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CITY AND COUNTY NEWS PUT IN CONDENSED FORM l HATTEHh OF OKNUltAL INTKI(. K8T SECURED BY OUll KKI'OItTfOHH. Mrs. II. f{. Brown? 1b visiting In Klon'iM'c. Mian Sttlll? Brown Jb visiting in Kershaw. Mr. It- F. Simpson 1b visiting in {Spartanburg. Mrs. W. F. Malono returned from a visit to relatives in Charlotte, Miss Nellie Boykin, of Charleston, Is the guest of Miss Hallle Garrison. Mrs. J. B. ChlBholm, of Charles ton, l? the guest of Mrs. D. D. Par rteb Miss Jennie Whitaker spent the week end with MIbb Minnette Boy kin. ? Miss Lizzie Halle, of Florida, la visiting relatives and friends In Camden. Miss Helen Phelps will loave next week to take charge of a school near Kershaw. Mrs. N. U. Goodale and children have gone to Columbia for a ten days visit. The friends of Mr. H. T. Gladden will bo sorry to know that ho 1b quite sick. Mr, Trabue Bq,rksdale, of Villa View, N. C., was in Camden during tbe past week. Mrs. Cora J. Nesbltt, of George-^ town, is visiting her daughter, Mra. c. J. Shannon, Jr. Sidney Smith has returned to Camden after a season of baBO ball in the big leagues. Mrs. William Ancriim is at home again after spending several weeks in Columbia. Mrs. Cooper Griffin and baby have returned from a visit to rela tives at Ninety-Six. Mr. K. B. Pitts, of Camden, S. C\, was a Charlotte vlBitor yester day, ? Monday's Observer. A valuable horse belonging to Sheriff W. W. Huckabee died Mon day from the effects of colic. Mr. Julian Lewis, of Georgetown, has accepted a position in the of fice of the Wateree Messenger. . . Mrs. A. S. Thomas, of Cheraw, la \ visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs/ i. H G. Carrison, on north Broad st. ? Mr. J. J. McManus, who left here several months ago 'to work at Lan do, has returned to Canulen to re Jide. Mrs. lOugene Rockett, of Birming ham, is visiting at the home of her ? brother, Mr. W. B. Porter, of this : ?Ity. ? The small boy will soon be happy | ?the circus is again abroad in the land and will exhibit at Camden on October 2 2nd. Lieut. Governor Chas. A. Smith, was in Camden a few hours yestfir y niorning en route from his home at Timmonsville to Columbia. ? Master Ferris McDowell and Miss Martha McDowell returned Tuesday from Atlanta, whore the former has been confined in a sanitarium for j- several months. L :i tneeting of .the senior acad emic class last Thursday, Mr. Bur jet Stoney, of Camden, was elected I J^S'dent of the student body of e University of South Carolina. sr> ^ubenstein, who has been PeQ<'jng some time with her daugh , r, Mrs. David Wolfe, has gone to visit nu>n('' f?r au extended Mes?r?. Burnett, Lewis and Wil m Stoney, who are attending the iversity of South Carolina, spent lr? ve<\k end with their mother, *rs- J- M. Stoney. J1**- I 'avid Wolfe went to Sumter dnesday. Miss Sara Wolfe, who a w n dent at St. Joseph's Acade u A'. ,r<>' 11 mod with her to spend the ?oMdays at home. i hriul*SS A(*a Trantham,- who has sl,en<Iing some time With her rh.?i. '^rs- W.. D. Trantham, has tho rn?c' to Washington. Mrs. Tran ?am accompanied her. feat! i1"' B- .Thompson, a former thp eU-t t,l*s c?unty, but who for g(ii past sc'veral years has been re ft o, K Lexington county, has i!v ! ?'\ 51 to his father's fam j 11 'he Beulah section. kir!'(.>Srs" Crosby, N. C. Ilpy huKi.'Ul ^ OeLoache made a I " ,rlp to Florence Saturday. "Over . UrV ,rJl> waa made in an fnr'!i touring car, purchased "T the Camden Motor Co. 1)- Blak?ney and two chil Keri > ! rs" John T- Stevens of sou fVV. aiul ^,rR- Leroy S; David -tit\ i? ' auiden, were guests in the tt"rh'1M\ t,v?ning for the production Ion.. !' , A( a(lemy. ? Saturday's Char :: uo Observer. I"?>urt<y>n Cents Cotton. -j ?nor., were over six hundred bales i cm ton sold on (he Camden mar ? i-'- ^Hfurriay. The prico rang fro-, fourteen -to fourteen and a luarw-r "ents per pound. Camden . r "':'ny j ears haw l>een regardful J ,<>u" ?f tlio very best cotton mar '?s lfi Uio state, and from reports nc*:irii\ towns she is again pay & for t^0 8tapi0 .than her ?:ehhrr>. h. ' *o hundred and seventy v.f" * - were sold^ on the market l?/r' > top prices being Well known buyers esti ? to 1u> n?n^ber of bales sold up \ %? '**su r,lay for tho present season 4rouiul 4,000 bales. " / H\N<"ITi;v or Til K li.