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THE GOOD THINGS iu our hturt' uuulil U-iui)t tilt* Uiosl fHsddioUH l i t ??. If your family In hard (o suit, try Iii anjf kind of salmi dressing. i( h simply delicious. Tills hjand delirious oil costs only a third as much as imported olive oil anywhere near so f;ood. We have t*v?*r>'l tiinj; I ?? nfldte a salad, clean, crisp and fresh. TKLhTIIOM-: \o. 2. LANG'S High Grade Grocery "Where tonality Counts." City Meat Market One door north of Smith's ( larag e. Choice Fresh MEATS Choice Cuts 10c, 1 2 */* and 15c per pound. ('ash Only. Nothing will be charged. Your orders so licited. Telephone 31. City Meat Market , MONKY TO IX)\N. On Improved farin?. Easy terms Apply to H. H. Clurkn, Camden, 8 0. 6 0. Tombstones & Monuments When in need of Tomb stones and Monuments see me before you place your or der. Representing the Dixie Marble Co., of Canton, Ga. Samples of marble shown. J. D. SINCLAIR, P. O. Box 35. Camden, S. C. MONEY IX) LOAN ON REAL E8TATE ? EASY TERMS E. (J. vonTre?ck(iw. Dr. E. H. KERRISON Dentist ? ?lli? f linicc's Store 1 5 r? ?:i ? 1 : i r i ? 1 l?i-K:illi Sfs. Phone 1ST? COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phono 71 COLUMBIA, S. C. Dr. I. H. Alttaadtr Dr R F.. Si?, Alexander & Stevenson DENTISTS Office So?tk???l Cor??r Rrn? A and DtKalh S(>. Collins Brothers Undertakers for Colored People Telephone 41 714 W. DeK*N> St. I CANDIDATES FOR STATE OFFICES HERE FRIDAY J'* . TluTd W't'fO no sensation* sprung I" the ineojIlJH of the state campaigners here l.i-i I'rldn.v There \wis tin alnui da nee df uixitl humor lull no ?1 lis? Tin* three spcelal j k?I Iimmimmi on duty for the ?..cca*Jon earned their hum toy . IJim* I" il'?' altercation in t'liiw lOrileld Mm- preceding day between I >r. \ > I ? 1 1 1 1 v . f'n i ?? I l?l<? t ?? for I ho olllce of lion Iriui Ml ^ni'ini'i* Mini a mail who claim I-' I |u in- ;iii adherent of Mr. ltd In n, it deemed advisable to assign a po I (if.-imiit ? t ? doty on Mm* stfinit during ili?> oiwaU inu. There wa*? no trouble however. which may prow i|iat pre paredness in t he ion I. \ sure way of maintaining pence. Those who went to the iit?M*t Inu In search ??f sensation were 1 1 l*a | >| ?< 1 1 1 1 1 I . i >f couurse limit' wn* a smart guy In I la* rmwil. There always Ik, Tlntse who thought him tunny laughed nt hlin ; I mi f some pep 1 1|?' aro easily amused. (it any rate. Man,\ ?>f I lit* t 'it n?4 l?l it I tvs expressed Iht1 opinion 1 1 in I I lit* crowd In ('aiinlcu last rrl<la\ was tin* largest I a* fori* whit-h tltcy had s|Miken (hiring 1 1 1?* pro sent campaign It was variously i?Mt 1 - mated at from two tlnaisaml to twcii* I \ live hundred pt'opfc. Many ladles ut'i'i1 present anil^i oiTH of automobiles iiihI vi'hii lt*s of various kinds wort* lint <1 np on I lu? out -.kill- of tin* ri'owtl i Inn 1 1 1 1 ? ?i i u? ?? I "ii Monument St pi m re \\ .it* !?? tlu* int't'l ing was lichl. Kvrry t -a 1 1< 1 1 * la 1 1 > uoi ii respcetful hearing ami the few nt I t'lu | <1 s nt noisy ilt'imaist ra ti) n w hi If a 1 1 \ < -ii nt I it la 1 1> was s|?cuklng wi-ri* | ? i ' o m j > 1 1 \ si It'iict't i l?y Mr. I, A, Witt kou >k.v . who presided. Judge Memlcl 1.. Smith ami Mr. J no. ( ; It !? ha ri Is, lioth nf wllicll* gentlemen pla.vril so important a part In