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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
Blamed a Good Worker.

Il blamed my heart for severe dis
treSs in my left side for two years,
writes w. Evans, Danville, Va, ''bro
know now it was indigestion. as DR.
Kings New Life Pills completely cur
ed me-" Best for stomach, liver an6
kidney troubles. constipation. headache
or debility. 25c at all druggists.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
Poor Business.

THE milinrr rs GStlal. is six weeks
behind wit, my hat
Serves yuI right. =rnw.led her huS.
band, the eminent EaGiElte You
women will deliberately place big
construction urtirr without Il sign OF a
penalty cl;.us,. Washington Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
a Case OF Arbitration.

4 rat and a weasel found IN egg.
They arbitrated about it. y cat was
the arbitrator he promptly awarded
the egg to the rat. The rat ate the egg.
The cat then ate the rat. The cat be-
lieves in arbitration. The rat doesn't.
Japan MuSashino.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
None but the Best,

Uncle Raspberry walked into drug
store. Gimme one o dem plasters
fob my back" hersaid.
.'One of the porous plasters:
No. dou't want one o de pores
plasters. want one O de beS.."-EI-
chance
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
An Inherited Weakness.

Your daughter is improving" said
a music teacher, 'but when she gets
to the scales I have to watch her pref
ty closely
Just like her father" said the moth
er. 'He made his money in the gro
Gerry business"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
Afraid,

Yes. l proposed, but she said Ia
+. have to ask her mother first"
And did you:'
NO; I was afraid the mother might
accept me."-Judge.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
The Other Way-

"What on earth's the matter? Cut
yourself while shaying?"
moo. should say that / shaved
myself while cutting"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
Friends and Foes.

Dear to me is the friend. yet can !
make even my very foe do ne 9.
friends part Ny friend shows me
what can do: my foe teaches me-
what should do.--.Schiiier.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
Had X All Over Again.

The other night I Went to an anna
teur theatrical performance, and then
went home and had q terrible dream"
"What did you dream?'
81 dreamed that I went to it again.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
Served Them Right.

He-They have dropped their anchor.
She ION her first trip)-Serves them
right. 1t has been hanging over the
side all day long.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
He Kept Quiet.

Householder - Here, drop that coat
and clear out. Burslar-You be quiet
or III wake your wife and give her
this letter found in your pocket
New York Mail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
His DeiiahtfuI Bull.

an Irish editor in speaking Of Ire
land and her woes said:
Her cup Of misery has been for
ages overaowiDg and is not yet full
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
Heart Failure.

''Turrible thing happened to Bill in
the poker game las night"
"What was it,
Heart failure
''You don't mean it,
Eyes; he held four hearts and drew
one card: got Il spade ''-Rrooklyn Ea-
gle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
The State Of South Carolina,
County Of Clarendon.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Copy Summons for Relief.
complaint Served.)

lSOtli pidid W. S'I
The South Carolina Loan and trust
Company, Plaintiff.
Against
Duvall W. Elliott, John L. Elllotttt,
Carleton E. Elliott, Roderick NJ.
Elliott, r. s. Elliott, Wayne v.
Elliott, Dargan 2. Elliott, John M;
Elliott, Cleo F. Elliott and Richard
+. Elliott, Defendants.
To the Defendants above lIamed:-
You are hereby summoned ana re-
uuired to answer the Complaint III
this action, of which a copy is here
with served upon you, and to serve a
copy of YOUR answer to the said com
plaint on the subscribers ut their o.
flee, 12O.122 North Main Street, IN the
city OF Sumter, :. c., within twenty
days after the service hereof, exc!us-
i've of the day Of such service; and II
YOU fail to answer the complaint
Within the time aforesaid. the plain
tiff in this action will apply to rhe
court for the relief demanded IN the
Comp]ajpt. r. D. LEE,
&. H. FICKEN,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Dated January 18th, a. -, l9l2
TO the Defendants Dnva!i W. Elliott.
John NJ. Elliott aud Carleton r.
Elliott
Take notice, That the Summons
and Complaint in the above styled ac-
ton We're duly filed in the office OF the
Clerk Of the Court Of Common fleas
for Clarendon County on the goth day
of January, 1872.
r. D. LEE,
H. H. FICKEN,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21

lis not your posterity. but your ac-
tons. that will perpetuate your mem
Dry Hutchinson.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21
Domestic Note.

