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* _ _ _ - - Section One ages 1 to 16 VOL. XL MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1920. GEN. BLISS CLAIMS SIMS. CHARGES UNTRUE Never Recommended Brigading American Troops With British Says Officer. INDIVIDUAL UNITS ONLY General Pershing's Original Orders as Commander Overseas Made Public Washington, March 23.-The con troversy started by Rear Admiral Sims' oriticisms of the Navy Depart ment's conduct of its war activities was broadened tonight by the entry o fthe War Department to deny some of the admiral's statements regarding the land forces. Gen. Tasker H1. Bliss, American rep resentative in the Supreme War Coun cil, not only denied categorically that he had recommended the brigading of United States troops with foreign armies, as testified by Admiral Sims, but declared "the truth is exactly the reverse." Gen. Bliss made his denial in a let ter to Secretary Baker, who trans mittedit, together with a copy of the original order assigning Gen. Pershing to command the forces overseas, to Secretary Daniels, and he in turn sent both on to Chairman Hale, of the Sen ate naval subcommittee, at the same time making all the correspondence public. Flatly Denies Charge. "Not only at no time did I make any recommendation for the brigading of American troops with the British army," Gen Bliss said, 'but the truth is exactly the reverse. The only times that I ever canie in contact with Ad miral Sims in Europe were while I was in London with the American mis sion (the so-called House mission) be tween the 8th and 22d of NovemtLer, 1917. During that entire time the idea of brigading or amalgamating Ameri can troops with foreign armies had not, as far as I know, entered the head of anyone, nor did I e'ver make such a suggestion, much less a reconinien dation." Gen. Bliss said he told the Supreme War Council that such a thing as per manent aialgamation of American units with the British or French would be "intolerable to American sentiment," which led the presiding of fleer, Mr. Cleenicecau, to declare that "this point was settled" and nothing was heard thereafter on.the subject. Individual Units. In Gen. Perslying's original orders as commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Forces, it was specifi cally provided that American troops were to operate, as individual units. Rear-Admiral Sims' statement Mon day emerning Gen. Blis' alleged rC ommendation was made in discussion by the admiral of the most effective manner in which the United States forces abroad. could have aided the Allied causes. Senator Pittman Demo crat, Nevada, read from an unsigned letter found in Admiral Sims' file urg ing that American troop~s passing through Great Britain be brigaded with the British forces. lHe called the document "British propaganda" and saidI it was part of an organized ef fort to prevent the formation of a separate American army. Admir al Sicns replied that while he had not written the letter, he objected to hav ing it called propaganda and said it was "pretty goodl military reasoning and what Gen. Bliss recommended." ARRESTED), TRIED AND) HIANGED [FOR MURDER IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS Augustine, Texas, March 23.--Pre vious Texas court records involving the death penalty probably were brok en here today when John H-ood Price, a negro, was hanged for the murder -of John Kennedy, a farmer, less than twenty-four hours after his arrest. The negro was captured at 4:30 p. m. lie was quickly indlicted by a special grand jury and a trial jury i medlately' sworn in. A night ses sion was held In county court and the negro sentencedi to death. At 11 o'clock today 200 persons visited thce hanging of Price in the court house square. Kennedy wacs killed at home here March 18 by two charges from a shot gun fired through a window. Price and Kennedy-- had quarreled the clay WHAT OUR COUNTY " fARMERS AR[ DOING Mr. H1. C. Cousar of Jordan has a fine six acre Bermula pasture. By having this permanent pasture Mr. Cousar can raise a much larger num ber of cattle and hogs, and he has some fine hogs too, than he could if he had to depend on a swamip or tem porary pastures. Clarence Poe in the Progressive Farmer says, Livestock 1 and pastures are inseparable. you can't have one and not the othei if you are in business to make money. D.