The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 20, 1909, Image 7
MBS MUM UMl DEAL
iORKKSMAN LOVKUINO BAYfl
? X-OON YICTs ARB TO BLAMF.
? Lovcrlng. off MftMOchuseUM, In it
\ ?gottms Speech In the House,
* oswit? Halney Charge* ami Say*
I tsnf he tiot his Information From
il\m World, or From Some Certain
? i?<>??*totM Who, he Alleges Start
<<l Fraud Reports.
aahtneton, Peb. 11.? That Itepro
?en ative ftainey. of Illinois, got from'
tii- Neir fork World his Information
? irding the Panama Canal affairs,
Hhieh formed the subject of his mm*
y "t,; speech, and that ex-convicts lu
?ted the storlee of fraud and oor
i Ion pertaining to the acquirement*
of title by the United States to the
?t party, was the charge made today
la the Houee of Representatives by
Mr. Lowering, of Massachusetts.
Ma| be/' he said, "the World did
m n originate all the scandalous stories
I published, but Its columns were
puhlfti and we do know that the World
did grte credence and circulation to
th-sx."
Mr. Lowering declared that "the
ptrpetpators of these false statements
are known, and the story of thslr do?
los? rttvsel* a chapter In the history
et Mark-mailing that Is rare In I he
a finals of crime."
These gentlemen." he said, "ure
bauen; their names a? known; their
aliases are known; their haunts are
kr,,?wi. mad their plans are known."
"Does the gentlemen object to stat?
ing who they are?" Inquired Mr. Bur
Uses, of Texas.
Mr. Lovertng protested that he was
teheeing under great difficulty because
r U?? absence of Mr. Rainey from
the Ctuunber. He admitted that hs
did get notify the Illinois member
U be ems to apeak on this subject.
1 leant to say/' he said." that these
rmej liave been run down and brought
? bask, and It turns out that many
" tfctss are ex-oonvtets and they
staael a good chance of returning to
the psaltleatary."
Ha was pressed by Mr. Shackelford.
of Missouri, for information as to
whe heee convicts were, but Mr. Lov
? eg weald go no further than to
BteAs that before long they would he
prodvoed In court. Their names, he said
had been brought before the *rand
left, both at Washington and Now
rk. and at the proinr tlm?? would
?ojn* known to thy general pub
?flow do you.lis^pe'* to be familiar
wish the secret* of the grand juries?"
Mr. IthaoMtlfesd asked, hut before he
eUl answer. Mr. OaJhee. of Tennes?
see* Inquired If he was not a warm
i tw. mal friend of William Nelson
< onwell. Mr. Lovertng admitted
thee he was. Mr. Lovertng said, re?
ferring to Mr. Rainey:
This gentleman has been made a
?tlm. or he la too willing to asperse
suet fair names as those of Cfeaa. P.
Taft, Douglas Robinson, Wm. Nelson
Creiswell. Roger Parnham and sever?
al others."
-It was,*' he said, "shameless prose?
cution of the privilege of free sp??ch,
which members enjoyed on the floor
the House."
Por this utterance Mr. Lovertng was
i- omptly called to order by Mr. Law
r ice. of Massachusetts, his colleague.
10 was In the chair, and admonish
' that he should observe the rules
> regard to the use of personalities.
Mgj Lovertng protested that he had
?? etttioned no names except that of
r, Rainey and those which had been
oken in the House and In the pub
II press.
Mr. Rainey entered the chamber end
i aed that an engagement would pre
t.t his remaining through Mr. Lov
? isgfs remarks, but that he later
a isld make answer should he find It
' ceasary.
Mr. Lovertng declared the evidence
. kg complete and sufficient "to con
t the blackmailers, who have tried
work their game not only on the
I atlemen I have named, but on both
I lltlcal parties. ' Last fall, he said,
an effort was mads to sell the storlee
the Democratic campaign commlt
' es, and that certain leaders of that
I rt> took the matter under constder
?' Ion. but that they were not used be?
ute they could not be substantiated.
Weight of Cotton Rales.
New Orleans. Peb. 11.?Secretary
!; ester today Issued a ststsment of
lights of 1,141.60S bsles ol cotton
indled at ports and overland across
> s Mississippi. Ohio snd Potomac
r vmrm to American manufacturers out?
do of the cotton belt during the
onths of September to January. In
ustve. showing an average per bale
' HI 41-100 a?r\ln*t 612 18-100
ounda per bale for the same period
1 ist year.
