The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 14, 1906, Image 8
MOT OOBRESPONDEHOE.
LETTERS FROM OUR SPE?
CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. .
of Interest From all Farts of
Sumter and Adjoining Counties.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mail your letters so that they will
?each this office not later than Tues
.?ay morning. When the letters are
-received Wednesday it is almost an
impossibility to have them appear in
tbe paper issued that day.
SMITHVILLE.
Smithville, February 10.-We can?
not create much excitement in the
"world hy the happenings in our com
TBJinity this week, still there may be a
Sew who would like to know what we
-axe doing.
Mr. J. E. Barfield and his daughter,
Miss Lilly, Nof Lucknow, spent a short
time with relatives here this week.
Rev. H. B. Browne, of your city,
gassed through here on his way to
Salem where he will hold quarterly
conference on Sunday and Monday.
Se spent Friday night with Rev. S. H.
Sooth.
Mr.* Wilcox, representing the Brown
jfcans Company, of, Charleston, was
"* Jrere on Wednesday. -
Mr. John McCatheni, the genial
jailer at Bisnopvilie, was here, on Fri?
day and returned to his home
^ ?oday (Saturday.) Mrs. McCathern
toa been visting in the neighborhood
4tor several days.
yThere was no school here on Wed?
nesday and Thursday on account of
file extremely disagreeable weather.
The weather was not too severe for
Masons for they had their regular
meeting on last Wednesday night.
Dr. T. D. Foxw?rth has broken
ground for his residence that he is
lawing built.
Dr. Jno. W. Parker had a little
damage done to his buggy while mak?
ing a call tm Friday night It was
caused by his horse becoming fright?
ened and breaking loose. No real se
xious damage was done.
DARK CORNER.
Dark Corner, February 10.-As I
had nothing to write last week I will
. write now, though I have nothing of
importance to relate. We have had
such bad weather this week until we
poor , old tillers of the soil haye done
?rat little work, though yesterday was
& lovely day. If we could get many
of that kind we would soon be up with
our work.
.Mrs. Kolb and T. B. Weeks are still
improving and I have no other sick
to report. I
There are some colds, bu? nothing
serious.
We have got some cars at last to
take the wood from Broadway siding.
But I cannot understand it, we have
been wanting cars for four or five
weeks and could not get them, while
at Cain's crossing, just two miles
above Broadway, there has been two
cars standing for two or three weeks.
How is. that?
Misses Nealie and Marj* Lee Ardis
Tisited Mrs. W? J. Ardis last Sunday
evening.
Louis Scott, of Soeven,. was-at his
"brother Wash's .here yesterday even?
ing on business.
Mr. James McCutchen is cutting
some fine lumber at his mill which he
lately moved here from Pinewood. I
understand he is speaking of moving
again in a month or two somewhere
near here.
' I hope you will have a fine time at
your city dinner on the 21st.
BOSSARDS.
Bossards, February 12.-We are
leaving plenty of rain and not much
"work this year. The farmers are all
downhearted.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Ingram have re?
turned to meir home from a pleasant
Tdsit to her parents here.
' Miss Marie Tisdale has returned
irom a three weeks' visit to her sisters
tc Privateer.
Mr. Clarence Dorn has left us and
fe running a beef market in Sumter.
/
MAX.
Max, February 12.-Mr. Joseph W.
Montgomery, of Laurens, and Miss
Maud Hart, of Spartanburg. were
.married at 7:30 Sunday night at the
home of Mr. J.. A. M. Carraway by
3Bev. B. K. Truluck. Miss Hart has
made many friends here who will re?
gret to see her leave. They will leave
"?oday for a pleasure trip to Virginia.
Sand and cement are now being
Izauled on the ground for the new
"Bethel church building.
-J. A. M. Carraway lost a valuable
cow last week.
Mr. C. F. Sahsbury, of Timmons
-v?le and Miss Amanda Langston, of
Sardis, were married at Bethel parson?
age by Rev. B. K. Truluck last' Sun
-<iay at 7 o'clock.
Mrs. Mary Kirby is very sick.
We regret Dr. Darby's death.
EDWARDS.
Edwards, February 10.-Today has
been a very pleasant one, after two
?days of rain, sleet and show. Farm
-work is at a standstill, except a little
fertilizers are being hauled.
Messrs. W. T. McLeod, W. D. and
W. A. White were in Bishopville to?
day.
