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SMOKED HADDIES, SMOKED
BLOATERS AND kIPPERED HER.
RING, 25c PEI CAN, AT THE LARA.
ME GROCERY CO. 224t2
, 1906-05-04

for 81, delivered. Address Robert Gear,
hardt, 702 Cedar street, West Side. If
, 1906-05-04
WANTS FULFILLED.

Houses for sale and furnished house
for rent. Inquire 209 Grand ave. tt
, 1906-05-04

FOR RENT-House, 165 Third street
Enquire Charles Kane. 221t3
, 1906-05-04

WANTED-Neat girl to assist with
light house work, $50 Fifth st. 222t2
, 1906-05-04

FOR RENT-Four room furnished
house. Enquire 500 South Third. tt
, 1906-05-04

WE SELL FISHING TACKLE. W
H. HOLIDAY co. 224t
, 1906-05-04

SEE THE FINE LINE OF CO.
CARTS AND BABY CARRIAGES
JUST RECEIVED AT HOLIDAYS.
224t2
, 1906-05-04

Go-cARTS, JUST WHAT YOU
WANT FOR THE BABY. w. H. HOL-
LlDAY CO. 224t2
, 1906-05-04

FOR RENT-Five furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. Apply this
office. If
, 1906-05-04

TENTS, ALL SIZES, AT THE LAR
ANNIE GROCERY co. 224t2
, 1906-05-04

SEE THE NEW BUFFETS AND
CHINA CLOSETS AT HOLIDAYS.
Oodto
, 1906-05-04
ABLE 70 BE o

NASTURTIuM SEED IN BULK AT
THE LARAMIE GROCERY CO. 224t2
, 1906-05-04

Studio on Second street. 224tt
, 1906-05-04

Ice cream soda at Mills. A Druggist.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12

The fire department. was called out
twice Friday by an alarm sent in from
DR.. Fl. T. Abbott's residence on Wash
ington Street. On both occasions the
FIRE was extinguished without diff
Guilty before the hose wagons arrived
and little or no damage was Gone.
While the hose wagons we're fastening
to the scene in response to the second
alarm, Mr.. Frank Mathis, who was
riding on tie footboard of bose Wagon
No. 8. was thrown off as the wagon
whirled around the corner of Liberty
Street into Washington. His head
struck the ground and be was knocked
senseless. He was taken into, Mr.. G.
F. McFaddin and Dr.. China called in.
He revived within ten or ifteen min
utes and was apparently none the
worse for the accident, save for a few
bruises.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
FIVE DIVORCES IN A FAMILY
One Member Marries His Brothers
Ex-Wife-Sixth Divorce Pend

Omaha, Neb., Dec. George
Timm of this city who last May OBJ
tanned a divorce from Lena Timm,
married last night Bertha Timm, the
divorced wife Of his brother, Albert
Timm, who lives in Iowa. At the
same time Mrs. Timm's sister, Sarah
Lamp of Omaha, was married to
Ralph C. Daniels.
The matrimonial record Of the
Timm family is one Of the most re-
narkable in the history Of Nebraska.
Within tn last five years there have
been five marriages and five divorces,
while a divorce suit, in which one
member of the family figures as one
of the principals, is now pending,
Hans Timm, who was married in
1902, is seeking divorce in the Dis
trict Court here from his wife, Rose.
The marriage of cousins is recorded
in the family, as is also the divorce Of
cousins. None Of the divorced ones
ever remained single for long, how
ever, for in every case the divorce was
followed quickly by a marriage.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
be done. Mr.. Powell says that

