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VOL. I. NO. :s7. CAMDEN. S. C., THURSDAY, OCOBER 13, 1904. S1.50 Per Year Ml. WATSON WHITES Letter Accepting PepaSst ItoaiMtiM ?He h*?c SCOMS MTI OTIEI CANBIDATES Populist Nomlntt D?cl?re? That He Devotes Most sff His Firs to Parkar as an Artful Dodger, sines Rooee velt Stands Boldly Out in the Open. The letter of Hon. Thomas K. Wat ton accepting the Populist nomination for the presidency is in substance as follows: "To Hon. Samuel W. Williams. Chair man Committee on Notification: "What two great political parties have, la turn, j#wrnM a country, and have, between them, brought unsatis factory conditions, it Is but a natural fact that a third party should arise. Citizens who have looked In vain to "the two great parties" for remedial legislation lose confidence In both after a while, and adopt one of two courses: 'They either -^submit to the evils of bad government, or protest by organizing a third party. "To the etntat of history, there is nothing more saddening than the ten dency of the people to submit. As a rule, political education never reaches the masses. State-craft,, like priest tiaft. jealously . guards its secrets. There is-always the inner sanctuary, which the people are taught to believe would be profaaed by the touch .of (heir'unholy feet." Mr. Watson then takes a fall out of the ruling Classen in Engjand, Cer 10any. Italy, Egypt and India, and con tinues.:.' ..''Wow )r it In our own land? Cod i.ever made a grander home for his children than tfcat which the Cavalier of Virginia, the Dutchman in New \ork. and the Paritan in Massachusetts bought as a refuge from the systems of the old world. In natural advantages this earth /holds no reign superior to ours. On|ce it belonged to the people. With his gun, the common man won it mile by mile from the Indian, the Frenchman, ..the Saxon, and the Span lard. What the common man did not win with his gun, he bought with his money. From sea to sea. the land which is ours became oors because the com mon man wus ready to pay for it With hit (ax money or hi* blood. What has become of It? With bewil dering rapidity, it has been taken from the common people and given to tho corporations. It belouged to the govern ment. to all the people. It was meant to supply homes to Individual citizens, and there was enough of It to last for 1'inny generations. To the extent of about ^00.000.000 ai roa, it has been given to railroad corporations; and now. when a common man wants a home in all thut. vast domain, he must the railroad corporations to get THE COM) STANDARD. "Once upon a lime we had a finan cial system of our own. Flared in the constitution as part of our fundamental law. it seemed to be firmly fixed. For a hundred years thif> money system was in operation among us. . Therefore. It s-m*med to be 'Irrevocably fixed." Very wise men created this system of na tional finance. It v.as the one subject upon which Thomas Jefferson and Al exander Hamilton agreed. Those two were, perhaps. tin- greatest statesmen ibis country ev?-r produced. So pre-em i tent were they above all others, that they divided the people into two dis tinct schools of political thought. But. Jipon the vital subject of finance, these roaster-minds reached the same eon eli'sion: and that conclusion became a part of the constitution. "To establish the single gold ktan ?'Hi'd. which sets the constitution aeldct. the statue had to be violated. The word ?oln" had to be constructed to mean 'gold only;' and the paper note, issued on silver, had to be redeemed in a man ner different from that prescribed by law. "There are at least five reasons whv the gold standard cannot be consld< eied its fixed: "(1) It In unconstitutional. "CD It violates statute law. "CD The supply of gold might In crease beyond all tho circulations of the money power. Thus, the standard <>f value would get beyond their con trol. In that event, the money power itself would change the'standard. "(4) The supply of gold might sud denly cease. In that event, contraction v.ould at once set in. because the coun ty's expansion .in business and in t rease In population required a con stantly Increasing ulation of currency. If the horrors of contraction should again come upon us by the selfish pol icv of the money power, the people would compel a change In the standard. Wall street gave us the panic of 1873 Wall street gave us the panic of 1893. l.et Wall street give us another, and It may find that It baa given us one too many. The American people have about reached the limit of endu rance. * "We have heard