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OA MO EN. H. C.. .JAN li, 1U08
Tli? New Y<*ur.
?*A fri?nd 't'inilH al the dot)i;
In either ti|/hl*( lo?od hand
Hiding ''h:h ui'fH, I hreu hundred and
three i?<rc?r?>;
VVuiting tostrcw them, daily, o'er tho
land.
~ t ft von uh the aowvr.
?jf dropH ho, tread* it in, nud jia?s?8
i?y;
It cannot he made fruitful till it die
Frit-nd, comu thou lika h friend,
.And whether bright thy faro,
' ' ()r dim with cloud* we cannot compre
hend ;
"\Vo'll hold our patient han In, ua<di
in his place,
And truHt theo to the end ;
Knowing thotl leado-i onward to thoao
upbore*
Whtro fcbore tire neither dnya, nor irionthf*,
nor years"
ftlins blulock, in th'ia beautiful
poem, givee onr ideas hotter than
we can expreaa them. The idea of
oapU day being a gif'-, hidden from
us until its hour come*, h a pretty
thought. So many }?ifn, ho much
limn to it ho fur vithei prollt or ln*>,
and ho ninny hands are held nut
eagerly for the coming dayri, look
iog for thorn to bring happineao, or
g*in of Home kind. The "pirit Home
tiniua grows faint ho fora the un*
; known future, conarquetilly it ia
enough to take one day at u time
and try to make that good. It in
hard enough even then, and aome
times it ia bout to (40 hour hy linnr .
Owo day ut a time ia the aocrot of
every.Tioble life. "One day at a
time, taken up hruveiy, with ita du
tica faithfully done an they come,
x its trials patiently home, ita temp
tationa llnnly restated, ita cruim
4 cheerfully carried, ita Jo.ya rightly
,?/ UBcd, and ita gladness gathered
Irom every hour aa it passes mi."
instead of making many reHolutlona
? , at'the 11 rat of the year to ho quick
?? ly broken, let uh atiive to meet, each
V ' day bravely, and take what it brings
unquestioning! v.
The sunBot gale of lib- will awing
shut.upon Homo of uh ere the close
of another year. Let ub hvo to the
record loft on tliia aithw If our dear
onea and friends loavn uh for th?
summer land, let not the memory
' of harsh words spoken by uh, add
io tho panga of Reparation.
?\.1 Good'byo, old year. After all wo
'??' aro lonth to part. Mauv precious
:5? memories aa well aw many and things
to remember will be forever linkid
with thee. Hut time hida 111 part and
- however He vorely thou haal chasten
ed us, yot wo llnd our hardened fed
niga relenting and a apii it of charily
porvaden our being. We forgive as
wo bopo to lio forgive.1. In human
ity and love we bow our adiru arid
, \ w?lcome the New Year with naught
"but good resolves and high a^pira
\ 7 lions that each coming day will see
flfUT liven better, purer rind nobler
in every act and purpose.
. ... A happy New Year to all?the
- young, the old, the high, the low ? a
? buppy Now Year,a happini fts arising
from and tempered with wiadom,
* ' faith, hope and charitv.
lit
Governor A unci litis announced
that he would not oxtoud tlio iim?
for the payment of Smtp uacD.
Hit exoollenoy tliinki that tho nmnll
penalty of 1 per cont in January ntid
an additional I pot- cunt, in Frbrti
ary was fixed no llia? no hardnhipn
jfould bo woiknd on thoso who ar??
unable to pay up by the lirat of the
year.
Dr. Dawaou, of CliurloBlon? i? to
lecture in the Camden Opera Houhu
OB "the jotting of January litli,
1008, as will bo aeon by tlio pub
Hailed notice of the Kershaw Coun
ty Medic al Association, upon tlio
Mty important subject of tubereu
cnuePB and prevention. It
!? useless to say that this matter
akould receivo tho most serious]
of tho people of this I
q|#iftnnity. Tlio Kershaw County
llfcdloal Association has done well
to Mfeore a lecture from thia emi
sloian who for years
?4?barcuLuaic .a ipe
and it is hoped that he
ntted by a crowded house
rt, ?*.
