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* *1 !> I II ! ! ! ? * Doings at "D?ck. The Christmas holidays are ov1 -,er and everything is quiet in our neighborhood at present. Cadet. JL. B. Steele, of t he Citadel, spent Christinas with his parents at this place. Misses E J.. VV. E. and M. D. \ .vmii li of <\vinprs. ( ides Jllld # ^CUli< u? vi f.-?. . ? ? __ . .Uloomingvale, respeg! ively. spent !he holidays with th.ir mother. 31 r>. L. J. Ncsmith. 31 r. and Mrs. J. W. .Register, of Oreeleyville, spent i Christmas wit h 31 r. J. 0. Josey, of this place. Miss Ethel Nesmith, one ol'our popular young ladies, who is teaching the Turkey Cr?*ek school, spent the holidays at home. M i^s I la Wooten, of Trio, is vis iling fiiends and relatives at this place. 31essrs. J. W. Waldron. and I?. I>. Steele, of Rome, was over here during the holidays "winking" and ''blinking" at some of our iair maidens. Thais an rign; boys, I am watching you from a tree top. Your quill-driver bad I ho pleasure of attending a beautiful wed ding at Mr. F. M. Nesmiiii's on i lie evening oi December t lie 2Sth, the contracting parties being Mr. i. (}. Nesmith and Miss Sallie McDonnell, and R v. Mr. Davis being the officiating minister. The ceremony look place in the parlor, which was beautifully decorated with ever greens. "When the eventful moment arrived, the wedding march was well rendered by Miss Lila llemmingway, the bridal party entering us follows: .Mr. Hillie Durant with Miss Lucy Heratningwav; ? ~ 7 .Mr. LaurisRhem with Miss Mamie Nesmith; Mr. Dudley C? ok with Miss Cornie Durant. After lhe . ceremony was over we were invited to the dining room where a bountiful spread of tempting viands awaited us. Alter party k" ' 1 ins; 01 me least we i-cnuuvu .v? i he parlor where several hours ol' social enjovment sped spiflly hv. Al last, when ihe time for dispersing arrived, we left li.e nappy couple with showers ei' congru!illations. wishing them a lite lime "IJoQey Moon." ft Our community, was saddened hy the death of AIrs. Sarah i\estnilh who died on the Gih insf., alter an illness of several weeks, a^ed seventy-time years. The ' - ?lw, luncrai toon juai-u >u m\, Black Mingo baptist church Moiiday, Rev. XV. r. Holland officiating. She loaves two living children, 19 grand children and n host of friends and relatives to lament her death. She was a hind and loving mother and a true and devoted Christaiu and member of the Baptist church for a number of years. \Y III1T00RW .I.L. KILLED AT PINEWODD. Conductor Hursey Kills a Negro in ?JCM UCICMVwt Conductor Frank II. llursey, on freight Mo. 10 between Sumter nn?1 Fobbing shot and instantly killed Lewis Buigess, a negro train band, atPinewood Saturday al'terno(>n. At Remiui Conductor Ilursev gave Burgess some order, which was disobeyed. The negro was sharply reprimanded, whereupon he rushed at Mr. Iiursey with a pieco 01 iron. The trouble was stopped, but was renewed at Finewood, where the negro is said to have rushed upon Mr. Hursey again, having in Ids hand a billet of wood. .At tlrs Mr. Jluivey drew liis pistol and fired three times, killing Burgess instantly. I Mr. Ilur.sey was arrested by I lie autorities and held for the coroner's inquest, the verdict of which was that Lewis Burgess came to his death as the result of a shot fired by Mr. Horsey. lie has been * * i. t < [sent lo Sumter unacr arresi, anu j | will apply lor bail. : It was at lirst thought that tiiej : negroes in the Pinewool section I ' would make trouble, for at one J | time they were greatly excited. The shooting seems clearly a case ol sell'defence. A Strange "Varm:nt '* Creates Terror Among tks Citizens of Florence The people of Florence are concerned over the advent of some [wild animal, which kills and eats | dogs sheep & c, and the timid are i ../.i otiviniK t(\ i'r> nhmit after dark. ! | ill/ I till \ V HV. ... ^ i Monday nislil the shepherd j \log of Mr. MeFie was choked to J death and the marks of sharp ! teeth could be seen on its throat. Saturday niirhl a puppy- belongj :im to Paris Brookinton was carI ried otr bodily, [and the pitif'ui i wails ot the little dor; could be heard lor b'ocks. At that time i there were no incestijralions. A j j sheep in Rogers and Brown's pen J across I he railroad is reported to have been killed