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THE ADVERTISER. Subscription Prlcc-12 Months, $1.00 Parable Ira Advance. Rates for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad vertisements, per square, one inser tion , $1.00; each subsequent Insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduotlon made for large Advertisements. W. W. Ball, Proprietor. LAURENS, 8. C, Dec. 28, 1908. Concerning an Old Combine. Fifteen months ago the charge was made in those parts and sincerely be lieved by many persons that the cotton mills were In a "combine" to reduce the price of cotton. Deolais oh the part of the mills and tholr friends did not always convince. Nevertheless, the mills at that time were paying more for cotton than were the buyors for export. Most of the mills in this part of South Carolina were lucky enough or wise euoogh to buy cat on when it was low in 1902. Some were not. For oxample, a mill located 30 miles from Laurens did not buy and was compelled to shut down in tho summer. It was not tho only one so caught. At one time this fall, cotton was as low as nine cents and lower. Most of the mills probably "combined" not to buy at that prlco. At any rate, with a few exceptions, they did not buy. They waited as a rule, until cotton wont to 11 and 12 cents before Bonding their buyers into the market. It was ev dently the result of a "combination." They had resolved not t'> bo longer open to the charge of buying the farm ers' cotton too cheap. They permitted the exporters to buy all tho cotton of fored as long as the price was low. When cotton soared to 12 cents, then the mills went in and bought and are still buying. There are somo of us who believo that tho Southern cotton mills kuow no tnoro about the price of cotton than anybody else. There are some of us who believe that tho mills would have bought cotton at nine cents had they expected it to go to 12. There are some of us who believe that the aim of tho mills is to buy as cheap as thoy can and to make all tho money they can, regardless of whether tho other follow makes money or not. There are there fore, somo of us who believe that most of the Southern mills have "caught it in the neck" this year because of their tardy entrance into the buying. There are others, however, who are determlnued to bolieve in the "com bine" and who will doubtless argue with eloquence and ability that the mills, which failed to b iy cottoi at nine and waited to buy It at 12 cents, have nevertheless been in a conspiracy thioughout this fall for the purprso of oppressing the ''common people." We hope no one will suggest that the man who wants 12 or 13 ceDts for his cotton is oppressing the mills? # Time for a Change. With delightful com pi .cency the Columbia Record rises to remark: "Several of the brethren of the press are securing somo editorial copy on the suggestion that Democratio con ventions be held in other cities besides Columbia. Each one believes that his town would bo the bes' and they aro all goc ^ towns; but tho convention will continue to be hold in Columbia right along." The unrutlled assurance of this Co lumbia newspaper is sufficient proof of the wisdom of holding the conven tions eisewhore than Columbia, occa sionally at least. Upon what meat doth this lovely little capital city feed the delegates that it should own them? Othor (owns entertain the great state reunions of Confederate veterans when tho gatherings are ten times as largo as a state political con vention. Wherein lies Columbia's ti tie to tho poUtical conventions? Is It that the politicians know the ropes in Columbia, that they are more at home in Columbia, that manipulation and wlro-pulling are easier in the corri dors of the State House and in Colum bia hotel lobbios than elsewhere? Is this the source of the Record's implicit faith that a Democratic convention will be hold in no other town? The Advertiser nominates Spar tanburg as tho place for the next Democratic State Convention. * Will You Drink Yonr Share? The Advertiser would not advise anyone to drink whiskey but hero is a proposition that tho people are "up against." Three weeks ago, the state dispensary purchased 172,000 gallonR of Intoxicants for the Christmas trade. This, in figur.s, is nine drinks each for every child, man, woman, black and white, in South Carolina. Leaving the womon out, it is said to be 17 drinks for each man and child, regardless of oolor. This is the state's whiskey. It has been bought by South Carolina. If it is not consumed, it will be lost. South Carolina will lose money on it. This whiskey is our business?your business and nine. We are engaged in it because we aro a part of the state. Shall we allow our stao to lose this