The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 03, 1909, Image 7
A CHARACTER SKETCH.
Senator Tlllman m Been by Alfred
Henry ligejgs,
Mr. Lewis ts editor of Hum&n Life.
character a* la ahown by hla nket:hea
of many prominent man. He hi in
Washington and preparea a daily re?
port for the New York American.
Tola la what ha haa to aay about the
eenlor South Carolina senator:
"Sanator Tlllman. that foe with
whom Mr. Kooeevelt Is Juat now par?
ticularly engaged, goes threatening
dire deed* The latter will hirdiy
find performance. Mr. Tlllman la a
Bourke Cock ran of the rice fields and
sadeh mors noisy than feroeioue In
debit*
Mr. Rooeevelt'a Intimation is that
the Tlllman ways have been devious
he erase public land connection. Witn
<mt knowing aught about it, my own
ISjcI aaUon la to disbelieve. Mr. Till
maji la a humbug, but?as I said in
tka coffee ease of Mr. Payne?he len t
crooked Also Mr. Roosevelt Is like
my* at/ and a great many who will
read this. It he doesn't like a man. it
la enly with difficulty he can see any
good la him. and there's never very
mach. Also Mr. Roosevelt does not
like Mr. Tlllman.
Air. Tlllman understand* politics,
which Is the art of arousing the igno?
rance of mankind. In hla rattleinake
palmetto ?tat* pf South Carolina
there are two tri baa of politlca. "here
are the aristocrat*, who Uvs on ths
rich fiatlanda In ths eastern or sea?
board half of the State and there are
the "Woolhata"?ruds mountain peo?
ple thaee?whoss range Is ths rough,
hilly western half of the State. Mr.
Tlthnaa belongs with ths "Wool'iata "
j Hr. Tlllman broke into polities by
ghs way of the potato. What Mr Pln
gtse was to Michigan. Mr. Tlllman
wa* to South Carolina,
Aligning bis "Woolhata" against the
artet cerate?no difficult task, where It
eras a case of contempt on one side,
halved oa the other?Mr. Tlllman
made himself governor.
It was as Populist, not Democrat,
tgat hS took his asst. Evincing the
Staid y eort .of hla populist c virtue,
Mr. Tillman plowed up the lawn In
front of the executive mam don, and
erg ere his effete predecessors had
tajeed flower* he sowsd a crop of oata.
lasse heroic feaU in agricuKure gave
emichty eatlsfactlon to hi* faithful
*W'oolhats." whoss lack of fineness
was only equalled by theli leak of
'fhjay tell this story. U earree to ei
hlUt the humbug side of Mr, Tlllman.
A railway lawyer, Mr. ?paulding,
saus up from Atlanta to all with
Oi vemor Tlllman concerning outrages
Which, for his glory with ths "Wool
kata," Mr. Tlllman meditated egainst
Ml. Spsuldlng's clients. The two were
aoruainted. and while Oovernor Tlll
saria. silvs to his own "Woolhat"
Mods of politics, in no wiee abated his
gsU-raitroad attitude?had a highly
ml rasant chat.
Mr. gpauldlng was about to Isave.
Mr. Tlllman stood waving him an
at'able "adieu.**
"Good bye. Jack," Mr. Tillman was
saying, when, like a flash, ths beam?
ier smile was supplanted by a perfect
11 ho der cloud of a frown, the friend?
ly voice changed to a growling, threat
etitng roar.
"No. sir!" Mr. Tillman shouted,
"1 11 do nothing of the kind. You
riJlroad lawyers needn't think you
are going to run ths State of South
Carolina while Ben Tinman's at the
ettpttol. Get out of my office, sir, and
HU your scoundrel railroad clients
that Boa Tlllman la neither to be brlb
?I nor bulled."
Mr. gpauldlng made no reply. When
he wheeled to go hs was not surprised
tt see a couple of "Woolhats' peer?
ing in the door.
