The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 19, 1897, Image 1

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*-----.-? Tax SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THK TRUE SOUTHRON, eet&biiaiied ?june. is66 Consolidated Ang. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1897. New Series-Yoi. XVI. So. 41 Published Srsry Wednesday, ~i--BT JKT. O. Osteen, SUMTER, 8. C, TSR3?S : $1.59 per annum-io advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first insertion.........Si 00 Ever j subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months? or longer will be made at reduced rates. AH communications which subserve private interests will becbarged foras advertisements. | Obituaries and tributes of respect will be ; charged for. ORDER FROM RUSSIA To Instantly Cease Fighting in Greece. London, May 13.-The'Athens cor? respondent of the Daily Telegraph j says : "By the czar's express command, j Count Muravieff, the Russian foreign minister, has instructed M. De NeH doff, the Russian ambassador at Con? stantinople, to insist peremptorily upon a cessation of hostilities " It is also learned that Count Mura vieff has decided to have an assem? bly elected io Grete in order to ascer? tain the true Cretan opinion. If the Cretans reject autonomy, the entire question will be reconsidered. This item is fall of hope for Create and Greece. THE PEACE PAPERS. Constantinople, May 12.-The ambassadors of the powers held a j prolonged Conference to-day, at the . close of which they presented to the Turkish government a collective memorandum proposing an armistice between Turkey and Greece on the basis of the negotiations for peace now in progress through the powers. The memorandum, which was pre? sented to Ahmed Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish minister of foreign affairs, by the dean, of the diplomatic corps, Baron de Cfeiido, the Austro Hun? gary ambassador, enumerates the con? ditions which have been accepted by Greece and begs the porte to issue the necessary orders to arrest the progress of the Tprkish troops -?- \ TH? SCr.TAN RESENTS. London, May 13 -The correspond? ent of The Daily Telegraph at Con? stantinople says the saltan resents the mediation of the powers and de sires to negotiate with Greece direct? ly If this is refused the Turkish de? mands will be more exacting. The Berlin correspondent of The Daily }siew8 says he learns on excel? lent authority that the Turkish gov ernmenfc demands a war indemnity of ?3,000,000, and the right to occcpy Thessaly until it is paid A dispatch to The Standard f?*om Constantinople says : "Au imperial irade has been issued, directing mili tary governors to give preference to natives1 wherever possible, in macing official appointments. In Thessaly the official reports are not favorable A Turkish reconnoissance in force at Domokos has been repulsed, and the attack on Arta, which promised to be saccessful, has also resulted in a check It is believed that Edhem Pasha is developicg an outflanking movement with the right and left wings with a view of rendering the Greek position at Domokos untena? ble. The correspondent of The Times at Athens says : Acute anxiety is felt here because of the absence of any news from , General Smolensk's column. Owing to the delay in arranging the armistice, the government has ad? dressed a strong protest to the powers, declining lo bear the respon? sibilities shouid further bloodshed oc? cur and lead to serious complica? tions. As M. Raili explains to me, the government is in a serious predica? ment In order to secure mediation it has compromised the belief in the eyes of both Greeks and Cretans, without obtaining a positive guaran? tee that Turkey will cease hostilities. Should war be resumed the position of the government will be most un? enviable. Surfeited by Success. Turkey is Inclined to Con tinaethe War. London, May 13 -The situation at the scene of hostilities appear to be that Turkey is determined to occupy Domokos before consenting io a o armis? tice, and that Greeoe is convinced of the impossibility of holding oat against tba seri?os attack which Edhem Pasha , ts preparing to deliver. Ic bas been decided to evacuate Domokos tod to fal! back upon m the old frontier. This plan wi)! probably be carried out to morrow, if it bas not already been accomplished, nnd thus the way wi!l b opened for peace negotiations The powers are in no mood to yielc over to the demands of Turkey. Tb? j war b.38 bad quire an unexpected effec i tn revealing an amazing military vita! j ity'in the Sultan's dominion:*, which i '? in no way to the humor of Russia o? the other powert?. Heoce the Sui'a; wiii be reminded that it was bis origi nal misgovernment which led to thi war ; that only the in?oeoce o? Earopi has prevented a general blaz? in thi Balkans, and tbat it is, therefore,, ad vh*aoie for hiaj to accept reasonable terms. The activity of Turkish mil; tary preparatious. which is io no wai ; abated by the diplomatic negotiations may possibly be explained by . the fol lowing statement of a. high Turkish official : "The Russians are putting a bigl price upon the moral support they ex tended to us buring the Armenian trouble ; but the deo:aod$ now m&d< upon u* are so exorbitant, tbat theil acceptance would be tantamount