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THE ADVERTISER. Subscription Price--12 Months, $1.00 Parable in Advauce. fifties for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad vertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent Insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduction made tor large Advertisements. W. W. Ball, ProDflotor. LAURENS. S. 0*? April J , 1908. Tho Col ton Season Here. On the 15th or lastSeptembei a mass meeting was held In Laurens to con sider the condition of the local cotton market. Speoches wore mado and time was consumed and there was some cheering. A cammitt.ee was appointed. The appointment of committee by the way is usually a perfectly harmless amusement, Tho trouble win that tho number of cotton buyers was too small. It was 6ald that there wou'd bo only one buy er. Tho reason of this, so it appoared, was thnt he offered more than anybody else was willing to g'.vo for cotton. This was a terrible sta'o of affairs. No serious effort'was mado to induce- Mm to lower h's prices but the situation was none the less dis igreeable. It was olalmed at tho time that the cotton mills worj In a combination t:? buy cot ton cheap and tho evidence of it was that they wero offering more and try ing to buy it higher than others. The meeting was altogether successful, the othuslasm was abundant and tin com mittee or committees were appointed. We do not romomb r who composed tho committees. It was a'so claimed in the meeting that a gigantic world combination had been formed io keep the price of cotton down low. It was urged that all farm ors combine and push the prico up. We are Inclined to believe that this latter suggestion was adopted. We did not hear of the farmers' combine, nothing was said about, it in the p ?p?rs, but It Is a fact that the price of cotton rose steadily, with occasional drops, until It reached ten cents a pound In these parts. Thou It dropped to about nine and a half. Tho prices of cotton fluctuated dur ing the past season between 7.(55 and 10 cents, or hear'y 25 per cent, on this market. The world-wide combine to koep the prices down was composed of a set of fools. Having formed thecom bluc, it was ju-t as easy for thorn to hold tho prlco down to live cents as ten or eight. They didn't know their business ? those buyers of cotton on Wallstreet, In London, Liverpool,Lau rens and othor p'aces; that Is, unless they wero beaten by a combine of sell ers. Sometimos it does bcchi that whoa tho price of a Ihing varies as much as 25 cents on the dollar In one season a comhiuo has not been made. The price of cotton wes ten cents a pourd while the Texas and Mississippi farmers wore still picking It out of their fields. However, it may be said that the trusts held down tho price until a good deal of tho Laurens crop was disposed of. It Is a pleasant fact aft^r all that tho Lnurons market was maintained all tho time as about the best, in this state. Several buyers made purchases but ono buyer, the cott m trust buyer, bought most. On tho whole he paid most. This cotton mill trust may liave bought too cheap but It paid more than Wall strei t paid. On tho whole the cot ton buying trust dealt fairly well. Hav ing the whole situation in its grip, might it not havo bought the entire crop for five cents a pound? Novortheloss, cotton prices were too low this year. Cotton should havo brought at least 18 cents a pound. In deed, wo would favor u law that would hold tho prico at 25cts* a pound. 9 When cotton goes to 25 cts. a pound, we mean to raise the price of THE Ad VERTISER to four dollars a year. We give fair warning. When the price rose from 7.(55 to 10 cents this year, it was mighty hard for us not to r.iis ? tho prico of The Advertiser to a dol lar and a quarter but we fear that (here is a trust in exfstenco bent on buying the paper at a dol'ar and wo tre afraid to buck tho trust. *** Fighting Tho Tiger. In Charleston for once tho blind ti gers seem alarmed. Governor Hey , ward will not succeed in exterminating the tigers. Ho will not prevont large Illegal sales of whiskey. And yet he and his chief constable have amazed tho tigors by showing them that the effort to enforce the law is actually sin cere. It Is a novel experience to the tigers. Vincent Chicco naturally finds it difficult to raali/o that the dispen sary authorilies are opposed to the un lawful sale of whiskey. Never before has he dreamed of such a thing?and now he feels It. Whonovcr conditions justify intelli gent peoplo in believing that tho mon who run the dispensary, (not the go/ ornor) are