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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
7 ak Returns.

The Auditors Office will be open :
until the Goth day of February, 1909,
to receive returns of real estate and
personal property IN Clarendon
county for the year 1903. '.tzs
Taxpayers return what they own
on the first day Of January, 1909.
a penalty of so per cent. will be
added after the Goth day Of Febru-z
ary. ;,
The Auditor will be at the follow
ing places in person, or by proxy, TO
receive returns:
New Zion, Monday, Jan. IS.
Douglass (Turbeville's store), Tues
day, Jan. 10.
McFaddin's, Wednesday, Jan: 20.
Midway lMcIntosh's store), Thurs
Harmony "a. R. chandler's), Fri
day, jan 22.
Alcolp, Saturday, JAM %.
Paxville, Monday, Jan. 25.
Pinewood, Tuesday, Jan. 26.
Browns store. Wednesday. Jan. 81.
Summerton, Thursday, Jan. %.
St. Paul, Friday, Jan. %.
x Roads, Saturday, Jan. 80.
Jordan, Monday. Feb. !.
st. Marks (H. a. Alsbrooks), Tues
day, Feb. 2.
nesday, Feb. 9.
Wilson's Mill, Thursday, Feb. 4.
A. P. BURGESS,
Auditor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
The Usher Woke Up.

at certain county court the judge
is in his private capacity kind heart
ed man. The usher Of the court is
aged-very aged-but as he had been
a faithful servant for many years be
was retained in that capacity. One
morning he fell asleep in court and
began to snore. The noise he made
naturally y disturbed court proceedings,
but the judge displayed great tact N
dealing with the matter.
usher Jones'" he called out loudly.
"some one IS snoring"
). The usher woke up. He jumped to
his feet and glared ferociously round.
'sSilencev' he roared. E"There must
be no snoring in courtr'-Exchange.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
POWER OF WATER.
Under Certain Conditions 1t Is Prao-
tieaIy Irresistible.

Under Certain Conditions 1t Is Prao-
tieaIly Irresistible.
Wle. 1aan goes in swimming at
the seashcrc and slaps the water forci-
bly, with his hand or takes back dive
from pier and lands squarely on his
back he realizes that the unstable
LIQUID offers not a little resistance.
Yet, says a writer in the New York
Tribune, it would surprise almost any
| body to see what water will do under
certain conditions.
A stream from q freman's hose viii
kuock a man down. The jet from
nozzle used in placer mining in the
west eats away large piece Of land
in day, toys with great powders as
il they were pebbles and would shoot
man over the country as though he
were a projectile from cannon.
There is Il story Of an eastern black
smith who went west and made bet
that he could knock hole through
the jet of one Of these nozzles with
sledge hammer He lifted his arms,
swung the sledge and came down on
the ten inch stream with force that
would have dented an anvil. But the
jet never penetrated, whisked the
massive hammer out Of the black
smiths hands and tossed it several
hundred feet away into the debris OF
gold bearing gravel beneath a crum-
bling cliff. After this the blacksmith
left out iron when he spoke of hard
substances.
There is also power plant near
Durango, Colo, where United States
cavalryman one day thought he had
an easy job in cutting q two inch
stream with his sword. he made q
valiant attack. The result was that
his sword was shivered' in two and
his wrist broken.
a little thinner jet Of water descend
ing 1,600 feet to mandatory at
Grenoble, Spain, and travelling at the
moderate speed Of 100 yards second
fractures the best blades Of Toledo.
OF course some people will not be-
iieve such stories without having seen
the thing, and one may think it a proof
OF the scientific imagination to say
that an inch thick sheet Of water, pro-
vided it had sufficient velocity, would
ward off bombshells as well as steel
plate.
Nevertheless many persons while
travelling have seen brakeman put
small hydraulic jack under one end
Of a Pullman car and lift twenty tons
or so by few leisurely strokes Of the
pump handle, and the experience Of
riding every day in hydraulic ,e1e-
vator tends to remove doubts of the
magic power possessed by water hitch
ed to q machine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
SIMPLE FAITH.
A Burly Burglars Confidence In an
Editors Business Acumen.

A Burly Burglars Confidence In an
Editors Business Acumen.
a man who admitted that he came
direct from state prison tried to sell
to the city editor Of New York news
paper a weird and startling story Of a
missing will which ne declared had
been revealed to him by fellow con-
Wet. He was a burly fellow with a
prognathous jaw, and be had lost an
eye in battle. The mere look Of him
would frighten a timid citizen into
tremors Mr. White, the expert in
criminology, cross examined the man
as follows:
'sWhy were you in Auburn
''Highway" (meaning, of course, high
way robbery.
'I suppose you were wrongfully con-
victed."
'sNuh; dey had me right"
Such engaging candor made Mr..
White feel that the man was truthful,
and be was greatly disappointed when
strict investigation disclosed the fact
that the story Of the missing will was
all fictitious. The man was diSap-
pointed, too, at the failure Of his TO
nance, but he went away from the
newspaper Office in cheerful mood,
with some remark about better luck
next time.
A week later Mr.. White was sum-
moned to the reception room Of the
newspaper, and there he found his
friend, the burly highwayman, his
shoulders broader, his single eye fercer
than ever. But his visit was quite
friendly, although somewhat tinged
with business. He evidently believed
he could rely on Mr.. Whites good
faith and business acumen. Fixing
Mr.. White with his glittering eye, the
strong armed one plucked him by the
sleeve over to a corner Of the room
and there in a loud, hoarse, whisper in
Quired:
"Say, couldjer do anything wit a cou-
pie O. watches ?"-Harper's Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
Without lmaoinstion.

There is a certain New York busi-
ness man Of a rather 'waggish dispos1-
ton who contends that his wife has
no imagination.
At dinner one night be chanced to
mention a tragic circumstance he had
read In the evening paper on his way
home. A passenger on transatlantic
steamer had fallen overheard in mid
ocean and had never been seen again.
'Was be drowned?" asked the wife.
"Of course not" answered the IRE
pressible hubby, 'but he spcained hts
ankle, believe "-Lippincott's.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
The Human Temperature.

Put to the tcst Of the thermometer,
it appears that the normal tempera-
ture Of the bcdy is almost iIvariable,
regardless o. latitude or season. Put
ting the bulb Of the thermometer un-
der tie tongue Of an Eskimo at the
frozen north or Of 4 man under the
blazing sun Of the tropics, we find that
in each case, the body being In q state
Of health, the temperature is about the
same, the difference not amounting to
degree. We may say absolutely that
the average normal temperature Of
human being is about 9S.5 degrees
F..=just as we may say that at sea
level water boils at 212 degrees F.
New York American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
HeartIess Gamblers.

The rage for gambling at Whie's
and Almack's clubs in London in other
days led to most outrageous betting,
as to which Wa1pole tells what he
calls a good tale: a man dropped down
In a fit before the door and was car
ried inside. The club instantly made
bets as to whether he would die OF
not, and when doctor was called In
to attend him his ministrations were
interfered with by the members be-
cause, they said, these would affect
the fairness Of the bets.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
london's BRIDGES,

Few people are aware of the extent
to which the city Of London is Dridged
over In all, it seems, there are no
fewer than seventy-fve bridges. OF
these nineteen are railway bridges,
three are bridges over roads (such as
Holborn viaduct). and fifty-three are
bridges which connect private prem
ises.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
Partners In Debts.

"My tooth is just killing me-" she
complained.
"Why don't you go to the dentist
about it," asked he.
Because" said she, 3T owe him
money"
"You and I seem to be In hard luck, y
said he. "Now, look at me. Every
time I go out in my automobile 1t
breaks down right In front Of some
store where 7 owe lot Of money!
New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
In Different Sers.

