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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03
Turks and Cretans
Fighting About the Walls of
Canea.

Canea. Feb. 23.-Great excitement
was caused here last night by smart
rife firing to che westward of the town.
It was soon learned that the firing was
taking place between the Turkish out
posts aud Christian insurgents. aud the
report spread that the outposts had
been driven back and the insurgents
we're approaching the town Crowds
of residents went to the ramparts OF
tue city aud auxiously watched the out
come of the fighting. The firing
ceased in short time withou: either
side having gained any material ad-
vantage OF. SO far as known, causing
any casualties.
A Turkish warship in Suda bay and
the soldiers 10 che arsenal there to-day
fred repeatedly at the village which
was shelled Sunday by the foreign
fleets. There was absolutely no reason
for this attack, except that the Turks
eere desirous of provoking an occasion
for further Intervention on the part ol
the European powers A white flag
was dyiug over the position occupied
by the insurgents, but this did not pre-
vent the firing. The insurgents, 10
derstaodiOg probably the motives Of
the Turks. did not reply to the fire.
The leaders of the Insurgents who
were shelled on Sunday. have made,
through she Greek comm odore, form
al protest against the action Of the for
eign admirals. They declare in iheil
protest, that acting in obedience to the
powers they refraiped from actual bos-
tilities against the Moslems as long as
it was possible, but the Turks baviDg
shelled their position for two days they
were 6cally compelled TO reply to the
FIRE. The protestors ask whether the
powers are determined to ALLOW the
Turks to destroy the Christians 10 Crete
like they did the Armeniaos in Ana.
tolia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03
Disaster Caused by Flood.

Cincinnati, Feb. 25.-At 8 o'clock
tonight the Ohio was 60 feet 8 Ia
inches aad rising only at the rate of
3-4 inch per hour. A stapdstill will
undoubtedly be reached before mid
uight.
A careful estimate made tonight
puts the number Of families driven
from homes at 800 10 Newport alone.
The damage in that city will not fall
below $3.50, 600.
All railroads are still using tempo
rary depots. Very little freight is
being handled. The Big -Four grain
elevator has shut down. Owing to food.
ed warehouses ouly ooe Of the eight
tobacco houses held sales to-day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03
Electric Bitters.

Electric yitters Is medicine suited for any
season, but perhaps more generally needed,
when the languid exhausted feeling prevaiIsa
when tie liver is torpid and sluggish and the
need of tonic and Alternative is felt. A
prompt use OF this medicine has often averted
long and perhaps fatal bilious feyers. No lnedi-
cine will act more surely in counteracting and
freeing the system from malarial poison Head
che. Indigestion, Constipation. Dizziness yield
to Electric Bi.sers. SOC. and sl.O0 per bottle
at J. F.W. DeLorpe's Drug Store. l
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03

terest in the public school question,
there was not a sufficient desire to
increase taxes for that purpose
The House passed Mr. Gasque's
bill to put stop to the vending of
patent medicines by peddlers
The income and license bills were
not brought up today. The under
standing is that the license bill will
not te pressed at ali at this session
This information comes from men,
bers of the special committee which
prepared the bill. The income tax
bill many be pressed, but even on
that point there seems to be diver
sity of opinion.
After discussing the time of final
adjournment without arriving at any
definite understanding. the senate
undertook the consideration of the
supply bill. As has been stated. the
senate finance committee, by amend
ment, had restored the salaries of the
clerks in the different departments TO
what they were before cut by the
house, and had also increased the ap
preparation Of the South Carolina
college and the Citadel. These res
torations were expected TO provoke a
fight, and they did. Every restored
salary was taught over at length.
The senate was evenly divided on
this question-seventeen favored the
restorations and seventeen opposed
them On two occasions the aye and
nay vote resulted II to II, and in
botl. cases the lieutenant governor
cast the deciding vote in favor Of
restoring the salaries of the clerks
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03

