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THE ADVERTISER. Subscription Pi ice-12 Months,$1.00 Payable In Advauc. Hates for Advoi Using.?Ordinary Ad vertlsemenls, per square, one inser tion , 11.00; each subsequent Insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduction made (or large Advertisements. W. W. Ball, Proprietor. LAUBENS, S. C, Feb. 17, 1804. The State Bouse Scandal. * The botched and shoddy cbaraoter of the Stale House work speaks for It self. The report of the legislative com mittee merely puts in words what all informed peop'o know. The language employed is harsh, it is extremely se vere but it is not adequate to the sub jeot. Nobody fanolos that the members of the State House building commission havo been dishonest. No one bolieves that any member of the commission was in collusion with the architect or the contractors. With the exceptiou of J. Q. Marshall the members of the commission were deceived by the archi tect and contractors. That is the whole story. The less Mr. W. J. Johnson and others of the commission have to say tho better it will be for them. Their melancholy failure to protect the pub lic interests is what they should try to forget. Any effort on their part to de fend the State House work must be ludloious. Mr. J. Quitman Marshall is a rolle of "Ring Rule." He was the late Gov ernor John Peter Richardson's Secre tary of State. While holding that of fice he b?camo familiar with the State House and grounds, as their official custodian. Had this survivor of the days of "Incipient Corruption," of the "Oligarchy," of the people who were "tamed so to speak" (see the Shell Manifesto,) been listened to in the balmy days of Reform, the State of South Carolina might have saved a quarter of a million of dollars. Mr. F. P. Milburn, the Reform "Architect" of the State House, the successor of Nerrsoe of Ring Rule days is a person of sleek appearance and pockets with good cigars. His rooms in tho hotels How with hospit ality. "Every man is the architect of his own fortunes" and Milburn is a conspicuous success. We repeat?tho less said by the State House building commission tho better by far. Tho most disgraceful feature of the whole story is that Mr. Marshall time and again gave warning. Mr. Mar shall's protests were approvod by Thk Laurens Advertiser and other news papers. Mr. Marshall's protests were given no heed until too lato. First and last what Reform has done for South Carolina is a plenty. # From A Contemporary. At great intervals of timo we delve into tho columns of our contetnporaty, The Congressional Record. By search ing with diligence one may sometimes lind in them .nat ter both edifying and amusing. Recently we roamed through an Issue and this is what we discovered as having dropp'd from the lips of Judge Crumpackor, of Indiana, a Congressman who bothers his mind too much about the colored citizens of the South: "Conditions sometimes, when politi cal questions greatly agitate the public mind, aro euch as to take away a'l sense of fairness and justice from an otherwise homst and upright people. During the recent trial of the lieuten ant governor of Soutli Carolina for what app ared to bo an unprovoked murder a witnens on behalf of the State was asked on cross examinat'on If he had voted for a Republican candidate for Congress. Objection was made to the ques ion. It was urged on the ground that it tended to Impeach the credibility of the witness; and the pre siding judge, af or mature considera tion, admit'od ihe question, stating that the j iry had a right to take into consideration the fact that the witness had voted for a Republican candidate for Congress as bearing upon his cred ibility. [Laughter.]" Crumpacker said this in defending the governor of Indiana for his refusal to deliver *o the authorities of Ken tucky tho body of one Taylor, ones Re publican governor of Kentucky and now a fugitive, charged with compli city in the assassination of Mr. Goebsl. South Carolina has thus provided the Republican negro voting champion with an argument. The expression quoted below from United Statei Senator Patterson of Colorado is of more importance.Senator Patterson is a Democrat, representing the most partisan Bryan Democracy in the country and Is himself a devoted follower of Bryan, though hs recently deolared that free silvor was a dead is sue. Senator Patterson was charging Mr. Clevtland with having smashed the Democrat'c party, and said : "In South Carolina, to maintain pos? session of that State, under the lead of Tiliinan and others the Democrats Wdre compelled to organize the Democratic pa'ty along Popjlistic lines " Tho charga was generally made throughout South Carolin? for years by tho oppononts of Senator Till mini that In was virtually a Pooullst. We scarcely expected that a Bryan man and a United S'ates Sooa'or would tako tho wl nefs stand to prove it. * THE DEATH PENALTY. A iLtle thing sometimes results in death. Thus a mere scratch, insigni ficant cuts or puny boils have paid the death penalty. It Is wise to havo Buok len's Arnica Svlvo ever hand v. It's the best Sa've on earth and will pre vent fatality, when Burn*, Sores, Ul cers and Piles threaten. Only 25 cents at Laurens Drug (Jo. and W. W. Dod son. YOU RUN NO RISK WHEN YOU TAKE OUR NEW DISCOVERY, N ATURE'S REMEDY. 