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BILL TO BENEFIT OLD SOLDIERS. Mr. Johnson Kndcavors to Mar? Con* federate Soldiers Paid for llorses Taken From Them at Surrender. Special To The Advertiser. Washington, Maroh 31.?Much in terest is felt among Confederate soldio s in the oiTo of Representative Johnson to lecuro f >r them pay for side-arms, h >rses, and baggage taken from them by iho Union so'diers after tbe surreu dir at Appomattox, in violation of the Confederate soldiers' paroles. An act was pissed by the 57.h congress to au thorize and direct t^e war department to pay these cla'ms. Mr. Johnson ro quested the newspapors of the 4th dis trict to publish this law, In order that every Confederate soldier who h.-.d a claim might pre-ent it. To ass'st the old soldiers, he visited severa' portions of tbe district and conferred wi h and advised them about the preparation of their papers. In doing this work Mr. Johns m dis covered that inany Confederate soldiers never received any formal written pa ro'os. As the act passtd by tbe 57th congress applied ooly to sold'ers who wore formally paroled, the war d part in:nt construed It t> apply only to horses used in the army servico. Re cently Mr. Johnson introduced in the 63th congress a bill authori/.ing and di recting the Quartermaster General ^to piy the Confederate soldiers and citi zens of tho Confed-jrats States for horses, provisions and all o'her prop erty taken from them by Union sol diers, after tho surrendor at AppDmat tox. Ia arguing in support of his bill be fore the war claims committee, Mr. Johnson pointed out that if tho gov ernment felt under obligations to pay Confederate soldiers who were formally parolod, the obligation was equally as strong In favor of those who were never formally paroled. Some soldiers were at home on sick leave, some were on detached service, etc. All these wero not formally paroled. He argutd further that if the government, after thirty-seven year?, fo't constrained by a high moral obligation to pay the sol dier for tho horte used In the army servle:, the obligation wavequally as strong to pay for (he horse used in making a support for his wife and children. As for widows and non-com batants, the highest sense of morality and justice against the government liking tholr property without com pensatlon. The war claims committee has the bill under consideration. It is cortalnly meritorious, and its passage would do justiu e to and help many poor paopio In the South. The introduction of this bill and the effort on the part of Representative Johnson to secure its passage, show that he is alive to the interests of bis people, and Is on the lockout for oppor tunities to serve his constituents. T. H. D. MONTH'S TRIAL FREE. Breathe Hyomei Three or Four Times1 Dally and Be Cured of Catarrh. The Liurous Drug Co , one of the most reliable business firms in Lau rens, have seen many instances of tbe remarkable power of Hjomel to cure catarrhal troubles and other disorders of the respiratory organs. Results in this treatment have given them so much confidence In Hyomei that they will give a month's trial with the positive understanding that if at the end of that time a cure is not ef fected or enough relief gained to war want a continued use of the treatment for a while longer, tho money will bo refunded. Hyomei Is *he only treatment for ca tarrh that has ever been sold under a a "no cure, no pay" plan, and the only nhe where a month's trial treatmont is free unless It cures, Hyomei Is not a pill or liquid. Just breathe it through the neat inhaler that comes with every outfit, and bene fit) will be seen from the first day's use. Breathed in this way, tin health giving Hyomei penetrates to the min utest air cells of the lungs, and drives catarrhal germs and prisons from the system. The complete out lit co:ts but $1, and extra bottles of Hyomei may be ob tained for 50 cents. Remember that if Hyomei doe3 not cure you after a mouth's trial, they will refund your money and the treat ment will be absolutely free. OA8TORZA. Bean the 1?' Kind You H?W Always Bought LIVER TROUBLES "I find Thedford's Rl?.ck-Dr*nKht ^Hft a food medlolno for liver die??