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THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG. Graphic Story by au ArttUo rial of Garden's Battery. December 13, 1842 Many sur living veterans will doubtless remember this date, 89 years ago. eod many others oo doubt still live end moorn the absence of a loved erne since that faiefol day. on which wee fought tbe battle and oocurred ibe victory of Frederioksborg, Va. Tbe Northern geoersl. Bumeide, bad jest been appointed to succeed that accomplished soldier, MoClellso. aa ?ommaoder of the Army of the Po? tomse end doubtless entertsiaed sn overweening opinion of bis ab?itiea eod ao over leaping ambition to die ?lay aed prove them Well, ho did eo ef actually on tbe 11th 13th De ?ember, '62. Tbe writer waa attached to Garden's (Palmetto) Bsttery, formed largely ef 8umter Coonty end Chesterfield foeoty seen, with Oept Rogh R e}e#deo, sjow of Nee- York ; Lleuts ftem Priogle. of Somter, killed at ?berpeborg ; Wm 0 Colt, ef Ohe sew, kiHed neer Sofhlk, Ve ; Alex McQoeen, Somter, kil ed et Dingle's Mill, near Somter, io Cotter's raid io 1865 ; Jae Reid Muldrow, Sumter Tbe battery, et tbis date, m attacked toj Hood's '"exes bugede. Loagstreet'e oorpa, A N V., eod reeeived ordere on too Utb to move quickly to tbe front from Cheaterfield Station, where they bid prepared to go feto wioter quarter*. A recent soow bsd left broad ?atobee still ooveriog the esrlh aod tbe roods were miry end heavy aa we heeded for the Rappahaonock toward Fredericksborg; Tbe boom log of gone become more eoo more dietroct sod, while yet miles distant from tbe theatre of aotioo, we were gteeted with oee of those sadly pathetic spectacles so often the eoeomp oiroent of ' hcrrid war " A tbravflle if straggling humanity waa met toiling to the re*r ; to eoywbere aot of resoh of their merciless foes. Tbe stragglers growiog more dense ae we proceeded sod ooaprised of svery ?lest tod ege sod sex, from eewerefcle age to toddt ng childhood, wave the oofortuoste population of tke beleaguered town of Fredericks totrg, driven from their homes snd iresidte by tbe deetb deeling shells belched from Ibe Stafford heights across) tbe rivor, from wbioh aeeure vsotsge grouod tbe enemy bsd post? ed besvy siege goes ttnd were poor iug so iroo bsil into tbe doomed btwa. Nine) separate attempts to lay their poo toon across tbe river bsd beeo thwarted by tbe determined stsod sad fierce figbliog of Bsrksdale's gallant and defiant Mississippisns, sod the indiscriminate shelling of the town was au exhibition of discredita? ble viodiotiveness ; but it was nevertheless held throeghout snd ?ntil Gen Lee was em.bled to mske bis dispositions and tally ready to warmly receive ' our friends, tbe oaemy *' But this io history, sod our battery is still fjirtdding stong tbe snow rotted highwsy now so srowded with the hesvy footed, sad besrted refugees thst it scarcely yelded space for them sod our lorn Wring train of goo* ac d oaiseooo. Feeble women, delicate maidena, decrepit meo. helpless children ; tbe wane, tbe bait aad tbe blind miogled indiscriminately ; tbis homeless, sbsll terlees mass of human misery, throat sodden I y from ooafort sod loxury oot upon the bleak earth, formed e moat pitiable picture of ooe of war's end isense Our battery crossed over tbe bights that stretch sloog the broad plateau bordering the river aod wbicb formed tbe battle ground, aod parked in a grove at tbe foot of tbe ?ills sod cooked sod ate tbe Isst oromb of oor meagre ratioo and then prepared for a soldier's bsppiest boors in bleyeed sleep and dreeme of borne, heavenly home and lovod ones eod?more rations (II >w many of tbe present genersl tion have an idea of how a soldier maoagea to bivouac and sleen io comfort when tbe earth in enotusted inches deep In anow f Bot bo does, and warmer eveo tbaii at other times ) Combines of meu sod masse* quickly oollsot a'l avoilablo fuel witbiu rettoh We are not at all particular or scropuloos Your wortu feooe?