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ttbefeoflke A MKKt H4NT'tf VKWKeMt. A COUNTftYKAJIV VlEWKPim. A K?WftP4Pl? FOE 4K1XZ* akp Buymp. PUBL18QED KVKKY Y*PlflU>AY, w. A tCHROCK. publish en inscurnoi. suo m umn. OwdM>,a.C^ Hareli S.iib UNCLE HAM IV BUSWB8S. A few day# ago we, doubtless in common with hundreds of Hioessodi of oilier?, received from tt>9 government prtn<iug office several circulars adverLia ng stampedund printed envelopes for sale. It will be recalled that vro hare more than once pre viously directed, the atten tion of the people to Hie rank in justice doue the legitimate print ing interests of the country through the practice of the government of entering into competition with it, or, to be more exact, of choking off com petition by selling to the general trade envelopes at a very mini mum of profit A conservative estimate is that at least three out of five orders to goverrttneut for printed envelopes would have gone into the hands of local job printers, the only legitimate gource from whoiu they should lie obtained. It is passing Strange that the Inter-National Printers Union, or whatever body is supposed to look after these things, has not, through Congress been able to put a stop! to this nefarious practice. We hear a greatdeal of twaddle tiiat the government cannot or should Dot maivo certain innovations be cause, forsooth they will be lilows against legitimate busi ness interests. Take parcels post as an iuslance, It seems impossible to get the system in augurated because of the power ful lobby against it, and yet it is * righteous measure which can not possibly work hardship up <j!i nny individual, lirm or cor poruiion, and would be a real boon to the people generally, and of advautage to the mer chants, especially those iu the small towns and cities which have rural free delivery routes radiatiug from them. Yet, the lobby teurfultv asserts that il would woik sad injury to legiti mate business interests to pass the bill, and a groat number of retail merchants have been fooled into believing it. The same crj is raised when any measure is projected that is intended for tho benetit of the people at large, and up to date there have been enough fools found to block largely such legislation. This condition of affairs will pass, and the competing by government with private enterprise will stop. When the day corncs, we will liuve tho parcels post too, which measure is designed to work equal beuetit to buyer and seller. Postal Savings Bunas will also come along, and thero will be a general 9halcing-up in our finau cinl system. Quite a number of other little things will be done that will cause a healthy re adjustment of general condi tions, but when? final Report Upon Cotton. Washington, March 20.?Itun mng bales of cotton numbering 18,408,841, of tlio average gross weight of 503.8 pounds, all equivolent to 13,508,942 500. pound balos, with 27,587 gin tieries operating, was the final report of the census today on the cotton crop grown in l908. The report includes 844.970 Milters and counts round bales as half bales. The dual 1907 crop report was 11,315,882 round bales, erjuivolcnt to 111 1175,4(11 500 pound bales, with ?7,502 ginneries operating. Included In 1908 figures are {)3,085 bales, which ginners est! mated they would turn out, after time of Maroh canvass. Round bales included in today's reports Aro 242,805 for 1908 and 198, Ml) for 1907. Sea island bales f'.icluded aro 93,848 and 80,895 1907. The crop by States in ruhning including linterr, follows: Alabama?1,268,381) bales. F.orkla ? 71 411 UiUm. ?$,1^23,0^8 bttlen Khoim, Keutnafey ?m| N?? Meiioo (loeMiog linters of m tabltsbmeiits in Illinois and V?r gtaftt) 0,054 bales. I/jtmiana ?481.084 tmles. Mississippi 1,665,685 bales. Missouri?60,600 bales. Norlli Carolina?600,507 bales. Oklahoma?708,862 bales. Sooth Carol id*?1,239,260 bale* Tenneasae?848.582 bal^s Texas?8,710,180 bales Virginia?18,103 bales. ~ "Ticket*, PlewMs." Tin conductor was on? of thute Kiftrd 1114*11 who remember wlwrrracli passenger got aboard, and om look through at Ilia conscience of a travel ler an J dud out if ? ticket is still due the railroad. He stopped, says the Detroit News-Tribune, by a seat in wliioh was a small boy, kneeling, of course, so that Ins ?hoes were soiling the plush covering .of the seat, and a woman whose face was a declaration of independence. She handed the man in brass but tons a pink trip slip* jtlieu folded her hands as if her diit) was done. But the conductor was uot satisfled. llis