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KKK81I.WV COIN1V ALMSHOUSE Official Keport of Hoard of Charities ?iul Corrwllmjh, Augo?t 1, 1U16, . ,1, ?? .iV p| , , < >11 i' score t iinl Icpo.'t <?H III" Kersliaw ( 'on u t y nlm- li"ii f. I?.i: fd mi mir In s|K'cl h 'li-* show* II total m'OFO of I1IJ <H|t <>f a possible i.ikh? i tot 1 1 1 s, mimiHHT un der thiw lint tii head*: IVimuiunt Fea4uret?. Vmlor iM - Uoiul lit out of fl i hie *(M> )m?(vti r* are allowed. This score U due t?> rUndo'juneliM In 4 Hit1 plant which will ih I '?#? detailed hi" r?*. To make t h?* fundamental strn. iu nl ?'|in i ifjrt'.^ In tin* Kri'ultfiyv almshouse to Improve. the>-c conditions materia 1 1 >" would lOVolVC i? COltsblcHll'le f\|?tM|.|| I tiff of tmhHc futld* In view nf I ho furl dial (IiIm Hoard Intend* t ? ? ln> ho fore tho next lloitorill Assembly It- filii.U for district almshouses under which the Kershaw a Imshouso would he roii solhlated with some t?t Imi- aliiisdioiiee. the creation of which till1 Moil Til In tends to urge. ran be made true hospi tal homos for tho aged n ml Infirm |M>or, nt a in In 1 in ii in cost with u niaxl .intliii service and equipment Superintendent's .MhiihkiwiiI of The Almshouse. It Is on 1 1 rely w I.I III ii tin1 hands of the superintendent of the a IiiisIiouho I ? ? In crease I lie wyll' lllltlfl* tills lU'lKl, It will ho seen from tho score card re port Hint u c arc allowing liiui ii little over throe fourths of his highest possl hlo Mcoro To ciiahle tho Mu|?eiiutcud? ? ?lit t" i 1 1 1 1 ? i o \ ? ? Ids score, we suggest that he Kcipiirc nil paupers to halho once n week; provide soiiio form of labor for nil paupers who are ahlc to work: in hi- record* of paupers, a ? I ? I to their names and the dates they were commit i?mI iiml discharged; the race. >:o.\ and age of each one of them, whether the> were married, single or whlowed, and what their physical and iiieidal comll t Ion Ih, Keep the sleeping looms of the pail l>ors eloanor, having them swept dally. Have the surface closet cleaned out once ii week and the sewerage hurled under nt least three feet of earth. Have the manure piled daily in n hln in one corner of the slithlo yard, and hauled Op' ;il lea-t ;it (pill it er of il mile from the almshouse once a week, Cotiul.v (,.?iiimissioiiers and The AlniH hoti.se. I iidcr the law. the county commis sioner- aie the overseers of (he pool". In tlii.-. i third heads o| nur seore ? mi I report. we hav graded eondlfloiis at the almshouse for which the coun ty commissioners a'e responsible. Ay wo snid in commenting on the lirst main -eeflon nf the sen re card report, tills Hoard Intends t.> urge the forma tion of district almshouses. In view* of fltls fact, we will not suggest at this tiipe a number of improvements and repairs which are needed to bring the present almshouse plant np to standard, contenting ourselves with suggesting "t:ly the most pressing. Tho\ are as follows; hereon all the exterior doors and window- ?.| the >.uperintondciit's and paupers' fpiarter-. l'rovlde rubber sheets to tie Used ;k to be used a- needed on the beds of 1 )?!!"?>?>' i. I III 4 \ ... . 7 lW'IplCHH pl?U|?M'S. ' llavc built al t lio almshouse two fly proof surface <*lQ*fettH of ttw wet tyim. Km |>|oy a eoilm y physician ami rc tpilie the following professional ser v l<~t*H of HI tit, fwyltjj? him mfcqnntvly for m?rfor??i?U same: make a physical examination of each papuper wlfhlu twenty four hour* after admission to tlie almshouse i va?vlnato each new pauiH*r against small pox unless there Is contra indication : visit the pati|N>rs weekly, inspecting their quarters hihI ft MM I. | Visit the almshouse monthly, either I jo. a whole or hy a committee from the I ?? >;i n t of commissioners ; require the sii|M'iint?'iiilent to miikc a full report | <(iia rtcrl.v of supplies received, use?l ami Ion haml, ami make at the same time In written request fur supplies needed ? luring the coinlnu quarter: reeoril In I he minute hook of the hoard, or else where, a record of the commitment of each pauper t*> the almshouse. Note: At this almshouse, there are m> couureuatc dlnlnc rooms for the paupers, nor are there llvlnu rooms fof the pau|M>rs outside of tlieir dormito ries. For the sake of uniformity, the hed rooms, since the pa u | m* rs eat their nietilx in them nnd sit in them in the day time, have hcen scored as congre gate dining rooms ami living rooms. Stute Hoard of Charities and Correc tions. Ailiert S. Johnson, Secretary. A shipment of seven hoxes ? ?f shoes froi.ii New Vork to Charleston was dis covered Friday to Include twenty-live gallons of whiskey. KH IIAKD I. M\NNIN(I l-'OK (iOVEKNOK 'I ? ? CONGRESS AND GOVERNOR <oii|tr?? Governor . .... ?