It is but seldom, one imagines, that
q good joke is made about an oyster.
Edmund Yates, however, in his RE
collections and Experiences" relates
one. II was walking with Thackeray
one evening from the club writes
Yates. and, passing fish shop in
New street, he noticed two different
tubs of oysters, one marked I shilling
q dozen and the other Is. Sd. dozen.
How they must hate each other!
said Thackeray."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
PitifuI Sales

Kits of sailors lost at sea are sold
regularly at auction at the Albert
docks In London The sale provides
many a pitful sight. Most Of the lots
a1e contained in the regular sailors
sea chest, all marked with the name OF
the ship from which they come. 1t IS
not unusual for those who have lost
friends or relatives at sea to attend
these auctions, and there are times
when the first news Of such loss
comes through the recognition Of IA
miliar objects.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
Honeyed Words

''How are you getting along at
home? The last time I called your
wife was giving you the dickens"
"Quite true. I had been bad boy.
But she relaxed. Last night she came
very near calling me honey"
''You don't mean It! How was that?"
"She called me old beeswax."-New
York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
eimini and the Fountain of Youth.

EllllHl ara Tic fOQHLdlH w iods"
Bimini was fabulous island firmly
believed in by the Indians Of the An
TILES, though they could give no fur
ther clew to its location than that 1t
lay some hundreds Of leagues north
Of Hispaniola. On this island was
the famous fountain Of youth, CIV
ing perpetual health and vigor. It
was the search for this fountain that
led Ponce de Leon and fernando de
Soto to Florida, on the outskirts OF
which the island was generally sup
posed to be situated
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
a Fair Offer.

Small boy (who has been watching
amateur gunner's failures for an hour
or more)-Say, mister.
Sportsman-Well, what is It, boy?
Gimme nickel an q start as faF
as the fence an you kin have one at
me."-Life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
Didn't Acree With Him.

"You should never take anything
that doesn't agree with you the ply
sician told him.
If I'd always followed that rule,
MaE1a,''' be remarked to his wife,
where would you boF'-London TX
press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27

If you will take Foley's Orlno Laxa-
tive until the bowels become regular
you will not have to take purgatives
constantly, as FoleY's Orino Laxative
positively cures chronic constipation
and sluggish liver. Pleasant to take.
w. E. Brown s. Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
No Hurry,

"Of course, Tommy" said the Sun
day school teacher, you'd like to be
an angel, wouldn't your
well replied Tommy,
'but I'd like to wait till ! can be a
full grown angel with gray whiskers." >"
philadelphia Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27

There is no case on record of a cough,
cold or Ia grippe developing into pneu-
monia after Foley's Honey and Tar has
been taken, as it cures the most obsti-
nate deep seated coughs and colds. Why
take anything else. W. E. Brown 4 Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
Simple Remedy For La grippe.

RaclSing Ia grippe coughs that may
develop into pneumonia over night are
quickly cured by Foley's Honey and
Tar. The sore and inhamed lungs are
healed and strengthened, and a danger
Gus condition is quickly averted. Take
only FoIev's Honey and Tar IN the yel-
low packages. W. E. Brown s. Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
The Great Need.

Miss Dolly, you know the old ad-
age
81 don't want to hear anything about
add-ages," she interrupted. What we
girls want is some subtract-ages."-
Woman's Home Companion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
Eefocmed.

'1 hear your son Is something OF an
aviator, Mrs. Coneup.n
"Well, to tell the truth, he was q bit
that way, but he's taken the pledge"
Baltimore American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27

cPineuleS for the Kidneys are little golden gio;
bllles which act directly on the kidneys A trial
will convince you Of quick results for Backache
Rheumatism. LuInbago and tired Wornout fee!'
ing 30 days trial S10O. They purify the blood.
The Manning Pharmacy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27

Flowers are the sweetest things that
God over made and forgot to put
soul into.-Beecher.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
BANK

At this Bank you will find that all
our customers are treated with cour-
tesy and consideration. In many ways
you will find it to your advantage to.
bank here. $
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27

4 wise skepticism is the first attri.
buta of q good critic-Shakespeare.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
Total Protection to Depositors. sl2o, goo
THE BUSINESS MAN.

OF TODAY realizes the absolute neces-s
sity of having a bank account with.
a thoroughly reputable
RANK sf5S
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
Concerning His Kissing Of Her.

Only one person with q mean dis"
position would have figured out this
little prose poem. It runs as follows:
Which do you think is the greatest
slur?
DID he kiss her?
Did he kiss her?
Did he KISS her?
Or.
Did he kiss HER?CleVeland News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
LIVE STOCK.

There never has been in this market a cleaner
lot of Horses and Mules than now be found at
stables. Every Horse or Mule we sell goes with our
guarantee
Farm Mules Draft Mules, Carriage Horses,
Buggy Horses, Saddle and Driving Horses. Also
DR.. Whites famous Horse Remedies.
Il you want good, strong handsome Buggy,
Surrey o, Wagon we supply you at prices to
meet competition Come to us for Harness. Saddles,
Robes and Whips: and anything pertaining to this
line. We want your personal inspection of our
Stables, and we feel assured that can suit you to
Horse, Mule or Buggy, Surrey or Wagon
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27

''For a long time a gang Of thieves
had been puzzling their brains to find
a way Of stealing the hoard without
being detected. Well, on certain
night one Of them entered the house
and gently little by little, pulled the
bed on wb .ch the miser lay away from
the chest of drawers Then he quickly
emptied the drawers Of their cur
rency, showed the bed back to its orig
inal position and made his. escape.
Several days passed before the un-
fortunate miser detected his loss."-
Chicago News.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-18
Many Ways to prape Skirts.

Skirts are scarf-draped in so many
different ways that the novel varia-
tons upon one fundamental idea, So
simple as a long strand of satin, silk
or lace, are positively amazing. One
of the most attractive methods of dra-
ping a soft silk sash is to start it
from just below the waistline ON the
left side securing it in position with
an enormously large and ornamental
chou. from which depends an end fin
ished with deep fringe or long tas-
sci. The other piece crosses the front
of the skirt slantingly to the oppo-
site side. where another chou and end
are formed Or the scarf may be
brought from the left side down al
most to the hem of the skirts center.
where. having been folded backward
to form point, it runs upward to the
opposite side, of the waistline and
thus encircles the back of the wear
er. A simpler method of arrangement
is to swath the sash about the hips
and partially over the raised waistline,
then draw it high at the back and
knot it into a single long loop at one
end Such sashes, be it understood
are invariably of full-width materials
for the original ribbon form of it is
rarely seen save on quite young girls.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-18
HOUSEWIVES, BE NICE.

Pleasant meals are the foundation
of a happy home. Grumbles and griev-
ances should never be heard at table.
Fluster. worry and fuss can spoil the
most excellent food. Irritable, bick
ering family breakfasts start every
body on the wrong tack for the day.
When the husband returns after his
business toll he wants a smiling,
neacefuI dinner table. Perhaps he
comes in as 'cross as two sticks and
ready to quarrel with a straw. Some
men do after worries and perplexities
AT the office Smiles, sunny home
atmosphere. and a comfortable meal
n,It promptly on the table soon mends
matters.
It is certainly a great misfortune
when the daily work OF men or women
is SO distasteful that they are glad to
dismiss all thoughts of it as soon as it
is over. The work itself must suffer
i'm quality having had no heart put
into if. and the performer of it sacri-
fees a large 81 triton of life's most solid
happiness. There is, however, an OPP
nosite extreme that some truly con-
CARRYING their daily business into all
their waking hours. There is hardly a
counter-balancing feature in this habit
of mind If even the work itself was
benefited thereby there might be some
justification, but the truth is that ev-
cry business duty needs complete lib
Grafton from the strain of it at times.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-18
Unsunq Herolnes.

In a recent issue of the Boston Pilot
Looker-on' sounds he praise of the
legion of unknown heroes and heroines
whose names and deeds are not en-
blazoned on the scrolls of fame The
highest type of steadfastness. the real
quality OF courage, he says, is to be
found sin the dull, drab-colored life
around us that we think we know so
well! The courage of the great, mo-
mentary crisis is not uncommon. 1t is
not the flashing up in one deperate
moment of the best there is in a man.
but the supreme and staying steadfast-
ness that withstands the stress OF
years, that can stand on the shore OF
life and hope for the cheering sail
that can trudge on in the desert OF
blasted hopes and not despair-that is
the quality as rare and seldom at
talnable by even the best of men as
1t is the characteristic of true woman
wherever found. The hard stress is
that which comes in homely glIisC
among commonplace surroundings A
girl thinks she marries a demi-go6
and finds herself mated to brute. But
the children are there and the tie is
for life. She lives on and does her
best. Who can fathom the desolatior
of that soul or measure the depth OF
her heroism? a daughter gently reared
sees her father taken, her mother
helpless. and hungry mouths at thu
family table. She shoulders the yoke
Sultors disappear, the roses on her
cheeks fade.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-18
Brain Leaks.

