WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17, 1897. The Sumter Watchman was rounded in 185? and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sumter. There is a good deal of make-be? lieve in the anxiety of the General Assembly to finish the work of the session and adjourn. The pro'posilioc to dock the pay of the legislators while they go on a junket lng trip to Charleston is pre posterons and cruel. Some of the zealous members may wish to insti tote a personal investigation of the metropolitan police system, and to do this it will be necessary to gain admission to the lairs of numerous blind tigets, which will cost money. The Jim Crow car bill has passed the House, but will scarcely get safe? ly through the Senate The bill pro des -that the accommodations pro? vided for whites and negroes shall be identical, and should it become a law there will be no cause of complaint. President McKinley's cabinet will be a select club of millionaires. Up to this time every man who has been tendered a position by Mr. McKinley is aumilHonaire' several times over. \ The ^newspaper war between mptroller General Norton and the inking Fond Commission continues ay after day with uncurtailed ver? boseness. Each side has had two or more ronnds and still the matter is shrouded in obscurity as far as the j general public ?a concerned. The parties engaged in the wordy com? bat may know all about it, bot as yet have not succeeded in taking the public into their confi? dence. To an unenlightened out? sider the. Sinking Fund people appear to have slightly tbe ad van tan ge at present When the Legislature has completed the promised searching in* vestigation of the Sinking Fond mys tery we may all know something "about the merits of the controversy Crazy Man's Freak. ? Demented Fireman Jumps From His Engine. The wild freak of a crazy fireman on fast mail from Augusta, yesterday afternoon was the cause of a sensation to those who witnessed the occurrence The nam3 of tbe fireman in question is J W. P Hutchinson, He bas been recent? ly s* rsstdeot of this city, but bas only lived here a ?hort time, and but little seems tobe known of bis antecedents except that be is a "married man and bas a wife and children. He is about 25 or 26 years of age, and gave no evidences of insanity preyious * to yesterday. He came out of Augusta all right, but just as the train left Bath, he became violent and suddenly leaped from the engine and broke for the woods at fall speed. Au immediate pursuit was made, b?? ali < ff"?rte to catch him proved unavailing So an? other fireman was put on in hi- p!a^e for the remainder of the rpo to OOMU bia. No doubt search partie?, will be made up in the vicinity wnere the incident occurred, and an earn? est effort made to find the poor fellow and put him where he can be properly cared for His actioo was" so sadden that at the time it could not be prevented, nor could bis train associates remain to continue the search, other? wise they would not have allowed bim to wander through the wood? at night io his demented condition. Hu'ch-nson is said by bis friends to be"a quift mao not given to tbe use of liquor io excess, and no possible solu? tion of h s act except that of insanity is entertained by them At a late hoar last night a party ot railrosd men ac? companied by Hutchinson's father-in law, went ever to Bath with the inten? tion of searching the woods for him - The State, Feb. 16 Soap From Sunflowers. The Taoma News says (hat a com? pany bas been organized in Spokane county to manufacture soap from -un fiower seeds. The average yield ol plants to the acre is twenty-five hun? dred pounds, gross, ; percentage of oil is one-third the weight of, the seeds ; so that six hundred pounds, of seed will make two hundred pounds of oil. The latter, when refined aad ready to use in making soap, is worth about one dollar a pound, and ?3 to make thc finest of toilet soaps. The net profit of the sunflowers to the grower is put at eleven dollars an acre. They re? quire little care after being planted, - i ? < Do you enjoy a fice cigar ? Try a Cinco Sold only by H. G. 03teen & Co. BATTLES W CRETE. Greek Troops For Crete. Athens, Feb 14 -The army reserves of 1893 and 1894 have beeo called out aod ordered to hold themselves in readi? ness to join ?bier colors at 48 hoars* notice. A Dumber of detachments of infant? ry, artillery aod engineers have em? barked at Piraeas for Crete. Their departure was attended with great en thusiasm. Evening.-It is understood that the orders of the troops are to protect the ! Christian families in Crete aod to I restore order This is looked upon as tantamount to the occupation of the islaod. Greece has citified the powers that she will willing!) bold herself answerable for the steps she has takers. Colonel Yassors, chief aide de camp to King George, commanded the troops, who numbered 1,500. As the men marched aboard the vessel which was to convey them to Crete, large crowd? of people who bad gathered to witness their departure cheered them again and again. The ti oops, who are already styled the "corps of occupation," reach? ed Milo to-day A regiment of artillery has been or? dered to- start at once for the Thessalo oi?n frontier. This regiment will be accompanied by Prince Nicholas, King George's third son. Athens, Feb. 14-Advices have been reoeived here giving details af the de? tention at Candia of a Turkish vessel by a Greek warship. The vessel which was stopped and compelled to return to ber anchorage, was the Turkish transport Fand, bound for Canea with munitions for the