In earnest to mako of it a reforming law, a public sentiment ?11 bo possible in Charleston in favor of the law's enforcement. If the great masses of tho people who are tho support of the dispensary could know the goings on in South Carolina, ? woll they can't know and they mustn't know, so why wrste words about it? V Beef Until*. ! Mr. C. R. Ball in his address here last week said that South Carolina could raise beof cattle as cheap as any ?? state in tho Union. That means that South Carolina enn raiso lug*, sheep, goats and other meat9. There is almost nothing, a few grali.s excepted, that South Carolina cannot produce on equal torms with any state, Here whore we livo is the riohest, most blessed country on the earth. In dustry and intelligence ope-ating to gether Will make any man Independent in this country. ? Talk about trusts? Tho meat tru6t, the coal trust, tho Lather trust and even tho oil trust are powerless to op press the South Carolina farmer. We can take care of our wood, ruhe our boef, tan our own loathor, make our own tallow. As for the fertilizer trust, as Mr. Ball pointed out, cattle ra'sing disposes of that effectually. WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER Or, The Lot? S Happening In of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, the King's Sister, and e Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth Rewritten ?Lad Rendered Into Modern Knr.li?') From Sir Edwin '.J'^ C*jkoden's Memoir By ED1JIN CASKODEN [CHA LLS MAJOR] # CopwrUjht, 1808 and 1901, by the Do)Ctn-Mcrri{l Company 4$ BS THE CASKODBNS. iWjfer* |E Cnskodens tnkc great pride lu our ancestry. Some per sons, I know, hold nil that to be totally un-Solomonllke nwl t!i<> height of vanity, but they ushully have no ancestors of whom to bo proud. Tho man who does not know who his groat-grandfathor wuh natu rally enough would not care what Ikj was. Tho ('uskodcns have prldo of an costry because they know both who and what. Wo have a right to bo proud, for there Is on unbroken male lino from William the Conqueror down to tho prcscut time. In this lineal list aro fourteen barons?tho tltlo lapsed when Charles I. fell?twelve Knights of tho Garter and forty-seven Knights of the Uath and other orders. A Cnskodeu distinguished himself by gallant serv ice under the great Norman und was given rich English lands nnd a fair Saxon bride, albeit an unwilling one, as his reward. With this fair, unwill ing Saxon brldo and her long plait of yellow b:\lr goes a very pretty, pathetic ptory, which I may tell you at some fu ture time if you take kindly to this. A Cnskodeu was seneschal to William Kufus and sat nt the rich, half bar baric buuquets in the first great hall. Still onother was one of the doughty barons who wrested from John the great ehnrter, England's declaration of Independence; another was high in tho councils of Henry V. I have omitted one whom I should not fall to men tion, Adjodlka Caskoden, who was a member of the dunce parliament of Henry IV., so called because there were no lawyers in it. It is true that in the time of Edward IV. a Cnskodeu did stoop to trade,, but It was trade of the most dignified, hon orable sort?ho was a goldsmith, nnd his guild, as you know, were the bank ers and International clenronco house for people, kings and nobles. Now, It has been tho custom of the Cnskodens for centuries to keep a rec ord of events us they have happened, both private and public. Some are in the form of diaries and journals, like those of Pepys and Evelyn; others In letters, like the Fastens'; others, again,in verse and song, like Chaucer's nnd the Water Poet's, and still others in the more pretentious form of memoir nnd chronicle. These records we always have kept Jealously within our family, thinking it vulgar, llko the Postons, to submit our private affairs to public gaze. There can, however, be no reason why those parts treating solely of outside ninttors should be so carefully guard ed, and I have determined to choose for publication such portions as do not di vulge family secrets or skeletons, and Which really redound to family honor. For this occasion I have selected from the memoir of my worthy ances tor nnd namesake, Sir Edwin Cnskodeu, grandson of tho goldsmith nnd master of the dance to Henry VIII., the story of Charles Brandon nnd Mary Tudor, sister to the king. This story is so well known to tho Student of English history that I fear Its repetition will lack that zest which attends the development of an unfore seen denouement, but it Is of so great interest and is so full in its sweet, fierce