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ESTALSHED 16 NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1891. P1.50A YEAR THE OLD LAWYERS. They Were Advocates, not Attorneys--The Put Their Beart., into Their Clients' Causes, Making Them 'Their Own. [From the Atlanta Constitution.] It is a blessed privilege to a youn man to be constantly associated wit his seniors, especially if they be greE men and good men. It is the mo! effectual and delightful education the he can get. Books are a good thin, but it is better to be in daily commur ion with men who have read an studied the books, and sifted from thel all the good that is In them. I we ruminating about the notable men the olden time-the men to whom looked up to with love and admiratior They are all gone, but they left thei impress upon the age in which the lived and upon me. The bad is mingle with the good in everything, and it we sad to me to see these great men pa! away. One by one they fell before tb scythe of the reaper, and I am left aloni Some of my youthful companions al left me, but the men I reverenced ai gone. How swiftly and surely the go. I was thinking about the gres lawyers of the Western circuit. Abot Howell Cobb and his brother Tom, an the two Doughertys, and Hope Hul and Junius Hilyer, and Basil H. Ovei by, and Judge Jackson, and Josep Henry Lumpkin, and Judge H,:tchin and Cincinnatus Peeples. What glorious galaxy of learned and brilliar men-honorable mea-men who fougl a fair fight, and scorned the tricks < the lawyer's trade. I have often wor dered at the measure of contempt the would have felt, for a lawyer who woul have stolen a paper, or bid a set < interrogatories,.or bribed a witness or juror, or perjured himself to gain hl case. The influence of a good ma does not die with him-whether he L a lawyer or a doctor, or a preacher, a merchant, or a farmer or a mechani it reaches and affects the rising gener: tion, and permeates through societi and leaves its impress upon the con munity in which he lives. Long tim ago I heard a Rome merchant sa "communities have character just lik individuals. My most reliable trade i from the Alpine region in Cbattanoog County. It is honorable with that pe< ple, to pay theirdebts-to perform the! promises. If their crop fails and the can't do it, they will settle fairly an pay the ne:t year, and I don't nee any mortgage. Their word is thei bond. But here is another county n( far away where it is considered smai to trick a merchant out of his monei They hide behind trusts and hom steads and force you to sue and the lawyers are as mean and tricky as the are, and it has got to be so that even good, honest man from that county ca hardly get credit in Rome." Now all this comes from contaminm tion. It isjust like any other imnmor: influence. I know men who move away from a town because the leadin citizens were immoral. They were n<( true to their marriage vows, and tb men were afraid to raise their childre there. If a citizen's immoral influenc was confined to bis immediate famil it. would not matter so much, but does not stop there. Bad conduct, ba habits, bad principles are catching, ju5 like contagious diseases. The tricksc one tradesman will be made an excus for his nabor to use the same method: The villainy of one artful lawyer wi provoke another to meet trick wit trick to gain his case. The responsibilit of the lawyers to the community very great--greater even than that< the preachers, for there are more< them. I have not been in the Wester circuit since the war, but the presidin judge told me not long ago tha1 although the bar was not as gifted an brainy as that of half a century ag yet it had well maintained its hig professional honor and integrity.I does not take the brain work nowt practice law that it did half a centur ago, when the supreme court wa in it infancy and there were no sevent; volumes of precedents established. I took more brain work to establish thera than it does now to keep up with themr I recall with never-failing pleasure th great arguments of those great mer How were we charmed with thei learning, their pathos, their humoi and could hardly blame a jury fo giving their verdict in favor of th last great speech that vas made. Hop Hull was the greatest lawyer. Th Doughertys were grea; every way, bu as an advocate in a cs-se where ther was a wife or a widow or some orphai children, I don't think that Basil IH Overby had an equal. I recall the swee melody of his voice as he drew neare and nearer to the jury, and with tear; eyes and quivering lips he almnos whispered his tender pleadings in thei ears. There is one great advocate still lel us if1 this Cherokee region-.-Augustu R. Wright is very much like Overby i. his peculiar gifts. 