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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
Hebridean Proverbs,

The daily talk Of the Hebrideans has
g shrewd picturesqueness. 'Let the
loan go laughing home" they say.
That is, "Be careful Of whatever you
have borrowed"
If person were to be met colGy
on going to friends house, he would
say:
The shore is the same, but the shell.
fish is not the same"
The impossible is denoted by "blaek-
berries in midwinter and sea gulls'
eggs in autumn"
Better thin kneading than to be
empty" That is, Half loaf is better
than no bread"
'The man who is idle will PIT the
cats on the fire."
'sHe that does not look before him
will look behind him"
"a house without dog, without q
cat, without little child, Is house
without pleasure and without laugh
ter"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.

Land cannot be too rich or too mel
low for fruits.
Manure for the garden should be free
from weed seeds.
The head Of tree needs to be fairly
open to admit sun and air for full
growth Of fruit.
The dahlias will never disappoint
you. Pink, white, yellow or. crimson,
tall, dwarf or cactus, it is bound to
flower.
In the fall after the leaves have
dropped is generally the best time for
taking cuttings from ounces, but they
may be taken later.
Heliotrope should not be mixed with
other cut flowers in water. They de-
cay quickly and have harmful effect
upon the other blossoms.
Myosotis (forgetmenot) needs partial
shading, but not the shade Of a tree.
Plant among taller flowers or around
rosebushes, and it will do well.
Plenty of yellow blossoms should be
secured for places which lack sun.
shine. Yellow is good in almost every
situation and is the cheeriest Of tones.
Good cultivation causes an abun-
dance Of fbrous roots to be made. The
growth Of any plant is largely meas
ured by the number Of its fbrous
roots
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
Too Smart.

BE was one Of those men who are
constantly trying to beat down prices"
said bank cashier, land had evident
ly been looking around for bargain
prices for his bill Of exchange. When
be presented it to me and asked the
rate, replied. .One-tenth Of ] per
cent
Nov, look here he said. You are
too high. have done business IN this
bank for ten years, and yet you charge
ME 4 higher rate than l can get from
the Farmers bank. over the way. They
will do it for one-eighth. If you don't
do it for that. III take my account over
there
".All right remarked. we will do
it for the same rate, considering that
you are an old customer
The bill Of exchange cost him 60
cents more than it would had be kept
quiet."-New York Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
ANIMAL ODDITIES.

Breton sheep are not much larger
than fair sized hare.
The mandarin duck is one Of the most
beautiful of aquatic birds.
The queen is always at the mercy OF
the bees and is a slave instead Of
ruler.
A beetle cne-third the size Of a horse
would be able to pull against more
than dozen horses.
The greyhound, which can cover
mile in minute and twenty-eight sec
onds, is the fastest Of quadrupeds.
The giraffe, armadillo and porcupine
have no vocal cords and are therefore
mute. Whales and serpents are also
voiceless.
The glowworm lays eggs which are
themselves luminous. However, the
young hatched from them are not pos
sessed Of those peculiar properties until
after the first transformation.
To escape from dangers which men
ace them starfshes commit suicide.
This instinct Of self destruction is,
found only in the highest and lowest
scales Of animal life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
Crows Moro Serious.

The smallpox situation in the up
country has reached an interesting,
not to say an acute stage. DR.. Evans
has received notice from the governor
of the existence Of the pest at a num-
Der of places in the Piedmont, espec-
ially along the Savannah River. The
pest has appeared again in the cotton
mill districts. One report received
Friday told of 25 cases within a rauius
OF two miles in Laurens county. The
situation is so grave that the board
Of health is considering the matter Of
quarantine. 1t is thought that most
of the disease comes from across the
river, and it is that source that Will
be ouarantined first if the quarantine
is thought advisable. The smallpox
that has been going the rounds this
year is serious enough to alarm any
body, even the most skeptical Of those
who have been ridiculing the anxiety
of the State Board in the past. In
Virginia and further north it is prov
ING very serious. Florence Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
Compulsory Education:

