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fc** tared at the Postoflloe at Boaster, 8. c. ae Heceeal Cbess Matter. L - - ? .11. PERSON AI?. Mr and Mm F. B. MeDermltt. of Mt. Savage. Md., are visiting Mr and Mrs. F. O. Copleeton. Mr. Len W. Corbett, of Santa Paula. Fal. who Is here on a visit to his mother. Mra J. N\ Corbett. and other relatives, paid this office a visit and renewed old acquaintances. Mr. Cor? bett left Sumter In 188 5 when quite a young man and has made his home in the far west ever since. He is a suc? cessful business man and lemon grow? er and la well satisfied with his home In Southern California. He ob servee many changes and improve? ments in Sumter and all South Caro? lina since he left here nearl> thirty years ago. Mr. and Mra C. J. Hutchison and child, of Darlington. Ky., Are the aueeta of Dr. and Mra H. M. Stuckey on Hampton Avenue. Misses Marguerite and QgfOttg Bak? er of Mayeavllle. were among the many visitors present at the Field t*y exer. ieea, Mrs. A. O. Furrnan, of Greenville, !e visiting Mrs. W. I. Herbert. Mrs. II I>. Barnett has gone to New York to visit her mother for several weeks. Mias Annie P. Moore and M - Keaaie P. Moore are visiting Mr. and Mra M D. Moore on West Calhoun Htrest. Mrs. Oeorge A. Blackburn of Co? lumbia, stopped here for a very pleas? ant atay of one day with Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Moore and Miss L. H. Qregorle. at their home on West Calhoun street, on her return from Charleston, where ?he has been spending some time. Misses Elisa. <dh White, Sue Duffle, Pauline Blandina. Nancy McKay, and other of the College for Worsen stu? dents) came home Saturday afternoon to spend the week-end at home. JFST1CE FOR MISS JONES. Correspondent Wishes to Make Cor? rections In Acoount of Cast*. Kdltor Wtschman and outhron: In the issue of the Watchman of the "'th inst., under heading of' er Wins Case," your report does Justice to 'Miss Jones, correspondent quotes the foh statement from the article re? ferred to: "It seems from the testi? mony adduced at the hearing of the case, that Miss Jones had been prom? ised thirty dollars a month from the school by two of the trustees, while the third trustee understood she was to get twenty dollars a month. Miss Jones accepted twenty dollars each month from the district for teach? ing, but afterwards put in her claim ; far the other sixty dollars wnich she alleged was due her." i Now the testimony went over wjhHmmgly to prove that Miss Jones had been promised thirty dollars a month by all three of the trustees, though the memory of one of them did not seem very clear on that point. While Miss Jones did accept the twenty dollars, she did so under pro? test from the first. I make this state? ment In Justice to Miss Jones, as the price quoted might lt>ave a shadow of doubt In the mind of the reader as to Miss Jones' clear right to the thirty dollars. Miss Jones' salary was suppllmented by Clarendon County, which paid twenty dollars a month. JUSTICE. Mayeavllle. S C . April 28. lilt, THE >l Us FROM WISACKY. tot ton Planting Over?School Closed am! Teacher I,e*ve* for Her Home. ?Other Items. i - Wlsa? kv April 28. ?Farmers are through planting I <?:: >n in this sec? tion. The cotton Is slow coming up on account of tho continued dry weath? er. The stands ot corn are generally go??d. The oat crop Is not as promising as it was a month ago, owing to the < ? minuted dry. cold weather. There was a sock party given last Thursdsy night at the residence of Mr M L Williams far the benefit of the Ivunhoe Sundsy Sehool. It was nn ell attended and 0 nice llt tb? Niim was reull/> I Ther?* was pr. a< hing at the school house last Hnnduy night. The Bev. Mi. Mayse from MdgSfloM preached a very interesting sermon We also had the pelasure of having with us the Quartette from the Sem? inary at Columbia, who rendered sev? eral numbers beautifully. Our school i losed last week and our teacher, Miss i?usts% retutiiyl t? Ihel h -no in A force of city hands was at work Monday clesnlng out the sand traps nn Main street and in other parts of ths city. A BEAL'TIFVL BOMB WEDDING. Miss Marian Cooley ami Mr. Van Cleve Albert Parrott Plight Their Troth at Home of Bride. The following account of the Cool ey.Parrott wedding, taken from the Hartford City, Indiana, Daily Times Gazette, will be read with much in? terest hero where the young couple will make their future home. Mr. Parrott is a native of Sumter and is well known and popular here. Mrs. Parrott has visited here several times and will be welcomed here by many friends whom