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*? 4 COUNTRYMAN'S NEWSPAPER. | L-r * i i. i ... r ?/ 4 KEWrt PAPER FOR *>? SELLER AND BUYER. jj PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. *' ~ W. A SCHKOCK, publisher. mSCRIFTIOI, S1.50 PER iXIQl. ?*ni4eiu 8. C.. Marcli Olli 1008. - . . TAXATION. Taxation is the quest iou of the flour. Confiscation would be the more appropriate uame for it The legislature, at its last t\ session, increased appropria tions all along the line, without, mo far as we can see, passing a single measure that, conduces to the material welfare of the peo ple at large. There was a great jiue and cry just before the con vening of the session about the necessity for the State borrow Jn g money from year to year to keep the government off a ca6h basis because the rate of taxa tion was not high enough. In 0od's name ! not high enough In a former issue we poiuted out jt rejgedy for the correction of Oils state of affairs. riii? reme dy was to draw from the sinking fund sufficient monies to make Dp the deficit. That fund as we understand it is mainly created /or the ostensible purpose of re tiring the bonds of the State as they fall due, but which wo ou information and belief tlunlc is |90t so applied. This fund ap x>roxi mates we believe about $2G8,000, which either lies idle in the Banks, or, is loaned out to 11^9 several counties as occasion Remands. The State tax levy has been raised ono mill. This, on $2ti7, 000.000 of property excluding $175 ,000 for licenses will give us' - ji revenue next year of $1,043,. ' ?00, whilo the supply bill calls for $1,335,500. Mark our words. tJuless a majority of the legisla ture to be elected this fall are of #1ifferent calibre than a majority ot the present membership, this Increased tux levy will be of jion effect iu the practice of bor-1 rowing money to meet necessary expenses. What is needed is a legislature that will mako sweep ing though conservative cute in ^expenses of government. Let us not vote for mon simply t>ecuuse they have a big mouth, #nd & long string of words to t>ack up their candidacy. Vote for the solid njan, the man whom you know by intuition almost trill legislate for you, the man Who because the other fellow *nyp so, wilj not cast a vote that threatens your interests. It is pot the man of much speaking who always makes a good legis lator, but the man who thinks And does thjugs. PRETTY STEEP. Won't the people of the town of Bamberg pay mce tuxes next year? Our school taxes will bo ten mills, divided as follows: three mills for school house bonds, four mills for school pur roses 9ud replacing the new ililding, and three mills consti. lutional tax, making a grand total for schools alone of ten Wills. Tho State levy is 5.J mills. jHld udding to this the county levy of threo mills and town Iftftes of eight millr, will make the citizens of i)ainberg pay taxel of w mills. Wo don't 9>ind paying ta*es when we get AitjFthiu# for it, so we are not complaining about the school levy, hut there was no use for tha legislature to create nmv ottoas, raise salaries, and make iuUravogaut appropi iations. ikupburg Herald, TUG &BUI3LATU&& To be entirely frank, we ve |ir?l vHe recent, session of the legislature as tho worse hold \ oiuca we oatt remember. Tho ; fcody did absolutely nothiu^for! Wto relief of the tax payors, but la tho contrary created uew yflta* and m^de extravagant ap ; - . - |? ??;?n i ? ? ? ?. 'J\? ' ? ?* u ill 4 lit umuy iu (ao(. sl-cc i!>o days of Radical mis- 1 ralo and corruption. ? Bamberg Herald . I OUR NEW YORK LET-, TER. . . ; From our rvetident Corresphndeat.) Here . is au item of interest about now wheu so much is be ing suid and written about Cor porations. * The first one organized char- 1 tered in this country was by Aaron Burr (of a certain memor> ) jit was the Manhattan Water Company (now the Manhattan Bank of this City) Burr was a schemer, a power in politics in his day or at least until up to the time of his disgrace. The pro moters proposed supp lying water to the residents of New York City. Little attention was paid to the measure ? so