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K TEbc (People g ? WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. F ' \ r ? : A FAMILY NEWSPAPER. " <Efrnnti * ~ ? *?"*? ? ~^* c ? ? ~ 6 A' MJSRCI* AtiT*} SE?'SPAPER. /L COUNTHYMAN'S NEWSPAPER. 4, NEWSPAPER FOR HELLER A-NI) BUYER. THE PEOPLE'S NEWSPAPER. ??- ? ?> THE REST ADVERTISING J4EDHM IN KRkeHAW COUNTY. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. 4*. ! ? BL ! -??? ?* i W. A SCHKOCK, Publisher. JDBSCRIPTIOH, $1.00 PER ANDUH. Camden. 8 C., ?Tan. 18th. lfMML K I It K WOOD ANNKXGD. The voice of the people has been heard. KirKwood has been re-annexed to Camden. By a yote on last Tuesday, twenty flye free-holders and and other qualified voters of Kirkwood voted for the proposition of an pexatiou, and fourteen free- hold - ^rs, and other qualified voters of that section voted against it. In ?amden, out of a total voting strength of about three hundred and lifty voters of all degree, one hundred and forty free- hold er$ and others voted lor, arid eighteen cast their ballots against it. mote it be. As /usual, we voted without preju dice with tho minority as a sim ple busiuess proposition. Indi vidually, w^tre pleased to have jour Kirkwood friends united with, us in closer tics. As a ,l>t}8uiess proposition we beg ?>?till to bold to our original opni . jon that it is a bad move, those pne hundred and forty Camden /ree-holders, and other qualiJio>i\ ..voters to the contrary, notwith standing. / However, whatever is/ to be, .will be; whatever is. Now jvliat every patriotic citizen .wants to do is to/ elect to office ;in the new council none but men of the most ' approved business ability. In connection with i>heir business qualifications they should be men of the -highest patriotism and broadness of vis ion to cope with the several new . problems tUa<t have arisen .through the result of tho recent .election. No mediocre mayor and board of alderman should till? time at least, be installed to pi-^side over the destinies of greater Camden for the next four years or longer. Each jh ember should be a giant in in tellect, a toaster of linanco and .n true patriot. If, even with these conditions, we emerge four years later without a largely in creased municipal tax, or a tre mendous bond issue, we will be most agreeably disappointed. It goes without saying thai the joining together of the two soctions in one municipality calls ,quickly tor a large outlay of money, say ?10,000, of which amount Camden will pay at least two- thirds, and Kirkwood about one third. This is for the in itial expense of putting Kirk wood on a par with Camden in conveniences and necessary im provements of a more or less permanent nature. This large ttum ift not available in the City treasury, and will of course have to bo met by an issue of bonds. ?To that, wg cau have 110 objec tion as tho improvements must J>e made, but we greatly fear that this first bond issue will, a Jittle later bo followed by anoth er of not only larger, but of stu pendous proportions. We refer to the question of sewerage. This question from now on until the contract, is closed for the in stallation of a sewerage plant, Will be ever present, and if for po other reason should give em phasis to our remarks as to the paliber of men to be elected to preside ovur our destinies as Mayor Aldorjnen for the next four yei^rs, and longer if possible. GiiIiicin. For t)ie cost and trouble in /*aisiug tyjem, guineas are profi table on the farm, They prefer to seek their own food in the meadows aijt| $clds, and so long as they cap tlml plenty ?hcmsejves they will not come (jwye to ?Qt it. In this way thoy eat up a great number of worms and grulw and keep down I bun* and beetles to a great ex tent. A good flock of these birds needs a large range and every farm should keep at least a few. It is uot profitable to attempt to raise