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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-02
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PLANS PRIZE BOND ISSUE

London, Oct. 31.-The treasury has
drafted a scheme for a prize bond
issue, according to the Daily Mail. Mr..
Chamberlain favors the scheme which
has been drawn up in anticipation
that Parliament will declare for it,
the newspaper adds.
Mr.. Chamberlain state, in the House
of Commons yesterday that he did not
object to a parliamentary inquiry into
the adviSability Of lottery loan or
prize bonds, after which a number of
members signed memorial to the
chancellor of the cXc:.cqucr urging
the immediate launching OF a prize
bond scheme. They expressed them
selves as convinced tha: 1t would meet
with a tremendous response, appeal
to the prevailing speculative tendency
and keep in the country money which
might otherwise be devertcd to the
French lottery bonds.
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depreciation Uncle Sam places on the
word farm" for census purposes ?
No? Then read how his Bureau of
the Census defines the word:
"a farm for census purposes is all
the land which is directly farmed by
one person conducting agricultural
operations, either by his own labor
or with the assistance of members of
his household or hired employees"
In further explanation of this def
milton the Census Bureau points out
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-02

that the term agricultural operations
is used as q general term referring to
the work of growing crops, producing
other agricultural products and raising
domestic animals, poultry or bees.
From this definition it will be seen
that a farm may consist of a single
tract Of land or of numb,r of sep
arate and distinct tracts. And these
several tracts may be held under diff
ferent tenures as, for instance, when
one tract is owned by the farmer and
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-02
LAROQUE MADE EXAMINER

Columbia, Oct 31.-Col. Ascar K.
laroquc, of Marion, private secretary
to Richard |. Manning, when the lat
ter was Governor, and later State
bank examiner, has been appointed
federal bank examiner, according to
information received in Columbia from
Washington tonight by the Columbia
bureau Of The News and Courier. Col
Laroquc has been assigned to At
lanta, which will be his headuuar-
ters.
Col. Laroquc is we'll known in South
Carolina where he has been in politics
for the past several gears. He was
private secretary to Governor Man
ming during the latter's first term and
managed Mr.. Manning's campaign for
reelection in 1916. He was appointed
State bank examiner by Governor Man
ming. He resigned this cIlice to enter
the service Of the Young Mems Chris
! tian Association, in the overseas serv-
ice. While abroad he was assigned to
the Forty second (Rainbow) Division.
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another is rented by h,m. Thus If
man who owns 100 acres rents an ad-
ditional ten acres from some one else
and operates both the 100 acres and
! the ten acres, then his "farm" includes
both tracts Of land comprising 110
acres.
BY the same token when landown-
er has one or more tenants, renters,
troopers or managers, each different
tract of land operated by any such
tenant, renter cropper or manager is
considered separate and distinct
farm by the Census Bureau. Or, to
give an example, if man owning 120
acres of land rents 40 acres to
tenant and farms the remaining 80
acres himself, his farm IS the 80 acres
which he operates, not the 12O acres
which he owns, while the 40 acre
trI It which he rents to tenant COM
prizes separate farm to be reported
in the name of the tenant.
! Another question to be determined
is how important does an agricultural
enterprise have to be in, order to
secure recognition in the census as
farm? A small vegetable garden or
chicken yard accommodating a few
hens will not be allowed to qualify as
! q farm" in the census no matter with
what pardonable pride and satisfac-
/ tion The proprietor may view his agr-
cultural enterprise.
But if the garden or chicken yard
expands until it covers rot less than
/ three acres of ground, CT InSil It re-
Quires for ," care the continuous SER
vices Cf It least one person. or yields
products annually TO the value of
$3.50 G. more, it comes within the
census definition of farm and will
sc recognized as such and counted.
The agriculture schedule contains
many questions regarding farm values
expenses and live stock as we'll as the
acreage and quantity of crops raised
y th" year 1919. Census Bureau of
:..ciH!3 ere urging farmers everywhere
/; 20 prepare for the CENSUS cnumerator
by loo'"Ng over their books and re-
:,r 8 tlH- acci:!p>c ;ll5yTC-'s may
be furnished to questions.
In this connection the Bureau of the !
Census emphasizes the fact that in
formation furnished to census tax |
crs is absolutely confidential, made
so by Act of Congress, and that un-
der no circumstances can any such |
information be used as basis for
taxation.
Incorporation between farmers anil
the census officials next Jcnuary is |
more necessary and vital than ever !
before" declares Director of the Cen !
sUs Sam l.. Rogers. "The world war
and the part that the farmer played
in it and will continue TO play in the
rchabilltati f Europe serve to
make tn gricuture section Of the
Fourteen }. Dcccnnial Census the
most Important in the Nations his
tory. Absolute accuracy and COM
pletcness in the census returns is the
goal toward which every citizen
should strive"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-02
CENSUS INTERPRETATION
OF THE WORD FARM

