herein stated, in view Of
the causes which led to it, its rapid
growth, its successes in arms, the
establishment, operation and resources
Of the government of the Cuban re-
public, the organization, number and
discipline of its armies, the contrast in
The treatment of prisoners to that OF
the enmey, the territory in its control
and subject to the carryingout of.its
DEGREES; ofthe.futility of'the attempts
Of the Spanish government to crush.
The revolution, in SPITE, of; the inn.
nense increase Of its, army in Cuba
and of its blockade and the many mil
lions spent for that purpose, the cruel.
les which, on the part Of the Spanish,
nave especially eharacterizedHhis san
culinary and tiercely; conducted war
and the. damage to the intsnests of.the
citizens of this country undea the pres:
ent conditions, I, as tho duly accred.
ted representative, in the name Of the
Cuban people in arms who have
ought singly and~alone against the
of Spain or,.rearly a year
n the heart Of acontinent devoted to
Institutions: int ne name Of
Justice, in the name of humanity, in
he name of liberty, petition you, and
through you the government of the
United States, to accord the ri ghts of
,elligerency to people fighting for
heir absolute independence"
A Case of Self Defence.
SPARTANBURG, S. c., April 29.-This
about sunrise stranger call
ID at the jail and asked to see Deputy
Dean, if he Staid there. Dean said he
lid. The stranger. whose name was
W. NJ. Scruggs. said he had killed
nan by the name of Turner, and had
come to surrender. On Sunday night
;wo men, Henry Blackwell and Tur-
1er, went to the House OF Scruggs.