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TKUWTJS 0*^nXSiMe. tC^Xen for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad vertisements, per square, one inser tion, 91.00; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduotion made for largo Advertisements. ? W. W. Ball, Proprietor. LAUUENS.H. C, Mar. 16, 11)04. About Legislators* Is a lawyer lit to be a member of tbe South Carolina Legislature? We ask this ques ion because once in a while some man seriously suggests that law yers should not be allowed to particip ate in making laws. There are a few excollont p-ople loft, even In Laurens county, who are suspicious of lawyers. There are very few,?which speaks well for iho general average of the county's common sense. Tin. Advertiser Is indiilerent whether the legislature be made up of banker*, mill hands, doctors, preach ers, furmers or printers, provided they be men of intelligence and honesty. What Laurens needs to dodge is in capables, Wo should avoid choosing men solely becauso they are good and nice. Neither should tbey be picked merely because they have brains. A mixture of common-sense, training to do things well and common honesty Is what tho country wants in legislator^-? and what tho State wants. Concerning lawyers, 14 years of ex perience in running a newspaper in Laurens tells us that lawyers are better average payers of debts than any other profession or calling oxcept bankers. Wo furlhor observe that no lawyers have made fortunes in th's town and that most of tham are comparatively poor. Wo know of farmers in this oounty who have mado twice as much in tho same time as the mos*, successful lawyer here has mado. When a successful lawyer of standing asks to go to thi legislature, the people should be thankfu'. If tho peop'e elect him, he is under no obligations to them, farthor than to do his duty. The balanco is on the other side. When a gOQd lawyer, trained and educated and bonrst as tho average man, goes to the legislature ho must, di so at a consid erable sacrifice to his business Inter ests. This is into of other men as well as lawyers but more especially of law yers. When a first class man of any prolesston or busintsi olfers f jr a legis lative ofllco, the voter wh > thluks he is conferring a grea1. favor by p itting in a ballot for him is a fool. Tho ob ligation is on tho part of the candi date who gives the voter the chance to f.ivor himself. Lawyers are litte 1 for law-making. Tbe legislature would bs an unwieldy and helpless body without them. The trouble with the country is that the best lawyers, best farmers and best business men will not "run for tbe leg islature." Take for example, an ex coptlona'ly able, practical and echol arly newspaper man, such as William II. Wallace of Newberry. Does he want to trot over Nowberry county with the manner of a mm begging somoboly to do him ftvors In order to go to tho leg islature? The position he ho ds, that of a newspaper man of recognized ability and inlluence, Is mora do irable than that of state ?ona'.or from New berry. It is reaUy a bigger position than any state ofllce below the govern orship and to hold a .-t?te office might make him a smaller mm than he is. /Vith the exception of the great lead ers of congress, the editorship of a newspaper of general ciiculatlon and lnportanca is distinctly a higher posl lou in every way tv.an membership in hat body. tVmerely mention iheso ?nines 5*=>y -ely. The same thing ^e^9 as to tha bes*. men In ons. The people aro strong, able a-d honest to servo them. Few such .t Shall Lnurens Do? lowing is taken from the .d Advertiser of last weak: tuderson has launched an oil mill, Inegar factory, a suspender f-ctory, aandkerchief factory and has ar igod to double th) capacity of a ,m: cotton mill, all since January tbe *t.i What has Kdgelleld done within #two months of the new year that ro e'apsedy Thoro Is ample local Ital to establish miny enterprises j, also men of acknowledged busl ' ability to manage them success '. All that is lacking is tho dis ,ion, tho determination, tho will to uat Anderson is doing should mean at deal to Laurens. What Lau odertakos, there is every reason eve that Laurens may carry to *>ful issuo. Jioople should lo irn ttiat small icturing enterprises may be es od by individuals. If an active mah would with $4,000 establish dkerohlef factory for example, it orobably bo a money-maker. Too *lng men with a little money that there's nothing in the lo except set up a little store, le should mako moro things. ,o?ro would bs more p ople to ods and people to n. m houses, astonishing that nobody here .ctores brick- a business requlr Jq^apltal and of which the pro >more certain than any kind i For small manufacturing , (lorporations are not ntfees ?t tho man establish and own tts and draw the salary and Vorth And The Negro, nbia State tells a pointed ing that in the North thel le hate tho whole negro) i the South the occasional against individuals. Af lynchod the negro in Ohio, last week, it burned [negro's houses and began ies of outrages upon no it. the latter had (o "make ^aroe" in the town. When |ohod in the PUvttb, no at-1 ipon other and innocent ,he North the whites hate ?cause they are unwilling i to work and cam wages with them. That phase Is not eruptive in the "5, 'j,'" _^i, SSSC^fi^^rP'' ?'