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MA~NNING. S. C., JAN. 9, 1907. PubNshes All County and Town Of ficial Advertisements Advertisers will please re - member that copy for a change of ad. MUsT be in this office by Saturday Noon in order to insure Dublication the following week. Eternal Pusbing is the Price of Success. It matters not whether the Limes are good or the times are bad, you will al ways find W. E. Jenkinson Co. pushing business. It is the man that sticks that will finally win out in the end. Look out for our big January Sale. We are now buying goods to have our stock in good shape to fill the wants of the new year 1907. That we hope will be one of the most prosperous in the history of the country. W. E. JENKINSON CO. Mr. E. B. Brown went to Florence Friday on business. Dr. Plumer Clark, of Knoxville.. Tenn., is in town on a visit. THE TnES editor left last Monday for the session of the legislature. Misses Francis Davis and Julia Sprott spent New Years day in Columbia. Misses Cornelia Plowden and Mattie Appelt left Monday for Chicora Col lege. Columbia lost the sub-treasury by one vote. It will be situated at Birmin ham, Ala. Hirschmann's removal sale is attract ing crowds of buyers tO his store, next door to the postoffice. Mrs. R. L. Grier and children re turned last Friday from a pleasant holi day visit to relatives in Rock Hill. Mr. Charlie Wells is now manager of the telegraph office, and has moved it in the store of L. L. Wells & Co. Misses Lucille Iseman, Corinne Bar -field and Edna Brockinton left Friday for the College for Women in Columbia. There will be preaching at Harvin's -next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 by Rev. D. A. Philips, pastor of Manning Meth odist church.. Mr. H. D. Mahoney and daughter, of Navara County, Texas, is in Clarendon visiting relatives. He left 'Clarendon for the war with the Manning Guards. Mr. W. M. Plowden has bought Mr. W. B. Dickson's interest in the Dick son Hardware Co., also his residence, and will move to Manning. Mr. Frank Barron, who for some years filled an important position at Rhems, has returned home to accept a position in the office of the Levi Mer cantile Co. The Manning base ball association together with a regiment of individual base ball cranks- have been sued for debt, and from what we can learn there are more suits in prospect. Clarendon's delegation at the State Convention of the Cotton Growers' As sociation Wednesday was 0. C. Scar borongh, of Summerton; S. M. Haynes worth, of Foreston, and E. D. Hodge, of Manning. All communications intended for publication in this paper, should be ad dressed to T: TIM, and not to the editor individually. This will insure immediate attention by those in charge of the paper while the editor is .away. All members of the Executive Com mittee of the Cotton Association are requested to meet at the court house next Saturday, January 12th, at 12 o'clock, m. Business of importance E. D. Hodge, President. Mr.-P. B. Thames who has had a position with the Crosswell -Company, in Sumter, has returned to his home in Manning, and accepted a position with the Mutual Dry Goods Co., where he will be pleased to serve -his many friends throughout the county. We are informed that *Dr. R. C. .Reed, of the Seminary, will preach at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning, and moderate the congrega -tional meeting called for that day. The -treasurer asks the members to look after this last quarterly meeting. Sheriff Gamble arrested and lodged -in jail, Guy Severance, a negro, who has been wvanted by the Charleston authorities for two years, upon the ~charge of murdering Peter Jackson, a negro, shot at Ashley Junction, on December 24th, 1904. There are applicants galore for the position of county commissioner. There are two appointments to .be filled for that office, and as the supervisor lives in the Salem section. the probability is that the two commissioners will be from the county seat and the western portion of the county. Deputy Sheriff Knox, of Charleston, arrived in Manning Friday night and on Saturday morning had turned over to him by Sheriff Gamble, a negro by the name of Guy Serverance, charged with killing a negro, Peter Jackson, at Ashley Junction. The officer and pris oner left for Charleston Saturday morn jug. The residence of Mr. J. D. Gerald was sold last Friday to Mr. Joe Davis. of Davis Station. We have not been able to ascertain whether or not Mr. Davis intends