-\ \v ; \N un Subject of Sermon l>ellv(fHl Wt IkiptlHt Churt'll Sunday Night.' Taking for his subject '"The Sunc tHy of tho Law, or th? Religious Ab poet of tho Lttw," Rev. John A. Da vison, preachy the first of a se ries of month fnd,. ttunitonti at t lio Baptist church Sunday night. A largo congregation wan present and aside from (ho able sermon, (ho mimic by tho chorl and the nolo, "Floo an a Bird to Yon Mountain" by Mrs. P. H. Sawyer, and '"Wel come, Wanderer, Welcome," by Mth. L.T. Mills, proved an interesting and enjoyable feature of tho services. Tho last of tho month services will continue all thru tho year and tho general theme will bo "Religion and Society." The pastor in JiIh remarks Sunday night said In part: '"The pronounced problems of ev ery ago in largo numbers may he traced to the spirit of disregard for tho law. Tho fundamental explana tion of this disregard is duo ulti mately to a miauudeiHtanding of tho true nature and function of tho law "The universal watchcry of the modern era is 'Let the individual man have his rights.' It began with tho rlHo of tho impulse to Individ- 1 ualism which frst came to expres sion in tho Italian llenaiBsance. This grout movement marked a convulsiv protest against the arbitrary subor dination of tho individual to a sys tem, and was destined with tho passing of the centuries to sweep around tho globe. 1 1 h first great precursors were the philosophers? Abelaid and Roger Bacon? who cla- , niQred for tho rights of individual opinion and the method of experi ment in the discovery of truth as early as the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. . Us religious exponents were Peter WtUdo, John Wicliffe, John Hubs and Jeromo of I'rage. Its first impulse in -the realm of poli tics, Bpeaking especially with the , English speeaklng world in mind, found expression in such men as Erasmus, Colot and Moore, taking up tho humanistic Impulse after the great contention of John Wicliffe who had already come out bold ly in a pronounced stand for , English liberty as against tho oppression of a corrupt Ecclesiastl- J cal hierarchy even before the risc^ of tho Renaissance. The struggles j which have intervened since -this age but mark the continuation of th? long, long conflict for personal rights coming so frequently to a head in such convulsions as the En glish, French and American Revolu tions. The political agitations so; characteristic of Ameerican life to- : day receives its impetus from this) same cry for the rights of the in- j dividual man. '"In the light, of all that has been said, the nature and function of the law can he best understood by a hrief suryey of its history. The explanation of the continuation' of all this agitation resides in the fact that the question of individual right* is still an open question. Rights with the primitve man practically amounted to an untrammelled ex pression of every impulse of his un tutored life. lie could slay with impunity as many of his enemies as he pleased and enjoy without limit ation the boundless reaches 6f tho forests thru which he was wont to roam. But when the tribal life came into existence, in the evolution of human relationships, a conflict of rights resulted and a consequent ad justment was neceessary. It ' was then that certain understandings governing the relationships of the individual members of tho tribe came into existence and crystallized into customs. These customs be came unwritten laws for the deter mination of conduct. With the com plication of -the social order in the development of the nation-'these un written laws became more complex andnuHT numerous because of the coiTsnrnt rise of new questions of relationship which had to be set tled. The history of society is at the same time a history of thq law and represents but a prolonged ef- 1 fort to attain an ideal standard of human relationship ? a standard by ; which "Equal rights to all and spe- j cial privileges to none" may be. once and finally assured. "'From all that has been said It , is not hard to see that perfect law and and perfect ethics are identical, j All sin has its social consequences. | Even tho innermost thoughts of the human consciousnes are not without their effects upon society. Sin serves to destroy that capacity for insight into that secret of human re lationships so essential to