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Published ve!yWenesaay

WEONESDAY, DECEMBER 27 1922

Craven Bradham a Carolina studentAs at home for the holidays.

Miss Cecil Clark of Columbi'a Col-lege, is at home, for the holidays.

.1r. Jack Metropol is moving hisbottling plant to Sumter.

Mr. Joe Burgess of Clemson Collegeis visiting in town.

Miss 1Mary Pitts of Columbia,' isvisiting relatives in town.

Mr. Joe Plowden of Atlanta, was avisitor to Manning this week.

Dr. and Mrs. -J. A. Cole of King-stree, spent Mvonday in Manning.

Mr. H. D. Plowden of Kingstree,visited in Manning this week.

Mr. R. D. Clark of Madison, N. C.,is spending a few days in town.

Mr. George Huggins of Columbia,spent Xmas with his mother in town.

Mr. and Mrs. Lachicotte of George-town, is visiting the home of Judge'John S. Wilson.

Capt. and Mrs. W. C. Davis spentthe holidays in Kingstree and Flor-ence.

Dr. Guerry Stukes of Atlanta, ,isspending the holidays with his par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Stukes.

Mr. William Clark of Kingstree,spent Christmas with his parents, Mr.and Mrs. S. J. Clark.

Mr. C. R. Sprott who is diow'em-ployed in Virginia is spending..a fewdays with his family.

Mr. Moses Levi who is studying lawin the North is spending the holidaysat his home.

Miss Augusta Appelt left this morn-ing to resume her duties at Oteen,N. C.

Mr. George Williams ot Columbia,spent the holidays with his family inManning.

Miss Olivia Hlorton 'of Abbeville, isvisiting her mother, Mrs. Janie Hor-ton in town.

Mr. I. (;. McKelvey of Greenville,is spending a couple of weeks in Mpn-ning with his family.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jones of Colum-bia, are spending. the holidays at thehome of Dr. G. L. Dickson.

Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bradham ofRonoake, Va., are visiting Mr. Brall-ham's mother, Mrs. D. M. Bradham.

Mrs. B. E. Jordan and children ofDenmark are visiting her parents,Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Barrineau.

Mrs.W. E. Folk and children ofDenmar'k are visiting Mr. and Mrs.H. D. Barrincau.

Rev, and Mrs. George Pierce Wat-son spent the holiudays with theirdaughter, Mrs. J. B. Cantey.

Miss Geoirgia Sauls who is teachingin Mayesville, is spending the holi-days in Manning.

Messrs Leon and James Buifgess ofSumter, are spending a few days inManning.

Mr. R. Hugh Belser of Summe~rton,has been appointed game warden tosucceed the late S. W. Barron.

Misses Catherine Araq~t, Mary andLula Rigby are home from WinthropCollege for the Christmas Holidays.

Mr. W. A. Galloway and family arespending thme holidays at the home ofMr. J. M. Galloway.

There will be services at Livo OakChurch next Sunday ifternoon at 3:30o'clock. Everyone invited.

Mi.3s Luce of Chicago, is the guestof her brother, Mr. A. L. Luce, andf~amily.

Mr. andl Mrs. C. WV. Wells of Lt.u-rens, are spendling the holid'ys, inManning with relatives.

On account of Xmas and there be-ing so few advertisements, The Timesis only pl-inting four pages this week.

Mrs. Seamen Richarrdson and chil-dren are spending the holidays withthojr parents at W innsboro.

Miss Jeanette Plowden who Isteaching in Camden, is spending' theholidays with her parents, Mr. andMrs. W, M. Plowden.The hbuso ocoupled by Mxt. W. D.

Lloyd and owned. by Mr. H. M.Thomas was destroyed by fire Mon-.day night. There was no insuranee,

Miss Lunah Ful.on of Florence,spent Christmas Day in Manning

*666 quickly relieves Coldsand A inne, Canstination.

, 1. w: Y.,,. Aet= br .-Th .eitbyr

M s. B aI~gretooKnly,NC., spent C ristias \with'the former'sparents,Mi aid }irs S, W. Thjgpen.

Robert Cla -k, Jr., who s a'studentat the Mili ry Institute at Black-stone, Va., is pending the Christmasholidays In ning.

Miss Pamm Bradhan who isteaching at Ge 'get4wn, is. spenlingthe Christmas h' lidas with her par-ents, Mr. and Mr . Furman Bradham.

