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The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-19

Oh, boy! Help the good work along by cleaning down to the naked boards on your sidewalk, for the appearance of the boards where they are now seen in spots around Our Town is a pretty and attractive sight.
 Think of it! Only a week or two when the snow will be lost to sight and memory mostly dear! Almost be- fore you know it the summer will be really here, the gardens be planted, the greenhouses blossoming, and the coming of. the mosquito indicated early and late.
 And it can't come too soon. While it has been a beautiful winter, it has been long one, and the snow and ice make their presence felt in the bones of pioneers who are not so young as they used to be, while colds and threatened grippe, witfr no medicine worth while in sight, are prevalent too much so. The kiddies are trying to make their bicycles work to help summer into town, but they are up against it in many ways along those lines, and it is hard for them to wait. Every morning the housewife says: My! I must get at my window boxes," and every evening it is so cold that the window-box pursuit is abandoned until the dawn of 8 warmer day.
 But summer is coming-it always has come and it always will come, and the sooner it comes this summer the better everybody will be pleased.- Fairbanks News-M Miner
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-19
SUMMER COMING SLOWLY, MAYBE,
 BUT SURELY

When the frost is off the sidewalk And the boards in sight again, Then will come an open season Relished by the best of men; Sales of rubbers will be smaller, Low-cut shoes of yellow hue Will make short men look taller, As they always used to do.
 Riley.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-19

Peyser's new hat-bioeking outfit IS in operation. Hats blocked, dyed and repaired. Phone 188.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15

marketing specialists Of the United
States Department of Agriculture, is
one OF the best methods of obtaining
customers for direct marketing, as the
producer and consumer have some ac-
quaintance: In most instances the
customers have been at the producers
far mand know under what conditions
the articles are produced.
one man who lives near a summer
resort in Indiana is about 12 miles
from the nearest town of any size. He
does not desire to drive to this town
to dispose of his farm produce and is
not satisfied with the prices that the
hucksters pay. Consequently he built
up business of supplying products to
resorters in the summer and of shin
ping produce by parcel post and ex-
press to these persons at their city
homes in the winter.
The principal products shipped are
butter, eggs, and dressed poultry. This
producer uses good shipping contain
ers and packs produce attractively. AS
he is acquainted with his customers.
he renders statements of accounts
only once q month. In this way the
matter of making payments is simpli-
fled for the customers.
This producer has had no trouble in
establishing his business nor in retain
ing customers. He states that his
| only trouble has been in getting
enough highgrade produce to supply
all OF his customers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
PARCEL POST BRINGS CITY
MARKET TO PRODUCERS DOOR
Small Flock Owners Can Sell Eggs
Advantageonsly by Developing
Special Trade in City-Uncic Sam
Will Deliver Eggs at Customers
Door.

: If the rural delivery is at your door,
the city market is there for your
small produce, say specialists of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. At present many producers are
neglecting entirely this marketing
medium or are not utilizing it to the
extent they might. Wider use of the
parcel post for marketing eggs is
particularly advisable for the small
producer who can easily and advan-
tageously build up direct trade with
the city. When more produce is mar
keted from the farm to the city there
the producer that the prices he must
{Ssell for are too low, and less on the
part of the consumer that the prices
he pays are too high.
Sell Only First Glass Eggs
1t is preferable to produce infertile
eggs for market, as fertile eggs de-
teriorate rapidly in warm weather and
are the cause of much loss. The eggs
should be gathered at least once day
and stored in a well-ventilated place,
where they can be kept as cool as pos
sible. AS washing removes the mucil-
aginous coating of eggs and opens the
pores of the shell, it should not be
practiced in the case of eggs intend
ed for high-class trade Soicd eggs
should be used at home or disposed of
otherwise than to a parcelpost custo~
mer.
: If there is any doubt concerning the
freshness or quality Of the eggs, they
should be candled, so that all eggs
showing any defect may be held at
home, say poultry specialists of the
, United States Department of Agricul-
Sture. For parcel-post shipment it is
essential that uniform containers and
uniform pack should be used, as
otherwise the packages will not wear
well, nor will they look attractive and
appeal to the fancy trade. Further
more, the containers should be stout
and durable, so as to make it worth
while to return them as "cmpties" for
subsequent use.
q According to post office regulations,
eggs will be accepted for local de-
livery when they are so packed in a
basket or other containcr as to pre-
vent damage to other mail matter.
Eggs to be sent beyond the local Of
flee are accepted for mailing, regard 70
less of distance, when each egg is
wrapped separately and surrounded
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15

