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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-03
TAX RETURNS FOR 1900.
OFFICE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER COUNTY,

COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER COUNTY,
suMrEs, S. c., Nov. 80, 1899.
NOTICES HEREBY GIVEN that will
" st,erd in person or by deputy, at the
io.iowiue places co The days indicated re.
spect:vey, fo- the purpose of receiving re-
turns Of Personal Property, end Poll Ts1es
fer The fiscal year commencing January ls,,
1900:
At office Sumter, s G.. at all other
times up to Feb %, 1900, inclusive
Tindalls, Tuesday, January 2.
Pdvateer, Jenkins StoreJ We'd
pesday, January 8
Manchester, (NettIes' residence)
Thursday, January 4
Wedgefeld. Friday. January S.
Stateburg. Saturday, January 6.
Hsgood, Monday, January 8.
Remaert's Store, Tuesday, Japu-
ory 9.
Gaillard's X Roads, Wednesday,
January 10.
Bossarde, Thursday, January IL.
Gordon's Mil, Saturday, Janu-
ary 13.
Mayesvilie, Monday, January Is.
sco,tsville. (McElveen's Store)
Tuesday. January l6.
Shiloh. Wednesday, January II.
Norwood's x Roads, Thursday,
January l8.
Lyuchburg. Friday, January 10.
Magnolia, Saturday, January 20.
Reid:s Mil, Monday, January %.
Bisbopvil!e, Tuesday and Wednes.
day. January % and "a
Mannville, Thursday. January 25.
Smithville, Friday. January 26
The law requires that all persoos owning
property or IN epywise bsvicR charge Of
such property, either IS agent, husband,
guardian, trustee, executor, administrator,
etc return the sane under oath to tie audi
tor, who requests all persons to be prompt 10
making their returns and save the SO per
cect. penalty Which will be added 10 the
property vslustioo of all persons who fail to
make returns within the riue prescribed oy
law
Taxpayers return what they own on the
first day o; January, 1900.
Assessors aud ta1pa. ers will enter the 6rst
given Dame of the taxpayer 10 fol-, also make
separate return for esch township where
the property ls located aod also in eacn and
every case the No. Of the School District
must be given.
Every male citizen between the age Of
twenty one and sixty years on the 6.st day of
January, 1900, except those incapable of
esrnlug supper, from beiog raiu ed or from
other causes, are deemed taxable polls, and
except Confederate soldiers 60 years of age,
on January lst. 1900
All returns must be made on or before the
10th day of February next. cannot take
returns etter that date and all retulus made
after the &. ,h day of February are subject to
penalty of 20 Fer cent.
J. DIGGS WILDER,
Auditor Sumter County.
Sumter, S. C, Dec. 6, 1899.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
OFFICE OF
COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER COUNTY

OFFICE OF
COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER COUNTY.
SUMTER, S. c., Sept. 20, 1859.
NOTICE is hereby g,vec tosf will be IN
my Office in the Couoiy Court House
a; Samter from Octoher 18th to December
elst, 1899, inclusive. for tie collection OF
taxes for the fiscal rear 1899. The levy is as
follows:
For STATE purposes, mills.
For Couoty purposes, 50 mlils.
For School purposes, mills.
Total lew, III mills.
Also the following specisl school levies;
School District No /, mills.
School District No l6, mills.
School District No ls, mills.
School District No %, mills.
ht Clio. mills.
Concord mills.
Priyateer. mills.
No S. MILL.
No II, mill.
Commutatiou Road Tax for 1900 is also
payable II, the same time.
II. L SCARBOROUGH.
Oct4 Treasurer Sumter Co.
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New subscribers to the WATcHMAN
AND Sor7HRoN, or old subscribers not
in arrears. who pay for one year in
advance, will be presented with any
book they may select from the above
list. The book will be delivered
postage paid to any address 10 the
United States, Canada or Mexico.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09
GOOD SIZED BERR'

