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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25
Government Charges Monopoly.

The government charges that from
the time of the organization of the
Standard Oil Company in 1899, mo-
nopoly was obtained; that in fact for
years prior to that virtual monop-
o,y had existed, and that the various
forms. which the conspiracy alleged
against the oil company mas taken.
have been merely adaptations to the
changing needs and conditions of the
times.
In the Tobacco case, it is alleged
! that originally when the merger was
consummated in 1890, there was a
monopoly only in the cigarette trade;
the defendants claim that the control
Of the business then secured has
since materially dwildled.
The Standard Oils counsel have
commended that the corporations
which in 1899 entered into the agree
ments complained of had long since
ceased to be competitors. In the To
bacco case, the defendants contend
that their acts have been confined
merely to the acquisition of manu-
featuring property; that manufactur
ing corporations are under no lega
obligation to compete-the prohibition
being against specific agreements t.
suppress competition; non-competi
ton as the result of the acquisition
of property is, the defendants insist
not a violation of the statute.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25
TOBACCO CASE OPINION
Held FOR OIL TRUST CASE

tai stock, over $97,000,OO0 was ex-
changed in 1899. according to the
government figures, for stock in nine
teen other corporations, engaged in
the various. branches of the petroleum
business.
The American Tobacco Company is
alleged to be both a holding and an
operating company. 1t is actively en-
gagged in the tobacco business, owns
it's own shops and sells the manufac-
tured products. In the case of the
Standard Oil Company, the raw prod
uct is to an extent produced by the
corporation; in that of the tobacco
combination the raw material is pur'
chased.
While the Sherman law does not
specifically prohibit the organization
of holding companies, the Supreme
Court declared in the Northern Sc
curities case that the holding com
)any constituted an organization II
restraint of trade and commerce.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25
Arithmetic by Hand.

We shall never be In danger of for
getting that our ancestors did their
sums on their fingers SO long as arith-
metic retains the word "digitA" But
modern civilization knows nothing of
the elaborate developments of this
method. 1t takes a Wal'achian peas
ant to multiply by Q on his hands
This is how he does it: The fingers OF
either hand, beginning with the thumb
stand for the numbers from to 10.
So the ring finger of one hand and the
middle finger of the other are stuck
out to represent 8 and 8. Counting
the fingers remaining on the side far
thest from the thumbs he finds them
and 2 respectively, and 1 multiplied
by 2 gives him the units Of his prod
uct-2. Then he counts from the
thumbs to the stuck out fingers inclu
sive, finds them and 4. adds these
and gets for his tens. Answer, 70
All this to avoid knowing the multi
plication table beyond times 4!
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25

other women to avail themselves OF
this valuable medicine. Mrs. E. M.
FREDERICK, Bloomdale, Ohio.
Backache is a symptom of female
weakness or arrangement. # you
have backache don't neglect 1t. To
get permanent relief you must reach
the root of the trouble. Nothing we
know of will do this so safely and surely
as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. Cure the cause of these dis.
tressing aches and pains and you will
become well and strong.
The great volume of unsolicited tes-
timony constantly pouring in proves
conclusively that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has restored health to thou
sands of women.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will help you
write. to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn
Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be absolutely confidential
and the advice free.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25

Curious etyles Of Letter findings.
Any one in the habit Of perusing old
letters is st uck with the tone of grca.
humility I'd Difference which per-
vades the c. rrespondence of our ances-
tors.
A few sp, cimens of the style of be-
ginning and ending letters may prove
interesting as in striking contrast II
the laconic yours obediently," faith
fully" or truly" of the present day
1t would certainly be difficult to match
the following subscription Of Il lett er
from the Duke of Shrewsbury to Sill
Thomas Hammer. dated September
1713: II desire that you will Lrlirve
that, wherever | am. Shall always
endeavor to deserve and vcry r:Ich
value your friendship. being wiz, j;
sincere esteem. sir. your IanSt faithful
and obedient SERVANT. SlreW Sl,ury
Frequently one meets VITA i.plii,.oS,
subscriptions, as in the ease of tli
Earls of Hutly and Enrol. who il
1904 threatened lawful consrqucnre,
to the magistrates of Aberdeen unles
they released certain gentlemen i'm
| prisoned in their city and inscribed
"Yours as ye will. either present peac
! or WEIR
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25
Three sided DEBATE
ON Commission FORM
(By Union Associated Press

