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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-14
STATE THANKSGIVING
Proclamation Issued by the
Governor.

10 the providence of God we have
been spared as a people and State for
40 other year Peace and prosperity,
health aud happiness have been vouch-
safed to US. We have not been visited
by plague or pestiIence. The labur of
our hands has been attended With
success aud the State has grown 10
material wealth. New manufacturing q
enterprises have sprung up aud we are
fast becoming great mao nufacturiog e
people. The husb.udmen has been
permitted to plant and to reap, and
eujoy the fruits of bis labor. There is
good feeling among all our people. and
progress 10 all good and worthy deeds
is evidenced ou every hand. Education
and Christianity go band 10 hand our
colleges aud schools are filed aud the
cultivation Of the head and the heart is
keeping pace With toe material deve lop.
tneut Of the State.
To the end, therefore. that We may
With thankful hearts show our spprecia.
ton of the many blessings which We
enjoy sod the tender care of our
Heavenly Father. I, NJ B. McSwesu uey ,
governor Of the State of South Carolina,
10 onformity With the proclamation of
the president Of the Uoited States, do
hereby appoint and set apart Thursday.
the 29th day Of Novemb Der. 1900, as o
day of thsnksgiviog and prayer to be
kept and observed by ell the people o
this State.
advise that ell public Offices be
closed aud ell private business and
labor of every kind cease, aud that our
people assemble in their respective
places Of worship aud give thanks TO
Him who is the giver of every good and
perfec. gift for the seed time and the
harvest, and that thay beseeob Him 10
humility to continue His good and
gracious forbearance. Thst they also
remember the poor and the fatherless,
for we are told that it is more blessed
to give than to receive, and every gift
to these will 60 to our credit 10 the
great book Of remem brance
10 testimony whereof l have here.
unto set my hand aud caused the great
seal of tbs State Of South Carolina to
be affixed Done at the Capitol. 10
the city of Oolumbis, this 10th day of
Novemb Der. A. D. 1900.
M B McSweeney, Governor.
BY the Governor NJ. R. Cooper,
Secretary Of State.
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INCREASE IN THE ARMY

Washington, Nov l1.-Senator
Proctor, of the senate committee on
military sffsirs aud Adjutant General
Corbin. of war department, held an
informal conference with the presi
dent yesterday relative to the legis
lstioo TO be asked of congress in
connection With the proposed in.
crease of the regular army
"U0der the existing law" said
Senator Proctor at the conclusion of
the conference. "the present strength
OF the army. $4,000 regulars aud
IS. 900 volunteers. will be reduced
on the let day Of next July to .27 900
regulsrs. Congress will be ssked by
the president TO reorgsnizs the army
upon larger bssls
"My judgment is that congress
will provide a regular army of about
SIS. 600 or &C. 900 men with discretion
to the president to raise the total to
100, 900 have no doubt that this
Legislation will be enacted at the
coming session
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MARCUS DAILY DEAD.
The Man Whose Fued With
Senator w. A Clark Made
Both Famous.

New York. Nov. I2.-Marcus
DAILY Of Montana died today at the
Hotel Netherlands. Bright's dis
ease complicated with heart weak
ness was the cause of death. His
wife and children were at his bedside,
and the end came peacefully
Mr.. Daly's body will be taken to
the house, No 1925 Fifth avenue.
tomorrow The funeral will be held
from that place, the services includ
ing solemn high mass of requiem
in St Patrick's cathedral at IL
O'Clock Thursday morning
Marcus DAILY was born in ireland
in 1912. lie came to the United
States early in life and since 1876
had been a citizen of Montana. He
became general manager of the Alice
Silver Mine and later came into con
troll of the Anaconda copper nine
At the time of his death he was presi
dent of the Amalgamated Copper
company In politics he was a
Democrat. The differences between
Mr. Daily and w. A Clark have
attracted much attention The
trouble started years ego over some
water rights near Butte which Daily
wanted and which Clark bought,
forcing the other to pay a very high
figure
No mining property has attained
greater fame as producer of divi.
dends than the famous Anaconda
Originally bought as a silver mine i.
became famous for its copper and to
it both Daily and Clark owe their vast
fortunes. Marcus Daily bought the
property for $4,000 He acted, it
is said. as agent for j B. Haggin,
of California, who had sent him to
Butte to buy him some good mining
property
As The new owners ran their shaft
down they opened one of the world g
greatest copper mines with silver
enough to pay all expenses and hav
ing the copper as clear profits. Daily
was superintendent aud part owner
of the great mine He bought the
adjacent properties He foundered
the town of Anaconda in a valley 25
miles distant, located where there is
an exhaustless supply of water and a
great deal of wood, two indispensa
bles for the smelling and reduction
of ores At that place he erected
the greatest copper plant in the
world
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ample. IN the Philippines there is no
dyosssy to destroy; 90 organised system
Of feudsl laws to eradicate. no pr'noi.
Plies Inconsistent With republioaoism.
which bad solidly iusiouated themselves
toto the national life to displsce no
adverse aspects Of nature to overcome.
On tho contrary. nature, wb,ch ia ex-
ubersnt and baimy, has Oourisbed into
existence several millioos Of sensitive
and oredulous people, without allegiance
to any existing institutions, but sni-
mated by certain inoboate ideas and in :
opiratioos, which by some unfortunate
perversion Of thought they conceive to
be threatened by America These
people, fortunately. arc Intelligent. geo /.
erous and flexible, aud probably will
yield quickly and with absolute cou.
6dcnce TO tuition and advice when
thoroughly informed Of American 10 .
stiiutiC0s aud purposes"
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japanese Man O. War

