Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Simple Locomotion. "I was *Just (bikins." said one weary tramp to nuother. with a long. long journey in trout of them. "about bad roads -and the wonders of sctene. This earth is spinning round faster'n a railway train behind time." "Well. we ain't fell off yet. "No. but think o' what a convenience. It would be if we could have some place to grab on to while, the territery slid under our feet until the place we wanted to go to came alug!" The Turkish Fez. Tshe Turk's devotioe -to the fea Is clearly explained by Duckett Ferriman: "The prejudice against the hat rests on a el:ious basis. If the ramas (form of prayer) is rightly performed the fore head must touch:the ground. Tbebrim ota-64 eor tie peak of a carwould --.. Mrs leGlobe. ' aseshi~ig as tre istnt eatlst i amemessave oe s . -m-oils :naten d adstmnte setieriseso is smurhe t i o.Sa et up to the Ire himself-New York Sun. Grkitumo~enr. inseus-f wi ftell ye.s05 EdE for appenditis is.o joke. - lekas-Ne, but-if it were It would be a sidesplt -in ore.-rift. -.c ALL DAMAGES COVERED and very ofent a good chanoe to start again under better cirennstanees, is w smiuaed by'aselityvd eaask the pubhc to'point oat a be tin im 'for the .amount of c I egef thsErtopreDEi f09' Dodsu si eas good eompany. Ani while we don't iy oor house afire would -be y saerak.of good lack, we do say that a Ilfe-policy iste besext thing to it. If not insured, call or send postal, and we we will instantly place your house safety. GERALD.DAVIS CO. Manning, S. C. 1 I ARANIT'S-DRUfi STORE -Sdns Byverything In DRUJOS and MEDICINES I > D1~ . FRANK GEIGER. DUNTIST, MAING, S. C. HackerMfg. r succaseons TO - 1 Sm. 3. iladler & Sml, Doors, Bash and Blinds; Columns z~% and Balueters; Grilles and Gable I Ornaments; agreen Doots and Windows.1 ~'WE -DEA L IN Glass. Sash Cord and Weighus. Foley Kidney Pills What Thqg WII Do Sor You Theywile ure yeurbaekaehe, ssephen your kidaeys, cor. met tar f rregt:1art~es, bWild tap the worn oat tissgn iaaaate the ess udc seid that causes rhetanaastn. Pro. sairmight!.Disese an DI. -ta and restore health iadi WWrengh. Refuss aibeettea. 4Diskron'sDrug Itore. I It Helps! Mrs. J. F. Daniels, o. Si, Ky., writes: "I was *0 sick for 3 or 4 years, I bad to hire my work don, most of the time. I veupbope. When I began to take Cardui, I knew, right away, it was esipiag ma Now, I am beger than ever iefore in ai lfad Caidni did it.* 1W. i .'a Tonic thous b uklf'hred, worn to health. has a gentle, tonic ac Siba on the womanly sys tem. It goes to the cause ottheltrouble. It helps, It 4y, 'has heiped oth aotyou? It wilL Tyit Oet a bfftodayl Curious Scientifio Prediction. Every one is familiar with the story ften told'of the great naturalist Cu ir to the effect that. given a single ine, he could reconstract the - animal o which ft belonged. 'hat a some what similar law of organization runs hrough the various species that form ,nen -the aninal. world is .indi te@ Eby ' a -quaint case - of scientifc rediction to which attention has again ately been called. It appears that Eh enbergTweff engaged in a study of be :Amnute Lan'= ealled 4diatoms 'und that many species were distin lished by the 'nuinber of rays they ssesd:.' "in the series -of specimens hat he had, however, he could find mone having, respectively, twenty-sev e,.-tw enty-nine thirty, thirty-one, thir seYn =tom -nies forty-one, forty wo, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six, rty-et:and forty-nine rays. Still, ep flcted that the .missing "species rould some day tuba up. This pre liction has already been verified, for n of them have since been discov mei ie gnly three to be account d for-Chicago Record-Herald. ktmfet Fever ?etYou Fight it off. Keep ~ouriveractive and ~erwels moving agularly and fever. waimrt you. [he Liquid Liver Regulator Tones up the liver and pre rets fever. It digests your od and strengthens your dy. It does not gripe or maueate. It's guaranteed.. 50e and $1 Bottles Ask Your Druggist sedhl.L.LT.Co. Auhum,5.C, POR SALE BY siglers Phancy HUShED NIAGARA FALLS. h Roar of its Mighty Waters Once Stilled For a Day. Only otxee i history has the roar of e mighty falls of Niagara been si eed. 