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TJfc LOVE STORY <tf A GRAY JACKET I 1 I By Randall Parrish II || t>*uthorr* II II ILLUSTRATIONS BY || II ARTHUR lv WILLIAMSON Cafyrfctu. br A C Mcilvrf A C?. -if m iRSRSSfl Mail. Loodoo. "I snow thet," growled the soldier, doubtfully, "but thet thar kid Is no good, an' I don't want my hoss all banged up Just as we're gola' on ampalgn. 'Tain t no sorter way ter ~h 'em anyhow, to a picket rope; I more hoeses than ther Rebs dew ' rave me Inspiration, and be ? ? r.?j speaker's sullen growl bad <?d I was again upon hands Rud ki llcntly gToplng my way toward the rear of tbe hut. it prove4 -> be a tiny structure, col a single room?prob? ebly j fisherman's shack, with? out w. iows, but possessing a door st either end. Meeting no opposition I crept wit bin, where I felt some? what ssfer from observation, and tben peered warily forth Into the darkness extending between It and the river. The picket rope stretched from one corner of tbe but, where It seemed to he secured around the end of a pro? jecting log. out into the night, evi? dently finding Its other terminus st a big tree whose spreading top I could dimly perceive shadowed apatnst the sky Along It were tethered the horses, a few Impatiently champing their btt| and pounding with their hoofs on the trampled gTound. but We majority resting quietly, their beads hanging sleepily down. Tbe one near net me sppeared s finely proportioned animal of a dark color, and was equipped with both saddle and bridle. Of the soldier In cbnrge I could dis? tinguish nothing?doubtless be was lounging on his Mck, half asleep upon some soft pgtan of grass. 1 turned when it suddeily occurred to me that the deserted hut might contain something I could use to ad? vantage?s firearm, pernaps, or even a s'ray box of matches. I felt about aw- Mitlously, creeping along tbe 'then floor until I had nearly se opposite entrance. The * fire without leaped up, a ' I revealed a saddle, wltb jlster attached, hanging to a . jst within tbe doorway Mov? ing l uselessly I managed to extract a revolver, but could discover no cart? ridges I was yet fumbling in the holster pocket wben the lieutenant ro?e from his seat without, knocked the ashes from his pipe, yawned sleepily, stand Ing directly between me and the fire, end then, taming sharply, walked slowly Into tbe open door of tbo hut. 1 sprang to my feet, or be would cer? tainly bare stepped upon mo. and be? fore he could realize tbe situation 1 had blm by the collar, wltb the cold mussle of my Molen revolver pressed bard against his cheek. "A single word or sound, and I 0re!" I said sternly. I bsve no recollection of ever see? ing any one more completely as? tounded. He gasped like a tlsb newly landed, and I doubt if he SOtlM have made utterance even had he dared ''ome In a little farther," I com? manded. "Now look here, Lieutenant, you do exactly as I tell you and you will get ggj of this affnlr with a whole skin, otherwise?well. I'm playing this n?me to the limit. Now answer me How msny men have you mount? ed this side the ford?'' II? glared at me sullenly, and 1 drew back the hammer with an omin? ous citck. eyeing htm fiercely. Well." I said shortly, "do you choose to answer, or die?" "Two " "On the other bankT -None" "Lieutenant." I said, speaking low, but In a ton? which left no doubt as to my exact meaning. "I am an escaped prisoner, snd shall not hesitate to kill rather than he recaptured. It is your Ufa or mine tonight, and I naturally prefer mr own; but I'll give you one aWgee, and only one -obey my oidors snd I will leave you here unhurt; als obey, and your life is not worth the snap of s finger. Move back now uu till you face the door, and don't forget my pistol Is within an Inch of fOUf oar. and this is a h ilr trigger. What Is your sergeant's name'*'' 'Handley" "?)rd?r him to take ten men on foot one hundred yards west eg the pike, and wnl' further orders " "Handley." he called, out, his voice so rhoke 1 with rase a^ ko me fearful It might arouse suspicion, "take ten men on foot to the cross roads, and wait there until you hear from me " I could plnlnly n^te tbe dark shad own of the fellows an the! filed out pus? the fire, but i never ventured tc take eye or gun off ?he man I watched, "How many remain there now."' "Seven " "Any mm com. strong them'*" "A corporal " "Have him take them all SOUtk oo the I 1 RS "Jones.' be tailed out huskily. "Yes, sir." "Take what men you have left a hundred yards south on the cross road" We