Dr. I>nvvh0ii, of ( lmrl<*?foti, to
in Win Camden Opera
W\usn on TiiImmciilosh
? I'-;111 ? ir -I v. i !i i.m nil
ryprfftl^h V "III papM/ kl. ,i. Hi im; vviiJ
3fi>. a po i?l lc it clu i c o it 1 it In;11 lil'/sin,
[by \)i li.lifi |)iv\H'iii i.( (* * i >it 11'ai.o '),
| III the Opi la iloij'.c in C >. Iiiil i*li, ?K
rt o'clock I' A!. .Kr ic.t, II, JtlOS.
j Tliiii i?(fll|rr will I I Ulldei
the n<4><i>:<.!??? t f tl i- Kiifet.'ivv Com)'
i '
: ly Medicil Ai/sijci/ii iii'i, ?i \ lii! if
(jiU'Mt id ill!.' Ml Hi If iloMll III f{> nilli
ijiid ICS (tlllt geHtli'lllC'll Ulllt llil pljlj
lie goueiuliy mi' l oi<11nily invKed to
attend. Tuhorciilositf, or fiA il ih
bettcr known, consumption, in it
dittest* tli 141 in of vuHl importance
l<> ovury mail ni*d woman in Rer
mhuw County, and uny One can af
font to ivu this mutter curliest
thought.
It is a fact Unit ihin scourge iu h
ditfCaSC til Ml Call III! [II C VI 11 It'll. ii
In not u lacl that it la Inherited.
When thtun fi?i Ih are considered,
surety tin! importance of prevent
ing il will he Appreciated.
Surely overy man ami woman in
this county known something of this
disease and ita direful resultH, hui
perhaps nohiu slat,sties would seiyo
to arouse moro intoroBt. Titer* die
in the United Slate* about 150,000
people annually from this disease
Kail to ate each life an worth say
$2,000 which In a low estimate and
we^haveun annual Ions In dollars,
of <1.100,000,000 Tlnis dries not in
elude tlio expanse of the long and
tedious illness that precceds the
death of ouch victim, nor docs it
Include 'he heart-aches and bereave
inuiit. Surely tlna ih an important
id Httfcf.
The negro race in oap.'clally lin
bio to havii tli i h d i?ii! ii Hi! mil i' in
I lie c'lm-.MiMiH iif opinion nioi'tii?
d'>c,loi s Iji al !lu? dlsc'ise in incrcas
i'?l? vt ?V rapidly among lin o).
VV Imjii lltl? f'ioi mill the iiutil.unions
ness of llm disease aio considered
sotely l Ik* danger that (t'lnli'miU iim
heie ni. home will l>i> realized.
Now I >r I) h w no ii in a man who
Iiuh luudi! Ill irt disease a Hludy, nod
in Iiih l?c, i. ii re ho. will give many!
facts concerning t>. that cannot bull
be of interest, iind lie will alao ex* I
plain the means of preventing it,*
fepread. This' lecture wiih delivered
by him in (Greenville to a brilliant
and fence a few weeks ago and it
was pronounced u innsterpieco by
all who hoard it.
The Kershaw County Medical
Association cordially invites every
man and woman in Camden to
courno out and to bring nil the
younger people as this lecture will
hoof viihi importance to all.
He me m her the dale, Tuesday.
?) an nary II, III0H, at H o'clock
it* , iu the Opera Mo'tou
I h?i K . Co. Med. Association.
I'ei W. .J. II.
j We learn that at least two deaths
have occurted in this county dur
ing the holidays, canned liy whis
I key. Due poor fellow in a drunk
en stupor fell fioiu o wagon and
j lucko Ins necV ; nnol.her one in the
I name condition was slabbed to
'f death by Ms intoxicated compari
i ion. In this pitiable condition
| their souls were unhered into the
j presence of then Mukcr. Nmv who
j is r< sponsible for the deaths of
Ithesu poor unfortunates? Does not
! the butden re^t opon those who;
| contested the recent election and
j thereby defeated the will of the
| ni n J or i ty of I In; honest voters wiio
i siid thev did not wunt whiskey
sold in Keislittw coun'y? Most as
Huredly w? aie our 1 ? InoiIii'i'h keep*
; or "
Composhions From-Tho (unidon
(Jtndod School.
