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Saved His Wife's Life. "My wife would have been in her grave to-day." writes 0. H. Brown, ot Muscadine, Ala., "if it had not been for Dr. King's New Discovery. She was down in her bed, not able to get up without help. She had a severe brou chial trouble and a dreadful cough. . got her a bottle of Dr. King's New Dis covery, and she soon began to mend, and was well in a short time." Infallible for coughs and col s. it's the most reliable remedy on earth for desperate lung trouble, hemorrhages, lagrippe, asthma hay fever, croup and whopping cough. 50c and 81.00. Trial bottle free. Guar anteed by all druggists. Names In Electricity. Electricity is the one branch of sci ence that honors the great names in its fundamental terminology. Andre Marie Ampere was the French physi cist who fIrst measured the current and for whom the unit is named- The ohm bears the namo of George S. Ohm, a German man of science who discovered the law on which the unit of electrical resistance is based. The volt is named for the Italian Volta. the greatest electrical authority of the eighteenth century. who was the first man to construct a rude electric bat tery. The farad, the nuit of electrical capacity, Is named In honor of the English physicist Faraday; the colomb, the unit of quantity. for the French physicist Coulomb, and the watt. the unit of power, for James Watt. the Scotch inventor who improved the steam engine. Herbert Spencer Was Human. Herbert Spencer in the attitude of superintending his household affairs was practical and amusing. At one time the poulterer had not been giving satisfaction, so Mr. Spencer called his housekeeper and gave her directions to transfer his custom to another tradesman whose shop faced the de linquent. "And. Miss Smith," said the author of "Synthetic Philosophy," "be particular that the first poulterer sees you giving your orders to the sec ond poulterer!" Always Lucky. McConnell-Sure, isn't Larry always th' lucky b'y? Murphy-Lucky, do ye call him, whin It was only yesterday that he fell, breakin' his leg an' his narm? McConnell-Faith, an' wasn't he lucky on that occasion. wid th' ac cident takin' place within twinty fate "of th' hospital?-Chicago News. On the. Other Hand. "On the one band," said the teacher, pointing a long finger to the'map on the classroom wall, "we have the far stretching country of Russia. On the other hahd-what do I see on the other hand, Tommy?' "Warts!" hazarded Tommy, hopeless with fright. Foley's Eidney Remedy isparticularly reedmmended for chronic cases of kidney and bladder trouble. It tends to regulate and control the kidney and bladder action and is healine, strengthiening and bracing. W. E. Brown & Co. Discretion. Wife (whose husband, the local mayor, has just been knighted)-Have you heard .from the mann who offered to trace our pedigree? Husband-Yes; he has found out more than enough. WifeWhat did you pay him? Hus band- Fifty pounds-to hold his tonigue.-London Opinion. The Desideratum. "George,. what do you have to do when you draw' some money out of a bank?' asked an Innocent young wife. "You have to put some money in the bank beforehand,* .replied the hus band. "That's always 'been my ex perience!"______ A Friendly Tip. - My husband always is the severest critic of the gowns I wear." "Well, fudging from what I have beard, he has to go some if he is." Chicago Becord-Herald. Prejudice,.which sees what it pleases, cannot see what is plain.-Aubrey de Sere. F. S. Rexford, 615 New York Life Bldg., Kansas City, Mo., says: "I had a severe attack of a cold which settled in myvback and kidneys and I was in great -pain from my trouble. A friend recomn 7mended Foley Kidney Pills and I used two bottles of them and they have done me a world of good." W. E. Brown & Co. The Dignity of the Ogice. An Indian judge wvhen rirst uppouint ed to hi position was nout well ne qnntea with Hindustani. ,says th Bombay Gazette. He was tryimig a .case In which a Hindu was charged ,with stealing a -nilghai."~ The judge did not like to betray his ignorance of what a nlghai was. so lhe saiid. -Pro duce-the stolen property." The court was held in on upper room, so the usher gasped. "Please, your lordship, It's downstairs'. "Then bring it up instantiy' sternly ordered the judge. The official departed. and a mainute later a loud bumping wais beard. min gled with loud and earnest exhorta tions. Nearer came the noise: the door was pushed open. and the panting offi cialappeared dragging in the blue bull. The judge was dumfounded. but only for an instant. "Ah! That will do," said he. "It is always best, when possible. for the judge personally to inspect the stolen property. Remove the stolen proper .ty, usher." A Peek Into His Pocket would show the box of Bucklen's Arni ca Salve that E. S. Loper, a carpenter, of Marila, N. Y.. always carries." I have never had a cut, wound, bruise, or sore it wouldi not soon heal," he writes. Greatest nealer of burns, boils, scalds, chapped hands and lips, fever-sores, skin-eruptions, eczema, corns and piles. 