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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
THE BULLET FROM AFFAIR.
How Modern, War Methods Try the
Soldiers Nerves.

How Modern War Methods Try the
Soldiers Nerves.
Today man may die as soon as the
enemy's guns, hidden away in the dis
tant, cloud topped mountains seven
miles away, begin to talk. And over
that seven miles he must walk with
caution, with e wide interval between
him and his pals on either hand. He
must lie down at every short halt and
scratch the ground hurrledly with his
little spade at every long one, for the
great shells are sailing toward him,
and he sees by his officers eye and
hears by his commands that it is con-
sidered that he may perish at any mo-
ment and that precautions are neces-
sary to preserve him. he sees, more
over, how futile those precautions must
be II one Of those monsters bowling
overhead should land as near to him as
the last one did to that blasted tree,
for instance, with its scorched, dan
Cling limbs and the huge charred hs-
sure in its stout trunk, or as the one
before did to the team Of mules in the
ambulance wagon. now screaming,
struggling tumble Of harness and
bloody flesh.
All this Is dispiriting and appears un
necessary. The country on all sides Is
as peaceful as his native dale, not O
sign Of an enemy. Even the great blue
hill ahead, on which he is told the enc
my's long guns are posted looks as
quiet as the mountain on Christmas
card. Yet for two miles he walks
through DEATH. thinking only Of it be
cause there is nothing else to think Of
and then as twilight falls bivouacs in
extended line, sees his friends run fol
their tea between the fall Of the Shells
notices one Of them time his run back
badly acd meet a projectile in full ca
reer, to part from & an awful. and dis
gusting ofense, and then lies down II
the darkness with shaking nerves ane
the thought that ave worse miles Still
intervene between him and the guns be
knows he Is intended to take.
Next morning be is awakened by 8
shell, is marched with infinite caution
fo. two more miles. shelled the whole
way, is shelled even in his biGouac BY
the light Of the moon and as ne watch
es the projeciles bursting Ike water
spouts Of FIRE along his hillside is glac
when he is told that tomorrow Will be
the battle, after which If he wins anc
If he lives be may be able to walk anc
sleep in peace for space.-"A Line
man" in New York World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
Theology as He Understood 1t.

Passengers in an uptown car one art
ernoon last week were very much en-
tertained and amused by a discussion
OF things spiritual by two colored pas
seDrers. AS the debate wazed warmer
the voices Of the debaters grew louder
until what was said was plainly audi
bic to all in the car. After each had
made a confession Of faith and given
his views Of the means whereby mortal
man could gain salvation one ct the
pair biurted out in a tone that implied
that all his hope for the next world
was embodied in the words:
"Well, sab, b'lie7e dat what's gWine
to be is sho'ly gwine to be-"
"Huh," grunted his companion con-
temptuously, "den 20 b'lieVes in pre-
meditashun."-Balhmore Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
LINCOLN'S DISPATCHES.
Why Many OF Them Were Oaeeo
From the War Department.

Why Many of Them Were Dated
From the War Department.
Surprise is often expressed by very
intelligent people that so large a pro
portion Of President Lincoln's most I'M
portant kilograms and some OF his let
ters are dated from the war depart
ment instead Of the executive mansion
and none Of them from the navy, treas
ury or other administrative bureaus.
This is generally deemed very singu'
lar fact, and from it writers have
plausibly drawn the conclusion that
Lincoln personally liked the secretary
Of war better than any Of the other
cabinet officers. While this indeed ap'
pears to have been true, It does not nee
essarily so follow. he certainly held
Mr.. Seward in high regard. yet he sell
dom went to the state department
In the circumstances it was not at all
singular. The explanation is easy. War
was the business Of that time, and Lin
coins eyes were always bent to the
SEuy, ESpSS!S4!y hGSo GASSAS --~4Ae~~~ >
events were impending. He habitually
haunted the adjacent war department
and army headquarters, where abode
General Ealleck, his military adviser,
for news and views. Head and heart
were strenuously concentrated on the
fight, wherever it might be. His fertile
brain saw, too, the critical points in the
game oftentines far more clearly than
some Of his so called "ablest generals. u
He not only wished to know what was
going on in the field, but performed his
own part nobly. In the heat Of action
or at crucial moments his orders, sug.
gestions and inquiries were fired of
spontaneously from wherever he might
be at the moment, and at such periods
be was generally cover at the war de.
partment' with Mr.. Stanton. That is
the chief reason why so many Of his
dispatches are dated at that depart.
nent and not because he perhaps held
Stanton in higher esteem than the Sec
retary Of the navy or state or treasury.
-Lippincotts Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
HAVE WOMEN lNTuITlON9
One Writer Says They Have Never
Shown It In Literature.