'rhis startling phenomenon oc rred on March 31, 1843. Early -on hat morning people living near the ails were surprised by a strange hush. ; startling In effect ~as would be an epected and tremendous explosion an ordinirily quiet community. Lany persons thought they bad been Bfficted with deafness, and all were sppressed by a sensation of dread. With the coming of light the amazed eople comprehended the reason for e disquieting silence. Where they are used to seeing the great talls was bare precipice down the faice or whiceh few small and constantly diminishing trems trickled. Above the tails. in tead of a rushing river. was .only a aked channel, with insignificant Iooks splashing among the rocks. All ay long this astounding condition con inued, and persons walked. dryshod o the Canadian side, along the very dge of the precipice, as far as Goat sland. on the American side. Early in the morning of April 1 the amiliar thunder of the great cataract as again heard and has never since een silent, though similar conditions. with like results, might prevail any Pig. The winter of 1847-8 was one fextreme severity, and Ice of unprece mted thickness formed on Lake Erie. When the breakup came toward the nd of March a strong southeast wind was blowing, and the ice was piled into anks as large as Icebergs. Toward the night of March 30 the wind suddenly changed to the opposite lirection. Increased to a terrific gale d drove the ice Into the entrance of igara river with such force that a huge dam was formed. of such thick ness and solidity as to be practically npenetrable and strong enough to hold back the great mass of water pressing against It. At last, in the early morning of April 1. the ice dam ave way under the tremendous pres sure of restrained water, and the falls were once again one of the scenic won es of the world.-New York Times. Sale Under Execution. Under and h an -x~ceution dire--c' td to me by \lagistrate. A J.. Ric-hhurg of Summerton in tilareudou county, I will se-l at. public ourery for c-as;h, Monday, January 6th. 1913. at.the sui: of the Clar endon Hardware- Company against J. E. J -es. rt. al . Tru<.- e- A Fricac Met ho E ise< p-:1 Chur-- ., h - flwiu prop-rt' !o w:t: Al ch it It o' laud wil h he buiikhn!,. there ot. situated in or near t- in t e c o enf ~uiimmertoo, in the county oef Clare-n cton, State of South Carolina. known as thr church property of the African tlethoc:ist Episcopal Chureh, and is -utoed on he- S outhi by .ain St. e. t-ourded oc th- Eai-t by Scott's Branch. on .he Nort t by the Nort h we--stern Rail wa Compa. of South (arolina. Purtba.er to pa. fsr papers E. B. GA U BL1E, Sheril Clarendon County. Notice. A special ex:imita.: on for ih- t ertdi cation of teachers wi-l b.- 'w-l:i at the cout house in Mlannini. Friday, Jantu arv 10th, 1913. be ining protnp1t :at nine o'clock. If there i a tracher who has net a valid certificale. or whose cer tiicate is about to expire, he should take due notice of this examination. E. J. BROWNE, County Superintendent of Education. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendon. By James M. Windham, Esq., Pro bate Judge. WHEREAS, W. E. Sparks. made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration, of the Estate and ef tects of Eugene Sparks. THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and'admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said Eugene Sparks, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Manning on the 30th day of December next, after publi cation hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 17th day of December, A. 1). 1912. [SEAL.] JAMES M. WINDHAM, Judge of Probate. t The State of South Carolina, County of Clarendon. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. J. J. Bryant, Plaintiff against Ben Bryant, Olie Oliver Bryant and Rufus Bryant, Defendants. Copy Summons. For Relief. (Complaint Served.) To the Defendants above named: You are hereby Summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action of which a copy is her. with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office .in Manning, S C., within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the com plaint witbin the time aforesaid, the plaintiff i-i this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the-complaint. Dated December 21st, A. D. 1912. CHARLTON DuRANT, Plaintiff's Attorney. The defendants Olie Oliver Bryant and Rufus Bryant will take notice that the Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court in and for Clarendon County, South Carolina, on December 21st. 1912. CH ARLTON DuRANT. Plaintiff's Attorney. NOTICE. All persons are notified not to hunt or shoot, or trespass for any purpose whatever, on lands of the Smythe, or Cedar Grove Plantation in St. Paul township, Clarendon county, under penalty of the law. ROBERT A. SMYTHE, Attorney for Owners. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Clarendon County. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. . W. Broadway as Administrator of the estate of Eliza C. Tindal, de ceased. Plaintiff against Dukes Cain, Margaret Hodges, Susan D. Bryan, iou Patton, Helen Ker shaw,- Emmie T. Anderson, W. H. Anderson and Hattie J. Briggs, Hazel Davis, and Hattie Fischer as members of an unincorporated So ciety known as the Ladies Aid So ciety of Sumtnerton, S. C., Kezia Carson, William Dukes, Charlton Dukes,Mary Dukes, Edward Dukes. Elizabeth McDowell, Margaret Cobb, Susan Dukes, James Berke ley Cain, Susan Giles. Mary Ragin. Della Ragin, Edward Ragin, Hatuil ton Raitin, Malcolm Dukes, Louisa Moffett, Sadie Oehier, Eli za Dukes. Susie Dukes, William Dukes and two children (names unknown) of Pressley Dukes, deceased, and all other persons who may be heirs or distributees at law of Eliza C. Tin dal, deceased, and Ezra T. Fischer, Defendants. Summons for Relief. To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the Uomplaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint 'n subsriber at his oficee in the town of Manning, S. C., withuin twenty days after the service hereof, exclu sive of the day of suc-h service; and if vou fail to answer the compn!laior within The time atore-said, the pelane if in ibhis act ion will app'ly to the 'ourt or The re-liet deman tdede in thie I mplainit; and TAK NOTICE that the summioc us a nd Cottnlali ini the abocve sit ed action were tiled in he office c-f the Clerk (of Court of Common Pleas for said County and State on D)ecember 18. 1912; further TAKE NOTICE that no personal claim is made against you in this action J. A. WVEINBERG, PlaintitT's Attorne-y. December 18 1912. -fO& rI33 AUN ON1 UN0 sl ~OnO gI3AOSIaM3 u~Nnaum AT SEA IN- AN OPEN BOAT An Anxious Experience Off the Roc1 Bound Coast of Korea. The perils of the small boat at se: are told by .lack London in an artiel on "Small Boat Sailing" in the Yacht ing .onthly: 'A bout the liveliest eight days of m, 1ifQ rtere spent in a small boat on th wtan -oa.st of Korea." he writes. was in an open boat at sampan, on rocky coat.' where there were no light louses and where the tides ran fron thirty to sixty feet. My crew wer .JIpanese fishermen. We did not spear each other's language. Yet there wa: nothing monotonous about that trip Never shall I forget one particular cold bitter dawn, when in the thick of driv ing snow we took in sail and droppei our small anchor. "The Japanese crawled under a com munal rice mat and went to sleep. I joined them. and for several hours we dozed fitfully. Then a sea deluged u: with icy water and we found severa inches of snow on top of the mat. "It soon became a case of swamping at our anchor. Seas were splashing or board in growing volume, and-we baile constantly. And still my fshermai crew eyed the surf battered shore ani did nothing. "At last, after many narrow escape: from complete swamping. the fisher men got into action. All bands tailed en to the anchor and hove It up For'ard, as the boat's head paid off, we set a patch of sail about the size of a four sack. And we headed straight for the rocky shore. I unlaced my shoes, unbuttoned my greatcoat and coat and was ready to make a quick partial stril a minute or so before- we struck. Bu1 te didn't strike, and as we rushed in I saw the beauty of the situation. Be fore us opened a narrow channel, Frilled at its mouth with breaking seas, Yet long before, when I had scanned the shore closely, there had .been nc tuch channel. I had forgotten the thir ty foot tide. And it was for this time that the Japanese had so precariously waited." Cut The High Cost of Living. W. H. Chapman, Winnebago, Neb., ells how he aid it. "My two childrer ad a very bad cough and the doctor': aedicines did them no good. I got a Cottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Com found, and before is was all used the ildren were free and cured of their ough. I saved a doctor's bill for one - bottle of Foley's Honey and Tam bmpound." No opiates. The Dickson )rug C., Manning; Leon Fischer, iummerton. Butterflies That Live on Fish. The butterfly was blue and transpar nt. As through blue glass Its tiny eart could be seen beating inside its ody. and the professor read a news iaper article through its lovely blue rings. "This," he said, "Is the pter poda, a Mediterranean butterfly. It mats fish. On its tongue are rows of ointed books. They serve as teeth. rhis beautiful creature would turn up ts nose at a garden of roses and lilies, ut it would feast ecstatically upon a utrid eel. Now and then a pteropoda s found on the Florida or the Califor ita coast It is only abundant, though, n the Miediterranean." Ancient and Modern. Mr. Choate. the well known Amern ~an diplomatist, was being shown over a very old English parish church Pointing out an oak screen,- the rector informed his visitor that it was "cen tues old." "And this paneling or the door?' Inquired Mir. Choate, muc Interested. "Oh." replied the rector that is quite rmodern! It was put up nly forty years before the discovery o1 &ierca, you k'now!"