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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1897. _VOLUME XXXII.-NO. 31 j OUR 25 PER CENT D JUJU ON all CLOTHING and WINTER UNDER WEAR is in full blast. Remember you save $1.25 on every $5.00 spent with us. For in stance, you get our $5.00 Suits, 25 per cent off, for $3.75. Our only fear is that from the prices you will imagine that we are selling "cheap" Clothing and "cheap" Underwear. We are simply meeting dyspeptic business conditions with the pepsin of Low Prices. Our standard is not lowered one little bit there's no trash, no clothes of doubtful good ness here. 10. EY P. S.-None of the above Goods taken out on approval. Spot cash. No deviation. FOR THE SPRING TRADE ! WE ARE GOING TO SELL GOODS SO CHEAP THAT TH S Y WILL BE OBLIGED TO GO. Oar Stock of TOB \CCO is the nicest and the cheapest in the City is the opinion of every one that tries it. Flour, Bacon, Coffee, Sugar, Bran, Molasses, O IEEE ZED .A. 3?. IN FANCY GROCERIES We have everything that is GOOD TO EAT. PEACH BUTTER and PINE APPLE PRESERVES by the pound. ?- Read our locals every week if yon want to know where to buy your Groci Look out for our new advertisement next week. ?5&" Free City Delivery. 'Phone 44. OSBORNE & SOJLT. CLARENCE OSBORNE. THOS. A. ARCHER. ARCHER * OSBORNE rTTISH the public to know that they have recently opened up a new line of FIRST VY CLASS Cooking and Heating Stoves, Cooking Utensils of all kinds, Crockery, Lamps, Glassware, Tinware, Woodenware, &c, And th*t they propose selling them as cheap as anybody in Anderson. Come and see oar Good? and get o-*" prices. We will treat vou right. We want your trade. We want to Rive you ful value for it. We are abo prepared to do all kinds of TINWORK, such a; Roofing, Guttering and Repairing. Our Shop ?3 well equipped, and we will do your work on short notice and at rea sonable priC88. ??Sf Wo are l?een qp for business. Don't give us the go-by. Yours truly, ARCHER & OSBORNE. LEND US YOUR EAR ! AND* LISTEN TO OUR SONG! We have on hand the largest stock we have ever carried, and our motto is to sell goods, not keep them. . . OUR line of Shoes is large and complete. Closing out a lot of Ladies $1 00 Shoes at 75c. Also a lot of Men's High Cut Bro gans at ?1 00. There is good wear in both of these Shoes, and the price is dirt cheap. We don't mean to be undersold in Flour. All bought before the rise, and it's bound to go in a br.rry. 50 barrels of good family Flour to go at ?3 50. Tobacco cheaper than ever heard of before. Come and try our "Tar Heel" at 21c. One of the best chews on the marked. We mean business, and ssk you to give us a chance and we are bound to sell you. A new lot of Blue Straw Wheat just arrived. O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. P. S.-Bring your Peas, Corn, Butter, Egg?, etc , to us. osnonnisneosinam a A_ Big Palliare ! WE are clad to announce that the CORN CROP for 189G with our SHOE CUSTOMERS has been a total failure. Tuis explains the absence of smiling Corn Doctors in our midst, together with the fact that onr Ba'.es on SHOES hay? increased 13 per cent. Figures talk for themselves-so do our Sboes. Our Shoe line is a' dandy, but "there are others." For in stance Our Elegant line of Flour, On which we have a booming, growing trade and a happy set of customers. Once a customer on Dean's Patent always a customer. See us before buying even a pound of COFFEE, SUGAR, or any thing. Yours alwayB truly, DEAN & RATLIFFE. Cotton Buyers for Trade-not for Profit. SHOES. J"ust Opened, our Fall Stock Shoes, At Greatly Reduced Prices. Call and examine our Stock before buying, as we can SAVE YOU MONEY. THE YATES SHOE COMPANY, Anderson, S. C. TWO LIFE SKETCHES. Sketch No. I. Not many miles from Atlauta, nes tled among slightly undulating hills and fine old groves as Nature planted them, reposes an unpretentious vil lage. Its people are intelligent, with out ostentation, honest and warm hearted. They welcome you with a smile and a sincere handshake. Some years ago I was walking along one of the streets of the little village when a young girl came tripping lightly along, paused for a moment at the hotel corner, looked this way and that, and soon disappeared down the street. Her complexion was as fair as that of a wax doll, and masses of lightest golden hair covered her head and hung in waves overlier shoulders. She was a village belle, and a daugh ter of Judge R-, a leading citizen of that section of thc country. After a while, her father died, leav ing a widow and a large family of children, all of whom were girls, ex cept one afflicted boy. In the course of time, Miss R- (to ! whom I referred above,) became the happy wife of Mr. J-, thc chief as sistant of a prominent railroad con tractor. In a few years thereafter, and some 10 years ago, the husband penetrated the swamps of Alabama, superintending the construction of a railway ; but the death-dealing ma laria sent its poison into his system and beneath the collin's lid he was brought back to a smitten home-from joy to grief, from sunlight to dark ness, from calm to storm. During the alliance, thus so cruelly terminated, two children-daughters -were born. After the birth of one of the daughters thc mother was attacked by that most horrible and painful affliction, milk leg. Weeks merged into months, as she lay upon her bed suffering tortures worse than death. Finally, the foot began to decay and the toes actually to drop from it, falling apart by their own weight. The doctors amputated a part of the foot to stay thc progress of this loathsome dissolution. It has never entirely healed, however. After the death of her husband, the invalid wife was confronted with many serious conditions. Mr. J- had left an indebtedness, at his death, of $500. Hungry creditors were threatening to sell the little home which shielded her and her two little ones from summer's heat and winter's bleak winds and snows. The