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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-11
VALUE OF MILLS.
The State 5oard comp!e&es is
Important Work.
NoNoTEWoRVAY INCREASE,
E.caDs In the County Of Richlano,
The Conplels Statement
Of all Glasses ef
Mills,
Mills.

The >ss Doaro OF eQualzallou
charged with the fixing Of assessments
for taxation on cotton mill, oil mill,
fertilizer factory, hosiery mill and such
property. In making the assessments
the board sdheared to its adopted plan
Of fixing the valuation st 50 per cent
Of the market value Of the bonds AID
stocks. -,
The work wss vary arduous. In the
statement of the cotton mills published
below several mills will be found With
no figures given. This is because Of
the fact that work las just BEEN started
On these mills and the property is for
this year being crested IS real properly
on the books Of the several county
auditors. One or two mills had not
sent in their sworn statements as to
stock and bonds. These were assessed
on the figures previously returned by
these mills, the so per cent. basis be-
ing applied. ,
Below is the complete statement Of
the assessments placed on the cotton
mills Of the State in comparison with
the assessments heretofore made By the
county boards. The most notable IN
crease is that Of the Olympia mill in
Columbis the Jump being from $780,.
600 to 81, l31, 600; the total increase OF
valuation on mills in Richlsnd county
is represented by the difference BE-
tweed 1885,, ,s02 and 81, ,675 $40; the in
crease in the mill property in the city
limits being S631. $50. Here is the
statement:
Assessed As fixed
b7 Giaso bv (o
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-11
decrease in Enrltzh Arre,tz

Since the outbreak Of the war in
South Africa, marked decrease in the
number OF prisoners up for trial at the
assizes has been noted in England
d. Y. Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-11
like Your Shadow.

False friends are like your shadow
only with you in sunshine.-Chtca-,
go Daily News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-11

Clover Cotton Mills. 1886 It9,5Vo
J. y. Cohen Co., Trus 2O,I0o 2l'UUv
Victoria Cotton Mills 50 600 50, 0O0
uighlsn6 P'rk Mfg Co l2o,000 l25,0G0
TIE OIL MILLS.
The bos1d unanimously adopted the
assessment f1ad by the committee n
oil mills properties. The assessments
sre given hare in comparison with the
county boards figures IS follows:
Fixed Assessed
BY County by State
Boards. Board.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-11
Time and Beauty.
Swedish Land Arrangement.

Time IS an expert beauty slaughter
er.-Cbicago Daily News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-11
One Step Above Begging.
One Mans Wisdom.

Borrowing is but one step above
begging.-Chicago Daily News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-11
UNIQUE Concert-Old VioIins.

According to German correspond
ent, concert was lately given in Ber-
lin which has unique interest on
account of the instruments used for
the occasion. The first item on the
programme was played on violins for
merly possessed by his royal high
ness, the late duke Of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha. They were stradivarius OF
1928, a Rueggeri OF 1867, an Amati
riola of 1880, and Techlec violoncel-
10 of 1903. Other violins were: One
formerly belonging to the earl Of
Falmouth, Carlo Bergonzi of 1898;
o 1923 Stradivarius, made for and
owned by the king of Spain; Lord
Nelson's Amati of 164S and his Sane
tus Serafn of 1712. Voilin bows used
were made by Tourte, and former
ly owned by Vieuxtemps, Leonard and
Paganini, and the Vuillaume bow, for
merly owned by De Beriot and Prince
de Chimay.-N. Y. Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-11
Tucaa Flank on Moultress.

It was at an exclusive South side
boarding school and the young women
pupils in the institution were at din
ner. The preceptress was a task mis-
tress of the most rigid sort and al
ways paid special attention to the
manners of the young women at the
table. She laid down the strictest
rules and she compelled her pupils to
obey them to the letter.
On this occasion she espied one Of
the young women wiping her knife
with a napkin.
would you do such thing as that
at home?" asked the precepTess,
sharply.
"No, indeed, would not" replied
the young woman. 1--WE have clean
knives at home" Chicago Chronicle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07