'Ibo emotional t ever be a great lawyer, he was thereb; the greater advocate. Not long ago looked at him and pordered. There h sat in the courtroom, bis battle grount for forty years-the field of his man victories-victories of niind over humna passion-b'hs eyes still pleasing an. penetrai.:.g in their glance, his cleai cut features, his abundant hair fallin gracefully and half concealing an ir tellectual brow, his heavy overhangiu eyebrows and patriar-hal beard an' I wondered how mnuc of life he ha, lived, how much morethan most of us even if he had died twmuty years agt He too, wanted the right side of pathetic en~se. If it wasthe wrong sid frm a le<a stanpinti ldid not can m-is victory wasgreater if tbe cou-t and the law were against him. He was a Y giant before a jury and moulded them to his will. He sued the Rome railroad for $20,000 damages for injuries done Colonel James Waddell. There was no light at the depot when the train arrived one dark night, and the colonel stepped off the platform and injured his spine by the fall. He lingered for some weeks, and got well enough to go about with crutches, and offered to settle with the road for $75, the amount of his doctor's bill. The road declined to pay it, and Judge Wright was em d ployed. Colonel Waddell got worse. a His spinal troubles seemed to affect his mind, and the judge raised his demand from $20,00 to $40,000, and everybody smiled. The railroad had John P. King, of Augusta, a great lawyer, and man r other lawyers for the defense, but 7 Judge Wright had the conclusion, and d I can never forget his picture of a live man dead-of the wreck o' a life-of S the swift and pitiful descent of a great e mind from all its brilliant prospects down to the gloom of despair and semi e idiocy. De Quincy never wrote like he e spoke. He, too, got down to the very 7 whispering of eloquence and everybody it was in tears. It was dangerous for it even the opposing counsel to listen to d him. I knew well that Jim Waddell was in no such extreme condition, for I was his companion and friend, and yet I was completely overcome and wept like a child. The jury found for the a plaintiff $W5,000, and they did it quickly and the judge was so ashamed of the t verdict that he settled it that night for half the amount. Ben Hill was a great lawyer and a Y greater advocate. An old man bad died d in our county.leaving a considerable estate, but it was embarrassed by mortg a ages, and if these were paid his widow s would be penniless. She had been 0 raised in affluence and was a refined, e cultured woman, but her second bus r and proved to be a miserly, selfish man, and be put her in a log cabin 6 daubed with mud and kept her there, 1 notwithstanding a good portion of the - property came by her. When she e applied for a year's support five good Y men gave her $10,000. Dr. Miller was e one of those men. They desired to make s amends to the old lady for her long suffering, and yet the law said they - should take into consideration her ac r customed manner of life and the condi Y tion of the estate as to its indebtedness. d Ben Hill represented a creditor with a d mortgage of $8,000. If the award to , the widow was to stand his client would >t get nothing, and so he came to fPome t and made a vigorous assault upon it. The law was clearly with him, and so was the court. For many years the r widow had lived on less than $100. I Y never saw a lawyer more confident of a his case than was Ben Hill. He was n willing to allow the widow $5>,000 but no more. Judge Wright was her counsel. L- He half closed his eyes and seemed dI calm and serene while Hill was reading d the law and laying his firm founda g tions. It was agreed between them it that the jury should fix the amount e and their verdict should be final. Judge n Wright had another life wreck topic e ture and this time a woman. Such an Y appeal was never heard in that court t room and although there were only d $10,000 in the ad ministrator's hands that t jury increased the award to $12,500, f and Ben Hill went home a sadder and e a wiser man. I recall many cases of this s. kind and have almost trembled to think I what Judge Wright could do with the b populace in revolutionary times. But Y old father time has mellowed him s down. With his four score years nearly f accomplished he has ceased to court ~f the brainy struggles of the forum. He n loves his home and his personal com g fort more than ever. He enjoys theI ,cmpanionship of his family and his! d friends, but he is alone in his glory. All >his professional cotemporaries are i gathered to their fathers. How sad it t is to us all to know that ours must go. 0 One by one they fall like leaves in y wintry weather. Two of mine have s gone recently-two of my classmates, E and but six are left; six out of forty, and t yet I am not old. No, I do not feel old, 2 but they say that I am; and they call' .me the "old man." Kind readers, do e not pity me. It is all right, and I am .content. BILL ARP. His First Pardon. r a [Charleston World.] e COU m February 25.-Governor e Tillman exercised his power of execu t tive clemency to-day for the first time. 3 On the recommendation of the board 1 of penitentiary directors, he has com .muted to date the life sentence of Ellis t Coleman, of Edgefield. Coleman was r tried before Judge A. P. Aldrich in 18IS7 for burglary and larceny. The law t at that time prescribed life imprison r ment for that offense. The penalty was subsequently changed to imprison ment for a shorter period. s Avom A PPEARA NCE.