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TEbe people Eggg? si . ai? g A MERCHANT'S NEWSPAPER. A COUNTRYMAN'S NEWSPAPER. ? _ ' ? A NEW# PAPER FOR SELLER AND BUYER. ? ? PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. W. A SCHROCK, publisher. IMSCRlWfOI, |1.W PER AIIOI. Ouudeiu 8. ?L. Feb. SlHt, 1007. THE LEGISLATURE. A glance at the 5th and 6th columns of the 1st page of our issue this week will give you a general idea of the work of the /general assembly which hus just Adjourned. The Carey-Cothran liquor bill becomes a law. It is faulty and will require amendment at the next session, but that is neither bere nor there We have knock ed out that curse on the naine of South Carolina, The State' Dis pensary. Now let every gobd citizen bring his or her best efforts to mako the new regime dt handling liquor us accepta ble as any system can be made. For our part we don't care a ?snap whether any liquor is sold |n this county or not. We are not fool enough to vote for pro hibition us long as adjoining counties countenance the sale of whiskey, as such action by the citizens of a county will certainly result in loss of trade, and, in a degree, prestige. We have no sentimeutal ideas 4>n this subject. It is a matter of hard, common sense with us. The Prohibitionist of this day is nothing more than an idealist,. He dreams things but lacks the ability to do them. We are heart aud soul with the prohi bitiouist if they could do things but they can't. Passing, . we note that ail dispensaries are closed for an iudetimte period by proclamation of the Governor. This is another piece of hum toug. Our readers will observe ihut we dou't mince words. We cannot see anythiug in ihe new law that warrants the closing of any dispensary now in operatien. The clause in the law may be there but it dou't go with us. Among the number of other bills passed by the late Legisla ture was one providing a peualty lor the suspicious possession ol jBttfe-crucUing tools. Great Scot. ?That reminds us of that burglary case. (For further information Apply at this office.) The next item iu the way of legislation strikes us squarely in the eye. It provides for an Appropriation of $15,000 for a State House Grounds commis sion and $10 000 more for a re taining wall and beautifying. Now, isn't that a beauty? Here we have another one ? Bill passed appropriating $10, 000 for a monument to John C. Calhoun at Washington. Well, jio man reveres the memory of Calhoun more than we do, but what we want with a monument .of him at Washington is beyoud our ken, and what, in auy event, we want to spend $10,000 when .$3,000 would bo ample, we want to know. A commission was appointed to erect a monument to Gen. iSumter at Statesburg. Worthy And proper. Another bill to cede to the federal government jurisdiction over certain lands in certain counties. Don't like that at all. jt may bo the proper thing, but wo don't believe it. Wo aro un reconstructed. Another one, to extend the ju risdiction of the Railroad Com mission to depots at other than junctional points. Another hum buj* and there were other t. To sum up the work of the recently defunct legislature was largely punk , owing largely we sqppose to the fact that we were not a member of it. See? THE 8MOOT CARE. There has been a great deal said about the Hmoot case in the IJ. S. Senate and else where. Petitions aggregating perhaps a 4ii i 1 1 ion names of women, have be?q sent to the committee on privileges and Elections urging the unseating of Senator Sraoot l>t Utah on tho ground that lie is * poligymist. These petitions are signed largely by women be longing to various religious de nominations. For onr part, we take no stock in these petitions, nor in the motives that actuates the signors. It strikes us that the whole business is a humbug, pure and simple, and a mere cateriug to a sentimental idea which has uo foundation in com mon sense. If Senator Smoot is acceptable to a majority of the voters of the State of Utah to represent them in the United State Senate, then why should u million, or ten million women residing outside of that State be concerned in the matter because of the allegation that he has