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TLhc (People ii i ?? ?? i in A MKRCWAKT'8 NEWSPAPER. > OCHJb' TOYMAN'S NEWSPAPER. A NEWSPAPER FOR ? SELLER AND BUYER. ft PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. W. A SCHROCK, publisher. fiUBSCRIPTIOll, S1.50 PER AIMU1. Camden. 8. C.. Mar. 7tli. 1907. FINAL REPORT. The final report of Chief Con stable Latimer which we publish .elsewhere iu this issue makes .??mity interesting reading. " We jfind by it that the total cost for regular work by the constables wet counties for the months! .of December, January and two -(thirds of February was in round jnungbers, $14,512.21, while that ,of special constables in counties .that now have prohibition cost ?hosecouuties $20,474. 56, a grand jtotal of cost of $40,983.77. This tremendous item of ex pense is lowered to $35,712.33 by jineaus of siezures as follows: Whiskey, $2,253.00, beer, $10.49. Pines collected $2,404 50, and Jthree teams, estimated value .?$450,. Total $5,271.44. These figures show that the ^expense to the State through its regular constables for the period pientioued was $9,240.77, these <men operating in all the wet ^counties, while the special con stables cost thirteen dry counties .the sum of $20,471.50. If we /nay be pardoned for making use A>f a slang phrase "That is ruu ning 'em some." The conjecture arises in our inind whether the triul of prohi Jiibition lias paid those counties which have ii. Ou the face of jt? we say frankly that we do not ?hink it has. Good in isolated .cases, it has perhaps done, and ?we freely admit our belief that jt has, but as to the great mass of the people iu the dry couulies, Jthey have been heavily burdened With an unnecessary debt to no .appreciable advantage to them selves. So dicth the State constabu lary, and with it the ushering in fit a new system under which Jtlie several couulies will have to ?use their own officers of the law to keep down, or stamp out .blind tigors. In this connection Ave want to make a suggestion for the benefit of the legislators at their next session. This is, ,to pass a law rotating sheriffs /or duty from oue couuty to .anothor for a certain period as is now the custom with circuit judges. It is an absurdity to assert that our sheriff and his deputies can stamp out blind tigerism in Kershaw county. ?This is said in no spirit of re jection on these officers. We .simply mean that that they be Jug raised among us, will not be able to secure information be- 1 .cause of fear of would-be in formers that their action will be .come public property, to their ^ossof prestige in the community Ring iu a now sheriff from another couuty, and this diffi culty would be at least partially obviated, as the informer would perhaps give a false name, thus avoiding the danger. There may be nothing in this suggestion, >and then again, there may be. IN FORMATION W ANTIC I). Senator Tillman has iutro *luced a resolution in the Senate calling on the President for in formation as to the status of affairs in connection with the building of the Panama canal. This is a good thing. It ap pears to us that thcro is a very J>ig nigger in that canal wood pile, and if Teddy don't show up fully and clearly, ho will have a warm nest of hornets about his ears. It will bo remembered that some weeks ago, a Mr. W. J. X.)liver, in response to a call for bids to build tho canal, put in tho lowest bid. Naturally he, and evoryono elso thought he would securo tho contract so he wont ahead making preparations fo 'begin tho work at the earliest possible moment. Judge of his surprise then, and that of tho .country at largo when ho ascer fuiiiod that his bid had been , - ? - -*-? turned down, and that tBe gov ernment, that is, Roosevelt, bad determined 'for tk? moment to put three army officers in "charge of the work. The thing is too silly. These officers may know enough to supervise the digging- of a roadside ditch, but when it comes to the Panama canal, it is quite another matter. The digging of that canal should be entrusted only to men who know their busi ness, and it is said that Oliver does know it. The turning down of his bid smells to us extremely rank. Come out in the open, Mr. President, give us light on this seemingly shady transac lion. Sketchy. Governor Ansel has been noti fied that there is an insane Georgetown ufcgro in an asylum in Euglaud. Very good place for him. If the beef-eaters want any more, we guess that Dr. Babcock can accommodate