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TEfi ADVERTISER. Subscription Prlce-ia Months, $1.00 Pavabl in Advance. Bates for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad vertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 60 cents. Liboral reduction made for large Advertise-uents. rY. W. Ball,, Proprietor. LAU KENS, S. C, Ju-y lyoa* Tlie Tilluian Caso. Judge Townsond doubtless acted con scientiously when ho granted the motion for a chango of venuo in the Tillnian caso just as did Justice Pope when he refused to grant the prlsonor bail. Most people concede that the po'loy of the Columbia State since tho killing of Mr. Gonzales has been remarkable for its forbearance. If evor in the his tory of journalism a nowspapor, placed In the most trying circumstances con ceivable, behaved with fairness and moderation, lhat papor Is the Columbia State. Tho attornoys for the dofeneo by their own affidavits and thoso which they presented took the position that practically tho whole elty of Columbia and county of Rlohland had formed the opinion that J. H.Tillman deliberately assassinated N. G. Gon/.ales. Tho at torneys know what they were doing, they wero desperately struggling to savo their client's imperilled life, but it was an awful prlco that they paid for the chango of vonuo. To admit that substantially the whole population of a city of of 36,000 people and of tho county as well (in which ten months before their client had received next to the largest vote for governor), ex cepting a part of the population not ^qualified to servo on a jury, had come to one mind that the prisoner was guilty, was astonishing. To admit that the clergy and other leadors of thooght and sentiment had, almost to a man, so agreed was to place upon their client's name a stain which not a thousand ver dicts of jurlos can wipe out. Tlll man may he acquitted. Ills friends and spokesmen have confessed that tho vast majority of tho people of South Caro lina's capital city and county aro so convinced of his guilt that their judg ments cau not be affected by ovidence to tho contrary. Supposing that the people of Columbia aro sane and of averago honesty and vlrtuo, it is a marvel of astounding mystery that tho state of mind ascribed to them by tho aOidavils for tho defence In this case could have been induced. We do not bollovo that the vast majority of the peoplo of Laurens could be influenced by any conspiracy of newspapers and preachors imaginable to resolvo in ad vance upon tho guilt of the humblest negro criminal, ?unless, Indepd, that guilt s'.ood out Ina bald, unrelieved and unmitigated hideousness that it Self roused their senso of justice to uncontrollable frenzy. It seems to us that tho caso of tho State against Tillman is ono of uncom mon simplicity. Had tho prisoner rea son to believe his life in danger when he shot N. G. Gonzales? Solf-defense Is the prisoner's only plea. That ques tion therefore, and that alono will tho jurors on their oaths be required to an swer. What the dead editor had said about the prisoner in his paper has nothing to do with the caso. Had Mr. Con/ales shot and killed every public man and nowspaper man whobittorlv denounced and traduced him, he would havo him self faced a hundred juries for a hun dred murders during his brief editorial career. * # ? Chaucc lor a College. The Episcopal Church contemplates tho establishment of a college for girls in this stale The city of Greenville is considering tho advisability of offer ing inducements for its location. The Episcopalians have no college in South Carolina. Whorever the school may be placed, it will havo tho undivided support of the South Carc lica dloce>e. While the membership of the Church is relatively small in numbers, it is strong in means and In fluence. In the city of Charleston, for example, It is much tho strongest k^Church, after the Roman Catholic. ^There are strong churches in Colum bia and in many of the towns. Almost certainly the college will be built in the up-country. On account of tho existence of girls' colleges in the larger towns of Spartanburg and Green ville, towns of tho size of Lauryns will havo belter chances of securing it If they desire it. It Is altogether probablo that Lau I rens if it can aecuro the college at all, can seeuro It with an offer of monoy far less than Laurens offered for the Methodist College last year. If business mon of Laurens should think it wise to ask for tho establish | ment of this colloge here, it would bo I well to begin investigating tho matter. . The college, whorever It may he built, will from tho first attract 75 or 100 boarding pupils, largely from such ; towns as Charleston, Columbia, Alken, I Sumter,Spartanburg and Greenville. It I will bo zealously supported by the .' Episcopalians and will bo mado a strong and progressive institution, I Remembering that most of the churoh I es have now moro than ono school in the stato, it is probable that tho Epis copal school will be as valuable to a \ town, from a business