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PRIVATEER PERSONALS. PKIVATESR TOWNSHIP, S. C , Dec. 28, '96. Notwithstanding the cold weather on Christmas day, a large crowd, numbering several hundred, assembled near the Privateer Station to witness the tournament, which was an affair of much interest. Mr. David vVells was the Marshall. The most success? ful knight was Mr Spurgeon Kolo, "Knight of the Black Maris," who choose as queen of love and beauty Miss Addie Weeks, of St. George's, who is one of Privateer's school teachers. The oext most successful knights were Messrs LeRoy and Willie Wells, Knights of the "Lone Star" and "Robin Redbreast," chose Misses Rene Ramsey and Carrie Brown as maids of honor. The other knights who rode were as follows : Messrs Ashby Bradford, "Seven Stare"; Jimmie Wbilden, "Cres? cent"; Dwight Cain, *'Seventy-S ix" ; Ju? lian Bradford, "Red and White Cross"; Furman Tisdale, "Cain's Mill" ; Jimmie Mason,- "No name" ; Rollin Kolb, "Red, 'White and Blue, ;. Marion Rivers, "Star and Stripes"; Gerald Rivers, "Hard Times"; Bruce Barkley, "Tillmanite" ; Willie Hodge, "Pocotaligo" ; and Elijah Hodge, "Priva? teer." The clown bore the ethnological name of ( Redbone" and his antics caused considerable amusement. The large crowd .was remarkably well behaved and the tourna? ment was a pissant occasion which will long be remembered. We express the hope that OGr young men will get np another one in the near future. Some of our yoong men speak of riding at a tournament which will be held at Packs ville to-morrow. There were sociables at Mr. Wbitueld Wells's and the Bethel parsonage Friday night. The Mellett Sunday School expected to have a Christmas tree this, afternoon. Miss Calley Wells is visiting in Oraage burg County and 2?Iiss Evie Wilson, of Sum? ter., is visiting in our community. Mr. Richard Cain, who is identified with the educational interest of Barnwell County, is visiting bis family. Mr. Jimmie Whilden is visiting in Mayes ville and Willie Brown is vistiug down is CoUeton. M133 Nena Wells, of the Oraogeburg Bap? tist School, i3 home for the Christmas holi? days. Mr. Zelie Osteen, formerly of this town? ship, bat for the last several years of Georgia, has returned to Privateer. Mr. Editor, for many mouths I have been sending you "Privateer Personals," but with this letter I will stop writing them, though in the future I may write them for the Watchman and Southron again. With many thanke for the interest which has beeo mani? fested in these "Personals" and kind regards for the W. and S.. also for tho39 who have done me the honor to read the "Personals," I now say good-bye. . . MCDONALD F?RMAN. [We regret that Mr. Furman ha3 decided to discontinue has Privateer Personals. We have come to.regard theil as a regular feature of the paDer and a place was reserved for them each week. We kcow that our readers take great interest in all that Mr. Forman wrote, aud will miss bis weekly letter. We trust the retirement cf Mr. Furman from our staff will i be but temporary.-Eij Shiloh Letter. SHILOH, S. C., Dec. 28, 1896. Christmas has come and gone, bat will loog?be remembered by tbe yoong people in this community as a time of unusual pleas? antries and mirth. The children of Pleasant Grove school were delighted with their Christmas tree on Thursday night. About fifty children were present, and it was pleasant indeed to wit? ness their little faces beaming with joy dur? ing the delivery of the handsome and numer? ous presents. This writer has never seen a prettier . or more handsomely decorated Christmas' tree. Misses Edna Chandler and Lela Cox delivered the presents in a prompt and most becoming manner. There was a very pretty Christmas tree at Shiloh school bouse ou the same night, but it was not our good fortune to see it, being in attendance at the foncer. The tournament in Shiloh Christmas after? noon was well patronized. Mr. Fleetwood McElveen was the successful knight. The darkies bad a tournament en Saturday which was most amusing as well as ridicu? lous. The riders were all mounted on oxen Some of the oxen were unaccustomed to the saddle and went through in regular buffalo Style, the riders frequently leaving the earth for a second or so, and then abruptly lighting