tCbe people
? >IKECui.JHT'j3 NEWSPAPER.
> COUNTRYMAN'S newspaper*
yA NEWSPAPER FOR 1
KELLER ANp BUYER.!
JTJ.JIU f ? ? ?? I ? ?? WL 'Bt
' (PUBL>1$UEID EVERY TfJURGDAY,
M* . ir -^' 1 . *??. :??>.
W. A SCHRCCK. PUBLISHER.
JQBSCRIPTIOI, $1.50 PER AHIUV.
.Camden, Sf. C.. May 27th, 1909
4TIIE WHISKEY PKQI1LEM.
It will haiffc been noted that
THE PEOPLE has had a con
siderable amount of fis space de
Toted to discussions on the sub
joct of ',The Whiskey Problem"
both pro and con. Those dis
cussious continue as will be seen
.by a perusal of this issue. Now,
in counecliou with the subject,
we merely want to remark that
individually, we do not care the
,B'.iap of a linger how the ques
tion Is finally settled in this
Btate, if is ever liually settled.
We, of course, with everyone
who thinks ho has a thin Her,
liavo our own ideas as to what
.should be the final disposition of
it. These ideas are not in ac
.cord with those of a large num
ber of others, but that is neiiher
hero nor there, Either we are
a tool, or the oilier fellow is, and
time alone will decide the point.
? We have on& idea however on
which I thiu'k we are all in ac
.cord. That is simply this; that
to make prohibition absolutely of
force aud effective of its ohject,
? the revenue lawx of the United
States aft'ectii^ the manufacture
and sale of alcoholic spirits must
fce repealed, and severe penal
ties imposed and enforced on
those who arc detected in viola
ting any statute relating to whis
'* key.
.This idea was well expressed
on Sun*Joy evening by T(ev. J. J.
Wicker. Prohibition in a sihgle
.community, county or a state
has proved to be a blooming
? farce. If you are honest friend,
and wauling real and not bogus
prohibition, strike at the head
of the snq,ke which is the United
States government. In every
contest for a seat in the National
Assembly, put tho question
squarely up to tho candidate;
"Do you, or do you not favor
National prohibition", and then
vote for the candidate who comes
nearest to your ideas on the
subject, always provided that
his opponenl is not a stronger
man, aud bolter equipped to
Ifive you moro satisfactory sei r
Vice on other ltnes orthought
aud action in legislation.
To elect or vote foj* any man
for congress meroly because he
stands squarely with your ideas
on only qno subject would place
you ?n the same position of the
*nau who bought a (Jog on the
recommendation that he was a
food coon dog. On trir?i tho ani
jnal proved to bo 110 good. Tho
purchaser wont back to the party
who had unloaded the dog 011
, him and reQoived tho very con
solatory romark from the seller
?'Well, I thought he must bo a
good coon dog as I had tried him
on everything oho and found
him ot 110 account" The moral
? Is obvious.
IamhIm (}ic South.
As is wo 11 known, our neigh
bor, South Carolina, leads the
south as a cotton manufacturing
state, and is second in the Union.
According to huo statistics thbro
uro 1G2 tortile manufacturing
corporations in South Carolina,
with a capitalisation of #rj9,002,?
050, operating 3,410, spindles
and 92,7<M looms. About 00,000
operatives j\ro employed in pro
ducing $77,000000 worth of
fluished fabrics for 800,000 bales
of cotton. North Carolina has
'352 mills, including thoso lie
votod to cotton, woolen, .silk and
Unit ting, but Ihojr totnfcHpihili
tation is less that than that of
tho South Carolina mills and
they operate qnly 8,108,070
?pindloa and 05,000 looms, or
?Jin cot Jon manufacturing stntes
Massaciiusatta leads wlUiabiftt
9,900,000 spiudles. Month (Wo
Una is second* bforih Carolina
third, Rhode JalAtid fourth*
Georgia $ftn and New Htiuop
sllire sixth.?Augusta Chronicle.
Santo Domingo
~In Grip of War
Revolutionary Movement
There is Spreading
Cape Jiayiien,?Huf li, May 23.
