The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, April 28, 1904, Image 4
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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
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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, $nd
have every facility for promptly and efficiently conducting
a general banking business.
Accounts of individuals, firms apd corporations solicited,
i Loans Made oii approved securities.
| Interest allowed on deposits in Savings Department.
' We extend to our patrons the most liberal accommoda
tions consistent with good, safe and sound Banking rules.
Officers.
E. S. VAUX, Pres. DAVID R. WILLIAMS* JR., V.-Pues.
JOHN T. MACKEY, Cashiek.
Directors.
E. S. VAUX-, G. H. BAUM, JOHN T. MACKEY,
\V. It. HOUGH, DAVID R. WILLIAMS.
XLhc Eureka,
ANTISEPTIC BARBER SHOP.
II. S3. JEnoUsb,
Proprietor.
B^TSHSs H2T & C2LI&.
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P0BT *?2 FACIAL
fl$?.
Your Patronaae Solicited.
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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*