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die, and an improvised eye-glass and a
pursy short-breathed manner, spoke of
the governor severely, putting at him
between sentences, reproving him,
among other things, for having pris-
oners dine with him.
And the governor roared with de-
light, for this man was his rival and it
did his soul good to see him made
ridiculous. He roared, and drank to
the imitation, and the imitation re-
buked his levity throatily, till the gov
ernor roared and drank again and
shouted for more. And Francois, ex-
cited, exhilarated, did more; and still
the governor drank as he acted. And
the vaudeville went on. So that when
the guard came at eleven the count
was lying across the sofa, too tipsy to
get to bed alone, and Francois had to
wait, pretending to be heavy with wine
himself, while the two soldiers put the
governor to bed
At last he was taken upstairs be-
tween them, leaning on them Imply;
at last his door changed shut; he lis
tened to the footsteps Of the two dying
away down the stone hall, down the
staircase; then swiftly he drew out
the file and the letters from his mat
tress; he hid the papers, wrapped
tight in their oilskin cover, in his coat
lining; he set to work with the file to
finish iron bars already three-quarters
filed through. That was done and
with fingers that seemed to work as
fast, as intelligently as his brain, he
tore the bedclothes into stout strips
and tied them together with square
knots which would not slip, and tied
knots In the line at intervals of a few
feet which might keep mans fingers
from slipping. He had to guess how
long the rope must be, but the bed
clothes were all used and the rope was
many yards-tt must serve. He put
the file, with two candle ends which
he had saved, in his pocket; he made
one end of the strip fast to an I'M
touched iron bar of his window; he
weighted the other end, then he looked
about moment, half to see if all of
his small resources had been remem-
bered, half in a glance of farewell to
a place where he had passed hours
never to be forgotten.
With that he vaulted to the window
ledge and took the first knot in firm
grip and let himself out into the dark
still night. His feet hung in the air,
his hand slid fast-fast-down that
poor ladder of torn stuff; the die was
cast; he was going to things unknown;
he had taken a desperate chance and
might not go back. And he slipped
down, down, from knot to knot. Sud
denly he came to the last knot; he had
fastened bit of wood there so that
he might know when he got to the
end. What was this? 1t certainly was
the last knot; the bit of wood scraped
his hand as he held it; but his feet did
not touch ground.
There he hung, swaying in black
ness, not knowing how far he might
be above the earth, not knowing what
20 do. Only moment, for instantly
he knew that in any case he could not
go back, if he would, up that slight
swinging rope; he must drop, what
ever happened. He bent his knees
ready for the fall and let go. With a
shock he landed and rolled, bruised
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and out of breath, but not injured; he
looked up and in the dimness saw the
last knot with its bit of wood swing
ing in air twelve feet or so from the
ground.
But he had no time given him to
consider this point, for at that sec
ond, at the far END of the closed yard
a door opened, a blaze of light poured
out, and squad of six soldiers stepped
from the castle. torches in the hands
of the foremost. Francois dropped,
crouching into the shadows against
the wall, but his heart grew sick as he
realized the futility of this. The sol
diers were coming straight toward
him.
With that, CLEAN on brighter sur
face than the ground met his sight, be-
low the level of the ground. His eyes.
searching the darkness, made out
great butt of water, sunken by the
castle wall Instantly he slid into it.
up to his neck. 1t was not quite full,
and his head did not show in the
shadows of the inside. The blaze of
the torches swept close, brighter, as
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-05-29

stared him blankly in the face. Again
he pushed-with no result. A sickness
came over him. Was all his labor and
peril to go for nothing? Was he to be
caught again and thrust back, this
time into some far worse dungeon
How had he dared to hopel The en-
trance was closed, overgrown, the
masonry had grown solid with years
and dampnesS.
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stand-on.

Nagging Wife-drinking husband.
Which is cause and which is effect?
Sociologists and temperance lectur
ers may think they know but they
don't.-Philadelp Record.
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SYNOPSIS.

