The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-05-29
THURSDAY EVENING.


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THURSDAY EVENING.
With the experience OF the even
ing before, the people knew that /
they did not get out early the chances
for a seat would be exceedingly slim
and so it proved to be. The hal
was again crowded to its utmost ca
pacity, and although every effort wa:
made to make the audience comfort
able, the poor men were again made
to give way to those beautlful(??.
"balloon sleeves and other attach
ments which ladies wear TO crow(
suffering man from the things OF JOY
On the handsomely decorated stage
was seated the graduating class, con
sisting OF Misses Julia Mood, Hattie
Earvir, and Mamie Harviu; also
Miss Annie Thames, who had VOL
the medal for penmanship, and Rers
j. O. Cough, Edmund Wells, Hon
Joseph F. Rhame, Iessrs. J. H. LIE
sesne, James E. Davis, and D. NJ
Bradham. The last two ARE mem.
bers of the board of trustees.
Rev. J. O. Cough opened the exer:
cises with prayer, which was followed
by 8 song, "Moonlight on the Lake,
bv a quartette composed of Mrs D
N. Bradhaa,, Mrs. J. L. Wilson, Miss
C. E. Lucas, and Messrs. J. L. vii.
son and A. C. Bradham.
Then came an essay on the ''Possi'
bilities of the American Girl" by
Miss Hattie Harvip. We have not
the space to give any extended COM
ments on any of the essays; therefore.
suffice it to say that Miss Hattie
clearly emphasized her position il
opposition to woman having the
right of ballot.
Then followed an instrumental
solo by Miss Sallie Stukes, in which
she exhibited considerable art.
The next was a scholarly essay BY
Miss Julia Mood. Subject, "The
Good and Bad Effects OF Emula-
ton
This was followed by well-ren,
dered duet, "Fhe Song of the Swal-
lows" by Mrs. D. NJ. Bradham and
Miss G. E. Lucas.
An essay on the subject, "Persever-
ance Essential to Success" was pre-
pared by and well read by Miss Ma
ME Haryin.
Then came considerable "Moon-
shine" from the orator of the occa.
sion, after an appropriate introduc-
tion by Professor E. J. Browne:
Ladies and Gentlemen: You have already
had enough solid truth rehearsed in your
hearing to give your minds ample employ
ment for some time to come. l shall pro.
ceed to talk to you in lighter vein. The
exercises of the evening were opened by q
beautiful song, Moonlight on the Lake:
I propose to continue som ewhat the sentl-
ment of that song.
The kiss that would make q maids cheek
flush
Wroth, as if kissing were O sin
Amidst the Argus eyes and din
And tell the glare of noon,
Brings but murmur and blush
Beneath the modest moon.
Cambe!l, who wrote the verse I have just
repeated, must have had some experience
along the line his stanza indicates, because
n theorist could have told the truth SC
plainly.
Moonlight experiences are ridicu lous to
the unconcerned, but supremely sacred to
the parties Immediately interested.
Twas moonlight, when my earliest love
First on my bosom dropt her head;
A moment then concentrated
The bliss of yeals, as if the spheres
Their course had faster driven,
And carried, Enoch-ike above,
a living man to heaven.
Ever man, then, who has walked abroad
with the queen of his thoughts ambling at
his side, to him the perfection of beauty,
has realized the truth of divine revelation
sooner or later in his erratic moonlight
career, that God made woman help meet
for man. She is the trellis to which the
tendrils of his affections cling-the trellis
which lifts him out of the dust OF despon-
dency and into the regions Of hope and IN
to the blissful state of double blessedness.
What would this be without love and
courtship? And like our grandmothers
soap pots which, tradition informs Us, were
largely dependent on the moon and sassa'
frass paddles, neither would ever come 10
practical maturity without the benign in.
auence of moonshine. There is some
thing in the moon which suggests aggres'
sive movement Of the tongue and lip upon
the part of the would-be victor, for
The moons the earth's enamour'd bride
True to him in her very changes,
To other stars she never ranges;
Though, cross'd by him, sometimes she
dips
Her light in short offended pride,
And faints to an eclipse.
What harm, then, is there in love, since
even the earth and moon have taught US
the lesson ? It is delightful to love many,
but oh, to love one devotedly it's supreme
" estate. And kissing, though much
abused by carnal intruders into the sacred
pale of genuine love and courtship. is an
unadulterated fruit, legitimately produced
by yeritable affection. 1t is a taste Of love
The etymology of the word bears NE out IN
NV definition. The old Romans had a
delightful word by which they expressed
the idea (osculuml which was derived from
sos" the mouth, and meant little mouth
"a sweet mouth. Give me a sweet little
mouth" was the phrase which the good
little Roman spoke when he asked bis
mother for kiss. History informs us that
the beautiful Rowena, the daughter OF Heu'
cist, introduced kissing into England. l;
IS wonder that lovers did not make he,
their patron saint Kiss is a Saxon word
and is allied etymologically to the Gothic
kustus, proof or test. kustus is closely
associated with the Latin word guStuS, d
taste; therefore, according to the great
English photographer, Prof. Skeat (writlne
with all the austerity and scholarship OF an
expert), a kiss is "a gust, taste, a some