The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 22, 1908, Image 7
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raHTANCB TO TUB UOV1II.
tne foe*-Ht? are Saved and De
tfene Reforested In the Near
Weier powere Wul he De
Fertile feuert? aaade Dam n,
n WIN he Filled
i ami a Rich Country Will He*
>*f the 3*uth heve beun ao busy
th the hart decade or two with the ma
flaViel program of our fatherland; so
In the buoy evolution from
agricultural community into
r% ants a eld manufacturing eoctton; so
oVeai to yolnt to (and rightly so)
?ad sne?e the most of the golden op
teat are to be had In the
la greater aad naore generous
la any other section of
eajv eons try. that we have gotten
L Satd tn oar min da the oft-re?
phrase "Inexhaustible supply
materials," when talking ab? ut
Cent* ert rig the splendid assets of
ah Its coal and Iron deposits,
power, its cottop, etc
Is Indesd favored In
and we may well boost
profitably czplr.lt them,
tall It to wise to take some thought of
nfemmow aad brteky consider the
of the misleading term lu?
es a nation are an
poop to la everything,
thought of the material
at today than of what the
hold for as either as lndl
lev aa a aattoa; aad la no way
e more marked and
ahowa than In our misuse
worJth of lumber, coal,
a*. ' ~
? veH to pause a moment from
activities to aee where this
)V***ee waste la hiingiag us, surely.
iy^pMr. lavaoraMy and what la part
agawfc saenn to the generations that are
let aahjiet eoaotrnj every thinking
i many phases all spelling
hut specs will oury permit
of cne of the moat Im
"Forest Preeetration and the
to the South." we can
Sat a clearer view of the mat
the subject into- re
each aa Umber supply,
and water supply, navt*
aha It It not aecswmry la tali
la hrtag oat prominently for*
state* ami lie reasons for eniet
the benefits
tatm?t?; affords, and Its
?ante, water eapply, earl
end anvtaatleu. The trees have
a wise SIR of an att-vtut Prov
As times da of thee trust
and are still woefully
plain duty to It and to
It la not generally known
ilv mit generally appreciated
-.jpe Appalachian range Is the net
^ VJnl home of oar hardwoods and al
nhsat tflse only remaining source of
lei ay i 11 -apply. <
Aa area of 7*.a?a tea acres along the
afJSav of tale roage. extending from
SHtn 9smale to rhe White mountains
9% Wow Baal and. la natural forest
, fapsad en whiea hardwood trees con
to srvvn aa aa agricultural crop.
? When M la coaei.lered that the total
even of the Cnlted ?Astes la be~
lea.eee.eet and Tfo.aOMa*
(arefeahry the amaller figure),
mnhf a small portion of thai
'earngrew hardwood, it will be seen how
eecomcs che Appalachian
and how carefully it should he
Men eoetder that 20 per cent of our
sen hi already cut and that If the
I rasa of cutting be maintained.
, aar hardwood supply will be entirely
avJmaatnd la a short sixteen yours.
Was ton cutting and extravagant
la going on ae rapidly as Well?
aune. Urge aggrogatlona of
.1 and largo demand for the ma
ean do It and yet In sixteen
It will b*? all gone. Surely it
he perfectly apparent that some
,* should he done and at once, for
aa we are using timber at the rate of
dee hoard feet per capita per annum
nor timber supply effects every one
amd entere Into the everyday use and
|Vfe of each one of us to surprising de
Just consider Ifich'gan's plight
once the home of the silendld and u*e
ful white pine?covered with dense
forest*, now so cut over and burned
over that scarcely a vestige of white
ptae remains <n 1 a blackened, ab
nolutety wort hi em area of one-sixth
of the State., so unproductive that It
1a In the hands of the sheriff for un
paid taxes. All land, too, on which
forests could have grown perpetually
hnd sane method* and thought of the
future prevailed. We have In north
t ?Georgia and North Carolina a begin?
ning ?f the same situation, for aban?
doned farms may be seen by tho hun?
dreds
Am Important as Is the timber sup
pry and ite scientific perpetuation, it
, |a hut one of the quesMons lnv>lv*d.