simple? - merely a "water bill" and at that time water was an object to tho growing city. It was lound ! afterwards thai Burr had in corporated in the bill broad privileges, exclusive rights, uot o.ily water rights, but all man ner of things were granted, banking, trading, speculating; anything, everything could be curried on under the protection o I lsw and to the exclusion of others. Tho water company is defunct and has been for years ? yet the far-reacliiug charter is preserved, and under it a score of enterprises are today opera ted. The great Manhattan Banking Institution takes tho lead among tho many uuder the wiugs of this franchise. The law makers at the time incorporated in the measure a clause requiting the daily pumping of water, and the minimum was placed at 1 gallon. From that day to this, water has been pumped daily 1 gallou is forced through the pipe, to save the valuable fran chise. H. W. Finlayson, 450 Broadway. FAHMlSllS UNION NOTES. A dry summer usually follows a wet winter. If this rule holds good this year, the farmer who does nob prepare his land fgr a dry season will get left. Preparation of lands by deep plowing uot ouly prepares the land for drought, but it also makes the best preparation to stand heavy raius or long wet spells. Cotton bears and fertilizer trusts have been the chief sub jects for abuse by cotton growers for many years. If you aro in earnest about this thing now is tho time to cut their acquaint ance; don't take men into your business and mix with them if you cannot trust them. Getting in trouble is smooth down hill going; getting out is up hill and sometimes very slip pery climbing. Hefore you con tract any debts this year on your cotton crop better count on only one bale this season where you got two lust year. Don't calculate on all others cutting acreage and you being the only man to enlarge his cot ton acroage. Now and then you hear of someone being shot with a gun they thought not loaded. Play with things that are not | dangerous. Railway Reduction of Wages. Washington, Feb. 25. ? In re gard to tho negotiations which havs been going on between the Southtrn Railway Company and its employees iu respect to a re duction of wages, President Fin ley, of the Southern Railway, today made the following state ment: ?'Our employees, working ru der contract, having declined our prorosition iu regard to a re duction of wages, we still feel confident that there should be an amicable adjustment, and do not propose to proceed in any arbitrary way. We hove notified our employees of our regret that they can not, at present time?, see their way clear to accept the Huggctious as to wages scale which the management con siders imperatively necessary uuder existing condition*, and have Mated to thorn that we will ask the mediation of the Clis n* man of the interstate Commerce Commission and tho Commiv POST OFFICE RULING By a recent ruling of tlie Pout Office Department, the publishers of Weekly Newspapers are required to strike from their Subscription books the numes of till subsribers who are in arrears for wore than one year's subscription. This ruling goes into effect April 1st. Failing compliance with it, the publisher will be charged FULL SECOND CLASS rate of four (4} cents per pound for every news paper he sends through the mail. Tnis hi nr. ply means that THE PEOPLE will cost you $2.50 per :\anum in stead of $1.50 as now. We, of course bow to superior authurity, but we do not care to drop a single subscriber, so we earnestly urge all our subscribers to call oa or write us before April 1st., whether you have the money or not, and we ure sure that we can make sume arrangement that will bring you with* in the rule. W. A. SCHROCK, Publisher. sioner of Labor, under Section 2 of Erdmaun Act, which pro vides that in any controversy concerning wages which threat ens to interrupt the business of an interstate carrier, either par ty may ask the intervention of the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Commissioner of Labor, aud. in the event of such request, re quires the officials named to put themselves into