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XLhc people iii 1 A MERCHANT'S NIWSPARK. A COUNTRYMAN'S A NEWSPAPER FOR SELLER AND BUTBL PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. W. A SCHKOCK, PUBLISHES. SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Camden. 8. C.. Feb. 141k. I? T. I.EGISLATIOW. Feb. 7tli. As previously announced, the Senate killed the Marriage Li cense and Birth Registry bill. This hill was killed by a majority t)f ONE, the President of the Senate casting the deciding rote, that vote being 15 to 14 which showed 12 Senators not voting or not present when the roll was called. The absence of these 12 Sens tors is significant of the fact that ihey were either derelict ia their ?duties, or, that they had more (to them) important duties else whore. If the first, or the latter , they are not the proper per sons to represent their severs! counties in the General Assets bly. We considered the bill men* tioued as one of the gravest im port a nee to the people of the State in our day, and of untold generations to follow us. There ?was no possibility of harm re sulting from the passage of the bill, and its enactment would have resulted in the reasonable surety that our children and our children's children could point to documentary evidence of the legality or legitimacy of their birth aud parentage. We note again the passage of a bill appropriating $50,000, for the establishment of high schools in the various counties. This bill is almost rot too, as a rider was put on which makes the law in operative unless a high school is established in a municipality containing less than 1,000 in habitants. lly consulting the files of our local papers (we have forgotten which) of about, a dosen years back, you will ascertain the fact that we advocated the establish ment of a township high school for graduates from the common schools, scholarships from which were to be awarded for admis sion to a county t o idemies. Such pupils as were graduated from these county acadeuoys would of necessity be prepared to enter any college without having to waste valuable time and money in preparatory studies, as is now the case. It' we remember correctly, we also advocated the giving of scholarships from tbese acade mies to certain named oolleges and universities within the state. The plan we then proposed is, we believe the true plan We have again theRucker bill which provided for the refund* ing of fares to passengers when trains were more than an hour late in arriving on schedule time, barring accidents. This bill was quietly continued , which means killed, as it is the hardest thing in the world to resurrect a con tinued bill. This bill was a good bill, and should havo passed. If a rail- 1 road makes a schedule, and can make the pnnts one time in the lime scheduled, then, barring . accidents, it can make the same ' point every day in the same time. If a schedule is mude t hat cannot be lived up to thin that schedule should be changed and another promulgated that can be run. The public generally has been seriously' inconvenienced by the non-arrival and departure of trains on schedule time and we think that the Rucker bill would have filled the bill. Feb. 9th. The 10 hour Labor BUI passed t ho House today. It provides for GO hours i>er week of labor for all cotton, woolen and lum ber mill operatives, but does not embrace iu its provisions, me chanics, engineers, firemen nor those engaged In several other avocations of life. We oonslder the bill a good one as far as it goes. Th*0?ryOothimii liquor bill the *w * thlrd rcad-nS bjr whiTk V * "?J?pltJ of 7, P*?oitoallj ? assures its f<e, barring accidents. The death ^ofiK ** WU meaD8 *? P?^?it system of Ei ^ *key mDd ,e*r?? ?'th ^^opleof the several coun * t0? of Toti?S. either Prohibition or oounty dis Thl# 1? democratic and the proper thing. OOOD ROADS. We thank our friend, "8ub (?cnber" for hia oontribation on Uk" l*>???e to adding the following com meota, together with a little oew matter. Our position on the question * good roads is well known. As a candidate for the Legisla ture last year, we rang thel change# tn approval of rood road* until we were as hoarse ???fog born. Our Idea in the premise* was the use of convict abor as far as practicable, and the contract system entirely. In our judgment, this is the only p an that will bring eventual ?od permanent results. Free abor need not be brought into contact