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: x , i f A MKKCUANT8 NEWSPAPER. A COUNTRYMAN'S NEWSPAPER. : a newspaper por SELLER AND BUYER. J'l'BUSnED EVERY THUR8DAY. W. A SCHKQCK, PUBLISHER. SUBSCRIPTIOM, S1.50 PBR AWOI. * Camden, 8. C.. Jan. 2n<l 1008. CIIIUSTMAS AND NEW YEAK. , Both of these events were cele brated quietly by our people. Why not? While they have reason for rejoiciug, the one that "the Christ child is born" and the other, that a new era was inaugurated, 1908 years ago, which emancipated all from the thraldom of superstition and tradition; while tho birth, life and (loath on the cross of the only begotten son of God as an expiation of our sins, and our sal vation from eternal dam uatioii in tho tortures of hell us portrayed . in the Scriptures; all this should load us to rejoice, but to re joice in quietness, in humility, and hi humble thankfulness to the Giver of all good for mer cies vouchsafed during tho past year, and to offer up earnest petitions that the same Divine grace shall be exteuded to us during the year just begiuniug. ATTORNEY GENERAL LYON'S DECISION. Attorney General Lyon has rendered his decision in the mat ter of attorney's fees recently paid by the Kershaw Couuty Dispensary Board out . of the prolhs in favor of the Board. This action by the Board we at iirst looked aslcance at, but on .consideration, we have concluded that ihe tight against the Ker shaw County dispeusaries was prucLically a fight against the entire population of the couuty, tax payers and nou-tuxpayers, all <ii whom however are mem burs of the body politic, so the coiito-it, so-called was not a con test between factions, but a con test between the county on the one hand and a faction on the other. As for The People, we have put the4 whole matter be lli ml us for the present. The future of the question W3 hope to have the pleasure of discuss ing next year face to face with tho voters. CU32PULSORY EDUCA TION. We are on record U9 an advo cate of compulsory education, but a preliminary draft of a law of 1 his character which may be pre sontcc^ to the General Assembly of Houth Carolina at its next session makes us tired. It pro vides for 12 weeks schooliug an nually for all pupils of school age, *1 weeks of which must be consecutive. Iu other words the child must attend school 12 Mrtjeks, only 4 weeks of which term must be served at a time, the other 8 weeks to bo tilled in any old time. This system will bo the veriest fai ce. Place a scholar under tutelage from May 1st, to June 1st what does lie or she learn? Practically nothing. lies u in e their supposed education on Au gust 1st to Sept. 1st aud what have you as the result? Abso lutely nothing. We take it up again -on Nov. 1st to Doc. 1st v h icii completes the 12 weeks as required by law, and what do we 'have as results? Absolutely induing, aud a compulsory edu cation law along the lines pro jected resolves itsolf into a quint oscent chaotic of lionscnce. We d.on t cure to expose every card rtp our sleove prior to going to tho Legislature, but we do Ask our present legislators to go slow along the line of compul ?ory Education at this time. LIQUOR We had hoped that with o ir ediiorlni (>f i)?ic. 10th on the Liqm r qn?9iion, we would have put .iitd us the whole of it 'tiiii *o faced the voters next i:i in our race for the Leglslu lure. This, always provided , (. . ? f. (} ? ilitt Loru um life, ..a J |K>wvr U/coatMll *uy fool proposition thmt any member may advance along the tine of a prohibition law which we, as a member of the great body of the people consider to be inadequate to the occasion and its