(stone fenoee are anathema tised save in battle) -or your palings or even your anoeatrsl aod baronial J gate poets were all ooe to us it they'd I burn The Government didn't furnish fuel snd the srmy omld net exist without it, tbsrefore thsre wss much liberty, if not license, permitted in tbe matter Tbe snow woold be removed an i theee combustiblee beeped oo tbe spot, from s fsggot to a stock log, snd kindled These were allowed to born down while onr supper, so called, waa prepared aod owsllowed, then the embers aod fragments were removed to the feet ef the sleepers, sod when sufficiently cooled, ths blanket* would be sprssd ?pon tbs wsrm, dry earth sod thus, with shoes snd hst for pillow, shel terlsse, curtainleea and prsyerless, but thankful for continued existence, we'd slumber and "take no thought for tbe morrow " Tbe 12th dawned bright and clear nod we reeted in peaceful camp fash ion. little knowing or recking what was transpiring in our front aod for more exeroised and interested about tbe srr.val of the commiseionsry wagons than the heavy skirmishing heard tl:>og the outposta Wei "chewed the cud of bitter reflections for dinner," supped on more parched I oorn and slept aud dreamed ol feather bede and feasts At 4 a m of tbe 13th tbe dreams of some 200,000 sleepers were sud? denly dissipated by the quaking boom of a big gun that resounded through the still blackness, followed by a second signal, then the uninter mittent rattle of the "long roll" aud the quick, sharp notes sounding th* "assembly call" from tbe bugles to the right and reft along tbe line. In a few moments all was stir and bustle, but oo tumult or confusion ; for tbe dispositions of both armies hid been osade the day before and tbe champion geoersls but awaited tbe signal to commence tbe shook aod clash of battle Very toon the sharp rattle of musketry, tbe thunderous roar of artillery, the orasbing shot and hurt? ling shell, with the mezzo aocom psnimeat of the hissing, humming, whistling, singing, death-dealing minniee oonvinced all hands that once again Lee's ragged hoata were pitted agaioat the Northern bosta of invaders io another death atruggle for tbe mastery of tbe road to Richmond; convinced, too. that the blue coated army would never have ventured aorows the river to try issues with tbe '?Rebel Johnnies'1 again bad they not outnumbered them two to one. . The battle of Fredericksburg wss a most sigoal test of the relative fight? ing qualitiea of tbe men, as well as tbe s.rategio ukill of the generals of tbe two sections The battle ground consisted cf an expansive opening of j rolling plateau extending from the j river to the hills, historically known as "Ifsrye'e Heights" A railroad and cot ran through this plain, about half way from river to bills, and formed the ''dead line*1 between the armies. It wss, therefore, an open fiold, "fair fight aod no favore" con? flict I "Lee formed bil battle Mos, ! Said, ? bojs von need not fesr. For Loogstreet's in tbs centre Aod Jackson io tbe rear." This stanzs of a oamp song de? scribes Longstreet's position in this Ago*, with Jsokson oo the right, and the boys did "oot fear/* for our army was at this time in high spirits, sue oezafal and recruited, with an abid? ing faith in tbe wisdom, judgment, prudeooe and oourage of Gen Leo, a confident reliaooe upon the skill, | quiokness aod pertinacity of Jackson, and each Individual man feeling a personal and patriotic interest in besting back the horde of hireling invaders, properly called the Union army, a union of "tbe foor cornero of tbe earth,1' sparsely intermingled with native born Americans Our bsttery remaiued ensconced in our wooded csmp wheo dsy dswned nod the soo rose The deep roll of bsttle could be beard to the right, oear Hamilton's Grossing, and to the left, near Fred erickaburg, while in the immediate front there was yet only smart skirmishing. We'd bad no time to psrob breakfast and bad, therefore, snscked on huge gulps of fresh, crisp ? stmospr.ere. Note.?This diet is not conducive to fervent piety or a spirit of high appreciation of the beneficence of continued existence, but it is very premotive of that rebellious aod be? icose spirit proper