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? FORT MILL TIMES. VOL. XIII. FOItT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOV EM !5ER <1, NO. 3:5. .The Peculiarity of 1 Japanese Patriotism Ry Xot>n?l 1 ij^e Anienoniori. mUK lovo oT one's fatherland is common to the natives of all countries, but in Japanese patriotism there are certain things peculiar to Uself. uen wo consider Japanese patriotism we must never loso sight of its great concomitant, loyalty to the Emperor. These i wo pa-slons are so closely united to the breast of an ordinary Japanese that he can hardly conceive of one without the other. ."When a Japanese sfly.^'T love my country." a groat or even the greater part of his idea of his "c?urrtry"* is taken up by the Emperor and the imperlaf family. 11 is duty to tiiIt? country, as conceived by him. includes, tlrst of all. duty to hi> Bmpt ror. Moremer, to him his country docs not mean simply a group of islands with about fifty millions of peop'e living on them. His forefathers and descendants are also taken into account. To him the past, present, and futun generations ar? commingled into one. so that if we analyze the idea of bis Ic uii. country, as understood by him. we ilnd it composed of the following elcir.'-nts: J The imperial ancestors. The reigning Emperor. The imperial family. 4 The imperial descendants. . His own ancestors. > His own family and relations. 7. His descendants. S' L,is countrymen, tlieir families and their relations. n. rneir ancestors. 1 Th< ir descendants. I ' The extent of land or lands ocntpicd by his race. Tie Japanese knows that his own ancestors servo 1 those of his Emperor. Nay. iie knows that, if his own genealogy he traced to bygone ages it will he found tnore or loss connected with that of the imperial household. In short. Hie Japanese are members of one vast family with the Emperor as the head and representative of its main stock. Tito Emperor is by birth the head of the ntion. Neither he nor any of his ancestors came to the throne by ruse, or violence. Suppose Abraham had founded an empire in Palestine?that 1iis heirs ir an unbroken line ruled nvnr th? twelve tribes, themselves descendants of Abraham, and that th? empire continued powerful to this day; suppore 1 liis. and you have an Idea somewhat similar to Phut of the Empire of Japan?Atlantic Monthly. tr A fl a /W* o . X** . C4 mow /iDout 'raxing L^atsY 'PIley I )cHtroy Out* FricruH t!?cr UinlH xiikI 1 )i? T-ittle Good, Hy William 1.3. Cary, Windsor, Conn. p,? "l, IK idea of taxing cats is novel, though not new. The measure ^ I ^ I has been proposed and support d in the inter. st of the liirds. or. rather, in the interest of those who love birds. It strikes one MaKtmnJ at first as u.in.vos.sjry and somewhat quixotic. But a little exI^^Jl perienre appears to warrant the idea if the person loves cats not gGwQSjJ less, but birds more. On a place where many trees and bushes save shelter to the birds there were two cats, one of theui beautifully marked, both of them good hunters. Not a sparrow could perch near the ground but one of the cats would creep up and catch it. If the sparrows wen the only prey sought after by these cats the own, r of them would have considered himself fortunate in their possession, but the fact is. they loved bluebirds, robins, wrens and other beautiful birds better than sparrows. They wmo evidently easier prey, too. So the two cats devoted themselves to hunting song birds and birds of beautiful plumage which sought the lower trees and bushes to build- rheir nests and rear their young. The result was the birds were driven away. Much as the owner loved his cats, he loved the birds more, and decided to get rid of the cats. Friends In the village who wanted "house cats" were glad to get them. Wifhin two weeks after ti e eats wtre gone the birds began to return. Bluebirds sought their accustomed places, robins came anil built their nests in the shrubbery and reared their young. The air became vocal wit's the glad songs of many bird-. There has been no regret at the disposal of the iats. by the children and young people of the home spoken of. because the birds have multiplied and or- becoming tame. They sit on boughs where people pass and sing merrily. to the pleasure of all. Would it not be wise to tax cats in the interest of birds? As far as the value of cats is concerned, to catch mice and rats, traps are far more effective, and as pets. why. the songsters in the bushes and trees are of more value, ever, though they cannot be taken in the hand and fondled And. again, birds f \vnrm< and hntrc ivhlnli oeo ? omk <1 ? ?: -- ?? - ? ? -- - ...... w.r, ......... ... .j uvi-uuiuih oiii a ucoinuuvi- llilinuim^. I.ft US encourage the birds to nemo and build in our tree.