them. According to a letter by Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson to the newspapers, oue Jno. P. Weruer of Charleston is about to get into trouble. It seems that he has been buying from Western meat packers mutilated meats, and such parts as failed to pass Federal inspection, hav ing the stuff packed tierces and marked "hog tallow" "Tallow" or "Soap-grease." This "hog tallow" &o., he has been dump ing on the Charleston public as sound meat. The Shaw trial is dragging its weary length along. Thaw's mother will go ou the witness stand this week, and Jerome is expected to give us another dis gusting exhibition. This trial has been conducted in an out rageous manner from the first, and Jerome is toblaige for it all. He should be muzzled. Charleston will get the im migration station with an appro priatiou of ?70,000 by Congress for the erection of suitable build ings. The credit for this must be awarded to Congressman T^e gare who somehow softened the heart of old Joe Cannon, the Speaker. Columbia is to have a fiue three story Temple of Labor to cost anywhere from $30,000 to $50,000. It is to be paid for by the various labor unions in the city, assisted by the merchants and others. This enterprise will be a great thiug for union labor. From accounts, the island of Cuba is pretty badly torn up so far as its citizenship is concern ed. New factions are constantly forming, and there seem to be a steadily increasing desire among the better classes for an naxation to tho United States. Correct. Annex the island and then deport about one half its turbulent population to the Philippines, and we'll have peace for a while in oue quarter of the globe at least. ice worms mrc from II HAT. Mercury Rises to Forty-live Hc low Kuro at Minto, and Blue Know Falls. Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 24, (Special.) Mail advices from White Horse, Y. T., under date of January 25, says: "Last Sun day was the coldest day of the winter at this place, the tempera ture being 70 below zero. Regu lar services were held at all the churches, but not to minstrel show crowds. At Yukon Cross nig temperature went to 82 be low, according to the gove rnment thermometer, and nearly an incliof bluesnow fell atTantaine. At Minto, twenty miles below Yukon Crossing, ice worms be gan to chip at midnight Satur day, and many of them attained a growth of several iuches by Monday morning, when the thermometer roso to 45 below, causing them to die from heat and suffocation. Yesterday and today the weather has been warm and sultry, the tempera ture having risen 10 below zero. If the temperature rises many more degrees the suffering caus ed by the intense heat will bo terrible." ? N. Y. Herald. We will say to our fiiend who sent, us the above that, The South can't beat this for a story. Mental 8cictice. A young, recently graduated physician secured a position of assistant to a prominent physi cian, and one day, in the absence of his senior, answered a hurry call, tho patient, proving to be a crabbed old fellow. Tho man seated himself at tho old gentle man's bedside, felt his pulse and asked to see his tongue. The old fellow looked at. him so hard that the visitor became a littlo embarrassed and angry, and finally said: "You stare at me as if you thought I was an ass." "Ass or not, you aro the first, man I ever saw who could tell what one was thinking about by feeling his pulse," replied the old fellow. ? -The Cotton Sood. Fiaul Report, of Constabulary. The last report from the con stabulary department of the: State dispensary was filed yes terday willi Gov. Ansel by Mr. John H. Latimer, who was ap Brinted to. succeed Mr. U. H. am met a few weeks aj?o. Mr. Latimer frrund it necessary to stay in office a few days afteV the dispensaries were closed, but yesterday was his last day and in- turning over the report to the governor he practically closed the office. The report is as follows: Governor M. P. Ansel, Colura bia, S. C. Dear Sir: Attached you will find a report of the constabulary department for the quarter end ing Feb. 28, 1907, and trust that) the same will meet with your approval. The State constables were sus pended on Mouday, 18th inst., which was as soou as they could be uotitied after the passage of the Carey-Cothran bill by the last general assembly, hence the expense for February is much less than for the preceding two mouths. During my short stay in office I discovered that the coopera tion of the people was