The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 21, 1904, Image 3
THE HARVEST ENDED.
The Big Crt* Hagood's Farmers All
Gathered.
Hagoo-i, Bec. 19.-<5otton, notwtth
standing the tremendous crop made
here, has About all about been gath?
ered, a better record than last year
with. its- short crop.
For a time labor seemed scarce,
causing some folks to go wild and of?
fer more than was necessary. The on?
ly two men in our community who did
no* go up were negroes and while
they were a little slow their crops
were finally gathered in good condi
* -tion. -
While the crop here was a "bump?
er," nearby it was quite short.
As a rule a good corn year is not a
good cotton year old farmers say, but
this year is the ?acception in all our
country-so far as I have been able to
learn; from reports that come in we
ought to cali tt the "jubilee' year for
: Sumter cowary; because an abundance
of everything has been made.
I have .eSaimed since my first ae
?Muamtanee with ;be eounM-v that -.is?
lands w*sre-i?&lly equal to the very best
of Metrien and Marlboro. People are
I begint?iig to realize the truth of the
: statement.
3?aybe, I suspected it is true, the
giant nohly shook himself his year,
aod we are to see a larger one next.
AX least that is what many are prepar?
ing ?$br. Their lands have been badly
m down, sadly in need of drainage
so ^that they were not, are not, is what
tfiteey would even now say, in a position
*?to do the "handosme" thing. This
Tfrom my knowledge and observstioa
I believe to be the case. To all the
farmers, toe very body, a merry Xruas
.?and a happy New Year.
PRIOLEAU GOES TO JAIL. >
Twice a Candidate for Congress in
First District,
Charleston, Dec. 20.-Aaron P. Pri
oleau, colored, one of the erstwhile:
Republican candidates for congress
in the ^district, who was convicted
and was sentenced to imprison
?ment for three months ?lr. *he
Charleston county jail, and to pay a
fine of $50. Prioleau was represented
at the hearing by his two colored law?
yers, hut immediately after .-jent-enee
was passd he secured the services ?of
Mr. W. St. Julien Jervey with tho
view of carrying an appeal te ?the
' Circuit court of appeals. It is under?
stood that Captain John G. Capers,
as district attorney, will resist any
. further review of the decision ol .the
court. Proieau was not taken to jail
until late yesterday afternoon, having
requested that he be granted time to
give bnod
The bond under which Prioleau was
previously held simply required his
presence at any zime it was desired
in court. The bond was executes be?
fore sentence was passed. In view of
the action of counsel, the district at?
torney insisted upon a new bond, but
up until the time Priolau was ttakn
tc jail no bond satisfactory to the
s clerk of the District Court or to the
district attorney had been offered.
MRS. CHADWICK TO TEST3BFY.
She Win Be Asked by Referee .about
Jewels and Other Valuable.
Cleveland, Dec 20.-Mrs. Chad?
wick said this morning thai: .-she
was willing to appear before R?eree
Remington today if the doctors .said
she was able to do so. She will be
asked about jewels and other .valua?
bles she isjeported to have.
TOWN VILLE OIL MILJL BURNED.
A Quantity of Seed, Oil and Meal "VCas
Consumed.
Anderson, Dec 19.-The oil Taflll
: and gin at Townville, in the ner?i
westcrn part of the county, was -fe-,'
.stroyed early yesterday morning. The:
total loss is about $20,000. A quanthy
* of oil, seed and meal was consumed ;|
with the building. The mill was hs3t
last year and capitalized at $15,00?%. It j
has been in successful operation sincc
and has paid good dividends, thougla
isrfuatcd 15. miles from a railroad.
THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
rHotiee Committee Favors the Under?
taking and Will Advise a Substan
\ liai Appropriation.
Washington, Dec. 2-Sub-commit-:
-T-eee of the House committee on in- j
du-strial arts and epxositioi?s met this '
morning aod beard officials of the de- ;
partment? of war, navy and commerce
and labor on the subject of the James
towe ?exposition of 190/. Representa?
tive interests back of the exposition
were also present. At the conclusion
of the hearing Mr. Tayney, Chairman
of the committee said the member?
of the so-b-committee were in favor of
advipicg substantial government aid
to the cinder-taking and believed tbat
?congress would help it along.
