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TEbe gteople a merchants newspaper. A COUNTRY HAN'S NEWSPAPER. A NEWSPAPER FOR SELLER AND BUYER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. % W. A SCHROCK, Publisher. tOBSCRlPTIOl, S1.&0 PER AIRQ1. Camden. 8. C.. June 13tli, 1007 THK haywakd trial.. The Hay ward trial now in progress at Boise, Idaho, fur uishes a terrible instance of how tar bad and selfish interests cau go in pursuit of a bad and selfish cbjcct. Onr readers will perhaps recall the fact that three men, Hay ward,. Moyer and Pettibone, members and officers of a labor organization in the State of Colo rado, were arrested after night fall in their ?iomes in that State on a bogus charge, taken into a train and spirited away to the adjoining State of Idaho utterly without warrant of law, there to be incarcerated on the real charge of conspiring to encom pass the murder of a former Idaho governor which murder was accomplished. The action mentioned was at the instigation of the Uuited Mine Owners of the States ol Colorado aud Idaho, and a more damnable instance of vioiatiou and perversion of law has never come to our notice. There is no question in our mind as to the absolute inuo cense of the three parties. In partial support of this opinion, we have only to call attention to the life and character of the principal witness for the prose cution, a fellow by the name ol Orchard. This despicable fel low coolly confesses to sixty innrders, all committed /or. hire. He implicates Hayward, Moyer and Pettibone as his employers in the commission of a majority of his crimes. The spectacle is revolting. How far would the evidence of such a scoundrel as Orchard ac knowledges himself to be go with a South Caroliua jury? It would go no farther, and be listened to no longer than it would take our citizeus to or ganize and hang liim as high as Hamaan is said to have been struug up. As it is in Iduho, the evidence of this self-confessed diabolical murderer is listaued to with attention, and given ere dence as truth. We have Icept pace with every step in the case against the ac cused parties, and do not liesi tate to say that the prosecution has not a leg to stand upon. It Is simply a case of persecution, and the perpetrators of the most stupendous outrage of the cen tury should be severely punished. 11 EVEN UK VS SENTIMENT. Under tlie above caption our friend Birch more of the Mcsseu ger gots off the following: ''The stock in trade of the Dispensary advocates is the revenue to be derived from it." Nothing is more fallacious than this asser tion. We, as tho chief exponent of a sensible sentiment lu advo cating the retention of the pres ent system of regulating and con trolling the sale of whiskey have repeatedly assertod that the question involved is not one of morals or sentiment., but bears ab solutely a material aspect. This, not. from the fact that real prohibition would not be desira ble thing to have, but that coun ty prohibition would be a fraud Aud a farce, and would work uu told Injury to the public. It makes us real tired (a tired ness that even Hood's Sarsa pari 11a cannot overcome (to have such a guff as "Revenue vs Sen timent," attempted to be pushed 011 an intelligent public. Tho whole thing resolves itself Into this according to ur. Either a majority of our citizonsiwve deliberately determined to ignore their duties of citizenship, and liave resolved to to cast a ballot in gratification of a senti ment, a prejudice, or in self in tejest, or, to vote a clean, honest ballot for the preservation of our present orderly system of go veru mout. - TAKE YOUR CHOICE. WE pO NOT FEAR THE ISSUfi. BBO r II Kit TO T^l Our esteemed contemporary. The Ghrooicle of last Friday was particularly newsy and readable. Among tlie newiest and most readable articles was a communi cation from some fellow tighing (?) himself *'Votor." Nothing in that communication stun? us as we look upon the whole produc tion as a supreme instance of pre dicated asininity. We take the occasiou however to most humb ly crave the pardon of "Voter" for designating him as "a brother of the ox" and beg to amend by denying the soft alle gation as he applied it, substi tuting therefor, our iirm and un swervable opinion -that he is a twiu - brother to that animal fumed in song a*hd story, and in the Bible as the property of a fellow by the name of Balaam. "Why