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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
BRITISH COAL MINERS
GO ON RENEWED STRIKE
Losdon Reports That Twenty-Five
Thousand Have Already
Quit Work.

London, Friday: Reports from the
South Wales coal fields Friday after
noon state that twenty-five thousand
miners already have Joined the new
strike.
The recurrence Of labor troubles is
due to growing dissatisfaction with
the award of Walter Runciman, pres
ident of the Board of Trade, who was
arbitrator in the recent strike.
The situation was strained further
when the collleries learned that Mr..
Runciman had declined to see dep
utation. The miners charges Mr.
Runciman with going behind the ar
rangement / lie by David Lloyd
George and demand that Mr.. Lloyd
George make good his promises to
them.
Dispatches from Cardiff when the
strike was settled laet month said
that the terms accented by the miners
provided fo- substantial increase
in wages and other concessions to the
strikers which were considered By
them as tantamount to an admission
Of the correctness OF their claims on
nearly all points.
Mr.. Lloyd-George won the men
over not only by promising corces-
sions but emphasizing the fact that
uninterrupted operations Of the coal
mines was highly essential to the
conduct OF the war. Mr.. Runcinan's s
award contained wage concessions
but rejected : number Of demands re-
'sting to working conditions. hours OF
lyabor and arbitration arrangements.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
ANTS START CAMPAIGN
TO WARD OFF PROHIBITION
Vigorous Fight is to be Made Be-
tween Now and Elections Open
ing-Comes as Surprise.

A vigorous fight on prohibition is
going to be made between now and
the date Of the referendum election
on September IA, it became known in
Columbia Thursday night. The tight
will be carried into every section OF
the state and an effort will be made
to show that South Carolina would be
wise not to change her present sys-
tenn Of regulating the liquor tra1lc.
The fight against prohibition will
be carried on largely through news
paper advertising campaign to be
Systematically and thoroughly nan
died in business way in the two
weeks or little more time between
now and the date Of the election. The
situation in states which have voted
prohibition and that Of the states
which have rejected prohibition will
be set forth from the side OF the
ti-Prohibitionists.
The fight will be carried on by an
organization which is known as the
Local Option League OF South Caro-
lima. Headquarters OF the league
have been established in Columbia
and the Anti-P-ohibitionists have al
ready begun work collecting data for
their advertising campaign.
1t is not likely that any speakers
will be put out, for it is the intention
Of the Local Option League to appeal
to the voters through the press, set
ting forth the arguments in a busi-
ness-like manner and without any
appeal to passion or prejudice, &C
cording to an official OF the league.
The information that the Anti
Prohibitionists or local optienists are
going to make a fight on. prohibition
will come as surprise, as there have
been no evidences up to this time
that there was any organized opposi-
ton to prohibition. The Prohibition
lists themselves are active and are
making campaigns in all parts OF the
state. National prohibition leaders,
including former Governor Hanly OF
Indiana and Oliver w. Stewart OF
Chicago are stumping the state. In
several counties flying squadrons"
OF speakers are speaking at all prin-
cipal voting points.
The active open opposition to pro-
hibition is bound to inject ginger in
to what up to now has been an apa-
thetic situation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
WANTS TO USE COTTON
TWINE In POST OFFICES
BurIeson is Anxious for Manufacture
ers to Put in Bids for
the Same.

Postmaster General Burleson is
anxious that manufacturers OF cotton
twine again avail themselves OF the
opportunity offered by his action in
advertising for proposals to furnish
either cotton or jute twine for use IN
tying together letters in packages
during the year beginning November
l, next.
Nearly a billion and half yards
of twine will be consumed by the post
office department during the. twelve
months contract period. 1t is used
in large quantity daily both In the
post offices and upon the railway
post Offices and upon the railway post
office cars. In pounds, approximate
" two million four hundred thousand
pounds Of jute twine, or approx
mately one million, six hundred thou
sand pounds of cotton twine, the Tor
mer being much the heavier per
yard, will be needed.
Until last year, jute had the pref
erence. Last summer, after the op-
portunity had been called to their at
tention by the postmaster general,
several large manufacturers OF cot
ton twine took an interest and DID
for the contract now in force. Cot
ton won and the Beaumont Manufac-
turing company Of Spartanburg OBJ
tanned the contract on terms 1nVolV-
ing a saving for the post offlce de-
partment over the lowest bid Tor Jute
of eighty-three thousand dollars for
the year. The South Carolina com
pany has fulfilled its contract to date
and the cotton twine has proved IN
all respects satisfactory to the postal
service.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
ACTION Is UNWARRANTED;
SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED
Democratic Leader Thinks Decisive
Voice From Washington Will
Change Cotton's Status.

