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11/ ... ^wnrrnn ii i n ' Tg^TwirwiiHii imM""1 iw r ---r?r nuipi ? imm ^ '' ' ^**^ ^ '^'" "i" '1"""" " " ?''-''?-^^^?^"^^ ^**' ? ' ^ ^? '' ^'^ ? ^ ^^_-r., ~zz? ?-^^ ??- -?- ? ^-' " '??? *?? VOI.XLVIJ. CAMDEN, S. C.. THUKS0AT, MARCH 15, 1889 ;;^V'?'; - ~? . I.SBB-ggB- , ' ?B;?r~?V:~ ^gBBg-Bggggi L I CUtt. ALEXANDER, Proprietor I iSiblished Every THURSDAY. I Sab., $1.50 per year in Advance. ^^_At the End of the Year, $2.00. P XoCALjTEMS. & i Caution to Mothers. ;; Krery mother la cautioned against giving tbc I -Child laodanom or paregoric; ltcreaea aiuin. I aatoral cravlBg for stlmnUnts which kills the aind or the child. Acker's Baby Sootber Is specially prepared to benefit children and care their pains. It Is harmless and contains no Opium or Morphine. Sold by Moore * Klrkley I ' A Green Tea Will be given at the old hail or i the Y. M. C. A. on Friday evening, March 22d, by the Methodist Juvenile Missionary Society. Be sure and go if yon want to spend a pleasant evening. Admission, only ten cents. Two for One. We are now offering the Home and Farm and the Camden Journal 1 (the two together) for $1.50 per an. num in advance. The Home and ^ Farm is one of the best family papers any one could wish to have, as the hundreds who are now faking it will testify. Come Jin at once and subscribe for it. Mad Dogs. It 19 reported that qnite a number | iB of mad dogs are now roaming nbont ! loose in the vicinity of Camden. Ci; H Tusday afternoon of last week one fl^^?ssed through the lower portion of B||jwa>den and bit abont a dozen other H||?gs on his trip through town. Bg&jBnce then we learn of several that ggSgMve been killed, and others have @ffa?en seen. Look ont for them. B$pBople|EveryIwhers , oar statement when we say that Acti B B English Remedy Is In ercry way superlo / B Bmr and aH other preparations for the Throu KB m Langs. In Whooping Cough and C<ou| B Bnagic and relieves at ;onc?. We offer yon 1 B Bipie bottle free. Remember, this Remedy id. Wtti^Bd on a positive guarantee. Moore h E Irk ley's gi Ratk of Mrs. Williams, MB We regret to learn of the death of S. C. Williams, wife of Mr. J. ||jg|9 P. Williams, which occurred at her @||iAme in West Wateree on the 3d g&st. She had been in ill health for and her death was not bereaved mourn raibcd anvwhere ^^^flan right^fe iin the vicinity of; V: Camden."Suchbeing the case,why can* j not our farmers compete with those | of 'Barnwell and Aiken counties in raising melons for the northern market? We have ample transportation facilities now, and we see no reason why we cannot begin the business, i It has paid the Barnwell farmers far better than cotton raising, and it gives them money in the middle of summer when they are harder pressed for it than at any other time. Wake up, farmers, and try the ex pertinent oh a few acres Rnyhow We feel satisfied that low rates of transportion will be given on the railroads. Pimples on the Face Denote an impure state of the blood and are looked upon by many with suspicion. Acker's Blood Elixir will remove all impurities and leava the complexion smooth and clear* There is nothing that will so thoroughly build up the constitution, purify and strengthen the whole system. Sold and guaranteed by Moore A Kirki*r The James Murder. Joseph W. James, of Darlington, was placed on trial in Darlington last week charged with being an ac complice in the murder of his father, Mr. Joseph James. Sr. which occurred last ye \Young James lias been convict \Lewis Williams . and Robert Ak \both colored, have also been co. . icted, and it is probable tbat they will all be bung. The public generally approve of the verdipt. The murder was committed for the purpose of getting the old , man's money, Williams and Arthur being promised $600 by young James ir tuey woiua Kin ins latuer. ne did not give them the money afier the murder was committed. Is Life Worth Living: ? l?ot If you go through the world a dyspeptic Acker's Dsspepsta Tablets are a positive cure for the worst forms of Dyspeptla, Indigestion, Flatulency and Constipation. Guaranteed and