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VOL. XXXVII MANNING, S. C., W EDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1917. NO. 37 WARFARE ON THE GERMAN U-BOATS BONG PUSHED Six Under-Sea Craft Attack Fleet 9f Vessels Off Coast of France r--One U-Boat Sunk. TWO MERCHANTMEN LOST First 'Reported Six Submarines Sunk but Error in Transcribing Statement Discovered. Washington, Sept. 11.-A typo graphical error- in transcribing a statement for the press today from an official report to the Navy Depart ment made it appear that six Germap submarines probably had been sunk off the French coast when they at tacked a fleet o! merchantmen in cluding at least one American ves sel. The facts are, so far as known tonight, that one submarine probably was destroyed and two of the steam ers went down. A corrected state ment was issued by Secretary Dan iels as soon as the error was dis covered. The department has only a meagre account of the fight and- additional details have been asked for by cable. The report came from the American tanker Westwego, through Paris. The names and nationality of the two ships lost were not given. Under Naval Convoy. The Westwego was en route to Europe, and from the fact that she was cruising in company with other merchanL crafts, navy officers as sumed that the fleet was under con voy of naval vessels, probably of American destroyers. The tanker's report is dated Sep tember 8, the fight having occurred September 6. The Westwego is an armed vessel. In preparing for the press in the bureau of operations of the Navy Department a statement of the con tents of the dispatch it was written that all of the six submarines prob 'ably had been lost. Later, on check n over the message and the state ment issued to the press, it was found that the word was "one" in the dispatch. Of Special Interest. Officials were interested in particu lars of the fight, since the vessels were under convoy, and if either of the two steamers lost were American, the 'first convoyed American merch ant craft has fallen victim to the submarines. The fact that the submarines at tacked the merchant fleet in such force led to the conclusion that the German commander erroneously thought he had to deal with troops, transports or with army supply ships. Daniel's Statement. . Secretary Daniels issued the fol lowing statement: "Ily attention has just been called to a serious error made in transcrib ing the report of the attack made on the Westwego and other vessels. I 4gave the report to the press this morning exactly as it wvas presented to me, stating that "two of the e~amers attacked were sunk and -obably all of the submarines were lost." The cablegram, I now find, statedl that 'one' of the submarines was probably lost." Earlier Statenment. The earlier statement by the Navy Department readl as followvs: "The Navy~ Department has receiv edl a report from Paris wvhich states that the steamer Westwego reports on September 8 that while cruising with several other ships they wvere Sattacked by a massed force of six submarines off the coast of France on Septenmber 5, the result of this attack being that twvo of the steam e attacked wecre sunk and probably all of the subniarines were lost." It was announcedl recently that a ~policy of convoying fleets of mer j chant ships across the Atlanjic had keen adopted and since the Westwego and the other merchant craft \vhich wore the objects of the submari'nes' attack were bound for Europe, it is ~regarded~ more than probable that American warships guarded the mer hant ships on the way across. American warships have all been equipped with dlepth bombs for fight ing submarines. ThIs weapon has been highly perfected by American ordnance experts and proves very leadly. ~l'he Westeego had an experience ith a German submarine before the RUSSIANS ON OFFENSIVE Battalion of Death Defeats and Drives Teutons Back. Petrograd, Sept. 10.-Russian troops yesterday took the offensive against the German forces in the re gion of Segevold, thirty-two miles northeast of Riga. In certain sec tors, the Petrograd official statement says, the Russian "Death Battalion" defeated the Teutons and forced them back in a southerly direction. A battle is proceeding between ad vanced German detachments and the Russian rear guard, who are holding the Burtnetsk line to the Pskoff r.'d. Sixteen German airplanes yesterday dropped forty bombs without result in na attack on the Russian torpedo boats in the Gulf of Riga. MAY CLOSE MAILS TO THEM Postoffice Has German Ppears Under Consideration. Washington, Sept. 10.