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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-03-26
SOME LIAIiTlTEOES OF YHII
TEACHERS PROFESSION.

" 2 are 50 unS 0cial and stilted that
Ii would seem VIC lived in mortal fear
Of inspection At close range We
are too DrOudish to be truly human,
too lacking in tn sense Of hunOr TO
extract enjoyment out Of the fOilies
or life, and so prim as to find our
selves CV"rW hclmcd and paralyzed by
snSe Of the improperly Of every
thing that falls outside our straight
laced course. W. are too dogIna1ic
20 De agreeable companions; too di-
dactlc, too instructive, too prone TO
lnpart information to stand on q give
and ta|C footing with Our friends:
We prefer to give. We are too S~nSi-
tive to accept philOsophically our
share Of the worlds rGbuffs; too
meek to be Solf-rc&pocting; too sub
Servlent to SuperiOrS to possess indie
DendCnce Of character. We are too
boOkiSh and impractical 10 bear our
proper part in turning the wheels
Of social progress: 50 out Of harmO-
ny generally with The instincts and
needs Of society that for the most
part it washes past us, leaving IT.
stranded high and dry like fossils on
the deserted &hOrc-line Of an ancient
sea. rs far as taking an active part
IN tn dOjnGS Of society is concerned
We meet the rate Professor Wilbur
J&tkinan'# characterization Of the
modern cOlicg" StudPnt--We are AS
innOcuOuS a. Z GGck Of sheep on q
emmy biilli1p il, \n,i1
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-03-26

with such things as The Soul
KISS representing the setting our
white managers choose to provide for
such an artist as Genee, colored peo-
pc ohght to be pretty proud Of such
an entertainment as this. The aH-
thorS Of the book, Messr3. ShiDD and
Rogers, are also members Of the
company, and the composer Of The
muse, Mr.. VIII Marion Cook, leads
the orchestra. It is d fac ana cheer
HiS sight to sec all those able color
Ell people working SO tremendously
and effectively together. For them
selves. at least. they seem to have
solved the Negro problem.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-03-26
Mrs. BERTHE Parker was a business

Mrs. BERTHE Parker was q business
visitor to Charleston last week.
Mrs. Lydia Shores is not much i'm
proved at this writing
w. Coles is on the sick list
Edward Coles, Arnold DuckwiIer
and IICbson PrentiSs we're i'll several
days last week with chicken box.
The Sunday school save sup
per at the hall, Saturday night, to
purchase Bibles for the school. A
neat little sum was realized.
The *. Of p. lodge OF this place
will have their Thanksgiving sermon
preached here on the first Sunday in
April by our pastor, Rev. Nelson Bar
lctt, Of Huntington.
Miss Hazel Price, student Of tho
". V. c. l., spent Sunday here with
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-03-26
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
PRESENCE OF WARSHIPS.

Port an Prince, March 22.-Prcs-
idcnt Nord Alexis, in an interview
today, declared taht the conditions
in the republic were absolutely tran
quill. He said that he did not dues
ton his ability to preserve order and
Inc government gave proof Of it's
good faith in permitting the embark
alton at Gonaives Of General Firmin
and his fellow cOnspirators without
eXactinS any pledges from them. FIe
Thought tke refugees in the legations
here should welcome a return to
their homes to resume their adyoca-
tiOnS.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-03-26
tchy will make their future home.

tchy will make their future home.
Mrs. StrattOn, Mrs. Gray and Mrs.
Richards, Of st. Adams, met with
the members Of the First Baptist
church Of this place, Wednesday
night. After prayer meeting they
organized a Missionary society. The
following officers were elected: Mrs.
Cornala Coles, vice president; Miss
FlGrenC" Coles, vice PRESIDENT; Miss
Shirley Anderson. secretary: Mrs.
Emma FrcntiSs, treasurer. TIE so
rictE will meet on the second anG
fourth Friday nights CT each month
\. J. Picrson and G. T.. Saunders
spent Sunday in Charleston with
thCi" families.
Mrs. Sallic Good, OF Charleston, is
wishing her husband here this week
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-03-26
RAY NOND CITY,

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mellon left
Tuesday for Boston, Mass, where
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
AFRAID HE is LOST.
Went to Explore the Headuaters 81
Amazon River.