could hea'* them crunching their way through the hushes, until the sound finally died out in the dis tance. "Now, Lieutenant, you come with me--softly, and keep your distance." We moved back-slowly, step by step, until we came to the tear door of the "A Single Word or 8ound, and I Fire." shed. I reached out into the darkness, but without turning my face away from him. and silently severed the picket-rope, retaining the loosened end in my grasp. It was so intensely dark where we stood that I slipped the pistol unobserved into my belt. "Face to the rear," I said sternly. As he turned to obey this order, with quick movement I tripped him, ?prang backward, and shut the door. In a single bound I was upon th? back of the black, and had flung the ?evered rope's end at the flank of Cht next horte in line. There was a rush of feet, a sha'p snapping of cords, a; wild scurrying through the bushes, ai twenty frightened horses stampeded up the bank, and then, lying face down over the saddle pommel, f^ent the startled black crashing down into the shallows of the ford. The fellow on guard tried his best to stop us, but we were past him like the wind.! He did not fire, and doubtless in the darkness saw merely a stray horse broken from the plc'\et-rope. The oth er fellow took one swift shot, but it went wild, and I heard the voice of the enraged lieutenant; damning in the distance. Then with a rush we went up the steep bank on the eastern shore, and I sat upright in the saddle and gave the black his rein. CHAPTER XX. A Demon on Horseback. I felt positively happy then. The thrill of successful achievement was mine, and with the exultation of a soldier in having surmounted ob? stacles and peril, I nearly forgot for the moment the heart tragedy left be? hind. The swift impetus of the ride, th? keen night air sweeping past me, the fresh sense of freedom and power engendered by that reckless dash through the darkness, all conspired to render me neglectful of everything sa? the Joy of present victory. The spirit of wild adventure was In my blood. A dozen spits of fire cleaved the in? tens? blackness behind, and I knew the widely scattered patrol were send? ing chance shots across the stream. A clang of hoofs rang out upon the rocks, but 1 could distinguish noth? ing indicating a large pursuing party 1 ?probably the two who were mounted at the ford, with possibly others fol? lowing A lien they caught their strayed horses 1 had little to fear from su:h half-hearted pursuit aa this was sure to be. The swift, powerful stride of the animal I rode assured me that 1 1 was got ill gKUBted) and there was small chance of contact with Federal outriders before 1 should reach the protecting picket lines of our own army. 1 laughed grimly as I leaned ?lightly back in saddle and listened; It was llko a play, so sv.lft and ex? citing had been the passing events, ?o unexpected their endiug. I won? dered what plausible Story the dis? comfited lieutenant would concoct to account for his predicament, and whether the others had yet missed me back at the Mansion Horse. The stars appeared to be paling somewhat down iu the cast, for the coming day dawn was already whiten lng the horizon. I glanced at my watch, venturing to strike a match for the purpose, and found the hour after three o'clock. Early, I knew, was at Sowder Church, and his ad? vance cavalry pickets ought to be as far went as the Warrentown road. The distance between, by hard riding, might be Covered in Ihreg hours. My horse isggtgd fresh, his breath came naturally and without effort, ami I pressed him along rapidly, for my whole ambition now centred upon bringing the information 1 possessed within our own Un? s. Buugsy, bs yond doubt, had been recaptured long since, for my own experience told me how extremely vigilant were the Fed? eral guards To one unacquainted as he was with military custom! it would prove Impossible to penetrate their lines; nenee, sverythlng must depend upon my getting through in safety. Them my thoughts drifted to the one i bed left l%such sefloui predtca? nun t If I had loved her before, I loved her doubly now, for she hud proven borsell ? woman among wom? en, in time of danger and trial. How clearly her face, with those dark sw?et #?