The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-07-06
News From Manchester.

Editor Item: 10 the following letter some
OF my ideas WERE suggested a piece that
appeared in the Nees and Courir some tune
ego, and ] give some parts OF ,h. letter with
changes:
john Smith a1i William Hill were over
hauled and brought into port bY the police
men Tuesday night, who stated that while
maintaining the blockade around Privat er,
made out with the ais Of bis searchlight, TWO
suspicious looSi3h ..s.r,ps" Gear the shore
Bearing down upon them. ae found them IN
the yess -: of pull melons IN violation
of the b. ::ss.de, and Was compelled TO sig
nal ,hea - lie TO. Trev are DOW oeiog fu-
migatea AZ she 9 QlaiantsGes station. will De
b-oags 10 The Cit, Ao4c.v a,oruiag AID de-
hvese6 % the Federal sa,reritiss Judge
-, OF sae q. S District court, .es'er-
Day rec est 4 ;ne Secretary of the Navy to
1920. ., soue retired psv.. fl .e7 to cone to
Privaieer and s!, on the .r.2- board de-
,cate inter nati ,nai qaestioa 3 said TO De la-
solvei in their seizure, sud serious irocble
is likely ,eIssu',. One oil the men s ci'i-
zen OF &&sneh s.er ;owuship, hich is Z neu-
trail power. and il is Understood that the
secreta Of foreign affaiss Of tha, govern
ncns. has disessed has representative here to
famaad his releases and In case they refuge to
ss .ay 10 ger bis passpor,s,, call his dog and
lea -- ,orn ntsonce a ulan vas seen with
q finss;ock musket, dodgiog around the edge
Of Bethel Branch, early this morning aud It
Is feared that bombasdineat will begin as
soon as the diplomat from Manchester has
gone. When tean by correspondent for the
Saaser DGIy Item shout noon to-day, he
said: sYes. sab; msh gnv'ment say day
gwiae maintsin de dignity nv del aheritances.
We aio'; want &c wah, but fob I'll stan
aside sn sc bit desnlted, I'll tar eown dat
sine, git credit tur nuff terbacker ter las me
through de wah co go mp to Maacn ster ter
spen de summer wild nay wife's relations
Offers Of volunteers are coming 10 rapidly
,endJhe government expects TO be on war
footing by right There is no telling though
where the trouble may end. Midd .eton IS
friendly 10 Manchester and may form sn aili-
ance, offensive and defensive at anJ hour. Their
Gee, is fo,mida,le, consisting Of 205 dugouss,
zs oa.esux and fou. aate, all Of which are
sow coaline aod taking on supplies at
Wedgefeii have private Information that
.hey have TIE barbor miDed and protected by
improved rapid6re machine guns. We are
mining the harhcr here, three barrels of Du.
points. duck powder having been converted
INTO iorpedoes TO, the purpose Laie IN the
afternoon it was learned that as there were
no smallpox hospitals to mobilize the troops
IN they will be camped on the edge OF Poca-
:sligo swamp: where it is thought they wilt
soon become accustomed to the hardships Of
war, if they 90 not die in the meantime of
mosquito bites A company of melon shoot
ers bas been organized They will be sup
pied with loaded dice and non-satety razors
snd vii! be heard frcua at the front. The
government placed an order this morning
for car load of loaded dice aud four kegs
OF copper cents for their equipment, and
bloody work ia expected when they Eeet the
enemy. Dispatches from Sumter and Goa
cord say that these townships will declare
their nentrality.
Some of the Manchester cruisers are laying
in supplies there now, 6ut will be ordered to
leave port as soon as war is declared. There
is aorae talk aboas the governments supply OF
lead runuiog short, the dsmsud for the pur.
pose Of loading dice, having we'll nigh ex-
tausie1 il. This, however, could not be
confirmed. Neither would it be denied.
Accc.diog to appoin, rent the Privateer
Amaasmess Club met at Miss Callie Wells
on last night As the club had missed seve.
raj meetings, only tao on the program re
were prepared Hf Willie Lynsm read for
rs, aud Mr. J &. Kols furnished music.
The following officers we're elected: Presi-
dent. Dr.. r. 5. Farmao; Vice President, Mr..
S. A. Harvin; Secretary, Mss Edna Ramsey;
Treasurer, Miss q Ia Wells; Doorkeeper, Mr..
z. 8 Ranses; Assistant Doorkeeper, Mr.
Wi!i;a ISra The cI,,h accented an in vita.
ton TO picnic at the rssideoce Of Miss Sudie
Fusmas TO take place on Friday two weeks.
TIE club will aiso NEE, there two weeks after
Tie psc.ic. 0a motion, Mr.. Mcdonald Far-
msn ,sss called uoon aud gave some very in-
,e-esisrg facts aooa: ;ne history of the Span
isa paople OCCASIONAL.
EnI raanaasccsn; Eespa more people in poor