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GUV'S SAVANNAH GOSSIP. A Belated But Interesting Letter From Our Veteran Corres? pondent Savannah is now gorgeous and gay Tbe parks and squares snd yards are still teeming with luxuriant 'growth snd all tbe variagated shades snd oolors of the flowery kingdom, snd there sre but few signs of the sighting loach of winter, only the gradually browning grass and tbe slowly crisping leaves of deciduous growths Tbs Pylbisn fsir snd osrniva) has Veen to fall blssl tbs psst week snd will continue daring lbs present Tbe Ks of P. have sorely farniahed s surpassing srrsy of amusements, too sod merriment Tbs encloaure it]on the psrk extensioo, or vast pored* ground, and covers quits so j true, bstog aevsral boodred ysrds in teeeth Au imitation of castle walls ood gate forms the entrance snd sn fsnltMion of tbs world's fslr midwsy phalsoooo within the second sod third gates, snd then come the streets of Indie Od either side of these streets sre booths snd tents sad enclosures within which sre the numerous shows, entertainments ood displays "too numerous to men flea oed sll st ooafvery fsir cost, too Though nsithsr Damon nor Pythias ourself w-j were kindly tehee through by s gallant snd truightiy friend, snd osn truthfully esy tost Saveonah Pytbisns know how to get op s good thing, as is dolly sod nightly proven by the merry throng* of pleasure seekers who press through the osstle gste snd orowd ths streets since tbe first days of lost week. Oo Wsdnesday, 22d ultimo, the Confederate srmy of Georgia took possession of this city without even the slightest protest. Instead, this heautifol metropolis wss draped snd wreathed snd festooned snd looped ood entwined with tbst pstriotio booting "the Red, White sod Blue/' ood though wo missed the falling Oners there sre myriads of oonetella ?Ions mingled with the bars snd heoti*g in the broad .daylight sod brilliant ooostsMsttoos of electric Hghts st night thst osst their Instre epon thst more rsdiaotly besutious oenotellaiion, tbe bleeeed women of Sovonueb, sod indeed, of Georgia, for tat** is tbs week of reuoion of ths W C. Ye of Georgia, end we've ogsin, for the eeoond time this ynsr. esjoyed o lovs meet with the old hoys who wore the grsy, sod srs Mo to oay foot tele reunion oonnot ho surpassed far open, cordisl, Isvish hospitality to the shops of entertain masts ood em see man la feeeting? ood fldwiog. loo,?Id the wide sod hoortmlt appreciation of the Uttered ispjs ood thsir beerers?in ihe goo orel antaste oordisls sod boo jour ood boo soir sod boo mots snd svsry> ehieg hot boo too. Well we've reooed with tbe Geor? giens) ood though we wors tbe pal motto bodge.ooe truly affirm that our own Carolina brethren could oot bsve been more aieoerely cordisl snd heartily freteresl than these neigh bete across the Savannah, both vet ernes sod soos of veterans Tbe number of veteran* present is esti sooted st 2 000 oo parade, and it .appeared as thoogh there were half that number who did not "fsll in ' Visitors thronged tbe oity, and there boo.bees one wsek of huge holiday osiroival of mirth, and fun, and frolic ood innocent revelry Abuse of privileges was tbs rsra exception, ood this will appear the more notable When we state tbst Savannah is a wide open town, snd besides the 300 saloon a sod barrooms, the headquar? ters of sll militsry organizations kept open doors sod there was feasting enough to borst tbe belts and flowing enough to embalm tbe bodies of rank ood file, sod many of our dispensary OOiJed veteraos woold doubtless hose sojoysd the embalming process. The oity is now grestly perturbed in regard to a strict prohibition bill which hss slresdy passed tbe House of L'spreseotstivee ssd ia now before the taeote in Atlanta It is o quee tioo ot dssth to Savannah Onr own Stets hss experienced enough of these drsstie ood taenpteery msssores to prove their utter fotilily in sccora plishiag the sods prstsndsd to be aimed et The lamperaooe fanatics hove tbe lew aad the whiskey drink ere here Ihe whiskey sll lbs ssms. A couple of sotomobiles have been in avidsnoe here for some mootbs They ore simply v*ry nest