On old Carlisle bridge in Dublin
there used to be fruit stall kept
by Biddy, the apple woman, who
was a well known figure to all pas
sers-by: She had ready tongue,
and never did verbal opponent
retire with all the honors.
An American visitor; who had
heard rumors Of her skill at fence,
one day took up a watermeloti dis
played for sale and said gravely:
"You grow pretty small apples
over here. In America we have
them twice this size"
Bridget looked up, coolly sur
veyed the joker from head to heels,
and replied in tone of pity:
"Ah, what for should be vast
ing my breath to talk to wan that
takes our gooseberries for apples?"
Youths Companion.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09
WHO SHE WAS.
thkiissfissSSiisi

The other morning, going down
town on Sixth avenue 81" train,
in New York, a wotflan, shabbily
dressed, reached over to another
seat and picked up paper that
had been left by a man who had just
got off. The woman with the
shabby dress had her nose buried
in the paper. A philanthropist
and business man were riding in
the seat back Of her.
"You see,'' said the philanthro-
pist, show eager the poor working
people of this country are to ac-
quire knowledge. Now, that good
woman ahead Of us cannot afford
to buy a paper, but she is ready,
nevertheless, to gain information
and picks up a paper wherever she
can. Commemorate, isn't it?''
edo you know who that woman
is" asked the business man.
"No," said the philanthropist.
"Who is it?''
"Hettie Green" said the BUSH
ness man.-Pittsburg News.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09
GOOD ADVICE.
sssrllssI1xIr1II

The carpenter has a box Of
tools and a quantity Of material
and-brains and a purpose. Some
of the wood he must use may be
gnarled oak, knotty, tough, totally
depraved. His task requires both
skill and patience, and he has
both. Indeed, he finds at the end
that the best results come from
the toughest materials, and he has
a right to be proud of his achieve
ment. Young man, you have all
sorts of qualities mixed in ap-
parently inextricable confusion
selfishness, ambition, envy-all
qualities of character which re-
semble the gnarled oak. You have
also aspiration. confidence in your
self, and an ideal. Life is your
work day, toll is your business.
Trim and train yourself, kill your
evil tendencies, cherish every good
inclination, take yourself in. hand,
keep in touch with the beautiful
and true. You are really master
of many things, and if you are
industrious you will achieve mira
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09
From Other sPens'
HOME LEAVING.

Leaving home is to many a
young man his making or his ruin.
AS to which it proves to be de-
ponds largely on the kind of train
ing he has received while at home,
and the kind of stuff he is made
of. To the young man Of good
parts, moral stamina, grit and
common sense, nothing is a greater
developer in the right direction
than his getting away from home.
Once out among strangers, the
thoughtful care Of loving parents
is all gone, and he must now rely
upon himself Of the comforts
thrust upon him hitherto by the
loved ones at home, he is now de-
prived. Circumstances now CON-
pei him to think and provide for
himself, brought into competition
with others, he must now struggle
to keep his place in the race of
life, unassisted by friends. This,
to the young man of good parts,
is the school Of experience which
develops energy, tact, self-reliance
and, in a word, makes of him
manly man. But if he is morally
weak, vacillating, reckless, indiffer-
ent, venturesome, with little or no
conscience, or has in him that
peculiar selfshness which turns
good talents and ingenuity into
powers for evil, his leaving home
soon works his destruction. The
selfish, reckless young man on
leaving home soon finds himself
in partnership with the prince Of
darkness and on the highway to
ruin. How important, then, that
our boys all receive the proper
training in the home so essential
to qualifying them to safely take
care Of themselves after they have
passed the home leaving time
Religious Telescope
Court Ito prosecutor) Then
you recognize this handkerchief as
the one that was stolen from your"
Prosecutor-"Yes, your honor"
Court -'And yet it isn't the
only handkerchief of the sort in
the world. See, this one I have in
my pocket is precisely like it,
Prosecutor-"Very likely, your
honor; [ had two stolen" It'd
Bits.
Palmist-You will live to be
90; you will inherit a large for
tune in a few years; your business
will prosper and
Mr. Outertown (impatiently) y
Oh! that is all right about those
things: but. tell me, will our new
cook stay with us any length of
time? Puck,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09

Giles with yourself and with your
life. All the good cheer there is
will be yours, and you will be able
to enjoy the serenity which sue
cess accords to later years. -Cul-
bertson (Neb. Era.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09
BUD AND THE FORTUNE TELLER.
tFritten for The Prison Mirror

