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W?0*IESDAY, FEBRUARYS, !S05. > c. ar f4e t at ?Jfictaz Sumter.S 0., a* Seco**! Cia** Mxtttr. PERSONAL. Capt X. H. Dick is in the city. Mr. Alfred Owens is in town. Ker. S. C. Hnghson is visiting in gp the city. Mr. H B. Wise, of Prosperity, is in town? Mr. John F. Jenkins, bf Camden is in tba- city. Mr, A. L. Byrd, of Colnmbia, is in the citj today. Mr. ?. D. Har vin, of Pinewood, was ? in tho city Friday. Mr. J. M. Cook, cf Colnmbia, was ia'the city Sanday. Mr. E. 3. Grose, cf Georgetown, spent yesterday here. Mr, J D. McLeod, of Kember ts was in the city Saturday. *; ^ K^ D?? JX B. Boyie and wife cf Co I? lamb?a? are in the cit;. Miss- Olivia Ingram cf Manning, is visiting"in the city. -3; Mr. W. E. McCoy, of St Charles, spent Thursday in town. Mr. R. M. Jenkins, of St. Charles was in the city Monday. ?Mr. E. D. Andrews ot Charleston, ?jont Friday in the city. L. D. Jennings, Esq., went to Man? ging Tuesday on business. Mr. B. N. McLendon* of Bishop Fille, was in the city Friday. Mr. C. H. Cochrane, of Abbe Tilie, was in the city Sunday.\ Mrs. E: C. Welling, of Charleston is visiting Mrs. N. G. Os teen. Judge L B. WUiamson, of Provi -denee, was in the city Tuesday. Mr. J. M. Lawrence, of Columbia, is writing insurance in the city. T Mr. E. L. Fcwlinson, of Gheraw, is stopping at the Jackson today. Miss Estelle Cannon, of Orange burg, is visiting Miss Edna Bull. Mrs. Charles Bradley is visiting Mrs. J. T. Frierson at Stateburg. Mrs, James Pinekney of Stateburg, KS the guest of Mrs. A. P. Manning. I&r. L. D. Jones, of Kershaw, will be is the city until this afternoon. A Messrs. W. B. and Mack McElveen of Salem were in the city Thursday. Mr. B. E. Deans, of Darlington, is registered today at the Jackson. Mr. H. J. McVeigh, of Florence, was in the city on business last week. M??S Singer, of Eutawville is visiting the family of Mr. B." L Man? ning. ? ?ev. N, W. Edmunds is confined to nfs house with * slight touch of : 0; Messrs. J. H. Cummings and J. G. Cooner, of Columbia, were in the city Thursday. . Messrs. ^English Williamson and Charles Dixon, of Providence, were in the city Friday. ....... ?$> JfMrs. Bose Snydocker, of Chicago, lil. is viistiog her daughter, Mrs. JL A- Byttenberg. Mrs. J. A. Mood, after a visit of several weeks to relatives in Georgia, lias returned home. The condition of Mr. Horace Harby, remains about the same. He is im _ proving^ very slowly. Messrs. W. B. Burns, C H. Jones and Geo. B. Beeves, of Columbia, were in the city Friday. Messrs. B. A. Lawrence and N. L. Broughton, of Pinewood were in the city Thursday on business. Miss Marie McCullough, who has I been visiting Mrs. C. P. Osteen, re? turned to Darlington Monday. Mrs. J. W. Branson, who has been living in St Louis for the past two years, ?as returned to Sumter. Messrs. Jno. T. Stevens, of Ker? shaw, and Robt. Workman, of Cam? den, were at the Jackson Sunday, ft Mr. H. L. B. Wells, who has been to Atlanta and other points on busi * ness returned home Monday night. Mr. B. C. Blarcding, of Concord, was in the city attending a meeting of the County Schcol Board Saturday. Misses Marie McCullough and Aleen v>ard, of Darlington, were guests of ^ Mrs. C. P. Osteen the past few days. Messrs. B. J. Mixon, P. M. Big- i gins and Lee Whitehead, of Charles ton, are guests at the Hotel Sum ter. * Messrs. N. F. Sh i re r, of Colnmbia, and N. G. Thomas, of MayesvUle, were guests at the Sumter Hotel Sun? day. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jackson and Miss Pauline Zei^ler of Lone Star, were guests at the Hotel Sumter last week. Clerk Hamer, of the House of Re? presentatives, passed through the * -city, cn his way to Columbia Tuesday .morning. Miss Elliott who has been connected with the Sumter Dry Goods Co, for the past season, has gone to her home in Chester. Mrs. S. H. Lewis and little daugh? ter Marguerite, of Pynnewood Va., .are visiting Mrs. Felix Moses on Washington street. Dr. Foster, cf Providence, was in the city for a short while this morn? ing, and leftj accompanied by his brother, of Manning. Misses Hallie Jones. Arrie Stuckey, ?Grace Bandle Lucile Randie andJnez McCullough, after a short^holiday in the city, returned to Winthrop 9 Menday. The record book of the chief of the fire department shows that there were tv enty fire alarms during January, to all of which the hose wagons respond? ed. _ On Friday morning the