* and shrulw and hedges, to help us fight the worms and bugs anil delight us with their joyful and sweet songs.?New York Tribune. ?& S& The Real "Yellow Peril." IMapoleoi i Hud tl?e CimsucUs in .Mind W'lien 11*3 \Vunieil Europe Againat Ruaaiu. Bv David B. Mncdregor. mmiimm 1\.st winter, when, among those of the Russians who were not hoping for war and the defeat of their country. I inquired the ; M ^ I grounds for their contemptuous underestimate of the Japanese, numJ i scare Mv ever got for reply more than the citation of Russia's h one hundred and' thirty millions of population, her possossion 2"j?2ggl of oiv-seventh of tlie dry land of the earth, and the jCossacks. The discussion usually closed with the assertion: "One Cossack can whip ten of those little yellow monkeys." This faith is based partly on the impression which the Cossacks made upon western Europe as long ago as the Seven Years' War, and which was heightened by their disorganization of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. Napoleon himself pronounced them perfect masters of partisan warfare, furious til uiiciciv fi11vi ikj ieai.u, nuu miiu iDili ne (lid nor r'inenv*>"r having made a prisoner of a sing'.o one of them. Finally, 'ir> had the Cossacks In mind when he warned Europe that. unless cheeked l?y such a powerful unit As he hart sought to construct, Russia would enslave the world. That Napoleon's prediction baa not been forgotten may be'inferred from the rpcont assertion in various quartern thai the real "yellow peril" is the possibility of the oiganization of the Mongolian races by Russia, and that a Slavic Jcnghiz Khan may direct a new (loldf-n Horde against the West.? The Century, S3? S3? What Shall We Pay For Food? By C. T. Herrick. g mi !?. ,' tha risk of going counter to certain famous household ocono8 ^8^ 1 mlsta 1 am foreod. after mature iniislHernrifin .? *i - _ v v |nu uov, 11 $1 u I I week apiece as the average amount on which a family inn be V,. .?'?A really well fed. Even with this they will not bo given mush* rooms and sweetbreads, squab, c hlckens, and spring ducklings, j|S' fruit out of s.aion and panic in season. They ran live as the large majority of housekeepers of moderate means in cities and large towns desire to live. If 1 omit those whoso homes are in the country, it is b- cause the latter, by reason of such rural adjuncts as mill;, cream, butler eggs, fruit, vegetables, iee, cannot be reckoned in the class of which we are speaking. Such a city liouseket per will give her family of four oranges - or bananas or some stewed fruit for breakfast in winter. In summer she win jjinu lur uiwiouB c?r nernes ior inn meat. out she will feel tlint she must make one melon do for two persons, and that a quart of berries is a liberal allowance for four. If with the latter (ream is eaten, she will MSI a this, or tha< sho offers with the cereal, with a little milk, and will encourage herself in the Idea that fruit is more wholesome* without cream. She wili also haVe to pinch a little In some other quarter Lo make up for the fact that the cost of the majority of summer fruits amounts to more than the winter oranges or amilcs.?Harper's Bazar. iL . i /KLj NINE HIE IN FLOOD < Result of the Bursting of a Water Reservoir | FOUR HOUSES ARE WASHED AWAY w Nearly a Million Gallons of Water Were Suddenly Turned Loose and Rushed Upon Nearby Houses With Terrible Force?A Ncnro and His Wife, Who Were in Bed, Were Carried a Distance of 530 Yards and Escaped Without a Brulso. ?viu6iun-?aiem, .m. u., Spoe lal.?ThQ reservoir of the municipal water-works located near the center of Winston, 1 broke at ."