' for upon the preservation of the for?
est depends absolutely tho future of
sheep electric power In the South,
fee maximum development and
and any menace to Its water
?JRreTirlnK tn !tr train of
i
quences the ensuing and real danger
to domestic and olty water suppiy. ,1
Rt-dng. aa most of our Southern
streams Jo, In the Appalachian ransc'
heretofore protected by noble and
dense forests, our streams have boa*t
cd not only clear and pure waters,
but have had a regularity of stream
flow that Is exceptionally even at all
tlrr.es. Short flood periods, in spite
of the heavy rainfall common to the
Appalachians; short periods of ex?
treme ivkw UMttarfl This feature is of
very decided advantage for power de?
velopment, as the minimum now of
the streams must govern the amount
(>( power possible to develop on a com?
mercial basis where, as In the case of
these streams reservoir capacity Is
not obtainable
It is estimated that we have be?
tween two million and four million i
horespowcr In our Southern streams,
worth annually, when electrically de?
veloped, from $40,000,000 to $S0,
000.000. In no part of the country I
docs a. more ready or stable market I
for power exist and this coupled with
the exceptional advantages of rela?
tively low development cost, freedom
from Ice and snow troubles so com?
mon in Northern powers, has result?
ed in some notable electric power
plante In the South.
Puch plants as the Virginia Power
Company at Richmond; South
in Power Company near Charlotte.
S. C; Savannah River Power Com?
pany at Anderson. S. C; Columbus
Power Company at Columbus, Ga..
Atlanta Water Power Company at
Allan to. Qa, and many other* of
equal Importance throughout the
South ore splendid examples of busi?
ness) enterprise, and their contribution
to the material progress of the South
and their economic value and Import?
ance to the section are just beginning
to be recognised and appreciated. In
nd small degree are they responsible
for the South's growlmc Importance as
a manufacturing ceni.or. Forest per?
petuation means their salvation and
their growth. Without forest long
drought periods exist reducing their
capacity enormously, while heavy
floods which now the forests hold
bock, will become Increasingly more
frequent and destructive.
A prominent Southern engineer
stated only last week that the de?
forestation meant at least 40 per
oejit leas power In our stream*. Re?
duced to dollars, this means an an?
nual loa* Of $16,000,000 to $82.000,
000!
The deforestation already done Is
having Its baneful effect already, for
not only are floods more, frequent and
m<?re damaging, hut our streams are
rapidly Ailing with ?and and silt from
their sou reo to their mouth. These
floods caused In one year $18,000,000
damage in the 8outh alone, and un?
told and Incalculable damage to fer?
tile tow grounds, to county roads and
highway bridges, to our railways, etc.
An area of 100 square miles of fer?
tile territory Is annually eroded and
forever lost, this erosion Anally Ail?
ing our rivers and harbors and rap?
idly making creeks cf what were once
navigable stream*.
The danger to the water supply of
our eitles and towns Is a real and se?
rious oue. Our streams are not nat?
urally silt-bearing, but just contrast
their present appearance and condi?
tion now with the stream you remem?
ber a short **n years ago, and you
can readily see what 20 per cent of
forest cutting means. What will 100
per cent of cutting mean? These
*treams are now full o* sand, aedl
ment of all kinds, mue and detritus */
washed lands, Increasing enormously
the difficulty of puriicatlon. so ihut
we face not only a shortage of water'
during long drought periods, but un?
known dangers in what we do ?rot.
The olty en&ln?-er o,' Augusta ha*
Just ftated that their water power ca?
st has received In the pa&t eighteen
months more sand and silt than in
ill thr thirty veara previously. If that
Is (be ca*e what will cutting off the
remaining $0 p*r cent, of fores; ever
neun to Augusta and mean to other
-'outhoi n eitles nlmllarly situated?