with convict labor, uor would we have it so. We would nave the present $2 commuta tion tax taken off entirely, and the persons liable to it, be by law required to labor for a certain amount per diem so many davs during the year. Failing to per form this service, he must I furnish an able bodied substi lute, failure in both cases to be punished by a fine in the amount Ins several days of labor would aggregate, and a failure to pay this fine to be followed by imprisonment for the said nutn m ?f **** Wlth 00818 added. This plan will undoubtedly add to the tax rate, but the cost I the tax payer will ,n the course of years, be amply re paid. We don't care what plan isl adopted to attain the desired re *ult, but we do want good roads I "y the adoption of some plan, a?a'b?l quickly. The issuance of bonds, is attractive on the face of it, but our people have a ?urfeit of bonds, and we hardly think that plan would be adopt ed, although it is the proper way out. Tne only trouble with that mode of procedure, is the ,* 01 tba ,uods realized from these bonds getting into the wrong hands, and the inonev being frittered away in abortive attempts at work by incompetent contractors. Governor Signs Bills. Governor Ansel has signed his first batch of bills. He will have many more to sign within the next few days. So far he has i had no occasion to exercise his power of veto. The bills signed yesterday afternoon were most ly of a local nature. Briefly de scribed, they were as follows : To abolish the office of town ship commissioners in. Chester county. To fix the compensation of township taxes assessors im Orangeburg county. To amend the law relating to the retirement of public school teachers in Charleston. To provide for road work in Clarendon oounty. To amend the law relating to township taxes in Spartanburg county. To provide for a special school building fund in the city of Charleston. . To amend the act permitting! the incorporation of the Charles ton Union Station company. , To authorise the trustees of| Spartanburg oounty school dis trict to issue bocds for erecting and equipping a new school building. To provide for public road in Dorchester oounty. To authorize the payment of certain past due school claims in Barnwell county. I To authorise the governor to appoint a commission to investi gate the financial affairs of Spartanburg county. To authorize the state liquor commission to pay $203 to J. R. Fant as chief state constable. Our* Cold In HMd. KtnMH'i ClioeotiU* Uittln Quinln*. to Uk? and pill *? cvr* c?kl ia head and mm* ?'Everybody Should Know" njiO. ?. Hayi, ? prominent business ?tn of Hluff, Mo., that Bucklen's Ar nica Bator ia tb? quickeat and surest heallnc Mto? c??r Applied to a sore, barn or w>und, or to a ease of piles. I've used it and know wlmt I'm talk In* about.** Guaranteed bj F. Leslie Zaap, Drvffftstttc. ?Elegant Toilet sets at W. Geisenheimer's. FARMERS VXIOI1 It there Is om feature tbore another that deeervee to be no* tioed here to mark the piogret eive and growing spirit of the Farmers* Union, it is that bar mony was sought and -prevailed above every other effort put forth at the recent national as sembly of the Farmers* Union at; Atlanta. As is well known, above all 1 other besetting evils, rivalry, j peevish and small differences of I opinions have retarded progress in organising farmers more than other troubles. But at the At lanta meeting the one word union seemed to be written in large letters at the top and at the head of every resolution audi proposition placed before this! meeting. But few if any pro gressive farmers practice or ap prove of the eight hour law on , their farms, but in order to keep) the uuion in harmonious like or der these opponents of this law allowed this eight hour labor resolution to go through as a real sacrifice for peace and good will towards all. Is cotton made out of niggers and mules? If so and these two prime factors in the production of cotton cost more than double what they did when the south busted on five cent cotton how can the "all cotton farmer*' now keep back an explosion in his affairs and sell his cotton for ten ceuts or less? * j If merchant and supply men that are now at \t making con tracts with cotton farmers would make it a part of the written agreement for their customers to grow their own food supplies at home, this would go a long way towards removing the con ditions in the south tnat dumps the cotton