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# lanc VOL. IX. Vis this T ' W??j [STORY / j "Every morning I have a Id bad taste in my mouth; my ^ ^ tongue is coated; my head aches and 1 often feel dizzy. | ii I have no appetite for breakfast | ! and what food I eat distresses ! I me. I have a heavy feeling in 1 my stomach. I am getting so I f weak that sometimes I tremble r and my nerves are all unstrung. I am getting pale and thin. 1 Q am as tired in the morning as I 0 at night." fl ! u i What docs your doctor say? fig I" You are suffering from tm- ra a pure blood." V r What is his remedy? ^ 4^1: I ' | y A J t I You must not have const!- I j h pa ted bowels If you expect the I ; n Sarsaparilla to do its best work. L But Ayer's Pills cure constipa- j \ tion. | y We have a book on Paleness p and Weakness which you may a have for the asking. t Wrltm to our Doctora. [ Perhapi yon would like to comnlt eminent pliytlclant ubout your condl- V tlon. Write u* freely all the particulars In your case. You will receive a prompt i reply. _ Addreee, DR. J. C. AYER. ? ? Lowell, Maai. L p - 0 THE BEST MEAT THE MARKET AFFORDS , Is the kind we keep for our customers, p Call, or send, for a nice ^ HO A ST OK STEAK Of either Beef or Pork. None but stall-fed cattle used. We also handle ' country produce. eals served any J hour in the day at our restaurant. n. rnus. itiiAi'h U.N. 1 * I "I*.?? * No. 59. I] c To relieve Sick Stomach during j Pregnancy, Tone up the System ami give Courage for the Ordeal, take Sim- tl uiona Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. g I f Attention! Patrons of Public Schools, j _________ milE patrons of tiie public Schools r _L of Lancaster county are requested to meet at convenient points within their respective districts on Saturday, the 24th inst., for tin* purpose of noin- f / inating trustees for their several districts, to serve for the next ensuing c two years. * J. II. TIIO PSON, J County Supt. of Kducalion. r Lancaster, S. .lune 5th, IHfttt. p Correct Insutllcicnt, Painful, profuse and too Frequent Menstruations f with Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or i Tablets. __________ ' Attention! School Trustees. VI.I. the Trustees of? the Pl'HI.ICjC SCHOOLS of Lancasler county ifl it ptt ItiiriiKu lu.t 1 iL..l t ?. - - -- - ' , ?V., .rj Iiuunru Ml nurilll .1 III*TI IIK of trustees to be held at the ? oiirt t Mouse on S.\ ri;itl>A V, the 17 I M , H IX ST A N'T. They are requested to' come prepared to make reports tor the i J k past year. ( . ^ J. II. THO .'SON, Co. Supt. Education, j t Lancaster, S. t.F u lie 5, 1 I>r. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine t creates a Rood Appetite, Tones and] Strengthens the Stomach, and builds j s n p t he Health. ] *' W.. Callagner, of Hryan, Ta., says : i For forty years i have tried various cough medicines. One inute Cough Cure is bent of all." it releives instant- I ly and cures all throat and lung c troubles. Crawford Bros. A I * > m. T" , v , . ' x, * 4 ? ? . y. j - ' Wm' k I Ata: 'AST E LANCASTER, ! lissouri's Blow at Tlio Trusts. While the laws aimed simply iSainst. the existence of trusts iave failed, so far, to reach thoce' >rgaizations, Missouri seems to] iave "found a way" hy the simile expedient of declaring that a rust cannot collect a debt in hat StRte- TIia tl? fun iiwliruu i ? - ~ Jv,t I he circuit court of appeals ren ; lered a unanimous decision at J it. Louis on Tuesday, May 2, uplolding the validity of the Misouri anti-trust, law, passed in 891, which contains this imporant clause : '"Any purchaser of any article r commodity from any individlal company or corporation transiting business contrary to the (receding sections of this act hall not be liable tor the price r payment of such article or onimotlity, and may plead this ct as a defense to any suit for uch price of payment." The case in question arose irutn he refusal of a St. Louis firm to ay the N itiona! Lead Company 791 for goods bought in 185)9. 'he National Lead Company irouirht suit, the St. Louis firm leaded the anti trust law, and he case was carried up to the ourt of appeals, with the result Iready stated. The questions rere decided by the court, viz.: Vas the law constitutional? and, .Vas the National Lead Company i trust? Both were decided in he affirmative. The National ,cad Trust, organized in 1887, ras reorganized as a corporation: n 1801, under the laws of Wis-' onsin, as the National Lead Comtaiiy. The decision that such rerganization as a corporation does lot. change a trust's character beore the law, nor make it any hing else than a trust, is of iru>ortanco, as nearly all the trusts lave been organized or reorganzed in that way, for the purpose, t is said, of escaping the state aws. If that way of escape for he ti nsts he cut oir, the decision nay mark the beginning of a new hapter in the dealings with them. ^h to the debt feature of the law, uany think that the trusts will 1 implv demand caslt on delivery or their goods, and continue