very marked, and think that we had the illicit traffic pretty well checked. I found that the con stabulary, in the main, were do- J ing their duty, and I have had only one unpleasant act to per form ? that of discharging one officer for violation of the rules. One of the constables has died during my incumbeucy. Should 1 have remained in office I" would havo giveu it my personal attention by visiting the various divisions during ipe year frequently, there by coming in contact with the people, as well- as the officers, and learning the needs of the various communities with refer ence to the enforcement of the law. Wishing your excellency a most prosperous administration, I have the honor to bo, Respectfully yours, John H. Latimer. The statements attached are as follows: C'oat of CuiiHUbuIary, December, 1900? Salary aud expenses of constables, $5,363.26; supplementary accounts, $042.30; total, $0,005.75. January, 1907? Salary and ex penses of constables, $5,309*59; supplementary accounts, $800 42; total, $0,173.01, February, 1907 ?Salary and expenses of constables, $2,919.25: supplementary accounts, $314.30; total, $2,335.55. Total expenses for quarter, $14,512.11. There were 1,502 gallons of whiskey seized, valuad at $2,253 and beer to the value of $104.94. There were also seized 3 teams, 22 stills aud 484 gallons of keg beer dumped. The reports for convictions are not yet all in, but the number sent to the chaingang was 24, the amounts paid in lines $2, 404.50, the tines imposed $5,042. 50, and the convictions J 03. There were a number of cases appealed. Amounts charged against counties which have voted out the dispensary and subsequently asked for aid of the constabu lary in enforcing the law. These figures show the amounts with which they are charged in ex cess of the value of liquors seized and credited to them: Newberry $ 800 68 Union 2,045 94 Pickens 1,747 r)8 Mm ion 1,009 51 York 2,220 94 Horry 195 32 Darlington 2,852 44 Oconee 1,773 26 Spartanburg 0,533 10 Greenville 5,535 83 Anderson 009 28 Edgetield 749 26 Saluda 322 92 Lancaster county has a credit of $04.07; Cherokee county has a credit of $11.27. Total amount due bv counties in excess of credits, $20,471.70.? The State. Cures Hloixl, Skin DiMonso' Can cer. Greatest Blood l'nrl lie r Free. Tf your blood is impure, tliin, disj eased, tint or full of humor*, if you have blood poison, cancer, carbuncle*, eating sores, scrofula, eczema, itching, rising* ind bumps, scabby, pimply skin, bone pains, cat irrli, rheumatism, or any blootl "or skin disease, take Botanic. Blood Halm ( K. B. B.) Soon all sores Ileal, aches nnd pains stop and the blood is made pure and rich, brnggists or by express fl per large bottle. Sample free by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, (ia. B. B. B. is es pecially advised for chronic, deep seated cases, as it cures after all else fails. At K. Leslie Zemp's. Honor Roll of Can toy School. 1st Grade. Eli Bass, Lena Buss, Francis Matthew, Loora Matthew. 2nd Grado. Dewey Creed, 3rd Grade. Etta Harfield, El len Branham, Ora Watts. 4th Grade. Willie Barfield, 5th Grade. Melven Bass, Etta Watts. 8th Grade. Eula Watts, Lilla Hose. Unavoidably dolayed. ? Ed. FARMER^ UNION NOTES. . RaUIuc Cotton on tho Iuten hIy? Plan. It is estimated that New York Cotton exchanges have been selling more cotton to the square iucli off of their Wall street cot tou plantations than southern cotton growers have sold from an average square rod of their cotton farms. When you have determined to ^?o into the long staple cottou growing business, do it right or you will surely get left. Enough men in each vicinity should grow long cotton sufficient to justify puttiug in u roller gin or a needle giu, then you can malce all things work right through your organi zations iu giuning uud selling, too. Good authorities state that South Carolina used last year over five millions dollars' worth of fertilizers and that at least two million dollars of that amount was lost ? washed out ? by applying the more soluble nitrate goods before their crops hud roots in the soil to talce it up. This washing out of this cost ly ammouiated goods by heavy rains before plant roots are in the soil to take up this costly food is deserving of moie serious thought than .some people give it. Try side application aud tell us about it. Have you ever gone over a field where there were many ter race banks, and made a thor ough calculatiou about how much of the best land