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STARTUNG NEWS FROM HONOLULU Bubonic Plague Raging in the Capital cf Hawaii. San Francisco, Dec 28.-The army i transports Centennial and Newport . which arrived here last night irom Manila, via Honolulu, brings the startling news that the bubonic plague is raging in the capital city of the Hawaiian islands It is un derstood that the scourge was Y brought into Honolulu by vessels from one of the infected ports of China The news of the breaking cut of the plague in Honolulu, brought here by the transport Centennial, has created some alarm among the State and city health officiais, and every precaution is being taken to prevent a possible admission of the disease into the city The transports Cen tennis! and Newport, which arrived j last night, and the Tartar, which J arrived from Manila today, are now j at the quarantine station undergoing ij fumigation and will be detained at Angel island for some time. The steamer Gaelic is due here tomorrow from the Orient, via Honolulu, and will be sent to quarantine and held r/ there until all possible danger is passed News from reliable sources in the Orient is to the effect that the k disease is pievalent in China and Japan to an unusual extent and that the officers at Manila have taken precautions to prevent the plague from getting a foothold there News ' from Bombay is to the effect that the plague is rampant in India, and in view of these conditions the authori ties in this city aud'every port on the Pacific coast will take strenuous precautions to prevent the introduc tion of the bubonic plague on this coast. ENTRENCHED FILIPINOS AT TACKED AND ROUTED. Manila, Dec 27, 10 50 p m -Col Lockett, with a force of 2,500, in cloding artillery, this morning attack a strong force of insurgents entrench ed in the mountains near Mentalban, about five miles northeast of San Mateo. The enemy was completely .i routed, the Americans pursuing them through the hills amid which they B^tt?ed in every direction Four Americans were wounded The Filipino loss was large, resulting " irom a heavy infantry and artillery fire for three hours into the trenches It is supposed that the insurgents were those driven out of San Meteo .n the day Gen Lawton was killed. They numbered probably a thousand A dozen lines of insurgents7 trenches covered the steep trail through the kills and likewise the valley below, along which the Americans passed. ' . The main attacking party consisted of the Forty sixth volunteer infantry, a troop of cavalry and artillery, Col Lockett commanding in person The rest of the command operated from remote points in an endeavor to carry out Col Lockett's plan of throwing his line around the enemy and thus ? eat off retreat. The nature of the mountainous couotrj made it impracticable to ex .?^cote this movement successfully After the insurgents began to run there was a vain attempt to use artillery. It now appears that one American was killed in the attack upon the Snbig garrison yesterday by Gen Santa Ana Head lt and Went Home. The Eveniog Gazette of Norwalk, Conn, says editorially : "Gov McSweeney of South Carolins, who is a veteran newspaper man. rather than the southern ideal of college bred, law trained statesman, seems, however, to be driviog the gubernatorial chariot with signal force and ability The Democratic party might do worse, as they probably will, than to make the journalist governor Bryan's running mate." The paragracb when ?bown to Gov MoSweeaey yesterday caused bim to smile and announce that be was going back to bis old borne at Haicptoo for a few days. He left on the cex; train. -State Deo 30. Seven years ago a cottou mill was established at Clover, York County, with a subscribed capital of $35,000 The same mi!! now has a capital of about $200.000, with no stock to sell at any price A new mill has been bailt at Clover and will