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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22
Foley Kidney Pills Successful for Rheuma
tisn and Kidney Trouble,

Positive 10 action for backache,
weak back, rheumatism, kidney and
bladder troubles. 2. J. Boyd, Ogle,
Texas, writes: after taking two bot
ties of Foley Kidney Pills, my rheuma-
tism and kidney trouble are completely
gone" Safe and effective. For sale
by all dealers ererywhere.-Adv.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22
Each a Law Unto Himself.

Men are like trees; each one must
put forth the leaf that Is created IN
him. Education is only like good cul-
ture; it changes the size but not the
sort-H. w. Beecher.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22
Warted-An OCCUPATION.

There are two reasons why some
people don't mind their own business.
One rs that they haven't any mind,
the other that they haven't any busi-
ness.-Earvard Lampoon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22
Wise One.

Crawford-"The man who can look
happy when he isn't makes a good
companion" Crabshaw-"But you'd
better not sit in a poker game with
him"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22
Eejy on EIectricitv

\ li;hographing c0ncerl: uses an
electric dough mixer for mixing ink.
And :; banking house uses an electric
latiron to press out water soaked
money.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22

Don't be q dabbler. Genuine success
means simply doing the common things
Of life uncommonly wel!.-John D.
Rockefeller. Jr.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22
Daily 7houGht.

With respect to luxuries and COM
forts, the wisest have ever lived a
more simple and meager life than the
poor.-Thoreau.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22
No Trouble to Please.

Knicker-"Is that car an easy run
ner?" Enthustast-Fine; just lie
down and let me run over YOU"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22
The RrrSjarS D9uohtee.

Father to Suitor-My daughter will
not have a dowry, but I will give her
this set Of keys, which no doubt you
will dnd useful.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22
Upliftino Drama.

it ought not to be very difficult to
elevate the stage It has wings and
aies-Christian Register.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22
The Idea.

Madge-"Did he try to Aatter your
Marjorie -"Why, no, dear. He merely
aaid was the prettiest girl he'd ever
sret."-New York Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22
INTELLECT.

God offers to every mind Its
choice between truth and eepose.
Take which you please-you can
never have both. Between these,
as a pendulum. man oscihates
ever. he in whom the love OF
repose predominates viii accept
the first creed, the first phiIoso-
ply, the hrst political party he
meets-most likely his fathers
He gets rest, commodity and
reputation, but be shuts the door
Of truth.-Emerson.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-22
Overlooked.

a bridegroom is person VINO
spends q lot OF money buying himself
o wedd!ng-suit that nobody notices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-20
!. ]. ] Clze
Val IkNTSefV VIRGINIA
l@ HAILI I1r1IlNIL RIVTS es ss2s a'.ea y
nIU5TRk1TD 81 LAUREN STOUT

short OF q covert sneer. He was one
OF the local managers Of the corpora
ton, whose ruin was to be that days
sensation. q colorless man who had &C
quired middle age with his first long
trousers and had been dedicated to the
commercial treadmil before he had
bought . safety-razor. He despised all
loiterers along the primrose paths, and
John Valiant was but . decorative fig.
urehead.
Valiant started % tho other spoke at
his elbow. He had come to the win
dow and was looking down at the
pavement. How quickly some news
spreads!"
For the first time the young man
noted that the street below was filling
with . desultory crowd. He distin
guished q knot Of Italian laborers talk
ing with excited gesticulations -a
smudged plasterer. tools in hand
clerks. some hatless and with thin
alpaca coats-all peering at the voice
less front Of the great building. and
all, he imagined, with thriving fear
in their faces. As he watched. . WON
an, coarsely dressed. ran across the
street, her handkerchief pressed to he1
eyes.
Tho notice has gone up on the
door," said the manager. Il sent word
to the police Crowds are ugly some
times"
Valiant drew q sudden sharp breath
The corporation down in the mire
with crowds at its doors ready tc
clamor for money entrusted to it, the
aggregate savings Of widow and or.
phan, the piteous boarded sums earned
by labor over which pinched sickly
faces had burned the midnight oil!
The older man had turned back tc
the desk to draw narrow typewrit.
ten slip Of paper from pigeonhole.
Here" he said. us a list Of the bonds
Of the subsidiary companies recorded
In your name. These are all, OF
course. engulfed in the larger failure.
You have, however. your private for.
tune. II you take my advice. by the
way" he added significantly, you'll
make sure of'keeping that"
What co you mean?" John Va.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-20