*?. It cured itiy ron After hb hud spent $100 with doctor-. It is all the med icine I Uko."?mrs. CAROLINS MARTIN, Pftrkortburg, W. V?. If your liver does not act reg ularly go to rour druggist and secure a package of Thedford's Black-Draught and take a dose tonight. This great family medicine frees the constipated bowels, stirs up the torpid liver and causes a healthy secretion of bile. Thedford's Black - Draught will cleanse the bowels of im purities and strengthen the kid neys. A torpid liver invites colds, biliousness, chills and fever and all manner of sick ness and contagion. Weak kid neys result in Bright's disease which claims as many victims as consumption. A 25 cent package of Thedford's Black Draught should always bs kept in the house. ? "I used Thedford's Black Draught for liver and kidney com Mshead, in. ' THEDFORD'S BU(K DRAUChT Dr. Chas. A. Ellett, DENTIST. Law Range. HUMANITY'S DEBT TO THE UNITED STATES By JOHN W. FOSTER, Ex-Secretary of State [Y its steady championship of a freer commerce and of most elevated principles of conduct in war tho United States has brought about an ALMOST COMPLETE CHANGE in the practice of nations. There still re mains to bo incorporated into international law ono of tho principles announced by the founders of our government and steadily advocated up to tins day?tho exemption from seizure of PRIVATE property on tho sea in time of war. As our country from its earliest history led the nations of tho earth in creating a more elevated and perfect system of interna tional law, so also it has been tho most active IN" ADJ LISTING IN TERNATIONAL CONTROVERSIES and preserving peaco by means of treaties of arbitration. Tho first treaty negotiated after tho organization of our government under the constitution?tho Jay treaty of 1791 with Great Britain?marked a distinct advanco in tho practice of nations and sought to ameliorate tho harshness of war and to establish more clearly neutral rights. * * * Tho ONLY instance in our history whero fraud and corruption have been established against an arbitration tribunal was that with Venezuela under the treaty of 1S0G. Soon after the adjournment of the commission charges of irregularity and frnud on the part of its members were made at Washington by tho Venezuelan government, and an investigation established to tho satisfaction of congress tho fact that A CORRUPT ARRANGEMENT HAU BEEN MADE between tho American commission, the umpire (a Venezuelan), the United States minister in Venezuela and his relative, tho leading at torney before the commission, by which a large part of each claim represented by the attorney and allowed by the commission was to bo DIVIDED between tho persons named. After considerable de lay in securing legislation a new commission was organized, which reviewed the work of its predecessor. OF THE TWENTY-FOUR CASES ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COM MISSION ONLY NINE WERE PASSED ON FAVORABLY, AND THREE OLD CASES REJECTED WERE ALLOWED BY THE NEW COMMIS SION, REPRESENTING MORE THAN HALF OF THE TOTAL AWARDS. THE WORLD IS NOT GROWING WORSE By RABBI JOSEPH KRAUSKOPF of Philadelphia UCII fault is found by pessimists with the morals of the present day. That there is ground for complaint I would be the last to deny. I know of the laxities that are tolerated even in the so called .BEST SO CIETY. I know of tho vices that fester uncontrolled on tho very surface of the fashionable world. But I also know that in all the centuries that civilized man has lived upon the earth THERE HAS NEVER BE EX AN ACE IN WHICH THE MORAL SENSE WAS SO DEEPLY ROOTED AND AS WIDELY DIFFUSED AS AT THE PRESENT TIME. * * ? Never in the history of man havo human rights been regarded as so sacred and human possessions as so inviolable. Never beforo have nations been so fearful of waging cruel war and shedding innocent blood. Never before have nations been so powerfully swayed by THE POWER OE RIGHT. By that power havo whole empires in our day been made to tremble, and vast armies have been made to cower. * Never before havo the poor and tho weak stood as protected under tho regis of the law as at the present time. Never before have such liberal provisions been