Francois Beaupre. a peasant babe Of
three years, after an amusing incident In
which Marshal New figures. is made a
Chevalier Of France by the. Emperor Ma
poleon, who prophesied that the boy
might one day be a marshal of France
under another Bonaparte. At the age of
pard Gourgaud, who with Alike, his
aseven-year-old daughter. lives at the
Chateau. A soldier of the Empire under
Napoleon he fires the boys imagination
with stories of his campaigns. The gem
erai offers Francois a home at the Cha
teau. The boy refuses to leave his pa
rents, but in the end becomes a copyist
for the general and learns of the friend
ship between the general and Marquis
Aappl, who campaigned with the general
under Napoleon: MARQUIS Zappi and his
son. Pietro. arrive at the Chateau. The
general agrees to care for the Marquis
son Sol while the former goes to America
asked Francois to be a friend of his son.
The boy solemnly promises Francois
goes to. the, Chateau to live. Marquis
the general Alike. Pietro and Francois
meet strange boy who proves to be
Fringe Louis Napoleon. Francois saves
his life. The general discovers Francois
loves Alike. and extracts a promise from
him that he will not interfere between the
girl and Pietro. Francois goes to Italy
as secretary to Pietro. Queen Hortense
plans the escape of her son Louis Ma
poleon by Disgusting him and Marquis
zappi as her lackeys Francois takes
MARQUIS Zappl place, VINO is Ill, In the
escape of Hortense and Louis Dressed
as Louis's brother Francois lures the
Austrians from the hotel allowing the
prince and his mother to escape Fran
co.'s is a prisoner of the Austrians for
f1ve years in the castle owned by Pietro
in Italy. He discovers in his guard one of
Pietro's old family servants, and through
him sends word to his friends of his
plight. The general. Alike and Petro
hear from Francois and plan his rescue.
Francois a guest of the Austrian gov
ernor of the castle prison inspects the
interior of the wine cellar of the ZappIs.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Mich Cow have an excellent
milch COW for sale. Also calf for sale
cheap. S. J. Davis, Laurens, Route
5. 7-2t-pd
For Sale-1S IA acres of land near
Watts Mill, well improved farming
land, with two good cottage houses
and barn and an extra fine pasture.
Apply to d. II. Halle, Watts Mill.
7-5t-pd
For Rent-The home place Of DR.. A.
c. Fuller, either or 6 horse farm. In
easy reach of Baptist and Methodist
churches and Trinity Ridge high
school. Apply to G. a. Fuller, II. +.
d. 5, Laurens. 7-5t-pd
FOund-A package Of bacon was left
in my market several weeks ago by
an unknown person. The owner can
have same by giving satisfactory de-
scription and paying for this adver-
tisement. Armstrong; Market. Tit
For Sale Chcap-S. r. Todd's nice
home and acre lot on West Main
street See Mrs S. r. Todd or B. M.
Wolf. Laurens, S. &. 6-5t
Trcspasscrs NOtice-No hunting al
lowed on my place J. T. Simpson.
63t-pd
Wnnted--Teachers with certificates
wanted Immediately for following po-
sitions in graded or rural schools: 3
at $50; at $50; 8 at $I5; IL at sac;
Z at $50. Direct from school officials.
Special enrolment Act quickly w.
II. Jones, Mgr, Columbia, S. G.
Seed Oats for Sale-7O0 bushels
Bancroft rust-proof seed oats for
sale. S. J. Davis, Laurens, Rt. 5.
Att
Notice to Ladies' am now agent
for the American Ladies Tailoring
Company and will take orders for
tailor-made suits, etc, Style and fit
guaranteed. See me at my home.
3-5t Mrs. Geo. S. McCravy.
Gentlemen When building material
is wanted, such as flooring, ceiling,
pine shingles, metal shingles, laths.
| lime cement, plastering cement apply
| to G. II. Duckett, best material at close
I prices. 3-5t
Young Man would you marry If
suited? Many beautiful Indian girls
in Oklahoma who own rich oil and
| farming lands that are looking for
husbands. Information furnished free
Mrs. NJ. d. Smith Box 597, Muskogee,
Okla. ~ 4-dt-pd
For Salc-Burr c, 2cr Seed for
sale, seed in the burr Is lbs to the
bushcl at Sl.00 per bushei. A little
| trash and dirt, but this is needed for
inoculation. Raised 165 bushels on 2
! acres this year. Fine for grazing
| young hogs, pigs, COWS and for i'm
! proving land. Price sacked T.. 0. b.
! I<inards. Now is time for planting
/ up 20 October ISt. ID. l.. Xoozcr. 5St
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MADDEN NEWS.
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09
"STOp, LOOK, LISTEN"
Engineer Pleads With Auto Owners
10 BE More Careful,

