The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, August 22, 1907, Image 2
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W. A SCHHOCK, PVBL1SHER.
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STRIKES.
Strikes. What are Strikes?
A senseless thing'. We are
moved to write this editorial
because of the strike now on
between the Western Union
jtmd Postal Telegraph Companies
and their operatives. We can
see no rhyuie or reason in this
strike. In fact, we can see no
good in any strike. They are
ul ways deliterious to the inter
est of the geueral public, and
almost always result in injury
to the strikers.
Employers are usually fair in
their dealings with their em
ployes. ' They realize fully the
value of contented labor, and as
u rule will neither overwork or
Underpay their employes.
In any instance that employees
liave a just cause for grievance
against the employer, we can- j
not conceive of an excuse for a
strike, except that we have no
&tate or National Board of Arbi
tration.
We are on record as favoring
such boards, and in the interim
we condemn the action of the
Telegraphic Unions in forcing
their employees to discontinue
work 011 such flimsy excuses as
wo believe led up to the present
strike.
CORPORATIONS.
There is a good deal to be said
on bot h sides of this corporation
question. There is no question
in the mind of any sensible man
that more can be accomplished
with a hundred millions of capi
tal in the development of a cer
tain line of industry than can be
accomplished with one million,
mid this too without the com
pany or corporation coming un
der the ban of acting in restraint
of trade. It is equally true that
these same corporations do at
limes justly come under that
ban. We arc however not a
member of the class who are al
ways howling against corpora
tions. Take Standard Oil as an
instance. A tremendous furor
lias gone up against that corpo
ration, nnd the courts are try
ing to hammer the life out of it,
the tremendous tine of $29,240,
OJ.) having been recently as
sessed against it for unlawful!
practices. While this lino may
have been rightfully imposed
under tho law, we fail to see
where tho general public has
.been mulcted in tho premises.
Oil is today a3 cheap as we have
? ever known it to be.
Tho people are as well served
ns they ever wer;?. This is said
in 110 spirit of extenuation of tho
methods of tho Standard Oil
Company, but is merely to show
that there is danger of running
things in tho ground. "Put
yourself in his place" is a good
motto for anyone to adopt. If
you, reader, could control the
output of tobacco, wo don't
think that you would hesitate
long in doing so, especially if
it could be done in a legitimate
way. Tho same with cotton or
any other commodity.
Doubtless tho public is often
victimized and imposed upon by
these giant corporations, but it
is idle to say that all of them are
bad, and injurious to tho gene
ral welfare. Tho greatest harm
that numbers of them do as we
see it, is in the watering of their
stock. A summary stop should
bo put to that sort of thing as
the practice is vicious, and must
of necessity rosult in injury to
the peoplo collectively.
THE MESSENGER AND THE
LAW.
. "Wo take no especial interest
in the Kershaw dispensary con
test. We voted against and op
posed the old dispensary. We
desire to call atteution to what
seems to ns to ho anarchistic ut
terances on t he part of the Cam
.don Mfssentfor in the rocont dis
jKMisury contest there. Week
before ) ast a?u' .t>e/prp the State
luL-a^mjVL tlie itMWOger]
Mmrt M%b?otat?nce tfc*4 tfiej
board o^l w decide iglinstj
the dispensafy .bemuse the raa
jority of the '4fetes cast jyere
against It. Tlrtrft^ the |>oorest
kind of reasoning. and totally
without logic. ft ignores the
law governing the com and reads
like an appeal to the board to
iguore tUe law and decide the
case solely on the majority vote,
regardless of the lact of the
board finding any legal eause for
deciding otherwise, such as
fraud and illegal voting.
Judges, juries and boards are
sworn to decide cases according
to the law and evidence pro
duced on the trial and not ac
cording to majorities.