DAY uOC, VI Oil ohO Ai"AU A" =
ever had [ never run across SO
much as I did today. l went over
ttown and I thought I would go
land see that fortune teller. Well
4 didn't know where she hung out,
80 [ asked a Teller on the street
and he says:
"'Go down two blocks and turn
to the right, then follow that street
two blocks and turn to the right
again and when you come to the
street where the Jail is you must
90 two blocks and then you will
jbe right there.
"Well 1 done some darn hard
chasing around and I went just as
he told me to-
"Well where did you find your
self when you got there?''
"Where did I find myself?
Well doc, I was standing in the
same darn place that was afore [
started out
"Did you find the fortune tel
ler?'
"No, doc. I looked around for
her for a long time and [ couldn't
find her, and [ got tired and sat
down to rest little. [ just got
seated nicely when [ seen dandy
looking woman coming down the
strickland I said, I'll bet that's her
all right So [ waited till she got
up to where L was, then | stopped
her and said:
"'Say, be you the woman who
can tell Teller what will happen
to him? If you be, [ will give
you dollar if you will tell what
will happen to me-
Say doc, you orter see her look
at me, and when she got through
looking, she said:
"'I'll tell you what would hap
pen to you if 1 had my sayin;
you would 60 to an insane asylum,
and that almighty quick, too
Then she started to tellin' me
about her kids. Well | listened
till she got to John and he was
the eighth, and she said he was
only thirty and was the youngest
boy she had. Say doc, l couldn't
stand the racket any longer and [
made up my mind that she had a
few bees in her own bonnet. Well
I chased around for a long time
when [ seen the Teller who told
me to 90 down two blocks and
turn to the right. He was giving
me the laugh, so went up to him
and was goin' to tell him what [
thought Of him, when he said:
"'Come on, old boy, I'll show
you the way and he did, too.
Well we went about four blocks
when he said here she is in here,
and so we went in. She said she
would tell me everything for one
dollar, so [ gave her the dollar and
told her to wade in. She said she
never waded in, but she was al
ways in the swim just the same. -
What did she tell your
well doc, [ can't remember all
she did say She talked so darn
fast, but l remember some of it all
right. She says: Your face is
as easy to read as your palms and
you are favorite in my profess
sion. You have a very bright
future"
"'Say, MISS says 1, did you
say I was your favorite? Say I
don't wa-want you to tell any
body, kos I'm agoin' with farmer
girl, and if she finds it out she
will give me Il hard DEAL See?'
"'Now you have been mistaken
in my meaning: [ meant that you
was easy to read
"'Say miss, all | want is, just
tell me what is goin' to happen to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09

"Well, doc, I got darn bad
headache and [ wanted to forget
that deal 1 got. I CESS | learned
something today, all right"
Roxy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09
/" sSay what the dickens

through, won't your
"'Well now look here miss, [
amt goin' to give you any money
fer tellin' me what I know, and
you kin bet your boots on that
"'Now see here young man, l
don't wear boots and | just want
you to understand it too. If you
came here to get your fortune told
you sit down on that chair and
listen till [ get through
"'All right miss, fire away, and
you want to hurry up too, kos [
got to get back and tend to that
sick COW [ got over to docs place
"'Say, are you going to be still
or not?'
"'Well miss, I'm a-thinkin' I
run up against one of them
bum
essay you hold your tongue, l
will not be insulted in my own
house.
$50 you live here, do you? I
heard that the woman that tells a
Teller what will happen to him
travels around the country and
she is old too, but I see you are
young and say, miss, you are gol
darned good looking, too
"'Of all the fools [ have ever
met you take the cake
eyes miss, if l got a good
chance I'd take a cake. Hank S
girl made a dandy onced and put
it on the table to cool and [
hooked it when she went after a
pail Of water, and when she came
back [ told her that the dog
swiped it.
essay if you do not stop your
jaw, [ will put you out Of my
house.
"'There it goes again, miss, I
CESS [ struck the wrong place.
essay if you don't shut that
mouth you will get struck on the
right place. My time is worth
money
"'Say what the dickens did I
give you that dollar for; don't you
think that is worth anything?'
"'Dear me, I really don't know
what I shall do with you
essay miss if you don't stop
calling me dear, I'll see who you
be any way. l don't believe you
know what you was going to do in
the first place.
essay, if you will only keep
still just for few minutes
essay miss, kin I ask you one
question frst?'
"'Yes, hurry up, for [ want to
get through.
"'Well what | wanted to ask is,
what be you goin' to do?'
"'Well [ was going to tell you
what is going to happen to you.
And be you goin' to do it
now, miss?'
ono! you cannot keep that big
mouth Of yours shut long enough.
So [ am going to show you what
will happen to you.
well doc, that is about all
remember, kos jist then something
happened and everything turned
dark like and l went to sleep.
When I woke up I had the darn
dest headache. l CESS she must
of hit me a swipe with wash
board or hoe handle. She done
it SO darned quick
"Well, Bud, SO you was big fool
enough to give a dollar for what
you got?"
"Well, doc, I give the dollar to
find out what was going to happen
to me-"
"Well, you found out all right
didn't you, and if l am not mis-
taken it was worth dollar to you,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09
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Gen. Noise in orange5urg