After leaving Vermont Rudyard Kip
ling bought place in the little Eng
llsh village of Nottingham, and In hi'
garden were some beautiful trees. One
of these trees, branching over the
road, threatened daily injury to the
driver of the local bus. Therefore h'
and his conductor waged destructive
war on all the vulnerable twigs within
reach from the bus roof Result: A
vigorous letter of complaint from Mr.
Kipling to the bus owner, who is also
landlord of one of the local inns.
That evening the landlord laid the
letter before the select company OF the
bar parlor. They advised an attitude
of calm Indifference. Also a Cr9sus
among them offered $3.50 in cash for
the autograph letter. Both advice and
cash were accepted.
The nuisance continuing, in due
course a second and stronger letter
followed the first. The landlord con-
vened another bar parliament, and the
second letter also found buyer, this
time at So, as befitted its increased
violence. And Boniface again "sat
tightr' To him next day entered Mr..
Kipling. briskly wrathful. why
didn't answer your letters, sir? Why,
was hoping you'd send me a fresh
one every day. They pay deal better
than bus driying!'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07
rbe shrInknge of England.

With regard to the east coast a sorry
story has to be told. the county of
Yorkshire. for instance, from Bridling-
ton to Spurn Head. has been disappear
ing. 1t is calculated. at an average rate
of six feet year. 1t is said that care
full observation of a certain II mile
stretch shows that the cliffs 40 feet
high have been eaten away by the
waves for 1872 feet in 40 years. 1t is,
however. at Spurn Head that the great
est ravages have taken place.
In Edward rs time the village of
Ravenspur, seaport near Spurn Head,
sent more than one member to par
lament; In 1899 and 1471 Henry ~
and Edward ~, respectively, landed
there. but very soon after the latter's
visit the entire town was swept away
by the sea. Today the village of Kiln
sea alone stands upon the head; the old
site of the village, once fair place on
a hill with fine old church, destroyed
by the waves in 1896, is now some
hundreds of yards below high water
mark. and when New Kilnsea joins II
the sea and the Humber will not take
long to destroy the entire promontory
and make things very unpleasant at
Grimsby.-Good Words.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07
PARIS WANTED ROYAL VISITORS.
Disappointed that More of Them Did
Not Attend the Expositiou

Disappointed that More of Them Did
Not Attend the opposition.
disguise 1t as she may, republican
France has been bitterly disappointed
at the absence of the principal crowned
heads of Europe from the exposition.
but most Of all at that of the Russian
sovereign. France consldered-and NOT
un1ustly-that SO much was due TO her
from the son of father whose memory
Is perpetuated In Paris by one of the
most striking and beautiful monuments
ever devised by an art-loying nation.
France will not admit that the absence
OF crowned visitors OF the first rank and
their heirs was due to her own folly.
She who Is always preaching the soil
darity of republicans all over the world
VIII not admit that there may be such
a solidarity among monarchs. And.
even If she did admit 1t, she would fail
to see the reason why Nicholas IL.
should not have made an exception In
her favor. She thinks, though she does
not say IT, that her quodam ally owed
her this.
There is no proof that Oscar of Swe-
den and Norway, Leopold of Belgium.
and George Of Greece are not as solicit
Gus of the prestige Of their fellow SOW
ereigns as the rest, but all three felt
that they owed something to France
and they were determined TO acknowl-
edge the obligation In that way. Oscar
Is OF purely French descent; Leopold's
father Indirectly owed his crown to
France, who fought the battles of Bel
gium against the Dutch, without which
BEETLES there would have been no Leo
pold |. George had to thank Napoleon
III. for being where he Is. These three
sovereigns have shown their gratitude.
and France, who can be very generous,
VIII not forget this.-London Illustrated
News.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07

