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THE MANNING -TIMES Entered at the Postofilce at Manning as Second-Class Matter. Appelt & Shope, Proprietors. Published Every Wednesday Subscription Rates $2.00 per year in Advance MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1922 TOO LONG SIGHTED 0 There is a great tendency on the part of the Ameri can people to make a close study of conditions in other parts of the world. This in itself would be wise and praiseworthy, were it not for the fact that in so doing we consume much time that should be devoted to the scrutiny of affairs nearer home. The haphazard manner in which many of our public affairs are conducted is evidence of this fact. If the pub lic at large would make a sincere and determined effort to widen its scope of knowledge upon national, state and local requirements we would be able to send representa tives to Washington who would work in harmony with our desires, and not at random as is now too oftdn the case. In this way we would have a congress more representative of the true sentiments of the people, a congress more de voted to the welfare of all of the people as a whole and less so to certain interests that work while we sleep. Long sight is a desirable possession, but only when i does not obscure the vision at closer range. 0 WHY TRADE AT HOME? ----- Many people ask that question, but very few trouble to seek the answer. Why should people patronize their home merchants? Because it is a great saving of time, and time today represents money. Because the home merchant can only remain in business through the patron age of home people, and a town without merchants would be a sorry place in which to live. Because the home ncr chant sells goods that do not have to be returned because of defects or inferiority of quality. It is the only way in which a local man can hold his trade. - Because the local merchant is not in the habit of charging excessive prices. You may at times be able to get the same article elsewhere for a little less money, but the quality will invariably be reduced in proportion to the price. The local merchant can not afford to sell 'cheap' stuff. His customers would not tolerate it. Because the prosperity of a community depends upon the amount of money in circulation in the community, and that is regu lated mainly by the marketing of surplus products abroad and the keeping of as much as possible of the receipts at home. Because a community that spends most of its money abroad for supplies soon finds that it has but little left for the purchase of additional supplies. It is so simple a child could understand it, and what a child can comprehend should not go unheeded by adults. Think it over. Thinking may accomplish much good. It certainly will do no harm. 0 Will hell break loose again? We don't know. Neith er do you. Neither do those dignified gentlemen in Wash ington. Nobody knows. Naval construction may be lim ited, warships may be scrapped or sold to Henry Ford, armies may be reduced, and all sorts of covenants may be signed by the governments of Christendom. But even such drastic measures as these will be no guarantee agamnst future wars. The money kings have not spoken. After all, there is a bond of sympathy between doc tors and editors. The one doesn't care to take his own medicine, while the other seldom follows his own advice. Of course, there may be method in the madness of some women who are continually putting their hands on their back hair. It might fall off. It is universally admitted that the Lord created but one perfect man, but there are many millions who claim to be No. 2. It's a funny sort of combination, but the man who paints a town red often gets a black eye during the perfor manice. 0 Beware of the fellow who is over solicitious of your wvelfare. He probably wants to sell you a gold brick.' Thiley say a woman can't drive a nail, but most of them can drive their husbands to do it for them. It isn't the best of policy to take all you can get. You may get more than you want to take. The efficiency of some peole consists principally of the recommendations of their friends. "Kissing is forbidden in Jap~an," chirps an exchange. D~oesn't do any good to forbid it here. - 0 Tlhe only trouble with industry is that it need1s to be a little more industrious. The woman who marries her best friend is in grave danger of losing him. 0 The greatest of all sinsanre tose that are found out LEGISLATORS TO ADJOURN QUICKLY 1 Wheels Grniding Fast-Mr. Kohn Praises Efficiency of Messrs. Christensen and Hughes. Columbia, Jan. 24.