should I be thus left out. As if my tender lieurt would break, And like that other ass of which the Scriptures speak, He too opened his uiouth and spake." Senator Hough's Reply To Mr. McCaskill Mr. Editor : I have read with a great deal of iuterest Mr. McCaskill's card iu The Camden Chrouicle of June 7th, attacking my position 011 the liquor question. He says ihat I ran iu the last election opposing local optiou, was elect ed by meu opposed to it, and while in the Senate fought against it. This is correct. I was in favor of the State Dis pensary, so was my friend, Mr. McCaskill, and if I am uot mis taken he voted for me in my campaign. He says while I was in the Senate, I advocated prohibition and voted for prohibition against the Carey Cothran bill. In this he is correct, and I shall give my frieuds my reasons for do ing it. 1 wish to state my position on the liquor question to Mr. Mc Caskill, and to all other citizens of Kershaw County. I ran for the Senate, favoring a State Dispensary Law, and went to the Senate and worked to retaiu the State Dispensary. When I found that the majority of both branches of the General Assem bly were opposed to the State Dispensary law, and were going to abolish it, my colleagues and I and uiany others who had fav ored the State Dispensary, went to the prohibitionists in each branch of the General Assembly, and told them that we were will ing to join them and pass a State prohibition law. What reply did we get? ,4No. " They had gone into a deal with the old liquor crowd, that is the high license crowd, who wanted the old bar rooms back, to kill the State Dispensary; and they passed the Carey-Cothran law to allow the county dispensaries, with the hope on the part of the old liquor crowd, to get bar rooms back. No\V, Mr. McCaskill, wants mo to join such a crowd call themselves "prohibitionists. " I was and still believe a State dispensary law the best solution of tue liquor question. But the prohibitionists joined with the old liquor crowd to kill it, and it is dead. The prohibitionists did it for one purpose, aud the old liquor crowd with the hope of getting high license. I am not in favor of high license, and and the bringing back of tlio old bar rooms, aud that is the reason why I am supporting the Coun ty Dispensaries. Next to a State Dispensary law, J am in favor of a State Prohibition law, but as the prohibitionists would not help us pass a State prohibition law, I will not join with them and the blind tiger element to pass a County Pro hibition law, when Fairfield County on one side is selling whiskey, Chesterfield County on auother side is selling whiskey, Sumter County on auother sido is selling whiskey, Leo County ou another side is selling whis key, and Uichlaud County on still another side is selling whis key. It would bo a farce and mean that in this couuty the blind tiger element would ruin the counties and the corrupting of all of our labor, without any enforcement of the law, and the couniy getting no revenue from it. Mr. McCaskill .says the taxes are higher now than ever before. We all know as a community grows, as our prosperity in creases, as our land values in crease, as our government gets larger, it takes more to ruu it. This is no argument against the Dispensary. But, my friend says lie is willing to pay more taxes in order to vote out the Dis pensary. Let's seo how much taxes does he pay now. He does not own a foot of lapd in this county, that I know of. He does not oven own any personal prop erty except i>os8ibly a little household furniture. 1 have known hi in for a long time, and be ie a clerk iu a small grocery store in Camden. Well can be afford to talk about paying more taxes, as he teas nothing to pay I taxes on. I I have great respect for the good people of my County, and ever since I have been in pub lic office, have always tried to do what I thought would benefit the majority of our people. When I look around aud see the great number of our white children that should be educated in order to be prepared for the life before them, I pause before I will vote to .take Sixteen Thousand Dollars from their school fuOd. Some crank will say that he does not want his children educated with "blood money," as he will call it But a good old minister once said, when beiug taunted aboul re ceiving mouey from cerlaiu sources, for his church, "that it was "hot what the