-???? " -I' . . . , -_____-.-.-,-_ ; LAURENS, S. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1894. NO. '? IU on for wa, It io\ v t d .o ?t. ;h ?ut h aui llot. .u-gc, thoir vor ad ico iry ?iad ird it bo :0, ffi td it ), ? t o 9 no iuu-?u ^lafts post ?lass took aro e ra uf ord'e ?>rd, of for to iford \000 Tlitb W 11 son TARIFF The Vlow? of a Mugwump Newspaper on tho Free Admission of Haw Ma* icrial. IlaipOr'B Weekly. The tariff bill reported by the Coni mitten on Ways and Means is in one sense a moderate measure ; in another sense a radical measure. Compared with the tariffs under which we lived and prospered for many years before the oivil war, it loaves us still with a very high dogreo of protection. Com lared with tho tariffs of countries like ranee and Germany, in which there a - boon of lato years so distinct a re* ival of protection, it is also a strongly ?otoctloni8t measure. Compared with e completely non-protoctivo tariff of ngland, its duties aro immodoratoly gh. But compared with tho McKin ley tariff act, It Is in one respect, at least, a radical measure It drops tho policy of Indiacrimihato protection. It rests on the prinoiplo that, after all, there are some things which tho coun try is capablo of producing, but which t will nevertheless permit to bo frcoly .inported. So for as tho groat mass of cd commodities is concern .langes iu duty are not in ,, 11 the free admission of some ,ior^.ht raw matorials marks a radi .1 change in policy. Far and away tho most important of those ehangos is that by which raw wool is to bo admitted froo of duty. For thirty years wo have beon impos ing hoavy duties on any and every quality of wool, and wo havo been promised by domestic wool-growors, or at least by their spokesmen in politics, that they would bo able to supply all tho wool of evory quality that tho coun try wanted. They havo novor done so; in fact, conditions of soil and climato biakc it impossiblo that thoy should do Jo. They furnish us with an abundant and sufficiently cheap supply of wools of medium quality. But they aro not ablo to produce fino wools in any quan tity, and thoy do not find It worth while to produco very coarse wool at all. Under theso circumstances the bill wisely puts wool on tho free list, and gives tho Amorican people the benolit of the lino quality of Australian wool and of the extrome cheapness of the coarse wool of Russia and East India. Tho free admission of wool is tho most important political chango in tho bill. For many years tho duty on wool has boon made to do service in States like Ohio and Michigan as bringing to tho farmer his share of tho honeflta of protection. It required the courago of President Clovcland to face tho situa tion boldly, and to declare for free wool oven though Ohio was a doubtful State. This ho did in his mcssago, now passed into history, o( Decembor, 1887, whon ho took that unflinching at titude on tho tar ill question which has brought his party to tho position in which it now is. If thoro Is any one part of their programmo to which tho Domociats aro committed it is tho free admission of wool ; and this part of tho hill may bo expected to reach tho atago of ouactment if any of it does. Onco made, the chango unquestionably will bo found a beuofieial ono. Tho groat mass of wool-growers will find them selves injured to no appreciable de gree: the manufacturers will havo theki material cheaper; and the con sumers will havo hotter and cheaper cloKhos. Next in political importance to tho free admission of wool is tho froo ad mission of iron oro and tho reduction of duty on pig-iron. If anything is raw material, Iron ore certainly is, and if a beginning is to bo made anywhore in tho direct inn of cheapening materials, this is the most appropriate point that could be found. Tho duty on pig iron is reduced to 224 por cent.; tho exist ing duty is equivalent to between (30 and 70 per cent. The reduction is thus considerable. It must bo remembered, however, that tho pig-iron duty has for many years been virtually prohibi tory, except for small lots of special qualities of iron : and except along the Eastern sea-coast it is doubtful If any considerable greater uso of imported iron will ensue. Along tho Eastern sea-board tho change, if carried to tho