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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1904. The Suinter Watchman was founded in 2850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman, and Southron nov bas the com? bined circulation aud influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising iriearom in Sumter. The Legislature meets next week the session should be one of tbe most important in results of any ses? sion of tilia past ten years. The most portant matter that will come up is revisi?n of the tax laws, but, ow iag to 'tiie antagonisms that will be aroused .between the ...various interests be affected by proposed changes in laws, it is possible that nothing all of real value will be accomplish od and the present unsatisfactory sys Item ol ^axatics will . be continued j practicaHf?acnsnged. Another rhipbr tatat mati??-to be considered is the re? peal of "tas Heh law. There is now a stronger and more, wide-spread demand than ever before for the immediate repeal of this law which has outlived ite usefulness. Nevertheless we do not anticipate its 'repeal We have for. years adwated ^.be- repeal of the lien Jaw, but we have been informed" re? cently Shat the; courts of this State have hel4 that a farmer has the right, I irrespective of the lien law, to give a mortgage.on his prop even before...it is planted; and, if this be the case, the repeal of the Ken law won?c not im? prove conditions, but v;ould, on the contrary, be an injury to the class of people who are accustomed to giving Siens, inasmuch as the lien law now gives to them a certain degree of pro? tection against rapacious and dishon? est creditors If a mala has a.common .law right to mortgagees crops the lien law may as, well remain as it is. Another not ?f particular importance to tue people at large, but one which is calculated to create something of a sensation is the report of the commit? tee appointed to investigate and re? port on the condition of the State House with especial reference to' the work done on it two years ago. There have been rumors and charges of job bery and shoddy work ev?r since the work was started, in fact from the time the contract was awarded, and it is said that the report of the special committee will give those interested something to think about. These matters together with the elections j$o he held seem to be the ones that saz? now most frequently discussed by legislator, but there are others of equal .importance to come up during the. ^election. The blind tigers of Charleston are now paying theil license taxes for *doing business. About fifty of them "were attested last week by the police ?BB4 carried before . the Recorder Those who entered a plea of. guilty were fined $25 while those who de? manded trial were fined $50 each upon conviction. This system is really cheaper for the liquor sellers than the old anti-dispensary license system. Sumter and Anderson are running neck and neck for fifth place among the cities of South Carolina. At the last census Sumter held, the position with Anderson a close sixth and every? thing points to the fact that ?they STO Just about maintaining their relative positions. In postcSee receipts, dis? pensary sales, cotton receipts etc. they are so close together that it is hard to separate them. But in cotton manufacturing Anderson' is s long ways ahead of Sumter and it is time this city was making a move in that line of industry. In thc manufacture of telephones and electrical appliances and in wood ; working plants^Sumter has Anderson beat as well as all other towns in the! State. LOTS OF t? ON EY. The Deposits of the Three Local Banks Were Nearly Three-Fourths of Million on January ist. The banko of this city began the "jear with the largest deposits in their history and there is today more money in Sumter than ever before, showing that the city is not only growing in population but in wealth. The growth in wealth has .been greater within the past three years than is apparent, from the deposit accounts of the local banks, for within three years there have been established two bank? in j Bishop vi Ile and one in Mayesville, all of which draw practically their entire business from the territory which theretofore did its banking business in this city with the local banks. The three local banks had on deposit December 31st $720,651.84, divided as follows : First National Bank 375,040.34 Bank of Sumter * 261,888.17 Sumter Savings Bank 83,723.33 The combined capital of the three hanks is $200,000 and their combined surplus exceeds $50,000. The sales at the Anderson dispensary ciuring the month of December amounted to $15,765.20. From this there was derived a net profit of $3, 048.70|, which is to be equally divided between the city and the county* The sales at this dispensary during the year 1903 amounted to 92,837.65, and the net profit amounted to $18,129.15. THE BUILD!M6 BOOM. j More Than Two Hundred Thousand Doi j , lars Expended During 1903. A