Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Do You Dread New Shoes? It takes a deal of moral courage for some folks to buy new shoes. Stiff soles and unyielding upper leath ers sometimes bring serious foot troubles in their wake. To many new shoes mean torment for a week or more. The Look for the Red Beit on the Box. Southern Girl $2.00 Shoe $2-50 with the sole made flexible, is a positive relief for tired and tortured feet. It is as pliable as an old shoe from the very first. It is as stylish as any shoe you ever saw. The top and vamp are of soft kid but tough as7 horse* hide. We've taken out all the stiffness. We've,ktft in all the wear and all the style. \yr See this shoe at the Craddock agency in your town. Made in all styles and patterns?slippers?pumps? lace and button boots. CRADDOCKTERRY CO., LYNCHBURG, VA. 50 SP 1 m WE BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE! SB I List your property with us. We think we know values in City and County Property. We act as Executors, Adminis trators and Guardian for Estates. Business entrusted to us will re ceive expert and careful attention. See us. We offer for sale brick house, and lot on Jail street. N. B. DIAL, President. C. H. ROPER, Sec. & Trens. Home Trust Co. LAU RENS, SOUTH CAROLINA : j ! ? # EARL C. OWENS Veterinary Surgeon Laurens, S. C. at Bolt & Hudgens sale stable PHONB 202 In Bad Fix "I had a mishap at the age of 41, which left me In bad flx," writes Mrs. Georgia Usher, of Conyers, Ga. "I was unconscious fof three days, and after that I would have fainting spells, dizziness, nervousness, sick headache, heart palpitation a,Bd--ina"hy strange feelings. "1 suffered greatly wrfn" ailments due to the change of life and had 3 doctors, but they did no good, so I concluded 'to try Cardui. 'Since taking Cardui, I am so much better and can do all my housework." a CARDUI J4t The Woman's Tonic Do not allow yourself to get Into a bad fix. You might get in so bad you would find it hard to get out Better take Cardui while there is time, while you are still in moderately good health, just to conserve your strength and keep you in tip top condition. In this way your troubles, whatever they are, will grad ually grow smaller instead of larger?you will be on the up-grade instead of the down?and by and bye you will arrive at the north pole of perfect health. Oet a bottle at your druggists' today. JOHNSON TO A CONSTITUENT Washington, April 29.?Representa. tlve Joseph T. Johnson, of Spartan burg, whose course In the house has always been in completost harmony with tin? doctrines of the Democratic party, stated today that he has re cently received a number of letters from various sources in his district, gently suggesting that he use his In-, fluence to indue the Democratic ma jority in the house to "go slow" in Us handling of the tariff question. The following letter, written by him to one of Iiis constituents and good friends, shows how he stands on the subject: ? Washington. I). (\. April 24, I'M I. "My Dear Sir: ? "I have your favor of the 21st. in which you state that before he tariff question is agitated very much, and before I commit myself, you would like to say some things to me relative to the manufacturing interests in the south and in the north as well. Committed SO Years Ago. "I have committed myself 20 years ago on that question, and BO has the Democratic party. I do not believe in the doctrine of protection. The Democratic party has always con tended that tin government has no right to levy a tax except for the pur pose of raising revenue to defray the expenses of tho government. The oilier political party contends that the government has the right to levy taxes, not for tho purpose of raising revenue, hut for the purpose of pro tecting American manufacturers from competition with the manufac turers of other countries. It is un fortui. te thai many people in this country have actually come to believe that business prosperity is dependent upon laws that give certain classes special privileges. "During all the last week wo were engaged in consider,ng the Canadian reciprocity bill. All speakers in op position to that measure professed ib'ir belief that the Amerlcnn farm er would be ruined if Canadian prod ucts were permitted io come Into this country free of duty. I do not believe it. The statement made oftener than any other against permitting the im portation of Canadian products was that land was cheaper in Canada than it is in Minnesota and other states in that section of the Union, and that the fanner on high-priced land could not compete with the farmer on cheaper land. Won't Hear Analysis, "This proposition won't bear analy sis. The lands in every state in the Union vary in value. Th;> lands in every county in every State in the Union vary in value. The lands in every township of every county in every State in the Cnlon vary in val ue, and yet all these farmers compete with one another. There are farming latuls In every county of the Fourth Congressional district of South Caro lina that readily sell for $100 per acre, and in every case within ten miles there are lands equally as pro ductive that sell for $20 per acre. The arguments that I have heard in favor of protection, when analyzed, ?arc about on a par with the one above suggested. Southern farmers have no protection upon their products, but we sell cotton in Liverpool in com petition with the low-priced labor of Egypt am India. As a matter of truth, tho northern farmer has no protection. H is true that the tariff law levies a duty of cents a bushel on wheat, and similar duties upon corn, barley ami various products of the farm; but those duties are put there for the purpose of fooling the farmer and getting him to vote the Republican ticket. The northern farmers not only make all the wheat we can consume in the United States, but they make a surplus of many, many millions of bushels, which is ? xported and sold in the markets of the world in competition with the wheat that is grown in Russia and in other wheat growing countries. Lumber Trust Most Active. "The most active opponent of Ca nadlan reciprocity was the lumber trust but the lumber trust never shows Its own hand. It spent Its energies in trying to get the farmers and others to protest against Ca nadian reciprocity, but the real ob ject of Its activities was in order that the great timber lords might contin ue to hold up the American people. There are three holders of timber in tho United States who hnve 88.000. 