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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11
HAY FAMINE BY BAD ROADS
Nebraska Dealers Ask SIS for Grades
Normally Sold for Six to Eight
Dollars and Advance Is Paid.

Omaha, Neb.-The price Of hay is
soaring. Usually the best grade of
wild hay retails in this market at from
six to eight dollars per ton and tame
hay two dollars more. During the
past few days figures have taken a
jump and anything in the way of hay
readily brings SIG per ton. The best
grades sell at SIS, while alfalfa and
clover fetch $40.
The city is almost on the verge of
a hay famine, and in the country the
roads are not only bad, but they are
constantly growing worse. More snow
is on the ground now than at any
time in the past twenty years, and it
is impossible for the men who have
hay meadows and hundreds of tons
of baled hay in stock to get it to the
stations for shipment to the city.
Local dealers say that if the bad
weather continues they will not be sur
prised to see hay go to $50 per ton.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11

Bombay. she had a native Indian
nurse to minister to her wants. On
her arrival at Boston she had her
first view OF her home city. rs Capt.
Clarkson claims Boston for his hail
ing port.
Little Sarah's playthings were
bought in Colombo Her doll house
and pretty beads came from Singa-
pore, while from Yokohama came the
silks for the tiny dresses, as she grew
older. The little girls playhouse is
the chartroom Of the Inverness, with
its furnishings of charts, barometers,
sextants and other implements re-
quired by navigators.
Playmates she never knew, but an
all the members Of the ships crew are
willing to act as such, she is one Of
the happiest babies to be found any
where.
Two tiny kittens, born on the voy-
age from Calcutta, and now cats full
grown, were her pets.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11

pushes, there is also bunch Of
Christmas pepper" little scarlet
fruit which is very hard to raise at
this season.
Mr.. Sells declares that the other
rooms of the conservatory are at their
best now, especially the economics"
room, with it's orange, bay, lemon, fig,
banana, alligator pear, plum, olive, St.
Johns bread, rubber and other trees.
There are some lemons growing at
the present time, and the banana tree
has big ripe bunch of fruit which is
just ready to be eaten.
In full growth at the present time
are the pitcher plants" otherwise
known as nepenthes, which are sup
posed to catch insects and devour
them for their own sustenance. Gar
dener Sells is discouraging these Zero
cious habits and says the rare plants
are thriving in spite of the absence
of bloodshed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11
TACT SHOULD BE CULTIVATED
Not Hard Thing to Do, and Its Pos
session Is a Wonderful Help
to Success.

II is generally conceded that tact
Is quality which serves us well at
times and in all circumstances. And
while all regard 1t as thing to be de-
sired, many fail to recognize that 1t
may be consciously cultivated. If we
analyze tact we find that 1t is made
up Of certain elements:
sympathetic knowledge Of human
nature, its fears, weaknesses, expectaT
lions and inclinations.
The ability to put yourself in the
other PERSONS place and to consider
the matter as 1t appears to him.
The magnanimity to deny express
sion to such Of your thoughts as might
unnecessarily offend another.
The ability to perceive quickly what
is the expedient thing, and the willing
ness to make the necessary conces-
sions.
The recognition that there are mil
lions Of different human opinions Of
which your own Is but one.
A spirit of unfeigned kindness such
as makes even an enemy debtor to
your innate good will.
A patience that supplants accusa-
ton with the opportunity for self-dis-
covery
A recognition of what Is customary
in the circumstances and gracious
acceptance Of the situation.
Gentleness, cheerfulness and sin
ceAty-and such variations as the
spirit of these may suggest
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11
BIRDS RAVAGE GRAIN CROPS
interesting Facts Concerning Capacity
Of Their crops-LittIe Robin Is
Champion.

