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C ?* SEMTEX WATCHMAN, Kstabiuhed April. 1850t "Be Justand Fear not-Let all the Ends thoa Airns't at De thy Country's thy God's and Truth's. THK TKDK SOUTHRON, Katabiuhad Jane, ise SUMTER. S. C . WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1904. Sew Series-Vol. XXIV. Xo. 23 V odla?rbni;r:i an?) Soutkon. Published Svery ^Telaeslay, ?STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY. SUMTER, S. C. TS?.ns : $1 50 per annual-in advance. ? DTSRTI321?BK7: One Square Srst insertion.$1 CO Ivery subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reducedrate3. Ali comrjanications which ?cbserv? uriva*? interests will becharee-i for as advert;.eme:>ts. Obitaa-ies and tributes of respects will be sharked for. TEXAN INDICTED FOR PERJTJIY. He :> Charged With Swearing Falsely in a Divorce Trial. New York, Dee. 24.-Charles F. Dodge, who was brough here from Texas charged with perjury, was ar? raigned before Justice Cowing this afternoon and released on his own recognisance. The charge against him is that he was guilty of perjury in his testimony in the divorce ease of Chas. AV. Morse, the ice king. KING ALFONSO TO WED. His Bride-to-be is Princess Victoria, a Niece o? King Edawrd. Madrid. Dec. 24.-It is anticipated that the announcement will shortly be made of the approaching marriage of King Alphonso and Princess Victoria, the daughter of the Duke of Con? naught. King Edward's brother. The wedding, it is said, will occur in June. STATE POSTOFFICES. Interesting Facts as to Those in South Carolina. Washington. Dec. 24.-The report Of the auditor for the postoffice de? partment reveals some interesting things in connection with the post offices of South Carolina. There are forty-four presidential postoffices in the State and the gross receipts of these offices amount to $430.522.75 for the fiscal yearending Jun?' 3 1st. 1901. Among the officesof the State the ont- at Charleston holds first place. Its gross receipts for the year were $113.694.44. Out of this amount $3 - 3?0 was paid out for malary of the ;>->sc masttr and clerk hire amounted io S1S.06S.U4. Over $22.000 was paid for the maintenance of city delivery, and over $90'? for special delivery. The next office in the Statt- is th* ? one at Columbia. This office shows gross receipts footing up the tidy Mila of $55.362.93. The postmaster got $3. 100 of this. $651.2 s went to the main? tenance of a special delivery service, $9.r>6s to clerk hin.- and $11.175.3" to the maintenance *>f city delivery. Greenville is third among the cities of the State in th* amount of business transacted, as shown by postal re? ceipts, and shows gross receipts amounting to $26.616.4$. The post? master's salary was Si'.'P'". the cost of special delivery service $254.4$. and the item of clerk hire amount.-ii to 24.".3N. The city delivery servie*- cost LTncle Sam $7.160.32. Spartanburg shows gross receipts amounting to nearly $24.000; while the business of th-- Sumter office is represented by gross receipts amount? ing o a few dollars more than Anderson shows receipts amounting to upward of $13.20??. Rock Hill's office handled business represented by more than $11.100 in gross receipts, and the its credit Aik :i. Georgetown and Orangeburg arr- entitled to trot in the $$.?.?HO class. 2-;o to speak, while the receipts the offices at Inion. Chester. Camden. Di r?iiigt?n, Florence and Nel???r\ were over $7.00 each. In this connection it is interesting to :..<.:?. that South Carolina has a.- . vv Federal buildings as any State east ?.f the Mississippi river; if. indeed, as few as any State in the L'nion. There ar?- today only tl:r>- in the State, those at Charleston. Columbia and Greenville. However, congress has made appropriation for some four or five more. Th<- postoffice department proposes to investigate the rural free delivery carriers in every State in the um?