manifestation of the one thing insolu ble by time?love?that I will neverthe less rewrite It from old Sir Edwin's memoir. BD CHAPTER I. THE DUEL. |T sometimes happens, Sir Ed win says, that when a woman will she won't, nnd when she won't she will, but usually in the end the adage holds good. Thnt sentence may not bo lumiiioua with meaning, but I will give you an illus tration. I think It was in the spring of 1509? at any rate, soon after the death of tho Modern Solomon, ns Queen Catherine eallcd her old father-in-law, tho lato King Henry VII.?that his august maj esty Henry VIII., "the vndubitntc flow er and very Ileire of both the sayd Lin ages," came to the throne of England nnd tendered me the honorable position of muster of the dance nt his sumptu ous court. As to "worldly goods." as some of tho new religionists call wealth, I was very comfortably off, having Inherited from my father, one of tho counselors of Henry VII., a very competent for tune indeed. How my worthy father contrived to save from the greedy hand of thnt rich old mlse- so groat a fortune I um suro I cnr iot ioll. He was the only man of ay knowledgo who did It, for tho old Ling had a reach as long ns tho kingdom, and, upon one pretext or another, appropriated to himself everything on which ho could lay Iiis hands. My father, however, was himself pretty shrewd in money mutters, having inherited along wIQd his fortune n rare knack at keeping it. His father wns a goldsmith in the time of King Edward and enjoyed tho mark ed favor of that puissant prince. Being thus in a position of affluence, I cared nothing for the fact that little or no emolument went with the office. It was the honor which delighted me. Besides, I was thereby an Inmate of the king's pnlnce and brought into in tiinnto relations with tbo^court, and, abovo all, with the finest ladles of the land?the best company a man can keep, since it ennobles his mind with better thoughts, purliles his heart with cleaner motives and makes him gentle without detracting from his strength. It was an ofllco any lord of the king dom might have boon proud to hold. Now, some four or five years after my IndiieMon into this honorable office there came to court news of a terrible duel fought down In Suffolk, out of which only ono of tho four combatants had come alive- two, rather, but ono of thein in a condition worse than death. The first survivor was a son of Sir William Brandon, nnd the second was n man called Sir Adam Judson. The story went that young Brandon and his elder brother, Both just home from tho continental wars, had met Judson at an Ipswich inn, whero there had been considerable gambling among them. Judson bad won from the brothers a largo Bum of money which they had brought home, for, notwithstanding their youth, the elder being bnt twen ty-six nnd the younger about twenty four years of age, they had gained great honor and considerable profit In wurs, especially the youcgor, whoso name "-ns Charles. It ir a little hard to fight for money i> "??- nT< t?r ty.- 1?^ 1?. niul thou to lose It by n slnglelBpot up on the lib', hut BUCh Is the fate of him who plays, end a philosopher will swal low bis ill luck and take to lighting for more. The Brandons could have done this easily enough, especially Charles, who was an offhand philosopher, rather fond of a iro<*l humored light, had It not been that In the course of play one evening the secret of Jnelson's winning had been disclosed by a ellscovery that he cheated. The Hrandons waited un til they were sure, und then trouble began, -which resulted In a duel on tho second morning following. This Judsou was a Scotch gentleman of whom very little was known except that he was counted the most deatlly and most cruel duelist of the time. He was called the "Walking Death," and It Is said he took pride In the appella tion. He boasted that he had fought eighty-seven duels, in which ho huel killed seventy-live men, and It was con sidered certain death to meet him. I got the story of tho duel afterward from Brandon as I give it here. John was the elder brother and wheu the challenge came was entitled to tight llrst, a birthright out of which Charles tried in vain to talk him. The broth ers told their father, Sir William Bran don, and at the appointed time father and sons repaired to the place of meet ing, where they fouml Judsou and his two seconds ready for the tight. Sir William was still a vigorous man, with few equals in sword play, and the bous, especially the younger, were bet ter men and more skillful than their fa ther had ever been, yet they