Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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P otash is a necessary and important ingredient of complete fertilizers. Crops of all kinds require a properly balanced manure. The best Fertilizers contain a high percentage of Potash. AH .-.IxMit I'l llvli?thr mult* of i:< \ by actual cxIH-rimoiit ?>ti the br-l fr.rms :i tV.o I'm ' S* .t I 1.1 in .? little IWk whiou v. unb! ?.t ;; .1 w "i y uidilfre? to any farnu i in Amer;. , t it, GERMAN KALI WORK?. ,j N.i;.sau bt . New Yi.-k. CRETE lilit PREDICTS WAR. Mr. Skauzes Says the Powers Are Solely Responsible. CLASH OH THE FRONTIER. Great Armies Cannot Face Each Other Much Longer Without Fighting. GREECE'S WORK FOR PEACE. Ylfldrd In tlie Crolnn nnOrr, aud and Vol I In- Allien Hnae EntireIj Fialled to Nfatlnfjr Any One. New York Journal. Athens, April 14.?Mr. Skouzes, Minister of Foreign AlFairs, when asked to make a statement to the Journal of the present political condition, dictated the following to me: "It would be very embarrassing to tell the exact situation, because from the ber'nning of the Cretan question?that i? to say, . from May in last year?the Greek v? . Government, responding to the Remand of the powers, made evtery endeavor to work toward a peaceful solution of the question. In January last again, when the new massacres in Uanea took place, which excited the public in Crete, as well as in the Hellenic Kingdom and wherever (ireeksare living, the Creek Oovernment gave proofs of its conciliatory disposition in taking into consideration the desires of the powers of not having war complications. Crecce's Peaceful Attitude. ' On (irecce's demand for union with Orenre thp nnwnrj py. pre-.-oed the opinion that no annexation could take place, the integrity of the Ottoman Kmpire being lor the moment a necessity. Thereupon, by the answer we gave to the powers, we prove our desire to be as concili: fory as possible, and we proposed a plebiscite so that the Cretan people miirht be in a position to express tiieir wi-hes. "The powers having let us understand that a plebiscite did not correspond with their views, we have indicated a solution, which, while it did not meet our national aspirations, could be accepted by our Government with -'ome chance of having it accepted bv the public?namely, that the powers give Greece the authority of administrating Crete as lias been done in Bosnia ami Herzegovina. I nhappilv, the powers orat-A iif> anau'pr lint .- >%?> t i?, nml /, speak of autonomy for t'rete. < rete not after Autonomy. "Cretans do not even wish to boat ?f such a ~o]ution. What hem-lit would they derive if we should recommend them to accept that solution *'Mo\v to augment the compli cation of this Cretan question has come the frontier question. Turkey profiting, as it seems, by the attitude of the powers in Crete, has begun to assemble forces on our frontiers. We could notstaiul with folded arms, and so we have each about 80,000 men watching each other across the frontier. The powers not having decided to | give a satisfactory solution to the ! Cretan question, we have now two questions on our hands, and per ; haps what has been neglected on \ account of its easiness will proha! blv find a solution in force. The 1 presence of the two armies opposite each other rend? rs this prob1 able." (iemintiy Aiding Turkey. General (Jrumbkof, of the German Army, is drilling the Turkish artillery, on the frontier, and Admiral Kal ay, of the German Navy, is inspecting the i'nrkish ! squadron in the Dardar. Ih-s. The i Government here thinks :lrs act of Germany violates the principle ! of neutrality. The German Km per> r's sister, the Crown Princess of Greece, !"ft this evening lor the frontier to inspect the nmbiiI lances. CRETANS STAND FIRM. They Refuse to Consider Any Proposition Except Absolute Union With Greece. Canea, April 14.?The Russian Consul again interviewed the insurgents at Ketimo. The most, i prominent leader of the Cretans :s Sapauujakis, who is related to high officials in Athens. The chiefs insisted that nothing hut absolute union with Greece would satisfy them. They refused to entertain Consul Demerit's pr-'posal to choose delegates from all parts ot the island to meet the admirals in conference at some point distant alike from the ships and Colonel Vassos. It is