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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-02-28
THE WAR in AFRICA.
No News From the Battlefield
in Three Days

London. Feb %. 4 a. N Lord
Roberts list of killed and wounded
officers, includes two generals. In the
engagements up to Sunday evening,
causes anxiety, especially as in the
officers list neither the losses of the
Welsh and Essex regiments Dor those
of the mounted Infantry are included
This is about the number that fell at
CoIenso, where the non commissioned
officers aad men brought the total losses
to 800
It is considered strange tnat when
sending his casualties Lord Roberts
gives no informatioo ae to the result OF
the 6ghuog Ii he has cent such a
report the var Office is Withholding it.
Moreover. nothing is known as to
what took place Monday, Tuesday aud
yesterday This absence of details
from Lord Roberts dispatch. contrasted
With his rather full narratives durlog
the frss part of bis operations. pro.
duces uneasiness among military OBJ
servers. Ali the comment in the morn
ing sevspapers, both editorial aud crit
ical. is threaded with the disturbing
suggestion that despite hard fighting,
Gen CroDje has been able to beat off
his pursuers, has escaped. and is being
REINFORCED by rail from Ladysmith and
by forces on foot aud horseback from
northern Cape Colony. as we'll as the
late beleaguers of Kimberly.
As the correspondents With Lord
Roberts are silent the kilograms from
Boer sources receive some countenance.
The latter aver that Gen Cropje. while
the British we're endeavoring to sur
round him between Paardeberg and
Koodoosrand, received reinforoements
under Dewes and that together the
Boer commanders fought the British to
ssaodstill.
At any rate while no ooe doubts his
ultimate success, there is fear of q
temporary disappointment and that a
lot of hard fighting is get ahead of the
British.
The latest report regarding Gen Bull
Ter circulated 10 the house Of commons
last evening was that ao agent of the
Debeers company had received cable
gram from Cape Town which must
have passed the cecsor, to the effect
that Gen B.r.ou's fusilier brigade bad
reached the bills commanding Lady.
smith. Quite apart from tdis, however,
and from every other rumor, the early
relief of he beleag1ered city is thought
inevitable.
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the British accounts assert, the 12..
600 who are left may purpose to
maintain the siege and to resist Gen
Butler within contracted iinee, al
though the impression at Gen Buller's
headquarters is that the Beers are
merely covering a retreat
The editorials in the morning pa
pers complain. more or less vigorous
". of the insufficiency of the govern
ment's naval proposals, especially in
view of the immense naval efforts Of
Germany and other powers
London, Feb %, 2 10 p -Ev-
cry hour is expected 10 bring news
of Gen Cronje's surrender On all
sides wonder is expressed that the
gallant yet CHASTITY battle at Paarde-
berg drift has not yet ended in what
ls considered to be the inevitable
With SO guns bearing upon the de-
voted band within Che terribly short
range of 1000 yards. surrender or
utter annihilation can be the only
result, unless all reports of the
strength Of the Boer reinforcements
are wro5g. The critics canvass every
untoward contingency that can affect
Field Marshal Roberts ard can see
nothing that can save Gen Cronje
from the terrible vice in which be has
been caught Even an Unexpectedly
strong attack on Lord Roberts com
munication could scarcely materially
affect the result according to these
experts
The severe losses incurred by Gen
Kelly Kenny Sunday have produced
some adverse criticism, but it is point
ed out that had he fought less fari
ously be would have given the Beers
the opportunity to entrench them :.
selves and perhaps further flight TO a
more advantageous position
"Gen Buffers progress towards
Ladysmith is so slow that it scarcely
appeals to public interest Gen
White appears to be still full of fight
and to be endeavoring to assist Gen
Butler by vigorous bombardment.
Advices received at Cape Town
yesterday said it was reported the
British were gradually driving the
Beers out of, northern Cape Colony
and that many of the burgbers had
recrossed the Orange river.
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Pretoria. Tuesday, Feb 2o--Ofh
cial reports have been received as
follows Commandant Steype Gays
that Saturday. Feb l7th aud Sunday.
Feb 18th. near Koodoorsrand, be
fought the British, who tried TO en-
compass Gen Cronje's lager, aud
drove them off They fought until
late Sunday evening Beers had one
man killed and one wounded, and
captured booty and II horses and
mules
Gen Dewet says that on Sunday
afternoon be arrived before Paadets
berg and Foodoosrsnd, 10 which dl-
rection there has been heavy firing
sioce morning He stormed several
kopjes which the British vacated,
leaving their dead and wounded and
40 prisoners in the hands of the
Beers, who captured the koples The
Boer loss was two men killed and
four wounded The fight lasted until
late In the evening.
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REPORTS FROM TIE B0ERS.