^3> ?^f0 o^m? <^^* "^P* ^f** ?1.^1 ??**vfl> 4 ? ? 4* ? 4+? v* ?<4??? 4+l4+i+*444l? ? ??*??? ? < ? T\ < * ? ??A,,< ? ! ! *' at * ? i '??>>' > < ? ?? ? ?-?i- ? ,. ? ? ?' Sit' ? ?? i ? ? > aift < > i ????<? <>V*(<} GRAUSTARK ... By ... GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON Ctop?r<#?, Xf?, by Herbert 8. Stone !i A J< ?*? ?*i .*. A A ?i . CHAPTER XX. TUR AI'IMIOACHINQ OHDEAL. '?/"W^IIE American has escaped!" was the cry that spread through Edelweiss the next morning. It brought undisguised relief to the faces of thousands. There was not one who upbraided Huron Dangloss for Ida astounding negligence. Never before had a criminal PHcapcd from the tow er. The only excuse, uttered In woe begone tone, was that the prison had not been constructed or maimed for auch clever scoundrels as Yankees good name for audacity. The full story of the daring break for liberty flushed from lip to Hp dur ing the day, and It was known all over the water Bwcpt city before noon. Baron DnngloBS himself had gone to the prisoner's cell early In the morning, mystified by the continued absence of the guard. The door was locked, but from within came gronns and cries. Alarmed at once, the captain procured duplicate keys aud entered the cell. Theru he found the helpless, blood cov ered Ogbot, bound hand and foot and almost dead from loss of blood. Tho clothes of tho American were on the floor, while his own were missing, gone with the prisoner. Ogbot as soon as ho was able related his experience of the night before. It was whilo making bis rounds at mid night that he heard moans from the cell. Animated by a feeling of pity, ho opened the slab door and asked if ho wero ill. The wretched American was lying on the bed, apparently suffering. He said something which the guard could not understand, but which he took to be a plea for assistance. Not suspecting a trick, the kindly guard unlocked the second door and stepped to the bedside only to have the slek man rise suddenly and deal him n treacherous blow over the head with tho heavy stool he had secreted behind him. Ogbot knew nothing of what fol lowed, so effective was the blow. When he regained consciousness, he was ly ing on tho bed Just as the captain had found him. Tho poor fellow, over whelmed by the enormity of his mis take, begged Dangloss to shoot him at once. But Dangloss had him conveyed to the hospital ward and tenderly cared for. Three guards In ono of the ofllces oaw a man whom they supposed to be Ogbot pass from tho prison shortly aft er 12, nnd the mortified chief admitted that some one had gone through Ids prlvato apartment. As the prisoner had taken Ogbot's keys, he experi enced little difficulty in getting outside the gates. But, vowed Dangloss storni lly, ho should bo recaptured if it re quired the efforts of all the policemen in Edelweiss. The chagrin of tbc grim old captain, who had never lost a pris oner, was pitiful to behold. The forenoon was half over before Harry Anguish heard of his friend's escape. To soy that ho was paralyzed would be putting it much too mildly. There is no language that can ade quately describe his sensations. For getting his bodyguard, he toro dowu the street toward tho prison, wild with anxiety and doubt. He met Boron Dan gloss, tired and worn, near the gate, but the old officer could tell him noth ing except what he had learned from "Oh, I beg pardonl" Ogbot. Of one thing there could ho no doubt?Lorry was' gone. Not knowing where to turn or what to do, Anguish raced off to the castle, his bodyguard having located him In tho meantime. He was more in need of their protec tion than ever. At the Castle gates he encountered a party of raying Axphainlans, crazed with anger over tho flight of tho man whose lifo they had thirsted for so ravenously. Had he been unprotected Anguish would have fared badly at their bands, for they were outspoken in their assertions that he bad aided Lorry in the escape. One fiery little fellow cast a glove in the American's face and expected a challenge. An guish snapped bia fingers and sarcas tically invited the insulter to meet him next winter in a battle with snowballs, upon which tho aggressor blasphemed In three languages and 800 gestures. Anguish and his men passed inside the gates, which had been barred to the others, and struck out rapidly for the castle doors. The Princess Yetlve was sleeping soundly, peacefully, With a smile on her Hps, when her prime minister sent an excited attendant to Inform her of the prisoner's escape. She sat up In bed, and, with her hands clasped about her knees, sleepily announced Hint sho would receive him after her coffeo was served. Then she summoned her maids. Her uncle nnd aunt, the Countess Dagmar (whose merry brown eyes wero so full of pretended dismay that the princess could scarcely restrain a smile), nnd Gnspon, the minister of finance, were awaiting her appearance. She heard the count's story of tho es cape, marveled at the prisoner's nu daclty and firmly announced that ev erything possible shonld be done to ap prehend him. With a perplexed frown on her brow and a dubious twist to her lips, she said: "I suppose I must offer a reward?" "Certainly I" exclaimed her uncle. ?'About W) gnvvoe, uncle?" "FlftyJ" orled tne two men, aghast "Isn't that enough?" "For the murderer of a whwp't" de manded Gnspon. "It would be abseid, your highness. He 1? a most important person.