means Of their oil-lamps, and live gen
no ground in fact, so far as the stu
dents in New York are concerned.
There are some such cases, but they
are extremely rare. In the great ma
jority of cases the students, If they can
not afford 10 pay for the necessities
from their own pocketbook, stay away
from the city until they can borrow suf-
ficient funds. Many girls with thin
purses attend only halliday classes, and
work at some commercial occupation
the rest of the day. | know of several
girls who do enough type-writing in the
mornings to pay for their afternoon art
lessons and their board besides, while
numbers of students work for a salary
in the daytime and attend art classes
at night only.
1.-THE art students of New York do not
seek living-places in any one particular
part of the town, as do the students Of
Paris. The various art schools are in
widely separate sections of the city, and
as living near to their schools means so
much saved in carfare, the girl stu
dents usually live within easy walking
distance of their respective class
rooms. Possibly 80 per cent of the stu
dents board with private families or
live In ordinary boarding houses,
where they can secure fair board and
room as low as four dollars a week; but
amount charged. The other per cent
Of the students rent studios of their
own, or more often meagerly furnished
bedrooms, and take their meals in res
tauraats; or else three to dozen of
them club together, rent fiat, and hire
a servant to cook their meals"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07

For years there has been standing in
the Pierce family cemetery, in Mata-
gorda County, Texas, magnificent mon
ument erected by A. Fl. Pierce TO his
own memory. Pierce now sleeps in the
shadow of the stately memorial, having
died last week. His was a strange ca
reer.
Abel II. Pierce, better known in Texas
as Shanghai, was the richest Of Texas
cattlemen. He was as well known in
banking circles in New York as on the
prairies Of Texas, and the big moneyed
men OF Chicago, st. Louis and Kansas
City knew him almost as well as did the
people OF the larger towns OF Texas.
Nothing was too big for Shanghai to
take a hand in, from a poker game to
a blind pool in Wall street, but the only
thing he prided himself on was his
knowledge of cattle. 1t was a chance
meeting with Shanghai that led Charles
II. Hoyt to write 1.-The Texas Steer"
They met on a railroad train, and Hoyt
conceived the idea Of writing play
around the cattle king, says the New
York Press.
Pierce was born In Rhode Island sixty
six years ago and went TO Texas when
a boy. On account Of his extreme height
he was feet i-he got the soubriquet
of Shanghai" and it chung TO him so
well that few persons knew his Christian
name, and referred to him as "Shang."
When he got to Texas he had nothing
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07

In the course of its progress through
the Office up to the issue and mailing
of patent, says u. V. Smalley In The
Century, an application passes through
the hands OF % persons. An applicant
pays SIS to have his claim examined.
and In case he is granted a patent an
additional fee of $40 Is required. At
torneys charge from 500 up, according
to the work demanded by the cases.
and as the applications number about
10000 yearly II will be seen that there
is a good deal Of money TO be divided
among the patent lawyers whose signs
cover the faces OF the buildings In the
vicinity of the patent office.
An inventor Is not required to en-
ploy an attorney, but probably 30 out
Of 100 do. In simple cases where there
is no Interference with prior claims an
inventor can almost as well deal direct
with the government. but In most cases
the knowledge of the lawyer IL yalua-
BILE He can study other inventions In
the same line and knows how TO make
the claim OF his client broad enough TO
cover all that Is new and valuable and
not so broad as TO be rejected.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07
Here Early and TO stay.

In the very oldest fossil bearing rocks
no insects are found. The very oldest
fossil is KIND OF polyp. making reefs
of limestone WHEN as yet the insects
had not appeared, and II "1ourlshed"
In Canada.
The first Insect known TO have exist
ed, n creature of such vast antiquity
that II deserves all the respect which
the paryenu man can summon and Of
fer TO II, was-a cockroach. This, the
father OF all black beetles, probably
walked on the earth In solitary magnifi-
cence when not only kitchens. but even
kitchen middens, were undreamed OF,
possibly millions OF years before neo-
llthic man had even n back cave to Of
fer, with the remains of last nights
supper. for the cockroach OF the period
TO enjoy. His discovery established the
fact that in the silurian period there
were insects. though. as the only piece
Of his remains found was n wing, there
has been room for dispute as to the ex-
act species.
Mr.. Goss In his preface to the second
edition of his book notes says that
what is probably n still older insect has
been found In the lower silurian In
Sweden. This was not cockroach. but
apparently something worse. II the
Latin name, Protocimex silurius, be 1T
orally translated 1t means the original
sllurian bug.-Spectator.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07
A burmese Divorce

