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SHOE TRUST IS LAWFUL. si PUKMi: < <M K| <.1\ i s siioi: m u hin \ H\ dilU'iU; \ i ion I IJLaJI bill" tjttixtioii of Whether System of brase* Constitute Moiio|M>ly Not P*M*t<d t pon. Washington. Feb. 5?The Ignited Spites Supreme Court today pronounc? ed the t'nlted Shoe Machinery Com? pany, known far and wide ftl the Shoo Machinery TruJt. a lawful corporation and entirely within the meaning and Intent of the . herman act. The victory for the company may pcove to be >nly partial. however, for while the court relieves the officer* of the corporation from the criminal charge by dismissing the indictment against them, it dose not pass upon the system of leases whereby the cor? poration maintains its grip upon the 'manufacturers of shoes. The Supreme Court upholds the opinion of Judgt Putnam, of Boston, who had dismissed the criminal In? dictments against five officers of the company brought under the Sherman Anti-Trust law. The position of 8ollcltor-Qeneral Bullitt waa rejected. In his brief for the Government Mr. Bullitt declared that the action of the trust In placing a large percentage of the machinery business under one control, or. as he described it. an "undue proportion" of It In one hand, the corporation had violated the law and the officers were criminally liable. Undoubtedly the court In this case again applied the "rule of reason." as was done In the Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust suits. And the new opinion seems to most lawyers who have seen the text of It to mark to a greater extent than any previous order the limitation of t"he Sherman law. as this court Interprets that act. The Government will prosecute the officials of the company under the one remaining indictment, It was an? nounced at the Department of Just? ice after the court's decision had been delivered. That indictment charges monoply and unfair competitive methods, and is declared by officials to be the most important and strong? est of those returned against the com? pany The Government In the Indictment dismissed alleged that Sidney \v. Winslow, Edward P. Hurd, George W. Brown, William Harbour and Elmer P. Howe had violated the law. first, by organising the l'nlted Shoe Ma? chinery Corporation, and. second, by a system of leasing their machin?SJ whereby patrons were compelled to promise not to use any machinery made by Independents and to use only that made by the alleged com? bine. The charge was that the shoe ma? chinery corporation took over the business of the Consolidated and Mc? Kay Lasting Machine Company, man? ufacturing *0 per cent of all lasting machines; the McKay Shoe Machin? ery Company, manufacturing 70 per cent of all heeling machines and 80 per cent of all metallic fastening ma? chines, and of the Goodyear Shoe Machinery Company, manufacturing 80 per cent of all the welt-sewing and outsole-stitchlng machines. The Government claimed this put about 80 per cent of the business of manufacturing shoe machinery into one concern and that being an "un? due proportion" of the trade was a violation of the law. It did not claim that there had been unfair competition as In the Standard OH or Tobacco The shoe machinery officials declar? ed the Supreme Court could not re? view the action of the Massachusetts ??oorts because the Criminal Appeals' t was repe not beim- mend? ed In the Judicial code of 19 :, and hI*o cont? tided that the erganlxation of the ( orporatlon was a normal trade development. They further urged that the groups consolidated Into the corporation were non-competing and thaMthe leading system was Justifl? d by The patent laws. Justice Holmes, delivering the unanimous opinion of the Supreme Court, aald the lower court regarded the Indictment as merely ref-tr'ng to the organfxatlon of the company, not to the tying clause" leases That he l " l" I to- - . t he Slip! efne ? 'oUTt ITIUMt mre.pt that Interpretation without question. i?on i ^ on atoMeee It. Some *?y that chronic constipation cannot hi cured. Don't you bellevt if ?'hamherl iln'ft Tablets have cured oth? er*?why m I yu Give them a trial. Thev ? o??t oniv a quarter, Fot aals by ?II de 11? r* Ad\ t The roadtied of the I ? . W. road between Darlington iird RaHSVllh 1? In Splendid order; Indeed it in bet ter than nages parti at ltv a. C l though thnt road I- muck old* r - - I ?ai hmr'on N. Sitrprl*** Your I rlend-. i\.r four weeks regularly n*>- Dr Ktnir'-* New Lift Pills They ithnulatt the liver. Improve dlgestlc* ren?ov? blood impurities pimples and erup lions dtaapp< ir from your face ant body and you feel bettet legis s aace Buy at Sibert m Dreg Store. Advt TO MAKE tVMTKR A CITY. "Progress'* Point* out u Few Mutter* Which Need Correction. Tu Tu* Bdttof of The Dully Ittm: Before Bumter oaJi svsf become a city in fact, there are a few matters to be attended to and a few laws to be enacted and maintained. 