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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-02-14
PRIVATEER.

Privateer, February 1S.--Mrs. Joe
RigDy, of Manning, spent the past
week at Mr.. S. A. Harvin's.
Mesrs. Leroy Wells. Marion Mel
lette, of Wedgefeld and Robert Mel
Iette, of Summerton, were the guests
of Mr.. M. G. Ramsey Sunday.
Miss Kate BraG-o->;, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carnes, OF Bishopville, spent g few
days the past week at Mrs. S. ]. Brad
ford's.
Mr.. Joe Rigby, of Manning, was the
guest of Mr.. S. A. Harvin Sunday.
Miss Ina Mellette, of Stateburg: is
spending this week at Mr.. NJ. G. Ram
seys.
Mr. Frank Tisdale, of Jordan, spent
Sunday with Mr. J. D. Jenkins.
Miss Hennie May Bradford spent q
few days last week at Lanes.
Mrs. Sarah jenkins. Of Sumter,
spent last week with her daughter,
Mrs. L. B. jenkins.
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PISGAH.

Pisgah. February 12.-Farm work
has about ceased on account Of the
wet weather. AS fast as the land gets
little dry, it rains again so there is
no plowing done. The prospect at
this time don't look encouraging for a
big crop, for unless the land is we'll
prepared poor crops generally follow.
Guano is being delivered very slow
by the railroads. Very few have re-
ceived any. What the trouble is we
don't know. Not many have increased
the amount over last year, and good
deal OF it will go on tAe grain crops.
Rev. T. L. Cole has commenced his
work here under favorable conditions.
He is a very pleasant man and though
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DARK CORNER.

Dark Corner, February 10.-As /
had nothing to write last week will
write now, though I have nothing Of
importance to relate. We have had
such bad weather this week until we
poor old tillers Of the soil have done
hut little work, though yesterday was
a lovely day. If we could get many
Of that kind we would soon be up with
our work.
Mrs. Kolb and T. B. Weeks are still
mproving and I have no other sick
to report.
There are some colds, but nothing
serious
We have got some cars at last to
take the wood from Broadway siding.
But I cannot understand it, we have
been wanting cars for four or five
weeks and could not get them, while
at Gains crossing, just two miles
above Broadway, there has been two
cars standing for two or three weeks.
How islthat?
Misses Nealie and Mary Lee Ards
visited Mrs. W. ]. Ards last Sunday
evening.
Louis Scott, of soeven,. was. at his
brother wash's here yesterday even
Ing on business.
Mr.. James Mccutchen is cutting
some fne lumber at his mill which he
lately moved here from Pinewood. I
understand he is speaking Of moving
again in month or two somewhere
near here.
I hope you viii have a fine time at
your city dinner on the 21st.
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WIsACKY.

WisackyS February 1--we are
having severe weather at this time,
with Aigh winds and constant rains,
the ground is flooded with water and
farm work is at standstill.
The friends here OF Rev. T. G. Phil
lips, pastor of Bishopville Baptist
church, are grieved to give him up
He resigned his charge last Sabbath
and has gone to the Theological Sem
mary in Louisville, KY.
Mrs. Eva c. snih and family. OF
Bishopville, spent a few days with
relatives here recently.
Miss Katie Smith, Of Bishopville,
has been visiting Mr.. ]. H. Leding-
ham and family.
Several persons from this commu-
nifty attended the lectures by DR.. E.
10. Taylor in Bishopville and were well
pleased.
The railroad company has just COM
pleted a neat and comfortable depot
here which was greatly needed, and
very. much appreciated by the citi-
zens.
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POSTAL CRATER SENTENCED.
George w. Beavers Pleads Guilty TO
Conspiracy to Defraud and Gets
Two Years.

