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W.A. c PUBUSHt*. /NTH TBU^DAy. ioBsairnoi, $140 mi inn. 8. C?, Ayrtl y, 1QQ4. ??* "lalwad UHrood-flM* matter Xebrua- I ?o this Editor of thp State: I 1 your edjjtorial on W. 1ft. .rpf|j fk recent i^sue. Yqu Wbqr*S#t fci oder u, wrong im ssion. McfHears^.pan smak ind apeak wefl. Ha^ yon been ?pnt at tfy great" Madison paxtjfra meeting two M ago, and heara bis mas ? i.T eftort, yon would have ?powi} different. At that gath Jffjfcgj, the greatest New York W^tV?r yvitnpssed, wpre present 'EHqirm^h Joges of tjie National 'Dptqqpr^]jc ' Committee, Adlai Jdtevenson, Congressman Griggs . of" (Georgia, David B. Hill, apd 'gthfir gXfioX lights of democracy '/^a)lpf whom spoke' in the in ?tqresf $f Hearst for Congress. 'It WtU a Hearst meeting ? none .?jjhqwed off to better advanaage orators. Congressman Hearst Rome measures in j no doubt when oc Vri arises wilt be heard ?free I fqrmer|y look.^4 9U Jour nal anc( its ?ditor and owner as ^ dhe State dops to-day, but' a res W |dence herp of nearly thre^ years 1 ? observing closely meu and things?has changed my vjews, Ana woufil yours i( here to see ?'the w#y the man has developed, and tb Witness" the este;e]? in ?which hs 4s n9.yf not on]y Jjytha democrats, b\^t Republi cans as #ell. In ttifl public eye 'and estimation, the Heayst of a years back and the states man of *$q-day ^re entirely dif Tercmt; Jt is true the snap action of to-day's State convention ap \war8 that he is not popular as & Presidential candidate, but -fliat gathering was one of i^boss ps- ? anil npt of inen representing '.the $fjie feeling; of the masses. ^Hearst, in a fa*r primary where |he voters had a free say, would parry the State of jfjlew York 'overwhelmingly, and, as the ?candidate offcW party fpr Presi dent, Deat any other Dejnocrat \a the State twq to one, I am t a partisan of tfearst, but I ik 6n him as the man tq lead v le Democracv to victory, and -iheonty one who can be^at Roose velt in this Stat#. This conclu sion is arrived at from close ob }servation. When the St. Louis convention ^eets, then the man's 'popularity and strength will phow. ' ' W. H. Pinlayson. ?' 676 Broadway, New York. [The State has been forced to judge Mr. Hearst by his rccord ' irfn Congress. There he has made ?po speeches, participated in no Ug! b?t 0ve times, <peen absent the greater part of ahe time, and the few bill$ intro duced in his name were' mani festly drawn by his lawyer. ? ?<Vttpr 0io State.] ? Mfhis shows the evil of snap ^udgoment. Because a Con gressman has not deafenod the jpars of Congress by his would K op rqa\, $loquencer the State Wnfafi l^e not "it." It has ke$q remarked by thoughtful mpp. |fcat o.ur i),est rgpre^enta Jivesin Congress wg^q those Vho rarely pintle a speech. Mr. yinlaysqq, v<ii,o, is known to mai)y uf us, is on the ground, and knows what he i* Uilhhuj about. ;4tead his letter ? not once, b\?.t F jwice. CLKVKLAND ANI> BUY AN. We canno.t think of any partic >ilav grudge, Provideneo should Wve a#tyiljst the Democratic party, but it must hold one in permitti ng Cleveland and Bryan to harass it ? the one by his writing# tpid tho other by his mouthing*! ' The laUestwehavofrom Bryan is tho delivery of a speech at the Princess theatre in Chicago on Saturday night on "Tho Now \5Cbrk Platfornv" Mr. Bryan paid the hall rent and all ex penses, and admission was free. JThe man was so anxious to talk V^a.t h;Q was wjllipg to pay for tho please; but if he is as true a Democrat a^ \^e. have always opposed him to be, ho will, to /tmk 0 slang expression, ?.?close for the remainder ot ?' t he campa^i. We are ndl? poking daily for | a long dissertiifio^ on a similar ?, or allied subject from ;f r. Cleve ? land. - It has been /.,v no | < man existed but that th<^^.as| t some other man who could * ence him, so we hope tl'ftt' the t pen who can influence Cleveland" f JJiri Bryan toclosoup, wilJ.do so,-' &&?'