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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
TIE Cc;trn Boil Eeeyii

Il; Iia;ly :,;,l'rchEs ;iirIughQut Teas
recently psays:s "cre Offered -! relief
from !he Mexican boil "eeri] pest.
Cotton planters alarmed at the reap
pearance Of the insect. asked the mill
lsters Cor their aid and the pastors re-
sponded, not only in the country
towns and villages, but in the largest
churches in the principal cities in l;.e
State. The Mexican boil weevii, Tie
most destructive enemy OF the cotton
crop that has ever appeared, crossed
the Rio Grande. a few years ago. and
has now spread over the eastern
quarter of Texas, reaching from the
coast line almost TO the Arkansas
border.
In 1902, the damage inflicted by this
insect on the cotton crop was estl-
mated at slO.000,000. and, in the
natural order OF events. the damage
this year should be greater, the
territory involved having greatly
increased. What the extent OF DAM
age will be, however. can not be es-
timated until the third annual genera
tion of the insect appears in the next
two or three weeks. The weevil null
tiplies about 100000 times or more
each generation, and Texas planters
are now anxiously awaiting the coming
third crop.
The territory in Texas already cover
ed is large, involving as great an area
as is embraced in the bOundrles on one
Of the larger State of the Union. AT
last, the weevil has crossed the Texas
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
,a1lzf a Eit Iis9.

thPFa Ga6 3ee;l EGii Z EoIc1 stGflHa
os iIi..ii sGsa, Bit Gnr;aiH ai:nsse'd
,,al va;!eG aie :ufG :Tit;' p::"eiice. j:
came at ,ast: and ti,e ctber captains
turned their weather beaten faces to-
ward him with an expression Of cheer
full credulity.
Twas told me of house setting
pretty nigh the shore along halfway
down the coast O Maine said Cap
tain Mansfield. u could show you the
house if it came right. 1t has Gu
rious lopsided portico on it. and one
day asked the man that lives there
why it happened to be built that queer
shape.
Well says he, the talk is that the
man who lived here first had cousin
that was All architect up Boston way,
and one time the feller was down here
in a terrible foggy spell. and he was
figuring out to his cousin how he could
build little portico Of such and such
dimensions. measuring out into the
fog with his rule, and so on.
"'Twas in the late afternoon; he
went off next day By train. The fog
still held, and along in the morning
the man that lived here happened to
notice that the marks of the Slle out
into the fog were still plain. so as he
couldn't 90 a-fishing he took some lum-
Der and built the foundations OF this
portico. That queer jog that makes
it lopsided is where the wind bore IN
on the fog, they say. and bent the
rule marks in. '"-Youth's Companion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
Advice.

The best advice that can be given
probably is: Take all the advice you
can get and then do as you please. The
successful person, or the one whom the
crowd counts successful, is being con-.
stantly besieged with applications for
advice how to succeed. He is generally
incapable Of giving it. The same adj:
vice, outside Of few maxims gener.
ally applicable, is seldom good for two
persons. Advice, as rule, is cheap
and about as valuable as most cheap
things. To be constantly following adj.
vice without stopping to consider its
source is the plain mark Of weakness.
It is this trait Of weak human nature
which makes the business Of the pat
ent medicine maker so profitable. The
person Of power is the one who neither
gives nor takes advice in generous.
quantities. The world would be better
off if advice were much less plentiful:
Then perhaps, its quality might rise in
proportion to its scarcity.-New Lon
don Telegraph.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
MODERN ENoCH ARDEN.
A Man Supposed to be Dead Suddenly
Turns Up.

