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PUBLISHED EVERT VBIBAT |w. Xj- McDOWBLXj BoiicKifTion JUras : ? One yaar , $1 .60, si* utouilii, 76 cents; tbjres months, 40 trS ??Ot?. Jt?;' - Business locals, 6 cents psr line each in sertion. '/J,.... Candidates' Cards lor County offices $6.00. Congressional $10.00. Communications will he published when of interest to the general public end not of a defamatory nature. No re sponsibility will be assumed for the views of correspondents. Bares ?pa AnvgaTisiNe Ordinary transient advertiBmenoi, first insertion $1.00 per square ; each subssqusst in U sertiou 60 cents per sqnsrs. r-. 6^ -.? Newspapers the Bent Protection *the People Have. A oortespondent of the New York Herald/speaking of the lawlessness .imposition, noise and failure of the olty government to do ite full duty by the people, closes his letter with these words: "Deoent, law abid log people would hardly have the priviledge of existing here if u were not for the newspapers." Thai is doubtless true. The newspapers are lo advance of the government, I national, slate or oit>, in their do nand for what is lawful and just ?ad tbue creating public opinion have been enabled to secure for the people more blessings than they would otherwise enjoy. The news papers have their faults; but count ing all these In, tboy are llic best protection the people have. They are a police force, medical corps, public, service hoard, city council, board of education, all combined, and the people of a city could better fcvtir these than vh* o*??*pu pers. '/*<!*" There is no vanity about this whatever. There is logic al1 through it. " The press leads, in forms, inspires public opinion, mi l ? ' without this invigorating it.flueuee baok of nutlinrily it wouldn't h [jj? mount to puuk. It is not a newr 4- paper that says decent, law wbid tog people could hardly exist if it wero not for the newspapers ? ii in an intelligent citizen who ?ecs nut) knows what is going on. Tlie hf?t friend an honest, true, upright mnr> ?has is un honest, true, upright newspaper. ? Ohio Stale Journal. Hood bye Goodbye is a hard word to speak. Sonne may laugh that it should be, but let tlicm. Icy hearts srn never kind. It la a word lliHl bun chok ed many an utterance, and ?UriH many a tear. The bund it* clasped, the word is spoken, wo part, and we are out on tlie ocean of time ? we go to meet again, wliert? God only knows. It may be Minn, it may be never. Take care that y ?? u r goodbye be not a cold one ? it may be the last one you can give. CApt Smith For Governor '' Edgefield News. Among tbe political prediction* made in Columbia last - week ??* TJnne to the ?HVct tltHt Mr. M. L Smith of Camden would be u caniii '"'date in 1910 f ?r G>?v*ruor on Uie prohibition ticket. In the election on Tuesday Tafi elected, of course ? a veritable landslide for tbe Republicans. Tins -Country is a queer one. GOOD HOADS CONVENTION. Call Issued Hy Representatives Richards And Smith. To Tl.e People of Kor.din'v County : ^ In tbe recent compaign in tins "County wo stated at each meeting that if wo were honored by the Democratic voters with tbe nomina ~ tion for the House of Represent a tives, we would iasuio a call for a mass meeting of our white eitir.onw "who wero interested in good roads, with a view of having a full and free discussion of this great question and formulating pome plan wherohy we hoped to work an improvement