horseless ood ehsftless boggles with robber thee, ooioelese as a hieyole, sod srs rue et shoot ths ssms spsed, sod tbs Cbioemso's description of tbem ia quite appropoe, "No poshes, no pal loo. yoo like hellee " Tbe weather here hss bee a worm sod bslroy Shirt sleeves snd fsns wers not oot of place until yeater day A cool esst wiod msds some change sod todsy tbs besvens ars lowering, sod cbtlly showers have been falling in torrents, but even now no hVee for, warmth bave been start sd Moroiag glories, and even yel? low jasmine sre blooming. Snap beau*, green peas. rad!ahea and many other summer vegstsblea am being Hawked over tbe strseta Lsroy Wallace baa been added to i the Homier contingent here. He is engaged SO telegrapher Ths Vllleoeove brothers, Horace Utensil, Pave Hoiss snd Jno Dor rtsj ire aleo here, sod todesd very many South Caroiinians are in evi- | dence and form no inconsiderable portion of the population of this beau j tiful Forest city, now brought so near to our own Gamecock city Guv. Nov 25. 1890 PS ?We will add that The Sumter Daily Item ie the very first paper de iivered to ua by the early morning poatroan, and mak> a us feel in closer touoh with "over home," as it is called here. Next comes the "old reliable" News and Courier We've also been complimented with a daily copy of the Savannah Morning News, a teu page paper during the week eud ?izteen pages on Sunday The proprietor, Col John II Katill. is the Duke of Savannah and carries the honors gracefully and easily G ?BMP**ax)*^aa??? Th?rs ton's Plagiarism. Senator Tburtton, from the wild aod boundir/g weit, fell in love with a young lady, and in apite of a bald bead and nnelaatio atep wrote a poem wbieb won ber and they have been married to "live happily forever afterward " The effusion reads : I said to the rote, "Ob, rote, sweet rose, Will yoo He oo my heart tonight; Will 70a nettle there with your perfame rart Aad your petals pore aod white ?" I seid to the rote, 4 Oh, rose, sweet rote, Will yon thrill to a y every sigh, t Tbc' your life exhale id the morning pale Aod yoa'witber aod fade aod die T" I laid to tbt rose, "Oh, rose, sweet rose, Will yon throb witk my every breath ; Will yon give me ti e bliss of a passionate kiss Albeit the cod is death ?" Tbe white rote liftsd her stately bead And answered me fair and true : "I am happy aod b'est to He oo your breast For the woman who gave me to yon." . The poem aaw the light of day in Sterling J Morton's newspaper, and Senator Thurston waa much compli? mented, bat, on the authority of tbe reliable Hardeman Free Press, it is & rank plagiarism Tbe journal named aaya that when 8enora Aguinaldo's three barrels of clothing were cap tored these lines were found among them : I said to to? hose, "Ob, hose, warm b?te, Will yon He on sty limbs toolght; Will yoo nettlt them with your perfume rare Aad your stripes of black aod wbtte ?" 1 said to my hoee, "Oh, hose, silk host, Will yon thrill to my every sigh, Though yonr lift exhalt io tht morning's pale, And yoo ravel aad rip aod dis ? ' I said to mv hose, "Oh, host, silk host, Will yoo throe to my tvtry breath, Through tht shadows dim will yoo grace my limb, v Albeii the tad it death T ' My silk hose twiddled their daioty feet, And answered me fair aad trne : "In tht shadows dim I will leave yonr limb For Otts will take me from yoo." Aa our excellent oontemporary ob aarvea, thia pilfering ia ao contempti ble aa to condemn Senator Thurston to ao eternity of disgrace. He rob bed a woman whose huaband ia engaged in a loog distance footrace out of her just fame and be preaented hia aweetheart with tbe spoils of his theft. Thnraton should not be in tbe United Statea senate ?Atlanta Jour? nal ? i ? ?????? ? -? Great Railroad Trust Next. Traveliog ageois of all the railroads, aod Dar'tonlarly tbe big truok lioep, oto see in the present drift cf thiogs tho time rapidly approsobiog wbco their servioes will be no longer oeoes stry Alrsady plaoa have beeo prepar? ed for a gitot ooosolida'.ioo of tbe roads trhieh will to undoubtedly ooe of tbe tr.ose formidable trusts ?vor deeised by man It is the ioteotian to divide op irtffio co a basis