The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, June 18, 1919, Image 1
OL X'XXIX MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1919.
IMPROBABLE THAT NUNS
WILL SIGN TERMS 1$
LATEST REPORT
Germans Especially Embittered Be
cause Delegates Upon Leaving
Versailles Were Attacked
by the French With
. Stones
CONFERENCE BEGIN TODAY
Tone of Document Declared to Be Ex
traordinarily Harsh and Insult
ing-German Synopsis Is ]
Brief.
Weimar, June 17.-(By the Associ
ated Press.)-The new Allied terms
reached here late last night and the
first apparent effect upon the German
leaders was that of depression. A re
port passed rapidly through the old
castle where the government heads
are residing temporarily, that the sign
ing of the peace terms by Germany
was highly improbable.
Every official and every member of
the foreign office aivailable expressed
the deepest pessimism and resentment
at the alleged cruelty of the terms.
The Germans were especially em
bittered over a report that a French
mob had stoned the helpless German
delegates at Versailles.
The secretaries who had remained
up in the hope of receiving some word
from Versailles were rewarded at 11
o'clock by a telephone call from Ver
sailles announcing the departure of
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau and the
other delegates with Allies' reply. It
was a moody and dispirited crowd that
heard -the telephone report in the cas
tle of the former Duke of Saxe We1
mar. The message read as follows:
The delegation has left 'on Weimar.
A brief view of the document Count
von Brockdoff Rantzau is carrying
reveals the following details:
The tone of the -locument is
extraordinarily harsh and insulting.
G --rmany bears all blame and must
in consequence be punished.
It cnn be glad if it comes out half
well.
'The conditions handed over are
those of an alleged peace of justice to
conform to the Wilson program. The
whole kfrm is extraordinarily rough
and overbearing. The original time
limit of five days has been by re
quest, extended by forty-eight hours.
This includes the three-day armistice
limit. The period of seven days ex
pires Monday evening at 7 o'clock.
'Concerning the contents there can
be said at this moment only that our
opponents grant us less concessions
than were mentioned in the Paris
newspapers of yesterday and today."
'The departure of the delegates oc
c'nrea Amid the shouts, hoots, and
jeets of a crowd which threw stones,
seriously wounding two delegates.
The crowd acted in the usual French
hoodlum fashion. The police made not
the slightest effort to stop the hood
umusnm."
Conferences Begin Today.
Weimar, June 17.--It was announc-1
ed German counter proposals would 1
be made available to the foreign cor
resb~ozdantsa today, but tvould not be
given to the Germani press until after
the Cabinet had held a preliminary
session to discuss the terms this morn
img.
.Count von Broekdloff-Riantzau is ex
pected to arrive at midnight. Full
Cabinet conferences will begin Wed
nesday.
ATTFEMPT AT RAPE
IN BARNWELL COUNTY
Barnwell; June 16.-An attempt
to rapte the daughter of a re
spectable white farmer living near
Renolds Station, in the Southern1
Railway between Blackwell and Elko,
was made Sunday afternoon by a ne
gr aed James Daniels. The young
woman eluded her assaliant and gave
the alarm. The negro was taken into
custody by a party,of white men who
telephoned Sheriff J. B. Morris to
meet them in Bliekville, which he did,
brirnging the would-be-rapist to the
Bairnwell- jail. Although - quite a
crowd had gathered at Blackville
when the sheriff reached there, no
effort was made to lynch the negro.
Hearing rumors of a projected
lynching been Saturday afternoon
She-iff Morris and his deputy, J.
Frank Grubba, carried Sarah Pompey,
the negro woman accused ,of shooting
a young white& girl in Allendale coun
ty l3st week, to the penitentiety In
Columbia for sate keenina
PAXVILLE ITEMS
Miss Hattie Herling who has been
eaching near Elloree, came home last
veek to spend the summer.
Miss Ethel Corbett is spending this
,veek with her sister, Mrs. G. C.
3eatson, at Wilson Mill.
