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TM 1 M A VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, S. C.. KllIDAY, OCTOKKK 2?>, 1905. NO. 41. np'isjLVjnB President Roo^evjlt and His Party Enjoy Southern Hospitality 'EATURES Of RECEPTIONS [The Visit of the Nation's Chief Mag istrate to the State of North Caro lina and the South an Event of Great Significance. The coming of President Roosevelt nid party to North Carolina, hi* At tendance. at the State Fair, his as sured cordial reception by the thous ands of loyal citizens gathered at the Stnto'n Capital City to do honor to his presence and 'lie triumphant jurncy through the heart of the ffitate on his way t<? the far South, marks an event in lnstory long to be remembered. The visits of our Pres idents to this section have been all too infrequent in the past, and the announcement that Mr. Koosevelt had determined to nee this splendid sec lion of our common country himself and fiive our people an opportunity of se<'ii^^ijk|(^ie!irin<r him, was hailed everywhere with fjelight. The time of hisjeoming is peculiar ly opportune. The crops ? full and aeler of Mr, Koosovelt as a man and as a public official. The several hundred m'1io<>| t* h i I - droit of the <-ify public schools will perform a portion of the .program in the reception to be tendered President Kooseveut upon his arriva' in Haleigh on the morning of October 10th. Military Features. Besides the two local companies and the militia of sunour.diug towns, there will e.omo several commands from a distance. In resj>on?<e to the spccial invitation issued to the *'d diejy of the State a few daya ago, the following companies have signi fied their intention of coming* The Sampson Light infantry, Com pany II, Section regiment, of Clinton; ('apt. Cyrus M,,Kaircl??th ; fifty strong The Favetteville Independent Light Infantry, ('omj)any K, Second regi ment; ('apt. N. II. Mctieachy. The Lumber Bridge Light Infantry, Company L, Second regiment; ('apt. J. W. Hall. At Dnrluun, (Jreensboro, Lexington, Concord and Charlotte, where short stops will be mad?v, tremendous ero\vdstr*will greet <?u?' Chief Magis trate and listen to whsjt he may havo to tell them. PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT. * . ? ? ? rxzTr jounteous ? have been harvested. The >coplc have both leisuro ami means o tnko a great holiday. The Stato Pan* in itself is an event of great mportance ii\ the social and indus l vial life of the people of North Ca rolina,. Gathered in the Capital City [of the State toill bo its substantial citizenship ? the men and women who have done things to make for the marvelous development of our splen did resources.- r The reocptioft at Raleigh will be such as Jieflls the dignity and char Fall River Olotli Market Firm. Fall liiver, Mass., Special. ? The sales in the print cloth market for the week will amount toyflbont 200, 000 pigces. The tone of t ho Market continues very firm. The demand for goods has been active, but the mills are only moderate sellers at ruling figures. Fire in Chicago. Chicago, Special.? Five firemen vere slightly injured and property allied at $130,000 wfiVdest roped by a that demolished the five-story triek- building at 75 annd 77. Lake t, occupied by Podrasink, Klap jykwfcaale dealers it?- j int# and jpai paped. The fire is ___ s started from spon Jtbustion and several ex oil and variush occurred, iremen were injured by fall- 1 iss and flying splinters caused ex plosions. Fife on Ocean Steamer. Yotlf, Special.? Tbe ptcamor Prineeea, wliicb : aailcd for " andanekoxed off War, dowered in ^en No. 4 mi ? The trip* through the State w ill be one grand triumphal march ol' the nation's lading citizen, honored by nil, irrespective of party, because of the dignity of his office and the grace and fairness with which he has dis charged his official duties. Will Speak at Charlotte. At Charlotte a fifteen minute stop is promised, when' the President will be driven to Vnncc Park and the peo ple will