-1 Ahney ... Ant loch Ilea VOT Dam I if Ik lltlt .. Hethum.' Iteulah ...... Itlaney Itutt'alo Camden Canto^- iy^i Cassatt v DoKalh Doby's Mill Kiiterprlse .... liar atony ... I l^i-ii^iaK<> Kershaw Ulwrty Mill Isockhan ...... laitfofT Ned's Creek Oakland I'lne Crook .. lMno Tree Haley's Mill Kolami Sail Pond Sandy <?rove Sham pock .... Shaylor's I 111 Shofmrtl Stockton Stoneboro Swift Creek Three l"s .... 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To tho Voters of DoKalh Township: -1 doslro to express to -yon tho voters 'of my township my appreciation <>f tho .hamlsomc vote you wave me in Hie primary Tuesday for Township Commissioner. Altho I was not el*-< i e<l, I how. to the will of the nwijoiit.v of the voters, and will continue m\ efTorts as heretofore to upbuild ni\ community, and 1 i v? terest of the pnhlie. and honest race, as pononts will testify. for the best in I made a clean 1 believe my "p Sincerely. D. W. ?lev. Sept. 1st. 1 !)1 C?. The homes of I ?j*. D. F. Moorer and l?Vll\ A. Moorer at St. ( Jenrpc wore (li st royed by live last week. The dam ago is estimated at $15. 000. Still Healthy. . "Do you mm? (hut strong, healthy-look lug man over there?" ?i was Just uduitrliiK hi* phyulque." "Tl?e doctors gave lilm up yea rs ago." 'Volt *Ulprlse 1110." "Yes I hoy found out thoy eouldu't get { 1 1 1 \ tiling out of hlui.'V? Iiowtoii Herald, Love's Warning. llenr> Y'alierhoy ? Aftuh .we's mar lied we'll halt chicken full dinner ever ? lay, honey. Malluda Johnson? --OI?, yo' ?deary! Hut I wouldn't ask yo' to run no sleh risks foli Utah hake! Two of a lilnd. Patrick o'Mally. wearing a long face, came into the colonel's tent and re quested a leave of absence. "Iddn't I give you yoifr furlough on ly two months ago?" a*ked the colonel, I'at wiped a tear front Ii^Lk eye, "Yes, eoQtyd. I mi t this morning I received a fetler front home sayln' mo wife's down with fever an' longlu' for the sight o' me 'fore she g<s?s.M "Si>e here, o'Mally," blazed t lt?? col onel, "I've got It on you this time! I got a letter from your wife yesterday, saying you didn't draw a sober hreath < I it rl uk your last furlough, and asking me not to give you any more. So 1 guess that ends it." Crest fallen, I'at turned to go. Just before he reached the door he hesitated and then turned. "( "olonel." "Yes." "May I say a word?" "< Jo a head," "Well, colonel, 1 just want to say there are two mighty big liars In this tent. 1 haven't got any wife."? -Los Angeles 'rimes, IN RADICAL DAYS? - Chester Negro Tells of Time When He Was u Senator. How Wade Hampton redeemed the state in carpcthagglng days in South Carolina formed the topic of a rare in t. rvlew with (Jreene Coleman of Char li tte yesterday, when the aged negro, once a state senator, wearing a high heaver hat and Piittee Albert coat, was in the seventh zenith of negro heaven in the halls of the old South Carolina i ?datehouso at "Columbia, says the Char it tte < )bserver. I "Them was days when de nigger was j in bis glory fo sure," remarked Cole i man, as he related with a relish, re collections <>f 1N7.*> and '7(5 when the carpetbaggers and the niggers held the | state of South Carolina at their mer cy: when the corridors of the stato house at Columbia reeked with drmtk | en statesmen, w hen thousands of cfrfi ! lai'N worth of lhpiors and cordials atuf I choice cigars were kept constantly on : tap at the statoliouse for the hundred of more nlggej' senators and 'states I men' and their c.anict bagging friends, who ciindiicted a reign of terror second | only to the days, of 'the Komaii uphea val. The skies were overcast with dark ? ominous clouds of social ami political .unrest back there in '7o and "7t? when | Wade Hampton stepped in and redeem ed the fair name of the Palmetto state, I with the co-operation of native whites and I ho in..