to re? signing our title as a free nation.7' - The Agricultural Hall. The decision of the Uoifed Jtates su? preme court in the Agricultural ball case was the most important topic ol conversation in all cit clou yesterday. Down at the State capitol tbe authori? ties bad bot very little to say. Attor ney Genera! Barber stated that unless toe court had ordered the mandate to be sent down immediately it would he 30 days before it would be senf down. In ?hat tta?e^tbe State would have se cured a copy of the decision and seen exactly where it is at; this will also give time, roo, to arrange for the re? moval of the dispensary from the build? ing if it becomes necessary to vacate thc premises. Tbe decision complicates matters very much and bas the authorities wor? ried a little If the dispensary bas to seek other quarters it will be at no small cost to the State. Io the mean? time the Vandeccrock case is pending ; if tbe decision io tbat case is against the State ir cannot be denied tbat the dispensary business wit! be practically destroyed Thus it ts that the dispen ?arv svstem may be changed from a source of profit'to a great expense. Bebiod it all is the great danger to tbe State of having the Bloe Ridge scrip declared valid Mr. Wesley bas otber payments to make on the proper? ty wheo they fall due, and he will doubtless tender this scrip, being now in possession of thc premises. . If the dispensary has. to vacate, the authorities bave two places in view. O.ie is the old Congaree cotton mill, o?r the union depot, and the other is the ^tandard warehouse, owned by Mr. Oaidwell Robertson, on Gervais street. This latter place wHl b<i most likely selected. It is a very long one-story brick building, used during me war for printing Confederare money. It will take a considerable amount of^tnocey to establish tbe dispensary therein - The State. -CT itt mm Newbsrry's Monument to a Hero. "Bill Arp," in a recent letter to the Atlanta Constitution, relates the fol? lowing facts in conn?ct?on with a beautiful mounment which he 6aw in the Newberry Rosemont Cemetery : ' Calvin Crozier was a Texas Con? federate soldier, who, shortly after the close of the war, was going home and had some . ladies .in his charge. When the train arrived at Newberry some lawless negro soldiers, who were in camp near by, went into the car and grossly insulted the ladies Crozier and some others defended the ladies and in the melee one of the negroes was slightly wounded. Be? fore the train left Col. Trowbridge sent some of the negroes to arrest the man who did it They made a mistake and seized Mr Jacob Bow? er?, a railroad employe, and hurried him away ta the Colonel's quarters Without trial he was summarily or? dered to be shot. It was near mid night when Crozier was told cf Bow? ers' arrest and condemnation ; he promptly went forward and declared that he himself was the man who wounded the negro Bowers was released, and at sunrise next morn? ing Crozier was shot to death, not? withstanding his demand for a trial and the protest of Prince Rivers, an officer in Trowbridge's command, j The negro soldiers danced with j fiendish delight upon and around the shallow grave where they had laid him. Long after this his bones were moved and this monument was erected by the good people of Newberry to his memory Does history record any nobler sacri? fice ? Damon was the friend of Py? thias, but this man Bowers was a stranger to Crozier " JOHNSON'S CHILL AND FEVER TONIC Cures Fever In One Day. The State Loses. Agricultural Bali Case De? cided by tb i Supreme Court. The- Scate has lost the Agricultural Hall case and the State Dispensary will haye to move out sooner or later and seek other quarters. The follow? ing dispatch was received last night : . Washington. May ll -The United: State? Supreme Court has affirmed the j decision of the Circuir, Court for the Circuit of South Carolina in the "Ag? ricultural Kali" cass, involving the j title to the Agricultura! Hall in Co- j lumbia. S. C. Edward B. Wesley of : New York, bought, the property of the Commissioners of the State SiokiDg Fund, bat there were alleged irregu? larities in the parchase, and he;broogbt Bott against J. E Tindal, thc Secre? tary of the State and J. R. Boyles, who had been employed by the Secre? tary of the State to guard the property to secure possession. Tindal and Boyles, in the lower courts, contended that they were mere custodians of the propelry and that the State could not be sued, but the possession of the proper? ty was given to Wesley This judg? ment was affirmed by the .Supreme Court in an opinion by Justice Karlan, who held that the State was not neces sarily a party to the suit. Governor EWerbe was informed of the decision last night as soon as it was received. He said that he would express no opinion udtil be had seen the decision of the court. Attorney General Barber was seen io his office last night and was shown a copy of the decision. He said that he expected it and was not surprised at the outcome He said that the de? cision did cot validate the Blue Ridgo bonds tendered io payment, but that it simply meant that Mr. Wesley hav? ing tendered money for the first pay? ment and having fulfilled other por MODS of tbe contract was entitled to the property General Barber would not, however, discuss