Gibbs-So your wife's will is law.
Dibbs-Yes, but can sometimes bribe
her not to enforce it.-Boston Tran
script.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21

He who brings ridicule to bear
against ruth finds in his hand blade
without j hilt.-Landor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-21

For Sale-One lot in the Town Of
Foreston, containing two acres, with a
dwelling thereon. and tract OF land
near Foreston containing ten acres, all
the said property is decided to Zinck
Broom. and will be sold on reasonable
terms. Address Louis Broom, Man
uing, S. G..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
In Sight of Sacharissa

At length, one day, when they were exhibiting at the West End Fair, place at that time much resorted to by the fashionable people of London. John saw sitting the spectators who filled the front row in the little canvas theatre, party of young ladies from a boarding school and among them his old flame the squires daughter. the girl whom he had be-rhymed. the cruel Sacharissa upon whose account he had suffered such ig- nominious punishment.
 What was worse, he fancied that she recognized him in spite of his make up," for he saw her look toward him and whisper to her governess.
 The sight of Sacharissa drove every thing else from his head He became all unconscious of the part he was acting and of the place he was in.
 Before he could recover from his con- fusion he was tumbled over by Panta- loon and felt the wooden sword of Har- lequin making vigorous assaults in a manner most degrading to his dignity.
 Heavens and earth, was he again to suffer martyrdom in his ignominious manner in the knowledge, yes even be- fore the eyes, of this most beautiful, but most disdainful fair one? All hls long, smothered wrath broke forth; the dor mant feelings of the gentleman were aroused.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Could Die With Satisfaction

His money was nearly all gone, for he had lived freely. His dream of love was over and the reign of pleasure at an end. He sold everything he had and retired from society--or rather society. when it saw the young man taking on a money-borrowing air, forsook him.
 He stayed in his lodgings and read. and would have written poetry, but that the thought of what poetry had cost him made him forbear.
 In the midst of his retirement and re- trenchment he received news that his uncle was dangerously i'll and flew upon the wings fo an heirs affection to the bedside of the dying miser At length his great expectations We're to be realized.
 When he entered the sick room, the uncle lay stretched upon the squalid bed with ruin and desolation around him. A ghastly smile came over the old mans face as Jack entered. and his eyes showed an evident satisfac- tion.
 Poor old man." thought Jack, why would you not let me love you? Why would you force me to leave you thus desolate when I see that my presence has power to cheer your"
 Nephew" said the uncle with a great effort, q am glad you are come. shall die with satisfaction. When I am gone look in that box on the table. and you will find that I have not for gotten you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Whispers and Chances

In the midst of his triumph he ob- served a little group gathered together at the upper end of the room. By de- grees 1t increased. twittering broke out there and glances were cast around at Jack. who, exhilerated by few glasses Of wine was talking and rattling on. say ing a thousand silly things with all the confidence of a man sure of his auditors Then he noticed that some of the young ladies of the little group at the upper end of the room would hurry away and whisper to their friends.
 and whenever they went there was fresh twittering and glances were cast around at the gallant Buckthorne. He paused in his rattling; he did not know what to make of it. He looked in a mirror to see if anything was wrong about his dress; no. he was q perfect picture of a young buck of the highest fashion.
 Determined to find out what the joke
 was and enjoy it himself. he stepped toward the little group from which the
 mirth seemed to proceed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Great Expectations