Edinburgh, Scotland.-Much atten'
ton has recently been given by Scot
fish farmers to the ravages of their
grain crops by certain kinds of birds.
Some interesting facts about the APP
petite of birds have come out in the
course of their inquiries. The wood
pigeon in its association with agricul-
ture has always had a bad name,
though our Scottish poets have taken
It under their wing. 1t is certainly a
new grain, growing or in stock.
Packed in the crop of one, 1t is said,
were found no fewer than 800 grains
Of wheat while the meal taken by an
other was 900 peas. 1t is recorded Of
another that its menu consisted of $50
beech nuts and go acorns, while one
shot on an estate In Banffshire had
managed to stow away 968 grains of
barley and 20 grit stones. Large as
this appetite and capacity for food
may seem, it is eclipsed by the little
robin redbreast. For three weeks one
was Gagged and weighed at the same
hour every morning 1t was found to
weigh about one ounce and in order
to keep 1t up to this weight 1t re-
quired 2h ounces Of food per day.
When its feed for the day consisted of
earth worms the little gourmand dis
patched as many as extended on end
for ID feet. There is an instance Of
pheasant which on being killed had
no fewer than 1,225 leather jackets"
"a most destructive larvae-in its
crop. Though the heron is bulky
bird, its average weight is not over
four pounds. Yet one was found to
have swallowed two trout, one weigh
ing two pounds and the other one and
three-quarters pounds. Another heron
had dined on seven small trout a
mouse and a thrush.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11

For artistic methods the Partisan
beggar is hard to beat. One man
recently arrested was in the habit of
wandering through the streets fol-
lowed at a considerable distance by
Newfoundland dog. On seeing a
bone or a crust in the gutter he would
dart on it Severishly, and the dog
would rush and snatch it from him.
A terrific struggle ensued, ending in
the flight of the dog bearing off the
prize, while the man lay exhausted On
the gutter. 1t is easy to imagine how
kind-hearted wayfarers, after assist
ing him to rise, would shower coins
on the poor devil driven by poverty
to fight so desperately for meager
crust.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11
HOLLY IS DYING OUT
Becoming Rare, Says Gardener,
Who Is Proud of Exhibit.
Annual Raids for the Purpose OF
Christmas Decorations Are Fast
Destroying the PIant-Rapid-
Iy Growing Scarce.

Chicago.-Some of the best-known
gardeners in the city-including John
Sells, head of the gardeners at the
Garfield park conservatory-will tell
you that the festive holly is slowly dy-
ing out. Although Christmas comes
but once year, the annual raids upon
this plant are slowly destroying it.
That is one reason why John Sells
is so proud of his holly as it grows in
the West side dollhouse. Just at the
present time there is midwinter
flower show in progress at Garfield
park, and not the least interesting of
all its wonderful exhibits is bunch of
holly with the reddest, most fiery ber-
ries ever seen.
1t is fine to have holly growing here
now" is the way Mr.. Sells puts it, as
he stands soliloquizing before the pic
turesque plant. 1T is fine to have any
kind of flowers just before Christmas,
and good holly especially
For holly is becoming very rare
plant. There is less of it this season
than there has been in many season
past. The reason? They are taking so
much of it away, and not giving it
chance to grow"
Groups of the crowds which flock to
the big conservatory stand before the
plant in an awed manner and whis-
per: Yes, that's real holly!" For
while there is still some of it left on
South Water street, it is real priv
ilege to see 1t just as it grows in the
northern woods.
What the Garfield park people call
the "showhouse" of the huge conserv-
atory has been filled with rare and
beautiful plants for the midwinter eX-
hibition The "showhouse" is directly
in the center of the group of buildings
and every sylvan pathway eventually
leads into it.
Here, with hard work, great care
and some luck" Gardener Sells has
succeeded in gathering a collection of
plants and flowers which are especially
hard to grow in this climate at this
time of the year. There is the bego-
mia hybrid, called "Gloire de Lor-
raine," and also a collection of poin-
settia, the red Mexican plant, all sur
rounded by thick borders of primrose.
There is, also the cineraria hybrid
from Cape Aster, and a beautiful
bunch of narcissus.
Looking redder and brighter than
holly, and growing in small, compact
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11
A Sermon Bell.

There are distant parts Of rural
England where church bells have a
strange significance. When a bell is
rung for five minutes at eight o'clock
on Sunday morning, the fisher folk are
thus reminded that a sermon will be
preached at IL. II the bell is not
sounded there will be no sermon, and
the fisher folk arrange their dinner
hour accordingly.
The convenience Of the native pop
ulation is taken into consideration in
quaint Banffshire, where it is quite
permissible for the wives and daugh-
tiers of the fishermen to carry their
hats to church in paper bags, to be
put on and taken of before and after
the service.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11
BABY is CHAMPION TRAVELLER
Has Sailed over 10000 Miles and Wis
tied Nearly All Principal East
ern Seaports.

