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FORT MILL TIMES. BBI^^HHIHHBlHIHHHHHHIHB^E2BHflE5E2^Z2?S25SSSME^552S32HBSCOE5EI3EM29HBEflBHDIHC2IHE5SflESE55S55EESE55S55SSS5jilBSS VOL, XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27,1905. NO. 27. FRANCE IN EARNEST Determined to Compel Caatro to Act in Better Faith PATIENCE IS FINALLY EXHAUSTED Venezuelan Dictator Must Disavow Offensive Attitude Toward French Charge d'Affairs at Caracas or Negotations Will Be Broken Off. Paris, By Cable.?The offensive attitude of Venezuela toward M. Taigny, the French charge d'affaires at Caracas, has aroused indignation in offi vim ijuuriers nerc. Although the Ministry lias not yet taken deCtiite action. It is said in the highest quarters that Premier Rouvier undoubtedly will demand that Venezuela disavow the offensive action and adopt a course conformable with the usual courtesies of diplomatic intercourse. The Venezuelan authorities are now seeking to show that their action was directed against M. Taigny personally, and not against the French government, but officiels here do not accept the distinction between M. Taighv's personal and official capacity. The semi-official Temps Friday printed a leading article reflecting the official sentiment on the subject. It said that M. Taigny has been ordered to insist on Venezuela's withdrawing her positive refusal to deal with him. If the withdrawal is made and President Castro makes an apology, then the negotiations will continue. If Venezuela does not accede it will he unwise to immediately break off diplomatic relations by the withdrawal of M. Taigny. since this would leave French interests unprotected. The best course would ho for France and the United States to make a joint naval demonstration, fllmllnr t r\ 1m In V?: -.1- r% ? A * I..UV ill nllll'll Vjn-lll DHiaill, Germany and Italy took part. The authorities here say that exchanges will occur at Washington relative to the mutual interest involved in the pending controversies. M. Jusserand, the French ambassador to the United States, will sail for New York. Slain in Political Clash. Havana, Fly Cable.?Ofllcinl dispatches received Friday afternoon from Cienfugos announced the killing of Congressman Enrique Villuendas, leader of the Liberal party and the most able orator of the lower house, and the chief of police of Cienfugos, during a conflict between the two political parties, the Liberals and the Moderates. The government advices say the police had information that within the hotel in which Villuendas resided a a quantity of arms had been deposited, and they went to the hotel to investigate the matter. As the police ascended the stairs they were met by a party of Liberals, who fired on / them, killing Chief of Police Illance. The police returned the fire, killing Villuendas and wounding several others. Intense excitement prevailed at Cienfugos and Havana. The government authorities fear the result which the affair may have upon the election of members of the election boards, which will be held Saturday. As the news spread throughout Havana the Liberals and Moderates are rapidly gathering in their respective clubs, nnd it Ik feared that unless the leaders give wise counsel a clash may result A dispatch from Cienfugos says that about six persons were killed and 25 wounded during the conflict. Out For Governor of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., Special.?Dr. R. M. Cunningham, of Fnsley, Ala.. Lloutenant Governor of Alabama, announced his candidacy . for Governor of the Stnte In a letter which The Advertiser will print. The Lieutenant, Governor, in his communication, shows his position on all the public questions now being agitated in State politics, and points to his own political record. Ex-Govcrnor O'Farrall Dead. Richmond. Special.?Former Governor Charles T. O'Ferrall, of Virginia, died In this city at 10 o'clock Friday morning from nervous prostration. He had been in failing health for ahexut a year, but prior to his death had been confined to his bed for only a month, the last three flnvs of which he wns nn conscious. Owing to paralysis of the throat he was unable to take nourishment Governor O'Ferrall served in the Confederate army, rising from the rank of private to that of colonel and was for six terms Representative In Congress from the seventh Virginia district He was 65 years old. Mikasa's Commander Attempts Suicide. Tokio, By Cable.?A special to The Jiji from Sasebo says thai Captain Inichf, commander of the Hi-fated Mlkasa, made an attempt to commit suicide after an address to the survivors of the warship, hy jumping from a window. He was severely wounded about the head, and is now reported to be in a critical condition in the Sasebo naval hospital. I | *3? V -W .. IMMIGRATION AND QUARANTINE Great Gathering Tailed Foi the Consideration of Livo Topics. In the development of the South, vital Questions are Involved aside