money had clone before he got hold of it, but the good it would do when he got it." So it is iu this in strnce. If my true prohibition friends would keep out of caucuses and deals with men who want to see the Dispensary voted out here in order that they can go iuto 'the blind tiger business, their position would be stronger. In the last few weeks much of this has been seen right here in the City of Catndeu. I never at tempt to try and ride with the wave. 1 never wait to try and see which is the popular side be fore I express myself. . I always try to study all matters affect ing the interest of my people,' and what will be best for them, and you will always know where I stand on auy public question. Yours very trulv W. R. HOUGH. John #Mc8n?yrPs Plea to tlic i Voters of tliln County Not to | Take His Property from , Hi in Without Paying for It. Camden, S. C., June 11, 1007. DearJSir: An election has beeu ordered for the 20th of June, to vote on the question of Prohibition or County Dispensary iu Kershaw County. At the same time an election has been ordered to vote "/or Manufacture " or "Agvinsl Manu facture. " I have been a citizen of this county all my life, and for fifteen years have owned and run a Distillery on my plan tation about two miles from the city of Camden. I have invested a great deal of money in it and spent a good portion of my life to build up a food honest busi ness. I pay a license of One Thousand Dollars to tlie County of Kershaw, andthe City of Cam den. I have always tried to obey the laws of my county and State. If you vote " Against Manufacture ," you take my prop erty away from me in my old age, without paying me for it. Would you l?ke to have your farm or store or business that you have invested your money in, and worked hard to build up all your life, taken away from you by my vote and destroyed and not pay you one cent for it? That is what you will do to me, if you go to t,he polls aud vote "Against Manufacture." I want to ask you as a brother citizen of the same countv, not to vote to take my property aud my business away from mo, and de stroy it. 1 am at your mercy. If you sde tit, you can by your vote, destroy my business, take my property without paying for it, and I cannot help myself. 1 do not believe the good citizens will do it. As to how you vote on the question of Prohibition or Dis pensary, I have nothing to do with that. That is a question of policy for you to decide. You can have yrohibition here in this county, if you want it, and not take my property away from me. I have sale for my whole output in other States. I have never sold whiskey to blind tigqrs, nor will I ever do it. I have always endeavored to obey the laws both of the State and the United States in the management of my business. Under the law as it now stands, I cannot sell to any one except the County Dispensaries, and beyond tho limits of the State. If the County Dispensary here is voted out, tlieu I cannot, nor will I, sell to any one in the County of Kershaw. Therefore if I am allowed to continue in my business, it cannot in any man ner effect the morals or welfare of the good people of my County. Yours very truly John McSmyrl, Camden, S. C. Mr. Itnlxiii'K Letter. T ho letter of Mr. Itabon is al right. We note his remarks as to Sunday School superinten dents, and simply remark that if he will organize a Sunday school at Lugoff, wo put in an applica tion right now for the position of superintendent and guarantee to gi ve as# great satisfaction as somo others of that lllc. Ono Day Gold Our\ '? ?"?! tore throat cured by K?* t ? Chocolate* laxative yninine. Am easy t? imc?o4jt. Children cry for them." From Mr. Kabon. To the Editor of The Peoplu: I tee in the columns of your paper of June 6th, an article headed "Guided by his Con science" referring to my resig nation as a member of the Ker shaw County Dispensary Board. Said article stating that 4 'the resignation is to become effective after June 20th." I wish to say thpt, that statement is untrue. I resigned on June 3rd to take effect jus.t as soou us my suc cessor could be appointed. Said article also stated: "It has been stated to us, that last week, (we forget the date) Mr. C. AV. Birch more and Revs. Mitchell am1. Herbert had a conversation of an hour or more duration with our friend, Mr. Rabon, at the conclusion of which he promised them to seud in his resignation. '* I