the hap piness of society. The supreme end of tho law is the perfect embodi* ment of the principles of the king dom of Heaven. The law is sacred and divine. It was because he dis cerned the ideal consumation of t he law that Jesus bade his disciples to rtspect the governments of their day In like manner the Apostle Paul writes in the thirteenth chapter of Romans to the Chrisian church sit uated in the greatest city of his time "Let every soul be subject un to the higher powers. For there is no power but of Ood. The powers that be .ire ordained of God. Who soever. therefore, resisteth the pow er, resist'eth tho ordnance of God. For Hulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the po wer? Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake." ?"Thus it behooved every grateful citizen and every christian man to interest himself in the support and maintenance of the law of his coun try and his state. We should all do our part to become enlightened beyond the point of mistaking li cense for liberty; clearly discerning I M \lv|\(, (jOOH IN (,llAlU/<m ItiK Furniture1 Finn of W. T. Mctjojr A- <'o. Iin'|)s <>|kmi ilouM<, . * Many KithIihw county people will rood with delight tho following from last Saturday's Charlotte Observer, in which it tells of tho success of a Kwrshnw county man in that city: "Several thousand people visited the store of W. T. Mc('oy & Co., well known furniture dealers, at 209-211 South Tryon st., Friday from 6 until y, tho occasion being the colehrajion of the remodeling of t)??lr stores and thee enlargement of the business. Mr. W. T. McCoy Is president and treasurer; Mr. T. D; I'uyne is vice president, and Mr. J. I). McCoy 1b secretary. Mr. Mc Coy hae been In tho furniture bus inc>BH in Charlotte for the past 14 years una he said last night that ho had learned that the secret of business 1b in trying to give satis faction. " The icmodeling of the building tins given an additlonaf depth on each fioor of 40 feet making a to tal of. 35,000 feet of% floor space, 'the two show windows are 12 by 22 f?*et, twice the formeir size. and are anionf the iiandBomest in the city with hardwood floors. The right window as you enter is fitted up with a bird's-eye maple suit of bedroom furniture and the window on the left is one of exceptional elegance, a 15-plece dining room set of solid mahogany is displayed. The entire building is brlliantly lighted. "'The flrs't floor Is given up to living room furniture and novelty stuff; the second to, dining room furniture and carpets, the latter be ing under the special supervision of Mr. W. T. McCoy. Ho stated that carpets had always been his hobby; the landing to library tables, pedesJ | tals, tabretes, and baby furnishings; the third floor to bedroom and of fice furniture; tho large room in the Dowd building contains parlor and library furniture. A complete line of stoves is handled In the basement and there is a repair shop In charge of Mr. C. Y. Auten. There are 23 men in tho employ of Mr. McCoy, all of whom are men of ability and are courteous and obliging. ' "The business of W. T. McCoy & Co. has increased to such an extent as to demand enlarging their quar ters four times within the past 14 years. v '"The Herz Orchestra of 7 pieces furnished music during afternoon and evening. Red and white carna tions were given as souvenirs. Mr. McCoy and assistants received cor dial congratulations on the complete ness of the store and marked suc cess of the business." Young Thief (>ets Throe Months. Willie Johnson, a young negro, not over fourteen years of ago, who for several seasons has been work ing at the drug store of W. Robin Zemp, in the capacity of a delivery boy was arrested Monday and tried before Magistrate Fincher, o.n the charge of ? larceny. The boy had been entering a money drawer with the aid of a screwdriver and steal ing cash therefrom. He had been i suspected and Monday was caught soon af er making one of his raids and made to confess. He stated that the stealing had been going on for some time and that he sup posedv he had touched the drawer for about $75. The magistrate im posed a. fin'r $150 or 3 months. Not having the amount of the fine 11 tie Willie left Monday to begin his service on the gang. Total Enrollment 3l>3. The total enrollment up to the present date at the Camden public schools is 393. Opening day there were 368 pupils. 