One Writer Says They Have Never
Shown It In Literature.
Literature is the final expressfoa Of
human thought. If women can lay
claim to q special faculty Of intuition,
why do they not manifest it in their
writings? Intuition, If it means any
thing, means the faculty that gets
down to the germ Of actions and char
acteristics and focuses external traits
into q central verify recognizable to
the general public. Now, there are
more female writer's than male. No
wo1nan poet has ever written an In
evitablc line, a line that flashes spon-
taneously out Of the unknown and casts
an Illuminating light upon the abyss.
Woman has added practically nothing
to our stock OF familiar quotations.
Take down your Bartlett or your an
thology, and you may be surprised to
find that from Mrs. Browning to Mrs.
Meynell women have never coined a
phrase which has passed into the COM
mon currency Of speech. Mrs. Brown
ing has indeed written fine lines, but
nothing Of hers can be said to have be-
come household word.
Nor has any woman novelist created
any character that is generally recog-
nized as typical. George Eliot has
come closest with her Tito Melema
and Mrs. Poyser. You would appeal
only to the educated few If you de-
scribed q person as Tito or a Poyser.
But call a man a Don Quixote, q
Micawber, a Dogberry, Falstaf, a
Colonel Newcome, a Bilfil, a Parson
Adams or Bob Acres, call woman a
Mrs. Malaprop, Becky Sharp, a Bea-
trice, Diana Vernon, Meg Merrilies,
and even the illiterate will mentally
classify the individual as you wish him
or her to be classified.
"Ab, but" you Gay, sin real life wo-
men are the true intuitions. They size
up a man or q woman at a glance.
They are never mistaken when they
trust to their instincts"
can only testify to my own expert
ence. I have not found that women's
snap judgments Of character are i'm
bued with any special verify. They
form likes or dislikes quicker than q
man does because they are quicker on
the trigger Of conjecture. They can
only be one Of two things, right or
wrong. If time proves that they are
right, as they must be in 30 per cent of
cases, the right guess is remembered
and treasured Up by the slower minded
man as an extraordinary instance Of
intuition. The wrong guess IS forgot
ten.-William S. Walsh in Era.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
AN INCENSE PARTY.
Odd Etiquette of an Interesting jap
nnese Function.

Odd Etiquette of an Interesting jap
onese Function.
If you ever receive an invitation to a
Japanese incense party, accept it
promptly and thankfully. It has no
counterpart in our own social system
and is as merry and pleasant an affair
as can be imagined. The people Of the
mikados land have trained the nos
trils for generations the same as we
have trained the eye and ear, and they
display a skill which at times is star
ting to q westerner. There is an odd
etiquette to be followed in these social
affairs. For the twenty-four hours
preceding the party each guest must
avoid the use Of anything which can
produce any odor whatever. Scented
soaps. perfumes, odorous foods and
even spices must be avoided. These
prevent the user from smelling accu-
rately and also interfere with the other
members Of the party.
When you dress, be careful to put on
no garment that has been kept in the
neighborhood Of camphor wood, tobac-
co, bouquets, dried blossoms or scented
powder. When you reach the house Of
your host, enter it as softly as you can
and as slowly as possible. This is to
prevent making o draft by the move
ment Of your own body. Be equally
leisurely in opening and closing doors,
as a quick movement induces a sud-
den rush Of Sir: In the drawing room
the hostess @syns a series Of lncenses,
usually four or five in number. Each
guest is allowed to take three shifts Of
each incense and must then jot down
its name and number upon q card.
Each Of the four or FIVE incenses Is
burned two or three times, so that the
number of cards will vary from eight
TO fifteen. At the end the cards are
laid out on the table, and the hostess
reads the names Of the incenses en-
ployed. which are checked off upon
the cards. The guest who has guessed
the largest number receives a pretty
prize, which is sometimes q silver or
bronze incense burner. statuette or
carving. Among the japanese the aver
age woman guesses correctly about six
times in ten, while with the American
women the ratio is three in ten.-NeW
York Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
Su1phur and Silver.

