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WEDNESDAY, APBIX, 28, 1897. The Suinter Watchman was rounded ia 1850 stad the True Southron ia 1866. 'The Watchman and Southron new has he combined circulation and influence of both of the cid papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium io j Sam ter j The war ia Greece is of such over shadowing magnitude that little thought Wm- 8 ow given the Cuban war of i&de : pen den ce, bat the Cabans are keeping <up the fight bravely and will, eventual ly, wio by exhausting the resources of j Spain. The Greeks may draw some degree of satisfaction from the knowledge that ihe people1 of the Christisa world heart tiy sympathize with them ia their heroic . straggle against the Turks, but sym pathy will sot aid' them to triumph .against overwhelming odds. The wide divergeoee of the state ments made by Gov. EUerbe and Maj. Barney Evans respecting the ownership of "Sally" renders the co oclusi n that -one or the other was willfully mistaken. "That is the mildest fora of stating the logical coooloaion %fter studying the testimony. Cheering uews comes from Cabs again. Two expeditions carrying arms and military stores have succeeded in sailing from this country, and the latest dispatches tell that Gomez sod his Gen erals have resumed active operations, The war in Coba is not yet ended, the island has not been pacified by Wey ley. The situation on the frontiers of Greece appears most serious for the / Greeks The Turks have overpower ing; numbers and the prestige of vic tory nerve them to press forward, where the Greeks are disheartened by def ea;; - and" the government at Athens is threatened with revolution at borne The crescent is still in the ascendant and the croes is doomed to be once again trampled ignominiously io the dust, its brav s defenders nut to the word and their wives and children told io slavery unless the so-called Christian powers of Europe take the part of the Greeks. Augusts Ga., is turoed over* to the Merry Makers this week, and resi dents and the thousands of visitors who rwTOjl the city will devote their time , an& eoijgiee to having as . much . vpleaanee s oan be compressed tis days, Entertainment \i bees provided for every tour of the time, and the Merry Makers will improve each golden mo ment. The metropolis of the Savannah valley is a pleasant place to visit at any time ; one visit is the precursor of as maoy others as opportunity affords, sod those who have never spent a day or <days there has one good thing yet in tore for bim, for he ts yet unacquainted with one of the loveliest and pleas antest cities in the south. The rail roads are offering the lowest excursion rates, and for a genuine spring outing ' this week is the time and Augusta is the place to have the most pleasure. V:'. - * A bleachery for cotton goods is the -most alluriog openiog for the io vest ment of money yet brought to the at tention of the people of this State. An investment of one hundred thou sand dollars will build a * u ton bleach ery and leave a working capital of thiriy-five thousand dollars. Experts in the business estimate the profit on such an investment at thirty to thirty five per cent per annum. The very ide* that such an opportunity lies ne glected hy our people is astonishing, aod the farther fact that the cotton ; iii of S >orh Carolina ship daily to northern ble ch ries . officient goods to keep ten >uch plants running day and night is more forcible than any criti cism orootutuent conld be. The Sooth is comparatively poor, not because the oasis of wealth is lacking, but because the people dc cot ose their opportu . nities. Atlanta folks are having great times this week and the teiegiaph wires -running out of the incomparable me tropolis are singing with glee as they transmit the chronicles of Atlanta's delectable sensations. Cashier Cas ein's 8tealage of nearly a hundred thousand dollars in cold cash is great, -especially as he was a model young stan with no bad habits, but the Ft. McPherson court martial, of which the ground work is a "sizzling''scan dai, involving several U. S army offi cers and their wives, daughters and {Sweethearts, is the star attraction. It &aa all the materials for a irs^^^el of the lurid, realistic, sentimental type. | -a jealous soldier husband, unfaith ful wife, daring soldier lover, neglect ed and heartbroken, bat vengeful fiance, and gan ison gossips, male and j female It is a juicy and scandlous morsai, and Atlanta is having great times this week The Atlantic Coast Line bas the authority of the General Assembly to Consolidate al', of its lines into one system with one cn. ps of officers, and now the courts have decided in a friendly test case, that none of the lines to be consolidated are compet ing. This decision removes the sole