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AMDEN CITIZENS ENRAGED. Incendiary Circular Issued By Ne groes Caused Excitement-Denial By Alleged Authors. The State. Camden, Sept. 4.-Had the Russian '' terrorists'' maniifested their pres ence inl our iiidst today by the distri bution of revoltilionary propaganda the surprise and indignation would not have exceeded that which followed tihe finding on the streets of a sedi tions circular this morning which was ostensibly the wYork of a half score of Camden's most prominent negro eit izems. A gentleman walking on Broad street came on the disturbing docit ment and upon noting its incendiary charneter turned it over to a friend who in turn posted it in his store win dow. It read as follows: "Private notice: Let every colored man who gets this notice and who is interested in his rights meet at Rev. T. J. Williams' house on Sept. 6th at 8 p. m. Not long ago a letter was pib lishied prllisinlg the white people and abusing our people. They atre the same white people who not longer than two Years ago cilied soime of our best men before tlei iid also drove some of 0our best boys from home. We have some of the miventiest while people in the State wito) inspired that letter. 'We desire to collect ioney to de fend the boys who had the manhood to resent the insult. Come out. Coi mittee. A. W. Powell, Walter Wil liamIs. S. . Gardties, feo. McLean, Jr.. C. V. caltey, Isaae iglish, E. 11. ible. 'vains Collins. Jack Me Kainl. lIy,, ordler of lier. T. d1. Wil-! lillmls. Htev. JTeff. wi. li1 ev. .. B. Thavlor'.' Excited Crowds Gathered. In a few minutes after tle cireular was exiptsed to view Crowds (f excited white mni]i1 began to ponrre:Ite on file stiets ailn it was evident that some thin would have to be doe very soon or troible would hollow. Nhi\-y1r Cirais4ll WaS el i,t-d tit' the simti ion anld in less thn hali an haior afterk.. tle ciulai hid Ieeni iiscOveIed he hail Ilie miei whose names appeare thereonl bef . tore Iiim in the city attor Iley's oiiice. Ani explaiation was deianlded and its sum and substanctie wias it complete, absol1ute and unconditional denial of an1y kinowleidge of or praticipalion in tieI prepallration of tilie circttl.ar. They pulnct uiit ed their iv positive .eiial oft c4miplicitv inl tte affair w\itli feel ing assi'alces of high iegard for the white people of' (1am1den, ai fiinlly frankly asserted that lie circular was the work of onle Charles Levy, a color ed man who has re'enitly shown his ntagolisii to his race. AMr. ('11aririson talked to tihiet very earniesty 11 aid positively, adilmonishing them that it was essential for them to get togeteli and rove their inno.. enee it. t hey would retain thle respect in which t hey were held by the white citizents of (amnden. lie reminded them ofi thle good feeling which has heretforie pr.evailed hett ween thle race'is ini lthis city and impressed on them thait lbis was a v'ery serious ar raigniment, st rik inig at thle very hen '. of' good f'eelintg anid conflidence whliich oiily thiir own earinest per'sonal ef forts couiuldtit ')1 nowcomle'tely dispel. The couloredl meni seem to be deeply chagri neil at thle posit ion ini whtich they hav ~e been ph ired and itnditentec thirm tfullI deitermiit i on l to si It thle mattecr to the buottomn andm re'veal the real enilpri t. Tlhie followingt~ statement was hanideid to tiIhis reporte ti Ihiis aftter Statement of Denial. "'e, thle undersignied cit izens~ ~whose namelts ih iaper upon a i Ircuilar' -which hiis beent circutlatedi ini thiis city : andl community, desire to say that we 'have no knowledge whatIsoever as to 'the origin of t his circular. Theire has 'been ino iniitimationl or eff or't to our1 knowledge of any at templjt to hold such a meeting by us or any other colored citizens. We regard the cir' cutlator as a w~iIful and malicious sland 'erer and a daitgerouts perison to hav'e 'in outr community. E. H. D)ibble, J. 'W.* Boykin, C. WV. McLean, Jr., T. J. 'Williams, I. B. English, Walter W. nilliamis, S. B. Glardner.'' ~Chtarles Levy, who is charged with 'the authorship of theo circular, is a 'former Camden negro man, who was 'for a number of years engaged in edit iing a paper in Baltimore, and in edu coational work among his race. He re turned to Camden some time ago and geems not to have beein hailed as .a leader by the men of his race at home. A. few months ago he published an :article in The State in which he scor .ed the men of his race in Camden, 'ending up ijth an appeal for whip ping posts, and since that time there 'has been bad feeling between himself ,and other colored men of the towvn. Rev. T. J. Williams replied to him in ~The State and the men whose names =nnaar on the circnlar think that its appearance is a sche,me of Levy's to niftagonize the white people against them. While there is no excitement bere now over the occurrence worth speaking of, the citizens feel that a thorough investigition of the affair should be