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CAGE THE BEAST OF BERLIN, THE KAISER, BUY LIBERTY BONDS VOL. XXXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 1,1918 ALLIED LINE HOLDING FIRMLY AT ALL POINTS HUN LOSSES HEAVY Much of the Snap or the German At tacking Forces Absent From Lat est Manoeuvers in Flanders SERBIANS ON OFFENSIVE Emperor of Austria Again Holding Out Olive Branch of Peace This Time in Direction of Italy Again there has come a pause in the battle of Flanders, where the ground everywhere is covered with the gray-clad bodies of German dead, and the British and French are holding securely to all their positions. From Saturday until well into Mon day night Gen. von Arnim's forces continued their efforts to break the British lines on the Ypres salient and to press back the British and French to the southward, but everywhere their efforts were fruitless. True Lhey gained their objective and again cap tured Locre, but a counter-thrust forced them out again. In the hilly region just to the north of Locre the British also pushed back the enemy at several points, notably between Kemmel and La Clytte. Lacking the Snap Much of the snap of the German at tacking forces has been absent from the manoeuvers they have been carry ing out in Flanders under the stiffen ed line of the Entente troops. To the south near Amiens and to the east around Noyon the enemy like wise has failed in all his attempts to push farther forward. The British east of Villers-Bretonneux, which lies directly east of Amiens, have ad vanced their front, and in the Noyon sector the French have reestablished their lines, which the Germans previ ously had captured from them. The Germans on various sectors of the line are still hurling tons of steel against the British and French posi tions, but the Allied guns are every where answering them. Foch and His Reserves WhilE the present halt in the battle possibly may indicate the near ap proach of the throwing into the fray of the great reserve army which Gen. Foch has gathered, that such is the intention of the supreme commander of the Allied forces has not become apparent. It is not improbable, how ever, that at a meeting of the interal lied war council in Paris Wednesday measures having in view the turning of the tide of the battle will be upper most in the discussions. In all the various war theaters ex cept the western the situation remains relatively calm so far as fighting is concerned. All along the front in Italy reciprocal pom bardments continue. Serbian Gains In Macedonia the Serbians in the re gion of Mon tir again have entered enemy position and annihilated the garrison. They also have been suc cessful in repulsing an attack by Bul garians which had as its object the re capture of positions near Vetretsk. The Emperor-King of Austria-Hun gary is again reported in Swiss ad vices to be holding out the olive branch of peace-this time in the di rection of Italy. He :a said to have appealed to Italy to consider the prof fer in her own interests. French Take Locre London, April 30.-The French now hold the entire village of Locre, west of Kemmel, says the official state ment, from the war office today. During the night the British ad vanced their line east of Villers-Br tonneux, on the front before Amiens. In the vieinitr of Locre the Fre'ch by counter- attacks yesterday after noon and evening dIrove the Giermans from the remainder of the ground they had gained in 'the morning, The Germans, having been heavily repuls ed all, along the northern battle front, the night passed in comparative quiet. Ousted by French Paris, April 30.--In the sector of Noyon the Germans in attacks today made gains in adlvancedl French trench elements, but later were driv en .out, and the French reestablished their lines, according to the official communication issued by the war of.. tice tonight. In the .region of Hlangard thnre has been a violent bombardment. Only Local Fighting London, April 30.-"Except for lo.. cal fighting at (different points there has been no infantry actions today," says Field Marshal H aig's report fromn British headquarters in France to night. Early French Report Paris, April 30.