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FORT MILL TIMES. . JILL . ... L I .?,... , ... ..., J. ,_ u -? . .. ... . . .. .J,.... VOL. XIV. *' FORT MILL, S. C3? WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1905. NO. 25. ENVOYS Si J Last Act In The War I Curtain Go HISTORICAL PAPER'S CONTENTS I Mr. Wittc Signed First and When All Had Djuc So Baron Rosen and Baron Komura Exchanged Compliments For the Two Misssions? Russian Mission Attends Thanksgiving Service at Christ Episcopal Church?Rulers to Sign Conies Within 50 Days. Portsmouth, X. H., Special.?The treaty of Portsmouth was signed shortly before 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in (in inference room of the navy genera' store at tlie navy yard. The firing oi a national salute of 1!) guns was the signal which told the people of Portsmouth, Ivittery and Newcastle that the peace of Portsmouth was nu accomplished fact, and the church hells in the three towns were soon pealing forth a ;oyfu! refrain. For -:7 minutes those outside the conference room anxiously awaited the signal. Suddenly an orderly dashed to the ( atrance of the peace building, and waved his hand to the gunner a few feet away and the opening shot of the salute rang out on the clear air of the solt September afternoon, proclaiming peace between Russia and Japan. Willi*. UllftSfB IVU.ni UA S tlA.M), Up to the moment of signing the treaty, no word had broken the silence of the conference room. Throwing his pen aside, Mr. Witte, without a word, reached across the table and grapsed Baron Komura's hand. His conferees followed and the Russian and Japanese delegates remained for a moment in silence, their right hands tightly clasped across the conference table. The war was over?Russia and Japan were once r..( : e friends. This simple ceremony rang through and deeply impressed the attaches and secretaries of the two missions, who, with the invited witnesses, had formed a large circle around the delegates sitting at the table. Baron do Rosen was the first to break the sib nee. Rising from his seat, the ambassador, lobking at Baron Komura and Mr. Takaliira straight in the eye, said a few words which one had only to hear to know that they came from his heart, lie began by saying that he wished, on behalf of Mr. Witte, Russia's llrst plenipotentiary, and in his own name, to say a few words. ROSEN'S EARNEST WORDS. "We have just signed," continued tlir ambassador, "an act which will have fore\er a place in the annals of history. As negotiators on behalf of the empire of Russia, as well as the empire of Japan, v;e may with tranquil conscience say that we have done all '.hal was in our power in order to bring about t'no peace for which the whole r viliz< ! world was longing. We earnestly hope that friendly relations between 'lie two empires will heneefoTtli be-flrrr.iy established and we trust thai his excellency, Huron Komura. as Min ister of Foreign Affairs, and one of the lead in - statesmen of his country, wil apply to the strengthening of these relations, the wide experience and wist statesmanship he so conspicuously displayed during these negotiations, whicl have now been so auspiciously con eluded." H A RON KOMUR.VS RESPONSE. Baron Komura replied that he sharet entirely the views of Baron tie Rosen The Treaty of Portsmouth which tliej had just signed, lie snid, was in tin intercs* of humanity and civilizatioi nnH \vfl3 Intinv to holinvA that i would bring about a firm, lasting peac< between the two neighboring empires He begged to assure the Russian pleni potentiaries that it would be his dut} as well as his pleasure to do everythin} in his v wer to make the treaty in fac what it professes to he in words?j treaty of peace and amity. Portsmouth. N. H.. Special.?Tin peace opens with a preamble reeitini that his majesty, the Emperor and ail toe rat of all the Russians, and his maj esty. the Emperor of Japan, desirin; to closo the war now cubsisflng be tween them and having appointed thei respective plenipotentiaries and fur nished them with full powers, whlcl were found to he in form, have come t an agreement on a treaty of peace am arranged as follows: Article 1 stipulates for the establish ) I PIMM1 )rama Closed And The ies Down nient of peace and friendship between the sovereigns of the two empires and between the subjects of Russia and Japan, respectively. Article 2.? His majesty, the Emperor of Russia, recognizes the preponderant interest from political, military and economical points of view of Japan in the empire of Korea and stipulates that Russia will not oppose any measures for its government, protection or control that Japan will deem necessary to take in Korea in conjunction with I\WI tan vi luuriii, uut iv uooiu 11 ; subjects and Russian enterprises are to enjoy the same status as the subj< cts and enterprises of other counti ies. Article 3.?It is mutually agreed that the territory of Manchuria bo simultaneously evacuated by both Russian and Japanese troops. Roth countries are concerned in this exacuation. their situations being absolutely identical. All rights acquired by private persons and companies shall remain intact. Article 4.?The rights possessed by conformity with the lease by Russia of Port Author and Dalnv. together with the lands and waters adjacent, shall pass over in their entirety to Japan, but the properties and the rights of Russians subjects are to be safeguarded and respected. Article 3.?The governments of Russia and Japan engage themselves reciprocally not to put any obstacles to the general measures (Which shall be alike for all nations) that China may take for the development of the commerce and industry of Manchuria. Article (J.?The Manchurian Railway shall be operated jointly between Russia and Japan at Kouang-Tcheng-Tse. The two branch lines shall he operated only for commercial and industrial purposes. In view of Russia keeping her f branch line with all rights acquired by I her convention with China for the con1 struct ion of that Railway, Japan ac! quires the mines in connection with | such branch line which falls to her However, the rights of private pparties or private enterprises are to l>o respected. Roth parties to this treaty remain absolutely frree to undertake what they deem tit on cx-propriated ground. Article 7.?Russia and Japan engage themselves to make a conjunction of the two branch lines which they own I at Kouang-Tcheng-Tse. Article S.?It is agreed that the j branch lines of the Manchuria Railway shall be worked with a view to | assure c? mniercial traffic between | them without obstruction. Article !?.?Russia cedes to Japan the southern part of Sakhalin Island ' as far north as the fiftieth degree of north latitude, together with the is; | lands depending thereon. The right I of free navigation is assured In the hays of La Perouse and Tart are. Article 10.?This article recites the situation of the Russian subjects on ( 1 the southern part of Sakhalin Island and stipulates that Russian colonists i there shall he free and shall have the ' right, to remain without changing . their nationality. Per contra, the Japanese government, shall have the j right to J'.rce Russian convicts to i leave the territory which is ceded to : hor. Article 11.?Russia engages herself . j to make an agreement with Japan giving to Japanese subjects the right to fish in Russian territorial waters of 1 the Sea cf Japan, the coast of Okhotsk t and Retiring Sea. . i Article 12.?The two high contracting parties engage themselves to renew the commercial treaty existing ' between the two governments prior - to the war. In all its vigor, with slight } liiuuiuuauui^ in 111 I?i 11 . ? uiiu v?iiii ti most favored nation clause, i Article 13.?Russia and Japan recip1 rurally engage to restitute their pris oners of war on paying the real cost of keeping the same, such claim for cost to he supported by documents. Article 14.?This peace treaty shall I | be drawn up in two languages, French ; and English, the French text being ev. i idcnce for tho Russians and the Engj lish text for the Japanese. In case j of difficulty of interpretation, the i | French document to 1 e final evidence, t Article 15.?Tho ratification of this ? I treaty shall be countersigned by the 1 sovereigns of the two Slates within * [ fifty days after its signature. The " French and American embassies shall ; be intermediaries between the Japan, ese and Russian governments to anJ nounce by telegraph tho ratification of tho treaty. 