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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
AN AGE OF WONDERS.
Twentieth Century to be Marked by
Remarkable Events.

The present population of the
world is living in a wonderful age,
says The Boston Globe. The history
Of the nineteenth century is full of
events which caused astonishment,
yet things Of an equally remarkable
nature appear destined to mark even
the first twenty-five years Of the
twentieth century. A few wonder
Iul achievements in this century are
worry Of consideration.
A few weeks ago the residents Of
London were gazing in admiration at
the movement of an aerial ship which
foated gracefully over the thousands
Of buildings in that great metropolis
propelled at the rate of twenty miles
an hour, but its voyage was limited
to q total of about ffty-two miles.
This aerial ship was constructed and
Londoners probably felt that in time
Of war they would be provided with
enough Of such air craft for the pur-
pose of observing the forces of an
enemy, as well as to drop explosives
thereform.
Paris has been experimenting sue
cessfully for several years with sim
liar air u nee the Frenchmen are
far in adva eA of the Britishers in
this class oftn perinents.
And now e United States comes
to the front with balloons that are
making record flights throughout the
West, soaring over the Great Lakes,
and even venturing as far as Cana
dian territory. Flights of hundreds
Of miles in these Americans balloons
are becoming common now by real
"sky pilots"
Our War Department officials are
excusable for feeling highly elated
over the remarkable success of these
American balloon pilots. for it means
that in time Of war the United States
will be up to date with any other
power in this particular line.
In the last century ballooning was
looked upon as merely fascinating
and dangerous amusement; now it
is being utilized for very important
purposes.
Aerial navigation may be in its in
fancy. but its progress is destined to
be so very rapid that the present
generation will witness wonderf ii
achievments in it.
How many individuals of the last
century would have believed it pos
sible for many thousands of words to
be sent across the Atlantic ocean by
wireless telegrsphy in the early years
Of this century? Yet this has been
accomplished.
+! In the electrical world the number
Of inventions is unlimited and the
most distinguished electrician does
not dare to prophesy any limit tc
them. In fact: it is felt that this
century will witness even more mar.
velous achievements through the aid
Of electricity than any yet known,
Even Edison in spite Of his phenom
enal success, is still so fascinated
with the possibilities Of new discov.
cries that re can not retire perma.
nently from the field. There is scarce.
ly aleading industry in the land that
has not experienced a benefit frc m
some species Of electrical equipment
in recent years.
The list of extraordinary events
anG inventions during the first years
Of this century is a long one, but the
slightest consideration Of it will con.
vince any one chat he isliving in g
wonderful; age.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04

ting the law and have positive evi-
dence enough TO convict them and
90 not do posecute them, then GER
talnly they are promoting the spiri;
OF laWelessness that is now blighting
our country. We urge them to ad-
duce their evidence and prosecute the
offenders and then if the illicit trade
can not be stopped it will be time
to open a dispensary in competition
and not before
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04

IF you have any money you are
not using put it in one Of the banks.
It will enable the banks to help the
farmers hold their cotton and win
the grand battle they are now fight
ng, Al OF our banks are perfectly
,fo
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
BRYAN IN NEW YORK.
Explains His Scheme of Government
Guarantee of Eank Denosits.

William J. Bryan was in New York
IN Thursday, arriving early from
Worcester, Mass, where be delivered
n address Wednesday night. He
,reakfasted at the Hoffman House
nd previous to going to Dobbs Fer
Y. where he ate mis- Thanksgiving
Inner with friend, took occasion
o tell reporters who called on him
# his scheme for government guar
:ntee for deposits in such national
oanks as will join in an agreement to
'eimburse the government for losses
m banks that fail. Such plan, he
aid, would restore confidence and
'Totect the country against future
,anicS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
s Close Siaa,

Ralph C.. Watrouse of Warwick.
Republican, was elected governor of
Rhode Island BY plurality of nine
votes ever Chas. H. Ssson, the DEM
ocratlc nominee. at the recent state
election. according to the official
count. The vote was: Watrouse
31,216; Sisson 31,2o7.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
PAYS TO BE POLITE.
Some Suggestions All of Us Should
Remember and Practice.