dong as brisk a business in Missoul as ever. A T It I.LI NO BLOW. "The name of th'- combination ! orraed to lix the supply and price | if any commodity is, under the, ilissouri decision, of the slightest onsequence. The word 'trust' nay not appear in its title. All mold Hnd combinations for the nirpose named are illegal in that >tate, and they can not collect heir claims there. The trusts will irobably find a way to transact j >usiness in Missouri ; but the de* j :imon will handicap them to a, erions extent. Being organiza- 1 ions interdicted by law and unil>le to collect their debts in that I urisdiction thus far, at least, i.ev can not compete on equal errns with lawful competitors, uid, inasmuch as the destruction >f competition is one of the maa-i er motives of the trusts lha Mis. lonri statute, buttressed by Judge< bond's lucid opinion, seems to itrike a telling, if not a demolishng, blow at the obnoxious comTo permanently cure Melancholy, Oitttculty of Breathing and Swimming if Head, use Simmons Squaw Vine Vine or Tablets. R EN SB.MI-WE1E.KL*Y. S. C., SATURDAY, J1 binatione."?The Public Ledger ( 7 n d.), 1 'A iladelph ia. BOLD, SENSIBLE, AND JUST. "The Missouri court decides,and to the layman it would seem do- j rides rightly, that a trust 'bv any j other name would smell as sweet,'j and can not do business in the State of Missouri. Whether it comes boldly in, bludgeon in hand,; and defies the law and public sentiment, or tries to intrude in . disguise, it is an outlaw iust the! same. Its purposes, methods, and acts are what determine its character is what the law is intended 1 to guard the State against, not its' name. "It ip a bold, sensible, and just decision. It ought to be a good law. If the courts of other states will follow the Missouri court this little trick to evade the law will come to nothing.''?The Journal ( Ind.), Chicago. WILL DRIVK TRUSTS FROM TIIK STATU. "The cfrect of this decision as it stands will probably be to drive trust organizations Jont of business in the State of Missouri. It is possible that some of the great! organizations may attempt to distribute their goods and commodities directly to consumers through their own agents, selling only for cash on delivery and thereby avoiding the question of ability to make collections ; but the barrier set up by the court of appeals at present appears insurmountable, and all the great trust | organizations will probably be compelled to withdraw from business in that State."?The Keening Telegraph ( Iicp.), Philadelphia. TRUSTS WILL STAY. "It is held by some that this Missouri decision is a hard blow at the trusts iu that State and elsewhere, for other legislatures may be expected to imitate the wisdom of Missouri. It is assumed that trusts will have to restrict their credits, and thus will be at a disadvantatro. Itnlcnn ihou cull cheaper than their competitors?! If they can, the cream of the | trade will be theirs. It is not possible that there is any groat num- | ber of dealers who want to cheat a trust. The men who would do that will usually be the men whoso credit is bad anyway. Commercial reasons and not stat-, utes or the decisions of courts will decide the fate of trusts and ( of each individual trust."?The Sun (ZiejK), JVeto } oi'k. POSING AS "DEAD BEATS." "There is another point that Missouri may be compelled to consider. The Constitution of the United States declares that no state shall pass any law impair- j ing the obligation of contracts. If a man buys goods on credit, does i he not enter into an implied con- j tract to pay for them? And can a; state declare, for any reason, that after the seller has delivered the goods according to agreement the buyer need not pay for them? This is an interesting question. | We should not think that Mis-j souri would want to appear as J advocating its aflirmative side.) We should think she would v,ant DeWitt's Little Early ltisers act as a faultless pill should, cleansing and reviving the system instead of weakening it. They are mi id and sure, small and pleasant to take, and entirely free from objectionable drugs. They assist rather than compel. Crawford I Bros. TERP JNE IP, 1899. **bOX M3N ' "OD ttJOMO 9UJOS3JOIJM pUO 3nOI3l|9| to abandon as speedily as possi- at ble a contention tliat, if sustained, would destroy the credit of her merchants and paralyze her j business. Opposition to the bail ,,, features of trusts is legitimate tl and proper, but when a state po ses as a community of dead-beats . it hurts itself more than it injures the objects of its displeasures/"? The Democrat ami Chronicle a< (I!>'p.), Rochester. A ST I LI. It KITS K WAY. "All attempts of a state to se check, limit, or control the trust 11 evil must meet with many dilli- ni culties, and always be more or ct lees unsatisfactorv. The Tribune ol is still of the opinion that the real tl remedy lies in the Fedonl gov- w ernment. What is needed is nu- m tional legislation to bring all fr trust combinations under Feder- b; al supervision and control. The w simplest way to do this is to tax st trusts organized under state laws p out of existence?as state banks o1 of issue were taxed out of exis v tonce when the national banking b system was established?and corn- tl pel them to organize under Fed- ri eral charters. Thus organized, a they could be regulated and con- p troned oy unuorm laws throughout tho United States."