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Kaisomine is tem porary, rots, rubs off and Scales. THE DCCTOn-" Ont lawtr of ALABASTINE S?a?s?= forms a pure and permanent coating and does 'L not require to be taken off to renew from t i me ? to time. Is a dry powder. The latest make ? being adapted to mix, ready for use, with\ Cold Water. Can be easily brushed on by any f one. Made in white and twelve fashionable. tints. ALABASTINE is adapted to all styles' of plain and relief decorating. ASK YOUR PAINT DEALER FOR CARO OF TINTS. If not for sale ia your town, wrlto us for name di nearest dealer. \ MANUFACTURED ONLY BY ALABASTINE CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.? ALL COLORS KEPT IN STOCK BY The Kew Court House Dedicated. Last Monday will go down as another important day in the history of Anderson County. Seventy years have elapsed since the first Court Hcuse was erected in this County, and since then only one change was made in the original building until it was torn down ayear ago to make room for the handsome and modern building that has just been completed and turned over to the County officials. This new temple of justice stauds on the site of the old one, but, of course, covers more ground. It is a building that at tracts the admiration of every visitor to Anderson, and one that every citizen of the County oan point to with pride. The building committee, consisting of Supervisor Snelgrove, J. D. Maxwell, J. F. Clardy, J. H. Jones and W. D. Gar rison, have discharged their duty most faithfully, and the taxpayers of Anderson County may rest assured tbat they have a Court House that could not again be erected for the same sum of money that this one cost. Last Monday was set apar,t for the for mal dedication of this new temple of jus tice. An interesting program had been arranged for the occasion, and throughout the exercises were most impressive und interesting At IO o'clock a. m. the Court officials with the members of the bar and repre sentatives of the local prese, formed in procession at the Hotel Cniquola and marched to the Court House. The spa cious Court room was crowded to its ut most capacity, a great many ladies honor ing the occasion with their presence. The Anderson Orchestra was present, and, after rendering a charming selection of music, J. li. Tribble, Esq., Chairman of the committae of arrangements, called the assembly to order, and Rev. J. N. H. bum m ere 1 offered a most fervent prayer After another selection of music, Mr. Tribble spoke as follows: Mcty it please your Honor: The Com mittee have deemed it proper before holding Court to have the new Court House formally dedicated, and for this purpose a program bas been arranged, and the hunor ot Introducing these servi OHS bas been placed upon me. With your Honor's permission, by way of introduc tion, let me say that beauty, whether in nature or in art, always attracts. It has tbe p iwer of turilliDg or inspiring. I never stand under the shadow of a great building and gaze upward at ita lofty spires aud glittering domes but a feeling comes over me of man's innate desire to ascend. I am a great believer in the laws of development-evolution-the ascent, and not descent, of man. I have never been disturbed with the scientific id>a that man came from a lower order of ani mal life If be did, bis place in the world shows tbac he is the ascendant and nut descendant animal. Whatever bis ori gin, be struggles onwards and upwards toward a higher goal in civilization. It only excites our wonder and curios ity wben we read that men were once concent to let caves and rock-clefts be their only place of habitation. From there we emerged imo the light ot heaven and a purer atuio-phere. AS man's mil d begin to expand be demanded hetter comforts for his body. Tbe tents ano booths of Nimrod, tbe mighty bunter before (he Lord, became inadequate, and be bui'ded a city. After 40 years wan dering in the wilderness, tbe Children of Israel sat down to tbe business of life. Houses took the place of tents, tbe taber nacle became insignificant, and in Its place the magnificent temple towered above the walla of Jerusalem, reflecting tbe wiodom of Solomon and tbe glor.v of Israel. As out of the simmering, ot the teakettle tbe idea of the steam engine was evolved that now drives the commerce or the world, so line by line from the rude huts of the past, was evolved the Idea of architectural design that Alls tbe land with comfortable dwellings; palatial resi dences, and inspiring churches and mag nificent publie bondings. Wherever Christian civilization has gone abe baa carried architectural design as ber hand maid, building Churches Colleges, hos pitals, homes of refuge and temples of justice. Tbe culture and refinement of a nation finds its highest expression in the beauty and taste of architectural design and ornamentation. Athens centered bera in tbe Acropolis^ the .Roman's was centered in the Colis eum; tho Anglo-Saxon in grand balls and splendid cathedrals, where the light streams through painted wiudows, and "through long drawn aisles and jetted vaults the pealing anthem Bwells the note of praise." It was MaCauley, I believe, in speaking of the English said, tbat it was t ot easy to explain why tbe nation which was so so far bet?re its neighbors in science sbou d lu art have been so far behiud them al), but such was the fact. Not until after the great tire m London did the Eng'isb nation seem to take inter est in architectural beauty. It took tbat great fire to bril g to light th?