> o'clock Wednesday morning, (aiming the loss of nine lives and the injury of four or five persons. The dead arc: THE DEAD. Mrs. Martin Peoples. Mrs. Yogler. Mrs. John Poe an.l 12-year-old daughter. Mrs. Southern and son. John Southern. Miss Octavia Hailey. Duello M alone. Cornelius Martin. i The two last named are colored. The injured are: THE IXJI TIED. Martin V. Peoples, both legs broken. Walter Peoples, injury to buck. (tilley Jordan, slightly bruised. These are at the hospital. , I>. D. Payne, a traveling man. of | oroonsiraro. may recover. though his condition now prevents his removal to the hospital. The north side of the reservoir which k!r. :: ? feet high. tumbled over, falling upon the home nut! barn of Martin V. ! Peoples. There were about SOO.OOO gal- j Ions of water in the reservoir, and the j mad stream rushed northeast to the | Southern Hallway out, and thence to | Polo's pond, a distance of a half mile. Four tenement houses were washed several Hundred yards. D. L. Payne, one of the injured, said ' he was awakened by the crash and thought he was being swallowed by an earthquake. "1 cannot describe my experience while I was floating on tho mad rushing stream of water," said Mr. Payne after his removal to a house near the place ho was found. The Winston aldermen met at once and made arrangements to bury the i.ran ana rare i?>r the injured. The Winston reservoir was built in 1 SSI. by a company composed of (50 citizens. Ten years ago it and the entire water plant was sold to the city. Soon thereafter 10 feet was added to the height of the reservoir, which was full o1* water when the collapse came. The city has just had a large stand pipe completed. It is full of water and the I town is prepared to supply every de- | Despite the early hour, the news of time, and within :tfl minutes between GOO and 1.000 people surrounded the spot. An hour later the entire eitv was aroused and excited. Before the extent of the damage was known, and while It was thought that perhaps the members of the Peoples family were the only ones who had lost their lives, cries of distress were heard farther down the street. The thousands of gallons of water that, flowed from the reservoir formed a pond in the vicinity, and it was thought that several people might have been drowned in this. The city council met and decided to drain the pond, in order to recover any bodies that might lie beneath the water. The reservoir was situated about five blocks from the center of the business district of the city and was surrounded by a number of residences and several small stores, it is understood that the structure ha:l been condemned, but tl>e city authorities had failed to remove it. SOME A (IONIZING SCENES. 4 -? - .? u'-.-ji i niimii <>i uir scenes at tne little branch near the railroad track, where the dead bodies were found, would defy the Renins of a Dickens Anxious relatives with tear-stained faces, watching anxiously for some sight of the loved ones who had been snatched from them to a remorseless grave. The agonizing look 'if a brother as he searched for s me trace of his missing sister was especially pathetic. "I will never forget the look of a mother as she saw the dead body of her son," remarked a man who arrived on the scene a short time after the fearful disaster. "My son. my son." she exclaimed, and the consoling words of neighbors were powerless to lessen the grief that she was un:?ble to control. it was truly a horrible sight." A NEORO'H STORY A colored man. who lives near the reservoir and who ruchod to the door as soon as the crash was heard, had this to say of the disaster: "When 1 heard the noise 1 thought at first it was an earthquake. 1 ran to the door and looked up the street. I can't tell exactly how It looked, for I was scared too badly to ta'te notice. It seemed aa if a big river was coming ciown 1110 strict, farts of houses nnd rubbish of nil kinds v/ere being carried with it, and I saw several bodies holme washed away. 1 was so badly scare 1 that it wa3 a long time before I found out what was the matter. It was pitiful to hear the groans of those who were being swept away. I am not able to tell anything else, for I had a hard titne getting out of the way myself," he concluded excitedly and in a manner to show that he had not recovered from his fright. COURT HEARS PLEAS Argument By Counsel in llie Murder Trial at Charlottesville GREAT IMPREST IS MANIFESTED John Lee, Chief Counsel For the Accused. Moves For Discharge of Prisoner and Jury in View of Statement of Cant. Woods That He Had Refused a Large Fee. But is Overruled ?Mr. Lee Concludes For the Defense. Charlottesville. Va.. Special.