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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
SUPREME COURT WORK.
How Tho Justices Prepare Decisions
and Dissenting Opinions.

How tho Justices Prepare Decisions
and Dissenting Opinions.
On Saturday evening each justice re-
selves from the chief justice an en-
relope containing the names Of the
Eases the chief justice has decided to
allow the justice to write the opinions
,n. and the chief justice also notifies
The justices Of the hour Of the confer
.ncc on Monday morning. The confer
ences are usually held il the confer
snce room under locked doors. The
:hief justice presides. and cases ere
taken up or postponed according to the
wishes OF the justices or their readi-
ness to consider them Each justice
Is furnished with lock book. n which
be may enter the details Of q case. the
record Of the vote on conference and
the final disposition. On q case be-
Ing assigned By the chief justice to
Justice to write the opinion OF the
court the opinion when written must
be agreeable to the justices II not
the dissatisfied justice will promptly
write 4 dissenting opinion. In some
Instances four Of the justices have
each written n dissenting opinion, but
the usual custom Is for one to write
It and announce that the others con-
.ur.
Before 2 case is reached tor arsu-
ment the justices familiar!ze them
selves with its records End briefs. and
when one IS directed TO write the opin-
lon he makes study Of the case. long
Or short. as its gravity demands. This
may take q few days or months. The
opi.ion IS dictated. and after being
typewriter it IS corrected. boiled
down and revised: another copy Is then
made. further revised and sent to the
printec. In order that the CON-
positocs who set the type may not
know the decision Of the case the
foreman sets up the last few lines OF
The opinion. locks them In safe. anc
after the opinion IS set up be adds
.hem to It. takes two proofs and for
wards them under lock and key to tho
justice. It IS again read and revised
and sometimes completely altered and
returned to the printer. corrected by
The latter and nine revises sent to the
justice
II tho opinion is now satisfactory to
tie justice copy IS mailed to each
member Of the court These are re-
turned to the justice with the nota-
aons Of the justices. and the opinion IS
revised or changed. Il need be, to con
form to their views. II there be q
dissenting opinion the justice writing
the majority opinion holds it until the
dissent IS completed
Then On some Monday, the court be-
Ing in session. the justice announces
IN opinion In the case. giving its num-
Der and title. and then proceeds to
read It at length to the dozen people
who may be present II there be
dissenting opinion the justice writing
the dissent reads 1t and announces the
aames Of the justices who concur with
hin Atterward the official reporter
Of the court sends n verified copy OF
the opinion to the publishers Of the
United States supreme court reports,
md the case finally becomes one OF
thousands in the law Libraries to be
read and reread X Of moment or to be
forgotten Il mere deeaii-Independent-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
4 CUP OF TEA.
ft Plays Curious Part In Chinese
Business Etiquette.

When salesman or person Seeking
q business interview presents his card
at the entrance 10 4 Chinese mer-
chants place Of business the posi-
bility Of an audience depends alto
sether upon how he deports himself
while awaiting the return ct the card
bearer Should he be SO irdiscrect as
to put one foot over the twelve inch
railing that !nterrcnes between the
step and the doorway no manner OF
persuasion cen prevail upon the mcr-
chant to grant him IN interview.
In case ne waits patiently in the
space allotted to unknown callers this
fact is noted. and he Is usually ush-
cred in
Once in. there is still 2 moro delicate
matter 70 be disposed Of, and In case
the newcomer is ignorant OF the GUS
tom he fares III with his Grand In
mediately upon the callers entering
and taking 4 seat n servant brings 8
serving Of tea. which includes small!
cup for each person present. The
point Ct etiquette demands that this
tea shall not he touched until the guest
IS ready to depart. in case the Inter
view has been pleasant one. in which
case the caller IS supposed to take Up
and drink his tea at parting. and at
this signal ali the others do likewise.
However. should 1t so happen that the
Chinaman is not pleased with his cali
er and is in any way annoyed by him
the merchant takes up the tea and be
gins to drink at once. which act IS .
direct and decided hint that the In
terview Is ended and has not been to
the pleasure OF the merchant. The
caller IS then expected to take ais i'm
mediate departure.
When caller has become we'll ac-
qraiEted some OF the formality IS bro
ken by the Chinese. and on cold
day cup Of tee IS served immediate
II to the guest in social way. But
the formal" tea IS still to be obseTv-
ed and partaken Of at parting. IRE
spectire Of the cup given to warm and
greet the caller on his arrival. This.
however. Is done only after many VS.
;ts, when the business dealings have
been OF such Z nature as to warrant
friendship and hospiialicy.-Yocth's
ConnsnIoo
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
GENEROUS GEORGE.
Washinsten's Tips and Compliments to
Patty and Polly.

