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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. Master Mechanic J. J. Bisset is in the city to-day. Sanborn Chase left for Atlanta to take in the exposition this morn ing. Engine 13 of Charleston yard is in the roundhouse for a new set of flues. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Pawley start to-night for the Atlanta exposi tion. P. A. Wilcox started yesterday for Atlanta, where he will rusti cate for a few days. The regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias will be held to-night at 7:30 o’clock. W. F. Penny’s child is quite ill, which fact brought him home from Sumter last evening. J. H. Timmons and G. M. Tim mons, of Fairfield, were in the city and called on The Times. Trial Justice McClenaghan was taken quite ill last evening and seems to be suffering with pneu monia. Miss Sarah Barringer accompan ied by her brother, W. R. Barrin ger, started for Atlanta yesterday morning. J. R. Cole, living near Florence, recently killed a 17 months old pig which wheighed 400 pounds net. Who can beat it? The temperature yesterday at 1 •p. m. was 66 degrees; to-day at 1 it was 46 degrees, the highest in twenty-four hours 46 degrees and the lowest 36. Penny & Co. will show your merchants how toadveitise, broth er Osteen, and judging from the appearance of the Item has al ready commenced his lessons. The merchants of Sumter begin to feel the competition of prices which has been caused by Penny’s cut in prices over there, and are getting out circulars to defeat his sales. They might as well try to stem the ocean’s tide. The regular meeting of the Hope Fire Engine company met last night and found that some one had turned all the water out of the engine boiler. This would have made trouble if there had been a fire Sunday night. A. G. Coleman paid The Times a pleasant visit, and speaking of the provisions raised by the farm ers of Forestvillo neighborhood, said that last year 15,000 bushels of corn were brought to DeWitt’s Bluff, while this year not a peck has come. That speaks well for the farmers. Capt. J. T. Divine passed through here this morning. Mr.Restcn Mind’s house about 16 milts down the river was de stroyed by fire on Friday night last, and three families in the house lost everything they had without insurance. Mr. Max Hinds was somewhat burned in trying to save his clothing but was not seriously injured. It is a se vere loss to Mr. Hinds and his friends will sympathize with him. School Commissioners* There was a called meeting of the school commissioners last night at the request of Prof. Leigh who brought before the board the crowded condition of the colored schools. There is an average of three in a desk, the number of scholars in the school is 294. Mr. Cronenberg moved that Mr. McNeill be commissioned to ar range terms to borrow money to make the first payment on the old high school building and it was carried. Mr. McNeill moved that as they closed the schools on the Friday be fore Christmas, and opened the day after new year it only left two school days in the w r eek, and the children would not come and if they did they would have to go over the lessons fpr the benefit of the others, they had better let the two davs be counted in the holli- day. 1 r was carried. It v -< moved and carried that the regular meeting of the school board on the fifteenth be dispensed with. - 'Hie circumstances which make it necessary for the board to pur chase the old aehool; building is that a mortgage which was held by John Kuker, and assumed by another party, was not protected, and Mr. Kuker sold it under the mortgage, bidding in the property for $700, and obtaining judgement against the school board for about $1,000 additional. The board either had to pay the $1,000 for nothing and let the property go, or take Mr. Kqker’s offer to resell them the property for the amount due. They chose the wisest course and will have three years to pay the remainder. The total cost of the property to them will be about $1,775, which includes interest, cost and taxes for the past three years. Mr. Kuker has acted very liberally in the matter, inasmuch as he could have kept the property and forced the board to have paid him a liberal bonus. t Before the Mayor. Farrell & Edwards, the popular photographers of Florence, are still at their elegant rooms over Bult- man’s 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. 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, — Healer in — GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, CLOTHING BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS, / CAPS, Etc. A FINE LINE OF FANCY &R0CERIES. No. 217 Evans Street. mu m I 'willsell 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. WILJ COX. P A. WILLC0X ATTORNEY AT.LAW'. FLORENCE, S, C. THIRD FOURTH ^'RUUITS. POSITIONS GUflRflNTEED tinder reasonable conditions. Do not say It can not be done, till you scud for free catalogue ol DRAUGHON’S PRACTICAL Empty benches greeted his Honor this morning, but there was one case, that of L. Gibbe charged with being drunk and dis orderly last Saturday, in which the five dollars deposit was for feited and the city is that much wealthier, whereas before it simply had a mortgage on the five dol lars, it now has title in fee simple. Ct/J etdui&M Nusliville, Teun. This College is strongly endorsed by banVera 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 Faro Paid. UAup PTTTTW We have recently prepared UUHlEi 01U1/I. books on Hookkkepixg, Shorthand and Penmanship especially adapt ed to “ home study.” Write for “-Horae Study ” circulars at once. r ‘ * -Call-and see the-- wonderful - : ’ QUEEN HEATEIC 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. One fire will last all winter if you will put in a stick of wood every ten or twelve hours. Also a full line of Hardware Stoves \ . Tinware. t. s* wEttmc a co* Loeb Building. Large Norfolk Received Daily at BUCHHEIT’S Restaurant and Bakery, Served in every style. Small Oysters 35 cents per quart. Large Oysters 50 cents. Bread Cakes Rolls and Pies Baked Daily. FINE CAKES a specialty. Strictly Cash. We respectfully inform our friends and customers that we have removed to our new Store 23S Dargan Street, where we will b« 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 of the same we remain Yonrs respectfully CHAS. BULTMANN