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 25.-"Re-
solved, That the commission form of
government should be adopted by the
American municipalities"
The question will be settled for all
time by tonight's three-cornered de-
bate, in which eight-man teams repre-
senting the University of Pennsylva-
MIA, Columbia and Cornell UNIVERSE
ties will take part. Trials have been
held at all three universities to Sc
lect the best oratorical talent, and q
spirited VERBAL warefare is likely to
result.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25

DR.. Carter was adopted by the asso-
riaticn.
Mr.. Davis, the new president of the
Jackson Clearing Association, is
among the successful bankers in the
city, and has been at the head of one
of Jackson's most prosperous imam
cial institutions for several years. His
selection, therefore, is regarded as
one of the best that could have been
made, and insures the exercise OF
wisdom. good judgment and valuable
experience in the discharge of the du-
ties of the office and in the admins
tration of the affairs of the associa.
ton, organized as much for the ben
eft and safeguarding of the interests
of the public as for the interest OF
the several banks themselves.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Feb. 25.-While the
Supreme Court of the United States
has vouchsafed no intimation on the
subject, it is generally supposed here
that the decision in the case of the
American Tobacco Company, which
has already been argued before the
court, will not be handed down at
least until after the argument in the
case of the Standard Oil Company,
which is set for March IA. Attorney
General Wickersham, in his motion
to advance the hearing of the latter
case, described the two as essentially
Kindred, and suggested to the court
that they be considered together.
Lawyers here generally concur in
the statement made by Mr.. Wicker
sham to the court, that these two
cases together present for its con
sideration practically the entire
range of modern industrial organiza
lions in this country" and substan
TALLY every feature of the trust
question" so far as it falls witAir
the purview of the Sherman anti
trust law. Yet they are not precise
| ly alike indeed, it is said that il
some particulars they are so dissim
liar that the court might find in favo
CT the government in one case, ant
| against it in the other.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25

An lndiana youth had called with u
cab to take the judges daughter to a
dance, scarcely two blocks from her
home. The judge entered the room
where the youth was waiting. Pac-
ing across the room a couple of times
with his head bent and thoughts con
centrated, he came short about in
front of the youth and detained:
Young man. this cab hiring to &C
two blocks is foolish, unwise, un
thoughtful, misguided, unreasonable
lavish-a rodigality-a-a-l am sur
prised. My daughter is flesh and
blood, and she won't melt, and if hel
gown should be ruined I bought it
and can buy her,
That's all right, Judge, but my
father is paying for that cab."-Wo
mans Home Companion.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25
One Difference Shown.

Another difference between the
two cases lies in the fact that the
Standard Oil Company is charged
with offense against the Sherman
law alone; the Tobacco corporations
are charged with offending also the
Wilson tariff act of 1894, which ex-
tended the application of the anti
trust law to any conspiracy in re-
straint of trade, one party to which
was an importer. Furthermore, the
government is seeking to establish
the rule that corporation entering
into an agreement abroad which in
purpose conflicts with American law
gains no immunity from the fact that
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25

some time. He says
"'For years | have suffered from
stomach trouble. I was in a badly
weakened and rundown condition.
After eating l would bloat and be- in
pain and distress for several hours.
An all-gone feeling would come ovor
me, and | had no energy nor amb1~
tion whatever. This condition con-
tinued for long time, although l
took treatment from several good
physicians, and tried a number of
patent medicines without relief.
Ion reading of Mr.. Cooper's theo-
ry l became convinced that he was
right, so | procured several bottles
of his New Discovery preparation in
order to test his claims. 1t afforded
prompt relief, and when / had taken
three bottles my trouble had disap-
peared and l was feeling like a differ
ent man. To make my restoration
, sure, | took two more bottles of the
NC" DioSoNeiy- IL has HOW Deen
several months since | stopped talk
ing the Cooper medicine, and | have
experienced no pain nor distress in
that time, although | eat everything
/ wish.
I 1.-The medicine also relieved me
of chronic constipation and piles, the
latter having bothered me for.twenty
years. Cooper's New Discovery is a
wonderful preparation and recon
mend it to any one suffering from
stomach trouble"
Let us explain Mr.. Cooper's re
markable medicine to you if YOU
general health is not all that it SHOULD
be. Hays & Field.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25
''~were Of Ointments for catarrh Tia,
Contain Mere'r-.