much of 'constitu tionalism' in this < ampalgn. The sin cerity of the crl/ne Is known by the fact that the gold standard, which violates J he.statute law and the constitution. Is r.ot only supported by Theodore Roose x clt. the empcrialist. but by Alton B. l'arker. the <ho*en apoqtle of constitu tionalism. ? "(5) The gold standard Is not 'Irrev < cable fixed." because It Is unscientific nnd wrong. Nothing is more certain than that the people Gf this country will continue their struggle until they have a national currency, which the money power cannot control, and which answers the purpose of perfecting ex changes without becoming an armory, from which the baccaneers of modern finance draw the Irresistible weapons | ?with Which they attack Values and raid ' the markets. "One of the worst features of our Ananclal system in the farming out to the national bank of the power, privi lege and prott of supplying the coun try with paper currency. Instead of urine Its own credit for the equal ben efit of all the people, the Government lends this credit to the national banker to be used for the benefit of the banker. Thus, the national banker becomes the beneficiary of special privileges; and, ??f his notes upon the credit of the government, charges his fellow cltlsens for the use of them. He, the privileged, fattens upon usury nt the expense of the unprivileged. There ere now about five thousand national banks, which keep In circulation more than four hundred million dollnrs of their notes At 80 per cent, this represents a yearly profit of more than thirty million dol lars. which they derive from the ?pe dal privilege of using the public credit for their private benefit. Clothed with the sovereign power of creating what in practically a legal tender currency, they can contract It or expand It when ever they please; and. if they decide to give the country a taste of their des potic power, ss In 1893, there is no power which can protect the victim. No rlass of cltlsens should be clothed by low with such terrible advantages over their fellows. The question of transportation is discussed at considerable length, as. also the trust question. There Is also a characterisation of .Parker and Roosevelt The Populist cread Is glv-t en at length, Mr. Watson claiming that it represents true ? Jefferson Ian' principles. In conclusion, Mr. Watson says: "The Peaple's party favors the pub-, lie ownership of puMIc utilities. In) nearly every civilized country the government owns the railways, thej telegraphs and the telephones. The last two should be a part of our poqt-j office system, to. which should be added the parcel post, to free our peoj pie from tho extortionate charges of the express companies. The People's party has always advocated the grad uated Income tax. This would not enly throw the support of the govern ment upon tho rich, where It should ? bo. but would, in a great measure, prevent the accnmulatluon of huge, unnecessary and dangerous fortunes. We favor the eight-hour law. and tho abolition of child-labor In factories, where the unhealthy moral and phys ical conditions are almost certain to destroy the child. We believe It to bo a part of man's natural liberty and equality to labor for himself and not for a master, and that, the laws should be so framed that, there should be no monopoly of the land for-either the living or the dead. Recently we liavq heard the insidious voice of those who tell us that man is not born free, but must earn his freedom. This ^pernicious. and false statement comes from one of those millionaire colleges, where opinions are censor ed, just as books are censored by the Carnegie libraries "Upon this subject Mr. Jefferson said tharf'tho God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.' He also announced as a principle that ?the earth Is given as a common stock lor man to labor and live on. If for the encouragement of industry we al low It to bo appropriated, we must take care that other employment be provided to those excluded from the appropriation. If wo do not, the fund amental right to labor the earth re turns to tho unemployed " FIANL APPEAL. "To the courage and the intelli gence of tho voter, I appeal. If you think f am right, vote that way, or vou arc a moral coward. L)o not fear that your vote will 1m* "thrown away." Your vote Is never thrown away un til It cea8<jw to be the representative of your honest, convictions." Child Fatally Burned. Newberry. Special.?The house ??l Fred Trihhle.. colored, on the planta tion of Mr. .J. R. Scnn. near 1-ong shore, this county, was burned Fri day morning