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^fie: (Sduertiser Snbaorlptloa P?-ice 12 Months, ?l.oo .A,.v.?. PAYABLE IN ADVANOit. W. W. BALL. EDITOB. Rates for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad TerttHerti?nt?, p?r squaro, ono Iiihoi Mon, 11.00; oaoh subsequent insertion, ?0 C?UtS. Liberal reduotton mado for largo Ad rertlaomenta. W.W.HALL, Proprietor. LAURBNS, S. C April??, 1808. Tho Situation. The war is on and tho campaign open. This Is tho shapo of coming ovents. Ouba may bo regarded as in vested and ours. There will bo no fighting at our sea-ports?heeauso thoy must surrendor, (the Bpanlads) for the want of supplies. U they give up thoir Western possessions, there Is nothing lofc them, hut to war upon our commence. If however they Tonturo Into Cuban waters with their armod vossels and beat us at sea thoy will be masters of tho situation and hold their Western possessions. It scorns to us that wo cannot land an army in Cuhu unless wo know that the seas aro ours our people would be prisoners and starving on the island. Should tho Spaniards hold to their shores, our ships would hunt them on tho coasts of Spain an.! blockade them thoro. A few days must develope tin. tactics. The Roys. Thoy are always brave ?but not always wise. They know enthusiasm thoy know not wisdom. The talk of war rushes the blood ?runs them wild. Friday night last the boys of the S. C. College with drums and shouts went in a body to tho Governor's Mansion In Columbia and substantially pledged their military service to their coun try. Qov. Bllorbe accepted the de monstration as a tender of their ser yices for the war. But College boy art not to light this war. Only men and full grown mon. Tho Governor is a younj m in himself and easily carried olT his feet; ho should have calmed the boys. Thoy are mere lads. Men in the world and ovor twenty-ono must tight it out for the honor of the flag. Men, and the older tho bettor if they aro to die. This is the law of the caso. Who "Hit tho Fit si Lick/" Both parties to the trouble niado an ofTort to place the responsibility upon tho others shoulders?Congross nnd tho President signed tho resolutions and doliverod tho ultimatum?Spain closod diplomatic relations, and it is war. When the Muse of history set ties tho point of right or wrong?but it won't matter. A Clear Non Sequltcr. First. You have behaved outrage ously and inhumanly in starving your people. Second. You blow up our vossol and k'lled our sailors, 200. Therefore, wo set your island frco. This 13 not a logical or honest conclu sion, From the premises the conclu sion should lead: We will avenge: Wo will sink your ships and take pos session of your island. Tho volunteer force will be called on to servo the country abroad if neces sary. Those with tho regular army, tho organized militia or poaco soldiers will bo tho "homo guard" and servo on our consts. As thoso will simply bo on a picnic and oyster stew, it is un derstood thoy m ly join the voluntocrs and have a chance for glory. Conditions and not a theory con front us in Cuba that have become un endurable. Are we to suffer it, or is it our privilege and duty to put a stop to it? The American people, 73 000,000 strong, loss a thousand non-combatants and torlos, have answered, and the commander in chief of tho army and navy dare not rofuso to obey.?Spar tanburg Herald. Yos, tho responsibility BCems mightily distributed. Not long since tho Jingo papers wore expecting the ontire bllln to speak at once. Senator Allen, of Nebraska dcolnr od that ho was quite satisfied that un dor tho present arrangement, tho is land of Cuba would pass into tho hands of "financial cormorants and financial buzzards unless the, United Htatos should at once take measures to protect the island and its people" That is to say, according to Mr. Al lon wo aro to save tho Cubans from Spanish rapacity, and then from our own. A Paradox. Gallantry demands that tiio Hag bo loyally sustained in all lands. But the Quoen Regont is a protty young widow and tho boy King only elovon. Two Wars. Tho war with tho Dons?tho war of the Kopuhllcuns and Democrats as to who shall handle, tho two thousand and odd millions in running the Govern ment from 1001 to 1005 inclusive. Senator Tillman