The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-17

AAS ~ AN ~ Ne >e9 W
supposed that anything serious VII
! resuit-merely an excited expectancy
! One thing is certain, however, Shcrlf
Jas. Il. Logan is here and has calie'
out the Catawha Rifles, Capt. Dun
la2's orders being TO report at th
scene Of disturbance at once.
! Realizing that there might be re
s;stancc OF his orders to prevent TIL
scheduled bull fight, Sheriff Logan hat
the Catawba Rifles with 23 men unde
I Capt. Herbert Dunlap on the grount
ac the time appointed for the fight
I AS was predicted in letter Friday
morning. Mr.. ThomaSon is laW-aOlC
ING. and after q conference with tht
! sheriff notified him that he would cal
] eff the fights Of bulls. dogs and cocks
j Nr. ThomaSon then arranged a drae
fox chase with an op0Ssum as Tx
scant and very pretty race ensued ant
was witnessed BY a big crowd which
! had assembled in expectation OF d
lively time. The militia and others
returned to Rpcl; Ill! leaving the
sheriff on the ground prepared to pre-
vent any matched lighting OF any AM
mails.
TIE SHERIFFS REPORT.
Friday evening the following dis
paJch was received from the Sheriff OF
York county, dated from Rock Hill;
Coy. Vi. B. McSweeney. Columbia,
S. c.
Took one constable and went to see
ThouaSSon al o'clock this morn!n1.
He said unless enjoined by circuit
Judge the bull tight and other tignt>
on programme would certainly come
% as advertised by noon. After llyai-
ing this | sent for detachment Of
the Catauba Rifles as directed by you.
Captain Dunlap responded with %
men. On their arrival there was no
trouble 10 pre"ent the bull fight. The
crowd present was small for the news
papers had published the fact that
the governor had wired the authori-
ties not to permit the law to be violat-
ed; At3 Q. m, everything perfectly
quiet. There are about 100 cocks at
the cock pit.
John P: Logan, Sheriff.
InGonnectiOn with the whole matter
Assistant Attorney General Gunter
says that arrests may be made with
cut warrant in cases Of charges OF
cruelty to animals"
4 gentleman from Rock Hill: who
was in Columbia 4?ida:, said that this
rendezvous baS been the scene OF some
famous chicken fights recently. There
is an enclosed pit on Thomason'S place
and he not only makes a nice thing
on admission, but is said to conduct a
sort Of restaurant where meals are Serv-
ed and where parties from distance
can get a sleep-for these mains are
said to last two or three days at a
time. He said that the people Of
Rock Hill are glad that the governor
had gotten wind of the affair and
stopped the bull fight. Thomason
was once a United States deputy mar
shall and he has a brother who is new
a State constable.
WAS WELL ADVERTISED.
The following copy Of circular
which had been distributed shows that
there was every intent to have the
fight:
ITO The Sporting Public:
''On the 18th day Of December,
1902, there will be bull fight at r.
f. Thomasson's cock pit. situated
three and one-half miles east Of Rock
Hill. S. c.
The fight will be between two reg
istered Jersey bulls, each of them four
years old and weighing about one
thousand pounds each.
One of the bulls is owned by Il. F.
Thomasson, of Rock Hill, S. c., and
the other Dy N. NJ. Tiilman, of Van
Wyck, S. c.
The fight will take place in a
double enclosure. There will be a
covered grand stand with seating
capacity Of five hundred persons and
upward. The fight will commence
promptly at - o'clock noon.
Admission fee one dollar.
There will also be cock fighting
Two mains of nine cocks each will be
fought that afternoon and night ano
also the next Gay.
Arrangements are also on foot fol
dog fight between two thoroughbred
bull dogs.
There will be a 2O-minute drag
fox chase in sight and hearing OF the
grand stand Immediately after the
bull fight. Ten fox hounds will be in
the chase.
The sporting public are cordially
invited to attend.
Hacks will meet all trains at Rock
Hill that day for the accommodation
Of all parties"