Washinaten's Tips and Compliments 70
Patty and Polly.
Those who take tipping In the some
what solemn spirit Of the social 1aves-
tisator may end their minds enii'enec
by the perusal Of an excerpt from the
writings Of our frst president, which
shows what a graceful turn appcecta-
ton and courtesy may give to the Gus
tom.
In 11So. on his return from bis New
England progress. Washington lodged
at Tafts inn, ct U1bEdge. Mass.
where the domestic serr!ce-as at
many inns In the corntry-was per-
formed By the landlords daughters
Somewhat later Washington wrote to
:sssr. Taft:
Ea:tsorc. November. I.sa.
St-Beias Informed that you have given
MY oacae to one OF your soas anc calieo
aaothe. after Mrs. WashtaStoa's saouJ.
and being. moreover. vezy uuco pieSeo
With tho modest and innocent LOOKS os
your two daughters. Patty aac FouS.
Go sor these reasons send each os taese
girls q p:ece OF cA!at-. md TO PassS. "Ho
bears tho narae Of M-s. WASHINGTON aao
who waited upon Is moro than Polly Old.
i send Srineas, with which she may
b:,y herself any little ornaments she may
want. or she may dispose OF them II any
other name, moro agreeable to herself.
As 90 not give these things Win
view to havo It talked oc o: even TO It's
being known. tho less there II said about
4 tho better you Will please ne. but tsas
I NAY 50 sure tho ch!atz and inoacy have
got safe tc hand let Patty. who dare say
Is equal 70 &. write mo Line :a.c::nlaS s
ne thereof. d.recte.. 10 Tho President OF
tho Cn::ed States at New York" / wish
you and your family well and an your
humble servant. GO. WASHINGTON.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
Aenh;c Numefas..

An illustration Of what mankind
owes to the labor saving Arabic nu-
me,als compared with preceding forms
st notStion Is shown In adding 1S4S to
1888 the sum Of which Is expressed in
unly eonr figures. or 1896 Meantime
b Roman characters We would have
to denote lssS with the calGGsssl letters
MDCCCXLyIN. Repeating these let
tess explains why Cicero complained
Of the sweating ton Of ail addition
On that account EomeTs total Of Aga
nemooc's feet IS not the correct
Sun Of the different contingents to II
which he gives Of the Grectan states
aerodoeas Is worse yet when he gives
the tota, figures Of xerxes' army after
enumeeat3ng the quota Of the various
nadonaNties which composed II. Like
wise what q Ife insurance company
would now DO without Arabic nu-
merals may be imastned--Dr. WI
tam Hanna Thomson In Designer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
The Secluded Duchess.

The Duchesse du Maine. who held
her court at Sceaux during the reign
of the regent. was an inperious osd
lady. One day. according to "a Prin-
cess OK Strategy" when sha was IN
,he complained to the doctor that he
was not curing her quickly enough.
What was the good. she wanted TO
know. OF compelling her to so without
50 many things and making her live IN
sec!rs.on: pat" replied the doctor.
'your most serene highness has at pres
ent forty people at the chateau!
"Forty or ffty people" said the du-
chesse. We'll. for a princess that Is
practically seclusion."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
In A ROMAN CAB.
,ssty Of Disguised Americans and
an Cveeeratefr! Driver.