them .011 small range, for they will not thrive in confine* uient. A Hock of about twenty will forage over a farm ot fifty or one hundred acres and by their presistence will keep dowu in sects. They will do more. Thev will help to Keep down many noxious weeds and wild plunts. . Guineas are also trustworthy watch-dogs aud will give an ularm as soon as an enemy ap proaches. Dogs, foxes and human beings alike attract their attention and they keep lip a shrill cry when any object comes their way. For this reason many poultry raisers lind it profi table to keep a few guineas. The hens always hide their nests anff often 111 very obscure places, but if oue watches them carefully in the breeding season they are easily discovered. They always make a shrill noise when they come otl the nest and this betrays them to those ou watch. All the hens of a llock lay ia one nest, aud in such a place it is not an uncommon thing to find from 150 to 1100 eggs. Each guinea hen that is worth much will lay uoout 125 eggs 11 year aud 011 the market their eggs brinir a little less thau chic-ken eggs. The eggs are dark blown in color and have a very t.'iick shell. The liens hatch and bring o!T big broods of chicks. It takes about four Weeks for the eggs to hatch' The guiuea hen will bring ofx a brood and feed them in the fields for weeks before she brings them to the farm house. f In breeding guinea;* oue male should be used for tfverv five or six females. Tlievr plumage is a ground work blue sprinkled over villi dots/of white on their breasts. Tbfeir is a white varie ty differing? l'rom the pearl only in coloiy'ocinir in all probability a sporj/from the pearl. KAIiTH llOADS. Alter ileitis Properly Construct ed Tliey 3lc.st lie Cared For. The fact that we have been building roads in one form and anotlver since our country was first opened up and have today but a very small percentage of them that may be called perma nent roads makes it evident that it will be many years before the earth road ceases to be, says Good Roads Magazine. An earth road when it is properly con structed and drained is a good road, but to keep it good re quires constant care and atten tion. It is quite out of the ques tion to think that a road once built will take care of itself. In order to lead up to building stone roads communities should first give proper attention to the dirt road. Grades should be es tablished, and if the present road official is by lack of training or makeup, unfitted for the work of road building his place should be given to one more competent. When, however, a competent official is found he should be kept in office indefinitely. First of ail, road machinery should be purchased in order to get the best results with the least expenditure of money. It is just as absurd to attempt to build roads without proper tools as it would be to go pack to the days of the old spinning wheel aud scythe. In all parts of the country there is a growing senti ment in favor of chaingangs from the labor tax to the money system. Great progress is be ing made in tl.is direction, and it will not be long before practi cally every section of the coun try will be on the money tax basis. Then and not till then will the improvement in earth roads be come universal. Judge* to be ICIeetcil. It will be of general interest to note that quite a number of judicial elections will be held by the general assembly. Accord ing to the records in the office of the secretary of state the elec tions that will bo held are to fill the positions now held by Chief Justice Pope, Judge Dantzler, Judge A Id rich, Judge Punly, Judge Watts, Judge Gage and Judge Klugh. These half dozen elections will enliven the session to a con siderable extent. It is not known whether all of the present Judiciary whose terms expire during the year 1003 will be candidates for ro election. There have been sug gestions that some of the pres ent members of tho bench will retire to private life, and that they have had quite enough of the worries and tribulations of life on the bench. ? Ex. Tol- urn ?.pit N?