1 The additional articles are agreed to as follows: p ] Article One.?Tho evacuation of i Manchuria by both armies shall lie completed within eighteen months from the signing of the treaty, begin ning with the retirement of troops of g the first line. At the expiration of the eighteen months the two parties will only be able to leav* as guards of r the railway fifteen soldiers per kilo metre. h Artlelo Two.?Tho boundary which 0 limits the pans owned respectively by . Russia ami Japan in the Sakhalin Is1 land shall be definitely marked off on the spot by a special limitogr&phic - commission. TEXTILE NEW8JF INTEREST Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and Other Manufacturing Enterprises* Fountain Inn, S. C.?The Fountain Inn Manufacturing Co., lias decided to add 4,300 spindles. The company has erected a two-story 73x104 addition to its buildings to receive the new spindles and nrenaratorv mo- 1 ? ; ^ \ ohinery, and this equipment is now j being placed in ]>osition. It is also*: nelding tiO 72-incli Janjuard looms fori weaving cotton damasks and equipping a dyeliouse. J. R. Young, sui?crintendent, made the plans for the improvements, and is in charge of all tlie work connected therewith. The cost of these betterments will amount to about $50,000. The company has been operating 5,004 ring spindles and 3,000 twisting spindles, manufacturing yearns. Its present enlargement is the second in five years under the same management. K. (Ira- j ham is president, and It. L. Graham, , treasurer. Columbia, S. C.?The stockholders \ of the Olmpia Cotton Mills, met last j week, purpsuant to a resolution 1 adopted by the directors at a meeting ( held on duly 13, and voted an increase in the capital stock t?> the amount of $3,000,000. The amount of the increase is $1,800,000, and is to be known as "first preferred stock." Practically all of this amount will he issued to the present holders of the first mortgage bonds. The company is practically reorganized. | The mill and equipment is in the best j physical condition and indications are that the demand for the product of the 100,320 spindles and 2,250 looms will be satisfactory. Textile Notes. The Lancaster. S. Cotton Mills has declared its ucual semi-annual dividend of 3 1-2 per cent. The Kureaka Cotton Mills of Clws ter, S. <\, lias declared its usual semi-" nnuunl ?livi?l??ml of 2 1-2 per cenl. Messrs. Samlers. Simtli & Co.. of c' ' _ JJ r|tl Pe.grntn was up fioiu j t r Sunday. | A r> protracted meeting at Prov J.,'' n1 , , i i - i . rmtui church, winch was conductthe pastor, Kov. Dr. Mael;,1 " ~ Si by Iiev. \Y. W. Holland. sc;"1 junta, closed Thursday night.1 pounds of the product. The rope manufactured varies from three-sixteenths to three-quarters of an inch in diameter. The Pomona Cotton Manufacturing Co. of Greensboro, N. will roof in mill No. 2. which is 12(5x200 feet in size, and (ill it with machinery later on, after the first mill of 10,000 spindles mid 200 looms is finding a ready market for its product of export sheetings and drills. A stock company has been organized at Clafton, tie., to establish a $100,000 cotton factory, and will begin to erect its buildings next month. A third cotton mill for Newberry, S. is the latest, announcement along the line of that city's progress and spirit. Charles Iceman, the promoter of the cotton mill for Cheraw. S. <\. is looking over sites for the mill. It is said that sullieient capital has been subscribed to buibl the mill at once. Capital $100,000. Capitalists of Meridian. Miss, disgusted with eastern associates failing to put up $200,000 promised money, have assumed charge of the proposed Beatrice Cotton Mills, costing $500,000. Half the capital is already raised, and the plaut will he bonded for the balance. It may now he counted as an established fact, that Cherryville is to have her fourth cotton mill in the near future. A Winston special says: "C. 11. Watson left for Halifax county, Va., to appear for the defense in a $dO,000 damage suii. instituted against ilie i?ivc cotton null at Koanoke Wapitis, for which .John Patterson, formerly