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/ LOCALS IN BRIEF. SHORT PARAGRAPHS OF HOME HAPPENINGS. Personal and General Mention of Home Folks and Others Whom we all Know. J. W. Layton spent yesterday in Marion. Joseph Coffin has returned from Atlanta. Charles Newman spent Sunday in Sumter. G. N. Lewis spent yesterday in Darlington. Machinist Geo. Wilson is off on the sick list. Atlanta is a favorite place for bridal couples. After being in Atlanta Florence looks very small. T. C. Lambert is having a lum ber shed put up. Capt. J. E. Kelly went up the C. &. D. road to-day. Miss Sunie Lee spent several days at Lake Waccamaw. Mr. T. H. Harllee spent a few days in Charleston last week. Mr. Jerome McCown,of Eben- ezer, was in the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCown spent Saturday in Darlington. * Miss Mabel Day returned to her school at Columbia this morning. Mrs. E. L. Muckenfuss is on a visit to W. M. Muckenfuss of this city. • E. F. Douglas, Mr. Watson and others returned from Atlanta last evening. The trains are all late owing to the heavy traveling to and from Atlanta. Miss Ollie Mozingo, of Lydia, is visiting Mrs. W. D. Tallavast of this city. Mr. John Middleton and daugh ter,^>f Riverdale, were in the city •yesterday. The South and North Carolina engine No. 1 is changed to the N. & A.N. 319. Northern people have been heard to say that they -came to the South to wear their wraps. The annual inspection train left for Wilmington this morning to inspect the Charleston division. At the Presbyterian church yes terday the officers elected on last Sabbath were ordained and in stalled; Capt. Day, Dr. Clement and Donald McKenzie as ruling elders, and J. N. McCown and J. E\ Russell as deacons. -V letter from Chicago, written } y 5$rs. Clark, formerly Mrs. Wil- iou, toiler father, Mr. L. V. Pierce )f this place, says that on the 26th >f November there was ten inches >f snow and the thermometer had jeen six below zero. East Florence Chapel* At a meeting of the board of stewards of the Florence mission chapel, M. E. church South, held after divine serVice Sunday night, Dec. 2, 1895, the following pream ble and resolutions were unani mously adopted: Whereas, under the discipline of the M. E. church South that the pastors of the various circuits and charges have to report to the an nual conference the work done in their circuits and chargas, and then be assigned to new fields of labor, and / Whereas, Rev. J. T. McFarlan was sent to this mission the past year to labor in our midst, and Whereas, the conference year is now closed, and we have to part, pastor and people, and Whereas, Rev. J. T. McFarlan, by hie devotion and untiring zeal in working for the upbuilding of the cause of the Lord, has endeared himself to the people of this charge, Resolved, That we feel that in parting with our pastor, that we are loosing the services of a faith ful worker and a sincere friend, and that we know that in whatever field he may be sent he will be found laboring faithfully for the advancement of the Masters cause. Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings be furnished Rev. J. T. McFarlan, and that they also be entered in the minutes of the mis sion. W. M. Muckenfuss, Ch. Board of Stewards. Before the Mayor. Six healthy lookipg but likewise dirty individuals of the genius tramp were captured by Police man Davis on Saturday and rounded up in the city jail. After keeping them there until this morning and allowing them to re. fleet on their career over Sunday, his Honor gave them a lecture and an hour in which to leave town. From the speed at which they started five minutes would be sufficient to take them to the cor poration line. Married. A. L. Walton and Miss Nealie Weatherford were married at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Weatherford. Rev. W. I. Herbert performed the cere mony. Everything passed off quiet ly only the relatives and a few friends being present. « “Ask My Old Man." An evangelist was operating in the mountain districts of Georgia, we suspect. He asked an old wo man, *‘to the manner born,” if there were any “Presbyterians” around there. Her answer was : “Ask my old man. He be a powerful mighty man in huntin’ and kills all sorts of varmints. You might go and see them skins a-hangiu’ up yonder; praps you’d find some of them Presbyterian critters among ’em.”—A. R. Pres byterian. Farrell & Edwards, the popular photographers of Florence, are still at their elog&nt rooms over Buit- man’a store, where they have the best light in this section of the State and the best instruments furnished by manufacturers. Give them a call and “secure the shadow ere the substance fades.” FOR SALE. 100,000 cabbage plants for sale, ready for setting now. They are from the finest seed from Peter Henderson, and are of the Charles ton Wakefield variety. Price $2 per thousand. W. C. Blount. Call and see the wonderful MHJEEN- HE&T f i ' v * . S. ■ S The poor man’s friend. Saves 25 to 50 percent in fuel. Can be regulated like a lamp. Cleanest stove in the world no soot or dust can get out. Cue fire will last all winter if you will put in a stick of wood every ten or twelve hours. FOR SALE. If you are in need of a fine cow call at No. 268 Irby street and se cure a bargain. F. L. Baxter. Louis H. Meares ATTORNEY AT LAW, Fire Insurance and Real Estate Agency. FLORENCE, S. C. Office in Rutledge Building. H. S. ROSE, — Dealer !n — GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, CLOTHING BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS, CAPS, Etc. A FINE LINE OF FANCY GROCERIES. No. 217 Evans Street. HOB FOR mo. I will sell on easy terms, monthly payments if preferred, House and Lot, corner, 100 feet on Miller and 128 feet on Evans Street. If very cheap and desirable property Is wanted apply to P. A. WILLOOX. PA WILLC0X ATTORNEY AT;.LAW. FLORENCE. S. C. THIRD FOURTH ^'RUUJTS. POSITIONS GUARANTEED under reasonable conditions. Do not say it can not be done, till you send for free catalogue of DRAUGHON’S PRACTICAL Kashville, Tenn. This College is strongly endorsed by bankers and merchants. FOUR weeks by Draughon's method of teaching bookkeeping is equal to TWELVE weeks by the old plan. Special ad* vantages in Shorthand, Penmanship and Teleg raphy. Cheap board. Open to both sexes. No vacation. Enter now. Railroad Fare Paid. UAlfU CTTTTTV We have recently prepared mma 01UUI. books on Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Penmanship especially adapt ed to “ home study.” Write for Home Study ” circulars at once. Also a full line of Hardware Stoves % Tinware, t. s. wsttme a co + Loeb Building. Large Norfolk Oysters Received Dally at BUCHHEIT’S Restaurant and Bakery, Served every style. Small Oysters cents per quart. Large Oysters cents. Bread Cakes Rolls and Pies Baked Daily. FINE CAKES a specialty. Strictly Cash. Rim price! We respectfully inform our friends and customers that we have removed to our new Store 238 Dargan Street, where we will be glad to have you call and examine our large and selected stock of Fall and Winter BOOTS and SHOES Thanking you for past favors and soliciting a continuance ef the same we remain Yours respectfully CHAS. BLTLTMANN ass