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- . . % 5 be people A MKR<--ZXAKT*B KKWSrA^Mt. j 4 COUM TOY MAN'S KEV8PAKR. A NlVflrAPCR FOB 4ELLVR AHP BOY1B. PUIU8UD ETEEY THURSDAY? iAT. A SCHHOOC Publishw. toBscupm st.M pie inui. fl. Cm r??. 4th 1MIO VOMJ.UK 5. NUMBEIt Cf. With this issue we complete our fifth jear or .iude|?etidewt ^editorship. During these years, we have endured vicissitudes of fortune, m great loss lius befallen us in the loss of a beloved wife, and our course in the conduct of THE PEOPLE has at timcf been severely criticised, but \vc 'are happy in the fact that throughout our eulire career as 4to editor, and as a citizen we liavo hud the activo sympathy and support of a largo circle of friend*, friends not only to the editor hut to the inau. This sup port has heartened us greatly in our hours of despondeucy nnd sorrow, and our sincere thanks go out to all those \v li o Jiave so loyally stood by us, jtnd understood us while wo hope that during the coining year u .great many of tho*.e who have auisunderslood us will come to a complete understanding of our posiliou regarding public affairs. It has been a matter of regret to us that some people have differed with us in several mut ters of public moment, but we liavo the satisfaction of knowing that do muu hus questioned our Jionosty of purpose in every position that wo havetaUen, and 2 he further satisfaction of hav ing a number of these posiliou* sustained by after events. We wish you all peace, boppi *iess nud pleuty during the yeur J 1)09. LKGisLATION. So far, the legislation by our General Assembly at this session Jias not particularly uppealed to sis. The greatest obstacle to Arue legislation appears to us to Jje the election of so many new ?members, and the possible in , competency of the leaders ot A hose w!io were left over from ihe last session. There has, so far as our observation goes, not A>een passed by the two houses, 4>r branches, of the General Assembly a singlo bill of State wide interest, The House of Representatives has passed the i ill repealing the Lien Law, two ihudsofthe membership hop jng in their heart of hearts that J he Senate will kill it. The time a>( the General Assembly though fins so fur been diverted from j-uul business, affecting all the people to the election of an As sociate Justice of our Supreme Court, a mailer in which only individual interests are involved while unitiers of State are laid ^iside to the injury of tue whole ?tate. Whore comes in the great quos lion of education, whether com pulsory or not; what has become *?f tne question of taxation, a burning question; where the liquor question, which, like Ban 4ino's ghost, will uotdowu? Too bud, but it seems impos sible to reach these seveial im portant matters this session. Pity 'tis, but pity 'tis, 'tis true. Jfo Magic About Adverti*lng, Thoro is no mystery or magic ^boutadvertising?that is to s;iy, no more mystery than attaches 4o doing any other thing well. |t is not an experiment. Proper ly done it is simply good sales inauship. It does simultaneously *?i 1,000 or 1,000,000 plnccs what MU individual can do only in one pl.ice at * time. Paradoxically *t not only docs not supercede tho salesman, but It is his greatest ally. Tho better the #idvertisiog the better tho ally. It is the advance agent of the S'llesmHQ. Xt predisposes the fouler and the public, itnd clears |ho route of the salesman of many of its tbornt. Good sales mitnship is tlws ability to in. #ince people to buy your things equally with or in phieoof iho *luff that others have to sell. irjudiyioMf ailyor tjsinf wiij assist tn tsn>aV\?