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XCbc people ? MERCHANT'S NEWSPAPER. ? * A COUNTRYMAN *8 NEWSPAPER. NEWHPAPER FOR 8EI.LER AND BUYER. PUBLISHED EVERY THUR8DAY. W. A SCHROCK, PUBLISHER. SOBSCHPTIOK, SI.J0 PER AMUi. Camden. S.C., May 7 th 1008. PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME. In the light of human develop ment, what should be the ex treme punishment for ? crime? In the early ages, under the Mosaic law, the penalty was H Au eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth and BLOOD FOR BLOOD." As civilization ad vanced under the new dispen-| aation which was inaugurated with the advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, this barbaric sys tem went out of vogue until now, in the tweutieth century of the Christian era, we either do not punish the crimiual at all, or, inflict punishment in a mujority cases that is utterly inade- 1 quate to the gravity of the crime committed. Let us take the crime of petit larceny as an ex ample. The accused has, we will say, robbed the accuser. of $20. He is convicted and sen tenced to a terra of six months on the gang, or, to pay a fine of $50. He pays his line, or serveH his time. In either event, where does the man who has been robbed come in? Does he re cover his $20? Not much, yet as a matter of justice he is en titled 10 that amount out of the fine imposed if paid, or, so much per diem of the worth of the .labor of the convict until the amount of which he has been de frauded has been liquidated. Passing over the several grades of crime oilier than larceuy, we come to the major crimes of rape, murder and arson which fearful crimes are, under our law, punishable by death. IS DEATH A PUNISHMENT? Have you, reader, ever given a thought to this proposition? What is deuth us u punishment for the commission of a criminal act? It is simply a quick re lease from the pangs of con science and all the ills of life. What comes afterwurds is be yond the ken of man, but it is our firm conviction that no moral lesson is tuught through the legal hanging or electrocuting of a criminal. We have previ ously stated, aud repeat it now, that when the guilt of a rapist is clearly proved the moral ef fect of his beiug put away by the citizens of the community in which the crime was committed would be far greater than if the offender was executed by duo process of luw. This opinion ex tends however, only to the crime of rape. In the mutter of the other two major crimes, we want the law to take its course, but we further want the death penalty removed, substituting therefor a sentence of life im prisonment at hard labor. If it was feasible we would have the| Stutd to take our phosphate beds in charge and put our life termers in them. Thut would be punish ment. There is another feature of this question that we approach with caution which is, MTui<e not that away that the Lord hath given. " This is from ilolv Writ, aud while the quotation may not be exact, there can arise no ques tion that the Lord gave life to man, unci unless the individual descenda to l he lev el of the brute, wo huvo no right to take away the life that God gave. The ubovo may furnish food for thought for some. Possess marvelous curative power*, Amoves ?ll 'Unorder*, makes health, strength find flesh. After taking liol Ii?tfr's K??cfcjr Mountain Tea you'll ret?M7," the wonderful good it does, iv ct'iits, Tea or Tablet*. Zi'UipA DePaas. 