point of enactmont, will make iron somewhat cheaper, and will aid all iron-using establishments?and this means all manufactures of ovory sort. So far as tho manufactnrcs aro con corned, most of the changes aro from duties that wero prohibitory to duties that will bo somewhat less prohibitory Such is tho case with most silk goods, cotton goods, glass-ware and china ware. On woollens thoro is a moro important chango. They arc admitted at tho simple duty of 40 per cent., ? '|ich is to bo reducod ono por cent. ? Jth year for five years, until finally \ duty on them reaches tho definitive I) of 35 per cent: This chango is tho ntorpart of tho free admission of ?1, which yntalled a complete re (val of tho presont high and compli ed duties on woolon goods, and tho f istitution of a simple and compara i i/dy moderate ad valorom duty. In *4 nost any other country duties of 35 Ji 40 por cent., coupled with froo raw .orial, would bo thought to give ?e than adequate protection. We confident that thoy wili bo found givo all the protection that tho ?Ion industry of tho United States 9Jir needs, and that thoy will cheapen Aods to tho mass of the consumors ^Jthout soriously endangoring tho prosperity of the mnnufaoturors. On tho whole, tho bill is carofally ind conscientiously drafted. It faces tho situation boldly, applies tho knife sharply to sorao oxeresconcos of a pro tective growth, and redeems in a sub stantial way tho promises under which tho Democratic party camo into power. Yet it makes no such radical or far reaching ehangos as will disturb the great mass of tho manufacturing in dustrias. Tho country can cosily ac commodate itsolf to suoh changop, and within a fow months aftor its onact mont, fow will advocate a return to tho existing order of things. A Photographic Title.?Photo graphy ployed an important part in a suit at Cincinnati. The suit is ono of local standing, involving the title of 1,500 acros of valunblo farm lands. It is based on a dood mado nearly seven ty-fivo years ago by tho owners of tho land, and turns on tho point whother tho deed had five signatures or only four. In order to tost this quostion It was docldod to havo tho deed photographed, and tho clork of tho court was ordorod to glvo tho mattor jhi.jiorsonal supervision1 For that purposo it was takon to Washington and submitted to an export photograph or of that* city. Tho original deed, dlsoolorod aud yellow with ago, show ed traces of four signatures and aspneo where thcro might havo boon a fifth, but no troco of it. Tho photograph* ing was done in thev presence of the olerk of tho court, who refused tolot tho deod go out of his sight. The negative rovMuod traces of tho missing signa ture,;and when It was enlarged ton entire name bocamo as plaliuas whon Mmrii the flr*\t writton. Th" court pro 1 wide,ice ,lVOj anu *t? for. TIL.I.MAN TO TI.IAli JUSTICES. Tho Officers Must Aid the Dispensary Iirw?Decapitation W1U Take Pluce Where Prejudice Overcomes Duty. Columbia Register Tlio onforcomont of tho new Dispen sary law is to begin with a vigor which will have wido effect and which will result in violators feeling tho weight of justice beforo a great whilo. Every giece of legal machinery in South arolina must work together. Thero must be no lagging. No rust will be allowed, and the pieces must movo together for tho benefit of ono great wholo. This is what tho State board of control says, and tho members are in dead earnest. Since' tho new law was passed the fertilo minds and vivid imgi nations of its opponents have been at work to Und means to ovorride its provisions; to Und loop holes; to encourage violations by picking it to piecos, but ovory new 8ehemo is mot with a counter move which is not looked for. Ono bright hope for violators was that when thoy aro brought to trial they will tind trial justices in sympathy with them, and that In tho drawing of jurors it will bo thoir friends who will sit in judgment on thoir casos. Governor Tillman an nounces that the trial justice who shows projudico in any way will bo de eapitatod without warning and that a man will bo put in his placo who will administer the law without fooling or friondship. The Govornor impressos this fact on tho trial justices in tho following lm? Eortant circular of Instructions