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THE MANIN 1 .. APPELT- .... F. M. SHOPE_......... PUBLISHED EVE MANNING, S. 4 LOCAL CO We all of us admit the heads are better than one," a tede that three heads are b better than three. Each m own individual force; but if a for some object, their powei as each man joins, much mc force would warrant. Notwithstanding our k often hard to secure co-ope co-operation means giving u ordinating one's personality, as better than one's own. TI the most successful in wroki Every man naturally w< village, but the community one where the citizens wor other words, when we refer munity, we simply mean its smooth-running co-operatior -- CAN WE ESCI When President Wilson ; a state of war with Germany few exceptions the response Party lines disappeared as if (cans first, last and all the ti same state of cohesion has c Jiicans, Prohibitionists and loyalty to the Administratio] in the- two houses of Congr< tiell who were Democrats and This unanimity of actio loyalty and augurs well for for the time ahead of us. B tions are coming on, and mar to contest before the people f There is now coming to 1 out the country that in the < ple consent to drop for a tin and return these same men t records. It is pointed out iler elections and continues teen bearing the brunt of 1 done from various reasons, there may be no suspicion of islators that might give enc< It will certainly detraci Congress if any large numb to make a fight for their po ful act of the American peo each man who has stood sta the honor of his country, v again as a mark of confider stituents. Whether he be for his election to be conc( would constitute one of the:j fidelity imaginable. It woul< r'epresentatives have faithft their every act, and'that w< itheir loyalty and integrity. Our country is facing a to come to this work united tion. No such disturbing should be permitted to inter: or take from our full efficiei have almost lost sight of poli thing we could do if we conti: It wouldn't &e a bad idea record and let him stand ori Mit< For economy, pleasur MITCHELL six-cylindei 'base, shock-absorbing s] $1375, Manning. '&The Easiest Ridin Buy now. Prices will J. F. Br, MANNI IING TIMES ------------- -------Editor ----------------Business Manager RY WEDNESDAY. J., MAY 15, 1918 OPERATION power of co-operation. "Two nd granted this we must con otter than two, and four are an separately stands for his number of men join together in the community increases >re rapidly than his personal nowledge of this fact, it is ration in local affairs. True p one's own preference, sub considering the public good te man who forgets himself is ng with other people. ants the best for his town or that achieves the best is the ke unselfishly together. In to the public spirit of a com capacity for organized and S-S IEW POLITICS asked the Congress to declare with the exception of a very was immediate and emphatic. by magic and all were Amer me. And since that date the ontinued, Democrats, Repub Progressives vieing in their ri, until from the proceedings ?ss one would be at a loss to who were not. n evidenced a fine spirit of the Administration's backing ut next fall the general elec iy members will be compelled or their seats in that body. )e a large sentiment through toming elections we as a peo ie our propensity for politics the national capital on their that France has prorogued in harness the men who have the war legislation. This is principal of which is that dissatisfaction with her leg )uragement to the enemy. from the efficiency of the 3r of its members are forced sitions. It .would be a grace ple if in the coming election inchly at his post and upheld rere to be given his election ice tendered him by his con of one party or the other, hded by the opposite party linest displays of loyalty and I say to our enemies that our lly voiced our sentiments in have implicit confidence in stupendous task and needs in sentiment and determina factors as I~artisan politics 'ere with our unity of faction icy. During the past year we tics, and it might be the best nue blind to its lure. to put every man on his war 'all by it. ~heI1e 'e and comfort buy a , 40 H. P., 120 in. wheel >ring, Touring Car at g Automobile Built increase in a few days. ckinton, N WEEK WAS ABLE TO RESUME WORI 'Knocked Me Out So I Simply Ha to Quit Working," He Says LOSING MONEY FAST 3egan Taking Tanlac and In Weel Was Toiling Hard as if Npthing Had Been Wrong "It's the honest truth, before I ha< :aken this Tanlac a week I was wel mnd strong enough to go back t work," said W. R. Wade, well know osident of Winnfield, La., the othe lay. "I had a very bad case of stomacl rouble and rheumatism," he contin ed, "that knocked me out so I simpi: dad to quit working. My stomacl vas in such an awful fix that every hing I ate disagreed with me an nade me miserable all the time. M imbs and joints would ache so ould hardly stand it, and, in