A sailor in the custom house the 9th
er day took out Of his pocket some Sill
yer coins that had q strange yellow
hue, and clerk said to him, "Wha'
makes your money such funny color
Jackw "Well," replied the mariner
"we just got in with a cargo Of fuel
oil. It's the oil that turned my money
yellow. Fuel oil has that effect on eT'
ery kind Of metal. You ought to be on
a fuel oil steamer some tine. It would
surprise you to see the cabin silver
ware, the kitchen tins and every olast'
ed bit Of metal on board all having the
iaundiced look. There Is sulphur II
fuel oil, and It's this sulphur that does
the yellowing. Nitric acid Will bring
back the original color again. n."-Pn1ia'
delphia Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
1ecommenClor Coal.

A promoter Of recently discovered
coal mine in Rhode Island sent a quan
tity Of the material to Professor - o!
New York university. AfterWard ht
asked for certificate Of its quality
whereupon the professor wrote:
To Whom It May Concern:
This Is to certify that have tried this
coal in my fireplaces, CRATES and stoves
for several weeks, and, having done so, ]
can confidently recommend to all my
friends that they hurry into the state Of
Rhode Island on the day Of judgment. be-
ing well satisfied that 1t will be last por-
tion Of the earth to burn
-Pttsburg Dispatch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
Astronomical Solutions.

Though 300 years have elapsed since
the death Of Tycho Brahe, it appears
that we are in many lines almost as
far from the ultimate goal as when he
began the great work Of exploring the
skies before the days Of Kepler, when
all Europe was slumbering in iatellee'
tual darkness. The science Of the stars
indeed has been refined and perfected
in an unparalleled degree and infinitely
extended in all directions, but with the
bounds Of darkness pushed back stel
by step the goal is not and never viii
be in sight. An infnity Of objects and
causes and an endless variety Of phe
nomena are yet to be explored, and the
work of the mind is rather process
of development to the perfect under
standing Of the universe than the solu
ton Of a simple mathematical problem
Atlantic Monthly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
She Got O. Thrifty Husband,

Mrs. Smith, reckon our Jane mas
got a first rate husband.
Mrs. .BroWn-Well, you ought to be
thankful.
Mrs. Smith, hope am, Gusty. OF
course he isn't much to look at and he
amt oYersmart, but there's one thing,
and that is he's saving. Why, the
very first day after the marriage be
told Jane she'd better let him take the
engagement ring back and get the mon
ey returned. He said there was nc
longer any use for her to wear it now
that she was married.-Boston Tran
script,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
an ErtemDore Pun.

An oft quoted old English wit Is Dan
iel Purcell, who Is worthy Of immortal
ity as a master Of repartee. The best
of the reported witticisms Of this Cor
gotten jester is as follows:
Purcell was desired one night II
company by a gentleman to make
pun extempore.
"Upon what subject? asked Daniel
"The king" answered the other.
1.-THE king, sir" said he, "is no sub
ject."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
The Teeth.

One Of the commonest causes OF 0ao
teeth is that Of taking very hot food
If you take a cup Of very hot tea OF
coffee, the enamel on the teeth e1'
pands, and breathing the cold air after
ward causes it to contract. This alter
nate expansion and shrinking Of the
enamel works havoc with 1t, and when
it cracks, as it soon does, the inner
part Of the tooth crumbles away. IN no
fino
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
The Haopy Family.

The proprietor Of a German menag-
erie keeps Gagged together lion, a IT,
ger, q wolf and a lamb, which be Ia
bells "The Happy Family" When
asked confdentlally how long these
animals had lived together. be an
sWered:
'Ten months; but the lamb has to be
renewed occasionally" Philadelphia
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
Game Duck.

Game duck Of all sorts should be
roasted quickly in a hot oven and are
considered best when very rare. The
blood should always follow the knife
when carving the breast Of duck Il
is not possible to limit the roasting Of
duck to any number Of minutes; 1t
depends entirely upon the temperature
Of the oven. II q game duck is being
roasted for men, it should be much
rarer than when it is to be eaten by
women
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
Her Dearest Friend.

"If you were l." she said to her dear
est friend, would you be married II
the spring or the fall?'
"Tf were you," was the unhesltaunG
reply, "and had actually secured man,
I would set the wedding for the earhes'
date possible."-Chicago Post
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
. Knew His Business.

'If { were the mayor" remarked the
stranger who had attended a needing
Of the city council, ~ wouldn't permit
the aldermen to waste so much time In
useless wrang,ing over trivial matters" !"
'The mayor knows what he is about," "
replied the citizen. ''Whe1 they're
wrangling, they're not doing any mis-
chief."-Chicago Tribune. (
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
a Great Success.