-A WOrthy Sgentleman, having an unusually re'd nose, was long suspected of being a tip pler on the sly, byv those not well ac quauinted with his strictly temperate rhabits. His unfortunate disfigurement was readily cured by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Capt. J. D. Johnston. I70oall iT7.om if mayl concern: I take 'reat pleasure in teftifying to the effica eixous qjualities of the popular renmedy for eruptions of the skin, known as P. -P. P. I sufered for several years with ..n unsi h ily and disagreeable eruption o nmy faice and tr'edl various rem:edies to remlove it, none of which accomp lished the object until this valuable preparat ion was resorted to. After .taking three bottles in accordance with adirections I am now entirely cured. J. D. JOH NSTON, e Of the firm of Johnston & Dourlass, rO GOVERN THE PHOSPHATE MINES. n - -: b rhe Circular, Rules and Regulations Adop2- o ed Yesterday-An Important Meeting of the Phosphate Commission- -The Im portant Regulations SystematLed. u [The State, February 25.] Ln The opening of the navigable streams Df the State for phosphate mining takes c place under very stringent rules and regulations governing the operation of the mines. The State board of Phos phate Commissioners, after holding a conference at the Governor's mansion P Tuesday night, met in the Governor's office yesterday and took definite Lion on matters which are of vital in- t terest to the whole State. All the members of the Board were present except Mr. Walters, of Charleston. The board held a long session until - after 3 o'clock. In the afternoon, a second session was held and the pro- r ceedings are covered by the followilg papers given to the press: t a TH-0 CBCPJLAR LETTER. o Here is an exact copy of the circular letter issued by the board: r BOArD PHOSPHA'i E COM.ISS ONERS, b STATE OF SoUTH CA.0LI NA, COLUMI;A, Feb. 24, 1891. e By instructions of the Board of Phos- e phate Commissioners, I beg leave to n call the attention of all persons inter ested to the following: b 1- That any or all exclusive rights to 81 mine phosphate rock from the beds of navigable streams of this State and in 1 the marshes thereof shall and will cease after first day of March, 1891. 2. By the 70th Section of General g Statutes of this State, "The said license shall be for a term of one year, remand- g able at the pleasure of the Board of b Phosphate Commissioners." The Board of Phosphate Commis- B sioners will meet in Beaufort, S. C., on j the second day of March, A. D. 1891, a for the purpose of considering applica- E tions for license to mine phosphates from the beds of the navigable streams of the State and the marshes the-of. If any one desires to mine the same, the application must be submitted to the said board. 3. All applications must state the a name and address of the applicant, the b territory for which he desires the li- I cense the character of the plant to be used in mining, viz: steam dredges or hand appliances, such as tongs, etc. t The applicant must present the bond I required by Section 68 of the General s Statutes of this State, viz. "As a con- .s dition attendant to the right to dig, e mine and remove the said rock and deposits hereby granted, each person e or company shall enter into bond, with i security in the penal sum of $5,000, con- 1 ditioned for the making of true and faithful returns to the Comptroller Gen- i eral of the number of tons of phosphate C rock and phosphatic deposits so dug and mined at the end of every month, and the punctual payment to the State ~ Treasurer of the royalty hereinbefore provided at the end of every quarter or three months as aforesaid, which bond and sureties therein shall be subject to t the approval now required for the bonds of the State officers." A fter the f second day of March, 1891, applications ~ for license will be considered at Colum- t bia. S. C. 4. That as a condition precedent to the granting of such license to mine in c the Coosaw River territory and to re move phosphate rocks and phosphatic ~ deposits therefrom, the Board of Phos phate Commissioners will require every , applicant for rock license to include Ina the bond executed by him as herein before recited, an agreement that he will so dig and mine under this lcense ~ as aforesaid as the agent of the State of South Carolona, and that each ton of ~ phosphate rock or phosphatic deposit, 1 the product of such mining operations, i shall be deemed the property of the 1 State until the party who shall receive a license shall have paid thereon a roy- 1 alty to be fixed by said Commission, at a not exceeding $2 per ton ocn each tcn ~ of phosphate rock or phosphatic deposit e dug, mined and removed, provided sixs months notice shall be given before' raising royalty above one dollar-. 5. Enclosed please find bond in prop- g er form, which must be e;ecuted by ~ the applicant and at least two sureties, , who must each take the oath printed ~ on the bond, before some officer author i.ed to administer oaths. I 6. The bond must in all cases accom rany the application or the latter will not be considered. iAll applications and bonds must be filed with Attorney General Y. J. Pope or the Secretary of the Board. 