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i FORT MILL TIMES. VOL, XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 21,1905. * NO. 9. / OPPOSE REGULATION Soithefi iliilfectn^- On Record As UtfaroraMe it interference ( RESOLUTIONS OF ATLANTA BODY - . ? - 4? Now Hampshire Man Leads a Losinc Fight In Committee For President Roosevelt'# Programme, and the Convention Unanimously Stood Pat on the Existing Laws, Supplemented by Examination off Railroad Books Atlanta, Ga., Special.?The National . Manufacturers* Association on Wednesday passed resolutions upholding the stand taken by President Parry, against the exercise by the national government of rate- inakinu nower for ?hn .-on roadB. An Interesting fight on the railroad i rate question has bean whgod behind closed doors and in the hotel corridors ever since the convention began, and was rfot settled until Wednesday afternoon. Both the executive and resolutions committees held lengthy meetings for the consideration supported the position of President Parry, against the exercise by the government of the phte-maklng power, taken by him in his annual address. R, B. Pike, of New Hampshlro, chairman of the Btanding committee of the organisation on interState commerce, led (he fight In behalf of the exercise of the rate-making .. . power, presenting lengthy resolutions to that effort. Tlila afternoon the resolutions committee refused to endorse Mr. Pake's position and presented a resolution to the convention which was unanimously adopted with much applause, the advocates of the pending legislation before Congress not pressing their position in the open convention. The resolutions follow: Resolved, That we favor the active enforcement by tho legislative department of tho general government of all existing laws to prevent the giving or acceptance or rebates or special favors (through whatever device) to or by favored shippers, and we call upon the ip.ler-State commerce commission to fcpply all the remedies at their disposal t as provided by the original Inter-State commerce act and the Elklns act amending the same. Rseolved, That if the existing laws for the detection and punishment of the giving or acceptance of auch rebates are insufficient or defective in any respect, we favor the enactment of such further legislation as may be necessary adequately to deal with the evil and to secure this complete prevention. "Resolved, That in order to carry into effect, the provisions jf'the foregoing resolutions. Congress be asked that provisions be made for the necessity examination of the books of the railroads nnd corporations something after the manner of the national bank examinations, for the purpose of detecting nnd eliminating special favors and discriminations against the small and less favoraed shippebs, and also that provision for adequate punishment be provided for improper disclosure of confidential information so gained. Manufacturers Meet. Atlanta, fin.. Special.?More than 300 of the 3.000 members of the National Association of Manufacturers, accompanied by 100 ladies, assembled Tuesday at the opening of the tenth annual meeting of the association. Representatives from almost every section of the country were present. The Importance of the gathering was Indicated by the fact that the membership represents a large majority of the $13.000.000.000 of Invested capital of the United States. and by the additional fart that among the questions to be discussed (luring the three days' session are Inter-State commerce and reciprocity. Statue to General Forest. Memphis. Tenn., Special.?To the accompaniment of martial music and in the presence of thousands of citizens and Visitors, the equestrian bronze statu* of Gen. Nathan B. Forrest was unveiled Tuesday afternoon in the nark that Ponr? Mir* PnnfBHnrolo ?to?i ernl's name. The statue is the work of the) Sculptor Niehus. It was cast in Paris. Buying Refrigerator Cart. Chicago, Special.?The Rock Island Railroad Company has contracted for seventeen hundred refrigerator cars. .The recent inquiry into private refrigerator car lines by the interstate commerce commission and the conditions revealed are said to be responsible, which will Inaugurate Its own refrigerator service in the fruit and produce trade of the West and South. Nan Patterson Signs Stage Contract. Philadelphia, Special.?The Inquirer aays that Nan Patterson was in the city and signed a contract to appear in a New York music ball. It is said she arrived here in the afternoon and returned to Washington immediately after the negotiations had been closed. Killed by His Son. Norfolk. Special.?James Jenkins, the Gilmerton, Norfolk county, man