1t does not cost anything to be po-
lite to your friends and acQuaintan-
ces and incidentally It goes a long
way toward making life pleasant for
yourself.
A civil answer makes more friends
that grutf one. iand smile sue
ceeds when a frown fails.
We have no right to impose our
little tempers and annovances on
our feilowbeings.
The fact that one person annoys
uS does not justify US in visiting it
on the next person we meet. And
yet that is what great many Of US
do. One trivial annoyance often
upsets US for the whole day.
Some people have the happy knack
Of showing courtesy to everyone
with whom they come in contact. 1t
is delightful quality and one which
brings its possessor great popularity.
Abruptnessis a hard fault to cure,
ank vet it can be done. You see, it.
is so easy to hurt peoples feelings
by speaking abruptly to them. 1t
may be done quite unintentional but
nevertheless the facC remains that it
is done. And the funny thing about
it is that those who are most given
to hurting others are generally very
easily hurt themselves.
Tie quickest wav of curing a hab-
il Is by never. .fcrgetting.thaty you are
:uring it.
If you are inclined to be brusque,
abrupt and harsh spoken, you must
keep the one tholsut constantly on
yolr mind. Underneath al that you
are doing must run the refrain,
Il must be pleasant, must be cour-
teous.
When anyone asks you ciyi
question, don't snap shis head off
with a sharp answer. You can at
least answer civllly.
There is one special case of inciv-
;lty that we see illustrated too Of
ten. It is that Of strangers or old
people asking the way to certain
points or streets. Nine out of ten
persons whom they ask look as if
they are being insulted. And yet
the requests a perfectly ordinary
one, and surely demands civil an
swer. There are thousands of other
Instances just as simple.
Don't think that you can save
your politeness for those you like or
for those whom you dare not be
anything but polite. If you want to
get on well you must be polite to
everybody.
Sometimes you find people who
are models of courtesy when among
strangers and demons Of incivility in
the home circle.
The politeness that is only kept
for show is a pretty poor brand,
hardly worth dignifylng with the
name.
Politeness isn'ta virture----it's an
absolute necessity, and the more of
It you practice in your everyday life
the better off you will be.---Mer-
chants Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
STOLE A PILE.
::sinancier Sells Warehoused Cotton
and Disappears With Proceeds.

]. E. Reeves. head of chain of
;uppiy stores and cotton warehouses
at Griffin, Vaughn, Jackson, Glen
lille and Norcross. Ca, has disap-
peared, carrying with him sum of
money supposed to be over 500, 900.
Most of this he procured by selling
cotton stored in his warehouses BY
1armers who were holding it for Is
cents. Reeves is a young man and
las been regarded as great dnan-
:ier. Receivers are in charge of his
stores and warehouses, but there is
title left A reward has been Of
cred for his apprehension.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04

IF the farmers maintain their solid
front, the Price bear pool will be
compelled to pay them the price for
their cotton to which they are enti
tied. Now is the chance for the
farmers to make the bear gamblers
dance to their music, and they
should do it by hanging to their cot
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
THE TEXAS RETIRED.
Historic War Vessel Has Been Placed
Out OF Commission.

The battleship Texas, which was
he first armorclad vessel of the
american navy was last week or
!ered to be placed out of commission
It the Norfolk navy yard. For more
hat year the Texas mas been in
eserve and since the opening of the
jamestown exposition she has been
t anchor IN Hampton Roads. The
isposition which is to be made Of
he vessel has not been decided. Sew
aral states have asked that she be
assigned to them for use Of their
naval militia, but she is considered
90 large for such an organization.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04

AFTER December 10 there vii be
q rush for cotton on the part of the
spinners and eXDorterS, and the
price will advance because the gov
ernmant report will show that the
crop is short, very short.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04

The farmers can depend on the
banks Of this county to help them
all they can iu the fight for better
cotton prices. But the banks like
the balance of US, have limitations
as TO the money they can get.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04

TIE general impression in Wash
ington is that Roosevelt has been
considerably tanned" by the trust
and ::e will have no more
to say about them, not even the
bad ones.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
Hub Got Beat.

In the second primary at Newberry
IN Friday to nominate candidate
cor mayor J. ]. Langford won over
H. H. Evans by a majority of "a.
Langford received 361 votes and
Evans 321. Mr.. Langford has serv-
ed the city as alderman for 10 or -
years and is familiar with city affairs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04

Stolen sweets are often hard to
iigest
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04

F.. If you would tell man of his
faults use long distance telephone.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04

Pro sEsS0n Jesooh Il Drake. Of
the law de .5artmen1 Of the univsrSi
ty Of Michigan, ha stcartle! his clasS
by declaring that he Won ftv,r
electing Theodore Roosevelt es lrrc
Of this couatry. This ivoi pIofeSso
is evidently tired Of teaching and is
on the lookout for a government JOB
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04