or their head3 or backs. Miss Viola, daughter of Mr. J. L Kirby, is seriously il!. She ha3 typhoid fever. Drs Darby and McCuicbeo are the attending phy? sicians. Nearly everybody is complaining, more oi less, of colds. Misses Lillie Rbame and Hettie Wbeelei are visiting relatives at Mechanicsville. OCCASIONAL. Writing paper io pound package?, plait and ruled, price and quality not duplicated elsewhere. H. Jk. Os teen & Co. TH S ELLEBBE TIN WEDDIN 3. An Iuteresting Celebration in the Hagood Section. Mr. Editor : During the melting days of last July, wheo the writer of these lines was a candidate for legislative honors, we paid cur first visit to the Hagood section, and the memory of that visit stands out prominently among the many pleasant events of this year of our life. We were, therefore, pleased to recently pay another visit to this section to attend a celebration which was unique to us and would be of interest to anyone. Io the historic town of old Winnsboro, ten years ago, Mr. Elliott Elierbe and Miss Lou Gaillard plighted their troth and it was the celebration of the tenth anniversary of this happy event-the tin wedding - which we recently *tteaded near Hagcod. This latter event occurred last Tuesday night, and was attended by a i>rge and happy crowd of friends. The host and hostess received many useful presents (all made of tin) and the oc? casion was marked byan elegant supper, over which grace was said by the Rev. William Barnwell, of JStateburg. The evening wes passed in pleasant, social conversation. From what we saw of the young ladies of the Hagood section that night, we feel safe in saying that in this respect (as weil as others) this portion of Sumter County can bold its own with the rest of South Carolina, which is saying a great deal, for everyone knows that Carolina ?3 famed for the pret? tiness and intelligence of her young ladies. J ?Among the young people present that night we noticed a second cousin of our popular Governor-elect standing near a grand-niece of ODe of Carolina's most prominent living ex-Lieutenant Governors. We were struck by this coincidence and may txentton here that both'of these young people belong to the Hagood section. The Elierbe tin wedding wiil be an event long and pleasantly remembered by those who attended. May our kind host and hostess not only live to celebrate their silver, but also their golden wedding. MCDONALD FURMAN. Ramsey, P. 0., Dec. 28, 1896. Cotton Receipts. The receipts of cotton at this depot, to date, amount to 16,676 bales. For the same time last year the receipts were 15,125 bale3, sbow iog ao increase of 1,551 bales tbis. jear over last year. A pretty good showing for Sum? ter, considering that it is a "short" crop. Accidental Shooting. Mr. W. J. Capell, of Spring Hill, was shot in the'hand Wednesday by'the accidental dis? charge of a pistol which a friend was hand? ling. The ball entered between the third and little Sogers and raDged upward, lodg? ing in the muscles of the thumb, from where it was extracted by bis physician. The bones of the third finger were considerably dam? aged, and it is feared that he may lose the use of that finger. - *m? i . . ' am Fire Cracker Accidents. There were comparatively few Christmas accidents in this city and no casualties, and for this immunity the parents of the small boys should be deeply grateful. There were, however, two accidents but as ths boys who met with bad luck were cot seriously injured, they should themselves give thanks and re? solve to be less careless io future. Staocill Smith, the Postal Telegraph mes? senger boy, exploded a large cannon cracker in bis band and the result of bis experiment was a mangled finger. It was found neces? sary to amputate the first finger of bis right hand, and be is now carrying the injured member in a sling, while a substitute is on duty at the Postal office. Walter Power, the youngest eon of Rev. W. C. Power, burned his face very painfully and MO ged tbe tlarger part of tbe bair from his head by setting fire to a handful of gun power. Walter is not as pleasant to look at since the accident, but he escaped without serions injury, bia eyes being unhurt. There may have been other accidents, but the sufferers are keeping it quiet. Burglars in Town. An