Fears for the safety of DR.. Ham
ilton Rice, of Harvard University
who started last summer on an eA'
pedition to explore the headWaters
of the Amazon River, have been on
ly partly allayed by the receipt OF
a letter from him written at San
Martin, Colombia, on September ,,
telling of delays at the beginning OF
of his perilous journey.
1t is now tkirty-nine days past
the date which, on setting out from
Bogota. be set at the latest possible
time for his arrival at Manaos. II
I do not cable from Manaos py NO
vember 20 you may give me up as
lost" he said to his friend DR.. HI
ram Bingham, of Yale. when they
parted in Colombia last May.
DR.. Bingham who lectured Thurs
day at lladiscn, Wis, before the
American Political Science Associa-
ton, said before :oins to the West
that he had been hopin: against
hope ever since that date and at last
was almost forced to believe DR. Rice
had been killed, and perhaps eaten.
by the hostile savages of the ANA
zon country.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
AWFUL ACCIDENT.
4 Honea Path Merchant Shoots Fa.
tally His Wife.

A frightful accident occurred at
Honea Path Wednesday morning,
by which Mr.. Sherard L. Callahan
well known merchant, shot and
killed his wife. Mr.. Callahan had
started out over his plantation and
decided to carry his rife along. The
gun was in his bed room. He hae
taken it in his hands and, in some
way, he does not know how, it was
discharged, the ball entering Mrs.
Galatians temple.
MI. Callahan is almost crazed By
the accident and cannot tell how the
gun was fred. It had not been used
in some time. Mrs. Callahan lived
a short while and never spoke after
the shot was fired. She was Miss
Robinson, Of the Craytonyille section
Of the county. She was about 35
years old and leaves five small chill
dren.
The home life Of Mr. and Mrs
Callahan was an unusually happy
one. They were prominent people
and had many friends and relative:
throughout the county. The acci'
dent is a most distressing one, anc
Mr.. Callahan will have the heart
felt sympathy Of his many friends
The accident occurred between 8 ane
8 o'clock.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
THOUSANDS SIGN PLEDGE.
Employees Of a Big Railroad Give
Up Wlliskey..

A dispatch from Omaha, Neb.,
says probably the largest temper
ance movement any one business
concern has ever known eliminates
Wednesday night when a temper
anee pledge, signed by $4,000 en-.
ployees becomes effective. An ef-z
fort is being made: to have every.
employe Of the road sign the pledge.
The movements originated by
the railroad employees themselves
and not among the officers. Three
months ago when the Northwest
ern began cutting its force to win
ter basis, every man discharged
was drinking man, the teetotai-
lers being retained in their posi-
tions.
At one time, it was announced
that the road had inaugurated a
policy always retaining the non
bringing men. AS a result the
drinking men, who remained with
the road have: decided to quit, and
during the last month pledges have
circulated all over the 1000 miles
OF the system.
The monster pledge will be sent
to the president Of the road, as
soon as all the parts are assem-
bled.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
STILL UNSOLVED
No Clue To Identity Of Woman Who
Was Found in Pond.

The mystery enveloping the mur-
der of the woman in Red is seem
ingly as impenetrable as when the
nude body was first discovered on
Christmas day, partially concealed
in the water and slime Of a lonely
pond near Harrison, N. }.
Thus far the detectives have failed
to find a single realible clue Of the
woman or her slayeyr. The ldentl-
fcation of the dead woman by Mrs.
Hattie Hull and Detective Drablll,
of Orange. N. j., have completely
collapsed. Word was received from
Philadelphia that Agnes O'Keefe,
whom Detective Drabili believed the
murdered woman to be had been
found in that city.
Acting Mayor DAILY, Of Harrison,
N j., amour ce tat the
city courcil would of ! ar :: #
81 600 jn, the arrest and conviction
Of the slayer. With the hope Of
finding a new clue in the way OF
clothing or effects the pond in which
the body was found is to be drained.
The famous Belgian pole hoends,
which Police Commissioner imported
recently, will be used in an attempt
to track the murderer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
HINTS FOR THE DRESSMAKERS.

Never Failing Employment and Good
Pay Assured on Specialities Work.
There is seamstress in New York
who knows how to make butterflies
out Of ribbon. She can also fashion
violets and other ribbon trimmings.
She goes out for the DAY making them
and when she has finished she trims
them with lace.
Speaking Of her art she says:
There are dozens Of seamstresses
that are starving to death. I make
my living and am busy every day IN
the year. Yet / do nothing but make
trimmings of ribbons and lace. / take
your old lace bits and make them up
in charming ways and 1 transform
your ribbons into ornaments which
are priceless when it comes to matters
Of decoration.
Il would" said she, "if l were a
seamstrss, learn to make ribbon bows,
especially the new kind, with no end
at all. would learn the Josephine
rosettes, the sash ribbon bows, the
Louis Quinze knots and the butterflies.
I would also learn how to trim these
ribbon ornaments with lace.
"Of course, would learn how to
color laces. Recently I took some
stained old lace and dipped it until it
was a golden yellow. Then bought a
yard of real gold lace and mixed tan
with the other. This l made up into
ribbon ornaments for the waist, which
looked as though they were all made
Of gold lace.
"I know of no better occupation Ior
the moment than the making OF the
numerous ribbon ornaments with
which the woman Of fashion is trim
ming her gowns"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
How to Treat Wa2ed Floors.


Those who have Taxed floors In
their dwellings know, according to In
doors and Out, how invaluable turpen-
tine is in cleaning them. With sand
paper or steel wool, dipped in turpen.
tine, the blacklist coating, which is apt
to accumulate In winter on wa1ed
floors not frequently polished, can be
easily and quickly removed, and a
washing with turpentine does much to
brighten up any waIed floor prepara-
tory to the application Of light fresh
coat of wax and polishing with the
weighted brush. AS with all other
painters materials, however, turpen-
tine Is shamefully adulterated, and
care must be taken to get only the
best and purest from some thoroughly
reliable dealer. The usual adulter-
ant is cheap benzine, and as benzine
turns good floor wax a dirty white tur-
pentine so adulterated has an injurious
effect on the floor. The floor wakes
made with tallow show less effect
from a1ulterated turpentine, but the
wise householder will use only those
floor wakes which are made With bees
wax and turpentine, with little par
afin, but no tallow.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
PROHIBITION REIGNS.
Judge Newman Refuses to Enjoia
Georgia Liquor Law.

4 dispatch from Atlanta, Ca, says
the most notable feature Of tho 6rst
day Of prohibition in Georgia was
the refusal of Judge W. P. Newman,
in the United States Circuit court
to grant an injunction pending liti-
cation which would prevent the put
ting into effect Of the prohibition
law.
Papers in the case were filed late
Tuesday on behalf Of the breweries.
Judge Newman simply fled mem
orandum reading as follows:
"After careful consideration an
Injunction pendante lite will not be
granted. This being true it is un-
necessary to call on the defendants
to show cause
Under the law the defendants in
action against the prohibition bill
will have until March in which to
demur or fix an answer. This
leaves the whole matter in abeyance
until that time.
In the meantime prohibition is IN
effect. in every district Of Georgia.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
Tillman's speech, which would have

Tillman's speech, which would have
to be heard to be appreciated. II
was a great speech, and was thor
oughly enjoyed by all who heard it.
He certainly converted his audience
to his. way of thinking on the tre-
mendous race problem that will
have to be solved by the people Of
the South sooner or later.
Senator Tillman's reference in
his speech to new county disputes
was cheered to the echo by the ad.
vocates of Calhoun county who were
in the audience. While at dinner
Senator Tillman was told that the
present contest against Calhoun
county vas brought by white men
who were not allowed to vote o;
the question, and he said if that
was the case the supreme courf
ought, and ne believed would, de-
clare the election illegal as no white
man should be denied his right tc
vote. The senator left for Colun'
oia on Wednesday night.-Orange-
burg Times and Democrat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
PLUNGES TO DEATH.
Rich Inventor in New York Falls
Seven Stories.
He Was Manufacturer Of Moving
Picture Machines and Was rros-
perous.

