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Besides this attraction Manager Tballer has
also arrange a program Of vaudeville
specialties. The bill includes estrada, an
eouilibrist; Moore and Evans, comedy
acrobats: d. B.. Woodward, In tambourlne
juggling acts; Paul stephens, one-legged
novelty gymnast; the Alpha Trio, in hoop
rolling specialties, and the Reeds, musical
artists. The roller skating rink will be
open afternoon and evening and at night
there will be inaugurated a race for points,
the contests to continue every Sunday
night. A prize will be awarded at the
close of the season by the park manage
ment.
mate races will be held every Tues
day night and professional races will be
run off Thursday nights. There also will
be a display of fireworks each Wednesday
night.
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THE PROGRAM OF NEXT WEEK

the ream of the tried and proved dramatic successes of the day.
= Following the splendidy written and acted comedy If 1.-THE Three
of Us" which closes it's engagement there tonight comes another play to
of the biggest hits among current productions but OF its genuine dramatic
merits This is 1.-THE Road to Yesterday" a play in the writing Of which
the co-authors, Beuiah M Dix and Evelyn G. Sutherland, have exhibited a
humorous and a poetic ens as wei as a dramatic. 1t is a play OF dis
tmct novelty Of idea artiNhcany developed. That 1T is to be acted in the
spirit In which it is written u glance at the names oil the members of the
cast given below will sufficiently Indicate
The vaudeville bills of mex week at the Shubert an Proctors promise
agreeable entertainment The popular melodramatc offerings of the week
will be Edna the Pretty Typewriter at B1aneys and 1.-THE Life Of a n
Actress at the Columbia The wadmanns management announces the
RentzSantey bulesquer.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS
OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS,

Nine. ALA Nazimora will give her last
performance of "Comtesse Coquette" at
the Bi1ou Theatre, New York, tonight. On
Monday she Will offer Ibsen's "The Master
Builder" It was in this play that she
made her great success In Russia. She
will have the assistance of H. Reeves
Smith, Walter Hampton, Gertrude Berke-
ley and Cyril Young.
Miss Florence Roberts, the California
actress, who last year madeN a successful
debut In New York in THE Strength of
the Weak will return next Thursday to
produce 1.-THE Struggle Everlasting at
the Hackett Theatre
pioneer Days. the great frontier spec
tacle, with SEQ people and $50 horses; "Nep-
tunes Daughter,' with twelve disappearing
rms and the attending features, and
the extraordinary circus acts, of which the
Hippodrome always has the best. continue
to make that big playhouse a mecca for
amusement seekers in the metropolis. Prep
~arations are being made for the new produc-
lions to be put on later in the year, but
their nature has not yet been divulged.
The Western Three of US company Is
now touring the far West and Is admirably
received. Walter N. Lawrence considers
that Mabel Cameron, who is playing the
Atuull6 AOlO VI ANY
dramatic discovery.
Klaw & Erlaneer's production Of Ed
mund Days drama, The Round Up
which now holds the stage at the New
Amsterdam Theatre in New York, Is prov
ing a great popular success at this house
The scenes of the play are laid in South
western Arizona and the producition
graphically represents this locale. the
types of character introduced In the play
represent cattle owners, cowboys, womer
OF the West, Apache Indians, rough rider'
and c~avalrymen. The great feature OF tn
production is the vivid and realistic battle
scene in the third act. The scene OF tn
last act is another remarkable example o.
stage realism, presenting an exact repro
duction of a cattle round up, with cowboy
riding bucking horses.
W~agonhals and Kemper have accepted
from Hartley Manners a new play to b'
used by Miss Blanche Walsh upon the con
| clusion of her tour Of the principal elite
in her present Clyde Fitch vehicle, "Th'
Straight Road"
Klaw & Erlanger VIII produces Henri
Arthur Jonesss new play, The Gallean'
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SEAMAN KILLED ON BATTLEsH1P.

BOSTON. Sept. 21.4The battleship
New Jersey came in from target prac-
tiseS yesterday, bearing the body
of George +. Gehring, ordinary sea-
man. OF $50 East 1920 street. New York.
ceived while engaged in gymnastics
who died Thursday from injuries re-
Wednesday afternoon. Gehring fell,
breaking his neck. For thirty-six
hours he was kept alive by his CONS
rRdes through ARTIFICIAL respiration.
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BALLOON ASCENSION
Vat HILLSIDE PARK.

