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... jpe ?eopU ^ Mywy TTf*y"?f* I A MEpOHAUT'fl NtW&PAPI*. i A COUNTRY*!*** yE^rBP^PXIU .- r* . . A NEWSr^PftB XQR . 6FOT AMP BJUYXg. PUBLISHED EVXRY TJWT??PAY. ? W, A SCHHOCK^^LgMML JQBSCIUPTIOI. st.50 FBI AUDI. Caiudcn, 8. C.. Jwn. J^lb lyOP. FREE BRIDGE Everybody wants a free bridge .over the Wiuereo river. Our ,iar. predion is that the THE ' PEOPLE ,m the fir st news ^aperto advocate it after the .destruction of the old loll bridge. ?The subject is very .much alive j??w? ""d rightly;? but we' are . Jo'owned that a phin has been Revised by which the entire pro Pf frqm sales at the -County dis ?>ensaries Aarljag the current year are to be diverted "to the assisting in ptiying the expense .necessary^ for the erection of *h?l bridge. We are ulso told ?u*t the General Assembly will asked to restore the one mill ?ux for road purposes that was Removed u year or so ^be proceeds from that tax to be de ?oUrf entirely to tnQ ^ " . - Tllis proposition, on the Mir rjv*, appeurs^to ua to beW Jittle /uuitv. , Before . it ,i *""fou*b, 1? us reason together. ?Wno, la 'tho general. Wind-un pay the taxes necessary for t ie .conduct of NtttKioaV 8Ut? e::ny' "nd Muuic,i,u| gotem jnent.? Naturally u -the small tux. payor, the man wlloJis .as a rulo the head of either ' a la','ee ^an?i'y- Tiiis - !! ? ,'? e s ll"lt should be . suited on nny/ subject, and /especially Hie turn subjects of fetter schools and bctiej roads. We want this class particularly #o have a dear insight into re sults if tllls bridge scheme be ,comes effective. Speaking for them as one of ?hem, we will ask for the follow, Information from the parties ^est qualified to give It; 1-7 How much money (or rev. *nue) would bo iost to the ,choolsoft?e couuty generally ' to the hn'i!|R dl8pe"sW profits to the build.n,; of a free bridge' i? Assuming that no new Jax can be levied this year for .schools, or other purposes, what immediate, or ultimateaffect will Jho proposed diversion of dis ' i'ensury profits l,uve UJK)1> ||Je longth of school terms as now, salaries of already un .derpaid teachers? frL~,lf,t'"9.U'?"0y is Averted ?f . ils legitimate purpose, can projected improvements in pre AO", school Gliding, and equip ineuls be carried 'to completion Z' "0W tui,diu?s erected a, Id equipment purchased.? ^ i*?lL0L!'' T? greHl sticklers />? 1 ro"ds, especially f, reciinUf ' " V' " l'ie entire jeewpu from dispensary pix>flu ?r? diverted for one year/ That Cn^''eV?t0d U'ro'"i "nP'ove ?<ent being spent on a free P go, in what condition will our '"a ll't'T "k ll'e e'"' of 11,0 Jour? Int. L" # ? 18 ",tc,,d?d ubso '? orc?unrty consumption, i|.^w'#^0rdl0the "sens of Mk .city of Camden and the town. pfUcthune. both having dispe,,^ Wo know fairly well, nnd so do you, what . Dispensary profits Jiave done, and are doing for vou. Yon'fjpoty and J Ichow that great )y.. nfedod improvement* have been^ccomplisfteetin both mun? pipulilies through the mediutfa of these profits that would' have w bocu impossible of accompli sfi-' ment had you not iiad that reve nue. You know, and I Unow. tluit other improvomeuts, v?ital v ?o the interests of our t\vo*peo* . pic s ? rq projected whi,ch% must fall t<r the ground if .the plan mentioned goes through. pON 'T ALLOW IT TO GO THROUGH It has been suggested to us that J he proposed plan is merely a shrewd trick of the Prohibition ists to throw onus on the present systom of handling liquor |fi this couuiyso it h to K've them a bet? ? ter chuuce in the election of 11)10, Jjut this, we do not bolievo. Wp it ?iu?