Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Laurens Advertiser $i.$o Per Year in Advance. BIM, ARP HITS THE) FAKIRS Their Victime Are Continually Writing Tales of Woe to Him. Atlanta Constitution. The cry is still M tlicy come," and . the victims contiuuo to write mo for sympathy. I am sorry lor the in, but I am amazed tit their stupidity aud eie-! dulity. Now here arc two eKver, needy ! women in this coiutuunity who scut $20* each to one of these fakirs and each seut him a list of twenty-live names?not subscriber.*, but names. | The women knew very well that no body here wanted the paper and so lhe> bogged or borrowed or made s mi i saeritleo to got tbo money and weut | diligeutly to work writing letters und] sending circulars to other women at other places urging them to join the scheme and get a year's employment at $20 a mouth. And these last wo men sent $25 each and goto work writing to a third set of women, and so it goes on and on in an endless chain, growing louger aud long r und widen ing and brauching out as it goes until, if it keeps on, it will embrace the con tinent and then cross the ocean und chain up all Europe. ! That is the principle on which all these endless chain schemes are based. Of course the chain will break sooner or later and 1 am pleated to learu that one of them says he will have to sur render, but that he will protect Iii? agents. He caunot do it. His last cir cular tells his agents to slop woi king in North Caroliua, South Carolina, (Jeor- j gia, Florida aud Alabama, for lie has pretty well covered tbcbo States with agencies ami now they must woik up the Western and .North .estcrn Slates. And so 1 eonliuuo to receive lcttois f rom Arkuoeas and Texas almost ever\ day asking about the scheme. A poor woman writes me from Colorado,Tex., that her little children picked cotton to raise the $25 for her invalid Bietet who wantod to work aud to ge\ the monthly salary. Shu sent the money and u lint of names, for sbo could not get a single subscriber, and the fakir sent bur a dollar and that is all she has ever re ceived, and she as-ks, " Is it posbible that "iiy human being is mean enough to rob a starving woman and her little children? Is is possible that Bid Arp would raiso up a boy like that ?" No, ho cannot protect bis agents. It would take Aladdin's lamp to comply with his promises. lie got $60 from these two women in this town. I don't know how many al Kingston and Adairsville. lie-has promised $175 to eaeh, which makes .^ftO tor one town. No rtoubt be has .'100 agents in Ceorgiu and it will take over $50,0(10 to pay them. Then multiply that by four other States that be says lie lias already covered. Of course lie can't pay bis agents. But lie pays enough to get a few credentials. One lady writes me from Mijledgevillo and defends him, and says he has paid her so far and she believes be is an boucst man. Anoth er writes lrom the same county aud says he won't pay her anything und will not answer her letters. It is to be hoped, however, that lie will refund the $25 t > mkh agent. But take ano ther view of this won derful scheme. There are lifty of Iiis papers received here at this office and not one of them represents a stioscriber Our p eople took them out for a while, thinking they were some of these sam ple copies that Hood the country. But thoy have found out better and refuse to take them out, for they do not want them and they fear that somebody will be calling for the money. Now if our county is an average there has been sent from the State to that one town from eight to ten thousand dollars und got back nothing that anybody in Geor gia wants. ithoi paper writes me very tartly about its scheme aud advises mo to let things alone that 1 do not understand. The publisher sends to me copies of his circulars and asserts that it is noth ing like the other plan. Well it is more liberal, for it asks only 8100 to get ten subscribers and an agency and start the ^chain aud promises $24 a month for every live agents secured in a month. My wife had already re ceived two letters urging her to take an agency and make $24 a month so easy. Of course she declined, for she didn't care to beg any one to take a paper he didn't want, nor would she send her own money and a list of names and write to ather women to come i.i the scheme. I will not say it is a fraud, for I have reason to believe that the publisher is honest and conscientious, but the scheme is a delusion and a snare and lain very bad company. The agents can't get genuine subscribers and will send their own money and n list of names. And here comes another scheme from another Georgia town. It snys: "Send os $20 and wo will employ you at $20 a month for twolvo months to write five letters a day and get agents to work for us and will pay $2 extra for each agent over live in a month. Some of our agents get from ton to fifty new agents monthly und mnke from $70 to $110 a month. It will tako only a few minutes ovory day to wnto the letters." That beats the original. 