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THE MANNING TIMES Entered at the Postoffilee at Man Appelt & Shope Published Ever, Subscription Rates $2.Oq M.ANNING, S. C., WEDN, BIG CITIES AND LITTLE TOWNS Are you still pining to live in a big city, where the bright lights glare and revelry reigns supreme? You might try it out and send us your exper iences for publication. A year ago a young married man purchased a home in the outskirts of Chicago for $7,000 on the time payment plan, the monthly payments being rather heavy. Then business slacked up, his income decreased, and he found it impossible to meet his payments. He has just sold out at a loss and is renting a four room flat for which he is required to pay $75 a month. There are said to be 75,000 families in Chicago who are doubling up with other families because there are no houses or flats for them to occupy. And the experience of Chicago is much like that of any other large city in the country. There may not be as much glitter and glamor in this town as there is to be found in a large city, but there is a deal of satisfaction in knowing that a person's soul is his own and that he does not have to be gouged front an( back every time he turns aroun(. There are worse places than the old home town. -- ------00 G;ETTrING BACK TO NOlRMAi, Nearly everybody is having something to say about what ought to be done to bring this country back to normal. It is invariably the case, how ever, that such remarks apply only to the other fellow. Many people are of the opinion that prices should rOturn to the pre--war level, but it is doubt ful if they ever will. Certainly it can never be done without a literal invok ing of the law of supply and demand, and that is something the specultors will frustrate at all hazards. The manufacturer, having gouge(l himself on huge profits, will never again be satisfie(l with modest ones. lie will eventually conime down con siderably, a few pennies at a time. but it will be a herculean task to move him at all. - The labor unions are putting up a tremendous light against any material reduction in wages, although it is generally conceded that as long as the price of labor remains up there can be no great reluction elsewhere. The stockholder wants big dividends in order to meet high living costs. The same applies to the merchant and his profits, and to the doctor and the lawyer and the undertalwr and their fees. In every line you meet the same conditions. Nobody feels that he can afford to reduce his own prices until there has been a corresponding reduc tion in the articles he is forced to buy. Who, then, is to make the start? The farmer has done it. His profits have been about wipl oat by a falling market on farm products, because he is compelled to continue paying high prices for everything that he uses. The great trouble is, the rest of the country is not followimr the farmer in the downward tfrend. Tf it were fn (10 so we would he hack to something approaching normal in a hurry. Congress apparently is unable to solve the problem, and if congress is impotent we of this community can not be expected to waste our time in beating against an impassable barrier. There is, however, one thing that we can do. That is to go to work and stay at work and do more work and less talking. We can regulate our own actions, and if those actions are along the lines of increased activity and productivity we will be doing our share toward bringing the country back to normal-whatever normal may be. -__ _- 010-- . --__ In pinning our faith to Mr. Iarding we are hoping that the pin doesn't bend. A public man is a public target, but somet ime-s his hide is too thick for the shafts to penetrate. The wise man never tells all that he knows. As long as he keeps you guessing he has you coming. Most men have a generous streak in their makeup. They are prolific in the givintr of free advice. --00-- -- The government has (liscovered a new poison gas that is capable of de stroying an entire army in a few minutes. With our approved methods of secrecy it is presuri 0- that every country in 'Europe has the formula by this time. - * XI featurtn-4 13EN TU~PPN MARIE PREVOST CHARLIE MURRAY PHYLLIS HAVER PASTIME THEATRE Thursday, March 24th. Matinee and Night JUDGE [VERRUL[S PLEA FOR BINGHAM (Continued from page one) went after Rose. There was no testi -noney covering the period between ;he first quarrel described which ap ears to have actuated the trip of 3miley and Mrs. Black to Consult Mr. krrowemith, and the day of the kill ing. Goes Into Woods According to the negroes, on Janu ary 15, Eidmund left the house about 8 o'clock "to go to the woods to meas ure the wood that had been cut. An drew Singletary, a negro, was at the house. To him Mrs. Bigham said Smiley wanted to go to the woods also bht that she feared for him to do so because she was afraid