Washington, February 13.-George
W. Beavers, former superintendent OF
salaries and allowances OF the post
office department.. appeared before
Justice Could, OF the District Court
this morning and pleaded guilty to
the Indictment charging him With
conspiring With former Senator Green
of New York to defraud the govern
nent m connection with the sale Of
time recording devices to the depart
ment. He was sentenced to TWO :ears
in the Noundsville. West Virginia,
peniteatiaiy. Green did not appear
ana the case against him viii so to
trial Monday. It is expected that the
government viii qua;:2 the other in
dictments against ieavcrs.
After the sentence was imposed the
defendant was asked by Justice Gould
if he had anything to say. He replied
NO" and was taken Immediately to
a cell under the court room. Beavers
carried dress suit case containing ar
ticles absolutely necessary. He refus-
ed to talk of the case but said he
MS action would not result
detrimentalIy to the other de-
fendants in the case Il will not be
called as witness for the prosecu-
tion," he said. but may have to testi-
fy for the defense
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TAX RETURNS FOR 1906.
OFFICE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER CO.,
Sumter, S. c., Dec. 10, 1905.

Sumter, S. C, Lee. l0, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that I 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 l, 1906:
Tindal's Store, Monday, jan Sth.
Privateer, (Jenkins' Store), Tues
day, Jan. 9th.
Manchester, {Levi's), Wednesday,
Jan. 10th.
Wedgefeld, Thursday, Jan. 18th.
Stateburg, Friday, jar. 18th.
Hagood, Monday, Jan. 18th.
Remberts, Tuesday, JAM 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 hav-
ing charge Of such property, either as
agent husband, guardian, trustee, ex-
ecutor. administrator, ETC., return the
same under oath to the auditor, who
requests all persons to be prompt in
making their returns and save the so
per cent penalty, which Will be added
to the property valuation Of ali persons
who fail to make returns within the
time prescribed by law.
Taxpayers return What they own
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 sand 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 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 a pen
atty Of so per cent.
J. DIGGS WILDER,
Auditor Sumter County.
December 20, 1905.
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y. A. White were in Bishopville to-

W. A. White were in Bishopville to-
day.
Mr.. j. r. Mcleod was in Camden
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. A. White spent last
Monday in Bishopville.
Miss Annie Norwood, a very charm
ing young lady from Titusville, Fla.'
after spending several weeks with rel
taives at this place, has returned
home again.
The first quarterly conference of the
st. Johns and Rembert's circuit Will
meet at Salem church on Monday at
IL o'clock.
Messrs. W. D. and E. O. White spent
last Sunday at Mr.. J. E. Wilson's, OF
Smithville.
Rev. S. H. Booth filed his regular
appointment at St. Johns NJ. E.
church last Sunday morning.
Rev. H. B. Brown, of Sumter, will
preach at Salem Sunday afternoon.
Rev. G. NJ. Howerton filled his reg
ular appointment at New Hope Pres
byterian church last Sunday after
noon
Mr.. F. G. PEBBLES was in Camden
last Tuesday.
Miss Anna Holland is quite sick at
this time.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of Interest Condensed and Par.
agraphed for. Qa.sk.-keading.

