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IThc .ymrcttft %Jn,trttset. VQL- XHI_ LAURENS. S C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 189; ~ " ~~N^7~21~. ATTORNEY GEN, BARBtR SIRIKtS BACK. AN INCIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES COUII r. Charges Made Against State Officials In Ijetciil Papers Called Font) n Warm I'roicBi from Attorney Gen eral Harbor. Tho trial of tho original package ea^es in tho United State? Glroui' Court took a sensational and exciting turn one day last week. In a supple mental bill tiled by Bluthentbal vV Blokart, of Atlanta, against J.O. Long ot al, of Union, it wus alleged among other things that tho Sato OQioers had entered upou a conspiracy ugainst the complainants, and t hat Governor Ellorbe, Attorney Coneral Harbor, Assistant Attorny General Townsuud and Liquor Commissioner Vaneo were tinaneially Irresponsible, totally in solvent and unable to respond to any damages whatsoever against them. These allegations cut to tho bone. M. L. Blokart made them "upon Iiis own knowledge and belief," and the mutter came near bringing on a personal diili culty at the Charleston Hotel. Wtieu Court convened on Thursday morning Mr. Barber arose and said he would like to make a statement. From his tones it wus apparent that some thing was going to drop. Mr. Harbor pushed aside a hatch of papers and said: May It please your Honor, 1 ask your Honor before resuming tue case under consideration to bear a motion in the case oi Ul jthenthal & Btckart ugainst Long and others. Tne motion is under the supplemental bill of complaint which was tiled at a late hour yester day afternoon. There have been in the course of these proceedings in this Court, from time to time sworn state ments and charges in bills cf com plaints which 1 have permitted to go unnoticed, but, if your Honor please, the line has been reached and crossed, bevond which I cannot permit these statements to go unchallenged. The occasion, therefore, if your Honor please, necessitates some very plain talk, and, with your Honor's perniis biou, i propose to do lt. I hold in mv hand a copy of this bill of complaint. 1 f your Honor is not familiar with it I would invite your attention to the allegation in the bill which is marked "1," page 7. After alleging various things as to some shipments iuto the State and soizures of these 1 ciuors the complainant alleges that tho seizun s above betont, at Union, Klko and Ches ter in said State of South Carolina, wore made and done by tho said part.es above Damed by the authority and un der the direction of and pursuant to a conspiracy, agrcomout and combina tion of tho said defendants. William If. Ellerboand William A. Barber, C P. Towiuend, S. W. Vanco and Sta'e constables and other otlicials of South Carolina, unknown lo your orators. I would invito your Honor's atten tion further to the allegation in tho bill of complaint, which is numnored "L," on page 8 thereof, in which it is alleged that "Your orators furthor show that tho said William H. Ellorbo and William A. Barbor, C. P. Town send and S. W. Vance have, notwit i stauding tho rights of your orators us importers of liquors in original, un broken packuges in this State under tho Constitution and laws of tho United States, caused and directed the agen cies of your orators at Union, Elko and Ch? ater, in tho State of South Caro lina, to bo seized, and tiie said goods of your orators to bo taken possession of by vurious parties claiming to act as State constables, and tbut tho said William U. Eilerbo and William A. Barber, 0. l\ Townsend and S. W. Varc-je, for tho purpose and with tho intention of ovuding tho inj motions of this Court, have caused such seizures to bo made by dilierent Stato cou stables in each instance, claiming that tho injunctions issued by this Court and herotoforo obtained by your ora tors for the protection of their business as aforesaid, in tho S.ate of South Carolina, only nth cted tho parties named in said bill, aud that the said Willium H. Kllorbo and William A. Barbor, C. P. Townsend and S. W. Vance have agreed, combined and cou?pircd together and threaten, with parties unknown to your orators, further te sei/o and confiscate all goods of your orators in tho State of South Carolina, at the various agencies hero inabovo set forth, and purpose to seize | and conilscate such goods by authoriz- i ing ditTorent constables or agents in | each instance to muko such seizure, 1 and that it is manifestly impossible for] your orators to make as parties dofoud- j ant to this bill all parties who might possibly bo authorized and directed by the said William H. Ellorbo and William A. Barber, C. H. Townsend] and S. W. Vanco, unlawfully and wrongfully to seize and eouUscato tho goods of your orators, and that unless relieved by this honorable Court by the issuance of an injunction and re straining order protecting the goods of your orators, so shipped a8 aforesaid into the Stato of South Curoiinu, from such unlawful and wrongful acts of the. said Willium lt. Ellerbe and William A. Barbar, C. P. Townsend and S. W. Vanco and other parties te your ora tors unknown, und tho agents by them appointed to do such wrongful and un lawful acts, your orators are roraedi less in the. premises." These allegations and kindrud onea in thia bill reflect seriously, moat seriously, upon the rospondonta to your Honor'a rule that 1 havo tho honor to represent; thuy relloct upon tho of tleors of the State, and, may it ploaao your Honor, moru than that, they re dact serloualy upon my aaaiatant and myself aa attorneys of this Court. If I am guilty of entering into a conspiracy to thw art the decisions of this Court I am unworthy to practlou hero. If his Kxcellanoy, tho Governor, and the other Stato olllcera havo entered Into a conspiracy In restraint of trade, which is a crlmo under the statutes of the Unitod Statos, wo should be impoueb ed and reproved from offl jo. Tho charires, therefore, may it please your Honor, are of tho moat serious charactor, and I take It that the re cords of this Court are not to bo trifled with. In addition those a 1 jgiit ons not only r?. fleet upon us as Officers and at torneys of this Court, but there are charges in this bill that uro damaging to us as Individuals. Tho charge con tained in allegation markod " Q," | " And your orators further show that I protection of your orators in the pre mi < s thvw Involves a multlpl olty of Midi . i , am a all said defendants, and that all of said dofendants are llnauclal ly ir ?espo.'islblo, totally lnsolvont and umtule to roepoud to any damages what soever against thorn, or either of them, or any