Henry Miles, wealthy manufac-
turer of moving picture apparatus,
in New York Thursday night met
Instant death when he plunged
down seven stories to the rear Of
the Concord Hall Apartments, at the
Northeast corner Of One Hundred
and Nineteenth street and Riverside
Drive.
Miles lived with his brother, Her
bert, on the seventh floor. 1t is
said that for several years ne has
suffered severely from insomnia,
but it is not known whether this af.
fected his mind sufficiently to cause
him to commit suicide.
The mans brother said last night
that Henry had also suffered from
epileptic fits, and that it was during
one of these that he in some manner
plunged over the sill Of the rear
window OF the apartments, azd land
ed in the court below.
Miles was forty years old and un'
married. His fall was not witness
ed by any one except his brother
The body went straight down and
landed on the head, which crushed
instantly. Death was lnstantane'
Gus.
A surgeon was called from j
Hood Wright Hospital and after 9
short examination said that there
was no need for a doctor. The po'
lice were notified and ordered that
tbs body be kept in the court until
the Coroner took action.
In the room which the man occu'
pied it was found that for two
months he had been keeping diary
This little volume set forth, day b!
day, and sometimes hour by hour
the inventors mental and physica
condition, the number of times he
had suffered severely form the ma
lady and other facts in connection
with his daily life.
The last entry in this diary wa:
marked down at 1912 P. N. Wed
nesday. was at 1880 according
to the brother, that no fell from The
window.
None of the tenants were siver
knowledge Of the tragedy Wednes
day night, it being feared that man!
might spend the remainder Of the
evening elsewhere. But when the
police arrived and the ambulance
changed up, some Of them learned
Of the affair. There was no panlt
however.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
MISS SHANNON STILL MISSING
Report That Pretty Brookland Girl
Had Married Untrue. ;.

A dispatch from Columbia to The
News and Courier says Miss Sallie
Shannon, the pretty Brookland girl
who left home Sunday afternoon,
has not yet been located. The re-
port from Pomaria that Miss Shan
non had married in that town on
Tuesday turns out to have been a
hoax, and her parents are more than
ever worried about their daughter.
Miss Shannon left her home Sun
day evening week after having en-
tertainsd her sweetheart, Colt Sum-
mers. They are said to have
parted in anger, and the last
seen of Miss Shannon was when she
started across the Gervais street
bridge towards the city of Colum-
bia.
The bridge keeper is positive that
she did not come across the bridge
that evening. and her friends fear
that she jumped into the river after
reaching the bridge.
The river is badly swollen by the
recent rains, and no search has
been made for her body. The tele-
gram from Pomaria is now admit
ted to have been .oke, and 1t IS
denied that she has been in Pomaria
at all.
Miss Shannon is a pretty girl OF
as years and popular teacher IN
the Brookland Methodist Sunday
school. She is the daughter OF Mi.
d RI. Shannon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
How Being Tilted Benefits a Girl.

A normal woman shorld not be
soured by being Tilted. She would
only be little wiser, little better
able to judge between the true and
th false afierward. She would not be
so ready to trust all men, but would
have just as much faith in the one
man as ever should she love again, for
faith and hope and love are the nat
uTal heritage Of the normal woman.
These qualities are as much part OF
her as life itself.
The wise girl, however, recognizes
that it is better to be Tilted before mar
riage than neglected afterwards. She
may love him dearly, and yet willingly
give him uD On hearing that his heart
has changed towards her. Probably
tho worst sorrow girl can know
would be hers, with the knowledge
that his heart had gone from her to
another. But e7en then. il she truly
loves, she would not feel bitter tow
ards him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA.
How This Distressing AiIment May
Be Banished Without Drugs.

Be Banished Without Drugs.
1t is amazing that so common a DIFF
fculty as dyspepsia should be so little
understood by the general public and
that its remedy should be SO hard to
find. But it can be cured, and without
any marvellous nostrums, by observing
a few important rules Of health, says
the Kansas City Times. The dyspep-
tic must first hx In Ills mind the fact
that his ailment is the result Of bad
habits of eating and living and that
these must be changed and that drugs
will do him no good. He must begin
by avoiding ali starchy foods, as pota-
toes, rice, oatmeal, beans, ETC. Meats,
soft boiled eggs, milk toast, zEieback,
ETC., are the best foods for avoiding
fermentation and the gas that causes
dyspepsia pains. In serious cases but
termuk is one Of the best dependen-
cies. Another is boiled milk with
slight addition of limeWater. Either
Of these will enable the most chronic
dvspeptic to procure some sustenance
without serious distress.
He should drink freely Of hot water,
at least two quarts day, always TAX
Ing a glass half an hour before neal
time. He should not crowd his meals
close together, as with an impaired
digestion 1t IS often best to have the
meals six or seven hours OF more
apart. The rule to be followed is that
new meal should not be eaten until
the previous one is digested or out Of
the way and the stomach has had
little rest, and there must be further
rest after eating.
It is absolutely essential to eat slow
~ and chew with the greatest thor
oushness. Complete chewing In the
mouth, permitting NO washing down
with coffee or tea, ssllivates the food
so that 1t Is ready for digestion when
| it goes into the stomach, and persis-
tence will put good flesh on any lean
dyspeptic. There is theory that when
solid food is cheWed in the mouth to
an absolute pulp that the organs in
the back of the mouth exercise selec-
| tive action and send to tho stomach
only that which Is fitted to be convert
ed into blood and tissue, thus relieving
the digestive organs Of handling the
waste. Whether or not this is correct
is for the science Of The future to de-
termine. Certain it is that nature gave
US grinding teeth for the purpose Of
chewing our food and never Intended
that we should swallow it unchewed,
as do those animals having more than
one stomach.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
How TO Renovate Old Silk.