The Locke Manufacturing Com
? any. Concord. N. C, the corporation
hlrh purchased the Odell Mills at
the receiver's sals. Is reported to be
?tanning for the early rebuilding of
olll No. 4, wrlch was recently com
detely destroyed by fire. The new
.nllt will be much larger than the old.
4 pace Is to be provided for the accom
nodatlon of 6< .000 spindles.
MI? UHIOH UKL
1 AUMKItS SHOULD ADOPT THAT
of TiiK (xmroa pabhic.
Proddent Barrett I rges Them to Wear
Cotton uml Use It lit Every Way
INwMlble.
President Charles S. Harrett, of the
National Farmers Union appeals to
members of his organization to pro?
mote the use of cotton by emptying
It ae bagging and clothing to ae great
an extent aa practicable, In a letter Is?
sued recently.
The addreee is directed to all the of?
ficers aad members of the Union, and
begins with the request that at the
next meeting all organisations take
action looking towards the promotion*
of the movement. He trusts that ov
everythlng possible be done to wfden
the use of cotton in every direction.
"The Farmers' Union Is on record
a* being the first In the field to work
for such extension of the use of the
South's leading staple crop," he say*.
"Our work from year to year, and nt
I our conventions, has tended to pro
I mote this Idea. There have been sev
leral Indications of late that responal
I bio organizations of the country art)
I waking up to the advantage of assist
I hig us In this "regard, and we simply
cannot afford to neglect the duty of
pushing this great movement at this
I most prosperous time. *
"Activity is demanded of us fro.a
I the fact that source after source, gov
I eminent department after government
I department, association after assocla
I tlon has taken steps loooklng to In
I creasing the consumption of cotton.
4 At your next meeting I urge most
I earnestly that you request the local
I and wholesale merchants you patron
I nee to specify that all commodities
I they handle in wrappers be enclosed
I in cotton. Of course there will be
I some cases where the substitute is
I not practicable. It Is practical In any
I number of Instances, where no other
I c werings are used.
"The man from wham you buy your
I sugar, your flour, your meats, your
I clothing, the majority of the everyday
I necessities of life?lias it in his power
II > help on this movement. He can do
I to oy demanding that the manufac
I turers and Jobbers and wholesalers
I u.-e cotton wrapping wherever poast
I ble Tou patronise him. Make him
I assist you. It is to his Interest no less
I than your own.
I "Visit such men personally,
through strong and Influential com?
mittees. Tou will never accomplish
anything unless you go after the mat?
ter yourselves.
I "Efforts, practical and persistent, in
this direction, can Increase the annual
I consumption of cotton hundrede of
thousands of bales, it can raise th ?
I price a cent of the fractional part of
la eent every year, for good.
I "This matter is one of the most ur
Igent now before the Farmers' Union.
II believe that the public can be edu?
cated into the use of cotton articles
I in sueh faahlon as will ultimately
I double the present consumption of the
staple. The suggestion I have out?
lined for immediate action will make
a good beginning In that direction.
"My work in connection with the
commission on country life is now vir?
tually concluded and the report of that
body in to be made In a few days. It
Is a source of gratification to me, and
I believe will be to our membere, that
many of the recommendations in this
report read like resolutions passed at
a Farmers' Union convention. I am
convinced that I have been able to be
of material assistance, both to the
members of our organisation and to
the rural population generally, In con?
nection with the commission's work.
It has not been permitted to interfere
with my dutiee as your president, but
1 think the extra time crowded in will
prove to have been an excellent invest?
ment for the cause I represent. It
may be of Interest to the brethren to
know that the members ot the com?
mission deferred to my Judgment In a
number of mattere vitally affecting
their recommendations."
With reference to the movement to
promote the use of cotton goods, Mr
Barrett states that no time Is to be
lost, and names the foil ^wlng commit?
tee to urge it: J. P. Green, North Car?
olina; D. J. Nelll. of Texas, and M. F.
Dickerson, of Arkansas.
Hold-Up at Greenville.
Greenville, Feb. 11.?Last night at
7:30 o'clock while on their way home,
A. Baron and E. Kantor were held
up on the outsklrlts of the city by
two men and relieved of $112 In cash.
