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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-30
Burglars in Town.

An expert safe cracker entered the store Of
Mrs. H. N Cusick, on Liberty Street, Satur-
day pight and blew open the safe with dyna-
mite The explosion was not heard by any
ooe, and the fact that the safe had been
cracked was not discovered until yesterday.
The burglar selected an excellent time for his
work, as the constant explosion of cannon
crackers and torpedoes prevented any notice
being taken of his private fireworks. He
was most unfortunate in his little Christmas
speculation, for no money had been left in
the safe, and be bad ouly bis labor for his
pains. No clue has been discovered that will
lead to the capture of the safe opeuer. 1t is
supposed that be left town Immediately after
completing the job at Mrs. Cusick's store.
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sican and he prescribed Or. niles Restor:i-
tive Ncrvine She tool: three bottles before
VIC saw any ceri;tin signs OF Improvement,
Euo after that size BEGAN to improve very
fast and ! nov think she is entirely cured.
Size has taken rine bottles OF the Ncrvine,
but no other medicine CT any kind.
Knox, Ind, Jan. 5, '95. II. ". HosTETTER
Physicians prescribe DR.. Miles Remedies
because they are known to be the result OF
the lou:5, practice and experience Of one OF
t;.c brightest, members OF their profession,
and are carefully compounded by expert
enced chemists, in exact accordance with DR..
Miles prescriptions, as used in his practice
On sale at all druggists. Write for Dr.
Miles Book on the Heart and Nerves. DR..
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
n uasy n1s D.sl.-n nno1kI
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-30

On yesterday gentleman who is in the
city called at this Office to obtain copy of
The Daily Item to send to friend who is
spending the winter u Egypt. The Item has
an expanding circulation, but jump from
Sumter to the banks of the Nile aud the
shadow of the pyramids is rather big one.
Last Wednesday night some foolish fellow
lighted Roman candle in front Of Belcher's
Restaurant and attempted to shoot through
the awning The first ball ignited the awning
and then the fellow got reckless and the balls
went flying in every direction. Andrews's
mule hitched to his milk wagon, took fris h9
and ran away. GUYS faithful companion,
'sBrock, !" didn'i like the smell of the powder
and tried to run away, but Guv. held 10 bin.
For few minutes things were pretty lively
on the street, but finally quieted down.
The attention Of the Item reporter has been
directed to the depredations that negroes
living in the vicinity Of the old c. S. Il N.
ward are committing on the railroad tracks.
The persons owing the Information say that
unless the depredatous are stopped an acci-
dent may result. The negroes are drawing
their supply of wood from the tracks end
are cutting the cross ties into kindlirg wood
The ends of macy ties have already been cut
of and carried away. In some places nearly
the entire tie has heen converted ioto kind
ling wood and removed, and the depredatious
appear to increase, rather than dimiHish.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-30
Accidental Shooting.

Mr.. W. 5. Capell, of Spring Hill, was shot
in the.hand Wednesday blythe accidental dis
charge of pistol which friend was hand
ling. The ball entered between the third
and little fingers and ranged upward, lodg-
ing in the muscles of the thumb, from where
it was,extracted by his physician. The bones
of the third finger were considerably dam
aged, aod it is feared that he may lose the
use Of that finger.
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OFFICE CT COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER
COUNTY
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-30
Shiloh Letter.
SHILOH, S. c., Dec. %, Is

SHILOH, S. c., Dec. %, 1896.
Chris,mas has come aud gone, but will
loog%e remembered by the young people in
this community as time of unusual pleas
antries aud nirth.
The children of Pleasant Grove school
were delighted with their Christmas tree on
Thursday night. About City children were
present, aud it was pleasant indeed to Wit
ness their little faces beamiag with JOY dur
ing the delivery Of the handsome and numer-
ous presents. This writer has never seen q
pret,ier or more handsomely decorated
Christmas tree. Misses Edna Chandler and
Leila Cox delivered the presents in prompt
and most becoming manner. There was
very pretty Christmas tree at Shiloh school
house Gu the same night, but it was not our
good fortune to see it, being in attendance at
the former.
The tournament in Shiloh Christmas after
nooo vas we'll patrouized. Dir. Fleetwood
McElveeu was the successful knight
The darkies bad tournament on Saturday
which was most amusing So wei! as ridicu-
,ous. The riders were all mounted 90 oxen
Some of the oxen were unaccastomed to the
saddle and went ,broogh in regular buffalo
style, the riders frequently lesving the earth
fo- second or so, and then abruptly lighting
or their heads or backs.
Miss Viola, daughter of Mr.. J. L Kirby,
is seriously ILL., She has typhoid fever. Drs.
Darby and McCu,cheo are the attending ply
s;ciaus.
Nearly everybody is complaining, more OF
less, of colds.
Misses Lille Rbane and He;tie Wheeler
are visiting relatives at Mechauicsvile.
OCCASIONAL.
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TAX RETURNS
FOR 1S96--97.