Boston. - Little Sarah GARRISON,
daughter Of the captain of the steam
ship Inverness, which came to Boston
not long ago, may be called the cham
pion baby traveller.
She has already sailed over 10000
miles and visited nearly all the prin-
cipal eastern seaports
The Inverness, on her last voyage,
locked at Boston and New York with
a great cargo Of oriental produce,
crude drugs, rubber, citron oil, CHINA
mon, ETC., and on board was baby
Sarah.
The little girl was born not quite
two years ago, while the steamship
was trading between Calcutta and
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11
Boy Hero Gets Medal.

London.-"This is the proudest mo-
ment of my life-to be able to honor
such young hero"
Such was the remark of the mayor
of Preston at the police court in pre-
senting a Royal Humane certificate
for saving four lives to Rowland
Mitchell, aged 10, of Ashton-on-Ribble
Mitchell had also brought another
person out of the canal, but life was
extinct
The mayor shook hands heartily
With the lad and hoped he would live
TO be still more useful
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11

everybody familiar
addition
those SIPS house and $4,000 High
September A.
which will history Pratt Pratt the
ner month the Wichita Western branch the
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11
No Trouble.

"Do you have any trouble In col
lecting your bills?"
mot a bit" answered the dentist.
"My patients are always relieved
when they find that my notices are
not reminders of an appointment"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11
FAvoRITE OCCUPATION

DIR. Eliot says that matrimony is
the best occupation for women. 1t
is also the favorite one. Observe
the frequency with which they give
up good homes and paying jobs to
plunge into it.-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-08-11
ANOTHER VICTIM.

"What harm has Wall street ever
done you?''
"a whole lot" answered Farmer
Corntossel. 81 git so excited talkin'
about its doin's down to the store
that / lose about seven hours a week
right in the busiest season."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-17
aARK FROM TIE TOMB.

In last Mondays State long
lest brother let 1t be known that
he is still in the flesh. Joel Z.
Brunson, one time the recognized
Prohibition leader, is out in a let
ter commencing The States atti-
tude towards G. G. Featherstone,
and endorsing that newspapers
views with regard to the alleged
inconsistency of Featherstone.
We do not think Mr.. Bruuson is
in any position to crlticise or COM
mend for the reason that If we re-
member rightit was he who when
entrusted with the Prohibition
leadership became afflicted with a
severe case of political chillblalns
and deserted their colors. We did
not support Prohibition then and
do not favor it now, but when a
deserter undertakes to butt in we
think It is time he should be IN.
formed that his place is in obscur-
ity. If there is anything we do
detest it is a gutter, and espec-
tally a ouitte- who makes faces
a. those enlisted with him, and
they stood their ground. No Mr..
Brunson, as one who is not u sup
porter of Featherstone we invite
You to go away back and sit down,
get back into your political tomb,
and pull the slab over the open
ING.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-17
The Primary System Not Perfect

Is there any way by which
unworthy and unprepared men
may be prevented from disturb,
ing the peace and the dignity
of the State by numbering for
office: Then men out Of plumb,
so far as character goes, whose
word is worth no more than their
bond. and their bond would not
be taken by any commercial
agency, have the arrogance TO
to run for an office that should
be filled by an honorable, sane.
upright man.
No man should run for an
office ia which the money inter.
ests Of others are to be cared for
who cannot successfully manage
his own business. 1t is an AFRO
CANT assumption which should
be rebuked.
How is the reform TO be
brought about: After the whlrl-
wind campaigns inaugurated by
the Tillman movement and the
adoption of the primary system,
it would be impossible now to go
back to the convention plan OF
nominations. The tendency IS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-17