have an opportunity of both seeing and hearing him. Killed in a' Row. Union, S. C\, Special. ? In <i row Friday afternoon near the forest, be yond Buffalo, Dave Smith instantly killed Bur Burroll by striking him across tlie back of the nook with n stick. Both are negroes, about 38 years old. Magistrate Iiowell held an inquest at Buffalo. Refused to Be Treated. Fort Worth, Tex., Ex-Oov. James S. Hogg is lying ill at a hotel here of dropsy* lie was en ronte to a health resort when nq had to stop. The ex-governor, who weighs over 300 pounds, has dropsy and his physicians say unless he is tapped at once he Cannot survive. He declines to be tapped, saying if his time has come ho will go, he is afraid of the net-dies perforating an intestine. So far his family and friends have fail ed to move him. News Notes. After installing its new offices, the Ameriean Bankers' Association ad journed. ' 4 Baltii^re *8^oetoffiee receipts for greater than for the sans month last year. TtoiNwjli^it is Raid, haft daeW e| ?t t>? rfans igilif Veami' ?Ia aatU CtfMras kos esoUmd the Mice hold councils Members o! Onnha's Leelstativa Body Restrained by Force MAYOR HURLS WILD EPITHETS Outeoin* or <i?? flarlit ill Hi* K'lirsan M?(ro|>u)l* -S? ?n?i? of UuU*?i'<( at l>U ! orJ?r In Ilia CoudcII Chamber? Court ? Closure* l?oltilcwi ??Ulna" l''or Ha firae.l and Illegal Matlio 1*. Omaha, Noli. ? a sensational climax ! in the $110, (MX) gas ? I ea ! tight came when Mayor Moores stationed a cordon of policemen itt the doors of 1 1 it> Coun cil chain her and forcibly prevented three members from leaving the room, thus keeping intact a t|uorum. wldlc tile i"in?r majority passed the.gas lease ordinance. For two hours (ho Council ciininlxr resembled more a en go of maddened tigcis than the assemblage of men, and, men, too, intrusted with thi> re sponsibility of guarding the lnjer?sts of (lie citizens who elected them. hindlng, after two months or battle, that it could not win by ordinary loyal i methods, the gang. hea.Ud by ill" Mayor, decided on brute force to no coinplbdi its cuds. Acting under the Mayor's orders to permit no member ot Council to leave the chamber until the meeting adjourned, u score or more policemen resisted by sheer brawn and muscle the efforts of two A Mermen opposed to the gas ordinance to de part. Within the chamber the Mayor himself burled vilest epithets ;it the minority Couiieilmen. and they, mad- ! denod by the abuse. retort.?d in like manner. An open list between the Mayor mid Councilman O'Hr'en was only averted by the active Inter red noe of O'Briens colleagues. The fight centres ,>n the determin nt on of the Omaha (,'as Companv. which is owned by the United (Jas Im provement Company, of Philadelphia, la., to extend Its present lease for lighting tin? city's streets at a li'gh figure and to shut /nit a rival eorpnra tio)i. backed I ly Cleveland. Ohio, capi talists. who ofiVr light n't a much re duced pneo. Mayor Moores and live or the nine Aldermen composing the Uly Council are lined up with tin Omaha concern. For u,H?e months past the battle has waged furiouslv. loo present contract of the gas com pany is lor sixty-candle-power lights at a cost of S25 pp,- lamp. One night the gas company !;u<| -"Introduced b.lo ^.,hOUiK'1.1, a 1,1,1 a-,voi"K to furnish Pightj -candle-power lights for $28 tier lamp aiul asking that the contract be made at once, although the presem contract does not expire until Dec. ?il. J he bill was referred to the prop er Committee. Then the row began Srelng that the gas ring had a ma jority of votes, the opposition secured an Injunction, forbidding 'Council to pass the gas lease ordinance. P,nt at the very next meeting of the bodv (ounclJinen Baeli.s D.vball, Evans. that IK011 "'V;, Sc',lr0fdei' announced that they would not obey the orders of the Court, but would pass the or dinance if they desired to do so, At the proper time one of these Councilmen moved that this bill be ,?pi?i'\ ? ',nn<1 wn* informed by the p -es dent of Council that fcrcnuse th? hni VlUlet,0n llft couUI l^Minit consideration01110 bef?l<? Uje b??