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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
ANTITRUST LAW CONSTITUTIONAL.
Opinion is Handed Down by the Supreme
Court,

Two of the most important opinions
OF the present session of the supreme
court were handed down on Saturday,
the Tennessee antitrust law being held
to be constitutional in the case against
the Standard Oil Company from Sum
ner county, and the Tennessee Central
Railroad bond issue of $1,000, 900 by
the city OF Nashville being decided
against the compliments, Chancellor
Allison's action in sustaining the de-
murer to the bill asking that the bond
issue be enjoined being sustained.
Chief Justice Beard handed down the
opinion in the bond case and Justice
Shields delivered the opinion in the
antitrust case.
Attorney General Charles T.. Gates
was greatly gratifled that the conten-
ton Of the state that the law was con-
stitutional has been uphelp, and stated
that he would at once take up the con-
sideration Of steps against offending
corporations. Gen. Gates summed VI
the three important points in the opin.
ion as follows: First, that the conten'
ton Of the state that the statute is con.
stitutional is sustained; second, that il
is notice to the officers and agents o.
lawless corporations that they will b.
punished; and, third, that domestic
corporations will forfeit their charter
and foreign corporations will forfei
their license to do business in Tennes
see by violations. The case has beef
pending in the courts over three years
and is one of great interest. N ashvill
American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

We returned frum Memphis last
night bringing with us a lushous pack
age of som nambulism water. We took
to the bed Immediately upon our arriv-
al home and in a iiify we was dead
asleep We had a dream-a beautiful
dream. We drempt that we was in
heaven, sailing down Green River, and
we had rubber tube with sucker at
the end of it which we drapt into the
stream, keeping the tother end in our
countenance. Well, we seen all the
loveliest things in heaven and earth,
and just about the time we was closing
deal to buy ell the distilleries in the
world, we woke up, sucking the rubber
tube hook ed on the gas heater, and dry
as a powder horn. ardeman Free
Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

that. He would have let it 90 at that
If he had been more OF man and more
Of mind that re vels in this sort of thing.
Not content with the single confes.
sion OF unchastity, he was evidently
determined that the witness should ap.
Dear denuded before the Jury and a
gaping word of foul-miuded spectators.
de went into the most intimate details
Of the womau's life, making her tell
things--in no way pei tinent TO the guilt
1r sanity OF Thaw-that brought the
blush of shame to her cheeks, that
Inundated her unnecessarily before
the crowded courtroom, that finally
caused her to break down in tears Of
self.reproach.
1t is not an edifying spectacle, and il
reflects no credit on the district attor
ney. 1t was not wise thing to do
either; for Evelyn Thaw's testimony
has been shaken in no material degree
and she will impress the people as haV
ing told the truth. She could, for in
stance, have lied about herself; bu
she has apparently concealed nothin.
that the pruriOntminded prosecute
wanted to know. The effect is to leav
her original story intact, though sh
has been compelled to pile up addition
al evidence of her own shame.
1t was, however, we must all admit
glorious victorp for Jerome. He ha
shown to the country that he is th
most painstaking. the most resource
full, the persistent and tireless prose
cutting scavenger in the business, an
taat as q purveyor of indecency an
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
JerOme's Wonderful Victory.