little family were becom ing shoeless ; their dresses old and tattered; the fuel scant; the cup board bare. What could be done ? She had had no experience in battling with the world. Heretofore, she had been under a father's protecting care, then afterwards, a young wife, leaning proudly, fondly, on the strong arm of a manly husband for protection and support. But now, how changed ! But Mrs. J-was nota woman to yield without a struggle. Grandly did she marshal all the energies of her nature for the combat. She had a small piece of land. This she con verted into a truck garden, selling from it vegetables, berries, etc.. de livering them with her own hands to the village folk who would buy. A portion of the year she devoted to teaching in the public schools, and doing anything that would yield an honest support. Now the result : She has paid off all of the $500 indebtedness left at the death of her husband. Besides sup porting herself and children she has bought and paid for a piano at a cost of $400. She has educated her chil dren, and clothed them well. A few days ago I saw this noble mother walking through the public park of the little village. With her were her two daughters, one on each side, aged now 14 and 12 years, res pectively. The mother looked the heroine that she was, and the hand some daughters, fond and proud of her, daily demonstrate themselves worthy of such a mother. Sketch No. 2. Grandma B-, who in the village does not know her, and who does not love her ? Is there an afflicted one ? She is there to sooth and comfort. Is the iron heel of poverty treading an humble home? Grandma B-is there to relieve the destitution. Are any sick ? Listen to her : "If you need anything more, don't hesitate, but just send right up to my house and get it. If you need a chicken to make some broth, or vege tables to make soup, or fruit, you are welcome to it." The young people love her, for she enters into their fun as heartily as they. She speaks to them words of wisdom in such a characteristic and interesting way that they never tire of listening to her. But her history : Beared amidst the mountains of North Georgia, she early imbibed the independence and spirit of their lofty peaks, the vigor of the air. the purity of the sunbeam. While yet young she was led a bride to the altar aud gave her heart unreservedly to one of nature's noblemen. She thought herself the happiest and most fortunate of women ; but at the age of 30, the mother of six children, she was wearing the weeds of widowhooi The oak around which twined the vine of her happiness, her affections and her life, had fallen. Had she been alone in thc world, she might have yielded without a struggle. But the six fatherless ones-what of them ? There is no grander thing in all this world than to see one, dazed and crushed, rise aud stand erect, a con queror, tiyhtiu*- life's battles. This she did-and what a victory she has won ! Assistance was offered her. but this she refused. She disdained to be an object of charity. A little farm was left her, and to this she turned for support. Her energy and good judg ment worked wonders. She supported and educated her children. She in stilled into them right ideas of man hood and womanhood, and has lived to see them honored, .expected and successful in their various avenues of life. Recently I saw her, having just arisen from a bed of sickness, leaning proudly on the arm of a beautiful granddaughter who is just budding into the bloom of womanhood. To gether they entered into a house of mourning. A noble wife had sudden ly been bereft of a noble husband, lhe two fell into each other's arms and wept, and if a sorrow-stricken heart can be comforted in such a mo ment, surely thc sympathy, the tears and kind words of Grandma B- were not wasted. A Contrast. I have stood upon some of the most fashionable streets and avenues of Auierica and Europe. I have seen the titled nobility and their ladies and members of various400's as they went flashing by in their carriages of splen dor ;- the haughty leaders and the gay butterflies of fashion. But these two heroines, Mrs. J- and Grandma B-, humble though their sphere and con tented their lot, are of inestimably more value to the world's good than all these queens of thc ballroom, who lead their escorts to the punch bowl with a smile, and then giggle at their maudlin utterances. Heroines such as these do not rear girls to lives of usefulness, and boys to be drunkards, gamblers and embezzlers. If the record of these two noble wo men should but add one spark of en couragement to some wavering heart in these hard and adverse times, the writer will be more than compensated. -Atlanta Journal. Instincts of Parents. It is curious to note how some par cuts are like the lower animals in their instincts, says the New York Tribune. So long as a child is dependent and has need of its parents' care their de votion is entirely unselfish and they appear to have an intense love for their offspring ; but as soon as thc latter attain adolescence the instinct of paternity seems to leave their pro genitors, who not only fail to show sympathy, but actually appear to feel coldly towards them. This is especially true of many fathers in their relations to their sons, often changing from indulgent, gener ous parents and becoming fault-find ing, suspicious, and even harsh. "You could hardly believe it of Mr. A. now," said an old friend of the family, speaking of a man whose un pleasant relations with his family were frequently a source of comment, "but when those children were little 1 never saw such devotion ! They were all more or less delicate, and night after night, although he was a hard-working man at his business, he would sit up with them during their illness and care for them with the patience and tender ness of a woman. No matter how cross or fractious they were he was invariably gentle and kind. "Now nothing they do seems to please