fire depart? ment was called out to put out a small bla^c on the roof of Mr. W. G. Wells' residence, on West Calhoun street. . Mr. Wells was at breakfast, when a neighbor came in to ask if he knew that his house was on fire. After making a hasty examination, he saw that the building was not in ser? ious danger, so, by means cf a lad? der, he carried a becket of water to the roof, and extinguished the ?ames before the hose wagons had time tb reach his house. HYMENEAL. ; Invitations have beeu received in ?be city to the marriage of Miss Floride Reese, of Abbeville, to Mr. Earle C. Page, of the Colombia State on -Wednesday afternoon February 22 1905 at half after three o'clock. MARRIED. The marriage of Miss Ethel Mozingo and Mr. A. C. Cave at the residence of Mi's. Nora K. Britton, lo Warren street, last Wednesday evening was a qniet ont very pretty one. Promptly at 7.30 o'clock, to the strain: of sweet music from the deft fingers of Mrs. Britton the bridal party sntered the beautifully decorated parlor. Miss Lola Mozingo, sister of the bride, as maid of honor and Miss Olga liing Britton as only attendant were fallowed by the bride and groom who were made man and wife by the Rev. R. N. Pratt, of Columbia, in a most impressive and effective manner. Miss Mozingo is from Baltimore and is a most lovable and attractive young lady, her many noble characteristics of he?id and heart have won many friends during her three months? stay in Sn mter. Mr. Cave is a promising young business man of Colombia, steady upright, he will fully ap? preciate the treasure he has won. And thus, ^T, "Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one" now sail upon life's fairest ocean, may every breeze be freighted with the delicious perfume of perennial con? jugal bliss. Mr. and Mrs. Cave left next morn? ing for Columbia, their future home, amid showers of rice and every good wish o:' friends for future happiness. DEATH. A telegram was received Monday an? nouncing the death at Johns Hop? kins hospital, Baltimore, of Miss Alice Toole. She left this city Friday for Johns Hopkins hospital to be op? erated on for the removal of a tu? mor, and death resulted frrom the operation. STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. j Dr. Cheyne Has Called a Meeting at Collumbia on Februarry 8th. ? i Dr. Walter Cheyne, councillor of the South Carolina State Medical Asso? ciation for the counties of Richland, Sumter, Clarendon, Lee and George? town, has called two meetings for all the phj-sicians of this district. One meeting will be held in Columbia Feb? ruary 8th, under the auspices of the Columbia Medical Society. The other will be held at Georgetown February 6th. The district is .so large it has been divided In its meetings, so that all phy? sicians in the section neighboring Georgetown can attend that meeting, and those finding Columbia more con? venient to train schedues can attend at the capital eily. The special feature of the sessions will be an address by Dr. J. N. Mc? cormack of Bowling Green, Ky., on "Organisation and Its Practical Bene? fits to the Individual Practitioner." All physicians in good standinig in their profession, whether members of the society or not, are invited to be in attendance. Dr. Mccormack has visited nearly every Stite in the union and tells most interestingly the conditions and vicis- [ situdes of the doctors' lives under the varying conditions Of the medical pro- J fession. Georgetown's hospitality is pro? verbial imd the doctors are anticipat? ing with pleasure their meeting there, and in Columbia also. The* paper felt and tar roof on the opera house leaked like a sieve Mon? day, when the sleet began to thaw. Some of the merchants were deliv? ering goods on slieghs Monday morn? ing. . The sohooi children seemed to be the oniy ones that enjoyed slipping and falling cn the sleet, .but they were not the. only ones to fall. Some of th^e steadiest and most dignified citizens found out how it felt to hit the ground quick and hard. Valentine parties will be all the go next week. Work on Bradley's Sumter City Di? rectory is progressing rapidly The Osteen Publishing company has a force of hands working day and night on it and it is being put in type as rapidly as the copy can be furnished. This directory will be a valuable book to the business men of Sumter, inas? much as it will contain not only a complete directory of the city, but of the county as well. A