and appro prie\c on the eve of battle ; therefore a good regimen on which to ration tnd raise belligerents. This was our undsleotable condi tlon when orders a. . ./ed and we moved oot of cover aod into the broad expanse, and quickly came into position aod unlimbered nearly opposite the Bernard House The bsttle oolomns on this part of tbe line had not yet clashed, aod inter? mittent firing of skirmishers wss all that had occurred, the Unioners observing a very wholesome prudence in the matter of sdvanoing their battle lioes The railroad cot divided the oppos ing array aod our brrss pieces frown? ed in silence over the field, though we expected esch minute to become literslly "a shining mark" for the bail of metsl death Thus we re* maiotd in silent and trying insctioo for probsbly two hours, while the "pomp aod circumstance of glorious war" continued with intermittent fury to the right sod left Then an other bsttery moved on the ground and we were ordered to tbe heights and to eotrenoh our guns Thus Qardsn's battery escaped aleaoat annihilation, as was ths fate nt tbs relieving artillery, as the eoeay's advsooe began soon after it rsaehed position aod battle ragsd for a time Jost hero occurred ono of those incidents, proof of the ondaantsd vslor aod intrepid prowess of Southern troops, and which history fsils to ohroniolc The enemy, io the arreganes of superior numbers, were praising our line, when hurried orders eame for retoforeesaente. Two regiments were io ressrve behind the hill on which we wers posted, snd were ordered to the front These were the f)4ih snd 57th North Carolina, if we remember oorreotly They were raw troop*, fresh from the pines and bills of rhe Old North Htste, aod had hsd no time nor opportunity to bsooms familiar nod with the "ossgee of war" or to oultivato the callousness uf seasoned vetcraoa, eo we watched with curiosity as they responded to tbe oall with ancqualliog promptness ; watohed as tbo smuous oolumu filled up the asoenr, wheu a rioochettiug Parrott shell otoio hurtling overhead, with tt? chmious flutter, struck a limb, glauood down aod ooe file of men weot to tbe last roll oall. Then the commanding officer cried : "Sto&dy, men ! Close up !" aod (hey stopped over their dead comrades, passed ovor tbo crest of tb3 hill with "firm aod martial tread" aod on to the firiog lloe ; as they deployed into battle lino aod qaiokly tbo long fhfh aod eloud and rattle as they were enveloped from view :n tbeir own powder omoke Theo oame, borne back to as, a loog continued yell, like a tbousaod bootsmeo with a tboosaod peeks io fotlest ory Tbeo, ae the smoke oleared, was seeo tbeir charging gray line aad the bloo lioe falling baok. Forward goes tbe gray, ioto the roilroad oot, op oo tbe other aide. "Cousins, go halt those meo, or they'll be' captured,'' was the qutek order given by Gen Law to tbe loog lodiao haired, devil may oare Capt Cousins, of Texas, who laid his horse to earth aod did eo3oeed, io tbe oiok of time, io turning aod saving these regiments, who olaimed tbey were oo tbeir way to Weshiogtoo aod dido't see wby they were stopped There were some splendid fighters among the "Tarheels " As the soo was oasting lengthening shadows eastward oar battery was ordered to a high eminence to the left, from which ao unobstructed panoramic view of tbe field of battle ooald be had. Fighting bad waoed until now the armies were sileotly watobiog caob other across tbo oot. Aloog the river baok ooald be soeo a bios Hue of troops ; advaooed atiil farther there was another line, while behind their skirmishers was a third serried oolumu in bloo ; yet oo our sido there was but Odo thin, seil colored lioei bat ooder oeatb tbeir homely garb there were determined souls, who had resolved that tbe "Oo to Riobmood" should atop there, aod it stopped, as tbis fight eodsd tbe campaign of 1862, and Baroside'e prestige waned und Lee's wsxed. The 14th aod 15th passed io qoiet preparatioo for soy farther onslaught of our foes It is said that Buroside desired to renew tbe fight, but bis officers protested. Oo tbe moroing of the 