perfectly evident that as long as Colonel Vassos remains in the island it will be useless to confer with the Cretans, who decline to believe that it is Europe's determination not to give Crete to Greece. Gonnadins addressed a letter to the Consul complaining that his house at Halepa had been looted by international troops, and a j quantity of arms and other private property of Greek subjects 'stolen. The Commission of Inquiry, however, found that the ; house had been entered three weeks ago by the Greeks, all of whom were known to the carej taker. I u-o years apo K .1 Warren, a drugpist at l'leasant lirook, N Y . bouirht a small supply <>f Chainherlalr.'s Couph It* rn?--ly H* sutns up the result us follows: "At that time the poods were unknown In this section to-day Chamberlain's Conch Kemedy is a household word." It I i.-> the same In hundreds of communities Where\? r the p I qualities of Chaml erlaln's Cough Kemedy becomes known the people will have noiliinp else For sale by J. F. Maekev ,v C<>. and It. c Hough A. Co., Lnncast.-r, S. C. A BIUSKIZl'KE. Ninety-Two Pack aires fit Wines ami Fine f.iquors Seized. Special to The State. Charleston, April Hi.?Cliief IJahr and several of his consta : Mes swooped down on a carload i ol liquor at the South Carolina and C.iii_'ia railroad yards this afternoon that will probably prove, should the 1'nited States courts not interfere, one of ihe inort profit aide seizures to the State ever made in C harleston. The car contained tfj packages ol wines and fine whiskey. There have been many larger seizures than this, but lew* in respect to jnality of the goods. The liquor is consigned to the vice president : of one of the national banks. It is said that the stud' was ordered in his name for a well-known social club. Action will probab Iv be beaun in the 1'nited States courts for I lie recovery of I lie I ifjuor. Subscribe for the KXTKKl'KISK one vear $1: six month r>(t cents. HOUSE FLESH. Average Prices of Horses and Mules in the U. S. Since 1899. Washington, April 4.?Special: The statistics of larm animals annually prepared by the statistician of the department of agriculture, though not pretending to an accuracy attainable only J through a complete census, are based upon returns lrom several | thousand correspondents ol the ; department and may, no doubt, be accepted as representing fairly j well the general movement ol | numbers, prices and values. The ; report tor January 1, 1897, issued ' a few weeks ago, shows that the extraordinary depression which has existed lor some years past i in the market for horses and mule- still continues, the average ... ! prices of these animals being ! still lower than those reported j at the beginning of 180G. But j (iiijnt'ft uiriiteu in?' prPSl'lll ue! pression is, tlio report does not take a pessimistic view of the fu-1 1 I j ture of the horse market, and as i j this is a point upon which farmers and horse breeders are practically interested in reaching correct conclusions, I have taken the trouble to see what light could be obtained from an examination of the past reports of the department, tracing the course of prices for more than thirty years in connection with the statistics as to numbers and various other circumstances by which prices would be inlluenced The official figures for the years preceding the resumption of spe cie payments represent currency values, but in order to make them comparable with those ol later years 1 have reduced them to their approximate equivalents j in coin, and am thus enabled to represent below a table of aver age prices on a uniform coin basis, ! for the early part of each year j from 1806 to 1S!>7 inclusive. Down to 1872 the figures are for 1 February 1, but from 1873 on they purport to lie for the lirst day of' I each year : Year Average price Horses Mules 1866 f 59.86 171.46 1X07 59.05 68.75 186 8 54.117 56.03 186 9 6*2.03 78.67 187 0 67.06 89.82 ! 1*71 70.89 91.67 1872 67.28 86.95 1*73 66.26 81.86 I >7 I 61.95 81.10 1875 60.91 71.68 1876 57.03 66.11 1*77 55.63 63.81 1*78 56.59 61.98 1879 52.36 50.00 51.75 <',1.26 18*1 68.14 69.7* 1882 58.53 71.35 1883 70.59 79.49 JfM 7 ?.?i* 84.J2 1885. N2.;w lss? 71.27 79.00 ! 1*87 72.15 78.10 ls*s . ... ...71.82 79.78 18811 ... 71.89 7U.-I8 18110 158.84 78.25 189 1 07.00 77.88 1892 05.01 75.55 1893 01.22 00.28 1891 47.83 02.17 18115 30.29 17.55 1890 33.07 15.29 j 1097 . 