London. Nov 8-Tbe Japanese
bsttleship Mikssa. said 10 be the most
formidable vessel Of its kind in the
world. was launched today, at the
Vickers Maxim works at Barrow.
The Mikssa is Of Is. 200 tons dis.
placement She is 400 feet long, 76
feet vide and ~ feet 8 inches deep
She has two propeIlers and has an
indicated horsepower of 16 600 She
hes sn srmor belt Of 12 to 4 inches,
and the armor on her gun positions
is IA TO 8 inches thick. while the
deck plating is 2 inches thick The
armament Of the Mikass consists OF
four l2.inch guns. fourteen 6 inch
quick firing guns. twenty IL pound
ere, eight 3 FOUNDERS, and four 2 l 2.
poonders. She has four submerged
torpedo tubes The bsttleship has
a speed (estiuasted) of l8 knots, and
her normsi coal supply ia l 400 tons
She carries crew0 Of 730 men
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PEANUTS.

During fair year the American
peanut crop will average nearly
100000 bushels, estimating 90
pounds TO the bushel. This is but
small proportion of the worlds
crop. however, which aggregates
fully 550,000,OO0 pounds 1t is
calculated that we eat about $lO,.
100000 worth of peanuts yearly, or
1000. 200 bushels of the nuts, either
in candy or the original kernels
The shucke or shells form also good
food for pigs. while peanut vines
are q very fine fodder for mules.
Very few peanuts are eaten out of
the pod in Europe. slthough fully
400. .000.0 600 pounds are sent to Great
Britain aud the continent every year
from Africa and ASIA They are Con.
verted into oil and sort of -four at
factories at MarseilIes and several
English cities. A bushel of the
genuine peanuts shelled can be press.
ed into sbout q gallon of oil, which
is substituted for olive aud other table
oils very frequently. 1t sells at from
60 cents to 81 gallon. and the meal
or -four left after pressure is used for
feeding horses and baked into a kind
of bread. which has large sale into
Germany and France.
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CUBAN CONVENTION
NOT YET ORGANIZED.
waiting on Credentials and
Rules Committees.

Habana, Nov i2 The Cuban con.
stltutionaI convention met at 2
o'clock this afternoon after adjourn
nent from the second days session.
IN the Marti Theatre Seats for the
delegates bad been arranged in q
smaller area nearer the platform. the
curtain of the stage mad been lowered
and the windows hung with heavy
draperles. thus shutting out the noise
OF the street and making it possible
for the delegates to speak in ordinary
! voice
The upper galleries were crowded.
colored persons predomina,ing Thew
are taking an intense interest in the
proceedings. On the first and second
days the boxes did not contain mspy
spectators. but today several promi.
neDt families we're present.
The committee on credentials re.
ported as to all the provinces except
Habana Habana is the only province
where contest has been talked of.
the opponents of Senior Zsyss wish.
ing to seat Senor Pierrea in his
place The report was laid on the
table and discussion followed az TO
whether the convention was legally
constituted Senor Zsyas claimed
that the order of the government Of
lntervation summoning the conven.
tion made it legal Senor BARREL
argued, on the other hand, ,ha. il
would not Oe legally constituted
until the report of the committee On
credentials had been accepted. The
delegates took this view and 80
voted
An attempt to discuss the question
OF holding secret sessions was voted
down, the matter being left to the
committee on rules. An adjournment
was then taken until Thursday, when
1t ls understood both committees will
report finally
Gen Castillo, civil governor of
Santiago province, gave notice to
the convention that he resigned his
membership aud had appointed Senior
Ferrera as an alternate delegate.
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Work About to Begin.

