University of South Carolina Libraries
I. C. HELPS STANDARO ? **CT COMPANY ALLEGES LAW FAVORS COMBINE. Smith (.rents Injunction?Prttcharu Forbids Authorities to Carry Out ProTtalunM of Inspect ton Measure, Alleged to be Unjust. Ashsvills. N. C. July 6.?Upon Its at om declaration In a bill of equity that the North Carolina Inspection law, which went Into effect July 1. operates unequally and to the preju? dice of complainant and other Inde? pendent oil companlei. and In favor of the Standard Oil Company, the IY?d "C Oil Manufacturing Company of Baltimore today secured from Uni? ted States Circuit Judge Prltchard an Injunction forbidding the State board of agriculture end th i commissioner Of agriculture from enforcing the igw. A hearing was ordered before Jigs Connor at Raleigh, August 2. Detailing Its charge of discrimina? tion in favor of Standard Oil. the bill of complaint alleges that the State law provides that oil stored in the ?tats prior to July 1 Is not compelled to pay the tax of half a cent a gallon oi be Inspected and that the Indepen d< nt compsnles. hai tng no large tank?, could not store >ll in antici? pation of the act paased March 8, while the Standard brot.ght In laige quantities of oil to Its tanks In ra rl >u* parts of the State. It Is further alleged that the regulatons compell? ing oil companies to inform the board ol agriculture of shipments Into the 8tats simply serve to Inform the Standard Compaiiy of the Independ? ent company's business. MAY SUE CITY OF PARIS. Union, July 7.?Dr. J. Milter Meore, formerly of the United States navy, and a well kitown citizen of thU city slid th? entire country, left for Washington, and thence goes to Kurop?? where hi exports to remain until November. Dr. Moors, .as will be recalled, while shroud last year hsd his tour Interrupted by being srrested and confined in an Intiane asylum in Paris tor three ir.onths. owing. It Is under? stood, to a cause of mistaken Identity and police blunder, he having origin? ally been arrested charged with hav? ing stolen asversl American express check? and when thia mistake was discovered he was put In this asylum to cover the blunder und suppress an Investtgatlon. which re demanded at the time. fer. Moore endeavored at that time to obtain a writ of habeas corpus or examination by a lunacy ecnamkaelon. but both were denied, and he was kept Incarcerated in the peuper ward of the aaylum without so much as being allowed to secure aewspapers and cigarettes, though when arrested he hadt on hla person about 14.000 and many valuables. Dr. Moore protested to the author? ities against hla treatment, and ap? plied to the officials In Parle to help secure hla release, but without avail, until he had been there several month*, when two men from this country were sent at his expenae to hrfhg him home, and on hia declining to come without aecutlng the examin? ation and the liberty of bringing an suction for dsmsgea. the Paris offlcisls refused to surrender h; m Into the custody of the two man. and had two detectives escort hin. on board the American line steamer for Cherbourg, a distance of 220 miles from Paris. On arrival In this country Dr. Moore immediately went to Washing? ton, where he was examined by two medical boards, which passed favor? ably upon bin sanity. Dr. Moore now returns to Paris, ? nd It Is probable that he will atSjftjSjft, t?rough counsel, Instituts a damage suit against the city of Paris for the ? mount of at least $50.000. Dr. Moore since returning to this Country tsat November, has resided in this city where he la well known, and I: Is everywhere conceded that hla mental condition ia the same as before Is lett America last year, and he hus certificate* from numerous physicians vho have been In daily touch with |4nj a ho aUeet to hla perfect sanity. ?If you hive pains In the back, wsak back, or any other Indication of ft weakened or disordered con tition ' Of the kldnt-vs <>r bludder. you snould , get DeWitt'a KM nay and Bladder Pills right away when you experience the U ms| alKS of kidney or nl ? l l- r corn? er plaints i it \ ?> sore thai you get De I Witts Kidney.and Bladder Pills. We know what they will do for you, and ir you will send your name to E. C. l?tWttt St Co., Chicago, you will re fa solve s free trial box of these kidney . and bladder pills They are sold here ( by All DrugsIsts. KILLTMS COUGH AMoCURBnaUINOS "C8GB ??MUTMWAHMU ju7Tr.uar.ji raKS3E!fJ CC/AA?A*rM?0 SAT/SXACTORy 1 a&nnnwasnunns FARMERS' UNION TO CONVE>K. Will Meet Ui Columbia on the 28th of July?Oftk-ers Urge a Large At? tendance?The Railroad* Have Given Reduced Rate*. Columbia. July 8?The following call has been issued by the officers of the State Farmers* Union: The meeting of the Farmers' State Unfon la drawing near, and we be? speak a large attendance. Reduced railroad rates have been applied for, and will doubtless be granted. Tho convention will be held at Columbia the fourth Wednesday in July, which thla year will come on the 28th. By that time moat of the farm work will be over with, so far aa concerns the hying by of crops, and we see no rea? son why there should not be a largo and enthusiastic gathering. Every county union should be represented. If possible, for matters of Importance e/tn come before the union for con? sideration.. All members in good landing not delegates will be admit? ted to the floor of the convention. We cannot too earnestly emphasise the fact that large delegations to this state meeting will prove to the skeptically inclined that the farmers mean business, and that it Is their ?