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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-21

OLLEGE courses often fail in the very
thing they are supposed to teach,
knowledge of how to live and be
success in life. Almost every woman
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06
NoishbosIiness Pays.

"Get acquainted with your neighbor
you night like him" This, from the
letterhead Of a western village improve
ment association, Is excellent advice
What fine things large personal &C.
quaintauce can do for US, provided we
are worthy Of it! Let US put aside
any petty dislike, engendered perhaps
by fancied faults in other people, and
go out and shake hands with neigh
bors whom we probably have never
really known. Let US talk over. cur
common problems with them; discuss
the welfare of. our community, the
state, the nation, so that we may all
have a better understanding Of our
common hopes and aims. All this
pays. It's returns come not alone in the
help We can be one to the other, but
in the greater discerument with which
our personal business can be conduct
ed, and In the better feeling and prog
ress that follows in a town or city
where all are working for the common
gocd.-Countryside Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06

Tom Mcleod is being touted
as the Prohibition candidate for
Governor next summer, This
same Mcleod has been a local
eptionist all the time. Why did
he desert his party, and get on
the dry wagon? He saw which
way the wind was blowing, and
on the popular horse he tried to
ride, by processing prohibition.
But mark our prediction, If Nc
Leod does enter the race, he
will have one Of the toughest
horses he ever tried to stick. If
the rest of the State is like this
place, the galIon-a month plat
form should be the winning
side. Liquor is coming in on
every train. and we are told the
express company unloaded a
half car at Wilson's Mill one
morning last week. Of course,
it's all for local optionist(?) Nc
had better investigate this, and
then he may jump back.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06
STAGE Frioht.

Stage fright, If may encourage star
tied readers, does not appear to have
affected William Cobbett, whose maid
en- speech in the house Of commons
must have been one Of the most aston
ishing performances that even that
seasoned assembly had ever listened to.
Here is the opening sentence: 1T ap-
pears to me that since have been sit
ting here have heard great deal Of
vain and improbable talk" By way
of contrast, We have the case Of Glib
son Craig, whose abortiTe eloquence,
on his introduction to parliamentary
life, was thus described by Disraeli:
Gibson Craig, Of whom the Wings had
hopes, rose, stared like stuck pig and
said nothing. His friends cheered, he
stammered. All cheered; then there
was dead and awful pause, and then
he sat down, and that was his per-
formance."-London Spectator.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06
Tho Dipper.

That beautiful constellation, the
Dipper, hangs, silent and solitary,
amid the northern star lighted frma-
ment, like q veritable sky dipper in
deed, or q sky plow driven around and
around Polaris, the north star. AS We
all know, the dipper's pointers" y"
Merak and Dubhe, indicate pretty ac-
curately the whereabouts Of the north
star. There are FIVE other stars in the
Dipper. They are respectively in Or
der from the end Of the handle Benet-
nasch, Misar, Alioth, Megres and Phe-
Goa. Here in the United States we
speak Of this collection Of stars as the
Dipper. while abroad it is known as
La Grande Curse, Der Crosse Baer.
Orsa Maggiore, and among the ancient
Egyptians. who were not acquainted
with the bear, it was known rs the
HiDpopotamus.-NewY York Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06

such a scale that executive as
we'll as technical ability becomes
a prime necessity. If the road
surfaces are to be Of the hard
types, it will be necessary that
these be built on the correct
grades and locations in order
that the full value of the invest
ment maybe realized. If the
county has been for some time
employing an engineer for their
work, there should be but little
change necessary for their
grades and locations that he has
been building up into solid earth
sand clay roads in previous
years. This work acords excel
lent foundations at minimum
cost for the expensive surfaces.
If the roads have been develop
ed along the original haphazard
lines and grades, much of the
work done on them will have to
be thrown away and new founda
tlons built at an additional cost
and with less solidity.
The same statements apply to
the bridges. Many wooden struc
lures are maintained from year
to year of an expense that would
pay interest and a liberal sink
ing fund per cent on the cost of
a concreate bridge that would
give perfect service and cost not
one cent to maintain. These
concreate bridges, if properly
built and located are in place
and ready for the most improved
type of constr uction to go over
them that will ever be used.
In the writer's opinion, the
use of funds derived from bonds
whose life is longer that that of
the improvements they are used
to pay for is practice open to
just criticism. This seems OBJ
vious, bat it is often done. A
chain is no stronger than its
weakest link, and in our South
ern counties the weakest as well
as the most expensive links are
usually the bridges. The con.
crete bridge is the one factor OF
construction which re.
qulres no maintenance. A num-
Der of bridges can be built more
cneaOly per unit an one tlme
than when only one or two are
built at a time. Therefore, 1t J
seems that the. county engineer
has here a great opportunity be-
fore him when he ban serve his
county by building bridges that
will for all time sop the cost OF
maintenance and allow those
same funds, formerly used for
maintenance to be diverted for
other purposes. Whether the
funds are derived from the sale
Of bonds or from an annual say
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06