in our public highways and the present system of maintaining tbe ?ame. C ? Having been honored with the nomination, for which we not only feel deeply grateful, but shall earn estly and consctentionsly endeavor to show our gratitude by oar works efid loyalty to tbe people*' interest, we hereby call a convention of oar 8uadrfisor, Township Commission. er?,_old end new. other coanty offi eisleand all other persons who are "It# tbe leatr Interested in the snb of good roads, to be bsld in the FtHooee. at Camden. Tuesday. _ v. 17ib, 1908, nt M o'clock a m ? We bare reached a period wben innat be don? along this ?re willing to do what we tbe eeriaUnoe of nn tion of our people can be culled at this tlwd. Nothing can more deft nitaly contribute to their industrial and sooial waWu.ru thau 40ml ruad<J_ In a recent communication to one of our papers in this state, Mr. VV W. Finle^,' President of the Month em Itailway Company, who in well informed and baa made a careful atudy of lb* subject, says : "The construction of good roods leading from a market town baa practically the same eflfsct a* bring* ing the farms nearer to the town. It sitendii hy several mil?s in evOry di rection the area of territory in which farmer* can prnfltsbly engage in rnar ket gardening and dairying That thin Ih true baa been < fToctively dem onstrated in those localities in the KMitheru States and in otber sec lions of I be conutry wbere road im provcinents have been curried out in* telligently and systematically. The coat to the farmer of banMn^ his -products oyer poor roads ia not alwsys appreciated, for the reason that it in rare tbat a farmer pays for having his hauling done The Uni ted (States Department of Agricul ture has made an investigation thia matter, however, and th? results show the coat for cotton, for instance to be uti average rate of twenty sev en cents per ton per mile for an uv crsge haul of 1 1 8 miles. Tbat road improvement would materially re (bine this cost is shown by the fol lowing striking st aliment in the Year book <?f the Agricultural De partment for 1906 : ?If it were possible to iucrease the average weight of a ?Bgon loud of cotton in l ho United State* from three bates, as it now is, to four halet*. with"Ut increasing the cost of hanlinu the loud, the saving ??n u crop iqunl to the one pinked in 1905 would amount to 92,000.(10(1; and if tho average load of wheat, now fjf> hflUhclg,*- w?*re increased by 20 bush cIh, the saving effected in hauling ?t crop bk?' that ? ? f 1905 would be more than $8,000,000 * " We want overybo ly who c?ir> to | bi? present at the because { its success will di*pen<l largely up< n ' its representative eiriractor. If you ; have a plan, or have yiven lb'* mat-; ter any consideration, come and yive* us the benefit of >?uir idea*. Yourj plan may t?c t l?e v< ry thing wc wunt.' 1 Though you livo in (lie remote pi?rts , of the County you will only Ioho one I dav In viow of tlio importance of, J ' | ibo occasion and i t -? intense interns!, i wc hope to bo" one of the largest, . moat representative an I public h f > ? r- j itO'l motherings in the history of our1 County. . .1 no. (y. Uicbarde. .1 r. i Mendel L Smith." V .n.jnopH House of lb p r c se n t a t i voh | Tt Unite to Mrs. J S Mhoiii')' ? Holly Hill, 1 > ?.: t Ml ? Mrs ,l<?hn' S. Merbnev, whose maiden u*me wuH Knihciir.e K. K>id, wn8 horn in Chart* 8'on Feb. 19, IS38, and j (lit (I ui "Hi.ll> Hill," t.cr h< in?',ni'Hr l!sni'lcn, October '21, 1908; wan buried hi Columbia on tin* 23rd. | On cvprv side hIi?' win of genuine aristocratic lineagt ? ??ntirely Kuro-j pean ? all hi anchca of her ancestry! bote h pout of-artus, sr the "< 'oliege (if Hei aldr\" shows. Her f hV h< r, wlm had Mili d r ?? 