to nominate by the people. the
greatest evil Of which is that
the most blatant. shameless. un-
blushing citizen may mount the
stump and abuse and maliSn the
the best and most worthy candl
dates.
Mauy Of our citizens under
stand the condition. but see no
way to improve It. The appeal
to the ballot box does not settle
anything. Even if an unworthy
man is not elected, he retlrcS
and next election year there will
be two just as worthless to take
his place in the canvass.
1t has been suggested By one
citizen that combination Oh the
convention with the primary
system would somewhat improve
conditions. Let 4 county com.
mission be appointed by re-
resentative convention 10 select
candidates for the legislature.
Take two or three dozen OF the
best men Of the county. who
shall consider the merit and
and ability and character Of all
candidates for the general As
sembiy. Let them endorse and
recommend the best men and
have the power 10 select and
nominate others who are not
seeking the office If there are
twice as many men as places, so
much the better. It will give
the people an opportunity to ex-
ercise their.choice. This is one
suggestion.
That plan would not prevent
any one from running, if he de-
sired so and he complied with
the rules.
There may be other plans, or
there may be no practical plan,
by which the totally unfit may
be prevented from seeking
offices which call for the service
of we'll qualified. honorable men.
But our best citizens are con-
sidering the matter and hoping
that there may be some method
by which q reform may be made.
! Spartanburg Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-17
THEY WANT MONEY.

The Game Commissioner Of
Maine reports that $50, ,O00,0o0
has been collected from fishermen
and hunters in that State within
the past year. The contention OF
some is that South Carolina
should conserve the game and
fish through license and other
statutes. II the purpose IS to re-
ouire 8 license from those who
come into the State from without,
there would be no objection but
those who urge this Kind Of leg
|islation are those who are prin-
cipally interested in securing the
opening up of jobs. There is no
question that the ruthless de-
struction Of iSh and game IS
wrong and there should be some
protection out we do object TO the
manner of protection dictated by
the Audubon Society. and the
present laws gotten through oy
this society are so ultra thai we
are sure the next legislature will
wipe them Off the books and en-
act sane and sensible laws which
vii; suit the conditions in this
State regardless OF the wishes OF
the AUDUBON Society.
It is easily 70 De seen that Il
there could oe put into our State
treasury a large sum Of money
for the policing OF the streams
and forests the idle element would
indeed live in clover. for it is the
man VINO draws the line upon toll
that accepts a position TO so over
the country spying on his neigh
borS. While for centuries past
there has been no necessity TO IN
terfere with the pleasure Of those
vino enjoy hunting and hshins,
in this day and time, since the
tourist has been coming INTO the
land there is an element who
would deprive everybody else
from these pleasure privileges, IL
order that they may profit ov i
IN the leasing Of lands or selling
them 70 the rich mans club for
his exclusive use. Il things
continue IS they have been going
on the past lew years. our people
who were reared up IN out door
sports vii! DC deprived Of them
altogether. unless they SuDmlt
themselves 70 the hire OF the
wealthy to 60 along as Z servant.
We realize tha; every owner OF
land can do as ne p!cases with his
land. he can lease out the hunt
ing privilege, he can refuse 10
permit bis neishoors hunting on
his lands, ae can also refuse 70
have any contact with his neigh
bocs at all f be wishes. ont when
be does we imagine his life would
be miserable and not worth the
living. But for the law making
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-17
A STATEMENT TO TIE PUSllC.

am standing for reelection
to the State Senate, and in order
to oe understood I will briefly
outline my views on public ques,
tionS:
LIST. We are living in an age
of advancement, and am heart
lily in favor of giving every en-
couragement TO progress, but,
sreat.care should be taken lest
in our zeal to improve, we ''oite
of more than we can chew.
22nd. There is no questioning
the ACCESSIBILITY of building up
our public highways: all must
agree to the wisdom Of this
course: the only question with
regard 10 it is, how can we do
this work with the means at our
command: l think money wise
" spent on the highways is a
good investment, providing the
same is eauitaoly distributed,
and not confined to special To-
calities.
3rd. | believe the present syS-
TEN Of taking tax returns has
outIived its usefulness. The law
should be changed so the re-
turns may oe taken by the town
ship boards instead Of the audi
tors. The members CT a locality
have knowledge Of the property
in the township, and l believe
the returns being received by
them much property would get
on the books that now escapes
taxation
| also think the law should be
changed with regard to the FIX
ing the tax levy, at present. the
lew is made before the returns
are taken. and those whose busl.
ness it is TO provide for levy.
have no positive information to
base a levy upon. If the law
was reversed and the levy made
after the property IS placed on
the books. there would be posi-
tive information to act upon.
I. am IN favor OF submitting
TO the people a proposition to
amend the constitution so as to
abolish the three-mil! tax. AS
long as this three mill tax is
forced or the property owners,
there Will oe no property re-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-17
INTOLERANCE.

