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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
Mexico as an Ally,

Austin, Texas, May 18.-President
Diaz. Of Mexico, has witten to Govern
or Culberson that be has ordered the
Mexican troops on the border to render
assistance and protect citizens on the
Texas side, if called on He says he
has sent additional troops to the border,
With orders, to cooperate with the
Uoited States troops in preventing de
predations 90 Texas soil. aud has To-
structed them to ask the cooperation
Of United States troops. if necessary.
He closes his letter by saying: "With
the hope that the good relations Of true
and candid friendship, which for SO
many years have united the two Rapub.
lies of North America, may contince.
aud with the purpose Of cultivatieg g
them Gu my part, Interpreting toe will
of this county towards you're, sub
scribe myself your attentive servant
and friend"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
CHARLESTON HARBoR
PROTECTION.

Major Ruffner, chief of the engineer
c,rps at Charleston, received yesterday
8 large and powerful electric searcb-
light aud tbia will be mounted At once
on the uppsf. for.i6cations at Suilivan'a
Islaod. T will Be operated from the
electric plant already installed ia the
mortar battery. and will be used to
assist the patro! beats in watching the
channel entrance at night. !.
The harbor is now thickly "sown"
With mines aud all vesaels coming 10 or
going out are shown the way by the
patrol boat Cecilia. If it should be-
come necessary the channel CAP, and
will be, laid with contact" mines.
such as pow protect New York barbor
at oight. Taese latter war machines
are pat down every night and taken up
in the morning. While they are 10
position no vessel. foreign or friendly,
could enter or leave the harbor without
the greatest danger.--News and Cou
rier. May 19.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
a Lesson.

When President Cleveland and Sec
retary Whitney 10 1885 urged the re
construction of the navy in accordance
With modern science there were narrow
minded men in congress who opposed
the necessary appropriations as waste
Of the dear peoples money. At every
subsequept stage of this great reform
the same class of hickory.nut heads
have popped up 10 both houses of con.
gress.
fortunately they have net been
strong enough to prevent the progress
of the good work but they have deferred
it 10 several instances and then gone
home to boast of their watcbfulness al
the door of the treasury.
If these petty demagogues had con-
trolled Legislation during the past
twelve years where would we have been
when the occasion for war arose
There is hardly a South American
republic that would not have been onr
superior on the seas and We would have
been helpless against the navy of Spaio
The war will teach us many nseful les.
sous, but one of the best of them will
be that there is an economy which is
the worst possible waste and that the
cheese -paring congressman is a bad
guide to safe public policies.-Atlanta
Journal
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
A Wolf Chase in Fort Mill.

a report came to Rock Hill on
Monday that wolf had made its ap
pearance, in Fort Mill and that on
Sunday John Spratt. coIored, had
quite on exciting spat with the .'var-
mint" While on the way from
church he was attacked by the wolf,
which he believed to be mad dog
He ran to his home to get his gun,
and aftN going back upon the scene
the animal made another ferocious
spurt at him. He pulled the trigger,
a report followed. but his aim was
untrue, and the wolf hopped away
and was soon out of sight. A crowd
gathered with dogs and after chasing
the animal for several hours it was
captured and turned out to be gen
uine wolf A little girl. child of Mr..
James Sutton, was attacked by the
wolf, but she was not hurt Her
clothing, however. was much torn =
Rock Hill Herald
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holding fewer campaign meetings
were killed.
The minority report and Senator
May6eld's substitate were voted
down aud the majority report adopt
ed
Mr.. BIease offered resolution pro.
viding for separate box on the pri-
mary for the "dispensary.'' - .prohibi
ton" or "high license" votes It
was killed.
The convention adjourned at mid.
night.
At subsequent meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee the following off.
GERS were elected
State Chairman Willie Jones.
Secretary-U. x. Gunter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
WHAT SPAIN INTENDS
TO DO.