about in o'clock, and a young child within was severely and probably fatally burned. Three chil dren were loft alone ii> the house and one of them attempted to pour kero sene on the Are. The flame caught the child's clothing and on tho floor ol I lie house and soon reduced Ihe little building to ashes. The rhildicn es caped without injury excepting til-.1 ( ie who used the kerosene. NE\VSY OLEANISG 8. Bolivian railroads are after Ameri can capital. Tills Is now the yenr 5005 of the Jewish calendar. Liege, Belgium, Is In have an interna tional exposition in 1005. Only one yellow fever case is report ed now at Mexico City. Mexico. An ^Jectrle motor postofHce is being tried, with apparent success, in Milan. The i!000 Mohammedans resident In tendon, Eng.. are preparing to erect a magnificent mosque. Railroads in Texas have been unable to move cotton from interior points to the coast as fust as It Is offered. A monument is to he erected in Nu remberg to I'eter Hcnleltu, the sup posed Inventor of the watch, who died In ir?40. Miss Anna May Yeiser. of Paducah. Ky.. ha# been chosen to christen the gunboat Paducah to be launched at Morris Heights. N. Y. With a large sum of money In his pocket, .1. Coyle. an aged traveling man, of Huffalo, was found dead in a hotel at Kveleth. Minn. The building of a "skyscraper" school, with accommodations for 7500 to MtHio pupils, will be begun on the lower east side. New York City. The city of Mocdllug. near Yiennn, has Just celebrated Its one thousundth anniversary. It claims to have the old est electrical tramway In central Eu rope. In boring the Hlmnlon tunnel, now al most completed. 1,500,000 dynamite blasts have been made. Dynamite to the amount of 105,000 pounds was used. The one hundredth anniversary of the death of Barbara I leek, the found or of Methodism In America, was com memorated at her grave In Blue Church Cemetery, three miles from Ogdens burg, N. Y. In the Baltic 8f?a tb?r? art more wreck* tfean to ott?r gUc? U fte wlA. GEN. RANSOM DEAD Prwaiaeat Soathen Slatesaua Gees to lis Reward WAS LOVED, HONORED, RESPECTED Ths Imperishable Career of North Carolina's Moet Distinguished Pri vate Citizen Closes at the 78th Mile* ?tone in His Life. Weld on, N. C., Special.?Ex-Senator Matt. W. Ransom, North Carolina's foremost citizen, died suddenly Satur day morning at his country home ln; Northampton county, near Garysburg, of heart failure. The end came shortly after 1 o'clock^ and was the pesceful passing of a; flame, which had flickered but feebly for some months. It was his 78th birthday. Gen. M. W. Ransom was born on Oct. 8. 1826, In Warren county. He be-! came Attorney General for the State ort North Carolina In 1852. being only 26} years of age at the time, thus being the! youngest man to hold this position in; the history of the State. By reason ofi Gov. Vance being unable to qualify as' Senator after his election. Gen. Ran-' som became United States Senator In' 1872. which position he held constantly^ until 1895. Immediately after which he| was appointed United States minister to Mexico, in which capacity he served for two years. He was a member of the board of arbitration in the Vene-. zuelan troubles with Mexico. He leaves five sons and one daughter, and a wife. He wan probably the larg est landowner in the State, the acre age being variously estimated from 14, 000 to 18.000. In fact, he recently re marked: "There is only one person, who knows how much land I own and that is myself." The funeral will take place Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock and the Inter ment will be made in the family bury ing ground. Me will be buried with, Masonic honors. The following is a brief life sketch of Ex-Senator Ransom: He was born in Warren county, this State, in 1826. and is now, therefore, sixty-two years of age. For more than half a life-time he has been a conspicu ous personage, and a man of recognized ability and pronounced influence in North Carolina. Shortly after his grad uation from the University, at Chapel Hill, in 1847. he was admitted to the bar. ami five years later he was elected Attorney General of the State. Few men have merited or won such success ho early In life, and fewer have follow ed it with so continuous a public ser vice. In 1855 he resigned the Attorney Generalship, and was not again in of fice until the year 1858, when he was a Representative in the State Legisla ture. And again, in 1859 and 1860, he filled that position. He wan sent as a peace commissioner from the State of North Carolina to the Congress of Southern States at Montgomery. Ala., in 1861. On the breaking out of the Civil War he entered the Confederate army, and rose successively through the positions of lieutenant colonel, col onel and brigadier general to that of major general. In the last named rank he served until the close of the war. and surrendered with General I^ee's army at Appomattox. As a soldier General Transom showed himself to be a courageous man and a brave and skillful officer, and he endeared himself greatly, by ills humane management and courteous ?