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15TH YEAR.
LIVELY DISCUSSION
Senator Tillman Brings Out
His Evidence
SHOWS PRESIDENT HAS CHANG[D
New Hampshire Ex Senator's Written
Account of His Conferences With
President ac Intermediary Between
rnecutivc and ihe Senator.
Wsh:m>ton, Speeiai.- -Senator .Tillman,
who made a statement in the
Senate Saturday eoverinjr the detail*
< 1 his and Senator Ikiiley's neir?>*iathrough
ev-Senator (.'handler
with ^resident Itoosevelt regard in ;
ilie rate hill, made publie a portion oi
:i whiten statement t'? him hr. ('handier
of the last-named*s various conl?i
rices with the President on this
si ti.jeet. The po tion jriven out hy
Mr. Tillman is larjrely a repetition of
i tie 'in.t part of his statement in the
Senate. It eovers, however, tliot portion
where Mr. Tillman had quoted
Mr. <tliandler a- savin;* that the Presided
had stated timi he had eotne to
a << inpiele disagreement with the senatorial
lawyers w ho were tryinjr to detent
or injure the hill, uainriu; Messrs.
Knox, Spooner and Poraker, reirardiuir
wllicit statement Senator Lodge
uhsequently said he was author-zed
to say from the White House that it
was an unqualified falsehood. On tliis
subject Mr. Chandler, referring t<> the
President said >n his written statement:
"lie said that he had been
innch troubled by the advocacy of art
unlimited court review by sotue of tlie
lawyers of the Senate, naming Sena- |
i??r? Knox. Spooner and Koraker as
trying to injure or defeat the bill by
inventus const it ut ioua! arguments, but
that he had come to a complete disagreement
with them. He made this
point emphatic by repetition." The
statement given out by Mr. Tillman
follows:
"Senator Tillman said that on Saturday,
May .*?. lie insisted on having
from ox-Senator Chandler a written
statement of the various conferences
by the latter in connection with the
plan of the President to control tlie
railroad rate legislation hy alliance
with Democrats of the Senate, and
Mr. Chandler gave hint such a statement
made prior to Saturday, May
l'J. and signed In Mr. Chndler. Mr.
Tiiltmui said that he would give out
n portion of that statement relating to
ilm interview of Mr. ('handler with
the President on March I>1. which
had become a subject matter of dispufe,
but would retain the remainder
for use in ease of any of his statement!
in the Senate Saturday should
he denied.*' *
The followi11is the portion of Mr.
< handler's sslnteuieut vivon out l>y
.Mr. Tillman:
"On Saturday afternoon. March HI,
liKHi, a friend of mine came into my
ollico and told mo of the White llonso
confore.nee of tliat day in which an
understanding as to a limited court
review had been reached with Senator
Long: and others, and he told me
thai the President wished to get into
communication with tin* 1 democrats
and would shortly ask mo to come
and see him. While lie was talking
a messenger hoy arrived with a letter
io me from Mr. I.ocb as follows:
"'The While llonso. Washington,
March ill, J MUG.
''My Dear Senator Chandler:?
The President najtiesls me to say that
lie will he glad t" have you eonie to
the While House at S..">tl o'clock tonight.
Will y< it please let the Ir.arer
know .vhether von can come.'
' ' Yerv t rnlv yours,
'WILLIAM LOKli, Jit..
" Secretary to the President.'
' lion. W. K. ' handler, 1-1'Jl 1
street,' '
"I told the messenger I would be
t here.
''At the time and place appointed
lie Pre* sai;! t?. ;.ic that ho
wished. through inc. to get into pommimical
ion with Mr. Tilltiian. Mr.
1 ?.:!i?*\ and other Itcmocratic Senators
lie stated liis pui|>osc slowly and
a.ofully, and in exact substance his
.-Intcmciit was this: That he had
reacb-d the conclusion that the best
1?lau lor railroad rate legislation was
10 expressly grant a court review, hut
lo distinctly limit it to two points;
first an inquiry whether the interStale
commerce commission had exceeded
its authority, ami second, an
inquiry whether the constitutional
rights of the carrici had been violated.
