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lp watchman ano Soutljron. THE SUMTER WATCHMAN. Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends then Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, 1366 Consolidated Au?. 9,-2881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1897. New Series-Vol. XVI. No. 29 %\)t M??mmx at? Mjrm Published E*ery Wednesday? -BT JNT. O. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : , $1.50 per an Dam-in advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first insertion.......$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be chargedTor. Greeks Celebrate A Reported Bloodless Victory Over the Turks. Athens, Feb. 16.-The first definite news of a Greek victory io Crete was received this evening, and the wildest enthusiasm followed the intelligence. The Greeks, it is said, attacked and captured Fort Aghia taking 400 Mus? sulmans prisoners. Among the Lum? ber are 100 Turkish troops, the remain? der of the prisoners being Moslems who had refugeed in the fort Details of the engagement are backing. One repori states that no fighting occurred, the garrison surrendering upon the demand of the Greek eonotaander. As DO men? tion of any losses is made io any of the dispatches it is surmised that this report is true" Nothwithstanding the reports that the powers would take concerted action "to prevent Greece from taking further hostile action in Crete, warlike prepara? tions are being made with all possible dispatch. In addition to the corps of occupation already in the island, which corps numbers 1,500 men of all arms, one other regiment embarked upon a transport and sailed for Crete to-night. Another regiment will sail thence to? morrow. The government is preparing for every possible contingency and has summoned two classes of the naval reserve for active service. The people are io a frenzy of excite? ment and demand that the Cretan ques? tion be settled now for all time. It is poplar ly thought that when the pow? ers find the annexation of the island, which Greece bas io view, an accom? plished fact they will readily acquiesce in this spoliation of the Turk. The Cretan Christians are wild with delight over the. manner in which Greece bas come to their aid. Wheo the Greek troops landed on the island, they were received with the greatest enthusiasm, men, women and children hailing them as deliverers from their long bondage to the hated Turk. Everywhere the deepest anxiety was displayed to swear loyalty to King George, the Christians taking it for granted that they were to become at once subjects of the king of the Hel? lenes. The temper of the people is such that they would scarcely hesitate to undertake the f >ol-bardy task of defy? ing the combined powers io their effort to secure their liberty. Is it Ail a "Bluff? Have the Powers Stocked Cards Against the Turk? London, Feb. 17.-The Daily News will say tomorrow it is reported in lob? by among the Unionist members of the bouse of commoos that ic is not likely that the powers will seriously attempt to dislodge the Greeks from the isl? and of Crete, but that their presence will, after a decent interval, be acqui? esced in, with a view to the ultimate annexation of the island to the Greek kingdom It is whispered that King George was made aware beforehand that the action taken by Greece would not be resisted desperately. CRETE AND GREECJS. Athens, Feb. 17 -The belief pre? vails here tLat a diplomatic conference will shortly be held io Berlio for the purpose of settling the question of the union of Crete with Greece. It is ex? pected that the matter will be decided io favor of Greece and that Prince George wiil be cboseu prince of the island A book which may prove to be of unusual importance will be issued this month, with the tittle '-The Liquor Problem, in Its Legislative Aspect." The volume will contain a ! statement of the working of prohib?- | tory and restrictive laws relating to the sale of liquor in Maine, Iowa, ! South Carolina, Massachusetts, Ohio, j Indiana, Pennsylvania and 31issouri ! It will be remembered that the Corn- i mittee of Fifty, which undertook to I find a solution of the liquor question, | appointed as a sub-committee to in- i vestigate various laws President Low, of Columbia College ; Mr James C. Carter and President Eliot, of Harvard College ; and the results of their investigation will be found in the book to which reference is made. The General Assembly. February 17. The session of the boase yesterday morning was a very in>portaot ooe to j every person in the State. It resulted io a d?termination of the issue as to State colleges aod practically settled the question of free tuition in the State colleges. The anti-free tuition, meo precipitated the fight on the question early io tbe day and it ended by the house providing for 160 free scholar? ships in the South Carolioa college. Some of the members who bad voted to reduce the appropriation to $21,000 were heard after the vote was taken to say they would be willing theo to make tbe appropriation what the committee