>earing. to the men of his command. Returning to his native State at the close of the war. General Ransom resumed the practice of the law. at the same time being engaged extensively as a planter, and it was not until the year 1872 that he again en tered public life. Then, for the first time, he was elected to the Senate of the United States, a position he has occupied continuously until the present time, having been re-elected in 1S7G and in 18S.1. At the expiration of his present term, in March. 1SX9. he will have eighteen years in the highest of fice within the gift of the people of his own State, an honor of which he and the Stale may be proud. Senator Ran som wns a man of marked ability and of broad culture. Though he has sel dom made set speeches in the Senate, yet his efforts were characterized by those qualities of conservative good sense. elegance of expression and grace of delivery that are peculiarly his own. News of the Day. Julius H. Stone and others, indicted in the United States District CourUat Trenton, N. J., for conspiracy in plac ing Iron inside of cork life-preservers, were nrio^gned and released on bail. Mrs. Rosa Harhndi, 22 years old. shot and killed Michael Roge when he tried to force her to leave her husband in New York. The ereuption of Mount Vesuvius is greatly diminished. Russians at Port Arthur have been rtrlvlng In vain to retake positions which the Japanese captured. Czar Nicholas will go to Reval Tues day to bid farewell to the Baltic squad ton. V King Edward telegraphed his condo lences to the widow of Sir William Vernon llarcourt. Countess I .onyay pronounces her sis ter. Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg. sane. General Stoossel issued an exultant proclamation at Port Arthur In honor ? ?t the repulse of the latest Japanese at tack. Southern Italy was shaken by an earthquake. Premier tfelfour. In a speech at Edin burgh. stated that ho was not a pro tectionist. There is a bitter political controversy i ? Denmark over the proposed re-es tablishment of the whipping post. Frederick A. Bartholdl. sculptor of the Statuo of Liberty, in New York bay. \i critically In In Paris. Emperor William will have his youn ger sona schooled In Industrial and ttnamltl problems. STATE LAW ANI MBit LEAGUE r?r?t Annual Meeting to b? Htld In Columbia.; * The following aft?tint and call *H issued by Mr. Howell Morrell, tecretary or the Statn Temperance, Law and Order Lengu* by order of lie President. Capt. J. W. Hamel, of Kershaw: "The flr<t annual meet ins of the State Temperance, Law and Order !,eague will be held In the hall of the Young Men's Christian Association in he city of Columbia. Thursday, Oct. !7th. at 8 p. m. "It Is desired that at this meeting here will be representatives of all e agues, temperance organisations, churches, communities, and Individ-, lals, who sympathise with the efforts, tow being made to restore, establish, tnd maintain law and order In this State. And an Invitation is hereby ?xtended them to meet with us on 'ills occasion. The purpose of thin lathering will be to complete such In organization as may be efficient n stemming the flood ode of lawless ness which is sweeping over our be loved State." ?The officers who have issued this call request the county papers throughout the State to extend the ln Htation as widely as possible. The State League was orfuilsed during the State fair last year. It has been it work quietly and no doubt has ac complished a great deal, but no re port can be obtained from the officers. Will Take Testimony. Testimony will be taken again in (he matter of Jhe Lexington township !>onds next Friday. This is quite an nteresting case. Some years ago the townships of Pork, Saluda and Broad River In Lexington voted an issue of about MO,000 In bonds to aid in the con struction of the Columbia. Newberry ind Laurens railroad. Interest was bald on these bonds until recently, fc'hen the townships wished to be re leased, claiming that the bonds were illegal. This issue has teen brought up before,, but the bonds have always been thought valid. There are some new grounds this time, however, one jf them being that the bonds were paid by the railroad company to a contract in* company, and that as th?