begin opera tioo by March 1 It wiii use Egyp tian cotton exclusively and will make as fine yarns as any produced in the South -- -J -II - Mr W Y. Smoak, a prosperous farmer living near Branchville, de? cided about two weeks ago that God lad called bim to go to Utah and preach against Mormonism He ac? cordingly drew ail the cash money he had on hand from the bank at Branchville, bade his family good? bye and left It is said that some eitizena endeavored to get the family to prevent his going, but they all, including his wife, eeemed perfectly filling for him to go Smallpox bas appeared at 16 places in this State and in eight counties The State Board of Health has han? dled 1300 cases this year. To Cross Atlantic in Seventy Hours. Capitalists Backing James Gresham and His Inven? tion. - New York, Dec 28 -James Gres ham cf Brooklyn has found capital to j demonstrate the commercial value oi hie corkscrew boat, for which ie an ticipated a speed of 50 miles per hour A syndicate of New York capitalists has agreed to furnish $50 OOO with which to build a small boat ou the cockscrew plan with the furtner understanding that if it demonstrates its ability on a commer? cial scale to approximate the speed which the models have reached, the syndicate will furnish sufficiet capital to build a mail boat The inventer promises that bis craft will cross the Atlantic is Ie38 than three days. The vessel, the construction of which is being arranged for at the Newport News shipyards, is not intended for passenger service, but only for the conveyance of mails and fast freight and for use in life saving stations It is so constructed that ic can pene trate the surf or the waves of the roughest water The boat is cyiin drical in shape, with a serpentine flange like a corkscrew entending frow bow to stern, and the outer shell revolves through the water, while the inner compartment maintains its equipoise Postal Abuses. Charles Emory Smith, Postmaster General, in his annual report, devotes considerable attention to the abuse o? second-class matter. He says : "The most argent need of the postal service is the rectification cf the enor moos wroogs which have grov?o up io tue perversion and abase of the privi lege accorded by law to second-class mattsr * For tbis costly abuse which drags on the department and weighs dowo tbe service, trammels its power and means of effective advancement in every direction, invokes a ebeer. wanton waste of $20,000,000 or more a year. The postal deficit for the current year is ?6 610,776. Bat for this wrongful application cf the second* cla?>s rate, instead of a deficit there would be a clear surplus of many millions. It is now proposed to restrict j the privileges of legitimate publications or to modify the design cf thc Jaw, but only to bring back its application to its original and just scope." As to the oharaoter of the abuses which ?ead to this loss, Mr. Smith says : "The first is the paper covered books pot oat ooder pretense of being serial publications They have nothing of the nature of periodicals. They do not pos ses; a single one of the attributes which Congress meant to require io publica? tions that should be eotitled to the sec ood-oiass rate. Their 'consecutive norn i beriog' is a traversity ; their issoance at 'stated intervals' a parcdy ; their 'sub j soripticn list' a fiction ; their claitu of I being published 'for the dissemination of ioformation of a public character'a burletqae. There is nothing to disrin gui*h them io substance from bound books, and the discrimination in their favor is most unjust to the publishers of finer literature. "The second abuee is connected with the advertising 'house organ' and the so called trade journal. One of my pre- J deoessors. Postmaster General Bisseil, charaoteiized it as the 'bogus trade journal 1 There ?re many geou ne trade journals which are as legitimate as any