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C-?jc Gittern w? i?Gu?ljnm. WEDNESDAY, 'DECEMBER 23, 1303. The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now bas the com? bined circulation and influence of both of the oid papers, ana is manifestly the best advertising medium in' Sumter. Mr. John G. Capers denies that he | attended the Marl; Hanna banquet and j declares his intention to mate affidavit ' in support of his denial. What he needs is not an affidavit but a well established alibi. f.t strikes us,, how-j ever, that the incident is being magni? fied unduly. Wherein lies the differ? ence between, a banquet at which a negro is a guest and a South Carolina negro Republican pow wow? Mr. Ca? pers has made himself at home in the negro conventions in this State, and he will scarcely make au affidavit that he has not sat in these negro conven ti?ns cheek by jowl with Edmund Deas and other black and tan notables. If a distinction in degradation can be drawn, it seems to us that Mr. Capers reached a lower level when he hobnob bed with the negro politicians in the Orangebuig convention than he did when he sat down with Judson Lyons at the Mark Hanna banquet It is no worse to d?ne with a negro than to be the leader of the negro politicians against his fermer friends and assol? ?tes. No cue better knows the evil consequences of negro political rule than John G. Capers, and when he al? lied himself with the rfegroes against his own race he published to the world that he was ready and willing to ac? cept the duties, responsibilities and degradation that his. position carried with it. Gov. Heyward has held up the appointment of Mr. A. C. Kaufman on account of the alleged irregularities connected with his nomination for re? appointment as a member of the Char? leston school board. This gives the Charleston people another chance to fight it out among themselves. The negroes of the Hopkins, Weston ?md Co'ngaree communities of Richland 'County, whose crops were destroyed by -hail, ?oods and early frosts, are; in a 'destitute and starving condition and bave appealed for help. Their appeal -is endorsed by the white people of *hose communities, who state that there is urgent need of immediate as ?i?taace, if great suffering is to be pre? vented. Comptroller General Jones recom? mends in his annual report that a State license tax be levied upon all insurance companies doing business in South Carolina and that all license taxes now imposed by cities and coun? ties be prohibited. He estimates that the State would receive an income from this source of about $150,000. It is expected that the cities will oppose the Jones plan and that the insurance companies will favor it, for the cities will lose the income'now derived from the insurance companies, while the companies will save money, since the State license tax will almost certainly be less than the aggregate tax now paid to towns and cities. Far sighted land owners who plant? ed pecan groves eight or ten years ago ?re now beginning to get substantial returns on their investments, and each year the returns will be greater. A grove of pecans of any of the fine va? rieties beats cotton, even. at twelve cents, as a money maker. The State of Sooth Carolina has prohibited the sale of toy pistols and paper caps under heavy penalty, but does everything in its power to in? crease the sale of liquor during the holidays as well as throughout the bal? ance of the year. A few cases of lock? jaw, alleged to be caused by toy pistols and caps, are a terrible menace to society, but the hundreds of cases of jim jams, the mur? ders, the fatal accidents, and ali the other horrors directly traceable to the sale of liquor through the dis pensaries are not counted as evils against the great moral institution. Perhaps if the State sold toy pistols aad caps at a great profit no law would have been passed to prohibit their ale. BM WORK D?RING NOVEMBER. Mr. Bauer Makes Note of Some Interesting Facts About the Cli? matology of Last Month. The weather conditionr of the month of November have been review? ed by Mr. J. W. Bauer, section direc? tor, who makes the following deduc tions in reference to the farm work during that month : "The first six days of the month, and the middle cf the second decade, were warm, and the rest of the month was unusually cold? A moderate cool wave on the 7th and 8th, caused kill? ing frosts over the State except along the coast, and asevere cold wave, on the 13th and 19th, caused freezing temperatures over the entire State, as well as the first ground freeze of the season in ali save the coast sections. The month as a whole ranks amonj the coldest Novembers of record "The precipitation averaged L4< inches which is 52 per cent, of th? normal November amount. It wa: quite evenly distributed. A trace o snowfall was recorded ever the centra and eastern counties