oOlcial gla.icc look measure of tin* boy, whose bark wan turned to the aisle and who wa9 staring at the land scape through greasy Auger-mark* with which lie had decorated the window. "I oliall have to ask you for a ticket for that boy, tua'an." '*1 think not." "lle'f too old to travel free." "That's all right." "He occupies! a whole scat and the car in crowded. "That's the fault of the road, not mine." "And there are people standing up." "Well, that's not my affair." "Sec here ma'am, 1 haven't time to argue the matter." "It wouldn't do any good to argue with me." "Yoiunll have to pay for that boy." "1 never have yet and 1'ui not going to beghrnow." "Don't you expect to begin some time? ' "That's not the question now." "If you haven't had to pay for hiui you've been mighty lucky, or else you don't do much tiaveling." "Oh, yes, I travel about six months a year." "You'll have to pay for hun ma'am, j or I shall be obliged to put liiin off." I "That won't help you to gat any money out of me." "You know what the rules of the road are?" "No, 1 never read them." "How old is that boy?" "1 don't know. 1 never saw liiin be fore. You'd belter ask tlu* old gentle man who's asleep three seats up. They got on together at Ueekeiihaut street." LAUGHETS. ^JSilas. Yes, Matilda used to sit on the porch and sing to us through the screen door but I stopped her. Cyrus. ? Wluit for? ( Silas. Because I knew that she was straining her voice. ttf % Doctor.?(returning home un expectedly) Bridget, can you tell mo of my wife's where abouts? Bridget:?Shure, I don't know, sir. I think they uie iu the wash. Hf * Judgo "Have you formed or expressed any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the ac cused in this case?" Man (drawn on jury) "No sir. But I have some times thought ?" Attorney (rising indignantly) "Your Honor, this man ac knowledges that lie sometimes thinks. It is hardly necessary to say that we challenge him as a juror in this case." A Georgia woman who seems to have heroically endeavored to ttnd out for herself if marringe is a failure, is responsible for this littlu verse that tills a wee nook iu the Atlanta Constitution; "Five husbands have 1 buried With many u sigh and prayer; There'll be trouble up in heaven If we know each other there." A clergyman was much sur prised one day ut receiving a basket of potatoes from jm old woman in his parish wi'.h a mes sage saying that as he had re marked in liis sermon of the previous Sunday that "common taters" do not agree with him, she had pent him some real good ones. rmwi. Air slacked lime is a frtil 4iiiuf?daBk ind should b? Ml iltud || all li?M ? mdj to ifHnkli is itie poultry borne,. Um brood coop* tod over ibe ynrd. It* free iim will prevent naoy fowls from Iwviog various diseases. Use it of ten. Another thing which recommends It is lis cheapness. , Lice begin to crawl a reely. at Hi is (tMUHMi of the year. Wash out the nest boxen will) a weak solution of carbolic acid and white wash the walls freely. In to the wash Qi st mix a little car bolic acid. In more Southern locatious now is the time to fumigate the houses. This may be done by shutting It up light and burning sulphur or brim, stone iu some irou ves*el placed inside. Keep it smoking for a few hours. On careful exami nation lice will be found to be one of the prime causes lor mauy diseases, uud it is necessary that nothing should be left undone to exterminate tliem Frcitli Wntcr. Nothiug bceuik more catele.ss in pouiii> raising I tin n ilit* i (.dif ferent man iter in which ?utn? pouiir,* men supply lucir fowls wnli Miller. Wttirr is cheap. Ii/can oe hud ul the expense of simply pumping uud carr> iug it to Mie place when needed. Rapid growth demands it to as sist. in softening tlie food for assimilation. L.iying liens de maud it iu the nlbutntru which helps to complete the egg. Careful experiment has proven that chicks grown without the aid of water do not develope us fast, and never grow into as line fowls. All in ull, nature de mands it, and it should be sup plied. For the foregoing rea sons always keep it within the reach of >your fowls, old and young, at ull times. location For Poultry. Of course, the first thing to be done, iu establishing the poul try department on the farm is to select u locution, and this is not u trifling mutter, by uny means, as a great deal depends upon whether or uot the selection is made judiciously and for the best interests of the fowls. A good compass loc ution would be on the south side of some hill that slopes toward the South, but us this is uot always convenient the cold winds of winter can be kept back or partly broken, ut least by growing a foliage plant of some kind on the north sjde of the coop and yards. 