necessity. To be more explicit, we favor absolutely a prohibition law, but a bogus prohibition law would give us the shivers, and that seems to be the only thing we will have presented. We note that a bill has been introduced in the National Houso or Sen ate, upon the adoption of which liquors will be debarred from entering iuto any dry territory anywhere within the Uuion. This is humbug. It is needless to i say that the bi^ will not pass the Congress. Let the Oeneral Assembly of the United States, or, the Gene ral Assembly of any State, de clare against the manufacture cr sale of whislrey or other alcoholic stimuleut within its borders, or importation therein, and provide an adequate law guaranteeing its enforcement, and we are with those - who want such a law, in heart, body, mind and soul. We not however propose for u momeut to cater to the fanatical wishes of this couuty as repre sented by a portion of its voters, and cast a vote on either the one or the other side of the question (if elocted) merely to please the one side or the other. The above souuds like a cam paign speech but is not so in tended. Every iuterest we have in life is wrapped up in Ker shaw. Every inspiration that wo have ?ver felt towards the betterment of the condition of our people has found its Alpha here, and will find its Oniega. We don't want to get too deep for some of our readers, so will explain that "Alpha" means the beginning and "Omega" the end. Whether the terms are Greek or Latin we leave to you to say. SOME COTTON CROP FIG URES. Correspondent Has Compiled Statistscs Which Indicate the Probable Yield for 1907 1908 To the Editor of The State: As this seems to be a day of predictions and guesses as to the size of the cotton crop of 1907 08, and as Miss Giles has rocently published her guess, estimating the present crop to be more than 12,000,000 bales of cotton 1 de sire to gi V3 the readers of your paper some figures for their consideration, not based on any one's opinion, but based on ac tual facts as found to exist, and published by the bureau of the census of the United Slates gov ernment : Bales. Total ginued to Nov. 1, 1900 6,906,395 Total ginued to Nov. 1, 1907 6,167,609 Decrease 1907 compared with 1900 738,795 Total ginned to Nov. 14, 190 6 8,662,242 Total ginned to Nov. 14, 190 7 7,211,202 Decreaso 1907 compar ed with 1906 1,251,040 Total ginned to Dec. 1, 190 5 10,027,868 Total ginned to Dec. 1, 1907 8,338,000 Decrease 1907 compar ed with 1906 1,689,868 Total crop of 1907 12,983,201 Per cent, of total crop ' ginned to Dec. 1, 190 6 77.2 Total ginned to Nov. 1, 1905 6,357,595 Total ginned to Nov. 1, 190 7 6,167,609 Decrease 1907 compared ed with 1905? 289,995 Total ginned to Nov. 14, 1905 7,501.180 Total ginned to Nov. 14, 1907 7,311,202 Decrease 1907 compared with 1905 189,978 Total ginned to Dec. 1, 1905.;., 8,689,663 Totui ginned to Dec. 1, 19D7 8,338,000 Decrease 1907 com pared with 190r> 351,963 Total crop ot 1905.. 10,495,105 Per cent, of total crop ginned to Doc. 1995 82.8 Amount ginned after f j. # *.!*>?; Dec. 1, 1006..., ...... 2.965.8S1 Amount ginned after ' .1 ' Dec. 1906..... 1,806.442 If we add the amount ginned after Dee. 1, 1905, tp the amoant grinned op to Dec. 1, 1907* we will hnve a total crop ol 10, 148,442 bales. You will readily aee that the present does not compare with lust ye?r*s crop, ss there was 1,251,040 bales less pinned up to Dec. 1, 1907, than was grinned to Dec. 1. 