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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-05
AFTER The TAX DODGERS.
Comptroller Gen. Derham Pushes
the Tax Returns, Especially in
the Matter of income Tax.

Columbia, Feb. 27.-Comptroller
General Durham is anxious to have
very complete tax return this year,
and is supplying all tax officers with
the requisite data and thunder. He
has had printed in neat pamphlet
form all of the tax laws OF the State,
so that the authorities will know
exactly what to do. The following
circular letter has also been sent to all
of the township boards of assessors:
To the Township Board of Assessors !:
I enclose you extracts from the tax
laws for your guidance in the assess
ment of real and personal property.
If any person in your township or tax
district has neglected to make areturn
of property, or, having made Asurn,
has omitted any property liable Tor
taxation, it is your duty to list and
assess the same and give written no
tice to the taxpayer of your action.
In the assessment of real estate the
law requires each piece, parcel or lot
of land to be assessed separately.
Give time and attention to this work
and submit bill to the county for
GuO oo11O, 1UCioOAuS POooe1SO'
J. P. Derham,
Comptroller General.
Gen. Derham is making another
effort to get after those who dodge
the income tax law, which is now
worse than a farce. In his circular
letter he has this paragraph concern
ing the income tax statute:
The county auditor is hereby in
structed to place in the hands of each
resident of the county whom he
deems liable for the income tax a
proper blank for such returns. At
the same time of placing other tax
returns before the assessors he shall
submit list of those who in his
opinion are liable for the income
tax, and a statement that such re-
turn has or has not been made. The
board shall proceed to assess them
in such sum as they may deem proper
and to notify them of such action,
and the party so charged shall
have the right Of appeal to the county
board of equalization.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-05

Does Savings Bank business. De-
posits received from % cents upwards.
Interest computed quarterly on the
first days of January, April, July and
October, at the rate of per cent. per
annum.
Deposits may be made by mail or ex-
press and bank book will be prompt
ly returned.
Call in and see the Home Savings
Bank. This is something new and
will interest you. We lend it to you
free of charge. the only condition
being that you have a deposit of sl.00
with u.s. Try one of these Banks and
the amount you can save will surprise
you.
l. C. STRAUSS, Vice President,
G. L. KICKER, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
Horace Hardy, I. G. Strauss,
Marion Noise, J. M. Knight, D. J.
Chandler, G. A. Lemon, B. G.
Pierson. fyl2o
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-05
COMPOsITORS WANTED.
Civil Service Board Will Hold
Examinations For Govern
ment Jobs.

The Civil Service examining board
announces that examinations will
shortly be held of compositors in the
government printing Office at Washing
ton. This examination is to be held
to establish eligible registers for the
States and territories which are
entitled to number of appointments
under the apportionment and which
have not ample registers of eligibles.
Legal residents Of the following named
States and Territories only will be ad-
mitted to this examination: Arizona,
Mississippi, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina,
Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-05
A VICTORY FOR KITCHENER.
Alleged Disastrous Defeat of the
Heroic Beers.

London, February 2s.-Following
the precedent of Lord Roberts, who
announced Gen. Cronje's surrender
at Paardeberg on the anniversary of
the battle of Majuba Hill, February
81, 1881, Lord Kitchener apparently
selected the same anniversary to
achieve big success by a combined
movement, lasting two days, against
the Boer forces within the Harrismith
and Van Reenen line of block houses.
The Boer losses aggregate six hundred
killed or captured, and 1000 horses
and S,OOO head of cattle fell into the
hands of the British troops. This
news was so welcome to the British
that it was read out in the House Of
Commons today by the war secretary,
Mr.. Brodrick, from dispatch OF Lord
Kitchener as follows:
:Harrismitb, February 2S.-Yester-
day the combined operations of the
columns terminated in driving the
Beers against the Harrismith and
Van Reenen block house line. The
river Wilge was held by the Leinster
regiment and Elliott's mounted infan-
try from Harrismith, while the col
umns formed on the Frankfort and
Botha's Pass block house line and ad-
vanced south, holding the entire coun-
try between the Wilge and the Natal
frontier. On the first night a very
severe attempt to break through was
made at point beween Rimington' S
and Byng's columns and the New Zeal
anders behaved with great gallantry:
The fighting was at close quarters and
the Beers, as usual, drove large herd
of cattle in front of them. Manic
Botha, the boy leader, was killed and
thirty-fve dead Beers were found on
the ground. Over 100 horses were
killed and 5000 head of cattle were
left in our hands. Other small at
tempts to break out were made and in
two cases succeeded. On the last day
$50 Beers with rifles and horses were
captured. All the columns have not
yet reported and the operations have
been very wide, but over 800 Beers
have been either killed or are prisoners
in our hands; also 1000 horses, %, 600
head of cattle, 200 wagons, $4,000
sheep, 800 rifles and $4,000 rounds of
ammunition. The prisoners include
Gen. De Vets son and his secretary,
Commandments Meyer and Truther, and
several field comets. These satisfac-
tory results are very appropriate on
the anniversary of Majuba. :"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-05
A Printer Greatly Surprised.