This ssnd and debris, after Ailing
the upper portions of thise streams,
.Inally washes to the l>wtr WMsftl t-C
the navigable, portions and is not
grsduahy but swlltly filling t;-em up,
making navigation dangerous if not
impoK'iti.e. .ii 1 making i trad Ming ? r
orations necessary on a large ai.d
ex*r-tcro\Ylng larger seal** each year.
Jt ran be safely stated that the
I amount to be paid in one year for
dred?it,t{ Mr bit works. $aut**i ??te?
rn our Southern States would pay the
total cost of a national forest area
that w iiild remedy the trouble for all
time.
Surety at this tlrr.c when our trans?
portation is manifotty inadequate;
when our entire country Is calling for
and imdfftln,: on the relief that canal*
md waterways can afford; -when larg?;
appropriations for these pursues
must be made, It Is well to call at?
tention to the on'.y effective remedy
for curing the disease by going direct
to the s^ut of trouble.
Forest preservation, or as better ex?
pressed, "Forest Perpetuation." Is ab?
solutely necessary. Now, what does
"Perpetuation" mean and how can it
be accomplished
Perpetuation means the scientific
^? i harvesting *f *?eesi Hi nr>
I_
area ?et aside for that purpose, rais?
ing them as we would grow a crop of
cotton or corn; careful cutting of trees
that arc fit to cut; prevention of for?
est fires and by saner methods* of tax?
ation of forest lands
That these things can be done is
proved by the forest reserves of Ger?
many, Austria, France, Switzerland
and other foreign countries?not only
can it be successfully carried out, but
profitably as well.
It Is demonstrated In some of its
phases here in America where the
national government has created in
recent years a vast timber reserve or
national forests embracing some 150,
000,000 acres, protecting throughout
the West Important water sheds and
insuring for that section a perpetual
timber supply.
One-fifth of the entire area of Cali?
fornia is in national forests. Not an
acre Is under reserve In the East or
South! This condition is due to two
things?private ownership of our for?
est lands here in the South, and the
absolute indifference of our people to
the Importance of the matter of them.
In the West the'lands were public
lands, readily set aside by the gov?
ernment; here large acres are In the
hands of wealthy lumber companies
engaged in active lumbering opera?
tions. It Is proposed that the nation?
al government shall acquire by pur?
chase in the Southern Appalachians
an area of perhaps 5,000,000 acres,
or what may be necessary to protect
at once the South's water shed?land
that is more suitable to tree growing
than for farming, which area shall be
for all time devoted to forest pur?
poses on a rclcntiilc basis. ?
Additional areas are to be acquired
where possible In other water sheds
and the groups thus set aside, togeth?
er with the privately owned lands
whose owners can be induced to prac?
tice scientific forestry, will insure in
time our timber supply perpetually.
A national forest Is the solution and
th* only one. Tho. plan is t-ane, fair
and Impartial. It Is eminently prac?
tical and profitable. Tn It lies our sal?
vation from the calamities and evils
that now confront us, and It behooves
every patriotic Southerner?every
man who has his own best Interests
and thoee of his children, and the
best Interests of the South at heart?
to keep on to the utmost of his abil?
ity a mighty movement for the con?
servation of this splendid heritage of
the South, that will result in the "per?
petuation of A* forests."
The cost of it all? Well, roughly
speaking, something under rh. price
of one first class battleship!?John H.
Finney in the efacon Telegraph.
?Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for
coughs, colds, croup and whooping
cough grows In favor dally. Mothers
should keep It on hand for children.
It la prompt relief to croup. It Is
gently laxative, driving the poison
and phlegm from the system. It gives
immediate relief. Guaranteed. Sold
by Slbert Drug Co.
