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TAX NOTICE.
The County Treasurer's office in
Court House building will be open for
the collection of taxes, without pen?
alty, from the loth day of October to
the 31st day of December, inclusive,
1905.
The levy is as follows: For State,
5 1-2 mills; for county, 3 1-2 mills;
Constitutional School, 3 mills; Polls,
$1.00. Also, School District No. 1,
Special, 2 mills: Xo. 2, 2 mills; No. 2,
2 mills; Xo. 4, 2 mills; Xo. 16, 2 mills;
Xo. 17, 1 mill; Xo. IS, 2 mills.
50 cents capitation dog tax.
A penalty of 1 per cent, added for
month January, 1906. Additional
penalty of 1 per cenr. for month Feb?
ruary, 19?6. Additional penalty of f>
per cent, for 15 days in March, 1906.
T. W. LEE. County Treasurer.
October 5th, 1905.
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REPRESSIVE MEASURES.
The Russian Autocracy Determined to
Continue to Rule With an Iron
Hand.
St. Petersburg, March 8.-Russian
government has decided to continue
ts policy of repression throughout the
oountry, fearing that there will be a
renewal of the former rioting in the
spring. The Agrarian disorders in
the southern provinces have already
broken out afresh. One estimate is
that the crops and buildings on 12,
000 acres have been reduced to ashes,
only 50 acres remaining intact.
Typhus is spreading in the districts
which have suffered from famine and
I is -attended with heavy fatalities. It is
reported that 90 per cent, of the per?
sons attacked with this disease have
died.
TOUR OF OBSERVATION.
Congressmen Coming South to Inspect
the Rivers and Harbors.
Washington, March. 7.-Members of
che House committee on rivers and
mrbors. of which Representative Bur?
long of Ohio, is chairman, accompa?
nied by Chairman Hepburn and sever?
al of the committee on Inter-state and
foreign Commerce, left here this
morning over the Southern Railway
to inspect the rivers and harbors in
Georgia, Alahama, Mississippi and
Florida.
TILLMAN" AND THE DISPENSARY.
The Views of the Southern Christian
Advocate.
The editorial below is from
the Southern Christian Advo?
cate, the editor of which, the
Rev. S. A. Nettles, was the pro?
hibition leader in the general as?
sembly when the dispensary law
was enacted and also a staunch
political friend pi Senator Till?
man:
Senator Tillman, has been and
vet remains a dominant in?
fluence in the politics of South
Carolina. The secret of this in?
fluence cannot be explained on
the ground of his ability and'
,v7iliingness to appeal to prej?
udice. The senator is in temp?r?
ament, in native ability, and in
imbition a leader. We believe
lim to be a thoroughly earnest
and honest man of strong con?
victions, and fearless in his
statement of defense of them.
One of these convictions is the
worth and need of the dispensa?
ry system. Threatened as it is
in the State, he has the unques?
tioned right to come to its de?
fense and to identify, as he
seems to do, its success or fail(
ure with his own.
But we do question both his
taste and his moral right to dic?
tate to the leaders and people of
the State the manner and spirit
in -which this question shall be
discussed and settled. In any
criticism of the senator's pro
nunciamentos?t would be unfair
to forget that he rarely remains
satisfied with calling "a spade a
spade." He more often delights
to designate it as a "dredging
shovel." With due allowance for
this little foible of the senator's
we leave to tlfe unprejudiced
reader to decide, whether or not
the.followmg utterances, does not
smack of egotistic assumption
of the right and power to dictate
to the people of the State. Said
the senator to the Washington
j correspondent of the State :
"It is up to the people now"
says Senator Tillman concern?
ing the dispensary situation,
"and there will be a hot time
next summer. The campaign
will be three-cornered. There
will be three distinct elements at
least I propose to make it that
way if I can, and I think it will
have to be that way." Every
man who o?fer? himself for the
legislature ought to be forced,
and he will be forced, to come
out squarely and declare himself
one way or another, and, mind,
when he does declare himself I
want him to stick to it like a
man and like an honest man. If
he is a prohibitionist and wants
to down the dispensary, let him
stand up for his convictions and
not be entering into dirty bar?
gains with high license men, and
vice versa, if he is a high license
man. I respect a high license
man if he is honest and open and
above board, but let him stick
out for high license and not be
dickering with prohibitionists,
honest, open and above board
politics in South Carolina, and
I want the people to decide this
matter themselves."
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CHINESE SMUGGLE ARMS.
LARGE LOT OF MODERN RIFLES
FOUND ON STEAMER BOUND
FOR CHINA.
A Discovery at San Francisco Shows
That Chinese Are Buying; Weapons
in Large Quantities in Anticipation
of Trouble.
San Francisco, March S.-A story
was published here this morning that
the Chinese crews of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company's steamers are i
enga. in smuggling arms and am- j
munition to China. It is stated that
22 boxes of modern rifles which were
purchased in this city were found con?
cealed in the quarters of the Chinese
crew of the steamer Manchuria. Ten
thousand rounds of ammunition were
also found.