complete and accurate list of all the taxpayers of the county will be given in an ap? pendix. Sumter needs a steam laundry. It is an - actual necessity, not something that is tteoretically desirable. Fast bieycle riding ls a menace to old people and children. The reckless riders should be sentenced to the chain gang without the option of pay? ing a fine. After libe fire at the Minor Store was extinguished Monday ni?ht,Mr.D. A. Miner, the manager, presented each fireman with au elegant pair of shoes. As soon as a sufficient amount of dues are paid in Secretary Reardon of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce will subscribe to a few commercial magazines in order to keep posted on factories seeking suitable locations. He is also ia need of stationery for correspondence and is badly handi? capped by lack of funds. Senator Manning' states that the proposed increase in the salaries of the magistrates in this county, while agreed to by the county delegation have not jet passed the Senate. The increase in salary will probably be granted ?is it is understood that the increase in to be grafted in lieu of all criminal costs and inquest fees heretofore allowed magistrates. Mr. J. H. Levy of Levy & Moses on Tuesday sent a check for 815 j to each cf thevhose wagon companies ! in token of his appreciation of the j successful fight they made against the j fire in the Minor Store Monday night, j Mr. Levy's store being next door to j the Mino]' Store wa3 in imminent danger and but for the good work of the firemen would have inevitably j been destrDyed. * ! THE NEW BANK. - Directors and Officers of Fanners* ! Bank and Trust Company Elected. At a meeting of the stockholders of tbe Farmers Bank and Trust Co., held i7ednesday in tbe office of R. J. Blaud, Esq., the following directors were elected : C. G. Rowland, R. F. Haynswortb, G. F. Epperson, W. B. Borns, J. K. Crosswell, Isaac Schwartz, R. J. Bland, G. A. Lemmon and Geo. D. Shore. The following officers were elected : U. G. Rowland, President; R. F. Haynswortb, Vice President. An advisory board of twelve stock? holders was decided on and nine of the number were elected as follows : C. T. Mason, R. L Manning, H. J. McLaurin, Jr., L. B. Durant, T. H. Clarke, D. J. Chandler, J. J. Britton, Jr., J. W. Weeks, of Pine? wood and Thomas Wilson, of Cades. The bank will be opened about March 1st, and will occupy part of the Cash Grocery Store. The store, which is a wide one, will be devided by a partition and au enterance will be put in at the corner. THE CHAMBER OP COMMERCE. The Standing Committees Have Been Appointed. The following standing committees of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce have been appointed by President J. M. Knight: Manufacturers and Commerce: E. L. Witherspoon, chairman, J. W. Mc Keiverj H. J. McLaurin, Jr., C. T. Mason, George Burchill, Edgar Skin? ner, T. B. Kennedy, H. J. Harby and D. J. Chandler. Transportation: W. A. Bowman, chairman; C. G. Rowland, C. M. Hurst, A. W. Crosswell, Altamont Moses, H> J. Harby, I. *C. Strauss, A. D. Harby, D. A. Minor. Public Improvements : Altamont Moses, chairman; Neill O'Donnell, E. C. Haynswortb, John H. Clifton, M. Levi, L. B. Durant, J. H. Chan? dler, H. G. Osteen. PnblicEntertainment:R. F. Hayns? wortb, chairman ; Geo. W. Dick, H. F. Wilson, Wm. M. ,Grabam, W. B. Bovie, E. D. Lee, H. C. Hayn s worth, H. L. Scarborough and J. A. Mood. Statistics and Information : S H. Edmunds, chairman; Neill O'Donnell, H. G. Osteen, J. H. Chandler, (i. A. Lemmon, Dr. S. G. Baker, L. D. Jennings, J. L. Alnutt, F. C. Man? ning. Internal Trade and Improvement: Neill O'Donnell, chairman; R. L Manning, W. H. Ingram, Marion Moise, F. Levi, William Moran, J. G. DeLorme, J. H. Levy, W. G. stubbs, sr?ni Auditing Committee W. B. Burns and G. E. Haynsworth : THE LATE MRS. HANNAH LEVI. Her Children Endow a Memorial Li? brary to Her Memory. Manning, Feb. 5.