The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 16, 1901, Image 6
ARE THESE BRIBES ?
UNHEARD OF 8TATE OP
AFFAIR8 IN WASHING
I TON.
Special Correepoodenee
Washington, Jtu 12? Three re
cent eveois io Washington have
taken aw if tbe breath of tbe statee
whose political memories go
to the days before tbe Hanna
of politico eamo into vogne
Poesibiy tbey both appear aig?ifioaut
>ly through so iooideotal ooiuei
bot, if to, it reflects oterly
itiOb oo tbe taet and ooromcn
of tbe administration aa it
tens sota oo its eeoee of decency if
they aroae throogh design They are
tbe nomination of Jamea 8 Harlan
of Illiooe. eoo of Joatioe Harlan of
too eopreme coort. to be ottorney
gooerai of Porto Rioo ; the sudden
ood oewarranted promotion of Gapt
t. B. BfoKenna, eoo of Justice Mc
Keuee of tbe eopreme court, to a fat
stieg? peeUioe ood with higher rank ;
ood tbe orgin* of o bill by the
odsoiotetratioo spokesmen io congress
to faloe tbe aaJariea of tbe jotticea of
tbe ooprion court by about 50 per
i.t ao etdioary tine, of ooorae.
OBstbot of tbeee faeta would ezoite
aay oofacaeot other tbao favorable,
let tbe preeaat ia not aoy nrdioary
time Tbe greet colonial eaeea oow
?itf io tbe sopreme court if
led eoe way, will briog honor
Sod or edit oo tbe practices and
jedgmeet of tbe president and bio
advisors; if decided tbe other way,
tbey will briog too Repoblioao party
to tbe verge of role, compelling it to
aeeeree oil It boo done ood revoke all
Mo ooedeot toward tbe ieland poeeee
oiooo ood admit that It violated tbe
ooojoiltotloo ood tbe lowo. A ooob a
moeiiat, to offer whet might eeoily
bo ooootroed ae bribeo to tbe mem
beta of too oourt ia eitber o c otoesal
piece of iecoleooe or elee o pieoe of
oobeord of look of toot ood eeoee
Too ooivereal reo pect with whiob
Jeetloee Hoilao and MoKeona are
?ogofdod by tbe American people,
a ad too abeolote confidence tbey
bove Io their iotogrtty, bovo prevent
od open preee critioiam wbiob would
oojtely bovo beeo iocieive ood vigor
eoo ?oder other oiroomsUooee
Fvobobly oo ooo ior o moment tbinka
of ooooeotiog too pereooolity of tbe
two greet joriato with tbe matter. It
Io evident oo tbe moo of things tbot
tbey bovo beeo tboogbtleealy placed
bj o peottioo of embarraaemeot by
bio preeideot, wboee poet repototioo
tool ood delicacy reodere bie
Io thia connection truly
eorpriaing to tbe toon try
How Mr McKinley oeold fail to
reolioe tbot tbe appoioment of tbe
eooe of tbe topreme eoort justice?
to bigb pleoee, while tbe caee of tbe
odoiioiatration againat tbe constitu?
tion of tbe United Statee wee before
tbot auguat tribunal, woold ezoite
criticism end reeeotmeot, it ie diffi?
cult to ooderetend Tbe public koow
tbot tbe atroggle io o deeperote ooe
to obtain a oooatrootioo of oor
orgeoio law, wbieb, if given, woold
deetroy tbe eooetitotioo aa tbe broad
ood sole beeo of goveromont. ood
bay tbe territories opeo to a system
of execofive abaolotism President
McKinley could not be obliv ous to
this widespread opinion Knowing
it to eiiet, it oppeere otoogo tbot be
ebne Id permit himself to do onytbiog
wbiob ai|(bt justify o suspicion, oo
matter bow unwarranted, tbat be
woold, or oo oo honest officer eoeld,
oatsmLt to inflaenoe too judgment or
deoieioe of tbe eopreme eoort, or of
aoy of its members.