It is possible that many more rifles
were concealed on the ship as there
was no time to search the vessel \
which was fully loaded before the first
find was made.
The rides were bough? by a Chinese
member of lhe; engineer's force, but
how he got them aboard without being
d-scovered is a mystery.
This alleged discovery is said to J
have caused some anxiety to the of- j
ficials of the company who have no \
means of knowing how long the smug?
gling has been going on.
JUROR SAVED A PRISONER.
One of the Most Remarkable Cases
of Circumstantial Evidence.
Very eminent legal authorities agree
th ut as to the fact of a case the jury
is more likely to be right than the
judge. This week, howover, we have
had another addition to the lengthy
list of instances of the judge censuring
a jury upon its findings. "As clear a
case as had ever come before me," he
said as he ordered the jury to go
home.
Possibly the judge was right. It is
well, to remember, however, that had
all the cases, which have appeared so
clear to the judges gone as their lord?
ship desired more than a few innocent
men would have been sent to the gal?
lows. An instance comer to mind, one
of the most extraordinary in the his?
tory of our legal system, the account of
which we own to the man who tried
and presided over the trial, Lord Chief
Justice Dyer. This was a "clear case"
of murder. The victim had been found
stabbed to death in a field wood, by
some one with a fork. The man who
owned the fork was arrested and the
blood stained suit, he had worn was
found hidden in a mattress.
Short of testimony from any one
who had seen the crime actually com?
mitted, there was not a link missing
from the chain of ev'dence against the
I
prisoner. It was in vain that he
pleaded not guilty, everything was so
conclusively clear against him. A
verdict of guilty was expected imme?
diately from the jury, but the foreman
asked as the life of a fellow creature
was at stake the jury might be allow?
ed to retire.
The judge did not understand why
they should do so in so simple a case;,
still the jury had its wish. It did not
return. The Court adjourned for
lunch; the jury did not come back in
the afternoon in spite of several anx?
ious inquiries from the bench it had
not made up its mind when the court
rose "for the day-there was one man
holding out. The jury was locked up
for the night and in the morning was
brought into court to return a verdict
of not guilty. This was a poser and
the judge dismissed the jury-, saying;
"The blood of the deceased lies at
your door."
Private inquiry by the judge elicited
the fact that the foreman, a man of
unblemished reputation and of con?
siderable estate, had been the cause
of the verdict which the rest had been
starved into accepting. The judge
sent for this gentleman and in his pri?
vate room begged him to explain the
mystery of his obduracy and the amaz?
ing finding of his fellow, first pledging
himself to preserve inviolate and C3n
fidencce which the other might repose
in "him.
Then the foreman told him how h^
himself had met the victim for whose
murder the prisoner had been tried,
how the man had sought to take ad?
vantage of his social position and ex?
act unjust tithes, how they had quar?
reled and fought, how the man had at?
tempted to kill him with a fork and
how he (the foreman of the jury) had
killed "his antagonist with his own
pitchfork, then fled. The prisoter.
coming along, had found the man dy?
ing and in endeavoring to succor him
had got blood upon his clothes aud in
his confusion < had taken the dead
man's fork and left his own in place.
This was why the foreman had held
out and why the prisoner escaped.
London Standard.
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CLEMSOX COLLEGE.
A Stray Baseball Team-Improve?
ments on the Campus-Other
Xews.
Clemson College, March 6.-The
prosv^ s for a good baseball team
are very encouraging. There are over
80 on the field and each aspirant feels
sure that he will "make the team."
Mr. John McMakin is the coach again
this year.
Quite a number of improvements
are being made on the campus, and a
little later OK when the many Howers
are in bloom it will make a very pretty
show. A very large flower house is
being built between the college build?
ing and the chemical building. It is
to be made of glass blocks, supported
by bands of white iron, and will add
a great deal to the beauty of the cam?
pus.
Last Wednesday night thc Temple
quartette gave an entertainment in
the Lyceum course. Xext Saturday
night Maro, the Prince of Magic, will
give a performance. Then comes a
week of dreaded examinations.
The band returned this morning
from Due West, where they played
last night.
The weather still keeps cool. It
was hard for us to believe the reports
awhile back, about it being warm in
Sumter.
The board t>f trustees at a recent
meeting elected Mr. Fraser, of Sumter,
to fill the vacancy made in the board
of visitors by the death of Hon. Alta?
mont Moses.
The track team is very busy pre?
paring for May day. This is a holiday
set aside by the board of trustees as
a day of athletic sports of all kinds.
It is the first day of May.
Professor W. S. Morrison received
a telegram Monday telling him of
the sudden death of his aged mother.
He left that afternoon to be present
at her burial. All the. boys extend to
him their sympathy in his sadness.
J: D. G.
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Dealing With Erring Boys.
Seven years ago, before there was
such a thing as r. juvenile court, a boj^
of nine was arrested in Denver for
burglary. He was brought into the
criminal court, tried as a'burglar, and
sent to jail. He served a term of
years, during which he learned thor?
oughly the trade which he had been
accused of plying. When he was re?
leased he began to practice in earnest.