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"1 am very much occupied." lie mum bled. "You do wrong In seeking to deceive me," she whispered as A newish passed through the door abend of them. "I know why you do not come." "Has she told you?" "I have guessed. Would that It could have beeil you and not the oth er!" "One cannot be a man nud n prince at the same time, I fancy," he said bitterly. "Nor cntl one be a princess and a wotnnn." Lorry recalled the conversation In the sickroom two weeks before und smiled Ironically. Tho friendly girl left thetn at the door, and they passed out of the castlo. "I shall leave Edelweiss tomorrow," said one, more to himself than to his "Out there arc his people." compnnlon as they crossed the parade. The other gave n start and did not look pleased. Then he Instinctively glanced toward the castle. "The princess is at the Window 1" he cried, catching Lorry's arm ami point ing back. But the other refused to turn, walking on blindly. "You ought not to have acted like that, Orcn," said Anguish a few moments later. "Sho saw me call your attention to her, and she saw you refuse to look back. I don't think that you should hnvo hurt her." Lorry did not respond, and there was no word between them until they were outsldo tho castle gates. "You may leave tomorrow, Lorry, if you like, but I'm going to stay awhile," said Harry a trifle confusedly. "Haven't you had enough of the place?" "I don't care a whoop for tho place. You seo, It's tills way: I'm Just as hard hit as you, and it is not a princess that I have to contend with." "You mean that you are In love with the countess?" "Emphatically." "I'm sorry for you." "Think she'll turn me down?" "Unless you buy a title of one of these miserable counts or dukes." "Oh, I'm not so sure about that. These counts and dukes come over and marry our American girls. I don't see why I can't step In and pick out a nice little countess If I wont to." "She Is not as avaricious as the counts and dukes, I'll wager. She cares nothing for your money." "Well, she's ns poor as a church mouse," enld the other doggedly. "The countess poor? How do you know?" "I asked her one day, mid she told me all about It," said Anguish. CHAPTER XVI. ? C'J.ASII AND ITS BKSDXT. "W FE**1' ?ke spending the rest of ? my days in that monastery up M there," said Lorry after dinner that eyenlug. They worcvstroll lng about the'town. One was deter mined to leave the city, the other firm In his resolve to stay. The latter won the day when he shrewdly if explosive ly reminded tho former that it was their duty as men to stay and protect the princess from the machinations of Gabriel, that knave of purgatory. Lor ry, at last recognising the hopelessness of his suit, was ready to throw down his arms and abandon the field to supe rior odds. Ills presumption in aspiring for the hand of a princess began to touch his sense of humor, Olid he laughed, not very merrily, it is true, but long and loudly, at his folly. At first he cursed the world and every one in it, giving up in despair, but later lie cursed only himself. Yet ns ho de spaired and scoffed he felt within him self an ever' present hopo that luck might tum the tide of battle. This puny ray grew perceptibly when Anguish brought him to feel that sho needed his protection from the man who had once sought to despoil and who might reasonably be expected to persevere. Ho agreed to linger In Edel weiss, knowing that each day would add pnlu to the torture he was already suffering, his Rolo object being, he con vinced himself, to frustrate Gabriel's evil plnns. Returning late in the evening from their stroll, they entered a cafo cele brated in Edelweiss. In all his life Lorry had never known the loneliness that makes death welcome. Tho cafe was crowded with men and women. In n far eonier sat a party of Axphain nobles, their prince, a most democratic fellow, at the head of a long table. There were songs, Jests and boisterous laughter. The celebration