- genius nf Christopher Wren. Tho' long sincn moulded into dust, while the St. Paul of London stands, Christopher Wren will ?ive in the lines of that noble structure. It bas been the boast of this grand old bounty for years tbat she bas outstripped ber neighbors, and some even dared to claim for ber tbe name "banner County," and I never could explain why a people who claimed so much for themselves, were content to suffer so loug ibe old building-a fit abode for vermin-to oc cupy the most conspicuous place in their chief city. But the laws of evolution are Inexorable. Tbe fulness of time came, and cor past chagrin at the appearance of the old, gives away before our joy and admiration of tbis beautiful temple of justice, which stands "a thing of beauty and a joy forever." There are buildings more elah rate in design and ornamenta tion- more artistio in finish, but many of them represent a useless expenditure ol money without utility of purpose. I congratulate th? people of Anderson in that they had a Board of County Com missioners worthy of such a building. I congratulate the Commissioners them selves, in that they displayed sou d practical judgment by placiug the con 8truntion in tbe hands of a special com mittee who nave discharged their duty so idithtully and economically. They de serve the tablet placed on the fruit with their names engraved thereon. That was no part of the expense of the building, but a donat'on by the contractors. 1 congratulate the architect, Mr. Mdhurn, i tbat be had a com mittee capable ??f appre- j elating his plans and design*, and in th <t. the contractors, Messrs. K. P Wil iamsA Co., have pleasantly, from the beginning, fought to comply with the terms of their oontract. I am able, of my own perennal observation from day to dav, as I sr.vr this structure ri-e, to testify they have all been faithful and conscientious in the discbarge of their duties, and deserve th? applaudit, "Well done, good and faithful servant." My judgment for it, you havo a build ing of which you may all bo justly proud. It is modern (and has no mort gwge on it,) tastetul and attractive in do sign, beautiful for svmmetry, boil out of first-class mHt^rial from tho first brick to the final one that, crowns tho tower. It is of that style of archiiectuiv somewhat of the composite order- Amerienniz-d. That is, it has all that is necessary to innkn it pleasing to tho eye, tasteful ui ornamentation, ess<mtislly useful and comfortable. ASK coi/,-fi of this urn nd old County and < M . I ?rn proud of ii, and 1 pity the man who cannot share tins pride with me. He must be unr< ate. I am sure this audience feels appreciation of this noble workmi and with grateful hearts we ha this morning to formally dedica the administration of justice, gratti ?ute you that in this service v* with us one so well qualified by varied gilts to perform thin s There is no one, to my kuowledge, Stale better qualified by educatii culture, aided by natural ability, I form this service than the Judg^ first Circuit, Hon. VV. C. Benet, Prf Judge. He needs no introduction derson. Mr. Tribble was followed by BreaKeale, E-q., who, in deliverii keys of the now Court House, in be the Building Committee, to the Pre Judge, spoke as follows: May it please your Honor: In of the County Board of Coramiss of Anderson county I desire to turi to you the keys to this building, by you turned over to the officer v* law will be the custodian thereof. The County Board of Commiss congratulate themselves that thej been enabled to construct a buildii equate to the demands of the busin the county and which affords rcasc protection to all the records which be contained within its walls, as v? one which will assure some accomi tions to those having business in < It has long been felt that the old 1 ing which occupied this site was no inadequate for the transaction o business of our courts and of the c ent county officers and for the prote of the records of the county, but wa in keeping with the prosperity dignity of the best county in the ? The Grand Juries of the county almost every year, for more thar years, made recommendations looki the erection of a new court house jail, and the County Board of Con Rioners have several times asked General Assembly of the State for i legislation enabling them to provid means for the building of a new < house and jail. rt? Two or three efforts were made t cure such legislation, but opt until session of the