When Mr. Tlllman came to the sen
sis ha defeated Sanator Butler for
tea place. The latter waa of the pal
net to chivalry?a rice fields Vare de
Vere. The pair roamed about the
I lata together in a seriea of bitter
j>lnt debatee. Both ware "men of
tonor." Both, too. appared to have
their "honor" under control. They
called each other every n&me, from
?eowaid" to "horaethlef." Tone of
Itstols ware drawn at every meeting.
Hot a shot was flred. not a wound In
ftjeted, not eo much as a blow was
Struck with the open hand.
It was then I. for on?\ hftggg to re?
spect not bo much the thivulry of Mr.
1 'illman as his marvelous self-control.
Coming to the senate, Mr. Tlllman
fsraceeded 'to put what he called his
? pitchfork" Into Mr. Cleveland. He Is
tow promising something of the same
I Itch fork character In the case of Mr.
llsaggfaR. If Mr Tlllman Is no Igjgffi
lerrlflc a* a fares of slaughter when
ha goes after Mr. Roosevelt than he
waa when he "pitchforked" Mr. Clove
land nothing serious need !??? appre
t.mdfd. no amt>ulun<'?? Im- <>n band.
as I have already said, the oratory
cf Mr. Tlllman la not so trenchant as
uproarious. Not but what Mr. Tlll?
man can say a fierce thing. It was he,
i think, who gangs of Mr ( <?rtelyou aa
* the greatest typewriter that ever sat
In a prasldant'a cabinet."
On another forensic occasion while
Urn basting th
He is also able to "look into hu:
nan
vamped ths closing? line* of the old
churoh hymn to read, "Bring forth
the royal dividend, and ctown it\ lord
of all." He made a hit.
Like Mr. Cannon, Mr. Tillmau af?
fects the homespun If not the rough.
He, like the foxy speaker, has found
that the diamond which best conceals
Its flaws Is the diamond In the rough,
and avoids polish as a method of
avoiding discovery
His harsh manners are matched by
features as harsh, the TUlman profile
looking a deal like the side view of a
rip-saw. Hs regards the negro as an
evil, and his remedy Is to lynch him.
If Mr. TUlman were a big man he
would bs an Injury to the country.
As It Is, he hurts only his State." .
THE OLD LEADERSHIP.
Which the South Once Followed to Its
Great Benefit.
As ths Southern States climbed
from the slime pit of reconstruction
In most of them ths people naturally
and qulstly fell in behind their old
leaders. They sent to congress to rep?
resent them the best men they had.
Ths fact that most of these men had
distinguished themselves in the serv?
ice of ths Confederacy caused the fa?
miliar sneer that the Southern rep?
resentative consisted chiefly of "Rebel
Brigadiers." Although almost always
In a minority and representing a sec?
tion then poor In material wealth and
most bitterly hated and misunder?
stood, thsss men commanded the re
I spect of ths entire country. They had
Intellect, their characters ware clean
and high, no suggestion of suspicion
fell upon them. They bore them?
selves with dignity and decorum and
careful regard for ths decencies and
courtesies of lifo and won ths affeo
I tlon and confidence <ff their opposing
I associates and the grudging but sln
I cers admiration of the Northern peo -
Pis.
Twenty odd years ago from various
I causes and because of faults shared
I equally by all classes, a kind of wave
I of radicalism swspt through the
I South. Probably It originated In
I Kansas and others of then wild and
I poor States of the West. It develop?
ed greenbackism and popularlsm and
la general spirit of unrest with a de
I sire to despise all that had been ven
I erated, to turn conditions topsy turvy,
I to be rid of the old leadership. 80
I one by one of the old leaders dlsap
I peared, some of them dying, In ths
I course of nature, others dismissed or
I rejected fresa the public service.
