Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-25
BEAUFORT ITEMS.


Facts Made as Interesting as Fiction:
BEAUFORT; S. c., Sept. 2l--The matrl-
monial market has been quite active our
ing the past week, two weddings having
taken place; one occurred Monday morn
ing and the other Tuesday evening. Few
towns of our size can show such record
as that. If anybody wants to get married
they had better come to Beaufort. Inc
first wedding was that of Miss Lou Lig-
hicks to Mr., J. G. Fl. Wilson, of Green
vile. The happy couple were made one
at the Episcopal Church early in the
morning and Immediately sped away on
the wings of the locomotive to their noun
tain home. The other wedding was that
of Miss Julia banner to Mr.. Matthew
White. 1t took place at the Bapust
Church, and was witnessed by churc1
crowded with people. The last named
couple are still with us.
Signs that fall is here are very apparent.
Wagons and vans of our busy merchants
are rolling up from the depot loaded WIN
goods which are to entice the greenDacks
out Of our pockets. Cotton is beginning
to come in, too, and we shall have our fac-
tory open after a while, for we nave our
factory and factory girls, though not OF
the stereOtyped kind generally represent
ell III IOuldubIC SIOIlCS VI -
pers. Our girls are stalwart manners,
as we would have called them once, but
now they are ladies.
SpOrtsmen are going to be happy this
winter. Game is just begging to be killed.
Prospects are bright for phosphates.
The works are in full blast. Hume Bros.
are turning out 1000 tons per week. They
are to have a telegraph at their works,
too. PhOsphates are very wonderful
y, 1arVEr
mails and fishes and beasts come from
whose remains are now being torn up
from their resting places? 1t seems hard
that the poor things bones should not be
left to rest in peace where they deposited
them; but with eight DIR 9dges, besides
flats and lighters, working at them, there
is little chance of that. Peace to their
ashesl
The skating-rink season was also inaug-
urated last week, at the hall, with appro-
pirate accompaniments of ice-cream and
cake. bv the Ladies' Aid Society. The
youth, beauty and fashion of Beaufort
were there, and enjoyed themselves while
aiding the society by sporting around the
room on the festive but deceptive skates.
However, it is noble to suffer IN right
cause; so even those who had TAILS ana
bruises should congratulate themselves
that by so doing they were helping on the
common cause.
We are to have Democratic speaking
here about the middle of October-Hamp-
ton, Thompson and others are to be pres
ent. There was some thought of the
Democratic party putting in a colored
Richmond in the field to oppose Smalls,
but we have not heard anything of it re-
Gently.
Notwithstanding all the law that has
been down in these parts lately am afraid
some of our cOlored compatriOts have but
hazy ideas on the subject of personal
rights. Two 'Egentlemen" were having
discussion on the street a day or two ago.
One had evidently been attacking the
character of the other in regard to money
matters, and the latter had risen up in
righteous indignation. 'What right you
got to go and take away my character,
sir (brandishing his fist within two inches
of his adversary's nasal organ); could
take your life for it, and the law would
protect me!0 The other gentleman"
smiled in a sickly way but declined to
say why he had taken his opponents char
acter away or what he had done with it.
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