wbUkey and this money? If we do not buy, who will? The question Is, shall we, (you and I and all of us South Carolinians) neglect the business of the state, oar state,?Bhall we dodge a patriotic duty and refuse to patronize the btn!no?s which wo ourselves are running? Seventeen drinks is a good deal. It moans more than 17 drunks. Some of us will dodge, duty or no duty. it Shall It Be Abolished I Tu k Advertiser, in the interest of the farmers, has commenced an agita tion for the abolition of the Hen law. The Advertiser; wishes the aid of those who agroa with It. We hope to have short letters from farmers of the county, who agree with tie, and we wish to publish them. No one need hesitate because he does not happen to be a great scholar. The spelling, grammar, etc., will be corrected in this office. That's what an editor Is here for. An expression from one sub stantial farmer, over his own signa ture, is of more value in shaping pub lic opinion on a question like this than la a oolumn of editorial argument, If you believe The Aevjbrtiabr Is right In Ulfs mftttejr, help It along. Bay ft Home. The surest way for * poor nian to get a start in the world is to buy a home. In Laurens the home owning habit does not obtain so generally as it does in other towns of similar rack in this state. Oue reason is that Laurens has not had so many building and loan as sociations as Greenwood, Greenville, Spartanhurg and other suoh towns. Unquestionably it la cheaper to rent a three or four thousand dollar place than to own it, provided the money is in a costly house When one has a farm, as well as a house, of course there is a fair Income. On the other hand the man who rents a thousand dollar house and lot, who pays from six to ten dollars a nutnth, pr even fifteen, for a hotter property, unless he "beats" hlslandlord, is throwing away monoy. A homo costing two thousand dollars or under will In nearly all cases bring in a fair revenue from the Investment, even If the owner finds himself unable to live In it. A $1500. place will rent for at least $120. to $150. the yoar. This moans a nst rental of from $100. to $125., which Is a fair revenue, consid ing that real estate Is the safest form of Investment wo have. On a $1000. or $800. house- and lot, where tho rent is from $7. to $0. a month, the revenue is still better; amounting to about ten cent. not. Any man can buy a home who v. ? i- he-, provided he is able to pay rent. Houses and lots can be bought in Laurens by paying in advance only about ten per cent of the purchase prlca. In other words a man who can raise $100. pro vided he is known to be an honest and hard-working man, can buy on tho in stallment plan in this town a homo worth $1000. and save rent from the time of the first payment. There are dozens of young men, un married men, who Ja nineteen out of twenty cases will bs married within tho next few years, who could in this way secure homes now with small monthly outlay. Even if they should never marry, they would be making investments of the very safest and best OlftSS. Nothing would help the town so much as the buying and holding of homes by the people and nothing would help so much the people them selves. One thousand dollars in a cot tage and lot is worth more than ono thousand dollars in the stock of a cor poration. ? Mark Hauua Gave a Dlnuer. Mark Hanna gave a dinner in Wash ington last week to the Republican Na tional Committee. Judson Lyons, col ored,of Georgia,was a guest.He was tho only negro diner. It was said that the white committeeman from South Caro lina was present, but he denies it, de claring that he was in Baltimore. The North Carolina member left the room, refusing to sit at table with the black man. Much surprise Is expressed at tho presence of the negro. We are aston ished at the surprise. Where wero all the other nogroee? Why should any white man have been there? This is tho thing to marvel at. a DRIVEN TO DESPERATION. Living at an out of the way place, re mote from civilization, a family is of ten driven to desperation in case of ac cident, resulting in Burns, Cuts, Ul cers, Wounds, etc. Lay in a supply of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's the b?st on earth. 