--Heavy artillery fighting occurred last night north and south of the Avre, in the sector" of Neyon, and along the Oise, the war office reports. The statement follows: The artillery battle was waged with considlerable violence north and south of the Avre, in the sector of Noyon and on the south bank of the Olse. French patrols were active along all this front and brought back fifteen prisoners. "On the right bank of the Mouse (Verdun) front, and in upper Alsace German detachments were repulsed by our fire, leaving prisoners In our hands without obtaining any result. NATION'S WIRE SERVICE AT STAKE Telegraph Companies Are Locking Out Operators Belonging to Unions and the Question Comes Before National Labor Board Washington, April 29.-The first real test of the national labor board probably will come tomorrow in its treatment of the threatened nation wide telegraphers' strike. At the session this afternoon the board postponed discussion of the matter until the arrival of S. J. Ko penkamp, international president of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union, who is on his way here from Chicago and is expected in the morning. Meanwhile although the men have evinced their confidence in the justice of the board by pledging to await its action, reports from various parts of the country indicate that the West ern Union and Postal Telegraph com panies are locking out workers who are members of the union. Acting on these reports, notably from Birming. ham, Ala., and Atlanta, Ga., the cen tral labor union of the District of Co lumbia tonight passed resolutions in protest against the "un-American ac tion" of the telegraph companies in dlischarging men, "who are members of the union or even suspected of be ing members or sympathizers." Copies of the resolutions are to be sent to the president, secretary of labor Ind national war labor board. Mr. Konenkamp will appear'before the national war labor board tomor row at the invitation of the board itself in an attempt to prevent the tie- t up of the nation's wire service, hav- 1 ing telegraphed to Chicago for him. It is expected that Newcomb Carlton, , president of the Western Union Tele- t graph comlpany, will also appear. In addition to the telegraphers'it trouble, the threat of a strike of the t paper mill workers also was discussed I this afternoon by the board. It was I dlecided to suspend consideration of that matter until after the hearing of I the paper manufacturers before the federal trade commission which will t convene here tomorrow. -W-S- 5- C FORMER CONVICT SELLS W. S. S. r Atlanta, April 29.-Wearing a con- I vict's stripes and carrying a little shelf with foldng legal and a black leather traveling bay, W. A. East man, who has served terms ,n live different penitentinrie0, has l.een sell ing War Savings Stamps and 'Ihrift Stamps for several -lays on the streets of Atlanta. He has a revolving cap ital of $15 which he it-vests in 'Ihrift Stamps. As soon as he sells them he re-in vests the proceeds in more :tamps and I sells them again. Some days he turns ever his capital four or five times. "I have served terms in five peniten tiaries in this country," he tells the crowd, "but in spite of my servitude, which was imposed upon me as a pun ishment for crimes I had committed I I have enjoyed more liberty in the f United States than a law-abiding citi- P sen enjoys in Germany." 1 He carries a service flag with two e stars, one of which is gold star in 1 honor of a brother who has given his r life in the service, and the other a blue star for a brother who is in serv ice. After disposing of his stock of Thrift Stamps he gives out a little leaflet telling the story of his crim inal record and final conversion, and the crowds give him nickels and dimes for it, which he uses to pay his travel ing expenses. le is a traveling evan gelist who has been all over the coun try. -W-S-S MIR. WILFLEY, SENATOR FROM MISSOURI St. Louis, Mo., April .9.-Follow. ing the declination of Justice Walter Graves, of the seat in the senate made t vacant by the (death of the late Wil- a liam ,J. Stone, Governor Gardner to-.. lay offeredl the appointment to Xen ophon P. Wilfley, chairman of the v board of election commissioners of St. > Louis and. Mr. Vilfley tonight an- I nlounced his acceptance of the place. .Mr. Wilfley has been active in poll- a tics for a number of years and wYas one of Mr. Gardner's right-hand men in the campaign for the governorship. lIe held the place of chairman of the olection board through Governor ' Gardner's election. He is 47 year'i ld. t, GOTO( NOT TO'( CHANGE .APANESE P'OLICY t London, April 29.