Mr.. Raysor of Oranburg introduced
bill Wednesday in the Senate which
has created unusual interest the text
of which is as follows:
To require all parents or guardians
to compel their children Or wards to
attend school for eight weeks in each
year.
Section l. That it shall be unlaw-
full for any parent or guardian living
in this State to neglect or refuse to
cause or compel any person OF persons
who are or may be under their control
as their children or wards to attend
and comply with the rules Of some one
or more public or private school or
schools, for a term Of eight weeks or
more, during each successive year
from the time said children or wards
are eight years old until they are II
years, old, inclusive, unless they may
be prevented by illness or reside more
than two miles from school house,
or by reason Of already being prof.
cient, from attending such public or
private schools, and provided that in
such case they shall be excused by the
board Of trustees Of the school district
in which said children or wards may
live at the time Of such failure to at
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
The Cost oY Coal Mining.

The British board Of ttade has just
published some tables regarding the
average price Of coal at the pits mouth
in the different great coal producing
countries as well as the number Of
tons turned out By single miner in
year, which are of timely interest in
this country in view Of the investiga-
lions now being made by the anthra-
cite arbitration commission.
Reducing the British shillings and
pence to American dollars and cents,
we fnd the average cost Of producing
a ton Of coal at the pits mouth in the
various countries as follows: India,
$105; United States, S1.33; Australia,
S152; Austria-Hungary, 81, IS; the Unit
ed Kingdom, 1925; Germany, 1925;
New Zealand, $40; France, S2.SS, and
Belgium, 1854
In considering these figures, which
place the average cost Of mining per
ton in this country lower than any 9TH
er country save India, it should be re-
membered that the price for the Unit
ed States is the price Of all coal, an
thracite and bituminous. while the
great bulk Of the production IN other
countries is soft coal. If the cost at
the pits mouth Of soft coal was taken
for the measure in the United States,
1t would bring the figures almost down
to those for India
Turning from cost at the pits mouth
to tons per miner per annum, it is
shown that the United States leads
with an average of 54S tons. Then fol-
low, but long way behind, New Zea-
land with 445 tons, Australia, 43O; the
United Kingdom, 27S; Germany, 264;
France, 2o6; Belgium, 1T; Austria
Hungary, 1853, and India. only 10.
Considering the facts that cost OF
mining is less here than in any other
country except India and that the out
put Of each miner is greater than that
Of any other country. and assuming
that coal in our market brings as high
a price as it does elsewhere, it would
seem that coal operators and carriers
have very little Of which to complain
when comparing their profits with
those Of the people engaged in the
same enterprise abroad.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
a Sensible Decision.

The supreme court Of Maine is COM
posed of level headed bench of
judges. Recently it reviewed and
settled as far as it could much con-
troverted queSteion, the right Of a
wife to take money from the pockets
of her sleeping husband. From the
report Of the case it appears that one
Godfrey Harrison negotiated sale Of
certain garden and farm truck with a
gentleman who paid in cash and that
there passed from him to Godfrey the
neat little sum of 1851. In the guile
lesSness of his heart says the Spartan
burg Journal. Godfrey told the wife
Of his bosom of his transaction and
the cash, which he left in the pocket
of his trousers, placing the same un-
der his pillow, and slept the sleep OF
the just and honest farmer of Maine.
His awakening was somewhat rude,
and the scene that followed is no part
Of the record. 1t is sufficient to state
that Penelope Harrison, the wife Of
his bosom, during the still watches of
the night had taken the trousers from
nnder-nearth her husbands pillowed
head, substracting therefrom the sum
CT $500 and returning to its abiding
place the balance. Then Godfrey
haled Penelope to court in an action
to determine whether she was guilty
of the trover and CONVERSION OF the
money of said Godfrey, and the su-
prcme court said she was not. The
learned judge laid it down as a
fundamental principal Of law that
husband and wife are one and the
same matrimonial entity in the sight
of the law and that as a man cannot
steal from himsel so neither can wife
steal from the husband, being one
with him, as he is one with her. So
his honor gave verdict in favor OF
Penelope and muloted Godfrey for the
costs Of litiratiOn
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
An InAinuotjOu.