grew wilder, and Lorry and Anguish crossed the room and, taking seats at a table, ordered wine and cigars, both eager for a closer view of the prince. How Jx>rry loathed hjmj I/>rens was a good looking young fel low, little more than a boy. His smooth face was flushed, and there was about him an air of dissipation that suggest ed depravity in its advanced stage. The face that might have been handsome was the reflection of a roue, dashing devilish. He was fair haired and tall taller than Iiis companions by bnlf a head. With reckless abandon be drank and sang and Jested, arrogant in bis Highly merriment. His cohorts were not far behind him in riotous wit. At length ono of the revelers, speak ing In German, called on Lorenz for a ' toast to the PrluCOSS Yet Ivo, bis prom ised bride. Without a moment's hesita tion the prince sprang to bis feet, held his glass aloft and cried: "Here's to tho fairest of the fair, sweet Yetlvo, so hard to win, too good to lose. She loves me, God bless her heart! And I love her, God bless my heart too! For each kiss from her won drous lips I shall credit myself with 1,000 gavvos. That Is the price of n kiss." "I'll givo 2,000!" roared ono of the nobles, and there was a laugh in which the prince joined. "Nny! I'll not sell them now. In after years, when she has grown old and her lips are parched and dry from the slpplugs I have bad, I'll sell them all nt a bargain. Alas, she has not yet kissed me!" Lorry's heart bounded with Joy, though his hands were clinched In rage. "She will kiss me tomorrow. To morrow I shall taste what no other man has touched, what all men have coveted. And I'll bo generous, gentle men. Sin; is so fair that your foul mouths would blight with but one caress upon her tender Hps, nnd yet you shall not be deprived of bliss. I shall kiss her thrice for each of you. Let me count. Thrice eleven is thirty three. Aye, thirty-three of my kisses shall be wasted for the sake of my friends. Lucky dogs! Drink to my princess!" "Bravo!" cried the others. And the glasses were raised to Hp. A chair was overturned. The form of a man landed suddenly at the side of tho prince, and a rough hand dushed the glass from his lingers, tho contents flying over Ids immaculate English evening dress. "Don't you dare to drink that toast|" cried a voice in bis astonished ear, a voice speaking in excited German. Ho whirled and saw a scowling face be side bis own, a pair of gray eyes that flashed lire. "What do you mean?" he demanded, anger replacing amazement. The oth er members of his party stood ns if spellbound. "I mean that you spcuk of the Prin cess of Graustark. Do you understand that, you miserable cur?" "Oh!" screamed tho prince, convulsed with rage, starting back and instinc tively reaching for the sword he did not carry. "You shall pay for this! I will teach you to Interfere"? "I'll Insult you more decidedly just to avoid misapprehension," snarled Lorry, swinging his big list squarely upon the mouth of tho prince. His royal highness landed under a table ten feet away. Instantly the cafe was in an uproar. Tho stupefied Axphalnlans regained their senses, and a general assault was made upon the hotheaded American. Ho knocked another down, Harry An guish coining to his assistance with several savage blows, after which the Graustark spectators and the waiters interfered. It was all over in an in stant, yet n sensation that would livo in the gossip of generations had been created. A prince of the realm bad been brutally assaulted! Holding bis jaw, Lorenz picked himself from tlie floor, several of his friends running to his old. There was blood on his Hps nnd chin; it trie clod to Ids shirt front. For some moments he stood panting, glaring at Lorry's mocking face. "I am Lorenz of Axpbnin, sir," he said at last, his voice quivering with suppressed anger. "It shall be a pleasure to kill you, Lorenz," observed his adversary, dis playing his ignorance of leze majesty. Anguish, pale and very much con cerned, dragged hiui away, the prince leaving the cafe ahead of them, fol lowed by his chattering, cursing com panions. Prince Gabriel was standing near the door as they passed out. He looked at the Americans sharply, nnd Anguish detected something like trium phant Joy in his eyes. "Good Lord, Lorry, this means a duel; Don't you know that?" cried ho as they started upstairs. "Of course I do, nnd Pm going to kill that vlllnin too!" exclaimed Lorry loud enough to bo heard from one end of the room to the other. "This is horrible, horrible! Let mo square it up some way if"? began the nlnrmed Anguish. "Square it upl Look here, Harry An guish, I nm the one who will do tho squaring. If bo wants a duel, he can havo it nt any old time and in nny style he desires." "lie may kil! you!" "Not while a just God rules over our destinies. I'll take my chances with pistols, and now let mo tell you ono thing, my boy: He'll never live to touch his lips to hers, nor will there be n roy nl wedding. She cannot marry a dend man.'