The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 24, 1897, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1897.
The Suinter Watchman was rounded
n 1850 aad the True Soulhron in 1866.
The Watchman and Southron now has
he combined circulation and influence
of both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly the *best advertising medium in i
Samter.
Samps Pope deserves nothing at the
bands of any party, but that is no sign
the republicans will cot give him some?
thing.
> Ambassador Hay will have little
to say about "a denied eight better
business than loafing around a
throne7* while loafing in the neigh?
borhood of the throne of her Britan?
nic Majesty.
President McKinley has struck a
popular chord by his democratic
H ways, and the comparison with
Cleveland's Czar-like seclusion, bis
body guard? and sentry boxes around
the White House, is refreshing.
The Darliogtou News is of the opin?
ion the Senator Earle is cot in Wash
"?- iagton for the purpose of furthjog Till?
man'* "able efforts," bat primarily to
lie in wait to strangle the political life
oat of his respected senior at the first
te; opportunity. Perhaps sc, but let bim
beware the pitchfork.
'?7;,. .
Cuba will obtain independence by
virtue of the exertion of her patriots
and the force of circumstances that
i are conspiring in the overthrow of
Spain. The insurgents have nothing
to hope for from this country. The
policy of cold-blooded indifference
and non interference, save in the
interest of Spain, is stronger than
the sympathy of nine tenths of the
American people.
The interstate commerce law ia to
be sprang on the privilege tax oe fer
Hfctilizers. That law is getting to be just
a little hit too comprehensive. The
next thiag the burglars of neighboring
states who visit oar borders to pursue
' their vocation ina quiet aod business
like way will be resisting arrest as ac
itterferecc3 with trade from adjoining
oom mon weal tb Sy
Sam Jo DOS is eayiog things to and
the Atlanta people that would raise
% a hubbub of indignant objection io any
other place. But Atlanta is not at all
perturbi:d The people are proud of
their city sod there is no objection to
tbs advertisement of ber rascals so long
as it is uoequivocaliy stated that they
lead the South ; co objection to the
deouociatioD of a corrupt condition of
society, while thc denunciation is
coupled with che admission that there is
- nothing approaching it elsewhere. At?
lanta essays to lead the Sooth in all
thiog8, and Sam Jcues is merely adver?
tising the fact that she dees lead io
. numerous particulars. When the time
arrives tbe^ resourceful Atlanta people
will produce statistics to prove that
their philanthropists and church people
are several points better tbao those of
other places aod that they have other
social,circles where virtue aod worth
arc pre-emioeot.
Thc cottee producers should esp?ce
no consideration at the hands of the
framers of the republican tariff bill
Bagging aod ties must bear a higher
duty so the manufacturers may ex ?ct a
greater tribute from the cotton farm?rs, \
but there will be oo duty oo foreign
cotton to protect them against competi?
tion from Egyptian and Indian cotton.
Protection is wroog io principle, bat is
especially objectionable by reason of the
unjust and partisan manner io which
the laws are framed.
Hon Jobo L McLaurin is a states?
man of the practical and bard head
order. He may not believe io a pro?
tective tariff, but be does believe io hts
constituents obtaining all possible bene?
fit from a protective tariff which he
knows to be inevitable while the repub?
licans are in power, hence bis effort to
have a defy placed on cotton. His po?
sition, io this matter is impregnable
from a practical and business point of
view and the refusal of the republicaos
to aooept his amendment makes more
plain the fact that a republican pro?
tective tariff is not framed to benefit all
8ectioc8 cf the country but the proteges,
of the republican party. A tariff pro?
tecting all sections aod all classes of
industry alike would be too much like
free trade and would fail to accomplish
the desired result, for all would be on
an equal footing, and there would be
no favored classes to grow rich by ex?
acting double profits on the necessities
of the unprotected consumers.