-Exclusion from the mails of certain influential German language newspapers printed in various sections of the United States is under consideration by the government's determination to pre vent circulation of anti-war propa ganda. 0 TO FORM FRENCH CAdINET Painleve Accepts Task Imposed by President Poincare. Paris, Sept. 10.-Paul Painleve, the minister of war, informed President Poincare tonight that he had accepted the task of forming a ministry to re place that headed by Alexander Ribot. M. Painleve declared that the new ministry should be representatives of political partise, but a government of national unity, bending all the strength of the nation to an increas ing energetic, conduct of the war. -----0 NO OTHERS ADMITTED TO OGLETHORPE CAMP Columbia, Sept. 10.-Governor Man ning late today received the follow ing telegram from Major Nicklin, of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.: The Secretary of War directs ,there will be no fur ther admissions to this camp." 0 BIG TASK TO FEED TROOPS In Devastated Districts of France This Winter. Washington, Sept. 10.-The task of providing for American and French soldiers and the civilian population in the devastated districts of France this winter is a tremendous one and must be supported by expenditures of large sums of money, Major Gen. Pershing has cabled Henry P. Davison, chair man of the American Red Cross war board. Red Cross work in France is being systematically organized along mili tary lines, Gen. Pershing said. He added that he considered the Red Cross management there worthy of the unqualified support of the Ameri can p)eople. United States entered the war, hav ing been attacked b~y one January 31 last while off the coast of Eng land. She was proceeding from an American port wvith a eargo of oil for Europe wvhen a submarine fired five shots at her from astern. The Westwego's captain, J. S. Mulcoy, brought his vessel to a stop and sent a boat with his papers, whereupon the German submarine commandler dlemandled a supply of oil, threatening to sink the ship if his dlemands wvere not compiled wvith. The submarine commandler also demandled tha tthe vessel's $1,000,000 cargo of gasoline be throwna overboard, saying he would give Capt. Mulcoy until the next morning to comply. Four bar rels of cylinder oil w'ere sent to the submarine and the Westwego pro ceeded. She saw nmo more of the submarine. Trhe Westwego, an oil tanli steam er, was built in Germany in 1914 for Rumanian account, undler the name of the Steaux Romana. Later her registry was changed to .American, and afterward -her name was madec Westwego. The vessel was of 3,069 tons net and she carried a crew of forty-two men. Latest reports show she was in an American port August 8 and later sailed on a transatlan tic voyage commanded by Captt. Mul YORK CRAND JURY ISSUES [L[VEN PRSENTMENTS Men Already Arrested Formally Charged With Lynching of Negro Preacher. TRIAL LIKELY IN NOVEMBER Counsel for Prisoners Plans Early Application for Release on Bond. York, Sept. 10.--"For the murder of W. T. Sims we, the grand . cry, present the following: William Saund ers, Tom Saunders, Frank Twitty, Lonnie Franklin, Lawyer Saunders, Carson Lattimore, Meek McGill, Fred Penninger, T. R. Penninger, Ezell Bo lin, Dick Norman. Witnesses: Dr. J. I. Barron, J. G. Panning, W. L. Hill, J. H. Saye, John R. Cobb. Sign ed, J. S. Wilkerson, Foreman." Such was the presentment of the York County grand jury, who were called here today to continue the in vestigation into the lynching of the Rev. Watson Sims, a colored precher, on August 24. All Already Arrested. The eleven men presented have al ready been arrested. Dick ,Norman, one of the accused men, turned State's evidence and is now out on bond of $1,000 as a material witness. John R. Hart, of counse Ifor the defense, said this afternoon that ap plication for bond for the ten men in jail would be made before Associate Justice