according to tho importance of tbe differ jet lines io the agreement, aod tbeo, instead of em? ploying ao army of meo to gn out aid fight stob other for th? basines* tbe rosdt will simply take their share aod as? ootbiog, says tbs Pittsbarg Post. ilapid ttridss bts beso made io trrtogiog details for the big trtffio deal, wbiob to all intents aod purposes is to bs a pool c f tbs most iroooiad obaraoter bat regulated by a ootsrie of fioaoeiers, not by trtffio officials Oo Jsoosry 1 more than 90 per coot of all tbe oommodity tariffs will bs abolished, sad io sddition tbsrs will bs same significant ad van je* in freight rates. Oo that data tbsre wi'l also bs a rttdjostmsot of tbs import bosioess, which will pat so sod to tbs distur bsnse of io erostioosl rates aod prevsot sttsmsbip companies from demoraliiiog the railroad rates. Afttr Jaooary 1 lbs per oeotages now earried by the ssvsral trook lioes will be lived op to more atriotly than ever before, aod all agents aod trtffio manage;a will be held to strioi aeooaot for oottiog rates. These rales apply to w it-boood freight batiotts, tod for some time agents have bssb workiog oader instructions oot to deviate from the eiittiag tariffs oo aoy account whatever. This will be a ba;d blow to the freight aod passeoger ageots, thousands i of whom are oow employed aod who reoeive big salariee. At a meenog held io Now York oot long ago, wbiob was attended by the presidents of several big railroads, ooe wealthy offioial who took a promineot part io tbe last pioaidential campaigo, made ihe statement aod hacked up bit argument wiib figures in show that $50.000,000 oould be saved annually by dividing up the trsffio Oo bis road, bs taid, tbsy bad 120 freight I solicitors and 200 passenger reprc* n s ! lives receiving salaries whioh avenijjfd ! $150 per nion'h with nypcn^o uonoun'a iDciudcd, Of $61)0.000 per year He 1 wpot lunher ?o prove that offioa rent, B't nograpbio uelp ana telpyrapbio expeos'.s, as well as stationery, would swell the sum to over $1,500 000. He urged upon tho pr^H'deots at.d tMinagers of all iho necessity of a ttiog id of tin- burden, huf. naid oot a word in ?ympathy for the moo who, af'er vears of (?itbful sorvioo were to he doprived of the means of making a living. Wbeo the Joint Traffic Association was organised this object was aimed at. aod had the association stood the iotorstata oomrm roe test the railroads would have abolished their ooitraotiog agsooies before this time The travel? ing men fear that wbeo competition is eliminated they will be let go aod (bat coly a few assistants to the general freight and passenger agents will be maiotaiosd in the service Philadelphia, Deo 7?Peter A 6 Widener, the millionaire traetion mag? nate of tots eity, today anoooooed that he bsd purchased 36 acres of land at Logan, a suburb of Philadelphia, oa which he intends to ereot aod endow a borne, hospital aod eobool for orippleJ ob'ldren. at a cost of $2 000 000. O HARLES G. LESLIE, Wholesale aod Retail Commission Dealer io Oysters, Game and Poultry. Stalls No. 1 aod 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 aod 20 Market Street. CHARLESTON, 8 C. Consignments of Cou airy Produce, Poultry, Eggs, Ac , are rt spectfully solicited. Prompt returns made. 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Wka&U OKGaiaaT t'li so n.a di>t H |.v<?s, llS3.no sod ati aim aeerytklnff i.i mtmleal lm>truinent> ai i< a?ert aholesale prices. Write tv fi?*e iperial orajastipianoand lanalcal inatramentcatalofrua. Addre? . * 8EARS,*ROEBUCK &, CO. (Inc.). rulton. DesDlainLSii.dlYajmanSts.. CHICAGO. ILL. Has moved his stock of Hardware, Stove?, Cut? lery, Crockery, &c., Into the large store next to First National Bank, lately occupied by the Ducker & Bultman Company. And is now better prepared with a larger stock than ever, to supply the publio with everything in his line. E?pe attention is directed to trie very large line of Stoves arid Stove Fixtures, Both cooking and heating, aud also to our largo line of CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, WINDOW GLASS, PAINTS, OILS. Our regular lines of Hardware,n Tool*, Cutlery, Guns, Ammunition, Harness, Saddlery, Houoefurnishiog Good*, will frund largtr ami more complete. Wo also carry Engine and Mill Supplies. Remember, all our stoves ore warranted. Call and see us. Very respectfully. L. B. DURANT. Bop 6?x TAX MURKS FOR l1 U FICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR .vUNTER C( UNTV, Sdmtkr, S 0.