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ANCIENT TEMPLES Mighty Structures of Old Dwarfed by Modern Skyscrapers. TOWER OF BABEL A MIDGET. It Would Not Reach Two-thirds of the Way Up to the Top of the tiffel Tow er, That Sways 984Feet In the Air. Big Buildings and the Pyramids. It has long been the .popular Impres sion that the modern effort to pierce the clouds with skyscrapers Is but a feeble Imitation of the work of those ancient sons of Noah whose memory is perpetuated In the Bible. Beading In the eleventh chapter of Genesis, where It tells of the people attempting to erect the Tower of Babel, "whose top may reach unto heaven," It strikes one that they must have gone farther toward realizing their ambition than we of today may ever hope to do. But as a mater of fact when the iord halted building operations by confounding the workers' language and scattering them broadcast over the earth the summit of the tower was but one stade. -or 606 feet 9 inches. from the level of the plain. The Ziggurrat, or temple tower of Babylon, Is described by Herodotus as having eight stages, each somewhat narrower than the one directly beneath it. The top was reached by a gradual ay rising spiral ascent, and on the top most tier was a shrine wherein the god Marduk was supposed to dwell. Dio dorus says this shrine contained three colossal golden Images-one of Bel, one of Beltis and the third of Rhea or Ish tar-together with two golden lions, rwc enormous silver serpents and a golden table forty feet long and fifteen eet'wide. The tower, as the Bible sets fQrtb, was built of brick, with slime 'for mor tar. This slime, it is believed, was natural asphaltum obtained from near by springs. Ages after -the buildint operations bad been interrupted by the Maker's wrath Nebuchadnezarmder-. took, with Indifferent success, to restore the ruins to their former state. The modern ruins of Babel were sup posed to be represented by the great Pile of Birs Xlmroud, which stood in Borsippa, eight miles from the ancient city of Babylon. Its sides were from 375 to 643 feet long, and the edifice still rises to a height of 153 feet. The next structures In point of an uquity are the pyramids of Egypt. These are the oldest and most mysteri ons of man's works still existing. But they are not reelly so al!, considered in the light of present day achieve ments. The' greatest known as the Great Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu, was originally 481 feet 4 inches high and 755 feet square at the base. The second-that of Chephren or whafra was 472 feet high and 708 feet wide., The third-that of Mycerinus or Men kaura-was never completed, but it stood, nevertheless, 215 feet high and 34O feet square at the base. In all nearly seventy of these pyra mids have been located, and, inamuch as they all appear to have been royal sepnlchers,'it is the belief that the dynasties of the builders covered a pe riod of at least a thousand years. The area of the Great PyramidIsmnore than thirteen acres-above twice as great -as that of St. Peter's at Rome.- -The passages leading to -the chambers con taining the royal zcommies defied de tection for thousands of years, only to be torn open at last and their conten ruthlessly made away with. Of modern edifices the tallest by -far is the great Eiffel tower of Paris, -- whose -steel webbed structure pierces -the blue to a height of 984 feet. Then comes the Woolworth building In New York, the loftiest omcle building inthe world, its fifty-five stories rising 750 feet Into the air. The height of others 1s: Metropolitan Life building, New York, fifty stories, 700 feet 3 Inches; Singer building, New York, forty-one -stories, 612 feet 1 inch; Washington monument, WashIngton, 555 feet; Co logne cathedral spire, Cologne, Ger /many. 517 feet; Rouen cathedral Ronen, France, 492 feet; cupola of St. Peter's, Rome, 469 feet; St. Paul's, London, 384 feet. The loftiest obelisks ever constructed ar, those mentioned by Diodorus Sicu his, which rose 158 feet and were elev en feet thick at the base and seven feet thick at the top. One of the world's largest domes Is that of the -Roman Pantheon, 142 feet in dameter and 143 feet high. The ancient peoples were great for - their methods of embalming, for their art, their literature, their general cul -ture. But when it comes to building skyscrapers they will have to give way .to the builders of the Eiffel tower and the Woolworth building, who have pierce the clouds without their lan guage being .confounded In the slight est.-San Francisco Chronicle. Death by the Bowstring. In Turkey and Persia the bowstring Is the method of execution. This is a stout cord of catgut placed around the tictim's neck with two slipknots, which are suddenly drawn tight by two strong men. This kills the crimi al by strangulation. - London Tele graph. _ _ _ Great Scheme. "I'm going to marry a girl ten years older thae I am'" says-the philosopher of folly, "so that I can catch up with her by the time I'm fifty."