> jontractlng tirm was composed of practically th? same men that the railroad was owned by, there was a profit derived by them from the is suance of the bonds. The testimony is beinn taken by Mr. John J. Earle, of this city, who has been appointed special referee by tho Supreme Court. This body aecldes the issue In the case. Testi mony was taken yesterday. The ac tion is being brought for Mrs. S. L. DesPorteB, Edwin W. RobvtfaQJK J* Caldwell Robertson, Edv.'ard Ehrllch, Edward S. Joynes and E. K. Palmer, holders of certain of the bonds. Ben Bennett Gets Five Year*. Hampton. Special.?In the court of general sessions a motion for a new trial was made l>y counsel for Ben Bennett on the ground that. the evi dence did not warrant the Jury In finding a verdict for manslaughter and that it should have been guilty :>f murder or not guilty. Judge KIiikIi over-ruled the motion. Bennett's counsel gave notice of .appeal to tin Supreme Court and i?ail was fixed at $1,000, with the discharge of the i prisoner subject to the directions or the Governor iu regard to the charg.* of violating the conditions of pardon. Bennett was sentenced to Ave year's labor on thu chain sang or five years in. tho pentitentiary. it is probable that the appeal will be abandoned. Fire at Opera House. Sumter, Special.?Fire was discov ered in the opera hor.so at 8 o'clock Friday night. It. originated in the old unused ticket office at the head of tho steps from tho alley way. It was full of paper and trash. It is believed to have been incendiary. Firemen re sponded quickly and put the blaze out in five minutes. The First National Bank underneath was damaged to the extent of $300 by water. Ducker & Bultman, by water, $150. Tho loss to the oepra house is $1,000. If tha Are had been later many lives would probably have been lost. The show was to begin at 8.30 o'clock, There are no Are escapes. Only 25,000 Georgians Voted. Atlanta, Special.?The Constitution estimates the total vote In the State election of Wednesday at about 25, 000. There was a light vote through out the State, except In those coun ties where theie wan opposition to the Democratic candidates for tbo Legislature and for county offices. Child Severely Burned. Aiken, Special.?On Wednesday af ternoon little Joe, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Manley Cortex, of Uranltevllle, was so severely burned as the result of playing with matches that he died thRt night at 10 o'clock. The little fellow and his older broth er wore playing in the yard, exploding match hraids with ?i pop gun. It ia not known exactly how the accident occurred, but hts grandmother heard him screaming and when she ran to him the little fellow's clothes were in a mass of flamos. It Is thought that, he also swallowed some of tho fire. He was burled Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the (Jranlteville ceme tery. Enjjlne Fell 15 Feet. 8a1uda, N. C., Special.?Passenger train No. 14. from Ashevllle to Spar tanburg, ran over the end of the first safety tra<"k on Saluda Mountain Rt 9 o'clock Sunday morning, the engine and tender falling over, a distance of about 18 feet. They engineer and fireman es caped Injury by Jumping. No passen gers were hurt beyond slight bruise? sustained by a few. The damage to th* engine will amount to about $500. THREE ARE KILLED A Sad Railway AccMeat Occars At Charlotte, N. C. SWITCI ENGINE IITS A FREIGHT Capt. Wise, Switchman Walter Zei* ier and a Negro Coupler Named Jack Goodall, Were the Victim*. Charlotte, N. C., Special.?Thre? men, were killed Wednesday night ?bout 10 o'clock at the water tank near the Southern Railway crossing at Vance street, in the southeast- part of the city, by the crashing of a switch engine into the rear of freight train No. 73, south bound. Conductor Wise, whose home was in Columbia. S. C.; Walter Zelgler, a young white man era ployed as switchman and a negro named Jack Goodall, a coupler, were the men who met death. The negro died almost instantly, his legs being virtually severed from his body. Capt. Wise lived but a few minutes after he was taken to the Presbyterian Hospi tal, and young Zelgler expired about an hour later there. No one else re ceived any injuries. The freight is always a heavy train and it consisted of about fifteen cars. As Is generally the case, the freight, upon leaving the Southern yards short ly before 10 o'clock, gets up some head way of its own power, and then is pushed out of the city with the assis