. . . - Atteottoeof the people is catted] to t|ke vole for or against anew Court Hon^ (or Kershaw ooiQh ty, the election I p be held on Majf 24tb. In our Judyft^eat, no now Court H^pse is nepesaary. Every lawyer who haa spoken id the one we qpw have haa ex pressed the opinion that fro have, for all practioal purposes, the ?cry best Court Housp in the State. In expressing fhis opin ion, they, of pourse, grilude to the gcoustic properties of the room, and in this opinion we heartily poncuf, as we ljave had the piore or Ipss unodqlteratad pleasure of aiding our eloquence [ty it on iqore ?han one occasion, and hope to do so again. There is i^o rhyme or reason in burden ing the people with an addition al debt of perhaps twenty-five thousand dollars, when by the expenditure of less than a thous and dollars we can show up not only the best, but one of the hundsomest, Court houses in the State. Vote against it. NEW ppURJ HOUSE E^C In justice to those who advo cate the issuing of t ones to build a new Court House, we will say that we have been informed that provision is made in the bill for the taking up or wiping out of the bonds within twenty years by the levy of one-lifth of a mill annually, ana the diverting of five hundred dollars per annum to the court house fund out of such Une3 and penalties as may be collected during the various years by the Circuit Court. This is a fair q.nd proper, bill that our people should pass favorably if wc3 really needed the court house; but we do not, sq that ought to settle it. That five hun dred dollars in lines and that one-fifth of ^ mill tax can be used to a far better purpose iu otfcsV ways. The People now enters twen ty-one States with bona fide sub scribers, and still we are. not happy. We want the true Bem oerafje gospel and Hearst to reach every State and section of this country before the Demo cratic convention fleets at St. Louis in July, at which time we will learn for a certainty whether our leaders are a set of unen lightened asses, or a host of real statesmen, having the good of the party at heart. Hearst! Hearst! DEATH JUDGE SIXON -j xti 7* Judge Charles H. Simonton, a distinguished jurist, and one well known to all South Carolin ians, died in a hospital in Phila deldhia on last Monday. IIo was born in Charleston, aud his re mains were taken to that city for burial. He. was about seven ty-five years old. The numerous card clnbs tJ t lie town have renewed their weekly social gath ering*, and Mrs. C. J. Shannon enter tained the Young Matrons cluh de lightfully on Thursday laut, the guest of hopor hying Miss Sadie I'liefl. of Charleston, Miss Kliett bade farewell to her many friends in Cap.iden and, ac.-ompauicd by Mrs*. Shannon, lelt for Columbia Friday morning, vy^er^ site will vis^t Miss Nell Taylor. The farewell luneheon tendered Mr?, llar^ey >\'Uherspoon by Mrs. I,. Del 'as* on Saturday was one of the ni of ( informal ind, consequently, most enjoye^ entertainment* of the season. The syccessfnl hostelry, Court Inn, will closje on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Tivbnor, sr., lefj, Cor the north on last Sunday night. The sympathies of the entire com munity are extended to Air. and Mrs. lleiij. Ilaile in their