Grady Prince, adged twenty-seven and
unmarried, is dead and Charles Spen-
Ger, proprietor of the cafe and well
known Greenville resident for twen-
ty years, is lodged in the county jail,
charged with the shooting.
Spencer frankly admits, it is said by
the police, that he fired the lone bull
let which pierced Princes heart, say
ing that the action was taken as a
last resort, when Prince and another
young man, Shirley Styles, attacked
him. Styles attacked him first, Spen-
Ger told the police, and Prince later
joined in. Spencer, who is about for
ty-three years of age, used a 32-cali-
Der revolver.
Prince is veteran of the Eighty
first division, having served over
seas wit hthe Greenville 323d ambu-
lance company as a corporal He lived
on the Buncombe road just beyond the
city limits. A large number of per-
sons were in the restaurant when the
shooting occurred and large crowd
quickly gathered in and about tho
place.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
THE CHILDREN OF SORROW

Here's personal letter to every
man and woman in South Carolina
IT Is sent out from state headquarters
of the Near East Relief to every
newspaper in the state. Each reader
is requested to consider it addressed
to him or her Individually and to
take it to heart" in the true Christ
mas way:
My dear Friend:
The Children Of Sorrow stand be-
fore you! Won't you set a place for
them at your table on Christmas Day?
They are ragged, homeless and
hungry. but they are not hopeless. In
fh"'r simple faith they turn trusting
~ to you.
The Children of Sorrow There
are unknown thousands of them:
llO,G39 Of whom are under American
care. 1t is an appalling number of
pitiful, orphaned wards the Near East
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15

with excelsior, cotton, or other slut
able material and packed in Il strong
container made Of double-faced, cor
rugated pasteboard, metal, wood, or
other suitable material and wrapped
so that nothing can escape from the
package. All such parcels must be
labeled Eggs" Eggs in parcels
weighing more than 20 pounds are
accepted for mailing to Offices in the
first and second zones when packed in
crates, boxes, buckets, or other con-
talncrs having tight bottoms to pre-
vent the escape of anything from the
package and so constructed as prop
erly to protect the contents. Such
packages must be marked eggs
This Side Up" and must be transport
ed outside of mail sacks or boxes.
1t is advisable that square block It's
sue paper, which comes in packages of
500 sheets each, soft wrapping paper,
or newspaper should be used around
each egg, as otherwise there's danger
OF breakage in handling. Average
hens eggs will weigh about 2 ounces
apiece, or between 2 and pounds a
dozen, when properly packed for mail
ing in carton. Most parcels contain
ing dozen eggs will exceed 2 pounds,
Wv wiz NV iSttSll - CllclclOIc Inc
postage on them will be cents within
the first and second zones, or 15O-
mile limit. A parcel containing 2
dozen eggs will add, perhaps, 2 cents
to the postage, though sometimes only
l cent, depending on the character of
the container and wrapper.
Ship Large-Size Packages
The larger the parcel, within the
size and weight limits, the cheaper is
the postage, as the first pound of
every package costs cents within the
first and second zones, while each ad-
dltional pound, up to so, costs but
cent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
-THE MANNING TIMES, Mainline. n 8. 9.