3 Of this number 3 09^ are In the grammar school, wl^lle 8 4 are at the High school. It is the heaviest enrollment In the Camden schools in years and shows that Superintendent LCgge and his aide corps of assistants are popular with the pupils and parents alike. Mr. I..egge tells us that he is crowd ed for room, especially In the high school buildings but that he hopes in time the situation will be reme died. i the consequences of license in its promotion of the sense of insecurity in society. We should unequivocal ly frown down upon the mob spirit because it substitutes passion for reabon and vindictive crimo for jus tice. "Above all things every individual man is obligated to recognize the claim of the Supreme laws of the I soul upon his personality. License In the realm of personal conduct | serves more to tiring out' the disas ! trous consequences of the sense of ; insecurity which always results from license than other form of its man ifestation. It undermines moral con Eviction.' It elimniatcs from charac ter that ringing, positive element, so essential to greatness. The path | of history is literally strewn wilh the prospect of strong personalities i blighted and doomed thus. The wav or'ng character, the pitiable degen erate all present to the thinking i hi an in living picture the tragedy of that insecurity which results from I the mistaken identification of liber fly and license in the moral sphere i and whic,h by continual indulgence ; will lead to an enthrallment, the I terror of which the mind of man hns never dreamed. A man, first of all, is obligated to seek the help of God for the ^ake of getting in tune with the infinite. Submission to those eternal laws of right which can bo accomplished only thru sur I render to Cod made possible by the work of Jequfl Christ is his first [duty." Mc\.\t (JIITON'B IJI'tt HAVfcD. By Order of Oovernor (Vm<U?miu?l Muit (i(tU 1/ifO WOnteHC<\ >u 'diiy'H A t Inn lit Constitution, By an order Issued lute Saturday afternoon, Governor Kluton com mut ed the death sentence of Dr. W. J." McNaughton to life impriBohmont in tho penitentiary. Thus whh settled, oiiu of the mo?t widely known and hardest fought murder chhou in tho .recent annuls of tho Mate. "It was generally un derstood here 4hat the governor, after a careful stydy of tho record and after an exhuustlvo public hear ing of the case, had reached a very deeply net conviction aw to tho man's guilt. Tho only uncertainty whh wheth er ho would allow the condemned man to hang or whether he would give him tho benefit of the doubt, discretionary with trial judges in esses baaed on circumstantial evi? j dence, and commute Ills sentence. After duo deliberation, the gov ernor haH given the Bide of mercy the advantage and saved tho con demned man's life. Ho was to have been hangod next Friday, Oot. 3rd. ' . F?ed Flanders, tho man whose life McNaughton was convicted of tak ing. died on Juno 4, 1910. Ho was living at tho time in tho house of the f'efondaut in Covona, Emanuel county, under an arrangement in which tho defendant furnished -the house for tho deceasd and his wlfo and they in turn furnished him lodg ing and meals. Tho governor's/written opinion ac companying his decision covers 23 typewritten pages and is hn ex haustive review of tho case In all of its phases from tho decease of the alleged victim 'thru tho trial in Emanuel superior court, the action by the supremo court, which twice rendered an opinion unfavorable to the defendant, down to the fight to secure executive clemncy culminat ing in a reommendation for pardon by a majority of tho prison com mission. Ho dwells particularly on .the ev idence adduced In the case of arse nic poison and the confuting opin ions of tho physicans as to tho char acteristics symptoms of Baid poison. Ho expresses his conclusion in the following lainguage: "1 believe tho evidence shows the guilt of Dr. McNaughton. Yet, the expert testimony offered since the trial by physicians of high stand* ing impresses the fallibility of hu man Judgment. Careless remarks mt%4e by deceased are quoted as significant of other causes for his death. Possibly the pills for his liver bought by deceased from tho country store wore iiupuror When the defendant's lawyers told tho defendant that if he