lie would be killed by Edmund. She asked Singletary to go with Smiley. Single tary testified that lie anti Smiley Big ham left the house together and that Smiley had with him a lot of papers which he told Singletary were land papers which Ediund-had stolen from him 'and which he had taken back. They remained in the woods while Ed mund measured u pthe wood and paid off the men. Others besides Single tary testified to the fact that Edmund had in his possession while in the woods the same pistol that wias found in Smiley's (lead hand. Singletary said that later in the day when he was passing the Bigham house, little Leo McCracken came out to the road and gave him a vest which Mrs. Bigham had sent him. While he was putting on the vest he saw Ed miund Bighani coming out the woods near the place where Smiley's body was found. After a visit to another negro's home. Singletary and this ne gro, ierekiahi Davis had returned along the road beside the Bigham house and had seen Edmund Bigham and his daughter pouring water into their automobile. lie saw no one else on the premises. There followed the story that Ed mund and his family had gone- to Fox woith's, and oi returning only a half hour later had found his mother wounded. Witnesses differed as to the statements niade by Edmund. At one time lie wias made to say that his mother had come staggering to meet him; at another that she was sitting down; at another that she was lying (own. All the witnesses agreed that there was no effort to find the body of Mrs. Black for a long time after neighbors had told the story of the killing of Mrs. Bighani and John Mc Cracken. An outstanding feature of the in quest was the testimony of Miss Louise Bigham, Edmund's 14-year-old daughter. She said that she had neyr er known at any time of any differ enCes between her father and aunt and uncle or that they had quarreled about the deeds, as had been told by her relatives to their counsel, Mr. Ar rowsmith. If questioned too closely as to details, the young woman did not remember. Mrs. Edmund Higham's testiniony was much like that of her daughter, and was given after she had been fully assured of her rights its a wife and witness. The one circum stance that had seemed to connect her with the troubles of the brothers-the sending of the daughter to the woods on the (ily of the killing--was ex plained by the assertion that she had sent to her husband for a tdress that she wanted. Carried Paper to CIer She admitted that she had carried a paper to the clerk of court for rec ord and that he had refused it because she did not give him the amount of the war tax but she did not know the nature of the paper. Her husband had given it to her to take to the CLASSIfIED E . RISINC iGII l1ESTl prices pa'id for I'iherty Bonds. All denot inaftions. W. E. Geiger, First National Bank. 11 -tf. FOR SA LE-D-lixie Triump~h wilt ie sistant seed from cotton that made hale and half the acre, carefully ginnted to prevent mixing. This is a hInrge b)1ol oe bearing cotton of the earliest va ri(ety which qual ifi cationis makes it the best to plant undler bool weevil condlitions. Also a Iiminited quantity of Gillespie L ong Staple seed from cotton that pull ((d 1 3-8 Staple. Eithecr seedl one dlhar per bushel F. 0. B. Sumter, S. C., cash with order, E. S. Booth, Sumter, S. C. h0-4t-e GASOLINE SYSTEM-Oil Tanks and Pumps, Air Compressors, Comput ing Scales, Show Cases, Account Registers, Floor Scales, Rebuilt Cash Registers, Safes, Store Fix tures. T1he Hamilton Sales Co., Columbia, S. C. No.5-tf, WVA NTPED--aniy (quanti ty rough hum her in sizes 3x8, 3x10 and 3x12, 20 feet lengths and over. Also %A flooring and roiofing. Quote prices i n r load Inarge quantities, f. 0. b). New York. Max MI. K. Trading (Co., 805 1 exington Avye., Brooklyn, N. Y. 12-2t-c W"~E HAVE a niumbelr of ice cream tubs1) scatteredl over the town and1( we would apprec ite it very mucli if thie people who have t;emi wvould notify us so that we can call and1( etUthm. D)ickson Drutg Store. FOR SA LE-Dixie Triumph Cotton' Seed at 85 cents per bushel. Ht. K. lHeaitson, Manuning RLt. 1 -2-4t-p CO)LLEGE PREPARATORY SCIIOOl~ Mis. E. C. Alabrook, Princeipal Manning, S. C. Fifteen standard units. i gh school Engl ish, French, Latin, mathematics 5'iencve and penmanship. Thorougla preparation for zany college. Students for Winithrop1 and Clemson win hon. ors. Certificates admits to leading colleges without examination. Spe cial coachiuig for beneficiary scholar ships offeredl by Winthrop, Clemson the Citadel, and South Carolina Uni. veraity. Orang In Somethir DICKSON. GR murtttittttttttittutitt:383:uuuuumuuu31 clerk. She said she had known noth ing of any altercation between her husband and his sister and brother. Following the Coroner's inquest and the arrest of Edmund Bigham, there were few developments in the case un til the arrest of Mrs. Bigham for at tempting to send to her husband a small bottle of chloroform which was intercepted by the authorities. She was held in jail for a few days only and was released at the request of Congressman McSwain of the Green ville dtstrict, who stood sponsor for Mrs. Bigham's appearance at court. Mrs. Bigham was a Miss James of Greenville previous to her marriage, and her family was well known to the Congressman. -o HEAlT BEATS AGAIN AFTER LONG LAPSE Geneva, March 20 (By the Associ ated Press).