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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
SAW A BRITISH COLUMN

London, jan Is "A Standard dis
patch dated Saturday. Jan 13. from
Durbao, says: "a nan who has just
arrived here from Springfield says that
a British column, proceeding to the
relief of Ladysmit5 bas crossed the
Little Tugela When he left it was
facing the Beer position on tae Big
Tugela aod Howiizer was shelllog
the Boer trenches.
HE says also that 270 wagons,
laden With commissariet stores for
Ladysnisb bad left Frere. aod it was
expected that the column would jolo
bands witb Gen White Monday eveu-
iug
The. traction engines have been
doing excellent work 10 hauling heavy
wagons out of holes ADD swamps This
they accomplish With the greatest ease:
British patrols have discovered
parties of Beers 10 the direction OF
Emersdaie, between Frere and Est
court
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
A mark In the Way.

A large stone that is one Of the land,
marks of Fairfield county has raised
dispute that will probably have to be
settled in the courts The stone was
planted 1T a road crossing of the OLD
Boston and New York turnpike, Which
now forms the main street of the VII
LACE of Fairfield. in 1797 by the an
cestors Of Henry l. Flint. 4 prominent
business man Of Bridgeport. The
Bridgeport Traction company operates
a trolley line through Fairfield and re-
Gently decided 30 place larger cars up
on that line. but when the first car
was run to fairfield it was unable TO
pass the come: owing to the proX-
unity of the stone 70 the track. Mr.
Flint waS asked to remove the laEa-
mark. but fatty refused to do so. Tie
traction company officials say they VIII
take legal action TO have the obStruc-
ton emoyeil.-Hartford Courant.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
SENATE.
Ee1eE S1.V

There were but few senator's absent
when the senate met tonight ard iasy
went through toe brief cal. uaa' w'fbia
an hour The seuate refused 10 coDcu.
io the house amendments TO the cauntJ
court bill These amsndneat- except
I'd nearly half Of tae coun'isS f'om tee
opera.icn CT the bill! SEGA Geu
Der made The ,no.loa OF &c Concur
re0ce. stc;ine ;hat senators waptec
save conference &c the bill Senator'S
GTubcc acd Header.oa we're app Ia, q
a crgicl;t.ec CO conference
Gbe Seus:e coucurrcd in the House
aneu9nca's to ;he Dill 20 provide fos
aael91neats to charter. rui!.c2a
sieas. bee: aad mcosc!p&i csrpsia.s,:=s
ce.na s.e"seteG I'bc n'!! .as ors.e,-
Cd 10 ;e euroi?eti !ac eo:a.:7ye:s
.esoiri,os CT ;ae H5ase pece;fio& soa
uc;nolisl s,..vlces 20 Gavss,so- E..'es5f
on l.h5rss;ay was aaees6 10 ,:eoa cf,'
". 4 B.sac a1: i.5o;agssea= We :
af1a,r:ec on tte p2;t OF tie senata =
e,age the at.a1.:.asatse
81 OH q ret@f; to sunm3ns y
aud tfacSc5,a; Of jnd:. neafs from nag
.s:sa,e eo1s.s was passed TO . ;.ist
#tead!ae. roiiee e: amcn.ic: e,;, o. :..ire
,-,.:.4.ns oeias g've', T5e ilo'ct ress
,;,t:,n 10 i.lvtr gaze the so ca! eG tsril
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
An Abxentminded bridegroom.

Robert Dewar, Ecother of LORD VIII
liam Dewar, the British scientist who
was the first experimenter to liquefy
air, is q remarkably absentmlnded
man. 1t is said that on one occasion
he left his home early one morning
and repaired to the house of friend.
in which there was fine library to
which he had access. That afternoon
his relatives and friends searched the
neignborhood in vain for him. At
length he was run Gown in this library.
BY his side was new suit Of clothes.
Its a nice man you are" ironically
said the spokesman.
whats the matter now?" returned
Robert irritably.
Your bride and the preacher are
waiting for you this two hours. Don't
you know this is your wedding day.
man."
81 declare said the groom, I'D for
gotten all about it, Wait till dress.
and I'll go along with ou."-Saturday
Evening Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
KRUGER ORDERS MEN TO THE
FRONT.