(By oourier from Monte Christ's
Santo Domingo.)?The revolu
lionnry movement is spreading.
Geu. Camacho, the former gov
ernor of Monte Christi, who is
working in unison with General
Quirito Felice, for the overthrow
the government, has attacked
aud seized Guayubiu aud Oajab
on, which are situated oil the
Haytien frontier, Dajabou being
the northwest boundry between
Haytiaud thepomin/can republic
There has been lighting between
the revolutionists and the loyal
lorces at Monte Christie T h e
fate of Jose Bordas, governor
o(Puerto Plata, is not lenown,
but it is reported that he is
either dead or a prisoner.
Communications are inter
rupted and government troops
expccted to reach the disaffected
district by sea.
Premium List of State Fair,
Over 15,000 in^I'riz|S and Purses
Columbia State, May 20: The
premium li^ts for llio next Stale
fair have arrived and are being
mailed out as rapidly as pos
sible. The list is in convenient
"pocket edition" size and con
lams I he offer of prizes to the
amount of about $8,000, 111 ad-j
duion to lhe race stakes and
purses which amount to over
$7,000. malting 11 very handsome
total amount, the largest that'
lias ever been offered by the so
ciety. This will undoubtedly
make the next Slate fair the
greatest success, both from an
exhibit and from an attendance
point of view.
Many important changes have
been made in the new list, the
most notable being in the lield
crop, horse, cattle, swine, poul
try, bench show, household- and
educational departments, all of
which wjll bp published from
timo to time. New prises have
been offered and former ones in
creased in value.
An mportant announcement
ts in tide and a most searching
question asked in the following:
"To Farmers and Atopic Kaisers:
TI19 South Carolina State fail
offers liberal prizes in all de
partments, pays the freight 011
State raised exhibits, and ex
tends every courtesy possible;
if you are not an exhibitor, why
not?
Bring or send your exhibits,
win some of the big prizes and
sell what you please ?the op
portunity for sales is excellent,
Every exhibit will be care
fully looked after, 110 matter
I how small; information and aid
J cheerfully given atr all tunes."
Not in Lanahan's Employ,
Air. Hoy kin PohilH to Error in
Hrcnit Tc.st imoiiy.
To the Editor of The State:
In today's issue of yonr paper
T notice that Mr. William Luna
han is reported as saying "at
one time they employed 13. II.
Boy kin at a salary of $1,000 a
year, before Boy kin was elected
on the board."
J wish to bog that you will
correct this statement. I was
elected by the legislature in the
win tor of 1890 to fill the unex
pired term of Mr. Cooper, he
having been elected secretary of
Stato. 1 served until the legis
tare met again the following
wiuter, when I refused to staud
for re election.
As a matter of fact I have not
represented any liquor house, I
before, during or since being on
tho board. I was there simply
to work for tho best interest of ]
the State, as my record i}iid
those associated with the institu
tion at the time can testify,
B. II. JJoyuin. )
poykiu, S.C , May ?2, j!KM>. ?
<H> B!CKORY chips,
X' many more auimals "bite
the dusf' over in Africa soon,
we tea? tb* landscape willtoe
s)l cleared up before the colonel
gels well sported on that hunt.
If Mr. James Patten's recent
wheat manipulations really do
bring about a wholesale corn/
bread revival In this country, It
may be th*l be was a blesgiug
n disguise, after all. Corn bread
is not onlv exceedingly good to
eat sod highly nutritious, but
comparatively ine xpensi ve.
This is no Joke; it is a delightful
aud undoubtedly Cheerful truth.
And yet Prof. Todd in his bal
oon effort to tulle to Mars may
get the wrong uumber or hear
the old familiur "Line's busy."
A Baltimore man lius erected
a statue to Adam. We are glad
to say that the father of mankind
{is not represented as stanuiug iu
a heroic attitude with his right
hand thrust between the lirst aud
second buttons of Ins prince Al
bert coat./
Dr. Mary Walker, the quaint
little old woman who wears
pants, indorses the sheath gowu.
That oqght to finish the sheath
gown.
