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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-05-17
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Clarendon

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
H. A. Plowden, Plaiutiff
against
Elsie Capers, Toot Benbow, Sadie Ben
bow, and Macy Benbow, Defendants.
Summons For Relief.
Complaint Served)
To the Absent Defendant loot Benbow:
You are hereby Summoned and re-
ouired to answer the Complaint IN this
action, of which copy is herewith
served upon you, and to serve copy OF
vour answer to said Complaint on the
Subscriber at his Office in Sumter, >.
| G., within twenty days after the service
hereof: exclusive of the day of such
service; and if you fail to answer the
Complaint within the time aforesaid,
the plaintitT in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded IN
the Complaint.
AND YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE
NOTICE, that the original summons
and complaint in this action have TINS
day been filed in the Office OF the Clerk
! of Court of Common Pleas for C!aren-
don County.
Date March 20, A. D. 1915:
L. D. JENNINGS,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04
THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT

When willing hands set to a piece ganization are brought to bear on any given problem, the outcome is bound to be successful. For illustration we take the remarkable case of building a feat which took place in Toledo, Ohio, on Tuesday. When the. early morning hours put in their appear ance, two hundred carpenters set to work on this project, after the founda- tion had been set by the bricklayers, and by four o'clock in the afternoon the house was ready for occupancy. More than that, a bride and groom moved in. It all came about in this way, to show that romance is not dead and that Captain Dan Cupid can still marshall his forces:-Miss Emma Plessner had served the real estate board of Toledo for many years in the capacity of assistant secretary. Re- gently she became engaged to John
 
 should be married on last Tuesday morning. AS a token of appreciation for the services which Miss Plessner had rendered, the real estate board planned to give the newly married couple a house. Shortly after the foundation had been completed the marriage ceremony was performed. When the couple arrived at the front door the roof was being put on, and Mayor Miroy made speech, wishing the bride and groom success on their matrimonial venture. While husband and wife were thanking the mayor for his good wishes corps of electricians wired the house. In the meantime painters had followed the carpenters, and exactly at four O clock the house was turned over to the newly -weds. Moving picture men were busy with their camera snapping the house. that was assembled in almost less time than it takes to tell, and in the very near future the entire nation may be able to see the home of MT. and Mrs McCann, built in a day The real estate men of Toledo know the value of advertising, anyway.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04

Theodore Roosevelt. the logic of his
 career, by c. G. Washburn.
 
 Undying story, by W. D. Newton.
 "The almost continuous battle waged by the British force from Mons Aug. 23, to Ypres Nov. IS. The work is one of real consequence and very great interest. IN. Y. Times. War letters of an American woman,
 by Marie Van Worst.
 "A volume in which the we'll known novelist tells of what she did and heard and saw through many months of service in the Red Cross. .'-N. Y. Times.
 The Abyss. by Nathan Kussy. Crimson gardenia, and other tales of
 adventure, by Rex Beach. Great success by NJ, Humphrey Tn a desert land, by Valentino flaw
 trey.
 "Follows the fortunes of the Hydes of Gotham. An unusual story rather long and circumstantial, but unified by outstanding. characters and events.-A l.. N Booklist. Looking for Grace, by Mrs. Horace
 Tremlett.
 Tt is not in the pursuit of Grace, entertaining as it is that the real in terest in this book lies. but in the picture of England during the pres ent war. After reading it we under stand as never before the spirit that animates all ngland!-Nation. Master detective. by P. J. Brebner. People like that. by K. L. Bosher.
 "A wealthy young woman nigrates to the slums to learn how "people like that live. The reader will find the same sympathetic humor that characterizes the authors Mary Cary. Publishers note.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04
A SCubmarine Reminder.
(New York Press.)