periodical and justly eotitled to all their privileges. "These are rot included io the criti? cisms. But the trade journal described is simply an advertising scheme It is not designed to disseminate information of a publie oharaoter, and has no stand? ing as che exponent of ac j trade or io? dustry. These prints do cot conform in any just seose to the requirements of the law, but effer only a nominal and teobnical conformity. "Tbs third abuso grows out of the privilege of sample oopies. The sample oopy of a regularly admitted paper or periodical, counting for support upon its merits is presumably designed to ioduoe a new subscription by exhibiting its merits in a new quarter. But, as a matter of fact, io many instances the sample copy bas become oot the indivi? dual exhibit, but the potential cloak of j a thousand times multiplied distribution j without regard to subscriptions, and solely" as the plea and pledge for advertising. "The difficulty must be cured by the law-making power. The points to be reached are clear and well defioed. It is vital to reestablish io their proper classification and forbid the privilege of tbe pound rate to serial libraries of books, to bouse organs' and other sheets of an exclusive advertising char? acter, to samplo editions for advertising purposes, to advertising oirculars which I are masked under the names of fraternal ! societies, to returns b) oews agents of ; uosoid periodicals, and to schemes by which publishers pervert their preroga tives by sending matter in their own names at the poona rate for advertisers and purchasers who uave not thc privilege " \? CUBAN RELIEF curt-y Colic, KV Neuralgia and Toothache in five minutes. Sour Stomach and Summer Complaints. Price. 25c. Sold by HughBon Ligon Co. AT REST IN ARLINGTON The Victims of tho Horror in Havana Harbor. m ? Washington, Deo 28 -Today, opon rh;^ windy heigh** of A'hus't".' Ce ?it a rery. thc Maine dead, brough; irr. ll :7a?:;.; hy 'he bair;.? ship Texas, were laid away in their S.vai resria-j plato wit't e'n?:'l?' religions srrvjces and ?h?' irorjrof-iv.* honor* ?>* trar A eabinr? officer; surTeyipg tho fl 4* dfr;prd e?'f ?.-.8 before the ceremonies besan, faid : . The ?ives of the^e men co.*?. Spsin her CO?O? tri s A circniar letter has been maiied to the stockholders of the Darlington Cotton M iii stating that at a meeting of the board of directors held Dec 18 it was decided to is?ue $100,ou0 more stock for the purpose of don bling the capacity of the mill. Paper novels, oe--r t>aoer "ove?o a?. H d >?r?-e> fr. t'^'a SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Schedule in Effect Dec. 10,1891 N0.ll N0. 3fl ?.CTPPV TTlffl ?No. ?No.l2 Da?y-Da?j* EASTEE> TIME. jja?yjPa?y 5 30p 7 00a Lv. . < Marleston ... Ar; 11 00a b 15p 60?p 7 41a? - .. Summerville.. " ?lOlSaj 7:r?p 7 50p 855a " ...Branchville... M ? 852a 002i> 824p! 923a " ...Orangeburg... " ?8:2a' 534p 920p 10 15a 44.... Ringville .... " 730a 443p .Ill 45aj Ar ..Sumter.Lv.' 3 iKip .ll 40a! ".Camdon.Lv. 250p 1010p ll QQaiAr.. ..Columbia.Lvj 6 45a! 400p ~5i>0p 7 OJa Lv... Charleston .. Ar ll ?Oa S 15p 750p 9 15a " ...Branchville... " 852aj &02p S 1?*T?' 9 4la? " ....Bamberg ... " 8 27a 533p 83ip: 9 52a " .... Denmark ..." 8 13a; 5 li>p 850p 1010a: "... .Blackville.... u s 00a? 503p 957?;ll u9a? ".Aiken." 7 05a? 4 00p 1045p ll 51a 1 Ar.Augustaun.cLLv - I f? 20a1 310p NOTE: Tu addition to the above service trains Nos. 15 and l? run daily between Charles? ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman sleeping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston ll :<?0 p. m. : arrive Columbia 6:00 a. m. No. 10 leave Co? lumbia 1:30 a. it.. ; arrive Charleston 7 :00 a. m. Sleeping cars ready for occupancy at 9:00 p. m. borli at Charleston*and Columbia. These trains make close connections at Columbia with through trains between Florida points and Washington and the east._ ~ Ex~ ?Sun. ?Ex. ; Sun.! univ I S"~. Lv. Augusta . ! 