Farther, toe move by agents of tbe
admiaiwtration io Ooogreeo to pees
tbe proposed bill to increase tbe
?alary of Supremo Coort Justices to
tfteec tboooaod dollars a year, before
o deoision io tbe Porto Ricsn ood
Pbilippioe eeoee can be bonded dowo.
ie sveo more amasiog. Never hae
eeyibisg more calculated to injore
tbe highest tribunal io tbe lead to
tbe eyss of tbe people been conceiv?
ed io Amehosn history. It is not
tbot soyooe would think for a moment
tbat tbe propoeed bsnefioiaries had
tbe rsmotest connection with tbe
project?tbe parity of 'or greatest
beech ie not, oever h?w been, and
probably oever will to open to the
slightest queetion. But the inevit?
able deduction will be that tbe sd<
ministration and ite trusted allies
believe that patronage and emolu?
ment might Mght a result in tbe
constitutional cases at issue olher
tbsn tbst which would be dictated by
so und reseontng, sod a just ooostrno
tioo of oor fundamental law
These acts become all the more
scandalous when it is re-called that
skillful observers of tbe esses now io
too oourt believe that tbst body is
dividsd 6 to 4 sgainat the govern
rnent'e contention in regard to the
oolooiee 0. M.
awmOw**S)Sji ?
Brav? Meet fall
Vtetirn* to steaaeb, liver aod kidoay troo
Bsse bj welt as woaen, aod all foal tha roan.?4
sa less of appetite, poiaoos io the bl?od, hack
oAee, oervooaaeea, keadaobeaod tired, lio 11 wan
too de?a feel i eg. Bot there's oo need to fuel
Oka that. Lmao to J. W. Qerdoer, Idevillo,
lad. Ha aay* "gleetrio Bitiera are Jost the
Sbiog for ? ouao vikea he ia all run down, aod
eWt euro wkethar he llvae ordiee. It did
saero to give tea near strength aod good appa
Ooo Ikoo ooytkiog 1 ooold take. I ean now
oat ooytkiog ood kove a oow loose oo life.'
Only IB see is ol I? F W. Da Lor see's Drag
?very hot lie gear a steed. f
This May Not Be True.
Lord Kitchener Rn ports a
Vile Aot of the Enemy.
London, Jan IS ?The war office
baa reoeived the following dispatoh from
L?rd Kitehener :
??Pretoria, 8oodiy. Jao 13.
"About 1,400 Boer* erosaed the line,
attaokiug both Zaorfooteio and Kaal
ton ?ein stations, bat were driven off.
They were being parsaed by a oavalry
brigade."
Lord Kitehener reports also sevsrsl
skirmishes at different points, with
trifling British losses, and addi :
? Three agents of the pesee commit?
tee were lakeo as prisoners to DeWet's
laager oesr Liodley, Jao 10. Ooe.
was a British sobjeet, was flogged and
theo shot The other two, burghers,
ware flogged by DeWtt't orders '*
INDIGNATION IN LONDON.
London. Jao 14, 4 30 a. m.?The
brief report of the fate of the three
membera of the peaoe committee who
were sent to see Geo Do Wet eioi'es the
deepest iodigoatioo oo all sides. Ooe
or two pspsrs siprsss a hops thst Lord
Kitehener has beeo mislead by false
Kaffir reports ; bot it is generally fslt
that ho woula oot have roported tho
mattsr to tho war office without
oodoobtsd etideooe
The Daily Mail heads the report with
tho word "morder" sod disslsims aay
farther attsmpt to toas the enemy ioto
sobmtssior. "DoWet has plaosd him?
self outside tho pale of bumsnity."
says Tho Daily Mail "aod oot
proo.imattoas hot largo rssoforoemsots
mast ba oar watohord "
The Moroiog Post says: 4'This
marks the point whora tho guerrilla
phaaa aads aod tho baadit phase
bog.ov."
All tha papers appeal stroogiy to the
govsromeot to harry forward reseforos
moots, siooa it is evideot that the Boer
loaders have oow become deaperste aod
conciliation is quite asslsas.
