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