The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, January 02, 1908, Image 2
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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!
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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.
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