the last campaign. were anions I In* listeners. ('Jxfppt fur ii rofclenee hy Mr. Duncan who ihiiins to havo "put t In 'in down 'i in I out" lii ihf last campaign, they were a 1 1 < ? wt't I to go unmolested. I Miring thi' course of his sjM'ecli <Jov t-riior Manning, in referring to Ids ef foris towanl t lit* enforcement of tin* prohlldtion law, said that Krrshaw County was among those that had given him least fo-opt'ia t ion ami most tron l?lf. Ho told of Ihf attempted suspen slt hi of Sheriff iliiekahee and eited the authority upon which he had acted. Mr. Duncan, sitting alongside the flov ernor during Ids s|>eotJh. en used consid erahle mirth hy twice offering to hold K. 1. Manning ;iii umbrella nvrr liiin Mini finally in his i los| >era I i< hi I" be a?.si>tjineo gave 1 1 i 1 1 1 m drink of Hjiirr. The Coventor was presented wit 1 1 :i In at tho Ollll Ilf his Spoooll. Iii his turn ex-tro\ ernor li lease, ridi ? mi h*< I < Joveitior .Manning .for liis aetion in III*' suspension of Sheriff Huokahec ami fohl what his stand was on eer tain issues. Mr. Cooper ? -o i i t i i i? I him self stliefly to dlseUssjoll of I lit' is sues will* 'I i lio eonslderod vital. Mr. Inim-an was. as usual, impartial. Mo ;i 1 1 ;n'l\i'il thorn all. Mr. I ???*< 'hamps w.i- tho last speaker of tho ilay am>l in \ iow ..f Mio heat ami alroaily long time 1 1 1 : 1 1 hail hoon taken up hy 1 1 n? ??! leakers. -iin|>i\ it 1 1 n< >u i tot'il his oji in I ii laoy. Tho sspeakim; was loail on' hy \V. I tanks 1 >< >\ o i-a mliila to for tho otlioo "f ?o.-rot,ar\ -tato llo t . ? I ? I of his ? ? i h t veals o\|>orioii<o as ohiof olork in tho oilioo of tho Soi rotary of State a 1 1 ? I i ?>n-i<loroi| that this ex|>orioneo i|Ualitioi| !. i in fur tho otlioo t'<>r whioh j ho is ^ookiu?' Ho claimed an intimate knowledge of tho oomplex e<>rporat ion laws ami of tho many thousand cor poration-* t ? \ i - 1 i n _r in South Carolina, j whioh knowl'odiro. ho -.aid. was ihh-os [ sarv to a sati^fa-tory fiilfilhnont of tho i itlioo. ( Jo< >rge \V Wiirhtman. tho other fan ! didato for secretary <>f state. prefaced1 his speech with a fow jokos ami do , n. ?timed tho system of succession from chief i-lork to Seoreta ry of Slate vhh*h I has boon coing on so lone, as no said. ] in I'.miUM t ion with that ntHee. Ho said that while in tho Senate ho had op|>.iv ed flee t nit iun in the state institution^, be<aiise. jifror all. ir was tho rioh. man who protitofl t,y that system and that i he favored the l?orrowing of mutii'v from the state by prospective students; in its stead Mr Wlehtman was eon- | ?ddonihly I heeled at till' eonoluslon ..f his spoerh Follow! lie tin* -.ii id Ida to-* fur Score tary of state, the aspirants for state treasurer had the stand. S. T. Carter.; ? a mlidate for ro-eieotioii. reviewed hi-?! r'eoord in tho otlioo and said that hoi wan pfuinl of it. He aiiswereii the an-! tii-ipated ataoks of his <?p|N>nent rela- : live tu the disbursement of Ills salary: iml defended Ills selling of certain ; I ?. ? i >? 1 < .it private sale. Ho offered proof to show- that it was the wisest, and most profitable thing to do from the view |M?it,t of the State in spite of the fact Hint it inid ldtn open to |>olitieal attack of whioh he was advised by business men in Columbia to whom ho ? had g one f..r ndvir-e befnre entering into the sale. 1 >, W. Mcl.anrin. who Is opposing Mr. Carter for re-eleetlon. told of his raiwr a* a OiMifwltvipito iWfhllOr and of i certain thlnn* that oiitfht to la? provhl <sl for t )i?