more than one wife. If he had forty wives instead of one, and did his duty in the way of the supppi t of them, it does not strike us that the man is doing any great wrong, as he is simp ly following the custom of the community in which he was reared. This, always provided that lie has not taken on a plu ral wife since the passuge of the act of Congress against polyg amy. Let Smoot alone. He seems to be a pretty clever fellow, with all kinds of brain, and if there is a more badly needed commodity in any body of law makers than in the Senate of the United States, we will have to come down to the Legislature of South Carolina. LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY. We quote the following from a newspaper article contributed by R. H. Stoddard which ap peared iu The Sovereign Visi tor for February, the journal quoted from being the official organ of the Woodman of the World. "We meet upon the birthday of tlie great emancipator, Abraham Lincoln; he who knocked the shackles from four millions of slaves and iflade them phy sically free under the law." Now, as matter of fact, while Abraham Lincoln, by proclama tion, did declare the three or four millions slaves of the South free, he didu't want to do it, and the war between the States was not waged upon that issue. The war was begun and continued for a considerable length of time upon the issue of State's rights, and only degenerated into the infernal doctrine of slavery when we were knocking out the Northern and foreign soldiers in every battle. Then came in the Northern abolitionist and fanatic and put in his work, and Lincoln yielded to the pressure, and issued his proclamation. Bosh. Lincoln did his part. He surely did, but that part in our judgment rellected no credit upon either him or his advisors. Slavery, in the natural order of events' would have gone under before the present generation came upon the scene of action, and we hold now, as we have al ways held, that the absolute freeing of such a tremendous number of slaves at the tune it was done was a crime, pure and simple. To turn this almost resistless tide of ignorance and vice upon any defenseless community was an act that cannot be condoned or excuse, aud while Mr. Liucolti had many admirable traits of character, and did many good things during his administra tion, his emancipation proclama tion does not impress us as one of them. Kcrslinw No. 4, Dots. Please allow me space in your noble paper for a few dots from th Ls section. Farmers are surely at work, not only in planting but iu build ing. Mr. J. S. Truesdell is erecting a large dwelling house. Mr. J. E. lhixley is building a cozy cot tage, as is Mr. Louis Williams. Mr. Murdock Stokes and Miss Lula Stokes were visiting in our neigh borhood last week. They are from the Sandy Grove sec tion and all of us hope that they will repeat the visit soon. No births, deaths, or mar riages to report at this time. Old Sam. "Everybody Should Know'* nays C. G. Hays, a prominent business man of Hlutf, Mo., that Buck leu's Ar nica Salve Is the quickest and surest healing salve ever applied to a sore, hurn or wjund, or to a ease of piles. I've used It and know what I'm talk ing about." Guaranteed by F. Leslie Zeinp, Druggist 2fic. ? Elegant Toilet 'sets at W. OeUcnheiroer's, ^Reciprocal D?iniirr?ige Favored I bj Huuiter. : ? ^ - Resolutions Adopted by the* iuauUTer. . Special to The State. Sumter, Feb. 14. The busi riess tnen of Sumte* have placed themselves on record as favor ing reciprocal demurrage laws whereby railroads will have to' pay demurrage charges for de lays! freight, outgoing and in coming, at every freight denot in the United States. The fol mvLnK^letter and solution have been mailed to Congress man Lever by the secretary of the Sumter chamber of com merce, and show the attitude of the business men of Sumter to wards the proposed railroad JSEIL ftt,jjn?w pending in con ^ fu tt *^ere is no city or town in the United States more friend 1 y towards railroads and other legitimate corporations than Sumter, but the business men of this city have evidently grown tired of paying demurrage charges to railroads on cars, and on freight in smaller quantities, when the cars are not promptly * ' ?r any flei^,lt ??ap EIL.V* ,n tbo bands of the railroad beyond the time al lowed by law without demurrage charges going on: Sumter, S. C., I u a x, T Feb- 13? 