Pretoria, Wednesday, Feb 2l.--
The following official war bulletin has
been issued here:
ga report was received this morn
ind of cannon firing west of Coles
berg
sAt Petersburg cannon firing
commenced at 6 in the morning. A
big fight was expected today
"Dewet telegraphed yesterday
from Petersburg that all was quiet.
except several cannon shots and small
skirmishes Yesterday evening the
British stormed the federal positions
as far as Scauser, but were driven
back.
"a message for Cronje is to the
effect that his loss yesterday was IA
dead aud wounded
Dewet's loss was nil Command
ant Fronoman reports that from Feb
Is to Feb &c be was almost sur
rounded by the British at the NJ odder
river.
"On Sunday there was heavy
fight The British prepared to lay
seige to the Boer lager. with fght-
ing general We were surrounded
by $500 British FIVE miles from the
chief lager. At night we cut our
way through with the loss of seven
dead and l6 wounded The loss of
the British was heavy. Yesterday
we cut our way through to reach
Dewet, who was in the neighbor
hood Fifty three prisoners formerly
taken have been forwarded
"It is reported that the British
were continually attacking Koocoors-
rand yesterday with infantry and
Lancers, but that they were driven
back
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Il is a Fight to the Death
Between Cronje and Kitche.
ner Kitchener Refuses to
Agree to Armistice to
Bury the Dead.

London, Feb %, 4 q. m Gen
Cronje is seemingly making his last
stand He is dying hard, he:nmed
in by British infantry and with shells
from so guns falling into his camp.
On the third day of the fight the
Boer chief asked for an armistice to
bury his dead "Fight to finish or
surrender uncouditionaily" was Lord
Kitchener's reply Gen Cropje i'm
mediately sent back word that his
request for truce had been misunder
stood and that his determination then
as before was to fight to the death.
The battle went on This was the
situation of Gen CroDje Tuesday
evening as can be sketched in the
scaoty kilograms that have emerged
from the semi silence of South AT
rica
Officially Lord Roberts wires that
he had scattered the advance COM
mandoes of the reenforcements that
were striving to reach Cronje 1t is
regarded as singular that Lord Rob
erts wiring Wednesday should not
mention the appeal for an armistlce
on the previous day. and also tina:
the war Office should withhold good
news. if it has any
Without trying to reconcile even
the scanty materials at hand. 1t
seems plain that Gen COME is in a
bad, aud even desperate situation,
aud that the British are pressing their
advantage
While the attack on Gen Cronje
proceeds there is race for concen
tration between the Beers and the
British
The engagement with Gen Cron
les 5000 to 5000 entrenched men
is likely to become an incident in a
battle between the masses. The sep
arated factions of the Boer power
are rapidly drawing together to at
tack Lord Roberts.
Will Gen Crooje be able to hold
out until the Boer masses appear,
or if he does. will they be able to
succor him !? The British are facing
the Beers on ground where the
arms, tactics and training of the
British are expected to give them the
advantage
Gen Buller, according to a dispatch
from Chleveley dated Wednesday,
finds the Beers in positions north OF
the Tugela largely reinforced This
seems strange.
The war Office for the first time
hes given ont an official compilation
of the British losses The total is
IL, ,2O8 to Feb II. This does not
include, therefore. Lord Roberts
recent losses, nor the Wilsshires
prisoners
The pre- association learns mat
the British losses at Koodoosrand
were 700
Three thousand fresh troops will
embark for South Africa today
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still continues siuce early this moroiog
Our officers hope TO dislodge the British
from their position. Last night a body
of British troops tried to cross the
river. but they were beaten back with
heavy loss. Our loss was ligut Our
positions are being BON 6arded from
Ladysmirb at a poios where the Kip
river passes through the hills Our
Loog Tom is replying with good effect.
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Ope-qrarter of the SUN Eogland is