instituted. Sentiment is dividede among white people as the real authorship of the Lireular. Some think that the cir oular is genuine and that the men whose names appear there on are re iponsible for it, but most of the beat citizens of the town are giving the men the benefit of the doubt. They do not believe that colored men of their intelligence and business promin ionce'would be in sympathy with such a movement and 'that if they were they would hardly jeopardize their standing in the community in which they earn their daily bread by allow ing their names to appear on an in cendiary paper. CAMPAIGN FUNDS. And How Spent-Much Discussed Subject of The Act of 1905. Mr. J. ). Harris of Langley, Aiken county, has written to Gov. Heyward to protest against the action of the Democratic county executive commit tee in Aiken. While Gov. Heyward is not the one to whom appeals are to be submitted regularly, the case in point is more than usually interesting becatse it illustrates some of the fea tures of the act of 1905 to protect pri mary eleetions. Section 2 of this act requires that very candidate in a political primary "sha-ll' file a pledge not to use money ( liquor, etc., in his cailpaign for the puirpose of influencing voters impro perly. "'I hereby pledge that I slhal l at tle conclusionl of the camipai.gni election that I am a candi date in, render an itemized statement, tinder oath, showing all moneys spent or provided by me during the cam pain for caipaignl purposes up to 1im.t tim.l '' etc. The act n(e0itinues: " Provided, 'I'lat failure to comply with this provision shall render such electiion null and void, in so far as the candidate who fails to file the state ient herewith is required; but shall nlot affect tle validity of the election of any candidate complying with this Sect ion.'' Mr. IIarris' ease is this: le filed, luder oath, a statement of his election expenlses. IIis oppolnents were S. S. Iee atid M. Knowles. Neither of them filed alt expense account. Therefore, relasonls i Mr. Harris, he is technically the nominee. Lee would be the nomi nee under other conditions, for he re eiv-ed tile majority of the votes, but Ilarris claims that all of those votes should he thrown out, anld le, there fore, would he the nominee. The vote was: Lee 175; Harris 148; Knowles 25; giving Lee a majority of 1 over both competitors, as the total nmumber of votes was 348 and it requir e(l 174 to nominate. But if Lee was dlisqutaliftied, then what should the county comimittee have (lone? Harris writes t hat th le entire election for that oflfice, anad for ot hers where similar' oversights were made, was declared tuill and void and the enitire primary must be run- over. Gen. Wilie Jones, State chairman, at the executive comn mit tee mieet ing, dleclared that this w~as the thiini' to do0. F"ollowing~ is thle act , 71905, printed in full so that all county committee meni may: hiave 'op)ies to stud1y before Ana Act Mauking C'erta in Of'fences in We take this metho< handsome new Store, n the public generally, to We have given.you that matter. Whether you come We especially invite the We thank all of at well as all new Custorv No order will be too tari Now and Prescribing Penalties Therefor. Section 1. He it enacted by the gen cral assembly of the State of South Carolina: At or before every political primary election held by any political party, organization or association, for the purpose of choosing candidates for office, or the election of delegates to conventions, in this state, any person who shall, by threats or any other form of intimidation or by the pay ment, delivery, or promise of money or other article of value, procure or of fer, promise or endeavor to procure, another to vote for or against any particular candidate in such election, or who shall, for such consideration, offer to so vote, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. See. 2. Every candidate offering for election, under the provisions of See tion 1, shall make the following pledge and file the same with the clerk of court of common pleas for the county in which he is a candidate,- unless he should- be a candidate in more than one county, in which case he shall file the same with the secretary of state, before he shall enter upon his cam paign, to wit: I, the underigned. .. .. of the county of.......... and state of South Carolina, candidate for the office of..............hereby pledge that I will not give nor spend money, or. use intoxicating liquors for the pur pose,of obtaining or influencing votes, and thatI shall, at the conclusion of the campaign and before the primary election, render to the clerk of court (or secretary of state, as hereinbefore provided) under oath, an itemized statement of all moneys spent or pro vided by mc during the campaign for amipaign) purposes up to that time, and f further pledge thati will, im nediately after the primary election or elections that I am a candidate in. renldel an itemized