The standpatters are willing
to acknowledge that the con
sumer is overcharged, but they
suy it's the fellow around the
corner \rho does it.
Texas is the only State big
enough to have hailstones the
size of beer barrels.
Senator Raynor, of Maryland,
although uuopposed for re
election, will have to pay sonn*
thiug like ?17,000 primary fee>.
it appears. Still, Senator Steph
enson, of Wisconsin, doubtless]
looks on that as all kinds of a
bargain. - |
i
A Maryland minister has an
nounced a forthcoming series of
.sermons on "Why men do not yo
to church." When he gets
through, however, doubtless he
will still be in iguorance of one
of the big reasons.
Queeu Wilhelmiua of Holland
look? as if she might be level
headed enough to sidestep in
dulgently the advice she is des
tined to get from hei old maid
relatives on how to rear that
baby.
It is not at all certain that
President Taft's inflamed eye is
the result of riding in the wind.
The President has been trying
very hard to sec a way out of the
tariff tangle.
It is nearly time for an an
nouncement of a change o/date
for the inauguration of the
Pauama Canal.
That tujf on razors certainly
cuts deep into the Republican
vote of the South. Loolc out for
another Brownsville case.
Wisconsin has enacted a law
against swearing, and a Cali
fornia reformer wants one against
Kissing. Que would bo quite
as effective as the other, we
imagine.
"T am for revenue," says Sena
tor Tillman. With a little iron
ore and tea protection on the
side, nevertheless.
Philadelphia's discovery of
$1:20 in the city treasury looks
as if some oue had been suffi
ciently magnanimous to say,
"keep ilio change."
There is a man in North Caro
lina so avaricious that he has
arranged to die before an in
heritance tax law would go into
effect if Congress should pass it.
A man has patented a tele
graph instrument capable of
transmitting 40,UQ0 words an
hour. This is calculated to make
Mr. Roosevelt bitterly regret
throwing up the Presidency a
third time.
A Philadelphia man bet he
could drink two quarts of whis
key within two hours, lie did
but lie ie dead. A Chicago gir
bet she could wultg oue hour
without stopping. She did; but
she is dead. These things save
the fool killer trouble, however
A Montgomery, A'u-? nian has
been arrested for robbing a gas
motor of ?20. While, of course
\ye are not in favor of robljer.y
we confess we arc not sorry to
know that someboijy has inanag
od to got back at the gas meter
in a measure, at last.
? ?Who are the consumers?"
asks the Portsmouth Star.
Merely th? pestiferous and tin
important little follyws who foot
\\W
TrfE PE0PLE
NEWS AND JOB PRINTING
HytfluMS, UViNptSi LlttN H8US# t8ul\
falaliiw WmmL faMaraUl IMail
CitMfH Wfn^ ctBjraerciai worn,
Bid Rttfc, Circtriirs, Prtfrannis,
WmM* hnftatiws, At Hum C|rts.
Frenjpt Defiv?nf. 6fve Me Y?r Fiintiitf.
W. A. SCHROCK
'PHONE 91.
CAMDEN. S C.
Southern Agriculturist
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
For 40 Years the Most Instructive and Enter
taining Paper for Southern Farm Families
5 cents a year One copy free
"Til coiiiie?tioil"wiUruirTTbove^v?T!unMT^!7^^^Ti^v?To?
Tree subscriptions to this splendid agricultural journal to the first
100 persons who pay up their subscription and renewal for this
year.
The Southern Agriculturalist is admittedly the leading
Southern farmer's journal, so don't delay to take advantage of
our offer.
REMEMBER?We have but !00 copies lo offer.
Kills Her Foe Of iiO Years.
"The most merciless enemy I Itntl for
5?0 years, declares Mrs. James Duncan, I
or Iluynesville, JVle., "was l>yspepsia i
I suffered intensely afterdating or I
drinking ami could scarcely sleep.
After many remedies had failed and
several doctors pave nie up, I tried
Klectric Hitter*. which cured |iiecom
pletely*. Now I can eat anything. I
am 70 years old and am overjoyed to
pet my "health and strength hack
again." For Indigeslion, Loss of Ap
pe-ite, Kidney Troubles, Lame Hack,
Female Complaints, its unequaled.