A Slnli.M
Tlx' nun Pom- wonderfully bright
llinl morning. Not n olond >v:im boom
?>n llu* hort/. Mi, hut, though ii<> fore
boding ovil whn apparent to unoh
-?erlmnt num. natuio hn?! fc?ivon want
iih; to tin* I>hiIh iiikI beasts The
Ivjiils were twittering anxiously, and
wt?r? * hurrving hero and thoro iu a
wftv tlmt Ih'mjx>1'.?' agitation. Tho oat
tie wcii' lowing in tho distant Holds,
intnl tho chioken* vvcro huddled to
I g< tin r iumIi r a hIii d
Laio m 11:(( .lay everything became
still". live ?;tiiiosplirro look on a mur
i ky Imo, ano in imn oornor of tho ho
I rizon a tiny hlwok cloud was Horn
W;th all tho Awifltn'Hs of tho wind
I this tiny "peck approached, growing
larger and blanker ovory second, un
'til in a fminutes it spread over
I 1 ho like an Immense blackbird
i hovering and screaming over its
i Pr,;>v
Simd<niy with one rush t!io than
dor began to poal in heavy r.?lb?, the
J lightning to flash. looking liko
j immense columns of fuo connecting
heaven and earth, tho rain to ponr
in such torrents that it seemed iiki<
an ocean had taken tho place of tho
heavens and was pouring its wators
(town upou tho onrth. Kach moment
tho storm became worso and worse,
growing loudor with ovory second.
It Rcomod that eithor tho immortal
Gods were battling with oach other
on Olympus, or that the long fore,
ordained doomsday had arrived.
It looked impossible for tho earth
to resist tho blows of the oombincd
forccs of nature. One aftor another
tho mighty monarchs of the forest
fell lull length on the earth. Tho
honse shook ond trembled with ev
ery blfcat of wind and looked like
the next shock would prove its ruin.
. A? wotdunty *w -ft- bad ?o*?e, thie
mighty storm departed. leaving ev
er? on* giving a sigh of nUtf and
YOU KNOW ME.
Auction &iie!!
On Saturday, January the 4th, and
Saturday, January the 11th, 1908,
but sale will continue the entire
time from the 4th to the 11th.
A.
At thin huIo 1 he gooda must tfo. They will bo auctioned
oflf and Hold straight over the counters at a sacrifice. Now
all my friends must come and huy. Tlu'V must, he sold at
huilm* priee. Vou all know me and >ou know that there in no
fake in this. ! don't put the shell-worn goods out and Hell
those only, hut 1 sell everything in the store if \ou will hny
them. Oome one, come nil. A hearty welcome to you, ancl
wishing you a prosperous New Year,
Respectfully,
-~?4 J. W. Oj=?ElEB. |h?
Remember only 8 days of this sale.
About ten <1ajr?
laUf ill a u K. J?r?o/
A /nil dm Urier.
A mer.cy ninker.
K*f|l?it ||AA<Jor.
flu# indium ?li?.
Del., lotja t'-r IaMo
Karlioat Plat
('?l.i ik?. A Urf*
jri?l?ier hij?1 a |?x*l
?r
Hy the H U NDRKD, THOUSAND <>r MILLION of tho above thsea^nvorito
varieties. Grown in tho open field and will island ?cveto cold without Injury. Let money
accompany your order; otherwise plants will Ijo shipped C. O. D., uiul you will lmvo to pay
return churKex on tho money.
l'rlam, f. o. h. Youiik'b Inland. S. O.: MO for fl.OO; 1 to 4,000 nt $1.50 per 1.000; fi to ?,000
?t $1.26 per l.Oirt; i) to 2l),000 at $1.00 per 1,000. Kprciul prices on larger quantities. Full count
and natintnrlion Kuaranteed or money refunded. Folder oil Cabbage Culture l>y G. M.
(iiheon mailed free on application. Cheap express rates to all points. Mail your ordera to
C. M. GIBSON, Young's Island,?. C.1 ?
making a prayer of thanks to the
j>r?itootii?{? Provide nee.
