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VOL. XXIII, NO. 24. local matters in and around the TOWN OF DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers, Mr.W. McG. Buck’s handsome new residence on Cashua street is nearing completion. Have the children’s Photos. Taken while you can get 3 for 25 cents at the tent gallery. Our ’bus meets all trains and is subject to calls in any part of the city. McCullough Bros. The family of Mr. P. W. Bell has moved to Hartsviile, where Mr. Bell has been in business for some time past. Messrs. Baird Bros, have a a new advertisement in \his is sue calling attention to the re duced prices in furniture and baby carriages. Ice cream and cake will be served on the Darlington Guards’ drill ground, north of the Armory, tomorrow (Friday) evening, from seven to ten o’clock, under the auspices of the “King’s Daughters.” Rev. R. P. Pell, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in New berry, announced to his con gregation at Sunday’s service that he had been elected Pre sident of the College for Women at Columbia, and asked that his resignation be accepted by the 1st of July. Coggeshall & Co. will enter tain you if you will read their advertisement in this issue of The News. His prices are somewhat changed from what they were a short time ago, but the bargains are there and you will find them all right if you visit their store. Solicitor J. M. Johnson is an nounced in this issue of The Newsus a candidate for the offi ce which he now holds Mr. John son seems to have given such unusual satisfaction that he has no opponents thus far, and it begins to look as though he is going to have a walk over. The teachers of the Graded School have all left, the last going -away on Wednesday morning. Some are coming back for the next session, but there are others who have ac cepted positions elsewhere. While it regrets to see them leave, The News wishes for them every success in their new field of labor. Mr. G. W. Stith, of Lamar, spent Friday in town. Mr. Stith, who is one of the pioneer tobac co planters of the Lamar sec tion, is interested in the Lamar Tobacco Warehouse, which he says will be completed within three weeks. The tobacco crop around Lamar is growing finely since the rains.—Sumter Watch man and Southron. The Darlington News re ceived an invitation last week to attend the graduating exer cises of the Columbia Female College, which took place from Sunday, June 7th, to Tuesday, the 9th, inclusive. The Rev. J. A. Clifton, of Abbeville, de livered the Baccalaureate Ser mon and the Rev. W. W. Bays D. D., of Charlotte the Literary Address. There were three who graduated: Miss Hettie A. Poozer, of Smoak’s, 8. 0., Miss L. Camilla King, of Florence, S. C., and Miss Alice Dent, of Columbia, S. C. The first effect of free silver would be to drive out of circu lation the $625,000,000 of gold and to sink all silver and paper money to the standard of the silver dollar. There would be a shrinkage at once of our cur rency of two-thirds of the pre sent purchasingpower or money efficiency by the disappearance of over $600,000,000 of gold and a shrinkage in value of the oth er $1,000,000,000 to one-half its present value. “The first step, then, would be to contract our currency from $2,o00,000,000 to about $700,000,000 in purchasing pow er. Along with this contract ion, of course, would come a like contraction of debts, salar ies, wages and all past obliga tions. There is no country in the world that could make this sudden change in its money standard without plunging headlong into an indeffnite pe riod of panic, bankruptcy and distress, with a disastrous check to its development and long idleness to its industries.”—Bos ton Evening Transcript. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention About People You Know and People You Don't Know. Mr. Maxey Dickson, of Mar ion, spent Sunday in town. Mr. Carl Hewitt, who has been quite sick for the past two weeks, is out again. Judge J. H. Hudson spent last Monday in Darlington bn his way to Charleston. Miss Mitylene Howie, of Swift Creek, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. L. Wysong, in Charles ton. Mrs. Geo. H. Walsh, of Tem ple, Texas, is visiting the family of her brother, Mr. W. G. Dick son. Miss Mamie McCown, of Ebe- nezer, and Miss Floy Wilson, of Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs. W. P. Cole. Prof, J. D. Rast, now princi pal of the Rockingham, N. C., school, is at home for the sum mer vacation. Messrs. Robert and Frank Co ker came home last Friday from Chapel Hill, N. C., where they had been attending college, the former having graduated. The Rev. Wilmont 8. Holmes, who was to preach in the Epis copal church last Sunday night, was unable to keen his appoint ment on account of sickness. The Rev. N. N. Burton preach ed at the Baptist church last Sunday morning. Services will be conducted there next Sunday by the Rev. W. W. Willis, of Ebenezer. In the list of distinctions of the Columbia Female College the following appeared: “Miss Kittie Rogers—Highly distin- guised in mathematics; pro- ffcient in English and Latin.” Mr. Harry Griffin, of Darling ton, the second son of the former superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane, spent yesterday in Columbia en route home from Vanderbilt Univer sity.