The board decided against the
position of The Messenger and
it bewails its loss in its issue
of last week as follows:
??Thus the will of the people ?
that is the majority ? aoes not
count with the state board of
canvassers for anything, even
Mr. Lyon, the Attorney Gene
ral, taking sides with the dis
pensary element. (At this rate
it will probably be a good while
befor.lie puts stripes on the graf
ters, although we do not make
the charge of grafting against
anyone connected with the dis
pensary here.)"
If Mr. Lyon saw that the facts
and the law were against him,
I it was just, right and proper for
him to have so admitted. He is
I not presumed to be a partisan.
Then The Messeuger goes on to
say:
"The ground upon which this
decision was reached was that
six boxes were used instead of
three, and that clerk's certifi
cates instead of registration cer
tificates were used in a number
of instances and that the voter
was not sworn upon each of the
questions being voted upon."
Every ground presented is
against the law in tne case and
if that board had rendered a
different decision, it would have
placed itself in a very awkward
position, by showing that they
disregarded the law and the
facts. That would have been in
the line of anarchy.
I The partisanship of The Mes
senger seems to have blinded it.
We call attention to this because
the country at large is leaning
too much tnat way."
In the above we really think
that Brother Calhoun is entirely
too rough ou our friend and
contemporary, The Messenger.
Mr. Birchmore an anarchist !
Spurn the thought. If there is
a conservative editor within our
borders, he is "it." In his edi
torial comments on the recent
farce of a dispensary election,
he simply reasoned according to
his lights, and we feel assured
that he was actuated by no an
archistic motives in giving ex
pression to his ideas on the sub
ject. We hope that in the future,
if Mr. Calhoun cares to wield his
weighty pen in criticism of a
brother editor, he will make his
comments more pertinent to the
subject and to the man. We al
ways take up our cudgel for the
under dog. This is said with no
intention of comparing our friend
Birch rnoro to any member of the
canine family, but is merely
a figure of speech. ? Edgefield
News.
TELLOPMAKttlED LIFE.
Postmasters Reply to Question
Concerning Tlielr Marital
ltelntion.
Washington, Aug. 12. Mer
ntt O. Chanco, cliiof clerk of the
postoftice department, several
months ago sent out to all the
postmasters in the country a list
of questions asking for certain
information to be used in the
preparation of tho government
"Blue Book," which is published
overy two years. One of the
questions in the list was:
?'What are your marital re*
lation?"
Tho object of this particular
question was to find out whether
tho postmasters are married,
single, widowed or divorced..
But some of the rural postmas
tors do not understand the ob*
ject of the question. Mr. Chance
received several answers in
which the persons addressed en
deavored to give a clear and
lucid explanation of the status
of their married life. One post
master said his domestic affairs
were "fine and dandy." Another,
not so fortunate, replied, "Fair
ly middling." A third postmas
ter tilled in the blank space of
the question about marital affairs
with ppe wprd, "IJoU."
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To Aba Editor of The Observer;
Reading something in Satur
day's Observer under the cap
tion of a "Charming Woman*'
recalls another woman equally
charming and popular.
A few weeks past the woman
of whom I write got on train No.
7 at Greensboro and got off at
Thomas ville. The train was
crowded and she occupied the'
loug seat with three other ladies
to whom she was charmingly en
tertaining; taking time, how
ever, to give an encouraging pat
on the head to a small boy who
stumbled in the aisle; also, to
shake hands with and say a
friendly word to Carrie Nation.
Two traveling men sitting to
gether, who knew her, began to
talk of her and from them this
scribe learned that she was the
widow of one of the most popu
lar of North Carolina hotel men;
the mother of two manly boys,
remarkable for their fine charac
ters and good manners; a lady
who but a few years back was a
society belle, well known in
several States, but when ill
health came to the husband who
worshipped her, seised the reins
of business and bravely carried
it to a successiul issue; a woman
who is faithful to every trust; a
charming woman with a per
suasive voice and a full com
mand of English language; a
gifted writer; a sweet singer; a
personality that wins all with
whom she comes in contact,
possessing a charity that reaches
down in extenuation of the sins
of others, judging only as she
wishes to be judgea.
