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ttbe people [ ? MERCHANT'S NEWSPAPER. 'i. GogtftfcY* aits *EvaPA*SR# .?? ' ???! ? * ,? .?."??? ' . * "I KgWAPAHER FOR MttU.Ett AND 'BUYER. ^OBMSUIBD EVERY THURSDAY* ? JM?H !!!>?< I l> .111 | III |||? W. A SCHfcOCK, PUBLISHER. MB&CRlFnqi, $1.50 PEE umui. Cftitt4*P>? B.C., Juac 4-tli 1008. ** 1 ** "? " ?? ? HI I I Hi' ? - FIGURES PRESIDENTIAL. A valued exchange, the Rock , fiill Record, has -compiled a tre mendous bunch figures in or der to ' show, those who assert that Bryan polled a million more votes 'than any candidate ever named by the Democratic party, lire in error* It is said that figures cannot, lie, which we believe to be a fact, but it is Another fact that they can fool you badly at times. . The Record says that in 187G ?Tiiden polled more than 2,000.000 more votes than any other Demo cratic nominee had ever received, jand that in 1880 Hancock re ceived 100,000 more votes than jJid Tildeu. Granted, but those Jig u res prove no guide for our .actions of today, for those votes were cast 27 and 32 years ago, And the political situation of those days and now are entirely different. Our votiug popula tion now, numbers millions more ihaq then, and we may add, is a different class, while the .great questions now up for set tlement had. never been thought jof by the people of '76 and 'HO. The writer acknowledges that Bryan received in 1890, 940,000 more votqs than did Cleveland four years previously. That is pear enough to a million for us. The reason Bryan was not elect ed in 180G is because his votes were not cast in the right lo calities to insure the election of his delegates to the electoral College, while Cleveland's votes *vere cast in those doubtful lo calities. The only possible rea son at present on the surface Why Bryan is not elected this year will be that the same con ditions will prevail as in 1890, And we do not have the slightest idea that they will prevail. With jthe record of the last Republican Congress fresh in their minds, we do riot )iesitate to remark that the people will be u set of senile fools to entrust their in ierests ju the hands of a puppet cf Roosevelt's. This is precisely What will be the condi tiou if a Republican president is elected. RURAL PARCELS POST. One of the important ques tions that came before the last Uongress was the establishment jpt a "Rural parcels Post." It was shelved of course, but we Relieve is still on the calender, and may be brought up in the jiejft Congress and settled one way or the other. To those who may not know >Vhat "Parcels Post" means, wo will say that packages of merchandise of whatever de scription which under the pres ent postal laws are not admitted lo the mails because of weight, jor other reasons, may be ac i'. 'pled up I:) a curtain weight. The object, of the measure is I l> accommodate the rural patron x>f the oountry merchant prim jtiiii'ially, and -secondarily to re duce or wipe oqt the annual do Jlcit of the Post ottico depart in ? )t, at th? same time con \ .MMiciiuf the country patron ?> t v bu.iiu"H linn anywhere. ?<l? a nop. "'Is vi'i'v strongly lo un. tthoohi thu law bo pass- j c?l, the housewife living on a! J'u r.i J route, say ten miles from j Jior trading town, when iu need! ;?f one or more urMclos will not ! )? :<i iiwci; ti: ' ir p to i own io f . i" ? . ???i?d her oi * ... i ii" !i ? ni?xt J'ppuive IJjo ? Naturally ill* cost of postage Will be inolodtd hi Um bill for the foodi, ,but that coat will be ao small la comparison with the benefit received that it tteed not be considered. With the system well estab lished, we firmly believe that the result will be to place the Post office department on a self-sus taining basis, and that within a couple of years, we will have one cent first class postage in stead of two cents* as now. If this is not a dream, the country