London, Jan 16.-A dispatch to
the Daily Mail dated Saturday, Jan
13. from Lorenzo Merques. says:
president Kruger has issued a proc
lamation ordering all burgbers to the
front. The Vo!kstem, the Transvaal
official organ, suggests that the mo-
ment the British cross the border the
gold industry should be irretrievably
destroyed
president Kruger also issued q
circular, dated Jan 8, to Boer com.
mandants and burghers, urging them
to show more energy in the Trans
vaal cause He quotes Psalm 20,
verse I, as God given instructions to
the burghers, and says that the Brit
ish have fixed their faith in Psalm
83 He also quotes Psalm 80, verses
l3 and IA, and asserts that be has
searched the Bible without being
able to find any other mode which
can be followed by the Beers. who
must fight 'in the name of the Lord ;
"Commsndeering is proceeding
busily at Pretoria, where the town
guard is exchanging Mausers for
Martins, the former being badly
needed at the front. It is said there
are nearly 5000 British prisoners in
Pretoria "
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
M ore Dutch in Vicinity OF
Ladysmlth Than British.

London, Jan Is. / o m Gen
Buffers latest authentic word as to
what ne and his $4,000 arc doing
wac wired from Springfield after his
first forward step. Striving to think
out the unknown, London is confused
by surmise and rumor and disquleted
by suspense Spencer Wilkinson,
the lucid military expert of the
Morning Post, asserts that the Beer
force in northern Natal is larger than
Gen Buller's and Sir George Whites
together, so that the Boe:s are able
ye. to oppose Gen Butler with a
force superior to his own.
Reports from. the Boer camps affirm
that The circle of investment has
been drawn closer by the occupation
o. some hills near the town. thus
,iberating reinforcemenis to oppose
Gen Butler Although the war pages
of the great dailies today are almost
barren, the telegraph instruments
click ceaselesely.
Yeomanry recruiters are getting
only one and one half companies out
of upwards OF 1000 applicants in
the metropolitan districts. the others
falling to meet requirements and,
although the provinces are doing
better, the raising of 10000 yeomen
is far from easy
A strike among the military tailors
is another perplexity.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
BRITISH DIVISION MOVES.

London, Jan Is "A dispatch to
The Daily Mail dated Jan II from
Pietermaritzburg, says "Sir
Charles Warren marched with 1000
men eastward from Frere by way Of
Weepan His scouts found no eign
of the enemy at Gobler's kloof, and
Colenso was ascertained to be desert
ed.
"There are rumors that the Beers
are preparing to leave Natal, dis
couraged by their failure to reduce
Ladysmi,h ALL the colonials aud
irregulars have been placed under
Gea Warren's command
"Among the Free Staters killed in
the attack on Ladysmith on Jan s was
Commandant Deviilieres, who, but
for his well known friendliness to
England, would have been CON-
mander-in chief of the Free State
forces -
TIE Standard published the follow
ing from Ladysmith, Thursday. Jan
n. by hellograph. via Weenen ::
The Beers are fortifying positions
north aud west of Ladysmith, doubt
less with view of securing safe
line of retreat should their opposl-
ton to Gen Buffers advance fai!
They still surround Ladysmitb IN
large plumbers, and may be contemp-
lating another attack
cit is known. however, that they
are greatly depressed by their heavy
losses Prior 10 Saturday then were
perfectly conhdens OF their ability TO
defeat tue garrison snd 70 take
possession Of the town .
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
PEACHES AND BLUBBER.
A Story Of Arthur Stringer and M
Oxford Professor.

A Story of Arthur Stringer and an
Oxford Professor.
Canadians are very touchy on the
subject of climate, as Rudyard Kipling
discovered when be somewhat thought
lessly dubbed the Dominion "Our Lady
Of the Shows" When Arthur Stringer,
the young Canadian poet and author,
first went to Oxford, he carried with
him letters from Professor Goldwin
Smith of Toronto to Professor York
Powell, the distinguished historian OF
Christchurch-
The old Oxford don, like one or two
other Englishmen, had very vague
ideas about canada and somewhat sur
prised the young stranger by inquiring
if he got along nicely on English roast
mutton aftel. living so long on frozen
seal meat The young poet gravely
protested that he perhaps missed his
whale blubber little but the next day
cabled home. and in less than week
the finest basket of autumn peaches
ever grown n Ontario, carefully pack
ed in sawdust. was on its way to Ok
ford. 4 short time afterward the
young author was again dining with
the regius professor at Oxford. and
that gentleman produced at the meal
q fruit dish loaded with tremendous
peaches.
'A1ost extraordinary" said the old
professor. but these peaches were
sent to me today, and I'm blessed If l
know who sent them. From the south
Of France. 1 suspect, so l saved few
of them for you. Stringer. They will
be such 4 novelty. you know"
The Canadian very quietly took a
steamship company's bill of ladins
from his pocket and handed it to the
professor The professor gazed at the
bill. then at the fruit then at the poet.
Il had some whale blubber. too. pro-
fessor.' said that young man. but !
simply lad to eat that These other
things were grown on my uncle's farm
in Kent county. Ont. you know. He
has 200 bushels Of them every year.
and he sent ne over basket of little
ones along with the whale 5lubber. =
Saturday Evening Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
SALARIES OF OUR PLAYERS.
The Pay of Actors Varies From $40
TO ~ Much as $500 Per Week.

