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Cte gS&ttaa at? ni bim WJKDNKSDAx", DSC. 16, '91. F - ?li_ . Acknowledges Bis Error. fudge Hudson Declaras His Order Null and Void. NEWBERRY, S C., Dec. 8.^ Judge Hudson today Sled another decision io the Newberry bank case. This ease bas now become famous in tins State. The decision is given iu full below. The writ of mandamus was today Issued and served upon the auditor by tiie sheriff. Mr. Caldwell, attor? ney for the bank, did not go to ?eu uettsviUe on Saturday, but sent over a written argument Mention of the ? bearing was made in the State a few days ago. The clerk of court, in ac? cordance with a request from Judge Hudson, gave notice by telegram to the attorney-general today of the fil? ing of the order before the writ was issued. Auditor Cromer says he has noth? ing to say; about the matter at pres? ent. He is busy thinking the matter over in hts mind. But then there is nothing for him to do but to obey the mandate of the court which says he must forthwith chauge his books. But there is another snag in the road. Treasurer Boyd has given a receipt for the total amount of the taxes charged on his book, and he - says he will not permit the figures on his books to be changed unless a simitar change is made in the receipt he has given, and unless the figures on his books are changed he will be forced to collect the taxes there charged The following is the decision of -Judge Hudson: On the 18th day of November last while holding the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Newberry I heard this application for a writ of mandam as to compel the auditor of the county, W. C. Cromer, to restore to his tax list and duplicate the assessment of the property of the Bank of Newberry, as lawfully fixed by the county boards and afterward increased upou the order of the comp? troller general. The prayer of the petitioning bank was granted and final judgment sighed, directing the writ to issue. I announced my reason for this judg? ment orally and reserved time to re? duce the same to writing. Soon thereafter court was adjourned sine die and 1 started for home. Ou the morning of November 20, at Sumter, as I was in the act ol taking the hack ior the depot, 1 was met by D. ? Townsend, Esq., assistant attorney general, with notice, of appeal and wgth an application for an order stay? ing the execution of the final judg? ment of November 18, pending the appeal. He stated that in his opin? ion the notice of appeal operated a stay of execution, hut as there might be a question upon this pt-mt, the attorney-general preferred an order fromme. It struck me at the time Shat notice of appeal stayed further proceedings below, and without hesi? tation, and without doubting for a moment, 1 signed the - order and has? tened to the train No statutes were asked for and ucargument was made, as none was deemed necessary. In tko hurry of the moment I signed what I regarded a superfluous but harmless order under the view I took of the provisions of the Code and the amendment of 1889, relying upon my recollection of. these acts, not having them before me. It is DOW moved before rae by the attorney for the bank to rescind my order of November 25, upon the ground that it was granted without notice of the motion, and without proofs of facts goin? to show the de? fendant to be entitled to it; and upou the further ground that under section 452 of the code proceedings in man? damus are not affected by sections -345 and 357 of the code in so far as a (stay of proceedings pending appeal is concerned, nor by the act of 1889 amending section 356. After hearing argument upon this motion, and after examining the statutes, I am satisfied that I was in error in granting the stay of the exe? cution of final judgment, under a clear misapprehension of the statutes regu? lating appeals to the Supreme Court. Section 452 of the code is not affected by the act of 1889, vol. 20, page 355, statutes at large. This act is merely amendatory ot sections 345 and 356, and in no manner affects section 452, so that proceedings in mandamus and prohibition still re? main unaffected by the chapter regu? lating appeals to the Supreme Court. The wisdom of exempting judgments in such cases from the operations of section 256 is manifest, because ordinarily a stay of judgment in man? damus and prohibition pending ap? peal would destroy the remedy, or render it nugatory. . The case under consideration is a ?triking illustration of the fruitless? ness of the judgment against the audi? tor, if the notice of appeal operates a ?tay, or if my order of November 20 is to stand, because, before the ap? peal ia perfected and heard by the ?Supreme Court, the treasurer of New l>erry county will