* veteran* toward which end lie ha* itMM) vvolklntf. lit' *a\v tlT t>> 1 1 1 ?i< K Mr Carl.r l.rniii-f that i in. lit UVVUM .?Ii iOll.MUohllr Htid lli xi l ltl. It - ^uIm, h|a daughter to Wintlirop | College on free tuition Mholarnhip*. j lie condemned the private wale of hot id* j aial insinuated that In >| private *ale? t here niluht Ih? private pioHta, \Y. T. Thrower. lir*t of the randl tint es for railroad e?iinnl*idoncn\ ttpok'e ? nf tin* ifloi'lotts past of Camden ami ol Charleston anil foretold tin* revival of ilils uramltMir at a future time when i In* railroad* xhall have Ikmm.i forced in cca*e all dl*cilinlna|loh. 1 1 ?? told I nf the origination of railroad rates uhtin thoy vveiv compiled not iiccor d ' W. T. Thrower Jut; to the cost of transportation hut in relation to t lie convenience of rail toads in compa rixoii with old methods Of t rans|H>rtat ion He spoke of how the mileage h, |, | | ?????!) uraduall.v retim ed from f?i\ cents through various slaves down t.. r lie present mileage of two ami a lin If ct'iiix mi, <1 how at each reduction the people had profited and railroads benefit ted. Mr. Thrower pro duced a copy <^f the Monroe Tariff. No. I?. to show the dlscrii ninatioii in rail road rates and showed tiuit a whole sale merchant of Camden I* forced to pay a higher rate for a shorter dis nmce than the merchant in Monroe. James ( ansler. next speaker f or railroad commissioner, made a charm [eristic sikmhIi. lie had come around lie said. t<? let the u'ood i?eople know that he was still alive and In no dan gel of dicing and expressed confidence . Ids election. Mr. ('ansler said that he had come within an inch and a half of heinir eleete'd before and that how "I' against the most ignorant Minch he had ever opposed, he felt no douht ot his approaching success H.- said that while he was lame In tlm clt nis opponents were lame in the while he donv that they were handsome fellows, men were measured not around the girdle hut {' the head. II ,,ied that the incumbent was responsible for improve "H-nts on the railroads, as he claimed, such credit being dne to the railroads themselves, and said that If the in 'Mimhent was the author of the express I. as he ooaslet!. lie ought to he re|. < .1 ted to t he past. M'.ert S. Pant a inioui.ced himself an -||"|..\ I vol, It:.- mail seeking the suf 1,1 In- pi H,. J,.,,! ?(lvor served, he said, in a |??.|iti.-al capacity ami had. therefore, no record of which to boast and none for which ho need o r apology. lie ua- running on the 0,"> and only is-.,,,, j ,, ,|?. f(?. niU n/"( nimissioner. and that issue was '?loan politics. Me , Use,,- sell the im poi tanee ?)f t he position for u hied he was seek in jr. Spoke of the flattering endorsement which he had received from the people of Ids own hoinc and vicinity and asked to he measured l?v his own con?i>ctoiiey and not hv the de merits of his opponents. He ' conclud ed his s,K.cch with a joke on Mr Hampton which was reeeived with siderahle applause. <!. McDuflle Hampton thanked the IK'ople of Kershaw connly for their support In hVs last race for railroad commissioner and reported ..,i the work which lie had heen ahle to ac eoinpllsh in otlice with the aid of his colleagues. He fold of the careful ln s poet ion of the road-beds. tracks and trestles and of the va t a^j. tanee which his ox|>ericncc as a ?