Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WAS jg TIE TBUSTS LNaIAKD OIL AND AM Kill (AN BOOK COMPANY WANTED. Sr. Lsghifoot Arrive* In New York m Take Evkhmce Preparatory to ?HHlng Big Suit. New York. Aug. 27.?Texas has her beat "trust buster" here with heetructlone to laaeo two maverick corporations and to brand them?If Ible?so that the Lone Star State reap a blf harvest of fines. The two concern* are the Standard Oil Company and the American Book -Company, of New York, both of waken are charged be for* the Texas as being "Illegal" corporations, from doing buatnssn there and tor millions of dollars aa penal? ises. The man who la bore to "rope" ffca aforesaid corporations Ii Julius F. laghtfoot. AsatsUnt Attorney Qen of Tanna There la no brass band with Mr. >t. aad what trust hunting he he does under cover. He has bare since last Saturday, and at be la endeavoring to reach aa At with both conoerns aa to a of facta, so as to facilitate of testimony, once the In. Ha does ot care to at witnesses to prove one fact It can be established by agree ta advance. Dates for the heer have not been eat, bat It la car* .that the American Book Com will be taken ap first and it the Standard Oil Company will he put upon Us grill, la anstacs the oases are Identical, :<*$* thai the penalties vary* Ja aha Mate w?o*. the oil company nave to pay in the nolghborhod f fl.lOf.Ov^O la penalties and the mk company about tl.100,000. Tha basis of the suit against the Book Company is that It Is rueu/t of the consolidation of asv Jadependent bookselling conoerns, sail of which were formerly licensed fja do business In the Stats. Under j law law af Tsxaa comblnatlOBs in ro? of trade Incur a forfeiture of i aar mit to do business and a fine few for each day that the concern cither by Ilaalf or Ita suoatd - Tin charge that tha book company la baaed upon the fact that the waa organised under the af Now York, first having been Jersey corporation, for the af validating the merger of seaalli i concerns that had been ng text boo ka to tha public \t tha contentions of the upheld when the testimony here la submitted to the District la Dallas, tha New Jersey cor a win have to pay Ines for time of Ita eiletsnce. The claim tha New Tort corporation la r about $1.10?. la* the eawa of the Standard Oil, i to quote Mr. Lftghtfoot. has "a aw barrels of olf. !vo refineries a herd of oil taaka in hock," ne that the State haa seised company's property aa surety to the peaaltlea sought All this tha State alleges, belongs the Staadard OH Company, though ? hi the aamea of four concerns It la contended, are subsidiaries Waters-Ptesoe Company, tha Na Oll Company, the Security Oil ipany and tha Navsrro Refinery OT. Beside*, th* Stau haa mad 1100.000 which several rail pastas owe to tha Standard ?3H Company. sAaaeag Use iillaisjis called to tes SBf before the special commissioner Hand by the Texas courts are D. Archbold. Oliver H. Payne, ?y H. Ttlfor* and Henry C. Pol all of whom were witnesses la caae which the Government ight against ths Standard Oil teeny, aad la which a fine of $29. .000 waa imposed by Judge Lan r. Ugh tfont came here quietly two a ago and took teetimony regard the Watere-Plsrce Company, got can la Texaa. and now has his before the United States Su? ss Court. This was two years af the trust-hunting expedition of rt 8. Hadley on behalf of the ta of Missouri, who*e caae has not be*n adjudged In the courts of State. Oov Ansel haa ben reelected by a emacluaive msjojrlty. We have never fcelleved there was any poalblllty of Me defeat by Cols L. Blsase, though St la certain that there waa serious axtxlety throughout the Stste at one There has bee a great deal of ithifactlon with Oov. Ansel dur the two years of his admlnlstra i. and. undoubtedly, If he had been by s man In whom the peo gtle of the State had confidence he would have ben defeated?Char'eeton The Democratic candidate for Prea it doesn't consider Georgia a doubt -Tul State, end he will not go down to make It doubtful ? Phtladel TO COTTON PRODUCERS. President Harris of the Farmers' I n fen Urges Perm ere to Hold Their Cotton for Sixty Days. Why is it that cotton has not reach? ed the minimum price set, 15 cents' Is It too late? I answer, No. What then, Is the cause of It being down? The producer alor.e Is to blame. He Is ready at all times to listen to all he hears about the bear side of cot? ton, but fails to look Into the true situation of the condition of the crop. He does not realise that cot: ton Is now scarcer than it has