which o has mailed to ovory ono of thorn : ?'columbia, Docombor :10, 1893. " Undor tho Act approved Decomber 2;id, a copy of which ib herewith sent you, tho duty will largely dovolvo on trial justices of enforcing tho law. Tho statutes, as construed by the Supremo Court, requlro that criminal casos coming within tho jurisdsction of trial justices 3hall bo tried by a jury on tho demand of tho defendant, other wise by tho trial justice himself. Jurors aro to bo summoned by tho con stable after six names have been drawn from a hat in which eighteen names have boon placed by the constrablo. It will bo tho duty of trial justices to see that uo names aro put in tho hat excopt thoso of men who will find a verdict according to the evidence nnd not perjure themselves through pro judico against the law. Trial justices who do not act with promptness and vigor lund ondoavor to enforce tho law may as well Bend in thoir resignations, as no nogligouco or favoritism will bo tolerated. "Enclosed will bo found a form of soarch warrant, as well as a form for beginning nuisance proceedings under Section 22 of tho Act. "As It is impossible for Stato con stables to OOVer tho cut in- territory, trial justices are expected to soo that thoir constables soizo all contraband liquor and make arrosts of parties breaking tho law as provided oy the Act. Every seizure thus made must bo reported to the Stato Commissioner, who will sond a certificate for tho ship ment to him of tho contraband liquor. For such work constables will bo paid a reasonable feo upon reporting tho facts to tho Govornor. " Special attention is directed to Section 29, giving the right to examine suspicious packages. "Trial justices will in every ca^o ar rest and proceed against express agents ami railroad agonts, or other railroad employees, who lay themselves liable under tho provisions of tho law. Tho right to search without a-warrant ap plies only to places of business or pub lic places. In all cases where liquor is believed to be in a private residence and is being sold, search warrants must bo issued. Persons aro not allowed to buy in other States and bring into this Stato any quantity greater than ono gallon. "Tho soachers must bo confined to dopots, and no car will bo entered to make search, unless by express orders of tho Govornor. "B. B. TILL< The money for provisions und grain has been re tained ut homo, und the full result is that this section is less in debt to the North and West for supplies thun in any yoar since tho war ended. Such is the solid rock bottom basis for future udvancemont, and it is needless to say that, us no other section can muko such a snowing-, so no other sec tion will show such a rupid growth during the next few years.?Manufac turer's Record. FIllE, WRECK AND FLOOD. The Disastrous Record of* the Old Year?A Fearful Lint of Casualties on Land and Sea. Tho year was remarkable for tho frightful loss of life by Hood, fire, earthquake, disease, cyclono and mine and railroad accidents, both hero and abi'oud. In January thirty miners were drown in Pcnzanco, I,(KM) people were burned in a temple near Canton, China, 4!) soldiers wero burued in a train in Russia und nine person's wore killed and 112 injured in a railroad collusion at Alton, III. In February Brisbane was floodod so that many of its streets were 80 foot under water, and earthquakes In Greece resulted in the loss of hnndreds of lives. In March and April thoro wore Hoods, eyelonos and tornadoes in the Southern and Western States in which 100 persons wero killed and millions of dollars of damage done. In May Queheo was inundated and a cyclono in Hope, Ark, loft 4,(XX) per sons homoless and destitute. In June Hoods destroyed 50 villages in Austria, tho cholera claimed hundreds of vic tims daily in Mecca, a storm in Mexico mado ii,ooo persons homeless and the Ford Opera House in Washington collapsed, killing 23 department clerks and injuring 70. In July 100 minors were killed in an explosion in Yorkshire 12 Chicago lirome n wero caught on a blazing tower In tho World's Fair Grounds, .but ono of whom oscaped. and a cloudburst in Pueblo drowned nearly 50 persons. In August there was a collision bo tweon two Coney Island excursion trains on tho Long Island Road, near Blissville, in