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?K, ftTA>flhi. WJRjflfcOt'LK. y Vtgifa yeu below a more ex 4fended reply to the criticisms of the State of last week than we then had space tor. Naturally, e have to give you this reply In rather sketchy style as you ?r? already, familiar with the 0nbj??ctr matter proper. , In the iflrst place, the State after it had copied* pert of an editorial of oars* and distorting the meaning cf the remainder of it remarks, After we had hit back somewhut '.acrimoniously : "The Cant (leu People is indig* nanf, even iuccnsect. Whether *ts auger urises from being de clared an honest advocate of dis Honesty, or whether it is a dis | play of the unrighteous anger or wrath invaiiubly displayed by a burglar when caught with the .. /goods, we are lett to conjecture. We surmise, however, that the fatter 4s the case, for, like tlie burglar, so surprised, The Peo ple uses the bludgeon. ** Then follows our comments or ?criticism of the State for not ipublishing our editorial ifi full. ^Phis is already familiar to our readers, so we will not thresh ever old straw. Replying to the -first comment, however, and treating the second with the con 'tempt it deserves, we are free fk -to admit that we were mdig l tiant, and even incensed, at that And other comments of the i'' fitate.^ Had either the one or the | llalf dozen who do the editorial ft writing for the State taken the k -trouble to look up our record in tfhis community, common decen cy? they being considered gen ii -tlemen ? would have deterred | ?hem from applying an oppro p fcrious epithet to us. feV" Unfortunately for the State, it g; %as always an editor, or editors, ??< 'who go .or goes around with a j| chip en his shoulder, or their |v shoulders, begging some one to K fenock it off. ? {, That one of the sextuple com binatiou of editors then goes on I- say that we are advocating a ?an for President who is only "?tolerably clean/' chiefly be cause he has lots of money, is ?ot afraid to spend it to win, and *an rein by the use of it. j& /In this .criticism that particu E, W .editor of the half dozen sur f. f?ised as conducting the editorial ' department of the State is emi ?;"? ?ently correct in the abstract. f Unlike them, he or it, however, K';1 ur? not misled by that spirit, cf sentimental nonsense that has1 the Democratic party -tor more than three decades.1 fcj ? realize in its entirety the fact, % *hat te have a winner you must i/ ? politician. He must be | tolerably clean. He must have, I cr be able to control, unlimited *: eapi^al. Common sense teacher |j every.*#? of average intelligence J' thttt 3he J^?oeratic party has no k candidate of i>rominence other ^ban 'Wm. R. Hearst who com bines the two qualifications .. . Faugh! Have we not said be ^ fore that the South will vote sol ^ 4dly for any Democratic nominee I exceP* Miles? We do not have P to be bought, .but we do hope in ? the interest of our groat country I that the delegations from the k Southern Stites vn not be j *wept off fioir feet by that mis > erably s lly sentiment miscalled i, moral. ty in the naming of our >' nominee lur President. | It is a simple fact that when a r man enters politics ho leaves | strict morality behind. In mak ing this assertion, we mean : morality.- A ma i may be a men*! man and not acluirch I man? but be cannot beapoliti ulmt? Und * KUod churfllman < 'This, we tUitilr, /?r III be generally accepted as straight gospel, the ?half dozen editors of the State to the contrary notwithstanding. The State, it seems, following -the would be goody -goody policy '/Wants toliave nominated a man' *ho, to save Ms senl, cannot ,*arry a single doubtful State cutsJde of Now York, because, | forsooth, Hie odd tors of the coun try cannot End anything against | ?Ills record, and naturally, as rival editors, they have licked Mr. JEfcar.