Keller must shelter under it's merciful
wings. There is mile after mile of
human misery to be relieved.
Fatherless and motherless these
are the children of Armenians, Greeks
and Jews made homeless and depen-
dent by the atrocities of the Turks,
Ihey Will have no place this year at
family table of their own on the
Great Day we celebrate.
AS you eagerly plan the Festival
Tor the Children dear to your own
heart, think for moment what it
would mean if some terrible fate de-
prived them of your love and care
lett desolate, suffering with disease
ana bitter cold. Yet these children
acros sthe sea were .once the adored
and beloved babies of other fathers
and mothers whose protecting love
they never will know again.
A diet of bread for breakfast
bread and soup for dinner and. bread
for supper. Yet this slender ration
means life to them.
rive dollars a month will feed one
enid. Ten dollars a month will feed
ana clothe one. Fifteen dollars q
month will feed, clothc and educate
one or these Children of Sorrow.
AT this season of giving won't vor
let the claim of one of these Children
OF Sorro wind place III your heart?
His hungry eyes look at your we'll.
1ed children, and his longing hanC
reaches out to your Christmas tree.
WILL you bring n smile to this Chilc
! OF Sorrow by sharing with him YOU,
your Christmas?
Please send contributions to Nea,
East Relief, 211 Liberty Nationa
Bank Building, Columbia, S. C.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
-------U-------------
NEEDING MORE MONEY

Washington, Dec. 13.-Requests for
an additional appropriation of $17,-
958,789 to cover expenses during the
present fiscal year was made of con-
gress today by the bureau of inter-
nal revenue. 1t was explained that
$9,O00,000 was needed for the collec-
tion of war revenue, $4,000, 900 for re-
funding Of taxes illegally collected,
$1,GO0,000 for the enforcement Of the
prohibition and narcotic laws and
the remainder to meet other dciicien-
cics.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
NOTICE OF DISCHARGE

l will apply to the Judge of Probatc
for Clarendon County on the 9th day
of January, 1921, for letters Of dis
charge as Guardian for Abbie Theo-
doca Ragin, Able Francis Ragin,
Alexander Preston Ragin, Elenora
Annie Ragn and John Marshall Raein,
formerly minors.
A. p. Ragin, Guardian.
Pincwood, S. c., Dec, 6, 1920-pd.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15

Game Warden GiBbes. Mr., Abbott
has been visiting South Carolina for
a number of years and he is very
we'll pleased with the hunting here.
Contrary to the general opinion,
Mr. Abbott says, the birds are not
thinned by forest fires, as he finds
them just as plentiful after the
blaZes as before.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
PENTY OF BIRDS

Birds were never so plentiful nor
the coveys SO large since I have been
visiting the state" writes Gordon
Abbott, Boston capitalist, who is now
at Lanes on a hunting trip to Chief
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
GUESTS IN SUMMER MONTHS
BECOME CUSTOMERS IN WINTER

Many producers living near summer
resorts supply produce in the summer
months to the persons at the resorts.
and during the other months of the
year ship produce to these persons
while the yare in the city. This, say
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
CAFE SCENE OF
FATAL SHOOTING

Greenville, December 13.-As re-
suit of a disturbance arising in a
Main street cafe at o'clock tonight,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-02-27
Mixup in Reiatio ships.

Adoption proceedings before Judge
Raymond Dobb presented complex
situation that lawyers are trying 10
figure out, writes Il Syracuse q. W
correspondent. James and Lucy Loaf.
well were born six years ago. Their
mother, MrS. Lucy Loatwell, wife OF
James LOatwcll, died shortly after
their birth. Their father married
again and then Percy Mcdonald,
brother-in-law of the deceased Mrs.
L0utwell. adopted Lucy. Charles Sing
er. brother of the deceased Mrs. Loaf
we'll. adopted Jimmie.
Lucy must now Gull her own broth
er Cousin Jimmie. Her own father
becomes Uncle Jim. Her hitherto
Uncle Percy now becomes papa.
While she will always revere the luem.
DRY Of the departed mother, she must
regard her maternal parent as de-
ceased aunt. at least In the law. Her
own cousins. the children Of her adop-
tive parents, become her brothers and
sisters. and the same holds true Of lit.
tie Jimmie. Lucy's now legal father
becomes uncle to her own brother.
while her stepmother she must adj
dress as auntie.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-02-27
ALASKAN GOLD-LODE MINING
Already Profitable. the Completion Of
the Government Railroad wiz Aid
IN It's Development.