of thorn," eto. May It please your Honor, that bill of complaint stands aworn to by M. L. Blokart who swears to tho facts of his own knowledgo. Can we stand It? You have Issued a rule returnable on the 12vb day of thio month. I oannot permit, and I will not permit, allega tions Of this character to ..?.and unchal lenged against my colleagues and my .elf for a..ii).''' day. Tho all nation of conspiracy is slanderous and false, and tho aM?gatiO0 ns to timtno'al ir responsibility is, as to some of us, nt 1-ast as false as can be, and it is aa lamaglnn as it Is falfo. What f ask, rosy it please your Honor, is that wo bhr.ll not stand for days before this Court with a record like tliin, charging ua with an olTcnco with which, if wo ho guilty, I should not ho heard to open ?ny mouth in this Oot?rt, and 'f ray colleagues bi gul'ly they should not administor the offices in the Stato of South Oarollna which thov hold. When I read tho hill of complaint yesterday, feeling tin1 outrage that had noon perpetrated upon us, feeling it as keenly as I can i xpross to your Honor, I si nt a telegram to his Bxoellenoy, tho Governor, and tho State commissioner for authority to denounce the charges asfalsoaml untrue, und I speak for my colleagues as weil a? myself, that the charges of conspirsoy between tho officers of tho State of South Caro lina are absolutely and unqualifiedly false. I state to your Honor now, as 1 have always stated, that tho officers of the Stato have endeavored in every in stance in these proceedings to obey ? wry order IfSUed by this ronornb'.e Court, and if this man wbo makes the charge against us of conspiracy and financial irresponsibility, to which he swears, if he has in his possession any ; proof I ask your Honor to force him to j produce it at once in open ZJourt, or ' hereafter stand tho consequences of false swearing. On behalf of myself and tho other gentlemen who stand be fore this Court I usk permission to make an immediate return, at the eai'liest possible moment, and that your Honor will at once grant to us a right to clear ourselves of the charges that re Hoot against all of us as officers and as lrdividu.-i oltizons Ol tin State. Now I havo naught to say which I | trust ttio tacts would not entirely sus tain, nor would 1 state any tiling upon inero suspicion, but there Is now need ing a proceeding in the United States Court of Georgia, instituted by th< sumo complainants as in this case, in which it is sworn that there is a eon splraoy between the Govoi nor of tba State of South Carolina and the South urn Railway to suppress what they say is their legal business. I think they magnify their Importance when they suppose that the State of South Caro lina is aiming all its guns at their rum business in Atlautu. This bill cannot with my consent stand upon this re cord, ami together with the rule Issued thereon possibly bo UStfd in the hear ing before Judge Newman, the Dis trict Judge in Atlanta, up.in a hearing there fixed for the 9th Instant. 1 earnestly ask your Honor to bear our testimony in open Court, and I am ready to testify, and my assistant en my loft and the two gentlemen on my right, who aro parties to this bill, stand ready to testify. Wo take this bill to be insulting and absolutely un true, und the oath thereto is fulso. We ask your tlonor not to have us forced to submit to these things. Upon the conclusion of tho remarks of the Attorney General, Mr Gadsden, of the firm of Mordeoai & Gadsden, said that upon the tiling of the amend* ud and supplemental bill of Eluthen thal <St Hickart against.). G. Ling and Others yesterday afternoon ho arrang ed for a conference between himself and the Attorney General late in tho afternoon at the Charleston Hotel. That at the conference the question of tno charges of conspiracy made in the hill were fully discussed, and that the Attorney General bud stated fully to him the facts un? circumstances con nected with the matter. That he bad eonvinced Mr. (iadsden that tin ro bad been, as a matter of fact, no procon sidered arrangement or combination or agreoment between the Statu officials to seize the goods of Biuthen tbal & Hickart, and that owing to the close personal relation which existed between Mr. Gadsden and the Attorney General ho was satisfied that such statement made by tho Attorney Gen 01 al was in every particular correct, and that at that interview last night stated to tho Attorney General that upon his statement uf the facts he was satisfied that tho charges made in the bill woro incorrect and unfounded, and that ho would move the Court , o strike from the bill tho names of him self, tho Governor, the assistant At torney General and Mr. Vanco, and that he now begged to say that, hav ing boon thoroughly satisfied by tho assurances of the Attorney Genera) that the charges in the bill were in correct, the complainant asked leave to withdraw tho bill from tho lilts of the Court. The supplemental bill was with drawn. Mr. Harbor then aroso and said that he wished to disclaim any reflection on tho attorneys, Messrs. Mordocai & Gadsdeu, and the matter ended. What the Atiornoy General said was aimed at Mr. Hickart. The Old Farmer and his son.? Extract from tho speech of lion. Win. L. Terry, of Arkansas: "Why, sir, whenever I he*? ono of these benevolent-looking Rcpubli an politicians talking about getting bolter wages into the pockots of workingmon by putting more money into tho pock ots of the manufacturer, thereby mak ing him tho trustee for tho laborer. I am reminded of what took plaoo be tween the old farmer and hi? big son, John. Uo called John in and said to him: 'My son, I havo mado my will, and as it may perhaps make you a hot ter boy to know the good part I havo done by you, I will toll yon its provisions. I hr.vo given you my property of ovory kind and appointed your Undo Jim to wind it up for you,'to which tho boy replied: ?Your intentions, Dad, are good, but I have my doubts of Undo Jim, and If it is all tho sumo to you, I wish you would just change that thing around?give tho property to Uncle Jim and appoint in ? tho executor to wind it up for him." ? Ex-ProHldunt Grover Cloveland ] had declined an invitation to lecturo next winter in tho young m n'o courso at Jamestown. ''You may bo sure,"' ho writes, "that If I could bring myself to tho conoluslon to lecturo anywhere, I would choose Jamestown aa the place in which to begin tho new departure Inasmuch, howovor, as I havo dotor mlned not to onter tho looturo Held, 1 fool constrained to dedine your gratifying invitation." ? The Baltimore Sun is authority for tho statement that probably tho oldest station agent in the county in