^t to piocon. If the advocate* of Judge Par Ber,orof any other mb, oatflve Eany reason why Mr. Hearst uld net be nominated, we it them toeome forward and iikyae. If any mio oi? of thin great American continent hi* performed greater mU eff philanthropy thawW. B. Hearst^ let them oeme forward and eay so. If any man cin point to a linglr act of Judge Parker's that was calculated to odvanoe the interests of the laboring man I in this country, let him coste for | ward and nay so. If Hearst does not gain by the contrast, wo wilt tbrow up the sponge, eschew bhn, and swsllow Judge Parker, although we* know that he is beaten almoat before the- race [begins. ??The editor of the State is not yet qualified for the position of 'devil' on a religious journal. We know that the teaching in the Sunday schools, and the prac* tices in latter day politics cannot be made to harmonize." Phew! A clear give away. Further comment unnecessary. We want to say in conclusion, however, that if the muscle of that particular editor is equal to liis ignorance of true editorial courtesy, we have a job as press man in our office for him, where in the interval of pulling a Wash ington hand press, lie cun sit ut, the feet of Gamaliel, and ut the fountain head learn the true ethics of our noble profession. A M2SSON *N DICTIONARY. Detiue Astute: ? Crafty, cun ning, shrewd, sagacious. ? Define Cold: ? Without passion or zeal, unfriendly. Define Trickery: ? Artifice, im position, strut egem. Define Selfisli: ? Void of regard for others. Yet the State advocates Par ker, although he is crafty and canuing, and says that Hill is cold, selfish and tricky. This is certainly a grand gal axy ot virtue a, and the State may or may not be congratulated on its endorsement of them. THE SITUATION IN NEW YORK. "It is unfortunate for Judge Parker, and for the party, that Mr. Hill (the ex-Senator) is looked upou as his best political friend it* New York at this time. When Hill wus the nominee for Governor, Parker was the party chairman, and by his attuir man agement piled up a big Democrat ic majority. Hill then appointed Parker to the place upon the Bench, to which he has since been successively re-elected." ? Ex. from' Ed. in State of 16th. The Stato says that Hill is for Parker, which insures the New York delegation, as Hill controls the stronger element of the par ty. "Hill is both brainy and shrewd," says the State. "But he is cold, selfish and tricky ." Yet that is tho kind of man that the State relies upon to carry the Now York delegation for Parker. "We are a corruption ist" because we udvocute a man of brain, because he has the money, and is not afraid to spend it to win. Tho State is not, although it advocates a man whom it designates as an astute politician, and commend in high terms anot her leader in the Par ker movement, at the same lime acknowledging that he is "cold, selfish and tricky." Is any com ment necossary? Mr. Hearst stands for the hiirhest ideals of tho Democratic party, and says frankly that the party must win, even if it takes money to win tho fight with. Judge Parker is an "astute" politician, standing for nothing that any one has been able to ascertain. Take your choice, my follow Democrats; but for no money call u* a "corruption ist" aftvr .you have read the above extracts. OUJJL WASHINGTON XEM'8 LKYTKK, Congressmen arc not. yet, suf ficiently iticeused ut the Postof tico Department to withhold their franking privileges. Mo rm uns in the State of Wash ington dec I are that the cost of living is an effectual bar to j>o lygamy. We have been confi dant. nil along that the beef trust would finally discover a defense. A correspondent wants to know how much the average bu reau chief in a department earns. We know what they get V ut we do not know what they earn. Ttie only secret feature of the Federal investigation of the beef trust fs what the government Jn opoBes to do about it wlieu it i Inds the facts. It is almost worth while to yet uj> a cjtmvrd^ibout Mr. Clevc- 1 land Jut to obaerte (MtaWlrdeoviBg Ml It begin* to )oofe jm like buMiMMii the we* Mike Orient. The Russians have ofeptorc^ two Jopansio cooks >nA i couple of f6rrespon4nuk Negro teamsters at Rich mood jwre refuse# to work witfc.a wJMte man. They nsnall j refers to woric with each other, and happy over a new exooae. All