Twenty-Five goit-lode mines were op-
Grated in Alaska IN 1913, according
to the United StnteS geological sur
vcy, department OF the interior. Thrrr
was also production from sever,
Observation-Disclosures mlncs or smaiG
mines that were not in regular oper-.
alton. The value Of the lodc.goId out
put decreased from 81 5Sl .lJ3 ia 1917
to S3.4T3.317 In 1918. owing partly tn
the disaster ut the Treadwell mine r.:
April. 1917, and partly to curtalmcnt
of operations, especially in the juneau
district. because of shortage OF labor
Southeastern Alaska. especially the
Juneau district, Is still the only cen
ter OF large quartZ-miplns operations
in the territory. Next in importance
Is the Willow Creek lode district. The
production in the Fairbanks district
decreased materially, as the lode-mine
owners Of Fairbanks are stlll await
Ing the cheapening Of operating costs.
especially Of fuel. which is expected
on the completion Of the government
railroad. In 1913 the average value OF
the gold and silver contents for all
silIceous ores mined was S1.7O ton:
the average for 1917 was S1.37 ton.
These averages reflect the dominance
IN the total lode production OF the
large tonnage produced from the low
grade ores Of the juneau district.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-02-27

ing t"Mayd 4. suitcase ar.I q .ali:".
saying:
Get them down anG hnyr "l:-
riaSc--" He stopped. Tor Elivr. ,,a,i
reboitcd the door and WAS steadily
looking inIo his eyes.
Il want The money ynu took" he
said decisive!y.
Have you notified the pulicc?" AK.
iously demanded the man.
"Nu."
"N!ii you swear not To Ito anyliiiu.
before morning If | give hack The
money n once!" he asked.
"lcs." said Burke. So glad ut the
IDEA OF recovering his lost wealth that
he was prepared To make ANY coucrs-
sion to get it.
The now delighted Burke gave him.
self up 10 the pleasure of counting
his reEairied treasure. bu, in q few mo
ments he whistied from sheer aston
ishmcnt IT the turn his affairs had
taken. Whereas in his own envelope
there had been 4 trille over $1,000.
the money the man had given him
amounted 10 exactly $4,000!
Scarlet Burke had never been dis
tinEuiSECd for vnlor Ms IN early riser.
anu IL was quite late Oh the following
morning. after he had told the police
Of his loss and while he was making a
leisurely breakfast. that In his morn
ing paper he came across this piece OF
news:
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-02-27
Newspaper Printed In 1888.

rare copy OF n newspaper has
come into the possession Of the Column
bia university library, DR.. Carpenter,
acting librarian, announced. in the pur-
chase Of q copy of the Pennsylvania
Packet and Daily Advertiser for April
IA. 1888, from w. +. Smith Of Phila-
delphia. The paper. which was pub.
lished by John Dunlap and David C.
Claypool iD Philadelphia, Is four pages
in size. contains about two columns
Of news ind the balance Is filed by
commercial advertising. OF particular
interest Is brief account Of the Co.
lumbIn college commencement Of 1888.
The FIRST name on the list Of candl.
dates awarded the master OF arts de.
gree, is Alexander Hamilton, and DE
Witt Clinton holds the same position
among the receivers Of bachelor Of arts
diplomas.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-02-27
Absence Sometimes Evidence Of Tact.

Sometimes it's an evidence Of tact
when people absent themselves. Only
big people can do it. Children and
childish adults have to hang around
with open mouths and staring eyes
lest something escape them. They are
the Omnipresent nuisances that make
you want to tell, them things. Really
big people can afford TO let others do
few things without permission.
What others do ought not to detract
vitality FROM what you do unless what
you attempt is so small that II takes
little to overshadow it. Besides it'+
only fair thar others should have az:
opportunity Of showing what they can
do. The world will think more Of you
II you give II chance to pass judg-
ment on It's efforts. And what is more
mere obstruction won't stop things
anyway. The best way to make things
popular Is to furnish sufficient unjust
opposition. The persecution OCCASION
ed makes friends for the other side.
Exchange.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-02-27
WORLD NEEDS THE ELDERLY
Their Ripened Experience and De-
VeIoped Judgment Make Them Of
Value to the Community.