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Another Bunted Ohio Bank.
Washington, Dec. 20.-The Comp?
troller of the Currency was advised
?todav that the First National Bank of
Connecticut. Ohio, ?losed its doors
last night on account of a run which
-occurred yesterday. National Bank
Examiner L. L. Miller has been ap?
pointed receiver.
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Washington, Dec. 20.-President j
Roosevelt this morning promised to
.?attend the annual Lincoln dinner of
tbe New York Republican Club,
which is to be held at the Waldorf-As?
toria on the evening of Febrnary 13th.
William D. Murphy, a member of the
club presented the invitation to the
President and received his acceptance.
Paris. Dec. 2.-The meeting of the
commission which will enquire into
the Dogger Bank tragedy has been
postponed until tomorrow because of
the DOO arrival of Rear Admiral
Davis, the American member. He
is expected tc arrive in Paris this
F?lliNS WfiLLS OSUSH A HOTEL
Fitly Guests Buried in the Rums
Seven Bodies Recovered.
Mineapolis, Dec. 20.- A strong
wind caused the walls of the mined
Peck building, which was burned
last Tuesday, to fall early this morn?
ing, crushing the Crocker hotel ad?
joining. Fifty people are known
to have been in the hotel at the time.
The rained hotel caught fire and
the entire fire department started to
rescue te entombed people. Sever are
known to be dead and there are nine
known to be injured, some quite seri?
ously. The hotel was a frame build?
ing and was crashed as though it was
built of card board.
SOCTH CAROLINA SEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Condensed and Par?
agraphed . for Quick Reading.
Hey ward coan ty election bas? been
withdrawn hy those interested in the
new county, as it was found the elec?
tion could coi be held the same day as
the Calhoun county election.
Jona fte&tis, Auditor-elect of Fair?
field county, died in Winnsboro Mon?
day.
Jeff Slack And Lac Derlin were com?
mitted to the Abbeville jail Monday
for ?the murder of Will Vance at a hot
sapper Friday night. All are negroes.
Tthe citizens of Edgefieid connty held
a ned hot ?meeting at Edgefieid Court
Moese Monday and organized to fight
the (movement to form Calhoun county
.ant of .portions of 'Edgefieid connty.
A ?hat light-is anticipated.
Mrs. Cora C. Wilson, the widow of
Jfiajj. -Jas. OU Wilson, a retired United
States Army officer, who resided in
Aiken S. C., for several years, has
been cornitted to the Tombs prison, in
-New York, charged with stealing
diamonds from Miss Laguna, a
wealthy Cuban girl. The Aiken end
of the story is that Mrs. Wilson ope?
rated in that place the Mrs. Chadwick
game on a small scale. She attempted
among other schemes to organize and
ran a bank of her own in Aiken. She
obtained a charter, rented a bnilding
and fitted it up as a bank but never
did any business. It is not known to
what estent she victimized those with
whom she had dealings.
W. 'M. Foley white, killed Chat
Collder, a Croaran, at Greeusea, Horry
connty Sunday.
Mr. Hiram Mitchell, engrossing
clerk in the office of the secretary of
state, has finished the commissions
for the 20 senators and 124 representa?
tives recently elected-144 in all.
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Special by Ware & Leland's Private
Wire.
New York, Dec. 20.-The break be?
low 7.50 for January was attended
with another break this morning, and
January sold at 7.23 before the after?
noon session was over., There was
more short selling than there has been
in sometime. Professionals have been
waiting for the market to break to 7.50
and were all ready to sell short. That
is, between 7.50 and 7.70 the situation
seemed very uncertain, but whne the
price broke through the low figures
there was general confidence in lower
prices. Professionals have some very
definite ideas at times, and there was
enough selling today to catch stop
loss orders and hasten the break.