-There has per haps never ,befc . been such complete legislative accord as there is on the platform of getting through and get ting away. This. is accentuated by two conditions; first ,to do as little as may be requisite, and second, to cur tail the session and thereby minimize the cost. On the basis of previous years it is figured that each legisla tive day cost athe State $1,000. Yet with it all and the criticism that a negligible result has thus far CLASSIIED ADYERTISNG BARGAINS at the Clarendon Motor Co. Michlein Cord Tires at the price of other fabric tires. FOR SALE--Lwelling on North Church Street. Four rooms, two porches, open fireplaces. Splendid location, on acre lot. Easy terms. E. C. Nettles Alsbrook, Phon 226. WE HAVE in stock now, a car of Fancy Burt Seed Oats $4.00 per 5 bushel bag. Dickson Grocery and Feed Co. RECEIVEDTODAY-Fresh Cabbage Plants 20c 100; $1.50 a 1,00. Dick son Drug Store. CABBAGE PLANTS-Get yours now before they are all gone. Dickson Drug Store. WHY PAY out good money for Western feeds when you can buy velvet bean meal at about one-third the cost. By the single bag it costs $1.15 per 100 pounds. In larger quantities the price is less. Man ning Oil Mill. WHY not feed a good feed, while you are feeding your cow for milk, Prunia Cow Chow is the best. Dick son Grocery and Feed Co. VELVET BEAN MEAL-The best and cheapest feed for cows and hogs, $1.15 per 100 pounds. Mann ing Oil Mill. RECEIVEDTODAY-Fresh Cabbage Plants 20c 100; $1.50 a 1,00. Dick son Drug Store. NEW guaranteed inner tubes Ford sizes $1.30 and $1.50 at the Clar endon Motor Co. PURINA 3CRATCH for baby chicks and big chicks. Laying Mash too. Dickson Grocery and Feed Co. BOARDERS-Nicely furnished rooms, good table, use of bath, modern convenience. Seven dollars per week. Twenty-five dollars per month. Mrs. J. Furman Bradham, .Manning. A-4t CABBAGE PLANTS-Get yours now before they are all gone. Dickson Drug Store. MAKE THAT FORD START EASY, Get a Hot Shot Battery at the Clarendon Motor Co. BRICK, LIME and CEMENT, let us figure with you. Dickson Grocery and Feed Co. THE CASH MEAT MARKET is now open for business to furnish our customers with fat and choice beaf from my own farm. We will run on a cash basis with prices to suit the times. Your patronage is solicited and we guarantee cour teous treatment prompt service and good meat. Orders taken from 7 a. m. to 8 p. mn. F. C. Thomas 14tc VELVET BEAN MEAL-Will pro dluce as much milk and butter as an equal amount of cotton seed meal and it costs only half as much. Manning Oil Mill. STRICTLY first grade tires-Ford sizes $7.75 and $9.85 at the Clar endlon Motor Co. CABBAGE PLANTS--Millions, all varieties, hardy and tested by frost. Inspected by Government and found free of dlisease. $1.00 per thousand, f. o. b. e~xpress5 or parcel post. WV. Lykes, Lykesland, S. C. 7-c-c. RECOVER YOUR FORD) TOP and back curtain and top complete $7.25 while they Iast. Clarendon Motor Co. WANTED-Man with car to sell low priced Graham Tires. $130.00 per week and com missions. Graham Tire Co., 3120 Boulevard, Benton Harbor, Mich. 1.-p) COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHIOOL 41rs. E. C. Nettles Alsbrook, Principal Manning, P. C. Fifteen standlard unitis. High school English, French, Latin, mathematics science .and penIImansh ip. Thorough areparation for any college. Students for Winthrop and Clemson win hon trs. Certificates ad mit to leading :(lleges without examination. Spe ~ial coaching for beneficiary scholar hips offered by Winthrop, Clemson ho Citadel, and So~uth Caro~lina Uni /ersity. Session begins Jan. 3rd. WILL PAY CASH For1 PEAS in 10 bushel lots up, at $1.50 per bushel, subject to prompt ac ceptance and delivery. LEON WEINBERG, Manning, . C.t een secured and that there is the h asual drag let 'it be said, that I here has for the two weeks of this p Session been steadier, more per- f iistent and more cooperative . work than usual. Thereis an evident ef fort to get results'- thus far ,there ias been no factional wranglina so play for position. Folks who ire unfamiliar with legislative proce- I lure do not- realize the trials and tribulations of committees. This year because of the revenue measures, there is an unprecendented .stress on the ways and means and finance com mittees. . There are no two men here who approximate the work, the har assment, the patience and the effort of. Chairman Hughes, of the House committee, and Senator Noels Chris tensen, on the-Senate side. Some'ask where is the income tax. It is in. the Senate. Finance committee already delayed with pending legislation and now besieged with appeals from every angle. This interest and that interest wants,' to be heard as to why the House nicome tax bill should be amended. The 'insurance people think many phases of the bill severe. The cor porations have amendments. The Taxpayers' Association insists. upon a .10 per cent basis of the federal income tax, and so it goes. Dozens of angles are to be presented and Chairman Christensen, with that zeal, patience and toleration that has characterized his chairmanship of this most important committee, wants to give everyone legitimate ly interested a hearing and he wants information. In this the member ship of the committee sustains him, but the point to be stressed is that this takes time and more time, and that ought to be plain. So over on the House side Chair man Hughes is having hearings wherever they are asked of the com mittee. As a matter of fact, the House committee has disposed of all the tax revenue bills thus far pre sented. The only outstanding bill that has not yet been framed refers to the proposed tax on luxuries, un less the committee should decide to present the occupation tax, which is advocated by Governor Cooper, the Taxpayers' Association and many others. The House committee is now de voting every afternoon to presenta tions on the appropriation bill, and .just as soon as that bill is reported, it will have prompt consideration in the House, and then the real bur den will be on the Senate. The Senate is clearing up things with wonderful dispatch and will now be ready to take up the three revenue-producing measures that have already passed the House gasoline tax, inheritance tax and, income tax. There seems to be very little con-. test over the gasoline tax, except as to the rate, and practically none' with reference to the inheritance tax. The fight there centers around the matter of exemptions and the rate. The real fight of the sessions seems to be on the income tax bill, that is, so far as the Senate is con-' cerned. Several members today told me! that they expected the income tax bill to pass the Senate materially amended, and they thought that the amendment would be accepted by the House. The other revenue-producing bills are all going to have comparatively easy sailing, and while the prophets are now sayinug that the income tax bill will pass, there is general agreement that there are going to be very material and important l changes. Many of these changes will be made in the finance com mittee as a result of the scheduled i hearings. The General Assembly is inclined to grant the usual extension in the time for the payment of taxes. The! opposition to this extension is not as strenuous as heretofore in rec agnition of conditions. In previous years it has been urged that theI extensions have interferred with the borrowing capacity of the State and the repayment of outstanding, indIebtedness. Tlhe material questik.. just nowv is, until . when should the time for , paying taxes be0 extended, without the penalty of an execution for non-payment. The suggested date is .June 1, although some want to carry the time over until fall. The keen interest in the building of roads was indicated todlay by the unusual interest in the high way institute that is now being olde~ at the University of South Carolina. Both legislative branches sadjournedI for tonight in oroer that they might attend the meeting and supper at the Jefferson Hotel and marked attention wvas shown in the presentations of the proposed leg slation for the dlevelopmlent of roadIs, by Governor Cooper and Chairman R. Goodwin Rhett, of the: ighway commission. At the morning session, Mr. Rhett madle an extended talk that met, with the cordial support of all presen t. There see?ms to be absolute ac rord and unanimity in going ahead with the road building program in this State and if there is any ono tihing on which the Legislature is Iisposedl to open the purse, it is for the building of good roads. ''here is no longer the shadow of a question about this dlevelopment, the only problem being how to raiise the money. The suggestion has been madie )y a State official that a red light be onl display while the [louse was in session and a green light for the Senate. There are few proposals for bond issues at this session. Messrs. Cox and Mclnncs have prepared a bill wvhich seeks to al low folks to vote in our primaries wvhen they are forced to absent. from he State, at the tiem of the election. Senator Moore, of Abbeville, wants to equireanll railrnods ton ave as engineers only such mnen as URGE BUILDING OF GOOD RQADS ave had at least three .years'~ o x rience on locomotive engines as Columbia Jan. 24.,-e South fremen. ICarolina Good Roads ,Assoc'iation . to- M r night entertained the members of the CARD OF THANKS Legislature at dinner at the Jefferson Hotel. There were nearly 800 .ppe -sent. Several' addresse's were made, The family and relatives of Robert the principal speakers being. Lahg '. Epperson take this metfhod of ex- D. Jennings, of Sumter; 'Governor ressing their sincere appreciation to Cooper of south Carolina; R. Good heir many friends for their kindness wyn Rfiett, of Charleston; Dr.- W. " luring his illness and for the kindness Tripp, of Anderlon; Robert M. nd foraf~ferings in their bereave- Cooper, of Lee county J A' Ed*izns, nent. of Edgefield, and T. 6. McLeod. The Universal Car NEW."PRICESI F. O. B. Detroit Chassis, . . . $285 Runabout, . . . $319 Touring Car, .. . $348 Truck Chassis, . . $430 Above prices without starter. Coupe, with demountable rims and starter, . . . $580 Sedan, with demountable rims and starter, . . . $645 These are the lowest prices of Ford cars in the history of the Ford Motor Company. Orders are coming in -fast, so place yours promptly to insure early delivery. Clarendon Motor Co., MANNIN&, S. C. F. R. Din gle, SUMMERTON, S. C. PRWCES~ A P A Amo. Pot. Per Son Fisco Trucker's Special -..-7 5 5 $32.48 Fisco Balanced Mixture ...8 4 4 29.08 FisLo Standard Fish and Potash ....-- ....-...-...8 3 3 24.86 Fisco Tobacco Special .......8 3 3 26.36 Fisco Special-......-.....-...6 7 5 38.32 i Fisco 10% Topper --....-...-.3 10 1 42.28 Fisco Side Dresser-.......-7 7 0 ' 34.72 Fisco Strawberry Special 5 7 0 33.05 Fisco Fish and Phosphate 10 4 0 27.19 Fisco Commercial----......8 2 2 20.62 Frisco Commercial--.---....8 2 2 20.62 Fisco Strawberry Side Dres ser ........-... -.....- ---...7 3 5 25.80 Get your orders in at once, so there will be no delay in your receiving your fertilizer. The Fisheries Products Company J. M. WINDHAM, Agent MANNING, . C.