A special dispatch from Griffin, Ga,
to the Atlanta Journal says: That
truth is stranger than fiction has
been most forcibly demonstrated by a
strange incident that has created
great excitement in this city. Jack
Reid, belonging to one Of the best
families in Georgia and before the
war one Of the most wealthy, turned
up in Griffin Wednesday night, after
having supposedly been dead twenty
years. His case outriyals Rip Van
Winkle in human interest and pathos.
When young man Reid was married
to one of the fairest daughters of the
state, but they separated and Reid
went west over bhirty years ago.
About twenty years since a dis
patch came to his relatives here that
he had been killed in fight in Texas
and his supposed remains were
brought to Griffin and inferred in the
family burial ground. 1t is said that
the casket was opened and the body
identified as that Of Jack Reid. His
relatives mourned his demise and a
second wife came and wept over his
bier. Wednesday night the police
found a strange man ca the streets,
evidently trying to locate scenes of
long years ago. When asked his
name he replied that he was jack
Reid. When the story was circulated
over the city Thursday it created
sensation the like Of which Griffin has
never known and many refused to
believe the mans statements.
Friends Of his boyhood hunted him
up and used every cunning question
to entrap the man and prove him to
be a fake, but their efforts were futile,
aud all are forced to admit the truth
-ulneSs of his assertion that he is the
Jack Reid and the body resting in the
city cemetery is that of an unknown
man. Reid claims to have been liv-
ing in Central and South America for
many years past and accumulated and
lost a large fortune. He left LENA.
Peru, nine weeks age and reached his
old home Wednesday night. He has
a sister living in Griffin. Mrs. Charles
G.. Mills, but she is away for the sum-
mer and Reid says he will not be here
but few days and does not know
whether ne will get to see her or not.
When asked about the fraud perpe-
trated upon his relatives in sending
the remains Of another, pretending
they we're his, he replied that he knew
OF the circumstances. but would not
give his reason fer allowing the de-
ception..
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
INVISIBLE LIGHT.
5as3 Shea 4 Strikes the AetiH4 s&
tie Ese Cer Il Be seen,


What is the simplest demonstration
of the fact that light ID invisible?
The blackness Of midnight sky
demonstrates this fact most readily.
We may see the planets of the moon
brilliantly illuminated by the suns
rays, but the surrounding space Is
dark, although we know that light
must be passing there
The passage Of a beam Of light
through a darkenei room is only yisi-
bic on the dust in the air, and the cone
of light seen when the sun shines
through small hole in shutter Is
not visible, but only light reflected
from the notes in the beam. This can
be easily and simply demonstrated by
placing in the beam a glass vessel
from which the dust has been carefully
removed. The beam then may be seen
before and after entering the vessel,
but is invisible within. A Bunsen
burner or a redhot poker held so as to
destroy the notes will also render the
oeam invisible at that spot.
Light is only visible when it strikes
on the retina Of the eye, and it can
only do so when it reaches it in Ei-
rect line or is turned by reflection OF
refraction into a direct line. Just as
the bullets from gun do man no
harm unless aimed or turned in their
course toward his body, so light ts
without effect unless it is aimed OF
turned toward the retina.-Pearson's
Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
Movable Drops In Diamonds.

1t has long Leen know. that dia-
mouds, especially the Ga.e known as
rose diamonds" are likely to explode
II subjected only to what would seem
very ordinary degree Of heat, such as
strong rays from the sun, etc. 1t Is
now believed that the explosions are
the result Of the rapid expansion Of
certain volatile liquids inclosed in cayi-
ties near the center Of these precious
stones. 4 great many diamonds, even
though cut, mounted and worn as gems
of perfection are still in an unfinished
condition-that is, the liquid drop from,
which the stone is being formed has
not as yet deposited all Of its "pure
crystals of carbon" These movable
drops may occasionally be seen with
the naked eye.
When this Is the case, a strong mi.
croscope Will give the drop the appear
ance of bubble in the fluid Of car
penter's level. 1t is also highly prob
able that besides the liquid mentioned
these cavities may contain gases under
great tension This being the case,
one may readily comprehend how a
very small amount Of heat would
cause the liquid and gas to expand to
such degree that the diamond would
give way with all the characteristics
Of miniature explosion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
A Wedding In Holland.