London, May 20 The Madrid
correspondent of the Daily News
says: The Spanish correspondent
says that Gibraltar has received with
in fortnight one hundred thousand
tons of coal and large quantities O.
ammunition.
The new Spanish Cabinet nearly
came to grief on Senor Gamazo's de
mand that it should not be bound by
the outgoing ministry. The Gov
ernment intends to increase the
means of defence of territories ex
posed to foreign greed, and is con
sidering the necessity of keeping
basis of operations in Spaln
In the Philippines a majority O
the people are loyal, and the Amer
leans and their few native soldiers
are unable to conquer another acre O
soil. Spain will. therefore, keep al
home the 1000 troops intended fol
the Philippines until further notice
and will Immediately send the Cadiz
reserve squadron to Manila to chas
tiseApewey.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
The Southern Methodists.
No Reconsideration Of the
Election Of Drs. Morrison
and Candle as Bishops.

Baltimore. Md /, May Is The
General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, contrary
to general expectations, made 40
attempt whatever to day to reconsider
it's action of yesterday in electing the
Rev. Drs. Morrison and Candle to
Bishoprics, and the expected action
of the body in amending the recon
mendatioDs of the committee on
Episcopacy, 80 as to permit the choice
of q third Bishop, in the person of the
Rev. DR. E. E Hoss. of Nashville,
who received l49 votes for the place,
did not take place. il is said that
an arrangement was made during the
night by which, in order tc insure
harmony IN the Church. it was agreed
to let the matter stand as it did
yesterday, when the session was cut
short by IAN adjournment At any
rate, when the Conference opened
this morning the Rev Or Hoss posi-
lively declined to acceoe to any plan
looking to the reconsideration of the
vote or the election of an additional
Bishop. This being the case, the
Conference promptly took up the
election of minor officers, and, on the
FIRST ballot, chose DR. Hoss to succeed
himself as editor of the Daily Advo-
cate, the official organ Of the Church,
published in Nashville, Tenn It
then took, two ballots in an effort TO
elect a secretary of the board of
church extension. but had reached
no conclusion when to days session
adjourned The new Bishops will be
ordained tomorrow afternoon
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25

We had to 60 aud muse beside car
load Of guano to get good smell 10
our nostrils when we beard of the az
pointnent of Joho Gary Evans to the
United States army. However, be has
bis uses He will be valuable officer
if raid is planed 90 the eoemy's treas
ury and a most active leader 10 time Of
retreat. Were be commissioned to
raise a regiment. it would be neces-
sary for him to scour the country from
the mountains TO the sea to get the re-
quisite rumber of men to follow him.
If be is 10 be connected with the militia
of this State further cali for volnn-
teer troops will be met by absolute ST.
leuee in South olina.-Green wood
Iudex.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
The Position of France.

The apprehension that France would
take baod against us in our var With
Spain is being rapidly all.yed:s
The French government has never
done anything to aroase such expecsa-
tioDs and che tone Of the French press
;s by no /meao. as threatening toward
the Uoised States rs it vas come days
ago 10 fact. some Of the leading
newspapers Of Paris. while deploring
the war, declare that our government
has ac,ed With entire propriesy. The
action of the French authorities 10 the
Harvard case should be accepted as
proof positive that they may be relied
upon to maintain ssrics neutrality
When it was announced that our dis
abled cruiser was to be permitted to re-
main at st Pierre, Martinique, seven
days to make necessary repairs. the
Spanish government protested that this
vas an unreasonable concession. The
French foreiga Office promptly and en-
pbatioally declined to recede from its
position Surely 20 power which bad
the slightest intention Of interfering in
in a manner unfriendiy to Us would
have taken such course. France
acted in this matter with decided hbera.
i.y toward the United States. and the
official statement Of our government
that the attitude OF France had been
misreprecented in this county was prop
er aod timely.
That the weight of popular SYN
patby 10 France is with Spain is prob
ably true. and there are resons. Why it
should he Tnere is a racial tie be-
tween the two nations; they are neigh
bors and have often been allies the
Frercb people have au immense 6oan-
cial Interest in Spaio. their Spanish in-
vestments Of all kinds amounting. i, is
said. to $8O0.00o 900
We caouot reasonably object to
French popular sympathy for Spain,
but We bave 90 reason to believe that
the French government intends or de-
sree to take part against US us.-Atlsnta
Journal
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
The Oregon Home.
Believed TO Have Joined
Simpsons Fleet.