25 cents at Laurens Drug Co. and W. W. Dodson. Executor's Sale. By virtue of a Decree of tho Court of Common Pleas in the case of William C- Irby, Jr.. Executor, Plaintiff, against Nannio M. Irby. ot. al., Defendants, I will sell at public outcry to the high est bidder, at Laurens, C. H. S. C, on Sa'esday in January, 1004, being the ?1th day of the month, the following lot of land: All that lot of land In the City of Laurone, bounded by Harpor Street on the East, Academy Street on the North, Chestnut Street on the West, and lands of the estate of E. M. Caine on the South, containing 23 acres, be ing tho home place of the late J. L. M. Irby. Said premises will be sold in lots, the size, boundaries and descriptions of which can be had of me after the 10th inst. Prospective bidders will bo shown over the premises at any time. Terms of sale?One-third cash, bal ance in two equal annual installments, bsaring eight per cent interest, and secured by bond of porch user and mortgage of premises; with leave to purchaser to pay his entire bid in cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. William C. Irby, Jr , Executor. Notice. County Treasurer. The County Treasurer's Books will be open tor collection of State, County and Commutation Road Taxes for fis cal year 1902 at tho Treasurer's Office, from October 15th t> December 31, 1903. Those who prefer to do so can pay in January, 1904, with one per cent, additional; those who prefer pay ing In Pebruary, 1904, can do so with 2 per cent, additional; those who prefer to pay in March, 1904. to tho 15th of said month, can do so by paying an ad ditional 7 per cent. After said dato the books will olose. All poi sons owning property or pay ing taxes for others in more than ono Township are requested to call for re ceipts in each township in which they live. This is important, as additional co,t. and penalty may not be attached. Prompt attention will be ?1 von those, who wish to pay their taxes through the mall by checks, money orders, etc. Persons sending in lists of names to be taken off, are urged to send in early as the Treasurer is very busy during the month of Deoember. The Tax Levy Is as follows: State Tax, 5 mills School Tax, 3 mills County Tax, 21 mills County Road, 2 mills Special county, k mills Special local tax, i mill Railroad Tax, sj mills Total, 161 mills Special School Laurens, 8} mills Special School Clinton, 1 mill Special School Fountain Inn, 4 mills Special School Mountvllle, 2\ mills Special School Cross Hill, 3 mills Special School Gray Court, 2 mills Special School Waterloo, 2 mills All able-bodied male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years aro liable to pay a poll tax of $1.00, except old soldiers, who are exempt at 50 years, commutation Road Tax $1.00, in lieu of working the public roads, to be paid at the time, as stated above. Come early and avoid the rush. J. H. COPELAND, County Treasurer. Laurens, S. C, Sept. 2?, l?03 td. Sag ?Slltf ^ ?sltf SMf NiK <^Jfr> o^JS c^TN <r^Tx? oijfo <rWN ?W* <x?Fn o^> GR?USTARK ...By ... GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON Copitriaht, 1901, by Herbert 8. Stone ? ''chapYer UlI.co^^vkIJ.^^ Tf you wore a novel writer, Mr. Lor ry, what manner of heroine would you choose?" sho asked, with n smile so (antallztug thnt he understood In stinctively why she was reviving n topic once abandoned. Ills confusion was Increased. Her uncle and mint were regarding hliu calmly?expectant ly, he Imagined. "I?I have no ambition to bo a novel writer," he sale, "so I have not made a study of heroines." "But you would have an ideal," she persisted. "I'm sure I?I don't?thnt is, sho would not necessarily be a heroine. Un less, of course, It would require hero ism to pose as an ideal for such a prosaic fellowsas I." "To begin with, you would call her Olorabel Montroso or something equal ly as Impossible. Ydfu know the- name of a heroine In a novel must* be eu phonious. That la an exacting rule." It .was an open tnuut, and ho could see that sho was enjoying his discomfiture. It aroused bis Indignation and his wits. "I would llrst give my hero a distin guished name. No matter what tho heroine's name might he, pretty or oth erwise, 1 could easily change it to bis In the Inst chapter." She Hushed be neath his ncrw bright, keen eyes and tho ready though unexpected retort. Uncle Caspar placed his napkin to his Hps and coughed. Auut Yvonne studi ously inspected her bill of fare. "No matter what you cnll a rose, It Is al ways sweot," ho added meaningly. At this she laughed good naturedly. He marveled at her white teeth and red Hps. A rose, after all. Guggen slocker, rose; rose, not Ouggenslocker. No, no! A rose only! He fancied ho caught a sly look of triumph In her uncle's swift glance toward her. But Uncle Caspar was not n roso. He was Ouggenslocker. Guggenslocker?butch er! Still ho did not look tho part; no, indeed. That extraordinary man a butcher, a gardener, a?and Aunt Yvonne? Yet they were Guggenslock ers. "Here is tho waiter," the girl ob served to his relief. "I am famished after my pleasant drive. It was so bracing, was It not, Mr. Grenfall Lor ry?" "Give me a mountain ride always as an appotlzer," he said obligingly, and so ended the