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GOVERNMENT WINS IN TOBACCO TRUST CASE COMBINATION DECLARED ILLEGAL BY U. S. SUPREME COURT. Ordered to Distintegrate in Harmony With Sherman Act Within Six or Eight Months. wa.hington, May 29.-The Tobacco Trust decision is characterized by At torney Ge?neral Wickersham as a most comprehensive and sweeping victory for the government. The trust is held to be a combina tion in restraint of trace-a monopoly in violation of the law. The decision aff^cts 67 American corporations, two English corpora tions and 29 individual defendants. If. at the end of six or eight months, the corporations fail to bring themsel ves within the law, a receivership and dissolution by court decrees will fol low. The trust is held to have been guil ty of intimidating, and clearly to have shown a purpose to stifle competition. Chief Justice White announced the decision, which was practically unan imous, although Justice Harlan dis sented on several points. As in the Standard Oil case, Justice Harlan resents the. application of the "rule of reason" to the Sherman anti trust law. The court having held the defena ant corporation guilty of conscious wrong-doing. Justice Harlan is not at all anxious to perpetuate any, new combination growing out of them. Washington, May 29.-The govern ment today won a sweeping victory over the so-called "Tobacco Trust,' when the supreme court held the American Tobacco company and its allied corporations to be operating in vic.tion of the Sherman anti-trust law. By directing that the combination be forbidden the privilege of Inter-State commerce or be placied in the hands of a receiver unless it disintegrates in harmony with the law within six, or at the most. eight months, the court is regarded to have dealt with thie to bacco corporations more drastically than with the Standard Oil company o'f New Jersey, whose dissolution was ordered two weeks ago. Two Sections Violated. -Both the first and slecond sections of the Sherman anti-trust law have been violated by the so-called Tobacco trust, according to the court. Not only has it, in the eyes of the court re strained wrongfully and unlawfully interstate commerce, but it has at tempted to monopolize the tobacco business to the injury of the public and .of its competitors. While the decree was regarded as unusually sev'ere, at the same time there was a touch of leniency in not making the combination an outlaw ''now." The various elements of the comtination are to be given an oppor tunity, under the supervision of the Uinitied States circuit court for the Southern district of New York, of re creation so that there may be brought about "a new condition which shall be honestly in harmony with, and not repugnant to the law." Opinion by Chief Justice. The opinion of the court was an nounced, by Chief Justice White, whc also delivered the opinion of the court in the Standard Oil case. The sentire court agreed that the American Tobacco company v~iolated the Sherman anti-trust law, but Asso ciate Justice Harlan dissented from the repeated interpretation of the Sherman anti-trust law so as to call for. th~e application of the "rule of rea son" in determining what restraints of trade were forbidden by the act. Ir this respect the division of the couri 'was the same as in the Standard Oil case. Justice Harlan also took issure -with the rest of the court as to the reorganization of the tobacco comn pany, saying that he had found noth ing in the record which made 'him "ai all, anxious to perpetuate any new combination among the companies which the court conceded at all times ~exhibited a conscious wrong doing." Adheres to "Rule of Reason." The court reiterated its determina. tion to follow "the rule of reason" ir determining what restraints of tradi violate the Sherman anti-trust law Chief Justice White explained ai length the decision of the court in th4 Standard Oil case, but did not qualif: the reasoning in that case so as t< har-m'xize it In any particular wit] the dissenting views expressed b: Justice Harlan and by other critics o: the decision. Tonight it .is regarded as settle( 'that the "rule of reason" will prevai throughout the land in the interpreta. tion of ,the Sherman anti-trus lawi unil at least the personnel of th'e cour greatly changes or the Sherman anti trust law {s amended. NEWS OF PROSPEUITY. Deatis of Mrs. Lizzie Hunter and Miss Martha Pugh-Old Folks' Day. Personal 3fention. Prosperity, June 1.