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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-01

Lorenzo Marques, Delagoa Bay,
Oct. 30.-A dispatch received here
today from Pretoria. under date OF
Oct. %, says Gen. Oronje. the Boer
commander, announced there that the
British garrison at Mafeking made a
bayonet attack on Commandant
Louws Lager, near Grandstand, but
were repulsed, leaving six dead on
the field, and it was believed that
many of the attacking party were
wounded. The dispatch adds that
Saturday moraing Col. Baden Powell
asked for an armistice in order to
bury the dead Gen. Cronie con.
sented to this, the Beers assisting in
placing the dead in the wagon re.
turning to Mafeking.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-01
Great Men Who Never Laugh
From the New York Press


Great men have often faLcied it a
part OF greatness to refrain from
h'!arIty Philip Nv, of Spain, 10
said to have laughed only once in his
life. That was when bis bride, Anne
OF Austria. wept at hearing that the
queens of Spain had no feet. She
took with German literaluess an OLD
piece of Spanish courtesy. As she
was journeying toward Spain soms
German nuns met her and desired t.
present some stockings of their owl
knitting. The worthy PRINCESS was
about to accept the gift, when 4,
Spanish grandee of her suite inter.
fe.red with the remark that it would
be waste of etiquette, as the queen,
of Spain were not supposed to have
any use for stockings, whereat the
princess began 20 weep. understand.
ing, poor woman, that on her arriya.
in Spain her feet would be cut off.
Lord Chesterfield said "Nobod,
has seen me laugh since | have come.
to my reason" and Congreve make,.
his Lord Froth, in the Double Deal
er'" Say "When laugh l laugh
alone " Young people and fools
laugh easily. says an old proverb,
which has often proved true.
Nevertheless, the singer, Robert,
gave lessons in laughing in Paris
and London in 1905, and, so far, at
least as hlliug his own purse went.
with success. lie held that men and
women could not laugh "decently
and sympatheticaliy" without proper
training and said that a person who
Could laugh only in one tone seemed
to him like one who could say oui
ano non; but 'har trained laugher
should express many things
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-01
THE NEW YORK COTTON
MARKET.

The Cotton Exchange bas undergone q
further contraction this week. aud the
market has been rather doll The
fact that the weather hes contiou ed
warm aud favorable has increased the
confidence of the believers 10 lowe,
prices sod their selling together with
the closing cut Of those bulls whose
patience had become exhausted, and
backed up by the Indifference Of Europe
to the ridionously light receipts. was
amply sufficient 10 take care of tho
demand. and prices show little change
from last Saturday. Differences DO.
tween the months have narrowed
sharply as q result of hesly buying BY
shorts 10 the rear positions, who fear
that the local stock might be much
sought after aud received on contract,
owing to the relative oheapnsss Of this
market. January closed today at
7.1S to ia. agsiuss 7.l3 las. Sstur
day, while The moro distant mouths
show . ANAL decline.
That the speculation is less active
than it recently has been is regarded
BY many ss . sieu of warning to those
who are long. The olaim is made that
the bulls have played all their cards
reduced crop estimates, very light
receipts, good business aod heavy buy.
log for the general public-and that
the refusal Of the market to advance
further indicates that these cards have
been played for oil they are worth.
To me the situation seems to have
resolved itself for the moment ioto one
OF patient waiting between the South.
eroer, with bis crop to market, aud
the foreigo spinner who must have this
cotton to spin. The confidence showo
90 both sides is great. He will wiu
ultimately who has correctly gauged
the size OF the crop aud 10 tho mean.
time il is q question Of who gets fright
coed 6rst.
There osn be 20 doubt that If Eu.
ropean consumers believed that the
present movopout of supplies was. even
10 o measure. 90 indication Of what We
are 6oaliy to get, they would long ago
have bought everything 10 sight. But
they have not believed this, and do not
believe it yet | do not see how they
can much longer ignore the mesgreues
Il receipts, and il the movement coz
tinues on anything like its present scale
| believe they will abandon their idea
OF getting cotton cheaper aud buy it q,
such prices as they can. Americsu
mills have already bou ght largely. The
open weather 10 the South is updoubt
edly helping the bears every day il
continues. Concerning how much it is
adding to the crop there is great diver.
sity OF opinion. The market seems tc
me to be duplicating it. action between
g cents and St cents. aOd l expect ,c
see it carry the parallel still! fu'thcr and
follow the present stsgnatiou With 6
very sharp advance.
James Riordan.
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A vast difference exists in the flavor
OF eggs liens fec on clear sound
gram, and kept on clean grass ,un
give much finer product than fowis
,hat nave access to stable and manure
heaps of all kinds of filtbv sood
Hens feeding on fish and on;ora
haVor their eggs accordingly iust
S;i': Ss ou"s ea0,ns onions or cabbage or
drinking offensive water impart a bad
taste to the milk and butter. The
richer the food, the higher the color
OF eggs. Wheat and corn give egss
the best color. 0ss'
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Yates Replies to QUITS.