point of sorvlco Is James A. Mary, postmastor general of the United States. He vaa appointed agent at Alberton, Howard county, Md., on tho Haltlmoro and Ohio railroad, some- 44 Joara ago, and, aooording to that ournal. n.a name still appoars On the pay rolls of the ooinpany. ?Nature has gl von to men one tongue but two oara, that wn may bear from others twice as much aa we apeak. HIL.I. A UPS TAIAi TO HOYS. a Knowledge of Every thing in Essen* Hal ?What Trees uro Hem Tor Vu rimiH Purposes. Here is a letter for the boy*. I believe thut oven uu Im per foot knowledge of many callings renders u man bappler than perfection in any one and comparative ignorance of all the r st. Great scientistp, discoverers i'nil lav ntors KHom to bo necessary for the world's progress acd too good of 1 mankind, i>ut their work ia genorally I at the expense of their health and i happiness. Sir Isaac Newton in his i last days exclaimed with a sigh. "I i have made a slave of myself." Ilia i groat mind was always on a strain in one direction. It ia said of him that j ho had a hole cut in tho lower part of the door for Iiis favorite cat to enter and exit, and when she hud a pair of kittens he bad two smaller holes cut for them. The mind is like tho body. It must havo a variety of food. It is like the muscles in the arms or lega. If only one set are used the others become weak and will gradually perish away. I was tnlkiug not long ago to a learn ed judge, a man of tin i judicial mind arm literary attainments, but who ac knowledged his very limited know ledge of nature and nature's Laws. "I hardly know ono troo from another," said he, "excepting, of course, the c' estnut, hlokory nut und walnut. Yes, of course. I know the pino and the oak. Indeed I have never had any oc casion to know more for I was raised in town am) books have absorbed me." I was ruminating aoout this because our little girl's mother is teaching her to draw and to paint, and I asked her to draw mo a chestnut tree, an oak treo and a maple treu. She is working on them now and lias to go out and look at them and examine the bark on the trunk, and tho shape of tho limbs and the leaves. 1 wonder hosv many boys and girls can draw a hickory leaf with out looking at one. I should liko to see their specimens. Thousands of boys, especially couutry boys, know all tho common trees of their neighbor* hood, but it requires close and careful observation to describe them and point out the difference. Now there are ten different km Is of oaks in this country, nut very Tew town raised people otin Dame half of them. Then there are different kinds of hickories and pines and ash and elm trees, besides tho hackborry, box older, poplar, beech, locust and cottonwood. Kugeno Lo Hardy was a very learned and scienti fic Frenchman, but thoUfiht that Ameri can cotton grew on tho oottouwood trees and that we gathered it by using ladders. It is said that a Mr. Jackson, of Atlanta, is trying to introduce the ladder kind now and has got the trees up to fourteen feet high. Tho study of the trees and shrubs of this Southern country is a delightful and instructive recrca'ion for young peo ple, and I wish they would pay more attention to it. Of course this study requires somo know lodge of botany, but that is easily acquired. This kind of knowledge is more useful and more comforting than a college smaUering of calculus and conic sections and rhetoric and logic, l do not believe there aro ten men in Harlow county who would know ginseng if they were te sjo it. Not many more know what ij father greybeard or white ush, the medioinal shrub from which old A. Q. Simmons tirst made tho original Sim mons liver medicine in Gwtnnott county. 1 know about that, for when l was a young merchant I sold tho lirst he ever made and contiuued to sell it for him for several years und be told mo what it was made of. I think, though, that tho father gray beard gave out about the time tho old man died. I wish that our young people would acquire habits of observing things more elosely as thoy journey along through life. Some people see every thing and somo see nothing hardly. When should trees bo cut down that aro wanted for wood? What kind of wood is tho strongest and will hour the greatest burden? What kind is the most elastic? What kind the hardest to split? What kind will last tho long est in tho ground? Wnnt kind most suitable for pianos, chairs, furniture or wainscoting. What kind for mauls or wedges or canes? Dr. Oliver Holmes must iiavo studied all about these when whon ho wrote tho "One Hoss Shay." '?So the deacon Inquired Of tho village folk Where he could tind the strongest oak, That couldn't he split nor hent nor broke; That wns for spokes and lloor and sills; He scut for lancewood lo make the thills: The orossbara were ash from tho straightest trees; The panels were white wood that cuts like cheese, And the hubs of logs from the settler's elm." But perhaps Dr. Holmes got It all from some old honest wagon maker, for they know. I'll het Mr. Bradley, of our town, can answer ovory question. Tho boys ought to lind out that black locust and chestnut and osugo orango make the boBt poets, and black gum tho best hubs, and persimmon tho host wedges or gluts, and sassafras the best bows,and '.vhltooak tho best baskets. In England it is claimed that a yew troo post will last longer than an iron one. Tho boys ought to know that tho barks of all trees are nonconductors of heat and oold and keep them cool in sum mer and warm in winter, and the grncn leaves are tho 1 mgs that Inhale tho carbon from tho air and not only make wood for tho troo, but purify tho at mosphere that wo blithe. And henco ovory habitation ought to have somo trees about It. Tho boys ought to know about those beautiful islands in the soa that are of coral formation and kept growing until thoy got abovo tho water, and thon some cocoanuts camo Heating along and lodged thoro and sprouted and grow auu the leaves of tho tree- fell down and rotted and made, a soil for more cocoanuts, and in course, of time tho island becama a paradise. That is the testimony of tho rocks. Tho boys should watch tho little ga880mor ball that floats away in tho air from tho swoot little dandelion plant. So light and feathory that It would take a thousand of them to weigh an ounce and yet tho seed aro the re for raoro planta and they aro v rapped, as It wore, in a blanket to protect them from tho winter's cold. So it is with tho seed of tho Scotch thistlo that is blown about, by a breath of air llko It was nothing, but it has the germ, tbe ombryo of lifo in it, and will find a lodging place somowhoro and sleep until spring, and then