which 10 pleasure seekers wore instantly killed and 50 severely wounded, and a cyclone which swept tho Gulf coast devastated Savannah, Ga., and tho sea islands. The loss of lifo was more than 1,500 and tho sur vivors lost everything of which they wero possessed. Thoir situation became so serious that Tho World sent down a relief train in November and saved thorn from starvation. In September a forest lire destroyed 200 square miles in Wisconsin and cholera broke out in Hamburg. In October yellow fever attacked Bruns wick, Ga., and its victims were num bered by hundreds. October also saw tho worst wreck of tho many that hap pened to World's Fair trains, in a collision on the Gratfcd Trunk near Battle Creek, Mich., 20 persons wore burned or mangled to death and three times that number were badly injured. In November there was an explosion of dynamite in a ship at dock at Santand cr, Spain in, which 300 persons wero instantly killed, thousands wounded and millions of dollars worth of prop erty destroyed, and 1,500 persons were drowned by Hoods in Japan. In Do cemhor a bridge In courso of erection at Louisville, Ky., fell into the river and a score of workmen were killed. Tho amount of money lost in a dozen big fires would pay the debt of some of the smaller nations. Boston had a $5,000,000 and a $1,000.000 blaze and also lost its famous Treniont Temple. St. Louis had a $1,500.001) lire. Coney Is land lost its big West F.nd Hotel. Mil waukee had a 1500,000 fire, tho largest Hour mills in the world at Lltohfleld, 111., were destroyed. Fargo, N. Dak., ami Seattle were nearly wiped out by flame. South Chicago had a fire which destroyed 250 houses, and Now York had a lire in West Forty-second street which nooesslatod a ninth alarm and , did $2,000,000 damage. In Manilla, in the Philippine Islands, 4,000 houses were destroyed hi a two-day's Hro. The maritime disasters of tho year havo boon many. Since January 1st thoro has been an unusal succession of disastrous gales, on both our own and foreign (toasts, and in this period a largo' number of ships havo been lost or badly damaged. The greatest of all these disasters was the Victoria-Catnp ordown affair in the Mediterranean, when some 400 persons lost thoir lives. Aside from this, the ones that were of most interest at this port wero the losses of tno White Star steamship, Naronlo and the Atlas liner Alvo. Both vessels mysteriously disappeared, i and in each traco of- tho disaster was I given by Lhe finding of tho lifo boats. Tho loss of the Naronic is more in explicable than that of tho Alvo, since tho former was a brand new vessel, and was supposed to be as seaworthy as the arts of man could make her. Sho sail- | cd from Liverpool, February 11th. and j aftor passing out of the Mersey was i never sighted again. Fully a hundred went down with her. The accepted j explanation is that sho turned turtle during tho gale. The Alvo sailed from this port Au gust 10, and like tho Naronic was never seen again. She was of much smaller tonnage than tho White Star boat, and is believed to have foundered in tho hurricanes that wero attended with frightful loss of life in tke sea is lands and on tho Carolina and Gulf coasts. Tho theory concerning her lo?s isthat her hatches wore torn ofT by heavy railroad trucks lashed to her decks, admitting to her engine rooms tho seas that must have poured across her decks. Two trans-Atlantic liners mot with accidents in mid-ocean, causing anxiety in every quarter of tho globe, and an awful loss of life was averted in each caso principally by tho ingenuity of tho engineers. Tho Cundardor Um brl& broke her thrust shaft in mid* ocean, and drifted about helplessly un til it was patched up temporarily. She arrived January 1st more than a week overdue. Tho Hekla, of tho Thing valla line, met with a similar accident, and after drifting about tho ocean helpless as n derelict, was towed into port with all well aboard. The break in her machinery was discovered just in time to prevent the fractured ends, twirled by tho machinery, from separ ating and knocking holes in tho ship's hull.?Now Yoik World. No Reduction in salaries.