Doris-Yes, she was furious about
the way in which that paper reported
her marriage.
Helen-Did it allude to her age?
Doris-Indirectly. 1t stated that
Miss Olde and Mr.. Yale were mar
ried, the latter being we'll known col
lector Of antiques" Chicago News.
Ancestry Of Shoemnk1ng.
There is nothing vulgar about the
ancestry of the shoemaking trade in
the United States The first shoemak-
er came over in the Mayfower. His
name was Thomas Beard, and he had
an income from the London company
of 500 year and received fifty acres
Of land on which to settle. Seven
years later the city Of Lynn was
founded, and ever since it has been
making shoes for the world. Philip
kertland, native Of Buckingham
shire, was the first shoemaker Of the
city Of Lynn. In George Washington's
day Lynn had 200 master workmen
and GOO journeymen shoemakers, turn
ing out every year no less than 100000
pairs Of fine Shoes
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
HER FRENCH 4 FAILURE
The Tragedy OF q BlncAng Bottle
In the Latin Quarter.

She was spending her first month Ii
the Latin quarter Of Paris. She spoke
English fuently, with Boston accent;
also she spoke German, could make
fair stagger at Italian and knew few
words Of Hindoostanee, but Of French
not a syllable.
One morning she found herself In a
wrestling match with a bottle OF
French shoe backing. The pesky bot
tie. understanding that it had to deal
with an alien, refused to give up Its
cork. She had no corkscrew Of her
own and did not know how to ask for
one even II she dared suspect that her
next door neighbor might be possessed
Of the luxury. The tine Of her pet fork
she had bent on the obstinate plug, the
point Of her best penknife she had bro
ken off short, and nothing remained
except to throw the bottle out OF
window to get at it's contents. She de-
cided as a last resort to try breaking
the neck off the bottle. With "stoVe
lid LITTER she administered several
cautious taps in the region Of the 5ugu-
lar Of the obstinate neck. "Nothin'
doin'." Then she tapped harder still,
and the blackiDs came. All over Eer
fingers it came, all over her light wool
en- skirt and over much Of the floor and
window sill.
She decided to have the skirt cleaned
and, packing it into a bundle. uipped
off to an establishment where She
found embarrassment because she
could not understand questions. Final
ly she got the drift Of the conversation.
The cleaners wanted to know what
had caused the spot Fortunately
bottle Of shoe hlacking was standing
near by, and she pointed at this and
"ouid" and "ouid" until she left In
heightened spirits, feeling that she was
not helpless and that she had made the
cleaners understand. When the skict
was duly returned the following week,
it was dyed black.-New York Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
White Flour and Appendicitis.

The notion advanced by the humor-
lists that appendicitis is a disease in
vented for the purpose Of comforting
social distinction may have to be aban-
doned If the theory Of an Illinois ply
sician is tenable.
This physician declares that appendi-
citis was rare before the new processes
Of rolling wheat were invented. he
says: about the date mentioned (lS1o)
there began to be general change
from the old methods Of grinding grain
to the present method Of roller mills
and excessively fine boltllg Cloths.
This plan of milling began FIRST in the
large cities, and appendicitis began to
increase first there. Later the new
process crowded out the small mills in
the country, and the people could not
get -four made by the old process.
They bought products Of the large
milling establishments, and then the
farmers began to have appendicitis"
He adds, Experienced millers will tell
you that the fine -four is less desirable
-four than that made by the old proc
ess. but the trade demands it chiefly
on account Of it's whiteness.''
The Illinois doctor says also that in
the last few years appendicitis has be-
come one of the most common OF dis
eases, and be regards the discovery Of
the cause Of its increase as Of supreme
importance. So it is, but still one
physicians opinion does not settle It.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
Navigating the Elbe.