tbis>horro* over the Ooa go atrocities is due- to tfce fact that the blacks over there afe treating the whites Jest mm the Ohio and Arkansas whites have: been treating the blacks. > - West Virginia Republicans have abandoned the old plan of opening their conventions with prayers. They open them now by an exchange of shots by rival faction leaders. Some Senators live up to their convictions from choice, others because the courts compel them to do so. War Notm. The Russians suffered a hor rible disaster last weelr in the loss of their naval commander in-chief with his flat? ship forty one officers and 750 men. The ship was- torpedoed by the Japs as it was returning to- Port Ar thur. These things make one's blood run cold but if it will have a tendancy to stop the war, Rus sia can well afford to lose them in the interest of the civilized world. A recently reported land bat tle near the bunks of the Yalu river lacks confirmation. It is our opiuion that, both parties are waiting for wurmer weather, but we would not advise the Japs to wait too loug. If the Japs are not now pre pared, they never will be, so if they hope to win they mu?tgam some decisive land victory over the Russians in the near future, A waiting policy is not always a winning one, and in this instance it mast result fatally to the weaker nation. The entire civilized world is watchiug the armed conflict be tween Japan and Russia, and they or it will not stand too much nonsense. The fight must begin in earnest soon, and be fought to a finish, 01* some other nation will have something to say. Once get another nation embroiled and every other of prominence will join the movement,, when we will have that universal war spoken of in the Bible. If this was not election year, Teddy Roosevelt would already have had his war-dogs barking at Russion ports, and ? an armv of 100,000 men in preparation for, or in transit to the seat of the Eastern war. Our interests are large in the East. Why dos not the Repub lican party headed by its warlike President put a stop to nonsense there? Tell those people to put up or shut up. Koelcty Ifotcn. Mis^Clara Krniiiliolz wnx the charm ing hostess of the Acorn Club at its last meeting, which took place at t lit* Kirk wood, and, needles t?* nay, the participants I. ad a mort enjoyable af ternoon. Among thoHe present- were Mrs. W. L. I>ePass, Mr*. W. ftainbrell, the .Misses Carrison, Bessie Jordan, Mary Cantey, Minette lloykin, Sadie Ancruin. Margaret Burnet, Mary Bur net. Charlotte Shannon, Henrietta Brnlloford. Honor Lang, Maida I>eas, Niiii Withers, Hebte Del.oache. Saidi lthett. of Charleston, and KSoride I>e i'ass. Camden's recently organised Histor ical Society held its second meeting at the High Heboid building on the even iiig of Tuesday last, on which occasion a constitution was adopted, and a num ber of new names were added to the membership roll. The officers chosen for the ensuing yeir are: T.J. Klrk land. President ; Win. I?, Tiantham, Vice President; I>r. I. II. Alexander, 2nd Vice President; K. M. Kennedy. Secretary; Mrs. M. M. Young, Treat* urer; Mrs. M. A. Shannon, custodian of relics. An organization of this kind issoine thing that we have been much in need of, nnd with these Zealous jhwI ener getic olllcers a* its head It will, doubt less, accomplish ifreat things in the way ot collecting and preserving his toric relics and valuable informal ion of Camden and Kershaw County's past history. The Ihiughtcrs of the Confederacy spent a most pleasant evening at the residence of Mrs. W. M. Shannon, in Kirk wood, wl?T? t Ik* Innt monthly meeting wit* held. Air. iuhI Mr*. Kom Elliott, of Alex* audrui, l>. C., are vUlting Mr. and Mr*. K. W. Kldredge. A number of gentlemen , among whom were Meaar*. W. I,. fj. ||. Itnum, Dr. A. W. Burnet, W, E. !>?