-London Globe. Buttons Barred. "Our collection today, my dear breth een," said the rector, "is for the cloth ing fund. At the same time, may. earnestly impress upon you that though the collection Is for the cloth ing fund, It is not necessary to con tribute buttons?" The Hero. First Critic-I understand you san Scribler's new comedy last night Who played the hero? Second Critic [ did. I sat through the whole thing. Philadelphia Record. Neithe- walls, theaters, porches not senseless equlpage make states, but men who are able to -rely upon them selves-Aristides. -Escaped After Fifteen Yfears. -W. P. Broyles made a successful es ape after fifteen years of suffering fros tdney and bladder troubles. Fole: idnev Pills released him and will d< ust thbe same for others. He says 'They cured a most severe backacht ith painful bladder irregularities, ani ey do all you claim for them. Refuse ubstitutes. The Dickson Drug Co. ,anning; Leon Fischer', Summerton. -Dogs That Resemble Bears. It bas already been noted by scieu tists that certain mountain dogs have hapes and assume attributes rese~m bling those of a bear. Among these logs the sheep dog of the Pyreneet bears a closer resemblance to the beal than most others. Although he Is sel :lomn over twenty inches high, his bones are very massive and his muscles ex reeptionally developed. His fur is thiek. consisting of long, fine, silki hair, either black, dun colored or gray. His head is !arge and the nose taper lag, the eyes small, but sharp ant lustrous and his ears always "atten tire."' The toes and the base of the feet are elongated and flat. The tai [s very short or even entirely missing, and by his manuner of climbing the abrupt mountain slopes he may easily be mistatken for a young bear. Why Dreams Come True. There is a scientific explanation of :e fact that illness, at least, can be ~ortold in dreams. The theory is that hen a man is dreaming his mind Is nore sensitive than In his waking ours, for the simple reason that his ictual surroundings are not engaging my of the mind's attention. Thus it aappens that when some disease has set In the-.maa awake does not feel it n its earliest stages, although the ac ive mind in a sleeping body does feel kt. The sleeper dreams, let us say, that c is suffering some complaint of the eg, and two or three days later, the lisase having developed, he finds that a really has got a bad attack of rheu' natism. Harvey, who disecvered the ilrculation of the blood, records having aad a dream in which a bee stung him n his left thigh, on a place where a ~ouple of days later appeared an ugly llcer. The uleer must haive been de eloping.. Of course, at the time of the iream, but what the man in full con ;ciousness could net perceive the man vith c-rly an aictive mind-i. e., dream DANGER FROM 6RUPPE Lies in That Cough and Weak Worn-out Condition. Grippe, pleurisy, pneumonia, these are greatly to be feared at this time of the year. To prevent grippe from being fol lowed by either pleurisy or pneumo nia, it is important to drive the last traces of it out of the system quickly. Our advice is to take Vinoa, our delicious cod liver and iron prepara tion without oil, and get your strength and vitality back quickly. - Mrs. A. A. Grabill, of Strasburg, Va. says: "Grippe left me weak, run down and, with a severe cough, from which I suffered four years. I tried different remedies, but nothing seemed to do me any good until I took Vinol, from which I received great benefit. My cough is almost entirely gone, and I am strong and well again, and I am glad to recommend Vinol to others who suffer as I did." Try Vinol with the certainty that If It does not benefit you we will give back your money. Dickson's Drug Store, Mauntog, S. C. Expectancy of Life. -All insurance is calculated upon the probable length of time a person has to live. This is called the average ex pectancy. Many elaborate tables have been made -up by the insurance com panies. some based upon one set of data, some upon another, and conse quently they vary. slightly. The Brit ish life annuity tables, a fair calcula tion, show that a man. of fifty -has a natural expectancy of living 21.2 years, a woman of the same age 23.5 years; at sixty his expectancy is 14.8 years. hers Is 17 years; at seventy his Is 9.5 years, hers I0.9 years. She Saw. "Why is Mrs. Wombat wearing such dowdy clothes lately? She spends half her husband's income on dress. But why is she wearing such mean looking clothes just now?" "Her husband's niother is visiting her just now. See?" The other woman saw.