would. ,admit giving arsenic for malarial fovor, he would bo acquitted, tho defend ant denied it, saying he had never administered arsenic and the sher iff swears to over-hearing this con versation unknown to each of the parties.;. "After a full consideration of this caso from every aspeot. after search for truth from every available source, 1 believe it my duty to do what the judge and jury would likely have done in the light of the factB now before me. While I believe the evidence strong, yet it is purely circumstantial. One justice of the supreme court dissented be cause of the insufficiency of the ev idence The e.ntire prison commis sion recommend clemency, I believe it to bo my duty to commute the sentence of death, to life imprison ment, and it is so ordered." Says Ho'h JMsappolnted. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 27. ? "I am extremely disappointed," said Dr. McNaughton, when told of the gov ernor's decision. "'I had confidently expected a complete pardon. I feel no resent ment or bitterness towards those who are responsible for my condi tion, and have persecuted, rather than prosecuted me. "I will begin my sentence with out a word of reproach, for I have long sinco reached the point where riun's worst has no fears. When I go to a final Judgment beefore my Lord and Master. I know Ho will clear me, and He Is the only one 1 have ever feared." Fop liaising (Thock. W. W. McCutchefai, a white man from over the Sumter county line, was arrested and brought to Cam den one day this week charged with having raised a check given him ! by Mr." A. J. Beattio in payment for a load of cotton seed. The al teration on the check was for on ly a few dollars. ? For Transporting Liquor. Horace Kllerbe, a negro, was cap'urcd Monday afternoon, near j Sp'ilding Junction, soon after the] af ernoon train had arrived from ! Columbia having in his possession three gallons and three pints of wh skey. The negro told several id'ffereiU stories as to how ho came In possession of the koo^s and while it is practically certain that he was I selling the stuff there was no evi dence. The warrant charges him , wi ll transporting whiskey. Work (N>nimence<l. Contractor J. H. Moore and a fore of hands are busy with the erection of* the house of Mr (J. L: Hlaek- ( well, on Monumental Square. Work was commenced the first of the' week and from the plans furnished! by Mr._ R. W. Mltcham, the house; 1 when complete will be one of *he ! prettiest on the square. It will con- i ! tain ten rooms and a bath, being twrj j stories. ] C 'IT V W.\H IN I?.\IIKM>:SH Itut ('urii'iii Was ;\guiii JJ'urmnl on I Alio VtwU?r()uy Afl< riHxiii, Tho largo engine at the plant of tho Caroling I'ubllc Service Co. wont to tho had lust .Saturday night uild tho hUHlllOHH hOVlHOH Ulld I'OBl dencoa using tho company's current havo been in darkness since that timo. From what could ho loarnod lit tho power plant, tho ontiro ma chinery hud boon hudly in need of repairs for Homo timo and tho broak dowu had boon inoinontarily expeot od,. The lease of tjio (Carolina i'ub lic Service Co. expires in February and tho managers of tho plant .oh- ' tiinato tho cost of making t ho noc oHnary roptiirH at around- $15,000, which thoy say tlioy do not hoo t hoi r way cloar in making unless thoy can come to Home terniB with tho city for conducting th'o plant in the future or for anotther yoarH loase. . Tiio following wiro was received Monday from Mr. C, S. Cumpholl, the general anager of tho company, directed to Mayor BraBington : "Am giving electric situation ev ery attention, hut no far hond hold era refuBo to Bpond additional funds on electric HyHtom. In viow of at titude of your commiBBion that they will not purchase any part of eloe tric system our own company ia powerless to act. Will auhmit propo sition in settleomont of entire ait? nation aa soon ua can secure author ity. If you havo any suggestions kindly communicato with me." It ia oxpootod that a conference of tho city officiala and tiio Caro lina Public Service Co. will be held today to arrive at some aett lenient of the situation. The Mayor how ever states that council has no prop osition to make tho Service Co., and matters are likely to stund as they are until the municipal plant can bo built. Tho Bltuation now is that the Hinall engine is too light to carry