had recommended. There were some fights over the appropriation for the other State institutions of higher learn? ing, bat the appropriations suggested by tbe ways and meaos committee were all agreed to. Soon after tbe-boase met yesterday moroiog it dived into the appropriation bill again. Mr E D. Smith offered the following amendaient to ?he sec? tion jrelatiog to the South Carolina col? lege : Strike out "Provided that salta ble courses of study are provided with? out fees for tuition or matriculation for two young men from each county and also for admitting young wouien quali fied to enter the college, so that it, shall read. "Providsd young ladies shall be admitted who are qualified to enter." He spoke at length against any free tuition in the college. The people of the State were taxed to pay for the edu? cation of one student fron; each county in the normal department and were then taxed to pay him fer teaching in the schools after be had graduated. He said that a p'edge should be re quired from all such beneficiaries to refand the mooey to the State. Mr. Patuo asked Mr. Smith if his position was that the State should be taxed to support the college aod then that the college should charge a ?40 tuition fee thereby shutting out poor boys from the chance of securing an education. Mr. Smith remarked that this was bis position. He waoted these stu? dent to pay for the special privilege they enjoyed. Mr, Patton and many others defend? ed the principle of free scholarships for deserviog youog men and women, and the straw that, perhaps, broke the camel's back of the opposition to free tuition under any circumstances was the statement of Mr. Graham, an alum? nus and supporter of . Wofford, that the denominational colleges had an? nounced that they were doing their best to get rid of free tuition and to charge all, and that it was therefore all the more the duty of the State to pro? vide those scholarships, and the ad? ditional statemeot of Mr Cushman that he knew young men who could not go to college if they had to pay any fees. Mr. Patton made a strong argu? ment in support of bis amendment that free scholarships be allowed to the num? ber of represeotation in each branch of the General Assembly to deserviog and poor youog men and women, and, after a sharp fight the amendment was agreed to, thus showing more liberality to the free tuition io special cases than was recommended by the committee. The free tuition sentiment is even stronger than the vote indicates, as' many who voted against Mr. Patton's amendment said they favored Mr. Thomas's amendment of two scholar? ships instead of one for each member. It is to be remembered that the action catting the College appropriation was taken last uight, and after to-day's fight many of those who had opposed the $25,000 appropriation said that with the light and action of to-day they would favor the $25,000. ar.d especially so as all of the other State higher educational institutions had bad their appropriations, as recommended, untouched by the House Winthrop, the Citadel and the Col? ored College all came cut with flying colors, and received the full amount of the appropriations asked for. There was not much effort needed, either, to get the appropriations asked and needed for these institutions. THE TAX LEVY. The committee presented the sup? ply bill, the features of which are : The State levy is put at 5 mills ex? clusive of the public school tax. The county levies follow : Abbeville-Ordinary county pur- j poses 2 3 4. Aiken-Ordinary, 3 mills ; back j indebtedness 1-2 mill. Anderson-Ordinary, 3 mills ; spe- ! cial road tax, 3-4 mill. Beaufort-Ordinary, 4 rnilis ; sink? ing fund. 1 mill ; past indebtness, 1 mill ; roads and bridges, 1 mil!. Barnwell-Ordinary, 3 mills. Berkeley-Ordinary, 3 1-4 mills ; for poor house, 1 mill ; interest, 1-4 mill ; court expenses, 3 4 mill. Clarendon-Ordinary,' 4 mills. In this county it is provided to what purposes the money collected shall be put. Chester-Ordinary, 5 mills ; in terest on bonds, 114 mills ; past in? debtedness, 3 4 mi 1. Chesterfield - Ordinary, 4 3 4 mills ; for railroad bonds, 1 4 mill Charleston-The levy shall be 2 1 4 mills, 1 4 mill to be applied to the militia therein. The remainder of the levy is variously appropriated Darlington-Ordinary, 3 mills ; past indebtedness and road tax 1 2 mill Edgefield-Ordinary, 1 1 2 mills ; jurors and witnesses, 5 8 mill ; roads, 7 8 mill Fairfield-Ordinary, 4 mills ; paet indebtedness, 1 mill. County Board of Commissioners are authorized to borrow $7,500 at 7 per cent, to pay court expenses and other deficiencies ? Florence-Ordinary, 3 1-4 Georgetown - Ordinary, 5 1-2 mills; past indebtedness, 112 mills. Greenville-Ordinary, 3 1-2 mills interest on Air Line bonds, 1 mill ; Greenville and Laurens, 1 mill; re? tiring Air Line bonds, 1 2 mill ; past indebtedness, 13 8 mills Hampton-Ordinary, 4 mills Horry-Ordinary 3 mills ; poor, 1 mill ; roads, 2 3 mill ; public build mgs, 1-6 mill Kershaw-Ordin".