16.h, while lolling about oar entrenched guns oo tbe bill, there was heard proiooged oheariog, that grew ojarer and oeared, when someone oried : "Boys, that's S:cn?wil) or a rabbit " It waa Con Jaoksoc, who soon appeared iu his usual unpretentious way aod, riding op to tbe battery, remarked : "Well, boys, your formidable works havo help ed to scare tbe enomy across tbe river," aod tbis was oar first knowledge of their having retired doriog tbo night. Official figures reoord that the Uoton army numbered oo tbo morning of the. battU 113,000 ; tbo Confederate arm , 65.000 Tbo Union loss io killed, ?.rounded, captured cod missiog was 12,053 ; Confederate lo?s 5,377. Qov We3 Nee, SamVer County, Deo 13 - ? i ? ? Twelve Cent Cotton. New York, Jan 28 ?Never io tbe knowledge of tbe oldest traders has the cotton market shown tbe abnor mal conditiooi existing todsy It is no unusual thing to witness s "squeeze*' st tbe eod of tbe searfbn, but s corner in January is something out of tbe ordinary Yet s Jsnusry "squeeze" has been worrying shorts ie the cotton market here for some time psst Some believed that the deal culminated todsy with s rise of 225 points ; others believe that the aotosl liquidation has not been fully completed, sod tbst therefore there may be further sensational develop? ment The market, beyond the special attention given to January, has beeo almost lifeless Closing Saturday 10 20, Januaiy opened this morning at 10 30 and advanced rapidly to 12 75 The market broke later to Jl 50. which was the level at noon The greatest jumps were from 10 80 to 12 00, from 12 25 to 12 50. thence to 12 75 At tbe latter point a New York concern repreaenting big New England inter eats, commenced to sell right aod left, and a little later a Greek house also Fold This stopped the rise und the market sagged off to 11 50 The air was filled with rumors o. cotton to be delivered from Fall River aud shipments are known to have beon made this morning by express, guar anteed to be here io time for January delivery About 30 000 bales of January changed hands before noon. It does not follow that long interest was liquidated to this amount as the clique bought as well ss sold There wss s sympathetic rise in February aod March, tbe former selling ss high as 0 60 and the latter at 9 44. while the excitement in January was the greatest ; but the general list msde a reluctant advance of only 3 and 6 points and ruled very dull During the rest of the afternoon tho ootton market ruled quiet with January closing II 05, a net advance of 85 points for the day, and the other months 1 p 'int higher to three lower. In accordance with the ad vanoe in January, spot cotton sold at 12 cents an advance of l|o for I the day The General Assembly. More Convicts for Chain gangs. Colombia. Jan 27 --Too house yes* terday passed Mr Stone's bill to oil >w all oouviotd whoso sentences are nut over 10 years to bo used on oouuty ebsiogsogs. The bouse had a few days before passed Mr Westoo's bill to permit oonviotg in city jails to be leased to the oiuoty authorities There are two more propositions to be disposed of? that to sell tbe State (arms, aud that to stop tbe lease of oonviots to private parties. There was a general fight over the bill of Mr Cooper ef L.urons to regu? late tbe sale, manufacture and carrying of firearms , I The bill prohibited the carrying of pistols, eonoaated or exposed, less than 30 inches io length and weighing less tbao three sod a half pounds Mr Cooper answered a number of questions put to bim by members of the bouse. He had carefully consider* ed tbe constitutionality of the bill and had ooneulted members of the circuit oourt. I These had all told him that the bill is constitutional, and does not violate the fundamental right of oitisecs to besr arms The vote, on the motion to strike sot, resulted 30 to 65 sgainst the motion and in favor of the bill The house theo acted upoo Mr Doraot's bill to secure better returns for taxes aod oolleotioo of same Mr Dorant explained the provisions or tbe bill. However, it had an unfavorable report and was