>a. and "fire" every carrier who has been perniciously act iv? . in politics, particularly in auemptlng to defeat a candidate for congress because oj any views he may hold on fi.b livery. Ir: this connection the members ?>f the South Carolina delegation suv that Th<-y have no complaint <.* make against any South Carolina carriers, and furthermore that tie- South Caro? linians have not taken an>' i::>?-"??:,:,T part in politics.-O ? ?un i?i:n ?SH sun* s ru \Nf>Ei>. HUMI :.::?! Fast Oft' Fire l-iand and i?i" Savers Cannot Keach II?*?-. New York, Dec. 27 Despite all efforts ro set ber off the British steamship Drumelzer which went ashor "fi Kir.- Isla- : nu Sunday is still bard and fast on ti e har this naomi ni?. Her crew are still aboard, A heavy gal'- is blow i nc and Iii?' t savers cannot reach r-h* stranded j ship. Ihe crew may be raaea o ! tb dav -, ? TOSO'S SHIPS NEED REPAIR. JAPANESE SQUADRON CAN NOT MEET RUSSIANS. They Have Returned From the South and Will 1><- Sent to the Dry Dock. London. Dec. 27.-A dispatch to the Central Nows from Rome says it is stated at the Japanese legation there that Admiral Togo's fleet which left Rot i Arthur a few days ago. presum? ably to meet the Russian Baltic fleet, is returning home t<> make repairs. While the repairs are being made Togo will proceed to Tokio for the purpose pose <?** conferring with the govern? ment. REVOLUTION IN BALKANS. BULGARIANS ATTACK VILLAGE, KILLING THIRTY-ONE. The Evolutionists Appear to De Well Supplied With Arms and Ammu? nition. Belgrade. Dec. 27.-Revolutionary Bulgarians today attacked a village near Ivgelija and in fighting :;i per Greeks and three Bulgarians among the killed. Quantities of arms and am? munition has been discovered at Kur kosh and Plevna.. DEMAND FOR WATER POWFR. Dow" Waterfalls Enable the World. While Increasing Its Machinery, to Sparc its Coal Supplies. Every day sees more and more of the wasted power of waterfalls, which lies at man's disposal in every hilly or mountainous country, turned to use in furnishing electric energy. The power of waterfalls is driving the greatest of all tunnels, the double Simpl?n bore, hrough he Alps; it is sending another tunnel, by devious ways, behind precipices and under glaciers to the summit of the snowy Jungfrau, and a plan is now being perfected for constructing, once more with the aid of waterfalls, and to be run by them, when finished, a rival to the Simpl?n road. winch shall cross the Alps between Turin and Martigny. Everybody knows what Niagara is doing, and how the waterfalls of Cal? ifornia, and of other mountainous States are being harnessed A. A. Campbell Swinton, at the re? cent meeting of the British Associa? tion for the Advancement or Science, presented accurate statistics, which he had personally collected, showing hat no less than one million, five hun? dred thousand horse-power derived from waterfalls is now being utilized in various parts of the world for the developmen of electric energy. ( >f this great total, which In- believed did not represent the full truth, for he thought it probable that tin- real ag gregate is two million horse power, nearly one-third must be credited to thc United States. There is one feature of this utiii gation of water power in place "i" steam power, which Mr. Swinton brought out. ami which is seldom thought ??f. and that is the sawing of c.?al which it effects. (>:i the basis of two million horse power derive*! from waterfalls, his saving amounts to nearly twelve millions tons of coal ??cr year. But the maximum amount of water power that is available has not yet begun to h.- approached in actual util? ization, so that th" animal saving of '...al must bcco!i;t- larger and larger every year. This in view of thc in? creasing difficulty in working many coal mines, owing to thc great depths to which they have penetrated, and i?? view of tie- approaching exhaustion of some of t'ne most famous fields, be? comes a highly important considera? tion. Ever} ?itt! - while the world is reminded. mo:-e or- less sensationally, of ;i coming coal famine. The fact is that coal, of the better grades, pos? sesses so many advantages and con? veniences as :: fuel, that the earth's supplies of ir should be consrved for ii- man use as long as possible. Men of sci.