have enforced the payment of the illegally assessed tax, and the fruits of the judgment wilt have been lost to the bank. In sign? ing the order at Sumter I did not re? gard it an act of judicial discretion, but simply an act of compliance with the statute. In this I was in error. If it is to be regarded 'as an act of judicial discretion, it is very dear that it was discretion improvi? dently and improperly exercised, ?being done on an exparte application, And without affidavits of facts and circumstances shoeing the respond ?8t entitled to the stay, lt is possi ble, if not probable, that the order may deprive the bank of the benefit -of the order for the writ of mandamus. There is to my mind a more fatal objection to my order of November 20 than any which have been urged, and that is the question of jurisdic? tion. I had ceased to bold the courts of the Seventh circuit, and of course had no jurisdiction to sign an order affecting a final judgment of any court in that circuit. In tin's case I had rendered the final judgment and placed it on file. Thc fact that I had reserved fur? ther time in which to reduce to writ? ing the reasons which moved me to render the judgment did not give me futth r control of the case. When a judge has ceased to hold the courts of any circuit other than his own, his jurisdiction and authority therein are at an end. He may reserve his judg? ment in a case submitted, and after leaving the circuit may write Iiis judgment and have it filled ;.or after his judgment has been filed, he can direct the clerk to correct a mere cler? ical error See the case of Cb afee & Co. vs Rainy, 21 S. C, page ll Farther than this he cannot go, ex? cept to hear from an adjoining circuit certain motions in certain emergen? cies especially provided for by statute but not the motion made before me at Sumter. The order I there signed on Nov. 20, is in my opinion, after a careful examination of the Statutes and decis? ions of the supreme cou:t, an absolute nullity, and should be so regarded and treated by all parties to the pro? ceeding in mandamus and by the offi? cers of the court. No order that I can now grant would have any more virtue, because I am entirely without jurisdiction to modify, reverse or stay any final judg? ment rendered by me and placed on file, while holding the courts of the Seventh circuit. If this view be cor? rect the order for the writ of peremp? tory mandamus placed on file in the court of common pleas for the county of Newberry, Nov. 18, 1891, at the suit of tliis relator remains of full force and is not stayed, lt was error in me to suppose that in reserving further time in which to file a writ? ten opinion 1 had reserved any con? trol whatever of the judgment on file. The present motion to rescind the order of stay cannot be granted for want of jurisdiction, and I can do no more than to declare that order to be, in my opinion, null and void Iii conclusion, I will remark that even if the order granting a stay was valid, it expires by the limitation of sub division 6 section 402\>f the code after twenty days, having been grant? ed upon an exparte application, if that section affects orders in manda mum ; but according to section 452 it does not, the object of the Legisla? ture being to have proceedings in mandamus an?! prohibition to be gov? erned by the common law and former rules of practice until otherwise spe? cially provided by the Legislature. I deem the order of November 20 signed by me at Sumter, to be inope? rative and void for want of jurisdic? tion at chambers. J. n HUDSON, Judge of the Fourth Judical Cir? cuit. December 7,1891. WRIT OF MANDAMUS. The following ie the writ of manda? ra usi ser ved yesterday upon Auditor W. C. Cromer : Wherea8, complaint was heretofore made to the said Court of Common Pleas for the said county, at Novem? ber term, 1891, by the National Bauk of Newberry, Sooth Carolina, against you. the said Wallace C. Cromer, as auditor of the said county of Newber? ry, charging that you, as auditor as aforesaid, had unlawfully assessed the personal property of the said bank, relator, for taxation for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of No vember, 1890, at the valuation of $230,000, while the value of the said property was lawfully fixed and estab? lished at $150,000, and that you had so unlawfully entered the valaaiion of the said property on your tax lists ; and charging that you, as auditor as aforesaid, had unlawfully entered opon your tax duplicates the sum of $3,15'J as the amount of taxes' paya? ble on the said personal property for the said fiscal year., instead of $2,025 the amount of taxes lawfully payable on the said property ; And whereas, to an order by the said court requiring you as auditor as