1 reckon they must have a thousand agents in Georgia getting $20 a month. That takes $240,000 a year to pay them. Does anybody believo that? And yet this investment company does not seem to have anything to sell, but wjll get you a sewing machino a gold 'ch, a bike or a gun. They refer yo.. to a Ion? array of references. But here is one from North Carolina, wbero the cherry trees grow: "Greatest money making plan ot the Twentieth Century." "$5 per day made at homo mailing circulurs. It brooks all records aud the money comes rolling in." These are the headlines of the offer. The body of the circular is too long and too fascinating to copy. It might in Jure Atlanta's shoe trade to spread this ind of news in your columns. A lndy writing to me from ThomnsviUc says her neighbor, a good, sensiblo lndy, was induced by this circular to send $3.60 to another lady, who was an end less chain agent for this North Catolina party aud got a pair of shoes she could have bought at home for $2 50 and i ho had to pay 45 cents express charges upon them. I have hunted for this littlecfNorth Carolina town nil over the map and have not found it yet. I reckon it Is some little town thntjs yet in the woods. I am not through with these endless chain frauds or delusions or snares, hut wilt cl00e with, tho moat amusing little fake. Ifint h is ever transpired in our town say* that one of his tenants J;0t a circular that came all the way rom that pious conn ry where they used to sell nutmegs made of wood und seed oats made of shoe pegf. Tire cir cular said that any one remitting a\ money order for $1,7ft would have Hi nt to them a handsome set of oak unified Fruit. Its quality influences the selling price. Profitable fruit growing insured only when enough actual Potash is in the fertilizer. Neither quantily nor good quality possible without Potash. Write (or our /?r#book? giving details. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93. Nassau St., New Yotk City furnitu.ro. Tho credulous Dien would not consult hie landlord, hut scut if, itud aa the circular said: "Please men tion tho color of tho upholstery that you prefer," ho wrot'j that ho wattled green. In duo time he was noli lied that the furniture had been Bhippul. So ho waited about ten days and then drove in with a two-horse wagon to re ceive it and hatil it homo. On inquir ing at the depot he found a little boi and inside was a miniature set of lur* ulture for a doll. The bedstead wus 8 inches loug and the sofa 6. On tho outside of the box was 75 cents for freight. Mut the upholstering was iireun at d ihe man Btntltd a sickly in and said: " So am II" Now, if there is anything for winch I have a particular di-like, it in a per sonal connoversy with my fellow-man. I was forced into tins one topt'oleCt my name and secure my peace, but if il shall result in protecting the depot) d< nt women of this land fn >m the j!em (I and tricks of strange fV, I shall not re gret ihe controversy. The govern ment will lake a hand in it af er a while, but that will not refund the money. A Federal court has already ?jot the cherrv tree man in limbo. The U' if. i Stuten postal In* .1.. elares Unit do newspapers bhali ho carried as second class in aller in leas they are for legitimate subscribers who wtlli Iholr own consent have paid or agree to pay iho subscription [nice. Let the law bo enforced. Hi.'.i. Auw P. 3.?Latet from ti e front.?Since I penned the abovo I have received another letter thai caps the climax. " Winusboro, S. C.,Jt< mary 2 ?To Hill Arp: 1 use<l to admire you und bunked on your letters. You bail int rospect and confidence to that extent that I gave my duuirluor $2? tosend to you ami get the monthly reward for writing letters. That was more ill till two months Bgontid you know the rest, you grand old fraud. I bale to Hunk as meanly of any man as I now tbiuk of you and your son. If you were worth the powder and lead it would tako to kill you I'd 1 ttVO you both ar rested, you two-tuecd old hypocrite, if you ever come ibis way, you old sill nor, what we will do for 3011 will be a plenty." EtO, etc. J. 1). i,. That man bad belter refund that $2fl or run away. H. A. Hkckivino Men Visitoiis ? lu Cuba a girl never receives a man caller alone unless he is her accepted lover? " novio," to use the Spanish term. The entire family receive him and re main in the room during the tune of Iiis call. Their chairs are placid in a circle and the conversation is genoral. If ho is her novio, the entire family does not sec him at every visit; but tho two are never left to themselves. The mother alone, or with a compan ion, remains in the room with thorn, Hut the good-hearted mother, remem bering her own girlhood, obsorbs her self 111 book or needlework, or do/.es behind her fan, while the yoiing poo* plo whisper their sweet nothings at the other end of the room, safo from the gaze of other eyes nnd beyond ear-hot of ciilic.il tongue-'. A modification of this Cuban custom couid be bencllcially adopted in our own country. Usually, the American mother is too little in evidence when her daughter has men callers. I have known girls to sit in isolated parlors, Often with the door closed, with young in- n callers until nearly midnight, evening after evening, the family keep it g as carefully away from the room as if a Masonic meeting was being held there Small brothers ami sisters are enjoined not to go near the parlor, ? r Mario and her beau are I here! And Marie?unwise giill?usually regents the coming in of any member ol the family, oven her mother, thinking this to be ?? bad form," or an infringement of her privileges. Any well brought up young man re cognizes that it is right and natural that a mother should exereiso n little supervision ovir her daughter. He sides, if a girl but knew it, she is never so attractive to tho right kind of man as when be sees her in her family circle? affectionate, playful, helpful in tinall ways to a little brother or sister in their I 'ssohb, doll dressing, games, etc. It is sweetly suggestive of domesticity to