-The appoint-t mnent of .Baron Goto as Japanese for oign minister does not mean a change I in Japan's foreign policy, particular ly her friendly relations wi'th Russia, riccording to Tokio adlvices reaching the Pekin corresp~ondent of the Ex yhange Telegraph company.| b "There is nothing to report on the F remamd~er of the front." The text of the statement reads: s "The region of Hlangard was vio- a~ lentl y bombarded during the course of a the (lay. ei "In the Noyon sector a German at- si back resulted In a spirited engage- s ment. Our troops drove the enemy P !rom advanced elements where they tad taken foot in the first assault and n: reestablished their line. Patrol en- O :ounters occurited on the left bank of tI ~he Olso."o THE FOLLOWING W Atlanta, E. C. Horton, Manning, S. C. Ten thousand five hu which War Red Cross h to raise in behalf of th< Fund. Based on reserve ceiptS, population and p. Can you stand more? sacrifice. Please answe Div DVOCAI[S PLANTING OF MORE FOOD CROPS 111r. S. J. Smith, Manning, S. C. )ear Sir: We feel that cotton has been un luly depressed and that its intrinsic 'alue is far above the present New iork future quotation, and as we ad 'ocated sometime ago we now feel nore than ever that it is time that very one should give their co opera ion to the vigorous prosecution of the var and that the South especially hould raise such crops as are mostly ieeded. Therefore, we ask you to ike up with your local organizations md others, advocating that some of he present cotton acreage be plowed 1p and replanted with food crops, es ecially with corn, thereby raising ood crops which are so much needeI nd reducing cotton which apparent y is not needed. We further feel that unless some hing is (lone along these lines that ext season may see the Sonthein otton fields white with i-otton with to labor to harvest it and with the narket for same practically limited t( he consumption in this country. At he same time a great scar.-ity of ,rain exists and as we all- know grain s absolutely essential and needed for ur men on the battle front and our tllies to carry the war to a victori us conclusion. Again, we must not verlook the fact that grain and "od rops are greatly needed for home onsumption and as the South has lready been advised that the rail on(s are taxed to their utmost ca acity, the South may well under tand that transportation may not be xpected for bringing food from other ections of the country to the South or their conisumption. In the Staple cotton districts, it vould be well to eliminate the plant rig of all extra staples, as exp(.rt acilities are limited and the fine foods spinners in this country to a Arge extent are now working on gov rnment contracts for coarse goods, nd we may expect a further curtail ment of the fine goods production, as ve must first look to the clothing ,f ur men in the service, and furnish rig them other suppiies. Yours very truly, W. GORDON McCABE & CO. -W-S-s. '. M. C. A. 11I1' ORONSA SUNK Vas Torpedoed by U-Boat in English Channel and All on Board but Three Sailors Were Rescued -Ship Was Under Convoy London, April 29.-Thanks to the plendid behavior of all aboard and bie efficient rescue work, only three ailors are missing from the Y. M. C. .ship Oronsa. Capt. Hlobson, master of the Oronsa, 'as interviewed by the International oews ,Service correspondent tonight. le saidl: "I was on the bridge when we wvere ttacked. "The vessel swerved to oneC sidle andl gave the order to take to the boats. Ther was no paniic, no over-great eitement. Within five minutes the oats had beeni lowered andl filled. The )rpedlo struck the vessel Rift." Anierican survivors on their arrival tatedl that the submarine fired on penl boats. They expressed unqruali ile dlisguist over the inhumanity of ie attack. The Oronsa, a British steamer of ,075 tons, was torpedloedl near the nglish coast yesterdlay. The total number of persons on oardl the vessel was 265, including 10 passengers, five of them women. ixty Americans were aboard. They elonged to various Y. M. C. A. organ ations who wvere proceedling to rance. The Oronsa was under convoy. She ink within a brief period of time fter being torpedoed, but the bright loonlight and calm sea made effi ent rencue wvork possible. The Oron .was ownedl by the Pacific Steami lip compagy and hailedl from Liver Dol. Earlier cabled (dispatches gave the rime of the torpedoed vessel as the rissa, which is a steamer owned by ie British India Steamship company, G lnasgw IRE JUST RECEIVED Ga., April 30th, 1918. ndred dollars is the sum Ls appointed your chapter a Second Red Cross War bank clearings, postal re Ltriotism, is this too low? Ihis is time for patriotic quick. WICKS WAMBOLD, ision Camapign Director. QUEEN MARY'S HEARTENING MESSAGE TO BRITISH TROOPS London, April 29.