7 00a! 930r.? 520p Ar. Sanders ville. . loon 12 43p 8 32p " Tennille. 130p!l250p 8 40p Lv. Tennille. j 5 40a 35?p 310p " Sandersville.I 550a; 4* ?Jp1 323p Ar. Augusta.i 9 0?a? 7 10p! 830p Daih- Dai* Lv. Savannah.. . 1205ail215p. .!. " Allendale. 6 35ai.t 1 00? '. Barnwell; 4 ?l?a 402p 7 25a.I 2 45p " Blackville...! 415a 4 Kp 10 20a .. .. 3 45p Ar. Batesburg...!. 1230p? Ar. Columbia...-! 0 00a! 600p;.: 7:wp r> 1,. M?X- Mix. ?Sun. .Daily Daily Ex sn Ex su onlv Lv. Columbia. ll 30a 1 _.",a 609a Lv. Batesburg....!.:. .1 215pi. Ar. Blackville....; 112p 3-05a 10 15aI 450p:10 15a " Barnwell.... I 1 27p? .i 2oa 11 00a! 9 I5p '.0 35a " Allendale.: . ...!... I201p/ 943p!il 15a " Savannah. :i 20pJ 5 15a ..?.'. Atlanta and Beyond. Lv. Charleston. 7 00a I:MI>. Ar. Augusta .31 ola I045pl. " Atlanta. 820p 5 00a. Lv. Atlanta.llO?pi 530a JOOp Ar. Chattanooga. 5 45a! 9 45a S4()p Lv. Atlanta..! 5 40a 4 15p Ar. Birmingham .... jil 35a lo 00p " "Memphis, i via Birmingham ?... ! 805p 715a Ar. Lexington. j 5 OOo 500a " Cincinnati.! 7 30p 7 45a " Chicago..?7 I5aj 5 30p Ar. Louisville.| 730p; 7 50a " St. Louis.i 7 04a 600p Ar. Memphis, (vin Chattanooga) .1 710p 7 40a To A shevillo-Ciuoinnati-"Louisville. _ ?T Tn,_Si? Lv. Augusta.-. :;o:ipl 9:)up " Batesburg . .i 4 4?pl?07a Lv. Chariest.->n~"~ ~ 7v0a|ll00p Lv. Columbia (Union L?i-i>ut i. il 40a] s:5oa Ar. Spartanburg .'.. Inp ll 2?a 44 Asheville.? 7?0p? 2lJ7p 44 Knoxville.j 4 15a: 7 20]) ** Cineinnnati.1 7:50p! 7 45a ** Louisville (via Jellicoe.. .j fi 50a To Washington and the East. Lv. Augusta. .i :?OOp 930p 44 Batesburg. 4 45p 12 07a 44 Columbia" (,Union Depot ). 555p 215a Ar. Charlotte.. . flOp; 9 4()a Ar. Danville.. i_'51a 1 iisp Ar. Richm o nd . ("lOifci r>i?ii Ar. Washington.j 7 :?5a S50y 44 Baltimore Pa. R. Ii.j H lia H im 44 Philadelphia.Ill'35a! 2.Vi? 44 New York._ .'? 203p? 623a Sleeping (?ar Line between Charleston and Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections" at Atlanta for all points North and West. Solid Traius between Charleston and Ashe? ville. Connect ions at Columbia with through trains for Washington and the East : also for Jackson? ville and ?ll Florida Points. FRANK S. GANNON. .T. M. CULP. Third V-P. v'c <4eu. Mgr.. Traine Manager, Washington. D. C. Washington,D. C GEORGEB. ALLEN. Div. Pass. Act.. Charleston. S. C. W. A. TURK. S. H. HARDWICK. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Asst. Ut a. Pas<. Agc, Washington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga. Dyspepsia Cure. Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food an ^alds Nature in strengthening and recon? structing the exhausted digestive or? gans. lt is the lat cst d iscovered di pest? ant and tonic. Ko other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It in? stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea. SickHeadache,Gastra?gia,Cramps,and i all other results of imperfect digestion. ; . Prepared by E. C. DeWitt ? Co.. Cbtcago. Fur s???r io Sumter by J S Hu-c p..n & Co ( : Estate of Mrs. Hannah M. f usick, OK0EASKD. I ALL PERSONs btvinif r:?uus "ir-i".^' | 5*??id K?t?:e will p^^?ltn' psme dn!v nt I tested, ?nd all persons ?n ?levwHv indeOt?-d ! ? to said F3 31 H i e ?ri?l m<?ke inor dii*tr? nHvoinni ! ' to MICH AB., C K * VAN A UGH, and NE L O'CONNELL, Dec 20-3t Qj?li?ied Executers. THE F?t?T [ts Coming is Looked Forward to "With Bot? Joy and Fear and it3 Safe Arrival is Hailed With Pride and Delight by Ail. Tho arrival of the first baby in the household is tho happiest and most im? portant event of married life. The young wife who i:- to become a motlier deii.shts to thinkof the happiness in store for her when tlie little one shall nestle upon her breast and latterly she shall hear it lisp the sweet and holy name, "mother." Blither happy anticipation quickly van? ishes when she realizes the terrible pain and suffering through which she must pass while bringing the little one into the world. An indescribable fear of the danger attendant upon the ordeal soon dissipates her joyfulness. Thousands of women have learned by experience that there is absolutely no necessity for the sufferings which at? tend child-birth; they know that by the use of "Mother's ."