__jl: mills ; in? terest on railroad bonds, 2 34 mills, Lancaster - Ordinary, 5 mills ; Cheraw and Chester bonds, 3 mills ; township bonds in aid Charleston, Cincinnati and Ohio road In Pleas ant Hill Township, 3 mills ; G?ls Creek Township, 4 1-2 milis Funds arising from taxation of the road iii these townships to be applied to in? terest in proportion to the amount of bonds of said townships. Laurens-Ordinary, 2 14 mills ; for railroad, 3 1-2 mills Lexington-Ordinary, 3 mills ; in? terest on railroad bonds in Fork Township, 1 1-2 mills ; Broad River and Saluda Townships, 2 mills Marion-Ordinary, 3 14 mills ; past indebtedness, 1 mill Newberry-Ordinary, 3 1-2 mills Oconee-Ordinary, 2 mills ; court expenses, 3 4. mill; road, 1 mill; past indebtedness, 1 mill. Orangeburg-Ordinary, 212 mills; past indebtedness, 2 mills Pickens-Ordinary, 3 12 mills ; railroad bonds, 5 8 mill ; sinking fund, 6 mills. Richland-Ordinary, 3 14 mills; 3-4 mill in Columbia Township for railroad purposes and 1-4 mill to re? tire railroad bonds ; special levy of 2 mills in city of Columbia for school purposes. Saluda-Ordinary, 2 12 mills; past indebtedness, 1 mill ; jurors and witnesses, 3 4 mill. Commissioners are authorized to borrow 3 4 mill and pledge levy, for jurors and witnesses, to borrow money to full extent of levy to pay back indebtedness. Spartanburg - Ordinary, 3 1-2 mills; interest on railroad bonds. 1-14 mills ; sinking fund, 1 mill ; new jail, 1-2 mill , past indebtedness, 1-2 mill ; roids, 3 4 mill. Sumter-Ordinary, including in? terest on bonded indebtedness, 3 mills Union-Ordinary, 4 mills; rail? road bonds, 2 1-4 mills ; sinking fund; 2 mills ; roads, 1 mill. Willimsburg-Ordinary, 4 3-4 mills. Commissioners are authorized to borrow $,2000 to pay court ex expenses for 1897 York-Ordinary'and past indebted? ness, 3 1-2 milis In Catawba Town? ship 1 mill ; Cherokee, 1 mill ; Ebe? nezer, 1 mill ; York. 4 1-2 mills for bonds of Three C's Railroad The board of directors of the Penitentiary must pay into the Treas? ury at the end of each three months all amounts received for the hire of convicts and other sources after pay? ing necessary expenses, the same to be held for the payment of appropria? tions in the same manner as other funds. There shall be collected a poll tax of $1 Taxes shall be due and payable from October 31, and if not paid by December 31 a penalty of 15 per cent attaches. A tax of 3 mills is assessed for school pur? poses. In anticipation of the collection of the taxes the Governor and State Treasurer are authorized to borrow so much as may be necessary to meet the interest debt at Maturity. THE SEKATH. The fight of the day was that over the repeal of the free pass law There was a long debate, and it was finally defeated by a majority of only one. There were three Senators ab- ! Kent., and it has since developed that j liad they been present tho uni would have passed. Mr. Ragsdale, the successor of Tom Woodward, who gol the bill j through first, deserves the credit for j the final killing ol' the bill by put- ! ting the parliamentary clincher upon j it, it having developed that the friends of the bill would have moved to reconsider to morrow if it had been possible The cigarettee bill was killed by a heavy majority, after a long debate. As predicted on Sunday, Mr. Mayfield's local option bi'' was con? tinued until next session, when it came up this morning as a special order. February 18. Another attempt was made yester- ? day to get the house of representa- | fives to appoint a day for the final adj ou ro ruent, but once more the mat? ter was postponed, this time only until the house meets Friday however. Yesterday Mr. Kibbler's important banking and insurance in? spector bill was passed by the house and it will likely get through the senate. It is a bill of great impart ance to the people and the cla*-s of corporations affected by it Then the house took up the disponsary bill introduced by Mr. Garr?s, com? monly termed the "administration" measure and came very near com? pleting its consideration when the hour for recess came. Enough was seen to show that the bill would pass easily and that with its passage would end all question as to what would be done with the dispensary law at the.p?sent session. The Atlantic Coast Line consolida? tion bill was passed to a third read? ing. The bill providing for the fcrfeiture to the Slate of abandoned railroad property was passed to a third read? ing after the committee amendments were agreed to. The bill restoring attorney's costs was ratifiad at the night session. THE SENATE. The senate met at 10 a. m , and no night session was held The Cherokee County bill passed the third reading The House bill to require railroad companies to -stop passenger trains at certain stations came up with com? mittee amendments to provide for day accommodations, which were adopted and the bill was then passed over until to-morrow A House bill providing for the punishment of laborers for violating verbal or written coutracts was amended to strike out the word --ver bal," and'was then passed/over until to morrow The Bamberg County bill came up next