Columbia, February 24.-The
House to- day had quite time over
resolution Offered by Mr.. Gage.
which seeks to require the Comptrol-
Ter General to provide So per capita
for each and every child enrolled in
the schools of the State The new
Constitution has such provision,
but it appears that there is doubt and
conflict as to the Interpretation of the
Constitution upon this point. The
understanding ia that the Comptroller
General holds that the Constitution
is comliped vita, IN that the sum
raised for school purposes from the
levy and the poll tax is more than the
number of school children multiplied
by So for each The figures given
by Mr. Gage confirm this statement.
The conflict. however. comes wheth-
er the Constitution requires So per
capita for the enrolment in each
county in the State, or whether the
calculation is to be made for the
State in the aggregate The point is
whether Charleston, which raises
more than So per capita should be
counted as raising the So per capita
for the children in Chesterfield The
intention of the Constitution makers
was to help out poor counties to get
their school fund up to So, and if the
dispensary profits were available
there would be no need for special
levy or even the talk of it. as there
would be ample in the treasury for
the schools of the State. The law
NAV vet have to be constructed by
the Supreme Court, for the Comptrol
Ter General does not want to make
any mistake about the matter, as in
one sense the So per capita is being
provided rnder the present revenues.
At ALL events, while the resolution
was passed today by a decisive vote.
it was emasculated by the adoption oil
an amendment that proposes to count
in the dispensary pro6ts-not that
which is in hand, but that much
talked of profit that is accommodating
and has not been paid into the State
treasury
Mr.. Livingston tried to have the
dispensary profits hereafter all go the
school fund, but to have done tha'
would have necess;tated heavier
taxes or a deficiency, and 80 the
resolution was voted down. There
is vet under the Act of last year
about $92, 1000 of dispensary profit
going to the general fund The dis
cussion TO- day was decidedly interest
ing, aud, while it showed great in,
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opposed it; first, on the ground that it
vas unconstitutional. being uoconsti.u-
tioual taxation and second, that it
Disseminated against the coast counties.
He waited the matter tested fret upon
question of the coDs.itutionality Of the
Act.
Further consideration of the bill was
interrupted by the appropriation bill
coming up as the special order for II
O'Clock.
% motion of Mr.. Henderson an pn-
favorable report was recousidered. and
an amendment was adopted to allow the
Treasurer $500 for handling dispensary
funds
Au amendment to restore the phos-
phste commissioners salary TO Sl.5OO
was adopted
Au amendment vas proposed to allow
Geo. Farley $500 additional for CON-
ple.ing and printing the Confederate
rolls.
Mr.. Brown called attention to the
fact that according to the contract Mr..
Farley bad agreed to complete" the
work for $1,000
Mr.. Moses said that be understood
that the appropriation was to provide
for printing and expenses. and not for
salaries He said that the work was
very difficult.
Mr. Pettigrew took the same ground.
The matter was debated further, the
question narrowing down to ooe OF
whether or not toe work was worth
completing. aud the amendment was
6ually adopted
Mr.. Brown offered az amendment to
provide for free tuition at the South
Carolina College for two young meo
from each county. striking out a pro-
viso TO allow one for each Representa-
tive
Mr.. May6eld amended the amend
meot SO that it would apply to two
young raeD or women /"
Mr.. Mower did not see the use of
limiting the free tuition as proposed,
and wanted to extend it on an equitable
basis according to representation in the
General Assembly.
Mr. Norris saw DO objection to the
House proviso and apposed Mr.. Browns
amendment.
Mr.. Scarborough regretted that the
proviso did not 60 further and put these
appointments 10 the hands of Represent
atives and Senators as was the custom
in regard to West Point and Annapolis
Mr. Moses was absolutely iu favor o1
free education to everybody in the
State.
Mr.. Archer did not wish any furthe,
responsibility. He said that he bac
too many appointments now for hi!
comfort
Mr.. Mauldio said that the lowel
house was the best judge of this matter
aud thought it should be left as ths
House put it.
MIR. Brown withdrew his amendmen
aud moved to strike out the House pro
viso This was agreed to.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03

The works of the Carolina Sulphurlc
Acid Marufacturiog company, located
8: Blacksburg in this State. were sold
uuder decree Of Judge Simonton OF
the United States circuit court. By
the terms Of the sale ali bidders had TO
deposit With the auctioneer a certified
check for $4,000. Only one party
complied with the terms. SO the prop
erty was knocked down to him. The
purchaser is Lewis H. Comstock. who
bid $4,000. He represents the first
mortgage bondbolders.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03
The General Assembly.
February "a.