1 An Ordinance. To Hum Supplies For The} Fiscal Year Ending April 30tb, 1009. . (Special License.) Be It ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Camden. & C.. and by the authority of the same: See. 1. That thla special license or dinance adopted by the city council, on the 20th day of April, 1*08. for the present fiscal year, and passed and or dained as a special ordinance to raise supplies fur the fiscal year endlng Aprll 30th. 1909. That every person, firm or corpora tion. encaged or Intending to engage In any trade, buslnses or profession hereinafter mentioned, within 1 the limits of the city of Camden, shall first obtain a license from the clerk and treasurer, and all licenses herein mentioned shall be non-transferable and for the fiscal year, If not other wise specially provided. And all an nual licenses shall expire on April 30th, 1909, but may be revoked at any time by the mayor or city council; Sec. 2. All licenses for the year granted under this ordinance, shall continue In force until the SOth day of April next succeeding the date of issue, and no license .except as pro vided for by limitation, per diem or month, shall be issued for less time or rate than one year. The city clerk and treasurer shall prepare a proper form to be Issued in each case. Sec. 3. Applications for license of all kinds shall be made to the city clerk and treasurer and all fees for same shall be paid to him In advance; Sec. 4. No person, firm or corpora tion shall be engaged In, prosecute or carry on any business, occupation or profession. hereinafter mentioned, without first receiving from the clerk and treasurer of the city, a special license therefor. Any person or per sons, corporations or associations full ing to secure such license shall on' conviction be fined not less than ($5) five dollars nor more than ($100) one hundred dollars or imprisonment not more than 30 days In the discretion of tho recorder. Sec. 5. For a license to carry on any trade, business or profession herein after mentioned, the following sums shall be paid to the city treasurer. Auctioneers, each per annum.. 20. 00 Auctioneers, each per day 6.00 Agency. excursion agents or otherwise soliciting sale of tickets 20.00 Architects, civil engineers, each G.OO Agents selling or dealing In pat ent rights, whether In stores or on the street 10.00 Agents or dealers in maps, peri odicals, books and^ other like articles $2.00 per day, per year 10.00 Automobiles, hauling passengers or baggage or rented for reve nue. each 5.00 Banks, each 2G.00 Bakeries, each 6.00 Bread dealers, other than resl dent bakers, each 5.00 Brick dealers, each 10.00 Bill posters, per annum, each... 6.00 Bill posters, per day, each 1.00 Barbers, for each chair 2.00 Barbers, each additional chair. . 1.00 Blacksmith shops with one forge 3.00 Each additional forge 2.00 Boarding houses furnishing board for a week or leas time 10.00 Billiard, pool, or bagatelle table other than for private use, ?each table 10.00 Bottling works 10.00 Books and stationery 5.00 Boot and shoe shop, one hand.. 2.00 Each additional hund.. 1.00 Bowling nlley. for public play.. 10. 00 Broker In bonds, notes, stocks, alone' or in connection with bank or any other business whether having office or not.. 10. 00 Building and loan associations, local 15.00 Building and loan agents, non resident 25.00 Builders and contractors, taking contracts less than $500.... 5.00 From $500 to $1.000 10.00 From $1,000 to $5,000.. ..15.00 Over $5,000 20.00 Broker, pawn or money lenders 10.00 Bicycle repairs or renting, 5.00 Bicycle, dealers In or agents. ... 1 0.00 Canvassers to consumers 10. 00 Commission merchants 10.00 Cabinet shops, making or repair ing furniture 3.00 Candy manufacturers, or dealers on the street 5.00 Chiropodist 2.50 Carriage, buggy and wagon deal ers alone or In connection with other business.. .. 10.00 Carriage, buggy and wagon agents to consumers 5.00 Clothing, serond hand, whether In connection with any other business or not 10.00 Carnival shows, per week 200.00 At discretion of the mayor. Circuses, at discretion of mayor Ptr <iny 100,00 Coal or coko dealers or wood, whether In connection with other business or not 10.00 Confectionery and fruit dealers each stand Corn or flour mills, each 5.00 Cotton buyers and shippers, alone or In connection with other business 10.00 Cotton seed oil mills. Including *,n* 20.00 Cotton packers and glnners. . . . 5.00 Cotton factories, each 25.00 Cotton seed buyers, non resident 5.00 Dentist, rcHldent. per annum.,. 