The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, February 13, 1918, Image 1
VOL. XXXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1918.
WAR DEPARTMENT TO
USE CHARLESTON FOR
WAR PURPOSES
Information Is Given to Senate Com
mittee
PART OF HUGE PLAN
Total of $268,650,00 Will be Expended
for Storage Depots, Ordnance De
pots and Other Facilities
According to a statement from the
War Department to the military com
mittee of the United States Senate, in
Washington yesterday, $10,000,000
will be expended in construction of
port terminals at Charleston.
For military reasons, it is not .p; o
per to suggest a site at this time. It
is no secret, however, that boards of
army officers have made exhaustive
surveys in and near Charleston and
it has been known for some time that
these officers favored Charleston.
The'plan for $10,000,000 port term
inals here was decided on by the War
Department some time ago, but not
until yesterday was the information
given out for publication. The con
struction of the terminals will, of
course, greatly benefit Charleston, but
their cardinal purpose is for efficient
prosecution of the war against Ger
many.
Statement by the Mayor
"While I am, of course, highly grat
ified that the War Department thus
recognizes Charleston's advantages to
the government, Iam not prepared to
talk of the matter. As the mayor of
Charleston and a citizen of Charles
ton, I am delighted that Charleston is
to be prominent in service to the
country, and it is gratifyiig to knov
that our harbor and our facilities will
be impressed upon national service.
Charleston's patriotism must, of ne
cessity, come before Charleston's own
interests. The War Department finds
that Charleston can ye of service to
the nation. That is the point."
Mr. R. Godwyn Rhett, who has been
in Washington on important matters,
was interests 1 in the news, he said,
but declared that it was for Washing
on to discuss the matter at this time.
The ' :xt of the Associated Press
dispatch to the News and Courier fol
lows:
Washington, Feb. 12.-Many new
construction projects for the army,
Including munitions plants, ordnance
depots, storage plants, port terminals,
hospitals, aviation works, cantonment
and housing were disclosed in a state
ment given the Senate military com
mittee today by the War Department.
The work will cost a total of $268,
650,000 and while some of the pro
jects had been announced before, in
most cases the location and cost had
not been given.
The Charleston Terminal
A port terminal costing $10,000,000
will be built at Charleston, S. C., and
at Boston, Mass., $8,000,000 will be
spent for a similar terminal. Two mil
lions are provided for three power bag
loading points at sites not yet select
ed.
Hospitals for soldiers suffering
with tuberculosis are to be built at
Asheville, N. C., and Denver, Colo., at
a cost of $500,000 each and $12,800,
000 is to be spent on hospitals at thir
ty two army training camps.
A dlivision cantonment for the regu
lar army is to cost $8,000,000, but its
'location was not given. It may take
the place of the regular army train
ing camp at Charlotte, N. C., which
soon is to be abandoned because of the
unsuitability of the ground. on which
it Is located.
Forty' interior storage dlepots to
cost an aggregate of $30,000 000 are
to be erected at unnamed points. On
aviation work, including a new can
tonment, the location of which was
not given ,$46,000,000 will be expend
edl.
Ordnance (depots are to be built on
the South Atlantic coast and at 'some
seaport" at a cost of $4,000,000 each
and one on the middle Atlantic coast
at a cost of $6,000,000. An ammunition
depot at "some seaport" is to cost
$7,500,000, and a like sum is to be ex
pended for an ordnance depot in Cen
tral Pennsylvan .
(Iouses for Ship Workers
For housing for the shi pping board
to relieve congestion in shipyard com
munities the department plans to ex
pend $35,000,000 for this purpose pro
videdl in a bfll which pasedl the house
toglay.. In addition to this $600,000
will be expended at Newport 'News
Va..- for housing the negro stevedore
regiments loading vessls thre.
Another item is that of $250,000 for
a high explosive plant at Sand Hook,
L. I.
The statement shops that $37,000,
000 will be spent in building a gas
making plant at Edgewood, N. J.