becoming a citizen of Manning, but we hope soon to count him as one of us. Manning always wel comes such citizens. County Supervison R. E. McFaddin, Jr., presided over the meeting of the county commissioners last Saturday. On account of Mr. E. B. Brown, Mr. C. J. Lesesne acted as clerk, and there being a number of claims not _yet en tered upon the booksthe commissioners decided to defer the payment of county funds until an extra meeting of the board which will be held the 19th o: January. President E. D. Hodge, of the Clar endon Cotton Association, was chose! by the State Convention as a delegate at large to the National Conventiol which convenes at Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Hodge's enthusiastic interest in the association is well known through out the State, and the convention it selecting him as one of its nationa: rereeaes1 paid him and his Manning's loss will be Summerton 5 gain. Mr. J. D. Gerald, who, for a number of years has been one of Man ning's business men, is movin to Snm merton where he will engage in the mercantile business and farming. Mr. Gerald's residence in Manning ha beeu pleasant to his n) eighbors aud his husiness rehttions have been of the highest. order. He leaves Manning with good will of his fellow-citizens, and we sincerely hope he will be successful at his new home, and in his cw under takings. Last Thursday evening the newly elected officers of the 10CA Knights Of Pythias lodge were duly installed as follows: J. M. Woods, C. C.: S. L. Krasnoff. V. C.: E. J. Russell, Prelate: J. F. Geiger, K. R,. S.: F. B. 'Moffett, M. F.; E. R. Plowden. Jr., M. Ex.; Dr. J. A. Cole, M. W.: E. B. Gamble, I. G.: A. B. Windham, 0. G. After the installation exercises the lodge adjourned to the 'Manning Hotel, where a delightful supper was served, and the members spent a very pleasant and enjoyable evening. Several toasts were responded to, and many good jokes told. Mr. Hirschmann was called upon to respond, but asked Mr. Russel to take his place, who spoke for a few mioutes on "the mother-in-law." Special Announcement Regarding the Na tional Pure Food and Drag Law. We are pleased to announce that Foley's Honey and Tar for couahs, colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recommend it as a safe remedy for children and adults. The Arant Drug Co. New Zion Dots. Editor The Manning Times: Miss Bessie Corbett was prevented by sickness from returning last week to her school here. Miss Carrie Holladay is back at the New Zion school from her Christmas vacation. Miss Mary Plowden. after spending the holidays at her home, at Jordan, has returned and is teaching at the Gamble school. Miss Marion Hicks visited the Tur-. beville school last week. Mr. Johnson, representing the Equit able fire insurance company, accom panied by Mr. H. 0. S. Jackson, came here and adjusted the fire loss of the New Zion Mercantile Company. They found everything in good condition for the adjustment, and the claim will be paid promptly. One of our young widowers has been visiting Workman, but he has not made known his business to the public. A young merchant of this place has recently returned from Charlestdn, where he bought $6,000 worth of goods. Our town is on the hustle. It is hoped that our leg 'ators will have a successful session. B. The Right Name, Mr. August Sherpe, the popular overseer of the poor, at Fort Madison, Ia., says: Dr. King's New Life Pills are rightly named; they act more agree ably, do more good and make - one feel better than any other laxative." Guar anteed to cure biliousness and consti pation. 25c. at The Arant Drug Co. CUTTLEFiSH FARMS. Where the Qaeer. Creatures Are Cal. tii-ated to Be Mlilked. Does any one know that cuttlefish are cultivated on farms to be milked? These cuttlesish farms are located on .the coasts of Great Britain, and the cattlesh are kept in tanks or ponds to be milked of their ink. The pond or tank Is connected with the sea by a pipe, and a thousand or more cuttles are kept in a single one. They form a most curious sight as they move about, trailing their long arms and staring out of their bulging eyes. They are guarded by screens which prevent them from being scared, for if they are suddenly frightened they will squirt their milk into the water, and it would therefore be lost This fluid or milk Is very valuable, and a cuttle will yield about $3 worth a year. It is secreted In a bag which can be opened and closed at will, the cuttle ejecting the fluid