>' oAuld'$Lr^.?f w,,d disorder one thn Ati.n^ ^ ,)Ut (1,? Wo&tlon and ?W8V&3P 'W Stirred by the "Big Five's" dt?owi "to ?88tled i',0""0"0"' Su<<?"' n!! MSUe" ,r- summoned the uamr ,)eforp ,,,?1 ?d sentenced ? ,0 days in Jail, a stav 7WX ZTiZ' ec"t "0"cc offlet,'s 10 .men!,ke1, of the majority made a motion placing the ordinance u pn?nze. but President xlmLu i4 1UC"10"- Counollmnii liunling.on, a member of the maiorWv for T ''i'h-"0'') "Vf, voting cMiifil to IX. ,0:'"5' ","mbPr" "<? Mayor Moores immediately sl"?.(i el ??'??i '<t to**' ,J 11 Mlth tho hond and contract "Big Five'" "L0,u*? n,)?roved by the "ig i'lte. fhe Cit.v Attorney hmv recommit in^ li* ,U,lng of tbe' chniv ecommitting the committee venort it nm7u k oari'ed the ordinance with tlie Couii 'fi J aulisequent action of me t .on lie i I was of no avail, ? HOTTENTOTS UOUT OEUMANS. 1 They C'aptun Jerusalem Camp. and Kill Six Men. Cape Town, Cape Colony.? Morengo and Morris, chlefa of the rebellloun Hottentots of German Southwest Af rica, have captured Jerusalem Camp, between Wnrmbad r.ml Scult Drift, af ter severe lighting, during which Lieu tenant Surinam! and five men were killed nml eight men were wounded. The Hottentots sustained no losses. Severn 1 Germans were made pris oner*. but after belug disarmed were allowed to return tv Lleutonant-Geu era I ~ von TrothaT commander or tli e German force?, with a letter from Marengo ifaylng thai, the Hottentots were now in ^position to take the of fensive oud would fight to the finish. The German .garri&aii at Iviiplaats tmraeo tWfetr stores, defterttd the post, and retired to Desocdesdaui. Good Outloolc For Trade. I According to Dn*> Review, favora ble trade report h stiff predominate and there H no anxiety regarding the fu ture1. Preparation! for., unprecedented fall aod winter trade cofiHhua irI?i ont diMisetieu. Snper*ativ?a are Bead ed in com aa en ting en feel estate trans actions, bonding " ptreits, bank' ex- 1 ? nre at alia lira Tor t?a toira Qnyrer hftwut-T"? wm ?rate. SUICIDE ON HIS TRIAL DAY Armitago Malhew.*, republican Pol Uialftji and Lawyer, Daad. liKlliiuivni, llv Juitipi f nn? Win. iluvv of HI* Homo?* MolorUm* IClltUi) New York CJly.-Armlbigo Mathews, Secretary of the Republican County Committee, killed himself by plunging from the window of his bathroom at No. :m Cent ml Park Wust. He was 10 have faced trial wlthlu a few 2k>ura ?m ft chnrgd of cilmlual conspiracy. ,',*1 , 001,1,8(11 H.'d "exhausted ?>eij possible means of delay, and only on the day before Justice Stover of the Supreme Court, had refused to giant a eha njjje of venue Threo of Mathews' associates in j 1 I'^rpetrated upon the Wulsel cs ; ;; w.?itmK to testify against I II. It was expected that part of the testimony against Mathews would in <iiininati? at least one prominent law >ei -politician. possibly more, it is r "'iii i thai these men are relieved by his death of t he burden of f?ar that Aral. jm?vs forthcoming trial east upon V.h/1?1 'VsK'K(:!,,t l>istriet Altnniov he said- death of Mathews "There is getting Ul(>S(l y(l|!llP ?low. I am sorry for Mathews Imii liis death saves a lot of people" ' '.oA8?"wP"" Train ?|. ??Well. Hint savijsn lot of <jil,,.rs '? ??> anticipation 3f his trial, Mr. Mat. hews s, , em the summer in Europe, hop. | M to regain l.ls health, wl.ieh had ,:"ok(n I ?y anxiety; hut lu> re mow i " fou'wook8 n*o not mueh im i ot (ll i t4ly> \v V* "'ore nmr inoiv-ue .?* ? "f found himself un. y >. V I)r- Vo?'?"Kh, of AO. 10 U est Mighty-eighth strert cave Hi a remedy for insomnia, whl'eli he was"ii?"'iV.' sl<N '1 <lu> ft?*cwRod Ir.wver a as broken, a special dellverv letter f'!' l!,,n "'.-is delivered at 7 a. m am <<.\or what was in this letter and the IS'VL,!"" ,s: '""'limit see t lie lei (?"? in . ? *nrPt Kft?0 fould iitUi did not occasion surnri.se < "liKi-rsynmn lloiu-.fll sal?l lia Wn? fv Vs'Z irB;?v ,r ?: ?S; Fors.o, ?'