who was shot by his lfi-year old son Sunday, while the father was beating the wife, is dead. The boy has not been arrested. * > ... ? * I i MANUFACTURERS ELECT OFFICERS " 11 , Former President Perry Again Unirii* I mousty Elected. Atlanta, Special.?The tenth annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers came to a close - shortly after noon ThtirRd&.y, fetter selecting New York ns the plaice for tho convention for 1906, re-electing 11; M. i Parry, of Indiana, as president, nnd ordering that the Association shall he Incorporated nndrr tho laws of New 1 York State. Vice presidents, one t from each State represented, were I named by tho States, the vtce-presld9Qts from the 12 States having the ' ' largest membership in the association Constituting, with the president and se -etary, the executive committee. Af *v re-electing F. II. Stillman, of New York, treasurer, the roll of States for vtce-prosidciits resulted as follows: Alabama, G. H. McCormlck; California. li. I). Morton; Connecticut, A. H. Bollard; Delaware, O. R. Hoffech cr; ueorgia, uavid wocxiwara; Illinois. Elliott Durand; Indiana, E. II. Dc^n; Kentucky, M. C. McNemlchcr; Louisiana, It. J. Words; Mississippi, G. C. Draper; Michigan, B. T. Skinnor; Missouri, M. J. Cleave; New Hamp' shire, E. P. Pike; New Jersey, R. J. Jinkinson; New York, Ludwig Nissen; North Carolina, 1). A. Tompkins; Ohio, John Kirby, Jr.; Pennsylvania, I). C. Ripley; Rhode Island, P. E. Hays; South Carolina, E. A. Smith; Tennessee, H. L. Chamberlain; Wisconsin, II. S. Smith; Iowa, G. It. Eastabrook. The vice-presidents who will constitute the executive committee will bo those from Now York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut. Wisconsin, Missouri and Tennessee. Cry of "Thieves" in Council. Philadelphia, Special.?Amid scenes of disorder unprecedented in the annals of Philadelphia's legislative body, the city council voted to lease the city's gas works to the Unlteed Gas Improvement Company, for a term of 75 years, or the total sum of $25,000.000. the money to be paid in various amounts before the end of 1907. Council Chambers and committee rooms were'crowded V.'lth excited citizens, protesting against the lease. The I l uuiitx wua reacnea waen uie vote in common council was announced after three hours of debate. Tho moment President Geo. McCurdy announced the vote, a great uproar was started in the gallery, which was crowded to the door. Prom all over the gallery camo hisses and cries of "Thieves!" Tho outburst was somewhat startling to the presiding officer, wno made a vain effort to quell it. Depends on Rojestvensky. Toklo, By Cable.?The reported departure of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky from llon-Koe Bay northward renews the popular expectation of a naval action in (lie near futuro. It is believed that Admiral ltojestvonsky. | having filled his coal bunkers and re! supplied his fleet is now in a condition to assume the aggressive, if he so desires. It is the opinion of some that Rojestvensky may make a demonstration in the vicinity of the islands of Formosa and the Pescadores and then enter the Pacific en route for Vladvostock. This is, however, purely speculative. Every thing depends upon Admiral Rojestvensky's plans, which, while as yet undisclosed, may include an extended stay in Southern waters. The General Assembly. Winona, Ind., Special.?Two meetings wore held preliminary to tho formal opening of the General Assembly r\f # T> W?? J - ui uiv riesuyionan unurcn. in tne nudionce wore Justice Harlan, of the United Slates Supreme Court, and Wm. Jennings Bryan- Justice Harlan is here to ur^e the construction of a Presbyterian cathedral at Washington, i Mr. Bryan is here to attend the meeting of tho presidents of Presbytertaji colleges. He spoko at the foreign mission conference. i Burglar Captured. Chillicothe, Ohio, Special?When Officers Weigand and Maughmer attempted to arrest a colored burglar, the robber fatally shot Weigand and escaped, although Maughmer fired five shots without effect. A posse finally captured the man. who appears to be a half breed Indian and glvos his name as Oscar Evans from Georgia. Sudden Death From Drinking. Columbia. Special.?A white man about 28 years of age named Charles ' Christmas died very suddenly at 1408 , | Wayne street between 5 an J 6 o'clock I Wednesday afternoon. Death Is pup- ' j posed to have been due to alrhohel ' 5 poisoning, as (he man was a hard < drinker and was seen to drink u half , pint of whiskey just before entering tho house whore he lived and where his death occurred. lie walked into the house and in a few minutes fell in a fit. and before medical aid could