In Washington Thursday Congress
man Claude Kitchin Of North Caro-
lima said: 1.-The cotton producers of
North Carolina and the entire South
are aroused over the action of Great
Britain in declaring cotton contra
band and they want the administra-
tion to be as emphatic in dealing
with England on this score as we
have been in dealing with Germany
on others.
Great Britain's action is unwar-
ranted and should not be tolerated.
I believe if the administration will
speak decisively there will be a re-
scinding or modification of her order
in council and the cotton contraband
decree. Let US be firm with Great
Britain as well as Germany-that is
what the cotton producers desire.
''The entire South is agitated over
the cotton question. Unless some
thing is done mere undoubtedly will
be sentiment in congress for retalia-
tory measures This,>sentiment may
back an embargo movement, al
though I am unable to discuss this
possibility now. I regard 1T as GER
tain, however, that if Great Britain
believed this government would de-
clare an embargo on war munitions
and other products Great Britain
would come to terms quickly. Eng
land does not want any serious con-
troversy vita US. She can not afford
it, for if we were to place an embargo
on arms it would be disastrous to
England. The cotton producers be-
lieve the administration can force
England's hand if emphatic repre-
sentations are made, and they. should
be made. We ought to take a posi-
tive stand and force the removal Of
obstacles in the way Of marketing
our cotton crops.
"Great Britain'S course is working
great harm to our industries and
some regard the controversy with
Great Britain as just as important as
that with Germany"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
RAINS AND SWAMPS CHECK
TEUTONIC MARCH EASTWARD
Austrian Cavalry Enter Railway
Junction to the Southeast Of
Huge Russian Fortress.

London, Wednesday: The furious
efforts OF the Austro-German lines
along the eastern front the last twen-
ty-four hours have not been as
fruitful as usual in respect to the
amount Of ground gained, which is
taken to mean that they have reached
the swamp region.
German and Austrian reports state
that further advances have been
achieved south of Brest-Litovsk and
that the Pulva River line has been
passed. Austrian cavalry has entered
Koyel and is said to be advancing to
the north, but the outflanking move
ment will be confronted by the bar
rier formed by the river Pnpet and
the adjacent marshes.
The German press, recognizing TINS
difficulty, points out that the armies
of the central powers face a serious
obstacle in the immense and roadless
Pripet swamps, while the leading
Hungarian newspapers describe the
tactical position of the Russians as
extremely favorable.
Another explanation Of the pause
in Austro-German advance against
Brest-Litovsk is that the invaders are
being held up BY continual ram.
From the other fronts there have
been reported no important actions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
WIFE AND 3 chill DREN OF
AMERICAN GENERAL BURNED
Gen. Pershing Learns of Their Fate
in Newspaper Dispatch Sent
to Mexican Border.

Mrs. John ]. Pershing. wife OF
Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing, was
burned to death with three of her
four children at her quarters in the
Preside. San Francisco. early Fri
day. The children burned were
Helen, eight; Anne, six, and Mar
garet, five. Warren Pership, five
years old, survives.
Explosion Of night lamp is be-
lieved to have caused the tragedy.
Mrs. Pershing was a daughter Of
Senator Warren of Wyoming. Her
husband is at Ell Paso, in command
Of troops. A burst Of flame from the
roof Of the generals big two-story
frame house which stands on the
parade grounds directly in front Of
the headquarters flag pole, was the
first intimation Of the fire. The Pre-
sidio army fire department rushed to
the house and believing that ali the
occupants had escaped, centered
their energies on the flames. Only
the roof OF the house was burned.
When the fremen entered to look
over the damage they found the
bodies of the mother and her three
little girls. The boy, Warren, Mrs.
Boswell, relative. and her children
and three servants slept in other
parts of the house and escaped. The
house occupied by the Pershings was
one OF several old frame buildings
scattered about the main posts.
Gen. and Mrs. Pershing were mar
ried in Washington, January &c.
1905. The general fought in the
Indian wars in the early days and in
the Spanish-American war. He be-
came a brigadier general in 1906.
Mrs. Pershing was devoted to her
home and children and took interest
in suffrage and other women's
News OF the death of Mrs Perish
ing and three Of her children reach
ed Gen. Pershing. commander Of the
Eighth Infantry brigade at Ell Paso,
Texas, Friday through Associated
Press dispatches. Gen. Pershing has
been preparing home there for his
family
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01

