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Fill- CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. I>. Ml rs Editor and P0Ml?ber (#iil?Iixli< .1 ''pi; 1 ililu.v at No. 1101) Broad >frct'i ami witered at tli?? (laiuijon, SoUt'i ('urollllH |M>stoffl(.*<' 1| X 'S4M (?U<I cltum mull ii?aMi*r Pr|r?* |u*r annum *2.00. < iinol.ii, S. |1? Ottolui v'lst, "We have a bureau \\ l?os<* duty It U to read each. week Ute country new* pa pern from all over the country, There is not a ? lwpor of any ?onw hi ,o?r I rude territory tJiat our luiidili does not gel. This biman look* over HtMo impcrs ami when we find a town where ?U<> merohauks are. hot advertising in the locu^' paper we Immediately flood that territory with our literature. It alway* bring* re mits far In excivss of >tho hi* mo effort pot forth In territory whore the local meichuhts iist? lliolr local papers," .said Herman Itosenfiohl, advertising malinger for SearM, Hoebuck A Co. Mull- than half a mUiion American railroad men were oil Saturday order oilier unions, whoso memberships bring i lie total to about L';lXM>,tH?0 nil tiouiucd limit fit-in 1 1 ,v I hit I Hie.v were preparing to toldovv sail and make tin walk out genera I on the same dates, I ndt-r this program the lie up would Iff complete ae<;ordiog 10 union predle 1 1 < >u s. by Novonfber ~ The first strike * was fixed f ? ? r ('? a. in . October ??(), ex '.f-pt mie Texas lihe. whoso trainmen wi-iT auihori/,vd to j^o out October L"J. Tlir railroads .listed in tin* first group on which the strike is to heroine ef l'i;i-tivo touch I- of Ho- IS stales with a trackage of 7.J.000 iniies out of the total Coifed 'States' trackaue of np proximately L'00,000. The New I'hg land stale> comprise the group' that is \ i f I u:llfy untouched in the first walk > ut The strike orders were issued- to 1 1 > * ? hiu five hrol'liet'hoiids. oldest and mo>t powerful of lite railway unions, a ml I hoy spccifh ally include mail trains In the walk out, Their provi sions iiustruotcd sliikei'.s- to keep away front railroad property with u warn ine that "violence of any nature will iiot be tolerated by the orginii/.ations." I'll., strike was n iiiiijuiiccd following in overwhelming u?le said to be up w'a i'iI s of tit) per cent, favoring a strike hc-anse Of a l'J pn cent wage n.'diii't i.ih authorized by the United Staffs railroad labor board July 1, and after it was deolarod by t.he asMJela t Ion of railway executives iii*se?slon here yesterday that a further reduc lion would be bought by the railroads It \\a? s;i i ? I that the strike decision Was made before tho announcement ? ? t" thi-N further intended rut Printed instructions lor the conduct of the >t l ike . issued in Chicago were daled l-'i hlay Ocl oher I Mb. HKKK AND THKKK.V I L , L ' SI tort Nfw* Not^K Oathercd From Many Sourci'h, Mi?, t; I>. Buchanan of Columblu. wife of a gencl'iil u if cut of t U?* AmerJ <-*?u Hallway express company, com in It led flulcldo last week lu Columbia by putt (tig h<M" head lu l h?* oven <?f tin? gas range in her kitchen ami I t ii rntiiK on the f^ys. About breakfast tkmo sin* was fyund dead on thoj K I tell en floor l?y I'mt 1- your bid .son. Oliver Theodore IBte of HatCshurtf, a blot her to Miss l'va Mite, I he w.Oll known fonuet Aiken County teacher, was killed h$ an aiU(niiolilb' lu Char j ioHto)) ItiKt week Uc \vit% a cadet nt i ibo Cvliii rl<??tQfk <'ita?lei 4i imI a very IVir1lit.l1 mill popular <diidcul. .1 Hugh Trnluck, assistant ^Jishler | o.r Hie rji-st. Nuiional Bank of olan+ttT] was arrested fur robbing tbe home <if %m \\ Young, a Floroucc. County faviuor, i>t' a sift- ooni/iinlhg money and set'iirji le> ainouiiUhg to nearly lb' has. confessed Ills crime. $jd,ooo tin ^ been recovered. Bii>*le Wiin. young while innh of Sinir. Anderson. -was struck over the liea (I in it n alternation, at a cotton Kin b\ t * r i j i ? Hickman aiul Is said to he in :i critical condition. Me stood the operation at; a local hospital well when a part of the skull w as removed. Merriit. the five year old daughter "f TNI r . and Mrs. 'I'. C. Neelv, who live near Itoek Hill, lest her life Friday as the result of severe burns: While an older sister was lighting a fire in an open fire place with kerosene, little .Merrill was standing nearby. When tin- kerosene blazed up her (Nothing was ignited, and before the fire eonld be extinguished her body was terribly, burned. The ehild was taken to the hospital ut oiiee ; hut the burning was too extensive and nothing could be done. I lea th follow ed a few hours later I'err,\ M. Bucluiigham. president] of the bank of Western Carolina was found dead in* his room in his home in Barnwell lust Sunday aft*'rm>on with a bullet wound in his temple, with the following note el a sped in his left baud "Presidencs forced on me against my will Nervous system shat tered by strain of new work, brain numb. Not artyi* four hours' sleep a niulu for weeks insanity stares mo in fa?