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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07

and it will be a'work of joy. 1t will
bring health. 1t will bring treasures
to the Kitchen larder 1t will help
win the war. From it will be quite
certain to come as much satisfac-
ton as could be derived from any
imaginable investment of the same
amount.
But be sure to buy THOROBREDS.
Your interest, your admiration, your
pleasure, your pride in them will be
fivefold greater than with mere mon
grels. And your profits have chance
to be from one hundred to Gve hun
dred per cent. larger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07

A house twelve feet square should
be large enough to shelter from Is
to 20 fowls, depending on the size of
the birds and the care that is taken
of them. And just here let me say
that the degree of pleasure and the
measure Of profits will be determined
largely by the excellence of the care
given the flock. 1t is principle that
we have all observed no doubt that
if we do a thing the very best we
know how we derive pleasure from
the doing of it. This holds especial
ly true l think in the care of fowls.
Now is good time to begin, or to
begin over again.
Yed~will have to pay more for pull
lets in November than in September;
but you will save two months in the
feeding and care of them. That will
probably more than equal the extra
cost.
Pullets at dollar and half to five
dollars apiece this month wilH be a
good investment. The right man can
make bigger rate of income on his
money this way than in the equally
commendable Liberty Bond invest
ment.. He will have to work harder
with the hens than with the bonds;
but the work will be "after hours"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07

who doesn't feel that it pays to raise
them? Look at fine standard bred
fowl. Isn't she beautiful! What a
pleasure to own her, to care for her!
Put dozen or more into we'll kept,
we'll equipped poultry house. Where
did you ever see bed of flowers
quite so interesting? The thing call
ed Chicken fever" is merely the con-
stant emotion of pleasure and admi-
ration reaching to the pinnacle of
pure joy at times which comes to the
man who gets into the best there is
after all in the raising if fine fowls
And then there is what we might
call a patriotic privilege. I call it a
"privilege" because we are inclined to
think of patriotism as a duty to be
performed even against our wills, or
sacrifice to be made. The keeping
of a pen of beautiful standard bred
fowls l count privilege, chance
to win at both ends of the line,-"for
home and native land"
"Who wouldn't be patriotic at
per cent. ?" some one has asked. Sure
enough! Well, who couldn't be patri-
otic if it would mean the perennial
pleasure and profit that are bound to
flow from keeping fine flock of
standard bred fowls?
The patriotism will consist in add.
ing rather big "bit" to the much
needed supply of meat and eggs at
this time in the awful stress of the
nations. Every one of flock of IS
layers should produce $50 eggs every
twelve months, making grand total
of 2250 This is no small item for the
common backlotter to cast. into the
worlds meat basket.
Consider, too, the luxury of fresh
eggs for ones own table 1865 days
of the year.
Fresh! One must have experience
to appreciate this point The house
wife who has never used anything
but stale eggs, taking it for granted
that from one to five eggs in every
doxcn should be expected to be off
flavor or positively bad, cannot know
the luxury of strictly fresh eggs
every day of the year,-eggs that
are laid the same day that they are
used if you please,-eggs that are
still warm from the heat of the hens
body.
The people of wealth will have
nothing to do with any other kind Of
eggs. They can afford to pay the
Epricc and will therefore have nothing
to do with the stale article. The
common man with half chance in
the rear of the home lot can supply
his own table abundantly with this
luv''ry Of the millionaire's dining
room.
Stale eggs, or most Of the eggs
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07
THE Luxury OF A
PEN OF THOROUCABREDS