from these which tend solely to its material growth and progress. Its matchless climate, generous soil, riches in minerals, fields and forests; its beauty in hills, alleys, fruits and flowers: its wealth in fountains, streams and rivers are indeed priceless gifts from Nature's treasury, yet they are onlv snnm nf factors that contribute to the advancement and welfare of a people. The possession of health, the cultivation of mind and morals, the establishment of right rather than might and the reign of truth and justice? these are the things more to be prized than all others for which mankind should strive, for these are the foundations bn which the ages of Christian civilization must ever rest. Frtrui time immemorial these are the standards by which the people of the South have sought to be measured, and there is no stronger obligation resth on its citizens today than to earnest desire and honestly endeavor to upho these standards for the benefit of tl present and fntnre generations. To the thoughtful observer of passin events this proud heritage is being no naced from two sources at this tim and it is to emphasize this fact an concentrate public sentiment thereoi that this call for a Southern Immigrt tion and Quarantine Conference is set out. In the attempt that has been mad by various cities, towns and commun ties in the South to protect themselve from the dread ravages of yellow feve the most strenuous and at times unreo sonable, unnecessary and burdensom measures have been adopted, measure that not only tended to cripple and d< stroy business and commerce, bt which reflected on the very instincts < our common luimenitv nmi reproach to civilization itself. It is ev dent, therefore, that some uniform sy? tem of quarantine should he adoptc that will allay the apprehensions of th people, and minimize the dangers n suiting from an outbreak of this do ease. This Is necessary if we shoul save our land from the demoralizin and brutalizing tendencies of a pani inspired quarantine. Again, there are coming into th United States at the present time, lai ger numbers of foreign immigrant than ever before in our country's lik tory. Among these are great masse* who are wholly undesirable and whoj it. will he impossible to assimilate wit' our institutions. There is apparently desire or tendency to bring many these undesirable immigrants to Sout ern ports, and also to distribute th from Northern centers. Into the So' Unless proper safeguards are insti ed now. these classes will come among us In such numbers as will inevitably lower our standard of citizenship, destroy our present peaceful labor conditions. and mongrelize our population. The South will welcome desirable immigrants from any and all lane'.-;, but it has already racial problems of such gravity that no others should be invited until proper safeguards are pro viucu iii ituvuni'f in meir coming. For the foregoing reason, therefore, this call for a Southern Conference on Immigration and Quarantine, to he held in the city of Chattanooga. Tennessee, on November 9 and 10. 1905, and we designate the following persons as those expected to compose and participate in this conference: Governors of Southern States; members of Congross; Commissioners of Agriculture; Mayors of cities; one Representative from National. State, County or City Boards of Health; one Representative from each Railroad System, preferably the Immigration Agent; the Editor. Publisher, or Proprietor m Newspapers nnd not more thnn live representatives from each Commercial Organizations in the South. All parties thus designated may consider themsehes fully authorized under this call to aid in furthering its object, and are requested toco-operate with us in mnkiny the same what it should be for the South. Mexican War Pensioners. Tar! oro. Special.?-Mrs. Susan Wiliams, aged 75 years, a pensioner of the Mexican war. was struck by the en g'.ne of a freight, train from Rocky Mount, niul instantly killed at Medora, three miles north of South Rocky Mount, on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad Thursday morning. The unfortunate woman attempted to cross the track in front of the moving train in an effort to save the life of a pet dog. wthout apparent cognizance of the j? qiardy in which she placed her/>wn self. The deceased was a widow of .John Williams, who served the Coast Line as a section master for a number of years. Quarantine Against Cuban Ports. Houston, Tex., Spcrial?State Health Officer T^ber ha3 declared a quarantine against all Cuban ports, because of the prevalence of so-called "dengue" fever hi Havana and other parts of the Island. The delay In the effectiveness of the quarantine against all ports except Havana is to give vessels now en route to Galveston an opportunity to get in. they having sailed from they were informed wcro cJoar ports. MORE GRAFT SHOWN= Equitable Life Insurance Company is Easy Victim of Rascality