Brig. Gen. Littoll, in charge of can
tonment division and other c'onstrue
ti on jobs, also submitted statements
to t)ecommittee, showing that, in ad
c~t6to the new work, his bureau has
ehare of construction bow in prog
r a calling, fpr an .egpenditeure of
d 0u000,
A Splendid Adv
'two. hUnzdre~ fif1ty tU
'd4 1aT B/
About three weeks ago Maj. W. T. I
resenting W. Gordon McCabe & Co.,
dividual in South Carolina, and possibl
Maj. Jesesne's cotton, as he has since
with reproduce a facsimile of the cheel
sesne has always been one of Clarendo
sold in a lump, which gives him the <
It is a big advertisement for Clarendo
have already made mention of this sa
others may do likewise this year.
KAISER SAYS FOES
MUST ADMIT DEFEAT
Emperor of Germany Makes a Boas
ful Speech in Regard to
German Peace
SAYS LORD DIRECTS STEPS
Declares Those Who Refuse Peacc
Must Be Forced to Have
Peace
Amsterdam, Feb. 11.-Germany d' -
sires peace, but before it can be at
tained her enemies must reogniz that
Germany has been victorious, Emper
or William said in reply to an address
presented by the burgomaster of
Hamburg on the conclusion of peace
with the Ukraine. The Emperor's re.
ply, as. given in a Berlin dispatch,
follows:
"We have gone through hard times.
Everyone has had a burden to bear
anxiety, mourning, grief, tribulation
and not the least he who stands before
you. In him wpe combined the care
and grief for tne entire people in its
sorrows.
"We often entered false paths. The
Lord' pointed out to us by a hard
school the path by which we should
go. The world, however, at the same
time has not been on the right path.
We Germans who stili hay ideals
shouild work to brin~ about better
times. We should fight for right .and
(moratliy. Our Lord God wishes us
to have peace, but a 'eace whereir
the world will strive to do what is
right and good.
We ought to bring peace to the
world. We shall seek in every way to
do it. Such an end was achieved yes
terday in a friendly manmer with an
enemy which, beaten by our armies,
perceives no reason for fighting long
er, extends a hand to us and receives
our hand. We clasp hands. But he
who wil not accept peace, but, on the
contrary, declines, pouring; out the
blood of his own and of our own peo
ple, must be forced to nave peace. We
..re'to live n friendship with neigh
.w.'nig peoples, but this victory of Ger
i:tai arms must be t irnt recognized.
:ur troops under the great Hlinrien
burg will continue to win it. Fhen
peace will come "
--o -
BRITISH PREACHIER
D)AMNS THE KAISER
New York, Feb. 8.-When the
truth comes out about all the Germans
have (lone in this war there won't be
a man in the world but will say in his
heart: 'God damn kaiserism to the
bottom of the sea.' And that will be
one of the most earnest prayers ever
utteredl."
The above wordls, utteredi with the
utmost earnestness todiay by the Rev.
Charles A Eatoni, of the Madison
avenue Baptist chur~ch, in addressing
1,000 workers In a yard of the Staten
island shipbuilding company, were
cheeredl to the echo. Dr. Eaton made
a strong, plea for speeding up wvork
on American ships to strengthen the
hands of the nation's soldiers, lie in
vitedl the earnest andl active. support
of all the shipbuilding workers and it
was promised in roaring aplause of
approval of his sentiments after he
said: "While you wore sleeping night
before last the ship Tuscania, carry
ing our soldiers, was struck by one
of those infernal German machines,
andl your blood brothers were hurled
to death by those damned assassins.
The Germans have murdered little
babies, ravished beautiful women who
were loved as you love your mothers,
sisters and sweethearts. They call us
swine. Boys, it's up to you to build
these ships. Every rivet is a nail in
the kaiser's coffin. Let .us make him
a beautiful coffin."
IEUT. MARCH, JR. INJURE!D
Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 12.--Second
Liout. Peyton C. March, Jr., son of
Major Gen. Peyton d. March, sus
tained a fracture of the skull this af
ternoon shortly after 3. o'clock when
his airplane tell at Taliaforro ?ield.