I A number of nsw msn went to con
I grass from the South, especially, to
I the senats. The change put into that
I body men like Jeffries Davis, of Ar
I kansea, and Mr. TiUman. of South
I Carolina. This last named Stats has
I been peculiarly unfortunate and pre*
Isenta In Us senatorial representation
I a contrast particularly violent. She
I was represented by Wade Hampton
I and M. C. Butler, both Confederate
I generals, both men who command at?
tention and regard everywhere. Since
I thsy ware sent to the rear she has had
I as senators Benjamin R. TUlman, As
I bury C. Latimer. John L? Irby and her
I Junior senator now Is a very respect
I able cltlsen named Smith, whose lead
I lng fad is that growers of cotton by
I holding It long enough can force the
I price of It to fifteen cents a pound.
So far as we can recall. It was not
I until these more recent days that any
I senator from a Southern 8tate has
I bsen an object of ridicule or suspicion
lor has been held up before the coun?
try as a kind of Merry Andrew or
I clown.
Now ws think the Southern people
I generally are becoming a little tired
I of their experiment. With some recent
I examples before them, we believe
their disposition hereafter will be to
require a United States senator some?
thing more than the ability to be
I noisy and to be able to put forth cun?
ning to appeal to class prejudices and
I denunciations of an Imaginary arls
I tocracy. If they can not find real and
consplcous talent and Intellect com?
bined with proved character and dlg
I nlty they will select men who In the
I conduct of their own business have
demonstrated capacity, strength and
energy along with high standards of
I conduct and ethics. We believe the
day of the demagogue, the blather?
skite and tho noise-maker Is nearly
over In the South and that presently
we will be back to our old orderly and
kindly way of doing things and our
old respect and eagerness for real
ability, force and exalted cleanliness
of life and nobility of purpose.?
Itichmond News-leader.
Life's a long tr.?gcdy; this globe
the stage.?Watts.
Soldier lialk- Death Plot.
?It seemed to J. A. Stone, a civil
wir vt'ltTiin, of Kt'tnp, Tex., tluit <i
plot existed between a desperate lung
trouble and the grave to cause his
death. "I contracted a stubborn
cold." he writes, "that developed a
cough that stucK to me, In spite <?r
all remedies, for years. My Weight
ran down to ISO pounds. Then 1 be?
gan to use Dr. Kings New DHrus. tv,
which restored my health completely.
1 ie?w weigh 17K pounds." For severe
Cold*, obstinate Coughs, Hemor?
rhages, Asthma, and to prevent Pneu?
monia It's urn Ivaled. fiOc and $100.
t?>?..? ?...Mi?, fr??? Ona^nntaed by Bl
1 "M 1 ?j i>; . <?!..
JEROME TO SUE WOHLD.
SAYS GOVERNMENT MUST STAND
ASIDE, (HOWEVER.
Thinks Douglas Robinson was Li?
beled in the Panuma ( anal Stock
and Says that he Is Willing to Pro?
ceed Against Editor Pulitzer.
New York, Jan. 27.?The possibili?
ty of the Federal authorities having
to stand aside to permit the State and
County of New York to proceed
against the publishers of the New
York World for the alleged libel in
connection with the Panama purchase
was made apparent today in a letter
written by District Attorney Jerome
to United States District Attorney
Henry L. Stlnson.
Provided Douglas Robinson, broth?
er-in-law of the President, is willing
to appear as a complaint witness, Mr.
Jerome is ready, the letter states, to
begin action at once in the State
Courts. It would be useless for him
to do so, however, he explains, If his
Inquiry is not given precedence over
that begun before the Federal jury
as acquittal In one court would act as
sufficient defense in the other.
"I have given the matter publish
ed in the New York World, of Octo
ber 3, 1908, careful consideration,"
the letter says, "and am of the opinion
that it is plainly a libel upon Chas. P.