was lost there by growing nothing but weeds? If not do it, then you may be in the proper state of mind to make a change by sowing .dowu your lands every other year; plow deeper and plow down every terrace bank on your farm just as.soon as you can get enough root or other vegetable matter in the soil to hold it together. We have put the thing to the test and the terrace bunks are going down as fast as we can get to them. Our terrace banks and niggers are growing beautifully less and less profitable every year. You admit that over half ti e land in the country is running down. If you don'L know what went with it go look down the streams and low places where you will find the sand, but the richness of the original good soil has goue down the stream where Ware's ducks went. TYN Klt*S DYSPEPSIA UKMKDY. A Guaranteed Cure. If you suffer fr?in Dyspepsia or In digestion in any form, gas, l>el< Inng, bitter t*ste, offensive bud breath, dizzy spells, sour stouiaeh, lienrl flutter, nau s in, gastritis, loathing of food, pains or swelling in the stomach, back or siiie, deep-seated kidney or liver trouble, then they wilt disappear in a short time after taking Tyner'a pis pepsia Itemedy, made especially t:> cure Dispepsia, Indigestion and all tStomach Troubles, even of the worst eases. Tyner's Dyspepsia Keiuedy ex pells the gases and sweetens the breath. It cures Sick Headache, Colic and Constipation at once. Druggists or by expresftCO rents a bottle. Money refunded if it fails to cure. Medical advice and circular free by wriltiug to Tyner Itemedy Co., Agitata, Ua. NOTICE. State of South Carolina ? County of Kershaw. In response to a petition of the ma jority of the freeholders of the city of Camden. S. C., directed to the City Council, of Camden, S. C., asking that an election be ordered in the city of Camden, for the purpose of voting on the question of issuing bonds for the construction and installing of a sewer age syf.tem hi the City of Camden, nud iu pursuance of a resolution of the t;ity Council of Camden, S. C., passed in regular monthly meeting on the fourth day ? the first Monday? of March, 1007, ordering said election. Notice is hereby given that there will be a special election held in the City of Camden on Monday, the 18th day of March, 1007, on the question of issuing Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dollars of bonds of the City of Camden, for the purpose of con structing and installing a sewerage system in the said city of Camden. At this election all qualified registered electors will be eligible to vote. Those electors favoring said issue of bonds shall vote a ticket on which shall be printed the words : "For llniid Issue." Those electors opposing said issue of bonds shall vote a ticket on which shall be printed the words: "Against Hood Issue." For the purpsse of conducting said election the polls shall be opened at the appointed polling places in each | Ward at H o'clock in the morning, nud shall be closed at t o'clock in the af ternoon. The following managers of election are appointed to conduct said election : Ward 1, At the Opera House; A. 1>. Kennedy, Jr., W, J. Crossland and W. M llinson. Ward 2, Snyder's Stables ; E. J. Bis sell, C. Nelson and W. II. f<o|||*. Ward 51. DeKalb Hotel; (I. S, flig ffins, J.fi. Alexander and Win, Wal lace. Ward 4, Corner I,yttlcton and l.au- 1 reus Streets, Schlo-hurg's piazza; W. j J. Jones, W. II, llaileamlO II Lenoir. Ward r>, Corner Fair and Chesnut Streets,.!. D. Deas' piazza; J. I). D.-as, H. Johnson and W. II, l>eI,oache. Ward 0, Corner 11 road and Chesnut Streets, Taylor's piazza; N. C. Hoy kin, Allen l?eas and (', Itrown. If y order of Council, March lib '07. II. C. Carrison, Mayor, J. J. (Joodalo, City Clerk. REAL ESTATE immI Collecting Agent. ? Ali persons having Ken) Estate for sale or rent, are r**qnest?Ml to rail on me fv?r information. Tho*e wishing to buy or rent Ileal Estate, are also requested to rail on me. All claims placed in my hand* for collection will receive prompt atten tion. Call on me at Mr. W. A. Schrock's ottlee (The People's oftlce,) Camden, 8. C. O. G. Alexander. MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES. Vermont Marble Co 's. Best Designs. Est. E. O. McCreight. Dr. E. G. Kirven Dental Surgeon. OFFICE OVEK DR. F. LESLIE ZEMP'S. DENTAL CARD. The 'indei signed respectfully informs his friends and patrons that he has resumed his practice. I. H. Alexander, D. D. S. Office hours from 0 a.m. to5p. in. ?g3 3 OQ P r* ?"