The highwaymen had a shotgun and
fled Into the woods Immediately after
Sheriff Poole was notified and soon
gave chase, but no clue was obtained
as to the Identity of the men.
Augusts SHU Toadying.
Augusta, Ga.. Feb. 11?Mrs. Wil?
liam Howard Taft was today made ar.
honorary member of the local Y. W.
C. A., which was organized with about
500 members. Her nnme head* the
l.st of members.
The sweetest words In the English
language: "Enclosed find check."?St.
Joseph Gazette.
Ikwh South Carolina Need a Compul?
sory School System?
(By James B. Kennedy, Professor
Politic**! Economy, Wells College, in
Charities and The Commons, Feb.
13.)
Edward T. Devino. in presenting
The New' View of the Child, names
five fundamental elements in Its
composition. All of these are Im?
portant, but none* needs more study
and Investigation, particularly In the
South, than that element termed,
"useful education." Py no other
nn-ans is It possible to prepare boys
and girls, young men and young wo?
men, for. the position of a useful
member of society. This does not
mean that It is impossible for a boy
or girl to be a useful membe* of so?
ciety without an education,?indus?
trial or vocational. Yet it does in?
tend to lrn*dy that without the educa?
tional training a larger per cent, of
the youth of the land will become
useless, if not destructive members of
society.
This is a serious problem in every
geographical division of the United
States and within each State compos?
ing these divisions. By the twelfth
census, 1900, the greatest percentage
of Illiteracy of the total population
ten years and over was in the South
Atlantic division; the second highest
percentage was In the South Central
division. These divisions cover the
Southern States. The percentage for
the two divisions is 23.9 per cent, and
21.29 per cent. The three States with
the largest percentages In the South
Atlantic division are South Carolina,
35.9 per cent.; Georgia, 30.5 per
cent, and North Carolina, 28.7 per
cent.; those in the South Central di?
vision are Louisiana, 88.5 per cent.;
Alabama, 34 per cent., and Mississip?
pi. 32 per cent. These figures sad?
den the hearts of many who are
working for an extension of educa?
tional advantages. As a representa?
tive of the South and a native of the
State with the second largest per?
centage of illiteracy, these figures
contain much exciting regret, but at
the same time they furnish some
ground for rejoicing. South Carolina,
Indeed, deserves some credit and
commendation In her fight to lower
the percentage of illiteracy. In re?
ducing this from 55.4 per cent, in
1900. the State has not been wholly
negligent. And yet she cannot claim
to have done her full duty.
Examine the State's illiteracy In
greater detail.
In general the percentages show
considerable decrease in illiteracy.
There is a decrease among all classes
(except the foreign-born white. Dur?
ing this decade the foreign white
show 12 per cent, decrease in num?
bers, but a small increase in Illiter?
acy,?from 6.3 per cent, to 6.5 per
cent. The greateet Illiteracy is
among the negroes,?52.8 per cent, in
1900; yet this is a reduction of 17.6
per cent, of the percentage at the be?
ginning of the decade. For the same
period the native white reduced Its
percentage of Illiterates by 24.8 per
cent. These reductions are encour?
aging. But closer examination shows
not all encouragement. Note actual
conditions. In the total population,
ten years and over, one person out of
every two and three-fourths Is Illiter?
ate. Among the native white popula?
tion it is one out of seven; among the
negroes one out of two,?to be more
accurate 1 to 1.98. Greater reason
has the State to be aroused on this
subject when her record Is compared
with other States. Take Iowa and
Nebraska whose total Illiteracy is 2.3
per cent. These are extremes, South
Carolina at 35.9 per cent., with Louis?
iana only showing a higher percent?
age, and two western States at 2.3 per
cent. It may be argued that the
comparison is not a Just one, that the
large colored population in South
Carolina Is responsible for the high
illiteracy. In part this Is true. But
one Illiterate out of seven among the
native white cannot be thus explain?
ed. Economic and social conditions
have been such that the Illiteracy of
the State may be the natural conse?
quence. This has been the case. The
paramount issue, then, at present is
to seek causes and to effect some rem?
edy.