sold by Moore A Klrtley. The County Bonds for the 8 C's Bailroad. k^^Thecommittee from the Grand ted at the February term examine into the manthe county bonds were voted for the 3 C's Railroad, met recently, and the following is the substance of their report: They find upon an examination of the Auditor's hooks that 311 names of the 898 that appear upon petition calling for an electioa upon the question of the county issuing bonds in aid of the 3 Ca Railroad, are not freeholders', tbat a majority of the freeholders in the county, as required by the Act in reference to this bond question, is 855; therefore, taking 311 from 898 leaves 587?268 less than was required. Under the circumstances, the election was not lawfully ordered. Whether or not this showing wil have any effect upon the bonds tha have already been issued we do no P* w know. This report will be made by the Grand Jury at the June term of Court, and then it will be known wliat the next step will be. The committee arc Messrs. Joseph Goodale. S. P. Lucas, K. L. Rak.y and J. 13. Hal). . Are You Skeptical P If so we will uouvlnceyoQ that AoKer's En gllab Remedy for tbe lunga la superior to another preperatlona, and It & positive cure for all Tbroat and Lung troubles, Croup, Whooping Cough end Colds. We gurantee the preparaUon and will give you a sample bottle free. Moore A Klrkleg. Brevities. Lent began on last Wednesday. The picnic season will soon oper. The fishing season will soon open. Blow ye wfndy mornings! Blow! Blow!! Blow!!! Spring chickens will soon be in order now?a toothsome dish. A few peach blooms are now seen in the orchards around Camden. A very fine lot of those nice Florida oranges just received at Alexander's. The vegetable gardens in this vicinity arc very backward this year, and very few persons have planted any 9eeds in their gardens yet. Mr. J. L. Brasington, of Camden, scoured the fir9t prize for a pair of Spangled Hambnrg chickens at the exposition held in Charleston last week. The martins have arrived, but we 1?*? foffli in them now as UUVC UV UiWAO iw?v weather prophets than we have in Wiggins?they have fooled us so often. ^ A good many shad are still being received in this market from Cliarleston, but we have not learned of any being taken from the Wateree this year. t. ?Several persons in and around Camden have gone into the "fino grade" poultry business, and we understand that they have been quite successful. Notwithstanding tba. continued cold weather, many of the trees are trying to put out bods anyhow, and n great m**? floweis.are already to be seen in me woods. Columbia Record has majQnorpnpenfLgiJ It cel%_inly deserves to succeed. An immense quantitiy of western corn has peen sold in this State recently, and large invoices are still being .received. It begins to looks as if no corn at all was made here loot- ronw At the meeting of the Kershaw County Democratic Executive committee on the 4th inst Capt. Joseph T. Mickle was uominated for Judge of Probate for this county. There was no opposition. The Clarendon Enterprist makes a new departnro in journalism bv printing in its columns a "black list" of citizens who have taken and read the paper and failed to pay for it, i the amounts they respectively owe being stated Notwithslanding the report that farmers would not use more than half the usual quantity of commercial fertilizers this year, the quantity that has arrived at the depot in Camden appears to be fully as large as in former years. Mr. W. E. Johnson, Jr., of Kirkwood, has secured from Mr. T. W. Pottage, of Indiana, a superior breed of brown Leghorn chickens, and wiil make it a point to raise the vory best grades of that very popular class of poultry. Jones, the famous Edgefield mur derer, was placed on trial last week for tke murdor of the Pressleys, and again the Jury failed to agree A mistrial was ordered. Judge Lynch is certainly needed over that way? for the jurors as well as for the prisoner. A Woman's Discovery. Another wonderful discovery has been mado and that too by a lady in this county. Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs were underlined and ...death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly and could not sleep. She bought of us a bottle of Dr Kinc's New Discnv??rw for rnnmimnlinn o J ? ? ..UU was so muon relieved on taking the first dose that she slept all night and with one bottle has been miraculously cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lufz. Thus writes W. C. Hamrie & Co., of Shelby, N. C. Get a free trial bottle at all the Drug Stores, The Atlanta Constitution sent one of its staff to Starkville, Miss., to investigate and report upon the Agricultural College. A long and commendatory report was made, closing as follows: "This college hcs done mnfa daIIJ (taa(1 to J Ihviv ww* *x? pwww ww mo ittiuicio UMU the State of Missisisppi than anythine ever established. It has advanced their ideas, given them new and improved methods, shown them their resources and what lay in the future of their eonntry As for the students, they are the men who are to make the stone pillars for the South to stand on, and if such a school were established in every Southern State, it wonld not be long before the South would far exceed the North in wealth. HANGED BY THE NECK UNTIL HE >YAS DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! Emanuel Gaskina, Colored Suffeie the Extreme Penalty of the Law. Last Friday having been the day fixed by .lodge Aldrieli for the execution of Emanuel Gasklns, convicted of the murder of Betsy Clark*, color, ed, the sentence was carried out In the jail yard in Camden. About 11:35 a. m. the prisoner, with the deputy sheriffs and his spiritual advisers, emerged fiom the jail and asoended the scaffold, which had been erected on the south side. The prisoner stood immediately under the noo9e, while Rev. Monroe Boykin read 26 verses from the 19th - ? - * t nr chapter of St John. Jttev. j. u. Brown then offered up a prayer for the soul of the prisoner, after which they all bid him good bye, and left the scaffold. Emanuel refused to say anything, batT. J. Williams read what he said was the prisoner's last statement to the public, which was as follows: "I am a happy man this morning. God, in the fullness of His power, has forgiven me of all that I have done against His commandments. I am a member of the church, and have been for nine years, but Saf&n overcame me, and I am brought to where I now am. It was not my early training that caused me to be in this fix, for I was raised by good Christian people, who did all in their power to teach me the ways of righteousness, bnt'I failed to watch, and Satan overcame me I now warn all of my friends and all persons to beware of Satan, especially young men 1 11? ~ Hiltan f linv Icsi tie overcome mem ?ucu least expect "My sod, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not." "lie sure your sins will find you out." Deputy Sheriff R D. Gerald theD, under direction of Sheriff Haile, adjusted the black cap and noose, ar.d came down from the scaffold, when the rope was cut by Mr. C. A. Myers, and Emanuel dropped about five feet. His feet almost touched the ground, and in a few minutes they did touch, .?o that some of the dirt had to be shove ed out in order to let hino swing clear. His chest was seen to heave, as if gasping for brent", several times, and about 4 minutes after the fall he attempted to draw up his logs. This was Ids last movement. |and Corbet 1 The murder for which Emaifuel Gaskins was executed was commit* ted on thelst day of last December, noor A A- T, "Rrnwn's tu men tine still in northeast Kershaw. He had an altercation with Betsy Clark in the road, and in the fight Betsy was getting the best of it when he drew his knife and cut her across the neclc. She then tnrned and ran down the road screaming at every step He, getting frightened at the noise she was making, picked up a lightwood knot and rao after her. He soon overtook her and knocked her down, and then cut her throat from one side to the other. He also beat her terribly about the head with the lightwood knot after he had cut her j throat. When on trial the judge a3kled him "why he struck her after her I throat was