- - fautoun "red ihlrta" wh(wi{? loyalty and devotion to their In trepid loader and Inborn courage with in their blood- red shirts turned out ev ery negro from a statesman's berth, stopped (he loot! UK of the state treas ury, bridled graft and brll>es and again made South Carolina righteous and un ashamed. Anil ftroeue Coleman, then a resi dent of Cliotfter, S. C., and a typical pegro of his day and time In Intelli gence and moral stamina, wan elected to olllce by his henchmen and nigger voters, to represent Chester in the state legislature. The old negi^> tells aland It with rare frankness. He descrlltcd In his own Inimitable way how the niggers and carpetbag gers ran rampant with (he people's money and with their voting power, ap propriations for anything under the sun being as * readily obtained as a match with which to light a twenty cent cigar purchased at the expenae of the commonwealth. There were may be, he says, 150 niggers In the halls of the state legislature back there in '75 and *7<i. and every one of them felt that It was a wonderful time for the black race. And they made every minute of it Count because deep in their hearts they knew a day of reckoning would come, and when It did ? they realised the negro would Ik1 no more in the ex alted places so rudely uaurited by the power of men who stripjHHl the state of all it held dear and sold themselves to the highest bidders. Votes were sold o|>enly and without shame, ten, twenty, thirty, at a time some for as high as a hundred dollars and others as low as live and ten dol lars, according to the amount of graft the nlggersvhad.. been told wore avail able. (JreeiVe Coleman admitted with out a touch of shame or remorse, that the highest price he ever obtained for his vote in the. South Carolina state house was $100 in the United States currency, and it was a "heap sight of money" to a nigger brought up on a plantation in those days. Then the former Chester negro told of the silent, mysterious, awe-Inspir ing activities of the Ku-Klux Klan and the terrible way in which one after another negro senators and lawmakers of the day before disappeared as If the earth had opened and swallowed them, until the fear of the wrath of God or some uflseen, unknown force turned craven the nigger heart and his little stock of convoke ookcI lluv'tfbli bis sl.lu :? lit 1 1 It left him weak, hallow eyed and shivering on the thro* holt of t'r.m t it* despair.. "We took our meals with the white carpetbaggers at the hotel near the statehpuse in Columbia and slept there, too, ;when we got any sleep because there was gambling going on all night and games of chance for money and such things, but we mixed with the white folks Jill the time and at night we had carriages and spans of horses to draw us abtpit town or wherever wc wanted to go with our beaver hats and our good clothes. Oh. boss, things come easy en those days. "l'as sir, boss. I done sold my votes many en many ji time for most cash in sight but the highest bid ever' I got was $!<>(>, en I tucks It in my jeans like all lie rest. I dldu't ci*i for South Carolina ?Wu *ijl ^11 outon It. Jis like all folks eu njunucexm in iJo*>r J \\v had gtnid liquor too lu J and out lu do hull* where**? folks t*? take some with ?L| pages fer to wait ?>u a? ttki j lord* of the land." ^ Coleman descrlbed*u th? j macular of the awajaruM* ?i lltloal botteou ol tien. \\ ',] ton, twtw governor of Hoittjl ana how Hampton'# mighty t stalwart personality oleariilt phere within a few mouth*, carpetbaggers to cover Klnx Klun made Inroad* of the pilferers of statehood, by one the dark senator* ?&j i>iH disappeared ax If by im^ no word, writing no ivi?rets,y talcs, but always that amfe! explicable silence, after ihtfZ ami some never eveu told uJ elates of those grewaot&ft wrf the fate that lay before tben 1 4AV -1 ' expucanie silence, after 'im'3 and some never ev?u tola tJ elates of those the fate that lw^, "I dono got scared unto <w Greene, In relating hU lencoH. "1 done see dem dt*a. 1 dey go tip in smoke, one bf they betfln whispering *lK?ut oi netting (Us one en dat. Un 1 goes to malt room hi de we all stay and (lore 1 ttndsi dls nlg?er a tellin' himdjtlfk ter live en breave lie better h way dat dey can't tell him f^ smoke, Boss, did l stay <ler* glory en reconn>ense? 1M(| H ree, boss nmn, Jos tuk de ft* of locomotion dls nlKger tii^ takes mahself back youndem ter. En den 1 didn't stopi right on goln' boss 'til i giu? llnd I 'spccts ef 1 done sUU odder ulght dern red ghlrteec Klnx dono kotch mo fo sure,* AGAIN IN SEED m To the People of Kershaw n lug Counties i 1 wish to state (hat 1 um soclated , with the lluckeye ( Co, for the coming !