-A case of a man's heart ceasing to beat for 14 Hours and then resuming work is reported from Berne, where a pastor of that city, the Rev. Mr. Baudenbacher after be ing officially declared (lead, suddenly awoke. The Rev. Mr. Baudenbacher, aged 50, and suffering from heart trouble of long standing fell sense less Friday. His physicians issued a death certificate, arrangements were made for the funeral and Saturday's newspapers published eulogies of him. The pastor awoke after 14 hours, surprised to find his bed room filled with flowers, wreaths, discon solate relations and friends. He said weakly: "My call has not yet come." The funeral has been postponed in definitely, as the doctor said the Rev. Mr. Baudenbacher might live many years. New Orleans, Mar. 20.-Physicians at a local hospital today decided to furnish a complete record for medi cal journals of the case of Ben Hoel zel, 50, who died Saturday after liv ing 26 hours with his heart exposed to the eyes of the hospital surgeons. While working in a local coffee grinding plant Friday Hoelzel's left sleeve was caught iii a machine. His arm was mangled and a piece of flesh the size of a man's head was torn from his breast, leaving his heart exposed, the ribs directly over that organ also being torn away. The fact that the injured -man lived 26 hours after the accident is said by physicians observing the case to be one of the most remarkable ever re corded inl local practice. 0 -- SUCCEEDS BONAR LAW London, March 21 (By the Asso ciatedl Press.)-J. Austen Chamber lain, chancellor of the exchequer, to day was elected leader of the house of commons andl leader of the Union ist party in the house. Hius selection at a meeting of the ITaionist mem hers of the house at ti'- '-irlton club was unanime 's. lie suc seds Andrew Bonar L. w, who retired because of ill health. ADVERTlISE iN TH~E TIIMES SQuality Tells 'J. L GET ITAT ARIGBY'S STORE All over lace, Cluny patt SAll over lace, Shadow p Fancy Persian- Vesting Embroidered Voile Wail -" Parasols in colors-all S Very fine Nainsook Nig Ladies' White Silk Iae, Ladies' White Wash Sk GET IT AT R I G B Y 'S STORE Quality Tells le PeKoe Tea Individual Portions ig Choice Ul Like Sure. DCERY and FEED COMPANY. ummmmmmuwmummuwmum~msunnummwrmmmm nmmm *MEEEEEEEMEEEEEENuMMEMEEEE Feed the Chicks Right . and They'll Feed You! N N For 48 hours after taking little chicks N out of the nest they should not be fed, N U but placed with the hen in a dry floored . coop with plenty of fresh clean gravel 5 U . or coarse sand. After the second day, U -feed Biddies with pin head oats, hard . boiled eggs and sweet or sour milk. N When chicks are about two weeks old little chick feed and our special mash 'U will make them continue to thrive. N UN Fancy Pin Head Oats, 9c. Pound. 6 These oats are an excellent dish for N the children and grown ups as they are IN particularly made for human food. N - M. G. Co. Special Mash, lb. Sc. U Our mash is scientifically prepared by us, from a most excellent formula, with particular adaptability to young U N 0 chicks. The high per cent of phosphor N ous and protein constituents insures N maximum'strength and growth in lit * tle chicks, and, egg production with the 0 UN hens. We believe our mash to be the N best all round article of the kind ever. N offered in Manning. Ask the people * who use it, then let us put you on our N N list. N N Other good things for Chickens, Gardens and Field. Manning Grocery Co. Price Sells [I. R I GBY THE YOUNG RELIABLE We cannot list our entire stock every week so we eniumerate only a few ar ticles in order that you get a fair idea of "ItIGlY VALUES." We are es- R I G B Y'S pecially anxious to win and hold your good will and patronage and we pro- STORE mise "quality" at all times. 3rns for new Collars and Cuffs, yard----...-$1.25 itterns, for new Collars and Cuffs, yard --.--.-$1.75 Ribbons, yard_--------------------5c ;ts, each----------- ---------- .1.75 ilk, for Easter,each---.- $6.50 to $9.90 ht Gowns, fancy yokes, each ---------------$1.75 fine quality, pai---------.....$1.75 irts, each--------- ------------.$375 Fix the idea firmly in your mind that you always get quality and value at GET IT AT Itigby's store. You need never WONDI)ER if you are getting your R I G B Y I S money's worth you can always know it. Come to Righy. STORE H. R I G B Y Prices Sell 'The Young Reliable