she has made and friends of her husband. Miss Marian Cooky, only daugh? ter of Mrs. Clara Cooley of this city and Van Cleve Albert Parrott of Sumter, 8. C, were united in marriage Thursday evening at 7 o'clock at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Frank l^eonard of North High street, in the presence of many relatives and friends. The ceremony was performed at 7 o'clock by the Kev. E. E. Trlpp^er, pastor of Grace M. E. Church. The Leonard home had been completely transformed in honor of the nuptial event by handsome floral decorations. The wedding was a pink and white af* fair and this color scheme was carried out in every detail. The invited guests had assembled shortly before seven o'clock and a few minutes be? fore the hour the btrains of Mendels shon's wedding inarch played by a harpist and violinst marked the be? ginning of the pretty ceremony. The nuptial rite was solemnised in the lin? ing room of the Leonard home be? neath a canopy of smilax and cherry blossoms. White satin ribbons form? ed aisles through which tho principals entered and potted and cut flowers in profusion added their beauty and fra? grance to the scene. Mr. Parrott, the giiom, entered from the dining room to the right of the bower in which the ceremony took plac?. He was accompanied by his attendant, Mr. Robert Cooper of Sumter, 8. C, and they were met at the Improvised alUr by Rev. Trip peer. The groom And his attendant were attired in full dress. Master Ed? ward E. Cox, Jr., acting as ring bearer and clothed In white, approached the waiting groom bearing the wedding ring. The band of gold was burled deep in the heant of a large white lllly. Miss Mabel Parrott, sister of, the groom, appeared from directly in front -of the wedding bower. She wore a handsome gown of pink char, j men ... with a court train and trimmed with shadow lace and pearl trimming. She carried bride's soses. Little Mar- i garet Jane Cox, acting as flower girl and clad in white, followed the bride's maid, and scattered pink rose petals in the bride's path. The bride was the last to appear. Miss Cooley wore a handsome gown of white Charmeuse with a bride's veil and court train. Her gown was trimbmcd with white silk lace and caught with pearl trimming. Her bridal veil was held by a wreathe of orange blos? soms and over her right arm she car? ried a handsome shower boquet of i White Killarney roses and lilies. At tho wedding bower Miss Cooley and Mr. Parrott. standing side by side, ex? changed their mutual vows and at tho end of the brief, impressive ring cere? mony they were pronounced man and wife by Rev. Trippeer. Following the usual offer of con? gratulations the wedding supper was served. The newly married couple, with Mrs. Cooley, mother of the bride Mrs. L. I. Parrott, mother of the groom, Miss Mabel Parrott, Robert <'i>oper and Rev and Mrs. E. E. Trippeer were seated at the bride's table In the dining room. The bride's table was handsomely decorated. In the center a huge bowl of cut roses and carnations waa placed and pink candle sticks In white holders were placed at intervals about tho table. Above, a canopy pf blossoms and southern smilax was suspended. The wedding nuests were served at tables I In adjoining rooms and throughout the supper pleasing music was render? ed by the musicians in the dining room. A gorgeous display of handsome and valuahle wedding gifts testified to the high esteem In which the bride and groom are held in tho estimation Of their many friends. The total value of tho presents is over a thous and dollars and more costly gifts of solid Silverware, table linen, cut glass and other handsome articles were never ben seen in this city. Many Other handsome gifts await tho couple it their future home in Sumter, S. C. The young couple went to For! Wayne over the traction line Thurs? day evening where they caught the Twentieth Century Limited for Chi? cago. After spending several days in Chicago they will return to this city for a stay with the bride s mother, Mrs. Clara Cooley, before going lo Sumter, S. C. where they will make ?thjlr.future homo. Sdis* cnniev. the bride at Thursday evening's pretty Wedding, Ih the only daughter of Mrs. (Mara Cooley. II? r lather was the late Edward C Cooley, one of the city's best known and leadini cltlsens before his death sev eral yean ago. Until several years after the death of her father, Miss Cooley and her mother made this city their home but later they took up their residence In Los Angeles, Cal., where Miss Cooley attended ami graduated from the Los Angeles high school. Subsequently she