The January m ting of the W. C.T. U. will be held o Wednesday af er-noon, January 3rd t 4 o'clock at thehomehome of Mrs A. P. Thames.Members will pleas notice that themeeting day has on been changedfor this month.

Died in Mimia, Fla on the 20thday of December, Willi im Arch Low-der. The deceased w formerly aresident of Clarendon County. Heleft here about forty y rs ago andmoved to Florida. He w s a C"infed-erate, soldier, and was a member ofCompany I, 25th Regime it, SouthCarolina. He served four 'ears in theConfederate army, he was t good sol-dier and a good citizen. The deceas"ed has a large circle of reklatives inthis County.NOTICE OF COUNTY

DELEGATION MEETING

The Clarendon County LegislativeDelegation has been requested to holda public meeting for the discussionby interested citizens of local ques-tions and issues with which the .pele-gation will have to deal during theapproaching session of the State L',eg-islature.There will be such a meeting at the

Court House in Manning at 11 A. M.,Saturday, January 6th., and all thecitizens of the County are invited toattend and make such suggestiousand enter into such discussions dsthey see fit concerning local issues andproblems.

Julian H. Scarborough,State Senator.

NOTICE

All hunting, fishing or trespassingof any kind is forbidden on my landsin Calvary Township and SammySwamp.

J. W. RHAME,-62-6t-p. Paxville, S. C.

THE ANGEL AND THE STAR

A Christmas Cantata wis' beauti-fully rendered in the Presbyterian'Church last Sunday evening by theManning Choral Club. The programwas as follows:Organ processional.Hymn-Joy to the World.Scripture Reading.Prayer.Hymn-Hark the Herald Aigels

Sing.Cantata-"The Angel and the Star."Hymn-"It came upon a Midnight

Clear."Organ recessional.At the conclusion of the musical

program the Business Men's Evange-listic Club took charge. Addressesbeing made by Hon. Charlton Du-Rant and J. W. Wideman. A gener-ous collection was taken, the pro-ceeds of which went to furnish Christ-mas baskets for the poorin our coun-ty. *

MEETING TOBACCO ANDCOTTON ASSOCIATION

The County Co-operfative Tobaccoand Cotton Association, wvill meet atthe Court Hlouse in Manning, the firstFriday in January next, which wvill bethe 5th day of January. It is hopedthat the school dlistricts units wvill beorganized by that time and that wewvill have a large attendance at theCounty meeting. We expect to haveMr. Lee, field organizer with us atthis meeting.

J1. M. Windhami, Chairman.W. R. Gray, Secretary.

I. B. Good is a Mennonite preacherin Pennsylvania. His precepts (10not belie his name, for that sect be-lieves in nonresistance,

Public dlebt maturities to Mareb: 16,1926, aggregat'e $6,900,453,475, ofwhich $4,867,962,203 mature in thecurrent fiscal year, ending June 80,1923.

The southern pine forests since1900 have supplied more than 50 pe'rcent of the soft wood used in Ameri-ca, also nearly all the turpentine andresin. Only one-fifth of the originalyellow pine forests remain but if re-foresting is begun at once on the pra-per scale the South can supply Amort-ca for all time.

Attention!I &m now moving.Into the B. A. John-son store room andwill be readyt at all'times to do the verybest kind of

Shoe Repairing!atdie .trisve~ao0-able prices. Will al-so buy Hides andFurs.-

Sam Richman.

IN EPE NT, A(OUREEditor .Manning "Imese-Dear Sir:In keeping with my usual cstom at

this time of year I will again ask youfor space in your paper to mentionas -briefly as I can some matters per-taining to the tobacco industry of thisMountry

Lef me 'first state .iii the outset thatI Ai l again operate an IndependenbWarehouse: at Manning,, ii 1923. Iwant to make this as plain as I can,as this is the ti e of year that to-bacco growers' in south Carolina wantto know what to look, forward too,and what they can depend-upon, whatmarket facilities there will be at cer-'tain points, and especially thoseplaces nearest or most conveniept tothe majority of farmers concerned.

I have made arrangements to havea tobacco warehouse built adjoiningthe property that I used this year. Imean the automobile shop where Man-ning tqbacco market was again re-established after the Co-ops had takenover the old marketing facilities. Iwill dwell upon this subject later.