^utpose to better their condition all as they can through organized ef t<?rt. A large attendance will not on y command the respect of outsider* bill it will help mightily toward inspir? ing confidence and onthusiasm among :]?<? farmer* themselves. Llstlessness I indifference never yet won a vic? tory, only earnestness and enthusiasm point the way of an assured goal. LKK PROHIBITIONISTS WORKING. l;lg Ant I-Dispensary Meeting Held In Blahopvllle Monday. Rlsh'opvtlle, July 6.?Today was cflebrated by a large prohibition meeting held in the Woodward grove. Early In the morning people began to come In from all parts of the county to be present at this meeting which was attended by About GOO cltliens who are enthused over the matter of getting rid of whiskey. The crowd kept gathering until the arrival of the morning train which Is due here at 11 o'clock, and Immediately aft?r its arrival they assembled In the grove. Dr. Cromer, of Newberry, who was I to have addreesed tbh meeetlng. was unavoidably hlndred from attend lnsr. After they had assembled Mr. J. B. McLauchlln >f the local bar, pre? siding. Introduced Mr. Thos. H. Ta tum, who in an able manner explain? ed why the dispensary should be vot? ed out on August 17. Mr. Tat urn was followed by Mr. W. A. James, who also pointed out the advantages of getting rid of whiskey. Mr. McD. Oreen waa the next speaker In favor of no liquor and he was followed by Hon. T. B. Fraaer. of Sumtor. Judg? ing from the Interest taken in this matter there Nls no doubt but that Lee County will go for prohibition in the coming election, and, too, peo? ple from all parts of the county are taking a great Interest In the matter and seem to be doing much work looking to that end. FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT ENDS. Union Team It Homo Wagon Race Wins First Priua. Union, July h.?In the hose wagon races of the State firemen's tourna? ment, held here this morning, the first prize. 120 0. went to the local r< rapany. Ancterson taking second money, $160. The entries In this race were New berry. Union, Anderson, Darlington and Columbia. There was consider? able wrangling as to the time of the Columbia team, which was tlnaaly ruled out because of alleged bungling or failure to properly connect at the le, the nozzle judge holding that Columbia should be awarded a ?goose egg." The raoes were wit? nessed by ono of the biggest crowds seen In Union In recent years. The whole tournament has been a matter of great and widespread inter? est to the people of Union. Now that It Is over, the people hope the visitors had a happy time, and that they curry away with them only the pleas antest memories. This afternoon the Charleston com? pany gave an exhibition of hook and ladder work that greatly Interested i very lsrge crowd of eager specta tcrs. Slnk'ng Fund Insnrnnee. The assets of the sinking fund In? surance department, for State insur? ance of public property, on June 3<>. 1*0?, amounts to the sum of $51,872. 09. In the sinking fund Itmuraneo department under the law there can be carried on any ope building an amount not exceeding one-half of these assets; therefore the commis? sioners of the sinking fund can now carry on ope building Insurance equal 11 $25,888.04. The net Increase in these aeeets since the first of this year It 85.888,-41. It Isn't always the Janitor who cleans out the bank. MOHE MONLf FOH FAKrYI WORK PROl*. williams' DEPARTMENT CODll INCREASED appro? priation. Special Agents Will Go From Farm To Purin This Fall Giving Inform? ation. Columbia, July 8.?Mr. J. P. Camp? bell of the Washington office of the United States farm demonstration work arrived in Columbia yesterday for a conference with Commissioner Watson and Prof. Ira W. Williams, the State agent for South Carolina, of the farm demonstration work. The annual appropriations for farm demonstration work in the Uni? ted States have Just been made by the General Education board and Mr. Campbell brought the exceedingly gratifying news that in making the annual appropriations for the fiscal ytar 1909-'10, an increase had been allowed this State of about $4,000 or $5,000. Tho situation in South Carolina was thoroughly gone over with the resull that this fall this valuable Uni? ted States demonstration work, prac? tical work with the individual farm 1* by special agents going from farm to farm and giving specific instruc? tions for the betterment of farming metb ?ds, will be so extended that