He was rearrested, recommitted, and,
after a second term, turned loose
again, a more accomplished burglar
than ever before. A few months ago
he was shot at by the Denver police
in an attempt to escape a third arrest.
He was captured and brought into the.
juvenile court, still a mere child that
ought to have been going to school.
Judge "Ben" E. Lindsay, who pre?
sides over this tribunal, was confront?
ed by a bold, hardened, and unnatu?
rally sharp young expert in crime who
had mystified the police by telling half
a dozen different stories. Judge Lind?
ley began by telling the boy thac he
didn't believe him to be half as "tough
a kid" as the police had made him
out, and that he would not be "sent
up" if he was "square with the court"
and made a clean breast of his trouble
with the "cops."
This new treatment got from the
boy his real story. He had been led?
into his first offense by a desire for a
knife with which to make a kite. His
father refused to get him one, and he
broke into a barber shop and took a
razor. According to the letter of the
criminal law, the boy had committed
a burglary. As there was no "juve?
nile" law at the time, he was dealt
with as a professional housebreaker.
Asked about his first' trial, he said to
Judge Lindsay:
"Aw, de guy wid de whiskers, wot
sat up on de high bench looked over
at de 'cop,' and de 'cop,' he says, 'Dis
is a very bad kid; he broke into
Smith's barber shop and took a razor,
j.nd he admits it, yer Honor.' Den de
guy on de high bench sends me up
without giving me a chanct to say a
word."
Thus the boy was well started on
a criminal career before he was ten
years old. Fortunately, he fell into
the hands of the Denver Juvenile
Court, which had been established in
the interval between his second and
third arrest, while he was still able
tj "pull up." Instead of telling him
that he was a bad boy and sending
him to jail again. Judge Lindsey told
him that he was a "bully fellow" and
set him free on probation. Today
that boy is still going up hill as fast as
he was going down hill before.-Re?
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ATTORNtY-AT-LAW r> O Dni CHD REAL ESTATE BOOKER
HARBY BL6 COURT SQ K. D. DEH-*?5EiKi PHONE KO. 309.
WE GUARD OUR PATRONS' INTERESTS
The Farmers' Bank arni Trust Co.
Capital Stock $60,000. -:
.:- Undivided Profits $7,209.-^^
C. G. Rowland, Prst. R. F. Haynsworth, V. Prst.
E. L. Edmunds. Cashier.
Deposits Dec 30, end of 3d
quarter after organization, $248,
624.19.
Begin the New Year by open?
ing an account with us and you
will make no mistake.
We make liberal leans on ot
ton, enabling the farmer to get
the best results from his labors.
N. Q. Osteen, Jr., Dentist,
-18 West Liberty Street, Over
Sumter Book Store.
Hours : 8.30 to 1: 2 to 6.
OFFICE PHONE 30. HOUSE PHONE 382.
Southern Railway
The South's Greatest System
Unexcelled Dining Car Service..
Through Pullman Sleeping Cars on all
through trains.
Convenient schedules on all local trains. ?
Winter Tourist Rates are now in effect to all
Florida points.
For full information as to rates, routes, etc.*
consult nearest Southern Railway Ticket
Agent or E.. W. Hunt,
Division Passenger Agent, .
Charleston, S. C.
Brooks Morgan,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent,
Atlanta, Ga.
Jttlantlc Coast JLine.
Effective August 6, 1905.
Passenger Trains arriving and leaving ^Sumter.
Train 35 Florence to Augusta Arrives 5 15 am
54 Columbia to Wilmington " 8 10 am
" *77 Florence to Sumter " 9 20 anr
*. *57 Gibson to Sumter M 9 20 am
" 52 Charleston to Greenville Leaves 9 31 ara
" *46 Orangeburg to'Charleston " 9 35 ?a
" *78 Sumter to Lucknow Leaves 9 50 am
k< *77 Lucknow to Sumter . Arrives 6 CO pm
" 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " ? 30 pm
M 32 Angosta to Florence ** 6 30 pm
" *56 Sumter to Gibson ** 6 50 pm
" *78 Sumter to Florence Leaves 7 10 pm
" *17 Charleston to Crangeburg * 8 20 pm
1 55 Wilmington to Columbia M 9 35 pm
" 78 Sumter to Bishopville Leaves 9 50 am
M 77 Bishopville to Sumter \rrives 6 00 pm
Freight Trains carrying Passengers.1
Train *24 Sumter to Hartsville Leaves 8 15 am.
" *19 Sumter to Robbin? Leaves 10 00 am
" *20 Bobbins to Sumter Arrives 7 30 am
w *2? Hartsville to Sumter Arrives 9 10 ppr
Northwestern Railway.
Train *70 Camden to Sumter . Arrives 9 00 ant
" *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 3$ am
" *68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm
?' *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter Arrives 12 30 pm
" *73 Snmtor to Wilson Mill Leaves 3 30 pm
" *(I9 Sn .ter to Camden " 6 31 pm
Traine marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily.
For rnrthe<- information, apply to
J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L.