sail bereavement. Mr. and Mrs, Albert lieyward, of Columbia, and Mrs. .lame:* Ste?dmaii, who has been in Augusta , on a visit to her brother. Mr. Henry Can tey, returned to Camden Sunday night to attend the funeral of their little nt Saussure, nee Cantcy, of Atlanta, Ga., formerly, but now of Jacksonville, Fla., will rejoice to hear that f>lie Is once more on the road to recovery after a desperate illness. Mrs. K. U. Cantey, her mother, went down there to, assytt In nursing her. The Acorn Club was entertained lyr the Mi wen Carr I son on Wed Hernia y af ternoon from 4 :80 to ? p. m., aud ail had an exceedingly jolly time. Invitations to an "At HomeM. on April '28th from 4:30 to 0 :80 p. in., have been isaucd by Mrs. K. (4. Whis tler, and progressive euchre will be heartily enjoyed by the fortunate f<;w. Mr. Hherrard Kennedy, of Atlanta, returned to his home Saturday night, after a short vialt to I'rof. R. M. tie it - prty and family. j'jui, ^ annual meeting of the Ceojetcrjr Awfag, 'on waa held In the I'resby^e Hau rW ' room on Monday after .1 1...VU SoclQ^y Notey. nfflime and e? HMtin eoaalttw war e nleoted. ? BtrtiBfoftto Ifltaanal lnoolt t|?n ??? hdd at the umv place munp After Ike Cem^lrr^ A wcieiipn adjourned, and the Mnuf ottoers jw elected for a second term. May 10th will be Metno?i|ri Day, and Htou. J. T. Hay will be tbfi oratoc for t|fe oocasion. Ha will be inirrdijord by Mr. B. B. Clarke, and litre. l$arle wjll have charge of t|>e BU|ip. |lra. tiamuel J. Hay, the. Fife of the iqtich beloved Presbyterian minister of j pars gone by, died very suddenly on last Friday, and ber son, Hun. 4- T. llay, was called to ber bedside. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Elliott, of Alex apdrta, the guests of Uapt Eidre^ge, left lor tbeir home last Friday. Miss Bet McDowell and Miss Eleanor Qodfrey, of Cluster, were in Catpdeu Sunday, and ' their numerous friends Vf ill be glad to know that Camden will be theic home next season, when they will open a fine private school, with branches preparatory for college. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Clarke and Miss Nona Burnet left on Monday for Branchville where the two last named and little Master Boy kin Clarke will spend the nest few weeks. Mrs. C. C. Moore returned from her visit down the country on Friday last. Mr. and Mrs. Miller and Miss Mabel and Gertrude Miller will leave for New ilaveu. Conn., next Friday. Mr. Lawrence Manning, formerly of Cauiden, has just accepted a most flat tering offer from an electrical estab lishment in Michigan, lie and his wife, who is so fondly remembered here as Miss jtlartie DeSaussure, and fam ily will move from Schnectady, N. Y., where he has made quite an enviable reputation and a lso*t of Iriends, to their new home near Detroit, The Cliaiu Gang Again. Mr. Editor: Iu your issue of April 21, 1904. appears sin article headed "The Chain Gang." This article, with some remarks by ,4ye Editor," have suggested some thoughts. Is it not u bet ter plan for the "Gang" to take each road running ou<, of Cam den, and work each road say five miles? out from Capden, taking the roads in rotation? After all the roads have beep worked Jive miles out, come back to the first road worked and repair the live miles worked, and then work an other live mile section. Then go to the second road worked and do tne same, and continue in this orderly manner. Kershaw County is a big coun ty and a gang of twelve im;n simply cannot put all the roads in shape and t^ep them so in a few years. As it is, the gang works a road, then leaves it