him, and he never considers their interests. The reason of this change, in my opinion, is that his instinct has left him. "In animals this change is the rulev not the exception, and with human' beings it's the exception, not the rule -and he is one of the latter. "We had a marked example of this transition at home. Our Tabby, who had been bereft of her litter save one, showed for this kitten the most in tense affection. It was wonderful to see her absorbing devotion. She never forgot it for a second. She would never eat until the kitten was satisfied, and to every one of its whims she was a slave. "The little one was tyrannical and cross, but she never got angry. Her whole being seemed bound up in her nursling. "This went on for about a year, when she suddenly changed. She cuffed and she spit at her son, who, poor fellow, could not understand why his devoted nurse should so suddenly become a virago, until finally finding home no longer endurable, he quietly took his departure. "I came to the conclusion that the whole reason was that her. kitten had become a cat, and her instinct of motherhood was over. "That is the way I account for the difference in Mr. A. His children ; have grown up, and his parental in stinct is at an end. Perhaps if they were ill or in trouble it might reawa ken, but I very much doubt it." Oddly enough, it is said that cows are not like other animals in the mat ter of instinct, and that they not only have an affection for their offspring after they are cattle, but that they are actually fond of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A lady who lived for several years on a ranche in Texas says that it is a well-known fact that cows will protect calves belonging to their descendants from being gored or trampled upon, when they will watch with indiffer ence any misfortunes to those with whom they are not related. Altogether it is an interesting study, this matter of instinct govern ing thc affections, and that 'it has its limitations with some people, as well as animals, is obvious. He Recovered. A Philadelphia physician tells this story of a temperance crank: A cou ple of weeks ago he fancied himself sick, and sent for me. I told him that nothing really ailed him. '/What you need," I said, "is a stimulant-a little whiskey now and then will get you out of doors in a day or two." "Whisky!" he gasped; "good heav ens, doctor, the folks wouldn't stand that. Why, I'm a Prohibitionist!" "Oh, that's all right," I said; "I'll send you around a jug of good stuff, and you must take it ip hot water, say three to six times a day." "But if I send for hot water," he said, they'd suspect. I mean my fam ily nd the servants.'" I thought a minute, and then I said: "You shave, don't you? Just send down your shaving mug and get the hot water in that." This was on Saturday. On Monday I called agaui. Everybody in thc house appeared to bc greatly excited. "What's the row?" I inquired; "how's thc patient ?" "Oh, he's all right physically, doc tor, but he's out of his mind complete ly, lie's been shaving once every seven minutes all night and all day." lie recovered. (iood Tilings to Learn. Learn to laugh. A good laugh is better than medicine. Learn how to tell a story. A well told story is as welcome as a sunbeam in a sick-room. Learn to stop croaking. If you can not sec any good in this world, keep the had to yourself. Learn to hide your aches and pains under a pleasant smile. No one cares whether you have the earache, head ache or rheumatism. Learn to attend to your own busi ness. A very important point. Learn to greet your friends with a .smile. Tliey cany too many frowns in their own hearts to bc bothered with any of yours. How's This. We oller Uno Hundred Dollars reward fur any" ?se ff Ciitarrb tbat cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. We, the undersigned bare known F.J. Cheney for tlie mst IS years, and b.-lieve bim perfectly honorable In all business transactions and finan cial ly able to curry out any obligations made by their firm WEST &TRDAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. WALD i.vo KISWAS A: M u:\i.v, Wholesale Drug, gists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, neting directly upon the blood and mueous surfaces of the system. Testimon?ala sent fret'. Price 7?c per bottle Sold by all limbla. NEW RELIGIOUS FAITH. The Advent of the "Comeouters'' in South Carolina. Atlanta Journal. PICKENS, S. C., Jan. 15.-A new religious denomination has sprung up in South Carolina-the "Comeout ers." All evangelical churches sing of "One far off Divine event, To which the whole creation moves," but it docs not suit them to sing in the same choir. Hence there are many kinds of Methodists, Presbyte rians and Baptists, and many kinds of all other denominations. "I have looked up the "Comeout ers" and find that they are properly classified as a segment of the Baptist circle, which, according to A. J. Can field* and other equally good authori ties, is composed of about fourteen different sects. But this article is to be confined to a statement of facts in regard to the Comeouters in Pickens county, South Carolina, where they were first called by that name. That I might be sure not to misrep resent this sect, I invited Rev. John Ellenberg, one of the prominent lead ers, to tell me of his faith, and the work of the "Comeouters." He began by saying that the name was a term of reproach, but that he and his sympathizers had no objec tions to being called by that or any other name, so long as they were al lowed to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences, and to direct a sin-cursed world to Jesus, the way, the truth and the life. Mr. Ellenberg went on to say that he espoused the cause of the "Come outers" about three years ago, when the first active work began in Pickens County. He soom became convinced that their exposition of the Scriptures was the only true and satisfactory ex position