Contain Mere':rS.
=, -nvrcu'y Will ,:reiy destroy the
--se OF smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering II
through the mucous surfaces Sucn
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable ply
oicians. as the damage they will do 10
ten told to the good you can possibly
derice from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer
curry, and Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucouc
surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. 1t ia taken internally
and made in Toledo, Ohio. by +. J.
On .ney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c PEI
|to{tle
G1ke Nails Family Pills for const'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25

The new theory (backed up by this
I4Separation) advanced by LIT. Cooper
with regard to the cause of most ill
health of the present generation is be-
1n& sown broadcast by this young man.
4 Cooper believes that the human
4tphach has become degenerate in
&IFl]iZed races, and claims that good
hd&lbh is impossible unless the stom.
41h TO revitalized This he claims to
- With his preparation.
1A article from the Indianapolis
&re luring Cooper's stay in that
NJ this to say of Cooper and his
14@ tNtion: Residents of this city
"A ng astounded by l.. T. Cooper
a. ~ hew preparation
ofts that preceded Mr. Coop
4fE t< here told of his success in
a tAlities, but the immense sue
e. IA is medicine and the general
b13kef his theory was wholly I'M
prS I'D
1t is the rush of the public
to y4opg man that people stand
in ting for their turn for
hours q an effort to see him. The
most Interesting feature of this is
statsdentss made by reliable citizens
as actual accomplishments of
Co edicines. Among recent
sts - of this character the fol-
lov ]. l.. Turk, living at 915
Lo( let, vincennes, Ind, is a
IN is well known through
out, and Mississippi valleys.
He Years Of age, and claims
his alth is better than for
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25
The Curse.

An Irish authority thus defines as
an expert the effects of a well deliv-
cred curse: 1.-THE belief among the an
cient Irish was that curse once pro.
nounced must fall in some direction.
If 1t has been deserved by him on
whom 1t Is pronounced it will fall on
him sooner or later, but IL It has not
then II will return upon the person
who pronounced it. They compare II
to a wedge with which woodman
cleaves timber. If it has room to &c
1t will go and cleave the wood, but Il
1t has not 1t will fiy out and strike the
woodman himself who is driving It be
tween the eyes."-London Globe.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25

such an agreement is lawful in the
foreign country.
1t is suggested that the commodities
handled by the Standard Oil Com
pany may be more properly called
"Necessaries of life" than those dealt
in by the tobacco corporations.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25

ana rlgnJ Sue, 3nu
was tired all the
time and nervous.
L could not sleep,
and every month !
could hardly stand
the pain. Lydia e.
'Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound re.
stored me to health
again and made me
feel like a new wo'
man. l hope this
letter will induce
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25
YOUR
BACKACHE
YIELD
To Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Bloomdale, Ohio.-"I suffered from
terrible headaches, pains in my back
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25
THE GRAHAM BANKRUPT SALE

Of fine jewelry will positively close
Saturday night. At the close OF the
sale, If there are any goods on hand,
they will be sold in bulk. Better
come today and tomorrow il you want
jeweIry at low prices.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-25
For the judges information.

The police court judge could not re
press smile whenshis eyes rested OF
a card that was Ut - his desk dur
ing a session of t. On it were
printed two sta Her the title
1.-THE Perfect Nj he could mo-
but look at the gang of pris
oners who sat him. And ht
did not think t. had been drop
ned accidentally. ~ verses read:
s-sss ero ia man who never drinks.
~ enDoeoa asr chews, nor swears.
49, nSvSs1r - - uesee eirts.
There Is a man who n6xoR 49, y
Anything that is not right
His wife can tell just WAoro ~ =
At morning. ne ~ u1GAe- 81
.,ssgzss.l. - 49, j
cluna&41is News
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-11
Antiquity of the Water Pump.