tance of the switch engine. This was done. The long line of cars attached to No. 73 had gained some momeiv turn when it neared the water tank and the switch engine, with the thre? men standing on the runnning board. i| was said, came after It. expecting, of course, to make Its connection with the rear of the caboose with ease. But something went wrong. Trainmev said that the draw-head of the hea/ freight engine blew out, and sullenly all the brakes became set and the loni train virtually came to a standstill with the swltlich engine bearing down only a short distance away. There was not even time for the three men to jump to safety. The switch engine crashed into the caboose, crumpled and buckled it and crushed the men on the running board As soon as possible, ambulance was sent from the Presbyterian Hospital First. Capt. Wise was taken away, and he managed to live just about to ge there. Before he was taken away, by slanders heard him say: "Now I'll quit the road for good. All my men have got killed." His injuries were inter nal and he probably had no id?>a tha' ho was hurt so seriously?that he wat soon to "quit the road" for good, am' all. Through Burning Trestle. Washinton. Special.?A passenget train on th?> Augusta Southern Hal) rood ran into a burning trestle nea? Mitchell, Ga.. r.;> miles from Augusta, e.'.rly Wednesday, and one man was hilled and eight others injured. The sixty-foot trestle was entirely destroyed hy the flre and the tender, compart ment car and two coaches also were turned. The injured were taken to Mitchell where physicians were wait ing. All of the baggage and mail was ecved. The origin of the fire is un known. Traffie was resumed by trans ferring passengers to other trains. The (lead man is W. S. Shurley, white, bag gage master, injured internally and died in an hour. The injured are: J. H. Wrenny, engineer, of Augusta; C. I). Davis, conductor, of Tennille, Ga.; T. It. Harper, mail clerk. Augusta; N. S. Nevlla, fireman, Augusta; C. II. Marks, passenger, Hillsboro, Ga.; Will Jones, colored, passenger, Chalker. Oa.; A. J. Dlemer, Augusta; G. I. Kelly, a pas# senger, Mitchell, Ga. Tunnelers Strike Daylight. Knoxvllle, Special.?Daylight has gone through the famous Dosset tun nel, on the Knoxvllle, LaFayette & Jolllco Railroad, and 93 per cent of the "heading" has been removed. This tun nel has been the great stumbling block In the completion of the new Louisville & Nashville line between this city and Jelllco, Tenn. It is now thluKht trains can be run through the tunnel not later than the middle of next January. Killed His Son-in-law. Dawson. Ga.. Special.?Jesse Wall shot and killed Hill Oxford, his son-in law, Wednesday night in Oxford's yard. The coroner's Jury decided that the killing was unjustifiable and Wall was brought to Dawson in custody ol the sheriff. Wall's statement at tho In quest was to the effect that he was re primanding Oxford for neglecting bis wife, when Oxford cursed him and ad vanced with an open knife, and that he P.red to save his own life. A knife was found by Oxford's side, unopened, and' this, with the fact thut he was shot in the back and testimony of eye-wit nesses, led to the verdict rendered. Roth parties were well-known white men ol Terrell county. Naws of the Day. Judge Parker held consultation; with Democratic leaders in New York The Democratic State Committee at Wilmington, Del., unanimously re elected Hon. Willard Snulsbury chair man. Hon. Hoke Smith spoke at CharlotU I North Carolina. Secretary of State liny made an ad dress of welcome befoic the Interna tlonal Peace Congress, which met )i Boston. rALAETTO CtOf CONDITIONS fotton Pretty Well Gathered In Seme Section*?Fad Sowing of Smell Grata* Tfee week ending 8 a. m., October 3, A ad a mean temperature of 7* de grees, which la 9 aboro normal, and iraa, with one exception, the warm ?et week of the season. The extremes were a minimum of 59 at a number vf places on September 27th and on Oc tober 2, and a maximum of 99 at Batesburg on the 29th. The beat rec srds for the last three days of Sep tember were broken on the 28th. 29th and 30th throughout the State. The rainfall was confined to- the Southern counties, and occurred on the 2d, amounting to slightly over an bach In lower Barnwell county and to nearly an inch la parts of Hamp ton, but generally H was less than one-fourth of an Inch, and was Insuf ficient to relieve the prevailing severe drought: there wa? no rain !s the northern and western counties. The condition of late fall crops, truck, gar dens, pastures and very late corn, has been materially lowered by