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r'elATl'KHS or AVIT-TKl ST BILL. Prluolplc of "l'cn*nuil GeneY1 Applied ?Interlocking Directorates Aim! Holding i nmpMii) Clause* Modt Mi _ The hill Introduced in the house this week by Mr. Clayton, of Ala? bama, embracing tho administration'* revised program of anti-trust legisla? tion Is. in many respects, tho most Important measure of the session. Throughout the bill the prlnclplo of personal guilt" Is applied to all of? fense* that are held to be unlawful. In section I, for instance, which pro w?lee ? fine of not more than $j.000 or Imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, for discriminating in prices of commodities to injure or de? stroy tbs business of a competitor, thin provision Is added: "Corporations shall be deemed per? sons within the meaning of this sec? tion, and when any corporation shall he guilty of a violation of this section the offense shall l?e deemed to be also that of the individual directors or oth? er officers or employes of such cor? poration ordering or doing the pro? hibited act, and upon conviction they shall be punished a provided In this section." Sections one to fl e inclusive, deul with price dlscrlmint tlons. The Clayton bill give* a legal status to labor unions as well as other "mu? tual" organizations, "not having cap? ita) stock or conducted for profit." It provplea .hat such organisations shall not Is restricted "from carrying out the Ugitlmate objects of sucli,associa? tions." This does not stop prosecu? tions of labor unions if they commit acts that are helJ by the bill to be Illegal. Section six of the bill dealing with this question reads: "That nothing contained In the anti? trust laws shall he construed to forbid the existence and operation of frater? nal, labor, consumers, agricultural or horticultural organisations, orders or associations operating under the lodge system, Instituted for the purpose of mutual help and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to forbid or restrain Individual members of such orders or associations from carrying out the legitimate objects of surn associations." Section 7 relates to holding compa? nies. It prohibits a corporation from acquiring control over a competitor where such acquisition might tend to the creation of a monopoly in any ?in? of business. The prohibition does not apply to corporations purchasing ' stoeb solely Cor Investment purposes. ' Here Is a new section of the bill that is regarded ss ol Importance: "Nor shall thin prohibition prevent a corporation engaged In commerce ftpm causing the formation of sub-11 sldtary corporations for the acutal carrying on their Immediate lawful business or the natural and legitimate branches therefore or from owning and holding all or a part of the stock of such sobsldiary eroporations when the effect of such formation is not to eliminate or lessen competition." Another new provision is that which permits rallroods to aslsst in the building of "feeder" tines and to pur? chase and control "branch" or "short line" railroads that are not substan? tial competitors. Violation of the holding company prohibition Is made punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprison? ment for one year or both. Section 8 has to do with Interlock? ing directorates. It prohibits Inter? locking directorates between railroads and corporations that are engaged in selling railway supplies. It also pro? hibits interlocking directorates among banks and other financial Institutions. In addition to the p.ovision limiting the enforcement of the prohibition only against financial institution!! with resources In excess of $2,500,000, there Is another section affecting private bankers end trust companies n all t itles) with a population In excess of 100.1100. This reads um follows: "No i.-ink. banking association or trust company organized and doing | business in any city or town of Bjefj (ban lOd.OOO Inhabitants shall have as a director or other officer oi employe any private banker or any director or other ofll- er or employe of any oth? er bank, banking sssoci ttmn or trust - inpany located in the same plat?e." Violation of the prohibition against Inn rigs king directorate* in made pun ishalds by a fine of |1M a day fOI ?a' h dti> "f ? ontlnuance or by lass - pr.sonment for stub period as the r?.urt mas designate n?t exceeding one year, or both. Tb.? provisions limiting the power of Um ? ourts In issuing Injunctions und punishing for contempt ure the! same as those that were carried In the bills on these suhje. t* that were passed l ? Dm- Imihi i a tic House in ItSl Sixty-sen ol BOSsJfeJM Section II provides that m Injunction shatl be Issued without note, unless it should sppeur to tin* court that tho giving of such notice would result n Itnmedlatf and l; reparabl?. Inhiry. * In such cases s temporary n e.;.uning order n ay hi issued without notice Such order ?bell expire within Hi ditvs sfter its issuance and shall Dellns the Injury feared anil state why It was irrepar Jibio and why the order was granted without notice" Section 18 prohibits punishment for indirect contempt; that is to say, con? tempt that is not conunltted in the presence of a court, oxci pt through trial by jury. AGAINST SOCIAL CLUBS. Anderson Adopts a New Anti-Liquor Ordinance. Anderson Daily Mall. The city council last night adopted an ordinance relating to ' the sale use, consumption, possession, trans? portation and disposition of alcoholic liquors and beverages in the city of Anderson," which is patterned after the State law. Mr. O. Cullen Sullivan, city attor? ney, drafted the ordinance, and at the request of The Daily Mail he has pre? pared the following statement show? ing his Interpretation of It: The liquor ordinance passed at my request last night will not affect any1 person who Is now obeying the liquor laws of the State. It merely supple? ments the city's laws on the sub? ject so as to embody laws of the State not heretofore adopted by the city. A