-i\ it engl I'ecr had been to him in fuddling the duties of railroad commissi,. ue said that he had been the author of the resolution whereby all and unsafe trestles should be rcpia.-ed by safer and more modern ones of steel and concrete and that in three fourths of the cases this has aliva.lv been done. He defended the present express rate hill of which also he U ti,.* au thor and said that South Can.lina has the best rate that she ha< e\e,- had and that since the passage ,.f u,,. i,j}i I"- complaint has come into his office. He siHike of the importance ,,f the of-' tiee. reviewed the duties, ami stressed Hie iiec<',ssJty >?4f electing ,-t man with 'lie neet\\j*i?|A' i|uallUcations. ||,. &db,u~*.8r his S w ? luhed hltV-oxx n a. mpli-d, incuts "id expressed his willlfigm-Ns ! ?Ule ?*> the results. W. H. Kelly, last speaker r. >t ,ail :-"ad commissioner, told of id. endorse. ""?'<t by his own county ami said that he was in favor of railroad- their ex J-iision and increase. He promised ni.it if elected he would see that (be '??-'d heds. trestles, bridges and Nations kept in good condition and that !.<? w..t,ld favor the short r<>:nu over rl" inmk lines t)ecaiise they . ended ;: :o ami develo|>ed the rur?i div-rrfetK I ' 'I low 1 r i lt the aspirants f..r railroad ? ??'iimi^ioncr, Dr. K. 0. f?. Adams. ?an ' * f ?* for Lieutenant Governor. was ?i.tr.?!iierd. pr. Adams .said that he -'""d f,.r the uplift of col dltions in general, for rhe support of edm-atlon iU"1 institutions of learning, w heth ?r denominational or. not. and f.,r the enforcement of every law on the stat ute h.N.k no wishes to Msqrti sT, i table le-islatlon for the improve ment of lands on the rivers nml*v trenmn but l?clieves that the tax for si? i, ,>or. T>oses ch.-iiiid T?e ?iO (?Tfldunf?tl ;,v ro fflii oil the holders of ttioee lands ?,,<! not on the .-ntirp jf ele. r,.d. he said., lu. would ho found doinc Ids dn tvv unit not oji a trip with Henry Ford, which. he tfhtiiw* ha* brought dUie* IjiiU1 tm the hltfli ollict* for which l?0 Heckx, u uil that ho would not lend hlw t ll.|ll| M lllt lll !<? ft lieNspapOf lllllt III tnc'kw Wlwoh and tin- i M I it I !?? on every pauc. 1 >r. Adam*,, ?'e ferrlW io t It** ultereatlon at Chester said _tl>nt at Ihe conclusion of his s|M'ct li In (M teller field 1u> had been ittjteked li.v n inn ii whom lie had never s't'tii before in bis life, and without vvni'liliitf 1 lc rend to I ho audience an io<<iiiiii i?f (ho alVair which appeared In flu' Columbia itecord. In'coiielud inu lil" ???iMH'cli he said tiial In* was run ning for ollloc in i ids nuu'lt and his maniiooij am) llmt lit* needed no man ii> do hl> lighting for him. \ "I Methoa wlio followed l>r. Ad ams auionu ih?' speakers, made no ref* rroiioe \s hntever to Ihe Chenterllold ill' fair. Ilo spoke of Ids career us a lea ther in Ihe sehools of Camden a i it I I hanked (lie people of Kernhaw <ount\ for the -**li ppor I (hex had uiven him in the previous eleetloii when they had ta ken itini on faith alone, lie claimed thai his trip io 10 n rope with (lie