The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-06-10
A Picturesque Picture Of 4 Pleasant
Picnic.

al CONSERVATION, Silver woke up with
new life tie morning of the 2!h OF
June clothed with lovely sun. All
fears of the storm Of the night before
had fled, and the most serene smiles
charmed the countenances as one by
one they drove into town, anticipat-
ing most enjoyable day. Eutaw
Springs, Of Revolutionary fame, has
no place in the State that will COM
pare with it as a picnic ground:
The excursion ran by the c. S. q
N. railroad to-day, under the super
vision OF Capt. P. P. Gaillard, of Sum
ter, was exceedingly pleasant. Many
handsome ladies we're aboard. South
Carolina is blest in this respect, and
Sumter and Clarendon have their full
share of handsome and interesting
ladies. The C. S. & n. railroad com.
pany have erected handsome pavlI.
lion for dancing and other amuse-
ments. This magnificent building
adds comfort and gives charm to the
dance not otherwise seen elsewhere
in the country. 1t is built IN the
most modern Northern style, some
thing unusual in the low country.
There is no place so beautifully locat-
ed for pleasure and recreation IN
South Carolina as Eutaw Springs. Its
waters gushing flow from its pictur-
esque hill side environed by limestone.
Its huge rock which lie buried IN the
earth give grandeur unblushingly to
the most charming smile.
The platform built over spring NO.
2 of descent of several feet, with
long winding steps to far below the
general elevation of terra frma IS a
masterpiece of ingenuity surrounded
with such comforts, that the young OF
both sexes find it very easy matter
to Join loves meshes enbark;ng upon
the spring tide of Cupid's life.
On these eventful occasions the al
fections of many fair lady have been
won, and numbers of poor boys have
been left to delusion in rejecting
upon these occasions in sad recollec-
tions of dreamy thoughts embalmed
as he thought in a faithful, but now a
treacherous breast. How ofteE has
Cupid's piercing dagger struck like a
thunderbolt the heart of some young
man and fell with awful wailings upon
the heart of some charming young
lady, whose choice has fed to some
distant land.
The run from Sumter under the
management of Capt. Gaillard and
Conductor G. ". Loring was made
with such care that every mouth was
filed with praise. The day was a
hot one, unusually so but ice cool
lemonade hraced up every nerve and
frightened every face.
On reaching the spring the coaches
were relieved of their feshly load SC
. that various individuals marched tc
the pavilion where dancing soon be-
came the fashionable program Of the
day. Thrilling and cheering music
from the Sumter string band, turned
the tide and made the day memorable
and lasting in the memories of every
one present.
A visit to the Michigan lumber
mills, was also the attraction OF the
day. I think this decidedly the
grandest and one Of the most com,
plicated of ali machinery ever built
in South Carolina One can scarcely
imagine how it could possibly rur
and work with such wonderful precis'
ion. Situated on the waters of Santee
where all timbers are RATED from
above, and deposited in the cove al
!, Pond Bluff, it presents a wonderful
sight.
The time was spent in sightseeing
till the afternoon when the Yanks en-.
tered the roll as wrestlers, which
amused the excursionists no little
AS their performances bad to be
creased by money for Yankees love
money! the South Carolinians soon
retreated from the field, and left the
Michiganians masters of their own
situation.
But it became necessary to have
our thoughts homeward turned, and
at half past six in the evening the
bell rang. Then the whistle blew
three long shrills. This was to re-
mind us that the time had come to bid
adieu to the ever memorable Eutaw,
that the end of our revelries were
now. at hand, and the setting sun
would close from our view forever the
grandest day it ever was our good
fortune to witness.
Precisely twenty minutes to seven
our train rolled away to Entawville,
the junction of the Pond Bluff road,
to await orders where to pass the fast
train from Darlington to Charleston.
While stopped some Of the excursion
lists were examining her broad streets
and lovely rock pavements. Sudden
ly and with sharp whistle the en-
gineer put the train in movement.
Then there was running. It was
merriment, laughable in the extreme,
to see one of our county commission
ers and one OF cur trial justices get
left, but with bated breath they both
applied their legs and succeeded in
catching up with train, rejoicing
more over the ability to run her down
rather than to be left behind. We
took leave of many acquaintances
newly formed, bade adieu to the mer-
ry throng, and soon dropped ourselves
at Silver. Our thanks to Mr. c. G.
Thames and his estirnable wife, both
formerly of Clarendon, for kind intro
ductions to many ladies and gentle