The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-07-16
Sho VIII Wed Her First Love.

CHICAGO, June 3O.-LaSt evenings
train on the Milwaukee road carried,
among other passengers. Mrs. Maggie
McNickerS, who will tomorrow at
tGchester, Minn., be married to one of
il" wealthieSt merchants of that city
Mr.. Arthur Morton. In 1872 Arthur
Morton and Miss Hartley lived on the
north side in this city and were engaged
Their parents, however, considered
them too young to marry. 1t was agreed
mat young Morton should go West and
ii At the end OF three years he was able
to support wife the union should re.
criVN parental sanction. In the mean
llmr the two lovers were not to CORE.
pond for two years.
Morton went to Minnesota, and for
two years worked hard to provide 4
home for the woman he loved. lie
proSpered fairly we'll. He then wrote to
Miss Hartley, informing her of his pI os
poets, anu Offering his hand. At that
tim" Miss Hartley lived in Milwaukee,
which Tact Morton knew, but IN direct
ing the letter, through habit, wrote
ChlcoGo instead of Milwaukee. The
young lady, still faithful, waited long
Tor the letter, but tho end Of Il third
year became discouraged. She yielded
10 III" opportunities of Mr.. John Nc.
|
In the meantime Nc rton waited for
arrply to his letter and, It's one never
rarr, he accepted it as fact that he
had been rejected. lie did not pine
away even after the marriage of Miss,
| iiMliey. About Six months after Miss
| ilMtlry became Mrs. McNickcrs she re.
ctlVed through the dead letter Office the
| reuter- written two years before by Nor
@ ION: IN spite or the TACT that she was {,
| W:lrShe wrote to her first love, telling
on the mistake which had separated
'nrln, and assuring him that while she
Sh"nld he u faithful wife, her life would
nave been pleasantcr had she received
me letter in time. Three Years ago Mr.
Mc\ icke:S died in this city, where he
"Au llved for ten year. and about a wear
ago MIR. Morton and Mrs. MCNickers
htGan correspondence The romance
ends in the wedding which had been
postponed for nearly twenty years.
nh" State Agricultural Society.
Colonel II. w. Holloway, Secretary of
'hr state Agricultural and Mechanical
society, has issued the following circu
ar giving full information in regard
to me summer meeting of the society
at Orangeburg on the 9TH Of August:
ne annual Summ meeting or this
society Will Inc held in the city of Or
aHGtburg on Wednesday,, 9TH August
prUN.
The SUBJECTS selected for ESSAYS arc
practical, and are commended to TIE
'arnrS! attention Of our people, and it
IS hoped thata very large attendance of
h"t only the memberS of the society
nn' ct all Interested in the develop.
nlrnl 0i the resources Of our State.
/ ne gentlemen who are to read the
essays are well known to the arricul-
ln!lSlS of our State.
lli' subjects are:
Ii'r Aims Of Clemson College and the
NrthotS to be Pursued in their Attain
i"Vh!. 10 be read by ii. ~. Strobe
; President Of Clemson College.
! Fig Culture" by Prof. W. j.. Massey
'At"igh, y. G., Professor of Iorticul
l"rr, H"tlny and Mechanic Arts.
, "lhc Tariff and How it Effects the
/ SOUTH Carolina Farmers" by -. Il
, Duncan, Spartanhurg.
4 "f'unSoid Diseases of Certain Acri
T. cultural! Plants and Fruit Trees" bv T.,
- II. anderson, Moore
:. lhe Canning Industry for S0utl
= IHr"hna, by {. :. Ncttles, ESQ, Oar
1 iingtOn.
= ."T"nry Poultry" by Ross \. Smith
. charleston.
= "'HaisiHg polltry ror Profit" bv DR.
!, :. ]. Lea. CokcShurv.
.. "tton Culture in Russia" by .Johl
:. - Oft, Mars Bluff.
I mere are several other subjects that
viii be discussed; among the humber j.
! sorghum, hy distinguished agricul
iuElSf. who will be able to prove that il
Is enc OF tn" most important crops
grown tor forage.
TnG railroads have been a,kpd f.
make special low rates of passage for
al NiSitDfS 10 htl II pptj