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Ttbe people A MERCHANT^ N EWSPA PER . ? COUNTRYMAN'S NE\VSP*PER. A NEWSPAPER FOR SELLER AND BUYER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. W. A SCHROCK, PUBLISHER. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER &MU?. jtlamden, 3. C.. Jan. 17tli, 1007. The Legislature, so far seems to meau to do some kind of busi ness. ? ? ? What kind of business? Make ,work, Play-wortc or real work? ? ? * Real work of course. It is in xxmcievable that the voters of ;South Carolina should have .elected a set of nincompoops to .represent them in the State Leg islature. ? * ? What does real work consist jot? That is an easy proposition. We expect every Legislator to work for the enactment of laws that will result in benefit to his .constituents. * ? * What do we want? We want .the lion law repealed. We want that one mill road tax taken off. We want the $2 commutation tax reduccd to the original figure, .or abolished altogether. We Avaut our roads worked by con tract. We waut the present .Slate dispensary law changed jnto a system of County dispen saries, and we want a whole lot of other things that wo are not ?going to get. That's easy, so think over it reader. THE LEGISLATURE. The General Assembly of the ?>tate of South Carolina is now iu session. The people will be supposed to have forty fast and Jfu rious days of legislation which will be enacted, or attempted to be enacted solely and entirely in their interest. Simply as a /natter of personal opinion, we juay say that we are not looking for great results from this ses sion of the Solons. Our hopes for the abolition of the Lien law, the providing of a better com ;uon school and County govern ment system, the passage of a law to extinguish the yellow dog nuisance, the changing of the .dispensary system into the bet ter system of County dispensa ries, theschemoof lowering tax ation by equalization, and the yarious other big and little ?schemes that the legislative candidates discussed during the last campaign are very slight. Why? Because on some ques tions, the' partisans of the two sides are so nearly equally di vided that a number of the weak kneed will collupse at tho .crucial moment as they always do, and a good bill will be de feated because of tho moral , cowardice of that class. Again, other bills of meritorious char acter will bo killed because of tho influence brought to bear upon the weaker members of the Legislature by the more power ful members of that body. ? We will await with tune and patience tho outcome of this session. Then, if no appreci able good results have been ac complished, we expect to urge with voice and pen the establish . jnent of the initiative aud re ferendum system of government. As a number of our readers will not understand this allusion, we .explain by saying that tho "Initiative and Referendum" systom of government provides that every law passed by a ?>tate or government, to become effective, must first bo voted upon and ratified by a majority of the people interested in such law. Wo aro on record as favoring such a law, and as time passes, and wo see daily the hardships that are engendered because of tho i absence of it we become daily more convinced of tho ne cessity for it. 1H9P1CNSAKY PROFITS. We are informod through the .columns of an esteemed State {laily that the state dispensary has paid the state school fund every cent owing it. Our im pression is that the dispensary owed this fund up to the date of the last report something like $250,000. The latest that has been mentioned concerning the matter is, we think, that $175,009 had been paid, $100,000 of which was money earned for the fund in 1905. There may be ail kinds of good book-keeping in this thing, but it seems to us a rather strange proceeding that by the payment of $175,000 a debt of $250,000 has been wiped off the slate. FARMERS UNION NOTES* Our Way Out of It is This: What do the people want with all this New York wire connec tions, anyway? Does New York make the cotton? Do our South ern cotton mills need to go to New York for their cotton when eight-teuths of all the world's cotton is grown at their own doors? Why should the farmer that grows the cotton, and should know the cost thereof, ask the New York Cotton Exchange, over these costly wires, whether or not he should sell his pro ducts for cost, or profit, or at a loss? Call this great New York wire connection what you may; nick name it to suit the taste of the people if you please, but the facts are this whole scheme is one graud suction pump line through which the wealth of the South is pumped out into the East. , Cotton growers want no com promise iu this bucket shop and cotton gambling business. We want the bottom knocked out of the whole business, and the