How many people have recalled, in connection with the Irish outbreak, that the submarine was perfected by John P. Holland with the express purpose of helping Ireland free it. self?
 Holland was a fervent Irish sepa- ratist, Irish by birth. He became convinced that Ireland could not be- come free while Britain controlled the seas. The submarine conception came to him through his study of possible means for counteracting the British naval power. It was his re- lief that the perfected submarine would make it impossible to carry troops to Ireland, and that these Icing cut off, the country could suc- ceed in a revolution.
 Fantastic as it may seem, that very program was announced the day the revolt broke out. It was said that German submarines were infesting the Irish Sea, and would make it inn possible to transport soldiers from England. The revolutionists believed they could overpower the forces al- ready in Ireland
 The plan failed, of course Tn this, as in other cases since tTro present war began, the submarine demon strated small naval utility. Troop ships and warships have sailed the seas, wide and narrow, in alm ost complete immunity so far as the sub- marine Is concerned. There have been a few successful attacks on war vessels but in the main the subma- rine has thus far proved effective cnly as weapon of piracy against n7 erchant ships.
 That the submarine has great naval possibilities is not to be doubted: that it has thus far failed to develop them is equally certain.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04
Water For Auto FuoI
(W aterbury Democrat

Louis EnriCht of F-armingdale. L. runs an automobile on water Or at least, he says he does. And several supposedly normal, hard-headed bus mess men who have seen him give a dem onstration are convinced that he does what he claims. He simply draws five gallons of water out of any convenient water pipe drops into it four ounces of mysterious green ish fluid, pOurs the mixture into his gasoline tank, and off goes the ma chine, with the motor never missing an explosion. He says the chemical he uses is so common and cheap that the new fuel only costs a cent a gal lon. If this is not hocus -pOcus, En- richt has made a discovery that it is literally worth billions of dollars, and destined to confer incalcula ble benefits on the human race. He has provided not merely a means of run ming gas engines cheaply, at the same time when the high price of gasoline has made it particularly welcome. He has provided not merely 8 means Of running gas engines cheaply, at the same time when the high price of gas oline has made it particularly welcome oline has made it particularly welcome He has given the world a permanent source of power far cheaper and more accessible than any now existing It Is no exaggeratiOn to say that such a discovery is greater than that Of steam power, for the use of steam de- bends on coal, which is expensive and exhaustib1e. There is plenty of water. Unfortunately, this is proDably a hoax or a dream. The known laws of science are against it. Fuel experts scoff at it. Water, to be sure. is two- thirds hydrogen ;and that hydrogen, when separated, is highly explosive. But chemists insist that it is bound to take, under ideal conditions. at least as much expenditure of energy to separate the hydrogen from it's com- bination with oxygen as the hydrogen can give back afterward in burning or exploding. They insist that there is no substance in existence a little of which, poured into water. will cause this separation as Enricht says 1t does breaking up the water and giving the pure hydrogen to explode in the gas chamber of the engine like gasoline vapor. And yet-science has teen wrong before.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04
Verdun Has Figured
 Often M History

perial town, it was captured by the French, in 1852, and a hundred years later was formally given to France, in whose possession it has remained, with the exception of the two occa- sions when 1t was beseiged and con- quered by the Teutons.
 During the war of 1792 Verdun fell before the Germans after a battle lasting only few hours. When the conquerors entered the town they were hospitaby received, the city fathers having sent a group of beau t1ful young girls to greet the stran- gers and to offer them dragees, tho confection for which the place was and still is famous. The inhabitants paid dearly fos this remarkable cor dial reception of the enemies of France, for when the revolutionists regained the city, after the battle o9 Valmy, history tells us, three of those young girls were put to death on tla scaffold.
 Far different was the resistance which Verdun offered to the Prus- sians in the war of 1870. For three weeks invader rained hail of lead and iron upon the city nestling among the vine-clad hills, the high ground being utilized by the Germans ass points of vantage from which to op- crate their artillery. The beleaguered town finally surrendered, but France had learned a valuable lesson and almost immediately after peace Was declared the construction of fortif1ca- tions began. soon raising the city to fortress of the first class. with q thirty mile ring of sixteen large forts and twenty smaller works. On the northern heights the intervals be- tween forts in some place are not more than two hundred yards.
 When hostilities began in August, 1914, Verdun was a town of about 0,000 inhabitants, more than third of whom were soldiers.
 '"The city lies in the valley of the Mouse, 175 miles from Paris, by rail, and only 42 miles from the strongly fortified German city of Metz. Before the war the chief articles of manu~ facture were hardware, confectlons, leather goods and liqueurs.
 Among Verdun's proudest posses sions are four cannon occupy1ny place of honor in the gardens of the hotel de vile. They were presented to the citizens by the government Of France in recognition of heroic re- sistance of 1870. It is interesting to surmise what the French republic will give verdun in token of her un- paralleled resistance in 1916.'
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04
Knox's Impotence.
{ Boston Post