ever seen on joan valiants face such
: look % grow on 4 now.
He turned and without word
opened the door. Tho older man took
. step toward hiin-he had q sense OF
dangerous electric forces in the air
but the door closed sharply In his face.
He smiled grimly. Not crooked" he
said to himself; merely callow. A
well-meaning. manicured young for
wholly surrour ded by men who knew
what they wan .ed!" He shrugged his
shoulders and went back to his chair
Valiant plu' 9ed down in the eleya
tor to the strt 1t. He pushed past the
guarded door. and threading the
crowd, made toward the curb, where
his bulldog, with bark of delight
leaped upon tho seat of FURNISHED
car, rumbling and vibrating with pent
up power. There we're those In tn.
sullen anxious crowd who knew whose
was that throbb ng metal miracle, tn.
chauffeur spick and span from shinins
cap-visor to polished brown puttees
and recognized the white face tina,
went past, pelted it with mutteret
sneers. But he scarcely saw or heart
them. as he stepped into the seat, tool
the wheel from the chauffeur's hant
and threw on the gear.
He drove mechanically past a hun
dred familiar things and places, but Ii.
saw nothing, till the massive marble
fronts Of the upper park side ceased
their mad dance as the car halted be
fore a tall iron-grilled doorway will
wide glistening steps, between win
,dows strangely suffered and dark.
He sprang out and touched the bell
The heavy oak parted slowly; the con
fldential secretary of the man he hat
come to face stood in the glooml,
doorway.
II want to see Mr.. Sedgwick."
You can't SEQ him. Mr.. Valiant"
But I will" Sharp passion leapet
into the young voice. HE must speal
to me-"
The man in the doorway shook hi
head. He won't speak to anybod!
any more,'' he said. "hyr. SedgWicl
shot himself two hours ago."
(To be Continued.)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-20

liant faced him quickly.
Tho other laughed shortly. "a word
to the wise.'" he quoted. IT'S very
good living abroad. THERE'S . boat
leaving tomorrow"
A dull red sprans into the younger
face. You mean"
Look at that crowd down there
you can hear them now. Theren be
q legislative investigation, of course.
And the devilll get the hindmost."
He struck the desk-top with his hand.
Have you ever seen the bills for this
furniture? Do you know what that
rug under your feet cost? Twelve
thousand-it's an old Persian. What
do you suppose the papers will do to
that? Do you think such things VIII
seem amusing to that rabble down
there?" His hand swept toward the
window. IT'S been going on for too
many years, tell you! And now
;ome one'll pay the piper. The light.
ling won't strike me-I'm not tall
enough. You're vice-president."
do you imagine that knew these
things-that I have been q party to
what you seem to believe has been a
deliberate wreckipg?" Valiant tow.
cred over him, his breath coming fast,
his hands clenched hard.
your The manager laughed again
-an unpleasant laugh that scraped
the others quivering nerves like hot
sandpaper. "Oh. lord no! How should
you? You've been too busy playing
polo and winning bridge prizes. How
many board meetings have you at.
tended this year? Your vote is prox-
led a. regular as clockwork. But
you're supposed to know. The people
down there in the street won't ask
questions about patent-leather pumps
and ponies; they'll want to hear about
such things as rotten irrigation loans
in the Stony.R1ver Valley-to market
an alkali desert that is the personal
property of the president Of this cor
poration."
Valiant turned a blank white face.
"sedgwick?"
Yes. You know his principle: It's
all right to be honest. If you're not
too damn honest He owns the Stony.
River Valley bag and baggage. 1t was
a big gamble and he lost"
Valiant was staring at the other
with a strange look. Emotions to which
in all his self-indulgent life he had
been q stranger were running through
his mind, and outre passions had him
by the throat. Fool and doubly blind!
A poor pawn, a catspaw raking the
chestnuts for nscrupulous men whose
ignominy he vas now called on. per
force, to share: In his pitiful egotism
he had consented to be q flgurehead.
and he had been made tool. A red
rage surged over him. No one had
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-20
81 151lsW m ~ O0OoS-A0RN3x a
CHAPTER I.