?! Sntmul I <<r*4 ooaXJto?'. y&gutjr aSi" "C? from sVt It hn.i k y "Gainst Mathews. J \rS?K " expepted that the trial tloual event b,e tl10 ,no9t trntlon, ? Ml' 3cvo^ aOmtols SI" HENRY IRVING DEAD, .IMBU* ruu, Ana, Suddenly After Performance. woHddhn' Eu?? Th? English-speaking r e d2erfd "" '^parable losf Heiir'v " de"t,, "/ "Iglit of Sir rrriiMj. i g* Av,,? *ilXB universally Slish ne'Joenr n\?8t wP"?entatlvi ffusn actor of contemporary times ? W In llni'nesi*. nppfnli fi'vlng a series of farewe l J"l'^''",'1"00" ?> Hi? Knellsli pvovliicoi iae!it rfk,:v" HI -nernec car falom'o JS. nI"'e"""3 '? Pp,'fcrmancD Sir Ilem-v ? It mn ? I8 llotc1, l'fnol?big his rooms fmo n. , ly "uminoned, but bo. s3J?i S#i?l,,d n,TlV0 s"' win having1 uttered n s A T w H I L L' JHA UGHTKlT U V R X S. I^cnf Mother Couhfxot Hear Cries Tor Aid. djlusf" U?U'C JU" M'"- "?' "?* ?'?? NEW YORKERS NOMINATE, Republicans, Democrats and Munfcl. pal Ownership Parties Organize. Zar abfi% by III lee parlies x^,. npDnhll Oeoie B ,l10 .rxmocrate. McCieilau. the nre&ont Leaou VI4 !va Muo,^pa? Otrnershln f <h,?"n W{IIiaul Randolph Hearst to head Its ticket. ... T Won't Make Cure Public; Professor Behrlng will not even con sider the reported American offer to pay him a large sum of money If he will tnaka public his consumption enre. He trill in ho way he diverted from Ida p?th ? ? Gyv*y Moth Spreads in Bay state. depart meat of Mat Mcbuaetu, at Boaloa, aaaeeneei tj ?S?2i by the p??t >aa KILLED BY A BIG WAVE i Passengers Swept From Ompania in Mid-Ocean, NO WARNING OF HUGE ROLLER A 1'ortlon ol 1 1 1 r> Hull Kmaitiatl by <lin Ki'dlllcti Tons of Wutvr, nml Five rcrionn \V*4?r? Tlu'on)(h tHo OptnlnK Into tho Oci'im - N?rr#lW? of an ISve-WI'neM. Now York City.? The ('unnrd Lino iteu msblp Cumpaula, from Liver pool nml Queemitown, shipped n sen on Ootobor 11 which rosultotl i in the injury of n large number of steerage passengers and the loss of live or kL\. The ofllcers of the Campania woro very reticent about the accident, anil refused to give any in formation until I ho agent, Mr. llrown, authorized its issuance. Tho sum of tho a flair is tald to bo that on Wednesday, October 11. about l o'clock In the afternoon, t Lie Campa nia waa running along at her usual speed with a huge tpiartering son when tb:> steamship lurched suddenly to port ami scooped i;p an enormous son. Tbo foa boarded the Campania about mid ships on i In* port iddo.aiul completely swept tho steerage deofi, washing a largo nnmbor of steerage pusscflgers aft. Tho sea tlllod tho space between tho dooks, smashed ont a door In tho rail, throuyh which tlvo woro swept and loft. About t'ulrty woro Injured. The creat sea washed nft with ter ritle force and thru surged forward. Its power was Irresistible, and there whs no possibility of escape troni it* rush. Quo young woman had both '??g.s broken at the thigh, several pas- ) songers had anus and ribs broken. On arrival ten wore In the hospital, while a large number wore nursing brulsis of ail f orts. The erew were also Injured. l?r. Wrdon, the ship's surgeon, was aided by several physi cians who were eabln passengers on board. A passenger on board said that l'.c had board that two women and three men were lost, but declared that, al though an inspection was mad", no re port was given out of the number lost. "I don't believe they know theiu golv<?/> how many are missing." When the sea boarded the Campania tho steerage passengers were siUJujj about the decks, some of the wonted singing. This dock runs on .both sides from a point under the bridge aft to within a -short d 1st a nee of the stern. The deck above shelters It and a high rail guard* it. Between the rail and the uppsv deok a rope netting tills the space to prevent the passengers from washing overboard. In tho rail, which l? a solid plated wall above four fee^ high, are several swinging doors, or open scuppers, t-? allow the water t-? pass out when any Is shipped. Those opeulngs are crossed by iron bar* or grating, it was through these openings that the pas sengers were forced by the terrible rush of waters when tho deck was tilled. One 6f 1he most complete accounts of the accident nnd panic that ensued was given by Michael O'Connor, of N". 