cut" He replied that "'lie did not want to see her suffer." Consumption Surely Cured. To Thk bditor?Please Inform jour readers that I have a positive reined/ for the atnve named disease. Bj Its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been already cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy fi-eie to any of your readers who have consumption If they will send me their express and post oUlco address. Respectfully, T. A. 8LOCUM, M. C., 181 Pearl St.. New Yoik. The Colored Alliance. The members of the Kershaw County Colored Farmers Alliance will please take notice thai: I will visit the various sub-Alliance, in the county on the dates named below, at which time a full turnout of the members is earnestly desired : W. Chapel, Sunday, Feb. 24, 5 30 p u. Ephesus, Wednesday, March, 6lh, 8 pra. Smyrna, Thursday, March 7th. 8 pm. Ml. Prospect, Fridny, March, 8th, 8 pm. St. Paul, Monday, March, 11th, 12 m. Waterer, Monday, March. 11th 6 p m. Sanders Creek, Wednesday, March 13tb, 12 a m. Parkers Chnrch, Wednesday, March 131b, 6 pm. Macedonia, Thursday, March 14th, 12 m. St.Peters,Thursday, March, 14th, 5 pm. Rock Sprinjr, Friday, March, 15th, 12 ra. Red Hill, Friday, Marsh 15th, 6 pm. SilverStar, Saturday, March 18th, 12 it, Eheneezer, Monday, March 18th, 12 a m. Little Zion, Tuesday, March 19th, 12 m. Dry Branch, Wednesday, March 20tb, 12 m, Sandy Grove, Thursday, March 21st, 5 p m. West Branch, Friday, March 22d, 12 m. Rock Hill. East, Friday. Mvrch oo_.i r. XI. C?<..Mawv), ??UUf U \J 111 lUli /ilUU| usbuiuaj, i<mi vu 2lrd, 10 t m St. Stephens, Monday, March 25th, 12 m St. Matthews, Monday, March 25th, 5 pm. Zion Hill, Tuesday March, 26th, 12 m. Cum Spring, Tuesday, . March, 2Glh, 5 pm. Cantey's Hilt, Wednesday, March, 27th, 12 m. Pine Tree, Weenesday, March 28th 5 pm. Rock Hopewell, Monday, April 1st, 12 m. Fort Olarke, Monday, April 1-st, 5 pm. Rock Hill (Longtown), Tuesday, April 2nd, 2pm Mt. Pilgrim, Wednesday, April 8rd, 1pm. Every member will please remember the above dates, and don't fail to turn ont. Respectfully. H. Powell, County Sup't, Oar merchants are already complaining that business is very dull. What will It be next summer? No Place Like Hogiie. We make the following extract from a private lottor, written from Huntington, Ark., to friends here. The writer of tho letter is a young man who left here a f?!B weeks since, who, taking Horace G*;eely's advice, went ',A^r-eat,,, xihore ,be^_ has .-since been ^mblRnwj^M|f[ij|F He went first to M'SsSHpm, and then to Arkansas Doubtless The experience of this young man is ^jmllar to that of hundreds of others, who left the 'old clay hills of Carolina" to seek their fortunes in the loach-boasted and perhaps overpraised land of the " " ?? ? J._Lt r, west; f>ome 01 woorn, uj uuuut, t< financially able, 01- we<? noli asham ed to do so, would gladly return to the "old lioraeBtond." It might be well for some older heads,"fcho have tlio "Western fover.11 to rec.d this ex. tract: x \ "I have not seen any country during ray ramble9 thaP I w ould exchange the Jclny hills' of old South Carolina for. Ihey may talk about Arkansas as much asth<y pledge, but a'thongh (he laud Sh richer, I wouldn't give one acre In Laurens County for flve acres of Arkansas lands. There are too many swamps forme. I rtm going from here to Tcxa?, and if that country isn't any better than this I ana coming back to the ohV'boraestead.' *?Laurensville Herald. _ Crops That Pay. Mr. James Wilson, under the above head in the Homester#, says in sub9tar.ee, that the gradual filling np of ' " * - " 1 !