25c at all druggists. Shark Soup. In Ceylon there is a considerable trade in the oil of the .white shark. The fins of the animal are very rich in gelatin and are used largely by the Chinese for making soup, of which they declare that the turtle soup so prized by epicures in this country Is but a distant and feeble imitation. Well Patched. .Tohniny's mamma had put several patches on his trousers, and when the little fellow tried the trousers on he safi. gravely, "Mnmma, if you had made the patches a little bigger I'd have had new pants." Hard Luck. She-Because I cannot marry you do not be disheartened- You must face the world bravely. He-It isn't a ques tion of the world; I've got to face my creditors The Tr-ou:') With the Meat. 4 Stepping into a small restaurant, a grouchy old man demanded of the waiter a certain piece of meat he had in the show window. "But," said the waiter, "we" "No buts," rcplied the old man. "You bring me what I ask for or I won't get anything here at all." Rather than lose a customer, the waiter did as he was told and, getting the piece of meat, took itkack to be cooked. After a long wait the meat was brought to the customer, who, in stead of thanking the waiter, said, "Look here, young man, what is the matter with this meat?" "Nothing is the matter with it, sir, except that the paint on it has formed a few blisters from the heat." "Why, what do you mean by that?" asked the old man. "Simply this." replied the waiter. "Those pieces of meat you saw in the window were not made to eat. They were made for advertising purposes, but you insisted, sir, upon having one of 'em."-Philadelphia Times. Napoleon's Custodian at St. Helena. Sir Hudson Lowe. the man appoint ed by England to be the custodian of the emperor, arrived at St. Helena on April 14, iS16. His appearance was not prepossessing. He was extraordi narily thin, with a stiff carriage. He had a long, bony face blotched with red and scanty hair of a dirty yellow color. His hollow eyes gleamed under thick reddish eyebrows, but were furtive and restless, never looking straight at any one save by stealth. "That is a bad man," declared Na poleon when he had seen him. "His eye as he examined me was like a He really resembled this horrid, sly animal in its walk as well as in hair and eyes. He never sat down when he was talking, but swung about hesitat ingly and with abrupt jerks.-Stokoe, "With Napoleon at St Helena." The Stork's Lazy House Building. The most 'interesting sight in the Rotterdam zoo was the stork, whose nest is set high on a pinnacle of the buffalo house. He was building in the leisurely style of the British work ingman. - He would negligently de scend from the heavens with a stick. This he would lay on the fabric and then carefully perform his toilet, look Ing round and down all the time to see that every one- else was busy. Whenever his eye lighted on a toddling child or, a perambulator it visibly brightened. "My true work!" he seem ed to say; "This nest building is mere bypaths of industry." After drinkng and overlooking and congratulating himself thus for a few minutes he would stroll off.over the housetops for another stick. He was unquestionably a king of the garden.-Lucas in "A Wanderer In Holland." The Way Out. A well known Boston physician was on his way .to his office one winter morning when the sidewalks were a glare of ice. While going down the street he met a lady coming in the opposite direction.- The lady was a stranger to him, although he was not unknown to her. In trying to avoid each other on the icy pavement they both slipped and came to the sidewalk facing each oth er, with their pedal extremities consid erably entangled. While the polite doctor was debating in his mind what was the proper thing to do under the trying circumstancesihe problem was =" solved by the quick witted lady, who quietly remarked: "Doctor, if you will be good. enough to rise and pick out your legs I will ' take what remnains." - Safety Valves of the World. Terrific as are the forces of volcanic4 action, they have served and do yet serve- their ordained .pu e in the magnificent scheme of cosmic develop ment Volcanoes form a natural vent " for the pentup internal forces result-4 ing from the slow cooling and consoli- ~ dation of the earth's mass. They act as the safety valves of the world, with out which the crust of the earth. would in all probability burst with erplosive force and with a resulting cataclysm appallng to contemplate. Volcanoes tend, in fact, to maintain the normal stable equilibrium between the interior and the outer surface of the world. Strong Hold. Bill--Experiments with thousands of subjects have shown that the average man attains his mnaimum strength in his thirty-first year. Jill--A woman's strong ageis twenty eight, I suppose. "Why?"4 "Haven't you noticed how they hold on to it?'