he had ever heard, and the more he preached it, the better he was satisfied that it was true. The "Comeouters" acknowledge no leader but ChriBt; they have no dis cipline but the Bible. They recognize nothing like a session, presbytery, synod or general assembly; no associ ation, and societies or mission boards. In fact, they ha^e no church roll; never open or clcse the doors of the church, have no clerk, depending entirely upon the -recording angel to write the names of true be lievers in the Lamb's book of Life, and to' bloc them out if they should backslide. They allege that the church is God's, and that none but He can open or close its door, and that none but He can receive and ex clude members, and that He alone can enforce the Bible discipline. The "Comeouters" believe in man's free agency, and when one professes faith in Christ and shows an experi mental knowledge of the truth, the preacher baptizes him by immersion. This is taught to be the only Scriptu ral mode of baptism. If the convert ever backslides and is reclaimed, he must be reimmersed. And only such as are immersed are true and faithful members of the church |of God, as the Comeouters'call themselves. They preach the doctrine of "the new birth," and teach that it occurs among all denominations, but that none will remain except such as "ful fill all righteousness" by submitting to immersion and having their feet washed. The foot washing is held to be as necessary to salvation as immer sion, and both are considered indis pensable. They further believe and teach that the day of physical miracles has not passed-that miracles arc as frequent and necessary to life and prosperity of tho church now as they were in the clays of the apostles, and that their wonder and power as formerly is ac cording to the faith of the performer and the subject. Faith and prayer is their pool of Bethesda, and when the halt, the sick and the blind go down into these waters when they are trou bled, and do not express the coveted bealing, it is because the angel has been frightened away by the unbelief of some one concerned with the per formance. The elders, all of whom are preach ing and teaching elders, ordain other elders and deacons wherever and when ever it seems necessary. The former look after thc spiritual and the latter t'hc temporal welfare of the members of the church, but none are allowed to exercise any authority in the way of discipline. The preacher is to look to God for his support, and if the free will offerings are not sufficient for this, then he ?3 to work with his own hands as Paul did. Mr. Ellenberg says none of them are any better than Paul, and any of them who are right are as good. In explaining his views of the new birth, Mr. Ellenberg said that of it self was enough to knock up all these alleged church organizations. Sons and daughters do not join families they are born into them. So thc new birth makes men and women heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. Here it was suggested, "Then you believe in thc final perseverence of the saints?'' "Oh, no," said hek "you were born into the Boggs family, but you may die out of it. Turning again to sin is dying out of the family of God." He says the church of God has its missionaries in all lands, but they do not cost it a cent. "They that preach the gospel shall live of the gospel." "It is those who preach and teach something else for boards, societies and all kinds of machinery to raise money. The 'Comeouters' do uot charge a cent, never ask alms, have no salaries, fees or perquisites, but distribute among the poor and needy the free will offerings placed at the disposal of the deacons. This is the Gospel of the Son of God, and I nev er knew what satisfaction and con tentment were till 1 experienced its power. I fully believe the Bible, iu the providence of God, will bring all thc world of Christians into this one church of the living God, into one faith, one baptism, into ;one mind in Christ Jesus,' and all be members of thi.s church, with only one bishop, who is in Heaven. For the Scriptures saivh, 'Ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto thc city of thc living God, the heavenly .Jerusalem, aud to an in numerable company of aDgels, to the general assembly and church of thc first born which arc written in heav en, and to God, thc judge of all. aud to i.he spirits of just men made per fect, and to Jesus, the mediator of tho new covenant, and to thc blood of sprinkling, that spcaketh better things than that of Abel."' Such are the essential points of the "Comeouter" faith as represented by Mr. Ellenberg. JJ i s convictions cer tainly have deep root iu his soul, and none who know him can doubt his sincerity. By thc kindness of Mr. L. D. Hen derson, our popular photographer, I am enabled to sena the accompanying photo, which is certainly a faithful picture. Mr. Ellenberg is a native of the mountain section of Pickcns County, is- about forty years of agc and has a beautiful young wife and live hand some children. His opportunities in the way of education have been very limited, but he gets on well in saying what he thinks in such a way as to make his meaning clear. According to his own story, when he experienced the new birth, he at once sold his possessions and began to preach. Ile possessed himself of a four horse pow er yoke of oxen, a large four-ijuarter wagon and a canvas tabernacle and began to travel the hills of Oconee and Pickens counties. He often re marked that this was the crowning ambition of his life. Ile had to brook much opposition and ridicule right among his own people and neighbors, and in some instances families became divided. On account of these little feuds that sprang up among his first converts, some of them had to be im mersed several times. A citizen in formed him a few days ago that one of his brothers cspoused'the faith of the Comeouters, much against the wishes of his wife, whom he was