The Clyde Steamship Company has
been absorbed by a syndicate headed
by Charles w. Morse, who is largely
interested in the shipping business.
The Sea Island cotton growers have
agreed to reduce their acreage % per
cent.
The Columbia theatre is 20 remod-
eled.
Charleston capitalists and business
men are organizing life insurance
company with s250,0G0 capital.
The Jonesville cotton mill increased
its capital stock from s150,o00 70
$685. 900.
It is estimated that about 7,o"0
horsepower can be generated at Meals
Shoals. OF this Union and Buffalo
Will each utilize about $500 horse
power. It is possible that arrange
ments may be made with the Union
council TO furnish them all day rs well
IS night current and let them d;s1l!o-
ute it to consumers in town. th2s OBJ
Waiting the necessity of constructing
seperate distributing lines.
W. e. Gonzales, editor of the Co
lunlbia State, has been elected a mem
Der of the board Of directors of the
South Carolina MEDICAL College of
Charleston.
Work OF the saluda river dam for
the Greenville-C Carolina Power Com
pany has been resumed. the Lorin2
y. Farnum Company of Boston, Mass.
having signed q contract to compiete
the Work by June /.
TIE various county cotton grow
ers' associations are reported as l3av-
ing good attendance at the recen.
monthly meetings and much enthus-
iasm prevails throughout the State
Rev. DR.. John Johnson has been
made rector emeritus OF St. Philips
Episcopal church, Charleston. Rev.
Cary Beckwith. late of Barnwell, has
been made rector Of this historic old
church.
Leger Labruce, While out duckins
on tne Pee Dee river near Arundel
plantation, in Georgetown county, the
home if his brother, L. Louis Labruca,
was drowned by the capsizing OF the
row boat The negro oarsman swan
to shore The accident occurred about
s o'clock Thursday evening. The de-
ceased is connected with some OF the
most prominent families in the county
and State
George Bates, young white man
near Pickens county. went to Green
vile Friday and bought horse and
buggy for s1S5, giving a check for
$500 in paying and receiving the diff
ference in cash. The check was found
to be forgery and he was arrested
Saturday.
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Ia stranger to this section has already
made many friends. His sermons
show much thought. we'll prepared and
delivered, and not too long to tire his
audience. His field Of labor will be
Gainesville, Bethany, Pisgah and
Swift Creek. He is principal Of the
high school of Cartersviile and as soon
as his term is out will move to the
parsonage at Bethany church, where
he will be more in his field of labor.
Rev. J. P. Coleman, who has been
doing colportage work for the Man
ming Baptist church, will extend his
labors to other churches of the Black
River association. This will greatly
enlarge his work. The churches will
help pay his salary. Mr.. Coleman is
man Of fine character and has made
success Of his work wherever he has
gone.
There is some sickness about but
not Of a very serious type.
The days of good stealing have
come back to our State and
history repeats itself. Any man
who loves his State cannot
but hold his head down in sorrow to
know that there are our native people
who have taken that which does not
belong to them putting themselves OF
level with the scalawags who preyed
on the vitals of our people in radical
times. If there is any law to reach
them they should be severely dealt
| with, let them be who they may. It
is astonishing that men can't handle
other peoples money without stealing
| it. The dispensary investigation, so
far. shows a state of affairs that is
disgraceful Not simply because it is
whiskey business, but the stealing fea-
ture of it which seems to be in all it's
! branches. Steal in all public things
that you can seems to be the rule Of
the day from the Rocky Mountains to
the Atlantic Ocean and the next thing
is to cover it up as much as possible.
Surely a man is lost to all self respect
when he can steal the public money
and betray the trust reposed in him.
| In the counties which were carried
by the Brice law a state Of affairs ex-
lists that is worse than the dispensary.
Importing whiskey and dealing it out
under the cover Of night-blind tigers,
blockade running, etc. All this as a
result of the Rrice law is what lot
of consistent prohibitionists knew be-
fore would follow, and is the reason
they favor the dispensary as the lesser
of two evils and not that they favored
whiskey selling. 1t is "a bad state Of
affairs any way you take it.
If the legislature continues as it is
now going on until adjournment it
will go on record as the most impor-
tant one we ever had to do nothing
and kill time.
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Letter to Rev. F. NJ. Satterwhite-
Sumter, S. c.


Rev. Sir: Three churches in Bald
winsville. y. Y, have had their first
lesson in Devoe.
Messrs. Osterhout & Lockwood
painted the Presbyterian parsonage
estimated 80 gallons; took %.
Messrs. Slingerland & Shutter paint
ed the Episcopal church; estimated 40
gallons; took %.
Same painters painted the Catholic
church; estimated so gallons; took So
Of course they estimated from what
they had been using. The, saving in
paint and work is 81 or S5 a gallon
Total saving on three jobs s125 to
s150-the painting costs two or three
times as much as the paint, you know.
8
Yours truly,
F. W. Devoe & CO.
P. S. Durant Hardware Co., sell our
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BoSsaRDs.

Bossards, February 12.-We are
having plenty Of rain and not much
work this year. The farmers are all
downhearted.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Ingram have re-
turned to their home from a pleasant
visit to her parents here.
Miss Marie Tisdale has returned
trom three wleks' visit to her sisters
m Privateer.
Mr.. Clarence Dorm has left us and
IS cunning a beef market in Sumter.
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TIE ANNAPOLIS TRIALS.
Court Martial Rcccnvcncd This Morn
ing and immediately Adjourned.

Annapolis. February 1S.-The court
martial reconvened this morning and
after two minutes took an adjourn
ment, subject to the call Of Superin-
tendent Sands. The congressional in
-vestigationa committee is expected to
arrive this afternoon to begin probing.
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EDWARDS.

