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Gav. Writes Again. HE IS ONCE MORE IN THE BOSOM OP HIS FAMI? LY ON THE BANKS OP THE WEE NEE On the Banks of the Wee Nee, January 14,1900 "Many the changes since last we have met," no doubt, but they didn't seem to happen very much herea bouts. On the lOtn day of May, last, we received a cordial invitation to join our comrades iu the old ''City ky the Sea," f>r the purpose of re? lining and parading and making a general spectacular exhibition ot our brave, and gallant, and heroic selves, and never before having received so polite an invite to join our command for so peaceable a purpose, (all our former notifications having been curt aid very peremptory) we accepted tbe same and grabbed our gri- our friend Dwight Shaw's grip sack and went Circumstances over which we bad plenty of control, but didn't con trol, induced os to extend oar visit to the beautiful Forest City on the other bank of the Savannah, where other circumstances "similar accord in" to and same nature of above, eaused us to remato until the Kris Kringle and Yuletide aod turkey aod "bog killin" season reminded us that oar large aod camerons family (of rats and mice and other live cussed? ness) might be "a need'n of" our be? nign presence and patriarchal atten? tion. So here we are, and we might jost as weil have gone over to Som ter aod back for aoy changes that have occurred, save that our family have giown more numerous and in soient We've already enjoyed to the full the freedom from restrictions and city conventionalities, and have felt like a boy who doffs his S o od ay rig and gits ioto his shirt sleeves and bare feet and oo collar. But after the dio and bubbob, the mighty rash aod straggle aod strain, of the dollar united rabble, after the "almighty eagle," the rattle, and clang, and shriek and hiss OD land and water, day and Dight, arising in a subdued roar from these gothams of trade aod industry, to suddenly land in the piney woods, where the gentle sough? ing of the wind, the distant thud of the woodman's ax, or the long drawn plaintive sound of a far away dinner horn, and all that breaks the ?mother ing and monotonous silence, one feels like taking wings and flying back to where there ie more life and more lacre It is worth a trip off and back if only to experience the cordial re ceptioo, aod note the genuine pleasure evinced I'D the counteoaoces of friends as they greet you a hearty welcome until you begio to ponder what tibe dickeos a?d Thos P Walker voa ever did to eaase them aoy gladness io gazing upon your car cass ever again Of coarse you will meet some of those stolidly appa thetic kind who'll greet you as though they'd seen you before break fast and with a cool self complacency that wouldn't bs disturbed by the "seconoV coming ;" but such as these "cue no ice" and are "not in it" mach. (Please note that we've mod ernized our vocabulary ) Among the irksome sameness here we found our neighbor Long, more same and long than ever, still teeming with wisdom and pregnant with erudite predictions, j the veritable Jesunofsky of this baili | wick Loid bless us, what Long don't know would fiil huge volumes j of nonpareil or diamond ?ype Long agrees with the Pope anent the j nineteenth-twentieth century prob j lem, and ciaims that this is 1900 and ! Jinnerwerry and that Jinoerwerry is io the 20th century tost the ?eme as ? * * i that the minute after he was 19 years cid he was n his 20th year, and I with a patronizing smirk remarked, j "Ef that don't spell logick what do it sp^ll,"' and when we modestly murmured that it spelt sophistry ?nd that he had to complete hi? 19th