advised to forsake if she did not withdraw her opposition. This the brother did, hut made several attempts afterwards to conciliate her, and at each time lost his temper in a quarrel. After each effort he had to be immersed, and this performance is said to have kept Ce dar Creek muddy gfor weeks. But. however this may be, he caused many to cease to do evil and learn to do well, and when we all sing Harvest Home, he may come rejoicing bringing in his golden sheaves. He is ij^tv living and laboring at Majors, in the northern part of An derson county. JULIUS E. BOGCIS. Some Views on the New Woman. A large audience in Steinway Hall yesterday morning heard the views of M. M. Mangasarian on "The New "Woman." Mr. Mangasarian spoke as follows : "The new woman is representative of a renaissance, of a universal awak ening among women. I am going to advance and try to support the theory that the woman movement, represent ed by the new woman, is an indica tion that in the modern world woman is losing ground and that this is path etic, vigorous, sometimes frantic, effort on the part of woman for self preservation. The question is : Are men trying to do more and more with out women, even to the extent of three-quarters of their lives ? "The fact, my friends, that there is a new woman and a woman's move ment proves that women to day are not satisfied. You say the home is woman's sphere. Why do you not give her a home ? How many women are there who ever expect to have a home, ever expect to become wives and mothers ? The home, it is true, is the sphere of woman, but it is de denied her. There are more unmar ried women to-day than ever in the history of the United States or the world. "Why does the number of un married men and women increase ? It is because man does not care for wo men as a wife and companion as much as his fathers did. "Is it any wonder women cry out against this tendency to do without them ? There is another evidence of this. Marriages are contracted later in life to-day, on the average, than ever before. Man is spending agreat cr part of his life without womau as a companion, a wife, a comrade. "In the case of the woman who is married and has a home you will find my thesis that woman is losing ground holds true. She is homeless in her home. She is husbandless in her life of marriage. Is it not true the habit in this present society of ours of spending one's evenings away from home is on the increase ? Is it not true the club house has come to com pete with thc home ? "Prof. Pope, of Philadelphia, advo cates marriage for a. limited period of time. He is a university professor and an educated man, and his ideas are taken up and commented upon by everyone. His idea is a young man should live with a young woman for three years. If they are pleased with each other they should sign contracts to live with each other six years lon ger, and so on, but if the experiment proves unsatisfactory they should dis solve partnership. "Max Nojdau, in his 'Conventional Lies,' tells us men and .A-omen should come together by the law of affinity. It is no business of the State, he says, to tell you that you shall live with a certain woman. But if I cannot build a house or sell matches on the street without a license from society how can I get a wife and make her a moth er without thc consent of that society that gives mc my wife ? "Thc quintessence of socialism pro poses another substitute for marriage, which is known as free love. It is not love they want to be free. They want to bc passion free. It is only when we have acquainted ourselves with the true situat:on that we shall remedy the abuses of which we com plain, and at last bring to all men and women true freedom."-C/ucayn Trib une. - Our spiritual blessings are far more important than anj-tuinp else, and if we use them righi, wc will surely express our gratitude. - A gentleman shooting over a friend's estate in Essex pointed to a dog, and asked thc keeper what was , its name. "I know," was the keeper's reply. "I dare say you do, or I should not have asked you. Then what's the name of thc black-and-white one?" "You kuow." said the keeper. "If I did I should not have asked you.' Swallowing his indignation at the fel low's conduct, he tried one more ques tion. "Will you tell me the name of the oue nearest me?" "Ax him," ? said Gaiters, and was then told he was an impudent fellow. Thc blame, after all, rested with the kcepci's master, who had facetiously named thc three , dogs Ino, Uno, and Axum. - Not a few who read what Mr. Hubert Howls, of Hollands, Ya., has i to say below, will remember their own experience under like circumstances : "hast winter 1 had la grippe which left me in a low state of health. I tried numerous remedies, none of I which did me any good, until I was induced to try a bottle of Chamberlain's I Cough Remedy. The first bottle of it I so far relieved me that I was enabled I to attenu to my work, aud the second bottle effected a cure." For sale at < 25 and 50 cents per bottle by Hill Orr Drug Co. i DISPENSARY CASE DECIDED. The Federal Supreme Court Sustains Judye Simonton. WASHINGTON, 1>. C.. Jan. IS. Sena tor Tillman's hobby, (the South Caro lina dispensary liquor law,) was ditched to-day by the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court decided that the law is unconstitutional so far as it seeks to prohibit citizens of the State from importing into the Com monwealth liquor for personal use. The question whether the State bas the right to engage in the liquor trailic was not raised during the trial, hence the constitutionality of the entire dis pensary law was not passed upon by the Court. The general opinion of South Caro linians and lawyers who have followed this interesting case is that to-day's decision practically destroys the fa mous liquor law, which enabled Sena tor Tillman tb rise from thc Governor's chair to thc United States Senate. Ever since the Chicago Convention Tillman's influence in South Carolina has been on the down-grade, and his political enemies claim that the de cision of the Supreme Court to-day will expedite his journey into political obscurity. One of the interesting in cidents of the day was the wide differ ence of opinion between the two South Carolina Senators on this subject. Irby claims to have made Tillman, but recently they quarrelled and Till man undertook to displace Irby in the Senate with Ex-Governor John Gary Evans. Irby joined forces with the Anti-Tillman faction in the State and helped to defeat Evans with Judge Earle. To-day Tillman and Irby met in the Senate chamber for thc fir^t time this session. Tillman advanced towards his colleague and extended his hand. The handshake th?'