fact or a whole day before taking Tan ac I wasn't able to put in a full day' vork at all. "One of my friends had been tak ng Tanlac and told me it had don dim a world of good, so I got me i ottle to try. Well, sir, it sure sur rised me, for I began to feel bette: *ight after the first dose, and befor he week was out I was back on ml ob and have been working righ along ever since like nothing had eve een the matter with me. I neve aw anything in my life that gav uch quick relief as this Tanlac, an< haven't had a single symptom of m; rouble since I started on it." Tanlac, the Master Medic:ne, is co< y Dickson's Drug Store, Manning 1. W. Nettles, Jordan; Shaw & Plow en, New Zion; Farmers' Supply Co. ilvcr; D. C. Rhame, Summerton. tdv. FOURTH CLASS POSTMASTER EXAMINATIOr The United States Civil Servic< lommission has announced an ex Lmination to be held at Wilson, S ,ar., on May 25, 1918, as a result o vhich it is expected to make certifi ation to fill a contemplated vacancy n the position of fourth-class post naster at Wilson and other vacancie LS they may occur at that office, un ess it shall be decided in the interest: of the service to fill the vacancy b: einstatement. The compensation o he postmaster at this office was $291 ,r the last fiscal year. Applicants must have reached thei wenty-first birthday on the date o he examination, with the exceptioi hat in a State where women are de lared by statute to be of full age fo ill purposes at eighteen years, womel ighteen years of age on the date o he examination will be admitted. Applicants must reside within th erritory supplied by the post offic or which the examination is an Lounced. The examination is open to all cit zens of the United States who cai omply with the requirements. Application blanks, Form 1753, ant ull information concerning the re uirements of the examination can bi ecured from the postmaster at the lace of vacancy or from the Unite< states Civil Service Commissior Vashington, D. C. A pplications should be properly ex ceuted and filed with the Commis ion at Washington, D. C., at the ear iest practicable (late. -W-S-S CAN AND JARl SUPPLY Columbia, May 14.-As the canninj eason approaches, the F'ood Ad minis ration is receiving a number of in luiries from dlifferent parts of the tate concerning the rsupply of cani ndl jars in which to put up fruits an< egetables. There has apparenti: '(en an idea or a fear that the supl1 vould be short this year, or that oi ccount of transportation conditions here would be difficulty in gettinj elivyer ies. TVhe Food Adm in istration, th rougi he conservation and production dlivi ion, states, however, that there is n ccasion for any one who dlesires t mt up fruits and vegetables to b larmed. Present indlications are tha here wvill b~e ample supplies of can nd1( jars available. Any p articular section of Soutl ~arolina wvhich may be foundl to b hort of cans and jars, or any sectin vhich feels that there is likely to b local shortage, can rind relief b vriting promptly to the Food Admin stration at Columbia. It is suggeste owever, that jobbers and dealers i ans and fruit jars do not wait unti he season has opened andl the (demani or these goods is upon them; but tha urovision be madle in advance so tha he needs of the people in every see ion may he met. The Food Administration urge hat nothing that can be conserved b 'anning he allowed to go to wast uring the coming summer. Provisiu ans been made to supply ample suga or canning andl preserving, and th 'ertificate system for securing suga or canning andl preserving fruits an egetables, has been announ ed andi uow in operation. ATTACKED BY HUN RAIDER ihip Carrying Australian Premie Ileaches Pacific Port A Pacific Port, May 13.-Sir Thon ived here today with a party of Aus ived here today with a party of Au ralian officials en route to a wa onferened In London. Passengers o he vessel'said a German raider ha ittacked and damasked the Britial ransport on which the premier sail Smart, At Pric It is most real good to sell at r And still, doing the of just thi; tonishingi / We are sole distributors for this city of the Nation. ally favored Welworth and Wirthmor Waists. O'Doni 4-MINUTE SPEECHES BY BOYS AND CIRLS FROM CIARENDON'S SCHO - Pearl Rawlinson The war between Germany and United States is more a conflict f ideas than of men. Germany is d Sinated by Prussia, which is the 1 ing kingdom of the Berman em] r but whose king is, by right of b f the German emperor. The Pruss n have always believed that the - duty of a nation is to be strong r that strength is based on mili 1 power. Along with this idea of f itary power, they have always reg eel the nation as being supreme everything that would make the tion powerful as being the first - highest consideration of its pec That explains why a German commit acts of cruelty and unpar< 1 able wickedness in time of war. may believe in decency as a man, I as a soldier he