year before entering bis 20th, ami if lie should live to be two centuries old (which we verily suspect he nought, and have to be butchered, at !a~:, in order to resurrect properly) h ? first century would have comm. need with his year one and would '-nd with the ending of bis 100th yea- and his second century could therefore only commence with his 101st year- 1st vear of his 2d century ; but he shook his sagacious head and went away sorrowful, pitying the utterly hope 1 less darkness of our intellect How ever, he left us some sage predic j lions, among which are that there'll j I be two more snows this month, mak j ing three to correspond with three j fogs in August Also iook out for the fogs in March indicating cor responding frosts in May A iso, three red corn cobs and three white j co-but excuee us, our patience is fatigued and we'll cut Long short That chimerical monster, the hydra headed whiskey question, is again vexing the legislative scions and some people To some extent those three great powers, the press, the pulpit and the petticoats, as well as the politicians, will permit their hyperpious souls to be greatly perturbed over what they are pleased io term the "monster evil/' the "erving sin of the age," &c, &c, world without end Well, surely all this aint jumpiV any fresh rabbit. These 6ins have ali been here a mighty long time and are mighty general all over this world since before the great freehat, and we reckon there were some mighty good people before our age and some very wise Here in our riparian hiberoa:ory we ean hot marvel at the ostensible hopes of these utopian zealots to corral sin and eoop up iniquity by virtue of drastio laws and sumptuary measures and to oboke the world with a prema? ture miUeoium, wb.30 the lion and the iamb are not yet prepared to lie down together. Our governor suggests that there is a high, strong fenoe of publio senti? ment that is hedging about the dispen? sary. We would suggest that tbis simple complacency and acoeptauce of the situation is born of the fact that men bave learned to get along without the dispensary and though the govern? ment should build a ooncrete wail around the State, "boree high, bull strocg, and pig tight," vet so long as there exist men and mooey and thirst 00 thia side aod men with liquor on the other, they will meet aod trade either under or over or through the wall, maugre the government and a oordoo of bireliogs. Men love the laws when they protect their liberties, not wheo they interfere with them. Why don't some of these ultra-pbilaotbropio souls enter some oew field of sin and iniquity, not so overcrowded, but equally deserving of their beoevoleot attention. There is the growing drug habit, thc habituai indulgence in iaudanum, morphine, opium, chloral, &c , far more insidious aaa pernicious io their effects than whiskey and entailing more suffering upon the unfortunate victim, a habit that is stealing among and casting its baleful fascination over 6ome of the softer sex even The blessed women are seemingly more prone to this more secret vioe aod wheo once confirmed it becomes a veritable fetich of worship and iofatuation. Now here is a great, wide, uoteoded field for the expenditure of some of this exoberaot whiskey philaothropy, one singie good woman saved or reclaimed is worth any balf dozen men anyway and that's putting the woman a doggooaed night below cost too Guv. How the Twelve Died. The followiog brief history of the fare of the Apostles may be new to those whose readiog has not beeo evangelical : St Matthew is supposed to have suffered martyrdon, or was slain with a sword at the city of Ethiopia in