The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 08, 1905, Image 5
W?0*IESDAY, FEBRUARYS, !S05.
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PERSONAL.
Capt X. H. Dick is in the city.
Mr. Alfred Owens is in town.
Ker. S. C. Hnghson is visiting in
gp the city.
Mr. H B. Wise, of Prosperity, is
in town?
Mr. John F. Jenkins, bf Camden is
in tba- city.
Mr, A. L. Byrd, of Colnmbia, is in
the citj today.
Mr. ?. D. Har vin, of Pinewood, was
? in tho city Friday.
Mr. J. M. Cook, cf Colnmbia, was
ia'the city Sanday.
Mr. E. 3. Grose, cf Georgetown,
spent yesterday here.
Mr, J D. McLeod, of Kember ts was
in the city Saturday. *; ^
K^ D?? JX B. Boyie and wife cf Co
I? lamb?a? are in the cit;.
Miss- Olivia Ingram cf Manning,
is visiting"in the city. -3;
Mr. W. E. McCoy, of St Charles,
spent Thursday in town.
Mr. R. M. Jenkins, of St. Charles
was in the city Monday.
?Mr. E. D. Andrews ot Charleston,
?jont Friday in the city.
L. D. Jennings, Esq., went to Man?
ging Tuesday on business.
Mr. B. N. McLendon* of Bishop
Fille, was in the city Friday.
Mr. C. H. Cochrane, of Abbe
Tilie, was in the city Sunday.\
Mrs. E: C. Welling, of Charleston
is visiting Mrs. N. G. Os teen.
Judge L B. WUiamson, of Provi
-denee, was in the city Tuesday.
Mr. J. M. Lawrence, of Columbia,
is writing insurance in the city.
T Mr. E. L. Fcwlinson, of Gheraw,
is stopping at the Jackson today.
Miss Estelle Cannon, of Orange
burg, is visiting Miss Edna Bull.
Mrs. Charles Bradley is visiting
Mrs. J. T. Frierson at Stateburg.
Mrs, James Pinekney of Stateburg,
KS the guest of Mrs. A. P. Manning.
I&r. L. D. Jones, of Kershaw, will
be is the city until this afternoon.
A Messrs. W. B. and Mack McElveen
of Salem were in the city Thursday.
Mr. B. E. Deans, of Darlington,
is registered today at the Jackson.
Mr. H. J. McVeigh, of Florence,
was in the city on business last week.
M??S Singer, of Eutawville is
visiting the family of Mr. B." L Man?
ning.
? ?ev. N, W. Edmunds is confined to
nfs house with * slight touch of
: 0; Messrs. J. H. Cummings and J. G.
Cooner, of Columbia, were in the city
Thursday.
. Messrs. ^English Williamson and
Charles Dixon, of Providence, were in
the city Friday. .......
?$> JfMrs. Bose Snydocker, of Chicago,
lil. is viistiog her daughter, Mrs. JL
A- Byttenberg.
Mrs. J. A. Mood, after a visit of
several weeks to relatives in Georgia,
lias returned home.
The condition of Mr. Horace Harby,
remains about the same. He is im
_ proving^ very slowly.
Messrs. W. B. Burns, C H. Jones
and Geo. B. Beeves, of Columbia,
were in the city Friday.
Messrs. B. A. Lawrence and N. L.
Broughton, of Pinewood were in the
city Thursday on business.
Miss Marie McCullough, who has
I been visiting Mrs. C. P. Osteen, re?
turned to Darlington Monday.
Mrs. J. W. Branson, who has been
living in St Louis for the past two
years, ?as returned to Sumter.
Messrs. Jno. T. Stevens, of Ker?
shaw, and Robt. Workman, of Cam?
den, were at the Jackson Sunday,
ft Mr. H. L. B. Wells, who has been
to Atlanta and other points on busi
* ness returned home Monday night.
Mr. B. C. Blarcding, of Concord, was
in the city attending a meeting of
the County Schcol Board Saturday.
