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THE MANNING TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. I. 1. APPELT-- ------------------------------------ -------Editor F. M. SHOPE----_...-------------------------------Business Manager THE ROADS OF 1917. It will be but a short time now until the rigors and storms of winter will be past and the problems of a new year will be before us for solution. One of the most important of these problems will be, "What of our country roads in 1917?" The year 1916 witnessed the greatest impetus to road building that has ever been known in our history. Gov ernment, state, county and municipality all awoke and atacked the problem with vigor, and the results in many instances were most gratifying. But there was, the past year, another element in the solution of the good road problem that heretofore had been lacking-that of community co-operation. In many parts of the country the importunities of the good roads advocates had their effect, and the PEOPLE awoke to the live fact that the roads were THEIR roads, and that THEY were individually responsible for their main tenance. And this was just the added force needed to give to the movement an impetus that nothing could stop. It is this feature of community co-operation that hnust be fostered if our roads are to be made \vhat we would have them. Each and every citizen must be fully arous 3 to HIS responsibility-not merely to pay his taxes and give his few .days of work each year, but to shoulder his full share of responsibility and never let up until every road in his community is a GOOD road. Many communities have worked up a sentiment that each andevery citizen shall give one day out of each month to voluntary labor on the roads. This is an aux iliary to all other road working facilities. And the plan as carried out in these communities has worked splendid results in the improvement of the highways. If all communities will organize on this plan, work it up to a maximum of efficiency, and keel) the enthu siasm at white heat, it will be only a short while until they awake to the fact that their road problem has -been solved. WANTED-PRODUCERS. We have become so accustomed to the cry that the prevailing high prices of living are the result of our increased exports of food stuffs that it comes as some what of a shock to learn from official figures that during the past year our exports of food supplies were in reality something like $100,000,000 less than the previous year. And it is stated on the same authority that never before has the visible supply been so low. The food speculators have been yelling that Europe was making such a tremendous demand for our food supplies that the enormous shipments in themselves were the cause of sky high prices. That too, appears to be a mixture of financial wind and hot air. Congress is "investigating" the price boosting com bines. But did you ever hear of the politicians of either party doing anything more than to "investigate?" Did you ever hear of a conviction? More wind-political wind. There are two distinct causes for the prevailing high prices. We lack producers, and we are cursed with a set of food speculators who would starve a baby to death for a penny. Our production is not keeping pace with the demand, because our farmers are leaving their acres and turn ing their faces to the allurements of the town and city. And there are none to take their places on the farms. As Mr. Cleveland so tersely p~ut it, "this is a condition and not a theory."~ Food speculators know this and are buying and hoard ing the supplly and doling it out in diriblets at their own prices. Foreign dlemandi? Bunk! Wholesale robbery? Yes! .XWhen we get rid of four-fifths of the middle men, and jail the speculating price boosters, and keep the men on the farms and put more of them there, then we will have ample supplies at reasonable prices, and not until then. And in the meantime congress will keep right on peri 'dically "investigating" and making an ass generally of itself, as it has always done and always will do, irre sp)ective of party.. W~e needi more prodlucers and fewer robbers. AS THllE EiTlOlt sEEs J'T. pi-o seppl-fenrti Life is short at best andl the one pewowudb r~ tt n who lills it with scraps andI growlstonWhnyukctisowyu has only half a life to spend. <iky rslfr ou rehlng o when laughing at the other fellowmkeijutwatis just remember that he may have ''oeGra umrnsaegt quite as much fun at your expense Wetrl o rsy ti ut .another dlay. icnilrt fte ocncsop Life is just one ahe~m after another,inaoudcangiclsUan bue we have yet to find one who is indonurocilsin.Bedst .a hurry to let loose. i a o u ietodssru A dollar spent on subscriptionanellrod.obckalgt brings ten in wisdom/ Be wise! unl. The merchant who advertises never'heelirntaioswtuso counts the flies on the wvall. "There's fe hm n hyakwn okc a reason."usadthtsaotalwcn x we want to know the name of thepetfothnaditsqtellw most beautiful woman in this town,wilgtfothm and if claimants will hand in their w oe ihtas httehg names we will cheerfully 'dovobe threecotflingsllrmnsheih columns of space ,to the publicationcotfling of a list of same. i1iigi i fot ogtrdo Politics is just politicing along. GnrlPrhnFrtCifCr Why should any one kIck at life rnaanucshsdtriaint n ths ofgood ple-fu an eppeo enderbulfihigeti ALLIES REPLY. TO 1 E PRESIDENi Wl Diffeentiate .Between Peace Among Present Belligerents and