Written by G. r. Smith, Malvera, Pa.
The n-thousand-layer plant is
. still the great exception. Immense
advance has been made along bigbusi-
ness lines during the last quarter of
century. But it is still the people
at large who are doing the most at
poultry culture. Practically every
farmer keeps from so to 500, and
countless numbers of back-lotters are
doing their delightful bit with small
f1ocks.
A dealer in poultry meat Of all
kinds told me in Philadelphia the
other day that it is almost impossi-
BILE to buy any poultry meat today.
asked him why, and his reply was
that poultry keepers were going out
OF business because of high cost of
feed. He said he was breaking just
about even, that is, he was not max
ing more than half a cent pound on
the poultry meat that he was handl-
ing. l made due allowance for his
pesSimstic view of the situation, and
was yet able to see that conditions
are serious from one point of view,
and very interesting from another
point of view.
Things are much upside down in
all departments the world over. Lit
tie wonder that poultry culture should
feel the impact Of the tidal wave of
unrest and uncertainty. But let us
not blundcr. Opportunity is at the
door of thousands. The fact that so
many are giving the business up, or
cutting down their stock, should be
big reason why others should hold
on. If diamonds were as numerous
as white beans they would be as
cheap. When nine Of every ten poul-
trymen close up business, the tenth
man will have the opportunity of a
life time. He will have the article
that is useful, necessary, and scarce
Will the egg and the broier and
the roaster and. the capon disappear
from the American table? "Not on
your life!" The man who has them
for sale in the coming days will be
lucky.
Every man who can should keep
pen Of thoroughbreds for the pleas
urc Of it if for nothing else. Yes,
the body is more than rament and
the life is more than food. Let's have
some of natures real beauties about
to give us JOY and make us apprc-
ciatc the glory of living
Look at rose or a carnation! You
can't eat either one Of them. They
Will not lay eggs or give milk; but
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07

that are purchased, are necessarily
not up to the fine flavor and quality
of those that you gather fresh and
warm from your own little hen house.
This means that the uses of the store
eggs are limited. They are good for
certain purposes; but for many other
purposes they will not do. We can
go to quite limit with meat that
is slightly Sprung" We think moth
ing of eating butter that is far from
"gilt edge" in flavor. But a boiled
or fried egg with dark brown"
taste is simply out of the question.
For my part do not know of any
thing that will spoil my appetite
more quickly.
The matter of space is not seri-
Gus question. Any man who has a
spot twelve or fifteen feet square at
his disposal can keep ten or dozen
layers with perfect ease and conven-
ience.
A little house six by eight feet will
house ten birds thru the winter. 1t
need not be of costly material or ele
gantly built. 1t must be sufficient,
however, to protect the birds from the
rigors of the winter season. It must
be dry and comparatively tight so
that drafts cannot creep in to give
the fowls colds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07

took advantage Of the rain and dark
ness early Saturday to raid the trench
after heavy bombardment, and cap.
tured IL Americans, killing three
others and two Frenchmen and
wounding four Americans.
A young American lieutenant made
three brave attempts to pierce the
barrage and bring re,nforcements, to
his comrades. He was knocked un-
conscious by shock from she'll
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07
TROOPERS CUT OFF
When Germans Attached the Trench
Lieutenant Made Brave Attempt
to Bring Reinforcements.
(By Newton G.. Parke.)

American Field Headquarters in
France, Nov. 5.-The story of the
first infantry action between the
American soldiers and the Germans
was released from American Head
quarters tonight.
1t shows that the Germans heavily
outnumbered the American troopers,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07
So MMONS FOR RELIEF
Complaint not scrvod.)


You are hereby summoned and re-
quircd to answer hcComplaint in
this action which has been filed in
the Office Of the Clerk of Court of
Common Pleas for the said County,
and to serve a. copy of your answer
to the said Complaint on the sub
scribers at their office in Manning,
South Carolina, within twenty days
after service thereof, exclusive of the
day of such service; and if you fail
to answer the Complaint within the
time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this
action will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the Complaint.
The Defendants Robbie Rivers,
Lorepa Rivers, r. Rivers, Dozier Rv-
crs, Moses Rivers, Hattie Rivers,
Allen Rivers, Lily r. Circletight,
Eliza Hilton and Henry Rivers will
also take notice that the, original
Summons and Complaint in this ac-
ton were filed in the office of the
Clerk of Court Of Common Pleas for
Clarendon County, South Carolina,
on the 28th day of June, 1917.
Dated---------- d. 1917.
DuRant e. Ellerbe,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07
GOVERNMENT COMMANDERS
YELLOW PINE LUMBER

Savannah, Ga, Nov. 5.--All yellow
pine lumber in this section which can
be used for building has been COM
mandcered by the government.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07
BAKERIES MAY CLOSE.