—State, June 10th. Mr. Ralph Dargan, of Harts- ville has broken the record in officiating at marriages. Mr. Dargan served as best man at the marriage of Mr. LaCoste Evans to Miss Eulalee Rhodes at seven o’clock p. m. in Flor ence last Wednesday night— after the ceremony took the train for Darlington and offici ated as groomsman at the mar riage of Mr. C. W. DuBose to Miss May McCall at nine o’clock p. m. Best Cabinets, $2 per dozen— For one week only. G. H. Lewis. A NEW SUPERINTENDENT. Mr. C. A. Greater, of Charleston, To Succeed Mr. Glenn. The Trustees of theDarlington Graded Schools have elected Mr. C. A. Greaser to succeed Mr. L. C. Glenn as Superintend ent of the Schools. Mr. Greaser some years ago was the popular Superintendent of the Bennetts- ville Graded Schools, and for some years past has taught modern languages in the Char leston High School. He is a gentleman of fine natural abili ty and unusual accomplish ments, and it has been said bv those who know that the Trus tees have been very fortunate in securing his services, and that our school will be in the hands of a very able and pro gressive school man. The Trustees part witlL regret from Mr. Glenn, who has for two years conducted the schools with fine ability. He will go to Johns Hopkins to prosecute his scientific studies, and his friends predict for him a distinguished career. Winburn, the photographer, has pitched his tent, on the lot opposite postoffice—the large tent, and is showing the finest E hotograpbs ever exhibited in 'arlingtqn. He proposes to do the same grade of wore for the people of this community, who will patronize him. He will be in Darlington until tho 20th and no longer. Just received a new carload of Obelisk flour at Deans Bros’. Broiled Lake Erie white, fish 10 cents per can at Coggeshall’s. ••— Go to Sutton’s studio for min iature photos; 25 a cents dozen. Giving away silverware with baking powder at Reaps Bros’. DARLINGTON, S. O., THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1896. "FOE WEAL 08 FOR WOE.” A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING CEREMO NY AT THE METHODIST CHURCH. Mr, CrW. DuBose and Miss May Mc Call The Contracting Parties.—An Impressive Ceremony. On Wednesday, June 3rd, the Methodist Church in Darling ton was the scene of the second wedding that has taken place within its walls. “All the world loves a lover”, but all the world could not be there, and yet the church was filled by the friends of the contracting par ties, who were Miss May Mc Call and Mr. C. W. DuBose, of the town of Darlington. The friends of the bride had been busy, and as a result there could not have been imagined more appropriate decorations than had been arranged for this cere mony. Just in front of the pul pit a curtain of white and green, the prevailing colors, had been arranged from an archway, which was surmounted with numerous candles. Between this curtain and the chancel- rail there were additional can dles so arranged as to add to the general effect. The chancel- rail was decorated with white and green, and in front of it in the open space there was a white carpet laid, on which the bridal party stood. The posts at the end of the two aisles were hidden by garlands of green, with white roses. Just in the centre, directly over the spot on which the bride and groom were to stand, a canopy was suspended in the form of a bell. At the end of the aisles there were two gates, with arch ways above surmounted with candles. Inside the chancel- rail and in the open space there were many handsome living plants, the arrangement of which showed great taste. The electric lights, added to the many candles, made the build ing almost as bright as day, and the effect was very pleasing. At the appointed hour two ush ers moved up each aisle, to the music of a wedding march, played on the organ and violin, and opened the two gates for the entrance of the bridal party. On the left the bridesmaids en tered in the following order: Misses Maggie Burch and Edna Dargan, Laura Lucas and Clide DuBose, Mary McCall and Mag gie Huggins, Wickam Ellerbe and Mamie Huggins. On the right the groomsmen came in as follows: Mr. Arthur McCall and Mr. W. T. Montgomery, Mr. Eugene Vaughan and Mr. J. Lide Nettles, Mr. E. S. Howie and Dr. W. J. Garner, Mr A. 8. Harrell and Mr. Ralph Dargan. The couples crossed each other in the front of the church under the canopy, and came down to wards the doors, the brides maids. on the right and the groomsmen on the left. As the couples came to the doors they faced inwards and each couple formed an archway with cross ed ribbons, under which the bridegroom with his best man, Mr. P. J. Boatwright, entered