None will deny that the economic
and social conditions of a people are
responsible for many ills. But there
appears back of these a more signifi?
cant and, without doubt, the funda?
mental cause, namely, the lack of
educational advantages, or at least,
the failure to enjoy the advantages
offered. South Carolina has a fair
educational system at least. There
Is no reason why anyone should not
have opportunity to learn to read and
write. Many are refusing the oppor?
tunity. Turn to the government cen?
sus of 1900. Total persons of school
age, 5 to 20 years, inclusive, 560,773,
or 218.323 white children, 342,401 ne?
groes, and 49 colored (Indian, Chi?
nese ami Japanese). Total persons
attending school during this year ag?
gregate 177.528, or 31.6 per cent, of
the total number of school age.
Corresponding percentages in a few
other states are: Louisiana, 28.7 per
cent.; North Carolina, 4 2.1 per cent.:
New York, 54.9 per cent.; Iowa, 64.1
per cent. The percentages of white
- ? ? ? ?i??nrnmrnW?1?
children within the .school age, in
'actual attendance during 1900 for
theM stales are: Louisiana, 37.9 per
cent.; South Carolina, 41.2 per cent.; i
North Carolina, 4 5.9 per cent.; New
j York, 55.6 per cent.; Jowa, 64.2 per
cent. For negro children: Louisiana,
18.7 per cent.; South Carolina, 25.5
per cent.; North Carolina, 35 per
cent.; New York, 41.5 per cent.; Iowa.
53.5 per cent.
These figures show the relative po?
sition of South Carolina among some
of her sister States. The State shows
the second largest percentage of il?
literacy. The best evidence that this
status will remain unchanged is seen
in the percentage of school attend?
ance. In this respect the State ranks
second lowest.- Of the white children
eligible to the schools 41.2 per cent is
in attendance; of the negro children
25.5 per cent. Louisiana shows the
highest illiteracy, with 37.9 per cent,
and 18.7 per cent, white and negro
children respectively in school.
The cause of South Carolina's
illiteracy Is evident. To my mind the
only absolutely certain and perma?
nent remedy is compulsory education.
South Carolina has done well by her
citizens. She deserves much consid?
eration. Her struggle has been a dif?
ficult, but noble one. Her progress
has been remarkable, but it may be
greater. To attain this let the State
enact a compulsory education law.
Her children have been offered an ed?
ucation. For various reasons this, by
many, has been refused. The next
step should be compulsion. Objec?
tion is raised that compulsion is un?
fair, unjust, unconstitutional, etc. We
do not wish to impugn the motives of
anyone making objections. These ob?
jections may be valid from a present,
short-time economic view, but take a
broader view, the good in the long
run, the permanent contribution to
the general well-being. Fear in mind
that what is a hardship for the pres?
ent will, In the future, be a permanent
good. A State, as an Individual,
should at all times be unselfish, but
not always kind. "An Injudicious
kindness is often the greatest unklnd
ness."
A personal observation of this is
not untimely. While in the office of
clerk of court and register of Mesne
Conveyance of my native State and
county recently a stout, robust farm?
er applied for a renewal of his cer?
tificate of registration. He was una?
ble to present his old certificate. He
evidently had regarded his enrollment
on his precinct club as equivalent to
registraton. The applicant was en?
titled to register anew, under either
the educational or the property quali?
fication clause. He was unable to
do either. A man of perfect physique,
and yet disfranchised because he
was Ignorant! The greatest kindness
to this man would have been an un
klndness,?so say some objectors to
compulsory education,?had he been
forced to obtain at least a grammar
school education during his boyhood.
A few years, In youth, under the
bonds of an educational training, is
compensated manifold times in after
years. Unkind compulsion In this
case is the greatest kindness.
Another objection commonly offer?
ed is that the widowed mother needs
the aid of the boy or girl in support
of the family.
It la unfortunate for the income
earning member of the family to be
taken. The children often are the
great sufferers. To these children so?
ciety owes protection. Efficient chil?
dren develop into efficient men and
women. To permit them to go to the
factories early in life, thus neglecting
their education, is laying the ground?
work for dependents, defectives, and
delinquents. Without education their
income-earning capacity is limited,
their usefulness as citizens is narrow?
ed, if not totally destroyed. Let me
- i e this suggestion as the wise rem?
edy in the "widowed mother" case.
Put the child in school until his in?
come-earning capacity is increased
and support the mother, or supple?
ment her income with a sum equal to
that earned by the child during this
period. Results from this will be an
educated boy, greater capacity of
self-development, larger income, a
happier home, a prouder mother,
and a more useful citizen. The fam?
ily as a social unit must be Improved
before society can be sound and
healthy. For this particular case is
there a better remedy?