Ezypt. Sr. Luke was bacged opon an olive tree in Greece. St John was put into a cauldron of boiling oil at Rome, and escaped death He afterwards died a natural death at Ephesus, in Asia St James the Goeat was beheaded at Jerusalem. St. Jame* the LOPS waa thrown from a pinnacle or wing of a tecopie, and theo beaten to death with a fuller's Club. St Philip was hanged up agains*: a I-Ular at Bierapolis, a city of Phry gia S? Bartholomew was flayed alive by 'he command of a barbarous king Sr Andrew was burned to a cress whr-oee h:; preached unto the people u iiii ne died. Sr Thomas was run through the | body wirb r. lance, at Caromaodel, in 'bc Eas: lnd.es St Jude was .she to death with if r'>T? I S- Stmeon Z^allott wa-: crucified in ! P rsia S Matthias wae fir.-? ston -1 and then 0 headed. S Barnabas V:;.H stoned rn dearh by rive J;'*- at <sh;??a St i *aal vas ic beaded at Rome by , the ^vr;?'if Nero LS CLBAN 0 S L curr: ! its. tis:n :?.rid SO?VS. Pi?cc", 25 els Sold by Hughsoo-LifToo Co. Po[>u!*r itoriee for boya and yir?n, Henty aerie?, aodf many otoera at H. G. Osteen ? Co's. State Y MCA Convention. The Stare Eseoutive Committee ot the South Carolina Yoong Men's Chris? tian Association has accepted an invita? tion from the citizens of Greenwood, S. C , to hold their annual convention io that prosperous community. The Twenty third AnDual State Conveotioo of the South Carolina Young Meu'? Christian Association will convene on Thursday afternoon Feb 8. 1900, and continua through Sunday, F-.-b ll. it is confidently czpcctcd that the railroads will grant thc usual reduced rates The citizens of Greenwood v;iil entertain all delegates We cordially invito the Christian men of the State, whether members of the Young Men's Christian Association or not, to attend this convention. A letter from your pastor will entitle you to a delegate's credentials. We are planniog for a helpful con? vention ; an excellent program is being prepared and will be anDOUQced later. Li9t us come together in the spirit of prayer aod may this be the time wheo our faith ehail be strengthened aod our spiritual lives quickened. Suoday, Feb 4th, will be observed as Young Men's Bay, and we earnestly request tbe prayers of all Christian peoDle oo this day. Will you no\ join with tbe other Christian meo of our State oo this day and pray for a mighty ont pouring of tbe Holy Spirit upon this gathering of Christian workers. Yours very fraternally, James Allan, Sr, Chairman, C J Cowperthwat, Charleston, Atba T Jamison, Camden, F H Hyatt, Columbia, W M Graham, Sumter, John B Adger, Charleston, James Diiliogbam, Cberaw, John Stevens, Charleston, H E ?Uvenel, Spartanburg, J G Gordon, Charleston, E K Marshall, Charleston, T 8 Bryan, Columbia, John Kershaw, Charleston, D B Johnson, Rook Hill. GREENWOOD'S INVITATION. Greenwood, S. C , Jan 1, 1900 To the Christian Yoong Men of South Carolina : The town of Greenwood extends a most cordial invitation to delegates of Young Men's Christian Associations and all Christian young men to meet there OD Feb 8:h to 11th, 1900. Our hearts aod our bome9 are open to you and we will cheerfully entertain ali who come D C DuPre, J K Durst, E H Tar raot, J R Nichols, Geo A Bark?dale, J T Medlock, S P Wright, L M Moore. Convention Committee. Charlotte. N. C., Jan 13-The Observer tomorrow will say : "Intell-i geoce was received here last night that George Gould, tbe New York million? aire, has become a stockholder in the Loray Cotton Mill9. at Gastonia, to tbe amount of ?250,000, and tbat a cheok for th is amount bas been received in Gastonia It is also stated that another subscription of $150,000 from a northern capitalist