the situation, preferring to await the full report of the decisioc. ^ In case the State should eventually be forced out of the building, Mr Bar? ber said that be did not know what would be done or where the business would be conducted. He said that in the usual course of legal procedure it would take some days for the decision to be effective. The State has, how? ever, no other remedy, and the proba? bilities are that Mr. Wesley will soon have possession of the building. He can rent it to the State and the likelihood is that some contract of the kind will be entered upon. With the fixtures and plant as now established it would be an expense unwarranted to establish another plant of equal fa? cilities. The .situation is one, there? fore, not only of great importance, but. of vast ioteres? to the taxpayers of the j State. iiiiiy-o^-^nrw - Negro Girl Fiends. Montgomery, Ala., May 12. Recently, on t^o occasions, the Kei?y family, livlog in Madison County Aia- j bama, have been poisoned. On the1 first occasion yoe death followed, and the last time eleven persons suffered, but there were no deaths. Yesterday two negro girls, Mollie Smith and Mandy White, were arrested and con? fessed to the poisoning. Between mid? night and dayligot last night a Dumber of neighbors took the two giris th charge and this morniog, their bodies were found swinging to a limb. More developments are expected Caring for the Children's Teeth. Motbersaare begioniog to realize the importance of taking care of the chil? dren's first teeth, in order to insure a good 6ound ''second set." It should be remembered that when a child bas twenty teeth-ten upper and ten lower -ali that aro added belong to tbe per? manent set, which should be carefully preserved This precaution is very im? portant, as decay io the first double teeth is allowed to progress, with the idea that these are transient, and will be replaced. This is not so, and the very first indications of decay should receive immediate attention. The chi 1 dren should be early taught to wash the teeth after each meal ; and If this habit is established while they still have their first teeth, there will be very little danger of their neglecting the permanent set. - Home Companion. Ground has been broken at Aiken Junction, a mile and a half below Graniteville for the new cotton mill of the Wartier Manufacturing Co., Col R L Coleman of Union bas the con? tract for building the mill and the way he built the Granby mill in Columbia is a guarantee of bis success here. Tbe mill will have 30,000 spindles and about 1,150 looms. The product of the mill will be broad sheetings and pillow case goods Base Balle, Bats and supplies at H. G. Osteen ? Co's. i SPMPATEY FOR CUBA. ! A Sadden and Strong Out? break in Washington. - Washington. May 13.-There was a sudden and violent outbreak of Cuban sentiment to day at the capi tal and during the earty hours the I drift of opinion was strongly toward speedy and radica! action by both j Congress and the Executive ; but | later there was somewhat of a reac lion, upon its becoming known that the President, while keenly alive to the situation and anxious to learn j everything possible that could guide j i his conduct of our Cuban and Span- ! ish relations, felt fhat further infor j mation was necessary, and that for j the immediate present the question j was net one of recognition of the \ belligerency or independence of the i Cuban insurgents, but of the relief j of American citizens destitute and J helpless in the towns of the Queen I of the Antilles. The Senate foreign relations com? mittee, it should be stated, while agreeing with the necessity for the relief of the suffering Americans is favorable to more radical measures, and a nuffiber of its members are earnestly desirous of instant action by the Executive in aid of the in? surgents, but have not succeeded in converting the administration to their views that present action is anpropri ate and imperative. During the day there was a report to their colleagues by the sub committee of the foreign relatious committee which yesterday examined the State Department Cuban reports. This statement, though not given to the public, was so far dis closed in character as to give rise to a good deal of excited commeut among Senators and members. The report, based upon facts presented by the United States consuls in Cuba, it is said, brings out in strong relief the destitution which exists, not only among the Cubans, but among the Americans and pac?ficos now on the island, who were driven from their farms and into the towns by Weyler's order, and thereby prevented from supporting themselves. For several days past the subject matter of this report has been under discussion quietly among a few of the i'riends of Cuba in Congress, and they have lost no opportunity o/ im? pressing upon the President their con? victions that it is his duty, as the Chief Executive, to delay no longer in taking active steps to terminate the present condition of affairs in Cuba Those representations, how? ever, have not been sufficient to in? duce hasty action. The President is moving steadily nnd with all speed that safety and sound judgment war? rant in the collection of facts touch? ing the conditions that exist upon the island tocay. To this end