In short time the contractors
will have the work Of constructing
the dam across the Oongaree river
near Cranky under way IG is be
lieved that start will be made this
week The manager ia already here,
having come from Evansville. Ind.
some days ago He expects mum
bcr of his workmen this week 1t ia
expected that 500 workmen will be
util'zsd when the work gets in full
sway. United States f glneer LIE
land is to be in direct charge of all
the work All the surveys have beer
completed and there is no cause for
further delay The character OF
work is such that progress will
necessarily be slow The State,
Nov 4 9Th.
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The Chinese Problem.
SOME PROGRESS MADE
TOWARDS ITS so.
LUTON.

Berlin. November 1.-THE follow.
ing is the full text of the state ement,
evidently inspired, 10 the Cologne Ga.
2st'e of Saturday, as to The uoder-
standing reached by the representatives
Of the Powers in Pskiu regarding the
Chinese settlement:
:'Pourpsriers between the euvoys 10
Pekin for the purpose Of agreeing upon
the fundamentals for peace uego,,atious 8
With the Cbiueco pleuipoteotiaries. pro.
eeed fsvorably on the whole series of
important points
"Ao agree ment has been reaobod be-.
tween the Powers. particularly regard
Jog the punishment of the main cul.
pri,s. the msndariues and princes also
regarding the principle Of paying dam
age to the several Governments for the
cost. Of tho China expeditions. and for
damages sustained by private persons
aud missions; sIso regarding the per.
maoeut ssatiouiug of sufficient guards
for the Pekin Legations ; also regarding z
the rssiug of the Taku forts. snd
6nally regarding the maintenance OF
secure and regular Communication be
tween Pekin sud tho seashore.
About number Of other demands
put forth by separate powers negosia-
tons are ssill pending
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Mississippi's New Trust Law

Jackson. Miss November 10
Attorney General McClurg today
filed sdeclaration in the Circuit. Court
charging nineteen cotton oil mills in
the State with violating the new anti
trust law. The declaration asks for
a forfeiture of charter and that the
statutory penalty be imposed 1t
also sets forth that the mills violated
the law by entering into combins
tion to control the prices of cotton
seed, and that this onbination also
prevents competition among insur
ance companies for oil mills. and
competition among railroads for haul
log the seed. During the early part
OF the season the price OF the seed
went % high 80 $40 per ton.
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War in Africa Not Over.
LORD ROBERTS REPORTS
A SEVERE ENGAGE. !
MENT.

London, November 10 Lord
Roberts, telegraphing froL, Johannes
burg, under date of Novenber 8, re.
ports to the war Office as follows:
"Gen Knox states that he takes nc
credit for the very successful engage
ment Of November 6, which was due
in the fret instance to the determine
ton of LIE Calais never to lose touch
with the enemy. and secondly, to the
able way in which De Lisle handled
the firing line after LIE Calais and
Ross were wounded.
"Smith Dorrien reports that the
two days. fighting mentioned was
very hard. HIS force consisted OF
$50 mounted troops from the 5sh
Lancers, the Royal Canadian Drago o.e
aud mounted rifles, two Royal Cana
dian artillery gnns, four guns of the
S4th battery and 900 Infantry Of the
Suffolks and Shropshires.
"The Beers were met soon after
starting from Belfast and hung on the
front, Asnks and rear until the Komati
River wer reached, where they stood
at very strong position. From this
they were forced to retire by wide
turning movement by the Suffolks
and the Canadian mounted troops
around their flank
"All the first day signal fires we're
lighted in all directions and before
morning they we're strongly rein,
forced
"Our casualties the first day were
six killed and twenty wounded.
chiefly Sbropshires. yho fought
splendidly. The next day the Beers
tried to seize the strong position on
the bank of the Komati, from which
they we're beaten out on November
6. but were prevented by Col Evans,
with the Canadian mounted troops.
aud two of the s4th guns, galloping
two miles and seizipg it in the nick
of time The rear, on the return
march, was defended by Col. Lessard.
with the Canadian Dragons and two
Royal Canadian guns undnr Lieut.
Morrison
"Smith Dorrien says no praise can
be too high for the devoted gallantry
these troops showed in keeping off
the enemy from the infantry conveys
"ln the afternoon 90 event uupre
ccdented in this war occurred, when
some 200 mounted Beers suddenly
chasged the rear guard TO within
seventy yards, when they werc stop
ped by the Canadian hDragoons.
During the fight sixteen of the
Canadians fell into the hands of the
enemy, who treated them kindly aud
released them after removing their
own dead and wounded, during
which operation the Canadians were
compelled to lie on their faces in
order that they might not see how
heavily the Beers had suffered
"Our casualties we're two kille d
and twelve wounded"
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Several Encounters In a War
That Has Been Officially
Euded,