aforesaid, to show causa why a per? emptory writ of mandamus should not issue commanding you to correct your said tax list and tax duplicates in conformity with the said alleged lawful state of facts, you made a re? turn, and upon hearing that return aud cn argument of counsel the said court (the Hon J. H. Hudson, a cir? cuit judge of the said State, presid? ing) ordered that a peremptory writ1 of mandamus be iseued by the clerk of said court, requiring you to correct forthwith your said tax list and your said tax duplicates in conformity with the facts alleged in the said complaint Now, therefore, in'pursuance o? the said last mentioned order of the said court, you are required and com? manded to correct forthwith said tax list, so as to place the personal prop? erty of the said bank at the valuation of $150,000, and aho to correct your said tax duplicates for the said fiscal year, so as to fix the tax collectible on the said personal property to cor? respond with the said i eduction in the valuation of the said property. By order of the said Honorable J. II. Hudson, presiding judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of the 6aid State, dated the eighteenth day of November, A. D. 1891. In witness whereof, I, John M. Kinard, as clerk of the said court for the said county have hereunto set my signature and the seal of the said court thia eight day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred ard ninety one. JOHN M. KINARD. Clerk of Court for Newberry Co., S. C. The above form of writ is sufficient and proper. J. H. HUDSON, Presiding Judge. Do Learned Women Make Good Wives. A young woman received from Columbia College the degree, cum laude, of doctor of philosophy. Although she is comparatively young, she has shown remarkable mental maturity. Mathematics is her forte, and the toughest problems are as easy- as dancing to lier. While at Wellesley College she stood at the head of her class, and after her grad uation she refused to become a direc? tor of the Observatory of Smith Col? lege, and declined a professorship in her alma mater. Two months later there was a wed? ding in Trinity Church in New York. The party of the second pait was Miss Winifred Edgerton, the young woman of whom we have been writ? ing, nud the party of the inst part was Professor Merrill, a young Co? lumbia professor and graduate. It is said that Mrs. Edgeiton-Mer? rill is as mcch at home in the kitchen as in the recitation-room ; that she can sew, wash aud iron, and is natu ratty as domestic as a sfry country maiden. It is expected that she will continue her studies, and do more lit? erary work under her new relations than she could have done had she remained simply Miss Edgerton, and that while daming stockings she will still continue reading Mechdnigue Celeste.-N. Y School Journal. The Great Southern Fibre. Dr. C. F. Panknin and Mr John Vohn Oven have for some time been experimenting with Southern fibres with the object of securing a soft, springy cud dry fibre that can lake the place of hair in mattresses, sad? dles, chairs, horse collars, etc. The Southern gray moss has been the chief subject of their experiments, though bayonet spears, marsh grass and banana peels have also beenjused. Their experiments have at last reach? ed a point where there is no possible doubt as to their success-in fact success has already been attained The experimenters have secured patents in all the machinery required in the process of converting green fibrous vegetatian into dry marketa? ble fibre. They have had a complete set made and set up at Bnrmester's Mill in Queen street. Yesterday several gentlemen were shown the practical operation of the process. The green moss, just as it comes from the trees in the swamp, was run through a patent rolling machine. This roller is operated by steam power and is so arranged that it crushes the moss and removes the damp vegetable matter without in any way injuring the hairy fibre of the plant. It has only one roller, which operates on a spring base. In this way the moss is not torn as it is carried through a set of rollers ; but ?is subjected to a pres? sure for a quarter of a revolution of the roller on a spring supported base. When the moss has had suffi? cient pressure it is thrown on a wire sieve, which allows the refuse vege? table matter to fall through its meshes to the floor below. The moss is, after a good shaking over the wire netting of the sieve, run through the roller for a second time or as many times as may be necessaty. When the moss is finally' manipu? lated at the roller it is taken to a duster, an immense machine, which brushes out all the foreign matter left by the roller. Then,- after a good thrashing in the duster, the moss is ? dried, lt