wish to say to that, that neither of the geulleinen re ferred to ever mentioned any thing to me about resigning my position on the Kershaw County Dispensary Board. I will say however, that Mr. Birchtnore, and Revs. Mitchell and Herbert, and several other gentlemen had a talk 011 the dispensary ques tion, with me, aud that I did tell them that I was going to re sign aud vole for prohibition, aud I am not ashamed of it.. ~ Said article agaiu stated, "This is alright. A mau who is not open to conviction is a rather poor specimen of humanity, so if Mr. Rabon was convinced af ter a consultation with a Sunday school Superintendent and two preachers, that his positiou on a ? question that effect chiefly material and not moral interests, was wrong, then ho is to be com mended for deferring his judg ment to that of supposedly Spirtually inclined advisors.'" Now in reply that, I wish to say that I am always open for conviction, and especially so would I be, on such a question as is confronting the people of Kershaw couuty at this time, and I am glad that we have Sun day school Superintendents and preachers in Kershaw county who are discharging their duty. If we had more superintendents and more preachers like the ones referred to in this article, we would have less people in Kershaw county advocating the sale of whiskey. I can say to the people of Ker shaw couuty that I do not regret huving resigned. M. B. Rubon. Which One? There are two types of farm ers quite common on our Ameri can farms. The farmer who works hard from daylight till dark and never seems to get much out of his labor except a living or the advance in his land for which he is not entirely re sponsible, and the farmer who seldom has to work overtime, finds time to visit Ins neighbors and enjoys life to its full measure, while his crops, stock and bank account thrive. There is a reason for this difference and we need not go far to seek the cause. The first named farmer starts in anywhere and usually ends nowhere. He is without a system. He works with his hands but fails to use his head Planning things has not become a habit with him. He does not look far enough ahead, depends upon brawn in stead of brain and brawn to carry on his farm operations. Ho may have plenty of pluck, perse' veronce, and integrity, but lack the one acquirement, system, so essential in farm work. The successful farmer is fore handed. He plans things and keeps more than one kite to his string. Rotation of crops, stock breeding farm accounts are stu died by him. Good seed is planted at the right time in the right place. "The hit or miss" me thod is not in his category, lie doesn't go after a proposition until he is sure it is for his best interests, lie studies his busi ness akin to the attention paid by the successful merchant in handling a successful enterprise. Details are not forgotten. Econ omy of time is brought about by rushing the stop in the busy season instead of extending the hours. True he may not always bo successful in every operation, but whore results of work is weighed at the end of the har vest the profit side of tlu ledger shows the usual profit.? buc cossful Farming. WhlMkoy or llihle. Constable Moore, while . on duty at- the passeuger depot last, Saturday night, saw a colored man step off a train and pass a vory large and heavy grip to another colored man. The offi cer thought that the grip con tained a generous quantity of booze from Wadesboro. The man to whom the grip was hand ed and the man who brought it in started up the railroad and the officer called on them to halt and show how much liquor was in that grip. The grip was oponed and instead of contain ing liquor it was packed with Bibles. The ownor of the grip was a preacher and he was sell ing Bibles on his rounds. The joke is now on Constable Moore. ?Monroe JSuquirer# Notice to Distillers and Liquor Dealers Camden, S. C., June 8, 1907. Dids ^re hereby, requested in accordance with the terms of the Dispensary Law in force for the following kinds und quunti ties of Liqnors ancl Beers and other articles herein enumerated to be furnished to the Stale of South Carolina for the use of the County Dispensary Board of Kershaw Couuty, as ordered, to wit: 40 Barrels of Rye, three grades 75 Barrels of Corn, three grades 15 Barrels of Gin, three grades 3 Barrels "Apple Brandy, two grades. 2 Barrels of Peach Brandy, two grades. 