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HARVESTER TRUST PACE COURT Oovernmoht Won't Accept Dissolu tion PUm-FR? Suit TIIIH Week. Washington, April 24.-Hopo of dissolving tho $140,000,000 Inter national HnrvCBtor Company with out a light In tho courts scorns to bo practically abandoned. A stilt against tho corporation, under tho Sherman anti-trust law, probably will bo filed at Chicago about tho middle of next week. There remains one hare possibil ity, howevor, that an agreement may be reached, but those familiar with tho problem havo lost expectations that tho government Und tho corpo ration will bridge tho differences as to a plan of disintegration. After a protracted <: nferenco to day Attorney General Wlekershnni, Mr. Fowler, assistant to tho attorney general, and counsel for the Har vester comapny, who have conducted negotiations extending over several months, declined to comment on the situ?t ion. President Taft, was apprised of the situation at a conf?rence with Wlek ersham, Fowler and Bancroft. lt ls understood ho agreed that tho plans for disintegration so far submitted could not be accept(>d by tho gov ernment, The crux of tho wholo difficulty, it is bolleVCd, lies in the contention of the Harvester company that tho McCormick and Deering companies, which are subsidiaries, should not be separated in any scheme of reorgan izaron. The government wanted these Integral parts made distinct. "Morgan Crowd's In ll nonce." The confidential correspondence, which passed between President Roosevelt, Attorney General Bona parte and Commissioner Herbert K. Smith, of the bureau of corporations, in 1007 about a government anti trust suit against the International Harvester Company was sent lo the Senate to-day from tho hies of the (!< pa rt mont of Justice. One letter from Col. Roosevelt to Mr. Bonaparte, written from Oyster Hay on August 22, 1907, said that the colonel had had conferences with Geo. W. Perkins about the com pany's affairs and directed Mr. Bo naparte not to Hie the suit then, but to go over the matter with Commis sioner Smith and Mr. Perkins. A letter from Commissioner Smith to the colonel on September 21 told of conferences with Mr. Perkins and "?ntod Ooni|>>(pol'>^r>r CmlHi'o OhlOC lo . ? o ti proseen Ho : i rhn.l ti;, i e. i . .. . nie. valonee ?i^Otp tl\?t he ?.."?M|fbt Hu question of tho cone pa ny s r ill! or ; .,.< , 6vrt xv iooreiv a technical question and told of a conference with Perkins on August. 24th! Threatened t<> Fight. Commissioner Smith wrote that Mr. Perkins concluded with great, emphasis ' tlial if after all the en deavors ol' tins company and the other Morgan interests to uphold the policies ol' the administration and to adopt their methods of modern pub licity, this company was now going to be attacked in a purely techical case, the interests ho represented wore 'going to fight.' " l'a rt her on In tho same letter. Mr. Sm i tlj wrote: "While tho administr?t:!):) has never hesitated to grapple willi any financial interest, no matter how great, when lt believed that a sub stantial wrong is being committed, nevertheless it is a very practical question whether it is well to throw away now the great Influence of the so-called Morgan Interests which, up to tilts time, have supported the ad vanced policy of the administration, both In general principles and in tile application thereof, lo their specific . interests and to place them generally in opposition. "I believe .Mr. Perkins' stntemont thal his interest would necessarily !?<. driven into active opposition was a sincere one and. .in fact, I can hardly see how these great Interests can take any other attitude should this prosecution be started and the tinal adoption of this policy lie made public." In another portion of the lotter Commissioner Smith reported Mr. Perkins as having said substantially lhal the "Standard Oil people in New York are giving him tho laugh for having thought he was trying to be nood ami keep solid with tho admin istration and thal he was now trying lo gel I he same dose as the others." With tho correspondence was a lot ter from Wm. Loeb, Jr., tho Presi dent's secretary, making an appoint