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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
In Time Of Peace.

In the first months of the Russia;Ja-
pan war we had a striking example Of
the necessity for preparation and the
early advantage of those who, so to
speak, have shingled their roofs in
dry weather" The virtue OF prepar.-
tion has made history and given TO us
our greatest men. The individual as
well as the nation should be prepared
for any emergency. Are you prepared
to successfully combat the first cold You
take? \ cold can be treated much
more quickly when treated as soon as it
has been contracted and before it has
become settled in the system. Cham
berlain;s Cough Remedy is famous for
it's cures of colds, and it should be kept
at hard ready for instant use. For sale
by The r. B. Loryea Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
Tho y,ou-hsnc J0cE1Ss.

The kookabul-a. o. g; it is generally
called, .the laughing jacsass, is COM
mon in Australia, where its presence is
fosrered and beloved by the population
Of the island continent. The ringing
laugh Of the feathered comedian is
welcome music to antipodeans. and its
presence in the depths of the melan-
cholv Australian bush is as high light
on a somber picture. Great indeed IS
the astonishment of visitors to Austria
lia who for the first time hear the Won
derful burst Of laughter to which this
remarkable bird gives vent. Its laugh
is intensely human. and it seems re-
marsab,e act of Providence that tie
little creature is to be found amid such
fitting environment. After hours and
hours Of lonely journeying through the
great silent bush, which engenders
melancholy thought, comes the mirth
provoking outburst Of this strange bird
like ray Of sunshine on cloudy sky.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
Slightly SunerSuous.

The man Of this story is very light
sleeper, one who is easily wakened and
who is 4 long time getting to sleep.
In Vermont hotel he had at last got
sound asleep when loud rap, repeat
ed, awoke him.
What's wanted?'
Package downstairs for you
well, it can wait till morning, I
suppose?'
The boy departed, and after a long
time the man was sound asleep again,
when there came another resounding
knock at the door
s'Welt, what is it now?" he inquired.
"7Tain't for you, that package"-
Boston Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
A Eull Stop.

a returned traveller who spent half
Of his holiday in tour Of Ireland
brought back q sample Of the happy
go-lucky wit Of the Irish ''jarvey' or
driver. In q breakneck race down a
hill he suddenly realized that the spir-
tied little Irish mare was running
away.
"Pull her upn' he shouted e2citedly.
Hold tight, your honor" returned
the jarvey easily.
Pull her up.' again commanded the
traveller, making q grab for the reins.
For your life don't touch the reins, "
the jarvey answered without tighten
Ing his grip 'Sure, they're as rotten
as pears
The traveller made ready to jump,
but the jarvey laid soothing hand on
his shoulder
.Sit easy" he said reassuringly. "I'll
turn her into the river at the bridge
below here Sure, that'll stop her"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
Cerberus' Three Heads.

The most famous of dogs is Cerberus,
who watches the entrance to Tartarus.
BE has three heads, but Hercules drag
ged him to earth and Orpheus put him
to sleep with his Tyre. The original
dog cakes were given to Cerberus by
the sibyl who led Eneas through hell.
They were made Of -four and seasoned
with poppies and honey. He must
have been an opium fiend, as the celes-
tial drug is made from poppies. A
sop to Cerberus" was one Of these
cakes given to the monster by Greeks
and Romans as a bribe to let them in
without moIestation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
Saved By Dynamite.

Sometimes flaming city is saved by
dynamiting space that the fire can't
cross. Sometimes a cough hangs on 50
long you feel as if nothing but dynamite
would cure it. Z. T. Gray, of Calhoun,
Ca, writes: g My wife had q very fig
gravated cough, which kept her awake
nights. Two physicians could not help
her, so she took DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry ior, Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
which eased her cough, gave her sleep,
and finally cured her" Strictly scien-
tifc cure for bronchitis and La Grippe.
At The r. b. Loryea Drug Stote. price
SOC. and sl.0O: guaranteed. Trial bot
tie free.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
A Strange Recipe For Acting.