Easy are the methods Of settling do
nestle difficulties In Upper Burma.
When a husband finds that his better
half is not the unalloyed blessing he
has been led to think, he calls into his
house all the old men and women OF
his village and expresses his desire to
divorce her, and a trial by candle Is
prosecuted. The husband and the wife
are each given candle, which they
light simultaneously at the order of the
eldest person present and place I'm the
middle Of the floor. Then every one In
the house sits around and watches TO
see which candle burns out first. IL the
wife's does 80 the husband has a right
to divorce her, even against her will.
and turn her and her relations out OF
his house without more ado. If, on the
other hand, the husbands candle burns
out first, the wife has the option and
right OF either refusing divorce or
agreeing to 1t, and turning her husband
and his relations out of the house
which, with all goods and chattels II
contains, becomes her personal prom
erty,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07

but the clothes on his back, rugged
frame, lots of energy and t determlna-
ton 10 succeed. Cattlemen, as a rule,
are prohigate. The tall young Yankee
was provident. While other cattlemen
spent their money in gambling and riot
Gus living young Pierce attended strictly
to business. He rounded up his bunch
at the proper time overlooked no NAV
ericks, kept his branding irons hot and
always took good cattle to market.
A few years ago when an inventory
of Mr.. Pieree's property was made II
showed that he WAS worth in excess OF
S3,0O0,00O. That was before the big
advance in cattle and before the land
was considered of any value except for
grazing. Now the appraisement OF the
same property would probably double the
figures.
But Shanghai Pierce had not become
a millionaire without many thrilling ad-
ventures, and he declared that the max
ing OF a fortune Is simple and easy COM
pared with the task Of keeping 1t. Many
a night he slept on the prairie only to
find that rattlesnake had crept into
his blankets in the night to get warm.
Many time he faced death at pistol
point, but he seems to have borne a
charmed life, and although he had been
shot at frequently and desperate men
have followed him with the intention OF
numbering him, he escaped all the bullets
that were intended for him.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07
They Were Forming Opinions.

The club was full. Evening papers
were at premium. An atrocious crime
had been that day committed, and ey-
cry member was reading the account
of the tragedy and eagerly discussing
the details.
A foot had been found In the East
river, n leg in the Hudson and the trunk
of q body in the park. Loud were the
expressions of horror and disgust. Sud
denly lull came over the crowd. and
two small voices were heard above the
modified din discussing the law of hui
man nature which made people lean
toward curiosity even In its morbid
tendency. The small voices grew louder
and the argument stronger, until at
last man in tones of undlsguised pity
turned to the dlsputants and said:
$50 you think we are filled with NOR
bid curiosltyY
One of the small voices replied that
II looked very much as II that was the
case.
Nothing Of the kind" expostulated
the former speaker. you mistake our
motive. We are merely dlsqualifylDg
ourselves for jury duty"
The men with the small voices imme-
dlately seized the only two newspapers
and devoured them with ayldlty.-New
York Herald
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07
Japanese Brides.

The japanese bride. dressed in a Ions
white silk kimono and white veil. sits
upon the floor facing her future hus
band. Two tables stand near, and upon
one are two cups, a bottle of saki and
kettle with two spoWs. Upon the
other side a miniature plum tree, typi
flying the beauty Of the bride; a NINA
ture fir tree, which signifies the
strength of the bridegroom, and a stork
standing upon tortoise, representing
long life and happiness. The two.
spouted kettle Is put to the mouth OF
the bride and bridegroom alternately
signifying that they are to share each
others joys and sorrows. The bride
keeps her veil and It is used as a shroud
when she dies.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07
Animn1a MILITANT Feet.

The hoofed animals, like the horse
and the stag, have, strictly speaking.
no feet, for they walk on their nails.
and their feet have become part OF their
legs. The advantage seems to be n
lengthenlng of the stride, Just ms n
trained athlete learns 10 run on his toes
TO increase his pace. There Is also the
further advantage of no soft part to
be injured by contact with the ground.
Some monkeys have four hands, which
must be n great advantage In climbing.
The absence OF legs as well as feet Is
an advantage 10 many animals that
have to travel rapidly through the
water or between the branches OF trees
or other distractions.
Legs would be but an obstruction to
the tadpole while he swims by means
of his powerful tail, but when he
leaves the water legs and feet become
an advantage. SO the snake ls able
to creep through underwood and into
small holes with far greater ease with
out legs. and even the slow worm
which seems such helpless animal on
fiat ground, can creep through hedge
with remarkable ease and speed. The
rudiments of legs are TO be found In
many snakes, so that there can be but
little doubt that the absence OF legs
has proved mn advantage and that
natural selection has removed them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07
An Annie Kitchen.