Old silk renovated in the following
way will retain its luster and look as
well as when new, says Harpers Ba.
Zar: Put two ounces Of alcohol, a ia
blespoonful Of mucilage or strained
honey, rounded tablespoonful Of soft
soap dissolve q small piece Of good
quality In water and two cups Of soft
water in a bottle and shake until well
N 'AeJ Sponge the SILK on both sides
WI The mixture, rubbing well, and
then shake up and down in a Cub Of
cold or cool water, neither rubbing nor
wringing. Hold by the edge and Zap
off the water, pin the edges to the Line,
and while still damp iron between
cloths or paper with an iron Only mod
erately hot.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
SINGULAR Radium Phenomenon.

A German experimenter describes
singular electrical phenomenon eX-
hibited by a glass tubeful OF radlHm
bromide. The substance had been
sealed up in tube. Six months later
the experimenter was about to open
the tube with a file. but as soon as
the metal touched the glass the tube
wSS pierced by brilliant electric
spark, accompanied sE a sharp sound.
1t is thought that the retention II
the-tube Of the positively charged Al
pha particles, which Cannot penetrate
glass, and the continual escape OF the
negatively charged Beta particles.
which do penetrate glass, set ap
difference in the electrical poten: a!
inside and outside the tube so great
that at last spark was able tc
pass through the glass wall.--Ex
change.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
On His DianitY.

Waiter, what do you call this?" de-
mandcd the bushy haired man at the
table in the corner, pointing to a black
ened mass that lay shriveled up in the
middle Of his plate.
1T looks like an exceedingly we'll
done steak, sah," said the sable func-
tionary In the white apron, standing
stifHy erect You ordahed it well
done, didn't you?"
Yes. but
''WeIl, sab, when a gent'man ordahs
q steak rare we cook 1t rare, when he
ordahs It mejun we cook it mejum.
an when he ordahs it well done we
cook It well done If it takes fo'teen
bundled cubic feet O. gas. Wish cavity.
sal !''-Chica 20 Tribune
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
Oricin Of Free Lunch.

A Scotch investigator has discor.
cred the origin OF the American free
luach in the cid Scotch custom Q,
serving a SPEEDING" or dried sal'
hs6dock, with each drink Of ale o.:
whisky. which still IS eracticed q:
the inns and public houses of Gale,
donia. The purpose, of course. is to
create a thirst for more of the bever
age. and it must be admitted that the
purpose is usually achieved. Evel
in America there is more than sus,
picion that the ingredients Of the FREE
lunch are often selected WITH this
sams end in view
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-08
Industries That Shorten Lives.

iliSGSS1 'ieaS S''~' sS'' @-''
Metal po;ishers are said to become
disabled in about seven years. Foi
that reason they command hl:n
wages. Most OF them die OF ccasump'
ton. The stoneculter's lie is little
longer, but death comes to him N Ine
same way. Workers in trenches, sew
eTs, stree1-clesners, caRal-dissers,
workers in caisssons, tunnels, in con
pressed air, bridge-buil6ers and rail.
road laborers, are short-lived. The
tunnel under the North river cost
more than score Of lives b. accl-
dents, besides pe-ncl emily impairSns
the health and shortening the lives
of unknown scores. Building OF the
New York and Brooklyn bridges was
very fatal to human life. An engineer
told me that they kent the facts out
of the newspapers as much as posi-.
BILE. All great works of engineering
are prosecuted at the expense OF hu'
man life and health.-Heaith-Cuiture