Miss Mary Lee Cutter is visiting
ier grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
3urnett at Foreston.
Soldier Friendly Geddings, recent
y returned from overseas, came Sun
lay from Camp Jackson to spend a
ew hours at home. He expects to
-eceive. his discharge early this week.
Cards have been receievd here an
louncing the marriage of Miss Lor
aine Lathan and Mr. Brainard Per
;uson in Rock Hill on the 7th inst.
Mirs. Ferguson is a sister of Mrs. J.
V. Minis, Jr., and has visited here sev
,ral times. They will make their
)ome near Sharon.
Mr. Wiley T. Ingram, of the Priva
eer section, and Miss Tabitha Ged
lings of this community were quite
y married on Sunday morning, June
th, at the Bethel parsonage, by the
rev. William Haynesworth. They left
mmediately for Sumter where thev
>Oarded. the train for Asheville, N. C.
or a short tour.
Mrs. C. S. Curtis of Sumter, visited
"elatives here last week.
Mrs. F. S. Geddings nas returned
rom Winthrop College where she at
:-nded the short course in home econo
)m.X.
Items of local itcrest
Titehold Seleet Red Heart Cedar
shingles an- Red Heart Perfect Ced
er Shimwles both at $7.00 per 1000
Wv. P. LI:GG.
Died this morning in the Tourney
lospital, Sumter. Mrs. B. C. Morgan,
ige 27 years. The funeral will be in
the Manning cemetery tomorrow
no:i:ng at 10:30. The deccased w:as
I sister of Magistrate R. L. Ridgill..
In last week's issue one of W. P.
egg's locals read $10.00 advance on
hingles when it should have been
11.00.
FOR SALE--One farm, containing
182 acres, 79 of which are cleared.
Wloodland, good timber and heavily
wooded; one mile from town of Sil
rer; % mile from good graded school.
Faces on -Manning and Silver road.
.,an be bought on easy terms. J. F.
Biockington, Manning, S.' C. It. p
A pleasant party spending the week
it the Ehrich cottage on Pawley's
Island consists of Mrs. Leon Wein
Jerg, Mrs. R. E. Broadway, Mrs. Abe
Weinberg of Sumter. Misses Addie
and Irma Weinberg, Irma McKelvey,
and Torn Bagnal, Messrs. Sam Sprott
.R. Sprott, Jr., Mr. Forshee, Scott
Bagnal. The party motored down
2n last Friday and will remain until
Saturday of this week.
Deputy Sheriffs Gamble and Peevy
:f Clarendw passed through here
Monday morniig with one Joe Single
:on, colored, whom they caught near
Lake City. le was wanted in Clar
mndon on the charge of stealing a bi
sycle and watch. He had been living
n the Lake City section since the
irst of the year. 'The officers had with
.hem one of Gamble's famous blood
sounds, which. attracted considerable
attention.--Kingstree Herald.
The county Sh' Course for the
lub girls will be neld at Paxville on
Fune 26, 27, 28,
The women of the Home Demon
stration Clubs are invited to attend on
Fune 28th, which will be a day set
apart for their work.
Instructive lectures and demonstra
.ions by efficient State Workers will
ue given, so we can count on a day of
yrofit and pleasure.
All attending are expected to bring
lunch, which will be served on the
chool-house grounds at 1 o'clock p. mn.
Please every club try to se-nd as
inny members- as possible.
Mrs. S. 0. Plowden,
Co. Home Demi. Agt.
The Comnmunuit:, Swimiming I Club
vill open its swimming pool on Thurs
lay, June 19th. This is a nice natur
il pool with abundlance of fresh elean
vrater flowir.g through the pool all
he time. There is plenty of deep
rater for those that care to (live and
~wim, and a nice sandl bar of shallow
vater for those that are just learning
ow. This pool will be free to ladies
'nd the management assures thenm
hat gentlemanly conduct will be de
nandled at all times of the patrons.
rhis is not a money making proposi
ion but established for the benefit (if
he community. Season ticekts for
oys $2.00 men $3.00, can be secured
~rom Jno. C. Bagnal, R. C. Baggett,
s. W. Biarron, and Louls Broadlway.