Washington. May Is Secretary
L,og gave oas The velcone ioforma-
st o., 70 day that the batsleship Oregon.
tae sscopd largest craft ia the Americ.n
pavy. bad successfully completed her
long trip FROM San Francisco. making
The eotire circuit of South America.
aud uas now safe. Whether or DOT she
has ioioed Ads,iral SIMPSONS feet the
secretary would not say The rigid
secrecy of the navy department. was
relaxed ooly enough &c make koawu the
best news the navy department had re.
ceiyed sipce the battle of Mani;a.: as it
smeaos, nos only that the Otegoo was
QUE M barns way from a concerted
attack on this Que ship by the whole
Spanish squadron DOW 10 southern va,
,ess, bat also that her great fighting
s,reoeth would be added to Admiral
S4mosob's force 10 the near future, if
indeed is had not already augmented
the admirafs strength.
The Oregon lefs San Francisco about
six weeks ago. before the war had
opened. and arthas tine it vas Dot ad-
mis,ed that sbc vas to join the chips 10
A,laouc waters. She stopped at Calico
for dispatches aud then weos round The
Horo and then up the east coast cf
South Amerioa 10 aH:the trip cover
ed more than l3 000 mites.
Aside from this bit of ioformatioo.
Secretary Long said at the close of
Office hours that there vas 90 further
bews to be given on, Late 10 the day
Secretary Lorg joised the war board
vhich bad been 10 session for some
hours 70 participate in the discussion OF
their piaos. which be believed to have
been materially modified By the news
secsiysd Hon ,hsO Osego1.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
ALABAMA La UNCHED
he First of Three New Bat
flesh1ps of Her Type.

Phaad delphia, May The bat,
sIeslip Alabama was successfully
launched as t;ramp sshlpyard at l2 50
today
There vas not !; hitch Sc any sort
mar the snceess The launching.
Miss Mary Morgan, daughter Of
Senatpr Morgan Of Aiabams. named
the ship for her native State The
xeaiher was beautiful, but only q
few persons witnessed the ceremony.
/ iear of Spanish tseachsry keeping the
rates of the shipyard closed against
sssalf except about 200 invited guests
and newspaper men The ship can
be made ready for commission in 9
year the arsnor IS delivered
promptly
Tie Alabama IS the fret TO be
launched Of the three new battle;
ships Of her type, the other two be.
ing the Illinois aud W isconsin She
presents marked divesgenciee Of de-
ssirn arum the first three he 0eege1,
81 ndisnas and nahnsefts These
erences iavolTe both the arrange
psst of the battery md the size q
sd3iSlasemeHt.
i6ch gnas tRe Indiana
type $40 done awaY ysifh entirely.
Tho main battery Of the 1sbanatype
connsliistin of four 70 inch guns in
sufsefs aud foaIteen s inch rapid
6riiax uDs, Of which 10 are mounted
On ehssgun deck. eight ias broadaide
sbakween the turfets and two: firing
straie6s ahaad forwafd of the fore
furret on the gun deck oug are
mounted 30 & small redoubt on the
gcsssbsase deck, two On each aide.
The broadsiie 6-inch guns instead o1
being mounted 10 PROF ecting sponsors
are mounted IN recess ports in order
10 secure extensive train forward and
abaft the beam
Tie general dime ensions Of the Ala.
bama clasa are as follows: Length
over al. s74 feet breadth 72 feet
fee board. forward. 20 feet free
board. abaft the after turrei. l3 feet
8 inches; drsught, % feet, 6 inches
displacement. Ii. $50 tons The
guaranteed speed is 10 be I6 knots
. snd the es1imsled horse power To-.
900
The main battery hes already beer
deacribed The secondary battery
copsssts Of seventeen 8 poundei
rapidsfi1e guns, SIX 1:pounder rapid
Gre guns aad four gatliDe
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
Mackey in Moro Castle.
An Interesting Story that
Sounds Like Part Ffc-
ton.