1906. . While notwith standing the fact that there was 851,668 bales less ginued to Dec. 1, 1907, than there was to Dec. 1, 1905, and admitting that there will be as much ginned after Dec. 1, 1907, as there was after Dec. 1, 1905, we will have a total crop of 10,143,442 bales, or if 10,027,868 bales pinned up to Dec. 1,1906, would indicate a crop of 12,982,201 bales, as it did in 1906, to make a compari son with the yield of that year, we will see that 8,338,000 gin ned to Dec. 1 of this year, would indicate a total crop of 10,795, 328 bales. J. M. VVoodlev. Dalzell, S- C., Dec. 10, 1907. WOOD FOR I'APBlt COST TWENTY-SIX MILLIONS. I The Publishers Pays Much More for HIh Stock Thau Ho L>id Last Year. To day there is general com plaint among publishers that printing paper is constantly growing dearer. In the Middle West many local papers are raising their subscription price 50 per cent- in order to pay for | paper. From the time when Gutenberg first used movably type, made of wood, to the prdsent day of metropolian pa pers, some of winch consume the product of acres of spruce in a single edition, printing has in very large degree depended up on the forest. In the face of a threatened shortage of timber, th& amount of wood consumed each year for pulp has increased since 4899 from 2 milliou to 2? million cords. The year 190*5 marked an increase of 93,000 cords in the Import* of pulpwood; the lilgti* ?Uvfri|? Wli? per cord for til ttods,t?d a consumption grfeatef* by 4fl$,068 cord* than thai of uy prevlooi year. The average coal palp of de livered at the mill was $7 21. The total valneof the wood contained in 1906 waa $26^400, 00^ Theehief item determining the price of paper ia the pulp. An example of the increased price A paper is found in the case of a pub lisher of a daily fn the Middle West, who recently paid $1,200 for a carload of paper. The same quantity and grade of pa per cost a year ago but $800. All importation of wood for pulp are from Canada, nud com prised, in 1906 789,000 cords, i nearly all of winch wus spruce. | Four ond a half million dollars* j worth of pulp was imported in j 1906, a slight falling off from ! 1905. Circular 120 of the Forest Ser ! vice contains a discussion of the i consumption of pulpwood in j 1906, based on statistics gather- j ed by the Bureau of the Census 1 and the forest Service. The pamphlet can be had upon ap- { plication to the Forester, Uni- 1 ted Slates Department of Agri- j culture, Washington, D. C. Municipal Bonds For Sale* j The City of Camden, 8. C.. invite* i bids ror Fifty Thousand ($60,000.09) 1 dollars of five (5 per cent.) per cent., bond?, to be issued for installing sew* { erage system at Camden, 8. C. Coupoii bonds to mature in forty (40) years and to bear interest at live (5) per cent, per annum, payable semi annually. All bids must be s?nt to the City Clerk and must he aceoiupa- 1 nit'd by certified check to guarantee the bids in the sum of 6 per centc of the amount of bid, said check to be re turned it bid is rejected. No bids for less than par and ac crued interest will be considered. Bids to be closed the 15th day* of January, 1908 at 12 o'clock M. Right reserved to reject all bids. II. G. CAKRISON, Mayor. J. J. Goodai.k, City Clerk. Mind Your BusiucMi! If you don't nobody will. It in your buaiueMS to Keep out of ill the tumble you can and you can and will keep out of liver and bowel trouble if you take I>r. King'* New Life Pill*. They keep biliou?ue*H and Jaundice out of your system. 