The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, January 23, 1908, Image 2
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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.
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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.
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and Skin Diseases. Instant relief.
Don't suffer longer. Write P. W.
WILLIAMS, 400 Manhattan Avenue,
New York. Enclose Stamp.
Best Designs .
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MONUMENTS AND
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Or. King's New Life Pills
Th? btm In thf world.
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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.
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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.
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