1 beg permission to make one or two sug? gestions along the line indicated. When free delivery of the malls was inaugurated, word went out that we must all number our houses and places of business, and the public authorities would post the names of the streets on the street corner. This was quite a long time ago. A great many new h< uses have been built, which bear no number, and in many other places, the numbers have fall? en down that were put up years ago. The result is that we are daily living in violation of the agreement made with the government concerning the free mail delivery. It seems that our city fathers could Inaugurate some wise law, which would compel the citizens to maintain the house num? bers. A visit from a policeman, ad? monishing one that his number had disappeared, with instructions "how to have the same renewed at a mini? mum cost, would be cf service to many of us. A house number is not of much value to the man who lives in the house, but would often be helpful to a stranger who visits the city. Our Main street is by no means too wide, and the traffic along this main thoroughfare is quite considerable. The present custom of parking auto? mobiles along the two principal squares, from Hampton avenue to the postofflce is an abomination which should not be . allowed. To drive through Main street at midday, one is required to "keep in the middle of the road" because of the rows | of machines which line the street on each side. The business men ride down to their offices, and think they have a right to leave their cars before the places of business for several hours during the busiest part of the day. The law tells us how to stop, with the right side of the car to the sidewalk, but forgot to say that we must not p in one place half a day to the gfsat Inconvenience of others. Complaint has several times been made that our livery stable men use the streets for hitching up their teams and for storing their wagons. On Har vin Street, conditions are sometimes annoying In the extreme, and passers by find no little trouble in avoiding a clash with the empty wagons that line the street. We are all glad to 004 new houses being built, but It borders upon the ridiculous to contemplate the fact that, without a word of objection, the builders of the City National Hank should nave been allowed to block the sidewalk In the business part of town for more than six months, and this too in face of the fact that when the license to build was given, it was distinctly stated that after the build? ing got far enough above the ground, a scaffolding should be erected to al? low passing beneath. How much longer we shull be compelled to tramp through the mud and slop in order to go around the pile of rubbish on the street, is a matter purely problemati? cal. All we know is that the process of building is very slow, and we must continue to wado through the mud at the will of the contractor. Such a sight In a real city would be impos? sible. These suggestions?not to call tlvm criticisms?are now before the eyes of the city fathers. The material for building a house can be carried up from the inside as well as from the outside, and while the people may be willing to accept and put up with in? conveniences for a few weeks, it is be? yond reason t<> ask them to <i<> so for six or eight months. PROGRESS. ?w. g, Bkelton, ? merchant ;it Stan* lay, Ind.i says ha would not take llOO.tt for the relief a single box of I'..lev Kidney Pills gave him. "l had a Severe attach Of kidney trouble with sharp pains through my back and eould hardly straighten up, A single box oi i'oh v Kidnt y Pills sntlrely relieved me. Hlbert's Drug store.? Advt. in Illinois they are saying "Good m??rning" and "Good aft? ?noon" over the phone Instead of "hello." What would a man say if be ware tailed to the phone fr<>m bis midnight ?lum? bers??4^o! um bis Record. ?Conductor s I.. Miller, Norfolk, Nebr., on Bonesteel Division of C, i \. W. Ry., Co., recommends Foley Kidney Pills omi s;i\s ? 1 have used Kidney Tills with very satisfactory re? sults and endorse their uss f?>r an) one afflicted with kidney trouble, They nr?* all riKbt." Hlbert's Drug Store Advt. The need of llghti In the rear of tin passenger station is as great now a* it was a number of yean when t?o matter was flrst taken up with the railroad officials by Council, but ttu llghti have not been Installed. Dr King's New Discovery. Soothes Irritated throat and lungs Mops chronic and haehlns cough, re Hoves tl< i Ing throat, tastes nice, Takt n?i ot h( r; ? n< ? ? us< d, slwayi used Ituy it .? Blbert'i Drug Store.Advt, WAR HEWS SCARCE. AGAIN Simon? OF mystery covers BALKANS, Ottoman Porom Probably Have lioen Defeated in (be Galllpoll Peninsula ?