Is it a wonder that children,
animals and the unhappy turn to
her for comfort and sympathy?
Something draws friends to her
wherever she goes. Something
gives td her whatever she seeks.
Is it magnetism or is it a reflec
tion of the charity that abounds
in her own heart? I could but
wonder if the kind words said
about her by the two "knights
of the grip" found reflection in
her heart. **C. Y."
This refers to Mrs. Scott
Brown, of Camden, and was
taken from The Charlotte Ob
server.
See No Reason For Panic.
New York, Aug. 18. Leslie
M. Shaw, Ex-Secretary of the
Treasury and now president of
the Carnegie Trust Company,
allowed himself to be interviewed
today on the state of the coun
try. He said:
"Our farms produce more than
$0,500,000,000 per annum and
prospect is good for an average
crop. Our mines yield more
than $1,000,000,000 and neither
of these sources of wealth have
been exhausted.
The output of the factories, in
other tliau food products, is ap
proximately $12,000,000,000 and
no fires have been extinguished.
The railways earn more than
$2,000,000,000 and they are all
in successful operation. The
pay rolls of our factories and
railways aggregate approxi
mately $3,500,000,000 and the
scale of wages has not been re
duced. In other words, the
real source of tho people's
wealth have not yet beeu affect
ed, and the ability of industrial
concerns to pay dividens i^not
measured by the market p^fce of
their stocks. Logical /easons
for serious contlitionsjtre there
fore wanting. Psycfiolog i c a 1
reasons are never wantincr.
"If I judge correctlg tho peo
ple will have exactly what they
expect. If those who have
money injthe banks withdrawn
it and lock it up, if the banks
withdraw it ond lock it up, if the
banks refuse to graht accomoda
tions and If the consuming pub
lic decline to place orders, then
we will very soon witness the
effects.
??Let those who think that
times of disaster follow each
other at regular interuals bear
in mind that this country has
I never yet experienced a period
of sever# depressioh that was
not -.traceable to financial eco
nomic agitation or legislation
and usually to tyolh. In 1893 the
redempUoy .of gr^epbackj in
living iiiv?r iutetdof fold vu
BpMly ?drooated. Tfce parly
In power was under promise to
DNBOve the protective tariff from
our industries and lib# free coin
age of silver at tbe ratio of 16
to 1 'was championed by prorni
neat members of both parties.
The country might have sur
vived any on? of |bese sources
of alarm, but it ooi|id not sur
vive all three. *?'?* <
At this time no one questions
our financial system' and the
tariff will not be touched for at
least 18 months.. ?
Some check in tne speed at
which we are going is most de
sirable and the chfeckiug pro
cess has probably begun. It will
now require a fair measure of
confidence and courage to pre
vent undue retardment ih our
industries. Capital cannot be
forced into activity, but it can
be forced out of activity. I have
never seen the time when uni
versal sanity was more essen
tiol to o :r well-being.
FANCY POULTRY.
It is a strange and remarkable
thing that the breeding of so
called fancy poultry has not
gained a foot hold in the hearts
and habits of our people, As
i a matter of fact, there is no
fancy poultry. There are breeds
of poultry that are handsomer
and more profitable than other
breeds, notably in the vacuum
dung-hill, or the common barn
yard fowl. They 'will not rise to
the height of the. jpossibili ties of
raising poultry 10 South Caro
lina. There is no 'doubt in Our
mind that the i farmers of South
Carolina can doC as much and
as well . jpoultry in
dustry aa Qftu , the people of
Tennessee, 6r any other State.
We have ever y 'facility that is
possessed by any other State.
We should pofetess the know
ledge that goes with successful
consummation of an enterprise
of this character, and if we do
not possess this" knowledge, we
stand in our own light, for it is
easy to obtain .
