The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 12, 1913, Image 3
SHOE TRUST IS LAWFUL.
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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.
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i\.r four weeks regularly n*>- Dr
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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*
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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.
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