-Pittsburgh Post. This Is English--Do You Get It? Little Johnny came running In to his fath'er and said: "Oh. father, r have just gained a sov ereign and threepence." "How's that?" said his father. "Well," said Johnny, "I have just bought a guinea .pig for ninepenee." Very Thorough. Clarice-Well, aunt, how do you like your new doctor? Aunt-Oh, Immense ly. He's so thorough. He never comes to see me without finding some little thing the nmtter with me.-Judge. Hints For Housekeepers. Keep Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound always on band, and you can quickly head off a cold by its prompt use. It contains no opiates, heals and soothes the inflamed air passages, stops the cough, and may save a bie doctor's bill. In the yellow package. The Dick son Drug Co.. Manning; T:eon Fischer, Summerton. Jenny Lind Hated Us.. Jenny Lind hated the Americans She abhorred the very name of Bar num, who, she said. "erhibited me just as he did the big giant or any -other of his monstrosities." "But." said I, "you must not forget how you were Idolized and appreciated in America. Even as a child I can re member how they worshiped Jenny Lind." "Worshiped or not," she answered sharply. "I 'was nothing more than a show in a showman's hands. -I can never forget that"-Fom "The Courts of Memory;" by Mine. Lindeueftne. Wholesale Favors. The young man entered the presi dent's office and stood first on one foot and then on the other. He dropped his hat. handkerchief and umbrella. Altogether he was In a highly devel oped state of nervousness. "Well, 'well!" said the employer. "Out with it!" "I have come, sir," said the young man, and then began to stammer. "Well, speak up! Have you come to ask for the hand of my daughter or a raise in salary?' "If you please, sir." stammered the young man, "it's both."-Exchange. - Dead or Alive. Two Irishmen 'were 'working on the roofof abildingon~e day when one >made a misstep and fell to the ground The other leaned over and called, "Are yez dead or alive, Mike?" "Oi'mn alive." said Mike feebly. "Sure you're such a lIar 01 don't know whether to belave yez or not" "Well, then. 01 must be dead." said Mike. "for yez would never dare to call me a liar If 01 wor alolve."-Phil adephia .Record. -. Simply a Bad Actor. The Lady-How did you come to be thrown out of employment? The Thes pian-'Tis a sad but soon told tale. madam. An ape-like audience threw ancient eggs at munl: a mangy and mercenary manger threw mull down a light of stairs: a dull 'witted doorman threw muh out into the street. and a twice cursed tasicab threw muhl twen ty 'feet Thus it 'was, lady.-Judge "O oreEvolution. "Ofcouse you believe In evolu tion?" "Yes," replied Mr. Cumnror. "My own recollections of early days in the west remind me that many a sixty horsepower limousine can trace its fnancial aneestry back to a 'prairie schooner.' "--Washington Star. The Main Difference. "What is the real difference between mushroomstnd toadstools?" "One Is a feast and the other is a funeral."-'Baltimore American. Merely Fiction. Minerva -Isn't it strange, mother, that all the heroines in novels marry poor men? Mater-Yes, my dear, but tha'is fictin.-Judge. Every biin that r live can do something. Tids c le iji: do.--Carlyle. Take the "3ire. road'' to health and srength by usine- Fokyt Kidnev Pills for backaca., det. b.aaisinl. weak, sore c i d n e y s and bladder irregularities. E~ach inaredient is chosen for its posi ve healing and cairative qualitiEs. Foley Kidney Pills are the best me~di cie you can buy for kidney and bladder~ troubles. Mrs J1. M. Findley. Lyons. Ga., says: "1 'mc T oey Kidney Pills 1nd they entire.d men~." The Dick son Drug Co., Mauir.un: Leon Fischer. YOUR SIXTH SENSE. The Faculty That Enables You to Pre serve Your Equilibrium. It is almost a 4,000 to 1 bet..that you don't know you bare- a sixth sense. But you have. nevertheless. It is known as the sense of equilibrium. The sixth sense is located in the semicircular canals of - the inner ear. and whenever a person is in danger of falling or losing his equilibrium- a warning message is commubleated to the brain. For years -physiologists have been puzzled to know the func tion of these canals, because it was proved definitely that they had nothing to do wit;' he sense of hearing or the proper worsing-of the auricular organ. Thus they came to be considered as semicircular tubes, almbst at right an gles to one another and full of a clear liquid. Scientists have discovered that these canals enable a person.to tell what po sition he is in no matter whether he is blind or paralyzed. By some peculiar process not well understood thty warn - s when we are'about to fall and give s the consciousness of being In any position assumed. Steeplejacks and- other workers on high buildings who finally lose their nerve and are afraid to go very far above the ground have lost pa> of their sense of equilibrium. Exami nations by physicians in such instances have shown that their semicircular glands were diseased. It was largely by this means that the existence of a sixth sense was dlcevered-New York World. Crushing. The English judge.