8. It shall be as a condition prece :lent to the granting of a license to dig, r mine or remove phosphate rock or t phosphatic deposits, that any person, y :orporator, company or firm applying j for such license shall subscribe to the ~ rules and regulations adopted by this board on the 24th day of February, a A. D. 1891, and shall bind himself or s ~bems'lves faithfully to observe, obey e mnd comply with the same, and sub- ~ nit to thbe penalty and forfeitures there- s .n prescribed, whenever the same or mny of them be by him or by them vio ated.t Done by order of the Board. B. R. T?tLMAN, s Chairman of the Board. u rilE INSPE(-roR'S RECoMMENDATIONS. Below are given brief extracts from C :be letter of Inspector Jones to thef Sov.ernor, presenting the rules and o It was referred to me to draft a set of b rules and regulations to enable the tA Phosph:te Inspector to discharge the a: luties devolving upon him in the in ipection of the phosphate royalty, and k ao report the accompanying fifteen rules T and rawniatins, and resectfully enh tt tbem to the consideration of your oard for their adoption, modification r rejection. I have endeavored to embrace within 2e scope of the proposed rules and reg lations all that appears to me to be ecessary to enable the Phosphate Jo pector to discharge his duties effi iently. I take the liberty of submitting to be consideration of the board the fol )wing matters arising out of my exam 3ation of the Statutes that refer to the hosphate royalty. He continues as yllows, in -brief : First. With the single exception of be power to suspend the phosphate cense in a given case. The Statutes as ach do not empower the board to en )rce these rules and regulations by ny fines or penalties. Second. This recommends that the ales be made a part of the license con Lact on a condition of the granting of be license. It would bind the licenses s if they were acting under a system f statutory fines and penalties. Third. The number of Statutes refer ng to phosphate royalty which have een enacted since 1870 is large, ap earing under different titles in diter nt volumes, and all of them, with the xception of the Act of 1890, have been lore or less modified and parts re ealed. It is recommended that a bill e prepared for passage at the next ssion, repealing all preceding Phos hate Statutes, and combining the law ecessary, conferring upon the Phos hate Commission the power to estab sh rules which can be enforced by nes and forfeitures. Fourth. He called attention to rule ve of the proposed rules. The blank ond appended to this report limits the enal sum to $5,000, and makes the est quarter commence on the 1st ot anuary. He referred to the lack of ny reference to this in the General tatutes. He recommends the mini ium penal sum be $5,O00 and the max num $50,000. THE RULES AND REGULATIONS. Below is given brief synopses of the fteen rules and regulations submitted y Phosphate Inspector Jones. They ball be observed and complied with y the board to mine phosphates. 'hey are to take effect from and after bue second of Mareb, 1891: Rule 1 forbids all persons, corpora ons and companies or firms holding censes to mine rocks in the navigable treams and marshes of the State to ublet said licenses, under the penalty f suspensions of the licenses. Rule 2 refuses licenses to persons or ompanies now engaged in mining or Atending to engage in the mining of ind rock. Rule 3 requires the companies apply 3g for licenses to designatethe streams, - portion thereof, in which they pro ose to mine, and forbids their chang ag their location without a permit rom the Board of Inspectors. Rule 4 forbids the companies hold ng licenses, to traffic or barter in phos thate rock other than that mined by hemselves,while holding such licenses, inder forfeiture of two dollars per ton :>r all rock bought and sold and bar ered in violation of this rule, without he permission of the Phosphate In pector. Rule 5. The phosphate royalty re ruired shall be paid every quarter, dat oag from the first day of January, 1891; rovided, that when the royalty un aid shall amount to four-fifths of the u.n secured by bond, it must be paid t once. The penalty will be the sus ension of the business. Rule 6. Each fia.t engaged in run ing or conveying phosphate rock shall e conspicuously marked and num 'ered. T bis also applies to dredges and ghters. The penalty for violation shall e as follows: Each dredge, $100; each ghter, $50; each flat, $20. Rule 7. Each captain of a dredge, ghter or flat must be furnished with certificate of employment, giving etails concerning the company. This ertificate must bear the countersigned ignature of the phosphate inspector. Rule 8. All companies must make aonthly reports of the number of redges, etc., used by thema in running, iving the captains, etc. These reports aust be submitted the first week of ach month. Rule 9. The captain of these dredges aust furnish the Inspector any infor nation when he asks it. Rule 10. Companies are forbidden to se other dredges, etc., than their own, nder penalties as follows: Dredges 100, lighters $50, flats $20. Rule 1K. Companies cannot mine rithin 103 yards of where another is aining. The Inspector can decide all bese disputes, though an appeal may e taken to the commission in five days. 