Ford party had tflveu him an opportunity not only to study 'war condition*, hul i he peaceful art as well, lie told of Ihe etiiclency of the 1'hii'opean farmer, ami <<( Ihe small acrcauc on wldch they lived. lie expressed himself as favoring a state warehouse system di vorced from poliiies ami in hicuuLal -colons of the legislature.., since there is iiuu loo iiuieli leuislal ion. He said i luii In1 >iands for peaee, harmony and Uootl w ill and is opposed lo |K>litieal strife. He believes further I hilt elec tions should he held every four years si thai thel'o wotihl he more time to de\ i ae io peai'cful arts ami Ihe happi ness of the people stands for Ihe ex tension and deveiopineiit of our edu cational system, < lean polities and yood uoverniiieni. .Mr. lleihea said t hat he Andrew J- lJethea luol n?? ii|?>loj?y t < ? nmko for tin* fart that hi.< life has I m'cii coluitu'liMl with ? ?"ii^tructiw Christian rrulra vor< in hU ? ?? n 1 1 1 1 u 1 1 1 i t y , which work., ho said, lie iliii lu'foro ho hocanie LioutiMiant t ;<>\ iMn<>r iiinl will rontinno ti> ? l< ?. lie rtaiiiio<| to have tho unanimous en : ^ T7; .'."."'V j ? i v"." v. --- ? dorsoiiieitt of the Senate. Mr. Hethoa whs given considerable applause as ho loft the stand. ; .1. T. I hitiean was the Hr>?t of the gu< !>.?? 11 1 f . . 1 lal ca nd h la tos to ho heanl II*' itldlVt waste lliuT'li t'lUO In | >h *a sa hi r los lull waded Immediately Into (ho attack. ''CoJv I (lease utiH governor of tho |K*i4l irul In 1 y , *iH? U' Manning is governor of tho asylum. ami now what yoir iuhhI |s a governor of South < "arolina," sahl .Me. Hunoan. According to hltn, Itothoa ?night ho M\ap|n*d for a vol low dog, 11 lease has hut ojio co|?etltor in tho Hold of falsification, I tosChamps Is tho barn* ya.tl candidate, anil while "l>h-k" Man ning ami Cooper uro pretty nice fel? lows", tho formor's falta aro legion ami t.10 latter has gotten Into ha\l company. \oiio woro o\oui 1 it from tho charge of being llnod ?i 1 1 with the Ihpiot Interests. Mr. Inmoaii said that It was his cus tom to ourry a searchlight in tho day tliuo t.v lind an honest man. Ho said that Mr. Itcthea's answer ??f "I don't know" in reply to Ids question as to who did tho fighting for him ifi Ches torflohl. was qnito j'liaraotoiistlc of that gentleman. llo sahl that ho was also a inonihor of tho Itaptlst Sunday School and tliat Mr. Itothoa was onoo In tfood standing in that Institution hut that hi* standing oouhl now ho gotten from any mouther and ho claims that thoy wonhl swap him for a yellow dog. "All thoy sii.x about Hethea's orookod dealings," ho sahl, "is trim ? and then some," The candidate dlsoiissod "the system" ami Its |?orfeetion. He showed a pro gramme of a recent eoiivontlon in (V> Ininhla which contained among the names of the sjHMikers Manning, Coo per, H lea so and Itothoa and wlili-h ond od, as lie sahl, with the Una! otic, "<?od l??- with yon." llo sahl that lie was he sol day hy day with speakers who as sorted that they wouldn't Hay anything against anybody. Snch ethics I10 .claim ed have mado politics a paradise for thieves, and that he wouldn't express his sympathies if any man of thonj he landed in jail. He thinks that Cole .L. liloase will plea for a pardon before (iod on the ground of bis own pardon record. When Mr. I mnenn referred to lllcaso as "cold footed" there were cries Of 7*nurrah for lllvnw," at tin id '?liiirmU for ihcsro if but vwto for Dunvaii," lie h,J! the only ?