-Cleveland L~eader. _ _ _ _ The busy man is troubled with but one devil, the Idle man by a thousand., -4panish Proverb. STATE OF SOUTH CAROUINAj County of Clarendon. By James M. Windham, Esq., Judge of Probate. Whereas, Julia Brown, made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Cloase Brown. These Are Therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Cloase Brown deceased, and they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Manning on the 6ta2 day of August 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 20th day .- of July Anno Domini 1915. J. M. WINDH AM, Judge of Probate. to Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVB'S TASTREESS chill TONIC. You know what ynare taking, as the formula is prne on every label, showing it is 2iie ad Iron in a tasteless form Qh uinine drives out mztala, the ron buinds up te system. 50 cents &ick 9/brnn ?iadasd Reliable evidence is abundant that women are constantly being restored to health by Lydia. E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound The many testimonial letters that we are continually pub. lishing in the newspapers-hundreds of them-are all genu ine, true and unsolicited expressions of heartfelt gratitude for the freedom from suffering that has come to these women solely through the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Money could not buy nor any kind of influence obtain 1 such recommendations; you may depend upon it that any testimonial we publish is honest and true-if you have any doubt of this write to the women whose true names and 1 addresses are always given, and learn for yourself. Read this one from Mrs. Waters: CAXn= N.J.-"I was sick for tWo years with nervous spells, and m kidneys were affected. I had a doctor all the time and used a vanic battery, but nothing did me any good. Iwas not able to go to bed, but spent my time on a couch or in a sleepig-chair, and soon became almost a skeleton. Finally my doctor went, wa for his health, and my husband heard of Lydia R Pinkham's egtable Co and got me some. In two months I got relief andnow I am a new woman and am at my usual weight. I recommend W ur medicine to every one and so does my husband."-Mrs. TL=n ,&'T=135 Knight St., Camden, N.J. And this one from Mrs. Haddock: UmwA, Oz&.,-"I was weak and nervous,not able to do my work and screly able to be on my feet. I had backacheadache, palpi tation of the heart, trouble with m bowels,and inaammation. Since taing the Lydia K Pinkham's egtable Compound I am better than Ihave been for twenty ears. think it is a wonderful medi cine and I have recommen it to others."-Mrs. MAry AN HAD. Docr, Utica, Oklahoma. Now answer this question if you can. Why should a woman continue to suffer without first giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial? Youknow that it has saved many others-why should it fail in your case? For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable , Oompoudha been the standard remedyfor fe male Ms. No one sick with woman's ailments does justoetoherself if she does not try this fa momedidfne muade from roots and herbs* It haswstoredsomanysufferingwomentohealth. ENNWlefttoTIA A NJEDICMlIeCO low_-R63 F LLY3 MA SS., for advice. Your letter wini be opened, read and answered ~E'4I by a woman and held strictc Styleplir Clothes A "The same price the world Values that stand out As a man you like to dress so that you stand out from the crowd-above the aver age. As merchants it is our desire to sell clothes that lift us into a class by ourselves. That is why we were quick to arrange for the exclusive selling of STYLEPLUS CLOTHES $17 They represent big values and the price is low. You can trust the fab rics, depend on the style and count on long wear. If even'oneof thesefundamentalsshould fall down you could have a new suit in return, according to the absolute guaran tee behind this special suit. A big assortment of overcoats, too. Special .ylea.ior young men. MANNING, S. C, BALLROOM PATHOS. "ragedy of the Yearning Heart That Was Left to Itself. The fourth dance was nearly over, .nd she was still sitting by the wall, ier hands clesped in her lap and her. dank program dangling at her side 'he expression of pleasure which had een spontaneous at the beginning of he evening had become fixed and trained through the long period of rafting. At last the music ceased, and he dancers, flushed and laughing, cattered about the .liall. The girl rose stiffly and tried to min le with the crowd. A few acquaint tnces nodded ab.; ntly, then moved Lway. Bold in her distress, she elbow d her way into a noisy group and laid er