After the holiday 10 honor of the
birthday of the Father of His Country
the house Of representatives began
work again yesterday. but did not ac
comp.ish very much at the morning
session. No long stride vas made to-
wards the final adjournment on Monday
morning next. After giving S3 bills
The net product Of the hard work
at the Saturday night session-shird
readings. the house took up the bill OF
Alr. McCoullough making imporsaot
changes in the free school Law of the
State and passed it: then the
legislative appropriation bill was
takne up This bill was dis
cussed at some length, aud ef-
forts we're made to make a good many
changes therein. but the bill passed 10
very much the same shape as it came
from the ways aud means committee.
The only other important feature of the
days proceedings vas the further partial
consideration Of the administration dis.
peosary measure. Mr.. Garris, who In
sroduced it stated that it was an ad-
mlnistratien measure which had been
drawn by the attorney general aud had
been considered by the gov
crnor and others and that it was intend.
ed TO get sround the recent decision OF
the United States supreme court
The senate yesterday passed the
Sinkler bill to limit the hours of labor
OF certain employees of street railway
companies the bill consolidating the
Atlsotic Coast Line. and Mr. May6eld
offered an amendment to the house jim
Ceow car bill, which provides fer the
free transportation of State officials AID
members Of the general assembly dur
ing the terms of cf6ce
At the nighs session Senator Buiss
of the finance committee. reported the
administration income tax. license and
insurance. bills unfavorably. 90 the
ground that they should have origi-
rated in the other house The supply
bill vas reported favorably but amend
ed by putting the levy back at 5 mills
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03

A strange and startling incident is
reported from Forsyth cousty. Last
week a man died aud TWO Of bis neigh
bers volunteered to sit up with the
corpse. During the night both we're
taken sick aud died within "a hours. All
three we're buried from the came house.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03
Editorial Poesy.

An exchange is responsible for the
following: Breatbes there man with
soul so dead, who never to himself hath
said, fl'Il pay, before | 60 to bed. the
debt l owe the printer 2 There are
some, We kcow full we'll. who never
such tale car tell (; bat they, We fear,
will 60 to-well. the place where
there's no WINTER Rome Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03
SUMTER S. c.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1897.
Grecians to yield only to superior

Grecians to yield only to superior
force
The proposals of the powers is re-
garded as precarious makeshift
which which will not end the crisis.
The Roman Catholic bishop of
Athens has sent details of the suffer
ings of the Cretans to the Pope. pray.
ing that he use his best Offices to
procure an equitable solution of the
trouble.
The blockade of Crete is now
being strictly maintained. The scar
city of provisions is beginning to be
felt. The foreign admirals have
stopped all communications between
the Greek warships and Col. Vassos,
the commander of the Greek army
of occupation. A British torpedo
boat has undertaken to convey COM
munications from Col. Vassos to
Athens.
HEARD IN THE HOUSE.
London, Feb. 25 The floor and
galleries of the house of commons
were crowded wit members and
spectators at the opening Of to, days
sitting, in view of the announcement
in the newspapers this morning that
the government would define their
roIicv in rooard To Crete
Shortly after the speaker had taken
his seat, right Hon a J Balfour,
first lord of the treasury and the gov
ernment leader in the house of COM
mons. made statement similar to the
one made by Lord Salisbury in the
house of lords, at the conclusion of
which Sir VIM Harcourt, the leader
of the opposition, said that the state
ment concerning the Cretan situation
and the methods to be employed in
its settlement. which had just been
laid before the house by MIR. Balfour.
was of the gravest character 1t af
fected the present and future rela-
ti.ns of Great Britain with the powers
of Europe, besides Turkey and
Greece. and it's gravity was especial
ly shown in its last paragraph re.
lating to the employment of force in
event of the persistent refusal Of
Turkey or Greece to comply with the
demands of the powers He request.
ed the government to fix an early
date for debating the matter.
THE LIBERAL VIEW.
London, Feb 25.-Tbe Daily News
in it's comments tomorrow on the
latest developments in the Cretan
trouble while welcoming the broad
fact of autonomy being granted tc
the island, will emphasize the neces.
sity of searching examination into
the details, especially the propose
that the Greek troops shall be with
drawn prior to the Turkish troops
This proposal, the paper declares
must be reconsidered, unless the in
ternational forces are ready to re,
place the Turkish garrison. Apart
from this, Greece has extorted set.
Element from the powers. and car
bow to superior force without dis.
loyalty to the Hellenic idea.
! 1t is presumed that the article in
the Daily New officially embodies the
Liberal views.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03
Brcklen,s Arntca salge.

