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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-22
Judge Jones' Decision
Blow to Democrats

Louisville. Nov. l8 Gen. Taylor
gaioed l.l98 votes today through q
desision of Judge Jones at Glasgow.
Ky. 10 the Nelson county case The
Courier Journal reports from the off.
c,si count 10 118 OF the 1l9 counties of
the State gave Taylor q plurality Of
26l' This With the Nelson county
votes makes Taylor's plurality 1859.
according to Democratic newspapers
figures, which are less favorable to him
than those reoeived from Republican
newspapers aud 1t the Republican
State headquarters.
10 addition the official count 10 Lou.
isville has shown gains of several
hundred votes for Taylor over the
unofficial returns. which are not yet
included 10 The Courier. Journal .sti
mates, the counts 10 this city aud
county being still unfinished.
Republican estimates Of Taylor 9
plurality are now about $500. Judge
Jones' decision 10 GLASGOW today
involved l.l98 votes. which though
cast for w. 8. Taylor. were certified
Tor W p. Taylor by the election
cfioials because of an error in printing
forms.
Judge Jones 90 an application OF
Taylor granted wit dcoreeing the
principal election officers OF Nelson
conn'y TO correct tho error 10 their
certificates and certify tho vote for W.
:. Taylor.
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JOUBERT MOVES
SOUTH

London. Nov 2l.--The Standard
publishes The following from Lady.
smith dated Nov 10: "The arrival
OF the relief co'umn st EMcourt has
CON plstely modified the plans Of the
cseay, aud Geo. Joubert has moved
to the sou,b 10 90 eGor, to prevent the
junction Of the Two British forces"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-22

Combination Archareue, Crockinole aod
CarrOm boards-twenty games may he played
on each board--for sale by H. &. Osteen h
90.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-22

BOERS OCCUPY CAMPBELL.
Hopetown. Cape Colony. Thursday.
Nov. l6 Yesterday the Beers occu.
pied Crmpbell 10 West Griqualand.
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BOERs ABOUT EsTCOURT.

Esteourt. Natal. Nov. 20. 4.45 p.
m.-Msjoe Bssbuus's patrols have
located The enemy on the north west,
about 10 milss o6 The Bosrs would
not bs drawn.
Figh.iog 10 reported h the Mooi
river.
The Beers are doing more lootiug
than 6shtiog. sad oil their parties
sootb Of Ladysmi,h are forsgiog oo the
farms
Advioss from L,dysmi,h tell Of bril-.
lisos British victories. With compare.
lively slight loss on our side acd heavy
slauehser Of the enemy.
Lsdyspith 10 full Of wounded aod
captured Beers. 1t 10 reported that 10
the 6ghtiog Of Nov. 9 the enemy Lost
800 killed aud 500 captured.
The Beers are trying hard TO iuau.
socs sud ooooiiiats the Natal Ksfirs.
REPORTS LACKING FOUNDA.
TON.
Loodoo. Nov. ,2O.-A special dis
patch from Es,court dated Nov. 20,
says . report has reached there Of =
bas'ls ct Lsdyswisa " sdoesday, Nov.
Is, lsssiog from dsybrsak uotil 4 10
tSs afssrcoou. Macy Beers are said to
have been killed aud many are reported
to have been takes prisoners. The
British Losses ere reported to be much
less. ....
Another battle 10 said to have oecur
red Thursday. Il 10 described ss the
heaviest yet fought. The Boer dead.
it 10 added. number hundreds. while
The British losses we're comparatively =
small
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Paper novels, new paper ooveis at Fl G..
Ostees b Cos.
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BOERS RECEIVING
RElNFORCEMENTS.
Fresh Men and Quantities of
Supplies Moving South.