expert safe cracker entered the store of Mrs. H. M Cusick, on Liberty Street, Satur? day night and blew open the safe with dyna? mite. The explosion was not beard by any one, and the fact that the safe bad been cracked was not discovered until yesterday. Tbe burglar selected an excellent time for his work, as the constant explosion of cannon crackers and torpedoes prevented any notice being taken of bis private fireworks. He was most unfortunate in his little Christmas speculation, for no money bad been left in the safe, and be bad only bis labor for his pains. No clue has been discovered that will lead to the capture of the 6afe opener. It is supposed that be left town immediately after completing the job at Mrs. Cusick's store. On yesterday a gentleman who is in the city called at this office to obtain a copy of The Daily Item to send to a friend who is spending the winter io Egypt. The Item his an expanding circulation, but a jump from Sumter to the banks of the Nile and the shadow of the pyramids is a rather big one. Last Wednesday night some foolish fellow lighted a Roman candle in front of Belcher's Restaurant and attempted to shoot through the awning. The first ball ignited the awning and then the fellow got reckless aol the balls went flying in e*ery direction. Andrews'? mule hitched to his milk wagon, took fri?.hr. ar.d ran away. Guv's faithful companion, "Brock," didn't like the smell of the powder ?nd tried to run away, but Guv. held to bim. For a few raioutes things were pretty lively on thc street, but finally quieted down. The attention of the Item reporter has been directed to the depredations that negroes living in the vicinity of the old C. S. & N. yard are committing on the railroad tracks. The persons diving the information say t'uH.t unless the depredations an? stopped an acci? dent may result. The negroes are drawing their supply of wood from the tracks and are cutting the cross ties into kindling wood. The ends of maoy ties have already been cut off and carried away. In some places nearly the entire tie has been converted into kind? ling wood and removed, aod the depredations appear to increase, rather than diminish. ? A Growing Business. ; The uusioess of Barby k Co , brokers and general warehousemen, haw KIO*D with ?t ? ttrtikMD e rapidity ?u-Ce t!?t- firm was 'jryaci !' iZfd n ci:Up v' or years ?go, no.1 wno the ! opening ot tue commercial _vear of 1897 the ! firm w i' ?e enlarged by the admission o? j Mr W. IV*. Dick, who has r-een for mneteeo years the traveling representative of C Wui bern <fe Co., wholesale grocers, cf Charleston. I The fina win transact ? ger.eral wholesale busiuess and Mr Dick will represtnt them [ oo the ruad. The firm has a I?r?e capital and will do a business that will extend over al! Ceutril S>?utb Carolina. The wholesale field u Sumter his be^n practically unoccu? pied heretofore, although severul of the firmf engaged ia the general merct:an<ii e business havej)bbdd a great deal of gooda fora num? ber ot years in succession. The change in the nusiness of ??arby & Co , KIM? i IS entrance into the fie d as general wholesalers marks a nev? era in the commercial history of this city, and in time a large und important wholesale business will be transacted ber?. IQ Mr. Dick, Barby & Co , have o,ade a valuable acquisition, tor lhere is no man better known in his iioe and cone that know the business m-jre thoroughly ; his persona! popularity is great and the trade he com? mands is immense. Mr. Dick' will make this city his home and bis namerous friends here and throughout the county will welcome him back to bis native county. BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE. There Is Alway? Something Amusing, Pic? torial or Dramatic to Soe. The landlord at the Hotel de Paris was very patient and good humored with us, though we walked him all over his own house before we chose a room that opened upon a small, dark, well-like court, full of palms and orange trees and with a fountain. Ho seemed delighted when he found that we were satisfied. "You know," he told us, "I always say that strangers who come to Seville in the summer time must be mad." Yet only in the summer time does one see the true character of tho coun? try, and more especially of Seville. The town was as hot as, if not hotter than, Cordova. All its stock amnsements were off for the time. There were no gypsy dances, no bull fights, but nothing could have been gayer and more animated than the mere aspect of the place. Its narrow alleyways, where the flower ladea? balconies almost met above, our heads, were lined with houses, shining white or pale rose or green or gold in the sunlight. The market places were at all hours crowded with clattering and laughing peasants, while the air, perhaps, was cooled by a fouutain play? ing in the center. The shops opened, caste'.