1 i 1 1 v t* h , left )ii<* beloved I '??!?? ts tt for political reasons in tbe early p'\rt of tin- last century. the L**rfwirti j hi audi if In* fuiii.lv i * pp.'.-iiltv | I i?t i n u. o i s hed f >r go tier .it I .in * of ? inline.', dorter*. T.n, "l.edwi !i j M ' 1 1 C Hi ??(? li'U . > f I >11 b| I n w ?! N i ?< tithli-'ied 100 ti'ti i **?<???, I'.nvwiii ?? t <?iw mil" m irt; ii;<' .he. it ?:inlt ii'd i li -i ii the I'irv i!?it\ i f ()iit n!i A i prist-nl n i? known a-? the 4 Ro\ nl College nf Sti * g ???ns, ( ' ar in < h > h ml Led w 1 1> It S v' h vi 1 1 1 h ! 1 1 r* w i fr, Ms i C. K. 11 nl, an KpUcupilUu cnii- j vert tu (' ?l!io icisut. w '?? lion in 1819 a'. "C iii'i'i'Wii H n?"." (/??!? tuiiig'', the kiii'i-tii It cno of Li<1y ! L mii?i' L"'mi>>x C.n. .111. dfigh-! iff of i lit* I > .. W ? nf K'i-Ii- 1 nui ml, and named for h ?? r him ters, Caroline, fl r ??'. L?dv 1 1 ? ? 1 ?* i ? H t and Klll'l V, DllVcl era I L-tn ' at e r. A n o 1 h?" r d i u ii '? : ? i "f "> !i i s in:, ji t f'<lllli\ HftS Li \ S . : >t it L lit)' x. j W 1 1 ? ? 1 1 1 fj, or*!- tin T .1.1 1? ? ?"ed I i I nit k !? Q ipi'ii 1 1 f Ktig and. Slit* nf ter wards became the in .liar of three of Wellington's genera's. Mrs Raid's nrl y d a \ s Ki r - p ussed among these an I even m >re noWd pei Aonngi s She and her h us hand finally ei-t. lied in Charleston lung btfoie ihe Civil war. were slave-owner* and in sympathy with tin ir adopt# d home, giving t o aona lo the "LohiCihisp," Oscar John Dalv Keid, who went through the war and fill in one of the last battles, and Waller Kttz Gerald Keid, recently deceased. Mrs. Meroney was their eldest child, and when young was a popu lar society belle in Charleston, be ing not only beautiful, but cultur ed and highly accomplished, hiving hod every school sdvaniago procur able at that time and |iU(m, mlau, the opportunities of new York. Sne was specially noted fur her delicate,; exquisite oomplexion," and for that reason on one occasion, when she ?t| chosen to christen h gunboat, was introduced ss ."The Pearl of the Casket.*' Another time the late l)o?. Manning selecUd her as the moil beautiful woman in Charleston to open a hall with him. She was first married to Mr.' W. J. Pslmer of th* Chsileeton firm of Dougl&se A Co.. a Western gentle mas, who gave hie life for ihe eoath ernoanee aaterieg active eer vice at tin beginning in opposition to hU Oi.lo teUiive,. Two ? c?/u?Jo, ? gfigjfj in UntthdtB Ool "Mlv,. |0 Houiii C.rol|" w."; ??' Or. AdgunofVt 'htl ( b*riftcou. urt p | y*?y ,n ward* Mr? ' 11 ? Vm#,? mil., I d<?ot.(j I?r ??'? .1, ',? "'f'r V "" ?nor. r ' , Cti.rlomn K.v. ''h'/ ?* ,r?: JiiikN ... In Mr. :r.; 1 .t ! ?k ?? Ihe yenr 1014 Mi. M ' i,,r""''h H ..'it :r; - V:;"" '"o ,??* 'I'lefl ileclfntng llf.lll, ,,rcv." "I".' IT' ??vr ? ? P.5S "> i:l rf::tur;, ^ "KV!r.,i;r- fln? ",ort' 'III' |iuili ni.l ,,r , "'."?"?'?Hi to ^ - ?" "- ?; ?? "?l>|>llli-?? III l|f?. ?i r,nZ? "" ?""? l^LTT"11'0' """' ,t, ,1 ? for ?o? WHB t J h -" "'"??">??? n ?up? rfj v ilLTi'/Vr01^ "Uuu?"?? Hii Di <inrku?1g#1 r / "d>i ",umi,,ate *|| .1:, ?' ""*? ? ?>?