In a reported talk to certain questions seems to suggost that tho suggested! of tho Prohibs may bo voted for in tho Democratic primaries and thoir votes counted. MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY. It is certainly gratifying to tho pub lic to know of ono concorn in the land who aro not afraid to bo generous to tho needy and suffering. Tho pro prietors of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and ('olds, have given away ten million trial hot ties of this great modlcino; and have tho satisfaction of knowing it has ab solutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarso ness and all dlsoasos of tho Thront, Oheft aad Lungs aro suroly cured by It. Cail on Pr. L. F. Posoy and get a trial jottle f ee, Regular 3izo 50 cents and $\ Every bottle guaranteed or prlco refunded. Quinine and other /e ver medicines take from 5 to 10 days to cure fever. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonj^ur^^CjNi: THE RESOLUTION. Washington, I). C, April 19.? The reeolutiouas finally agreed to is as follows: .Joint resolution?.Joint resolu tion for tho recognition of the in dopendeuce of the people of Culm, domanding Unit tho government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, und withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing tho Presi dent of tho United State to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these re soluions iuto effect* * Whereas, Tho abhorrent condi tions which have existed for more than three years in the is land of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of tie' Unitod States, have been a disgraco to < hrist ian civilization,culminating as thoy have iu the destruction of a United Statos battleship, with 200 of its ollieors and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havanna and cannot |< agor be endured, as has been set forth by the President of the I'nited States in his message to Congress of April II, 1898, upon which t lie ac tion of Congress, was invited, i liorofore Resolved 1st, That tho people of tho island of Cuba ate, und of right, ought to bo free and inde pendent. 2d, That it is the duty of I Ii" United States to demand, and tho government of the I'nited States does hereby demand, thai the gov ernment of Spain at once relin quish its authority anil govern ment in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters. ?d, That tho President of the United Slates be, and hereby is directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the I'nited States and to call into actual servioeof tho United States tho militia of the several States to such an extent as may be neeos* sarv to carry those resolutions in to olYeot. 1th, That tho I'nited States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sover eignty, jurisdiction or control over said island except for the pacification thereof and asserts its determination when t hat is accom plished to leave the governmout anil control of the island to its people. We are selling suits to-day for $T.sO to $8.50 that are worth ?f 10.00 to 12.00. Davis, Roper <fc Co. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day, VIGOReME Easily,Quickly, Permanently Restori MAGNETIC NERVINE antcetoCure Insomnia, Fits, Dizziness, Hysteria, Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality, Seminal Losses, KailhiK Memory?the result of Over-work, VVorry, Sickness, Brrors ol Youth or Over-indulgence, Price 60c. and $1 ; 6 boxes $6. For <|iiick, posit)veand lastineresults In Sexual Weakness, Impotcncy, Nervous Debility and Lo?t Vitality, use BLUE LABEL SPEOIAL~double Strength?Will give strength and tone to every part and effect a permanent cure. Cheapest and best, too Pills ft; by mail. ?W-^fc^Av.f> FREE;?A bottle of the famous Japanese Liver Pellets will be Keen with a f i box or more of Mag netic Nervine, free. Sold only by / Or B P. Posjy, Druggist, sale Agent, Lnurens, S. C. CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAR olinaRailway ( <>. "Augusta and Aslie villc Short Line." Schedule in effect February 18 th, 1808, Lv Augusta.!> 10 am 1 10 pin Ar Greenwood.12 17 pm . Lv Anderson. (! 10 am Ar Lnurens. .l 15 pm 7 00 am Greenville.:i oo pm io 30 am (? haul Springs. 105 pm . Spartanburg.:i <>o pm u 26 am Saluda.ft 83 pm . Hendersonville.... (? o.'