,ssty Of pissussed Americans and
an oversratefrl Driver.
Mc. Eowells' Roman Holidays
q Others" IS this delightful! story
an adventure IN Roman cab:
In returning from the Pirc:o the only
ab We had been able to get was the
asst left Of the very worst cabs IN
aome. and We had hidden the driver
wait for Us at the church steps, not
without some nope that be would play
Us false. But there he was. true to
his word, with scch disciplined fidelity
IS that Of the Roman sentine!s who
used to die at their posts. and we
mounted to ours with the m0ted
prayer that we at least might reach
home alive.
This did not seem probable when the
driver whipped up his horse 1t ap-
peared to have aged and sickened
while we were IN the church. although
we bad thought it looked as bad as
cocld be before. and It lurched alarm
trsly from side to side. recovering It
SELF with a plunge Of its heavy head
away from the side In which its body
was sinking.
The driver swayed on his box. hav-
ing fallen equally decrepit. In spite OF
the -estorattves he seemed to have ap-
piled for his years and inarmiies. His
clothes had put On sone such effect
OF extreme decay as those Of Rip Van
Tinkle in the third act: there Was,
danger that he would fan on top OF
his failing horse and that their raj
mens would mingle IN one scandalous
ruin
Via Sistsna had never been 50 full Of
people before; never before had it been
so long to that poin: where we were
70 turn out Of It into the friendly OBJ
scursty Of the little cross street which
would bring us to our hotel We could
not consent to arrive in that form: We
made the driver stop. and we sot out
and began overpay.ng him to release
Cs-
But the more generously we over
paid him the mere nobly he Insisted
upon serving Us to our door
At last, By such c lavish expenditure
es ought richly to provide for the few
remaining years Of himself and his
horse. we prevailed With him to let US
20 and reached our hotel glad. al
most proud. to arrive on foot
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
poreusuese and codSsh.

Portuguese and CodHsh.
Il Is an interesting fact that the ash-
er.nen Of northern Portugal started
and developed the fishing industry on
the @banks" OF che northern coast Of
Americn. and. though they now send
fewer ships, their taste for salt cod
from Newfoundland IS cnabated-in
TACT. Il Is . national Portuguese datn-
e. It Is found In every little grocery
shop. hard and brown as board. 4
number Of Portuguese have made their
home on the islands to the south Of
the mainland Of Massachusetts,. and
there the dark eyes Of the iberian
maiden. raven locks and 4 certain pic
tueesQue element in dress are not In
frequent. This connection with Por-
trSal dates back many years, the
ships Of Ma-thas Vineyard bridging
the distance ever sea and returning
with Portuguese crews--E1chanse.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
ae,x Maehinecy Rceathe..

An English writer on engineering
subjects. MerTya O'Gornan, calls 1T
sentoa to the fact that piece OF ma
ehirezy, such as an automobile, laid
aside after being used Is In danger OF
tnteena, rnstinS through kind OF res
ptration which affects cylinders. gear
boxes, clutch chambers, mterspaces is
bal, bearings. and so fozth. Every in
closed air space "breathes" by draw
eog IN air when q fal! Of temperature
contracts its walls and c1peiltnS It
when the walls exlsnd through heat.
The moisture introduced With the atr
g deposited In the cavities and may
produce serious damage through rrse-
The popular belief that oil VIII pro
tect the inaccessible parts OF unused
machinery s lailactous, since nearly
all oils take up about 8 per cent OF
water IN solution
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
Not a Chancei

a nan told another man a few days
ago how be had been buttoNinS his
w!fe's dress FOR Eve years and finally.
In order to even the account, he had
shirt made to order with sixty-6re
buttons down the back.
Did you make her button at?'
eagerly inquired the second party,
with q glad smile.
II tried to and tell down ike slip
ping on banana skin," replied the
erst party. "She promptly told me to
button the top button and let the 9TH
ers Glide. explaining that they would
not show when had put on my coat
Chicago Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
III. Shark !. . Slow Swimmer.


One 81 service nature has done the
shark-name!y. that OF placing tr.an-
suIar cr CD his back which acts as q
danger signal and gives warning OF his
approach. Happily the shark has not
been gifted with sufficient sagac!ty to
be aware Of this popularity. Tor had
he I 50 he would rnqusstonably
sba1 IN bis habit OF swimming close
to the surface Of the water and would
IN that case be enabled to approach
his victim unobserved- The shark Is
slow swimmer toc his size and strength
Byron observes, "As darts the dolphin
from the shark" But Byron was q
poet and does not appear to have been
a close observer OF the habits OF IL
habitants OF the water or be would
have known that shark would lave
no more chance OF catching dolphin
than sheep would OF overhau!ins a
hare
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
Thirty Years Togcthe-.

