The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-04-13

tion Of tbs volume. An INSPECTION Of
it shows the fact that Wallace has
given his biographers a few facts in
his early life and his pedigree, and
has relied upon his biographers to
furnish the rest Of the material to fill
up the volume, which they have done
in a manner entirely creditable to A.
S. Wallace, but not at all so to them
selves; and they conclude the volume
with the statement that they hand to
the public in this neat and compact
form 'the life of a patriot, a states
man, Christian and a gentleman
"Now, that the laborer is worthy
of his hire, is proposition no one
will gainsay, not only because of the
eminent source from which it is de-
rived-the Bible, but also because OF
its evident justice; and that the hire
should be commensurate with the
risk is a proposition equally cogent,
though from a source less eminent; !;
so that, if the risk be slight, COM
pensation will be reasonable; if the
risk be great the compensation should
be extraordinary.
"Undsr the light Of these two
propositions, the Court would inquire,
what risk have these publishers in
Cured to entitle them to this appar-
emily enormous compensation? Now
the, same eminent authority, from
which I derived my first proposition,
|also suggests the pertinent inquiry
what shall it profit man if he should
gain the whole world and lose his
own soul? Now, in that aspect, these
publishers stand but a remote chance
Of recovering but very small
fragment Of the immense sphere
which we inhabit, yet, and when they
have spoken of this individual as a
patriot, a statesman, a Christian and
a gentleman, and have given that
statement to the public upon their
authority, they have put their souls
in eminent peril of utter damnation,
from which they can only hope to es-
cape by the benefcenee of God, the
plan of salvation and sterling re-
pentanee.
"The amornt now claimed is some
$4,000 odd hundred dollars, and at
the rate at which the interest is still
Increasing with the rapid flight Of
minutes, the probability is that, be-
fore the clerk can enter judgment
and bring the interest to seven per
cent under the statute regulating in
terest upon judgment, that the
amount reached will be quite $95,OOO,
and surely the learned counsel, Col.
Rion, who has conducted this cause
with more than his usual signal abil-
itv, will charge not less than $4,000
for his valuable services on this oc-
casion, and that will leave the sum
of $4,000, exclusive of costs to be
distributed among the plaintiffs, three
in number, and the result would be,
that for the paltry sum Of $4,000
each, three persons have been found
who are willing to imperil mortal
soul.
"The Court does not regard the
compensation extraordinary-indeed,
it is impossible to conceive Of a great
er risk, and as the execution Of the
note is admitted, no pretence of pay
ment is set up, and the computation
furnished by the learned counsel is
either correct, or no one lives within
the reach of the Court, who can cor
rect 1.-THE Court assumes its accur-
acy, overrules both Of the defences,
and directs the foreman Of the jury to
walk up to the clerks desk and enter
verdict for the amount claimed, and
it is so ordered.'
EXCLUSION RATES VIA