> e-? and the wealth of crown lng hair. rose before me, while word by word 1 reviewed all thai hud passed between us, dwelling upon each look or accent that could evince her pos? sible Interest in me. Then reason re? turned to my aid, and resolutely, de? terminedly. Inspired by every instinct of soldierly honor, I resolved that I would put her from my thoughts for? ever, rfhe was not mine either to love or possess, unless the uncertain fate of war should chance to set her free. Even to dream of her, to cherish her in memory while she remained the wife of another, was but an affront to her purity and womanhood. I would prove myself a man entitled to her respect, a soldier worthy my service and corps; if ever again my name chanced to find mention in her pres? ence it should be spoktfi with honor. I was musing thus, lulled by the iteady lopo of my horse, and totally j li.scnsible to any possibility of peril, when clear upon my ears, Instantly awakening me from such reverie, there rang through the night silence the sharp clang of iron on the road behind me. All sound of pursuit had long since died away, and I supposed the effort to recapture me had been abandoned. But there was no mis? taking now?at least one horseman, \ riding recklessly through the black night, was pressing hot upon my trail. | "The lieutenant," 1 thought, "the lieutenant, burning with anger at the trick played upon him, has pushed far ahead of his troop, doubtless mounted upon a better horse, determined to risk everything if he may only bring , rao back dead or alive." This thought awoke me In an in? stant from my dreaming, and I spurred my horse furiously, glancing anxiously backward as I rode, but un? able through that dense gloom to dls-1 tlnguish the form of my pursuer. Yet the fellow was coming, coming faster than any speed I could possibly con-; jure out of the weary black I bestrode, j either by whip or spur. Closer and closer upon me came rushing down that pounding of Iron hoofs on the hard path. Heavens! how like a very demon the man rode! As a trooper I: could not withhold admiration from the reckless audacity with which the vengeful fellow bore down upon me. In spite of my utmost efforts it al? most seemed as if we were standing still. Surely nothing less than hate, and a thirst for vengeance bitter as death, implacable as fate, could ride like that through the black night on the track of a hunted man! I was able to trace dimly his out lines new as be roso on an eminence m my rear, his horse looming dark against the sky, like those giant steeds that snorted fire in my child's picture-books at home, and then, with increasingly louder thunder of hoof- j beats, he came charging straight down toward me. Tn sheer desperation I glanced on either side, seeking some avenue of escape, but the high banks were unscalable; my sole remaining hope lay in a shot which should drop that crazed brute before he struck and crushed me. Riding my best, with all the practised skill of the service, I swung my body sideways, bracing myself firmly in the deep sad? dle, and took steady aim. The ham? mer came down with a dull, dead click, the revolver was chnrgless, and with an exclamation of baffled rage I hurled the useless weapon full at the advancing brute. Almost at the instant we struck, my horse went down with the impetus, while over us both, as if shot from a cannon, plunged our pursuer, his horse turn? ing a complete somersault, the rider falling bo close that I was upon him almost as soon as he struck the ground. (TO ill' CONTINUED.) The Atlantic Coast Line Offers Very Low Hound Trip Hates to The 1'niuls Named He low. KNOXVILLK, TENN?And return, $10.30, Account of Summer School of tile Smith. June -Ith to August 1st. Dates <>f .sab- June 82nd, Hard, 84th, 88th, 39th, July 12, an.I 19, 1913, with final limit fifteen days aftor date of sale unless extonded by the payment of a fee of $1.01) ami depositing with the Ticket Agent ut Knoxvlllo, NASHVILLE, TENN. And return, fit;.so. Account of World-wide Haraca-Philathca Union, June -l I, I:?t:;. Tickets on sale June 19, and 21, 1913, with final limit July 3rd, 1913. VVAYNESV1LLE, X. C?And re? turn, $7.25, Account of Laymens' Missionars M. I-;. Church, South, June 26th to July 10th. Tickets on sale June to Mh, 1913, with final limit July 13th, TC8KK?EE, ala - a ml return. $17,40. Account of Summer School Tuskegee Institute, June l':: to Julj is. Tickets on sale June L'O, L'l ami LL', 1913, With filial limti July 86th. ASHLAND, va., AND CHARLOTTES villi:, va *i i ,90. Account o Summer School, University of vir gin la, June 84, August 7, 1913 Tickets on sale June L'l t<? 