a young man, and is moro apt to lend bis thoughts seriously to l ive ami marriage than if the two sat teto-a to'e in a piulor all the evening running out of sensible conversation and fulling back on nonsense or on eer.lioienl that neither really feels. TlIK OllIOIN OF Mil. AND MltS.? In "in Ii? r times tho ordinary man was simply William cr John?that Is to say, Jifl had only a Christian name without any kiud of " hundl i " bet?re it or RUritaiue after it, says tho I'liila dolplna llccord. So mo moans of distinguishing ono John or William from another John or William becamo necessary. Nicknames derived from a mau's trade or his dwelling placo or from some personal peculiarity woro tacked on to his Chris! ian nnmo, and plain Johnbocamo John Smi'.h. As yet there woro no " mister* " in the land. Sonic John Smith accumulated nioro wealth than tho hulk of bis fellows? becamo perhaps a landed proprietor or an employer of lured labor. Then be ho yan to be called in tho Norman French of the day the " maistro" of this placo or that, of these workmen, or of tboso. In time tho " maiatre," or ?? mals l er," as it soon became, got tacked on lief ore his name, and ho becamo Mais tro bnuth and his wife was Malstrcss S mi lb. Gradually tho senso of posses sion was lost sight of, and the title was conferred upon any kind?by more possession of wealth or holding somo position of nioro 6y loan importance. ?? IB)w do you like the plaooV" asked his Silanic Majesty of lim now arrival. "WVljihero is one thing in itsjfavor, sou h?'o a janitor thaI- know*.his busi ness."* INDUSTRIAL, AND GENERAL Gcu. Pit/.hugh Lee is about to start ou a lecture tour of tho Southern Stales uIb subject boiug " Peace and War in tho United Stales and Cuba." Ho his nlso agreed to lcclure nbout iif toen times at various Cbautauqua as semblies next summer. About two years ago an immense whale wus driven ashore ou tho coosl of Norway. It yielded bone and o*l worth &12.?00, ami in honor of the (lud a banquet was givcu insido the body, which, after tho removal of the blubber, afforded atnpli sittiug room for thirty guests. Mis. Mary Rrynu Cobb, who died at Now London, Ind., a few days ago. in her niuety-uinth year, was an origi nal Daughter of the Revolution, and a " widnw of the war of 1S12." Her tlrsl husband, Louis II. Rrvau, a vet orau of tho war of 1812, was the great yiandl.ither of Col. William Jeu jlngs Bryan. A curious foaturo to travelers in tho highroads of Norway is the great num. I bei of gales?upwards of 10,000 in the wholo country?which have to bo opened. These gates, which cither mark the boundaries of the farms or separate the home Heids from the waste lands, constitute u considerable incon voni nee and dcluy to tho travel -r who has to slop hix vehicle ami get down lo open them. It is "proposed in Indianapolis to' erect a monument to Levi (Jolliti, lt who,,*' says the Indianapolis Journal, "din ing the stirring times immediately preceding tho outbreak of the civil war, was at tho bead of tho orgam/.a tion in Imiiaua that conducted the fa mous underground railroad, through the medium of which hundreds of black refugees made I heir way from the slavers of the South to tho liberty of iho North." I >. '. ' ? The inhabitants of Jerusalem are now provided with u sulllcicnt supply of spring water for drinking purposes. The new wmks, commenced in July, were opened at ho end of last month The supply is derived from three trib utary sptlugS in tho neighborhood of the L'oOH of Solomon, to the southwest of I etblehem, aud distant about three hours from Jerusalem. During in* dry tu.iboii these springs furnish itbout 100,000 gallons of water p ;r twenty four hours. The port rail of a suicide is on the. new Ion-dollar bill, which is known al so as the *? buffalo bill," because of a rampant bison pictured iu tho cducY of it.. The suicido was Mori wet her [^owis, the famous explorer. Lewis was also private secretary to President Jeff onion, who afterwards made htm Governor of Missouri Territory. In a lit of melancholy?ho was a man ol moo Is?he killed himself, when only 86 years of age. His picture is on tho ?? buffalo bill," and he is perhaps the only suicide who was ever honored so by the government. Monrovia, the capital of the repub lic of Liberia, on tho west coast of Af riea, has enjoyed for the last live months a public service telephone. The line aim apparatus, which ate veiy primitive, woro put up by nn enter prising colored v< nib man from tins country, liesides j ining the differ ent government unices there, are six subscribers,-, a greater number being debarred from availing themselves of the telephone, it is Suhl, by the high price of subscription, which Is equiva lent to $00 per annum. The line goes inland for about twenty miles. San Francisco Chronicle: During tho voyage of the fctcamcr N?