obstacle to the consolidation, and we may expect steps to be taken imme diately toward consummating the ! consolidation plans that have been perfected for some months. The consolidation will be, unless false statements have been made without apparent motive of adequate impor tance to warrant them, decidedly beneficial to the patrons of the road and to the owners of the system also. In the first place, continuous freight rates will be operated on all branches of the system, which will result in a general and systematic lowering of tho rates that have heretofore been effective. On the other hand, the road will be io a shape to be operated much more economically, as numer ous officials who have held office and drawn salaries from the half dozen or more roads controlled by the sj stem, can be dispensed with, and one set of officers will direct the operation of the entire system. The clerical force will also be reduced in numbers, for in future there will be no necessity for keeping separate accounts for each road, all of them being merged into one under the consolidated char ter, and thereby losing their identity . The Atlantic Coast Line is a great system, one of the strongest in the South, and, probably, the best man aged and most uniformly profitable of any in this section The contem plated change in its organization is an advance, for this system is one that neyer goes backward, and we may expect an improvement in the service as well as a decrease of freight rates by the application of thc continuous rate Both will be welcome-especially the lower freight rates. Quinine and other fe ver medicines take from 5 to 10 days to cure fever. Johnson's Chili and Fever Tonic cures in ONE DAY. NO MORE WIRE TIRES. Col D P. Duncan, manager of the State Alliance exchange, yesterday af ternoon returned from Washington, here he bas been for several days on business of great importance to the cotton growers of the State. He went on toSuoiter io the afternoon. Col. Do ean, it will be remembered, led the fight made last year in many of tbe southern States, particulars io South Carolina, against the flit cotton tie trust, introducing a wire tie which, after a big fight, the import is were foroed to accept. Before thc reason was out thousands of bundles of tbe Aire ties were manufactured aod sold aU through tbe South, many ot the triers boycottiog the flat tie trust pii'uh had had them at ifs mercy so o g. Colonel Duncan bas found from hi visit to New York that the farmers will bu ve no more trouble about the tie trust. Several comoanies have gone to manufacturing tbe flat ties on a lar^e scale and they are now offering to pur chasers all the fiat ties that they cac handle at 15 cents a bundie less than the actual wire used last season could be bought at In other words, the prices have fallen until the flat ties can be purchased at 15 ceo ta less per bun die than tbe crude wire to be made into the ties can be bought at -The State Accident on Underground Railway. L^odoo, April 26 -A tremendous explotioo occurred on the underground railway at 5.30 o'clock this evening as a train filled with men from the city was making its usual top at tbe Al dersgate station The glass roof of the station was blown out. Many of the gas lights in the waiting rooms and on the platform were extinguished. A general panio ensued. When comparative quiet bad been restored, it vas found that a first class coach had been completely wreck ed and that its occupants were lying about moaning and bleeding. Ten of the injured were fouod to be in a preca rious condition and were removed to hospitals. A number of persons who were standing on the platform were also hort. Much of the wreckage was hurled across the station. --=T> -iimu Cinco, th? 5 cent straight Havana Cigar or sale by H. G. Os een & Co. Weekly Crop Bolletin. COLUMBIA, S. C , April 27, 1897 TEMPERATURE. The temperature averaged five de gree9 per day below the normal. Tb days were sufficiently warm but the nights were cool The maximum tem perature reported was 89 on the 24th, at Gillisoovillc ; and th minimum 28 on the 21st at Saluda, and 32 at Flor ence and Santuc. Tbe mean for the i State, being tbe average of 53 stations, was 60, and the normal is approximate ly 65. The north central aod northeastern portions of the State reported the low est average temperatures. Along the lower coast, and over tbe southeastern portion it was from 1 to 2 degrees per day cooler than usual. RAINFALL. No rain fell in any portion of the State during the entire week. All correspondents report the need of rain. In the western portions of tbe State, to sofren the baked soi!, so that plowing, preparation for planting and planting may be finished, this work be ing now largely suspended ; and to aid recently planted corn and cotton to