25c. at F. Leslie Zeiup'n. Camden Drug Company 's-and Zemp A DePass' drug stores. SE^.BO^.BS AIR LINE RAILWAY. "THE EXPOSITION ROUTE" TO NORFOLK These arrivals and departures, as well as time and connections with other companies, are given only as information and not guaranteed. No. 66 No. H4 Lv. Camden 7.01 a in 7.68 p m Ar. Hum let 9.25 n m 10.20 p m Lv . llaleigh 1.00 "p m 1.40 h in Ar. Portsmouth 8.00 p in 9.00a m Ar. Richmond 0.35 p m 6 60 a in Ar. Washington 10.10 p .n 10.16 a m Ar. liultiuiore 1.38 a in 11.82 a m Ar. Philadelphia 4.21 a in 1.46 pm Ar. New Yi>rk 7.80 a in 4 16 p m Ar. Pittsburg 0.00 a in 10.25 p m SOUTUBOUND , No. 43 No. 81 Lv. Camden 11.40 p m 9.23 a m Ar. Columbia 12.46 p m 10.40 a in Ar. Savannah 4.26 a m 2.45 p m Ar. Jacksonville 9.00 a m 7.60 p in Ar . Tampa 0.15 p in 0.00 a in Ar. Montgomery 8.10ptn 7.H) a in Ar. Tallahassee . >' 11.25 pm 2.16 p in Ar. New Orleans *. 7.15 a m Trains Not. 81 and 81 carry sleeping ear between Tampa and New York and dinning car between Kichint.nd and Washington and Hamlet and Rincon. Trains Nos. 48 and IW carry sleeping car between Jacksonville and New York; dinning oar llamlet to Washington. For further information and reservations apply to C* M ADK1NS, Agent, or write W. L. BURROUGHS, T. P. A., Columbia, S. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Schedule** Effective May 5, 1907. To Washington, Mew York and East. I.v Camden *11 50 am +0 20 pin Ar Hock Hill 2 85 pin 0 20 pin ?' Charlotte fl 85 pin 1188 pm ?? Wanhinaton 7 85 ain 10 15 am " Italti more 10 15 am 1182 am " Philadelphia 12 52 pm 1 45 pin ?' N?*w York 8 45 pin 4 15 pin Pull iimn sleeper and Southern Railway dining cars from Rock Hill. Trains arrive at Cainden from north 8 55 a m and 12 noon. From south and west 12 05 p m and 6 20 p m. For excursion rates and illus trated mutter about "The Land of the Sky," "Beautiful Sap phire Country," and Summer Re sorts, apply to the undersigned. To olnmbia and AshevUto. T,v Camden *8 55 n m Ar Columbia 11 15 a in Ar Mpart anbury 8 85 p in Ar Try on 5 10 p in Ar llenilerAonvllle 6 25 p in Ar AhIu>viIIo 7 80 p in Solid traio with Chair and Ca fe Car from Kingville to Ashe ville without change. I To barlestoo, Atlanta and West. Lv Camden *2 15 p m Lv Branchvllle 7 80 p in Ar Charleston 8 45 p in I Ar Aiken 0 40 p in I Ar Augn*ta 10 80 pin Ar Atlanta 5 00 a in Ar Chattanooga 10 15am Ar Cincinnati! 8 80 p in Ar St Loui* 7 82 a in Pullman sleeper Branchvllle to Atlanta connecting with sleep J er and dining car to Cincinnati J - ? A t Daily exccpt Sunday. * I>nily. For full information consult J. 8. ARMSTRONG, J. C. LUSK, R. W. HURT, Agent, Div Passenger Agent, Asst Gen ?*>$s Agent, Camden, S. C. Charleston, S. C. At)?jU, Ga. -A- G-OQJD ITiLMZ! N BETTERTHAN GOLDOR SILVER. i _ All "Keen Kut ter" Goods Bear That Name Knives, Axes, Files, Saws, Hammers, etc. In fact every Tool the Farmer and Me chanic needs, and are sold by A. D. KENNEDY. Lime, Portland Cement, Car Wilburn Wagons Mowers and Rakes, Hay Presses and Grain Drills Call and inspect his complete line of HARDWARE. A. D. KENNEDY. Money to Loan On Ileal Estate. Clarke & von T resckow. Indlifctttioii, CoiiMtlpatlou mill IvmoiiiiiIu. I cured myself, Physcians and reme dies failing, Marvelous DRUGI.P^SS CURE, (no bread stuff's) all farliuu. lurs free. GERMAN GRAINS, No. 625 Went 124th Street, New York City, N. Y. Parlor Market Specials Almonds, Walnuts, BrazilNuts, I ? Citron Currents, Figs, All New Crop. H. L. W ATKINS, Prop'r. Pliono ------ Scvcii-Oim: REAL ESTATE nixl Collecting Agent. I All persons having" Real Estate for , sale or rent, are requested to call on i tfie fur information. Those wishing to buy or rent Real Estate, are also requested to call on ine. All claims placed in my hands for | collection will receive prompt atten I tion. | (/all on me at Mr. W. A. 8chrock's ! office (The People's office,) Camden, 8. G. G. Alexander. T m 1 l/ocnl ropresentlvc for wv nntCfl Cmndcn iiikI viclnlt, to ? ? i?