Perhaps the most striking instance
Of voluntary halluclnation is that re-
corded by an intimate friend Of the
actor Talma. Langlois states that the
great tragedian told him that when
ever he entered on the stage. he was
accustomed by force Of will to make
his brilliant audience disappear and to
substitute for them house full Of
skeletons. The sGc+ion which these
ghastly creatures Of his own magma
ton excited served, he declared, to
give additional force to his own i'm
presentations.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
CG:1DG-, IufacaSt.

\ banker WIS urging Il young man
to put his money in saving fund,
where he would get compound interest
on il, and in the course Of his arSu-
ment he used telling fact
Zone cent said he, put out at COM
pound interest at the beginning Of the
Christian era would amount to- How
much do you SUPPOSE"
Oh" said the young man, g hun
dred dollars or So.''
To-day" said the banker, 1T would
amount to over 100000. And at sim
pie interest what do you think it would
total up?'
about half that?"
"At simple interest it would reach
only $1.15."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
The RECESSION OF Niagara Falls.

Horseshoe fall has receded more than
2G0 feet within the memory Of living
men and is now travelling toward Lake
Erie at the rate Of fully 500 feet
century. At present the crest Of this
fall, as its name. implies. has the gen
eral outline Of q horseshoe, and its
length is about 5000 feet, but if the
present rate Of erosion continues the
length Of the crest may reach 5000 feet
or more within the next half millenni-
UNI. Now the Canadian end Of. the
Horseshoe fall is a few rods upstream
from the spot whence Table rock has
fallen into the gorge, but the indica-
tions are that this end of the cataract
will gradually retire toward the Duff
ferin islands, leaving a bare cliff as
the apex cuts its way upstream.-Alton
D. Adams in Scientific American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
To Keep From Growing eva.

4 swindling firm once advertised that
it would send for the sum Of 2s. cd. a
recipe which, if followed to the letter,
would keep folks from growing old.
Some credulous persons answered the
advertisement, remitting the required
fee, and received the following reply:
eve would advise all such idiots as
you to commit suicide at about the
age Of twenty-fve."-Lond Tft-Bits.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
Sluggish Liver a Foe to Ambition

You cannot accomplish very much if
YOUR liver is inactive. as you feel dull,
your eyes are heavy, and slighteSerfion
exnausts you. Orino Laxative Fruit
Syrup stimulates the liver add bowels
and makes you feel bright and active.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not
nauseate or gripe and is mild and very
pleasant to take. Orino is more effect.
i've than pills or ordinary cathartics.
Refuse substitutes. The r. B. Loryea
Drug Store, Isaac N. Loryea, Prop
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
Waters at The Enuntor.

The plentiful marine growths, both
animal and vegetable, Of the warm
waters near the equator attach them
selves to ships bottom in the course
Of a few weeks, and the ship loses both
speed and dirigibility. When British
ship on the West India station was
broken up 4 few years ago more than
eighty tons Of barnacles were removed
from her bottom. while an American
fruiter Of only 500 tons register had
thirty cart loads of barnacles scraped
from her bottom after stay Of but
eight months in the warm latitudes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
Every Ounce You Eat.

Every ounce of food you eat that fails
to digest does a pound OF harm. Il
turns the entire meal into poison This
not only deprives the blood of the neces-
sary tissue-building material, butt poi
sons it. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is a per-
feet -digestant. It digests the food re-
gard]ess of the condition OF the stomach.
It allows that organ to rest and, get
strong again. RelievesBelching, Heart
Burn, Sour Stomach, Indigestion, Pal
pitation of the Heart, etc. Sold by The
"R. B. Loryea Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
Mr.. Wade Run Down.

