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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-07
ALWAYS RELIABLE
Manning Experiences Going Back
For Four Years.

Kidney weakness can be cured.
But what caused it once will cause
it again.
Here's a Manning woman who has
had several attacks.
Several times in over four wears
Mrs. Logan has used Doan's Kidney
Pills.
She says that Doan's have never
failed her.
Four years ago Mrs. Logan pub
licly endorsed Doan's.
She now confirms her statement.
What better proof of merit?
Proved by years of experience.
Told by Manning people.
This is convincing testimony:
Mrs. r. l.. Logan, Manning, saws:
For long time had been troubled
with my kidneys. suffered from a
lame and aching back and didn't rest
we'll nights. l got a box of Doan's
Kidney Pills and they relieved me
wonderfully. l am feeling much bet
ter now" (Statement given january
30th, 1911)
Keeps Doan's On Hand.
Over three years later, Mrs. Logan
said: II still use Doan's Kidney Pills
and they do me world of good. 1
keep them on hand and couldn't get
along without them"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Logan has twice publicly
recommended. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. I.-adv.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-07
I sloo REWARD, s1oO

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being great
ly influenced by constitutional condi-
tions requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Medicine is
taken internally and acts thru the
Blood on the Mucuos Surfaces Of the
System thereby destroying the foun-
dation of the disease, giving the
patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing it's work. The proprietors have
80 much faith in the curative powers
Of Halls Catarrh Medicine that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY G. CO.,
Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggist,
75c.--adv.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-07
POTATOES AS FOOD
Perform Important Function in X eep-
ing Body Tissues Alkaline-Mcth-
DDS of Preparation.

The general use of potatoes in the
average family and the better Gus
toms prevailing in many homes in
preparing the tubers for food are bas-
ed on sound economic and dietetic
reasons, according to specialists of
the Office of Home Economics of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. Studies OF the preparation
and use of potatoes as food are re-
ported in Department of Agriculture
Bulletin No. 468, recently issued.
Potatoes are easy to cook in a va
riety of ways. From the point of
view of dietetics, they furnish starch
in one readily digestible form, con-
tain mineral substances of import
ance to the badly, and-a fact less
generally known--tend to make the
tissues and fluids of the body alkaline,
so counteracting the tendency of
meats, eggs, fish, and like foods to
create acid conditions, Since the body
does its work best when its condition
is either neutral or slightly alkaline,
potatoes, like most vegetables, per-
form an important function in the
diet besides furnishing cnergy-pro-
ducing material. This scientific fact
justifies the custom that is prevalent
in many families of serving a goodly
supply Of potatoes or other vegetables
with each helping Of meat.
Potatoes, however, while valuable
additioh>to a mixed diet, alone are not
stldied to meet the needs Of the body
because OF their poverty in y, ,teins
AMI fat. OF these latter ~. yortant
elements protein is furnished in
meats, eggs, fish, milk, beans, and
similar foods, and fat in butter, ba-
con, table oils, and the fats and oils
used in cookery.
Greater care than commonly is ex-
ercised should be taken in peeling 20
tatoes. Very often 20 per cent of the
potato is pared away. This results
not only in the waste of considerable
potato but also in the loss of one of
the most valuable portions of the
tuber, since the soluble mineral salts
are present in the material near the
skin, which would be removed and
thrown away. These salts can be pre-
served by a more careful removal of
the skin, as by shallow pairing or rub
bing, and also by boiling or baking
the potatoes in their Jackets.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-07
WINTER JOBS FOR THE FARMER

Clemson College, S. c., Feb. s.
Plant, prune and spray home or
chards
Form cooperative clubs for pur-
chasing and selling ali farm supplies
and products.
Clear your pasture 81 all rubbish,
etc., repair the fences and make prep
arations for sodding th-:n to bermuda
or other grasses next spring.
Purchase commercial fertilizers CO.
operatively, and pay for them in cash
if possible.
Remove all stumps, terrace your
land and clean out all bitches.
Winter plow your land when in con-
dtion.
Make compost and top dress grain
with stable manure.
Take special care OF all livestock
during the cold winter months.
Repair and paint implements and
machinery.
Clean and spray poultry and hog
houses.
Mate poultry and set eggs for pro-
iuction of pullets for fall laying.
Use the split-log drag on your
roads. Get your neighbors to do the
same.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-07
FOOD, FEED AND FERTILITY