felt that this duel meant certain death, so great was JudSOll's fame for skill and cruel ty. Notwithstanding they were bo hnnd lcnppcd with this feeling of impending evil, they met their duty without a tremor, for the motto of their house was "Male Morl Quam Fedral." It was a misty morning in March. Brandon lias told me since that when his elder brother took his stand it was at onco'manifest that he was .Tudsou's superior both in strength and skill, but after a few strokes the brother's blade bent double and broke off short at tho hilt when It should have gone homo. Thereupon Judsou, with a malignant Binlle of triumph, deliberately selected his opponent's heart and pierced it with bis sword, giving the blade a twist as he drew It out in order to cut and muti late tho more. In an Instant Sir William's doublet was off, anel he was in his deatl son's tracks, ready to avenge him or to die. "Fight, you bloodJioundl" Again the thrust which should havo killed broke tho sword, and the father died as the son had elted. After this came young Charles, ox pecting, but bo great wub his strong heart, not ono whit fearing, to lie be Bldo his dead father and brother. He knew ho was tho superior of both in strength and skill, and his knowledgo of men and the noble art told him they had each been the superior of Judsou, but the fellow's hand seemed to be the hand of death. An opening came through Judsou's unskillful play which gave young Brandon an opportunity for a thrust to kill, but bis blade, like his father's and his brother's, bent doublo without penetrating. Unlike the others, howover, it did not break, and the thrust revealeel the fact that Judsou's skill as n duelist lay in a shirt of mail which it was useless to try to pierce. . Aware of this, Brandon knew that victory was his and that soon he would have avenged the mur ders that had gone before. He saw that his adversary was strong neither in wind nor nrm and had not the skill to ponotrate his guard in n week'b try ing, so lie determined to fight on tho defensivo until Judsou's strength should, wane, and then kill him when and how lie chose. After a time Judson began to breathe hard anel his thrusts to lack force. "Boy, I would spare you," lie said. "I havo killed enough of your tribe. Put up your sword and call it quits," Young Brandon replied: "Stand yonr grouuel, you coward. You will bo a deael man as soon as you grow a little wenker. If you try to run, I will thrust you through the neck as I would n cur. Listen how you snort. I shall soon have you. You nre almost gone. You would spare me, would you? I could preach a sermon or dance a hornplpo while I am killing you. I will not break my sword against your coat of mail, but will wait until you fall from weakness, and then? Fight, you bloodhound!" Judson was pale from exhaustion, and his breath waa coming In gasps as he tried to keep tho merciless sword from his throat. At last, by a dexterous twist of his blade, Brandon sent Jud son's sworel flying thirty feet nwsy. Tho fellow started to run, but turned and fell upon IiIb knees to beg for life. Brandon's reply was a flashing circle of Btcel, and his aword point cut length Wise through Judsou's eyes and the bridge of ills nose, leaving him sightless and hldcouB for life?a revenge com pared to which death would have been merciful. Tho duel created a sensation through out the kingdom, for, although little was known as to who Judson was, his fame as a duelist was as broad as the land. Ho had been nt court upon seV' oral occasions, and at one time, upon the king's birthday, had fought in the royal lists. So tho matter came in for its share of consideration by king and courtiers, and young Brandon became a person of interest. He became still more so when some gentlemen who had Served with him in the continental wars told the court of bis daring and brav ery and related stories of doftdjjitajrmt worthy of tho best knight in Chrlsteu doui. Ho hnd an uncle at the court. Sir Thoiuns Brandou, the king's master of horse, who thought It a good opportuni ty to put his nephew forward and let him take his chance nt winning roynl favor. The uncle broached the subject to the king, with favorable lsbue, and Charles Brandon, led by the hand of fate, came to London court, where that same fate hnd in keeping for him events such as seldom fall to tlte lot of man. CHAPTER II. HOW BRANDON CAME TO COUBT. Ill EN we learned that Brandon was coming to court, every one believed he would k<m>u | gain the king's favor. How much that would nmount to none could tell, as the king's favorites