roach him he was dead. Coroner Walker was notified and after viewing the remains had the body removed to the undertaking establishment of J. M. Van Metre. I MUCH IN MONOPOLY # ?? Fruit Traffic Thoroughly Under the Control of One Organization ? % . . ARMOUR MAN ADMI1S CHARGES Entire South Atlantic Coast and Parts Of th# West Art "Exclusive" Territory For ths Armours?Under Contracts With the Railroads. Washington, Special.?Before the 6enato committc on Inter-State commerce, which is investigating railroad rates, President (leorge It. Bobbins, of the Armour Car Lines Company, admitted that the company had twenty or thirty exclusive contracts with rail- j AA.U t luuvis lur iruit iraiiBportation business, and acknowledge a monopoly of that ttaffic in p..rts of the West and South. Wherever these exclusive contracts applied, ho admitted, the producers and Bhippers of fruit had to accept the ratoj laid down by tho Armours. He claimed that his company was a private one, and therefore not subject to the interState commerce laws. Tho Armours, he said, had exclusive contracts with all the South Atlantic coast railways, and exclusive contracts in East Tennessee. Fruit producers and shippers on these exclusive lines had to accept the rates of the Armour Company, but Mr. Robblns said they satisfied 80 per cent, of tiie shippers. C. W. Robinson, representing the New Orleans hoard of trade and the Central Yellow Pine Lumber Association, testified that Eastern trunk lines should be restrained from diverting the grain of the Northwest from its natural outlet at New Orleans. He advocated enlarged powers for the inter-State commerce commission. Mr. Robinson said that the railroads operating in the South had advanced yellow pine lumber rates, and charged that there were indirect rebutes or discriminations by manipulation of rates. He referred to practices of hilling lumber to small towns and then re-hilling to destinations. by which a cheaper rate for a long haul is granted. This, he said, is discrimination agaiilst shippers. Hearing in Car Shortage. Washington. Special. ? Testimony given Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Inter-State Commere had much to do with the Inadequate supply of private cars that resulted in the loss of thousands of dollars to North Carolina strawberry growers. Mo6t important of all was the admisct n of Oeorge P. Robbins. president of the Axmour Car Line, which has an exclusive contract with the Atlantic Coast Line, that the company had | failed to deliver a sufficient number of > cars in North Carolina, ami that it is now adjusting claims that will ' amount to {73.000. Mr. Robbins said t.Ye loss to the company would he more j than it had made and would make iu many years from the Carolina berry business nace to tngiand On. Now York, Special.?A splendid flo^ of sailing yachts swept across a starting line at Sandy Hook light ship at 12:1") p. m. Wednesday, and with tho Queenly American schooner Atlantio leading the way headed out into the broad Atlantic Ocean on a race of 3,000 miles to the English coast for a $5,000 cup offered by Emperor William of Germany. When last seen as they vanished into the mist they were strung out in a line six miles long, heading southeastward and pointing as nearly as possible to a wind that was dead ahead. A quarter of a mile astern of the At- i lantic was the 90-foot American yawl Aisla. which was having a hot brush with the German schooner Hamburg, while all three of the leaders were 6lowl.v dropping the Philadelphia schooner Hildegarde. Next was the Endymion. holder of the trans-Atlantic yachting record. Almost a mile astern of the Atlantic and more than half mile astern of the Endymion were the Thistle and Fleur de Lys. Strung out behind were the American bark Apache, the British topsail schooner Sunbeam, and five miles astern the leader wns the American three-masted ! schooner Ptowana. Bringing up the rear was the British clipper ship Valhalla. These two had been delayed by a had start. Charged With Perjury. Covington. Ga. Special.?No little excitement was created Tuesday afternoon over the arrest of Chief of PoHaa Tlmrl fntvl Pnhnnn/vn e"-1 T?