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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05

If Congress appropriates the one
million four hundred thousand dol
lars that the advisory naval board
wants for its experiments it will be
loing a good thing for the country.
Few one million four hundred thou
sand dollars will ever return more
for its money that this one.
Just about this time we can't help
but wonder where the big newspapers
got their information which recently
led them to believe diplomatic
break had to come with Austria.
The expenses of the Ford expedi-
ton amounted to S44,950, and the
New York World figured it out that
this sum is the profits of three days
work at the Ford factory.
Although Justice Hughes says he
doesn't want to run for the presi-
dency, an exchange observes that no
body is being jailed for contempt.
The Swiss plan of universal mill
tary training isn't so bad. Look it
up and you'll agree that the American
plan must be modelled upon it.
Let's see, wasn't there some fight
ing once around some places that
sounded like Lodz, Kalisch, Konigs-
berg, Warsaw, ct al?
The Columbus Ledger thinks that
the inventor OF the lettuce sandwich
was not a friend to hungry men.
It looks as if the United States is
going to try and work up an al
lance all its own.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05
C0NSCRIPTION Is ALMOST
CERTAIN FOR ENGLAND NOW
Modified Form of Compulsory Service
to be Adopted by Govern
ing Cabinet.

It is stated on excellent authority
that the British cabinet has virtually
decided upon modified form Of con-
scription bill to be introduced in the
House of Commons next week, giving
the government the necessary power,
should it be found needful, to bring
in single men and preserve Premier
Asquith's pledge to married men.
The anti-conscriptionist ministers
offered strong opposition and it is
still unknown whether any resigna-
tions will follow. 1t is believed, how
ever, that this is quite likely.
The line of policy upon which a
majority of the ministers agree, indi-
eating that some, at least, Of the
anti-conscriptionists section of the
cabinet so far waived their principle
as to consent to a modified applica-
ton Of force is as follows:
First, that the premier's pledge to
married men is binding on the whole
government.
Second, that the pledge should be
redeemed forthwith.
Third, that the principle of COM
pulsion should be accepted.
Fourth, that the premier should
announce this policy at the earliest
opportunity after the reassembling
Of parliament.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05
Recommendations for Bettering
Agriculture.

David F. Houston, Secretary OF
Agriculture, in his annual report to
congress indicates number Of i'm
portant measures necessary for the
betterment of agriculture, both on
the production and marketing sides;
and for the conservation Of the re-
sources of the nation. These meas
ures await the consideration and &C.
ton of the congress and involve:
l. Legislation designed to promote
the better handling and storage OF
farm products and the trading on the
basis Of fixed grades and standards,
including permissiye warehouse
act and provision for a market news
service to obtain and disseminate &C
curate information regarding crop
movements and prices.
2. A land mortgage banking act
which shall inject business methods
into the handling Of farm finance and
place farm securities upon the mar
ket in responsible way.
8. Assistance to communities near
the national forests in road building
and similar improvements through a
plan involving the advancement Of
funds for these receipts from the for
ests. This action would promote local
development of agriculture and other
resources.
4. Authority to grant water power
permits within the national forests
FOR fixed periods. Such authority un-
doubtedly would aid water power
utilization.
5. The classification of the remain
ing public grazing lands to determine
their character and to secure infor-
nation upon which to base plans for
their future improvement and use.
6. Authority for the sale of lands
needed for local enterprises in GER
tain localities within the Alaskan for
ests after examination and classical
ton by the department, with definite
provision against alienation CT those
chiefly valuable for wafer power
sites, for the handling Of timber re-
sources, or for other public purposes.
7. More effective control over the
production Of hog cholera serum. To
accomplish this purpose, definite
plan, involving the establishment by
the federal government of station
LOT testing all SeTull 1UCeuCeQ IOr
shipment in Interstate commerce is
outlined for consideration.
s. Provision for a we'll balanced
enlarged program for agricultural re-
search, when normal conditions are
restored.
9. The continuance Of appropria
tions for the purchase of forest lands
in the Appalachian and White Noun
tains until areas sufficient to be in
fluential in prcte ting these regions
are acquired.
The report also recommends that
the present unwise distribution OF
authority between the departments OF
commerce and agriculture over fur
bearing animals in Alaska be correct
ed, and that ce tain amendments nee
essary to the effective administration
of the Alaska game law be adopted.
In addition. suggestions are made for
in the methods OF COL
lecting and publishing statistics relat-
ing to the tobacco crop.-Dunn Re-
view.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05
WANT Big SUBS
European Experience Shows Value Of
New Sized Boat.

