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CONGRESS CONVENES.
Republicaus Elect Speaker?
Political Gossip of Interest
to Politicians
Washington, Deo 4, 1899 ? lion
J. D Rioherdaon, of Tennessee, who
j received the democratic nomination
for epeaker, tfter one of the longest
oeoooeee ever held, got the vote of
ever? democratic member of the
Hooee today Ho was not, of
oooree. elected ; the republican*
bating the moat fotea, elected
Representative Hendertoo Speaker,
and adopted the old Reed rules,but Mr
Rioherdeon will ho tho democratic
floor leader of tho bouee doring the
life of the Fifty aiith ooogreaa
There may bo more ahowy and
brilliant men oo the democratic aide
of ibo Hooee, bot that be will make
a shrewd aad aafe leader ia conceded
by all His shrewdness would have
been shown by the manner in wbicb
bo conducted bio campaign for the
aomination of Speaker, bad it not
been well established long ago He
received do warmer congratulations
oo his aooceaa than those extended
by bra three rivals for the honor
Leaving Roberto and hia polygamy
ootirely oot of tbe qoestioo, the
position taken by the democrats in
Ibo flret scrap of tbo eeeeion, wbicb
oecoried when objection waa raised
to tbo swearing in of Roberte, that
Ibo booao bad oo right to go behind
tbo official retoroa aod deny a man a
ooot, when bo presents proper ore
dentiele, waa right, bot right can't
wio when a majority ie del. rmined to
do tbo other tbiog. If Roberta cao
oot clear bimeelf of tbo charge of
having violated tbe law. there will
bo few, if any, objections oo the
democratic tide to bia being denied
o seat, bot it ia wrong to declare bim
guilty before bia case ia fairly invest
igeted /
Mr McKinley'* long mosaage?
ooo of tbe longeat ever aent to ooo
green?was not sent in today, owing
to Ibe eerly adjournment of both
oooote and house ao * mark of
respect to tbe iait < Vice President
Bobart. It will go in tomorrow, and
then tbo real boeineee of tbe seaaion
of congress will begin The demo
crate were never io a more aggress
tve mood, and "hot times" are ahead
for tbe repoblioao majority io both
eeoete aod bouee.
To* attention of senators ia being
called to tbo fact that Uov Stone bad
no conatitutional right to appoint Mr
Qoay to tbo senate, after the legisla?
tor* adjourned, ?vithont electing his
?iccessor Tbe State constitotien of
Pennsylvania expressly provides that
vacancies in the United States sen
ate obeli only be filled by the legisla
tore. A number of influential Penu
eelvaniane are in Washington work?
ing sgsiost the seating of Quay on
personal grounds, against both
precedent end law One of the?? is
ea*Repfoaeotative Sowden, who esid
oo tbe subject l "Tbo question
should not bo msde a partisan < ue,
bot each senator, tegerdleso of hir
politics or Jus personal friendship far
Hr Qo*v, should vote so o eoneoien
tioae, impartial and upright judge,
end decide it eocording to ite merits
ood tbe dietatee of hie own ooo
oeieooo, ooder hie official oatb. If
t this bo done, there oan bo oo quo*
tioo of tho result Oov Stone'*
ootewfol appointment has not
siegle merit to aopport it "
Tbe* oor pooeioa Iowa are Io need
of revision, everybody knows, bot
when they will got it, or wbother tho
revision will nuke tbeaa better or
wor00, io a horse 'of another color
Tbo secretory and assistant secretary
. of tbo loterior, aad tbo commissioner
aod assistant commissioner of pen
sions, hsvo testified before a aub
committee, of the aenate committee
oo pensions, that a revision of the
Iowa aboold bo made, and recom
mended that it be done by a non
partisan commission A ?netiona
commission that ia realty non psrtisan
would be a rarity, indeed, elthoogl
Ibsre ore roooy ao colled
Repreoentotlve rimith of Kentucky
who waa retwntly acting chairman o
the Kentucky democratic State com
oittteo. thinks the legol contest in
tbst State, dependo opon tho view
tbo ooort of appeala takes of tissue
bolloto He thinks those bsilots
astro illegal, snd koows tbst they
wore used extensively in the repub
licon border countiee, to moke sure
that tho ' flostere" voted ao they
wore paid to vote He says if the
tissue ballots are thrown out as
illegal, Ooebel will have a piurslity
of from 2,000 to 10,000 Mr Smith
saya be doesn't be'ieve there will be
ooy trouble in the State, no mstter
what tbo final decision rosy be
Mr McKinley is in a somewhat
dieogreeobla predicament by reason
of kie deeire to push his friend snd
old fsofly physicisn, (Jen Leonard
Wood, obeod in the regulor army
Ue told Uen Wood,* some months
ogo. thot he intended msking him s
brigsdier general in the regular
army, end it leoked oot There wss
0 ?ood of protests from the friends of
tho line officers many of them intlu
entisl republicans?who objected to
baviag them jumped by a staff sur
germ, with the rank of captain Mr
McKinley then tried to satisfy (Jen
Wood with something else, bot he
wooldo't have it that way. preferring
lo et sod pot oo tbe original promise
PresidentCommunicatesWith
Congress on Subjects of
National Interest.