'wo dollars per ton is the penalty for iolation of this rule. Rule 12. All companies must employ weigher to weigh the rock before it is ant to the market. This weigher shall rater up in a book all weights, the ooks being open at all times to the In pector. All returns of rock shipped inst be accompanied by his sworn cer ficate. The penalty for violation of * 21s rule is suspensio)n of license. Rule 13. Companies cannot load yes als for foreign or coastwise shipment, ntil they have informed the Inspec >r of the arrival of the vessel and re tived a permit. The penalty is a for ~iture of the license and the payment f a fine of$2 per ton. Rule 14. Companies cannot ship rock y land or water without the Inspec >r's permit, under the same forfeiture' Sabove. Rule 1.5 requires these rules to he ept in a conspicuous place, and copies: uust be kept by captains of vessels. he granting of a license to dig, min >r remove phosphate rock or phosphal c deposits, that the companies appl3 ng for such license shall subscribe t .he foregoing rules and regulations,an ;hall bind themselves faithfully to ot ;erve every rule and comply with tb iame,and submit to the penalties thert n prescribed, whenever the same c mny of them shall by him or them l violated. By order of the Board of Phosphat aommission. B. R. T LLMAN, 3overnor and Chairman of the Pho: phate Commission. THE COMPANY r.E?iESENTATivS. A large number of the representz ives of the most influential companiE n the State appeared before the boari .fr. Wilson, representing the Sea I and Chemical Company, appeared o )ehalf of these representatives and w: 3eard by the board on various matter Ile thanked the board for its kind al :ention in permitting the represent .ives to make suggestions. Governc rillman, in reply, expressed his plea. ire at meeting them. SENATOR MORGAN'S TONGUE. Eow it was Counted Upon to Save tb Country if Need be. [Chicago Tribune.] The Republicans in the Senate hav >ne consolation in the defeat of th flection bill, and that is in knowin what they have escaped at the hand >f the Democrats. Senator Morgan i me of the most tireless and endleE alkers ever known in public life. H yan talk upon any subject. He nevw 2esitates for a word, and apparent] 3ever sees the end of his discourse. H :alks with an easy flow and a mon< ;ony of accent which would drive an yne to sleep if obliged to listen. B 2ever has the slightest vivacity nanner, nor does he even express an eeling. He is a man of wide accon )lishments and great reading. Hi mind is a store-house of vast learnini His speeches all read well. iis En ish is clean, and the facts which b ;ives in support of his arguments trusi worthy. Yet there is no one in th 3enate who has been able to follow Mi Morgan and listen to one of his speech( 'rom beginning to end without displa3 ng a most heroic will and iron resolt ion. He is nearly always in his seat i ,he Senate. He watches the debat losely. He takes notes of nearly ever 5peech delivered on the Republica ide. He rises readily to every point < :ontroversy and drones interminabl his carefully delivered replies. B oever has shown any signs of fatigt ven during the all ntght session Whenever he rises to speak the Repul licans fly to the cloak-rooms. Some < 1is fellow Democrats who respect an admire his abilities remain to keep hiv company, and they are relieved b 3ther Democrats from time to tim< No one has ever dreamed of tryingi shut off Mr. Morgan. It is a quLestic whether any cloture resolution coul be devised which could dam up the ri sistless flow of his oratory. It now a: pears that the Democrats have bee bolding Mr. Morgan in reserve. Ei was not very prominent in the electin bill debate. I do not think that I could have spoken more than a wee luring this discussion. This unusu: moderation on his part has awakene suspicion. Suspicion has stivlulate investigation, and investigation ha developed tL. Democratic plot. In word, it was this: If the Rlepublicat had carried through their project< seeking to sit out the election bill the the Democrats would all, after havir made a final brief "'otest, left i whole aff'air in the hands of Senat< Morgan. He would then have begu a speech which would have continue without break until the 4th of Marc: All of his Democratic associates sa that Mr. Morgan would have beE more than equal to the occasion. A any rate, they were perfectly willir to leave him in the breach to maintai the integrity of the perfect freedom< Lhe senatorial debates and to oppo: alone with his iron jaw the so-calle revolutionary proceedings of the Repul licans. Beautifying the Grounds. [News and Courier.] Talking about pure mesthetics, thel is a great deal of excellent work beir done in the garden of the capitol. Ti striped convicts are there at work at are putting the grass plots, lawns an flower beds in splendid trim. Secretar of State Tindal is keeping up the goa record made by Ex-Seretary J. Q. Ma: shall. The present work is provide for by Secretary Tindal, and is beir supervised by Mrs. aud Miss Tindal.. fine border of euonymus has bee planted along the north side of ti gardens, and the beds near the Stal House are