Hie is said to have ,small chances of
reovery. -
rtisement for Claret
1"1.MGtk4'If4. Jan -. 19
wuan four hundred & sovent;
'esesne sold his cotton holdings, which
of Charleston, for what we believe w
y in the South. The amount was $25(
sold over one thousand dollars worth,
c to show our readers what farminer o,
n's best and largest planters, and this
listinction of receiving the largest amo
n soil, and one that has put our county
le in their papers. We congratulate
GREAT MEETING IN SUMTER
ON FEBRUARY 19TH
Mr. W. C. Dais, County Chairman,
Hopes Clarendon Will le
Well Represented
The Food Administration , the
Farm and Ilomen Demonstration De
partments, and the Council of De
fense of South Carolina, who are
closely cooperating, have determined
to hold a meeting at Greenwood on
February 18th and one at Sumter on
February 19th, to which the active
working forces of the three organiza
tions will be invited. The purpose of
these meetings will be to give a thor
ough knowledge of the war situation,
to present the program of the Food
Administration, Farm Demonstration
Bureau, and the Council of Defense,
and to set forth plans for the combin
ed spring campaign which will be
launched shortly after these meet
irgs. We exl.ect to present severat
speakers o f'ational prominence an:
can promise that those who attend
vill receive inspiration and valuable
information.
The following are requested and
expected to attend at Greenwood or
Sumter, whichever is - most conven
i;ent. All county food administrato)rs,
and all other food administration rcp
resentatives; all farm and home dem
onstration perpnts; all members of the
State council of defense, al: chairmen
of the county councils of defense, the
chairmen of the township or school
district councils, and all members of
the women's council of defense. We
also request the presence of the
speakers selected by the State Coun-il
of Defense who will carry the burden
of the speaking campaign, and other
patriotic citizens who wish to prepare
themselves for volunteer service in
the approaching campaign.
Each fara demonstration agent is
asked to select two or three prominent
farmers from his county who will at
tend one of these meetings and ac
tively cooperate in the campaign.
Recent war developments, and es
epcially the foodstuffs situation, make
it absolutely necessary for every cit
izen of South Carolina to be informed
of the very serious trend of affairs,
and of the obligation that rests upon
us fo ra much greater production and
more perfect conservation of food sup
plies, as well as of a more vigorous
andl whole-hearted supp~ort of the gov
ernment in every other wvay.
We earnestly hope that a full at
tendance may be had at both the
Greenwvood and the Sumter meetings,
in ordlr that thn' r~-cos wvho must ear
ry the brunt of the approaching cam.
paignii may be thoroughly informed
of th(e situation, and properly in
structed as to the concrete program
which will b~e presented at these
meetings.
William Elliott,
Food Administrator for S. C.
W. R. Long,
D. IR. Coker,
Director of Extension
Chairman State Council of D~efense,
HRIDE OF YEAR MURDERED)
Chas. Foster, o' Spartanburg, Accused
of Ifilling Wife
Spartanburg, Feb. 12-Special:
Charles Foster, a well-known young
Spartanburg man, is held by a cor
oner's jury on the charge of having
murderedl his bride of one year, Mrs.
Edna Herren Foster. Foster has been
dletaimed at police hadquarters since
the affair took place at 3:30 o'clock,
but at 11 o'clock tonight, following
the conrsoletion of the inquest, he was
lodged in the Spartanburg County jail.
The tragedy took place at the Foster
home, 123 Branch street, shortly after
Mr. and Mrs. Foster had reached
home, and it Is alleged that the act
'was committedl by Mr. Foster In a fit
of jealousy. Mrs. Foster was about
twenty-two years of age and was a
native of Asheville, N. C. She had
been previously married. Mr. Foster
is a native of the Roebuck section of
Spartanburg county, and Is about
twenty-eight years of age. He had
also been previousl ymnated
RUSSIA NOW OUT
ARMY 1
Without Signing Peace Treat
Declares the State of W
Be at An End-Result of
Peace With Ukraina and
Are Assured of Cessatio:
Eastern Front and Can
'lies in West
Amsterdam, Feb. 11.-Russia has
declared the state of war to be at an
end and has ordered the demobiliza
tion of Russian forces on all fronts,
according to a dispatch received here
today from Brest-Litovsk, dated Sun
day.