bas been sent the promoters of the new mill These subscriptions, it is believed, wili raise the capital stook of the mill to ?1.400 000. Contracts for some of the buildings and maobinery were given yesterday " Anonymous correspondent writes us that we have bluodered io repre senting the name of a prospective condidale for governor as "Artaxer? xes" II Pattison. He says that the baptismal name of the person in ques tion is " Abracadabar.." a magical word used as a charm against chills and fevers This, we submit, does not alter the essential justice of our criticism. "Abracadabar H. Patti son" is a name which will give quite as great wrench to the public nerves as "Artaxerxes H. Pattison." More, indeed ; for we can understand that "Artaxerxes" might prove alluring to a certain class of voters because of the two Xs in it We renew our objection to the injection of any such excruciating names into the primary campaign Yet who. after ail, is Abracadabra ll Pattison ?-The State. A^j? CUBAN OIL cures Cuts, !''!5rns' Bruises> ?heimia Jt^tism and Sore.-. Price, 25 eis Sold bv rlagbson-Lieon Co. Society J iii!, .J-n io -W. il. Burn, a marchant of Gash's, was shot by G t ! Parker this evening. From th" megro details obtained )'? appears that :J dispute arose about crosstier? No hope ;s entertained ol Mr !jr;i's recovery If ?S r- ] . I r. . ' i. i a M ? Parker escaped arel Mr Hum'?.- broth? er i Ifers a reward )'<>t his capture WI- . -?BM The t?>mat?> now definitely a* signed a place as :? tonic among foons A noted physician has made extensive experiments willi the juice as a medicine, and says as a health pieservative it is unequalled. ; Twenty Fifi]] Infantry i Attacked by ?olomen. I - j Tne Filipinos Lost Fifty Men, Inflicting no Damage Washington, Jan 15 -Tbc war : d?partent today receired the following j report from Gen 0?i? : Manna, Jan 15 Balomcs and armed i igurgeute, rub hers from Zimbaios mountains, attack? ed two c>u2pif->:e? Twenty Sith ?ri?antrv, O'Neil cornrnatidiog. at Iba, Jan (j Driveo and pursued with los* to tiiern or 50 mer: ; no casual ties Schwan7? troops cast and south Saoto Tomas, j Bitatz.s Yesterday, Ch cat Lam's bat? talion Thirty seventh struck enemy east Santo Tomas an San Pablo road, and enemy left five dead oo field. Cavalry soon appearing pursued force eastward ; no report of result. Cbeath am's casualties one wounded Anderson, Thirty eighth, en route to Lipa, yesterday struck insurgents few miles south Santo Tomas, drove them through Lipa to Rosario; enemy's loss 20 dead and wounded, six Spanish prisoners, $20,000. Schwan has liber? ated about 200 Spanish prisoners DOW en route to Manila. Anderson's cas? ualties yesterday, one man killed, two wounded Wheaton's force actively operating io western Cavite aod B*t anga provinces. All important towns held and constant patrolling. Great many Filipinos returning to homes ; believed to be insurgent deserters. (Signed) Otis. The oil trust has, since the wave of prosperity has struck us, run the price of oil up 35 per cent They probably consider this only a light matter Norfolk, Va , Jan 15 -United States district Judge Waddill this afternoon refused the injunction pray? ed for by Thomas F Ryan ot New York against the consolidation of the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad of the Seaboard Air Line system the Florida Central and Peninsular and the Georgia and Alabama rail? ways. An Intelligent Censor. No play may be publicly performed in England until it has been passed upon and agreed to by the stage cen? sor. A certificate must be secured froir the lord chamberlain. The lord chamberlain himself does not, of