31.51 41,00 There more * aturrh in this section of the ! eonntrj thur ti'.l other disease.-. put together I And until the ia-?t few years was supposed to , no Incurub 1'or a great many years doctors i pronounced It a local disease and prescribed { local remedies, and by constantly failing to t are with local treatment, pronounced It in I curable Hdence baa proven catarrh to bo a constitutional disease, and therefore require s j j constitutional treatment. Ilall ? Catarrh Cure. 'nan t f 'it* I 11 r I* 11 l>t.? Is' I I 'hoi . v* A < . 'IV.'.i l.. i Ohio. In ili? only constitutional cum on tho market. Ills tul in Intern, illy in doses from! ! ill drops ton t.vmpoonf'il I' acts illrcctly on ! the lilood mid inurous surfaces of ili<- tgrntcm. ! Tl.'-.v offer on? hiincrt.. . .11 r fur any case It f.ili- to ' UP Bond for i Iro cars m l test linoii I ills Address. I .1 fllh KY A to , Toledo. O. gold to i Iruffltti, . .>! ll.il .1 I'.m.ilj p..Is .iri the u.ni SANGER'S REPORT. A Verbiil ;SfntciiM'iit of | llnw (lie Flood Nuffcrcru HVrc It loved. Washington, April 1(5.?Major Sanger of the Inspector General's Department, arrived in Washington this morning, being the first of the oflicers sent out by Secretary Alger to the flooded districts to'return to this city. lie is! preparing a written report of his operations, but meanwhile he ex- j plained verbailv to Secretary1 Aluer just what had been done i y him under his instructions to ascertain the condition of the! llood sutlers ami arrange for their relief. Chartering a steamboat at) Memphis, with the best captain! that could be found, a man who the Major said was of the great-' est help and willing to go anywhere to relieve distress, he took at nurd two week's supplies of a character suggested by the Mem phis committee, and started down the river, accompanied by Colonel Rogers, chairman of the Arkansas levee board, who was thoroughly familiar with thej country to be visited. It was found that the Memphis people bad already established stations for the relief of the re-1 fugees in many places throughout | the St. Francis district, in addi ' tion to the big cump they had pitched in West Memphis. All of these were visited, and in addition Major Sanger established stations at other points where they seemed to be needed. The relief boat ran up the St. Francis river, up the Languille river and across country, over cotton fields and farms, in every direction where it was supposed people were to be found its need of help, acting largely , upon advices of the local relief commit tees along the route. Returning to the main rivnr a visit was made to the Flower j Lake crevasse, which was found to have extended to a width of 1,800 feet. Major Sanger says that the country overflowed from this break, some of the richest bottom lands in the South, is under water ranging in depth Irom two to twenty live feet. He says that it the waters recede by the 20th of May all will be well with them and that with economy and careful distribution the funds already appropriated will be sut licient for the maintenance of the . absolutely destitute. Hut if the water holds uj> and it is not pos sible to make a crop this summer, the distress that will result will he terrible. Flood Situation Grave. Omaha, Neb., April 15.?The Hood situation to-night is grave. All day the currents poured from the Missouri across the North Omaha into Florence and Outotr Lakes. The former has lost its identity in the general flood and the latter may do so hooii. A special from Vermi 11 ion, S. 1). donight reports further rise in the Missouri Kiver at that point. There have been no lives lost so far as is known, but the damage to farm property and live stock has been enormous. Our / >/ rr for the Hon ml Tri ft. The Southern Railway will sell tickets for one fare for the round trip from all points 011 its lines and connection, on the occasion of the meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Wilmington, N. on the ??10 of May. - . \ . Tutt's Pills '* Cure All Liver Ills. . A CLEAR HEAD; good digestion; sound sleep; a fine appetite and a ripe old age, are some of the results of the use of Tutt's Liver Pills. A single dose will convince you of their v/onderfu". effects and virtue A Knaowta Fact. 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