Tha Pretoria correspondent of The
Daily Mail aoooaoess the return to
Pretoria of Mr Pretorias, a former
Prsoiaoat of the lato Soath African
rspablis, from a fatilo endeavor to par
saads tho Boar leadsrs to surrender.
Details of the attaek apoa Kaal foe -
tsia aad Zaarfoatsio, stattoos show
that there wore only small garrisons
of about 126 moo at oaah otatioo. The
British bad eiaellaat trenches which
soabled them to withstand tho attaoks j
aatil tha Boars, hating ataartaioed thst
rwa a for scan eats wore coming to the
garrisons, retired. At Zaorfooteio a
party of Boers ia khaki taoooeded in
capturing a British patrol of sight men
whom thoj subsequently liberated.
Too railway aad telegraph lines will ba
speedily srsetsd.
No farther oows has bseo received
regardiog tha iovssioo of Capo Colony.
Sir Alfred Mtloer writes to a oorres
poodeot ia England, saytog : ' It will
be useless for me to ootice the whole?
sale lies thai are spread about
concerning me. If I attempted to do
so, I woald have no time for aoythiog
olts ?
TBS ATTACK DESCRIBED
Pretoria, 8starday, Jao 12 ?Tho
Boars sal tha wiras hstwssa Irsao aod
Olifaotsfooteio statines last aight
Early this moroiog 800 Boars, under
Cossaaodaot Bayer, iotsstsd Kaalfoo
taio statioo. A hot rifle Irs aod shell
firs, with two fold pieocs aod a Maxim,
was maintained for six honrs.
An armored train aod rssioforos
msats ware saat from Pretoria bat
before thsy had arrived apoa tho aaaao
tha garrison had drives of the Boars,
wha retired nasaalastad with a traespori
trata half a mils long Tho Boers
blow np tha liaa beyoed Kaalfontsio,
sonspelling tho mail train la rotara
bora.
It is satposeC Ihsir object was to
oaiaia sapplios, a groat qaanlity of
which is stared at Kaalfoatsia
Tho British had ao casualties
Oar New PoMeMtoni.
It is said thai lbs supreme sourt is
divided aa tha qaaslioa whether the
"Constitution follows ths flag11 io
distaot possessions
Calhooo aod Wsbster differed io
maoy things, including their theories
of State's rights, hot oo one tbiog they
wore ever agtesd
Says Cslbouo :
"It is oar poliey to increase by grow
iog aod sprsadiog oat ioto aooocupied
tsrritory and regions, assimilsting all
we iooorporato ; to iooreaae by score
tioo aod oot through oooquest aod
addilioo of masses held together by ibe
oobftitive power of force."
Mr Webster, regarded io tbs North
as tbs grsat "expounder of the ooostiiu
tion," eaprcsses ths same idea thus:
"Arbitrary goveromeots may bavs
distaot possessions, because arbitrary
goveromeots may rots by different laws
aod diffcrsnt systems. Rasaia may
role ber proviooes by different oodos.
We oao do snob thing Thsy mast be
part of as. olse strangers."
Very few psrsoos ever supposed that
tho supreme ooort would be uosoimooa
ia its dsoisioa of the grsat eoostita
tiooal question it has bow ander
oocfideratioo.
Wo do oot rssail aoy iostaoos io
whisb tho sopreme ooort baa agreed oo
aay qaastioo iovolviog ths iotsrprsta
lion of tbs oooititotioo. ? Atlas ts
Jooratl."
Cuba is Independent.
8upreme Court Renders Im?
portant Decision in Neely
Case.
Washington, Jao 14?Tho United
States supreme court today announc?
ed its decision in tho case of C. F
W Neely of Indiana, charged with
embezzlement of the public funds of
Cuba while acting as financial agent
of the department of posts of that
island, holding that Neely is subject
to extradition and must be surrender?
ed to the Cuban authorities.
The court held that Cuba is foreign
territory, our only purpose in the
war with Spain being to free the
Cubans from Spanish dominion. The
decision was based upon the act of
June 6, 1900, wbiob act was bald to
be constitutions!