- Marion Evans over neal Work man has a fine Hereford bull and that this bull is making himself popular in that section is easily seen for there is a large number of white faces over there since Marion bought him. Men buy purebred sires and stand them for the use of their neighbors are valu able men for their neighborhood, coun ty and state and people who live in the neighborhood of such men are for tunate for they can cone in daily con tact with these builders of the live stock industry and in time will un conciously put into use better methods of breeding and raising livestock. $325.00 is offered in prizes by busi ness men of Manning to the three boys clubs which will be conducted in Clarendon this year, most of which has been offered by Mr. C. I. Sprott of the Manning Oil Mill. Sixteen prizes ranging from $35.00 to $5.00 are offered and Mr. L. L. Baker, State Leader of Boys Clubs, says this is the best set of prizes offered in any coun ty in the State. Now we want to see a large number of boys join these clubs and show the people of the State that Clarendons boys can do bet ter farming than the boys in any, other county. Iv another article in this paper these clubs are described and the prizes listed. Parents talk it over with your boys and send in the blank provided, properly filled in. J. Elbert Davis near Davis 3tation, who is putting iii a dairy herd this s;ipring is also planting all his corn with velvet beans. Ile is also having his share croppers and renters do the same and has bought the bunch velvet bean for them. These not only fur nish a great amount of feed for his cows but help to keep up the fertility of the soil. Mr. Davis accompanied C. A. McFaddin, District Agent, to Darlington last Saturday where they attended a purebred Guernsey cattle sale. Mr. Davis will soon have the material on the ground for his barns, silo, etc. Farmers near Manning should not forget that there is a cooperative canning factory in Manning which we want to keep running at full capacity this summer. We want string beans, tomatoes, okra, and all kinds of fruit' to can. We will can on shares, buy' your fruit or vegetables outright, or can all you have for yourself for a certain percentage. Farmners within a radius of eight imiles of Manning wvill timid the canning factory a priofitable mai'ket for their fruit and vegetables. The factory can use almoest any anmount so plant anm acre 01' half acr'e more than you need for home use this year' and bring thle renmaindei' to the cannery. The Biradhanm Duroc Fam has pur chased Ira .Jackson's herd boar for. a vei'y large cons idtera.t n. Iria JFack son is ranked as the leadling D~uroe breedler of the United States and the fact that Bradlham's have purchaseda his herd boar' means much to the far-< mler's and breeders of Clarendon coun ty ,the State, and the South. It< means that right here at our dloomr can be found the best bred hogs in the South. The LUradhiam Brothers say since they are breeding~ Dar'oes they, might as well breed the best and it looks as if they are. A. M. Musaer, County Agent. GF/TTING RtEAD)Y FOR WVAR < Copenhagen, Marebh 23.-E-Fsthonia and Livonia, two of the former Rus sIan Baltic provinces, now irdependlent nations, are preparing for wvar, says< a dispatch to the Blerlingake Tidende: from Kovno. Concentration of tkoo1ps ini large I numbers on the frontier is reported. Great Britain has tried unsuccessfullyt to mlediate the dispute norm bundary. 1APPENINGS OF 26 YEARS AGO larch 28, 1894. Alr. E. P. McLeod returned home rom Florida yesterday. Col. Ht. L. Benbow is quite sick at us home near 'Aummerton. Mr. Clarendon Barron returned iome this morning from the Charles on Medical College. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Thomas and !hild of Florence, visited the family )f Mr. F. C. Thomas last week. Miss Jessie McLean of Red Springs, S. C., and Miss Boyle of Patterson, 9.. J., spent a few days last week nisiting the family of Mr. Joseph 3prott. The cold wave struck Manning yes ;erday morning and played havoc with ,he gardens. Dr. L. W. Nettles of Foreston, has ieen appointed a member of the State Medical Board. Last Friday two large swarms of >ees were taken at Mr. J. B. Iludnals )lace just over Black river. Last Monday night a certain man n town was forced to pick up his bed md walk in order to find warmer juarters. We have on our table a head of oats :aken from Mr. R. C. Gayle's field near Pin'woorl. The head is seven inchw.' *n length and well filled out. Mr. [Dayle has ten acres just like it, but le does not propose io show it up to Lhe candidates when they come around ioliciting votes this summer. lie banters the county on an oat crop. A Council Suggested. Intendant-I. I. Bagnal. WarId ens --l. 0. Rieh ard-Isonl, Louis Levi, W. C. Chandler, .1. II. Rigby. Dispensary Report. Following is the report of the Man nling Dispensary for the month of February: Gr'oss Sales .. . . -..