ai.3 j
{ .e}s The Crash.
"Tailed!" calculated John Valiant
;blankly. and the hat he held dropped
to the claretcolored rug like . huge
white splotch Of sudden fright. "rhe
Corporation-failed!"
The young man was the glass Of
fashion. fron the silken ribbon ON the
spotless Panama 70 his peari-sray gait
ers, and well favored 1.-The stalwart
figure. with wide-set hazel eyes and
strong brown hair waving back from
candid forehead.
Never had his innoeuous and bat
'ter-ny edstsnco known q surprise
moro startling. He had swung into
the room with al the nonchalant hab-
its. the ingrained gertrude Of tho man
born with achievement ready-made In
his hands. And q single curt state
ment-hke the ruthless blades Of .
pair Of shears-had shipped. across
tho one splendid scarlet thread In the
wool that constituted life as he knew
It. He had knotted his lavender scarf
that morning . vice-president Of the
Valiant Corporation-one of the great
est and most successful Of modern.
day organisations: he sat now in the
fading afternoon trying to realize that
the huge fabric, without warning. had
itoppled to its fan.
How solid and changeless it had
always seemed-that great business
fabric woven by the father he could
30 dimly remember! His own invested
fortune had been derived from the
great corporation the elder Valiant
had founded and controlled until his
death. With almost unprecedented
earnings. 1t had stood 10 q very Glib
raltar Of finance, type and sign of
brilliant organization. Now, on the
heels Of Q trusts dissolution which
would be q nine-days' wonder, the vast
structure had crumbled up like q card.
board. The rains had descended and
the floods had como, and it had fallen!
The man at the desk had wheeled
in his revolving chair and was looking
at the trim athletic back plotting the
daylight. with smile that was little
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-20
,e following sunday mornins. wn,eh

the following sunday morning. which
n did:
Gle inSoduced me to his wife. and
she took ne into the pew with her.
Well. during the sermon I got very
drowsy. was no6ding In the middle
Of the sermon. and the parsons wife
touched me on the elbow.
"'You seem sleepy she Whispered.
Try some Of my smelling salts
mo thank YOU. says ]. I'd rather
sleep!' cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-20
How to Prevent Bilious Attacks.

Coming events cast their shadows
before" This is especially true of
bilious attacks. Your appetite will fail.
you will feel dull and languid. If you
are subject to bilious attacks take
three of chamberlain's Tablets as soon
as these symptoms appear and the at
tack may be warded off. For sale by all
dealers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-20
Rather sleep.

'I.think ! must have made bad.
break last sunday unused the fellow
who seldom goes to church.
You see, got an alumni catalog OF
my old school and in locking thru 1t
/ found that one OF my classmates was
the pastor of, cleveland church. SO
1 called him up, and he said that he
was preaching. and that il wanted 10
meet him should come to church on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-20

% YsU Relish veUr Aeeooo f
Your food does but little 49, W1
you have NO desire for Il. Ta1o o
Of Chamberlain.s Tablets imnAsd1at1lI1
after dinner. Il will enable y6QUs
stomach 70 digest food naturally. y
sale by all dealers. ~.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-20

New Workers Like Po:a.oes.
Every day in the year there are eat
On in New York city 342,465 bushels
If NOT tOeS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16
National Child Labor Committee

National Child Labor Committee.
New Orleans, La, Mar 1.-THE an
nual conference of the national child
labor committee began four-day ses-
sion here Saturday. Child Labor and
Law Enforcement Will be the general
topic of the conference and various
phases will be presented by Jane Ad-
dams, Graham r. Taylor Senator Rob
ert l.. owen and state officials who
have had practical experience in en-
forcing child labor laws. The COVER
nors of the various states appointed
the delegates present, and nearly all
the states are well represented.
Efficient enforcement of existing
laws is urgently needed in many states
according to Owen R. I.ovejoy, gener-
al secretary Of the national child la
Dor committee, and a comparison of
present methods of administering the
child labor laws of which the com
mission in Wisconsin. and the state
department under a single head in
New Jersey are typical, will be a
feature of the conference. Besides
comparison Of methods. the confer
ence will also discuss work permits
and the relation of the courts to en-
lorcement. One evening will be set
al child labor bill. This bill, which
was drafted by the national child la
Dor committee, and which has ALREADY
received the endorsement of the Vir-
7inia child labor committee was in
reduced into the house last month BY
Pr. Palmer. and into the senate on
february p, ny Senator Robert L..
owen.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16