Thirty years o: association think OF
il. How the meri, of :. good thing stands
ou, 10 that time or the worth!eSsneSs
OF bad one. So there's no greSswo-k
IN this evidence ot Thos. ArisS. CONGO. q,
Mich, who writes: u have used DR..
Kings New Discovery FOR 20 years. and
its the bes, cough and cold cure ever
used y Once it finds entrance in J home
you can, pry i; out. Many families have
used il forty .tars It's the most !nfa!-
l;ble -hroa, and lung medicine on earth.
Cnequalled for !asr:ppe, asthma, hay
fever. croup.Q .Quiusy o. sore lungs. Price
SOC, Si.00. Trial bottle free. Guaran-
,eed by all druggists.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
Bscl.ese. Rheumatism. sleeo,essness

Resul, from disordered kidneys. Foley's
Kidney Pills have helped others. they
will help YOU Mrs. J. B. Mills, SYRIA
cuse. y. Y. says, For long time I
suffered with kidney trouble and rheu-
ma,isu.. | had severe bachaches and
felt all played ou, :After taking two
bottles OF Foley's Kidney Pills my
backache is gone aud where used TO
lie awake with rheumatic pains | now
sleep in comfort. Foley'S Kidney Pills
did wonderful things for me- Try
them now. Dr. ". +. Brown X Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
Adam ard Eve.

u hope this expulsion oe OUTS IS not
going to injure our social position, !"
said Eve rueerlly.
II guess not" replied Adam They
can't stop Us from being one OF the
very arst families, whatever they do"
'T don't End our names hese In the
Social Register" said Eve, looking
the volume over.
.Look under Dilatory Domiciles,' my
lore" said Adam as he went OFT and
named the jackass attee himself
Earpers Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
THE aHEATHEN cHINEE."
And the Cards Bret Harte Wrote inte
His Flowing Sleeves

His Flowing Steeves-
Every one who knows American
poetry Is familiar with Bret Harte's
sEeathea Chiaee," written in the ea=-
Il seventies at the time when the feel
Ing on the Pacific coast raa high
against the mild eyed Celestial and
voieins that feeling by po-trayinc the
hero, II such term may be applied to
All Sin, rs crafty card cheating
villain who outwits the sharps Of the
California mining camps.
It is not generally known, however.
that the poem IS unique in that
contains an error which the author
failed to detect when reading the ss!-
ley proofs and which survived and
still survives all attempts ae corec-
ton Perhaps it is the only instance
In literature where grossly patent
error in the copy reading Of N after
ward famous article, whether prose
or poem, has persisted through nu-
merous editions despite al! efforts OF
author and editor to kill 1t.
The poem was written while Bret
Earte was employed on \ San Fran
cisco daily End, to him. was merely
= part Of the days work. 1t tells Of q
Chinec, Al Sin. who. with smile
that was chi!dlike and bland" sat in
game OF euchre with Truthful James
and Bill Sye
At q crucial point Of the game the
artless Chinese plays the winning
card. which" says Truthful James,
the narrator Of the catastrophe. the
same Nye had dealt unto ne-' Where
upon Truthful and Nye proceed to
-so for that heather Chinee." The
damaging evidence disclosed by their
rough and searching investigation is
told as follows in the poem as 1t was
p-inted-and has been printed ever
since the initial publication:
IN bis sleeves. which we-o long. ,here-were
tweaty-Sour packs
Which Is coming II strong. set state but
the facts
In this form the busy Bret Harte
let the proofs so down to the printer.
and It was not until some time later
that he recalled having overlooked an
error in It He hurried down to the
press, but already several hundred
copies had been struck or and were
being distributed about the city to the
morning subscribers. Bret Harte. at
tachinS no. importance to the fugitive
verses, which had merely oozed from
his pen the afternoon previous. made
no effort at correction then When.
however, the eastern press enthusias-
dcaly copied 1t and publishers and IL
lustra.ors rang all manner Of comic
changes in It he tried TO substitute the
correct phrase. but without avail, and
The Iea,ben Chiaee" has persisted
In its original form through number.
hess sditions ever since.
What Bret Harte wrote was:
In bis sleeves. which were !oss. ne had
twea:y-four jacks.
Now, In the game OF euchre. IS Al!
card players know. the jacks are OF
great value, and the stufins Of nun
berless jacks up his flowing sleeves.
as the poet intended to sing. showed
great astu,enesS on the part Of All
Sin. The uncorrected error OF the cvm-
positor who set up packs" instead Of
s1acks," still left enough Of sense TO
pass muster when embodied between
the coateIts.
The poet. after years OF fruitseSs en-
deavoc, finally gave up a! Sope and
resigned himself to the outchered read
tnc.-Sew York Times
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
ExeiuSeS.