reporter for The Item called on Mr. D. G. Zeigler, local Architcet, yesterday afternoon, asking for a state? ment of the buildings planned and superintended which have been erect? ed in this city during the year of 1903 under his plans and supervision, and was greatly surprised to find that Mr. Zeigler bas handled tbe following list of work through his office, which, evi? dently speaks well for him and espe? cially when his clients are all appar entiy satisfied with his plans. This list does not; include any of the plans j furnished by him for other towns and : cities: j Improvement on Hotel Sum ?ter, . $ 9,000 Improvement on Mr. D. Chi? na's residance, 2,000 Improvement on The Sumter Telephone* Mfg. Co., work is not yet completed in full, 25,000 Improvement on Capt. J. D, Wilder's residence, 2,500 Improvement on Mrs, Lilian and Olive Btubbsr store, 3,500 Improvement on Mrs. Lena McFadden's store, 1,500 Improvement on Bultman . Broa.' store ?.0OO Lx$rov?ment on. residence of. fl.%arby, ' 2.500 Improvement on Hotel Jack? son, old-Nixon House,; 15,000 Improvement on office build- - ing for J.* A. Renno, 600 Improvement on Dr. A. J. China's residence, 500 Improvement on Dr. Archie China'snuildihg, repairs, 1,000 Residence erected for Capt. R. N. Gentry 3,500 Residence erected for W. B. Lynam, 2,000 Three residences erected for Neil O'Donnell, 5,000 Stores for Mrs. Ella Tuomey, 7,000 Plans for Capt. Perry Moses, two buildings, 4,000 Plans for Dr. Archie China, one building, 1,500 Plans for Bartlette Street Baptist Parsonage,* 2,000 Plans for Dr. John S. Hugh son, residence, 3,000 Plans for Mr. E. S. Des . Champs, residence, 2,500 Plans for Dx. E. S. Booth, residence, 2,500 Plans for Mr. E. L Reardon, residence, 1,600 Plans for Mr. C. M. Hurst, .residence, * 2,000 Plans for Emanuel M. E. Church, 15,000 Plans for Mrs. Rosa Morris, residence, 2,500 Plans for Schwartz, two residences. 4,000 Four cottage buildings for Salena B. Walker, . 3,200 Plans for Lang Jennings, residence, .1,500 Total number of buildings, 40 Total cost 127,900 The following are buildings .erected in the city cf Sumter during 1903, on the most of which no Architect was employed : Mr. C. W. Kingman, resi? dence, 82,500 Mr. W. B. Murray, resi? dence, . 2,500 Mr. Hubert Osteen, resi dence, (Arct. H. C. Chiversf 3,300 Mr. Willie Bultman,. resi? dence, (Arct. E. A. Bram) 3,0C0 Dr. Birnie, residence, 3,000 Mr. J. L. McCallum, four residences, 5,500 Mr. E. W. Vogel, residence, 1,500 Mr. Eugene Moses, residence, 3,000 Mr. Henry Harby, residence, 1,500 First Baptist Parsonage, (Arct. C. C." Wilson) 3,000 Capt. Geo. Bru uer, two resi? dences, 3,000 Capt. C. G. Rowland, two store3, 3,000 Mr. C. L. Cuttino, resi? dence, 1,500 Mr. Henry Spann, residence, (John B. Carr & Co. ) 2,000 Mr. J. A. Whittemore, resi? dence, 2,000 Mr. Mark Reynolds, Im? provement on residence, (Arct. C. C. Wilson) 1,500 Forty-eight small tenement buildings, costing on an average of 300 each li, 400 Hon. R. I. Manning, resi? dence, (Arct. Walters &, Edwards) 6,000 Mr. Tom Joy. residence, 1,500 The Graded School, (Arct. C. C. Wilson) 13,300 Repairs on Miss McFadden's building, 500 Repairs on Mr. A. R. Flow? ers' residence, 700 Mr. Manton McClam resi? dence, 1,500 Mr. R. L. Wright, residence, 2,000 Mr. Francis Bultman, resi? dence, 1,500 Mr. Brainard Wilson, resi? dence, ' 1,200 Mr. D. M. Blinding, resi? dence, 2,500 Mr. P. B. Leonard, resi? dence. 1,200 Mr. Frank Wilson, residence, 2,000 890,800 D. G. Zeiglers work, 127,900 Grand Total, 218,700 Sound Sense. We are informed by the Spartanborg Herald that Dr. Charles D. Mciver, now President of the North Carolina Normal and Industrial College for Girls, will be selected by the Peabody Educational Board, at its meeting to be held in Washington next week, to succeed the late Dr. J. L. M. Curry as agent of this great trust. We have no doubt whatever of Dr. Mclver's executive ability. He holds high rank among the educational forces of North Carolina, and has performed good ; service wherever he has been placed. We doubt, however, the wisdom of his choice as agent of the Peabody Fund, unless it really be the intention of those who are charged with the ad? ministration . of that great trust to abandon its distinctive character and dissipate its strength by combining with the political and social propa? ganda known as the Southern Educa? tional board. Dr. Mciver, we believe, has been closely identified with th ss new movement, and for this reason, in our opinion,, he ought not to be placed in the field as agent of the Peabody Fund. We are further told by'our Spartan burg contemporary that the Hon. Hoke Smith, one of tbe Peabody trustees, said at the Southern Educational Association in Atlanta last week that it was the intention of the trustees to use the Peabody Fund in aid of the rural schools throughout the South, and that it was Dr. Mciver who 4 * made this wise suggestion." A little examination would show that it would not have