A sensational aerial act, consisting Of a
balloon ascension by John Mack. who will
make -four parachute drops In midair, will
be the feature at Hillside Park tomorroY.
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could be secured, with the most perfect
care exercised in having every detail cor
rect. The engagement is for one week
with the usual matinees.
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and hardships he is forced to ndure
to keep the pride of his heart" from
being taken from him.
"The Little Organ Grinder" which
B. F. Forester will present for the
first time to the patrons of the Column
bia Theatre, the week of September 80,
with Marion Ba1lou in the title role,
portrays the humorous side of life, the
pathos of persecution and defense of
honor In the yours of love. and reveals
the vicissitudes of a beautiful girl cast
on her own resources.
Charles Robinson's Might Owls" will
be the burlesque attraction at VALID
mann's Opera House on September 80.
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SHADOWS OF COMING
EVENTS IN THRATREDOM.

Miss Rena vivienne, one OF III most
successful native prima donnas on the
American stage, is one Of four singers
to be heard in the role of Madam
butterfly" when Henry w. Savage
brings his new English Grand Opera
company to the Newark Theatre for
a weeks engagement, beginning Sep
tember 80. The coming Of Mr.. Savage's
organization will prove the most IN
teresting music event of the season. in
asmuch as the producer Of grand opera
in English will bring here the same
great cast, orchestra and production
to be heard at the Garden Theatre In
New York later in the season. The
company includes a triple cas- Of ar
lists, including sopranos, contraltos,
baritones, tenors and basses; a grand
opera chorus. and Mr.. Savage's own
specially organized symphony orches-
ira of sixty pieces under the leadership
of Walter H. Rothwell, Cornelius Dop-
per and Guy Ambrose.
At Blaney's Theatre. beginning Mon
day, September 80. P. H. Sullivan will
present his latest melodrama of West
ern life, The Cowboy and the Squaw.'
by Joseph Byron Totten. The piece
deals with the love story OF a cowboy
for an Eastern girl and the many triali
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Klaw & Erlanger VIII produce Henry
Arthur Jones's new play, The Galilean's
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Wagonhals and Kemper have accepted
from Hartley Manners a new play to be
used by Miss Blanche Walsh upon the con-
clusion of her tour Of the principal cities
in her present Clyde Fitch vehicle, The
Straight Road"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02

The South Carolina delegation in
congress are working hard to- get a
sub-treasury in this State and the
present indications are they will sue
ceed. Congressman Lsgare wanted,
Of course, to have it established in
Charleston, but rather than jeopardize
the chances Of getting it in the State,
he joins Congressman Lever in pull
ing for Columbia, thus making the
delegation unit. Lever never loses a
chance to help his State and the dis
trict he represents must appreciate
him. It would not surprise US in the
least to see him made the successor
Of United. States Senator Asbury I4ati-
mer, who has a seat still in that body,
but who has developed into a very
artful tax-dodger.-Manning Times.
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A SHOOTING sCRAPE
Northrop Handy, Co1ored. is Shot
in Neck by Lot MCCOY.

Northrop Handy, celored, was shot
in the neck by Lot Mccoy on Thurs
day morning, and is now in a serious
condition. Mccoy and D. S. Owens
were shooting at a target behind the
Express Office; where Mccoy is en-
ployed Handy, whose place of busl-
ness is next door to the Express Office,
came OUT of his shop and peered over
the fence, which separates the two
lots.
According to Mccoy, the latter
playfully aimed his pistol at Handy,
telling him to look out as he was 60
ing to shoot Handy asked him not
to do so, but Mccoy, as he states,
thinking the pistol unloaded, fred. in
ficting a wound in Handy's neck.
Handy's exact condition cannot be
determined at the present time, but
he is resting easily today. j,
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ser of hospitality. can never forget
him and his, kind wife. Hard by is
a. man with a slick hat and looks in
kind: that to common mortal is a
queer Gus cone S if you please)-cus
withFa dash may mean many things,
butsin this case it means one Of the
sunniest, one of the most genial, one
of the livest. one Of the strongest, in
county, State and church. But he is
a busy-body, and in other mems mat
tiers, aiding the weak and helpless.
Don't I love him? He has a worthy
coadiutor in a fine (shall I say oldD
bachelor, lover Of blooded horses.
My earlier years in Sumter were
without, almost, without friends or
credit. Now I trust have both. I'll
not forget this bachelor soon.
The first people to trust me in
Sumter were the Ryttenbergs. I was
trained to hate a Jew, but I boast I
have outgrown my training, for which
this noble family are largely respon-
sible.
9 If the people referred to in this
article will pardon me and you will
allow me to finish at another time
this letter of personalities will grow
into something else il not something
better. Could one and all look into
this bosom and see the promptings
of this efusion they would palliate if
not excuse it. Hagood.
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Died From Exposure.