Syracuse, N. Y, Nov. 5.-Owing to
the sugar and flour shortages it was
announced tonight that score Of
ward bakeries would close.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07

Stepney Stukes, Harrison Stukes, John
Stukes and Lucrctia Jones, Plain
tiffs,
Joseph Stukcs, Bculah johnson, Ju-
Illus j Johnson, Erwin Johnson, Mace
Johnson, Lucy Boyd, Carolina
Johnson, Lois Mitchell, Haskell
Rivers, Robbie Rivers, Laura Ann
Cantcy, Lorena Rivers, Marie John
son, Il. Rivers, Dozicr Rivers,
Moses Rivers, Hattie Rivers, James
Rivers, Allen Rivers, Arthur 'Riv-
crs, Nellie Rivers, Lily r. Circle
tight, Eta Hayes, Amanda Rave
mel, Abraham Rivers, Wilkic Riv-
ers, Charlotte Rivers, Josh Robin
son, Henry Robinson, Clara (somc-
times called sissy Cantcy, Agnes
Hatfield, Madison Robinson, julius
Robinson, Allison Robinson, Eliza
Hilton, G. NJ. Davis and Joseph E.
Davis, the last two as co-partners
doing business as C. M. Davis &
Son, j. A. Weinberg, J. w. Hilton,
Martha Lemon, John Doe and
Richard Roe, the last two being
fictitious names for the unknown
heirs of Henry Rivers, deceased
Defendants.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of Clarendon

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01
American History
Course United States
Bureau of Education

Reading course No. 10. American
history. recently announced by the
United States bureau of education OF
the department of the interior. wash
ington. d. c., is now available. The
bureau will issue certificate signed
by the United States commissioner of
education to those who read the course
and fulfill the requirements. Upon
application to the home education d.
vision of the bureau the list OF books,
application blanks and directions for
reading will be FURNISHED free OF
charge. The bureau does not furnish
the books.
The following is a LIST of the TWEEN
ty-three books in the course:
l. European Background of Ameri-
can History. by f. 2. Cheyney.
2. The Colonies, by Reuben Gold
Thwaites.
3. Montcalm and Wolfe, by Frances
Parkman.
4. Old Virginia and Her Neighbors.
by John Fiske.
S. Beginning of New England, by
John Fiske.
8. Men. Women and Manners in
Colonial Times. by Sidney George
Fisher.
Z. Dutch and Quaker Colonies in
America. by John Fiske.
8. The American Revolution, ny
John Fiske.
3. Lecky's American Revolution, by
James Albert WOODBURY. (editor).
10. Story of the Revolution, by Hen
~ Cabot Lodge
IL. Critical Period of American His
tory, by John Fiske.
IL. Henry Clay. by Carl Shurz.
10. Life OF George Washington. by
Woodrow Wilson.
IA. Rise of the New West, by Fred
erick Jackson Turner.
Is. Winning of the West. by Theo-
dore Roosevelt
Is. Economic History OF the United
States, by f. L. Bogart.
IT. Division and Reunion, by Wood
row Wilson.
IS. The Lower South in American
History. by william CARROT Brown
10. Abraham Lincoln. by John T.
Morse.
90. Reconstruction. Political and
ECONOMIC. by William Archibald Dun
ming.
81. National Problems GsS4-1ss7),
by Davis r. Dewey,
%. America as World Power, by
John Holiday Latane.
%. America in Ferment, by Paul
Leland Haworth.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01
A LENTEN PRAYER.
BY Cassie Moncure LYME

Fling wide our banner of freedom.
the flag of the union so true,
Let dastards and towards behold it
the matches red. white and
blue
With Its stars that have ever shed
lustre from polar TO torrid zone.
The flag of Decatur and Lawrence.
from Farragut back to Paul
Jones.
We are no craVens to cover, but why
should this sacrifice be?
Why strip our land OF its flower. as
happened with Grant and Lee
Yet. We'll pour out our blood IN liba-
tons to the Goddess OF Liberty.
To defend the rights won by forebea RS
for freedom on land and sea.
Our men are the brave Of the bravest.
who to tyranny never will yield
Wives and mothers would bid them.
"Spartans. return on your
shield,
Yet. God grant the hearta ches from
wars soon may forever cease.
The world needs the Easter blessing
Resurrected Saviour of Peace.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01
NEW INDIANA WOMEN
VOTERS STUDY DUTIES