the entire loud of the residence und business section and the- other is not likely to be repaired. Ab a result of the breakdown tho hardware stores and crockery dealers have sold out their entire lino of lamps and some have put in additional orders. The motion plc ! turo show has been put on the blink and those who were depend ent on the current for ther lmotors, are also in bad. Tho commissioners have already purchased tho old Johnson property a few miles .northeast of Camden from which they expect to get their water sxipply. And it is more than likely that tho power plant will be built near Spalding Junction, just north of Klrkwood, so as to bo in close proximity to the Seaboard and Southern railways. k The small engine was put in re pair late yesterday afternoon and the current turned on in tho busi ness section Mr. Baxter states that he will most likely bo able to furnlnh lights for ' the business houses and as much of the r/siden- i tial section as his engine Is able i td pull. . . | A Chronicle man requested a states ment from the commissioners as to I when -they thought the work would commence and Mr. W. B. deLoach, of the Commission, furnished us the following: ?"As the conditions In Camden in reference to the Water and lights proposition at tho present time is a sutjefct of interesting discussion a moiig tho people of tho city, and as there have been many inquiries made us to whon construction will commence upon tho water and light plants, to be established by the city. 1 desire to give some of the causes of dolay in tho commoncment cf tno construction by the Commis sion. The citizens will remember that tho first Issue of bonds voted by the city of Canulen was for the sum of $100,000 for both the water and light plants. After tho bond issue hud been turned over to the Commissioners of Public Works, as required by the law, the Commission ere proceeded to advertise tho bond issue, and they received quito a number of bids for the bonds, tho highest bid being the face valuo of the bonds together with accrued In terest and a premium of $1,600. - "This issue was rejected by tne highest bidder for tho reason that the Issue was invalid, in that said issue for bonds was submitted to the voters as ono proposition, whore as it should have been submitted to tno voters separately, that is, so much for eleotrlc lights and so much for water works. This matter "was taken to tho Supreme Court, and tho contention of tho bidders was sustained and tho said , bonds declar ed Invalid. l'revlous to tho decis ion of the Supreme Court upon the ; H'tid mutters, tho Commissioners had ; einployeed an Engineer; had >;one to *ork actively towards tin; estab lishment of the plants. Bids had i been received for the work tt) be I done. After the decision of the) Court, It became necessary to have i another election to again vote for j an issue of bonds for the purpose of j establishing a water and light plant; i and vote was taken on the proposi tion separately, as required by the decision of the Supreme Court; and the people again voted, electing the sime Commission, and voting the sum of $126,000 for establishment of the two plants. The Commission er* again advert Ised 4 for bids for the I >onds. In the meantime, the stringency In tho money market had; become tso great that the bonds i were not saleable at a price which the Commissioners thought that they] were actually worth on the market; | and Instead of the money market 1 getting better, it seems to have got ten more and more stringent, and bidders for bonds seem to havo left SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS PUT IN PARAGRAPHS * . W HAI'IMBNINUH <>T INTKIIKNT IN TIIN HTATK UATIIIOHICD I'ltOM OIJH KXCHANW The open ?ouson for ducks in Bouth Carolina Ik to bo from Novom [ bar IT) to February 16. That seems to hftvo boon decided upon in Wash-' liMon. Hoys of York county have boon catching hawks in stool traps of la-to, Finding thoir accustomed place of lighting in a tree, a limb would bo uuwed and the trap sot, lnmatcH of the state hospital for tl e Insane las( Hummer conaumed 15,000 watermelons, according to a statement by an official. Tho mel ons wore grown on tho farm of the i uny lum. Fight hundred and throe young women are in attendance at Win jthrop College now ami some others uro yet to come. A