The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-08
1T WAS ONLY IN JEST.
Bat New Both Are Sorry THAT They Dc

| Social circles in East Macon, Ga, 8
pro!ty little suburb OF Macon, are ali
stirred up over joke perpetrated by
Two clever and popular young people
and lis conse eq0encas.
At 3 pleasant little social gathering
Sunday night Miss Sailie May Block
er, 8 charming young lady of the set,
and Mr.. Clifton r. Mann, promising e
young rsilroad man ofsoclal standing,
also, suddenly announced that they
Here married. This surprising staie
p1enr was received By the youYg peo
, pie present Ike thunder clap rom
clear sky. It was known to all Of
them that tbs young folks have teen
exceedingly fond OF each others soci-
ETY. recently, ard that Cupid was slViy
working en- inroad into tbe:r hearts,
wsS pretty generally believed, but the
announcement that they hsd been Sc
czetly married some time ago, was re-
caived as huge joke for tine. They
both, however, avowe6 that 1t was
true, and that they were nct joking.
TIE situstion grew somewhat sari-
Gus when the lady Of the house, Mrs.
Sykes, decided to make test. she
SAID it was matter that ought not TO
be ioked about, and it is said Ay psr
les who were present, that she pleas
antly remarked that if The young pee
pie were really msrried a good tes:
would te for them TO then SnG thsce
give the salutations that duuful
bridegroom would bes.ow. and u gen
uine bride, however, denur, might
naturally expect. In plain words, as
the story goes, the young people We're
asked 10 kiss each o.her IN public to
prove that they were net j-s'iag about
tneir marriage, and It is said THAI this
stipulation was readily met by the
loving couple who, i: seems, were de-
termined that the j, IKE, having been
started, must go, tnouzh this part +
the story is denied by the young lsdy.
So far ell went well, and the young
reople we're warmly and cordially
gratulated. But they little dreau-
ed that they were plsyiag with fire
The bridegroom left that night for
Helena, where he holds an importsnt
place with the Southern railway. The
bride remained IN Macon al the home
OF Mrs. Sykes, where SIZE had beea
boarding and where the affair occur
red. She declared the next dsy that
it vas all a joke, and then Mrs, Sykes
said if she hAd really nos married the
roung maG she would have to leave
her house She sad the JOKE had been
carried .oo far. Che young lazy did
not leave the boarding house. aGo SO
fsr SIS the world Eaows. there has
been no marriage yet. The young
man was in Helens today, snd SAD to
the Constitution tbs: there was no
truth in the report that he waS mar
RED He claimed ignorance OF tie lit
tie occurrence. Be simply denied the
report that he was married which re-
port, By the way, had appeared II
solemn form this morning IN the Ma
con paper without the ghost OF a smile
TO le. the public know that 1t was a
joke.
Just what will be the outcome Of
the affair is not known. Both OF the
young people are well known aud
hignly esteemed. It MAJ De that tteir
wedding day IS fxed for the near IL
ture, and they were jnst li!.le too
jsstful by reason Of being ova1joy fol
in announcing it in the rather singu.
lar manner they engaged.
The folly of their joke has appeared
10 both Of them. Their friends de.
plcre the afsir resulting SIS it did in
so much publicity. It seems to have
proved tragedy OF errors from be-
ginning to end. All Of their friends
pleasantly ~eclare that nothing is left
for them 10 do now but make the joke
hold good By getting married sure
enough.