. followed was about as cordial as Corbett and. Fitz simmons will put up if they ever meet at the ring side. A few perfunctory words were exchanged and the hated rivals parted. A few minutes later the news reached the Senate that the South Carolina liquor case had been decided against the State. Here is how the South Carolina Senators ex pressed themselves on the subject : Senator Tillman said he was the "daddy of the dispensary child, and therefore he was anxious to ascertain to what extent the Supreme Court had mutilated his offspring." There was considerable confusion over the de cision of the Court owing to the fact that Chief Justice Fuller announced the decree of the Court for Mr. Justice Shiras, who was absent from the Bench to-day. The decision was quite long, and the Chief Justice made but a brief statement of the findings of the Court. His condensation was such that it was difficult to determine whether the Court had passed upon the entire Dispensary Act. or simply that part of it which enables parties to bring liquor into the State for their personal use. After spending several hours in trying to get at the real scope of the decision Senator Tillman was informed by Mr. Justice Brown, who dissented from the opinion of the Court, that the decision simply affirms the de cree of the lower Court, which decided that it was unconstitutional for the State authorities to arrest persons for bringing liquor into the State for per sonal use. With that understanding of the decision senator Tillman exclaimed: "That decision does not kill my dis pensary law by a jug full. As I un derstand it the decision simply affirms the decision of Judge Simonton, who more than a year ago issued aa in junction which prevented the State officers from arresting and seizing liquor brought into thc State for the personal use of thc parties interested. It doesnotgo into thcgcneralqucstiou of the constitutional right of the State to traffic in liquor. We have been operating under the injunction of Judge Simonton for marc than a year, and thc decision rendered to-day does not materially affect the existence of the law. We will go right ahead and enforce the law so as not to conflict with thc Supreme Court, but if we find that the law is not broad enough I will undertake to get a special Act of Congress passed to give us all the power we desire to enforce the law. The fight is not over by a jug full, and we will continue to defend the dis pensary law because we telieve it is for the good of the people of the State." "Will not thc decision rendered to day enable or encourage people to evade the law and make combinations to get liquor into the State under the pretext that it is for their personal usc ?" "If they do we will capture their stuff just as we arc doing to-day. If any further legislation is necessary, our Legislature is in session, and we will amend the law to meet any emer gency that may arise. There is a mistaken idea prevailing in the minds of certain people that the dispensary law was enacted to give the State revenue. That was not the intention of the framers of the law. Wc want to break up thc bar room system and curtail the consumption of liquors in the State. Wc don't care anything about thc revenue we get from it if we can prevent drunkenness and check th? influence of the rum sellers in State politics. A great deal has been said about thc dispensary law being used to promote the political ambition of certain men in thc State. These charges arc without foundation, and it will not do for thc enemies of the law to keep up that old cry." Senator Irby said that he was un able to sec thc text of the decision, but thc impression given him by those who listened to its reading by Chief -Justice Fuller was that thc Court de cides thc entire Dispensary Act un constitutional. Ile read Mr. Justice Brown's dissent, which seemed to take the ground that thc majority of thc Court erred in declaring thc whole Act unconstitutional. "I bave always believed in the spirit of the dispensary law." said Senator Irby, "but I realize that it has been rendered obnoxious to a majority of thc people of the State by the methods employed in executing it. Even if the Court has not decided the entire Act unconstitutional by deciding thc Inter-State commerce feature of the law unconstitutional the decision practically sounds the death knell <tf the law in South Caro lina. "The law is unpopular in thc State because it increases the price of liquor Lo the consumer. I appreciate thc fact that the dispensary system is better for the morality of our people than the public bar-room system, but [he execution of tho law has been tainted with scandal, and it has been used for the political advancement of ,'crtain persons. "The law properly administered, is in my judgment a good law, but it is evident that many of the objections raised against it are justifiable. Thc decision of the Court practically kills the law, for under the decision of thc Court person.