The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-05-27
Summerton News.

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SuaMEEToS, May 2G.-Rev. Mr.. Ayrcs
filled the Methodist pulpit on last Sunday
for Mr. Mood. Mr.. Mood preached IN
Silver.
Rev. Liston D. Bass, D. D., preached in
the Baptist church on Sunday afternoon to
large audience. He and his family left
tor Alabama yesterday morning.
The Baptists Of this place VIII give Z con-
cert on the 18th of June in this place to
raise money to build parsonage.
The Rev. p. G. Bowman, one Of the old
est preachers in the State, died very sud
denly last Sunday evening at the residence
of his son-in-aws, Prof. p G. Bowman, of
this place, at the ripe old age of eiGhty-two
He has been in the ministry for titty-two
years. His remains were taken to Darling
ton for interment. Heart fail'ire was the
cause of his death.
DR.. Evans left for Sumter last week. He
seems to be quite popular from the number
Of patients he had while here.
A matter of interest to the peop:e of Sum
merton and surrounding ncighborhood WAS
the closing exercises OF the S3mmcrton
high school The examination was held or
Tuesday last by Prof. Bowman aud his as
sistant, Miss Bessie Ingram, before several
patrons and friends of the school. The rc-
suit was very sat factory to all present and
highly creditable 10 tue teachers.
The Carlisle Literary Society had its an
nual debate the next evening, followed by
an address by Maj Marion Noise. 4 large
crowd assembled, taxing to the utmost the
seating capacity Of the Chapel The sub
ject for debate was: ''Resolved: that it IS
more necessary to educate man than wo-
man" Henry McColum and W. Gordon
Belser spoke in the affirmative, and Car
Isle Rasin and John Cantey in the mega
tive, and from the opening sentence bv
young McCollum to the closing words of
young Cantey, the audience sat spell bound
listening with rapt attention to what was
indeed delightful surprise to all.
The consummate skill with which each side
handled the question before them would
have done credit to older heads and maturer
minds. The committee, whose delicate du-
ty was to decide which side was victorious
and to award the prize for oratory "a hand
some gold medal appropriately engrared)
felt forced to call to their assistance Major
Noise, who suggested resort in their di-
lemma to the Australian system of ballot.
The result was in favor of the negative, ard
the medal was awarded to Master John
Captev.
The address Of Major Noise was master
piece of aesthetic oratory, "a string Of
pearls upon a thread of gold" Appealing
as he did to the higher elemen in our na-
lures, we were carried along in ecstasy on
his flights Of fancy, like listening, enraptur-
ed, to some soul-stirring strains of Heavenly
music, or gazing in nute admiration upon
some creation of genius, a delightful dream
'ng state from which we were readily
awakened by the announcement "Ice
cream, cake, and lemonade in grove" which
was bountifully dispensed for the benefit of
the society.
The next Thursday evening still lar
ger crowd came together, the occasion be-
ing the delivery Of the salutatory and vale
dictory addresses and presentation OF dia-
logues, tableaux, ETC. John Cantey deliver
ed in his usual happy style the salutatory
address, and at tine close Gordon Belser
in his delivery of the valedictory, richly de-
served the sincere congratulations which
were so freely bestowed upon him. The
parents of these two boys have just reason
to be proud of them, and their friends will
watch with eager interest careers which are
now so full of promise.
The oft repeated saw, Jordan is a hard
road to travel" was most happily refuted
by the experience of a party from this end
of the W. & S. Road, who attended the
Pink Tea at Jordan last Friday evening
The weather was propitiouS, and about
fifteen ladies and gentlemen boarded the
train at this place, and by the time we left
Davis the number had increased to forty or
fifty. The W. & S. road had never carried
q jollier crowd. Everybody was on pleas
ure bent, and if there was the taintest sus-
picion that anybody was going to find it
dull, it was dissi pated long before the hour
for leaving Jordan for home arrived
The good people OF Jordan with their
Characteristic p:ofuse hospitality made US
all feel at hone. we will leave 1t to your
local correspondent to write the affair up as
it should be. The highest compliment we
can pay it is to say that we wish they would
repeat it, and a much bigger crowd from
this section will show our appreciation of
their last effort, and last but not least, it
was subject of remark by more than one,
that in the large crowd of young gentlemen
present, there was not a word uttered that
could not with propriety have been spoken
in any lady's drawing room. Nor was there
the slightest evidence Of anything stronger
than the good coffee and delicious iced tea
served BY that genius of hospitality whom
everybody feels it an honor to be allowed to
address as Aunt Sue.
Some of our friends took Us over the
building and showed with just pride the re-
suit of the harmonious efforts of the Jordan
people to have school building which
when completed will do credit to any por-
ton of the State. 1t is neat amply commo-
dious, and admirably arranged in all its de-
tails. tits nota bit too large either, Judging
from the number of small Children seen that
evening, in fact it seems to be feature Of
Jordan of which they are very proud. Ap-
ropos, our friend Luke boasted that Sum-
merton could not name four families whose
aggregate would exceed that of the same
number il the Jordan section, but when
your correspondent began with 'Mr. =,
twelve children" he was taken quite aback
and asked US please not "to go any further. ="