is then in a marketable shape, but not iu its highest condi? tion There are two higher grades, which are attained by more brushing, drying and dustiug. These two higher grades are dried black so that it is almost impossible to distinguish them from real hair. The finest grade has every mark of the highest grade of mattress hair. The experiments with bayonet spears, marsh grass and banana peel have been fully as successful as those with gray moss. The tough ba}Tonet spears have been converted into a soft fibre, and the marsh grass into easy, springy stuffing for chairs, mat? tresses, etc, while a good, strong rope is made of the skin of the banana. There is no longer room for doubt as to the success of this pro? cess with any fibrous vegetable that does not contain ligneous substance. According to the old process, moss was buried for months in order to j get it free from the vegetable matter/ At best this was an unsatisfactory i process. Now in a few hours the green moss can be converted into dry fibre ready for use. It is in every ! respect as clean and springy as hair j and is much cheaper. A horse col* j lar that had been in use for a year was cut open and it was seen that I the sweat from the animal had rotted the hair. A moss stuffed saddle in use for four years showed no signs of decay. It is claimed that when pre? pared by this new process moss be? comes practically} indestructible. There is a great demand for hair for commercial purposes, and it is now proposed to have the Southern gray moss take its place. The prepared moss will be just about one hall of the cost of the hair. Dr. Panknin says that he has no fears about the supply, as the swamps from Virginia to Texas yield many thousands of tons annually. Ile also expects that other fibrous material wi!! 60on be discovered. The marsh grass about July and August can be used to considerable advantage. It is proposed to organize stock companies all over the South to en? gage in the manufacture of the pre pared moss. The books are now open at Dr. Panknin's drug store for subscriptions to the capital stock of the Great Southern Fibre Company. The ^corporators are Dr. C. F. Pank? nin, John Von Oven and Theodor Wenzel. The capital stock of the company is to be $50,000, divided into shares of $100 ?ach.-News and Courier. - -- * ? -m - Exceptions Prove the Rule. The argument against advertising thal", it does not always pay is .as senseless as the argument against eating food be canse some fools have made themselves sick eating some kinds of it.-American Advertiser Reporter. Thc Best Ss the Cheapest. Never do poor advertising: never let any one else do poor advertising for you. Poor work never pays. Use the best material that can be had, and have no half way work about it.-Printers' Ink. Word It for Business. When you expect an advertisement to create business, word it for business. An advertisement has no life in itself-it de? pends for its efficiency upon the vigor with which you endow it.-"When." A Bureau of Info, nia? jon. In large and ever growing communi? ties wants of one kind or another are perennial, and advertising columns are a bureau of information never to be closed. -Philadelphia Ledger. Study the Art. You can educate yourself to be a critic in the matter of advertising. Study the art.-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Improve Your Stock. I have a fine lot of Brown and White Leghorn, Buff Cochins and Black Minorca Cockrels that I wish to dispose of in the next thirty days, and will sell them very much below their value. T hes** t>irds ure Irora thtr best prize Stock and will make a creditable showing at atiy exhibition. \V. B MC RR AV, Sunny Side Poultry Yards. It is an established fact that De Witt's Lit? tle Karly Risers have an enormous sale, and win? Simply because they ate pleasnnt in laking- and happy in results. A pill lor the multitude. W. ll.Uilltlaad & Co. OUTSIDE OF THE WORLD. MAINE COAST DWELLERS WHO ARE BEHIND THE TIMES* The Fisher Mahl ?;f I?asket Island and the Discouraged Citizen of Isle ai: Hunt. Satires Who Never Saw a Horse, a Train, an Engine or a Brick House. The residents of South Thoniaston are, in common with other Maine coast dwellers, rather behind in the march of progress, and it doesn't require much to startle them. The other day a steamer passing White Eead blew very a long blast from her peculiar sounding chime whistle, whereat the villagers marveled greatly, but at night they were posi? tively frightened. A steam yacht in the harbor displayed an electric reflecting light, illuminating the sea, sky and land, and not a few of the unsophisticated na? tives, remembering the unearthly shrieks of the strange steamer, coupled the two events and concluded that the universe