London, Nov IL Tho war cfi,e has
received the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts:
johannesburg. Saturday. Nov 10,
l900.-Me,huen surprised Commsod
ants Soymau and Vermass, near
Liobtsobure. yesterday. Three dead
Beers were found aud 80 prisoners and
several wagons we're captured. There
we're 90 casaslties among the British.
Kelly Keuoy reports that Maj Mack
insosh Of the Seafortb Higblauders,
oocupied Philippolis. Nov 8 The
Boers 6ed 10 oil directions Three
wounded we're brought to our hospital.
Surgeon Hartley sud seven meo we're
wounded.
Lystletou reports that Kitchener
successfully surprised tho Beers dur,ug
the night OF Nov 7. A mounted party
OF the Nioeteen,h Husssrs aud The
Manchester mounted infantry undo,
Capt Cbeswods. msosged to pass the
Boer outpost and while tho latte,
eogseed the enemy's picket the Husssr.
charged the Beers 10 the mooulie eht,
saber,ug many. Cheswodc aud several
600 commissioned officers behaved With
great eallautry but the Hussars would
probably have suffered severely a. they
got into bad ground. bad not they been
supported by the mounted Infantry Ia
tho morning artillery aud infantry
Joined Cbetwode's force sud omple.ed
the Boer rous, Who are said to have los,
heavily.
Smish.Dorrien's wounded. who re
tu'ned from the Boer camp, report thai
Commaodsnt Priosloo snd Gen Fourie
werc killed and that Gen Grobeler va.
wounded 10 the recent lighting.
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REPUBLICANS GIVE UP
FIGHT IN KENTUCKY.

Louisville, Ky. Nov IL After a
meeting Of the republican csmpaigu
committee. Cbairmsn Leslie Combs
today gave out a statement in which.
after reiteratiDg bis charges OF whole.
sale frsuds on the part of the democrats,
be said i:
There will be no contest over the
euberpatorial vote. There is 30 tribunal
to which we can appeal With any hope
of an impartial hearing
"lt is not within the province of this
committee to decide Tor the party or
congressional candidates what is advisa.
bic With regard to the contests fer the
electoral Cote or congressional seats
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0OULD's MEAN TRICK


New York. Nov 10 Tho jury 10
tho suit brougbt BY Frank Moworsy, .
valet. against Howard Could. . sou Of
the late Jay Gould. for $25. 900 dam.
ages for bresch Of eootrsct. brought 10
. verdict today swardioe IS. 900 to the
plaintiff Mowbrsy alleged thst NJ
Gould engaged him ss vsles for life q,
$50 per month after he had lost ,be
sight Of ooe eye sod sustained other
iojuriss ss . result Of acting Of q
damp sky rocket 90 Mr. Gould's y.ob,
on July 4. 1893. and that he was
discharged Immediately after the statute
OF Limitations barred . sol, for dam.Re,
oo account OF tie injuries be bad
received.
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LILLIAN AGAIN.

The Rsv Beojamin w. Fsrriss of
Bcssoa. spiritual adviser of Lillian
Clayton Jewett. the Harriet Beecher
Stowe" of the colored race, is 10
trouble He is charged By tho trustees
Of bis church With having broken toto
the collection box aud extracted a sum
o! money. He claims 10 defense of bis
action that he was going to Richmond
to attend foreign mission meetiue and
just took the money without uotifyiue
the treasurer. LilIisn manages to keep
pretty constantly in the couter of A
scusauoo.-Nashville American.
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Wilmington, N. G Nov lO The
Atlantic Coast Line. local passenger
uain No 78. from Savannah to Rich.
mond. was wrecked today about noon
near Hope Mills, a small a'-s;on, six
miles south OF Fsyettev,.-. by an
obstruction tied 90 track with the
evident purpose of wrecking the
train. The engine and four cars
were deraiIed Engineer Frank Nc.
Gowan. Of Florence, G, was
seriously hurt, and the fireman and
postal clerk were also slightly in
jured The psssengero escaped un.
hurt. The injured were taken to
Fayetteville on q special train, and
bloodbounds were put on the trail of
the perpetrators Of the deed
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TROUBLE IN THE CAMP.