John Hammett, colored, died sud
denly on Christmas day from the ef-
feet of excessive drink and exposure.
Hammet, who had been imbibing
freely during the day, was taken back
Of the dispensary by some of his
friends, and left there to rest While
there, parties who saw him, say ne
was frothing at..the mouth and show
ing signs of person freezing to
death,
After some time Hammet was re-
moved to his home where he died
shortly afterward. The exact cause
of his death, therefore, is not known
but it is supposed that exposure to
the cold air was too much for him in
the condition he was.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02
A Texas Wonder.

sThere's a Hill at Bowie, Tex, that's
twice as big as last year. This wonder
is ". L. Hill, who from a weight Of 80
pounds has grown to over 1So. He
says: "I suffered with a terrible
cough, ard doctors gave me up to
die of consumption. I was reduced to
90 pounds, when ] began taking DR..
Kings New Discovery for coasump-
ton, coughs and colds. Now, after
taking IL bottles, I have more than
doubled in weight and am completely
cured" Only sure cough and cold
cure. Guaranteed by Sibert's Drug
Store. soc and 81. T,ial bottle free.
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a Farewell Shot.

II
Hagood, Dee. 27-May be, but
may It not result as one OF the great
riot IN Lancaster more than 20 years
ago. a negro, clean escaped, as he
dashed across. the public square. feel
mo himself safe, fred back over his
shoulder as he hurried away. In an
osher moment he lay pierced by a
bsanet as a reward for his 1nalig-
nancy
Court was in session, with Judge
Mackey presiding. When the re-fir-
ing began old Mr. John Bailey, an IN
erssgpaneled juror, with hat in hand,
rushed for the door. Come back,
ar. Baily, the judge called out. not
halting, he replied, sAh, my boys are
out there
am saying goodbye" to the
many readers OF the Watehman and
Sonthrcn, because. as many Of aem
uo not know, the Methodist church
has given me work at Darlington.
A number Of years ago, almost q
total stranger, came to Sumter to
farm. Ny experience has been varied
and worth the While may be. If I
thought knew how to farm learn
ed I did not. Mine has not been a
bed Of roses nor a bed of therns. I
always had great faith in the Game
Cock City and county, and would
have been willing, had I had them,
to have put up the stakes, and what?
i would have been a winner In every
instance. What growth and deyel-.
opment, beyond the dream Of vis-
ionary. In astonishment, a lover, an
admirer Of Sumter enterprise and
tariff, I find myself wondering what
the end VIII be. Sumter is a wonder
1rl place anyway. To begin with, on
Liberty street, 7 think it is, a gray
headed man, uncorrupted by the
noodle, undaunted by the threats of
carpetbag misrule, preferring crust.
with peace Of conscience to the pre-
Ssrment of corruption whatever that
might mean, stil labors at the press,
honored and respected by al that
know him. The first time visited
Ssnte. stopped at the Jervey
House, and the Impression, then made
upon me still fingers, that Uncle
Jin, bless his Jolly soul, is "a dispen-
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Wedding at Bishopville.

Bishopville, Dec. 2s.-Mr. Jake
shuford and Miss Ola Smith were
quietly married Sunday night atstfe
parsonage by Rev. Charles B. Smith.
Mr.. shuford is one Of the most .popu-
lar young men Of Bishopville and Miss
Smith is one Of the prettiest girls
here, who moved here with her pa
rents from Waxhaw, y. c., about four
years ago. They will make their home
at Bishopville.-The State.
Mr.. shuford is well known in Sum-
ter, having been in business here FOR
some time.
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*open the bowels and get the COT

*open the bowels and get the cold
out of your system. Kennedy's Laxa-
tive Cough Syrup opens the bowels
and at the same time allays the in
fammation of the mucous membranes.
Contains Honey and Tar. Drives out
the cold and stops the cough. Abso-
lutely free from any opiates. Con-
forms to the National Pure Food and
Drug Law. Pleasant to take. Sold
by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02