to darken the water so that it may escape unseen when attacked. The best cuttlefish are procured in China, where for some reason or other they produce the best quality of milk. When the farmer considers it oppor tune to milk the cuttles he proceeds by opening the sluices of the pond and gently agitating the water. The cut tles then swim around the pond, and as soon as one passes through the sluice Is closed. The cuttle passes down a small channel into a basin or metal receptacle, and as soon as it is securely there the water is drained off. It is, then frightened and at once squirts the. fluid from the bag. When it is exhausted It is lifted out, the milk is collected and the basin prepared for another. MODERN CIViLIZATiON, Its Complexity, Hurry and Worry shortening Our Lives. Not long ago while traveling I chanc ed to stop at a village on the river Rhine, where I found an astonishing number of old people. There were a dozen over a hundred years of age and many from eighty years old up to the century mark, yet straight and vigor ous. One woman nearly a hundred years old was earning her living by picking hops. Her grandchildren were middle aged. It was quite wonderful. But there was no mystery about it It was merely the effect of a simple life spent largely in the fields, with plain diet, consisting of a few vegetables nd fruits, little meat, and native beer and wine for beverages. Nothing can be more obvious than that the very complexity of our mod ern civilization Is shortening our lives. But of all the evils that afflict us the worst and most destructive are hurry and worry. Hurry drives the body ma chine beyond its capacity, while worry racks it Inwardly. Of the two worry Is -probably the worse. This might in deed be called the age of worry.. Be cause of the intense nervous strain to which we are subjected we do vastly more worrying than did our forbears, The average man of today Is continual ly surrounded and pursued by phantom troubles, which, though few of them ever mater1glize Into realities, haunt him continually, ruining his peace of mind and Injuring his health.-Reader Magazine. Cured Lung Trouble. It is now eleven years since I had a narrow escape from consumption, writes C. 0. Floyd, a leading business man of Kershaw. S. C. "I had rut down in weight' to 13.5 pounds, and coughing was constant, both by day and nigt. Finally I began taking Dr. King's New Discovery, and continued this for about six months, when my cough and lung trouble were entirell gone and I was restored to my normal weight, U70." thousands of persons are ANCIENT EMBALMING. Not Only People but Animals Were Mummified In Egypt. Myrrh, which was fabulouslY Sup posed to be the tears of Myrrha, who was turned into a shrub, was a plant of handsome appearance, with spread ing, fernlike foliage and large umbels of white fiowers. It was found princi pally in Arabia and Abyssinia. In early times the perfume distilled from it was greatly in requisition for em balming. Herodotus gives a detailed account ;.f the ancient mode of embalming, which is perhaps more instructive than pleasing. After the body had under gone much preparation, which, to spare your feelings, will not be described, it was filled with powdered myrrh, cassia and other perfumes. It was then steep ed in natron, a strong solution of soda. for seventy days. After this it was wrapped In bands of fine perfumed linen. smeared with aromatic gums. Not only people were thus embalm ed, but the crocodiles of Lake Mfoeris, which, after their mummification, were decorated with ornaments and jewels and laid in one of the subterranean passages of the great labyrinth with much pomp and display. The sacred ca t. ichneumon and other cherished an imals devoutly worshiped by the Egyp tians were embalmed with scrupulous and fanatical care. On days special to the memory of the dead the mummies were newly sprinkled with perfume. incense was offered before them and their heads anointed with fresh dil-in the same spirit as we lay new blooms upon the graves of our dead. WHISTLER AS A TEACHER. A Genius Who Showed Difficulty In Imparting His Knowledge. Whistler was certainly a genius, but he showed some difficulty in imparting his knowledge. His criticisms were of ten foggy and uucertain, and he hard ly ever found words in which to ex press himself. It was almost an im possibility to develop without becom ing a slave and copying him in every way. With a majority of the students this was a dangerous method. If