|^r**k i<Wa uu wUi ? |MusioMtHb^romal*rt/ In qur JudfMinfl what w vrtiil io this ?uei^Mcy Is tn> U sue of bonds to cover lbs cost oflihe bridge and Lbe lerjringpf! i Ux nu/BuIeut to cover ths in terwft on uhm, together with' enough to fltovide a sinking fund to insure the taking up of tbe bonds within ten or twenty yosrs. ' ' / We went proper snd 'quick thought and action given to this matter, and hope tlist our local contemporaries will take it up also. FOR CHIEF JUSTICK OP TUB 8UPU12MK COUltT. It may bo ibat there are others who can or may more accepta* bly fill the office of Chief Justice of our- Supreme Court-, (which position ^ifl soon be vucated by Hon. Y.'J. Pope), 'than our pros eut Governor, Martin F*. Ansel, but if there are, we have yet to have their names-, palled to our atteution. W^toaven't the slight est idt*H tlvat *Ocfrernor Ansel .Will staud for ttfe position, but we most earnestly hope that he wiii be nominated and elected to the officdit / The Judiciary is the one branch of , gavernroen t t h a t should be - most carefujily safe* guarded us ift> Ihcf quality of men selected to ^flll the several seats on Ihd.'Sopuemennd Circuit court benches, 'und t?.e do not hesitate t? indorse MARTIN F. ANSEL its one of the' cfoaoest men, and ouo of the most- profouud law yers that can be foui^l within the confines of the Stale'lo talce. ttjerjglace of Judge Pope. We have had no ? intimation from Goveifiyr .Ansel that I16 would lilce the place, but if he would, L&gislutoi s, give it to him. Cer tuiuiy the ermiue will never en "TOroud shoulders more worthy. It is perhaps unnecessary to say that this recommendation is gratuitous. The Governor hus recommended himself to us as a man who does his own thinking ? something that wo have not had since tho timo of Ben Tillman, and when a man of that caliber wants a raise, he can always couut on THE PEOPLE. Postal Savings Hank Bill. Washington, Jan. 0. ? The Democrats,' led by SeuaterCul*; berson and Bailey, will vigor* ously oppose legislation on the postal savings bill, through its delgute, which is expected to continue until tho end of the session. It is said that not a few Republicans will oppose the measure, also, 011 the ground that it is unconstitutional and .would lend to embarrass the gov ernment, while also placiug the congress in a ridiculous light throughout tho world. The gov ernment, it is assertod, has no right to complain of such legis Union, in as much as it involves tho collection or borrowing of money from dim people, which it would have no right to ap propriate in any manner other than tq return ij, to the souroe from which it came. It is claimed that this is a form of the bank* injg business in which the govern* ment has uo right to embark. Senator Bailey is preparing a speech on Uie subject wiiich will involve a thorough dissection of every claiin.'-made for the mens ure. It is the belief of mauy members o^ congress tlmt. the bill yvill die wiil\ the present session, as a result of hgVtnft been talked to dentin i ^ AVItcn WnkltiffUp* > Het?e Is n'bit of information ij. will pay joU to keep reudy .for reference though you will per* haps turn, up your nose at it at tlie first reading;. ''How to wi^ke up and wake up fully and qiyknf* ? ly/?2 Most people prefer qe?to wake up in the morning* ? flint is, they' think of the ptaus,*jrQ there wotfld- be it> just five min utes' more -of' -sleep. if only ?,hat ?alarm clock had not sounded its Warftiftg.- Of course you have to-get up, and iflhere is really nnything that will make the job easier ' and more pleasant you wllf want to know about, it. Doctors have long ago agreed that dullness on tirst awaiccning in the morning is doe to slug, gisli circulation of the blood in I the brain. This can bo quickly overcome by massaging the qeclc in the neighborhood of the jugu lar veiu, thus stirring the blood to life and action l?ub your neck well on botii sides and drowsiness will leave you. Try ( it."? New Yo.'lf Tirrfeq. ALABAMA J0WS *Hf$" Mobile, Ala., Jan. I^Wilb tbe opening of the aef^reety the nkwu of AImInmb* irt^lMed. under ibe ben, and after that boar U will be againet Ibe la? to ' soli liquor witbln the confines of the commonwealth. Spe c u 1 a boo ia rife over tbe State as to bow tbe liquor men are going to regard tbe law, but tbe general opinion ia that they will observe it to . the letter in moat of the cities and villages. Soft drink esiaoiisiimeuis will in most cases take the plaices of the saloons, but ii is sdoiiited there will be a blind tiger or so. Already tbe liquor interests are preparing to ooutest the constitutionality or tbe statute, and the saloons of this and ' other cities have con tributed to a fuud to carry the figbt jlnto' tbe' higher courts of tWjland, if necessary. The question in