Ooe-qcarter of the sum EoglaDd is
expeodiDg ib the var 10 extend It's
dominica 10 Scu,h Africa would suf-
foe to feed every starving mouth in
Iodia That the world should be
asked to support her famine stricken
subjects in one part of the empire il
order that she may devote all Der ener-
eies and money to crushing a people
Eno sand in the way of iimitless
extension CT the empire 10 another part,
is5ccrtaiDiy mos, extraordinary propo-
si;ion Augusta Chronicle
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-02-28

London, Feb 20 -An additional lis.
of casualties sustained by the British
troops during the retreat from Rens
burg Feb Is shows that IA men were
killed and that 15s members of Wilt
sbire and Worcestershire regiments are
missing, the latter fact confirming the
Boer reports that humber of prisoners
had been captured by them.
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TOWN BEING BOMBARDED.

Loudon. Feb % TIE Morning
Posts secood edition publishes a
dispatch from Ladysmitb dated Feb
19:b, which Gays that the bombardmeut
continues With unusual persisteocy aod
activity from Bulwaos aod Biaauwbank,
but is doing small damage.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-02-28

London, Feb %, All The
war Office has received from Lord
Roberts the following message. which
was delayed in transmission, dated
Paardeburg. Wednesday. Feb 2l !:
yesterday afternoon | was satisfied
by careful reconnaissance in force
of the enemy's position that could
not assault it without very heavy
loss, which | was most anxious to
avoid Accordingly | decided to
lombard him with artillery and to
turn my attention to the enemy's
reenforcements The result was most
satisfactory The Beers weresdriven
off in all directions. losing a good
many killed and wounded aud about
SO prisoners, who say they arrived
from Ladysmith two days ago by
railroad. They also say it was our
artillery fire which caused them to
abandon the kopje they were cccu
pying Our loss was two officers,
Campbell Of the Ninth Lapcers, and
Lieut. Houston of the artillery and
four men, all slightly wounded
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BULLER'S MOVEMEN T.

Coleneo, Natal. Wednesday. Feb q.
(via ChieveIey, FEB 22.-Toe Brisls
have crossed the Tugela over oontoou
northward of Hlaugwaoa AID acw
occupy Fort Wylie.
While the oavs! brigade was bon
harding Grobierskloof the Beers big
Creusoa replying. yesterday, after the
occupation Of Coleusc. q soall party OF
Tboroeyorot''s Horse crossed the river
but were driven back by fro from the
trenches
The Beers guns a-e still sheiing the
.etieyias force frcm he hills sou'n q
Lsdssmi;b, ous The impression Is
spreaains tfat they are "ere'5 cover
ing the retreat OF thc esfira Hoec force
Gen BulIe.'s cesdai'ies !faesaay.
Feb 2oih, aod "Wednesday. Fe5 2lsi,
we're: Killed. Capt CrsalocE aud L'euts
Keith Fsisooer and Parry, Of tee
Samersstai,e Light Iofantrv and nioe
men. Wounded. & ethce;s and 81
men. Missine. 5 roen.
C.aeva!ey, THURSDAY, Feb % The
main body o. the Boc!s tas fed, evl-
dently ult6 'he ohiect of siemming the
advance OF Lo,d Roberts
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-02-28

A special from Tallahassee, Fia,
says: Reliable ad7icss received by the
5 ste agricultural department say the
damage done III T .orlda by the Sunday
ire:ze vas con paratlveiy slight Early
vegetables in Northe7o Florida we're
killed. Sps'og Ike weather DOW pre-
walls
Washington, Feb p Ii is cOdcr
stood that che president has practically
decided TO appoint General Luke E
Wright, cf Memphis Tenn, member
Of the Philippine commission
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NO MORE MULE SOUP.

Kimberley, Feb ~ Lord Methuen
arrived bere Tuesday He will act as
administrator of the Kimberley district,
extending soutbward to the Orange
river. Col Kekewicb will remain in
command Of the local forces The
issue Of siege soup ceases today.
There are 81 Boer prisoners here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-02-28

Since Mr. Rockeieller's share of the
STANDARD Oil company's dividends
gives him an income Of So. 000. 600
year from that source alone. Mr.
Carnegie's statement that the oil
king is the richest man in the world
still holds good. despite the remarks
of M Frick, which credit the iron
king with only s24,0oo.0o0 year.
A young woman, whose home is
within a few miles of Augusta, Gs,
makes comfortable living for herself
and her mother by growing bulbs
and selling them to northern seed
houses She Inherited about fifty
acres Of land which the neighbors
said was too poor to sprout CO ypeas
She bought mule and went ,c work
clearing up and fertl'i2lng. Now
she has beautiful bulb and flower
farm
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-02-28
BRITISH KILLED LAST SUN.
DAY.