^ are entitled to go out side of the State and purchase their liquor, which necessarily reduces the revenue to the State contemplated by the dispensary laws. From a business standpoint the State cannot afford to continue the system, and, therefore, I believe the law is dead. The returns to the State have not been as great as expected, besides the political crimes committed in the name of the dispen sary law combine to render the law generally obnoxious throughout the State."_ Edison on Patents. As Thomas A. Edison watched the pumping of the air from a glass tube in his laboratory a day or two ago, man said to him : "You patent every little thing you discover, don't you, Mr. Edison?" "I do," said Mr. Edison; "and do you know why I do it?" "I suppose you do it so you will reap the benefit ol: your discovery," was the reply. "I thought you'd say that," said Mr. Edison, "and I don't suppose you will believe me when I tell you it isn't so, nevertheless. I discover a great many things that I would be glad to give to the public for nothing, but I don't dare. I patent these things to save myself from defending lawsuits. There are a lot of sharks in this world who are continually on the lookout for new things, and when one of them hears of something new he hustles to the patent office to sec if it is patented. If it isn't he claims it as an originar invention and files his claim. Then he will turn right around and, like as not, begin a suit with the man who invented the thing for making or using it. The inventor will say : 'But I discovered this thing first; I am the inventor.' He is re ferred to the patent office, where he finds the official claim of original in vention. The fact that the papers are filed long after his discovery does not help him, for all the other man does is to hire a fellow to swear that he made the discovery a month or .two prior to the date the inventor claims. I sounds ridiculous, probably, but it is a fact that there are races between the inventors and the sharks to reach the patent office, the sharks having had early information about the in ventor's discovery. There are many such races, and thousands of dollars depend on each one. What I say is literally true." Stories of Andrew Jackton. CHARLOTTE, N. C., January 1. When Andrew Jackson practiced law in Guilford County, N. C., the fees that rewarded him were- meager enough, and the young barrister was not always able to make his cash bal ance with his expense account. He practiced in Surrey, as well as in Guilford, and often spent a week at a time in the old tavern at Bockford, the county seat. This old town is almost in ruins, but the older inhabi tants, who knew it in other days re call the stories Jackson's friends told of him. Emanuel Cranor kept Bockford tav ern. Often Jackson was unable to pay his tavern bill, and the landlord would let the amount go over until next time. When Jackson departed from Guilford for his new home in Tennessee he left a bill of $24 due the tavern. Cranor sent him one dun after another, carefully noting on the book that no reply had been received. When the newspapers containing the accounts of the battle of New Orleans arrived Cranor read-the story through. He theo walked across to the register, and wrote in red across the page be side Jackson's name : "To balance in full by the battle of New Orleans." The book is said to be in existence at this day. Judge Fuller, of the United States Court of Land Claims, says that the idea that Jackson was rough and un couth is entirely incorrect. He was well versed in thc law, and the opin ions written by him while a Judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee are said to be models of their kind. It has just been discovered in the archives of Guilford County that Jackson was once a constable, with the rank of deputy sheriff. His oath and bond are now on file in the coun ty documents, and one of the old citi zens recalls the fact that the oldest inhabitant told him in his boyhood how Jackson was assistant to the high sheriff. The old minute docket shows that Andrew Jackson was admitted to the Guilford Bar in 1787, and was ap pointed constable in 1789, two years after. He resigned as constable in 1791. The bond as constable is pay able to the Governor of North Caroli na in the sum of ?500, with John Ross and James Maxwell as sureties The records show that constables were required to appear once a year in open Court, each with a wand or staff G feet long, 1 1-2 inches in diameter the top painted black. The high sher iff was required to carry a staff 8 feet long. This long and solemn proces sion wended its way down the princi pal street and into the Court room, where the records of the officers were reviewed. Whether the scarcity of cases at law induced Jackson to become a con stable, so as to add to his small in come, or he wanted the honor of marching in this imposing annual pro cession is not recorded.-New York Sun. - In the Pabst brewery at Milwau kee is a machine which corks, wires, and caps 16,000 bottles per day au tomatically. - The air of a room may be purifi ed in two hours by sitting inside of it a widc-mouthed pitcher lilied with pure cold water. In three hours at most it will have absorbed all the re spired gasses io the room, leaving the air purer by that much, but the water will bo too filthy to use, if one but knew and could see what it has taken in. It is estimated that a common pailful of ice-cold water will absorb in six hours one quart of carbonic acid and several pints of ammonia from the air. - Many merchants ure well aware that their customers are their best friends and take pleasure in supplying them with the best goods obtainable. As au iustaucc wc mention Perry & Cameron, prominent druggists of Flushing, Michigan. They say: "We have no hesitation in recommending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to our customers, as it is the best cough medicine we have ever sold, and always gives satisfaction." For sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by Hill Orr Drug Co. All Sorts of Paragraph!. - The more we love men the uioie ? we can see in them to love. - A