Indianapolis. Ind, March al.--The
women of Indiana. having been given
limited suffrage by the general assem-
bly, this winter are planning to make
full use of the powers granted IL the
supreme court does not interfere. No
attack on the law has been made a.
yet but 1t is understood that a suit
WIN be started soon.
"A department store in Indianapolis
has installed voting machine with
an instructor. Sever>-l women's clubs
nave obtained the temporary use OF
voting machines. The women are in
viting candidates for municipal of.
fices to outline their campaign prom
ises before them, and many OF the
candidates reluctantly appear. The
women never fail to tell the candi-
dates that they will hold them to their
promises.
Women will not stick closely to
party lines. according to politicians
Were there not so much activity
among the women, they say, the
women would vote usually as their
husbands vote. But so persistentiy are
leading women impressing upon all
women the necessity of voting for the
man and not the party that machine
politicians are much worried.
Indiana women will cast their first
vote In September. when they vote
for delegates TO the constitutional
convention. Two things. above all
others they want in new constitu
ton. These are woman suffrage and
prohibition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01
HAVE DARK HAIR
AND LOOK Y0UNeI
Nobody Can Tell When You Darixen
Gray, Faded Hair With Sagc
Tea sss5

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-
fully darkened, glossy and attractive
with a brew of Sage Tea and Sui.
phur. Whenever her hair took on
that dull. faded or streaked appears
ance, this simple mixture was applied
with wonderful effect. BY asking ~
any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound" you will get II
large bottle of this old-time recipe,
improved by the addition of other In.
gradients. all ready to use. for about
so cents. This simple mixture can kB
depended upon to restore natural color
and beauty to the hair
A well-known downtown druggist
says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound now because ii
darkens so naturally and evenly that
nobody can tell Ii has been applied
It's SO easy to use, too. You simply
dampen comb or soft brush and
draw it through your hair, taking one
strand at a time BY morning the
gray hair disappears; after another
application or two, il Is restored to
it's natural color and looks glossy. soft
and beautiful. This preparation Is a
delightful toilet requisite. 1t is not in-
tended for the cure, mitigation or pre-.
vention of disease. nv
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01

most universal shout in the afirma-
tive,
The difficulty in 184s, 1856 and
1859 was the, fluid state of parties
Men called themselves Democrats ane
wings. and In the later congresses
Americans or Know-Nothings and Re-
publicans, but with the exception OF
the last the name meant nothing.
In the first of these contests 1t was
proposed to facilitate the election of
a speaker by transferring his power
or appointing committees to the
house, and again by electing a tenn
porary chairman. Neither proposal
prevailed. Finally, after fifty-nine bal
lots had been taken. the house decided
to smash precedent. 1t was resolved
that If after the roll shall have been
called three times no member shall
have received a majority of the whole
number Of votes, the roll shall again
be called and the member who shall
receive the largest number of votes,
provided 1t be ma jority of quorum,
shall be declared chosen speaker"
On the third ballot following this
resolution the two leading candidates
polled an even number OF votes. On
the next, the sixtythird, Cobb, OF
Georgia, had plurality OF two.
The same procedure was resorted
to in 1855, when the struggle was
more bitter. Blanks being chosen
speaker by a plurality OF three on the
one hundred and thirty-third ballot
In 1859 feeling was too intense to
permit the adoption of this method
members who were not in the habit
of carrying pistols thought IL wise to
go armed to the house The removal
or the desks and the installation of
benches. an arrangement to which we
have recently returned, by bringing
members into closer physical contact.
added TO the excitement, Only forty
four ballots were taken, but the con-
test lasted $until February /. 1850,
when the Republicans managed to OBJ
tain A bare majority for Pennington.
the only representative except Clay to
be elected speaker in his first term,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01
HOUSE ORGANIZATION
FIGHTS Of THE PAST