Compulsory education laws should
be general. There should be no
"class legislation." Why require the
factory child to attend school and ex?
empt the farmer boy! There are con?
stitutional reasons why'discrimina?
tions of this sort would be objection?
able. There can hardly be any why
the courts would set aside a general
law.
Again it is objected to on the
ground that a compulsory education
law would force negroes into school,
thereby giving them a further oppor?
tunity toward "social equality."
(Granting that greater numbers of ne?
gro children will be forced into
school, Is this a legitimate reason for
Oppoalng the law and thus continuing
in illiteracy one out of less than three
for every man, woman and child over
ten years of age? We hope not.
Again, are the people of the State,
through their representatives, to re?
fuse to move forward on the ground
that such a move will put the negro
Child on the same footing with the
White* In so far as school attendance
is concerned, and thus give the negro
population an advantage (?) over the
white? Are the white parents of the
State of South Carolina ready to con?
fess to the world that their children
are unable to cope with the negro
child? That b> giving aoth the same
opportunity and requiring the sme
school attendarce, the negro child
will be the more faithful pupil and
the greatest good, In the long run,
will come to the negro population? If
the State has ome to this, it is a sad
commentary on the integrity of her
good people. We do not think these
will be the results. Give, or rather
require, the white child a school
training for a few years. In course
of ten years there will be less need of
requirements. The child will have
awakened to his real Interest. He
will have realized that formerly the
State had not taken the widest stand,
that a State with compulsory educa?
tion laws Is the true friend to the
child, the family and society. Yes,
the white child of South Carolina will
not fall to make good under this new
environment. There can be no dan?
gerous results, social or political,
from a judicious educational training.
That compulsory education Is a
good thing is well demonstrated by
the following paragraph by George F.
Milton (supplement to the Annals of
the American Academy of" Political
and Social Science, July, 1908):
As showing the relation of the com?
pulsory school system in Germany
and other European states to Illiter?
acy, the following statistics of adults
are suggestive: German Empire, .01
per cent, are Illiterate; Denmark, .02;
Finland, .49; Switzerland, .13; Scot?
land, 2.46; Netherlands, 2.30; Eng?
land, 3.00; France, 4.70; Belgium
(not compulsory), 10.10; Austria,
35.60; Ireland, 7.90; Hungary, 47.80;
Greece, 30.00; Italy, 32.99; Portuga ,
79.20; Spain, 68.10; Russia, 61.70;
Servla, 79.30; Roumanla, 88.40.
South Carolina,?indeed the South,
?ie behind other sections of the Ur?
ion, and far behind many European
countries named above. Only Hun?
gary, Portugal, Spain, Russia and
Roumanla make a worse showirg
than South Carolina.
In conclusion, allow me to empha?
size one thought, viz: The day Is com?
ing when South Carolina, aye, the
American people, will learn that it is
safer to neglect children under three
years of age than over three. Do we
realize the meaning of this assertion?
Do the State, the nation, realize that
after that age street freedom and
education bring results, not for the
child only, but for the State, the na?
tion, that demand the greatest pay?
ments? Payments in kind, what a
people soweth that shall it also reap.
May South Carolina's law makers,
now in session, hear the call for a
compulsory school system! Not a
dead letter law, but one enforced by
the strong hand of the law, equitably
by the governor, his trained corps of
Inspectors, and a Just and impartial
court.
Woman Likes Lonely Post.
For twenty-seven years the great
lamp of the Vera Cruz Lighthouse
has been tended by Miss Laura A.
Hecox. In that time she had only
six brief vacations, and In a recent
statement she expressed satisfaction
with her life. She Is the daughter of
a clergyman who, when his health
gave way, obtained the post on the
lighthouse. He expected to remain
there only a* year, but health did not
return and for thirteen years he was
in charge of the house. Then his
daughter received the appointment,
and she has filled rt to the satisfac?
tion of the government officials and
mariners. She says she only fears
something may arise to cause her re?
moval, as she love the isolation of her
home and the moods of the sea as
It washes up to the foundation of the
lighthouse set In solid rock. There is
no doubt, however, that her wish for
an Indefinite term will be gratified,
and that she will not be required to
return to the hurry and rush of life
in the every day world, to which she
now confesses she is almost a strang?
er.?New York Press.
Hradstreet's Trade Review.
