The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, March 21, 1917, Image 4
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WED1ESDAY, l
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There is gratification- and
o the .dispute between the
theA ssurance that there al
4 ortatidri service. * The res
aiother triumph for the dip
He broun' t to bear upon th<
of his office and the power
when an impasse had been
that he placed before the rai
tion in which this country lh
its international complicatio
the. importance of preventing
tion at a time when every
maintained at, its greatest e
We may be certain tha' r
nature animated the railroad
position in time to preve. t a
may rightfully assume that t
our controversy with the Ge:
are nearer war than some o
right to believe. After ever;
to make the contestants rece
appeal was made to their 'p
won.
There will be general rejoi
mient of what for a time thr
consequences to the domesti<
our joy is somewhat tempere
that industrial peace is boug
that will be even more destru
in one way we shall lose in A
It is well, however, that, if
prepared to meet it. The r;
for conceding the demands <
have been animated entirely
and fair. If they have yiel
alarming international situat
a resumption of the contro
greater gravity have been d
COLORED PEOPLES' FIELD. DAY
Mr. W. R. Elliott, of Clemson Col
lege, district -farm. demonstrator,
spoke at the field day exercises of
colored schools here last Friday. He
made a ringing speech to the colored
farmers who listened with intense in
terest. The gist of his speech was
on the approach of the boll weevil.
He told the colored farmers to join
the white farmers in a general plan
to fight this awful pest that has been
ravaging the cotton fields of Mississ
ippi and Louisiana. The speaker said
that there is decided more danger in
the boll weevil that is now on the
Savannah river geting to cross over
into our state than in the wars and
rumors of wars. The boll weevil is
traveling now at the rate of 50 miles
ai year andl it is supposedl that he will
be all over our state by 1920.
Mr. B. HI. Senn, farm demonstrator,
for Clarendon, mlade a similar talk to
the colored farmers in their meeting
saturday. He showed howv every
planter could prepare for the boll wee
vil fight by planting less cotton and
more corn, with a larger farm garden
and planting velvet beans, soy beans
Keep
The High Cc
BY PLANTING EVERY
CAN-ONLY FROM
WE GET ]
While our business
foods, still, the situationi
to adlvise the making of
food at home. When ther
things to eat in the land
our chances in the grocel
do business when there's
money to buy, as is the
country today.
SEE US FOR THE S
1WE CAN H
Manning G
THE SEED
---.......-Editor
- ..Business Manager
RtY WEDNESDAY.
ARCH 21, 1917.
LEARED FOR WAR.
portent in the composition
trainmen and railroads and
tall be uninterrupted trans
ult must be inl'erpreted as
lomacy of President Wilson.
disputants the full prestige
of the federal government
reached. There is. no doubt
lroad heads the critical posi
as been placed by reason of
ns, and manifested to them
a disruption of transporta
national resource must be
ficiency.
asons of the most impelling
s in withdrawing from their
n industrial catastrophe. We
hese reasons have to do with
'man government. That we
f us imagine we have every
r other argument had failed
ptive to peace proposals, an
atriotism, and the day was
cing in the amicable adjust
eatened the most disastrous
stability of the nation; but
d by the disquieting thought
ht at the price of a conflict
etive. What we have gained
mother.
war must come, we shall be
ilroads deserve little credit
if their Workers unless they
by a disposition to be just
led to the exigencies of an
ion, we may be prepared for
versy when other issues of
[isposed of.
and a larger crop of peanuts, etc.
Both addresses were very helpful to "1
the crowd.
The county field day exercises was.)
largely attended, considering the hard i
times among the people. The parade I
took place at 2:30 o'clock and a large
procession of school children . and
teachers made up the tremendous
line. The parade was led by a comn
mittee of the School Improvement
Association and a band from the
Howard School in Georgetown dis
pensed fine music.
The athletic features were held in
the ball park where base ball, tennis,
walking parlay and other amusements
were had. All of the features were 1
higly enjoyed and show the result.
of fine work being (lone in the negro
schools of the county.