-?The Columbia Register says that many peo ple do not understand what became of tho salary reduction bill which passed at tho last session of the Legislature. The facts arc those : Tho bill passed both Houses. It was approved by Gov ernor Tillman on tho 22d of December. It was to go Into effect on tho 1st of January, 1804. Tho next day tho Legislature passed tho appropriation bill. Thoso interostod in salaries re maining ns thoy uro succoeded in gel ing section LI added to this bill. It firovldep that tho salaries as at presont Ixed shall romaln as they aro for tho yoar 1801. This bill was signod on tho 23d of Docembor. This will virtually kill the nalary reduction bill, as whon It goes Into effect a now Legislatin-o will hav- ~" oleote^ and it may not thin'- - - ttd. l.NFOHCING THIS NEW LAW. The Stato Boai'tl Anxious to Know the Purpose of tho Municipalities?Co lumbia is Promptly Knrolled uu the Ulaek -1st. The State board of control seems anxious to 'know what tho towns and eitles aro going to doing about assist ing in tho enforcement of the dispens ary law, and tho following circular letter has been sent out by tho board : To the Municipal Authorities of Gontlomon: Your attention is di rected to tho following extract from Section 10 of the now dispensary law : "All profit, after paying all exponsos of the county dispensary, shall be paid one-half to the county treasury and one-half to tho municipal corporation in which it may bo located, such set tlements to be made quarterly : Pro vided, that if tho authorities of any town or city, which in the judgment of tho State board of control do not en force this law, tho State hoard may wit hold the part going to the said town or city and uso it to pay Stato constables." There aro amplo provisions in tho said act giving policemen and mar shals tho necessary power, without regard to any restrictions which may bo in your charter. We shall be glad to have your co-operation and assistance and will expect an answer indicative of your purpose not later than the 16th of January. Respectfully, (Signed).? R. R. Tillman, Governor ; W. H. Ellsrbe, Comptroller General; O. W. Buchanan, Attorney General ; State Hoard of Control. After the foregoing letter had been prepared, the following was sent to tho county boards of control throughout tho State : To the County Hoard of Control : Undor tho provisions of tho new dis pensary law it is. the duty of tho inu-.i oipal authorities of all towns where dispensaries are located to enforce tho said act by means of the police and marshals. You will report to this of fice not later than the 20th of January, as to whether such action has been taken in your County by said authori ties and whether wo may expect their eo-operution and assistance. (Signedj.?B. R. Tillman, Governor: W. EL Fdlorbo, Comptroller General : O. W. Buchanan, Attorney General; State Hoard of Control. Tho non-action of the city council of Columbia, after briefly considering tho matter in regard to co-operating with tho Stato constables in enforcing the dispensary law, has aroused the ire of the administration, and at a meeting of the State board of control it was de cided that Columbia should forfeit her share of the profits. Tho following letter was sent to tho municipal authorities : January 1, 1804. To tho Mayor and Aldermen of the Citry of Columbia: Gentlemen : Notice is hereby given that tho State board of control, in the exercise of their judgment as required by the dispensary act, recently passed, have determined that the contingency has arisen in your city for tho enforce ment of tho proviso to Section 10 of the dispensary act, which says, "That if the authorities of any town or city, in tho judgment of the Stato board of con trol, do not enforce this law, the Stato board may withhold the part going to said town or city and uso it to pay State constables." After the 1st day of January, 1894. and until further notice, such part of the dispensary profit coming from Columbia will be withhold by tlve board and used to pay State constables in the enforcement of tho law, made necessary by tho attitndo of tho authorities of your city, us shown by tho notion of the city council Friday night, in even refusing to consider the matter. Yours respectfully. (Signed).?B R. Tillman, Governor: W. H. Ellerbo, Comptroller General; O. W. Buchanan, Attorney General ; State Hoard of Control. mayor' fisher