ba done Mr.. Powell says that 1t
! could have been put down at even less
cost there. but they have had some
evnor;ence in this line Of business,
which will make it cheaper. Ihen
why should Sumter have to pay such
| ..fsh,,]o,1s prices" for putting in sew
er pipes, when we have sand ana
sofr clay to eXcavate, no rock ana no
blasting to do. It seems that the Of
fcers of a board Of public works VINO
have just put in, and paid for a sew
erage system, should know equally as
much about such proposition as
some Of the people Of Sumter, who
are opposed to sewerage on account
of little more expense, and some OF
them too who never saw asewerage
system, or read about one, but are
telling that it will cost between $4,000
and $4,000 in Sumter, per mile.
All of the talk about Green
Swamp being contaminated by saver
age from Sumter, and law suits aris-
ing therefrom, is absolutely without
foundation. The problem Of purify
ing sewage so that it is absolutely
harmless and odorless, has be n
solved years ago. There are many in
Sumter who have known this for
some time. Then again there are
many others who are willing to be-
lieve what others have seen and
what science has proved. But there
are a few fortunately a few who in
their efforts to muddy the waters, be-
lieve, and some who profess to be-
lieve, that there is no such thing pos
sible as purifcation of sewage. The
man who believes only what be sees,
and does not think>that there is any
thing which can be accomplished,
that he does not think can be done, is
behind the times. No one in Sumter
who have believed ten years ago that
you could send telegram across five
hundred miles Of ocean without
wire. And while there is not a man
in Sumter who can perform such a
feat today, and doubtless there is not
man who has seen it done, yet
there are none who doubt that it can
be done, and there are some who
have received such wireless messages
here in Sumter.
The water that will go into Green
Swamp from our sewage disposed
plant will be great deal purer than
the water that is in Green Swamp
now. We will improve the quality Of
Green Swamp water, rather than be-
foul it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
SPELLING NO GOOD.
couuress Deals a Knock Out Blow TO
President Roosevelt's Simpiified Spell ns.

Washington, Dscember L,
President Roosevelt's simpllhed
spelling order was given hard
knock by the house committee on
appropriation. In the legislative.
judicial and executive bill report
ed today. it DEGREES that hereafter
in printing documents authorized
by law, or ordered by either
branch of congress, the govern
ment printing Office shall follow
the rules ofspelling of Webster's
Dictionary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
WEATHER BUREAU SERVICE.
Fun Weather Forecasts Will Be
Sent Out Daily.

ThroSgh the efforts of the Champer
Of Commerce and by courtesy Of the
Sumter Telephone Company and the
Postal Telegraph Company, on and
after December 10th, complete
weather bureau service will be estab-
ished in a manner that will give
quick notice daily to all of the sub
scribers of the telephone exchange in
the country districts. Each day at II
O'Clock, as the telegraphic reports
come in over the Postal wires, these
rejorts will be Immediately sent over
to the telephone exchange, and at II
a. m. each day subscribers in the
country districts may call up central
for information as to the weather
conditions. These reports will also
D.. sent to the Daily Item, each day
for publication. Rural free delivery
routes WI 2iso ho supplied daily With
the reports, where parties have no
telephone service. The reports will
also be displayed in front Of the Pos
tai office, and as soon as the new sig
nal flags arrive they will be foa.ed
from a flag pole in front Of the Postal
Office every day. The city council
will furnish the flag pole. Had it not
been for the cheerful cooperation Of
Manager T. M. Bradley Of the Postal
Company, and Manager Robert She
lor of the Sumter Telephone Compa-
ny. this complete and very valuable
service could not have been inaugu-
rated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
pURIF1CAuoN OF SEWERAGE.
Facts From the Experience of Other
Towns Gathered by Health Officer
>Reardon.

as matter Of information, for the
benefit of some citizens who are ap-
preheusive that sewage cannot be
purified to such an extent that the
water, after being separated from the
sewage, viii be absolutely harmless
when eraptied into any stream, we
publish a stement from Secretary
Eenry Y. Powell, of the Board Of IN
Esgnal Inlprov ernents Of Hen1e1 son,
N c. In letter to Health officer
Reardon Mr. Powell says that there.
sewage is carried {, collecting well
OF disposal plant, befrre being emp
lied into stream, and that they did
pump a sn:all part CT Their sewage
on account OF the fact. thS'~ part Of
their towa was on the de> .4e Ok
steep hKi, bat he s:,ys "I do ns't
know anything aborc septic tanks.
but our collecting well is built on the
same plar, and the overflow, it is all
overflow aow, eve do not attempt to
gump.] PIE VIII te, and has no
edor at I'll. You would drink it with
cut knowing any better. if you did
not already know it,
Captain c. G. Rowlond, who recent
sy visited Henderson, and investigated
ghis collecting well or publication
plant, says that there is absolutely no
odor form the purified sewage, and
That the water is as clear as spring
water.
The actual cost Of putting down a
Sewerage system in Henderson, N. c.,
was 80. see Der mile where excava-
lions had to be made through tough
clay and rock, with much blasting te
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
an ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION.