orsngeSurg So,. l3-Gsn E " Noise,
oe S,mser. cans 10 this mo7oiue aud is the
guest of his old friend, the Hon Samuel
Dioole he IS here in tie Interest OF the
Charleston exposiucu sud aas accomplished
nucn good already by making friends tor the
undertaking and Interesting others IA 'ts we.
fare. II has ceen arranged tbas ne Snai so-
dre.s the citiz.ns OF Oraogebrrg at mass
meeting At the Court House on Wednesday
nigh. The meeting will De called TO order
at 8 O clock and Gen Noise gwen TIE oppor,.
'no,,v 10 preseo, the claims and wishes o.
tue Charleston people before the assembled.
Oranve, u,eers Ge NOISE has many ffienaa
10 u.anseburg, and ,;hc osltion Will re-
cel.e tie warm sappor; o; &c people OF 'oA'
courty, who are always ready and "!i.pe'
with their characteristic cute. pri;e, to put
their shoulders to the wheel ana wo'k 'n tn'
io,ere.t of Charleston and their State
News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-21
The Armor Plate Contracts
Awarded.

Washington, Nov l5.-seoretary
Loog teday announced the coocluson
of the long oegor:asious concerning the
price Ct a7mor plate for naval vessels.
and an agreement With the Carnegie
acd Ds,hlehem companies for kfupp
aruor al $40 a tor, with ;he possible
addiuco of royalty, less fees. making
nax:num price St55.52 a TOO The
auouo, of armor plate lovo!ved is the
largest ever placed at Que tine by the
govern nco,, aud is said to equal ali the
armor plate purchased by this govern,
NEST Up TO 1896 It covers the armoi
plate fer l. ships now in various stages
Ct construction, Including eight battle
ships, six armored cruisers and three
protected cruisers.
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O'DONNELL & co.
holders should be presented, which petition
sbould not be originated by Council

holders should be presented. which petition
sbQnld not be originated by Couocll
A letter from Miss Alice Poole vas read
clain:og compensation for 10 or II feet OF
land 10 Bartlett street, which she asserts 10
part of ter property. The Clerk was directed
to write Miss Poole that her claim cannot be
considered as the land in question has been
used for many years as public street-evi-
deotly dedicated to that use oy her ancestor
The Clerk was further directed 10 s5x MISS
Poole to give three feet more OF laod Tor
widening the stree. at that point aod max
ing good sidewalk, which will add value
to her property.
The Clerk stated that J. F Baker, PED.
ding sta,iooery packages, bad paid $l2
license for the past four weeks, aod asxeo
tha, be be gran led icense TO Jsa. lot for an
additional paymeat of So, and bis reqeest
was granted.
The Clerk stated that it would De necessary
to rem, OF buy piano for the Opera house.
AZ the oue now 10 use is not sni,oable for TOE
purpose. Couuci took no action, being loa'o
to incur expense 90 account Of the opera
House, which has beeo Improbable 10 soe
city. 1t was suggested ,ha, the best dispos''
ZION TO make of the building would be II
tnrn il into 6rst class hotel. There was
some discussion of Ibis proposition, but 90
conclusion was reached
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-21
Mckinley Against
Reducing Representation.
SEVERAL VERY POTENT
REASONS FOR HOLD.
ING BANDS OFF.