*. a donned for oranges It *v?l add muu|; to Use ohnuce* . of the suc ??u of the snlfimiM lit wrong. TWt it will do this may be predicated on what it tiae done in other fields. If 3*00 look for evidence of recoils of edrertlwl ing you qaay pick It u|> in the things you do every day.?Au dersou Mml. OUD HICKORY CHIPS. The Qeorgta pouum for the first time in a month, is tskiuga long, deep bteulh of relief. Of course, we want to give Japan a "square deal,** but a big fleet in the Pacific would help some. Mobile, "quietly lynched a negro*' Friday night. For real gentility and decorum, Mobile leads all her sister cities. Seuator Li Folletle lias dis covered six bad United Stales senators, and he did not have to put his owu name iu the list either. The Czar of Russia is credited with the desire of accompanying the President on that hunting* trip. Mr. Iioosovelt, however, prbobaly thinks that would in sure more 01* less of a "botub" time. While a citizen of Arkansas was mulcted only $1 for throwing an egg at Senator Davis, it must be remembered that In* had ti pay for the egg. Some people seem to know moro about what EJgar Allen Poo drank than they do about what he wrote. ? Foot, prints o?' tho devil have been discovered in the vicinity of Liurlinglou, N. J. That's hit State. The agreement of the United States with Japan is that Japan shall be good. Perhaps the African jungle i> one of the few places \vhen Teddy wouldn't like to be lion ized. The Cz:ir will not purchase the Wright aeroplane 011 account ol the revolutions of its propeller. That clergyman who thinks that New York will be a pagan city twenty years from now i.? jusl twenty years behind hand. Scientists s a y that camels origmaied in America, which serves to explain how they hap pened lo get a hump on them selves. The English Society for Psy chical Research has discovered lhut the soul weighs two minces. We know men whose souls con hi turn a double somersault 011 tin head oT a pin and never bo in danger of falling off. Marriage cannot ho said to be a failure when a niilliotudolhii chock is among the wedding presents. Tho P.innma Cinal zone is rapidly getting into the C.ili fornia class. It is now kickinv against a treaty by the United States of America. How babies do grow. The third nnd favorite wife of tho Sullan of Turkey is d-*ad. Just wait long enough ami the announcement of the death of tho twenty third favorite wife in iy come trembling over the ! cable. Mr. T.ift is engaged on his farewell appearance its a globe trot'or. Boston pooplo who have no thing else to do are hunting ;:p a full line of ancestors to pre sent to Mr. Taft. Jake Kit rain hns been at the White House, and it is tbought ho may bo the bodyguard of the President in Central Africa. Lions, beware. Evident Iv Senator Til I man will havo to investigate himself, as no one else wants to. What will Panama have tooffer J in tli3 place of Georgia possum?: Bryan's asset'ion that free! silver is still a live issue In li cates that sotno one lias been j robbing tho political graveyard. | Dr. Hutchinson says bald j heads arc conducive to health. I That probably accounts for the 1 longevity of United States Sena tors. An Arizona man has died at the advanced age of 106. Ho must have boon remarkably quick willi hi\ trigger linger to have reacheJ tTiat age iuAii sona. Tne speaker of the New Jor sey Legislature is a teacher of dancing. The SpesUer at Wash. Ingtor) has also given somvj in struct ion iu that line. Things begin to look, dry in Delaware. They y.yv drinking Hppleadw, wUnts fuki: pucks Taiwan laMKw MMcMMl ?m tlae (M?) UUl i'mm. Washington, Jan. tt?IMaHni lkitMM patriot can eon template ?itb> Ml great alarai Ike peaaifcillt jr of the prvsldfHl1! ?uce?*a" In (he Panama , libel cam, now bripff iu*i?URai?(l by the grand jury in thia city, ami in New York, tfenator Tillman, of ttoath Carolina, In a atatetaent t?