*w Hng land, which arrived tho other morning at Vancouver from the northern fishing grounds, a most peculiar phenomenon was observed by the crew. On Tues day, just after midnight, Captain Free man, the pilol, was astonished to see a clearly dofnied rainbow from horizon to horizon lying to the northwest of the New England's position. A stilt gale of wind was 1 lowing at the time, and the moon was up, and though its face was frequently obscured for min utes at a time by black clouds, tho rainbow colors showed no evidence of fading, even when the moon was en tirely obscured. For half an hour the. rainbow was in plain view, and then it began gradually to fade away from the eastern end. The famous whispering effect in Statuary 11 till at Iho Capitol has proba bly disappeared, thn result of the new ceiling in pnnol willi plaster relief work. Whether the the phenomenon has rea'ly disappeared ennnot be told deiinitcly until sverythina is replaced in tho hall. The acoustic peculiarities have been of great interest to visitors. Thero were many positions in tho hall whence a whisper eould be hoard 50 or 10 feet distant. There wore numer ous mystifying echoes also. Statuary Ihill|vns the old chamber of the Home and it has bceu tho ?im to preserve it as it was years ago. The books stored in the gallery have been removed, and the public hereafter will bo able to watch the passing crowds below jusl as AO years ago the proceedings of ihe House wero watched Makes Strong. "I suffered fron? female weakness for five months," writes 'Miss Belle Hedrick, of Nye, Putnam Co., W. Va. "I was treated by a jrood physician but he did me no (rood. I wrote to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for advice, which I received, telling me to take ids 1 FAVORITE PRESCRIP TION.' When I had used the medicine a month my health wan much improved. It has continued to improve until now I can work at ainiot-t all kinds of house-work. I had scatcely any appetite, but it Ib all right now. Have gained scvctal pounds in weight. I would advise all who suffer front ehron'.c diseases to write to Dr. Pierce.'* It Makes Sick Woman Wall The World's Greatest Fever Medicine. Y.?f R,,A/?,rn18 ?.f ,over.takfl ?JOHNSON??? Hllil, ?nd k KVKR 10NIC It is 100 times bettor than qulntne and does in a single day what alow oui nlnecannot do In 10 days. It's splendid euros arc InStrikingcootraTtolho feeble cures mado by quinine. v????? w ?u? COSTS 50 CENTS IF IT CURES. IS NOT A TRUST OR COMBINE. The Virginia-Carolina Company Denies the Jurisdiction of the Court. The complaint of the Attorney Gen oral agaloet tho Virginia-Carolina Chem ical Company has boon Hied and pub lished, and in answer thereto the dtfondant uumpauy bus bUUd iia side of the question involved, claiming that thoy havo invested monoy in this ?State in good faith and now aek protection uuder the luws of the Statu. Ii Ii contcudod that tho company is not a trust or combination, nor is it against tho policy of tho Btatu; that prices ou manufactured and crude ma terial havo not bcon raised by tho com pany, and that there is nothing prejudi ctal to the best intcrosts of tho State ,or Its poople in tho company. Tho answer Ib short and sets forth fully tho contention of tho Virginia Carolina Company. It reads as follows: Tiio defendant tho Virginia-Caiolh a Chomical Company, most respectfully shows that'.his cause has, by the iiliug of tho petition and bond for removal hen in, been du y removed to tho United States Circuit Court for tho Eastern dis trict of South Carolina, and that this Honorable Court ht.sno further jurisdic tion ihurouf ; and Una dufciidaul hi no wise admitting the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, but protesting agalost tho same and answering heruiu because of tho proper respect duo to this Honor ablo Court, should it, notwithstanding said protest, adjudge that it has jurisdic tion of this acion, aud order that tho same proceed heroin ?now this defend ant, for answer to the complaiut aud amoudod complaint herein alleges : 1 It admits the allegations of the First Article of the said coin plaint. 2 It admits the allegations of tho Sec ond Article of tho complaiut - s ivlng and excepting it shows and alleges that undur aud iu puisuauce ul inu public law:, of tho Slate of South Carollua, it located and carried on business within tho State of South Carolina, as to such part of Its husiucBS as win propelly to hi tratiHactud therein long prior to the 2d day of January Plot) and further alleges that under its charter aud the laws ol tho state of Now Jersey it is empowered to purchase, acquire, aud hold stock iu other corporations, domestic and foreign. Tho answer proceeds to "admit the allegations " of the Third. Fourth, Fifth aiul SUtb Aniclrs of said comp'alnt 7. It 1b informed and believes the allegations of tho Seventh Article to be true. 8 It is informed and believe- llu allegations of tho Eighth Article to b< truo. ? It adinitii the allegations of the Nintn Article of the complaint. 10. In answer to tho allegations of the tenth article of the complaiut this du fciidaul admits tbo nassai^o by Hie Ueu oral Assembly of the Statu of Si uu Carollua of tho Acts therein referred to but shows that tbo sainu aro but partly iu said articlo But forth and alleged, and prays roforcuco by this honorable Court to tho Bald AclB iu full for their pro visions. 11, It admits so much of Article 11 of said complaint as may be bold to al cge that all the defendants iu the said com plaint Weie anterior to tho lime ttud date of the bale and transfer of the respective properties theieiuatter men tinned engaged in the manufacture aud sale of ferni 1 / ra in South Carolina, and denies all other allegations iu tho said art i lo set forth. 12 It denies each and every allegation couiainod iu tho twelfth article of the said complaint. 13 It denies each and oviry allegation contained iu the thirteenth article of said complaint, savo and excepting that this defendant admits the conveyance lo it upon tho respective dates mentiouod in tho said thirteenth article of the property and plant of tho said several respective fertilizer companion ihoioiu mentioned for tho considerations therein set forth. 