course, read all the plays submitted to him, but the work is passed on to the examiner of plays, who is not always a man of education or discretion and who in many cases has been suspected of letting things pass because man? agers have made it profitable to him to close his eyes to supposed faults. The story is told of one of these ex? aminers who was moved to strike out "drunk as a lord" in one of the plays submitted to him. There used to be an old rule that the word "heaven" should be substituted in stage lines wherever the name of any of the per? sons of the Triuity came up. So this clever examiner changed the line to read "as drunk as a heaven." The penalty for disobeying the ex? aminer is a line of $250, which may be levied on any person connected with the forbidden performance- callboy as well as star. Strange Freak of Fate. Says the Portland Oregonian: "It ii the belief of some historians that the name 'Oregon' is Aragon in disguise, that it was given to this country by the early Spanish voyagers and thal American explorers so interpreted the word given them by the Indians. The theory is at least plausible and indi? cates a strange freak of fate. The name Spain proudly brought to this distant coast returned to the West In? dies oUU years later to destroy the power of Spain on the seas! Little thought De Fuca when he sighted this coast in 15'J2 that some day it would build a warship which, under the name of Aragon, or Oregon, would be fore? most in the hattie that marked the end of Spains dominion in thc new world/ Estates of Mrs. Frances C. Brimson, Deceased, and of Miss Mary M. Branson, Dec?d AS Administratrix 'if Enate of W Hayne Gordon, Deceased, I hereby givp r-.o'iee tn>u on Fe "or OH ry 17tb, 1S00. I will apply to the Jud?e o? Prooate of Sumter Count? for a Final Settlement and D.scharfe in the aforesaid K:".a-f? / ALICK C GORDON, idm'x Administratrix Ki:. W H?yoe Gordoo, Dec d J in 17 4t MCE TO TAXFAYM~ OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER; S G . S?pt 29, ISfO. "VP ?TIGE is i <? by pt* :: ?:. lt I wi..- :..? in l\ myofficeir! ?be Coon tv Geer: ..>;!.< 8tiV.mt,T fr ?ira October )L>U lo Dt*ce>i:?.er '? r*??i ?S:"0, ?oclu?:ve, tor the co!:-.: . " o' i (".?.? 5 m i :<i tai) y > C*?!:\ J nillir-. i Concord, '? ?ilis; I Privateer, 'Z 05ii.'s. i No r>. I mit i. ? No. ?7, '. rail!. Commutation Road Tux for 1900 is .-?ho j prty'itie at the &H:U..' time. H. L SCARBOROUGH, Oct 4 Treasurer Sumter Co. ^??5CU8AN RELIEF cures Colic, | {vi X< M ! ra i;: i a and. Toothache in | ^MJ^-five minutes.. Som* Stomach and j ir Summer Complaints. Price 25c i Sold bv Hugbsoo L?eon t?o. Buy Writiog Tifci&te, Pen?is and p-iper at O ',rr>.n'i> H :r,k Storp SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Cbadeused S ! ??Xl N". is?? Daily Dailv* 10 ISO."?. EASTERN TIMK. 53?p 7 " Lv ?;o!'p ; 4i:i? .. 75?D Si^aj '. 824^ 9 23a - 92?n lu 15a - . Char?esro: Summcrvi! Branchvill .Orangebui .. Ringville iXo. ? :<?.:?> ? baily Daily j Ar ll (tia S J?p \ ?? lu ISaj 7:;?p . " 852a| G02p . " ! s 22a 5 :J4]> . " 7 :?Ja; 4 4:ip .1145a Ar ..Sumter.Lv|.! 300p .ll 4'.).-^ '*.Camden.Lvi.j 250p IOlOp ll (Wa1 Ar.. "Columbia.LT j fi 4?ai 400p 530pj 7 0ia Lv... (fharleston . Ar ll ooa 8lop 7 50p? 915al " ...Branchville... M i S52a! 602p 819p 9 4la? " .".Bamberg .... ,: i 8 27a; oSJp 8 alp, 952a " ....Denmark.... " 1 813a: 5 lito 85Up;10lJa M ....Blackville.,k i SOOa' 5U3p y57u:llU0a ,;.Aiken." i 7 05ai 4 OOp lU45p:1151a Ar. Augusta nn.d.Lv " I 6 20a1 310p NOTE: In addition to the above service trains Nos. 15 and 16 run daily between Charles? ton and Columbia, carrying elegant; Pullman Bleeping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston 11:00 p. m. : arrive Columbia 6:00 a. ra. No. 16 leave Co? lumbia 1:30 a. m. * arrive Charleston 7:00 a. m. Sleeping cars ready for occupancy at 9:00 p. m. both at Charleston and Columbia. These trains make close connections at Columbia with through trains between Florida points and "Washington and the east. i Ex. |Sun. ?Ex. I Sun. I onlvl Lv. Augi sta .t 7 OOal 9 30a Ar. Sandersville. 