88 1913, with final linn fifteen day: from date of sale unless extendei by depositing e*lth ticket agent a A tifi nd, Va , ami i he Ptt) menl n a fee of * l 00, u hieb t hen ihe lim it < an be extended to and Septem ber 30th, i $ i::. for further Information rail on (. w i ite, < ?IIYILLE V. PL \ YE It, Tlckt i Agent, Sumter, s. * < 0 T ? While. ( ! P a., Wilmington, N. C, ROSTER OP CASES. l or the Court of Common Pleas. Sum* t?T County, Summer Term, 1913. The Sumter Bar Aasoclation met at the office of the Clerk of Court un? der the ?-all oi Chairman It. D. Leo, Esq., on Juno 16th, 1913, and pre? pared the following roster of eases to be tried at the Summer term of Court: MONDAY, JUNE 80TH. I. Sumter Banking and Mercantile Co., vs. Wells and Edens?Hugh C. Haynsworth; John h. Clifton. S. Ipp Cacloudls vs. John Haritos. Goo. l). Levy; L E. Wood. 12. Hercules Maples vs. Katie Spencer. M. W. Seebrook, H. Harby; John H. Clifton. 16. Stokes vs. A. A. Sprunt & Son. Loo & Moiae; L. I>. Jennings. 18. A. Q. Myrant Va North Wes? tern Railroad Co. of South Carolina. L. 1 >. Jennings; Leo & Moise. 19. Blrnie Pay va Atlantic Coast lane Railroad Co.?L. D. Jennings; Mark Reynolds and L. W. McLemore. TUESDAY, JULY 1ST. 20. A. I). Harby vs. W. B. Roylc. L. I). Jennings; John H. Clifton. 22. Louisa Ard vs. North State Life Insurance Co. John H. Clifton; Mc Leod & Dennis. 24. Alme Holl 1 day vs. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. L. D. Jen? nings; Mark Reynolds and L. W. Mc Lern ore. 25. Louisa S. Manning vs. Francis M. Moselcy, et al. L. I). Jennings; M. L. Smith. 27. John Haritos vs. A. Macheras. A. s. Merrlmon; Lee & Moise. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2ND. 28. S. M. Broom va Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. L. I). Jennings and John H. (Tifton; Mark Reynolds and L. W. McLemore. 29. J. W. McCoy, Jr., vs. J. W. Mc? Coy. Lee & Moise; L. D. Jennings. THURSDAY, JULY 3RD. 30. L. H. Lee vs. Kalamazoo Culti? vator Co. L. D. Jennings; Eagsdale & Whiting. 31. A. L. Lesesne va Northwestern Railroad Company of South Carolina. L. D. Jennings; Lee & Moise. 32. Sumter Grocery Company vs. Alfred Owen. Lee & Moise; John II. Clifton. MONDAY. JULY 7TH. 33. J. R. Bracey va Southern Rail? way Co. L. P. Jennings; E. M. Thompson. 24. Standard Supply Company vs. L T. & T. L. Northeim. Lee & Moise; McLaughlin & Smith. 85. T. O. Osteen vs. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. L. D. Jennings; Mark Reynolds and L. W. McLemore. TUESDAY, JULY 8TH. 38. Terry & Terry vs. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. Loo & Moise; Mark Reynolds and L. W. McLemore. 39. E. W. Dahbs VS. C. 1 'alter Retts & Co. McLaughlin <fc Smith; Hugh C. Haynsworth. John H. Clifton, L. D. Jennings, C. L. Cuttino. 4 0. c. D. Waldrop va C. M. Eman uei, Administrator. W. M. Gordon; L. D. Jennings. WEDNESDAY, JULY 9TH. 4 1. Mary Murry, et al vs. Southern Railway Company. L. D. Jennings; E. M. Thompson. 42. A. W. Davis, Administrator vs. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com? pany. J. H. Clifton; Mark Reynolds, L W. McLemore. 43. George M. Sanders vs. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. L. D. Jon nlngs; Mark Reynolds, L. W. Mc Lemore. THURSDAY, JULY I0TH, 4 4. Bd. Neal vs. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company and Southern Rxpress Co. Host and L. Meddlin; Lyles & Lyles, Mark Reynolds. 46. P. Levi and L. Levi vs. South? ern Railway Co. Lee & Moise; E. M. Thompson. 4*'.. Jefferson James vs. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. L. D. Jen? nings; Mark Reynolds, L. W. Mc i lemore. FRIDAY, JULY 11TH. 17. Melton Lowry VS. Atlantic Coasl Line Railroad Co. P. A. McLeod; Mark Reynolds, L. W. McLemore. 4X. stern Trading Co., vs. J. K. McElvccn. McLeod & Dennis; John II. Clifton. 49. Frank Covert vs, Atlantic Coast Litte Railroad Co. L. D. Jennings; Mark Reynolds, l. W. M< Lemore. SATURDA V, JULY I 2TH. BO. Polly Nesbltt vs. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., et al. l. D. Jen? nings; Mark Reynolds and l. W. Mc I .emot e 61, Martha Hallard, et al. vs. At? lantic Coast Line Railroad Co. l. D. Jennings; Mark Reynolds, l. W. Mc l ?emore 52. Abraham Jones vs. Atlantic, i ?oasi l #lne Railroad Co. l 1 > Jen? nings; Mark Reynolds, L ,W. Mc l .emote. M' ?.\DA V. .ICLV 1 uni Bank of Lynchburg vs. E. E. Spann, et al. Lee ? Moise; A. B. Sttickey and M W. Heabrook. i c s Kingsmore vs u i. Blr chard. II l?. Moise. l. i? Jennings. fifi. Sout In i n Cotton ? 'il < \?. \ h it, i' Wo tor. e? ai i. i > Jennings; Lee & Moise . TUESDAY, JULY 15TH. 66. s. M. Broom vh. Continental Casualty Co. L. i>. Jennings; Lee & Molse. 