R. C. Watts, at Laurens, either Friday or Saturday. The presentment of the gran' jury did not surprise anybody, but rather it was expected. None of the wit nesses who testified at the inquest were examined by the grand jury, and all the witnesses summoned before them did not testify. Much Interest Shown. There was a large number of peo ple from the Sharon and Hickory Grove communities here on account of the sitting of the grand jury. The' foreman is a prominent citizen of that town. Because he is related to une of the defendants, J. Mason Mc Gill, a member of the grand jury, took no part in the investigation. Judge James W. DeVore, of Edge field, who happened to be here to pre side over the September t'erm of the Court of Common Pleas, presided at the brief tern of the Court of General Sessions. The eleven defendants will probably be tried at the November term of Court of General Sessions. - o CASUALTY ANNOUNCEMENT First by War Department Since En. tering War. Washington, Sept. 10.-The War Department announced late today that Sergt. M. G. Calderwood and Private W. F. Brannigan, both of Company F, Eleventh Railway Engi neers, had been slightly wvounded by shell fragments while on dluty in France. This is the army's first cas ualty announcement of the war, ex cept that concerning members of the medhical corps killed wvhen German aviators bombed a hospital. MOB THR IEATlENS ATITACKl Strike Breakers Rteported Heavily Armed. Chattanooga, Sept. 10.-.A mob is forming to attack the car barns where strike breakers are reported to be armed with machine guns. The mob wvhich left Central Labor Hall crying "On to the car barns," halted at the court house and was ap~pealed to by Police Commissioner T. C. Bellerton. A CALL FOR The knitting committee of the Red Cross Chapter is readly to begin wvork. Anyone wishing instructions in this work may call on any of the follow ing ladies, who will gladly help those who do not knowv howv to knit: Mrs. F. C. Thomas, Mrs. Furman Bradham, Miss Alexander, Mrs. H. T. Bradham and Mrs. 5. 0. O'Bryan. This is one of the most Important things undertaken in our local Red Cross Chapter nde we want voluntary MANNING GRADED SCHOOLS START A NEW TERM Interesting Exercises Marked by Splendid Talks of Several Citizens. MANY VISITORS PRESENT Large Attendance and Bright Pros pects for Another Successful Session. Manning, Sept. 10.-The Manning graded and high schools opened this morning for another year under fav orable auspices. Quite a goodaudience of patrons and friends of the school had assembled and the number of pupils beginning the year was fully up to the average. The exact number enrolled is not yet available. The school for the next year will be under the superintendency of Prof. F. S. Long, of Trenton, with a competent and experienced faculty. Mr. S. Oliver O'Bryan, one of the trustees, opened the meeting with ap propriate remarks and introduced Prof. Long, who conducted the re maining exercises. An appropriate prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Watson B. ' ncan, of the Methodist Church, and a few well-chosen re marks were made by the Rev. Dr. E. M. Lightfoot, of the Baptist Church. Prof. E. J. Browne, super intendent of education, was called on and made appropriate remarks of counsel and encouragement to the teachers and pupils. Gives Good Advice. The Hon. J. 11. Lesesne, the last speaker, said he would not lecture anybody, and especially the children, but said he would direct his remarks more particularly to the teachers. He urged them to train the girls to be queens of their own households, and to stimulate the idea of patriotism and love of country in the boys, because the time had come in American life when the country did not need so many college presidents and bankers, but true women at home and-men pos sessing real manhood. Supt. Browne alluded to the fact that Prof. Long had once been one of his pupils, and Prof. Long pleasantly "turned the tables'' by saying that if he made any serious blunders this year it would be charged to Prof. Browne for the way he had started Prof. Long off. Corps of Teachers. The complete faculty for the new school year is composed as follows: Forst grade, Miss Rose Ehrich, of Georgetown; second grade, Mrs. J. A. Cole, of