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July 8.—The
“'i in this now-
have today
'to a sweet Htkle
shape of a real
agency marriage
‘lore at first sight'’
*. And although a stal-
;‘Western farmer is parad
ing up and down our streets
with a wild look of blood and
thunder in his eye, previous to
his departure from “this cussed
place’’ ; forever, Orangeburg
laughs and quotes “All’s well
that ends well.” The story
runs thus: Several months ago
Miss Alice Elfe, residing Tn
College street here, received
through the mail a paper from
one of the many matrimonial
agen<4eadoing business in the
West The paper contained a
long list of would-be bride-
groopm and descriptions of their
manifold charms. Having no
objeotion in the world to get
ting-her a real good-looking
life partner,- she selected two
of the willing gallants whom
she thought would come near
est to.filling her heart’s dream
of a beau ideal. The two select
ed were farmers—Mr. — Vick,
of Wisconsin, and C. 8. Thom
son, of Florida. Miss Alice open
ed a general correspondence
with both men, carefully
ing each in entire ignorance of
the other’s existence. In the
course of time photographs
were exchanged between the
correspondents, and both men
had become smitten with the
charms of fa*r Alice, and earn
est proposals of marriage fol
lowed from each.
But Miss Alice could not well
marry both, so after critically
surveying the copied faces of
her former lovers, she set her
heart on having Mr. — VicL, of
Wisconsin. Mr. Vick, at her
request, hastened on to Orange
burg, where he was to be met
at tbs Coast Line depot by his
brid»-eiect. Miss Alice was at
the depot on time, and was
shocked at seeing a tall, old
man, with a carpet-bag in each
hand, alight form the train,
and coming up to where she
was standing, asked if she
“ wus ther gal ’at wuz awritin’
ter him?” Now, the photo
graph sent to her from Wis
consin was seemingly that of a
very fine looking man of about
five and thirty at most, with
just the loveliest, silkiest mus* |
tache and French imperial that
a girl’s heart could wish for.
The man who called himself
Mr. — Vick, of Wisconsin, and
pushed his face, close up to Miss
Alice now—phew 1—was, in
stead ot the Adonis of her
dreams, a tall, guant, old fel
low of 55 or 60, and, to fill the
cup of her disappointment to
the brim, the lovely, silky mus
tache and imperial, was nothing
hut a course stubble dyed black!
So with a look that would equal
the winters frost of Wisconsin
she sadly bid poor old, travel-
worn Mr. — Vick a very positive
nay.
The heart-heavy Alice wept
over .her bitter disappointment
for several days, and then by
way of balm for her wounded
heart thought she would try Mr.
Thomson, of Florida, and hoped
for better success. Mr. Thom
son, or “No 2,” as Orangeburg
has dubbed him, arrived here
Supday morning, and in his
turn was met at the depot by
his bride-eiect. In this case the
photograph did not flatter the
original w the least. Thomson
J roved to be all and more than
is photograph portrays—a tall,
well buil), .good-looking fellow
of 96. Miss Alice was pleased to
death -at her second venture,
and told Mr. Thomson she would
marry him''Monday evening.
Meanwhile poor old..Mr. Vick
lingered around the cottage in
College street, Ms face growing
in length every day.' To-day at
3 o'clock promptly Thomson
drove up to the home of
ie; accompanied by the
>; Watson, pastor of the
. 1st Church here. Mias
Alj^e met him with her sweet-
est smile, and said she would
“stick to the bargain/’ and p>
with poor old Mr. Vick banging
around She gate and several
friends of the bride filling the
small' porch, Miss Alice
became, the wife ot C. 8.
of Florida. The couple
for the home of the
, f>. wr -“ , *™ c * n wont
the American working-
therefore. Should desire
Ushment of the least
variable standard of currency
seems to be the plaineet propos
tion of common sense. The dol
lar paid to him in wages should
be equal in purchasing power at
all tunes and everywhere to that
S aid to the owner of a bond. A
ay’s labor is the same in ph-
sical exhaustion whether tt
compensation for it is in dollars
worm fifty cents or in dollars
worth one hundred cents. What
is more important, therefore, to
the laborer than that the money
standard of his wages shall be
as fixed as the labor for which
those wages are paid ?
When there are two kinds of
money, one cheaper than the
other, capital will always ea-
deavor to pay labor in the poor
er currency, and to secure its
own profits in tho better. In
addition to that, the laborer,
under the silver regime, would
be forever at the mercy of the
market manipulators in ex
change rates, and every disas
ter that occurred to depress in
dustry would drive down the
price of silver and force up the
E rice of gold. The laborer,
owever, cannot hold his Silver
money until the market takes
an upward-turn for that metal.
Unlike the rich man, tha labor
er, having but little money,
must pay as he goes. He must
part with his wages for the
necessaries of life. When the
market price of silver is down,
the silver and
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We have an unusually large
stock of LADIES* tXFORD TIES
in all the latest styles that we
are selling very cheap to close
out. - Abo a large line of Misses’
and children’s oxfords at just a
little above cost.
DABLUrOTOM SHOE STORE,
WOODS A MILLING, Proprietors.
he gets so much less for his
money. In which currency,
therefore, should labor, from
any standpoint of common
sense, desire to be paid ?
Gold in all history has been
the one universally accepted
medium of international ex
change. Until there is some
agreement among the countries
of the earth for international
bimetallism, gold will remain
the standard money of the na
tions. Labor, according!
should not be satisfied unless
the reward of toil'is paid in dol
lars that everywhere pass cur
rent at one hundred cents
apiece. The American work
ingman should ponder the fact
that poor mooey is the poorest
agency in making poor peep’
rich.” [From “Sound Money
the Safeguard of Labor,” by
the Hon. Rowland B. Mahany,
in North American Review for
July.
Utah’s Women Delegates.
Chicago, III., July 4.—Utah
will present to the Democratic
convention a novelty. Four
women will sit in the conven
tion as alternate delegates at
large from the new State, and
they will also lobby in the hotels
for free silver and their candi
dates for the Presidency. Three
of these women are from Salt
Lake City and are Mormons.
They are as active in politics as
men.
Mrs. Emily Richards, of Salt
Lake City, heads the list of fe
male alternates. Her husband
is a-son of one of the Twelve
Mormon Apostles andprominent
In Mormon church affairs. Mrs.
Dr. Ferguson, of Salt Lake City,
ourfis second on the list. She is also
a Mormon.
Mattie Hughes Canuon, wife
of the president of the Salt Lake
State of Zion, Angus M. Can
non, is a Deraoc-at of enough
prominence to be sent to thd na
tional convention as an alter
nate at large, and her husband
is a staunch Republican.
The fourth alternate at large
is Mrs. Jessie Knight, of Provo.
Sin is also a Mormon and is
p eminent in church and poli
tics.
The Darlington contingent
who went to Richmond all
seem to have had a glorious time
and most of them came back
wearing several badges. A num
ber of those who went on the
trip spent most of their time in
Petersburg Inspecting -the bat
tle fields around there and ex
amining the “ crater,” where so
many gallant Confederates lost
‘ lives, when the mine
the Yankees had dug ex-
of Obelisk flour re
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He Darlii Nets Die
ARMORY BUILDING.
Lovers of horse and bicycle
races will probably have a big
time next Tuesday at the race
track. Already quite a number
of well-known horses are enter
ed for the races and it is proba
ble that there will be quite a
large crowd of bicyclists from
Florence, Marion, Sumter, Ben-
nettsville, Cheraw and other
points whu will compete for the
prizes. A big day is anticipat
ed.
No one really believes that
Mr. Charles Carroll Sims repre
sents the Broxton Bridge butch
ers in his race for Solicitor, but,
if he should continue to be a
candidate, there would be those
who would charge him with
taking advantage of the feelings
of the friends of the murderers in
order to aid him in his election.
Mr. Sims is a man of too much
character to run the risk of
having his motives impurged
in this way and his political
friends hope that he will stand
aside this time and leave the
course clear for Mr. Bellinger.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The State Teachers’ Association
was held in Rock Hill last week.
Work on the first artesian well ever
bored in Columbia was started Mon
day.
A negro was killed on the railroad
track near Forreston, 8. C., last Sun
day.
Joshua Levering, of Baltimore, the
Prohibition candidate for the Presi
dency, will receive the formal notifl-
csiion of his nomination on July 28.
Inspectors o' :he Postofflce Depart
ment have been instructed to arrest
employees of railroad companies who
are in the habit of carrying letters
over their routes not enclosed in Gov
ernment stamped envelopes, in viola
tion of the statutes.
An English “scorcher,” who ran
down and and killed a pedestrian re
cently, was Indicted for manslaughter
and for driving a vehicle furiously,
and was sentenced to four months of
hard labor on the second count, to
which he pleaded guilty. It wae the
opinion of Justice Hawkins, however,
that if the prosecution had chosen to
push the graver charge, he could have
oeen convicted of it.
Failures of bicycle makers have
been a feature of the business disasters
of the past month, no less than
twenty-one firms being reported as
insolvent during the month of June.
And more failures in the trade are
said to be imminent. Great as has
been the demand for wheels, the busi
ness has been overdone, and sacrifice
sales of surplus stocks are beginning
to play the mischief with prices.
The first offers of money in large
amounts on the result of the Novem
ber elections were made in the New
York Stock Exchange on Thursday
last. J. S. Bache & Co. offered to bet
#10,000 to #4,000 that McKinley will
be elected president; Howard P.
Frothingham offered #10,000 to #5,000,
and Jacob Kirkner #5,000 to #2,500 on
the same'result. The prevailing odds
on the exchange last week were 10 to
4 that McKinley will be elected, but
no transactions have been reported.
DISH WASHER.
I HAVKA PISH WASHEK WHICH WILL
WRah all th<* dishes used by an ordinary
trolly in one minute and a half. If it does
not do what I claim you need pay me nothintr
1 have bought the riKht to sell same
in Darlington eounty. J. H. FRANCIS.
Calnlillat8$ , Cards,
FOR SHERIFF.
T he friends of mr. w. p.
Cole hereby announce him as a
candidate for the office of Sheriff of
Darlington county, subject to the
Democratic primary.
. FOR AUDITOR. -
I hereby announce myself
? :<.■> <i • i-:diua»e for the office of
; inditijr of Darlington county, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
1 ■ H. A. JOSEY.
FOR SOLICITOR.
I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF
a candidate for the office of Solic
itor of the Fourth Judicial Circuit,
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primary election.
T P. B. SELLERS,
June 29, 1890.
T HE FRIENDS OF SOLICITOR
J M Johnson request the an
nouncement of his candidacy for re
nomination as Solicitor of the 4th
Circuit, subject to the action of tho
JJemocratic party, with a promise on
his part, if nominated and elected, to
devote his best energy and experience
to the discharge of that office for the
ensuing term.
FOR CLERK OF THE COURT.
( HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSEL
as a candidate for re-election (
' ne o fflc e of Cierk °f Court for Da
HQgton County subject to the Deni<
cratic primary.
w. ALBERT PARROTT.
1 HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF
as a candidate for the office of
Court of Darlington County,
^e Democratic platform
of 1878, subject to tlie primary.
T „ . GEO. O. LEE.
June 2, 1896.
_ foFmaqistrkte. '
THE FRONDS OF MR 8. P.
1 j?®** desire to announce him
TnȣtLi lldate J or Magistrate of Lydia
bh. rt.™!?’ , ® b J« ot to the action of
the demoeratle primary,