Air. Cal? houn is now in Cuba, officially, on another mission, but also charged with the observation of the conditions that prevail When he has reported to the President and the latter has gathered a sufficient store of inform ation, based or? facts that cannot be questioned, he will be ready either to take himself or to suggest to Con? gress euch action as these facts war? rant. Meanwhile, he has under con? sideration the best means of afford? ing relief to Americans suffering as a result of the conditions on the island. To day the President saw, by ap? pointment, Mr. Edwin T. Atkins of Boston, who is largely interested in Cuban sugar plantations. Mr. At kins was in Washington on personal business which brought him in con? tact with Secretary Long, an old friend. To further Mr Atkins' busi? ness, the Secretary took him ever to the White House and presented him to the President The latter, learn ing that Mr Atkins had just returned from Cuba, began to chat with his visitor as to the state of affairs as they revealed themselves to a busi? ness man, and Mr. Atkins gave him a faithful picture of the normal con ditions that prevailed in Habana and other portions of the island when he left. His story was so interesting that the President summoned Judge Day, Assistant Secretary of State, across to the White House to hear it. Mr Atkins had very little to say about the military situation in Cuba, and what he did utter in that connec? tion did not indicate any leaning on his part toward either the Spanish or the insurgent side. At the Spanish legation the news of the developments at the capitol to day was received with composure, of course. The action of the com? mittee could not be openly discussed without violation of the strict eti? quette which governs the diplomatic body in its relations to Congress, but it was suggested that the fact that the entire attention of the Senate for months to come would be engrossed by the tariff bill might have deter? mined the friends of the Cubans to endeavor to secure some sort of ac? tion by Congress before the tariff de bate begins. It is not denied at the legation that i suffering exists in Cuba, but such ! suffering, it was said, is almost al- j ways incident to v?ar. It is contend- ! ed that the Spanish government has ! done ail that it could with the means ! at hand to alleviate this distress It was pointed out that Spain has grant? ed permission to the Red Cress So ciety. through Miss Barton, to ex? tend its good offices to the destitute in Cuba, and, moreover, will not place any obstacles in the way of any proper charity in the United States which has the same object in view. AH that is asked is that the food supplies contributed for the relief of the destitute are not to be used to maintain the Cuban insurrectionary forces in their resistance to the ?pan ieh government Tfre Senate committee on foreign relations to-day considered-the report of the sub-committee appointed yes? terday to confer with the President and Secretary Sherman. The report, which was prepared by Senators Davis and Foraker, confirms the newspaper reports as to the situation of affairs in the island, and even goes further in depicting a deplora? ble situation than do most of the newspaper stories. Especial stress is laid upon the condition of Ameri? can citizens in the island. Of these it is positively stated that there are hundreds in a starving condition and most wretchedly clothed. Deaths of Americans from starvation are daily reported. They are scattered in all parts of the island, and are shown no consideration whatever because of their American citizenship. They are not allowed to return to their plantations., even to pick berries or to secure the least, article of subsist? ence. They are theoretically under the care of the Spanish army, but the army is without a commission arial. The report indicates that the Span? ish army is not so strong now as it was a year ago, largely on account of the ravages of yellow fever, small pox and dysentery, while it indi? cates no diminution of the insurgent forces. The reports upon which thc sob committee's brief was based were from various consuls, including Con? sul General Lee They make no recommendations as to American policy, but merely give the situation as direct. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. ,^^^^s^ LEE" COUNTY. This is the Latest of the Pro? posed New County Schemes. Yesterday morning Mr. G. F. Par rott arrived io the city and filed with toe governor the petitions asking that an election be ordered on the question of establishing the proposed new couo ty of '.Lee," which will have Bishop viile for its county seal,. The is the latest new county scheme, and it is the former proposed county of "Salem" in a new dress. The advocates of L:e county propose to take 75 square miles more from Sumter, 35 less from Dariingtoo and 50 lfss from Kershaw county than the advocates of Salem wanted. The map shows ttfat the proposed Dew county ?viii have an area of 412 Square mils, of which 83 will come from Darlington, 75 from Kershaw and 254 from Sumter. Tho map also shows a county which will not be symmetrical as to its shape, but will doubtless be satisfactory to the people in all other respects if estab lished.