London. Feb 23.-Tbe official report
gives 146 meo killed ct Paardeberg
drift Sunday. Feb 1S. including So
Highlanders aud 18 Canadians.
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Paardeberg, Wednesday, Feb 21,
6 20 p m-A Boer kopje has been
capture with SO prisoners
Gen Cronje's position is unchang.
ed.
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London, Feb %, 337 p. m-A
special dispatch from Paardeberg,
dated Wednesday, Feb %, says :
"Commandaat Botha has been at
tempting to relieve Gen Cronje.
There has been severe fighting Gen
Botha's force is scattered with heavy
losses "
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-02-28

WHITE TRIES TO AID RELIEF
FORCES.
Hoofd L,ager. Ladysmitb. Wedues-
day. Feb 21-There vas heavy fight
ing all Monday sad Tuesday and il
Smyrna times., 1900-07-25

THERE we're statements year or
two ago that President Mckinley did
not intend to keep his promises to the
Cubans-that the war was simply to
reduce them to subjection to this coun-
try and under one pretence or another,
keep them SO. How near they were
trae, facts have proven. Last week a
statement went out from Washington
that President Mckinley and his cabi-
net decided to turn over the govern
ment of Cuba to the Cubans within the
next nine mouths.
Maior-General Leonard Wood, mill
tary governor of the island, who had
been sent for by the President, said
the Cubans were now capable of self
government, and advised that the gov
ernment be turned over to them at an
early date. He recommended that a
Constitutional Convention be held by
the Cubans at Havana in October.
The President declared belief that
nine months would afford sufficient
time for all preparatory steps. He said
that the pledges made by Congress to
Cuba should be carried out as soon as
possible.
The withdrawal of the troops will be
gradual. Gen. Wood asserted that a
sudden evacuation of the island would
cause much apprehension among the
people. They were accustomed to gar
sions and believed that the presence of
sOldiery was a guarantee of safety.
Property owners in the island, he said,
were especially anxious that the SOL
diers remain until all possible danger
of trouble was over.
Smyrna times., 1900-07-25

JUDGE T. G. Humphrey, lifelong
Democrat of Arkansas, has publicly
declared himself for Mckinley and
Roosevelt. In an interview he said:
At the close of the Spanish-American
war, the treaty gave the United States,
Porto Rico and the Philippines, and
the Republicans and Democrats in the
United States Senate ratified the treaty
aud voted the consideration paid to
Spain. Then, as it was territory be-
longing to the United States, and our
soldiers having been fired upon by the
Aguinaldo party, it was a question with
me that had only two sides to it. The
question was: Are you for the United
States or are you for the insurgents
led by Aguinaldo? Without hesitation
was outspoken for our flag and our
soldiers fighting under it.
''The Kansas City platform con-
demns and denounces the AZministra-
tion's policy in the Philippines. At
first it was a cry against expansion,
but as both parties had ratified the
treaty, and the expansion was an ac-
complished fact, now the cry is imper-
ialism. l don't believe there is any
body who wants imperialism. There
is in my opinion much more danger
from anarchism than Imperialism.
Smyrna times., 1900-07-25

More of those fine Scotch
madras, SI.5o-as good m a
dras as other stores put in their
81 shirts.
The raglan is the coolest
and most comfortable hot.
weather shirt going.
As soon as you put it on
you feel the difference. 1t fits
everywhere-over the should
ers, under the arms, around
the neck.
Maybe making them in our
own factory has something to
do with it. And it's probably
true that if you haven't worn
any of our own made shirts
you would feel the same re-
lief in putting on one that is
not a raglan. Our regular
customers know that delight,
but the raglan's better yet.
Smyrna times., 1900-07-25