"He said that he had been much
troubled by the advocacy of an unlimited
conn re\ ieu by sonic of the
lawyers cA tIn* Senate naming Senators
"Knox, Spooner and I'm aker as
trying to injure or defeat the hill by
ingenious constitutional arguments,
hut that he had come to a e mplote
disagreement with them. 11 made
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tliis poll l emphatic by repetition;
said that lie would ??o thus lav and
no further ;jnd lliat l.is dec'sion
would b" unalterable. He said 1 li:i*
he v islied t<? ascertain whether there
eoohl be united action in the S>
arnonir the friends of tl.o hill s?? that
it could be surely pasv?d without injurious
aniendinents, and he named
vaiious llepublienn Senators who he
thought were the friends of tin" hill,
hut said that it would take nearly all
the Democrats to carry the limitation
and defeat all obnoxious provision*.
THE PRESIDENT EXPLAINS
The President in a Statement, Explains
His Apparent Change of
Front on aRtc Question.
Washington. Special.?The sensational
rate hill incident in the Senate
Saturday during which Mr. Tillman,
on the authority of former Senator
Chandler, made statements regarding
the President's course in connection
with pending ra:lroad rale legislation,
one o'* which statements wiw denied
by Mr. I.odge on behalf of the President,
had it- sequel this evening when
an ollieial statement was issued by
the White House, giving an aeeount
of the subject on the part of the
President and Attornev tumoral
j M oody. The statement comprised I
two letters, one from the President
to Senator Alison ami the other from
Atorney (ieuernl Moody to tin1 President,
both dated the 14th. The President
says. "In no ease, either in the
ease of Mr. t'handler or any one else,
wa ft here the slightest oportuuity
for any honest misconception of my
attitude or ntiv belief that 1 nled-roil
invsoil' specifically to one and only
one amendment or set of amendments
,or thnt I would not lie satisfied
with an\ ameiulinent which preserved
the essntinl features of the
Hepburn bill as it eanio from the
House.'*
The President says that as to many
of (hi amendments, including the socalled
Long. Overman. Bacon and
Spoonee aiuendmcns, lie said he
should be entirely satisfied to have
them in the bill, and suggested modifications
as to other amendments, lmt
that 'as to none (of the amendments)
did I ever say either to Mr. t'handler
or to any one else that I should insist
upon having them in the bill as a
ctaidition of my approval." and tint?
on the contrary he (tin; President)
was careful to state that lie was not
trying to dictate any particular prngiamine
of action.
The President says the statements
made to Senator ('handler were the
same in substanee as those made to
Mr. Allison ami other Senators of
both parties. He said he was asked
t see Senator Chandler as the representative
of Mr. Tillman in change
of the hill and that the conferences
Attorney Hcncral Moody had with
Senators Tillman 'and Bailey were
such as had been held with many
other Senators to determine the
phraseology and discuss the effect ot
amendments proposed by them. The
President states that he became convinced
thai ii \\:is iiiioiix!Iil?> sn...
ators. * * witli nilviuitto use him
of. nu iult iniodiary and sn?o;esied to
nil to whom lie spoke thai they communicate
with Senator Allison, whose
purpose and the President's were
4' identical.
Articles to bo Revised.
Hirmiii^hnm. Special. By a vote of
Idl to 11?7. the tienernl Conference
of the Methodist Kpiseopal Cliurch.
South, declared itself in favor of the
creation of a committee to prepare a
new statement of faith. Other branches
of Methodists will he in\ ited
to unite with the Southern Church
in the preparation of such a statement
of faith and sneh a statement of the
doctrinal system as is called for in
the 20th century. A resolution that
the next tienernl Conference l?e held
in Hielunoud, Va? was presented.