*e Something has broken In mv head tod a y. Fought hard to hold grip, everything slipping in nerves. Am ? loomed " The affairs of the group of hanks of which Mr. Buckingham was president are said to have been very mm h improved since be took charge. See "The Affairs of Ana'lol" at the Majestic Today. SPANISH ONION!}? 10c per pound at The Cash Store. II V WulliMv, I 'iiIUmI fttgfo# si -ere tury of uffrioultunv visited Andrew* and made I he presentation <*f tin.- $fKX) farmers' medal ot the Hi county fair to the I test farmer of the lUjoe COIMI [ties. The modal was won by T. M. Cathcnrt of near Kiiigstroo. Fire destroyed about l,iX)0 foot of wharfage along the Charleston water front ia>t Thuriday night causing loss to I lie amount of > I ,.>(>(?. (MHI 'I'll,. ,|(. struct Ion I ik'I tided more than half of Ihn city'* terminal facilities along the Cooper river t<? the east of th<* pis Monger station. I >ellu Brisbane was seriously in.juv ? ii Saturday morning. ;it Charleston, wlrtle sound n*leep iii her hod when it chimney of the lioiwi* caved in. and she was buried nniler a mass of bricks. A iroliee officer, attracted hy Jier screams, eanie to the rescue, and fffter digging the woman out. sent her to the hospital. Tin- weight of lh?? bricks \vn> sufficient to break the bed sin is and hurt the sleeping Wonian to (lie floor. Thomas ( f'Sha ughiicVsy, half hack on tin* Charleston High school eleven and brother of "Judge'' O' Shaugh nessy, of the. Citadel team, had '-both tegs amputated Saturday night. fol low il?g i? street ear accident. He was returning from the \VoffordJClladel game and while hanging on the rear end of a ear, another car ran Into it and eanght both of his logs. His father, Magistrate O'Hlnuighuossy, lost hoth of his logs in tin accident Mune years ago. The Sjulhda Manufacturing Co., ami the Va rdry Cotlon Mills.- hoth in Oreenvllle county, hav.o been proseout ?-d Hy the state department of agrlenl lure, commerce and industries, accord iii); to announcement made last week ihy the department, for violation id' tliij law forbidding the employment of operatives for more than eleven hours a day. Hoth prosecutions. resulted in convictions. i/croy UiTOhridsd. 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. (J. I^aughridgc, of Oreenvllle. was killed last Saturday y\ afternoon hy being struck with an au tomobile driven byC Killpli Neal, 15 years old. The Occident occurred while young Langhlidgo was Crossing the street. lie. was struck in the head by the Condor. Aubrey OH more was serlousl.v injur eit at a gin at Sjmtuc. ' near Cuion, Saturday when bis right, arm was torn off ot the shoulder by the belting Mr. Oilmore was soaping the belt when his arm was eaught and drawn over the -Imfting. Triple Brass l< has Ih-cii said that, the most brazen man on r coord is the one capable of as'kiug a taxi driver to toll him the way. Here is an instance of the next to the most brazen. A doctor's night bell rang, and bo rose in professional baste and went to the window. "("an yon inform ..me," asked the man on i In- step below, "if the doctor next floor makes night cat Is? I've breu cl ing ing liis bell for ton minutes, lint no one answers." Wayside Tales'. 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"!'i:m I'.ii.iitta t<"> j ? ? . 1 1 . \ . . . i . ? . .ii...). u,. , .(? ^ ! - \ i \ r 1 1 1 r r ? > j ? ' . i n i ? I ? ? 1 1 . \ i . . , .| viij? fini- com i ,? : .1 - ..f lu-ihi?* . >? i ? ?!(..; w t tn<;i t, ; ? . >,i .| ? !.;i f II ? ? > : i ? ? t In ? ? r . I ? ? t \? i s f' r.t|t-<| ?"hti.t .> t i . i ? iii .'liuii '? Mintrv The Difference Between Your Old Car and a New One Your* old car is all th ro. Every part is right where the manufneturer put it. If you have treated it well, the car is good for many seasons yet. But it doesn't look lik * a' new one. Of course not, for new cars are freshly painted and trimmed. Now, if your old car looked like a new one, would you want to hand it to somebody for h ilf what it cost you? Our Paint and Trim Department was established to do the fine work demanded by our discriminating custo mers. We employ true experts, and give them every modern equipment. We have a reputation for doing re finishing in a fashion that gives complete and lasting sa t isf act ion . "V.VhKY JOB IS CLARANTF.ED Gibbes Machinery Co. Columbia, S. C. DISTRIBUTORS