- The Liking of evidence in the McCue trial closed last Wednesday ami argument was begun at r.mc. With the court mom tilled to its utmost eapae'ty. with the ne; used surtoundcd by a number of his relatives, a young son on his lap and a little daughter by his side, the trial of former .Mayer J. Samuel MeCue was resumed whin the arguments were conI inue I. ('apt. Kerr dwelt first upon questions of doubt and the eompctonry of circumstantial evidence, lie then passed to Uie testimony pertaining to the doruostie lelations existing in the MeCue Household, giving ? .aphasia to the evitlenee adduced l y the Commonwealth in that res pee t. lie differed witl> the I..n . ' i * * I t\ IIJV< ? |M ri.iuuii ' I I in: 1 si\v relative to motive, at the same lime contending that a motive had been shown. .1. T. Coleman, of Lynchburg. of counsel for the defense, in the afternoon atgucd for iho accuse.!. Like those who preceded him. lie spoke with :he court room parked, and men stood in the windows on the outside. Mr. Colenian made an impassioned appeal for ids lient and one of his hursts of eloquence caused the accused to bury his face in a handkerchief and weep. Indeed .the defendant pave way to bis emotions a number of times while bis counsel was pleading to the jury in his hehalf. A great many women who occupied front scats in the gallery brdught their lunches with them and remained iniougnoui tne noon rei ess. At I p. in. a recess was taken until S p. m. that Mr. Coleman might con(lude at night, the idea of night sessions originating with the jury . Even greater numbers sought to gain admission to the court room at the night session. Mr. Coleman, in a vigorous speech, closed his argument about 8:20 p. m.. when a recess was taken. Judge Morris warned tlie crowd which packed the court room when the trial of ex-Mavor McCue was resumed that the tirst persons whoinight make a demonstration of approval or disapproval, would be sent to jail and Kepi mere song <nougn to matte mm regret his action. John Lee. chief counsel for the accused, then began the closing argument to the jury for the defense. Mr. Lee's appeal for his client gave full scope to his power of oratory, and command of rhetoric. His conclusions were forcefully presented and at times lie was severely critical. Mr. Lee offered an additional hatch of letters passing between Mr. and Mrs. MeCue, Ihi they were not admitted. lie closed shortly after 1 o'clock with the peroration marked by touching eloquence which brought tears tr the eyes of the accused and some o| the relatives present. This concluded the arguments for the defense A recess was then taken. "NVhen court convened for the after, noon session, ('apt. Woods, of counsel for the Commonwealth, arose to make an explanation in view of the statements made by Mr. l.ee. He had not proceeded far when lie said he had reiuseo n large iee. Mr. i.o" immediately objected tc this statement and moved for (ho discharge of the jury and the accused. The ci.mi overruled the motion and declined to allow ("apt. Woods to continue his explanation. The conn room was jammed at both sessions.* many more seeking admission than could bo admitted. Agair the section 'reserved for women was filled to its utmost capait.v all day Ion and again some who had favored po sitioTis di 1 not leave during the midday recess. eating their lunches in their seats. The defendant, in addition to a large number of relatives who surrounded hini. hail his twi youngest children immediately at his side, with first one and then the other on his lap. His little daughter Ruby, frequently gave way to tears The ncciiscit wn under n severe strnlr throughout the afternoon session, L?u( preserved !iis -omp jsurc. Prominent Lawyer Dead. Now York, Spec ial, Emanuel Michael Friend, one. of New York's wellknown criminal lawyer.;, died suddenly hero Tuorday. Tl.e cause of death is not l.-nmv 11 >.111 !f ll. t)will(r><t lit ho VO Itl OTl heart failure. Amnns tho many eelebratod oases with which Mr. Friend was conne< ted as counsel wnr, tho detonne of "Fronehy," n!so known as "Ben Ali"' and "Jack, the Ripper," who was charged with the killing o* "3halrespeare" in tho Fast River Hotel in this city. Other cat.es were that of Ilr. Kennedy, charged with killing Dolly Reynolds and Augusta Nark, who, with Martin Thorn, was indicteo for tho Murder of William Guldeneuppe. IRATHER QUIET AGAIN ? I Nothing Startling In the Eastern War Situation 'PORT ARTHUR CENTER OF INTEREST 1 Japs Fortifying at all Points The Russians Still Rrtire?Some Heavy Losses. Chcfoo. l'.v ("alilo. Port Artlmr .' nonied. The < orrosponden; of the As?nelated Press lien* ha.; rc-i olve.l information. the reliability of which is beyond question, that the Japanese now j occupy positions which plat o the east .