* He was beside himself with ex citement, nnd it was fully half an hour beforo Anguish could bring him to n sensible discussion of the affair. Grad ually ho bccnuio cool, and, tho fever onco gone, ho did not loso his bend again. "Choose pistols nt ten paces nnd nt 8 tomorrow," he said nonchalantly, as a rap at the door of their apartment an nounced tho arrival of tho prince's friend. Anguish admitted two well dressed, black boarded men, both of whom had sat nt the prince's table In tho cafe. They Introduced themselves ns tho Duko of Mizrox nnd Colonel Attobnwn. Their visit was brief, formal nnd con clusive. "Wo understand that you arc persons of rank In your own Amorlca?" said the Duke of Mizrox after a few mo ments. "Wo nro sons of business men," re-' sponded Mr. Anguish. "Oh, well, 1 hardly know. But his highness Is very willing to waive his rank nnd to grant you n meeting." "I'm delighted by his highness' con descension, which I perfectly under stand," observed Mr. Anguish. "Now, whnt hnvo wo to settle, gentlemen ?*' "Tho detull of weapons." When Anguish nnuouiiccd tlint his. principal choso pistols, n strnngo gleam crept Into tho eyes of the Axphalnlans, nnd tbey seemed satisfied. Colonel At tobnwn acted as Interpreter during this short but very Important lutorv|ew? ?^^^^^?^?m^Hmi which was carried, on In the Axphain language. Lorry sat on tho window sill steadfastly gazing into the night. The visitors departed noon, and it was un derstood that Prince Lorenz would con descend, to meet Mr. Lorry at 8 o'clock on tho next morning in the valley be yond tho castle, two miles from town. Thcro was no law prohibiting duels in Grttfsfark. "Well, you're in for it, old man," said Anguish gloomily, his chin in his bauds as ho fastened melancholy eyes upon his friend. "Don't worry about me, Harry. There's only one way for this thing to "Don't you dare io drink that toastl" end. His roynl highness Is doomed." Lorry spoke with the earnestness and conviction of one who is permitted to see Into tho future. Calmly he prepared to write some letters, not to say farewell, but to ex plain to certain persons the cause of the duel and to say that ho gloried In the good fortune which had presented itself. One of these letters was ad dressed to his mother, another to the father of Prince Lorenz and the last to tho Princess of Uraustnrk. To the latter ho wrote much that did not ap pear In tho epistles directed to tho oth ers. Anguish had been in his room more than an hour and had frequently called to his friend and begged him to secure what rest he could In .order that their nerves might be steady in the morning. Rut It was not until after midnight that the duelist sealed the envelopes, directed them and knocked at his second's door to say: "I shall Intrust these letters to you, Harry. You must see that they start on their way tomorrow." Then he went to bed and to sleep. At (5 o'clock his second, who had slept but little, called him. They dressrd hurriedly and prepared for the ride to tho valley. Their own new English bulldog revolvers were to servo as weapons In the coming com bat, and a carriage was to lie in wait ing for them in a side street at 7 o'clock. / Before leaving their room Ihoy heard evidences of commotion In the hotel and were apprehensive lest the in mates had learned of the duel and were making ready to follow the light ers to the appointed spot. There was a Confusion of voices, the sound of rush ing feet, the banging of doors, the lioiso Increasing as the two men stepped into the open hall. They were amazed to see half dressed men and women standing or running about the halls, intense excitement In their faces and in their actions. White uniformed policemen were Hocking into the corri dors. Soldiers, coat less and hatless, fresh from their beds, came dashing upon the scene. There were excited cries, angry shouts and, more mystify ing than all, horrified looks and whis pers. "What has happened?" asked Lorry, stopping near the door. "It can't be a lire. Look! The door to that room down there seems to be the center of attraction. Hold on! Don't go over there, Lorry. There may bo something to unnerve you, and that must nof; happen now. Let us go down I this stairway. It leads to a side en trance, I think." They were half way down the