London. Nov IL -"Serious friction
b.s been caused 10 the peace negoti.-
tioos 10 Pekiu." says the Daily Mails
correspondent At Tien Tsio, wiring Nov
9. "by Belgium, Denmark, Hollsud
sud Spsio clamoriug to have . locus
staudi 10 any important decisions. Rus
sia and France have supported their
claims. which ore opposed by tho other
powers. Belgium is especially impor-
tunste and intensely Pro Russian :"
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Silver in the East.

Some time ego we aoted the fact
that 10 consequence Of the resumption
of silver coinage 10 India silver had
advanced 10 price. There Is sill a
large demand for it 10 lodia, and
ao increasing demand for silver coin
in China. the Philippines aod other
portions of the East The following
which we clip from the Baltimore Sun,-
gives some idea Of the growing demsnd
for silver on tbat-side Of tho worl1 ::
''Silver has advanced to 645 cents 90
ounce under the inaueucc chiefly Of an
increased demand from the Indao
Government. Though the stan dard is
gold in India, silver is wanted for
the small retail transactions of it's 29O,
600, 600 people. Gold is wanted
for tho wholesale trade and banking
aud exchange operations. bat for the
petty buying apd selling of q country
where most of the population are very
poor and prices are low and yellow
metal 10 less convenient that si,ver.
10 China. indeed, copper or bronze
ooios are the cash Of the people. a very
ohesp metal sui.iug beat for very
all transactions. As much as S25,
900. 900 Of silver has been shipped 10
'be last three quarters from L,udon to
the British EAst Indies. 40 increase Of
over $7,6O0.000 over last year.
Fog lsnd imported 10 the nioe months
ended With September $4,000. 900
worth OF silver, Of which amount the
States supplied $40. 800. 900. The
total movement to India. China apd
Japan vas $46. 800. 900, China taking
$2l 100000 worth. The foreign
troops 10 China require silver for local
payments. aud Chinese merchants, 10
10 consequence Of tho war. prefer silver
to goods 10 payment for Chinese OK =.
ports. The increase Of silver shipm eu Is
to the Est over last year is come
SIS, 900. 900, or As per cent The
facts seem to show that the East is still
capable OF absorbing silver and may
continue TO do 80 for long period
The gold men tell Us that the silver
question AZ far as this country is con
cerned is settled by the recent election.
aud doubtless congress. 10 which the
republicans have q msjority, encouraged
by the result of the election will proceed
TO cioch the busi0ess with such legisls.
'lon as ,be republican 6oauuiers think
no.essary bus whether it is settled or
not. this 6ght against silver is blunder
Of the first magnitude for this country
aud for the world. 10 the ordinary
business of the world today it fads
much more use for silver to 40 for gold
srd it ought to have two metallic
moneys Of equal purchasing aud debt
paying properties, and thus preveut the
worlds volume Of coin hom boing
CONTROLLED by he money combines. and
rrevent the spccuia atlon that locks up
| au" ioc,eascs the value. or tuvcs loose
| and decreases it, Of the one fully legal
money as they Way see ft. The degra.
dauon Ct silver money is not 10 the
iIterest OF mankind, but only Of the
very small number whose business
it - to deal 10 money y.-Wilmington
Star
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New York, Nov 10 STANDARD Oh
oeru6,ates were quoted at 700 bid
none offered, as against 655, yesterdays
highest. and until today the highest on
record The par value OF the oompany's
entire outstanding stock is $97 G00..
600, and 500 per share indicates q
market value Of $6S2 100000. Dur
isg this year the oompsny hes paid
SAG, 800 900 in dividends.
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Galveston Texas. Nov john
SeaIy, treasurer Of the Galveston relief
fund, makes the following statement /:
Donations received from October 25 TO
date Sis 35l, Of which S6,77I was
received ihrough Mayor Jones. Pre-
vicusiy acknowledged SI.I4OS7S.
Tota! to date $l,153.7l9
The jetty system at the N ou,h of the
Mississippi river seems to be playing
out 10 1873 the South Pass vas SO
'eet deep where deepes; aLd % feet
where shallowest now the deepest is
OF more than 36 feet 40 ! the shallow.
est q.