--Queen Mary ha: sent the following message of confi. dence and hope to the brave British forces who have so valiantly defended the British lines with their "backs against the wall:" "TO OUR ARMY, NAVY AND AIR Force: "I send this message to tell every man how much we, the women of the British empire, at home, watch and pray for you during long hours these days in your stress and endurance. "Our pride in you is unmeasurable, our hope i.. unbounded and our trust is absolute. You are fighting in a cause for righteousness and free loin; fighting to defend children and women of our land from the horrors that have overtaken other countries; fighting for our very existence as people at home and acioss seas. You are offer ing your all, you hold back nothing, and (lay by (lay you share love so great that no man hath greater. We, on our part, send forth this message to you with our hearts full and our confidence unfaltering, in lives we hold most dear. "We too, are striving in all possible ways to make the war victorious. I know I am expressing what is felt by thousands of wives, mothers, when I say that we are determined to help one another in keeping our homes ready for the time of your glad home coming. "In God's name, we bless you and His hell) we will do our best." The message is dated April 20 and is the first mesasge of its kind to be sent by Queen Mary to the troops in the field. -W -s-s ''IIE FEEDING OF WAR 'RISONEIS The treatment of interned Germans m the United States is now being used by German propagandists in an effort to create unrest and dissatis faction among the Americrn people. Through their insiduous system of "grapevine" publicity, they are en deavorng to create the impression that the interned Germans are being fed on the fat of the land-that while the American people are being asked to save wheat, the German prisoners are being prodigiously fed on bread, pastries and cakes made entirely of wheat. Their campaign has been di rected largely to the rural districts and in some sections has aroused more or less dissatisfaction. The food administration has offi cially denied the truth of such ru mors. The Germans interned in A merican detention camps are being well fed, but there is absolutely no ground for a rumor that food is being vasted, or that conservation is not be ing practiced. All civiiain Gema Iprisoners are subject to, andI are lhe img madle to observe, all rules and regulations of the food admninistr'at ion. '1heir per capita consumpti on of wheat is held to with In I 1-2 potundsi per week. No commodity is wasted, although consumption' has not been and will not be redlucedl to ai poinlt that would threaten the health of the men andit the wvomen heldl at the dletentioni camp~s. The m.ilitary prisoners of wvar-receive the regular prison rat ion of the United States army. This is acc'ording to The Haguge convenition,. T he same requirement app)~lies to all1 other nations. A merican and allied prisoners in Germany must receive the garrison ra1tion ot the Ge(rman army. TH'JREE TiIMES AS MANY GERMAN PLANES F"AiLL L~ondon, /i pril 29.--Speaking in tihe house of commons todlay in the course of debate on the air budget vote, P're mlier Lloyd-George said he had every hope that General Trenchardl's serv ices may yet be retained in a posi tion of considlerable power in tihe Brit ish force. General Sir Hugh Trenchard re signed as chief of the British air staff on April 16, causing a miildl political sensation. Major Baird, parliamentary secre tary, said the quantity and quality of the British pilots were steadily inl creasing. The number of German machines- definitely seen crashing to earth, he said, was three and a half times as great during the present month as during April, 1917. CLARENDON CLUB ELECTS NEW OFFICERS The Clarendon Democratic Clulb met Saturday afternoon and the fol lowing officers were elected: F. P. Burgess, president. S. C. Williams, vice president. J. W. Wideman, secretary and treasurer. W. M. Plowden, executive commit teeman. Delegates elected to attend Coun ty Convention: Charlton DuRant. .J. M. Galloway. A. S. Briggs. The following resolutions were adopted: Mr. J. Harry Lesesne, our president for several years, having recently de parted this life, be it resolved,: 1st. That we have sustained the loss of one of our oldest and most de voted members and one of our ablest advisers. 