)onationus to Clarendon
County Chapter, A. R.
W1rs. L. W. Nettles-............$1.75
kirs. C. P. Gable-............- ..-5.50
.aonymnous- . ... ..... ............1.50
surnerton Auxiliairy-.....-.157.88
~'axville Auxiliary --.. ....-118.87
IMPORTANT!
The lk.d Crosi. Work Roomn w111 be
losed on June 30th, for the Sum
ner months, therefore, It is most im
>ortant that all the work that is out
e finished and returned at once, as
ur .shipmnents must be made before
he koom is closed. I beg, most ear
iestly, that the work be sent in right
VirgrinSa Wilson. feetv.
:MEXICO PROT[STS S
ACAINST CROSSING
Mexico Considers It Violation, Says.
Carranza's Son-in-Law
Washington June 17.-Gen Candido'
Aguilar, President Carranza's confi
dential ambassador to the United
states, issued to the press today a
formal statement, declaring that "the
guvernment and pebple (of Mexico
consider as a violation of Mexican
sovereignty the crossng of United
States soldiers into Mexican terri- C
tory," and expressing the hope "that ii
the situation created by the latest oc
eurrences in Juarez will be satisfac
torily adjusted between the two coun- t
tries."
A copy of Gen. Aguilar's s.tement
was sent to the State Department, but
sI
oficials there said they did not r:gard r
it in the nature of a -formal protest
arA' that no reply would he made.
They added that no other communica
tion had been received from the Mexi
can Governnient regaerding the entry s
o fnAmerican forces i' to M iexico
disperse Villistas, who fired into El
Paso, Texas.
After the Amerieaa troops crossel fi
the international border Gen. Aguilar b
and Dr. Rojo the Mexican charge f
were invited to the State Department c
by Acting Secretary Phillips, who ex- h,
plained why the Amer!;an forces en- g
tered Mexico, and ga'v e assurances
that they would be withdrawn im
nmediately after their c..;ect h. ! been
attaim.d. c
It was understood that bot hof the
Mexican representatives appeared to i
be satisfied with the explanation, and
in the light of this it was assumed
that Gen.! Aguilar had sent his state
ment to the State Department merely
to keep the record straight. i
In this connection it was learned V
authoritatievly today that President U
Carranza never had assented to the i
agreement proposing that where ban- I
dits committed depredations in either I,
country the armed forces of that coun e
try could follow " a h-t trail" across
the international line. t
0- ----
LA BOR REFUSES TO
RECOGNIZE SOVIETS n
--- t
Atlantic City, N. J. June 17.-Amid
a general uproar, delegates attending s
the convention here of the American c
Federation of Labor today refused to
endorse recognition of Soviet Russia, b
although urging recognition by the e
United States of the "existing Irish o
republic" and voted against the gen
eral stride proposed for the Fourth it
of July in behalf of "Tom" Mooney, a
convicted in connection with the pre- 'T
paredness day bomb explosions in San s
Francisco. tl
Discussion of Bolshevism developed f
when the resolutions committee report
ed a resolution as ing withdrawal I
from Russia of Ameican soldiers, but c
refused to report others demanding '
recognition of Soviet Russia and lift- s
ing of the blockade of Russia ports. P
'The committee refused to endorse re- "
cognition of the "Soviet of any other 0
form of government in Russia until 0
the people of that country, by con
stituent or other form of national as- s*
semably, shall have established a truly e
democratic form of government." Ih
The denaite was said by veteran Ia- ~
bor leaders to have been the most bit
ter they had ever heard. It followed i(
rejection by the convention over the
strenuous protest of the radical group
of a proposal to change Americn La
bor Day from the first Monday in Sep- B
tember to, May I, "as a bond of affee- F
tion to unite all the world of labor in ,
to universal brtutherhood." g
Samuel Gompers, president of the e
federation ledl the fight against the ii
May Day resolution, asserting that.