point of view, as ( any of the church schools for girls. *#* . Some of our nowspapers are disposed I to attach undue importance to the pas ? (donate outburst of Ex-Judge Buchanan , In the Tillman hearing. Mr. Buchanan I is a man of rather intense tempera ment. Ho is tho brother-in-law of the defendant. That he should have given Iaway to his over-wrought feelings is un fortunate but might havo beon ex i' pooted. Mr. Buchanan has many Hunds who sympathize with him in ^Ha severely trying position that he occupies in the Tillman case. Yonr Uuosts Will Praise It. f Why not try a sack of Bransford's ?Clifton?" You will nover know how food it is until you try it.Your neighbor ndf It the best flour in the market and pour home people as well as your i will praise jour bread and pas >ry if made of "Clifton" flour. T. N.Barksdale, |'s M. H. Fowler. Attend tbe Institute. Every farmer who attends the Farm ers' Institute to be held In Gray Court and listens to the speakers will learn something that will put dollars in his pockets. Never in tho history of South Carolina has the outlook for farming as a business seemed so bright. Cotton is high and tho indications are that it will continue high,?at nine, ten or eleven cent8;--Ior a Foason or so at ali eveute. For the first time in the history of this state tho farmers have a large and Increasing home market for all food studs, including live stock and poul try. Everything that tbe farmers can produco Is bringing good prices and there is little that the Laurens farmers cannot produce. The farmers will have tho opportunity at Gray-Court to hear trained niuu impart the beat practical info: ination availablo on farm topics. Tho farmer who Is alert and active to his interests will try to learn all that H olTorod. Many farmer*, morchants, newspa per mon and lawyers will fall no mat ter how good tho times may be but the time has como in Laurens county when any thrifty farmer who suffers no pe culiar and especial misfortune ought to succeed. Many are succeeding?if one or a dozen, why not others? *#* A Question. A few years ago, in the town of Ma rion in this state, a distinguished pol itician publicly charged on the stump that J. C. Hemphill, odltor of the Charleston News and Courier; N. G. Uouzalcs, editor of tho Columbia State, and A. 13. Williamr, editor of the Grconvillo News were In the pay of the Whiskey Trust, had been bribed, to opposo tho dispensary law. No evi dence was presented by the speaker and no attempt was made to prove the charge. No moro damaging charge could have bcon made against tho per sonal integrity of those editoi i. The chargo was never withdrawn. Suppose that Editor Hemphill, for example, had procured a pistol a few months later and shot to death the man who uttered the s'andor, finding him un armed, should he havo beon punished? We shall not answer the question >ut we should like the readers of Tnu ad VEHTI8ER toponrlsrlt. I NEWS OF THE WOHLD. I II % In Henderson county, N. C, George Burroll last weok shot and killed his daughter-in-law and severely wounded her ten year old daughter because she refused to do some work for him. George Oa'es, a prominent railroad man, blew his brains out in Brunswick, Ga., last week. Two Charleston Democrats were tried last week for alleged frauds in the primary election and mistrials re sulted in both cases. A statuo to General Joe Hookor whom Jockson whipped outof his boots at Chanoellorsvillo was unveiled in Boston last week. It is stated that Ex-Senator McLau rin has recovered about $25,000. of the money that he recently lost in a rail road deal but is still $30,000 in the hole. BRUTALLY TORTURED. A case camo to light that for per sistent and unmerciful torturo has per haps never been equaled. Joe Golo blck of Colusa, Calif, writes. "For 15 vcars I endured insufferable pain from Rheumatism and nothing relieved me through 1 tried everything known. I camo across Electric Bitters and it's the greatest medicine on earth forthat trouble. A few bottles of it completely rolieved and cured me." Just as good for Liver and Kidney troublos and general debility. Only 50 cents. Sat isfaction guaranteed by Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. See our special 25 per cent, discount on our ladies' street hats. All must go. Davis, Roper & Co. KALOLA CRYSTALIZED MINERAL, WATER I li II a in ma lion's Greatest Enemy. KALOLA~ removes all inflammation wherevor it exists but never disturbs the healthy surface. KALOLA cures by removing the causo of disease. KALOLA can bo used internally, externally and eternally without harm. "Take Kalola six days and eat any thing you want. Numerous testimo nials rccolved dally from people who havo been cured by this wonderful remodv. On sale at Drug Stores Price 50 cts and $1.00 per bottle. W. C, IRBY, JR. VV. Y. ?OYD. IRBY & BOYD, Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all State Courts. Prompt attention given to all business Intrusted to them. Monoy to loan on real estate on easy terms. Office same as occupied by the late firm of Ball & Simkins, Laurens. Harred Plymouth Rocks. My hons are laying every day. Plenty of eggs at $1.60 the setting of 18. There is no better Plymouth Rook stook in the country. R. V/. Z. PITTS, Mouotville, S) C. I WHEN KNIGHTHOOD I I WAS IN FLOWER f 2^ Or, The Lore Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, tjic King's Sister, and jm Happening In the Reign p? His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth TOP Rewritten and Rendered Into Modern English From Sir Edwin $ft CtLshodeit's Memoir Y4* ? By EDWIN CASKODEN [CHAiSLES MAJOR] # mm Ocrpyright, 1898 and 1901, by the lloxoen-Merrill Company ?r CHAPTER XIV. IN TUE SIREN COUNTRY. 1^1 a rllTH the king ndmlratlmi stood I VV I *or affection, a mistake fre Hnjk>jMl qucntly made by people not ?MfftM givou to self analysis, and in n day or two a reaction sot In toward Brandon which Inspired a doslro to mako some amends for his harsh treatment. This ho could not do to any great extent on Buckingham's oc couut?at least not until the London loau was In his coffers?but the fact that Brandon was going to New Spain so soon and would be out of the way both of Mary's eyes and Mary's mar riage stimulated that rare flower In Henry's heart, a good resolve, and Brandon was offered his old quarters with mo until such tlmo ns he should sail for Now Spain. He had never abandoned this plan, and now that matters had taken this turn with Mary and the king his reso lution was Btronger than ever In that the scheme held two recommendations and a possibility. Tho recommendations were, llrst, It would take him away from Mary, with Whom, when out of tho inspiring in fluence of her buoyant hopefulness, he knew marriage to be utterly impos sible, and, second, admitting and fac ing that Impossibility, ho might find at least partial relief from his heart ache in the stirring events and adven tures of that faraway land of monsters, dragons, savages and gold. The possi bility lay in the gold, and a very faint ly burning flame of hope held out tho still more faintly glimmering chance that fortune, finding bim there almost alone, might for lack of another lover smile upon him by way of squaring ac counts. She might lead him to a cav ern of gold, and gold would do any thing, even perhaps purchase a price less a treasure as a certain princess of the royal blood. Brandon at once accepted the king's offpr of lotlglng in the palace, for now that ho fa)t sure pf himself In the mat ter of Now Spain nn<l his separation from Mary he longed to boo as much as posslhlo of her beforo tho light wont out forever, even though It were play ing with death Itself to do so. Boor follow! Ills suffering was so ncuto during this period that it affect ed mo like a contagion. It did not make a mope of him, hut came in spasms that almost drove him wild. He would at times pace the room and cry out: "Jesu, Caskoden, what shall I do? She will bo the wife of the French king, and I shall sit In the wilderness and try every moment to Imagine what she Is doing and think ing. I shall And the bearing of Paris and look in her direction until my brain molts in my effort to sec hor, and then I shall wander in tho woods, a suffer ing Imbecile, feeding on roots and nuts. Would to God one of us might dlo! If It were not selfish, I should wish I might bo the one." I said nothing In answer to those out bursts, as I had no consolation to offer. Wo had two or three of our little meetings of four, dangerous as they wore, at which Mary, feeling that each tlmo she saw Brandon might bo tho last, would sit and look at him .with glowing jyes that in turn softened and burned as he spoke. She did not talk much, but devoted all her time and en ergies to looking with her whole soul. Never before or since was there a girl so much in love. A young girl thor oughly in love is tho most beautiful object on earth?beautiful even In ug liness. Imagine, then, what It made of Mary! Growing portly, perhaps, out of hJ? unattalnablllty?for ho was as far out of her reach ns she out of his?she had long since begun to worship him. Sho had learned to know him so well, and his valiant defense of hor in Billings gate, together with his noble self sacri fice In refusing to compromise her in order to suvo himself, had presented him to hor in so noblo a light that she had come to look up to blm as her su perior. Her surrender had been com plete, and she found In It a joy for ex ceeding that of any victory or triumph she could Imagine. Tho trouble began In earnest with the discovery of our meetings In Lady Mary's parlor. There was nothing at all unusual In tho fact that small com panies of young folk frequently spent their evonlngs with her, but we know well enough that the unusual element In our parties was their exceeding smallucss. A company of eight or ten young persons was well enough, al though it of course created Jealousy on the part of those who were Jeft out, but four?two of each sex?modo a dif ference In kind, however much wo might Insist It .was only In degree, and this, we soon learned, was the king's opinion. Toil may be suro there was many a Jealous person about tho court ready to carry tales and that it was impossi ble long to keep our meeting* secret among such a host as then lived in Greenwich polnce. One day the queen summoned Jnnc ond put hor to tho questlou. Now, ,Tino thought tho truth was made only to be told, a fallacy Into which many good people hove fallen, to tholr utter do^ Structlon, since the truth, like every other good thing, may bo abused. Well, Jane told It all In a moment, and Cattwrjno was so horrified that sho was like to falnf, Sho wont with her hair-lifting horror to tho king and poured into his ears a tato of Impru dence and debauchery well calculated to start his rjghteou/t, virtue-prompted Indignation Into a threatening lhimo. Mary, Jane, Brandon and myself wero at once summoned to the presence ol both their majesties und soundly reprimanded. Three of us wore order ed to leave the court beforo wo could ppcak a word in self defense, and Jano had enough of lior favorite truth for once. Mary, however, came to our res cue with ber coaxing eloquence and potent feminine logic and soon con vinced Henry that the queen, who real ly counted for Uttlo with him, had mado a mountain out of a very unmii molehill. Thus the royal wrath was ap' poased to such an extent that tho order of expulsion was modified to a com mand that there bo no more quartet gatherings in Princess Mary's parlor. This lenieucy was more easy for tho princess to bring about by reason of the fact that she had not spoken to her brother since the day sho went to seo him after Wolsey's, visit and had been so roughly driven off. At first, Upon her refusal to speak to him after the Wolsey visit, Henry was angry on ac count of what.Jio Cflflled_ her' insolence, M L... J but~ns she "did not seem to care for that antl as Iiis anger did nothing to ward unsealing her lips ho pretended Indifference. Sllll the same stubborn Blienco was maintained, 't his soon he Kan to amuse the king, and of late he had been trying to be on friendly terms again with his sister through a series of elephantine antics and bearlike pleas untiles, which wore the most dismal failures-that Is, in the way of bring ing about a reconciliation. They were more successful from a comical polut *f view. So Henry was really glad for something that would loosen the tongue usually so lively, and for an opportu nity to gratify his sister, from whom ho was demanding such a sacrifice and for whom he expected to recelvo no less a price than the help of Louis of France, the most powerful king of Europe, to the imperial crown. Thus our meetings were broken up, and Drandon knew his dream was over and that any effort to see the princess would probably result In disaster for them both; for hltn certainly. The king upon that same day told Mary of the Intercepted letter sent by her to Brandon at Newgate and ac cused her of what ho was pleased to term an Improper feeling for a lowborn fellow. Mary at once sent a full account of the communication In a letter to Bran don, who read it with no small degreo of 111 comfort as the harbinger of trou ble. "I had bettor leave hero soon or I may go without my head," ho remark ed. "When that thought gets to work ing In the king's brain, he will strike, and I?shall fall." Letters began to come to our rooms from Mary, at first begging Brandon to come to her and then upbraiding him because of his coldness and cowardice and telling him that if ho cared for her as ehe did for him he would soo her though he had to wade through fire and blood. That was exactly whero the trouble lay. It was not fire and blood through which he would have to pass; they were small matters?mcro nothings that would really have added, zest and Interest to the nchloycmopt. But the frowning laugh of the tyrant, who could bind him hand and foot, nnd a vivid remembrance of the Newgate dungeon, with n dangling noose or a hollowed out block in the near back Poured Into hin earn a talc of impru dence and debauchery1 ground, were matters that would have taken the adventurous tendency out of even the cracked brain of chivalry It self. Brandon cared only to fight where there was a possible victory or ran som, or a prospect of some sort at least of achieving success. So every phase of the question which his good sens*' prosoplpd fohl Brandon, whose passion was aft ardent though not so Impatient as Mary's, that It would bo worse than foolhardy to try to see her. He, howover, had deter mined to see her once more beforo ho left; but, as it could in all probability be only once, he was reserving tho meeting until the last, and had written Mary that it was their best and only chance. She could not endure Inaction, so aho did the worst thing possible. She wont alone one afternoon, Just before dusk, to see Brandon at our rooms. I was Mot there when she first went in, but having seen her on the way suspected something and followed, arriving two or three minutes after her. I know it was host that I should bo present nnd was sure Brandon would W|f?h it. When I tutored, they woi:o holding each other's hands in silence. They had not yet found their tongues, so full and crowded were their hearts It was pathetic to see them, especially the girl, who had not Bramlou'u hqpe lessness to deaden the pain by purtlol resignation. Upon my entrance she dropped his hands and turned quietly toward P10 with a i'lightened looky bu' was ruasv sured upon seeing who It was. Bran don mechanically walked awny from her and seated himself on a Htool. Mary, as mechanically, moved to Ids side and placed her hand on his shoul der. Turning her face toward me she said, '"Sir Ed.\yln, f |jP"W you will for give mo when I telt you that wo have a groat deal to say upd wish to hfi alone," I was about to go when Brandon stopped mo. "No, no. Cnskoden, pleaso stay. It would not do. It would bo bad enough, God knows, If the princess tdiould ho found lure with both of us, but with me alone I should be dead before morn ing. There Is danger enough as It Is, for they will watch us." Mary knew ho was right, but she could pot resist ft vlcJoua little glance toward inn, who was jp, pQ way to blame. Presently wo all moved Into the win dow-way, whero Brandon nnd Mary, sat upon the groat cloak and I on a ??amp s?ool in front of them, complete ly filling up the little passage. "I can bear this no longer," exclaim ed Mary. "I will go to my brother to night and tell him all. I will tell him how I suffer and that I shall die If you aro allowed to go away hik) jeavo nio forever. Jfo loves mo, and I pnp do. anything with him whop I try. ? know I can obtain bis consent to our?ouf? marriage. He cannot know how I Buf fer, else ho would not treat mo so. I will let him see; I will convince him. t have In my mind everything I want to say and do. I will sit on his kneo and stroke his hair and kiss him." And Bhfl lauglud softly as her spirit revived In the breath of a glowing hope, "Then I will tell hin] how handsome he l?jjnd T7 I how "I hear" the Indies sighing for~him, and ho will come around all right by the third visit. Oh, I know how to do it. I have done it so ofteu. Never fear. I wish I had gone at it long ago." Her enthusiastic fever of hope was really contuglous, but Brandon, whose life was ot stake, had his wits quick ened by the danger. "Mary, would you like to see mo a corpso before tomorrow noon?" ho ask ed. "Why, of course not! Why do you ask such a dreadful question)" "Because, if you wish to make sure of It, do what you have Just fculd?go to the klug and tell him all. I doubt if ho could wait till morning. 1 believe ho would awaken me at midnight to put me to sleep forever?at the end of a rope or on a block pillow." "Oh, no; you uro nil wrong. I know what I can do with Henry." "If that Is the case, I say goodby now, for I shall be out of England, if possible, by midnight. You must promise me that you will not only not go to the king at all nhont this matter, but that you will guard your tongue, Jealous of its slightest Avord, and remember with every breath that on your prudence hangs my life, which, I know, is dear to you. Do you promise? If you do not, I must fly. So you will lose me one way or the other if you tell the king?either by my flight or by my death." "1 promise," said Mary, with droop ing head, the embodiment of despnlr, all life and hope having left her again. After a few minutes her face bright ened, and she asked Brandon what ship ho would sail in for New Spain, and whence. "Wo sail in the Royal Hind from Bristol," he replied. "How many go out in her, and nro there any women?" "No, no!" he returned. "No woman could mako tho trip, and, besides, on Ships of that sort, half pirate, half mer chant, they do not take women. Tho sailors are superstitious about it and will not sail with them. They say they bring bad luck?adverse winds, calms, storms, blackness, monsters from tho deep and victorious foes." "Tho Ignorant crentures!" cried Mary. Brandon continued, "There will bo a hundred men If the captain can induce so many to enlist." "now does one procure passage?" in quired Mary. "By enlisting with the captain, a man named Bradhurst, at Bristol, where tho ship Is now lying. There Is where I enlisted by letter. But why do you ask?" "Oh, I only wanted to know." We talked awhile on various topics, but Mary always brought tho conver sation back to tho same subject, tho Royal Hind and New Spain. After asking many questions she sat in si lotlCO for a tipio and then abruptly broke into one of my sentences. Hho was always Interrupting mo as If 1 were a parrot. "I have been thinking ami have made up my mind what I will do, and you bhall not dlssuado me. I will go to New Spain with you. That will bo glorious?far better than tho hum drum lifo of sitting at home?and will solve the whole question." "But that would ho Impossible, Mary," said Brandon, Into whose face this now evidence of her regard had brought a brightening look; "utterly Impossible. To begin with, no woman could stand the voyage, not even you, strong and vigorous as you are." "Oh, yes I can, and I will not allow you to stop mo for that reason. I could bear any hardship better than tho tor tltro of tho hist few weeks. In truth, I cannot boar this at all. U is killing mo; so what would It b? whop you are gono and I am tho w|fo of Louis? Think of that, Charles Brandon; think of that, when I am tho wife of I.ouls. Even If the voyngo kills mo, I might (is well die one way as another, and thou I would bo with you, where It woro swuot to die." And I had to sit there and listen to all this foolish talk! Brandon Insisted: "But no women are going. As I told you, they would not take ono. Besides, how could you escape? I will answer tho first ques tion you over asked mo. You nre of 'sulhctcnt consideration about the court' for all your movements to at tract notice. It Is Impossible. We must not think of It. It cannot ho done. Why build up hopes only to bo cast dowii?"' "Oh, but It cap bo done Noypr doubt it. I w|l| go, pot as a wouiapi but as a man, I have planned ;ni trio details while sitting lioro, Tomorrow I Will tend to Bristol a sum of mopny asking a separate room in tho ship for n young nobleman who wishes to go to New Spain Incognito, and will go aboard Just )>ofpro they Ball. I will buy a man's copipletn outfit and wUI practice being a man bofopo you and Sir Bd win." Here ?ho bluiihod so that I could BOO the sea riot oven In tho gath ering gloom. She continued; "As to my escape, I can go to Windsor, and then perhaps on to Berkeley castle, over by Reading, where there will be no ono to watch mo. You can leave nt once, and there will bo no cause for them to UVY ppqn pie when ypu are gone, so It can bo done easily epnpgh That Is lt. I will go to my sister, who Is now ot Berkeley castle, tho other side of Reading, you know, and that will inn l?o ft shorter ride to Bristol when wo start " The thought, of course, could not but please Brandon, to whom, in the warmth of Mary's ardor, it had almost lK>guu to offer1 lippo, opd ho said mus ingly: "I wonder if it could bo dopo? If It could?if we could roach New Hpnln, WO might build ourselves a homo In the benutlful green mountains and hide ourselves safely nwtiy from all tho world, In the lap of some eor.y valley, rich with nature's bounteous gift of fruit and flowers, shaded from the hot sun and sheltered from tho blasts, am} live ip a Httlp paradise all our own. What n glorlqus dream, bu't it Is only a dream, and wo hod hotter awake from It!" Brandon must have been Insane, "No, po! It Is not a dream," inter rupted dow nrlght determined Mary. "It is not a dream. It shall be a real ity. How glorious It will be! I Can nee our llttlo house now nestling among the hills, shaded by great spreading trees, with flowers und vines and golden fruit nil about It, rieh plumaged birds and gorgeous butterflies. Oh, I can hardly wait! Who would live In a musty palace when one has within reach such a home, and that, too, with you?" Here It was again. I thought that In terview would be the death of me. Brandon held his face In his hands and then, looking up, said: "It is only a question of your happiness, and, hard as the voyage and your life over there would be, yet I believe It would be bet ter thau life with Louis of France. Nothing could bo so terrible as that to both of us. If you wish to go, I will try to take you, though I die In the attempt. Thcro will be ample time to reconsider, so that you can turn back If you wish." Her reply was inarticulate, though satisfactory, and she took his baud in hers as the tears ran gently down her cheeks, this time tears of joy, the first she had shed for many a day. In the Siren country again without wax! Overboard and lostl Yes, Brandon's resolution not to see Mary was well taken, If It could only have been as well kept. ? ?bservo as wo progress Into what the breaking of it led him. He hud known that If ho should but see her once more his already toppling will would lose Its equipoise, nnd he would be led to attempt the impossible nnd Invite destruction. At first this scheme nppeared to mo In Its true light, but Mary's subtle feminine logic made it seem such plain nnd easy sail ing that I soon began to draw enthusi asm from her exhaustless store, and our comblngd attack upon Brandon eventually routed every vestige of cau tion and common senso that even ho had left. Siren logic has always been irresist ible and will continue so no doubt de spite experience. I cannot define what It was about Mary that made her little speeches, half argumentative, all pleading, so wonderfully persuasive. Her facts were mere fancies, and her logic was not even good sophistry. As to real argument and reasoning, thcro was nothing of either in them. It must have been her native strength of char acter nnd intensely vigorous personal ity?some unknown force of nature op erating through her occultly?that turned the channels of other persons' thoughts nnd tilled them with her own will. There was magic in her power, I am certain, but unconscious magic to Mary, I am equally sure. She never would have used it knowingly. There was still another obstacle to whleh Mary administered her favorite remedy, the Gordian knot treatment. Hrnndon said: "It cannot bo. You are not my wife, nnd wc dare not trust a priest here to unite us." "No," replied Mary, with hanging head, "but we can?can And one over there." "I do not know how that will be. Wo shn.t probably not find one?at least I fear. I do not know." After a little hesitation she nnswor ed: "I will go with you anyway nnd? nnd risk lt. 1 hope wo may find ft priest." And she Hushed scarlet from her throat to her bnlr. Brandon kissed her and said: "You shhll go, my brave girl. You make me blush for my faint, heartedness and prudence. I will make you my wife in some way as sure ns there Is a (Jod." ^opn after this Brandon forced him self to insist on her departure, and I went with her, full of hope and com pletely blinded to the dangers of our cherished scheme. I think Hrnndon never really lost sight of the danger and almost lnflnlte proportion of chance against this wild, reckless venture, but was daring enough to attempt It oven in the face of such clearly seen and deadly consequences. TO DE CONTINUKD . Letter to Dr. K. E. Hughes."" Laurens. S. 0. Doar Sir: You can put $100 in your pocket if you can put us In the wrong. Devoo Lead and Zinc is all paint. It takes fewer gallons to paint a house than with mixed paints. It wears longer than load and oil?mixed paint?, too. The State chemists of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massaohueetts, York and Pennsylvania have analyvtod it and say it is puro. If you can prove that any of these things aren't true wo've a hundred dollars waiting for you. If these things are true, what paint will you uso next time you paint your house? What will you say to tho peo ple that ask you??for doctors get asked queer questions. If you know of an honest young painter who isn't gotting tho grip on life that he ought to have, give him this hint. Devoe lead and zinc?that'll do It, if he docs his work as well as tho paint does itj. Yours truly. F. W, Dkvoe&Co., New York, IF YOU Want to Own a Home, Piedmont Saveings and investment Company, Oilers an Opportunity Cheaper and Better than a Building and Loan Association, Why Pay Rents when You can Own Your Own Proportyy Represented In Laurons by W. W.BALL and M. L. COP ELAND. College of Charleston. CHARLESTON, S.O. 118th Year Begins Seplomber 25. Letters, Science, Engineering. One Scho arship to each County of South Larolipa. Extranpe examinations held in^fiaSS^i S?U^ s?P"intondont and Judge of Probate on July 10th Tuition $40. Board and furnished room n Dormitory, $10 per month All candidates for admission aro pormittod ^u.00?"1^ for. B?yco Scholarships, which will pay ilOO a year. For cata logue, address Harrison Randolph, May 25th, 1903.-12t. rresldent' Clothing; Jtenoyatefl. CLEANING AND DYEING DONE PROMPTLY. Cleaning and Dyeiug Club un stat? over old Post Offlee. P UIrs ?Phon* No. 70. W. R, DOZIER. The South Carolina College. The South Carolina College *? round ing out the first century Of Its exlstanc* ami will celebrate Its centennial In Jan uary, 1S05. The College wm chartered In 1801 ond opened Mr active work In January. 1805. It oweB Its existence to a patriotic purpose, the education of all the youth of the State at a common center, "In order to promote the In Htruction, the good order and the par mony of the whole community." 8.IW ? was'built from a portion of the pro ceeds of a reimbursement made by the United States t<> .South Carolina for ex penses Incurred In the Revolution. Dur ing- the century that Is closing the Col lege lias contributed largely to the statesmanship, ??e patriotism. IB* learning and the high moral standards that have prevailed in Soulh Carolina and her sister States. The roll of Col lege Alumni contains the names of men who have become noted In all the pur suits of life, both In nseee and war. The exigencies of the struggle between the States closed the college In 18?, and the buildings were used as hospi tals for sick and wounded ?*onfedoi'?r,efl. Rut as soon as ponce was restored tho Institution wim reopened by the ' Orr government" and enjoyed several years of success until It was overturned dur ing the Uadicat regime. Since 1*S0, how ever, the college has been continuously open, and has educated hundreds of young men and a number of young women, who for some years have been permitted to partake of Its advantages. Originally the College waft known as a literary Institution, although from learly times its faculty contained scien tists of great ability, but ' late years Its courses have broadened out so as to embrace alBo technical scientific In struction, instruction in law and a course In practical methods for teach ers. President Benjamin Sloan, the J of the Department of Physics and gineerlng. Is a graduate of West Point, and was a distinguished