Washington, March 31.-Should a
storm arise in the new congress over
the election of a speaker, due to the
fact the Republican and Democratic
representatives are equally divided. 1t
will not be the first spectacular row
of the sort.
The first contested election in the
house was in 1909, when the election
of speaker was complicated by the
question whether two blank ballots
should be counted as votes or not. But
this was mild in comparison with four
later cases.
When the Twenty-sixth congress
met, on December 2. 1899, Garland.
the clerk, in accordance with custom.
then and now, called 1t to order and
began the roll call When he came
to New Jersey he called the name OF
one member and then remarked that,
as Ave seats belonging to that state
were contested, he would pass over
the names of the members from New
Jersey. Gariands apparent unwill-
ingness to assume authority was IN
reality q gross assumption OF it. for
he was taking 1t upon himself to de-
eide temporarily the status of claim
ants. By keeping the five New Jer-
sew members out until speaker had
been elected the Democrats would
choose that official Moreover. his
own position as clerk was at stake
in the same way
The clerks notice let loose storm
OF debate. A motion was made 20
adjourn. The clerk observed that he
could put no question, even of adj
journment. until the house wa $
formed. But the knot was quickly
cut by the clerks declaration that the
house was adjourned.
Two more days of this farce went
by, when common sense asserted it
self. Leaders OF both Wings and
Democrats went to the venerable ex-
president. John Quincy Adams, and
begged him to interfere. On Decem-
Der he rose to address the house,
but not the clerk. Turning to the
members. he said Fellow citizens
Members-elect of the Twenty sixth
congress-" And he urged them to or
ganize themselves offering az a means
toward that end resolution order
ing the clerk to call the members from
New Jersey possessing the credentials
from the governor of that state
Resolutions there had been before.
but the clerk had refused TO put them.
Representatives cried out:
How shall the question be putt"
IneS receive the quiet answer.
Il intend to put the question my
self
But this was not necessary The
key had been found. and anybody
could use it. South Carolina mem
her sprang TO his feet and offered a
resolution that williams, OF North
Carolina, the oldest member OF the
house. he appointed chairman of the
meeting Williams, ohtecting he sub
stituted the name OF Adams, and put
the question. In reply came AN al
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01
ELOQUENT SERMON ON
THE DELAYED SENTENCE
Rev. Samuel Il. Dumvilfe breaches
Strong Sermon at Decatur
Street Church.

At Decatur Street Methodist church
Tuesday night. the pastor. Rev. Sam
usl L Dumville. preached a strong
sermon on 1.-The Delayed Sentence.
using as his text, Feel. 8:11. He said
IN part: ,,o .o,,
will find that God governs 1t accord
ine to certain fixed and uniform laws.
For convenience we will make these
divisions the material or physical, the
mental and intellectual and the moral
or spiritual All men have agreed on
the first and second. They know that
IL they break a physical or mental
law that they must suffer the conse-
quences but when punished for moral
or spiritual lawlessness they want to
lay the blame on God.
III q child falls from second story
window, thus coming In contact with
the law OF gravitations no one dares
blame God for the death or injury to
the child. If man takes an overdose
of strychnine or some other poison
eithbr knowingly or unknowangly
no one blames God for the mans
death. II q person refuses to cultivate
the mind. conform TO the intellectual
laws, grows up an ignoramus. does
any one accuse God OF the mans ig-
norance? is 1t not peculiar then that
when, they suffer the consequences OF
a violation OF the moral or spiritual
law they try TO lay the blame on God?
Let me impress on your minds tonight
that the moral or spiritual life is based
upon fundamental laws, fixed. un-
changeabie. in the same sense as those
Of the material and mental worlds,
The rewards of the good and the sur
ferings OF the wicked. the lawless will
be infallibly determined by the laws OF
moral conduct and character which
reign throughout the moral govern
nent OF God. So ! beg you don't shift
the responsibility. Whether YOU are
lost or not depends upon you. 1t. isn't
n question OF God being too loving and
kind, TOO merciful. The law must be
expiated Whatsoever "a man soweth
that shall lie also reap.
IF this be true. do not men see
the truth? II is found in our text.
Because sentiment against an evil
work 10 not executed speedily etc.
Men look largely at the present only.
o, IL they could only see the real
reason why the sentence is not exc
cuted speedily God is forbearlnE
not desiring that any should suffer the
consequences OF their own guilt. but
lie desires that all might be saved
might come to the knowledge of His
truth, might become ohedient TO the
moral Law
'You don't stick your tinGer~into a
fire. because YOU would be burnt i'm
fnediateiN Vet men viii take God 3
holy name ia vain, when the iaw says.
Thou shalt not take the name Of the
Lord. thy God 81 vain. for the Lord