With the market weak and
in new ground there was
absolutely nothing in the situation to
induce buying, and the support today
was as poor as it was yesterday. The
light receipts seemed to have a weak?
ening effect on prices, rather than
otherwise, and the market was weak?
er than for days. Reports from the
south showed cotton for sale. We will
have a decline now until the market
fe ts oversold again and shorts cover,
t may be January will have to get
nearer 7 cents before it is to be
bought. There will be January deliv?
eries another week.
Ware & Leland.
NEW YORK COTTON.
Open High Low Close.
Jan. 7 39 7 39 7 19 7 21
\$eb. 7 45 7 45 7 35 7 29
March 7 52 7 55 7 3o 7 39
April 7 60 7 60 7 50 7 45
May 7 64 7 67 7 47 7 49
J&nne 7^71 7 71 7 60 7 57
July 1 76 7 77 7 58 7 60
Aug. 77:77 7 77 7 75 7 61
Dec. . .7:32 . 7 35 7 16 7 16
New >York spots 20 down : mid?
dling 7.770, -sales none.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Opening. Closing.
WHEAT
May, HO 1- 110 4
Dec.- 109 5- 110 4
July, 97 5- 98 2
CORN- .
May, 45 1- 45 1
Dec, 45 5- 45 6
July. 45 4- 45 2
OATS
May., 31 2- 31 2
Dec, 29 - 29 -
July., 31 1- 31 2
PORK
May. 12.92 12.97
Jan., 12.62 12.67
LARD
May, 7.10 7.12
Jan., 6.85 J*.. 87
RIBS
v May., 6.77 C. 80
Jan., <147 6.50
New York, Dec. 19.-By an explo?
sion and the burning of 1.000,00?) gal?
lons of petroleum on a Standard Oil
company's barge at s*?a off Lo?.g
Branch, N. J., Sunday afternoon four
men were burned to death.
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Minneapolis, Minn, Dec. li? -
Eleven people are believed to be dead
in a hotel as a result of the falling of
the east wall of the O. H. Peck build?
ing, which was destroyed in the big
fire last week.
Preaching Thursday Night.
Stanley R. Grubb pastor of the
Washington Street Church of Christ,
Columbia ; will again preach in the
School of Music Hall tomorrow night,
and will continue to do so each
Thursday 'night, until the local
church secares a minister. Every one
cordially invited to hear bim.
i THE WORLD'S L?6HT
WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.
JIMMY BRITT DEFEATS BATTLING
NELSON.
A Great Fist Fight in San Francisco
Which Cost the Spectators
Thirty Thousand Dollars.
? San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 20.-A
thirty-five thousand dollar audience
was jammed into Mechanics' Pavil?
ion tonight when Jimmy Britt, of
this city, and "Battling" Nelson, of
Chicago, fought in what was virtual?
ly conceded to be a contest for the
world's light weight championship.
The belief that Joe Gans, the color
eed pngilist. who recently retained
the title by securing a decision over
Britt on a foul, is probably unable to
reduce to the weight limit, accen?
tuates the fact that the winner of to?
night's battle will be looked upon as
the legitimate champion of the
light weight division.
Never were two athletes more per?
fectly conditioned than Britt and
Nelson when they ceased their long
and arduous course of training, and
each was the personification of confi?
dence, when Referee Billy beckoned
them to their corners and the bell
summoned them to action. The prin?
cipals weighed in at 6 o'clock. Both
men failed to tip the scales at 132
pounds, the stipulated weight. It
was the opinion of those present when
the men jumped on the scales that
Nelson was the lighter of the two by
at least a pound.
Betting had been brisk all day. In
the morning bets were regsitered at
the odds of 10 to 7, with Britt the fa?
vorite. Later on however, owing to
the volume of Nelson money and the
reluctance of Britt's supporters to
speculate at what they termed unrea?
sonable and disproportionate figures,
the price advanceed a point with the
local lad holding the top and at 10 to
8. At 7 o'clock the odds favored
Britt at 10 to 9, and these quotations
prevailed for an hour. Still the flow
of short end wagers poured in and at
8 o'clock the betting was at even
money, which was the ruling price up
to ring time.