wero of many sorts and taken from all condi tions of men. There was Master Wol sey, a butcher's son, whom he had first made almoner, then chief counselor and bishop of Lincoln, soon to be bishop of York and cardinal of {lie holy Roman church. From the other extreme of life came young Thomas, I.ord Howard, heir to the Earl of Surrey, nnd my Lord of Buckingham, premier peer of tho realm. Then sometimes would the king tnke a yeoman of the guard and make him his companion In Jousts nnd tourna ments solely because of Ills brawn nud bone. There were others whom he kept close by him in the palace be cnuse of their wit and the entertain ment they furnished, of which class was I. nnd, I flatter myself, no menu mom bor. To begin with, being in no way de pendent on the king for money, I never drew a farthing from tho roynl treas ury. This, you may be sure, did me no harm, for, although tho king sometimes delighted to give, he always hated to pay. There were other good reasons, too, why I should be a favorite with the king. My appointment ns master of the dance, I am sure, wns owing entirely to my manner. My brother, tho baron, who stood high with the king, was not friendly toward me because my father hud seen lit to bequenth mo so good a competency in place of giving it all to the flrstborn nnd leaving me dependeut upon the tender mercies of an elder brother. So I had no help from him nor from any one else. I was qulto small of stature nnd therefore unable to compete with lance nnd mace with bulkier men, but I would bet with any man, of any size, on any gamo, nt any place and time, in any amount, nnd, if I do say it, who perhaps should not, I bnsked in the light of many n fair smile which larger men had sighed for in vain. I did not know when Brandon first cnino to London. We had all remained at Greenwich while the king went up to Westminster to waste his time with matters of state nnd quarrel with the parliament, then sitting, over the amount of certain subsidies. Mary, the king's sister, then some eighteen or nineteen years of age, a perfect bud. Just blossoming into a per fect flower, had gone over to Windsor on a visit to her elder sister, Margaret of Scotland, nnd the palace wus dull enough. Brandon, It seems, hnd been presented to Henry during tills time nt Westminster nnd hod, to some extent at least, become a favorite before I met him. The first time I snw him wns nt a Joust given by the king at West minster In celebration of the fact that he had coaxed a good round subsidy out of parliament. The queen and her ladles hnd been in vited over, and it was known that Ma ry would be down from Windsor and come home with the king nnd the court to Greenwich when we should return. So we nil went over to Westminster the night before the Jousts nnd were up bright and early next morning to eee nil that was to be seen. [Here the editor sees flt to RjbStitUtO a description of tills tournament taken from tho quaint old chronicler Hall.] The morow boy ok after dynner, nt tyme romieiienlt'iit, the Queue with her I .tut yes repaired to hoc the Iunto?, the trompettes brew vp, nnd In came many n noble man and Gentletna, rychely nppc&retlcd, tak ynge vp thlr horses, nftor whome folowed ccrtayno lordos apparelled, thoy and thlr horsea. In clotti of (Soldo and rvinsct and tynnell; Knyghtcs In eloth of Oolde, and russet Vcluet. And n grento nomber of Gentlemen on fote. In rusBet sntyn and i'alow, nnd yotnon In russet Dnmaske nnd yenlow, nil the nether parte of euery mans honen Rknrlet, nnd yenlow cappen. Then eumo the kyngc vnder a Pnulllon of goldc, and purpul Voluet embroi>dered, the oompnss of the Pnulllon about, nnd valenced with a flat, gold beaten In wyre, with nn Imperial! eroune In the top, of fyne Oolde. his bases and trnpper of cloth of Oolde. fretted with Damask Oolde, the trapper pednnt to the tall. A crane nnd chafron of stolo. In the front of the chnfro was a goodly plume net full of musers or trlmbllng spangles of gotde. After fel owed hl8 three aydes, euery of thorn vnder a Pnulllon of Orymosyn Dnmaske A pur ple. The nomber of Ocntlemcn and yomen a fote, nppnrelled in russet and yenlow was clxvlll. Then next these paulllons enmo xli ehyldren of honor, sitting euery one of them on a grcnte courser, rychely trnpped, und emhroudered In seueratl deulRCH nnd factona, where Incked neither brouderle nor goldsmythes work, so that euery chyld and horse In deulce and fnsclon was contrary to the other, which was goodly to beholde. Then on the counter parte, entered a Straungor, fyrst on horscbacke In a long robe of RuHset satyno, like