75,0O0,O00 acres of overflowed swamp
lands could be reclaimed and used
under the provisions of this act. If
divided into 4O-acre farms these
lands alone will furnish homes for
some 10,OOO,OOO people.
THE national conservation com
mission estimated that of the 20
trillion cubic feet of water annually
flowing into the sea 50 per cent
to 95 per cent is wasted in freshets
and floods
Less than 25 per cent OF the
water actually available for irrsa-
tion of arid lands is restrained ara
diverted to such use.
None of our rivers are navigatel
10 more than a small fraction of
their low water capacity
The amount of available water
running over government dams ard
not now used was estimated By he
chief OF engineers at about 100000
horsepower.
"The amount of water power now
available at a cost comparable with
that Of steam power was estimate
by the photographic branch of the
geological survey at the time that
report was made to be 31,0O0,00G
horsepower
That amount today available eY.
ceeds our entire mechanical power
now in use and would operate ev
cry mill, drive every spindle, pro
pei every train and boat and light
every city, town and village in
the country.
THE geological survey estimated
that between 1900 and 1908 the total
damage by floods in this country was
over a billion dollars, and the great
er portion of this loss was in the
Mississippi basin.
The approach of the flood season
ought to impress on every soul in
the country the fact that we are
deliberately permitting the annual de-
struction of millions of dollars OF
property and of human lives which
cannot be estimated in terms of dol
lars and cents, because we delay
the start on a comprehensive na-
tional policy of river regulation ard
food prevention"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16
HEALDTON.

Healdton, Okla. March 14.JFarm'
ers are making use of the spring.
like weather although some say {
warm rain would help out.
Still the oil fever keeps high, ne y
rigs are shooting up in SIGHT ever'
day and we hear that the pipe line
cannot handle the production of the
field.
Several new rigs in sight of town
The Polk rig will be at work in a
few days. Such a rush for rig buifd .
ers that they are behind with their
work.
Col White is here, talking inter-
urban railroad, and it now looks
as though We might get a railroad
as well as an oil field.
The crowd grows and there is a
lack of accommodation for the peo
pie. A hotel here would be a big
paying investment
Shelton Tyer is making an Al
hand in the store of ]. W. Orme,
they have a big trade,
We still have few cases OF sick
ness in this part of the county.
Mrs. A. VI. Greenwood is on TIE
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16
kickapoo Worw Killer Expels Worms

The cause of your child's ills-the
foul, fetid, offensive breath-the start
ing up with terror and grind of teeth
while asleep-the sallow complexion
the dark circles under the eyes
are all indications of worms. Kicka-
100 Worm Killer is what your child
needs; it eXpels the worms, the cause
of the child's unhealthy condition. Fc"
the removal of seat, stomach and pin
worms, Kickapoo Worm Killer gives
sure relief. It's laxative effect adds
tone to the general system. Supplied
as candy confection-children like it.
Safe and sure relief Guaranteed. Buy
a box today. Price 25c. All Druggists
CT by mail.
kickapoo Indian Med. Co.. PriIadel.
phia or St. Louis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16
MARCH 16 IN HISTORY.

1776-Boston evacuated BY the Brit
ish.
1SOj-Admiral Nelson began MS
pursuit of the French aud
Spanish fleets.
1S3O-Province of Conception de-
clared itself free and indc
pendent of Chile.
1SS5-Prince Bismarck resigned the
German chancellorship.
1S91-Steamer Utopia sunk in col
lision with steamer Anson or
Gibraltar, 574 lost
Regent of Spain signed
treaty of peace with United
States.
l903-Senate ratified Panama canal
treaty by vote of 70 to 5
1912-The hulk of the battleshiD
Maine was raised in Havana
harbor and sunk in the open
ocean.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16
FLOOD PREVENTION
BOON TO HUMANITY
PROJECT WILL GIVE HOMES TC
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, PIN
CHOT SAYS.