~1 P. W. Skolton. on warrants charging them with perjury in connection with the recent sensational gambling raid in this city. They were placed under $100 bonds. Itoth have been on the police force for number of years and stand well in tho community. Declares Reports False. Berlin, By Cable?The Foreign Office, replying to an inquiry regarding the sxeitement at Tokio over the report that German troops had occupied Haichou. in the southern part of the Shantung Pensinula, says the report is wholly incorrect and one of several reports designed to make it appear that Germany Is attempting in Shantung what Russia did in Manchuria. Tho German government is doing nothing in Shantung outside of fulfilling her treaty agreement with China, which ) fact has been communicated to both the Washington and Tokio governments. STRIKE MORE ACUTE . Fears Entertained That All Chicago May Suffer Upheaval RACE RIOT THE OPENING PHASE 6trike of 2,400 Teamsters Employed by Lumbermen Is Inevitable and tho Movement Will Undoubtedly Spread to Affiited Industries. Chicago, Special.?Sunday brought no changes in tho attitude of either side of the labor controversy now in progress in Chicago, and everything Sunday night points toward an extension of the teamsters' strike during the coming week. Officers of seven express companies, whose refusal to reinstate any of their former employes caused the collapse of the settlement of the trouble Saturday night, still adhere to their determination not to give employment to any of their former employes. and other firms involved in tho difficulty declared that they would stand by the express rotnpanies in the fight. The Teamsters" union has taken Just as firm a stand as the employers, anil it was said l\v President Shea Saturday night that the union would not call off the strike until the express companies came to terms. The first soread of the strike Is expected Monday morning, when the lumbermen's association, an organization employing 2.400 teamsters, issues an order to their men to make deliveries to all business houses regardless of whether or not they are Involved in the strike. In anticipation of such an order, the teamsters met Sunday afternoon and voted to go on strike should any teamster be dis? barged for refusal to obey the order of the lumbermen's association. GKNAHAT. rPHKVAI, AT HAND. With non-union drivers making deliveries for lumbermen, the strike will undoubtedly spread to affiliated industries. as to union men employed on buildings will refuse to handle material delivered by non-union labor. Should this lumbermen's strike be called Monday?and there is nothing now to indicate how it can be averted?there seems to be nothing that can prevent an upheval throughout Chicago. PRESIDENT GOMPERS ACTIVE. After talking over the situation with Mayor Dunne and Sheriff Barrett in the mayor's office Sunday, President Gompers, of the American Federation of l,abor. withdrew from the conferenco to consult with President Shea, of the icaniaicis union. "I have been discussing the outloolc with Mayor Dunne and Sheriff Barrett." said Mr. Gompers. "They asked me to use mv influence and to do everything i possibly could to prevent the extension of the strike. 1 told them 1 was willing to do everything I could in an advisory capacity to bring about peace." At the end of the conference Mayor Dunne said that its purpose had been to discover whether it was necessary to increase the police force Monday, lie said: "Should there he an extension of the strike with a resumption of the rioting of two weeks ago. there is a probability that troops will he called to maintain order." Sheriff Barrett said that he would continue swearing in deputies and will make special efforts to Increase their number. Bill Poster* to Meet in Jacksonville. Birmingham, Ala.. Special.?The sixth annual convention of the Southpastern Bill rosters' Association, which has horn in session at the Hillman Hotel for the past two days, adjourned shortly after o'clock Tuesday evening. It was unanimously decided to hold the next annual mooting at Jacksonville, Fla. News of the Day. President Samuel Spencer of the Southern Railway, made an address on the dancers of paternalism before the National Association of Manufacturers at Atlanta. Georgia. Governor Douglas, through whose instrumentalitv the Fall Rlvc.r strike was settled, decided against the claim of the operatives to an increase in salary. More than 2.500 laundry employes are on strike in Trov. N. V. 