mado for healing tho sick, for sheltering tho aged and infirm, for caring for tho orphans, for educating tho ig norant, guiding the straying, lifting the fallen. Never beforo has love held so large a place' IN THE CORRECTION OF THE DE FECTIVE and in the education of tho young. Gone is the pillory, the torture chamber, the stake. Tho rod has disappeared from our schoolrooms and the cat-o'-ninc-tails from our homes. NEVER BEFORE HAS WOMAN WALKED THE WAY OF LIFE A8 SHIELDED AND AS HONORED; NEVER BEFORE HAVE HER GOD GIVEN RIGHTS BEEN SO FREELY GRANTED HER, NOR HAS SHE EVER BEFORE WIELDED SO VAST AN INFLUENCE IN THE UPLIFT OF MAN AND IN THE MORA LIZA TION OF 800IETY A8 AT THE PRES ENT TIME. THE PERIL OE DISFRANCHISEMENT By' Dr. FELIX ADLER |IIE attempt has often been mado in history?in Greece and elsewhere?to establish a democracy on the basis of slavery, or of PERMANENT INFERIORITY. It has never succeeded. It was a wiso instinct?an instinct of self preservation?which dictated to our states the policy of rapidly assimilating EVEN THE IGNORANT elements that came to us from foreign shores. Wo havo gone, perhaps, too far in that direction. The wholly ignorant, the illiterate, tho utterly unqualified, should be excluded, but coupled with such exclusion should always bo tho proviso that IT CAN ONLY BE TEM PORARY. If tho lessons of history afforded by the examplo of other nations should bo forgotten, if in tho caso of tho colored peoplo or of any other section of our people tho attempt should be mado to oreate a permanently inferior and disfranchised class, OUR DOOM ?S ? REPUBLIC IS SEALED. Tho problom is in this sense a national ono. Our own political liborties aro at stako?not tho wel fare of tho negro alone, but our welfare as a people. WE ARE PARTIES IN INTERE8T, WE OF THE NORTH. WE MAY NOT, THEREFORE, 8TAND A8IDE. IT 18 OUR RIGHT A8 WELL KB OUR DUTY TO BE HEARD. FLORODORA COTTON SEED FOR SALE Laurens farmers are enthusiastic over this Famous Cotton. We have the seed. Also Millet Seed and Clover Seed. Nitrate of Soda for Top Dressing, Try It. We Have It. THREE PAPERS EACH WEEK For ONE Dollar. -m ? ?? m - The Advertiser and The Twice=A=Week Republic. 28 PAGES A WEEK THE REPUBLIC is the Great Democratic Paper of St. Louis. The World's Fair is soon to open in St. Louis. The National Democratic Convention meets in St. Louis this year. Each Week an Agricultural (4) Page Supplement is .Sent Out with The Republic. All this goes to new subscribers to The Advertiser, including The Advertiser, for $1.00 a year, and to old subscribers to The Advertiser who pay up one full 12 months in advance from date. This is Campaign Year in Laurens. YOU Ought to take your County Paper. Would you live in a county without a paper? Then at least pay a dollar a year and take one with The St. Louis Republic thrown in. P. S. The Advertiser, The News and Courier and The Republic one year for $1.50. We Handle All Good Family Remedies. No matter what medicine or drug or sick-room necessity or toilet requisite or drug store article of any kind you may desire, we invite you to come here and get it. You will receive courteous attention. You find us exceedingly anxious to please you in every respect. We iuvite you to come here to do all your drug store 1 buying. It would be a very great favor to us if you would invite your friends to do their trading here als?.. Prescriptions and household receipts carefully and accurately compounded. Only pure drugs used. Dodson s Drug Store, "I Was Dying of Consnmpt'or. Doctors Cava Mc N3i!:lr~ Helped Mc. [Tried Duffy's Pure Malt V.'b' -A-.y. Improved nt One. night P.;! .les Ccinptele'y Cured fie"?Says Mrs. 11. C. Al'.ingtor., Nnslr.;a, N. *f. ?'My lifo has b'-er. ; vr.d \ty Duffy's Puro Malt Whiskey; my cid r.go csr.'.fortcd and ih i.Im hanpy. I can truthfully : vj llu.t I would not no among tho living to-day but fr'.' Dairy's. Ibavo u.-i-di: asamcdic.r.jf i ... ny yoais and will contir.uo to recommend it ?