hand timidly upon the arm of one f the girls. "That's a pretty dress, Marie," she aid, trying to smile. "Thank you. tre you having a -good time?" "Love y," she answered, with a brave at ampt to smile. Her friend hesitated, ben turned deliberately to her own oterie. The wall flower stood awkwardly utside the closed circle, then pushed :oward another group. The music ;tarted up; there was mad confusion, nd the girl was caught in a scurry of -oung men finding their partners. Left one in the middle of the fior and ufted by the dancers, ther* was iothing for her to do but seek the wall gain. Her cheeks burned in confusion as ;he found herself again surrounded by mcant chairs. She moved to the side f two girls sitting farther down the iall. For a moment she felt less con ipicuous. But both girls were claimed y their partners, and she was left one against the wall. Pretty girls lanced at her with genuine pity; girls >f uncertain popularity eyed her scorn ully as they passed.. At last, bljnded by a rush of hot -ears, she arose and went from the nusic and merriment into the silence If the deserted dressing room. - San 7rancisco Bulletin. IRRITABILITY A WARNING. )no of Nature's Danger Signals That Should Be Heeded. Are you unduly quick tempered? Do rou find yourself, on slight provocati9n, gving vent 'to petty outbursts of an er? Are you constantly nagging, fault Inding and, complaining? If chronic irritability Is one of your haracteristics it is, Important for you :o recognize that fact. For Irritability s always a danger signal. It points o the presence of conditions whici nay be disastrous to you unless reme lies. In particular, irritability means that rour nervous system is, out of gear. lhis may be the result of either phys cal or mental causes, or a combination >f both.' Usually both physical and nental causes enter in to Intensify one Lnother's harmful effects. Thus the commonest of all causes of mervous disturbance is worry. Worry, is is known, Interferes with all the >odily functions. It Is especially dam ging in its Influence on the digestion. When the food is not properly digest d the nervous system Is poorly nour shed and severely strained. It is also n some degree poisoned by the circula :on In the blood of substances which would otherwise have been removed by le eliminative organs. -- - All this causes a nervous tension that may express itself in chronie "grouchi iaes" or in frequent attacks -of bad :emper. These attacks in their turn ause increased weakening of the di restve powers. What is needed to cure both the in ligestion and the Irritability is the cul Ivation of an optimistic attitude. The :endency to worry, look on the' dark ide of things, must be overcome.-H. .ddington Bruce in Kansas City Star. Unique American Families. The Harrison family, like the Adams family of Massachusetts, on Its illus ious genealogical tree carries the lames of one signer of the Declaration >f Independence and two presidents of ~he United States, and in this record mhe Adamses and the Harrisons stand part In a class by themselves. These listinctions in one family, it can be oted, will never again be equaled. rhey remain unique In the history of he country. He Wasn't Hissing. One of the ushers approached a man who appeared to be annoying those bout him. "Don't you like the show?" "Yes, indeed!" "Then why do you persist in hissing :he performers?" "Why, rn-man alive, I w-was-n't ihissing. I w-was s-s-imply s-s-s-ay ng to S-s-s-sammle that the s-s-singing s-s-s-superb."--New York Globe. Full Particulars. The prosecuting witness In the dam-l ige suit against the city was giving in is testimony. "Now, then, Mr. Bleedem," said his awyer, "you will please tell the jury vhere you were injured." "On my knee, in my feelinigs and *ight in front of the city hall," rapidly mawered the witness, fearing an ob ection on the part of the other at .orney-Case and Comment. Something to Smile At. "Try to smile," said the head of the lepartment store. "Look at yonder ~lerk. He is always amiling." "He finds It easy to smile. He sells ace powder to pretty girls. I sell col ar buttons to old grouches."-Louis rille Courier-Journal. A loving heart Is the beginning of all knowledge.-Carlyle. Constipation Is to be dreaded. It les to serious ailments, Fever. Indigestios. File. Siok Haache, Poisoned System and a score of other troubles follow. Dn': let Constipation last. Keep your Kidneys. Liver end Bowels healthy and active. Rid your system of fermented, gassy foods. Nothing better tha Dr. King's NewLife Pills All Druggists 25 cents SATIsFACTION OR MONEY BACK low To Glive Quinine To Children. 