jest about a name. Tho orders for the dinner were given, and the quartet sat back In their chairs to await the coming of the soup. Gren fall was still wondering how she had learned his name, and was on the point of asking several times during the conventional discussion of tho weather, the train and the mountains. He considerately refrained, however, unwilling to embarrass her. "Aunt Yvonne tells me sho never ex pected to see me alive after tho station agent telegraphed that we were com ing overland In that awful old carriage. The agent at 1*-? says It is a danger ous road, at the very edge of the moun tain. Ho also Increased tho composuro of my uncle and aunt by telling them that a wagon rolled off* yesterday, kill ing a man, two women and two horses. Dear Aunt Yvonne, how troubled you must have been!" "I'll confess there wero tfcncs when I thought we wero rolUng down tho mountain," snlcl, Ix>rry, with a relieved shake of tho head. "Sometimes I thought we were soar ing through space, whether upward or downward I coula not tell. We nover failed to como to earth, though, did wo?" she laughingly asked. "Emphatically 1 Earth anj} a Httlo grief," he said, putting his hand to his head. "Does it pain you?" she asked quick ly. "Not In the least. I was merely feel ing to see if the cut wero still there. Mr.?Mr. Guggenslocker, did tho con ductor object to holding tho train?" ho asked, remembering what the conduc tor had told him of the old gentleman's actions. "At Hrst, but I soon convinced him that it should bo held," said tho other quietly. "My husband spoke very harshly to the poor man," added Aunt Yvonne. "But I am afraid, Caspar, ho did not understand a word you said. You wore vory much excited." Tho sweet old lady's attempts at English were much more laborious than her husband's. "If he did not understand my Eng lish he was very good at guessing," snid her husbund grimly. "Ho told me you had threatened to call him out," ventured the young man. "Call him out? Ach, a railroad con ductor!" exclaimed Uncle Caspar In flno scorn. "Caspar, I heard you say that you would cnll him o\it," interposed his wife, with reproving eyes. "Ach, God! I havo made a mistake! I see it all! It was tho other word I meant?down, not out! I intended to call him down, as you Americans say. I hopo he will not think I challenged him." He wns very much perturbed. "I think ho was afraid you would," said Lorry. "Ho should have no fear. I could not meet a railroad conductor. Will you pleaso tell him I could not so conde scend. Besides, dueling is murder In your country, I am told." "It usually is, sir. Much more so than in Europe." The others looked at hliu Inquiringly. "I mean that In America when two men pull their revolvers and go to shooting nt each other some one Is killed?frequently both. In Europe, as I understand it, a scratch with a sword ends the combat." "You have been misinformed," ex claimed Uncle Caspar, his eyebrows elevated. "Why, Uncle Caspar has fought more duels than he can couut," cried tho girl proudly. "And has he slain his man every time?" asked Grenfall smilingly, glanc ing from ono to the other. Auut Yvonne shot a reproving look at the girl, whose faco paled Instantly, her eyes going quickly in affright to the faco of her uncle. "God!" Lorry heard tho old gentle man mutter. Ho was looking nt his bill I Of fare, but his eyes were flxed nnd staring. The card was crumpling be tween tho long, bony flmgers. The American realized that a forbidden topie had been touched, upon. "He has fought and ho has slain," lie thought as quick as n flash. "He is no butcher, no gardener, no cobbler. That's fertainr "Tell us, Uncle Caspar, what you said to the conductor," cried me young lady nervously. "Tell them, Caspar, how alarmed we were," added soft voiced Aunt Yvonne. Grcnfail was a silent. Interested spec tator. He somehow felt as If a scene from some tragedy had been repro duced in that briefest of moments. Cnlmly and composedly, a half smile now In his face, the soldierly Caspar narrated the story of tho train's run from one station to the other. "We did not miss you until WO had almost reached the other station. Then your Aunt Yvonne nsked me where you had gone. I told her I bad not seen you, but wont Into tho coach ahead to Search. You were not there. Then 1 went on to the dining car. Ach, you wero not there. In alarm 1 returned to our car. Your aunt and I looked every where. You wero not anywhere. 