?The p Tribune {Hep.), Minneapolis. o; Mr. Aldace F. Wal&er tells in P the May Forum why the state 01 laws have not been heretofore ai more effective. Mr. Walker?who u was Interstate Commerce Com- P rnissioner from 18S7 to 1SS9, was 11 chairman of various railway associations in Chicago until 1S91, w and has since been in the man- ?' agement of the Atchison, Topeka. and Santa Fe Railway Company *{ ? points out that tho anti-trust 11 laws, intended to destroy, or at u least weaken, these trade cotubi- J' nations, have really driven them. } , - V not to destruction, hut to a posi lion that is wellnigh impregna- " ble. Where they might have been t s' merely loose and temporary |ti agreements, the law^ have forced ti thorn to become lirm and porin i- r| nent corporations. .Mr. Walker if explains as follows how this re- t' suit came about: d "It is a fact, however, that the T most usual form of trust, socalled, h in the present day is not in di- fi rect conflict with the existing o laws. It is in conflict with the c tneory of the present statutes, i but not with their letter. Anti- a trust laws do not prohibit the f alienation of property ; under our I written state and Federal constitutions no law can do so. A man's li property is as sacred against leg 1 islativo action as is his life. The p right to its enjoyment includes v the right to use it or to sell it. ; in ? which case it.may hefused by the t buyer as his own. The trusts now s formed are organized by transfers t of titles, not of shares of stock ; 111 p I - A I 1 * lomer worus, iney are not trusts 1 at all, in the proper meaning of v the word. In lieu of the holding v of corporate stocks by boards of r, trustees, it is now usual to organ- t lze a new corporation?readily r 1 rise! NO 24 ^ p 8JOUI pooj Olj) S8>)0^ \ Xt3JL(llosey 'compli-hed under the statutes ' every state?which buys the roperty, not the shares, <>i as lany other corporations, firms, ir idividuals as wish to sell. The ew corporation directly owns le factories, nuues, and warermses of which consolidated lanapement is desired. The case the same as if the srtles were iade to a single individual. '"As will readily he Been, thin 'complishep a much closer ani-iIiniatinn than was proposed hi ip original trust idea At first, ip pevernl ownerships were pre>rved di?tinct; now. all indivi.lal titles are extinguished F >rlerly, shares of stock in many impanies were held in the vhu''h ' ttie trustees ; now, the sale of le new corporation is 11; 11 d ith title deeds. It is not too iuch to say that, this to hod was ireed upon the business world Y the anti trust legislation of hich the last t**n years have bem ? prolific. Men d<i not 11 k?* *o art with their titles; tint, on the ther hand, they do not, like to iolators of the law. Rather than reak the law, they will do what ie law does not deny them the ight to do. They therefore alien te their estates, and ccept cor orate securities or cash therefor. ''Surprise has often been exroQQOfl that" tlia lor ?v? o * I ^ ? " ? vuuvvi vunv I/I1U IVJI IliailUIJ <41111 peration of trusts on the present lan are allowed by public offi als to proceed, when so many nti-trust laws .xistin every statte-book. The reason is very sitnle. The present methods are not i contravation of the present iws. Proceedings against any ell-considered rearrangement f titles, by which several owners ave sold their various properties ) a single purchaser, would be He. The enactment of new laws ndertaking to cope with the suiiict in its modern aspect would e found extremely difficult. Vliileconstitutional amendments rve been adopted in the various rates forbidding the consolidaon of certain public cnrpnraons, it. will be a long time before Late constitutions will !> ? so mod ifu hh hi |ircvmn riu? sale <n wo or more private business in U9tries to the same purchaser, his would be to authorize tne jgialature to prevent ?t lauu.' rom buying the praperty ot one r another of his neighbor*; < r a ountry merchant ironi purcha*ng the stock in trade o ins riv < cross the street ; .ir .i capital.-. rom ae .uiring a group of nun* Dcated on a coinruon v< in " Apj larentlv, therefore, iavo reached an liupartne. ! > < aw has been invokeu i<. no pnr tone; a point lias been r?.?cin i rhere law can ^.o n<? lurinei. limply stated, the situation his: Men have been driven >; onie power higher than the law o find a legal method of ut-com dishing a given result which l*-tr siators have endeavored to pre ent; the method devised is one rhich they would have preferred tot to employ ; its adoption has >een compelled, because all other nethoas were made illegal."