Legislature in 180<i such legislation enacted. An Act then passed levying a tax of one upon the dollar each year for six yi the funds raised thereby to be use< the erection of a court house and provided the voters of the county v in favor thereof. This Act was defe by a vote at an election held at the lar election in 180(5. At the session of the General Asset I of 1897, a similar Act was passed \ the difference that the Act of 1896 < the discretion to the County Boarc ! Commissioners to build the court ht on this site or. to exchange it for a ii suiUole one, while the Act of 189* quired the County Board of Corni sioners to build on the same site limited the amount to be raised to $ OOO. The vote on the last Act wats favor of the new court house and j thus showing a preference of the vol of the county for the present location By virtue of the said Act the build committee of the County Board of C< missioners, elected by said BoarJ ; consisting of W. P. Snelgrove, Cou Supervisor as chairman, J. D. Maxw J. F. Clardy, W". D. Garrison and J. Jones went to work to secure the er tion of the court house and jail as c templated by said Act. Plans were invited, and the plans s mitted by Mr. Frank P. Milburn of Ch lotte, N. C., were selected, and af duly advertising for bids for the c strnction of said buildings as per I plans and specifications, Messrs. K. Williams & Co. of Augusta, Ga., wt awarded the contracts. Mr. Milburn nas not only demonstra! his competency as an architect, a shown himself master of every det connected with the building, but superintending the erection of the but inga has shown as much interest in hi ing the work properly done as the bui ing committee themselves, and has be at all times ready and willing to rene any help to the committee during t progress of the work. The committee also desire to say behalf of the contractors that they ha done all in their power to comply wi i the terms of their contract, and ha done the work well. The committee were limited under t ! Act to the expenditure of $35,000 for t court house ana jail, the amount to i raised by a tax of one mill on the doll each year until said amount was raise with the power to borrow the amount advance of the collection of the tax up< a pledge of the tax to secure the pa munt, at a rate of interest not to excet seven per cent, per annum. Ono year's tax amounting to aboi $7,000 has been collected, and the cor mittee have borrowed from the Sinkic I Fund Commission of the State $28,0( under a special Act of the General A numbly at five per cent, interest. Notwithstanding the prediction? < many that the buildings would not t erected for the amount of money ?utho ized to be used for that purpose, tli committee are glad to report that the have been built for a sum within tb limit. Not only have they accomplished thii but they believe they have the bestcoui house in the State for tho amount c money expended, the court house alon costing about, $28,000. In addition t this the Committee, through tho accom modations of the banks of the city, wer enabled to borrow money only as it wa needed in the construction of tho build ings until a special Act of the Legislatur could be obtained to unable thuin to hoi row tho remaining amount to bo collect ed to-wit: ?28,000, from the Sinking Fun? Commission at the low rato of live pe cent, pur annum, whereby they were en abled to save to the county $2,f>0;) in in terest alouc, being tho amount less tin county will have to pay in interest thai they would have had to pay had thu] borrowed the full amount at first at7 pu cent. The committee desire to expr?s.1 their thanks to tho bank officials of boll banks in this city for advancing to thou the necessary money to carry on tho worl until they could uffuct a satisfactory loan The work has required, not only con siderablo labor on tho part of tho com mittee, but considerable study of plans materials and various matters connected with the construction of tho buildings It has required their timo and their bust judgment. How far they have met tin demands made upon thuin, they leave foi Hie county whom they have attempted to serve with thu best of their ability ti; say. They believe that they have erected -a ('un' Utilise, of which the people will b . proud, '?ne that is not only orn nnent al I ? ; 11 sufficiently commodious for thu county, ami one that has all ncc dod con veniences exet-pt a sewer in cunuei.tion with tho water works, which they can soon be added. The County Board of Commissi in turning over the building for th< for which it was erected, expr?s hope that it may ever be in fact as as in name, a temple of justice; none but able, learned and conscier Judges may ever sit on the bench nc well adorned hy yourself; that the ? cates who shall plead the cause of clients here may be actuated by the; est motive of securing none hut jus right decrees and verdicts, and that may ever attempt by their eloquen "make the wrong appear the better son, to perplex and dash maturest ( sel;" that the witnesses who shall testimony on the stand may always ti fy to the truth, and that the jt shall be men controlled by a sen right and with a desire to enforct right and to punish the wrong, and all who have business within these -\ know that here law is enforced, those who are in the right always vail and that evil doers are always demned. May the different county officers shall occupy the various court oi be competent and honest and reflect or upon themselves and the county. With these expressions for the fu I take pleasure, sir, in turning ove your Honor the keys of this building In accepting the keys, Judge Benel liver?d the following address: My Learned Brother : As a memb( the Judiciary ot South Carolina, I ac from you the keys of this new ? House, and I place them in the hanc the C erk of the Court with the hope, the assurance, that in bim and bis i cessors in office this beautiful buik will always find a careful and watel custodian. In due course of official duty it my good fortune this year to be assig to hold the Summer Term of the C< in the Eighth Circuit, and I am tr grateful that tb us it has fallen to my tu preside on this auspicious occas: and to aid in the dedication of this i temple of justice. I congratulate the town of Ander ou having iu the middle of its bandst public square this noble pile, a perpet delight Ot Hie eye and a daily objtct ] e<>ii lu H etiireeture. I congratulate the County of Anden on possess!r>g a Court House worthy the County-a County so long and" justly ho? ored for her great prosper; iute.iig-uee aud political power. 1 congratulate the County Sdpervi and the < minty Board of Commission ? -ii he successful completion of tb enlightened efforts to provide for th . uiiiy a Court House not only adequ to ibo growing needs of this flourish! County j butin keeping with tbespinl the cultivated people of this town, wbi tiools. and stores and banks and pub buildings and private residences are f . raiisforming the town of Anderdon ii . .neol the most beautiful cities of the Sta A too utilitarian spirit with mistak views of economy might have content itself with erecting a bare brick barn, tour square walls devoid of beauty a ? H various rooms unadorned and unlo^ ly, yet affording ample room and spa for ihe transaction of all the work prop to a Court House, and for the pr?servatif of public records Such Court Hou buildings are not far to seek in this ?tai things of ugliness, and eye-sores forev? lt seems sometimes to be forgotten tb utility is not the be-all and tbe end-all bte; that there is room also for beaut He who makes the cotton boll, in H wisdom makes also the cotton-blooi and cotton fields bloom bonnily befo cotton bales are marketed. Wise it wa therefore, and well done in tbe Count So*rd of Commissioners to determii tbat the new Court House should n simply be commodious and co even i ei and suited to the uses for wbiob it wi intended; but that lt should also 1 pleasant to tbe eye, an ornament co tl town, "a thing of beauty" and "a joy fo ever." Here now it stands, a stately strnotur beautiful exceedingly, with graceful tm ret and lofty tower, quaint gable an antique porch, a building to be proud ol a building that does honor to its arcbitei and builder; Co Che brain which conceive and cbe hand which constructed it. But while we stand and look and ad mire, memory cannot refrain from look ing backward and thinking of the ol structure that stood where this not stauds. Unlovely it must have been ii its youth, unsightly it becams in its agt The outside view revealed no line o beauty; the inside view was destitute o grace. Small, mean and squalid, its da; was done; it was time that it should b demolished. And yet its demolitioi was not without regret. I see before mt within tb?* bar of this spacious and beauti ful Court Roora gray-haired counsellor who must tbiuk oftbat old Court Roon with sadness and regret. For them how many hallowed associations clustei around tbat building whose place knowi it uo more forever. Shabby were ics pre cincts and dusty were i Cs purlieus, bul they cannot forget tbat it was the scene of their professional triumphs, the arene of many a hard-fought contest. And for them the dingy old Cour! Room is thronged with the shadowy ghosts of tbe departed, dimly seen in thc mists of the past. And as figure after figure appears within that old bar, they seem to hear once more the souud ol voices that have long been still. Again tbe bare discolored walls seem to rever berate with the eloquence which held the listening throng in thrall. In that ghostly company they see sev eral venerable men who were elevated from the Anderson Bar to the Judicial Bench; men whose learning and upright ness shed lustre on their profession and did honor to their position. They see one who graced the Speaker's chair in Washington aud represeuted his country abroad HS minister at an imperial court I hey see others who for their country's sake left the mimic strifes of the Bar