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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
Roberts Advises
Botha to Surrender.
Gen Roberts Complimenting
Burghers on Their Bravery

London. June 10. 8 q. m Lord
Roberts. according to q Boer dis
patch from Machadodorp, sent q
message to Commandant General
Louis Boths, ON June l3. suggesting
disarmament and complimenting the
bravery of the burghers 1t was
pointed out that the surrender would
be without dishpnor to the burghers
and would prevent much suffering
Gen Boths asked for q six days.
srmistice in order to confer and Goa.
slider. Lord Roberts consented to
Eve days. Finally Gen Botha de-.
clined to accept the proposal and hos
tiiities we're renewed
The Boer commanders are retiring
on Middleburg, followed by the Brit
ish cavalry and artillery, occasionally
shells reaching the rear guards. The
Beers are destroying the bridges and
burning the veldt behind them, Car.
ryiDg off provisions and cattle and
leaving the country barren.
Other advices from Machadodorp
say that the Boers have an abundance
of arms and ammunition with dyna.
mite and oxen, and that they are
preparing heavy wagon trains for a
retreat to the Lydenburg district,
where the chiefs, Notwithstanding
rumors to the contrary, are determin
ed to make q stand.
The Beers continue 10 work the
Barberton mines, says a dispatch
from Lorenzo Marques, and there are
eight carioads of bar gold, valued at
5000. 900 ponnds. with President
Kruger.
Mr. Steyn. in his proclamation de-
clariDg the Free State still free and
Independent. Gays the fact that the
army is yet 10 the field. renders Lord
Roberts annexation contradictory to
international law.
In q dispsch to the war Office from
Pretoria dated yesterday, Lord Rob
erts ssys that Gen Baden Powell has
just arrived there.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
Wonders Of New IIampShire

The average reader will be amazed
to learn that little New Hampshire,
with ltss than 10000 square miles, has
no less than 106 lakes and ponds. ,54
brooks IS rivers and 29i mountains.
This makes Iowa look small. ColOra-
do. Il biz state. has 90 creeks Texas
has comparatively few rivers, lakes
and creeks. Alabama has GG3 creeks
and 81 rivers. Iowa cannot approach
that record. Minnesota has o22 lakes
and 40 rivcrs.-Ncw York Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.
Get Your Mail Boxes Ready,

We are in receipt of q letter from
Congressman Stokes, requesting US
to "call the attention of the people
who live along the Star Routes to
the Importance of putting their mail
boxes up."
We take pleasure in complying
with his request Persons who live
along the Star Routes should imme
diateIy put up their mail boxes, as
the new service will 60 into effect
July the fret, and that is only about
ten days off. Neat boxes ought to
be put up on the roadside 90 that the
carrier can reach it without leaving
his seat and then direct the post.
master, where you now get mail. to
send it out by the carrier.
There ought to be at lesst fifty
thousand boxes ready by the first OF
July, and it would give . grand i'm.
pulse to the cause of rural mail de-
livery.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
"The Pneumonia Shirt"

With his padded silk upper garment
the Chinese minister goes about his so.
cial duties and pleasures regardless Of
weather. The costume is odd in gath.
ering Of "imma culate shirt fronts" but
it has its advantages. Minister WI is
not at all enviols. He has no hankering
for the American full dress. At gath
ering not long ago something was said
in the minister's presence about public
man who had taken heavy cold in 60
ing home from an evening entertainment
and who was laid up. with the prospect
Of serious complications.
"Ah.' commented Minister WI. sagely
shaking his head. ut is not surprising.
That pneumonia shirt did it,
And now in Washington society the
costume de rigueur passes by the minis
ter's description, "the pneumonia shirt
st Louis Globe-Democrat.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
Future of Cotton OIL Mills.
(From the New York Timea

