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Gbe fteople W. A. SCHROCK, PU9MSHER. ?? ______ fOBLUHCP EVERY TBU^AY. $majrmx juq m ism. Camden, 8. Mar. 31, 1004. rmBHDE^riAii projbpec?s Tbe Democratic politicians of the north and west are becoming considerably stirred np .oyer the ^question of the man to nominate to beat the Republican nominee who mil uudoubtably be Mr. Roosevelt. JNow, we of the south don't care .a rap in the abstract who is nominated, because we will vol? for tcbe nominee solidly . |>n general principles, but hav ing such an overwhelming elect oral v.ote jp the national college, )t seems to us that we should be consulted in the choice of tbe standard bearer. So far the expression of opin )0n from southern newspapers lias been merely a reflex of norther? opinion as expressed ?}n the newspapers there. That however does pot give us toe in formation we want All the ed itorials we have seen, have been in distinct antagonism to W. R. Hearst, tbe Editor of the New York American as is perfectly ?natural, for, when did you ever *ee one editor who was not jeal pos of another. Xt is human na ture and you can not blame the individual for that which the Al JBigbty has implanted in his bos om. j What is wanted now is the well-considered opinion of actual Readers of the Democratic party, and when we say that we do not want to be understood as includ ing drover Cleveland of Wm. J. Bryan \r* the category of leaders, %t would be tbe best thin^ for the party }f both these gentle pien could be effectually muzzled until after the election, for as ? party wreckers both are superb . f uccesses. After the most careful thought on the subject we have conclud ed to give our more or lesp ble support to Wm. R. Hearst for several reasons: First, for a man who has been fio intimately associated with politics and politicians, Mr. Jlearst is tolerably clean. Second, he has lots of money, pnd it takes lots of it to win the Presidenpy fro pi the Republican party.. Thir4, be is not afraid to spend his money to win and can pin. There are other reasons why jbhe nomination of Mr. Hearst has become almost an absolute necessity, among which is the fact that we must carry New Yorkj and there is not another pandfeiate m that State who can jdo it, Jfo strictly goody-goody people are wanted this time to lead us in this campaign for we haven't goody-goody people to pontend against. Our motto has always been "fight the devil With lire," and the fight once won the really clean element of the party can copie in and make their influence felt. This may xi?t be altogether complimentary to Mr, Hearst, but as he has been in politics about as long as we ^ave, he will know exactly what j Wean. I VHH CfTY BEAUTIiPUL. We note that in almost every enterprising city or town the ed itors and others are forcing the question of "The City Beautiful" uppn their people. This is right, and we were glad to ascertain ?the other day that our coming Mayor i$ thoroughly imbued .with the idea. There is no reason in the world why Camden cannot be made the most beautiful 'city }n the South if we all pull togeth er and will that it shall be so. It must be borne in mind the city council cannot undertake this work alone and carry it ^through as it should be, so to do /qp?ly effqptive T^ork $ committee ladies thooM be appointed .? ? city meeting called flipecliilf for that purpose to oo-operate with a committee from the coun cil, or, with the full council. We will from time to time call atten tion to what we consider the most urgent needs of the city along the line of making "The City Beautiful'*, and at this juncture would say that a neat iron fence around Hampton Park and the putting* in of two or more fountains with a number of iron beats, scattered through the park, * together with the erection of a substantial and tasty grand stand for bands of musicians, and incidentally bands of candidates when that crop is ripe should be the first thing to occupy the attention of the committee. Other thoughts suggest them selves, but this will do for the present. We hope that this ed itorial will not fall on unheeding ears, but that a year hence Cam den v will present a vastly im proved appearance. Koto E fleet of Lien IjAW, We are reliably informed that a certain jparty in the southern section of the county who has not an ear of corn or a pound of bacon has just succeeded in pur chasing a $210 mule