mako no mistake. It will not come up a dando lion. but will surely mako a thistle. In tho horticultural gardonsat London are raspberry plants that oamo from seed found In a man's stomach who had been burled 1,700 year-. Study nature a little as you go along, boys, and It will mako you wiser and bettor and happier men. Find out why It Is that a dead bird weighs more than a live ono and by what foreo or power a buzzard ean sail round and round In tho air abovo you and never bat a wing nor wave a foather. It ltt'ot every boy who ean be a Ben Franklin, but every boy can learn something ovory day, and evon ono fuct u day will in couiso of tinio make him a wir num. What a boy wan Franklin! What a man! Tho young est of sovontoon jhildren, apprenticed I to a candle maker, next to a printer; ran away from Boston to Philadelphia when seventeen years old and hired to a Mr. Head, and fell inlovowith Debo rah, his daughter; was nover idle; read and studied in overy leisure moment; mastered French, Italiau, Spanish and Latin; became postmaster of Philadel phia, then postmaster general of the colonies; established tho Philadephia library, the Philosophical Society and tho University of Pennsylvania, and not long aftor be drew lightning down from heaven with a kite and a string und a key. What a man ho was! What a boy! Bill Abi?. TALK ABOUT COUNTERFEITERS. The Chief of the United States Beeret Service Talks About the Makers of Spurious Money. Washington star. A counterfeit of the$5 United States silver certificate, series of 1890, has been forwarded to tho secret service DUreau at tho treasury department from Chicago. It is the first that has boon received since last January, and experts declare it a clever piece of work which would not bo dotectcd as a counterfeit 9X00pt under elcso scru tiny. It has a uumbor of points about it which stump it as being spurious, but which would not bo noticed by the laity. " 1 bad been expecting this noto to turn up for u long time," said Chief Iiazun of the secret service bureau to u Star reporter today, as ho shoved the counterfeit note across the table to bo examined by tho reporter. " I am rather surprised that we havo not so cured it before. "It comes from Chicago, and from certain earmarks which 1 can detect about it, it is the. work of n noted counterfeiter by tho nume of John Al fred L'Koog. L'Koog is a Swede, about 36 years of age, and rather clover asu note maker. Ho escaped from Joilet prison, Illinois, lastMurch, where he had been sent from Chicago for coun terfeiting, with two other men. They were coin makers, named Jacob John son and James Koley. They were re captured and returned to tho prison, but so far L'Koog has eluded watchful ness of the officers. " liver since his escape wo have been looking out for some of his work, and it just turned up. When u man bus started In the business be never quits it, unless by force of circumstances. " it is only reasonable to suppose that L'Koog would return to bis old haunts and occupation in Chicago, uud the supposition proved correct. "Tho lust counterfeit, note wo re ceived was from Chicago also. It wus a $20 Manning head certificate, und turned up Jan 11. The Windy City is a cet.tor for counterfeiters, us the workers have often been cuptured there." The chief sat in his private ollico in tho treasury building, about which clings an air of mystery connected with everything pertuining to tho se cret service. On tho wulls were pic tures of fumoiiB makers und shovurs nf " tho queer." More were bold in cubinets und records, which if re veuled would cause sensations through out tho United States, were hidden in boxes and carefully lilod away. "Counterfeiters might bo termed the aristocracy of crooks. They are gen erally quiet, not often immoral or con vivial, and uro nuturully very reserved. It is to their interest to bo reticent. It is a paradox, but there are nover thieves among tbein. What I mean is, while they follow counterfeiting, which Is one of the worst crimes imaginable, they would not rob or burglarize. Many of them have been known to he exceedingly charitable though it muy be suid If they are successful they can easily afford to bo so. They aro a milder class thun tbnt of any other criminals. They never cause trouble in any community wherever they may happen to be outside of tho counter feiting. "There Is not so many women in tho business aa formerly ; why, cannot just be explained. There aro fow femules in it now, und tboso who are engaged in tho business co-operato with their husbands. The man generally muke the money and the woman passos it, as she does not find so much trouble in doing so. "There is more coining of tho quoor In tho West and Southwest sections of tho country than in tho others. It probably, started there und has con tinued. It is transmitted from father | to son, just like, any other trado, und flourishes in much thu sumo manner us does illicit distilling. "It 1b a mistaken idea to suppose that counterfeiters, as lias been stated,' buy silver and make it into coin, there by gaining the prellt which tho stamp is supposed to add to it. Not by uny moans. A counterfeiter will not pay GO or (52 cents an ounce for silver when ho can gut tho samo results dilTorently. He buys antimony, tin, plaster of pariB and other materials, tho whole outfit costing ubout $1.50, and with theso he can get out coin to the fuce value of $200 or $;i00. They wish to make as much as possiblo out of us little as pos posiblo. " Wo recognize tho work of individ ual coin counterfeiters by tho manner in which the coins are finished, as to tho milling on the edges, and other dttails. It 1b vory seldom that wo are mistaken in this respect. Every one has his own mark. " Tho biggest capture wo ovor made was that of tho Brook way-Brad fords gang in Hobokon, N. J., In 18?f). Thoro woro six members of tho gang, In cluding tho notorious Mrs. Abbie Smith, who is l?w serving a four your sentence in tho New Jersey peniten tiary at Snalco Hill. The woman mado tho notes. Sho was cousin to Dr. Bradford, oho of th'j prime movors of tho gang. " Wo swooped down upon thorn in Hobokon before they had a chanco to put uny of their bills In circulation. Wo captured notes of all denomina tions on United States and Canudian banks, figuring up to tho valuoof $750, 000. Many of tho bills wore In a partly finished state, but the work was ex ceedingly clover, and would have passed Inspection almost anywhere. "Tne last ease we had was a man and woman arrestod recently for coun terfeiting dimes in Brooklyn." The chief oponod ono of tho cabinets flxod so that leaves In which photo graphs were fixed of aotod