57. Sallle Jackson, Administrator Va Seaboard Air Lino and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. John J. Barle and E. J. Best; Lyles ?v Lyles; Mark Reynolds and L. W. Mc Resolved, That ru? cause shall lose its position on the calendar by rea? son of the same not being reached and tailed for trial on the day as? signed, hut auch cause shall stand in regular order to be called for trial when the same is reached in due course. WHAT SCHOOLS WANT MONEY? Prize- of Fifty Dollars Offered by I First National Hank to Lnterpris lng Schools. The President and directors of the First National Hank of Sumter have Offered a prize of $60.00 to the first group of live schools in Sumter Coun? ty which raise $100 each in order to secure the services of a traveling teacher of cooking, sewing, garden? ing and bench work. Miss Mary IS. Frayser of Newberry College, In charge of extension work in Home Economics has advocated this measure in Sumter County and elsewhre in South Carolina. J. Her? bert Haynsworth, Superintendent of Education in this county heartily ap? proves the plan and believes it will be adopted by one or more groups of schools. The offer of the First National Hank is a generous one. It proves that the IOfficers of that institution are abreast of the modern conception of educa? tion and put a premium on efficiency. It is a practical measure for making the boys and girls of today the better farmer and homemaker of tomor? row. Which group of schools will securo the prize is the question. California ami the Japanese. Japanese statesmen understand very well the situation on the Pacific ? oast of the United States. They know J that it is the aim of the people of California and adjacent States to build up a homogeneous American civiliza? tion, as free as possible from the dif? ficulties that arise out of labor con? flicts between races having wholly dif? ferent standards. The great agita? tion against Chinese labor in Califor? nia had come at a period, some forty years or more ago, when there was practically no Japanese labor in the foreign market. The problem of Chinese immigration was frankly set? tled by treaties, in which China ac? ceded to the exclusion of her labor? ers. After the war with Russia, the industrial situation in Japan was dif? ficult, and thousands of men, dis? charged from the volunteer armies, were out "f work. The Steamship companies were only too eager to transport them across the Pacific, and employers all along the western coast of America found them available by reason of their skill and reliability. Thus arose the new situation. In these days of cheap ocean trans portation, surplua labor readily moves ( to fields of profitable employment. Hundreds of thousands of laborers are constantly crossing the Atlantic to tin- eastern part of the United States, returning to Europe from time to time with their earnings. It is a widely current opinion annum those who have studied the question, that this vast migration from Europe ought to be checked. Hut the movement of Japanese to our Coast States, though relatively very small, differs not only in degree but somewhat in kind. Thus there is a wide difference between the poorer class of laborers from eastern Europe, and the average American population of our Middle West or South. The children of these people, however, wholly drop their native lan? guages, lose every particle of inter? est in the country where their par? ent, were bom, and become as com? pletely American, so far as their own national self-consciousness is concern? ed, as if their ancestors had settled at Jamestown or Plymouth in the eaily daya It may prove, in the fu? ture, thai wo shall also assimilate in like fashion some of the immigrants who have come to our shores from Ja? pan. Hut nothing of this kind is in prospect at present. The exceptions ale too few to be noted.? From The Progress of the World.'* in the Ameri? can Review of Reviews for June. In a New England court a woman is asking $78,000 per annum ali? mony, saying that such an amount is necessary to maintain her in her station. Tim station referred to must I..