Mary Dawson, aged 80, still works
as a maid In the New England house
Boston, where she has served for 60
years. Her first employer wos Paran
Steven*.
?Ring's Little Liver Pills wake up
lasy livers, clean the system and
clear the akin. Try them for bilious?
ness and sick head ache. Price 26c
Sold by Slbert Drug Co. 12-1-Sm
Prof. Jaffa of the State v.nlverMty
at Berkeley. Cal., says that ten cents'
w?,rth of peanuts contain more than
twice the porteln and six times the
amount of energy contained In a por?
terhouse steak.
?If a cough once gets Into your
system It acts on every muscle and
fibre of the body and makes you ache
all over. It especially affects the In?
testines and makes you constipated, so
In order to get rid of of a cold thor?
oughly and without delay you should
not take anything that will tend to
constipate. Kennedy's Laxative Cough
Syrup acts upon the bowels and there?
by drives the cold out of the system.
It contains no opiates?it is pleasant
to take and Is highly recommended
for children. Sold by all druggists.
Ravage* of locusts like thos-e of last
)euf are reported from several points
In the Statn of Sao Paulo. The pests
atOVe In a large body from district to
district and are In incalculable num?
bers.
find Stomach Trouble Cured.
?Having been sick for the past two
years with a bad stomach trouble, a
friend gave me a dose of Chamber?
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They did me so much good that I
bought a bottle of them and have used
twelve bettles In all. Today T am
well of a bad stomach trouble.?Mrs.
John Lowe, Cooper, Maine. These
tablets are for sale by DeLorme's
Pharmacy.
The next census will show that
Pennsylvania ins two citie- each wiih
a population exceeding |0 ),<?00, ?
illstlSCtlon which no o*her State in
the union will proeoae,?Philadelphia
Pit ss.
A Higher Health Level.
?"I have reached a higher health
level since I began using Dr. King's
New Life Pills," writes Jacob Spring?
er, of West 'Franklin, Maine. "They
keep my stomach, liver and bowels
working just right." If these
pills disappoint you on trial, money
will be refunded at Slbert's Drug
Bt< re.
TO MARRY AMIO HORROR.
iioYEnpowx, pa., girl fears
MADNESS IF SHE WAITS.
Bridesmaid, Best Man and One Hun?
dred Guests Lying In Morgue Vic?
tims of Terrible Disaster by Fire?
Groom Would Postpone.
Boyertown, Pa., Jan. lf>.?With the
charred bodies of the bridesmaid, 100
intended gucots and the btst man for
her wedding, planned weeks ago, lyv
lng in the temporary morgue, less than
two squares from her home where the
ceremony will occur, Miss Gertrude
Wren, daughter of Postmaster W. W.
Wren, wdl be married tomorrow .".fter
noon.
The dead bridesmaid was Mtsg Edna
L. Uoyer, her most inlimate girl ac?
quaintance. The Intended best man
was Newton Lichten. Each was' in
the cast of the company if church
people giving the entertainment. Their
bodies, identified late this afternoon,
were in a terrible condition.
Despite the protestations of Harry
LvGadel, of Larned, Kan., who will
become her husband tomorrow, Miss
Wren insists that the ceremony be
performed. In vain her parents have
also urged her to postpone ihe wed?
ding.
'I cannot postpone the wedding,"
she repl'ed. ' The i.ate of Miss Boyer
and Mr. Lichten, two of my best
friends, has completely unnerved me,
I am afraid if T sit at home and brood
over the traged> I will go mad.
Therefore, I insist that the wedding
occur aa planned.''
j After t search of 48 hours the man
who in raising the cjrtaln upon the
stage of the opera house, is said to
have caused the disastrous fire by
overturning the row of oil-lamp foot?
lights has been found. He if- George
A. ltomlg. a prominent citizen of the
I borough, who was one of the mom
bers of the company giving the enter?
tainment Mr. Rornig said that not
the lamps upon the stage, but an oli
lamp upon the floor near the piano,
which had evidently been overturned,
caused the fire.