Mr. J. R. McLeod was in Camden
today.
Mr. and Mrs. L A. White spent last
Monday in Bishopville.
Miss Annie Norwood, a very charm?
ing young lady from Titusville, Fla.,
after spending several weeks with rel
taives at this place, has returned
home again.
The first quarterly conference of the
St John's and Rembert's circuit will
meet at Salem church on Monday at
ll o'clock. <
Messrs. W. D. and E. O. White spent
last Sunday at Mr. J. E. Wilson's, of
Smithville.
Rev. S. H. Booth filled his regular
appointment at St John's M. E.
church last Sunday morning.
Rev. H. B. Brown, of Sumter, will
preach at Salem Sunday afternoon. ?
Rev. G. M. Howerton filled his reg?
ular appointment at New Hope Pres?
byterian church last Sunday after?
noon.
Mr. F. G. Peebles was in Camden
last Tuesday.
Miss Anna Holland is quite sick at
this time.
WISACKY.
Wisackyv February 12.-We are
having severe weather at this time,
with ?igh. winds and constant rains,
the ground is flooded with water and
farm work is at a standstill.
The friends here of Rev. T. G. Phil?
lips, pastor of Bishopville Baptist
church, are grieved to give him up*
He resigned his charge last Sabbath
and has gone to the Theological Sem?
inary in Louisville, Ky.
Mrs. Eva C. Smih and .family, of
Bishopville, spent a few days with
relatives here recently.
Miss Katie Smith, of Bishopville,
has been visiting Mr. J. H. Leding
ham and family. .
Several persons from this commu?
nity attended the lectures by Dr. E.
O. Taylor in Bishopville and were well
pleased.
The railroad company has just com?
pleted a neat and comfortable depot
here which was greatly needed, and
very much appreciated by the citi?
zens.
PRIVATEER. -
Privateer, February 13.-Mrs. Joe
Rigby, of Manning, spent the past
week at Mr. S. A. Harvin's.
Mesr s. Leroy Wells. Marion M el?
lette, of Wedgefield and Robert Mel
lette, of Summerton, were the guests
of Mr. M. G. Ramsev Sunday.
Miss Kate BracLori, Mr. and Mrs.
Carnes, of Bishq^vdie, spent a few
days the past week at Mrs. S. J. Brad?
ford's.
Mr. Joe Rigby, of Manning, was the
guest of Mr. S. A. Harvin Sunday.
Miss Ina Mellette, of Stateburg, is
spending this week at Mr. M. G. Ram?
sey's.
Mr. Frank Tisdale, of Jordan, spent
Sunday with Mr. J. D. Jenkins.
Miss Hennie May Bradford spent a
few days last week at Lanes.
Mrs. Sarah Jenkins, of Sumter,
spent last week with her daughter,
Mrs. L B. Jenkins.
STATEBURG.
Stateburg, February 12.-Misses
Sadie Flud and Irene Moore spent
Saturday night and Sunday in Sum?
ter. They attended the play, '.The
Eternal City."
Mr. Frank P. Burgess spent Sunday
at home.
Rev. W. H. Earnwell went to Sum?
merton on Saturday where he was to
preach yesterday, having exchanged
pulpits with Rev. John Kershaw. Dur?
ing Mr. BarnwelTs stay in Summerton
he was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. D.
O. Rhame.
Mrs. James Pinckney and Miss A. N.
Moore are to return from Sumter to?
day, where they have been visiting
for the past two weeks.
Miss Ina ft. Mellette spent Saturday
and Sunday in Privateer at the home
of her grandfather. Mr. Matt Ramsey.
Mr. A. S. Flud spent Saturday in
Sumter.
The many friends of Col. John J.
Dargan will learn with pleasure that
he is at home again.
The entertainment given on last
Friday at "Acton" by the members
of the Ladies' .Sewing Society proved
to be a great success and the ladies in
charge should feel well repaid for their
trouble. They realized quite a nice
sum. which will be used to put a fence
around the church.
With the continuous rains farm work
does not progress very rapidly. Farm?
ers in this section do not believe in
plowing in wet weather, so not a great
deal is being done.
PISGAH.
Pisgah. February 12.-Farm work
has about ceased on account of the
wet weather. As fast as the land gets
a little dry, it rains again so there is
no plowing done. The prospect at
this time don't look encouraging for a
big crop, for unless the laud is well
prepared poor crops generally follow.