*' "Quito so. Ho is a most Important person. I think I'll offer r?.ooo gavvos." "More like it. Ho 1h worth that, at least," agreed Uncle Caspar. "Beyond a doubt," sanctioned Gas pon. "I a in glad you do not consider me extravagant," She said demurely. "You may have the placards printed at once." she went on. addressing tbe treasurer. "Say that a reward of 5,000 gavvos will be paid to tbe person who delivers Grenfntl Lorry to mo." "Would It not be bettor to say 'de livers Grenfall Lorry to the tower?'" submitted Qaspoil. "You may say 'to the undersigned* and sign my name," she said reflective ly. "Very well, your highness. They shall be struck otT this morning." "In large typo, Guspon. You must catch III ill if you can," she added. "He is a very dangerous man, and royalty needs protection." With this wise bit of caution she dismissed the subject and began to talk of the storm. As tbe two young plotters were has tening up the stairs later on an at tendant approached and informed tbe princess that Mr. Anguish requested an audience. "Conduct him to my boudoir," she said, her eyes sparkling with triumph. In the seclusion of tbe boudoir she and tho countess laughed like children over tbe reward that had been so solemnly ordered. "Five thousand gavvos!" cried Dag mar, leaning back In her chair to em phasize the delight she felt. "What a joke!" Tap, tap, came a knock on tbe door, and in the same Instant it flew open, for Mr. Anguish was In a hurry. As be plunged Into their presence a pair of heels found the floor spasmodically. "Oh, I beg pardon!" be gasped as if about to fly. "May I come In?" "Not unless you go outside. You uro already In, it seems," said tho prin cess, advancing to meet him. Tbe countess was very still and sedate. "I am BO glad you have come." "Heard about Lorry? The fool is out and gone!" he cried, unable to re strain himself. Without a word she dragged him to the divan, and, be tween them, be soon bad the whole story poured Into his ears, the princess on one side, the countess on tbe other. "You are a wonder!" ho exclaimed when all the facts were known to him. He executed a little dance of approval, entirely out of place in the boudoir of n princess, but very much In touch with prevailing sentiment. "But what's to become of ineV" he asked after cool ing down. "I have no excuse for re maining In QratlSttirk, and I don't like to leave him here either." "Oh, I have made plans for you," said she. "You are to bo held as hos tage." "What!" "I thought of your predicament last night, and hero Is tbe solution: This Very day I shall Issue an order forbid ding you the right to leave Edel weiss. You will not be In prison, but your ev ery movement Is to be watched. A strong guard will have you under sur veillance, and any attempt to escape or to communicate with your friend will result in your confinement and bis de tection. In this way you may stay here until the time comes to fly. Tho Axphaln people must be satisfied, you know. Your freedom will not be dis turbed. You may conic and go as you like, but you are ostensibly a prisoner. By detaining you forcibly we gain a point, for you are needed hero. There Is no other way in which you can ex plain a continued presence In CJrau Stnrk. Is not my plan a good one?" "It Is beyond comparison," ho said, rising and bowing low. "So shrewd Is this plan that you make mo a hostage forever. I shall not escape Its memory if I live to be a thousand." At parting she said seriously: "A great deal depends on your dis cretion, Mr. Anguish. My guards will watch your every action, for they are not in tho secret?excepting Qulnnox? and any attempt on your part "to com municate with Grcufnll Lorry will bo fatal." "Trust me, your highness. I havo had much instruction in wisdom to day." "I hope wo shall sec you often," she said. "Dally ? as a hostage," bo replied, glancing toward tbe countess. "That means until the other man Is captured," said the young lady saucily. As bo left tho costlo he gazed at the distant building In the sky and won dered how It had over been approached In n carriage. She had not told him that Allude drove for miles over wind ing roads that led to the monastery up a gentler slope from-tho rear. Tho next afternoon Edelwcls.1 thrilled with n new excitement. I'rluco Bola roz of Axphaln, mad with grief and rage, came thundering