| Nov. 30, 1899. Tt/pTICEI* HEREBY GIVEN that I wilt Ht<e d in p?-reoo cr bv depoiy, *t the i 1 i wiit place6 on the da>s indicated re ppictivH*, tor tie putpcEe of retwiviM re lurus of P rfonal Property, end Poll Taxes t r the fis a year conjmericiog January lei, HOC At office ?umter, S C , at all other timea up to Feb 2 ?, 1900, inclusive : Tindalls, Tueetiay, January 2 Privateer, (Jenkins' *,tore) Wed? nesday, January 3 Manchester, (Nettles' residence) Tbursdsy, January 4 Wedgefield, Friday, January 5 Stateburg, Saturday, January 6 Hagood, Monday, January 8 Rembert'8 Store, Tuesday, Janu ory 9. GaiHard's X Roads, Wednesday, January 10. Bossards, Thursday, January 11. Gordon's Mil!, Saturday, Janu? ary 13 Mayesville, Monday, January 15. Scottsville, (McElveen's Store) Tuesday, January 16 Shiloh, Wednesday, January 17. Norwood's X Roads, Thursday, January 18. Lyncbburg, Friday, January 19. Magnolia, Saturday, January 20. Reid's Mill, Mondsy, January 22. Bishopville, Tuesday and Wednes? day. January 23 and 24 Manuville, Thursday, January 25. Smithville, Friday. Janusry 26. The law rtquites tbat all pereorp owning property or in *n*wi3e btmoe charge of euch property, either as agent, husband, guardian, trustee, fxecutor, administrator, etc , return tbe same under oatb to tba audi? tor, who nqueers all persons to be prompt io making their returns and save tbe 50 per cent, penalty which will be added to tbe property valuation of all perBons wbo fail to make returns witbio tbe titxe prescribed by law. Taxpayers return what they own on tbe 6rst day of January, 1900 Assessors and taxpai era will enter the first given name of the taxpayer io foil, also make a separate return fur escb township where the property is located aod a'so in each and every case tbe No. cf tbe School District most be given. Erery male citizen between the age of twenty one aod sixty years on the first day of January, 1900, except those incapable of earning a support from beiog maiaed or from other causes, are deemed taxable polls, and except Confederate soldiers CO jears of age, oo January 1st, 1900 All returns mu6t be made od or before tbe 20th day of February text. I cannot take returns after tbat date aod all returns msde after tbe 2( th day of February srs subject to a penalty of 10 per ceot. J. DIGGS WILDER, Auditor Somter County. Sumter, S. C , Dec 6, 1899. Estate of HartKeU E. Stafford, DECEASED. IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate oo December 15ib, 1899, for a Fioal Dis? charge as Executor of aforsaid estate. FRANK B STAFFORD, Nov 15, 1899 Executor. FOR SALE. ADESIRABLE FARM, noted for health, ccntaioing 130 acres, more or lees, part cleared and ucder cultit ation, and part choice timber land Large two-story bouee with kitchen attached, and outbuildings Good pastures. ()a a popule.r public road, inter? sected Ly Slate Ra*d leading from, and 3 milfrB from Lynebburg, S C , knowu as tbe Miller Place Now occupied by or.e of our best farmers-, Mr. Erby Trulurk. Apply ?o Vks^-rs Fatn-wouth & IIayn&worth, Oct 51?la* Sumter, S. C. Clainoit Le?re Ik 64,1 FJ. rpHR REGULAR MONTHLY COMM?. X MCATION of Claremoiit Lodge, No t4, A. F. M., will be held oo Thursday E?entr.g, December !4, at 7$ p. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves HO-urdirtgly B. J. RH A ME, W. M. Attest?P. C. Moses Sec. GOOD BOOKS ?AS PREM1IJM?. JBSB Maanaa^aajsjpjaw 3 ~T* :~ ' The ! Coiportage Library s*m si^ ??^ 1*** ' POPULAR BOOKS FOR GENERAL READING Stories, Ao* iresseo, Poetrv cxncJ Sermone Each hook a Complete i6mo Volume, contain* Ing about i ?5 page*, printed in Large clear type, cm) la bound -n Attractive paper covers. All in > >.?? hn^'lixh, an 1 a v ><?>' n.>n n)*o in the ? i.-miHn. SvealMi aod ?aalali Momaglaa ...!.?.? ?ih???*. 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