-night, sounded a strung note of warniug on Ilia question of I lie freedom of the American prraa. The statement U aa follow*; . . "Tie iMue ia a moiientoua one. Jefferson declared that aa between a government without newspaper* and newspapers without government he would choo?e the latter, because when properly informed the pe>ple would protect theu.arlvea even without a government through ihe ?natruiiieut. ality of oinuion. A Tree preaa can alone preserve Tree institutions, Our great danger uo*.v lie* in the control of the press and it* consequent sub serviency to thorn* who liae it to ue. celve the people mid perpetuate their grasp upon power. Tne American people cannot guard too jerlously the rijjht of freedom of Kin-ec.li, and free dom to print whatever ia III the pub lic interest. T':e newspapers now mi ller Arc for their ifTort* lo expose eorruptioti in higti places should have ll;n active support of ever) true American, for their Cause ia the cauie of u* all." 'Twits ?i Glorious Victor)*. There's n juicing in Fedora, Tenu A man'* life lias heeii saved, ami now l>r. King,* New Discovery ia the talk *?1 the town for curing (J. V. Pepper of deadly lung hemorrhage*. "1 could not work nor net about-/* he writes, "ami lite doctor* dnl me no good, hut iftcrmiug Dr. King'* New l):.-covcry lit;ee weeks, I feel liKe a new man. .?lid can i!o good work again." For .vcak, sore or diseased lungs. Coughs in*l Colds, Hemorrhages, llay Fever, Lalirippe, Asthma or any ltroliudiial atlvctioii it stands unrivaled. Price lOc. n ml $1.00. Trial Hot tie free. Sold nod guarantee! hy Camden I'rug Company, Zeinp & DePa&s and Frances L Zemp. The Dignity of Labor. The man who holds holiest labor iti content|>l has not lhe Christian spirit in his heart. Ui* hasn't even iho milk of human kindness. lie is sollish and ought lo have been l?orii at hog Uis birth was :i mistake, lit loesn'teven rasped the decrees ?f Goil. lie dodges tlio decree: ??Thou* shalt eat hrcad in tlau sweat of lliy lace." lie seeks lo live olT of iliu lahor of oliters, and is therefore a robher. lit; may wear the cl ithes and have 1 he manners of a gentleman. IJtit he is not. lie is sailing un der false cloaks. Tho one who performs honest labor is a kin^ compared to him. When I speak of honest lahor, I do not mean physical labor ?lone. There are thousands of clerks, merchants, sales j;iils, etc., who toil as honestly and nobly us the mail ou the farm ur in the workshop. It is hot.est toil ihat feeds Ihe world. It is dishonest rhceinere who seek lo so manipulate our commercial system asio rob 'he lamest toileis of their jasl re waul. (Jod placed the stamp of honor upon labor. llis decree was given to all ihe liven. far us manhood is concern ed, no man is the peer of uu honest farmer, Theieis no calling in all the world higher thaa 11:i?>. Luther Uuibank has done more for the tvorhl than any philanthropist who ever lived. And his work will never end. lie litis opened tip the doors to discovery th 11 will be followed hy others, and all maiiking will enjoy the results or his labors. -No ??captain of llmincc," uu commander of armies will ever bu Iteid in such Ingli esteem. The plants he has crested by hy brid;z itiou y. ill grow for ever jami perptMualo his memory. 1 Labor is the uncrowned king 'of the world. It feeds the world. It is to add to the dignity and independence of labor that the Farmers' Union xvas organized. it cri es not to he crowned, hut i' demands its own. Its great armies are marching fowtird. Then* banners arc being I hrown lo the breez3. This steady on .raid movement is shaking I he earth. And th<. laborer is being recog uized for his true worth. Let hi u t si tidy to make him self worth of hi* calling. Let him loo!; the world in the eyes uud Dc pi c u.l of hi* VWfl, - L*> i THE people itNEWS AND JOB PRINTING IwHilim, Eivdopts, Uttw Isafc, Carts, f ,|.l, mmm ^ M*- t_ Wtlttifll WOT. M3IDtfC.3l wtft, BH litis, , Cirwlws, PrtfruHm, litff hwtatbw, At Rami Zvis. taapt Mrtry. 