> nil suffering from consumption and throat troubles. Duffy's Turn Mult Whiskey actually euros consumption; my ov a caso is a li' lug evidence of tho fact. ?'I am in my 70th year, and in rupgt <1 h< allh. A number of years ago 1 hud llmo sovero attacks of grip, tho lent one being followed by pnonmonia. I was left with a bad cough and severe hemorrhages of. tho hm *a. Tho dccl rs did not help mo and I waalu despair because consumption was upon me. 1 tried coup it medicines and to-called consumption cv.rca without benefit and war. r. -a; ii>^ my end, win ?? n good neighbor brought ran a bot: loof Duffy's Puro Malt Whtekoy. It helped ire from the llrtit and I began to mend. Eight botUos com* plotely oured me. " I always kcon a bottlo of Duffy's in tho house and when I fool tho loast badly I toko it ac cording to direction. Itkeops mo v. -jil and hoarty." Mrs. Ji. O. A LI.TNG TON, 74 Amherst i-?t.., Nashua, N. U. Mrs. AHington's experience is just exactly .Ik - snmoas thousands cf men and women who havo boon suatchsd from a consumptive's gravo by DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY THE ONLY CURE FOR LUNG AND THROAT TROUBLES. During its oxistenco of 60 years, Duffy's Turo Malt Whiskey has mado over 4,000,000 euros. 7,000 doctors prescribe Putty's, and it is used iu over tf.OOU hospitals exclusively as tho ono complete, perfect and permanent euro for consumption, coughs, colds, grip, bronchitis, asthma, pleurisy, pneumonia, catarrh and all diseases of throat mid lungs: indigestion, dyspepsia and every form of stomach trouble; nervousness, malaria and all low fevers, ami for all weakened, run-down, disoosod or wasting conditions of body, brain, nervo and musclo, Duffy's Puro Malt Whiskey not only drives out disoaso genus, but builds up now tissues and renovates tho entire system. It aids di gestion, enriches tho blood; stimulates circula tion, tones up tho hoart, (pilots tho nerves, invigorates and builds up tho body so that it will throw off and prevent disease. At tho medical Convention in Albonv A LEADING- DOCTOR HAID: I would rather hava puffy'* Pure Malt Whiskey to cure consumption and diseases of tho throat and lungs than all other medlclncsln the world." And tho doctors present agreed with bjnj unanimously. Duffy's Puro Malt Whlskoy Is good for old and young. It promotes health aud long life, koops th? old young, and makos the young strong. Duffy's is absolutely puro, contains no fusel oil, and is tho only whiskey recognized by tho Govornmont as a mudlciuo. This is a guarantee, Bo sure you auk for DUFFY'S PURK niAI.T WHI8KKY. It In tho only abso. bitcly Puro Mutt WhUkejr Which contains medical, health-giving qunlitlee and the only Malt Whiskey recognized by tho government ns n medicine. DUFFY'S PURK MAI.T WIIIBKKY is sohl In sealed bottles only, neTor In flask or hulk, i?ooh for tho trade-mark?the old chemist?ou the label and see that the seal over tho cork la unbroken. For sale at all Dispensaries In South Carolina. or direct, $1.00 a bottlo. DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., ltoohostor, N. Y. SPRING OFFERINGS FROM TAPP'S. We have the grandest stock of New Spring Goods ever brought to the Carolinas. You won't see the best in styles if you dont see what TAPP shows. Especially do we call your atten tion to the magnificent array of MILLINERY we have. TAPP LEADS IN HAT STYLES. OUT-OF-TOWN CU^OMERS^rI^ER BY MAIL. To our out-of-town customers we wish to state that special sales-people have been detailed to take care of your orders, and from the time they are received till we express the package the most careful attention is given your wants. We are building up a wonderful mail order business simply because aside from having the proper goods at the most attractive prices, we take such good care of the orders seut us. Let us liave your orders at once. Beautiful Messaline in a good run of colors, 20 inches wide, very handsome, highest sheen. Special Easter vSale price, the yard, $1.00. Brocaded Peau de Soie, handsome and stylish, in white and a good run of colors. Easter Sale price, $2.25. 