counterfeit ers easily swung outward. There wore more than 1,(100 photos in this cabinet alone of tho queer people They were of all ages, filers, classes and appear ancos. Sortjjjr of them woro women woll drosgM, with In many cases re fined fawB. The countenances of a number of the men were handsome, the expression ploaslug and intelli gent. Chief Hazen pointed to the ploture of a young man, with tin open, smiling faoo. "That follow is a college student," ho said, rellootivoly. " Ilo camo of au excellent fumily. He ia now aorviug a aovoral yeara aentonce in Indiana for raising notes. Whet, his term expires ho will probably return to it." So he wont through a large list, toll ing of tho orlmofc and deeds of tho originals of tho photos. It ia an album of faces which is a notable one, and tho chief frequently inspects them ao that they will not fade from his momory. HB is A HOHN PRBAOHBR. An Atlanta Prodigy Who is Creating a Sensal Ion?He ia an Anderson County Hoy. Tho Atlanta Journal gives tho fol lowing account of a boy preacher, whoso parents went from Anderson, S. C. Ilia father ia a printer, and worked on tho Anderson Intelligencer for several yeara: Atlanta has produced a prodigy In the person of John Wesley Shiolds, an eight year old pupil at Fair street school, who has developed wonderful oratorical powers. They call him tho "Young Sam Jones" around St. Paul's Methodist church, on Uuntcr street, where ho proach ed Saturday after noon and yesterday to large and atten live congregations. Johnnio 1b an intelligent looking lit tle blaek-eyed boy, and has all the air and dignity of bearing of a grown up man. lie is still in the sccoDd grade at Bohool, but is vory fond of Bible study and has learned his favorite chapter, John 14th, almost by heart. tie has a slight imoediraont in his speech, natural in one bo young, hut when ho gets under way his delivery is spendid and ho 1b a very interesting talker. "If thoro over was a born preacher in the svorld ho is one," said his mother, who lives near the corner of Moore streot on Huutor, his father being a barber in tho Kimball houso block. "Ho has boon preaching for a year and a half and anybody listening at him might think that ho had been taught what he know. , but this 1b not so. "Ho says that whatover ho utters God tells him to say, and ho never re peats the samo uermon, but talks in a different way ovo*y time and his de livery is as free as that of a trained nvnistor. "We eamo from Virginia about a year and a half ago. My husband is Rev. J. W. Shields, a local preachor connected with St. Paul's church, and eight months ago John WeBley became a member of tho chureh. This sum mer we went up to Anderson, S. C., on a visit, and while there he preached twice in tho Wosleyan church. "Saturday afternoon he preached at tho children's mooting at St. Paul's, und again Sunday afternoon. He preached in nearly every grade of the school and seems to bo a born orator and preacher." Uev. Mr. Dimond, pastor of St. Paul's,has been conducting a children's meeting on Saturday and Sunday after noons, and on Saturday afternoon he called on John Wesley Shields. The little fellow responded and preached a very strong sermon of liftecu minutes length, from the text "He Sine Your Sin Will Find You Out." "Ho told tho children," said Mr. Di mond, In speaking of tho sermon, "that they might sow their wild oats and do evil deeds while they were young, but that they might rest as sured that their Bins would find them out. "He cited tho ci:sjs of Tom Deik, Ar thur Haney and young Spinks. 'See,* said he, "what a drink of free whisky cost Arthur Haney. It cost him his life. 13e suro your sin will lind you out. It found those boys out and they were made to Butler. It will find you out likewise if you continue in your sinful course.' "His sermon was a surprise to all who heard him. Sunday afternoon 1 called on him again, an 1 at first bo told me that he had promised to preach for tho holiness people up town, but he changed his mind, and at tho child ren's mooting ho appeared with his Hiblo in his hand. "I called him insldo tho chancel and ho opened his Hiblo and read a lesson. ] annourcing hiB text, 'Behold I stand at tho door and knock. If any man will open unto mo I will enter in and sup with him and ho shall sup with mo.' "Tho sermon that followod was a masterly effort for ono bo young, and would have done credit to a grown-up proachor. Ho Is a wonderful little fel low and is a natural orator and as for-, vont in hiB delivery as if ho had been trained for tho ministry. "About a yoar and a half ago ho was in our infunt chi89 and bo socmod to de velop tho Idea of preaching from talks that lie had with my wife. .10 first began pruucbing to tho children in his mother's yard, and from that ho began preaching at school, and now ho is de veloping into a regular Methodist preacher." Tho parents of tho child uro both dooply religious people, tils father be ing a local Mothodlst preacher, and John Wesley has been brought up in a ministerial atmosphere. Lie seems to absorb scriptural knowl edge, and evory night before bis father comes horn* John Wesloy summonses tho rest of the family to family prayor just as If ho woro a man grown. Ills mother says there is not tho slightest lovity In his makeup and thut ho is in oarnest in everything that be does. Ho Is very bright in overy way and talks v.'Ith muoh ?eriousness and gravity about bis calling, und appears to have made up his mind us to his fu ture vocation as a minister of tho gospo1. _ _ The Game Laws.?The following sections from tho rovised statutes and tho statutes at large, will prove of in terest to a great many pceplo in this section jUSt at this time/ Section 432. It shall not be lawful for any person In this State, hetweon the first day of April and the first day of November, In any yoar heroaftor, to catch, kill or Injure, or to pursue with auch intont, or to sell or expose for sale any wild turkoy, partridgo,quail, weed cock or pheasants, or between the 'irst day of March and tb urst day Ol Au gust any dove, n- at any time during tho year to or. ?oh, kill or Inju^o, or to pursue w'.n such Intont, by flrollght, any of '.10 birds named In this suction. And .ny porson so doint* shall bo doorr^d guilty of a misdemeanor, and upor conviction thereof shall bo lined not tnoro than $20 or be Imprisoned not 1 lore than 30 days. Se ). 