^iend"-a scien? tific liniment-for a few weeks before the trying hour, expectant mothers can so prepare themselves for the final hour that the pain and suffering of the dreaded event :s-e entirely obviated and it is safely passed through with com? paratively little discomfort. All women are interested, and es? pecially expectant mothers who for the first time have to undergo this trial, in such a remedy ; for they know the pain and suffering, to say nothing of the dan? ger, which is in store for them. "Moth? er's Friend** is woman's greatest bles? sing, for it takes her safely through the severest ordeal of her life. Every woman should be glad to read the little book "Before Baby is Born," which contains information of great value to all. It will be sent free to any one who sends their addrass to The Bradfield Regu? lator Co.. Atlanta, Ga. i?\k\!d ib Ui ii? UV tb xis ? i ??\??\'J iii t?t??r&xfc OUI? ?i>t?r?? 1 T?iree Fmm 2 Woek I 1 TOR-ABOUT TAS ? I PRICE OF OME. I if i his paper and thc A'.Incita & ? TwicerV/cek Journal br ? "3 T~ ?a S2.00. j? Here you get the news of | if the world and all your local g i| news while it is fresh, paying I jg very little more than one | if paper costs. Either paper is f I well worth ?fc.OO. Init byjpe- ? S pial arrangement we are en- f J ab?ed to put in both nf thom, f 5 giving three papers a week & J for this low price. You can- % if not equal this anywhere else, | % and this combination is the g. I best premium for those who % g want a great paper and a f. a home paper. Take these and & I you will keep up with the % ? times. f '?% Besides general hews, the 5 I Twice-a-Week Journal lias % I much agricultural ma?ter | .* and other articles of special ? J interest to farmers. It has % I regular contributions by Sam | 3 Jones, -Mrs. \V. H. relton, ? % John Temple Graves. Hon. % !t C. H. Jordan and other dis- g a tineuished writers. i Call at this c??icc and leave your 5. ? subscriptions fer bo;h pacers. You l| can get a sample copy o? cither p?- ^ i? per here on application. ?. ii ? I0AL WORK SEMD KO MONEY. 3ty new revised scientific work treating on ?very weakness ?.nd diaeaae pe r j;:ar to men i* jaBi from the press. Ev??ry man. uo mutter whiii hi9 occupation or position in life, vi,; find tliib wonc UL like anything ever pun! ished. lc ??ot vital interest to the married or unmarried; ? o tili healthy ?ind strone or to the weak and woken-down. While the edition iast* I will ?end ro;>y securely coaled in a plain wrapper, post? ea prepaid, ti> everyman whe write? for it. Thin :-:>ou limited and tho?.e desiring a copy munt ?i rita promptly. Andres* H. M. Row?. M. !>.. Pub I kt.lng Dopsrtnent O. 175 Clurk St.. N. E. ('or. y^HlCK. OJlicu?O. liUliOl?. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERST UFFICE UF COUNTT TREASURER SUMTER COUNTV. SUMTER, S. C , Sept. ?9, 13S9. "VyOTICE is hereby giren tb*? I will be io my office in the County Court House at Sumter from 0:toher 15th to December cist, 1839, inclusive, for tbe collection of faxes for the fiscal year 1899. Tbe levy is as follows : For Sta;e purposes, 5 mills. ForCouoty purposes, 3$ miils. For School purposes, 3 miils. Total levy, 11} milis. Also the fellowing gpecia' school levies : School District No 1, 2 mills. ! School District No 16, 2 mills. School District No 18, 2 mills. School District No 20, ' 3 mills. .Vit Clio, 2 mills. Concord, 2 mills. Privateer, 2 mills. No 5. 