The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 16, 1897, Image 2
COTTOFS CONDITION.
National Department's Re
port is Not Bearish.
The General Average of Condition is
16.7 Lower Than at Same Time
Last Year.
ira
Washington, June 10.-Statisti
cian Robinson of the agricultural de
partment to day issued thc following
monthly cotton crop report, the new
Statistician, Mr.' Hyde of Nebraska,
not yet having taken charge of the
work.
The consolidated returns of reports
to the statistical division of the de
partment of agriculture for the month
of June show State percentages of
acreage as compared with last year
to be as, follows : Virginia 106, Norfh
karolina 106, South Carolina 103,
Georgia 103, Florida 95, Alabama
102, Mississippi 98, Louisiana 100,
Texas 106, Arkansas 105. Tennessee
105, Missouri 107, Indian Territory
134, Oklahoma 150 General aver
age*l03 5, making a: total acreage of
24,091.394, as compared with 23,
2X1,704 acres last year.
The average condition of the crop
was : Virginia 87, North .Carolina
84, South Carolina 87, Georgia 84,
!orida90, Alabama 81, Mississippi
6, Louisiana 84. Texas 87, Arkaosas
Tennessee 77, Missouri 90, Indian
Territory 85, Oklahoma 72. General
?average 83 5 against 97 2, the Jone
condition of last year
The crop throughout the cotton
belt is from one to three weeks late
The weather daring the past month
has been cold and damp and unfavor
able to the growth of the plant. The
stands are irregular and poor in many
localities, and the damage by insects
has required much replanting. As a
general thing the single crop has
been wei! worked and 5s free from
grass. A large number tif counties
in Texas report the pla in good
condition and promising a fair yield.
The increased ose of fertilizers is
greater than ever in Alabama and the j
Atlantic States Twenty six econ-'
; ties in Georgia report7 decrease of
34 per cent, in the 'area planted in
sea island cotton, twenty four coun
ties in Florida a decrease of 17 per
cent., while the Sooth Carolina.re
ports show ah increase of 5 per cent
in Sea Island acreage
THE CEREAL CROPS
1 The department this afternoon also
. issued the following cereal crop re
port, Mr. Hyde, the new*satistician
not taking charge until after, this
report :
The report of June 1st, consolidated
from returns of township, county and
State correspondents pf the depart
ment of agriculture, makes the acre
age of winter wheat at present grow
ing, after allowance for abandonments
94 6 per cent of the area harvested
last year or 89 9 per cent, of the area
sown in the fell of 1896 This in
round members is 21,562,000 acres.
The percentage of winter wheat acre
Vages upon the basis indicated of the
. principal winter wheat States are as
follows :
Ohio 97,, Michigan 99,, Indiana
94, Illinois 1. Missouri 90, Kansas
97, California 105. In New York,
Pennsylvania. Delaware. Virginia,
North Carolina, Alabama, Texas,.
Arkansas, Tennessee, and West
Virginia the area eowu compared
with that harvested last vear has been
materially increased
The condition of winter wheat has
fallen since the report of May 1, be
ing 73 5 per cent against 80 2 on
that date, a decline of 17 points
The condition on June 1st las% y?*ar
was 77 9. The percentages . ! ih
principal States are : Ohio 88, M [chi
gan 79, Indiana 60, Illinois 38, Mis
ouri 45 , Kansas 88, California ^3.
The percentage of spring wheat area j
for the entire cootitry as compared
with that of 1896 has been inceased,
being 110 per cent of last year's
acreage The total area of spring
wheat sown is. there fore,
in round numbers. 13,000,000
acres, and the combined winter and
epriug area is 34,569,000 acres, or
99 9 per cent of that harvested in
1896.
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THE AGRICULTURAL
? HALL.
The State Still in Possession.
Special to The State.
Asheville, N. C.. June 10 -Attor
ney General W. A Barber of Soutb
Carolina arrived here last evening from
Columbia and this morning went before
Circuit Judge Simootoo and, made a
motion for ao injunction against Mr. !
Wesley taking posseetioo of the Ag;i- !
cultural hall. Judge Simonton issued |
a role, retarnable Jpoe 22, at Charles- j
ten, reqairiog Mr. Wesley to &bow j
cause why the stay of execution should I
not be continued.
Take JOHNSON'S
CHILL & FEVER
TONIC.