The impudence of Philander C. Knox, once secretary of state, in crit icising President Wilson's handling of the Mexican problem and actually de- nying that there was any legacy of trouble handed on to him from the previous administration, almost passes belief
 Knox was secretary when Huerta treacherously rebelled against the honorable and decent, if visionary, Madero, and when hundreds of per sons were killed in the street fighting at the City of Mexico, including sev- eral Americans. Knox was secretary when Huerta, in cool defiance of Pres ident Taft's request for justice to the president whose place he had usurped, caused MaderO's ssassinatiOn, a thing which the administration mouthpiece in Mexico, Henry Lane Wilson, con- doned, if he did not actually know of 1t in advance. And not a word of query or protest came from Washing ton about this tragic outrage
 This reign of terror was in Feb ruary, 1913. MT. Knox and the ad- minstration had plenty of time to rec ognize Huerta, if they thought rec- OgnitiOn was such fine thing as they now pretend to believe. Listen to knOXS feeble and ridiculous reason WEy this was not done:
 "In view of the unhappy experience Of the preceding two years in deal ing with the MaderO administration, in our efforts to protect Americans in Mexico and to adjust Automatically important national questions at issue with the Mexican government it was deemed expedient to ask some assur- ances of their speedy and satisfactory adjustment, and while awaiting his re- ply the thirteen days slipped away. Mr. Taft ceased to be president, MT. Wilson assumed office, and this is why the Taft administration did not recog- nize Huerta."
 That was just about it: The time
 slipped away and recognition of the assa ssin, which these republicans now denOunce President Wilson for refus- ing, was left to Mr. Taft's successor.
 When Philander c. Knox dares to aSSall President Wilson's dealings with MeXlcO, he must regard the American people as bereft of logic or common sense. When he says that the prob lem was not left as a legacy, he must believe that history is dead and that the people have no memories.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04

A report prepared for the enlight- enment of Congress shows that of SLIPS passenger coaches in use on American railroads at present, 14,286 are of steel construction. Further, there are 1,091 all steel cars in course of construction. Estimates in the hands of the Interstate Commerce Commission show that the sum of s528, 100000 would have to be used to replace wooden cars of all rail- roads in the nation with stee1 coaches In another generation this, will probably be brought about
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04
Shakcspcarcan Revival.
(Tho Brooklyn Standard Union


 Hamlet-A young man whose chief amusement seemed to be going around looking for trouble and caus- ing homicides
 King Lear-Originally a fine old man, whose whiskers turned white owing to family trouble and who es- capped the observation ward because there was none in his day.
 Macbeth-A bad man. Stood in solid with witches and other disrepu- table characters. Killed his king and began to see things and spoil peoples appetites.
 Portia-Suffrag and lady law yer. Made great hit at the trial of one Shylock, who was seeking to col- lect a meat bill.
 Romeo-Nice-look young man, deeply in love, but lacking good judg- ment When he found his ladylove apparently dead he took poison in- stead of rushing to get a pulmotor to try to revive her.
 Iago-One of the original members of the Black Hand. Caused explosion in home of MT. Othello and induced him to choke his wife with a pillow. Othello expressed regret afterwards, but wasn't even taken before special sessions.
 Falstaff-If alive today would be with Barnum X Bailey. Swashbuclzler and cabaret performer in ale houses. Ambition was to drink up all the liquor in England, but died before task was completed
 Marc Antony-Once represented the fourth senate district in Roman legis- lature. Orator and funeral director. Could not be compared to Bryan. as he stopped speaking from time to time.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04