from the New York Times
Old Point Comfort. Juoe IA AT
the meeting of the Inter, State Cotton
Seed Crushers' Association here today.
G. M. Henson. of Chattau uooga, Teon,
read q paper oo '.The Fioau cial Eud OF
the Oil Milling Busine ess," 10 tho course
of which be said:
"As to the financial end of each
mill. perbsps. will be largely question
Of business management The busi.
oess is going to 60 on. 1t has become
great staple and has come to stay.
Within the next few years it is likely
to chow q large increase. since the uses
are ell the while being found for the
products but this is not the serious
part Of the business What we are al!
interested 10 IL whittier are We tending?
What is going TO be the final end of tbe
rusb Of new mills in every section of the
South =? That lhe business is about to be
largely overdooe there can be no CUES
ton.
"Already there 10 some. probably 10
many localities. more mills erected and
10 course of erection than there 10 raw
material to operate them successfully
| am personally convinced. as l ever
was of anything, that breskers are
ahead but when snd where we will
strike them. am unable to propbesy
Somebody has got to shut up shop
sooner or later somebody's mill has
got to close its doors before many set.
sons roll arouud. The question is,
wi ose mill I sm not 40 alarms :,
but 90 the contrary l an acc, edit' d
With being an expansionist yet. with
all that. it seems to me the storm is
gathering slowly, and when it does
bresk forth there will be wrecks auG
wrecksge along the beach. You say.
What is the solution of the situa
tion ?
There are only two or three solu
tious. Oue is the voluntary stopping
Of construction of new mills. This
solution is not at all probable. Second.
ly tho formation OF few large com.
panles 10 take over the business and
lastly, fight to the finish. aud tinal
gathering together into one or two big
companies of the wrccksge Oue OF
The latter two courses will, 10 all
probability, be the ultimate outcome O!
the cotton oil industry in the Sou'h |
am sure it ia veering around gradually
ii uot rapidly. to the survival Of the
fittes:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
n WORD
to Doctors

We have the highest regard for the
medical profession. Our Preparations
are not sold for the purpose of antagon-
izing them, but rather as an aid. We
lay it down as an established truth that
internal remedies are positively injuri-
Gus to eXpectant mothers. The distress
and discomforts experienced during the
months preceding childbirth can be al
leviated only by external treatment-by
applying liniment that softens and re-
lakes the over-strained muscles. We
make and sell such a liniment, COM
bining the ingredients in a manner
hitherto unknown, and call it
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
INTERRUPTED the Funeral.

a street car conductor Of Chicago the
other day stopped a funeral procession in
order to administer thrashing to the
driver Of the hearse. The driver had per-
sistently refused to turn out Of the tracks
to allow the car to pass, and. upon being
invited by the conductor to visit the car
barn in Ordc" to take a clicking" at some
future time when both parties to the dis
pute should he ut leisure. he proposed to
settle the matter ut once. He climbed
down from the hcarsc. was knocked out
in the first round. and the blockade was
lifted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
PLOTTING BEGINS.

London. Juno 10. 3 80 N
Chine declared war against the world
whom tho Tsku forts opened fire
Spon the international feet The
accounts OF What took place ere still
usss,isSso,ory The best semi official
isformation 10 the dispatch received
ss Berlin from Che Foo. which said
that tis Tsku forts had been osp-
tered sfser combined attack by the
: 1ossign warships. Three men on the
German wsrship Iltis were killed and
ssvsu were wounded
The dispatch sdds That the foreign
settlements st Tien Tsin were being
fsed into BY the Chinese
When the dispatch left nothing
bad been heard from the German
dssschment sent to Pekin or from the
0ermsn legation there.
The unofficial narratives, coming
by wsy Of Shsoghs,. vary widely and
bear internal evidence of supplement.
isg the main facts with guess work
One dispatch says ths, the Yorktown
participated 10 tho bombardment.
Another asserts that American ma
sioes formed part Of the s,orming
ioscs OF 1000 An Associsted Press
dispssoh from Che Foo. dated yssser
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
"Lost Diamond" a Baseball Tale


When nine little white boys lined up
in front of the recorder at the police mat
inee, Judge Broyles scanned them over
closely and said
"The officers tell me that your team
has been using the middle Of the street
as a diamond. The officers say they had
some trouble bagging you, as you always
slipped off when they slipped on. and
finally they were forced to catch you on
the fly. rs it were. Now. am perfectly
aware that the boys Of Atlanta have the
baseball fever and have it bad. Even
the girls are playing it, and think the
boys and the girls, too, if they have a
mind to. ought to play ball. But play
ing ball in the street might result in
fouling window or forcing persons into
the game while they walked along the
coaching line on the sidewalk. OF course
the people might walk around the block,
but 1t would be better for you to get into
an old field"
1--WE just can't get a. began q small,
boy, the catcher OH his nine. and the re.
corder interrupted him with:
I'm Mt the bat now, sonny. I will
give each Of you boys tip this time and
let you make home run. But there
won't be any three strikes and out the
next time, but I'll count this the same
as three strikes. Get a lot and play ball
off the streets. If any boy is brought
here again for this base thing, I'll make
him pay a heavy fine or 60 QUITO the
stockade. ATLANTA Constitution.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
M0ther'SFriend