WAR, TRUSTS AND MONEY
IlfVolt \luet li> Put Down? II' inedy
Kur th? Monopoly Kvil?(iold Stand
nril Fnvorrd? Partition of Shiiioh.
Hobarl't Denth, I Z r.
Washington, Dec. 5.?The president
today transmitted to congress hit an?
nual niessage, as follows:
To the Senate and House of Represen?
tatives:
At the threshold of your deliberations
yon are called to in or,? with jour coun?
trymen the death of Vice President Ho
barl, who passed from tins life on the
morning of November 21st, last. His
(rreat soul now rests in eternal peace.
His private life was pore and elevated,
while his pnblio career waa ever distin?
guished by large capacity, stainleaa in*
tegrity and exalted motives. He has
been removed from the high office which
be honored and dignified, but his lofty
character, hie devotion to duty, his hon?
esty of purpose and noble virtues re?
main with os as a priceless legaoy and
example.
The Fifty-sixth congress convenes in
its first regular sessioa with the country
in a condition of unusual prosperity, of
universal good will among the people at
home and in relations of peace and
friendship witn every government of
the world. Our foreign commerce haa
shown groat increaae in volume and
value. The combined imports aud ex?
ports for the year are the largest ever
shown by a single year in all our his*
tory. Our exports for 1899 aloue ex?
ceeded by more than. $1,000,000,000 our
imports and exports combined in 187<\
The imports per capiti are fcO per cent
less than in 10*70, while the exports per
capita are 68 per cent more than in 1870,
ahowing the enlarged capacity of the
United Staates to aatiar'y the wants of its
own increasing population, as well as to
contribute to those of the peoples ot
other nations.
Question of Trusts.
Combinations of capital organized
into trusts to control che conditions of
trade amoug our citizms, to stifle com?
petition, limit producti on and determine
the prices of products used aud con?
sumed by the people, ore justly provok?
ing public discussion and should early
claim the attention of he congress.
The industrial commission created by
the act of congress of June lb, 1$?S, has
been engaged in extended hearings upon
the disputed questions involved in the
subject of combinations in restraint of
trade and competition. They have not
yet completed their investigations of
this subject and the conclusion and
reoommendations at which they may
arrive are undetermined. The subject
ia one giving rise to many divergent
views as to the naturo and variety or
cause and extent of the injuries to the
public which may result from large
combinations concentrating more or
less numerous enterprises and estalish
ments which previously to the forma?
tion of the combination were carried
separately.
It is universally conoaded that combi?
nations which engros* or control tho
market of auy particular kind of mer?
chandise or commodity necessary to the
general community, by suppressing nat?
ural and oniiuary competition, whereby
prices are unduly enhanced tu the gen?
eral consumer, are obnoxious not only
to the common law, but also to the pub?
lic welfare. There tuest be a remedy
for the evils involved in such organiza?
tions. If tho p: -jut law can be ox
tended more certainly to control or
check these monopollos or trusts, it
should be done without delay. What?
ever power the congress posesses orer
thia moat important subject ebould be
promptly ascertained arc.d asserted.