2nd. That we deplore this great loss to our club and the Democratic Party of Clarendon County, and extend our heart-felt sympathy to his bereaved ones. 3rd. That a copy of these resolu tions be placed on the minutes of our Club. The Hood Resolutions Adopted Resolved: "1. That we heartily approve of the declaration by our government of a state of war with Germany and Aus tria-Hungary. and of the vigorous prosecution thereof by our country under the able and courageous lead ership of President Wilson. "2. That we heartily approve of the selective draft act by which our naval and n'ilitary forces have been re cruited and built up from every class of our citizens; and, in this connec tion, we declare our unswerving sym pathy with the governments of Great Britain and Canada in enforcing con scription-within their domains. "3. We bitterly condemn the mob bing of American soldilers and sailors by disloyal Irish people who have de clared their friendship for and sympa thy with Germany. "4. We heartily favor vigorous pro secution and adequate punishment for disloyalty of every character in our country. "5. We declare our unwavering sympathy with and support of our of ficers and men in every branch of the military and naval service, and in every service that is contributing to the success of our arms; and we have heard with admiration and patriotic fervor of the splendid and gallant service being rendered by our men on land and sea, and express our utmost confidence in their effective endur ance to a victorious end. "6. We express our unbounded ad miration for the heroic deeds and endurance of our country's noble as sociates who have borne with such splendid fortitude ant courage the horrors and brutalities of a war forced upon them, as upon us, by a ruthless and infamous foe. "7. We most heartily favor the prosecution of the war to a victorions peace by which the world shall be made safe for democracy and hu manity. "8. Resolved, further, That the del egates elected by this club to th' comnty convention are hereby in stru: ted to upport the adoption, of to's resolutions 1-y the county .so vention and that the delegates ete e d by the county convention to the S'atit a ni''ent ion oe irO rated to sutort these resol htionsi- i the State conve i t:on." SCHIEDUUL E OF TRHE FOUR-MlNl-TE1 SPEAK BS Team 1 is composed of the follow ing: Misses Lois Thompson. )ori. Harrine'au, Erin Mc ladd in, Mlaimie I larvin, Master-s Robert (Convers, Hur r-el Tindal, .Joe Bragdlon, William Ba ruiiieau; while team 2 is as follows: Misses P'earl Rawlinson,. Maryv Rigby, Sad ie Ridgill, Mary Hroughton, Mas teirs Nevelle Sprott, Jamnes Coskrey Alfonso DesChamps and Elbert Hlodge. IThe following is the itinerary of team No. I: Enterprise School-Thursday, May 9, at 41 p. in. AlIcolu,. Tlhursday, May 9, 8:30 p. in. Sardinia, Friday, May 10, 10 a. mn. New Zion, Fr-iday, May 10, 12 noon. T'urbevillec, lFriday, May 10, 41 p. mn. Itinerary of team No. 2. I tome Br-anch, Thursday, May 9, 10 a. mn. P'axville, Thursday, May 9. 12 noon. Pmiewood, Thur-sday, May 9, 8-31 p. im. .Jordalin, Friday, May 10 at It) a. mn. D)avis Station, Fridlay, May 10, 12 Summer-ton, Friday, May 10, 8:30 Jp. m1. At these meetings, everybodly in the community is expected, as the gr-owni folks wvill be ns much interest ed as the children. The teac!hers and trustees of the various schools are urged to give publicity to these meet ings and1 make a special effort to have a large attendance greet these young orators. The Red Cross drive starts oyt May 20th, and Clarendon's allotment is $10,500. This money must be raisedl by subscription, andl we hope the as sessment will be over-subscribed. Don't anybody stand back and think the other fellow should give more. Give your bit, as others are giving their lives. OVERMAN BILL PASSES SENATE BY GOOD LEAD Washington, April 29.-The Over man bill was passed by the senate to night by the vote of 63 to 13. All of the opponents but one, Reed of Mis souri, were Republicans. The vote follows: Ayes-Ashurst, Bankhead, Beck han, Chamberlain, Culberson, Fletch er, Gerry, Guion, Hardwick, Ilender son (N. M.) King, Kirby, Lewis. Mc Kellar, Martin, Myers, Nugent, Over man, l'helan, Pittmian, Pomerene, Saulsbury, Shafroth, Sheppard, Shields, Simmons. Smith (Ariz.), Smith, (S. C.), Swanson, Thomas, Thompson, Tillman, Trammell, Under wood, Vardaman, Walsh, Williams, Wolcott, Democrats; Baird, Borah, Colt, Curtis, Fall, Frelinghuysen, Hale, Jones (Wash.), Kellogg, Len rott, McCumber, McLean, McNary, Nelson, New, Norris, Page, Smoot, iownsend, Warren, Watson, Weeks, Republicans.