81 was never SO much surprised in my
life as was with the results of using
Chamberlain's Pain Balm,' says Henry I.
Crook. pressman of the Asheville, (N G.
Gazette. II contracted severe case of
rheumatism early last winter by getting
my feet wet. I tried several things for 1t
without benefit One day while looking
over the Gazette, noticed that Pain Balm
was positively guaranteed to cure rheuma-
tism, so bought a bottle of it and before
using two thirds of it my rheumatism had
taken its fight and have not had rheu-
matte pain since" Sold by DR.. A j. China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-05
Practically Starving.

aAfter using few bottles of Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure my wife received perfect and
permanent relief from severe and chronic
case of stomach trouble says R Holly,
real estate insurance and loan agent, of
Macomb, Ill. s'Before using Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure she could not eat an ordinary
meal without intense suffering. She is
now entirely cured. Several physicians
and many remedies had feiled to give re-
lief You don't have to diet, eat any
good food you want, but don't overload
the stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will
always digest it for you. j S Hughson &
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-05
Chronic Diarrhoea

Mr. G B Wingfeld. of Fair Play, Mo-,
Who suffered from chronic dysentery for
thirty FIVE years, says Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera aed Diarrheoa Remedy did him
more good than any other medicine ne had
ever used. For sale by DR. A J China,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-05
CASTORlA.
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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DEPARTURE OF TRAINS FROM SUMTER

The following is the scheduled leav-
ing time of all trains carrying passen-
gers from this city, including local
freights:
A. G. L.
No. 35-Orangeburg, Augusta and
Atlanta, 4.33 a. m.
No. 32Florence and Northern
points, $40 p. m.
No. 9-Local freight, Sumter to
Robbins, $50 a. n.
No. 12-Local freight, Sumter to
Florence, 3. 10 p. N.
No. 54-Sumter to Florence, $40
a. m.
No. 5rsumter to Columbia, 9.15
No. 5e-Darlington, Bennettsville,
Gibson and Bishopville. $50 p. m.
No. 24Local freight, Bishopville,
Darlington and Hartsyille, 10 a. m.
No. 59-Sumter to Charleston,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
S.25 a. m.
& No. 02-Sumter TO ColumDla 80 q.
m.
No. 5s@sumter to Charleston, e.l3
p. m.
No. 35 makes connection at Creston
for Eutawville and other points on
Pregnal Branch.
NORTHWESTERN R. R.
No 73-Mixed train-Sumter to Will
sons Mill, 3 p. m.
No. 71-Sumter to Camden 9.45 a.
m.
No e9-Mixed-sumter to Camden,
6.25 p. m.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
No. S0-Sumter to Charleston, and
Columbia, $40 a. N.
No. S2-Sumter to Camden, 1920
a. N.
No. S4-Sumter to Camden, $50
p. N.
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DE- WET AND sTEYN ESCAPED.

DE- VII NV O1O1 n I7'1s-11 17D
London, February 28.-A dispatch
received tonight from Harrismith
shows that Gen De Wet and Mr.. Steyn
were within the net described by Lord
Kitchener in his dispatch from Harri-
smith, but escaped before the line was
completed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-23
sertion which I have made, that a de-
ficit of $500, 900 has been created within

sertion which I have made, that de-
fcit of 100000 has been created within
three years:
Mr.. J. T. Gantt-Dear Sir: take for
granted there was no money borrowed
| by the state treasurer for 1898, 1899 and
1900, as Dr. Zimmerman said at Carney
that he had not had to borrow any. For
| 1901 we borrowed $4,000. Up to this
time we have borrowed for 1902 $780, ,OO0
and the present indications are that we
will have to borrow enough more to
make the entire 100000 authorized by
the Legislature. Very respectfully,
r. H. JENNINGS.
August II, 1902.
AS to the assertion that the rate OF
taxation for state purposes in South
Carolina Is already nearly twice the
average rate in other states Of the
Union, I give below the rate for the fis-
cal year 1893 in twenty-nine states OF
the Union, in mills upon each dollar OF
assessed valuations:
New Jersey, o.; Indiana, $40 Of mill;
Maine, IL; Maryland, IL, Minnesota
$40; Michigan, 9-10s Texas, 2; North
Carolina, lilo; New York, 1-5; Ar
kansas, q; Missouri, %; Montana, %;
West Virginia, %; Wisconsin, "a; Ohio
24-5; Washington, 29-10; Georgia, 8;
Kentucky, g.; Oklahoma, 8; South Da-
kota, 3; Virginia, 8; Florida, 81; oregon
81; Colorado, less than 4; North Dako-
ia, ALTO; Illinois, 4 Is; Tennessee, a;
Utah, Al; Kansas, Al; South Carolina, s.
The taxpayers of the state are enti-
tied to an explanation Of the reason
why, with tax rate nearly twice the
average in other states, a deficit OF
$500, 900 has been accumulated within
three years. Six thousand dollars Will
be paid this year as interest upon mon
ey borrowed by the state treasurer until
next years taxes can be collected and
applied to this years expense.
Unless some means can be found tc
supply the treasury Of the state with
resources from other quarters the peo-
pie are today face to face with either
| a heavy increase In the levy to meet
this deficit or a large reduction In the
appropriations and consequently an In
adequate support Of the present state
institutions. We cannot reasonably
hope to meet this condition by an in
crease in property values, for this de-
f1cit has been created In spite Of an in
crease of $40.O00,OO0 Cor 20 per cent? In
six years, which has not been sufficient
to reduce the rate. ~ ... .....
Il have brought out these facts IN an
endeavor to show the necessity upon
us Of encouraging the provision Of in
direct sources of revenue to aid in sup
porting the state. The secretary OF
states office in most of the states has
been made a revenue bearing office, and
1t should be made so in South Caro-
lima. Respectfully. ]. T. CAN'T.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-23

The navy commenced a big war
game on the New England coast last
Wednesday. What Is known as the
white squadron" under Commander
John Pillsbury, is pitted against what
is known as the Blue squadron" un-
der Rear Admiral Higginson. Higgin-
son was stationed in the harbor with
100 miles Of shore line to defend. Pills.
bury went to sea. After Pillsbury had
been to sea for forty-eight hours, 1t
was understood that both commanders
were free to act as they pleased. The
object of Pillsbury was to make land
ing at any unprotected port along the
shore. If he shall succeed in making
such landing six hours before discov-
cry, and before being confronted by a
superior force, he wins. Higginson Is
assisted by naval officers scattered
along the shore line. and charged with
the duty of advising him Of the ap-
proach of Pillsbury on any given point.
According to the theory of the situa-
ton, the chances of success are against
Pillsbury; but it is possible for him to
succeed If he can come In at night un-
der cover of a fog. The: game Is being
watched with great interest by the peo-
Pile along the New England coast.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-23
THE ELECTION RETURNS.

Because Of the primary election on
next Tuesday, the next issue Of THE
ENQUIRER will not appear on Tues
day afternoon as usual; but will be held
back until Wednesday morning in or
der that it may contain complete re-
turns from the various precincts.
Arrangements have been perfected
with reliable gentlemen at each pre-
cinct whereby it Is hoped the result of
the election will be reported at this
office as soon as possible after the votes
are counted. In the case Of some Of the
boxes, however, such as York and Rock
Hill, the count may not be completed
until after daylight Wednesday morn
ing, in which event it may be impossi-
BILE to have the paper ready for the star
route mails leaving at o'clock.
AS has been the custom of THE EN-
oUIRER heretofore, no effort will be
spared to give complete returns at the
earliest possible minute, and 1t is our
hope that in addition to giving the re-
turns from the county, we will also be
able to give some idea of the result In
the Fifth congressional district and in
the state at large.
Subscribers living along the western
extension of the Southern at Sharon
Hickory, Kings Creek, Blacksburg
Gaffney, etc., will therefore not expect
their papers on Tuesday evening in any
event, and if people living along the
star routes fail to receive their papers
as usual, they are requested now to take
notice as to the cause Of the trouble.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-23