ev? ery county in the State, with the ex? ception of seven, will be under this work another crop season. Only the territory where drainage is so badly needed and the agricultural industry amounts to but very little, will be omitted during the next crop year. While the appropriations for some of the other Southern States are per? haps larger than South Carolina It is a noteworthy fact that practically thi3 entire State will be covered during the coming fiscal year, while with the fundti available not more than one half of the territory in North Caro? line, Georgia and Virginia, for in? stance, will be covered. Dr. Knapp has been much pleased with the earnest support given by the Siate department of South Carolina and by the people of the State them? selves, so much so, in fact, that he has insisted on the broadest expan? sion of the work in this State, not? withstanding no State aid has been given as in other States: The results obtained have been most gratifying to the office In Washington. Further? more, everything that has been ac? complished In South Carolina has been done since the season of 1907, when the work was first introduced here by Dr. Knapp at the earnest re? quest, of the State department and upon its rssurance that the people of the State would welcome It and show substantial results. During the past two years a most remarkable head- | way has been made, as has been | shown by greatly increased statistics, In diversified agricultural crops, and much of this has been due to Mr. Campbell, who was here as State agent for some time before being called to Washington, and to his pre? decessor, Dr. Barrow, now at Clem son College, and to the earnest, ac? tive State agent who now directs the operations of the farm demonstration agents In South Carolina. Among the counties which will re? ceive the extension of the work this year are Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Florence, Marlon, Bam? berg, Barnwell, EdgefteJd, Saluda and Abbeville. The men who will be agents have all practically been de? termined upon. Commissioner Watson, in speaking of the gratifying Increase of the ap? propriation and development of this work, said: "I am of course deeply gratified at this manifestation of ap? preciation of results that has been shown by Dr. Knapp. Our people have taken most kindly to this prac? tical result-giving method of develop? ing the agricultural industry, and we have made most marked headway un? der it. It is particularly gratifying when we consider that up to the present time the State has not been asked for any supplemental appro? priation for the conduct of the work, such as Is being given in other States where this work is being prosecute* , nor have our banks and other inter? ested concerns made any subscrip? tion to any fund with which to sup? plement the appropriation made from Washington. I have not asked the kuislature for any appropriation of this character heretofore, because we wished to show what could be ac? complished. The increase of the value of our corn crop from $17,500, 000 in two years* time to $19,600,000 1 consider u result that warrants tills department in asking the legislature at its next session for a supplemental appropriation with which we will be ?il'l? to Increase in every county in the State, save the seven that must be omitted for the present, to full time county agents. In a number of coun tioH now in operation the agents can only be employed for so many days out of the week, and this will he true under the extension next year unless the State, by direct contribution, and banks and other concerns by sub? scriptions, supplement the federal funds, thus enabling the State agent to put all of these counties under men devoting every hour of their time to radical i.ireetion of individual . throughout the State. Every in South Caroling could afford well to give a small srbscription to dement thli federal appropria? tion and Increase the efficiency of work that makes Increased produc inu and ? ?msequentl. increased wealth in t1e> farming districts, by which each o; them would materially benefit. The state legislature could anally afford to spend a few thousand dollars when it means so much to th? increase of the taxable values in the State, and I hope at the next session sorie such action will be taken. In netirly all of the other States both ap? propriations of this kind and sub? scriptions of the character I have In? dicated have been made, and I have yet to hear of a single expression of regret from any legislature or individ? ual subscriber." THE BROKEN DYKE. The Story of a Nation Beaten in Its Fight For Free Lumber. First the crevice, then the broken dike, last the torrent. There you have the story of a nation beaten in it*: fight for free lumber. The quib? bling tariff plank of the Chicago platform Is the leak which gave the flood right of way. The break in the dike came when the Senate took a vote which was interpreted as fore? casting a retention of the Dingley rates. Hut during