talks. Mayor Fisher hail not seen the letter when called on by a reporter, but when he was informed of the action of tho board he thought they had acted some what hastily and said ho would liked to have had an opportunity to appear beforo the members. Ho said that the city of Columbia could tako care of all violations of the law. AN APPEAI TO WOMEN. Honoring the Memory of Washing, ton's Mother. The following appeal to the patriotic Winnen of America bus been issued by tho National Mary Washington Monu ment Association, whose headquarters are at Washington City ? The National Mary Washington Monument Association, tho working foi'CO of which is composed entirely of women, has just completed a too long delayed work, that of oreeting a suit able memorial to the mother of Wash ington. 'I'his monument is the finest of its kind in the whole country. It is a single shaft fifty feet high, with ap propriate and artistic embellishments und Inscriptions, und stands upon a rock near Mary Washington's home at BYedericksburg, Vn., which during the latter years of her life was her favorite sent for reading and meditation, and where she directed that her grave bo made. There her remains nave re posed for over a century, with only the 'ruins of an unfinished monument?-be gun and abandoned fifty years ago? to mark the spot Tho Mary Washington Monument Association* was organized in 1889 to end this shameful neglect of tho mem ory of one who is revered as the fore most of American women. It has worked hard, collected money and secured the erection of the monument, which is the first instance in tho history of a monument erected by women to the memory of a woman. The association is in urgent need of more money to properly complete the work. Though tho shaft has boon erected, the last pay ment has yet to be provided for, as it win COmplOted before the time con templated. Money is also needed to fence, grade and otherwise put in pro per order tho plot of ground upon which the monument stands and as an endowment fund for its future care. Altogether fully ftl5.000 is needed at once. There should be no difficulty in raising this amount if every one of tho millions of women who hold tho name, of the mother of George Washington in the highest honor should testify to that feeling by the contribution of a small sum. The object is so excep tionally worthy that evory American woman should feel it a privilege to ho Identified with it, by a contribution proportionate to her means. Will not ovory ono at least give something in loving admiration of one who is the brightest star in the firmament of American motherhood ? If ovory ono bearing the name of "Mary" would semi 2"> cents, how soon the money could be raised. Contributions may bo sent tothogon eiul treasurer, E. F. Higgs, RlggB Hank, or to the president of tho associ ation, Mrs. M. R. Waite, Washington, D. C. 1 _ A_r A GANG OF NEGHO KODBERS. The "Work of a Shrewd Detect Ivo?A Guilly \< ".in M?he? Confession? l'rospecis ol* a lynching 1h Kilp Angus ii Chronicle, 4th inst. The . This, he said, was all that he hud to give. This opened the hearts of the rest of the congregation, and when the meeting ended eighty gold watches, sixty geld rings and other personal property ' the value of over *25,O0O had 1 donated. Tho money will bo u send missionaries to foreign < and to spread tho doctrl? country. Tho Adventists belie end of the world tlv time, and after *' purged from all buck and roi' They ha1 building, in ado i for V ners an1"' STATE NEWS IN BRIE Interesting Notes from Vnrlo cos. ?It is conceded that thore opposition to Judgo Izlar t consent to run for CougroBB. ?Major Sanders Glover has pointed as ono of United Stt trict Attorney Murphy's Assis. ?Mr. E. R. Le80sne, of Wi burg county, has been appoint n> ! lie Siuking Fund Commission, . the vacancy occasioned by the de? tho lato S. C. Curtledgo. ?Hon. A. M. Youmnns, a promln lawyer and member of tho House Representatives, died at his homo Luray, in Hampton County, on th inst. * Ho was 47 years old. ?A suit for foroclosuro of mortgj against the Hort Royal und Augu railroad has beeu lilod in tho Unl Staves Court in Charleston. The i is brought by R. M. Ogdon of Misso ?Tho United States District C will couvono in Creeuville on tho Monday is February, instead of third Monday in January as hereti announced. Judgo Brawley will ably preside. ?Hon. C. II. Simonton has been ; in as United States Circuit .lud place of tho liito *' L. Bqn? Brawley will not q ' ?