6m Ms Ywr frntinf. ? W. A. SCHROCK 'PHONE 91. .. CAMDEN, S.C. Southern Agriculturist NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. For 40 Years the Most Instructive and Enter taining Paper for Southern Farm Families 50 cents a year One copy free Ill connection will* tliu above wo want tosiy Hi:*!, wo havi* 100 freu subscriptions lo this spitMidid agricultural journal to I he tirst 100 persons who pay up tlioir subscription uud renewal for this year. The Southern Agriculturalist. is mluiittcdlv t h e lending Southern fanner's journal, so dou'l delay lo lake advantage oT our offer. UKMEMBfcR?Wo have hut 100 eoptes to oflfor. Drtitiknrtlx and Glutton*. Whiskey anil narcotics have been able tillitfS to the CoRin m:ik e;s una tin) undertnkei s, hut 1 lie* (U; vol cos are nut the only m'.s led liunrin .beings wliosu views of life, lu say the least, <lo not i nn upon a high plane. There are others whoso sensu nl, ani mal nature cannot rise above the purely physical plane of c:i joyment The gluttons form an exceedingly large diss of hu manity. To them gustatory pleasure is th? very acme of earthly bliss Instead of eating to live, the gourmand live* to eat, but ho seldom lives to a very great ago. The liyht eat or is.llto one whose days are long upon the earth. . The in in whoso stomach is his god is so inconsiderate o( hi* god's well being that lie soon wears it, out. The ".square ;jieal" liver has run it.ore men into an untimely grave th in has consumption. The gluttony of the American people is appall mg. If nohnily ate more than the proper amount.of food, there would be hundredf of tons of groceries lo spare lor the hun gry poor. The bountifully-fed man lias not tho force and power of the Jijjht cater. TaUo one of these abdominally deformed oh! stom ach worshipers ami compass his power ol (Milium nco wit It that of tho rhan of normal proportions You will lim! that in the great majority of cases tho In-avj feeder who dotes on 'Mliree squares per day" is infeiior, jboth men'al'y :t: 1 ?! p??ysie.ill\, lo t!io more slenderly ln:i!t, no stemious :;nd active man. There is a stun II class of wiser ly so.i!s who are t!ie verv anti podes of the boozer, dope Heeds and gluttons. To this rl.iss she almighty dollir is 11:?? goal of i every energy and iiinbit lost. This is the class oT whom it is often said, '"Too stingy I?? out J enough." Aesop's miser# w Ito converted all his goods into gold and melted the j.rohl into 0:10 lump and hid i!. under a rock, l?el'.mged 10 this class oT mi-?era ble money worshipers.?Kx. i W'aslitngl<?n*s IMajjne Spots. { lie la 1 tie low, i?nr?!iy ti ?*.(?? : 1 -? ?? r l!??? ' 1 ?mi:ii*, tin* Lrccitnix j:i'(*t:tol nf s?! Ir.ria germ*. *J"ln*?t* cau<e ?:!i:IN, fevrr r.ml ajpi?\ liiliottciex*, Jauin! lifHttiMli', weakiii'!** nut pti.ral ?!?? tiilit.v nait tiring #nfl"?*i*iin* ? r iJmtli In tlioieaatU yoarly# I*. 11 eN-ctria IM trr* iH V.'r lail In ih'at rny llu-in ntnl <-arr malaria Irolltih'*. *' J'li<?y :?!*?? tin l)c<l nll-roiia.l Ionic and ratv fur line I II 1:1 I ? V?T iMI'll," \VI il.lft It. M. .1 :tIIIf?. of hut v N-ii, S, (J, Ttn-> nir?' stomach llVrr. Kid tu'y ari'l I'/ooit Ti'iUti!^ na.l will fir.-vcitt Ty|i!innl. Try llo-m. 00*. I l?y Cai;i!<*i I'S'au! <,iiiii|?.u?v. ZiMiip k'c I.Vj>:i-?it tool Ki*.ia?!i.i | h. Zt'iHp'tOnix vi nvtf. Liuc^cn'e Arnica Salve I be Best $e!vc Id Tto VTorW, The Ynlu^ ??t (lie 'tVtoplieii i hi MutU';".i l*'m itiin^. The wheels of the biisini'ss world arc revolving raster i'vrry '.lay. II insan ingenuity is cnn slantly scekinn new devices In save I'.sat, valuable asset of modern business?time. Oat; al ter utiother, new i:?:l ions me bciiijj brought in'.o use in an s?L tempi lo incrcaM! (ho s| ??? d u? ' llt'SC wilOfls t?> till! lit Of all sta ll time saving mivimi lions, llio jircatest is uudoubieil ly t!113 telephone. 