<t Kmoke A*oy. 'l o t-.ibacco cu? ,iy anil forever. l>r ! octl .m; <>f iijc, norvu ami vigor, tn'io Nc T? i ?Trtn<lcr- woi lifci', iliftt, inrvkf s we all mo* <tro All (Ir'i/fflmtc, 60o r ,\, CtU4CMnr* >! lt<vjkict trio. . ,2<Jr m Hr?? ? Jy t>. ?? Xtw Xot* J ? f The Frightful Ifisect Tux. Insects are creatures so small thut except when they appear in numbers amounting to a plague we do uot think of their doing much duiuage But they laj' a fearful tax on about every thing that is cultivated, which makes the government and State taxes appear small. The ex ports in the Department of Agri culture, as reported in the Satur day Eveuing Post, reckon up the losses caused by them dur ing the year us follows: Cereals $200,000,000 Hoy and forage 53,000.000 Cotton 50,000.000 Tobacco 5,000. 000 Truck crops 53,000.000 Sutiars 5,000 000. Fruits 27,000.00jk Forests and forest ^ * products. llljGGWXX) Miscellaneous crops. jj$00.000 Animal products. . . . 275,000.000 Products in storage. 100,000.000 Toial ?785,100.000 The minimum annual damage], done by fourteen of our most de structive insects is thus giveu : Grasshopper $ 50, (XVO. 000 I Chinch bug Ca, 000. 000 Hessian lly /iV, 000.000 Corn root worm. . . . v 110,000.000 Corn ear worm ...... 20,000.000 Cotton boll weev/il.. 20;000.000 Cotton boll wovtn . . . ? 12,000.000 Cotton leaf worm. . . . 8,000.000 Coddling uwlh of /apple s 20,000.000 Potatoe, bug 8,000.000 Grains weevil lo.ooo.ooo An ynv worm 15.ooo.ooo CXtbbagw worm 5,ooo.ooo L&an Jose scale lo.ooo.ooo Total $298, ooo.ooo Two False Starts. The pastor of a wealthy up town congregation was startled from his dreams a few nights ago by the vigorous ringing of his door bell, some time after midnight, liaising the window, lie thrust his head out in the | chilly atmosphere of the night, and in a tone almost frigid as the winds inquired who was there. "Is liev. Dr. Blank at home?" came a voice from the stoop be low. "I am Rev. Dr. Blank; who are you, and what do you want?" "Myself and the lady with uie wish to be married, sir. Please don't refuse us; she is locked out at home an J wout go to a hotel with me unless wo are married." "How old are you?" "Twenty-three. " "How old is the young lady?" "Twentv-one, sir." "Very well. Get ready. I'll marry you where you staud. Are you all ready? Listen close ly then, so that you can hoar the service. Man that is born of woman, hath but a short time to live ? no, that's wrong. Wait a minute. I'll begin again. Fa ther, wo come to consecrate this child ? oh, pshaw, that's wrong, too," and turning his head lie called to his wife, "Sally, Sal ly, bring me my discipline (juick; here's a young man waiting to take a girl to a hotel with him. She won't go till they've been married, and I've already start ed to bury them and came very near baptising the child." ? Mr. Grundy. World's Oldest Woman Dies At 135. Philadelphia, Jan. 13. Having rounded out 135 years, Mrs. Mary McDonald, said to have been the oldest woman iti the world, ittdead at the Homo for the Aged and Infirm Colored Per sons, I'orty-lourth street and Girard avenue. With the death of this aged colored woman, who saw Wash ington's army when it, was camped at Valley Forge, there passed away one of Philadel phia's most interesting charac ters. Up to two months ago Mrs. McDonald enjoyed good health. When asked to what she at tributed her long life her shrivel ed face would brighten and be tween smiles she would say : "Lor' bless you, honey, all don't know, but I'se guess it's be cause I'se happy." "Granny" McDonald, as she was commonly known, never tired of telling of her early life. She used to say that she learned to smoke from her mistress dur ing