ment for Mr. Bonaparte to talk tho business over. Rather Sensal lonni, The sending of Hu. correspondence to the Senate was not without sensa tional incidents. Only a few weeks ago Attorney General Wlekersham flatly refused to send lt in reply to resolutions by Senator Lea, of Ten nessee. Later Senator Johnson, of Alabama, called upon the attorney general for the correspondence and within two hours lt was lu hand. Senator BrUow, an ardent sui) JITIM?K KILLS WIFK AM) SELF. -. ! Georgia ordinary Dies from Wounds After Hace tot Life. i (Atlanta Georgian, 26tb.) Because lio wa? told that his I you UK wife had boen oi? buggy rid ing with a well known young man Tuesday afternoon, lt developed to day, .Judge Edward A. Robertson, ordinary of Milton county, killed his wife at Alpharet ta yesterday after noon and fired two shots into lils own body that caused lils death at 2 o'clock this morning at St. Joseph's Infirmary In Atlanta. The man who told Judge Robertson of the secret excursion of his wife is known only to one person in town, and he re fuses to divulge lils identity. Mrs. Robertson'* companion lins disap peared. Told Judge of Meeting. Yesterday the Informant went to Judge Robertson's office at the court house and told him of what ho had seen the" afternoon beforo at. a creek about two miles south of town. This recital so inflamed the judge that he started on a hunt for the ono whom he suspected of having wrecked lils home. He drove to the place where UK meeting had taken place. Then he went to W. A. hummus, an Al phard la liveryman, and asked him to lend him a pistol. LumniUS re plied that his pistol was at his home. Hoing to the Lu m mus home, he got | tho weapon. lie then proceeded to his home, passed hy the house, then "ettimod and entered. His wife was on tho porch. As he entered she followed him into the house. Sharp words passed, according to a negro servant who was present. hi tho meantime Sheriff T. A. Mo Cleskey had learned of tho stranger's visit to Judge Robertson and the story he had told. The sheriff went to the Robertson home and endeav ored to pass!fy the enraged husband. Judge Robertson resented his inter ference and ordered him out of tho house. Going across the street to his own home, Sheriff McCleskey phoned to George [tucker, editor of tho Alpharctt Free Press and bro-1 ther-ln-law of Judge Robertson, tell ing him of what had transpired. Mr. Racker hurried to th ' McCleskey home and as ho and thc- sheriff start ed across the 'street they heard the shots. There were first three shots that killed Mrs. Robertson, followed after a brief Intermission Ivy the two that caused tho husband's death. ?Td x>'t-i.s man walk oe to ho bljrtflfe Vo1'.'1', bc tv bo ri?^pfted ;.??.> I pi*!"' .ind ft?fl slarr?d tlviotigh thc j bom, ? .ia Mr. M ; V .? Voy anil Vf ri jwu(.i\t? clIlO? Ci*. "I have killed my wife and shot myself," was his greeting to them. Litter he said: "I didn't know of this until (o-day.M The Robertsons had been married thirteen yens and apparently had been happy until thc day of the trag edy. Atter thc shooting Judge Robert son's condition was recognized as desperate. A fast automobile was stripped and a mattress placed in it for Hie patient to rest on. Ho was whirled to Atlanta in an effort to ?. save his life through an early (lite ration. An immediate operation was or dered. Roth bullets were extracted, and a statement was given out, In which hope was' expressed for the man's life. The patient grew weak, though, and at 2 o'clock this morn ing passed away. Husband and wife will be burled in tho same grave. Heavy, impure blood makes a mud dy, pimply complexion, headaches, nausea. indigestion. Thin blood makes you weak, pale and sickly. For pure blood, sound digest ion, use Burdock Blood Bitters. $1 at all stores. Less Fertilizer Sohl. Reports on Hie in the ellice of the State Treasurer show that the farm ers of tho' State have used about 120,uno less tons of fertilizer this year than last. There ls a tax of 25 cents a ton Oil all fertilizer1 sold and the total amount to he received front the tax this year is $105,634.72. The total amount received to the same date last year was $228,iH);{.:i(>. The total amount received from the tag tax last year was $255, 082.li?. The fund goes to Clemson College. porter of tho colonel, defended tho former President in a spirited speech and warmly criticised the procedure, which he declared was "presumably intended to rofl CC I upon a man who is a candidate for tho Presidency against the present occupant." Ho charged in substance that the presentation of the correspondence had been prearranged. Mrs. K. Brant, 11115 Baden street, Parkersburg, W* Vii., had an attack of la grippe.Which left her bad kid ney trouble, and site suffered much severo pain and backache. Then she heard of Foley Kidney Bills, and says: 'After taking them a short time the palp left my back, and I am again able to do my own house work. Poley Kidney Bills hrlped me won derfully." J. W. Boll. LAST OF THE PALMKtt I .WILY. Alethea Palmer Takes $Vnnj?p3>rtn< tion to North Corel ?i?;?. 1 (Greenville News, 20U>.) <} Her mother dead., her [rai heil ,: ?wi her brother sentenced tb f.?ry?f 1 '-? and five years, respective;, ii; ib<j United States penitentiary i . ia, ber sister sentenced to sefvb six years In the State penifoi.'i.: ,.\ <>t Kansas, her nephew now ..erv^i? ?\ life sentence in tho South Ci. y'?Una penitentiary, .and with no bj i^ftre'a* lives in the world but th-v. thea Palmer, tho Oconee < ?mm,\i wo man acquitted last week by .> Jar; in. the United States Coi.it of, tho charge of conspiracy and i.urdei tn connection with the killing Of 1 . uty Marshal W. H. F. Coi I; ir. ami I brother, C. D. Corbin, near 'Vaiijal In 1909, was yesterday moi'iing I ' orated from the Greonvll!} conni ' jail. The government furnished I ? transportation to North Car. ;1 ,.i i : *to some friends near Ashe\ llb' lone woman went. The bou.. of which she was a member (? obi fl ated, and perhaps will b.> so for ever. Her father, now bearii v years of age, and feeble, ?vt}' . n ably end his days In UYe Fc| ai prison at Atlanta. Her <tily . an old woman now, will SCH live through six long ye r's i i I distant prison. The. onl. bro Charles H. Palmer, ls nov of age, is not strong, either tally or physically, and fl i prison life will probably 1 .1 . lim to the grave. Her neplu a life sentence in the Sta p< Hary, may never seo her : -..vi!'. lt ls Indeed a pathetic Kit nat) ti tills Palmer-Belcher,case. The of the offense said to bav< .?eon milted hy J, B. Palmer, ?harb; B Palmer, Lou Belcher and Itbb?rt Li - eber, their trial In the State court, the sentences imposed, ?.h' do . lng of Charlie Palmer ana t.oti ebor, the action of the I*VK .1 . irt in indicting them and .... luff them -this ls a story too ,. ? ll ; \\r\ to need repetition here, ft 1 ; o{ the mos? romantic in the < ] al annals of tho upper section i, : ?th Carolina. There has boon no little by expressed for the people . :u r for aged J. B. Palmer. ./ sight of the old man e>.i! 1 i deepest sympathy. As sL-.tc j j I * court just as sentence was i lkv?|j ? be Imposed noon tb? tbr'-o deed ?ad lp soo cn >id man 'eke I \\. ^.Va.m^r . a ...vttu-tm. .<..., .a >M&k- ??oji i n'h| r and a follower of .'.oe and Jacl ii I II ouch tho '.'.iii y ol tho siia<iow ot death-a man who" weis never in (rouble before, w' rirkei! hard all his days, paid his i< lived uprightly-have to fiend ' last days behind prison b This aged man, his sc Palmor, and his daughter ?. lie! cher, are confined in the i county jail for a period thirl: days, pending the declsb il theil attorney as to whether pol . will appeal the case. In I i decided to appeal, lt is pi the three will be release ' mad. If not, they will be carr Io tho prisons where they are I hoi* SUFFERED EVERY I lu For Fourteen Years. - ri To Health by Lydie ink?? ham's Vegeta Compound Elgin, 111.-"After four! >arfl of suffering everything from nb . - m plaints, ' st restore. health. " I Q iii tho best ci rid even t n tua hospita - mont t . told there w fe r me. B ' ing Ly in Ph ham's tah! Compon i .i I b KI to imj ovo incl ? continued its use until I was " . ? ' - Mrs. HENRY LEISEBERO,? dan ? St. Kearneysville, W. Va. - " J foo? it my duty to write and say what 1 ilia ? '. Pinkhnm's Vegetable Coi ipou ii I K done forme. I Buffered frein female weakness and at times folt io Borablo I could hardly endure beinp; on i ' After taking Lydia E Vegetable Compound end fe kr youi special directions, my troi? Words fail to express my U I recommend your medicin > ali inj friends. "-Mrs. G. B. Win TOI . The above oro only two < sands of grateful letters wi stantly being received by t , . Medicine Company of Lynn,. , show clearly what great thir , i . 