upon the early market to the injary of the whole south. This would enforce diversified farming. As Told Over the Telephone. The story of a balking mule named "Magnolia," driven an old negro numed "Abe, and owned by a wholesale feed house. One day Magnolia balked on Broad street and refused to be driven again. After old Abe had spent bis energies on Mag nolia for an hour in the vain en deavor to get him to start, he went into a store to telephone his employers. The following is what a party of gentlemen near the telephone heard: "Please, marm gimme num*i ber two hundred an* 'leven. Is ; dat you, Marse Henry? Yessir, dis Abe. I dun riog yer up sir, ter tell you about Magnolia, i Magnolia, he dun balk down yer ; on Broad street, sir." ?? "'Bout a hour, sir.*' ?i ?? I "Yessir, I bus' him in de head." | it ?? "I dun wear de whip handle out on him, sir." ?? *? "Yessir, I kick him in de belly 'bout eight times, sir." i? ?? "Marse Henry, I would ha' kick um some mo' but I bu't me big toe ou um de las' time I kick um." ft "Twis* he tail? No, sir, not| dis nigger. A gemman from; New York, he twis' he tail." ?? ?? i "No, sir, I don't think be I dead. The doctor take him 'way in de amb'lance." 14 ?? ! "Yessir, it was sure foolish." ?? ?? "Marse Henry, I done set fire under Magnolia." ? i "De harness? Dun bu'n de harness clean off um." 4 <?1 De cart? Yessir, dun bn'n; de cart, too, sir, all 'cept one wheel, sir." ?? *t "Yossir, I gitde feed out fust, sir." "Marse Henry, is you want roe to come back to de store and go| to work, or mus' I wait for Mag nolia to move?" Local Option. The Cary-Cottfran local option liquor bill passed its final read, ing on Tuesday night in the Senate, and after the House of Representatives has passed up on the several amendments, it will become a law upon the affix ing of the signature of the Gov ernor. We may say that the bill In its entirety, does not please us. We suggested several amend ments to our delegation which would have made the bill more acceptable to us, but as this is a case where "Small favors are thankfully received, and large ones in proportion," we say, i "Well done," and let itgoat| that. T? Car* C? rum*, Tmk? Ouctrtta Ou4f QMfcarlt*. Mb trS ii a e. c. imi ? *u% ****** r?i?M sw tTHBRH DY8PBP8IA KKMEDY. ? *??' ?> A OwMiMed Cure. 11 1,1 , r X If yo* suffer frsm Dy*p*p*l? or llgMtioi in My forai, ?**, belching, bitter offensive bad breath, duty ?pells, tuor stomach. bead flutter, nai - sia, g?*tritis, loath in* of food, pairs or iw?ill*| In the - NiiMMl). back or ?Me. 4**9 **ted ? kidney or liver (rouble, then they. wBl disappear In a abort tia?? After Ui?Of Tyner a D?? pepsia Remedy, mode especially t? cure DuMitia, Indigestion and all gtooaeh Trouble#, even of the wornt nssrs Tjwr'i Dyspepsia Remedy ex aelU the gases and sweetens the broth. It cures Sick fleaduohe, Colic and Constipation at once. Dmggists or by expres* 00 oents a bottle. Money refunded if it fails to cure. M-fdlcal advto* aad circular free by writting to Tyaer Reqjedy Co,, Agusta, Ga. Now Hcbediilcfl. Beginning Sunday, January 6th? . the following schedules went Into effefct on the Southern road: > Train No. 118, leave Kingville . at 10:45 a. m.y formerly at 11 a. I m., arriviug at Camden at 12:05 p. m., Rock Hill 2:45 p. m., and Manon 8:25 p. m. I Train No; 118 will wait at Kingville for No. 29, only when they have passengers for them, starting west of Blackville. No. 114 will leave Marion at 5:80 a. m.t formerly at 4 :30 a. in., leave Rock Hill at 11:15 a. in., arrive at Kingville at 4 p. m. ? Train No. 117 l??ave Kingville at 4:50 p.m., arrive at Camden at 6:20 p. m., Rock Hill 9:20 p. m, Train No. 118, leave Rock Hill at 6:20 a. m., Camden 8:55 a. m., Kingville, at 10:20 a. in. as for merly. ?For the best things in Rags* Carpets and Mutt.ing go to W. Geisenheimer's y- ?Curtains, Portierres and Shades m endless variety at \V. Geisenheimer's. Cares tflood, Skin Cnn cor. Greatest llloo'l Puri fier Free. \> If your blood is impure, tlun,rii-? eased, not or rull of humors, if you [have blood poisoit, cancer, carbuncles, 'eating sores, scrofula, erzema, itching, risings and bumps, scabby, pimply I skin, bone pains, cat irrh, rheumatism, 'or any bluod or skin disease, tak? Botanic Blood Balm (B. 11. B.) Soon ?II sores lieal, aches and pains stop ami the blood is made pure and rich. Druggists or by express |1 per larg? bottle. Sample free by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta; Ga. R. B. B. is es pecially advised for chronic, deep seated oases, as it cures after all elst fails. At F. Leslie Zemp'a. # Boeckmann, "The Photographer," ? ! At Camden. S. 