14. It denies each and every allegation containod in tho fourteenth aiticlu of the ; aid complaint. 10. It denies tho allegations of the fifteenth articlo of tho utiid complaint, save that this dofondant admits that for tho purposo of supplying necessary raw materials, to wit, phoBphatic deposits containing a BUtllcient quantity of bone phofcphato of limo, it has acquired and owiiii a certain amount of land phos phato territory in tho B ato of South Caro lina, hut no inoro of tho same than i? roasonabiy proper and sufllcient to sup piy the necessary properties of this do fondant in tho manufacture, and output of ilB fertilizers. This defendant ad mit8 further that for the purpoBO of securing and supplying to this dofondant of that Ingredient in tho manufacturing Of complete fertilizers known as nitro gen,, which is tho most necessary and essential ingrediont then in, it acquired a largo amount of the capiial Btock ol tho Southern Cotton Oil Company ; that the said Southorn Cotton Oil Company is not a competitor in any way of this defendant in the manufacture and Balo of fertilizers, but is simply tho purchaser of cotton seed, where from it manufac turcB cotton seed oil and cotton seed oil products, as well as the cotton seed meal from which tho ingredient of nitrogen as furnished is auxi iary aud abBistani to the manufacture and salo of complete fertilizers and that tho procuring ol said cotton seod moal in liko manner at the prcouring of pbospbatlc rock do posits is simply auxiliary and assistant in tho manufacture of complete forti lizers. 10. Tuts defendant denies the alloim tions of tho sixteen h article of the saiu complaint. 17. This dofondant in answer to the allegations of Article 17 h of tho euio complaint denies tho same, except auu save that this defendant admits thai after its creation ai d organization, aud the purehaso I y it ol the plant and pro peny of vari .us fertillZ r odm'pattlcS which wore by tho owners aud st< ck holders thereof offered to it to putc...... one of tho el< ments which wur? so of for cd to be sold to it was what is known as the good Wl 1 of taid fertilizer cum panics such good-will includiug the In tluenco held by certaiu iiiaiiagtug olllcer of such c rporatlon?. which they ro ga'rded as mouoy and proporty, and which they bad a right to soil, and for which as an ingredient of said salo a cortain consideration was clafrmd and accepted. That in order to procure the value of that which was so represented tobe v? nable and Bold this defendant that It did in somo instances, as to some ofticers, procuro from them an agree ment that thoy wou d not for a certain limited speclUc time carry on tho busi ness of manufacturing nnu sale of ferti lizers in corta'n territory?it being part of the understanding and agreement that such oovenants and agreemout waa intended as an assignment and transfor to this defendant, for valuable considera tion, by the partlos above named of such valuable) good will and Influence as they may have acquired in snoh territory by carrying on the said business. 18. And further answorlng tho said complaint this defendant shows and al locos :' That tho Acta of tho Goner al Assembly of the State of South Carolina roferrod to In Article 10th of tho complaint here in, and baaed upon and to enforco the provisions of which this action is I rought, are nail and void, and inopora tivc nudcr tbo Constitution aud laws of tho United States, in that : First- Tho said Acts undertake in contravention of Section 8. Article 1, of i the Constitution of the United Slates, and i ho Acts of Congress in pursuance thereof to prohibit and render invalid, null and void all arrangements, con tract a, or agreements whatsoever bo tweeu persons, firms or corporations, which intentionally or unintentionally tond to lessen full aud freo compotltiou in tbo importation or saloof articles im ported into tho State or in tbo manufac ture or sale of articles of domestic growth or of domestic raw material. Second, Tho said ;Acts undortako in contravention of Section 1. of Artlclo XIV, an am-ndmeut of tho Constitution of <'e United 'States, to prohibit and render invalid, null and void all araugo u cuts, coutraets or agreomouts whatso ever between persons, firms or corpora tions, which, intontionj.lly or uninton tin mil iv. tond to advance, roduco or con trol tho price or the cost to tho producer or to tho consumer of any articles im ported into tbo Stato or manufactured ! or grown thereiu. Thin'. Tho Baid Acts uudortako in contravention of Section 8, Arliclo 1, of tho (JuuBtiiution uf mo United States, and tho Acts of Congress in pursuance thereof, aud of Section 1, Articlo XIV, in amendment of said Constitution, to prohibit aud render invalid, null aud void all arrangements aud contracts be i ween persons, UriuB or corporations that may iutuntiona ly or unintentionally IcBson or affect in any manner full and free compel t oi> iu auy tariffs, rate?, tolls premiums or prices iu any branch of business, tra<'.e, or commerce or may seek to control tho samo. ID. And this dofondant further shows und alleges that in and by tho public laws and statutes of tho Btato of South Carolina, to wit, Chapter XLV, Sections 1,405 and 1,171 of tho Revised Statutes of lb1!).!, it was declared |by tho State of South Carolina that foreign coporalious, duly Incorporated undor tho laws of any Stale of tho United States, would bo pur mitted to locato aud carry on business in the Slate of South Carolina in like maiuio: as the natural born clti/.uns of the Males of the United Status might do