100p 12 43p " Tennille. 130p|l2o0t> 520p 832p 8 40p Lv. Tennille_ " Sandersville. Ar. Augusta. 5 40a 350p( 310p 5 50a 400p| 3 23p 9 OOal 7 lOpI 8 30p !r>o;wlr>?;i^i Mix. | Mix |Daily pMUjuaayKxgn Lv. Savannah.... 12 05a 12lop " Allendale. I.I 6 3ca " Barnwell.... 4 UOal 402p! 7 25a " Blackville... 413a 417p 10 20a Ar. Batesbur?... j.?12 30p Ar. Columbia...- 6 00a 600pi Lv.jColumbia.1130ai 125a 6 OOal Lv. Batesburg....!.I.j.! 2 lop Mix. Ex au lOOp 2 45p 3 45p '30p bun. only Ar. Blackville....: 112pj 305all015a 450pl015a - Barnwell.... I 1 27p 3 2ua: ll 00a 915p 10 35a " Allendale.'.I.il201p 9i-ip ll 15a " ?Savannah.j 3 20p: 5 Iga!.1.1. Atlanta and Beyond. Lv. Charleston.I 7 OUa; 5:JX)p Ar. Augusta.ll 51a 10 45p " Atlanta.i 820p 5 00a Lv. Atlanta.ll OOp: 5 30a Ar. Chattanooga.* 5 4?a! 9 45a 4 00p 8 4Up Lv. Atlanta.l a 40a 1 415p Ar. Birmingham.'II 35ail000p " Memphis, (via Birmingham)...j b05p| 7 15a I Ar. Lexington..I 5 00p 5 00a ?j " Cincinnati.:. 730p 7 45a '_* Chicago. 7 15a 530p Ar. Louisville. " St. Louis .. Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga). 7 30p! 7 50a 7 04a 6 00p 7 lOpI 7 40a To Asheville-Cincinnati-Louisville. EASTERN TIME. ?Nol34|Nol36 _?Daily Daily Lv. Augusta.i 3 Udp 9 30p " Batesburg.I _445p'l2 07a Lv. ( Sutrleston. " ._.. . ... I _7_U>a: ? OOp Lv. Columbia ( Union Deport.Ul 40ai 8 :>u? Ar. Spartanburg .!.! :jl(tp ll 25a " Asheville .j 7 0Op; 237o " Knoxville.? 415a] 7 20p " Cincinnnati...j 7 30p 7 45a " Louisville < via Jellicoe.1. 6 5ua To Washington and the East. Lv. Augusta..I ^(Xip: 930p " Batesburg. 445p:12o7a " Columbia (Union Depot).I 555pi 215a Ar. Charlotte....| 910p 940a Ar. Dan vi li?*......|l251a 138p Ar. Richmond.i 600a! ti25p Ar. Washington. 7 35a; 850p - Baltimore Pa. R. Ii. 912a;1125p " Philadelphia.ll 35aj 256a " New York. 203p- 6 23a Sleeping Car Line between Charleston and Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at Atlanta for all points North and West. Solid Trains between Charleston and Ashe? ville. Connections at Columbia with through trains for Washington and the East : also for Jackson? ville and ail Florida Points. FRANK S. GANNON. J. M. CULP, Third V-P. <te Gen. Mgr., Traffic Manager, "Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C GEORGE B. ALLEN, Div. Pass. Agt., Charleston, S. C. W. A. TURK. S. H. HARDWICK. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Washington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga. Atlantic Coast Line. tfILliINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AS GUSTA RAILROAD. Condensed Schedule. Dited November 19, 1893. TR A?S 6 GO LNG SU?TB. Leave Wilmington Leave Marion Arrive F;orence Leave Florence Arrive Sam ter Le?.*? S'.tvnter Arrive Co?u'ab;tv N'o. 55 No. 35 D ta. *3 45 ? 3 -t 7 15 p. ci. s. nr.. *7 45 ?2 34 3 57 3 5g No. 52 8 57 *9 40 10 20 il 00 No. 52 rana thro??h from Charleston vi I Central R R , ier.v? y. ObarlestOH 7 a r> ! Lanes S 34 a -e, s??n- og ? OS >'? m a ri p rr.. -:rl 43 *4 15 a 05 5 :r ia f .. r;? J thrcujfb t:> ?"*?...-i '.mn, ?>. i' v.A Cenr-ai R R., srnvir.g ^na.^- 'S 41 , n, 1 G 17 v ?i , Ch-ritr^ r S >'.'. p m :'. s--.:o--' ?vonvrav Bracch Ir^ive? :-i.!'r'o r '> ; ta; err:ve Convfay 7 40 j? rv. retisr? ir-vj ie?v? i .