candidate not because we want to see
him defeated or elected; but because he
has been besmeared and exposed by the
newspapers in way that surpasses
anything that has ever before been ex-
perienced by any other South Carolina
candidate, and we are curious to see
what the effect is going to be. With
the exception of the Charleston News
and Courier, which has remained entire
ly neutral, Colonel Tillman has been
pounded with charges, accusations and
epithets from every daily paper In the
state, and If, besides the Abbeville
Press and Banner, there Is single
weekly paper that has seen proper to
protest against such a policy, we have
no information of its utterances. All
of these papers are agreed that Colonel
Tillman is unalterably bad. If they
had been as unanimous in singing the
virtues Of any one Of the candidates, no
matter which, we would have conf
IDENTIFY looked forward to the election
Of that candidate by an overwhelming
majority; but since they have seen
proper to devote themselves to concen-
trated villification and abuse Of one
man, leaving the public to the very vio-
lent presumption that all the others
are angels, we are not so confident of
the outcome, which we think may very
properly be regarded as at least mat
ter of curious concern.
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WITHIN THE TOWN.

n Mr.. Thad L. Carroll, who lives three
niles southeast Of Yorkville, sold the
first bale of new cotton offered on this
market on Wednesday. 1t weighed 5Ol
pounds and was bought by Messrs. Rid
die & Carroll for 10 cents a pound.
Although not attracting as much
interest as on former occasions, the
race for magistrate in York township
promises to bring out quite number of
voters that would probably not other
wise be counted in the approaching pri-
mary. The candidates are Messrs. John
A. Barron, J. Calvin Conner, Horace E.
Johnson and Chas. E. Sandifer. Mr.. Bar
ron, is the incumbent, having held the
office for the past two years. His quail
iflcations are we'll known. Mr.. Sandi-
fer has served several terms and thor
oughly understands the duties of the
office. Mr.. Johnson was formerly mag
istrate for Bethel and had quite fav-
orable reputation for ability and eff
fciency. Mr.. Conner has not previously
held office; but is good, clean man,
and no doubt as capable as the other
aspirants. Each of the candidates has
a more or less numerous backing, and
each confidently expects to be In the
second race with some Of the others.
AS yet there has been no especial ex-
citement over the contest; but all of
the candidates are working more or less
as the day Of the election
approaches, and it is probable that they
will do much to help bring out full
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-23
Card From Mr.. Gordon.

Editor Yorkville Enquirer:
I notice in THE ENQUIRER today ref
erence to a contention between Mr.. Culp
and myself at Blairsville yesterday.
The reference is only enough to excite
curiosity as to what it was about and
desire to give further facts.
stated that during the year ending
April 1st, the board Of county commits
sioners used s6,S92.2S less than was used
for the previous year.
Mr.. Culp asked me, If we used that
much less, why did we raise the tax
levy from to Il mills. I answered that
inasmuch as we had to make up our
estimates in December, before the legis-
lature met. and as the old board had
spent nearly $4,000 more than n mills
would raise, and as the law prohibited
county commissioners from spending
more money than the levy would raise,
and as we were under bond, and as last
year was an extraordinary year, owing
to the unprecedented rains, and as we
could not tell until April, when the ac-
counts would all be in and the taxes are
collected, just how much had been
spent, there was no way to make our
selves and bondsmen safe except by
raising the levy ] mill. I also said that
when we paid off the accounts for the
preceding year, there was less than
So 900 on hand, and if we had spent just
as much as the old board, when we paid
out every cent Of the tax, we would not
have had enough money to meet our
outstanding accounts.
Mr.. Culp stated that we borrowed
money this year while we still had Sl,lOO
on hand. I answered Cat McConnells-
willie today that last year we paid out
every cent Of money and then ran a
month before we borrowed, in order to
save interest; but this year the banks
would not make as liberal terms, on ac-
count of the stronger demand for mon
ey, by reason of: bad crops last year,
and we were compelled to get money
through the sinking fund commission,
which money we borrowed at per
cent; but we had to apply early in or
der to get it from that source.
Mr.. Culp then spoke Of the $2.5OO
which we got from the Carolina and
railroad stock. I replied
that last year we had to 20 K" ac-
counts early in the year and let parties
have them discounted in order to get
their money, while this year we had
paid all accounts to date, and would be
able to pay for another month at least,
which would carry us almost through
until the next collection of taxes. Re-
spectfully, JOHN F. GORDON.
Fodder, August 10, 1902.
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TRAGEDY AT PLEASANT RIDGE.

Jesse Faires committed suicide last
night about o'clock by shooting him
self through the heart, at his home a
mile east of Pleasant Ridge, this coun-
ty, says q Gastonia special Of Wednes-
day to the Charlotte Observer. A few
minutes before he took his own life,
Faires emptied ono barrel Of his shot
gun into the leg Of Mr.. Harvey Dickson,
who was in bed at the time, firing
through window.
An inquest was held at 8 o'clock this
morning by Coroner w. Meek Adams
and the verdict was that the deceased
came to his death from a pistol shot
fired by his own hand through the
heart.
The story back Of this shocking trag-
edy is a sad one. A wife, three. daugh-
ters and the husband formerly COM
posed the household. The daughters are
Misses Lille, Jennie and Lizzie, the last
named, a teacher, being away from
home at her school the night Of the
tragedy. On account Of an unfortunate
addiction to drink, Mr.. Faires's home
life was not happy one. Unable to get
along peaceably, he left home about
eighteen months ago. 1t is not known
that he ever visited his home again un-
til Tuesday. Being an Industrious man
and a good farmer, he found employ
ment with the neighbors.
Tuesday Mr.. Faires was seen in his
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ing in Yorkville last Saturday, and
stated at the time that he could not get
there on Friday. Mr.. Glenn said he
had seen all the other senatorial cam
didates personally, except Mr.. Elliott,
and each had made specific promise.
In the absence of the state and sena-
torial candidates. the county candi-
dates were introduced. Mr.. Geo. w. s.
Hart was speaking while the conversa-
tion with Mr.. Glenn was in progress,
and it was understood that he would
be followed by Mr.. P. D. Barron, after
whose speech there would be an inter-
mission for dinner and the other candi-
dates would speak In the afternoon.
There was very considerable disap-
pointment on the part Of the commit
tee on arrangements, and on the part
of the people generally, because Of the
failure Of the candidates to comply with
their promises to be present yesterday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-23
Defense of Mr.. Stevenson.
ditor Yorkyille ENQUIRER:

Editor YOrkV1lle Enquirer:
In today's issue Of the Yorkville Yeo-
man Is copied an article written more
than month ago. in the Spartanburg
Herald, charging, among other things,
that Mr.. w. F. Stevenson, while
speaker of the house appeared before a
committee Of the house in behalf Of the
Seaboard Air Line railroad. Mr.. Stew
enson replied to this article when it ap-
peared in the papers and produced a
statement from Colonel ]. Harvey Will
son, chairman Of the Ways and Means
committee, that he came before this
committee at the request Of the chair
man, simply to furnish the committee
with information which 1t desired and
for no other purpose.
It seems strange to me that the edi-
tor of The Yeoman would copy an ar
ticle, written weeks ago, after 1t be-
came stale, on the eve Of the election,
when a reply could not be made in the
same paper without at least publish
ing the reply made to said article by
Mr.. Stevenson. This brief answer Is
made on my own responsibility with
out consulting Mr.. Stevenson; but SIM
ply in the interest of fairness, and for
the purpose Of calling attention to the
unfairness sought to be practiced on a
who is now asking for the office Of at
torney general.
When Mr.. Stevenson decided to run
for attorney general. he promptly re-
signed the attorneyship for the Sea-
board road in order that he might be
under no obligation whatever to it or
any other corporation. I know Mr..
Stevenson personally and know that
he is a lawyer of unquestioned ability,
and is held in the very highest esteem
by the bench and bar of South Caro-
lima. That he is man of pure and ex-
alted character is evidenced by the
fact that he was chosen moderator of
the Southern Presbyterian general as
sembly. CITIZEN.
Yorkville. S. c., August %, 1902