27-inch India Silk, black, white and all colors, good for Shirtwaist Suits. Easter Week price, 49 cents. SHIRT WAIST LINENS^Fine line of Colored Shirtwaist Linens in all colors in different width stripes, 32 inches wide. The color is the best, washes well. Sold formerly at 39 cents yard. Special reduced price, the yard, 29 cents. Fine 36-inch plain Linen in blue, pink, red and black. Spe cial Easter Sale price, 25 cents. Our showing of Table Linen cannot be equaled in the State. You should see our fine 72-inch wide German Damask that bleaches perfectly in two washings. It is the heaviest and best shown at 75 cents the yard. Easter Sale price, the yard, 59 cts. We prepay freight, mail or express on all purchases within a radius of 600 miles of Columbia amounting to $5.00 and over. THE JAMES L. TAPP COMPANY, Columbia, S. C. % Why Use Many Words to Tell You That* % t * % The Best } i FERTILIZERS t t On E,arth t t * f> ARE MADE BY 4 * * jj The Virginia-Carolina' j Jj Chemical Co. * \ ? \ $ They have the Best Facilities, use the Best Materials, <$ & and maintain the highest reputation for the J# J5 evenness and value of their Fertilizers. ^ i ? I jj UhQ Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. ? ? CHARLESTON, S. C. $ ? W. Y. BOYD, Attorney at Law. Will praottoe in all State Court* Prompt*u?ntton given to all b aaioeis I To Cure a Cold in One Day | I Take Laxative BrOltlO Quinine Tablets. JS rfr/J/ on every I ?rnw?MTM?iiiwi^^ - ._ RADIUM Free Free Radios Radios Radios. Stupendous Oiler ad) by a Well KnoTfu IMiila. Firiu. Radios Radios Radios Thousands of Persons in all Sections of the Country Have Been lioalcd by tbi j Wonderful Discovery. Every rducaled porson has beard of Radium,1's wonderful powers and heal ing qualities have occupied page after page in tho Mutropltan publications. Everybody knows that it is thegroatest remedy that God has even given to suffering humanity. Disease germ-} of every description Hoe before it?they cannot stand tho coutacS. We have such faith in our proposition that wo guarantee absolutely to cur.? you. What Is more wo will give y u a w< it ton contract to that effect. This offer has never been duplicated. Fill out the blank bjlow and mark the malady from which you a-c Buffering and re ceive by return mail Information that will be worth hundreds of dollars to you. Ask any banking linn regarding our responsibility. LUKE OFFER FREE OFFE11 RADIOS CO. 812 Drexel Building Philadelphia, Pa. Sirs Kindly sand mo free of 0< si inf ?r matlon regarding your Radium treat ment and your wonderful remedy "Radios." Name. .... Addros8. City. Stato. Disease. When You Try the largest bottle of the best Hair Ton le al the lowest price. you will be surprised to (hid that it not only will euro DANDRUFF and stop FAL,T.IN(; HAIR, but will actually make the hair grow and make It soft. li::ht ami tltiffv. it gives food und Ufo t<> ui<; balr, as meat gives food and life to the bi dy, Bvcryono who desires to keop what hair re mains and stimulate the roots of sickly hairs can tost the meritso( UAIRINKbj purchasing a nt Bottle Refuso substitutes at a higher price, as we know that none hotter can bo purchased at any price. At druggists ir>. 10 and ?6 cents a BOTTLE. The largi r .- i/.o contains six times tho amount of t ho smaller. (Dy mail 6 cents extra for postage.) BEAL-STREIT CO., Drug Saks Co.. Chicago, Qonornl Sales Akcuis For sale locally by Laurens Drug Store. Every Fire Insurance Policy 1 Issue is backed by many Millions. NO POLICIES BETTER. Here Is Why. ASSETS Aetna Tnsurarco Co., Hartford, Conn., about RoyalEnsuraooeCo. Livorpoo1, U. S. branch only,about Clti/.cns Insurance Co., Maine, about Western Assurance, Canada, I'. S. branch only,about $15,000,000 15,000,000 2,500,000 TOTAL, 1 think this assures you of protection. Let me write, you a policy. A.C. TODD, Fire Insurance. JD).or*?f. Civc t?%<3 Buby Dan^orouo Drufjs There \<\ one r if.', i lutely harmless i fan I's Ills 1 y is are und ahso? inietiy for In? Baby ILase THE WORLD'S ?Li-T BABY IWtDICINE. (hires every form of bowel and Rtomaeli trouble,brliuptn h Inj; sleep, make !? ile.. 23 CEHT? EVE,- ."V 'r 2! V.. R. macc nv Baby Ease Muniifnchrlp.g Co., f. aeon, Gl, J THESECRET Of our success as Jewelers is, that we purchase only from manufacturers of es tablished reputation, and we satisfy ourselves with a profit that any fair-minded person would consider fair. Our stock never runs down. Fleming Bros. J. N. LEAK, Auctioneer, Oilers his services to the peo ple of Laurens County.