the weeks between the 24th of May and the 23rd of June, the waters had been silently gnaw? ing, and seething in darkness had risen higher and higher. Tariff hoo dCOlem was trying its strength. And when the Senate suddently boosted the schedules on several of the chief lumber products the barrier fell with a crash and Niagara poured in. But the spasmodic on-rush was a cal? culated spasm. It had been foreseen, had been planned for and tentatively essayed, long before. The May vote against free lumber was a mere dress rehearsal. The action of the 23rd of June was the climax of the drama. Ho more illogical, no more unjust, no more daring culmination has marked the vast spectacular production of "Revision Upward." Were the National Monthly to state in a form as concise as the proposi? tions in an arithmetic, all the argu? ments for free lumber, we should consume the whole editorial space of this magazine. But here are a few plain facts. The timber supply of the country is swiftly diminishing. The prices are intolerable. A great build? ing season is upon us. All sorts of substitutes, like concrete, are being exploited for construction purposes. J Railroad buildings and repairs are formidably handicapped by the diffi? culty of procuring ties, and any rail? way manager can tell a remarkable story of the attempts of American in? vention to devise substitutes for the timber tie. The Republicans are yell? ing for a ship subsidy, and economic experts of all parties or of no party are deploring the decline of our mer? chant marine. Yet the forests with which Perry built his ships on Lake Erie, and which fitted out our vast peace naval establishment before the Civil War, are groaning and falling under the ax. So tremendous is the demand for lumber that at this mo? ment speculators are planning to go to the regions near the Georgian Bay and to other points in Canada, buy up timber tracts, ship the lumber into the United States, PAY THE TAR? IFF and yet heap up fortunes which in a few years will make them mil lionarles. If these exploiters can pay the tax and yet make money, how enormous must be the profit In the business. Who finally pays the bill? The consumer. And the consumer is numbered by tuni of millions. He means, not only the farmer who builds a frame house, but the man Who can't afford to build but must nail new shingles on an old roof or get wet. He means the city man who wants to own his own hme; the city man of some capital who intends to construct houses for other people to buy or r* ;?t. He means everyone who must have lumber, from a Henry H. Et( gen puzzled to find a permanent supply for that Virginia railroad of his to the house-wife who asks her husband for an extension table, is any man bold enough to see that the destruction of the American mer? chant marine is our own folly, fault and fraud, and conscientious enough to admit that the way to rehabilitate it is not to sail Yankee ships under foreign tlags nor to rob the treasury by a subsidy steal? That man. too, is one of the consumers who is plun? dered by the lumber tariff. Who is protected? Nobody who needs the protection. The broad?ag Of the timber ta^ff manipulators has struck a slashing blow at a winde, nation. Or, to change the metaphor, the treachery to the REAL lumber Interests which are those of the people who In some form or other must use lumber, is one of the titanic branches of the upas tree of Republican repudiation of Repub? lican pledges.?National Monthly. The only harmless fool Is a dead fool. SHORTHAND WRITERS TO MEET. Stenographers to Gather at Atlantic Heath Hotel?Convention Promise* To be Largely Attended and Inter? esting, Charleston, July. 7.?The annual convention o:' the Palmetto State Stenographers' Association will be htld at the Atlantic Beach Hotel, Sul? livan's Island, August 6-7. This convention bids fair to be a whirling success for the shorthand writers of South Carolina, this being the first organization among the shorthand writers of the State that has been successful. The Association is headed by Col. Wm. H. Macfeat, the veteran Court reporter of the 5th circuit, as its president; assisted by Lewis E. Woods, Esq., of Sumter, as first vice president; Miss Virginia E. Wilburn, of Columbia, as second vice president, and Mr. Edgar A. Brown, o? Barnwell, as secretary-treasurer, with the hearty co-operation of the majority of the Court reporters of the State. BLESSING OF FRESH AIR. Winter and Summer Sleep With Open Windows. Perhaps no other fallacy, says the Progressive Farmer, has done so much to promote ill-health in the South 3S the foolish notion that there is some? thing peculiarly and mysteriously in? jurious about "night air," as if night BT* were dinerent from the air which we breathe and which gives us health and strength in the day time. We should have far fewer deaths from consumption, far fewer head? aches, and a great many more people with rosy cheeks and untroubled bodies, if people made it a practice to sleep with their windows open. If