Old Friend-Was your daughters
marriage a success?
Hostess-Oh, great success. Shes
travelling in Europe on the alinony.-
New York Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04

II man asks you question you
can't answer, make your answer so
long and shadowy that he will be glad
60 forget his auesion.-Atchisoo Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
Y. fDaily except SUNDAY

OaItF- IOalIy except sunday
No. So runs through to Charleston, s. G.
via Central 4. B., arriving Manning 6.53
p m, Lanes, 7.35 p N, Charleston 9.2O p m.
Train No. So makes close connection at
Sumter with train No. SO. arriving Lanes
9 Is m, Charleston II IS m, TUESDAYS,
Thursdays and Saturdays.
Trains on Conway Branch leave Chad
be urn 1901 a m, arrive Conway 20 o NJ.
returning leave Conway 2.55 m, arrive
Chadbourn 500 p IN, leave Uhadbourn,
5.35 p In, arrive at Elrod $40 m,
returning leave Erod $40 O M, arrive
Chadbourn 1l.25 q m. Daily except Sun
day.
II. N. EMERSON, Genl Pass. Agent.
j. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager.
I. NJ. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
Notice 10 Executors, administrators,
Gl1IdiQIlS 0Id Committees.
OFFICE OF JUDGE OF PROBATE,
Manning, S. c., August l, 1900.
To Executors, Administrators Guardians and
Committees:
respectfully call your attention to annexed
statute. You will please give this matter early
MANNING. S. c.

Very respectfully,
]. NJ. WINDHAM,
Judge OF Probate.
Sec. 2O8i- Q942). Executors, Administrators,
Guardians and Committees, shall annually
while any estate remains IN tnelr care or Gus:
each year, render to the Judge Of Probate Of the
county from whom they obtain Letters TeSta-
mentary or Letters OF Administrators or Let
ters OF Guardianship, ETC., just and true &C
count, upon OATH OF the receipts and expendi.
lures OF such estate the preceding Calendar
year. which, when examined and approved
Shall be deposited with the Inventory and ap-
praisement or other papers belonging to Suen
estate. ir the office OF said Judge Of Probate
there to be kept for the inspection OF such per
IONS as may be interested in the estate-(under
former penalties2
Approved the I'd day OF March 1897.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
ATLANTIC COAST line.

CHARLESTON, S. c., April 13, 1902.
On and after this date the following
passenger schedule will be IN effect:
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Between Wilson's Mill and Sumter.
Between Millard and St. Paul.

Daily except Sunday.
Southbound. Northbound.
No 73. No. rs. No. 72. No. "a.
PM A NJ Stations A NJ III
AS $50 LIE Millard Ar 10 90 4O
42O $40 Ar st. Paal LIE 8 so 80
pm AN AN Pm
THOS. WILSON, President.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-04
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.

NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
South Bound.
'35. -23. '53.
Lv Florence. 3.OOA 7.55P.
Lv KiDgstree, 356 9.07
LV Lanes, All 9.27 7.32P.
Ar Charleston, $40 Ills $40
North-Bound.
rs. '32. "52.
Lv Charleston, CASA. 445 ?. 7.00A
Ly Lanes. S.16 $40 S.35
Lv Kingstree, 8.32 CPS
Ar Florence, $50 7.2O
Daily. tDaily except Sunday.
No. 50 runs through to Columbia via
Central Il. Il. of S. C.
Trains Nos. 76 and 80 run via Wilson
and Fayetteville-Short Lne-and make
close connection for all points North
Trains on G. Il D. L. Il. leave Florence
daily except Sunday 9.55 N, arrive Dar-
lington 1923 q m, Cheraw, l140 o m,
Wadeshoro 1886 p IL. Leave Florence
daily except Sunday, 500 p III, arrive Dar.
lington, 8 Is p m, Hartsvllle 9.2r m,
Bennetsyille 9.2l p m, Gibson 9.45 m.
Leave Florence Sunday only 9.55 m, ar
rive Darlington 1927. Hartsrille lilo
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6.s5
q M, Bennettsville $50 N, arrive Darling.
ton 7.5O m. Leave Hartsyille daily ex-
cept Sunday 100 N, arrive Darlington
9 As IN, leave Darlington 855 III, arrivo
Florence 9.20 N. Leave Wadesboro daily
except Sunday 4 25 p N, Cheraw sis p m,
darlington 6.29 N, arrive Florence p
N. Leave Hartsyille Sunday only SIS g m
Darlington 800 a m, arrive Florence $50
am.
J. l.. KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE,
Geni.Manager. Genl Supt.
I. NJ. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
H. NJ. EMERSON. Genl Pass. Agent.
The Conservative, 1902-01-30