Politeness isn't "a virture----it's an
absolute necessity, and the more of
It you practice in your everyday life
the better off you will be.---Mer-
chants Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04


the limits Of courtesy and prudence,
but they have offered insult to
free and intelligent people. and have
committed grave ofense against
the principles of democracy. Their
greed for grog and gold has led them
too far. What the final result viii!
be | can not foresee. But I hope that
the people of the State will be led to
see the unwisdom Of a law that gives
to few men, called a dispensary
board, the right to establish a dis
peasarv or dispensaries, as said board
may deem proper. and to demand its
repeal. II such result follows We
OF Elloree will not have suffered in
vain.
We have another complaint to
lodge against the members of the |
board. They have repeatedly stated |
that the vicinity around Elloree is
with blind tigers and have
given that as one reason for reop-
ening the dispensary. They have
declared that they have
evidence enough 10 convict the men
whose names and places Of business
hey know. who are engaged in the
Illicit sale of liquor. Yet they have
AIKEN no step towards prosecuting
hem, bit have frequently used the {
acts obtained as an argument in IA (
or OF the dispensary. When asked |
rhy they did not prosecute the law {
'reakers before opening the dispen- {
AIRY they replied. 1t is no use. The {
uries will not convict Do they not {
ere5y prove themselves to be citi- {
ems guilty OF ne: .N""? /; they I
now tbat certain parties are viola 9
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04

The list of extraordinary events
anG inventions during the first years
Of this century is a long one, but the
slightest consideration Of it will con
vince any one that he isliving in a
wonderful; age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
Alabama at Jamestown

On April 26 the exposition that cele- brates the coming of the first perma- nent white settlers to this country three hundred years before is to be opened. In nineteen days we should place our exhibit on the exposition grounds. Manager Ward is striving to do this, and if the utmost cooperation be accorded him he may succeed in placing at least a portion of the states exhibit at the exposition by the open ing day.
 It is true this calls for some sacri- fees. This section, for example, must get ready to say goodbye to Vulcan who has stood by and on us long time. He needs a summer by the sea possibly several summers-and what is his need will be our gain. At any rate we must make up our minds to be separated from him for while, for he too is going to Jamestown to do stunt by the sea.
 Manager Ward is anxious to secure satisfactory mineral and industrial ex- hibits of this district. He needs to that end aid from the people of this district-not pecuniary aid, for the state furnishes that-but physical and advisory aid in assembling exhibits that will comprehensively represent this district. This matter is one that needs prompt and thorough attention, because the exposition at Jamestown is to be visited by vast numbers, and this district cannot afford to be inn properly represented at a southern exposition, held on southern soil and conducted by southern men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
Prosperity Continues

Only those persons who are pessim- ists by nature felt that this country was about to enter upon a period of business depression. Panics in the stock market always mean to the timid man a slump in general trade. Tight money to him means hard times, not to say ruin. Such individuals fancy they see the bottom dropping out of everything. But the average business man is not easily stampeded. While conservative fnanciers would not have been surprised to see halt in the in- dustrial prosperity that has been in evidence for some time past, they never for a moment thought that bus mess was coming to a standstill. They believed that the recent Wall street furry would have only a temporary effect on trade. And these conserva- tive men were right.
 The general business of the country is in a healthy condition. Prosperity is on as sound a basis now as it was n year ago. Contracts for new structural work are not being cancelled, as croak- CTS had predicted. Manufacturers are as busy as ever and the demand for pig iron was never more pressing. If 1907 does not turn out to be a record breaking year, 1t will not be far behind 1906. In the Birmingham district in dustrial development in progress now is on larger scale than was ever known before. Coal production in Ala bama this year will be fully five mil lions tons greater than in 1906 and iron and steel will show an increase. his will be fat year indeed, and if any man in Birmingham fails to thrive it will be his own fault.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
Promotion of Sunday Schools

On Tuesday next delegates from all parts of Alabama will come up to this city to consider how best religious in- struction can be carried to the boys and girls who are to control and con duct the state in the next generation. The state Sunday school convention has an important task in hand. The fixed American policy admits of a minimum only of religious instruction in the public schools, and to citizens therefore comes the task of devising methods of religious instruction in the Sunday schools. This is what the del egates come here to consider.
 They will be here three days, and this city Is in all duty and all hospi- tality bound to lodge and care for them in that time. The delegates will num- Der over 2O0o, and lodgings and break lasts are still needed for fully half that number. Montgomery rose to the occasion last year, and surely Bir- mingham will not do less.
 Every householder who will furnish lodgings and breakfasts for three days to a delegate or to several delegates should at once send notice to the chairman of the entertainment com mittee, Samuel D. Monroe. Either telephone can be used in notifying him, and he hopes the entire city will become interested in entertaining the coming convention.
 The delegates do not come here to snhama to naJka mnnav- Thau do not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
Prosperity in Europe.

