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'A mquin mrsr A OOWWHAJK'B KOTVF4FEB. ' ' * 4 . ' > KEWftPAPER FOE KEM.EE AND BCTIB. ifUWaaHKD EVERY THURSDAY. W. A. SCHROCK. Publisher. imcupnoi, $1.50 pbr unrai. (Cftmden, S. C., April SSnd, lttOO EXPRESSIONS VS. OPINIONS. We were considerably struck the other day to uote the decision of a circuit judge in another state that a roan docs not form _ opiuiou from reading news jtapers, but merely imbibes im j>ressions which can be dissipated upon presentation of evidence of ,tt contrary nature to that which .caused the impression to be ,formed, If this ruling is correct, .what value is a newspaper as a .modeller of thought, or us a .medium of forming public opiu itou? It is simply of no valun, and the whole of us had just us ,well shut down and quit the game. Criticising the judiciary is a licldisli thing, but we may ifcer pardoned for suggesting that ?this judge didu'tcare to tnke too ..much time on the case ho hud ?before him, so made this re j ,markable decision. The miud of man is plustic, quiclc to iin ibibe impressions from reading .newspaper articles, and equally .quick to have these impressions .Confirmed into opiuions - from reading and study of the sub jects spread before him. This is plain, .common sense, the judge in question to the .con trary, notwithstanding. ^ . SITUATION AT GXI3MSON. .'Considerable comment is the ' result of a very caustic letter by *^Capt. J. C. Miuus, lute Comma u \dant at Clemson College. In \this letter, President Mell is ^severely criticised for persistent ;iuterfereuco with the comman dant in his efforts to enforce ?military discipline among the CHemson students. Cupt. Minus ,*ays in part that wheu taking *ip his duties at the college he discovered a deplorable state of affairs. There was no orguuizu-1 tton, no system, nor the slightest Regard on the part of the cadets for law and order, and very lit rcspect or consideration for 4ho faculty, simply a great mob jbt youtks allowed to run wild. %Jle further says that he was con stantly hampered in his efforts ?to bring order out of chaos by the president who seemed to de Hire to concede almost every .thing tho students requested or demanded. He cites tlio ease of two other commandants who experienced similar trouble from the same cause. These are serious charges, which if su3 taineel by the facts puts it up squarely to the Clenison college . board to show cause why they should not be reprehended for carelessness in the discharge of Ytlieir duty. In any event, the jnattor should bo rigidly investi* gated. The people of the en Jtire 'statfc are deeply interested 'irt.Clemson and in justice to them ihe blame of mismanagement, if there has been any, should be ? laced where it belongs, and the lameworthy removed. Dr. Moll comos back in a short letter In which ho throws the t9sues raised on the Board of .v?Vustees, and points to an ex amination made by an inspector of the war department, which official expressed his entiro satis* {action with the condition of affairs at the colloge. There 'will of course be more corres pondence out of which we hope jgood will come and Clemsou Affairs ventilated. Potash nmt (lie Turin'. Tlif? (armors of this country ar? interested in securing the most scientific formula for commercial fertilizers that cau bo obtained, and thoy ought to oppose any & Of (Jo?jfri8s or Legislature fkrotg^tbwi fertilisers ?J repair tb? fertility of tbe soil I fe^rftjoaserve **t natural] reeoureifti. I POte-W^t--r- jndUpgggjiMa.] For then there Is no ftMH?erel?l' ?obstilola. Ninety eigbt per cent, of tbe importation of pot asb salts .is consumed on Ibe American farm. Tbe only known deposits of potash salts are iu Germany. Tbe aggre gate consumption iu tbis coun try approximates 600,000 tons. Insteud of putting obstacles, as tbe Payne bill proposes to do, to ^be importation of potash salts, every obstacle should be re moved. We have got no potash salts to protect. If we try to re taliate upon Germany for some other injuries, we injure not Germuny so much as we injure ourselves.?Home and Farm. Wonderful Eloqucuce. Here is a masterpiece of pulpit eloquence by Billy Suuday, for merly famous as a baseball player, who is now doing ser vice as an evangelist: "Twenty* two years ago, with the Holy Spirit as my guide, I entered this wonderful temple, called Chris tianity. I eutered at the portico of Genesis, walked down through the Old Testament art gallery where tliOs pictures of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Joseph, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel hang on the wall. I passed inio the music room of Psalms, where the spirit swept the