The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-25
Sulnmerton News.
Editor The Manning Times:

want to say to those who did moi
see the game of ball here Tuesday Of
last week. they missed something
good. It was contest between the
fats and the leans.
Fats: E. P. Briggs, lb: c. N. Davis,
2b; ]. W. Lesesne. IS; w. G.. Johnson
3b; Doctor Platt, p; ". S. Rhame, ri
II. B. Richbourg. c: V. E. Scarborough
| If: J. ". Broadway: CT.
Leans: W. 81. Anderson, lb; r. B
Smyth, %: Manning Richardson ri
H. C. Carrigan, Jr., 3b; DR.. T. j. Davis
D: Walter Plowden, SIS: L. r. Chew
ming, RI: L. T. Covington, c: T. S
Rogan, CT.
Business suspended, even the drug
stores closed for the game; the crowe
was large, including rany ladies, aoj ]
all laughed enough to last month.
Chief Briggs discovered he could not
hit the bali, claimed the pitcher
did not know which side Of him was
front, and he got his bases on balls.
Senator Davis did a circus stunt be-
tween third base and home plate, and
scored. Mr.. Joe Broadway warned
the basemen to get out of his way or ne
would run over them. Mayor Snyth
made it around the diamond on badly
thrown balls, and came home on SPAWN
ed legs. Mr.. Vernon Scarborough
made a double play. Mr.. Manning
Richardson got finger out of repair,
but be did not complain. He can take
it to his girl to nurse. Mr.. 7. S. Rogan,
from the way he can cline 'em out"
was good player "befo de war" Mr..
John Lesesne tripped, fell Hat on
the ground, going forwards, and he
had no rubber shield on either, but he
bounced all the same.
Mr.. S. L. Krasnoff made the crowd
shake when in the fifth inning he sug-
gested to send up town for some more
fools cap paper to record the scores;
someone else suggested to use the
ground.
The game was greatly enjoyed, and
the score was as follows: Fats, 26:
Leans, l6. 1t has been arranged to
have another game between the Fats
and Leans on May 3rd, and the whole
country is invited. The players will be:
Fats: C. NJ. Davis, E. P. Briggs, W.
C Johnson, O. G.. Keels, S. M. Col
clough, N. D. Wells, Doctor Platt, Jno.
w. Lesesne, J. ". Broadway.
Leans: W. II. Anderson, L. T. Gov
ineton, r. B. Smyth, H. c. Carrigan,
Jr., Ellison Capers, Jr., 7. S. Rogan,
L. r. Chewing, Willie McCleary.
Misses Minnie Curtis and Gregg, OF
Paxville, spent Friday and Saturday
here with Miss Ethel Brunson.
DR.. and Mrs. r. S. Beckham spent
last Sunday here with their pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Brunson.
Last Monday about two o'cloc k, a
M, the alarm of fire was sounded. 1t
turned out to be shop and a dwelling
belonging to Jim Brunson, and before
it was stopped the fire consumed i've
buildings occupied by colored people.
1t was only by ,he most heroic efforts
that the Summerton Grocery Co.
large stores were saved: also the dwell
ing occupied by George Joseph. Three
buildings were damaged. The people
responded to the alarm and all worked
faithfully
This correspondent has read the de-
fense of Messrs Legare and Roosevelt
on the part Of the News & Courier with
considerable interest and surprise,since
we did not know before that the pres
ent representative of the first Congress
sional district is so very intimate with
the Republican President. During
the coming campaign, we understand
that Mr.. J. J. Cantey will advocate a
regular schedule of steamers to and
from the port of Charleston, drainage
of lands throughout the first Congress.
sional district, the immigration OF a
GOOD class of white people into the dis
trict, the encouragement and diversl-
fcation of trucking and farming inter-
ests, and there is no question that the
Government can and should
foster these industries. We need at the
present time an aggressive representa-
tivefrom the first district:if we remem-
Der correctly, the News and Courier
some time ago that Mr.. Le-
gare said that all be could do in Wash
ington was to vote "No.' II.