Down at Hasty, n. c.. lives {. we'll
known planter, Mr.. J. D. Wade. Says
he: " was run down almost to the
point of giving up. I took two bottles
of Kings Iron Tonic Bitters and now
am as good as ever. took other tonics.
but found nothing to compare with
Kings. Sold and guaranteed by DR..
W F. Brown & Co
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
The Bow and Arrow.

The first mention Of the bow and ar
row is found in the Book Of Genesis,
where it is written that Ishmael the
son Of Abraham, "1welt in the wilder
ness and became an archer "a bow
shot, too, is mentioned as q measure
Of distance. In the sculptured states
found at Khorsabad and Nine1eh rep
presentations OF archers frequently oc-
cur, and the bow seems to have been
a weapon in the Assyrian and Persian
armies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
Who?

Who taught the raven in drought
to throw pebbles into hollow tree
where she espied water, that the water
might rise so as she might come to it?
Who taught the bee to sail through
such a vast sea Of air and to find the
way from q flower in a field to her
hive?
Who taught the ant to bite every
grain Of corn she buried in her hill
lest it should take root and grow?-
Bacon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01

If you are troubled indigestion, con-
stipation, sour stomach, or any other
pain, HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
will make you well and keep you well:
IS cents, Tea or Tablets. Dr.: W. E
Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
A Real Good Thing,

Mrs. Newbryde Il got some hams
here last month that my husband liked
very much. Have you any more Of the
same kind? The Grocer-Yes'm; got
about dozen left from the same pig.
Mrs. Newbryde-Oh, that's nice! Give
me six Of them Cleveland Leader.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01

Do not be deceived by counterfeit
when you buy Witch Hazel Salve. The
name OF E. C. Dewitt s. CO. is on every
box of the genuini. Piles in their worst
form will soon pass away if you will
apply DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve night
ard morning. Best for Cuts, Burns,
letter, Eczema, etc. Sold by The r..
B. Leryea Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
He Told Her Why.

Peckem-I have been asked to join
the Married Mems club, my dear. Mrs.
Peckem-Indeed, And what do mar
ried men want club for, pray? Peck
em-Why, misery loves company, you
know.-Chicago News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
EuDhafic,

First Clubman-A physician should
take life easy.
Second Clubman-Some Of them do
Schoolmaster.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01

Most Americans eat too fast and too
much, but the grocer and the butcher
aren't the ones that are calling atten-
ton to the evil.-Somerville Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
Passenger Elevators

'sHe claims, that he built the first
passenger elevators used in this coun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01

Nonsense! The Mississippi steam
boats were running and blowing mp
regularly long before he was born. =
Philadelphia Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
Generous.

See here" said the client, you've
charged me so much for handling this
suit that I'll have to put mortgage
on my farm. Can't you help me out a
littleY
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01

Il guess I can," replied the enter
prising lawyer "Tell you what I'll
do. III draw up the mortgage at half
rates. .''-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01

DAILY except summary.
Southbunnd. Northbonnd.
No 73. No. rs. No. y. No. a
PM A NJ Stations a NJ "
4O5 10 20 he Millnrd Ar 10 45 80
41J IL 80 Ar st. Panl LIE 10 35 20
PM AN 4 VI PM
THOS. WILSON, President.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
Between alillard and st. Paul

Dahl, excep: Sunday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01
S,,ltill,oGnd.
Between Wilson's Mill aud Sumter.

Sontlhound. Northboun
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01

Schoclmaster
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-20
GROWTH OF CONVECTION.
Firty Car Loads of Horses and Mules
 Sold in a Year.