Ilelon Phelps,
Ago 11. Third Year. High School.
Luckuow
Dec 28, 11)07.
This has been a remarkably well
kept Christmas at, this place. Thoro
have been two (Mirintmiis trees. Ono
at, tin* School hollHC of MiflS MlirV
1 ji'o Dominick. a hoau'ifnl and ac
fompiiaiieii iiniv t<.iii'iio." from N:".v
berry wh?? gavu Ik-i pupils a treat; |
and ono lit tin* bucknow church f??r I
llio Sunday wrljooi I;il<Ir?li?. There
I wiih no rudeness or drunkunncRs at
either pliico and lliin in saying aj
good deal for hucIi it place as Luck t
now hat* been reputed to l?o in tho
past Tin! change, in my opinion, in J
attributable to the Sunday school:
unil free school. I'ltirtydive dollars j
is tin' amount, raised a few nights
a^o to l>i.y b heater for tlie church
aipl other purposes of the Sunday
Hcliool.
Kino crops have been made all
mound hore and the people arc in
better circumstances than thoy havo
boon for yearn.
At the last regular communication
Of Iiiicknow Lodge No. '212 A K. M.
the following oflicors . wore clrctod j
and installed: Harrison 1{ Watkinn,!
W M; Geo M Hall, S W; .1 W Hop i
kins, J \V; K Wade Hall, Trea?; (J E i
Johnson, See and Troas; W W Hop !
kins, S I); ?I C Stokes, .1 I); Charlie
Ualoy, Tiler; W M .MeCaskill and .1 !
A Johnson, Stewards
A follow came lo the post oftlce j
liero a few days ago and asked the
price oi stamps. " Two cents each '
replied the postmaster. -'Well thon j
you will not Htamp my letter for 1
can get all the stamps 1 want, in t'am I
don for ono cent each." Such is life!
Our rustic pod hmm picked up the:
following rhymes. Thoy are notori^!
inal but may servo the puipoaC;
'Taint no uso a working hard,
When yon not a ^al in do huekra yard
Kvory night at half pant ci^ht
I tuk?> my p(and at do huckra gate
Aii't wait ter do ^al wid do huekra plate
0 W. Ma'onri. !
Notice Of
Application for Final Discharge. \
i
No!too iK hereby pven that M. 0 1
.h-lmson. (iuardian of the estate of Leila 1
11 Alexander formerly Leila It. John-j
son, formerly h minor, ..will on tlio 7th j
day of .lanumv, 11)08, cloven o'el?>ok,l
A. M , make application before Hon. \V.
1> Trnnthnm. .lodge of P obato for Ker
shaw Conn.v. at his ofiice for a final ilis- i
charge ns said Guardian.
M. C. JOHNSON, j
1 Veember tit h. 1907.
Municipal Bonds Foi Sale.,
The City of Camden. S. C., invite# bids
for Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars
of five (5 per cent.) per cont. bonds, to i
lie issued for installing sewerage system 1
at Camden, S 0.
Coupon bonds to maturo in fortv (40)
years and to bear interest at flvo (A) per'
cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. i
All biilH must he sent to the City Clerk ;
and must be accompanied by certified
check to guarantee the bids in the atom
of F> ptr cvnt. of the Amount of bid,
?aid chock to be roturued if bill is reject
ed
No bids for leas than |>ar and accrued
interest will be considered. Bids to b?
closed the l<Vlli day of January, 1908, at
12 o'clock M . i V\
Right reserved to reject all ludt.
II. O. OAHRI80N,
Mayor,
J. j. Qooa&tft,
City Clerk.
December lftth, 1907.
Attention Farmers.
Good and desirable landu to rout
on cliiiroH or ntrnight rent, Hautn'e
Swamp Plantation. Apply to
(J. II. Baurn,
Camden, S. C.
Woman'H Exchange to Open.
I will open Woman's Exchange on|
Monday, December 2njJ . So anon
tickcta 50o. Will receive t.riielcr
for tluitJ fillUJ Di)5V' wTJ.
E. Iv. Tweed
Trespass Notice.