of this city, is manager. The ease is set for trial this week. The Saluda River Power. Co. reports steady progress on the construction of the dam for its water power development five miles from Greenville. The dam will ho 38 feet high, to develop 2">00 horse-power. The work of installing the new electric lighting system in the White Oak Cotton Miil? >?t Greensboro has been completed and accepted. The plant is one of the largest in the South, there being \n one of the rooms of tho mill over 300 arc lights of 1,000 candle power each. Tho system was installed under the direction of Mr. W. K."Chapman. i EARTHQUAKE SHOCK Disturbances Distinctive and Severe in Parts of Italy 370 REPORTED DEAD IN T!iE SOUTH Shock Before Daylight is Said to Have Completely Destroyed 18 Villages and Wrought Widsprcad Loss of Life and Property in the Southern Extremity of the Pennisria. Ronio, By Cable.?All Italy is suffering from terrible depression because of tlie news from the South, where one of the worst earthquakes ever experienced occurred Friday. Although the earthquake was felt all over Calabria ar.d to a certain extent in Sicily, the worst news came from Pizzo and Montcleone and fn\\ 'he eighteen villages, which are said to have been completely destroyed. According to the latest news receive*:, 370 persons have been l illed ami a great number injured. It is as yet impossible to even estimate the property losses. The shock was felt at 2.r>.*i o'clock Friday morning, ft lasted for eighteen seconds at Catanzaro and soon thereafter was felt at Messina, Rem- , gino. Montcleone, Martirano, Stelae- < oni, Plcpio, Triparli, Zmararo, Cessaniti, Nahla, Olivani and other points. Scenes of indescribable terror en- ' sued. Women, aroused from their sleep, rushed half clothed into :hc streets, screaming with fear, carrying their babies and dragging along their other children, and calling for help on the madonna and the saints. The men escaped into the open with their ' families, all calling on their favorite saints for protection. The cafe3 wore taken by assault by the strangely garbed crowd, but as daylight, broke without a repetition of the earthquake the crowd gradually melted away until by 8 o'clock the streets had almost assumed their normal appear* ance except in the ruined villages, where the inhabitants bad no homes to *(> to. The general confusion was j >*lidcd to by dreadful cries from the j ii*, wu?r? iin1 prisoners were ueJo themselves with frigh' and in , me cases mutinied, but fortunately ' the prisoners were kept within I'd: unds. in Troops, engineers and doctors hav? ,| ] jn hurried to the scenes of the <li -- er to assist in the work of rescue 11''d salvage. The .Ministry of the InLUlJsior sent $1,000 for tile relief of t.:? destitute, and the Minister of Public Works left for Calabria in the evening. Public Printer Palmer Dismissed. Oyster Ray, X. Y., Special.?President Roosevelt took summary action in I the ease of Frank W. Palnter.Puhlic Printer, and head of tho Government .Printing 0..ce at Washington. Igtst Monday the President directed Mr. Palmer to send him his resignation to take effect on the ISth instant. At the same lime lie directed him not to take any further action in the ease of Oscar .1, Ricketts, foreman of printing, and L. C. Hay. a division forman. in tho Government Printing Office, whose resignations Mr. Palmer had requested. In direct disobedience of the President's instructions, .Mr. Palmer on the 5th instant, not ified Ricketts and I lay that the time^ which they might have in whic h to answer his c harges would be extended until Saturday, the 9th instant. As this was a violation of the President's specific instructions, and as the case of Ric ketts and Hay had been placed in the bands of tlie- Keep commission for investigation, the president felt it was time to take positive Si ill rn'roi'/Uni* Mr* Do'm/ii* I I t Imro fore removed him from office by telegraph and dim-ted him to turn over the Government Printing Office to Foreman Iticketts. whom he has desig- j natcd as actios Public Printer. Asheville Slayer Arrested. Asheville, N. C.. Special.?Floyd E. James was arrested Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock by Patrolman James on a warrant charging him with the murder of James Dougherty, Vast Sunday night, August -7. Mr. Jamas was placed under arrest while at work, a short distance from his residence, and brought to the city h.ol. H" was in conference with attorneys relating to the conduct of his case and at the ( (inclusion of this conference a preliminary hearing will 1)3 had. When arrested Mr. Jame3 decided that he was uii uuiuccni man and nun m- regreueti the arrest more ou his wife's account than on his own. Stranded Vessel Sighted. Norfolk. Va.. Special.?The steamer Aragon, lumber laden from Georgetown. S. C., to New York via Norfolk, which stranded two miles south of False Cape, on the Virginia coast. The Aragon and the lmnber-laden barge Saxon, which went ashore with the | steamer but was subsequently floated, I arrived here this afternoon apparently uninjured. I I Painful H Life often seems too lo ?H fers from painful period down, headache, backache aizziness, griping, cramp Eg dreadful To make life w I Ifinrf I It Eases Wc Iigg It quickly relieves inflammat 9 strengthens the constitution and p HB ditlons from which weak women si It Is matchless, marvelous, r< rijj At all druggest's in $ 1.00 bot >4 WRITE US A LETTER freely and frankly, In strictest contidence, telling ns all your symptoms and troubles. Wo will send free advice (In plain sealed envelope), how to raQ cure them. Address: Ladies' Advisory Dept., The Chattanooga Atedicine Co., COTTON FOLKS MEET m ? Great Growers' Gathering At Asheville, North Carolina I2-CENT MEN ARE IN THE MAJORITY xwo nunureci uominittteemcn, Dele gates and Visitors Present at Opening Session of Southern Cotton Growers' Convention ?Fourteen Cotton-Growing States Represented. Asheville. Special.?The Southern Cotton Growers' Association, which convened at Kenilworth Inn Wednesday morning at 10:.10 o'clock, with President Harvie Jordau in the chair, is distinctly a meeting in the interest of tlie grower; it is a meeting for which the manipulator has little use; it is a meeting that has little use for the manipulator; it is a meeting on which such men us Theodore H. Price may look in upon but whose voice must not be raised in its councils; it is a meeting composed of the bone and sinew of the south, the cotton producer; it is a meeting of intelligent men; it is a meeting of prosperous men. In fact, it is a meeting to perpetuate the reign of "King Cotton," with t.hc >'out".ierii Cotton Growers' Association as the power behind the throne. THE OPENING SESSION. When President Jordan rapped for order in the sun parlor of Kenilworth Inn lie looked out upon an assembly of (ommitleumen, delegates and visit?e*s to the number of fully 200. The attendance at the convention is gathered from the 14 cotton growing States and Territories of the Pnion. They are here for business. They are r< pre ui.u ihi i n** mo;,i prosperous section ?>f tli" '-a? ion, the cotton belt of the South. Tluy tiro all smiles and they intend to make the people on the other side" feel their power. Presidi :it Jordan dispensed with a set speech. He stated in terse and concise lanfMage the purpose of the meeting; to hear discussion on conditions; te secure accurate statistics direct from the growers to fix the minimum price of cotton and to strengthen Mie association. At the conclusion of President .Tor dan's remark J. A. Brown, of Chadburn. N. C., welcomed the convention on behalf of North Carolina. The question of Axing the minimum price of cotton was discussed at some Tcngth. it was finally agreed that each State delegation elect one mem her to compose the minimum priet committee anil that this committee tlx the minimum price and report t< the executive committee of the asso elation. It was also agreed that tin statistical committee and the minimutt committee should hold joint sessions The representatives selected to fix th< minimum price of cotton aro as fol lows: Brooks, of Alabama; Love, o Arkansas; Miller, of Georgia; Max well, of Louisiana; Witherspoon, oi Mississippi; Allison, of North Caro lina; Smith, of South Carolina, chair man; Davis, of Tennessee; Mickey, o Texas, and Erwin, of Oklahoma. Tin committee appointed