earth in the South swept clean of the whole busiuess and the places where they stood disinfected. It is of little concern to those that are being robbed whether the thing is done legitimately or il legally; whether the act is done in the darkest of the night or at noonday; or whether it is done by the little bucket shops or the great-bucket shop as Senator Davis calls the New York Cot ton Exchange. This arch mammon, the New York Cotton Exchange, is no doubt the chief conspirator be hind this hold cotton bureau wire business. When our cotton mills want cotton let them get it at first cost from the growers of cotton through the "Farmers' Cotton Union" or warehouses. The New York Cotton Exchange neither makes cotton or owns cotton unless they get it from the South. When the farmer wants to know what his cotton is worth let lii in ask the Farmers' Union and the Southern Cotton Asso ciation about it. They know the average cost of 'production and what is a reasonable profit on their cotton. What does the New York Cotton Exchange know or care about these factors of cost and profit to the cotton grower? When our business men, mer chants and cotton mill men in the South want to spend large sums of money in the interest of the cotton trade and for the interest of the whole peo ple who produce and spin cot ton let them do it in paving the roadway direct from the cot ton fields of the South to the mills of the world at first cost and keep the profits that are justly due to the South at home. It will take the combination of both brain and muscle power to produce cotton and command and control the cotton situation of the South, and absolutely every man in every occupation in the South is directly or in directly interested in profitable prices to the South for her cot ton, excepting those among us who are iu league with our ene mies ? the cotton gamblers and speculators. It is these cotton gamblers and speculators that cause our mill men to grow gray all too soon and the wives and daughters of cotton growers to go in tattered rags and their children to grow up in dense ig norance. It takes sweat and labor to make cotton, and it takes a triumph of brain power to turn this cotton into gold for the South's credit. It will not be done through making laws to operate wires for cotton manipu lators, but it can be done by opening up a channel of trade under absolute control of the growers and spinners of cotton; to the benefit of the spinners the worlft over and at the same time transform tho South from a com rnunity of borrowers into a com munity of self reliant capitalists. It will set the South up in busi ness for itiself 011 its own ac count. The limit of submission and suffering of tho South through this legalized robbery has been reached. Cut off this beak of tho vampires that are sucking the South's life blood out and lets take care of our selves. We can do it. ? Coney Island United Shows Jan. 28 to Feb. 2, direct from the famous resort in Now York. THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, , Solicitor Tim me rainy** Work l>tirlng Year lOOOH * .? Solicitor George Bell TUnmer man has compiled the following abbreviated report ^of tto criroi- , nal Work in the Fifth circuit: Edgefield County? Number of cases guilty, 21; riot guilty; 8; mistrial, 4; tried, 28. Percent age of convictions, .875. J Kershaw Countx-~Nujnber of cases guilty, 31; udtrguilty, 11; mistrial, 3; tried^fc-i-Percent age of convictions, .714. Lexington County ? Number of cases guilty, 44; not guilty, 7; mistrial, 1; tried, 52 Percent age of convictions, .862. Richland County ? Number of cases guilty, 90; not guilty, 10; mistrial, 3; tried, 103. Percent age of convictions, .900. Total number cases guilty, 186; not guilty, 31; mistrial, 11; tried, 228; disposed of, 217. Percent age of couvictions in circuit, 857. Kershaw County is to be con gratulated on the above record. In conuectiou with it, we may mention that a majority of the convictions obtaiued were in cases involving comparatively trivial offenses. ? Ed. ? For the first time in South Carolina, the Moss Brothers Ex travaganza will exhibit the grand reproduction of the champion ship contest betweeu Battling Nelson and Jimmy Britt for the championship of the world. It's worth goiug miles to see. Lov ers of tlie manly art don't fail to see it. Now traveling with the I Coney Island United Shows ? I Camden, January 28 to Feb. 2. A Little Castaway. About midnight of January 11th, as members of Mr. Arthur C. Brown's family were return ing from the Opera House at the conclusion of a play that had been given there, one of the members of the party stumbled upon a valise that had been placed on the porch of Mr. Brown's residence. Examina tion of its contents revealed the fact that its occupant was a baby boy who was