last nigh!?b\ i what it is not known. Mr. Ed Rollins saw Ike l<lhing" in East Florence Monday night and fired three times at it without j effect. The object of his aim \\a< | large and black, and lost no time ; getting out of the way alter the first shot. ! A number ol yo?rn? men wmj organize far the of annihilation | ' ilie nnnihilator. and vill scour the country'for it nights. There are lots (;t uneasy people nt town, who wi'l await wiih breathless i interest the outcome <?f the hunt. I - - - Tl ' AN INTERESTING RELIC. I A.Huntsman's Horn Which is a Valued Haii loam. During the recent visit of Mr. i J. l>. McGee, Jr.. with his bride to I his lather's family he was inaue the recipient of a cherished lamily heirloom bv his lather, Mr. J. j IT .Yclihee, Sr., who-in turn had j it Irani his lather. This heirloom was a hunter's horn that the I grandfather McGhee, who was a soldier under Jackson in I he j CreeJv war in Alabama in 1 SI2. 'made himself from a beef that i was butchered in camp, which he ; brought homo with him. and ii ! has been in tiie family ever since. The camp where the horn \va> !secured was nine miles from fhe . ? ! ? ?ll? am t lin 'I u L UUll iC UI luu JL> l VII uiv. A. UI ] lapoosa river, where Jackson a!! most exterminated the Creek tribe. It has thus been in the family for over SO years, ami has made the Savannah hills echo to I its music in the fox hunt scores o; time . Anderson Mail. An Old-Time A B C Card. ( j At lend carefully to the details J of your business. Be prompt 111 all things, j Consider well, then decide positively. j Dare to do right, fear to do : wrong. Endure trials patiently. I Fight life's butties bravely, j manfully. i Go nut in the society ot the vicious. Ilold integrity sacred. Injure not another's reputation in business. Join hands only yith the virtyo-i*. ' r Keep yoor mind from evil thoughts. ? Lie not for any consideration. Make few acquaintances. Never try to appear what you are not. Observe good manners. Pay your debts promptly. Quession not veracity of a I Irjeiid. Kespect the counsel of your parents. Sacrifice money rather than i principle. Take care of the pence and I he pounds will take care of the:n? selves. ,T , . I Lse your leisure lime tor tm-j provemenf. Venture not upon the threshold of wt oni:. Watch carefully over your pas sions. Extend to everyone ;i kindly sa! lit ion. Yeild not to discouragement. Zealously labor for t lie right. The path of glory leads but to ; the grave. News Summary. Italians constitute one-fourth of; Argentine's inhabitants. * -r . 1 m -i: l ill -UOX1CO 1 IV-' UIMIIICl llUpUttjitc | w and dialects are spoken The bubonic plague has broken out in Honolulu and Manilla. ? Hindoo young men are turning! to Japan for instruction in science.j A railway wiH be built up tbe i Rax Alp, which is 6,-100 feet | high. Lieut, Gilmore says tlie Philip- i pine war will last a.s long as a Ta-I galo lives. Rev. Dr. Edward MeGlynn, an ; eminent Catholic divine ol New ; York, is dead. i Between the two lower falls of; i the Nile ram lias never been ex-j perienced. Russia in Europe has a foiest! area of about -500.000,000 acres. One-third of the country, indeed,' is torest. I A while man has been lynched; p -.1a .. V At?< n/?rf Vo Wg V:1 I lor assumi in nt? |/?i I. lie was a member of a icspectablej family in the \\ est. Major John S. Clark, a noted turfman of former year-, is dead.; He was the owner of the Coldstream farm, Kentucky. I ! President McKialev has created a military department of Alaska. I'lie action is tantamount to establishing a complete military; government there. . Missouri has passed a law which ; requires every barber who do^s j business in tiie Stale to pay .$1 to! a board'of examiners lor a dip!o-i ma certifying to his competency, i The Nicaragua canal commis-j K.%n/i.^i Kir kV-ir Admiral SUJII, IICllllVU WJ ... John G. Walker, has sailed fori; Nicaragua (o investigate and re-;; port oil the canal possibilities.j; Work already don-' will he exam-!' in eel. The specilic ol^eci. will he|| to recoiu.neud a route lor a canal i j across the isthmus. The trip across j Nicaragua will occupy -about. six i weeks. I ' I Nikola Tesla, who opened an' experiment, station at Colorado.' Springi, Col., in May last lor the purpose of making scientific measurements and observations with wireless telegraphy in higli a!ti-j tudes, has concluded his work and} returned to New York. He has j perfected, it is alleged, a machine} by which he will be able to send I wireless messages to Paris .next j year. I I , . . A Fail L GENERAL ME \ .