The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-05-05

r. B. Eulton, Esq who has been
practicing law here for the past year,
has decided to seek g larger field. and
will move to Florence in the near fu-
ture. Mr.. Fulton has been very sue
cessful here, and we predict a splendid
| future for him. He lsaves Manning
for his new home with the best wishes
of The Times.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. +. Harvin, Sr.
announce the engagement
of their daughter,
Bessie Broughton,
Mr.. Daniel Edward al Hydrick' Jr''
Spartanourg, S. c.
Manning should be proud of her
girls basket ball team. They have not
been defeated this season. On Friday
afternoon they played the High School
team of Florence, and won by j score
of IS to 20 The Florence team was
considered one OF the strongest in this
section of the State. but Manning
showed them what a good team was
like.
The Ladies' Progressive Farm Club.
of Harvin, was organized few weeks
ago at the home of Mrs. Jno. B. Brog-
don. by Miss Katherine Richardson.
Mrs Ben II. Harvin was elected presl-
dent and Miss Anna Harvin secretary.
The meetings will be held once month
at the respective homes of the mem
bers. Poultry raising, horticulture,
gardening and the bettermeot OF rural
home life are the subjects TO be dis
cussed, along With methods best suited
for the elimination of the house hy.
There are twenty-iour members OF this
club.
The Rev. W. D. King of Newberry.
is here conducting the spring revival
now in progress at the colored Metho-
dist church. For week the services
have been going on. So far 20 com
municants have been added to the
church roll and hundreds have promis-
ed to seek religion. Rev. King is one
of the best revival preachers IN the
negro race in South Carolina, and
great crowds attend when he's booked
to preach. Oyer five hundred people
attend the services IN the coiored
church here each night. The meeting
will be in progress all the week and is
creating unusual interest among the
colored people OF the town. Rev. W.
D King is tow pastor Of the A. NJ. E.
church in Newberry. He has pastored |
several large churches in the State.
Manning is to have good base ball
team this Summer. Friday afternoon
a. mass meeting Of the citizens was
held, and it was decided to solicit sub
scriptiops from the business men OF
the community and raise at least two
hundred and fifty dollars 70 help detray
the expenses OF the team. In the town
and community are about five or six
PLAYERS, and it is the intention to get
four or FIVE college boys to play during I
the summer for their actual expenses
An association was formed, and Mr.. E
C. Horton was elected President, and
Mr.. J. ". Wideman, Secretary and
Treasurer. The committee selected to
raise the funds has met with splendid
and the necessary
amount has been about pledged, so
that the project is certainty. 1t is
also proposed to have a minstrel IN
the near future, the proceeds to go for
the benefit of the team.
Last Thursday there was very in
teresting case tried before Magistrate
J. w. Heriot and jury. Two foe
blood hounds owned by the late J c.
Robbins were in question. The suit
was L. s. Barwick against J. E. Gam
bic. 1t will be recalled that some
weeks ago near Pinewood, while at
to capture Joel Green: he
had with him at the time three blood |
hounds, and Mr.. Barwick conteuded
that MIR. Robbins had given two OF
these dogs TO him, but they were car
ried back to Columbia, and Mr.: Gam
bic bargained to purchase them from a
brother of J. c. Robbins. The dogs
were then shipped to Gamble, and up
on their arrival in Manning, Barwick
demanded them, claiming TO be the
owner. Upon CANDLES refusal 20 turn
them over to Barwick, he entered suit.
The jury found verdict against Bsr-
wick. It is understood that the Mag
;strate has granted new trial. Messrs.
Davis and Wideman represents Mr..
Barwick, and S. Oliver O'Bryan, Esq,
is attorney for Mr.. Gamble.