-Several years ago, after the death of the late Moses Levi of this place, his heirs desiring to perpetnate his memory in Philan? throp to the community, puchased the graded school grounds and build? ing, which was then heavily encum? bered, and, freeing it from all debt and encumbrances, presented it to the town of Manning to be known as the Moses Levi Memorial institute, to be used as a graded school. Mrs. Hannah Levi; widow of the late Moses Levi, died a few weeks ago, and the children of this aged and revered couple have decided to further memorialize their parents by contrib? uting $1,000 for the founding of a li? brary in connection with the school for the benefit of the town, to be known as the Hannah Levi Memorial library. The school has already the nucleus of & library containing about 300 volumes, valued at about 8250, and the Levi heirs have informed the trustees that the $1,000 will be availa? ble in a few days, to be properly ex? pended in the purchase of suitable books, encyclopedias, etc. The phil? anthropic spirit of the Levi family is highly commended and is regarded as a most fitting way to memorialize their parents and at the same time do something which will ereatlly inure to the intelligence of the community where their parents so long lived and were esteemedd and respected. SUMTER'S PENSIONERS. ' Meetings of the County Board of Pen? sioners Held Monday. The County Board of Pensioners met in the office of County Auditor, J. Diggs Wilder, Monday afternoon. A number of applications for pen? sions were received and the great majority of them were approved. The principal action taken by the board was to recommend to the Leg? islature tnat the age limit that id nec? essary to make widows eligible for a peusion be removed. Under the exist? ing law, a widow of a Confederate soldier must have attained the age of GO years, before she can receive a pension. This provision works a ?reat hardship upon many who ure in dire distress, and prevents some poor women, wno are in abject poverty, from obtaining a small monthly al? lowance. A bill having that object in view is now peding in the Legislature, and it is believed that the recommendation, of our board will carry some weight. Chief Bradford and Officer McKagen conducted an inspection of ali public hacks and drays, in the rear of the city hall, last Thursday. Some hack men were notified to make immediate repairs on both their vehicles and their harness. None, however, were deprived of their licenses. A manufacturing house in Butler, Pa. has, for soma time pas':, been in ' correspondence with Mr. D. G. j Zeigler and The Sumter Chamber of i Commerce, in regard to the establish- I ment of a wood fiber plaster ana build? ing material factory in this city. Fav- i orable reports having been submitted as to tho desirability of locating such a plant in Sumter, information has been received that a special represen? tative has been despatched to make a thorough investigation of the advant? ages that this city offers :ior an enter? prise of that nature. THE MINOR STORE FIRE. Dry Goods Department Seriously Dam? aged Monday Night-Mr. Elisha Car? son Injured by Falling Skylight. The most costly fire that has occur? red in this city for months broke out in the dry goods department of the Minor Store Monday night about 8 o'clock and for more than two hours the firemen had a hard and stubborn fight with the flames to prevent a 'is a8trous conflasrration in the heart *f the business district. The fire originated in the rear part of the second floor and when it was discovered had been burning for some time, for a large section of the ceil? ing was ablaze and the flames had gained a strong hold between the ceil? ing and roof. The goods stored on the second floor were also burning fierce? ly When the front door was forced open by the firemen the glass in the large sky light was broken by the rush of air carrying the flames up? ward and this created a draft that caused the fire to burn with greater rapidity. Added to this condition that favored the spread of the fire, the firemen were handicapped by the usual lack of pressure. When the water was first "turned on the feeble stream that issued from the nozzle had too lit? tle force to reach the second floor un? til the hose was dragged upstairs. The firemen were equal to the emergency, however, and procuring ladders and ropes they mounted to the roofs of ad? joining buildings and dragging up the hose fought the fire from above. After a time the pumps at the water station were started and with the direct pressure thus given a stronger and more abundant supply of water was secured. The fight to save the building was made at close quarters otherwise the firemen would not have succeeded in confining the fames to the building in which the fire originated. For more than an hour the issue hung in the balance and few believed the shoe de par ment could be saved, but by con* fining th? fire to