We know that in thousands of cases
it has proved more than blessing to
eXpectant mothers. 1t overcomes morn.
ing sickness 1t relieves the sense OF
tiGhtness. Headaches cease. and dan
ger from Swollen, Hard and Rising
Breasts is avoided. Labor Itself IS
shortened and shorn of most of the pain
We know that many doctors recon-
mend it, and we know that multitudes
of women go to the drug stores and buy
1t because they are sure their physicians
have no objections. We ask a trial
just fair test There is no possible
chance of injury being the result. be.
cause Mothers Friend is scientific.
ally compounded. 1t is sold at 81 q bot.
tle, and should be used during most OF
the period Of CESSATION, although great
relief is experienced if used ONLY a Shor.
time before childbirth Send for our il.
luStrated book about Mothers Friend.
THE BRADlIE:LD REGULATOR co.
ATLANTA. CA.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
West Point Cadetship Open

The following announcement has
been made by Senator Tillman
81 have received notice from the
secretary Of war that must name
q csdet for West Point by July 1O
| will make this appointment by com
petitivo examination aud all candi
dates must report st the South Caro-
lins college, Ooln nbis. 8 g., on July
3, at 10 q. m
County papers will please copy
this announcement
VERY truly,
"B X Tiliman
IL a.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
Mr. PATTERSON
AND THE PRESS.
The Truth About the Sub.
scription Sensation.

Columbia. June l6 There is nat
urally a great deal of interest taken
here in the gubernatorial contest.
which has already gotten to be quite
lively.
There is no purpose to take any
sides in the pending contest, but
simply to keep the record straight
and to give fair play to certain of
the candidates, are certain statements
given.
Mr. E II. Aull. Gov McSweeney's
private secretary, feels that as his
paper and bis name have been
brought into the campaign by name.
by Mr. Patterson, that he is entitled
to make statement in connection
with the matter, aud here is what be
has to say:
IL notice in the report of the
Orangeburg meeting in the daily
papers that Mr Patterson has q good
deal to ssy about Gov McSweeney's
subscribing for papers and paying
the amount out of the contingept
fund. and ialks about it as if be made
a great discovery. There was no
secret about it. 4 number Of papers
were coming to the governors Office
aud, at the beginning of this year, at
the direction of Gov Mes weeney, l
sent request to oil the papers in
the State to send their papers and
bill to the executive Office Mention
was made of this in the daily papers
at the time, and the request was also
Published, and it was understood that
the bill was to be paid out of the
contingent fund and no intimation
was given to the contrary. 1t has
been q custom for many years, l
think since 1876, for the executive
Office to subscribe for the papers and
pay for them out of the contingent
fund. and magazines have been taken
by other governors and paid for out
of the contingent fund and so pub
liehed.
"But the governors private secre-
tary, who also happens to be 40
editor and the publisher of a paper,
and the president of the Press AZ.
sociation, things which Mr. Patterson
seems to hold 10 contempt. also got
pay for bis paper Certainly be diG
| have been connected with the
paper now edit since 1885, and at
that time the executive department
was q subscriber aud has been CON.
tinuously since. and the subscription
has been paid every year by every
governor during the past Is years,
and if by auy accident in an I'M,
guarded moment Mr. Patterson
should occupy the executive office
should expect the executive depart.
ment to remain subscriber, aod that
the subscription would be paid out
Of the contingent fund / see no
more reason for not paying for the
Herald aud News than any other
paper, simply because the editor hap.
pens to be private secretary
This is very small business for q
man who sspiles to be the governor
of the people of South Carolina and
demonstrates a very small calibre.
"lf Mr. Patterson desires I will
furnish him q list Of the papers and
the amount paid each. would have
done SO before the campaign if he
bad requested it, and saved him the
trouble of looking up the warrants in
the comptroller generals Office"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
STEAMBOAT NAMES,
An Explanation Why an Old Mis-.
souri, Custom Subsided.