I will have associated with me Inthis new project next year 1923, Mr.John D. Gerald, who was formerlywith the Co-ops." Mr. Gerald is toowell known to the public for me ".tohave much to say about his businessqualifications. Mr. Gerald is notedfor his business ability, his thorough-ness and honesty. He made the lastpayment here for .the Co-ops a shortwhile ago.. I am delighted to havehim with nc and the Co-ops have lostone of the best men they had at Man-ning. We will have ample room tohandle from three to four millionpounds of tobacco. The contract forthis building has already been signedup and work will start early in theSpring in time to have -the buildingfinished by July the first. This build-ing will be equipped with Crone Au-tomatic Scales, and every facilitythat will expedite matters that has todo with the convenience of the farm-ers and buyers.You may hear later on that Mr.

Gerald and I will not operate this'house in 1923 for the Independents.Let me brand any reports to the con-trary absolutely false. You heardmruch relating to this business this'ye'ar that has already proven false.Mi. Gerald and I have leased thisproperty for a number of years andwe most positively and assuriedly aregoibg to carry out our contract if welive. I have never sold my word orgone back on a promise to my friends.I have never heard this of Mr. Geraldeithei'.Yow will see a great deal more to-

bacco sold at auction this coming yearthan was sold in 1922 at auction.There "is no doubt in the world butthat thu auction system is by far thebest am I most satisfactory way tosell tobacco. This was proven in thisState this year and any one doubtingmy word. can go to North Carolina orVirginia, and see what is happeningthere under the same system. I willnot go into details now along thisline, but vil gladly do so later if anyone wants to- take issue.We believe that there will be a

good tobacco in 1923. Quality -iswhat counts in South Carolina tobac-co. I could give hundreds of instancesto prove this.The tobacco plant bed is one of the

fundamentals .in growing good tobac-co. Fail in pla nts or raise them toolate and you niake a failure in yourtobacco crop. Prepare your plantlands good. Saw beds where theywill be protected from cold northwinds. Sow beds in January. fromfirst to middle of. month.We will have u.n hand seed for Ini-

dependent groweirs. See Mr. Geraldwhen in town. I will be awvay fromhome during the nionth of January.We will ihave seed in amnhl time sosee Mr. Gerald.

Yours very respectfully,R. D. Cothran anc.I J. D. Gerald,

Proprietors Indiepeodent Warehouse,Manning, S. C.

NEWS FROM THE 4HIOLLA.DAY SCHOOIL

We organized our Literary Societyon December 8th, 192 a unanimousvote was east for the acloption of theoriginal society name, so our organi-zation will be known a; "The Pro-grassive Literary Society." We elect-ed Theaodoro Hedge to sarve as pre-sident, Joe Richbourg as vice-presi-dent, Octave Holladay asi secretary,anid Miss Estelle Alsbroolk, teacheras critic. Louise IHlladay.Mao BellHedg'e and Addle Mae RicA~otti~g con-stitute the prograni Commit teo;Our past meetings have be~en given

over to the practice of our Christmasprogram. We hope to be abl.e to givean open meeting every. monthl of theremaining term. Thu first ,of thesemeetings was given 9n' last Fridayafte rnoon, December 22ntd.Our sChoolhouse was beautiftily de-

corated with holly, nmistloto&' andmoss.' The Society was- called to or-der by the president The Sect-etar-yread the minutes of the last mee1tings,after which the following programWas itndered:Song-by the scitool--"Smiles.''Recitation-By flonnie H~olladayr.Recitation-Pleasanter than 4.11--

by Leo Roberts,Reitation-By Sn11th Barnes.Recitation-Christmas Bells - 1y

Harmon Holladpy.R~eitation-Santa Claus-By Iroeve

- Son-B~ th? School-"Paek UpYour ou ls.'-Debmte

Query-Rtspvedy. That 'the Cow Is'More Useful Than the T rse," T1hoseon thie dobaite wer:' Afillh ativo:Theo(lore lpdge and Louis Ilolladay;Ndgatin. Joe Rlchbourg ahdi Octavelholday.Recitation-PI'l Try and I dCan't,Elisaboth Richbourg.Recitation-Mr. Tongue --"- Pearl

Hedge.Rhecltaion-My Speech - Walter

Richbour.Reelttion...Wi IaQJah ji

In thface of ainderstained in the fascoffs and ridicules, thithat more and nore wservance of the hightaught in precept anddays by the-pale Galila

I trust your Chriand may it cleanse usworthless, to the end tportals of the New Yeto render SERVICEabundantly.

Yours with the brender-

JOS. S. IHonest Dealings a

Wishes-Eunice Roberts..Recitation-Everywhere Christmas

Tonight-Addie Mae Richbourg.Recitation-Dainty Little Stockings

-Mae Bell Hodge.Recitation-Japanese Doll - Lily

Mae Hodge.-Recitation-'-Snow Birds - A. J.