thought grows clear and deli- fl nite by simply lying iu the mind. H - Thc man who spends his life in B trying to make this world like heaven j does godlike work. -H - It is unlucky to sneeze before 11 breakfast, or to tell dreams before 9 taking a drink of water. - "It is always safe to make a small boy a present of a new knife." "Why?" "Because he has. always , just lost his old one." - "There were a great many deeply lamented deaths last year." "Yes, and, then again, lots of people who ought tphave died didn't." - A strong microscope shows the single hairs of thc head to bc like < coarse, round rasp, bot with teeth ex- fl trcmely irregular and jagged. - "Tve made ono New Year's rcso- I Iution that I'm going to seo carried 1 out." "What is it?" "Thc world | has got to treat mc better than it did last year." j - "Dearest, if I werefar, far away, could you still love me?" "Why,^l| Reggy, what a question 1 I'm sure thc "I farther you were away thc better I ; should love you." - "Uncle Simon, what is old fash ioned politeness ?" "It iii a way peo ple used to have of asking a man about his health and then listening until he . got through replying." - "Folks nobber is satMetl^saidf Uncle Eben. "Er white young lMy-?d( is allus tryin' ter git frizzes ?D,Her V^( hair, an' de culled young lady is allus" tryin' ter git :em out." - Teacher : "Tommy, what would you call a superior animal, and give your reason for it." Tommy: "I ' should say thc giraffe was one, 'cos he ; can look down on all the others." ii - Mamma-"Bobby, I heard you were a very naughty boy to day. Now tell me all about it." Bobby (with a ^ sudden access of modesty(-"Teacher says it isn't polite to talk "too much about yourself." - When the Breton mariner puts to sea, his prayer is, "Keep me, my God ! my boat is so small, and Thy ocean so wide !" Does not this beau tiful prayer truly express tho condi tion of each of us ? - She: "'Tis true that I have broken the engagement, and that I still have your ring, but do you know why I retain that ring?" Hf (rue fully): "On tho theory, I suppose, that to the victor belongs the spoils."' - "Mrs. Shopper is just crazy after "~" bargains. She is down town every bargain day, and never gets home until dark.'' "Yes, indeed. She'd die happy if she could bc laid out on a bargain counter and buried as a ? remnant." - "Our new neighbors are very po lite," said Mrs. Perkase to her hus band when he came home at night. "Are they ?" "Yes ; I sent to borrow their stepladder, and they told mc they hadn't one, but if I'd wait awhile they'd send and buy one." - Deacon Johnson-I'm stfraid dat ef yo' married mah daughter I would bab to assist yo'. Abe Hardcase-r Lawd, no ; I kin take care ob mahsaif ' all right. Yo' wouldn't hub to do Quffia' but take care of her an' de children. Don't yo' worry yosaif about me. - Indigent Young Man-"I would respectfully ask your daughter's hand in marriage, sir." Bich Father (in indignant surprise)-"What ! You want to marry my daughter ?" In digent Young Man (somewhat flurried) "Y-yes, sir. W-why not ? You don't fi know anything wrong with her, do you?" - Edward, what do I hear-that you have disobeyed your grandmother, who told you just now not to jump iown these stairs?" "Grandmother lidn't tell me not to, father : she only 2ame co the door and said, 'I wouldn't ' ?ump down these stairs, Edward;'' md I shouldn't think she would, an )ld lady like her !" - It was said not long ago that the__?s? United States governmeut was asked to appropriate $1,000,000 for the sup- _? pression of the Bussian thistle in the lorthwest. Now a South Dakota mill Dwuer has offered $1.50 a ton for all the thistles which may be delivered at ais factory. He says that it is nearly as good as coal for fuel. - "Do you go to school, little boy?" "Oh, yes, sir, I love to go to school." "What do you study-reading, writing ind arithmetic?" "All of those, sir." 'And arc you familiar with punctu- ; ition ?" "Oh, yes, indeed, sir? reacher punctuated her tire las' week,;, ^ in' I mended it for her in less'n ten minutes; yes, indeed, sir." - At some of the Pennsylvania mines coal is selling for 55 and 60 ;ents a ton, and the miners are paid ' r0 cents. The owners of the mines ipparently lose money on each ton of soal taken oui;, but as many of them ire interested in the railroads which ;arry the coal to market, they probably nore than make good tho loss. For a pain in thc chest a piece cf lannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on over thc seat >f the pain, and another on the back )etween thc shoulders, will afford jrompt relief. This is especially valuable in cases where the pain is : au s cd by a cold and there is a tendency .oward pneumonia. For sale by Hill 3rr Drug Co. - "Why do they say a? smart as a iteel trap ?" asked the talkative )oarder. "I never could see anything particularly intellectual about a steel * ,rap." "A steel trap is called smart.'" ixplained Mr. Asbury Peppers, in his tweetest voice, "because it knows ex ictly thc right time to shut up." \Iore might have been said, but under .he circumstances it would have seemed unfitting. - Last Friday night at the home of lis son-in-law, Mr. Newton, at the ivon mill, Mr. Stephen Baker de )arted this life at the age of 81 years. Hrs. Newton was his only daughter, rho funeral was preached at the house ?aturday by Rev. C. H. Durham and he interment took place at Shiloh. Shortly before her death some 20 years igo, Mrs. Baker made her husband uit of clothes which she had spun ind woven with her own hands. All he time since, he kept this suit with lmost sacred care, that he might bc:V?#g ?uried in it. It was of a style pre ailing in the goor1 old days before i he war. His long "nerished wish to J >e laid to rest in this suit made by ? lis beloved and long departed compan- M on was gratified. He was originally gm rom South Carolina and had lived but ja few weeks in Gastonia.-Gaitonia, 1 jazette, %