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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23

about the enemy for the general
staff. This is the work that the mill
tary men always have said would
prove of the greatest service il con-
nection with the use Of the aero
plane. In what conflicts they have
had with German aviators, the Brit
ish flying men, according to Field
Marshal French, have established
individual ascendancy" and. he adds,
something in the direction of mas
terry of the air already has been es-
tablished."
This is particularly gratifying to-
Britons, as England was one of the
last powers to 60 seriously into the
development of aviation, and the
government has been severly criticiz-
ed for not giving it more encourage
mest,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
TAKES SHORT REST.
wills on Works White on Rest Trip 10
New Hampshire.

President Ni:..:E got do.;n to
work within a tew minutes after b!s
arrival at Cornish, y. H., Sa: day.
despite the fact ttat he was srrpos-
ed to be on 4 vacation. He read re-
ports from Washington tellilr Of op-
position to the war tax measure anG
the statement by A. Rustem Bey,
Turkish ambassador, explaining his
previous statements about the Amer
ican press. Mr.. Wilson. during the
day. showed himself thoroughly at
home among the New England peo-
pie. At Battleboro, VT, he mingled
freely with crowd, talking to many
persons.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
CARRANZA HEARD FROM
PORT AT VERA CRUZ HAS NOT
BEEN ORDERED CLOSED.

No Federal Soldiers Have Been Shot
for Peace and Harmony Prevail
Throughout Constitutionalist Zone.
Rafael Zubaran, Of the Mexican
Ccnstitutionalist agency at Washing
ton, announced Saturday night the
receipt of the following message
from Gen. Carranza, first chief of the
Constitutionalist forces, on condi-
tions in Mexico:
"The alarming reports that you
have brought to my attention as cir
culating in the United States as
Mexican news. have no foundation.
The report that a number OF police
men were shot in Mexico City is un-
true. What actually occurred was a
street brawl between policemen and
carousing Constitutionalist troops.
The affair was handled with no diff
Guilty.
Not single Federal officer has
been shot.
1.-The decree revoking, the order
promulgated by the governor of the
Federal District and its military COM
mandant in regard tc the occupation
of private property and the formali-
ties requisite for arrest does not
mean that we intend to wrest from
the people their personal and proper
ty rights. The action was taken as
a temporary measure.
1T is not true that the port OF
Vera Cruz has been closed.
Peace and harmony prevail
throughout the zone controlled by
the Constitntionalists, which covers
practically the entire republic.
Exaggerated reports relative to
Zapatista activities are unfounded.
"The Constitutionalists are work
ing amicably together to establish
permanent peace and a stable gov
ernment. All reports as to division
in our ranks are false:
"Gen. Villa is working in perfect
harmony and genuine subordination.
By reason of his laudable and patri-
otic attitude and in view of his high
merit I have just promoted him to
the rank of division general.
"a large Constituionalist force
was dispatched to the Isthmus Of
Tehauntepec. l have recalled 5000
of these troops because conditions
now are peaceful.
"The stability of the new govern
ment is fully guaranteed by the sup
port of an army OF 10000 men, ami
mated with a spirit of patriotism -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
HAS PEACE OFFER.
United States Sends Message to EN-
peror of the Germans.

peror of the Germans.
The knowledge that Emperor Will
liam for several days has been con-
sidering a message from the United
States government, inquiri1g in ef-
feet if Germany desired to discuss
peace measures, set official and diplo-
matte Washington on the alert for
possible exchange of peace terms be-
tween the belligernts. No reply
from the emperor had reached Wash
ington up to a late hour Sunday
night.
Notwithstanding vigorous state
ments through official channels last
week that Great Britain, France and
Russia would not make peace until
they had decisively defeated Ger
many, it was admitted in many quar-
tiers that favorable answer from
Emperor William to the American
governments inquiry might change
the situation. Such reply, it was
agreed, would set the machinery for
peace-makin in motion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
COTTON IMPORTS LARGER
MORE BROUGHT INTO THIS COUN-
TRY THAN LAST YEAR.
Census Bureau Report Shows Great
Decrease in Staple Used Since Eu-
ropean Struggle Began.