District Attorney Jerome seems to
have abandoned the prosecution OF
Harry Thaw and to have declared war
on Evelyn Thaw. Thursday he went
into all the details of the life OF the
actress after the most approved methods
of the yellow prosecuting attorney. 1t
is q selfevidence fact that nearley oil
this mass Of testimony was entirely
irrelevant. Evelyn Thaw had already
admitted on the stand that her life had
not been altogether chaste. She had
testified that it was White who had
brought about her downfall, and that
she had made o clean breast Of her re-
lations with White to Harry Thaw.
In general way it was known that
she had not been q strictly virtuous
woman. But when one understands
her environment, one would not be in.
clined to throw stones at her. She was
surrounded by no good influences. She
was brought up in proverty, and no at
tempt whatever was made to instill any
religious influences into her life. Her
own mother seems to have had no solici-
tude for the girls virtue, and to have
been willing to trade on her beauty.
The mother was continually insisting
on her associating with q married man.
Without any religious convictions
and without the saving grace Of q good
mothers influence, Evelyn Nesbit wen
on The stage. Now there can be nc
lorb. that stage life is not lacking il
temptations L. beautiful girl. 1t Il
an unreal rrtot life. II is full of Iigh
and color u-J allurement. 1t has beer
generally considered that Evely1
Thaw for time led life not different
from that of some other women on tn,
stage
Mr.. Jerome should have let it go a
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

Last time we was down to Memphis
we token a lot of cocktails that had
cherries in 'em; and we noticed that we
was rubbernecking at every female that
passed by, and that we had bouncy
feeling and found it hard to keep on
the face of the earth. We ware satified
it ware not the booze we had token,
ard we couldn't explane it till Jim
Cohen tole us that cherries nowadays
ware made of rubber and glucose. Then
we understood why it ware so hard fer
us to hit aqua FORTS and not fly off at q
tangent -Hardenan Free Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

Grover Cleveland has never figured
as a humorist, but he spoke in a some
what humorous vein in an after dinner
speech in Chicago when he said: II
have always understood that an after
dinner speech must be in q kind OF
merry and complimentary mood. Now,
1 am an essentially sober man, and
do not think / am altogether to blame
for this. I think that the voters of the
United States are truly implicated as
accessories before the fact, because they
put me in position where / contracted
solemnity good deal as the boy caught
the measles. by sitting next to it,
Nashville American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

tgpioally southern. He had been born
and reared among the people Of this
class. However much he differed With
some of them in political opinion hit
strong sympathy was with them in
everything that affected the general
welfare. Their cause was his caust
when it come to war and it would have
been impossible for him to have joined
in or sympathised with their coersion
At any rate both of these men may be
presumed to have acted on honest con
victions of the right and on that impulse
of the love of country and ones own
people which is properly called patriot
ism. Nashville Banner.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
$1,000 IN PRIZES
To Be Distributed Absolutely
Free.

Use the letters contained in the text
"WETMORE'S COCOANUT," and
form as many words as you can; using
letters either backward or forward, but
do not use letters in same word more
times than it appears in VEIN ORES
COOOANUT." For example, the
words wet, ate, too, etc. The person
forming the greatest number of words
using the letters in the text will receive
500 in cash; for the next largest list
we will give $75; for the next $25 cash,
and for each of the next ten largest
lists we will give $40 in gold. In case
two or more people tie then that prize
will be divided equally between such
persons. Ii you are good at word max
ing you can secure valuable prize, az
the Wetmore Company intends giving
many handsome, special souvenir priz
es to the persons sending them list OF
over fifteen words. Write your name
on list of words (number) and enclose
the same postpaid with your name and
address, and you will receive kfree
sample package of Wetmore's Cocoa
nut.
This word contest will be carefully
and conscientiously conducted, and Is
solely for the purpose of further adver.
tising and Introducing Wetmore's Co.
coanut in new localities. If you are
able to make good list of words and
answer promptly, you will stand an
equal opportunity to secure one of the
valuable prizes.
We intend spending large amount
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whether your groceryman handles
Wetmore's Cocoanut or not. Write
your name plainly snd send list as ear
~ as possible. Address
THE WETMORE CO.,
PHILADELPHIA. PA,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

BY vote of 81 to So congress passed
the Bowersack amendment to the sun
dry civil bill providing that no part Of
the appropriations carried in the bill
for soldiers homes should be appor.
toned to any national home that main
tains bar or canteen.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
lsscivious 9th he is simply without q
peer, Commercial Appeal.
Pneumonia Carries on the Last Of q Noted
East Tennessee Family.