Justice Harlan handed down the
court's opioioo, which was unani?
mous An order was issued requir?
ing that the mandate in the case be
issued at once
The opinion embraced a complete
review of the csse. Justice Harlan
?aid that there was no dispute that
on the 6th of June, 1900, when the
act under wbiob this proceeding is
bronghi booame a law Cuba was
"under the control of the United
States," aod "occupied bj this gov
eminent" ?
The ooort laid tha question of
Cuba's status was not difficult of
solution snd oited successive steps
io and affecting the case It said :
"The facts above detailed make it
olear that Cuba io foreign territory
within the meaning of the act of
June 6, 1900. It oannot be regarded
by any constitutional, legal or inter
national sense, n pert of the territory
of the Uoited States While by the
aot of April 25, 1898, declaring war
between this country snd Spain, the
president wss direoted and empower
ed to ase our entire lend and natal j
foroea as well ss the militia of the
severel states to such extent ss was
necessary to osrry the sot into effect,
tbst suthorizstioo wss not for the
purpose of making Cubs an integral
part of tbe Uoited States, but for the
purpose ooly of compelling tbe re
linquishment by Spsin of its snthori
ty aod government in that island and
tbe withdrawal of Us foroes from
Cuba aod Cuban waters Tbe legis
lative and executive branches of tbe
government by tbs joint resolution of
April 20. 1898, expressly disclaimea
nny purpose to exercise sovereignty,
jurisdiction or oootrol over Cuba,
"except for tbe pacification thereof,"
snd asserted tbe determination of tbe
United States, that object being ac?
complished, to leave the government
snd control of Cubs to its own
people All tbst has be6a done io
relation to Cnbs has bad thst end in
?lew and ao far as the oourt is
informed by the poblio history of the
relations of this country with that
island, nothing has been done iooon
sistent with the declared object of
tbe war with Spain
"Cuba is nooe tbe less foreign
territory within the mesoiog of tbe
set ot congress, because it is under a
military governor appointed by and
representing the president in the
work of assisting tbe ionabitaots of
that island to estsblisb s government
of their own ander which, ss s free
snd independent people, they may
oentrol their own affairs without io
terfereoce by other nations The
occopancy of the iolsnd by troops of
the Uoited States wss tbe necessary
result of tha war That resolt oonld
not have been avoided by the Uoited
8tates consistently with the prin
eiplaa of international law or with its
obligatiooo to the people of Cuba.
It is trne that aa between 8pain and
the United States?indeed, as be
tweea the United States and all for?
eign nations?Cubs, upon the cessa?
tion of hostilities with Spain, snd
sfter tbe tresty of Psris, wss to be
ttested ao if it were acquired terri?
tory But aa between the United
States and Cuba that island is terri?
tory held in trust for the inhabitants
of Cuba to whom it rightfully belongs
and to whose exclusive control it
will be surrendered when a stable
government shall have bevn estab?
lished by tbeir voluntary notion.
"When the United States required
aod enforced ths relinquishmeut by
Spsin of her sovereignty in Cobs aod
determined to oooopy sod oontrol tbe
island until thoro was complete
traoquility in all i(s borders and until
tbe people of Cuba had created for
themselves a stable government, it
sueoeeded to the authority of the din
placed government so far at liatt that it
beoamo its duty uodiT international law
and pending tho p-uvfiViti. n of the
i-und to protest in all appropriate legal
modes tbu lives, the liberty and im?
properly of all those wbo submitted to
tho authority of the roprerien:ativea of
this country Tbat duty wan recognised
in the treaty of Paria and tho aot of
June 6, 1900, an f?r as it applied to
oases arising in Cuba, was in aid of
that treaty and in di'obargo of its
obligations. Tbe power of congress to
msko all laws neo'essary and proper for
carrying into exeou'ion as well tbe
powers enumerated in eeotion 8 of
arttole 1 of tbe constitution, as all
othsrs vsstsd io the government of tbe
Uoited States or in sny department or
tho officers thereof, ioclodes tbe power
to oosst such legislation as is appro?
priate to givs sffioaoy to any stipula?