220 west Twenty-second street, a first class cnblu passenger, Mr, O'Connor said that the fact that a panic wrs cu | tho boat at the. time cannot be t?o strongly emphasised. He said tho pas sengers wore absolutely panic-stricken, running hither and thither, and com pletely lost their bonds, Me warmly ? prnisgd Capta.ln Wn.rr and said he did everything man could cto for tli? pas sogers of all classes, Mr, O'Connor s story Is as follows! ?'After breakfast I went to the smok lng room in company with Mr. A. V?\ Mills, a cabin passenger, ami took up a novel to read for a time. There was a sudden lurch to port. Tho steerage promenade rail, as I looked out of the window's, was completely burled under the sen. Tho gates, which were direct ly opposite to me, used for allowing the water to run off, had burst from (heir fnstenlngn like so much straw, A dork object swept by me and out through tho gap like a chip in a Inrge water main. Mr. Mills .tumped up and crlod, 'Man overboard.' "The panic that ensued was abso lutely Impossible to describe. You can not speak of It too strongly. Men. women and children of the steerage were hurled about like so many bits of paper hi a hurricane. The stewards rushed fore and nft trying to cnlnr the now thoroughly panic-stricken passeu gers. "I certainly admire the courage of Captain Warr. who did everything in his power for passengers of all classes, nnd ho deserves tho vote of thanks which was given him and signed by nearly every member In tbo cabin." USED ONLY STOLEN HORSES. Liveryman in Munlee, Intl., Confesses When Caught With Animals. Indianapolis, Ind.? Harry Foster, a prosperous liveryman in Munclc, told the police he had been operating his stable for years with horses stolen In this State, Ohio. Illinois and Michigan. He would not implicate any one else, but the police believe li.e is a member of a band of horse thieves. Tu*f> hoys were driving a horse in Muncio when a liveryman from Greoi town rocojmlzcd it as one stolen from him. In Foster's Rtnblo he identified an other as having b??n stolen from his district. Foster ofTertd to as* 1st the police in restoring animal? in his pos sesion to their owners. Lawyer Hughes Declines to Run. Charles E. Hughes, now investigat ing tbo Insurance companies, nomi nate l>y the Republicans Cor Mayor of New York, declined tot^Aceept. ? - Death Confirmed Ills Theory. - Tire iato Herman Nctbwfgle, tts-to moos nrfees, wrote an ?aaay several year* ago la which Ac endeavored to prove that tke moment of dying w?Mn moat ease* absolutely polrilfeaa. HIa own death evidently coptrW* tWr tocttfptr _ 4 -V ? * WASHINGTON. The President toll! never# I Congreft*? ill (?n with whom lie conferred that tho railroad rate question would I ??? the chief topic of his message to Congress. Robert Racon, Assistant Secretary of State, succeeded KraucU It. i/ooiuis, being sworn Into ofttce by Charles It Dean, Chief of the Bureau of Appoint menu. Judge W. J. Cnlhoi'n, who was scut by President lloo*evelt as Special Com mloKloner to examine condition* hi Venezuela, has arrived here, lie has prepared a report as to the difficulties with Castro. Tlu> famous "woman In blue?' Mr*, I.ucy (J. I, ee, of Manhassct, L. I., wln>j made several unsuccjwful at '.einnts to call upon Presldeni/ltooscvelt at Oyster Pay, was arrested at the White House. Pri-radier-Ocneral Williams. com maiding P.e Department of Columbia, in bis amiur.i report recommends the retirement of every army captain at the age of forly. OUR ADOPTKD ISLANDS. Luke 12. Wright, Hovernor-Ocneral of the rhilipplucs, will retire from that post about December I, and return to Memphis, Tenn., to resume Ills law practice. According to the annual report for the year 11)01 of the Manila Railway Coiunnny. owning the line (Connecting Manila Willi Dayupan, the road paid lifteen tier cent, net profit. Major-Ceneral rorbln and Ills wife sailed from Manila, J\ L, for Australia on a two months' leavo of absence. DOMlTSTIO. The Lrh'gh Valley Railroad Com (.any '*ox<> Hrothers, tlie largeM Indepoident operators In the anthracite fields. "i'ivc prisoner.