A Dutch wedding is curious con-
trast to an English one. In Holland
the wedding party enters the church
two and two, the procession being
headed by the bride and bridegroom.
Forms are arranged in semicircle
round the pulpit, and there the young
people with their friends and relatives
seat themselves. The ceremony con-
sists of the reading Of a portion OF
Scripture and a long admonition to the
bride and bridegroom, delivered extern
pore by the black gowned minister
The prayers are sat through like the
rest of the service, for it is against
Calvinistic custom to kneel to pray.
At the close of the service Bibles are
presented to the young couple and to
certain Of their relatives. Then the
marriage is registered. This free dis
tribution Of Bibles. which is made by
the state, accounts for the very small
sale there is for the Holy Scriptures
in Holland.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16

DO you know that the SiphOn bottle
ordinarily used for Yichy, soda water
and other etfervescent drinks is usually
charged with pressure OF from l2O to
100 pounds to the square inch? The
danger likely to result from an eXplo-
sion OF one of these little household
articles is by no means inconsiderable.
and yet the average person handles
u siphon as though it were the most
harmful thing in the world. There
are TWO OF three things to remember
in handling siphones. Never keep
your siphones near the range, for the
unusual heat is more likely than
anything else to cause an explosion.
Don't subject the bottles to any
sudden change Of temperature
whatever. For instance, if you keep
your siphonS in the ice box-and
that is the best and safest place for
hem-don:t grasp the glass part
OF the bottle with your warm
hands, for the sudden change of tenn
perture is apt to cause an explosion.
The best way to carry siphon at all
times is by the meta! top at the head
OF the bottle. It is needless to say the
greatest care should be taken not TO
drop a siphon, for an explosion is the
inevitable result. When empty the
siphon is, of course. quite harmless.
That those bottles are considered q
great source OF danger IS evidenced
BY the facts that the Courts invariably
hold the bottlers strictly liable tor all
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
A Family Feud.

A special from Selma Ala. says
George ". Coleman waylaid and shot
to death David A. Calvin. The kill
ing occurred behind Calyin's house.
After firing two shots and as Calvin
lay dying, Coleman, it is said, reload
ed his gun and tired third charge in
to the PROSTATE man. Coleman sur
rendered but refused to talk. The
tragedy is said to be the outgrowth OF
an old family feud. Calvin was
cousin of Mrs. Coleman. Some time
ago she left her husband and made
her home with Calvin'S family. Re-
Gently her husband wanted her to sign
a mortgage and give up the custody OF
their children. This she refused and
Coleman, it is said, charged her re-
tusal to the influence of Calvin.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
First Women on the English Stage.

First Women on the English Stage.
1t is only with the restoration drama.
that the annals of actresses on the
English stage begin. Queen Henrietta
Maria, wife Of Charles l., had early
made q vain attempt to introduce the:
French fashion of female players into
her adopted country by the establish
ment of French company composed
only of women in London. But the ex-
pertinent was premature, and the for.
eigners were Kissed and pelted of the,
stage at their first performance.
Until 1860 the female parts had al
ways been taken by boys, and the Gus
tom survived even after women had
taken their place upon the stage, since
some of the more famous Of the boy
actors grown into men) continued oc-
casionally to play their favorite roles
as late as the end Of the seventeenth
century. Kynastor, the chief boy actor,
survived till 1899, long after the ladies'
had ousted him from the principal
parts, and in 1861 Pepys, who saw him
in the Silent Woman" speaks Of him
as "the liveiest lady for boy" he had
ever seen. -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
Nuremberg.

Nuremberg. whose walls are report
ed to be showing signs Of rapid decay,
was once almost the richest and most
famous town in Europe. The well
known saying Of Pope Plus I1.-that
q Nuremberg citizen was better on
than a Scottish king-was justified by
the accounts that have been preserved
Of the town and its burghers. In the
fifteenth century there came from
Nuremberg the first watches known as
Nuremberg eggs;;" the first cannon
the first gun lock, the first wire draw;
ing machine, the clarinet, certain de-
scriptons Of pottery and the art OF
painting on glass. For 500 years its
now decaying walls defended the val
ley of the Pegnitz against all enemies.
Four hundred towers once topped the
walls, but only about third Of them
now remain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
Cheap Rates on Southern.