-it'.t of the town at their merry. The last assault has gained for them positions which insure their ahilitv to enter tlie main east ft?rts whenever they arts ready. The Japanese calculate that if the I Una inns do not surrender now they I will 1 - i a pa hie of prolonging the lightin;; hy making their final stand at l.iaoti Promontory and Tiger's Tail, for a month longer, with the mere hope of ; out inning the struggle. l.ong before the second Pacific squadron artives in the Pacific the Japanese Hag. it is now believed, will wave over the wrecked i-ii*iil??1 tluo ;ii .....i [viceroy AlexicIt's dream of an unconi filterable city. I The Japanese have tint occupied tin* 1 main forts and highest points of tin* ppst hill, but they occupy in overwhelming uunihers positions which will t liable tlum 11> drive the Russians hack whenever tliev drslre. Loss Admitted at Last. Paris, lly (.'able.? The Associated I Press was put in a position to state i positi\ d.v that iis dispatches front i ("hefoo, Port Arthur and Tokio last 1 .Inno to the efTe? t that tiie .lajtaneso battleship Yashima had heen sunk hy a mine tiff Dalny. which dispatches ! \vet\- tlenied by tlio Japanese authorii ties at the time, have finally hoon ofj fitdally confirmed. The Japanese govi ornn.cn! has notified foreign govern j monts of the loss of th" ship. Tli?. I number of men who went down with | the vessel is not known, hut it is 1stj lievod to have been small. The otliI rial details show that, tne Yashima struck a Russian initio ,-,n?l later at , Ill II1I1U1' I'.illlY lull lll'l , 1)111 this proved impossible and slu? sank in dtx-p water. The loss of the Yashima lias been ! concealed by the Japanese, ihmtph the Russian authorities have believed for some time that the reports that the batYleship bad been destroyed were correct. It is important, sinee it is now disclosed that Japan has only four modern battleships icmniuitiK. The Yashima was one of the llnest battleships of the Japanese navy. Her displacement was lli.liOO tons, about the size of tin Amreican battle.-btn Maine, and she bad a speed of lit knots. The Russian squadron at Port Arthur included five modern battleshins. more or less damaged, and Vici Admiral Rojest vensky's com .......... ...... ii i.-. nun iiiixiii' 1 colli (111* Haiti to the Far Kast, also numbers live battleships. In view of the inferiority of the Japanese in battleships. their armored cruiser strength is important, they being greatly superior to the Russians in this respect. Whole Jap Line Fortified. Mukden. It.v Cable.? There was a brisk exchange of artillery fir hero Friday, extending from the village ol Linchtau, eastward on both sides of the railroad, but the firing ceased at noon. The Japanese are continuing their concentration opposite the Russian centre. The Japanese positions along their whole line are strongly fortified, and they are entrenching along the Hun river to the westward On Monday, on the Russian extreme right, a squadron of Don Cossacks charged a battery of Japanese nrtil lery near Lindantoun. The Cossacks went forwaid at a gallop through a field of uncut millet, against the tire of the battery, and had almost reached the guns when a couple of cam panics of Japanoes infantry rose up ami poured In several volleys, com polling the cavalrymen to rich- out of the field at even a faster pace than ' they went in. The Cossacks los-. about 2r? men. Rreslnu, Prussian Silc: ia, l?y cable. Three thousand Polesmai-bed through the streets of Czestoehowa. tP.asinn Polan'l, Wednesday, as a protest against the mobilisation. The chief of police au] gendarmes ordered the panniers i % disperse, but they refused tr> do so and continued to sing Polish soups. A detachment of infantry then charged the mob with bayonets, with the result that six persons were killed and L'O wounded. Cause of Delay. St. Petersburg, by cable.- The delayIn the final ratification of the corn, a lion for an inquiry into >ii?- North Sea incident is over the f Tmulaii a of the questions which the i:;t? rna'i; aal commission is to decide. The Russian authorities nre understood to desire to acquaint themselves wirli lite detailed ? ';>ort < ' V?i ,A nairal liojosu -ashy, which was hrouhht here iCaul Clado and ids three brother r.fhecra today in order to ascertain whether tiny new questions raised i y th" r< aort should lie included. Both Captain Clado and his comrades upon their, arrival at tlte railroad station this afternoon informed a representative of the associated press that they had nothing to say for publication. FOR DAY OF IUANKS President Roosevelt Issues tlie I'sual Proclamation NOVEMBER 24Til IS SET ASIDE | The President Issues His ProclamaI tion Designating the Day "to be Ob' served as a Day oT Festal and I Thanksgiving by Ail the