for the bloody battles of the Civil War, some of them never to return. Others they see who lilied up the measure of a law yer's busy Hie and then rested from their IHhors "All all are gone, the old familiar faces," but the memory of them haunts the old Court Room, itself now only a memory. .There were giants on the earth in those days,"-meu of great learning, men of high character, men of great ability, men who maintained a lofty standard ot professional conduct. What better dedi CHtion of this new Court House can be desired than that the mantles of Ander son's distinguished deHd should fall upon tho shoulders of the members of her Bar, and that they be baptizad with the spirit of those great departed who fought their battles and gained their laurels in the old Court Room, and made their County f-mous What greater benison could be pronounced on this new Court Room than to expross the hope sud belief thar ibis spacious Bar and tbe-e lofty walls will be made familiar with the faces and fie voices nf a sm-cession of emineni Judges, eloquent advocates, learned j counsellors, and courteous, honorable I gentlemen, such as those whoso memon I hus made sacred that old Court Room which is now no moro, i M v brethren of the Bar, ours is a nobb I profession, second io none in i's i">o >r ' lance to the community at Uige. It is ? liberal and an honorable profession, he who would be a worthy member should be a man of learning and a ma honor. Influential and important ii ages and under all forms of governm the legal profession has more in Hu? and attains more pow? and import! under a Democratic form of governn such as ours. Necessarily from our ra are chosen all the members of the juc ary. Our profession has furnished a jnrily of the Presidents of this countr very large number of the Senators members of Congress and State Legi tures; and a large proportion of the lest of public opinion have been membei the Bar. How important, therefore, it is that standard of our profession should kept high as to learning, high aa to he and integrity and high as to courtesy It rests largely with the Ba" of a Co ty whether the County Court House 1 blessing or a burden. A Court He should represent law and o der, should be a place for the punisbmen law-breakers and for the peaceful set mcnt of disputes between man and ra The Court should be the refuge of oppressed, the shield and buckler of innocent, the champion of the poor s bim who hath no helper, the d?fende the widow and the guardian of the fatt less. It should be in truth and in fai Temple of Justice. It will be so if members of the Bar are men of bo: and integrity, as they should be, in wh hands are placed in large measure most important interests of their felic citizens, affecting their life, liberty ? property. With such a Bar a Co House is a centre of beneficent infloei making itself felt to the utmost bord of the County-a centre of light s learning, culture and courtesy, hoi and integrity. Much depends also upon the purity the jury-box and the impartiality juries. We frequently hear char{ made against the system of trial by ju and propositions made to amend it abolish it. In spite of all that I hs heard and read on this subject and af many years of observation and expe ence, I trnst I may be permitted to s that trial by jury in South Carolina is no means a failure, but that on the cc trary the vast majority of cases st ceed in reaching tho right verdi Cases occur, no doubt, in which tb( seems to be a miscarriage of justice. ? such cases are of rare occurrence. To secare Rood jaries. let the jury coi missioners exercise the discretion the h allows them and place on the jury 1 only men of good character and' intel gence, discarding the vicious and i competent and ignorant. Then, with on good men's names in the jury-box, 1 bad jurors will be drawn out. I trust that it is not improper that should refer to the presence of ladies the Court Room at the opening cere m on To me it is very gratifying, and emiuen ly right that they should be here. Tl C un Room is a public place; trials mu be had in public, according to the mai date of our Constitution. And wornt has an equal right with man toc?me to tl Court Room and attend ttials of cause Besides, her presence there, as ever where else, has a very beneficial erfec com pel li og even the rudest men toa gen 1er course of conduct, softening the a parities of the Bar, and causing all to ol serve a higher standard of dignity an decorum and courtesy. I trust that wi man's presence here to-dty is a hspp augury of the future of this Court- tbi woman's refining and elevating and so toning influence will frequently be ei erted in this beautiful Court Room. It was meet and right to mark tb opening of this Court with simple bc becoming ceremony, lt was meet an right to invoke the blessing of the Al mighty, the Judge of all the earth. It 1 meet and right that music's inspirin sound should be heard on this joyous oe casion. It ls meet and right that in look ing