stairs when the thunder of rushing feet In the hall above came to their ears, causing them to hesitate be tween curiosity and good judgment. "They arc coming this way." "Hear them howl! What tho devil can be the cause of all this rumpus?" cried the other. At that instant a half dozen police guards appeared nt tho head of the stairs. Upon seeing tho Americans they stopped and turned ns if to oppose a foe approaching from the opposite di rection. Huron Dangioss separated himself from the white coats above and called to the men below. In alarm they started for tho street door. He was witli them in an instant, his usu ally red face changing from white to purplo, his anxious eyes darting llrst toward tho group nbove and then to ward tho bewildered Americans. "What's tho matter?" demanded Lor ry. "There! See!" cried Dangioss, and even as he spoke a conflict began at the bend of the stairs, tho police, aug mented by a few soldiers, struggling against a howling, enraged mass of Axphnininns, Dangioss drngged his re luctant charges through a small door, and they found themselves In tho bag gage room of the hotel. Despite their (pieties lie offered no explanation, but rushed them along, passing out of tho Opposite door, down a short stairway and Into tt side street. A half dozen police gun'fdfl were awaiting them, and before they could cateh tho faintest Idea of what It all meant they were running with the officers through an alley as if pursued by demons. "Now, what in thunder does this menu?" panted Lorry, attempting to ?lacken tho pneo. Ho and Anguish were .hist beginning to regain their senses. "Do not stop! Do not stop!" wheezed Dangioss. "You must get to n place of safety. Wo cannot prevent something dreadful happening If you nro cnughtl" "If we are caught!" cried Anguish. "Why, what have wo done?" "TJllhalul me, Huron Dangioss. This Is an outrage!" shouted Lorry. "For heaven's sake, be calm! We are befriending you. When wo reach tho tower, where you will bo safe, I shall explain," gasped the panting chief of police. A few moments later they were inside the prison gates, angry, impa tient, fatigued. "Is this a plan to prevent tho duel?" demanded Lorry, turning upon tho chief, who had dropped limply into a chair and was mopping his brow. When be could lind Iiis breath enough to an swer, Dangioss did so, and he might as well hnvo thrown a bombshell at their feet. "There'll be no duel. Prince Lorenz Is dead!" "Dead!" gapped tho others. "Found dead in his bed, stabbed to tho heart!" exclaimed the chief. "We have saved you from his friends, gen i.; j - i*? i ,f Meinen, but I must say that you are still In n tight place." He then related to them the whole story. Just before 6 o'clock Mizrox had gone to the prince's room to prepare him for the duel. Tho door was closed, but unlocked, ns be found after repeat cd knock lugs. Lorenz was lying on the bed, undressed uud covered with blood. The horriticd duke made a hasty ex amination and found that ho .was dead. A dagger bad been drlveu to bla heart as be slept. Tho hotel was aroused, tho police were called, nnd the excitement was nt its highest pitch when the two friends came from their room a few minutes after 0. "But what have we to do with this dreadful affair? Why are we rushed off hero like criminals?" asked Lorry, a feeling of cruel glndness growing out of tho knowledgo that Lorenz was dead and that tho princess was freed from her compact. "My friend," said Dangloss slowly, "you are accused of tho murder." Lorry was too much stunned to be angry, too weak to protest. For some moments after the blow fell he and Anguish ?were speechless. Then came tho protestations, tho rage and the threats, through all of which Dangloss sat calmly. Finally he Bought to quiet them, partially succeeding. "Mr. Lorry, the evidence Is very strong against you, but you shall not be unjustly fronted. You are not a prisoner as yet. In Grnustark a man who is accused of murder nnd who was not seen by any one to commit the crime cannot bo legally arrested until an accuser shall no before the princess, who is also high priestess, and swear on his life that he knows the guilty man. Tho man who ho accuses agrees to forfeit his own life In ense the other Is proved Innocent. If you are to be. charged with the murder of the prince, some ono must go before the princess nnd take oath?his life against yours. I am holding you here, sir, because It Is the only place in which you are safe. Lorenz's friends would have torn you to pieces had wo not found you,first. You are not prisoners, and you may dc purt If you think it wise." "But how can they accuse me? I knew nothing of the