communication, with all practical expedition, with the parties to the contro versy, and use their best efforts, by mediation and conciliation, to bring about an amicable adjust ment of the questions at issue. We have accordingly request ed the mediation of the officials named in the hope of arriving at an adjustment of all controversy with our men, which will be cor dially accepted by both interests involved. " Editors vs* Doctors. One good, healthy doctor bill would run a printing office a month. An editor works all day for $2 with an investment of $3,000. A doctor looks wise and works ten minutes for $2 with an investment of 3 cents and a pill box that cost 1 cent. A doctor goes to college a few years, gets a diploma and a string of words the devil himself can't pro nounce, cultivates a look of gravity that pusses off for wis dot:), gets a box of pills, a meat saw and sticks out his shingle a full-fledged doctor. Ho will then doctor you till you die at. a stipu lated price per visit, and put them as thick as your pocket book will permit. An editor seldom gets his education finish ed, learns as long as he lives and studies all his life; he eats bran mash and liver and takes his pay in hay and turnips. If a doctor goes to see another man's wife he charges the man for it; if an editor goes to see another man's wife he gets a charge of buckshot. The editor helps men to live better and the doctor helps hoin to dio easy. ? Exchange. Itest Healer f u I lie World. Kev. F. Starbind, of east Kaynund, Maine. Bays : "I have used BuckleuV Arnica Halve for teveril year*, on my old army wound, and other obstinate sore*, and find it the best healer in tbe | world. I use it too with great sno re** in my veterinary buxiiii>nit." I I'riee 2"?r. at F. Leslie %einp'n, Camden Drug Company 'a and Zemp A Dei'ass' drug stores. KXClltSION HATKS To New Orleans, M<l>ile mid lVnxueolu via Mouther'* ICall \vi?y. Account Mttrdi Gras celebra tions at New Orleans, T>a., Mo bile, Ala., and Pensucola, Flu., The Southern Railway an i nounces the very low rate of one first class fare plus 25 cents for I round trip. Tickets on sale February 20th, 27th. 28th and .29th, inclusive; March 1st, and j2nd, inclusive, good to lea/e I New Orleans returning not : later than tqidnijfht March 10th, J 1908. .Stop-overs allowed going and ret inning. For rates, detailed informa tion, etc., apply to nearest Tic ket Agent or address .1. C. LUSK, Division Passenger Agt,. Charleston, fc>. C | Registration Notice, j The books of registration for; the purpose of registering quali fied voters in lb** City of Cain den, will be open in the Council Chamber, every Wednesday from : 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. JOHN B. ARRANTS, Supervisor of Registration. Feb. 27, 1903. Williams.& Steedman, | Fire, Accident and Health INSURANCE. 4 -s Surety Bonds. Office OTer store of J. C. Cureton & Co. ? m ----- ! W. BRATTON DeLOACH * ATTORNEY AT LAW Camden, S. C. Trespass Notica. This will notify all persons that Shooting, Fishing, or other, wise trespassng on my planta tion in West Wateree is-strictly forbidden. Henry Savage. 9 19 6m. Election For Mayor and Alricr meu. We notice in one local con temporary a number of candi nates as candidates for Mayor and Aldermen in the coming eloc ution for officers to serve our city during the ensuing two years The gentlemen men tioned are all clever folks, but there are others, so let all of them come on and put their cards in THE PEOPLE. Wo reach EVERYBODY. Dr. I. H. Alexander, DENTIST. Office one door North of "The People.' Money to Loan On Ileal Estate. Clarke & von Tresckow. GET SOME YANKEE MONEY I can put you in touch with probable buyers for your property, no matter where it 4s located H. W. FINLAYSON 1323 ? 55th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. For Rent Tliat portion of t In* Camd<?u Hotel located on the Northwest corner of Main and D??Knlb streets, used for hotel purposes. Spacious dinning hall, pantry and kitchen, with a number of nice rooms above stairs for boarders. Ini;n<'diiit<> possesion given to the liglii party. Ap ply to W. A Schroclc, Agent and Lessee. Care The People's oflice, Cam den, S. C. OrenU'at *|>ritiff tonic, drive* out all ruimriltcrt. Milken th?? Wool rfrli. Kills you with warm, I iinfhiitf lil>. M ? ri'Hnble f'priiijf r?'K'il:il<>r. "I'lui I 1 1 .?! 