merchant can well af ford to pay the postage on all goods mailed by him, and this is the only argument the oppo nents of a "Rural Parcels Post" have been able to advance. Give us the "Rural Parcels Post." Out of the Ginger Jar. Those who pay as they go find the going pleasant. Suppose we put a half-hitch on our dispositions. Some men haven't so much push as a frog lias in one hind leg. Nine t&itors "make a man, but a woman ckn make fools out of a dozen men. When you have done a good thing do riot stop to talk about it, but do auother. A country housewife will do ull she can in the wiuter and cau all she does in the summer. To kill ull the bumblebee nests ruins the clover crop, for the bees cross fertilize the blossoms. Run, boys, but dou't kill them. The average voter blames foolish laws for his woes, yet goes on putting men in the Legis lature who have no use for th? farmers. Burbanks has succeeded in producing a spineless cactus, {but let us hope that this will be no encouragement to the culti vation of spineless men. Teacher: "Now, children, if I have live yards of cloth and use four to make a jacket, what shall I have left?" Little girl. "You will have scraps left. Some farmers seem anxious to own all the adjoining land, but they should really improve and make the best use of the acres they have, before purchasing more. Many a man by the fireside siiiei'h and smoketh, while his sons do all the chores in the ram and cold, ond he collareth all the cash. Verily, this is vex ation of spirit. The garden has a hundred heads? growing on thecabbages; it has a thousand eyes? showing on the potatoes; it has any num ber of ears? hanging on the sweet corn; and if has nil the toes it wants, too ? on the toma toes. ? From June Farm Journal. SPENT 1,851 TONS OF GOLD. I It Would Taks 24,063 Men to Carry Money Congress Appropriated. Washington, May -7. Just for fear the people will not under stand how much money this ses sion of congress has appropri ated, Representative Hamlin, of Mississippi, today reduced the figures to horsepower and man power. lie announced that he had found out Trom the treasury department that 15) ?20 gold pieces weighed a fraction under one pound, and that a ton of the metal was worth $540,000. Upon the basis of a billion dollar appropriation, he esti mated that this session of con gress had expended 1,851 tons of gold. Loaded in wagons, one I ?n So a load, and each wagon placed in a line 7 1-2 yards apart, Mr. Hamlin said the procession would be 7 12 miles long. The gold would till 92 1 2 freight cars, each car carrying 20 tons, mtiKfoir five tramloads. If loaded on hacks of men, each currying 150 pounds, it would take 24, 005} men to carry the appropria tions about town. "There were 22,008 votes cast for tho speaker of the house at the last election," ho said: "It would therefore, take all the Republicans and 2.055 Demo crats in the district of Speuker Cannon to carry the appfpj j'itt J,jgu* yf Ul)S it Is stated tbs Bontbern rail way has perfected a plan for raising $16,000,000 and of this turn twelve millions will be de? voted to the completion of its in* terrupted improvements. O f course all that money will be ex? pended in the south and it will be used in the development of the facilities of transportation iu the south und the furthering of business. It looks as if the Southern railway is not so frightened at the attitude of the states of the south as it pretend* ed to be and that the policy of those spates in insisting on the rights of their people against the special privileges claimed by the railroads ha9 not done theinjuryvitclaimed would result. But the most important con sideration of the whole mutter is the evidence of returning pros perity and activity in business given by this announcement of the Southern railway's purpose to carry through the improve ments it was forced to