The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-02-13
THE STATE CAPITAL.
NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM
COLUMBIA.

COLUMBIA.
The State Agricultural Society--The At
lanta Exposition--A Notable Wedding.
News Notes.
COLUMBIA, Feb. Especial: The
week with what would, in some parts
of the country, have been considered
a ''star attraction lecture of
Robert 6. Ingersoll on Shakespeare.
But Bob Ingersoll's reputation as a
reviler of the Christian religion and
of the Southern people combined to
make the audience very small. There
were about hundred people present.
Opinions differ on the merits of the
lecture The general impression made
was that Ingersol will do better when
he is not so new in the business.
THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Much interest has centered in the
meeting of the State Agricultural and
Mechanical Society, held on Wednes-
day night The financial straits of the
| Society have become widely known.
- SCI1Ouo IASSl4ou Will ulduy has
been. whether, in order to get the
needed help for the Society, the annu-
al fair must be held elsewhere than in
Columbia. This matter was earnestly
discussed in the meeting. It was
brought squarely up by proposition
from the Young Mems Business
i League of Charleston, which was
summed upin the concluding state
ment of a letter from a committee of
that body in these words:
Not knowing how much you are
bound to Columbia, nor how free you
are to consider other applications, we
can only write you to advise you of
the feeling of the people of Charleston,
and say to you that if you are ready
to consider the holding of the fair in
Charleston, the undersigned as COM
mittee, will be glad to meet you, orany
cornmittee from your body, and dis
cuss the details necessary to bring
about such results, and see whether or
net satisfactory arrangements cannot
be had for the locating of the fair here.
!, We shall be glad to communicate with
:, you, and do everything in our power,
! and assure you Of our hearty coopera-
ton and your hearty welcome to our
community. Asking your favorable
! consideration, we are, Yours very
truly"
The discussion evidenced general
desire to use every available means to
keep the fair here. The conclusion of
: the Society was embodied in the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the communication
from the Young Men sBusiness League
be received as information; and that
the secretary be instructed to extend
to the League the thanks of this So
ciety for their generous proposition;
l and regret that we are unable to con-
slider the same as both by the consti-
e tuition of the society. and the terms of
! the deed under which the fair ground
l property is held the fair meeting of the
t society must be held in Columbia"
= a proposition that in view of the
: istraitened condition of the Society,
r there be no money premiums offered,
: called forth long and earnest discus
Q sion. Finally it was resolved to defer
I action on the whole matter till the
August meeting.
0 FOR TIE EXPOSITION.
The executive committee of the Ag-
l ricultural Society has formally acted
on the suggestion of the Business
: League of Charleston as to the States
e representation at the Atlanta Exposi-
e ton. The following committee was
1 appointed to aid the league in its eff
: forts to secure suitable exhibit for
e this State:
? First; district-John S. Horlbeck.
Second-Mike Brown.
! Third-D. K. Norris.
/ Fourth-M. L. Donaldson.
r Fifth-Paul Hemphil.
3 Sixth-Edwin Harper.
/ SEVENTH. B. Gadsden.
The committee also appointed the fol-
$ lowing committee to solicit subscrip-
0 tons and see what amount can be
o raised in Columbia and elsewhere to-
ward the next State fair: DR.. a. n.
e Talley, president of the Central Nation
q al Bank; W. A. Clark, president of the
e Carolina Bank; W. G.Childs, president
e of the Bank of Columbia; ana A. c..
t Haskell, president of the Loan and Ex-
g change Bank. This committee is tore
port at a special meeting in May.
5 The secretary was Instructed also to
/ ascertain what amount he could raise
!, among the members.
A NOTABLE WEDDING.
), There was large gathering in Trim
ity EpiscopaD church on Thursday
): evening to witness the marriage of
e Lieut.. Satterlee, U. S. A., to Miss Ca
o pers, daughter of Bishop Ellison Ca
S pers. Lieut. Satterlee is a native Of
: PENNSYLVANIA, and a graduate of the
e Military Academy at West Point, N.
Y. He was stationed here in 1875, and
e was attached to one Of the companies
detailed to guard the State House. Of
late he has been detailed as assistant
1t adjutant general of Georgia. Miss
e Capers is the daughter of an ex-Con-
: federate brigadier-her father serving
e through the War of Secession with
L great gallantry.
II POLITICS QUIET.
), Politics is not astir. Everybody
}. seems to be waiting for things to take
u shape. The Republican gathering has
$ left little impression. Some of its ut
e terances We're a little surprising, but
q they seem not yet to have made any
4 positive impression on the public
L mind.
IN GENERAL.
/ Susan r. Anthony is to speak here
II next week. She will doubtless draw
a large crowd.
Il The city police have about run the
: blind tigers out OF business.
S Developments of the alleged short
e ages of dispensers in the different parts
: of the State are awaited with much in
tereSt.
IT IS oropOseG TO ret, bv general