We take this occasion to call par
9ieular attention to the remarkably
astractive clubbing offer we are offer
sns subscribers of the Watehman and
ssoufh-on. For s4.15 they may OBJ
sain for one year the Watchman and
Sontnron, $50 a year; the Review
of Reviews, s3.00 a. year; and the
Nomar,s Home Compaaion, s1.00 a
wear Success, s1.00 a year-three Of
She best monthly magazines publish
s.gd sn America The watchnaan and
Sc7:th-en gives weekly the news OF
xh., world, but it is as a local and
State newspaper that it has its chief
value, and no Sumter county man can
afford to be without it. The three
monthly magazines give the best in
sitrature, art aud fashion, and each
member of the family from the old
,est to the youngest viii find in them
sSsach month matters of interest. This
clubbing offer hold good for but
short time longer, and those who de-
sire to take advantage Of the offer
should not delay doing So
II anyone should not wish all of
the magazines himself he can have
either or any Of them sent to different
addresses This is an exceptional op-
portun1ty to make an acceptable pres
ent to one or more. friends. What
could be more welcome than a years
subscription TO good magazine?
Anyone who Will send US six new
subscribers TO the Watchman and
Southren at $50 year viii receive
as premium one years subscription
TO the Watchman and Southron and
a, years subscription to each Of the
magazines above mentioned. Or we
VIII give the same premium to any
one sending us six new subscribers to
tne Watchman and Sousbron and the
three magazines at s4.15. This offer
viii remain open unit: January 18th
ONLY.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
ANNUAL MASS MEETING.
Sunday Schools to Meet Sunday Aft
ernoon 10 Raise Christmas Fund.

The annual mass meeting Of the
Sunday schools of the city will be
held in the First Baptist Church Sun
cay afternoon at $50 O'Clock for the
parpose OF raising funds to provide
Christmas gifts for the poor and de-
sarving OF the city. Each year the
amount raised has been larger than
that OF the preceding year. and each
year there has been need for all that
has been contributed by the charita-
1h3e people Of Sumter. This year there
wit be greater opportunity for good.
Sa1a It is hoped that the mass meeting
wsn De largely attended and the con-
U;butions liberal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
EAGLES ELECT OFFICERS.
Wade Hampton Aerie, No. 1419, f.
o. E., Select officers For 1867.

Wade Hampton Aerie, No. 1419, F.
o. E., held a regular meeting in the
Masonic Temple Wednesday night. 1t
being the regular night for the cleo
ton Of officers, the election was at
once entered into with the following
result.
:, Past Worthy President-H. R. Van
Deventer.
Worthy President. G. Bowman.
Worthy Vice President-C. H.
Dorm.
Worthy Chaplain L. Hunter.
Worthy Secretary-H. C. Rogers.
Worthy CONDUCTOR. II. Grady.
Worthy Treasurer-Wm. Moran.
Inside Guard-J. w. Bradford.
Outside Guard-P. J. Gallagher.
frustees-W. B. Boyle, ]. c..
Cooper, w. W. Sibert.
Aerie Physician-Dr. c. P. Osteen.
The following candidates were then
initiated: Messrs. Jack Edens, D. A
McPhail and W. N. Mcleod.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
! In the Recorders Court.