-> I, our tic, Pulloae, (J. ('. Moore, Marlon lleyman and Jame* II. Hurn*. enjoyed n very jolly atnjf dinner nt the Ktkw hmI on Tueailay evening. M ik. Km nk M. Hull nnU Ml** Hull left Camden ?.li Hiiuday, after a sojourn ot two week* At llivir pioturt-aqite home. Holly Hedge, in Kirkwood, Mr. Hull will remain here about a week longer. Although the tonrltt *ea*on la prae tlenlly over, qr.lte a number are atlll lingering on. The Court Inn ha* ntill many in mate*, and the llobkirk Inn la no erowded that aoine of it* gae*ta are at Uowlle Ca*tle, and :^,ver*l of t|?e j |irj,vplc houaef nejir h? . Ed. Tli grateful nuMd m deolite V pear as a States, whipped tinaaelally bj the lawe of booth Carolina, and [whipped politically bj Kershaw County, .eo I hav?r lowered my I flax and Am beating a hasty re treat to the Indian's mythical ??Happy Hunting Grounds'*. With many regrets that I was ever permitted to- place my *??fc en South Carolina soil, hoi with a heart fullof kindness for the many kind friends whom I have made I hereby announce that my career as a candidate for any thing is a sealed book, ll have exhausted my energies for the good of the State and have as my reward **a purse filled with chafT. ** Under existing condi tions, many others will probably follow in my footsteps. Again thanking" my friends, I am Very respectfully, J. C. Killings. The C'haln Ganf. Ed. The People: In behalf of '?equal rights to all and special privileges to none," we ask a lit tle siMice in your valuable col umns to suggest what we consid er an equitable distribution of the institution that gives caption to this suggestion. We have four townships it* this county, yet ut least one of these has been almost entirely lost sight of, so far as service from the chain gang is concerned. If there has ever been as much as one months work done on the roads in Buffalo township by this institution during its whole history, we are not nware of it. Buffalo township has some pieces of road that are as disgraceful, perhaps, as can bo found any where in Korshaw county and it also pays if we are not mistaken, the same rate of taxes. We suggest that the services of chain gang eacti year be dis tributed among the four township on some equitabe basis, say on the basis of population, taxable property on some, other way in which all the townships will be recognised. . What say those in anthority? Bethuno S. C. ApriJ 16, 1904.' F. A. Jrplny From llontli Spring. . The l>ear People : (I will Mirt off like a candidate) For the first time 1 hive ever given .you niiy new*. I will try now, and give what there Is around here. We nro trying to plant all the cotton we can, and leaving off , the main crop that we nogljt to piantr^oorn. Trade in oiir t??wri is very good. Mr. Editor yotijhust come dp ami s*V what we aret doing ,aroup<9?.lM?e. We bfitm plenty of 'fine water to drmk. 1 noticed in your issue of the I4th that you IiIiviia rwreHtnml'iit ?( Kalb by the ?namfc.of Confab U. Late. Con f*<b ha* bem doing the dravii)g from Km ll? to Camden f??r tilde en eggs, nod does not rlrai'ite cent. for (lie dray. I asked him Mime time ago to carry some eggs to tov^n for me about once n week, lie Mitt air, twice times." 1 ? I wonder if Confab will make the whole hi?inesa a joke? I am sure of one thing, I have no f rouble here of late |o g?-t my eggs-frpftt' .-here to Cam den. Why, iIm* only way you can tell C? nfnh from the conductor is . by the box of cgir- ? ^-i ?!??? he Jut* been Carry ing them to town, lie send* nil of the egg customer* to the lilller stores. and says that he would ratter deliver them than to buy, for if l?f buys them. of course, he cannot deliver them. Why. the other day, when lie was delivering a lu-n of egfe*. lie was met between the depot and the hoarding lioupe. and was asked If he had any egg* for salef He said: Yes; but you cafcft get thetn, for they were sent to a boarding house, and 1 am the boy to carry them, too." Gueps what, man of Kalb was In such a hurry to go town the yther day that he walked in his room todres*. and never noticed that he was i? between two looking glas*esV Of course, he lind Ins pants, on, but he, lo iking as usual at one gla*s, not inticing the one be hind. hut on his shirt, coat and colinr, and tied hi* cravat on the back of his neck. Of course, it was a new suit, lie *aw by some means that the unit did not fit liiin. But