Death of Carl Sthurz.
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wijoly km wn as a publicist and former
cabinet member, died ai this home
in this ciry. Dentil was due to a complication
of diseases following an attack
of stomach trouble, which became
acute on Thursday last, lu spite
of brief periods of seeming improvement.
Mr. Selliir/. slowly failed and
sank into a state of coma, which continued
until tin; end.
$400,000 Naval Stores Fire at Gulf
port. Miss.
tiiiltpuii, Mis>.. S|>ecial. I'lie enormous
plant of the New Orleans NaMil
Stores Company and S. I'. Shotte.\
Company were totally destroyed by
tire, six acres oeeupied by the rosin
yards, waivlioiis.-. eonimi-sary aim
storage ronn - In inu entirely swept by
the flames. The lire is suppox d m
have erigi:.ated in loose b.r. in t!??
eominissery. The los- was nhom
.flltOjOOt) with >vtOH,000 in.-uranee.
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FORT MILL. 8. C., 1
PALMETTO AFFAIRS
Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
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A Batch of Live Paragraphs Covering
a Wide Range?What is Going
On in Our State.
General Cotton Market.
Galveston, linn 11 1-2
New Orleans quiet and steady 11 7-1(1
Mobile, linn Jl o-Kl |
Savannsiii, steady 11 1-8
Charleston, quiet 11 11-1(1
Wilmington, steady 11 -8
Norfolk, steady 11 ~>-S
Baltimore, nominal 11 .'1-1
New York, steady 11 .! "?
Boston, quiet 11 .!("
1'lriladelphia, steady 12.20
Houston, steady i 11 1
Augusta, lirm 11 1-2
Memphis, steady 11 2-8
St. Louis, steady 11 2-8
Louisville, firm 11 l-'i
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These prices represent the price!
paid to tvap'iis:
flood middling: II 2-1
Strict middling 11 2-'
Middling 11
(lood middling. tinged II 2
b*tains 9 \-2 to .10 I I
State Executive Comnmttee.
A list of tlie members of the Stale
Democrat it*, executive committee aS
compiled from the newspaper report^
will be of general interest at this tiimJ
in view of the State convention thi4
week, and the matters that may coma
before the committee. There arc sev-?
eral so for to be reported but tlid
list so far is as follows:
Aiken?W". M. Jordan.
Abbeville?A. W. Jones.
Anderson?II. II. Wat kins.
Dean fort?C. J. t'olcoek.
Bamberg J. B. Black.
Barnwell?W. D. Black.
Charleston \V. Turner Logan.
Chester -il. B. Caldwell.
Chesterfield?W. 1*'. Stevenson.
Clarendon W. C. Davis*.
Colleton?J. \Y. Hill.
Dorehesler?J. D. Bivens.
Edgefield-?J. Win. Thurmond.
Fairfield- T. II. Ketehin.
Flore net.*- J. W. Bagsdalc.
(feorgetown?J. Walter Dour.
(treenville J no. T. Bramlett.
tireenwood- D. 11. Mngill.
Hampton J. C. Landlord.
Kershaw -J. (?. Bichnrds, Jr.
Lancaster?T. Yaneev Williams.
Ln.ii reus?T H (Yew
Lee?\V. A. James.
Lexington?1>. .1. tirifiitli.
Marion?.Tas. Staekhouse.
Newberry-?C. L. Blease.
()eonce -Jas. Thompson.
Pickens? K. F. Smith.
Orangeburg?Robert Lide.
]{ichlaud?Willio .1 ones.
Salud-.i -W. K. Boilie.
Spartanburg X. L. Bennett.
Suiiitir-?Ij. I. Parrotl.
I'nion J. M. (Jrcer.
Williamlburg P. W. Wolf*.
York -K. II. Barber.
An Open Switch.
