The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-04-03

w. P. LEGG.
In response to countrywide ap-
peal from the Red Cross, the local
chapter asked every one in town to
contribute clothing for the destitute
Belgians. These articles were col
lectcd on Tuesday by committee
Every one responded generously, and
the clothing was taken to headquar-
ters, where it was packed and dis
patched to New York, whence it will
be shipped to Belgium.
On Mar. n the ladies held their
first meeting with Mrs. Jno. S. Wilson
to engage in Red Cross work, without
serving refreshments.
! Next meeting will be with Mrs.
Leon Weinberg on Wednesday, April
3rd.
All who are interested in this work
are invited to take part in these house
to house meetings every Wednesday
afternoon, beginning at o'clock.
We are printing extra pages this
week advertising the Liberty Loan
drive that opens next Saturday. And
we are very proud of the patriotic
spirit shown by our business people in
the way they bought space. The Times
is contributing 25 per cent Of this to
the Red Cross, which will amount to
about $4,000.
Mr.. Cary Smith has purchased The
Pastime Theatre from r. d. Plyler.
The deal was concluded last Friday. 1t
is Mr. Smiths intention to run nothing
all at popular prices. On Field Day,
April 18th, he will have Manning's
favorite "Fatty" Arbuckle in his lat
est play, FATTY at Coney Island" In
addition to this scream lie will have
the great baseball play Little Sun
set" featuring little Gordon Griffith,
the great little child actor. This is
one of the best films on the market
and should draw big crowd. The
Times wishes Mr.. Smith the greatest
measure of success in his new ven
| ture.
On Wednesday Mrs. +. ID. Clark,
Miss Matte Appel, Miss Irma Vein
berg and Mr.: f; p; Burgess vert to
Sumter to vsiit Red Cross Hcndouar-
tcrs and interview the Supervisor Of
Surgical Dressings there. They were
interested and impressed with the
amount of work being done in Sumter
and the enthusiasm and devotion dis
| prayed by the members in ~ chap
ter. The matter Of making surgical
; dressings here will probably be tax
en- up in the near future, in order to
find out the chapter is wi.hn" to un>
dertake this important work
The Library Association had a call
meeting Tuesday, March rs at the Lii
brary. Ten members were present.
1t was an interesting meeting in
several respects.
The Association decided to have a
bazaar in December and each mem
Der Is to make one article each month
from now until then and put it aside
for the bazaar.
| In this way we hope to have a
large bazaar and realize quite a sum.
Mrs. Williams, librarian, reported
that the library had received large
and handsome gift from Mrs. A. Levi.
She gave over three hundred volumes
or interesting and entertaining and in
structlvc books, many being fiction.
| take this means of thanking my
friends and patrons for their generous
| patronage to The Pastime Theatre. I
always endeavored to give my patrons
the very best pictures and while at
times there were disappointments in |
the quality Of the pictures shown, still |
IT was the very best that could do. J
The pictures shown in Manning were =,
Tar above those shown in other towns
or the same size. Again thanking YOU |
Tor your past generosity, | am,
Sincerely yours,
K. DUDLEY PLYLER.
In the Field Day exercises of Col
ored Schools in Manning on the 22nd.
the prizes were awarded to schools as
| follows:
Davis Station, first; PaxviIc, sec
ond, and Calvary school third
The demonstration in manual art
done in the colored schools made q
fine Exhibition. Several prominent
white and colored speakers addressed
the large audience at the coored grad
ed school and every speaker made a
patriotic. speech. Hundreds of color
| ed people came to Manning to the
celebration. This was the fifth an
nivcrsary and seemed to be of usual
interest to the people.
Mr.. Webb Sprott of Jordan drove
his big Buick car to Winston Salem
How about a