Cinco, the 5 cent straight cavana Cigar
fit sale by H. G. Osteen & Co.
The Wonderful Little;
Porter.
i . ;
! -:
Jogs Around Long Island,I
300 Miles, m 12 Hours,
_
] New York, Juoe 10.-The United
J States torpedo boat Porter on Sunday
made the marvelous record of a mile
in less than two minutes, with scarce
ly an effort. To-day she made thc cir
cuit of Long Island io faster time than '
? it has e7er been made before, and sue- j
cessfuliy passed the most severe test i
that has ever been given a boat in her j
class.
Ample preparations had been made
for to-day's trial, but the weather con
ditions were by no means of the best.
Tbe Porter lay at anchor in the East
river and at 6 a m , the board of in
spectioo. came aboard. The torpedo
boat at ooce left her anchorage, and made
the complete tour round Long Island,
going down through the sound and re
turning outside The vessel was put
under all conditione of boiler power
and ruo at various speeds, but was not.
let out at any time, tbe highest speed
for any one hour being 27 knots.
The Porter cut through the white
caps like a knife and espite her high
speed, searcely any water was taken on
deck.
The inspecting board was landed at
6 :45 p. m., exactly 12 boors and 35
minutes from the time it started, hav
ing made the circuit of the island, a
distance of oearly 300 miles, in time
nevever approximated before. Th'e
board will tomorrow try the torpedoes
and test the vessel's manoeuvre og
qualities.
THE VATICAN.
An Interesting Description of
Home's Famous Old Build
ing.
The Yatioao covers a space of 1.200
feet in length and 1,000 feet io breadth
nd is the largest palace in tbe world.
It is tn Rome, on the right baok of the
river Tiber, and on the Vatican hill,
from which it derives its name. It is
said to have been founded by Pope
Symmacbus, who erected a small house
on its site about 300 A. D. On this
site, too, a building was inhabited by
Charlemagne in 800.
Several times it has fallen into decay
and been restored. Pope Eugenius re
built ic on a mago'ficent scale in 1160
In 1305 Clement Y removed the papal
see from Rome to Avignon, and, the
Vatican was in a neglected and obscure
state for many years. <
Nicholas V in 1450 commenced the
great work of making lt the noble
palace that it now is After the retorn
of the pontifical court to Rome it be- ?
came the actual resideoce of the pope. ,
One siter another a long Hoe of pop**s ^
ba? added splendid buildings to it, '
and at present the lowest estimate gives
tbe oumber of rooms at 4,422
Gradually it has been eoriched with
great paintings, staines, books, curious
medals, gems, frescoes and antiquities
of every description, until it is now the
world's richest depository The muse- ' 1
um cf statuary is about a mile in length ; {
apd contains moro than 70 000 statues J
that have bren exhumed from the j '
ruined temples and palaces of Home
Tbe Vatican contains the Sistine J '
cc apel, buitt by Sixtus IV in 1473
and kdorced by the wotiderfui eenius
of Michael Angelo ; the Pauline
cbappl, built by Paul HI in 1540 ; the
Loggia at;d Stanze of Raphael, and the
ccurt of the Baivedere
The library of tbe Vaticm is truly a i
great one. It is exceedingly rich in '
ma iuscripte, containing as many as
40,000, some of which are by Pliny,
Sr. Thomas and St. Charles, Barro- 1
men. and roany Hebrew, Arabian,
Svriau and Armenian Bibles. It bas 1
abr.iit 50,000 printed volumes and sev
eral ri h museums ot* ancient and j
modern articles of vertu.-Philadel- <
pbia Times i
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TILLMAN UNSUCCESSFUL
His Effort to Rescue the Dispensary
by Means of an Act of Con-!
gress.
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Washington, June 9-The senate
judiciary committee has considered
iLe resolution of Senator Tillman con
cerning the South Carolina dispensary
decision by Judge Simontou. While
no definite conclusion has been readi
ed, the opinion in the committee was
that South Carolina had recourse,
first by appeal to the court of appeals
to the supreme court
In committee the opinion was ex- 1
pressed individually by many mein- ;
hers lhat the decision might be re i
vised in the higher courts
Dr. King's Sew Discovery for Conaarapj
tion.