under thu law existing at tho lime, auil that any such foreign corporation carry ing on ouBiticBaaud owning pro put ty in the tato of South Carolina should eu joy nil tho privileges and immunities of owning property and carryiug on busi ness in like manner as tndividu de. nat ural born citizens of tuch Staus of the United Slates and as domestic corpora tions incorpora od iu tho Slato of Souii. Carolina might do. That iu pursuance of such public laws and statutes lins de fondant entered tho S'.ateof South Caro lina and purchased and acquired prop crty and carried on business therein, but has only acquired and carried on the same as natural born citizens of th< States of tho United Stales might do mil as domestic corporations of tin Slate of South Qarolioa might do, ami that such invitation aud the rights tucro in given, when accepted and noted upon by this defendant constituted a con tract between the Statu of South Caro lina Mid this defendant, which thu said State of South Carolina has by its said Acts relerred to aud set forth in the tenth ariicie of said complaint sought to imp ir and violato, against thu provisions of Section 10, Article 1, of tho Conslitu lion of tho United States. 20 ' And this defendant further shows and alleges that in and by tbo said Acis referred to in Articlo 10 of the said com plaint the property rights of this defend ant in tho State of South Carolina, ac quired in pursuance of tho iuvitation to and contract made with this dofondant, by said public laws and statutes refer red to in Articlo 10 of this answer, are made subject to impairment aud destruc tion at auy time if this defendant should tni.ko any; arrangement, contract or agriomcnt which should unintentionally have the effect of ill auywiso tending to advauco, rcduco or coulrol tho piico or cost to tho producer or tho consumer of any articlo imported, manufactured of grown in this State, or tonding to-lcs9cn full and free competition in tho im portation or sale of the same, or of in any wiso affecting full and free competition in any tarllf, rates, tolls, premiums or prices in any branch ol trade, business or commerce whurcin and whoreby said Acts roferrcd to iu said Article 10 of said complaint have impaired saiei contract, and havo further abridged tho rights, privileges and Im? I inanities so by contract granted and given to this dofondant, and Bought to further duprivo this dufondant of its proporty without due process of law and to deny to this defuudant tho equal protection of tho laws of tho said State of South Carolina, in contravonlion of tho provisions of Section 10, Articlo 1, and of Section 2, Articlo IV, of tho Constitution of tho United States, and of Section 1, Articlo XIV, of tho ar tides in amendment "of said Constitu tion. 21. Aud further Answering, this do fondant al logos aud shows that tho said Acts of tho Gunorul Assembly referred to in Articlo 10 of said complaint are null and void, and inoperative as in contra vonii mi of Sections 5 and 0 of Articlo 1 of tho Constitution of tho Stato of Bouth Carolina, in that tbo said Acts abridge tho rights, privilogos and immunities of this defendant and deprive it of its prop erty without duo process of law and deny to this dofondant tho equal protec tlon of tho laws and impair tho obliga tion of tho contract so entered into with this dofondant, us hereinboforo in this answer more bpcciilcally sot forth aud alleged Wncroforo dofondant prays that 6aid complaint bo dismissed. Stato of New York, Couuty of Niwl York : Personally appeared Samuel 'I. Morgan aud, having been duly sworn, made oath that hu nan read the forego ing answer, hiid that. 11 o stone Is truu to uib own knowledge, except as to tho matters lucreiu staled on information md belief, and as to such matters he believes it to bo tiue j Deponent further salth that tho said Virginia Carolina Chemical Company is a corporation, and that deponent is an otli( er thereof ; to wit, president. BAMUKn T. Mohoan. Vaccination In tiik Htm?it was nt a dinner pnrty. Tho bright young man found himsoif privileged to ait noxt to tho young woman with bountiful arms and nock. II? tbought himself tho most favorer] personage in tho room. Suddenly his fair compan ion oxhibited signs of nervousness. Two of his very best jokes, saved for a special occasion, pas*?cd by unnoticod. I lor face wore a look of alarm. \ Ap piehcnsively the young man gazed at her aud, meeting the look, she said: " I am in misory." 44 In misery?" echoed tho man. 44Yos," sho replied. 41 was vac cinated the other day and it has takon beautifully. I could almost scream, it hurtn so." Tho young man looked at tho beauti ful arms, and, seoing no mark there, said: ? 41 Why, where wero you vaccinated?" ?? In Boston," sho replied, tho smile chasing away the look of pain.?Hosten Journal. A Chicago man hue invented a ma chino that 1* cracking 200 pounds of nuts in an: hoar. It Is claimed that it in the only automatic nut cruckor iu tho world. ) Bannku Ykaii fok Tkubts.?Wall street experts have discovered that tbo last twelve months of truat-makiug exceeds any similar period in tho hk toty of tbo republic. New Jersey holds the palm as the favorite among promoters. Moro corporations with la'ge capital have been created under i?s favoring laws than under those of i all Hie other States combined. Since January, 15)01, uoarly 2,400 corpora Hons have beon formed in Jersey. They l ave a total capital of ?3,100, 000,000, as agaimt a trust capitaliza tion jf 81,300,000,000 formed in the same State last year. New York, which ; spiicd to dethrone Jorsey as tho mother of trusts," has utterly failed. Its now corporation law, passed by the last legislature, has in duced only 1 000 corporations to or ganise at Albany, and their combined capital of 9220,000,000 is a mile moro than oue half of tbo capital oi the Northom Securities Company ahme, Which organized atTrenlon with $100, 000,000 as its capital stock neat egg. I COLD-BllKftDiNG Coli,a us ?Au eminent Eastern physician says that | lho high, tight collars Hint women have been 'wearing are good Illings for the doctors. 