I He admitted raising the curtain and
shouting to the audience, but he as?
serts that he did it only to check the
panic. He also admitted that th?;
lifting of the curtain caused the over?
turning of the reservoir of oil along
the footlights.
Boon after Mr. Romig admitted
that It was he who lifted the curtain
J. J. Becker, station master here, de?
clared that It was the actions of those
upon the stage after the hissing of
the stereoptlcon machine who wore
directly responsible for tho tragedy.
His views were shared in by George
Q. Schaenly. wh-% with Becker, was a
member of the company.
Simple Remedy for La Grippe.
?La grippe coughs are dangerous as
they frequently develop into pneumo- j
nia. Foley's Honey and Tar not only
stops the cough but heals and j
strengthens the lungs so that no aerl- j
oua results need be feared. The gen
uine Foley's Honey and Tar contains
no harmful drugs and la In a yellow
package. Refuse substitutes, jan-feb
The old South Carolina dispensary
board, under arrest^ for conspiracy to
defraud the State will no doubt vote
the straight prohibition ticket at the
next general election.?Atlanta Jour?
nal.
?Do you have backache occasion?
ally, or "stitches" In the side, and
sometimes do you feel all tired out,
without ambition and without energy?
if so, your kidneys are out of order.
Take DeWltt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills. They promptly relieve back?
ache, weak back, inflammation of the
bladder and weak kidneys. Sold by
all druggists.
News was received In Chester of the
death of Hon. Edward H. Strobel,
which occurred at Bangkok, Slam,
Wednesday. He was a native of Char?
leston, but at tho time of bis death
was legal adviser to the king of Siam.
?When you want the best, get De
Witt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve.
It is good for llttie or big cuts, boll*
or bruises, and is especially recom?
mended for piles. For sale by all
druggists.
Tho company's store at Ware
Shoals was broken into and robbed.
The officers are searching for Ar?
thur Thompson, who is suspected of
the crime.
How to Avoid Pneumonia.
?You can avoid pneumonia and oth?
er serious results from a cold by tak?
ing Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops
the cough and expels the cold from
the system as It Is mildly laxative.
Refuse any but the genuine In the
yellow package. Sibcrt's Drug Store.
Many a man who makes up his
mind to do better next year would
do a great deal better if he would
only bite off one day at a time.
?To stop that pain In the back, that
stiffness of the Joints and muscles,
take Pineules. They are guaranteed.
Don't suffer from rheumatism, back
ache, kidney trouble, when you get
30 days' treatment for $1.00. A single
dose at bed time proves their merit.
Get them today. Sold by Slbert
T>rnr Co 1*-1-5?m
What Prohibition Cots.
From the Milwaukee Journal.
Do you know how much it costs
when a State goes "dry?"
Take Georgia. On January 1, every
saloon in Georgia was closed. Every
wholesule liquur house closed. Every
distillery closed. Thousands of peo?
ple had to ilnd new employment or
move outside of the State.
There were 42 distilleries in Georgia
and 850 licensed places for the sale of
alcoholic drinKS The capital ir? -e
ted in breweries and other forms of
the liquor business was more than
16,000.000. The .city of Columbus
alone lost $50,000 In revenue. Sav?
annah Maeon an2 Augusta lost $75,
000 each. :t cost Atlanta $150,000.
The Federal Government lives $500.
000, and total annual revenue lost to
the State of Georgia and its cities Is
estimated as exceeding $7.?0,000.
Why Suffer From Rheumatism?
?Do you know that rheumatic pains
can be relieved? If you doubt this Just
try one .application of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. It will make rest and
sleep possible, and that certainly
means a great deal to any one af?
flicted with rheumatism. For sale by
DcLorme's Pharmacy.
CIIAKLES EWOJ1Y SMI I'll DKAD.