on the 25tb, bm at Batesburg only was the snowfal sufficient to whiten the ground. "The soil was in fair condition foi seeding, although in places it was toe dry. Oats seeding made rapid pro? gress and practically all the proposed acreage was planted, but germination was slow owing to the prevailing cold weather, and, in consequence, stands were unusually small at the'close of the month. The proposed wheat acreage is smaller than usual, and seeding was not more than half finished, and scarcely any fields had come up to stands. There has been no injury from the Hessian fly* this season. "In the western counties there was considerable fruitage of late cotton bolls, not open, which the frosts and freezing temperatures destroyed. Picking is finished, a except that in a few fields there remain a few scattered bolls that are being picked, under the stimulus of the prevailing high price of cotton. In ordinary years this part of the crop would not be considered worth picking, but the whole of this year's crop has been picked unusually close. "Truck was injured by the freezing temperatures. The cold weather was favorable for butchering hogs nearly a month earlier than usual, and there? by effecting a saving of the feeding value for that length of time. Butch? ering was begun as soon as the first cold wave warning was issued by the weather bureau, and before the tem? peratures had fallen to the requisite degree of coldness for saving the meat.1' November was quite a cold month as shown by the following from Mr. Bauer's bulletin : The mean temperature for Novem? ber, 1903, was 50.9 degrees, which is ?.3 degrees below normal. The high? est local mean was 56.8 degrees at Sreenville. The highest maximum aras 86 degrees at Ben netts ville on .the i?tbj the lowest minimum was 10 de? crees at Clemson college on the 27tb, na king the State range 76, degrees. The greatest local monthly range was '4 degrees at Clemson college, the least was 46 degrees at Georgetown. The nean of the daily maximum tempera rares was 61.5 degrees, of the daily ni ni mum temperatures 40.3 degrees, naking the mean daily range 212 Legrees. Frost-The following is a hst of tationsjthat recorded the first killing rost of the season in this mouth, and his list is supplemental to the one inblished in the October, 1903, month y report. The dates in this Hst for Beaufort, Stateburg, Summerville and forkville are corrections for the )ctober list. On the 5th at Aiken, on he 7th at Charlotte/ N. C., George own, Stateburg, Winnsboro and York ille ; on the 8th at" Blackville, Col imbia, Pinopolis and Wilmington, N. ). ; on the 19th at Allendale, Beau ort, Charleston, Savannah, Ga., Summerville and Walter boro. The precipitation averaged 1.40 nches, which is 1.28 below normal. Dbe greatest local amount was 3.17 at ?atesburg, the least was "Trace" at Georgetown. The greatest 24-hour all was 1.37 at Yemassee on the 4th. Che average number of days with 0.01 nch or more of rain was 5, ranging rem none at Georgetown to 9 at Uharleston, Greenville, Summerville md Walterboro. Hail-Yorkville on the 5th. Snow.-A general but very light 'all cf snow occurred on the 25th. The greatest depth was 0.7 at Batesburg. Sleet.-Sleet was recorded as follows Anderson, 20; Barksdale, Bowman, Dlarks Hill, Columbia, Clemson Col? lege, Liberty, Summerville, Trenton, Winthrop college and Yemassee on the 21st; Batesburg, 22; Bennettsville, Greenville, Little Mountain, 21, 25; Blackville, 21, 26; Camden, Heath Springs, Lagon", Society Hill, Spar tanburg, on the 25th; Darlington, 24; Longshore, 25, 25; Saluda, 7, 25. Weather.-The average number of clear days was 14; of parly cloudy 8, and of cloudy 8. LOOKS LIKE"I5~C?5UOTTOH. Market Forced Up Yesterday to New Records for the Season Net Gain of 55 Points. New York, Dec. 22.-The cotton market became very active and excited this afternoon on a rush of buying or der?, led by New Orleans. As prices worked upward there was active cover- j ing. Tiie list was forced up to new j records for the season with January j selling at 13.17; March 13.38; May 13.49 and July 13.50. According to room gossip the advance was largely due to reports that a tip was in circu- i lation in New Orleans regarding j the forthcoming census bureau report, j making it appear that about 2,000,000 j bales of cotton had been ginned be- j tween Nov. 14 and Dee. 14, with the j amount remaining to be ginned about j 7 per cent, cf the crop. The market closed steady within a | point'or two of the best of the session, j with Januar}- quoted at 13.21; March ? 