14 Half the colds that wo men contract are directly duo to hav ing the necks swathed in bandages of fancy oilks, oi ribbons, or chiffou, or whatever the btuff is they use for the sake of fashion. Then when they do take thetn off, for I btipposc they must eomo off sometime, the slightest draught gives ihe wearer a cold. Nor I is that tho worst feature of it. The lightness of these neck bauds results in damage to the chords and muscles of tho throat and ear. One of my patients, a woman of fashion, has been wcariug tho things almost light enough to produce strangulation, uud now sho ib nearly deaf and is in the hands of a specialist. Still, I sup pose thoy will be worm until fashion shall decree their removal." The great cost of transporting tim ber from the forests of tho Northwest by vessel to the west coast of America has caused experiments to be made at various times of transporting limber in bulk. The rafts a c cigar shaped, built iu a central bulk, ami secured by chains every twelve feel. Tho wholo rail is about'100 feet iu length, made up of 80-foot h?i;8, and being .50 leet in diameter. It would take the full capacity of a dozen ordinary vessels to Carry as much timber as there is in such a raft. The Wo._ o Greatest Cure for Malaria X. Iflt? all formr>of Malarial polson .:\p. tako Johnnon'.* Chill ?nd Peve Tonic. A taint of Malarial poison. '??i*5n your blood meansmisery and failure. Wood medlcinesoan'toure Malarial poisoning. Tho antidote for it Is JOHNSON'S TONIC (let a bottle to-<lay. Hosts 50 Cents if U T.vk~ THE YOUNGBLOOD LUMBEK COMPANY AUGUSTA, <JA. Office and Works. NORTH AOODSTA, y. U. Ooors, S?mIi. ItiliulM and Ituihlor'a Hanlwaro. FLOORING, SIDING. CF.lLINf] AND I MSI DE FINISHING LUMBER IN G HO KG IA PINE. All Correspondence Riven prompt al tenti >n. F.E-M Medicated Cigars AND EE-M -Smoking Tobacco For Msorn of tahaooo that euffor wllh Oft* tarrli, Asthma, or Bronchitis. Weguaran too nn al)8oluto and permanent cure o! Catarrh and it is tho only known remedy for 11 ay fever. 1 f your druggist or gror.or does not keep it, write KK-M < ()., Atlanta, (la., for Kreo tSampto Trado supplied by Carpenter lire*'., CrccnviDe, 8. (),. o? Crotchtiold it Toltas?n, Spartanhurtr, 8. (AS *ftJ ? ./ r/7. o& ? 8,00) Graduates Receives from 1 to 5 ap plieiiliona daily for bookkeepers and ste nographers. Bookkeeping, Shorthand. Tmcvraphy taught. Refers to Atlanta's business men and bankers. Write for cat alogue. Addrtss A. 0. RR18COE, Pres. or L. \V. ARNOLD, Vice-Pres., Atlanta, (Ja A It US MXESS El> I CM TIOX FREE At too Largest, lioat Kquipp'cd ami mo?t Inlluontial Business CoIIoko in the Uaroll 'as. board, Hooks and Tuition may be earned by any enorgetio young man or lady in a short lime by work at hon e. For particulars, Address, CONVERSE COW31ERC1A I, SCHOO Itt B. \V. GKT31NOKR, Man ago r, Spartanhurg, 8. C. MONEY TO LOAN On f.irm lands. Kaey payments. Noe-un missions charged. Borrower pays ac ua< cost of perfcclirg loan. Kor information write .1 O. H PALMER ?V. SON, Columbia. 8. 0. OharluBton and Western Carolina R. R AUOt'HTA ANll A SIIKVIL.I.K SlIOHT I Atta. In effect May 20, 1001. Lv Augusta. 10 05 i? :s 20 | Ar (Jreenw.ood.Ii lft p . " Andurson. . 7 4 ? | Laurent* ... t 85 p ?' (?reenvlll?. 3 2ft j> " Glenn Hprmgs . 4 45 p " Ruartanburg . 8 20 p ? PaWa. ft ;? p " HcnderaoiivkllB. (i 11 j> " Aebevilln. 7 l.'> p Ijv Anlievlllc. 7 05 a " lleii?le.r?onvilli. K oft a '* Flat Kock . H Ift a " Haluda. ? 89 a ? Tryou. ii lit a Hiiurtmilimy. 12 h? p ?? Olenn Springs..... 1? 00 p GraanvfM*'. 12 i > p ?? Lauren*. a1 <? a ?' Aooufsou. ? -'? h (Jl'eiiwootl. SI WJ p Ar Augusta. ft 20 p Lv Augusta. 2 ;*) p Ar Alltuidale. 4 42 p M Fairfax. ? 4 ft-.? p " Vein !?.?..?!?. 5 53 p " llcaufort. 0 50 p Port Koyal. 7 uv> p " (javannah. M Charlestun. IiV Charleston. ?? *. Port Koyal . ft 40 a B<aufort..... 5 50 a Yotnasfee .... . ........ 0 401 Fairfax.?. 7 4ia A lien dale. 7 52 a ArAugnaia. 10 no a Oloso c.onnuotiuii at Mreonwood for all point* on 8. A. Li ami (1. A O. Kailway, ami at .*>partanburg with Southern Rail way For any information raiative to ticket? raW.n, aohedulan, Mio., address vV. j. (Jraiu. (den. Hum. A^nt. KM.NoRTH.Sul.Agt.AiiKOta.ua. 1\M. ttMKitaoN, TrafU .? i *u*x*t. w 6 - and lx Tho Kind You Havo Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 scars, has borne tho signature of and has been made under his pcr . supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. AH Counterfeits, Imitations and ??Jnst-as-good" are but Experiments that trine with and endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare-' gorie, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. 