The fighting was fast from the first
round and the mill was altogether a
scientific exhibition of the manly art
Britt won the decision in the twen?
tieth ronnd. -
Two preliminaries were worked off
prior to the main event. Tom Moran
and Frank de Lile, of the United
States army, met in a four-round con?
test at 130 pounds, while George Her?
bert and Jim Heywoods {colored) en?
tertained the crowd in a scheduled
eight-round go. De Lile was given
the decision over Moran at the end of
four rounds of tame fighting.
In the second preliminary George
Herbert was given the decision over
Jim Heywoods at the end of the
eighth ronnd.
A message was read from Al Her?
ford, manager of Joe Gans, offering
to match the colored man with the
winner of tonight's contest.
REDUCED RATES XMAS WEEK.
For City and County Superintendents
of Education Coming to Columbia
Attend the Annual Meetings.
Columbia, Dec. 21.-Hon. O. B.
Marti a, State superintendent of edu?
cation, bas secured red aced oates on
account of the meeting of the school
superintendents and of county super?
intendents of education here Christ?
mas wee*. The folio wi og circnlar to
county and city superintendents was
issued from his office yesterday:
"Gentlemen: I have jmst received
notice that all of the railroads in this
State have granted a reduced rate of
one and one-third fare for the round
trip for our. Christmas meetings.
These tickets will be ou sale Dec.
27th aud 28th and will be sold on the
certificate plan. That is, you pay full
fare comiBg and take a certificate to
that effect from your local agent.
These certificates are to be signed by
O.B. Martin State superintendent and
vised by Mr. W. L. Burroughs special
agent, and you will then be able to
buy a return ticket at one third the
regular fare. These rates are condi?
tioned upon an attendance of 5, but
of course there will be more than that
from the two associations. Don't
neglect the certificates.
"CUB. Martin."1 i
Forestry Delegates.
Columbia, Dec. ?50.-Governor Hey
ward has appointed the following
delegates to the Forestry Congress to
be held in the city of Washington
January "J-G. The deli-gates are to
discuss matters of general interest to
those in the lumber business and the
people who arc back of the movement
for forestry reserve. The delegates
are as follows: W.B.Dozier,Columbia :
W. D. Woods Darlington; J. S.
Diggs, McBee: D. W. Aldermen, Al
colu : R. S. Farr. Georgetown : D. T.
McKeithan, Lumber: W. T. Ander?
son, Charleston: William Godfrey,
Cheraw ; H. J. McLaarin, Sumter.
Sheriff elect W. H. Epperson receiv?
ed his commission today, but has de- ?
cided not to take charge of the office j
nntil January ^nd. Clerk of Court j
Parrott received his commission about
ten days ago. ?Supervisor W. H. Seale j
received bis cew commission yester-1
day.
A S'G LIQUOR SEIZURE.
m:\ EXFE OFFICERS CONFISCATE
CARLOAD.
Liquor Was Contraband and Had Been
Previously Seized by Dis pensa ry
Constables in Columbia.
Columbia, Dec. 21.-The United
States revenue department yesterday
confiscated and is now holding the
car and the entire shipment of whis?
key which had been seized by the
dispensary constables at Cayce's last
Friday night and had been turned
over to the authorities of the State
dispensary Saturday afternoon. The
seizure by the government officeis
was made because the two barrels men?
tioned at the time of the first seizure
as containing wine were found to con?
tain whiskey and were without the
revenue tax stamp, as required by law.
As has been stated, there are about
490 gallons in the car load. All of it
is in five gallon kegs except the two
barrels, which contain about 50 gallons
each, and it was the absence of the
stamps on these two barrels which
convinced the authorities that the en
; tire shipment was illicit whiskey and
resulted in the confiscation by the
revenue department. The law does
not require that packages of less than
five gallons shall be stamped, as it is
presumed that these small packages
have been filled from larger ones on
which the tax has been paid.
