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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1913-02-08
SIDEWALK ORDINANCE.

f1u.iU.
SIDEWALK ORDINANCE.
On motion Of l.. j. Duchamp duly sec
onded 10y X. j. GuiTard the following Or
dlnaLce was put 10 "a vote, VIZ: Voting
Tor LIS adoption }. III. Uuchamp, l.. j..
Duchamp. Z. j. Gary, K. }. Guirard.
Voting against Its adOpliOn:J. 5. Martin.
Amajorlly voting iOr its adoption, the
same Is declared adopted; aud reads thus:
SPECIAL SIDEWALK AND CURLING
ORDINANCE.
An Ordinance providing for the
Paving of Sidewalks and of the Curb
ings Oh certain designated streets anu
parts of streets lii The Town of 81
MartinyIiir, louisiana; prescribing
the Dimensions and materials to bt
used; the cOudemnlug of certain side
walks and curDings; providing for L.
gal advertisements for bids and fol-
letting OF contracts to bulid and con-
struct the said sidewalks AMI curb
ings; providing Tor the levying ant
collecting Of special taxes and lOca
contributions Oh the real estate abut-
Ting the same tU defray the costs U
sucn work aud improvements; an,
prescribing and liking the time wheI
this Ordinance shall become etfectiy
and in operation.
SECTION FIRST.
BE III ORDAINED by the Mayor an
Town Council vi the Town of st. Mar
tinyllle, Louisiana, iu regular session
CONVENED. that ny virtue of and pursu
ant to the authority vested i'll US by Law
Act l41 of lyU2 anu Act 40 vi 1912: Al
Sidewalks and Curbings built Of Lun
Der in any ioiml, on tile Streets aud parI
Of StIee.s hriein set forth. are hereO
condemned and ordered removed. All
replaced WIKI Concrete Sidewalks ali
Curblngs DIS hereinafter fully recite'
All other Sidewalks aud Curbiugs U
said Streets and parts vi Streets, hull
of substance other than lumber, are ais
specially condemned and ordered r.
moved and replaced with concrete &c.
ment) paved Sidewalks and CURLING
except SUCH sidewalks aud curbings We
cODsliuclrs! Of brick or cement While
may be allowed to remain by the May,
and Town Council Of this Munlcipallt
provided that whichever the said May,
and Council may deem 1t necessary TIT
may condemn the said sidewalks al
curbings thus allowed 10 remain, al
To order their repair or construction
concrete paving (cemenD and under Il
specifications hereinafter provided fl
SECTION TWO.
BE III FURTHER ORDAINED &c. Tn
in all cases where new sidewalks al
curbings are to be built, or old ones r
paired Oh any of the said Streets or pa
of Streets, the same shall be built or r.
paired with cement and concrete
hereinafter set forth.
SECTION THIRD.
Be il further Ordained &c. That [
said Sidewalks aud CurbIngs shall
built and repaired in good wOrkmanli
manner. according to plans and speci
GATORS on file with The secretary OF I'll
Town Council which plan and specific
iinus ara nalp na II hpranf fur ALL MI
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
pAXVILLE.

Children's Day exercises was OBJ
served at the Baptist church Sunday
night.
A pro,racted meeting is now in pro-
gress at the Baptist church.
Miss Monte Geddiugs is visiting rela-
tives at Tatum.
Miss Ethel Corbett and little sister,
Daisy spent some time visiting at Will
son.
Mr.. Hughey Tindal. OF Manning,
was the guest of Miss Hattie Herlong
last Sunday.
Mrs. Lima White, of Remberts, has
has been visiting Mrs. F. S. Geddings.
Mrs. G. H. Curtis, Sr., has gone to
Wrightsvilie Beach to.visit her family,
who is spending the summer there.
Mr.. Roy Curtis. with several friends,
has gone to New York on a pleasure
trip.
Miss Hattie Herlong attended the
annual picnic at Trinity on Thursday.
Mrs. J. w. Minis has gone TO Rock
Hill to visit relatives.
Miss Sadie Minis is away on quite an
extended trip visiting at Greensboro, y
c., Rock Hill, Shannon and Columbia,
S C..
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W Hicks spent the
week end visiting their SOD: c. w.
Hicks, at Sumter.
Miss Beulah Richardson is visiting at
the home of Mr.. J. Z. NJ. Hodge.
Mr.. J. O. Barwick. of Sumter, is
visiting his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L.
S. Barwick.
Quite number OF young people from
Pinewood came over TO join the young
folks here in ''chicken supper" given
bv Misses Leila Corbett and Viola
Rhame on "Wednesday evening.
L. Z.
Paxville, S. c., July 25th, 1913.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
CHARMS AS CURES.
Curious Remedies That Were Cnce
Popular In England.