When 10 Washington few days ago
We met Hou Thcmas j. Mackey, who
some years ago was familiar igure in
South Carolina politics. He was in
tiue health aud spiriss and told us one
Of his interesting adventures at the
close OF the Civil War. When he sur
rendered be was captain of Engineers
in the Confederate States Army. He
surrendered iu Texas aud as it was the
rule to give paroled soldiers transporta-.
tion home be got a ticket to Charleston
By way of Havana. His wife aud ore
child we're with him on the trip. Like
most Of the Confederate Soldiers be vas
without money but good luck came to
his assistance. He sold his sword to a
Uoised States officer for City dollars.
Aud about that time he vas attacked by
number Of rougbs. Although the
odds were agaios. him be drew bis
Colts Navy and III she fracas killed three
Of the rougbs A United States Off
Ger who saw how be banded his pistol
when be turned it l5ose Oh the roughs,
paid him FIVE hundred dollars for the
weapon. Judge Mackey vas glad
enough to get rid of his pissol for he
did uot care to keep it after killing SO
many men with,it. Just at this tine
the United States officer 10 command
seized tvo hundred bales Of cotton
which belonged to young Cuban aud
was worth forty cents pound. 10 gold.
The young Cuban was sent to Jail aod
shortly afterwards sent for Judge Mac
key who during the Investigation had
declared 10 Spanish tha. the young Gu
ban had a clear legal right to the cotton
and it was not subject to coDfscation.
Being on good terms with Gen. Smith,
Of the United States Army. who was
in command Of that department..
Judge Mackey succeeded in having the
cotton restored TO the young Cubao.
He declined to charge any fee for the
service, but the young man compelled
him to take large sum of money and
wrote letter to .his father setting forth.
The handsome way in which he had
been treated by Judge Mackey The
father was man Of high social posi-
ton in Havana and Of immense wealth.
When Judge Mackey aud his wife and
child reached Havana be stopped at
the English Hotel. but the old gentle-
mao took h:m to his home and made
him bis guest of honor 1t happened
that the host vas bsotber-in-law Of
the colonel who vas 10 command of
MORO Castle The colonel invited the
whole party to o s~ell doing and in-
sisted upon Judge Mackey spending
several days With him. He thought
Judge Mackey was 8 lawyer and had no
idea that he vas military engineer.
During the stay Judge Maakey had the
freedom Of the fort and misled the coll
cuel by asking if powder was kept in
certain big water tanks. The colonel
then pointed out where the magazines
we're located
During his stay Judge Mackey
found out all about Moro Castle snd
put his information dowo in writing
after be retired to his room At night.
| When he returned to America be pre-
seuted diagram of More Castle aud
of surrounding forts TO the War De-
partment His diagram i highly
prised by the Department at this time
and it is expected that it will be used
when Havana is besieged -Abbeviile
Medium.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25

The populis,s OF Georgia have pomi
mated j r. Hogan, of Lincoln couoty.
for Governor.
Frank Caldwell. boy fourteen years
old. was thrown from a dog cart iu Co.
lnmbia yesterday afternoon aud killed
Mrs. Frank Leidy Who VAS With him
vas seriously injured
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25

BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALvE.
The best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruisese, Sores. Ulcers.S Rheum, Fever,
Sore letter, cnapped Hands, cbi!blars, corns
and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cure
Piles or no pay required 1t is guaranteed TO
give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded
price IS cents per box. For sale by Dr. j. F.
W. DeLorme
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25

Paris. May l0.-senor Leon y Gas,
tillo, Spanish ambassador to France,
who has been rendered the foreign
Office portfolio in tue reconstructed
cabinet of Senor Sagasta, has re-
piled to Senor Sagasta declining to
accept
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25

Washington, May 2o.-The navy
department states that the Oregon
and the auxiliary cruiser Harvard are
cruising off the Coast Of San Domingo
in search of the Spanish feet and will
be ready to 60 to the assistance of
Sampson in the event of asbattle
occurring in that quarter cf the sea.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25

Charleston. May II = County Audi
tor William G Eascn committed suicide
early thi. morning by shooting bimsel!
ia the lefe breast With a pistol. The
ball entered nest the hear: aod death
must have followed almost Instantly.
as be vas cold 10 death when found
this morning shout I O'Clock by a
member Of Bis hcssehold
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25

Good sewing mscbiu- from $40 mp at
Randle's.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25

!. II you van. . good, hon.at sewing machine
trade, see Randls.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-05-10
LOCAL MENTION.