a recluse or a religious, and hin horse trapped In tho same sowte, without dromme or noyse of mynstrelsye, puttlnge n byll of petlclon to tho Quene, the effect whereof was, that If It would please her to license hym to runne In her presence, he would do It gladly, nnd If not, then he would departe on ho came. After his request was grauntcd, then he put off hys sayd habyte and was armed nt all peces with ryohe bases & horse, also rychely trapped, and eo did runne his horse to the tylte end, where dlcurs men on fote apparelled In Russet sntyn awaited on him. Thereupon the Heraulds cryed an Oyesl and the grownd shoke with the trompe of rush* ynge stedes. Wonder It were to write of tho dedes of Armes which that day toke place, where a man might haue seen many a horso rnysed on hlghe with galop, turne and stoppe, maruaylous to behold. C.xlv staves were broke and the kynge being lusty, he and the atraunger toke the prices. When tho queen had given tho stran ger permission to run, and as he moved a way, there was a great clapping of hands and waving of trophies among tho ladles, for ho was of such noble mien and comely faco ns to attract tho gaze of every ono away from oven the glittering person of his majesty the king. His hair, worn in its natural length, fell In brown curls back from his fore head almost to tho shouldor, A stylo Just then new, oven in Prance, Uls eyes wero a deep blue, and bis com plexion, though browned by exposure, held n tinge qf beauty which the sun could not mar and a girl might envy. He woro neither mustnchlo nor beard, as men now disfigure their faces? since Francis I. took a scar on his chin ?nnd bis clear cut profile, dilating nostrils nnd mobile though firm set mouth gave pleasing assurance of tenderness, gentleness, daring and strength. I wns standing near the queen, who called to me, "Who is the handsome stranger thnt so gracefully asked our license to mil?" "I cannot Inform your majesty. X never snw him until now. He la the goodliest knight I have ever beheld." "That he is," replied the queen, "and we should like very much to know h)m, - ? Vi? Should we not, ladie?Y' There Was a chorus of assent from a do#en Voices, and I promised, after the running, to learn all about bim and report. It was at this point the heralds cried their "Oyez!" and our conversation was at an end for tho time. As to height, tlto stranger was fall six feet, with- ample evidence of mus cle, though no great bulk. Be was grace itself, and tho king afterward ?aid lie had never seen such strength of arm and skill lu the uso of the lance ?a sure harbinger of favor, If not of fortune, for tho possessor. After the Jousting the Princess Mary asked me if I could yet give her an ac count of the stranger, and as I could not she went to tho king. I hoard her inquire: "Who was your companion, brother?" "That is a secret, sister. You will find out soon enough and will be falling in love with him, no doubt. I have ul ways looked upon you as full of trou ble for me In that respect. You will not so much as glance at any one I choose for you, but, I suppose, would be ready enough with your smiles for some one I should not want." "Is the stranger one whom you would not want?" nskjed Mnry, with a dim pling Binlle and a flash of her brown eyes. "He meet certnlnly 1b," returned the king. "Then I will fall In love with him nt once. In fact, I don't know but 1 havo already." "Oh, I have no doubt of that. If I wanted htm, he might be Apollo him self, and you would have none of him." King Henry had been compelled to re fuse several very advantageous alli ances because this fair, coaxing, self willed sister would not coneont to be a part of ti>o moving consideration. "But can you not tell mo who he is and what his degree?" went on Mary in a bantering tone. "He has no degree. Ho is n plain, un tftled soldier, not even a knight?that is, not an English knight. I think be has a German or Spanish order of bouic sort," "Not a duke, not nn earl, not oven a baron or knight? Now ho has become Interesting." "Yes, I suppose 6o. But don't bother me"#s;<r. i. "Will he bo at the'dance and bouquet tonight?" "No! No! Now I must go. Don't bother me, I say I" And the king moved away. That night we had a grand banquet and dance at Westminster, nnd the next day we all, excepting Lady Mary, went back to Greenwich by iKMt) pay ing a farthing a head for our fare. This was Just after the low fixing the iwat fare, and tho watermen were n quarrel ing lot, you may Im? sure. One farthing from Westminster to Greenwich! Eight miles. No wonder they were