MORTON WANTS MILLION REPAID The Disposition of Life Insurance Tunds is Naturally i Qacsti'iix Taat Interests All the People. New York, Special.?That the Equitable Life Assurance Society paid out $I21S,2t;4 to the Mercantile Trust Company in connection with certain loans known as "the Turner loans" and that these payments were without authority, so far as the records of the society disclose, became known today when Paul Morton, president of the society, made public a report on the subject submitted by him to the society's directors. These transactions occurred in what Mr. Morton referred to as "the , 's , ? I li e 1 a . e 1 3 3 3 e 't t I , 1 < I 1 % 4 > ? ( \ t ( .1 11 I1 "The records of the society," aam Mr. Morton, "disclose no authority whatever for these payments, and the cash entries in respect to them were ' very obscure." Govcvaor Heyward Act;;. 1 Columbia, S. C.. Special.?Governor ^ Heyward has started the machinery in his office in motion to have a vigorous \ and thorough investigation of the kill- << ing of the negro, Dave Pendleton, in J Abbeville county Sunday night, by a i party of about a dozen friends and 1 kinsmen of Jim Moore, whom the negro killed apparently in self-defense. The people of Honea Path are aiding the Governor and it is thought that all those taking part in the killing will ' bo indicted for murder. The Governor J telegraphed Solicitor Cooper, engaged a with the I^aurens court as follows; t "I am informed that a murder by a t mull uus uiht'ii puu-e near nonca ram. ^ Circumstances are such that infomation can bo secured if you go there. v I wish you to proceed to Honea Path 1 a't once. Have Judge appoint some one li to take your place for I^aurens court 'J and, if necessary. I will defray expen- s ses. Call on me at any time, and I will assist you in any way in my power." 1 n More Delay in Gaynor- Green Case. Montrael, (Quebec, Special.?Decision in tho habeas corpus proceedings instituted to secure th? release of (Jay t nor and Greene, the contractors charg \ ed with defrauding the United Stater t government, was not handed down, as has been expected. It was announced * that Junge Ouimet probably will hand f down his finding in tho case on Thurs- i day. \ 'J Torpedo Boat Lawrence Damaged. ^ Norfolk, Special.?The United i Knot T ? 1---1 mv??vvo lui jnu' n\mv j<u ??:nn r n iJilll- ' ly damaged. When examined in the ^ dry dock at the navy yard she showed that extensive repairs were necessary. She belong to the flotilla division of ^ the coast defense squadron of the j North Atlantic fleet. In coming from .1 Annapolis here her propel lor struck a 11 submerged log in Chesponke ltay and J bent the shaft. This will be straightened and the propeller will be re- ^ placed. .. ' < MULE NEWSJF INTEREST Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and Other Manufacturing EnterprisesMAXTON, N. C. The Observer's correspondent '.earns from a very reliable source of an out-of-town capitalist who is very much interested in building a large cotton mill at this place, if a good site can be had and some stock taken by Maxton people. This, we are confident, can be arranged, as there hace been several land owners who have sffered sites for this purpose, gratis, ii.iii min means a mill hi lilt' near | future. One of the locations men-1 tioned above is adjacent to with the Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Line tracks, which would make shipping easy over either line. We hope to report something detinate on this soon. NASHVILLE. TENN. Joe B. Morgan and his associates have obtained a charter of incorporation for the Warioto Cotton Mills, with capital stock of $200,0(10. This company will' take up its proposition for purchasing and modernizing the Nashville Manufacturing Com jinny plant, which it. has bought under certain conditions pertaining to the present least . The general plan is to have an equipment of 10,000 spindles and JOO looms. The company was incorporated by Mr. Morgan. Joseph II. Thompson. William Nelson. I'M win Warner and M. J. Smith. FAYETTEVILLE. TENN. The Llk Cotton Mills, are understood to have planned the erection >f a dam to develop power which will he converted into electricity and furnished to onerate a $'50,000 cotton factory which the company intends lidding to its present piant. Charles Iceman, the well-known cotton mill manager, living at MeColl, s. is interested in plans which are wing formulated at Cheraw, S. ('.. for the organization of a cotton mil! company there. CHARLOTTE. N. C. A charter has quite recently been ditaincd for another cotton mill here \ i111 a capital of $5100,000. The in orporators are Messrs. L. A. Smith uid .