The dispatch follows:
"The president of the Russian dele
gation at today's (Sunday's) sitting
stated that while Russia was desist
ing from signing a formal peace
treaty, it declared the state of war to
be ended with Germany,. Austria
Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria, si
multaneously giving orders for com
plete demobilization of Russian forces
on all fronts."
Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki for
eign minister, alluding later to the
further discussions that will arise
from the situation created between
Central Powers and Russia for the
establishment of reciprocal diplomatic
consular, legal and economic relations,
indicated a method of direct inter
course between the governments con
cerned, as well as employment of the
commissions of the quadruple alliance
which already are at Petrograd.
Reports are Confirmed
London, F'eb. 11.-A German wire
less dispatch received here this eve
ning confirms dispatches received
from Amsterdam during the day that
Russia has ordered a cessation of war
and the demobilization of the Russian
armies on all fronts.
Formally Out of It
Russia steps formally out of the
war by act of the Bolsheviki Govern
ment which seized the reins of power
in Petrograd last November and al
most inmmediately opened peace nego
tiations with the Central Empire. The
authority of this government seems
virtually unquestioned at present in
Northern Russia and the Teutonic
Powers already have assurance of the
cessation of even nominal hostilities
along virtually all the remainder of
the original long line in the east by
signing a peace with the Ukraine and
isolating Rumania.
Played Important Part
Although cutting little figure in the
war for nearly a year past, Russia's
great, indeed vital part, in the coil
flict comes forcibly to mind as the
circumstances leading up to her exit
are reviewed. Becoming a belligerent
on August 1, 1)1.1, through Germany's
declaration of war upon her, her
troops were soon sweeeping through
East Prussia, creating a diversion
which hampered the Germans in their
first (lash through Belgium and upon
Paris. Though disastrously defeated
by Hindenburg at Tannenberg, she
rallied iuickly and by winter was
hammermng again at the German bor
ders, and her great armies overrun
ning Austrian territory in Galicia
were at the crests of the Carpathians
and threatening an invasion of Ilun
gary.
Gave Bluns 'Trouble
It. took the bulk of the Austrian
armies and a large proportion of Ger.
many's virtually an entire year's cam
pa ignmi g in I1915 to brea k Russia's
hold onl GalIicia, dIrive' her out of P'o
land and the lower Hal tic territory
and force her armies to the line at
Hrest-Litovsk. Hut not yet disorgan
ized she fought through 1 91(6 creating
havoc among the Austrian armies in
Volhynia and Galicia and in Asia
Minor, dIriving the Tu'riks out of vir
tually all TIurkish Armenia.
.The opening of last ye'ar found( Rus
sim under the old bureaucratic re
ginme. 11er oppressedl, war-worn pe'o
ple were ripe for the revolution andl
in March1, 1917, ca me the crash, and
dleposit ion of IEmperor N ichlolar, andl(
thle formlat ion of the first provisional
government. Undler Kerensky, as mini
ister of war, her armies in .July, 1917,
began an offensive in Volhynia and
Galicia which was in the full tide of
succ'ess wVhen disalffection amilong her
troops broke out and stopp1edl tile ef
fort.
Held( Jluns in East
Since August last Russia has figur
ed in the great wvor'ld conflict as a
muil itary factor onl~y bly re'ason thlat
sheo still heldl numbers of German and1(
Austrian troopls on her frontiers,
LIVELY ON AMERICA N LINE
Americans Suffer Light Casualties;
Give Germans Shrapnel
With the American Army in France,
Feb. 10--(By the Associated Press).
One American artilleryman was killed
and five artillerymen were wounded
Saturday night by shell fire.
The Americans sprinkled the enemy
trenches with shrapnel all during the
(lay. There was considerable patrol
activity, but no further clashes were
reportedl.