forward to the future of Andersoi County, with which future history thl Court House will be closely associated we should also look back and forget no the memories and examples of our fore fathers. Is it not also meet and righi while we are gathered here this morning to remember two yoong members of th ii Bar, whose accustomed seats are vacant because they have, at their country's cal to arms, left these peaceful scenes, an< now, at the Camp of Chickamauga, awai orders to move to the seat of war? Ma] the gallant Watkins and Grant return t< their home in honor sud in safety, to re sume their place at the Bar. wo rt bj successors of those Anderson lawyers o former days, who added the honors o the soldier to the reputation of the law yer-some of whom I see before me now It is meet and right to gather together as we have done this morning, to dedi cate this new Court House to the higt and important purposes for which it it intended. Long may it stand the pride and ornament of this town and Co un tv, the embodiment of justice, law and or der, amid a happy, prosperous and law abiding people. In a short but eloquent and impressive speech G. E. Prince, Esq., presented th? Criminal Code to Solicitor Ansel, who re sponded ss follows: Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen : I ex press but a faint impression of my feelings on this occasion when I say that it gives me pleas ure and satisfaction to take part in these dedi catory ceremonies, setting apart this Temple of Justice to the purposes for which it was uuilt. May juitice ever, and always, be meted out wita an even hand. I accept with pleasure the Criminal Code which has beeu handed me by my distinguished friend and brother in the law and shall endeavor, as I have always tried to do, to convict no innocent man and to let no guilty one escape. The welfare of every country, and its progress, depends in a large measure upon the duo and strict observance of the laws of the land : one important branch of the law is thu criminal law. The general nature of crimes and their punish ment forms in every country the Code of Crim inal Law. says Mr. Blackstone, more usually denominated in England the doctrine of the Heas of the Crown ; so called, because the King, in whom centres the majesty of the law is sup posed by tho law to be the person injured by every infraction of the public rights belonging to that communitv. and is therefore in all cases the proper prosecutor for every public offence. In this country, where we live under a republi can form of government, we have no King and hence the State, who is the mother of us all, takes the place of the King, and she becomes the prosecutor in every case. The importance of a ::ull knowledge of this branch of the law is of ihe utmost importance to every one, for, as was said by Sir Michael Foster.'"no rank or elevation in li e, no upright ness of heart, no prudence or circumspection of conduct should tempt a man to conclude that he may not at some time or other be deeply Inter ested ia these researches." The first violation of the law that we have any rccoril of was the eating of the forbidden fruit by Mother Eve in the Garden of Eden, and the grave consequences of that broken law are with us to-day and wilt be so long as time lasts. The next violation of tho law was the case of Cain, in the murder of his brother Abel, and from that day to this, in every land country, homicides have benn committed, trials have been had and convictions and punishment have followed. During the journey of tho Children of Israel from the land of Egypt to the land of Canaan, while encamped at Mt. Sinai, certain laws were given to Moses by the great Law (?iver of the universe for the guidance and observance of the people, which laws have been handed down to us, which laws are of force to-day in this Chris tian land. "Thou shalt not kill." "Thou shalt not steal." "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." At every term of Court hore indictments are handed out fora violation nf these very laws, engrafted as they have been into mir ernie ol'laws for the protection of society and for the good of the State. It was aller tlie Children of Israel had taken possession nf Canaan that they built for them selves sK cities <d' U?fhpe,*to either one nf which the slaver might lleeand he tried. To-day *<. have iii this place a city of refuge, where ail ran come to redress t in ir wrongs, and whee all meet, the rirh and poor, the old ai il young, thc great and small, upon one common platform. In taking cognizance of all unlawful acts tbe law has a double view, says Mr. Blackstone, not only to redress the party injured, but also to se cure to the public the benefit of society, by pre venting or punishing every breach and violation of these laws ; and the object of punishing of fenders is to deter others ny dread of bis exam ple from offending in like way. Time does not permit rae, in this presence, t? foilow the history of the criminal law from" those