tbe minds of a great tnSny. people of the State is liow Alabama is to fare with the revenue that is derived from the -liquor traffic cut off. The citizens of Mobile and Mobile county, ar% especially interested in the answer to this problem, as "at' present *11 the school .funds for both county and city come directly from the taxes' levied upon the sale of iutexi c mis. Information from the vurious chiefs of police and sheriffs throughout the State are that tlity are going to enforce Hie law to the letter. ? In 1907 the State derived a reveuue of $223,000 from' the liquor tratic. This year that sum wus considerably reduced when the barrooms in Birmiug hum and several other places were closed. The reveuue for 1908, will however, amount to 1/5,000. The loss of this reve nue is regarded as a serious one in some quarters and predic tions are freely made that the State will suffer for lack of it. Mobile and Mobile county are peculiarly affected by the new law. The schools of bolh city and county are supported by the liquor tt*x, every cent of which goes .o their uaaiutenance. As the law stands now the schools of the county get about $80,000 annually from the saloons, and those of the city about half that sum. With the dawning of the new year's sun, a new condition exists and the schools will have to discover some other source of revenue. An appropriation by the legislature of $50,000 for schools of the county will, how ever, soften the effects of the olow. It is estimated that about 000 saloons were closed in the citiss of Mobile, Montgomery, Selmu and Auniston, the prinoipnl towns of the State now already drv when the prohibition law went into effect. An authority on the subject has figured that each place supports aHeast fif teen )>eople, counting the owners and the employes and their families. Accepting these figures as correct it wHl be seen that 7,500 people . will be directly ejected* by tiie closing law, to say tothing of tho man who lias been accustomed to getting hist toddy whenever lie desired. Gov. Ii. B. Comer 19 doing lit tie talking in regard to what ac. tion w. II be t&lceii by the State authorities if tbe saloon interests jg^utinue to fight the law. This Awcft is' certain, however, that lie will ,cuiH a special session of the Alabama legislature to strengthen tlio laws. . ^fjHire 1ms never been any doubt wlwre I stand on this question," said the governor, '\\Jmiou discussing the prospects fbfalf ex trii session "The State has passed cortain laws that are thought to be good and whole some, and it is mv duty, and will be carried out, to see that they are enforced, if, indeed, it be comes necessary to take any ac tion at all. 1 have said that (things seemed to be shaping fur an extra session." Tortured On a Horse. "For ten yearn t couldn't rule n borne without belli# In torture from piles, % \yritf? L. 8. Napier, of Hug- 1 leas. K jf., "when otjier remedies failed, Bucklen's Armcn Halve rured me,' Infallible for rile*, Dumio. Betid*, Cuts, Rolls, Fever-More*, Kcxsnia, Ha't Kheuin, eont*. OiiHrauteed : by Cnmden l)rug Company, ?eptp A Ityficn and Francya Kemp. ' OF THE MONTHLY REPORT DISPSNSARieS in KERSHAW COUNTY For the Month of Dec., 1908. CAMDEN, S. C. Total Invoice Including Stock on flaud First Day of Month ( 2?.957 45 Toiul Sales ^1,640.75 . Operating Expenses of Dispensary .225 00 ; Breakage 41 30 Stock ou Hund Lost Day of Month .10.69165 BETHUNE, S. C. Total Invoice Including Stock ou Haud # First Day of Month. . $ 7,827.70 Total Sales/, 3.754 1Q Operating Expense* of Dispensary ? 91 I4 Breakage * 19. 10 Slock 00 Hand Last Day of Month 3,706 95 State of South Carolina i' ? ?? Kershaw County J, , Personally appeared W. J: Putin, Chairman, IV. i(. Kemp, Sec., and K. T. Est ridge. member* of the Kershaw County LMspenaarjr Board, who, being each duly and severely sworn,. depose* and says that the foregoing statement is true and correct :.r bworu to and subscribed/ before me this 7tli day of Jan., 1000. 