OFFICE CT COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER
COUNTY
SUMTER. S. C., Nov. 27, 1896.
DETURNS Of all Personal Property and
n, Poll Taxes VII oe received At lois
otiice from Jauusrv Isl, 1877, 10 January
i2,b, 1897, aud al the following LINES and
places:
Mayesv'lle, Tuesday. January 18th
Reid IS Mill, Wednesday, January -
Maunville. Thursday, Jauuarv l4'h
Smilhville. Friday, January lo'h-
MechanicsviIIe, Saturday. Jao. 10th.
Kiugman's Store, Monday. Jao Is
Rember,'s Store. Tuesday, Jau. 19
Hagood, Wednesday, January 90 b.
S'ateburg, Thursday, January 2ls'.
Wedge6ed, Friday January 22od
r. |. Mauuiug's. Saturday. jap. 2"d
j. NJ. Tindsl's, Monday, Jan 23tb.
BlshopviIle, Tuesday and Wecues
day, Jaouary 26;h aud 9th.
Magnolia, Thursday January 2Sib.
hvuch burg, Friday, January 2e,b
Concord Saturday. January 30'b.
Johuston Store, Monday Feb. lss.
Shiloh, Taesday, February 2ud.
And at Auaifor2a of1ice 10 the City
Of Sumter from February 5rd, 10 Feb
ruarv 20th Inclusive.
The law requires that all PERSONS owning
property or IN auywise having charge o. sucu
property, eilher as ageul, bUsoaud, gnAtoiao,
trustee executor. al nlsi.aiOr, etc, return
the same under cath 10 the Auditor, who re-
quests all persons 10 be prompt IN making
their returns and save he SO per cent pen-
atty which will be added 10 the property
valualiou Of an persons vino fAiiio make re-
turns within the tune prescribe py law.
Tax payers return wuattbey own on The
first day Of January, 1897.
Assessors aod taxpayers will enter toe hrs
eiyeO name Of the taxpayer in toll, also make
separate return for each TcwOsnlD where
,be property is loca:ed aud also IN each apo
every case the No OF ,he School District mus
be gwen.
Every male citizen between the age o
tweulv-one aud s.xtv years on the first dav
of January 1897, except those locapsole o
earning support fsom beng manned OF
t.c.n oIDer causes, shall be deemed taxable
Potts, apd except Cou'edera'e Soldiers 81
Yeas ct age, on Jan. Isl, 1897
All returns must be made on o: be'ore INT
20;n dsv OF Feorusrv uexl cannot TAX,
r-,u:us s.:ec that GAe and all re'urns mace
.,..,,,o on n ,;.v ~: Frnrusry ars cubject Il
penalty OF 20 per teui.
AudIor Sumter County.
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PRIvATEER PERSONALS.