Washington. Nov. 16.-Tbe opia-
10. is growing among public men
who are in the confidence Of the
president that he will oppose any
movement looking to reduction of
congressional representation of the
Southern States on account Of charges
of the disfranehisement of colared
voters
The president is said to be opposed
to revivipg i'll feeling, which be tsipks
would be the result of a bill thus
touching the south's suffrage. He
has been told from many sources re-
Gently that an Important element of
southern business men. manufactur
ers and others, is at heart with the
Republicans aud that the nucleus of
future revolation against existing
political methods in the soath has
been securely established and should
not be dissipated by legislation that
would be regarded by the south as
sectional.
On accoun. of the presidents a.ti
tude there is growing opinion that
legislation looking to 1he reduction
of the southern representation will
not be pressed by party leaders in
congress. 1n this connection it is
suggested that any action taken with
reference to the suffrage Of the south
in advance of the adoption OF a de
finite policy in the Philippines might
throw some embarrassment in the
way of the proper disposition OF the
citizenship rights of the Filipinos,
and, moreover, it is felt that the
government has as much as it can
deal with now without getting into a
contention over domestic affairs.
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PARIS FAIR CLOSED.
Small on the Last
Night of the Exposition.

Paris. Nov IL The exposition
closed today with the evening ilIumuina.
ton Five tickets we're charged for one
admission There we're few visitors 10
the day siue, tickets lacking purchasers
at . sou esch.
The booming of the cannon from the
first story of the Eifel tower aunouoc.
that the exposition of 1900 bad ceased
to exist. 1t ended 10 blaze OF illumina.
tioo, the final evening being celebrated
by night fete. The attendance, how
ever. vas small. visitors being kept
away by cold, drizzling raio.
Official statistics show that the
exposition was gigantic success from
the point view of attendance, which
doubled that of the exposition in 1889.
When Is. l21,975 passed the gates
When tho gates Of the exposition of
1900 closed this eveuiug more than
so, 100000 persons bad passed through.
The British and Belgisos headed the
list in 1889 10 poiut of number, bu
this year the Germans we're first and
the Belgiaus second, with the British
far bebiud Americans also formed q
very noticeable contingent. Indeed.
they we're immeasurably more numerous
than at che previous exposition. The
record paying day this year brought
GU. more than 600,0 visitors, as CON
pared With a maximum Of $685. in
1889. This evening tickets which bad
brought a sou io the afternoon we're
sold az the rate Of five for sou A
curious socne was witnessed at the
exposition gates shortly before 6 o'clock
vheo the authorized ticket bureaus,
which earlier in the day had been sell
ing tickets for two sous. reduced the
price to ooo. The street hawkers,
indignant at this, attached cards to
their coats inscribed sGive you ticket
for nothing
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-21
Elllott's Seat Contested.

Columbia, Nov. Is The election
returns are being daily brought iuto
the Secretary of States Office There
bas been only one contest announced
90 fs, apd that is ID the case of
Beckett, who ran ss a Republican
candidate against Col William Elliott
Beckett filed bis protest with the
county board of canvassers, who de.
cided against bin The decision Of
the county board elbows not only the
formal protest. but also the decision
of the board The protest said ir
terms:
.'Tbat the said ballots which were
cast and returned for VIM Elliott at
said election were not legal ballots
under the laws of the State OF South
Carolina
because said ballots were not of
the proper color, and did not show
, to what Office the said William Elliott
was intended to be chosen y
The board Of canyassers for Charles
ton, after considering the matter, rem
dered the following decision, which
ia on file in the secretary Of states
Office
"Now. the board of cauvassers Of
federal elections for Charleston Coun
ty find that the ballot cast for William
Elliott for representative in congress
from the Let district of South Carolina
were 1.-TWO and one half inches wide
by FIVE inches long, clear aud even
cut, without ornament, designation,
mutilation, symbol or merk of any
kind whatever" except the name OF
William Elicit. representative in
congress, lst district, for which office
be was candidate. and that the
ballot was properly printed. and
according to the lawe governing
elections in the State.
Therefore, we find that the ballots
cast for Wm Elliott on the 9th o:
November. 1900, were entirely legal
according to Act of 1896, of said
State, and we so decide.
'Tbos H. Reynolds, chairman ;
| Theo Poppen, Lee Royal, Attest
Yates Snowden, secretary. News
and Courier
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