angry! The next day I wont back to London on an errand and over to Wolsey's houso to borrow a book. While tlicre Master Cavendish, Wolsoy'S secretary, present ed me to the handsome stranger, nnd he proved to be no other than Charles Brandon, who had fought the terrible duel down in Suffolk. I could hardly believe that ho mild mannered und boy ish n person could have taken the lead ing part in such a tragedy. But with all his gentleness there was an underly ing dash of cool daring which intimated plainly enough that be was not all mild ness. We became friends nt once, drown to gether by that subtle human quality which makes one nature fit Into anoth er, resulting in friendship between men and love between men nnd women. We soon found that wo had many tastes in common, chief among which wns the strongest of all congenial bonds?tho love of books. lit fact, we had come to know each other through our common love of reading, for he also had gone to Master Cavendish, who had a fine libra ry, to borrow some volumes to take with him down to Greenwich. Brandon Informed me he was to go to Greenwich that day; so WO determin ed to Bee n little of London, which was new to him, and then take l>oat in time to be at the palace before dark. That evening, upon arriving at Green wich, we hunted up Brandon's uncle, the master of horse, who invited bis nephew to stay with him for the night. Ho refused, however, and accepted nn invitation to take a bed In my room. The next day Brandon was installed as one of the captains of the king's guard, under his uncle, but with nq particular duties except BUCb as should be assigned him from tlmo to time. Ho was offered n good room on one of the lower floors, but naked Instead to be lodged In the nttlc next to me. So we arranged that each had a room opening into a third that served us alike for drawing room and armory. Here we Bat and talked, and now and then ono would read aloud Boine favor ite passngo while the other kept his own place with finger between the leaves. Here we discussed everything from court scandal to religion, and set tled, to our own satisfaction nt least, many a great problem with which the foolish world Is sjlll wrestling. We told each other nil our Hccrets, too, for oil the world like o pair of girls. Brandon told 1110 of his hopes and aspl rations, chief among which was his de sire to earn nnd save enough money to pay the debt against his father's es tate, which ho had turned over to hl? younger brother nnd Hlstcm. He. ns tho eldest, could hove taken It all, for his father had died without a will, but ho said i lu re was not enough to divide, bo be had given it to them and hoped to leave it clear of debt; then for now Spain, glory nnd fortune, conquest and yellow gold! Ho had rend of the voy ages of the great Columbus, the Cnbots nnd a host of others, nnd the future was as rosy ns a Cornish girl's cheek. Fortune held up her Hps to him, but~ there's often a sting in a kiss. I to br ooirriNtmn.] TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. AlldiugglBts refund the money If it falls to cur??. E. W. Grove's slg nature is on each box. 26o. Why Pay as Much for an inferior beer ? Schb'tz beer costs twice what common beer costs in the brewing. One-half pays for the product; the other half for its purity. One-half is spent in cleanliness, in filtering even the air that touches it, in filtering the beer, in ster ilizing every bottle. And it pays the cost of aging the beer for months before we deliver it. If you ask for Schlitz you get purity and age, you pay no more than beer costs without them. Ask for the Brewery Bottling. I-"or sain nt aii dispensaries In the State, iu quart and pint bottles. J. N. LEAK, Auctioneer, Offers his services to the peo ple ofLaurens County. Address : GkAY Court, S. C. A NEW LAW FIRM! The undersigned have this day en tered into a partnership for tbo practice of law in the Courts of this State, under the name of Simpson & Cooper and will promptly attend to all business en trusted to thom. H. Y.Simpson, R A. ("oopeh. ~ Dr. W, H. DIAL. No. 110 W. Main St. Special Attention (Jiveit Women and Children* Oftice hours in the city from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. 