the reign of George III. Her earliest duty was to hold the taper while her mistress lighted her pipe, and it did not take the maid long to follow suit. Wanted. We want reports of Marriages, Births, Deaths, Church notices, social gatherings, arrivals and departure of guests, friends, relatives, improvements to prop erty, new buildings, prospec tive marriages, in fact, every thing in the lino of news that the people like to read. If you can't spell correctly, we can, so don't lot that hinder you from sending in the news, however Jiltle, as this kind of tiling helps! the editor gyoatly, as showing the intei est his subscribers take in him, or his paper. DENTAL CARD. The undersigned respectfully informs his friends and patrons that he has resumed his praotice. I. H. Alexander, D. D. S. Office hours from U a.m. to 5p. m. Dr. E. G. Kir Dental Suiye OFF/CE OVER DR. ErXESLIB Money to VSban On improved ireal estate at 7 per cent.. Clarke & vonTRESCKOw. ? ?i ~ y ~ ? ? ' ->!1 ~ UINIDERTAKIIN16 CALLS ATTENDED ANY HOUR DAY OR NIGHT. :: :: :: Est. E. O. McCreigrht. Trespass Notice. All parties are hereby warned under penalty of the law not to trespass upon any lands 111 east ern Kershaw owued or controlled by me, in auy manner whatso ever, hunting, liishing, driving or walking through the Same. 3-106. W. D. MARSHALL. Notice to School Teachers. I positively cannot approve pay warrants for any teacher who has not a certificate regis tered in this county. Teachers who hold certificates from other counties or those who have di plomas from the adopted colleges in this State will please have them registered before present ing their first claim for up proval. W 13. Turner, Supt. Eil. Kershaw Co. Cabbage Plants, Cabbage Plants, Celery Plants and Garden Plants of all kinds. We are now prepaired to furnish tin* well-known varieties of Cahhago l'lents, Extra early Jorwy Wakefield, Charleston or large typo Wnkeficlds, IlfiKlernons succession*, nml lint dutch cabbage plants. Also, I'l'lcry I'lnnts, beet, onions, anil all garden plants. They are raised in the open air and will stand great cold. Prices, small lots, $1.50 per thousand. Large lots, ohe d ollar to one and a quarter per thousand. F. O. B., Alegget' S. 15. The Express Company has {(ranted us a reduction in ratea this season over last year's rat -?. Unless cash ac companies order plants will be shipped C. O. 1). Count and quality guarau tend Yours truly, NORMAN 11. HUTCH Co., Meggett, S. C. No Secret About It It is no secret, that for Cuts, Hums, Ulcers, Feycr Sores, Sore Hoils, etc.. not hi iifr is fo etl'ecti\?* as Hunk len's Arnica Salve. "It didn't take Ion); to cure a bad sore 1 hail, and it is nil O. K. for sore eyes," writes !>. I,. Gregory, of llope, Tex. 25c at F. L. Zemp's drug store. Cabbage Plants $1 to ^1.50 per 1000. All leading varieties. Extra early, medium, and late Plat. Special prices on large lots and to deal ers. Wire or write. AV. F. CARIt, Meggett, S. C. so&tbwestsss mm or s, c. Time Table No. b. To tnke etTeoi Sunday, January 10, 1S04, nt 12.01 a. m. Superseding Time Table No. 4, dated November 2, 1008. BKYWIKN Kt'HTIK * CAUDIM. TKAINU UOIHO aOVTH, No. OS No. 70 I.v Camden 4 IB p in 7 00 a m Sou. lty. .function 4 25 p m 7 10 a in Ar Kllerbee 4 11* p in 7 if) a in ItemhertH 4 48 p in 7 40 a tn Ar Horden 4 68 p m 8 00 a ui Ar Dalzell 5 18 p in 8 25 a in Ar N. W. Junction 5 43 p in K 68 a in Ar Sumter 6 45 p in 0 00 a m TKA1NH flOWO NORTH. No. ?l> No. 71 I,v Sumter 0 25 p tu 9 80 a rn N. W. Junction 0 27 p m 9 8s a m I >a l/el I 6 47 p in 0 59 a in Horden 7 05 p m 10 10 a ?? Heniberts -7 28 p m 10 21 a im Ellerbee 7 80 p m 10 SI a in Sou. Ry. Junction 7 60 p in 11 (Hi a in Ar Camden 8 00 p m 11 10 a ni No. leaves Camden Mon., Wed. and Friday at 1 p ?n, ar. Sumter 8.40. No. 07 leaves Sumter Tile*., Thurs. Sat. 11 00 a ui, ar. Camden 5 00 p in. THOMAS W 1 1, SON, President A Hare Thii'i for *?.?.. A transact Ion 1 11 wti.