tions which it is oompetsot for ths
prenideot by aod with the advioe aod
oootoot of the senate to insert io a
trei.ty. with a foreign power No srime
ts mentioned in tbe extradition act of
Jone 6, 1900, that does net hare some
rela tion to the safety of life aod prop
erty. Aod the provision of tbat aot
requiring the surrender of aoy publie
offioer, employe or depositary fleeing to
the Uoited Ststes after haviog oom
mitted, in a foreign ooontry or territory
oooupied or controlled by or under tbe
ooo trol of the Uoited States, the crime
of ombesslemeot or criminal malversa?
tion of the public funds have speoiol
appiioatton to Cuba in its present
relations to this country."
The oourt declined, Justice Harlan
stated, to enter upon tbe question as to
what the obligations of the Uoited
dtar.es would have beeo in the matter
of protecting life and property in Cuba
if not required to do so by tbe obiiga
tioos of the treaty of Paris The
contention that the Uoitod States reeog
oised the existence of an established
govsroment known as tbe repoblie of
Cuba, but is now using its military or
executive power to displace or over?
throw it, is without merit. The
declaration by ooogress that the people
of Cuba were of right aod ought to be free
and independent was intended only to
express the thought tbat the Cubans
were entitled to enjoy?as stated by the
president's message?tbat "measure of
self-oontrol whiob is the inalienable
right of man, protested io their right to
reap the benefit of tbe exbau?tless
treasure of their ooaotry." ? ? ' ?
"From the beginning to tbe end of
the war the supreme authority io all
military operations ia Cuba aod io Cu?
ban waters agsinst Spain was with tbe
Uoited States and those operations were
not in any sense under th* eootrnl or
direotien of troops sommaoded by Cu
ban offioer? "
Tbe fiosl eooolusioo of tbe court was
aonooooed ae follows :
"The aot of June 6tb. 1900, is not
in violation of the constitution of tbe
United States and this oase oomes with
io the provisions of tbat aot Tbe court
below haviog fouod tbat there was
probable cause to believe the appellant
guilsy of tbe offenso oharged, the order
for his extradition was proper aod no
ground existed for his discharge oo
habeas corpus
"The judgment of tbe circuit court
is, therefore, affirmed "
Success of the Dispensary.
Columbia, January 12 ?Chairman
Williams, as the committee of one
designated for tha't purpose, has com
pleted the annual report of tbe State
board of dispensary directors to tbe
General Assembly, through the Oov
erncr. It is as follows :
To His Exoellenoy, M B Mo
8weeoey, Governor of Sooth Caro?
lina: VVe are pleased to hsve tbe
honor to submit to you, and through
you to the Genersl Assembly, our re
port of tbe fioanoisl trhnssotions of
the dispensary for tbe fiscal year
commencing January 1, 1899, and
ending November 30, 1900, a period
covering eleven months
. You will see, by examination of
tbe data hereto attached, tbst our
total purchases amounted to $1.460,
236 78, and tbat oor total gross sales
for the eleven months were $2,421,*
340 22
The total net profits to the State
oo aooount of the echool fond are
$116,012 IR The total net profits
to the counties end towos sre $298,
166 28, making a total net profit to
the towns, counties sod school fund,
$474,178 46.
The latest Dispeusary Aol. ap
proved February 19, 1900. made oor
fiscal year oloae oo November 30,
which makes it necessary that this
report only oovere eleven months;
but should we consider December
also, aod reokoo a whole year, you
will find that the total net earnings
are, for twelve months, $566 868 79,
wbiob is an inorease over Isst year's
profits ot $152 686 95.
We do not attribute this pheno
menal increase in earnings to sny
increase in consumption of liquors,
but think thst a better feeling to?
wards tbe dispensary law has tnrned
the trade to the dispensaries Re
spectfully submitted.
Ij J Wiliiams, Chsirmsn, A F
H Duken, H H Evans, Board of
Directors.