keyboard of nature and bro'igbt forth the dirge like wail of the weeping prophet Jeremiah to the grand impassioned strain of Isaiah, until it seemed that every reed aud pipe in God's great organ of nature responded to the tuneful harp of David, the sweet singer of Israel. I en tered the chapel of Ecclesiastes where the voice of tlu preacher was heard and unto the conser vatory of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley's sweet scented spices filled and perfumed ray life. I entered the business office of Proverbs, then into the obser vatory room of the prophets where I saw telescopes of vari ous sizes, some poiuting to far off events; but all coucentraled upon the bright and moruingstar, which was to rise above the moonlit hills of Judeaforour Salvation. I entered the* audi ence rj?m of the King of Kings, and caught a vision of His glory from the standpoint of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; passed into the Acts of the Apostles, where the Holy Spirit was doing his office work iu the formation of the infant church. Then into the correspondence room where sat Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter, James and Jude, penning their epistles. I stepped into the throne room of Revela tion, where all towered into gliUoring peaks, and I got h visiou of the King sitting upon His throue iu all His glory, aud I cried: "All linil the power of Jesin' name Let an^elg prostrate fall; Brinj; forth tlio royal diadem, And crown Jlim Lord of all!" ?Ex. Interesting, Tho quantity of helium pres ent is thought by K. J. Strutt to bear a Uetinito relution to the uge ol radia-activo rocks. From the ratio of the helium to the ura nium, he has estimated the tune necessary to accumulate tho for mer?that is, tho age of the stra tum. His provisional results show an ago of 225,000 jonrs for the English Pliocene, 3,080,000 for tho upper preeu sami of the Orotuceous, 3,9o0,0vX) for the lower green sand, and 141,000 for tho hematite covering lime stone of tho Cai boniforous. The Crust. A?"That's rather a unique ashtray of yours, old man. I don't know that 1 .over saw one like it. Where did you got it?" li?Well, thero's a litllo his tory attached to that. You re member an upplo tart I told you my wife tried her hand ou soon aftor wo were married? A?Yes. B?Well, that's the crust. My wife has often tried to smash it, but she can't.?McCalls. " 1 ? ? i 1. ? ? i. ,i.m BucMen's Arnica Sa!v<? Tbo Best Salte In Tho World* Superl bboa3M|ria BiprlnUilwl of lit* 3v?irii>|?Q>* rttfH tii mi bis ?$? perieQ**a?Uiat gaUuHnff- \ "Did say thin* yoto^aaw or beard cauf* toy cbtDgejbl b?rl iu jour ?(titod? against com* pulsory education so far a? this State is concerned?" be f|? asked. "No! In the slightest," was the quick response.- "I have always farorad any system that will mean tbe spread of educa tion, so far as tbat is eonoerned, but I don't believe in hypocrisy any more in educaliou than in religiou, and us X see them, con* diuons in this State do not call I for a general compulsory educa tional law, as any such law would be a farce. I see no good iu pussiug paper laws! In this connection I was interested while out on this trip iu studying the workiugs of compulsory educa tion laws of other States. Some of them are howliug farces." As was stated in The Record recently, Mr. Swearingeu is au advocate of local option iu the matter of compulsory education, that is, of a law which would allow those communities in con* ditiou for compulsory education to institute the system and man ugeit locally.?Columbia Record BIG INDUSTRIAL PARADE. Southern Railroad Makes Special Kates on Shipment of Floats to Charlotte. Special to Tlu* People: Charlotte, N. C., Apri1. 22nd ? The Transportation Committee of the Twentieth of May Cele bration aslced the Southern Rail road for a special rate on the shipment on floats to Charlotte fiom points in North and South Carolina, Georgia and Virgiuia. The matter was taken up with proper ofiiciuls and in a few days later the road gave notice that it would give special rates from all territory covered by the Southern classification which covers the entire South. I It is expected that both the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern Railroads will an nounce special passenger rates to Charlotte on occouut of the celebratiou within a very short time. Both roads will operate as many special traius to Char lotte as may bo found necessary. Special attractions during the week will bo a butalliou of in fantry from Fort Mcpherson, Ga;, a troop of cavalry from Port Orglethorp and military baud, all of which the war department has ordered sent to Charlotte as an escort to President