To the Editor of The News and
Courier: Will you kindly allow me a
brief space to reply to Mr.. D. A. G.
Ouzts comments on me, and say that
he is great big. puffed up ass, aud
we're it not for the notoriety be has
recently gained by bis slau derous a..
taoks upon certain gentlemen 10 this
State the public would never have
Known OF bis existence. In Inv article
| made no unkind or unfrieudly aru.
sions to him wished to avoid per.
sonal'ties. 10 which the public are not
Interested. [ asked certain questions
a. q oitizen. bad a right to ask.
tie could not answer them truthfully
without compromising bis friend or
friends on the State board 90 it suited
bis purpose better to evade the oues.
tions snd call me a "pimp" and q
"boot.lick." When be calls me these
names be lies, aud be does So knowing.
ly. If bis statement concerning
the other subjects of bis vile attacks are
not more accurate than bis statement
concerning me they are very bare of
truth. He Gays lost orders for glass
on account of the worhlessness Of nv
goods. Here be makes another false
statement knowingly He knows the
orders were taken from me because of
certain false and rascally representa-
tlous made By j. B. Doutbic to the
State board, and given to one Of Dou.
tbit's friends. representing small
jobbiog concern, which concern imme.
diate! y placed the order giveu BY the
board to my people to ma ufacture. He
says [ obtained "beer privilege" and
farued it out for seventy.6ve dollars per
mootb. This. too. is false. He says I
AN short to the State several hundred
dollars. This 10 false, or at leas. this
is the first have heard of it I was
uoder q heavy bond, and my boudsuen
are responsible Why was not
my bond sued ? He speaks
Of bis modssty. Great God /!
Has be any? The public doubtless
will be surprised to know that this
"Msjor" D. A. G. Oosts of present
and sudden notoriety is the came D A.
e. Gusts that Q little newspaper in
Charleston 10 1890 bad dressed % like
an ape 10 uniform, with yellow trim.
mings. dancing around tho State.
Modestyf Yes. be knows as much
about modesty as Bob Iugerool did
about Christianity. QUITS is bitter
and very sour-doubtles. smartipe
under bis recent chastisement but let
me advise bin to cheer up, study navi-
CATION and 10 the spring manipulate
the guiding cords over a mules back.
lose sight Of the past end forget eli
about intrigues, rebates and fat Jobs.
and put away his l3 iuoh guus. He
has 20 ammunition for weapons OF this
oalibre. and when the Legislature
meets let's have thorough iuvestiga.
tion. Let BIusnthal & Bicke,t, Of
atlanta. be asked to testify a. to all
they know OF Ous.s aud Doutbi..
Let Mr. j. o. A. Moore. of Oar
lingtoo. be invited to give his expert.
ence of j. B Douthit's couduct as a
member of the board. On With your
rat killing, Haselden. Dan Miles and
Chris Robinson. Don't let a few
political enemies side track you--the
people are "wid ye."
j. St Julien Yates.
Fart Motfo n,soha, 90
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-01

ibe revenue tax on Iegacies ha
laid a heavy hand on Converse coi
lege. The amount left will amouot
to over 100000 The reyenpe Iow
says III per cent Of it must be Maid
10 the internal revenue denar,.
ment This will take over slo 600
out OF the portion intended far tho
college There seems to be no wav
around it WY
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-01