he said this was ? "cutaway" coat, and that was the reason it did not feel as hi* other suit .did, lie *tarted to town, and the fur t her he went ou his way the more dis sati*fled he was with liim*elf. He woulo n?k the people" along the road : "t>io they know who hewn*?" As thev would naturally look at him, of course. "I think I know one side, but don't know t he other.' Then lie l:egan to argue with the driver. The driver told htm that he was Confab I*. Kate; but he would not agree to nil} thing like that. The dri ver had to turn roiiild nnd tnke Confab back to Knlli to see if lie wnx the right one. Confab said that the only thihg that looked natural wa* the box of rug. Confab IJ. Late *aid, no more "cutrway" suits for hint, lie said it wan too nhort on one Hide and too long on the other, and he felt like some of t'le Yankee* around town looked. The ba*cball boys are having lots of fun now, and expect to cros* bats with other team* 'his senium* The people nround Heath Spring are liu*tler*. We are getting up a bras* hand now, and I hope that lit a short time the tooting of the horn* and beat ing of the drum will be heard in the land, Kespect fully, . r. wtiJRt PRTtHT gaariaasssa HsassiasRft* XMT 1-fil W?o?ucl! th? Oalk i ? Qytfae ev?niDgo( Uu> 11th Inst. Itkt MV Hoard of City Council ?u forawllT lattalM into the offeas to which they had bveo elected. Mayor MoCreixht. ad ministered the oath of office to Mayor-elect Carrison, who in tnrn administered it to the Al dermen present ? J no. A. Single ton, P. T". Villepigue and S. B Latham. Alderman Dunn wa? absent. The retiring Mayor gracefully extended' his congratulations to -Mayor Carrison m a neat little speech. MuyorCarrisoa respond ed as follows: . "Gentlemen of the retiring Council, I am< quite sure I voice the sentiment ot the new Bbard when I say we aosspt ttie trust you have- now formally trans ferred to our keeping with a sin cere desire and an< honest deter mination to talte good care ot Camden for the next two years. We will endeavor to conserve her resources, watch carefully over the disbursement of her re sources, and promote in every way possible her material, com mercial and industrial prosperity In all of which we ask your sup port and cordial co-operation as well as that of every good citi zen of the city. Permit me also to add, before we part, that if we shall succeed in giving Cam den as patriotic an administra tion as you have our labors will not nave been in vain." Remarks followed by other members of the Board, which were well said and received. When the- new Council was called to order, Mayor Carrison addressed them as follows: ? ??Gentlemen of the Council, it is not necessary thut I take up time with any extended remarks on Mie duty of a Couucilman. Some of you have served in this capacity before, and are fdmi'.iur with your work. Those of you who iiave not, are men of affairs?, and thoroughly identified with Camden. We ull know that if n man will give only a portion of the same conscientious work to public duty that he does to pri vate business, he is sure to be found good material for this Board. To lue, personally, it is a source of gratification to be associated with so representative a Board, and I trust that our de liberations will be harmonious at all times. We, will differ, is to be expect ed, but there is always a means of reaching a solution with a well meauingbody. I have given the matter of committee ap pointments considerable thought, and I trust you will find it Hgree agle to your taste to such as I have designated: Ways and Means. ? P. T. Vil lepigne, Chairtoan; J. W. Dunn. V" Fire Department,.