on the left, while on the right the bride attended by her maid of honor, Miss Josephine Mc Call, and proceeded by the little flower girls, Misses Mabel Par rott and Ruth McCullough, pass ed up the aisle. During all this time the tones of the wedding march were filling the church, adding to the general effect of the transformation scene. The bride wore a costume of white silk en trains with pearl ornaments. Her veil was loop ed with a spray of lillies of the- valley and she carried in her hand a boquet of white daises: Miss Josephine McCall, the maid of honor, wore a costume of canary and green, and the other brides maides were attired in white and green, the prevail ing colors of the deorations. Each carried a boquet of white daisies. The group formed just out side of the chancel-rail, facing the body of the church, with the bride and groom in the cen ter and were met there by the Rev. R. A. Child, who, in a solemn and impressive way, pronounced the words which made them man and wife. Dur ing the ceremony a soft, pleas ing melody was plaved on the organ. At the conclusion of the benediction a joyous strain burst from the violin and organ, pre sided over by Mr. J. W. Evans and ||rs. A. M. Woods, and with the bridegroom and bride leading, followed closely by the charming little flower girls and the bridal party, in proper order, tne procession filed slowly from the church, on the aisle on the left, leaving those present quite satisfied th«t they had never s&n so pretty a wedding. The simplicity and beauty of the de corations was the subject of many favorable comments, and the words of praise for those who had so successfully arrang ed and carried out so charming a programme, wore unstinted. It was indeed a beautiful wed ding, and The News joins in the wishes of the many friends of both the bride and groom that so beautiful a wedding may be the beginning of a fife of happy usefulness. After the ceremony a recept ion was held at the residence of Mr. J. Gregg McCal], the father of the bride, at which the bridal party and friends were present. We have an unusually large stock of LADIES’ OXFORD TIES in all the latest styles that we are selling very cheap to close out. Also a large line of Misses’ and children’s oxfords at just a little above cost. DARLINGTON SHOE STORE, WOODS k MILLING, Proprietors* ‘•OUTRAGEOUS OC3U33ENCE." A Statement of The Facts In The Case By One Who Knows. Editor, Darlington News: Shortly after dark one night about two weeks ago, a party of young men who had been out hunting, finding that they were returning home with their guns loaded, decided to dis charge them before reaching town, and, while they were still some distance from the corpo rate limits. This they proceeded to do, one at a time, allowing, as they thought, sufficient time to elapse between the shots to prevent anyone from thinking there might be any trouble go ing on. Chief of Police Dargan learning, however, that the shots had been fired, made some inquiry into the matter on the following day; but on, ascertain ing the truth in regard to it as above stated, he allowed it to drop. We would do the same but the Darlingtonian saw fit last week, under the caption of “A.n Outrageous Occurrence,” to refer to the affair as being “a piece of pure devilishness” and added “Several parties, instigated by the Devil, and not having the fear of the law before their eves, turned loose a regular fusilade of shots for pure meanness, just to alarm the people. The row dies avoided arrest. The town council should ferret out these wilful violation of the law and and punish them for their out rageous conduct.” This state ment of the case is utterly at variance with the facts as above set forth, and which oan readily be proved if need be. If the ed itor of the paper referred to would take the trouble to inves tigate the truth of flying rumoro as they reach him, he would avoid the annoyance of such er- rore—if they really annoy him, which we very much doubt. An investigation which satis fied the town authorities might possibly have satisfied him had he undertaken it. We would not trouble you but for the fact that several of the young men, who were so unjustly and un warrantably assailed, are indig nant at the treatment they re ceived. The Darlingtonian's novel method of spelling“devil” with a capital letter is certainly something unique in journalism, and implies a degree of respect for his “Satanic Majesty” that should make the editor more careful in his statements. Bull-Bat. Winburn will make you as nice photographs as you can get in any gallery in the State and the prices are right. See hit samnles—they are fine. He will positively remain no longer than the 20th. Carload of meal received to day at Deans Bros’, ’ • TEE COUNTY NEWS. ITEMS FROM /SEVERAL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY CORRESPONDET8. Cartersville Wants a Tobacco Factory. —Tobacco Barna Being Built.— Other Correspondence. Mr. J. D. Parson, of Darling ton, visited his sister Mrs. Anna Ham, near Lamar, on last Sun day. Dr. G. G. Palmer has been uite sick for some time. Dr. . D. Lockwood, of Charleston, is his physician and is doing all in his power to arrest the dis ease and alleveate his suffering. We sincerely hope the Dr. will soon be restored to his usual health. Mr. I. J. Newberry has 6 acres of tobacco which I sup pose is as good as any in the county. Some of it has been topped at 16 leaves and the most of it will be ready to top in the next 6 days. There are thousands of leaves from 16 to 22 inches wide and from 20 to 30 inches long. There are' between 152 and 162 tobacco barns in Lamar township. Eight-tenths of them are 20 feet cubes, and the rest of them 16 feet cubes. There are 6 and 7 acres of to bacco planted to each of the larger barns and 4 and 5 to the smaller ones, and a conservative estimate would place the num ber of acrers at 800. In a town ship of 7 by 8 miles, or 56 square miles, how’s that for high? We have had fine rains in this part of the country and every thing is lovely. Farmers are in good spirits, and have got the right move on them. Work on farms is being done better and more systematically than formerly. Tobacco, is a little late owing to scarcity of plants and dry weather, but it is grow ing very satisfactory now. Bud worms though are very trouble some. Among the improvements going on around Fair Hope are the packing houses that are go ing up. Messrs. C. I. Fields, Bowen & Cothen and L. L. Rose are each building packing houses, 35 by 25 feet, 2 stories high and one is being built by Mr. James Severance 25 by 30 feet, 2 stories high. All these houses are being built in the most substantial manner and of the best material,ceiled through out, with sash and double floors. Tobacco is in its natural element here and it is here to stay. We see no reason why some of our people do not go into the manufactory of plug tobacco. The tobacco is made here, and used here and there are plenty of men in and aroundCartersville who have the means of putting up a factory and putting it in operation. If there is a profit in the manufacture of plug tobac co after it is shipped from 300 to 1,000 miles away to be manu factured and then shipped back to the men who make it to be consumed by them, there sure ly should be money to manu facture it right where it is taken from the fields, the freight ahme which would amount from $8 to $15 per 1,000 pounds, would pay a right handsome dividend on an investment of that kind. Get to work farmers and mer chants, agitate the thing and let’s manufacture our own chew ing tobbacco, and then you will know what kind of stuff you are chewing. Look out for wind storms! The cheapest tornado policy on the market is written by Dar gan 8c Baird. Rates p^r $1,000: 1 year, $8; 8 years, $4; 3 years, CYPRESS. Mr. R. H. Pate is sporting a bicycle now. Miss Eva anfl Carrie Huggins will return home from school this week. There have been more sick ness and deaths in this com munity this spring than we have ever had before. Messrs. R. M. and W. B. Du Bose, of Lexington and Flor ence, respectively, were at the bedside of their brother and sis ter until the sad end oame. Rev. R. M. DuBose and Mr. Hammie DuBose left for Cam den early Sunday morning, hav ing received a telegram from the mother of the latter to oome home at once. (Continued on page i.) We Want To Talk To Ton About CLOTHING Every man and boy in Darlington County and City will have to have a New Spring Suit. We do not expect to sell all of the Clothing that will be sold in Darlington Spring, but we do expect to sell all of the BEST CASH TRADE For the simple reason that we are the only merchants in Darlington who carry anything like A STOCK OF CLOTHINC. We have in stock Strouss Bros.’ and Hamburger Bros.’ fine tailor-made clothing. When you put on a suit made by either of the above firms, no man can tell whether it was MADE TO ORDER ^ or not. If you are A BIG. STOUT MAN. dont worry yourself by thinking that yon CAN’T GET A FIT. We remembered you when placing our Spring Orders. TALL MEN WITH LONG ARMS. We have a suit for yon. DUDES AND SOCIETY BOYS, We can fit you in a fine dress or any * * other kind of a suit you may want. SOMETHING ELSE We want to tell yon about. We have by far the largest stock of Gent’s Furnishings v in Darlington. Hot weather will soon be here and will appreciate a look from you before placing yoar order for summer anderware. If you want a nobby hat, just oome to our store and we will show yon the latest things oat. We have in stock mi. srmors mti. garmbts ^ We have a tremendous stock of STRAW +-HAT6, *ff# Kind#, from MOe up. DRY - GOODS ■ OD • These departments are so well known that M doss net much talk. We are simply doing the Dry Goods of Darlington. Merchants who do a credit are no competitors nf cuts they I STROCTLY ROT OR IT When it comes to selling goods for eaok, wo i will treat yoa right, and so for ptioas «o < ever accused us of hefa« high priced