-Ambassadors Meet. London, Feb. t?.?News from the seat of war Is meagre. Vague re? ports of fighting in Galllpoll and at the Tchatalja lines have been re? ceived, but no details enabling one to judge of the character of the opera? tions. The fact that the Bulgarians appear to be moving their positions westward show that Ihey realize there is a pos? sibility of an attempt to outflank thein, but so far there is no con? firmation of the rumors that the Turks are moving troops by sea to the neighborhood of Rodosto and Mldla. The reports indicate that the Turks have met a reverse in the Gallipoili peninsula hut no word has been re? ceived as to whether the main forces have yet been engaged and it is as? sumed that the Turkish lines at Bulair and across the neck of the peninsula are well defended by modern works which ought to offer effective resist? ance. Fighting at this point should bring the rival fleets into the operations but no naval movement has been re? ported. Dr. Daneff, head of the Bulgarian delegation, returned to Sofia today. The ambassadors of the powers had another meeting in London this after? noon. CAN'T LET TH131 OUT. Servians Unable to (.rant Request of Foreigners. Sofia, Feb. 6.?Ministers of the pow? ers in Sofia today communicated to Premier Gueehoff the request of the consuls at Adrianople for permission for foreigners to leave the town and for the establishment of a neutral ?one for their protection. Premier Gueehoff declined to accede to the request. He said there was no precedent for foreigners leaving a besieged place under similar circum? stances and there were weighty rea? sons why Bulgarian headquarters could not grant such permission. Nor could a netitral zone be established as no guarantee could be given that shell would not accidentally fall with? in the zone and consequently great difficulties would bo created for the troops engaged in the operations. TURKISH FORCE RETIRES. Main Body at ouiitopii Bald to be in Retreat. London. Feb. 6.?The main body of the Turkish troops has retired behind the main line of defense at Gallipoli, according to a dispatch to The Daily Telegraph. A Constantinople dispatch says that the Bulgarians attacked the Bulgalr forts, but were compelled to retire to their old positions. The Turkish crui? ser, Messudieh, with two torpedo boats, has sailed for the Black sea, ap? parently to cover the landing near Midia of troops from Trebizond. ABOUT 10 MILLION PACKAGES. Parcel Post Business During Janu? ary?Still Increasing. Washington, Feh, C.?Approximate? ly 40,000,000 parcel post packages were handled during January. At the fifty largest poitofllces 19.305,433 par? cels were handled in the first month of tho operation of the new system and the busin ess of the last two weeks exceeded that of the first two weeks by more than five million packages. Chicago ex< reded all other cities In tie number of parcels handled. its total being (,163,163. New York handled ...MC.Tss; Atlanta, 183,000; St. Paul. 181,066; New Orleans, 166, Ifl; Dallas, 130,200; Louisville, 114, 076; Richmond, 100,000; Nashville, 68,370; Jacksonville, 42,963. The present season is the dvdl one In postotflcc business, but even if there should be no Increase In the parcel post wank about 600,000,000 would be bandied dating the first year. Some postmasters estimate the first year's total will be one billion packages. Prom the more remote sections of the country, postmasters report mer? chants are preparing to extend their fields to the rural districts through the new ss teni. and farmers are pre? paring to send products t< cities and towns upon tie opening of the spring aaon< The preliminary appropriation for thi establishment of the parcel post hai been exhausted and Postmaster G< nernl Hitchcock tod ty asked for an additional appropriation of $760,000. Health Warning. *< 'hilled and w et f< et r. Hull in con? gest Ins I In intern ?! ors in> and Inflam mat Ion nl the kidneys and bladder, with rheumatic twinges and pun In hack, generally follow, Pse Foley K id to \ Pills. Tb- \ lire Ihe h< st med - leine made f. r n 11 disorders of ihe kidneys, for bladder Irregularities, snd for b o K o ?,.' and rheumatism. Th< \ do not contain habli forming drugs. Tonic In netlon, quick In r< suits Blbert's Drug Store, <\dvt. Ri For Results /C3^fiZ>v Esl-1885 tf* ._ A9k _ BlOISTIRlD _ _____ _____ ~S__ OYSTERS FERTIliZERO CAPT. WALSH ADMITS GRAFT. Confession by Now York Police Cap? tain Involves Others?