$l,351.90 Cost at Invoiwe pricve! 1 03.1.52 Gross profit $317.38 Expenses ..-.-.-........5.60 Net profit to towin and county.$211.78 -A LLEN .\leFADDlN WVITI 110ME HANK AND TRUlST CO. Mr. C. .\ . McFaddin who has been miployed by the Agricul turI'al D)e part ient for elevel years in its demon0 itration work, and who, for several vears, has been in charge of all the wvork in fifteen Counties as District Director, has resigied his position ill Wder to acept a similar position or Fered hill by the Ilome Bank & Trust ompany, to work among its custo ners in this County. This Bank realizes the ianger to the msiness interests of the County that S imillediitely ahead of us and de ires to to everything possible to aid ts customersA ill pre'pa ring for the m1ergevncy. Mr. McFaddin's service,; will he nitirely free. VATERi AND PONWER PLAN'T Mlonroe, La., Mahirch 23.-Fire early olay destroyed the municipal water ndl power. plant, placedl the city with >ut fire pr'otctionl and p~ut nlewspaper' tndl othler indcustiries diependcenit onl (lee rical pow~er' out of business. Wa'uter' vill be pirovided .today, but it was 'st imlatedl it woultd be months before lectrical power coul a( :ga in be mtanu.. acturedl locally. TO) GUAR(ANTEB IN(RE~AsEs Madrid, Mar'. 23.--The government n orderl to teri'n ate thle tailrtoadl tri ke, piroplosedI ton ighit tot gnuaran1 e' the inI~icrases ini wages demianded0( yV the meni, iand it is conisid'eed hiigl y probable that the railroads will eturnu to wvork tomorriow. Tlhe gov' rnm ent has 1)rom1isedl the comipaniiies ) (10 everything in its power toi se ure't the piassage of the bill providinlg 01r inicreasedl rates. SOME WILl) CIIARGES Macon, G;a., Mari. 23.--"The league f nations is a league of treason,' (e.. 'laredi Seniator' James A. Reed of Mis ouri in an addriess at the city hall uditorium her'e tonight beforea rowdl estimated at 1,500 perIsonis. The etnator1 attacked the caiididlacy of Pal ner', for upholding the bresent adin..lii Itration, and he attac'kedl Presidenlt V ilson , charging thiat "'he is try ing' to iiver' this countiry to the house of for'gan and1( the nations of Eur'opi." Senatoir Reed wvas intlroduced by "ormtuer Congr'essmlan Char'les . lartlett, and he was aecompjaniedl toi his city fr'om Atlainta by Former benator' Thomna w Iloaide. BOYS' ACRICULTURAL CLUBS ORGANIl[D There will be three phases of Boy's Agricultural Club Work conducted ini Clarendon County this year, viz., Pea nut Club, Cotton Club, and Pig Club.! The Peanut club and Cotton clubs are something new and have been added to the list of Club activities mainly DI account of the presence of the boll' weevil. The Peanut is getting to be one of! our most valuable crops and one that is well adapted to most of the soil of Clarendon county and if the boys en tering the Club will carry out instruc tions as to selection of plot, )rel)ara tion and fertilization of the soil with propcr cultural methods there is no reason why they should not succeed in making a good crop and getting handsome returns for their labor, be sides they will gain much infornia tion that will be of great value to them in their farming operations in the years to conic, as there is no doubtI that the peanut hereafter will enter very largely into our farming opera tions as one of the money crops. The Cotton Club is also a new phase of Club work and is introduced for the purpose of teaching and training the boys in the proper methods of grow ing cotton under boll weevil condi tions. The boll weevil is here to stay; and if cotton is to be grown in the future new methods must be worked out and put into practice, such as work in this club will do. This also furnishes the boy a splendid oppor tunity of making money for them selves. The Pig Club has been organized in Clarendon county for several years and has done fairly good work but we want to see more boys avail them selves of the opportunity of learning how to raise purebredl hogs at ia pro lit. In combating the holl weevil livestock plays a very important part and swine raisin!g is one of the best and quickest ways of making money from livestock as well as keeping up the fertility of the soil. In order to encourage the boys to enter tihese Clubs and in doing their best the following prizes have been offered and will be awarded according to the oflicial rules go(ve-rning each phase of the work. P'eanait Club. C. R. Sprott, President of the Man ning Oil Mill Company offers as first pr1ize $30.00, second $25.00, third $20.00, fourth $15.00, fifth . s10.00, sixth $5.00. Cotton