to Chicago for its re -habilitation after the
annihilating confagration of Oct. 9th,
1871.
The two illustrations show the ma
licious hypocrisy of the republican
party in advocating protective tariffs.
At the moment when free trade in
sugar is denounced, little retrospection
over former confessions by imperiled re-
publican advocates, as to the vital
blessings of free trade, may refresh the
fainting and inspire fidelity to the
principles of commercial freedom.
The Conservative, 1902-01-30
In the presence of
calamity and distress
the advocates Of a
protective tariff are
FIRES AND
FREE TRADE.

like blasphemous sinners in the agonies
of death, and they acknowledge the
saving grace Of doctrines and principles
which they have long reviled.
A furious fire on the fourth, fifth and
sixth of July, 1866, destroyed the city of
Portland, Maine. And on the twerty-
seventh day of that same month, July
1866, republican president, Andrew
Johnson, approved and affixed his sigma
ture to an act giving to Portland-for
it's p-building-absolute free trade with
all the world. Congress then recog-
nized that specially enacted right for
Portland as the greatest possible en-
couragement and aid in it's RECONSTRUCT
ton. And yet, the Dingley tariff for re-
pressing and restricting trade, originated
in Maine only few years later, and
still blemishes and mars the statutes of
a free republic.
Again-fve years subsequent to9 the
Portland fire-on October 9th, 1271, :,
there came the destruction of Chicago,
by fire. And on April 9Th, 1879, the
president Of the United States approved
the act for the relief of Chicago, which
gave it free trade-tempCrarily all
building materials except lumber. The
kings of the pine forests of the North
west, whose saws were whirring through
billions of feet of logs, chartered a
Pullman car, sped to Washington, and,
as millionaire mendicants, Frustrated
themselves before the Ways and Means
committee, and begged so effectively,
that lumber was excepted from the
benefactions of the free trade extended
The Conservative, 1902-01-30
T h Q Conservative
seldom resents criti-
cism. But it can
NON-PARTISAN.

cism. But it can
not resignedly submit to being classed
among the democratic periodicals of
Nebraska. This journal owes no alle-
glance to the adulterated democracy of
today in this state. Democracy has
been diluted with populism until there
is no health in it, and is SO highly
favored with "the initiative and
referendum" that it has nauseating
taste, which causes the gorge to rise.
The Conservative is not an exponent
of fusion in Nebraska. The Conserva-
tive protests against the libel of being
classed as democratic under the Ne
braska standard, where populist vagaries
are as sixteen-to-one against the real
principles of democracy.
The Conservative, 1902-01-30
REEVE ON
ROOSEVELT.

dent Roosevelt, over the honored
signature of it's author, Mr.. Q. H.
Reeve, of Plymouth, Indiana. But,
knowing the President personally,
and having had frequent official rela-
tions with him while he was Chairman
of the United States Civil Service Com
mission, the editor of The Conservative
differs essentially from the estimate
which Mr.. Reeve makes as to the more
marked characteristics of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Mr., Reeve is a gentleman of high at
tainment, and Of eighty years experience
in this great republic, and he would not,
knowingly, do the President an injustice.
That Mr.. Reeve has touched vulnerable
points among the idiosyncracies of the
President, his best friends and most ar
dent supporters, can not deny. But
those peculiarities are much intensified
and exaggerated by the newspapers Of
the country, and they have been thus
accumulated so long that many good
citizens now see all his strong features
of honesty, moral courage and manly
patriotism minimized and all the i'm
petuosity and brutal frankness of Roose-
velt magnifed.
The inbred honesty of his nature
and an alert conscience combine in
Roosevelt, with a
Honesty. sincere love of in
dependent right-do-
ing Such man cannot be warped by
mere partisan creed, nor shrunken to
smaller stature by personal ambition.
Roosevelt is big enough, brave enough
and brainy enough to prefer being a
fearless, patriotic President for the
whole people of the United States fol
four years, rather than President for 9
mere party for eight years. He has il
in his power to be the first, and it is not
in his power to be the second.