London. Nov. 2l. S. .. m.-The
rsports Of heavy Sighting at Lsdysmith
last Wednesday have oot been confirm.
ed. % the contrary the most reliable
advioes from Es,court indicate that
there was oothiog moro than a desul.
tory eaononade. Probably the rumor
of q serious engagement grew out Of
The fact that the Beers threw o few
harmless shel!s late Tuesday night.
leading TO the supposision that 40
ATTACH was imminent Nothing, bow.
ever. happened Wednesday
Beyond the fact that the Beers are
dsily receiving fresh rsinforoements to
and supplies. there is practically no,h.
log new from the front.
The Bcer Invasion Of Cape Colon =
continues steadily aud rapidly. There
are 1900 Beers at Oolesburg snd news
has reached East London that Lady
Gray. oear AilVal North, has been
deserted BY tho British sod is now 10
the hsods Of the eoemy
A Psesoris dispatch announces the
arrival there. amoog the British pris.
oosrs Of Msj. Hsldaoe. Lieut., Brochie
and Lieut.. Hsllvsy. \ Il also declares
that the British sunday made two
pusueeessful atssmp,s 10 ouss The Roe.
ssoburg command from . position near
Mafatiog. and that severe 6shsiog took
place. II
From Dslsgos bay comes The reports
Of the arrival OF more Germsn ofisers
and srtillsrynso who hsve volunteered
10 serve With the Traosvasl forces.
The var Office semi. of6cially asserts
that I'll aews received from Africa has
been poblisbsd With the exception Of
demands for tbs reoewsl Of stores. war
msssrial aod the like There is 40
uneoo6 6smed rumor that more troops
have been ordered from Iodis to tho
Cape
Geo Buller hes wired the comm and.
Jog officer q Queenstown announcing e
the dispasch Of Gen. Gatscre. With The
Fret battalion Of the Seventh brigade.
to Esss London This vas the place
fro~ which il wss originally intended
that Gen. Gssacre's column should
sssrs Thus it 10 possible that Gen.
Buller's 6rst plsos have suffered less
modification than some have supposed.
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OF this administration by the n. rey
kings, than the manner in WI n
Secretary Gage went to the resc !,
of the Wall street crowd. by pu.
chasing $25, 100000 worth of gov.
ernment bonds Not two hours be
fore the order was officially issued to
buy those bonds. Secretary Gage
assured newspaper men that no bonds
would be bought. Later he received
his orders from Wall street. and
promptly obeyed by ordering q
purchase of bonds When the Wall
street gang squeezes the public, the
government never goes to the relief
of the public. but let the screws be
turned q few times on the big epecu-
Iators. and the treasury dumps = big
wad of public money into Wall
street to ease the pinch, and the
gullible public is expected to accept
the statement that it is q patriotic
act, done to prevent financial panic,
when it is we'll known that it is
really done to prevent loss on the
part of the big speculators. who do
not hesitate to make situations threat.
ening q money panic whenever they
think it profitable to do 90. because
of their knowledge that the United
States treasury is behind them
There will come time-it will have
to come-when Wall street speculat
ors will not dictate the actions of the
United States treasury. but it will
not come until there il an admins
tration in power which does not owe
it's election to money put up by the
great speculators of the country.
There will be chance TO eject such
Gil administration next year
Although the election is over,
Ohio republicans are s,ill getting fat
slices of pie from the official counter.
One of the Last to be fed was Mr.
Ii. W. Hart, a young lawyer of
Alliance, who has been appointed
U. s Consul, at Dusseldorf, Ger
many, considered q very desirable
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26

Mr.. EDIToR:-I read with much in.
terest the communication of Miss Abbie
L. Kidd in last Saturdays RECORD. 1t
is quite evident that she Is imposed up
on. The daily task she has is too much
for any one and enough to break any
one's health down. under the strain of
managing 60 or 70 small children, be-
side teaching them. 1t is a wonder
that they are taught anything for small
| children are so restless that all who
know anything about children know
that small ones are harder to manage
than larger ones.
AS a parent 1 for one regret that she
| will not teach next year for the pro-
sssSs~ that the children make in her
room is remarkable when n considers
the difficulties it is done under. Miss
Kidd is one of the best primary teach
ers In the county, II not in the State,
because she loves the work, and is
thoroughly competent.
She is "a graduate of the State Nor
NAL School, the only graduate, l un.
derstand that teaches in our school
She also has a special kindergarten di
pIoma or certificate. This is evident
that she has spent hundreds of dollars
to get a special education for her work,
and to have to do twice the work As
others is unfair.
As Miss Kidd has taught satisfactOr.
tally for ten years, is a native resident,
aud more than an ordinary taxpayer it
will be with regrets if she leaves u
town, and an injustice if she be allow
| ed to go because of unfair treatment,
| treatment which can be remedied by
| the Principal who does the grading and
School Board and County Superintend-
ent whose business it is to see that jus.
| tice is done. Can it be a desire to get
rid of her If it is not donep
The difficulty a be remedied at the
beginning of a school year much better
than at any other time. 1t would be
but fair and just to her and our town
to have the teachers burdens more
fairly distributed, instead OF II fourth
of all the school children in her room
and the other thr~ee-fourths divided be-
tween five others. If il be done so that
she will remain as teacher it will show
that there is an intention to treat all
alike fairly. If another teacher is en-
ployed and then the primary room is
| relieved las undoubtedly it will be. as L
believe there Is not another woman who
can or will do as well as she has done
the past year under the circumstances
it will show that there was a hidden
desire to get rid of her by making her
| position unbearable.
All look to the School Board toexact
fair play and justice to each teacher as
the matter is under their charge, and
for n l car not see why it can not
and should not be given in this case.
understand that those opposed give
the impression that she is after more
money which the Board is unable to
give. A plain reading of her letter
| shows differently, shows that all She
asks is that the work be more equally
distributed, as she is willing to do her
| share A PARENT.
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Over the County Line.