Club. C. R. Sprott, President of the Man ning Oil Mill Company offers as first prize $30.00, second $25.00, third $20.00, fourth $15.00, fifth $10.00. Pig (lub. The Manning Board of iralle of fers as first. prize $25.00, second $20.00, third $15.00, fourth $10.00, fifth $5.00. The Bradhai Duroe, Farm offers an additional prize of $10.00 to each of the al)ove prizes. There will also be valuable State prizes offered in each oif these Clubs for wvhich the members will have the opportuniity of cont esting for. All white boys in Clarendon county be twt en the ages of ten and e .ghteen J amy 1 st.. 1920, are eligible for mebrhp ini onei or all of thiese' (ubs. lboys desi ring to .ioin any onie :r mor~,e of thlese clubls should fimll in aid e mlt out the blank helowv:mu and mit to A. M . Mu osr, County Agent, Mn ning, S(. C. Mr. A. M-. Musser, \fMnninig,. S. C. D)ear Sir: I dlesire to enroll in the followiing C'lob: l'ennut . -. -. . . . Pig------- -.- . Club.j My name is - - . . My address is . . . . R. F. D). _.- --. l'ather or Moth(er's nameW - . Sometime (luring the Tatter part of. A pril all those who hove .ioinedl or sent in their names to onme or more of1 hese clubs wvill be invitedl to Mann ng for instructions andl to attend ai uncheon which wvill be given them by he business men of Manning. San i Francisco, March 23.--Mental rresponsibility as a result of being assedl in France was pot forwvard in estimiony hy Mrs. E. V. McGinnis, o st. L ouis, today, pleadiing for the ac pital of her husband, a former army aplltain, charged with bringing his tenograp)her' to California in viola ,ion of the Mann Act. NORTH[RN LIGITS KICKING UP lHEELS, Aurora Borealis Goes on Spree. BAD NIGHT FOlR WIRES Pelegraph Companies Get Competi tion From Skies and Finally Succumb for Time. New York, March 22.-Autora bore alis was attacked tonight with spring fever. lie kicked up his heels, danced all over the sky and put telegraph wires out o" commission from the At lan ic Seaboard to the Far West. The wire chief at Western Unioin lica quartel.; tried' to take patents pul " but reuported that company had no ir3truments strong enough to neasure the voltage in the eled"rical 'urren which ;we .t across thc heav 1ns. Nat.re's sky larking in th northlni made telegraphy an imtpoa sibility for 15 minutes-a record in this vicinity---nd cause(d a flurry in newspaper offi-es all over the country, when ewis we.tward hound was held 1up. There were interruptions in tele garph service early in the evening, but the complete tic up came at 9:45. By 10 o'clocl: Western Union reported it was beginning to recover some of its circuits, but a realignment or hal ancing was necessary. The American Telephone and Tele graph company which also reportedI its telegraph service was completely demoralized, said the northern lights had not interrupted its local or long distance telephone service. Cable ter minals were hard hit, while wireless apparatus waged an unequal fight against nature for command of the air There will be many a :.-tiff neck in New York tomorrow. Men, women, and chil(ren elevated their faces 45 degrees t. miss not a flash of the free electrical dlisplay. The encyclopaesiin lists various types of the phenimenon -ares, ray bands, curtains and cor onas---anl there were star gazers to he found whlo solemnly swore they hmd defectedl each type. Night hMwks sat. like the stre'ts or perched syserapers until well towarid mi(lnight, staring at the heavens. Riversile Drive and1 the parks were crow(lel until a late hour '.while along Broadways natures light defeatedI electric sitglns for supremacy of inter (St. Washington, Alar. 22.--The aurora hi-ao:'lis w.!s visible inl tle for South tw , inl ome seitior the electr i cal display hiaving been seen for tile first time inl years. in Columbia and (*hr'Son. S. C., the northern lights were seen oistinetly andif lontgomery' Aha., and cities inl Tennessee rporlti a reomarka ble exhihition. 'IlIroughout Norti Cirona ml Vir ginaiam great hands of 1liht flashed across thle ski es andl ini Wash ingtoin the dlispmlay had the applearalnce of beanms from great searich lihts. The elect rical d ischarege playedI i hvol with wire coinmunicaition thrioughout the South fromi eally in the even intg until shortly hefore midnight, the onily lines escaping with iminoir interrup tions bieing those southb a long thle coast. ICESUl.TS IN D)AMAGEs Spartanburg, Ma rch 23* Fire here early today, originat inig it is believed, from spontaneous combustion, dlid con sidlerable dlamiage to the plaint of the Spartni Grain and Mill company, sit uatedl in the warehouse (if the Pied mont & Northern railway on Spring street, and for a time thireatenedl the extensive structure. The principal loss was in wvater damage to the stock ii ffeed anid grain stored in the build ing. Oflicials of the company said their loss wasi covered by insurance, I but they were unable to estimate its extent. TIhe building was not greatly 1 damiaged. MAY REMOVE L~lIUOl Parkersburg, WV. Vam., Mair. 23.