Knoxville, Feb, 35 Pneumonia has
practically wiped ont prominent East
Tennessee family in the past week. At
the old home place of DR. Sam'l Shields,
who during his life time was promi-
nent citizen Of Grainger county, resid-
Ell the Misses Annie aud Lizzie Shields
aud their brother, A. 4. Shields, all
near relatives of JudgeJohu X. Shields,
of the supreme bench IF Tennessee.
Both of the ladies' have succum bed to
the disease and the brother is lying at
the point of death.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

The American flag waving over Sci
ence Hill looks very patriotic, but it is
most too close to the furnace stack.
The smoke of battle has never yet sui
lied the stars and stripes, thank God,
but the coal smoke from the furnace is
another story.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

look at the intent Of the Legislature as
to this point. The word person ap-
plies to corporations in all matters
where it reasonably can apply. In the
first section both persons and corpor-
atoms are mentioned, it being evident
that a distinction is made. In the
second section only corporations are
mentioned. The court cites distinc-
tions in the language of the act as to
person AMI corporations, and is of the
opinion that the section relating to
fines, where only the word person is
used does not apply to corporatins, and
for this reason is Of the opinion that
the notion to quash the indictment as
to the Standard Oil Company should
have been sustained by the Circuit
Judge.
The court briefly referred to the part
of Holt in the transaction. Conner,
when informed of the sales made by the
Evansville Company, informed Holt
to go to Gallatin, and get the orders
countermanded, the Standard having
monopoly there. The court thinks
there was no other purpose than to les
sen competition, and that the agree
ment is in contravention of the statute.
Futher evidence of this was in the no.
tice to the authorities that the Evans
vile Company would make the ship
ment, and to collect the taxes, which
would increase the expense and en-
barrass the other company. The agree
ment may be made in disguise, but it
is enough that such agreement was
made to control the price of any article
of commerce. The court needs no
futher evidence, and the contract is
in its mind conspiracy against trade,
which was unlawful and void.
The next contention of plaintiffs err
ror is that two or more persons are
necessary to constitute conspiracy.
This contention is on the theory that
the Standard Oil Company is not O
party and that Love is not 10 party. The
court takes the ground that the Stand
ard Oil Company and Love were par.
ties to the unlawful agreement, and
that all persons concurring in con-
spiracy are conspirators. The court
says that Conner was agent, and that
there is no doubt but that he arranged
to have Holt go to Gallatin to counter.
mand the others, and that it was fol
the purpos of destroying competition.
The court is also of the opinion thai
s, W. Love was party to the arrange
ment within the meaning of the statute
The court was of IKE opinion that nc
intelligent business man could misun,
derstand the Standard Oil Company in
giving away oil, and that purpose wat
to lesson competition. Hollis ODE
dience to Conner was no excuse for thu
violation of the statute. The case wal
affirmed as to Holt, and the court stat
ed thae while the principal would es
cape under this indictment, but thu
provision of the statute prohibiting
violators from doing business in tn,
state was a matter Of great Importance
which defendant would have to consid
| ar
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
THE TALBERT BILL.