All persona are l.erehy strictly forbid
den to trespass, for any purpo?o whutso
ev??r, upon the lands belonging to I lie
children of tho iat?j William It. N? ls>n.
deceased, located between Kniylii's llil!
and Cuntey Hill. Any diftreuard of ihit
notice will bo punished io the full esHni
of the Jaw. C. MIOKLB,
Guardian
Camden, S. C , Dec. 10th. 1".)07.
Teachers' Examination.
The State Hoard of KJucalion has nr.
ranged 'or a special teachers examination
Friday. January 17th. 190!jQ
i*hia examination will he held in this
County at tho Court House, beginning at
9 o'clock.
Any teacher who ^wishes accitiflcato
may take this examination.
W. H. TIJHNEU,
Supt. E<l, Keiahaw Co.
Camden, S. C., Dee, 18. 1907.
Fit\ lietitviis.
Ollico of County Auditor, )
Kershaw County,
Camden, S. C., Dec. t$, 1007. ^
Notice is liorebv given that tho Audi
tor's office for receiving State and County
tnx returns will he open from January 1st,
1908, to February 20th, 1908.
Tho dates of the appointments at which
the Auditor or his deputy will visit the
usual places in the County for receiving
returns ar? ?iven below:
Hethuno. January 8.
Water's Mill, January 9.
Bower#' School Honao, Jnnii iry, 10.
Kirkloy's Store, January II
Kershaw, January 14.
Wcstville. January lfi.
Russell Place, January 16.
Liberty Ilill,v January 17.
ltabon s Crow Roads, January 20.
lllaney, January 21.
The law requires that nfl persons own
ing property or in any\yiso having charge
of suoh property either as agent, husband,
guardian, trustda. executor, ad.niuistra
tor, Ac., return the same under osth to
the Auditor, who requests all poivtnu? to
he prompt in innkiotf their returns anil
save the 50 pojr cent penalty which will l>e
added to the property valuation of all per
sons who fail to make return* within the
tune prescribed by lnw.
INCOME TAX
Under an Act ot the legislature nil per
sona having ft gro?s income of Twenty,
tlvc Hundred Dollars or more are required
to make n return of tho same to the Audi
tor at the time of making their other io
turns,
THK POLL TAX.
All citizens of this State l>etween the
ages of Twenty-one and Sixty year* of
age. excepting Confederate soldier* are re
quired to pay a Poll Tax of One Dollar a
year.
All returns sent by mail must be made
out on proper blanks and sworn to before
some otlleor qualified to administer said
oath, otherwise they will not be received
at this office as returns.
Tho County Board of Equalisation will
meet at the office of tho County Audkof
?on the 4ih Tuesday of Maroli, 1W>8. for the
purpose of caualliing property, hearing
<t?n?plauita ana protonta,
wrrrKirssELu
Auditor Xanhaw Co.
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Particular attention is given this
week to the selection of such goods
as will make acceptable Holiday
gifts at
Christmas Reductions in Our Suit
Department.
We are offering great reductions in
Merj's, Ladies and Chitdrens Suits.
Ladies and^bhildren's Cloaks, Jackets
and general wearing apparel^ Our
prices are the lowest in the City and
our qualities are the best. If you are
going togeta garment for Christmas,
get it at Hirschs'?You can get what
you want cheap.
Everything is taking; on a Holiday
Air. We are ready for the Christmas
Rush with a display of Seasonable
Merchandise.
Do your Shopping at Hirsch Bros.
& Co's. and you will spend a Merry
Christmas.
Ladies New Long Coats.
Wo have made lower prices cm our stock of Ladies hand
some stylish Coats. You cannot match these values else
where in the Oity. $3 48,5 4S, 6 98, 9 48 and on up to 20.
00; come and see them, you are sure to buy.
Children's Bear Skin Coats
Made of iho Best Boar Skin, very stylish. Sizes 3, 4, f>, 0,
yo.us in white and red, worth 5, 00 Porthia week you can go
one for 2 98
We alaoliavo big|bargains in Linen. Household Good*.
