The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 17, 1900, Image 3
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?