PRlvATEEE TOWNSHIP. S. C, Dec. 28 '96.
Notwithstanding the cod weather on
Christmas day, large crowd, numbering
several hundred, assembled near the Privateer
Station to witness the tournament, which
Wells was the Marshall. The most success
fnl knight was Sir Spurgeon Kolo, "Koight
Of the Black Maris,' who choose as queen Of
love and beauty Miss Addie Weeks, Of St.
Georges, who is one of Privateer's school
teachers The oext most successful knights
were Messrs Leroy and Willie Wells, Knights
of the clone STAR and s'Robin Redbreast,'
chose Misses Rene Ramsey and Carrie Brown
as maids of honor. The other knights who
rode were as follows u essrs Ashby Bradford,
ssSeven Stars; jimmie Whilden, ''Cres-
cent?; Dwight Cain, "Seventy-Six" Ju-
liam Bradford, cred and White Cross"
Furman Tisdale, sCain's Mill"; Jimmie
Mason, ssNo name": Rollin Kolb, "Red,
White and Blue, Marion Rivers, "Star aud
Stripes; Gerald Rivers, ''Hard Times;
Bruce Barkley, s:Tillmanite'' Willie Hodge,
.tPocotaligo" and Elijah Hodge, "Priva-
,eer.'' The clown bore the chronological
name of sRedbone'' and his antics caused
considerable amusement. The large crowd
was remarkably we'll behaved and the tourna-
nent was pleasant occasion which will long
be remembered We express the hope that
our young men will get mp another one in
the near future. Some of our young men
speak of riding at a tournament which will
be held at Packsv,lle tomorrow
There we're sociables at Mr.. Whitfield
Wells's and the Bethel parsonage Friday
night.
The Melle,t Sunday School expected to
tave Christmas tree this afternoon.
Miss Galley Wells IS visiting in oraoge-
burg County and Miss Evie Wilson, of Sum.
tel, is visiting in our community.
Mr.. Richard Cain. who is ideoti6ed with
the educational interest of Barnwell County,
is visiting his family.
Sir. Jimmie Whilden is visiting in Mayes-
vile and Willie Brown is visiting down 10
Colleton.
Miss Nena Wells, of the Oraugeburg Bap-
,ist School, is home for the Christmas holi-
days
Mr. Zelie Osteen, formerly of this town
ship, but for the last several years of Georgia,
has returned to Privateer.
Mr.. Editor, for many months l have been
sending you "Privateer Personals" but With
this letter will stop writing them, though
in the future / may write them for the
Watchman and Sou,hron again. With many
thauks for the interest which has been mani
tested in these personals and kind regards
for the W. aud S.. also for those who have
done me the honor TO read the Personals, !"
now say goodbye.
MCDONALD FUaMAN.
We regret that Mr.. Furman has decided TO
discontinue hes Pr;vateer Personals. We have
come TO. regard then as a regular feature of
the paper and place was reserved for them
each week. We kcow that our readers take
great interest in all that Mr.. F1rman wrote,
aud will miss his weekly letter. We trust the
retirement Of Mr.. Furman from our staff will
be but temporary.-Eij
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-30

The receipts of cotton at this depot, to date,
amount to l6, ,676 bales For the same time
last year the receipts were Is, l25 bales, show
log an increase of ,55l bales this4&year over
last year. A pretty good showing for Sum-
ter. considering that it is "short" crop
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SUMTER, s. C., NOV. II, 1896.
DETURNS Of all Personal Property and
m, Poll Taxes VII oe received AT lnis
otfice from Jauusrv Isl, 1897, 10 January
l2lb, 1897, aud at the following LINES and
places:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-30
Cotton Receipts.

Ramsey, P. O., Dec. %, 1896.
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Writing paper in pound packages, plain
and ruled, price and quality not duplicated
elsewhere. H. .AosteeD + Co.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
EIGHT DIFFERENT TICKETS.
Multiplicity of Presidential Nomina
tions May Lead to Confusion.

tions May Lead to Confusion.
Says Washington correspondent:
There are now eight presidential tickets
in the field. Some of the tickets are du-
plications. Nevertheless they were nom-
mated by separate national conventions,
duly called, and in some States, as, for
instance, in Ohio and Illinois, where
State legislation controls the method of
printing the tickets for presidential elec-
tors, this multiplicity of tickets is likely
to cause confusion. In the order of their
nomination the tickets are as follows:
Prohibitionist-Nom at Pittsburg
May %:
For President-Joshua Levering, Of
Maryland.
For Vice President-Hale Johnson, Of
Illinois.
National Party-Free silver woman suf-
frage off-shoot of the regular prohibi-
tionists, nominated az Pittsburg May %:
For President-Charles f. Bentley, of
Nebraska.
For Vice President-James Haywood
Southgate of North Carolina.
Republican-Nominated at st. Louis
June 1S:
For President-William Mckinley, of
Ohio.
For Vice President-Garret Augustus
Hobart, of New Jersey.
Socialist t-Labor-Nominated at New
York July L.
For President-Charles II. Matchett,
of New York.
For Vice Observation-Disclosures Mcguire,
of New Jersey.
Democratic Party-Nominated at Chi
cago July 10 and IL:
For President-William Jennings Bry-
an. of Nebraska.
For Vice Observation-Disclosures Sewall, of
Maine.
Silverites- Mt st. Louis
July "a:
For Observation-Disclosures Jennings Bry-
an, of Nebraska.
For Vice President-Arthur Sewall, Of
Maine.
Peoples Party-Nominated at st.
Louis July "a and %:
For President-William Jennings Bry-
an. of Nebraska.
For Vice President-Thomas f. Wat
son, of Georgia.
National Democratic Party-Nominate
at Indianapolis Sept. 3:
For President-John McAuley Palmer,
of Illinois.
For Vice President-Simon Bolivar
Buckner, of Kentucky.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
ICHIGAN. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1896.
ELEVEN PERSONS ARE HURT.
Reviewing Stand at Burlington, Iowa,
Goes to Pieces.