- J ..I all departments or rurui irmuKuj uuu consequent closer competition, is bringing us rapidly to the time when profit willtmly be found in the production of the best. Light draft horses do not pay. Cowe that average one hundred and fifty,ponnds of butter do not pay Sheep for wool alone do not pay. Steers that sell for hree and a half cents fat do i ot pay. Illy kept hogs do not pay. Twenty-Sve basliel3 jui a re of corn does not pay. More than two acres to grazo a cow does not pay. A< d "Jret what a propo-tion of Iowa formers get no better returns We hove farmers who raise 1,000 pound horses and sell them for 3200. We l;iye farmers who get 400 pounds of Utikter from their cows. We have fanners vrhQ sell 13 mnnthfi nl?1 fifnAPa i Wfiiirhinc 1.400. on orte i:orIT; otiiera els of corn to tl e ac *e. The former set are hard up; the fatter are in easy circumstances. ' ? What one doos all may do; but it requires study to roach the top. The horse breeder rauBt know how to breed; the dairyman must kmow how to select and feed cows. The feeder must reject scrub bulls if he would reach the top in weight and prices. Only the most , careful hog raisers avoid disease On'y the itiau who has a pasture to plow up gets a big corn crop from old land. Only the well-bred mutton sheep produces the 100-pound lamb. No mortal man can reach tho top in any farm department unless he he as thorough in his bussness as the men we elect to the supremo bench are in theirs. Tho Verdict Unanimous. W. I). Suit. Druggist, Bippus. I.od.. testifies: "I recommend Eirclric bitters as the very best remedy. Every bolllo sold has given relief in every case. One tn?n took six bottles, and was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years' standing." Abraham Haro, Druggist. Bellvi'le, Obi", affirms; The best sidling otedioine I have ever bandied in my 20 years' experience, is Electric Bitters.'' Thousands of others bavo added their testimony, so that the verdict is unanimous that F.lcctrio Bitters do cure all diseases of the Liver. Kidneys or Blood. Only a half dollar a bottle at. all tho Drr,g Stores Cannonading for Rain. A tatter peculiar petition was presented to tlio Kansas liouse by Mr. Sherman. of Rooks county. It w?:8 i from 132 citizens of that county. They want the legislature to make an apptopriation for the purpose of experimenting in the matter of secur ing artificial rainfall by means cf cannonading. The petition was as fol'ows: "We, your petitioners, many of us veterans of the late war, know-i inpr from experience that heavy rainfalls follovred each battle of heavy cannonading, and believing that this fact indicate that man may produce I rainfall bv ivtificial perturbation of 'the Htmoip'.yre when other-.'ise it would -nil !?r .experienced, and be: lievinff it would be wise for tlio state of Kansas to make a reasonable experiment in the matter of attempting to produce artificial rainfall, would most respectfully ask you to make an appropriation out of the treasury for the purpose of sneh experiments either by cannonading or otherwise as may be d eemed best." It is fi Mistake. To labor when you are not in a ! fit condition to do so. To think that the more a person eats the healthier and stronger ho will get To go'to bed at lAJniizht and rise at day-break, and imf^ine that every hour takeu from sleep is an hour gained. To imagine that if a little work or exercise is good, violent or prolong. . ed exercise is better. 1 To ctrncludejthatjthe smsllest'rooin ?-"<* in the house is large enough to sleep in. To eat as if yon Only had a minute to finish a meal in; or to eat without an appetite; or to continue after itj had been satisfied, merely to satisfy, the taste. To believe that children can do as mich work as grown people, and that the mce honrs they study the more they learn. To imagine that whatever remedy causes one to feel immediately better (as alcoholic stimulants) is good tor the system, witbont regard to the after effects. To take off proper clothing out of season simply because they have be come heated. To sleep exposal to a direct draft in any season. To think that any nostrum or patent medicine is a specific for all the diseases flesh is heir to. , Uphton Court, CAMDEN, S0- Ca., Open on and after Marcb. lOth. Beautifully situated, within easy walking distance of the Post Office, Churches and businosa portion of the town. Terms for Board: Per Tfeei, made known on application. Transient Board, $2 50 to J4 per day. Mrs. Caroline J. Perkins. DISCHARGE. Notice ifl hereby <ri?cn that I will apply to the Judsre of Probate on Thursday, March 21st, 1880, for letters dismissory as administrator