The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-02

or to this they had been as read
lily accepted as gold. Fearing
we might miss our train if we
stopped for an argument, we
hurriedly gave the proprietor
all our cash and LETT without tip
ping, even sighting the pom
pous porter who helped US in
our cab. Just how great a crime
we committed was shown in the
revenge the porter wreaked on
US by sending our cab driver to
the wrong station, consequently
causing US to miss our train, and
wait six hours for the next one.
This gave Martha an opportun-
ity to inspect and condemn the
government owned and operated
railroads. She found great
fault with the toy like locomo-
tives because they provided no
seat for the engineer or fireman
and seemed to her inefficient
service. She also considered
some of the passenger cars so
small and unlike American cars
that an Atlantic Coast Line con-
|ductor would not accept one for
his freight cab. We found great
aversion on the part Of all
guards and conductors to make
known the stations the train
might be passing through, and
we agreed with Martha that a
tip was the most effective means
of obtaining any information, and
of securing from the majority of
conductors and guards any con-
descending favors. She was so
interested in pointing out these
absurdities that she almost for.
got we were to take later train
to Paris. We arrived in that
city only to find conditions grow
ing worse and money hard to
lsecure. We only remained in
Paris one night and morning
for, as soon as we could get our
checks cashed, we. ran from Par
: is upon the. personal advice Civ
en-: our chaperon by the Amer.
: ican Embassy. In London we
were among the fortunate for,
: while the banks were closed for
four days and letters of credit,
bankers checks, travellers check
etas, were utterly useless, the
American Express Company
were cashing their checks at
| full value, limiting the amount
: to fifty dollars per person a day.
, Had it not been for the foresight
of Mrs. Adams in carrying these
, checks we would have been
; without any money, for just
: then our letters of credit were so
much paper.
The task of lining up for mon
: ey and waiting for passages
: home so filed our time in Lon.
| don that we saw very little of
that city. Our recollection GEN.
tiers around the picture of
| stranded Americans lined up for
, blocks at the American Express
: Office waiting for their fifty dol
lars, while their only form OF
: amusement or self-indulgence
during those hours of waiting
was the spending of precious
pennies for the hourly success
sion Of "War Extras This
had it's pathetic side, but the
, true sorrow of the war was seen
! at the stations as fathers, hus-
bands, sons and sweethearts left
behind their grief-strlcken loved
ones while they went to war-to
, death, perhaps, ere this:
On August 9th, we sailed from
Liverpool for Montreal on the
, "Teutonic." The voyage home
was exciting. Our captain al
i ways remembered the British
flag under which we were sail
; ing, aud its attraction for the
Germans by covering the port
. holes and windows at night, and
lowering canvas awnings to con-
ceal the deck lights. On two
nights all deck and mast lights
were extingulshed and the
search light was considered too
; great a betrayer to be used.
Even then the captain did not
think those precautions sufficient
and the men were asked not to
lsmoke on deck during those two