-,:ITV?'?V S vi a n?; K-ri-..-? G ir* J bourn I ! 2C ?m, leave Cb ?dboj rn 1 ! 50 a m; arrive Bub 12 25 n m. re:orning ieavs He 3.00nm, arriveCaadbooro 3 35 am, P~ ! sxcept Sunday. f. R. KKNLV, Gen'l Manager.; . M. EMERSON, Trafile Manager. H. Vi. EMERSON Gen'lPass. Ageat. FINE PIANO. At a High Price Is Easily Found, But Fine Pianos L'ke the ? W? Er ' w fl mm m k . At oar prices, are only found ID our ware rcoro3. The? present a happj corariica?iot of excellence, impossible to surpass elsewhere. Catalogue and Boole of Suggestions for the asking. TERMS ACCOMMODATING. SECOND-HAND PIANOS TUNING, REPAIRING. CHAS. M. STIEFFj Wardrooms, 9 North liberty Street. Factory-t?lock cf E. Lafayette Ave., Aiken and Lanvalestreets. TAX TOM FOB 1900. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER COUNTY, SUMTE Bj S. C., Ney. 30, 1899. NOTICE 13 HEREBY G1TEN that I will attend io person or by deputy, at the following places on the days indicated re? spectively, for the purpose of receiving re? turns of Personal Property, and Poll Taxes for the fiscal year commencing January 1st, 1S00 : At office Sumter, S Q.t at all other times up to Feb. 20, 1900, inclusive : Tindalls, Tuesday, January 2. Privateer, (Jenkins- Store) Wed? nesday, January 3. Manchester, (Netties' residence) Thursday, January 4. Wedgefield, Friday, jantary 5. Stateburg, Saturday, January 6. Hagood, Monday, January 8. Rembert's Store, Tuesday, Janu ory 9 Gallard's X Hoads, Wednesday January 10. Bossards, Thursday, January ll. , Gordon's Mill, Saturday, Janu? ary IS. Mayesvilie, Monday, January 15. Scoitsville, (McElveen's Store) Tuesday, January 16. Shiloh, Wednesday, January IT. 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 persons owning property or in anywise having charge of such pronerty, either ss agent, husband, euardiao, trustee, executor, administrator, etc , return the ssme under oath to the audi? tor, who requests all persons to be prompt in making their returns and save the 50 per cent peoalty which will be added to the property valuation of all persona who fail to make returns within the tine prescribed by law. Taxpayers return what they own on the first day of January, 1900. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer in foll, also make a separate return for eacb township wbere the property is located and a'so in each and every case the No. cf the Schcol District oust be given. Every male citizen between the age of twenty-one and sixty years on the first day of January, 1900, except those incapable of earning a support from beicg maitred or from other causes, are deemed taxable polls, and except Confederate soldiers 10 years of age, on January 1st. 1900. All retorna must be made oo or before the 20th day of February next. I cannot tike returns after that date and all returns made after the 2( tb day of February are surjsct to o penalty of 10 per cent. J. DIGGS WILDER, Auditor Sumter County. Sumter, S. C , Dec. 6, 3899. Life and Fire Insurance. Call on me, at my residence. Liberty Street, for both Life and Fire Insu? rance. Only reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No ISO. Azidrenai Moses. Oct -25-0 A. rai & wi Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON t GLOBE. NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000. Feb 2S DR. W. B. ALFORD, DENTAL SURGEON, SUMTER S. C. (.KFFCR H CBS-3 a m. to 2:30 p. BJ ; :>:15 to 6:30 ;? m Office over ?be Sumter Dry Goods Co. May 2 -6m I have on hand a lot of Home-made Vinegar cf very line quality. The ila vor is del? icate, while the strength is equal to any to be had. Will be sold at my residence for 40 cents per gallon. W# G. OSTEEL?