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.-c* 1 c.-* ~ m4im NIGHT AND DAY Whittington’s DRUG store . Whittington’s is the place where you can have a prescription compound AT ANY HOUR. . ••• ••• NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR NIGHT WORK. COLD DRINKS A SPECIALTY. Lemonade, IceCream, Made of Pure Cream, Ices and Ice Cream Sodas. All 5c. (iet our Prices Before Buying Anything in The Drug Line. WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. Whittington’s Drug »Store. ■:V . .A - - 4 ., ' r^.-. yW«.r'.v^y 6 . - rx- ywLVx*' cs^Lw’^ss ^Sa£.0Js^sseyfea ■’ * tohe Woods Mercantile Company. TWO WEEKS’ SALE OE TWO WEEKS’ SALE OF White and Colored Beginning on Monday we Will Sell Our Entire Stock of White and Colored Lawns, Lawns, Organdiesand Muslins. White and Colored Lawns, Organdies, and Muslins Organdiesand Muslins. TWO WEEKS’ SALE OE at Prices That Will Interest Everybody. This Sale Will Con- TWO WEEKS’ SALE OF White and Colored White and Colored Lawns, tinue Two Weeks in order to Close Out Balance of Spring Stock. Lawns, Organdiesand Muslins. Organdiesand Muslins. IShe Woods Mercantile Company. . ■>: ty-rKJ--' : m\ \ V ^^V'^ :.'v .. V^,? ■...^,. LOCAL MATTERS X COUNTY CAMPAIGN. GATHERED IN AND AROUND THE HUSTLING TOWN OF DARLINGTON. ill 1 vr rill Mrs. L. C. Olenn relatives in town. is visiting Mr. John Reb Drake spent last week in Cheraw organizing a lodge of Woodmen of the World. ** Miss Clara Bailey spent last Thurs lay in town. Miss Baliev has many friends in Darlington who are always glad to see her. Miss B ssie Kelley of King- | stree spent yesterday with her aunt, -Miss Mollie B iyd of this place. There will he service at the E-piscopal church next Sunday morning ut 11.:<0 and at night | at S lid. (’om- housc ■ coun- Dr C ( Hill has concluded to remain in Darlington for the practice of medicine. He did Miss Eva Cox. who has been ▼ isifliigMiss Nela Williamson of this place, returned to her home think he would locate iu Tiin- in Durham, N. C , on Tuesday monsville. morning. Those who went to the base) Mr. W. Davidson, of Colum- ball park last Monday after-j bia, was in town last week for; noon to pee a game of ball be a fe^ days Mr Davidson is in tween Cnarleston ami Darling charge of The Columbia Ma chine and Iron Works. Miss Eftie Rogers was a brides maid at the wedding of Mr Bmjamin E.lwin Nicholson to M iss Helen .Wallace Sheppard in Edgefield last week. Mr. Glenn McCuliough, of the Bell Telephone Co , has swapped places for a while with Mr. Leslie Watson. Mr. Wat son has gone to Florence and Mr McCullough has come to Darlington. ton were disappointed on ac count of a heavy rain which; lasted more than an hour. The rain started before the game began and for more than an hour the crowd crowded on the j upper seats of the grand stand in an endeavor to keep out of the rain. There was prospect of a good game and all were disappointed of couise. The Columbia Machine and Iron Works has an advertise ment in TJ e News to which special att^ution is called. Mr M. W. havidson, who lias been Airuugenieiit Marti' l»v l'\■ Coujhi11ti-e at .Heeling II on Monday, The County Executive mittee met in the court Monday to arrange for the ty campaign. It was decided that Magis trates would not run in the prim ary . The following committee was appointed to arrange for the State campaign meeting: R F Howie, R. L. DuBose. R. E. Lee. Robert Macfarlan. An effort is being made to change the date of the State campaign meeting to July 4, on account of the Hartsville picnic. The candidates were assessed, as follows: Clerk of Court and Sheriff $1(1 each; all others $f) each. The county campaign meetings will be presided over by the chairman of each town ship in which meeting is held. The dates for the me 'tings in the county is as follows. Oats, Fri day, August 5; Lamar. Friday, August 12; Hartsville, August, It); Dovesville, August dM; Dar lington, August d(i. Other meet ings may be arranged for by the chairman. Our Trade and Industrial Issue Mr and Mrs W G Duncan , , ... have been spending a few davs , ^ph>yed as expert engineer by in to*n with Mr Duncan’s sis- bou t Uiern Cotton 0l1 Co - for ter, Mrs J R Coggesball Mrs the P a8t y ea / ° f r Duncan was Miss Nell Harden ! ^ anaKe , nu ' nt of of Cheraw before her marriage to Mr Duncan. They will make their home in Columbia. two, has the this business These shops are equipped with all modern machinery for gen eral engine repairs They have also a man experienced in §mto Thase who .are fond of bath- i • mobile work They solicit work ing are making use now of Mr ' W on Black has fitly or more of these houses on the creek on the Whilden place and all of them have been rented for the season. in this line as well as general repair work. ft. UoggeSaall’s bath houses Slack crecA. Mr Coggesball Rev. D. M. bulton preac.ied | one of his best sermons at the Rresby terian church on last | Sunday morning to a large an appreciative congregation. At There was a dime reading ut the close of the sermon, after the residence of Mr. Robert the usual collection was taken, Macfarlan last Friday night for Mr Charles J Mooney sang a the benefit of the new Episcopal tieautiful solo, church. Recitations and music composed the entertainment of the evening. Ice cream and cake and cake and candy were served. Mr A. W Bate, of Durham, N. C., the new manager of the Corinet Steam