been in 25 years, while the demand is Just as great, when we consider the supply of raw material. It must be remember? ed that last year's crop was short more than four million bales. Jn view of this we can reach no other conclusion but that the producer him? self tu to blame for our not reaching the minimum before this. He has be? come frightened at the bluffs of the near element, the aplnner and specu? lator, and -has taken their assertions as facta. Their first bluff was the mills run? ning on short time. It was necessary for them to do this, aa It was impossi? ble for them to secure sufficient raw material to run on. Last year's crop forced them to curtail, not their pro? duction but their consumption. Cot? ton waa not to be had. They next bluffed you In making you believe that they could not sell their goods, and frightened you again. While they have goods stored In their own ware? houses, the commission houses In New York and other canters have leas goods than they have had In years. Not until the entire surplus Is con? sumed In these centers will the goods bo taken from the local warehouses. On August 1st the mills found It necessary to close down for ten days, but this waa not from choice. It was for the want of cotton. I know it to be a fact that most of the mills which wsre closed down were out of cotton to spin. They knew that there not enough cotton to run them until the new crop comes In. They must have old cotton to work with the new when It first comes in. It Is the old cotton that they want to get hold of now. I want to Impress upon the farm era that now Is the time to hold your old cotton, as well aa your new. If cotton la held off of the market throughout the South for the next sixty days the brokers and speculators will be compelled to give the price In order to fill contracts sold to the spin? ners ahead. You can do this by put? ting your cotton In bonded warehouses and borrowing money on It Money Is now plentiful for legitimate purpos The continental mills are short ot cotton and there la a demand for ac? tual cotton from this source, while the offerings are small. It Is getting harder every day to buy cotton for prompt shipment. The supply In the American mills Is not sufficient for to days. If that long. The New Eng? land mills will soon have to buy cot? ton or cloaa down. They have been buying from hand to mouth for the last three montha I know of one hundred bales of cotton sold laat week by one mill. Fifty bales of this went to a mill that was closed down, while the other fifty went to another mill. These two mills had to have this cot? ton to begin work with on the 17th instant All the mills which have been closed down resumed operations last Monday. Prom this we assume that trade conditions must be getting better. I hear from good authority that all the mills In this section will soon begin operating on full time. It Is understood that a number of mills havs sold their output Ahead for sev? eral montha Altogether the situa? tion in milling circles Is not aa bad aa It Is reported to be. Generally throughout the country the mills would be running on full time If they could get cotton to spin. Now, aa to the condition of the growing crop. We hear It stated from the bear aide that we will make fourteen million bales this year, and that cotton will decline to eight cents. This Is another great big bluff, and It will frighten some producers. It Is my honest belief, based upon the In* formation at my hand, that the crop of last year will not more than be duplicated. Another shortage like laat year will produce one of the big? gest cotton panics that the world has ever known, and the tails of our shirts will have to be made shorter to give every man a shirt. Crop conditions In South Carolina are not what they were two weeks ago. The crop la fully 25 per cent, off. This la due to too much rain in Jane and early In July, followed by exceaslve heat. It Is Impossible now for the plant ever to recuperate and make a top crop. In Texas reports say that the crop has been damaged In sections by too much rain, while In other sections the crop has been cut off considerably by drought and the levastatlon of the boll weevil. Texas cannot produce anything approaching what la con? sidered a full crop. Alabama and Mlsslaalppl both re? port too much rain, followed by ex cesslvely hot weather, producing rust, black rot and shedding. Georgia reports 30 counties affect? ed by black rot, which is damaging the crop no little. Other sections re? port