brief analysis of the ordinance might be stated as follows: Section 1. This is merely a gen? eral affirmation that the "use and consumption" of alcoholic liquors which will produce intoxication, is detrimental to the morals, good health and itafcty of tho people of tho city in keeping with a like declara? tion of the general assembly of the Mate of South Carolina but as the general assembly did not make every kind of use and consumption a viola? tion of law the city cannot logally do so and has not attempted to do so. At the same time this declaration must be construed to be the solomn council that the "use und consump? tion" of Intoxicating liquors is deteri mental to the general welfare of the State and city. Section two prohibits the salo of liquor. Its acceptance, receipt, stor? ing or keeping in possession, etc., for an unlawful purpose but under tho decision of the supreme court taken up from this city, it does not prohibit the buying from a blind tigci or receipt therefrom, etc. Section three prohibits any one Trom soliciting orders for whiskey or offering liquors for sa.o. Section four prohibits any club from purchasing liquors for its mem? bers or from koeplng liquors for members. In fact this section prohibits iny club from handling liquors in lay of the usual methods. Section five makes every person connected with a club as employee or member guilty of an offense if liquors Jin handled in any of the usual club methods. Section six makes every place where persons arc permitted to resort for the purpose of drinking liquors, u nuisance and the manager or keeper guilty of an offense. Under this sec? tion members of a club cannot keep their own liquors at the club and frequent the club for the purpose of drinking even though they drink their own liquors. It is frequently contend? ed that this is unconstitutional be? cause it would prohibit the drinking of liquors In a person's own home. Personally I do not think there Is any constitutional right for one to permit persons to froquent the home for the purpose of drinking liquors. An ex? ception in favor of tho home would permit tho blind tiger to easily evade the law as unfortunately our experi? ence is In the city that the average negro blind tiger Is conducted from the home. COMIXCi??OVKBXMENT OWNER? SHIP OF UTILITIES. igjggggg of Parcel Po^t Deprives Ob? jector* of Qgsj of Their Arguments. The gTowth of sentiment in favor of ownership of the great republic utili? ties by the federal government has in the last few years been simp'y mar? velous. In spits of all argument to the contrary from those who do not believe In federal control of utilities, in spite of overwhelming protest from the eorporatlons who have so long heen fattening on the monopoly of utilities, the popular demand for a complete change In the management of railroads, telephone, telegraph and express corporations constantlv grows. We raeall that when the panel peal tight ?rag first agitated there was I n?ar of protest from the express com panlea that the governinanl wag Inca? pable of handling the business. Hal thja proved to be ihg ease? Doei it not stem ludicrous to contend thai t*e government which i ould successfully carry through no Panama Canal eould not managt its own railroads ami telegraph lines ' Why not? 1? not the government about lo huihl a r uh..ad in Alaska'' t'oohl they pos sihis make ? worse Job <>r railroad management than has the New v..,:< \ew Haven and Hartford? Will it eost :u tents t.? send n |0?word ielegrAm from New Y< rh to Washington (ISS) mllSf when the government owns the wires? Pould we possibly hsve any more giponalvg telephone service than we have now, the moat extravagant In the world? Congressman Lewis, of Maryland, has recently contributed a series of articles to the Baltimore Sun advocating federal control of utilities. He states that our telephone and tele? graph charges are the scandal of Eu rope, while our postal r;,to? aw tili lowest of all countries save one, Ja? pan. In telegraph rates we are the highest, and our telephone tolls are 1 times those of Europe. As for the unlimited yearly service, just compare these tlgures with the robbery we sub? mit to at the hands of our giant tele? phone monopoly and then delude our? selves with the idea that we are get? ting much better service. Are we? That is the question a good many thoughtful Americans are asking just now. London pays $8 2 for unlimited telephone; Paris $77; nerlin, $43; Itot terdam $3<>; Tokio $34; Tho Hague $26, and Stockholm $24. In New York, the metropolis of the "Land of the Free,' you pay $228 for a limited service of 5,700 calls. For telephone toll charge of 500 miles the average European rate is 37 cents. The aver? age Bell Telephone rate is $3. Why should wo go on fattening wealthy corporations when tho government can give us just as good service at far less cost? Who needs the money most, the Western Union or the Amer? ican workingman? The question of strikes and labor unions will be a powerful factor in hastening government ownership. Does it seem reasonable to suppose that the present temper of the Ameri? can people will stand for long the spec? tacle ol great transportation systems tied up while employes adjust their differences with railroad managers? Does it seem fair that the innocent traveling public should suffer this hardship? Will it not be less likely to huppen whon Uncle Sam takes charge of the ruilroads? Strikers take no; chances with United States regulars, and interfering with railroad traffic becomes a very serious business when you nre looking down tho cold steel barrel of a Springlleld with a United Suites soldier behind it. A friend of mine, who is a practical railroad man, an expert locomotive engineer, writes me an interesting let? ter which gives the viewpoint of the man inside. He says: "Dear Mr. Turn bull: In my estimation, government ownership is the proper spirit, which ? would be very beneficial to the pub? lic at largo and to railroad employes. As to wages, I