The water pump of today is but an
Improvement on a Grecian invention
which first came into use during the
reign of Ptolemies Philadelphos and
Energetes, 2S3 to POI B. c. The name.
which is very similar in all languages.
is derived from the Greek word penn
DO, to send or throw. The most an
Gent description we have of water
pump is by Hero of Alexandria. There
is no authentic account Of the general
use of the pump in Germany previous
to the beginning of the sixteenth CEN
fury. At about that time the endless
chain and bucket works for raising
water from mines began to be replaced
by pumps. In the seventeenth century
rotating pumps. like the Pappenham
engine, with two pistons. and the
Prince Rupert, with one, were first
used. Pumps with plunger pistons
were invented by Morland, an Eng
lishman, in 1874 and the double acting
pump by De la Hire. the French acade-
mician.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-11
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
OF Interest Cleaned and Con-
densed for Quick Reading.

President Taft has proffered the
position of chief judge of the customs
court, recently declined by Judge A.
C. Coke, of New York, to Chief JUS
tice Robert M. Montgomery, of the
supreme court of the state of Michi-
gan.
A national campaign for dental i'll
spection in the public schools will be
begun in Cleveland March Is, when a
series of meetings under the auspices
of the Ohio State and National Dental
association will start.
President Taft has appointed Mrs.
Mabel Leroy, of Pontiac, Mich, to a
position in the Washington land office.
She is the widow of James Leroy, pri-
vate secretary to Taft in the Philip
pines.
Former Vice President Fairbanks
visited King Edward at buckingham
palace at the request of the British
monarch. Later Mr.. and Mrs. Fair
banks were presented at court.
A voluntary increase of conductors
and motormen's wages from 1925 to 20
cents an hour, effective March 16, has
been announced by the Reading Trac-
ton company.
The Oklahoma state senate passed
the house bill on the white slave"
traffic Penalty for violation of the
law is two to twenty-five years i'm
prisonment.
The international commission on
control of tuberculosis among domes-
tic animals adjourned in Detroit, and
will meet next in Ottawa May 10, 20
and 81.
Herbert j. Gladstone, governor gem
eral of United South Africa, who was
recently elevated to the peerage, has
been created viscount.
George B. Anderson, United States
consul at the Island of Martinique,
died of heart failure on train at Wee
hawken, N. ].
At an election at Hiawatha, Kan,
the commission form of government
was defeated by seventy-fve votes.
William Whelpley, the "Jim Bludso''
of the st. John river, died at his home
in ST. Johns, N. 3.
Louis James, the actor, died sud-
denly from heart disease at Helena,
Mont.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-11

10 the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries Venice set the fashion III I'LL
matters of amusement and was SORT
of combination Of our Monte Carlo and
Paris. throughout the eighteenth cen
fury the Venetians were seized with Il
perfect mania for masquerading and
gambling. Paris and London followed
suit. and the two most popular amnse-
ments. both public and private. were
masquerades and gambling saloons.
People not only wore their masks or
visors at balls. but N the mail and the
parks and the tbeaters. Al length
matters got to such pass that when
a police raid was made on a certain
low dancing place in Soho and an or
der was given for every one to unmask
what was the amazement of the police
TO find that at least third of the COM
pany consisted of ladies and gentle
men Of the highest aristocracy. some
OF whom had even brought their
daughters. - London Saturday Review.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-11
The Juddes' Ride.

Customs change slowly with the law
yers. but the procession through the
streets at the reopeniDg of the law
courts was not always the casual af-
fair it now is. Until the middle of the
sixteenth century the Judges ride" to
Westminster hall was quite an impos-
ing spectacle. all the legal dignitaries
being mounted on mules. like bishops
and abbots on a pilgrimage. Mules
presently gave place to horses, which
in turn were abandoned for coaches.
The last procession on horseback took
place in the time of Charles Ill. and
was then regarded as an interesting
revival. 1t was not greatly appreciate
ed. however. by the judges themselves.
who found their efforts to remain in
the saddle far from conducive to a
dignified appearance. and before the
journeys end one of their number,
Lord Twisdon. had the misfortune to
be thrown in the Westminster
Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-11
SPORTING AFFAIRS
Reviewed in Brief from Events
in the Weeks Calendar.