The effect of the European war on
the cotton industry has been disclos-
ed in the Census Bureaus August
cotton consumption report, showing
that during August only 21,210 bales
were exported while during August
last year 257,172 bales went abroad.
Great Britain took only $3.50
bales this August while last year she
took 77,488 bales; Germany took
only SO bales against 72,92S a year
ago, France took only five bales
against 52,933 a year ago; Italy took
1,546 against 1865 year ago, and
all other countries took 1927
against 40,255 year ago.
The supply of cotton during the
year of 1914, which ended August 81,
was more than 100000 bales. The
exports for the year amounted to s.
914,548 bales, the domestic consump-
tion 5,577,S64 bales and the quantity
on hand August 81 was about 1924
265 bales.
An extraordinary feature of the re-
port was the fact that more cotton
was imported during August than
was exported by the United States,
which last year supplier almost ap-
proximately 81 per cent. of the
worlds cotton. Imports were 27,0S7
bales against 1855 last year and for
the II months 2S0,29O against 227,-
645 a year ago.
The Census Bureau report shows:
Cotton consumed during August
was 3S4,205 bales exclusive of lint
ers, compared with 492,350 in Au-
gust last year. Consumption for the
II months ending August 81 was s.
577,S64 bales against 5,4S3,321 last
year.
Cotton on hand August 81 in man
ufacturing establishments was ST.
40S bales compared with 717,704 a
year ago and in Independent ware
houses 546,s57 compared with 467,-
902 a year ago.
Cotton spindles active numbered
30.349,902 against 30,602,2S2 year
ago; linters consumed 24,6S4 bales
against 26,630 a year ago and for the
II months 306,291 bales against
303,009 last year; on hand in manu-
featuring establishments 73,349 bales
against 60,454 year ago and in in
dependent warehouses 30,521 against
27.37S year ago; Hnters exported
8S5 bales and for the II months
259,SS1 bales.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
TELLS OF BREAK OF WAR
BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE TELLS
OF NEGOTIATIONS.
Asserts That Russia and Austria
Were Almost Made up When Ger
man Sword Appeared in Scale.

man Sword Appeared In Scale.
The British foreign Office Wednes-
day night issued in the form of a
White paper the report of Sir Maui
rier D. Dutzen, late British ambassa-
dor at Vienna, on the rupture of dip
lomatic relations with Austria, in
which the ambassador declares that
Austria and Russia had about reach
ed an agreement of the Austro-Ser-
Wan dispute when their conserva-
tions "were cut short by the trans
fer of the dispute to the more dan
gerous ground of a direct conflict be-
tween Germany and Russia
The ambassador says that al
though two days previously he had
refused to consent to the continu-
ance of the conversations at St. Pet
ersburg, Count Won Berchtold, Aus
troll Hungarian minister of foreign af-
fairs, on July 80, although Russia
had been partially modified, agreed
in a friendly manner that the con-
yersations should be continued.
From now onward" says the am
bassador, 'the tension between Ger
many and Russia was much greater
than between Austria and Russia, as
between the latter an arrangement
seemed Almost in sight, and August
! I was informed by Count Schebe-
ko, the Russian ambassador that
Count Szapary (Austria naTbassador
at St. Petersburg) at last had con.
ceded the main point of issue Dy an
nouncing to NJ. Sazonoff, the Russian
foreign minister, that Austria would
consent to submit to mediation the
points in the note to Servia which
seemed Incompatible with the main
tenance of Servian independence.
IN. Sazonoff had accepted this
proposal on condition that Austria
would refrain from actual invasion
of Servia. Austria, in fact, had fully
yielded, and that she herself at this
point had good hopes Of peaceful
issue is shown by the communica-
tion made to you on the 7st of Au-
gust by Count Mensdorff (Austrian
ambassador at London) that Austria
had neither changed the, door on
compromise nor cut off the conver-
sation.
Count Schebeko to the end was
working hard for peace. He was en-
ploying the most conciliatory Ian
guage to conyer Won Berchtold, and
he Informed me the latter, as we'll as
Count Forgach, had responded in the
same spirit Certainly it was too
much for Russia to expect that Aus
tria would hold back her armies.
But this matter probably could have
been settled by negotiations, and
Count Schebeko repeatedly told me
that he was prepared for the accept
ance of any reasonable compromise.
Unfortunately these conversations at
st. Petersburg and Vienna were cut
short by the transfer of the dispute
to the more dangerous ground Of
direct conflict between Germany and
Russia.
Germany intervened July 81 by
her double ultimatum to St. Peters
burg and Paris. These ultimatums
were of . kind to whicL only one re-
ply was possible, and Germany de-
clared war on Russia August 1 and
on France August 8.
"a few days delay in all proba-
bility might have saved Europe from
one of TIE great calamities in his
tory"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
II PASSENGERS DROWN
TRAIN RUNS INTO CLOUDBURST
FALLING INTO STREAM.
While Creeping Along Slowly Engine
Creeps Over Sagging Track, Which
Gives Away.