Much as SOOO ger week.
Franklin Fyles. writing Of ''The The
ater and Its People" in The Ladies.
Home Journal touches Interestingly
upon the earnings Of actors and cor
rects the oft repeated reports Of the
enormous earnings of players. "Sala-
ries vary with circumstances" he says,
The manager may find at S2o week
a player whose moderate talent exact.
ly fits q part Of considerable impor-
tanca. He may have to pay SloO II the
role is singular and tit candidates
scarce. If he wants celebrity in addi'
ton to ability. he may be willing tc
make the salary $500 4 week. In that
case he takes into account the public
value of the name ard makes 4 feature
of it in his advertisements
Not more than ten actors in Amer
;ca aside from the stars. receive as
much rs $3.50 4 week. and not more
than tlye actresses are paid this
amonnt. In fact. $50 4 week is eXcep'
tioa::!. ana :l0o VIII engage an excel
lent leo er heroine. 4 iine comedian
or 4 e:eii:l2a;o ;or Of eccentric character:
The wage, r,.n ,loUn TO 50 for 4 sou,
,,rcttc. in@eut:e or Old man. to so fo1
an o.t. wo::lan i::ve!lile man or juvcnild
woman. and so along to utility anG
chol.i:s Hnn and women 1T SD o. SiSa
week. These are the wages OF thoT.
o.,..,.,y cs.nDQIeut actors III companies
ol good grade
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
THE CLAIMS OF ITALY.

Washington, Jan IL The Italian
government has signi6ed to the gov
e1nment of the United States, in the
polite and courteous method known
to diplomacy, wish that the persons
guilty of lynchiug the FIVE Italians at
Talulah, La. last epripg, should be
punished Heretofore in cases Of the
lynching of Italians the matter has
been compromised by the payment
Of an indemnity, but this does not
meet the present demand of the ltal
ian government
AS under ae existing law tue
trial and prosecution of such cases
as this is left entirely to the state
authorities, the national government
is we'll nigh heaeiess 70 meet 'he
request CT the Italian govelnn.eas
As an outcome OF this embarrassing
position the president will probably
make fTesh representations 10 cen
gress urging tie speedy passage Of
the pending bills intended to remove
from state ccurte jurisdiction IL Cases
wnere pereots Claiming treaty pro
lection a.a the victims, ard transfer
ring jurisdiction over them TO the
fcGe-ai courts
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
August Flower

''It is q seepsisioe t.c;, Gays Prof .:za-
ton, s';bas;a II rny ,rase.s 10 al pass CT The
wori3, 20. lie las. te, yeats Is,.ye lie; 'aoee
people he7,oe esea G,se@s faease Fiowe7
,b4n eag o.ner renee, fsr dys.eps'a, de-
ranged !:ve, aad stonach, and 5or coos"pa-
t:op. fad for ;sasis,s nd statesmen, OF ior
persons f!llog ofice oe.tions, Were :.snd-
aches and general oad feelings from Irregular
habits exist. that Green's August F over IS a
grand remedy sdoes not lujGre the sys'em
by f,equeos use, asd ls excellent for sour
stomacos sud Indigestion. Sample bottles
free at DR. A j Calna's. Sold by dealers IN
all civilized countries. lz-lS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