It is apparent that uniformity of leg?
islation upon this subjeot in the several
states is much to be desired. Ic ia to be
hoped that each uniformity founded in
a wise and just discrimination between
what is injurious and what is useful
and necessary in business operations
may be obtained and i hat means may
be found for the congress within the
limitations of its constitutional power
so as to supplement an effective code of
state legislation so to make a complete
system of laws throughout the United
States adequate to compsl a general ob?
servance of the salutary rules to which
I have referred.
The whole question is so important
and farreaching that lam sure no part
of it will be lightly considered, but
every phase of it will have the atudied
celiberation of congress resulting in
wise aud judicious action.
'l it** >'lcrtrttxu? Canal.
The Nicaragua canal oommission.
rvhicn had been engaged upon the work
of examination and survey for a route
across Nicaragua, huviui: completed its
labors and made its reports, was dis?
solved on May 31, aud oil Juue 10 a new
commission, known as the isthmian
canal commission, was organized under
the terms ot the act approved March 3,
1K99. for the purpose of nxuniiuiug the
American isthmus with a view to de?
termining the most practicable and
foasib'e route for a ship caual across
that isthmus, with its pre bable cost and
other essential details.
Tnis commission, under the presi?
dency of Hear Admiral John 'Jr. Wal?
ker, U 3. N.. retired, entered promptly
Upon ihr work intrusted tb it aud is
now carrying on examinations in Nica?
ragua along the route ot the Panama
canal and in Darien from the Atlantic,
from the neighborhood of the Atralto
river to the bay of Panar.ia ou the Pa?
cific aide. Good progress haa beeu
made, but under the law a comprehen?
sive and complete investigation is called
for, which will require much labor and
considerable time for its accomplish?
ment. The work will be prosecuted as
expeditiously as possible and a report
made at the earliest pract cable date.
The great importance of this work
cannot be too often or too strongly
pressed upon the attention of tho con
green. In my meitMage of a year ago I
expreased mv views of the necessity of
a caual which would link the two groat
oceans, to which 1 again in vito your con?
sideration. The reasons then presented
for eariy action arc even MfQSigtf now.
Ito-r.llrlt Uli 4 ?teil ??;.
This government has maintained an
attitude of neutrality in the unfortu?
nate contest between (treat Britain and
the Boer states of Africa. We have re?
mained faithful to the precept of avoid?
ing entangling alliances as to affairs
not of our direct concern. Had circum?
stances suggested that the parties to the
quarrel would have wt loomed any
kindly expression of the hope of the
American poop e that war might bo
averted, good offices would have been
gludly tendered.
The United States' representative at
Pretoria was eany instructed to see that
all neutral American interests be ro
spected by the combatants. This has
been an easy task in view of the posi?
tive declarations of both British and
Boer authorities that tho per^oual and
property rights of our citizen ahould
be observeo.
Upon the withdrawal of the British
agent from Pretoria, tho Uuited States
consul was authorized, upon the request
of tho British government and with tho
assent of the South African and Orange
Fro? State governments, to exercise tho
customary good offices of a neutral for
the caro of British interests. In the dis?
charge of this function, I am happy to
say that abundant opportunity has been
afforded to show the impartiality of this
government toward both the combat?
ants.
Cuban Administration.
My annual message of last year was
necessarily , devoted in great part to a
consideration of the Spanish war and
of the results it wrought and the condi?
tions it imposed for the future. I am
gratified to announce that the treaty of
peace has restored friendlv relations bo*
tween the two powers. Effect has been
given to its important provisions. The
evacuation of Porto Rico having already
been accomplished on Oct. 18, 1898,
nothing remained necessary there to
continue the provisioual military con*
trol of the island until the con*
gross should enact a suitable govern*
ment for the coded territory. Of the
character and scope of the measures to
that end I shall treat in another part of
this message.