1907 I Hon. A. F. Lever, Washington, Deai" ' Sir: At a called meet ing of the chamber of commerce and the business men of Sumter.' v?., held last evening, the question of ?'reciprocal demur rage was discussed at length and, by unanimous vote, the en closed resolution was adopted, lhave been instructed by the Sumter chamber of commerce to forward to you copies of this resolution, with the request that you will hand to each senator ^representative of the South Carolina delegation a copy of the same. 1 J I was also requested to ask you to use your influence to have every one of the South Carolina delegation vote for the bill as introduced by the Chicago Re ciprocal Demurrage convention and which was endorsed in a special message by President Roosevelt, lhis bill is intended to give to the interstate com merce commission increased and flexible power whereby the com mission can exercise fair and impartial supervision over the railroads of this country and as sist in relieving a situation which is, iu many respects, the most which has con fronted the business interests of this country for many years. We trust that you will im mediately confer with the chair man of the interstate commerce commission in order to familia rize yourself with the details of this proposed legislation. ? y order of the Sumter cham ber of commerce. E. I. Reardon, Secretary. Following is the resolution: \\ hereas, the interstate com merce commission of the United States and a majority of the Hons" of CtO,mm0,ci"1 organiza tions of this country are en ofHV01 "r? .twJlavtJ the congress of these United States of America to enact a law that will give in creased and flexible power to the said interstate commerce com mission, whereby the commis sion can exercise a fair and im partial supervision and assist in relieving a situation which is, in many respects, the most serious one which has confronted tho business interests of this conn um of year3' by the fail J1IO of tile transportation lines to promptly and efficiently han dle the freight business of this country, and "Whereas, the railroads of this country are allowed by law to make demurrage charges for all freights delayed in delivery af ter certain lengths of time and to charge storage, etc., but arc not held accountable for the do ays on the part of the railroads by "miliar demurrage rates. And whereas, tins seems to be unjust and unfair to the ship pers and receivers of freight; therefore, bo it Resolved, That the business men ?f Sumter, in meeting as sem bled request the officers of the Sumter chamber of com oiir'ao 1 J11 m?d lately to request our senators and members of the house of representatives in the national congress at Washing ton ?,o assist in every way tliev can to have a law passed giving the interstate commerce com mission power to make rules and regulations for reciprocal demurrage, whereby consignees of freight will be permitted to demand and receivo reciprocal demurrage for delayed freight under ust and equitable rules similar to the laws which com E?LC<? *ne?8 to T,,l-V demur age charges to the railroads. " HOLLISTER'S Rocky Mountain Toa Nuggets A Busy Medicino lor Busy Teopt*. Brings GoMmi Health and Ren*w?l Vttror. A aprclflc f?r < ufHtlpnUott. Indirection, Llw and Kidney troublca, l'lm|>le?, Kvsen*. Impur* Hlood, Hart llrcnth, S1ti(nrKh Itowcls. Ho?da?ho and HncUncho. Hh HocU.v Mountain Tta l* tab let fo?