Curious Remedies That Were Cnee
Popular In England.
Many and varied are the charms that
man has used for the cure Of diseases.
In Northamptonshire, England, a few
hairs from a sick child's head are roll
ed In a piece Of meat and given to a
dog in the belief that the disease be-
comes thereby transferred to the AMI
NAL. In Cornwall! the child is fed with
the bread and butter of 4 family whose
heads bear the names Of John and
Joan. Gypsies swear by roast dor
mouse as 4 cure for whoopinS cough,
and in Lancashire it is believed that no
child Will contract that disease who
has ridden upon bear.
Another cure" WAS snake slung
round the neck for goiter This was
an old Sussex charm. The Rev. Coker
Egerton. in "SlSS"X Folk and Sussex
Ways" tells tie story from personal
he wrote. who went long distance
to have Il live snake applied to the
throat FOR @uitrf. and have known Of
i servant "irl WHO tried the virtue Of
4 dead one for the same ailmcnt. 1t
was discovered. and. being obliged to
throw It away. she said she would go
somewhere to get 4 dead mans hand
put to her neck"
Earthworns have been used by Not
tingham people for rheumatism. 1t was
necessary to put the worms into a bot
tie and upon them pour quantity of
powdered quicklime. The resultant
compound well rubbed into the affected
parts was guaranteed by the prescrlber
to be certain cure for rheumatism.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
The Postoffice Changes Management.

The Manning post Office will change
management tomorrow evening after
the mail has been distributed. Mr.. H.
II. Bradham, the newly appointed post
master, received his commission last
Friday morning, and could have as
sumed charge at once, but he decided
that as the month was so nearly spent
he would wait until the 1st to begin his
official connection with the Office. The
clerks, Messrs. Moffett and Cuttiuo,
will remaio with him for the present.
The post Office came into the present
or retiring management, under the ad-
ministration of President Cleveland,
January lst, 1894, when the Office was
in the Fourth class, very little larger
than the present Paxville Office, it has
grown since then to be of the Third
class, and it has won the approval OF
inspectors, railway mail clerks, and all
others having business relations with
it. The retiring management after q
service of nineteen years and seven
months is very grati6ed with the many
kind expressions from patrons OF the
Office, especially from those who have
volumns of business. The employees
have been uniformly polite and atteu-
tive, and were strong force in Civ
ing to the public service, both con.
sceptious and faithful.
1t was known before Hon. Richard S.
Whaley was elected, that if he was sue
cessful in his contest the good service
rendered by the present management
would not have any weight With him
for it's retention, therefore when he
recommended a change it was not sur
prising in the least, and left 40 heart
burnings with the retiring official to-
wards the successful applicant He ap-
piled as was his privilege, and was sue
cessful, and it is hoped he will give to
the patrons first class administration.
There were other applicants who were
strongly endorsed for the place bv the
patrons, either of them would have
made an efficient official, these appii-
cants thought they had good reasons for
believing the plum would fall TO them,
but their petitions and endorsements
did not carry the necessary influence to
win Mr.. Whaley's endorsement, which
was absolutely necessary to succeed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
A Society Caution.

The. strange medley Of which New
York society is composed led Frederick
Townsend Martin to say at luncheon:
Society. for all its diyersitles and
contradictions. is uniform in one thing
and that orc thing is lack Of culture.
"a society woman. newly rich. as her
limousine gl!ded down Fifth avenue
said to her daughter:
INV dear. Mt the dinner dance last
night you talked entirely too much
about lJscn and Bernard Shaw and
TolStoy.'
".Dear me. Why:' the daughter
asked.
strangers, the mother explained,
will be apt to think you were once
employed in book shop" - New
York Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
PUZZLING ANCHOR ICE.
It's Formation Seems Contrary to tho
Laws of Nature.

It's Formation Seems Contrary to tho
Laws Of Nature.
Anchor ice is the popular name given
In many parts Of this country to the
ice formed at the bottom Of swiftly
running streams. This ice usually
forms about stones and logs where the
current is disturbed. What gives it
interest IS the circumstance that its
formation seems to be contrary to the
laws that govern freezing water.
We know that in still water ice be
gins to form on the surface. We are
told that in cooling down to SO degrees
Z. water contracts and that its specific
gravity increases so that the colder wa
ter will be at the bottom. But in cool
ing from 80 degrees down to 80 de-
grees the water expands, and the cold
est water will be at the top and freez-
ing will begin there. If the surface
is disturbed by wind or by current the
crystals cannot attach themselves and
ice does not form, though the water
be cooled below the freezing point
1t is in these circumstances that ice
forms at the bottom. One Of the puz-
cling features Of this formation IS that
it forms where the lower currents seem
most disturbed :
The watermen Of various localities
believe in the possibility Of the water
freezing at the bottom Of river, the
surface remaining fluid. They assert
that boat hooks, eel picks, ETC.. con-
stantly come in contact with a coating
Of ice at the bottom and that large
masses of ice are often seen rising to
the surface with mud, weeds and stone
adhering. Millers have asserted that
the wheels of their water mills have
become frozen to the bottom OF the
stream while the surface Of the water
was still unfrozen.-Harper's Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
Bankrupt's Petition For
Discharge,

In the District Court of the United
States, tor the District of S. G.
In The Matter OF
f. L. Davis and NJ. J. Davis, Partners
as Davis Bros, and Individually,
Bankrupts.-
IN BANKRUPTCY.
To the Honorable II. A. NJ. Smith,
Judge Of the District Court of the
United States for the District OF South
Carolina:
NJ. J. Davis and E. L. Davis. of Jor-
dan, in the County of Clarendon and
State OF South Carolina. in said District,
respectfully represents that on the II
day OF March last past they were duly
adjudged Bankrupts under the acts Of
Congress relating to Bankruptcy; that
they have duly surrendered all their
property and rights of property, and
have fully complied with all the re-
ouiremep:s of said acts and of the
orders OF the Court touching their
Bankruptcy.
Wherefore, they pray that they may
be decreed by the Court to have full
discharge, individually and as co-part-
rers, from all debts provabie against
their estates under said Bankrupt Acts,
except such debts as are excepted by
law from such discharge.
Dated this %. day of June, A. D. 1913.
NJ. J. DAVIS-E. L. DAVIS,
DAVIS BROS,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
Declaration and Notice.

Whereas, by authority granted to US
by the County Board Of Education for
Clarendon County, we the undersigned
Trustees of Home Branch School Dis
trict. No. %, ordered an election upon
the question OF a special levy of four
mills for general school purposes in
said district, and
Whereas, said election was held on
the 25th day of July, 1913, in accord
ance with the published notice for the
time required by law, and a counting
of the ballots showed IA votes for the
levy and IA votes against it, we the
Trustees and Managers at said election
have declared there was no election.
Therefore, we hereby give notice to
the qualified voters residing in Home
Branch District, No. %, in Clarendon
County, that an election will be held
at Home Branch school house, Thurs
day, August 14th, 1918, for the purpose
OF voting upon the question of special
school levy of four AZ mills .or general
school purposes in said district.
The polls will open at 8 O'Clock A.
NJ, and will close at o'clock P. NJ.
Voters must be residents of the district
and otherwise legally qualified to vote
at said election. By Order of
A. S. CORBETT,
Il. K. BEATSON,
B. /. HODGE.
Trustees Home Branch School Dis
trict, No. 32.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
The Iion's Story.

When lions were still numerous and
easily observed in southern Africa
they were sometimes seen inStructins
one another in voluntary gymnastics
and practicins their leaps. making q
bush play the part Of the absent game.
4 hunter tells the story of lion
which had missed zebra by miscalcu-
lating the distance repeating the jump
several times for his own instruction.
Two of his comrades appearing While
he was engaged in this exercise, he
led them around rock to show them
how matters stood and then. return
iug to the starting point, completed
the lesson by making final leap. The
animals kept roaring during the whole
Of the curious scene-"talking togeth-
er," as the hunter who watched them
said.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
MUSICAL MOUNTAINS.
Deep GuIIies That Enact the Role ,f
Orusn Pipes.

Organ Pipes.
Rather uncanny 1t would be to walk
uDsuspectingly along some quiet val
ley path and suddenly hear, from some
mountain or cliff overhead, weird,
strange sounds that resemble both the
tone Of human voice and the note Of
stringed instrument. Yet there are
certain parts Of the world which boast
mountains and hills and cliffs that
make these queer noises. In the Pyre-
nees, for instance, there are points
which seem to throw out wild musical
notes when the wind IS blowing from
certain directions The natives, Of
course, are terribly superstitious re-
garding them They imagine they pos
sess superhuman powers and that they
are listening to the voices Of the gods
when they hear them.
The scientific explanation Of the phe-
nomenon is simple enough. If 1t IS
cliff from which noises emerge the
face can be seen to be crossed with
deep gullies. These might be COM
pared, in the purpose they serve, to
the pipes of an organ. On certain oc-
casions a layer of air seems to ge.
caught between the cliff and the trees
which border it, closing up the opening
so that when the wind blows into the
gullies music comes forth. So pro-
nounced and continued are the sounds
In some Of the parts that two Of the
cliffs have been named ''snorers." It
Is interesting to note from this how
man makes use of the principles adopt
ed through the ages by nature in the
creating Of his musical Instruments
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30

There was an election in school dis
trict No. 32 last Friday, 10 increase the
levy for school purposes, there was %
votes cast, one OF which the trustees de-
clared was illegal because the voter
lived over the district line. this vote
was thrown out. and the result was a
tie, IA for the levy. and II against it..
Therefore, the trustees declared there
was no election, and have fixed the l4th
day of August for another election.
This will give to the voters OF that
school district an opportunity TO pro-
cure the necessary registration certlfi-
Gates, as the registration officers con-
vene in Manning on the first Monday.
which is next Monday, those who have
lost their certificates, orwho have never
had certificate, should come TO Mar
ming and have themselves qualified to
vote in that election, only those who re-
side 10 the area OF the district the levy
is proposed 10 be put on have right to
vote, and these must have their regis
tration certificates and tax receipts to
present to the managers when they
apply to vote.
One Of the noticab bic features OF Man
n;ng's growing tobacco enterprise is
the number of farmers who heretofore
have not devoted their attention to the
cultivation OF the yellow weed that are
now visiting the warehouses and watch
ing the selling process and the various
grades, and who are seeking informa-
tiou from their fellow farmers who have
made such a splendid success this year.
1t is the belief that next year there will
be general planting of tobacco around
Manning, and in the course of Il short
time this section will have more to-
bacco planted than is now planted in
the Salem section. Why? 1t is because
the lands here are well adapted to the
culture of the weed, and 1t is crop no
harder or more expensive TO grow than
cotton, it brings money earlier. aud
when the tobacco is removed from the
ground it is in time for fall crop Of
something else. If the farmers around
Manning will 90 into the tobacco grow,
ing generally as we think they will
from business point OF view it will be
better for this town than cotton factor
les. Wherever the planting of tobacco
nei become general there is prosperity.
Manning has decided advantage over
other markets, in that it does not need
to attract to its tobacco floors the arti-
fetal devices such as are thrown out to
catch the unwary at other places, we do
not need to open up kegs Of beer to in
duce the farmer TO bring his product
here, be brings it here because he is
aware that it is to his interest to do so,
that all of these bats which are thrown
out must at last come out of the pro-
ducer, therefore, he comes to q market
where the inducement is the best price
the limits of the buyers can make. He
comes to Manning because he knows
that when he sells his tobacco he can
walk into the stores that advertise in
The MANNING TINES and buy goods as
cheap as in any market in the State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
MARVELS OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
How Creatures Invisible to the Eye
Shnntn MnnefAre

How Creatures Invisible to the Eye
Are Shown as Monsters.
Photographing the invisible sounds
like a misnomer. but correct to say III
visible by the unaided eye. This COM
plex and valuable science is revealing
wonders in the excessively minute,
and myriad objects. animate and iran-
innate, are brought to view whose ex-
istence has all along been unknown.
Two methods Of Illuminating the OBJ
jects are in use-strong light is pass
ed through very thin layers Of the sub
stance or reflected f. n the outside
surface Of thick mass and also from
the external portions Of exceedingly
small opaque bodies.
These solid particles can be placed
on glass slides or foated in transpar-
ent liquids, as drop Of water be-
tween two very thin glasses. Pinch
the glasses close together; there Is no
danger Of killing the smaller kinds Of
animals, such as bacteria and microbes.
They have plenty Of room In film Of
water so thin as to be beyond imag1-
nation.
The magnifying lenses for expan-
sion Of images Of these minute objects
require the most consummate skill in
manufacture, the microcamera like
wise, and the two combined are tri-
umphs of human genius. The finished
products, the perfected pictures, are
highly educational. Many different
kinds Of greatly improved glass are
now made In Jena, Germany, and
these have almost revolutionized mi
croscopy. And the wonders accom-
plished by using the most sensitive
plates ever made, and these with many
different kinds Of waves Of light, are
almost beyond comprehension.
The Arabian Nights" people are
eclipsed. Thus put drop Of stagnant
water On glass, lay thin plate upon
it, press down, and the layer Of water
will be thin indeed. Put it under the
microscope, turn bright light through
the layer, pass this light into the very
small camera and let 1t fall on a pre-
pared moving film; then the amazing
effect OF animals in motion IS to be
fixed on a film that Is itself in motion.
This film, long strip, is then placed
on rollers and unwound, so that it will
pass powerful projecting lenses in a
moving picture outfit.
This is, indeed, photographing the
unknown. Since man appeared on
earth no such aid to refined research
into natures labyrinths has been dis
covered. Then q large audience can
see all that there is in q minute drop
Of water on a screen from ten to Six
teen feet in diameter. Totally inv1si-
bic creatures become monsters and
move with great rapidity before the
eyes Of the people. Thousands OF new
species of minute living organisms are
rescued from realms Of the unknown.
Edgar Lucien Larkin in New YORK
American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
Notice.

By virtue OF authority vested in the
undersigned by commission issued TO
them by Il NJ. McCowu, Secretary OF
State, and constituting them the board
OF corporators Of the Farmers Mer-
camille Club, proposed corporation to
have capital stock OF two thousand
dollars divided into twenty shares of
the par value of one hundred dollars
each. and to engage in general mer-
camille business and 10 maintain in
connection herewith place Of recrea-
ton and amusement, with its principal
place of business about two miles from
Davis Station. S. c., books Of subscrip-
ton to the capital stock of the said
proposed corporation will be opened
on August 1st, 1913, at nine O'Clock
a. m. at the residence of W. NJ. Lenolr
near Davis Station, S. c.
w. NJ LENOIR,
J. !. LENoIR,
J. r. BRACY,
Board OF Corporators.
! July 18th, 1913.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
pINEWOOD.
Crops are fine in this section notwit

Crops are fine in this section notwith-
standing the continued raips.
Mr. Alvin Minis and Mr. Robbie Rid
gill with their families, are at Glenn
Springs.
Miss Myrtle Roberts, of Lykes, and
Misses Lily and Mammie Owens. OF Dun
barton, are guests of Miss Ida Griffin.
Misses Earnistine Barre, of LeXing.
ton, and Matte Boyle. of Sumter, after
visit to Miss Isabella Weeks. have
returned home.
Miss Isabella Weeks is visiting friends
in Kingstree this week.
Miss Jewel Graham, after visit to
her sister at Orangeburg, has returned
home.
Mr.. Jim Graham and Mr.. Sam Brun-
son. of Alcolu, spent Sunday in town. :
Misses Kate and Hester Barwick spent
Sunday with relatives at PaXrille.
Misses Mae and Bertha Griffin have
come back home after visit to rela-
tives at Davis Station.
After a two weeks vacation Miss
Bertha Griffin returns TO her duties at
the Sumter hospital.
Mr.. McFaddin, of Lynchburg, is fill
ing the position of cashier in the bank
during the absence of Cashier Ridgill.
G.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
Flax as a Garden Plant.

He who has seen 4 German fax field
waving its fire feathery green leaves,
ripping like water IN the Hghtest
breeze and opening myriads Of pale
blue blossom eyes to the sun, may be
glad to know that fax bed is within
the reach of every flower lover. Flax
will grow almost everywhere. 1t
should be closely sown in we'll worked
ground and kept we'll watered.-Subur-
hnn I ifn