The land is flooded with poul
try journals, the contributors to
which teach in every issue those
who do not know the methods of
successful poultry raising. We
used to do that kind of thing our
self, but are now out of practice.
The proceeds of a couple of
dozen eggs, or a pair of domi
necker chickens of the old breed
| will pay for a years subscription
to one of these journals. Our
friends will not misunderstand
our position on this question.
It has been a dream with us
for many years that Kershaw
county would take its place as
the banner county of the State
in poultry raising, but it seoms
that we are doomed to disap
pointment. Why ? Simply be
cause our people do not ap
pear to realize the importance
of tho industry, and the eclat
that would be ours by' forging
ahead in this, one of the most
importunt industries of the
country. More anon.
THE DISPNESARY.
We have too much other im
portant matter on our hands
to waste time in the dis
discussion of the general status
of such a dead ducK as the coun
ty dispensary question. State
rights move us to action. The
tariff will soon engage our at
tention. Corporations will from
now on engage our active at
tention, and thftt great blanket
of "The Public Welfare" as re
presented in our municipal af
fairs will fill a long felt want in
our columns. In this connection,
we may remark incidentally that
a short length of concrete pav
ing on the south-west corner of
Broad and DeKalb streets of the
city might be of advantage to
the .c!t^. Pyrin# p, downpour
of rail of a?y duration, tit
pedestrian hirto jump a ditch
or wade through, to his or her
serious inconvenience. 1
Sin ?t?d Height of Poultry
House.
We are often asked what Fire
and what height poultry bosses
sfftutd be, and replying,, can
only say that so far as sise goes
much will depend on number
of fowls one wishes to keep.
The roosting and laying room
need not be large, as hens will
crowd on roosts regardless of
the space given, and the hens
will ta&e possession of only a
few nests regardless of the num>
ber prepared.
Bight by ten feet for house
will easily accommodate twenty
hens, and all surplus spare
should be left for scratching
shed, which be not less than
twenty feet long, as wide as the
house. If it can be made larger,
so much the better, as there is
where the hens should stuy on
all disagreeable days during the
winter months.
A good, dry, light, roomy
scratching shed is an absolute
necessity, and no man can hope
to succeed with poultry unless
he provides one for them. As
to height, that is merely a mat
ter of choicc, our preference,
being a lean-to shed building,
eight feet in front ahd six feet
in rear. Often with more elabo
houses one must use his judg
ment and select that which is
best suited for his purpose.
Dr. I. H. Alexander,
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CITATION.
STATIC OP SOUTH CAROLINA )
County of Kershaw. 1
By Wm. I). Trantham Probate Judge.
Whereas, W. R. Hough made suit
to me to grant him Letters of Ad
ministration of the Estate of nnd
effects of O. K. Ilorton
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all and (lingular the kindred
and creditors of the paid O. K.
Horton deceased, that they be and
appenr before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Camden on
the 2flth day of August 1U07 next after
publication thereof, at 11 o'clork in
the forenoon, to show cans**, if any
they have, why said Administration
should not be granted.
*Mvef. under my hand, this 13th day
of August, A. I). 1907.
Wm. I). Trantham ,
Probate .fudg?>.
Published on the 15th uay of All
1?07 iti The People.
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Schedules Effective May 5,
To Washington, New York and East.
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Ar Rock II ill 2 H.? pin
" Charlotte 0 8-"? pm
44 Washington 7 8."> am
44 Haiti more 10 l.~> am
44 rhiladelphia 12 ">2 pr.?
44 New York 3 13 pin
Pullman sleeper and Southern
Railway dining ears from Koclc
Hill.
Trains arrive at Cauiden from
north 8 55 a m and 12 uoon.
From south and west 12 03 p
m and 0 20 p in.
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l.v ('minion ;">?"> a rn
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Soiki train with i isitir ami Ca
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viiio willa.'iit t !tan::v.
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