the second floor of the dry goods department the stock of goods on the first floor was saved un? damaged, except by smoke and water, and the shoe department which com? municate, witn the dry goods depart? ment by an archway was saved intact likewise. Z!?ZZ The only accident was sustained by Mr. Elisha Carson, the secretary of the Minor Store Co. who entered the ofhce to remove the books and papers from the safe. The office was situated directly beneath the skylight and while Mr. Carson was in tte office, a large section cf the skylight fell in upon bim. He was knocked down and received severe and painful cuts on the side of the head, face and hands. He was taken to DeLorme's Drug Store and given immediate attention and his wounds dressed before being sent to his home. While his wounds are painful, they were fortunately not serious and be will be out again in a few days. His escape from death or very serious injury was marvelous and his many friends are truly thank? ful that he escaped so lightly, the cir? cumstances considered. The Minor Stores, dry goods and shoes, together contained about $40, 000 worth of goods as nearly as can be estimated. The stock and fixtures were insured for $24,500 divided between the local agencies as follows : Sumter Insurance Agency, $15,500 (814,500 in stock, $1,000 on furniture and fixtures. ) Citizens' Insurance Agency, $5,000, on stock. White & McCallum, $2,000, on stock. Mrs. Andrena Moses, $2,000 on stock. . The extent to which the stock is damaged cannot yet be approximately estimated, but while it is quite large, it will not exceed the insurance. The bnildiog which is the property of Mr.Neill O'Donnell was insured for 83.000; (S2,5C0 on the building and $500 on fixtures. ) The damage may be covered by this amount but this point cannot be determined until the re? pairs come to be made. About 7 o'clock a. m. Tuesday the firemen were called out again to ex? tinguish a small blaze that had start? ed from the smouldering embers in the Minor Store. The fire was of small moment and was quickly extin? guished. THE RECORDER S COURT. Gabriel Black a negro man employed by Mr. W. M. Graham, at Iiis stable on Hampton aveuue, was found on the street Thursday night in a drunken stupor. He was arrested, and plead "guilty" before Recorder Hurst next morning. He was ectecced to pay a fiue of $2. - io- - ? m>~ amm - The Magistrate's Court. On motion of Davis D. Moise before Magistrate Harby Tuesday morning. George Conyers, who was being held ou the charge of assault and battery, was released from custody, on accoant of the non-appearance of the prosecu? tor and the State's witnesses. Conyers, as may be remembered, was very actively engaged in the cut? ting scrape at the Southern Cotton Oil Company's mill. From what eau be learned, he was acting only in self defence, and the prosecutor, who is really the person desired by the police, has gone to regions be? yond the juridiction of Magistrate flarby's court. The News and Courier suggests that if the state is going into the trust i; busting" business that it give the newspapers some relief by establish? ing a paper mill. The newspapers are subject to the most arbitrary and tyrannical trust cf them all. They are taxed by it without rhyme or reason, and severely taxed at that. If the legislature is going to relieve one class it ought to relieve all. A very large amount of money is invest- j ed in newspapers in this state, and j thojsands of dollars are weekly dis? tributed through them, and they are deserving" of consideration. No spe? cial privileges ought to be given far? mers and if we are to have a ferti? lizer factory, the legislature ought not j to fail to start a paper mill. If any- I body can think of any other sort cf j factory needed he should not be bark- ! ward about making application for it. I -Columbia Record. Moral Ethics-The Watch and the Walk. | It is all right for a man to go by his watch, provided it is regulated, wound up and properly set. Other? wise, it will surely mislead him. Many a man has a standard by which he boasts that he regulates his life, and what he says is the trnth ; but tLv trouble is, the standard he has chosen is itself false and untrue-a watch unregulated, unwound and unset. To walk wisely through this world is cot so easy, after all. Men are too willing to be content with food and raiment, forgetting the existence of anything higher or better. The average man