J.. Morgan Reed will be the Memorial
day orator at Bridgeport.
At Maple Shade school near Mer.
chantvIile, SO many children have the
whooping caugh that the afflicted come
to school and the well ones stay at home.
Trinity M. Z. Church, Bridgeton.
celebrated Its 50th anniversary on the
18th Rev. 5. M. Hudson who was the
fourth pastor in 1852 preached the open
ing sermon.
The estate of Joel Garrison. who
died near Woodruff's Station recently,
is said to be worth 500, 900 and may
eventually be distributed among heirs
in this vicinity.
The graduating class of the Bridge
port School are Jane N. Sheets. Nav M
Haines, Lydema A. Hires, Helen M,
sheets, Edna shoemaker, Harry Risler
and Marian Oliphant.
Logan Township School board has
elected the following teachers. Bridge
port, Prof. Fleetwood, Ella Helms and
Rose ]. Robinson; Centre Square, Chris
sic Owens; Lincoln, Margaret Lippin-
colt; Nortonville, Lou d. Thompson.
Repaupo, Asa G. Justice,
Jesse M. Thompson has taken a five
years. lease on the Billingsport hotel
property, which includes the wharf,
aud has entered into a contract with
the owners OF the Major Reybold by
which that steamer will stop daily at
the wharf and take on passengers and
freight to and from Philadelphia.
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Over The River.

Fifteen culprits were whipped at
New Castle last Saturday.
The election of officials for the city of
Wilmington will be held next Saturday
All the nominations have now been
made and there are five candidates Tor
Mayor: DIR. j. e. Fahey, Democrat
William b. Clerk, Union Republican;
George W. Bush, Regular Republican;
Charles Beadenkopf, Single Tax, and
l.. W. Brosius, Prohibitionist. The
Democratic vote of 1000 at the prima-
ries is more than the combined Repub-
lican primaries vote, the Regulars in
round figures casting 1900 and the I'm
ion 800. There are about 1000 Persons
eligible to vote at the primaries who
did not do so. The split in the Repub.
lican ranks over Addick makes it faY,
0rable for the election of Fabey, who
was defeated two years ago. Addickites
are Union Republican.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26
S%harptown Shayings.

Joseph Chester met with a very pain.
full accident on Saturday afternoon last
at the residence of Edward Humphreys
near Sharpstown, by being kicked by
his own horse while in the stables trim
ming the horses fetlock. AS a result
Joseph has a badly broken leg, and a
good chance for laying on his back
through haYing and harvest. This is
not a very comforting thought for Jos.
eph rs he is not built that way.
Mrs. Stacy d. Layton and daughter
Clara spent Wednesday with Mr., and
Mrs. Wilmer Layton, near Penn,s
Grove.
Henry Weber is improving and was
able on Tuesday to be up and dressed
DR., Newton vas able to ride out ON
Tuesday for the first time since coming
home from Jefferson Hospital,
William Richman, one of our enter.
prising store keepers, through increase
of business has been obliged to take on
another clerk.
Mrs. Maggie Avis and son spent
Wednesday with Mr.. and Mrs. Paryin
Lloyd, near Alloway.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26

Rev. J. H. Boswell struck a popular
and timely theme last Sunday night
when he said: "The Church of God is
being held up by the corrupt influences
of the political world, and is prevented
thereby from accomplishing the great
work for which it was established. For
a few hundred thousand dollars that
are falling into her Golfers this great
State is becoming a party to the trusts
and monopolies that are crushing out
the poor mans very life. But lifetime
ia coming when 1t will not be thus. The
Christian manhood of the nation Will
rise up and with pure ballots will send
consistent men into the halls of legisla-
ion,"
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26
War Cruel and Needless.