aBd be is hereby, instructed ard re-
qulred to forthwith institute an inVesti
CATION to deteruine By what authority
the Virginia Carolina Chemical Cou-
paoy are doing busloeSs 10 this Stare
Whether said COMPANY bas complied
WITH tie ave Of this state regulating
foreigo corporatioDs, and "hetber sad
company, or any person CT corporation
woo may he engaged 10 the fertilizer
business wi.b;a this state. has violated,
or is violating the provisions OF the
laws of this State p.ohioltios trusts
and combioa,ioos, aad tba. be institute.
socb proceedings. civic criminal. as
may be necessary to prevent and pun.
.sn TIE Vio!asioos Of such laws against
srnSts apd combina:ioos
TIE following uew Hills 1eTe
introduced
Mr Mower: To ererd Section l Of
the Act regulating the foreclosure Of
mortgages
Slr Gra7don TO ameod the proce
dare rela.iog to the Supreme Court
Mr. Marshall (: To direct the superin-
.eudent a1d board of directors TO take
no Two potos discounted 10 the Carolina
National Bank for the Penisentiary
These are two Neal notes, ooe the g.
W Ragsdale note for 81 600. and the
W. W Russell note for $500
The presiding officer appointed Sen
ators Gruber and Manning oo the
swamp land drainage commission, aod
the Senate adjourned until II O'Clock
tomorrow
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
FIRST AMERICAN PATENT.
Granted at Boston In 1913 and Call
cd q Monopoly.

Granted at Boston In 1913 and Cali
cd Monopoly.
TO the general court OF Massachu-
sets belongs the honor Of granting the
first American patent. This was IL
164S and was then designated as a
monopoly. Il was confined to the re-
gion controlled by Massachusetts, ana
the one issue apparently included an
the invention Of the inventor connect
ed with engines that depended upoH
water for their motive power. Inc
limit of the monopoly was II years.
and the court not only retained power
to forbid expectation, but to prevent
exorbitant charges upon the public for
their use.
The patent was issued in this form:
.JENKES MONOPOLYE.
cat general Courte at Boston the
9Th Of the 9th Mo 164S. The cor't con-
sid'inge ye necessity Of raising such
manufactures Of engins Of mills to 60 by
water for speedy dispatch OF much
worke with few hands, and being suftl-
ciently informed Of ye ability of ye Pc
tition to peforme such workes grant
his petition get no Othr per sen shah
set up or use any such new Invention,
or trade for II yeares without ye IL
cense of him the said Joseph Jenkes>
so farr as concernes any such new in
yention, & so it shall be alwayes IN ye
powr of this cote to restrain ye eA-
portation of such manufactures & ye
prizes Of them to moderation if occa-
sion so require
This inventor, Joseph Jenkes, or
jerks, as it would now be spelled.
came from Hammersmith. England,
settled in Lynn in 1643 and died ln
1852 o-S3, aged 81. He was a black
smith and machinist. made the dies
for the coming Of the 4Pine Tree"
money and built the first fire engine IN
this country, altogether man OF great
inventive genius and the ancestor OF
large number of descendants. One OF
his sons removed to Rhode Island.
where he built several mills.--Boston
Transcript.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
WIND LYRICS.

East wind
Through gates of pearl. with sapphire set,
] steal ct ..asg:. TO -'yy.. .:i!iic Yet
The clouds with silver dew arc wet.
On wings that trus!. the morning star
OF sorg afar.
North wind
From fields q frozen Stars bow,
| bear the fragile flowers of snow
That fail upoa the Garth heio",
With pure cecs;ial lips to bless
IN soft caress-
South wind
o., wings o: pcr.r,ac. born OF sprins,
Sweet memories OF :ae south bring;
From birds and blossoms pink that ting
To hcav,n ther Sladncss in an ecstasy
C: melody.
Vest wind
Back through the gates of gold ard rose,
Where la:e the star .; e"enins Giows,
Slip before the evenings close,
On p;.;ors woven cf a sigh,
Into The night l seem to die.
But, hush. The night will soon pass by.
Before the lark. when morning breaks
The cast wind wakes.
Carrie L. Ward in Danaid.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
THE W Ar IN AFRICA.
WARREN's MOVE VERY
WEIGHTY.
On His Success or Failure
Depends Roberts PIans.