germinate. In the eastern portions rain is need ed for growing crops generally, but more particularly for transplanting to bacco ; to bring up late planted corn and cotton ; for the trucking interests and gardens ; and for oats which arc beginning to bead. Stands of late planted oom and cot ton very irregular, owing to the lack of moisture. Normal rainfall far the week 0.80 of an inch. SUNSHINE AND WIND . It was practica'ly a cloudless week. The estimated percentage of possible sunshine ranged from 80 to 100 aod averaged 94 per cent. The normal is about 68 per cent The winds of the week were high northeasterly becoming variable. FROST Frost was reported on the 18:b, 20th and 21st, quite general over the entire State on tbe last date, but injurious over the northeastern counties only, where considerable corn, young cotton, tobacco in beds, peaches and gardens were partially destroyed. Ice formed io Chesterfield, Marion and florry coQoties on tho morning of the 2l*t Over fche western counties i; is believed the high winds prevented a killing frost on that date. CROPS. The weather was extremely favorable for farm work, but too ooo! and dry for growing crops and for breaking up bot tom ands or clay soils generally Corn plaining is abooc completed over the eastern s.nd centrai portions ; about half finished over the remainder of the Stare. It is coming up very well in pisces, in other* very poorly. Stands are consequently very irregular even in the same counties. Worms and orows damaged stands seriously from Bampton and Bsaufort northward, ne cessitating replanning ic many places. Frost cut corn to the grouod io Horry and Marion, but reports state that it is coming up again. Chinch bugs ba ve attacked corn in Chester and York. From York west ward, corn planted early in March will bave to be replanted. Cotton plaotiog progressed rapidly and is now about hair fis is bed over the western and central counties. In many I places, in eastern sections, planting is prac ically ooaipleted. Slow germina tion and growth, owing to cool nights and want of moisture Stands very uneven Replanting necessary over northeastern counties, where macy fields were destroyed by frost Rain and warm nights would prove bcoefi cul Sea Island cotton practically all planted and good stands bave been se- j cured. Some tobacco has been transplanted, but rain is needed to push this work on a large scale. Uocovered beds iojured by frost ; damage immaterial Rice planting made rapid progress, and st nde generally satisfactory. Wheat cou'innes to look promising. ! Chinch bugs have damaged ir. some in Chester and York counties. Rain would benefit it. Oats stand in need of moisture gen i orally, and are beginning to turn yel low for the want, of it, in the more ! easterly counties where it is beginning i to bead, lo Chesterfield some fields i apparently injured by frost. ! Peaches are not as much injured ss j earlier reports iodioat ?d Sooe loca I lities, in the same section, reporting a ! fair "sot" and others that all are killed. : Apples promise well, a few reports only ! indicate any injury to them. Plums, cherries and apricots plentiful. Dew berries ripening in Barnwell. Black berries blossoming profusely over tbe central and northeabtero counties Cace, melons and pastures makiog slow growth. Too cool and dry for tbs coast truck farms. Potatoes, strawberries and beans at a stand-still for w-ot. of rain Sweet potatoes in beds not; gro ;Q well generally, irish poratoe* c- .og | up and doing weil. The national bailetin of April 19 h reports be coudition of corn a d cJt too as follow? : "No corn has yet been piaated north ' of the Ohio river practically none north of Maryland; westward of the Mississippi, none north of Missouri. In the Southern States corn bas been unfavorably affected by low temperature and needs warmer weather " "Some cotton has been planted in Oklahoma, southeastern Missouri and Tennessee : About half the crop plac ted in Arkansas. Io northern Texas plantiog and growth of cotton bave been retarded by cool weather J. W. BAUER, Section Director. Shipload of Munitions Shipped Off to Cuba. Philadelphia, April 26.-One of the most quietly and carefully plan ned expeditions that have left the United States for Cuba got away last night from near Sea Isle City. N J Every precaution was resorted to in the case of the expedition to avoid discovery because of the fear that a revenue cutter would follow the party or that the Pinkertons would locale it, as was done in the last case of the Bermuda. The supply of arms and ammunition left New York on Saturday on iighiers and were placed on board a tug between Barnegat pnd Long Branch The tug came stealth ily down the coast and was soon joined by another boat. Off Atlan tic City some Cubans and Americans were picked up Still further along a stream launch put out from Sea Isle City with another detchment, and later on got another squad from Avalion. a pretty little place, where some prominent Philadelphia polit i c ans have their summer residences. Going out to sea, all hands with the munitions of war were transferred to a black painted steamer believed to be the Bermuda, which quickly start ed south Of those with the expedition, there were none of the recognized Cuban leaders, because nearly ali of them are already out of the country There were, however, some militiamen from this city and from Camden. The munitions consisted of a Hotchkiss gun, nearly 5,000 rifles, 120,000 rounds of ammunition, 2,000 ma chetes, a lot of medicines and what is known as an experimental flying machine to be adapted, if possible, to the use of dynamite. So secretly were the movements conducted that the place and time of departure were concealed from some of those who have heretofore known of al! the details of these expeditions It is even said that John D Hart was not informed of what course would be pursued and that Col. Nouez was also kept in ignorance of the plans adopted. 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I vf ill offer for sale at Sum'er C H , Choses io ActioD belonging to siid Estnte amounting to about $1,296. Terms Cash W. K.CROSSWELL, Administrator. April 24-lw. scarcely any one here believes these boys to be the murderers The three negroes arrested are all young fellows, the oldest being scarcely 20 They were making their way to Washington. D. C., where the oldest one lives; and be says that he only CJIDO south about a week ago, and was carrying the other two negroes back with him. The boys are very well dressed ai;d have good faces and do not seem escited at all. They talk freely and heern to tell a very straight tale. So it is believed that the real murderers are prill at lar^e and that they have passed way beyond Florence and either making their way towards Wiio?lngico or Favetfevilie. There is ^till considerable excitement here over this affair, and it is to be hoped that the murderers will yet be apprebeoded The negroes arrested gave their names and addresses as foiluws : Nat Phelps, 26 Bums lane ; oscar Simmons, 10 Short street ; Joseph Richardson. 16 ? Market street, al! of Cbarlesror.. 0* car Simmon? is too one who claims to have worked ia Washington and came down last week and met the other two J boys in Charleston and induced them j to go kaes north with him FAILED TO GET IT. I Some days ago Superintendent of Education Mayfield and Coi. J W. Floyd went to New York to have ? a conference with the trustees of the Slater fund in the effort to secuie for the colored State college that portion of the fund which is given to the colored people in this State. They have just returned. They failed in the object of their visit. They say the Slater trustees do not feel disposed to take away from private institutions any funds now allowed them until they get upon a self-sustaining basis When Claflin gets on such a basis it is very likely that the fund will be applied to the State college. The Slater trustees do not usually receive delegations in regard to 6uch matters, but the courtesy of such a hearing was accorded to Messrs. Mayfield and Floyd owing to the fact that they represented the State The members asked a great many ques tions about the condition of educa? tional ?if?airs in this State and ex pressed much surprise at the state? ment that the college had begun its first session with 1.100 students en rolled. Afters secret session the board an? nounced its decision as stated above. -The State. A new tobacco warehouse to replace the one hurried iast fail will be built in Darlington by a t-ioci. company. Durban, Natal. April 19 -The British cruiser Raccoon, ahich left Cape TOH-U on Feb 12 under f-ealed orders, arrived her? unexpectedly during ibo nigh: with six other B.-?M>? warships Two war vs-eis of the British fleet are expected here to-night Tbp ooject- of this nsval demonstration is not known here. An Atlanta Enterprise of Great Merit. It affords us Measure to call espeei.il atten? tion to the advertisement of the "Mother's Friend." appearing i . 'his I3HUC The Bra?nYid Kegu-ator Co., of Atlanta, G*., i>?i7e at great expense issued a most at? tractive and meritorious book, which they mail free, containing information of 'he greatest value aad importance to all ladies expecting to become mothers. Thai the "Mother's Friend" is a remedy wonderful ?n it9 effects, and relieves the ex? pectant* mother of incredible suffering and rons the final hour of confinement cf its dread, pain and terror, is fully attested by the experience of happy a others all over this comineo t. 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