----i riuor may be removed by the owner from his home ini West Virginia to his new permanent reCsidlence ini another state, according to a ruling handed lown here today by Charles Lively, fedrlarl nPnihiitinn (lirneor. #ILL ABANDON COAL PRICE CONTROL 'resident Issues a Warning Agaiinst Profiteering FOlR A JOINT CONFElthNU 'artial Absorption of Increase to. Aliners Expected Will Now Be Iermitted. Washington, March 23.-With a Vai-ning against proitcering, Presi lent Wilson today ordered abandon nent of government control over bitu ninous coal prices an asked min era umd opera to's to negotiate a new ser-king agreement onl the basis of the iajority report of the conA strike set l0am1ent commission. The President ordered termilina ion :f price-conitrol oin April 1, yhen the v.ooknig greuamnent btcomes etfteci ive,. ' wil perniit, at least, partial ab tici in coat p-vs of 'ie iner--ase S :ic "A' v:. ge, e- tablishec A :wenty-seven per cent I . the corm lis iion's majority report. The increase n wages, the cor-.mission estimatecd, Avill entail an Added annual cost of. 200.000 111,' and includes the four !een ,L cent increase awarded the mi: ers i settlintr the recent strike. No Unreasonable Prices. The operators, however, were re minded by the President that unrea sonable prices must not result from the relinquishment of price-cotlrol and the addition of increased wages to their expenses. The date of the joint conference of operators and miners to formulate a niew wage agreement had not been set tonight. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, while awaiting a conference with ofi c'('cs of his unioni on the matter, is-. sued a statement saying that the mnn CrS weTe teady anld willing to pa rtici pate in a meeting with the op ra. tLors. Iteports lade Public The. majority and minority nsr. 01th coal colmi iss ion also were malde lI die at the Vh ite lioce and borth were included by the I're'sidetit inhi! letter to the oper:tors and miers Notwithstanding the lack of mom ity inl the com mision's finding the President sad it ws to he assumed the two groutps voulil regni.1 i'I nmjority award :s hinding-. -hu. m1 inlority report wo dd bei laid befoc them, he said, ft telie guidalme in reachi .1g an agreer lt. Thiii' 11Pr-ich-nt itn :est-icting comrl o). -ver. pricus rester Ituhe tuel :tuation so far hituin illous is ecncerned to le status existing c prior to Novenmber I. when the bituAinou Ms mi net's wem. )ut ic a nation-wide s:trike. The execut'ive lrder. however, w icot affect tle Tide Water Coal lm hliange wh ich was re-establ -hed F ehruary -.7), and( which anrb x port of coalc. I1) A NSW El MIINE WOfl(h llS TIONI(;iir Newi'. York.i larchl 28. Thle anthrI, a ite micng cpcractorcs ccotitih'i the mine. worckercs latde tcodayV that they wouldi reply t omiotrrown n ight at 8 o'clock to he propolccI of thei coal dIiggers toc re' cnain at wcock aftecr .A\pril , piendling wcgctiatimns oif al new wage aiinne nietnt, "prov~\id incg thecc oper'tatot's agree o cimke at* ny wacge awacrd retroac't ive cc that date.'' n lc'ss at necw wage augrceemetis e'ached'c by A. pr-il 1 , wihien the present. 'cntracitt e'xpiries, thle' repl y (if the ani hiracit e opcetatot's wiltl detetrmmeuc she t her thetre will be a sospiensiocn of vcork inc the hard'c coatl re~g icn after hat da t e. Thli general scale ccmi t c'i cof t he miin'et's, by viritual ly a on mitmouts vote todcay, dec id ed t ha t they voubttll not remtlainl in the mines at the 'xpirat ion of the pre'csenit agr'(eemeint tmless the emloy(ers agr'eed to make my wage a warid retrtoact ive. Bill .1 01.ONG STlANDIN G Richmcondl Va., March 23.---At the' Ieaintg today of the West V irginia~ lebt 'ommniiss ion, Col. - Joseph Huttton >resenutedl a claim for $50,00 whiich he 'onltendis is his salary ats clerk of the 'ommniission for 21; years. The hearings wer'e hel before Roh it E. Scot t, spec-ial commnissioner aml lie entire day was devnotedl to~ hea ring he te'stimlony of IH. TP. Wiekham, otne f the commiissioncers. The latter cld thcat in hcis best judlgment the umn left aftetr all debts carie paid, he lividled among the holders of cer-tifi atoes alccord(ing to the interest they unvy have in the case