early days down to the present time, suf fice it to say that within the pages of thia Criminal Code will be found many of the defini tions of crimes that are forbidden by the law? of this State, which the society of our day bas thought, in its wisdom, right and proper t* enact. I come, therefore, to-day as an humble repre sentative ol' the maiesty of the law. and als*a? a representative of the peace and good order of this enlightened community, and with pleasure assist ia placing the cap-stone of this beautiful arch in its proper place. May he wh? sits on yonder Bench always hold the scales of Justice with an even hand. Mav he who occu pies this chair as the prosecuting attorney dis charge bis every dutv with fidelity, and may th? jury who sit there always "well and truly try, and a true verdict render according to the law and evidence." When this is done then wiH this be in fact, as it is now in name, a Temple of Justice. Next was the presentation of the Bible to the Clerk of Court, which was done by J. K. Hood. Esq., most eloquently. In behalf of the Clerk of Court, E. P. Coch ran responded in a. few appropriate re marks. Tbe presentation of the bailiffs staves to the Sheriff was made by E. M. Bucker, Jr,, E-iq., and was responded to hy Col. R. W. Simpson in behalf of the Sheriff. The remarks of both these gentlemen were appropriate and interesting. Architect Milburn was called upon by j Chairman Tribble, and he responded ia a few remarks. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. W. f. Capers and the interesting exercises came to a close. The orchestra interspersed tbe exercises with some very i delightful music. OUR SOLDIER BOYS. Happenings of Interest to Hone Folk? Concerning Anderson Volunteers. CAMP GEO. H. THOMAS, CHICKAMAUGA, GA., June 22,1898. There is a dearth of news this week in camp. Some new uniforms came in to-day and also some rubber blankets, which will probably be distributed to-day or to-morrow. Our wagoner, Mr. John Robbins, has taken charge of his department as easily and naturally as if he had been a wagoner for Uncle Sam all his life*. John is very popular with the boys, and is even more popular, if such a thing could be possible, when any of ' the men want to go to town and can get an opportunity to ride in the big ? covered wagon. On Sunday last the members of Company C enjoyed a picnic spread, given by Quartermaster Johnson. Our Regiment now has a quintette, composed of Messrs. Reid Miller, tenor; Chas. Gentry, soprano; Chal mers Hughes, baritone; George Baker and Joe Trowbridge, bass. They have a selection of about eight pretty pieces, and are learning new ones every day. One of thc pieces they sing is "Bobby Boker," the latest war song. They have been invited to sing this song at a musicale to be given in Chattanooga on the first of . " July. "Bobby Boker" was written in honor of .Gen. Gordon, and is very popular with the soldiers. This quin tette is known as Col. Tillman's and he is very proud of them, and fre quently takes them on pleasure trips through the surrounding country. The members of Company C are taking a great deal of interest in Y. M. C. A. work, and they are alway? to be found in the lead in any work that will raise camp life to a higher y moral plane. Capt. Watkins has fully recovered from his recent spell of sickness and was out drilling the Company yester day. Mr. Victor Cheshire has given vp the position of mail carrier so as to participate in the drills. ? shower bath has been arranged back of the camp for the soldiers, ant a crowd can always be found these enjoying it. Mr. R. M. Baker, of Anderson, was in camp Sunday visiting his brother, Corporal Baker. Messrs. Carroll Brown and Will Stringer, of Belton, visited the boya . in camp Tuesday. Mr. Ira Giles has been on the sick list for a few days past, but is now convalescent. It seems to be the impression now that the 1st Regiment S. C. V. will not move for a month or more, as they lack a great deal of being fully equipp ed, and there is so much delay in get ting the eqipment8 here. JAS. P. KILLEBREW. - Several days ago at a negro churok in Clinton, Zed Coleman shot and kill ed Wade Williams. It. seems that Williams bad whipped a brother of Coleman, who, with a crowd of colored boys, agreed to thrash Williams at the first opportunity. But instead Cole man shot him. He died the next doy. How's 1 his. We offer One Hnudred Dollars reward for any case . f Catarrh that cannot be cured by llalli) ''at:o*rh Cure. We, th?1! undersigned have known . Cheney for the ast IS years, and bflieve him perfectly hntiorahle in all business transactions and finan cially able to carry out any obngationt made by their firm. WKST A TKUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. SVAMUNO. KiNNAf? ?fe MARVIN, vi hoi? salo Drug gist H, Toledo, 0. Ila'l's ?. atarrh Cure is taken internally, acting (ir,elly upon the blond and mucous surfaces o( the syteni. f>ntiinonials neut free. Price 75o. per U'iitle Sold by all druggists.