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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
SPEcTER SHIPS.
Legends of shadowy Graft of the Now
EnaIand Coast.

Legends of Shadowy Graft of the Now
England Coast.
The coast Of New England has nu-
merous legends concerning specter
ships firmly believed by the rugged
fishermen, who assert stoutly that on
various occasions glimpses Of the
shadowy craft have been seen, fol-
lowed invariably by fatal disaster.
The specter Of the Palentine is occa-
sionauy seen on Long 1s9-nd sound
and is the forerunner Of a gale OF
wind. She was Dutch trading YES
sci and was wrecked off Block island
In 1852. The wreckers, it is said, made
short work Of her, stripping her fore
and aft and setting fire to the hull.
AS she drifted blazing off the coast
human form was visible amid the
flames, the form Of a female passen-
ger, left to perish on the doomed
craft. Since and generally upon the
anniversary Of the wreck a phantom
ship with blazing hull, charred spars
and scorched sails and rigging has
been seen cruising off Block island.
Whittier recorded the legend IN
graceful verse as wen as that Of a
ghostly cruiser that sailed from
New England port Of her last voyage,
which he termed ''The Dead Ship OF
Salem" In the seventeenth century
ship was about to sail from Salem to
England. Her casso was on board,
sails bent, and passengers on deck,
when two passengers came hurriedly
of and engaged passage. The couple
were a young man and young wo-
man, who, 80 tradition records, were
remarkab Bile for their bearing and beau
ty.
Who they were or whence they came
no one in Salem town could tell The
ship being detained by adverse winds,
the mysterious couple excited the sus-
ptcions Of the townspeople, who view
ed them as uncanny and prophesleo
disaster to the vessel If allowed to sail
In her. But the master, bluh and
stern sailor, refused to listen and final
ly departed on a Friday.
The vessel never reached her dest-
nation and was never spoken, but later
in the year incoming vessels reported
sighting a craft with luminous rigging
and sails and shining hull and spars.
She was sailing with all canvas set
against the wind, with q crew Of dead
men standing in the shrouds and lean
Ing over the rail, while upon the guar
terdeck stood a young and beaudfu
coupIe.-NeW York Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
MAKING UMBRELLAS.
Tho Work of Assembling the Frames
and Putting on Covers.

Tho Work of Assembling the Frames
and Putting on Covers.
In most umbrella factories the task
Of turning out ribs and stems is LETT to
other factories making a specially OF
those parts. These are sent to the
manufacturer, and the man whose
work It is to assemble the parts In.
serts bit Of wire into the small holes
at the end Of the ribs, draws them TO-
gether about the main rod and ADJUSTS
the ferruIe.
In cutting the cloth or silk seventy
Ave thiclnesses or thereabouts are ar
ranged upon table at which skilled
operators work. In one department
there are girls who operate henn1ng
machines. A thousand yards Of hem
med goods is a days work for one OF
these girls. The machines doing this
Job attain a speed Of some 5000 rev
olutions a minute After the hemming
has been done the cloth or silk is cut
into triangular pieces with a knife, as
before, but with q pattern laid upon
the cloth. The next operation Is the
sewing of the triangular pieces to-
gether by machinery.
The covers and frames are now
ready to be brought together. In all
there are twenty-one places where the
cover is to be attached to the frame.
The handle is next glued on. and the
umbrella IS ready for pressing and In
specton-
By far the greater number Of um-
brellas today are equipped with wood
en- handles. a large variety Of mate
rails may, however, be used Gold and
silver quite naturally enter into the
construction Of the more expensive
grades Of umbrellas
4 wooden handle may be quite ex-
pensi7e, though, by reason Of the wood
used.-Harper's Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
GATHERING -. -.
The Sap Is coagu'2tzd by she Acs:ot,
o. punscn. c:-c:::