Washington, Nov. 3.-What is a
farm?
Seems a foolish question to ask,
doesn't it? Almost anyone can tell
of-hand just what arm is and
knows one when he sees it.
But do you happen to know the in
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-02
Habitual Constipation Cured
In II to n Days

"LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially
prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual
Constipation. 1t relieves promptly but
should be taken regularly for ID to ri DAYS
TO induce regular action. 1t Stimulates and
Regulates Very Pleasant 10 Take. 60c
per bottle.
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ever she would tremble and sob.
Lebaudy was much distressed and puzzled at this
duct but no amount Of persuasion would induce the girl
to explain what worrying her. Day after day and
again and again the subject Of the pful fate Of the
slave girls managed to up in conversation, and
Amneh always shook with convulsive sobs and shed
copious tears.
Amneh was as artfu as she was beautiful She realized
before she had lived with Lebaudy many years that he
tremendously rich and that he impressiOnable
She about at to work upon his feelings and set
the stage for very clever coup.
Finally, after Lebaudy's patience was beginning to
be strained by these outbursts of great grief Amneh al
lowed the Emperor to force her secret from her.
Alas Amneh had sister, ZObeide. According to
Amneh this dear sister Zobede far charming
more exquisitey beautiful than she herself And where
was sister Zobeidef
All! that was the sorrow of poor Amneh's heart
Scarcely could she allow herself to think Of dear sister
Zobeide. Zobeide was a slave of the most cruel and
wicked of masters in his harem in the Turkish city Of
Scutar And where this city of Scutar where this
cruel Turk mareating dear sister Zobeidei "Ony
eighteen miles away" Amneh whispered between her
sobs Only eighteen miles to this dear sister whose life
one long torture!
Of course Lebaudy arose to the bait the arfu slave
girl knew he would His French chvary instantly
serted ITSELF and the Emperor like knight Of DID, forth
with promised to dear sister ZObeide from the
clutches of her an master and add her to his household
The joy of Amneh knew no bounds. She threw her.
self into ecstasy of joy and demonstration Of pro-
found affection for her master. She kissed his lips and
hands, throwing herself upon her knees and kissed the
ground upon which he stood. Lebaudy quite
whemed by this piece of acting and resolved to lose no
time in carrying out the task he had set himself to
perform.
Lebaudy for setting forth in full majesty to nego
tae the purchase of sister ZObede But Amneh reasoned
with him with great intelligence and pointed out that his
method of dealing the matter Of her purchase had
made her poor unfortunate self cost Lebaudy tre
mendously than the market price.
Lebaudy saw the force of Amneh's advice and de-
cided to set off alone and mannounced to the neghbor
ing city of Scuar AS already told last Sunday Lebaudy
had assumed the native dress Of the MOOrs and attracted
attention he passed along the streets In this native
costume Lebaudy journeyed along mOdestly on foot
toward Scutari.
1t was difficult for Lebaudy to lay aside his pOmpOus
and imperial airs But he had been always faS
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CHAPTER VIII.
CCOntinusd from Last sunday.)
COpyright, 1913 by star Company