-Old Folks' day has come and gone leaving a bless ing in the hearts and minds of many of the friends and members of Grace Lutheran church. The program was carried out as was arranged and din ner was served on the church lawn. Dr. P. D. Simpson made an excellent talk in the welcoming address. Mr. J. F. Browne had cahrge of the music and the <-xcelnt singing of the choir and children was evidence of a mas terly hand at its head. But the crowning feature of the day was the sermon by one of the oldest members of the South Carolina Synod the Rev. Mr. Austin, of Leesville, who said in part: Gen., 47 chapter, verses S and 9: "And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? and Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimmage are an hundred and thir ty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimmage." Our text introduces us to one of the most striking scenes of the Old Testament history. We have before us three distinguished individuals, the monarch of Egypt, Pharaoh, Joseph raised from a captive to the ruler of a kingdom introducing his father to Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, "How old art tnou?" Let us consider the question asked. This is a very com mon question. We may form some idea of the age. Old age is promised as a blessing to thos- who are obed ient to God. . 2. The question is in teresting. 3. The question is solemn and momentous. It is connected with -reat responsibility. Oh! how mo iel.tous life becomes Deca .s 1 is connecLed with eternity. Our crad'e rocks us to the tomb and eternity. Tbe age specifies 130 years, a very extend ed age, yet it was short when com pared with hiQ predecessors; his fath er Isaac lived 180, his grandfather 175, his great grandfather 205 and many of the antideluvians approached to 800 and 900) years, yet 130 to us appears long. In the time of Moses the great majority did not live 70 and now a generation is completed in 30 years. Second. He represents his years as being tew. There is a marked differ ence in past and future time. Ask the aged and they will tell you that a long life is nothing; one says it is as yesterday, another says it is a tale and vapor. Third, He describes his years as 'being evil, years of sorrow. 'Fourth, He describes 'his whole life a pilgrimage. "The days of the years of my pilgrimage." I like his form of Ispeech. We should not fiorget that our years are formed of days. We cannot tell what a day may bring forth. The Psalmist says, so teach us to number our days. Altogether it is a pilgrimage. Incessant changes take place. Let us form a true esti *mate of life. It is short and sorrow ful; let us settle -this in our minds. We should treat the world as such and expect such treatment from it. Let us ascertain whether or not the great ends of - life are accomplished. The ends for which we should livie, for our selves, to secure our salvation and spiritual improvement, for the good of others, our families, the church and the world, for the 'honor and glory of God. To record your name as an aged worker is a glorious thing. Mrs. Sallie Fellers, of Newberry, is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. S. Bowers. Mr. J. D. Bruce, of Newberry, spent Sunday in town. Mr. Olin Bolt, of Columbia, spent the week-end at home. Miss Annie Moseley has completed her course in music at Elizabeth col lege, and is home for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shaw, and Mr. Iand Mrs. Tom Bcyne, of Columbia, Iwere guests Sunday of Mrs. A. G. Wise. Miss Mary Wheeler is home from Brenau college, Rome, Ga., on ac count of illness. Mr. and Mrs. Y yon A. Riser are guests .Df Mrs. J. B. T. Scott. Rev. V. Y. Boozer, of Salisbury, N. C., preached an excellent sermon Sun day evening in Grace church.. Mrs. Lizzie Hunter, widow of the late Samuel A. Hunter, died Sunday rnoon after a lingering illness 'of par )alysis. The funeral services were jconducted at Prosperity cemetery Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock by her Fpastor. Rev. S. P. Koon. The follow ing children survive her: Messrs. J. IW. and N. E. 'Hunter, Mrs. A. H. Haw Ikins. Mrs. Bessie Lane. and Misses -Bell and Nan Hunter. Her deathi will be a sad bereavement in the commun ity in which she lived, where she was - .so ~highly respected and loved by all who know her. West Point 1mpointnent ope. \r. Editor: As yet I have not suc ceeded in securing a successful ap plicant to fill vacancy in West Point Military Academy from the Third Congressional district. Presuming that some of your reau ers will be interested in this position. I desire to announce that apphcations for the position may be sent to my secretary, W. W. Bradley, Abbeville S. C.. as late as June 1. A nere let ter or verbal,notice is suflicient. On Saturday. June 17, an examina tion will be held at