Washington, d. c., Feb. 5.--Food,
feed, and fertility are the Foundation
of safe farming, according to the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. A circular sent to farmers,
bankers, and business men in cotton
territory by the Chief of the Office
of Extension Work in the South says: !:
Let US feed the people, feed the
live stock, and feed the soil. When
we haze done these three things,
then raise such acreage in money
crops as we have the labor to tend"
The circular points out that the
true value Of cotton to the farmer
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-07
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CORN GROWING
Early Planting Recommended for
Semiarid Regions-PIants Injured
Less by Frost and Drought.

Corn will not grow during cold
weather as wheat and oats. Corn
planting time is, therefore, little
later than the best time for sowing
spring wheat Or spring oats. How
ever, according to Farmers Bulletin
773, when seed of perfect vitality is
used, it is remarkable how early in
the spring corn can be planted a.i>
result in good stands and good yields
Seed of perfect vitality will often re-
main in cold or dry so5stfor several
weeks and afterwardss dssH&tn1inate and
yield well. Irregular stasias are some
times attributed spbor seed, when
dry, poorly prepared spots are the
cause. Fields are sometimes seen in
which the seed terminated promptly
in moist spots but did not germinate
in dry spots until rains came.
Where the seasons are long and
moisture plentiful, it is customary to
wait until the soil is warm before
planting. In semiarid regions, how
ever, corn should be planted early.
With the soil in proper condition it
is generally advisable in semiarid re-
gions, south as we'll as north, to
plant corn before danger from frost
is entirely past. Corn planted very
carly usually makes a slow, tough
growth and month after planting
may be smaller and look less promis-
ing than that planted later. The
early planted corn ril:.ns first, how
ever, and usually produces the larger
or the better crop. Because of it's
slow, tough growth corn planted very
early is not SO susceptible to frost
and drought as corn planted later and
growing more rapidly. In series
of years the gain in macure corn Sc
cured from early planting will more
than make up for any injury from
spring frosts. Excellent corn crops
have been produced from paintings
frozen off or frozen back when the
plants were from a few inches to
foot or more tall. Corn is not often
entirely killed by spring frosts, and
if some should be injured the loss is
much less serious than that from
summer drought or from fall frost
Early planted corn derives more
benefit from the spring moisture su9.
ply, becomes well rooted before sum
mcr droughts begin, ant may even
mature before these droughts become
severe.
Where the growing season is very
long and warm, paintings made at
about 30-day intervals increase the
chances of hitting the season right
and raising some good corn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-07
Lingering Coughs Are Dangerous.

Get rid of that tickling cough that
keeps you awake at night and drains
your vitality and energy. DR., Kings
ne" Discovery is a pleasant balsam
remedy, antiseptic, laxative and
promptly Elective. 1t soothes the 'ir-
rltated membrane and kills the cold
germs; your cough is soon relieved.
Delay is dangerous-get DR.. Kings
New Discovery at once. For nearly
fifty years it has been the favorite
remedy for grippe, Group, coughs and
colds. Get bottle to-day at your
Druggist, 50c.-adv.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-07