(>rand Jury Will Probe Matter. New York, Feb. 6.?Police Capt. | Themas W. Walsh, accused by Pa- [ trolrnan Eugene Fox as the man to whom he paid his graft collections for five years, tonight sent for District At? torney Whitman, and according to a statement by the district attorney confessed to his part in the alleged police graft. Capt. Walsh has been ill for sev? eral weeks, and it was said that his condition spurred hirn to tell all that he knew of the graft system told of by Fox in a confession to the district attorney. Mr. Whitman said that Walsh had corroborated in detai the statements made by Fox, who Mon? day pleaded guilty and then turned State's evidence. District Attorney Whitman said that Walsh sent for him and asked for no immunity and was offered no induce? ments to tell his story in which it lj said he implicated two men "high? er up" in the police department and declared every cent collected by Fox bad been shared by him with an in? spector after 10 per cent had been kept out by Fox aa his share of the fund. Walsh could not recall tonight off? hand the amount paid by him to the inspector, but he thought it would reach between $25,000 and $50,000. As a result of the further disclosures, it was decided With the consent of Supreme Court Justice Goflf to hasten the investigation of the extraordinary grand Jury by having that body con? vene tomorrow instead of next Mon? day. ?P. K. Walling, a farmer living near Yukon, Mo., strongly recommends Fo ley's Honey & Tar Compound and says: "I have been advised by my family doctor to use Foley's Honey & Tar Compound for my children when there was a cough medicine needed. It always gives the best of satisfaction and 1 recommend it to others." Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. The Claremont Hotel is doing a good business every day now. Almost every day this week the hotel has been practically full, last night every room being taken. The elevator has been completed and is now working and everything else is running along smoothly. ?Mrs. S. S. S., Van Buren St., Kings? ton, N. Y., (full name furnished on application) had such decided bene? fit from using Foley's Honey & Tar Compound that she shares her good fortune with others. She writes: "Fo? ley's Honey & Tar Compound brought my voice back to me during a severe case of bronchitis and larynigitis. Oh, how many people I have recommend? ed it to." Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. HOUSE AGREES TO ADJOURN FEB. 21. Water Power Tax Bill Goe^ to Senate Without Opposition. Columbia, Feb. 7.?The House agreed this morning to the sine die adjournment of the General Assem? bly on February 21. The water pow? er tax bill went to the Senate without opposition. ?When Burton Holmes recently gave his celebrated travelogue on "Panama" at Orchestra Hall, Chi? cago, he was seriously interrupted by continual coughing of the audience. No one annoys willingly and if people with coughs, colds, hoarseness and tickling in throat would use Foley's Honey & Tar Compound, they could quickly cure their coughs and colds and avoid this annoyance. Sibert's BEACH GOES FREE. MILLIONAIRE ACQUITTED OF AS? SAULT BY AIKUN JURY. I\ O. Beach, Now York Millionaire, Declared N<>t (iuiity of Assaulting His Wife?Case Attracted Hundredi of Curloua Spectators. It was learned this afternoon that F. O. Beach, the New York million? aire and clubman on trial in Aiken for the past few days for assaulting his wife, was today found not guilty I of the charge against him by an Aik? en jury. Almost everybody who reads the newspapers is familiar with the details of the crime which Beach was charg? ed with committing, that of assault ing his wife one night last spring at their Aik? n cottage. A few days ago Heath, eocompealed by his wife and Miss Molliris, who was a visitor at the Beach home when the crime* was committed, returned tj Aiken for the trial, which has excited a great deal of interest among the people of Aik? en and which has covered consider* able space in the newspapers. Throughout the trial Mrs. Beach cor? roborated her husband's statements showing that he was in no way con? nected with the crime. The verdict of "not guilty'' is doubtless not un , expected by most people who have been keeping up closely with the de? tails of the case. Mrs. Roea Snydacker, of Chicago, is in the city visiting her daughter, Mrs. Irving Ryttenberg. tttttttmttttttttmtttttt^^ I WANTED] I White Boys and Girls from 14 | || to 25 years old to learn to spin ||| I and weave in Bagging Mill; will j II start pay at from ?435 To ?5.40 |i| Per week while learning. After learning can earn from $6.00 To $10.00 per week Mill runs 57 hours per week, I 1-2 day holiday Saturday. 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