Misses Marie McCullough and Aleen
v>ard, of Darlington, were guests of
^ Mrs. C. P. Osteen the past few days.
Messrs. B. J. Mixon, P. M. Big- i
gins and Lee Whitehead, of Charles
ton, are guests at the Hotel Sum
ter.
* Messrs. N. F. Sh i re r, of Colnmbia,
and N. G. Thomas, of MayesvUle,
were guests at the Sumter Hotel Sun?
day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jackson and
Miss Pauline Zei^ler of Lone Star,
were guests at the Hotel Sumter last
week.
Clerk Hamer, of the House of Re?
presentatives, passed through the
* -city, cn his way to Columbia Tuesday
.morning.
Miss Elliott who has been connected
with the Sumter Dry Goods Co, for
the past season, has gone to her home
in Chester.
Mrs. S. H. Lewis and little daugh?
ter Marguerite, of Pynnewood Va.,
.are visiting Mrs. Felix Moses on
Washington street.
Dr. Foster, cf Providence, was in
the city for a short while this morn?
ing, and leftj accompanied by his
brother, of Manning.
Misses Hallie Jones. Arrie Stuckey,
?Grace Bandle Lucile Randie andJnez
McCullough, after a short^holiday
in the city, returned to Winthrop
9 Menday.
The record book of the chief of the
fire department shows that there were
tv enty fire alarms during January, to
all of which the hose wagons respond?
ed. _
On Friday morning the fire depart?
ment was called out to put out a small
bla^c on the roof of Mr. W. G. Wells'
residence, on West Calhoun street.
. Mr. Wells was at breakfast, when a
neighbor came in to ask if he knew
that his house was on fire. After
making a hasty examination, he
saw that the building was not in ser?
ious danger, so, by means cf a lad?
der, he carried a becket of water to
the roof, and extinguished the
?ames before the hose wagons had time
tb reach his house.
HYMENEAL.
; Invitations have beeu received in
?be city to the marriage of Miss
Floride Reese, of Abbeville, to Mr.
Earle C. Page, of the Colombia State
on -Wednesday afternoon February 22
1905 at half after three o'clock.
MARRIED.
The marriage of Miss Ethel Mozingo
and Mr. A. C. Cave at the residence
of Mi's. Nora K. Britton, lo Warren
street, last Wednesday evening was a
qniet ont very pretty one.
Promptly at 7.30 o'clock, to the
strain: of sweet music from the deft
fingers of Mrs. Britton the bridal
party sntered the beautifully decorated
parlor. Miss Lola Mozingo, sister
of the bride, as maid of honor and Miss
Olga liing Britton as only attendant
were fallowed by the bride and groom
who were made man and wife by the
Rev. R. N. Pratt, of Columbia, in a
most impressive and effective manner.
Miss Mozingo is from Baltimore and
is a most lovable and attractive young
lady, her many noble characteristics
of he?id and heart have won many
friends during her three months? stay
in Sn mter. Mr. Cave is a promising
young business man of Colombia,
steady upright, he will fully ap?
preciate the treasure he has won.
And thus, ^T,
"Two souls with but a single
thought,
Two hearts that beat as one"
now sail upon life's fairest ocean,
may every breeze be freighted with
the delicious perfume of perennial con?
jugal bliss.
Mr. and Mrs. Cave left next morn?
ing for Columbia, their future home,
amid showers of rice and every good
wish o:' friends for future happiness.
DEATH.
A telegram was received Monday an?
nouncing the death at Johns Hop?
kins hospital, Baltimore, of Miss
Alice Toole. She left this city Friday
for Johns Hopkins hospital to be op?
erated on for the removal of a tu?
mor, and death resulted frrom the
operation.
STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
j Dr. Cheyne Has Called a Meeting at
Collumbia on Februarry 8th.
? i
Dr. Walter Cheyne, councillor of the
South Carolina State Medical Asso?
ciation for the counties of Richland,
Sumter, Clarendon, Lee and George?
town, has called two meetings for all
the phj-sicians of this district. One
meeting will be held in Columbia Feb?
ruary 8th, under the auspices of the
Columbia Medical Society. The other
will be held at Georgetown February
6th.
The district is .so large it has been
divided In its meetings, so that all phy?
sicians in the section neighboring
Georgetown can attend that meeting,
and those finding Columbia more con?
venient to train schedues can attend
at the capital eily.
The special feature of the sessions
will be an address by Dr. J. N. Mc?
cormack of Bowling Green, Ky., on
"Organisation and Its Practical Bene?
fits to the Individual Practitioner."
All physicians in good standinig in
their profession, whether members of
the society or not, are invited to be in
attendance.
Dr. Mccormack has visited nearly
every Stite in the union and tells most
interestingly the conditions and vicis- [
situdes of the doctors' lives under the
varying conditions Of the medical pro- J
fession.
Georgetown's hospitality is pro?
verbial imd the doctors are anticipat?
ing with pleasure their meeting there,
and in Columbia also.
The* paper felt and tar roof on the
opera house leaked like a sieve Mon?
day, when the sleet began to thaw.
Some of the merchants were deliv?
ering goods on slieghs Monday morn?
ing. .
The sohooi children seemed to be
the oniy ones that enjoyed slipping and
falling cn the sleet, .but they were
not the. only ones to fall. Some of th^e
steadiest and most dignified citizens
found out how it felt to hit the
ground quick and hard.
Valentine parties will be all the go
next week.
Work on Bradley's Sumter City Di?
rectory is progressing rapidly The
Osteen Publishing company has a
force of hands working day and night
on it and it is being put in type as
rapidly as the copy can be furnished.
This directory will be a valuable book
to the business men of Sumter, inas?
much as it will contain not only a
complete directory of the city, but of
the county as well. A complete and
accurate list of all the taxpayers of
the county will be given in an ap?
pendix.
Sumter needs a steam laundry. It is
an - actual necessity, not something
that is tteoretically desirable.
Fast bieycle riding ls a menace to
old people and children. The reckless
riders should be sentenced to the
chain gang without the option of pay?
ing a fine.
After libe fire at the Minor Store
was extinguished Monday ni?ht,Mr.D.
A. Miner, the manager, presented
each fireman with au elegant pair of
shoes.
As soon as a sufficient amount of
dues are paid in Secretary Reardon of
the Sumter Chamber of Commerce
will subscribe to a few commercial
magazines in order to keep posted on
factories seeking suitable locations.
He is also ia need of stationery for
correspondence and is badly handi?
capped by lack of funds.
Senator Manning' states that the
proposed increase in the salaries of
the magistrates in this county, while
agreed to by the county delegation
have not jet passed the Senate. The
increase in salary will probably be
granted ?is it is understood that the
increase in to be grafted in lieu of
all criminal costs and inquest fees
heretofore allowed magistrates.
Mr. J. H. Levy of Levy & Moses
on Tuesday sent a check for 815 j
to each cf thevhose wagon companies !
in token of his appreciation of the j
successful fight they made against the j
fire in the Minor Store Monday night, j
Mr. Levy's store being next door to j
the Mino]' Store wa3 in imminent
danger and but for the good work of
the firemen would have inevitably j
been destrDyed. * !
THE NEW BANK.
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Directors and Officers of Fanners* !
Bank and Trust Company Elected.
At a meeting of the stockholders
of tbe Farmers Bank and Trust Co.,
held i7ednesday in tbe office of R. J.
Blaud, Esq., the following directors
were elected :
C. G. Rowland, R. F. Haynswortb,
G. F. Epperson, W. B. Borns, J. K.
Crosswell, Isaac Schwartz, R. J.
Bland, G. A. Lemmon and Geo. D.
Shore.
The following officers were elected :
U. G. Rowland, President; R. F.
Haynswortb, Vice President.
An advisory board of twelve stock?
holders was decided on and nine of
the number were elected as follows :
C. T. Mason, R. L Manning, H.
J. McLaurin, Jr., L. B. Durant, T.
H. Clarke, D. J. Chandler, J. J.
Britton, Jr., J. W. Weeks, of Pine?
wood and Thomas Wilson, of Cades.
The bank will be opened about
March 1st, and will occupy part of
the Cash Grocery Store. The store,
which is a wide one, will be devided by
a partition and au enterance will be put
in at the corner.
THE CHAMBER OP COMMERCE.
The Standing Committees Have Been
Appointed.
The following standing committees
of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce
have been appointed by President J.
M. Knight:
Manufacturers and Commerce: E.
L. Witherspoon, chairman, J. W. Mc
Keiverj H. J. McLaurin, Jr., C. T.
Mason, George Burchill, Edgar Skin?
ner, T. B. Kennedy, H. J. Harby and
D. J. Chandler.
Transportation: W. A. Bowman,
chairman; C. G. Rowland, C. M.
Hurst, A. W. Crosswell, Altamont
Moses, H> J. Harby, I. *C. Strauss,
A. D. Harby, D. A. Minor.
Public Improvements : Altamont
Moses, chairman; Neill O'Donnell,
E. C. Haynswortb, John H. Clifton,
M. Levi, L. B. Durant, J. H. Chan?
dler, H. G. Osteen.
PnblicEntertainment:R. F. Hayns?
wortb, chairman ; Geo. W. Dick, H.
F. Wilson, Wm. M. ,Grabam, W. B.
Bovie, E. D. Lee, H. C. Hayn s worth,
H. L. Scarborough and J. A. Mood.
Statistics and Information : S H.
Edmunds, chairman; Neill O'Donnell,
H. G. Osteen, J. H. Chandler, (i. A.
Lemmon, Dr. S. G. Baker, L. D.
Jennings, J. L. Alnutt, F. C. Man?
ning.
Internal Trade and Improvement:
Neill O'Donnell, chairman; R. L
Manning, W. H. Ingram, Marion
Moise, F. Levi, William Moran, J.
G. DeLorme, J. H. Levy, W. G.
stubbs, sr?ni
Auditing Committee W. B. Burns
and G. E. Haynsworth :
THE LATE MRS. HANNAH LEVI.
Her Children Endow a Memorial Li?
brary to Her Memory.
Manning, Feb. 5.-Several years
ago, after the death of the late Moses
Levi of this place, his heirs desiring
to perpetnate his memory in Philan?
throp to the community, puchased
the graded school grounds and build?
ing, which was then heavily encum?
bered, and, freeing it from all debt
and encumbrances, presented it to the
town of Manning to be known as the
Moses Levi Memorial institute, to be
used as a graded school.
Mrs. Hannah Levi; widow of the
late Moses Levi, died a few weeks
ago, and the children of this aged and
revered couple have decided to further
memorialize their parents by contrib?
uting $1,000 for the founding of a li?
brary in connection with the school
for the benefit of the town, to be
known as the Hannah Levi Memorial
library. The school has already the
nucleus of & library containing about
300 volumes, valued at about 8250,
and the Levi heirs have informed the
trustees that the $1,000 will be availa?
ble in a few days, to be properly ex?
pended in the purchase of suitable
books, encyclopedias, etc. The phil?
anthropic spirit of the Levi family is
highly commended and is regarded as
a most fitting way to memorialize
their parents and at the same time do
something which will ereatlly inure
to the intelligence of the community
where their parents so long lived and
were esteemedd and respected.
SUMTER'S PENSIONERS. '
Meetings of the County Board of Pen?
sioners Held Monday.
The County Board of Pensioners
met in the office of County Auditor,
J. Diggs Wilder, Monday afternoon.
A number of applications for pen?
sions were received and the great
majority of them were approved.
The principal action taken by the
board was to recommend to the Leg?
islature tnat the age limit that id nec?
essary to make widows eligible for a
peusion be removed. Under the exist?
ing law, a widow of a Confederate
soldier must have attained the age of
GO years, before she can receive a
pension. This provision works a ?reat
hardship upon many who ure in
dire distress, and prevents some poor
women, wno are in abject poverty,
from obtaining a small monthly al?
lowance.
A bill having that object in view is
now peding in the Legislature, and it
is believed that the recommendation,
of our board will carry some weight.
Chief Bradford and Officer McKagen
conducted an inspection of ali public
hacks and drays, in the rear of the
city hall, last Thursday. Some hack
men were notified to make immediate
repairs on both their vehicles and
their harness. None, however, were
deprived of their licenses.
A manufacturing house in Butler,
Pa. has, for soma time pas':, been in '
correspondence with Mr. D. G. j
Zeigler and The Sumter Chamber of i
Commerce, in regard to the establish- I
ment of a wood fiber plaster ana build?
ing material factory in this city. Fav- i
orable reports having been submitted
as to tho desirability of locating such
a plant in Sumter, information has
been received that a special represen?
tative has been despatched to make a
thorough investigation of the advant?
ages that this city offers :ior an enter?
prise of that nature.
THE MINOR STORE FIRE.
Dry Goods Department Seriously Dam?
aged Monday Night-Mr. Elisha Car?
son Injured by Falling Skylight.
The most costly fire that has occur?
red in this city for months broke out
in the dry goods department of the
Minor Store Monday night about 8
o'clock and for more than two hours
the firemen had a hard and stubborn
fight with the flames to prevent a 'is
a8trous conflasrration in the heart *f
the business district.
The fire originated in the rear part
of the second floor and when it was
discovered had been burning for some
time, for a large section of the ceil?
ing was ablaze and the flames had
gained a strong hold between the ceil?
ing and roof. The goods stored on the
second floor were also burning fierce?
ly
When the front door was forced
open by the firemen the glass in the
large sky light was broken by the
rush of air carrying the flames up?
ward and this created a draft that
caused the fire to burn with greater
rapidity. Added to this condition
that favored the spread of the fire, the
firemen were handicapped by the usual
lack of pressure. When the water was
first "turned on the feeble stream that
issued from the nozzle had too lit?
tle force to reach the second floor un?
til the hose was dragged upstairs. The
firemen were equal to the emergency,
however, and procuring ladders and
ropes they mounted to the roofs of ad?
joining buildings and dragging up the
hose fought the fire from above.
After a time the pumps at the water
station were started and with the
direct pressure thus given a stronger
and more abundant supply of water
was secured.
The fight to save the building was
made at close quarters otherwise the
firemen would not have succeeded in
confining the fames to the building in
which the fire originated. For more
than an hour the issue hung in the
balance and few believed the shoe de
par ment could be saved, but by con*
fining th? fire to the second floor of
the dry goods department the stock of
goods on the first floor was saved un?
damaged, except by smoke and water,
and the shoe department which com?
municate, witn the dry goods depart?
ment by an archway was saved intact
likewise. Z!?ZZ
The only accident was sustained by
Mr. Elisha Carson, the secretary of the
Minor Store Co. who entered the ofhce
to remove the books and papers from
the safe. The office was situated
directly beneath the skylight and
while Mr. Carson was in tte office, a
large section cf the skylight fell in
upon bim. He was knocked down and
received severe and painful cuts on
the side of the head, face and hands.
He was taken to DeLorme's Drug
Store and given immediate attention
and his wounds dressed before being
sent to his home. While his wounds
are painful, they were fortunately not
serious and be will be out again in a
few days. His escape from death or
very serious injury was marvelous
and his many friends are truly thank?
ful that he escaped so lightly, the cir?
cumstances considered.
The Minor Stores, dry goods and
shoes, together contained about $40,
000 worth of goods as nearly as can
be estimated.
The stock and fixtures were insured
for $24,500 divided between the local
agencies as follows :
Sumter Insurance Agency, $15,500
(814,500 in stock, $1,000 on furniture
and fixtures. )
Citizens' Insurance Agency, $5,000,
on stock.
White & McCallum, $2,000, on
stock.
Mrs. Andrena Moses, $2,000 on
stock. .
The extent to which the stock is
damaged cannot yet be approximately
estimated, but while it is quite large,
it will not exceed the insurance.
The bnildiog which is the property
of Mr.Neill O'Donnell was insured for
83.000; (S2,5C0 on the building and
$500 on fixtures. ) The damage may be
covered by this amount but this point
cannot be determined until the re?
pairs come to be made.
About 7 o'clock a. m. Tuesday the
firemen were called out again to ex?
tinguish a small blaze that had start?
ed from the smouldering embers in
the Minor Store. The fire was of
small moment and was quickly extin?
guished.
THE RECORDER S COURT.
Gabriel Black a negro man employed
by Mr. W. M. Graham, at Iiis stable
on Hampton aveuue, was found on
the street Thursday night in a drunken
stupor. He was arrested, and plead
"guilty" before Recorder Hurst next
morning. He was ectecced to pay a
fiue of $2.
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The Magistrate's Court.
On motion of Davis D. Moise before
Magistrate Harby Tuesday morning.
George Conyers, who was being held
ou the charge of assault and battery,
was released from custody, on accoant
of the non-appearance of the prosecu?
tor and the State's witnesses.
Conyers, as may be remembered,
was very actively engaged in the cut?
ting scrape at the Southern Cotton
Oil Company's mill. From what eau
be learned, he was acting only in
self defence, and the prosecutor,
who is really the person desired by
the police, has gone to regions be?
yond the juridiction of Magistrate
flarby's court.
The News and Courier suggests that
if the state is going into the trust
i; busting" business that it give the
newspapers some relief by establish?
ing a paper mill. The newspapers are
subject to the most arbitrary and
tyrannical trust cf them all. They
are taxed by it without rhyme or
reason, and severely taxed at that.
If the legislature is going to relieve
one class it ought to relieve all. A
very large amount of money is invest- j
ed in newspapers in this state, and j
thojsands of dollars are weekly dis?
tributed through them, and they are
deserving" of consideration. No spe?
cial privileges ought to be given far?
mers and if we are to have a ferti?
lizer factory, the legislature ought not j
to fail to start a paper mill. If any- I
body can think of any other sort cf j
factory needed he should not be bark- !
ward about making application for it. I
-Columbia Record.
Moral Ethics-The Watch and the Walk. |
It is all right for a man to go by
his watch, provided it is regulated,
wound up and properly set. Other?
wise, it will surely mislead him.
Many a man has a standard by which
he boasts that he regulates his life,
and what he says is the trnth ; but
tLv trouble is, the standard he has
chosen is itself false and untrue-a
watch unregulated, unwound and
unset.
To walk wisely through this world
is cot so easy, after all. Men are
too willing to be content with food
and raiment, forgetting the existence
of anything higher or better. The
average man seems to think it his duty
merely to get through to the other
side, whatever that is. I saw a huge
pin driven into a rock at Niagara.
From this, to a similar pin on the op?
posite shore, a rope had been stretch?
ed above the deep abyss that yawned
below. Twenty-five thousand people
gathered on the high bluffs to see one
fool carry another fool across the
chasm on his back. Blondin's idea
was that, in case of an accident, he
couldjet his man drop, and save him?
self. In the walk we are taking, how?
ever, the man and his burden are in?
separable. We are not merely to get
safely across, but we are to carry our
burden with us. The loss of our bur?
den is the loss of self. Or, to change
the figure, in the sea of life, there
is never a disaster in which the pas?
senger is saved, and the boat losrT
The liwo go down or go over together.
C. C. B.
Meeting of Methodist Pastors.
The Sumter District Missionary
Institute and Pastors Conference will
be held at the District Parsonage,
Sumter,S . C., beginning at 10 a. m.,
Wednesday, B'ebruary 8, 1905, and
will close at 5 p. m., Thursday.
Every pastor will make some contri?
bution for the benefit of the meeting.
They will give their best thought on
the subject of Missions-their Person?
al Relation to the cause-their esti?
mate of its real power on their lives
and their Plans and Purpose to bring
their people into closer touch with the
movement. They will also bring any
new book, recently read, and exhibit
it-and give us their estimate of its
value to a preacher.
They will also give b riefoutline of
their daily work, time devoted to
study, preparation for pulpit, visit?
ing, recreation, &c, and man other
topics will be discussed peculiar to
the life of a Methodist preacher.
The meeting will be held in the
Library of the District Parsonage,
at No. 2 Church street, and will be
presided over by the Presiding Elder
of the Sumter District, the Rev. H.
B. Browne.
The followwing is a list of the pas?
toral charges, together with the
names of the pastors now serving the
six thousand six huudred Methodists
in the district.
Camden, C. C. Herbert: Chester?
field, J. J. Stevenson ; Jefferson,
Samuel M. Jones; Jorian, S. D. Bui
ley; Lynchburg, S. 0. Cantej ; Man?
ning, A. N. BrunsoT; ; New Zion, B.
J. Guess : Oswe?o, E. K. Moora:
Providence, C. S. Felder; Richland,
W. P. Way; Sar. te??, J. C. Tongue ;
St. John's & Rembert's, S. H. Booth ;
Sumter, 1st Church, P. F. Kilgo;
Sumter, Magnolia St., J. P. Inabi
net; Wateree, W. D. Patrick.
The committee have reported unfa?
vorably on the Calhoun county pro?
position. As they hear the testimony
and the arguments it is presumed that
the respective bouses will adopt the
reports, and thus defeat the aim of
the promoters of the new county. It
seems to get harder and harder to
form *iew counties. Looking over the
state generally, it is difficult to see
wherein new connies would be benefi?
cial. Our counties now, as a rule, are
none too large, and plans for new ones
usually originate in towns ambitious
to be court houses. Nevertheless,
when people vote in favor everything
possible ought to be done to carry
out their wishes.-Columbia Record.
KXROPATKIN ENTRENCHING.
Russians Are Fortifying: Themselves
at Changtan, Near Mukden.
Tokio, Feb. 6.-A dispatch from
the front states that the Russians are
strongly entrenching themselves in
the vicinity of Changtan, to the south
of Mukden. They shelled the Japan?
ese position there on February 4th
and 5th.
THE DELINEATOR FOR MARCH.
Containing the first authentic re- j
ports of thte Spring and Summer
style.-, the March Delineator is of
special interest to the woman of fa?
shion and a most attractive number
throughout. A discussion of "The
Use and Abuse of Armorial Bearings,"
by William Armstrong Crozier, is a
noteworthy contribution, containing a
fund of information in regard to coat
armor that is little known or widely
diseragreded. N. Hudson' Moore's
article on "Old Pewter." the first in
a series of kindred subjects, will
appeal particularly to collectors,
and the story of Charlotte Elliott's
famous hymn, "Just as I A ni." as
related by Allan Sutherland, is of
greatest interest. Other features are
"Robert and Clara Schumann," by
Gustav Kobbe, in the Composers* Se?
ries. "The Game of Politics as it is
Played in Washington"-and more
particularly, woman's part in it- by
"Marie Columbia," and a reproduction
of minatures from the Marie collec?
tion. There are two notable pieces of
fiction in "The Things That Are Real."
by Zona Galt-, and "His Honor vs. Cu?
pid, by Virginia Yv'oodward Cloud, in
addition t<> delightful verse. For tho
young folks. L. Frang Baum gives an
"Animal Fairy Talo." Grace MacGow
an Cooke a "Son Riley Rabbit." story,
and Lina Beard ar. amusing pastime.
There are the usual departments and
other matter of interest to women
within and without the h<>mo.