*> U?ay *f.m nf noble oli.rlu null C'' """ it" p.ti.ot I v . - I ^ . i p'1 i?opi Hi.d_Uii. mien.e ; II r ,T~ ? |i-!l-5~Ki';i i; ? " h ?"uk.!ij|i,g ui M '? " ppier world. ,n ?? ^.u . i.n |?.r cl '7' "" -Mru ? with <>enri-bre?king8 from ' " ti'imnn ship, ,5;. ,'J? "* rcc"r!^ii'?t in tin. Mill ?i l,er, inv"1 o,.d ..o,,;,;,1:;-,;;;;-; ""nit,llm?8 1 he Hable ?8|| ?f Hi. ?ll .1*11(1, hui ?? , k'",!<i,r'"1 ?"n'"3'. "|?V "will ???? X"7.f . :;:rrr?"u 1 "?? I- ?pi>nk l? |lrr ftnf, -. .r. J.:lr - h.r ??N"l M<-|..0g?|, 1)111 Rl??f1?H! Mi?. Merooyy I, survived |jV |JP, br.nr, ?VA(^ Wnl'r 7 p"lu"r- -'S ou, > 1 he Rccond tnnrrinof tti8n rin'i'.g ' "r "I K. M 5,000 Acres Of Land For I Sale. Kivrt thousand ncn-g of land for , aale four niil<-8 South of the town of K? rf>haw. From Southern Raili o id Ei-t t" Lynches Cr.t'k; from Lynch oh ( Vf k on both Mibs ?>f ilit* Look heart ll?*ad l<> the Locklnort old tit id Will H 'l! from (100) one han ? <rnd tuna up to suit purchasers Term* ho v. L L CLY BIT UN. Oct. Knit), s C mm, otllee of Treasurer of Kershaw G ounty I Camden. S. C > Sept. 4. 1908. In accordance with the Act to raise suppbea l?r tlM-al year commencing January 1st , 1908. notice is hereby (riven thai the books i 1 1 be open for collec t ing ^tate, county and school tax oh from October 15, 1908', to March Ijth. 1909. A I ? naltv of 1 per cent will be added on all taxes unpaid by January let, 1909. A penalty of two per cent on all unpaid by Feb. 1st. 1909, A penalty of seven per edit will be milled on all unpaid March 15th. 1909 The rate per centum for Kershaw county !? as lollowi : Mills. St ite taxes. ft 1-2 School taxes, 3 County taxes, 3 1-4 Railroad taxes. 1 8 4 Court House Bo ? 1-4 Road, 1 ! Total. 14 3-4 1 The tollowlna special levies hare beer made alio: Special School tax. District No. 1, for interest on School Bonda Graded School Building. Mills, i District No- l. \ 1 Special School tax Dint. No. 1, 3 I " 2. 1* >> , ?? ?? " ?? 4, 8 ?? ?? it ?? "7 S * ? ? i. i. .. ii 10( 8 11, 2 ? l2> j .? .? ? 17 s ii ? ,, lg 3 i. t. .1 l9f 2 ~~ M *2, 2 * 2?, 2 ? >? * " " f7 2 .. M " - 40,' _.? The road (ax of two dollars can be paid the Coontr Treasurer from Octob?i Uth. 1903, to JAarch I6tb. 1909. The poll tax is |l. All Information as to tUM will be furniahed upon a pr He at ion. Ia sanding far Tax araonnts and Re ceipts, state with whom tha Taxpayer lived in January last, and if kaowa by two namea, five both, and be aora to gi ra Township and Ho. of 8chool District. D. M.^McCaakUj^ z*'.- y-'T' ' mwi mm U' ItMT. The following M a lUt o i < Uim.h *n.i' . | ??<] anil ordered attlio tegular month ly meeting hul<) Monday. fyov 2, 1908: J L WilJimuf, wotk at oh $ 4 76 <? \V Dahrwy, #upi fpor honw II 00 J'dtn Hft, rnii) work ^ V 00 ty A fhdirook. adv. aril eta. 14 86 M 11 hIioii, supplier i'O 85 W 'I' Smith, eupplie* 4 00 I \ II I) illicit it, rip 8 00 Ueniy S*y?(C , *up 1<> *1 K Tiller, eup I2 0O J C flo* Co.. cent* 1*8 60 ?l L Ilineon. fcuopllPb 8 00' )1 L Kchli>idibiig, sup 4<> U7 I, M<?lir \ Sou*, convict clothing. 168 60 J,ugo(T McrcantilH Co . ?up 6* ?0 lioiick ?5c Low ranee, iuii 37 on ') H King. sup 2 44 ti If Kauin. Hiip U2 73 .1 M (Jurson Ofy,. tup 181 86 A I) Kennedy, tup 04 56 U K A Iford jro?id work 67 oo Boyd Fiaher, road work 4 BO II K Williaiiia. road work lfHjO Frad Kll, road word ? 