usual condition throughout the
county, and still have enough
left therefrom to make some
progress with the work of a
more permanent character. The
funds may or may bot be sup
plemented by a small bond issue,
out the work of maintaining and
improving or constructing is all
considered to be under one man
agement.
Ask any rural taxpayer in the
average Southern county how
much his comfy spends annually
on roads and bridges, and then
ask him what part OF that
amount he thinks is wasted.
His answer may be Influenced
by his personal opinion of the
officer in charge of the roads,
but in any case is likely to give
food for thought. A small per
cent OF the whole amount is a
handy sum in itself, and. if ap-
Piled regularly and intelligentiy
to carrying out some definite
plan of procedure, would accom-
plish some very creditable re
suits in the course of time.
A carefully considered plan of
procedure is necessary in order
that the greatest benefit may be
derived by the greatest number
of people possible. The ultimate
objection is to bring the entire
road system of the county to a
higher standard Ct excellence in
the most expedient manner, and
no material deterioration OF the
roads can be allowed for the
sake of the improvement of any
special road, no matter how
creditable that Improvement
may be in itself, it is evident
that the problem of maintenance
is one of the most difficult to be
solved. For many reasons the
existing roads must be kept IN
shape and to do this with proper
economy the most careful man
agement and efficient work is
necessary. Even if bonds are
issued in small amounts, making
additional funds available, prob
lem of getting results is not les
sened as much as might seem
probable at first glance. For If
the maintenance work and not
the new work are all under the
same management and paid for
out of the same funds, the sale
of the bonds is usually taken as
a signal for all men who have
helped maintain the roads to lay
down their tools and quit, for
now tax bond money is going to
do it all. At least that is the
way that human nature seems
advisable that care always be
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06

One of the traits of a wide
awake, progressive town is civic
pride. 1t is a good trait, for
while sometimes it leads one in
to making slightly exaggerated
statements, yet in the main it is
a good, healthy feeling for the
individual, and at all these con-
ducive to the prosperity and
growth Of his city, 1t makes
one vigorous in defense. and per
sistent in undertaking! it is an
incentive to industry, it makes
the individual contented and
therefore happy. Believe in
your town and talk your belief.
If you have any old fogies re-
member they are in the minority
and that l6 take all xmas OF peo-
pie to make a world anyway.
Encourage live people to move
in by making it worth their
while. Welcome outside capital
in developing any natural re-
sources the town has. Don't be-
grudge the dollars the enter
prislng man makes, but hustle
around and collar a few your
self. Above all ''pull ogether"
and the town will ride the high
wave of prosperity over the
most discouragiug breakers, and
every inhabitant will get his or
her share of the profit from the
voyage.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06

Representative Helm of Ala
bama, issued a statement Wed
nesday, in which he predicted
that the south's cotton crop this
year would not be more than
10, ,o0o, 600 bales and that the
price would reach Is cents be
fore Christmas. Owing to short
crops in India. Egypt and Rus
sia, Mr.. Helm said, and the de-
mand for cotton for war purpos-
es the world supply would be
nearly six million bales short Of
the demand.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06
THE VALUE AND NECESSITY OF EN-
eIHEER FOR IMPROVEMENT AND
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS.

A great deal of energy has
been spent trying to determine
in dollars and cents the benefits
to be derived from improved
roads, but it has been found ex-
tremely difficult to do this with
anything like satisfactory accur-
acy. The fact that so much at
tention has been devoted to
these purely commercial features
may help to explain why it is
that comparatively little en-
phasis is so often given to some
of the most far-reaching effects
of such improvements their
social, educational and moral
influences. To argue with the
average farmer that he can
afford to help pay for good roads
merely because he can haul the
same loads to market with less
tractive power, and because the
value OF his farm will be in
creased, is to insult his intelli-
gence. Yet, when all the effects
of improved highways are. taken.
into consideration, it would be
an even greater insult to his IN
telligence to claim that he could
afford to do without them.
To discuss the advantage of
good roads, however, is a large
question that will not be under.
taken here. Let the reasons be
what they may, the fact remains
that an ever-increasing interest
in better roads is making itself
felt throughout the country in
no uncertain fashion. In some
communities this interest is only
slightly developed as yet; in
many it has the support of pub
lie opinion to such an extent
that the maintenance Of existing
earth roads, together with some
progress toward more or less
permanent roads, is very live
question; in still other commu-
mites public opinion is so
thoroughly awakened that the
demand for roads of the best
possible type is imperative.
In discussing the value and
necessity of the engineer for this
work of improving and construct
ing roads, let US take, first, as
an illustration, country where
little or no work pretending to
be permanent has ever been
done, but where people are be.
ginning to realize thoroughly
the desirability of better roads.
Suppose that it is considered
possible that the funds available
could be used in such a way that
the existing dirt roads might be
kept in approximately their
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06