Hodge.Recitation-Twinkle, Twinkle Lit-

tle Star-Dornal Barnes.Recitation-LouieHodge.Song-by the School - Christmas

Carol-Bethlehem.-The program wa squite a success.

The rebuttals in the debate weresplendid. We adjourned at fouro'clock.

Octave Holladay, Secretary.THE CO-OPS END

4 RECORD YEAR

Co-operative marketing rides to theclose of 1922 on the flood tide of suc-cess.

Nation-wide recognition of thebenefits of co-operative associationswhich include a half a million farm-ers was voiced last week in the Wash-ington Conference of coo-perativesfrom all sections of the United States.Carl Williams, President of the Am-erican Cotton Growers -Exchange, de-clared this conference the most im-portant move in American historyfor the benefit of the farmer.

President Harding, Secretary Her-bert Hoover, Senator Capper and Eu-gene Meyer, director of the War ''in-ance Corporation, paid tribute to thework of the co-operative associations.

Following last week's second pay-ment by the North Carolina CottonAssociation, members, of the TobaccoGrowers Co-operative Associationthroughout Eastern North Carolinadouble their cash receipts this weekon all tobacco delivered by Decem-ber first to the Associaion. A secondpayment to all members of the To-bacco Growers Coo-perative Associa-tion in the old belt will follow on alldeliveries made up to December 20thas soon thereafter as checks can bemade out And (gstributed.A third cash payment to the or-

ganized growers of South Carolinawill be distributed after Associationmembers in Virginia and WesternNorth Carolina have doubled theirmoney .on all deliveries for 1922.With larger crops5 this year than

last, tobacco farmers in three stateshave received more for their tobaccothan in 1921. In North Carolina andVirginia November sales have showvna gain of three dollars per hundred,while the South Carolina gitwers havepractically dioubledl last year's prices.With the orderly marketing of both

tobacco and cotton by thousands offarmers through their co-operativeassociations in the Carolinas and Vir-ginia, the tide of pi'osperity is risingas the growers adlopt and usle themethlods of~big business to success-fully sell their products.

The sculptured head of the Egyp-tian king, Amenemnmes III, who livedabout 3,000. B. C., was sold at Sothe-b~y's in London, for; not less than 10,-000 pounds. The sculptor is unknownbut the work is .beautiful, a littlebust barely more than six inches high,carved out of one of. the hardest ofstones, obsidian, a masterpiece thathas not been surpassed by any sculp-tor of any country or age, accordingto experts.

One of the most farmous trees in theUnited States, Richard Oak, nearRising Sun, Maryland, iecently had atable placed upon It giving the partit has played in American history. ItIs estimated that the tree is 0l00 yoeold. It is 70 feet high ahd spreads itsbranches ovet a cirele 101 feet in dia-meter.

1aPresorlptkn for~Colds,Foerand LaGtipee. It's the~mtspeedy rneyb

ka autnn ae

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ce of a generation thatare can be no doubt buta are coming to th( ob.doctrine of SERVICE,practice, in the olden

ean.3tmastide was radiant,ill of the unseemly andtat we may come to their equipped and willingand to render it more

est SERVICE we can

)ICKSONnd Prompt Service.

Wall paper was not used in theUnited States until after 1725 andthen was ordered specially fromEurope. It was not carried in stockuntil 1745 but by 1750 it had comeinto general use.

The largest turtle ever imported toLondon from India wts killed recent-ly for soup. Its weight was 450pounds.

BANKRUPT NOTICE

District Court of the United Statesfor the Eastern District of SouthCarolina. In Bankruptcy.In the matter of E. 'S. Ervin, indi-

vidually, and trading as ManningHardware Company of Manning in theCounty of Clarendon and Districtaforesaid, a bankrupt.To the Creditors of said Bankrupt:

SevereIndigestion"I had very severe attacks of

indigestion," writes Mr.'M. H.Wade, a farmer, of R. F. D. I,Weir, Miss. "1 would sufferfor months at a time. All I daredeat was a little bread andbutter. . . consequently I suffer-ed from weakness. I would tryto eat, then the terrible suffer-ing in my stomach! I tookmedicines but did not get anybetter. the druggist recom-.mended

Thedford'sBLACK-DRAUGHT

and I decided to try it, for, as Isay, I had tried others for twoor more years without any im-poendtht in my health. I sqon

ateribnon liver and easing"In two or three weeks, Iond I could goback to eating

Inyweighe 123. NowIweig 147-cat a n I wanttand by aklng B kDraughtHave you tried Thedford's

Black-Draught? I not, do sotoday,

Ovyer 8:fiopac0kages sold,

Happy NewResolve with us

a better year and a biwork and co-operatiIndustry and Savin'g

It shall be our esNew Year,' just beg:tution worthy of the

wihit now enjoys.