5.00 Dentist, non-resident, per week.. 5.00 Drug stores, each 10.00 Dealers In llvo stock, transient per week Dealers In millinery goods not paying general merchandise license, each 10.00 Doalors In peddling goods around tho city, per day 2.50 Dealers In soda water and Coca Cola peddling around the city per day, each Dealers In Junk, each ! .10!00 Drays, omnibuses, carriages, buggies, carts, trucks, wagons and hacks that haul for hire other than run by licensed stables, each horse 3.00 Express companies or agencies each for business done within the city of Camden with points within the State, and not In cluding any business done for the government of the United State* 60.00 Electric light companies or agencies, each SO. 00 Electrician, taking contracts.... 6.00 Exhibitions outside of opera house or upon street. In discre tion of the mayor ? Feather renovatrrs 6.00 Foundry or machine shop. each. 6.00 Fortune teller or astrologer, each 10.00 Furnlturo dealers as merchants, ??ch 10.00 with other th |1M par annum.. ie.M| Fertilisers, dealers or fwtlUlin and advances, sack 11.00] Qrocerlee .wholesale and retail each.. 11.00 1 Oreeh grocer or meat marttet. each per month tt.Ot. atac months |tl.N, per annum ... 40.00 ] Gunsmith, each S.I* Uarnesn makers and repairs, each 1.00 Hotel*, rates over 93.00 per day 16.00 Under $0.00 per day 15.00 Horse or muls tracers per week S.00 J Insurance companies. firs, for each company represented .... 6.00 Insurance companies, each, acci dent. fidelity, guarantee, liabil ity or other like insurance companies 5.00 Insurance companies, life, for each company represented. .. .10.00 ' Insurance companies .each, plate glass 5.00 Insurances companies, each, live i stock 8.00 Itinerants, as quack doctors or selling patent medicines, each per day $5.00; per week 10.00 Ice dealers, retail alone, or In conncctlon with other business, each.. ..' 5.00 Ice manufacturers $5.00 Ice "ream saloon, not In con nKtlon with other business.. 5.00 Ice cream or Ice cream cakes from cart or box 2.50 Laundry, each 10.00 Laundries or agents for laun dries located outside of the city of Camden, each 10.00 Lumber yards, each 10.00 Lubricating find Illuminating oil companies, each 25.00 Lawyers, physicians, or chemist, whether In Arm or not. each.. 5.00 Labor agents 100.00 Land, loan companies or light ning rod agents 10.00 Agents negotiating loans, each.. 10.00 Machine shops alone, each.. .. 5.00 Marble or stone yard 10.00 Merchant tailor, alone, resident 10.00 Musical Instruments 6.00 Manufacturers of cement or artificial stone blocks, each . . . 5.00 Mercantile agency reporters. each ?. 5.00 Menageries, per day, each 50.00 Mills, saw with planer, each... 10. 00 Mills, planing, each 7.50 Merchants, stock, less than $200 3.00 Less than $500. 5.00 $500. less than $1,006 7.50 '$1,000, less than $2,000 .... 10.00 $2,000, less than $3,000. ... 15.00 $3,000, less than $4,000 .... 20.00 $4,000, .Isss than $5,000 25.00 $5,000 to $10,000 30.00 Newspapers, dally 26.00 Newspapers, weekly 10.00 Newspapers, monthly 6.00 Oculists or opticians transient, per month or fraction, each.. 6.00 Peanut dealers as a business. each 5.00 Peanut peddler or vender, each 2.00 Peanuts sold on street or stand 2.00 Peddlers. Itinerant, each per day 2.60 Piano and organ tuners, or re pairers each per day $1.00; per annum *. .. 5.00 Printing office, Job alone, each. . 5.00 Photographers, resident, per an num &-00 Photographers non-resident per annum 10.00 Plumbers, pipe-fitters, each .... 10.00 Paint shop, house or sign paint er taking contracts 2.50 Pressing clubs, each 5.00 Real estate agencies and collect ors of rent or other clai vis, each 10.00 Resident salesman or agent for any mercantile house firm or corporation or business of any kind whatsoever, each 10.00 Restaurant, each 10.00 Repair shops for sewing ma chines. bicycles, etc.. not pay ing general merchandise license 5.00 Railroad agencies, each for bus iness done within the city of Camden with points within the State and not Including any business done to or from points , without the State and not including any business done for the government of the United States ,cnch 25.00 Skating rinks, each 10.00 Shooting galleries, each 10.00 Sewing machine agents not pay ing general merchandise license 5.00 Surveyors, each 5.00 Soda fourtt and elgars, alone.... 