of estate of Thomas Moore. JOHN C. MAN, Feb. 21st, *89. Adm'r, Breach of Contract. All persona are hereby forbidden to hire or employ Joshua Kelly in any way, as be Is nnder contract with me as a laborer for the retir 18^9. P. M. HAWKINS. | March 7. '894 20 CENTS FOR COTTON. "CAROLINA PRIDE" LONU STAPLE. W e have sold oar crop at above price and have 1,000 bushels seed for sple at $1 per bushel cash. If Greenville S. 0. Fine Residence for Sale. MOST DESIRABLE LOCATION IN CAMDEN. Large front yard well improved. Large back yard also well improved. Kitchen, servants' house and stable all new Fine well of water. The boose is handsomely famished throughout and the whole outfit will be sold with the house if desired, or separately. Store House for Hale. Location, the best on Broad stroet. Suitable for any busines Newly painted throughtoot. Good dwelling rooms attached. Good stable on the premises, and large lot in the rear. Also, a good well of water. Also, One dwelling house, with three rooms on llroad street, with good garden spot and a good well of water. For further information apply T. J. BARFIELD, Ag't. Delinquent Land Act. Office of Cocntt Additob, 1 Kershaw Cocntt, > Oamdxjj, S. C , January 24, 1889, j Tbo following act is published in accordance with aeciion 3 : An act to allow unimproved lands which have not been on the tax books since 1875 to be listed without penalty. Seotjon 1. Be it enacted by tbo Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That in all cases where unimproved land which has nut been upon the tax books since the fiscal year commencing November 1. 1875, and which is not on tho forfeited list, shall at anytime before the 1st day of October. 1888, be returned to the couuty auditor for taxation, the said auditor be, and is herehy instructed, to assess tbo same and to enter it upon the dunlicnto of the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1887, with the simple taxes of that year. Sbction. That all such lands as may be returned to the auditor for taxation between tho 1st day of October, 1888, and the 1st day of October. 1889, shall be assessed and charged with the simple taxes of the two fiscal years commencing, respectively, on the lsi day of November, 1888. Section 3. That as soon as practicable after the passage of this act the comptrollergeneral is directed to furnish a copy of the same to each auditor in the State, and the auditors are required to publish the same in each of their county papers once a week for three months daring.tbe year 1888, and for tho same period of time during the year 1889; and the cost of such publication shall be paid by the oounty treasurer, upon the order ef the oounty commissioners, out of the ordinary oounty tax last collected. Approved December 19, 1887. ?.' E. SILL, uwum; Awunvn Jan. 24-3mosimts PAPBfl ni&gsggsxsi Mw rdsieg Burtwnoaaafiti^ttflujniBrei *x*r*M mi > ^^HHbhIbh READY FOR INSPEGTIofl f-l/SHB . ^tmrnU AT THE yAiH ^~^iim9B1 GILT EDGE STORE. 1 '.4>H . . - Wif ' .v m v " Just opjened the handsomest lines of the following good* ever shown by us, in the latest designs, newest tints and & '.a/'..-.'-'"' Royal FayaLBatiata^_Sat^na^^j|0 Ginghams and Albetrosv . , ? in single and double width Challies frpm 6J to 25 cents* " Nun's Veiling, Hamberg and Swiss Edgings, Insertions, ,< Flonncings. Full line of Trimming Silks and. Satjtjp*^ The handsomest Black Gros Grain & Moire Silks ever o&sred in any market at $1.00. Don't fail to see it. mtj * . / ' All the popular brauds of Bleach Goods. Fruit of Loom New York Mills, Wamsutta, Pride of the West, Androscog gaii L., Lonsdale and Diamond Hill Cambric, lower than ever, 10-4 Sheeting from 20 cents up. v: '11 ( ' ) 'j *2 + h 0" r * All other Spring Goods are daily arriving and early buyers will be more than repaid to call at once. i 4 All strictly Winter Goods will be sold at a sacrifice as their room is all needed for new goods. Hence in Dre^Goods, Flannels (red, white and fancy,) Blankets, Com for Slants_ ^ * Goods of all kind, Clothing and Boots will b? found bighar* gains. Call at once. ' '"*** P. T. VILLEPIGUE,S ' jS Y I