From such information as had
reached Washington it was apparent
that the sinking of the Arabic-as-
suming that the ship was sunk by
submarine-was as much OF sur
prise in Germany as it was to the rest
of the world, for although it has not
yet been officially stated, 1t is be-
lieyed that German submarine COM
manders, after the sinking OF the
Lusitania, received instructions to
avoid another such disaster.
1t was suggested in diplomatic
quarters that, which Germany has
avoided making public announce
ment of that fact, she now was IN a
position to do so. because OF the VIC
tories Of the German arms in Poland.
The same sources pointed out that
the victories of the German armies
aided the Liberal forces in Germany,
which have been contending for the
views which Count Won Bernstorf mas
been urging on his foreign office.
The Berlin news dispatches refer
ring to the German chancellor's dec
laration that Germany had adopted
a pOllcE QeSlSueu W SSlLA0 tAe 49,
ton puzzled American officials, and
even those in German quarters. 1t
was suggested in one source that 1t
might foreshadow diplomatic nego-
tiations to be undertaken by Count
Won Bernstorff with the state depart
ment, which would take up the ques-
ton of the much discussed modus
vivendi.
There is no indication at this stage
of how Germany's new attitude will
affect the case of the Arabic. If it
should be proved to the satisfaction
of the American government that a
submarine sunk the ship without
warning the United States probably
not only will ask a disavowal OF the
account, but assurances against repe-
tition and reparation for the Amerl-
cans who suffered. A guarantee tnat
there would be no similar acts IN the
future in the Forthcoming declaration
from Berlin is accepted as foresone
conclusion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
AEROPLANE DROPS BOMB
ON GERMAN SUBMARINE
British Admiralty Reports Success
full Attack From the Air On
Underwater Craft.

A German submarine has been de-
Stroyed near Ostend, Belgium, by a
bomb dropped by an aeroplane. Of
fcial announcement to this effect was
wade in London Thursday evening.
The text Of the statement follows:
''The secretary Of the admiralty
announces that Squadron Command
ar Arthur Biggs Worth, R. n. de-
H-oyed. single-handed. a German
submarine this morning by bombs
dropped from an aeroplane. The
ErbmariDe was observed to be COM
7!etelv wrecked and sank off Ostend.
''It is not the nractice of the ad-
n;ralty to publish statements re-
garding the losses Of German sub
marines. important though they have
acen. in cases where the enemy has
20 other source OF information as to
he time and rlace at which these
'ccseS have occurred.
In the cases referred to above.
however. the. brilliant feat Of Squad
~cn Commander Biggs Worth was
,crformed in the Immediate neigh
hcrhood of the coast in occupation OF
.ra army. and the position Of the
sunken submarine has been located
b. a German destroyer
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
FIGHT In WHITE RUSSIA;
GERMANS TAKE FORTRESS
Russians Evacuate Olita, on the Me
men, Thirty Miles to the
South Of kovEo.

London, Friday: The Austro-Ger
man invaders not only have pressed
their opponents into old Russia, be
yond the political borders OF anclen
Poland, but have penetrated we'll be
yond the district Of Russia proper II
habited by the Poles. This enormou"
advance has reached stage in whic:
Russian troops are fighting for exist,
ence on the soil Of White Russia.
The main object of the German al
tack around Brest-Litovsk for days
has been the railroad running east
ward from the fortress toward Mos
COW. This line with branch run
ming in a southeasterly direction
provides the means for Russian evac
nation of the fortress. The Austro
German advance to this railroad has
been 50 slow that it is believed evac.
uation was accomplished successfully
before the fortress surrendered.
Berlin, Friday: The Russian fort
ress of Olita on the Niemen River
thirty miles south of Kovno, has beer
evacuated, according to official an
nounccment Friday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
ALLIES MADE NO GREAT
ADVANCE AT DARDANELLES
War Office at Paris Tells Of COntinu-
ed Progress British Writer Says
Turk Position Is Not Critical.


