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\ merchants newspaper. . COUNTRYMAN'S NEWSPAPER. ? A NEWSPAPER FOR SELLER AND BUYER. ?Mr , i' TRLlSUED EVERY THURSDAY. V ? -W. x a a SCHROCK. publisher. .U3SCRIPTI0H, $1.50 PER AXIUI. f untdcii. 8 ,1(111 2:*r?l 10O8. THE GOVERNOR'S MES _ macsi;. We wnut lo congratulate Gov. Ansel on ihe brevity of his mes sage to Uio Legislature, now ?not and sitting in General As Nimbly. As an editor however, we ta?;e an editor's privilege of criticising some of the recom inendatious em boded in the message. Take, for iostnnce, :he remarks as to STATE PI NANCES. Tfte.se are, lu our j d?rmnnt, only partially cpr '* ' While is seems to be no i ry lo borrow annually an ?"vuuMtse sum to defray the ex of government, we cau iJirree to the dictum that an i-:-ens??d tax levy of 2 or more . ii> is necessai y during the en ??".ri;; 3 years. Tins remedy will ??)i relieve the situation to an i reciahle extent. The remedy >ee it, us stated id a for ? ? editorial, lies in a sweep iir reduction of appropriations. '??s. more anon. r.i t lie SINKING FUND, we ? that the cumulative amount ; m redemption oT State Bonds > <ii is io something more than /U.UOO. Why not take a por ? on of this amount (which can easily bo done by act of the le gislature) and wipe out out ' Hiding indebtedness? This is ? matter of simple business. It generally understood that . :?-so State bonds are not in ?nded to Ik-, redeemed, but sim lobe renewed at maturity, t he remarks of tiie Governor ?) ? lie Lai or Cont ract and'Lien .-?-w do not. require extended 'iiiment-. On the contract ques "i, ?i we make a contract, and .nher fellow does not fulfill part of it, we take it out Of !,s hide, and pay the damage. . lie second, we are on record ?r 15 or 20 j ears as favoring its .'?peal. T:iere is nothing of interest in vli^ message relating to the Dis pees ary law. As for ourself, we v r.iii some changes in the Carey - Coihran law. In the iirst place, '?ve want that miserable applica t ion blunlc knocked out. It is a farcical proposition. No good is accomplished through it. as the tilled blanks are never consulted ?m checking up the days work. Tliero are a number of other small changes in the law that we doem advisable, but for the pre sent, we are lying low. The remarks iu ihc .n?ssage affecting registration and educa ? lion are not to us impressive. Concerning these relating to the beautifying of the State House grounds, we believe that we can take a plug mule, and two handss and iu two weeks, using a six iucli twister, plow in enough seed to transform those grounds into a veritable Garden of Eden, this at a cost of not more than *000. instead of the thousands that are now spent upon them. A- to- providing better quar ? : ?. for the Supreme Court, we ??.?:< t hut. that august tribunal - ready fairly well situated, ?>??, under present circustauccs, let i hem stay were they are. W" are hearlily with Gov. Ansel on his several points of Good Roads, Railroads, the Rail ?o id Commission and Education. '?it ail in all, we indorse the "?? ? witte as above the average, ?fplioMs above noted. WATER NAVIGATION. l meeting that was schedul ed to be Meld on Friday, the 17th. iusl., in t !io interest of tho better navigation by boat of the Wa /tcree river, and in the interest of bettor rates in the matter ofj . i eights to this, pud contiguous point*, was duly held Tho audi ! if. was large and appreciative, ? <i t h<> l wo addresses delivered! < vi e very promotive of tho ob i Oarrison, in oae or the moii graoeful presentation speeches thai we have ever heard; Intro duced CJo I. B. R. Stuart us the first speaker. Colonel Stewart was singularly happy in his re marks, Ho is ouo of the heads of the Engineering corps of the river aud harbor boards of the U. S. Government, and stated that the unuse of th<* $75, o oo fund, now available for (he clear ing of the Wateree to traftio wan due lo the seeming apathy of our peopta. He made ample pro mises of speedy resumption of work, but urged that to make the work effective, cordial co oper ation must ba had betweeu t!io local public, the U. S. Engineer ing, department, and the several