American Labor Day was "a (lay for
American labor" and not a "political e
e'vent," as it was in Europe.
Numeror~s (delegates took part in thef
debate on Bolshevism. Peter Bollen- ir
batcher of the Pennsylvania State Fed- ~
eration of Lahor, pirotested against re- i
j(eetion of his resolution which called
for the lifting of the Rlussian block
.ade, declaring he had offertd it on
humanitarian grounds," to brintg
about relief of women and children, to
John P. Frey, of Cincinnati, delegate e
oif moulders, and chairman of the comn al
mittee, repliedl that organized labor ti
was going to Insist on recall of all ,
American troops from lRussia, but that
it could hardly favor sending food
the're, for fear the Bolsheviki would M~
get it insteoad of the wiomnen and chil- ~
dren. a
TRIK[RS [XP[CT
CLIMAX IN 24 HOURS
nion Telegraphers to Confer With
Samuel Gompers
WILL ABIDE BY DECISION
Western Union Claims Business Is
About Normal-Reported Pos
tal Operators Returning
Chicago, Ill., June 17.-The climax
the nation wide strike of Commer
al Telegraphers probably will be
'ached in twenty-four hours, union
aders declared tonight after a con
!rence at. general strike headquar
rs here.
A telegram was sent to Samuel Gom
ers, president of the American Fed
-ation of Labor, stating that the
rikers would abide by decisions
,ached at ccnferences to be held by
r. Gompers and other federation of
:ers and representatives of the tele
raphers union. At one of these con
'rences the question of placing the
rike situation before President Wil
n in a cablegram will be discussed.
Officers of the Order of Railway
elegralhers announced today that
fty per cent of the Western Union's
usiness had been affected by re
isal of railroad operators to handle
)mmercial business as a means\of
elping the strikers in their fight for
le right of collective oargaining.
Say Business Normal
This statement was refuted by offi
ers of the Association of Western
nion Employes who aeclared busi
ess was "normal" that only slight
convenience is caused by the action
f railroad operators and that reports
adicate the Postal Telegraph Com
any strikers are returning to woik
many towns.
A attempt by the Association of
'estern Union Employes to have the
rder of railway telegraphers rescind
istructions for refusal to handle com
icreial business was ended when the
.tter organization charged the asso
iation with being dominated by
'estern Union officials and charged
iat it. was not a union body.
Denounced by Officials.
Replying the association officials de
ounce( the attitude of the railroad
legraph leaders and declared the
disgruntled persons" directing the
trike do not represent the Commer
al Telegraph craft.
Union oflicials said that in a num
er of towns electrical workers parti
ularly telephone operators, had gone
n strike.
In northern and central California
is estima.ted 5,000 girl operators
nd 1,000 male employes a're affected.
hree thousand other employes are
aid to be involved in a strike of
ie telephone crafts in southern Cali
3rnia.
Charles P. Ford, secretary of the
iternation.l Brotherhood of Elcetri
1d Workers with headquarters at
pringfield, Ill., said the California
rikes were due to failure of tele
bone company oflicials to comaply
ith) Postmatster Ceneral Burleson's
rder !ast Saturday granting the right
collective bargaining.
S. JT. Konenkam p, international pre
(lent of the Comm tercial1 Telegraph
s Union of A merica, claimed "iat
bar bodies in .various parts of the
muntry werec pledging support to the
rikers andI that the number of men
Ie wvas steadily increasing.
D)IIGIHI,E TO CitOSS SEA
Washington, .June 17--The giant
rit ish dirigible Rl-34 will start from
ngland some.t i'me next Friday andI
ach Ilazelhurst. l~ong Island, the
Ilowing Sunday, according to pres
t plans as k:nown to British officialsq
~re.
Army an'd navy air craft will be
'nt to sea to welcome the British fly
and escort her to the mooring
aces.
Special radio communication bear
g on weather condItIons are being
at out for the pilots of R-34 to use
planning their voyage end the sys
mn will be 'gr--atly extenuded ap soon
the start !s madle.