Only 2>"?e. at Camden Drug Company,
F. Al. Zemp Sc Del'ass, Francis L.
Zemp drug store.
McCALL PATTERNS
Celebrated lor style, pcrfcct fit, simplicity nn<J ,
reliability nearly 40 years. Sold in nearly |
every city and town in the United States and ;
Canada, or by mail direct. More sold tlmn ?
any ether make. bend lot tree catalogue, j
McCALL'S MAGAZINE
More subscribcis than any otlicr J.xshion
magazine?million a month. Invaluable-. Lat. {
est styles, patterns, dressmaking, millinery, :
plain sewing, fancy nccdlewuik, liairdrcssir.^, '
etiquette, pood stories, etc. Only f>0 cent.-. a
year (worth double), including a Ircc pattern.
Subscribe today, or send (or sample copy.
WONDERFUL INDUCEMENTS
to Afients. Postal brings premium catalogue
and new cash price oilers. Address
THE McCALL CO.. US to 24S W. 37tb St.. NEW YOREi
Hon. W. F. Clayton Replies to Member of W. C. T. U.
Strong Drink and the Scriptures.
In your issut? of May 7th, appears an
article said to have heen written hy
a lady, signed "Member W. C. T. C. .
purporting to bp a reply to an article
formerly published from my pen.
Now, -when a lady throws down the
gauntlet. I am'reluctant to take it up.
Naturally I am under a disadvantage,
but I will endeavor to be particularly
chivalrous 111 this, my I'eply. I only
wish that my antagonist was a man.
Then I would be on equal term?.
Now, my dear sister, don't you think
you were unkind if not unchristian to
have made the personal allusions thai
you did? In my article I was not in
any sense personal, I will overlook it
however when I know that upon re
flection you will experience regret.
But. my dear sister, I must say that
your education upon this subject of
prohibition has been sadly negleeted
as ia the case with a vast majority of
those who indulge in that delusion.
Von malt'' it a moral question when in
point of rant it is purely political, ao
do not lake it amiss if 1 point out your
errors as tlicy appear to me. ?You say
in your article, "Does any mnn w.io
encourages, or, allows by his vote the
weaker brother to buy, and takeInto
his body, the accursed stuff," etc.
Now, sister who has said that wine or
strong drink is accursed stufTV
Certainly not Christ who converted
water into wine, 2nd Chap. John, nor
David of whom Cod said "lie is a
man afti r my o^n iniiid" for in the
101th l'sftlm he praises the Lord who
has given grass for the cattle and
wine to cheer the heart of man.
Nor'Isaiah, Chap. 2r?, verse fl for he
says, "And In this mountain shall
the Lord of Hosts make unto all people
a feast of fat thing?,a feast >f the
wine on the le?s, of fnt things full of
marrow, of wines on the less well re
fined." Now would Isaiah proclaim
a feast to be made by the Lord of Hosts
of "accursed stnIT?" Why it is un
necessary to ask the question an it- an
swers itself unasked.
Again In Chapter fc"?, verso if he
says: "Yea, como. Buy wine and
milk without money and without
price." Would that grand old pro
phet urge the people to come and buy
"Accursed stuff", and if they had no
money, it would be given them? We
think not, but yon s?y that this is not
lo he taken in a literal suiue, but
even admitting Chat, would an accurs
ed thing, or Stuff he made simile of
thing)* religious? Hardly,
,St. I'aul evidently does not con
sid< r ii accursed Muff. as in 1st Timo
thy Chapter J# verse H in speakjrig
o| the q u a I I 11 c a t ions of a
dftjeon he says, "Likewise must
the deacon be grave, not double
ton^ueil, nor given t?? much wine, nor
gre?dy of filthy lilcre" So, even ?
deacon under Paul s authority could
' take a little wine, and it was not con
sidered accursed stufl'. In I:is epi.?lleto
Titus hesays ?>f the aged women. Chap
2 verse 8 "That they be in behavior as
becometh holiness, ijot given to much
wine, nor false accusers, teachers of
good th'n^s," Now I'aul allows them
a moderate supply of wine and couples
it with teachings of good things and
given to holiness, so he certainly does
not consider it the accursed stiill'.