The withdrawal of the authority of
Spain from the island of Cuba was ef?
fected by Jan. 1, so that the full re-es?
tablishment of peace found the relin?
quished territory held by us in trust for
the inhabitants, maintaining under the
direction of the executive such govern*
ment and control therein as should con*
serve public order, restore the produc?
tive conditions of peace so long dis?
turbed by the instability and disorder
which prevailed for the greater part of
the preceding three dec.-des, and build
up that tranquil development of the do*
mestic state whereby alone cau be real?
ized tho high purpose as proclaimed in
the joint resolution adopted by tho con?
gress on April 19, I89tf, by which the
United States disclaimed any disposi?
tion or iutention toexerciso sovereignty,
jurisdiction or control over Cuba, ex?
cept for the pacification thereof, and as?
serted its determination wheu that was
accomplished to leave tho government
and coutrol of the island to its people.
* Tho pledge contained iu this resolu?
tion is of the highest honorable obliga?
tion and must be sacredly kept. I be?
lieve that substantial progress has been
made in this direction. AH the admin?
istrative measures adopted in Cuba have
aimed to fit for a regenerated existence
by enforcing the supremacy of law and
justice; by placing where*, er practicable
the machinery of Administration iu the
hands of the inhabitants; by instituting
needed sanitary reforms; by spreading
education; by fostering industry and
trade; by inculcating pnblic morality,
and, in short, by taking every rational
step to aid tho Cuban people to attain
to that plane of self conscious respect
and self reliant unity which fits an en?
lightened community for self govern*
ment within its own sphere, while en?
abling it to fulfill all outward obliga?
tions.
i*h 111 piii oss Problem,
On tho 10th of December, 1S99, the
troa*y of paooa between tho Uuited
States aud Spain was signed. It pro?
vided, among othor things, that Spain
should cede to tho United States the
archipelago known a- tho Philippine
islands; that the Uuiicd States should
pay to Spain the sum of twenty millions
of dollars, and that tho civil rights aud
political status of the native inhabitants
of the territories thus ceded to the
United States should be determiued by
the congress. Tho treaty was ratified
fry the senate on the Oth of February,
1?99. and by the government of Spain
on the 19th of March following. The
ratifications were exchanged on the Uth
of April, and the treaty publicly pro?
claimed. On the 2nd of March the con*
gross voted the sum contemplated by
the treaty end the amount was paid
over to the Spanish government on the
1st of May.
In this manner the Philippines came
to tbe United States. The islands were
ceded by the government of Spain,
which had been in undisputed posses?
sion of them for centuries. They were
accepted, not merely by our authorized
agents in Paris under tho direction of
the executive, hnt by the constitutional
and well considered action of the repre?
sentatives of the people in both houses
of congress. 1 had every reason to be*
lieve, and I still believe, that this trans?
fer of sovereignty was in accordance
with the wishes and the aspirations of
the great mass of tho Filipino people.
From tho earliest momeut, no oppor?
tunity was lost of assuring the people
of the islands of our ardent desire for
their welfare, aud ot the intention of
this government to do everything pos
siblo to advanco their interests.
A got fiel do's rialm.
The ohini of tho rebel leader that he
was promised independence by any offi*
cer of tho United States in return for
his assistants has no foundation in fact
and is categorically denied by the very
witnesses who were called to prove it.
Tho most the insurgent leader hoped
for when he came to Manila was the
liberation of the islands from the Span?
ish control, which thsy.had been labor?
ing lor years without success to throw
off
The prompt accomplishment of this
work by the American armv and navy
gave him other ideas and ambitions,
and iosidtOQI suggestions from various
quarters perverted the purposes and in?
tentions witii which he had takeu up
arms.
No soouer had our armv captured Ma?
nila than the Filipino torcus began to
assume an attitude of suspicion and
hostility which the utmost efforts ot
our officers and troops were unable tc
disarm or modify. Their kindness and
forbearance wero taken as a proof ol
cowardice The aggressions of the Fili?
pinos continually increased until finally,
just bet?re the time sot by the senate of
the Uuited States for a voto upon tin*
treaty,-an attack, evidently prepared in
advance, was mads ail along the Amer?
ican lines, Which resulted in a terribly
destructive and sanguinary repulse ol
I be rebels
With a devotion and gallantry worth?
of Us most brilliant history, the army,
ably and loyally assisted by the navy,
has carried on this unwelcome but most
righteous campaign with richly de?
served sue? 'e?s. Ait hough their opera
tionh have been somewhat interrupted
and checked 1?. a raiuv season of unu
sail violence and duration, thoy hav<?
gained steadily in every direction and
now look forward confidently t? a iprMdjf
completion of their task.