been practicable for Dr. Mciver or anyone else to have ? made a suggestion containing really ; less wisdom. The Peabody .Fund j amounts to about three million dol- j lars. . The annual income available for educational purposes from this fund amounts to about 8100,000. It would be nothing short of waste for the Peabody trustees to dissipate this fund in a so-called effort to aid the rural schools. There is not enough money to do anything of tho sort. There is enough money, however, for the trustees to establish a great central normal college, at which teachers could be trained for service in the rural schools. One hundred thousand dollars a year divided smong the rural schools of the South would not be a drop in the bucket. Applied to the support of an institution for the train? ing of teachers it would accomplish great things. We hope that Mr. Smith has been misunderstood, and that it is no part of his intention to join in the raid which is proposed upor the Peabody Fund, a fund which should be forever kept separate for the benefit of educa? tion in the South, and in order that the name of George Peabody might be perpetuated.-News and Courier. Funeral of Dr. Hughson. Tbe funeral of Dr. John S. Hughson which was held in the Bartlette Street Baptist Church at ll o'clock Tbnrsday was one of the most largely attended funerals held-in Sumter in years. The church was filled to its utmost capac- . itv and more than a hundred of his many friends who had gathered to pay a last mark of respect to his memory could not gain admission to the build? ing. During the funeral all the drug stores in the city were closed and the Bank of Sumter of which he had been a director for many years was also closed. The bell of tho City Hall was tolled while the funeral cortege passed through Main street as customary when a former Mayor has passed away. The services at the church were conducted by the paetor, Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, whose tribute to Dr. Hughson was. not a eulogy but a plain, sincere and heartfelt appreciation of his life and character and gave ex? pression to the sorrow that is felt by so many of our people who have known respected and loved Dr. Hughson for a lifetime. The pall bearers were : Honorary-W. F. B. Hayns worth, R. L. Cooper, M. R. Wilson, W. F. Rhame, Joel E. Bronson, Neill O'Don? nell, R. I. Manning, Dr. J. A. Mood. William Yeadon and R. O. Purdy. Active-B. J. Rhame, H. F. Wilson, L. W. Folsom, E. Mood Smith, E. C. Haynsworth^ Sam B. Mitchell. Prof. Lane's Lecture. In Nashville the audience were car? ried off their feet by this unique hu? morist. There were seams of gold all through the deposit-nuggets of heavy weight here and"! there. But the lec? turer is pre-eminently a humorist. The grave theologians lost dignity and silence, laughed, roared, stamped, shook the rafters. Lane is voted the rarest of humorist.-Christian Advo? cate. At the Opera House, January 12th. Immigration Agents Arrested. Mr. A. C. Decker, of Cleremont, Fla., and Frank Wright, colored, wore arrested last week on the charge of inducing laborers to leave the State in violation of the law prohibiting immigration agents to work in the State without a license. Mr. Decker was released on 81,000 bond and Wright was committed to jail, being unable to obtain bond. Mr. C. G. Rowland has been elected a member of the board of directors of the Bank of Sumter to fill the vacancy made by the death of Dr. J. S. Hugh son. The Atlantic Coast Line freight depot was closed on the first except from 10 to ll o'clock when it was open for the delivery, of perishable freight The faithful and hard worked employees are entitled to a holiday and they no doubt enjoyed it all the more because a holiday comes so rarely. The Salinas' plantation near Macs? ville was sold at auction Monday in front of the Court House. There were several bidders, but the place was fin? ally knocked down to Mr. O. C. Scar? borough, of Summerton, his bid being 816,100. The Atlantic Coast Line will in? augurate a new freight schedule on the Pregnall branch on Jan. 10. A train leaving Sumter [az 3.40 a. m., will reach Creston at 5.50 a. m., and leave that point at 6.15 a.m. This train will continue to Pregnall, reach? ing there at 6.10 a.m. The passenger train will pass Creston at 6.10 a. m., and thus there will be connection by both freight and passenger service for Charleston. Mr. W. N. Royall, gener? al superintendent of the A. C. L., in announcing the new schedule, says that he .trusts that the change will improve the service a9 was desired by tile people along the Pregnall branch. The name of the j.ostoflBce at Tay? lors, Shiloh Township has been changed to Durwood. WANTED, Persimmon, Dogwood, Hick? ory and Holly Logs. F:*eight paid on car? loads. JAMES COCKSH.OTT, Charleston, S.C. Oct 21-4m. WANTED-Faithful person to travel for well 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 ar d 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 Southron Office. " feetp. 