does. not believe - any decency whatever, for to be f 3 ed by the enemy, they think, is t< desired above anything else. i The United States, on the o e hand, has been bred 'n a doctrini indlividual responsibility. It does - believe that the nation has a righi - do anything that it ih, wrong for - individual to do, and it does be] that a nation should have a just gard for the rights of its people. .In the mighty struggle that is ing on across the ocean, Ausi ,'Turkey and Bulgaria are fighting . territory. Each one plans to exi .its domain b~y conquering terri from the other side. The Allies, 11 ever, are not seeking territory, ihave been drawn into this struggi ,, dlefend themselves and free gov' ment against the effort of the mans to conquer the -world. United States (does niot covet an of territory nor one dollar of mo It is giving without stint its vast sources andi its men for the caus, freedom and peace in the world, fo long s Gemanyis organizedl wan ation can feel assured ii own life. The United States has readly spent about ten billion (o0 since it entered the war one year It has raised an army and nay1 abu wo million men and mami tured incredible quantities of an nition. But the nation has only gun.. In the coming months all Sprehminary prepaiations will fruit in enormous results and jweight and pbower of America wvi 1felt by the German armies as Igiant strength of the Allies. On the battlefields of France, t gium and Italy several million t of the Allied armies have fallei battle. Trhese men gave their al -the cause of freedom and good ernment. A merica must not only tribute her military might, butr e .our into the cause of huiinnity hI ons of dlollars, so that the boys r respond to our country's call, an< into camp~ and trench and sail r neath the water in submarines have behind them the support< Snation, armed and readiy for war. andi I can have a part in this. We send five million men to camp that will leave about one hundredi five million of us at home. E these inien deny themselves and ai r fice their lives while one hundred five million of us remain at h< The very least that we can doi -provide adiequately for those -are takink up the burden for us. r ni To Cure aCold In OneDay. C :ouad Hedr b and oar oo Sb. -DrumgIt reruna man.y uoa e. .ox ~tye fu1 Springtime :es Surprising unusual in thes looking, distinc nodest prices. just because w unusual, have 3 kind at prices y small. Who, eveni at a dollar--i buys so much less than il pretty, pleasing, well-ma At two dollars. of course. ing Blouses, but the poin size is that you do not h money to have a lot of I if you come here to sat requirement. iell DryG SUMTER. S. C. can assist them by producing mor food at heme and lending Uncle San our money. I plead with you to bu War Savings Stamps and Thril Stamps, to practice a greater degre oQ of economy than you have ever know u before; to refrain from idle expend ture of money and to devote then savings to the purchase of War Sav ings Stamps. the When in the providence of Go< of those heroes who survive the shoe om- of battle and the storm at sea, ar ead- returning to us, and each communit uire, shall go out in triumphal welcome t irth, greet the returning boys; that man c ians woman who has put no money int First this cause, who has not sacrificed t and the point of feeling his sacrifice, fo tary the sake of victory, should hang hi mil- or head in shame and stay behin ard- closed doors. But the man or woma and who has ,of his little abundance cor na- tributed as liberally as possible t and the cause of justice and freedom an ple, for the sakes of our boys across th will seas, that man or woman may mee Ion- the boys at the station with a glad He some thrill and an exultant throb c but his pulses, happy in the thought the in he did what he could to be worthy e ear- the comradeship of those who /wer > be willing to do and dare. then Wilburn Barrineau not Friends, you don't know the pleat t to ure it gives me to be with you thi the .evening. I am interested in Thrif ieve Stamps, andl want to see every bo re- land girl in Clarendon county becom Interested. When they do the victor go- is wvon, for the money is easily got tria ten. Ihave become thoroughl cori for vimced that wvhere there is a wil ter :endl is a way. I will give you a few of mn typlans to make money. I am sure ever ory one of you have the same opportun an ties and probably better. I am m e to mother's, handy boy around the hote ern- which gie equite .a few stamp 3-each week, otherwise, sonme little co The- ored boy would get the money an ic spend it for candy and cigarettes. Al ny ter school, I sell ice cream; on Satui e- dlays I sell newspapers. There aren e of many of us that like the idea of b< r asI ing called news-boys, but there arnn for any of us who like the idea of bein isconquered by G;ermany. Neverth< a-less, by those means, I have the plear lars une of showing you my four War Saa a. ngs