The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-12-08

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gift books in large assortment and band
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For books of all kinds go to q. G Osteen
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and arriving. daily, ss superb.
Telephone subscribers will please add ths
following nsynes to their lists, viz: Brown,
Cutsino and Delgar, No. "a; A. A. Strauss
l. Co No. sS.
The phons at the store of Measrs Brown,
Cuttiuo aud Delgar will be used ss pay
station. All persons wishing to send mes
sages will be charged Eve cents per message
to points in town, and ten cents for messages
to ont of town points.
Heasrs E. q. Moses sud r. T. Carr return
ed Wednesday afternoon from a two day
bird hunt in the Brogdon neighborhood.
They were out only . part Of two days and
they brought back 2l4 psrtridges end wood
cock. Of tR number 81 were woodcock.
These rare game birds are unusually plentiful
this season and the spertsmen are bagging
large numbers Of them. 1t is not unusual for
SO or so woodcock to be killed in day by
party of hunters.
The Annual Conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, of South Carolina
will convene 10 Florence to-day. Rev.
]. ". Daniel esd Rev. T G Herbert,
who have served the charges in this city dur
ing the past four years will be transferred to
other fields of labor 10 obedience to the rule
of their Church They have both sade
many friends in this citv and their removal
will be the cause Of much regret.
An unpleasant, though not serious, acci-
dent has befalEen our townsman Mr.. Julian
E. Hardy He has run nail entirely through
his foot, luckily between the little tos and
The one next to it. Mr Hardy haojust come
home, aod had unfortunately only few min
u,es before changed his ordinary shoes for an
old pair of much worn house shoes, the thin
sole of which offered no resistance to the pass
age of the nail. We wish him speedy re.
c0yery.
The extension of the time for the payment
of city taxes without penalty will be appre-
ciated by many who were unable to pay prior
to Dec lst Members made an effort and
settled With the city, believing that the fnal
limit had been 6xed 90 November 30th
There are many others, however. who are
abundantly able to pay their taxes at any
time, who have not yet made a settlement
and will DOT Go 80 rntil the very last day
permitted by law. In this way the city is
kept out Of large amount of mooey that
should rightfully be in the treasury and
available for nse il liquidating the obliga-
tions of the city. In the meanwhile the city
is borrowing mooey from the banks at the
regular discount, wbich is an additional ex-
peuse that the taxpayers must bear 1t would
be the part of wisdom and good business
policy for those who can do 80 to pay taxes
as early as possible after the books open, for
the interest account of the city would be ma
teris1ly reduced thereby and the busden of
taxstion lightened.
The holiday trade is beginning already, and
With next week the holiday season will open
in earnest Trade will not be what it once
wss AID money is scarce on account of the
low price of cotton, but there will be con-
siderable amount of holiday trade aud every
dealer wants share of 1t. Competiti n will
be sharper and prices will be cut closer than
ever before. The firms that get The trade
must let the trading people know the in-
ducements offered, aud to do 80 they must
advertise. Publicity and right prices are the
ouly certain trade sringers, and the only re-.
liable means of securing reliable publicity is
newspaper advertising Advertising pays,
| but to make it yield the largest returns for
the money expended the best paper must be
employed-the paper that is read regularly
by the largest number of people who hav.
money to speed. This is the vital point OF
the whole matter and the business men OF
Sumter who have stores filed with goods that
they wish to sell during the holidays should
take it under consideration There is one
more point: The Sumter Daily Item has a
larger circulation in this city ,han any other
paper published here, and is the very best
place for advertisement; The Watchman
and .Southron has larger circulation in this
county than any other paper priated in Sumter
County and has heen the standard and fav-
orite family newspaper 10 this couoty for
nearly half ceotury. To reach the people
throughout Sumter and adjacent counties no
better agency can he selected than The Watch
man and Southron. Advel tieing in other
papers will do good, bur there are none equal
to The WatcAm an end Southron: circulars
may Dc some coed, but " 8 batch Of cir
culars will reach q few hunol. os once, n
regular advertisement ir newspaper is read
by thousands every week. Advertise, il