Manning; third grade, Mrs. J. K. Breedin, of Manning; fourth grade, Miss Helen Boger, of Manning; fifth grade, Mrs. George W. Wil liams, of Manning; sixth grade, Miss Janie Wilson, of Manning; seventh grade, Miss Mildred Sellers, of Dillon; eighth grade, Miss Lucie Wingard, of Lexington; ninth grade, Mr. Julius Dreher, of Newberry; tenth grade and superintendent, Prof. F. S. Long of Tlrenton. The M~anning school stands high in rep~utation for the character and p)rep) aration of its graduates and there is every reason to expect that this ree ord will be fully maintained in the future. (City of (CorinthI, 5,870 Tlonis, D~estroyed b~y U-lioat. An Atlantic Port, Sept. 10.--The British freight steamship City of Cor inth, a vessel of 5,870 tons gross reg ister, owVned by the Ellerman lines, has been suink by a German subma rine, according to repiorts received here today in marine circles. The City of Corinth wvas last reported leaving Vladivostok for London. V.OL.UNTE.ERS service. Trhe call comes every (lay for sweat ers, muff1ers, helmets, socks, etc. We must begin immediately and (do our share in this work. A meeting will be held on Friday afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock in the Ma sonic Hall. Materials will be on hand and instructors will be there to give any information necessary. S. Vallyc Appelt, Chairman Knitting Committee. HAPPENINGS OF 20 YEARS AGO Mrs. D. D. Salley, of Edisto, is in Manning visiting her parents. Clerk of Court Timmons went to Charleston to consult a physician. The Methodist Sunday School at Summerton last Sunday contributed $25 for the benefit of the Epworth Orphanage at Columbia. Rev. James McDowell appeared be fore the State Board of Control last Wednesday and protested against the board granting a beer privilege for his town. The board decided to post pone the matter until next month. Last night Mr. F. P. Ervin received information by telephone that a negro was in Alderman's store in Salem of fering a gun for sale for $4. A de scription of the gun was immediate ly phoned over and it was exactly like one of the guns stolen some time ago from the window of the Manning Hardware Company. Magistrate Dick son was sent for and he telephoned instructions to hold the man and the warrant would follow. The fellow was arrested. Married last. We-In laattheresi .dence of the bride's parents, sicar Felder, Hon. W. H. Thomas, of Char leston, and Miss Mattie Tindal, daughter of Hon. James E. Tindal. The bride and groom took the evening Coast Line train for Niagara and Can ada, and expect to be gone until October 1st, when they will go to Charleston and make that city their home. A new feature to attract trade has been adopted by Mr. E. C. Horton. He has received a very handsome lot of silverware and ornamental clocks which he proposes to give away as premiums upon the coupon system. Evei y piece of silver is useful and ornamental and his patrons without paying extra for the goods will get these elegant prizes. Harried last evening at the resi dence of the bride's mother, Mr. Archie Barron and Miss Mary Anna Davis, by Rev. J. A. Rice, D. I)., of Columbia. The bride Is one of the accomplished daughters of the late James E. Davis, and is one of the most popular young ladies in the county. The groom is a son of Col. B. P. Barron and one of Manning's thorough-going business men. He is a young man who has by his sterling merit made himself a factor on Man ning's business circles and his future prospects are of the brightest. Both the bride and groom have reason to be proud of each other and no couple ever started out on the matrimonial sea with beter prospects for joy, hap piness and plenty. We but feebly express the sentiments of the com munity when we extend our ~ irty congratulations and wish a lone id prosperous life. -- o iteceipts for Use of Grapes. As there 'are so many grap~es in Clarendon County, I think that we should make use of them and not let them go to waste, so am giving a fewv receipes and( hope before long to give a D~emonstration in M~anning on the many uses of Gria pes, if. I fin d that the ladies wish it. Unafermented Gra pe Ju iice. Secure sound fully ripe fruit, wash, crush, strain through a clean cloth sack, then strain through