What is said to be the largest kitchen
in England Is that of Raby Castle. the
seat of the Duke of Cleveland. 1t is 30
feet square, having three chlmneys,
one for the CRATE, second for the
stoves. and the third for the great
caldron. The roof is arched. with q
small cupola In the center. 1t has five
windows, from each of which steps
descend. but only In one instance to the
floor. and a gallery runs round the
whole interior of the building. The
ancient oven has a diameter of Is feet.
Vast as this kitchen Is, 1t must have
been sometimes taxed by the hospital
ity of former ages. for in one of the
apartments Of the great castle TOO
knights were upon one occasion enter
tanned at the same time. And the
knights of that day were men of Drawn
and sinew, who would think lightly Of
demolishing, each man Of them, five
pounds of beef. half sucking pig, a
venison pasty or two, washed down
with huge fiagons Of brown October
New York Tribune.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07
SOME AUTHORS MISTAKES.
The Writers Are Seldom Grateful When
Editors Correct Their Copy.

The Writers Are Seldom Grateful When
Editors Correct Their Copy.
Most authors are furious Mt the bare
suggestion of editing their manu-
scripts" said a man who used to be
reader In a big publishing house, but
you would be surprised at the ludicrous
plumbers made by the best OF them.
When a writer is accessible. the usual
plan is to mark the bad breaks on the
proof slips and send them to him with a
discreet note requesting a correction,
but when house is getting out book
In hurry. or when the author Is
abroad, this Is often impossible, and
then the situation becomes very tick
fish.
IL remember, for instance, l was
once reading the proofs of a novel by
one of our best known and crankiest
women writers. She was away on a
visit to Mexico, and had left strict or
ders TO follow copy to the letter. In
one of her early chapters the hero was
shaving himself after long hunting
trip, and was exactly half through
when interrupted by the sudden arrival
of the villain. A stormy scene followed,
and eventually all hands adjourned to
a fashionable ball. The authoress evil
IDENTIFY forgot that her man was still
half shaved, and | took the liberty OF
finishing the job. When she saw the
book she was very angry because | had
lnterpolated eight or nine words, and l
swore would never again play the bar
Der to save anybody's reputation.
Another writer, for whom we got
out a story, made one OF his characters
empty his revolver at a retreating bur-
glar and a moment later sent bullets
crashing through window to show q
rival how quick he was on the trigger.
| called his attention to the inexhaust-
ible pistol, and he never spoke to me
afterward. In an earlier novel by the
same man you will find reference to
the heros dark, smooth shaver face,
and on the very next page he Is 'twirl-
ing his mustache.' | noticed 1t in proof.
but remembered my experience with
tie woman and let 1t go.
at is common thing for writer's to
locate well-known streets, parks. art
galleries and monuments in the wrong
cities, and they make the sun rise and
set at all the points of the compass. We
had to delay book for whole season
once because the author located the
Windward Islands off the coast OF
South Carolina, and then went away to
Japan before anybody discovered the
mistake. To make the correction in
yolved changing the whole action Of the
story, which, of course. nobody dared
TO do."-New Orleans Times-Democrat
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-07
Lost Her Match.

Loren p Merrill OF Paris tells the
story of the particular old woman. and
be makes her resident of Livermore.
She was not only old. but she was Of
the worrying, fretting species of antiq-
ulty She had fretted away her friends
and relatives until she was at length
living alone In small house In the
outskirts OF the town. Just as she was
retiring one bitter cold night she dis
covered that but one unlighted match
remained In the house. She lay awake
until almost daylight. worrying and
disturbing herself with wondering II
the match was good. At last she got
up and hunted up the match and struck
II to see II II would light her kindlings
In the morning.-Lewiston (MeJ Jour-
nal