DIR. Roller of Seattle was given the
decision on foul after 16 minutes
wrestling in the second bout with
Raoul de Rouen at Denver, Colo. Rol-
Ter won the first half in So minutes on
a crotch and half-Nelson. De Rouen
roughed it in the second period, which
developed into a biting, scratching
fight.
During a boxing match at the Won
derland, in London, between Curley
Watson and Frank Inglis, the latter
landed his right just above his oppon-
ent's heart. Watson collapsed and sub
sequently died. Inglis was arrested.
After offering 100000 for the big
fight with careless abandon, Promoters
Richard and Gleason are now trying
to get the business men or San Fran
cisco or Salt Lake to subscribe the big
purse.
The Washington baseball club has
completed the deal with the Totten es-
tate for the ball park it has used for
some years at price said to be $177.-
900. New stands will be erected next
year.
Willie Keller said he had received
an offer to play with the Giants this
year, and that if the matter could be
fixed up he would leave for Marlin,
Tex, the training grounds. at once
AL belmont and Biz MacKey fought
q 15-:ound draw before the Queen City
Athletic CLUB at Manchester, N. H., on
Friday last. ITonors were about even
all through.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-11
Retribution.

.Stand up. prisoner" orders the
stern judge.
The trembling culprit, who has been
found guilty by a jury Of his delighted
peers. stands.
Prisoner at the bar" solemnly de-
clares the judge. you have been con-
victed Of building house after house
containing one of these COMPOUNDED lit
tie boxes called reception rooms in
which there is neither room to receive
nor hooks to make it wardrobe. The
sentence of the court is that for the
next ten years you shall be confined in
one of these alleged reception rooms OF
your own construction and design
Immediately the lawyers for the de
PENDANT begin work upon an appeal on
the ground that cruel and unusual
punishment has been decreed.-Life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-11
How Good News spreads

81 am 70 years old and travel most
of the time" writes B. F. Tolson of
Elizabethtown, KY. Everywhere I go
| recommend Electric Bitters, because
/ owe my excellent health and vitality
to them. They effect cnre every
time. !" They never fail to tone the
stomach, regulate the kidneys and bow
els, stimulate the liver, invigorate the
nerves and purify the blood. They
work wonders for weak, rundown men
and women, restoring strength, vigor
and health that's daily joy. Try
them. Only SOC. Satisfaction is posi-
lively guaranteed. by w. G. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-11
saved a soldiers Life

Facing death from shot and shell in
the civil war was more agreeable to j.
A. Stone of Kemp, Tex, than facing it
from what doctors said was consump-
ton. 81 contracted stubborn cold, !"
he writes, "that developed cough,
that stuck to me in spite of all RENE
dies for years. My weight ran down to
1870 pounds. Then | began to use DR..
Kings New Discovery which complete
w cured me. now weigh 178 pounds. /"
For Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, Asthma,
Hemorrhage, Hoarseness, Whooping
Cough, Group and. lung trouble it's SUI
preme. SOC, $1.OO. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by w. G. Atwell.,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-11
Do Won 11sa an ate

Do you use an atomizer ia treat
ing Nasai Catarrh? Then you will ap-
pfeciate Ell 8 Liquid Cream Balm. the
quickest. and surest remedy for this
disease. In all curative properties it is
identical with the solid Cream Balm,
which is SO famous and SO successful in
overcoming Catarrh, Hay Fever and
Cold In the head. There is relief in the
first dash of spray upon the heated sen.
sitive air passages. All druggists, 75c,
including spraying tube, or mailed by
Ely Bros, Sc Warren street, n. Y. 16
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-11
A Night Alarm

Worse than an alarm of fire at night
is the metallic cough of Group. Care
full mothers keep Foley's Honey and
Tar in the house and give it at the first
sign of danger. Foley's Honey and
opiates. W. G.. Atwell.