Laurens, Special. At 9:4f> Thurft
<lny night local freight train No. 1
from Columbia, in charge of C'apt,
Lucas and Engineer Oscar Land, vnu
into an open switch just before coming
into the station yard here, derailing
the engine and tender. Engineer
Land had his engine under control
and Was coining in slowly, but
for which fact results would liavn
been more serious, no doubt.
John Carter Shot by Allen Fowler.
Cnion, Special.?News reached her?
of quite a serious shooting affair at
W / 3 _ ? % * ? * * ^ ?
meadows, on llU' l mon and oiasi
Springs railroad, in which John CarIt
r was terribly shot by Allen Fowler.
Meadows is about eight miles east <>{
l uion in a very thinly populated section
without any telephone eonnec
tion and details are rather meagre.
Items of State News.
The County Superintendent of cdu.
cation of Marlboro county has received
notice from the trustees of tlis
Willi* School tlisiriet that no m<?r<
dispensary funds will be used foi
selioul purposes in that district.
It is proposed to drain the South
| Carolina rice and other lands in sec
I lions of 50 square miles, a commission
being authorized by the proposed
;.el for oneli sect ion and the draining
to tie done at once from the s.ile
oi the bonds, which will b< relived
U'aduall; by the tax.
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rm'USDAY, iMAY 17, 1?
! SOUTH rSDOllN/l pdadp I
Ul/U Itl Urtl\i'L!!1M Hi\U! l3
Condition of South Carolina Crops
For Week Ending Monday, May
14tli, as Given Cut by the Department.
Tin- week \\;t- Hiiusunl!\ cool. Tin:
minimum temperatures mi tin- t??tIt
wciv si- low. or Itnvcr. as have ever
been recorded in Mn\ in South Caroliiai.
in the hist ten or twoiity-eighl
years, nr sinee record- are availahle.
l,ighl t<< killing- frosts were general,
in exposed places, on th:?? date Iron
the mountains to the mast. The average
leinperature was S(? degrees at
l.iherty on the 12th and the minimum
temperature was ill) depress at Seivern
on the 10th. Ity tlie em! of the
week the temperature had risen te.
nearly normal warmth
Precipitation occurred on the 7lh
over practically the entire state. It
was generally distributed and avcraged
about halt' an inch. The relative
humidity was below normal after
Monday.
Clear weather pro-vailed from th
Sth to the end of the week, except
that Friday nipl Saturday were partly
cloudy during the middle of the day in
the central counties.
Shot by Step Son.
Spartanburg:, Special. P. f. Can
lam shot and instantly killed
. Ill ft< lilt 111 V2..? - ~ 1 - * ? *
.. t ioi k .-.Hi nrii:i v ilium I?V
lii-- step-son. I i?i Millican. who is at
present in lli?* city jail. 'I In* shooting
took place on Moiyni: Si|narc.
almost in front of the Palm cal'e. The
ileetl was coiiimittoil with a i l-calihrc
Winchester rille. Cannon fell ileail in
the iloor of tin> cafe, into which lit'
had started to run. the hullo! having
entered his hack at the ccutie of the
left shoulder hlade and passed
through the heart, muting out jtist
over the nipple. Death in the opinion
of the physicians was instantaneous.
Anderson's New B. & L.
Anderson. Special.- The Perpetual
Puiilding and Loan association has applied
for a charter ami w ill he organized
in a few days. Mr. Kohert P..
Liiroii. president of the Cluck eotiou
mills, w ill he at the head of the enterprise.
It will have a capi alization of
$ll)U.UUt). with the privilege of iiicrcn-..
niu it to .s'lMU.ono. This i? the second
building and loan association thai has
iiien oiuaiii/.ed in ti e city ilurinu the
sprinu. P.i'si.tes ihe two new enterprises,
tin* f idelity has h"eii in c\
istv'iiec for sever;,J years and has had
a ureal ensure of ^nnis<.