killed The house then took op Mr Strom's bill relative to tbe eligibility of oonviots to the eeleot society of county chain gao^s. Mr Strom and Mr Staokhouso spoke io favor of it Mr Wingo made a pood ?peeeb reciting the necessity for skilled labor in operating machinery on public works This labor is usually omployed, when oonviot labor would do as well Bat oonviots, if sent ap for short terms, are discharged by the time they get to working well. The counties which have the oourt expenses, to besr should get tbe proper retoro io labor. THE SENATE There was little done in tbe senate yesterday. Several bills were given their Leoood f.r.'i third readings Before tbe house wss called to order Monday, some person or per? sona had circulated a report that email pox was rampant in Colombia, and the fears of a number of mem? bers were aroused. As there is no more small pox in Columbia than elsewhere, and in order to protect the city from tho effect of damaging though false rurnore, Mr J. Caldweil Robertson introduced tho following resolution which was adopted : Resolved, that tho committee on medics! affairs bo, and they are here by, instructed to make immediate in vestigation into tho rumor of the prevalence of small pox in tbe city of Columbia and confer with the board of health of the city of Columbia aod physicians of reputation resident and practicing in Columbia, and that the said committee do report speedily to the boose Mr. Robertson wss suppoited in this by the entire Richland delega tioo. It was reported that there were four oases of virulent small pox in one of tbe hotels in the city, and there was some talk of adjourning to Charleston, Greenwood and about 40 other plaoes. Mr. J. C. Hempbill, editor of tbe News end Courier, who is here working for the Charleston exposition appropriation, wired to the mayor of Charleston to extend sn invitation to the legislature to go to Charleston. There was a fight on Mr Cooper's bill sgaiost carrying weapons, which passed second reading Saturday At that time it was so amended that its in tended object was thwarted. Mr. Cooper asked unanimous consent to amend so as to correct this mistake Tbe motion to recommit the bill was lost by a vote of 46 to 42 and the bill subsequently passed third reading and was sent to the senate Mr. Desn's bill to tax dogs next came up On motion of Mr. De Brohl the bill was indefinitely postponed, or killed, by a vote of 63 to 36. Ten third reading bills paesed yes? terday One of them was a senate bill, and is now ready for ratification as an act Mr Johnson's bill to provide for the incorporation of cities of over 5,000 inhabitants wss on tbe calendar as a third reading bill As amendments were proposed, the bill wss recalled from third reading and placed on the calendar as a third reading bill By Mr Bivens?To make the secretary of state a member of the sinking fund commission Mr. Colcock?To suthoriae the speaker of the house to fill certain vacancies whioh have occurred on the commission heretofore appointed for the completion of the state house Mr Dean?To increase the pension fund to $200,000. BRN4TK HOLDS SHORT SE3* SION. The Senate held a wry brief session Mioiay, aud after acting oo only eucrj matters as would oot evoke dis? cussion, adjoarucd to meot this mors ing at 11 o'oinck Tho only matter upon which any time was t>pent was Senator May field's bill to regulate the traffic in cotton seed The bill sought to plaee the &ame restrictions around the sale of seed at uight as is now placed ercund tbo salo of need cotton, but it took sBUie time tu fix the wording of the bi!t to suit tue senate. As it passed tbo eeoood reading, tbo sals of cotton seed is restricted by tbe sane regula? tions as the sale of seed cotton. Senator Livingston presented a me mortal from (be textile operatives at MoCell, Marlboro county, agaicst tbe passage of the child labor bill. Several second aod third reading bills were disposed of. S. A. L.TRA1N6?ES INTO THE SWAMP. Colasabia, Jan 27.?In tbe early hours ef yesterday morniag an extra train on tbe Seaboard Air Line, between this