CHINA, in its present disorganized
condition, presents a most difficult
problem for the diplomats to settle.
MIR. Rockhill, a man who has travelled
considerably in China and Thibet, has
been sent to China by our Govern
ment and is thus spoken of by the
Philadelphia Record:
"The presence in China of repre-
sentative of this Government clothed
with pleripotentiary powers will be
distinctly advantageous during the
continuance of the present crisis.
Granted that Minister Conger is alive,
the destruction of direct and certain
means of communication between our
legation at Pekin and the State De-
partment has left this Government
practically unrepresented in China at
time when a sudden and quite con-
ceivable turn of events might make i'm
mediate diplomatic action by the
United States imperative. An emer-
gency might arise at any moment re-
quiring the instant substitution of con-
ciliatory Intervention by civilian en-
voy for a surgical operation by the
sword in the hands of military COM
mander.
ga better choice than that of Mr..
Rockhill could not have been made for
the performance of the difficult task of
maintaining peaceful relations with the
constituted authorities in China coin
cidently with the employment of force
to rescue American citizens from
tremendous horde of fanatics and mu
tinous troops"
Smyrna times., 1900-07-25

The magnitude of the demand for
copper, especially from foreign sources,
is Of such unusual proportions as to
call forth surprise even extremely pes
simistic in their sentiments regarding
this mental. The shipments this year
of American copper to England and
the Continent are simply without pre-
cedent, and for the first half Of 1900
are equivalent to the entire production
during the same period of the largest
and best-known copper producing COM
panies of this country.
Smyrna times., 1900-07-25

THE middle-of-the-road Populist
State Central Committee ct Indiana,
held a meeting last week for fusion
with the Democrats but adjourned
without reaching a result. Secretary
Walters gave the following as the rea-
son:
''We expect the Democratic party to
go to pieces after the election next fall,
for there is no possibility for it to win.
After the breakup we expect to get the
element that is in favor of monetary
reform, which will make us one of the
great parties. If Bryan had been with
us, as he should have been. we would
have swept the Democratic party out
of existence this year."
Smyrna times., 1900-07-25
Rogers
Silver Plated Ware

for about half-all except the
knives and they are much be-
low their worth.
Silverware makers m Il S
change their patterns whether
they lose money or not. But,
if you were asked to pick out
the old from the new, you
could hardly do it.
SO Rogers for halfis a pretty
good bargain, whether new Oh
old.
Tea spoons, s1.10 a dozen.
Dessert spoons, s2.10 a dozen.
Table spoons, 1920 a dozen.
Dessert forks, $2.10 a dozen.
Dinner forks. 1920 a dozen.
Oyster forks, $3.50 a dozen.
Coffee spoons, S1l0 a dozen.
Pie knives. $500 each.
Berry spoons, soc each.
Dinner knives Oriple-plated). s2.35 a
dozen.
Butter knives 1Oc each.
Soup ladies, 81 each.
Smyrna times., 1900-07-25

IF we may judge from the express
sions that have come from different
sources of the Republican party, there
is a strong feeling to have Walter o.
Hoffecker fill out the unexpired term
of his father, the late Hon. John
Henry Hoffecker, for the coming
winter months in Congress. The
son, as private secretary of his father,
is prepared to take up the work where
the latter dropped it, an besides has
the mental and clerical abilities to FL
the Office with credit to himself and
State.
Smyrna times., 1900-07-25

THE Committee of One Hundred on
India Famine Relief received the fol-
lowing few days ago from the Ameri-
co-Indian Relief Committee of Bonn
bay telegram which said:
'In largeregions north of Bombay, in
Guiding Guiarat Rajputana. but very lit
tie rain has fallen. Agriculture greatly
Kindred by the famished condition oi
the people. Farmers in Deccan, east
ward of Bombay, have begun sowing.
Suffering increasing. Cholera still
spreading"
Smyrna times., 1900-07-25
Women's
Summer Dress Skirts

Skirts are never cheaper
than in summer. That means
that you can have almost any
number.
Polka dot duck; circular
flounce, $2.75.
Linen, S2.25 and S..
Burlap, 81 and $3.50.
Khaki, $3.50 and So.
We might tell you which
we think is best, but you know
as much about such things as
we do.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Smyrna times., 1900-07-25

Last summer we did this
with an "Odorless" refriger-
ator: Put in meat, fish, ba-
nanas, onions, cantaloupe,
butter and milk; kept them
in there for 48 hours, after
which the butter and milk
were as sweet and fresh as
when they went in.
The odors are carried off
through side vents = can't
taint the butter and milk OF
play havoc with the ice.