European experience Shows Faiue o1
New Sized Boat.
Sea-going submarines of two thou
sand tons displacement probably soon
will be sought for the American navy
as a result of lessons learned by navy
department experts from the. Euro
pean war and recent manoeuvres OF
the Atlantic fleet.
It is possible, it was learned, that
the first five submarines included in
the administration five-year build
ing program will approach this size,
although the estimates submitted
were based on boats of the thirteen
hundred ton class.
In contrast to this development OF
type Of giant submersible, naval
officers are inclined to believe that
the so-called coast defense boats will
be standardized at about four hun
dred tons displacement.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05
PAINTER DRINKS ACID

In Presence Of Friends and Resists
All Efforts to Save Him.
ALBERT Lacy, a white painter, aged
thirty-fve, committed suicide at
Anderson Tuesday afternoon by
drinking carbolic acid in the presence
of several acquaintance. He had
asked one of these for carfsre to Bel
ton and then remarked, when i
swallow this, I won't need the car
fare"
He swallowed the contents Of the
bottle and then resisted strenuously
when four men held him so that a
doctor could pour an antidote down
his throat. He died within fifteen
minutes.
Lacey became respondent while
talking with the acquaintance, and
this is attributed as the cause of his
taking his life. He was separated
several years ago from his wife.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05

Since Germany and Austria have
been pushed into submission by neu-
tral America from some of their war
doctrines, the German press will want
to know whether England and France
will yield to the United States like
wise,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05

Congressman Buchanan has at
tempted to avoid arrest by claiming
the prerogatiEc OF immunity from ar
rest, but officials think he can be
served with the warrant even in
Washington. We fail to see where
the Congressman can be benefited by
a postponement of his case. The best
immunity he can have Is an aceuit-
tai,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05

4O1d SklC 4kAC xkV C21C 4 CALM AfAooA&-
tains to Bechik Dagh with the
needed flank extensions.
The Allies, of C have not nor
viii they have any such number of
men in the Saloniki trenches. The
maximum number that they can ex-
about two hundred thousand. With
this number fixed the only alternative
is the selection Of a position that can
be held with the troops available-a
position not more than forty miles
long.
Otherwise the defense line will be
so thin that a break in it is almost
sure to come and with it disaster to
the allied forces. A line of this length
even would be dangerously thin, but
it certainly would for defensive pur-
poses represent the maximum Of the
allied possibilities.
A good defensive line OF approNi-
mately that length exists, and.
though there is a lack Of dehniteness
in the official reports of the exact
location Of the present line. it is in
all probability along this shorter
series Of positions.
The main elements of this line are,
beginning with the most southerly
point of tho right wing first, the
Kaloron Ridge, which slopes from
three thousand feet to water level,
the defense Of which can be ably ef-
fected by the guns Of the Allies war
ships in the gulf.
NoEA.h Of this ridge, and east of the
town of Vasilika, is an eminence
known as Suka Dagh, and north OF
that again Hartak Dagh. These two
are eac;. about three thousand feet
high, aaa are the highest points of a
more or less continuous ridge that
undulates north from Kaloron to
Lake LaugaZa.
From this lake the ground rises
again as we pass north of Saloniki,
the line running through the town Of
Await to Daudbaba Hill. thence
westward across the Vardor River to
Remil Hill in the Southern Paiik
Mountains, at the foot of which be-
gins a wide belt Of marshy plain.
From the southern edge OF the
CLAIM the line would bend to the gulf
across the Kaijani group Of hills, the
slopes Of which are much more grad
ual thar any Of the other rises men
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05

toned. It must be repeated that this
hne is not given as the one which the
Allies at present occupy. 1t may we'll
be that at present the wings of their
line are not bent back on either side
to the gulf. But it is extremely like
ly that, if pressure should be exerted
by the Teutons on the line between
Paiik Mountain and Bechid Dagh,
this line will have to fall back for a
shorter line nearer the city, where
the flanks can be guarded and where
a more reasonable relation would eX-
ist between the length of line to be
held and the number of troops avail
able to hold it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05

1t can. therefore, be assumed
that If the Allies construct around
SaloniE the most modern and eff
feient field works-and none other
viii be safe-at least six hundred
thousand men viii be necessary to
hold the line from the Paiik Noun
tains to Bechik Dagh with the
needed flank extensions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05