Guano is being delivered very slow
by the railroads. Very few have re?
ceived any. What the trouble is we
don't know. Not many have increased
the amount over last year, and a good
deal of it will go on t%e grain crops.
Rev. T. L. Cole has commenced his
work here under favorable conditions.
He is a very pleasant man and though
a stranger to this section has already
made many friends. His sermons
show much thought, well prepared and
delivered, and not too long to tire his
audience. His field of labor will be
Cartersville, Bethany, Pisgah and
Swift Creek. He is principal of the
high school of Cartersville and as soon
as his term is out will move to the
parsonage at Bethany church, where
he will be more in his field of labor.
Rev. J. P. Coleman, who has been
doing colportage work for the Man?
ning Baptist church, will extend his
labors to other churches of the Black
River association. This will greatly
enlarge his work. The churches will
help pay his salary. Mr. Coleman is
a man of fine character and has made
a success of his work wherever he has
gone.
There is some sickness about but
not of a very serious type.
The days of "good stealing'' have
come back to our State and
history repeats itself. Any man
who loves his State cannot
but hold his head down in sorrow to
know that there are our native people
who have taken that which does not
belong to them putting themselves on
a level with the scalawags who preyed
on the vitals of our people in radical
times. If there is any law to reach
them they should be severely dealt
with, let them be who they may. It
is astonishing that men can't handle
other people's money without stealing
it. The dispensary investigation, so
far, shows a state of affairs that is
disgraceful. Not simply because it is
whiskey business, but the stealing fea?
ture of it which seems to be in all its
branches. Steal in all public things
that you can seems to be the rule of
the day from the Rocky Mountains to
the Atlantic Ocean and the next thing
is to cover it up as much as possible.
Surely a man is lost to all self respect
when he can steal the public money
and betray the trust reposed in him.
In the counties which were carried
by the Brice law a state of affairs ex?
ists that is worse than the dispensary.
Importing whiskey and dealing it out
under the cover of night-blind tigers,
blockade running, etc. All this as a
result of the Erice law is what a lot
of consistent prohibitionists knew be?
fore would follow, and is the reason
they favor the dispensary as the lesser
of two evils and not that they favored
whiskey selling. It is a bad state of
affairs any way you take it.
If the legislature continues as it is
now going on until adjournment it
will go on record as the most impor?
tant one we ever had to do nothing
and kill time.
SOUTH CAROLINA A'EWS.
Items of Interest Condensed and Par?
agraphed for -QUMO?-Kea?ii?g.
The Clyde Steamship Company has
been absorbed by a syndicate headed
ky Charles W. Morse, who is largely
interested in the shipping business.
The S'ea Island cotton growers have
agreed to reduce their acreage 25 per?
cent.
The Columbia theatre is to remod?
eled.
Charleston capitalists and business
mer. are organizing a lifo insurance
company with $250,000 capital.
The Jonesville cotton mill increased
its capital stock from $130,000 io
$300,000.
It is estimated that about T.oi-0
horsepower can be generated at Xcal's
Shoals. Of this Union and Buffalo
will each utilize about 2,500 horse?
power. It is possible that arrange?
ments may bc made with thc Cnion
council to furnish them all day as weil
as night current and let them distrib
ute it to consumers in town, thus ob?
viating the necessity of constructing
sep?rate distributing lines.
W. E. Gonzales, editor of tho Co?
lumbia State, has been elected a n?em
ber of the board of directors of the
South Carolina Medical College of
C marleston.
vVork on. the Saluda river dam for
the Gre* rrville-Caroiina Power Com?
pany has been resumed, the Loring
X. Farnum Company of Boston, Mass
having signed a contract to complete
the work by June 1.
The various county cotton grow?
ers' association.* are reported as hav?
ing good attendance at the recent
monthly meetings and much enthus?
iasm prevails throughout the State.
Rev. Dr. John Johnson has been
made rector emeritus of St. Philip's
Episcopal church, Charleston. Rev.
Cai y Beckwith. late of Barnwell, has
been made rector of this historic old
church.
Leger Lab ru ce, while out ducking
on the Poe Dee river near .Arundel
plantation, in Georgetown county, the
home if his brother, L. Louis Labruce,
was drowned by the capsizing of thc
row boat. The negro oarsman swam
io shore. The accident occurred about
8 o'clock Thursday evening. The de?
ceased is connected with some of tin
most prominent families in the county
and State.
George Bates, a young white man
near Piekotis county, went to Green?
ville Friday and bought a horse and
bu.q-gy for $1$5, giving a check for
$200 in paying and receiving the dif?
ference in cash. The check was found
to be a forgery and he was arrested
j Saturday.
A STRONG PROTEST.
A Calm Statement of Facts That Con?
demns the Reckless and Indiserim- I
. inatc Motorists.
Mr. Editor:
Since the introduction of the "Green ?
automobile bill," and the consequent
excitement in Sumter among the for?
tunate owners of these machines, I
have been hoping to see something
said on that side, but as nothing has
appeared I feel constrained to follow
some advice to young authors which
I read several years ago and have
never forgotten to this effect: "If you
have something to say, something you
must say, something which you feel
will cause you to burst if you don't
,say, then say it, and say it at once.''
Just now that ?t? me exactly, so I
will proceed.
Mr. Green has filled a long felt want
in trying to make the public highways
a little safer for the sad owners of un
progressive horses, which utterly re?
fuse to keep abreast of the times by
adopting the chug-a-tug of automo?
biles as every day affairs, or to claim
their rightful half of the roads, but
persist in leaving man's latest inven?
tion for covering space, in entire and
absolute possession of the right of way,
nor stand upon the order of meir go?
ing.
The bill may not come to anything
at this time, but it will ce.tainiy do
this much good, it will call attention
to the state of affairs existing between
the general public and careless motor?
ists, and other , things will follow in
course of time.'
I wish to be fair and just, but I
must state a few facts regarding many
automobiles. In the irst place, will
one in a hundred, or one in a thousand,
acknowledge himself careless or
thoughtless? Yet what a tremendous
per^ cent, cause accidents to unwary
travelers! I accuse no man of wilfully
causing a runaway, but many times
this might be avoided by a little care
and forethought. In the town where
motors are in general use, horses
gradually become accustomed to
them, or if unable to do so, are sold or
exchanged by their owners. In the
country it is different; a very few
horses do not fear them at all. from
the first, but most of them are a terri?
fied at the sight of one as we would be
of a chariot and horses of fire, and no
amount of coaxing can calm them, or
reconcile them to* meet one in the
.road. Some old horses that were never
known to shy. or fear anything els?,
will go into conniptions over a motor.
Others which can be made to pass
them in towns, taking them as part of
the strange sights they meet at every
turn, will smash up things if they are
encountered in country roads. Auto?
mobilist? should remember these
things, and when duty or pleasure
calls them into the country, should be
oxtra cautious in approaching any
vehicle, or sharp curve or hill, whore
there is danger of doing so. for al?
though it may be amusing to see an
animal dancing and prancing about,
especially if it happens to be some
poor raw-boned beast that would not
be credited with an ounce of spirit,
and the ruffied driver is scarce abie
to mariage him, there is always danger
to life or property, or both. I speak
only the truth, when I say that many
owners of motors dash along at fu'l
speed in narrow roads, or come close
up behind a horse causing him to
dash off and adding to his terror by
using the horn too late, and that they
often relate, as great jokes, the va?
rious frights, etc., they have caused! I
do not accuse all. but I do accuse
many of this very thing, many, per?
fectly courteous and polite in other
respects. It is this, more than any?
thing else which has caused ill feel?
ing toward them; Let me give an in?
stance which came under my Observa?
tion nut many months sine.-and
doubtless dozens could relate similar
cases.
y
Two young gentlemen o:' your town
wishing to spend the night with a
country friend came out in their auto
one fine afternoon. On the way they
frightened tw > carriage horses t<> such
an extent that the carriage pole was
broken, out they were considerate,
stopping, etc., to enable the genetle
man driving to control them thus
averting a more serious accident.
Next morning they set out on their
return at the same great rate of speed
and this time many vehicles were in
the road. First, (i. e. that I know of)
on a hill they met a buggy, which had
been chiven until a few minutes before
by a child of ll. The horse was quite
afraid of motors, and if a strong col?
ored man had not providentially beg?
ged a rid?.- just before, and taken
charge ;>f the reins, a serious accident
would doubtless have occurred. The
man was able to get the horse out into
a field and the machine whizzed by
without slacking up. Within a mile
of this place, just beyond a slight rise,
and where the road was narrow, and
an embankment on either side, they
suddenly came upon a man willi
another horse afraid of them. This
old man has been in the employ of
one family for ll years and had driv?
en tlie horse its whole life without an
accident. Hut the speed of the ma?
chine was so great that before he
could ge1}; out and go to his horse's
head, as he had been instructed to do,
the animal became terrified, wheeled
completely around, throwing him out
! and running over him, and on, till
! the buggy was smashed to pieces on
a telephone pole. The motorists
kindly stopped a moment and allowed
the old man to climb up behind when
they dashed on behind the fleeing
horse, passing another buggy in
charge of two small boys whose horse
fortunately did not frighten. As these
boys expressed it, "They looked like
they were trying to catch the horse."
On they sped through the village
causing a general stampede among
the horses there, merely slacking up
enough to allow the old man to jump
off, and not once did they have the
courtesy, or even curiosity to inquire
whose team they had ruined. Was it
any wonder the community was in?
dignant and the parties tried for reek"
less driving? Did the paltry fine of
$10.00 imposed compensate for a de?
molished buggy and a ruined horse,
with the hardships entailed in th-3
family by his ruin? The horse hali
been driven by ladies and children for
years in absolute safety, now he is
afraid of a loose engine in motion, and
looks askance at a bicycle. With them
it is a question whether it is better to
face the ills, they know, or fly to
others that they know not of, by sell?
ing him. So much for one eventful
trip.
Certainly we realize that motorists
have a right to the public highways,
but we also feel that people less fortu?
nate, or who prefer some other mode
of conveyance, should know when they
start out that there is a probability at
least of reaching their destination
with a whole vehicle, and a whole
skin, and if these people do not exer?
cise common humanity and caution to
insure it, then laws should force them?
It should not be necessary to require
by law a man in an auto to render as?
sistance to a person in danger or dis?
tress, which he has caused; the merest
instinct of courtesy and kindness
should prompt him to offer that as?
sistance; yet it is to this part of Mr.
Green's bill that most strenuous ob?
jections were made. Those'who act
as they should in this matter, need
fear nothing from the law, and the
others deserve punishment commen?
surate with the offense. It is nonsense
to talk of ruining $100,000 worth of
property by it.
I think in a few years, if the auto
mobilists will show the same consid?
eration for frightened animals that bi?
cyclists' have always done-and some*
do-horses will become accustomed to
them, and there will be no friction.
As it is, 1= know of many persons who
dare not take their horses to Sumter
at all, and others who go just as sel?
dom as possible to avoid the risk.
Even with the greatest caution auto?
mobiles are constant sources of dan?
ger, but they have come to stay and
will be in universal use before many
years. Meanwhile-, in many neighbor?
hoods where the ladies have always
driven about themselves, they and
their children are almost deprived of
social intercourse. pref criag ;to remain
at home, rather than run the risk OL
meeting an automobile driven, by one
regardless of other's safely, and this
I repeat is often the eas:-.
You would be overwhelmed if you
requested others to verify these re?
marks by relating other incidents, but
you had better use an ounce of pre?
vention and make no such request un?
less you double your office force.
S.
POSTAL GRAFTER SEXTEXCEi).
George YT. Beavers Pleads Guilty to
Conspiracy to Defraud and Gets
Two Years.
Washington. February 13.-George
W. Leavers, former superintendent of
salaries and allowances of the post?
?nico department, appeared beford
Justice . Gould, of the District Court,
this morning and pleaded guilty \->
the indictment charging- him with
conspiring with former Senator Green
of Xew York to defraud the govern?
ment in connection with the sale of
time recording devices io the depart?
ment. He was sentenced to two years
I in the Moundsville, West Virginia,
penitentiary. Green did not appear
and tho case against him wiil go t-?
nial Monday. IL is expected thai the
government will qua ;h the other in?
dictments against Beavers.
After the sentence was imposed the
defendant was asked by Justice Gould
if he had anything to say. He replied.
"Xo," and was taken immediately to
a cell under the court room. Beavers
carried a dress suit case containing ar?
ticles absolutely necessary. He refus-'
ed to talk of the case, but said he
his action would not result
detrimentally to the other de?
fendants in the case. "I will not be
called as a witness for the prosecu?
tion," he said, "but may have to testi?
fy for the defense."
THE ANNAPOLIS TRIALS.
Court Martial Reconvened This .Morn?
ing- and Immediately Adjourned.