one came with a spark of originality it was extinguished immediately by the dom inating personality of the master. He could see art only from his own stand point, and he insisted on all of us using the same palette and the same brushes as himself and on our seeing all ob jects with his eyes. The result to an ordinary outsider was ridiculously mo notonous. I well remember a Frenchman who wanted to join the class coming to view some of the studies and then re marking, with an amused smile, "Vous avez beaucoup des petus Wheestlairs!" This was perfectly true of the major ity, but there were a few matured men who hardly carried out Whistler's formulas as regards the palette and method, but who, owing to their more Independent attitude, profited much by the criticisms.-Century. Voting In Paris. "In Paris only one-fifth of the voters go to the polls and cast their ballots," said an Ame-ican who has lived In Paris as a business man for several years past "This Is not because they cannot vote, but because they do not care to. Everybody in the city Is In terested in politics, but when the time to vote comes few care to go to the polls. The man who wins Is 'most often the man who promises every thing. For Instance, in my district last time a man was elected who promised to put a new shed on the market. I know of another deputy who was kept in office fifteen years be cause he promised to add an extra sar dine to the daily rations of the sol diers. There are so many soldiers that that made a big difference. They did not get the sardine, but he* continued to promise and kept office."-Washing ton Post. Man and Art. In ancient times there stood in the citadel of Athens three statues ofMin era. The first was of olive wood and, according to popular tradition, had fallen from heaven. The second was of bronze, commemorating the victory of Marathon, and the third of gold and ivory-a great miracle of art in the days of Pericles. And thus In the citadel of time stands man himself. In childhood, shaped of soft and deli cate wood, just fallen from heaven; In manhood a statue of bronze, com memorating struggle .and victory, and, lastly, in the maturity of age, perfectly shaped in gold and ivory-a miracle of Temper. Temper itself is not a bad quality. It is not to be destroyed, as we some times say. Without temper a bar of steel becomes like lead. A man with out temper is weak and worthless. We are to learn self control. A strong person Is one who has a strong tem per under perfect mastery. There is a deep truth here-that our mistakes and our sins, if we repent of them, will help in the growth and upbuilding of our character. Fair Proposition. "Don't you throw off anything be cause of the big holes In these dough nuts?" asked the new wife of the baker. "I'll tell you," he replied, scratching his chin. "Eat the doughnuts, and we'll make a liberal allowance when you return the holes.". A Sleep Inducer. Hicks-Did you hear about MacklIn? They called the Rev. Mr. Dulley to his bedside last evening. Wicks-Do you mean to say he Is In a dying condi tion? Hicks--Oh, no; only a bad case f Insomnia. Wise Counsel From South. "I want to give some valuable ad vice to those who suffer witb lame back and kidney trouble," says J. R. Blankenship, of Beck, Tenn. "I have proved to an absolute certainty that Electric Bitters will positively cure this distressing condition. The first bottle gave me great relief and after taking a few more bottles I was comn pletely cuced; so completely that it be omes a pleasure to recommend this great remedy." Sold under guarantee t The Arant Drug Co. Price 50c. A Substitute. Purchaser -Is there any pedigree goes with this dog? Itinerant Dog Vender-No, sir; I'm all out of pedi. grease. But I don't mind chucking In a chain and a collar.-L~ondon Tit-Bits. Revised. Tubbs-I flatter myself that honesty Is printed on my face. Gruibb--Well -er-yes, perhaps-with some allow nce for typographical errors.-Phila delphia Inquirer. -Hiddn kenowledg differs little fron Ruskin's opinion of Mrs. Carlye. Ruskin spoke with scornful amuse ment of such #.istaken enthusiasts as wished to enroll Jane Welsh Carlyle among the martyrs on accout of her "manls bad temper. le admitted that Carlyle was frequently grumpy and habitually melancholy-"-but so am I" -and he was easily irritated. "That clever shrew," his wife, well knew this and by the very tones of her voice as she "rasped out his name" could set his nerves on edge in a paroxysm of febrile Irritation.