We are not given to boastlng g
but we are proud of the farmer
boys of this vicinity. They are,
with rare exceptions, a healthy,
intelligent and happy class of
young men. We feellike taking
our hat clear off when we meet
them upon our streets, and no
class is more welcomed to our
Office. Too many boys leave the
farm where they would have
made substantial and good citi-
zens, and go to the city where
only one in a thousand succeed
in life's battle. There are farm.
ers who fairly drive their boys
away. There is no excuse for
this. The farmer boy is entitled
to his vacations. TO several relax
ations, his visits to the city,
good books, magazines and his
home paper. To the observing
one it is plain to be seen that
the old farm is the best place in
the world for the average young
man and never fails to bring a
happier and more useful life than
the city. Young man, you who
till the soil and earn your bread
by the sweat Of your brow, we
are proud of you; our latch.
string is always out to you and
you will always have a friend
in this paper. Come and see US
and give US the news from your
neiohborhoOd.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06
EVERY WEDNESDAY

The Charleston grand jury on
last Thursday returned % s'true
biHsn against alleged blind tig-
ers. Last summer this same
grand jury returned 80 mo bills"
in similar cases. Now, what do
yon think sof that? Whoever
would have dreamed of such a
reformation in the sgood old
city"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06

over the next cheapest method
of getting what is reqnired then
be certainly is not the man for
the place.
The county will have it's own
forces for doing part if not all OF
it's work This force must be
well organized and kept under
efficient management in order to
produce good results. All peed'
less expense must be eliminated
and the work done must both in
amount and value count. Send
a force in proportion to its size,
enables the county to get it's
work done economically and
serves as d powerful factor for
inviting low bids from contrac-
tors. For, if contractors bids
are asked on the construction OF
roads or bridges: it is not so
much with each other that the
contractors are competing as it
is with first class working Or
ganization of the country's own
fully prepared to do the work it.
self if necessary. Right here
lies one great opportunity for
the engineer to serve his coun-
ty. The average contractor
welcomes the opportunity of
having his work supervised by
a competent and fair engineer,
for he can count upon being re-
quired to give full value in his
contract without having any
needless hardship worked upon
him. He fears the laymen's
lack of technical knowledge as
much as the peddler, with his
goods made by the mile and
sawed off to order, depends up
on it and glories in it. At least
a. part of almost every country's
work is done with its own forces
so it is essential that the county
engineer not only knows good
work when he sees it and be
able to plan and supervise it IN
every particular, but also that
he shall We able to do it at low
cost with the county forces If
necessary. Often there is more
work at certain seasons than the
regular forces can do, so part
must be let to contract. But If
each individual parts is bid for
in competition with possible
county force construction, and
the contractor knows that he
need not make an extra allow
ance for unfair supervision, very
low bids are apt to result.
AS the Importance of the coun
ty's work increase, the need for
the engineer becomes more and
more apparent. The work be-
comes more technical in charac-
ter, and the operations are on
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06

used-as it sometimes ls-to see
that maintenance money and con
struction or Improvement mon.
ey are kept legally distinct.
The Office of the improved
road is not only to furnish a sat-
isfactory surface on which trav-
ell may pass. but also to reduce
the cost of maintaining 1t in that
condition. Always we come
back to the problem of mainten-
ance, for 1t is ever at the root Of
all road problems In all road
and bridge work there must al
ways be the fixed purpose to
make all work count all that it
can toward permently reducing
this maintenance cost. Every
leak in this direction perman
emily stopped means shutting
off that much of the steady drain
upon the coantry's resources.
To do this requires far.sighted
efficiency.
There are a great number OF
extremely competent laymen
who are road officers through
out the South. This is no argu.
ment against them or their work
they are apt to deserve more
praise than they will ever get
but discussion wherein the rea-
sons for the engineer will be
brought out. Roads and poll
tics do not mix we'll, for the one
is eyer a threat against the 9TH
er. To remove roads from pol
itics is a great step toward I'M
proving them. 1t is a very pos
tive advantage to have the road
officer holding his position
through merit only, and to be
required to give his whole time
TO his work with no other inter-
ests whatever to distract his at
tentlon. Also the periodical
shifting of officers is injurious
to the organizations under their
control. These are a few Of the
arguments in favor of putting
some one man in charge OF the
work under the direction from
time to time, of competent direc-
tors who shall require results OF
him for his tenure of office.
When the advisability of en-
ploying an engineer is first dis
cussed, as in the conditions Of
the illustration, the, question of
whether he will be worth his
salary or not IS apt to be one of
the first brought out. The an
swer is that the engineer is not
a work of art, valued for the
beauty of his achievements, but
for his efficiency. His work is a
matter of cold business and if he
cannot save for his county con-
sideraoly more than his salary
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-06
ing from ordinary sources, every
permanent bridge is a step to-
ward eliminating temporary
structures and annual expense.
Manufacturers Record.
How's This (

We orer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured h~
Halls Catarrh Cure.
u. CHENEY s. CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fnan
cially able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST TRUAx, wholesale druggists, Toledo, O.
WALDNG, KNNAN s. MARVIN, wholesale drug
giSts Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
pruggiStS. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the eeSt
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-10-14
EDUCATIONAL fund
over $22,000,00o
Minnesota School System Is
Exce||ed by None.