CopyriEht. By Company
TRRITATED but not at all discouraged by his Difficult
ties in trying to seize a portion of the desert of
. Sahara to found his empire Jacques Lebaudy de-
termned start all again. As private citizen of
France his efforts to set forth with armed expedition
were viewed by the nations of the world as technically
piracy
Lebaudy that he could hope to succeed unless
he had official standing among the nations of the world
and official recognition from the great governments of
Europe Even small dominion the princpalty of
Monaco was fully recognized among the family of nations
although the Prince of Monaco ruled territory
of only eight square miles Lebaudy had inspected this
little prncpaty and had been charmed with the natural
beauty and financial success of Monte Carlo.
The Emperor was convinced that he must
where and somehow a dominion matter how small,
which would be officially recognized by other nations.
Then his flag would be sauted with respect and his
sovereignty would be undiSputed if he undertook
armed expedition to establish his empire of Sahara.
1t in the Balkans that Lebaudy thought he would
find opportunity purchase small dominion which
would have satisfactory standing among the great powers
After his careful inspection of Monte Carlo Lebaudy
jOurneyed toward Montenegro but brought to halt
when his eyes beheld the picturesque ancient and his
torical city of Dulcigno magnificent prOmontory
the shores of the Adriatc Here he stopped and decided
he had found spot which, with it's natural advant
ages and Lebaudys millions, might be made to rival
Monte Carlo
As he strolled about the streets he beheld young
of such wondrOus beauty that his heart beat in
rapture To his asonshment he learned that this
Amneh, slave girl who had recently been bought by
native to adorn his harem After much bargaining and
at prepoterous price Gebaudy bought this young Turk
ish beauty and installed her. with all the pomp and
mony Of empress in his imperial suite at the hotel in
DulcignO.
As Lebaudy jOurneyed about the town purchasing
property here and there Amneh accompanied him and
planned many things
With apparent guileessness the girl led him to the
public slave market several times and shuddering with
horror atthe sight Of the young and helpless girls sold
into bondage and to unknown faes she nestled closer
Gebaudy and kissed his hand like afectonate dog
who had been rescued from fate worse than death.
Again and again Amneb brought about the conversa-
On to the subject of these poor slaves and while she
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said it was quite well enough
for a girl to be bonded to
such q nobly chivalrOus and
kind master as Lebaudy, yet
the horrors Of life for most
Of the slave girls were too
terrible for her heart to con-
template.
At times when IN the af-
fectionate embrace of Lee
baudy the girl should have
reflected happiness-she dis
tressed the Emperor by
bursting into 9 torrent Of
tears. At other times she
wore q far-awsy look, and
for no apparent reason what
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sh official volume the police official painfully
the pages and remarked that he had heard Of the
Empire of Sahara No such person as the Emperor Of
Sahara was named in the list of foreign pOtentates whom
the police instructed to take pains protect whe
ever they chaneed to visit the SuItan's domains.
Satisfied that Lebaudy the missing cashier and
that he had provided himself with clever bunch Of forged
documents the chief closed the book with snap and
nOunced that he was too smart officer to be fooled by
Lebaudys spurious claptrap about the Empire Of Sa
hara He refused to listen any further ordinations of
protest he grufy ordered the unhappy Lebaudy tObe
searched and relieved of all vauabes and then he ordered
him to be led away cell IN the dungeon and chained
securely lest so clever and resourcefu criminal might
make his escape and cheat these worthy Turkish police
men out Of their prospective reward.
Seutari is very ancient city dating back to the days
Of the nyrian kings before the time of Christ The prison
cell into which Lebaudy was thrust probably built
about that peEOd 1t had the ancient filth vermin and
smells which Lebaudy thought nothing less than two
thousand years could have produced The heat
sitting the air vile and the filth indescrbable The cell
dark and ancient wooden stool its only furn
ture. For bed Lebaudy had quantity of dirty straw
heaped up the stone floor
After carefully adjusting the manaces on Lebaudys
wrists and ankles the guard disappeared and left the great
Emperor of Sahara to his thoughts Lebaudy in
cned to doubt the story of the abseondng Austrian bank
nor the picture of the missing As he reflected
the he became convinced that his
part of plan of the English the French put him out
of the way secretly and without his fate becoming
known.
Possessed of this idea Lebaudy began to wonder just
what method would be taken to accomplish his murder
Probably it would be poison. And therefore when
keeper brought him his supper of black bread and water
he dared not touch it.
After restless night Lebaudy faced his miserable