We cannot make sacrifices by proxy.
The real reformer begins with him.
self
The sermon that pleases seldom con-
victs
Ready & Willing make a mighty
good team.
As the father is bent. so the son is
inclined
1t never lowers a mans dignity t.
sldestep trouble.
Love trusts, all right, but that doesn't
mean that it does a credit business.
A lot Of people build so much ma
chInery that they cannot furnish the
motive power to run it.
ii Woman's hair grew in the way
She fixes it nowadays human hair
woul be a drug on the market.
A lot of fellows who did not go to
the ant for example are now going to
the uncle" for temporary relief
Wish somebody would give a sum of
money for the eradication of the hook
and-eye disease A lot Of women are
previously afflicted.
Of course none of US believe in
ghosts, but, after all, isn't it a fact
that you would rather have some one
along when you have to walk by the
cemetery at night?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-18
A Successful Housekeeper.

woman TO be successful house
keeper. needs to be devoid of intensive
NERVES" She must be neat and sys-
+ematic. but not too neat, lest she de-
strov the comfort she endeavors 10 Gre
ate.
She must be affectionate, sympa-
7betic and patient, and fully apprecia-
tive of the worth and dignity of her
sphere.
Now. if a woman cannot broil a
beefsteak, nor boil the coffee when it
is necessary: if she cannot mend the
linen nor patch a coat; if she cannot
make a bed, nor ventilate the house,
nor do anything practical in the way of
making a home actually a home, how
can she expect to be a successful
housekeeper?
She needs to educate herself in the
art of domestic virtues, to make a real
Home. Sweet Home
She would have a place for every
thing and keep everything in its place.
Remember and put in practice the mot
10. Never put off till tomorrow thai
which you can do today"
Thus the poorest dwelling presided
over by a yirtuous, thrifty, cheerful
and Clearly woman, may be the abode
Of comfort, virtue and happiness; it
may be endeared to man by many de-
lightful associations. furnishing a
sweet resting place after labor, a con-
ISOLATION in misfortune, a pride in pros
1eritv and a JOY at all times.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-18
HurtfuI Gossip.

One of greatest evils of our day. get
ting unconscious support of many OF
orr hest intentioned people, is the sin
of gossipping about persons. lndul-
eence in gossip is like indulgence IN
dTjnlS-there is no happy medium which
If Is safe to adopt The line never can
be drawn where drinking or gossipplng
can be safely done.
Gossip has made wounds for which
there seemed no balm; 1t mas lnluIe9
ranutations. with an entirely unmerited
stain MANY a life has gone SCARED
70 the grave by the breath of thought
less meddlers and tattlers
4 true woman is not given to wound.
inc another. Womanhood should seek
TO shield. not to strike, even tlle Lails,,'
Tr;+b life so fr.! of stirring events,
what ,a time have you to listen to set
IF idle takers actuated more often
than not by spirit of malice and
e el1r It is not always the blaneiess
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-18
MatrimoniaI Influence.

People are prone TO talk as if the
marriage eermony were sort of
magic rule which, properly gone
through with, will endow the flighty
and frivolous girl with all the domes-
tie virtues: transform the irresponsi-
bic and unreliable bachelor into the
staid. industrious family man.
He is a little wild" they say, but
when he is married he will settle down
and things viii be different.
Marriage does not work miracles.
Love often does, but a man presume
bly, loves a woman before he marrles
her, and the miracle is wrought before
matrimOny, if at all.
The first step towards being a sue
cess as a husband is being a success
as a single man IN few of the virtues
which a husband ought to exercise.