\. II. Washburn, of this city, and ind T. (5. Cox. oi Taunton. Mass. .Mr. Smith is president or' the 'hadwiek ami lloskins mills ami Mi-. iVashburn is the Soul hern agent of lie Saco-lYttoe Maeliine shops, the Yompton & Kuowlcs Loom Works, lnet other enterprises ami is a man <>L iffairs. It is an enti rprise whose sucess is assured. houston, tex. Inquiries have been receiver from inrties connected with two eottou uills that are desiriotis of locating iore, provided the proper cneouragenent l.V received. ^)ne company is inxious to erect a $2.~>0,0dd mil! if ;1 .'>0.000 is invested by local capital, ind the other is a $100,000 concern, vitli $25,000 capital, anxious to reeivc assistance from local capital. \.n investigation of the propositions s being made, as it is admitted that louston needs a large cotton mill. gastoNia. n. c. The new Monena Mill, is now com dete. as far as outward appearances re concerned. It has added consi.Ierbly to the attractiveness of the other wo mills?Modena Xos. 1 aml2? hough the best street on the hill had o be crossed by the building. The rindows and the roof arc now coindtcd Olid tiir?iv> v . V 1 vaiiUU'n ni'llllir^ iu ie done 1mt i(? put in the machinery. Phis is being brought ii now and will con be installed. The mill will be oa.lv for operation by the time its iromoters bad planned for it to bein. Textile Notes. The 'ollo'on Cotton Mills, at V.'alerhc.ro, S. ('., were sold at auction n that city recently tnder order of he Uu ted States District Heart, for sVl.O.Vt. John F. liiicis president of he Coileton Hanking Company, ?.t, in- i l.c purchaser. The upset price cos .'i\ed it $4.?,000 by tlm court. Tin re were two other bidden. The Monroe (N. C.) Cotton Mills vill add looms and discontinue uiaknu yarns. It is hoped to have the 'hanged condition in operation by 'furuarv mm. 1 I SPRAY, N. C. i It is announced that the American Hi read Company will he organized 'or the purpose of establishing a mill 'or the manufacture of line cotton ind woolen varus. An equipment of lie latest improved mule spindles will >e installed It. Frank Melinite and lis associates in the cotton mills of >prny arc interested in the new enteric se. t I DRAG ^5 down p^ins are a symptom of d? can attack a woman, viz: fa! ftS generally, come irregular, pai Hi wasteful, weakening drains, Kg nervousness, dizziness, irritat ?S walk, loss of appetite, colo | THE FEMALE jS2 that marvelous, curative extr ig which exerts such a wonder] :M all female organs. Cardui menses, stops drains atul stii dXj pull the womb up into place. $3 It is a sure and permanent jl WRITE US A LETTER i'iy Put aside all timidity and write us freely and frankly, ia strictest contl>;1 dcncc, telliuR us all your symptoms and troubles. We will send free advice 'kg (in plain, scaled envelope), liow to euro them. Address: Ladles'Advisory i i I M:\YSY (;LKAMN(!S. Kaiser Wilhclin II. receives from (>00 to 700 ltd tor* ami appeal* daily. A flawless !(50-knrnt diamond has been found near Johannesburg, South Africa. A performing monkey named Dolly is being treated for p.ieunitfiiiu at the Charing Cross Hospital, London. Tin' lirst telegraphic longitude station i11 Labrador has it; at established a' ("ita. an Hay hv Dr. Otto Klotz. The Cowiniucul of India will send four graduate students to Cornell University to take s-i?1 \\ o: i; it; agriculture. Many Chine.-- in Aim*. were poisoned. owing to an aitcnip .< smuggle morphia into ;!i in a Hour shiptpent. The word '-n.>g" has en added to lite langgtuv to ti - a io . the combination of smoke and l'og witlcSi so often darkens London streets. tJrorge Ado'* farm covers t><K) acres, lie has named it "llnzehlen," and it is m ar Kctuland. Intl. It pays him eight per cent, on his investment. Texas, in the fiscal years 15HX5 ami i'.liiT. will pay SOiKl.KrU to Ctmfcdertite v.-leran* for pensions, besides expending Slot ."-.'IS for tlie siiiuinr' of ilu> ? federate Home. Aii;:isitis Saint-G amicus. the sculptor. li;i< completed his plans and is now working nil tin' clay model of his statue of .Mark Ilannu, which is to be eroded in Cleveland. A chili has been formed by deaf women of Berlin. A hundred members meet weekly in Wilhelm Strasse, where they drink tea as they converse in the sign language or with ilie aid of ear trumpets. Mrs. Mildred Dewey, wife of Admiral Dewey, has returned to the Twcnty-eiglitli Alabama Regiment the Hag captured at Orchard Knob during the Civil War by her lirst husband, General llazcn. Waiting For Lower Cotton. Fall P.iver. Mass., Special.?Sales In the r.int cloth market for the week w'il amount to almut. 