-The State, May 14. -II m- ????? - A Portland night watchman who .'couldn't see any sense in traipsing about the big empty mill every hour to touch the electric buttons." fixed up an automatic arrangement on sev eral of them so that they would re? peat tvery hour. The firm did not take kindly to this invention and gave the man a pedometer to carry on his rounds. AU we.it well for two nights, but on the morning following the third the old man was found asleep in the engine room, with the pedometer so attached to the piston rod that with every stroke it regis? tered a step. It had been traveling all night, and when taken off it regis? tered 209 miles. There is a new watchman on duty now. Bncklen's Arnie? Salve. Tho Beet Salve in tho, world for Cut?, Bruises Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Soroe, Tetter Chapped Uan<le Chilblains, Corns and all S* n eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pa; required. It is guaranteed to give per feet satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25cents per bor. For sale by Dr. J. F. W. De Lo rm?. The Cotton Situation and Outlook. The strong statistical position of cotton aod the rather discouraging prospects for planting in portions or the Mississippi valley have had an effect io stimulating cotton price?, in the face of war io Europe, actual and prospective. The fact that the advance in Drices has been so small (cotton is now 7 I!-16c, ?c. above the price paid at the middlle of March, but -|a below the price a year ago) is only additional proof, often lost j sight of in the cotton a9 in other mark? ets, that other factors than an apparent? ly strong statistical position are to be reckoned with Advices frsm Liver? pool, as per Ellison's latest circular, are that early predictions of supply are proving reasonably correct. These pre? dictions favored a decrease ia the IQ dian supply of 300,000 bales, and an increase in that from Egypt, now fig? ured at 60,000 bales. Ellison's esti? mate of the American crop is io the neighborhood of 8,650.000 bales, a lar? ger estimate tbao is current here, and 1,500,000 bales more than was produced last season. Oar exports to Europe and home consumption in seven months have accounted for 1,400,000 ot the 1,500.000 bales American excess, leaving the deficiency io the Iodian supply to be made up from stocks on hand. Ecropean consumption is figur? ed at about the same as last season, while American spinners have already taken 100,000 bales more, and Canada, - Mexico and Japan will take 22,000 bales more. The outlook, therefore, is for a reduction io stocks of cotton, \ the world's visible supply is now 100, 000 bales below that held a year ago, and that European stocks will be reduc? ed to a smaller total than io any year sioce 1890 That stocks of American will be reduced lo relatively a greater extent is also foreshadowed. New crop prospects are cot of the rosiest, and the domestic crop will be late. Of course European political conditions are not settled, but Ellison's advice to English mill-owners to protect their gales of yam by purchases of raw cottoo seems sound, Io conclusion he says : "It is possible, of course, that the prospects of the new crop, which just now are not brilliant, may experi? ence ao improvement marked enough to at least partially neutralize.the influ? ence of the strong statistical position for the balance of the old seasoo, bfct it will be time enough to take such im? provement into consideration wheu it puts in an appearance in 'be mean? time one can only deal with lae facts and reasonable probabilities as they at present ezisi, and frot~i adverse politi? cal developments, th^y certatoly joint to a further upward movement in val? ues." Reports of Pension Boards. Comptroller General Norton bas re? ceived from two counties in the State the reports of tbs county pension boards a? to the number of pensioners whose applications have beeo approv by them. Mr. Norton says that they are sending io the list of approval names without stating the reasons why they were approved, and in some cases with? out sending aionx" the certificates of the county auditors, which is required. He saya the reports are worthless to the State board unless these statements aod certificates accompany the reports. He hopes that all other county boards will act accordingly. The reports already received come from the uew counties of Saluda and Greeowood -The State. The Grandest Beni edy. Mr. M. B. Greeve. merchant. ?>f Chiihowie, Va., certifies that he had consumption* was given up to die, sought ali medical treatment thar money could procure, tried all congh roa? dies could hear of, but g<>t n<* relief ; spent many nights siring up in a chair . was in? duced to try Dr. King's New Discovery, and was cured hy use ??f two bottles. Fer past three years hus been attending t? business, and says Dr King's Nev Discovery is the grandes remedy ever made, as it has done so much foi bim and also for others in his community Dr. King's New Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and Consumption. It don't fail. Trial bottles free at J. .F. \V. DeLorme's Drujr Store. 2 POWDER: Absolutely. Pure. Celebrated for its great leavening strength aod heaUhfulaesa. Assures the food against alan) aod all forms of adulteration co4 mon to the cheap brands. Royal Baking Powder Co-, New York.