I Taft and Douglas Robinson, assuming,
of course, that it is untrue as to the
syndicate mentionec* therein and their
alleged connection therewith. Under
the laws of this State, its publication
is a crime, and as it was published in
the county of New York, it is my duty
under certain circumstances to pro?
secute those responsible for the pub?
lication. The publication has a much
wider general importance than is
found in most libels. It in substance ]
charges that by corrupt and dishon?
orable, if not criminal means, the
treasury of the United Statees was
depleted to the extent of $36,600,000
through the connivance, to give it
no harsher description, of some of
the c:\lef officers of the State, and
that this great sum was divided
among Government favorites In the
world o' politics and finance."
"While the whole of the United
States have been injured by the pub?
lication of such false and llbelous
matter, the people of the State have
recived a distinct and separate injury,
in that one of its citizens, Douglas
Robinson, has had falss matter pub?
lished about him In the community in
which he lives and is respected, the
direct purpose and tendency of which
is to brand him as a dishonorable and
dishonest man, and one who was will?
ing to trade upon the honor of his
brother-in-law, the President of the
United States.
"This offense I am loath to allow
to pass unpunished, or at least witn
out an effort to properly punish it.
Therefore, should Mr. Robinson ex
piess to me his wish to have an act?
ion for criminal libel Instituted, I
will Institute such action, provided
I may do so without an unwise inter?
ference with a matter over which
the Federal courts have Jurisdiction,
and in which action has already been
taken by the Federal authorities."
Taken in connection with the f*c:
that hearings today before the Fed?
eral grand jury, which were adjourn?
ed until next Monday afternoon, but
one witness, John Weir, a reporter
tor the New York American, has been
examined. Mr. Jerome's is believed
by many to augur the suspension
momentarily, at least, of the Federal
Inquiries and the aarly inception of
mi Inquisition by the S'ate.
CASTRO DISCUSSES LIBERTY.
Deposed Venezuelan President Seem*
Disgusted.
Berlin, Jan. 28.?Ciprlano Castro,
the former president of Venezula, was
Interviewed in this city today regatd
Ing certain reports recently made
public to the effect that he was plan?
ning a counter revolution in Vene?
zuela, and that it was his ambition to
become the "new liberator" of the
people of Venezuela.
He said:
"I cannot accept the role of liber?
ator of the Venezuelan people assign?
ed to me, because my experience of
nine years as president has taught mo
that true freedom Is a chimera, and
when we believe we are about to at?
tain it the people's ideas of liberty
degenerate into license. Unhappily it
seems that new nationalities, like
Venezuela ,are doomed to be the
?lavSS of the passons of their own
sons or the slaves of another nation.
"I am convinced more than ever to?
day of the wisdom of the words of
the great liberator, Simon Hollvar,
when he was about to die: T have
sown In ths sea*' These were pro
photic WOrdl whose meaning repeat?
edly ha? bean proved true,
"i repeat what i said on another
Occasion] 1 do not complain of any?
thing or anybody. What I dewire
most Im peace and retirement."
Senor Castro will leave (he private
hospital where he is now, on Saturday
and return to ths Hou i?;>.amide.
JAPAN REDUCING ARMY.
POIJCY OUTLINED BY LEADING
STATESMEN IN ADDRESS?
ING DIET.
World Relations Greatly Improved So
Says Priemler Katsura and Other
Ministers.
Tokyo, Jan. 25.?Marquis Katsura,
the premier; Count Jaturo Kuomura,
the minister of foreign affairs, and
Viscount Terauchi, the minister of
war, mace brief speeches today be?
fore the diet in answer to questions
regarding the reduction in armaments
and the foreign policy of the govern?
ment. The speakers said that Ja?
pan's relations with the powers of {
the world were so improved that the
proposed reductions were fully war?
ranted. Premier Katsura said that In
such matters the Japanese govern?
ment always would be guided by
world conditions, coupled with the
economic conditions of the country.
The leading newspapers in com?
menting editorially on the California
situation say that the Japanese peo?
ple must not forget that the unfriend?
liness toward Japan in America exists
among a small clique In California.