Ascum-Well, well. congratulate
you. old man. And how is the baby
to be named? Popley-By my wife's
people. !, seens.-Exchacge.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15

4 long, slow friendship IS the hest;
a long. slow enmity the deadliest--
Merriam.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-20
LEAVE TOMORROW
FOR FITZGERALD
Boys and Girls Expect to
Bring Home Prizes

All the arrangements have been
made for the visit of the High School
boys and girls to Fitzgerald tomorrow
and Saturday. The students who are
to take part in the contests there viii
leave on the noon Seaboard train uu-
der the chaperonage of Supt. and Mrs
Miller With them they will car ,
the work that is to be entered in the
contests in other lines than those re-
curing direct personal participation
The outlook is that there will be i
much greater degree of interest this
year than ever before and that the
number of entries from all over the
Third Congressional district will eX-
coed anything heretofore seen. The
outcome will be awaited here with
great interest. 1t is felt confidently
that Americas will receive some of the
prizes that are to be awarded for ex-
cellence in the several lines.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-20
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER
PEACED in JAIL
Was Short $1,000 in His
Accounts

BIackshear, Ga, April 19-Jef R.
Allen, assistant postmaster here, was
placed under arrest this morning by
Postofice Inspector Britten and taken
to Savannah, charged with the misap-
preparation of money order funds.
1t is said that Allen is short in his
accounts about $4,000.
While the public is not informed up
on the subject, it is reported that Allen
used the application for money orders
to cover his alleged Irregularities IN
some cases the application, it is said,
would be for S. and the money order
for a very much larger sum. IA num-
bcr of these orders are alleged to have
been handled through Savannah
fyusc, others to have been RENTED
ito prominent banks in Liberty county
In some cases it is alleged that he
would write a money order for the
correct sum, changing the application
ito a smaller sum and appropriating the
difference.
A large part Of the shortage is sup
posed to have been handled through the
Savannah house referred to. Allen was
put under a 100 bond which is sufd.
Gent to cover the loss through his al
LEGGED peculations The shortage t.
the postoffice department was prompt.
~ made good by Postmaster Oden.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-20
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
In fine FETTLE
Will Be Ready For Albany on
Memorial Day

The High School team is preparing
for their coming game with the AL
bany High School aggregation, the
game having been fixed for April %,
Memorial Day.
This game will undoubtedly be one
of the best of the season. The High
School team is being coached for the
game by Mr.. Ferrel F. Fort, and it is
hoped that the team work and general
efficiency of the team will be greatly
increased.
The tickets for the game are already
on sale at Hawkins Cafe and all the
drug stores in the city, the prices be
ing Is cents for children and % cents
for adults.
The members of the team and their
schoolmates are anxious that as large
an attendance as possible be out to see
the game
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-20

There will be a regular communica-
ton of Americas Nest, No 1865, Or
der of Owls, this Thursday evening
at s o'clock. Bells Hall, Artesian Cor
ner, G. D. WHEATLEY, JR.,
FRED o. MOORE, Pres't
Secretary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-20

A galaxy of fair Americus girls,
students of Miss Bells music school,
will take part in the musical program
at the Albany Chautauqua next week
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-20
IF YOU ADD

one pint of water to seven pints Of
milk, you do not get one gallon of
MILK and the same is true when you
add ADULTERATIONs to paint-yol
weaken the paint. Avoid all chance
of getting weakened paint by demand
ing
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