-ncc have more than once sounded ;i warning against the waste of coal, for coal is the gi fi of a geoligic age which can not be renewed. Thus wa? terfalls, hy enabling us to spare coal, are performing an indirect service in supplying electric power. Rut ?"v them tin- growing use ot" electricity would soon make a. drain upon the coal ruines ot' in- most serious ehar acteracter. Tin- ,.?-;i of wai ?..falls se?-ms cer? tainly to have dawned, every great ca tara et will i.me. :i focus of in? dustry, just a.- every great river val? ley has always '.n ;i e.-ntcr of p??ur [atioii. and Professor Rrigham's pre? diction, that Niagara is t" he tie- in? dustrial center of America, may be fulfilled within a ?ene rat j..m .1 \!?S \M> FM.! I"-!! COFFiDF. Hie Colli-?:ni ne urie ! a: Shanghai This Mornim; - ? Ship I ri?1 ,i ii : ?i.:1. Shanghai, Dec 27 In a collision I between the British warship ip'iige- j nia and the .?H;.- . Miner "Tah s Maru*' today ? tatter WHS badly I damaged. S tie rai sc. era i frames bent ard broken and also several i lates injured She '.viii haye to he docked for re;.?ir-. '?'lie war-hip which wa- at au cl or it the ti;nt?, sus ! rained nu damage. SOCTIl CAROLINA NEWS NOTE: Item-; of Interest Condensed and Par agra plied tor Quick Reading. W. L . KL Johnston and J. H Killen t\v<> dispensary constables, were ar rested in Columbia on Friday on tin charge of trespass after notice. Tin constables had entered Shad's place ol Washington street and were watching it to prevent the sale of liquor, hut were warned not to enter the place Tin- warrant was sworn out by .1. H Gaston and the two men were taken before Magistrate Moorman. A number of italian immigrants were seen itt Columbia Friday evi? dently on their way to Charleston. These men have been at work in the lower part of Fairfield county and were passing through on their way to work ir. the low country. Commission? er Watson was asked if ids office had any knowledge of tin- movements of these men and in- stated very emphat? ically that thc office had nothing whateverto do with them. "They are not brought here by my department and we have nothing to do with them whatever." he said. The secretary of state was notified Friday of an increase in the capital stock of the McCown and Clarke company( of Florence county, from $20.000 to $40.000. A commission was issued tin- Neely Yarn Mills, of York ville, with $80.000 capital, willi B. X. Mo.,re. O. E. Wilkes and others a. petitioners. Secretary Duncan of lin- railroad commission has completed Un- tables showing the gross and net income of tlio railroads of the State. These tn bles show that tin- total gross incom was $13.9S2.692.2S: total freight and passenger revenue. $13.594.3S7.66 total freiglit reevnue. $9.523.4TS.6S Tin- total expenses were $10.056.387.50 mt income $3.$36.305.44. Thc- latest enterprise for Spartan burg county is a towel and quilt fac? tory. A com tuny composed ci Vernon Muckenfuss, E. C. Rodgers, Lewis Thomson and others are the promters, and he plant will be locted near Well ford. The capital stock is $25.000. Tin site for the factory has been purchas? ed: it is situated near tin- Southern main line. Work of building the mill will begin in the near future. The mill will operate 36 looms. It will be tin only owel and quilt factory in this sec Con of the south. The Charleston Terminal Company has btgun the work of putting the waterfront in better condition as a re? sult of the recent agitation of the con? dition of th-.- place and in lack of fa dition of tin- place and the lack of fa meroe of the port. Contracts have been let for th-.