Again lie says to Timothy, Chapter f?
verse 23 "drink no longer of water but
use a little wine for thy stomach's sake,
and thine often infirmities." v
God, himself, the Lord of all and the
Creator of the universe doet? not rank
it as the accursed stufl' as in Deiilo
rouomy, J It h Chapter lie <iiy* at Verse
2d, " And thou shall bestow that money
for wlintvecr thy soul lusteth after,
for oxen or sheep, for wine or strong
drink, or for whatsoever thy voul de
?irel'?, arid thou shall wat there before
the Lord, thy God, and thou shall rc
joice, thou and thy household." Last,
but not least, Christ never called it llit
accursed stufl' for he gays in llie Gos
pels of Mathew, Mark and Luke Mat..
22, 20; Mark 14 156; Luke 22 that he
would drink no more of the fruit of
the vine until he drank it new in hi*
Father's kingdom. So w* have the
statement of Christ that even iu
ilwaven there will be wine. Tliat4uw
evrr need not disturb either the pro
hibitionist or auti-prohibilioi|i.H ns
unless we do better than we are do
ing, very few of i|s will be eligible to
vote on the subject in the Kingdom of
Heaven.
Now, my-desr sister, if the above
does not convince you that this is not
n moral (jilcstion. you would no* be
lieve though one came from tin dead.
Jt js truo tlint the scriptures contain
such ptysgnge* as "Wine is a mocker.
Strong drink 13 raging." Look not
upon the wine whi?n it is rod." "Give
not thy neighbor drink, and "put thy
bottle to his mouth and make him
drunken." hut no w,?rd of prohibition
here, it is entirely cautionary, and not j
prohibitive.
Now if you make your fight ijpon
political ground'*. 1 have nothing to
fay, I'nderth'? 1 !he power, the State
has a right to prohibit liquor, but
wit h the bible sgnim't you, you (till (
lns|?t that it u a moral <;ucstiof). j
TIipii you .ir.? deceiving the people in j
obtaining votes under faLe pretefise. ;
<'au a Cl(rl.-tiati fifV<?r<| to do Hut.
You are wrong iu supposing thai '
PltljiT Kviiel or Samuel were prj
hibit ionists. They wore abstainer*,
but diil not advise other.*. Jleohah is
llu- only prohibitionist ineutimo'd in
the bible. Again yon are in error in
assuming that llu* Maim* law i< rn
forced, for tin.' reason that Savings
bnnU deposits have gcn'.vn ?.'?) per rent
South C arolina has prosp.-r.'d more in
tlu* ImM llfteen years than she did hi
tlii' forty yea:\> before, y?*t no man of
renson would say that this |#ro?pi*i'ily
wn* due In the dispensary. So y > i
| see your reason in;; is defts" ive. Y >u
are in error when yon say t!i ? church
should go into polities. The church
can never purify politics, but politics
can corrupt the church. Xu.v yoi>i j
error is bad when you say render un
to Caesar t hat which is Ci<* \rV. :mn '
unto ffod that which is i;.>r?. jiml
you, Mr. Clayton, ??!> -yed this cmii-1
maud you neyer wou> I hav r::: - ? <I ?
voice or pen against t he ??r..t11 ??>'
your weaker brother.
Why my dear Sist ?r, that does not
atrord you an argument. Ii relates'
elitirely to taxation an I it is a re
flection upon th*? ? h'ircli. That f-.r
I1H>0 year* it 11 i-? hf ii in ?- v.>I?? ? i.? i-,
and has not been able to inipiv.*- that j
doctrine upon it$ inenib r.s h.r few il |
any of us give in our taxes like aoy
th111 ic <>f their Value, an.I ii is ?.?% im
perative upon t he Christ lan to re.nl-r !
to (/'e?>ar as it is to Cod.