The special exhibition in fancyt
work and manual training was ar
rangedl in booths on the campus of
the Colored Graded school. The com
mittee on inspection rendered a re
port as follows:
Cobia school. 14 p~oints, St. Charles
school 13, Biggers 12, Manning school
a total of 41 points on its fine booths.
The other schools as follows: Mt.
Nebo 9 1-2, Plowden Mill 9, New
Down
st of Living
FOOT OF DIRT YOU
THE SOIL MAY
1ELIEF.1
is selling all kinds of
s too serious for us not
every possible kind of
e's plenty of home-made
we ar'e willing to take
~y Usiness, rather than
a big demand with little
case throughout our
EEDS YOU NEED.
ELP YOU.
rocery Co.,
PEOPLE.
and St. 1laui~es 4t r' !, =+ / ' : 4
The base ball= gam~ 4vao 'Yltt e~
Sumter Oraded Seh'o1 an t gnlh
The' score was5to6 5 .ft.
very close game, sevn :ti
played In an hour' shd 16Alltes.
This is the fourth- anfiual 4:anon+
strationi of. the colored schools.of. t)e.
county and .Is tilFto be the most
enjoyable one -they have -hd.
Rev. A. W.; Timntodp was one of
the speakers :at 'the meeting Satur.
day. 'Ie spoke of the woir'k of the
boll weevil in Mississippi from 198
to 1912.
Mr. Senn showed from an illustra
tion that the weevil only follows the
sotton states. That he . crossed - the
Misssippi river and the fact that
he is 'now on the, other side of the
Savannah it is expected that he will
be in 'the bordering counties of our
;tate in the course of a year. His
Speed of travel bas increased. He is
known to travel :as many' as 90 miles
in one year.
The negr6 farmers are urged to
keed the instructions given out in the
meetings. last week and start now to
diversify crops, and with industrious
methods plant more of the crops most
needed and let's all have more of
home grown products. The farm
ilemonstrator assured the colored
farmers that they could find a ready
market for much of their products
here in Manning. The Manning oil
mill, said he, will buy all of the soy
beans Clarendon farmers can produce,
as such a crop can be used in place of
:otton seed. This would bring to the.
Farmer ready .cash for his crop and
would help the home industrf, giving
snore employment, etc. He also urges
avery house keeper to have a garden
mnd a milk. cow.
'o
CAPTAIN WITH EIGHT
MEN OF MEMPHIS GONE
ship's Papers Discovered in Deserted
Boat of Sunken American Steam
er-Four of Missing Americans
London, March 19.-Of the 25 men
still missing from the rescued com
>any of the City of Memphis, eight
were in the captain's boat, which was
ound on Sunday morning afloat but
abandoned.
The fate of- Captain Borum and
hose eight men still is in -doubt. It
eems 'incredible that all. should have
>en washed overboard and the- boat
ontinued to float. On the other hand,
f they were picked up, it is exceed
ngly strange that the caitain should
ave left his ship's papers in the de
erted boat.
The papers were in a biscuit tin
vhich had' been placed under a seat.
nyone' who knows with what ten- I
city a sea captain clings to the ship's
apers will be inclined to doubt that
aptain Borum left that boat with (
11 his faculties about him. Near the
iscuit tin was a stick with a white
ilk handkerchief ited to it. *
Survivors rescued from the other
oats testify that the captain's boat
ot separated' from the small flotilLa t
bout 1 o'clock Sunday morning. The
veather was squally. It is feared a
he captain and his eight seamen will
ever be seen again. Four of the
nen were Americans.]
Altogether, 33 survivors have re
orted so far to the American con-]
ulate out of the 58 with whom she
ailed from Cardiff. She was not<
rmed andl did not use her w~ireless
*iter encountering the submarine.
Officers of the steamship testify<
hat the first warning came in the<
orm of a shot from a range of three
niles. Captain Borum immediately
>rdered the engines reversed.
Notwithstanding this sign of sub-<
nission, the submarine began firing a<
'egular bombardiment, after having
pproached to within a mile, sprayink
he Memphis wvith shrapnel. The Ger-1
nan wvas flying a signal which Cap
ain forum succeeded in reading. It
vas "abandon your ship immediate
y.".4
Blowving a long blast of the whistle
o signify that he understoodI, the
aptain ordecredl all hands to aban
Ion ship. So smartly was the order
beycd that in five minutes the Memi
,his sounded her farewell signal
*our blasts, meaning "cirew in boats."