13.45; May 13.58 and July 13.59, be? ing a net gain of 45 to 55 points. Sales were estimated at 1,200,000 bales. Plan for Storing Cotton. As there are some of onr farmer friends who may intend holding their cotton until spring and who do not wish to incur the great risk of storing in a building to such we wish to throw ont a suggestion which may prove of service. Place on the ground four bricks lengthwise, upon these put the bale of cotton letting the head of the same rest on the bricks. Continue this, leaving a good space between the bales. It might not be a bad plan to fis say five bales this way then the next five at an interval apart too great to allow a flame to cross over-this would reduce the risk. We have seen cotton stored in this way for the entire winter and not one pound of damage discovered. The old plan of placing the bales on skids and turning the cotton after every heavy rain will not prevent damage. Just where the cotton rests on the skids there damage begins its can? cerous-work. In the mode we advocate this is all prevented. By that system the narrow surface of the brick foundation holds no moisture, the sun and air have full play both under and beteen the bales. Citizen. SHOWsllG INCREASE. Assessed Property in State Com? pared With 1902. Increase Over Eight and One-Half Mil? lions-County Real Estate Decreases * in Value. Columbia, Dec. 22.-Comptroller General jones has compiled some inter esting figures showing the assessed valuation of property in this State for the year 1903 as compared with 1902. There is a decrease in the property outside of townsend cities which the comptroller general says can be ex plained only by the fact that some sounty auditors have erroneously in sluded county property in cities and bowns. Following are the figures : Real estate not in cities and towns, 1903, $ 68,485,962 Seal estate not in cities and towns, 1902, 69,021,482 Decrease $ 535,520 Seal estate in cities and towns, 1903, 8 38,855,328 [leal estate in cities and towns, 1902, 38,000,108 Increase, $ 855,220 Railroad property, ?903, $ 29,489,312 Railroad property, 1902, 27,705,453 Increase, $ 1,783,859 Personal property, 1903, $ 67,575,277 Personal property, 1902, 61,049,273 Increase, " $ 6,526,004 Dotal property, 1903, $204,405,879 Lotal property, 1902, 195,776,316 Net increase, $ 8,629,536 The increase in personal property )f $6., 526,004 covers the increase of Textile industries, 81,249,191 Fertilizer factories, 54,830 Cotton seed oil mills, 67,485 Telephone and telegraph com? panies, 138,597 Southern Express Co., J4l,4S8 Pallaran Paiace Car Co., 29,303 B. ? L. Associations, esti? mated, 300,000 Total, . 8 1,984,094. Washington, Dec. 22.-It is report sd here today that the president has informed some members of the senate committee on military affairs that he will not again promote Generai Wood if the senate confirms his nomination for major general. This will remove many objections to his promotion. The Sumter Dry Goods Co., are showing a beautiful assortment of practical articles suitable for Christ? mas Gifts, such as Fur Boas, Fine Umbrellas, Linen Handkerchiefs, Centemeri Kid Gloves, All Linen Towels, Tea Table Setts, Rugs, Art Squares and many other useful things. It is not a difficult matter to find a suitable gift for your best friend if you'd give their large stock to look over. Dec. 15-21. COTTON ^MARKET. The receipts during the past week have been light, although prices have continued to advance and there being every inducement to sell. Today the market is strong with middling selling at 12 5-8. Digests what you eat. This preparation contains all of the Ctlgestants and digests all kinds ui food. It gives instant relief and never fails to cure, lt allows you to eal all the food you want. Thc most sensitive stomachs can Lake it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. It prevents format ion of gason the stom? ach, relieving all distress after eat ing. Dieting un necessary. Pleasant to take. lt can't help but do you good Prepared on ly hy E. C. DEWITT & Co., Chlcagr The $i. bottle contains '?Vs times the 00c. siztj For sale by J. S. Hughson & Co ! ? s Rome, Dec. 22.-The Pope assisted by Cardinals Merry Del Val and Macenni bas made an invesiagtion into the Vatican's finances and discovered several irregularities. As a result it has been decided to entrust finances to an expert and worthy layman. The editor of the Watchman a.r.d South ron acknowledges tue receipt of a copy . of the 1934 Kodol Almanac and 200 Year Calendar, sent to him with the compliments of the publishers of this most interesting, unique and useful booklet. The Kodol Almanac and 200 Year Calendar, aside from other interesting features, points out your guiding star and tells you your most promising month. It also tells your lucky day, your flower and your birth stone, and the day of the week upon which yon were born or the day of the week upon which any other event has occurred since the day of our National In? dependence, or may occur upon any given date as far in the future as the year 1996. Messrs. E. C. DeWitt & Co., of Chicago, 111., are sole owners and pub? lishers of the Kodol Almanac and 200 Year Calendar, and will be pleased to mail a copy of this booklet to any one enclosing a two-cent stamp with a re? quest for same, provided this paper is mentioned. NOTICE. Dr. Z. F.15 Highsmith's Optical Parlors will be closed from December 25th to 3*st inclusive. All wishing to see me professionally should cali at once or postpone their visit until January 1st. Z. F. Highsmith. Dec. 23.