Everything indicates that: with the
speedy suppression ot* the Tagalo rebe -
lion, life in tho arrive la go will soon
resume its ordinary fburso under tho
protection of our sovereignty and the
people of those favored islands will en?
joy a prosperity aud a freedom which
thoy have never before known.
Cannot 1? Abandoned*
The future government of tho Philip?
pines rests with the congress of the
United States. Fewer graver responsi?
bilities have ever been confided to us.
If we accept them in a spirit worthy ot
our race and our traditions a great op?
portunity comes with them.
The islands lie under tho shelter of
our flag. Thoy are ours by every title
of law and equity. They cannot be
abandoned If we desert them, we
leave them at once to anarchy and
Anally to barbarism. We fling them, a
golden apple of discord, among the rival
powers, no one of which could permit
another to seize them unquestioned.
Their rich plains and valleys would be
the scene of endless strife and blood?
shed, i
The advent of Dawey's fleet in Ma?
nila bay instead of being, as we hope,
the dawn of a new day of freedom and
progress, will have been the beginning
of an era of misery and violence worse
than any which has darkened their un?
happy past.
The suggestion has been made that
we could renounce our authority over
the islands and giving them indepen?
dence could retain a protectorate over
them. This proposition will not be
found, I am sure, worthy of your seri?
ous attention. Such an arrangement
would invoive at the outset a cruel
breach of faith. It would place the
peaceable and loyal majority, who ask
for nothing better than to accept our
authority, at the mercy of the minority
armed insurgents.
It would make us responsible for the
acts of the insurgent leaders and give
us no power to control them. It would
charge us with the task of protecting
them against each otner and defending
them against any foreign power with
which they chose to quarrel. In short,
it would take from the congress of the
United States the power of declariug
war aud vest that tremendous preroga?
tive in the Yugal loader of the hour.
It does not seem desirable that I
should recommend at this time a spe?
cific aud final form of government for
these islands. When peaco shall be re?
stored it will be the duty of congress to
construct a plan of government which
shall establish and maintain freedom
and order anil peace in the Philippines.
The insurrection is still existing and
when it terminates further information
will be requiied as to the actual condi?
tion of affairs before inaugurating a
permanent scheme of civil government.
until congress shall have made known
the formal expression of its will, I shall
use the authority vested in me by the
constitution and the statutes to uphold
the sovereignty of the United States in
those distant islands, as in all other
places where our flag rightfully floats.
Our flag has never waived over any
community but in blessing. I believe
the Filipinos will soon recognize the
fact that it has not lost its gift of bene?
diction in this worldwide journey to
their shores.
I'orto Rio.in Affairs.
I recommend that legislation be had
with reference to tho government of
Porto Rico. Tho time is ripe for the
adoption of a temporary form of gov?
ernment for this island.
It is desirable that the government of
the island, under the law of belligerent
right, now maintained through th3 ex?
ecutive department, should be super?
seded by an administration entirely
civil in its nature. For the present pur?
pose I recommend that congress pass a
law for the organization of a temporary
government which shall provide for the
appointment by the president, subject
to confirmation by the senate, of a gov?
ernor and such, other officers as the gen?
eral administration of the island may
require and for legislative purposes, on
subjects of a local nature not partaking
of a federal character.
A legislative council, composed partly
of Porto Kuans and partly of citizens
of the United States, shall be nominated
and appointed by the president.
Lynch Law Condemned.
The love of law and the sense of obe?
dience and submission to the lawfully
constituted judicial tribunals, are em?
bedded in the hearts of our people, and
any violation of these sentiments and
disregard of their obligations, justly
arouses public condemnation. The
guarantees of life, liberty, and of civil
rights, should be faithfully upheld, the
right of trial by jury respected and de?
fended.
Those who, in disregard of law and
the public peace, unwilling to await
the judgment of court aud jury, consti?
tute themselves judges and executioners
should not escape the severest penalties
for their crimes.
Great Opportunities.