Sc. c. Dewitt & Co, of Chicago. at
whose laboratory Kodol is prepared,
assures us that this. remarkable di-
gestant and corrective for the stom-
ach conforms fully to all provisions
of the National Pure Food and Drug
Law. The Kodol laboratory is a very
large one, but if ali the sufferers from
Indigestion and stomach troubles
could know the virtues Of Kodol it
would be impossible for the manufac-
turers to keep up with the demand.
Kodol is sold here by all druggists.
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TAX Returns FOR 1907
OFFICE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUNTY,

COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUNTY.
SUMTER, S. c., Dec. :, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that will attenc.
in person Or by Del uty, at the following
placss on the days ind Gated, respectively.
for the purpore of receiving returns OF
personal properly and poll taxes for tie
fiscal year, com nencipg January 1st, 1907
Tindalrs Store. Thursday, Jan. 3rd.
? .ivateer, Jenkins JStore. Friday, Janu
uary 4sh.
Manchester. Lewis Store, Tuesday, Jan
uary Ssh.
Wedgef I'D. Thursday. January 10th.
Stateburg, Friday, January 18th.
Hagood. Tuesday January 10Th.
Renberts, Wednesday, Janca'y 18th.
Dalzsll, Thursday, Janua-s 17rh.
::11ordon's Mill, Friday, January 18th.
Mayesvil!e, Tuesday. Jauuar! 22nd.
Shiloh, Wednesday, January 23,d.
Norwoods X Roads, thursday, Jan
uary oath.
Oswego, Friday, January 25th.
The law requires that all persons owning
property or in anywise having charge OF
such property. either as agent, husband
guardian, trustee, executor, administrator
etc. return the sane under oath to the
Auditor, who requests ell persons to be
prompt in making their returns and save
the 50 per cent penalty which will be
added to- the property valuation of al
persons who fail to make returns within
the time prescribed by law.
Taxpayers return what they own en- the
f,st day of January, 1907.
Assessors and taxpayers will en- er the
first given name of the taxpayer IN foil
also make separate return for each
township where the property. is located
and also in each and every case the Num-
ber of the school district must be given.
] Every male citizen between the age Of
twenty one and sixty years on the first
day of jar uery, 1907, except those incap
able os earning a support from being
manned or from other causes, are deemed
taxable polls, and except Confederate sol
diers so years of age, on January, lst, 1907
All retorns must be made ON or before
the Goth day of February, next, l canno
take returns after that date and all return;
made after the 20th day of February, are
subject to penalty of 80 per cent.
j. D1GG3 WILDER,
Auditor Sumter County.
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Chambellain's Cough Remedy Safe
Medicine for Children.

SIN buying a cough medicine for
children, never be afraid to buy
Chambe1lain's Cough Remedy. There
is no danger from it,. and relief is
always sure to follow. It is intended
especially fos. '.o.ic.s, colds, Group
and whoop;.e and there is no
better meGic:-.e il the world for
these diseases. 1t is not only a certain
cure for Group, but, when given as
soon as the croupy cough appears,
will prevent the attack. Whooping
cough is not dangerous when this
remedy is given as directed. It CON.
tains no opium or other harmful
drugs, and may be given as confident
ly to a baby as to an adult. For sale
by J. F. w. DeLorme.
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*For 20 years W. L. Rawls, Of Bells.
Tenn, fought nasal catarrh. He
writes: ",rhe swelling and soreness in
side my nose was fearful, till I began
applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve to
the sore surface; this caused the sore
ness and swelling to disappear, never
to return" Best sa1ve;. in existence.
25c at Sibert's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02
SHOT IN THE ARM.
Jim Davis, colored, is Accidentally
Wounded by Uncle.