apparently only a few hours old. The little one was well clothed, and brought a bottle of fresh millc with him. Consternation na turally reighed in the Brown household for a while, but mat ters finally adjusted themselves, and the atmosphere was cleared by Mrs. Samuel Ammons taking the little waif in charge. So far as we have learned, there is no clue to the identity of the parents of this poor little atotn of humanity, and it may be. that no clue will ever be sought, but we want to go on record as con demning in the strongest terms the growing practice of casting upon the usually cold mercy of the world, the human fruits of sin. It happens in this case that the fruit is a boy who will per haps be able to cleave his own way through life, but we have known of girl babies being similarly thrown upon the world, and in several instances have had occasion to note their uiti mato fate. That fate is, a life of shame for which the parents are directly responsible, and for which we do not believe that they will ever obtain absolu tion from an outraged and divine Master. Cures lilood, Skin Disease* Can cer. Createst Mood Puri fier Free. If your blood is impure, thin, dis eased. Hot or full of humors, if you have blood poison, cancer, carbuncles, eating sores, scrofula, eczema, itching, risings and bumps, scabby, pimply skin, bone pains, cat trrb, rheumatism, or any bl.iod or skin disease, take liolauic Wood Balm (B. 11. li.) Soon all sores heal, aches and pains stop and the blood is made pure and rich. Druggists or by express ?1 per large bottle. Sample free by writing Blood llalm Co., Atlanta, (la. H. li. B. is es pecially advised for chronic, deep seated eases, as it cures after, all else fails. At F. Leslie Zemp's. ? The Coney Island Amuse ment Company is to be in Cam (I?mi week after next beginning January 2s*. The company con sists of an aggregation of shows and it will no doubt make things lively during the entire week. New Schedules. Beginning Sunday, January Oth, the following schedules went into effect on the Southern road : Train No. 113, leave Kingville at 10:45 a. m., formerly at 11 a. m., arriving at Camden at 12:05 p. m., Hock Hill 2:45 p. m., and Marion 8:25 p. m. Train No. 113 will wait at Kulgvillo for No. 29, only when they have passengers for them, starting west of Blackville. No. 114 will kave Marion at 5:30 a. m., formerly at 4:80 a. in., leave Hock Hill at 11:15 a. m.t arrive at Kingville at 4 p. m. Train No. 117 leave kingville at 4:50 p. m., arrive at Camden at 0:20 p. m., Rock Hill 9:20 p. m, Train No. 1 18, leave Hock Hill at 0:20 a. in., Camden 8:55 a. ra., Kingville, at 10:20 a. m. as for merly. The Page Fence. The Best Carbfn Spring Steel Wire Fencing of Any Height. All styles. Can furnish you and place in position anything in Lawn, Cemetery, Stock and Farm Fencing, and guarantee satisfaction in quality of goods and price of same. * Can furnish you selection from forty or more sty lee of Wrought Iron Fencing. Address all inquiries to R. B. ROSS, Agent, Blaney, S. C. Dec. 20 '06. Boeckmann, "The Photographer," At Camden. 8. C. for a few months. Come to the Studio and inspect samples. All work guaranteed. Prices reasonable. : : : : Studio in Tent on Lower Main Street, South of Opera House. An Ordinance To Govern Hacks and the Business of Hack- Driving and the Transportation of Passengers ana their Bag gage. Be (t ordained by the City Council of tne City of Camdeu, 8. C. : I. No vehicle used and run for the transportation of passengers and their baggage to and from the railroad depots wit Inn the City of Camden, 8. C., nor any driver or employee or the owner of the (tame, shall approach nearer than twelve (12) fe.it of the train of cars from which passengers and hag gage are to be received; and all such vehicles, drivers and employee shall occupy only such si'lie or position on the streets ol the City or Railroad premises as shall be assigned to tlicin. II. No owner or employee of the owner of any such vehicle, nor pro prietor, or drummer, or agent of a hotel or boarding house, nor any per son whomsoever, shall boisterously or rudely solicit any one to ride in a vehicle. III. The charge for the transporta tion of a passenger from any place within the City limits to any other place within the City limits shall not be more than twenty-live (25) cents: 1'rovided, That if such passenger should have baggage, there ina.v be an additional charge of twenty-live (*-!.">) cents for each trunk or other piece ol heavy baggage: Provided further, That for the transportation of an in fant under Ave (6) years there shall be 110 charge. IV. Kach and every hack shall be numbered and the driver thereof shall wear a tag on the left lapel of his coat bearing a number corresponding to the number of the hack, ? tags for both hack and driver to be furnished by City Clerk. V- It shall be unlawful for any driver of a vehicle to drive in a bois terous, disorderly, careless, dangerous or hurtful manner, or in such a man ner as to put any person in fear of bodily hurt or damage to the property of any individual. VI. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to engage or use a hack, or other public velucle of trans portation, in this City ii<?t intending to pay tor the same at the time said hack or vehicle is engaged, but with intent to defraud the owner or driver of said hack or vehicle out of the value of the use thereof; and every employ ment ot such hack or vehicle shall be for cash. It shall be unlawful for any driver of a hack or vehicle to refuse to haul a passenger or passengers when not otherwise engaged; nor shall any driver of any hack or vehicle fail to keep an engagement. VII. It shalf be unlawful for any hackman or driver of any public vehi cle to leave his hack or vehicle, ex cept to assist passengers to and from his vehicle, or to transfer their bag gage : Provided, however, Said driver can leave his vehicle if ee continues to hold the reins in his hands. IX. No person shall be allowed to drive a hack unless given a permit by the Mayor and Chief of Police, and said Mayor and Chief of Police shall issue permits only to such persons as can show a good character, and said Mayor and Chief of Police shall have the power at any time to cancel said permit, if the person holding same lias been guilty of such misconduct as unfits hi in for that kind of work, or whose vehicle or animal shall be in such condition as to be unsafe or unlit for use. X. Any person or persotis violating any of the provisions of the foregoing sections shall be guilty of a misde meanor and shall be punishable, upon conviction before the ltecorder, by a line not exceeding forty (40) dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty (80) days. Katilied in Council assembled, this 7th day of January, 1907. 11. G. CARRISON, Mayor. ?J. J. Oooi>alk, City Clerk. Trespass Notice. Having leased the shooting rights on the following proper ties, all persons whomsoever are hereby warned not to trespass upon these lands in any manner: Hardscrabble Plantation, situ ated west of Chesnut Perry Road. Edwin Perkins. Hardy Anderson. Richard Boyd and Wesley Truesdell. Any violation of this notice will be followed by prosecution to the full extent of the law. C. q. BROWN, Agt. Jap. 10-4t. REAL ESTATE mid Collecting: Agent. All persona having Real Estate for pale or rent, are requested to call on inn for information. Those wishing to buy or rent Real Estate, are also requested to call on me. Ail claims placed in my hands for collection will receive prompt atten tion. (/All on me at Mr. W. A. So h rock 'a office (The People's office,) Camden, S. C. G. 6. Alexander. MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES. l^emnorit Marble Co9 8. Best Designs . Est. E. O. McCr eight. Dr. E. G. Kirven Dental Surgeon. OFFICE OVER DR. F. LESLIE ZEMP'S. DENTAL CARD. The undersigned respectfully informs his frieuds and patrons that he has resumed his practice. I. H. Alexander, D. D. S. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. 2 $ 5' jr a- ? 0? U o> o S o 3 a- y Williams & Steedman, Fire, Accident and Health INSURANCE. Surety Bonds. Office oycf store of J. C. Coreton & Co. WHAT THE KETTLE SINGS. Kettle, oh, kettle, get onto your Job, Sing us a song from your perch on the hob. A kettle (see poete) should blitheaomely sing ? No matter just what ; givo us any old thing. " What shall I sing about ? what shall It be?" Kettle, oh, kettle, Just sing about tea. " I've heated the water for many a brand, I've sampled the tea-leaves from many ? land : I've snuffed at their aavor and tasted the brew, And I like CHASE & SAIfBOKIV'S the best, honest true 1 " Kettle, oh. kettle, now why do you blow For this kind eo stoutly ? and how do you know ? " I've seen 'em uncurl when the water'! been hot, Releasing their fragrance and spice in the pot, Bach leaf like ft jealously clutched little hand That held a rich gift from the far Orient land. I've seen 'em diffuse all their richness there stored As my spout ita libation upon them has poured. I've sniffed the bouquet through my long, eager nose, And know it's aa rweet as the Orient-land rose. And I say once again, and you listen tome, pe sure CHASK St SANBORH import all your tea.'* For sale by H. L. Watkins, Sole Agent, tiiomc r A Splendid Assortment at KENNEDY'S. One and two horse Plows, Diso and Smoothing Harrow*, Grsin Drills; Oats, Home Raised and Texss Rustproof; Wheat and Seed Rye. llay Presses and Gasoline Engines; Barbed Wire and Fence Wire; Ranges, Stoves, Heaters, B. B. Wickless Oil Stoves; Pipe and Engine Fittings; JAPALAC. Harness! Harness!! Harness!!! Hunting Coats, Pants and Nets; Leather and Canvas Leggings. Grocery Department. Kingan's Hams, Breakfast Bacon, &c, Ac. Wheat Brann, a new and very fine Chicken Food. A. D. KENNEDY Columbia Liquor Company, DEALERS IN High Grade Wines and Liquors. Pennsylvania and Maryland Ryes, and Kentucky Bourbons. Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia Corn Liquors. All kinds of NATIVE AND IMPORTED WINES. We conduct a General Mail Order Business, and Solic Your Patronage. Box 532, Augusta, Ga. Specially Fine Cabbage Plants. I have some plants left over from my own set ting ? the same kind I set for my own trucking. I buy the best seeds obtainable on the market. I have two early varieties: "Karly Jersey Wake field,*' and "Charleston Wakefield." In season we follow these closely with "Succession" and "I^ate Drumhead." Prices in thousand lots 5000 and o\er $1.25; 10,000 and over #1.00. We have only a limited quantity of very selected stock. We crate them and deliver thein to the Southern Express Co. and at very low express fore our stock is gone. rates. Send orders early be W. P. CARR, Tax Notice. Office of Treasurer oj Kershaw Conn. ) ty, Camden, 8. C., Sept. 14, 1006. ) In accordance with the Act to raise supplies for the fiscal year commenc ing January Int. 1005, notice is hereby given that the books will be open fur collecting State, county and school taxes from October 16, 1006, to March 1st, 1007. A penalty of 1 per cent will be added on all taxes unpaid by Janu ary 1st, 1007. A penalty of two per cent on all unpaid by Feb. 1st, 1007. A penalty of seven per cent will be ad ded on all unpaid March 1st, 1007. The rate per centum for Kershaw county is as follows: General State tax, Constitutional School tax, General County tax, Cailroad tax, Court House Bonds, Koad tax Mills . r> a 2 15 Total, The following special levies have been made al*o : District No. 1, Special School tax Dist. No. 1, " 2, Graded School Ilonds " 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 17, IK, 10, 22' 20, 27, 40, *4 a l'a a 2 2 2 2 a a 2 2 2 2 4 a Bo'^ *-*r>9 Megrgetts, fss*. c. The road tux of two dollar# can be Enid the County Treasuier from Octo er, ir>, itiOO, to March 1st, 1N07. All male persons living within the corporate limits of cities or towns, stu dents attending any college or school of the State, Ministers In charge of regular congregations, teachers cm ployed In pnhlic schools, school trus tees during their term of ofllce, per sons permanently disabled ami those actually engaged in the quarantine service of the state are exempt from the payment of road tax. All other male persons between the ages of 18 and no required to pay said road tax or work not less t han six days during the year. Trie poll tax is $1. All information as to taxes will be furnished upon application. No lists of names for tax receipts will be received unless the amount of tax money is deposited with thu said list. This rule will be strictly enforced. D. M. M c.Cask ill, County Treas. A Wonderful Happening. Port llyron, N. Y., has witnessed one of the most remarkable case* of healing ever recorded. /Vmos F. King, of that place says : "Hucklen's Arnica Halve cured a sore on my leg with which I had suffered over 80 years. 1 am now eighty Hve." Cuarnteed to cure all Bores, by K, Leslie 55emp, prugfjist. Wc. UNDERTAKING CALLS ATTENDED ANY HOUR DAY OR NIGHT. :: :: :: Est. E. (). McCreiglit. Money to Loan on Real Estate i After November 1st. CLARKE & VON TRESCKOW Money To Loan On Improved farm lamia in Kershaw County. On loHimiip to $1,000, M per eeut. On HtniM over ilnit amount 7 per cent. No commission* charged. J j. A , Wiltkowsky, < -nnnlen, S. O. or C. f?. W inkier, 4o Broad w:ty, New York. J. M . SOWKLL, Ch'mn. Hoard of Commissioners for Kershaw County. UAI I ICTFR'Q Rocky Moontaln Tea Nuggets A B'Jfy Madtclna tor Bwty Peoplr. triad tteWm HMlth and Rwewvd YUror. A specific for Conatlpatlon. Indlectlon, L,lver and Kldnejr trouble*. I'ltnple*. Kr*? ra?, Impure Hlood, Had Hreath. Sluffglxb JV>mla, Headache and Iteckache. In Kooky Moontaiti Tea iu tab let foTD, 3? cents a bo*. Ueuutno mado by tlofXi Tin Dhuo Com'AMT. Madlaoa, Wla. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE KILL?. COUCH AND CURE LUNC8 "? Dr. King's New Discovery /^OMIUIIPTIOM Prlc. FOR I OUQHtaM 50c ft $1.00 1 W" ^OLOt Frw Trial. dorNt anTQuTokMt Oure for all THROAT and LUNG TROUB LES, or HONBT BACK. Supervisor's Notice. All those holding claims against the County of Kershaw, are hereby requested to present their claims in full of all de mands. each month, with each item dated, and the bill itemized, and properly attested . Failure to comply with this request, will result in the? bill, or bills being turned down until compliance with the same has been made.