^like, without windows, upon the streets, their wares tumbling out al? most at one's feet. Hardly a green square but had a gau? dy little booth at each corner, where old men or women sold fresh water and sweet iced drinks. No matter in what direction we went there was always something amusing, pictorial or dramat? ic Now it was a wonderful church or convent or hospital, with fine flamboy? ant doorway and romantic associations, or again it was a garden of palms, a high mirador, aflame with roses ; a dark interior, with oxen in the far shadows; a long arcade, making a frame for the Moorish wall of the cathedral mosque, and always it was a long train of mules in gorgeous trappings, coming and go? ing or resting in a narrow street and under the shade of a high wall, with, as like as not, a row of potted flowers on Tts top.-Elizabeth R. Pennell in Cen? tury. The Woman of lt. She had read tho sign, "Do not speak to tho motorman,'1 and she said, "I wonder why not?" Then in winsome voice she inquired of that functionary, "Why mustn't one talk to the motor? man?" He told her it was against the rules. "But why is it against the rules?" "Because it is." "Then you don't like to be talked to?" "Oh, yes. but- Thunder, I came within an ace of running down that old gent!" "But I should think it would be nice to have somebody to speak to instead of talking to nobody all daylong." "Lady, you are going to stop talking, or there's go? ing to be a smash up on this line, and a big one, see?" "The hateful thing 1 And I did so want to be sociablelike. He's married, I'll bet. He's just like Henry when he's got the paper under his nose.5 '-Boston Transcript. ST. VITUS DANCE. A Physician Prescribes Dr. Miles' - Restorative Nervine. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.: My daughter Mattie, aged 14, was afflicted last spring with St. Vitus dance and ner? vousness, her entire right side was numb and nearly paralyzed. We consulted a phy sician and lie prescribed Dr. Miles' Restora? tive Nervino. She took three bottles before wc saw ;;:;y certain signs of improvement, but after that she began to improve very f;ist and J nov? think she is entirely cured. She h:is taken r.i::e bottles of the Nervine, but no other medicine ci any kind. Knox, Ind., Jan. 5, *S5. H. W. I?OSTETTEI?. Physicians prescribe Dr. Miles' Remedies because they arc known to be the result of the Ion;; practice and experience of enc of thc brightest, members of their profession, and are carefully compounded by experi? enced chemists, in exact accordance with Dr. Miles' prescriptions, as used in his practice. On sale at all druggists. Write for Dr. Miles' Book on thc Heart and Nerves. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Hiles' Remedies Restore Health. Tho Ashes of the Dead. The art and fino spirit of James Rus? sell Lowell are still quite frequently spoken of in the literary circles of Lon? don, and anecdotes of him are told with keen enjoyment. On ene occasion at a large banquet the peculiarities of Amer? ican speech were discussed with English bluntness. Lord S. culled to Mr. Lowell loudly, .c;o as to silence all other speak? ers: "There is one new expression invent? ed by your conn try men so foolish and vulgar as to be unpardonable. They talk of the'ashes of the dead.' Wc don't burn corpses. Kc Englishman would use a phrase so absurd. " "And yet," said Mr. Lowell gently, "your poet Gray says, speaking of the dead : "E'en in our ashes Jive their wonted fires. "And in the burial service of the church of England it is said, 'Dust to dust and ashes to ashes. ' We sin in good company." A cordial burst of applause greeted this prompt rejoinder. TAX