The Sap Is coasu'2tzd by she Acs:ot,
o. 9unSen. c:::-c:;:.
The indGstrT OF collecting ;.1,: pre-
pairing rubber is c;:!:iet! oT extensively
in the valley IF the :A::::!;::::::oa. i;r:n ere
districts of many sQuare L!i.es o%ncd
and operated by one person. The rub
Der trees are scattered lac-e or less
plentifully among other trees that
yield no profit IS yet.
When one has secured :; large tract
Of forest land for the industry he puts
up rough shelter upon it and en-
cages Indian natives Of the neishtor-
hood to aid him in the work. Early in
the morning they start out to make
the rounds Of the estate, for they must
get back to the riverside before the
heat Of the day becomes too great
They tap the trees, attach little tin
cups to catch the sap and take home
whatever sap may be collected
The sap Of the rubber tree is white
liquid Of the consistency Of goats milk.
1t is necessary that it be converted
into solid This is effected by the
action Of q pungent smoke that coagu-
lates or curdles the milky fluid. For
this use the seeds Of two different
kinds of palm are employed. The seeds
are put in an earthen jar which has
narrow neck, the bottom Of which is
perforated with 4 number Of square
holes. In this the palm nuts are
burned. The holes in the bottom Of the
Jar admit a draft and cause a dense
smoke to issue from the neck
The operator takes paddle similar
to that with which he paddles his ca
noe aud holds the blade Of 1t over the
jar. Cpon it he pours the milky juice,
cup by cup, all the tine turning the
blade so as to bring all parts Of it into
the smoke The fluid is instantly fixed
and adheres to the wood or to the rub
Der already formed. This process IS
continued until q solid lump is formed
that will perhaps weigh sixteen
pounds When the lump has grown
large enough for handling a slit is cut
In it and the blade is drawn out. 4
mass Of rubber IS left ready for eN-
portation 1t is the smoke used in
coagulating the sap that gives crude
rubber the dark appearance familiar to
every one.
Natives who collect rubber have, Gu
riously enough, little use for the ar
ticle. They do, however, devise play
things for their children by pouring
the sap into clay molds Of birds, fishes,
etc, and then crushing the clay and
removing it-New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
MONSTER WHALES.
Ono That Swallowed Whole a. Shark
Fifteen Feet Long.

Ono That Swallowed Whole a. Shark
Fifteen Feet Long.
Frank T. Bu1len, the noted writer Of
sea tales, in one Of his lectures said
that in New Zealand he once saw a
whale opened and there were found
In its stomach a number Of fish which
must simply have swum down its
throat, and among them was a shark
fifteen feet long and nine feet round
The huge Greenland whale was de-
scribe6. MI. Bullen asked his au-
aie1ce to imagine g monster Of 2o0
tons and told how such a one was
taken on a voyage in which he took
part enough whalebone being taken
out Of his head to pay good dividend
on the voyage For six months in the
year this pardcGaE kind Of whale,
which was the most helpless of all.
led life Of a1arums and EXCURSIONS,
FOR he was always being chased
a third kind Of whale, the hump
backed whale, was shown in a picture
jumping from the water, and Mr. Bull
len explained that this was no ndl-
cation Of joy in life. They were, IN
Sact, If not driven out of their minds.
certainly driven out Of the water by
parasites adhering to their bodies.
This particular whale was greatly de-
voted to its young, and if man hap
pened to XIII calf he needed all his
ingenuity to escape frcm the mother:
On one occasion dfty-two boats went
sfter whales in the bay Of California
and by accident a calf was killed In
one hour the parent destroyed fifty or
the ffty-tWo boats, killing a number
Of men, and then sailed out to sea
without 2 scratch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
Traditions Of Mother Shipton

lFdClSbOlS " Shtfs~'6
OF all British prophets Mother Ship
ton is beyond doubt the most cele-
brated, She was, in fact, all that a
prophet and witch should be, in
strange contrast to the serious and
scientific nostradamus. The day she
was born the sky became dark and
gloomy and, according to her biogEa-
pher, "belcht out nothing for an hour
but flames, laundering after q most
hideous manner" Her personal ap-
pearance, described by her adniring
biographer in 1862, is scarcely fatter-
ing: "Her physiognomy was so mis-
shapen that it is altogether impossible
to express fully in words or tor the
most ingenious to line her in colors,
though many persons Of eminent quail
f1cations In that line have often at
tempted it, but without success
Metropolitan Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
Averts Awful Tragedy.