- rebuilding ??f several of the v. har ves. Elliott Embly shot and killed char? ley Johnston Friday afternoon at St. Matthews. All tin- parties were negroes and were engaged in a gambling game when a difficulty aros.- over some triv? ial matte;- with tile above result. Tin- authorities in Sullivan's Island fale infant in a sack on the front beach near Fort Moultrie. Tin- infant was so badly decomposed thai it was impossible to r - -11 if the child was White or a mulatto, it is h ought that ii met death violently a few .lays af? ter its birth. There is n>. clue .. the identity "f the child. but the author? ities hope to ii;;-! the guilty t>arty or parities. Lawrence Lemaster. a guard of the chain gang camp, stationed at Clifton; Spartan burg county, was painfully, but not seriously wounded Friday by the accidental disCharge of his pitsol; while eating a mealin a Suartanburg restauran;. Lemaster was exhibiting tin- pistol to a friend and. in replacing it. changed it from one pocket lo another. Tin- trigger became hung in the leather h.-lt strapped around his waist, and a motnem later the weapon was dichraged and a 3.S-ealibre bullet ploughed through the fleshy part of his right leg above the knee. Sin-riff Owens of Coller?n county will not make any claim for tin- re? ward of $ ! .foin, which was offered for the capture of Adams and no member nf his posse would make such claim, taking tin- posiion that tin- ar? rest was in tile line of his duly It was stated also that there seemed to h.- lii th- doubt but that au effort would h. made to secure a commutation f-?r Adams. The ?'harlestoii Y. M. C. A. basket? ball leam defeated Yal.- College by a ...cor?' "f j;, to IT in a rim- gane- in the presence of a large crowd. Tin- Yale tudenfS were tin- recipients of alton? ion from tin- Charleston alumni of the ?olleg. and members of tin- reception romiuiiof the association. T?o-re was a serious ti ghi on the ?ass?-ngs-r iniin Saturday evening jos; ?.-fore ;i?.- train arri veil a: Walhalla, '.?nduetor \Y. '1'. Maxwell was severely . i:r.-!; upon tb-- left band. Newsboy 'Rr? . w ni Todd w as also bit ten and k'a.lt. o .Ian.wa up-.n his throat. Ali lin---- receiv-d h?-:r wounds fr?on Ed C- ::y. a pas .n'gf-r who w.a- disorderly, and when in --ff.o' was mad-- to quiet him tin? i-oiib ? . ga.: fer!;. ? is nm . .. in ! v... : .- i and pm ... : . . ? . : . ; ' j ! : u: Stat- . . ! : did ! o;<in?->.. in O'corn-.* last v.A en:.:- i ?or. ?: illons of- whiskey hav- Leer: ah -i fr.-rn sev.-raj d?ff-r.-m persons :, ; . -.- i; c. . been in ole il .t-hers .ire likeiv t .. follow. Fri !ay i night two prominent Walhalla 'tiwi were caught about mi dh igt wit] nearly four t^r: 11 i ? ? : : of blockaae whis ky ,,:| top of stump House mountain They nnv arrested and the whiskey and team confiscated. John Gary Watt.-, assistant adjutant and inspector general of this State from IS in) to IS:"?4 and 'adjutant and in i specter general from 1 ^ *.* 4 to l s SS. I died in the Columbia hospital Christ? mas morning of pneumonia, after a few days' illness. He was ?,", years old. Dr. Lawrence s. Wolf.- died at his home in Orangeburg Sunday night. lb was about 4." years obi. and was born and reared near I townsville. For a number of years he practiced dentistry i:; ' ?rangeburg and was very success ful. H.- retire?! from active practice some time ago on account of failing health. I ?an Fuller, colored, was found dead in his cabin at Mountville with his throat cut and head crushed with an axe. He lived alone and was probably murdered for his money, as it was known that he had considerable cash, the savings ol a life time. There were several ;.idents in Co? lumbia Monday. Belle Lightner. a col oroed woman, was shot and killed on Washington street near Gates. From all the police have learned of the case they are inclined i>> regard it as a case of accidental killing caused by crim? inal carelessness. A colored boy*, whose name the police prefer not to make public, was walking along Washington street firing a nisi il. and one of the ?h. bullets struck and Killed Belle Light? ner. who is the daughter of Tom. one of the best waiters at Wright's Hotel. The examination showed that the bul? let took effect in the woman's heart, ann that death was instantaneous. There appears to be no motive what? ever for the killing and it must have been a case of recklessness. That af? ternoon a bad sm?