While official reports show that 1,100,- 7S5 immigrants landed in the United States last year, a slight increase, as compared with 1905, there will probably be a falling off this year, said Maj. E. T. Taliaferro.
 q am surprised that any considerable number should come from the more pro- gressive countries of Europe, for prosper ity is prevailing in all of them. With the exception of Russia, the so-called effete monarchies are wonderfully prosperous. When I was in Italy last year the natives seemed to be thriving. Naples so far as l could see was as busy as Birmingham, while Milan reminded me of Chicago.
 Germany has been on great boom for several years, and as a matter of fact there Is practically no emigration from the fatherland. Ireland, that used to be counted on for large immigration, is send ing very few of her sons to the United States nowadays. English immigration was never large, and immigration from Scandinavia is showing a marked falling off. Persecution in Russia accounts for the immigration from that country and high wages in the United States seems to tempt the Italian still. About one-fourth of all the immigration last year was from Italy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
INCREASE IN SUICIDES.
From the Dallas News,


 Computations recently made have estab- lished the fact that during the last twen- ty-fve years 100000 suicides have oc- cured in Europe, the frequency of this crime having increased In that country during sixty years. from 1s40 to 1900, 400 per cent, while the population has in- creased by 60 per cent. To a similar destruction has grown
 Rapid increase of this crime concur rently with increase of divorce proceed ings and juvenile crimes has afforded mat ter for widespread comment and specula- ton. By almost every investigator the rapid rise in the number of these crimes has been attributed to lack of religious and moral influence; universal prevalence of free thought consequences of its ac- ceptance, a phase of thought which has for many years vaunted an influential fol- lowing in the large cities both of Europe and America, especially Paris, London and New York One school of freethink- CTS holds that suicide In many instances is not only iustifiable, but, by the laws of nature, demanded.
 The modern tendency to suicide" says an authority on the subject, has its true cause in the religious decadence Of our times. From this fact we may judge of the influence of religion as an element in the life of humanity. A conception of the world which is based on religion, renders every condition of life support able, even the lot of Job. The want of religion renders life insupportable on even the slightest reverse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
Atlanta Music Festival.

While Spartanburg, s. C., still leads as the music festival town of the south, Atlanta is fast coming forward in that line," said music lover. "Birming- ham gained a high reputation as a mu- sical center but lost it when the cur tain rang down on the fourth music festival. MT. Guckenberger was an en- terprising and efficient director but when he moved away no one succeeded him. It is well known fact that a festival chorus Is what keeps up the musical spirit, and there can be no real musical atmosphere without a music festival
 Atlanta has an able director in Dr. Brown, and the festival he has arranged for the season will be on a large scale. He Is training chorus of 200 and his orchestra will number about sixty. At lanta has a local orchestra of about twenty-five The best of these musicians will be employed for the festival and about fifty will be brought from Cincin- natl The orchestra Is the most expensive feature of a festival but 1t is a poor band.
 "Schumann- -Heink Is to be among the great singers at the Atlanta festival. Season tickets are being sold at pop ular prices and many of Birmingham s music lovers will attend"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
HOME TOW ELS.

From the New York Press
 A charming young matron, proud of her housekeeping. had terrible awakening a few days ago. cynical but rich old uncle was being entertained at the house, and nothing was too good for him. He liked to pick flaw here and there. and was never so happy as when teasing his niece. The laundry wagon came, and the driver gathered in the family wash sheets, pillow cases, napkins, towels, etc, all to be done at so much pound. "Ah, there 1t goes,'' commented Uncle Paul "all into the same tub and all out of it. Your lovely towels and napkins scrubbed in the same water with those of the plum Der hard by the fat grocer in the middle corner, the undertaken on the other side of the street, the Italian in the basement, the sweat shop upstairs over the livery stable, the police station, the Tho poor little woman begged him to shut up; cried over the revelation and promised thereafter to have all her washing done at hOme
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
SECRETS WE ARE LOSING.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
 we are losing all our secrets in this shoddy age, an architect said. "If we keep on the time will come when we'll be able to do nothjug we'll
 Take, for instance, steel We claim to make good steel yet the blades the Saracens turned out hundreds of years ago would cut one of our own blades In two like butter.
 Take ink. Our modern ink fades in five or ten years to rust color, yet the and bright today as it was 700 years ago.
 Take dyes. The beautiful blues and reds and greens of antique Oriental rugs have all been lost, while in Egyptian tomLs we find fabrics dyed thousands of years ago that remain today brighter and purer In hue than any of our modern fabrics.
 Take any speciality, buildings. We can't build as the ancients did. The se- cret of their mortar and cement is lost to us. Their mortar and cement were actually harder and more durable than the stones they bound together whereas ours-horrors!
 We can't even make artificial dia- monds now. Our briliants of French paste were so beautiful that they could hardly be told from real brilliants by experts But the secret of this French paste, like a hundred other secrets of the days of conscientious work, is ir- retrievably lost"