5.00 Stables, livery, feed and sales, each 25.00 Stables, sales, public or private, alone or In connection with other business 10.00 Stallion or Jack, on service.... 5.00 Saddle horses, for hire by private parties, outside licensed stables, per horse 3.00 Salvage sales by parties from other towns, each, per annum 100.00 Tailors, repairing and dyers, each 5.00 Tinners, not paying general mer chandise license, each 5.00 Telephone companion, each.... 50.00 Telegraph companies or agencies, each, for business done within the city of Camden with points within the State nnd not In cluding any business done for the government of the United States 25.00 Ten-pin alley for public play, each 10.00 Undertaker, alone or In connec tion with other business 10.00 Watchmakers, repairers of clocks nnd Jewelry, rach 5.00 Wheelwright shops 5.00 Wood yard, alone or in connec tion with other bushiest 5.00 Warehouses charging storage, each 5.00 Sec. (5. The amount to he charged license for any other business, trade, profession or occupalton. not herein I specifically enumerated, shall be fixed I by the mayor and clerk conjointly. | but the said mayor and clerk shall | h?.vo no authority to change or reduce | the licenso fees herein fixed; Pro- 1 vlded, that In case of short term li censes taken out In the latter part of | the fiscal year, the mayor and clerk may In their discretion rcduco the license fee. Sec. 7. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances Inconsistent herewith, be and the same nre hereby repealed. Done nnd ratified In city council at Camden. South Carolina, this 20th day of April, A. IX 190R. nnd In the one hundred and thirty-second year of American Independence. P. M. ZF,MP. Mayor. Attest: J- J. goodale. Clerk. ? II % p To women for collect ll Ing names nnd Helling A 1mh^oI||. novelties, we give 1?I|T premiums pentl your name to day for our new plnn of bljf profits With lltt'r Work. W fit# to. day. Ad dress T. C. MOSEI.EY l'rennum de pnrtmeut 81 E. 'itfrd Street, New York City. ' LOW RATR Ml LB A OK T1CKKTM On Salt By IkHtlMra Bttllvay. 500 Mil* State family Ticket* $11.25? good over the Southern Railway In South Carolina for the head or depeudeut members of a family. Limited one year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Interchangeable In dividual Tickets $20 ? good over the Southern railway and thirty other roads in the Southeast ag gregating 30,000 miles. Limited one year from date of sale. 2000 Mile Interchangeable Firm Ticket $40 ? good over the Southern Railway and thirty other roads in the Southeast af gregating 30,000 miles for Mana ger, the head of u firm or em ploye. Limited to five but good for only one of such pers*ous at one time. Limited oue year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Interchangeable Ticket $25, good over the South ern Railway and Seventy live other roads in the Southeast tig gregating 41,000 miles. Limited one year from date of sale. On and after April 1st, 1908, all mileage tickets will not be honored for passage on trains uor iu checking baggage, exc??p: from non*ugency stations ami stations not open for the sale of tickets, but must be presented at ticket office v and there ex chauged for continuous ticket. Money saved in passage fare by purchasing tickets from Southern Railway agents. Fares puid on trains will be at a higher rate. Call on Southern Railway Agents for mileage tickets, pas sage tickets and deiuiled iufor rnution. R. W. Hunt, Ast. Gen'l. Pass Agent, Atlanta, Ga. J. C. Lusk, Div. Pass. Ageut, Charleston, S. C. EXCURSION RATES via The Southern Railway for Special Occasions. Baltimore, Md., anil return, account General Conference M. E. Church, May 6th 30th 1908 