< 11 ,\ t?tit-ati'? t !o?*'?r HU'ethbiR. illliiMiiiKJs, slcit neaUuchu, fui> ?:d tongue, fevor, pilcvut.d u tbecMtml tiner l:? :iio cau. <d bv constl-'s! inn r.iid sluggish Ivr4, Cnw ets Uu id v Cat ba. tic o won taviul new Over stimulant ntu! ?.i??;lnat onto ora by all druggists puuTHtiU. .1 to euro r nu>ney rafumlc <. C. C (-? are a sure ?hini?. try a box today; 1'?., 25c.. COa ^uuylo rvuw book lev iioo. our my ??* Tax AMrtltor, nitjr. len, 8. C., IVo. a, 1006. hereby given lliat the A? lee for receiving finite and UX rctnriif will Ite o|m*ii from r, 1U0C1 to KVbrim-y 20tll, HlOtf, indays excepted.) l'lie dates of the Appointments at which the Auditor or It In deputy will visit tlie usual places In the county lor receiving returns are given below : Hetliunc, January N, Jt^ley'n Mill, January tt, Kirkleys ?tore. January 10, Kershaw, January II, Westville. January 12. Uherty Hill, January 1.1. Russell Place, January 15, Lugotr, January III, Blauey, January 17. IMPORTANT. It is important that taxpayers in making tht*ir returns h#* careful to state the school district ? whether new or old? in which they reside at the time of making their returns. Also to state if it is the same district as when last return w*h made. WHO SHOULD MAKE RETURNS. The law requires that all person* owning property or in anywise having charge or such property either as agent, husband, guardian, trusteec, executor, administrator, Ac., return same under oath to the Auditor, who requests all persons to lie prompt in making their returns and save the 50 per cent penalty which will be added to thv property valuation of all per sons who tail to make returns within the time proscribed by law. HOW AND WHAT TO RETURN. This being the year for the rcasseas tueut ol R?-al Estate, all personal and real property owned on the 1st day of January lUOd. must be returned for taxation. There will be special blank* furnished to make returns on anil Tax payers are not i lied to obtain n?\v hlauks and not to send in returns made upon old ones as they will not be received. INCOME TAX. Under the recent- Act of the Legis lature all persons having a gross in come of T\? .?uly-five Hundred Dollars or more are required to make a return of the same to the Auditor at the lime | of making their other returns. THE POLL TAX. All citizens ??f this State between the ages o| Twenty -out* and Sixtv years excepting Confederate soldiers a hove the age of Fifty years, arc re quired to pay a I'oll Tax of Oue Dollar a year. An returns must he made on or be fore the tveutieth day of February next. I cannot rnWc returns after I hat date as the o?her work of tint of llce must go on. All returns made al ter t lie 20: h of February are n object to the 00 p.er cent, penally. i A * I returns sent by mail mutt be made out on proper blank* ami sworn to before souie proper ollicer to admin ister said oath, otherwise they will not be accepted at this olllcc as returns. The County Hoard of Equalization will meet at the cilice of the County Auditor on the lib Tuesday of March. MMNl. for the purpose of equalizing property , lieuring complaints and pr?? tesis. w. F. RUSSELL. Ami it or Kershaw Co. TAX NOTICE. Office of Treasurer of Kwrshaw Conn- \ ty, Camden, S. C., Sept. 16, HHI6. { In accordance with the Act to raise supplies for the Use a I year commenc ing January 1st, 11HH, notice is hereby given that the hooks will be open for collecting State, county and achool taxes from October 15, lttOft, to March 1st, MKM5. A penalty of 1 percent, will be added on all tuxes unpaid by .Tauu nry 1st, 11HM. A pe.nalty of two per cent, on all unpaid by Feb. 1st, 11KMJ. A penalty of seven per cent, will be added on nil unpaid March 1st. HMW. The rale per annum for Kershaw county is as loiluws: Mills Slate taxes, School taxes, 3 * <"< nnty taxes, 0 Railroad taxes, 2'., Total, j 7 The following special levies have been made also: Special Tcliool tax District No. for interest on School ltonds Oradcd School Hliilding. Mills. District No. 1, r( Special School tnx Dist. No. 1, ;i 4 ' a ? .. it it in, 2 44 44 " 44 4' II, 2 it it ti tt tt 12 o tt .t tt .t .. 