CliesUr Working For County Fair.
t'liestcr. Special. A meeting in the
interest ?if the t'liestcr count\ fair,
proposed to lie held here in Dctoher
oi November. was held at the Court
lioti.se. Senator P. L. Ilardin was
made chairman of the meeting, with
Air. A. M. Aiken, secretary. There
CillMCSI ?IIScl|s>lM|| Ml lilt* fllSl'rprise,
slmwin:^ l lie benefits to follow
I roiu it. It wits decided I< enter u|> >11
an ctTort to raise $.'{,000 to purchase
j!round and pul buildings up. An cxocittive
rointnit lee, consisting m! ,1ms.
I'.. Wylie. -I. \V. Diumvaut. I.. I).
Childs. \V. \V. It rice, li. 15. Caldwell
and A. .M. Aiken was appelated to
lake charge of lite whole affair.
Orr Cotton Mills Dividend.
Anderson. Special.? The annual
meeting of Hie stockholders ??t' the
Orr cot ion mills w as held Friday
afternoon. A dividend <>t li per eent.
was deelared, paysihle one-half in .Iannary
and one-half in .Inly. Mr. K.
1*. Frost of Charleston was elected a
member of the bom'd of directors to
succeed .Judze (Jeo. K. l'rincc, who resigned
from tlie directorate when lie
was chosen a circuit judge. The repMrt
of tlie president. Dr. S. M. Orr,
showed the mill to he in a iiimsi >atil'aetory
condition.
Negro Likely to Die From Brother's
Blow.
Winiisboio. Special. \ ? a insult of
a querrol o r, (lie division of funds
taken in nt :im entertainment Friday
mailt, Walter Taylor, a negro about
*J.'? years old. struck liis loot lu r John
in tin* head w ith a hateliet. The weappenetrating
ih" skull and the wounded
negor \\ iI' probably die.
Three Murder Ca3es.
(Jreenville. Special. -Lizzie (|o|d
smith, colored, who killed her Inisliaud
on April lsth hy .jabbing him will an
ordinary table l'ork and striking him
wiili an axe. was acquitted. Tin evidence
was sufficient to sustain a >elfdcfeiisc
plea. Will llrow nlec. a negro
eharged with stealing live
pleaded guilty an I the court > utcncd
him to hard labor jo the Si.itc
'intent \:\ r\ 1 >r It) year-.. \\ iil (Jnr.\.
negro charge^ with killie
in < am' lee. anotUfr negro, w.
i 'lid guilty i.f manslaughter and v.as
given ecu year- in tl; penitentiary.
riMi
tor.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS j
What is Being Done Day by Day By
the National House and Senate.
Senator Daniel Concludes.
In the Senate Senator Daniel concluded
his speech on the railroad rato
i-i.i. i/atcing up I he question of the
extent of the review to he h:ul by the
courts in rate eases ami repeating
briefly his objections to Mr. Bailey's
proviso l'or tin* non-suspicion by the
com Is of the ovders ol' the interstate
commerce commission, lie said |
he <li?l not agree with those who eon- I
tcmlcti thai there was no other way of I
protecting the int rests of the shipper.
In eases where ihe courts have suspended
the rates of the commission,
Mr*. Daniel suggested thai a substantial
bond he reuuired of the railroads
lie took issue with statements that
a review would mean re-trial so far
as the taking of testimony was concerned,
for lie declared that the inter-State
commerce commission was
the nn-st renpvtent tribunal to take
icli Us-iinony. Admitting that the
hill was fa." from complete, he said
it would provide for a swift hearing
before such a tribunal and that
was positive, verifiable progress in
I lie right direction.
Defining <hc terms "just compensation"
and t( reasonable rates." Mr.
Daniel adopted the former expression
a> broadly covering what a rate
should be.
Second Section Completed.