Into the city with bis court nt bis heels. Ills wrath had been Increased until it resembled a tornado when be read the reward pla card In the uplands. Not until then did he know that tho murderer had es caped and that vengeance might bo de nied him. After viewing the body of Lorenz as It lay In the sarcophagus of the royal palace, where It bad been borne at the Command of the L'vlucOSS Yetlve, he de manded audience with his son's be trothed, and It was with fear that sho prepared for the trying ordeal, an In terview With the grief crazed old man. Tho ensile was In a furore. Its balls soon thronged with diplomatists and there was nn ugly sense of trouble In the air, suggestive of tho explosion which follows the Igniting of a powder magazine. The slim, pale faced princess met the burly old ruler In the grand council chamber. He and his nobles bud been kept waiting but a short tlim Within a very few minutes after they bad been conducted to tho chamber by fount Halfont oud other dignitaries the fair ruler came Into tbe room nnd advanced between the bowing lines of court lor.i to the spot where sat the man who held Graustark In his grasp. Bolnroz arose as she drew near, bis gaunt face black and unfriendly. She extended her hand graciously, and he, a prince for nil his wrath, touched his trembling lips to its white, smooth back. "I come In grief and sadness to your court, most glorious Yetlve. My bur den of sorrow Is greater than I can bear." ho snld hoarsely. "Would that I could give you conso lation," (die said, sitting In tlifi fbnir reserved for her use at council gutnev> ings. "Alus, It grieves mo that I can oiror nothing more than words." Tru ly she pitied him lu his bereuvcment. Bolarox sold that ho had hoard of ?ho murderer's escape nnd asked what effort was being made to recapturo blm. Votive related all that had hap pened, expressing humiliation over tho fact that her olllcers bad boon unable to accomplish nnytblng, uddlng that she did not believe tho fugltlvo could get away from (Jraustark safely with out her knowledge. Tho old princo was working himself back Into the vio lent rage that bad been temporarily HUbdued, nnd at last broko out in u vlelous denunciation of tho careless ness that bad allowed the man to es cape. He lirst insisted that Dangloss and his Incompetent assistants bo thrown into prison for lifo or executed for criminal negligence; then he de manded the li'e of Harry Anguish as an alder and abettor in the lllght of the murderer. In both coses tho prin cess firmly refused to take the notion demanded, 't hen she acquainted him with her Intention to detain Anguish as hostage and to have his every ac tion watched In the hope that a clew to the whereabouts Of the fugitive might be discovered, providing, of course, that the friend knew anything at all about the matter. The Duke of Mlz rox and others loudly joined in the cry for Anguish's arrest, but she bravely held out against them and in the end curtly informed them that the Ameri can, whom she believed to be Innocent of all ?complicity In the escape, should bo subjected to no indignity other thau detention in the city under guard, as she had ordered. "I insist that this man bo cast into prison nt once," snarled the white lip ped Bolaroz. "You are not nt liberty to command In Graustark, Princo Bolaroz," she said slowly and distinctly. "I nm ruler here." Bolaroz gasped and was speechless for some seconds. '.'You shall not be ruler long, madam," lie said malevolently, significantly. "But I am ruler now, nnd, as such, I nsk your highness to withdraw from my castle. I did not know that I was to submit to these threats and insults or I should not have been kind enough to grant you an audience, prince though J'OU are. When I ennie to this room, it was to give you my deepest sympathy and to receive yours, not to bo insulted. You have lost a son, I my betrothed. It ill becomes you, Princo Bolaroz, to vent your vlndktlveness upon me. My men are doing nil In their power to capturo the man who has so unfortu nately escaped from our clutches, and I shall not allow you or any one else to dictate the manner In which we are to proceed." She uttered these words cuttingly and at their conclusion arose to leave tho room. Bolaroz heard her through In surprise nnd with conflicting emotions. There was no mistaking her indignation, so he deemed it policy to bottle his wrath, overlook the most offensive rebuke his vanity had ever received and submit to what was evidently a Just decision. "Stay, your highness. I submit to your proposition regarding the other stranger, although I doubt its wisdom. There Is but one in whom I am really interested?the one who killed my son. There is to bo no cessation in tho effort to ilnd him, I am to understand. I now have a proposition. With me are 800 of my bravest soldiers. I offer them to you in order that you may bet ter prosecute the search. They will re main here, and you may use them iu any way you see lit. The Duke of MIz rox will linger In Edelweiss, and