for one, two, * perhaps live years. When it gets back to this piece of road, it has to be made over. By working sections of live miles and, repairing as suggested, the work will slowly but surely creep out from Camden as a center, and the parts of a road worked, will get periodical repairs by the gang. We all Know the old sys tem of warping out road hands is a farce. Should there bo any places so bad as some Mr. P. A. Irpl^y knows of, and the writer knows of, why not use the com mutation tax to hire hands and patcl^ it up until the gang can get to the place As to the three mouths system, I mean three months in each township, that is better than it has been, for there is some system in that plqn, but is not my plan more system atic arid more equitable? \Ve kpow there would be a howl frqm the borders of the County, but wo should always try '^o adopt thcx best plan, even if it doesn't please i^ll. As to the suggestion of giving each town ship six weeks of tfio gang, wo think that faulty, as two much time would oe lostj in moving, and six weeks work would amount to very little in some places. As to the gang working in Buffalo townsihp, M,r. F. A. Ir jplay must bo mistaken, as the gang, I atn in for mod by the guards, put at least four months ir^ Buffalo township last year. \\e, of Watered, township, feel 1W? Mr. F. A. Irplay, and we w^ll enter some of our roads with his, and bet. 011 ours for disgrace fulness. We should remember, however, that a gan^, averaging ten or twelve men, can not work all the rojids in this County in ten o,r twelve years and keep the roads in repair, unless some such systematic plan as we have bug gestos is adopted. Let our candidates for Super visor think of the plan suggest ed, and lot our people think also. The present plan is not satisfac tory. After the gang puts a road in shape, without repairs in a few months or a year at most, the road will be almost as bad as before. The road Hands, as a ! rule do no good, and very often i ruin what it takes weeks for the I gang to pu,t. in shape. With best wishes for The Peo- 1 pie. ??li." Hot I of Honor of Lu^oil' K<-lioo1. For week ending Apr. 2-, 11)03 2d grade; Leslie liabon 00.0, Burdette Parker 04.0, SallieBoll Gardner 08.8, Luther Jones 90.8. ftd grade; Willie Gardner 05.3, Karl Kosborough 05 3. Mary Kosborough 80.0. 4th grade; Kershaw Parker 05. T>, Nellie Moore 07.2. 5th grade; Mattle Gardner 08.3, Eva Parker 00.5. 0th grade; Salliy Trucsdel 95.0 1 Editor, The B)mm allqw space in your paper tor a few dots from this s^jption. This is the first time fr think, thtt ?oqj have had anything from us. We are preparing tQ make some of the c%pdidatoa happy here this summer. Oar democratic club met and organised on last Saturday. White ?ond and .Cureton Mills Clubs have con solidated at Blaney, cresting one 'of the largest duos in West Wa teree. The following list of of fipers' were elected to serve for this campaign year: Eimore Brown, Pres't, C. P. Bo wen, Vice Pres't, 8. E. Ross, Sec'y, C. B. Nettles, Treas. J. L. Guy, Jr., Member of Executive Committee. Delegates to County conven tion on May 2d. C. P. Bo wen, Elmore Brown, C. B. Nettles, J. M. Thornton, and W. A. Sunders. Alternates; J. L. Guy, Jr. and R. B. Ross. We expect the candidates to speak here again this summer as it is a most convenient place and I think better arrangements will be made for their accommodation than before. Everything seems lovely here and in a prosperous condition. A rain at this time would help us some, but however it is all right. We had preach ing at Blartey yesterday, Sun