Presented to this congress are great
opportunities; with them come great
responsibilities, The power confided to
us increases the weight of our obliga?
tions to the people, and we must be pro?
foundly sensitive of them as we contem?
plate the new ami grave problems which
confront us. Aiming only at the pub?
lic good, we cannot err A right inter?
pretation of the people's will, and of
duty, cannot fail to insure wise meas?
ures for the welfare of tho islands which
have cpmo under tho authority of the
United States, and to inure to the com?
mon interest and lasting honor of out
country. Nover has this nation had
more abundant cau*o than during the
past year for thankfulness to God for
manifold blessings aud mercies, for
which we make reverent acknowledg?
ment. William McKinlky.
Executive Mansion, Dec. 5, 181)9.
A Cttlneee Pooler.
Two Irishmen stood nt (Jutes nvenuo
und Bedford stiert discussing n Chi?
uese laundry sign.
"Kin ye say It, PfttT
??Where V
"There. Don't ye say it?"
??Oh, ?>l do now."
"Well, they say n Chinaman's) furwt
Uiiino is his hist name. l?o ye hluve It,
Put?"
??Vis."
??Then rade it backward."
"But rade it furrutl furst, an it spells
Leo Dew."
"Hut rude it liackwnrd, man.*'
"I > o w. I >o; \4 o-e. Lo l toolcy."
??Rolght ye nr.'. Pat, an Oooley is a
folno old Irish name, but It's tho fursl
tolinotn me lolfeOI Iver heerd of a Ohl
nose with an Oiiish name. He ought to
hang, the spalju-on."?Now York Press.
A Very Rich Man
Blairstown, N. J . Deo 2 ?John I.
Blair, Odo of the riohest, men io tbe
doited States, died at bis home late
last night after an illness of several
I jears. H j was 79 years old John I
l/nlair was born near Belvidere, N. J.,
'in 1802 With a farm training and a
soanty school eduoation ho opened a
general s'oro at Gravel Hill, which he
operated for 40 years. His first large
ppeetllfttiojl was the purchase of a:i
apparently enlucless cargi of cotton,
on wbie-b he realized a profit, of ?15,
000.
Mr Blair aided the first attempts to
make iron with anthracite ooal at
Slooum Hollow, afterwards Soraotoo,
Pa, and became interested in the Scran
too Coal and Iron compaoy. He went
extensively into iron and railway
building, reaiiziog millions on tbe
great advano j in iron daring the war
His success was marvelous, and he
leaves a fortune estimated at between
$40,000,000 and $60,000,000.
Estate of Alfred E.Gregg, Dec'd.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Sumter Couoty for a Final Discharge
bs Administratrix of aforesaid Estate oo Jan?
uary 6th, 1900
Mrs. CK LI A R. OREOG,
Dec C?4t Administratrix.
m1
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FIEE ! FIRE !
is an ominous souod to the man who
isn't insured, when he sees bis home
disappearing in flames and smoke.
We can hardly have any compassion
on him, when it is so easy and at such
a small outlay to provide against such
loss A policy io tbe Hartford loeur
aooo Co. costs you but a small sum
when we draw it for you, and gives
you security as safe as tbo Back of
England.
A. C. PHELPS CO,,
GenMInsurance Agents, Sumter, '3. C
Mch 15?o
NOTICE TO TEACHERS AND
TRUSTEES.
HON JNO. J If elf AB AN, State Super
in^e(lUe? t of#E Jucation, will address
me teachers and trustees cf this connty on
8atorday, Df-cerorier ltfth, at 12 o'clock io
the (jrnded School building in this city.
All tPHchers and trustees are earnestly
requested to tie present.
A county teocberj aetociation will be cr
uaoinized. ,
J. EDWIN REMBERT,
Co. Supt Ed.
Nov. 23-2t.
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SUMTER SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
A CARD TO PARENTS.