The French war office announced
Wednesday:
"The period of five days since the
issuing of the last communication on
the Dardanelles has been marked in
the northern zone by further pro-
gress on the part of the British left
wing. These British troops have oc-
cupied eight hundred yards Of enemy
trenches. In the southern zone the
operations have limited to artillery
actions and to fighting between pa
trolls.
During the night Of August 1924
French company was successful in
a surprise attack on a Turkish posi-
ton used by the enemy for listening
purposes. In the morning of August
25, a. detachment Of Turkish soldiers
endeavored to reoccupy this posoition
but they were repulsed.
"On August 2 our squadron bonn
barded with success a point OF de-
barkment at Aichiliman, on the Euro
peon side of the strait to the north Of
Niagara. In spite of the violent fire
Of numerous hostile batteries, our
aviators were successful in sinking at
its anchorage large Turkish trans
port
London reports Wednesday: A
long dispatch from the British press
representatives in the Dardanelles
was issued to-day. 1t is dated August
12, and gives numerous details of the
landing in Suvla Bay.
While the present British positions
may ultimately threaten the Turkish
communication and give a possible
opportunity of cutting off the Turks
on the tip Of the peninsula, there is
no indication in the present dispatch
that the situation of the Turks is yet
critical, the writer adds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
ENGLISH POUND SINKS
TO ITS LOWEST VALUE
German Reichsmarks Rise-British
Financiers are Coming to
America. <.

The English pound sterling was,
worth less, in American money
Thursday than at ana other time.
since the British mint began to coin
it in 1917. In thoroughly demoral-t
lied foreign exchange market its
value dropped to S4.63 z, nearly
o3A cents below normal. When thes
days business ended there was every
indication it would go still lower
The previous low record had peen
s4.64, reached last week.
German money alone stemmed the.
torrent of downward rates, relcns-z
marks rising to 81 7-8, the clgnesr
point touched since exchange values.
Started down more than two weeks
ago. Francs lost 101s cents and hres5
5 - cents. When the market closed
an American dollar was worth 3.Se IL
francs or 6.4719 lires.
From the opening the values OF
foreign moneys, reichsnarks alone
excepted, began to gravlsate and tneI
course was not once checked. Ihls
was said to be due to increased pres
sure of bills against foreign buyers
of American goOQs pTesenIeu LII S'
ment. Almost without exception these
bills were for war supplies.
Although the situation was regard
.d as acute at the days close, New
York Sc bankers were not fearful. What
is needed, they said, is establishment
Of a big foreign credit. This viii
come soon, they think, for a deputa-
ton Of British financiers will sail.
shortly for this country to work out
relief plan.
The strength OF German money
WAS attributed largely to the easing
of tension in diplomatic relations be-
tween that country and the United
States. 1t even was reported Ger
many might seek to borrow money
1otpr
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
GOVERNORS GIVE SUPPORT
TO WILSON in RESOLUTION
EXPRESS Confidence and Will Support
Him in Hour of Deep Inter-
national Concern.

Resolutions Of confidence and sup
port were sent to President Wilson
Tuesday by governors OF nearly a
score of state attending their annual
conference in Boston.
These resolutions, introduced by
Governor Walsh of Massachusetts,
said: 1.-THE governors of the several
commonwealth of the nation, IN con-
ference assembled, desire to tender
to you an expression of their conn.
dence and support in this hour OF
deep international concern; and to
assure you of their readiness to fol-
low your leadership in all matters
which you deem best to promote the
honor and maintain the peace ana
welfare Of the nation and the whole
people"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
BALKANS STILL QUIVERING
Runner Of War Between Bulgaria and
Turkey Proves False.