eity aod Savannah, oo which were two bran new eogines from the Pittsborg Locomotive works, beiog bauled "dead" went through tbe Eiisio Swamp trsstie, a short distance balow North's station, about 30 miles south of tbe otty. Aside from tbe loss of the two new engines aod the freight care oo the train, ooe man was serioas ly iojored aod may die. This man was an expert engineer from tbe Pittsburg Locomotivo works, Mr Fetters, who was with the new engines. He was brought to Columbia on a speoial at noon yesterday and taken to Dr Koowlton'e infirmary Tbo accident ooourred between 3 aud 4 o'clock yesterday mocning. The train oonsisted of a Seaboard Air L'ne engine, five boxcars and two new Pitts burg eogines, in tbe centre of the train. Wbeo tbe Eiisto swamp was reached tbe train jumped tbe track oo the trestle, about eight feet high ar this point. The Seaboard engine reached a print of safety Tbe re6t of the trait went in tbe falling trestle, it having been knocked dowo Mr Fetters went dowa with his two 50 too locomotives. No one else was iojurcd, so far as could be ascertained. Mil Carolina and Georgia Ex? tension R. R. Company. Schedule No 4?In effect 12 01 a. m., Sol* December 24, 1899. Bet ween I Camdco S. C, and Blacksborf west. SAST 2d cl 1st cl ?3fi *33 Rnstero time. 1st cl 2ii\ ?32 ?34 p w 8 20 8 50 0 20 10 DO 11 20 11 35 12 30 1 (0 1 20 2 30 2 50 3 10 4 10 4 45 5 30 6 00 6 25 6 35 7 00 p m p oi STATIONS. p m p m 12 50 Camdco 12 25 I ft) 1 15 Dekalb 11 02 4 50 127 Weatvtlle 11 60 4 30 I 40 Kerebaw 11 35 4 10 10 Rtatb SoringB 11 20 3 15 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 OG 35 Lancaster 10 65 2 3f f 0 Riverside 10 40 1 OC 00 Spriogdell 10 30 12 4c 10 Oatawba Junction 10 20 12 20 20 Leslio 10 10 HOC 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 10 4( 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 2( 4 02 Tiraab 9 30 8 OC 4 20 Torkville 9 15 7 30 4 35 Sharon 9 00 ?&Q 4 60 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 OC 5 20 Blacksburg 8 16 5 30 P 03 HB) a q) Between Blacksburg, 8. C , aad Marioo, N WEST. EAST 2d cl ?11 1st cl ?33 Eastern time. lit cl ?32 2dci ?12 a m 8 10 8 30 8 40 9 20 lO 00 10 10 10 25 10 50 11 15 It 35 11 45 12 05 12 13 12 50 p m n m STATIONS. 5 30 Blackiburg 5 45 Barls 5 50 Patterson 3pricg? 6 00 1 20 6 28 6 38 6 5B 7 10 7 22 7 35 7 40 7 f>8 3 16 p rn Sbelbj Lattimore Mooreeborj Henrietta Forest City Rutberfordton Millwood Golden Valley Thermal City Glenwood Marion a m 7 48 7 32 7 25 7 15 6 55 6 48 6 38 20 05 it 40 37 17 5 00 a m P o 8 40 6 2C b 1? 6 M 4 M 4 41 4 2 3 at 3 2 3 0' 2 6( 2 45 2 2c 2 OC p DJ West Qaffoey Division. Raat 1st Clae? 16 I 13 EASTERN TIME. STATION8. let Cl?6i 14 I 16 p rn 1 00 1 20 1 40 p m a m 6 00 6 20 6 40 a m j Blaeksburg Cherokee Falle tGaffuey a ro 7 60 7 30 7 10 A cd p rc 3 0? 24C 22C P ? ?Dany except Sunday. Train Nu 32 leaving Murion, N. C , at a m, making close connection at Blarksburg, 0, with the Southern's train No 36 for Char loite, N C, and all point* Bait and connecting with tbe Southern's vestibule going to Arlanta Qa, and all points West, and will receive pas sengori going East fro in train No 1U, on tbe C A NWHK.it Yorkville, S C. at 8 46 a m, and connects at Camden, 8 C, with the Southern t train No 78, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 p a Train No 34 with peesenger couch attache leaving Blacksburg at 6 30 a m, and connecting a< Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida trai; for h11 points South, Train No 33 leuving Camden, 8 C, at 12.6 p m, after the arrival of the Southern's Char? leston train connects at Lancaster, S C, with the LA C K R, at Catawba Junction witb the S A L, going Kart, at Rook Hill. S <\ wit* the Southern's traia, No 34, for Charlotte, N C, and all points Kaat. Connects at York ville. S (\ with train No 9 on the C ? N >V K K. for Chester, S O. At ttlackfrburg with the Southern'* vestibule go'tig Bast, and the South arn'f train No 85 going West, and connecting at Marion N 0 with the Southern both Kast aru1 i West. SAMT KL HUNT, President B. tripp, Superintendent. I