Futurre - Arrangements Against War. FINAL. DRAFT NOW BEING STU DIED BY ENTENTE CABINET If No Hitch Occurs Document May Be Handed Ambassador Sharp at Paris. London, Jan. 2-The final draft of the reply of the Entent to President Wilson's peace note, which already has been aproved by France and Great Britain, has been forwarded to Italy and Russia. As no changes have been suggested from those quar ters, it is not omjrobable the note will be delivered to the American ambasador in Paris, William G. Sharp, within a short time. It is un derstood here the note may posibly be handed to Mr. Shary tomorrow. However, Belgium made her.. re quest at the last moment that the statement of her case be added to the reply to the Central Powers, and sim ilar aditions or delays may occurr in the case of the note to President Wil son. The reply is about the same length as the note to the Central Powers, and has the same characteristics of general and guarded language. One of the most important points is a dif ferentiation between peace among the present belligerents and such future arrangements as may be made for permanent peace, the purpose being to show neutral upholders of a per manent peace how that is attainable. This is attainable not alone by first concluding the present war, but also by concluding the kind of a peace which will pave the way for a per manent peace. While the original draft, like the reply to the Central Powers, was written largely in France, Foreign Secretary Balfour also has had a con siderable part in it, particularly in regard to phrases, seeking to eluci date the situation for the benefit of pu'.lic opinion in neutral countries. Now Before Cabinet. Paris, Jan. 2.-The Allies' reply to President Wilson's note will not, it is understood, be published until the end of the week. The next has been completed and is now being consider ed by the different cabinets. ?&ull round / raiatoyr '"Electric head lights\ with dimmers ' Firestone de rims, (on CAROLI SAYS MOUNTAIN BOYS 0F 6 tUNK- WHISKEY Washington; Jan. 1.-Describing conditions among the mount ineers of the United States 'as defyi' descrip tion, Miss Virginia' -e,' presi dent of the -Association for the; ,$ lief and Educatilpate Work of Poor Mountain White, h'a launched., come prehensive campaign here for 'their allevation. Members of congress have pledged their, support. It was the original Jntention of Miss Trimble, who is the daughter of Judge N. W. Trimble, of Alabama and her co-workers to secure a bil providing constructive work among the southern mountain states only, but.conditions hyae been found to be so bad in' other sections that' the campaign has been made national 'in scope. "This is a phase of national pre paredness which patriotic Americans certainly should not overlook," de clared Miss Trimble today. "I am glad that this country has been able -L give assistance was socatwPst t. c to give assistance to the nations abroad, where such assistance was so badly needed, but here we have hor rible conditions right at our doors. "In many of the mountain regions the people have no educatidn, no thoughts of sanitation, and they are poverty-stricken beyond description. Boys of five and six years of age use tobacco, drink whiskey and swear horibly. ."These people are or pure Anglo Saxon stock and no one can tell to what heights they might rise if they were given a fair chance. I do not think any patriotic American citizen can fail to see what is our duty to these submerged pe'ople." --o Alcohol as a Cleaner. Alcohol seems to possess an espec ial gift at banishing grease. I keep a bottle of denatured alcohol on my kitchen shelf for this particujar pur pose. When gfirease has been 'spilled' or spattered on the floor and has pene trated into the pores of the wood, al cohol removes it better than any thing else I have ever tried. A wad of soft paper dampenea with alcohol will quickly remove grease from the stove or sink or a greasy cooking utensil, and if the paper is then burned the disagreeable task is quickly over. Alcohol satisfactorily renews the soiled collar of storm coats, and is better to remove spots from black goods than gasoline. Alcohol is pleasant to use as a cleanser since it quickly evaporates, leaving neither odor nor stain. It is also perfectly safe.-Orange Judd Southern Farming. -0 HARVIN NEWS. Harvin, Dec. 28.-The Yuletide fes tivities have passed without unusual mcident. Hon. A. D. McFaddin of Columbia after spending several days with his relatives at his old home here at Harvin has returned to Columbia. Ran vision a ventilating plate windshield. Lou aede filer, same curve as "Built-In" windshield,\ Fricve concealed fastening Aluminum covered \ Full-fl 'vting running boards - i lh muntable ~ '\~"~ \\\\\~\ Wide flush doors with~ symi:netrically curved '~ uunt .ue d;, "wide rear DISTRIBI NA MACH INE WE HA1 A Y Get your requireme is being rapidly sold at TooI DRY GO SUMTEI Miss Margaret Lenora McFaddin, accompanied by her friend, Miss Agnes Walker of Columbia, is spend ing the week-end at the home of the former at Harvin. Miss Lillian Eudera Brogden of Winthrop and Mr. Sam John Brogden of Clemson are spending the Christ mas holidays at home. Miss Mae Hodge of Winthrop, Mrs. Judea McLeod, Miss Ahna McLeod, Messrs. Ben Evin and Newman Mc Leod of Georgetown are spending some time with Hon. E. D. Hodge. Master George Legare Harvin, Miss Katie Francis Harvin and Mr. Sam John Brogden attended on Wed nesday the house party given by Master W. T. Lesesne, Jr., and Miss Sara Lesesne. B. H. H. Remarkable Feat of Great Railroad Philadelphia, Pa., Jan: 2.