caterpillars, too much rain, fol? lowed by excessive heat. Cotton has deteriorated wonderfully in the laHt ten days. Then other cotton belt States re? port conditions Just about as bad. In view of this Information, it is the height of folly for the producer and holder of spots to become frightened and sell. The Farmers' Union Is In a position to get a correct estimate of the crop, and it is wisdom in the farmer listening to the Union, whose interest is Identical with his, rather than to listen to the speculator, whoae Interest it is to get your cotton Just aa cheap as possible. The national convention of the Farmers' Union will convene Septem? ber 1st for the purpose of fixing the price of cotton. At that time the Union will know the exact condition of the crop, and will fix a price in keeping with those conditions. In view of these facts, I urge every man owning a bale of cotton to store it In a bonded warehouse, borrow' money to meet your obligations, and hold on till the price set Is reached. It It suicidal In us to work hard and make a crop and then let the gambler and speculator have it at less than it cos: us to make It. Stand by your guns and make a good fight and vic? tory is ours. YORKVILLE EDITOR ASSAULTED. Mr. W. D. Grist Beaten In Office of Clerk of Court by W. H. Windle. Yorkvllle, Aug. 27.?Mr. W. D. Grist, editor of the Yorkvllle En? quirer, was brutally beaten In the of- I flee of the clerk of Court here this afternoon by W. H. Windle, of Fort Mill Township, in this county. Mr. Grist was engaged in copying the ex? pense account of the various candi? dates in the recent primary when Windle, accompanied by W. Thom? son Jackson, stepped up to him. Both Windle and Jackson had heavy walk? ing sticks In their hands. Mr. Grist spoke to Windle, saying: "Howdy do," and in reply was struck over the head and knocked to his knees. The blow was followed in rapid sue* cession by others and Mr. Grist given no opportunity to defend himself. He weighs about 166 pounds, Windle not far from 200 and Jackson not less than 250. After Windle had struck Mr. Grist a number of blows Clerk of the Court T?te, who owes his renomlnation to office on Tuesday largely to the efforts ot Windle and Jackson, suggested that the assault had probably gone far enough, when Jackson Insisted that they be allowed to fight it out, and Windle continued to use his ?tick and fists. Finally Mr. Grist concluding that It was their purpose to murder him, and aa all three were his ene? mies, called several times for the po? lice, but the door having been closed by Jackson, he was not heard outside. About .this time Windle and Jackson left the office, and, although suffer? ing considerably, Mr. Grist finished his work and returned to his office. The alleged reason for the assault waa that Mr. Grist had slandered him In Ms paper, the alleged slander be? ing that the Enquirer had called at? tention to the fact that Windle, al? though not a candidate, was taking considerable interest In politics all over the county. It Is a fact that he was present at a large proportion of the campaign meetings, working In the Interest of certain candidates at each precinct visited. He was an ardent supporter of Cole L.' Blease, who was opposed by the Enquirer. No arrests have been made. ?Rings Little Liver Pills for bilious? ness, slckheadache. They keep you well. 25c. Try them. Sold by 81 bert's Drug Store. 9-l-3m Col. Henry T. Thompson states that he will make the race for adjutant and Inspector general two years hence. For a Sprained Ar.Ue. ?A sprained ankle mry bt cured in about one-third the tln.e usually ie quired, by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm freely, and giving It abso? lute rest. For sale by a 1 druggists. Unless It la somewhere between the lines, Mr. Taft has not stated his con? victions on lawn tennis as an aid to the new diplomacy.?New York World. ?Don't be afraid to give Chamber? lain's Cough Kemedy to your children. It contains no opium or other harm? ful drug. It always cure,s. For sale by all druggists. Still the man who wunts to bet that Bill will be elected Isn't taking any more risk than a weather man who predicts "partly cloudy."?New York Mail. ?If you are a sufferer from piles, ManZan Pile Remedy will bring re? lief with the first application. Guar? anteed. Price 50c. Sold by Slbert's Drug Store. 