-Yonkers Stateman. A Richer Strike. "Is it true that Maude refused a man ,worth a million?" "Was she crazy or in love?' "Neither. Seaccepted a man tworth two millions."-Boston Transcript. Dodging Indigestion. Hoax-Sillicus was engaged to an heiresa. I wonder why he broke it off? Jo-He had an attack of indigestion, and the doctor told him to avoid all - rich things.--Phladelphia Record. Spiteful. "Why do you hate him?' "He has been knocking me to the girl I go with." "What did he tell her?" 'What my salary is."-Houston Post. ~ He Was Dense. Blobbs--When she wasn't looking I kissed her. Slobbs-What did she do? Blobbs-Refused to look at me for the rest of.the evening.-Philadelphia Rec When He Was Bad Ithas'been said that you never know a man till you travel with him, and c~ertainly traveling has a tendency to bhing out all the depravity innate in hman nature. Out of this test, how ever, Benjamin Disraeli emerged with fying colors. This is ;what was said of him by Mrs. Austen, who with her husband traveled with him when he was quite a young man, as related in Mr. Monypenny's biography: "Your brother." she say-s (the letter was addressed to Disraeli's sister), "is y so easily pleased. so accommodating. so amusing and so actively kind that I shall always reflect upon the domes- ' tic part of our journey with the great est pleasure. Your brother has be havedi excellenrtly, except when there is a button. or. rather. buttons. to be ' put on his shirt; then he is violently bad. and this happens almost daily." Rheuma.tism Relieved in 6 Hours. DR. DETCHON'S RELIEF .FOR REUL- - NATISM us ually relieves severest cases in a few hours. Its action upon the e system is remarkable and. etlective- It removes the cause and the disease quickly d'isappears. First, dose benefits. E he Whole Story of a Perfect Glass of Tea. Why There's no Accident About the Goodness of Our Teas. They are Tested to the Cup Before Bought. Nothing but choicest spring gathered varieties from China and Japan are used. Then we purchase in large quantities to a uniform standard, thus maintaining the ex cellence of our brands. For further improvement we blend several hundred pounds each of our private brands at a time and pack them away in air-tight cannisters to -take on what is known in tea parlance as the "bouquet," which is really that subtle intermingling of flavors that makes a properly blendid Tea so superior to all other kinds. The embodiment of all this goodness, plus twenty years ex perience will be found in our celebrated. SATSUMA TEA, 75c. Lb. Of a deep amber color. Perfectly beautiful when iced. A flavor like nectar. It's the real aristocrat. Just tell us your Tea troubles and see how thoroughly we can help you. Through our superior purchasing facil ities we are enabled to offer you a Rebate Coupon Worth Ten Cents In Merchandise Free With Every Pound of our private brands of Teas, thus combining eve'ry advantage of quality and price. Drink Satsuma. Note The Difference Between It And Others. We'll Abide Thee. Manning Grocery Co. CLARENDON'S TEA EMPORIUM. CLARENDON COUNTY PROPERTY . Wanted! I make a specialty of Sumter and Clarendon County farm lands. My sales of farm lands the past season amounted to about $200,000. I now have on my files letters from several hundred parties inquiring for farm property in which they expect to invest the coming fall. If you have farm property which you want to sell at rea sonable prices, I would be pleased to list it and give you the very best service possible. My commission rates are 5 per cent. on the saie price. ) City, Farm and N UU Pt eal Estate Loans, Timber Property K KIIl. Money Invested at H i R.,B. BELSER, 7 n en Sold on Comisslon-I U L UI 6, anpeet REAL ESTATE ATTORNET, Sumter. S. C. SGR EA T BOOM! retIN PIANO CONTEST ! retchance for all contestants. Sell Trad ing Books at( reevefr$ 5.00 reciveforeach book sold. 25,000 votes. Ask more about them. Wte are getting new contestants every day. Why don't you Get busy, everybody--A word to the wise is sufficient-send in all Blue Votes by$ Zeigler's Pharmacy, THE PRESCRIPTIONISTS, Manning, S. C.I b Call and see us when in need of a first- * class horse or mule right. JUST RECEIVED: 2 cars of fine Horses and Mules. P2 cars of Buggies. 