\ Missouriah was in New York the
other day for the first time. He is a
retired business man. He never saw an
ocean liner until his visit here. He was
interested and asked many questions.
The names Of some Of the big boats pleas
ed him.
II am glad to see," he said, that
there is some sentiment in the business.
l am not n dreamer, but l sometimes
think the age i3 TOO commercial. We
even name our children for somebody
who is expected to do something for the
honor. 1t has come to that in my state
as we'll as in other states. We have few
steamboats, now on the Missouri river,
but those few are named for individuals
who presented bell or a piano or n flag
or something in consideration of their
names having been painted on the wheel
houses of the boats. But it was not al.
ways so. There was a time. when we
named our boats from sentiment. The
same thing, l see. has governed the man,
ing Of some of these big steamers, liners
1 believe you call them, and one / saw
was pointed out to me as an ocean grey
hound
"One of the first steamboats, I ever saw
on the Missouri was named Highland
Mary. That was 45 years ago. But !
know the owner called his boat that Just
because the name struck his fancy. |
don't suppose he ever heard of Bobby
Burns. Polar Star was the name of a
favorite packet, and her owner and cap-
tain was farmer named Tom Briefly.
He had a farm in Buchanan county, 20
miles back from the river, and he lived
there in winter. He ran the Polar Star
until she got too old to be safe, and then
he built another and a finer boat and
called it the Morning Star. But some.
how that one was not rs successful as
the Polar Star, and it nearly broke Brier.
ly's heart. and he quit the river and re-
tired to his farm.
"One of the fastest boats on the river
was the Minnehaha. She took the horns
for making the quickest time between
st. Louis and st. Joe. 1t was some time.
though. before the people Of the river
towns knew how to pronounce her name.
OF course after the popularity Of this
boat somebody built the Hiawatha, but
she was not the favorite the Minnehaha
was and was soon transferred to the
Mississippi trade. The Peerless was
what her name indicated, and she beat
the Minnehaha's time and took the horns.
We had the Twilight, Cataract, War
Eagle, Reindeer, White Cloud and Silver
Heels.
Finally a company Of st. Louis men
built che James II. Lucas. The man for
whom that boat was named was mil.
lionaire in st. Louis, and as the Lucas
was the fastest boat Of her time Mr.. Lu-
cas- presented her with n piano and q lot
of silverware. That was 1.-The beginning
OF the breaking UP of sentiment in steam.
boat nomenclature on the Missouri Mon
eyed men in the river towns invested in
steamboat building, and the richest man
in the town was usually selected to be-.
stow his name on the boat. and l never
knew one who refused. Then they got
to naming some Of the boats for a town,
and the citizens in that case bought the
presents, and they would patronize no
other boat If they could help it."-New
York Sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
MORE SERIOUS THAN EVER.

Loodoo. June Is The moroio 2
pspers gsesrslly ooosidsr the si,ussioo
% Chies more serious ,hso ever, bot
they sdsWs that some Of the rumors be
received 9th caution. The Times
:sys: Some dsys ~iil probably slspss
Before definite ioformst,oo rssebes %
% TO events in Pstio or % 10 tho
progress OF the relief expedition s,ruR
Glios ,ossrd the city
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20

Base ball players should visit the store of
q. G. Osteen b 90. before buying their sup.
plies
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20

Mssils. Jsos 1S. 10 .. % The Oh
seeiosss hes been ordered to Msoils,
Vhssss 10 will proesed to China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20

Biss ssll goods at n. q Os,eeu l. Cos
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-01

yet the tenants were Obedient in nearly
" all cases in obeying the orders and
wishes Of the various members Of the
Beard. While inspecting the premises
q Fai Kee. DR.. Wood mada q vis., u
Severin's photograph rarlors and DIS
covered On the fo.- OF the receiving
room. q dead rat which was mt Once
sent 10 DR.. Hoffman for examination.
This discovery was sufficient for the
Board 10 decide thai the photograph
gallery was infected as well, and nO,h-
ing was allowed 70 be taken out except
the camera. although the contents wer.
| very valuable.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-01
0H%>~%>H~%~~~%>~>e

The first death as given above, was
decided by the Board of Health yes
terday morning as sufficient cause for
the work Of purifying Chinatown by
fire to begin Immediately. The young
Chinaman was an employee at Bow
Wal KEGS tailor shop at number 32I%
Nuuanu street opposite Pauahi ana
next door to number 327la where a
death indirectly occurred on Wednes-
day last. The sick man was first seen
on Saturday night and reported 10 the
Board of Health. \ physician was at
once sent to the house and the case
was pronounced suspicious Gester-
day morning it was decided to remove
the man to the Kakaaiko pest hospital
but before this could be done the
man was dead, and pronounced as
| "bubonic death" by Drs. Garvin, Bow
man and Carmichael. On Saturday
morning the man was out on the stree
and bought some rice and other fooC
| stuffs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-01
FOR SALE.