The lumber business has seen its
best days in this section, and each
year there are fewer mills in opera?
tion. The supply of timber has been
practically exhausted, and there are
to be found but few large bodies of
untouched limber land, and these are
isolated exceptions. When the road
between this city and Camden is
built a considerable area of yellow
! pine timber land will become availa
I ble to the mills, and this is the only
section of Sumter County that has not
already been denuded to a large ex?
tent of ali first class timber. This
limber will be valuable and the own?
ers of it will find that they have been
decided gainers by the long" delay in
building the road The lumber busi
ness alone will pay the road band
someiy during the first few years
after it is opened for traffic, leaving
out of consideration the through
freights and passenger traffic and the
business that will originate along thc
road.
The Situation
in Canea Critical.
Turkish Garrison Out of Pro?
visions and Sorely Pressed
05^ the Insurgents.
Canea, March 22.-The outlook in
this city and vicinity is not very re?
assuring. The situation of the Turk?
ish garrison in the fort at Malaxa is
very critical. The peace is beseiged
by insurgents, and the Turkish troops
have not enough provisions io last
them more than two days Efforts
have been made to revi cf u al the fort,
but the insurgents have rendered the
efforts fruitless. If the Christians
capture the forts at Malaxa and Kera
tide, which now appears highly prob
able they will do, Canea will be vir
tually blocked landward.
"MOVEMENTS IN* ATHENS.
Athens, March 22.-King George
bad a long interview with M. Anou,
the Russian minister, after which be
summoned Prime Minister Del van
. -
ms, to whom he gave a prolonged
audience. The government has or
dered the enrollment of all robust
citizens, not otherwise liable to mili?
tary service, to form a militia force
to guard the towns in the absence of
the troops
Advices received here to day sf aie
that a cannon exploded in the Turk
isii camp at Elassoua, killing an offi
cer and eight soldiers. After his
audience with the kjng, M Delya?
nis summoned a meeting of tb? cabi?
net The council is supposed lr
have been discussing the naval prep
arations which Greece is making in
the Gulf of Arta which are reponed
to have produced uneasiness in St
Petersburg There is ? scarcity of
horses for army purposes, and the
gevernment has issued a requisition
for all the best horses here to be used
by the troops Many of the wealthy
residents of the city and vicinity
have turned all of their horses over
to the government glad of the oppor
tunity thus furnished them of aiding
in thi8way the cause of Greece.
' SEEKING A SOLUTION.
London, March 22 -The Times to?
morrow will publish a long dispatch
from Athens, the gist of which is
that the Breek government, realizing
the gravity of the situation, and not
sharing in the war fever prevailing in
the army and populace, is sincerely
seeking a solution ?of the present
ttnobles lt awaits with anxiety the
? fl". :ts toward a compromise that are
being made by the powers friendly
to it, and is doing everything in its
power to check the troops and pre
vent an outbreak on the frontier
GERMANY WILL WITHDRAW.
Berliu March 22 -The Post, which
is know? as the ambassador's organ,
says semiofficially today, that it
seems that ai: agreement between the
the-powers ou the Ci etan question
cannot be rejgahed It adds that if
Gerf?any'jfipforts to maintain peace
do not rue?* with the support of the
powerJ5?%?T'e will not further lend her
disinterested services to that end.
ENGLAND'S PLAN FOR PEACE
Vienna, March 22.-The Neue
Freie Presse, says that Euglaod with
a view to preventing collision bet
ween the Turks and Greeks on the
Thessalonian and the Turkish frontier
will propose to the poweis that a
temporary neutral zone be established
to extend a mile on either side of the
border
Will Not Disturb Our Post?
masters.
Washington, March 22 -Senator
Eat Ie called on Postmaster General
Gary this morning in the interest of
our postmastears in South Carolina
The postmaster general promised him
that be would not disturb any of them
until after the expiration of their terms
of office, except for oause. Further
than this he could get the postmaster
general to say nothing.
In Imminent Peril.
i
j The Great Father of Waters
Threatens Thousands.