The Senate completed the consideration
of the second section of the
railroad rate bill and just, before the
adjournment listened to reading of
seel ion.; d and 4 without considering |
i? > ameuuments ottered to (hem. The
1 >11 !'j ose oi' this reading was to l?ririsr j
the consideration of the hill up to i
the point of taking up the Allison I
compromise amendments.
A number ol' very important
changes were made in the second seclion,
including a provision restoring
the imprisonment penalty of the act
of 1HS7, and an amendment suggested
by. Senator McCumber imposing a
pi unity of title and imprisonment '
against the shippers who secure rehates
from transportation companies.
The latter amendment 'vns incorporated
for the avowed purpose of bibting
the trusts. Another amendment
adopted was offered by Senator
Warren. It gives the government
business a preference over all other
traffic in time of war. A long series
changes also were made at the instance
of the inter-State commerce
e mliiission. Many of these were
verbal, and all were intended lo improve
the administrative features of
the law.
Six Propositions Agreed On.
<' inferences in the Senate which
resulted in positive agreements on
.a |m<-|?>^i(iimi?s u> iic incorporated in
tin* \!lis<>n anv-udmctd to the railroad
l>iil were ratified by additional oonl<
i nee- of Somite loaders reprosenti11b'epublican
faolions. That there
eon Id li" no further misunderstanding
this data for the basis of the
iigrreinot was prepared ami exchanged
:
The Allison amendment is to comprise
mx projMisit ions;
"Fiisl?The words 'fairly remunerative'
in section 1 of the hill are to
lie st rioken out ;
*'Second ?The words 'in its judgement'
in the same section to be rct
a mod ;
'Third Jurisdiction is vested in
I tie I oiled States circuit court to hear
and determine suits against th*? commission
;
"Fourth- Xo preliminary injunction
or interlocutory order is to ho
planted without a hearing and notice;
"Fifth?Tlio application for preliminary
injunction or interlocutory
decree is to be heard by three judges;
"Sixth?A direct appeal from the
interlocutory order or decree to lie
< nly to fho supreme courts or me
T'nited States."
Buyin of Shecls Made Open.
Shells and projectiles for the Navy
Department will. nr'.or Juuo do, lOOti,
be purchased by the Bureau or (ml.it
anee in the open market instead of
lis is now the pi net ice, in secret markets
from tirms engaged in the manufacture
of the article*. This change
it existing conditions was brought
about through the efforts of the chairman
of the appropriation committee,
Mr. Tawnev. of Minnesota, who offered
an amendment to the naval aimro
print io:i ItilJ, which tho House li.nl
isistler eo'isiilerntion, ?iii .c! i>v that
111?; Socrelnvv of t lr?- Navy ' ?!<? a?l\?
11i-f I'll1 proposal-. ,?.r !! ami
project :!< sp that ?!! ti t.; .-i r?*ii
.! I In* iMi.-in ; of tlieii ns.it: -lai-hirc
i.mv linvo ;u oppoit i.-.it\ io compete.
Mik a !.i \v.is spoil ' < ^iil'T:nvc
ilie or. t: ?11 of foP'stuu1 ' in tli"
navy nml (! failure of : itin<j oflis'ors
. ? .ix en1 lot <v as
lo ):>!'; >r-.
1 r- t1 on <i.ii i'm in f\t?.n<l
(ivr lit:. !>. <.t 1 i" -ei-sion t.ul
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NO. 7.
AFTER DRUG TRUST
investigation Shows That All
Their Methods Are Crooked
ATTORNEY GENERAL EXPLAINS
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Government Has Filed Petition for
Injunction Against Combination
Composed of Proprietary Association
of America, National Wholesale
Druggists' Association and National
Association of Retail Druggists.
Washington, Special.?The Attor<
i. v liencrai niadi' public the following
statement .