9-l-3m B. Harris, President, S. C. Farmers' Union. RICH WOMEN SMUGGLERS. TREASURE WORTH $80,000 ARE SEIZED IN CHICAGO. Customs Officials Churned That Mrs. Jack Gurdner, of Boston, and Mrs. Emily Cliadbouriio arc Guilty. Chicago, Aug 20.?The United States authorities in Chicago, Boston and Washington for the past aight weeks have been investigating the most re? markable attempt to "beat" the cus? toms laws ever brought to their at? tention. The audacity of the scheme and the standing of the participants breaks all records. Mrs. Emily Rock we* 1 Crane Chad bourne, who is now living on the north shore, daughter of Richard T. Crane, president of the Crane Manufacturing company, and Mrs. "Jack" Gardner, of Boston, are the unlucky persons Involved. Mrs. Chadbourne brought into this country as her household goods, under a false declaration, near? ly $100,000 worth or articles of virtu belonging to Mrs. Gardner, on which she placed a valuation of $8,000. There are few persons in this coun? try who read the newspapers who haven't heard at one time or another of Mrs. "Jack* Gardner, the eccen? tric Boston widow, and her famous Venetian palace, brought to this country, stone by stone, pilaster by pilaster, 3,000 miles from Italy. This palace, erected at great cost in Back Bay Fens, and known as Fenway court, la filled with rare paintings an 1 statuary and other works of art that Mrs. Gardner collected In various parts of Europe, but chiefly in Italy. Perhaps more than half of Mrs. Gard? ner's fortune of $5,000,000 has gone into this beautiful building and its contents, which have been so often described. For years Mrs. Gardner has tried In evade the payment of duties on the art treasures that she has brought to this country on the plea that her home was a public museum, works of art for exhibition purposes being ad? mitted free. Some years ago she was permitted by the government to bring in a large quantity of things on this assumption, first, however, putting up a bond of $200,000 to pay duties If she should not comply with the law. Although she claimed that hei beautiful home was a museum, open to the public, the authorities soon found out that It was not the easiest thing in the world for the public to gain admission to her home. She put on a charge of $2 or $3 for admission tickets and then had open days only once or twice a month. In addition to this shejgas exclusive in her ideas as to what Restituted the "general pub? lic," and many a person who would like to have feasted his or her eyes upon the art treasures that she had collected, even though willing to pay the $2 or $3 charged for admission, was denied entrance to the Venetian palace.. When Leslie M. Shaw, who then was secretary of the treasury, heard of this he descended on the $200,000 which she had deposited and started proceedings to forfeit it. He asked Attorney General Knox whether Mrs. Gardner's display constituted a public exhibition, and Mr. Knox decided that it was not In the sense that the law contemplated. Mr. Shaw then gave Mrs. Gardner the choice of throwing open her house to enable the public to view the art treasures without restrictions that were unreasonable or paying $200,000 duty, and she choose the latter alter? native., Since the row with the treasury de? partment Mrs. Gardner has purchased liberally in the art markets of Eu? rope. She has kept up a constant fight to secure free admission for her purchases, but has failed. Some time ago the government learned that she had stored In Paris nearly a quarter of a million dollars' worth of treasures, marbles, oil paintings, armor and other gems from various European collections. The tapestries in question were registered and are just as well known among arc collectors and connoisseurs as paint? ings of Titan, Raphael, and Ve? lasquez. About two months ago one of the i treasury secret agents in Paris learn I ed that a large shipment of Mrs. Gardner's goods had been made from Paris to London. In the English Cap? itol the secret service agent lost track of the goods for a little while. Last July Mrs. Chadbourne came back to America. When she landed in New York she had several large cases which were labeled "Household Goods," and which were shipped in bond to Chicago. She signed a sworn declaration. Attached to this declaration was a statement that the goods were house? hold goods, had been In use for less than one year abroad, were her per? sonal property, and as such under the law were entitled to admission with? out duty. Before Mrs. Chadbourne's declara? tion was accepted a further hint came from abroad that It might be well to keep a close watch for Mrs. Jack Gardner's stuff. Whenever this was a tip that started