Putting a few defcients in an army
of good fighting men is like putting
a few rotten apples in barrel Of
sound ones. The latter soon become
spotted-the former are never made
whole. 1t is this fact, more than the
fact of mere numbers to which We
must look when we regard a Teuton
army augmented by Turkish regi-
mentS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-05

u du0 VI OUl SACulSo.
Even moro serious still are the
charges of bIundering alleged against
the foreign office in regard to the
Balkan situation. King Constantine
has been held up to opprobrium in
the British press. I have been as
sured by a French minister that on
the contrary the Greek monarch has
been perfectly loyal in all his deal
ings with the Allies, and that, on an
impartial survey, when all the cir
cumstances arc made known, it will
be found that his reluctance to let
mis- country participate in the war,
under the conditions il whi.h partlcl-
patton was presented to him, was abb
solutely iustifable. King Constan-
tine is . soldier, and appreciated the
military situation with a clearness
which the diplomatists entirely fail
ed to do
The letter here tells of chance to
buy off King Ferdinand of Bulgaria
and of the refusal of the Allies on
two occasions to accept proffered
Greek aid, due to negotiations with
Bulgaria and Russia's aversion to
Greece participating in the gains at
Constantinople. This is omitted be-
cause Of it's excessive length. The
letter concludes:
Some of what I have told you
forms the well springs from which
the unGercurrent Of dissatisfaction to
which The Times correspondent al
ludes is flowing There is more,
upon which I can only touch briefly.
First and foremost, I would place the
disapproyal with which many good
Judges look upon an expedition which
the British government is preparing.
This is described by some people
as an adventure in East Africa and
is chiefly objected to on the ground
that it is part of a policy OF small
packets In half dozen words, Gen.
Sir H. l.. Smith-Dorrien Is going out
in command of an expedition whose
object is to take possession OF Ger
man East Africa.
"It is supposed to be in course of
secret preparation, and l would sug-
gest you tell nobody in whom you
have not implicit confidence about
this matter, until, Of course, it is
made public property officially. 1.-TWO
days after this letter was written the
cables reported this project.] Still
though a secret it is SO widely
known and talked about in London
that unless the Germans are very
badly served by their spies they must
be in possession of the sec~et.
another point in regard to this
expedition. Fairly carly in the war
it was suggested to the British gov
srnment that an attack on German
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-02
Hurnan sacrificea.

In battle the Aztecs strove TO save
life so that they could use their pris
oners as human sacrifices to the gods
They had the art of ambush reduced to
such a science that 1t was nothing I'm
usual for them to bring home 25,0Ol
prisoners after campaign. Their bat
ties were not fought for the sake OF
any principle, nor yet to gain territory
They fought in order to capture prison
ers, and the hot headed young soldiers
were given wooden swords, for fear
they might in the heat of battle unwit-
tingly slay foe. A dead enemy was
already dead, and hence of no value
for sacrificiar purposes. Were the AZ
tees humans? Well. not so that you
could notice. But their destruction of
prisoners on the affairs of their beauti
full temples was done In the name of
religion and hence not repFeheusible. =
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-02
Rural Credits.

Are the people of this country
ready for the adoption of national
rural credit system? The subject has
been the most popular and widely
discussed of any proposed rural leg
islation since our free delivery sys-
tenn was adopted. This wide spread
interest would seem to be an evil
-dence of the need of a credit system.
Yet the loudest demands come from
sources that cannot agree upon the
form that such legislation should
assume. We believe that safe and
efficient system of. personal and land
credit is needed in this country for
the broadcast development of our
agricultural resources. And we do
not agree that the development of
such systems is Objectionable as
class legislation. A system to meet
the broadcast needs could not be
framed primarily fol-. the farmer as
an individual or for the farmers as
class, but for the development and
complete utilization of the, country's
agricultural lands in the production
Of food products for all people of all
classes. There can never be a thor
oily safe credit system based upon
the special class idea. The greatest
need from an economic point of view
is a personal credit system that will
enable that class of men well suited
by training and personal qualifica-
lions to operate farms to secure a
sufficient loan to enable them to
establish themselves in business;
also land credit system that will
enable those farmers who have
demonstrated their ability and capa-
city on small farms to enlarge their
holdings and their operations. Such.
assistance to these two classes is not
individual privilege or class privi-
Iege if properly safe guarded, but a
step toward the building up of our
agricultural industry where it is now
weak. This we believe is the only
logical excuse for rural credit legis-
lation, and it has not been reached
in any of the bills yet proposed.
There Is no crystalized sentiment in
favor Of any one plan as yet. There
is still room for the development
Of the building and loan association
principle in farm communities
pennsylvania Farmer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-02
Animal and PLANT Life In Brine.

Just west of Promontory Point sta,
ton, Utah, is pond cut off from the
Great Salt lake by the railroad en-
bankment At times of high water in
the lake this reservoir fills by percola-
ton through the embankment, but dur
ing the summer this water is concen.
trated to brine by evaporation. The
deep pink color of the brine is phe
nomenon that appears in salt ponds
generally when certain concentration
is reached In the salt ponds of San
Francisco bay this color is due to a
certain bacillus which lives in satu-
rated brines and also In the heaps of
salt as it is piled for drainage and
shipment. Prohibitiye to life as such
an environment might be considered.
strong natural brines are, in fact, in
habited by a number of minute organ
isms, animals as well as plants. The
pink color disappears in winter or
when fresh water is introduced into
the pond United States Geological
Survey.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-02
Make Farm Home Attractive.