-'T'otal 63. Noes-Brandegee, Cummins, Dil lingham, France, Gallinger, Harding, Johnson (Calif.), Knox, Poindexter, Sherman, Sterling, GutherlandI, Re publicans; Reed, Democrat-Total 13. Iarding's Objection to Bill Senator Harding, in speaking for his amendment, aroused the ire of Senator Overman, by anying that the purpose of the bill is "to cover up mistakes made by responsible officials since we got into the war." Senator Overman challenged this statement, calling upon Senator Harding to name any instance of graft or misdealing. -Senator Harding corrected his state ment by saying he meant the bill woulh enable the presiient to transfer functions from officials who had "fall en down," whereas the simpler riemc dy would have been to dismiss them from office. "If the senate is going to pass this bill with every suggestion of amend ment rejected, congress can only fit tingly transfer its functions of appro priating money and adjourn and go home," said Senator Harding. "I have always been a believer in concentration of power, but you can not have co-ordination unless you have participation, and the trouble with the government machinery has been a lack of participation by some de partments of the government--they have not been functioning at all. "If I believed it necessary to wir: the war, I would vote to make the gov ernment autocratic, but until I am convinced that such a thing is neces sary I beg to be excused from surren dering the functions of this body to create a smoke-screen for the retreat of our boasted popular government to a dictatorship. I am willing to go to the lint in granting war powers, but I have yet to be convinced of the nec essity of this bill. "If we had either the English or the French system in this country w-.* would have an entirely different sort of ministry at this time, and I am very sure that we would have cor. rected some of the things which are sought to be covered up by this bill." Senator Harding digresc'd to re peat a message he said the head of an important government department had sent to him in response to an in quiry in the matter of the housing ap propriation. The message ,vas, ac. cording to Senator larding, to the ef fect that this official hopes he would not, hear of the matter again. I Senator Overman demanded the name of the official in question ant Senator Ilarding replied that it was Mr. Eidlitz, who is in charge of the housing program of the department of abor. pie characterized the action of the official as insulting to a mem ber of the senate, but sail that so long as -ongr~ess is askedl to abrogate its dumties suich will be the opinion of its members hel by the PeopI(e. Senator tinard ing stiggestedi that if the president wvouhd come' a little clos e'r to conigress, there' wouhd be the nec essary (cIoodinat ion, anad it woul do miore' to a;rouse thew fighting spirt of the people than anything else. neply to Senator lIIard ing, an ar 1uet 5a preseted by Senator Borahm to the charge that passage of the' hilt wouild men the de(legat ion of congressional powvers to the president. Senatoir Borah cit ed the tori ff law of six years ago, wh ichm gave the pr-esi dent authority to suspenid the opera - tion of the law aga inst any country which iminposed on faii rates tupon im piort s from this country. The supreme c(ourt hmetl, he said, that this tronsfer oft ('gistlat ive power was not uncon st it utionat, and he a rguled that there was nothing in the Overman bill which wouldt be( in 'ontraivent ion of the con stitution. Senator- Overman challenged any one t~o point to any powers of congress which wyouild be abrogated by the pass age of the bill. This caused Senator Brandegee to rise hastily and ex claim: "I'll tell you what they are." "Name them," said Overman. "AllI of them," was Brandlegee's an swer. "But it (toes not make any dif ference," he added, "because the su premne court can stop it." Senator Varda man supportedl the amendment to excludte the interstate commerce commission from the opera tion of the measure. He said that the presidlent, "dlespite his great learning, is not capable of grasping all the mul tiplicity of problems arising out of this country's participation in the war."