the customs officials CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Exact Copy of Wrapper. In Use Over Thirty Yeers CASTORIA mtw thi mm. in auction or not is not known, but when the packing cases were opened, instead of $8,000 worth of pots and pans, bedsteads, chairs and other things, $80,000 worth of tapeatrtes, marbles, or. paintings, prmor, porce? lains and other things of like ilk were exposed to view. Just exactly what explanation was made by Mrs. Chadbourne at the start of the investigation is not know n, but the case was so big that Charles P. Mongomery, chief of the customs department of the United States treasury, was put on the case. He came to Chicago and interviewed Mrs. Chadbourne and her relatives. He went to Boston and interviewed Mrs. Gardner. At first there were denials and protestations, but when he confront? ed them with the fact that one of the tapestries concealed in a packing case and valued at $30,000 was a certain registered piece of work the owner? ship of which was well known to exist to Mrs. Gardner, she having purchased it on a certain day from a certain dealer In Europe, all explanations and all subterfuge fell to the ground. Then heroic efforts were made to settle the case without publicity and as cheaply as possible. The govern? ment authorities, however, were In? censed at the attempted fraud, and when the appraisers fixed a value of $80,000 on the "$8,000 worth of household goods," they immediately assessed the legitimate duties (which amounted to $30,000) and then clap? ped on a 60 per cent penalty on the gross value of the goods. This made a nice little sum of $70. 000 which somebody had to put up as the first step out of the woods. It took some days to get this check, but finally a check for the amount was handed to the customs authorities. The goods were thereupon declared forfeited to the government, and if , Mrs. Gardner wishes to secure their return she must pay the government $80,000?their real value?for them, otherwise, they will he sold at auc? tion. When this step is taken the com? mercial honor of the government will be satisfied but the department of Justice in all probability, unless pres? ent plans are changed, will get into action. A Paying Investment. ?Mr. John White, of 38 Highland avenue, Houlton. Me., says: "Have been t-oubled with a cough every winter and spring. Last winter I tried many advertised remedies, but the cough continued until I bought a 50c. bottle of Dr. King's New Dis? covery; before that was half gone, the cough was all gone. This winter the same happy result has followed; a few doses once more banished the annual cough. I am now convinced that Dr. King's New Discovery is the best of all cough and lung remedies." Sold under guarantee at Sibert's Drug Store. 50c. and $1. Trial bottle free. Diplomacy Is sometimes merely the art of seemingly to be Intereetel la other peop'e's troubles. Will Interest Many. ?Every person should know that good health Is impossible if the kid? neys are deranged. Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure kidney and bladder disease In every form, and will build up and strengthen these organs so they will perform their functions properly. No danger of Bright* dis? ease or diabetes 1f Foley's Kidney Remedy is taken in time. W. W. Si bert. Wofford College HENRY NELSON SYNDER, A. IL, Lilt. D., LL.Dm President. Nine Departments, Library and Librarian, Gymnasie n under compe? tent Director; Athletic Grounds. Next S- gsiou begins Sept. 15. For Catalogoe addreas J. *V OA ME "WELL, Sec'y. Spartaabmg, 8. 0? Wofford College Fitting School. 8PJkBTAK8VEft9 8. 0. Kit! GRADE PREPARATORY SC?SSL Well equipped plant. T*o large dormitories and one recitation build? ing, sli brick. Limited School; email classes; charges reasonable. Session begins Sept. 16. For catalogue ad dree* A. M. DnPRE. Headmaster, gpartanburg, 8. C. 7-28-08?W-S 9-1-08 FILETS KIDNEY CURE wiu.euM.You of any om of Kidney or Bladder dieeaae that is not beyond the reach of medi? cine. Take it at once. Do not risk having Blight's Dis? ease or Diabetes. There is nothing gained by delay. 50c and 91.00 Bottle a. SIEBERTS DRUG STORE. Diarrhoea When jam seat* a quick cure without any loss of time, end one that is followed by no bad results, use Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy It never fails and is pleasant to take. It Is equa'/.y valuable for children. It is famous for its cures over a large part ol the civilized world. 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