1, (act 1893 ) That it shall not be la .vful after the passage of this act to sc..' or expose, for sale, any partridge, quail, voodcock or-+*fmea9ant, door or wild tuAay, within tho State, for tho space of l vo (5) years. Any porson so doing ..Im.' bo deemed guilty of a mlsdemoano. and upon conviction thereof shall ? e finnd not moro than ten ($10) dollar. . or ue imprisoned not moro than ten t'0) days for eaoh of fense. THIS I Mil ?ii ;ns COLLEGE). i nnii.",n i .i i Address of ClnuiBoii'H New President?Tho Outlet* ami i' <? ? <m >iih ? IblllitCS mi 111 . OIHoo. Tho now president of Clemson Col lege, Rev. Houry S. Hartzog. has en tered upon tho duties of his cilice, and in aeeordance with his own request, tho inaugural ceremonies were in formal. At tho chapel exercises on the morning after his arrival, Col. M. H Hardiu in his usual pleasant style, introduced tho newly elected president ?ind welcomed him on behalf of the faculty und students of Clemson Col ego. President Hartzog replied substun t.i0.1 y us follows: "1 realize tho grave responsibility thut rests upon me, and I feel the need of tho hearty co-operation of tho stu dents. Down In the secret Infoldings oi your hcurts Is burning u desire to make Clemson tho foremost college In the south. You havo it in your power to gratify that ambition w'tb an en thusiastic faculty, selected from the b?- i talent in tho United States, with buildings and equipments to satisfy every demand, supported by a gen erous legislature, guided by fuithful trustees, idolized by a confident pat* ronage, the responsibility for tho fu ture rests largely with tho student body at Clemson. "Tho world will judge Clemson, not i>y its promises, not by its catalogues, but by its fruits. Young gentlemen, you will go forth us living epistles, reud of till men. If you go us scientific farmers, to convert bleak hills into blooming fields; as skilled mechanics to harnest the laughing svators and turn the wheels of industry; as soldiers, competent, should it become necessary, to lead our people into 'reluctant but rightful war;' as scholars to guide the current of modern thought?the mfts slon of Clemson will bo justified. "I havo an abiding faith in the young men of South Carolina. I am iirmly persuaded that the Clemson eadets realize their noble opportunity. 1 would have you feel a proprietary in terest in tho welfare of Clemson. 1 would havo you feel that the success of Clemson means your success in life, and the failure of Clemson means your failure in life. ''In my educational platform are throe main p'anks. "In the lirat place, 1 favor everything that conduces to accurato, con prehon sive scholarship. Learning is the chief business here. Lord Brougham has said: 'An educated man is one who knows something of everything aud everything of something.' At Clemson a broau foandation of general knowledge is laid, and on that is erected a superstructure of special knowledge. "I favor everything that promotes bodily development. I heartily sym pathize with the military feature, ho causo it is a means to an end. I stand for college athletics, but with ttiis qualification; Athletics should never trench upou tho serious and sober work of the college. "1 favor everything that tends to promote the spiritual interest of the col lego. Character is the ultimate ob ject of education. Christ is the 'con descension of divinity and tho exult i tion of humanity.' Character bas? d c n that Christ is lasting. In derision, au inscription in Latin, Crock and He brew was placed over the crucified Re deemer. That inscription read: 'This is tho King of the Jews.' Tho Romans were tho highest exponents of bruto force; tho Greeks of mental force: the Hebrews of spiritual force; and Jesus Christ is tho perfect exponent of all? King of body, mind and soul "Young gentlemon, there is my ideal. Whon theso magic words, 'Clemson Graduate,' are stumped upon tho brain, I would have him stand be foro the world a king of body, king of mind, and king of soul. Hermit mo to acknowledge tho debt duo my distinguished predecessor, Mr. Craighead, who guided this institution through tho perilous poriod of organi zation, and to Prof, llardin, who has shown a master hand for tho past few months. I couie not as a revolutionist, but as a co-worker, to carry on the work. I come to consocrato hand and heart to Clemson." (Applause.) OLEMSON'S EXHIBIT. Thi I<'arnier,H College Will Mako a Very Complote Display at (lie Slalo Fair. The Columbia Register says that one of tho largest exhibits at tho State Fair this year will be that of Clemson College. Prof. Hurt, of the agricultural de partment, und Prof. Barnes, of the me chanical department, have been in Columbiu to .confer with the fair of ficials as to the best meuns of display ing tho work of the college students. The (Jlemson exhibit will occupy the larger portion of tho lowler lioor of the machinery hall, and will include a working dairy with all necessary but ter making and cheese machinery ; a display of plants, vegetables and Mow ers from tho horticultural and botani cal divisions, a collection of minerals and metals from the division of geolo gy, and many field products by the agricultural department; and a most interesting and instructive collection of engineering work and appliances, among which will bo found a holler and engine, several electric dynamos and motors, electric transformers and alternators, arc and incundoseent elec tric lamps, a complete X ray appara tus, constructed at the college by stu dents, turning luthes in operation and many specimens of manual training work from the various shops. In thiB last collection will ho scon boxos, shelves, book cases, turned work, In the form of vases, Indian clubs, and balls; Iron work, illustrat ing the uso of forgo und anvil, castings from tho foundry, and finished ma chinos from the mrchino shop. A large number of drawings made by the college classes will bo shown, und many now and novel Instrumonts. It Is tho uim of the college to pro sent every possiblo phaso of its agri cultural and engineering courses, and show what it is doing for tho industrial education of the youth of South Caro lina. The first and only pictures Mrs. Mo K IiiIcy has had taken In ton years ap pear in tho Ootobor number of The Ladles' Homo Journal. They form part of a series of new and unpublished photographs of tho now occupants of tho White Houbo. Mrs. N.cKlnloy wore for her picture her inaugural hall dr^ss of sllvor and white brocado, at tho spcdal request of the Prosldcnt who thought it particularly becoming The excellent portrait of Mr, McKin ley in his odlco was taken In Juno. The other pioturos in the sorlos show tho many changes in tho arrangoments and furnishings of tho rooms and grounds, made by the President and Mrs. McKinley. ?Cat. a minlstor who wanders in his sermons be propnrly arrested for vagrancy ? WHAT IS VANITY ? My Lady Cook <?iec Tknkbhskr Ci.apmk), Contributed to Greenville Mountaineer. Most peoplo are alive to the imper fections of others : few, however, per ce.ive their owu. To know one's toll is t!.e most difficult ol all knowledge. There are none so ill-favored, for in stance, who will not admire themselves in a mirror, because they see not them selves, but some ideal individuals. Ann with like partiality do wo regard the good and evil qualities which form our character, always esteeming ourselves, no matter how despicable wo may really be. Hence vanity is tho pre dominant aud universal vice. Thus a pious philosopher said : "What blind? etil the eye, or what hidoth the heart of a man from himself like vanity r Lol When thou seest not thyself, then Others discover theo most plainly." Cogan defines vanity as "that species of pride which, while it presumes upon a degree of superiority in some, par ticular articles, fondly courts the ap plause of every one within its sphere of action: seeking ovory occasion to display some talent or some supposed excellency." Thus vanity is vain-glory, and arises from a desire it) appear wiser, or richer, or elevoier. than wo actually are, and consequently is a sort of imposture, ofton offensive to others and injurious to ourselves. The extraordin?r*/ circumstance about Ibis failing is that it attacks tboso who have many estimable quul Itos, as well as those who have few or none. Peer and peasant, lady and waiting-maid, uro, in their distinctive ways, alike subject to it, and tho metre acutely they are uiTeeted by it, tho greater is their self-degradation and loss of genuine esteem. They may succeed in acquiring tho lip service of parasites and fools, but in doing this they must loso tho good opinion of those whose regard ulono is worth having. Hume, tho historian, in ono of his Kssays, writes on this subject with bib usual power and lucidity : "A desire of fame, reputation, or u character with others, is so far from being blameable, that it seems inseparable from virtue, genius, capacity, and a generous or noble disposition . . . wherein, then, consists vanity, which is so justly re garded as a fault or Imperfection? It seems to consist chielly in such an in temperate display of our advantages, honors, and accomplishments; in such an importunate and open demand of praise and admiration, as is offensive to others, and euoroaohes too far on their secret vanity and ambition, 11 is bo sides a sure symptom of the want of true dignity and elevation of mind, which is so great an ornament in any character. For, why that impatient desire of applause, as if you were not justly entitled to it, and might not reasonably expect that it would for over attend you '. Why so anxious to inform us of the great company which you have kept : tho obliging things which were said to you ; the honors, the distinctions which you met with : as if these were not things of course, and what WO could re id'ty, of our selves, have imagined, without being told of them." Montaigne says; "The corruption of the age is made up upon the particular coulributions of every individual man. Ono contributes treachery, others in justice, lrreligion, tyran?ey, avarice, and cruelty, according as they are of power; the weaker sort contribute folly, vanity and idleness." The word vanity includes within its meaning all sorts of empty delight or frivolous dis play, all unsubstantial pageants and pleasures whose end is merely to grat ify weak pride, and all tho little osten tations which are intended to make others think of us more highly than we deserve. It is derived either from tho Anglo-Saxon verb fyn-iytuui, to wither, to fade, to pass away, to faint, or from Wanian, to wane, to fall away, and thus it denotes that which has no substantial basis, but is in its nature essentially ephemeral, delusive and evanescent. And yet observe the ex tent to which this idle quality is culti vated by almost all classes of mankind : civilized and uncivilized, high and low, rich and poor, learned and illiterate. Tho naked savage who can display somo paltry object coveted by others, struts as though he wero lord of the universe. We laugh at the ridiculous ness of bis vanity. Yet in a thousand Ways our own airs and affectations are equally absurd. Wo pride ourselves upon so many things which are either not worth possessing, or, if they are, wero not obtained by any merit of our own. Stars anil garters, ribbons and decorations, are not to bo despised when they havo been won by personal valor or nobility of conduct, They are then tho outward and visible signs of an inwurd and spiritual worthiness. But he who derived his orders or titles from tho merits of another, without coming up to tho standard of the orig inal, uocks himself in borrowed plumes to which ho has no moral right. Uc resembles a clown garbod in the man tle of philosophy, or a pigmy attempt ing to bear tho bunion of Atlas. But ovon worso aro they who havo obtained their distinctions by fraud, treachery, vice, or cruelty ; tho minion); of mon arcbs, tho betrayers of the people, the oppressors of tho poor. Wo do well to havo what is called "a proper pride"; to respect ourselves and to bo jealous of our reputation, because this conduces to rectitude of conduct. But wo should beware of being bitten by vanity. When once its poison onters the soul, thoro is no say ing to what lengths of folly we may lie eventually urged. Tho servant girl will apo lior mistress, her mistress tho next in rank, and so on, ad inflnitum. The excessive love of dress is a pestilent vanity, and goes far to de moralize both sexes. It is, however, peculiarly dangerous to women. To dress modestly, and even well, so that it bo within our moans, is desirablo. But to endoavor to adorn mirsolves boyond this point, or to dress extrava gantly, is the sure murk of a vain mind. How many a deluded woman has pawned hor virtuo?a woman's noblest jowol?for Bomo gawd out of a gold Bmitb'd shop-window I How many a young and inexperienced girl bus been led astray by a passion for showy dross ! Eve Is said to havo boon tempt ed through an apple. Her daughters aro tomptod by rlngj, trinkets, and hno clothing, and wear in public tho prlco of their private dishonor. If wo could only rocogni/.o our true wants, percolvlng what is really ad vantageous, wo should a*.oid much heart-burning and many l-.soloss strain ings. Happiness and poao of mind come with content, and how little Is needed to satisfy actual requirements ! A woll-ordorod homo ; good, plan: food ; Intelligent surroundings : simple re croations, and a modoat and wormvnly demeanor, would carry all through life with domestio happiness and public esteem. But wo aro not content with those solid and permanent blessings. Our dress must bo more expensive, our ser vants more numorou', our equipages more striking*, our bouses larger, and our furniture more costly, than thoso of our neighbors- With the humbler in circumstance;- it is the same. All aro toiling 'or that which prolitoth them not. Husbands and wives see little of each other. Parents and chil dion uro often barely acquainted, and frequently, although in the same bouse, do not meet from week's end to week's end. Hither tho struggles to live or the promptings of ambitious sanity keep the fathers working from early till late. Titus their lives pass away unrelieved by tho true joys of existence, and unsweetened by necos sary leisure. Well may such say, in the words of the Wisdom of Solomon : "What hath pride profited us? Or what good bath richi s with our vaunt ing brought us V All theso tilings aro passed away like a shadow, and as a post tiiat hasteth by : ami as a ship that passeth over the waves of tho water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof c?; not be found, neither the pathway <>f the keel in the waves I" Doughty House, Richmond, ( .surrey. Kurland ) Ti'YUOll) CF.VKK AND DROPSY. ltaw Onions a Curative Agent in Knih Diseases. Mr. John U. Cox. a citizen of Haiti more, publishes the following eoniinu mcation in the Baltimore Auicricun : "Sometime since a gentleman In* formed mo that he know of several porsons who had boon on red of typhoid fever, by the application of mashed raw onions to tho feet. Two patients were so ill that they were not expected to live over a few hours. Six largo onions were pounded to pulp and ap plied to the feet of the first patient, lie was relieved In a short tlmo and got well. The second case was a few weeks later and the result was equally satisfactory. The first opportunity I bad 1 tried it upon a colored boy dur iug one of my visits to tho bouso of reformation for colored children. Ho was very ill with typhoid fever. I named the matter to General Horn, who immediately ordered the applica tion. In a few hours lie got to sleep; rested well and recovered. The next opportunity was that of a son of a friend of mine in our city. 1 called to see him on business when he informed mo his son was very ill with typhoid pneu monia. He had boon dotlricus for a week or morn, and required constant watch, ng for fear ho might do himself barm. I advised him to try tho onions. He did so and thus speaks of it : " Itn mediat iy on its application ho began to lm| rove and continued until ho finally recovered." Perhaps they might Oc obioaoious In other forms. Tho remedy is simple and safe, and a trial in any case can do no harm. They haveoured droppy. Mr Ualpb Brunt, a very respectable, reliable gentleman, informed me that his wife bud suffer* ed for a long time with dropsy. Sho was swelled from her bead to her feet. She was attended by different physi cians, who finally said : ' Mr. Brunt, wo can do no more : your wife cannot live. We can give temporary relief by tap* ping her.' His wile declined tho opera tion, as it would but prolong her suf ferings. At. this time bis attention was culled to a paragraph in u newspaper in which a gentleman made the statement that he bad been cured of dropsy by eating cnions. His physicians hud told him that lie could uot live. One day he wanted to eat Pome raw onions und did so. After ea'.ing them he felt better and tried some more, lie l.'nbn made it a rule to eat six a day. and '.n a few weeks be was well. He felt it bis duty to publish it for tho benefit of Others. Thus Mr. Brunt knew of it. He culled the attention of his wife to it. She was willing to try it : did so, Hud ut the end of one week discharged her nurse, attended to her household duties, and was so reduced in size, that her friends could scarcely recognize her at first sight. She lived for more than .'111 yours ufterwurd, und died some years ago over v0 yours of ugo. If the foregoing proves the means of benefiting anyone, the only regrot l will feel will be that I did not attend to the promptings Of duty sooner.'1 Hakd on the Counsel.?The fol lowing experience of a Mississippi lawyer was related by himself to the writer many years ago. He said : " 1 was defending a prisoner for horsesteuling, und seeing no other means of defending him, under the elrouinstances, I set up tho plea of Insanity, i argued ii at length, und read many extracts from works on medical jurisprudence, and had the patient uttcnth ?11 of the court. The prosecuting attovuey did not attempt to reply to my argument or controvert my authorities ; I seemed to havo tilings my own way. and whispered to the prisoner that he needn't bo uneasy. Then came the judge's charge, in which lie reminded the jury that there was no dispute between counsel as to the facts of the case. Indeed, thore could not have been, for several witnesses bad sworn positively that they saw my client steal the horse. ' Hut.' concluded the court, ' tho plea of insanity has been set up, and I charge you, gentlemen of the jury, that it should receive your very gravo and serious deliberation : but I must bo allowed to sayi gentlomon, that for myself, upon a review of the whole case, I can discover no evidence of insanity on the part of tho prisoner, except, perhaps, In tho selection of his counsel. " ?''What is woman for?' asked Dr. Ij. 4t. Hryson at the annual moi/iing of tho American Social Science! Associa tion. She is for soul, for thought, for lovo, for bewitchment, for romance, for beauty, for men. She is for this world and for other worlds. Sho is for all time and aftor time. She is for mom ory and for hope. She is fo*" dreams beauteous. Sh . is for poetry and art. She is for the lulliillment of the human imagination. She is for tho household and her mate. She is for everything that is worth anything. Sho is for lifo. Sho is for faith. Sho is for earth and heaven. Sho is for summer and for winter. She is for the glory of tho world, which would be intolerable without her. Sho is for all delicacy and daintiness. She is for youth, for middle age, for old ago. Sho is for the merry hearted and for tho weary footed. She iH for light. Sho is tho crown of creation, tho consummate masterpiece of naturo. ?Carpenter Bros aro now prepared to sell all of K. .1. Reynolds' celobratod tobaccoes to merchants at the regular wholesale prices. Heretofore those popular brands have been ordered from other places, but they can now bo obtained at th Mansion ilouso drug store. ?Commissioner Wllborn has In spected and accepted tho extension of the Ohio River and Charleston Road between Blaoksburg and GafTney.