* < P Vi 3 ?T p o-~ 6=8 O 0) ? z o a- p Williams & Steedman, Fire, Accident and Health INSURANCE. Surety lioinls. | 1 " , | Office oyer store of J. C. Cureton & Co. | WITH COFFEE AND KISS. (A Morning Lilt.) *Tis a happy man with gold in etoro ? I with gold ho'^ piling higher ; But happier is tho honest man with a j home and warm hearth fire, ? A nice little wife to cheer his life and U!ss him when departing, When with coffeo and kiss and pat on his 1 cheek, to his day of work he's starting. Sing high, for tbo rich, But ho, for tho poor I For true love makes your sunshine sure. 'Tls a happy man whom fame seek9 0ut to ' praise him and to crown him, But happier is the home-crowned man, ! for Fato can never down him. For his home is his and his life is his ? with stringers he's not sharing, When w'.th coffee and kiss and pat on his chceX for his day's work he's preparing. Sing high, for the lich, But ho, for tho low I For true love makes the old world go. 'Tis a heppy man who knows tho best whenever he may spy it, Be it pretty maid or good to eat 1 There's CHASE & SANBORN'S TRY IT I You'll cheer your soul with n brimming bowl, and you'll never mind your labor, When with coffce and kiss and p.it on your chock, you envy not your neighbor. Sins; high, for the rich, But ho, for the man ! Who buys good coffco when he can. For sale by H. L. Walking, Sole Agent, ! 'IMioiic No. 71. A Splendid Assortment at KENNEDY'S. One and two liorse Plows, Disc and Smoothing Harrows, Grain Drills; Oats, Home liaised and Texas Rustproof; Wluat and Seed Bye. llay Presses and Gasoline Engines; Barbed Wire and Fence Wirt'; Ranges, Stoves, Heaters, It. It. Wiekless Oil Stores; Pipe and Engine Fittings; JAPALAC. Harness ! Harness ! ! Harness ! ! ! Hunting Coats, Pants and Nets; Leather and Canvas Leggings. Grocery Department. Kingan's Hams, Breakfast Bacon, &r, &c. Wheat Brann, a new and very line Chicken Food. A. D. KENNEDY Columbia Liquor Company, i>kai,i:i:s ix 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 WINKS. We conduct a General Mail Order Business, and Solic Your Patronage. Box Augusta, Ci a . Specially Fine Cabbage Plants. rat?*8. Send ordrrs ?*nr1y I have some plants left over from my own srt ting ? I ln? same kind I set for my own truck in;:. 1 buy the best seeds obtainable on (In* market, f have two early varieties: " Karl 3' Jersey Wakr lleld," and "Charleston Wakefield. " In season ?j we follow these closely with '?Succession'' and "Late Drumhead." Trices in thousand lots $].r>0; r>o;)il and o\er lo.oon and over $1.0u. We have o!!ly a limited quantity of very selected J stock. We crate them and deliver them to the Southern Express Co. and at very low ex|>re*s? before our stock is gone. ^ ^ AllH, liox h,>, Meg-gettn, (jm AIR LINE RAILWAY. NORTH-SOUTH-EAST- WEST Two Daily Pullman Vestibulcd Limited Trains lietweon KOKT1I AND SOUTH. First-Class Dining Cars. Tin* lll'.ST It ATI'S ami ROUTE to nil Ivi-trrn Cilirs vi;i KICII MoNOnnd >VASI 1 1 NUTON, or via NOKl'Ol.K and sU-ainrrs ? To ATLANTA. NAS1IV1M.K. M KM I'll IK, MM' IS V I I.I.K, ST. MMJIS, C1I K'AUO, NEW ORl.lOANS, and all points -mhiLIi and Southwest ? To SAVANNAH and JACKSON V 1 1.1. K and all points in FI.Oltll)A and Cl'ItA. POSITIVELY THE SHORTEST LINE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH. For detailed information, rates, schedules Pullman rcscrva immis, otr., npi>ly (<> any njxiMil of the Scnlxmrt] Air l,iiu? Kailwny, or \V. I<. Burroughs, Travelling Passenger Agent, < 'oluiubin, S. ('. Clias* F. Stowart, Asst. Gciil. Pass. Agt. Savannah, fia. Trespass Notice. No trespassing on lands rent ed by m??, from I)unl;ip line to Camp Braneli, Chesmil forty road to Wateree river, known as Hardscrabble, for any purpose wtiatever. T. (I. Williams. 'T - W. CERTAIM, Ladies' and dents' Tailoring1 of All Descriptions. ?PHONE 294. Opposite DcKalb Hotel. Money to Loan on Real Estate Aftd* Novcmlior Is(. GLflRKF. & VON TRESGKOW; UNDERTAKIIM6 CALLS ATTENDED ANY HOUR DAY OU NIGHT. :: :: :: Est. E. O. MeCrHtflit. Supervisor's Notice. All those holding claims against t h<* County of Kershaw, aro hereby requested to prison their claims in full of all de inaiuis. cadi month, with each ; item dated. and the bill itemized, j and properly at tested . I Kail a ro t<> comply with this request, will result in the bill, or bills be in# turned down until compliance with the same has been made. M. C, West, Ch'mn. Hoard of Cofyinissiouers for Kershaw Coytity.