on credit, signed a rent hen for three bales of cotton and a regular agricul tural lien for $75. v We cannot comment on this in this issue, but will in our next. It is to be presumed, however, that this party made a small payment on the mule. EXTRACT FlftOM WASHING TON NEWS LETTER. As R?p?rt?d by th? Columbia Copyright and Patent Company. The House of Representatives formally decided to keep hands off the question of the disfran chisement of the negro in South era States, leaving that vexed problem to be judicially passed upon by the courts. The action was taken in the contested elec tion case of Dantzler against Lever^from the seventh South Carolina district, The House passing by a unanimous vote a resolution declaring against the claim of the contestant. Dantzler, the contestant, is an aged plantation negro, and though he received but 167 votes in the election, the contest was recognized because it involved the constitutionality of t^e Southern disfranchisement en actments. The claim of the contestant was that if he was not elected, then no legal election had been held in the district, and the House should declare the scat vacant. War *New?. There was absolutely so little war news of interest to report that we telt justified in leaving out the whole of it on our first page #f this issue. It seems that the strictest kind of censorship is maintained by both the Rus sians and Japanese over any re ports that are sent out, so the out9ide world has to stand off and guess at it. Prom the meager reports that we do get it seems that the Chinese are slowly but surely being drawn into the con flict, and with reason, tor if Rus sia succeeds in this contest, good bye to the Chinese empire. It is somewhat remarkable that the United States has not yet taken a decided step in this matter for wo have large inter ests in the Orient, and the suc cess ot Russian arms would be an irreparable blow to this coun try. Come out Teddy, and show your fighting blood. Society Motes. The last game* between New Orleans and Camden in the polo tournament took plane on Thursday and Saturday of the past wee*, the (visitors from the Pelican State having to yield the palm to Camden's invincible*? the second team proving iteelf more ttvw the equal of New Orleans. On Saturday afternoon about sixty Columbians took advantage o# the spe cial train to Cainden, the weather be ing too threatening to tempt the large crowd who had purchased tickets. II r. K. O. Whistler presented the cups played for between the second team and New Orleans. ; JJpPfPMP frtett?k ?i adiane* given attfcdUpifc wood io honor of Kr.Md Mnu^Mp ?an, ? f Columbia. Mr. Bad Ialar and Mr. Robert Jen nings were aovdelifbted with polar and Oandefl thatlhiy extended their visit, and are still at the Kirk wood. Quite a erowd of Camden people ac cepted Mr. Kru nabob's Invitation, and enjojed the aacred ooncert at the Kirk* wood on Sunday night. The Inatru mental music waa exceptionally fine, and Mrs. Mandevllle a cultivated vol* waa never heard to greater advantage, the enoorea being moat decided and en thusiastic. ? a?apioker" at the Country Club constituted the last entertainment ten dered the visitors from the Creaoent City, and four of ttieee genial guests left on the midnight train. Captain Mehle and Mr. Cottam preferring a few daya more in our little town. The finals for the Cbilds cups were played on Monday afternoon, but the game was not np to the usual standard, the field being in poor oondition, the ponies tired out, and the players more so. The teams lined up as follows: Blues ? Bars tow, King, Mehle, Opttam. Reds ? Kennedy, Smith, Russell and Vaux. The scorn was close, but the Reds clsimed the victory. The general meeting of the Polo As sociation of the United States will take place next month in New York city, and It is probable that Camden will be worthily represented ?by Messrs. Bar stow and Kennedy. * The ponie* belonging to the New Or leans team were shipped by express on Monday night. The guest* of the Ilobkirk Inn, learn ing that their Lospitable host, Mr. Eld dredge. wbuld have a birthday on Mon day, prepared a moat charming sur prise party for him, and after tableaux bad been exhibited, presented him with an elegant cut-glass punch bowl and silver ladle. Mr.Elderedge's best of friends drank to his health? ?"May he live long and profper." The retarn match same of golf to be played between Camden and