Congressmen through whose dis trisis the Wateree river flows. The Hon. Jno. A. POx, Con gressman from ? Dist. Arkansas, u tnamber of the National rivers aud Harbors committee, follow ed Mr. Stowart in a very pleas ant address: Our space does uot permit of extended mention, but we must say that he made all kinds of a good talk. He purlieu lury impressed it upon his audi uncs that the first desiratum in securing good aud cheap traus portation wus the making of good roads, to which we say, AMEN, the second being good water transportation of freight. No other speaker who appear ed on our schedule of las*, week appearing, Iho meeting adjourn ed. It was truly enjoyable, and we hope that good was aecoin plished. The Senate Slaps at Taft. Washington, D. C., Jan. 20. The Senate in executive ses sion, has rejected four Ohio Presidential postoftiee appoint ments recently made on the recommendation of Arthur 1 Vorys, manager for Secretary Tuft s contest for the Republi can Presidential nomination. The rejection of a Presiden tial appointment is unusual aud is regarded us a decisive action. Ordinarily offended Senators or a rebellious Senate are satisfied to neglect confirmation, without hurling bactc defiance into the teolh of the Chief Executive. This rejection is significant. It means that the Senate will sup port all efforts of the two Ohio Senators ? Poruker and Dick ? to prevent the nso of federal patronage against them in the Taft-Poi alter fight. It means more than this. The Senate is the sti onghold of the opposition lo Taft, as it is antagonistic to President Roosevelt. Its presid ing officer, Vice President Pair banks is one of Secretary Taft's rivals for the nomination. Sena tor Knox is another candi date, while Senator Crane, of Mass., is the strategist of the "favorite son" combination. The Senate shows by its action that it means to dull the edjre of the Pederal weapon with which President Roosevelt has armed the Taft boomers. Prom now on the Taft-Poraker contest will be enlivened by a contest between the President and the Senate. Waste in Lumbering South ern Appalachian Forests. Tlio forests of the Southern I Appalachian Mountains have been cut so eagerly for the valuable hardwoods they contain that very little virgin timber is I left and about 85 per cent, of the area is second growth. The Urn in on these forests by I many industries is immense. The luinbcrmeu are going over the land for the third time. Pirst tliey look only the prime oak and popular saw timber. Next they took the oaks that were suited for barrel staves. Now they are after whatever merchantable trees are left, such as birch, chestnut and gum. Moreover, these forests have been, and still are, logged very wastefully. Nearly three quar ters of the timber cut for ties is wasted. Double or even triple the number of ties now cut could readily be secured from the same urea without injury to the forest. Hy simply taking all ilie suitable trees, 125 lies could b" cut from an acre which now yields only 00, and if all of tlio wood in I Ik? I rees i vcere fully utilized 170 additional : alN'uLbh tl?o story t* Km ubm. full; 40 par cent, of Uie timber handled in pro curing tbemis eutorcly vutod. Finally, flru ?i? lojariog Um productiveness of tly Appalt* cbian forests by running over the ground and killing young growth. Circular 118, just published by the Forest Service, discusses the whole question of managing to better advantage the second growth forests of the Appa lachian region. This publication can be obtained ot the Forester ut Washington. OUR NEW YORK LET TER. ? ( From our resident Corresphndent.) Few prize figliters or others in ijreat contests, survive and re vive fully after a '-knockout" blow. Jolni Skelton Williams, the wizard of railroad circles, bus proven one of the few that know no suc'i word as ''down and out for good." The writer was in the eni ly days of the Seaboard Air Line a Director of one of the in tegral roads, aud his association wiMi John Skeltou Williams then, tits him to give some facts of interest about this time, limit ed though they must, be because of space. It was said of Williams that <is a youug man, cleric in his