Annapolis. February 13.-The court
martial reconvened this morning and
alter two minutes took an adjourn?
ment, subject to the call of Superin?
tendent Sa.nds. The congressional in*
vestigation"committee is expected to
arrive this afternoon to begin probing.
GERMAN-AMERICAN
ALLIANCE ADVOCATED
Pan German Leader Urges Kaiser Wilhelm
to Visit tlie United States
-fr
ARGUES IT WOULD CREATE ENTHUSIASM
Germany Advised to Cut Loose From
Old and Moribund Allies and Make
a Bold Bid for Friendship of United
States.
Berlin, Feb. 10.-Albreht Wirth, the
Pan-American leader, has published
an appeal to Kaiser William to visit
America. Wirth argues that the pres?
ence of the emperor in the United
otates would produce a pro-German
enthusiasm which would not result in
a defensive or offensive American
Germany alliance, but which would
rescue many from the fear of the pres?
ent isolation and enable Germany to
contemplate the Anglo-Japanese and
Anglo-French ententes with equanim?
ity. Wirth urges the Kaiser to drop
Germany's fossilized allies, like de?
caying Austria, and make a bold bid
for the support of the United States.
The Socialist party has resolved to
proclaim a general strike throughout:
Germany for one day on April 18, the
anniversary of the Berlin rebellion of
1848. On that day the workmen will
hold a monster demonstration against
the government. The Soc'alist leaders
regard the calling of the strike for one
day as a rehearsal of a long strike,
which will come when a favorable op?
portunity presents itself.
Letter to Rev. F. M. Satterwhite.
Sumter, S. C.
Rev. Sir: Three churches in Bald
winsville. N. Y., have had their first
lesson in Devoe.
Messrs. Osterhout & Lockwood;
painted the Presbyterian parsonage;
estimated 30 gallons; took 22.
Messrs. Slingerland & Shutter paint?
ed the Episcopal" church; estimated 40
gallons; took 28.
Same painters painted the Catholic
church; estimated 30 gallons; took 39.
Of course, they estimated from what
they had been using. The- saving in
paint and work is $4 or $5 a gallon.
Total saving on three jobs $125 to
$150-the painting costs two or three
1 times as much as the paint, you know.
9
Yours truly,
F. W. Devoe & Co.
P. S. Durant Hardware Co., sell our
pltint.
TAX RETURNS FOR 1006.
OFFICE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER CO.,
Sumter, S. C., Dec. 10, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that I will at?
tend, in person or by deputy, at the
following places on the days indicated,
respectively, for the purpose of * re?
ceiving returns, of real estate, personal
property and poll taxes for the fiscal
year, commencing January 1, 1906.:
Tindal's Store, Monday, Jan. 8th.
Privateer, (Jenkins' Store), Tues?
day, Jan. 9th.
Manchester, (Levi's), Wednesday,
Jan. 10th.
Wedgefield, Thursday, Jan. 11th.
Stateburg, Friday, Jan. 12th.
Hagood, Monday, Jan. 15th.
Remberts, Tuesday, Jan. 16th.
. Dalzell, Wednesday, Jan. 17th.
Gordon's Mill, Thursday, Jan. ISth.
Oswego, Friday, Jan. 19th.
. Mayesville. Tuesday, Jan. 23d.
Shiloh, Wednesday, Jan. 24th.
Norwood X Roads, Thursday, Jan.
25th.
The law requires that all persons
owning property or in any wise hav?
ing 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 the 50
per cent penalty, which will be added
to thc property valuation of ali persons
who fail tc? make returns within the
time prescribed by law.
Taxpayers return what they own
on the first day of January, 1906.
Assessors and taxpayers will enter
the first given name of the taxpayer
in full, also make a separate return
for each township where the property
is locatedfand also in each and every
case the Number of the school district
must be given.
Every male citizen between the age
of twenty-one and sixty years on the
first day of January. 1906. except
those incapable of earning a support
from being maimed or from other
causes, are deemed taxable polls, and
except Confederate soldiers 50 years
of age, on January 1st, 1906.
Under instructions from the Comp?
troller General, a separate return
must be made of each tract or parcel
of land.
All returns must be made on or be?
fore the 20th day of February, next.
I cannot take returns after that date
and all returns made after the 20th
day of February, are subject to a pen?
alty of 50 per cent.
J. DIG GS WILDER,
Auditor Sumter County.
December 20, 1905.