Andrew Buddin, who was tried be-
fore Recorder Z rst Wedre~~day on the
charge of g .aling cotton from the
depot platform, was convicted and
sensenced to 80 days on the chain
gang.
Thomas Law, who stole an OK, was
arrested Thursday morning by Officer
Pierson, and when taken before Re-
corder Hurst admitted his guilt, as be
could not we'll do anything else, hav-
ing been caught with the OK in his
possession. He was committed to jail
for trial at the court of general ses-
sion.
The bunch Of negroes who were ar
rested for violating the sanitary reg
ulations in Epperson's Hundred, we're
dismissed. There has been great
house cleaning in the Hundred.
4Abbie jackson and Charlotte Fielder
were required to pay fine of S. each
for ctrs.ng and fighting.
There was a rather heavy docket
of cases for trial by Recorder Hurst
Monday morning.
The first case considered was
against NJ. r. Cannon, E. B. Loyless
and S. w. Sorrell for riding horses at
an excessive rate Of speed. They
offered as a defense, that their ami
mails took fright at an automobile
and that they were unable to control
them. The case was dismissed.
George Rowe was charged with
the larceny of 81 from Eliza Davis
On request of the prosecuting wit
ness the case was dismissed upon the
payment of 81 alleged to have been
stolen and 50 costs.
Albert Ne ~berry was fined 81 for
keeping his premises in a filthy and
unsanitary condition.
The case charging Isaac Spann
with disorderly conduct was dismiss
/ ed.
Charles Winn plead guilty to the
charge Of public drunkenness, and
paid a fine Of SIS imposed by the re-
corder.
Ivory Montgomery was brought
before the recorder for trial on COM
plant Of Mr.. J. r. Ligon, who charg-
ed the defendant with larceny Of a
pair of shoes. A fine Of SO was i'm
posed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
FINLEY ELECTED

New York, Dec. 5-Directors of
Southern railway today elected
w. w. Finley of Washington
president of the company, to sue
ceed the late Samuel Spencer. Mr.
Finley has been second vice pre-
sident of the road since Sept. IS,
1866. He has been active in
railway work s;ace 1875.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Subscribers are requested to ex-
amine the label on their papers,
which show the date to which the
Subscription has been paid, Those
who and that they are in arrears are
requested to. call and settle or remit
at che earliest convenient date. The
anount that each subscriber ewes is
saaan, but in che aggregate the
anount due us for subscription is
quite large-and we need the money.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12

Postmaster Shore has received the
following order from the Postofice
Department.:
you are hereby instructed to col
lect box rents at your Office at the
following rates from January 1st.
1907:
Lock boxes, small, so cents per
quarter.
Lock boxes. medium, Is cents per
quarter.
Lock boxes, large. drawers. s1.oo
per quarter.
A general order to postmasters has
also been issued requiring them to
collect box rents within the last 10
days of each quarter for the quarter
next ensuing. If box rent is not paid
prior to the first day Of a quarter,
postmasters are required to close the
boxes for which advance payment has
not been made and place the mail for
the persons who have been renting
the boxes in the general delivery.
Heretofore box rent has been due
and payable during the first ten days
of a quarter, but hereafter under the
order above referred to, poxrent will
be strictly in advance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
d5bs allla q abnlan alls Soatgroll.
"WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER l2, 1906.

The Sma,ter Watchman was founded IN
1850 and the True Soutarom in 1866. The
Woscan,as and Southrom now has the COM
bined circulation and influence OF both OF
she Old papers, and is manifestly the best
adYarasing medium in Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
TAX RETURNS FOR 1907.
OFFICE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUNTY

OFFICE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUNTY,
SUMTER, S. O., Dec. Z, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that will attend,
in person or by Deputy, at the following
places on the days ind Gated, respectively,
for the purpose Of receiving returns OF
personal properly and poll taxes for the
fiscal year, commencing January 1st, 1907 !:
Tindall's Store, Thursday, Jan. 3rd.
Privateer, jenkins Store, Friday, Janu-
uary 4th.
Manchester. Lewis Store, Tuesday, jan
uaIy 9Th.
wedgefeld, Thursday, January 10th.
Stateburp, Friday, January 11th.
Hapood, Tuesday, January 18th.
Remberts, Wednesday, January 18th.
DaIzell, Thursday, January 18th.
:7ordon's Mill, Friday. January 18th.
Mayesville, Tuesday. January 22nd.
Shiloh, Wednesday, January 23ed.
Norwoods X Roads, Thursday, jan
uary Oath.
Oswego, Friday, January 25th.
The law requires that all persons owning
property or in auywise having charge OF
such property, either as ageut, husband
guardian, trustee, executor, administrators,
etc. return the sane under oath to tbs
Auditor, who requests al persons to be
prompt in making their returns and save
the 50 per cent penalty which will be
added to the property valuation OF sll
persons who fail to make returns within
the time prescribed by Law.
Taxpayers return what they own on the
f-st dav OF JaHuer~, 1907.
Assessors AID taxpa."ers will en- er the
arst 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 Num-
Der 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, 1907, except those incap-
able of earning support from being
manned or from other causes, are deemed
taxable polls, and except Confederate SOL
diers so years Of age, on January, 1st, lsV7.
All returns must be made on or before
the goth day of February, next, ! cannot
take returns after that date and all returns
made after the 20th day Of February, are
subject to penalty of SO per cent.
J. DIGGS WILDER,
Auditor Sumter County.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
TIE STATE SOUTH cAa0LlNA,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.