1 sent lledrlck abend to summon the conductor, but ho had hardly left us when the engine whistled sharply and tho train began to slow up In a Jerky fashion. I rushed to the pO.tforul, meeting lledrlck, who was an much alarmed as I. He said the train had been nagged and that there must be something wrong. Your mint came out und told me that she had made n strange discovery.'' Grenfnll observed that be was ad dressing himself exclusively to the young lady. "She had found that the gentleman In tho next section wns also missing. While we wero standing there In doubl and perplexity the train came to n standstill, and soon there was shouting on tho outside. I climbed down from tho car and saw that we were at a lit tle station. The conductor came run ning toward me excitedly. " Ts the young lady In the car?' ho asked. " 'No. For heaven's sake, what have you henl-d?' I cried. " 'Then she has boon left at 0-,' he exclaimed, and used some very ex traordinary American words. "I then informed him that he should run back for you, first learning that you were alive and well, lie said he would be d?*d if he would?pardon the word, ladies. He was very angry and said he would give orders to go nhead. but I told him I would demand restitution of his government. He laughed in my face, and then I became Shamelessly angry. I said to him: " 'Sir, I shall call you down'?not out, as you have said?"and I shall run you through the mill.' "That was good American talk, nir, was It not, Mr. I.orry'; I wanted him to understand me, so l tried to use your very best language. .Some gentlemen who are traveling on this train and frome very excellent ladies nlso joined In the demand that the train be held. Ills dispatch from O- said that you, Mr. Lorry. Insisted on having it hold for twenty minutes. Tho conductor in sulted you, sir, by snylng that you bad more?ah, what is it??gall than nny idiot he had ever seen. When he said that, nlthough I did not fully under stand that it was a reflection on you, so ignorant mil I of your language, I took occasion to tell him that you wore a gentleman and a friend of mine. He nsked me your name, but as I did not know it I could only tell him that he would learn It soon enough. Then ho said something which has puzzled me ever since. He told mo to close my faoc. What did he moan by that, Mr. Lor ry?" "Well, Mr. Guggonsloeker, that means In refined American 'stop talk ing,' " said Lorry, controlling n desire to shout. "Ach, that accounts for his surprlso when I talked louder and faster than ever. I did not know what he meant. Ho said positively he would not wait, but Just then a second message came from the other station. I did not know what it was then, but n gentleman told me that it Instructed him to hold the train If he wanted to hold his Job. Job Is situation, is it not? Well, when he rend that message ho said ho would wait just twenty minutes. I asked him to tell mo how you wero coming to us, but ho refused to answer. Your aunt and I went at once to the telegraph man and implored him to tell us the truth, and he said you were coming In a carriage over a very dangerous road. Imagine our feelings when ho said some people had been killed yesterday on that very road. "When your aunt and I returned to tho train we saw tho conductor holding his watch. Ho said to ine, 'In Just three minutes wo pull out. If they nro not hero by that time they can get on tho best they know how. I've done nil I can.' I did not say n word, but went to. my section and had lledrlck get out my pistols. If the train left before you arrived It would bo without ltfl con ductor. ' "Then on mo tho sound of cnrrlngo wheels and galloping horses. Almost before we knew It 'oil were with ua, I ?Di so happy Hint j ?u were not a min ute later." There was something so cool and grim In the quiet voice, something ko determined in those brilliant eyes, that Grenfnll felt like looking up the con ductor to congratulate him. Tho din ner was served, mid while It was being discussed hhi fair companion of the drive graphically described tho experi ence of twenty f.(range minutes In a Rhnekledown mountain coach. .Somehow tho real flavor of romance was stricken from the ride by her can did ndmlHsion8. What he had consid ered n romantic treasuro was being calmly robbed of its glitter, leaving for his memory the blur of an adven ture In which he had played the part of n gallant gentleman and she a grateful holy. Ho was beginning to feel (iHluuned of the conceit that had misled him. Down in his heart he was saying, "I might have known it. I did know It. She is not like other women." The perfect confidence that dwelt in the rapt faces Of tho others forced into his wondering mind the Impression that this girl could do no wrong. "And, Aunt Yvonne," she said, in con clusion, "tho luck which you say Is mine as birthright asserted Itself. I es caped unhurt, whllo Mr. Lorry alono possesses the pain und unpleasantness of our ride." "I possess neither," ho objected. "The