4 60 .lame? Dureu, ro?d work 4 60 It I) Williams, Supt chain gang 141 10 J A Shaw, Hupt chain gang 168 (X> II K Munn, Hupt chain gang J Ift 83 VV F K?u<s?l), .salary nad'ppst 8 2 46 |) M McOakSlI, aalarj and post 33 65 Kichard Price, aalary 26 00 l> P (j Murchiaou, miIuI v 12 60 \V B Turner, ?al and pp.- 1 age 60 88 M C Went, gal and postage 67 10 N A Ui'ihunc, biippliea "J|'i4 .1 8 Trautham, eel and f*??H 202 00 l.cwia A < liri?tiiiHH. tupplies 24 10 J H Hom, Lumber 7 20 I'.urna & Barrett, hup . 14i C3 W L M Stokes, election boxes :>2 16 W J Duna, M 1). ex. lunatic 5 00 I' J Graham, hui'din# bridge 122 60 K L Smyrl, rd wk 8 00 I- Lealip Zemp. medicine 1 6 0 Spring* & Shannon, supplies 102 36 John Mickte. lu ruber 40 00 O M Fort, buildng Hat 340 00 M. <\ WEST, Supervisor Kcrahaw County. - Three furnished rooms ? hed room, kitchen and dining room For Bent. - Three furnished r room, kitchen and dl Apply to Camden 8lore. JEWELRY, DIAMONDS. WATCHES, STERLING SILVER. CUT GLASS. OPTICS. ART GOODS. OuratookH are now complete in all the ln?e?, ol all new ami absolutely beautiful goods, (Joint) in whenever \ on have an opportunity and fake ;i look at the new degjgnH in all linen, and remember wt' on'> handle solid and genuine sjood# It' not convenient to come in. send ua your mail or der, which ttlwuya ban our per sonal attention, with a jiuai'? antee to please. Always glad to nee vou at SYLVAN BROS, Jewelers, Silversmiths And Opticians, Corner Main & Hampton Streets, Columbia, 8. C. Colored State Fair To tho Colored Farmers of Snub C troll n a : We Invite you to the C<>lnr? d Fair which meet** in Columbia, M<?r. dav, Nov. 9-.h lo Friday Nov. 1 3 ? it . I'bvre will he apecial Ucturm at the grouada fuel) day by prominent white and colored citizens, includ ing the Governor of South Caroli na. There will he side allows and ibe like. There will he exhibits of farm product!), cattle, Iio^h, poul try, elc. Come to the Fnir. Kt duced rates will he grimed on a l railroads in South Carolina leading to Columbia. Ask of your ageut a Colored State Fair Ticket. Richard Carroll. President. TheAtlantaJournal S: $30,000 Prize Contest ! Are You One of tBe 215 to Share In The Magnif iclent Prizes ? In addition to the Capital Prizes of $3,500 in gold and $1,500.00 in gold offered for the person v. ho receives the highest and next highest votes in The Atlanta Journal Contest, the following prizes are offered in this district. KNOWN AS GRAND PRIZE DISTRICT, D. The states of Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina. A Magnificient Automobile Touring Car And in this district exclusively, composed of the following territory, known in the Contest as: Sub District D, No. 3 South Carolina The Following Prizes 1st. An Upright Piano. 2nd. A Business College Scholarship in n:y of Draughon's Colleges. 3rd. A Beautiful Art Lamp. 4th. A Game Set of Dishes. 5th. A Fish Set of Dishes. In addition, Diamond Rings, and Solid Gold Watches are offered as special prizes during the Contest. Any, or all, of these can be had in this District. If you would enter the Contest at once, and write - ? The Atlanta Journal Contest Department For full particulars, do this right now! Hirsch Brothers & Co. are prepar ing to slaughter the biggest stock of ~ Merchandise ever thrown on a Cam*; den market. Beginning November 12th and continuing to N o veititFfiT-^ 25th. W e will establish a new low^. level of prices. If you don't get your . share of these bargains it will be jj your own fault. COME! ? --M HIRSCH BROS &. CO,^