On Christmas day Jim Davis, color
ed, was accidentally shot in in the
arm by his uncle, Tom Davis. The
muscles of Jim's arms were terribly
lacerated, inficting a painful wound.
1t appears that Tom was going out
hunting and carried his gun under his
overcoat. When Jim was approach
ing, by some motion Of Toms arms,
the gun was discharged with the above
result. Medical attention was Sc
cured at once, and Jim is doing as
well as can be expected.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02

cit looks a little strange" says the
Chicago Chronicle, referring, Of
course, to the South Carolina immi-
grafton case, sethat congress should
have passed law carrying a provis-
ion for its own notification, that it
should have ,aken dozen years to
find it out, and that southern State
should be the first to profit by the
discovery It does, indeed, but we
are none the less glad.-charlotte OBJ
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02

To oblige woman 2,27o western
business men signed petition with
out reading it, and have made them
selves liable to a total sum of $780,
900. Cassie Chadwick will find plen-
ty Of them left when she gets out Of
the penitentiary-W ashington Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02
WoMAN's HOME c0KPANi0a

has the largest subscription list
of any ten cent magazine-three
million people read this one maya
zine every month. Besides tie
helpful, intimate things that wo-
men want to know, there are de-
lightful stories and articles by
Kate Douglas Wiggin, Elizatet
Stuart Phelps, Jack London ard
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman; in
spring editorials by Dr.. Edward
Everett Hale; Miss Gould's fash
ion pages, ber dressmakine lesson
and her free shopping service
Miss Farmers cooking depart
ment; the children's own pages
in all twelve useful departments
something for all the family ano
for the woman-everything.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02
Gave Baby Concentrated Lye.


Bessie Thomas, a colored woman of
bad character, living in the Stokes
Bridge section, was arrested last week
by Deputy H. E. Mooneyhan and
lodged in Jail for giving little child
of Charlotte Wesley, about one year
old, a dose of concentrated lye, wnich
caused its death. The jury Of inquest
returned a verdict in accordance with
the above facts. It seems that it was
a malicious deed caused by the wom-
an committing the deed being jealous
OF the other.-Bishopville Vindicator.
= -------s--- ----------
Fifteen Cars Of a Southern Freight
Train Jump the Track Near
Blacksburg and Traffic is Delayed.
spartanbur, Dec. 2s.-one Of the
worst freight wrecks in the history
Of the Southern railway occurred this
morning near. Blacksburg, fifteen cars
jumping the rails, and the track is
reported to have been torn up for 800
yards. The track has. been blocked
since early this morning, and no
south bound trains have passed Spar
ranburg since 5 O'Clock this morning.
No lives were lost in the wreck.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02
why Suffer With Rheumatism?

*Do you know that rheumatic pains
can be relieved, # you doubt this
Just try one application Of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. It will make rest
and sleep possible, and that certainly
means a great deal to any one ahict-
ed with rheumatism. For. sale by J.
f. w. DeLorme.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02

*For chapped and cracked hands
nothing is quite as good as an appiica-
ton Of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Put it on before going to bed, use an
old pair of gloves and see what a diff.
ference the morning will bring. Sold
by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-02

The Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers'
international Union has gone on rec
ord as opposed to the custom of local
bodies Of holding their meetings in
saloons.
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srArsMEsr OF THE CONDITION OF
The Bank Of Sumter

Located at Sumter, S. C.,
At the Close of Business, Dec. 20, 1906.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts, 1921, ,031 S5
Overdrafts, $3.50 70
Bonds and Stocks owned by
the Bank, 1850 90
Furniture and Fixtures, 1000 90
Other Real Estate, 1850 O0l5
Due from Banks and Bankers, 88625 60 :
Currency, 10,878 90
Gold, 245 90
Silver, Nickels and Pennies, 1,217 SO. Z
Checks and Cash Items, 1925 10
Total, s4s2,1s4 30 4
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid IN, S $4,000 90
Undivided Profits, less Cur
rent Expenses snd Taxes
Paid, Al 973 %
Dae to Banks and Bankers, .126 53
Due Unpaid Dividends, 5000 90 I
Individual Deposits Subject to ~
Check, l95,589 61
Savings Deposits, 73 HI 80
Bills Payable, 10000 oo
Total, s4s2, ,1s4 80
State Of South Carolina-County of Sam.
ter.
Before me came W. F. Rhame, Cashier
of The Bank of Sumter, who being duly
sworn, says that the above and foregoing
statement is true condition Of said bank,
as shown by the books of file in said bank.
W. F. RiAME.
Subscribed to and sworn before me-,
this 10Th day of December, 1905. Ss
B. L. WRIGHT, IL. s..
Notary Public for S. C.
Correct Attest:
RICHARD I. MANNING,
MARION NOISE,
E. G. HAYNSWORTH,
Dec. 20, 1905.