Laundry, has arrive! and taken charge of the business. Mr Bate is said to he an experienced laundry man, which enables the owners of the plant to guarantee their pa Irons first-class work. In the Secret of His Bresence.” For several years past Mr. Mooney has been attending the Peabody Conser vatory of Music in Baltimore. He has a fine voice, highly cul tivated, and would beat present tiding an engagement with the Henry W. Savage opera com pany tint for the fact that he was taken sick and hud to re turn home. Mr Mooney is now considering an offer of a five- years scholarship with the Me tropolitan Opera Co. of New York city. The trade and industrial edition of The Darlington News is sent out to-day not only to our long list of regular subsen bers, but to hundreds of people who are not subscribers. It has required hard work and money to get out this large I edition, which contains a writ; -1 up of Darlington from 11'to 1 '.*04, and particularly show ing the rapid progres of the town during the past four years, with engravings of the handsome j and costly buildings erected during that space of time, it was through the kindness of The News and Courier that The News obtained these engrav ings to appear in this write-up, for the loan of which our sincere thanks are hereby tendered. Certainly t h e showing o f the enterprise a n d progress of our town during the past four years alone, as presented in tins issue of The News, should be a matter of pride lo all our people, and to those of our en terprising merchants and other business men, who aided us by iheir patronage in making tins edition a success wo return our sincere and hearty thanks. It shall ever he the purpose of The News at all tinies to slew to the outside world the push [and progress of Darlington. Ice cream, ic » cream soda, ices and lemo.iale all ac. at Whittington's Drug Store BASt BALL Charleston and Darlington Play Two G imes This Week Darlington and Charleston plaved their first game Tuesday and the score resulted s to 2 in favor of the the latter. The Darlington hoys made a num ber of cosily errors which brought in nearly all of the runs and their hatting also was very poor. CharleM,on also made some errors which enabled Darlington to make two runs Altogether tile game was a very poor one, hut as the team gets mor practice, we shall expect to see some goo i play mg The attendance at the game was good, considering the threatening aspect of the weather. The game Wednesday after noon was an altogether differ ent affair as far as Darlington was concerned. Tom Sumner was in the box and he always gives confidence to the boys. Sumner pitched and played Ins usual game and the visitors got very few hits off of linn. The local team hatted Odiorne ua mercifully and f hanney, who pitched the game of the day before, was put hack in the box . but tile local boys also hatted | I him fully. W h i t Willcox made two almost impossible (catches in left field which brought forth an uproar from tiie crowd on the grand stand Charleston failed to make a run and the score at the end of the game stood in to o. Charleston play s at Cheraw to-day and to morrow and m Darlington again Saturday. Shirts! Shirts! ^ SHIRTS! ^ i We have just received a new line of White and Colored Negligee Shirts of the “Eclipse Make, in every Desirable Pattern. We have a big trade on this make of shirt, so had to orer a new lot. We have now a full line of sizes and can fit most any one. Still have a few more .’. Two Peice Suits and Extra Pants w iiich we are closing out a very low prices. " ' ' &Dove P Gents Outfittrs. A Card from Dr Olin Sawyer F litor The News; — While 1 am thoroughly con scions of the high honor it would be to represent this great Bee Dee section, comprising the eili District, in the Congress of the Fnited States: and while 1 am deeply grateful to my people of Georgetown and numerous friends throughout the District for the confidence they have expressed in me by assuring me of their most cordial support, 1 shall not enter the contest for the seat in congress just vacat ed by the Hon It B Scarborough My friends in their loyal en thusiasm for me to make the race had my card of announce ment inserted in your valuable columns without my knowledge or consent. Very sincerely yours, Dim S iwyer. Georgetown, S C , 1 s, ’o! MUSIC tfcACHING M iss woods w ishes to announce that she will begin private in struction in instrumental music and vocal sight reading on August 1st at her home on The Darlington Tobacco Warehouse H n nxn tytit TI m T1U All kinds correspondence and other stationery, latest styles. Books= Now for Reading The best hooks at the right price. Recent copyrighted fiction and reliable standard works, all at cut cost. Will again be under the management of Mr. Abram Sydnor as heretofore with the addition of Mr. Pussel Acree, who is new in this firm but o|d in the tobacco business and too well and favorably known in this communitv to need anv introduction. I he i new firm asks a continuation of the liberal patron- age which this house has always received. 1 he linn name will be j—< • TneOnly Correct Card is the engrav- bnjrraving-elcard Fetus show you specimens and tell you how reasonably you can own your plate for errds. jy, | . . You'll Find it Here. ()ur stock pro. ides rNOVeItieS"surprises every day. The best assort ment and always good values. SporLing Goods of all kinds. HIM TOT CO.