'EBRILINE is the trade-mark name given to an nproved Quinijie. Itis a Tasteless Syrup, pleas .nt to take and does not disturb tLe stomach. bildren take it and never know it Is Quinine. kiso especially adapted to adults who cannot ake ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor ause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try the next time you need Quinine for any pur >ose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. "he iame FEBRILINE is blown in bottle. 25 cents nvigoratng to the Pale and Sickly the Old Standard general strengthening tonic, 3ROES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out lalaria.enrichesthe bood.and builds upthe sys } Coldsl - should be "nipped In the bud", for if allowed to run unchecked, serious results may follow. Numerous cases of consu-mption. pneu monia, and other fatal dis eases, can be traced back to a cold. Atthe fist sign of a cold, protect yourself by thoroughly -cleansing your system with a few doses of THEDFORD'S BLACK DRAUGHT the old reliable, vegetable 'iver powder. Mr. Chas. A. Ragland, 0 NMadison Heights, Va., says: "I have been using Thed ford's Black-Draught for stomach troubles, indiges tion and colds, and find it to be the very best medicine I ever used. It makes an old man feel like a yotng one." Insist on Thedford's, the original and genuine. E-67 . 0. EDWARDS. H. M. PERRITT DWARDS & PERRITT, . CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.. fflce Over Home Bank and Trust Co., MANNING S C. CHARLTON DURANT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING. S. C. JOHN G. DINKINS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Manning, S. C. Dffice in Old Ceart House. J. H. LESESNE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING. S. C. W.C. DAVIS. J. W. WIDEMAN DAVIS & WIDEMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MANNING. S. C. R. J. A. COLE, DENTIST. Upstait's over Bank of Manning. MANNING, S. C. Phone No '17 LOANS NEGOTIATED On First-Class Real Estate 11ortgages. Purdy &5 O'Bryan, ATTORNEYS AT LA W, Manning S. 0. G. T. Floyd, SURVEYOR and CIVIL ENGINEER Office over Bank of Manning I. . PURDT. S. O.-IracK U BKVAN URDY & O'I3RYAN, Attorneys ounselors at Law MANNING. S C.. CYPRESS .. SASH DOORS BLINDS MOULDINGS AND MILL WORK UMAPI Of The Successful Busi ness Man is a good on to f~Eow: von c't go far wrong if yo~u walk io his fo~e' No man of aflirs today i wtit~t a commercial bank accoun:t: r.0 b)usic'. however small, can affo'rd to be without one. If von have not an account, iget in line for success by openingz one with Honme Batikndu Trust Co kWONDROUS LAND rhe Yellowstone Region as James Bridger Saw It. ND HE WAS A TRUTHFUL MAN -is Adventure With an Elk at the Fa mous Obsidian Cliff and the Effect of a Ride Through Alum Creek-Sto ry of the Mountain That Was Cursed. As a teller of tales Munchausen had L worthy rival In James Bridger, the .elebrated hunter, trader and guide whose name and career are part of the pioneer history of the west Bridgei was thoroughly familiar with the re gion now comprised In the Yellowston park as far back as 1830. . In his book, "The Yellowstobe Park,' the author, Hiram Martin CWttenden rigadier general United States army retired, sets down some of the yarn. Bridger told about that land of won lers. Many of the Yellowstone coun try tales ascribed to Bridger have sur rived to this day, probably becaus they have never been capped. Th( ast story General Chittenden tells re lates to the celebrated Obsidian cliff a mass of black volcanic glass witi which all the tourists are familiar. It, liscovery by Bridger was the result o a hunting trip, and It happened in thi way: "Coming one day in sight of a mag nficent.elk, he took careful aim at thk unsuspecting animal and fired. To hi amazement the elk not only was no wound* but seemed not to have hear the nof of the rifle. Bridger drev onsiderably n arer and gave the eli the benefit of L.s most deliberate aim but with the same result as before. A third and fourth effort met yrith simi ar fate. Utterly exasperated, he seize( his rifle by the barrel, resolved to us4 t as a club, since It had failed as I firearm. Rushing madly toward thi elk, he- suddenly crashed Into an im movable vertical wall which proved t be a mountain of perfectly transparen glass, on the farther side of which still in peaceful security, the elk wa quietly grazing. "Stranger still, the mountain was no, only of pure glass, but wa, a perfec telescope lens, and, whereas the eli seemed but a few yards off, it was h reality twenty-five miles away." Another of Bridger's discoveries wai an ice cold spring near the summit o: a lofty mountain, the water from which Bowed down over a long smooth slope, where It acquired sacl velocity that it was boiling hot whei it reached the bottom. This, a later in vestigator of the Firehole river found was a case in which a hot spring dis charged into the river bed. Alum creek, a tributary of the Yel lowstone, received Its