1 . Pinkham's Vegetable Com for those who suffer from \\ s ill If you want special ndvl (< Lydia E. Pinkham Medicim '. dontial) Lynn, Muss. Youi be opened, read ami ons". W>maii and held In strict con fi ,_j_.__---- ' I OLYMPIC'S FIREMEN QUIT. Titanic's Sister, With 1,100 Passen gers, Idlo at Southampton. . Southampton, Eng., April 24. Whon the White Star liner Olympic, sister ship to the Titanic, was ready to sail from here yesterday, for Now York, 30!? firemen and engine room workers quit the vessel, declaring that the collapsible boats on the Olympic were unseaworthy. Tho Olympic la lying ofr Hyde, Isle of Wight, with 1,100 passengers aboard and no possibility of sailing before noon to-day, If then. There were reports that some of the passengers had refused to sall, but for the pres ent they all romain aboard tho ves sel. It was also reponed soon after the strike was Inaugurated that the company had succeeded in getting men to take the striker's places, but this proved to be incorrect. Aa a matter of fact, the difficulty has extended to tho crew, which now declines to sall with the "black-leg" firemen, who were brought aboard yesterday, and the British Seafarers' Union ls supporting the men in this decision. Pickets are patrolling the docks to prevent tue recruiting of "black legs." In an endeavor to have the strik ers return to work, Commander Clarke, chief of the emigration office in Southampton, offered to demon strate in the Cowes Roads that tho boats on tho Olympic were abso lutely safe. The mon refused to lis ten to this proposition, but later it is learned, declared that they would have been ready to sail If the com pany had agreed to demonstrate the seaworthiness of tile boats at this port. This in turn the company de clined to do. Olympic Abandons Iii p. Southampton, Eng., April 26.i Thc White Star Liner Olympic's voy age to New York has been abandoned and the liner has returned to port because of the strike of the Uro and seamen of tho vessel. The abandonment of the Olympic's voyage was made necessary when the lino attempted to replace the striking firemen with non-union mon. The Olympic's whole complement of seamen, numbering fifty-four, were arrested when they came ashore. They will bo arraigned charged JW Ith mutiny. One hundred and twenty-one pas sengers awaiting the Olympic at ?". i. . . .-io, 1, ; ?rntA-forr.?-* to tbr> Da If ic, leaving to-d-.;. oj . u York. ...I' ?< 'Xl '.""V b-,n,|V.:(l ^ ;iv: o? 0,1*11 will !>?. holt! .il Qi? - O.I.I ..i .vu li' tjve sailing .'rom tJyerpbol to morrow. .lohn R. Station, Joyce, Ky., bad an exceptionally severe attack of whoop ing cough. He says: "If lt had not. boon for Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound I would have boen compelled to ((ult work. Instead, I never miss ed a day, and Foley's Honey and Tar Compound gave ino instant relief, and is the only cough medicine wo ever use." Contains no opiates. J. W. Boll. A Tribute to Kev. John H. Stone. Tho following resolutions were passed at the Joint union meeting of tho Beaverdam Association, hold at Cross Roads baptist church, March 30 and 3 1 : Whereas, lt has pleased our good, and all-wise Heavenly Father to re move from our midst by death Rev. John II. Stone, one of our co-work ers and tho moderator of tho union meeting of the upper division of the Beaverdam Association; therefore be it Resolved 1. That wo bow lu hum ble submission to the One who gives us life, and who cuts lt short as,He deems best. Resolved 2. That wo recognize that he leaves behind him a chain of godly influences that have made their permanent impress upon the churches of this section. "Ho, being dead, yet speakoth." Resolved 3. That this union rec ognizes that in the death of Brother Stone we