The Best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores. Ulcers, Salt Raer:n. Foye, sores. letter
chapped Chiltlsins. Corns and all
Ss n Errptio2s. aad positive,e cures Piles or
no pay required It IS sasraotocd to give per-
feet satisfaction, or laoss5 refunded. Price
IS cents per box. Sc- sala by D.. ]. T. ". De
L,rme
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03
Told in Atlanta.

ga story is told of little girl who
was crying as if her heart would break
A little calf. believing most mournful-
ly, came around the house and walked
close to the child She stopped cry
Ing long enough to ask, What's the
matter. little calf-has your mamma
gone of to card party aud left you,
too?'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-03
A New State Librarian.

0n next Monday Miss Montgomery
of Marion will take charge of the State
library, Miss Montgomery has been
appointed by Governor Ellerbe to sue.
ceed Mrs LsCoute. who has filed the
position since her appointment By Gov
ernor Tillman oa Dec 9, 1890.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-06
RUBY'S GREAT RIDE.
Fast Time Made BY the Honolulu
Bow.

The Auckland Star, in speaking of
Ruby Dexter's wonderful ride on Feb
ruary Is, says:
Last evening at the Domain II. A.
Dexter, the amateur cyclist, made an
attempt to do the mile IN 2 min. 25 sec.
in view of his being chosen to repre-
sent the Auckland A. a. and G. c. at
the bicycle meeting at Wellington on
February gath and 27th. Ee was paced
by two tandems ridden BY Henning
and Crozier and Reynolds and Graham,
and succeeded in covering the distance
in the fast time of 2 min. 10 sec.
Messrs. Service, Read and Brodie were
the timekeepers. Two of the time
keepers made the time 2 min. 10 sec,
and the third 2 min. 10 3-5th sec. This
constitutes a record for the Domain
track, the previous best being L. Rey'
nolds' 2 min. 23 3-5th sec. done on Sat.
urday at the Championship meeting
Reynolds and Dexter leave for Wei
lington on Thursday"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-06
INVESTIGATION COMPLETED
Large Number of Japanese Examined
at Station.

Port Surveyor Stratemeyer and In
terpreter Doyle completed their in
vestigation among the japanese i'm
migrants at the Quarantine station
last evening, and came ashore without
delay. Today their report will be
placed in the hands of Collector Cen
eral Castle, who shall finally decide
upon the cases. 1t was no small task
to personally examine each of the 665
japanese at the station. Each one
was questioned closely in regard to his
identity, previous condition in life,
financial standing, etc, and the ans
wers are faithfully recorded in writ
ing. Surveyor Stratemeyer was very
anxious to get away, and back on
earth, and Doyle being at the same
mind, they worked almost day and
night, often until they were thorough
ly exhausted. Often Doyle's jaws be-
came so stiff that the Surveyor had to
pour oil in his ears to loosen them up
according to Doyle. 1t took three
days and two nights TO finish the job:
Surveyor Stratemeyer says that he
and Mr.. Doyle were treated with the
greatest courtesy and consideration by
Superintendent MNeigh. They had
the best the place afforded, and W re
given every possible assistance to facili
| tate their work.
The japanese are all ready to coms
ashore now, as soon as tney are
passed upon by the Collector General
Their baggage and clothing has al
been fumigated, and each one has
been given such a scrubbing as h'
never received before.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-06
DIED EARLY THIS MORNING
MRS. HAY WODEHOUSE PASSES
AWAY AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS.
A Delicate Operation Was Found Nee
essary, but the Patient Could Not
Survive-Half Sister of Kaiulani.