pain that you refer to is a pleasure." "The pnin that n man endures for a woman should always bo a pleasure," said Undo Caspar smilingly. "Hut it could not bo n pleasure to hint tin less tho woman considered It a ynlii." reasoned Miss Guggenslocker. ?He n uld not feel happy Ifshc did not ?cs|ii> t tlie pain." "And encourage lt." supplemented Lorry dryly. "If you do not remind uio occasionally that I am hurt, Miss Gug geusliiSJcor, 1 am liable to forget it." To himself lie udded, "I'll never leuru how to way it In ono brt-nth." "It I were not so soon to part from you, I should be your physician, and, like all physicians, prolong your ail ment Interminably," she said prettily. "To my deepest satisfaction," he said warmly, not lightly. There was noth ing further from Iiis mind thnn servile Hnttory, as bis rejoinder might Imply. "Alas," ho went on, "wo no sooner meet than wo part. May I ask when you are to s;?il V "On Thursday," replied Mr. Guggen Bloekcr. "On the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse," added his niece, a faraway look com ing Into her eyes. "We are to stop off ono day, to morrow, in Washington," said Auut Yvonne, and the Jump that Lorry's heart gave was so mighty that ho was nfrald they could see it in his face. "My undo has soino business to transact in your city, Mr. Lorry. We are to spend tomorrow thcro and Wednesday in New York. Then we sail. Ach, bow l long for Thursday!" Ills heart sank like lead to the depths from which it had sprung. It required no effort on bis part to see that ho was alone in his infatuation. Thursday was more to her than his existence. She could forget him and think of Thursday, and when she thought of Thursday, the future, he was but a thing of the past, not even of the pres ent. "Have you always lived in Washing ton, Mr. Lorry?*' asked Mrs. Guggen slocker. "All my life," he replied, wishing at that moment that he was homeless and free to choose for himself. "You Americans live In one city and then in another," she said. "Now, in our country generation after genera tion lives and dies In one town. We are not migratory." "Mr. Lorry has offended us by not knowing where Graustark is located on the map," cried tho young lady, and he could see the Hash of resentment in her eyes. "Why, my dear sir, Gruustark is in"? began Uncle Caspar, but she checked him Instantly. "Uncle Caspar, you are not to tell him. L nave recommended that he study geography and discover for him self, lie should bo nshnmcd of his ig norance." Ho was not ashamed, but he mental ly vowed that before he was n day old er he would Qud Graustark on the map and would stock his negligent brain with all that history and the encyclo pedia had to say of the unknown land. Her uncle laughed, and. to Lorry's dis appointment, obeyed tho young lady's command. "Shall I study the map of Europe, Asia or Africa?' asked he, and they laughed. "Study the map of the world," said Miss Ouggenslocker proudly. "Edelweiss Is the capital?" "Yes, our home city, the queen of tho crags," cried she. "You should see Kdelweiss, Mr. Lorry. It Is of tho mountain, the plain and the sky. There are homes in the valley, homes on the mountain side and homes in tho clouds." "And yours? From what you sny It must bo above tho clouds?In heaven." "Wo are farthest from tho clouds, for we live In the green valley, shaded by tho white topped mountains. Wo mny, in Edelweiss, have what climate wo will. Doctors do not send us on long journeys for our hcaltb. They ten us to move up or down tbe mouutaiu. We have bnlujy spring, glorious summer, refreshing autumn and cbilly winter, Just ns wo like." "Ideal! I tblnk you must be pretty well tpward tbo south. You could not have July iu January If you wero far north." "True; yet wo havo January in July. Study your map. Wo are disceruiblo to tho naked eye," she said, half ironic ally. "I care not if there are but three in habitants of Graustnrk, nil told, it is certainly worthy of n position on any map," said Lorry gallanti.\. and his lis teners npplauded with patriotic appre ciation. "By tho way, Mr. Gug?Gug genslockcr, you say tho conductor nsked you for my name, and you did not know it. May I ask how you learned it later on?" nis curiosity got the better of him, and his courage was Increased by tho champngno tho old gentleman had ordered. "I did not know your name until my niece told It to mo after your arrival In the carriage," said Uncle Caspar. "I don't remember giving It to Miss Guggenslocker at any time," said Lor ry. "You wero not my Informant," she said demurely. "Surely you did not guess It." "Ob, no, indeed. I am no mind read er." "My own name was the last thing you could have read In my mind In that event, for I have