breakfast with the full belief that it was undoubtedly
poisoned and he then resolved touch either food
or drink as long as he lay in this dungeon.
The police officials had taken pains to eonseate all of
Lebaudys valuab but they overlooked some gold coins
which he had sewed inside the lining of his Moorish vest
With these he managed to brbe keeper to send mess
age to Amneh, telling her of his plight.
And here Lebaudy not disappointed. If Amneh's
Vaccinations had gotten her into this desperate
predieamen Amneh would rise to the occasion and get
him out
The girl responded Immediately. managed to borrow
sack full of gold from banker of Dueigno and hastened
to Lebaudys relief
But the arrival of this slave girl served to arouse the
suspicious of the police chief How came it that this
prisoner managed to get word to this in Ducgno
eighteen miles awayf he asked himself "And how does
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entered the ancient city of Scutar BE had decided not
to search for hotel, but to do Caliph Of Bagdad
would do he mngling with his unsuspecting
people in disguise So he about to find private house
where he could spend the night and gain nforma-
ton In regard to the whereabouts Of poor sister ZObede
II she was, indeed more beautiful than his own Amneh
her well worth his knightly errand. Under
his chvarous protection great joy should be brought
into sister ZObeide's sad life
As the Emperor clad in Moorish garb, stroIled into
Of the dmly lighted streets his path suddenly
barred by villanOus looking gendarme, who drew his
scmtar and held the keen blade unpleasanty close to
Lebaudys face.
''what the meaning of thisi'' Lebaudy angrly de-
manded. 'Let me pass
But the gendarme peered closely into his face and
shouted for another guard When joined by this second
greasy soldier short whispered conversation took place.
and then Lebaudy found his quickly pniOned behind
his back and rope drawn tightly around his wrists.
The gendames laid none too gentle hands Lee
baudys shoulders and with scimitars in hand marched
him down the street They halted him at the corner,
where a smoky oil lamp making a feeble effort to
dispel the darkness of the approaching night
While gendarme retained a firm hold on Lebaudy
the other produced from pocket printed paper on
which appeared the picture of For several min
the Turks studied this picture and the features
Of their prisoner alternately talking excitedly all the
time in dialect which Lebaudy could not understand.
en paying heed to his pleas that he be allowed to
go his way in peace they bound his hands still tighter
and marched him away the Turkish police headquarters
Lebaudy demanded to know why he was being treated
thus but the guards refused any information Only when
they reached the police headquarters Lebaudy able
to gain first gimmer of information to what the
of his arrest.
1t that some weeks before bank cashier named
Franz Gebhart had abscOnded from Vienna taking with
him $780, 900 of the banks funds Clues obtained from
the mans sweetheart led the police to believe that he had
disguised himself Moor and fed to Scutari Accord
ngy circulars containing picture and description of the
embezzer and offering reward of $1,000 for his arrest
were sent to the police throughout Turkey.
1t was one of these circulars which the gendarme who
had arrested Lebaudy had in his pocket For many days
he had been anxusy scanning the face Of every stranger
in the hope of winning this prncely reward When he
caught sight of Lebaudy he convinced that he had the
right last And Lebaudy later told his friends
there was indeed striking resemblance between him and
the thievng cashier pictured in the police circular
At police headquarters Lebaudy realized that ne was
face to face with very serious situation Even at the
risk of fag Zobede he decided that he must
not try to conceal his identity Accordingly he drew from
his secret money belt eabOratey stamped documents
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which attested to the fact that be
was Jacques l., Emperor Of the
Sahara. -
But these documents did not
impress the fat and stupid Turk.
ish Chief of Police. he busted
himself looking from Lebaudy'
face to the printed picture Of the
escaped Austrian bank defaulter.
Surely they were the same. BE
chuckIed and patted his fat sides
over the certain prospects Of get
ting q share Of the very handsome
reward offered for the capture Of
the absconder.
Having satisfied himself that
they had landed the missing bank
cashier, he allowed himself to turn
his attention to Lebaudy 5 vOluble
protests which the Emperor was
pouring forth in a torrent Of
abuse.
Turning the leaves Of a Turk
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cinated by the stories he had
read IN the arabian Nights"
about how the great Caliphs used
to travel about Bagdad ineog-
nitO and unaccompanied. He
would follow the example Of
the great HarOun-al-Raschid
and visit Scutari without 50
much as a manservant to accom-
pany him.
Along the road he trudged,
and il was about dark when he
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-09-25
STRANGE CASE OF
PTOMAINE POISONING