being planted in pansie verbena, daisies, etc. At the grounds of the Executis Mansion Mrs. Tillman is also makir ;eneral improvements. The flow< ~arden is being rearranged, new plant etc., have been ordered and the lawn :o be laid off and put in shape f< prmng season. No PartIculars for Mrs. Jones. [From the Rusk County News.] Sam Jones, after his little episode: Palestine, sent the following dispate o0 his wife: "DEAR WIFE: I licked the Mavor< Palestine this morning; will preachi ['aylor to-night. "SA2.r P. .JoEss. A fact that all men with gray an nany shaded whiskers should knov :hat Buckingham's Dye always color in even brown or bla.r sat will. e THE THREE C'S RECEIVERSHIP. Three Candidates ror the Position-Chanm- A berlain Likely to be Appointed. d [Special to the Register.] eHH AI.-_ESTO.v, Feb. 24.-Judge Bond. s1 in the United States Court to-day heard r argument on the motion for the ap- t. e pointment f a permanen. receiver of a the Charleston. Cincinnati and Chicago r( e railroad under the suit brought by the S Finance Company of Pennsylvania. Three candidates for tbe receivership n were presented by the various part4c e interested. Samuel Lord, the tempo rary receiver, D. H. Chamberlain, the t receiver of the South Carolina Railway, it and C. H. Dickinson of New York. Nc 1 s appointment has yet been made. The s - general opinion here is that Chamber- ti - ain will get the appointment, as it is ti 13 said that hs application is endorsed by z a majority of the parties in interest. l 3. The report of Receiver Lord, who a has had charge of the road f.om De- s cember 11, 1890, to the present time, c r shows the following 0gures: Rece.pts, I - $51,677; disbursements, $46,6S6; cash on a hand, $5,991. The gross earnings dur- ti iag that ime were $23,000, and the op- A erating expenses $25,000; deficit $2,000. ti Newman Erb of Boston, represent ' ing about $3,000,000 of the first mort- e gage bonds, asks for Chamberlain's ap pointment as receiver. J. V. Nathans b e of Charleston, representing the Brst a e mortgage bondholders, asked for the s g appointment of Samuel Lord. H. A. S M. Smith, representing $500,000 of the a s bondholders, nominated H. P. Dickin- e S son of New York. e During the discussi'n the township i r bond question came up again. Ira B. y Jones, in behalf of Cane Creek town- t e ship, Lancaster, enter'ed a suit against c - the $19,000 subscription voted to the y Three C's Road on the ground tbat it v e was unconstitutional, being in e:cess of )f the 8 per cent. assessed value of the ' y taxable property in the township. 0 . The Court took the papers. The deci s sion as to the receivership is eapected a to-morrow. - CAMSEr.A-N A" iNTED-TOWN e SH[PS MST PAY. d t- [Special tc Greenville News.] 13 e CHAR EoTo,;, S. C., Feb. 25.-In the t r. United States court to-day judgment a s was rendered in favor of P. P. Dicker- t( son, of New York, for $6,772 against n York township, in York County. The d n suit was brought to force payment cf il coupon bonds issued in aid of the Three C'Us rail road. n No decision has yet been made as to d the rece'versh'p of the road. The real 12 contest is I-tween Chamberlain, who il e is backed by three millions, and Lord, f e who has $3,700,000 behind him, a ma- a jority of outstanding first mortgage e . bonds. The Chamberlain people claim t that the South Carolina Railway can f run the Three C's road much cheaper ( than any one else. . 1i CHA33ERLAIN C eS T HEPLU3. ;o CEA R LESTON, Feb. 25.-D. H. Chamn-j n berlain was to-night appointed receiver d of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi e- cago railroad, South Carolina division.t 2 N FU .LH AR.G. E. n [Special to Greenville News.] v Fe CHa R -sroN, Feb. 26.-The official r norder appointing D. H. Chamberlain c recevrof the Three C's road was filed r kin the United States court to-day. c Under this order Mr. Chamberlain has 'i d control of the road in this State, North a Carolina and Virginia. a THE ALLIANCE BANK. t sC af An Important Meeting of the Directors nFixed for March 13th. C e [Special to News and Courier.] t >r COLUM .A, February 19.-At the last n meeting of the directors of the A llianceC d Bank here it was determiined to take 2. such steps as would secure the transfer y of the exchange funds into the Alliance n Bank. Jt was determined to issue a Lt circular to the County Alliances on the g subject, and it is evident from the pro-t n posed action of the Kershaw Allian'ceE if that the circular has gone forth. e The funds, it is claimed, can be trans d ferred by a vote of the Alliances, andt - it is not held that the charter of thet E::change will affect such transfer. It C is also claimed that the vote by counties will not affect the ultimate resulIt, in asmnuch as several of the counties own emore shares than a good many other counties in the aggregate. In other gwords, that the matter is to be settled C d on the basis of a stock vote. d The votes of the AlI.iances will be all in by March 18, when the next meet- C ding of the trustee stockholders will be r- held io Columbia. At this meeting it dus expected that the objections and objectors to the bank enterprise will be geliminated by