RETURNS FOR 1S96 97. OFFICE CF COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER CODNTY SDMTKR, S. C., NOV. 27, 1896. RETURNS of ail Personal Property and Poll Taxes wrl oe received at ibis office from January Isl, \S'*7, io January ?2ib, 1897, aoil at the following limes and places: Mayeaville. Tuesday. January 12th Reid's Mill, Wednesday. January 13 Manuville, Thursday, January M tb Smithville, Friday, Jaouary l?Vb. Mechanicsville, Saturday. Jao. 16th. Kiogtnan't? Store, Monday. Jan IS RetnberVs Score. Tuesday, Jan. 19 Hagood, Wednesday, January 20 b. Siateburg, Thursday, January 2Int. Wedgefield, Friday. January 2'Jnd R. 1. M an ni o g's. Saturday. J ?D. 23d J. M. Tin dal's, Monday, Jan 2'xu Bisbopville, Tuesday and Wednes? day, January 2(J;h and 27tb. Magnolia, T&ursdav. January 2S;b. Lynchburg, Friday, January 29.b Concord, Saturday. January o?;ii. Johnston's Store, Monday. Feb. 1st. Shiloh, Vjesdav, February 2nd. A od at Auuitorfca ;ffice in the C.ity of Sumter from February Sid, to Feb ruarv 20lb inclusive. The law -?quit?s that nil rer?ons owning prooertv or in auvwise having chaine of'sucb property, enber as aeeot, busoaud, guardian, trusree, esect?or. ?>itu'uis;:*;or, etc, return the same under oath to the Auditor, who re ques:s all persons to be prompt io making meir re'urus ?nd save ifae 50 per cent pen? alty wbicu will be added io the pronertv valuation of aH. persons wno fail io make re? turns wubin tbe time prescribed ny law. Tas payers rei uro vt PM tt bey own on tbe first dav ofJauuary, 1J?97. Assessors and taxpayers will enter tbe fi-st given name of lue taxpayer in I u 11, a Iso make a separhle return tor each Township where ?be property is locared aod also ?n each and every case the No of lue School DISH ici mus? oe given. Every mnie citizen between the age of twenty-one and six<v years on the first dav of January 1807, except those incapable of earning' a support from oe':i?r maimed or ; cm oiber causes, shall be deemed taxable Pons, and es< ept Coo?edera>e Soldieis 50 ytrnrs of ate, on jan. ls!, 1897. Ail returns must ?ie made on or be'o: e the 20;u day of Feoruarv next 1 cannot i*ke r-turos airer that cale ?nd all re UIPS maiie K 'er ure U(M) day u: February are suvject ic ? pe??a?ty o? li) uer cen;. A B STUCKEY, Auditor Sumier County. Are You Planting Tobacco ? If you are, you need informa? tion coQoected with growing, curing, grading and selling your crop. If you are not ex? perienced in handling tobacco, vou stand in particular need ol advice and instruction. Thh you can obtain by reading The South Carolina Tobacconist It is a weekly jouroal devoted exclusively to tobacco culture is South Carolina, and gives tb? exact information required bj beginners, as well as those whe have some experience. Do You Expect toPiant Tobacco Next Year? Then prepare yourself to tnak( a success of ii by studying thc host methods. To do this reat Thc South Carolina Tobacco' nist, subscription $2.00 pei annum. The South Carolina Tcbacconis and Tho Watchman and South' ron sent one year to any addresi for $3. Cash must invariabh accompany order. Address N. G. OSTEKN, Sumter, S. C. AND LET ARTICLES. Prescription Department in charge of graduate Philadelphia College of Phar macj. J. F. W. DeLORAIE. PHARMACIST. Pheny? Caffine Cures Sick Headache. jjULTNAN [O. We could fill this space with large print and few prices, but the numerous attractions of our store necessitate small print and many quotations. Our Price List for the asking. ULTMAN CO. China, Crockery, Glass Ware, LAMPS, . -AT The Sumter China Hall, TOYS ^?w^AND0^040^ DOLLS In great profusion. PRICES AT ROCK BOTTOM. Call early and be convinced, and get the advantage of the full stock to select from. Full line of Cooking Stoves always on hand. HOME PRIDE is the best. When you want a good piece of TINWARE WHICH IS GUARANTEED .NOT TO RUST, goto THE SUMTER CHINA HALL. [THOS. S. ROGAN, Prop., Opera House Building, opposite Court House. Dec 2-lm LANK KOOKS ! All business men wish to begin the New Year with a clean Ledger, and we are prepared to aid them to the extent of selling them all the Needed at the closest prices. Give us a call and we can supply your needs. A FULL LINE OF Office Supplies, Ink, Etc. THE PRICES' WE OFFER SELL THE GOODS.