murder until I reached this place," cried Lorry, stop ping short in bis restless walk before the little baron. "So you say, but"? "If you accuse mo, I'll kill you!" whispered Lorry, holding himself tense. Anguish caught and held him. "Me calm, sir," cautioned Dangloss. "I may have my views, but I am not willing to take oath before her royal highness. Listen: You were heard to say you would kill him. You began the light. You were the aggressor, nnd there is no one else on earth, It Is sold, who could have wished to murder him. The man who did the stabbing entered the room through the hall door and left by the same. There are drops of blood lu the carpet, leading direct to your door. On your knob are the prints of bloody lingers where you? or some one else- placed his band in opening the door. It was this discov ery, made by me and my men, that fully convinced the enraged friends of the dead prince that you were guilty. When we opened the door, you were gone. Then cninc the search, the light nt the head of the stairs and the race to the prison. The reason I saved you from thnt mob should be plain to you. I love my princess, and I do not for-' get that you risked your life, each of you, to protect her. I have done all that I can, gentlemen, to protect you In return. It means death to you If you fall Into the hands of his followers Just now. A few hours will cool them off no doubt, but now?now it would be maduess to face them, I know not what they have done to my men at tho hotel?perhaps butchered them." There was anxiety In Dangloss' voice, and there was honesty in ids keen old eyes. Ills charges now saw the situation clearly and apologized warmly for tho words they had ut tered under the pressure of somewhat extenuating circumstances. They ex pressed a willingness to remain in the prison until the excitement abated or until some one swore his life aguinst the supposed murderer. They were virtually prisoners, and they knew it well. Furthermore, they could see that Baron Dangloss behoved Lorry guilty of the murder. Protestations of inno cence hnd been politely received and politely disregarded. "Do you expect one of his friends to take the ontli?" asked Lorry. "Yes; It Is Bure to come." "But you will not do so yourself V" "No." "I thank you, captain, for I see that you believe me guilty." "I do not say you are guilty, remem ber, but I will say that If you did mur der Prince Lorenz you have uiudo the people of (Jraustark rejoice from the bottoms of their hearts, and you will be eulogized from one end of the land to tho other." "Hanged nnd eulogized," said Lorry grimly. (TO BR CONTINUED.) HOME PEOPLE ENDORS E OUR NEW DISCOVERY. Nature's Remedy. 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Harris, Erfq., White Stone Spring, S. C. Dear Sir?I do unhesitatingly state that tho efhoacy of White Stone Lithia Water, not from its splendid analytical analysis, but from my own personal ob servation, is a very valuable agent in eliminating the impurities of the blood through its marked diu rotte effects, and in so doing restores the secretory and excratory organs of the body to their normal physiological state. So in this proves its properties to be of great value in assisting digestion, assimila tion and increasing the appetite. There fore we can recognize it as a mineral water of powerful tonlo properties and should bo highly recommended in stom ach and liver disorders, blood disturb ances, rheumatism, gout, diabetes, Bright's disease, and in all inactive conditions of the kidneys and convales cing diseases. I feel myself, that I am justly due an acknowledgement of the happy effects I derived from its use. B. Elmore Kell, M. D. Mulllns, S. C, April 22, 1903. Mr. J T. Harris. 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My Dear Sir:?I have used and pre scribed the White Stone Lithia water a great deal during the past two years. In all cases requiring renal stimulation I have obtained uniformly good re sults. In lithaemla and kindred affec tions from uric acid diathesis it meets the indications, and I am sure its freo use will prove it the equal of any wa ter on the market. Yours very truly, L. J. Blake, M. D. We have the largest brick Hotel in the Carolinas or Georgia, with all mod orn improvements. 4V Electric Car Line rune from Southern Road to Spring. White Stone Spring, S. O. White Stone Lithia Water Co. ?N'cgeiablc Preparation Car As similating tlicr'oodaxidlie?ula tiug tt\e Stomachs awl Bowels of ? In kan is/< hi i 1?k1 Promotes Digeslion.Cheerfur ness andRest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. 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