-4-H StacMey's \ \ ' \ I have just r< line of CCAlU'L'lj SJjTD EECC nik M VI'JC r* u svJvm ivit W nftaa^J *r.Vz CALL AND EXAMINE MY 81 f By trading with us your hills wil briphtdr during the holidays. Stack ley's BX&JO lutex mr%?*r> Nj X?3^1 KlW W. T. VV! Nice Complete stock, Latest st W. t w Good line of Staple DRY GOODS at W, Shoes to burn Saddles, Bridles, Harness, etc., at W. T. Hard-ware, Pot's Spiders, Ovens, Fan Best Family Groceries at W. T. WILKH Nice l>:ue ( m < J * Tobacco from 25 to 50 cents at W. T. Coiton, Corn, I\as, Chickens, Eggsji yon may huve. .A (Country man YV. Best : Come to see Wilkin YD L! 1x5, W! id OJ Qri AUDITOR'S NOTICE. |@ Notice is hereby glvon that I will; 5 vi??it the following places on the davsi ? mentioned heiow. for tUe purpose of; \ taking Tax Itetnrus forth" riscal year,! ? commencing January 1st 1900. * I 0 All male persons laitwem the ages | J of twenty-one and sixty years. ' i <* not exempt,are liable to a Poll Tax. j ? Greelyeviile on the 1st and 2nd of Jan.! J Gourdins '* " 3rd " "I J Suttons " 44 4th " 5tli " 44 ? Harpers " 44 6tii " " 44 ? Trio 44 4 4 8rh 44 9th 44 4 4 5 Salters 44 i4 10th 44 lltli 44 44 < Kii.gstree 44 -4 12th 44 13th 44 4 4 5 Lake City ' 4* 17th 44 18th 44 4 4 $ Simon Poston's Store ? 4 4 4 4 l?th 4* 20th 44 44 j J Altaians 44 " 2*2nd " 41 44 i > JnhnsonvHle " -2 (rd " I $ Ards ' ? 24th 44 25th 44 J Lamberts '* 44 2i>th 4t " [ King-tr-e " 44 2!>th " " " ! ? Cedarbwarnp * 3<?rh 44 31st " 41 '% Bloomii.gvule " 1st ' and ' F<; j r iviugsirst; rd ' ' j J Inrtbiitown" '* 5.1! " 6th 44 " i < U'.in.r ' 7i:i 44 * ' | j .VorrLvi 1c44 44 btli " 44 '" 5 Iilio.iis 9:h 44 44 ; ? CunoTil 44 " lOr.'i 44 4' ' (Sj Cades ' 4; 12tii * 13th 41 44 j ^ dowdy's Store " '4rn 44 15ih 44 ? MoUZOIiS ICtU 44 44 I Kingstree 4 44 1 7c.ii 44 20th 4 4 4 4 inclusive. 44 i < II Z. Hanxa. i Audtor.' I i PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE,' < s.5\ r?>:v, s. ^'V'S ? J Second Term beginsJanuary 29,1900.1 El 4" 1 ?4 " 1 *in>- f.inwv M A - ! I'( >rnaeui<s rci'c?c>i ^ ....... T laci'L A TjON. T UITI ON, HOAR I) hoi ana ROOM RENT, from January 2 to th( I line 5, 11)00, for only $02.00. Same, tor from January 29 to June 5, $52.90. > Classical, Scientific and Commercial' aj course*. Far catalogue or other inferm;:Lionad'!re.v> t() W. T. MATTHEWS { ' ( or A. E. Sl'ENCER. Lh, ? j | ac< Why all this toil lor tnumphsj ot an hour? I Life's a short summer, man a[^-(* flower. By turns we catch the vital! F breath and die. ! There is always room at the top, but it is be'ter to be at the C S bottom in case of fire: All is fair in love?except Ahe bruneft.es: of i - s1 ' ss ,ine of. . . RCHAMDISE .! s Caslk Sf 0if@o sceived a full , % i vcyr\ .rya: > Mii-ri Vi^v' ^ r^rncj m to rOCK BEF( >IIE BUYING. !1 be lighter and your thoughts - . 4 Cash Sic re, I jCYtYtCST DDBNtj OLVrTTj UJj.L"UH^ culia re. j V LiiassiJ titsjoerjin LKiNS. ' ' fles in FURNITURE at ILEIITS. . | . T. WILKINS . so CHEAP at W. T. WILKIXSl Wilkins. ning utensils at "?v. T. WlLKINS. is. j:.? () ('.']. M W. T. WJLKId WILKINS. lidos an-i any country produce T. WILKINS. Lot Room fur Renefit of Public * 9 s? LKINS. I % , $ SULZ8ACHER & SON, g JEWELERS, j FI?ors;:\T5% ?. <\ $ Clocks \V aiclifs, Silver- o> \ \ ware, Jewelry, Diamonds ^ ^0 SPECIAL I' | ATTENTION GIVEN TO | Ji ^ST'Vtil! Duplicate Prices ? in anv Catalogue in the ? United Stales. i # Founded 1842. 5 JaNos F "Sintr their own Draise."1 IAS YOU It WIFE, DAUGHTt OR SISTER BEEN LONGING >It A IT AN A ? Why not give r one for CHRISTMAS??one of ?se celebrated, reliable, sweet led STIEFF PIANOS. # ' j kYe'Il nnt burden your purse with UG PRICE, and we'll give you )N VENIEVf TERMS in which j do tho paying. 'ot'tinfniM j?nd hook of stiffsrestions ?erfully given. "ine tuning and repairing. Palj Organs. t HAS. M.STIEFF, Piano Manufacturer, Baltimore, ivr<l. "actory Branch Warcroom 2N* irtli Tryon Street,Charlotte,X. C. C. II.'WILMOTH, Manager. SSil GEORGETOWN, S..C. 1 17 lD'JO. m rhe way (o bliss lies not on beds down. M 1