John Sherman, who was the sly lead
or of the money trust in Congress and
in the Presidents cabinet for thirty
years, and got kicked out because he is
too old, and is now thrown n side like
a sucked orange, a squeezed lemon, orr
banana peel, now opposes President
McKinley's policy of Imperialism.
Those who have faith in old John,
now that the international bankers
have dropped him, may read with in
terest what he has to say in an inter
view on the Presidents war on the
PHILIPPINES.
1.-THE poor and helpless natives of the
Philippine Islands are an outraged peo-
pie, and our war with them is a cruel
and needless one. One cannot imagine
q more destructive or unfortunate war
than the present struggle with the ma
tiyes Of the PHILIPPINES. We were wrong
from the beginning, and we should
have withdrawn our forces from those
islands when our wal with Spain was
over, as would have been becoming of
80 great a nation as the United States.
While friendly to the poor Filipinos, l
think Aguinaldo is an upstart.
"The Philippine question will not be
an issue in the national campaign of
1900. 1t will be settled long before
that time. The end is, | believe,
already approaching, and it will cease
to be a matter of enough interest to
figure at the polls."-
Mr.. Sherman was very vigorous in
his denunciation Of the order Of the
Postmaster General in excluding the
Atkinson pamphlets from the Philip
pine mails. He said:
"Tbat order was an outrage, and an
infringement on the rights of American
citizens. There wal nothing in the
pamphlets OF an Objectionable nature
that would come under the ordinary
postal regulations. And there was no
good reason why they should have been
excluded from the mails. An Ameri-
can citizen certainly has the right to
hold whatever views he deems proper
on national questions, and if he choos-
es to discuss them and to use the mails
In sending the matter over the country,
it Is u rather arbitrary ruling which
prevents him from doing this, and, as
have said, an interference with the pre-
r~ogstive of American citizenship"
Mr.. Sherman said his views are con
fined to the question as it applies to the
Philippine Islands. He is in accord
with the policy of the Administration
In its dealings with Cuba and Porto
Rico. He does not look upon Spanish
blood as being good stock from which
to build up a ace Of statesmen.
"In looking at these questions" hi
said, I'VE must bear in mind the fact
that the Cubans have Spanish blood il
their veins. They need the protection
of Q stable State. The Filipinos are {
race of themselves and they are capable
of governing themselves"
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26
EVERY Democrat would like to read

Every Democrat would like to read
the life and writings to Thomas Jeffer-
son, but hitherto no popular edition has
been published. THE JEFFERsoNIAN
DEMOCRAT, a GA page magazine, / IN its
Nav number has devoted all its pages
to a history of the political life of Thorn
as Jefferson and those of his letters and
papers that apply to the present political
conditions Of the United States, n at
the price, ten cents a copy, at which
this magazine is sold, it is within the
reach of all. 1t is extraordinary the
prescience that guided the tongue and
ben of Thomas jefferson, he was able
to lift the veil Of the future and see not
in a glass dimly but clearly, the politi-
cal problems that would beset the re-
publican. A study of these writings,
of the founder of the Democrat Party,
will strengthen the hearts OF all true
PATRIOTS and aid them in perpetuating
the freedom that is menaced by the
UamiItonism of the present day. The
magazine is for sale on all news stands.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26
Auburn Accounts.

Aunt Ellen Taylor attended the
Friends yearly meeting in Philadel.
phia last week.
Thomas Jackson, Of Philadelphia,
aged about SO, is visiting his daughter
Mrs. John Horner, near Sharptown.
He and Mr.. Horner attended Auburn
Church Sunday morning.
Children's day will be held June 4tll.
A special program in the evening.
Rev. w. p. Tomlin preached at Gem
ire Square Sunday afternoon.
VIM. England and family spent Sun
day in Woodstown, with Mr.. E's uncle
Michael Allen.
Charles Park will lead the League
meeting Sunday evening. Topic Es-
tablished in Heart. Rom. 1:11-12; Ps.
112:1-10.
Richard Horner who went to the
city last Monday to work returned on
Saturday. l guess city life does not
suit him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26

Comes from DR.. d. B. Cargile, of
Washita, l. I. He writes :''Four bottles
of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Bre-
wer of s%crofula, which had caused her
great sufferings for years. Terrible
sores would break out OH her head and
face, and the best doctor could give no
help; but her cure is complete and her
health is excellent. "This shows what
thousands have proved,-that Electric
Bitters is the best b God purifier known.
It's the supreme remedy for eczema,
letter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils and run
ming sores. 1t stimulates liver, kidneys
and bowels, expels poisons, helps diges-
tion builds up the strength. Only so
cents a box sold by Johnson's Druggist.
Guaranteed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26
County