NEW PAPER FOR COLUMBIA.
Business Men, Headed by Mr. Jas. A.
Hoyt, Have Well Directed Move?
ment on Foot.
The secretary of state has issued a
commission to The Evening Sun Com?
pany, of which the corporators are:
Messrs James A. Hoyt, M. L. Klnard
and George L. Baker, and the capital
stock is to be $25,000. Mr. Hoyt is
the organizer, of the company and is
to be editor and general manger of
the paper. He stated yesterday that
he expects to begin the publication of
the paper within a few weeks, as soon
as a plant can be purchased and In?
stalled. The Evening Sun will use
the afternoon news service of the As?
sociated Press, of which organization
Mr. Hoyt was recently elected a mem?
ber.
Mr. Hoyt will be the largest stock?
holder in The Evening Sun Company,
but he stated that a number of busi?
ness men in Columbia and other parts
of the State are also interested in the
enterprise, regarding the afternoon
newspaper field in Columbia as very
inviting.?The State.
TO FORECAST EARTHQUAKES.
Student of Melxoo College of Mines
Applies for Patent on Warning De?
vice.
?
City, of Mexico, Jan. 25.?Louis T.
Navarro. a student in the National,
College of Mines In this city, has ap?
plied to the government for a patent
on an instrument which he claims
will foretell earthquake shocks with
the same certainty that a barometer
gives warning of a coming storm.
The young Inventor refuses to go
Into details regarding his invention,
but declares that it will tell with un?
erring accuracy at least six hours pre?
viously of a pending shock In a given
region. The instrument looks like a
small dynamo, to which a bell con?
nected with a ground wire causes a
circuit breakage which sounds the
alarm bell.
PAPER MAKING IN JAPAN.
Island Empire Guarding the Supply of
Raw Product.
The Japanese have decided that
something must be done toward con?
serving their remaining supplies of
raw material for paper making.
In Japan paper is used for almost
everything, from the silver-figured
partitions of the Buddhist temple to
the rude hut walls of the laborer;
from the silk-like vestments of the
priest down to the rain-proof shield
of the traveler. In fact, the Inge?
nuity of the Japanese Is only matched
by the varieties of uses to which pa?
per may be adapted.
The work of the United States gov?
ernment toward determining the
amount of paper materials used^ and
the source of future supply, Is being
followed by the Japanese, according
to a letter from John H. Snodgrass,
United States consul at Kobe. The
Imminence of the danger Is apparent
from the fact that the Japanese au?
thorities have requested the paper
mills department of the Mitsu Bishl
Kaisha to take over some 7,500 acres
of the bamboo forests of Formosa.
It Is known that the bamboo tree
lias been the raw material from which
the Japanese have recently made the
larger portion of their paper poducts;
so It is thought that, by introducing
the improved methods of forest culti?
vation and harvesting this tract, 10,
000,000 bamboos adapted for conver?
sion into paper pulp will be furnished
yearly.
The development of this new source
of raw material will be of high im?
portance, and may overcome the nce
portance, and may overcome the ne?
cessity of the Island empire looking to
foreign countries for the future sup
pll or paper pulp.
CUBA FREE MM.
PRESIDENT GOMEZ TO BE INAU?
GURATED AT NOON.
Governor Magoon to Leave on a Bat?
tle Ship? Wreck of the Old Maine
Decorated?Grand Farewell Ball
Given by Mayor of Havana Last
Night.
Havana. Jan. 27.?The festivities at?
tending the inauguration of the new
Cuban government which will occur
at noon tomorrow, began this evening
with a brilliant Illumination of the
city, and a farewell ball tendered by
the mayor und council of Havana In
honor of Governor Magoon, President?
elect Gomez, Vice President-elect Za
yas and the American officers who
served as provisional authorities.