the jelly bag. Place the juice in battles or jars, put these in a water bath and sterilize by heating unt il the juice has reached a tempera ture ne3~~r hut not qIuite~ up to the~ boiliung p)oint. Remove the v'essels contaiining the juice fro~m the .wate(rbath, seal at once, and store in aj dark33~ cool place until dlesired for~ use. Grape Catsup. G rap~e catsup) is a pleas ing sauce to serve wvith cold meats. Wash, wveigh andl crush fruit. Stew ove'r slow lire until soft. Work through a colander with a spoon. Tlo the juicy p)ortionl which passes through the colander, add for eac~h 5 p~oundls of fresh fruit used 2 1-2 polunds of sngar, 1 tablespoon of ground ein -namon, 1 tablespoon of ground all spice, 1 tablespoon of groundl cloves, 1-2 tablespoo nof pepper, 1-2 table spoon1 of salt, 1 plint of vinegar. Poil the mixture until slightly thick then seal in sterilizedl bottles or fruit jars. Katherine M. Richardson, C. Home n)e. Agt. GERMAN [ANGUAGE NEWSPAP[R OfFICE IN lHILA. RAIDED Editor and Otehr Writers on Phila delphia Tageblatt Arrested by Federal Agents. UNDER THE ESUIONAGE ACT Charged With Efforts to Promote Success of Enemies of United States. Philadelphia, Sept. 10.-In a raid on the Philadelphia Tageblatt, a long es tablished German language morning newspaper, which is charged with having attacked the government's war policies for several months past, fed eral agents tonight arrested the ed itor and business manager and con fiscated large quantities of corre spondence, files and documents. The prisoners, who are charged with vio lating the Espionage Act, are Dr. Maitin Darkow, edieor, and Herman Lemke (business manager. Warrants also have been issued for the presi dent, treasurer, editor-in-chief, and an editorial writer. The government agents in one war rant charge certain members of the staff with "wilfully making and con veying false reports and statements with the intent to promote the suc cess of the enemies of the United States, while the United States is at war with the Imperial German Gov erament." A second warrant charges the staff with using the mails for the same purpose. Advised to Evade Law. According to government officers under Frank Garbarino, special agent, who conducted the raid, The Tage blatt on Saturday published 'state ments instructing Germans in this country how to evade the postal laws and forward letters to Germany. The newspaper and business files, correspondence and other matter seized in the raids were taken to the federal building for examination. All of the employment of the plant, about twenty, have been served with subpeoenas to appear before the fed eral grand jury. Since the beginning of America's entrance into the war The Tageblatt has published daily editorial attacks on President Wilson and the govern ment's war policies, government offi cers said. .Joseph Schlentz, president of sev eral German societies, said he intend ed to enter bail for Dr. Darkow. Lemke, the business manager, is a member of the defense comittee ap pointed by Mayor Smith. "DtY" VICTOlRY IN TEX.\S Most Populous ('ounty Votes Against Liquor. IDallas, Tlexas, Sept. 1 0.-The most pl)0Ious county in Texas votedl "dry"' in a local optioni election today. With but six precincts (Jit of ninety-six missing, the prohibitionist s have a lead of approximately 1 ,500, which the m11issimg prep inets cannot materially change. About 19,000 v'ote. ere pol[ ed out of a re'gistration of 28,000(. IS51 'E IS OV'EllSL'llSCI'll hl Offering of Short TFernm Tlreasurv Cert ificates Closed. W~ash ingtdon, Sei . I1. Thel oere ing of $300o,000,00t, ofI short -term1 treasuiry ceritificaites whic icilosetd t day t'I has b~een over'subscribJetd. t ttm plete figures had noat been tabula tedt at. the treasury tonight. Tlhis offer ing brings upl to $Xt0,000t,000t, the total of ths govermuient's Itemiporar~y financing in anticiptatihon of the see. 01n( liberty loan. Fl~FETE WIT'lII K EIIENSKTY Places Itself on Side of Provisional Government. Lodon~li, Sept. IIl.--A Russian me's sage recei ved here th is afternoon and1( signedl by the Russian prime minister states that the entire IBal tic fleet toJgether with its staff ofli cers, has unanimously placedl itself on the sidle of the provisional gov ernment