This ii tho \c i medicine in the world fur all
forres of Coughs a::d Colds and for Con.'ump
lion. Every bottle ii guaranteed. It will cure
and not disappoint, lt b.r.z u<> equal f<r
Whooping Cough, Asthian, Kay Fever, Pntu*
in-nii, Broncbit . La Grippe. Cold in the Head :
and for Consumption, ir is safe for all ages
pleasant to take. aiM, ab< ve all, a ?urj cure.
It is always well to take Dr. King's Nsw Lifo
Pills in connection with Dr. Kings ls :.v Dis- ?
cover}*, as they regulate and tone tii3 stomach j
and bowels. We guarantee perfect satisfac- j
tion or rcurn money. Frc? trial bottlss at Dr. >
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FROM THE WIRES.
JUDO IO.
New ork, June 9.-Peter Maher
and Tom Sharkey fought to-night at
the Palance Athletic club for a 15,
OOO purse. At the end of tho seventh
round the police interferid and the con
tost resulted ir a most unsatisfactory
draw. Never in the history of tho
ring has there been such an enormous at
tendance a? a boxing bout, in this vicin
ity.
Victoria, B O . June 9 -Meagre
particulars were brought by the Em
press of Japan of a disaster which be
fell the fishermen of Causan. Archipe
lago, oft the coast of China. On May
6rb when all, or at least most of the
fishing boats were out on the fishing
banks, a terrible gale sprung up. Of
the severai hundred boats out at thc
time very few returned, and it i esti
mated that some 500 men lost their
lives. The storm wa9 one of tbo.-e
sodden ones for which the coast of Chi
na is ooted, and the fishermen had oo
chaDce to .seek shelter. Their light
boats were smashed to atoms and they
were left to fight a hopeless battle with
the marciless waves.
There was a light fall of snow in
Lynn Massachusetts yesterday
The arguments in the case of the
Southern Railway vs Gov Russell of
North Carolina were concluded yester
yesterday and Judge Simooton took the
case under advisement.
Fred VYichman, a nine year old boy,
was drowned at Walterboro on Satur
day
The Old Hallers & Anderson build
ing in the business quarter of Rock
Hill, was burted on Tuesday. Tbe
fire was kept from spreading and the
less was oot serious.
Col. B. B. Foster, a well known
citizen of Uoion County, died on Tues
day at the advanced age of 82 years
The filibustering steamer Dauntless,
which was seized hy the U. S. cruiser
Marblehead, a few days ago, has beeu
released.
The Charleston Light and Power
Company's plant will be sold on July
8th under an order of conrt. No bid
for less than 80,000 will be received
The State Teachers Association will
meet oa Paris Mountain, Jane 30th.
A large auditorium bas been bui'.t
for he use of the association
The second commencement of Win
throp College ruoce he removal to
Rock Hil! was heid last night. There
were tevenreen graduates.
June il.
The Columbia board of insurance j
adjusters has decided that the losses re- [
tufting from ho recant fire at the
[ sane Asylum amounts to 6,400
The Southern Cotton Spinners, Asso
elation met in Charlotte yesterday
foe only important action was tne
adoption of a resolution to curtail (bc
production i t yam 25 per cent.
The correspondent of the Daily Mai! i
it Athens says : "Extraordinary rumors
are current as io the attitude of Ger
many. It is alleged hat the German j
government seeks to overthrow the i
Gr^ck dynasty nd to establish a rigor- j
nus control cf Greek finances.. In i
:>rder to attain this double abject. Ger- j
manv wants a continuance ot thc war .'
iun to havt-. tne terms of peace finally j
iic:ated iti Athens.itself. These state-!
m en rs seem scarcely worthy of ere- j
.'euee, but i* ia probable that Germany j
will continue to pre? tor fica&cial con !
trol."
Toc correspondent of The Daily !
News at Constantinople, under cate of
Wednesday, ayr : "The session ol the |
pea?e conference called for to day has ;
bee 6 again postponed. It is believed !
that Turkey is prepared to evacuate j
Thessaly, except thc large tract north j
af the River Peceus, which includes !
the Tyrnavos. Milcuna pass and other j
importai.t point.-*
Alabama is in turmoil. The peo J
pie of Decatur are making determined j
efforts to lynch two negro rapists, but J
the Governor has ordered out the troops
to protect them
Chancellor W. E Buggs of the Uni
versity of Georgia in a report made to
the board of tru-tees yesterday recent
mended the admission of women to the
university on an equality with the j
men.