The members cf the board feel tbat
in tbe showing above made they
have touch cause for congratulation,
inasmuch as Senator Tillman. at tbe
time of the inception of tbe institu?
tion, enthusiastically predicted that
the net profits would aggregate $500,
?0O annually, whereat) the profita for
the pa?t yar. ae will be seen above,
amount to the sum of $566,868.79
Lynching ia Barnweil.
Blaokville, Jan 14.?About 10.30
o'olook this morning nows was received
of nn outrage of tbe unual kind about
nix miles from this plsoe near Klko
Tbtt negro entered the bouse aod
attempted to ravish tbe wile of Mr
Molvio Hair
Tbe oogro, Charles Lsog, was caught
this evening about three miles from
Blaokvillo aod oarrir-d baek to the
socoe of hie orime. Upon being ooo
confronted by his victim he confessed to
haviog committed the deed
Tbe party of men whioh bad bim io
obarge immediately carried bim a short
way from the house and, after swinging
him up to a tree, riddled bis body with
bullets.
The Generai Assembly.
SHORT SES8I0N OF THE
HOUSE SATURDAY.
Columbia, Jao 13 ?Tbo boose wae
iu session yesterday ooly a short time,
adjourning at 11 o'clock to meet at
12 o'clock Monday.
The ooly bills of importance iotro
dueed were :
By Mr Ffird A bill proposing ao
amendment to ths ooustitutioo provid
iog for biennial sessions of tbe legis
loturo The bill authorizes tbe subject
to bo ?ubmitted to the votes at the next
general election.
By tbe Aiken Delegation. To regu?
late tbe employment of thildree in
fsotoriea
Columbia, Jsu 14 ?The sooato met
at 8 o'clock p. m and was io session
only s half boor
A concurrent raaolutiao offered by
Senator Dsau direating tbe committee
on privileges aod elections of tbo two
bouses to oonsider tbe matter of relo?
cating tbe congressional districts of ths
State and report by bill or otherwise
was sdopted.
Several new bills of ao psrtioolar
importaoec were introduced.
THE HOU^B.
Ths hoass of representatives met
early today aad got through with its
work before the dinoer hoar
To jodgo from the nombcr of bills
introduced today there will be oo let np
io 'he work until the speaker's gavel
falls for final sdjoornment. There wss
a perfect avslanohe of aew measures
The disposition seems to be to have
special oommittes tsks bold of tbe
larger questions and report back soob
bills ss msy be necessary Snob a
course has already been adopted as to
ths salaries of county tffioes, as to all
laws as to roads, bridges aod lorries, as
to the fish snd game laws snd other
matters.
Mr Tbos 0 McLiod wss sppoioted
to represent 8omter County oo (be
committee oo laws relating to roads,
bridges, etc
Two hundred bushels of po?
tatoes remove eighty*pounds
of "actual" Potash from the
soil. Unless this quantity
is returned to the soil,
the following crop will
materially decrease.
We have books telling about
composition, use and value of
fertilisers for various crops.
Tbey are sent free.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 Nassau St.,
New York.
PARKER RYE
NONE NONE
PURER, t\| i BETTER.
m
ASK
FOR IT
AT
ALL
DISPENSARIES.
SASH! - DOORS!
BLINDS! ETC.
I am agent for a reli?
able Sash, Door and
Blind Factory in the
State, and am prepar?
ed to fill such orders
with promptness and
dispatch.
You can save money
by giving me your or?
ders.
Respectfully,
A. D. HARBY.
Leave all orders at H. Har
by's Stable.
Dec 12?3m.
Mrs. JL. Atkinson
MILLINERY.
She has tbe largest aod finest collection
tbe baa ever exhibited, including scorea of
rieb novelties ia Imported Roaod Hate,
Toques and Bonnets, a* well as a cboice va?
riety of bandsome designs from ber work?
room.
Tbe assortment is large enough and varied
enough to insure a perfect cboice to every
one, while tbe prices will be feund more than
attractive.
Io tbe Uotrirxmed Bat Department vre are
6bowing a mo?t extensive eseoitme-jt of the
newest and best shapes and colors?at rea
aooable prices, la ibis department we are
showing a particularly attractive assortment
of Ready to-Wear Torbans aud Tcques in
Velvets, Fetts, Panoe Velvets and Tucked
Silks.