was about to collapse. The innocence of these people will not seem so very strange when it is remem? bered that many of the nativt-s of Mon hegan and other coast islands have uever seen a horse, a train of cars or a brick house, never having set foot upon the mainland. There is a man on Monhe gan island who knows the Boston and Bangor, the New York and Bangor and all the other steamers that pass the island by sight, bnt although nearly seventy yeara old, he has never been on board of any kind of a steam craft, and has not tho slightest conception of an eugine. It is not very long since a few acres of rocky soil in outer Casco bay, known as Basket island, was deserted by the only people who ever had the courage to live there-an old fisherman, his wife and daughter. These people lived in an old tumbledown rookery on the little wind swept isle, and were veritable hermits. AN UNCULTURED MAID. The man fished, whilo his wife and daughter carried on the farming opera? tions, which consisted in harvesting what little coarse hay tho island afford? ed and carrying it on poles to the cow? shed. They had no garden, not even a patch of potatoes, but were merely toil? ers of the sea. The wife had not visited the mainland for seventeen years, while the daughter ha<l passed the entire six? teen years of her life upon the lonely spot, although the city of Portland was almost in sight. The girl was bright, but untutored; pretty, but miserably clad. She wore no stockings and knew nothing cf hats. The only relative she knew of outside the family circle was a half sister, who she had never seen. Her father said that this other daughter lived "out west." She lived in Kennebunkport, York county. This daughter of the sea, much to the surprise of some yachtsmen who once landed on the island, was able to play several popular airs upon an old accordion. She had picked the music out by ear after hearing it played by the bands of passing excursion steamers. A party of picnickers who landed there found Bas? ket island deserted. - The matted grass was alive with field mice, and gulls perched boldly upon the rotting window sills cf the old house, while in one corner lay the dilapidated accordion which had J long been the chief consolation of the lonely fisher maiden. There is, perhaps, no more lonely spot on the whole Atlantic coast cf the United j States than Isle au Haut, which lies far j seaward off the entrance to Pcnobscot bay. The name given to this island by the early French voyagers is most appro? priate, for it looks like a mountain half submerged in the sea. The people are a simple, primitive set, and few of them ever visit the mainland. The island, with its fish and sheep and blueberries, is their world, and within its limited circle they are content. DISCONTENTED. Some queer specimens of humanity are to be found on Lslo nu Haut. Not long ago a yachting party went down there on a Cshing trip, and after catch? ing enough cod for a chowder went ashore to procure some milk. The yachtsmen soon fell in with a weather beaten nativo who was looking along the shore, and he informed them that they could get plenty of milk, but that they would have to wait until his wife, who had gone blueberrying, returned and milked the cows. The native led the way over rocky pastures to a dilapi? dated cottage, and ushered them into the kitchen to await the return of "Ma? ria." The floor was scrubbed as white as a mau-o'-war's deck, the cookstove was brightly polished and a little plot before the windows was gay with marigolds and other homely flowers-all the re? sult of Maria's patient industry. The lord and master sat himself down upon the doorstep and thus ruminated while busily whittling a shingle and sending up clouds' of ?moko from a short clay pipe. "Times ain't as they used to be in Ile er Holt (the native pronunciation). Time was when a man might get a living here? abouts. Fishin was good 'n farmiu consid'able good, but that's ali gone now. Used ter be a good wharf in this here cove 'n a good fleet er vessils outer here, but that's all gone now. My father used ter be in trade here-had a store down there 'n sold nigh a'uiost every? thing, but that's all gone now." Ile said that he had been trying to sell his place -house, barn, land, cows and all, for he wanted to emigrate to Washington state. He wanted $300 for the whole outfit, and he stopped smoking long enough to swear a great oath that he wouldn't take a cent less. This man had loafed so long that he had forgotten how to work. He seemed to feel that somehow he had been cheated-that the world owed him a living, bnt that the Isle au Haut was a poor place in which to collect the debt.