Tbe shipment was made by Green &
Co., of Salisbury, N. C., but an in?
vestigation fails to find any trace of
such a firm doing a whiskey business
in North Carolina and there seems to
be no doubt that this name is ficti?
tious, as are the names of the 80 con?
signees to whom the whiskey was
shipped.
There have been numbers of large
shipments of contraband whiskey into
the State recently, and as a conse?
quence both the state and the federal
authorities are unusually alert and de?
termined to stop any further ship?
ments as nearly as possible. Having
identical interests they are working
together more harmoniously than ever
before.
It is thought by some that this
temporary increase in shipments of
unstamped poods is due to the opera?
tions of the Watts law in North Caro?
lina, and it is known that the force of
revenue officers and agents is geater in
that State now than probably ever be?
fore.
9,258.t)00 Drinks of Dispensary
Whiskey.
Au anonymous correspondent, who
hassan aptitude at figures writes to
The News and Courier as follows:
"What do you think of the last pur?
chase of rum made by the Board of
Control in Columbia for this property
tricken State in the rum sense? The
award analyzed means that 11,700
gallons of rum were bought by the
Board; that 183,000 bottes of the same
fiery liquid were bought or a total of
154,300 gallons were forced on this
people. When you consider that the
above quantity represents 9,258,000
drinks or about seven drinks for every
human being in the Comomnwealth, ie
i>t not shameful that such an iniquitous
law should prevail"
Yes, it is "shameful;" but we can
do nothing about it. The State has
authorized the traffic and is pushing
the business for all it is worth. The
larger the sales, the larger the profits.
The more whiskey consumed the
more convincing the balance sheet
when it is submitted to the General
Assembly for judgment. The greater
the numbertof drunken men, the more
money for the teaching of the chil?
dren in the public schools. The lar?
ger the increase of crimes by violence
in the State, the more business for
the lawyers and Courts with incident?
al benefit*, of course, to the undertak?
ers who have coffins to sell, and to
the merchants, who deal in mourning
goods. There ought to be at least 900
violations of the law in 9,258,000
drinks, and if the Dispensary shall
dispose of anything like the whole of
its Christmas stock, there will be a
strenuous time m South Carolina be?
fore the present holiday season ie
over. "The great moral institution*'
is a iireat moral failure, a reproach to
the State and an offence to decency
and ?ood order.
We have been fighting the system
ever since it was established. It is
growing steadily worse. There are
some signs tnat the people are begin?
ning to see it in aJl its hideous defor?
mity, but it will go on until the
people get strong enough to overthrow
the machine by which it is controlled.
The State is dominated today by the
Dispensary. It is worse than the open
saloon, because the saloon could he
be r?\t;ulated, and the Dispensary
above the law. There ought to be a
lively Christmas in South Carolina
this year with seven drinks of dispen?
sary whiskey apiece for every man,
woman and child in the State.-News
and Courier. ,
Mr. D. M. Blending, who bas been
keeping books, for the Osteen Publish?
ing Co., for the past two months has
accepted a position with the Bank of
Sumter as Collection Clerk,succeeding
Mr. J. G. K. Wilder who goes to the
3umter Savings Bank as bookkeeeper."
INTENSIVE, FARMING.
Southern Men Teach the Nation
How to Farm.
We have been so long accustomed to
look to northern writers for our best
educational books that it is decidedly
a cause for satisfaction to have our
own authors soaght for by the lead?
ing publishers of schoolbooks. Bot
the recent book lists do show that
southern authors are contributing
more and more to the broad national
educational literature.
A late addition to the schoolbooks
which are the product of southern
brains is a volume on agriculture by
Professors Burkett, Stevens, and Hill
of the North Carolina College of Agri
ulture and Mechanis Arts. It may seem
remar aka ble to some that the South,
which is supposed to know how to pro
due but a few staple crops, that are
particularly suited to its climate and
soil, should be called upon to instruct
the whole nation, including the great
northern belt with its much vaunted
diversified farming. But the excel?
lence of southern farming is more
widely recognized that we have real?
ized. It was not very long ago that a
northern farming expert was heard to
remark that the best farm journal in
the country, both in matter and ap?
pearance, is published in the South
and its contributors are southern men.