The Southern Railway will sell
tickets for delegates and members OF
the following name meetings at rate
of one and one-th!rd fare on the Ger
tifcate Plan, for the Round trip,
Atlanta, Ga. National Convention
of Congregational Workers, Sept. 49,
%, tickets on sale Sept. 1921, final
limit Sept. 26lh, 1903.
Charleston, 5. C. United Daughters
of the Confederacy, Nov. lila. tickets
on sale Nov. 7-13, final limit Nov. Is.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Woman's Home
Missionary Society OF the NJ. E
Church. Oct. % Nov. 5, tickets On sale
Oct. 4-30 final limit Nov. 9.
Washington, d. G. National Associa-
tion of Retail Druggists. Oct. IS,
tickets on sale Oct. II, final limit Oct.
u.
Washington, D. C. National Spirit
ualist's Association, Oct, 20-23, tickets
on sale Oct. 1922, final limit Oct. 2I.
The Southern Railway will also sell
Open Round Trip Excursion tickets to
points named below:
Baltimore, Nd. Sovereign Grand
Lodge, 1. O. o. f. Sept. 2l-26, tickets
on sale Sept. 1920, final limit Sept. %.
1908.
One fare for round trip, plus 81.
Greensboro, \. G. Reunion Non-Res-
ident North, Carolinians, Oct. l2-l3.
One tirst-class fare, plus S1.O0, to1
round "Trip from points beyond a radius
of 300 miles Of Greensboro. Que irsoo-
class fare, plus 25 cents, 1or round trip
from points within radius Of Greens
boro: tickets on Sa e Oct. $40, within
final limit Is days from date OF sale:
Trains scheduled to arrive in Greens
boro before noon Of Oct. 18th, with
final limit days from date of sale.
New Orleans, La. American
Economic Association and American
Historical Association, Dec. %, '03.
Jan. /. '04, tickets on sale Dec. 1921
final limit Jan. 5, 1904. One tirSt-class
fare plus 25 cents.
For full information apply to ally
agent, or to
w. Il. TAYLOR, r. W. HUNT,
ASS. Gen. Pass. Agt., Div Pass Agt.,
Atlanta. Charleston.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
Wanted Him Out.

It is said that a prominent South
Carolina lawyer received the following
significant letter from former Geor-
giau who now lives in Texas:
Dear Kernel: I have hearn that
my son John has been sent to the
legislature an rite to ask that you use
all possible means to get him ont.
The old lady an me alters taught
him to be a good boy and never had
30 idea that he would bring disgrace
upon our honorable name. Ef you
can't Get him out emmy other way
please try to get Gov. Tearrel to par
don him an | will settle the bill an
oblige: your old friend.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
A Gentleman.

What is it to be a gentleman? Is It
to have lofty aims, to lead q pure life,
to keep your honor virgin, to have the
esteem Of your fellow citizens and the
love of your freside, to bear good for
tune meekly, to suffer evil with con-
stancy, and through evil and good to-
maintain truth always? Show me the
happy man whose life exhibits these;
qualities, and him we will salute as
gentleman, whatever his rank may be.
Show NE the prince who possessesI
them, and he may be sure Of our love
and loyalty.-Thackeray.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
THOSE FREE PASSES.
Senator TiIIman Speaks ofthe HULA
balOo at Home.

A special to the State from Nor
folk says:
In letter to W. E. King, Turk.
ish bath manager in this city who
comes from South Carolina and who
wrote Senator Tillman that he would
not believe the latter accepted free
passes and franks unless be had veri-
tication over the senator's signature.
Mr.. Tillman AYERS the matter was a
Republican move to direct attention
away from the manner he was push
ing Senator Burton in the race Ques-
tion debate.
Senator Tillman writes under date
of September l, from Trenton S. c.:
''All the hullabaloo which has
been kicked up recently had for a
foundation the fact that I lost caro-
case containing passes over the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy sys-
TEN which l had never used l notified
the railroad so they could protect
themselves from any imposters. Ny
record in Washington viii show
whether or not the use Of such cour-
tesies has influenced my actions or
utterances. \ man vino can be
bought with (, pass can be bought
with money. My opinion is that the
great notoriety and publicity given to
the simple Incident grew out Of the
fact | vas pushing Burton very bard
on the race question and the Republi-
can papers seized on this opportunity
to create diversion and it is notori-
Gus that my enemies never let slip an
opportunity to abuse and misrepresent
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
COLO CANNON BALLS.
fR2 Jungle siiasaa TesasTrs 81 "a
tast Indsnn i'ria:yss:

H'act 1ndtnn fria=yss:
Noi .oug ago I'll, old peasant vas
wandering in the jungle about hall 4
mile from the city OF Ahnadnager. IN
India. when he found a round ball OF
metal. 1t was black and looked like
an old iron round shot. but when the
old man lifted it he was struck with
it's immense weight He carried it
home and found on scratching it that
it was lump of solid gold 1t weighed
eight pounds and its sale made the
finder rich for life.
There are many more Of these cam
non balls, each worth 4 small fortune,
lying hid or buried in the recesses of
this Jungle and their story is a curious
one. At the end Of the sixteenth CEN
tury !Akbar. the greatest emperor Hin
dus;an ever saw. was at the height
of his glory. At the head of his con-
ouerinc army he summoned Ahmad-
nager to ourrendcr. The city and its
rich treasure were then under the rule
of the Princess Cande. Knowing that
resistance could be but short, and in
bitter rage against the oppressor, she
caused all the treasure Of gold and
silver to be melted down. She cast
the metal into cannon balls and en-.
graved upon each maledictions against
the conqueror. These were fired into
the jungle and when Akbar entered
the city. instead Of the rich hoard he
had hoped to win, he found a treasury
absolutely empty.
That this is not the only occasion
upon which cannon balls Of gold have
been cast is proved by the fact that in
the treasury Of the Shah Of Persia
there may be seen in the same room
where stands the famous peacock
throne two small globuiar projectiles
Of gold. They were estimated by re-
cent visitor to weigh about thirty-one
pounds each and are roughly made.
Their origin or purpose is, however,
totally forgotten. It is only known
that they are very old.-Chicago Chron-
in1a
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
Sleep.

Sleep begins, in its first phase, by a
state Of distraction which brings on
states of absent mindedness accompa-
MED always by numerous and separate
hallucinations closely connected with
the length Of the absent minded states.
Immediately afterward, in a second
phase. these states of distraction pass
into i very delicate motor. disturbance.
due to the absence of parallelism in
the axes Of the eyes or by the deVia-
ticn of their conjugate movements.
Then, in third and final phase, which
indicates the very near approach OF
actual sleep. the vasomotor system
seems to conform to laws very differ
ent from those that regulate its mech
anism during waking hours.-ReVre
ScientifQue.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16
The NEGRO IN CHICAGO.
He Barely Escapes With His Life
From a LynchinG Mob.

Under a fire of bricks and stones
policemen Wednesday night at Chica-
90, H., rescued a negro murderer
from a mob of would-be lynchers. Ten
minutes before, John Brinkley, col
ored watchman, had shot and killed
Charles Mccarthy, a plasterer, almost
in the presence of the latter's wife,
who stood in the doorway holding her
baby. Then the negro, backing into
the doorway of his own quarters, held
a crowd of 200 men and boys at bay
uetil policeman Robert Mooney walk
ed up to him unarmed and took his
weapon. Mooney took his prisoner
into the Office of the tile factory, in
which Brinklev was employed, to
await the patrol wagon. But as be
did so the crowd surged forward once
more with cries of Lynch him."
Lynch him: get a rope" Brinkley
turned and fled from the office by the
rear door,.
The mob saw the escape, and, head
ed by Mooney, streamed down an alley
in pursuit. The negro ran severa;
blocks before he was finally overtaken.
The policeman having been brushed
aside Brinkley was now at the mercy
of the crowd. A teamster jumped
down from his wagon ard began lash
ing the negro across the face with his
whip, the victim being held the while
by a dozen roen and boys. y patrol
wagon arrived with three policemen.
who, together with Mooney, seized the
negro and succeeded in dragging him
to the patrol wagon. The horses
were whipped up and the rescued pris-
oner wh!rled to the police station.
None of the rioters was arrested.
The killing grew out Of a quarrel in
which Mccarthy had accused Brinkley
of stealing chickens from his premises.