17| 3 44 44 IS, ft i? ?. tt .. .. m tt tt >t tt it 2 tt ?t tt tt ?. off 2 The road tax of two dollar can be paid the Comity .Treasurer from Oc tober 15th, to March 1st, IlKMi. All male persons living within the corporate limit, of cities or towns, stu? dents atlendinir any college or school of the State, Ministers in charge of regular coagregations, teachers em ployed in public schools, s.'hool trus tees during their term of office, per sons permanent ly disabled and those actually engaged in the quarantine service of the state are exempt from the payment of road tax. All other male persons between the agea of 18 and W> years nre required to pay said road tax or work not lesa than aix days during the year. The poll tax is $1. All information as to taxea will be furnished upon application. No lists of names for tax receipt* will be received unless the amount of tax money i? deposited wilh the list This ruU will be strictly enforevd. D. M. McCasx t t.f., County Treaa. Huge 'I'tiMk. It was a huge task, to undertake the cure of such a bap case of kidney dis ease. as that of C. F. Colin. r, of Choro kee. la., hut Electric Hitters did it. lie writes; "Aly kidneys were s;? far gone, I could not sit on a chair with out a cushion; andsufTered from dread ful backa-be, headache, and depres sion. in Ehsctric Hitters, however. I found a cure, and by them was re* ? tor >d to perfect health. I recom mend I his great tonic, uiediciiie to nil with weak kidney, .liver or stomach Guaranteed byF. ^cmp , druggist ; priw Wo, SEABOAED Allt LINE RAILWAY. NORTH-SOUTH-EAST -WEST Two Daily Pullman Vestibuletl Limited Trains Between NORTH AMD SOUTH. First Clas* Dining Gars. The BEST RATK8 mid ROUTE to nil Eastern Cities Via RICH MOND and W ASIIINGTON, or via NORFOLK and *te#nier? ? To ATLANTA, NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS, LOUISVILLE, ST. LOuV?, CHICAGO, NEW ORLEANS, and aii point ? tjaut!' nod Southwvat ? To SAVANNAH and JACKSONVILLE and all points in FLORIDA and CI* HA. POSITIYELT THE SHORTEST LIKE BETWEEN KORTH AND SOUTH. txr For detailed information, rates, schedule!*. Pullman reserva tions, etc., apply to any agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, or W. L. Burroughs, Travelling Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. C. Clias. F. Stewart, Asst. Genl. Pass. Agt. Savannah, Ga. AT THE Old Reliable Hardware Store OF A. D. KEWIMEDV You cun tincl anything in the line of Hardware. The stock is complete, was well bought and will bo sold cheap. Largest and most varied stock of PLOWS, PLOWSTOCKS ot' all kinds includ ing GARDEN PLOWS and HARROWS of several kinds. HEADQUARTERS For Farm Bells, Stock and Poultry Wire, Steam Fitting*, Plumber's Supplies, Shelf and Heavy Goods, Stoves and Heaters. THE MILIHJRN WAGON, THE i*EST. Harness and Sole Leather, Saddles, Harness, &c. Guns, guus. Fertilizer Distributors of Several Makes. All these items and Hundreds of others can be found AT THE Old Reliable Hardware Store OF A. D. Kennedy WHO CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO GIVE HIM A CALL. I * NNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY TllEM END O <T/? AVI CVRJ ? ICE SALE Of all Full and Winter Goods to tun he room for Fresh Steele. : : : I MEAN WHAT I SAY. Those who failed to take advantage of my holiday prices are urgently requested to call on mo and see my good* and prices before purchasing elsewhere. RESPECTFULLY, D. WOLFG. Cotton Seed Before selling or exchanging your cotton seed see us. "A word to the wise is suf ficient." W. R. EVE, Manager, Camden Oil Mill.