- New York, as we know oi no other place which would require even approximately thai much (lreen> Hie News. It is a might) pool- law thai al? lows a peeved governoi to appoint a on-table at a big salary every time his nigger hireling Is fun d for speed? ing, and Iben brag nboill it ? Ex v hange. Ii GENT STORK M AI? NATE II KHK. Win. II. Cobb Talks Entertainingly of Development of sumter and South Generally. "I like the business outlook of. Sumter ?o well/' said Wm. H. Cobb, 10 cent .store magnate, who operates a chain of stores In the South, in answer to a question Put by a reporter of The Daily Item, "that I have just signed a new leaee on this property with Mr. Qeo. I>. Shore for live years, and will conduct, if anything, a greater busi? ness in Sumter than heretofore." "Sumter has made wonderful strides in the past few years," said Mr. Cobb, further, "and the volume of business done by us here has increas? ed just as much in proportion as in any of the seven Southern cities in which we operate 5 and 10 cent stores/' Mr. Cobb talked very entertainingly of the rapid growth of the South gen? erally, and said that the prospects now were as bright as could be, in his opinion. He said that improve? ments In the entire South had been made so rapidly in the past decade, he could hardly realize that only ten years ago horse cars and darkened streets greeted the visitor to a city the size of Columbia at that time. Mr. Cobb has been in Sumter for the past day or two arranging for the re? newal of the lease on his store and looking to the installation of a new manager to succeed Mr. E. C. Lord, who severs his connection shortly with this firm to take another posi? tion in Sumter. BOUND FOR EUROPE. Carl A. Wltherapoon Leaves for Nat? ional Sunday School Convention at Zurich, Switzerland. Mr. Carl A. Witherspoon, who for the past ye ir has been assistant sec? retary of the Sumter Y. M. C. A., but who resigned June first to accept a position as circulation manager of the Inter-Church, a non-denominational religious magazine published weekly at Clinton,'S. C, by the Inter-Church Publishing Company, left here Satur? day for Boston, Mass., from which place he will sail for Liverpool, on his way to the National Sunday School convention at Zurich, Switzerland. Mr. Witherspoon is one of twelve per? sons from this State to attend the National i tnday School Convention, which is one of the largest conven? tions of any kind held in the world, representatives of practically evsrg nation known to Christianity being present. The trip is made, possible for Mr. Witherspoon by the Inter-Church and he expects it to be a most enjoyable one. While he will be at the Sunday School Convention only ten days, his trip will last about two months. DARIA NC ?TON WANTS HOTEL. Darlington, June 13.?The untiring efforts put forth looking to the build? ing for Darlington of a modern hotel have at last met with assured success. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce? J. E. Norment, has been busily engaged in pushing forward ?his movement for the past few months, and when seen today said that he had already in hand in sub? scriptions to the capital stock $60.000. with at least $.r?,000 more In sight. 1 ids will give the town a $65,000 building, and second to none in this part of the State. The new hotel will fill a long felt need of the town. It has been often remarked that in this particular alone Is Darlington not far ahead of other towns its slse in the matter of public buildinga The new hotel will be a great asset, and will supply the lack heretofore so keenly felt by men who are always interested In the welfare of the town. It Is proposed to name the new in? stitution Hotel Melroee, and it is quite probable that the new building will occupy the handsome lot on Orange street where it comes into the pub? lic square, and on which the old post ofHce stood for years. Reception to Two Brauen. One of the very large and Interest? ing social events of the past week was the reception to Mrs. Juntos Parrott and to Mrs. Van Cleve A. Pariott. two voung ladles brought to Sumter as brides during the spring by two ef Bumter's popular young bualness men, given by Mrs. Lauren I Parrott at her home on Haskell street. During the afternoon a large number of guests called and met the two young brides, giving them a glad welcome to the city. At the door the unests were met by Mlas l ola Brown, who ushered thern into the parlor. where Miss Mabel Parrott Introduced them to those in the receiving line. Mrs. Lauren 1. Par? rott, Mrs. JunlttS Parrott and Mrs Van ?'lev e Parrott. Misses Mabel Booth and Alice Dix on served delightful punch to the guests upon their arrival. In the din? ing room Misses Hassle Parrott, Minnie Blending and Katherine Flow? ers served refreshments, The house was prettily decorated for the occasion, which waa most heartily gpjji ed,^ J^ggetsnia^g^