-Cor. New York Sun. There are S00.000 more willows than widowers in England. In France for every 100 widowers there are 104 widows. Tlic People You I>i>n't Know. There is a great ?leal in writing an at? tractive advertisement. Do you give 3'our advertisements your best atten? tion? If you expect to do a large busi? ness on the fact that yon know so many people you will get left. The ones you don't know are greatly in the majority. How are yon to reach them in the most favorable manner at the least expense? By placing an attractive advertisement in tho newspaper.-Lincoln (Neb.) Cou? rier W. J. McDonald, superintendant Lnnneau Manufacturing Co.. Greenville, S. C., says ; "My wife hua used Br>>dycro!ine for head? ache and i' is the only thing thal relieves her sufferings." "An honest pill is the noblest work of the apothecary." DcWitt's Little Early l'isers Cure constipation, hilonsness and sick head? ache. W. H Gilliland & Co. If so, send your name and address for a Free Sample Of thc AMERICAN BEE JO (J SN AX. Weekly-? 2 pages-One Dollar a y oar. CHICAGO, ILL. MASTER^ SALES. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. \ Is . THE COURT SUMTER COUNTY. > OF COMMON j PLEAS PURSUANT TO THE JUDGMENTS AND orders of the Court aforesaid, severally, ? luade in the cases below entitled, I will offer for sale at public outcry bef?te the Court House, in the city of 8rrmt?r, County and ! State aforesaid, on the first Monday in JAN UARY, next, being the fourth day of said month, between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon of said day, the real estate in such capes de? scribed on the terms therein specified, viz : IN THE CASE OF THE DUNDEE MORT? GAGE AND TRUST INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED, PLAINTIFF, A (i A INST HARRIET REBECCA SAN? DERS, WILLIAM L SANDERS. ANN CATHERINE SANDERS. ROBERT C\ A-cF AD DEN AND MARION MOISE, DEFENDANTS. F.rst-"AH that plantation or tract of land known aa the "Wash Bracey Plantation' situate lying and being in R-fling Creek Township, in the County of Sumter and State of South Carolina, containing fuur hundred and twen? ty-seven and one-half (427?) acres, more or less, bounded North by lands formerly of Benjamin Gerald ; Ea3t by lands now or formerly of Burrell Cato; and South and West by lands formerly of Marion Sanders." Second-"Ail that plantation or tract of land known as the 'Moody Tract,' situate lying and being in Rafting Creek Township, in the County of Sumter and State of South Carolina, containing three hundred and one (301) acres, more or less, hounded on the North by lands formerly of S. H. Sanders ; East by lands of Augustus Sanders and lands formerly of S. H.Sanders; South by Rafting Creek and lands of Mrs. M. F. Moore, and West by lands now or formerly of W. W. Anderson and S. H. Sanders, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon." Terms of Sale-One half of the purchase money to be paid in cash ; the balance on a credit of one ye?r from the da? of sale, the time portion to be secured by the bond or bonds of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises so sold ; the bonds to bear interest from the day of sale ; the buildings on the Moody tract, to be insured in*such reasonable sum as the Master may determine and the policy assigned to him or be made payable to him as his interest may appear. The pur? chaser to have the option of paying his or their entire bids in cash and to pay all ex? penses of papers, recording and insurance. IN THE CASE OF RICH'D D. LEE, PLAINTIFF, AGAINST SARAH SU? SANNAH MCCOY AND ANNIE LOUISE McCOY, DEFENDANTS. "All that plantation or tract of land, with the dwelling house and other improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, in the State of South Car? olina, containing three hundred and fifty (350) acres, a little more or less, bounded on the North and North-west by lands of John Montgomery; on the East by lands now or formerly of-Clark ; on the South by lands of John W. Herrington now occupied by Mrs. Susan C. Srai'h, and on the West by lands of Oliver McLeod and lands formerly of R. L Herriott. Terms of Sale-Cash Purchaser to pay for titles. IN THE CASE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS McELVEEN, PLAINTIFF, AGAINST WILLIAM F. 0. McELVEEN AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS. "All that parcel of land situate in Priva? teer Township, Sumter County and State aforesaid, containing one hundred and sixty nine and one-third ( 169?) acres, moreor less, hounded on the North by lands of Burns and lands formerly of Turner; East and kSouth by lands of Burns, and West by Bush Branch and Waters of Black River. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for titles. JOHN S RICHARDSON, Master for Sumter Co. Dec. 8. 