Fancy Work, Handkerchiefs, Handbags, a handsome line of
Gent's Neckwear (just arrived) And everything that you
could want for a nice Christmas present at remarkably low
drices, you will find at The Big Store of
Hirsch Brothers & Co.
lax Executions.
Uiuh'r ill \!.t a- i t k11it>3>'v i -
.'XecutioiiH 10 in ? iliivi I will |?i??<-<-? t
to K?-ll, liofori' i ti?-? t >>i.! 11? > i.4?-in li.<?
(Jity of ('iiinclou. on tin- lirMoixlnv in
JuiHiury, J'.'OK, during 11 ?? hotnuof
Utile, tUo following <lc: I'i'ihnl io;tl :
to-wit:
1 Iioiihi' ami lot in CaiiwU-u I .mimic 1
Noriii by lot-of liarrv **nr?*i? ?i*, I* ant 1*v
Church W<nt by lot of T. M.
patrick Si IJro.H , South by lot of John
Marfell Levied unou and to ho boM as
th? property of 'l. H. W'ilaou.
Toirn^ of Sa!.??('hhIi
J. S. TKANT11AM
s. K. ('
Dec II, 1907.
m mmM
Repairs of ull kind Promptly
(lone on all kindsof Velii
eles. Farming imple
ments a specialty.
CAMDEN CARRIAGE WORKS
11. M. HAMPTON,
Proprietor.
MM MI
8. HACKER & m
? *iANUFACTUR KRH OF?
Doors, Sash, Blinds,
Moulding, Ruilding Material
ash Weights and Cord.
CHARLESTON, - - - - S. 0.
Purchase our makes, which
we guarantee tmpevior to any
sold South, and thereby 3ave
money.
Window and Fancy Ghiss a
specialty ?July 4 7
iinii
<i?
Office of Treasurer of Kershaw County)
Camden, S. C., Sept. (>, 1!>07. \
In accordance with the Act to raise
supplies lor the ft soul year commciicinK
January 1 nt , 190?>; notice is hereby given
that the books will he open for collect*
iiiK 8taie. county and school taxes from
October lo, 1!>(>7, to March 1 at, 1908. A
penalty of I per cent will he added on
all taxes unpaid by January 1st. .11)03.
A penalty of two per cent on till unpaid
by Fob. 1st, l!iu8, A ponalty of seven
per cent will l?o added on all unpaid
Si arch 1st, 1008
Tho rnte ner cciiltim for Kerbhnw
county is us lojlowa :
MillH.^
Statu taxes. 4 1-2
School tuxes, 3
County taxes, 31-4
lUilro.nl taxes. 1 3 t
Court House 15i> < 1-4
Head, b
Total. 13 3-4
The tallowing special levies have been
made also:
Special School tax. District No, l,
for interest on School Bonds (haded
School Boil.liny, Milln.
I>\Htri;i N'i#. J, , 3^
Special School tax PiMt, No. 1, 3
,y 14
,, .. 7> a
* 10, 2
" II,- 2
12> %2
.? ?. 17> ft
,> 18> 8
" '? ?? ?? 19, 2
?? " " 22, 2
.. .. .? >r o(jt g
" 27. ^
>> .? ?. .? 40| 7
riie road tax of two dollars can ho
pnl.l the Connty Treasurer from Qctobei
15th. 1907, to March 1st, 1008.
All iumU? persona living within tho
corporato limits of cities or towns, ftfu
dents attending any college, or school of
tho State. Ministers in charge of regu
lar oongregations, teachers employed iu
public schools, school trustee* during
their term of office, persons permanent
ly disabled and those aotualiy engaged
In the quarantine service of the atnlto are
exempt from the payment of rorfd tax.
All other male persons liftween the ages
of IS and &0 years nre jfeonirod' to pay
*hu1 road tux or work not less than sis
duys during tho year.
The poll tux is $1.
All information as to taxes will be!
furnished upon application.
Id sending for Tax amounts and Rp?
ccipts, stiilc with whom th* Taxpayer
lived in January last, and if known <fcy
two names, give both, ami be sure to give
Township and No. of School District,
No lists of names for tax receipts wtfl
he reciered unless H>e amount of lax
money is deposited with tho said Mat.
This rule will be strictly enforoed.
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