3mull trees uro the best protection, but take consider able tHiio to grow. The most important thing of all in selecting a spot on which to build the poultry fixtures, is to have it on a slight elevation and well draiucd on all sides, so there will be no possible chance of liaviug any standing water around the premises at any time or dampness of any kind. Some times the breeder is so situated that he cannot have much choice in the selection of a location for his Tow Is, but lias to put up with what little space he has imincdi 11*uly adjacent to his dwellings, and in such cases, if the spot is not well drained aud slightly elevated, it should he made so ai'tificiiIly by filling in with dirt aud using tile lor draining. Damp houses and yards are where initny of the poultry dis eases originate,,and this Is the prime cause of the disagreeable disease of roup, which is so very disastrous after it once gets a good start, and iu fact, there is nothing more conducive to dis ease aud general disorder among the fowls than lo compel tliem to spend their time in damp quarters. A sandy soil i* the best, as it absorbs the moisture and dries oft quickly. Always 1mvo plenty of lime and use white wash freely on the houses aid fences, and it gives them a neat clean np pea ranee that is hard to obtain iu any other way. Air-slacked lime is an excellent disinfectant ami should bo scattered freely inside the house, about the roosts and in different places iu the yards. It is such little things as these which if proper ly attended to insures good health among the fowls. ?Spec. ?Spencer, fcwiUUm, [nityiT. tittar Huis, Carts, Catal*aa ink. CMBircial Wart, W Mafe, ' Cirttfars, Prairamnas, fiiiil bmUUaas, At Home Carts, fraapt BaBvaqr. ttvt Me Tour Printiag. THE PE0PLE ::NEVS AND JOB PRINTING:: ? W. A. SCHROCK 'PHONE 91.; CAMDEN, S.C. Southern Agriculturist NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. , For 40 Years the Most Instructive and Enter - i ' * ^ - taining Paper for Southern Farm Families 50 cents a year One copy free In connection with the aliovo we want ti> say that wo have 100 freo subscriptions to Ihis splendid agricultural journal ??? tin* tirsi 100 persons who pay up th*siT subscription ami mmm-wi, f??i this year. The Southern Agriculturalist is adinittedlv i h ?? leading Southern farmer's journal, so don't delay to U^Ue advantage of our offer. REMEMBER?We have hut 100 copies to offer. Glorious Democratic Days l'ci'linpH Tali's Cabinet Im Full of Jcfti'tttoiiiutis Jacob M. Dickinson, of Ten uessee, Secretary of War in President Talt's Cabinet, as serts, by way of rebuke to former Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, thai lie always hasbeeu and stiil is n Democrat, ''though I never voted for Uryan.*' This fervent declaration of principle ought to clear up Mr. Dickinson's title to any dinner tendered him either by this Iro quois or other Democratic or ganization. Evidently the Demo crats did better 111 the election last fall than we thought; for in additiou to the gains already enumerated,, thoy carried the office of Secretary of War as well. This is encouraging, and wo are waiting for further confessions of Democratic faith from mem bers of M*. Taft's Cabinet. PossibK Philander 0. Ivnox is another Democrat who believes in Democratic principles but never acquired the habit of voting the ticket. We shall not be greatly astonished now to hear Frank H. Hitchcock announce that iwits his unalerable belief in the traditions of the Demo cratic party which induced him to accept the chairmanship of the Republican national com mittee, there being more voters in the Republican party and con sequently greater opportunity for Inspired missionary work. Perhaps if? is tlio inherent democracy of William H. Tuft which makes him look so longing ly ut the electoral vote of I li?* solid Snath and devise w?i\ * b which ii could l?u nuult' mon* ?