* escaped from the jail a| KJa^ton^'Va., being the third break within a few weeks. The nuu-'jc r of Harvard University"' and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has fallen through. The University of Chicago enroll ment for this year Is 232.1, a gain of nearly twenty-live per cent. Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia, Un caused the arrest of former Director of Public Safety llngiisli and four others/' on charges of conspiracy to defraud the city. Left alone only a few minutes by her mother. Pauline Lieberinaiv became en tangled in tho coverlet of her baby carriage and >ufl'oeated at her home, in New York City. John Phelps was shot and killed by his cousin, Jtilin IJonaker, while Ma sonic s.Tviees were being held at the grave of their uuele, John llonaker, .n Warren County. Kentucky. The cousins quarrelled about llonaker's es tate. ' ? According *o the ojllchll registration figures, the entering ehifs at llarvmd University this year numbers USO-l, a decrease of 185) from 11)01. While hunting near Millville, N. J? Charles Steel man killed a huge brown bear, the tirst ?laln in that vicinity In many year*, ? The gunboat Padu.eah left New York for a cruJso to shake down her nmchin cyr and to drill hey crew* This is her initial trip to sea, Public bequests amounting to $'245. ? 000 are contained Jh the will of Charles Tldd Baker, a Boston Insurance broker, which was tiled for probate, <$Tho bo* quests becomo operative at the death of the testator's Bister, Sutsnn r. Bnkor, -trtro rnjoyi* tlw Income of the resldtttrry estate during her life, FOREIGN. A strong earthquake shock was felt At MonteJeoue, Italy , aw] it caused a panic, atirouy tho Inhabitants, who are still suffering from tho terror and privation resulting from Ilia previous (llFnstrons shocks, ^ Fnm'.uo h prevalent In 100 districts of twenly-tbreo provinces of Russia. It Affect* 18,000,000 persons, who will have to be fed until next July. Germany will Accept tlic Russian in vitation to a peace conference at Tbe Hngue on condition that tbc subjects for discussion be settled lu advance. Tbe merchants of China who have been prosecuting tho boycott against American goods have decided to sus pend tbAt movement to await possible action of Congress lu mitigating lb* harshness of th<j administrative feat ures of tbe exclusion act. Tbe British Consulate nt Monastlr, Macedonia, has received n package con taining a human eat', which, a letter accompanying tho package declares, was cut from nn Englishman named Wills, recently employed by the Turk ish tobacco revenue department. When tbo Cuban Ncnato Committee on Foreign Relations jnct to consider the Anglo-Cuban treaty no quorum could be secured. Tbe treaty Is vigor ously opposed, nd tbe report on It may bo delayed until after the elec tion. Count Wachtmelster, Swedish Min ister of Foreign Affairs, hao called at tention to the treaty of 1855, which pro vides for British and French old against Kusslau encroachment in Scau dlnavla. ? Senators Znyas and Bustammte. members of the Cuban Foreign Rela tions Committee, epposo tbe treaty with Great Britrrtn; * ? --- ? An Imperial rescript has been Issued tbanklnf Count Wlttq for his achieve ments at tbe Portsmouth peace cos feivjce^Vvv The Ericcion Telephone' Company, of Stockholm, Sweden, tho largest manu facturer of telephones ill Europe, in tends to erect Urge workshops it Buf falo. ? - The sltnatfon in Moscow is reported - less tense, though tho strike continues to spread; there wers two large meet ings. of 'workmen, at whlchred flags ww waved, but tho MORE HOLDUPS IN COLUMBIA Two of tho Holdups Seem to H?f? Been the Work of One Man. Columbia, Special. ? Three hold-up* in three different localities were re to the jrtdice headquarters at the same time Saturday night. About ^::U) o'clock Mr. Karl llaltiwanger, Mr. J. K. Matthews and Mr. C. T. Helms were each held up at the point of pistols and Messrs. lloltiwanger and Matthew* were robbed but Mr. Helms resisted and gave the alarm and the robber run, tusking his cs oape. The tirst two were robbed in North Columbia but in different parts of the suburbs, and the atempt on Mr. Helms was on 1'ieltens street between Blam1 hi'.