Taft. Excursion Rates to Louis vills, Ky., and Return via Southern Railway. Account Southern Baptist Con vention, the Southern Railway anuounces very low round trip rates to Louisville, Ky., from all points. Tickets will bo sold May 10, 11, 12, and 13, 1909, limited for return leaving Louis ville not later than midnight of May 22nd, 19U9. Round trip rates from priuci pal stations as follows: Abbeville, $15 85; Aiken, S^IS 70 Anderson, #15.85; Batesburg, $17.95; Bincksburg, $14 95; Black ville, $18.40; Branchvillo, $19.00: Charleston, $20.80; Cli oster; $15 85; Columbia, $16.90; Gaff ney, $14 80; Greenville, $15.10; Greenwood $15 85; Lancaster, $17.05;Newberry, $10.30; Orange burg, $18.40; Prosperity, $16 45; Rock Hill, $15.85; Spartanburg, $14 20; Sumter, $18.25; Uniou, $14 95; Yorkville, $15 85. For ticUets, detailed informa Hon, etc., apply to Southern Railway ticket agents or ad dress J. L. LUSK, Div. Pass. Agent, Charleston, S C. J L MEEK, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. The llcri-Itmic Of Succcm lien in a keen, clear brain, backed by by indomitable will and realities* energy. Swell powea come* from the splendid health that Dr. King's New Mfo I'llln'iinpart. They vitalize every organ and build up brain and body. J. A. Ilarnfon, hizemore, W. Va., writes} "They are the bi??t pills I ever lined." 25e. at Camden I)riisf Com pany, Zi'Wiu & IK I'us? and I'rancU I*. Zeinp* PE0PLE HEWS AND JOB PRINTING Mates, Imbpis, Litter Itais, Carts, totohgn fnfc, CmnmtcUI Wart, Wi Ms, Ctafers, Prafruwis, Mfcf hmUtiMS, At Im CHs. [? . rrvapi invifj. . Hvt m tnt rrtintf. W. A. SCHROCK ?RHONE 91. CAMDEN, S.C. Southern Agriculturist NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. For 40 Years the Most Instructive and Enter taining Paper for Southern Farm Families 5 cents a year One copy free "In connection with the above we want to s;ty that wo have 100 free subscriptions to this splendid agricultural journal to. the first 100 persons who pay up their subscription aud renewal for this year. The Southern Agriculturalist is adinittcdiv the leudiug Southern farmer's journal, so dou't delay to take advantage of our offer. REMEMBER?We have but 100 copies to offer. To Subscribers. If your paper huppens to come to you this week or next week or tliereulter addressed iu red, kindly take it as a gentle hint that we will most ferveutly thank you for and appreciate a quick payment of the whole, or a part of your indebtedness to us of whatever uature. There are four classes of peo ple who should receive the dis tinguished attention of debtors; the preacher, the doctor, ihe grocer and , the editor. The preacher ministers to the spirit, the doctor to the body, tho grocer satisQes the cravings of the stomach,< aud tl.e editor tills your mind,Without a well stored mind-whore are you? Jn this age of progress, you might as well be iu.fche wilds of darkest Africa. Come Ou, friends. We need moueyM. Pedigreed Bird Dogs. Our Kennels in Charlotte is headed by two of the finest Bred Pedigreed dogs money can buy. One is a male Pishel's Frunic Pointer?the other is a mule Count Whitestone setter. These dogs are both registered, und are grand individuals. If you want puppies from the best breeds of Pointers and Setters the Fishel's Frank and the Count WI?it stone breeds are the Hnest to be had, as every sportsman knows. Fee to either $15. Charlotte Kennels, Charlotte, N. C. H. C. COLE. BREEDER OF FINE POULTRY Florence, S. C. P. S. Some Fine Young Stock Now Ready for Shipment. A I?rcc08 l*n(fp I>iary For O*.::' lUatlcrs. Wo talco pleasure in nnuonnc 1 that any of our renders can secnra a line 00 page diary fur 1909, by sending2 cents postage, to D. Swill& Co., Patent Law yers, Washington, D. C. This diary is worth 25 cents, and con tains 20 pages of valuable infor mation, such as tho crop prod uction of 1908, by stales; Brief but valuable points of every day Ijhv and patent laws; Business forms, and population/ of all cities and states, etc, and 7f> pages memorandum. Tack This Over Your Desk, Merchants Many a good town isn't worth n ccnt becnuse the looal newspaper is neglected. Many a good merchan dising center is dead because the men in business trent the editor of the newspaper as an object '>f charity. This is wrong* The UmmiI paper is the greatest tiling in the community. It should be supported. It should be read and patronized. The merchants who think they are olever mid smart when they slip one over on tlie local paper makf a big mistake. Every dollar you take away from the local newspaper in schemes hurts the (own. It hurts business, and most of nil, it hurts the merchants who indulge in it. Whatever else you merchnnts