Greensboro, \. c.. Sept. 4.-Many
automobile drivers are daily flirting
with death" by failing to observe the
hihgway regulation, stop, look, list
en-" when approaching railway cross
ings, declares Engineer NJ. c. Glenn,
plea that people using the public
roads take some consideration of the
feelings Of engineers as well as be
more careful Of their own safety.
Yesterday was engineer on
Southern train No. 10S and at Will
liams Crossing, which is about four
miles west Of Raleigh" says Mr..
Glenn, Il only missed striking an
automobile about two seconds, and in
this automobile were grown people
and children. II | had struck the
automobile and killed or injured those
people some one would have said that
the engineer failed to blow, cts, when
IN fact | had just sounded the whistle
for Thompson, answered signal
from the conductor, and had blown a
road crossing signal. The bell was
ringing also, but the driver Of the au-
to evidently did not hear any of the
signals for when | came in sight of
him, which was for short distance
on account OF curve in the track the
driver avcrtcd a collision by sudden
ly cutting his car to the right and 7
passed within 10 or ~ feet of him. >"
Mr. Glenn calls attention to the fact
that if drivers of automobiles and 9TH
cr convcyances would observe the
rule, stop, look, listen" when ap-
preaching railroad crossings they
would safeguard their own as well as
other peoples lives to saying nothing
OF the property loss in case Of acct
dent.
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Ask Appropriation to Meet Emergenc!
To Send Committee.

Fort Worth, Tex, Sept. An ap-
peal to congress to appropriate funds
necessary to finance the marketing Of
the cotton crop Of 1914 was authOriz-
ed today by the Farmers Educational
and Cooperation Union of America in
session here. Details of the plan to
relieve the situation caused by the war
in Europe were left to committee
which will go to Washington to pre-
sent the appeal. The delegation
which will be named tomorrow will
include at least one representative
from each OF the cotton growing
states and the national officers Of the
Farmers organization.
This action was taken by the adop-
tion Of the report Of a committee APP
pointed 70 devise scheme to insure
the movement OF the present cotton
crop.
'But one course is open to any
civilized nation when any considera-
bic number Of It's citizens are threat
cned with peril, occasoncd by no fault
Of their own. and that Is direct aid
from the federal treasury" the com
mittee urged In its report.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09
HERE IS GOOD NEWS
FOR STOMACH VICTIMS

Some very remarkable results are
being obtained by treating stomach,
liver and intestinal troubles with pure
vegetable oils, which exert a cleans
ing, soothing and purifying action up
on the lower bowels, removing the OBJ
struct.ons Of poisonous fecal matter
and gases and preventing their alb
sorption by the blood. This done, the
food Is allowed free passage from the
stomach, fermentation ceases and
stomach troubles quickly disappear
George H.'Mayr, for twenty years a
leading Chicago druggist, cured him
self and many Of his friends OF stom-
ach, liver and intestinal troubles OF
years standing by This treatment and
so successful was he ;epiedy he de-
viscd that it has since lIcn placed in
the hands Of drug@isD al over the
country, who have sold thousands OF
bottles.
Though absolutely ha.'mlcss, tho Of
feet Of tho medicine is sufficient to
convince any ono Of its remarkable Of
f"ctivcnCss, and within q hours tho
sufferer lccls like now person
M1yTs Wonderful Stomach Remedy IS
now sold hcrc BY I.aurcMs Drug Co.
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taken care Of, it will then be left for
the farmers Of the south to exercise
good business judgment by raising
enough grain and forage to feed them
selves and their stock and let the cot
ton carried over from this year, with
just little more added, pay off
debts and buy clothes.
A tremendous effort on the part of
every individual and collection Of in
dividuals in the south is needed to
ward of the impending danger. 1t
can be done, if we will. We cannot
hope to get all the money needed to
hold enough cotton off the market, but
we can follow the example set by Il
Georgia. college and let cotton be the
medium Of exchange. Brenau College
Conservatory n Georgia institution
has offered to accept properly ccrti-
| fled warehouse receipts at ten cents
| per pound on tuition and board in lieu
| of money. In the absence Of any agen-
| cy TO handle the situation as a whole,
it will dcvolvc upon the business men
Of the south to do the same thing that
| this college has done. The bankers
must help or so down III the crash.
| The south has the wealth, though not
in actual money. to hold the crop and
it can do it by making its own chief
product the basis of value and medium
Of exchange.
We do not advocate merchants ad-
vancing ten cents per pound on cotton
or accepting cotton at that price In
trade. We believe that if this were
| generally done, however, and the cot
ton so taken in kept off the mar
| ket that the price would go up to that
level, but we do not believe that con-
| servative merchants are ready to adj
vance so large margin. But, if a
concerted plan were carried out to
apply cotton on accounts at little
| rise over the market price and the
cotton stored for the mutual benefit
Of the merchant and customer, tho sit
uation would be largely relieved. Tie
business men Of the south could han
die an immense amount Of cotton in
this way. They will have to do it to
save themselves.
Unfortunately this is plan that
cannot be c1"ricd out by an OrGaniZa-
ion, because merchants viii not rr-
ganiZc on ary such basis. iillt in tn"
nh fn ,f IA "A
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09
DISCUSSED MISSIONS
IN GRAY COURT
Missionary Institute OF Grcenville Dis.
trict Holds Pleasant Meeting in