and was sent to the House with numerous minor amendments The fertilzer bill received a lengthy discussion but finally went over to to Friday. When the body adjourned it was to meet at 10 a. m Friday The entire Legislature and a large number of friends left for Charles? ton this morning The Trip to Charleston. Glorious Bay, a Merry Party, a Warm Welcome and Hearty Good Cheer Make The Visit io the Warships an Event in the History of the Session. The legislative excursion made yesterday to the City by the Sea was facile princeps the event of the ses sion of 1897. Charleston, in peace or in war. does all things well and best of all, if we are to be guided by the expressions of opinion of those who partook of her hospitality yes? terday ; she shines in those affairs of life where warm heart and willing hand are quickened for the stranger within her gates. Charleston's hospitality is by no means an unknown equation xto the good people of Columbia, and the an? nouncement that an invitation had been extended to the Legislature to come and share it was to the Legisla? ture like a motion to lay on the table, it was undebateable. There was a rush for the tickets, hot cakes wern't in the race with them, everybody wanted to go whether legislator, State official, even taxpayer or not. A great many more tickets were is sued than Charleston had bargained for but Charleston's entertainment partakes of the nature of her sunny smiles and her sea breezes ; there is always enough and to spare Every man, woman and child who went, and their name was legion, about 600 in all. were welcomed with generous cordiality and received the good hand of fellowship as warmly as if it were for his or her especial benefit that the trip was proposed. Tho day was a great one for Charleston. It was "the" day of the blockade week and the city was thronged with visitors The national government waa represented in the person of Secretary Herbert of the Navy and many of the brightest stars in the "Union Jack." Among ? them Admiral Bunce and Rear Ad- . mirai Gherardi. The State adminis tration was there en masse, from the Governor, and the proudest statesman : who presides over his country's j destiny to the humblest attache of the Capitol. There were visitors in I the city from all over this broad Union, distinguished and undistin? guished, and last but not least, a full coterie of those who make the others famous or infamous according, ai way6, to their just deserts, the rep? resentatives of the press. OVER THE S. C. & G. ROAD There were two trains out of the city, both leaving at 7:30 a. m The Union depot was thronged with ladies and gentlemen long before the hour fixed for departure, but the crowd was good natured and patient. The South Carolina and Georgia, composed of seven cars, was in charge of two of the most experi? enced men in the employ of the com? pany, Engineer Robinson and Con? ductor J P Roche. The coaches contained probably the major part of the two branches of the General As? sembly and its officers. Besides the local representatives of the press there were Editor Hull of the Kock Hill Herald, and Parks of the Orangeburg Patriot. The trip was without incident, the train being a special flyer, the stops were few At Branchville the regu? lar passenger train was overtaken and passed At every station there was a large crowd waiting to see the special fly through, and the cheers of the crowds on the platforms were answered* by counter-cheers from the train. The train on its arrival at Branch? ville was met by a committee consist? ing of Alderman W. F. Strong, Chairman O C Beckman, Geo. S. Legare and B. A. Hagood. They were introduced to the party by the members of the Charleston delega? tion and made their distribution of badges, which were to be an open sesame to all the good things that were in store Dr, Lawrence of the Charleston Street Railway had given orders that no fares were to be taken from pas? sengers wearing badges, a kindness which but few, if any, took advan? tage of. The train on its arrival iu the city at about ll o'clock was transferred to the traeks of the East Shore Ter? minal, by the courtesy of Mr W. E Huger, the managing director of that company, and by it was carried to Accommodation Wharf, where boats innumerable were under steam, ready to go out to the fleet, that in mimic warfare blockaded Charleston's im pregnable harbor, which no fleet of the world has ever yet successfully closed to the enterprise of the peo? ple of the city, nor none been able to take by 6torm. ON THE OCEAN WAVE. All wearers of badges were usher? ed on the Planter except those re? served for special excursions. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House and several others were taken with Secretay Her? bert and his official party who had arrived earlier in the day, on the revenue cutter Colfax. There were also a number of private parties made up for the various tug boats and steam yachts, on all of which there were ample refreshments. Capt. Hubbard of the good ship Planter is no less an experieoced host than he is an experienced mariner. For so macy years that the good cap? tain would object to our telling bow long he has tempted the powers of the deep and had charge the safekeeping of the best and tbe most beautiful of the men and women of the State. He has probably carried out more excursion parties than any man on tbe South Atlantic coast, and if fate bas over? taken any of them, history has no cog? nizance of it, but the record glows with no few tales of his prowess and brav? ery. Tbe Planter is a commodious boat, wonderfully well adapted to the pur? poses ofy an excursion steamer. A large committee of which Mr. H. F. Bremer of the finn of F. W. Wagener & Co., was chairman, was on board the boat. Maj. E Willis presided over (be refreshment counter and tables, where there was all that heart could wish to eat or drink, barrels of beer, demijohns of whiskey and oceans of punch with bread, crackers, cheese and such picnic eatables composed the bill of fare. The boat, left the pier about ll :30. The sun was like one of those rare days iu^June that we have all heard of. The sail down the harbor was delight? ful, but just over the bir on the bosom of the broad Atlantic, hung a heavy cloud of fog, like a bank it lay against the horizon. The boat glided into it for the sea was as calm as a basin, one could hardly distinguish ob? jects across the boat, so dense wasche cioud On every side boats were sounding fo? whistles in a little oandc moniuoi and narrowly passing each j other in the dense darkness that pr.;- i vailed. At first it was thought best to j return to the city and the boat was put ! ab?u', bat after running along the 1 South jetty a slit.rt distance, I be fog seemed to be iifiinc, ??n<i the Planter j with the bittcrlp disappointed passengers ; returned tn the bar. Was soybedy sick? Well you just j ought to li ave seen them. Th:; re waa hardly a lady on rnard who waa not, and nearly half the men kept their company and some of them were sick enough to cast themselves into the sea. The ships were passed in review, the Indiana, Amphitrite, Maine, Massachu? setts. Columbia. Dolphin, Vesuvius and the New York. He who oould look upoo these vast engines of war aod not feel a thrill of pride for bis country, either had no soul or was too sea sick to care which country wag bis. The marines aod seamen on all of the vessels were drawn up in dress parade and saluted the legislative excursion. They were cheered from the Planter, each io turn. The returo trip was uneventful, and io the placid waters of tbe bay, tbe state rooms gave up their sick and it - was a happy, grateful and enthusiastic crowd that disembarked at Commercial Wharf, and with pleasant adieos to their entertainers, scattered hither and thither over the city. Nearly every? body had friends to see, and those who did not, soon made them them. Returniog, the train left at 7 o'ctoflj^ with a tired party on board, bot one ^ that was very grateful to Charleston, to tbe Sooth Carolina and Georgia Railroad, to the officers of the Planter, to the manager of tbe Charleston Street Railway aod to all others who bad so generously contributed towards making tho day one . of royal good fellowship, and as was remarked io the outset, "Charleston's the toast." The Coast Line, which has the gen? eral repotation of always "getting there," certainly did so yesterday on the Charleston excursion. It went to Charleston the quickest by five minutes aad-returniog it got to Columbia half an hour ahead of the South C?roliaa and Georgia train. Tbe Coast Line had seven heavily laden cars with passacgers when it left the city at 7 30 yesterday morning, s ?' Toe ruo to Charleston was made with? out special incident, but it was a swift and pleasant jaunt for the passengers. One of the best engines in the service was used and the time between the two cities was completed almost beforo the passengers knew it Mr. H R. Colley, the popular and accommodating travel? ing agent, was aboard and he saw to it ? that all passengers bad proper attention. To his untiring efforts much of the pleasure of the trip is due. The pas? sengers were landed on the wharf and after waiting for others the trip seaward was begun, the circumstances of which have already been detailed On the returo trip i.-.e Atlantic Coast Line peo pie showed the same courtesy aod kiod^M Desi; as they did in thc morrjiog, a^?HB the ruo between the two cities was made quickly and without aoy delay. Altogether the Coast Lioe handled 375 of the 500 people who went to Charles? ton, and every one of them are de- '% lighted that their lines fell in so pleas? ant a place. --M?-<-i A PJy Answer. "You're pretty fly, aren't you?" said the old lady's complexion to a fly whof"^ had lit on it. "Yes," replied the fly with a wiok, *'I get onto a new wrinkle here every day " A Very Good Reason. "He got roy thumb in his mooth and bit it severely. Sir," said Mr. Coben to Mr. Skidds. "Why did you not bite bim?" "My religion forbids me to eat swine." Dr. King's New Discovery [for Consump? tion. 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