4 curious means Of moving boats Is
employed on the river Elbe-a chain
200 miles long at the bottom Of the
stream, which is too swift to navigate
in the usual way. The boats are $50
feet long and provided with 200 horse
power steam engines which turn q
drum fastened on the deck. The chain
comes in over the bow, passing along
on rollers to the drum, around which
it IS wound three. times The chain Is
then carried to the. stern, where It
drops back into the water. The steam
ers tow five barges containing 1500
tons.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21

Mr.. Edison can do the travelling pub
Lie a real service by dropping the stor-
age battery for few moments and
turning his attention to inyenting some
system whereby the crew and passen-
gers Of through express train may be
able to defend themselves against any
lone robber that may take notion to
loot the train.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
Zones In Italy.

Speaking Of homes and ways Of liz.
ing. Mr.. Luigi Villari in italian Life
In Town and Country" reveals a curl
Gus state Of affairs. In Italian cities
there are no slum districts. The poor
est Of the poor may be lodged In the
same palace with people whose income
runs over $4,000 annually. The poor
are packed away in the garrets or in
the cellars, to be sure, and their mis-.
cry must be rendered all the more
acute by the sight and scent Of such
lavish living. High class Italians have
no objections whatever to dwelling over
a shop or place Of business.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21

ART1CHokEs FOR HoGs.-1n con-
nection with the recent agitation OF
the matter Of raising artichokeS for
hogs, the Dillon Herald says: AS an
antidote for disease in swine it also
possesses peculiar merit. Mr.. E. f.
Brockway, a prominent stock raiser OF
Virginia, says: Since / have been
raising artichokes I have been sur
rounded by herds Of cholera hogs, and
mine still keep healty. With abun-
dance Of artichokes, I feel that l can
almost defy cholera. Had raised
them years ago it would have saved
me buying many many thousand
bushels Of corn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21

Connecticut goes New York one bet
ter and sentences reckless automo-
bile driver to a years Imprisonment.
The New York chauffeur who caused
the injury to score or more Of people
cot Off with six months imprisonment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
Needed For Other Purposes.

4 Georgia justice recently married
runaway couple who drove up to his
house and went through the ceremony
without descending from the carriage.
When the ceremony was over, says the
Atlanta Constitution, the groom fun
bled in his pockets and fshed up thirty
six cents.
"Jedge," be said, this here's all the
money / got in the world Eff you've
mind to take It, you kin, but III say
now that done set it aside fer the
honeymoon expenses"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21

During a recent debate in the Span
isn cortes General Weyler asserted
that he would have terminated the Gu
ban insurrection If be had not been re-
called. Undoubtedly, but before this
was accomplished he would have ter
minated all the Cubans.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
Too Valuable to Lose.

Mr.. Grogan-Sure, Moike, an what
did yez do wit yure dorg?
MikeOh. he wuz wort SO en- OF
KEEP t'inkin' if some wan sh'd stale
uu Oi could i'll afford th' loss, so Oh
gave um away, b'gorra! = Chicago
News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
For~ot.Himself.

Mrs. Henpeck-We heY bin married
twenty years today, Hiram
Hiram with sigh)-Yes, fer twenty
years we've fought
Mrs. Henpeck (scowling) What?
You old wretch!
Hiram (quickly)-Life's battles to-
gether, Mirandy.-Judge
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21

Committee on Hospital for the In
sane-E H Aull, J E Jarnigan, J Fl
Brooks, J c Mace, ] c Lanham, G Z
Laney, S T D Lancaster, J E Beam
guard. NJ G. Donald, W L Bass.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
Logical.

81 could have married either Whip
per or Snapper if I'd wanted &c, and
both Of those men whom refused
have since got rich, while you are still
as poor as church mouse"
Hn-Of course. I'Te been supporting
you ali these years. They haven't
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21

The Cubans appear to think that it
would impair their independence to get
on really friendly terms with the Unit
ed States.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
AWfullY EeuiEhted.