000 acres of standing timber?an area nearly threo times as large as all the cotton fields of the southern states. These three holders own timber enough to build a cottage for every family in the United States. The lumber on the land at Its present price is worth 10, 20. and 50 times what they paid for the land, and the land after the timber Is cut off Is worth many times what they paid for it. And theso powerful Influences have put every agency In operation to kill tariff revision?not because they care anything ahout the fann er's wheat or his buckwheat or his barley?but because they want still further to be able to multiply their almost countless millions by holding up our people on the price of lumber. Not Concerned Ahout South. "Our New Bedford friends, who have evidently written to yon. are not concerned about southern mills, but they want you to pull the Chest nuts out of the fire for them; and If I could reach the ear of every busi ness man in the south my advice to him would he to watch for the bands that dare not show their motives and not allow them to work upon the fears of our people. The South has never gotten anything out of the doctrine <>r protection, it is the law that has enabled the Steel Trust, the Meat Trust, to garner their mil lions al the expense of all the people. They don't want this meat privilege CUt off, but they dare not come out in the open and plead that they should he allowed (o continue their exploitations, and consequently they resort to every device to intimidate business men. to bring pressure to bear upon heir representatives in Congress to prevent them legislating in the hit rest Of all the people. Countr) on False Mavis. "The ways and means committee of the present Congress is composed of careful, painstaking, conscientious men. They have no desire, and (he members of Congress have no desire, to do anything that will Injure or hinder legitimate business. Wo real. Izo perfectly that the country has been operating upon a false foundation and upon a false doctrine, and tiiat. bow ever vicious that system may be. we must destroy it gradually, conserva tively and cautiously. The house is Democratic, hut the senate la Repub lican and the president is a Republi can, so our tariff legislation must of necessity he moderate, or it could not pass a Republican senate and receive the approval of n Republican presi dent. I rcnli'/.o fully that it is possible for these great influences to cause de pression In business, just as I know a man may create a stampede in a theatre by shouting "Fire!" when there is no lire. Hut what I want to "warn you and all of my friends in tlx' south against is permitting yourselves to ho slnmpoded by these people, who do not wish to come out in the open. Inn who are crying "fire" and business depression in order to create alarm throughout the country and try to Stampede Congress from doing what the people want it to do. and what is right. "Very sincerely yours. ?Joseph T. Johnson." ?Spartanhut g 11 -raid. Miser) From Upset Stomach and l)\s pepsia win Vanish. If what you just ate is souring on your stomach or lies like a lump of lead, refusing to digest, or you belch gas and eructate sour and undigested food, or have a feeling of dl/.zinoss, heartburn, fulness, nausea, had taste in mouth and stomach headache this is Indigestion. Rloodlno costs only fifty cents and will thoroughly cure the worst case of Dyspepsia. and leave sufficient ahout (ho house in case some one else in the family may suffer from stoin ache trouble or indigestion, (Jet a bottle of Rloodlno now and eat what you like the next menl nnd then take a teaspoonful of Oloodluc to digest and prepare for nssiinila lion into the blood all, the food you cat: besides, i: mak**?? you go to Lhe table with n henytyT healthy appetite; hut what will please you most is that you will feel that your stomach und Intestines are clean and fresh, and you will not need to resort to laxa- , lives or liver pills for biliousness or constipation. This city will have many Rloodlno cranks, as some pOopol will call them, hut you will he cranky ahout this splendid prescription, too, if you ever have Indigestion or gastritis, or any other stomach misery, take Rloodine. Mail orders will be filled by the Rloodlno Corporation, Boston, Mass. Sold by I.aureus Drug Co._ FURS WANTED! All Kinds of Furs, Muskrat and Others Muskrat 25c to 85cts Mink. 50c to $7.50 The Highest Market Price Always Paid Further Information may be had by calling on or addressing S. P0LIAK0FF Next Door to Post Office, Laurens, S. C. Piles! Piles! Piles! Williams' Inrilun Pll ? Ointment will cure mind, Hlecillng arxl ItChlng Piles. It ab sorbs the tumor*, allayi Itching et onco, arts as a poultice. glVCrl Instant relief. Williams' Indian Pllq Ointment Is pre pared for Piles und itching of the prlvato pnrts. Dnorifists, mall 60c nn<l $1.00. WILLIAMS MFO. CO.. Prom.. Cle?elind. Ohio LATHENS I>l?ro ,J. I.aureus, S. C. r THE Laurens Kandy Kitchen Has with them one of the foremost candy makers in the South and they are making candies that surpass all high-grade box candies sold in this I city. A trial of these Sweets Is ? quite eijtough to ask, and then you I will be a permanent customer. } N. m. PALLES, Proprietor I Second Door from Post Office. i IF WE GIVE YOU 2 K 10 cents & FOR WHAT COST YOU NOTHING? Then Cut Coupons from Ladies' Home Journal *y May Number; Woman's Home Companion, May Number; Delineator, May Number; Good House ? Keeper, May Number; Saturday Evening Post, ^ April 22d., for E. Z. Seal Fruit Jar. Send or S bring to us and we will give JAR FREE. jV 5_,_,_,_,__ ? g Palmetto Drug Co. ? $ W. H. WASHINGTON, Manager. IN STOCK BY W. P. HUDGENS DAILY BALLOT The Augusta Chronicle's Great $15,000 Joint Voting Contest. FIFTEEN VOTES FOR M. . i Address. j i I District. I j This free ballot good for fifteen (16) votes for your favorite candidate j subject to the rules and conditions of the Augusta Chronicle's Great ! $15,000 Joint Voting Conteet. If cast before May 13,