A notable ceremony of today was
the decorating of the old battle ship
Maine with elaborate wreaths of gar?
lands and hoisting at half-mast on
the protruding military top a new
American flag. This idea originated
among the c *ew of the new battleship
Maine, which is now in the harbor,
who subscribed $150 for the flowers
and greens. Parties of visitors visit n\
the wreck throughout the day.
Rear Admiral Arnold, in comma id I
of the American squadron here, called
on President-elect Gomez and was
cordially received. If the scout cruiser
Birmingham does not arrive by noon
tomorow Governor Magoon will leave
on board either the Maine or the Mis?
sissippi. F'e has planned to depart
immediately following the inaugura?
tion ceremonies and intends to adhere
to this plan. The other officials of
the Provisional government will leave
on board the transport McClellan at
the same time Governor Magoon de?
parts.
Last Year's Tragedies.
According to the Chicago Tribune
3,143 passengers were killed on rail?
roads in PJ08 and 10,296 were se?
riously Injured. These figures do not
include any of the railroad employes.
This, says the Greenville News, is
certainly an alarming record and it
suggest the neccesity of taking steps
to prevent such a loss of life. Ac?
cording to the last census, the deaths
from alcoholism were 2,811 for the
year in which the census was taken;
yet. this record is actually surpassed
by the number of deaths among rail?
road passengers.
The homicidal record of 1908 sur?
passed that of 1907, but did not quite
reach that of 1906. There were dur?
ing the year 8,592 homicides, over
half of which resulted from quarrels;
786 from iquor, 712 'by highwaymen,
673 from Jealousy and 451 infanticide.
The rest were from varioua causes.
During the year, 198 highwaymen
were themselves killed, as against 712
travelers killed by highwaymen.
There were only 92 legal executions
during the year, of which 56 were In
the South and 36 in the North. A
majority of those executed were
whites.
The Chicago Tribune's annual stat?
istical record shows an increase In
the number of lynchings for the year
In 1907 the record fell to 63, the low?
est yet* observed since the war. This
year it rises to an even 100, all of
which, but three, took place in the
South. The distribution was as fol?
lows: Alabama, 6; Georgia, 16; Mis?
sissippi, 22; Texas, 21; Kentuckey, 10;
Tennessee, 8; Florida, 4; Arkansas,
1; North Carolina, 1; South Carolina.
1; Louisiana, 8; Virginia, 1; Illi?
nois, 2; California, 1.
The hunting casualties show a
slight reduction over those of 1907.
There were 166 hunters killed, and
126 injured. We find that 368 deaths
must be charged up to our sports and
pastimes, while the number of injur?
ed was 3,820. It appears that 39 per?
sons were killed on baseball fields
and 58 seriously wounded, while 13
football players were killed and 296
injured. The roller skate, golf, wrest?
ling, sprinting, racing, basketball,
prize fights, scenic railroads, bicycles
and balooning all had their victims.
We celebrated the Fourth of July by
killing 103 children and injuring
2,812. Rocking the boat cost eight
lives, and shooting unloaded 'pistols
cost as many as 41.
In reviewing the disasters of the
year just passed the most appalling
loss of life occurred In Italy, the dis?
aster being greater in magnitude than
any yet record. The disaster, aggregat?
ing with all others for 1908, totals a
loss of 1 fe of more than a quarter
' million souls. The fire loss in this
country for the year amounted to
$172.000, )00, which was about $20,
600,000more than those Of HOT. Chel
ea, Massachusetts, has the record for
a loss of $6.000,000. From wars and
epidemics the world has lost 7S<.
persona during the year. The embes*
zlers of lyos managed to get a\va>
With the neat little sum of $13.
5S6. of the financiers engaged In
these transactions, no less that) thtrts
committed suicide.
Love |S a K?me In which the only
losers are those who win.
Your use of leisure throws a light
on the wnotu 61 otlr Wfo
IKE FOREST RESERVE EIL
WHITE AND APPALACHIAN HE
SERVES MAY BE CREATED.