Edwards. February 1o.-Today has
been very pleasant one, after two
days of rain. sleet and snow. Farm
wurk is at a standstill, except little
fertilizers are being hauled.
Messrs. w. T. Mcleod, W. D. and
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
zEvsy LETTERS FROM OUR SPE-
CIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
means OF Interest From all Parts OF
sumter and Adjoining Counties.
notice 10 CORRESPONDENTS.

aail your letters SO that they will
reach this Office not later than Tues
nay morning. When the letters are
received Wednesday it is almost an
accessibility to have them appear in
the paper issued that day.
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Two young gentlemen O. N'oNi' lo"u
wishing to spend the night with
country friend came out in thei, auto
one fine afternoon. On the way they
frightened TWO carriage horses to such
an extent that the carriage pole was
broken. out they We're considerate
stopping. etc, to enable the genetle-
man driving to coptrol them thus
ayerting q more serious accident
Next morning they set out on their
return at the same great rate of speed
and this time many vehicles were in
the road. First, G e. that l know of)
on a hill they met a buggy. which had
been driven until a few minutes before
hv child of II. The horse was quite
? fraid of motors and if a strong col
o~ed man had not providentially beg
ged a ride just before. and taken
charge of the reins. a serious accident
would doubtless have occurred. The
man was able to get the horse out into
q field and the machine whizzed by
without Stacking up. Within a mile
of this place. just beyond a slight rise.
and where the road was narrow. and
an embankment on either side. they
suddenly came upon q man with
another horse afraid of them. This
old man has been in the employ OF
one family for 4 years and had driv~
on the horse its whole life without an
accident. But the speed of the ma
chine was so great that before he
could get out and go to his horses
head as he had been instructed to do,
the animal became terrified wheeled
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-14
MESSAGE. WILL
Be SHORT

The governor is hard at work ON
his message. to be sent to the iegisla-
ture to meet on January q.
He intends to make it short and ID
the point He believes justly that the
isfed with his administration the past
four ears and will continue along the
same general lines Some legislation
is needed for changed conditions and
this he will demand. with the certain
" Of seeing his recommendations
carried out The next legislature will
be one CT the most important held N
this state for many years.
Some of III ethings that will come
Nd for attention things the govern r
alay touch upon in his message are:
reform in the mining laws; changaS
IL the revenue laws; changes in tha
city Incorporating laws: separation f
new judicial, senatorial AMI ASSEMBLY
districts: creation Of new depart
nen- of mining inspection and con
troll: new county Jail for the Bull
frog district: revision Of the school
laws SO as to meet thc demands Z
the fast-growing communities:
changes in the present registration
law: revision Of the law relating -
salaries Of c rtain county and state
officers: legislation in respect to man
fest railroad abus :, and many ether
reforms demanded by the prosperous
7nj progressive conditions Of New
Nevada.
Seldom do men in public life have
,ha opportunities for making records
fer themselves as these yhich will BE-
presented to the members of the next
legislature.
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LEISURE HOUR CLUB TO BUILD

The eisure Hour Club has uet9i-
mined to build a home for the clun
and for that purpose has arranged
to buy lot back of the parsonage
near the school house.
The lot will cost the club $500,
most of which amount has been sub
scribed. The building will cost about
$4,000 and the club is considering sew
eral ways to raise ,le money for this.
There is no question of advisability
in the matter If the club owned is
own home, the sort of building that
would suit the club, it could be utiliz-
ed for other purposes and earn
enough to pay interest and sinking
fund on the entire amount required
to build it. The proposition has the
support of almost the entire member
ship Of the club.
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AND THE LADIES PERsPIRED

For the sake 6f the preacher who
IS young and artless. let his name
be unknown. But the story is true.
and It occurred in a Nevada town
last week, a1< each woman is busy
with It's narration. There is an or
sanitation in the church: what its
Uses are only the members know. but
i Is called The Little Mothers Of
the Church. Row, the rector was
giving out a notice about it the othar
Sunday and how women could ioin
H. etc. Then he made this Announce.
meAt which caused a fiutter and ?
gasp.
Any lady wishing TO become IL
'e mother can do so by caIling n,
NE rector any Friday in his stu5y
al'ached to the church"
Rnd mummuring wave like q su1
oe2 wind, in forest. went over tb,,
congregation.
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now WHAT DYE Think OF
THAT?