The Buckners were on another tear
last night, and as a result George and
his wife, Ella, were both arrested, each
with the charge of drunk, disturbance
of the peace and resisting an officer, -
placed opposite their names. The ar
rest was made in Smoky Row at IL
O'Clock last night.
L. Thomas, aged Is years, with Mike
Merrill, aged 16 years, both of Ellis,
Kan, came to Topeka, hoping to enlist
in the army. They left without their
parents consent, and last night the po-
lice arrested them. Thomas had a re-
the crime of carrying concealed weap-
ons- The other young man was regis
tered as a runaway. They will proba-
bly, be held until their parents send for
them.
The committee on literature of the
ministerial union for Camp Leedy today
asks that all who have reading matter
for the volunteers, either leave it at the
Y. NJ. G. A. rooms or take it direct to
the camp. Pocket editions of the New
Testament and the Bible are among the
things mostly requested. However,
magazines, newspapers and illustrated
weeklies will be acceptable.
Geo. Higgins, a nephew of Chas. F.
Spencer, was shooting at rats yeSter-
day, when a policeman heard the noise
of the discharging firearm, and ar
rested him. Today in police court Chas
F. Spencer appeared and asked that the
charge of discharging firearms within
the city limits be dismissed. Acting Po-
lice Judge Guy ordered the young man
discharged. Higgins act was techni-
cally a violation of the ordinance. He is
II years of age.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-05-10

of the Kansas Avenue church will en-
tertain at a Missionary tea Wednesday
evening at the home of Rev. G. Holman
Mr. Albert Checksfeld who has been
employed in the Santa Fe shops here,
left on Sunday for Ration, New Mexico,
where he has been transferred to the
shops there. Mrs. Checksfield will Join
her husband in about a month.
The Union Pacific train which came in
at 500 this morning was packed to
overf1owing. At RoSSVille the people had
hard work to find accommodations and
at Silver Lake the number was so in
creased that room for them was MADE
in the baggage car. 1t is estimated
that over 500 persons came in on the
Union Pacific early trains.
A H. Shafer died Monday morning at
4 o'clock at his home seven miles west
of North Topeka on the lower Silver
Lake road Mr.. Shafer was an old res
ident of this part of the country and
has been i'll for about four months. The
funeral will be held Wednesday morn
ing at II O'Clock from the Prairie Home
church, Rev. Calvin Holman VIII con-
duct the services. The deceased leaves
a widow and four children, daughter
and three sons.
Miss Grace Gaylord was pleasantly
surprised last evening at the home of
Miss Bertha Rowley, 929 Quincy street,
by a number of her friends who spent
the evening with her. Those present
were: Misses Mamie Baird, Grace
HoughteHin, Laura Houghtellin, Lou
Dell McMasters, Mabel King, Heloise
Green. Messrs. Malcolm James, Harley
Hamilton, Paul Roehr, Isaac Sheetz
in the nature of farewell as Miss Gay
lord will leave the last of the week for
her home in BelCit. She has made
many friends among the young people
The Topeka state journal., 1898-05-10


Bread, 1oaves SC. Gem Bakery.
The meat markets and grocery stores
closed at noon today.
Mrs Jack Miller of Van Buren street
is quite i'll with rheumatism.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnsmyer are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Kaser.
Miss Goss and Miss Sennett and Mr..
Robert Goss of Usage City are visiting
Mr.. John GOSS.
minger of Silver Lake came in today to
see the parade.
The Needle Ten society will meet at
day afternoon.
Mrs. Pike and little son George of
Horton are the guests of Mrs. Daub of
Central avenue.
Mrs. Wood and mother, Mrs Mileham
of Kansas are visiting Mr.. Gus Mileham
of Topeka avenue.
Mr.. s. L. Courtney will go to st. Joe
Wednesday to be present at the cele-
bration of the Swift Packing company.
The Ladies' society of the Second
Presbyterian church will meet with
Mrs. Boudry on Jackson street Wednes-
day p. m.
The Temperance workers have re-
ceived their new books Trumpet
Notes." and a trained chorus will be a
feature of the meetings hereafter.
North Side temperance people will be
addressed Tuesday evening at the Con-
gregational church by Rev. DR.. Rey-
nolds of the Westminster church.
The Young Ladies' Missionary society