-Scribner's. Not In llis Business. "You fellows may find it all right," said the man in the corner of the smoking compartment, "but in my business I can't take people as I find them." "What is your business?" asked the man whose suit case was covered with labels. "I'm a photogripher." -Clevelar.d Press. Electricity. Said a young student to a professor of physics at Columbia: "I had a good laugh on a friend of mine last night He confessed that he did not know what electricity was." "Then it's up to you to laugh at me," was the answer. "I don't know either. Who does?" How to Cure Chilblains. "To enjoy free:n from chilblains," writes John Kemp. Ea-i1st Ottisfield, Mc., "I apply Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Have also used it for salt rheum with excellent results." Guaranteed cure fo-' fever sores, indolent ulcers, piles, burns, wounds, frost bites and skin dis eases. 25c at The Arant Drug Co. Getting Married. I don't know myself what getting married feels like, but It cannot be much more exciting than watching other people getting married. Indeed, I always get something like palpita tion of the heart just before the priest utters the final fateful words, "I de clare you man and wife." Half a see ond before you were still free. Half a second after you were bound for the term of your natural life. Half a sec ond before you had only to dash the book from the priest's hands and put your hands over his mouth, and, though thus giddily swinging on to the brink of the precipice, you are saved. Half a second after All the king's horses and all the king's men Cannot make you a bachelor again. It Is the knife edge moment betwixt time and eternity.-From Le Gallienne's "His Quest of the Golden Girl." The Name "Fife." The origin of the name Fife Is not known. One historian tries to show that it Pomes from the Celtic word veach, a Pict, and means that the dis trict was inhabited by Picts, but that is obviously absird, as Fife was not specially the home of any of the Pict ish nations. The tradition that finds greatest favor is related by a monk, who states that the first known pos sessor of the district which has since grown into the kingdom of Fife was one Fifus Duffus, a famous chieftain whose date is lost In the mists of an tiquity. ________ He Cheapened Pens. Sir Josiah Mason was, according to his biography, walking In Bull street, Birmingham, in the year 1828 when he saw some teel pens, price 3s. Gd. each. Josiah was a hard up maker of split rings. No sooner had he seen the pens than he went home, made some better than those in the shop, sent them up to London and got a large order by re turn. At thirty years of age Mason's capital was 30 shillings. At sixty he ad given away ?-100.000. Danger in Asking Advice.. When you have a cough or cold do not ask some one what is good for- it as there is dianger in taking some unknown preparation. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia. The genuine is in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes.The Arant Co. Drug store. I USiNESS LOCALS. To Rent-One seven-room dwelling, situated on South Boundary street, a desirable home. W. Scott Harvin. The Manning Wagon and Carriage Works will buy 20,000 feet of oak lum ber. If you have any foi- sale, see them. For Rent2-As a general merchandise store, the building next door to the postoice. A splendid stand. Apply a this office. For Rent-A good three horse farm 4 miles from Manning, the John S. Cole place Apply to Dr. J. A. Cole, Manning, S. C. Wanted-Persimmonl and Dogwood Logs. Will pay cash at points of ship ment for car-load lots. For prices etc. Address T. Childs, Sumter, S. C. I build wagons from 1-horse to 16 hos jcpcty, 600 lbs. to 16,000 lbs.. for all purposes. I guarantee satisfac tion in every sale. 1B. T. Legg, Man ning, S. C. It takes just %40.00 to buy The Man ning 2-horse carbor steel axle Wagon; capacity 2500 lbs. Show me a better wagon'made anywhere, by anybody and at any price, and I will make you a present of this wagon. Made _and sold by Manning Wagon and Carriage Works. 