Low Rates Via. Southern Railway.
The Southern Railway gives below
a few special low excursion rates to
the following points:
To New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala.,
and Pensacola, Fla.-One first-class
fare plus 25 cents for the round trip
from all coupon stations. Tickets on
sale March 16, limited to March ll,
1905-may be extended to return
March 25th, 1905, account Mardi Gras.
To Washington, D. C., Presidential
Inauguration-For civilians rate one
first class fare plus 25 cents for thc
round trip from all coupon stations.
For military companies and brass
bands in uniform accompanying them
in parties of 20 or more on one ticket,
at one cent per mile, plus arbitrarles.
Tickets sold March 2 and 3, limited
March 8, 1905, but inay be extended
to March 18, 1905.
Very low rates to other points now
in effect.
The Southern railway is the best
route to the above points; operating
through Pullman and dining cars oa
all trains.
For full information apply to any
agent Southern Railway, or
. R..W. HUNT,
Division Passenger Agent, Charles?
ton, S. C.
It should be borne in mind that
every cold weakens the lungs, low?
ers the vitality and prepare* the
system for-the more serious dis- ?
eases, among which are the two
greatest destroyer.? of human life,
pneumonia and consumption.
Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy
has won its great ^xjpularity by its
prompt cures of ills most common
ailment. It aids expectoration,, re?
lieves the lungs and opens the
secretions, effecting a speedy and
permanent. cure. It counteracts
any tendency toward pneumonia.
^JPrice 25?t Large Size 50c^^
Southern Railway
The South's Greatest System,
Unexcelled! Dining Car Service
; Through Pullman Sleeping Oars os
ttl uiro?gh lim.
?LL LOCAL
TCinter TouristJRates are now is
effect to all Florida peints.
For full information as to rates,
routes, etc., consult nearest South?
ern Railway ticket agent, or
R. W. HUNT,
Division Passenger Agent,
Charleston. S. C.
Ul RETURNS FOR 1905.
Office of
County Auditor, Sumter County.
Sumter County, Dec. 14, 1904.
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 re?
ceiving returns of personal property
nil ? poll tixcs for the fiscal year com?
mencing January lsi. 1905.
Tindal's Store. Monday, January !>th.
Privateer, (Jenkins's Stored Tues.
Jan. 10.
Manchester, (Mr. Gardener, Levi's)
Wednesday, Jan. 11th.
Wedgefield. Thursday. Jan. 12th.
Statesburg, Friday, Jan. 13th.
Hagood. Manday. Jan. 16th.
Rembert's Tuesday. January 17th.
Dalzell. Wednesday, Jan. ISth.
Gordon's Mill, Friday, Jan. 2Cth.
Mayesville. Monday, Jan. 23rd.
Shiloh, Tuesday, Jan. 24th.
Norwood's N Roads, Wednesday,
Jan. 25th.
Oswego. Friday. Jan. 27th.
The law requires that all persons
owning property or in anywise having
charge of such property, either as
agent, husband, guardian, trustee, ex?
ecutor, administrator, etc, return the
same under oath to the auditor, who
requests all persons to be prompt in
making their returns and save 50 per
cent penalty which will be added to
the property valuation of all persons
who fail to make returns within the
time prescribed by law.
Taxpayers return what they own
on the first dayof January 1905.
Assessors and taxpayers will enter
the first given name of the taxpayer
in full, also make a separate return
for each township where the proper?
ty is located and also in each and ev?
ery case the number of thc school dis?
trict must be given.
Every male citizen between the age
of 21 and CO years on the first day of
January. 1905. except those incapable
of earning ;i support from being
maimed or from other causes, an;
deemed taxable polls, and except
Confederate soldiers 50 years of age,
on January 1st, 1905.
All rturns must bc made on or be?
fore the 20th day of February, next.
T cannot take returns after that date
and all returns made after the 20th
doy of February are subject to a pen
ilty of ."><> per cent.
J. DIGGS WILDER.
Auditor Sumter County