-ITf?: tivo in furthering tlie doctrines of Democracy l\v keeping him m ofllco for a second term. These are glorious Democrat ie days. We can barely restrain our emotion while those sturd\ old Jeffel'sOnian Democrats, Joseph G. Cannon, Sereno E Payne and John Dwteell levise the Dingley law into a tariff for reveiiueonly.?New York World. That Life Insurance Policy. .. There sllll seems to ??? a little hasiness in the minds of some people coticernitig our life in surance policy. To mane the matter absolutely clear, wo will say that to every subscriber to THE PEOPLE who keep up a paid subscription, we guarantee that he will not die within the period during whicn his account is clear ou our books. Should he, through any mischance hap pen to cross the divide during that period, and wants his money back, he can got it promptly by making application for snme nt this office. No offer could b?' fairer, and it furnishes an added inducement why all should take THE PEOPhK. Ni^lit On Haul Mountain. Oil a lonely night Alex. Benton of Fort Eilward, N. Y., climbed Bald Mountain to tlii* home of a m*l^li!ior, tortured liy AM hum, hent on curio;; Inin with Dr. Kind's New I>iseovcr> , I that had cured himself of asthma. This wonderful medicine mkmi relieved and quickly cored his iifirhlmr. Later it cured his sou's \\ift* ol a m-vitc lung trouble. Miliums Ih'Iicyc its the greatest Throat and Lung run* on Earth. Coughs, Colds, Croupe, llcmo rrhngcsr.nd Hon* I.titlesaresurely cured liy it. lk'.-t for Hay Fever, < I rip and Whcnping Cough. "Kle. and $1.00. Trial hsttle free, (guaranteed l?y Camden Drug Company, Zcuip. ?!fc Del'ass and Francis I.. Zeuip. A FiccO(> Diary Tor Our 1C cutlers. We take pleasure in announc ing (lull any of our renders can secure a line 00-page diary for -1000, by sending 2 cents postage, to D. Swifl& Co., Patent Law yers, Washington, D. C. This diary is worth "3 cents, and con tains 20 pages of valuable in for. mation, such as the crop prod uction of 1008, by states; Bi iel but valuable points of every da} law and patent laws; Business forms, and population of all cities and states, etc, and 7T? pages me mora ndu in. Si. V. COLE. BREEDER OF FINE POULTRY Florence, S. C. I*. 8. Some Fino Young Stock Now Heady for Shipment. Succccd v/hcn cvcryihi:^ else fnito. In nervous prostration unil fernnle weaknesses they cro the etiprcmc remedy, ra thousands have testified. FOR KIDNEY.I.IVF.n AND STOMACH TROUELG it is the brst mcdi:lno ever aold over n dra^gLt'a co-.mtsr. THE FISHING SEASON ?> is now on . Call on me for'any thing in the line OF FISHING TA C K LE. Barbed Wire and Field Fencing. UTILIZERS 12iii aiso prepared to funusii yeu Kith anything in HARDWARE, FARM SUFvULS, <M GENERAL MEftCBAKDiSE. Price and Quality talk. I Have Both. GIVE ME A CALL IO. 3!S?2a.a?.@cL3r C./i.2.?2DZ3?T, S. O. Do You wniif I'iuly Csi1)!);i^<sili(l ! lili-mj ?>i i hciii? If so, buy your plants from us. They are raised from the be.-.t , seed, and ?;ro\vn on I ho s?-a islands of South Carolina, which | oil account of boiu.tf surroiind? d i uy sail wator, raise plants that aro earlier and hardier than those m own in the interior. They eau bo set. out sooner witliout danirerof frost. Varieties: Marly .Jersey Wakefield, Charleston, or Lavgo Wakeiield, 1 lenderson's Succession ami Flat Dutch. Ail plants carefully counted and packed ready for shipment, and host express rates in the South. I'rices: *1T>') per single thousand, up lo 4.0J0; .",000 or itairo at $1.25 per thousand; 10.000 and upwards ;;t I 00 per thousand. Other ri:u*!s Supplied?hot.* tueo, Unions and I ????-! ready in Deer-labor. Special Kales On Larj.'.c Lo h Of 1*1 a it is. Kverx thiti.tr I'1. O. I? Motets, S. C. The U. S. Airriculturai Department established an lOx pcrimcutal Station on our farm to test all kinds of ve:retables, especially cabbages. We v. iilj l>o pleased to frivo results of these experiments. Write to us N. II. lihITCH CO., Me:.'?;ots, S. C. WANTED. Responsible man Willi horse .mil bu?.r?ry in each community, salary ?.">.00 la $10.00 per day. to la Wo orders from owners of Rirms, Orchards ami Hume (Jar den--, A splendid npportunity for fanners' sons, itIso finis tri e and so win.if machine adonis, to make a business connection which will become more proti table each year. Address 1*. (). Box 04, Young's Island, 8. ('. lii'Ciil ninr.UK. Wo have almost anything you want from u Title to Ural K?tate down, and wlnit we h.tven't, we can write for you as we are something of a lawyer oursolf. *": n A 9 - M ft n ivj i ?? y <> tnii-cii ir. nil C'.u'.i i. i:> U .. o PATENTS TI-!AT PAY, ?dvci'.iiv t!"; i n,t C'u ?Tpplii?! mii! jrov ti> r-:;?? sv?M. t>'w?oorrVt'.v'i f.r rr.vr rcr^vt ou j-n*>:j'V jr. S"> jra-i* : fijrt p.'.fi4:4f.'o rfrrnTNCTv. r>rfr.. v.r..* k 1 t ?? I','i ?,:! vw (JO[v-'iir: f.7r..vor.tVi ?.'? ;mcV v.'/>r* t ?:rjroif, r.*>. Th-^bostln iho world* W. DRATTON DELOAHE ATTOiJN i^V AT I. AW 4 C'AMir.N. S. 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