The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-06
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
DARK CORNER HOSPITALITY.
A visitor Tells of the Good Things
Furnished by the People OF Man
chester.
Editor Watchman and Southron.
chester.

Editor Watchman and SOuthrOn
Being a reader of your interest
ing paper / take the privilege of writ
ing this poorly composed article.
Having had the good fortune to be
personally acquainted with that gem
ial, hospitable, and big hearted gen.
tleman, Mr.. Thomas Osteen placed
me on the inside line for an invitation
to one of the most enjoyable enter
tainments your writer has ever had
the good fortune to participate in
since recollection commenced This
| grand affair was the combined ef-
fort of the educational and Sunday
schools organized at the Reed School
mouse in the lower part of your coun-
ty, Sumter, and i am told in the
very neighborhood one Hard Times
has always been alluding to as THE
Dark Corner" name which from
now henceforth must go into oblivion
If | am capable Of defending her col.
ors.
For, Mr.. Editor, ] am ready and
do challenge in her behalf, compe-
tition when it comes to clever hos
pitality.
Though n neighbOring community
OF our town and surely many q fes-
two occasion they have had before.
for a proof they are all adopts. it
was the first your writer has had
the good fortune to attend with
them. But ! assure you friend, Editor.
1t will take lot of buffeting for it to
be the last.
About (guess time) 10 o'clock, I ar
rived upon the field of action and 10.
Mr.. Editor, l was met and welcomed
TO the place and it's pleasures, by
one OF natures beauties, who GER
tainly knows how to welcome and
place at ease the most nervous or
timid. Upon my landing / at
once commenced to take in the stu
alton and l became satisfied that in
all my days l never saw or met such
bevy of beauty with the fair
sex and such a reverse with the op.
posite.
But cleverness was the ruling
spirit Everything was tolerance for
the day. Every one seemed to have
come to make the other happy.
The visitors from Pinewood were
Mr.. ID. r. Lide. f. =. Geddings Will
lie Elwell. Uhe Joshua upon any pic
mic Occasion.) The ladies, Mrs. ID.
r. Lide, Mrs. Elwell, Mrs. Bertha
Broadway, Miss Lille Gregg, Misses
Nellie, Katie and Hester Barwick,
Miss Douglas Geddings and Miss
CANA Griffin. these living beauties
were drawn to add to the occasion
in which success was the price Of their
trouble. Yet they were not alone, for
they had to compete with their peers
| AS table promptness is one Of the
ruling features with the sons OF toll,
at ten minutes past twelve. the gong
was ordered rung, calling the bask-
cts to their places and as there was
no bell again, friend Thomas tongue
came into play and in less than
thirty minutes the most bounti-
ful spread of the good things
to satisfy the appetite, was placed
before us. More bountiful than has
ever been offered to any crowd since
the day the fellow got into the scrapc
by giving Il feast to real estate
agents, butchers and counting charac-
ters. AS an old lady friend used to
say: I'VE had the fly arounds thar"
for | was there myself and | am
sure | could have made "A choice"
But getting back To the table we
ind fairly grooming under the load
"f niccties. \ friend of mine told
me he had discovered another ad-
vance in oCiencc: That man could
swallow without shutting his mouth.
but withall the imposSibilty was
reached, with al the effort and energy
available, half the cdiblcs could not
hc dcvOnrcd. That brought tears to
tn" eyes uf II couple of old Veterans
of the fork Those who came deter
mined to master or die had to give
up for as fast as one Vesnel was