I ? _
Distinguished Kdltor of the Phila?
delphia Vvt+i Succumbs to Heart
Trouble.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 1.9.-?Charles
Emory Smith, editor of the Philadel?
phia Press, former minister to Russia
and postmaster general under Presi?
dent McKinley, ?died suddenly at his
home in this city today, aged 65 years.
Mrs. Smith went to church this morn?
ing, and on her return to the house
Mr. Smith was found dead, lying
across the bed. Death was caused by
heart trouble. For about a month
Mr. Smith had been In poor health,
but his condition had not been re?
garded as serious.
?The finest Coffee Substitute ever
made, has recently been produced by
Dr. Shoop of Racine, Wis. You don't
have to boll It twenty or thirty min?
utes. "Made In a minute," says the
doctor. "Health Coffee" Is really the
closest Coffee Imitation ever yet pro?
duced. Not a grain of real Coffee In
it either. Health Coffee Imitation if
made from pure roasted cereals or
grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really
it would fool an expert?were he to
unknowingly drink it for Coffee. Lev>
& Moses.
It has turned out that H. J. Parish,
a fruit tree agent who married a Ches?
ter lady, h*s a wife somewhere else.
Special Announcement Regarding the
National Pure Food and Drug Law.
?We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affect-1
I ea by the National Pure Food and
Di ug Law as It oorUains no opiates
or other harmful drugs, and we rec?
ommend It is a safe remedy for chil?
dren and adults. Sibert'a .Drug Store.
?
Rev. W. A. Hafnetr of Bowling
Green, Ky., may succeed the late
Dr. Thornwell as pastor of the Pres?
byterian church at Fort Mill.
Disturbed the Congregation.
"The person who disturbed the con?
gregation last Sunday by continually
coughing Is requested to buy a bottle
3f Foley's Honey and Tar. Siberfs
Drug Store.
Tho two suspected crooks who
broke Jail in Columbia and who were
captured in Newberry, have been
sent to Charlotte, where they are
wanted on a serious charge.
Pinesalve Carbolized acts like a
poultice, draws out infiamation and
poison. Antiseptic healing. For chap?
ped hands, lips, cuts, burns. Sold by
Slbert Drug Co. 12-1-Sm
Japan's mining production last year,
according to returns published by the
Japanese Department of Agriculture
and Commerce, amounted to $52,130
S84. In 1886 the corresponding value
was $5,000.000. The value of Japan's
mining output is trebling every de?
cade,
?It will be unnecessary to go
through a painful, expensive opera?
tion for Piles if you use ManZan. Put
up in a collapsible tube with nozzle,
ready to apply. For any form of
Piles, price 60c. Sibert Drug Co. 12
l-3m.
Occasionally a man is compelled to
stretch the truth in order to make
both ends meet.
The Price of Peace.
?The terrible itching and smart
In?, incident to certain skin diseases,
Is almost instantly allayed by apply?
ing Chamberlain's Salve. For sale by
DcLorme's Pharmacy.
Senator \V. J. Johnson of Fairfield
county has introduced a bill in the
state lenate providing for the appoint?
ment of a commission charged with
the erection of a suitable residence for
the governor of the State, an appro?
priation of $30.000 being proposed lor
said purpose.
CASTOR IA
For Infanta and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
r
WARE SHOALS TROUBLES.
BIG MILL NOW DRAWN 1XTO THK
COURTS.
Suit Against Majority Stoeklioklone
for $100,000?Action Has Been Fil?
ed In GreenwbcJ?The Facts.
Greenwood, Jan. 14.?The public I?
aware of the face that, for the pa?
few months, there has been more or
less friction connected with the man?
agement of the business affairs of the>
Ware Shoal9 Manufacturing company.
This company is one of the large cot?
ton manufacturing enterprises of
South Carolina, located, in Greenwood!
county, with a capital of about $L
000.000.
The trouble began at the last annual
meeting of the stockholders of the*
company, which meeting was held
during the latter part of July, 1907.