Considerabl" concern is felt ovir the
fety of the vessel at this stage since
e giant gas bag is subject to many
mngers on ni sag the groundl. An
my detail of 1 .000 men wvill emard
e grounds during all the period
hen the ship is ftied there.
Mr. T.- M. Mouron of thet Blank of
aninince nnd T. M. Wella of the
omne Jlnnk and Trust Coh., left yester..
Ly to attend the bankera associ-ition
.Tvhen.
AFTER JUNE 30 NO
PERMITS ISSUED
Assistant Attorney General Delivers
Opinion in Reply to Inquiry
Columbia, June 16.--No permits for
alcoholic liquors in South Carolina
must be issued after June 30, accord
ing to an opinion issued this after
noon by Morris C. Lumpkin, assistant
Attorney General. The -opinion of
MIr. Lunpkin is based on a pamphlet
of instructions received by the inter
nal revenue department in Washing
ton. Mr. Lumpkin's opinion was
given to J. C. Davis, judge of probate
of Dillon County, who made inquiry
if permits were to be issued after
June 30, when the liquor ordered for
medicinal purposes. Immediately
Mr. Lumpkin took the matter up with
D. C. Roper, commissioner of internal
revenue. The opinion concludes:
"An examination of the pamphlet
referred to in the commissioner's let
ter discloses no provisions whatever
allowing an individual the priivleeg of
securing any alcoholic liquors for me
dicinal or other personal use. The
commisisoner refers to this, and calls
attention to the fact that to secure
non-beevrage spirits or wines, a per
mit must be obtained and a bond
given, and in the case of wines for
sacramental purposes, certain affida
vits must be made.
"You are, therefore, advised, that it
is the opinion of this office that after
June 30 the issuing of liquor permits
should be discontinued, as it is be
lieved that no delivery of such al
coholic liquors can be made under the
Federal law."
U[LS STORY OF
FRENCH MUTINY
Socialist Tells Story in Chamber of
Deputies
SEAMEN HOIST RED FLAG
Declare France Has no Right to Use
Them in War Not Voted
by Parliament
Paris, June 13.-An account of the
mutiny of seamen of the French Black
Sea fleet at Odessa in April was told
in the Chamber of Deputies last night
by Deputy Emile Goulde, a Socialist
During the trouble a red flag had run
up on the battle ship France.
On April 20, a zealous young offi
cer orderel a machine gun tired
against French soldiers and sailors
fraternalizing with the Russians and
several persons were killed and
wounded. After negotiations, the de
mands of the sailors were met and it
was agreed that they should not be
punished.
"The signal to clear for action was
given on the morning of April 19,"
the deputy said. "The men gathered
in crowds on the deck and refused
to disperse when ordered. Then from
the Battleship France arose strains
of the international revolutionary
hymn.
"The captain triedl to dliscuss the
matter with the sailors, who appoint
ed delegates to explain why the in
ternationale had been sung. One of
the delegates said:
'"The war we are being forced to
make against the Russians is uncon
stitutional. The minister has not the
right to use us for a war parliament
has not vote'd.'
"The captain informed the admiral
in) 'omTmand of the situation. The men
listened to the attempts of the admir
al to parley. They were respectful
in their attitude but. refused to obey
his orders and insisted they should be
returned to France'. The internation
ale was again sung in the evening
andl the sailors on other boats took
upl the singing.
"Thea red fhig was run up on Faste'r
morning besides the t ri-color. TPhe
work on the ships was carried out
regularly and the officers had full
)iberty.
"When the men were going ashore
on April 20 a young ensign, seeing
the sailors and Fren'ch soldiers fra
ternalizing with Rutssian men and
placed himself in front of the men,
stopping the firing. However, some
were killed and wounded.
"After four days of negotiattions
the admiral granted the demandls of
the delegates that theships should
return to France and that no pun
ishment should be enacted against the
men after their return."