have lost one ol' our most faithful workers. Ills cheerfulness, his practical ?cod sense, his genuine piety made him universally respect ed and beloved. Wo shall miss the Inspiration of his presence, and bia place will be hard to lill. Resolved 4. That wo commend bia loved ones for comfort and consola tion to the Saviour, whom ho loved and served so faithfully, and pray that his removal may be sanctified to their good. T. M. F hod. C. S. Blackburn, Committee Wash out old sores, festering wounds and ulcers with Darby't Prophylactic fluid. It is a wonder ful disinfectant and healing remedy It heals up running sores of lonj standing that will not yield to ar ordinary liniment, because it destroys poisonous germs, cleanses tho son of foul matter and hollis nature tc repair the damaged flesh. Price f>0e per bottle. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell. The things that do not concern i woman often give ber tho most con cern. You Get Plant food, ammonia and potash, Inj ono ton of 8-4-4 as you get In two tons of 8.88-2-2. The list price oC 8-4-4 is $29.80 a ton. The list price of 8.88-2-2 is $21.44; two -tons $42.88, containing just tho same amount of ammonia and potash as one ton of 8-4-4 costing $29.80. And then you save in hauling and in other ways. Besides this 8-4-4 is heavily j charged with fish. There ls not much fish in 8.88-2-2 because fish j costs moro than 8.88-2-2 sells for. If j it ls not decidedly to your advantage j to buy 8-4-1 instead of 8.88-2-2 thou wo cheerfully own up that? we know; absolutely nothing about lt. We make the best 8.88-2-2 put in sacks, but we use 8-4-1 on our own farm. There ls no Horn Meal, nor Hoot* Meal, nor Leather Meal in our Fer tilizers. Our goods are nm mon tated with a little Nitrate of Soda. This helps you to got a good stand of cot ton by feeding and nourishing the first sprout from the -seed, just at the time when the sprout needs a gentle stimulant. This also starts the plant off growing vigorously when it first comes up. Every /ar mer likes to see his cotton start off nicely. Our goods are also ammo nia ted with blood, ' tankage, cotton seed meal and fish, tho best ammo ni?tes put in fertilizer, and this makes the host fertilizer put in sacks. Besides, anybody can tell you the Anderson goods always run ahead of i the analysis. They are better than we guarantee. We give you more ; plant food than we charge you for, 1 and every drop of it is available. fl ,T. lt. YANDI VEE, President. MOSS & AN Walhalla, Soi ........... -. i.I..,]..''.' ".1. m m i mmm ? i n rsamamm v .< ii ri.' >.?>)!. "? .. POS'I Oh ' ' Will Use All Influence to Hold l p Successor's < 'on I irina! ion. Washington, April 21.-It is un derstood here to-day that because of the rejection of the Senate yesterday of the nomination ol' Mrs. Julia IO. I). Tolbert, as postmaster at Ninety Six, one of tho most interesting post office fights aeon in South Carolina in a long time ls to he pulled off. Mrs. Tolbert has been unsatisfac tory to some of the patrons of the Ninety-Six office for a long time, but they were unable to have her ousted. The blow caine yesterday, when the Senate, in executive session, refused to confirm her nomination. That, was the starting point of the new fight. Just ns soon as thc President sends In the name of Mrs. Tolbcrt's suc cessor, it is learned, she will usc what influence she is able to mar shal through Senator Penrose and others to block tho nomination of such successor, Who the now appolnteo will bo ls not yet known, though it is said that two or three names are under con sideration at the White House. Who ever ls named will probably be stub bornly fought and tho result may bo that Mrs. Tolbert will hold on indefi nitely. Fights of this kind have run along for two or three years, as was the case with Dr. Crum, of Charleston, whom Senator Tillman fought so bitterly to keep from being made collector of tho port. Another Interesting phase of tho'situ?tlon seen lure is that If Mn. Tolbcrt's friends get tho Ninety-Six matter tide up and run it over to next spring, which ls not unlikely, and a Democratic President comes In, a Democratic. appolnteo would of course bo named. Tho Whlto House will bo tho seat of war, so far as tho little town of Nlnoty-SIx is concern ed, for the Immediate present, and interesting results aro looked for. Col, J. J. Astor's Will. New York. April 20.