Timely advice given Mrs. c: Willough-
by, of Marengo. Wis, (R: NO. pre-,
vented a dreadful tragedy and saved
two lives. Doctors had said her fright
full cough was consumption" cough
and could do little to help her. After
many remedies failed, her aunt urged
her to take Dr.. Kings New Discovery.
II have been using it for some time.
she wrote land the awful cough has al
most gone. 1t also saved my little boy
when taken with q severe bronchial
trouble, This matchless medicine has
20 equal for throat and lung troubles.
Price SOC. and 81 90. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by all druggists.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
Do Ghosts Haunt Swarnps?

No, never. It's foolish-to fear fan
cied evil, when there are real and deadly
perils to guard against in swamps and
marshes, bayous, and lowlands. These
are the malaria germs that cause ague.
chills and fever, weakness, aches in the
bones and muscles and may induce dea0-
ly typhoid. But Electric Bitters destroys
and casts out these vicious germs from
the blood. 'Three bottles drove all the
malaria from my SYSTEM wrote VIM.
Fretwell, of Lucama, n. c., "and I've
had fine health ever SINCE" Use this
safe, sure remedy only soc. at all
druggists.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
ups and Downs.

Not every statesman takes his dis
nissal with the humor Of the Due
dEpernon, who fell into disgrace with
Henry OF Navarro. Descending one
day the great staircase Of the Louvre,
he met Richelieu ascending 1t, and on
the cardinal asking indiferently II
there was anything new taking place
D'Epernon replied, Nothing, except
that, as you see, am going down and
you are going up" Mr.. BlouDdslle
Burton tells the story In 'The Fate OF
Henry Of Navarro"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
A Reliable MeGieine-Not a Narcotic.

Mrs. F. Marti, St. Joe, Mich, says:
sour little boy contracted severe
bronchial trouble and as the doctors
medicine did not cure him,I gave him
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in
which I have great faith. 1t cured the
cough as well as the choking and gag
ging spells, and he got well in short
time. Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound has many times saved US much
trouble and we are never without it in
the house, W. E. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
Safe Medicine for Children.

Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is
a safe and effective medicine for chill
dren as it does not contain opiates or
harmful drugs. The genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound is in a yellow
package. W. Z. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
Gives AID To Strikers.

Sometimes liver, kidneys and bowels
seem TO 60 on strike and refuse to work
right. Then you need those pleasant
little ke-breakers-Dr. Kings New
Life Pills-to give them natural aid and
gently compel proper action. Excellent
health soon follows. Try them. 25c. at
all druggists.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
Your Occupation.

Every occupation lifts itself with the
enlarging life Of him who practices j.
The occupation that will not do that
no man really has right to occupy
himself about.-Phillips Brooks.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05

SUMMERTONz HARDWARE co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05

Then He Knew of Course.
Husband-Dces that new novel turn
out happily? Wife-It doesn't say. It
only says they were marr1ed-St. Louis
Star.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-01-17
is THE DISMAL SWAMP DISMAL I

The Dismal swamp. as we fearfully
knew it through Mrs Stoves bred.
or in the somber lyric which Tom
Moore wrote about it when he was
over in this country in 1904. is i'm
the way of becoming only another of
the delightful fictions which historic
accuracy is driving fast to limbo.
After century. during which time
it has remained practically unchang
ed. two travelling companions now
explore il. penetrate its black heart.
and drag into the light no secret
more startling than that the Dismal
swamp is not dismal at all 1T is
"A virgin Paradise" Walter PTichard
Eaton tells about tramping its thorny
wilderness. padding through tangled
shadowy bitches and being delighted
at the same time by all sorts Of
natural beauties. among these Ger
tain growth of cypress trees and the
multiple melodies Of birds. There are
few such accessible spots left in
America. says Mr.. Eaton. and there
is none more beautiful.-Harper's
Magazine.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-01-17
No Need of a Committee.

