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VOL. IX.
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"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? ^
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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
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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.
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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
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Attention! Patrons of Public Schools, j
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. }
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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
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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
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rise!
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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."