A cboice variety of Children's Trimned
Hats, for school sod dress wear, at moderate
prices.
Oct 3
CONSPICUOUS BEAUTY
Without the least touch of vulgarity,
ia a feature of every model in oor
display of
Trimmed Hats
Many novelties are shown in mate?
rial, ornament, ehspe snd mode of
trimming.
We offer a line of Hate wb/.ch are
both besutiful in conception and de
velopment snd rich in material. Tbey
cannot be duplicated at tbe money
Miss McDonald.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
SllMTER,
OF
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE?
POSITORY, SUMTERf 8. C.
Paid up Cepital.$ 75,000 OC
Surplus and Profits .... 25,000 00
Additioosl Liability of Stock*
holders in excess of their
stock. 75,000 00
Total protection to depositors, $175.000 OO
Transacts a General Banking Busioess.
Special attention given tn collections.
ISAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1 aod upwards received. Io
terest allowed at tbe rate of 4 per cent, per
annum, on amounts above $5 aod not exceed?
ing $300, payable quarterly, on first days af
January. April, July and October.
R M. WALLACE,
L. S.Caasoa, President.
Cashier.
TAX RETURNS FOR ML
OFFICE OF
COURT! AUDITOR, 8UMTKR COUNTY,
Somtbb, 8. C, Not 21, 1999.
Notice is heresy given tbat I will attend, in
pernon or by deputy, at the following places on
the days ir.Jieeted respectively, for the purpose
of receiving return* of personal property aod
poll tkxes for the fiscal year eemmcacing Jaa*
uary 1st, 1901. ?
At ofBee, Sntnter, 6. C at all other tisses op
te Feb. 29th, 1991, ineluiive.
TindeU'e Store, Wednesday, Jan?
uary 2
Privateer (Jenkins' Store), Thurs?
day, January 3
Mancheater (Geo T. Gedding's)
Friday, January 4
Wedgefield, Satntday, January 5
8tateburg, Monday, Jaauary 7.
Hsgood, Tuesday, January 8
Rembert, Wednesdsy, January 9
Smithville, Thursday, January It
Gail lard a X Roads, Friday, Janu?
ary 11
Gordon's Mill, Ssturday, January
12
Msyesville, Mondsy, January 14
Scottsville, Tuesdsy, January, 15
Sbiloh, Wednesday, Jsnusry 16.
Norwood's X Rosde, Thursdsy,
Jsnusry IT
Lynchburg. Friday, Janusry 18.
Msgnolia, Saturday, January 19.
Reid's Mill, Monday, January 21
Bishopville, Tuesday sod Wednes?
day, January 22 and 23
Mannville, Thursday, January 24
Boesards, Fr day, January 25.
The law requites that all person* owniug
property at in anvH:?e having eharge of sac!,
property, either us agent, tin-bund, guwrdian.
trustee, executor, administrator, ate., rrtura
the same sodef oath to ttie Auditor, who re?
quests .-ill possess to he prompt in Basking their,
returns BOS Bays the 50 per Sent penalty wbiob
will bo added to the property valuati >n <>f at]
person*. wh<> fail to in:ike retwros within the
time prescribed by iaw.
Taxpayers return what they own i?a tlie Irsl
day ot January I0S|,
Assessors and taxpayers will enter tlie ftrst
given name of the taxpayer in full, alee make
?t separate return for each township where the
property is located and also in each and every
ease the Number of the school district must
be giveu.
livery mule citiaeu between tbe age of i wee -
ty one and sixty years on the first day of Jan?
uary, 1901, except those incapable of earning
a support from being ran me 1 or from other
causes, are deemed taxable polls, and except
Confederate soldiers 50 yeaia of age, on Janu?
ary 1st, 1901.
All retnrns must be made on or before the
2uth day of Pebraary, next. I caanot tako
returns after that date and ail reterae made
after the 2Stb day of February are subject to
a penalty of 50 per cent
J. DIG06 WILDER,
Auditor Samtor Coaatj.
Nov 21.