attended the Martha Washington seminary for young ladies at Washington, D, C, where she had as schoolmate, Miss Mabel Parrott, the sister of the man she was later to meet and marry. Mrs. Cooley and Miss Marian made frequent trips here from Calirofnia during the several years they spent in the west and have always consider? ed this city their home. Last fall the mother and daughter made an exten? sive trip through England and the continent of Europe returning to Hartford City last February. Hart? ford City can boast of few daughters possessed of a mere pleasing person? ality or graced with greater personal charm than Miss Cooley. She Is a young lady of refinement and culture with many graces of heart and mind bound to bring lasting happiness to the young Southerner who claimed her as his bride Thursday evening. The groom is but little known in Hartford City, but during his brief visits hero his many fine qualities have won him many friends. He is a son of Mr. and Mis. L. I. Parrott of Sumter, S. CL, and the family is one Of prominence In that part of the State In which they reside. Mr. Par? rott is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and at the present tlMS is employed as a chemical en? gineer with a large manufacturing concern in Sumter. He and his bride will take up their residence in the old Southern city of Sumter after a brief stay hero following their return from Chicago. The guests of the wedding Thurs? day evening numbered about 75 and Included the immediate relatives of both young people and a few friends of the bride. The out-of-town guests Included Robert Cooper, of Sumter, S. C, Mrs. L. I. Parrott and daughter, Mabel, of Sumter, S. C. MEMORIAL SERVICES AT STATE unto. Address Will be Made by Prof. Yates Snow(|?m, of South Carolina Uni? versity. The usual annaal memorial services for the Confederate dead will be held at Stateburg on May 10th at 4 o'clock In the afternoon. The address will be made by Prof. Yates Snowden of th?. University of South Carolina. Col. J. J. Dargan of Stateburg will preside over the exercises which are held under tho auspices of Dick An* derson Chapter U. D. C, and will be opened with a prayer by the Rev. W. ' H. Barnwell. The place of meeting will bo tho Church of the Holy Cross. The public generally is cordially invited to ut tend the services. DANIELS' PLANT BURNS. in* Newspaper oniee in Raleigh Prac-1 tieally Destroyed by Fire. Raleigh, N. C, April 24.?Firo to. night partially destroyed the plant of the Raleigh News and Observer, caus? ing damages estimated at $75,000,! with $40,000 insurance. Starting in tho basement near an elevator shaft, the blaze swept quickly to the roof and then burned unchecked for a time, low water pressure handicap? ping the efforts of tho firemen. Secretary Daniels of the navy de? partment is president of The News and observer company. He will reach Raleigh tomorow afternoon. The News and Observer will bo pub? lished tomorrow ftwCi the plant of tho Raleigh Times. I A Name That Grows Bigger Daily. Thero is one name that continues to grow bigger and brighter before the country all the time, and that has suffered no eclipse or set-back. Quite a number of others have gons down in gloom, or disappeared in the course of the last two or three years, but that of Underwood becomes more and more a synonym, for strong and en? lightened leadership. The tariff test to which he has been subjected for several years past Is the most severe to which an American politician I could be subjected, and he has come through it so far without u single in? dication of weakness. Many notable men have fallen in the protracted bat? tle for tariff revision, for there are innumerable pitfalls and slippery places along the road. But Mr. Un? derwood's calmness, ieif-control, sin cerity and steadfastness have brought him safely through all of them. The country takes off Its hat In ad? miration of Mr. Underwood. He stands high among the really valuable public men of the day. ? Baltimore ; Sun. A wire was received here today by , Mr. J, K. McElveen telling him ol the atoms illness ol his brother Mr. George McElveen, at Detroit. Mich. 1 "Dollar patriotism" was the Krupps' policy, ? New York Wot id. CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. fento T. Hawkins Arrested on War? rant Sworn Out by Southern Ex? press Agent. Thursday afternoon Jesse T. Haw? kins, a young man employed by the Southern Express Company as a de liveryman, was arrested on a warrant sworn out before the Recorder by Mr. Jenkinson, the Southern Express agent at this place, charging him