! pm . Asltevilln.7 oo pm ..... .. Lv Asheville .8 2o am . Sparlanhurg.11 46 am i 3o pm Greenville.II 6o am 4 oo pm Laurons. l .'to pm 7 to pm A nderson. 7 oo nm . Greenwood.2 28 pm u 30 pm Ar Augusta.ft oo pm 11 loam Ar A ikon.(i Go nm Lv Greenville.11 fto am Ar Clinton. 2 lo pm No who try. '2 67 ja n Prosperity.:t 13 pm Columbia. .. i in pm Sunitor. 8 42 pm Lanes. 7 48 pm Lv Charleston.7 oo urn Lanes. 8 28 am ?Sumtcr.,. 086 ain Columbia. 11 00 am Prosperity. 11 68am N'ewberry. 12 10 pm Clinton. 12 60 pin A r Greenville. 8 on pm OlOSO connections at Crcenwood for all points on S. A. L. and C. AG. Kail way, and at Spartauhurg with South ern Railway. For information relative to tickets, rates, schedules, etc., address W. J. (IRAKI, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Cn. (?. 11. Speights,Gen, Agent,Green ville, s. c. T. Mi I'hnerson, Traffic Manager. Hood's Curo sick headache, bad opusx ? ? ? tasto in the mouth, coated HZjp ? I tonguo, gas In tho stomach, B I I I dUtrett and Indigestion. l?o ? ? ? not weaken, but have tonto effect. 26 cent*. > onlj tills to t*ko with Hood'* Sarsapaillla. Kdgollold Doctors at Harris Llthin. Edgeflold was represented at Harris Iulhia Springs lust week, on tho occasion ot tho annual moot ing of tlit* South Carolina Medical Association. I>y Drs. R W. P. Hut tor, J. (j. TompkIns and Robert Milvin Marsh, of our town, and Dr. D. Walter Oulss*, of Eliuwood. l)rs. Butter and Out/, i bavo long been members <>f t l;o Association. Drs. T/OlupkiD.8 and Marsh Joined it on this occasion. Our Edge-field men were delighted with Harris Lilbiu Springs;?her site, her wa ter, bcr management, her re sources, her amusements and her courteous otHcialS. Indeed so de lighted were they that they VOttd enthusiastically with all the rest ol tho South Carolina doctors to meet at Harris Eithia Springs again next summer. Dr. Mviu Marsh, who is young and hand some and lippy and giddy, declares that be must go back to Harris Lithia Springs later on, to row protty girls on the lovely lake, and to shoot the shoots from the heights above tbo lake down into the rippling waters. In these days, beyond all doubt, Harris Lithia springs is the bright particular star of South Carolina.?E-igofleld Chronicle. Thoro is more Catarrh in this section of tho country than all diseases put togothor, nnd un til the last years was supposed to bo incurable. For n groat many years doctors prououcod it :i local disease, and presoribodlocal reme dies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pro aouoed it incurable. Soieuoo has proven catarrh to bo a constitu tional disease, and therefore re flit ires constitutional treatment*-? Hall's Catarrh Curo,manufactured by K. J. Chouoy & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is tho only constitutional curo in tho market . It is taken internally in dose- .vom 10 drops to a teaspoonful. it . jts directly on the blood and mucous surfnoos of tho system. Thoy oiTor One Hundred for any case t lint it fails to cure. Scud for circulars and tost imonial*. Address, V. J. OHENEY, <fc 00., Toledo, O. t_jtf~ Sold by Druggists, 75c. Case of Poisoning Hood's Sursnpnrllln Drlvoo the Pol son from tho System, Quiots the Nervo?, Rellovos Dyspepsia and Catarrh. " While- In tho army I was poisoned in wardly with poison oak, and I did not got wall for 15 years. My blood bncamo bo affected that 1 was takon with a hack'ng cough, and I whs thought to bo going into ooiiBUiuptiou. I took tnauy different medioiu?8 without avail, and Hnidly ro aolTod to try Hood's Bar?aparillu. When I had finished taking tho Urst bottlo tho pimple? began to disappear from my body, and after 1 bud takon three bottles I waa well. I havo aluo Buffered with ca tarrh in the head and bavo beau taking Ilood's Sarnnpnrilla for thia trouble, und It helps me. In fact I take It for ali ail ments and believe It hna no equal bh a blood purifier. It quiets tho norvoB and gives refreshing Bleep. It has relieved mo of dyspepsia and built me up." J. I. HOLLIDAY, Willianiston, .South Carolina. Hood's Sarsaparilla la the best -In faol the One True Blood Purifier, Bold by all druggists, ^'i; six for $.r>. l IUUU ?i ills take,easy tooi>erato. 