London, Wednesday: The Balkan
States are nearer determination Of
their future relations with the war
ring powers, but so far as has been
announced officially, no definite step
has been taken for revival of the Bal
kan league and its alignment with
the Entente allies. There was no
confirmation Wednesday of various
rumors which excited London Tues
day, chief of which were reports that
Bulgaria had declared war against
Turkey and would assist IN the at
tempt to force the Dardanelles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
"a VERY NOTABLE VICTORY
Westminster Gazette Says America
Can Claim to Have Won.

London says FRIDAY that the cable
dispatches renortins the statement of
Count Won Bernstorff. the German
ambassador at Washington. to Secre-
tary Lansing that German submarine
commanders had been ordered 10 at
tack no more merchantmen without
warning are displaved prominently
today in the London newspapers.
The Westminster Gazette says: '1f
Count Won Bernstorff is speaking
with full authority. the American
government can claim to have won a
very notable victory"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
FLORIDA AROUSED OVER
CONTRABAND ORDER
Representative Clark Tells Of Great
Concern and Resentment Over
Ban ON Cotton.
Ban on Cotton.

Representative Clark Of Florida,
who arrived in Washington Thurs
day, said: when left Florida there
was great concern and resentment
over Great Britain's contraband de-
gree. The action of Great Britain is
regarded as highhanded and with
out justification. With another Dig
cotton crop ready to be marketed, the
South is in favor of the strongest
protest against the arbitrary and in
defensible contraband decree OF
Great Britain.
81 trust the administration will
deal with the situation firmly, for the
cotton producers expected relief.
There is some discussion of the adyis-
ability Of holding a convention OF
producers to discuss market pros
pucers to discuss market prospects
but the plans have not matured so
far as I am advised.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
BLEASE SAYS lie WILL run
FOR GOVERNOR NEXT YEAR
Former Executive Positively An
nounces His Candidacy in the
Next Race for Governor.

In q letter written to ". P. Beard,
familiarly recalled as BODY Guaru
or Bull Moose" Beard, Ex-Governor
Blease writes:
I'm order that there can De no lul
thar misunderstanding ABOUT Ine
matter, I now, to you, for you u
make such use of as you see nl' i.n-
nounce that I will be candidate LOT
governor in 1916, unless my 1rleho'
throughout the state change theli
present attitude. which have not the
slightest idea they will do.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
TURKS In PANIC
Russian Aviators Drop Bombs Upon
COnstantinople.

London, Wednesday,: Bombard-
ment of the outskirts Of CONSTANT
nople by Russian aeroplane squad
ron resulting in the death or injury
Of forty persons, is announced in a
dispatch from Athens to the Central
News.
According to these advices, the at
tack was made on Monday on the
Asiatic suburbs of Constantinople. A
number of bombs were dropped,
throwing the people into panic. Thir-
ty Turks, eight Greeks and three Ar
menians were killed or wounded,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
Send Agents to I. S.

Octave Hornher%. Of the French
foreign office. and Ernest Mallet. re-
gent OF the BANK Of France. were
designated Friday - NEE British
representatives in America in order
70 protect trade balances and stabll-
iZe exchange.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
France Hoards Coin.

No traveller leaving France car
take more than ten dollars in coin
under an order mase by Alexandre
Ribot Friday. Other money VIII
have to be in paper.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
Literary Test Rejected.

After passing literary test 1or
voting qualifications the New lols n
Constitutional convention reversed
itself Friday BY a vote Of seventy
seven to siXty-seven.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
Haiti Given More Time.

The U. S. government had granted
an extension of the time limit to the
Eaitiens in which they may decide
upon an aswer to our recent de-
mands.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
Thousand Horses q Day.

Representative of the allied gov
ernments are buying over thousand
horses a day from a Phlladelphla
agency. They are being shipped i'm
mediately.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
Neutrality Proclamation to Date.

President Wilson Wednesday sign
ed the neutrality proclamation Of the
United States government in the war
now beginning between Italy and
Turkey
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-01
Seyenty-fiye Guests Escape.

Seventy-fve guests escaped from
the Hotel Donoho, which was burnt
to the ground at Red Boiling
Springs, Tenn, Friday morning.