Mayor Robert Gwynne will he the
Memorial Day orator in Salem.
Rev. w. L. Valiant, pastor of the
WoOdstown Methodist Episeopal
Church, has had the degree of Doctor
of Divinity conferred upon him by the
Western University of Chicago.
A permanent organization of the
Anti-Saloon League has been effected
at Woodstown, with the following Off.
GERS: PRESIDENT, DR.. f. j. Collier; Vice
Presidents, joel Borton, Rev. w. I.
Valiant, DIR. ]. L. Jaquette, DR.. p. G.
souder and Mrs~Lsdia c. Morris; Sec.
rotary Charles i. Pancoast; Assistant
Secretary, Annie E. Broadway; Treasur.
er, John U. Reed; Executive Committee
5. 5. Flitcraft, H. H. Stepler, H. G.
Clifford, benjamin Stevenson, Joseph
Locuson and Mrs. Adam Knowles.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26
Pay Up Farm ,JournaI
anu ECU Five Years.

BY special arrangement made ,oith the pub
fishers of the FARM JOURNAL ue are ena-
Jled to offer a 5-year subscription to that pa
per to every net0 subscriber Dho pays for The
RECORD one year ahead; and the same offer
is made to every old subscriber who aaH pay
all back dues and one year in adgance-6oh
papers for the price of ours only.
In order to get The FARM JOURNAL as a
premium for aduaaee payment it 'iN be neees-
sary to waik right up to the eaptain's office,
for we hare only a limited number Of 6-yedr
subscriptions to dispose Of. The FARM
JOURNAL is OF solid foundation and perfect
Ia frMSttpOrthu.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26

A Civil Federation's conference on
the subject of trusts and combinations
will be held in Chicago on June %.
Governor VOORHEES, cannot attend, but
will send a delegation headed by Attor-
ney General Samuel H. Grey. Undoubt-
eddy Mr.. Grey will be called upon to
tell how New Jersey laws incorporates
trusts and combines enough to rob the
whole country, for a share of the loot.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26

While a peace congress is being held
in Europe at the solicitation OF the
Gar of Russia, the United States, En-
gland, Russia, Japan and Italy are
building more war ships. These ma
tions are like the Irishman who declar-
cd be would have peace ever If he went
to his grave fighting for it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26

The editors of Populist newspapers,
meeting in national convention at Kan
sas City, voted by san overwhelming
Majority that they want no more fus'
ion with the Democratic party. This
is almost too good to be real. - World
1t is most pleasing to the gold men to
see the silver forces divided. The
trouble with a great many Populists
like some other people, is that if they
are not the first at the pie counter they
wont play.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26

For the poor photographs that are be
ing made by some Photographers? The
Public of course. Why? Because they
will patrOnize such men, who only de.
sire your money. When you want a
Good Photograph that is guaranteed to
be 'JddeleSs" 60 to Cummings, the
photographer, 1902 Market St., vii.
mington, Del. who will give to every
New Jersey customer ordering | Dozen
Cabinet photographs at $500 l large
photo size 16X20 free. From this date
until the 18th of June, 1899.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26

Kentucky, the land of Bourbon whis-
key has an odd law which requires all
places where Intoxicating liquors are
sold or given away to close at 10 P. M.
Strange to say Governor Bradley of that
State has been accused of violating that
law and may be summoned before the
grand jury to testify that whiskey was
given him in a Club after II O'Clock.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26

All doctors told Renick Hamilton. NJ
West jefferson. o., after suffering Is
months from Rectal Fistula, he WouId
die unless a costly operation was per.
formed but he cured himself with five
boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the
surest Pile cure on Earth, and the best
Salve in the World. 25 cents a box SoId
by Johnson's Druggist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26

Dewey is coming bone. What a big
time there will be when he arrives.
The traitor who mails to the Philip.
pine Islands such seditious publications
as the Declaration of Independence, the
United States Constitution and Wash
ington's Farewell Address should be
executed without judge or jury. Mt
Holly Democrat.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26

Queen Victoria of England celebrat-
ed her s0th birthday on Wednesday.
All wish her good health and a long
life as all prefer that she should preside
on the English throne rather than her
sporting SOD, the Prince of Wales.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26
pronk R. stockton, the well known

Frank r. Stockton, the well known
author. has bought a property at
Charlestown, West Virginia, known as
"Claybourne," and will remove to 1t
about the first of June. He says that
Madison. where he now lives, is becom-
ing too thickly populated. He has lived
at his present home fol twenty years