A lt. L1M,PK1N. tien'i Passen? r Ag?nt. I TAX RIT?RNS FOR 1901. OFVtCB OF COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUSTY, Scmtbr, r". C . N?v 21, 190C. Notice is hereby given that 1 will attend, in peraoti or by deputy, at tbe following places on the days indicate.i respectively, for the purpose of receiving return? i f personul property und poll t \e> for the fifce.1 year commencing Jan? uary 1st, 1901. At office, Sumter, 6. C. at all other times up> to Feb. 20th, 11. inalurire. Tiiidall's Store, Wednesday, Jan? uary 2 Privateer (Jenkins* Store), Thurs? day, January 3 Manchester (Geo T. Gedding's), Friday, January 4 Wedgefieid, Saturday, January 5 Stateburg, Monday, January f. Hagood, Tuesday, January 8 Rembert, Wednesday, January 9 Smituville, Thursday, Jsnuary 10 Gai'.lard's X Roads, Friday, Janu? ary 11 Gordon's Mill, Saturday, January 12 Mayeaviile, Monday, January 14 Scottevilte, Tuesday, January, 15 Sbilob, Wednesday, January 16. Norwood's X Rosds, Thursday, January 17 Lyncbburg. Friday, January 18. Magnolia, Saturday, Januaty 19. Reid's Mill, Monday, Jaunary 21. Bishopville, Tuesday and Wednes? day, January 22 and 23 Mannville, Thursday, January 24 Bossards, Friday, January 25. The law requires that a'! persons owning property or in anjwise having charge of ?nah property, either as agent, husband, gaardian. trustee, executor, administrator, et?., return the same under oath to the Auditor, who re? quests all persons to be prompt in making the - returns and save the 60 per cent, penalty wbiah will be added to the property valuation of all arsasil who fail to m.ik- re iura; within the ie prescribed by iaw. ?SawyeVS return what they own on lbs first day A January 1901. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the ?r ? given name of the taxpayer in fall, a'..-?-> make a separate return for each townehip where tne property is located ?nd als? in each and evtry rase the Number of the echool district mus( be given. Every male citiitn between the age cf iwen ty one and sixty years on tbe first day of Jan? uary, 1901, except those incapable of earning a support from being ir aimed or from other causes, ara deemed taxable polls, and except Confederate soldiers 50 yeare of age, on Janu? ary 1st, 1901. All returns must be made oo or before the 20th day of February, next. I cannot take returns after that date and all retorns made alter the 20th day of February are subject tu a penalty of 50 per cent J. DKJGS WILDER. Auditor Sumter County. Nor 21 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 vour or? ders. Respectfully, A. D. HARBY. Leave all orders at H. Har by's Stable. Dec 12?3qb. Mrs. L? Atkinson MILLINERY. She has tbe largest and finest collection ehe h*t? ever exbibnt 1, n eluding scores of rich novelties m Imported Round Ha'S, Toque6 and Bonnets, as w I a9 ? choice va? riety of baudsome decigos from hat work? room Tbe assortment is laig? enough aod varied poougb to insure a perfect cboue to every * one, while tbe {.rices will be tauod more ih*o attractive In tbe Uotriiuuied Hat Department we are Showing a must extensive t.6eo:lu>eot of <he neweot *nd best shapes und colots?at rea? sonable prices Io ibis department we are showing a parties'arly attractive aseortsasnt of Ready to-Wear Tattoos and Tcanes io Velvets, Fetts, Paooe Velvets and Tacked Silks. A choice variety of Children's Trimrred Hats, for school aud dtess wear, at moderate prices Uct 3 FIRST NATIONAL BANK W SINTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, 8. C. Paid up OsattaJ.$ 75,00f 00 Surplus and Profils - - - - 25,OOS 00 Additional Liability of Stock? holders io excess of tbslr stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositors, $175 000 00 Transacts a General Banking Business Special attention ii?en to collections. StVlNGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits ot $1 and upwards received. Ia terent allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed inn M00, Datable quarterly, oo first days of January April, July and Octooer. R M WALLACE, L. S. CaasoB, President. Cashier.