The Supreme Court of Appeals hand
ed down an opinion last Saturday that
rendered the passage Of the Talbert
telephone bill unnecessary. The court
held that a company chartered under
the acts of 1876 may do both tele-
phone and telegraph business and
could enter any city in the state. The
court held that the city had no right or
power to grant any franchise to any
corporation, public or private, except
as such power was granted and del
egated to it by the state; that the state
in these matters was and is sovereign
and supreme.
1t further held that the telegraph
and telephone business was and is not
local matter of purely local concern
or interest, but matter in which the
entire people of the state and people
outside the state were and are vitality
interested, and that while the state had
granted to Nashville and other cities q
right to control the exercise of certain
franchises which are matters OF purely
local concern, that il has never given
to Nashville or other cities the right to
grant or withhold q franchise from cor.
porations doing a general business,
such as railroads, telegraph, telephone
and steamboat companies, and other.
like companies doing state and inter-
state business; that while such corpo-
rations in the exercise OF rights and
franchises within the corporate limits
of Nashville and other cities are sub
ject to reasonable police regulations as
to the use of the streets, etc., and that
by such regulations the city may pro.
tect its citizens from an unreasonable
obstruction and require compensation
for damages done, that this right Of
police regulation does not extend to
the right or power Of absolute exclu-
sion.
1t is also held that the city authori-
ties are not prevented from requiring
reasonable compensation for the use Of
streets, etc., in any city by the imposi.
ton of privilege taxes or other means,
but that this does not give the right Of
absolute and arbitrary exclusion.
The Talbert bill simply sought tc
SOFTeCb but hCb Vi AolO w Lunh0 ~ mOIS
certain, but the finding of the Court Of
Appeals would have been sufficient. A
great many people became frightened
at the Talbert bill prematurely. Il
does not take any rights from a city
heretofore enjoyed. The city mus
charge for the use Of its streets ant
may fix the price, provided all compa
MES are treated alike. This is one wa,
of charging for franchises that are usu
ally given away. Cities have not los
much by the bill. it seems to US, afte
all. 1t is up to the people to ssl
whether they will patronize more thar
one telephone company. The compan!
can't live without subscribers, 1t take
talk, and lots of it, to make telephone
company profitable.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

Miss Marion Griffon, of Memphis, is
the first lady in the states history TO-
become practicing lawyer. She quail
fled last Thursday under the recent!
act admitting women to the bar.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
Joe Bailey has been exonerated-by
the investigating committee.

oliver says it cost him $40, 900 to
make his bid on the Panama canal con-
tract. lie can charge this up to ante
expenses.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

Gov. Patterson will do the state
greater service by allowing the govern
ors mansion to be purchased than he
will by saving the appropriation of $685.
O0O
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

oliver has the consolation of know
ing that if he did not get the canal con-
tract no one else did-if that is any
consolation.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

One by one the towns go dry. Bris'
toll will be next.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08
WHISKY" cold Cures.
Danger of Using Alcoholic Mixtures OF
Goal Tar Tablets.

The most dangerous thing that one
cold is to use medicine that contains
whisky or a tablet that is made of
some coal tar product. Putting aside
all moral objections to filling up with
whisky or drugs because one has a
cold, the injurious physical effect should
be sufficient to keep one from using
these strong medicines.
= The most sensible as we'll as the on
ly scientific way to treat cough or
cold, is by inhaling medication that
will kill the germs and give relief to
the irritated mucous membrane in the
nose, throat and lungs.
Among the few remedies that are
used in this way, Hyomei stands pre-
eminent. 1t is breathed through a
neat pocket inhaler that comes with
every outfit, and the first breath of it's
healing air relieves the irritation, and
it's continued use soon effects thorough
cure.
The best people in Americas always
keep Hyomei at hand in the winter
months, and at the first symptoms of q
cold or bronchial trouble, use the
remedy and prevent serious and last
ing illness. If you have any doubts as
to the effects of Hyomei in curing
coughs, colds and all bronchial troubles,
the guarantee Dodson's Drug Store
gives with every outfit should con-
vince you of it's curative powers. A
Hyomei outfit costs 81, and if it does
not give satisfaction, Dodson's Drug
Store will return your money.
Extra bottles of Hyomei, if needed,
can be obtained for soc, but the com
plete outfit is usually enough to cure
several colds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08
TO REMAIN IN RANK
IN SPITEOF RUMOR
Regiment Will Continue the
Service
NO FOUNDATION FOR REPORT
To Effect That Fourth Georgia Resi-
ment Right &c Disbanded On Ac-
count of the Ordered Increase of
the Companies.