Mrs. Annie Pauahi Wodehouse, wife
of j. II. Wodehouse, Jr., passed away
at $3.50 o'clock this morning. She had
been ailing for a very brief period and
her sudden demise has been severe
shock to the many friends of the fam
lily in this city.
DR.. Herbert performed a very deli
cate operation yesterday. Last even
ing Mrs. Wodehouse began sinking
rapidly. DR.. Herbert and DR.. Wood
remained with her during the night
and until the end came this morning.
Mr. Wodehouse has the heartfelt
sympathy of the community in his be-
reavement. Three children-two girls
and boy-the oldest 4 years of age,
and the youngest, a baby of seven
weeks. mourn the loss of kind and
loving mother.
Mrs. Wodehouse was the third
daughter of Hon. A. S. Cleghorn and
half sister of Princess Kaiulani. She
was an island girl in the strictest
sense of the word and was beloved by
all who knew her.
The funeral will take place tomor-
row afternoon at 3 o'clock from St
Andrews Cathedral. Ed A. Williams
will prepare the body for interment
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-06
\ WIFE heater.

The people in the vicinity of the y.
NJ. c. A., on Hotel street, have been
disturbed frequently at night of late
by a woman's cries and pleadings not
to be beaten. A private investigation
confirmed the suspicion that a wife
heater resides in that vicinity. His
identity is known to the investigator,
who threatens to publish him if he
continues his brutality.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-06
CULTIVATION Of COTTON
MAY PROVE TO BE AN IMPORTANT
EXPORT STAPLE.
Prominent Business Men VIII Interest
Themselves-Sugar, Coffee and Cot
ton Make Good Trio of Industries.

The cultivation of cotton in these
islands is receiving its share of atten-
tion just now among the progressive
men. While it may still be considered
in the experimental stage still suf-
ficient number of tests have been
made, especially on the island of Oahu,
to insure the success of such an in
dustry.
\ prominent and successful business
man of Honolulu who intends to inter-
est himself very largely in this direc-
ton, was induced to talk this morn
ing on the possibilities of the cotton
industry in Hawaii. For obvious rea-
sons, best known to himself this gen.
tleman preferred that his name DE not
mentioned
'It is my candid belief" said he,
chat another decade will see sugar,
coffee and cotton comprising a trio of
industries that will make these
islands noted the world over. ] am
happy to be able to give some points
on cotton cultivation so far as it has
progressed in this country.
"All species of cotton thrive here,
because the soil and climate are pecul-
iarly adapted to it. What is more
trees will bear throughout the year,
thus enabling the planter here to sow
his seed at any time of the year, and
realizing two and possibly three crops
year. In the Southern States this is
not the case. The seed is planted in
April and harvest begins four months
after planting. Only one crop year
can be raised.
"The cost of production in the
islands, as well as profits of the indus
try can be closely computed in the
next six months, when experiments on
the different islands will be well under
way. | see no reason why an acre
crop would not yield from S402 to $3.50
profit.
"There are two distinct species of
cotton-the American and Oriental.
many subdivisions, all resulting from
the soil and climatic conditions and
hybriding. New Orleans or 'Uplands'
is common cotton of America. 'Barba-
deuse' or Sea Island is the finest in
the world and is peculiar to the
islands off Georgia and South Carolina.
Experiments on mainland with this
cotton have been numerous but always
failed. They have been tried on very
limited scale in Egypt, Queensland,
Fiji and Tahiti with success. Wild
cotton found here is the Kidney
species of South America. 1t is indi-
genous. but of little value except as \
seed producer"
Secretary Joseph Marsden, of the
Agricultural Bureau, says that the cul-
tivation of cotton is Il science and must
be understood. Cotton will not ma
ture to any advantage without care.
However, cultivation is necessary for
two months only and is not expensive
Cane field coolies would be as service
, able as negroes in the cotton fields
Harvest begins four months after
planting. giving prompt returns. "Sea
Island" cotton, so it has been found
will thrive anywhere where cane will
j. grow, but best along the shore in bot
!. tom lands and the valleys.