* and Taylor, very near the mevK hail of the Presbyterian tholo i'.*;? 1 sen)imrv. No arrests ltyve been made though 1 1?<' polite are, Uvorkiuj? on the c:i its. . The robberies of Messrs. Ilaltiwunger and Matthews were committed outside of /the city limits and the police were jtuabfe to do much towar^ making jtrrftyi in those eases but eight m"rt in plain dot In s were hurried to #no part of the city where Mr. Ilelm/was allock ed ami the t ntire section east of Main street was scoured hut no arrests have been made. / BIG FAIR AT CHARLOTTE. This Event Wjll Be One of the Great' est in the History of County Fairs. Charlotte. Special.-*- The Mecklen burg Fair, which will be held \)ctober 2*1 th In 27th. inclusive, promises to be one of the best events of i^s kind ever held ia. ?h<> Slate. Ktujh year (his fair has been extended in its *cop<? ami improved0 in interest and attractiveness until (be outlook for the coining lair promises that it will far eclipse all previous ones. Mr \Y . S. Orr, the manager and secretary ol' the Fair Association hits been hard a! work get ting; everything in shape for the opening and his announcement I lint all things point to a splendid success this year carries with it the, convincing weight of experience. ; 7 The exhibits are nearly complete, and will include the choicest collec tions of everything petnining to agri culture, mechanics, art, science and invention. The racing will this year be the hfi&i ever seen on a North Carolina track, the entries including some of the fastest horses in the country. The midway will bo a grand free at traction, clean and high-toned, such as will please, amuse and entertain, without shocking the most *en*atlye<" Ail railroads lending into the city will give greatly reduced rote?, and from present appearance* the crowd# in attendance will be tremendona.^ And 'all who come will go away fe*K' ing that they havo been richly re paid ?fof?fiieir time Aiyd money spent in seeing thin excellent fair. Daughter* of the Gonftderacy. Mrs. A. \Vr. Burnet of. Camden, pree &mnr fcderacy in 4liis State, lma issued the following call for the annual conven tion to be held in Johnston, Novem ber 29th : . Camden, 8. C., Oct. 10, 1905. To the United Daughters of the Con federacy; The tenth annunl convention of the State division U. D.-^C., meet* at Johnston, 8. CV, yn the 29th of Novem- - her and all delegates' are urged to be ' present on thht day. Reduced railroad rate* have been applied for. 'S* Respectfully voura, XlIItUIET SHANNON BURNET, President 8. C. Div. U. D. C. Palmetto Brief*. A flreenville special say*:1 Super visor Walker has called, the election to be held under the Brlce Bill previa ion for November 14. tir.: The ? South Carolina Temperance Law and Order League, will hold ita ' second annual meeting in Cohftobia Wednesday night of fair week, the Y. M. C ?; A. hull having been oetiftedlw the purpose.. * X" Johnston Pastor Re*i?n*. Johnston, Special.? Rav. L. A* Coojter, pastor of the Baptist- ehurch, r tendered his resignation Sunday at the morning service to take effect November 25th. Mr. Cooper haa aarv ed the ehureh a year moat efficiently. Not t<wl^yhi8 oytr^ngregn$Hm>lwt tho^entire towiroad groWiTTb be /ery fmid of him' and this step cam* vagr ui**p>Hsdly H1" 'V1, will t?ka up the wprfc w finawisl ttecretatyof the Greenville Female College. In the removal of Mr. Cooper and hi* family, the town has sustained a * that will -affcct eveiy homo* ^ DmMJ.