Peter Maher and Th-, mas Sharkey,
the heavy-weight Duelists who were j
arrested during their fight at. he Palace
Athletic club were discharged by
Magistrate Cornell in the Harlem police
yesterday The magistrate admitted that j
the conduct of tho men in the seventh
round might have been disorderly, and j
said be was ghd they had been lockrd j
up, but tbat nevertheless, as far as he j
20u!d sec thrre had teen no violation cf!
the Horton Uw
Take JOHNSON'S
CHILL & FEVER
TOMC.^a&s*'
Whenever you see a cyclist riding
with both Iiis h ifi Js off th ; handle bar
yon ;t;:;7 bc sure tba! thc frc! killer ha*.
bc-'-i neglecting bis duty in that part'.c
ular i eighborhood The cute and
recki So rider who thu-, endangers him
elf and others t^r the mero purpose of
showing off is generally a you:)g person
who ought to be tied to a post in ai
newly plowed field in the interest of
public safety WK \
TAXAlTON-Trt cT r-'o DAM'h TAL
QUESTION.
1 By Frederick 31. Crtmdcn, Public Lib
riaa, St. Louis.
II.
These values arc values of land (bi
ness sites and residence sites) and fr:
chises. Tho.se values are riot created
any individual or by any hundred in
vidnals, but by the aggregation of 50
000 or 2,000,000 or 4,000,000 or 7
000,000 people in a priven locality. I
ery clerk, every orra:::i Loy, every h
carrier in St. Louis helps to make t
corner cf Fifth and Olive worth $3,C
or 4,000 a iront foot. Let everybo
leave St. Louis but the 25,000 peoj
who own the land, and hew much wei
corner lots be worth? Every worthy :
habitant of the United tates (and i
pecially these who live on Manhatt
Island) helps to make land in the he;
of msv York worth 15,000,000
acre. \t would have been worth just
much i# John Jacob Astor and all 1
descendants had never lived.
Now, then, since revenues arc need
for the support of thc government, a:
since the government is for and of a
why not render to it that value whi
is created by all-hy the people as
whole? Is it statesmanship, is it gci
policy, is it sound economics, is it co:
mon sense to devise a cumbrous, coi
plicated, admittedly inequitable and ii
practicable (and therefore constant
changing) fiscal scheme for muictii
every industrious individual of a pc
tion cf his earnings, when here is a va
fund of value which no individual cr
ated or could create, which grows, pa
passu with the growth of the commi
nity that creates it and which is su
ficient for all the expenses of gover
nment-national, state and municipal?
By this time I fancy some of you a:
saying to yourselves, "Is this what i
calls the fundamental question?" If
had known we were to discuss methoc
of taxation, I wouldn't have come.
patient. This is only a prelude, but
leads up to the theme and aids in inte:
preting its significance. Let ns continu
a little further.
Politics and Economics.
From a practical point of view a!
must admit that taxes are one of th
most important things in the world. O
the efficiency and justice cf its systei
of taxation depends, to no small extent
the welfare of the people and the prog
ress of the nation. Unjust taxatio]
caused the four great revolutions c
modern history. It is now more import
ant than at any past time. Politics nov
consists chiefly cf economics, and eco
nomics shades of? into sociology, which
of course, involves ethics. In whateve
light you lock at it, the prevailing sys
tem cf taxation is bad. In politics it i
the shuttlecock with which parties phr
at the expense of the business interco
of the country: It fosters a contempt fo:
law because it consists of a mass of law:
that cannot be enforced. In economic:
it impedes production and renders dis
tribution inequitable. In ethics it lower;
the national conscience, favors the rici
and the dishonest and leads towholesah
lying and perjury. Is finds its root in ;
false principle in economics and sociol
ogy-viz, rho private ownership ci Kmd.
It must rind its remedy in the rejectior
of this false doetrine. To state the prob
lem in the proper order, the ills that .so
ciety is suffering come, more than iron:
any other source, from the private own
ership of laud, and the remedy consist?
in taking for the benefit of the commu
nity those values that are created by thc
community as a whole and leaving tc
each individual all the fruits cf his OWL
labor.