*easo? agent for Kershaw, and h jail ter and l>ee Counties, audi method of thanking those i* have seen lit In the pasttojh Liberal patronage that they hi trust that we merit a conttij their confidence, and promlseli alert to your interest as wft own. ? . 1 And to those who have not to have avy cotton seed busia us in the past, we ask toii fir an opportunity and we assure; we shall do everything In d to make any transaction witbji pleasant and profitable. r We fully realize the short*! cotton crop "over the entire Ml thereby making competition ta feel safe in saying to those not us ? rtij-oppwtunity to hid on yo? that vou will lose money anil to all will at least do us thUfiw Again thanking yon for tbel in tho jmst and a*ktof a cuntt of your confidence, I aui . ? j Respectfully. \ R. L Mosel^ IMPORTANT SUMMER BIBLE INSTITUTE FOR " TO BE HELD IN ' Big Canvas Pavillion, Located at Cor. DeKalb and Fair THE FIRST LECTURE TO BE GIVEN SUNDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 3RD THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE INSTITUTE ? ? ::? For the purpose of Defending and Confirming the faith of the people. in the Biblical Books of the Old and New Testament as the Inspired and Authoritative Word of Q and by the preaching of thepure principles of truth found in the Scriptures, to bring them to Christ as their personal Saviour from sin. . . Nothing cf a fanatical or sensational nature will be permitted at any of the meetings of the Institute. It will be different from the ordinary evangelistic campaign in j sensational appeals will be made to the emotions. ? ' ' . The subjects will be of interest and importance. The great fundamental truths of the religion of Christ will beclearly set forth. The meaning of the alarming lBflPjjl divorce, insanity, crime, suicide, violence and graft; the significance of the present immense preparations for war; the meaning of the great physical disturbances in P^| the world will be made clear from the Prophecies of the Bible. 6 < r,iii<n The books of Daniel and Revelation, which have been considered "hidden mysteries," will be explained, and the many symbols found in these books will be illustra large charts. ' " j InlitflH The studies to be given on the prophecies will be of special educational value to Bible students, and at the same time will be used to convince those who ID?y be in aou% 0 g truth of the Bible. All these subjects to be presented are being selected with the idea in mind of giving a maximum of instruction in the principles of the Bible. To those ^ j interested in Bible study, especially the study of the prophecies of the Bible and their fulfillment, this series of meetings will be as valuable as a reguIarlBlble course. ^ Subjects r.uch as Spiritualism, ^Rupinism. thje^Unpardonable Sin, the Millennium, the Second Coming of Christ, the Origin and Destiny of Satan, Religion Liberty* tne ? >f Elijah, Capital vs. Labor, the Ministration of Angels, Heaven. Hell, The Other Side of Death, and others of equal interest will be covered by special addresses ing oi All in all this series of meetings will result in giving those who attend regularly a liberal education In the study of the Scriptures. And no charge will be made at all. Every meeting will be free. The expenses of the Institute will be met by such voluntary offerings as may be given in the taking up of the regular offeing. All night meetings will commence at 8:15 p. m... Do not fail to hear the opening adress on -"The Crash of Em pires. If you don't read the Bible, come. If you don't understand the Bible, come. If you don't believe the Bible, come. If you do believe the Bible, surely come, and Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." ? 1 Thess. 5:21. Services Conducted by Evangelist S. R. HAYNES. SUBJECTS FOR THE WEEK: Sun. Sept. 3 ? "The Crash of Empires." Mon. Sept. 4 ? "Angels, Who Are Tliey?" Tues. Sept. 5 ? "The Millennium." ? ? Wed. Sept. 6? "Christ, the Messiah of Prophecy. Thurs. Sept. 7 ? "What is the New Birth?" Fri. Sept. 8 ? "How Can I be Converted?" Sun. Sept. 10 ? "The Second Coming of Christ. ^ No person in Camden can afford to miss this first meeting, which will be one of the b< and most important meetings to be held at the Institute. Plan to attend it, and it n*fc be well to plan to come early. Remember the place, corner DeKalb and Fair Avenu