Washington, D. C., May 2-"A sim ister destiny seems to have selected Verdun as one of the rocks of history around which the storms of battle between France and Germany shall rage repeatedly, says a bulletin ts- sued today by the National Geogra- phic society, whose headquarters is in Washington.
 Tt was in this city, for the posses sion of which the greatest battle in the annals of civilized man has been Waged for weeks, that the treaty was signed which divided the empire of Charlemagne and esta blished the nu- cleus of Germany as a nation separ- ate from France" continues the bull letin. "The Treaty of Verdun was executed in the ninth century by the three grandsons of the great emperor. But it's provisions the Carolingian do- mains were partitioned, never again to be united under one ruler. That territory lying east of the Rhine and including Bavaria, Franconia, Thur ginia, Saxony and the districts around Spires, Worms and Mainz fell to the lot of Louis, who very properly is known to history as Louis the Ger man, for he may be considered the real founder of the German empire. Lothair, the eldest son of Louis the Bious Charlemagne's successor. as stunned the title of emperor and se cured the kingdom of Italy, together with Lorraine Provence and Lyon naise. To Charles the Bald, half bro- ther of Louis and Lothair, were al- lotted Aquitania, Neustria and that part of Spain which had been wrested from the Moors. To Charles fell the distinction of founding the French dynasty.
 But long before this treaty of S43, Verdun was assured a place on his torys page. The basin on the banks of the Mouse was known in the days of the Roman empire as the camp of Virodunum. It was destroyed ln the barbarian invasions which occur red during the decadence of the Caesars, and did not recover until the fifth century. In 502 it was seized by Clovis, who, actuated by religious zeal inculcated by his wife, the Bur gundian Princess Clotilda, endeavor- ed to subjugate all the nonChristian Franklin princes.
 Tn the eleventh century Verdun, having become German city, was the scene of bitter struggle between the, burghers and the bishops of that see, the former finally winning lrl- portant concessions. After the city had risen to the dignity of free inn
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04
WHERE WOMEN WIN.

On the outskirts of Washington, the nations capital, in the beautiful little suburb of Chevy Chase, touch ing on the Maryland hills, there are in camp today some two hundred young women who have volunteered to study Red Cross work in prepara- tion for wartime. In addition to the young ladies who are living in the regular army tents, a number jour ney out from the city every day to take the lecture course. The en- campment will cover a period of two weeks, during which time, in addition to the Red Cross work, the girls will be instructed in telegraph and wire less signal practice, first aid, hygiene, home nursing, bandage making, mili- tary drills and calisthenics. That the work has been undertaken in the ut most seriousness and there is to be attached no jocularty to the idea is evidenced by the fact that President Wilson saw fit to open the camp, and since then addresses have been de- livered by officials high in this and foreign governments.
 The camp at Chevy Chase is the original Plattsburg for women and during the coming summer other cities throughout the United States up camps to prepare the members of the gentle sex for possible warfare. Among those who have enlisted at Chevy Chase are several young sO ciety women from New York, Phila delphia and Washington. They have cast aside their fine feathers for the nonce and arc now clad in the pre- scribed uniform, a short khaki skirt, coat, and soldiers hat. A white skirt is permitted for Sundays, and the regulations decree that it must be at least eight inches from the ground, but no higher. Therein is the death knell of style. A bugler sounds reveille at half past six o'clock in the morning and at nine o'clock at night taps, or lights out goes in force. That means regular living. Only a few hours recreation are allotted the girls, and from this insight into the work being carried on it is easily seen there is no time for frivolity at Chevy Chase.
 In times of strife, when men are called upon to defend their country and their homes there is certain work that can be done, and should be done by women. Those administering angels of the European battlefields have set the high mark of perfection in this work, the cOrporeal work of mercy. Such enthusiasm and loyal devotion to a cOuntry's future wei fare as displayed by the women at Chevy Chase will have a good infu- ehce upon their sisters throughout the | Ae9' or the nation. It will be the | iiledhS or stirring up interest in many coiilliluhlIles where women who have niCHeflo gwen no thought to the sub ject will become identified with such activities. Aside from the physical
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