*npetltor in the tivLi J iUlculiiJii <*ouht ^hui>h7| llloase whh A ml row j, lu-ttu-a 1 \V hen the npOttkor tohl "f ImmJ K<m >ha\\ OWli tNV O |k?) 4 t|u*ti ,3 hi the last raiV sonm on* in ltJi tence* Htild that ^ubln't u? i c(|3 which he replied tU*t ho had 3 Coif's man KlehimU tlu* Ihh.i- tl|3 tiint be would h?'? < UioufH time. \ ^>vornor Manning whs a round of appllauno as he stand. In boKlnulnR he saw ttnt upj>oared before tin* people nut >** a candidate for rooUKtlon hut tts? ornor of South Camilla* ami ? br^ ffiui a h nut 1 1 and as such lie deemed it that he whould wive ait ammut ^ work iiwomnlldlH"! ?...i - nwnmni accomplished ami not stir m,f log and prejudice. ||<> said tliut J cMinpaltfn of two year* a?o feW ccunsed and given his v ?u schools, the Torreus system, tho m warehouse. and ail other Issues ,.f iwn tanco, hut that ono question stjj mains as tho paramount laaue: 1 wo lu South Carolina to continue | a lawless i>eople or a lawful siatfj iiiK up tho laws to bo HUprefoer hold up to tho ih'ople for their ^ ho said, conditions under wlikh laws aro to !>?? respected and obe^ a rot urn to conditions under witty 500 criminals are pardoned. , He told at length of lawless <J tlons as ho found them when b*l came Governor and of his mixM of tho commission (?f the old eohstifl so that the liquor laws might 1*1 forced h.v local authorities whervvq xytuhl ?ot their cooperation. ll?i Interrupted hero in Ids speech byj Duncan who asked If Ben Stotf were on his pay roll, to which Oovernor Manning answered, "Nft or has been." * , Continuing with his dlso,usslw< enforcement of the laws he t ' open and brazen violation of j laws and the gambling in 0 (Continued on Last l'age.l' Camden Undertaking Co] C. W. EVANS, Manager FUNERAL DIRECTORS and LICENSED EMBALM AMBULANCE SERVICE. City and Country Calls Attended Promptly DAY OR NIGHT Office and Show Rooms at 535 DeKalb Street . j Office Phone 91 Residence Phone 283-L Farm I FOR roperty SALE THE VAUGHAN PLACE CONTAINING 420 ACRES, 5 1-2 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN, 1 1-2 MILES FROM SOUTHERN RAILROAD. 200 ACRES UNDER. CULTIVATION. PLENTY OF TIMBER FOR UPKEEP OF PROPERTY. ONE 7 ROOM DWELLING. 5 TENANT HOUSES AND BARNS. ON THIS TRACT IS LO CATED ONE OF THE BEST ROLLER FLOUR MILLS IN THIS PART OF THE STATE WITH CAPACITY dF 35 BARRELS PER DAY. OWNER HAS GROUND 2,500 BUSHELS THIS SEASON AND HAS 1,000 BUSHELS ON HAND AT PRES ENT FOR GRINDING WITH PROSPECT OF SIX OR EIGHT THOUSAND MOM: BUSHELS TO GRIND THIS SEASON. MILL OPERATED BY LARGE WATER POWER. RECEIPTS FROM MILL ALONE THIS YEAR WILL PAY 10 PER CENT OF PURCHASE PRICE. WE HAVE ATTRACTIVE PRICE FOR IMMEDIATE SALE. THE JOLLY PLACE SIX MILES SOUTH OF CAMDEN COTAINING 233 ACRES. 140 ACRES UNDER CULTIVATION. 70 ACRES IN PASTURE. SEVEN ROOM DWELLING. 5 TENANT HOUSES AND BARNS. OWNER HAS REAP ED 18 BALES COTTON FOR RENTAL OF SAME. PRICE AND TERMS REASO ^ ABLE. THE W. M. BRANNON FARM, 149 1-2 ACRES IN TRACT. 3 MILES N6RT? oF CASSATT. 80 ACRES CULTIVATED. ONE 7-ROOM DWELLING. 3 T ^ ANT HOUSES. 5 BARNS. PRICE REASONABLE. TERMS EASY. C. P. DuBose & Company ' ? ? - > ?-^r * ? ^ ' ' * " Agents - J