'I ne General Convention of Baptists of America was organized in St. Louis, uniting the Baptist conventions of the Noith and South. The coroner's jury investigating the Pennsylvania railroad disaster of South Harrisburg exonerated the company. The President and Secretary Taft refuse to recede from their position on the Panama canal purchase. Dr. Jacob H. Hollander found that documents he had sent with his charges against Secretary I morals were missing. it is said that Togo has elected to fight south of Formosa, and the belief prevails that the Japanese fleet is now in there. - L The Japanese have seized two steamships. A Coxey army Is organizing to advance upon the British Parliament. WRh a few scattered disturbances May Day passed In Russia without any loss of life. A Japanese official declares Russian ships were in Indo-Chinese waters as late as Friday last. The Slate Department has notified Immigration Inspector Braun that It i will give him all proper protection in his trouble with the Hungarian authorities. According to a dispatch from Saigon, Rojestvensky bore himself with a very defiant air and showed absolute disregard of the discussions on the subject 1 of neutrality. The reforms decreed for Poland and the Baltic provinces are represented as being of a sweeping character. i The convention of the Virginia Dio- J cese of the Protestant Episcopal Church began in Charlottesville. ' A farewell dinner was given to Gen- ( eral Porter, retiring Ambassador of the United States to France. I Getting Ready For Industrial Parliament. Washington. Special.?District Commissioner Henry L. West, who has | been elected chairman of the executive t committee of the Southern Industrial 1 Parliament: Acting Secretary of Agrl- ! culture Willlt N. Hays, and Dr. Walter C. Murphy, of this city, were In con- | feronce arranging the programme of | speakers for the parliament, which begins here May 23. Acceptances have 1 UVV-H ir\ rui W llUili |)l Ulllllll'lll Ul Southern and Northern States. Two Touch Live Wires. Newport News, V?., Special.?Earl Qllchrist. a telephonn lineman, and Ashley Harris were accidentally electrocuted. Gilchrist was working on a pole when wires in his hand came in contact with a live wire and he swung fcrom the polo dead. Harris was walking on Huntington avenue when he picked tip the end of a broken electric light wire, being instantly killed. Gilchrist was u Lynchburg man. Harris was a son of former State Senator Harris, of Ameri-us, La. Both men were unmarried. Telegraphic Briefs. The executive committee of the Panama Canal Commission has decided to buy shins as material for the canal in Europe if they can be purchased abroad ; more cheaply than in the United States. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis will meet in Washington on Thursday. Secretary of War Taft is conducting the inquiry into the charges made by Minister tin wen and Assistant Secretary Loom is agninst each other. Dr. Plunkett Moderator. Fort Worth. Tex.. Special.?-Dr. J. E. Plunkett, of Augusta, Gn.. was elected moderator by the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States. S. M. Neel, D. D., the retiring moderator, delivered his farewell sermon at the morning 1 session. The afternoon session was ' devoted to committee reports and I I otner routine work. The question of j I union or closer relations with other j ' Presbyterian bodies will conic up at < | this meeting, and it Is expected that | an interesting debate will take place. Big Telephone Merger. Indianapolis, Spe<Val.? k\ve thousand telephones controlled by the United Telephone Company will hereafter he operated in connection with I those of the Central Union Telephone ' Company, terms of agreement he- i tween the two companies the United i companies secures connection not only with the toll lines of the Central Union, but with those of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., which covers practically all tlio States east of the Rocky Mountains. Don't Lower Alabama Rates. Montgomery. Ala., Special.?The Ah I ahama railroad commission adjourned | after a thorough investigation of the railroad rates in this State and after , declining to make any reductions or al- j ; lowing nny advance in the tariffs now j prevailing. This does not represent | i the attitude of President B. B. Comer, ! of the commission, however, who offer- I cd three motions in quick succession, which called tor reduc tions in the ferti- : lizer rates nml the rates on numerous articles of common use, are produced ' j in Alabama. Telegraphic Briefs. Earl Gilchrist and Ashby Man is weraccidentally killed by live electric wire., at New Port News. Two men have been arres'cd at N j j folk, charged with forging the name'; | of voters. Dr. W. S. Love, of Winchester, had ^ narrow escape from death in a runaway accident. A large number of distinguished men ' have gathered at W.ncna Lane. InL. to attend the general asrembly of the : Presbyterian Church, which begins its . sessions today. MAKING AN EASY CONQUEST. "Isn't this a bird of a bonnet?" i asked she. "It is more than that," replied the young man; "K is the bonnet of u I bird." I After which the course of true love ran smoothly.?Houston Past. Mr. Cleveland's Musical Criticism. Once, during his second term. Gro ver Cleveland was asked to speak at a function in a certain town and when he arrived at the depot, the wind was blowing a gale, sleet was driving and hailstones nearly as large aa marbles were fiercely falling. Of course, the Inevitable brass band was there, and at the sight of the president, tho performers atruckdup with all the strenuosity at their command. "That is tho most realistic music I ever heard." remarked Cleveland. "What are they trying to play?" asked Secretary Olney. who accompanied him. "Hail to the Chief!" re , plied the president with a cheerful mile. Odds and Ends. A man can get. a very fair idea of what spring feels like by subtracting en from the thermometer and imagning he has fallen off a ferryboat in a inen duster. rhe woman who buys things has lit? Lie time for shopping. It takes rough tools to remove the ust from our hearts. So. 21. Cnr?i Erifmi, Itching; Hnraori. Fspeeinlly for old, chronic eases take Botanic blood Balm. It gives a healthy jlood supply to the affected parts, heals all :!> sores, eruption scabs, scales; stops the iwful itching and burning of eczema, swellingi, suppurating, watery sores, etc. Druggists $1 per largo bottle, 3 bottles $2.50, 6 bottles $5.00, express prepaid, batnple free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Oa. Describe trouble and free medical ad vies sent In sealed letter. * 9 MAN FROZ**FAOT TO FENCE. He Was There to Gtay and Had to Bs Sawed Loose. It neded little argument to coovlneo esldenta that they ware face to face vlth the worst cold nnAp that has 'ome here this year, saye a dispatch, rom Anaconda, Montana. A peep ft tho thermometer wan all that was . equireil. In tho morning the mer- j Miry registered somewhere around the I 10 degrees below zero mark. Ont of f he city It was colder than that. Rejorts brought In from the vicinity of 4llver lnko claim tho thermometor vent down close to 50 degrees below ;ero, and then refused to work ove*ime. Several citizens bad experiences which 'hey will remember for sonss Ime to come. Id the vicinity of thai, oundry a belated pedestrian clung for t moment to a fence and froze fast o It. He was there to stay, and was' 'reezlng to tho boards harder every Jiinute. A few friends happened to :ome along, and they tried to pry him nose. Some ono suggested going for in ax, and another thought an ice pick would bo tho proper caper. By .his time the man against tho fence was ready to take an oath that his *as the frostiest job he had ever froten on to Tho trouble was finally overcome Sy sawing away a part of the fence, md the man went home with a new Wangled kind of a box plait finish to His coat. GREAT CHANCE From Chnnirn In Food." The brain depends much more on tH8 stomach than wo are apt to suppose until "we tnke thought In the matter. Feed the stomach on proper food easy to digest and containing the proper amount of phosphates and the healthy brain will respond to all demands. A notable housewife In Buffalo writes: "The doctor diagnosed my trouble as n 'nervous affection of the stomach.* I was actually so nervous Ihnt I eonld not sit still for five minutes to rend tho newspaper, and to attend to my household duties was simply impossible. I dprtorod all the time with re.modlcB, but medicine did no good. "My physician put me on nil sorts of diet, and T tried many kinds of cereal foods, but none of them agreed with me. I was almost discouraged, and when I tried Grape-Nuts I did so with many misgivings?I bad no faith that it would succeed where everything else had failed. "Hut it did succeed, and you don't know how glad ! am that I tried It. I fnfil liL'h ? twai- naeton T 1?o*?a I- " - - ? ? ?iv T, j/v I.TVH, liu ? *- saimu ill weight nnd I don't have Hint terrible burning sensation 11 ;ny stomarli any more. I feel so strong again thnt I am surprised at myself. The street noises that used to irritate rne so, I never notion now, nnd my mind is so clear that my household duties are a real pleasure." Name given by I'ostuu Co., Battlo Creek. Mich. There's a reason. Now why was this great change made in this woman? The stomach md the brain had not been supplied with the right kind of food to rebuild nnd strengthen the nerve centres in these organs. It ia absolute folly to try to do this with medicine. There is but one sure way, nnd that iR to quit the old food that has failed and take on Grape-Nuts food, which Is n:\re than half digested in the process of manufacture and Is rich in the phosphate of potash contained In the nntural grain, which unites with albumen nnd water the only three substances that will make up the soft gray tilling in the thousands of dellcnte nerve centres In the hraln nnd body. Grape-Nuts food Is n ?ure road back to uemui la iu bucu catsm*