London, Jan Is, 4 80 a. m.-Lord
Roberts enigmasical announcement
.'no change in the sisus.ion," does
nothing to ai!ay public anxiety or to
explain the mystery surrounding Gen
Buffers movements on the Tugela
and. although there is disposition
to regard the dispatch as dlsposing
of Saturdays adverse rumors, the
week has opened in state of sus
pense almost equal to that OF last
week. because it is recognized that
failure in Gen Buffers present at
tempt would seal the fate of Lady
spith.
Presumably mo change in the
situation" refers to previous dis
patches sent to the war Office, which
have not yet been revealed to the
public. Except the announcement
Of the seizure of Potgeieter's drift
aud of the advance of Gen Warren,
there has been no news from the
Pogela for week A ray of hope
is in the fact that the same silence
prevails from the Boer side Thus it
nay, perhaps, be fairly inferred that
Gen Butler has not yet met a serious
check.
If the announcement of Gen War
fen's movement be correct, it is
evident that Gen Buller's forces are
spread over very wide front-per
haps rs miles and 10 the event of 8
,sadden fall of the river bis operations
might be full of danger. 1t is be
l1eved that Gen Butler has 30 good
survey maps of the district. This
will add to his difficulties.
Sir Charles Warren's advance
probably means an attempt to seize
Hlangwane hill, the main post of the
Beers south of the Tugela Upon
the success or failure of these opera
,ions depends the whole future of
the campaign Until the result is
known, Lord Roberts will be unable
to decide how to dispose the two
divisions and the reenforcements now
arriving
The news from other points is of
no great importance. Boer accounts
tell of another sortie from Kimberley
on j an 9, in the direction of Kan
fer's dam, with a brisk exchange of
firing, but no results A heavy de-
tonation was heard on Jan 8 within
Kimberley
a dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Modder river, dated Jan 10, gives q
rumor that Kimberly was being bonn
barded.
Bastards Mex, mentioned in Lord
Roberts dispatch as the locality of
reconnaissance, is northwest of Coles
berg.
Doubts are beginning to be raised
whether it vii! be possible to get
together anything like 10000 yeo
manry Only very small percent
age of the applicants satisfy the
standard of riding and shooting a
large number OF officers from the
Egyptian army have just left Cairo
for South Africa to replace those
killed and wounded
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
Y,<.- little Confidence Game.

"v.-e'.e PLAYING ralroa4l train. she
said ~ she pulled her fathers paper
.w.,v. ":::i,. I'm tie conductor. Tick
cts. please.
t., took 4 card frem bis pocket and
handed 1t 10 her she looked 1t it IN
tc:.sty for 4 .niaaie and then handed II
back. That WAS issued yesterday
she said. "and isn't good today. You'll
have to pay cash or Get off the train
he gave her a di:nc. He Knew he
had been worked" but what else
could he do?-Chicago Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
IN THE ENEMY's COUNTRY.

Orange River. Friday, Jan II =
Gen Wood, for the first time 10 the
can paigp, has established post 10 the
enemy's country With force of all
arms be took up position Jan 6 a;
Zeupspaps drift 90 the nortb side OF
the O;ange river in the Free State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
Home Manners.

Tho vo,,n. wife,s ideals begin to be
shattered when she sees her husband
put his feet on the best chair.-Phlla-
delphia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17

Senator Marsbai! was instructed by
the committee te draw up bill for the
completion of the building according TO
MIR Shaod's plaos
Holbrook argus., 1900-07-14
Notice to Voters.
B. F. JACKSON,
 ,Judpe of PrObafe G

| Notice is hereby given, that at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of | Navajo county, Arizona. held at their office on the 2nd day of April, 1900, it was ordered l that 0 re-registration of all tine voters of Navajo county, Arizona, be made. Register closes October r, 1900.
 Act No. S7, twentieth legislative assembly 1 Sec. 1. No recorder, justice of the peace, or other officer authorized to register cleo | tors in any of the counties of the territory of Arizona, shall register or take the affidavit | for the purpose of re-registration of any elector within this territory, unless such person desiring to be registered shall pro duce and exhibit to the registering officer a receipt showing that he has paid poll tax for the year in which he is registering. | Sec. 2. This act shall not apply to any person who is by law exempt from the pay ment of 8 poll tax. But in this event the person desiring to register must make affi- davit to the facts that entitle him under the 1 law to an exemption from the payment of q poll tax.
 | Sec. 8. Any of the registering officers enumerated in section 1 of this act, any that may hereafter be qualified to register electors, who enters the name of any person upon the great register of the county in which he is an officer, without requiring the person seeking to be registered to exhibit a poll tax for the year in which he is being registered or taking the affidavit of such person showing ne is exempt fr' m the pay
 ment of poll tax, shall be guilty of misde-
 meanor and subject to fine, upon conviction
 therefor, of not more than one hundred | (S1O0) dollars or Imprisonment in the county
 jail not less than thirty days nor more than
 sixty days. or by both such fine and inn prisonment" A. E. MCALLIsTER, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Navajo County, Arizona Territory.
 First publication May 12, 1900.