much largor number has boon enrolled this your also in the training school, tho farm Bchool and tho kindergarten. The C.lty of Florence baa. obtain^ od an option on the property now occupied by the company, and pur poses to put in a now 1,000,000 gallon reservoir for the city water works. The plant has been so Im proved that If there were resevolra enough tho pumps might be work ed only in the day, and the expenses of that department still further cut down. Tho option Is for $8,000 on' tho whole property. . the market. They woro absolutely unsaleable except under conditions and terms which the Commission did not deom it wise to accept. '"Heretofore, bonds issued by a ?town, especially with a small bond ed indebtedness such as Camden already had, as compared with other towns, were greatly sought after in the market, and bonds for water plants generally had a higher value than most all other municipal borfds for tho reason that nearly every water plant was a money making proposition, and of course there wan an incomo from said plants. Most other bonds offered for salo by mu nicipalities and school districts have no income from the thing for which the money was to be expended and for which the bond wan given. In this connection I would state that tho municipalities about which I have information, who own their"' water plants, are succeeding well ? - charging their citizens a rate not. in excess of 25c per thousand; while the city of Camden 1h now paying, and has been for years, paying 40c per thousand, which rate, if contin ued by ^ tho Commission, undoubted ly ought to jnake the water bonds extremely valuable. 1 have no idea, however, that the Commission when they establish the water plant would fix a rate of 40c per thousand. Af ter the same *a established it seems? reasonable to suppose they could fix a rate ana give to tho ditlzens water at a much Iqss price. S Pros pective purchasers for bonds * have visited Camden and the Commission has kept In touch with the bond market and have dono all that they could 'to gbt a sale for their bohds under the present conditions. As everyone, who has been in touch with The situation knows, even' tho strongest banks had great difficulty in getting money for their customers and they did this at a higher rate . of interest than they have paid for years. Our bonds^are only drawing 5 per cent in-terest, and are payable in 4 0 years, with tho privilege of redeeming in 20 years. We aro keeping in touch with the bond mar ket and with purchasers of bonds, and we hope that we will be able in the very near future to dispose of the bonds; and as soon as_we do so the work of construction will com mence. it will take us but a very short time to get to work as soon as we can get the money in hand. "It was impossible for us to com mence construction until we had the money in hand to pay for the work and to be ready to comply with tho tornis of any contracts which w.e might make. We have an engineer, who has made up plans and specifi- " cations; and I am sure that when the plant is established every citi zen in the town will soon realize tho wisdom of the city owning its own water and light plants. I feel sure that the citizens will always -elect such Commissioners as will always he ready to give a willing oar to the just complaints of citizens in regard to overcharges of light or water, if same should ever occur, ami that tho plant will always be run for -the bonefit of each and every citizen ? whether he be rich or poor; and whatever income that might be re alized from the running of tho said plants the citizens themselves will get tho benefit of that income. If other people are so anxious to get the franchise for the water and light plants, it would really be pre sumed that the same is something <>f .a money making proposition, and am sure That the citizens of Camden an take care o? a water and light lant as well as can strangers. The Commissioh has purchased, and thru tho aid of the city Council, has part ly paid forits source of water sup ply, which has been declared, by en gineers who examined the same to be a most valuable purchase for the City. I would like to state this, that the ciy council has been great ly Interested in the work of their Commission and has greatly aided tho Comisslon in their work so far. W. B. delx>ach.,: