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PRIVATEER.

PrWateer, December 19.-Miss Lii
Ian Harvin, of Manning, is spending
sometime at Mr.. S. A. Harris.
Miss Ida Cain, who is attending the
Edgefeld South Carolina Co-Educa-
tional Institute, is at home for the
holidays.
Mr.. w. S. Lyman spent Saturday
and Sunday in Stateburg at Mr.. S. H.
Ramsey's.
Messrs. James Cuttino and Mr..
Johnnie Mcknight, of Sumter, visited
in Privateer Sunday.
Messrs. j. M. and Thomas Griffin, Of
Silver, spent Sunday in Privateer.
Miss Katy Susong will close her
school Wednesday and spend the hol-
idays at her home in Newport, Tenn.
The young men decided this after
noon to have their tournament on
Wednesday, the 9th inst.
Mrs. D. W. Osteen is reported quite
sick.
Old Mrs. Susan Kolb is quite sick
with typhoid pneumonia.
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STATEBURG.

stateburg, December 19.-Mr. Mel
son Murray returned last week from
Trial, where he has been visiting his
sister, Mrs. P. c. Kirk.
Mrs. H. S. Gaillard spent Sunday
with Mrs. James Pinckney.
Mr.. Farley Mellette, of Ashpole, n.
c., spent Sunday here with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Fraser Neal visited
friends at Congaree last week.
Mr.. ]. Singleton Moore, Of Sumter,
spent Sunday at "The Ruins
Mr.. E. F. Holmes and Miss Annie
Holmes are spending today in Sum-
ter.
Miss Georgia Dargan spent satur-
day and Sunday in Sumter.
Mr.. Harry Bull is at home from
Chester, where he is teaching, for the
Christmas vacation.
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Hon. j. O. A. Moore Dead.

Darlington, Dec. III. 0. A.
Noore died here last night and was
buried this afternoon. Mr.. Moore
was more than 70 years old. He
came to Darlington from Charleston
more than fifteen years ago, and was
in the brokerage business until q few
months ago, when i'll health and OLD
age compelled him to retire.
Mr.. Moore represented Darlington
County in the Constitutional Conven-
ton of 1895 and held other places of
honor in this country.
He leaves several children and at
the time Of his death was living with
his daughter, Mrs. Walter J. Parrot,
in Darlington.
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EDWARDS.

Edwards, December 1S.-Mr. c. L
Britton was in Sumter a few days of
last week.
Mr.. ]. w. Weldon has gone to
Camden today.
Mr.. A. B. White will soon be ready
to move into his new house.
Miss Essie White spent a few days
OF last week with her sister, Mrs. J..
E. Wilson, Of Smithville.
Mr. w. T. Mcleod and Mr.. James
Jenkins of Remberts, visited in the
community last week.
Mr.. F. G. PEBBLES was in Camden
on last Wednesday.
We have no sickness to report.
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through breaking in at a window,
about six dollars belonging to the post

through breaking in at window,
about six dollars belonging to the post
Office being stolen:>
Last Wednesday afternoon Mr.. j.
G. Plowden, of the Fork, while driS-
ing across Black River causeway was
ovectaken By an automobile from
Sumter. His horse became frightened
overturning his buggy and throwing
him into the swamp. Mr.. Sol. Ryt-
tenburg, who was in charge OF the
machine, brought Mr.. Plowden to
Manning, where he got medical atten-
ton. He was painfully hurt and IS
still suffering. The automobile party
was very much distressed about the
accident aud did everything they
could to alleviate Mr.. Powders suf-
ferings Times.
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Columbia. December 15-The
State board of canvassers was to have
met yesterday to declare the result Of
the dispensary elections in Anderson
and Williamsburg, but no quorum
was present. Attorney General Cum
ter is III at the hospital and Secretary
Gannt and State Treasurer Jennings
are both sick at their homes.
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Sudden Death Near Bishopville.
in Darlington

Bishopville, December 1S.-News
has just reached Bishopville Of the
sudden. death of Mrs. Gabriel Jones,
wife of farmer living about four
miles from this town. Mrs. Jones
was apparently we'll yesterday, ate
supper as usual and retired to bed.
About a.. m. she awoke and COM
planned Of acute pains near her
heart. DR.. Baskin was sent for, but
upon his arrival she was dead. She
leaves a family of nine children, two
of whom are twins.
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TAX RETURNS FOR 1906.
OFFICE OF

COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER co..
Sumter, S. c., Dec. 10, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that will at
tend, in person or by deputy, at the
following places on the days indicated,
respectively, for the purpose of re-
ceiving returns of real estate, personal
property and poll taxes for the fiscal
year, commencing January 1, 1906:
TindaPs Store, Monday, Jan. Sth.
Privateer, (Jenkins' Store), Tues
day, Jan. 9th.
Manchester, Gevi's), Wednesday.
Jan. 10TH
Wedgefeld, Thursday, Jan 11th.
Stateburg,, Friday, Jan. 18th.
Hagood, Monday, Jan. 18th.
Remberts, Tuesday, Jan. 10th.
Dalzell, Wednesday, Jan. 18th.
Gordon's Mill, Thursday, Jan. 18th.
Oswego, Friday, Jan. 18th.
Mayesville, Tuesday, Jan. 23d.
Shiloh, Wednesday, Jan. oath.
Norwood x Roads, Thursday, Jan.
25th.
The law requires that all persons
owning property or in any wise hay
ing charge Of such property either as
agent, husband, guardian, trustee, ex-
ecutor, administrator, ETC., return the
same under oath to the auditor, wno
requests ali persons to be prompt in
making their returns and save the so
per cent. penalty, which will be added
to the property valuation Of all persons
who fail to make returns within the
time prescribed by law.
Taxpayers return what they OWE
on the first day of January, 1906.
Assessors and taxpayers will enter
the first given name of the taxpayer
in full, also make a separate return
for each township where the property
is located and also in each and every
case the Number of the school district
must be given.
Every male citizen between the age
of twenty-one and sixty years on the
first day Of January, 1906, except
those Incapable Of earning a support
from being manned or from other
causes. are deemed taxable polls, and
except Confederate soldiers so years
of age. on January 1st, 1906.
Under instructions from the Comp
troller General. separate return
must be made of each tract or parcel
Of land
All returns must be made on or be-
fore the goth day of February, next.
I cannot take returns after that date
and all returns made after the Goth
day of February, are subject to pen
atty of so per cent.
]. DIGGS WILDER,
Auditor Sumter County.
December 90, 1905.
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COUNTY GORE EsP0HDEHGE.
NEWsY LETTERS FROM OUR sPE-
CLAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Ekems of Interest From all Parts Of
Sumter and Adjoining Counties.
NouCE no coRREsPoNDENTs.

Mail your letters so that they will
reach this Office not later than Tues
day morning. When the letters are
received Wednesday it is almost an
ampossibiiity TO have them appear in
the paper issued that day.
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REMBERT.

Kembert, December l9.-RaitInS
Creek Township elected three dele-
gates last Saturday to attend the coun-
tv meeting of the Cotton Growers
Association to be held in Sumter jan
uary /, 1bos. Most of the white
planters this township responded
very promptly and paid their assess
ment Of 8 cents per bale, but the ne
gro planters did not respond. am
glad to report that the acreage in this
township another year will be the
same is this year and I trust will be
so all over the cotton'Relt.
Miss Daisy Bowman, principal Of
ST. Matthews school, will give the
school children Christmas tree on
next Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock in
the chapel adjoining the school and
the community is invited to attend.
The farmers in this community are
busy this week making arrangements
for another, year, and while labor is
not so scarce as in some sections, still
they they are demanding better pay
and liberal cash allowance to take
Christmas.
From what I can gather nearly
every family in this neighborhood will
pay Santa Claus a, visit in Sumter
continue good so that the little ones
can take in the. sights also.
Mrs. S. L. Keels has gone to Ben
nettsville to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Phil Miller, and will be. away until
after New Year.
Your correspondent sends greetings
to The Daily Item and wish you all a
happy and merry Christmas.
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SMTTHYuIE.

Snithville, December .16.-The
changeable weather is now being felt
By the most of our people in various
ways, principally colds.
Mr. j. E. Wilson had an attack OF
grippe, on Friday. which lasted for
several days.
Mr. c. L. Krkley was confined to
his room and bed for several days on
account of grippe
MISS Lydia osteen has been quite
sick for some time. She IS now little
better
We learn that Mr.. w. S. Mathis and
1aInily will soon move to st. Charles
10 live. we are the loser and St
Charles is to be congratulated for Mr..
Mathis is one OF the best citizens to
be found in this or any other commu-
nlty.
DIR. J. E. Mcclure, Of the Bishopville
Telephone Company, and Mr.. Tren-
holm, of Darlington, representing the
Hell Telephone Company, passed
through here last Tuesday on their
way to Boykin's depot on business in
ronnection. with the telephone system
through here.
Mr.. W. S. Smith left here on last
tuesday spending a short time in
~. -, ~, ~ (yI,o r1oe,ton for.
several days on business.
Rev. S. n. Booth is now in attend.
ance at conference at spartanburg.
Mrs. S. H Booth is visiting Mrs. c..
N. Hunphries a few miles below Cam
den.
Miss Mary Russell, who has been
spending some time with her sister,
HIS S. n Booth, has returned 70 her
home at WiIiiamston.
Rev. E. p. Easternng, Of Clio, s. C.,
was here on: Wednesday in the inter
Est of The Welsh Neck High School.
This school has been founded and
largely endowed by philanthro
who now desires that the school
should be owned by the Baptist de-
nomination. To arouse the interest
pz the Baptists Of the surrounding
counties he offered to give a dollar for
every dollar raised by them. It IS
the aim and work Of Mr.. Easterling
and Others to raise $4,000 which will
Az being doubled, give them hand
some endowment. The foundation Of
fhe church is the school and now is
splendid opportunity for the Bap-
stis1 to add materially to the strength
of the denomination.
The smithville High School is pro-
gressing nicely under the management
Df Mr. S. S. Leigner as principa1. The
number Of scholars is added to every
Few days. Quite a large number are
expected to attend after the holidays.
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ready hauled. Hope it viii be better
after Christmas.
We were indeed sorry to hear Of the
death Of Col. Altamont Moses, for
surely good man, one that tried to
DO his duty by his God and his fellow
man as he saw it. And I fear that
it will take us long time (if we ever
do) to get one to fill his place. 1t had
been my pleasure to know him foT
about 35 or 40 years, ard have al
ways found him the same pleasant
gentleman that I did in 1858 when he
was a clerk in the store Of A. A. Sol
onions. I always claimed him and his
brother Glenn as two Of my friends in
Sumter, but they have both gone.
where I will soon follow, into eternity.
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MAX.