30-2t. EGGS-Barred Plymouth Rock Eggs. Sitting of 13 SI. CO. For sale by N. G. Osteen. Sept. 30-2t PUBLIC SALE OF A VALUABLE and very productive plantation comprising two tracts, situated in the Waxhaw District of Lancaster County, South Carolina, and known as the Waxhaw Plantation or Witherspoon Place, and Cureton Linds respectively, the form? er being 1266^2 acres, more oi less, and the latter 372 acres, more or less in area, and both tracts adjoin. This land is about 9 miles from Lancaster Court House, on the Charlotte Road and also not very far distant from Waxhaw on the Seaboard Air Line. The soil is red clay and very fertile. This plantation is also well adapted for stock-raising. The Waxhaw Plantation is the historic birth-place of General Andrew Jackson. The undersigned will sell at Publ c Auc? tion on Monday, the first day of February 1904, in front cf the Court House door at one (/clock p. m, at Lancaster C. H., S. C., all the above described two tracts of laud, a more particular description of which can be found in the Lancaster Ledger and Lancaster Review of Lancaster, C. H., 8. C. The Waxhaw Plantation, firstly above described has been sub-divided into six tracts, and, if not sold as a whole, will be offered in tracts according to a plat, a copy of which can be sees at the office of the Watchman and Southron. Improve? ments consist of tenement houses and out? buildings scattered over the lands. Terms of ?ale. One fourth cash, balance in equal yearly instalment" of one, two, three, four and five years, or all cash at the option of the purchaser ; the credit payments to bear interest and to be secur? ed to the satisfaction of the owners. WIESENFELD & COMPANY, 706 Fidelity Building, Baltimore, Md. William Carnes, of Dwight, Lancaster County, S*. C., Auctioneer. Jan 6-4t Ul RETURNS FOB W OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUNTY. Samter, S. C., Dec. 5, 1903. Notice is hereby given that I will attend, in person or by deputy, at the following places on the days indicated respectively, for the purpose of receiving returns of personal property and poll tsxes for the fiscal year commencing January Ibt, 1904. At Office, Sumter, S. C., at all other times up zo February 20th, 1904, inclusive. Gordon's Mill, January 6th. Tin dal's Store, Thursday, January 7. Privateer, (Jenkin's Store,) Friday Janu? ary 8. Manchester, (Thos. A. Gardiner's.) Fri? day, January 8. Wedgefield, Saturday. January 9. Stateburg, Saturday, January 9. Hagood, Tuesday, January, 12. Rembert, Wednesday, January 13. Dalzell, Thursday, January 14-. Ma'y orville, Monday, January ll. Shiloh, Tuesday, January 12. Norwood's Cross Roads, Wednesday, January IS. Oswego, Friday, January 15. All returns must be made on or before the 20th day of February, next. I cannot take returns-af ter 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 Auditor Sumter County. Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. This preparation contains all of the olgestants and digests all kinds of food. It gives instant relief and never fails to cure, lt allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. It prevents formation of gason the stom? ach, relieving all distress after eating. Dietingunneccssary. Pleasant to take. Ii can't help but do you good Prepared only bv E. C. DTIWTTT&CO.. Ohicagf The il. bottle contains VA times the 50c. alz? For sale by J. S. Hughson & Co ? issolution Sale. The Chance of Your Life. Five Thousand Dollars' worth of Furniture at and below Cost. . Having decided to discontinue bus? iness here, we will offer our entire stock of Furniture at actual cost. We want to close out this stock within the next 30 days, not longer than 60 days. Be firsi and get what you want, and first choice. To our customers who have bought from us on Leases : We will expect prompt payments, as we expect to close out this business as early as possible, and any neglect to meet your pay? ments will forfeit the furniture. No putting off or paying part. We expect to carry out the contract to the letter, and will you to do the same ? A liberal discount will be allowed to those who wish to pay in full at once. No. 10 W. Liberty Street FERTILIZER This is the season when Our Farming Friends Will be looking around for the best place in which to buy their fertilizers, and we are pleased to announce that we are well pre? pared to take care of their wants in this line. Nitrate of Soda, fluriate of Potash, and Kainit We bought through direct importing agents, and some of it was contracted for more than a year ago, at a saving of several dollars per ton as compared with present prices. OUR BRANDS Of Ammoniated, and Acid Phosphate, are from the best manufacturer in the State, and have no connection with the trust. The Acid Phos? phate we sell, while guaranteed only 13 per cent., like all other brands^ Clemson College Gives it 15.59, nearly SO per cent, above the guarantee. This is worth considering. O'DONNELL & COMPANY.