We do not know how it was that
Ginn and Company, the Boston
schoolbook publishers, came to select
the North Carolina professors to write
this new book on agriculture bnt it
is .admitted on all sides, north, south,
east, and west, that they have suc?
ceeded in giving the main principles
of agriculture in a nutshell]. They
have given such a combination of
scientific and practical knowledge of
agriculture as has never before been
brought within such a small compass.
The book is called "Agriculture for
Beginners," and while simple enough
for a youth to comprehend, yet it is
packed full of information of value to
the practical farmer. Every boy on a
farm or plantation should read the
book ; and if his big brother, or fath?
er, or uncle gets the copy into his
hands, he, too, will find it mighty
interesting reading. The practical
farmer who has done some deep
thinking about the how and the re?
sults of farming will find on every
page of this handbook explanations of
the why. In reading this little book
the old farmer will exclaim time and
again: "Well, that explains it I
never knew just how it was before."
This book will interest every farm?
er's boy in his work and will give
him new ideas enough to last him a
life tim?. It will start the young
farmer to thinking for himself, and
offers sprouts of information, which,
if followed up, will grow into trees of
knowledge.
Not only is the reading matter clear,
concise, and* explanatory, but the
beautiful illustrations are so apt and
suggestive that "there is not much'to
hope for in the country boy, or man
either, who fails to receive inspira?
tion fromjthem.
This book tells first about soils,
THE SUMTER
BOOK STORE
Provision was made months ago to
supply the needs of Christmas shop?
pers and the stock now displayed for
inspection is one of the most com?
plete and best selected ever shown in
the city.
There is variety in articles, styles
and prices sufficient tc satisfy all
taste* and all pocketbooks, and the
people of Sumter are cordially in?
vited to visit us.
ART CALENDARS and BOOKLETS
Raphael Tucks' and Gibson Art Co.'s
lines, 1 cent to $1 2i).
Toy Books and Children's Classics, 5
cents to S 1.50.
Books for Bjys and Giris, 15 ceats to
$1.50.
Standard Novels and ether books for
the Library, 25 cents to $1.50.
Popular Novels, 7.'? cents to $1.50.
Art Editions of the Poets and Master?
pieces of Famous Authors, 81.-5 to $2.50.
Bibles, Testaments, Prayer Books and
Hymnal*.
The largest and finest stock of Station?
ery in the City. 10 cents to $6 per box.
Some choice Christmas gifts. The 25
cent line is especially streng and in great
variety.
Photograph Albums, Barnt Leather,
Pictures, Mirrors and a great variety of
fancy articles too numerous to mention.
Come and pee for yourself.
IKE MM BOOK STORE,
Successor to H. G. Osteen 8 Go.
16 W. Liberty Street. J
the various kinds, how they originat?
ed, and how they may be improvd.
Next is taken np the relation of the
soil to the plant and when the for?
mer supplies food to the plant roots?.
Then follows a description of the ac?
tion of the plant above ground and
its relation to its environment.
This includes the manner in which
plants feed on air, how tjie sap flows,
and how plants are proagated.
Under the subject of fruit trees,,
grafting^ budding, planting, and
pruning are fully treated.
Bat perhaps the most interesting,,
useful secions are those treatin of the
disease of plants, and insects that are
found in the orchard, garden, and
field. Farm Crop, Domestic Animals,
Farm Dairying, and the general life in
the country complete the book, which
all in all is the most charming volume
that has appeared on agriculture, and
withal it is authoritative and np te
date in its information.-and methods..
-By Frank Waldo, Pb. D.
Street superintendent White is en?
gaged at present in putting down
24-inch drainage pipe in the Lynch
ditch between Harvin and Green
streets.