II appears altogether improbable
that the advice telegraphed to Ari-
IONA by Congressman Henry OF
Texas will be followed.
No committee will go to Washing
ton to ascertain just what are the
serious obstacles" to statehood re-
ferred to by Congressman Henry. and
to canvass the situation with the
president. senators and representa-
tives" as suggested by the congress-
man from Texas who is to be the
democratic leader in the coming con-
gress.
II is so much easier to do nothing
so much easier to wait until after
the catastrophe overtakes us. and
then have a general gabfest in which
everybody will blame everybody else
for the loss of statehood.
The only encouraging word re-
ceived by the advocates of ratifica-
ton has come from six populist-re-
Iican senators-six senators out of
ninety. Not an encouraging word
has been received by anybody in
Arizona from a single democratic
congressman or senator. 1t will be
developed in due course that the old
line democrats of the south and east
are among the strongest opponents
of admission under the constitution
as now drafted.
But all this goes for nothing with
the local statesmen who are sure that
they know more about the situation
at Washington than does Congress
man Henry. Senator Bailey, Congress
man Champ Clark. or any Of the other
democratic leaders who have privately
warned their friends in Arizona of the
danger which confrOnts the territory.
The man who thinks he knows il all
is not willing to open his mind to in
formation. A local statesman who
knows all there is to know about con-
ditions at washington-in his mind
was heard to say yesterday. 20. Con-
gresham Henry is a light weight.
anyhow "
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-01-17
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ENGLISH CUSTOMS IMPORTED.
The American Ritz Carlton Is to Have
Features New to New York

English hotel customs ami ideas
were introduced i'm this city when the
Ritz Carlton restaurant and hotel
opened its doors Thursday night. This
newest of New York's hostelries. which
stands on Madison avenue. between
Forty and Forty-seventh streets.
is to be run on entirely new lines. An
attempt will be made to reproduce in
New York the best features of "A group
Of European hotels. but modified to
meet American conditions.
There will be "A chef de reception
dignitary familiar to Americans who
have done much travelling abroad
whose sole duty will be to extend the
right hand of welcome to the Ritz
Cartons patrons. Another imported
custom which American patrons will be
expected to take up his that of leaving
their shoes outside the door in the
morning and having them cleaned
without charge
Everything. from decorations to the
method IF running the place. is to be
Of the imported variety. The restaurant
and palm room are almost exact repro
duCtions of the restaurant and palm
room of the Carlton hotel in London.
Iatronize1 largely by Americans. Bar
ring 4 few architectural differences.
the two dining rooms are almost iden-
tical There is the same terrace ad-
joining the dining room. where frocks
may be displayed to the best advant-
age; there is the stairway feature.
which is an institution in the hotels of
Europe; and there are boxes of fresh
flowers along the walls The main res
taurant. which will seat three hundred
persons. is oval-shaped Between the
high windows are enormous gilt
framed mirrors.
White and pale green are the pre-
dominating colors of this room, as
well as of the palm room. separated
from ii by a glass partition. Next to
the palm room is the Pail Mall room
the room where breakfast is to be
served-and its decorations are like
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-01-17

Fifty miles north of Phoenix and reached by daily
automobile from Hot Springs Junction or by auto
mobile from Phoenix, is the Castle Hot Springs
Hotel, the best winter hotel in Arizona. Incom-
parable attractions in the healing waters and pleas
ant surroundings Just the place to rest and recu-
perate and enjoy life to the fullest For details
write the Hotel Manager, Hot Springs Arizona.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-01-17
The People and the Machine In New
York