the men who own the s money held in trust by the Exchange. It n The News and Courier was requested e Ito withhold this information a bout a week ago, but as it can now no longer ebe retained it is given. s, The meeting next time will probaLbly c be not so interesting personally as the 'e laat one, as the vote w~Il settle matte-s g summarily. The verbal defects in the ~r charter for the Alliance bank will also t 3, be made to conform to the law. is >r You cannot accomplish any work or E business unless you feel well. If you 1: feel used un--tired out-take Dr. J. H.r MecLean's -saparilla. It will give your health, strength and vitality. C Lt Eczema, scalp covered with eruptions h doctors proven valueless. P. P. P. was. tried and the hair began to grow again, g nlot a pimIpleca bNf e sepn. and P. P. P. F ncain proved itself a. wonderful skin cure.v For rheumatic and neuraleic pains brine Dr. J. H. McLean's \ olcanic d Oil Linirre. t, and take Dr. J. H. Me. c .~ Lean's Sarsaparilla. Yrouimll not suffer u s lne. will be gained withnaspeedy and t BACKWOODS ENGLSIS. [t Should be Preserved-Too Expre,w.i to be Loot. [Greenville News.] The New York Tribune, we t is, is much delighted by Sjm Jo:e lescrip.tion of the mayor of PaI sine, who assaulted but failed to batter hu, Ls a "one gallus" individual. "One ,allus" as a descriptive adjective is, ti,c Pribune says, a revelation, an inspira ion and a poem. Our contemporary is right. Nobt;dy inows who invented "one gallus! bu t has lived and endured throu,h :1 ;he mountain regions of the SOUL md is used with absolute gravity as ,xpressing a certain kind of man-a ihiftless, lopsided, loafing person who ioesn't take any interest in hirmseltf vhose wife even takes no interet in iim and is entirely satisfied with the iet of his breeches so long as they hung o him. The sailor, who is often one >f the quickest and most graceful of he human kind, wears no galluses at l, but the gymnastics of his daily ife make him supple and thin in the rist and solid -in the hips and;his lothes hang on to him to the last, ven when both legs are full of salt rater. The "one gallus" is usually >recisely the same size all the way lown-without form and void-and ias no hinge in his back bone or flex )ility at the waist. When he wants mything on the ground he gets to it by )ending his legs and sitting down for t, like a giraffe. The back woods are full of home ;pun Evglish which is English-ner 7ous, direct and strong. The people L few years back knew comparativelv, ew words but those they knew were saxon and were combined and applied o be of wonderful use and power. [hen there is an occasional invented word-such as "rucus." Nobody rnows where "rucus" came from or iow it got here, but when it ha_s once )een heard we can never think of any )ther word as properly describing a ;eneral, confused, scrambling tight Pvith half a cozen or more combatants -which is what "rucus" means. rhen there is the verb "to mix"-we mixed, ye or you mixed, he, they or ;hem mixed, we have mixed, we night, could would or should have nixed. "Then them two mixed" says ,he witness on the stand, and court, inry, attorneys and audience know on the significance of those four words that the defendant and-prosecutorsim altaneously got together with rapid exchanges of kicks, cufM, bites and gouges. An entire chapter of Carlyle ould not tell more or present the scene to the imagination more vividly. The school master and the preacher are invading the last strongholds o home made, provincial English in this country. The people are becouii more prosperous, or getting -:mr money, rather; whether the procs i real prosperity is open for discus-ion They are looking, through the nws papers and occasional excursions, into' the big, busy world beyond thir familiar hills and mountain barriore They are sending their son anid -laugh ters to schools and colleges and tb strong, homely, ,native words. expres sions and~ idoms are being banisied 'y the more correct an I elegant Englishi of the books and students. One secre:, of Sam Jones' success is that lie sticks to the home dialect. It is pleasant a. a full of meaning to the people fai ia r with it and-as the Tribune says-n inspiration and. a delight to the people to whom it is new. When he say. thing or a doctrine has been "wor to a frazzle," everybody knows what he is talking about, and we would like : know if there is any stronger or plah:rr combination of words to tell the n:em ing. We wish before the march of im provement has banished back wood English somebody would prepare glossary of it for preservation. Much of it is entirely too good to be !'. "Betsy Hamilton," who) used to writ for the Atlanta Constitution knew and used it more correctly than any body else we know of who is capable ok telling of it properly. Death of a Giantess at the Age of112. [From the Globe-Denmocrat.) MACON, Ga., Feb. 15.-News ha.-j;t reached here of the death in O':orn County, of Georgia's oldest inhabi::m. Her name was Mrs. Bradshaw, -in d P age 112 years. Mrs. Bradshaw :: bale and hearty, and gave promise - living several years longer, hu:r a:en eer caused her death. She w:sa prodigy of strength and end:T-r. She had an immense family conne--~ tion, having grandchildren 72 ye:' :>ld. When she was to be burimic special coffin 73 ikeet long hadi to e tnade. Royalty Judgmnent Collected. [Charleston World.] CoLtc1nLA, Feb. 23.