House Committee on Agriculture, bjr
a Vote of Eight to Nine, Approve*
the Measure, of which Representa?
tive Lever was One of the Drafters,
is Known as the Week's Bill.
Washington, Jan. 26.?Advocates of
forest reserves in the White Moun?
tains of New England and the Appala?
chian Mountains of the Southern
States consider that they won a signi?
ficant victory today when the House
committee on agriculture by the vote
of 9 to 8 agreed to to make a favor?
able report to the House on the
Week's bill having the creation or
these reserves in view.
The Week's bill was designed for
the Immediate relief of condition*
said to exist in sections included in
the proposed reserves. The bill wa?
drafted by Representative Weeks, of
Massachusetts, Currier of New Hamp?
shire, and Lever, of South Carolina*
and is agreeable to nearly all the ad?
vocates of the reserves.
The bill authorizes the secretary
of agriculture for the protection of
water sheds of navigable streams to
administer and protect for a term of
years private forest lands upon any
water shed "whereon lands may per?
manently be reserved, held or admin?
istered as national forest lands." It la
provided that no timber shall be cut
or removed from these lands, except
under regulations approved by the
secretary.
All moneys received from public
lands of the United States shall be set
aside for the acquirement of lands lo?
cated on water sheds, and a commis?
sion to be known as the national
forest reservation commission shall
be appointed to consider and pass
lands recommended by the secretary
of agriculture for purchase "for the
regulation of the flow of navigable
streams."
Another provision is that 25 pas'
cent of the moneys received from eacav
of the national forests created under
this Act shall be paid to the State, I*
which the forest is located for the
benefit of the public schools and pub?
lic roads.
?There is not any better Salve than
DeWltt's Carbollsed Witch Hasel
Salve. We hereby warn the public
that we are not responsible for any
injurious effects caused from worth?
less or poisonous imitations of our
DeWltt's Carbollsed Witch Hasel
Salve, the original. It Is good for
anything when a salve is needed, bat
it Is especially good for piles. Be sure
you get DeWltfa 8old by All Drug?
gists.
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TAX RETURNS FOR 1909.
OFFICE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUN
TY.
Sumter. S. C, Dec. 5, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that I win
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
ind poll taxes for the fiscal year com?
mencing January 1st, 1909:
Tindalls, Tuesday, Jan. 6th.
Privateer, (Jenkins' Store) Wednes?
day. Jan. 6th.
Manchester, (Levi's), Thursday*
Jan. 7 th.
Wedgefleld, Friday, Jan. 6th.
Stateburg, Monday, Jan. 11th.
Hagood, Tuesday, Jan. 12th.
Rembert, Wednesday, Jan. 18th.
Dalzell, Thursday, Jan. 14th.
Gordon's Mill, Friday, Jan. 16th.
Mayesville, Tuesday, Jan. 19th.
Shiloh, Wednesday, Jan. 20th.
Norwood's X Roads. Thursday, Jan,
21st.
Oswego, Friday, Jan. 22d.
The law requires that all persona
owning property or in any wise having*
charge of such property, either a?
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
b0 per cent, penalty which will be add?
ed to the property valuation of all
persons who fall to make returns with?
in the time prescribed by law.
Taxpayers return what they own on
the first day of January, 1909.
Assessors and taxpayers will enter
the first given name of the taxpayer In
full, also make a separate return in
each township where the property Va
located and also each and every case
the number of the district school must
be given.
Every male citizen between the age
of twenty-one and sixty years cn the
first day of January, 1909, ? -.cept those
incapable of earning support from be?
ing maimed or from other causes, are
deemed taxable polls, and except Con?
federate soldiers 50 years of age. on
January 1st, 1909.
All returns must be panda on or be?
fore t!ie 20th day of February next, t
cannot take returns after that date
and all returns made after the 20th
lay of Tely iiary. are subject to a pen?
alty of 50 per cent.
J Dir.CS WILDER,