Dasherly-Is he so very ignorant?
Flasherly-Ignorant? Why, actually,
he doesn't even W cure for colds!
kansas City independent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21

Whatever else may be the matter
with Mr.. SchwaD, he is evidently not
suffering with locomotor ataxia. After
having travelled over a good portion Of
Europe he is now e7 for India.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21

1.-The main difference between the
New York and Chicago horse shows"
says the Chicago Tribune, "is the
amount Of diamonds displayed. New
York beats Chicago about two barrels"
This causes the Kansas City Star to
observe that the main difference be-
tween the Kansas City horse show and
those in New York and Chicago is in
the sgures on which to display dia-
monds, and in this particular Kansas
City beats both Of its rivals by thou
sand miles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
Her Opportunity.

They say she isn't happy" COM
mented the neighbor, "but I don't see
why"
"Oh. some people never are salts
fed
That's right, and It's her Own fault
# she isn't happy, because she's able
20 b.; clothes that will make all the
other women enrious."-Chicago Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21

wonder why it is we are not all
kinder than we are. How easily it is
done! How instantaneously it actss
How infaLibly it is remembered
Orummond
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tend such public or private school or
schools.
Sec. ?. That any person or persons
violating this act shall be subject to
a fine of not less than s5, nor more
than $50, or imprisonment in the
county Jail for not less tnaa ten days,
nor more than 20 days, for each and
every ofense. Said fine shall be i'm
posed by any court of justice having
jurisdiction on sufficient evidence OF
the same being furnished by two Or
more creditable witnesses. and all fines
so collected shall be placed in the
school fund. Of the school district in
which the fines are collected.
Provided. That no prosecution shall
be instituted under this act except
upon the affidavit of one Of the trus-
tees Of the school district in which the
offending parent or guardian reSides,s
and such affidavit may be made on in
formation and belief.
It is estimated that the damage by
forest fires in Washington and Oregon
the past summer and fall amounts to
nearly Sl3,000,000. This great loss
is not merely a commercial loss Of
timber, but a loss to the nation as
well. and special effort should be made
to prevent further devastation Of this
kind.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21

Nd4uC M u.OiiGIs
\ paragraph in the message is de-
voted to each OF the State institutions
Of higher learning, and as TO each the
governor displays the friendly inter
est he has exhibited throughout his
administration.
On the subject Of child labor, cne of
the most important To come before
the general assembly at this session,
Gov. NcSweencE, We are glad 20 lind,
not only adheTeS 10 the position he
took year apo but emphasizes it.
The question. he says, must be met
and solved. and The sooner it is done
the less djtlicuIt OF solution twill be.
We cann0t longer avoid the
responsibility That the State has
the right TO Interfere. no thoughtful
citizen VIII question. No one cci? sue
cessfullr controyert the position that
this labor OF long ana constan: hours
is in curious TO the children and. there
fore. affects the citizenship OF the
future. This being true. the State
has the right to come ii and say it
shall be stopped Locking at it first
from the purely commercial stand
point, he shows that 10 meet the com
petition OF other communities in
manufacturing we must have skilled
and intelligent labor. which can only
be secured in the operatives OF the
future by education and preparation
OF the children OF the present. : Then.
from the standpoint OF humanity, he
shows it to be the duty OF the State 10
protect The children Of the mill com
leunities. 1t is a faiiacy. he argues,
that d child labor !aw IS an interfer
c:lce with family government. The
Child is not (. cilattel or an accident,
but it has rights in tie divine plan
which even che parent must respect.
Its here IOG a purpose, and should
have opportunity f0r the best possible
training and education TO tit it for the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
THE COMMITTEES
o: the House OF Represe ntatiyes
Appointed by the Speaker.

The following are the appointments
Of committees in the House Of Repre-
SentativeS: