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Miss lola Robey was a gust of Miss
Raye Bailey during the week.
A heavy rain and wind visited this
section yesterday.
Mrs. Keith Jenkins is visiting rela-
tives and friends in the county.
Easter egg rolling was highly enjoy
ed by the little folks.
Mr.. Gordon selby is guest Of Mr..
George A. Wade, Jr.
TIE Easter bride is the center Of at
traction.
Miss Blanche Contee is visiting Misses
Jennie and Nellie Neale
DR.. A. A. Posey and little daughter
Katherine, spent Saturday last in Wash
ingtoA.
Mr.. F. A. Posey left on Monday for ,
visit to Washington.
Mass was celebrated at the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church on Sunday last.
The base ball season is here. Get
together McDonough and organize for
a successful season.
MISSES Gertrude and Imogene Mudd
are visiting their sister, Mrs. James J.
Edelen.
Messrs. John Frere, Frederick and
Jack Matthews have returned to theil
studies at St. Johns College.
The school felix's made good use q
their short holiday and enjoyed every
minute of it.
Misses Lucille and Lola Wade, Of
Baltimore spent Easter Sunday with
their sister, Mrs. John S. Button.
Mr.. Mercer Briston, Of Baltimore
spent Easter with the family of Mir.
John S. Button.
The McDonoueh Institute and the
public schools of the county re-openeo
on Tuesday.
We regret to know that Capt. Robert
II. Simms is quite ill and wish him 3
speedy recovery.
Easter Sunday was all that could bt
e pected. The sun shone brightly anc
the weather was ideal.
Mr.. Frank P. jenkins spent the Ess
ter holidays with his mother, Mrs
Bertha Jenkins.
Miss Polly DeRoode. OF Annapolis, il
visiting the family of Mr.. Adrian
Posey.
Wheat throughout the county look
fine and the outlook for good year i
bright.
Old Southern Maryland stuffed ham
were on every table on Sunday last an,
FULLY enjoyed.
Another one of those excellent play
will be given at the McDonough Insti
tute on Friday, April 4th. SEQ ad il
another column.
Miss Sophia Hamilton was the hos
tess at a Linen shower in honor Q
Miss Emma Queen, who will be maj
ried in April.
Mrs. S. Spearman Lancaster, accom-
panied by her daughter, Mrs. +. Ston
Posey. is visiting her mother in PEN
syIyania.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas l. Fsrr al
grateful to the stork who left fiji
young son at their hone during Il
week,
Mr.. William j. Jenkins is the prot
father of another son. This makes b
fourteenth child and there is no hapr
.er man in the county than Mr.. Jenkin
Mr.. Herman III. Martin, one of Il
prominent merchants at Issue, wi
shortly erect an eleven room dwellir
on his place.
At the Service in Christ Churc1
next Sunday afternoon, several priz,
are to be awarded for faithful work
the Sunday School.
Miss Louise Matthews and her que
Miss Laura Bal ey, of Jeffrey, Ga, du
ing the Easter holidays, have returne
to their studies at Gunston Institut
Washington.
Nothing gives the genial Mr.. Mo
more pleasure than seeing that h
guests are enjoying every comfort al
pleasure at the New Wills Hotel. Ste
there when in this section.
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The Cause OF Rheumatism

Stomach trouble, lazy liver and de-
ranged kidneys are the cauae OF rheu-
miti M. Get YOUR >ioh ch. iiv Kid
neys md b ,wels il hraithy coalition
by taking Electric Bitters, and you will
not be troubled with t. rains of rheu-
matism. Cna.les -. AL IN, a school
principal, OF Sylvinia, Ia, who suffer
ed indescribable torture from rheuma
tism, liver and stomach trouble and
diseased kidneys, writes; al remedies
failed until used Electric Bitters, but
four bottles of this wonderful remedy
cured me completely" Maybe your
rheumatic pains come from stomach
liver and kidney troubles Electric
Bitters will give you prompt relief. SOC
and 81 90. Recommended by
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

Fl AvING secured the Agency for the GERMANAMERrcAN INsuR
ANs CO, OF NEW YORK wish
thai arr the FIRE INSURANCE business. GERMAN
AAft M the companies the
s2 paid policy
q highest int ysi
having honoaby discharged It's obligations the coanagratos
the It's losses without bubble
alone cash s4.000000Q0 policy holders.
Being Company snding business
Of the Of the County Whatever
charge viii be prompt and careful attention.
will represent the UNION IN
SURANCE Co, Of Cincinnati, 1.-The Company
and therefore, position furnish uneScoled protection
against loss BY both fire aud death
EDWARD wARING, Of pomonkey me- and
put his charge viii also be promptly
centy.
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-Four mango. allowed 70 yearly advertisers
sithout additional charge
II Advertisements due and payable after
the rrsttnaerron
Obituaries and Personal communications
will beinseried Il .ea cents per line
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The bowling elimination contest
which grows more interesting as it
narrows down finished its third round
last week with the following results;
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E Lancaster Dutton ct. al, Plaintiffs.
VS..
Motley T. Dutton et- al, Defendants.
ORDERED by the ircuit Court foi
" Charles County this 10th day OF
February, in the year 1913, that the
sale made and reported by F. Stone
Posey, Trustee, in the above entitled
case be ratified and confirmed
unless cause to t h e contrary e
shown on or before the 18th day of
March, 1913; provided a copy OF this
order be inserted in some newspaper
published in said Charles county.
Maryland, once week for three sue
cessive weeks prior to the said 18th day
of March, in the said year 1913.
The report states the amount of sale
20 be s., 100000.
HARRY @. CHAPPELEAR,
Clerk OF the CT. Ct for Chas. Co. Md.
True copy, Test
II. c. CHAPpELEAR, Clerk.
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School Notice.

It is hereby ordered that the Colored
school OF Charles County be closed on
Friday, March l4th, 1913, until further
uotice be given.
By order Of the Board,
DR.. c. II. POSEY, Pres,
THOS. Nj. CARPENTER. Secty.
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FRIDAY. March % = 1913
7 .oCAi AND gRS0NAL


M. 4. C. S.
There will be preaching at the
following places on Sunday, April 9th.
Bethel II a. IN.
Dentsville. p. m.
La Plata, I 80 p. M.
c. NJ. SARvKR, p c.
There will be preaching at the PoIt
Tobacco, Baptist Church, Sunday, Mar.
s0th at Ii 90 a. N. aud 7.s0 p. m.
Rev. }. NJ. THOMAS, Pastor
Port Tobacco Parish-LoS Sunday,
S. Paul's CHAPEL, 1880 a. m.
Christ Chu ~ 400 P. m
S Philips Chape, I 80 p u.
kEv. HokAck W. SluwELL Rector.
Pentecos al Church Of the Naztrene-
Preaching Sun Jay. Marc 30th'
Chicamuxen II a. m. Doncat 3 p.
m.
J. @ TRACER, Pastor.
Pertecostal Church OF the Nazarere.
Preaching as follows Camp
Ground near La Plata Sunday, Mar.
30. at 10 30 a. m. Du Bois Chapel at
400 p. ID.
d. W. SWEENEY, PASTOR.
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ORDER NIsl.

0RDERED by the Court this 26th
~ day of March, in TIE year
1913, that the Auditors Report made
and filed IN the above entitled case, be
ratified and confirmed, unless
cause to the contrary be shown.
on or before the 3rd Monday of April,
in the said year 1913; provided a
copy Of this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in Charles Coun-
ty, Maryland, once a week for three
successive weeks PRIOR to the said 3rd
Monday of April, in the said year 1913.
HARRY @. UHAPPELEAR,
Clerk of the Ct. Ct. for Chas. Co, Md.
True Copy Test:
HARRY C. CHAPPELEAR, Clerk
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READY WADE.
AWNINGS
EACH
csc.

81 80 to $500 values.
Order them during this opening sale.
Choice Of sizes IS to As inches wide.
Think Of it, The cloth, making, iron
frame, rope, and fixtures all for 9s-i
Fun curtain, IL inches deep, neatly
scalloped, grumenta scross the top to
easily fasten to the building. The
cloth is a woven stripe.
Delivered when you say. Bring
measurements.
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oRnER NIsI.

In the Circuit Court for Charles Coun-
ty, Maryland, No. 1915 Equity.
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Maryland Independent.
rnE sOuNu MANS ADVOCATE.
fne POOR MANS FRIEND.

BnAs FOR TRANSIENT ADvERTlsino
,'as square, OBS insernon......... .Si.vo
Eco saossquent ins-rtion......- zt
siT lines Or less constitutes square
rEsns OF ADVERTISING PER 1Nun
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
GIFTS OF THE VIKING.
How Morse Sea Kings Enriched Our
Nautical Vocabulary.

How Morse Sea Kings Enriched Our
Nautical Vocabulary.
When we say ship is bound for a
certain port or homeward bound, we
are using, not the past participle, as
we might think, of the English verb to
bind, but Of a Scandinavian word
meaning to prepare, to get ready-a
word which in the form Of ''boun". still
lives on in northern dialects.
"Billow'' is probably a Scandinavian
word which survived in one Of the
northern or eastern dialects, which still
preserve so many Danish words. 1t
made its way into southern English In
the sixteenth century and was given
a literary standing by its use by Spen-
ser and Shakespeare.
"Wake" for the track Of a ship is
another Scandinavian word preserved
in dialect. Its original meaning, as
Professor Skeat tells US, was that OF
an opening in the ice. especially the
passage cut for a ship in frozen lake
or sea, and then, from being applied
to the smooth watery track left by the
ship after it's passage through the ice,
it came to be used when there was no
ice at all. This useful word is one Of
the nautical terms which the French
have borrowed from the English, al
though it is not easy to recognize 1t at
first In its French form Of ouaiche, and
it is still used on the Norfolk broads
with its original meaning Of an open
place in the ice.-English Review.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
WHIRL OF THE WORLD.
What Would Happen if We Crashed
Into Another World.

What Would Happen if We Crashed
Into Another World.
We are spinning through space at
the rate Of more than thousand miles
a minute. What would happen were
we to meet another world moving at
the same speed?
In the first place, the heat generated
by the shock would be so great that
both worlds would be transformed into
gigantic balls of vapor many times the
size Of the earth today. This, however,
might not happen If the inside Of the
earth is composed Of solder and colder
matter than scientists believe 1t to be.
Although there is small chance Of
any such aerial collision taking place,
scientists have already calculated the
probable results fairly accurately. One
has expressed the amount Of heat that
would be generated in this way. 1t
would be sufficient, he says, to melt,
boil and completely vaporize q mass of
ice 700 times the bulk Of both the COL
lidins worlds-an ice planet 10000
miles in diameter.
Scientists have often considered the
possibility that the end Of the earth
would come about in this way.
Certain it is that planets as great as
the earth have been destroyed by COM
ing into collision with other huge bod
ies.-New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
Oath through. = Tarantula.

One II tie quickest and most COM
pIe,e aid ljusiiaable killings that ever
saw r;;me about through tarantula.
1t WIS it :, riina camp in the old days,
and the camp bully had i tarantula i'm
paied or stick. y man newly arrived
from ih;, cast stood gazing. fascinated
with horror. at the squirming reptile,
wurhilI. It's black fangs in the effort
to reach something that it could fasten
them into. Suddenly. without warning,
the bully thrust the tarantula straight
into the tenderfoot's face His whisk-
ers saved him from the fangs, but he
let out yell us if be had actually been
bitten 3Id jumped back, I fully be-
lieve. ten feet. Then. as the fellow
came poking the tarantula toward him
again, the tenderfoot drew his revolver
and turned loose on his tormentdr. His
first shot would have been enough, as
it went straight through the fellows
body. but the tenderfoot had his ex-
citcment to work off, and he never
stopped shooting until bis revolver had
been cmptied and the man with the
tarantula was sieve. Served him
right" WAS the verdict of the coroner's
jury. and the case never went to court
for trial.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
,OnaIs and III Luck.

Many people regard the opal as an
omen Of i'll luck, and the following
will show how this superstition arose.
Two or three centuries ago the stone
was very popular in Europe, and the
jewellers of Italy were especially cum
ming in its setting. At the height Of
its popularity came the plague which
wrought great havoc in Venice. 1t was
noticed by some observant persons in
that city tnat when victim was on
the point of death his opal, If he wore
one, frightened, while after death 1t
became dull. The reason Of this was
the heightened fever made the stone
become hot. and consequently very
brilliant. while after death the chill
and damp of the body dulled it It was
however declared by many that it
brought death and misfortune to their
door, and as this superstition spread
the sale Of opals decreased, and to this
day people believe that the beautiful
stone brings i'll luck.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
wbv Chinese Shops Are Small.

The average Chinese shop Of any
kind in Tientsin and Peking is a one
story building without doors or Win
dows to the street. The entire front Is
closed by shutters at night. In the
day time the shutters are removed.
These shops are fourteen to sixteen
feet wide on the street, and the. room
is not deeper than this. Three or four
feet back from the front counter
runs, behind which there is shelving.
The storerooms are not deeper because
Of the peculiar arrangement Of Chinese
houses. The typical Chinese house is
only one story in height and is built
on all four sides Of q square courtyard.
If more room is needed there is a Sec
ond courtyard in the rear with COM
municating door. and so on. The va
mems or official residences Of the va
rious Chinese officials Of Tientsin are
all erected in this way-one courtyard
after another surrounded by buildings
all opening into the court.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
A STORY OF MANSFIELD.

The Great Actor Was Peculiar and
Rather inconsistent.
Richard Mansfield was peculiar if we
believe half the things we have heard
about him. but be was appreciative of
favors. though he had queer way OF
showing it
"One had to be careful about help
ing him." said an actor who had play
ed with Mansfield for years and who
greatly admired him when Joined
his company the stage manager told
me to get up in Mansfeld's lines. so to
be able to prompt him If he forgot.
he did one night in 'Cyrano.' and ]
gave him TIE word when he was doun
dering around. he took it and went
on. But when he came off he gave me
a terrible scoIding Never in his life
had he been so insulted. Was l an
actor? Did know the ethics Of the
business that l. mere support, should
give the word to the star?
II said nothing. but waited. The
very next night in the same play and
almost the same scene he went up
again. stood still. He looked at rae.
but said nothing. In some way he
got through. and when he came off /
got it again. Never had he been so in
suited. One Of his actors let him
founder and never came to his rescue.
Did call myself an actor? Did /
know and so forth? Then I gently re-
minded him that be had forbidden me
ever to help him again. He looked at
me, grunted three times and turned
and went to his dressing room. New
York Telegraph
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Life at Low Temperatures.

Most recent experiments show that
the idea that bacteria in general are
not harmed by freezing is untenable.
On the other hand, the effect of very
low temperatures has been greatly
oyerestimated. 1t has been observed
that as destructive effects are pro-
duced upon bacterial life from the tem-
perature Of salt and pounded ice as
from that of liquid air. The critical
point appears to be somewhat about
the freezing point of water. An organ
ism that can pass this point in safety
may be proof against even absolute
zero. a few Individual bacteria in
every culture tried We're able to endure
unharmed the temperature Of liquid
air. This is believed to have been due
to the absence of water in cells.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
A HANDICAP in GOLF.
II Was Rather Mean Advantage, but
II Won tho Game.

tC w OH tIiS NoihSs
An unusual golf handicap was played
on one Of the local links recently, the
Droponent of the same winning hands
down. One of the rules Of golf is that
one must not talk to a player when he
is about to make q drive, nor must 9TH
ers discuss any subject in his hearing.
It might take his mind off the game for
lust an instant. and that might prove
fatal.
In Kansas City lives crack but ex-
tremely nervous golf enthusiast He
had been in the habit Of beating fat
and phlegmatc friend until the latter
tired Of it.
I'll tell you what I'll do" the friend
said not long ago. 81 will play you
eighteen holes if you will give ne a
handicap"
Done" said the nervous player,
Name the handicap"
Three times during the game, and
not more than three, am to be per-
mitted to stand behind you and say
Boo while you are preparing to
drive"
Every time it was the nervous mans
play his fat friend walked up and just
stood behind iiiE; Never once during
the game did tic fat man say BOO!
or anything else But the anticipation
at the expected "Bco:' was fairly
nerve sllattcr;nS. and the fat man won
hands down.-kansas City Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
AN EARLY PURE FOOD LAW.
English Bakers Had to Be Careful IN
the Old Days.

She OI0 Lays.
In the time Of Edward L Of England
innkeepers were not permitted to make
either bread or beer. The former they
were obliged by law to buy from the
baker and the latter from the brewer.
In Customs Of Old England" f. J.
Smell declares that if the law defended
what was considered the legitimate
claim Of the baker to proper uyen-
hood it was equally soliciteus for the
welfare Of his customers and was most
severe upon the baker who sold bread
deficient in weight or quality.
For the first offense he was drawn
on hurdle through the principal
streets, which would be thronged with
people and foul with traffic, with the
offending loaf suspended from his neck.
From pen and ink sketch Of this cere-
mony it appears that the unhappy
tradesman wore neither shoes nor
stockings and had his arms strapped
to his sides. 1t seems also that two
horses drew the hurdle, which suggests
that it ratified along at pretty lively
pace.
For the second ofense the baker en-
joyed another ride upon the hurdle and
then underwent an hours exposure In
the pillory. If he proved so incorrigi-
BILE as to commit the offense third
time his oven was demolished and he
was forbidden to follow his trade.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
FEET USED TO BE LARGER.

A Modern no. Shoe Would Have
Fitted an Ancient Greek Belle.
Artists assure us that no Greek
sculptor would have ever dreamed Of
putting a nine inch foot on a FIVE and
one-half foot woman. The types for
the classic marble figures were taken
from the most perfect forms Of living
persons Unquestionably the human
foot, as represented by the ancient
sculptors, was larger than the modern
one; and, in fact, the primitive foot of
all peoples whereof we have any rec
ord, either of statuary or otherwise,
was considerably larger than the re-
stricted foot Of later times.
The masculine foot, forming an ap-
proximate average Of four different
countries, was about twelve inches
long. This would require at least a
No. 10 shoe to cover it comfortably.
The average masculine foot today is
easily fitted with No. S1a shoe and is
therefore not above ten and seven-sx-
lGeuluS 4>O"3 IS SAS Nio SSeAP
tural rule Of proportion. a man five
feet nine inches in height should have
q foot eleven and one-half inches long.
or one-siXth his height. 1t was of no
great consequence what size sandal be
wore, but he would have required a
modern shoe Of at least No. 1013 for
a minimum fit or q No. II for real
comfort.
For women, allowing for the differ
ence in the relative size of the sexes.
which was about the same then as
now. a woman of FIVE feet three inches
in height would have had foot ten
inches long. requiring modern shoe of
the size No. 6 as the most comfortable,
or a No. 81 as the limit Of comfort
Harper's Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
tInioua sians In France.

Frederick G.. PenfeId was walking
along a New Jersey road while his
chauffeur fixed a broken tire. BE no
ticed danger sign at the roadside.
in France" he said, "at the entrance
to their towns they have signs that are
characteristically French and seem to
me delightful in spirit Over the road
as you enter the town limits Is an arch
on which is printed the name Of the
town, the number Of the road-for all
the roads are numbered in France-and
the name Of the department In which
the town lies. Then below those In
larger letters, Attention aux enfants'
cBe careful about the children0. And
then as you leave the town you see the
back side of similar sign, which says,
'Merci' CThanksD." York Post
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
Disraeli and Fame.

Our note on the genius who mistook
Whistler for a star .hailing from the
music 'alls reminds correspondent OF
a still more weird Identification. Lord
Houghton told the story: II walked
with Gladstone On Tuesday, and when
he left me q gentleman came up and
said, Might ask if that was Mr.. Dis
raeli?' Such is fame"
Real fame. however, was once the
portion Of Disraei. Lady Dorothy
Nevill recalls how Beaconsfeld once
told her Of an encounter with q cab
man. He jumped into the cab. and
the driver at once opened the trapdooI
and remarked: II know who you are.
sir, and l have read all your books bar
'Lothair.' - The dizzy" heights Of
fame!-London Standard
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
Queer Eovptian Burial Customs.

The Egyptians have many curious
customs in connection with the burial
Of their dead and the healing Of the
sick. at every Moslem funeral, for In.
stance, there are hired mourners, vary
ing in number according to the wealth
of the deceased. These funerals are al
ways headed by old blind uen, Cary
Ing long staffs in their hands and wall
ing loudly. They are. followed by the
relatives and friends Of the deceased,
and then comes the coffin. This IS sue
ceeded by two or three Of the native
fat carts common to Cairo, filed with
women nourners. Mourning, in fact, is
quite a profession among the women
Every day you see groups Of them
squatting on the ground outside the
hospital at Cairo, waiting to be hired
for a funeral.-Wide World Magazine.