Packard Paige - and -? Dumu! ( ai> DON'T ? ? . / *..? . . "/? . . .u. ,? ? . .... ; ' , / ^ let cold weather catch you with an empty coal bin. Place your orders with us now and be comfortable all winter. v-*'" i ?' - ? - ?.. . . &?' * ' \ JOHN M. VILLEPIGUE & COMPANY C O A i* AND WOOD Telephone 14 Camden, s. c. I*KKS0NAL MKNTION Miss Krnostine Huteman will in :i \ i in Chattanooga, Teuu., next j week, attending the Confederate Re miion in thai city. Miss lOthel Yates leaves Saturday for an extended visit. She goes first to Albany, Alabama to visit her sister, .Mrs. David lYrkius ami from there to visit a college friend in Nashville, Ten n. Miss Vales will Stop in Chatta nooga for the failles of Reunion Week. Mrs .1 (' Peers, of Orangeburg is visit ing at the home of her -ister Mrs C. M Coleman. Ke union A I Chattanooga The annual Reunion United Confed- J erate Veterans will open October 24th. I in Chattanooga, Tertu., and from all] information received from headquar ters, the preparations are quite ex ! tensive and the most elaborate ae- j corded the veterans on a like occa-l sion in many years. Chattanooga i> sparing neither work, or money to make it a brilliant success. General C. A. Reed. Conimauder South Carolina Division. I*. C. V.. has appointed Miss Nancy J.indsay of Cam den. sponsor for South Carolina. Her maids are Miss Kebeckah Del.oache. % Camden ; Miss I/Otiise Ligon. Anderson: Miss Sara Latimer. Helton; while Mrs. Adams of Anderson is matron of honor and Mrs. Patrick, of Anderson, eh a per oue. Miss Lindsay and Miss DeLoache will leave tomorrow, Saturday morn ing and join General Herd and the official ladies en route to Chattanooga. ? We hear that quite a number are going fvoui Cant)) Richard Kirkland. Among them Mr. James DeLoachcJ Judge W. F. Russell, Captain Bell. Mr.] Hiram Nettles, and others whose! names we failed to get, The delega- 1 tion from Camp Richard Kirkland will I leave Columbia Monday morning Cleaning of Cemetery. All person* having 1ov?hI ones ami relatives buried in Antioch cemetery are requested to come' or.. send a hand to help (dean off the eemMery 011 Tuesday. Oct. 23th. l'leasc .take' due notice and govern yourselves a?vord iugly ' j ? C?-\\ . Shiver. Chnnh Clerk" TO 'SL'KVKV l OK IMYINt* Wilmington ftnglmu'rlnK Company Vriim' to Make Intimates. ( 'it,* council of Camden mot In session Monday night whon rep resent at ivo? of nearly ii dozen engln coring companies wore present to sub mit l>i?lsr for making a survey of Cam don to determine the cost of paving. Tin* lovM-si bidder was the Carolina Kngineering Co.. of Wilmington. N. C. r??i invented l?.v T. f., Wolfe. Mr. Wolfe agreed to make the necessary surveys, determine the cost to t lie city and also to each individual property owner In the event the election for 'paving fiirries, Mr Wolfe will get the routract Cor the superintending ami will jcet four per cent of the amount rxpended. In the event the paving proposition is defeated tlio company gets nothing for their survey. Ho will begin -work oh tin* survey within ten days time. Stores May Close This Afternoon. An effort was being made by the members of the Camden High School football team to get the stores to close this afternoon in order to attend the game between Camden High School and the Columbia High School eleven. There is a great rivalry between the two teams ?nd a large attendance is expected. IT PAYS TO TRADE WITH The Snyder Store We are always getting in new good* every week and you will find our prices right. We have just re ceived a line of good Warner's Rust Proof Corsets. We carry a full line for the stout and the slim, and they are well advertised in the magazines and every body knows about them. We are the only people who carry them in this city as we have the agency for them. Also we have a very good line of Ladle's coats, suits and' dresses, the very latest at very low prices. Come in and look over our line before you buy else where. THE SNYDER STORE OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE CORNER Lever, THE SHOE MAN IN COLUMBIA INVITES YOU TO COME DURING FAIR WEEK AND INSPECT SOUTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF FINE SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, INCLUDING THE NEW FALL AND WINTER STYLES BY EDWIN CLAPP ? W1CHERT & GARDINER GROVER ? WALKOVER MOST COMPLETE LINES OF FOOTWEAR FOR CHILDREN Large Stocks -Wonderful Variety -Real Service SURPRISINGLY REASONABLE PRICES BARGAIN BASEMENT? HOME OF THRIFT LOW OPERATING EXPENSE ENABLES US TO SHARE THE SAVINGS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS. COklE IN AND SEE US. Lever's 161.^ Main St. Columbia. S. C.