The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 30, 1901, Image 6
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
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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.
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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
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?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.