'hen the submarine sank her with
runfire, using eight shots with her
meavy guns.
British D~enlals Fail.
Stockholm, March 20.-The report
hat the English ambassador in
Petrograd, Sir George Buchanan, was
issassinated (luring the three-day re
role, is still in circulation here de
ipite denials from the British lega
~ion. Another version is that the
liplomat has fled to Finland.
..Thirty Rebels .Killed.
N~ew York, March 20.--Renewal of
etivity by scattered bands of Cuban
rebels Is admitted in a statement giv
mn out here tonight by the Cuban.
pubieity bureau. Engagements be
twebn the government troops and re
bels are reported at Camaguoy and
the Orionte provinces. The total num
ber of rebels killed is placed at 30.
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The Home
Phone 166.
REPARING FORC
ATTACK FROM SEA
Chrleston Harbor, Most Open Port
of Atlantic, Being Placed in Posi- P
tion to Meet Bombardment by t
Ships. C
Extensive, plans for the fortifica
ion of Ch aro bor against any s
ossible attack were moving along
pace eAterdy, Beoing ace infor
tiork to Met Botemadmntry ont
EorteMoie plns freadie foriia-y
ionuoft wharlestn haenedns any l
pact sterd, adingding te harbor
ntiraceiwas garronted wter sfron..
ient men to man all guns. A great .
nany men of the garrison hid tents
irought over from Fort Moultrie be
ause of the limited accommodations
n the little island fortification.
Whether the government would
ake the precautions that are being
aken at other ports was a matter for
l iscussion. There was considerable
loubt that a submarine net would be
,tretchedl across the entrance to the
arbor, as it was regarded as un
ikely ~an undeewater craft could
ross a 30-foot bar withou4 showing a
goodl portion of her periscope.
The fact remains, however, that
~larleston is considered the most
'wide open" harbor on the Atlantic
oast and the principal defense
Lgainst attack would be expected
~romi forts against ships that could
>onmbard the city from the open sea.
)IL~LON THREATENS TO
P'UNISHI GREAT BRITAIN
London, March 20.-John Dillon,
ationalist leader in the house of
~ommons, tonight voiced spirited
hreats of "punishing the government
>f having broken the pledge given to
he Irish by former Premier Asquith
)y refusing to publish the proceedings
>f the courtmartial of Sinn Feiners
n Dublin.
While the nationalists woldnt
tamnper the government In the prose
rution of the war, he said, there were
)ther ways by which it could be pun
shed. He said the nationalists would
rorce an election by opposing the gov
3rnment's measure providing for an
additional lease of life for the pres
mnt parliament.
Pies Cured In 6 to 14.Days
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rpractical1,
all shades
and all siz
There is
in our lit
please yoi
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early. We can giv<
and a better selec
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ERMAN SUBMARINES
SINK- 116,000 TON3 of
Berlin, March 19, (Via Sayville, v:
larch 20.)-Destruction of 116,000 E
ms gross of shipping in the British
hannel, Atlantic and North seas by
terman submarines was announced
y the admiralty today. Among the
hips destroyed were the following:
British armed steamer -Connaught
f 2,648 tons. pg
British armed three-mastsd vessel tt
f 1,200 tons.a
British sailing ships Adelaide, Mac. iri
3an, Abaja, Gazells and Utopia. el
Briteish fishing steamers R . . p SI
nd Grazia, 3,129 tons),.c
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Greek steamer Theodoroff Pangales
2,838 tons.
Norwegian steamers Steors, Dag
Lnger, Lars Ferstenaes and Theae
agelund.
Norkegian sailing ship HfThmes.
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Prince Dolgoruki Hanged.
Berlin, March 20.-Sensational re
>rts were 'received here today from
,e Swedish-Russo border towns of
plot to assassinate the former czar
a which wvas frustrated at the
eventh hour. Prince Dolgoruki is
Lid to have been the leader of the
nspirators. is u a &ad. A e
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