Hardly anyone, II indeed anyone at
all. holds ut thirty-6vc that he was
wiser when he was twenty-five, or says
at fifty that he knew more. and had
better Judgment. when he was thirty
live Yet young men are prone tn
look upDD older men rs being dis
pensahle If n man could live to be two
hundred years old. reta lining his mental
faculties uni,npaired. leading an active
life as member Of a profession or a
man In business. his ripened expert
ence. his developed Judgment. his vista.
would make him worth as much as 4
dozen youngsters in many respects.
DR.. William Mayo Of Minnesota. I'M
like Doctor Osler who retired dlscom-
flied and never really explained. when
he made his famous declaration an,l
gave to the English language the term
"oslerizcd." says old men are the MI
tons greatest assets. Aboriginal saw
ages said the same thing. The aged
Indian ut the council tire Was worth u
score Of young bucks on the battle line.
which the experience OF old men is put
is detecting the sophisiries Of eXtrem-
lists and resisting nsitators who urge
perilOuS innovation.
Doctor Mayo believes ii years add
ed to the average life since The Civil
war constitutes Il task only half done.
Another Is years may be added by
medical and surgical science plus cdu-
cation which will lead 10 early adOr-
ton Of measures to preserve health.
The slogan. "a short life and Il mer
ry one" shortenS life. Doctor Mayo
says and robS Il race Of a Sncinl ele
ment-hale and EScful Scninrs--urOn
which Il value too high cannot be set.
Assurcdly. n sane life and ~ long one
is desirable from the pu!nt OF view "t
both the state ami individual
The man who believes az fifty. or
sixty. or seventy. that his Judgment Is
better than II formerly was is alto
Gelhcr riSht.-Louisrii'c Couri2rJOur
nal.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-02-27
DEAD ARE MOUNTING GUARD
Soldiers Who Were Killed at Douau-
mont Still Thrust Their Bay
onets Above Ground.

At nouaumont. France. Cardinal Du-
hO!S. archbishop OF Roucn and former
bishop Of Ferdnn. blessed the historic
Tranchee DIES fuSilS. the trenches Of
the Rifles" September u! The cere-
mony occurred In the presence of Gen.
erai Vaientin. commander or the forts
and heights Of the Mouse: OF M.'Robin.
mayor Of Serdun. and a delegation OF
the One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh
regiment. according to Current His
tory. New York Times.
The Trench of the Rifles lies behind
humble wooden cross erected near
Douaumont. which is shapeless mass
Of splintered rock. Of barbed wire
writing as II in torment. Of name
less litter. through which poppy and
bramblc tried to thrust upward dur
Ing the summer. This cross overlooks
the blOOdiest battle field Of the war.
1t was erected by men of the One Hun
dred and Thirty-seventh regiment be-
cause close by their dead comrades are
still mounting guard-there in the
Tranchee des Fusils.
II was n small episode amidst cata-
clySm and soon over. In Indian file
the men Of the One Hundred and Thir-
ty-seventh crept forth to mount guard,
rifle on shoulder. bnyonets fixed there
came sudden. thunderous boom; the
earth Shuddered and cracked open.
closed again. and swallowed up all.
Thrusting above the ground. aligned
as on that Inst march down the mar
row trench that led to death. the bay
onets of the section rise hare six
inches. 1t was this Trench Of Rifles.
and the dead heroes. still mounting
guard below, that the cardinal blessed.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-02-27
Historic Inn to Be Sold.

The famous Saraccn's Head inn ut
Southwell, Eng, In which many Amer
lean tourists have found entertain
ment, Is to be sold at auction. Its his
tory as hotel runs back through 500
years.
In its early days the house was
chilled "The Kings Arms" King
Charles l. stayed ut the inn during the
Civil Wars. Charles surrendered him.
self to the Scottish Commissioners on
May 9. 1910, In the coffee room. The
bedroom which that monarch used on
the night before he gave himself up is
still well preserved. Other English
kings also stopped ut the ancient no.
tel.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-02-27
Arts and Crafts in Australia.

Determined to revive interest in
arts and crafts work, tho executive
Of the Arts and Crafts Society for
Victoria has invited the craft workers
of the commonwealth to send exhibits
without entrance fees to the annual
exhibition IN Melbourne in November.
The exhibition Will Include examples
OF pottery. toy-naking. metal work.
stained glass. modelling. lace and
leather work, engraving md etching,
and design Of poster work. Designs
must be original. and If possible have
an Australian motif. The fact that a
number Of disabled soldiers have tax.
en- up nrts and crafts work will add
additional interest to the exhibition.