MIR. and Mrs. Louis Mortensen,
who reside north of Poplar, had the
sad misfortune to have all their chill
dren down with ptomaine poison,
and one little girl, three years old
died last Friday night as a result of
the poisoning.
The family were ali at the Audi
bon fair Wednesday and everyone
was feeling fine. On Thursdav morn
ing the little girl was taken sick,
and a doctor was called but there
was no hope for her and she died
during the night.
During the next few days the
three other children in the family
were taken sick, and for time one
little boy was almost given up, as
it was not expected that he could
live over a few hours. Fortunately
a turn came for the better, and it is
now hoped that they will get well
again.
The little girl was buried Monday
and the family have the sympathy OF
the whole community in their sor-
row and loss of sweet little girl
Just how the children were poi
soned has not been learned, but sew
eral theories have been expressed.
The most plausible one is that the
children may have eaten some poi
sonous berries, grapes or weeds, as
no other member of the famil,, was
taken sick. If the poison had
formed in foodstuff it seems likely
that all who had partaken of the
food would have been affected
Kimbalton Record
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-09-25
Crop Failures are Unknown in This Part OF
the Country

The reason for this is that this land is not in
the arid belt 1t is less than two hundred
miles west of Audubon county, Iowa.
Unimproved and partly improved farms, all
sizes, which can be bought at prices ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000 per acre, according to
improvements. Some very fine farms at about
$4,000 per acre. We are able to quote such
prices because you deal direct with the owner
and don't have to pay commission to two or
three agents. The owner pays us a reasonable
commission, giving the purchaser the benefit of
the low price
We call your attention to the fact that this
part of the country has been settled for several
years, and all the land is first class farm land,
all in cultivation, raising good crops. 1t is
not like buying elsewhere, where it is still prai
RE and where you can get no returns on your
investment, but have to pay out money every
year in order to own it,
As soon as you purchase land here you can
move right onto it and start making money, or
you can by furnishing seed rent it for half the
crops and we make the prophecy that the crops
you raise will pay for the land in less than 10
years, and in the meantime the land will double
in value. This is a conservative statement as
we have seen good WAINWRIGHT there who have
done it in one or two years, but we don't want
to exaggerate anything or disappoint anyone.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-09-25
An Opportunity of a
Lifetime

Good lands are the surest and best invest
ment of today and the increase in value alone
will make you rich in a few years We don't
believe in wildcat speculations, and have made
ii purpose to discourage same, as You all
know, but we do believe it is the duty of every
man to provide home for himself and family
and you can do it here better than any other
place we know of
Some people will say it is too far north and
they can't raise corn, etc Look at Denmark,
for instance, one of the richest agricultural
states in the world. 1t is still farther north,
and they don't raise one ear of corn, but still
make great success of farming Don t stand
in your own light. Your own eyes should be
the Judge and the wonderful crops and country
as you will see, WILL CONVINCE YOU THE
SAME AS 1T DID US
The strongest appeal we can make to you is
to ask you to come and see for yourself what
others have done AND ARE NOW DOING
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-09-25
PARTY GONE TO CANADA

Hans Hansen, the genial aud jo-
vial Canadian land man has gone
to Canada with a party of land
seekers. Those in the party were:
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Boysen of Elk
Horn; X. N. Christensen of Audu-
bon; Hans Madsen of Extra; A. j.
Shupe of Audubon; Andrew p.
Larsen of Hamlin; Niels Hansen OF
Audubon and Jens C. Hansen of IT.
win.
The party stopped at Brooks Al
berta, to look over the lands in that
district and from there went to the
Deer River country to inspect the
farms there. Mr.. Hansen expected
to remain two or three weeks to
look after his land interests and see
about the sale of his small. grain.
-O--
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-09-25

Gland wewIn ftua tdnT ownr gmi gh
of DevlsI Lake. NthD
an w ge
% 37yrsa d ha be o. pdu
banks have anngem hio eel o ygi on g1 trms
rlesd down and h 70 10yeaso more "a 6pacet
j ta two p n punt spring km ref o e %
r g OF
The three counties il whc the land l@tea the line
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-09-25
Opportunity for Every Man to Make Good and Become ndende


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