1 car of Moline, 2 and 4-horse Wagons. 1 car of Moline, 1-horse Wagons. 1 car of the celebrated Ndolmne Farm Imple- @ ments, consisting of the following: Stalk Choppe's, Harrows, Corn and Cotton Planters, Blue Bird one and twe-horse Steel Turn Plows and Cultivators. For te Fo LESwi SEE US:AUO OIEe The Hudson. Chalmers and Iup, in all models. IShaw& Drake,: '10. 12 and 14 Sumter St., Sumter, S. C. LoT a1nde Lngo Distne 'Phone 553. ]I 4I 80 71 H] Turn About. At a Christmas dinner in Washing ton a statesman who had been much In the public eye was called upon after the meal to make a little speech. He rose and began: "You have been giving your attention so far to a tur key stuffed with sage. You are now about to give your attention to a sage stuffed with turkey!" Penalty of Laziness. Head of Department-What's this lying on my desk? The last dunning letter received from my tailor, duly initialed by all my clerks. Oh, dear! What have I done? Actually sent it around to be duly noted by the whole staff without taking fhe trouble to look at it!-Fliegende Blatter. A Wreng Impression. Fair Critic-Oh, Mr. Smear, those ostriches over there are simple per fect! You should never paint anything else but birds. Artist (sadly)-Those are not ostriches, -madam. They are angels.-London Opinion. Quite a Joker. TaU Sophomore-O'Frat is making al kinds of money writing jokes. Fat Junior-Writing jokes? Tall Sopho more-Yes. In his letters home he tells his father he leads his class. Chicago News. There is not any beneft so glorious In itself that it may not be sweetened and improved by the manner ofsgiv Ing it-Seneca. W1 K TAVEL, Civil Engineer AND Land Surveyor, Sumter, S, .0. Office Over Bank of Sumter. FOR SALE! HERE IS A BARGAIN! 605 acres of Clarendon land will be sold cheap, 300 acres cleared and stumped. This land is well located for farming. Church and school near. For particulars address, C.. F. RAWLINSON & 00., Davis Station, S.:C. GrocerieS OF ALL KINDS Away Fresh AND Prices 'Right Mouzon 's Grocery P. B. MOUJZON, PROP. Hacker Mfg. Co. SUCCESSORS TO Geo. S. Hacker & Son, CHARLESTON, s. C. We Manufacture Doors, Sash and Blinds; Columns and Balusters; Grilles and Gable Ornaments; Screen Doors and Windows. WE DEAL IN Glass, Sash Cord and Weights. ARANT'S DRUG STORE The Licensed Druggist, Sells Everything lin DRUGS and MEDICINES DR. 3. A. COLE, . DENTIST, Upstairs over Bank of Manning. MANNING, S. C. Phone No '77. H.LESESNE, ATTORNEY AT.LAW, MANNING, S. C. EKd ney IPinls What They Will Do for You They will cure your backache, strengthen your kidneys, cor.. rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pre vent Bright's Disease and Dia-. bates, and restore health and strength. Refuse substitutes. W. E BROWN & CO. Florida---Cuba. Why not take a trip to Flor-ida. or ;uba? They have been brought with a easy reach by the splendid hroagb Train Service of the At tntic Coast Line Railroad. Write for Itistrated booklets, rat-es or any ther inforwar-ion, which will be heerfulty furished. T. C. \fHITE Gen. Pass. Ag-ent, WiIminugton,NN, . Xcnrsion to Jacksonville ad Ta la Via The Atlantie Coast On Tuesday, Jine 6thitheA ;oast Line will sell round trib tker !ts from Manning to Jacksodvlig, Na., at $6.50 and to Tarnpa at&50 imited returning to. 5laun nor %ter than wtidnight on Tuasday une 13th 1911. Extra sleeping cars and coecees ' nfficient to accommodate .a31 pass, ngers will be placed on traibns nd verything will be done-by theman. gement of the Atlantic Coast.Tane-E o make -this a first elass azcnrflonr. Proportionate rates will be rom other points in Virginia "arolina and South Carolina. - Por tickets-pullmai accom ions and schedules see. the.-eas Lgents or address, T. CzNWhti;' - ral Passenger Agentar ?assanger -anager, - iImtn-, - 04 FARM AT 0 t esire goa d rom THREE- to I UAdied d jood -16ei#rIJhe isked iniiipri as fir etter M II WoodmeofteWol 30. - 7isitL g So rei -sn U~tRDY & 0 BRYAN Attorneysnad Counxese~a ANIGNG. S. I '4 neao e < Furnishued forWhite.and 4olored ~ re aso deaesankr soF r t ur. Licensed Embalme, , SUMr1ERTON 5-s C. ver od o w HEADQUARTERS~'$ For Pure Drugs RRESCRIPTIOJ1 WRK SPECIALTY ::~ J. H. HAWKINS, - icensed Pharmacist and M'g'r., FOR W. E. Brown & APPAREL SHOP FOR MEN AND LADIES Everything of tie best fr the personal wear and adorn mfent of both sexes. We fill mail orders carefully and promptly. )AVID DUT FITTING ~OMPANY, Charleston, S. C. .THE WINNING BAKERY. FRIESE 33EEAD. Loaves For 25 Cents (Old Galluchat Building.) I. F. PRA TOR, Prop. )R. .J. FRANK GEIGER. DENTIST, MANNING, S. C. 'HARLTON DURANT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C.