L do not agree with Governor Will
son." said Governor Dix of New York
few days ago. Il think the legisla-
ture is amply able to take care Of
itself No situation has arisen to
call for any interference on my part"
Governor Dix had reference to execu-
tive interference in senatorial cleo
tions. Governor Wilson of New Jer-
sey has been making a strenuous eff
fort to secure the election of Mr.. Mar
tine. the man who carried the demo-
cratic primaries in that state. The
governor is especially bitter in his
opposition to the candidacy of former
Senator Smith The reform forces in
the democratic party Of New York
have been trying to get Governor Dix
take a hand in the senatorship fight in
that state. and it was in response to
their clamors that he made the state
ment we have quoted
Yesterday. it seems. Governor Dix
had changed his mind He issued
public statement in which he advised
members of the legislature to consider
the wishes of their constituents ahead
of the decision of the caucus. which
was held last night.
Throughout the senatorial fight in
New York Governor Dix has been in
difficult position. He owes his job
to Charles T. Murphy. the Tammany
boss II was Murphy that dictated
the nomination of Dix by the demo-
cratic convention. Murphy is in such
complete control of the state organi-
cation of the democratic party. as well
as the democratic machine in New
York city. that IL has been assumed
that he will dictate in the election of
senator without difficulty. For weeks
the democrats OF the Empire state
waited impatiently for Murphy to say
who would be the senator. Last week
he announced that his selection was
William f. Sheehan. He seemed to
think that that settled the question of
Depews successor.
But the supporters of Edward NJ
Shepard refused to take the decision
of Murphy as final. They raised an
uproad from one end of the state to
tie other. Sheehan, they insisted. was
not the choice of the democratic rank
and fife. but the choice of the big
financial interests in New York
Shepard. they GAINED. was the popu-
lar choice
II was at this juncture that appeal
was made to Governor Dix He was
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-01-17
THE NEGATIVE PERSON

There are two types of men who al
ways claim attention-the one who
adds to the material and spiritual bene-
| fits of the world. and the one who
| is the negative persOn-he who never
counts in any summing up.
A person may live on a plane of
morality that commends itself to the
God fearing and highly respectable
element of society, but beyond the ex-
ample of patient contentment with his
lot never does any real good i'm the
world.
The first type of man is construct
i've. Whatever he attempts 10 do he
has in mind the single purpose OF
bringing the greatest good TO the
greatest number of people. He is not
good because it pays to be good nor
does he ask others to be good for the
same reason. nor because it is in aC-
cordance with the highest customs of
society. but because il is the right
thing to do
There is no half heartedness in his
attitude He goes about his life duties
as if he had a distinctive and definite
NOTk 10 DtIAbI III d WI n NlilNli iip piit
else could do He makes no compro-
misses with wrong to gain his end. He
fights for the right with all the fer
vor of a crusader and all the patient
industry of a student.
This is the type of man who stands
solid on the moral law when he be-
Iieves others are offending against it
Such a man fears neither the favor Of
friends nor the Vaccinations of foe.
If he is a preacher and finds fraud or
corruption working in his community.
even though his most influential pew
owners are involved. he will not be de-
TERED from doing the thing ne knows
to be right
His attitude may cause split in the
church because the blows he aims at
the evil may hit his richest pew owner
who may refuse TO listen to his SER
mons and who may demand his with
drawal from his pulpit. Things may
go so far that a vote of his church is
demanded He is indicated. Then he
resigns. He has stood his ground He
is justified The church is justified.
Men are thereby taught greater re-
speCt for the cloth because one wearer
has shown that he is possessed of the
courageout manhood which should be
A part of the equipment of every man
who seeks to lead other men in the
way of light.
After that experience he has no need
to fear any man. He has proven his
courage. and his influence has now in
creased and he becomes a Potentially
Of the first Importance i'm the world.
The neutral man who never stands
up and fights on either side of any
cause is colorless. He is simply man,
likabIe and intelligent, of course. but
Of no real Importance or force in the
community-just a man who has lost
his God-given right of influencing 9TH
ers and of helping the world in its pro
gress towards greater things. Just
man who only exists without ever ex-
periencing any Of the diviner impulses
that move men to contribute some mite
to the general welfare
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-01-17
Finances and Markets

New York, Jan. 16-The course of
today's stock market was disappoint-
ing TO those who looked for a re-
sumption Of last weeks bullish activ-
ity. After a moderate selling move
ment early the market grew dull and
spiritless. with no pronounced tend
ency in either direction.
Complete returns from the rail-
roads of the country for November
showed only a minor decrease of gross
earnings. but a falling off of IL. 81 pei
cent in net. largest of the year Cop
pers and kindred shares were heavy
i'm spite of some recovery i'm the
metal abroad.
The brightest feature of the bond
market was found i'm renewed assur.
ances from foreign sources of large
purchases of the forthcoming issue o.
New York city bonds.
Bonds irregular. Sales. s2.S09.0O
United States bonds unchanged.