The States arguments to prove
the inconsistency Of Col. Feather
stone is getting that newspaper
in hot water among the Prohlbl-
tionists ali over the State, in fact,
if any newspaper dares to give an
expression contrary to the views
Of the Prohibitionists, the red
la. goes up against it Instanter.
Argument has no place; they as
sert. and that must be accepted.
So far as The States position on
Featherstone's consistency.s con-
cerned. we do rot agree with 1t,
but at the same time we are equal.
lv as much disagreed with the
other side. because Of its intoler-
ance. We contend q man may
have fixed opinion on some mat
ter Of public Importance, and,
in the course Of time the condl.
tions change. his opinions can
also change. this We take to be
the reason Col. Featherstone
has changed from prohibition to
!oca' option and from local
option back to prohibition. but
at the same time, these changes
OF opinion do not preclude a
newspa per from showing the
changes, and arguing the ground
of inconsistency. 1t can do this
without being justly Liable to the
censure OF a religious association.
1t would be a bad day for journal
ism when the press is forced to
hide it's sincere views for fear OF
winning the enmity of a church,
and the action Of the Abbevllle
Baptist Association in denounc-
ing The State for critlcls:ng a
candidate for public Office is, to
saw the least Of it. i'll advised
The great trouble is, people do
not stop to reason when they be-
come euthuSed with an idea or q
man whom they have chosen to
represent that idea: they get
abusive, and do not argue, when
sach is the case there is but one
thing to do, and that is to quietly
leave them alone, and not try to
argue with them. We have learn.
ed long ago that life is too short
to try and convince man against
his will, and it IS our observation
that when a man gets the prohl.
bit!on fever there is no way OF
ridding him Of it until be mas
found no one to argue with hira.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-17
VOTE WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

The Bambers Herald would
have the voters TO vote without
prejudice, a splendid sentiment,
out does the Herald follow It's
own preachments when itaccuses
those who vote fer Mcleod as
being in favor OF oarrooms or
dispensaries: Mcleod is for
local option this does not signify
ne is in favor OF the sale OF
liouor at all, there are thousands
OF sincere prohibitlon:sts who
believe that more can Oc accom-
plished for the cause OF real
temperance through local option
than can be forced by prohibi-
ton. These take the position and
we agree with them. that in order
TO have even 2 sem mblance OF pro-
hibit,on in any community, there
must be q wholesome sentiment
in favor Of the law. for without
such a sentiment. the law will
oe Gisregarded. and. the more
drastic the measures resorted to
are for the enforcement. the
more obnoxious do such lcws
become, and the greater the re-
sentiment until it becomes a part
OF the community feeling that
the law is not to be regarded.
This state of affairs exists N
those communities where prchi-
oition is forced upon an un-
willing people. ugusta,
Savannah. Atlanta. Brunswick.
il fact a.! OF the cities OF Georgia.
Alabama and Tennessee are
defantly disresarding the pro
hibition laws; if the people OF
those cities had been allowed to
vote, and the majority had said
prohibition. that majority would
have acted as the sponsor tor
the law, and would have seen to
lit that the law is respected.
According to the Herald to
vote without prejudice is to vote
it's way Of thinking: it is like
the fellow who said Il was the
only unprejudiced man on the
jury, the other eleven hung the
Jury, and caused a m!s-trial. had
they agreed with me the accused
would have been convicted > To
vote without prejudice then. IS to
vote not according to honest
convictions, but to crafty the
views Of the supposed majority.
In other words. get on the band
wagon. We think al votes
should be cast without prejudice
whether they are FOR Colonel
Featherstone or Lieut. Governor
Mcleod, or. for that matter.
anv of the other candidates, but
they should oe cast sincerely
and sanely. II those who are
Prohibitionists honestly believe
Colonel Featherstone can do,
what we think is impossible:
enforce a prohibition law upon a
people vino will not sustain him,
then let them vote for him, out
| if they are convinced that more
good can be accomplished oy
reservirg the right Of local self
government, then they should
select one who advocates that
sentiment.