John Buckthorne was born to little property but to great expectations. Ills father hard drinking, hard riding sport ing squire, lived in an old hunting lodge in Warwickshire and lived up to the ex- tent of his moderate income. There was little to be expected for John from that quarter.
 But John had an uncle. his mothers brother, a penurious, accommodating old curmudgeon of bachelor, just an ideal uncle for & young man with no paternal expectations.
 1t is very soothing to have a relative of this sort in family when one Is poor. The great expectations which such peo- pie engender in their relatives mitigate very pleasantly the hardships of present poverty.
 This uncle, for whom John was named, was an inveterate hater, a miser even in misanthropy, and hoarded up a grudge as he did guinea.
 He loathed all the world except his nephew and him he barely tolerated. Still there was little or no doubt in the family that John was to be his un- cle's heir
 Though Johns mother was the miser's only sister-he had no brothers-the mis- anthrope would never see her or hold communication with her because she mar ried against his wishes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
A CL A s SIC
 IN A P A c E

If Dickens ever read Irving's ''Tales Of A Traveler''-and it is to be presumed that he did-it is hard to believe that he did not take the title for his story or the adventures of Pip from the phrase which frequently occurs in the story or "John Buckthorne"-great expectations.
 In fact, Irving calls his story, BUCK thorne: or, The Young Man of Great Ex- pectations." Dickens was a great gatherer of names and phrases which struck his ina agination and garnered them for fu- ture use.
 rBuckthorne: or, The Young Man of Great Expectations" is written in that easy and apparently careless-though only apparently careless-style of Irving s which make his writings so charming and soothing and such easy reading.
 In it, as in ''Bracebridge Hall,' Irving settles down so comfortably into Eng fish country life-seems to be so much at home there-that one realizes what a delightful old English squire he would have made had not the accident of birth made him squire of Tarrytown on the Hudson.
 From the slapdash style of English so much affected by present-day writers, what a relief 1t Is to go back to the English of Washington Irving!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Running Away to the Fair

Day after day he would gaze at the blue hills which encircled the valley in which lay the school and picture to him self the great world that lay beyond.
 Once in a while he would think of the lovely girl who had so cruelty be- trayed him: but as she was away at young ladies' boarding school now fe seldom or never saw her-in fact, scarce ly cared to, she so brought back the memory of his disgraceful and public flogging-boys are very prideful animals
 One day the village was agitated by the passing through of several caravans containing wild beasts and other spec tacles bound to a fair which was about to open in nearby town. How John did long to see that fair,
 A holiday afternoon and wagon go ing from the village to the fair present. ing themselves at the same time, Johr took advantage of the conjunction o' events, and with a companion, Tom Drib. ble. who was a truant to his hearts core hired seats in the wagon and set fortf to see the land of promise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22

The troupe, going toward the metrop- oils, performed at all the fairs held In it's neighborhood, and Buckthorne made quite hit as the lover of Columbine Tn the pantomime-the fellow from whom the fair one is always fleeing and who is always having his love making inter fered with and forced to endure the whacks of his wooden sword.
 He played his part to the life, and be- fore he knew it had become desperately enamoured of Columbne.
 What a situation for a lover, He was mere stripling and she saw and played with his passion. Added to that. he found he had a real rival in Harlequin, an ac- tive, vigorous variet of 26.
 Columbine seemed to favor Harlequin, though she was taken by certain some- thing about John which distinguished him as a gentleman--in fact, his nickname among the players was Gentleman Jack"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
The Rich Uncle