-U attracted atten? tion to a pile near he Columbia Glass Works. An examination was made and til-- dead body of a negro was dis? covered. The body was so bailly de? composed that it could not be recog? nized. The condition of the body was such that it could not be told whether there had been foul play or not. The body was sent to an undertaker, but there seems little prospect of recog? nizing the body. That afternoon Mr, I). F. Collicut was taking an automo? bil-.- trip with his wife and child. He undertook to make too sharp a turn and .Mrs. Collicut was thrown from the automobile. She was put into the vc hie! ? and carried ''home. The injuries, while painful, and alarming, are said not to b.- serious. Mr. Powell, who conducts a wood yard, was shot in th foti by his son. It was purely accident al and Mr. Powell will be out in a daj Ol' two. PHILIPPINE WAK FA 1 i E. Gov. Wright Confirms K?port of Up? rising-Pulajancs Have Become Active in Sumar. Philippine Islands. Washington. Dec. -Secretary Taft today received a cablegram from Gov. Wright and Manila in response io his inquiry in regard t" the recent up? rising <<f the Puiajanes at Dolores; Sa? mar. Gov. Wright's message is as follows: "Manila. Dec; -''. .Secretary ..f \Va_r. Washington. L?. c.: "With reference to your telegram of tile ?1st inst.. I regret to say thal (len. Corbin's report ? >!" attack on and loss of detachment of se..nts at Oras and Dolores, is correct. The Pula janes haye of ?ate left tin- west and north sides of Samar and become active ..n the east coast, which is j.radically with? out harbor and very difficult of access during prevalahce of the existing mon? soon. Orders were given son!?1 time sine- t-' strengthen ali detachments on the east coast, but unfortunately this was delayed by the wreck and loss of a coast guard boat carrying a hundred . >r more of the constabulary. The men were saved but the delay in sending another coast guard boat to the rescue resulted in leaving these small detach? ments at (?ras and Dolores isolated, and the consequ -nt loss. All east sta? tions have been heavily reinforced and we are still sending men in by my di? rection Gen. Allen, chief of consta bil? iary, left here. (Manila*? two weeks since to take personal charge ol at fairs in Samar. I am still further re? enforcing liirn with constabulary and am consulting with Gen'. Corbin, who if necessary, will aid us with troops. < Signed i "Wright." --? ? -QM IKON l-TKXACK DI S ASTE K. Vn Explosion of a BJaM Furnace at Braddock, l'a.. Today. Pittsburg", Dec. 27.-An explosion, due to a slide m the furnace "J" of the Kdgar Thompson blast fr.mace at Braddock occurred this morning, j Five doctors were summoned from this etty and the ri port is circulated j that great loss of life resulted from the accident. I'M ?-.\MV im IDENDS. ( oioptroller ol Currency tilaiidcns thc ; Heart* <>l < 'red il ors. Washington. Dec. L'7 The Corn;. I troller of the |Onrrenc*? has *u dared I dividends in favor of tl e creditors of | insolvpnt nnticnal barlas ns follows: First National, of .In ksonville, Flori? da, a second dividend of fifteen per ;-er,r l- ir-t National, of Macon, Ga., the first dividend cf twenty j.er cent. BLIZZ?RO IN THE NORTH. MAY YOICK IN THE (iRASP OF IC! KINO. Transportation and Telegraph Servin Tied np and Street Car Traffic Blocked. New York. Doc. 27. - Rain and slee following a heavy snow fall has play ed havoc with transportation facilities an.I telegraph service and today thing: arr moving at a snail's nace. Th streets of New York look Mk.