1 mill. No 17, 1 mill. Commutation Road Tax for 1900 is also payable at tbe eame time. H. L SCARBOROUGH, Oct 4 Treasurer Sumter Co. PLANT WHEAT. We hare boogh! a SORDYKK & NORMAN ROLL? ER MILL, And will be ready to manufacture the next creo . f wheat imo the oe.?i quality of Flour. Farmers a-e hereoy given urr.ply :?OMC?, to or<>tr that ail wno desire to plant * heat, may ? rio ?o with the assurent** that they cm Unxc ih-ir crop prouud on toil, or find ready nurkrt for same. Newman & Mims, Dec 6-lm ELLIOTT, S. C. Notice of reg?straia. The of 'outr Carolina-Sno??pr Couti ty - OffiV of >upprvi.ior3 o? R^'istr^.tion, Surotei County. Sum.er S G , February lat, 1839. N'/fif? ?? hereby civen tbs: in p.ccordaoep with an Act of lb* General Assemb-v, nod in conformity with the rf-qn rf-meets of the State r onsthu?ron, he books for the respiration of al! ?P?THI : y qu'tlitVd votera, a d for the isitiin'T of trar:S:*TS, et?" wi'J b^ oper: nt inp effie* of .Sui^rvisors ot Rp?:?3rraiio'i in the cotirr bous?, between th? hours of 9 o'clock a rn . ::r.d 3 o'clock p a; , on the Dr?r\?cn d*'. o' paco mo :b? ur.nl tbirt-, d?ys r?*fore the t? I1 '.rnfal elPC;ion Minors who fhail rt co cae o? ?ne during that penod of thu ty d?i.v? sbail be entitled to re^'STation t.ffore tb f books ?r? c?o*pd, if o:bprwi?e qualified. The requirc-ruents tor a qualified voter are that the applicant Tor regi^trption shai! be M bi** to read a d write correctly, or possess in his os n cwroe property to the amount o' three hundred dollars, upon which he par* taxes. E F BURROWS, T. D DuBOSE, J. M KNIGHT, Supervisors of Registration Sumter Co. Mfh If GOOD BOOKS -AS Ctcric^i. Ac" J! ros O OS; :r- o ctr.' c-.r:cJ S?rmona ??ac?: f'OvV s Con?p?ets l?irno Volume, contain* Kg ?if.iUt. ? ?-. pa^er, pr,n?cd ir. Large c?oar type. :L fcoLrd .rt Aitiactive psrer covers. *.. :c the y .: :.:r~? a r >:.' selection also .n thi .? r.e. A.. r'..c- ft?h a;, i Da;tfeh>&orwd??an iauKUiigt?. cen:? two epics for ?5 rents, or ten .-- [;?I .'..O?s nostoaid. Sse Lj??:?etQW. C-tDEH TO-DAY! .. . "so J ? . fi r??oct?.4*. ?ione in Lus>?..n. Heub*. . ' i r?tit inii;&- ..H'ei?un. . : !.. Moody. Stem o? ?JiaMru?":?. F.Ii . i-4(>* ?>.?. ;.?: i i.-.'.ics. F. c?eyer. H eyoi ?-.irit-FiUetl Lile, ^ohi . ?in OK ." u - .'"?o in Sto- J?aclS'eil. ry ?.r." . . ? Qv-vcomi::;; Lile. D. L . tTuTKCu .j ?"?T. D.w. Mccdy. M onay. ,?>>-:cs. ITesbn Stretton. ' ! Organ-Mrs. l'?~?il- L:I::cs. Ixft-.J.?.K G.F.V.#?i??T? " McO!~re. taja/o ?besrrlan. A.B. I-OHV.n. OL. Moody. \!.". Ur.v. } revat.iag Jrraysr. _ i <r Cro*m. J. W Cl.: ?- *.y?:?'h?.i and Wonting. ?i ni.i?' G jj 5?cviy. ,r.%v cf the Kvlyhla. lies- J..hi' FIoucamMi's Tc? i-? .-'(rt-t-v:: ' . H. Spur/eon. M ?nt for ch* .V? ?ste r's Csa. 1Vaip<;rance. S. li. M?&\M- Moody** Anecdotes, 'ic ?ibi<ft. Ches. Leach brnmsiond V Address?** "?US i?. A TC?TO?. S*!?C? i'f'TEJ?? New subscribers to tbe WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON, or old subscribers ?ot ?D arrears, who pay for one year ir advance, will be presented with any book they may select from the above list. The book will be delivered postage paid to any address ia the United States, Canada or Mexico. -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite, CaD ooo Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, .^SfPnrcfcasp our make, which we gu?rante sup?rior to any sold South, and thereby nave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o Anyone sending a sketch and description may Quickly sf certain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly confidential. Handbook on ratent? sent free. Oldest acency for Becurinp patents. Patents taken throuch Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in tbs Scientific American* A handsomely illustrated weekly. Ingest cir? culation of any sclentitic Journal. Terms. $3 a year: four montha, tl. Sold by ail newsdealers. MUNN ? Co.3e,Broad^ New York Branch Office. G25 F St- Washington. D. C. (Inion ?et? AND Garden