1 1 ? ?t t-r's Korkj Mount uiu'lVn. 8f>.\ I'm or TnblelH. /j.-mit & DcTnii). PREPARED ? * Agricultural Lime. A very cheap Fertilizer for Corn, Cotton and Legumenous Crops. It prevents Bud Worm and Rust. Extensively used in Lee, Marlboro and Sumter Counties. Call and inspect my complete line of HARDWARE. A. D. KENNEDY. Citron IIUmmI, Skin l>Urnsr, Chan cer. (iron lost lllootl I'uri lior Free. If your blood is impure, thin, din eased, not or Toll of humors, if you have bl?od poison, cancer, carbuncles, eating sores, scrofula, eczema, itching, risings mil bumps, scabby, pimply Iskiu, hone pains, cat irrh, rlieumatism, or any hl.iod or skin disease, tnke I Ho'nuic lllootl Italm (H. It. H.) 80011 all sores heal, aches nntl pains stop at.-i the hlood is made pure and rich. Druggists or by express $1 per large bottle. Sample free by writing Illood Halm i/O., Atlanta, Ga. H. H. B. is es pecially advised Tor chronic, deep seated cases, as it cures after all else fails. At P. Leslie Zeinp's. REAL ESTATE ami Collecting Agent. All persons having Real Estate for snle or rent, are requested to call 011 me fur information. Those wishing to buy or rent Real Estate, are also requested to call on me. All claims placed in my hands for collection will receive prompt atten tion. Call on me nt Mr. W. A. Sclirock's office (The People's office,) Camden, S. C. G. O. Alexander. ' T?T)1?l? To women for collect Ing names and selling j* " 'our novelties, we give liip: premiums send your name to dny for our new plan of bitf profit** i with litt 'e work. Write to. day. Ad dress T. 0. MOSEMtY Premium de partment HI E. 28rU Street, New York City. UNDERTAKING CALLS ATTENDED ANY HOUR DAY OR NIGHT. :: :: :: Est. E. O. McCreiglit. Parlor Market Specials Almonds, p Walnuts, BrazilNuts, Citron Currents, Figs, All New Crop. II. L. W ATKINS, Prop'r. IMiciio - - - - - - Seven-One Mr. Ufa?' a New tl*e"pJ7?? Th9 b??t In th? world. SEABOABD A I It LINE 11 A I L W A T. These Arrivals and Departures as well as Time mxl Connections Willi other Companies, nre given only as Information ami are not G iiaranteed. NORTHBOUND. Lv Camden Ar Hamlet. Lv Italeigh Ar Portsmouth Ar l&ichmond Ar Washington Ar Baltimore Ar Philadelphia Ar Pittsburg No Db 11:02 p in 1:10 ;i m 4:lJ0 a in 0:15 a m 12:30 p m 1:40 p in 3:55 p in No 6G 0:57 h in 0:15 a in 12:50 p in 0:05 p ni 0:30 p m 1 1 :()() p hi 7 :110 a in H:50 a m No 84 7:55 p ra 10:15 p rn 1:20 u m 10:10 u ni 0:05 a in 0:15 a in 1 1 a m 4:15 p in 0:4- p in SOUTHBOUND. L?v Camden Ar Columbia Ar Savannah A r Tarn j ui Ar Maimi No 99 8:40 ii m 9:47 a in 1:05 p m 7 :3() u m No 43 12:30 a in 1 :25 a in 4:30 a m 0:50 p in 10:2.") it in No 81 12:10 p m 1 |? in 5:05 p in 7 :50 a ni TUo Seaboard Florida Limited Trains Nos !)8 and 99 aro coin posed exclusively of new and up to dale Pullman equipment us follows: Diuing Car (a la curie) service, double drawing room sleeping cars, slate room and observation car between New York and St Augustine. Trains NOs. 81 and 84 Seaboard Express, daily, are composed of the following equipment: Pullman Drawing Room IJuHeL Sleeping Car between Washington and Jacksonville, daily. Pullman Draw ing Kooui Buffet Sleeping Car bet ween Jacksonville and Tampa. Pullman Drawing Kooui Sleeping Car between Jacksonville and Orlando, daily. Trains Nos. 43 and 00, Seaboard Mails, are composed of Pull man Drawing Room Buffet Sleeping Car between New York and Jacksonville, daily. Seaboard Buffet Parlor Car between Jack sonville and Tampa, daily. DningCar letween Washington and Hamlet, daily. For further Information and Reservations Apply to E.J. COOPER, Aot.' W. L. BURROUGHS, T. P. A , Camden, S. C. Columbia, S. C. EVERBLOOMING _*_** I ROSES O U K S E Ij I? c t I o n AIL PLAINLY ILim ADD HI) TWO ALIKE - $1.00 < Catalogue Free Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. ./. K. J A t'KSON, (Uthtexrlllc, fia.