'Rhone ? Residence No. 44 OHlco No. 89. MONEY TO LOAN On Improved farms. Long time. Easy payments. Small cost. No com mission. Apply to C. D. Barksdale, Atty , Laurens, S. C. June 24th, 1002?3m. MRS. L. S. ADAMS, Of Gnlvettton, Texiw. "Wine of Cardui is Indeed a blessing to tired women. Having suffered for seven years with weakness and beer Ing-down pains, and having tried sev eral doctors and di'fcrent remedies with no success, your Wine of Cardui was the only thing which helped me, and eventually cured me It seemed to build up (he weak parts, strengthen the system and correct Irregularities." Ily "tired women" Mrs. Adams means nervous women who have disordered menses, falling of the womb, ovarian troubles or any of these ailments that women have. You can euro yourself athome with this groat women's remedy, Wino of Cardui. Wine of Cardui has cured thousands of cases which doctors have failed to benefit. Why not begin to get well today? All druggists have $1.00 bottles. For any stomach, liver or bowel disor der Thedford's Mack-Draught should he used. Korndvlrcaml |ltomtnre,A(1ilreM, Rlvlnt; yinptomt. The IjuIIoh' Ailvlwry lirpart ni.?hi. Tlio Clmttnnoottn Chattanooga, Tonn. Moilklno en., WINE<"CARDUI THE KYLE hay Press Farmers take caro of what you make. There Is as much in saving as tbero 16 in making, and if you balo your hay, fodder, oats, shucks etc., at tbo proper tlmo you not only eavo room and time, but you f avo 33 por cent of the nutri olous matter that evaporates when L is not baled. Tho Kyle Hay Press fills a lone felt want with farmers. It is tho best yet made, Tho opinion seems to be unanimous that the KYLE HAY FRKSS Is unexcelled by any press on tho market. It Is going to the front, already a groat number of them have been sold, you only need to try It to bo pleased. It is easy oper ated by 2 mon and 1 horse. It Is cheap, durable, simplo in construction and oasily mounted. It Is the only pross that can be mado or ropalrod on the farm, it has no casting to break and cause long delay. No other press has thla advantage It Is the only press that tho farmer oan afford to buy, it Bays for itso f out of the first crop, ?very farmer oan own his own press, and bale his hay at the proper time. A. L HUDOENS, t Laurons, S. C. Loans on Kcal Estate For a series of years at 8 per cent; straight Interest; negotiated. Rasis, what land is assessed for taxation.? Call on? Ferguson A Fkatherstonk. -HI''il,^Wil''ffPll;;""'"'''':-'''11 1 " _i v? ;,ri.lvi,u,i,!uuJJL.i?r ? - ?? ? AVe?clable PreparationforAs similating theFoodandltcgula - ting ?\c Stomachs and Dowels of lNJr AN I S St HlLDKhN Promotes Digestion.Cheerfur nessandRest.Conlains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. Not Narc otic . /Mctpe arOM?rSAMUELPiTCtlKR i^mtfJan Send-* .11 x Sou in * IUK,IU Sells Ani#r Srrtl < ClfiK$d Suanr mm rtaror. Aperfecl Remedy forConslipa lion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Fcverish ness and Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature or NEW YORK. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought irty Years THE CCHTAUn COMPANY. NIW YORK CITV Spring Opening! X We beg to announce our Opening Display of Fashionable flillinery for 1 Thursday April 2nd, 1903. We will also show a handsome line of Dress ' Goods and Trimmings , Embroideries, I Laces, White Goods and all "the Novelties of the Season. city and county to be present. Respectfully, al Corner. THE HUB N?lal Corner. THE HUB. ?| <&2&2BBBB>>^ pOR ^-a^^^^> Fertilizing Grain .TOP COATING ta/Thero's nothing like KITRATE or SODA . Any good Farmer will tell you so. WE HAVE 1T!| We also have, for sowing, these grains: Beardless Barley, Amber and Orange Cane Seed, German Millet, Red Clover, Lucerne and all Garden Seeds?Fresh and Reliable?Best Varieties. KENNEDY BROS New Spring Styles From the dark sombre shades of Winter colorings the eye is refreshed again by the bright tints for Spring wear. All-wool Albatross in delicate Shades fo= Waistings; Sickoline Zephyr, this is a mer= cerized finished fabric of rare brilliancy for inr expensive goods, market value 20 cts., yours at 15 cents; We open another weave which resembles a wooi Albatross, the price only 10 cents per yard. Many other new aud exclusive designs in wash Goods. We show a specialty in a yard-widelilack Taffeta Silk?every fibre fine silk?see it and hear the price. Small White Checked Dimities are scarce but we oiler a 15 cents grade at \ i\ cents. There are Miscellaneous quotations. Every Dc- { parlment has something in it for you. Another Article and we will give you a resl, we have refcr/nce to several numbers in nice Sheer White Linon : We placer' our order last year for these goods shipped March ist, 19(13, sin<e then the price has steadily advanced. We will offer it at the s>me old price and when sold no such value can be secured again .his sea son. Inspection and comparison solicited. Respectfully, W. Q. WILSON & CO i