1891-4t._ ?scientific American Agency for PATENTS WnffiSHT TRADE MARKS, *WBHWPPESICH PATENTS ?PffM COPYRIGHTS, etc For information and free Handbook write to MUNN & CO- 361 3 RO A DWAT, NEW YORK. Oldest bureau for securing patents in America. Every patent taken out by tu is brought before the public by a notice given free of charge in the Mwti?it ^mmm Largest circulation of any scientific paper in the world. Splendidly illustrated. No intelligent man should be without it. Weekly, 93.00 a year; $U0 six months. Address MUNN & CO., PUBLiSHEBS, 361 Broadway, New york. 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AU kinds of MACHINE WORK REPAIRS can be had in Sumter, at short notice, and in the very best class of work, at the shop re? cently opened by the undersigned on Liberty Street, near the C. S. & N. Depot. Boilers Patched, and Mill and Gin Work a Specialty. Prompt atlention given to work in the country, and first class workmen sent to at? tend to 8Htne. Call at the shop or address through Sumter Post office Aug 13 EDGAR SKINNER. REAL ESTATE AGENCY. THE UNDERSIGNED has established a Real Kittie and Collection Agency in j Sumter and desires property holders having J property for sale or rent to list sam? with j hun. Tenants secured and rents collected I promptly. Best references given. ? Apr. .50. W. H. COMMANDER. ?3 EH AL? *A>"ATCFSTS gives instant, M ij ffiHrvlU't" ami is an infallible S 9^ la. t'arcfor I'iles. PriceSl. l>y jg RrT DruFtrist.sorrnni!. Samples i K? Iw free. Addn^'A N A K KNIS," SSH t?S \?r iiuA *llt>, Kew ?orii City. omojrjTELL # co ANNOUNCEMENT. Our stock is more complete than ever before in the history of our business career. We appreciated the fact at the time of buying our Fall stock that COTTON WO?LJ BB LOW AND CONSEQUENTLY MONEY SCARCE, so our attention was devoted exclusively to securing only BARGAINS IN ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS. Particularly is this the case in our DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT. Space will not permit an enumeration of the many attractions in this line, but close buyers will find it to their interest to give us a call before laying in their Winter supply. Our stock of CARPETS AND RUGS is large and varied, and should not fail to attract any one need? ing anything in this line. OUR SHOE STOCK is complete in every particular. Remember we are still the sole agents for E. P. REED & CO'S FINE KID BUTTON BOOTS FOR LADIES, every pair of which is warranted or money refunded. Now, that the weather is getting cold we must remind .you of our CLOTHING STOCK for you will soon need your Winter suit and overcoat, and if you wish to buy both at what you would expect to pay else? where for the suit alone, our stock is the place to get it. Hats! Hats! Hats! Many a man who will read this advertisement is still wearing one of our last Winter ONE DOLLAR HATS, and if he wants another to last him until next Fall, he had better hurry up and get it, for they are going very rapidly.. We feel that our GROCERY STOCK needs no comment-our reputation in this line is too well estab? lished. We buy our goods from first hands in car lots and sell them at prices that will not admit of cutting by our competitors. In conclusion, we beg to thank our many friends, particularly THE FARMING ELEMENT, for the liberal patronage bestowed upon us, and, as a guarantee to them against The Baits of Competitors, AVE WILL MEET ANY PRICE QUOTED them in any department of our store. Respectfully, OmOJTJTBLL & CO. SUMTER, S. C. Oct. 21. G W W . W _HL JEJ?9 MAIN STEET, NEXT DOOR TO B. J. BAKNETT. HAS ON Hil A If, FRESH i? A??RACTIYE LU Ol Fine and Staple Groceries, -CANNED GOODS, &c. And guarantees the best value for the money to be found in the city. All I ask is a call when you want anything in my line. You shall be pleased in every trade. All Goods Delivered Free Anywhere in ile City Limits. Send in your orders, and oblige, Very resp't, XJ. W. JOYE. Oct. 27. Howard Fleming^ 276 EAST BAY STREET, IMPORTER OF TLA T AND DEALER IN Lime, Cements, Plaster, Hair, Terra Cotta Pipe, &e., and all Building Material. Orders Given Prompt Attention. Correspondence Solicited. Lowest Prices. Best Satisfaction. Oct 21 o SECOND ARRIVAL. ABOUT Tuesday, Woreniber 3d?, ANOTHER CAR mi 0 Cor. Sumter and Liberty Sts. SUMTER, ?. C.? October 29, 1801. TAX RETURNS FOU 1891-92. ]>ET?R!fS of jwrsswa* property and pell \ taxes will be received: itt the-following places and tiroes, vi?: ? I, rtfaaniag's Tuesday, Jan. 12, ThidaHT?, Wednesday, Jan. ia. Wedgefield, Trrursday, Jan. 14. r Gordonrs Friday, Jan. lb. Johnstons Store, Monday, Jan ?