-The will of Col. John Jacob Astor, a Titanic dis aster victim, -will bo filed for probatej within a few days, lt ls understood to have been made since tho colonel's marriage to Miss Force, who then re ceived $f>,000,000, believed to bo In lieu of her dower rights. Tho first Mrs. Astor was^provided for and tho bulk of tho estate, estimated at $120,000,000, is expected to go to the Son, Vincent Astor. tu usually , >"?r i "(tbably pay y?? ' A fannel' makes a mistake lu tak ing chances on a fertilizer for a dif ference in price tt?t does not amount io ton cents an acr3- He only makes ono crop of cottojnfia year; he wants a fertilizer that he-?an count on. The crops made where 111 r goods were used speak for oujf0000^8, Try sorao of our goods till? voar alongside of any other goode*; ou mivo ftll'oady bought, and uotlr tho difference In Hie crops. ThaV wo ?sk. It looks as Ff cotton wot ' : r a fair price n# faH. White . rttou out of a sixteaLml,li?n bah crop le hovering arounq^1 cents, ll will ho scarcer early next^11 than ii Your early cotton"^ best cotton. It will to push your cotton for wi a lot of white cotton t< We guess you know how^ To show the value of 1 growing cotton we herow?L the following statistics for ten years: In States where no fertiliz? used ail acreage increase of 5 l^P^'.^S"' cent, .results In an increase of 22 per cent in yield of cotton. tn tho older cotton States, where no fertilizer is used, an Increase of ?58 per cent in acreage resulted in an increase of 12 per cent In yield of cotton. While in the States where fertilizer is used an increase of 26 per cent In ace rage resulted in an in crease of 7 4 per cent in yield in cot ton. These ligures speak for them selves. They are gotten up by cot ton experts. lt is reported that the cotton acre age over the South will be reduced 1 6 to 20 per cent. < & OIL in 1). S. YANDI VER, Manager, SEL, Agents J th Carolina. ?mwsm wem wm M:\) \ :Tit ..IA >. -HOT DOW City Kdltor of Spokane Chronicle Killed by Crazed Russian. Spokane, Wash., April 24.-E. H. Rothrock, city editor of the Spokane Chronicle, was shot and killed to-day in the editorial rooms by Richard Aleck, a Russian laborer. Aleck first told the police ho had been on the Titanic and then that he had been on the Caxpathia and mum bled: "There has been too much printed about tho disaster." He would give no other reason for crime. Aleck walked quietly into The Chronicle local room and asked for tho editor. As Rothrock walked to ward him, Aleck drew a revolver and shot him in the breast. Rothrock died within five minutes. The murderer later told the police he was 4 0 years old and came to this country four years ago. Astor, Hays, Strauss Bodies Found. New York, April 26.-The bodies of John Jacob Astor and Isidor Strauss, Titanic victims, were re covered and are aboard the cable ship Mackay-Bennett. This news was wirelessed to tho White Star Line offices this morning. Halifax, N. S., April The body of H. M. Hays, presid? Qrand Trunk railroad, was the list of identified dead near the scene of tho Titi ter, according to a wireless from tho cable ship Menin. SICKLY CHILD Made We'll By Vinol-Letters from a Grateful Mother New Haven, Conn.-"My little girl, over since her birth, was frail and sickly and nothing seemed to.do nor any good until wo tried your cod liv er and iron tonie, Vinol. As soon as sho commenced to take lt, I noticed an improvement in her health and ap pearance. She baa now taken throe bottles of Vinol, and from the good lt has dono her I can say it will do all you claim for it in building Up and strengthening frail and delicate chil dren." (Name furnished on request.) Another mother of Chicago, 111;, writes: "I cnn not say too much in praiso of Vinol for delicate, ailing children." Wo ask ovory mother of a frail, sickly or niling child in this vicinity to try Vinol on our agreement to re turn their money If lt does not do all wo claim. Sold by DR. J. W. DELL, Druggists