Very low round trip rates open to the public. Tickets to be sold May 3rd-4tli-5th. Good to leave Baltimore returning not later than midnight, May 30th 1908. Washington, P. C., and return, uccount Biennial Session, Na tional Association of Coloniul Dames, May 6th-9th, 1908. Very low rouud trip rates open to the public. Tickets to bo sold May 3rd-5th, good to return leaving Washington not later than mid uight, Miiy 12th, 1908. Further extentions, final limit to leave Washington not later than May 25th, 1908, can be had upon pay ment of fee of 50 ceuls aud do ! posit, of ticket. Richmond, Va., and return, ac count Nationul Conference of ! Charities and Correction, May [Gth-18th, 1908, Very low round j trip rates open to the public. Tickets to be sold May 1st 4th, i 190y, good to return leaving Richmond not later than mid night, May 15th 1909 Norfolk, Va., and return, ac count General Conference A. M. E. Church, May 4tli-30th, 1908. Very low round trip rates open to the public. Tickets to be sold May 2nd-3rd, good to return leaving Norfolk not later than midnight, May 31st, 1908. For detailed information, rates, schedules, etc., apply to {South ern Railway Ticket Agents or address, J. C. LUSK, Div. Pass. Agent, Charleston, S. C. R. W. HUNT, Ass't. Gen'l. Pass Agt. Mlanta, Ga # Dr. I. II. Alexander, DENTIST. Office one door North of "The People.' DR.KING'S NEW DISCOVERY Will Surely Sfoo That Conafc. Or. King's Mew Life Pills Tho beat In tho world. Advertising with us pays. Seaboard Air Line Rmihrmy . The Seaboard Air Line will place in effect the followiug ar rangements relative to mileage tickets, affective April 1st 1908: Will sell at $20 oue thousand mile interchangeable ticket, good for one )>ersou; anil for $40 two thousand mile inter- 1 changeable ticket, issued in name of five or less persons, members or employees of one firm, (good for one person only at a time) good over approxi mately thirty different roads. The present populur one thousaud mile icterchanageable Licuet good over more than seventy different roads, will be continued on sale at rale of $25 as heretofore. Important Notice: Mileage tickets sold on April 1st and thereafter mrst be exchanged at ticket offices for regular tickets, i as coupons of mileage tickets will not be honored on trains, I except from stations where there is no agent or where lheti<ket oflice is not open. | Local intra state family tickets, j good for 500 miles within the! slate issued, good for the entire! f.'iunlv be sold at rale of ?>11 25. . (2 14 cent per mile) Tle-se j family tickets will be honored on alt trains. They .will not be good in Florida. The two cent mileage tickets will not be good in Florida ex cepting between Evergreen, Fer u and in a add Jacksonville. Be tween Savannah and Jackson ville 172 coupons will be de tached. Uetwetn intermediate stations between Savannah and Jacksonville sufficient coupons will be detached to make net rate equal 2 12 cents per mile. Between Savannah and Mont gomery, 412 coupons will be de tached. Between intermediate stations between Savannah and Montgomery, including Ocallu, Columbus, and Albany branches, sufficient coupons will be de Inched to make net rate equal 2 1-2 cents per mile. For full information, apply to nearest Agent Seaboard Air Liue. AT SERVICE. Will Stand for the Season at Westerham Plantation In West Wateree. JACKS: King Hal Fee $10 Jasper Few $15 STALLION: Clyde Fee $15 , T. V. Parker. W. BRATTON DeLOACH ATTORNEY AT LASV Camden, S. C. ECZEMA and PILE CURE! FRFF Knowing what it whs to hiiII'it ' l?l*L | will give FJtICK of Cll A UCIO to any alllie.ted ? posit ive rurn fur Ke? zeina, Salt Klieiim, Erysipelas, I'ilos ami Skin Diseases. hiMant relief. Don't snlt'cr longer. Write V.' W. \V 1 1,1,1 A MS, 4(KI Manhattan Ayeliue, New York. Enclose Stamp. REAL ESTATE and Collecting: Agent. All person * having. Real Estate for sale or relit, are requested to rail on me f.?r information. Those wishing to hny or rent Heal ICstute, are also reqnenteil