name from as accidental discovery by Bridger. On Jay he forded the creek and rode on several miles and back. He notice that the return journey was only I small fraction of the distance goini and that his horse's feet had shrun to mere points which sank into th solid ground so that the animal coull scarcely hobble along. Seeking th cause, he found It to be in the astrir gent qualities of the water, which wa saturated with alum to such an exten that it had power to pucker distanc Bridger also found a fine place t fsh: "Somewhere along the shore al inmense boiling spring discharges it overflow directly into the lake. Th specinec gravity of the water is les than that of thelake, owing to the em pansive action of heat, and it gioats il a stratum of three or four feet thicl upon the cold water underneath. Whe: Bridger was in need of fish It was t this place that he went Through tb hot upper stratum he let fall his hal to the subjacent habitable zone anc having hooked his victim, cooked hix on the way out!" The, visitor to the region of petrifici tions in the northeast corner of thl park and to various points in the h springs districts will have no difficult in discovering the base material outC which Bridger contrived the followin picturesque yarn: "A mountain In the park was onc ersed by a great medicine man of th row nation. Everything on the mout tain at the time of this dire event be came instantly petrified and has r: mained so ever since. All formsC life are standing about In stone whe: they were suddenly caught by tI petrifying influences, even as the F habitants of ancient Pompeii were su: prised by the ashes of Vesuius. Sag brush, grass, prairie fowls, antelope: elks and bears may there be seien f perfect as in actual life. Dashing to tents and the spray mist from the: stand forth In arrested motion as carved from rock by a sculptor's chise Even flowers are blooming in colors< crystal, and birds sear with wing spread In motionless flight, while tli air floats with music and perfume siliceous, and the sun and moon shix with pertrinled light!" It is denlet though, that Baidger was responsibl for the story that even the laws< gravitation were petrified In the regio: Uncontrollable Curiosity. "I don't see how It is that Mrs. Jo! wag has so many friends. She gossi terribly." "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. -"Ever: body seems willing to take a chanc on being talked about for the sake< hearing what she says about the otl ers."-Washington Star. There is only one sort of shabbinet that matters-a shabbiness of the lot -Edwin Pugh. Disordered Kidneys Cause Much Pain day sleepdistrbn blad der weakness at night. tired, nervous, run-down whereare ga to lcowth Foley Kidney Pills restore health and strength. and the regular action of kid neys and bladder. Ki PilIls Dickson's Drug Store. Pies Cured in 6 to 14 Days $I~nT5N n alst cur anymcase of Itechin BlindleedgoProtudngPiles in 6tol4days Children Cry for Fletcher's The Kind You Have Always Bonght, a.d which has been in use foz over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in thiz. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good " are but Experiments that trifle with and endan',er the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor OR, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, M5forphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. Ri destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the .relief of Constipation, Flatulency, ind Colic, all- Teething Troubles and Diarrhoea. regulates- the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy ad41 natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought Tr*4 czmrAux cOMPANY, maw yaitK GclT WE HAVE Two Car Loads of Buggies and Surries and Two Car Loads of One and Two-HorselWagons to be closed out at and BELOW COST. 10-12-14, D C.S A ( 'fl SUMTERt Sumter, C~l ~ . . 0 st D. C. SH19AW C0.,. 'Phone 553 For ale Fo CasH or on Time with Aproved Collateral. Nitrate of Soda, Acid Phosphate, and Ammoniated Fertilizers with or with eout Potash. Better see us before placing your order. Manning, S. C. 8 ~-TO THE 'ROUND TRIP FARE FROM MANNiNG TO CHARLESTON. $1.30.. Tickcts sold only for trains specified below on Sun days, limited to date of sale. SCHEDULES GOING: Lv. Manning... . ..... . .... 7.07 A. M. Ar. Char'leston...... .. ..... .. ..I030 A. M. SCHEDULES RETURNING: Lv. Charleston............... .... .. ....8.25 P. M. Ar. Manning..........................11.20 P. For further particulars. tickets, etc.; apply to, H. D. CLARK, Ticket Agt. Manning. S. C. W. J. CRAIG. T. C. WHITE, Pas Traf. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt, Wilmington, N. C. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. The Standard Railroad of tLhe South. BRING YOUR TO) THE TINES OFFICE.