-The Pennsylvania railroad system in 1916 caried 196,294,146 passengers on its lines east and west of Pittsburg without the loss of a single life in a train accident, according to statistics ~-glass h k u p h o s e rin g , nuqadant and son top of wheel. ngrp adjstment Roytonneau. ontop of toting column roar ale, \ Gas tank hun~ at ar cas rear, Stewart- arner ___ vacum food Non-skid tIres on rear o wheels without extra K " long un'derslung, resr springs, very flexible JTED BY rE IT AT and 3c. %RD. nt NOW. for our Stock these prices. IE INELL ODS QO. S.c made public by the company toda It was a record-breaking year in th handling of both passengers an freight traffic. No passengers have been killed o any lines of the Pennsylvania sys tem in a train accident, the statement says, for three years, during whic time 553,890,064 persons were trans ported aproximately 15,000,000,00 miles. More than 9,000,000 freigh and passenger trains were operate over the company's 12,000 miles of railroad lines in the three-yea period. ---0- -. Creecy-Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Smith an nounce the manage of tneir daughter Rowley to Mr. Julian Creecy th 28th of December, 1916, Monticello Arkansas. The increasing tendency toward short dresses brings out all of the chivalry in mankind. We never dream of getting into the car first. " he Classic Car $850 FO.B. FOSTORIA. 0. 1%" black bead with rounded top completely around body eautlfully rounded e-plece rear panel, no seams One-man top Ith substantial bow sockets er. S. C. lUNAH OUSEHOLD HN't w ~E1PlhL IJULNUL BiN~ cr Gold, Cake-One-third cupful of fa utter,, one and, one-h if " cupfuls f ygar, . ode cupfl cold. water, three. tipfuls ftour, yolkqof four eggs, two te easpoonfulls baking powder; flavor t1 with vanilla. Nice baked in layprs and put together with chocolate fill- ga ing. Christmas Royal Tart-'-Make a &ry rich- pie crust, cover the bottom q of a pie tin with it and bake; now w~ make a thick, rich cornstarch, and, p while hot, poqur upon, the pie crust; 5s arnishtithacardied 'herriesasatd an- a elica, and' set away in a very cold fi lace to become stiff. n h Baked Onions-Peel small, silver s; skinned onions, and cook in salted o boiling water for fifteen minutes. : Drain and lay them on a towel to dry. a LThen put them in.a baking pan with a few spoonfuls of stock gravy, sprinkle t with supar and bake until soft. The c sugar will glaze thle onions. Nut Cake-One and one-half cup uls suger, one-half cupful butter, our eggs, one-third cupful milk, two nd one-half ipfuls of flour, one tea poonful crea i pf tartar, one-half eatpoonful sods; add hickorynut, buternut or wal meats (as much in quantity as yoi use flour is a good rule, but some cooks prefer less); bake in a moderate oven. pple Pudding-Generously butter lard pail and orrange around the des of it upright strips 'of bread in such a way that they will overlap each other; fill the center with slices of apple and with seeded raisins; add - nutmeg, cinnamon and sugar to taste, considerable sugar being required; fit circular piece of bread to 'the top of pail, put into the oven. and steam ne hour; unmould and send to the able garnished with sauce, with a ew candied cherries stuck in. Fruit Cake-One pound of butter, one pound sugar, one pound flour, ten eggs, two nutmegs (grated), juice nd grated rind of one lemon, one tea spoonful each of cinnamon and mace, he-half teaspoonful each of allspice d ginger, four pounds raisins, four unds of curants, two pounds of cit ,n, one-half pound each of sweet id bitter almonds, blanched and aten to a paste with a little rose ater; bake eight hours in a moder te oven. This will keep for months. Chestnut Croquettes-Boil a pint of chestnuts to a pulp, removing the shells first; add two tablespoonfuls of mutter and season with pepper and 'galt; beat two eggs well, stir in and STHE Best1IV ~ ship and Sput The A trial ~THE Ma uip all until very i lie, roll. in beaten e Ambs, then again in bread crumbs; fry t until a golden bro ned, hQtmashed po clandet-; let the dial red' o; arrange th e center of the ma irnish with parsley a ble very hot. Christmas Puddir fart stale bread , br ithout crusts, and. d >ur over the bread Peet milk and-4let. s id three beaten egg il currants, plum oi felted, one cupful br Alf cupful strained': yrup, one-half cupf1 r butter, one pound ound - currants and poonful each of cir rated peel and vai wo teaspoonfuls vai ther spices; mix th, ether and. bike in a ish for three hour ream or pudding so Roast Goose with ng-The cooking i or preparing a ge ire rather apt to ex nent in the breaste louse-keepers, envel method is certainly as it removes muet aus fat, and, in sc the flavor of this directions are as I young goose, singe well in soap and thoroughhly in clef inside and out with the stuffing, cook ful on finely choppt tablespoonfuls of b utes. Add one-quo sage meat, stri twelve finely chopi one cupful of i Heat the mixture of fresh bread c whole chestnuts boiled and skinne< to taste, a lump half teaspoonful Cool the stuffing ing it. Baste the is cooking, and ro; or until well doni ed. Serve on a To Clean Wash the waist a number of tim only after all soi ed, rinse the wi water; wring the hands and hang it with a warm I Jo ~ateria most imes order TIM .nnins