to issue an ud dress through the association is com posed cf II own, of North Carolina i v Periods! ng to the woman who suf- B s. The eternal bearing- 9 ?, leucorrhea, nervousness, I s and similar tortures are H 'orth living, take B mm I men's Pains I ion. purifies and enriches the blood, Wj ermanently cures all diseased conjliable. HE "I SUFFERED CREATLY," UX writes Mrs. L. E. Clevenger, of Belle- KS| view, N. C., *'at my monthly periods, all my life, but the first bottle of Car- ? dui gave me wonderful relief, and now Ml I am in better health than I have been Hj fora long time. I thinkCardui thegreatest woman's medicine in the world." 1 McMartin. of Mississippi, ami Smith, of South Carolina. Tho establishment of a newspaper as an official organ for the Cotton Growers' Association, a question which was carried over from the Memphis meeting, came up for discussion. Owing to the absence of three members* of the committee having the matter in charge, Mr. Moody, of Alabama, said ho was unwilling to report. There appeared to he a decided sentiment against the establishment of such a paper, which was emphasized when A. I.. Brook took the floor and spoke for an hour and a half against tho proposition. Mr. Brook said there was no necessity for a cotton growers' organ. as the press of tho South was doing all in its power to advance the interests of the Southern cotton grower:.. At the conclusion of Mr. Brook's speech, a motion to adjourn till Irt o'clock tlio next, morning was carried. The report of the committee on minimum price will not he made until i in' morning session 1 nursnay. rncro are two elements contending with each other. One is holding out for 12 rent#*, the otJior wants tlio price fixed at 10 cents. It is believed that the 12 eiiii men are in the majority, and that this will he the minimum price. There is n probability, however, of a compromise on 11 cents. The committee having in charge tho fixing of the minimum price of tho coming cotton crop is as follows: Brooks, of Alabatnn: Ixivo, of Arkansas: Milh r, of (leorgia; Maxwell, of Louisiana; iVitherspoon, of Mississippi; Allison, of North Carolina; Smith, of South Carolina: l>avis, of Tennessee t chairman f; Hickey, of Texas, and Krwin, of Oklahoma. Private Car Line Rates. Washington, Special. The Southern Railway, the Atlantic Coast Lino, the Central of Ocorgia. the Atchison, Topeka K- Santa IV and tho Pennsylvania ii.ive filed their answers to the inquiry of the inter-State commerce commission concerning relations between roLigrrator linos and railroads. All ex< i *<t the last two mentioned declare t! at they are in no way responsible for the oliany< s made by (lie Armour Car Lines. More Dispensary Rottenness. Sumter, S. Special. Wednesday's i w<> sessions or mo dispensary investigating (onnnission wore productive of evidence tending to show that L. J. Williams, recently defeated for Coni gr<vs, used his influence while chair an of the Slate board, to get county j i sponsors to get their friends to the polls in the interest of the gubernatorial enndidacy of ex-Congressman J. W. Yalbert. now chief political gladiator against tin dispensary, and threatening to rrn for Governor on tlio prohibition platform. , i [ Millions For Land Act. London. Ity Cable.?Walter Hume 1 , Long. Chief Secretary of Ireland, announces tlint the Treasury has ageed to provide additional funds amounting to $1.0(10.000 before the end of the year, together with such an amount of stork during tlie year 1906 as will produce J.IO.OOn.tMM) rash to facilitate the operations of the Irish land ad. and to remedy the recent stoppage of sales of land through the inability to advance the purchase momnry owinga 1'? lack of funds. Atlanta Patient Dead. f Atlanta. Special. ? Atlanta's only vellow fever case resulted fatally I ! shortly after noon Tuesday. The paMent, J. C. Caruthers, who arrived ,-rom Pensacola last Friday arid who was sent to the detention hospi' tl f several miles from the city, died after an attack of yellow feve.- of a pronounced type. No other cases have reached here and nono is expected with the vigorous precautions that havo been taken to exclude even suspicious cases from outside points.