The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-27
4 JOLLY .IlJ NJ.
The Annual Excursion Of the State
Press Association.
A CALL ON THE PRESIDENT.
Some of the Things They Sd" II
Washington and Some OF the
Things that Happened 10
Them Oh the Way.

.br Amcricans did not make their ser
wants attend to their pleasures Tor
thcm. was probably blind in both eyes
and had 4 vacant spo, where his cray
matter was supposed to be. >lght->ec-
ins and plca>ure-Seeking can always be
made enjoyable especially SO in 4 land
where the people are the servants o;
the people When pleasure is the sole
object in view when everything has
been arranged beforehand; when 1 we'll
assorted and congcniai parry Is 'on
trip. an epidemic Of toothache coU!d
not successfully combat the purposes N
view
The recent excursion Of the South
Carolina State Press Association WAS an
occasion wherein We're met all OF the
above described conditions. Pleasant
and consenial were the companions OF
this pleasant trip and good time was
what they had. They simply diG as
they pleaSed-the ladies e>peclalLy-.
and. as rule, they pleased TO do >e1'>i-
bic things. the-eSpecially he mem
bers Of the party were President b. II.
Aull: vice-president. ". ?: Jacobs:
secretary. c. c. Lang>ton: N. 5. Ne
Sweeney. T. MelcherS. j. NJ. Knight.
\. 5. Hydrick. ,Jr.. +. \. .)aSque, G
r Pettisrew. +. W Motley. I. {.
Robinson. J. T. Bigham. Z. {. HAYNES
worth. R. H. Sweeney, II. \. Rlchey,
T. J. Drew. G. p Brown. y. q. hoI-
lock. Master Miles NcSwccney. John
Gasque and J. Z. Norment. The lady
members of the party-mo>t pleasant,
attractive and not so Very hard to man
age either-were McSdames I. II. Au!!,
Y. D. Young, r. H. Sweeney: +.
". Motley, j. 7. Bigham and I. {.
Robinson and Misses Lucy r. Hoyt.
Mary S. Newman, Minnie Montgomery,
May Russell, - Dean. Ohio Patton
Lucille MelcherS. Mamie Montgomery
Eta Hydrick. May Russell and Leila
Russell. The journey has already been
outlined in the News and Courier, so
only special details will here be men
toned.
Of course Washington was the most
interesting as well as the most import
ant place which We visited. Wherever
we went flags were waving. The wind
that bloweth where it liSteth seemed to
have an especially patriotic tendency to
wave the Stars and Stripes-Amerlca
own breezes waving America own nag.
Red, white and blue could not be lost
sight of. These colors were seen on
belts and the belts were worn where
patriotic American eyes love TO wander
They were seen on scarfS and crayatS,
waists. shirts. bills or fare, pencils
everywhere. | even saw a celestial
laundry sign which read "On Wah,
and gave him credit for the prevailing
spirit. Soldiers were numerous, sol
diers and sailors, too Twenty-Five
thousand teachers We're here, and they
came from all sections Of our country.
They did not understand the art Of com
bining business aud pleasure: The
faces of many recalled the Frenchman
remark which I have previously refer
red to. And while starvation was at
Havana. while death and destruction
were at Santiago, while CONSERVATION
and anarchy almost reigned at Madrid,
only the reverse Of them were seen at
our nations Capital.
WASHINGTON LANDNARKS-oLD AND
NEW.
AS one approaches Washington the
same old land marks greet the eye OF
those to whom the scene is at all famll-
lar. The massive and towering dome
Of the Capitol rises above the great gray
granite walls Of the Government build
ings, all telling Of our earlier growth.
Then typical Of a later day, the clear
cut and heavenward reaching marble
point of the Washington monument
speaks again Of enlarged growth and OF
peoples growing recognition OF their
own greatness. And now, amid these
grand older landmarks which so we'll
beitted their day and time, and which
grow only more impressive with the
years, is seen the grander growth Of to-
day. From afar the golden, glitterlng
head of the library of Congress gives
forth it's rays Of cleaning beauty and
of splendor. Superbly magnificent IN
it's conception. gorgeously beautiful IN
the finish of every detail, as delicate!y
artistic as it is noble in It's stately gran
deur, it is at once the flower and the
fruit of that from whence and for
which it came. that which is Of no
greater promise in any country-the
intellectual life and development OF
powerful young nation. And still are
other landmarks becoming visible. The
new home of the famous Coreoran Art
Gallery-the white marble palace dedl-
Gated to art alone, is as well worthy OF
the treasures it holds as it IS Of the
spirit which it reveals. This building
has that growing grace Of architecture.
perfect sympathy of proportions. And
the artists whose treasures 1t holds were
no truer Victories of their calling than
were those who planned this ideal
structure, those who polished its cor
ners, who sculptured and chiSeled its
delicate beauties and whose hand and
brain gave such finish to such a pure,
white marble home for art.
Our nations Capital City peculiarly
embodies and emphasizes the principles
for which it stands, and, ike American
institutions generally, is truly all Anne
rican. These institutions come from
the people, they stand for the people.
Washington, in its own Commemorative
power, speaks of the strength of It's
builders and makers; It's growing gran
duer typifes the increasing and stately