The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-22
A Fine Picnic.

Under toe beautiful oaks at the HON,
of Mr.. B. W. Cutter, at what is knowr
as Cutters Mill there gathered last
Thursdayfrom the surrounding Co. .abou
300 souls on pleasure bent, and it wa:
really and truly an IDEAL day for the
coming together of the relatives and
friends from far and near. The occa
sion was the joint picnic of the Pine
wood and Paxville lodges of Knights o.
Pythias. Everybody had a good time,
and Mr.. Ben Cutter cid his part nobly
as Mine Host He was here, there and
everywhere,s seeing to it that pone went
away dissatisfied, and in this work he
was ably assisted by such genial souls
as NJ, ssrs. Brooks Minis, Olin Harvin,
Jim Nelson Brown, Ben Broadway and
others.
Many of the young folks took to the
water of the mill pond, and their they
fingered saving sweet things to each
other uEtl the dinner announcement,
and even then a number OF them re-
NAMED on the water prefering the hon.
led words TO the substantial food that
was awaiting them.
The dinner was par excellence, ev-
erything that could tempt the appetite
was oa that table, and the ladies were
gracious and kind to all of US, they de-
MED themselves that they might make
all of the visitors feel at home, and the
stranger was the first to be sought out
and given taste of wholehearted hos
pltalIy.
After the dinner othing would sat-
isfy the crowd but they must have
talks from caudl dates, out of course no
candidate would violate the proprie-
tics by attempting to discuss politics,
or even hint at the peskey thing on
such an occasion, notwithstanding some
of them have their systems charged
with that article. Rev. Klser of Pax
Vile, was the first called upon, and
while he is not candidate it was eX-
pected that he would give the audience
an interesting talk. instead, like Peck's
bad boy he amused himself by getting
others into trouble, and began with
the writer whom he Introduced. and
who felt like his head was as empty as
the BOX upon which be stood, and was
therefore in no condition to talk upon
4 subject appropriate to the occasion.
He made q feeble effort to have good
word to say about the order under
whose auspices the people were as
semb'eu
The next gentleman called on was
DR.. J. II. Burgess. and as he stated he
was no. member of the order OF
Knights of Pythias he was at a loss to
say anything about Pythianism, but he
did say some things about right living,
and admonished his hearers TO so live
as will be pleasing to the Lamb of God.
Mr.. Clarence Mathis gave perhaps
the most elaborate description OF the
order and told OF his trials and mis- trib-
when he was an applicant for
membership. He was followed by Mr..
Toomer, VINO like the others began by
making excuses. and then launched
out by giving his audience to under
stand that If their is a goat connected
with the order somebody had his.
Mr.. A. P. Rasin was also one of those
called upon, and he too, was too full for
utterance so he contented himself with
those who wanted to hear
him, and announcing himself better
subject to be talked to than one TO talk.
All of the talks were in spirit OF
Jest rather than serious, but it was ex-
pecCed there would be speakers, several
prominent gentlemen had been invited |
to deliver addresses, but for one reason
and another they disappointed the
committee, All the same it was nice
occasion, and Messrs. Epperson and |
Baxley deserve praise for their efforts
to give the people good time.
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