abandon about a year ago because of the difficulty of raising money. The conditions in the financial and the business world are improv ing material) v, and there is no reason why the old prosperity should not be with us again in a few months, after the lilful fever of the presidential campaign is over. ? Charleston Post Best Designs. Est . E. O. McCreiglit. MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES. Vermont Marble Co's. UNDERTAKING CALLS ATTENDED ANY HOUR DAY OR NIGHT. :: :: :: Est. E. O. McCreiglit. PnCT1 1? women for collect p |c H |< lug names and selling A ? 41 ?olir novelties, we give bl|? premiums send your name to day for our new plan of big profits wi'tli little work. Write to.day. Ad dress T. C. M(?SELKY Premium de partment 81 E. 23rd Street, New York City. A Graml Family Medicine. "It gives ine pleasure to speak a good word for Electric Ititters," writes Mr, Frank Conlan of No. 436 Houston St., New York. "It is u grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liyer com plications; while for lame back and weak kidney it cannot be too highly recommended." Electric Bitters regu late the digestive functions, purify the blood, and impart renewed vigor and vitality to the weak and debilitated of both sexes. Sold under guarantee at F.Leslie Zemp, Camden Drug Com pany and Zemp A DePass' drug stores. 50c. o *?c SB X 2 ? z ? i z KB I want to find a case of IrdigcEticn or onstipation I can't cure. James Wood, 372 8th Street, i Brooklyn, N. Y. I DR.KING'S NEW DISCOVERY WHI Jwijr ???? TW 1 OH % MHMn ftriiUMf. 100 Mil* Suite flatly Ticket* jll.tS good over tbe Southern Railway in Suttth Caroline for the heed or dependent me cohere j of a family. Limited one year I from date of sale. 1000 Mile Interchangeable In dividual Ticket* |S0 ? good over the Southern railway and thirty other roads in the Southeast eg* gregatmg 80,000 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 80,000 miles for Mana ger, the head of a firm or em ploye. Limited to five but good for only one of such perssons at one time. Limited cue year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Interchangeable Ticket $25, good over the South ern Railway and Seveuty-flve other roads in the Southeast ag gregating 41,000 miles. Limited one year from date of sale. On and after April 1st, 1908, jail mileage tickets will not be honored for passage on trains nor in checking buggage, except from non-agency stations and stations not open for tlie sale of tickets, but must be preseuted at ticket office und there ex changed for continuous ticket. Money saved in passage fare by purchasing tickets from Southern Railway agents. Pares paid on trains will be at a higher rate. Call on Southern Railway Agents for raileaue tickets, pas sage tickets and deiailed infor mation. R. W. Hunt, Ast. Gen'l. Pass Ageut, ? Atlanta, Ga. J. C. Lusk, Div. Pass. Agent, Charleston, S. C. WIN THROP OLLEGlT Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of v mailt Scholarships in Winthrop Col* lege nnd for adinistnon of new ituiitfiitK will be lieltl at the County Court Houst on Friday, .Inly 3 at I) a. ui. A j> plicanta must not be Icm than fifteen yearn of age. When Scholarship* are vacant aftor July 2<r?i they will be awarded to those making the highest average at tins examination, provided they meet the conditiolis governing the award. Applicant!* for Scholar ship* sliouid write to ('resident John Min before the examination for Scholar ship examination blank*. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next seMioii will open September IP, 1D08. For further in formation and catalogue, address Pres. JL>. D. Johnson, Hock llill s. c. REAL ESTATE and Collecting Agent. All persons having Real Estate for ^ale or rent, are requested to call on iiih for information. Those wishing lo buy or rent Kenl Estate, are al*o requested to call on me. All olnims placed iu my bauds for -ollection will receive prompt atten tion. Call on me at Mr. W. A. Schrnck' ofllce (The People's office,) Canidei S. C. O. O. Alexander. W. BRATTON DELOACH ATTORNEY AT LAW Camden, 8. C. Tha HMboMd Air Um will pltM la effect tb? following ir* I r?o|MMDU relitlwto mileage tickets, affective April lal 1508. Will sell at $80 one thousand mile interchangeable ticket, good lor one person: and for *0 two thousand mile inter-! 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 popular one thousand mile icterchanageable ticket good over more than seventy different roads, will be continued on sale ut rate of $25 as heretofore. Important Notice: Mileage tickets sold on April 1st and thereafter must be exchanged at ticket offices for regular tickets, as coupons of mileage tickets will not be honored on trains, except from stations where there is no agent or where the ticket office is not open. Loch! intra- state family tickets, good for 500 miles within the state issued, good for the entire family be sold at rate of $11.25. (2 14 cent per mile). These family tickets will be honored on all trains. They will not be good in Florida. The two cent mileage tickets will not be good in Florida ex cepting betweeu Evergreen, Fer uaudina add Jacksonville. Be tween Savannah and Jackson ville 172 coupons will be de-1 lached. Between intermediate stations between Savannah and Jacksonville sufficient coupons will be detached to make net rate equal 2 1-2 cents per mile. Between Savaunah and Mont gomery, 412 coupons will be de tached. Between iutermediute stations between Savannah and Montgomery, including Ocallu, Columbus, and Albany branches, sufficient coupons will be de tached to make net rate equal 2 1-2 cents per mile. For full information, apply to nearest Agent Seaboard Air Lino. Dr. I. II. Alexander, DENTIST. Office one door North of "The People.' AT SERVICE. Will Stand for the Season at Westerh&m Plantation In West Wateree. JACKS:] Kinjr Hal Pee $10 Jasper F?e $15 STALLION: Clyde Fee $15 T. V. Parker. It t?IH t?M ,) tht btcycl* _y ? iFWTMrniCEt.. ?o mi<idUai?n'i profit* ?BtM behind rour Mcrcla. by us. m/< mum tow* wmI diatrlct to - ? nda and aihibil a acenu avarr vhara mm ~tr *t net. H pwt it to anr ??? rou wi? .. Map the Mere la akip it back to ! #i funtUh *?siaso? JfJKKHS? MMV&ira wir***immHtP?rtT$4A)Umikwi$kord*t4M). , ROMOIETmnuFIOMrHCTNa' Ovs^two huadml thooaaad pairs now It un. . And eMyridlajK.vtnrdntRbUand with* ? ?prctsl quality of rubber, which ?cacurtotnere Mating that ik^ilrwhiTtwItWn Mm^ ?p one* or twiea la ? whole mm. They w*i,V ?" IktMBdan relating quail! (?? b?4ai *4*?2 .?L^TV?' *22!? oTthla. ?p.H.lly pr^fad ***???*? ?**?* ftMMt ' ? -?tf-'srjK, sap.-s: arrsr'^r'Sf-JK _ , -- ^ -...Kr? him a?7 ?wr la received. W? Otlp C. O. D. m approval. You do not t?v a cent until you hare ?n?ln*d $?4 found them strictly ?? mmtiMl. WI will kllow a (Mk aiwourt e4\ ptr ttM (thereby anakla* the pric ? I4.ll per pair) If yon tend rt )IX CASH WITH UBDKft and enelaee this advertisement. Wt win alao aend om nickel plated bra* hand pump. Tlrea tn be returned at UVB empense If for any reason th?y are not sattefactory on anamination. We are perfectly r?(UWe and Money aent to na la aa aafena <n n bank. If yon order a pair of these Urea, you will ind tkat they will ride enaUr. ran fnater, wear better, laat longer and look ftner than ur tire yon have ever naad or aeen at nny price. We know tkat yon wlllbe ao well flenaed tknl When yon wont a bicycle yon will (Ire nil yon * ordae. Wa want yon to aend na a trial oeder at once, hence tkia nnmrkable tire aoer. MP VAff KHMl rmr? .ao?