Pairing & before boiling, however,
may be the most desirable method of
cooking potatoes which through an
undue exposure to light may have ac-
quired a bitter taste, or those which
have been kept until late in the spring
since in this way more of the dis
agreeable flavor is eliminated. Such
potatoes may also be soaked before
cooking.
While these methods may be de-
sirable with potatoes which have been
exposed to light, they result in the
loss of considerable food value with
out compensating advantages when
applied to new or well-matured pota-
toes. If such potatoes are boiled af-
ter pairing, they should be dropped
into boiling water instead of being
placed on the stove in cold water. By
the latter method there is twice the
loss of protein, or tissue building ele-
ments, resulting from the former. The
loss of mineral matter is about the
same by each method. There is no
loss of starchy material in boiling
unless portions of the tuber break off.
Practically the only loss when DO
tatoes are baked their skins is of
the water which escapes as steam.
The more or less common custom of
prlcklng holes in the skin of baked
potatoes or breaking them is explain
ed by the fact that unless the steam
which is formed inside the skin is
allowed to escape it will change back
into water and produce sogginess.
Potatoes which have turned green
and sprouting tubers have present a
considerable quantity of solanin, an
acrid poisonous substance which.
though not dangerous in the quanti
ties ordinarily met with, gives dis
agreeable flavor. 1t is best, therefore,
TO avoid such potatoes or to cut out
green or sprouting portions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-07

Is to great extent the amount of
food and feed that it will purchase.
The price of cotton has risen, it is
true, but so has the retail price of
all other farm produce. "By grow
ing all cotton" says. the author, "and
exchanging it for living you are
simply swapping a high priced pro-
Duct produced by your labor for a
high-priced product produced by the
labor of the other fellow. When YOU
follow safe farming, however, you
produce your own food and feed at
cost and sell your cotton for the
other fellows dollars"
Safe farming is defined in the cir
cular as including these items:
CD A home garden for every fam
lily on the farm, from one-tenth to
one-fourth acre, we'll located, well
titled, and tended as carefully as any
other crop on the farm, planted in
rotation to time the vegetable crops
so as to have a continual supply for
the family table as many days in the
year as possible. TO this should be
added onc-fourth of an acre of pota-
toes, either Irish or sweet, or both,
70 be used as food for the family.
(2) Enough corn on each farm to
last the family and the live stock for
one year, with a little excess for
safety.
CD Sufficient oats and other small
grain to supplement the corn as food
for one year with certainty. These
small grains conserve the soil in Win
ter and provide summer grazing for
live stock
(D Hay and forage crops to sup
ply the live stock on the farm one
year, with a little excess for safety.
The legumes, which add fertility to
the soil and produce the best hay,
should not be forgotten.
t5) The necessary meat, eggs, and
milk for the family. The meat should
be procured by increased attention to
poultry and hogs because of the
rapdity with which these can be pro-
duced. Every family should have at
least Two cows, so that one can be
in milk all the time. a sufficient
II ;!Tber Of brood sows should be kept
to produce the pork for the family,
with some excess for sale. The av-
erage number of poultry per farm
.HoJli 5a gradually increased to at
least so. There should be eggs and
poultry for the home table, with a
sufficient excess for sale. The live
stock on the farm should be gradu-
ally increased so as to consume the
otherwise pasted products and make
productive the unproductive and un-
tillable lands.
(6) Cotton for the main crop after
the living has been amply provided
for.
CD The sale of the surplus pro-
duets of the garden, the orchard, the
poultry, the live stock, and the feed
crops to cover the necessary running
expenses of the farm, leaving the cot
ton as the real cash crop.
The present prices of cotton, says
the circular, should not be permitted
to tempt any farmer to depart from
this program. 1t is the only safe
plan to follow, no matter what the
price of cotton may be.
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-07
Responsibility.

A teacher asked little boy to
spell Responsibility" which he did.
"Now, Tommy" said the teacher,
"can you tell me the meaning of that
big word 2" eyes, num-" answered
Tommy. "If I had only four buttons
on my trousers, and two came off, all
the responsibility would hang on the
other two."--Life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-07
Constipation Makes You Dull

That draggy, listless, oppressed
feeling generally results from consti-
patton. The intestines are clogged
and the blood becomes poisoned. Re-
lieve this condition at once with Dr..
Kings New Life Pills; this gentle,
non-griping laxative is quickly ef-
fective. A dose at bedtime will make
you feel brighter in the morning. Get
bottle to-day at your Druggist,
25c.-adv.
Douglas Island news., 1917-12-28
ONEY LOANED
 SPENT AT HOME
Very Few Dollars Loaned to Ameri' ea's Atlies Ever Leave
 Unfted States