besieged garrison at that place. As the Faud moved from her anchor? age and started to ?aave the harbor, the Greek warship beaded in snch a direction as to intercept ber and order? ed ber to stop No attention being paid to this order the Greek vessel fired two shots across the Kaud'* bows, and the transport, being unarmed, put about and returned to her moorings. lt is reported that the commander of ? the British fleet protested against the j action of the Greeks and ordered the ! vessel of that oatie o to make no fur ; ther attacks upon the Turk?. In Two Desperate Conflicts the Cfarietians Victors. Canea, Crete, Feb. 15 -The Greek flotilla is lying at anchor outside of the cordon which has been formed by the warships of the powers and will not be permitted to come any nearer. The foreign warships are practically blockading Retiino and Canea The reports that the Greek flotilla landed large quantities of arma, ammunition, etc., intended for the use of*the in? surgents during the night of Feb 12, or at any subsequent time, are abso lately untrue. The number of in surg?o?s who are gathered around Canea is estimated at 12,000 They have only one field gun. Tbe Turks tinder the cover of four of the guns of the fortress, made a sortie on Sat j urday upon the Halepa qaarter of thc I town, where a hot fight ensued, re I suiting in tbe Turks being driven back by the Christians and compelled to retire to the fortress. After night? fall, a force of 1,700 Moslems/ regu? lars and volunteers', made another sortie, which was stoutly opppoeed by the Christians The fighting which ensued was of a more despe? rate cbaract er and the losses on both sides were heavy The Moslems finally returned to the fortress. It is thought that despite the vigi lance of the warships of the powers the Greek transport ships may sue ceed in landing an expedition in the bay o? Kissamo. BRAVE GREECE B0CND. Athens, Feb. 15 -The represent j ative of the powers accredited to j Greece held two meetings yesterday, ! their conferences tafcing place at the j French legation. At the second j meeting, which was held in the even I ing, it was agreed that the powers, ! through their ^ministers at Athens, i should protest agaist Greek interven ! tion in C?ete and as result of this de ! cisi?n, the French minister. M j Bouree, waited upon M Delyannis, the Greek premier, and intimated,to him that the powers had determined to take decisive steps, even resorting io arms to prevent Greece from tak ing further hostile action in Crete. M Bouree, as the spokesman of the representatives o? the powers, ad vise the immediate recall of the Greek flotilla from Crete and, at the same time, promised that the powers would take into cosideration the claims of Greece in Crete and the question of union of Crete with Greece. Grimier Delyannis asked to be al? lowed time in which to reply to the representations made by M. Bouree, which request waa granted The military reserve fores are re sponding with grea* unanimity to the government's summons and are flock ing to the military depots in large numbers. The military bureaus re port that the list of reserves will be made up within a few days. Advices received here from the island of Crete announce that the corps of occupation, consisting of infantry, artillery and engineers and numbering 1,500 men, which embark . ek.at Pareiu8 yesterday, have landed at Patanias, 14 kilometres west of Canea. The warships of the powers, these advices also state, had previously landed strong detachments at Reti mo, Herakion and Canea GERMANY'S ATTITUDE Berlin, Feb. 15 -The many ru? mors concerning what actually occur red in Athens as a result of the two Conferences of the diplomatic re? presentatives of the powers yester day and the subsequent representa? tion of the conclusions arrived at by the conference to Premier Delyannis, M Booree, the French minister be ing the spokesman of the diplomats, have been set at rest by a semi offi? cial statement which was given out here to day. According to this state? ment, M. Delyannis, upon being for? mally notified of the action of the foreign ministers, which notice was put iii the form of a protest against the action which Greece has taken in Crete, asked that time be allowed him in which to consider and foi mu- j late a reply. This request having j been granted, Mr. Delyannis today communicated to the diplomats through M Bout?e, an answer to their protest The Greek premier, after a brief review of the situation, de? clares without qualification that it is the purpose of Greece to occupy Grete In view of this defiant atti tude of the Hellenic kingdom, the German government will consider that it is no longer consonant with dignity to proceed further in the p%ths of diplomacy at Athens, and after having communicated this con? clusion to the governments of the other powers will instruct the" com? mander of the. German warship Kai? serin Augusta to proceed to Canea and join the associated fleets off the Cretan coast in preventing any hos? tile action on the part of Greece and co-operate with them in restoring or j der in the island. According to the i semi-official statement, this decision j on the part of Germany is final. j Thirteen Prisoners Escape I Through a Hole. York ville. Feb 14 -There was a wholesale delivery of prisoners at (he county jail chi-* morning about 3 o'clock. Among the prisoners that, escaped are M. R. R^ese and Dave F. Luckie, convicted of tbe morder of Chan F. Williams, of Tunnel Hill. Ga , and sentenced to the penitentiary for life, but awaiting the result of an appeal to the