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. Trespass Notice. No trespassing on hinds rent ed by me, from Dun I up line to Camp Branch, Chesnut furry road to Wateree river, known us Hardscrabble, for any purpose whatever. T. G. Williams. W. CERTAIN, Ladies' and Gents' Tailoring of All Descriptions. 'PHONE 294. Opposite DeKalb Hotel. Bids Invited By City. Offioe of City Clerk and Treasurer, Camden, 8. C. Scaled bid* will be received At thi* office until 12 M., Monday, February 26tb, 1907, for the coat of ereotiiig n building for the Are department, in accordance with plana and apeciilca tioiia of K. W. Mitchnm. Said plans and upeoiflcation* nan t?e Been at the offioe of the' City Clerk A Treasurer. The rifht to reject any or all bid* I* referred. order of City Council. II. O. CAltKlSOY, Mayor. J.J. GOOPAI/K, Clerk. Feb. 7, 1907. Municipal Election. In purauance of the prov talon* of Section 7 of the Charter of the City of Camden, an election for Alderman of Ward (6) will bo held in that Ward on Tueaday, March 5th, 1007, to fill the unexpired term canned by the resigna tion of Alderman W. it. iioiigli. The polls will be opened at H o'cl >ck A. M., and cloaed at 0 I', M. Tlie poll Wf precinct will be located In the Kiassa of Mr. <4. K. Taylor, corner of Iroad and Cheannt street*. Mana ger*? E. B. Cantey, Allen Dea*, II. F. Ilalle. By order of City Counc.il. II. O. CAKKISOX, Mayor. J. J. Qoodai.h, Clerk, Fab. 7, 1907. REAL ESTATE nn?l Collecting* Agent. All persons having Real Estate Tor sale or rent, are requested to rail on me for Information. Those wishing (o buy or rent Krai Estate, are al?o requested to call on ine. All nlaiins placed iu my hand* for collection will receive prompt atten tion. Call on me at Mr. W. A. 8chrock's olflre (The People's office,) Camden, 8. C. ft. G. Alexander. MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES. Vermont Marble Co's. Best Designs. Est. E. O. McCr eight. Dr. E. G. Kirven Dental Surgeon. OFFICE OVEU DR. F. LESLIE ZEMP'S. DENTAL CARD. The undei signed respectfully informs his friends and patrons that lie lias result ed his practice. I. II. Alexander, D. D. S. Oifico hours frora 9 a. m. to 5 p. in. 33 c 51 ? S3 OQ m m p S* u* D P Q-r~ c* ft, O ?; o o- y? Williams & Stecdman, | Fire, Accident and Health INSURANCE. Surety Bonds. Office over store of J. C. Cureton & Co. WHAT THE KETTLE SINGS. Kettle, oh, kettle, get onto your Job, Sing us a song from your pcroh on tha hob. A kettle (see poets) should blitheromcly sing ? No matter just what ; 7. i vo us any old thing. " What shall I sing about ? what shall It be?" Kettle, oh, kettle, just elng about tea. " I've heated tho water (or many a brand, I've sampled the tea-leavca from many a land : I've snuffed at their saror and tasted the brew, And I like CHASE Oc SANBORN'S the best, honest true I " Kettle, oh. kettle, now why do you blow For this kind so 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 a jealously clutchcd little hand That held a rich gift from the far Orient land. I've seen 'en. diffuse all their richness there stored As my spout Its libation upon them hae poured. I've sniffed the bouquet through my long, eager nose, And know it's as sweet as the Oricnt-lmd rose. And I say once again, and yon listen tome. 3e sure CHASE & SANBORN import all your tea." For sale by H. L. Watkins, Sole Agent, 'i'lioite No. 71. A Splendid Assortment at KENNEDY'S. One and two liorse Plow*, Disc and Smoothing Harrows, Grain Drill*; Oat*, lloine liaised and Texas Rustproof; Wheat nnd S Rye. Hay Presses and Gasoline Engines; Barbed Wire and Fence Wire; Range*, Stoves, Heaters, B. B. Wick less Oil Stoves; Pipe and Engiue Fittings; JAPALAC. Harness! Harness!! Harness!!! Hunting Coats, Pauts and Nets; Leather and Canvas Leggings. Grocery Department. Kiugan's Hams, Breakfast Bacon, Ac, Ac. Wheat Brann,a new and very fine Chicken Food. A. D. KENNEBY Columbia Liquor Company, -DEAIJ2US IX High Grade Wines and Liquors. Pennsylvania and Marylan4 Ryes, and Kentucky Rourbons. Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia Corn Liquors. All kinds of NATIVE AND IMPQKTEb WINfcS. We conduct a General Mail Order Business, and Solic Your Patronage. Box C>3t2, Au?ru?ta, (in. Specially Fine Cabbage Plants mti'H. Send order* enrly be I linvt* some plants lt*f ( over from my irnn srt ting ? tin* same kind I set for my ?