Seeds. A supply ?f Ouion Sets, of choice varieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for the season's planting, now on hand. F?LL LINK OF MEDICINES, PERFUMERY and Fancy Articles, Usually found in a lirst class Dru?; i^tore. Prescriptions carefully com? pounded at reasonable prices. J. F. W. DeLorme. Oct 25. At fi High Pnc* I? Easily Found, Bat Fice Ptncos Like the At cor p*ices ereoniy fousd in cir ware rooma. Thev present a napp? combination of excellence, impossible to surpass elsewhere. Ca'aio?ce and Book of Suqrceetinns fer the asking TERMS ACCOMMODATING. SECOND K <* ND PIANOS TUNING, REPAIRING. CHAS. M: SHEFF. Wart-rooms, 9 North liberty Street. F<crort-Block of E. Lafayette Ave., Aiken and Lanv^Ie streets TAX RETOBES FOB 1900. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER COUNTY, SUMTER, S. C., Nev. 30, 1899. NOTICE LS HEREBY GIVEN that I wilt auei d in person or by deputy, at the loliowing places co the days indicated re spect'.velv, for tbe purpose of receiving re? turns of Personal Property, eod Poll Taxes fe r the fiscal year commeociog January 1st, 1S00: At office Sumter, S C., at all other times up to Feb 20, 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. Ragood, Monday, January 8. Kembert's Store, Tuesday, Janu ory 9. Ga?liard's X Roads, Wednesday, January 10. Bo86arde, Thursday, January ll. Gordon's Mill, Saturday, Janu? ary 13. Mayesvilie, Monday, January 15. Scoitsville, (Mcfilveen's Store) Tuesday, January 16. Shiloh, Wednesday, January 17. Norwood's X Roads, Thursday, January 18. Lyuchburg, Friday, January 19. Magnolia, Saturday, January 20. . Reid's Mill, Monday, January 22. Bisbopville, Tuesday and Wednes? day, January 23 and 24. Mannville, Thursday. January 25. Smithville, Friday, January 26. Tbe law requires tbat all peraoos owning property or in anywise bavice charge of such property, either cs agent, husband, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, etc , return the snue under oath to tte audi? tor, wbo requests all persoos to be prompt io making tbtir returns and save the 50 per cent, peoalty which wiil be added to tba property valuation of al! persons who fail ta make returns within tbe rice prescribed oy law. Taxpayers return what they own on tba first day o? January, 190?. Assefsors and taxpaj ers will enter the first giveu name of the taxpayer io fol!, also make a separate return for each township where the property is located aod also in each and every case the No. of the School District must be given. Every male citizen between the age of twenty one and sixty years on (be first day of January, 1900, except those incapable of earniDg a support from being rr.ain ed or from otber cause?, are deemed taxable polls, and except Confederate soldiers 10 years of age, on Jaooary 1st, 1900 Ail returns must be made on or before the 29th day of February next. 1 cannot take returns after tbat dare and all retorus made after tbe 2? th day of February are subject to a penaltv of LO per cen?. J. DIGGS WILDER, Auditor Sumter County. Sumter, S. C , Dec. 6, 1899. Life and Fire Insurance. Call on me, at my residence, Liberty Street, for both Life and Fire Inso rance. Oniy reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No 130. Andrena Moses. Oct 25-0 Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866/ Represent, among otber Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON ? GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE} HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000. Feb 28 DR. W. B. ALFORD, DENTAL SURGEON, SUMTER. S. C. Ornes HC?RS-S a. m. to 2:30 p. m.; 3:15 to 6:30 p m. Office over the Sumter Dry Goods Co. May 2 -6m Vinegar? 1 have on hand a lot of Home-made Vinegar of verj fine quality. The flavor is del? icate, while the strength is equal to any to be had. Will be sold at my residence for 40 cents per gallon. TC. G. OSTEEJ%.