-m. 35 cent* a box Uenuln? m*?l? by IIOLLi ter Druo C'ompant. Ma-JIson, Wit. 60U>|N NUGGETS FOR SAltQW TWVt TYNEItt* DYSPEPSIA REMEDY. k- . *x ? ?? ' [*Sf*uy Hlrre Dyspe^in and Don't Do you belch up wind? Taste jour food after eating? tire speck* before the eyes? Are you pale and haggard? Dow your heart flutter? Are you dizzy? Do you haye pains in Ride or back? Risings or pirn pies on the skin? Are you low spirited? Is there a sour taste? Breath bad? Headache? Weak kidneys? . Bilious? Constipated? Are you nervous? If so, you have Dys pepsia, and- it is a dangerous condition. To cure, takeTyner's Dyspepsia Reme dy. It is made for just such troubles and symptoms. Tyner*s Dyspepsia Remedy removes acids from the stom ach, strengthens weak stomachs, and cures the worst Dyspopsia or Indiges tion. Druggists or by express 00 cents a bottle. Money jrpfund^d if it fail* to cure. Medical *rfdvice and circular free by writing to Tyuer emedy Co., Augusta, Ga. New Schedules. Beginning Sunday, January Gtli, the following schedules went into effect on the Southern road : Train No. 113, leave Kingville at 10:45 a. in., formerly at 11 a. m., arriving at Camden at 12:05 p. m., Rock Hill 2:45 p. m., and Marion 8:25 p. m. I Train No. 113 will wait at Kingville for No. 29, ouly when they have passengers for them, starting west of Blackville. No. 114 will leave Marion at 5:30 a. m., formerly at 4:30 a. in., leave Roclc Hill at 11:15 a. m., arrive at Kingville at 4 p. m. Train No. 117 leave 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. ? Curtains, Portierres and Shades in endless variety at W. Geiseriheimer's. Cures Blood, Skin Dinensc* Can cer. Greatest Blood I*?iri iicr Free. If your blood is impure, thin, disj eased, not or full of humors, if you have blood poison, cancer, carbuncles, eating sores, scrofula, eczema, itching, risings and humps, scabby, pimply skin, bone pains, cattrrh, rheumatism, or any blvjod or skin disease, take Botanic Blood ?Halm (B. B. B.) 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 writiug Blood Halm Co., Atlanta, Ga. B, B. B. is es pecially advised for chronic, deep seated cases, as it cures after all else fails. At F. Leslie Zeinp's. TO THE PUBLIC. When you have a job in con tracting or building to let, Don't forget CROSSLAND BROS. We have given entire satisfac tion so far, and will continue to do so as long as we are in the business of Contracting and Building. Estimates furnished promptly on Brick or wood buildings. CROSSLAND BROS., Contractors & Builder*, Box 469, Camden, S. C. Bids Invited By City. Office of City Clerk and Treasurer, Camden, S. C. Sealed bids will be received at this office until 12 M., Monday, February 25th, 1907, for the cost of erecting a building lor the fire department, in accordance .with plans and specifica tions of K. \V. Mitclmm. Said plans and specifications can be seen at the office of the City Clerk <fc Treasurer. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. By order of City Council. II. G. CAKKISOX, Mayor. .J. J. GOODAI/E, , Clerk. Feb. 7, 1007. Municipal Election. In pursuance of the provisions of ?Section 7 of the Charter of the City of Camden, an election for Alderman of Ward (tt) will ho held in that Ward on Tuesday, March 5th, 1907, to II 1 1 tlie unexpired term caused by the resigna tion of Alderman W. K. liougli. The polls will he opened at S o'clock A. M., and closed at 0 I', M. The poll ing precinct will be located in the niazca of Mr. G. E. Taylor, corner of Broad and Chesnut .Streets. Mana gers ? E. B. Cantey, Allen l)eas, B. F. Ilaile. By order of City Council. 11. G. CAKKISOX, Mayor. J. J. Goodai.k, Clerk. Feb. 7, 1907. A Wonderful Happening. Port Byron, N. Y.., has witnessed one of tiis most remarkable cases of healing ever recorded. Amos F. King, of that place says : "Buck leu's Arnica Salve cured a sore on iny leg with which I had suffered over Ko years. I am now eighty five." Guarilteed to cure all sores, by F. Leslie Zeiup, Druggist. 25c. Money To Loan On improved farm lands in Kershnw County. On loans up to |l,000, H per cent. On sums over that amount 7 per cent. No commission* charged. L A. Wittkowsk*, Camden, S. C. pr C. I?. Winkler, 45 llroadway, flew York REAL ESTATE ati<l Collecting: Agent. All persons having Real Estate for sale or rent, are requested to call op n?e for information. Those wishing to buy or rent Real Estate, are also requested to call on me. All olairns placed in my hands for collection will receive prompt atten tion. Call on me al Mr. W. A. Srhmck's office (The People's office,) Camden, ?>? C ? G. G. Alexander. MONUMENTS ANJD TOMBSTONES. | Vermont Marble Co's. Best Designs. Est. E. O. Me Cr eight. Dr. E. G. Kirven Dental Surgeon. OFFICE OVER DR. P. LESLIE ZEMP'S. DENTAL CARD. The undei signed respectfully informs his friends and patrons that he has resumed his practice. I. H. Alexander, D. D. S. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. 2SP 5" jr sl H e ? q a> ? ?: o 9 o- y* W c K. 3 0Q 0 1 3 I i K Williams & Stccdman, Fire, Accident and Health INSURANCE. Surety Bonds. . Office over store of J. C. Cureton & Co. WITH COFFEE AND KISS. (A Morning Lilt.) *T1? a happy man with gold In store ? ' with gold he's piling higher ; But happier is tho honest man with a home and warm hearth Are, ? A nice little wife tochoer his lifo and klsa him when departing, When with coffee and kiss and pat on hta cheek, to his day of work he's starting. Sing high, for the rich, ( But ho, for the poor 1 For true lore makes your sunshine sure. 'lis a happy man whom fame soeksout to praise him and to crown him, But happier is the home-crowned man, for Fate can never down him. For his home is his and his life is his ? with strangers he's not sharing, When with coffee and kiss aud pat on his che?X for his day's work he's preparing. Sing high, for the rich, But ho, for the low I For true love makes the old world go. Tis a happy man who knows the best whenever he may spy it, Be it pretty matd or good to eat 1 There's CHASE iflb SANBORN'S ? TRY IT 1 You'll cheer your soul with a brimming i bowl, and you'll never mind your labor, | When with coffee and kiss and pat on your cheek, you envy not your neighbor. Sing high, for the rich, But ho, for the man ! Who buys good coffce when he can. For sale by H. L. Watkins, Sole Agent, TIioho Ni>. 7| A Splendid Assortment at KENNEDYS. B MMI IUV Drills; Oats, Home Raised and Texas Rustproof; Wheat Rye. Hay Presses and Gasoline Engines; Barbed Wire a Wire; Ranges, Stoves, Heaters, B. B. Wiokless Oil Stoves; Knirinu * 1 One ,ml two hor?? Plow., 0lso Smoothing Harrow. pIIIa ? Onto 1) - f a . . ? M irrows, Graia eat and Seed ire and Feuae ves; Pipe aud Engine Fittings; JAPALAC. Harness! Harness!! Harness!!! Hunting Coats, Pants and Nets; Leather aud Canvas Leggings. Grocery Department. Kingan's Hams, Breakfast Bacon, <fcc, tfcc. 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 Augusta, Ga. Specially Fine Cabbage Plants. rates. Send orders enrly !) I have some plants left over from iny own Mi 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 "Late Drumhead." Prices in thousand lots $1.60; 6000 and over $1.25; 10,000 and over $1.00. We have only a limited quantity of very selected stock. We crate them and deliver them to the Southern Express Co. and at very low expres* efore our stock is cone. w. F. CAR ^ox **?>9 MejrgettH, O. SEABOilED AIR LINE RAILWAY. NORTH-SOUTHESST-WEST Two Daily Pullman Vestibuled Limited Trains Between NORTH AND SOUTll. First-Clas* Dining Car s. The BEST KATES and ROUTE to nil Eastern Cities via RICII MONI) nnil WASHINGTON, or via NORFOLK and steamers ? To ATLANTA, NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS, LOUISVILLE, ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO, NEW ORLEANS, and nil points iontli and Southwest ? To SAVANNAH and JACKSONVILLE and all points in FLORIDA and CU IJA. POSITIVELY THE SHORTEST LINE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH. For detailed information, rates, schedules, Pullman reserva tions, etc., apply to any agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, or \V. L. Burroughs, Travelling Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. C. Clias. F. Stewart, Asst. Gcnl. Pass. Agrt. Savannah, Ga. Trespass Notice. No trespassing on hinds rent ed by me, from Dunltip line to Camp Branch, Chesnut ferry road to Wateree river, known as Hardscrabble, for any purpose whatever. T. G. Williams. W. CERTAIN, Ladies* and Gents' Tailoring of All Descriptions. 'PHONE 294. Opposite DeKalb Hotel. Money to Loan on Real Estate After November 1st. CLARKE & VON TRESGKOW UNDERTAKING* CALLS ATTENDED ANY HOUR DAY OR NIGHT. :: :: :: Est. E. (). McCreljflit. Supervisors Notice. All those holding claims against the County of Kershaw, are hereby requested to presen 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 sxme has been made. M . C. West, Ch'mn, Bonrd of Commigsiopcrp for KersUiw Cgunty.