- a ska; ing poad and lin- third rall on lin- ele? vated road h.-int; coated with icc pre? vents tin- trains running <>n anything lik schedule time. Street eat- traffic v.as also badly crippled. RIOTS IN POI,AM). Bridges Blown np. a Russian Colonel Killed and the Czar's Statue Dynamited. St. Petersburg. Dec. 2".-Reports of rioting in poland reached here today. Ai Badom. two railway bridges were, ltlown nj' and ('ol. Gilysky was killed. At Chenstocks. according to tin- report, an attempt was made to destroy the statin- of Alexander II. Dynamite car? tridges were exploded uoder th?- mon? ument, but fortunately only tin- steps were damaged. Th?- riots were caused hy strikes having occurred at Rigo ami Baku. Till: INSURANCE PROBLEM. Comptroller General Jones Recom? mends That Insurance U\v Bo Repealed. Columbia. Dec. 25.-Comptroller j General Jones is going to have a great deal of information regarding the in? surance situation in this State that he will present to the general assembly at its approaching session. What will be dom- is not known, hut it is likely that tin- recommendation will he made that th-- act allowing the Southeastern Tar? iff Association to return t" this Stale be repealed. The letters received by <i?.-"n. Jones, win-re specific information has been given, indicates a general increase in Un- rates regardless of tin- basis rate. Il may be thai the old rates were too low. hut th-- Southeastern Tariff Asso? ciation seems t?? he a hit orthodox in fixing extra charges on the basis rates. Cnder the old system one company would send an adjuster to a town or city ami make rates, and these rates would he gem-rally accepted hy all of the standard companies; There was no compulsion for any of the companies to accept these ratings, hut su<-h was generally lin- eas.-. Now. under the rules of the Southeastern Tariff Asso? ciation, its rates have t" he accepted hy all of tho companies belonging t-? tin- association ami practically lill ot tlc- companies doing business in this State -I" belong to this association, ami it is no doubt a most excellent thing for tin- companies themselves in hold? ing up rates and protecting lin- rates that have been promulgated and avoiding any cutting of rat- s. Mr. Jon.-s has a ?umber -d' letters that give him no exact information, j ami h?- would 'ike very much to get j th?- detailed rates f?>?n tin- towns and cf ti irs from which he now has nothing.] but generalities. It Appears that, while the basis rate has been reduced in some places, ex? tras that were n >t heretofore dunged for have been added t<> this basis | rale an.I in that way to all intents and purposes tin- rute has been actually I advanced. For instance, if an extra ? charge is made for a flue, and another charge for an extra opening, and another for an inside staircase, and std! another for floor area, ami anoth? er yet for l?e- wails being too thin and the like, th.- basis rate ?could soon have such additions fha? the old rate would be left in the background. While the insurance companies may j be fully justified in charging for such j items of increased danger, the trouble is that where lin- individual companies mad?- the examinations they do not appear to have he,-a .juite so rigid. News and Courier. -? ? * - ? DO?. RLE POi.I. C: ) ? '!''.>N . "The McCall Improved" Cotton Arous? es Interest in the Department ol' ? Agriculture. i Washington, Dec. '2%.