The details of how the trouble origi?
nated are perhaps familiar to many,
but a oondensed statement of the
difficulties may prove Interesting la
connection with the facts published
below.
The usual routine business, it seema,
was transacted at this last annual
meeting and among other things, the
former board of directors wa3 re
elected.
It was when the director* held their
meeting that things happened which
seem never to have been satisfactorily
adjusted. Mr. N. B. Dial, the chief
promoter of the company and presi?
dent, ever since its organization, was
reelected at this meeting, but his sal?
ary was reduced from $3,000 to $l,20O
per annum. Mr. Benjamin D. Reiget
was then reelected treasurer with a
salary increased from $2,400 to $6,000>
per annum, and Mr. E. W. Sparks warn
reelected secretary with a salary of
$1,500 per annum, this officer having
previously received no compensation?
for his services.
The complications necessarily ario
ing fr-.rn such unlookcd for and radi?
cal changes; caused by the action off
the majority stockholders, brought
the immediate resignation of Mr. NT.
B. Dial as president of the company,
a? might have been most naturally ex?
pected
The minority stockholder? made In?
effectual efforts to restore harmony,
hut In this they failed. As a last re?
sort the law has been appealed to.
Legal steps have been taken to adjust
natters for the protection of the mi?
nority stockholders.
Gov. Ansel has removed Auditor
Wiggins of Berkeley from office on the.
Icharge of carelessness in attending to*
the duties of that office.
Tax Returns For 1908.
j OFFICE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER CO^j
Sumter, S. C, Dec. 6, 1907.
Notice Is hereby given that I wilg.
attend, in person or by deputy, at ihm
following places on the days indicat?
ed, respectively, for the purpose off
r?ceiv.*ng returns of personal proi.^x
ly a i.*d poll taxes for the fiscal y? ar
z ?mmenclng January 1st, l'JOS.
TindalTs Store, Thursday, Jan. SdL
Privateer, Jenkins' Store, Friday,
Jan. 3d.
Manchester, Levi's, Tuesday. Jam,
7th.
Wedgcfleld, Thursday, Jan. 9th.
Stateburg, Friday, Jan. 10th.
Hagood, Tuesday, Jan. 14th.
Remberte, Wednesday, Jan. 15th.
Dalzell, Thursday, Jan. 10th.
Gordon's Mill, Friday, Jan. 17th.
May es vi lie, Tuesday, Jan. 21st.
Shiloh, Wednesday, Jan. 22d.
Norwood's X Roads. Thursday. Jan.
23d.
Oswego, Friday, Jan. 24th.
The law requires that ail persona
owning property or in anywise having;
charge of such property, either as
agent, husband, guardian, trustee,
executor, 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 ho
added to the property valuation off
all persons who fall to make returna
within the time prescribed by law.
Taxpayers return what they own
on the first day of January, 1908.
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 located and also each and evei*y
case the number of the school district
must be given.
Every male citizen between the ago
of twenty-one and sixty years on the
first day of January, 1908, except
those incapabale 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, 1908.
All returns must be made on or be?
fore the 20th day of February next.
I cannot take returns after that date
and all leturns made after the 20th\
day of February, are subject to a
penalty of 50 per cent.
J. DIGGS WILDER.
Auditor Sumter County.
Dec. 11-Feb. 20. '08.
Croup
When a child wakes up in the middle of th?
night With a severe attack of Croupe? fre?
quently nappoes. no Nuts should be lost tQ
experimenting with remedies of a doubtful
value. Prompt action is ofuu aocesitsry te
save life. 9
Cnamberlain's
Cough Remedy
has never been known to fall in anv 0:1*0 and
it has lM?en in um for over one-third of a cen?
tury. There is noae better. It caa he de?
tided upon whvexperiment? It ?spie?saat
take and contains no harmful druff ?
85 cent v. (at . 1*