The citizens of Minnesota possess
one OF the best educational systems in
the country. The state has a per-
manent educational fund of over &c.,
100000, accumulated from the sale of
school lands and from the leasing Of
fOrested or iron ore lands which are
retained for the benefit of future gen.
erations. This enormous school fund
is constantly increasing, and it is es-
timated that within very few years
1t will be unnecessary to levy any
taxes for the maintenance of the pub
lie schools Of the state
The most prominent educational in
stitution in Minnesota is the state uni
versity, one of the largest institutions
of it's kind in the United States, and
ranking among the great universities
of the country. All of the usual uni
versity courses are offered at this
institution and afford an opportunity
for advanced education at minimum
expense. The state university is 10.
Gated at Minneapolis. The Minnesota
Agricultural School and Experiment
Station is maintained as one of the
departments Of the university, but
has separate quarters and a large ex-
pertinent farm in connection, on the
outskirts of st. Paul. The agriculture
al school has devoted much attention
to the origination and dissemination
of new and improved types of farm
plants, notably wheat, flax and barley.
The experiment station, connected
with the college, has done much in
the investigation of dairy problems.
For the majority of people who do
not find it possible to attend the uni
versity or the agricultural school ex-
tension departments of both institu-
tons are maintained, which depart
ments take the college and university
work direct to the people of the state
by means of university lecture courses,
correspondence courses, schoolroom
short courses, farmers institutes and
ether modern and progressive lines
of extension work.
Minnesota has taken an advanced
stand in agricultural education in the
common schools of the state. Over
100 high schools now receive liberal
state aid for the carrying on of agri-
cultural education and industrial
training. In the rural sections of the
state a general plan is now under
way for the consolidated system of
schools, which will eventually do
away with the isolated and inefficient
rural school.
In addition to the state institutions
of learning there are also many
private colleges and UNCONVENTIONAL
institutions which have records of
great usefulness.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-10-14
MINNESOTA FRUIT GROWING
North Star State the Home Of the
"WeaIthy Apple"

North Star State the Home of the
"WeaIthy Apple"
Horticulturally Minnesota is most
inviting state. Splendid market ia
cilities for all produce grown, an
ideal soil and available sites beckon
the trucker or fruit grower who wants
to conduct a business that is extreme
ly profitable. Yet each year thou.
sands of persons ARE walking away
from Minnesota's golden opportunities,
seduced by flattering promises in other
climes.
Minnesota is the home of the
"Wealthy' apple-now grown around
the world and universally regarded
as a high quality fruit. Many other
fruits have been originated in Min.
nesota and the Northwest that COM
pare with it in flavor and hardness.
Last year the one county Of Fillmore
shipped out eighty carloads of ap.
pies. This year it is estimated that
the district lying about Lake Mime
tonka will ship out about 10000 bar
rels.
In several localities thriving fruit
growers associations have been form.
ed to handle the crops Of small fruits.
They have done exceedingly we'll.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-10-14
MINNESOTA DEATH RATE LOW
Climate Conceded to Be One Of Most
Healthful in United States,

HeaIthfuI in United States.
The general climate of Minnesota
is conceded to be one of the most
healthful to be found in the United
States, this fact being verified by vital
statistics over many years. Summer
weather in Minnesota is usually very
delightful, owing to the absence OF
that humidity characteristic of the
climate further south and east Min
nesota is one of the principal summer
resort states of the country, and the
10000 lakes in the state offer every
attraction to the lover of outdoor life
Minnesota is one of the few states of
the Union where it is possible for the
farmer to own his own summer resort
The average rainfall in the state
ranges from twenty-seven inches III
the western part of the state, to thi1-
ty inches in the eastern portions of
the state. United States weather bu
reau observations for a period of sew
enty-five years show the general av-
erage precipitation at Twin City
points to be 27.49 inches, while the
average precipitation in the growing
months MAY to August) for the
same period of time is 1924 inches
Minnesota is classed with the other
Mississippi Valley states, as being To-
Gated in the section where the rain
fall can be depended upon year in
and year out, and most of the annual
precipitation is we'll distributed
throughout the year.