Abbeville to seleci from the various applicants a princi pal and two alternates. These shall report at Fort McPherson, Atlanta Ga.. Wednesday. July 5. where an ex amination identical in its genera scope with the trial examination ai Abbeville, will be held. ApplicantE passing this second examination wil' be admitted without further prelimi naries to the first class in West Point Owing to the unpreparedness oJ many boys who have applied for thes( positions, and the consequent failur( on the entrance examinations, I hav( decided to require an average of 7( per cent. out of a possible 100 pel cent. on the trial examination to b( held at Abbeville. Any applicant fall ing below this average will not bE considered, since his appointmen would put him to same cost only t( be disappointed in the end. I fear that people generally are nol sufficiently appreciative of the valu( of appointments to 'West Point an Annapolis. No school in this Stat( offers such opportunities for thorou education, and yet it may be had ab solutely free, with all additional'nec essary expenses paid. While on gra duating the student may accept a posi tion in the army or navy, as the cas( may be, at a salary of $1,500 per yeai or better, he is not bound to thiE course. He may prefer to retire tc private life, in which case he is fitted :for its requirements to a marked de gree. Both the examinations herein refer red to will embrace the followin. subjects, to wit: Arithmetic, algebra geometry through plane geometry English grammar and English com, position, geography and United States History and General History. Applicants must reside in the Thirc Congressional District, must be be tween the ages of 17 and 22 years, and must be free from serious physical de fects. If the would-be applicant is awar'e of any physical defect not tem porary he had best not apply. Wyatt Aiken. 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C. 546-13t. .- s u and Brid's eli rng the path so 2 with a)) the uncert Newberry S OF NEW B .Capital Stock - JAMES McdNTOSH, President NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEM!ENT.j Notice is hereby given that the un-~j Idersigned, as executors of the last will and testament of T. V. Wicker, PI deceased, will make a final settlement t of said estate in the Probate court for Newberr-y county on June 9, 1911q at 11 o'clock, and im.media,tely, there after apply for a discharge as such executors. J. H. Wicker,O T. B. Wicker, Executors of the Last Will and Tee- Pt tamnent of T. V. Wicker, deceased. S 1785. 1911. I COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON. ,7 127t Yer beinsSeptember 29. Entrance~ examinations at all theP g county seats on Friday, July 7, at 9P a. m. The college is well endowed, enab- I' ling it to maintain the bhighiest stand- Fj ~ t ards. It offers complete 4-year courses in Ancient and Modern Languages, j' Mathematics, History, Economics, IW 'Science and Engineering. ' ~ Courses for B. A., B. S., and B. S. W degree with Engi.neering. pu A free tuition scholarship to each county of South Carolina. Vacant F Boyce scholarships, giving $100 a year ' and free tuition, open to competitive ' examination in Sep,tember. ' Exenesresoabe.Terms and ( catalogue on application. Write to Harrison Randolph, President, Char- pcr leston, S. C. WINTHROP COLLEGE ' Scholarship and Entrance Examina- ' Teexamination for the award of ' vacant scholarships in Winthrop col- Pii lege and for the admission of new students will be held at the county ( 6 court house on Friday, July 7, at 9 a. m. Applicants must be not less ........ than fifteen years of age. When schol- A Kin arships are vacant after July 7 they s'et the world will be awarded to those making the Mathulka, of E highest average at this eramination, iaway ES -provided they me th codinsPills-and the: overning the award. Applicants for Ihis family. Ct scholarships should write to Presi- iache, indigestic dent Johnson before the examination' 'o. t in-E for scholarshir, examination blanks. The scholarships are worth $100 US C and free tuition. The next session RC will open September 20, 1911. For fur ther information and catalogue, ad- JSold on a guai dress President D. B. Johnson, Rock Iif not satisfact tHill, S. C. -.JSold by Gil .E. Zimmerman Co.--No. D oicest possession her own mndivid it insures happiness g o f security in tread zew to her, and filled " 'ainties of new things. 'H E avings Bank. ERRY, S. C. - - - $50.OOO.OO J. E. NORWOOD, Cashier IG ze Long Roll1.. By Mary Johnston. e of the best stories of e War between .T he ates that has' ever -been itten. 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