Twenty-seven persons were drown
ed early Tuesday when St. Louis &
San Francisco westbound passenger
train plunged into a bloudburst two
miles west Lebanon, Mo-, and two
passenger cars toppled into gully
swollen with water. Eighteen per-
sons were injured, but none serious
ly.
For several hours the train had
been going carefully as the engineer
feared the heavy rains had weakened
the track Just as the locomotive
hit a curve marking the edge of a
ravine, the engineer saw a wall of
water ahead. Though going only Is
miles an hour the train could not be
stopped. The 12-foot embankment on
which the track crossed the ravine
had been swept away by the rush of
water.
The locomotive crossed the sag
ging track. but the chair car and
smoking car rolled over in the tor
rent. The locomotive and the mail
and baggage cars, forced by momen-
tum across the ravine, finally left
the rails and toppled partly over the
structure three feet under water.
The fireman was crushed to death,
but the engineer escaped injury.
The four sleeping cars remained
on the track, behind the stream. The
chair car and the smoking car sank
deep in the rushing water. Many Of
the occupants were drowned while
they slept. Others climbed through
the windows and swan to safety.
Miss Mona Campbell of st. Louis,
a nurse, climbed to the upturned
side of the chair car and rescued five
imprisoned passengers by pulling
them through the windows. Passen-
gers in the sleeping cars, reused by
the shock, went to the rescue Of
those who had not drowned imme-
diately. Several passengers were
pulled from the water exhausted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
UNWRITTEN Law.
Used as Defence for Man on Trial at
Dillon.

At Dillon Thursday Spur, n Ham
ilton was acquitted in his trial for
killing ]. D. Andrews for the alleged
betrayal, under promise of marriage,
of Hamilton's sister. The killing oc-
Cured at the. home of the Hamiltons.
The court room was crowded both
days and very great interest was
shown from the start to the finish.
The line of defense was laid on the
right to defend the, home and uncon-
trollable impulse under great provo
cation. The judge in his charge sus-
tanned this and the jury, within
twenty minutes, returned a verdict Of
not guilty.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
SIGN PEACE TREATIES.
United States Make Pacts With Four
Great Nations.

Treaties between the United States
and Great Britain, France, Spain and
China were signed by Secretary Bryan
and the British, French, Spanish and
the Chinese ambassadors. These
pacts, the Washington government
believes, will make armed conflict
between the United States and these
nations almost if not entirely impos-
sible.''
They provide that all disputes
which can not be settled by diplo-
macy shall be submitted to per-
manent commission for one year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
..FOR ALL WE HAVE AND ARE
Rudyard Kipling's Stirring Poem Up
on Present European War.