This engaging uncle lived in a deso- late country seat which he suffered to go to ruin from sheer niggardliness. He kept one man servant, who had lived or rather starved-with him for years.
 No woman was allowed to sleep in the house, but a daughter of the old servant livS1 by the great gate in what had -6nce been a porter's lodge, and was per- mitted to come to the house about an hour each day to make the beds and cook a morsel of provisions.
 The park which surrounded the house was all run wild; the trees grown out of shape; the fish ponds stagnant; the urns and statues fallen down from their pedestals and buried among the rank grass
 The hares and the pheasants were so little molested except by poachers that they bred in great abundance and sported about the rough lawns and weedy ave nues.
 Of robbers and visitors the old miser had an equal horror and to keep off both he kept a couple of great blood- hounds, who were allowed to prowl about the place to the dread of the neighbor- ing peasantry.
 These dogs were so gaunt and starved that they seemed ready to deyour any one from mere hunger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
A Sudden Resolution

John suddenly took a resolution. Ee went to a nc.ghboring fielG where he set to work to make a tatterdemalion of himself.
 He tore his clothes and soiled them with dirt; begrimmed his hands and crawling near to q booth purlolned an cid hat, leavyng his good one ill its place. Then he boldly presented himself before the actors and demanded to become one of them.
 As he could dance and would work for his board and clothes, the manager hired him.
 So behold John Buckthorne transformed from a gentleman student Co a dane irg buffoon-for that was the character in which he made his debut.
 If the petty Ills of boyhood are as pain full to our tender natures as the sternar evils of manhood, it is also true that they are more easily thrown off. Joln was now perfectly happy at his transform ation.
 The boy had no love of low company and no disposition to indulge in low vices, so he mingled for a time with mounte- hanks and buffoons uncof rupted even as Prince Hal did among his graceless as- cociates, merely to gratify his hlmor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Telling Tales

The cluster of belles opened as he
 approached and there-heavens and
 earth!--there stood his early and tor menting flame, the cruel Sacharissa. She was grown up now, tall and beautiful, but showed by provoking merriment in her countenance that she perfectly remembered her poetic Jack and the ridiculous flagellations of which she had twice been the cause. He saw now, only too clearly, the cause of the merriment-she had been telling!
 The naughty crest of John Buck thorne fell and he made for the door. But as he passed out he caught a glimpse of the young lady he had come to the cathedral town to WOO and her aunt, listening with looks of scorn in- effable, to a young prebendary who was, doubtless, retailing to them the history of poesy and floggings. The next morning, before sunrise. John Buckthorne left that town for ever. He reached London thoughtful and Respondent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Another Romance Spoiled

At college, John paid more attention to sports and pastimes than he did To his studies, at first, but after time relapsed into his former vein of poetic indulgence-and thought not infre- quently of Sacharissa- sometimes of Columbine.
 While in this state of mind he be- came deeply interested in buXow young lady who attended upon the counter in her fathers haberdashery in High street. The mnX appeared to reciprocate his feelings, and at length made an appointment with him.
 But Jack Buck thorne's love affairs seemed destined all to have tumultu" ous and undignifed ending, for when he went to keep the appointment, he was set upon by the father of the girl, the young man to whom she was, unbe- known to Jack, already engaged and several other friends who beat the col legian in mirthful and most vigorous manner.
 The girls father was humane enough to furnish shutter upon which the philandering student was carried back to his college where the affair. getting abroad. became the joke of everybody from the buttery to the hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22

gan to read poetry avidiously, and after he had danced with his wood nymph at school ball he broke out into verse ard berhymed the little lady under tie name of Sacharissa.
 Next Sunday he, blushing and tren- bling. slipped the poem into Ter hand as she came out of church. The little rrude handed the paper to her mama and mama handed it to the squire
 The 'squire-what did he krow about poetry ?-sent the glowing lines to the schoolmaster with an indignant note, ard then, before the whole school. the young poet was f1ogged in a peculiarly numiliat- ing manner. His sensibilities and other parts of him were deeply hurt
 Now, in tho solitude of his uncle's deg- olate domains, he often thought how fair she was and, O, how false,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Amused and Humiliated