Charles ton was postponed, and will take place on Friday or Saturday of this week. A special? train will be run from Charleston on the occasion. The children of the Graded and High Schools are overjoyed at the prospect of ft holiday on Easter Monday. This holiday will take the place of the one usually given oh General Lee'* birth day, that day having fallen during ex aminations this year. Monday night after Easter April 4th, the lovers uf goad music wi'l have quite a treat, as the orchestra from the Kirkwood, Mrs. Mandeville, and the best musicians of our town will give a concert at the Opera House, and a good piano will be used instead of the "tin pan" which now ornaments our City Hall. Mrs. Gordon, assisted by her niece, Miss Bagwell, of Baltimore, will be the hostess at an Auction Party to be given at the borne of &ev. Mr. Gordon, in Kirkwood, on April Stb for the benefit of Grace Episcopal Church, and all are cordially invited. Two after*Easter^reddings of great interest to Camden people will be that of Miss Luis Shannon to Mr. Alex. Heyward, of Columbia, and that of Miss Applrton, of Newton Center, Bos* ton, who is so pleasantly remembered as a frequent guest of Mrs. David Williams to Major Robert Har grave Frazer-Staiiilcn, the ceremony to take place April 12th, in King's Chapel, | Boston. The *>of low la *onruv We do not bclievo that the coon try will ever be fro? from rabies until far moro stringent measures have been adopted, The danger arises mainly from stray curs of un certain ownership and from dogs which, although they might be olaimed by somebody, are not prop erly oared for by their proprietors. We should like to see the dog tax in creased in amount, with dqo indul gence to person who require dogs for purposes or persons who raquire dogs for the issue of receipts in the form of oollar badges, ths color of which might be varied ?very year, snd which would enable a policeman to see at a glance whether the tax for.- any particular dog had been paid. If it bad not, the dog should be summarily destroyed. By the strict enforcement of such a system we should obtain a state of things analogous to that which ex ists in Norway, where not only is rabies unknown, but where the dogs seen in the street are handsome, well bred and well cared for ani mals, not sufficiently numerous to be the nnlsanoes thoy often are in London. The Norwegians adopt very stringent precautions with re gard to dogs imported into their ter ritory, insisting upon ample certifl cation of health, and also, we be Heve, upon a period of quarantine, and, even in that most democratic oountry, we have never heard that the control of cpnine hygiene is Test sd in looal authorities, which would be lisblf, in this matter, as in many others, to oscillate betwssn unrea soning indulgence snd unreasoning panic.? ^London Hospital. Oure Cold in Head. . .*5rTno,i'" Chocolates I,aiative Quinta*. tstv ' ? qa!cfc 19 ^ M*1 W ton VAWERtltJra CTARf. twT|1 Dmft (U?y ?( ?? c*t? C?a ' ly Tim. TmIwMI. **Ohe ctorj about ComKoAoro Cor? smUcs Vanderbilt trca toM to me many years ago by Daniel Draw, and I have no doubt bat that it is authentic," raid a Ban who baa known intimately tfco man who have mada New Tor* history daring the last half century. ?? Various stories have bean printed about the begin nings of Vanderbilt'a fortune, and they all go to show that lock played ? vary insignificant part in thorn. Vanderbilt made mcuey because of hia energy and his shrewdness, but I don't believe that it is generally known that lira. Vanderbilt aided him very materially at a time when he thought a good investment was slipping through his hsnds because he had not enough money to take advantage of hia opportunity. ? "Daniel Drew knew Vanderbilt wall, and before his death ho fre quently entertained hia friends with stories about the commodore's early life. It waa when Vanderbilt was simply an energetic young cap tain connected viti the Union line for Philadelphia and Baltimore, 'through to Philadelphia in one day,' that the incident of which Mr. Drew delighted to tell occurred. In those daya the stesmer Emerald, OsptainC. Vanderbilt.lcft her wharf on the north side of the Battery at noon every day, Sundays exceptod, with passengers for New Brunswick' and back by boat for the pleasure of the trip. New Brunswick's hotel, or halfway house, was dirty and ill kept. Mrs. Vanderbilt ssw her op portuni ty . Bhe