IFIRST NATICW. C. DAVIS, I

* A. C. BRADHAJ. T. STtJKES, (

20th'day.f Decemner, 192 e a e.nded WO 'uly adjudged bankrupt;nd that the first meeting of his cre-duitota Will be held at the office of un-

dersigned, Florence, S. C., of the 5t .day of January, 1928, at 12 o'elOchodn. at Which time the said creditrmay attend, prove their claims, ap-point a trustee, examine the bank-rupt and transact such other businessas may properly come before saidmeeting. At this meeting will also becons lered the sale of the stock ofmerchandise and other property; ofthe bankrupt, without further noticeto creditors. Claims must be filed inthe manner prescribed by the rules ofthe supreme court for filing of claimsin bankruptcy.

Florence, S. C. Dec. 21, 1922.Robert J. Kirk,Referee in Bankruptcy.

BANKRUPT NOTICE

District Court of the United Statesfor the Eastern'District of SouthCarolina. In Bankruptcy.In the matter of H. D. Dubrow of

Manni'ig in the County of Clarendonand District aforesaid, a bankrupt.To the Creditors of said Bankrupt:Notice is hereby given that on the12th (lay of December, 1922, the abovenamed was duly adjudged bankrupt;and that the first meeting of his credi-tors will be held at the office of un-dersigned, Florence, S. C., on the 5thday of January,' 1923, at 12 o'clocknoon at which time the said creditorsmay attend, prove theie claims, ap-point a trustee, examine the bankruptand transact such other business asmnov properly come before said meet-in. At this meeting will also be con-sid red the sale of the stock of mer-chandise and other personal propertyof the bankrupt, without further no-tice to creditors. Claims must befiled in the manner prescribed by therules of the supreme court for filingof claims in bankruptcy.Florence, S. C., Dec., 23, 1922.

Robert J. Kirk,Referee in Bankruptcy.

NOTICE OF BANKRUPT SALE

In the District Court of the UnitedStates for the Eastern Districtof South Carolina. In Bankruptcy.

Notice of Sale.In the matter of L. A. Broadway,Bankrupt.Pursuant to an Order of the Hon-

orable Henry A. M. Smith, 'DistrictJudge of the United States for theUnited States for the Eastern Districtof South Carolina, dated December20th, 1922, I will sell at public auction,for cash, subject to the approval ofthis Court, in front of the CourtHouse Door at Manning, South Caro-lina, on Salesday in February, 1923,being the 5th day of said month, attwelve o'clock noon, the following tdescribed real estate of the abovenamed Bankrupt, to wit:

1. All that tract of land in theCounty of Clarendon, State of SouthCarolina, about six miles West of theTown of Manning, S. C., on the Man-ning-Paxville Public Road, containingfive hundred and thirty five acres,more or less, fully shown on platmade by McLellan & Palmer Survey-ors, dated August 30th, 1915, and re'-corded in the office of the C. C. Ct P.,for Clarendon County in Book U-4, atpage-335.

2. Three-sevenths undivided inter-est in that tract of land in ClarendonCounty, said State, containing onehundred and twenty-five acres, knownas the Estate of J. F. Broadway,bounded on the West by land of N.G. Broadway, and on all other sides bythe land above described.The tract of land first above de-

scribedl to be so1(1 free and clear of allincunmbrances, andl saidl three-seventhsundividied interest in the tract secondabove described to be sold sul.ect toa mortgage given to the Sumter TrustCompany, nowv said to be owned by theState Life Insurance Company of In-dlianapolis, Indiana, and the Trusteere*serves the right to reject any andall bids and to withdraw eithor orboth of said parcels of land from saidsale.

Further information regarding theabove may be obtained from the un-(dorsignedi Trustee at Sumter, S. C,A. S. Merrimon,52-4t-c. Trustee.

Year, 192ito make it a banner year,gger one through earneston; through Thrift and

,rnst aim throughout the

nning, to keep this insti-confidence and friendship

NAL WANK'resident.

~Vite-President.gshier.