Max, S. c., December 1S.-Miss
8aaude Hart left Saturday for Spar
aanburg where she viii spend two
weeks with her parents before return
Eng to her school.
The collection Sunday afternoon at
Bethel which was $3.50 was given &c
n family that has had continuous
sickness.
AT the wedding last Thursday Of
Mr. Willie Jordan and Miss Annie Kir-
by one Of the groomsmen said that
Has the 34th time he had acted as
groomsman, and he does not go empty
handed.
The marriage Of Miss Mile Nettles
and Mr.. Andrew Tilton is announced
So be at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. Elijah Nettles,
December 24gat 2:30 o'clock p. m.
Beulah school will have an enter
1ainment and Xmas tree Friday night.
The Bay road school will give an
entertainment and Christmas tree on
Monday night.
Mrs. Elijah McElveen is slowly re-
covering from tedious spell Of ty-
pheid fever.
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town cafe and acknowledged his de-
feat. All he asked were hon
orable terms of surrender. He asked
to be. given the market for the next
two days. He knew perfectly we'll
that if Head1ey caught him covering
his shorts on the sly there would be
skyrockets. So, frankly and without
any pretense he acknowledged defea;
and merely asked for the liberty Of
leaving the field as unostentatiously as
possible. One Saturday he finished
covering his shorts, and the markets
Of the world were treated to sensa-
tional rise on Monday morning.
Hoadley was left undis2uted master
of the field.
Hoadley's methods have been unique
He has worked almost entirely
with the producer Or the consumer.
With the middleman or broker, he
had little or nothing to do. His New
England connections are extensive
He controls the Corliss Engine Com
pany at Providence, R. L., and at
Worcester. Mass. These two great es-
adjustments nave built most OF the
power machinery for the New Eng
land mills for years. By this tie he
has come in close touch with spinning
interests in this country, and he has
formed close associations in Great
Britain. There is no man in America
who has clearer view of cotton
mill needs.
Fer several years Mr.. Hoadiey has
had in mind the perfection Of q more
up-to-date method of ginning. COM
pressing. handling. warchousnS ana
marketing the cotton crop. This idea
finds concrete expression in the South
ern Cotton Corporation. the future of
which he believes will be very bright.
In addition to this he has large indus
trial interests in the South, particu-
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having in it only clear when
confronted by the Interstate Com
merce Commission" If the railroad
traffic men did not always figure from
the transportation componies' side of
the question and took into consideration
once in a while the people who nave
the traffic to pay. it might be different.
Railroad traffic men are paid prinoeiy
salarf S to figure for the railroads, and
side. So far as the argument goes of
the railroads being in closer touch with
the people of a locality, hence in a bet
Ter position to judge than a body of
over-worked men, few in number, hav-
ng Jurisdiction over hat a continent"
goes, there is nothing in the argument
beyond the fact that the transportation
companies do not want any power to
mo,est them in making such rates as
they choose. The railroads methods OF
making rates is first to find What the
commodity costs in production; second,
what viii it sell for in the market? Az
ter finding that they strike a balance
n take what is left. If the question
If late-makiug is left to the Interstate
m Commission the railroads
would have the same privilege of pre-
senting their side of the case that the
hipper wou d have, and in that way
just rate could be established etwee
he companies and the patrons of the
.oads. Where it is all left in the hands
OF the transportation companies them
selves the shipper has nothing whatever
to say, but he is called upon to put up
whatever rate the transportation COM
pahses demand ana say notnlng, no
matter how unjust the rate may be.
From the very fact that the railroads
are spending a million and a hat Of
do..ars in their campaign to educate
The people is proof conclusive that they
need regulating" If the railroad rates
are just. why should they fear showing
heir hands?
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DEAFNESS CAkNOT BIZ CURED
bv local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure DEAFNESS
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infamed con
aition Of the mucous lining of the Eu-
stach an Tube. When this tube is IN
tanned YOU have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing and when 1t Is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is the result
md unless the inf animation can oe
aiken out and this tube restored 10 ils
FORMAL condition, hearing will be de-
troyed forever; nine cases out or Ten
re caused by Catarrh. which 10 nothing
but an inflamed cond ton of the mu-
;ous surfaces.
We will give One Hundre Dollars ior
INV case Of Deafness Caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Hal 9
satarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo Q.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall. Family Pills for censtipa-
ton.
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WOUNDS BRUISES AND BURNS.

WOUNDS. BRUISES AND Burns.
BY app ying an ant.sept dressing TO
ounds, bruises. burns and like injuries
lefore inf ANIMATION sets in, they may
re healed without maturation and In
bout one-third the time required by the
, d treatment. This Is the greatest dis
overy ara triumph of modern surgery.
hamberlain's Pan Balm acts on this
same principle. /. is an antiseptic and
hen applied to such Injuries. causes
them to heai very quickly. 1t aso a
lys the pain and soreness and prevents
ny danger of blood poisoning. Keep a
bottle of Pain Balm in your home and
It will save you time and money, not to
mention the Inconvenience and suffer ng
such injuries entail. For sac by The
eagle Drug and Jewe,ry Co.
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FULL OF TRAGIC MEANING

y ULL OT I1tFtOIC HE<k1FT3FU
are these lines from j.. H. Simmons. OF
Casey. la. Think what might have re-
not taken the medicine about which he
writes: Il had a fearful cough. that
disturbed my night s rest. / tried
everything, but nothing would relieve II
until l took DR.. X ng's New Discovery
or Consumption. Coughs and Colds
elieves and permanently cures ali
shroat and lung diseases; prevents grip
md pneumonia. At the Eagle Drug and
Jewely Co, druggists; Guaranteed; 80
and 81 90. Tr al bottle free.
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ANOTHER PINK SLIP"