day, by the Rev. Isonho\ves. Hope soon to have a church building so that we can have church service and Sunday school conducted here regularly. With best wishes for The Peo ple, I will close tor this time. ' '? Sect*. Thanks. We thank our fr|ends for their kindly remarks on our issue of last week, and alsq for their sub stantial encouragement in the way o? dollars and cents. How ever, v/e desire to remark that we need a good m?,ny more of those dollars and cents, so to those who have not yet respond ed, we say pleasQ come for ward. As we remarked previously, we are going to give you the banner weekly of the State if you will back us up, but it can not be done without money. Al most everyone pronounces The People a good paper as it. now is which is very gratifying to its editor, but we arc contemplating important improvements which if we ct^n put in will certainly put us in the frut\t rank of week ly or *t.iiii-weckly-acu)*papcr*. -Our ambition in this direction should be your ambition. Local pride should be as great as per sonal pride, so if you think we are equal to the task we havo undertaken, coige pn and help us. In helping os you are also helping yoursejyes. Sam and ?Jnltp 0,5? this occasion Jake, who lovc^ a 'scription, couldn't wait for Saturday, but came over on Friday for a dose of Sinyrl's corn. He was disappointed, of course, for the dispensary was closed. It was a legal holiday? the inspector bejng nere on that dat?;. Li Ice the majority, how ever, ho returned on Saturday and met up with his chum, Sam, as usual. Jake is a rather dark colored, black coon, and as lie had been sick in the early part of the week, his countenance had the mealy white look that, sickness always puts on peoplo of that color. He wegau the conversa tion with, "fiam, diAs yu kno' dat I wus obey* heah yistiddy an' cud n't git in dat 'spencery? I tells yu niggah, 1 wus mad, cos I wus sick, so I say ter mescf, I go see Lap n Schrock an' 6ee ef lie caint. git mo a perscnpMon. "? "Well, J i^fe, de Cap'n, wha' he do fer yi^?'* "lie say, Jako, I'se sorrv fer .V", but 1 cai,nt do nuttin'. bere aint no law fer closin' dat 'spen cery jes 'cause a 'specter am here, but dem people mek dere own laws, no' es long, es wo put up wul '1111 d,py guine do jes like dey please." "Jake, wep de Cap'n tell yu dat, he wus gibbin yu straight talk. I)em fojk ober at dat 'spen cery di;s shoac' queer. Dey mek a man wait on he licker tell lie am tirui, I heah do dat Dr. Lan<* guino ter imprub tings after he git rid ob dat beer bizziness. " "I sho hope ho will Sam, fer dey kep me waitin' at dat coun ter mos a haf hour (lis irornin' fo I cud git mo a haf pint ob corn. Tings '11 git right after a while 1 reckin, when people git tired of sinm' dat book, an' I tell yu (ley's a lot ob 'em dat is tired a 'ready. I seo yu agin, ^ani. I so got ter go to Mass Lharlio an' git me one ob dem twister I bin tell yu 'bout las' week. " - - ? Money to Lo&u, On fnrm land* in piiiim of Jtuoo np nr H per ri'iit: mi num* of $1,000 up nt 7 per rent. No comiiilwion clinr^rd. H. T,(kmh I, a no. Lumber. accurately sawed from unbled yellow pine and QUICKLY DELIVERED anywhere in town by Iirou-9 Liivi!>? r Co.. Phone 140. ? Camden, 8. C. ' 7 l!iuo *i wmaai npu'gr 1 1 ???.' Time Table No. L To tnkr rffcct Sunday, January Itt. lOOt.nt 12.01 a. m. 4n pernio nig Timetable No. 4, dated November 2, 190S. fKTWBU BCMfKB * CAVPIK. TlilXB 001*0 SOUTH , No. 68 No. 7C I lit Oamden 4 16 pm 7 00 a m Sou. ky. Junction 4Mpni 7 10 an Ar EUfcrbee 4IHpm 7 80 a it Keniberta 4 43 p in 7 40 a n Ar Borden 4fiHpn 8 00 a d Ar Dalzi'll 5 13pm 8 26 a n Ar N. W. Junction 6 43 pm 8 "68 a n Ar Sumter 6 46pm 900am TBA1K8 00{W0 NOBTI|. No. 60 No. 71 M Sumter 6 2ft p m 0 SB a m N. W. Junction 6 27 p m 0 88am l>a1zell ' ? 