supreme court. These were the only two white prisoners that escaped, but in addition to these were II negroes, who effected their escape also. These negroes are charged with various misdemeanors, but none of the crimes are serious All day long posses have been scour? ing tbe country Searching for the es? capes, but as yet without any success. The escape of the prisoners was not discovered until about 7 o'clock this morning, but Sheriff Logan promptly gave the alarm and summoned bis posses. The manner io which the delivery was effected shows a great deal of in? genuity and is undoubtedly due to tbe fertile brain of M. R. Reese. Wheo the jail wa.s searched this morning it was found that a hole large enough to admit the body of a man bad been bored from the cell of Reese through the ceiling Through this hole the prisoners crawled to a point direotly over the stairway. Here another hole was cut iu the ceiling and by means of blankets the prieooers let themselves down to the floor, and from there to the ground by means of the stairway was a very simple thing. Blood hounds have been secured and are now out following tracks su? posed to have been made by some of the prisoners. It is the common supposi? tion that Reese drcve to Rock Hill in conveyances provided for him by bis frieods and there took the train for the north He was known to have had about $2,000 on bis person There is a great deal of excitement over the delivery and rewards will un? doubtedly be offered On a Bible of Luckie'e left io his cell wat; found these words : "M R Reese, David L Luckie, in remembrance of us " Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach tbe diseased portion of the ear. To ere ie only one way to cure Deafness, and that is : by constitutional remedies Deafness, is caused by an inflamed condition of tbe rau? cous llO?D? of tbe Eustachian Tobe. Wben this tube {rets inflamed you bave a rubbling sound or imperfect heirjog, ?od when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and un Jess the inflammation can ba" take" out and this tube restored ro its normal condition, hearing will be d-stroyed forever ; nine cases ont of ten are caused ny catnrrb, which i? nothing but nu inflamed condition ot tbe mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollar? for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can? not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free F. J Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. ?&*So\d by Druggists, 75c. Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment Is unequalled for Eczema, 'fetter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites, Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids. For sale by druggists at 25 cents pei- box. TO HOESEOWNEHS. For putting a horse in a fine healthy con? dition try Dr. Cadf's Condition Powders. They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct kidney disorders and destroy, wo*-ms, giving new life to an old or over-worked horse. 25 cents per package. For sale by druggists. For sale tn Sumter, by Dr A J China. Cotton Futures. New York, February 15 -The SUD [ says : Spot cotton here was uncbang i ed. with sales of 518 bale? for spioniDg ; and 300 delivered on contract In the ' early trading the market was strong and active. The Liverpool news was ? better than bad been expected; recent sellers bought back their "cotton ; Liverpool and thc South bought and i there was considerable new buying J for local account. The unsettled for? eign political situation had no ii flseDce on the'market, ;7. HENRY L. B. WLLL3, Feb. 8. Magistrate. Estate of Mrs? Rebecca A. Woods, DECEASED. ALL PARSONS HOLDING CLAIMS against Estate of said deceased, will pre? sent same duly attested, and ail Persons in? debted to said Estate will make immediate paymeot to ALLISON H.TRULU' K. Qualified Exor., Feb 10, '97-3t*. Taylors P. Ol, S. C. COLUMBIAS SECOND HAND Columpias and Victors. 1893 models $30 1894 models $35 1895 models $40 io $50 Satisfaction guaran? teed on everv wheel sold by me. D. JAS. fir ar rt en Buist's and Ferry\ just received. All kinds. Most Reliable. Union Sets. Red and White. DRUGS ! j -Toilet Soaps SFrostilla for Chapped I Hands ! j Fresh Drugs Every Week. Prescriptions Carefully Com pounded Bay and Night J.S.HU6HS0N & GO., DRUGGISTS MONAGHAN BLOCK SUMTER, S. C. Estate of Miss Jennie Dargan, MINOR. IWILL APPLY to the Judve of Probate of Sumter County on March lOtb, 1897, for a final discharge as Guardian ot the Per? son and Estate of forpsaid Minor. MILTON DARGAN,. Feb. 10, '97-4t*. Guardian. The State of South Caroling . COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, MARY THOMPSON, widow, made sun to me to grant ber Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of rtlCEARD THOMPSON, deceased. Tbe$e are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the s*id RICHARD THOMPSON, late of said Couotv and State, deceased, that tbey be and appear before me, io the Court of Probate, to be beld at Sumter C. H., on Feb. 25, 1897, next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they hare, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this lOtb day of Feb., A. D., 1897. TBOS. V. WALSB, Judge of Probate. Feb. 13-2t. ? FOR SALE. A FARM OF 17 ACRES OF LAND ONE mile from Sumter Court House with >, new dwelling of six rooms, two piszzas, kiteben and pintry attached, store, barn and stable Good water. Ose tobacco burn with flues. Terme, One-third cash, balance in one years time. Also two good horses. Apply on place to E. A. 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