father s bauk in Richmond that he was eccentric, had few as sociates, walked the streets alone always absorbed iu deep thought or in his work. His famliar swinging gait and manner gave some the impression that he had "wheels in his h^ad" ? so he did, but not the wheels commonly in mind when th<* above expres sion is applied ?but car wheels, lailroad cars, miles, systems, bonds, millions. While workiug in the bank he wrote an article on resuscitating Southern railroads properties many then being m a bad way financially. This article was lead by some Baltimore owners of a bankrupt road farther South aud they immediately concluded that if anything could be doue to resuscitate, the author of that article was the man to do it. Re suit. Williams assumed charge, put it uot only on its feet, but pulled it up to a paying basis. I* i om then on other properties were secured, Williams manag ing all with the same satisfac tory result, and ere loug John Skelton Williams' name was on every ones tongue as the rail road king of the South. The gieat Seaboard Air Line was the product of Ins brain and, but for a slight slip, likewise the Louis ville and Nashville would have been in his hands. As a rail road magnate, financier, million .aire, Williams soon became as well known North as South, and his fame extended over Europe. Thomas F. Ryan, a foe of old, financially succeeded in "down ing" hi in in Seaboard Air Line control, but like "Bauquo's Ghost ' he will not down, aud to day is practically master of the situation again. The Seaboird passed into the hands of receivers this week, one of whom is Wil liams' brother, and the history of this system if written in full would include some of the most striking features in this country "s financial world. John Skelton Williams was president of a railroad at tweutv six and soon thereafter mingling as a peer with J. Pierpont Mor gan, Thomas F. Ryan and Ed warn II. Ilarrinuin. The Seaboard Air Liue is over 8,000 miles, in length, skirting the Atlantic . Seaboard from Washington, to Tampa, dart ing westward in two long divisions to Birmingham and Montgomery and gridlroning with its brauchs the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Flo rida and Alabama. Williams has been the chief actor in the Seaboard's career in the past and j will be in the future. As some! one has said, "ho was the man I of imagination who saw in the I little bankrupt Southern road, that began nowhere and ended ' nowhere, the great system of | today and the greater system of tomorrow," He was also the [ mini of action who made the; "dream a realty." Control of Ins bat tbir yrwrnl eOiditloo of affaire ?botn Um (Mad of Wll- 1 liioi at the helm tyalo, and will be ilia happy termination of the ! oo<np|?x oooditioua tbej now have iba road in. Williams la a picturesque fighter. Ha has never let up on j Rran and never will uutil lie 19 given the control his great faculties fit him for. The ap pointment of the receivers is looked Jupou as a victory for Williuuis. H. W. Pi 11 Uy son, 451 Broadway. mi W 2 8 l?? SB M ft* Si m X -ft SI *2L1 ?Sri W. ft. SGHROGK HOT ART PDBL1C. notarial Certificate with Seal. Any Legal (Blank filled and probated. Wills, Contracts and Agreements, Specialties. Call at or 'Phone THE PEOPLE'S OFFICE, Camden, S. C. Itcmarkublc Rescuc. That truth in stranger than Action, lias once more been demonstrated in in tlip little town of Fedora, 'lenu., the residence of (5. V, Pepper, lit' %vrit?-s : "1 was in bed, entirely dis abled with heinorrages of the liinn*? and- throat. Doctors failed to help me, and all hope hao fl.td when I begun taking Dr. King's New - Diecovery. Then relief came. The caughing reus ed ; the bleeding diminished rapidly, and in three weeks I was able to go to work." Guaranteed for roughs and colds 60c and fl. at P. Leslie Zemp's, Camden Drug Company and Zcmp & DxPass drug storts. Money To Loan Oil improved farm lands in Kershaw County. Interest eight per cent. Only actual expenses of loan charged. ? L. A. Wittkowsky, Camden, 8. C. or C. L. Winkler, 46 Broadway, New York pQpp To women for collect* 1* I ng names and selling * * * B " "our novelties, we give big prcmfiiiiin