ANOTHER PINK SLIP
Yesterday mornings mail brought 10
the ST yer States desk another p nix
slip from the office of Char4es S. Fee
of the Southern PACING Co. 1t is head
ed lone Reason for Prosperity and
reads as follows:
The prosperity of the United States in
the past few years has been phenome-
nal. This is la. gely due to the perfect
accord between raj road systems and be-
tween the various portions of the Tn ted
States-a condit on that has given sh p
pers defin tie know edge of the cost of
moving their wares and goods, and mas
insured to them that stab lty tina a.one
can enable them to ca culate in advance
whether it viii be possib e to g in
a certain line with reasonable cer.a MY
of profit.
1t has been proposed to give the rate
making over to a body of
men, who. few in number, having jur-
isdiction over hatf a continent, shall be
supposed to know how best to promote
the welfare of all sections Abe hou-
sands of miles apart, whose prosperity
largely depends upon consideration OF
local crcumstances. The scheme of
control so contemplated is to be execu-
tive and judicial.
What railroad traffic men, whose en-
tire lives nave been devoted to the
study of transportation prob ems find
puzzling, is to be an open book, having
in it only clear nswer when confront
ed by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
The above pink slip is misleading in
that it gives the impression that the
rate-making power is to be taken from
the railroads and placed wholly in me
hands of the Interstate Commerce Com
miss on, if the President has mis- way.
1t is designedIy ms eading and unfair.
The proposed legislation leaves the rate
making power where it is now-in the
hands of the trafic managers who have
spent a lifetime, etc., etc., as quoted
above. The change proposed by me
President, and the only change so far
as rate-making is concerned. is this:
When a rate is complained of as unjust
and has been declared unjust by the
Interstate Commerce Commission, then,
and then only, he Commission shall
nave power to name a rate that is just
and that rate shall at once go into ef-
Court, should the railroad AXE an ap-
peal to that tribunal. Heretofore the
Commission has had no power to liz a
rate after having dec AIRED the one in
use to be excessive. But from the very
nature of the case, having gone over
the evidence and found a ate Excess
sive, they must have known what was
a Just rate. They nave not had the
power to establish one In such cases.
however, and that lack has been util-
lied by the railroads to their own adj
vantage. 1t has taken from five to
eight years to get a case finally through
the Supreme Court and meanwhile me
same old excessive rate has been In
foroa apd tho compsafninp simmer has
had plenty of time to die or go into
bankruptcy.
The closing paragraph of the article
reads: What railroad traffic men,
men, whose entire lives have been de-
voted to- the study of transportation
problems find puzz.ing il an open book.
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CURES WINTER CoUaA

J. E. Cover. 1l N. Main ST., Ottawa,
Kan, writes: Every fall 1t has been
ny wife's trouble to catch a severe cold,
md therefore to cough all winter Iong
Last fal / got her a bottle of Hors-
lound Syrup. She used it and has been
bic to sleep sound y all night long.
" henever the cough roubles her. two
or three does stops the cough, and sne
8 able TO be up and WELL" 25c. SOC
md s1.W.
Sold by the Eagle Drug q Jewelry Co.
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Testifying before the New York insur-
ance committee, president Mccall OF the
New York Life Insurance Company adj
nitted that he obtained a personal loan
Of SIS. 600 at 11-2 per cent from the Met
opolitan Life Insurance Company, al
though he was a director of the latter
company.
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PLANS TO GET RICH

are often frustrated by sudden break
Down, due to dyspepsia or constipation
Brace up and take DR.. Kings New l. fe
p lis. They take out the materials
which are clogging YOUR energies and
give you a new start. Cure headachf
and dizz ness. tco. At the cage Drug
6 Jewelry Co.'s drug store; 25c. guar
a1tsed.
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THE BEST DOCTOR.

Rev. b.. c. Horton. Sulphur Springs.
Tex, writes. July 18th, 1902: Il have
used in my family Billiards. Snow Lin
nave proved certainly satisfactory. The
| niment is the best we have ever useo
for headache and pains. The cough
syrup has been our doctor for the last
ght years"
Sold by the Eagle Drug & Jewelry &c.
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NEW cURE cor cANcEn.

All surface cancers are now known 10
be curaple by Buck.en's Arm ca 80. We.
las. Walters OF Dufiield, Va, writes:
| had a cancer on my lip for years.
hat seemed incurab e TIL Bueklens Ar
n ca Salve hea ed it. and now it is per-
ect y well. Guaranteed cure for cuts
md burns. 25c at the Eagle Drug &
ewelry Cos drug store.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-10-23

The Boston Board OF Trade has man
nous y adopted resolutions asking Con-
,ress to revise the tariff.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-10-23

John 5. Summersglll, aged Il var,
vas killed in a football game at chos-
ter, Pa.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-10-23

j. j. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railroad, in a speech deliver d
recently at Portland, Ore, dec AIRED mat
federal regulation Of railroad rates
aou d bankrupt the railroads.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-10-23

General William T. Clark, who was
Adjutgnt General and Chief of STAFF IN
der General Grant. is lead.