250 Cases of Uye Whiskey, dif ferent grades. 100 Cases of Corn Whiskey, dif ferent grades. 00 Cases of Mult Whiskey, dif ferent grades. 10 Drums of Banana Brandy, diffeent grades. 100 Barrels of Beer (bottled). Also Glass, Coiks, Tinfoil, Wire and all other articles uecd ed for the County Dispensary. All goods shall be furnished in compliance with aud subject to l he terms and conditions ot the Dispensary Law of 1907, and bidders must observe the follow ing rules: The bids shall be sealed, with no sign or mark 14)011 llie envel ope to indicate the name of the bidder. All bids must, be sent by Ex press or Registered Mail lo 1). M. McCasUill, County Treasurer of Kershaw County, Camden, S. C. , on or before July 10th, 1907. The contract- will be awarded the lowest responsible bidder, age ud proof of goods staled by bidder. The Bourd reserves the right 10 reject any or all bids and any part of bids. AH goods to^ be delivered P. O. B. Camden," S. C., and Be th une, S. C., to be paid for within 90 days and subject to regauge at our warehouse. Bids will be opened at the office of the County Dispensary Board, Camden, S. C., July 10th, 1907. W. J. Dunn, M. B. Rabou, K. T. Estridge, County Dispensary Bourd, for Kershaw County, S. C. Supervisors' Monthly Report. The following is a list of claims approved aud ordered paid at the regular monthly meeting held Monday, June 12, 1007: G W Dabney, Supt p h $ 12 00 D L Dabney, work at p li 10 00 Richard Price, Janitor 15 00 11 E Munu, Sunt c g 0.") 20 Z Braunon, clay* 5 00 VV F Russell, salary 33 33 Whitaker & Bui uet coal for eh 10 50 So Bell Tel Co, Phone reut 3 25 Walker E & Cogswell Co, 41 28 Wiloy Marshall, Adm Bd of Ed 14 40 J N McLeodw lumber & wk 18 75 M C West, salary and post age 07 04 D Trantham, Salary 33 25 D M McCaskill, salary 33 33 W P Sowell, overseeing I) g 52 25 J 11 Moore, making elec tion boxes 05 00 W T Smith, sup to pau pers 10 05 T J Williams, shop work 8 00 R D Willmms, oversee in if h g 140 30 It M Poaree, overseeing and team 14 00 W A Sch rock, adv. and job work 11 00 W L McDowell, adv. and job work 10 01 C W Birclimore, adv and job work 12 03 Burns & Barrett, sup to g 22 00 A 1) Kennedy, sup tog 05 27 D J CI y bum, & Co sup to gang 17 88 T j W West, supplies tog 5 45 John Boone, work ?t jail 0 00 W R Clyburn, M D prof ser 20 00 1) 1* C Murchison, salary 12 50 J S Trantliam, sal <fc foes 157 08 S C Zemp, M D prof ser 10 00 W B Turner, salary 59 43 Lewis & Christmas, sup to gang 20 00 Sam Blanding, road wk 12 33 Springs Shannon, sup 142 l.> J W Wood, road work 5 00 Total, $ 1,321.00 M. 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To SAVANNAH and J ACKSON V 1 LLE ami all points in FLORIDA and CUBA. POSITIVELY THE SHORTBST LINE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH. For detailed information, rates, schedules, Pullman re?t?rva ? tioiis, etc., apply to any agent of the Heaboaril Air Line Railway, ^ or W. L. Burroughs, Travelling Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. \ : [ Clias. F. Stewart, Asst. Genl. Pass. Agt. i Savannah, Ga. i L _ ? - - - - THIS SPACE RESERVED for tiie Tyner Remedy Co's. NEW A J> . WOOD SAWED IJY MACHINERY. ANY LENGTH. Why worry over stove wood being too long? Why warp and ruin a valuable stove or range by being forced to leave the doors open because of wood be ing cut the wrong length? WK HAVE TIIB REMEDY. 'Phone 17, or call on Wliitnkcr & Burnet. A SPLENDID PASTURE. This will notify the public that I have a splendid pasture for horses and cattle on my farm at Uelmout, and will be glad to have you send your stock to me. I give this department my per sonal supervision, and pen the stock every evening which in sures their safety lroui accident. Either see or write me. Respectfully, John W hi taker, Jr. UNDERTAKING CALLS ATTENDED ANY HOUR DAY on NIGHT. :: :: :: Est. HI. (). lAIcCroi^lit, W. CERTAIN, L'ulics' and (Jents' Tailoring of All Descriptions. ?PHONE 294. Opposite DeKalb Hotel. Williams & Stccdman, Fire, Accident anil llealtli INSURANCE. Surety Konds. OHice over store of J. C. Curcton & Co. Tho Ono Day Cold f;uro. Vor o -Ms run! ? ore I litc.it ti v- Kct inett sClioco taK's l.ux:>tivc yilitiOiC, K:isily taken as cnndf uii'-k ly curr. ; C * 1 1 res Itlnori, Sl< in <;n li fer. (JitjiI est Itloo'l I'uri II cr I'rec. If your blood i* i iti |?ti r?>. 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