trict Holds Pleasant Meeting in
HOspitable Gray Court.
The Missionary Institute of Green
Vile District was hold at Gray Court,
on September 4th-6th. 1t was organ
lied OH the evening of September 4th.
Mrs. Festus Curry welcomed the in
stitute on behalf Of the Senior Mis-
sionary society Of Gray Court and
Miss Shell on behalf Of the Juvenile
society. Response to welcome ad-
dresses was made by Mrs. r. T.. Babb,
Of I,aurens. After sermon by the
pastor, Rev r. w. Munnerlyn, the
meeting adjourned
Saturday morning, the institute met
at the church at 1O:30 o'clock. De-
votional services were conducted by
Rev. J. G.. Higgins Mrs. Alvin Curry
presiding. Mrs. r. e. Babb was elec,-
ed secretary. The following commit
tees were appointed:
On Resolutions, Mrs. G. l.. Young,
Mrs. j. A. Ccley and Mrs. w. II. II,
Hughes.
Mrs. r. L. Gray. Of Gray Court, was
appointed agent for literature. The
Worker and Voice"
Reports were then received from
four juvenile and two young peoples
societies. An institute on young peo-
pies and juvenile work was then
conducted by Mrs Wait of Darling
ton. Mrs. Kirkwood and Mrs. Curry
made addresses on this work.
Mrs. Kirkwood then presented the
matter Of the needs Of the school at
Rio, appealing to the societies to
raise the amounts pledged for this
work.
An institute on the organization Of
Women's missionary societies was
then held by Mrs. Kirkwood. Adjourn
ment for dinner.
After dinner, which was served on
the church grounds by the ladies OF
the community, the meeting recon
vencd at 2:30 p. NJ. Devotional OK ,r-
ciscs were led by Mr.. w. G. Curry. Re-
ports were received from the senior
missionary societies.
Mrs. II. l.. Gray and others gave
their experiences in the work. Mrs,
liirkwood addressed the meeting on
the work for another year, explain
ing the changes anticipated. Mrs.
Curry addressed the meeting, after
:.l. ~ -,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09
COOPERATION

The recent report Of the census bu-
reau indicated fifteen million bale
crop Of cotton in the south this season
at the same time the ruling price for
the pest grades of cotton on the local
markets hovered around seven cents
and there was little demand even at
that price. The average price paid for
cotton during the last cotton season
was something over thirteen cents
showing difference Of six cents be-
tween this years price and last years
average. On fifteen million bale
crop. this difference represents loss
on the fibre alone Of approximately
$450,000000 Add to this the loss on
the seed and the total loss comes to
around $500,0O0,0OO.
In the face Of these astounding fig
ares it is necessary that herculean cf-
forts be put forth to avoid the trc-
mendous loss. Merchants manufac-
turers, bankers. farmers, organizations
and individuals OF every class must
cooperate and strain every nerve to
ward off the danger. 1t is time when
men must look to the future Seven
cents cottOn means certain loss to cv-
cry class. Concerted effort to raise
the price to ten cents might not be
successful but The loss would be no
greater if we failed. If we won we
NWOuh probably OnIv brnak avon hut
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09
Orphan Work Day.