The work is progressing rapidly,
no quick sand having been encounter?
ed as in the upper part of the ditch
where pipe was put down two weeks
ago.
Washington, Dec. 10.-In a decision;
handed down by Chief Justice Fuller
in the case of Johnson, vs. the South?
ern Railway company, the su?
preme court of the United States to?
day practically held that- all cars?,
including locomotives, should be
equipped with uniform automatic coup
lers. The court also held, that dining,
cars cannot be exempt from the-re?
quirements of the safety applianeo law
when in use, even though empty.
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N. G. Osteen, Jr.*
SURGEON DENTIST,
OFFICE :
No. 18 W. Liberty St.?
(Over Osteen's Book Store),
SUMTER, S. a
Office hours, 9 to 1.30 ; 2.30
to 6.
~TAX NOTiC?T"
THE COUNTY TREASURER'S
office in Court House building will be
open for the collection of taxes, with
out penalty,) from the 15th day of
October to the 31st day of December,
inclusive, 1904.
The levy is as follows : For State 5
mills ; for Conn.t 334 mills : Constitu?
tional School 3 mills; Polls $3.CQ,
Also, School District No. 1, Special?.
2 mills: No. 2, 2 mills; No. 3, 2t
mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. 5. (Mid?
dleton) 1 mill; No. 14, 3 mills ?No^
16, 2 mills; No. 17, I mill: No. Z
mills.
A peralty of 1 per cent, added for
month January, $905. Additional
penalty of 1 per cent, for month Feb
mary, 1905. Additional penalty of 5
per cent, for 15 days in'March, 1905.
Oct. 26. T. W. LEE,
Co. Treasurer.
Master's Sale.
BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the^
Court of Common Pleas for Sumter -
County in the State of South Caro?
lina, ia the case of Arabella P. Meses ?
against Joe McLeod, I will sell to the <
highest bidder at public anctieo, at.;
the Court House in the City of Smzb
ter, in the County of Sumter, in the
State of South Carolina, on sale day
in January, 1905, being the second
day of .said month, during the usual
hours of sale, the folliowing described
real estate, to wit:
All his right, title and interest in,
of and to all that piece, parcel or
tract of land in the county of Sum?
ter and State aforesaid, containing
three hundred and sixty eight acres,
more or less and bounded as follows ;
On the north by lands ?of R. T. Hal),
east by lands of Canty and Reynolds:
SouthVby lands of Themas H. Osteen
and West by lands^ of J. J. Geddings
aud Lackey, being the same land
conveyed by E. J. Pugh to Wade H.
McLeod and recorded in book E. at
page 254. The* interest of Joe Mc?
Leod in the above described premises
being one-eighth and containing about
forty-six and one-tenth acres, and
designated on a general plat made
by Harmon D. Moise for the purpose
of partition as lot No. 3, said plat bear?
ing date February 27tb. 1903.
Terms of sale cash. Porchaser to
pay for all necessary papers.
H. Frank Wilson,
Master for Sumter County.
Dec. 7-4t,_
Master's Sale.
BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the
Court of Common Pleas for Sumter
county in the State of Sonth Carolina,
in the case of Rose DeLane and Pene?
lope Pinckney, and^ Catharine
Brown, by Derry Brown, as their
Guardian ad Litern, against Judy
Ramsey and Warren Ramsey, I will
sell to the highest bidder at public
auction, at the Court-house in the
City of Sumter, in the County of
Sumter, in the State olf South Caro?
lina, on sale day in January, 1905, be?
ing the second day of said month,
during the usual hours of sale, the
following described real estate, to-wit.
All that tract of land lying an being
in the County and State aforesaid,
containing fourteen acres, more or
less, bounded as follows: On the
North by lands of Maggie Burgess,
on the East by lands of Essex Taylor,
on the South by lands of Clara
Reynolds and on the West by lands
of Judy Ramsey.
Terms of sale cash. Porchaser to
pay all necessary papers.
H. Frank Wilson,
Master for Sumer County.
Dec 7-4t. 3 __^Jj