send your name to day for our new plan of big profit a with htt'e work. Write to. day. Ad dress T. C. M08ELKY Premium de partment 81 E. 28rd Street, New York City. ECZEMA and PILE CUKE FRFF Knowing what it was to auflVr j MILL | ^nKjVt. PRKRof CHAHUE, to any afflicted a positive cure for Ec- j tenia, Salt Klieuin, Erysipelas, I'iles and Skin Diseases. Instant relief. Don't suffer longer. Write P. W. WILLIAMS, 400 Manhattan Avenue, New York. Enclose Stamp. Best Designs . Est. E . O. McCreight. MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES. Vermont Marble Co's. Or. King's New Life Pills Th? btm In thf world. - -A- G-OOS 3sT.A.i*?E BETTER THANCOLDOR SILVER. All "Keen Kut ter" Goods Bear That Name -KEE1T KTJTTEB" 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. Tax ltetui-ns ? Office of County Auditor,) Kershaw County, > Camden, S. C.. Dw. 0, 10()7 ) Notice is hereby given that the Au ditor's oltiee for receiving Stnte ami It'onnty tax retvrns will tie open from I January 1st, l'JJS, to February 20th, 1 1JH)S : / The dates of appointment* at which the Auditor or Ins deputy will visit the usual places in til'' County for re ceiving returns are given below : Kesliuue, January 8. Ralcj's Mill, January 0. Bowers' School llouse. .lannnry 10. K'rkley's Store, January 11. Kershaw. January 14 West vil'e. January 1??. Russell Place, January lrt. Liberty llill, January 17. Itabon's Cross Roads January 20. lilaney, Jauuarv 21. The law require* that all persons owning property or in anywise having charge of such property either as agent, husband, guardian, trustee, ex ecutor, administrator, Ac., return the same under oath to the Auditor, who requests all persons to be prompt in making their returns and save llie 50 percent, penalty which will be added to the property valuation of all per sons who fail to make returns within the time prescribed by law. INCOME TAX Under an Act of t ho Legislature all per* mis having a gross income ol Twenty-five Hundred Dollars or more are required to make a return of the same to the Auditor at the time of making their other returns. THE POLL TAX. All citizens of this State between the ages of Twenty-one and Sixty years ol age, except Confederate sol diers are requirod to pay Poll Tax of One Dollar a year. All returns sent by inail must t.e made out on proper blanks and sworn to before some officer qualified to administer said oath, otherwise they will not be received at this office as returns. The County Hoard of Equaliziitiou will meet at t he ofllce of the ( 'oiinty Auditor on the 4th Tuesday of Marrh, HH>S, for the purpose of equalizing property, hearing complniuts and pro tests. W. F. RUSSELL. '? Auditor Kershaw iro. Parlor Market - Specials Almonds, Walnuts, Brazil Nuts, Citron ' Currents, Figs, All New Crop. H. L. WATKINS.Prop'r. I'liotifl ------ Seven-One Bucklei/s Salve { The Oesf Selve In Ihe WerM. ? i* y SE-^.BO^L^lD A lit LINE RAILWAY. "THE KXI'OSIT! ON ltOl'TE" TO KQH l'OMt Tlieae arrivals ami departures, at* well as time ami connection* Willi other compunie , art* given only ait information and not guaranteed. No. 60 No. R4 Lv. Camden 0 67 a tn 8.05 p Ar. llainK-r ? 15 a in 10 15 p in l.v . ltalcigh 12 60 p in 1.20 a in A r. Portsmouth 6.30 p in 10. 10 a in Ar. Richmond <1.05 p in I! 05 a in Ar. Washington 0.30 p 0 2"> a in Ar. Baltimore 11.00 p in 11.32 a in Ar. l'hilade Ipliia 4 21 u hi 1 is p in Ar. New York 7 80 a in ?! 15 p in Ar. l'iiubnrg 8.50 a in 0.42 p in SOUTHBOUND No. 43 No. HI l.v. Onniden 12 23 a in 12.10 p in Ar. Columbia 1.20 a in 1.25 p in Ar. Savannah 4 30 a in 5.05 p in Ar. Jackson ville 0.00 a in 0.60 p in Ar . Tampa 0.50 p in 7.60 a in Ar. Montgomery 8.15 p in Ar. New Orleans 7 20 a in Ar. Maimi 10.25 a in Trains No*. SI anil HI carry sleeping ear between Tampa ami New York ami dinning ear between Richmond and Win liington and U. unlet and Hi neon. Trains Not*. 43 ami 00 carry sleeping ear between Jack*on\ ille and New York; dinning ear Hamlet to Washington. For further information and ri sorvaliotis apply lo C* M ADKINS, Agon I, or write W. L. BUKUOUCillS, T. P. A., Columbia, S. C. 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