The early reports of the encoumnter
between the Americann and the Ger
mans Friday night in front of the
Amnrican wire entang-lements have
'OF THE FIGHT
'0 DEMOBOLIZE
y the Bolsheviki Government
ar With Central Powers To
Internal Strife-By Signing
Isolating Rumania Teutons
i of Hostilities Along Entire
Turn Full Force Against Al
awaiting the forces of disorganization
within to bring about her final disin
tegration. This process struggled
against in vain by Kerensky, was con
st'intly accelerated by virtue of the
(,ivided authority set up at Petrograd.
The council of soldiers and workmen,
representing the proletariat and
claiming virtually supreme powers,
finally in November last formally took
over the power it. had long in fact
exercised.
Peace Negotiations
The rest is comparatively recent
history. Under Lenine and Trotzkv
an armistice was brought about on all
Russian fronts on Iem' 2lber -1, and
peace neg.:.j;,tions wi;h the Central
Power were opened.l at rn'-litcvsic
on Dcenbeir '??. The , ntral Empires
agreed to adhere to the general prin
ciples of no annexations, no indemni
ties and self determination of peoples
and there was held open to the En
tente Powers the opportunity of join
Great Enthusiasm in Germany
lead up to a general peace. No favor
was found for this proposition among
the Allied nations, however, the good
faith of the Germans in particular in
making this offer being doubted. This
doubt was lately found by the Rus
sians to be well founded.
Working Her Downfall
Notwithstanding this, however, the
negotiations were continued. Mean
while Russia was fast splitting up.
District after district declared its in
dependence. Finland and Ukraine
being the notable examples. The Uk
raine opened separate negotiations
with the Central Powers and these
culminated last Saturday in the sign
ing of a peace agreement.
It has been made fairly clear, how
ever, that Germany had no idea of
yielding to the Bolsheviki on the ques
tion of evacuation of Russian occupied
territory, which has been the sticking
point in the negotiations, and that she
was preparing virtually to ignore the
Bolsheviki as long as she could make
peace with the Ukraine and secure the
opening of the frontiers to the rich
grain growing provinces controlled
even nominally by the Ukranians.
London, Feb. 11.-A dispatch to
The Exchange Telegraph from An
sterdam, says:
"There is great enthusiasm in Ger
many over the reported end of the
state of war between the Central Pow
ers and Russia. Cities everywhere
a Vre beflagged and there is much re
joicing over Trotzky's unconditional
surrender.
"It has been arranged that the Cen
tral economic commission in Petro
grad shall settle the details of the re
sumption of relations between Russia
and the Central Powers.
Says God help Albion
New York, Feb. 11l.--Open prophecy
that Hlindenburg would undertake a
great general offensive in the west
this spring in an endea-or to crush the
British, French and American armies
and end the war was made in a pub
hei le'ct ure by Major von Olberg of
the Gerimnm general staff, before the
Germnan Ci(oloninal Society at Berlin last
mionith.
According to an ac'c'ount of hiis adl
dress printed in Ge'rmani pa pers which
have reached here, Major von Olberg
sa id that, as 117 had been the year
of revenge,"' 1918 Hwoumld be' the "'year
of dlecisioni."
(;rinianso wenre t old to turyn their
eves and hearts to the wvest front from
Flande'rs to Ve'net ia, ignoring the
pe'a('e ne'got iations1 in the east, the out-.
(ComeL of wvhich was "miiil itary without
"'Toiday,", sa id Majoir von Olberg,
our bac.k is free and we have the re
serves which we lacke'd in I1914, when
we had to defend East Prussia against
the Russians. The great offensive
now ('anl start, an :1 then Godl he'lp
Albhion."'
V'on Olberg, who was spe'aking offi
ciaIly as head of one of the dlepart*
menits of the war press office, did not
say explicitly, however, that the pirin
eipial blow wvould be delivered against
the Brit ish forces, declaring that H1in..
dlenburg could be trusteid to select the
proper place for the offensive.
been con fi rmedl. The enemy patrol
('ried: Kamerad! as they openedl fire
and 'onltmued('( to fight.