Memphis, March 19.-A further
half foot rise in the Mississippi means
the devastation of property and a loss
of life unequaled in the flood history
of this section The rise is threat
ened because rain is still falling
Seventeen persons are teported
drowoned 50 mils below Caruthers
ville, Mo A stretch of country over
100 miles long from a point 70 miles
north of Memph's to a point 50 miles
south of the Tennessee metropolis is
submerged in places to a depth of 10
feet. The fertile valleys of Ten
ne8see and Arkansas are completely
inundated and many iivee have been
lost and stock drowned, fencing and
dwellings swept away, inhabitants
destitute and homeless and left to
starve or drown by the remorselessly
rising tide Reports from tributary
streams show rains and rapidly rising
rivers, floods from which will, soon
be emptied in the Mississippi, add?
ing to the danger when hurled
against the already weakened levees.
The levees are patrolled hourly by
armed and desperate men, provided
with sand bags to strengthen weak
places or to close the crevasses and
rifles to shoot down any miscreant
who would venture to cut the em?
bankment and allow the waters on
his plantation to find vent into the
lowlands of his Deighbor.
The floods now partake of the na?
ture of a deluge As far as the eye
can see nothing but water meets
the gaze.
Six hundred people were rescued
yesterday on the Arkansas side of
the river and taken to Memphis, but
there arc flood districts so situated
that relief boats cannot reach the
stricken ones.
On island 39,100 sufferers and con
siderable live stock were rescued by
the steamer Itasca. Neither man nor
beast had tasted food for over 24 hours.
Human beings and helpless brutes
are huddled together awaiting asist
ance all along the Iron Mountain and
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf
tracks Five hundred people were
forced to flee from the floods in Dyer
and Obiou counties, Tennessee
The iatest break in the levee sys
tem in this district occurred at 7
o'clock this evening near Austin,
Miss., 100 miles 60uth. Particulars
are not available
Reports from other points in that
section indicate positive distrust of a
great deal of the system on the Missis?
sippi side and other breaks are ex?
pected to occur at any moment
All thal money, engineering and
labor can do is being exerted, but
the water pressure is very great
The break reported at Glendale,
Miss., proved incorrect, though to
night's break is in that vicinity. The
Caruthersville, Mo , break occurred
about daylight yesterday morning,
and last night there was also a' sec?
ond break in the town's second, or
protection levee, which flooded the
lower part of the town. The main
break, which was 50 feet wide, has
now grown to 400 feet and still
widening No lives were lost there
so far as known Tiie conviction at
Caruthersvilie is that the levee was
cut. in order to lelieve pressure on
the Tennessee levees
The steamer city of Osceola arrived
from below jhis afternoon and reports
the towns of Ashport and Gold Dust
entirely submerged It brought 60
refugees, whom it rescued from the
water There were four additional
cases of drowning across from Mem?
phis to day-two men, a woman and
her infaut.
CUMBERLAND CLIMBING.
Nashville, March 19-The Cum?
berland river is rising Rain fell all
day yesterday, last night and con?
tinued to come down incessantly
to day There is prospect of the
greatest flood on recoid The high?
est lecorded water in the Cumber
land river was in 1S83. when it reg
istered 55 feet, niue feet higher than
at present The outlook now is that
this mark will be exceeded. Much
damage has already resulted from the
overflowed lowland and more will
follow when the flood increases.
Large sections of East Nashville
have been under water for several
days. The river is already climbing
to the bu8i"ne8 houses on Front street.
Boats are now anchored to the side?
walks and the prospect is that the
first floors of buildings will be sub?
merged. Dispatches from the seven
counties of Tennessee and from
Northern Alabama report 36 hours
of rainfall and terribie floods in the
region. Great damage has been
done to bridges and fences. Trains
have ??topped running on the Nash?
ville. Florence and Sheffield railroad.
MOUE THAN SERIOUS.