London, Oct. 81 The war Office
has received dispatch which says
Gen " hite mas fought an engagement
presumably with Gen. Joubert's
force. which was pushed back after
several hours fighting The British
lost about 100 men aud the Boer
leases wore much greater. The
Boers we're in larger numbers and
bad better artillery.
Gen. Whites dispatch, which was
dated 4 80 p N, today read II
employed 6ll the troops here except
the obligatory garrison before the
works ] sent q mountain battery,
the Royal Irish Fusilers aud the
Gloucesters 70 take up q position on
the bills to clear my left flank. The
force moved at 1 yesterday evening
and during some night firing the
battery mules stampeded with some
OF the gonS. which, however, / hope
TO recover. These battalions have
not yet returned but are expected
this evening / detailed two brigade
divisions Of fold artillery and Eve
battalious of infantry. aided by
cavalry, under Gen French. to at.
track . position upon which the
enemy yesterday mounted guns.
We found this position evacuated,
but our force was attacked with con.
siderable vigor BY what j believe
were Gen. 'Joubert's troops They
had many guns snd showed in great
numbers. Our troops were all in 60.
tion an we pushed the enemy back
several miles, bot did not sucoeed in
reaching bic lager. Our losses are
estimated at between 80 and 100, but
those of the enemy must have been
much greater, the FIRE of our guns
appearing very effective
"Aftef being 10 action several
hours / withdrew the troops and they
returned unmolested TO their canton.
ments. The enemy arc in great
numbers 6nd their guns range further
than our 6eld guus
III now have some naval gums
which have have temporarily silenced
and. hope. will permanently domi.
nate the saemy's guns with which
be has been bombardiug the town at
range Of over 5000 yards"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-01
FORTY POUND SHELLS DROP
PING IN LADYSMITH

Ladysmith, Oct 30, ii SO a m
Firing commenced at 5 20 this morn.
ing, the Beers shellipg Ladysmith
with 40 Founders.
After seven shots the British guns
succeeded in silencing the Boer fire
A force Of Beers is now advancing
on the British left flank
NEWS FROM WEST BORDER
London. Oct. 3O-A war Office
dispatch from Cspetown dated Oct
26, says "An armored train under
Llewellyn got within l.e0O yards O!
the Boer iaager, three miles south OF
Crocodile Port. The Beers bad
driven in their horses on the sp
proach of the train Threo Maxim
belts were discharged into the Beers
who must have had considerable
loss. They returned 10 shots with
no effect Col Plumer's outpost has
bad several ssirmishes on the Croc
odile river"
From later advices it was learned
that the LlewelIyn train returned ia
Macbndi, 100 miles north of Mafek
ing, LewelIyn reports all quiet.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-01
SEABOARD IN CAMDEN.

Camden, Oct 26 The .Seaboard
Air Line began yesterday to lay their
track 10 Camden. They started at tbs
JUNCTION of the South Carolina sod
Georgia Extension Railroad aud Will
'c'me.iasely lay the track from there TO-
the river, . distance of two or mere
miles. the purpose being to haul he
iron for the bridge directly to the
river.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-01
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-01

London. Oct 30 --latest news
from the western border has appa
rentiy treasured the British authori
ties as to the ability Of Msfeking aud
Kimberly to withstand assaults.
A dispatch from Fort Tuli. for
warded during the evening of Oct
"a. announces that Blackburn's force,
in the skirmish at Rhodes Drift
killed IL Beers A Kaffir Spy re
ported that many more Bosrs were
lying in the Drift, dying Blackburn
died of his wounds on returning to
Fort Tuli. Scouts report there tina,
the Beers are concentrating strongly
on the RhOdesisn border with Max
inns.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-01

London, Oct 81 1t is believed
that the naval brigade which arrived
Monday at Ladysmith consisting Of a
hundIed men from the British cruiser
Powerful. with some of the Power
furs four.inch quick 6rers. with a
range Of 10000 yards. firing As
pound shell.
The battery that was lost is proba.
bly, one consisting Of six two aud o
half muzzle leaders and 80 mules.
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WHITE GETS REINFORCE
MENT

Lsdysmith, Oct. 80, l2 SO p. NJ
The naval brigade arrived this
morning ct half past 8 o'clock and
mas just commenced firing guus
with great precision. The Boer 40
Founders, which bad again begun to
she'll the town, were temporarily dis.
abled at the third and fifth shots
Brisk 6ring is in progress on the
right and left.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-08
FREE TRADE WANTED.
Porto Ricans Starved to Death by Our
High Tariff.