Andalusia. Dec. 19.--(Special )-Per- haps the best evidence of the growth of Covington County may be had from the number of horses and mules sold during the last year 4 we'll known stock man informs your correspondent that no less than fifty carloads of horses and mules have been shipped to Gov ington County during the year that is drowing to a close. These came from Tennessee and Missouri markets and have been sold to farmers in this county.
 well-informer nurseryman says that s1O,000 is a very conservative es- timate of the value of fruit trees pur- chased and planted in Covington Coun- ty this year. Notwithstanding this fa vorable showing, Probate Judge Robin son says that only tenth of Coving ton County is under cultivation. Tn prospects of the wircgrass section 0. Alabama were never brighter than they are today. As soon as farm lands are placed upon the market they are bought up. One of the largest real estate dealers in the city says he is unable to meet the demand for small farms. T can sell all the small farms can get hold of. but the trouble is to get hold of them"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-20
Wetumpla Merchants Have Been Doing
 Good Business This Week.


 Wetumpka, Dec. 19. .-(Special. )-The gloomy weather last week was draw back to the Christmas trade but large crowds are in town this week and are trading freely. The merchants have an excellent line of goods.
 Dr. R. l.. Hallonquest, d prominent planter of this section. suffered a stroke of paralysis at his home a few miles below town on Friday night
 Mrs. Lonie Williams Is quite sick at her home in East Wetumpka. Her ill., ness was at first Ia grippe, but a num- Der of complications have arisen. = Mir W. O. Haggerty of Selma spent Monday in Wetumpka, ..:.: .
 Some excitement was created this morning just before noon by a large lighted lamp falling in A. G. CIark's store. The flames spread and the store filled with dense smoke. The fro was extinguished in a few minutes, but the smoke attracted a large crowd. The store is located on the lower floor of the new hotel building. and serious conf1agration might have occurred had not Mir. Clark and his assistants been prompt in smothering the flames
 Mir W. Y. Williams, who has been in Montgomery at the bedside of Fl l. Williams, returned to Wetumpka this morning and reports a slight improve ment in his brothers condition. Mrs R, F.. Williams of East Wetumpka is still at the infirmary with her son.
 The Christmas Advertiser was much enjoyed by the papers readers. and ev- erybody in Wetumpka comes under that head. The historical articles were par ticularly appreciated ...~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-20
.oocri,e him to allow them to do bust

seeching him to allow them to do busi- less on the streets.
 Each aplicant assures the chief eN- ecutive that his little project will not interfere with the passage of pedes" trians or cause a crowd to congregate, The little word. mo" has been repeated by the Mayor more in the past week than at any other time in his whole life. Notwithstanding the many appli- cants and the heartrending causes as to why a permit should be issued the Mayor has withstood all reproaches and remains firm in his convictions that these street peddlers should not be alr lowed to do business In Birmingham.
 The Salvation pot Is the only money maker of its kind that is allowed on the streets, and if 1t was rot that this project was a benevolent undertaking it is very likely that 1t would be jerked off by the officers of the law
 The action of the Mayor appears to take well with the taxpayers In the city as well as in others. as it Is understood other Alabama towns have followed the example of Mayor Ward and are forbid ding this kind of thing II; their cities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-20
SITE FOR OBSERVATORY
BIRMINGHAM MAY DONATE LAND
 TO GOVERNMENT.
Believed That New Interests In Inc
 Tennessee Company will Ezpeha Several Millions Dollars m Imuroyements.

Birmingham. Dec. 19.-tspecIa.J,-- The city council will hold regular semi monthly meeting tomorrow ana will take steps looking .o Snnrs.,,, site to the government m founsan Heights mark for a weather observa- tory Tbe he government intends to spend .1o.ooo for a good building soa to be used In watching the weather con. con ditions. The city has promised to slve . location and inasmuch as there was objection to a site in one of the parks
 in the middle of the city. the site in Fountain Heights, near the outskirts oansidered better than the original of
 fer for a place for tho building and ali that remains is for the city coun- ell to make out the deed. which is re- ouired by the government. The builo- ing will be equipped with the most modern app,lrtenances for ascertaining
 weather conditions and making prog nostications
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-20
Iumnea frnrn a Trnin.