not thought of it in three days." She was sitting with her elbows on the table, her chin in her hands, a dreamy look in her blue eyes. "You say you obtained that coin from tho porter on tho Denver train?" "Within two hours after I got aboard." "Well, that coin purchased your name for me," she said calmly, candid ly, lie gasped. "You?you don't mean thnt you"? he Btammered. "You see, Mr. Lorry, I wanted to know the name of a man who came nearest my Ideal of what an American should be. As soon ns I saw you I knew that you wero tho American ns I had grown to know him through tho books?big, strong, bold and comely. That Is why I bought your name of the porter. I shall always say that I know the nnmo of an ideal American?Gren fnll Lorry." Her frnnk statement staggered him almost beyond the power of recovery. "I?I am honored," ho at last man aged to say, his eyes gleaming with embarrassment. "1 trust you have not found your first judgment a faulty one." Ho felt very foolish after this Hat remark. "I have remembered your name," she said graciously. His heart swelled. "There arc a great many better Amer icans than I," he said. "You forget our president and our statesmen." "I thought they wero mere politi cians." Grenfnll Lorry, idenlized, retired to his berth thnt night, his head whirling with the emotions inspired by this strange, beautiful woman. How lovely, how charming, how naive, how queen ly, how indifferent, how warm, how cold?how everything thnt puzzled him was she. His last waking thought was: "Guggenslocker! An angel with a name like thatl" (TO UK C'ONTTXXTED) O JSk. f=? T <T3 ^3. Jb. . Boan tho lho Kinri Yo!l JJjW AHvays Boti?!:t DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE GREAT WORLD'S FAIR St Louis Next Summer? THE ADVERTISER will give a Free Round Trip Railroad Ticket from L-aurens to St. Louis and return, during the Fair to any person, Man, Woman, or Child who will obtain for it 3?T 100 New Subscribers, J? The proposition is open from now until May ist, when the fair Opens. Subscription Must Be Cash. Subscribers names with Money must be Handed in as they are secured. Two half year, fifty cent subscri bers, will be counted as one whole year subscriber. Four three months subscribers, 25 cts., will count as one for the whole year." The subscribers obtained must be new ones,?no person will be counted who has already been a subscriber between this date and May ist. If More Than One person secures 100 subscribers, so much the better. Each Will Get The Free Trip. Now is the time to begin work. Any one willing to work for it can get this trip. There are over a thousand people in Laurens County who would take The Advertiser if they were person ally asked. If you want to go to The Fair This is your Chance. The Advertiser costs One Dollar a year. All Home Print. An-up-to-date County Paper. ATTENTION, FARMERS! I am now prepared to ship goods for next year's crop, and we guarantee our goods to be delivered in good condition, and also to come up to analyses branded on sacks. Those farmers who are interested in reliable fer tilizers are requested to read the annexed certificate. A, HUFF, Agent, Laurens, S. C. Clinton, S.. C, November, 23rd, 1903. Mr. A. Huff, Laurens. S. C, Agent for V. C. C. Co., Dear Sir: I report to you the result of the 8-4-4 goods purchased from you last year I tried on our experimental patch along side of a Competitor's 8.4-4 goods with three (3) rows left between each sample used. Result: Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.'s 115 lbs seed cot ?|?ton Competitor's 82 pounds, and the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.'s goods were in a much better mechanical form and distributed to more satisfaction and the same amount of goods were used in each row and same weighed and cultivated alike. J. H. Hunter. Witness, W. H. Gilkerson. ?\f*getable Preparation For As - slmUaling Ihchxxl andRegula ting ihe Stomachs and Bowels of ? Infants/< hildkln Promotes Digeslion.Cheerluh ness and Rest.Contains neill?er Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. Wot ^Naiic otic . Hcttpe of Old llrSAMUEL PfTC/lA /t <''".; fun Seed' ' Mx.Senna * BothtlltSclt? Att?e Sfrti *? Mfft{* Se*tl - ft'lifted Siignr ItBtlrryrtY* Alton*; Apeifccl Remedy forConstipa Uon, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions,Fcverislv ness and Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. Al b 4,nonl]i.s old , j) 5 ? < ?S > S - J 3 C I IN 1 S CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of tXACT COPY OP" WRAPPER. In Use For Over Thirty Yeers CASTORIA . THE Of NVAun ?OMPANV. NEW YORK CITY. White Stone Lithia Has Leading Physicians Endorsement is the lightest water on the market. Wo reali/.o