You are deeply interested in the rLusical
education ef your childten, and vou are
iscriftcteg a great dfai to aceoosiplttb your
desirep Vou hare no doubt often wondered
why, a'ttr SO Bach inonev spent uider so
many teachers, tbe plautitf of vour children
it so unsatisfactory. Invariably the gnat
fault is with the Dtthodl and (net 11lies nn
ploTtd in teacblni and praetioa
The i'ractire Clavier, rightly used, will
titeblitb any pupil in an artlttio technic in
hod than one-third the time, an<i at less than
one-third ihe expense rtqumd by old tntih
oda. For further partwnlars apoly to
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TAX RETURNS FOR 1900.
O (101 OF
COUNTY AUDITOR fcUMTBR COUNTY, -
Sumtkr, S. C.^Nev. 30, 1899.
NOTICE US HEREBY GIVEN that I will
utter d in person or bv deputy, at tbe
tollowio.r places on tbe dajs indicated re*
spectivelv for tbe purpose of rereivirg re
t?roe of Personal Property, snd Poll Taxes
for the fiscal vetr commenciug January 1st,
If OD i
At cftice Sumter, S C, at all other
times up to Feb. 2 ), 1900, inclusive :
Tindalle, Tuesday, January 2
Privateer, (Jenkins' Store) Wed?
nesday, January 3
Manchester, (Nettles* residence)
Thursday, January 4
Wedgefield, Friday, January 5
Stateburg, Saturday, January 6.
Ilagood, Monday, January 8
Rembert'g Store, Tueeday, Jaou
ory 9.
Gaillard's X Roads, Wednesday,
January 10.
Boseards, Thursday, January 11.
Gordon's Mil!, Saturday, Janu?
ary 13.
Mayeevilie, Monday, January 15.
Scottsville, (McElveen's Store)
Tuesday, January 16.
Shiloh, Wednesday, January 17.
Norwood's X Roads, Thursday,
January 18.
Lynchburg, Friday, January 19.
Magnolia, Saturday, January 20.
Reid's Mill, Monday, January 22.
Bishopville, Tuesday and Wednes?
day, January 23 and 24
Mannville, Thursday, January 25.
Smithville, Friday, January 26.
The law requires that all pereots cwuiog
property or in anywise having charge of
such property, either es agent, husband,
guardian, trustee, executor, administrator,
etc , return the same under oath to the audi?
tor, who rrquests all persons to be prompt in
ranking their returns ?cd save the 10 per
csct penalty which will be added 'o the
property valuation cf all persons who fail to
make returns witbin tbe riae preserved r>y
law.
Taxpayers return what tbey owl on tbe
first day of January, 1900.
Assessors and taxpayers will enter ibe first
given name of tbe taxpayer io full, all make
a separate return for e&ch township where
the property is located aod also in each and
every case tbe No. of the School District
must be given.
Every rane citizen between the age of
twenty-one and sixty years on tbe first day of
January, 19C0, except those incapable of
earning a support from being mairxed or irbtn
o'her cause*, are deemed taxable polls, and
except Confederate soldiers CO years of age,
on January 1st, 19C0
All returns miut be made on or before the
20tb day of February cext. 1 cannot tike
returns atter that dare and all returus made
after tbe 2rtb day cf February are surject to
a papalty of TO [er cent.
J DIGGS WILDER,
Auditor Sumter County.
Sumter, S. C , Dec. 6, 1899.
Estate of Harwell E. Stafford,
D2CBASED.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
oh December 15th, 1899, for a Final Dis?
coarge as Executor of atnrsaid estate.
FRANK B STAFFORD,
No? 15, 1839 Executor.
FOR SALE.
ADESIRABLE FARM, noted for health,
containing 130 acres, more or U. e, part
cleared and under cultivation, and part choice
timber land Large twoetory house with
kitchen attached, and outbuildings Good
pastures. O i a popular public road, inter?
sected by Mate Road leading from, and 3
miles from Lyncbburg, S C , known ao the
Miller Place. Now occapied by ore cf our
best farmerp, Mr Erby troluck. Apply to
Messrs Hainswcrth* Hatsswohth,
Oct 31? la* eumter, fit. C.
Claremunt Lodne Ho. 64, A. F. K.
THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU.
NTCATION of Claremoot Lodge, No
64, A. F. M . will be held on Thursday
Evening, December 14, at 7$ p. m. Brethren
will take dne notice aod govern themselves
accordingly
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