1:11 reduced only about thirty years a?;o, it i> under |>i est: lit contritions an ul> solv:to necessity as a menus ol communication. Take, for ex a!ii|i!i', liit* telephone sci vice suddenly Trum tin* city of Nov. York and business Ihere \voi:hl ho pur;ii\y. ??!; the wheels ol commerce would come almost to a stamUlill. Tit >s necessity ha* spread from the larye cit.\ to the small city, from the small c'.ty I lie town, and i-? now m iking it self fell iu the inral district.*. The modern farmer .does not i e >r*tftl Ins telephone as a. luxury, but. reeo^aia ;s its value as a tiiian;:;al asset. lie realizes the necessity of keeping in close touc'i with traile condttion-.. With the aid of the telephone lie can buy his supplies when the marUet is low and sell his croj s wben it is liiyIt. 1 >!*'.??! tired Teeth. Th'?y may be cleaned Two toothpicks ate r< fj'tircd Arouml I': t? t'ae ends ol each wi'ap absorbent ciiltoti. Dip one into tincture of iodine and ^o over each toot h. Dip the second into pure alcohol and ^o over the io.lined tert h. As a ru'e teeth in iv be kepi clem by brushing wish a <;oi,d pow tier and tia*iug v. itli a yood a r.t iSiipt tii w :ish. lit:?. i:i some instances ill health or tit her causes v. :li Sc.id to diseolorat ioas, which may be removed a* above directed ?Kx. WANTED. K.apon-ible man wjtli horse ami butrny mi each community, salary ?'n.00 to 5*1000 per day, 11? take orders Imn tinners of l'1 irie.s, Orchards and 11? r.ie (Jar slctl*? A Splendid i >p| to' I lie, i I \ for fat'iueis' al>o fruit tree Hid sewiuir machine auoitis, lo make a bu>;ti''ss companion which will become i.iore proli table each ve.ir. A hires* I'. O. I {ox 04, Young's Jslautl, ?S. O. ? TJrinj? its in some wood please some of you people who owe ti s. If it is not Convenient to brinj? wood. bri:v.r the money aatl we will scare up the wood ourselves. Brinj? Your Job Work To The People'* 02ic?r THE HUNTING SEASON Now is The Hunting Season. Call on me f er r ny it in g in the line OF HUNTING GOODS. Full Line of Guns, Shells; Belts, and Leggings. Evcrthing But The I Asi a!s3 papered to farn:s!i yea vdth sryttinf n r^TM qwiirc ~rri liita.L Ui>i>L| I ak..iii >. Ci i LiLOj C?ll ER?RAI M?rr??r. \**!nF iLikHL li. ?.?4 w ??i ?? iv Lt Price and Quality talk. I Have He ill. 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In M-ndiiit; lup Taj: j-.i rounl* am!' K?i'?iplt, ? wuli w!11m:? il.i'Tax prtyi p I?\???! in .1 ?m:nry I I I. ami i? k II'OVH U> I V.:? iiaifH. jj i v i' tii?;!i. :-,n I ! I..-MjPi- t,i usv.? I'uA lie III ;> an.I Nu w! . .??l.ool L>uli iri. i>. :j. t i if, ? ot;:.i ?. I i? a.-. f ?ir. iPVcfiPilit Irgr.t In the? \V. Ein ATT ON DLLOAHE ATTOUNKY AT LAW ? ( ' A NTt ? r N. S. C. k:;al i-;statk' ;?:i d ' Collr;*A^rnt. Ml >ia\ i r?? FIral R?t#te foitf | ?.!: nr r? i't, iri r? .jur-trcl lo r^l ow ?I- I .r i 11! ? r:?. :? t i. ???. Th?i?r *i?tiinCT ? t : it\ ..r r. nt 11- at arc al*o| < ???! Ii>r;ili i?i? nir, f " j \ :i ?? !:i:11?- ; ;:?. ???( in hi; linndu for I ..IN it iui. \\ i II itt-iite (ironi|>l alien | :? ii. ? if! i>n inr :tt Mr. \V. A. 9*-hrnrfcft llii'i' < i'lif l'i urt'nr,) iamtfrn, I . I . . i (i Ci A]fx&nit?r^ ? ~ ? 4.' ' KJU???= OOUC . -r:j CVT.1 t:-.2 &.UKC8" ? r 7a ? * i v.'.t:: ?m bmgrg ?i P!v, P'acfiir&wu ? L . . J i, --j-wWuwl V ? /'? r> ? - ?.?* rue* j';l ?*' ; . R?A ..v.. . Tifcl BottteftM '! ?" ? ?? ? i':i !.?!?& TR0UVt.lt. D r-.vnsi-ACrOill i p. :.o ;??*:: y 3*. ?.i . ? ?g?? i)r. I. II. Alexander diintist. (JlV.tv Moor North i>f ? ?'i'lif lVo;>U'.' * UN DERT^KING CALLS ATTENDED I ANY HOUR DAY, I <>K NUillT. :: :: :: \ r.st. Vs. (). McCrclfriit, I L. lUi.t Iuxiynv, /;.s7. /:. o. jfrriw^r/if M OS I 'M i: MS AS I r<i.\iiixToxi:s% ,? J 'crm ant Ma rite ( o\ ? t .i > 0j ? ? jllllC.ll ? . ?? . . ? ?? r'i't mi:vi < k ? ?. W * .1 >?.? < ?? ' ? .?i- !?'../ :il|(t ? ..4>n. i >?*. *r ?; ? * . if 'i'Ij ? .ivi?l? , Iui I.-uIiC'' l(i l?t.t:.| l? . Ui* U 1 j 'i"y '? ii < ?* ?i ' a*;.. ?v. ^a. ??i