"a FoUR-INCH LENS TELESCOPE,
made by Troughton &c Simms OF Lon
don. England, complete with finder
powerful sunglass mounted on sub
stantial tripod. and having all the usu.
I'll appliances to facilitate It's use. All
in perfect condition; can be seen at the
art rooms of the Pacific Hardware CO.
enquire OF
MRS. CHAS. T. GULICK,
p. o. Box AIS, Kalihi, Honolulu.
1922.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-01
KOEA SUGAR co.

STOCKHOLDERS WILL PLEASE
take notice that assessment No. of 10
per cent on tho assessable stock was
called December 2, 1899, and becomes
delinquent January I'd, next.
f. w. McCHESNEY,
5425 Treasurer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-01
THREE DEAD
YESTERDAY
Board Takes Vigorous
Action.
BURNS THREE BUILDINGS
The Health Authorities Decide to
Condemn Infected Portions Of
Chinatown.
THE DEATH LIST.

} All Pow. male Chinese, "a
} years old: died of bubOnic
} plague yesterday morning at
} 327% Nuuanu street; cremated
} without having postmortem ex-
) animation. This death occurred
, upstairs next door to the room
B where the Chinese who died in
, front of the Chinese hospital lay
b sick.
B Quong You Guam, male Chi
B nese. aged % years; died on
. King street near River street on
B premises ocC Lpied by Sam kee;
. died yesterday forenoon; post
0 mortem examination by DIR.
. Hoffman, showed death caused
D by bubonic plague.
o Kou Wal. male Chinese, about
o 20 years old; visited Saturday
Q evening by DTs. Pratt and Soap
. arone at a shack behind what
. is called the Kobiyashi Hotel.
o The Chinaman had been ailing
. since Friday. Died at Chinese
Q Hospital at o'clock last even
o ing. Pronounced bubonic vic
o tim. Case reported by Will
9 Crawford.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-01
On the Ice.

Frozen Eastern and California Oys-
tiers. Celery. Caulifiower. Artichokes.
Rutabagas. Turnips. Horseradish. fresh
Butter. California Oranges. Apples
Pears. CIanberries. fancy Cheeses, sal
mon and Sole. Smoked salmon. RED
Cabbages Etc. Etc.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-01
.HONOLULU SNAP SHOTS"

A HANDY SOUVENIR OF y
viavs o, Modern Honolulu. put up In
snvelope and stamped. 20 mail IN any
mart of Postal Union, for 80 cents for
ale AZ Thurm's. Golden Rule Bazaar
uawaiian News Co.'S. Womans III
change. Hawaiian Bazaar, Le Mnn.
Top's. and Wall, Nichols Co.'S. bSSS
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Sugar Plantation
BONDS!

ARE DESIRABLE INVESTMENTS
for trust funds.
We make a speciality OF tho bonds OF
such companies az have first been sub
jected 10 a thorough legal and financial
examination: and We are prepared 90
furnish full data regarding the prop
critics OF the companies whose bonds
we have purchased and offer for sale
al prices 10 yield a safe income and
good investment.
We will take subscriptions for the
following at pa per cent premium:
KAHUKU-3-1O year 6 per cent gold
bonds; security, S75O.ooo; issue.
$500 900.
EwA-S-lO year gold bonds. 6 per
cent; security, $4,000. 600; issue $500 600.
We are TRUSTEES Tor both the
above issues.
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Stage Line.
HENRY BRYANT, Prop.
II Fort st

The stage for Kaneohe. Heeia, Wal
kane. and Kuoloa, will leave Postotnce'
Bethel street side at a m. on Mon
day. wednesday and Friday, calling
for passengers and packages at Love
ioy & Co.'S, No. 70, Nuuanu street