'C .. - Signed, JNO. T. MACKEY, Notary Public, S.C. Grand Auction SALE -at Camden, South Carolina. . Saturday, Ian. 18th, 1909, 1:30 P. M. 40 CITY LOTS : % * i ' ? . : Will be Sold without reserve and ABSOLUTELY REGARD LESS of P R I C E by I^eimy Brow., The Twin Auctionesrs. Your price is theirs, let us make or lose- Don't fail to at tend this GREAT gathering of \ ? home seekers and business . ..... ;; ? . men who desire to make a safe conservative investment. American Realty and Auction company Southern Offices* Greenntboro, N. O.' P E N N Y Brothers j The Twin Auctioneers-1 THE HUNTING SEASON . NoW isTlie Hunting Season. Call on me forteny thing in the line OF HUNTING GOODS. Full Line of Guns, Shells, Belts, and Leggings. Everthing But The I Am also prepared to furnisH ycu Kith anything in HARDWARE, FARM SUPPUES, and GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Price and Quality talk. I Have Both. GIVE ME A CALL ZD. C. O. I,ifc 100,000 War* Ar?. Scientists tiav-.* found, in a ('.".v.- i it , Switzerland bone* of men, who livi d ' 100,000 jenrs air?S wlun lilt- imi< in j constant dange* from wild IhiiM*. T'.?-day t tie dnn?er, as shown by A. \Y Brown of Alexander, Me., is l-ir^rlj Iroin deaily ili*e:ise. "If it had not been fuf I>r. Kind's New Discovery, which (Miretl me, I coul.l not have lived," he write*, "suH'eriiiK as 1 did from a severe lung trouble ami stub born cough." To ell re Sore I. lilies, ('olds, obst iuate Coughs, anil prevent I'licumoiii i, its I lie be?l meilieiue on earth.' UK*, and ^1 DO. Guaranteed by Camden Drug Company, Jte'iin De Pass and Prauui.* L Z*iu;>. 'I'rial bottle free. Tax Notice. OflW .?f Treasurer of Kerslinw } toiinty 8. U. Sept. 4ih, '0*. f In accordance Willi I l?i? Aft to raise supplies f?r Hit' Hscal year couuneiic ii. X January 1st, 1007, notice is hereby given that the books will be open for c-illwtinx State, county and school taxes from October 15, WON, to \ff.rch 1st, A penalty of 1 percent will be ni'ded on all taxes u iipn Ml l?y . I mi liary 1st 10W. A penalty of two per c.rnt on nil iinpai?l by Feb. 1st, HMO. A penalty of *cven per cent will be added on all unpaid Much 1st, MtOO. '1 lie rate p?*r centum for Kershaw county as follow* 5 Stntf tnxes, School taxe*, County taxi-H, Itnilrond taxes, <;ourt House llonds Kond, Mill- j 3 iff JJ J -4 | 1- 1 < V/. BR ATT GN DELOACH ATTOUN !?! V AT LAW Cam:o. S. (J. ^ liEAI, INSTATE ?:ul Collect! si# Aye nt. AH persons lmvifitf lira I K.?tate for i?alr or ivnl , arc rv.jliented t<* rail on i tut* f.?r inl'i tiiirI ion. Tliour \\i*ltinsj (o bn> or rriit K?*al &>l;tle, are al-<f rcqiifHii'il lit on me. Ail ?- 1 it i 11:^ |? }>*?*???! ill in)' linntl* for eollrelion \\ III rent ivi* prompt at tril lion. Call on mc :it Mr. W. A. Si-liriN'k'a oilier ( l lit' I't iiplc'd oilier,) (.'aintlrii, S. C. CI. (a. Alexander. | KILL the COUCH 'and ClIjiKS thi LUNG8 WMH ir3 likg's Mm Wmmwty f??08L;g|?s t??3a. AKP ACL THROAT ANP tUttfi TROUBLES Dr. I. II. Alexander I>IS1STIST. Oflico one door North of "The People.' ?num. na-4 Tin? following rpcciitt lt?v !??? Intve bvrit insole kIso : Special School In*, IM-Irict No. 1 for i li I on School IJuotU (inulcri Hrliool Ituihlintf. " Mills. District No. 1, . :m Special School lax I?i?t No. I, 51 ?i M ii ?i i% 2 | itt ii ii ii *i -ii j ;| II II l( I* ?l 7 y II II II II I* 10. 2 .1 .. .. .. .. i|t * tl tt ?? ?? ?? 9 I ?? " ?? ?? 17, ? I .. tt tt tt .. |Hi n I ?i ?? ?? ?? 2 ? ? ?? it ?> ?? ?i ?> <j .1 tt It ?. .. 2 j ?( ?? it tt ' ? si 7 o I>, 7 The n.n<l lux of two riol'ao can l?r ! paiil I lit* County Treasurer troioOc*] lolicr, l*?tli, ]SM)I), lo M.,ri;li I l, i The poll tr\x it $1. All information n* lo ta \? h wiilhei ruriti?lii'il upon :*.pplic.:it ion. )n wndini; for 'I'iix account* n?H | ){??<??- 1 j?t - . state mill whom the T.:x-! P'ij? r livvil in .fauunry I .? -? t . an.l i! j known I* jr two mine*, jtlvi* hot!i, r.iul j Insure lu i; vh Township and N?. s: f ! ..'eliool tMjtricf. ! I>. M. M'*< ?*kiH, t'otinlf Trva*. V UNDERTAKING CALLS ATTENDED , ANY HOUR DAY Oil NIGHT. :: :: " Ewt. K? O. McCrelglit, " ^ Best Dettiyns. Est. i:. O. Mt Crrlrjht. 71/ OK UM EN TS A NI> TOMHSTOXEH. '* 1 Vermont Marble Co's. r ? ?'<??< riir * , t 4 I i; ii. fl,T? ' '"^IWHUl <>l !,??{ ? MHI'iri, T % '?*?? ??0 ifnv ??.????* / ;? i t? ..r* .t,,, 'i " r' 'CM, t . V. . OK! it Hlir* r?u. tv.u.. ? uo. ou> tola** j f