Stamps. If through Providlenc ag, Invrreceive any benefit from then fac- fI~ wl never regret the investmen m-frIfeel that I owe this to my cour be- try. Boys, have you ever thought c the ,the sacrifices the soldiers in th bear trenches are making for us ? If we d the I not help them win the victory, w I b so must take their places on th the ibattle. fields. Now when you ar japendmng your money uselessly, rn Bel- Imembe~r the boys that are <dyin men there ani dthe .mothers who are weep ning here. Friends, when the wvari 1l to over, let us not be ashamed to fac g.our own conscience with what we hay cov-|dlone for our country. If I were no cn- willing to give mny money to help th bil - Icause, I would never again wave th woStars and Stripes, nor sing "My Cour I go ' ty Tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Lit be- erty." Yes, indeed, it is is swee' myThere fore we should be willing t mfa: make every sacrifice necessary to rt ao tam it. When we think of the libei my!ties of our government and of ou and .homes being trampledi under foot c and ~the enemy, we can but turn our face hall toward Heaven and say, "Forbid I ei.Almighty, God, but give us Libert, and we pray." s to Rtobert Cnye who I am a very small speaker you se We and cannot be expected to make -great speech like .President Wilso and many other oratora like' Smit and Tillman, buit my 'veins are fille oethe with America's redest -blood, aind in -,~$ heart aniotl h. tru .dev~otion I aoc, our bright stars aid t~rtt. 'Yot Blouses! ly Small. e days to get tive Blouses e delight in we Blouses that are as vhich ordinarily now use to--can w'e sell a de Waist. there are more charm t we want to empha ave to spend a lot of )retty waists--that' is isfy your every Blouse oods Co.. e liberty, my liberty, our liberty, the s liberty for which our forefathers shed y their blood to life's end, spent their t fortunes and lives in order to mairn e tam our liberty. Oh! then can we n stand and see our flag and liberty - trail in the dust or trampled under e foot by German brutes. No! No! God - forbid. America's big soldiers must win, and little soldiers like you and I, I. We must provide ammunition for k his guns, clothing for his back, and e food for his body (even if we do have y to do without a biscuit or two). You o will be sure to ask how can we do r this? Easily 'answered by work and a sacrifice. Buy a War savings Stamp. D W-o-r-k spells work, we all know. r What does it mean doing? Working s until our brow, like the honest black : smith's, is wet with sweat, and our n hands feel their aching nerves. I as - sure you it does not mean laying up a town or in the meadow, or playing I marbles on the street corner, or play e ing checkers by the brook. t S-a-c-r-i-f-i-c-e spells sacrifice, we - know. That means doing without f something for the sake of others. It t does not mean a new ball every week, f or a new pair of trousers every month e or a new hat every day-but a ball once a year, never another pair of new trousers or hat, if needs be to win this war. We have got to win this war. We have got to whip Ger - many. s .Then I come in the namc of God and t in the name of my country with this y' honest plea: Bi4y War Sav'ings e Stamps. If your purse is too light, ,' buy a Thrift Stamp. Get you a Ger - man. Every stamp you buy is as good - as a German scalp. I beg you in the e name of your country,'buy War Say y ings Stamps and conquer the foe, Ger 7 many. .Lives of great men all remind us v We may make our lives sublim'e, ,And departing leave behind us' s Footprints on the sands of time." -"Lives of gr'zat men all remind us - A USTRIANS ARE REPULSED AttmpttoRecapur Mont Corno ~ t t m t o Proves Failure Ilome, May l3.--Austro-Hungari -an troops yesterdlay made an attack on Mont Corno which recently was captured by the Italians. '[he war of fice announces that the enemy was 'repulsed with heavy losses. 'rho statement followvs: "After an intense bombardment the e enemy attacked our new positions on SMCon.Arrestedl by our fire and counter-attanck, he was obliged to re tire with heavy losses. a "Along the remaindIer of the front . there was the usual artillery and pa-' ,trol activity." A TRIBUTE TO HARRIS SMITH WAY t Died at Holly H1il, 5. C., Jan. 5, 1918 C) He diedl as ho had lived-at peace - with the world an'd his God. The end -was calmi-like unto tho quiet dim .ming of a lovely star when the "day C) light is given." - I merely wish to pay this little tribute to his memory, because I r know how good and true he was. f May that perfect and abiding peace, s the gift of God's never-ending love, a, sustain the bereaved wife and father. ,less children, arid the brothers and sisters. Ho has come at last to the "Perfect Day." F. M. C. Chesterfield, S. C., S May 10, 1018. P11es Cured in 6 to 14 Days So twilrfn aoy II P4o O 3IN f1~4ait orureu ceasp oltflE 0 Bl grrtfd'I esin64t94M~d r The drtaIeation ate s n et n