Pocp'e of the United States at Home and Aoroad"?The Harvests Have Been Aoundant and Tncse Who Work nave v>ic?iiy prospered. Washington, Special. Tito President lias issued the Thanksgiving proclamation. setting a i<!t> Thursday. Nov nilf'r L'l. "to ho ohs rved as a day < festival and thanksgiving by all the people of the United States at home and abroad. The proclamation follows: " My the President of the United States of America A Proelamation : "it has j leased Almighty (lod to i britig the American people in safety and honor through another year. and. in accordance with the long unbroken , rust-un handed flown to ns by our forefathers. the time has come \\ lien a pecial day shall be set apart in whirh to thank Him who holds all nations in ttie hollow of His hand for the mercies j t tits vouchsafed to us. During the century and a quarter of our national I 'o. we as a people have been blessed beyond all others, and for Ibis we own bumble and heartfelt thanks to tb<> author of all blessing. The year that has closed has been one of peace withit. our ow n borders, as well as between in; :iti11 all other nation... The harvest.!* ! lnve 1 h;h;i abundant. and those who | work, win tln-r with hand or brnin, aro prosperine treatly. Howard has waited np'Mi honest effort. We have been ? nahled to do our duty to ourselves and jo others. Never has there been a tinio when religious and eharitable effort has been more evident. Much has been given to us and tnueb will be exported from us. We speak of what has been done by this nation in no spirit of tioastfulness or vain-glory, but with full and reverent realization that our strength is nothing unless we are help> 1 from above. Hitherto we have been given the heart and the strength to do the tasks allotted to us as they severally arose. * "We are thankful for all that has hoen ilnni> fhp n o> in<> ..! *? ? pray that in the future we may bo strengthened in tin; unending struggle to do our duty fearlessly and honestly, with charity and good will, with respect for ourselves and with love toward our fellow-men. In this great 1 epublie the effort to combine national strength with personal freedom is being tried on a scale more gigantic than ever before.in the world's history. Our success will mean much, not only for ourselves, hut for the future of all mankind .and every man or woman In our land should feel the grave responsibility resting upon him or her, for in the last, analysis this success must depend upon the high average of our individual citizenship, upon the way in which each of us does his duty by himself and his neighbor. "Now, therefore, I. Theodore Rooso m-ii. rusiiH-ni or 11??? i nii'Mi jsiates. (to hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, the twenty-fourth of this November, to be observed as a day of festival and thanksgiving by all the people of tho United States at home or abroad, and do recommend that on that day eeaso from their ordinary occupations and gather In their several plares of worship or in their homes, devoutly to give* thanks unto Almighty fiod for the benefits He lias conferred upon us as individuals and as a nation, and to hetee h 11 itn that in the future His Divino favor may continue to us. "In witness whereof I have hereunto set may hand and caurod the s \?l of tho, I'nited States to tie affixed. "Hone at the City fit' Washington, this 1st day of November, in (lie year ot our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four, and of the Independence of liie I'nited States the one hundred and twenty-ninth. "TiIKODOItK ROOSHVKLT. "Bv the President. "JOHN HAY. Secretary of State.-* By Wire and Cable. Hon. C. W. Fairbanks sp'-nt tho day at Ins lie :no in Indianapolis, and will ili* *.'/? t\ t 1 t'tinnii" v? i \t *? tour of Indiana. In New York I he opinion is held that President Roosevelt will reply in a speeh to Judgo Parker's ehiirgOH of trust aid being given to the Republicans. The alleged odds of f> to 1 on Roosevelt qtiiekly dropped to 4 to I and under when some Parker money I i. ppoared on the Now Yi i i> ? uri? on n;i i in i.ay. K is no Tnkahira, Japanese minister lo I ho United Status, w. s operated on in Now York for appendicitis. World's Fair attondnn o for last week was 71'*,."sc. making the grand total i Tho third general ns.ault by I ho Japanese on Port Arthur has begun. The Kut sian inquiry into the North. Sea Intel kill i.s 111 progress at Vigo, Spain. Obstructive tatties by Hio opposl-* tioii led to violonl scenes in tit? Madrid Chamber of Deputies. I .