'OATARRH CURED AT HOME Trial Treatment of Dr. Blosser's Catarrh Remedy Free to Sufferers. If you have catarrh of the nose. throat, or lungs. if you are constantlv spitting, blowing the nose, have stopped up feeling, head noises, deafness. asthma. bronchitis or weak lungs, you can cure yourself at home by a remedy so imple that even a child can use it. It will cost you only a postal card to get ,a liberal free trial package of Dr. Blosser's wonderful remedy. It is sent by mail to every interested sufferer. Certainly no offer could be Thefl reatment is not expensive. A pack age containing enough to last one whole month will be sent by mail for $1.00. A postal card with your name and address seat to H. R. BOGER, Manning. S. C., will bring~ vo by return mail the free trial treatment and 'an interesting booklet, so that you can at once begin to cure vourself privately at home. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Juge .of Probate for Clarendon County on the 24th day December, 1906, for letters of discharge as Executrix of the estate of Robert S. Fleming. deceased. ROBERTA E. FLEMING, New Zion, S. C., November 24, I906. NotiCe to -Creditors. All persons having claims against the estate of W. D. Gamble. deceased, will present them duly attested, and those owing said estate will make pay ment to the undersigned qualified ad' ministratorS of said estate. ABE LEVI, JAMES H. HAWKINS. A Boston schoolboy was ta, iveak and sickly. is arms were soft and flabby. He didn't have a strong muscle in his entire body. The physician who had attended 10 the family for thirty years prescribed Scoltls EmuLsion. NOW: To feel that boy's arm you would think he was apprenticed to a blacksmith. ALL DRUGGISTS; SOc. AND $1.00. FERTILIZERS FOR TOBACCO. We exercise Great Care in the Manu facture of our Different Brands of Tobacco Fertilizers, using only such materials as are especially well adapted to the Tobacco Plant. These Fertilizers will produce Splendid Re sults, giving Bountiful Yields and Leaf of Best Quality. ETIWAN FERTILIZER CO., Charleston, S. C. Plant Food Problems. Does your Land yield you a poor return for your labor and time ?~ Do you work hard accomplish nothing? This should not be so. Even the poorest soil can be made productive by proper cultivation and right fertilizing. _But that is the problem-a problem that many farmers are worrying over. skillful culture will avail little if the plant is not properly nourished. - A poor fertilizer is worse than no fertilizer, for it not only injiares crops the year it is used, but injures the soil for years to come. Perhaps this has been your experience. If so give Peruvian Guano one trial and you will learn what a good fertilizer dbes. We are the sole U. s. Agents for it-import it Direct-and offer 1-; to farmers pure and unadulterated. The Material Analyses: AMMONIA, 8.50 Per Cent. -PHOsPHORlC ACID, 9.00 Per Cent. POTASH, 2.00 Per Cent. It is thus a complete natural manure supplying nourishment to the plant from seed time to harvest. Write us your troubles. We are prepared to give expert advice. Our valuable book, "Plant Food Problems," 77 pages, for the asking. TH COB-MORIMEl COMPAN, 33 Broacd St., Charleston, S. C. Headquarters for Paints and Oils. WE INVITE. the public generally to come to Sumter and look in on our tremendous stock of Hardware of all kinds, tools of every - description. When you need anything Sin the Machinery supply line, we can furnish just'what you want. z We handle the best Beltings in the cOunur Paint and Oil Departments are full. Try our famous Japalac. Farmers, you can save money by z buying your Wire Fencing from us.- ; We are headquarters for all kinds of sporting Goods, and we can beat W them all in Harness and saddles. S- Ladies, buy your new stove or >' Range from us. Let us show them to 0 you. E-e Our long experience gives us an M advantage, and we can safely say that we can please the trade. DuRant Hardware -Co., SUMTER, S. C. Mrachine Supplies, Belting, Etc. This Space Is Reserved for the. W arm WINTER UNQDERWEAR SOFT FLANNELS. The best at Prices that Spell AT THE STRAUlSS-ROBA A, Summnertonl, S. C Buy Land!' The short crops in the vicinity of Manning haye caus d prices this fall not to advance as they did last year.Now is the inves tor's opportunity, as with reasonably good crops and pnices next year's land will go much higher. Others think as we do. ind here are two orders recently placed with us by two men4rom other counties, and the kind of men this county needs: First. A farm. within easy reach of a high school and goon churches, properly improved and costing from five to ten thousa it Second. A farm of from one to two hundred acres, within reach of a common school aud good church, costing from three to fve thousand dollars. If you can't pay cash we will help you to borrow the moncy ~Maning Real Estate AgedncyT~ E. D. Hod ge, Manager.