 Yesterday in West Dallas some citi- gems succeeded in effecting the capture of the negro. Jeff Craig, who some time ago shot and killed Elijah Ellis, young white man near Orrville. The shooting of young Ellis occurred near a store in the western part of the county and since then the negro has succeeded in keeping out of the clutches of the law.
 A little over a month ago a posse of citizens of that section found Craig s hiding place and an attempt was made to capture him. The house in which he was located was surrounded by the posse and while trying to capture the neg Q a member of the posse. James Ell,s. d brother of Elijah Ellis, was shot at by the negro. The shot passed near the head of Mir. Ellis and 1t was fired so close to him that it burned off his eyebrows
 The negro family succeeded in escap- ing from the house by back door and nothing more was heard of him until yesterday morning when he was cap tured in West Dallas. He was put on the train and was being brought to this city when at Smiths Station about i o'clock this morning Craig jumped from the moving train and again made his escape. The train was going at very good speed when the negro jump ed, and before it could be stopped for the officers to go in pursuit Craig had made good his escape. Sheriff Black we'll thinks that the negro will be cap tured again within few days, as IT IS believed that he was hurt.
 When Craig was placed on the train he was securely handcuffed and he had on the bracelets this morning when he escaped. telephone message rom
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-20

ant. The youngsters were taken to po- lice headquarters. Bivens is the son of the Mayor of Brookside. and that gen tleman was notified of the detention of the boys, and he informed the local po- lice department that he would come im- mediately and take cnarEe of them.
 Report was received at police head quarters some days ago telling of the disappearance of the two boys and the report stated that after having some trouble with the school teacher at Brooksfde they ran away. The police have been on the lookout for them ever since. Both boys are very young. The Mayor of Brookside offered reward of $50 for the arrest of the boS;A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-20
WILL BE AGAIN SENTENCED.
Calhoun Count Convict Will Not EnjC
 Iih~rfv

Anniston. Dec. 19.-(Special )-Sher- iff NJ. W. Woodruff received a letter yesterday from the President of the State Convict Board requesting him to send a man to Speigner for the purpose of taking into custody one Clarence Rhomer. whose two years sentence for burglary expires today. Chief Deputy w. c. LeGrande went after Rhomer and today brought him back to Annis- ton. where he will be re-sentenced for nine months on q charge of assisting prisoners to escape
 Rhomer is one of the pluckiest pris- oners ever sentenced in an Anniston court His successful escape, his fight with two city patrolmcn in an upper story of the Constantine building, and his desperate dash for liberty by steal. ing an electric car on Tyler Hill while working tho streets, are matters of ia miliar interest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-20
Refused to Pay Special Tax.

At the recent meeting of the Court Of County Commissioner there was levied a special bridge tax on all of the rail- road bridges in the county in use and subject to repairs. By this special tax the amount due the county was slo,- 34s.6s.
 Through an attorney Saturday morn- ing the Southern Railway rendered to Tax Collector C. W. Morrison through Deputy Tax Collector Phillips check for the tax due for the coming year less the amount of the special bridge tax, Si,532.40, The check rendered MT. Phillips was refused by that official. It is thought that the Southern Rail- way rendered the check for the amount less special bridge tax with the expec- tation that it would be refused and that test of the legality of the special tax would be made in the courts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-20

property at Five Points. which has been purchased at a price of $25,000. The building will front on Magnolia Street, and will be located just beyond Par kers drug store.
 The real estate deal was consum- mated through Brown Bros. & Go.
 It is not learned just when work will begin, but 1t Is believed 1t will not be long after the first of the year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-20
Adnm. to Quit Republic.

John H Adams, assistant southern manager of the Republic Iron and Steel Company, announces his own retire. ment from that company, immediately after the new year. He will take up the management of personal interests in the industrial district. including the mining properties of the Sayre Mining and Manufacturing Company. MT. Adams will also head a new company which will do considerable develop ment in this district, including the opening of new coal mines, erection of mills and other works in this section.