with embeizlement, Hawkins was ar? rested and placed in the guard house, from which he was latter transferred to jail, where he is now being held until he '.an raise a sufficient sum to cover the alleged shortage. Mr. Jenkinson when seen this morn* , Ing would .say nothing about the mat? ter except that it would be dropped, if Hawkins made good the shortage. In case the money was paid back, there would he no prosecution by the express company. However, it is understood that on several occasions! there was found t<> be a shortage in the cashier's accounts when they were j checked up by the route agent which the cashier had to make good. Know? ing that the money was being stolen a trap was set, a number of marked bills being placed in the drawer and Mr. Jenkinson being on the watch in concealment, and Hawkins was seen to take the money. Later when arrested he had the marked bills on him. When placed in the guard house ho confeaaed to taking sums of money at various times from the money drawer. It is understood that money bas been disappearing from the cash drawer since about the first of January and that about $2<>o has been taken. Fire Saturday Afternoon. A fire Saturday afternoon in a va? cant lot adjoining the Imperial Ho? tel caused an alarm of fire to be sent In, a bitf crowd gathering on the street near where the lire was con- ' suming a pile of old boxes and trash of various kinds. It was reported Monday morning that there was a lire on Liberty street outside of the city limits about 1 o'clock Monday morning. No alarm of lire was sent In and the tire is said to have destroyed a small store and house. Real Estate Transfers. ?* ___________ McCallum Realty Company to Manette O. Parker, lot on Chestnut street, $?100. Changes at Dotels. Mr. .t. T. Duckett, who came here from Florence to manage the Imper? ial Hot?i for Mr. Andrew L. Jackson has accepted a position as manager of the Claremont Hotel, and will be With that hotel from now on. Mr. Duckett takes the place which will be vacated by Mr. (\. T. Lavender at the end of the month, who goes to Greenville, NT. C, to take the man? agership of a hotel at that place. Mr. <\ P. Whitted, the proprietor of the Claremont Hotel, will spend his time between the three hotels owned by the Wise Granite Company at Weldon and Greenville. X. C, and this place, exercising general supervision over the management of all three. Mr. M. B. Cox who has been acting as night clerk at the Claremont Hotel will change to the Imperial Hotel, taking the position left vacant by Mr. Duckett's resignation. County Farmers1 CnkM Meeting. The County; Farmers' I'nion will meet Friday of this week at Dr. F. M. Dwlght's residence, with the State? burg local. All locals are requested to send a full delegation and as many members as can are cordially invited to attend this meeting. J. Krank Williams, President County Union. Notice School Election. <>n Tuesday, May 1 :Jth, between the hours of s o'clock A. M. and 4 o'clock p. m. an election will be held in Con? cord School District No. 2 for the pur? pose of voting on a 2 mill additional levy for school purposes. Voting phoe J. m. Brunaon'a mill. By outer County Board of Educa? tion. G. W. MAHONEY, Chairman Trustees. District No. 2. The W That lets lie He -Is the Hand That Oarns the Hose = Holeproof Hosiery Will Eliminate the DARNING PRICES 6 pairs Ladies Lisle Hose, CO AA Six month's guarantee .... J)??"" 6 pairs Ladies' gauze lisle hose, (TO AA Six month's guarantee .... W?? 3 pairs Ladies' Silk Hose, Cl AA Three month's guarantee . . . JJJ.UU 6 pairs Men's Lisle % Hose, CI CA Six month's guarantee .... Jjl.JU 3 pairs Men's Silk % Hose, AA Three month's guarantee . . . J??vU McCollum Bros. "There's a Mystery about our Window Display as well as f i2 lasting quality of Holeproof Hose. The Conservative Man Better Clothes Moderate PriGes If you are a Conservative Man you'll want a Conservative Spring Suit. We have here a handsome sack Suit that will be sure to please you. It's just the model for the Man who avoids extremes, but who wants in his clothes the style, and all the little perfections of detail that mark them as high-class and up-to-date gar? ments. In this particular model, we have hard some Serges, Cambridge Gray and Oxford mixtures, neat Worsteds?a great variety of patterns suitable for quiet, refined tastes. $15, $18, $20 to $28.50 Come in for a look. Sir, and when you leave we'll have one Suit less and you'll have one Suit more, and we'll both.be pleased. D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. Phone 166 :: :5 Sumter, S. C.