OF all the war poems which have
come forth under the stress and
storm of the present war, Rudyard
'Kipling's For All We Have and
Are" is probably the best, at least
as far as we have seen. Although
Some editors have remarked that ii
was not up to some of this famous
writer's other poems, no one can
deny that it has vigor and unique
depression. To US it seems good
Kipling poem, and that is praise as
high as it can be. 1t follows:
For all we have and are,
For all our children's fate,
Stand up and meet the war!
The Hun is at the gate!
Our world has passed away,
In wantonness o'erthrown;
There's nothing left to-day
But steel and Ere and stone.
Though all we knew depart,
The old commandments stand:
''In courage keep your heart!
In strength lift up your hand!"
Once more We hear the word
That sickened earth of old:
."No law except the sword
Unsheathed and uncontrolled"
Once more it knits mankind;
Once more the nations go
To meet and break and bind
A crazed and driven foe.
Comfort, content, delight
The ages slow-bought gain
They shrivelled in night;
Only ourselves remain
To face the naked days
In silent fortitude.
Through perils and dismays
Renewed and re-renewed.
Though all we made depart,
The old commandments stand:
'"In patience keep your heart!
. In strength lift up your hand!"
No easy hopes or signs
Shall bring us to our goal,
But iron sacrifice
OF body. will and soul.
There's but one task for all
For each one life to- give.
Who stands if Freedom fall?
Who dies if England live?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
Austria Claims Victory.

An official communication received
in Rome, Italy, from Austria, denies
the claims of the Russians and as
serts that the Austrians have cap
tured 100000 of the enemy and 500
cannon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
NINE ARE KILLED.

Trolley Car and Trailer Are Crashed
Into by Memphis Train.
Nine persons are known to have
been killed and at least fifteen in
jured early Thursday night when an
Illinois Central freight train crash
ed into a street car on a grade cross
ing near Binghamton, suburb of
Memphis. The car, trailer" was
hurled over an embankment and a
freight car toppled over on top of it..
About thirty-fve persons were on
board the wrecked car, according to
the conductor. The motor car draw
ing the trailer" crossed the railroad
tracks safely. None cf the passen-
gers on board it was injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
WILL HOLD EXPOSITION.
Panama Pacific Festivities Will Come
off on Grand Scale.

Assurances have been received by
Col. E. J. Watson, state commission
er o. agriculture, commerce and in
dustries. in letter from A. L. Cow
ell, field secretary for California Of
the Panama-Pacific International Ex-
position Co.. that the great exposi-
tion at San Francisco will be opened
on time, February 20, 1915, despite
the European war; that many ma
tons are continuing with their work
on exhibit buildings and that the in
dications point to ar increase instead
of decrease in attendance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
COTTON GINNED IN STATE.
Orangeburg County Ranks Third Up
to September I.

VIM. J. Harris, director Of the cen
sus, department Of commerce, an
nounces the preliminary report of
cotton ginned by counties in South
Carolina for the crops Of 1914 and
1913. The report was made public
for the State at 10 a. m. Tuesday,
September s. The amounts for the
different counties for the crops of
1914 and 1913 are: Quantities are
in running bales, counting round as
half bales. Linters are not included.)
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
JAPS ATTACKS GERMANS.
Far East is Scene of Sharp Skir-
miShes Between Foes.

The first encounter between Ger
man and Japanese forces on land oc-
Cured Sunday morning when there
were number of sharp skirmishes
between patrols of the contesting
forces at a point close to Chino.
Previous to these engagements a
German aeroplane flew over the dis
trict. The japanese fired on the ma
chine, but without success. A con-
siderable japanese force is reported
% miles to the north.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
"Soldier" a Woman.