-r,,o Treasury Department, Bureau p,brcity. is.sues Che followIuE.
 rho loans made by the United s,,tcs to the governments ot war ..t,b cermany are arranged by Sec ,stary Of thc Treasury McAdoo and submitted to the President and made lwith his approval.
 The Secretary states that his ludg- mont in making these loans is de- tormiued largely by the monthly requirements of the applicants The different powers, through their duly authorized representatives, make their representations as Go their nec- cssltics for carrying on Che war; and after discussion the various amounts are arrived at.
 These loans. says the Secretary, are essential for our own protection. not only for our protection In a military way. but for our economic | protection and welfare. The pro |duction of the United States has been spoccdcd up and greatly stimulated. We are producing more than our own needs. and our own economic protection and welfare demand that we sell much of our products to our |allies. To accomplish this we must extend these credits to enable them Go buy our products.
 Their commercial salvation Is au essential part of their effectiveness In Che war. and their commercial wcI-belng demands that their ex- port trade be maintained in a com siderable measure. They must keep their civil population engaged to tho extent necessary Co sustain their in- dustrial economic existence. 10 is sound economic policy on our part Co assist them in maintaining thelr industrial life and economic welfare
 Very little Of the money loaned Co our allies, the Secretary states goes out of the United States. Most of it IS spent right here for war ma terials and foodstuns. The money we are advancing is not a contribu- tion; it is a loan. on which they will pay interest and which will ultl- mately be repaid in full Our allies are looked upon by us as solvent peoples, without ready money. but with perfectly good credit
 Their expenditures ot this money in this country are supervised by us Their purchases are made with the
Douglas Island news., 1917-12-28

advice and assistance Of our War Industries Board This system not only protects Che borrowing ally. but prevents competitive bidding against Che other allies and the United States itself. and obtains for tho bor- rover thc same prics, Che same terms. and Che same trcamcnt our own government demands in making its own purchases.
 When one remembers that the loans made to our allies enable them Co do the fighting that otherwise the American army would have Co do at much expense, not only of men but of money. money which would not be returned Co us and lives that could never be restored, thc wisdom Of our policy in financing our allies is plain Co every one. It is not only a duty Go them that we are perform ing in lending them part of our great wealth; it is a great duty we are prforming Co our soldiers and sailors and our nation i'm making our allies powerful and effective. thus lessening the work and danger and suffering for our own men and in bringing the war to an earlier close.
Douglas Island news., 1917-12-28
WAR SAVINGS IN A NUTSHELL

Q. What is the War-savlngs plan?
 A. It is a plan by which you can lend small savings to you govern ment at per cent interest, com pounded quarterly.
 o. How may this be done?
 A. By purchasing War-savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps.
 c. What is a War-Savlngs Stamp?
 A. It is a stamp for which thc government will pay you 30 on Jan uary |. 1928.
 Q. What does it cost?
 A. Between S412 and $423 dur iug 1918, depending upon tho month in which purchased.
 Q. What Is a Thrift Stamp?
 A. It is a stamp costing 20 cents. to be applied in payment for a War Savings Stamp. It does not earn in- terest The purpose of its issue is to enable people to accumulate in small sums the amount necessary to pay for a War-savlngs Stamp.
 Q. Where can I buy them?
 A. At postoifices, banks. and au- thorized agencies.
 Q. Why should l buy them? e
 A. Every dollar loaned to the government helps to save the lives Of our men at the front and to win the war
Douglas Island news., 1917-12-28
lFablc in Slang No apologies Co
 Geo. Ade)

. lFablc in Slang No apologies to
 Geo. Ade)
 Being at Che wharf the other day when a south-bound steamer was in pcst Che Stroller noticed a man whom he had not previously seen for more than dozen years and seeing him recalled Co Che mind of tho Stroller the following account of how calculations sometimes miscarry;
 Something like forty years ago Bm Tightvad and Sally Piuchclosc were married in che state of Indiana. The day after they were married they kissed Indiana goodby and left for Kansas The reason they wont to Kansas was that the counties there were larger than In Indiana and they figured that they wanted to own maybe two. if an ! things worked together and for good. Bm and Sally used Go lie awake nights planning how they could out . do each other in matters ot economy.
 In due and respectable time young 'BW arrived. When six weeks old hc knew gee from "haw" and ot three years he knew when every COW on Che ranch was fresh and what butter was bringing per pound iu Chicago. At ten young Bill was member of Che board of hog judges. owned a team of mules and a breaking plow. had burned his bed and was marketing farm pro ducts in daylight and taking In blow Ing at night.
 Dad Bin and Sally frequently lg- ured on Che side Of the house how long it would be before Son Bin would have enough money Co buy Che adjoining county Co the south. The only regret Son BW had in those days was that he had not been born in time Co get in on the Wich- ita boom iu 1888.
 When Son Bin was 2l somebody told him about Seattle and he de- cided Co come there and buy up the town. Up Co that time he had never taken any time for life's frIyoltics and when he reached Seattle he dropped into a free music hall and saw more life than hc ever before seen and an for the price ot one gbgss of beer.
 The next day a Seattle real estate dcainr took Bin in tow and sold him lew blocks ot suburban real cs- tato. 10 was SO suburban tbat it was ucarcr Spokane than Seattle. Ou Che strength Of his investment be visited Che free music hall che fol- lowing night and. feeling that hc had made fair progress toward tak-
 Ing oycr good slice Of the state. Hc wiukcd at ono of che female at-
 aches of Che place. That wink cost Bm nearly as much as his suburban real estate An winks are more or less alike. but what they cost usu- ally depend almost wholly on who 'hcy are directed at. Anyway. Bins
Douglas Island news., 1917-12-28
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wink came high. And he kept wiuklng.
 Before six months BIl was out of money and when he attempted Co realize on his real estate shrewd men turned their backs and snick- cred. When he offered it for one half what he had paid for lt they snickcrcd some more
 An this time Dad Bin and Sally were stul figuring on the side of tho house. estimating how many box ears Son Bm would use in bring ing his money back from Seattle
 At Che same time Bnl frequently looked longIngly at signs which said "CoTce and Sinkers, 20 Cents.'
 One day the object of BilIs winks she called him willie" proposed Chat they invade Che north.
 "Havc you the price of two tick cts2" asked Bul
 "Do you take mo for a pikcr?' re- piled Lucille.
 so that was settled.
 They came north more than IS years ago. when the north was in flower and when olamaus rotailcd at S1 per with a rising market
 Back in Kansas the old folks im- agine Bul's interests in the west arc SO extensive he can't leave them They don't know that BWs inter csts consist of a broom, slop pail and mop.
 Two years after reaching the in- terior Lucille married a miner who had struck six bits to the pan but who was shy on social aspirations He taught Lucille Co build sour dough bread and they have lived happily ever since. Two weeks ago Lucille decided Co SO outside for thc winter and the day she was to start she met Bin. who was SO run down and seedy and had worn Che samo vest SO long that Lucille had Co make two guesses before sh, could decide whether it was dry goods or groceries.
 "HercI you old hulk" she ex- claimed on meeting Bin, T paid your way into the country and | am game enough Co pay your passag, back to Seattle. Come on."
 And Bll comcd.
 And that is how the Stroller chouccd to see Bin only a few days ago. When asked if he vas on his way back Go Kansas. he grlnued shoepishly and looked at Lucille The latter told Che Stroller on Che quiet that it was her intention. on reaching Seattle, Co buy Bm new outfit and a ticket to his Kansas home.
 Just how Bin win be received at home remains Co be scon He win bc expected Co have a freight train load of money. as money is the only thing his parents have ever been interested i'm.
 Moral-If you have a boy don't expect him Co cover a setting of cgg every time he sits down Go rest.