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Everything is pre sented in clean, concise fashion, so that the busiest may take time to read and comprehend. Tho scientific and industrial progress of tho age is accur ately mirrored in tho columns of The Patent Record, and it is tho only publication in tho country that prints tho ollieial news of tho U. S. Patent Office and tho latest devclopcments in tho field of invention without fear or favor. suhscuiption pbicb one dollar pek ybab. THE PATEMT RECORD, Baltimore, Md. IT WILL COST YOU ONLY ONEJCENT TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIC REX MATTRESS;" Tho quality, tho pu?rantors the prloos, and the slz^s. Dron us tho pcs'al; slm ply eay, "REX " ami sign jour name In full, giving nddrt a? Dexter Broom and Mattress Co f PELZER, Colombia, Now berry k Laws II II Passcnuor Schedule in effect July 21, 1!) I Subject to change without notice. kastkkn STANDARD timk. Head Down. Read Up Leave. Arrive. Atlanta SAL. 7 4?am 8 00 pm AthcuB.10 1 lam 52 pm lOlhcrton.II Piam 4 8 pm Ahhcvillc . 1223pm 3 15 pm Orconwood.12 48pm 2 48 , m Ar Clinton .... Dinner... 118pm 2 1.0 pm ,. 0. & W, C. Leave. Arrive. Glenn Springs.1000am 4U0pm Spart an hurg.1145 .1 10. lireenvillo.1201 3 ik) Waterloo! ???.12 62pm 2 03 Ar Laurcns.Dinner.. 1 hi Lv 1 88 Nu. 63 No. 52, heave. Ariivc Laurcns.12 55pm 1 47pm Parka. 1U.'? 1 40 Clinton. 1 25 1 'J.'i Uoldville. ) 37 l 12 Kmards. I 44 1 lb (iary... . 1 40 1 10 .lalana. 1 54 12 63 Nowberry. 2 10 1242 Prosperity. 2 21 12 21) Sligha. 2 34 12 20 Littlo Mountain. 2 :ts 12 10 <. Iiapin.2 ft" 12 03 Hilton . 2 68 11 f>7 White Kock. .. 8 02 11 61 Balentine .. . 3 (.7 1140 Inno. 3 !(> Ii 40 Leaphart . 8 22 n 83 Ar oolumbla . 3 35 Lv 1120 No. 22 jN<>. K5 Leave. A rr ve Laurcns.0 ooam ??? 0am Parks.... .....(> 10 4 60 Clinton. 0 to 1 311 (loldville. 0 63 8 51 Kiatirds.7 os ;;?.(> Uary. 7 17 3 31 Jalapa.7 2i> 3 22 Nowberry. . h ? o 8(0 Pros) eriiy.8 25 2 92 Slinln . . 8 42 2 02 Little Mountain ..s.v> 15t; Chauin.!i 15 1 30 Hilton . WH 120 White Kock.tl 'J!> 121 Halcniiuo.!) 37 1 15 Inno . . . u 52 1 OO Leaphart .10 02 12 4M 1 oluinbia. 10 3 1 12 0 A c. L Leave Arrive Columbia.3 46 11 10 Bunter.1 65 ?10 ? imrleston.H 10 7 (Hi t Harris Springs. *Daily except Sunday. For Kates, Time Tables, or further in forn aiion eall Oft nnv Agent, or write to \V. <?. Ollll.ns. President. T. M. Kmkhbon, Trallio M '^r. J, l>\ LiviNosTON, Hol, A^'t, Columbia. H. M. KMBMON, (ien. Freight nnd 1'as npnyr A>:t. Wilmington, N. t . The Entering Wedge To your consideration is gon orally tho cost, though cost should always be relative to va'ue to be a fair test. The lumber we soil may not always be tho ohoapest in price, but it's always cheapest in the long run, becauso wo give the best valno. Thoroughly kiln-dried,pro perly sawod and planed, you'll tind it " matches "well, and will be a life-long souroe of satisfac tion R. H.Hudgens & Son Trains Double Daily Service CAPITAL CITY.KOUTE. Shortest line between nil principal o.nie North, Kast, South and West. ScincntiLKs In Hkprot Dro 1, 1001. Noam 1ODND. T. no m. : l 30pm 1 i 'Jam 1 50 am 1 lnuin No. a 1 6"ipni 3 40pm ?1 :7|;m 7 O.jpnt KOOpitt t) 4()|>nv 10 16pm) 4 2lpiu 4 64am 6 l!)am 0 Ottam (! .''.'5am 7 2 >am 7 5 lam IU 15am. It) 40pm 1 ; viani 6 51am 0 3 am It) 10am 11 25am 1 36pm. 1 1 ipm 7 I.Oam No hv Calhoun Kalis. 12 2 A l>l)cvillc.12 57pm, Oreonwood. t 2.'pm < hnl.on.. .... 2 Inpin Lv Bavannahi Central Fairfax . Denmark. Columbia, Eastern T (iamden.,... ?> t-7am t iiieraw. H 30am Ar I i :imlot _. 7 05am Lv Caihoun Palls.? l uopm A iibovlllo. l 3tpm (i reonwood. t 60am Clinton . .... .2 4 lain Carlisle. 3 8 am (Jli "ster .... 4 OOain Catawba Junction ..., 4 3'iain Ar ilainlei.... . 1 ooam Lv II amloi.7 2 mm Ar aieiKh.iu 15 tin P? tersb'ura. 2 20pm Knth mond . 8 05pm WaRhin {ton.N 86pni it illimore.11 25; m Philadelphia. .' btiani New York.(i ftiam l'oriimouth--Norfo)k.. 5 26pm LOCAL ATLANTA TO CLINTON. rOUTUHOUNI). hv Cheraw, Kastorn T.. Camuen. Columbia, Central T. 1 unmark. Kairfax. \r savannah. .1 ucksonvillc. Tampa. Lv Catawba, Kastorn T . Chester . <'arhsle ... . Clinton. Greenwood ... . Abbeville . Calhoun Falls. A.r Athens. Atlanta. Daily, No. Dl, 7 11am * 34am . K 4<>am 0 62 tm ,10 30am 12 ??plll 3 60pm , ;>00am 0 07am !i 16am P) 15am . 11 ? (lam .115 am 12 21pm 12 6pm . 2 21 pin . l 65pm I.OCAI. CLINTON TO ATLANTA Dailv. No. 2*7. 11 fOom 12 63am 1 u>aui 2 17am 2 67 a in; ?I loam !i 05am 5 40pm 12 57 am 1 86 un 2 00am 2 57am' 8 I.tarn 4 loam 1 :w m >< 18am H 50am ? No :>:?. I.v Clinton. 2 inpm (Jrccnwood. .'A 36pm At)l)cvillc .1 07 pill Cnlhoun Kalis. .. i 45pm Ar Athens.... .<! l?pm _Atlanta ..... H6Upm Columbia, Newbetry & Lauren* liail way t ain No. .'>2, leaving Columbia, Union station, at ll.'io am uah),coiiuectsat(Jliu* ton with S A I. Ity No 63, alTonling shnri est and quiokest route by several hours to Atlanta, Chattanooga, N'ashvillo.at. ..mii , Chicago and all points West Close Connection ai Petersburg, IJiob mond, Washington. Porismoulh-Nurlolk (Columbia, (Savannah, Jacksonville ttml Allan a with diverging lines. Magnitie.ent vusntuilu trains e?rrylng through Pullman sleeping i'ci.\i,\ . all principal points. Kor reduced rates, Pullman reservations, etc. apply to W. P. HCruooh, T. P. A.. Savannah. <)a. j M. IIaru 1st. V. P. anII (1. St., It h, I.. ? Bunch,11 P A, Portsmouib. Va. equalled Schedules to Pan-American lo.i atHutTalo. IDLE MONEY. We nan ubo it for cotton. Will soil i limited numoer of our 7 por cent, certltl ones. Interest payable January nod Julv. The best ootton tntll im u i.u ottered. Amouue to soil. No ilcprrcuiiion. He doom ablo on short notice. 1JuarKt?tee?t bv 0&?,ooo.oo /xiiit fn eavital. He mit direct and on receipt of money wo will mall cerli?caiea same day. FisaetitviLhK jujfo. co. J. B. Lii.bh Pres. and Treaa. e. 8. 0.