consider them good enough. What wu should have is hot? ter conditions for employes. They are agitating tho question of sobriety, Which must exist with men of my vo? cation. I would like to suggest a tour of inspection to view the disgust? ing and revolting places of accommo? dations we are obliged to patronize In order to cat and sleep while on duty. Most all these places sell liquor and offer temptations to men. Here is a tleld for good work to create clean moral places where men await their turn for calls. If instead of the vile low places at railroad terminals, we could have Young Men's Christian As? sociation reading rooms, they would ho appreciated and the traveling pub? lic would be in less danger. My views on strikes are yours exactly. I do not believe in them." The above extracts from tho letter of an intelligent American citizen who has tho requisite nerve and skill to drive one of the mnostcr locomotives of a great railroad system how very clearly which way the wind is blow? ing, and wiso men will read the hand? writing on the wall. Why You Should Look for the Best. Ralph Waldo Trine, writing a very helpful and suggestive article in the May Woman's Home Companion, Bays in part: "Look for the best, habitually for the best, in all people and all things. "A person of the strong, positive faith type, or finality of thought, Is tho one who not only has the native ability?the initiative as we say? sutlicient to begin activities along the lines of his or her dreams or longings or ambitions but also a force of suMi cient sustaining nature to keep true to that set purpose until in time the goal is reached, the purpose accom? plished. In accomplishment, more? over, lies one of the chief pleasures that men or women can know?unless, perc h ance, the thing accomplished is of a common or low nature by virtue of its being purely for the Individual Satlafaetion or gain, in distinction from its wider element of use and ser? vice for tho larger good; and unless, also, he or shu become so n slave to It that it absorbs the entire life, so to speak, making it thereby ill-balanced and one-sided. "Fear, however, is both chilling and killing in its Influences, ii we he suf? ficiently unwise to allow it entrance into our menial lives. If the tendenc.v to fear is natural, if. as we sav. It i* natural to us and we can't help it. it will gradually assume mastery and w ill dominate and enslave the life In lime the physical life as will as tin mental unless we earl) realize its foiiy and Ihe Icrrlllc Irlhutes it will exact, and determine that under no circumstance* shall it find an\ hut u short lived stay with US." EPPH roil Tili: SENATE. _ Complimentary Comments by News paper of HI* Xatlve County. - i It i.s always a pleasure to us to note the successful career of a son or wn llamsburg soil, wherever he may elect to cast his lot in after years. Doubly pleasant is this when the "native son" is a personal friend ami known to us to he worthy, high-toned am! honorable, with the brain and energy to pursue to heights of Bucceea any vocation or career he may choose | as tho goal of his aspiration. Those thoughts an- suggested by the publish? ed announcement of the candidacy of Mr. Ralph Dickson ISpps for the state senate In Sumter county, his adopted home, a.s Implied before, Mr. ESpps is a native of Williamsburg county, being born and reared on his father's farm about live miles from King:.tree, and it is no mere verbal figure to say that all that may ?e the fruition of the promise of a lorg and successful career, he owes primarily to Willlameburg county, for it was from this counts that 1 le won s schol? arship to <in> citadel Academy, which, in a large measure, gave him the, mental equipment needed to attain success in the (ancr in which he has math' su promising a beginning. We say beginning, for Mr. Eppe is com? paratively a young man, and while he has already accomplished enough to make him a man of mark, yet it is natural to suppose that liie best years of hie life'e work are before him. In wishing our friend the success in the political field that he achieved in his brilliant college career, we feel as? sured that we voice the sentiment of his host of friends who are readers of this paper.?Kingstree County Kecord. Noted Dramatic Baritone, Who Has Sung With World Famous Orchestras, Coming Chautauqua Week ^????i n i mtm,^?*^ i ? ?-? -? MARCUS A. KELLERMAN MARCUS A. KELLERMAN, who is to appear here during Cuautauqua week, Is one of the greatest dra? matic baritones in America today. lie has toured as vocal soloist with the New York Symphony Or? chestra under Walter Damroscb, the Minneapolis Symphony under Emil Oborhoffer. the St. Paul Sym? phony under Walter Rotbwelt, and bis appearances with the Boston, the Theodore Thomas and the Cin? cinnati Symphony Orchestras have gained for him universal commendation. Kellennan is a native American, but some of bis greatest successes have boon achieved in foreign countries. In (Jermauy, for three years, he sang leading baritone roles at the Berlin Royal Opera. It was while achieving success as au organist that Kellerman discovered his ability as a vocalist, and, ap? preciating the increased opportunity offered In the field of song, he prepared himself for the task. After a few years Kellerman abandoned Ids brilliant, promising operatic career to engage in lleder and ora? torio singing. Tile great success he has already attained indicates that concert patrons are quite fortunate, even though opera lias lost an artist of ttrst rank. For Sale The entire stock of Merchandise of the Central Carolina Dry Goods Co. Having purchased this stock of merchandise from the above company which is retiring from business, I now offer the same to the merchants of Sumter and of Sumter County, in lots to suit, for two days, Monday, April 27th and Tuesday, April 28th, price 95c on the dollar of invoice cost. Mr. Louis Lyon is authorized by me to effect sales at the above price, and for two days only. I. C. STR.AUSS