Among the French wounded at
Noisy-le-Zee was young laundress
who had fought in the trenches. No
one suspected her identity until after
her wound.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
l'iaD is Succeeding.

Advice, from all over the South
and some northern states indicate
that tie bLy-a-bale movement is de-
vc!cr':e larger s,.'l. than rs5
Originally ncped tyr.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
WAR IN AFRICA.
British South African Force Takes
German Positions.

A dispatch from Cape Town to
Reuters says the Fourth South Afri-
can mounted rifles, commanded by
Col. Daetson. after two night
marches. surprised the German force
which had occupied a drift so miles
from Steinkopf in the Namaoualand.
After a sharp skirmish the Germans
We're compelled to surrender.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
FIFTY AvIAToRs KILLED.
sir r1lots of Countries at War Meet
Their Deaths.
Berlin Admits Retreat.

The total number of aeroplane
pilots killed thus far in the war is
estimated at so, divided among the
belligerents as follows: Russia, 16;
French, 12; English, 4; German, IS.
This does rot take into considera-
ton pilots and crews of dirigibles.
many of which have been reported
destroyed
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
Russia Watching Italy.

Russia, according to Petrograd
dispatches, regards the entry Of Italy
into the war as inevitable. and is
anxiously watching for signs of her
action.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
Mine Operators Accept.

Colorado mine operators have ac-
cepted President wilson's tentative
terms for an agreement between
operators and miners OF the Colorado
coal fields.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
WANT AID FROM ITALY.
Germany and Austria Are Still Seek.
ing Her Aid.

Fresh advances have just been
made by both Germany and Austria
with the object of inducing Italy to
abandon her neutrality, it being urg-
ed that Italy's action might be de-
cisive for either side.
Austrian naval experts point out
that the allies, from naval stand
point, have achieved nothing against
Austria and argue that it hardly was
possible that they would dare to at
tack the com bined naval forces of
Austria and Italy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
BULL CORES TWO.
Kills Man and Then Attacks Coroner
Who Views Body.

A bull going on a rampage Tues
day broke through barbed wire
fence at Spartanbnrg and gored Arch
Young, a middle aged man, to death
as he passed through pasture in
the southern part Of the city, in
which the bull was cavorting. When
Coroner John S. Turner went to the
scene to hold an inquest the bull
charged him, and the coroner, a,
lame man, hurriedly climbed a tree.
Bystanders got guns and dispatched
the brute, wnereupon Young's body
was removed to an undertaker's es-
tablishment and an inquest held.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
ENFORCE Law.
Government to Detail Pure Food Ex-
pert in South Carolina.

pert in South Carolina.
j. S. Abbott, chemist for the Unit
ed States department OF agriculture
in the matter of State cooperation,
was in conference Thursday with E..
J. Watson, commissioner Of agricul-
ture. 1t was said that MIR. Abbott
would assign an experienced field
man to the State department within
the next ten days for the purpose OF
having South Carolina the first State
to cooperate fully and actively with
the federal government in the pure
food and drug law Mr.. Abbott has
toured 35 States with this in view
and expressed himself as being pleas
ed with the efforts that South Caro-
lima has made in the matter OF pure
food and drugs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
Fletcher in Command.

Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher has
assumed complete command Of the
North Atlantic fleet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
"Buy-a-Bale" Progresses.

Reports from many places through
out the South tell of the buying OF
cotton at ten cents 70 hold of the
market.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23

East Prussia Reports Conflict.
Dispatches from Berlin and Petro-
grad squarely collide about military
operations in East Prussia. Both
sides claim the advantage.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
Gas Kills Two Miners.

Two men were overcome by gas in
the Gratz lead mine, near Gratz, Ken
tresy, THURSDAY
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23
Greenville Bank Gets Currency.

The Norwood National bank OF
Greenville has secured $4,000 of the
emergency currency.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23

Total =. =. Ia ,633 1,Zb4
*Not shown separately in order to
avoid disclosures of individual opera
tions.