>\to t rucKinp. 1 buy the liot seeds oht :ii 11:1 l>l?> ?>n t lit* market. I have two early varieties: "Karly Jersey Wake field," and "Charleston WnkeHeld." In season we f. How t I elosely with "Sueresnion" nrul "Late Drumhead.'' I'rircs in thoti>and lots $I.C>0; 6000 anil over $1 2.">; and over fl.OO. We have only a limited quantity of very selected stock. We crate tin-in and deliver them to the South* ? r ii Kxpress Co. and at very low cxpreiv rniH? mi*' !-? ^ ^ Altll, Box JS. O Tax Notice. Office of Treasurer oj Kershaw Conn. ) ty, Cauiden, S. (J., Sept. 11, r.UMl. \ Id accordance with the Art to raise supplies f<?r tin* lis<-al year enmmene inn: January l*t, 1005, notice is hereby given that tlie hooks will be opt* n for collect in# State, county and school taxes from October 15, 1000, to March 1st, 11)07 A penalty of 1 percent will he added on all taxea unpaid by Janu ary 1st, 1907. A penalty of two per e.ent on all unpaid by Fell. 1st. 11)07. A penalty of seven per cent will be ad ded on all unpaid March 1st, 11)07. 'I'lte rate per centum fur Kershaw county is as follows ; M ills . General State tax, 5 Constitutional School tax, it General ( '(Min ty tax, 8,'# Cnilmad tax. 2 Court Mouse Hoi da, Road tax ' 1 Total, 15 The following special levies have been made al?o : I listrie.t No. 1, \ Special School tax T>ist. No. I , 8 *? ft* ?ft ?i ?t 2 ] i 44 44 ?? 44 8 * ft* |ft it It tl 7 2 ? ft .ft tl ft! II J()f 2 ii i! i! fti fti 1 1 2 ?4 41 II II .1 12* 2 ii ii ii ii i! J7 |{ II II II !? 44 |S ]{ II II fti 14 1% J J)' 2 ii ii tl it ift t;o? 9 - 55. a it it .? .. t. 27) 2 ? ? ?t ? ? ?i ii ,t() ,| Graded School Bonds *' " 3 The road tax of two dollars can he {>aid the County Treasuier from Octo >cr, 15, 1000, to March 1st, 1007. All male persons living within tin corpora te limits of c i t ics or towns, stu dents attending any college or school of the State, Ministers in charge of regular congregations, teachers em ployed in public school*, school trus tees during their term of office, per sons permanently disabled ami those aetmilly 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 50 required to pay said road tux or work not less than nix days during the year. The poll tax is (1. All information as to tnxes will be furnished upon application. No lists of names for tax receipts will he received unless the amount of tax money is deposited with the said list. This rule will be strictlv enforced. I). M. McCaskill, County Treas. A Wonderful Happening. I'ort Byron, N. Y., has witnessed one of the most remarkable canes of healing ever recorded . Amos F. King, of that place says : "Huck leu's Arnica Salve fured a sore on my leg with which . had suffered over HO years. I am now eighty five." Guarntecd to cure all sores, by F. Leslie Zvmp, Druggist, 25c. UNDERTAKING CALLS ATTKNDKD ANY IIOUU DAY OU NIGHT. :: :: :: Est. 15. (). M(;Crois;lit. ? - . i j i Money to Loan on Real Estate , After November 1st. CLARKE & VON TRESGKOW Money To Loan On improvi-il farm Ijinils in Ki-rslm w ('on my. On Inunxup to 4 1 H |??- r n-ut. On sum* ovrr i liai amount 7 p*r ittMil . Ko coiiiiiiixiMoii* <? tin . I,. A. Will kn\V?l\J- , I 'aiiMlrii , S. ( or ('. I .. W inkier, 45 llroailway , New York Supervisor's Notice. All those holding claims against the County of Kerslmw, are hereby requested to present their claims in full of all de mands. each month, with e-ich item dated, and the bill itemized, and properly attested. Failure to comply with this request, will result in tin- hill, or bills beinjr turned down until compliance with the same has*.- , been made. J. M. SoWEl/L, Ch'mn. Hoard of Commissioners - for Kershaw County. HOLLISTERS Rocky Mountain Yea Ru?p!s A 8u'.y Mc<J<chc fcr Bu;y Brings GoMcn Health and Renewal Vi*or. A spfclfln f'>r < t>n*lti>*llf>n. Ir>'':(r : -linn, lArvr ??n<l KUInojr IroiiMf*. 1'iinHr*. I.i ftin Impur* Mlcn l, llu<l Mrt'iit h. Sliii'uKh HtKffli. and Martinet, o. lis Korfcv Mount v.t. Ti? la t??> It't form. :?j rru\% a l?>t Ociiiuno ?v.??1u t>r lloi.i.. i tu Imto ( mm pa. -iv. Mi'Juon, Wit. r?0L0EN NHf.orTS FOR SALLOW PCOiME KJLLthi couch" and CURE 1HE lungs w,th Dr. KiRg's New Discovery ___ /tONSl'MPTION Pric* FORI OUGHS and 50c ft $1.00 V^OLOS Frco Trials Surest and (luickcnt Cure for all THROAT and LUNO TROUB LES, or MONEY BACK.