officer of ord nance during the war between the States. His graduates in engineering are now occupying most responsible positions in different parts of the United .States. Professor Joseph Daniel Pope, dean of the Law Department, has had wide experience In government In the legislative halls o. ?he State and In the jtecosslon Convention, and Is recognized ns high authority in law and In equity Jurisprudence. Some of the other mem bers of the faculty have had dis tinguished careers in this College, while others have brought to It the best methods of colleges and universities elsewhere. Tho moot re<:ont and most Important addition that has been made to tho usefulness of the College Is the estab lishment of scholarships to be given to one man-teacher In each county who has taught at least one year. This is intended to offer the. advantages of pro fessional training to one who has al ready gathered practical experience in direct contact with pupils in the school room and realises the difficulties that must be surmounted. Professor Ward law, who Is at the head of the depart ment in pedagogy, is eminent in his profession both as a student and as a practical teacher und school Superin tendent. The College (a situated at the capital of the State and affords to the student opportunity for studying the wor ogs of the government In a direct way. Jt la accessible from all parts of the State and Is In a healthful locality. The re ligious advantages are exceptionaS lie pause each of the principal ucnomiim tiorrs hus a prosperous congregation In Columbia. Kxpenses are moderate. There Is a suite of three rooms for euch pair of students, warm in winter and well ventilated in summer. A large campus, a fine gymnasium and an ex cellent athletic field afford ample op portunlty for exercise. The College Is increasing Jn uscft?t# ness and in prosperity with the* Irr* creased prosperity of the State, and t'tfc psospects an* that with the n"*?"w century this Institution will surpass fhe ad mirable record It has already made, WORKING NIGHT AND DAY. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr. King's Life Pills. Theso pills change woak nass into strength, listlessnoes into en ergy, brain-fag in?n mental pov or. They are onderful ii building up tho health. Only 2r> cents per box. Sold by Tho Laurens Drug Co. and Pair motto Drug Co. Can anyone suppose that we would double the necessary cost of our brewing without a vital reason ? Would wc spend so much on cleanliness ? Would wc cool the beer in plate glass rooms ? Would wc filter all the air that touches it ? Would wc age it for months ? Would wc sterilize every bottle ? Wc do it to attain absolute purity?to avoid remotest possibility of germs? to make Schlitz Deer healthful. Why accept a com mon beer, brewed with out any of these pre cautions, when Schlitz Beer costs no more ? Your dealer may prefer to fur nish a beer that pays a lillic more profit; but docs it pay you to pcr Imit it? Isn't pure beer ? Schlitz \l3ecr?worth asking for ? Ask for the Brewery Bottline. For sale at all dlopcnsr.rlce In tlie State, in quart and plat bottles. THE KYLE hay Press Farmers take care of what you make. There is as much in saving as there is in making, and if you bale your hay, fodder, oats, shucks etc., at tho proper time you not only savo room and lime, but you save per cent of the nutri cious matter that cvaporate3 when it is not baled. Tho Kyle Hay Tress fills a lonj felt want with farmers. It is the best yet made. The opinion seems to be unanimous th at tho K YLK HAY" PRESS is unexcelled by anv press on the market. It is going to the front, already a great number of them have been sold, you only need to try it to bo pleased. It is easy oper ated by 2 men and 1 horse. It is cheap, durable, simple in construction and easily mounted. It is tho only pre.<s that can be made or repaired on tin farm, it has no casting to break and cause long delay. No other press has this advantage. It is the only press that the farmer can afford to buy, it nays for itsoif out of the first orop. Every farmer can own his own press, and halo his hay at tho proper time. A. L HUDGENS, Laurons, S. C, Pulverizing Harrow, Clod Drusher and Levelcr. Sizes 3 to 13 \ The best pulverizer?cheapest Ribing Harrow on earth. The Acme crushes, cuts, pulverizes, turns and levels all soils for all purposes. Made entirely ofcasl stecl and wrought iron?indes tructible. Catalogue mailed free. R. Lee Meares, Agent, R. F. D. No. 1, Fountain Inn, 5. C. 5 ? FOR SALE Legal Blanks, Q Real Estate Mortgages, O Title Deeds, A Summons for Relief, X Subpoena Tickets, ? Chattel Hortgages, ?. Labor Contracts, Oj Notes and Liens. Are fJmT- These Blanks are for sale only in Mw.uitiiie.-iJ ol 100 or more. 1^ The Largest and Choicest Line of ? Stationery ever in Laurens. Linen Bond and Hag Envelopes,.60,000 in slock Linen Pan*?*? ?*?t??*> ~~J Linen Papers, ruled and unruled, Type-writer papers, Wedding Stationery , Bill Heads and Statements. l THE ADVERTISER JOB OFFICE. 8 8