Officers of the Fourth Georgia Reg
iment, to which the Americas Light
Infantry is attached, characterize as
without foundation published report
that the Fourth Georgia Regiment may
disband on account of its companies
not coming up to the requirments OF
the Dick bill.
1t is pointed out that the adjutant
general has not issued any order that
the minimum of each company be fifty
eight men, and officers say chat when
such an order is issued, any fear that
the state will not supply the proper
equipment is unfounded.
There are now ten companies in act
i've service in the Fourth Georgia Reg
iment.
Lieut.. Gel, Peter Preer OF Columbus
says that the companies were never in
better condition, and any report that
the regiment may disband is entirely
erroneous. This regiment is composed,
in the main, of companies in South
west Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08
FEW REGISTERED IN AMERIcUs
According To SenseIess Act OF Last
Assembly.

Probably few of the thirty or forty
small corporations in Amerieus and
Sumter county have paid any atten-
ton to the law passed by the last leg
islature requiring registration in At
lanta as well as here. Although there
are $4,000 corporations in the state, yet
the number that have registered in
the office of the secretary of state under
the law aggregates only 5000.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08
TERRELL TURNED OVER TANKS
County Quits Liquor Business BY ISs
Votes,

Much interest was felt in Americas
yesterday regarding the election in
Terrell county for or against the dis
pensary. The election was holly wag-
ed and a large vote polled, the result
being against the tank system by 158
votes. Notice of contest was given by
the vets upon the ground of illegality
it being claimed that some of the cleo
ton managers, it is said, were not
legally qualified.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08
Preston, Ga.
Foster Milburn Co. ,

Gentlemen:-YOu can state through
the newspapers that / have used your
Doan's Kidney Pills and I found them
a most excellent remedy. They placed
my kidneys in good condition after
had used less than box, and ] know I
was getting in bad shape on account
of weak kidneys. Every morning the
kidney secretions would be very thick
and contained sandy sediment. My
wife insisted that / use Doans Kidney
Pills as she heard them well spoken of,
and I sent and got box at Dodson' s
| Drug Store in Americas. Though I
thought they were like other advertis-
ed remedies, I can say they have done
me more good than anything else
have ever taken. 1 am glad used
them. I recommend them to anybody
suffering from kidney trouble.
j. F. WRIGHT, Preston, Ga.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States,
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

The editor of the Memphis, Tenn.
Times writes; ''In my opinion
Foley's Honey and Tar is the best rem
edy for coughs, colds and lung trouble,
and to my own personal knowledge
Foley's Honey and Tar has accomplish
ed many permanent cures that have
been little short of marvellous" Re-
fuse any but the genuine in the yellow
package. F. M. Mclaughlin & Co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08
a CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HOSPITAL
Council Is Asked For Financial As
sistsnce,

A committee of citizens, Mr.. Arthur
Rylapder, president of the Hospital
Association, Mr.. G.. NJ. Eldridge,
Judge z. A. Littlejohn, Doctors R. E.
Cato, t. A. Chappell and J. G. Field
representing the hospital, appeared be-
fore the city council last night, request
ing donation of $500 for that great
public institution. The subject was re-
ferred to the Finance committee for re-
port. The hospital is doing great and
good work, and citizens generally
would approve the action of council in
making the donation desired,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08
JANUARY MONEY IN READINESS
Sumter's School, Teachers Will BE
Paid SaIa.y.

With his usual promptness, Supt. w.
S. Moore of the Sumter county schools
is ready to pay the sixty or more coun-
ty teachers their salaries for January.
The money is IN hand and all teachers
rendering reports tomorrow will receive
checks for the amount due them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08
Notice OF duplication fer Retail Liquos
License.

Notice is hereby given that I will at
the next regular meeting of the City
Council make application for license
to retail liquors at my store room sit
uated on the north side of Lamar street
in the city of Americas and designated
as No, 3O7. Said license to date from
February 18th, 1907 and to remain in
force for period ofone year. This the
1st, day of Feb, 1907. S. l.. Stills.