Washington, May 7-senors J. Julio
Henna and Mankel Zenoganda. commits
sioners from Porto Rico to the United
States have presented second memorial
to the president reiterating the prayer of
ing questions:
ment and the establishment of civil rule
in the islands.
Second-The establishment of absolute
United States.
Thrd-The reduction of American troops
and the enlistment of Porto Ricans.
Fourth--The right of American citizens
in the island
On the subject of military control the
commissioners make the point that "the
subject of reforming the Porto Rican sys-
tenn does not properly belong to the army
officers who now control Porto Rico, or to
the war department, but to the Porto Ri
can people themselves"
In contending for free trade relations
with the United States, they assert. eco
nomically speaking, the people were better
off under Spanish rule than under the pres
ent military control by the United States.
and add 'That Porto Rico has done
nothing to deserve to be forbidden ad-
mission to the American markets or to be
starved to death through high duties I'M
der the tariff promulgated by the war de-
partment.'
They also assert that neither Cuba nor
Porto Rico will ever be able to make a
step in the road of true progress and hap
piness as long as a custom house stands
upon their soil"
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NO NEGRO APPOINTMENTS
Will Be Made in the Postal Service in
the South.

Washington. May THE postoffice de-
partment wants no REPETITION of the Lake
City tragedy. Every precaution is being
taken to prevent trouble of any kind
In order to avoid offense to the white
farmers around Macon. Postmaster Cen
eral Smith has refused to establish free
rural delivery, with two negroes for car
riers. The negro politicians of that state
refused to have white men appointed 50
there. will be no service at all
1t appears that the postoffice depart
ment some time ago decided to establish a
rural free delivery system in the vicinity
of Macon. Special Agent Gaitree of Ohio
was sent South to map out the route and
to confer with the, people of the district
to be served regarding the proper parties
to act as mail carriers. He performed this
duty and upon the recommendation of the
influential farming element Whereabouts
submitted the names of two white men
whose appointment as mail carriers was
asked by the prospective patrons of that
district.
Before the appointments We're made the
fact that white men had been selected for
the work came to the knowledge of Regis
ter of the Treasury Lyons and National
Committeeman Johnson. both prominent
negro political leaders of that state. They
forthwith called on the postoffice officials
and protested against the appointment of
the two men whose names nau been sub
mitted by Gaitree
They claimed the white men were demo-
Gratis and suggested that two republicans
-negroes-be appointed in their stead.
About this time Congressman Bartlett of
the Macon. Ga, district. visited Washing
ton and called at the postoftice depart
ment. The case was talked over with the
officials there Mr., Bartlett told them
that the people We're not averse to the APP
pointment going to two white republicans.
but he was certain that the appointment
of two negroes woulu engender bad feel
ing.
The fact that these negroes, as carriers.
would be uniformed and would, as federal
officials, have the entree to public places.
would create feeling of hostility against
them. particularly among the rural pop
ulation that they We're to serve. The fed
eral officials thereupon asked Lyons and
Johnson to name two other republicans
white men-but they insisted that the ne
groes should be appointed.
While unwilling to ignore the represent
tatives of the republican state organiza-
ton, the postoffice officials We're not will
ing to incite the whites by appointing two
negroes who We're hostile to them, and
under the circumstances the project of a
rural free delivery system out of Macon
has for the time being. been abandoned
1T ~ Y a.
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KILLED HER MOTHER.
Mrs. Augusta Styles Was Insane With
Hatred.