6 47 p m 0 60 a ni Borden 7 Oft p m 10 10 a m Keniberta . 7 23 p m 10 21 a m Kllerbee 7 80pm 10 81 a m Sou. Ity. Junction 7 60pm 1100am Ar Camden 8 00 p m 11 10 a m No. CO leave* Camden Hon., Wed. and Friday at 1 p m, ar. Sumter 8.40. No. 67 leaves Sumter Toes., Ttiurs. Sat. 11 00 a m, ar. Camden 2 00 pm. THOMAS WILSON, President. Parlor Meat Market, TKHathins Bros. Also Dealers in Staple and Fancy GROCERIES. All iOrders Pilled Promptly. . Free Delivery, We solicit YOUR PATRONAGE. C. M. Coleman Bicycle and General -?8 Repair Shop. e*~ Any work handled prop * ERLY THAT REQUIRES THE SERVICES OF A COMPE TENT MACHINIST. Mention ".^iie People." 0. M, Fort, The Leading Contractor and Builder it* the City of Camden, S. SE? ME yOK PLANS AMD SPECIFICATIONS BEFORE GIVING OUT ANY CONTRACT. Anyone wanting worfc done in my lino can leavv their name and address at the oflice of The People, an<,l I will call on them. i! ' ' ? L . . - _ J 1! Restaurant. Winy ah James, tho old and well-known Kcstaurant eur of oar city has removed to Broad Street just north of M.r, Moscoe Johnson's pi 11 dtx shop. "Nine'' will he glad to have all his old pat runs call on him thore. 'Meals at all hours. New patron age solicited. T. J. Ar rants, HARDWARE and FURNITURE,, Mention MTnr Propi.i^" Spring Clothing. T Latest Styles, -& 9?- Perfect Fit, I have the most complete line of Spring samples of made- to-order goods that pan be found in any $ity. The firm of Wannamaker and Brown has a wprld wide reputation and I have the exclusive agency for Cam den apd Kersha^ County. Give me a call before pl%c I ing your orders elsewhere. Perfoct fit guaranteed. D. WOLFE, Mention " r?n Prori.e." A. D. Kennedy. Hardware and General Mer-? chandise. A Complete Line of Farmers' Supplies, Mention "Thk Pkopl^.** Commercial Savings Bailie and Trust Company, Camden, O. CAPITAL $25,000.00. Wo announce tV.at we arc no\y open for business, located in Capers' fSuildipg, one door south of Postoflice, $nd have every facility for promptly and efficiently conducting a general banking business. Accounts of individuals, firms apd corporations solicited, i Loans Made oii approved securities. | Interest allowed on deposits in Savings Department. ' We extend to our patrons the most liberal accommoda tions consistent with good, safe and sound Banking rules. Officers. E. S. VAUX, Pres. DAVID R. WILLIAMS* JR., V.-Pues. JOHN T. MACKEY, Cashiek. Directors. E. S. VAUX-, G. H. BAUM, JOHN T. MACKEY, \V. It. HOUGH, DAVID R. WILLIAMS. XLhc Eureka, ANTISEPTIC BARBER SHOP. II. S3. JEnoUsb, Proprietor. B^TSHSs H2T & C2LI&. t i "i r j ? i r P0BT *?2 FACIAL fl$?. Your Patronaae Solicited. ? ? ?? j GARLAND'S vsr STABLES. New Stables, Fres& Stock, Up-to-Date Vehicles., Call on me on lint I edge Avenue, fust belotV' the Old X'ofttofflee.. W. A. Q4rtT,ANn, E. Schiadaressi, Fancy Fruiterer and Restauranteur. Call nnd soo 1110 when in need of anything in nj^r lino. Foreign limits of Aty Kinds a Specialty. As cheap as the cheap-, est, and cheaper than the most. All fruit sold by me guaranteed to ho free from Tarantulas and other nox ious insects or reptiles. Call on me when in need. PHONE 151. Ube jpenn Mutual %iic Insurance Company. Assets Jan. 1, 190-4, $61,116,235.48. Most attractive' foj*ms of contracts issued. Investigate tliis compa ny when buying protection. J% B. Wallace, 1 AGENT. Ofllco Bw?k pf C^urujcn*