Washington, March I5.-Every
human being in the United States
will be directly benefited if Uncle
Sam completes his big job of pre-
venting the annual spring floods oi
the Mississippi and Ohio valleys.
Clifford Pinchot president of the
National Conservation association,
is the authority for the above state
meht.
How can it benefit people who
do not live in the Valleys" yoJ
ask
Pinchot himself answers that ques-
tion;
by providing farm homes for
100000 Americans. Those 10,COU,-
900 farm people tilling land reclaim
ed by drainage and reclamation
ed by drainage and irrigation will
increase the farm production, and
make it possible for the city con-
sumer to get more into his dinner
pail.
That means, tCo, that the gov
eminent would thus provide hun
dreds of thousands of 1O-acre farms
for the land hungry"
There are other good things pro-
posed in the Newlands river regu-
lation bill, according TO Pinchot.
Back in 1908, in the report OF
the Inland Waterway commission
to the president" said Pinchot, 1T
was pointed out that if our rivers
were not properly regulated they
would become increasing destructive.
agencies. injuring both life and
The commission estimated that
the annual soil wash in mainland
United States is about 1,OOO,OOO,OOO
tons, OF which the greater part is
the most valuable portion OF the soil.
They also estimated that by fully
the waters and by util-
izine the water power developed IN
connection with storage and other
works, fully three times as muc1
land can be reclaimed in the west I.
ern half Of the United States as H..
now under irrigation. This would
amount T. something like S0.OO0,Ojp
acres.
Not Only that, but something like
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16

sick list
Water tanks are being dug al
over the country.
Mr.. Crowell of Waurika was in
the fields yesterday. In fact, the
town is full daily of prospectors and
leasors.
Farmers are all ready for planting
Our mails have increased to such
an extent that the postmaster is
kept on the go all the time.
A good deal of Improvement is
going on in the way of building.
All here want to see a good road
to Ardmore-and will make one.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16
. :: :: /. y /: :: {. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ;:
CHUM BoB'S SPORTING
TALK.
10 q 81 {. - {" - - 81 ., {. - {. :: u :

New York, Mar. lG.-Halpin and
some of the other crack runners are
entered in the Manhattan College
games to be run at the Sixty-NM tn
Regiment Armory in this city tonight,
and it is expected that new records
will be created. This has been an un-
usual season for record smashing, and
as all of the big fellows are on their
mettle to keep their marks, athletics
get the advantage of the competition.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16

O'Neil Sewer, the well known turf
writer, has just returned from a trip
to Australia where he went in the
interests of the Panama exhibition. He
says that Australia will need 5000
remounts between now and the end OF
the fiscal year 1920. Under the plays
laid down by Lord Kitchener it will
be necessary by that time to have
21,0OO cavalry horses and $4,000 artil-
lery and transport horses. A fine op-
portunity for American and Canadian
breeders.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16

They have admitted Cap" Anson in
to the ranks of the amateurs so that
ne can play in the classiest golf cir
cles, but no such luck is coming Jim
Thorpe's way as far as athletics go.
There's many a day, too, when the
indian feels just like going cut and
smashing a few long standing records.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16
Notice of Application for Parole.

Notice of Application for Parole.
Notice is hereby given that R.
A. Walker will on the 4th day OF
April, 1914, make application to the
board of prison control for the par
ole of Willie Dye, on the grounds
of reformation.
This the 4th day of March, 1914.
Atm r. A. WALKER
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16

There is a proposition on foot in
England to broaden out athletic cham.
pionships and take up events that will
develop material for Olympic contests
not on the A. A. A. championship pro-
gram of the past.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16

Mike Donlin will be the official pinch
hitter of the New York Giants this
year, replacing Harold Mccormick,
who will manage club in the South
ern League Donlin is a much better
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-16

hurdles, throwing the discus, throwing
the javelin and hop, step and jump.
Moreover it is proposed to hold the re-
lay championships on one of these
days instead of at a separate meet
ing.