the drought; practically no fall plowing has been done, and cannot be until af ter a soaking rain. The weather was Ideal for harvest ing and gathering crops. Very late corn has been Injured by drought, although most of the corn crop ripened too early to be affected, and is now being housed. Cotton opened rapidly over the whole State, and picking was rushed but has not kept up with the opening, in part owing to the scarcity of pick ers. About two-thirds of the crop has been picked. There is practically no top crop on the stalks In many fields the bolls are nearly all open, indicating premature opening of a portion of the crop, due to excessive heat and to drouplit. Many small bolls are drying up. A continuation of the dry weatiier and rapid opening will enable the bulk of the crop to be picked this month. Ilice harvest is all but finished, al though it was somewhat retarded by high tides in the Georgetown district. Tho weather was Ideal for saving for nRe crops, and haying is nearly finish ed. Late peas are not fruiting well. Minor crops are generally good, and aro being gathered. No oats or other small grains have been sown owing to the drought. Note*.?This is the laRt bulletin for tho season of 1904. J. W. BAUER. Section Director., Fop a Great Fair. Carolinian's are much interested In tlu* elaborate preparations going on for the opening of the Mecklenburg Fair which occurs at Charlotte. N. C. October 25, 2*1. 27 and 28tli. In ad dition to the usual features of a fair i.u.ny special attractions have been ar i/.iigcd for the event of 1904. The ?lisplays of farm products, practical iomcstics and educational progress will surpass anything heretofore seen at o county fair. The racing will be of un usual merit. as a number of fast horses from ail parts of the country have en tered. The midway?pure and clean? tvill offer iis never-failing attractions. Miss Lillian Shaffer, champion lady vcpiestrienne of the world will be pres ent. also Miss Lottie Jewell from the 1's.ris hippodrome. The riding feats of these two artists will be worth a trip to the fair. In addition to these attrac tions there will be many otlior unusu ally Interesting features. The manage ment has secured reduced rates on all railroads leading iuto Charlotte. In regard to the tournament, which will be held the first day, rules and regulations were mailed to more than r.o riders and the indications aro that I lie contest will be the largest ever held in the Stat". The following prizes have been offered: First, $25; second, $15; third, $10 and fourth, $5. Mr. David B. Smith of tho Charlotte bar. has been selected as orator to de liver the charge to the Sir Knights he fore they enter the contest. Mr. .Tno. M. Craig, chief marshal, is busily engaged appointing bis assist ants and hopes to have his list ready by the end of the week. At the Executive Office. Gov. Heyward has declined to pardon David Jacobs of Chesterfield county, a white man serving life sentenco for murder. Jacobs was on the scaffold with the noose around his neck when Mr. D. I|. Tompkins, armed with a re prieve from Gov. Tillman, commuted ihe sentence to life Imprisonment. The pardon was requested on the ground ol feeble health, but such Is not the prisoner's condition. W. D. Hilton of Lancaster, who has served a sentence Tor larceny of live stock, was pardonod to restore his citizenship that he may testify In a trial, Cuffy Nesblt, dying on the chalngang in Marlboro county, was given a pardon for reasons which were deemed quite sufficient. Caught in a Gin. Anderson, Special.?Clarcncc Cfaw ford, a negro employed at tho Excel sior Oil mills in this city, sustained painful injuries by getting his hand caught In one of the gins. He was try ing to clean the saws of lint while the gin was in operation. His hand was caught, the rapidly revolving saws drew in his arm and he received pain ful cuts even on his broast. Crawford will probably lose his hand. A Ginnery Burned. Laurens. Special.?Saturday morning at t o'clock the ginnery, grist mill nnd saw mill of Mr. Will Power, located at Tower, a station on the Greenville road 13 miles above the city, were totally destroyed by fire, the origin of which is unknown. There were three build ings, all comparatively new as was the equipment of each, which consisted of Iwo gins, presses, a suction outfit, two t?rist mills, nnd a saw mill. The loss, ?vhich Includes four balen of seed cot ton. Is placed at $3,<>00 with uo insur. ance. SEIZE BRITISH SHIP little (Msg Oi At Preseit ii-ttt Far Eastern Straggle TIK JAPANESE BLOCKADEKS ALERT .The ftithan, With a Cargo1 of