with him you and yours may always confer, lie also is at your command. This man must be retaken. I swear by all that Is above and below me he shall bo found if I bunt Hie world over to ac complish that end. He shall not es cape my vengeance! "And bark you to this: On the 20th of next month I shall demand payment of the debt duo Axpbaln. So deeply Is my heart set on ,'ie death of this (Iron fall Lorry that I agree now, beforo all these friends of ours, that if be be cap tured and executed in my presence bo fore the 20th of November csrnustnrk shall bo granted the extension of tlmo that would have obtained In the event of your espousal with the man he kill ed. You hear this offor, all? It is bound by my sacred word of honor. His death before the 2(tth gives (Iran stark ton years ?>f grace. If he is still at large, l shall claim my own. This Offer, 1 believe, most gracious YetiVO, will greatly encourage your people in the effort to capture the man we seek." The princess heard the remarkable proposition with face deathly pale, heart scarcely beating. Again was tho duty to Grnustark thrust cruelly upon her. She could save the one only by sacrificing the other. "Wo will do all In our power to?to prove oursolves grateful for your mag nanimous offer," sbo said. Ab ehe pass ed froui tho room, followed by her un cle, she heard tho Increasing bun of excitement on nil sides, the unrestrain ed expressions of amusement and re lief from her owu subjects, the patron izing comments of the visitors?all conspiring to sound her doom. Which wny was she to turn In order to escape from herself? "Wo must catch this man, Yetlve," said Halfont on the stairway. "There is no alternative." "Except our inability to do so," she murmured. Iu that moment she deter mined that (ironfall Lorry should nev er be taken If she could prevent it. He was innocent, and it was Graustark's penally to pny. (TO UK CONTINUED ) WHAT IS LIFE? In the last analysis nobody knows, hui wo do know that it is under strict law. Abuse that law even al'ghtly, pv'n results. Irregu'ar living means derangement of. th > organ*, resulting In Constipation, Headache or Liver trouble. Dr. King's Now Life Pills quickly rt-adjuft this. It's gentle, yet thorough. Only 25 cents at Lau rens D ug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. A Wonderful Saving. Tho largest Methodist Church in Georgia calculate to use one hundred hundred ea'lons of the usual kind of mixed paint in painting their church. Ihey used only 82 gallons of the Longman & Martinez Paint mixed with 24 gallons of linscod oil. Actual cost of paint made was less than 91.20 per gallon. Saved over eighty ($80.00) dollars in paint, and got a big donation besides. EVERY CHURCH wilt be given a liberal quantity whenever they paint. Many houses are well painted with four gallons of L. & M. and three gal lons of linseed oil mixed therewith. Wears and covers like gold. Those celebrated paints are sold by W. L. BoYn, Laurens. Clinton Pharmacy, Clinton. March 1?2m. 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SWITCH1 If you aro using lard for frying and shortening, and we prove to you that Cottoleno is purer, moro healthful, more economical, what should you do ? SWITCH I Natures Gift from tho Sunny South Shortens your fbod-Lcnvlthcns your life G Now, lard, as you know, is made from hog fat. It may or may not be pure, Cottolene is always pure, because it contains nothing but refined vegetable oil and choice beef suet. It is always uniform, and wo guarantee tho quality. Besides, it is never sold in bulk liko lard, but comes in scaled tin pails, and is not open to contamination. So much for purity and healthfulness. As to economy - Cottolene is richer than lard. It requires, therefore, but two-thirds the quantity to secure better results. This means economy. Why not do justice to your stomach and pivc it a digestible product rather than an indigestible one? Your grocer will start you right with a pail of Cottolene. ??TJT? Send us n 2c stamp to pay postatra and wo'll mail you a copy of our book, A ?? uomu Helps." edited by Mrs. Rorcr. which contains 300 choice recipes from tho country's noted cooks. Made only by THE N. K. FA1RBANK COMPANY, Dept. 6 1 2 Chicago HEN WANTED. I want five traveling salesmen on salary and commission to sell life insurance. I want busi ness men who are able to earn ;il least #ioo.gg per month. The State Life paid thirty per cent dividend last year on policies over four years old. No other Company did. The State Life operates tinder a law which requires it to maintain on deposit with the State Department enough secu rities to cover all its liabilities. No other Com pany operating in South Carolina complies with such a law. I want men with stickitiveness to sell those policies. How about you? Can you sell better goods than those sold by your competitors? If so, you want to write to me. D. SAfl COX, General Agent, Columbia, S. C. CONFECTIONERY AND FRUIT STORE. 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