No one wh-) obecrves the latest
hathing Buits ecn doubt that the gov
('rnment roqu1Irmm'rts or economy in
p naterhal has been enae1~. aaflloo'
PERIOD Of WAITING
NOW IN PEAC[ CIRCLES
Mr. Wilson to Visit Belgium While
Huns Consider Treaty
TEUTON IS DISAPPOINTED
Deep Pessimism and Resentment at
Weimar Over Alleged Cruelty
of Terms.
A period of waiting has settled over
the peace conference in Paris while
the Germans at Weimar are at making
up their minds whether to accept or
reject the slightly amended treaty
of peace handed them at Versailles
Monday.
While the Germans are discussing
the situation President Wilson is to
make his long promised visit to Bel
gium, and David Lloyd-George, the
British prime minister, will go over
the Verdun battle field. Both Pres
(lent Wilson and Mr. Lloyd-George are
expected to return to Paris Friday and
meanwhile it is anticipated that lit
tle work will be done except by the
various commissions upon which have
been imposed the task of whipping
into shape the questions unsettled be
twecn the Allies and Austria-liun
gary and other enemy countries.
Accounts of the reception at Weim
ar of the amended peace treaty and
the coevring note written by Premier
Clemenceau are to the effect that
there was deep pessimism and resent
ment over the alleged cruelty of the
terms.
A teelphonic message received at
Weimar from Versailles shortly after
the treaty and the note were placed
in the hands of the Germans charac
terized them as extraordinarily rough
and overbearing and declared that
the Germans had been granted smaller
concessions than they had expected
through the reading of unofficial fore
casts of the terms of the treaty.
At last accounts Berlin was in ig
norance of the terms of the treaty,
and although M. Clemenceau's note
was being received it was unlikely
that there would be delay in inform
ing the public of the stand of the Al
lies, owing to strike in the news
paper officers.
Unofficial reports vary as tco
whether the Germans will or will not
sign the treaty. A London dispatch
quoting a message from Berlin says
seven members of the German cabinet
are in favor of signing, but that the
other seevn are opposed to such ac
tion. A Paris newspaper asserts that
one of the German peace delegates
declared before he left Versailles for
Weimar that Germany would sign be
cause it was realized (lire conse
quences would follow refusal.
Considerable resentment previals at
Weimar by reason of the fact that the
German delegation on leaving Ver
sailles for Weimar was hooted by a
crowd of hoodlum and two members
of the delegation were struck by
stones. Premier Clemeaceau has writ
ten a letter of apology to the chief
German plenipotentiary. The prefect.
of the dlepartment and the police com
mission have been dismissed.
The council of five met Tluesday and
conside(red the clauses in the Austrian
peace treaty which have not b~een
handed to the " ustrians.
The Turkish dlelegation, which has
arrievdl in France to discuss Turkish
claims for mild treatment, was heard
by the council of ten. The main plea
of the Turks was that the Turkish
empire be not dlismembered, the claim
being put forth that the Turkish peo
ple were not responsible for the coun
try's entering into the war on the side
of the Teutonic allies. Premier Clem
enceau prom isedl to consider a memio
randlum on the question which is to be
presentedl by the Turkish grand ivzier
andl lated to make reply to it.
COU.NTEsS 'TO GO TO PRISlON
Mtallowv, I reland, .1 une~ 17.--(ount I
less Georgiana Markieviez, Sinn Ic;e
leader andl the only womran muem be
of the British Parliament, was sentene
edyto four months' im).prison~imnt .
orders in Cork, May 17..---The countess
Iwas alleged to have iM-'ited teraldes.
menrto bocott the police and to have
patcpated in an un lawful husemb1I
ly at (Cork.
Countess Markievicz, the leadliny
female figure of the Sinni Fein move
ment, was arrestedl at Dublin last Fri
day and taken to Co~rk under escort.
She was release-I fron;. 'rison early
this year afte-r having~ ben interned
in May, 19118.
Mrs. J. W. Moore and two sons are
viriting at the home of Mr. J. S.
Rideane