<>k after renewela and Inrrcimd siibKcrlptlon list of a prominent monthly litnitnr.lne, on a *i?lar.\ Mid com mission 1>n*ls, Kxpfrlence desirable, t>ut not noerssnry. (JimkI opportunity for rltfht ftorson. Address Publisher. Hox Ktntloi ), Now York. Tli? Mitfflc No. ?. Number three is a wonderful mascot for Geo. II. I'arris, of Cedar Grnye, Me., according to a letter which reads : ?? After suffering much with liver and kidney trouble, and becoming greatly discouraged by the failure to find re lief, I tried Electric Hitters, and as a result I nm a well man to-day. The first bottle relieved and three bottles coinplet-'d the cure." Guaranteed best remedy lor stomach, liver and kidney troubles, by V. Lesli.* Zcmp, Camden Drug Company and Zvmp & L)cPa?? Jruggist. 50c. Yadkin Valley Distilling Company Makes the finest PURE RYE and CORN WHISKEY on the market. Only the best grain used in dis tilling fine whiskies will give the delightful and mellow flavor recognized in every taste of any of the YADKIN VALLEY make. Shipped in jugs or bottles in plain cases ? orders filled promptly and carefully. Old Shore Corn . ? ? $3.00 Gallon Yadkin Valley Corn . . $2.50 Gallon North Carolina Corn ? . $2 00 Gallon Pure Old Rye . . . . $5.00 Gallon Bottled in bond, eight years old, guaranteed pure. The nearest distillers to you shipping direct from our plant, guaranteeing quickest delivery. Wri- e for price list. A trial order will convince you of the superi ority of every Whiske/ made and shipped by YADKIN VALLEY DISTILLING CO. Rocky Mount, North Carolina "The Whiskey That Gentlemen Drink" Williams tk Stcedman, Fire, Accident and Health INSURANCE. Surety BondH. Office over store of J. C. Cnrctoa A Co. KILLthe couch and CURE the LUNGS WITH Dr. King's New Discovery mczw9 PRICE J A 11.00. Bottle Frte| AMP ALL THROAT AND LUNQ TROUBLES. GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY OR MONEY REFUNDED. Money To Loan On improved farm Innda in Kerslmw County. IntfrvH pirIiI per rent. Only HC'ttml expt'itaps of lonn charged. I,. A. WittkitWRky, C-mnden, S. C. or (7. !?. Winkler, 45 IJroadwsy, New York. W. BRATTON DeLOACH ATTORNEY AT LAW Camden, 8. C. Dr. I. II. Alexander, DENTIST. Office one door North of ??The People.* ICcnmrkublc Hcsciic. n.nl truth is Htrnuirrr I linn fletion, lias unci' more been (It'iiMtiiixi rated in in the little town of Fedora, 'leiin., tln? residener of <J. V, I'rppiT. lie writer: "I whs in bed, entirely dis abled with heiiiorrages of the lunifs anil throat. Doetor* fiiileil to help me. Slid all hope hail fl.nl when I began taking Dr. Knit's New Discovery. Then relief ejtni'j. The faughing eras ed ; the bleeding diminished rapidly, a ml in three w eeks I was able to go to ! work." (iiiaiaiitri il for eonghs and I rolds *?()<? and ?!. at F. Leslie Zemp's, ll'aiiid ii Drug Company and Xemp & | Dicl'ass drug stores. ECZEMA and PILE CURE FRFF Knowing what it w as to Milter |I\LL | w, || give Kit IS K of OIAIU.K to any alllieted a positive enre for Ke? zeiiia, Malt Khelim, Krysipelas, Piles and Hkin Disease*. Instant relief. Don't snirer longer. Write K. \V. W 1 1,|,| A MS, 100 Manhattan Avenue, New York. Kne.lose Stamp. To women for eolleet ing names ami selling ? *^??*?olir novelties, we give biff premium* send your name to day f<?r our new plan of big prolltH with litt'e work. Write to.ilay. Ad dress T. ('. M()SKI,KV I'reiiiium <le partmeiit 31 K. JMrd Street, New York City. Best Designs. Est. E. O. MeC rely lit. MONUMENTS ANI> TOMBSTONES. Vermont Marble Co'#. DucMer^o Africa Salve Tbe Best Salve la TIm Wtrli