Yells from the enemy as the Ameri
c'an barrage fell verified the accuracy.
of the aim of the Amiricans.
BRITISHS1 DESTROYER sUNK
D)isaster Result of Collision in Enlsh
Channel
London, Feb. 11.-The British to*K
pedlo boat destroyer Boxer was suni
on the night of February 8 inth
English chai iel as the result of *
collisi on the British admiralty awl
nounced tod~ay. One boy Is ml s.ne
idon County Dirt
e' throe andl 751 b~ )4d .~i
was 1677 bales to Mr. S. J. Smith, rep
as the largest check ever paid any in
,473.75. This, however, was not all of
and still has more to follow. We here
1 in .-. ..e an wIl do. Maj. Le
, r , '. hie crop accumulate and
unt ever paid a farmer for his product.
on the map. Several northern dailies
Major on his good fortune, and hope
ARMIES PREPARING
FOR GREAI BAIJLE
Mild Weather Expected to Usher in
Most Sanguinary Period
of War
BOTH SIDES MORE ALERT
'Tension Along British-German Front
Tightening as Sodden Field
Dries Out
With the British Army in France,
Feb. ll.-(By the Associated Press).
--The tension along the British-Ger
man front is tightening. As the ex
ti aordinarily bright, mild weather
has continued to dry out the sodden
fields, the two gre-at armies have be
come more alert. The inertia of the
(lays when the western theater was
held in the grip of snow and impass
able mud has disappeared and the con
tending forcds are. poised, watching
each other, like duellists for the first
move, which will mean that the most
sanguinary period of the war has be
gun.
Something seems bound to happen
before another month has pacsed, if
the present weather holds. Indeed,
even now theg round in some sections
is quite fit for fighting. The enemy
continues to make intense prepara
tionsf cr what has been advert'sed as
the "great offensive." German troops
Iand guns keep pouring into the west
ern front, and there are indications
I that a few Austrian units are in
Flanders.
Cleared for Action
Certain areas, back of the German
front, have been cleared for action,
and daily bodies of troops have been
practicing attacks under the teutelage
of experts. Prisoners say that leave
for soldiers were stopped January 20.
So far as actual fighting is con
cerned, it is still confined to identifi
cation raids, air activity and occa
sional bursts of artiller. Along many
miles of the front, which the corre
spondent visited in the last two In vs
there is a onomious. One may sit for
hours on a vantage point so close to
the German lines that the enemy can
be seen, working about, yet there are
fw soundis of strif.
.'The enemy is playing 'possum or
ignoring the m il itarv moevments be
hind the British lines, and the British
themselves are sitting tight, saying
little. The silence is uncanny and
porten tious.
FOUR SOUTH CAIROLINIANS
Recorded As Having Been Aboard
the Truscainia
Washington, Feb. 10.-Special:
Wayne S. 1Hell, of Marion, and Albert
S. IHucks, of Branchville, respectively
sergeant and private in the Twentieth
Engineers, andl W. J. Stuckey, of La
mar, and .J. Nelson, of Scotland, both
sergeants in the 100th aerio squadron,
wecre the only South Carolinians offi
cially recorded as having been on
board the Tuscania. All except Nel
son have been officially rep~ortedI as
rescued, and there is a fair chance
that Nelson's name may be found on
one of the lists of survivors.
Trhere were seven North Carolinians
on the Tuscania, andl all are officially
reported among the rescuedl.
SOLD EGGS 51 CTS A D)OZEN
Government Revokes License of New
York Firm
New York. Feb. 12.--Announcement
that the food license of B. Baff & Son,
Inc., of this city, wholeqale poultry
andl egg dealers, accused of profiteer
ing, has been revoked for the period
of the war by the national food adl
ministration in Washington, upon rec
ommendation of the federal'foodi board
of New York, was made tonight.
This is the most drastic order yet
issued against New York food dleal
ers, and was based upon the charge
that the Baffs hold eggs for fifty-one
cents a dozen, when the government's
fixed prie is f'orty..six ents.