- Parry, in his book "What the Judge Saw" tells this story of a very masterful counsel who was not afraid to put even the bench La its place sometimes. On one occa sion he was arguing a case when the Judge asked for his authority for a certain -statement "Usher," counsel called out in his most rasping voice, "go into the libra ry and bring his lordship any - ele mentary-book on common law!" Spider's Thread. The thread spun by a spider is -so excessively fine that a pound of it would be long enough to reach around the earth. It would take ten pounds of it to reach to the moon and over 3.000 pounds to stretch to the--sun. But to get a thread long enough to reach the nearest star would require half a mil lion tons: Didn't Like Tax.s. -: Cases against George Washington ap pear here and there in old documents. No less than three claims were entered against him during the year 1787 to compel him to pay taxes. The humor ous clerk, commenting on - these ac tions, remarked, "George .Washington. Esq., appeareth not to like taxes." So inquisitive. - Mamma (after her youngest's first day at school)-Now. Fritz, what did you do in school today? Frita- Well. such curious people! First the teacher asks me what we -did at home, and now you come and ask what we have done In school!-Fliegende Blatter. A Boomerang. Mrs. Hiram Offen--'m afraid you won't do. As nearly as I can find out you have worked in six or seven places during the past year. Miss Brady Well, an' how manny giris has yerself had in the same toime? No. less, I'm thnkin'.-Boston Transcript. W. R. Fox, 195 W. Washington, St., Noblesille, Ind., says: "Af ter suffer :g many months with kidney trouble, after trying other remedies and pre -;crptions, I purchased a -box of Foley Kidney Pills which not only did me more good than any other remiedies I ever used, but have positively set my kid neys right. Other members of my fam ily have used them with similar results." Take as the first sign of kidney trouble." The Dickson Drug Co., Ndanning; .Leon Fischer, Sumimerton. Where-a Trunk is a Box. Don't look for the ticket agent at an English railway station, so that you can buy a ticket to your destination. Look for -the "booking agent" and "book" to the point, and, keeping in mind that what you really want is the baggage car, hunt up the "luggage. van," and, having found It, remember that if your trunk is in it It is in It as a "box," not as a trunk.-New York 'His Excuse._ "You seem like a spiritless creature. - I don't believe you've got enough am- - bition to open your door when Oppor- : tuiyknocks." "Don't be too hard on me, ma'amn. -2 I ain't never had a door."-Cleveland : Plain Dealer. The Indian Runner. A certain variety of duck, called the Indian Runner, will produce more eggs than a Leghorn hen, according to a writer in the Country Gentleman, and the young ducklings grow four times as -' fast as chickens. Put Himself In Bad. The Spinster-Your face is so fa miir to.me, professor, I'm sure we've . met before. Distinguished Foreigner -i -Very likely. I vos in dis country yen I vos a young chap. - London Opinion. A Measure of Merit Manning Citizens Should Weigh Well This Evidence. Proof of merit lies in the evdencre Convincing evidence in Manning. Is not the testimony of strangers, But the endorsement of Manning peo That's the kind of proof given here The statement of a Manning citizen. Mrs. It. L. Logan, Manning, S. C., s: "Doan's Kidney Pills have been s beneficial to me that 1 am glad to rcommend them. For a long time I hd trouble from my kidneys and I suf fered from a lame and aching back that kept me from getting my: proper rest at night. Doan's Kidney Pills, which I - obtained from Dr. W. E. Brown & Co.'s Drug Store. (now the Dickson Drug Co.,) and used as directed, relieved me. At the present time I am enjoying much better health." For sale by all dealers. Pries 50. cnts. Foster-M ilurn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United Remember the namo-Doan's--andi " "i . Drink ifo QU A L H--on be tte r Buy it orECOi VOM * -e* - IF Happy and Prosperous New Year To All. THE YOUNG RELIABLE, * J H. RIGBY. GETWHAT YOUWANT Swhen you want it by 'Phinrg us-Bicycle delivery DICKSON'S DRGSTORE FOR COFFEY & RuGBY. BRING YOUR TO THE TIMES OFFICE.