Eleven persons received injuries and
the big Iowa semicentennial crowd pres
ent In Burlington was thrown into a Sc
rious panic at noon Thursday. The re-
viewing stand near the Union depot
from which Vice President Stevenson and
Gov. Drake were reviewing the parade,
collapsed suddenly, throwing the distin-
guished party in a confused struggling
mass of humanity into depression in the
ground fifteen feet below the surface of
the platform. The stand which collapsed
was a fiimsy affair, hastily constructed
of light timbers. 1t was erected to ac-
commodate Vice President Stevenson for
the review. The officers near it warned
the people not to crowd it, as they con-
sidered 1T unsafe.
1t was about noon when the accident
occurred. The morning parade had pass
ed through the principal streets of the
city, and the Governor and his staff, es-
corting Vice President Stevenson, had
just left the line of march and entered the
stand to review the procession. The
heavy rains had so softened the soil on
which the stand was constructed that the
supports sank into the earth and carried
the structure to the ground. Vice Presi-
bNhi hottNNhSOu was III tHt ttlitCi
of the stand, and was thrown pell nell
into wildly struggling mass of people.
Gov. Drake was near him and grasped
his arm, and both the distinguished men
assisted each other in extricating them
selves from the ruins. Much excitement
ensued, and there was danger for few
moments of a general panic, but num-
ber of cool heads managed to still the
fears of those standing by and the work
of rescue of the unfortunate ones was
quickly begun.
Vice President Stevenson was dazed for
a moment by the force of his fall and
struggle but was soon able TO enter his
carriage and be driven to the Hotel Della
no, where after short rest he complete
ly recovered his equanimity. He took the
accident good naturedly, and only seemed
concerned about the injuries of those who
fell about him. Gov. Drake was not in
jured in the least. and after the excite
ment had subsided he and the uninjured
members of his staff and friends reviewed
the procession, which had halted at the
collapse. He was then driven to the
hoted and had dinner, after which he
proceeded to Crapo Park, where the cele-
bration was held in the big Coliseum, and
took part in the exercises assigned him as
If nothing had happened.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
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The News ~

Though Du Maurier now stands mt the
head of the English novelists, it must not
be forgotten that his greatest success was
achieved by beginning at the foot.
A New York preacher has discovered
that ''the Sunday saunter is sinful
sport" This may induce many a waver-
ing wanderer to take to the wheel.
That Illinois girl who sued for $4,000
for stolen kiss and received verdict
for $3.50 probably might quote still lower
figures for carlots delivered on the spot.
Mr.. Hearst has begun the publication
of an evening issue of his New York Jour
nal This imparts kind of glad-I-done-
it-b'jucks. aspect to his newspaper ven
ture.
Frank Coopler, an Indiana farmer, per-
petrated terrible revenge on young
woman who rejected his suit. He locked
himself in n room wrote of his unfortu-
nate love affair to the coroner, saying that
life had lost all charms for him, and then
proceeded to eat three bars of soap! Us
ualy the caliber and make of suicides
revolvers are mentioned. but in this case
we have no clew to the brand Of soap
used by Mr.. Coopler in his rash act. At
any rate, the plan failed, and he is alive
and well again. The "soap route" is not
successful as n short cut to the hereafter.
A Choctaw belle from Indian Terri
tory has eloped with two suitors. The
Indian summer girl appears to be even
more impressionable than the summer
girl.
Advices from Wyoming state that the
women voters are slow in falling into line
this year. They probably ace waiting to
see If there are to be any new fall styles
In ballots.
Perhaps that Pittsburg judge is right
in deciding that "a wife has no exclusive
right to the affections of her husband"
but we believe she at least should have
the refusal Of them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
1.-THE HOLY OF HOLES"
The Room in Which Cleveland VIII
Hear Election Returns.