& Shiloh, Tuesday, Jan. ?9, Jjynea-barg, Wednesday, Jan. 30. Magnolia, Thursday, Jan. 2.1. Mayesv'rlle, Friday, Jan. 22: Reid's Mill, Monday, Jan. 2&. B:shopville, Tuesday as? Wedues day, Jan. 2& and 27. Manville, Thursday, Jan. 2S\ Spring Hill, Friday, Jan. 2$. MeelWwt-ville, Satw?ay, Jan. 30. Scarborough, Monday, Feb. 1. Rembert, Tr -Jay, Feb. 2. Hagood, fl Jfcay, Feb. S\ Statebtrrg, '.t^.-sday, Feb. 4 And at the Auditor's office ia Sunter on all other day?, fron Jas. 1st oatt] February 20th, inclusive. The Ww nquires that all persona owning I property, or tn any wise haring charge of such property, either as agent, hoaband, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, Ac., return the same under oath to the A editor, who requests all persons to be prompt in making their returns and save the 50 per cent, penalty, which will he added to I the property valuation of all pereera who fail to make returns within the time pre? scribed by law. A good way for the taxpayer who has much property to return, is to make a mem? orandum of the number of horses, cattle, mules, sheep and goats, bogs, watches, or? gans und pianos, buggies wagons and car? riages, dogs, merchandise, machinery, mon eys, notes and accounts (above indebtedness) furniture, ?c., which will save the taxpayer time and enable the assessor to progress in the work. Taxpayers reurn what they own on the first day of January, Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer in full, alao make a separate return for each party for the township the property is in, and where the taxpayer owns realty to insert the postoffice as their place of residence, and those who only own personal property to give the party's name who owns the land they Jive on as their resider-ce, which aids the taxpayer as weil as the county treasurer in making the collection and preventing errors. Every male citizen between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years on the first day of January, 1891, except those incapable of earning a support from being maimed, or from other causes, shall be deemed taxable polls. All returns that are made after the twen? tieth day of February next bare to be placed on the additional list and fifty per cent, pen? alty added thereto, unless prevented by sick? ness or out of the count v during the time of listing. Not knowing the time of listing is no excuse. And all owners of real estate might do their tenants who cannot read or take a newspaper, a great favor by making their returns or telling them th- time of list? ing, and that if th*y fail to make their re? turns in time that the valuation bas to be increased fifty >per cent, unless they have a good excuse. The assessing and collecting of taxes is all done now in the same year, and we have to aggregate the number and value of all the horses, cattle, mules, ?c., as well as the acres of land, lots and buildings and their vaiue, that there is in the county, and hove same ou file in the Comptroller General's office by the thirtieth day of June each year. And from that time to the first day of October each year the auditor's and treasurer's duplicate has to be completed and an abstract of the work in the Comptroller's office by thal time? which will show at a glance that the auditor has no time to take in returns, or do any? thing else much, betweeu the first day of March and the first day of October each year, but work oo the books and blauks. There? fore hope that all taxpayers will do us the favor of making their rernrns in tim*?. PETER THOMAS, De?-9. Auditor Sumter County The Best CORN MD COTTON STALK CHOPPER KNOWN TO MAW. Every Farmer Shon'd Have One. Ko Cost Iron to break ichen it striJces a ru<jt. Will last for Years. IAM NOW MANUFACTURING THE Tisdale Patent Corn and Cotton Stalk Chopper. The machine is a good practical thin* and will pay for itself in two years ? her? a farmer has fifty acres of corn and cot? ton stalks to knock down. Parties wanting the machine will please send in their orders as early as possible as each will f?e ferved in turn. Read the eertific-ates below. JOEL E. BRONSON. "I have used your Cotton Stalk Cutter and find it a perfect success and I could not do without it after using it. J. C. DURANT." "I have used the Tisdale Cotton Stalk Chopper, and it is a perfect succ?s. K. M. COOPER." "We h?ve used one of R. H Tisdal-s's Cot? ton Stalk Choppers on our plantation and it has given satisfaction -?nd does firsr Ha?s work. J. RYTTENBERG ? SONS." Oct. 14. \FREE. This delightful Story of Journey from the BALTIC to th? [DANUBE Portrayed in 38 Chaptei [and 12 Graphic illustrations, by Charles Augustus Bound in Rich Cloth, Decorated with Cold Eagles. [FREE to Every New Subscriber -the NEW YORK OBSERVER, 'the foremost Family Religious News \ paper* ^One book and one new subscriber, j $3,00. rTwo books and two new subscribers, $5,00. SPECIMEN COPIES FKEE. 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