New Orleans, March 19-A spe?
cial to The States from Vicksburg,
Miss , says: The river situation for
the next 30 days promises to be more
than serious. There is a higher
stage at Cairo and Helena, the twa
main points of observation, than
since 1836, and by their reported
rainfalls in the past 24 bonis both
will score extreme high water marks
yet. The pressure is going to be ex
ceseive along the levee lines. It will
first appear between Helena and the
? mouth of the Arkansas. On that
j reach the levees have been put in
j front of the White river basin since
I the last high water and the effect of
j this is now to be tested. From there
I down the levees have been raised and
j enlarged greatly and ought to hold
! unless the flood is prolonged
j Altogether it is the most serious
j situation for the delta sections that.
j has boen experienced since 1882.
RAISING THE LEVEES.
! Helena, Ark , March 19 -The
river at noon was within 2 inches of
the highest water on record here
The sun shone to day after one of j
the mo9t prolonged and heavy down- j
pours of rain for many year3 and j
conditions are more hopeful. The
Observer urges people in the low
lands to move at once to higher
ground. The levees in front and
north of the city are having the at
tion of the officers of the city, and
the levee boards are being raised and
strengthened Heavy rains yester?
day and last night have partly inun
dated a portion of the northern sub
urbs ef the city, but the water is now
fast receding*
The levees *t Modoc are still hold?
ing, and with recent recruits to an
already large army of levee workers,
there is a bright chance of maintain?
ing the statu quo. The levees on the
Mississippi side appear to be in good
shape
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March 24-lt. Goodwill, S. C.
Election of Sierieitoit of Poor
Ita ai Overseer and Hs
of Ctaio Gang.
OFFICE OF
MARION DORN,
SUPERVISOR OF SUMTER COUNTY
SUMTER. S. C , March 18, 1897.
The County Board of Commissioners hav?
ing organized wrb i's recently appointed
members, will, *t their regular meeting
April 5th, proximo, e:ect a ^uperint-ndent
of v e County Poor Hou?e. and un Ove seer
and Guard? of Chmn Gang Applicants
mny file their rudd of applications wi-'h'tbe
County Supervisor or Clerk of Board
Right to reject all bids resert ed.
MARION DORN,
Supervisor Sumter Co , S C.
THOS. V WALSH. Clerk Mch. 24.
ARE YOU NEEDING AN IRON
SAFE?
HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN?
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M?O BurgUr Proof Safe Company. I am
prepared to offer liberal te. ms to those who
are iu need of a good safe
For prices Hod terms address
J, A. RENNOj
Mch 24 Sumter, S. C.
Estate of Mrs. E. C. James, Dec'd.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Sumter Couoty on April 24th, 1897,
fur a final discbarge as Administrator of
aforesaid Estate.
SEBASTIAN W JAMES,
March 24-4i* Administrator
Estate of F? \V. Crosswell, Dec'd.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of sumter County on April 24, 1897, for
a tinnl d?charge *s Adoiitiiitrator of afore- !
said B?tate W. K CROSSWELL,
March 24-4.* Ad? inistrator i
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FLORIST AND GARDENER.
INFORMS HIS C?STOMEBS and the;
public that he is prepared io furnish ii oe
articles in
Fruit, Tree3. Roses and all kinds cf Flower
Pla??s
Also CMa ge Plants and Other Va?
rlet tts of Vegetable Plants.
KO Cabbage Plants, S .25
l.OCO " " 2.00
MO Pansy Plants, 1.00
He ( fifers his services to l?y out gardens
and put them in shape. Reasonable terms.
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Cuts, Sores, Earache, Backache and all otfre<
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Also please remember that I have on hand a good assort?
ment of
BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS,
CARTS AND HARNESS.
I sell the celebrated
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The best on the Market.
Sumter, S. C., March S. 189G. ?
Styles Change
in Stationery!
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Styles Change
With the season, and
a person may as well
wear a last winters
style in clothes or
hats this Spring, as
to use old style Sta
+o^+<>*o+04<y*o^*<>ww3rt+<w tionery.
The ^fewest Stationery
Is the Prettiest and Cheapest
Ever offered, and there is no excuse for
using old and inferior paper, while a full stock
of the latest papers are always! to be had at
The Book Store?
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