seems to think it his duty merely to get through to the other side, whatever that is. I saw a huge pin driven into a rock at Niagara. From this, to a similar pin on the op? posite shore, a rope had been stretch? ed above the deep abyss that yawned below. Twenty-five thousand people gathered on the high bluffs to see one fool carry another fool across the chasm on his back. Blondin's idea was that, in case of an accident, he couldjet his man drop, and save him? self. In the walk we are taking, how? ever, the man and his burden are in? separable. We are not merely to get safely across, but we are to carry our burden with us. The loss of our bur? den is the loss of self. Or, to change the figure, in the sea of life, there is never a disaster in which the pas? senger is saved, and the boat losrT The liwo go down or go over together. C. C. B. Meeting of Methodist Pastors. The Sumter District Missionary Institute and Pastors Conference will be held at the District Parsonage, Sumter,S . C., beginning at 10 a. m., Wednesday, B'ebruary 8, 1905, and will close at 5 p. m., Thursday. Every pastor will make some contri? bution for the benefit of the meeting. They will give their best thought on the subject of Missions-their Person? al Relation to the cause-their esti? mate of its real power on their lives and their Plans and Purpose to bring their people into closer touch with the movement. They will also bring any new book, recently read, and exhibit it-and give us their estimate of its value to a preacher. They will also give b riefoutline of their daily work, time devoted to study, preparation for pulpit, visit? ing, recreation, &c, and man other topics will be discussed peculiar to the life of a Methodist preacher. The meeting will be held in the Library of the District Parsonage, at No. 2 Church street, and will be presided over by the Presiding Elder of the Sumter District, the Rev. H. B. Browne. The followwing is a list of the pas? toral charges, together with the names of the pastors now serving the six thousand six huudred Methodists in the district. Camden, C. C. Herbert: Chester? field, J. J. Stevenson ; Jefferson, Samuel M. Jones; Jorian, S. D. Bui ley; Lynchburg, S. 0. Cantej ; Man? ning, A. N. BrunsoT; ; New Zion, B. J. Guess : Oswe?o, E. K. Moora: Providence, C. S. Felder; Richland, W. P. Way; Sar. te??, J. C. Tongue ; St. John's & Rembert's, S. H. Booth ; Sumter, 1st Church, P. F. Kilgo; Sumter, Magnolia St., J. P. Inabi net; Wateree, W. D. Patrick. The committee have reported unfa? vorably on the Calhoun county pro? position. As they hear the testimony and the arguments it is presumed that the respective bouses will adopt the reports, and thus defeat the aim of the promoters of the new county. It seems to get harder and harder to form *iew counties. Looking over the state generally, it is difficult to see wherein new connies would be benefi? cial. Our counties now, as a rule, are none too large, and plans for new ones usually originate in towns ambitious to be court houses. Nevertheless, when people vote in favor everything possible ought to be done to carry out their wishes.-Columbia Record. KXROPATKIN ENTRENCHING. Russians Are Fortifying: Themselves at Changtan, Near Mukden. Tokio, Feb. 6.-A dispatch from the front states that the Russians are strongly entrenching themselves in the vicinity of Changtan, to the south of Mukden. They shelled the Japan? ese position there on February 4th and 5th. THE DELINEATOR FOR MARCH. Containing the first authentic re- j ports of thte Spring and Summer style.-, the March Delineator is of special interest to the woman of fa? shion and a most attractive number throughout. A discussion of "The Use and Abuse of Armorial Bearings," by William Armstrong Crozier, is a noteworthy contribution, containing a fund of information in regard to coat armor that is little known or widely diseragreded. N. Hudson' Moore's article on "Old Pewter." the first in a series of kindred subjects, will appeal particularly to collectors, and the story of Charlotte Elliott's famous hymn, "Just as I A ni." as related by Allan Sutherland, is of greatest interest. Other features are "Robert and Clara Schumann," by Gustav Kobbe, in the Composers* Se? ries. "The Game of Politics as it is Played in Washington"-and more particularly, woman's part in it- by "Marie Columbia," and a reproduction of minatures from the Marie collec? tion. There are two notable pieces of fiction in "The Things That Are Real." by Zona Galt-, and "His Honor vs. Cu? pid, by Virginia Yv'oodward Cloud, in addition t<> delightful verse. For tho young folks. L. Frang Baum gives an "Animal Fairy Talo." Grace MacGow an Cooke a "Son Riley Rabbit." story, and Lina Beard ar. amusing pastime. There are the usual departments and other matter of interest to women within and without the h<>mo. Low Rates Via. Southern Railway. The Southern Railway gives below a few special low excursion rates to the following points: To New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla.-One first-class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip from all coupon stations. Tickets on sale March 16, limited to March ll, 1905-may be extended to return March 25th, 1905, account Mardi Gras. To Washington, D. C., Presidential Inauguration-For civilians rate one first class fare plus 25 cents for thc round trip from all coupon stations. For military companies and brass bands in uniform accompanying them in parties of 20 or more on one ticket, at one cent per mile, plus arbitrarles. Tickets sold March 2 and 3, limited March 8, 1905, but inay be extended to March 18, 1905. Very low rates to other points now in effect. The Southern railway is the best route to the above points; operating through Pullman and dining cars oa all trains. For full information apply to any agent Southern Railway, or . R..W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charles? ton, S. C. It should be borne in mind that every cold weakens the lungs, low? ers the vitality and prepare* the system for-the more serious dis- ? eases, among which are the two greatest destroyer.? of human life, pneumonia and consumption. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its great ^xjpularity by its prompt cures of ills most common ailment. It aids expectoration,, re? lieves the lungs and opens the secretions, effecting a speedy and permanent. cure. It counteracts any tendency toward pneumonia. ^JPrice 25?t Large Size 50c^^ Southern Railway The South's Greatest System, Unexcelled! Dining Car Service ; Through Pullman Sleeping Oars os ttl uiro?gh lim. ?LL LOCAL TCinter TouristJRates are now is effect to all Florida peints. For full information as to rates, routes, etc., consult nearest South? ern Railway ticket agent, or R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston. S. C. Ul RETURNS FOR 1905. Office of County Auditor, Sumter County. Sumter County, Dec. 14, 1904. Notice is hereby given that I will attend, in person or by deputy, at the following places on the days indicated, respectively, for the purpose of re? ceiving returns of personal property nil ? poll tixcs for the fiscal year com? mencing January lsi. 1905. Tindal's Store. Monday, January !>th. Privateer, (Jenkins's Stored Tues. Jan. 10. Manchester, (Mr. Gardener, Levi's) Wednesday, Jan. 11th. Wedgefield. Thursday. Jan. 12th. Statesburg, Friday, Jan. 13th. Hagood. Manday. Jan. 16th. Rembert's Tuesday. January 17th. Dalzell. Wednesday, Jan. ISth. Gordon's Mill, Friday, Jan. 2Cth. Mayesville. Monday, Jan. 23rd. Shiloh, Tuesday, Jan. 24th. Norwood's N Roads, Wednesday, Jan. 25th. Oswego. Friday. Jan. 27th. The law requires that all persons owning property or in anywise having charge of such property, either as agent, husband, guardian, trustee, ex? ecutor, administrator, etc, return the same under oath to the auditor, who requests all persons to be prompt in making their returns and save 50 per cent penalty which will be added to the property valuation of all persons who fail to make returns within the time prescribed by law. Taxpayers return what they own on the first dayof January 1905. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer in full, also make a separate return for each township where the proper? ty is located and also in each and ev? ery case the number of thc school dis? trict must be given. Every male citizen between the age of 21 and CO years on the first day of January. 1905. except those incapable of earning ;i support from being maimed or from other causes, an; deemed taxable polls, and except Confederate soldiers 50 years of age, on January 1st, 1905. All rturns must bc made on or be? fore the 20th day of February, next. T cannot take returns after that date and all returns made after the 20th doy of February are subject to a pen ilty of ."><> per cent. J. DIGGS WILDER. Auditor Sumter County