suggested to her hus band that they should take the ho tel, refifit and run it in a style that would attract guests. Vanderbilt thought well of it, and after leasing the hotel he took bis family from his father's little houae at Stapleton to live in New Brunswick. As Mrs. Vanderbilt had suggested the scheme, her husband told ber that aha might run the hotel herself and have the profits. "Mra. Vanderbilt was a stron'g. industrious, frugal woman, and she turned the hotel upside down, clean ed it and made it fit for guests. Ebe named it Bollona Hail, after the steamship Bellona, which ber hus band thon commanded, and in a very short time the fa mo of it' bad spread to New York, and parties were made up to visit it because of the ex eelWi fare to be found thore. It also increased the profits 6f the line for which Captain Vanderbilt work ed, and his salary was increased to IS, 000 a year. For 13 years Mrs. Vanderbilt managed Bellona Hull with profit to herself and pleasure to h?r guests. "During those years Captain Van derbilt bad been studying stonm ships and investigating the chanocs (or profit in trafllo on the Hudson and along the sound. He wanted to be one of the transportation in ag nates of this city, and, although his fortune was small, be had valuable idess, gained from years of practi cal experience as a steamboat cap tain, and he folt sure that if he could get tho right opening he need not tear the greater wealth of bis rivals. He had never quetjtioned Mrs. Van derbilt's management of - the hotel, but he knew that she bad saved some money. In 1829 his opportu nity camo. He had a chnnco to get a controlling interest in a ttteamship fer $18,000. He bad $5,000 in caeh which he had saved, tut ho didn't know where to raise the balance. He told his wifo about this stoamsbip which he wanted snd explained to her bis plans for making money if he could got the chip. "'I noed $13,000 moro,' said the captain, 'and 1 don't know where 1 can get It,' V '1 will give it to you,' said Mrs. Vanderbilt. And to her husband's surprise she pulled the money out from under the bed. 6be had saved it from the profits of the hotel. Cap tain Vanderbilt bought his boat, and then he bought many others, but bis first ship ho owed to bis wife."? New York Run. llMurt Photofwpliy, "Say," exclaimed little Willis^ suddenly breaking a long silonci and turning to bis mother, "is then such a thing as a photographic heartt" ??Why, what do you mean, Wil lie I" asked his mother in surprise. "Well, I heard that man who wai I here last night tell sister Sue thai her features were photographed ot i his heart," explained the boy, "and, judging from the way he was hold tag her, 1 should think they ought to have been."? Chicago Post Ob* Thing. There bad been some harsh words from each on the faults of the oppo site sex, and she finally gave what she thought would be a parting shot "You rail Ht'us," she said, "and make fun of us, but what, I ask you, would you do without women I" "Get rich," he replied promptly. And she was so indignsnt that it took her three weeks to make up her mind to ask for a new bonnet.? 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P@^T ?!5 MCML rMSMQE. your Patronage Solicited. Pasturage. Thiais'to announce that I am pr?. pan J to PASTURE either CaITLK or MORSES on the Dunlap plantation weat of (Camden, until June l?t, ami perhaps later, under apocial agreement. Addrean mo ?t the Camden post offire, or call at the office of ,4The People." moh-17 T, J. HMYRL. Money to Loan. On farm landa in sums of $800 up ?t Bperoent; in gums of $1,000 up at 7 per ccnt. No conni)ifl*ion charged, >S. Loo A 9 Li, NO. D. Autry Expert Painter. My work shows for itself. IF IN DOUBT, SEE MY TESTIMONIALS, GET MY I PRICES, AND GIVE ME YOUR WORK. All Work Guaranteed. 4-Man Bros. Feed, Sale and Livery STABLES. Give us a call when in NEED OF ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU. Stables on DeKalbSt. Just above WORKMAN HOUSE O.L. HURLEY Carving, CABINET - MAKING, ' POLISHING AND UPHOLSTERING Antique Furniture BOUGHT & SOLD. Store In CLYBURN BLOCK, Main St. Camden, So. Car. Mnr. 17, 1901.? 2 mo. Restaurant. 0 Winyah James, the old and well-known Restaurant* .< eur of oar city has removed to Broad Stroot just north of . Mr, Moscoe Johnson's pin der shop. "Nine'' will be glad to have all his old pat rons call on him thero. Meals at all hours. New patron age solicited.