75,000 pieces. The jemand continues quiet for all classes of goods. The future course of the market will depend largely on the new cotton crop. Manufacturers are believers in lower prices for% the raw material, and are only purchasing enough to cover necessities. Samples of the new crop are being shown and are said to be of a good quality. Will Exchango Ratifications in Washington. Washington. Special.?It can now be stated definitely that the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty of peace between Japan and Russia will take place in Washington, shortly after the treaty has been ratified by their respective sovereigns. It is probable that this will be done in the White House as a compliment to President Roosevelt. but no definite arrangements have been made nor has it been decided by whom the treaties shall be exchanged. Upheaval in Colombia. Panama. By Cable.?Ilnconfl-med reports have reached hero to the effect that General Rr.ffael Reyes, President of Colombia, declared himself dictntor on September 8th, and imprisoned the members o' the Supreme Court at Bogota. Mobs, anger,o.l by this action. attacked the presidential palace and wcro fired tn by troops, who killed many of the rioters. The report says that revolutions have started in Antloqula and Santander. No man is more, unreservedly called u oiuiiiicico^ uai 111(111 tliv ut;\v reporter, and no man considers the slanders against him more lightly, says the Louisville Times. His conRclence is usually clear, his motives disinterested, his knowledge of human nature comprehensive, his senst> of humor keen and his knowledge of his traduccrs complete. d aGS!MG 4 the most serious trouble which 9 ling of the womb. With this, H. nful, scanty or profuse periods, H dreadful backache, headache, 9 >ility, tired feeling, inability to H r and beauty. The cure is rgl REGULATOR, H nct,<ir natural wine, of herbs, LjS ful, strengthening inlluence on relieves pain, regulates the taB mulates the womb muscles to cure for nil female complaints. ?H "i SUFFERED AWFUL PAIN S in my womb ami ovaries," writes Mm. Nootnl Hake, of Webster Groves, Mo.. UM "also in lay right and left Rides, ami M my menses were very painful ami irre.'ular. Rinee talcing Cardul, I 3IS feel like a ne.v woman, ami do not F?9 suffer cut I did. It ia llio ileal nicdivino 1 ever had in niy house." "JB PROMINENT PEOPLE. a ?? A Tlio Herman Euiperor wrote 7000 lettors last year. ^ Thomas A. Edison is said to contemplate an extended tour of Europe. Major Robert II. Montgomery. U. S. A. tretired), died a few days ago at his home in Washington from Briglit's disease. ? . firand Duke Constant ire of Russia is said, to lie the most cultured Romanoff now living. lie has translated Shakespeare into liis native tongue. . ( .lames J. Hill, the railroad magnate, celebrated liis sixty-sevpntli birthday, on September lit at a banquet given by Minneapolis business men. Harry Iv. Dovereux, of Cleveland, is the only living model of the three who posed for the fainou* panning, "Yankee I >ooille," portrayed by Willard. lustin McCarthy savs.thnt Ids threw objects in life liavc been lUWhud. They were: To write hooks, to be nr member of Parliament and to live in 1,011(101). Frederick Theodore Camp, the arcliU teet who designed the Ocean Drove Auditorium, died recently at his homo in Itloomlleid. N. .T.. of cirrhosis of the liver. He was li f i y - six years old. John CJrant I.awson. Chairman of roiniiiitteeK and Deputy Speaker of tho British House of Commons, on liis mother's side is the grandson of the original of one of Dickens' "Cheerybio Brothers." If Lord Toniplomore. who lately celebrated his eighty-fourth birthday, is not the oldest peer lie is without doubt "father" of the House of Lords, of which lie has been a member for sixtythree years. Professor Theodore A. Schurr, who has just died in Baltimore, was a pioneer in the crusade against killing birds for hat adornment. He had a collection of birds and butterflies representing f>0,000 specimens, valued at about $100,000. i Another Woman Murdered. New York, Special.?In the discovery of the body of a woman huddled underneath the rear stoop of a big tenement at 240 West Thirty-second street Monday, the police believe they had evidence of another murder. The victim, whose name was unknown, was about ov veins oki ana evidently in poor oircustances. The clothing was disarranged, her face bruised and there were marks of violence about the throat, which aroused the suspicions of the police. By Wire and Cable. The body of Charles Herzog, who confessed to the murder of a girl 30 1 years ago, for which another man was hanged, was found in a ravine near Minot, North Dakota. ufc A woman corset expert in New I York declares that within 10 years most men will wear corsets. Hon. William .1. IVrynn declares that ho is in politics to stay, but that he will not be n Presidential candidate in l For Motor Car Ijinc. Newport News, Va., Special.?A corporation has been formed under the name of the Virginia Peninsula Itall- , way, with $.100,000 capital, to build railway from this city to Yorkto*w? with a branch linj to Pcquoson. It intended later i.? ext?-nd ihe line from here to Hampton, Phoobu3 and dd Point Comfort. Gasoline motor SI will be ut>o.l, W. A. Post is pro- ^ When we w. snyii the ^ ' -? erhiil Gazette, and di in't d'T<? to A tie our quarrels n any otha'* there used to be a let of w '*h\ct ^ in cubing '.sing doing the other boy*no hajr.i, an I > . ing safer for all con$criu.'dj, ^ J.