The Assault: Germany and England
 after the outbreak, by F. w. Vile
 MT. Vile had been for years the correspondent in Berlin of the New York Times. His work is a jour- nalist's vivid account of the things of which he has personal knowledge." IN. Y. Times. Challenge of the future, by Roland
 G. Usher.
 "A book that will also challenge the thought of the whole country with it's study of our future prob lems. ."-Boston Transcript. Economic aspects of the war: neutral rights, belligerent claims and American commerce, by B. J.
 Clapp "A strongly ,pro-German view.
 Heresies of sea power, by F. T. Jane. Japanese crisis. by J. A: scherer. Japan's real attitude toward America, reply to Rea's "Japan's place in the sum- by Toyokichi Iyenaga
 T Notebook of a neutral, by J. M. Pat tersOn.
 "It is the authors hard-headedness which, while it must revolt many people, gives the book whatever value it : has. s.-Springfeld Republican.
  On being human, by Woodrow Will
  Out of doors, by Emerson Hough. "A seasoned woodsman and hunter sets down information on the best camping grounds in America, the wo- man in camp, getting lost and what to do about it, and much else in Q, racy, popular style"-A. L. A. BOOklist.
 Self-helps for the citizen-so1diers. be- ing popular explanation of things military, by J. A. Moss and M. B. Stewart.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04

benefits which these girls must en- joy after a fortnight spent in the great out-of- f-doors, they must feel a new sense of patriotism, a greater love for the flag of their native land. And so, in the long run, this sentiment will grow and spread throughout the length and breadth of the land until every girl and boy, every man and woman will know what it means to do something for Old Glory.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04
Pointed Paragraphs. Chicago News.)

Wise infants look before they creep.
 Most people who say but little talk too much.
 Ambition is the thing that boosts a man up the ladder
 Men who think they know it all arc never able to prove it.
 Most of the worlds heroes dwell be- twen the covers of novels. v.
 It's the bill for q woman's stunning gown that shocks her husband.
 Everything comes to the man who advertises while he is waiting.
 How pretty woman does love to walk down the street with d homelyr one.
 When a man quarrels with his wife lie seldom gets Q chance to say any thing.
 Isn't it a shame that the highest praise a man ever gets comes out att his funeral?
 When q man tells another that he understands women he is then ciassed as an easy mark.
 The average man knows how to do another mans work better than he knows how to do his own.
 After a man has posed as a cynio for a few years he begins to think too little of his neighbors and too much of himself.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04

After reading the press reports of that meeting in Washington yesterday we are in doubt whether it was a ses- sion of the National Conservation Con- gress or the National Conversation Congress-
New Britain herald., 1916-05-04
SunbeanS.
SunbeamS.
 Baltimore Sum- Anril has lovely manners.

The more seriously we take life the more interesting it becomes.
 One of the blessings of true living is to be able to consider yourself a part of the beautiful world around you.
 And then when you can spare the time, go fishing.
 At Ninety He Shoes Horse" Bet a doughnut he can also make a will low whistle.
 And catch bullfrogs with a piece of red flannel
 "Headache1ess Beer" There's whole lot in knowing how to drink it.
 Going Seven Thousand Miles to We'd" Shows there's something io- ing in leap year after all.
 Men never grow up until they've been Whacked mighty hard by the blows of circumstance.
 Politics Bane of Foreign Rela- tions" Even domestic ones are not exempted.
 "Throws Syrup on Dresses" And here we've often gone without it on our corn cakes.
 "Hit by High Living Cost" That's something in the way of blow most all of us have experienced.
 "Flee from Croquet Ball. They're nasty things when they're wild.
 Be patient, frogs are singing still within the pond below the hill
 Don't forget that spool of cotton!