*1 "7 kind at nny price until yon aend for a pair of FUw f VuV fmaw Hed*?thorr? Puncture- Proof tlrea on approval and trial at the special Introductory price quoted above: or write for our Mc Tire and Sundry Catalogue which describes ana quotes ail makea and kind* of tire* at about V atf Ihe usual prices. HA mag it UfdfT but write us a poaul today. DO NOT THINK or D DTI NO a bicycle ?W IWf WWl or n pair o# tires from nnyone until yon know the new and woadorfnl offers we arc making. It only ooeta a postal to learn everything. Write KNOW. a i. L MUI Wttf CWtMIY. cnCMS.IU. HARDWARE Cutlery and Farm Supplies PREPARED AGRICULTURAL LIME. A very Cheap Fertiliser for Cotton, Corn and other Crop*? It Prevents / Bud .Worm and Rust Extensively used in adjacent Counties with Best Results. Complete Line of FISHING TACKLE ALL SPORTIN6 600DS IN SEASON. -A. la.r<re llaa.e of SaLrtovd. Wlr* atzxdL Flold 3T?rrkOln.Er jvLst rec>?lvtd. I also carry a fine line of General Merchandise and will be pleased to serve you. Call on or write A.D.KENNEDY, CAMDEN, S. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Schedule** Effective May 5, 1907. To Washington, lev York and East. Lv Camden *1 30 am to 20 pin Ar Huclt llill 2 Hi pm U 20 pm " Charlotte C 3"i pm 11 33 pill " Waxltimrton 7 35 am 10 1 5 am 44 Baltimore 10 15 aui 1132 am 44 Philadelphia 12 52 pm 1 45 pm " Ni'W York 3 45 pin 4 15 pm Pullman sleeper unil Southern Railway dining curs from liock Hill. Trains arrive at Camden from north 10 1T> a m and 2 20 p. m. From south aud west 1 30 p m and 0 20 p in. For excursion rates and illus trated matter about "The Land [of thf? Sky," "Heuulifnl Sap j phire Country," and Summer Ke ! sorts, apply to the undersigned. To oIruMi and IshevUle. Lv Camden fio a ro Ar Columbia II ir? a in Ar Spartanburg 8 p in Ar Tryon 6 10 p m Ar Hendersonville l$ 2b p m Ar AalifViiie 7 30 p ih Solid train with Chair and Ca fe Car from Kingvillo to Ashe ville without chanpe. To harlestoo, Atlanta and Vest. Lv Camdrn *2 15 p m Lv^ lira nohvi lie 7 SO p in Ar (*iiarie?tou ? 40 p in Ar Aikrn 0 40 p n> Ar Angimta 10 110 pin Ar Atlanta 6 00 a in Ar Chattanooga JO lf? a in Ar Cincinnati! 8 U0 p in Ar Si l.ouia 7 32 a ni Pullman sleeper Hrauchville to At lanta connecting with sleep er and dining car to Cincinnati) t Dniij exc?-|?i auiKiay. * Daily. For full informntiou consult J. S. ARMSTRONG, I C. LUSK, R. V. HUNT, Agent, Dii Passenger Agent, Asst Gen D^ss Ageni, Camden, S. C. Charleston, S. C. At'^th, Ga. Invest your saving* in Real Estate. FOR SALE. Ten lots G2 x "r?0 font ouch on tin; east side of Broad n'reel iin mediately baelc of the Mookirk Inn. facing the Motel KcUwood grounds and just across ttie street fron the <.>(?! f I/mUs. Price $r>25 00 each, payable ?275.00 cash a nd balance on terms to suit the purchaser. One house and lot on west side of Mill i eet j.ist above Chesuut House recently completed, has tive rooms and bath and lot is 90 x 2HH fe??i. This property is just across from "Sursfield" where the new "Snrsfleld Golf Club'' will be located, and where extensive and permanent improvements will be made, work on which has al ready beiruti. This isa splendid little home and will prove an ex cedent investment. Two story house and lot on Monumental Park in rear of Graded School Building. Price on easy terms ? fMOOO. 00 Old Baptist Church and lot on Broad Street. Priee on easy terms $2,800.00 Several good tenant lions** propositions. FOR RENT. ~ Two tive room dwellings on Mill Street, below DisKalb. City water und ample premises. Per mouth $10.00 New dwelling on Mill Street. Five rooms and bath. Good lo. cation. Per mouth. #16.00 Four room dwelling on Lyttleton Street. City water. Per mouth $7.50 Offices over Whitaker & Burnet's Store. WANTED AT ONCE. Fifty or seventy tive acres of improved land. Suitable to the -ultivntion oT fruits, Especially peaches. Ne.-.r Camden or some t'ler pro?1 peine* city in the pine belt. A small self supporting farm in a healthy locality, situated car thi- ^ate ? w her ? there would be good hunting and lishing. C. C. Moore. /