John was by nature little uf court fer and, though he knew what he was sent there fore, was not particularly assiduous in cultivating his unc'e's good graces. The old mans peculiarhies, however, amused him ani even the desolateness of the place had something ir it which struck his fancy.
 When the weather was fine he spent his time in the park where, now and then, his path was crossed by nttie red headed urchin, the son of the woman at the lodge.
 He tried to draw the loittfe ragamuffin irto familiarity and make a companion of him, but he seemed to have i,abibed the strange, unsociabe character of all about him and was as shy as little savage.
 There was something in all this ioneIi- ness and wi'dness strangely pleasing to John, who was of a poetical turn of mind and as he wandered about the park and through the deserted rooms of the great house, the ruinous stables and ths wild park ne often thought not without a pang of humiliation, of a little incl dent which had taken place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Left Behind

After wandering disconsolately among the booths for a while he saI.k down and slept behind one of the big tents. He had not been long asleep when he was awakened by the sound of merri- ment in the tent behind which he was lying.
 He peered under the edge and saw the actors of the travelling theatre. still part ly in costume, regaling themselves and making merry after the days work.
 It was a peep into another planet and John listened eagerly to the lively cor versation in which the strolling players told of their adventures in other places; told a thousand old jokes and stories and mimiclled the spectators who had been in their audience that oay
 All past cares and troubles seemed now turned by these thoughtless beings into matters of merry jest and made to con- tribute to the merriment of the moment. They had been travelling through the kingdom from fair to fair. an1 were to start on the morrow for London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Enough to Make Him Tremble

He returned home rather crestfallen, but his own chagrin and his father s wrath at his failure to conciliate the rich uncle were all swallowed up now by the death of his mother which took place about that time.
 For his father, he had never cared much, nor his father for him. but his mother he had deeply loved, and his heart was broken at her demise
 He lived on alone there with his father for a while, but when the parent, Buck thorne, Sr.. found that his son was in the habit of writing poetry, his rage knew no bounds, unless it was bounded by con- tempt.
 He prohibited any more nonsense like that peremtorily Buckthorne writ ing poetry, indeed! Suppose some of the old fellows hunting and po )zng con- panions should hear of it! The thought made the old man tremble.
 So John was sent to school again. As he grew older a strong desire was aroused in him to go away somewhere and see the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Like Master, Like Man

It was not an attractive place, nor its owner an attractive person. No one voluntarily would have bothered the old mser in his shabby retirement.
 But that strong sense of duty and self sacrifice with which we all regard our rich relations caused young Johns par ents to send him every vacation time 10 spend a week or with his uncle.
 As the uncle hated John less than he did the rest of the world, they logged on very well together, though the old man seldom spoke to his guest.
 Probably John was better received than he would otherwise have been, owing to the fact that he always brought along his gun and fishing tackle ana naf sup piled the table from the park and fish ponds
 The. old man servant was as taciturn as his master From long dsuse his Jaws seemed to have grown rusty and 1t cost him as much effort to set them ajar and let out tolerable sentence as it would to have set open the iron gates of the park and let out the old family coach, which was dropping to pieces in the coachhouse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Following Her Hero

Sung to the quick by intolerable modification he ,leaped like a young tiger upon Harlequin. tore off his mask buffeted him in the face and-soon shed more blood on that stage than had been spilled there during the whole tragic campaign of battles and mur- ders.
 But he was nothing in the hands ol Harlequin. who was putting his heac in chancery" when Columbine rushed to the rescue
 The battle now became general or the stage. while the men of the audi ence applauded. the women shrieket and rushed from the tent and a scent of discord ensued which baffles de scription.
 Suffice that when order was restored at last John found himse out of z job and walking toward London witi Columbine in. his company. The gir thought it was for her sake he hat been fighting and was resolved to b, true to his fortunes.
 Which greatly embarrassed Johr who, now that he had Columbine on hi. hands, felt that he was not so muol enamored of her as he had imagined himself, But she had thrown in hel lot with his and he must accept ths situation.