"The ^ovenmieiit has Med in (lie
Circuit tV.iC of the l.nifed States
!' r ihc district ot' Indiana a petition,
for an iniiuictiot: r.iraimst certain association-.
corporations and hulivi*
d nils, oinprisin^ what is eomnionly
Know ,i as (lie ilnu' trust of. tlo United
Stan"'lie part; >s ilal't lohtuft specifically
nana J in ! :c hill [i:?vc voluntarily
luhincd lonotlni (<* control
li. pn.es in wiii it proprietary nicdii
11 - au.i diiius s nil lie sdM to tlio
oii-iiiin r i irouyli the retail ironists
in \io!.ition ol tin- Sheraton antirtvjist
lav.-.
' !"';< | ;:i-iies to l!u: con hinntion in>
if tin 1 lopiida v Arst.eiuLion of
A'lu'iicn, itie Naiional WJtoh sale
I'i n-: i-is' Association o! licliarl l>rug.
"An injunction is prayed for proiiihiiiuc
these associations from actin;
in concert ior tlie purpose of
im:;iiniu?r price-, and Iho imlivi.1
i;i 1 -. linn- ami corporations who aits
Inciiilici s of the vesper,Liv : assoeia
I: i I'loiu ixt-linji I???_ * !h?;r t'oi* the pur1'
-< ?'l nm:ntaiuiug uniform prices
i > tin- consumer throughout fhe. United
Slates.
"Tiie hill el in ryes, in subslatiee,
1 nit these assoeiat ions, their ollieers,
delegates ami members are all engagc<l
i i a ? . nimoii undertaking to-wit:
the hiiMiu s of mauufaie.liiring. buy*
ing am! selling patent medicines ami
drugs ami proprietary articles
throughout tin' United States; that
these ."ssoeialions ami the. weathers
thereof have entered into a eonspirney
to arbitrarily ti\ ami regrJatc the
price at which sttelt articles shall he
' hi to the eonsnnier, and {hat they
have established rules am) regulations
to enforee such an unlawful agreement
by rest riet ing the purchase and
sale of sttelt eoinniodilies to those
members of the several nfWoeiatioiiR
who shall live up to ami observe the
rules and regulations thus arbitrarily
preserihed In the respective assoeiat
ions.
Conspiracy's Puidosc.
I "There is luit one ultimate object
ol' I lie conspiracy, viz: to ikx tho price
which shall he observed by all retail
druggists in selling to the cousmner
the various commodities manut'acutred
by the several members of
the proprietary association. The
plan by which such object is effected
is. in brief, as follows: No retail
druggist can obtain goodn from a
wholesale druggist or a manufacturer
of a proprietary medicine unless such
tvtail druggist becomes a meniher of
the National .Association of Iietatl
Druggists, ami in order to become
such member lie inns* agree to oh
serve tlie established price at which
such proprietary medicines shall be
sold to the consumer.
"If such retail druggist, after becoming
a member of the Naliona1. Association
of Retail Druggists, cuts
prices in the sale of pueli articles
to '.lie consumer, he is immediately
placed upon the list of what is known
as aggr ssive cutlers, and tlvereafter
such retail uruoglst is unable to oblaiu
fr.any nuiiuifaeturer who is
a member of the Proprietary Assoc in
t ... ... r . . i " ...u 1
M'ji. iiwtii jiiiv wmrr wmuenaie
lruc'*! wlin i- ji member of the
Whole- ilc I )i riv;-i-r-' Association, any
r>! t lie ics which may be
iMinni'iicii" ! nMil sold by thorn or
fi?:? .<i i'.i :n.
T. L. Black Presided.
Nashville, Tcnn., Special.?The
Southern Wailuav Agents' As.-rociatinn
cniiiph'totl it- programmes and
n<lj>ninic) 1. T. I,. HI.o k, of Charlotte,
N. <was chosen president of Ifir? ns?
in) iatin-i; It. I,. I'.iur , Kavunrmb, fla.,
. 11 : W. 'I. Cm t eh field, Mo* i
d J. M. (I raj J
arc The executive u
It. I a A
At A
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ii the selection m
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