w sS \ . SS ~ ~ s&SS.
BY Thos. V. Walsh, Esq, Probate Judge.
Whereas, Richard B. Cain made suit
to me to grant him Letters of Administra-
tion of che Estate of and effects of John
R. Cain, late OF Sumter County, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon-
ish all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said John R. Cain, de-
ceased, that they be and appear before
me, in the Court of Probate, to be held
al Sumter Court House, on Friday, Dec.
2sth, 1906, next, after publication
thereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why the
said administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand this 5th day Of
December, A. D. 1906.
12-5--3s Judge Of Probate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12

What Adam ate, not what he drank,
Was he from Eden's garden driven,
o, what a difference there now would
be,
r. he had +o.,nr Docky Mountain Tea.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12
POsToFFICE BOX RENTS.

An Increase In Rates Ordered and
Advance Payment Will Be Strictly
Enforced.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12

Erie. Pa, December 10
florence McGill, aged eighty-one
years, was burned to death in his
home early this morning. He was
in the habit of smoking in bed. 1t is
supposed sparks fired his bedding.
The family discovered the blaze too
late to save the old man.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-12-12

Andrew Buddin, who was tried be-
fore Recorder Z rss Wedre~day on the
charge of 6: .aling cotton from the
depot platform, was convicted and
sensenced to 80 days on the chain
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-15
Not as Easv as It Looks.

/ The people who know how to run a
better than the editors and
who are always talking about the Gun
of newspapers, the numer-
Gus mistakes they make, their "inac-
curacy,' carelessness as to the
facts, = etc., may not all have been en-
ployed upon the new code, but probably
some of them have been, and they
know how it is themselves. It certainly
is great commentary on the limita-
tions upon human accuracy when a mat
ter of this kind, which has been the
work Of many men, over a period Of
five years, is still so full Of errors and
omissions and blunders that new ones
are discovered every day. This work
has been produced, too, under very diff
ferent conditions from those attending
the production Of daily newspaper.
Plenty of time, every facility for OBJ
tanning accurate information, years Of
elaboration and the whole work en-
tirely free from the hurry and rush
incident to the preparation of a daily
newspaper in time to catch the trains,
are conditions very different from those
under which the newspaper man works.
Possibly those who have been engaged
in this work, and multitudes Of others
who have observed the result, will be
less inclined hereafter to jump on the
newspapers because they make mistakes
which are inevitable under the condi-
tions under which q daily newspaper is
produced.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-15
The Rate Bill in the Senate.

The senate is debating the Hepburn
Dolliver bill, or what may now be
spoken of as the Tillman bill. since Mr..
Tillman has charge Of that important
measure in the senate. The members
of that body are affording the general
public an opportunity to take their
measures and estimate their relations to
the interests involved. No new devel-
opments have appeared as yet-no re-
alignment Of members Of the senate on
the rate-regulation question. The men
who are believed to represent the rail
roads are in their places and earning
their reputation Mr.. Tillman was I'M
usually mild and moderatein his speech
today, the responsible position which he
occupies seeming to have had a sober.
ing effect, upon this "wild man Of
Borneo.' 49, -, .-s
The measure will be debated indef
nitely, but it will finally pass. The
president and the house have made ur
their minds to that result, and with
the house in complete sympathy with
the president, it will be impossible fol
the senate to adjourn until they have
disposed of that measure, That the
senate will dare to kill it; that there
are votes enough in that body to accom-
plish that result, is altogether improb
able. There are number Of amend
ments to be offered-so many, in fact
and so varied, that it seems improbable
that any Of them are likely to NEE
with the favor Of a majority of tn
senate, so that the prospect is for tn
ultimate passage Of the bill substan
TALLY in the: form in which it cam
from the house-the form which suit
the president better than any other, an
the form in which the country woul
| like to use it to test with the railroad
the power Of the government to contro
| their action.