- Senator Lati- j mer has been having some interesting correspondence with Prof. Galloway, chief of the plant industry "division nf the department nf agriculture, rela- ; rive tn a special grade nf cotton raised by C. S. McCall, nf Bennettsville, S. C. Mr. McCall sent some sample hells to Senator La ti mer, and the latter de- i livered them to Prof. (?alloway. Mr McCall states that his cotton was -e lei ted frmn a double boll and has been planted for three years The quality ! is ?arly, large lud?s and prolific, mak ing as much as two bales per acre-j this year. He calls it the " McCall 1 mnrn\ ed. The result of tia? correspondence is that l'mt. (?alloway 'as written to Mr. McCall to this "effect : ? vYe are desirous of making a dis? tribution of desirable things nf this type and shall be very much obliged for any informar ion you can furnish u> as to thc quantity you have on hand and your price un me same Senator Lat i mer i- anxious that we distribute some nf this cotton ' i i ti er parts nt th-- State. A MATTER OF HEALTH POWDER Absolutely" Purs HAS NO SUBSTITUTE A WONDERFUL AIR SKIP. SAFE VOYAGE OF TWENTY MILES. FROM LOS ANGELES AM) BACK. Capt. Baldwin's Air Siiip -California Airow" Manoucvrcd in Every Direction. Los Angeles. Cul.. December 25. Baldwin's airship ."California Arrow." driven by Roy Knabenshue, of Toledo. Ohio, who made several successful nights in the same machine from the World's Fair irrounds, at St. Louis, was given its first trial in California today, and was successful, with the single exception of its failure to land at the starting point. A landing was effected half a mile away without damage to tin- machine, and it was safely towed to its anchorage. The Arrow started from Chutes park bast-ball grounds, in the south? eastern part of the city at 3.15 p. m.. sailed with the wind northeastward for a distance of between eight and and ten miles, thence eastward for two miles, and returned in the face of a 12-mile gale to a point directly above the starting place. Owing to the supply <.f gasoline running short. Knabeshue was unable to effect a landing at ex? actly the desired spot. From the time th?- airship arose from the base ball grounds until it was safely anchored at Pico and Stanford streets, it was in Hight un hour and thirteen minutes and i:i that time sailed a distance of probably 2') miles. When Hying with the wind the Arrow travelled at a speed of jw miles an hour, and return? ing directly in the fact- of the strong southeastern gale and was able to make a rate of speed reckoned at be? tween six and eight miles an hour. The air ship was manoeuvred by Knabenshue in every direction, re? sponding readily to irs rudder, circling and turning in any direction, and ris? ing (iv.il dipping as the operator di? rected. Th.- Arrow rose at times to a height of probably S.??? feet or more, with. [Cnabeshue regulating the height by shifting Ins weight and raising or lowering tin- bow of the craft as "ne desired to aseehd or descend. -? ? *ai^ CZAR'S ASSASSINATION DENIED. PA HI S BOUI?SE ls EXCITED TO? DAY. Ueport Was Circulated Early This Morning and Continued dui! For? eign Received Denial. Paris, Dec. '2'.- A report was cir? culated on the Bourse today that rho Czar had been assassinated. The foreign office and the Russian embassy were ignorant of the report, but if continued until later news from St. Petersburg denied the report. C. P. Osteen, M. D. OFFICE HOURS 9 to ll A. M. Telephone Xo. 270. Residence tele? phone No. 254 Office at Mood-Oiteen Iufirmary, 22 S. Washington Street. N. G. Osteen, Jr., SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE : No. 18 W. Liberty St.. (Over Osteeirs Hook Store). SUMTER. S. C. Office hours. 9 to 1.30 : 2.3? lo ? TAX NOTICE. THE COUNTY TKEA s U R F. R'S office in Court House building will be open for the collection of taxes, with out penalty, from the loth day of (V-r ober to the o ?sr day of December, inclusive, 1904. The levy i- as fellows : For State ? mills: for Count Sla mills: Constitu? tional School o mills; Polls 61.00 A No. School District Xo. Special, ?I mills: X. 2. 2 mills: Xo. :;. 2 mills: Xo. ;. 2 mills. Xo. :.. (Mid? dleton 1 fm i ll: No. ll, mills: Xo. lit, 2 mill- : Xo. IT. 1 mill : Xo. ls, 2 molls. A penalty of 1 per cont added for month .January, l?VW. Additional penalty of 1 per cent, for month Feb marv. '?'.".'?. Additional penalty ot' ."> {ici cont, for I") ?hiv-, m Maren. 190?. ort. 2t3. * T. \V. LEE. Co. Treasurer.