So si-ter, fl?ht as niii'di as you want |
| to but go under ths banner of truth,
1 and as Paul say?: "AH things aro
lawful unto me hut nil ti|ino are not f
expedient. Fight under llje banner |
uf expediency it you will, but don't
try and corrupt lb* ?cripturc? by clniin -
; in^ prohibition a moral i>sue. You
may fool the igno.-iuit but not the in
talligeut Inble reader and when it is
found out l>y the ignorant that you
have practiced a fraud yoi| do ChriMi
ntlity a harm. The bibh> teaches teui
perauci in all things. I'rohibition is
t ho wor* of man.
W. K. Ciaytom,
Florence Tunes.
fluid Aft'tlf |> .J
nili-uKtri /, '.i n ? f?c. v.?? ..'np.-i fv.Tf N rn I
THAT m! ? n..?' j. ! i
CtiMtnui, hu ?? yj l (? ? iKi ?r(K.
frini !?,.?;?,.i u>. i j. j
on iVn.i*. 1"? yvflrt* |>i-??!i|(v.
*r.VKV> <?'??! C*H. ?"t ti.'.C'Ooi
It.,'* (Ml I'l ? I Iftfl . ' 'fill . 1 v !\
t.iOZ**r*i" Jib* Js< ?' ro .,'%
W *> .**??:; r-i o*' c* f*., "" C.
THE FISHING SEASON
is now on
Call on me for'any thing in the line
OF FISHING TA C K LE.
Barbed Wire and Field Fencing.
sir
I am also prepared to furnish you with anything in
HARDWARE, FARM SUPPLIES, and
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Price and Quaity talk.
I Have Both.
GIVE ME A CALL
ZD. !!E2Ze:a.:n.@cSl37"
O-^-Zfc.HIDZEIL-r, id. o.
W. BRATTON Dl'LOAH?
'AT'J'i )KJi !u V ,\T LAW
(' A M i > I; M, B. LI.
" 1 ? 1 1 - ' ?' ?*??" 1 * y
UKM KSTATK
and
Collecting A gout,
.A 51 jwrsctH ltnvinjj Koal Esfitp for
Mile 1111 rt'lil , Jll'i1 rr.jut:-t ril to '.Mil Oil
iiit* tor i:i!?>i*lis:? Iiim. Thtw?? ?.vis???it?tc
to #>;?;.? <;:* ;t M Ic.-.;! KMati', are nl
rcqiM'sti*(l to'.'fill um iiu?. v
All cliii ins placi'tl V ' lir. Mils for
col Id Iioii will riTfiu flTiompt uttci:*
titii.
( all on me at Mr. \V. A. SrJironk'il
(The l\oi'.icc,) ramilcn,
S. r.
ii. ?*. Alexander.
OOUCSH
:?'!> CU8S5 Wis itUMCS
r
VV'TH
USSt?
r;? ROUGHS sf'fcfta
' V'H V^OX T??ii f Mtilo Free
rV'?* (\?i. ?}?:;?'>? r A-?r? tUHfl viiouoiES.
</i< atyft'EY XiEj? awi>iiji>.
JW IW ??*?rrrr ~itt t-~ i i m ???< ?
Dr. I. II. AkvxuiHlftr
DENTIST.
< Ml." oii'? t!?;or lJorth of
"The People.'
UNDERTAKING
CALLS ATTENDED
ANY HOUR DAY
OU NUiUT. :: :: ::
Est. M. O. McCiTijrtiti
Heat Dcaiynv*
K, (). dfcCrcif/ht,
M(>sr,}?r\T,s anj>
i's;rox !<:&.
'V'i'uioHi AfarOle Co'*'.
* - .?* , / . ? j <4 rue *
*o.>v? ? //
\ I.. ? ???-. , i. ... i. win (I'J. f ji?
I ' :i.ni?.II-.*?
. ? ? . ? ' ?" mid i- \
? .? * i?i"(U ?) v. (.ij
< ,i' 'i ???.? ' >:? ? ? . ?.? ? imi<{
, ill' i? - u', M | II. i',11.1 < !?:'
t '. i t.'. I.. i,p?i :? ttir^
?.!?-. . 1 iI. /. '/> cii ' J'V' . Mh\
"vt ;-i'j v'v l*?') v'1'" V*