Here is what a preacher of Sacram-
ento has to say about Goldfeld ani
Tonopah in the Sacramento Bee:
'>Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada,
are good places TO stay away from
at present, according to Rev. Charles
l.. Miel, as people are dying there by
the hundreds Of an epidemic of pneu-
monia raging in both towns and Of
such an acute nature that that IL gen
orally carries off its victims in from
cne to three days after the disease is
contracted.
Rev. Mel has just returned from
Goldfeld where he contracted the di-
sease in speaking of conditions
here he said:
when | arrived at Goldfeld, Nov.
80. | was told that sixty dead bodies
cf victims Of the disease were at
that tine waiting for interment and
that people were dying at the rat2 If
. tNtI VI j-I4lt
There IS 40 lack Of good physi-
clans there but they are Handicapped
by the fact that fuel is so scarce
that it is almost impossible to keep
their patients comfortable, and there
are neither hospitals or trained nus
ses to aid them In addition to this
the disease is accompanied by a com
rliCatiCn Of the liver that makes II
especially deadly
This state of affairs is concealed
from 1he outside world and no men
ion CT ii is made even in the Local
'aporz. whicA also fail to publish the
deaths that occur daily. AS soon as
a person contracts pneumonia now
ne is hurried out Of the town 4
some other locality and the result is
that even the sleeping cars are filled
with the disease.
Il contracted the disease goine
over. owing TO the fact that the cars
We're not sufficiently heated. and hat
not uid an eAcellent physician
would have probably been brought
out feet first. AS soon as | was able
10 be moved my physician hurried me
o1t of the place. and although I an
feeling very much better l will have
tc take care of myself for some time
to come. My advice is: "Don't gt
to either Tonopah or Goldfeld at the
present.
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OOR AUTHORITATIVE" STATE
MENT
STATE.

Our friend, the Virginia Chronicle.
takes slight dab at Us in his Issue
of Thursday afternoon by saving:
The Appeal authoritatively denies
that the Western Pacific has control
Of the Y. & T. railway"
Ii this is an effort to tar The AD-
peal with the railroad brush it is a
weak one II 1t is boost for the Ao-
peal because The Appeal goes 10
headquarters for its information, we
are much obliged Any time the
Ohfonlclo feels lucky. il is at liberty
TO take fail out of The Appeal
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-14

For the past few days the W. [.
received a. Goldfeld. By mail
received at Goldfeld by paszenSr
train to Reno, where The messages
are put on the wire The same pro-
ceedure is taken with messages for
Coldneld received al Reno, they are
taken from Reno to GOldfeld by
train, Last "Wednesday the operators
: GCljfeld refused to take any mes
saSes, declaring the public blames
-hela for slow transmission instead
o he CON pany. Wires are down for
G-!!C5 and rush crews are repairing
as fast as possible
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-14
DON'T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE

W omen in the cities have adopted
the habit of taking a good looking
young man with them when doing
Christmas shopping They say they
are waited upon with greater celebrity
by the shop girls Good scheme for
his town, No? If it is adopted We
will agree to sit in and help get out
our esteemde contemporary for a
week or so.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-14
HENRY MORRIS is DEAD

Henry Morris. native of Virginia
City. well known in every city IN
Nevada, died Monday in San Fran
CISCO He has been i'll for some
time and his death was expected. He
Gid his last business in Carson City
last October, visiting this place with
5. B. Cohen in the interest Of land
company in Humboldt county, Cali
tornia Morris leaves five children,
was 80 years of age, and was possess
81 of independent means.
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FUNERAL OS JAS ATKINS

The funeral of James Atkins, wno
week was held this afternoon from
kitzmeyer's establishment.
Atkins was we'll known in this city
He went to Goldfield some time ago
and while there contracted pneumon.
ia. from which he died.
He leaves wife and son and two
sisters to mourn his loss. Rev. Cole
grove officiated at the funeral.