that this is claiming a groat deal, and we could not afford to make this assertion unless wo knew that we could prove it to be true. But it does not take nn oxpert to test the toftnons of a Mineral Water. When enrbonating a mineral water, if it is a hard water the gases will not bo absorbed in the wat:r, and when the bottle is opened, the gas es escape, and the water is left Hat ar.d hard, while If It Is a soft water, like White Stouo Lithia, it will retain its gases for hours after being unstopped. Read what somo prominent persons you know have to say of the merits of the White Stone Lithia Water: Chester, S. C. April 23, 1003. J. T. Harris, Esq., White Slono Spring, S. C. Dear Sir ?I do unhesitatingly s'ate that the tllioaey of White Stone Lithia Water, not from its splendid analyt:cal analysis, but from my own person*1 ob servation, is a very valuable agent in elimin iting the impurities of the blood through its marked diuretic e ITects, and iu so dwing restores the secretory and oxecrttory organs of th i body lo their normal physiological state. So in this proves its properties to bo of great, value in assisting digestion, assimila tion and increasing the appetite. There fore wo can recognize it as a mlnoral water of powerful tonic properties and should ho highly recommended in stom ach and liver disorders, b'ood disturb ances, rheumatismt gout, diaboies, Bright's disease, and in all inactive conditions of tlio kidneys and convales cing diseases. I feel m> self, that T am justly duo an acknowledgement of the happy elYce:s 1 derived from its use. B, El.MORE KELL, M. D. Mullins, S. C, April 22, 1003. Mr. J T. Harris. White Stone Spring?, S. C. It is with pleasure that 1 write of tho moritS of Wliito Stone Lithia Water. I have several patients using it now with marked bcncllt in kidney and stomach troublos. 1 have known a uric acid calbulus to pass after using the water for only throe days. Respectfully Vours, A. M. Brailsford, Jr., M. D. Macon, Ga., April 15, 1008. I have prescribed White Stone Lithia Water freely in my practice and am f?l;d to report tho happy oll'ects it gave as a diuretic and uric acid solvent. I think its medicinal properties are pe culiarly adaptable to uric acid diathe sis, rheumatism, gout, antemia and all bladder and kidney diseases and liver and stomach troubles. I consider It is a mineral water of marvelous tonic properties. Head what Dr. L. J. Blake. Presi dent Board of Health of tho City of Spartanbug, has to say of the merits of Wliito Stone Lithia Springs: Sparenburg, May 11th, 1003. J.T.Harris, Proprietor White Stouo Spings, Sparta-:burg Co, S. C. My Dear Sir:?1 have used and pre scribed tho White tone Lithia water a great deal during the past two yoara. In all cases requiring renal stimulation I havo obtained uniformly good re sults. In lithaemla and kindred aiYoc tions from uric acid diathesis it meets the indications, and 1 am sure its free use will prove it the equal of any wa ter on tho market. Yours vorv truly, L J. Blake, M. D. Wo have tho largest brick Hotel In tho Carolinas or Georgia, with all mod crn improvement?. toV Elec ,rlo Car Lino runs from Southern Road to Spring. White Stono Spring, S. C. White Stone Lithia Water Co. WE are looking *s FOR YOUR ORDERS ? COLUMBIA LUMBER & MFC CO. R COLUMBIA S C. ? HEAVY UNDERWEAR! Men's Scarlet Wool, Shetland Heavy Fleece and Plain White Undervests, Lilies' Scad et and Shetland AlUWool Vests, Bleached and Brown otton-Ribbed Fleeced. HSPHssos Vests, one case, sizes running from 18 to 2G--Price.20 cents. Misses Union Suits, If you prefer piece goods and make up, Scarlet Twill Flannel from 2octs. to 35CIS. the yard. White Twill Flannel 25cts. White Flannel, plain, ia^cts. to 35cts. a yard. Eiderdown in Pink, Blue and White. Solid colored Outings, light shades. JJso in small pin stripes and cheeks. We offer a superior article in Brown Canton Flannel 8K and 10 cents the yard. W. Q. WILSON & CO. Notice. The logular annual mooting of bhe Shareholders of the National Hunk of Lauren?, ft .C.will bo held at the Bank ing houso of said Bank on the second Tuesday in January, 1004, being the 12th day of tho month. Jno. Aua. Barksdale,. Cashier. Geo. Johnstone. R. H. Welch. A. C. Todd. Johnstoue Welch & Todd LAWYERS. Will Practice in all Courts, State and Federal. Office, Law Range. ?KT Money to Loan at reasonable in terest. Laurbns, S. C. r Dr. Chas. ?. Ellett, DENTIST. _Law Hange. W. C. IRBY, Jr., Attorney at Law. I Will praoblco In all State Courts. I Prompt attention given to all buslncs. Money to Lend. I On first mortgage of improved farms. Easy terms. No commission. Borrower pays only actual oxpenses of loan. C. D. BAUKSDALE, Attorney, Laurens, 8. O October, 2?, 1003.