250. JAPANESE CURB A New und Complete Treatment, consisting ol ??1T< ?SIT? >Kli:s, Capsules ol Ointment and two Boxes of Ointment, A nevei -falllue cure for Piles of every nature ami degree. It makes an operation u ah the knife, which s painful, and often result* in death, unnecessary. Why endure this torrlbls disease 1 '>', pack a Written Guarantee In aaok $1 Box. No Cure, No Pay. soc.nn<l f i a boa, 6 for j.i. Sent by mail. Samples free OINTMENT, 25c and iiOo. PHNIsT I PAT ION Cured, Piles Prevonted, by CUINO I ITA I IUIN Japanese tlver Pellets.the great LIVliK ami STOMACH KKGULATORaad ill.OOl) I't'RII'IKR, Small, mild and pleasant t.,t.iki: especially adapted for children's OSS. SO doses J., C? Ills, FREE. A vial of these famous little Pellets WUl lie Kiveu willi a iji box or more of Pile Cure. II . I'lll ..I MINK 1'KKSII JAI'ANESB Pi LB Cuk k lot sale >>nl> by l>r. It. P. l'osoy, Druggist, sale A go tit, I.aureus, S. <'. Hood's Cure all liver Ills, bilious- sjsjfjkw ? ? ? ness, headache, soar stoin- Bf"Jp m I g^. Sob, Indigestion, constipa- I I V* tlou. Thoy acl easily, with- ? ? 1 ? *w out path or nri,ie. Suhl by all druggists, V*> oonts, Tho only Pills to lake with Ilood's .Stirtnparllln. fl Sii??le Fact OUT WEIGHS A ?m? aim get the facts about Creseeatfe, Imperials, ColxxinTDiSLS Victors and Waverlys. Drop us a postal and get cata logue and prices. S. M, & E. H. Wilkes>-& CO. Laurens, S. C, Mar. 14th, 1898. -For War, War! Not Uncle Sam's WAR, but tho War WO iin- making <>n Hard Times, and we are do- j torminod t<> win. We now have tho largest stock we have ever car ried, and notwithstanding tho tact that all woolen goods and leather goods have advanced considerably, we are proparod for it with a Mammoth stock with no advance. Clothing For all the Peoole : Good all-Wool Men's Suits, at $3.50. Good all-Wool Hoys' Suits, at 1.00. Voting Men's Business Suits,at 6.00. Good business Suits, at - - 5.00. Nobby Dress Suits, at - - - 7.50. Fine Dress Suit s, latest styles, 10.00 to $22.50. Good Knee Pants for Hoys, at 10 conts per pair. Good wool Knee Pants, for boys, at 25 conts. The largest assortment of Clothing for lllOli and boys in upper South Carolina. Wo ask every one to inspect our stock aud hoc for them selves. GENTS' FURNISHINGS! All tho up-to-datonovelties in Shirts?white Shirts, Neglige Shirts, Collars and Cull's. Everything new in Neckwear. The Shoe Store of Laurens, Loaded down with the best assortment of Shoos ever shown in our I city. We ask every man, woman and child in Laurens and Laurons I county to visit our Shoe store and take a look at our stock. All the late toes in shoes, all the new lasts in Tans, Vioi Kills, Dongolas, and Calf. The nobbiest line of Oxford Slippers for ladies and children on t he market. We are prepared to shoo tho people, and want you to come and see us and give us a few minutes aud we can convince you that we are prepared to knock out Hard Times in tho first round. Remember, we will take pleasure in showing you through our stock whet her you are ready to purchase or not, "Honest, goods at honest Prices and honest Dealing" is our motto. Wo will not be undersold by any house in tho State. Call and see for yourself, at Davis, Roper & Co.'s Famous Clothing) Hat und Big Shoo Store. ^aureus, S. C, March 14, 189$. THAT OUR Sprite Stock Is larger and ohoapor than ever. Our orders were placed before tho War Ciolids began to gather and will be sold at. the LOWEST prices pos sible. J. R. 31 inter & Son, Headquarters for Lowest Prices and Best Values. Groat reduction in price of l*Lenn springs Water at The Laurens Drug Co., Kennedy Bros., and Dr. B. JF. Posey's. $1.75 per case, bottles to be re turned. I3argains, Bargains! Our Stock of Dry Goods, Notion, Milli nery, Shoes, Clothing anl Furnishings is now complete. In every Department you can finj the Latest Designs and Styles, such as was never before seen in Laurens. You are cordially invited to call und inspect or Mammoth Stock. Laurens Cotton MillsStore KG. ML -(IIAVK OPENED IN) Spring Goods New black and colored wool goods; Silks in black and colors, all makes; White and colored lawns; Solid and fancy duck; A!i in Ivnnn liii? c a in brie, nain sook, swiss embroideries and in sertions RESPECTFULLY W. G. Wilson & Co. i