Chicago, May I'm a frenzy of grief
and despair over the revelations of her
early life, Mrs. Augusta Styles yesterday
afternoon shot and almost instantly killed
her own mother. Mrs. Katerina Schultz.
Last week Mrs Schultz told ner grand
daughter. Belle Styles. 16 years old, that
she was an illegitimate chilu, and for tell
ing she now lies dead in the morgue on
Sheffield avenue.
The shooting took place on the landlhs
of the stairway just outside Lutz's hall
No 1888 North avenue, where the regular
semi-monthly meeting of the Martina
Washington Deutscher Frauen yerein was
taking place, both women being members
of the order.
Mrs. Styles lay in wait for her mother
on the stairway leading to the hall. Just
before 3 o'clock Mrs. Schultz came up
the stairs. closely followed by Mrs. Will
helmina of No. 400 Roscoe street. AS her
mother came within a few feet of her.
Mrs. Styles suddenly drew from behind
her o revolver, and eXclaiming, You
have ruined the life of my daughter and
made mine unbearable,' fired. The first
shot struck the aged woman full in the
throat
Mrs. Schultz, though desperately wound
ed, struggled up the remaining two or
three steps and tried to get to the door
leading into the hall. In the interval two
more bullets were fired at her but missed
With her mothers hand on the door KNOB,
the frantic woman pulled the trigger
twice again. Both bullets struck the tar
get, one entering the center of the PACK
between the shoulder blades and the 9TH
err entering to the left of the spine and
lust above the heart.
The old woman fell lifeless, and the
murderess walked into the nall among
the panic-stricken women, with the smok-
ing revolver in her hand.
"Its done now: God forgive me-, she
said as she sank into chair.
The police were at once summoned and
took Mrs. Styles to the Larrabee street
station The body of Mrs. Schultz was re-
moved to an undertaker's rooms. The
dead woman was 65 years old. Her slayer
is 81 years DID,
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100; Ocarno, 1903; The Wren, 105; Shrove
Tuesday, los; Erythum, los; Barney F.,
los; Manitoban. los; Tommy O Brien, 10S;
Fiorizar, 113: Benadier. 1885,
Third race. selling. mile and a six
teenth--Nellorine, "a: Vice Regal. 100; The
Dauphin, 1o2; Lord Zeni. lo3; Possum, l04
Madriene. l0f: Colonel Frank Waters.
107; Monk. Wayman. 1o7 Traveller, 10S;
Don Orsino, 10.
Fourth race. the Blue Grass stages six
and a half furlongs-Fuu Dress. 1917
Freak 107; ST. Wood, 1l2: Hurricane, 112:
Capsicum, liz; Manlius, liz; Brigade. 112
Prince McClung. III. Couple st. Wood
and Hurricane. T. r. Hayes entry.
Fifth race, selling. fve-eighths of a mile
king Davis. 80; Russell r.. 80: Round O.
l0l; Harry Lueesco, 1922, Zangwill, 105;
Dick Furber. los.
Sixth race, selling three-auarters of a
mile-Gadsen. SO; l1azel Dean. 90: Rock
wood. 100; Savarin, 100; Sir Blaze, 101;
Nepper, 1o1; Brighte s., 1O5: Simon D..
10; TreoDia, 112.
Weather cloudy, track muddy
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produce, and has won. Let the same
be said this year. After all, it is hard
hitting and frequent hitting that wins,
and always has Won. Therefore, it
should, it seems TO casual observer,
be the main object of this city's club to
perfect itself in batting: its fielding is
all right everybody knows that. And
if the boys get down to their old time
form, and there is no reason to doubt
they will Anaconda Will once again
lead off with the coveted banner en-
scribed champions of Montana
The crowd of spectators and those
who love baseball for basebalIs sake,
who were at the grounds yesterday
noted the absence of three of Anacon-
da's foremost ball players. These were
Long, Lynch and Emerson. The two
former are those upon whom the club
relies as pitchers: the latter the team S
old reliable first baseman. Lynch is
sick. while Long evidently did not care
to risk his arm in the cold. Emerson
was on duty at the place where he IS
employed
1t would have been vastly more in
teresting for the fans had these men
been on the field-just, you know, to see
how old George and old Mickey and old
Doc have stood the winter.
In current local base ball gossip, lit
seems to be the general run of sentl-
ment that George Long be named LOT
captain of the Anaconda team this
year. Long has held the position be-
fore and under his direction the banner
of the Pirates has always been carried
to victory. Long is thorough in his
methods; he knows the game: he plays
it for every point there's in it and he
has the happy notwithstanding in so
many ball players-of impartins to the
other eight the spirit Of enthusiasm
that is the first essential of every base
ball team.