statement, under oath, showing all further moneys spent or provided by me in said elee tion: Provided, That a failure to com ply with this provision shall render such election null and void, insofar as the candidate who fails to file the statement herein required but shall nlot afl'ct the validity of the election of any candidate complying with this section: And Provided, further. That such itemized statement and pledge shall be open to public inspection at all times. Section 3. That any violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor, and any person. upon convictionl thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one month nor more than six months, or both fine and imprison ment, in the discretion. of the court. Approved the 6th day of March, A. A. 1905. An Impulsive Boy King. McClure's Magazine. Sensational journalists have an nounced that the King of Spain was extremely eccentric, if not deficient in intellect ; but exactly the opposite is true. He is exceedingly clever, though too impatient of restraint to be much of a student, lie bids fair, as his c'haracter develops with experi ence, to show his mother's diploma tic tact, mingled with an engaging impulsiveness all his own, which wins hearts as she never could. He is quick to make decisions, is really in terested in the welfare of his people, and his selfishness is merely the sel fishness of high-spirited youth, eager to do anything that is really worth doing. He is easily moved through his affections, though it is all but im possible to influence in him any other I of announcing to the y ext door to the Newberi call to see us there. now one of the most Ui to buy or not you are co ladies to call-also, as v ir custom ers for their i hers that we GUARANT ge for us to execute anc berry K 7:y'~, Vay except through his sense of jus ice. The King has a boyish fashion >f imposing his own will on every one n-ound1 him. le does this so gaily, io smilingly (it' not in one of his soni ber moods of pride) that even people who have decided to oppose him find themselves pleased that he should do As he likes. On Himself. They had quarreled again. ''Perhaps you are not aware,'' she said, ''that I had over a dozen pro posals of marriage before I accepted yours.'' He flushed. "And perhaps, madam," lie retort ed haughtily, '.you are not aware that I proposed to nearly twenty women before I become acquainted with your self." A Healing Gospel. The Rev. J C. Warren, pastor of Sharon Baptist Church, Belair, Ga, Pays of Electric Bitters: It cured me of lame back, stiff joints, and a com plete physical collapse I was so weak it took me half an hour to walk a mile Two bottles of Electric Bitters have made me so strong I have just walked three miles in 50 minutes and feel like walking three more. It's made a nevy man of me." Greatiest remedy foi weakness and all Stomach Liver and Kidney complaints. Sold under guran. tee at W. E. Pelham & Son's Drug Store. Price Soc. Not a Bargain. Philadelphia Press. ''But surely, Miss Roxley knew when she accepted the count that he was worthless. "Yes: but he proved to be twice as worthless as she thought him.'' "low was thatl'' "She thought she was going to get him for a million, but he cost her two million.'' Frightfully Burned. Chas. W. Moore, a machinist, of Ford City, Pa., had his hand fright fully burned in an electrical furnace. He applied Bucklen's Arnic-t Salve with the usual result: "a quick and perfect cure." Greatest healer on earth for Burns, Wounds, Sores, Eczema and Piles. 25c. at W. E. Pel ham & Son, Druggist. Smart Set. Cholly-The dentist had a terrible time filling my tooth. Sareasmus-Probably the cavity ex tended right up into your head. He Was In Trouble. "I was in trouble, but found a way out of it, and I'm a happy man again, since Dr. King's New Life Pills cured me of chronic constipation," says E. W. Goodloe, 107 St. Louis St., Dallas, Tex. Guaranteed satisfactory. Price 25 cents at W. E. Pelham & Son's drug store. Impertinence From Missouri. Kansas City Star. If love is blind, what is the object of the p)eek-a-boo waist?i Luckiest Man in Arkansas. "I' m the luckiest man mn A rkansas,' writes H L. Stanley, of Bruno, "since the restoratiou of my wife's health after five years of continuous coughing and bleeding from the lungs; and I' owe my good fortune to the world's greatest medicine, Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, which I know from experience will cure consumption if taken in time. My wife improved with first bottle and twelve bottles completed the cure.'' Cures the worst coughs and colds or money refunded. At W. E. Pelham & Son's druggist. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. people of the county an r'y Hotel, and we cordia >-to-date H ar dware St< rdially invited to call a v'e have many things th' ast patronage, and we EE SATISFACTION tc I none too small to hay Yours Cordially, Han Why should yoL 0. 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