New York, Feb. 11.?Bradstreet's
this week says:
"Unsettled, stormy weather has ac?
centuated the quiet prevailing in gen?
eral trade and the situation as a whole
! is rather irregular. The first of the
spring season buyers' excursions are.
however, attracting merchants to the
j leading markets East and West, and
'while conservatism characterizes deal
! ing, the feeling is still one of optim?
ism as to the future. Best reports
come from the textiief trades, partic?
ularly c< tton and woolen dress goods
lines. ?ome light cottons are sold
ahead tO October. The metal and
coal traces are rather conspicuous for
the dullness of demand,
j "Reports as to collections are still
only about fair."
With Malice Aforethought.
Much is being said about "pellagra"
here lately. Pellagra is a disease that
is becoming quite prevalent in north?
ern Italy, and is causing the doctors
much concern. It begins with a gen?
eral lassitude, growing gradually
worse from year to year until it ends
in death, often preceded by insanity.
No cure for it has as yet been found,
but the discovery has been made that
the disease is caused by eating corn
that has not fully matured, as corn
must be which is grown in northern
latitudes.
It is asserted that this dreadful dis?
ease has been discovered in the South
and the story is spread in Northern
papers.
I Why?
I To add another to the bugaboos
concerning the South with which the
people of other sections and other
countries are being stuffed, to make
them afraid of the South as a coun?
try unclean, polluted and dangerous*.
This story of pellagra in the South
is false. It is circulated with malice
aforethought by those who love not
the South.
There can be no pellagra in the
South, because the causes which pro?
duce pellagra do not operate here.
Very little cornbreal is eaten by the
whites. Of cornbread that is eaten
that made of Southern grown corn
Is not only harmless, because the
grains a**o fully matured by our long
summers, but there isn't anything
more wholesome to eat anywhere In
the world. Even the negroes who
eat bread made out of Western corn
eat such bread only for a part of the
time, not enough to be affected by it.
This story is only another of the
slanders that are perpetrated on the
South. It is untrue. Tet it will be
believed where it is circulated, among
uninformed people who are only too
ready always, because this has been
the regular order so long, to believe
everything that is bad about our sec?
tion.?Augusta Herald.
GREEK LABOR BETTER.
C. C. and O. Contractor Replaces Ne?
gro Workmen With Greeks.
Spartanburg. F<b. 12.?Failing to
find colored labor satisfactory, J. C.
Dunn, contractor of the Carolina,
Clinchfield and Ohio Road, has engag?
ed one hundred Greeks to work at
his camps, near Pacolet and Broad
rivers. Forty Greeks arrived In the
city last night, and were sent out on
the road this morning. Monday morn?
ing sir.ty additional Greeks will reach
here to start work. Mr. Dunn say*
that colored labor was too uncertain,
causing much delay.
TAX RETURNS FOR 1909.
OFFICE OP
COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUN?
TY.
Sumter. S. C, Dec. S, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that I wilt
attend, in person or *>y deputy, at the
following places on tin days indicated,
respectively, for the purpose of re?
ceiving returns of personal property
and poll taxes for the fiscal year com?
mencing January 1st, 1909:
Tindalls. Tuesday. Jan. 5th.
PrfVateer, (Jenkins' Store) Wednes?
day. Jan. 6th.
Manchester, (Levi's), Thursday,
Jan. 7 th.
Wedgefield, Friday, Jan. 6th.
Stateburg, Monday, Jan. 11th.
Hagood, Tuesday. Jan. 12th.
Rembert, Wednesday, Jan. 13th.
Dalzell, Thursday, Jan. 14th.
Gordon's Mill, Friday, Jan. 15th.
Mayesville. Tuesday. Jan. 19th.
Shlloh, Wednesday, Jan. 20th.
Norwood's X Roads, Thursday, Jan.
21st.
pswego, Friday, Jan. 22d.
The law requires that all persons
owning property or in any wise 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
5 0 per cent, penalty which will be add?
ed to the property valuation of all
persons who fail 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 la
located and also each and every case
the number of the district school mast
be given.
j Every male citizen between the age
of twenty-one and sixty years cn the
I first day of January, 1909, except 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 made on or be?
fore the 20th day of February next, t
cannot take returns after that date
and all returns made after the 10th
day of February, are subject to a pen*
alty of 50 per cent.
J. DIGGS WILDER.
11-1 Auditor Sumter Co? t