>?? yet, as ho wishes until a voto is ta\ tariff bill. ?The two eandi of Georgia aro outs coinage of silver un lions as gold, for 1 State banks, and ft tlon of the Chicago ?Mr. Sam Froidl says that a tenant made twenty-six averaging i:i4 pom mule. Besides the mode six*.v-flvo bust ?The Anderson Company has reor soon put their factoi havo employed an manufacturer as su^ the mill will resume ...... 10th inst. ? ingrain WilsQAjj"'.the town 1 of Yorkville. who bO.mo time i* ? and killed a man tnamed Glad?. Yorkville. and was subsequently to Riehland jail for safo-keoping, been granted bail by Judge Gary in sum of $5,000. ?Governor Tillman has sont ou'1 manuscript for an article on " South Carolina Liquor Law," whit, to appear in the February number tho North American Review. T od itor has been after Governor T man for some time for his views on tl dispensary. ?A terrible catastrophe in Uoi County last week resulted In the stantaneous death of three men a wounding of five others on the p'ani tion of Senator Glonn D. Peuko. was caused by the bursting of an engii builder at tho cotton gin. Thomas 1 Jeter and another white man nar Crouch, with a negro whose nan unknown, were killed outright, another man was mortally woum ?Carpenter, the famous mr who was recaptured not long r carried back to Kdgellold, that he will not die at the endo Sheriff Ou/.ts has placed hin top coll of tho jail and doublo him to the iron ring in the c the room, and will not ?1 lew any see tho prisoner. The sheriff U pared to moot and repel any ntU at a rescue, and intends to give man no earthly chance to oseapi long as he is the custodian. ?The. Legislature passed an ac abolish the office of Jury Commissi er. The duties formerly imposed u,, that ofllcor aro now put upon the Tree uror and the Clerk of Court.* Tho., shall constitute a board of.lury Com missioners, and will not be paid any salary for their services. The Clerk is to be the custodian of tho jury bp>:. The bill goes into effect at once tic, the officers named will have to fill it,. jury boxes this month, as has beon customary with tho Jury Commission era. ?Mayor Chafe*;, of Aiken. has sein the State board of control a scorchinp reply to a letter inquiring whether h would make dispensary spies out of t? city police He says he knows hh duties as Mayor and seeks no instruc tions. His police force has had in structions to report all violations of the liquor law, and he stands ready to punish all proper cases but says lit;: "11" you oxpcot rflo to become an ally of your dirty spies and act the snea.. upon my neighbors, 1 must respectfully decline." He then goes on to say that tho game is to rob municipalities of thoir share of dispensary profits. Knew Thky Were Right.? In lllionis and some other States thore is an old law on the statute hooks to the effect that in criminal eases tho jury is " judge of the lawns well as the facts." Though not often quoted, once in a while a lawyer with a desperate case makes use of It. In onocaso the judge Instructed the jury that it was tojudr of the law as well as the facts, but adi that il was not judge of the law Iffil it was fully satisfied that it knew irtoi law than the. judge. An outrageous verdict was brought in, contrary to all instructions of tho court, who felt called upon to rebuke the jury. At last one old farmer arose : ".ledge." said ho. " worn't we to jedge the law as well as the facts ?" '? Certainly," was tho response: " but I told you not to judge tho law myself you were clearly satisfied that you knew the law better than I did." " Well, jedge," answered the farmer, OS he shifted his quid, " wo considered that p'int." ?Dr. L. A. Bricklo, ono of the direc tors of tho Piedmont Mineral Com pany, of ICing's Mountain, says tho* the company Is prospecting for ' about two and a half miles frOP town. They have sunk a sha'' *u foot and will go down to ' of 100 feet. AbOUt $1.000 ' ready spent. In prospce' is found in fissures. * analgnm was exam' Od ~~> per cent. famous tin mir ?his one in ' is being vein, fti dopt? am'