Our people have become familiar
with The meaning OF the words Orphan
Work Day They mean simply this,
that there are in our orphan institu-
lions a great number OF lathcrlcSs
children dependent upon tho loving
care of the Christian people in this
state AS the only means ol lhclr
support is from the voluntary &llls
Of generous men, women ana youth,
1t may Very "cll happcn ana IL does
hoppcn, that tue supplies Tor the sup
port OF these thousands OF orphans
run snort at me cha OF thc summer
ana immediate rclicl IS needed ana
hence thc inventive lhind ol "ca'ous
Georgia Methodist preacher maze the
suggestion that on inc iast SATURDAY
OF September, whlch Is tlc zOth DAY
Of lhlS month, our people proceed al
igcntly to work as usual and that they
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09
NOTICE.

me undersigned will on the 14th
DAY of September, 1914, apply for a
charter for the Apostolic Church of
God, to have It's principal place OF or
ganization at LaEcns,/S. c., said r.
ganization being religious for the fur
therance Of the cahse Of Christ.
w. M. Creamer,
Pastor Sec. Treas.
w. F. Compton,
Deacon.
John A. Strickland,
7-lt A Deacon.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09
PO-DO.Lax Bnnisllcs pimDIcs.

Bad Blood, Pimplcs, Headaches, Bill
iousncss. Torpid Liver Constipation
etc, come from indigestion. Take Po-
Do-lax, the pleasant and absolutely
sure laxative, and you won't suffer
from a dcrangcd stomach or other
troubles. 1t will tone up the liver
and purify the blood. Use It regular
" and you will stay well. have clear
complexion and steady nerves. Get a
SOC bottle today. Money back If not
satisfied. All druggists
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09
10 Clean Off Grounds.

Thc congregation and friends Of
the Chestnut Ridge church arc re-.
qucsted to meet Tuesday morning, the
loth, for the purpose Of cleaning off
the grounds preparatory to the meet
ing OF tho association. Thosn WIN
cannot attend themselves arc request.
cd to send help.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09
Big Melons.

Mr. Geo. III. Brown was selling some
Of tho largest melons seen here in
a long time yesterday morning. His
largest sample weighed 6S pounds
and another weighed so, making a
total Of lis pounds for two melons.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09
Card of Thanks.

! wish TO thank the people OF lny
township for their handsome vote and
in elccting me your magistrate.
shall cndeavor to do Justice in all mat
ters and at all times and perform my
duties faithfully.
Respectfully.
r. p. 1'ratnhan
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09

y fertilizer manufactures in a near
by city is Offering to exchange ferti-
lizer for cotton seed. No money pass
es in the trade. The more of this that
is done the easier will the cotton prob
lem be solved. Make cotton the me-
dium OF exchange.
In yesterdays daily papers fel-
low hy the name Of Blease, living in
Columbia now, attempted to explain
in lengthy article how it was that
he was defeated for the United States
senate in an election recently held to
fill that Office. According to him, he
was cheated out Of the nomination but
he didn't have the heart to stir up
factional feeling to secure his rights A
very sad tale!
y merchant and planter in Ander-
son has offered to take 1000 bales of
cotton from tenants and creditors at
cish; cents. ho!d the cotton for four
months and, if a, the end Of that timc
it can be sold for a profit, The farmer
will get the benefit Of The rise in
price, II merchants all oycr the
south would do this. taking caro- only
Of th&t cotton that is forced on the
market. the situation would be great
ly relieved / they do not help in
this way they viii lose money anyway.
What is called a Buy a Bale" move
mcnt has been inaugWa;cd in differ
ent sections Of the south and is
spreading rapidly According to the
plan. individuals and business houses
buy q bale or more Of cotton at ten
cents per pound and store i; for high
er prices. Only one bale is boueh
from each person SO that the benefit.
will be divided between large mum
Der. The officers and employees OF
bank arc taking a leading part in the
movement, twcnty-sevcn officers and
employees OF the National Loan 4
Exchange Bank, OF Columbia, each
buying bale on the streets OF Colum-
ba yesterday. Thousands Of bales are
being bought in this way in Georgia.
EVERY bale helps. Who will start the
movement in LaurcnS?
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-09-09
CROSS HILL FAIR.
Date Has Been Changed From Tues.
day to Friday.

day 10 Friday.
Cross Hill, Sept. THE time for
holding the Cross Hill Township Fair
has been changed from Tuesday OF
Friday Of the same week. 1t will be
on Friday, October End, instead OF
Tuesday, September Goth. The change
Is made at request Of the school au-
tEorities because 1t Will interfere less
with school on Friday than Tuesday.
Premiums will be given for the best
township raised horses, mules, colts,
COWS, hogs, poultry, field crops etc.
Also for best riding and driving by
boys, ladies and men. Come and bring
something for the fair.