Some repairs haye been made at the
White House this summer during the
absence of the Clevelands. The room
where President Cleveland will await
the election news, his library, has been
freshly decorated and it is now the fair
est and daintiest apartment in the exec
utive mansion. The walls, with their
colonial rounded corners, have been hung
with new style wall paper, which is
most quaint and picturesque. The back
ground is a faint, greensh cream tint,
and great golden roses Chamber over Its
surface. These are so exquisitely design
ed il seems as though the odorous breath
of the queen of flowers fills the air in the
handsome den.
This room is termed in a laughing
manner by the White House employees,
the ''holy of holies," because no one ever
dares venture across its threshold with
out the President in q decidedly audible
voice has given his consent.
The room is encircled by row of low
mahogany book cases, and these have
been repolished until now they glean
likc-well, like polished mahogany; rare
old table, large and round, and exquisitely
inlaid with gold, holds the Presidents 8
favorite reading matter, and this shines
also with cheerful glow.
Leaning against the mantel is large
white satin banner on which is priated in
gold letters the musical program for the
inaugural band concert of the Presidents $
first administration. Already the satin is
yelowed by time. Another treasure is II
portrait in pastel by Joe Jefferson, of Gen.
Jackson. The frame is very artistic and
reminds one of Buzzard's Bay, for it is
covered with roughly spread cream paint,
in which are sunken bits of wrcckage
from the sea, pieces of old rope, small an
chors, queer shells and quaint old coins.
This is the most homelike apartment in
the old mansion, yet it is not at all a gor-
geous retreat.
With her usual delicate taste, Mrs.
Cleveland has selected for the new carpet
those quiet. restful colors. the lichen grays
and russet browns, which suggest the
touch that age imparts to shingles, and the
walls hung full of yellow roses blend so
harmoniously that one wonders If the
honey bees and humming birds out in the
garden won't be attracted in by these
pretty evidences of her taste.
The office of the President is filed with
scaffolding and dust. The walls are be-
ing refrcscoed and the room will be chang
ed into an ideal office for the new Presi-
dent to enjoy. The stairs and corridors
leading up to this room from below will all
be newly carpeted this month with plush
velvet carpets, of rich scarlet ready for
the steady tramp of the army of Office
seekers that never fails to take place each
new administration.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
TeIegrapbic Brcvities.

Lieut.. Duff, u. S. A.. retired, died Mt
Port Huron, Mich, of apoplexy, aged 20
years.
The next convention of the German
Catholic societies will be held at Colum-
bus, Ohio.
G. III. Enos. a prominent business man
and several times Mayor Of Lead City,
s. d., died at Hot Springs after linger-
ing illness.
Austin B. Crary, famous ''Hey Rube"
and donkey and cart clown of Barnum's
circus and other shows, is insane at Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
The Dublin Express says that the police
have discovered n large quantity of dyna-
mite and detonators at Mahlin Park, two
miles from Galway.
kilograms received at Ottawa. Cam,
by the Minister of Marine, report that the
sealing vessel Viva was seized in Behring
Sea by the cruiser Rush for infractioD Of
article of the Paris award.
A band of Bulgarian brigands armed
with dynamite bombs near Seres, in Mace
donia, have carried off the brother of the
Austrian consul at that place and also a
wealthy Greek landed proprietor.
James Mcmillan decoyed his estranged
wife from her fathers house at Cleveland,
Ohio, drove her IN n sdense wood and
hacked her throat with n knife. The
woman Is alive, but in precarious condi-
ton. Mcmillan escaped.
The Seaboard Air Line has filed no.
tiee of the restoration of all passenger
rates on its lines The competing lines
tIyl not meet these reductions in passen-
ger rates. All rates are now restored ex-
cept those on the Chesapeake Bay. If
the Seaboard restores rates on the Bay
line the Pennsylvania will restore rates
ON the Norfolk and York connections.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
How They Stand.
Tie for ninth place.

lie Tor nlntn place.
The season just ended has not been as
prosperous with professional baseball as
the two or three seasons preceding. This
is on account of the hard times 1t is in
evidenced clearly from the fact that fewer
of the minor leagues have pulled through
the entire season. As far as the Nation
al League is concerned, the attendance
in the aggregate has been smaller than
last year. The conditions of the race
have been responsible for this to large
degree. For instance, the clubs in good
baseball towns like New York, Brooklyn,
Philadelphia and Boston have never been
In it, as far as the championship was con-
cerned, for any length of time; while last
year nine clubs were fighting it out until
hear the close of the season.
The business of the Chicago club, said
President Hart has fallen off both at
home and abroad this season as compared
with last, the greatest falling off being
In the away-from-home games, caused
by the reasons just stated. The attend
ance at home has been less than last year
because we have had poorer attractions
on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. and
also because the team was a greater num-
ber of games away from the pennant, al
though occupying the same relative posi-
tion in the championship table as last
year.
To prognosticate the performance for a
coming season is hard task. 1t is impos-
able to foretell what will be the condition
of the mes when they show up for work
in the spring The best pitchers of one
season may be the poorest of the next
The heavy batsmen of 1896 may be the
weak batsmen in 1897