-lt* WAISTED, Persimmon, Dogwood, Hick? ory and Hollv Logs. Freight paid on car? load?. JAMES COCKSHOTT, Charleston, S. C. Oct 21-4m. WANTED-Faithful person to travel for weil established house in a few counties, calling, on retail merchants and agents. Local territory. Salary $20.00 per week with expenses addi? tional, all payable in cash each week. Money for expenses advanced. Position permanent. Business successful and rushing. Standard House, 330 Dear? born street, Chicago. Nov. ll FOR RENT-One storehouse, with three room dwelling attached, with necessary, out buildings, for five months. Three and one half miles from Sumter in the fork of Providence and Stateburg roads. For terms apply to R. M. Edens, Sumter, S. C. July 29-tf._ FOR SALE-Sewing Machine in good condition. Apply at Watchman and South roi* Office. feetp. 30-2t. EGGS-Barred Plymouth Rock Egga Sitting of 13 $1.00. For sale by N. G. Osteen._Sept. 30-2t NOT ! CE. HUNTING on the lands of the follow lng parties is strictly prohibited. Any one violating this notice will be pros? zute? to the full extent of the law. Geo. M. Sanders, W. L. Saunders, A. M. Lee, W. H. Ingram, W. W. Anderson, Chas. Pinckney, J. L. Pinckney, R. D. Cuttino, D. Bull, W. W. Sumter. T. S. Stuckey, H. J. Mc? Call. Dec. 9.-4t. Ul RETURNS FOR 1904. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUNTY. Samter, S. C., Dec. 5,1803. Notice is hereby given that I will attend, tn person or by deputy, at the following places on the days indicated respectively, tor the purpose of receiving returns of personal proparty and poll taxes for the fiscal year commencing January l&t, 1904. At Office, Sumter, S. C., at all other times ap to February 20th, 1904, inclusive. Gordon's Mill, January 6th. Tindall Store, Thursday, January 7. Privateer, ( Jenkin's Store,) Friday Janu? ary 2. Manchester, (Tho9. A. Gardiner's.) Fri? lay, January 8. Wedgefield, Saturday, January 9. Stateburg, Saturday, January 9. . Hagood, Tuesday, January, 12. Rembert, Wednesday, January 13. Dalzell, Thursday, January 14. Mayesville, Monday, January ll. Shiloh, Tuesday, January 12. Norwood's Cross Roads, Wednesday, January 13. Oswego, Friday, January 15. All returns must be made on or before the 20th day of February, next. I cannot take returns after that date, and all re? turns made after the 20th day of February are subject to a penalty of 50 per cent. J. DIGGS WILDER, dec 9 A-uditor Sumter County. NOTICE. I WILL offer for sale at public auc? tion in Mayesville, S. C., at J. E. Mayest livery stables on Tuesday, Dec. 29th, 1903 at eleven o'clock, or as soon thereafter as the sale can be made, the following property, belong? ing to the estate of W. D. . Mayes, deceased, viz: -Two horses, seven mules, one calf, one iron safe, Carey make, one mower and hay rake, one Osborne reaper and binder, three side harrows, one one horse wagon, one two-horse wagon, a number of sets of plow gear, plows, plow stocks, etc. ELIZABETH W. MAYES, Admx. Dec. 16-2t . G. Osteen, Jr., SURGEON DENTIST, OFFICE : No. 104 N. Main Street, (Winburn's old Gallery), SUMTER. S. C. Office hours, 9 to 1.30 2 30 to 6. C. P. Osteen, M D. No 104 N. Main Street, (Winburrrs old Gallery), SUMTER, S. C. AND WE ARE READY With a complete stock of S AND VAL A useful present is more sensible? than an or? namental one, and in Our Dry Goods Department Will be found many of these, a few of which we will mention : Kugs, Art Squares, Lap Kobes, Table Cloths, Towels, Napkins, a handsome Coat or Fur, Kid Gloves, Neck pieces Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Belts, or a box of Shamrock Hosiery. In our Clothing Department you will find a Complete Line of Overcoats For old, young and middle age, neckwear in endless variety, sweaters for men and boys, suits for the little fellow? from $1 to $5, suits for the medium size from $2 to $10, suits-for the old folks from $5 to $15, with hatsr and shoes to suit all sizes. There are few if any places in which all your wants can be so nearly supplied as here. O'DONNELL & COMPANY. To flake Changes: We are very anxious to exchange our Merchandise for Cash. .' We have too many goods for the short cotton crop, therefore we are going to give everybody a chance to get some low price goods. TV On the following goods, for one w^ek: Dress Goods, Silks, Furs, Blank= ets, Cloaks, 5hoes, Carpets and Mat= tings. 36=inch black Taffeta, warranted $1.25 kind, for 93c. $1.50 quality for $1.23. Dress goods are on cen= ter table and marked down accord ingly. The Sumter Dry Goods Co.