fresh air cost money, we should have millions of poor people com? plaining that their poverty prevented them from getting enough fresh air, whereas, since it costs nothing, they go to great pains to shut out as much a?j possible this great health-making gift of God every night that comes. Go out of a close, unventilated house early In the morning into the fresh, sweet air out of doors and note the contrast; can you conceive how it is possible for people to deliberate? ly shut themselves up one-third of their lives In the bad., unwholesome air of the closed room, when the in? vigorating atmosphere of God's out of-doors is free to every living being for the mere asking*? Even in the coldest weather, plenty of cover in the sleeping-room with the open windows will make one per? fectly comfortable and there are few things which will do more to promote health and vigor. "Who's that homely girl you spoke to?" "Sir, that lady has promised to be my wife." "Cheer up. Lots of women don't keep their promises."? Cleveland Leader. Sees Mother Grow Young. ?"It would be hard to overstate the wonderful change, in my mother since she began to use Electric Bitters," writes Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick of Pan forth, Me. "Although past 70 ?she seems really to be growing young again. She suffered untold misery from dyspepsia for 20 years. At last she could neither eat, drink nor sleep. Doctors gave her up and all remedies failed till Electric Bitters worked such wonders for her health." They Invigorate all vital organs, cure Liver and Hidney troubles, induce sleep, impart strength and appetite. Only 50c at Sibert's Drug Store._ $2.75 ?TO? Charleston. S. I And Return. $4.05 ?TO? (For Myrtle Beach.) ?VIA He Coast Uk Tickets for sale for all trains each Saturday and for Sunday forenoon, trains commencing Saturday, May 29th and continu? ing to Saturday, Sept. 4th, 1909, limited to return Monday follow? ing date of sale. An excellent opportunity to visit the famous Seashore Resorts of South Carolina at a minimum cost. For information, call on Ticket Agent, or write. W. J. CRAI6, T. C. WHITE, Pis. Traf. Mir. Gen. Pas. Agt. WILMINGTON, N. C. COTTON GOODS GO VP. The Bad Shape of tho Growing Cotton Crop Has Its Effect on the.Price of Goods. The government report on the con? dition of the cotton crop has left cotton goods and cotton yarn mer? chants no alternative save to mark up prices, and on Friday the move? ment upward began. Tickings were advanced half a cent a yard, and no? tices were given that bleached sheet? ings would be advanced during the coming week. Brown cottons were marked up from l-8c to l-4c a yard. On Friday afternoon many large commission houses withdrew their lines temporarily before revising them. The cotton yarn market has been broadening a IitUe, but spinners' prices were higher than dealers could secure from buyers, so that trading was limited. In the month of Juno some large sales of goods were made, and jobbers will go into the next sea? son fairly well provided with mer? chandise that seems very low priced in view of the cotton advance. Raw cotton is today 30 per cent, higher than it was in January. Naturally there is considerable anxiety felt, as t ) the success of distributors and re? tailers in securing the higher prices mills will now be forced to name. The country's trade has been broadening on textiles of all kinds in so far as it has been reflected here, tut a curious feature has been that while spot transactions were general? ly light with the jobbers, the ad? vance orders were excellent. Com? plaints against the new high prices in men's wear are coming forward, but the ordering of staple goods for spring has been large. The knit goods trade was better during the week, staple hosiery being especially strong, j Many large buyers are to be in tho market next week. CASTOR IA Eor Infants and Children. The Kind You Hate Always Bought SEES Bears the Signature of Do You Know It Requires 4 to 6 Years To build a Stieff or Shaw piano, from the time we plaee the lum? ber in our lumber yards until tiie piano is flnlsued? We air-dry all our lumber and that is one rea? son why our pianos are so thor? oughly good. The Lumber in about two-thirds of the pianos made Is in virgin forests less, thau twelve months before they are finished ready to sell. They are made out of kiln dried lum? ber and this Is the principal rear son they will not stand and are so unsatisfactory after a few years. One piano in a life-time its enough and If that piano is a ST1EFF it will. WRITE TO-DAV Chas. M. Stieff Mancfactl'ukk or thk Artistic Stieff, Shaw and jrj Stieff Self-player Pianos. 8 SouthernWareroom 6 WEST TRADE ST. CHARLOTTE, - N. C. C. H. W I L M O T H. Manager. (Mention this paper.) Foley's GRIND Laxative X? Pleasant and Effscti*s> CURES Constipation, Stomach and Liver Trouble. by stimulating these organs and restoring their natural acttojsv Is best for women and chil? dren as ORINO does not grip* or nauseate. s SIEBERTS DRUG STORE, i