Cattlo ?nd Flour From Shanghai* to Pot^ Arthur, Captured Off ew Chwan^ ?Continuance of the Oalo in tho Sea Compel* Inactivity on the Parr ot the Japanese Fleet?Only* Sklr? misehe* About Mukden. Continuance of the gale which de veloped on the China Sea ant adjacent waters on October 4 precludes active* operations by tho Japanese fleet block ading Fort Arthur. The British Steal er Sishan. with a cargo of cattle alii flour from Shanghai for Port Arthur has been seised by the Japanese djj New Chwang. A detachment of t& Finland Guards has been ordered t4 leave St. Petersburg for the far Bast. Recent Outpost Fighting. Tokio, By Cable.?The Imperial head quarters issued a report of the recent Russian military movements and skir mishes with tho Japanese south of Mukden, as follows: On October 4, A ? few of the enemy's cavalry approached the vicinity of Alyangplenmen. but our force drove them off. "Tho enemy, with a battalion of In fantry, eleven squadrons of cavalry and Ave guns, advanced toward ShalluhatiU on October 4, and retreated toward Huangshan, October 5. In this direc tion there were also two or three of our squadrons of cavalry, whose out post lines extended between Nlaokou ahan and Wancbieaffen. The Russian Infantry heading the column wore Chi nese costumes. "On October 4, a small body of the enemy attacked our pickets at Piutaizu and on Mukden road and were repuls ed. The enemy left his dead and rifles behind. All tho enemy wore Chinese clothing. "Four squadrons of Russiun cavalry came to Sunshutsultzu, on the Pushun road, October 3. and remained there un til the morning of October 5. Tho enomy's cavalry patrols have been seen south of Wulichles and Ijungwangia, but they retreated north to Luloakou, leaving infantry patrols. "A detachment of the enemy's caval ry, with threo guns, advanced toward Shiotai and, taking up a position at Tatai, fired on our troops north of Yentai. "The enemy posted at Chantan, on the right bank of tho Hun river, has retired, leaving a small force there. "There are no troops of tho enemy in the neighborhood of Taotaizu. A small force of the enemy recently at tacked our outpost on the left bank of the Hun river, but was driven back." British Vessel Seized. Shanghai. By Cable.?The British steamer Slshan, from Hong Kong, has been seized by the Japanese off New Chwang. The Slshan carried a cargo of cattlo and flour, intended for Port Arthur. The Sishan is a steel-screw steamer of 1,315 tons, and is owned by Thomas W. Richardson, of Iiondon. New Orleans to Manchester. London, fly Cable.?Manchester's fight for a diversion of a portion oi Liverpool's cotton trado from America has resulted, according to statements publish.nl, in an arrangement with tho Ley land Line and the Manchostor liners (limited) of Manchester, where by the two companies will combine for tho purpose of carrying cotton cargoes Hrect from New Orleans to Manchester. The I>eylarul IJno steam er Cuban, sailing from Now Orleans about the middle of October, will, it is added, inaugurate the new depart ure. and thereafter the two companies will make alternate fortnightly sail* ings. Four Dead in Hotel Fire. St. Joseph. Mo., Special.?Four per- . sons perished in a flro which destroyed the Tracy Hotel. In South St. Joseph. The dead: Lafayetto Frew, livestock buyer; C. F. Morton, employe of stock yards company; Mrs. Anna Weston, of Gentry county, Mo.; unknown man. Bllbert Weston, 13 years old, son of the dead woman, is fatally burned. Wm. Simmons was also badly hurt by Jump* tog from a third-story window. Unrest Among Chinese. Shanghai. By Cable.?Numerous re ports received from tho interior tell ing of the activity of secret societies at points widely apart are causing seri ous uneasiness. It Is known that the offlcinls everywhere are displaying great anxiety and are procuring the most modern arms and munitions of war for the purpose of equipping tho soldiery. There is no certainty as to whother the anxiety of the officials Is directed against-, antielpated risings or as to whether it is a precautionary movement In view of possible dangor from a successful Japan. Beit Winter Quarters. Washington, 8peMal.?Hear Admir al Wise, comuiander-ln-chie< of th<i Atlantic tralnipg squadron, lias roc commended <hat tho squad/on spend tho greater part of the winter In Pen sacola harboi and that *lclnlty. Ho nays that the facilities for boating ami other exercises there t*re good. Offi cials are disposed to t?vor the recom mendation. and if t'nU plat* is followed the traluing squadron would not go to Culebra to parilc'.mito h\ tbe mauoeu* vre.a this winter.