do, patronize your home paper. Stop standing in your own light. Get be hind tha looal paper and push it ior all you are worth. Push it up grade to a position where it ought to be, and as sure as you are alive you will push your own business up wifch it to a point you never dreamed of before. When a tifan tells me that he reaches more people and gets better results from his Circulars I know that he is deceiving himself and telling me what I can prove to be uutrue. A newspaper in the community is rend by the people. They learn to watch for it, and when tbey get it every member of the family wants his turn to see what it says. Ads. and all are rend. If the mer chants of a community will educate the people to watch in the newspaper for their announcements the people will rend the paper more and grenter will be the re turns. There is no nlley so long but that hns its n?h bar rels, and there is no knock so powerful or subtle but that it ^encts. Do yourself a fnvor and keep up your end by supporting the locnl paper for nil you are worth, ?American Tress. 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. FERTILIZERS I am also prepared to furnish you with anything in HARDWARE, FARM SUPPUES, and GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Price and Quality talk. I Have Both. GIVE ME A CALL 2D. S- C. I)o You wnut Kuiiy C,'nl?l>ngc aud plenty of I'liom? If so, buy your plants from us. They lire raised from the best seed, and grown on the sea islands of South Carolina, which on account of being surrounded by suit water, raise plants that are earlier and hardier than those grown in the interior. They can bo set outsoouer without dangerof frost. Varieties: Early Jersey Wakefield, Charleston, or Large Wakefield, Henderson's Succession and Flat Dutch. All plants carefully counted and packed ready for shipment, and best express rales in the South. Pricos: $ 150 per si ng Io tho usa ud, up to 4,000; 5,000 or more at $1.25 per thousand; 10,000 and upwards at. $1 00 per thousand. Other i*'lai>(s Supplied?Let tuce, Onions and Keels ready in December. Special KittcH Oil Liu'{.:e Lo'h Of 1* I a n t s. Everything K. O. K. Moggets, S. C. The U. LS. Agricultural Department established an Ex periinentul Station oil our faun to test all kinds of vegetables, especially cabbages. We will be pleased to give results of these experiments. Write to us N. H. KMTCH CO., Meggels, S. C. WANTED. Responsible man willi horse mid bu;r?ry in each community, i salary #f).00 to $10.1)0 per clay, toj take orders from owners of Farms, Orchards ami lIom?? Ciar dens. A splendid opportunity: for farmers' sons, also fruit tree and se\vin*.r machine agents, to inaitn a business connection which will become more profi table each year Address I? O. Box 04, Young's Island, S. (J. Legal Blank*. We have almost anything you want from a Title to Ileal Estate down, and what we haven't, we can write for you as wo are something of a lawyer ourself. ?n<T"tna6 r.'-r.CArmy Y?T'iTipVTV ovt'sTrTcTui' Mil ouQiiii or n? It k'. V? o ct>lrirt PATCNTfi THAT PAY. wWfrtiwthfin thv-w^hiy, tt oui ?*|KTiO, *ii'l fi?;p jrou to writ* fWirl mo>|*l. ;>)i<Hoor f-r FT. T T r^or*. ?n w rt?.r/ ^Tvi'.v <j11n? pr.wut* Prrrnr'jcr?. r.rfu. Mock i !) rr.if.'.i'. o I'l.ii'.Ii t.i S^ror.1}. v/?: r-jc.T^Vi ?, o. c. Or. If r.'cvy P3!!a Thg feiost h> thg w-QiId, W. BRATTON DeLOAHE ATTORNKV At LAW Camdkn. S. C. ? ? . ?* i.1-.1 a HEAL KSTATE nr.d Collecting: Aijcnt. All persons having I{?-al Estate for salvor rent, arc rcqsirstt'd to I'nll oil ini* f.?r infoi'ini'.tioo. Those wishing to buy or rent Heal Kstate, are a)?o rrcjucstnl to rail oil me. All cliiiiiis placed i? my haml* for collection will receive prompt atten tion. Call on mi> at Mr. \V. A. Schrork'? t.fliee (The lVujilr'ii olhee,) (.'amilen, O. G. Alcxr.n:*;&r. KILLths couch and CURE the LUfoCS h Dr? iCitig's Ktew Eiiseovery fOR rr.icE . COc A fl.OOt . fetal HolUe Fret] <???*> ALL TMHAAr AW> f ROUBLES. G UAHANT EEZ> SATlSFAOTOBll OR MONEY UEFtfNDRD. | Dr. I. II. Alexander' IVKNTIST. Oflico owl' door North of "The People.' UNDERTAKING CALLS ATTENDED ANY HOUR DAY OH NIGHT. :: :: :: Est. E. (). McCroljrht, 1tcitt /tcsffftw. Est. E. O. McCruiyht. MONUMENTS' A ND TOMBSTONES. Vermont Marble Co'g. ? ' - ' T-" ' * _ !T r* rxtsf i in, < rti? / . r r ua*irci io'< i n v.'! ?< i. > < i>i?*? t 4, JV". Ill' )l?i ?>? Htl? "'?* >?!' It III uUlK'ht!. fti)? 1. ?, if . | i lit tllOIIHUQUl'lllVl - M|<! cnu < <1 l?V ' JllMlll (111(4 Ml|urui4 ? ? Ow.i < t-?' :.i?.sI*.* ? :;..li(\riU ? ..I new I.v* ? *1 ;frvilf?'ij> no'l ? J"A' in; :irc? ov i,h rr'iKg'MM >;?> ,i?nr. W?c?.r? ?i-C"**' 1 1 r. v. ur.-i u mii'I Try t. Ixi/ trt ?!'.i \ *.U.I wOw!*,*' uv