-Attorney G era! Pope has returned from Beau:. I where he went on business f r state in relation to the judgmnt( -i tained against S. W. Scheper :m:i .L 7' Hutching, who were the sure~'b the bond of Seward & Co., to secure payment of royalty on phosjghater rnined by the latter. Ex-Auor:: General Earle p)rocuredl a judgme:: 95,000 Iromn the circuit court. A:: r>eal wa mnade and the supreme eC':r tiffirmed the judgment of th einr :ourt- Gen. Pope has c'i:'.teie Lmount of the judgmePnt fo h a. For weak back, ches: pains. Dr. [. H. McLean's WVonderful 113iing Piater (poroun. 'TO SECURE JUST VALUATIONS." n Important Crculor from the Comp troller General. Comptroller General Ellerbe has is ied a circular to County Auditors call ig their attention to their duties ander ie law in o'der to "secure a just valu .ion for taxation of all the pioperty, al personal and possessory in the tate." The Comptroller General says that it not believed that a uniform and lual assessment of all of the property i the State exists and urges Auditors > carefally examine the laws govern ig them in this respect, and adds that here they are in doubt they must con ilt his office and the proper construe on of the law will be obtained from ie Attorney General. He says further that Auditors are rgely responsible for inequalities of sessments, as they create the town 3ip board of assessors, who, in turn, -eate the County Boards and State k>ards. Legislaturesand not Auditors re responsible for any inequalities in ie operations of the law, and all that uditors have to do is to administer ie law as they find it. The Comptroller General directs the pecial attention of Auditors to the 6xation of unincorporatEcd banks and inkers, and says that under this head re included all money lenders, note iavers, brokers, &c., and even the ,rmer who keeps a place of business 2d carries on any of the avocations assifled in Section 206 of the General tatutes would come under its require Lents in making returns for ta: ation. Manufacturers of various kinds are > be taxed on all real estate and ma iinery of every description. The iares are not taxable, but the increased %luation of the taxable property of iese corporations should keep pace ith the advance in-the market value shares. The circular says further that there re intimations that certain organiza ons are doing business in the State >r proht who have failed to return any roperty for taxation, and directs Au-i itors in such cases to follow out strict the requirements of Section 21.5 of ie General Statutes on this head, and Ids also that if any real estate is found > have escaped taxation for one or iore years it should be treated as aban oned lands and reported to the Sink ig Fund Commisson. The circular concludes as follows: "There is no law for valuing a hun red dollar mule at forty or sixty dol tre. The idea which seems to prevail i parts of the State that all property )r taxation should not be assessed at bove 661 per eat. of its real value is rroneous, and in direct conflict with ie law. 'All property shall be valued yr taxation at its true value in money.' ;ee Section 219). 'A piece of property Sworth what it will bring on the mar et'; and if a mule is worth one hun red dollars it should be assessed at ne hundred dollars-no more, no less. :very piece of taxable property from de sore-back mule on the farm to the ilt shares of the wealthiest bank in bie State must be valued at their 'true alue in money' for taxation. A large ercentage of the poll tax in many 3unties is not paid. Auditors can emedy this largely through the help f townsh'o Boards of Assessors, and re must insist upon the collection of 11 poll tax. "Pledging his hearty co-operation, le Comptroller General, relying upon bie fidelity to duty and a zealous dis barge of that duty under the law by be Auditors of the State, and the co peration of public officials and all ood citizens, believes that many of be existing inequalities in taxation an be overcome and remedied." Johnston atShermian's~ Bier. (From the New York Recorder.] The most significant incident in yes erday's funeral pageant was the pres nee of Joseph E. Johnston as a pall earer. Nothing could more strikingly typify be blessing of a recemented union than be a..tendance as a principal mourner f the commander of the last army gainst which GeneralSherman fought. t is the South's tribute to the man .ho, radical in war methods, was most enerous in his propos Li for terms of eace when the fate of the contest was ec'ded. It is as in evidence of the perfect per >rmance of that great task for liberty, ivilization and humanity that the gu re of Johns(on at the bier of Sher aan challenges admiring attention. It Sa token of the perpetuity of the nion of all the peoples and races con tituting the greatest and freest of all Le nations of the earth. Heaiy verdict Aaainst a RaiLroad. B'R.HNA.M, Ala, Feb. 20.-In the ase of R. E. 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