- ? J. A. Sin gleton, Chairman; S. B. Latham. Streets. ? S. B. Latham, Chair man; P. T. Villepigue. Police. ? Dr. J. W. Dunn, Chair man; J. A. Singleton. Health Department. ? Council, Mayor, Chairman. Committee on Clerk and Treas urer's books. ? P. T. Villepigue, Jno. A. Singleton. I bear to call attention to the immediate regulation of ?the un sanitary cesspool, and the taking of such steps aw may be found necessary to give a complete spring cleaning to the entire city. A fire alarm system is another very pressing need in the fur ther 'equipment of our effective fire department. I heartily favor the annexa tion of Kirkwood, and hope to see that desirable step speedily taken I am an ardent "City Beauti ful" disciple, and hope to see an organization similar to many be ing organized over the country asauxiliarvs to municipal bodies. I would be glad to promise the citizens of Camden that the close of our administration would not find an open ditch within the corporate limits." These remarks were very gen erally discussed, and many other topics. Committees will take up the different linos of work and report at the next meeting. S1 11 A 71 1?? varieties lT.H..llrn "?* 7.11, Chi It. CnHtn ftten find mmiy other*. loiiiahcr with lilintr* for tnotinlltiK In iillium. Awiitu wauled, no v cmmitlxHloii. W. A. HCHUOC'K, ,1r.. C*i???trn. H. V. HiEwrsm unw or s. c. Time Tnlile No. r>. To tnke effect Sunday, Jnnunry 10. 1WM, nt 12.01 a. m. ??ii|>eri?*uiMir Time Table Xo. -I, <lnU'<l November 2, 1008. MKTMfKKS BI'XTKR * CAMW.N. THAI SH aolNfl HOI'TII, No. 08 No. 70 !,v Camden 1 1ft p m 7 IH> n in Soil. Hy. Junction 4 2ft p m 7 10 a in Ar Ellerbee 4 8* p in 7 Jio n in Hembcrt* 1 48 p in 7 40 n m Ar Harden 4 f?H p ?n s (mi a ui Ar ImlzHI ft 18 p m h 2ft n in Ar N. W. Junction ft 451 p in N f>H a m Ar Sumter ft 4ft p in II 00 a in train* noi.xo Noirrn. No. 00 No. 71 f,V Sumter 0 2ft p in 0 SH n in N. W. .Function It 27 p in II 8H n in I>alzell 0 47 p in 0 ftO n in llordcn 7 Oft p in 10 10 t. ni Hembvrta 7 28 p lit 10 21 it m Kllerbee 7 80 p in 10 81 n in Soil. Hy. Junction 7 ftO p in UOOnm Ar Camden HOOpm 11 10 am No. Oft leave* Camden Motiv Wed. and Friday at 1 p m, ar. Sumter t.10. No. 07 leaven Sumter Tuen., Tliurn. Sat. IX 00 a m. ar. Camden 2 00 p m. THOMAS WIT, SON, 4*rv*t?k'nt. [ Spring Clothing. K; ; ' . *v . Latest Styles. #?- Perfect Fit # I have the most complete line of Spring samples of made- to-order goods that can be found in any oily. The firm of Wannamalter and Brown has a World wide reputation and< I have the exclusive agency for Cam* den and Kershaw County. Give me a call before plac ing your orders elsewhere. Perfect fit guaranteed. D. WOLFE, Mfntinn "Tim Pkoi? uk." A. D. Kennedy. Hardware and General Mer chandise. A Complete Line of Farmers' Supplies. Mention "Thk Pwofi.k.** ' XLhc ^Eureka, ANTISEPTIC BARBER SHOP. 1. B. Engllsb, JTrapr'utor. MTfJS. M2T if C2LI&. J ? "i r CNHCOPObT. i i "i r AMn ? ' fMHSSflQE. Your Patronage Solicited. i i f ? i eq?BBW f q?y T. j. Arrants, HARDWARE arid FURNITURE. Mention "Tiik PKtHTR." 0. M. Fort, The Leading Contractor and Builder in tlie City of Camden, 8. ?. SEE ME FOR PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS II K FORK <11 VI N<* OUT AXY CONTRACT. Anyone wanting -work dono in my line cftti leave their native and address at tlie office of 'l'he People, and I will call on them. C. M. Coleman Hi cycle anil General -*0 Repair Shop. &* Any work handled prop erly THAT REQUIRES THE SERVICES OF A COMPE TENT MACHINIST. Mcntiou "XUKpiiOPtE," E. Schiadaressi, Pancu Fruiterer and Bsstawratteur. Call and' see me when in? need of anything in my line. Foreign Fruit* of All Kinds a Specialty. As cheap as the cheap est, and cheaper than the ? most. All fruit sold by me guaranteed to l>o free from Tarantulas and other nox- ? ions insects or reptiles. Call on me when in need. PllONE 151. TLbe perm fl&utual Xtfe Insurance ; ; Company. Assets Jan. 1, 1904, $61,116,235.48. Most attractive^ forms of contracts issued. Investigate this compa ny when buying protection. J. B. Wallace. AGENT. Office at Bank of Camden. Parlor Meat Market, TlOlatbins Bros. Also Dealers in Staple and Fancy GROCERIES. | All Orders Tilled Promptly. Free Delivery. We solicit your PATRONAGE. Restaurant. Winvah James, the old and well-known Host an rant* enr of oar city has removed to Broad Street, just north of Mr. Mosco? Johnson's pin <lor shop. "Nino'' will be glad to have all his old pat rons call on him there. Meals at all hours. New putron *gc solicited,.