The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 28, 1897, Image 4
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.
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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. This extraordinary policy
is said to be due to the position of
these men in the courts The one
has a sentence hanging over him ;
he other is under indictment, through
neither is likely to go to prisi n.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
Estate o F. W. Crosswell, Dec'd.
OX MONDAY, MAY 3d, Prox. st 12 m.
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.
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