to rail on me. All claims placed in my hands fur collection will receive prompt atteii t ion. Call on mo at Mr. W. A. Schrock's office (The IVople'u office,) Camden, H. C. O. O. Alexander. Itest DcHlgitH. Eat. E. O. McCreiffht. MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES. Vermont Marble Co'h. UNDERTAKING CALLS ATTENDED ANY HOUR DAY OR NIGHT. :: :: :: Est, E. O. McCreiffht. HARDWARE > Cutlery and Farm Supplies PREPARED AGRI ULTURAL LIME. A very Clieap Fertilizer for Cotton, Coru ami other Crops ? It Prevents Bud Worm and Rust . Extensively used in adjacent Counties with Best Results. Complete Line of FISHING TACKLE & ALL SPORTIM6 600DS IN SEASON. -A. lan/e lim.e of Barbed "\77~lre and ?F'ielcl Hr'en.clac.g' }-u.3t received. I also carry a fine line of General Merchandise and will be pleased to serve you. Call on or write A.D.KENNEDY, AMDEN, S. . SOUTHERN RAILWAY: Schedules Effective May 5, 1907. To Washington, New York and East. I,v Camden #1 80 am +<? 20 pin Ar Koek Hill - 85 pin 0 2l> pin " Charlotte 0 85 pin 11 88 pin " Washington 7 nm 10 15 am " Itntiimnre 10 15 am 1132 am 44 Philadelphia 12 52 pin 145 pm 4' New York '8 45 pm 4 15 pin Pullman sleeper and Southern Railway dining cars from Hock Hill. Trains arrive a I Camden from north 10 lf> a ni and li .'10 p. in. From sout h and west 1 5)0 p in and 0 I'D p in. For excursion rates and illus trated mutter about "The Land of tin* Sky," "Beautiful Sap phire Country," and Summer Re sorts, apply to the undersigned. t Daily except Sunday. * l>ailv. To olumbia and AsbevUle. '.A ('ninth-it +S ?>.r? n m Ar Columbia 11 lf? a m Ar Spartanburg S H6 p m A r Try on 5 10pm Ar lli-iirit-rsonvillc- I) !D p in Ar AsJn-ville 7 DO p m Solid train with Chair and Ca ft? Car from Kingvillu to Aahe villo without cliaiiiro. To harlestoo, Atlanta and Vest. I,V rniiuleii *2 16 p no ]4v Uraiii'livillp 7 80 p m Ar Clisirlpfit'ii M 4J? p m Ar Aiki*u 9 40 piu Ar Angiitftn 10 80 |> in Ar Atlanta 6 00 * r. Ar ('Initiation^!! 10 16a in Ar Cinrinnatli S 110 p in Ar Si Louis 7 32 a in Pullman sU?oper llrauchville to Atlanta connect in?r with sleep er and dining car to Cincinnatti For full in forum t ion consult J. S. ARMSTRONG, J. C. LUSK, R. W. HUKT, Agent, DIy Passenger Agent, Asst Cen "iss Ageni, Camden, S. C. Charleston, S. C. At'siU. g?. Invest your savings in Real Estate. FOR SALE. Ten lots 02 x lV?0 feel each on the east s i ? I ? ? of Proad r??f*t iin mediately haeU of lite 1 1 < >i>U i i*U Inn. I'acmir tip* I ! ? >i ? ? 1 LvuWwoud grounds and just across the street I'ron I In* (Jo!f IjinUs. Price ^52") 00 each, payable ij<27r>.t)0 cash and balance on terms to suit the purchaser. One house uml lot on west side of Mill stieel ahove ('liesnnt. House recently completed, has live rooms and Ixith ami lot is 90 x 2HH lect. This property is just across from "Sarslield" where H?h new "Surs tie Id ( iol f ( 'I uW' will he I oca i ed , and w here extensive and permanent improvements will l? ? <nid-?, w ?ri< ?>n which he-* at ready heirun. Thisisa sph'iulid little home and will pri?v?- an ?*\ cedent invest incut . Two stor.v house and lot on Mouuun>ulnl L* ? in ??? i . . ...? .... ..? . /I I l I II M* I ( I I L I I l< School Building. Price on eas> ieru??.~ .slji in > ? >.* i Old Baipt i.Ht Church and lot on IJ uul Sir.M-t IV ?.?<? ... v> terms fc-\800 C O Several iro >d tenant house proi?>sih ? ? FOR REN T. Two five room dwellings on Mill Street, l>e,.?<v ?! / t'iiv water and ample premises. Per month ?|oo(> New dwelling on Mill St i eel. \ ? i ? . ? i, ,, cation. Per mouth . ... vj- >-i Four room dwelling on I^?n!?".? i .? ! , i . <?,. month Offices over Whiiuker & Hurnet's S?ore WANTED AT ONCE. Fifty or seventy live acres of improved land Sniinhle to fh?? cultivation of fruits, Especially pear lies. N?-ar C.im.h-n or ? Mie* other pro? porous cil v in the pine b-lt. A smail s??|f supporting farm in a h"al!'?v !o<\>iji\ , situated no.ir the water where there would I; ? j,'o >J hnntiiKr and lislun^. C. C. 'Moore.