1 have said that private ownership'ci
land i.s the chief cause cf the evils that
afflict society;. It is the 'direct and ef
ficient cause cf nine-tenths of our < cp
nomic ills, and economic maladjustment
is the cause, direct or indirect, of the
greater part cf the poverty and suffering,
the crime and degradation in the world.
Scientilic Taxation.
When a scientilic man desires to find
the cause of a phenomenon, he searches
for a constant factor. A chemist will
not attribute a certain reaction to chlo
rine if he linds it occurs when that ele
ment is absent. So, in seeking to ex
plain the constantly recurring economic
phenomenon of hard times, it will not
do to attribute it to the form of govern
ment, for it appears under all forms of
government, cr to high tariff or to low
tariff, for there have been periods of dis
tress under all kinds of tariff, nor can
we hope to find a preventive in bimetal
lism or either form cf monometallism,
since hard times have come upon the
world under every monetary system.
To digress for a moment, luis it ever
occurred to you that for the great mass
of mankind it is always hard times:
They are always hard pushed for money
to pay the rent and to buy food and
clothes. It is only, when the pinch
reaches the merchants and manufactur
ers and bankers that we hear of hard
times.
There must, then, be a constant factor
that causes this social phenomenon that
is observed in monarchies and republics,
in high tariff and free trade countries, in
silver countries and gold countries and
bimetallic countries, and most of all in
the great centers of civilization. What
is this cause that thus operates in cid
countries like England and recently set
tled countries like New* Zealand? lr i.<
it can be nothing else-the private cwn
i rship of land.
Without resort t<; experience and ob
servation we cnn see, a priori, that SIM .>
an eift-el naturally follows from such a
cause.
For ail production is in tin; last anal
ysis, then suit et' labor applied to 'and.
If, therefore, any barrier is placed be
GWC< u the laborer and the land, produc
tion is necessarily lessened. And, again, :
if a few men have a legal right to de- !
mond from til ' many a portion of tho
products of their labor, it is evident that
these few will be rich and the many 1
poor. It is plain that under our present j
system the many can labor for a living
only by permission of the few. .
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Cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla >he
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I
and all the charms which beau
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Jewels like these would en
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few judicious purchases from
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elry.
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Oct. 16.
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.: Soooertoa. LO 10 a rs
" Milford, 0 45aa
i " Surer, . I 10 a G
" Packi-riii , 11 30 p ra
:t Tindal. li 55 p ra
" W & S. June., 2 27 p tn
Ar. Sumter, 2 30 p m
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" W.' S.Jsac, 2 33 pa
! " Tindai, 2 50 p tr
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'* Sliver. 3 35 pm
" Miliara, 3 45 pm
" Summerton, 4 40 p m
" Dsris, 5 20 p m
u Jordon, 5 50 p m
Ar Wilson Mill, 6 30 p m
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j St Pu ul 10 25 a m and 3 55 p m. Returning
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SrPEBViSOIi CF REGISTRATION,
SUMTER CCUXTY.
SUMTER, S. C., May 1, 8S7.
Notice is herebt girrn -bat in eccordacce
; with >n Act cf the Gei.eral Assembly, tbe
books for tbe registrnrion of ail legally quali
fied voters, and for the issuir.^ of transfers,
kc j will be open t the court house, between
the hours of 9 o'clock n. m., nd 3 o'clock
p u>.. on the first Monday of each month,
; ard for three successive days, until thirty
|da\s nefore the cext ge erHi election.
Minors who thnll become of age during tb t
period of thirty days, shall be entitled -o
registration before tbe books are e'esed. if
I otherwise qualified.
W. S. JAMES,
E. F. BURROWS,.
J. M. KNIGHT,
May 12. Supervisors of Registration.
HOMEY.
New Crop 1897.
New Comb Honey in pound
sections.
Choice Extracted Honey, by
the gallon or less quantity.
For sale at my residence, or
orders may be left office of the
Watchman and Southron.
V ii. Osieeo.
STRAYED OR STOLEN.
4 SMALL, LIGHT REDDISH COW.
1 \ Hadocec&if, and b*g w..$ springing
to calve again. Rewaid will bf paid for hex
return to T. J McCUTCKEN,
..hii!'.' 2 Manuviile, S. C.
Land Surveying/
MR, H D MOISE, will nive prompt at
tention to calls for surveying ard platting
land C*n te found at his office, nest door
to office of Lee aod Moise, Sumter, S. C.
Nor. 18.