In the design and construction Of.
the farmhouse the question of
utility alone should not be the deter
mining factor. The first thought
should be the making of a home.
The amount of money to be invested
in the building of the home should
not be determined by it's relation in
size to the balance of the plant, nor
by the amount that is necessary
merely to provide shelter, but the
amount to be invested should be
that which the owner may reason
ably afford without financially Grip
ping himself too severely. The
average city dweller in buying
house for a home does not proceed
solely on the basis of what he can
expect to secure in case it is ever
desirable to place the house on the
market. He is not likely to con-
slider the purchase of a home as
financial investment but as a social
one, which will enable him to secure
for his family the comfort and con-
veniences that he could not secure
in a rented house, and to have for
his family genuine home, a genu-
inc home life. If he is able when
the time arrives to dispose OF his
property to financial advantage, well
and good; if not, he considers, and
properly SO, that he has made a
good investment from the social
side.
There is no panacea that will cure
the yearning for city life evidenced
by the country boys and girls of to-
day, but there are certain conditions,
which, if established, will add
materially to the attractiveness of
{ life in the country, and should there
fore prevent them from focking to
the cities merely to avoid life on the
farm. It is not to be expected that
every person reared on a farm will
desire to follow farming as a life
work, nor is it necessarily desirable
that they should do so. Many Of
the boys will feel calling to one
or another of the professions, and 1T
is probable that if allowed to follow
their bent they will be far more
successful and contented than if over
persuaded to stay with the farm.
The problem is not to force the boy
or girl to remain on the farm, but to
assist them in every way in. making
an Intelligent choice. Their choice
can not possibly be intelligent un-
less they are familiar with farm life
under its best conditions E. B.
Mccormick, Office of Public Roads
and Rural Engineering.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-02
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
fiuenced by constitutional conditions,
faa oT nferna az remedy E Hss Cs
tarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts thru the blood on the mucous sur
faces of the system. Halls Catarrh
physicians in this country for years. 1t
Is composed of some OF the best tonics
known. combined with some of the
best blood purifiers. The perfect COM
bination of the ingredients in Halls
Catarrh Cure is what produces such
wonderful results. in catarrhal condi-
lions. Send for testimonials. free.
F. J, CHENEY & CO.. Props. Toledo. o.
All Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-02
Bowel Complaints I'm India.

In lecture at one of the Des
Moines, Iowa, churches a missionary
from India told of going into the
interior of India, where he was
taken sick, that he had bottle OF
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy with him and
believed that it saved his life. This
remedy is used successfully in India
both as preventive and cure for
cholera. You may know from this
that it can be depended upon for
the milder forms Of bowel complaint
that occur in this country. Obtain
able everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-02

Do hot advise or try to tell the
preacher how to preach-help him
and he will preach better. Don't
tell the lawyer how he ought to
plead. Pay him and he will plead
better. Don't tell the physician how
he should do-pay his fees and you
will get better treatment. Don't tell
the reporter, editor or solicitor how
he could make a better paper
patronize and pay for the paper and
make it better each week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-02
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.

Same grantor to Alexander Kroo-
Yak, ~ acres in Second district
1865.
Chesapeake City Development
Company to Alexander Onufrijozuk'
IL acres in Second district, $425.
Richard H. Lodge to Antonio
Gulino and Guiseppi Gu1ino, farm
of $50 acres, $4,000.
Kate Duncan and others OF Phila-
delphia. to Clyde Hunnewell and
wife, of Ohio, Is acre farm IN
Third district, $500.
Charles B. Evans and wife, OF
Delaware, to Isabella Miller, half in
terest in farm near Cherry Hill, $40
and other considerations.
John. w. Anthony and wife, OF
Pennsylvania, to Marguerite Blan-
ton, Maryland Lodge" property in
Elkton, $4,000.
The Cecilton and Earleville Teie-
phone Company to the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company
all property. $1,000.
Thomas H. Robinson, Receiver OF
the Conroy Manufacturing Company,
in the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company, right Of way
etc, 500.
Elkton Improvement Company to
Delaney Scott, lot of land on North
street, Elkton, $500.
Samuel R. Emerson and wife to
James A. Brown, property. at Earle
Vile, $3.50.
Lizzie c. Boynton to Sidney B.
johnson, interest in properties in
Cecil County. SIS and other consid-
erations.
Frances A. Gibbs and William w.
Gibbs, her husband, of Philadelphia,
to Thomas H. Cummings, lot OF land
at Piolt, $3.50. Il
Same grantors to same grantee
lot of land near Rock Springs, $12O.