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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
BALKANS TO JOIN ALLIES
SAYS Big ITALIAN PAPER
Entente Powers Guarantee Cession OF
Some Territory and Hope for
Quick Action.

Rome, Italy,, reports through Paris
Friday: The entente powers, accord
ing to a positive statement made by
the Sofia correspondent OF the Glor-
male dItalia, have offered to Bulgaria
that part Of Macedonia given to her
by the Serbo-Bulgarian treaty OF
1912, with the right Of immediate oc-
CuDation.
The controversy over the part OF
Macedonia contested by Serbia and
the cause Of the second Balkan war
will be settled after the present war
ends. Proportionate compensation IS
to be given to Servia, including the
city Of Kavala with the districts OF
Kavala and Seres, with the right OF
immediate occupation.
Bulgaria on her side renounces
forever pretensions to saloniki, Vo-
dina and Uskub. She promises also
to declare war Immediately upon Tur-
key, aided by funds of the four allies.
Bulgaria, the correspondent declares
will receive further territorial con-
cessons n Turkey.
It is believed that Serbia and
Greece will give way under pressure
by the entente powers, but negotla-
tions will be heightened by the re-
luctance Of the king of Greece to
consent to any cession of territory.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
GERMANS CAPTURE KOYN0
Russian Army Loses Strong Fort on
Niemen River.

A wireless to Sayville Wednesday
said the following announcement was
made at Berlin officially: The fort
ress of Kovno, together with all the
forts and an amount of war material
which has not been determined, have
been in German hands since last
night
more than four hundred cannon
were taken. The fortress was cap
tured by storm in spite of the most
tenacious resistance by the Rus
SLAMS"
Military experts hove agreed that
the loss of the fortress of koVno
would be a serious blow to the Rus
slams. The critic of the London
Times, in an editorial puohsneo
Wednesday morning said.
"If the enemy succeeds in reduc-
ing Kovno and is thereby able to
cross the Niemen, h. will be IN the
rear of the Russian line north OF the
Sventa and with the junction OF the
two wings of Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg's army the position OF the
Russian right flank will be very dill
ficuit." ..
The famous German General Won
Hindenburg,. personally took. COM
mand of the army attacking kovno,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
WILSON GRASPS DETAILS
OF ATTACK UPON The LINER
Takes Long Auto Ride While Re
solving in His Mind the Lat
est Happening.

The official details upon which
President Wilson will decide whether
the sinking of the White Star liner
Arabic was an act deliberately un-
friendly to the United States, still
were lacking at washington Friday.
Meanwhile the president and other
officials, while realizing fully the
gravity of the new situation between
the United States and Germany, were
keeping their minds open.
President Wilson left the White
House early to motor to Philadelphia
to visit his oculist. When he has a
deep problem in his mind, it is the
presidents habit to seek seculslon,
after riding through the countryside.
Only two Official dispatches had been
received. They merely transmitted
the reports of the White Star liner.
The United States will decide its
course upon the reports of its own
officials.
Ambassador Page forwarded a
White Star line report that the ship
was torpedoed without warning and
Vice Consul Thompson at Queens
town made similar report. Neither
accounted for Mrs. Josephine S. Bru-
guiere, nor Dr.. Edmund Woods, the
two Americans still missing.
There is no attempt in official
quarters to minimize the situation
confronting the president if investl-
cation develops violation Of Ameri-
can rights indefance of the last note
to Germany which gave notice IN
final terms that another sinking like
that of the Lusitania would be con-
sidered an act deliberately unfriend-
ly."
The prospect of severance of dip
lomatic relations again came forward
but it was understood that If such a
course should be decided on, it would
not Immediately be announced.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
GERMANS CAPTURE FORTS;
TAKE OVER 200 CANNON
Austrians are Advancing Upon Brest-
Litoysk From North and South
west; Fate Probably Sealed

The Russians, it is believed in Lon
don, probably will have to fall back
further than the Brest-Litovsk line,
as Berlin reports that Gen. Lifts
mann's troops have taken forts on
the southwest front of Kovno. This
probably means the early fall of the
fortress itself, between which and
the capture of the Warsaw-Petro-
grad railway there can not be much
delay. The fort on the northeast of
Novogeorgievsk also has fallen and
the Gordon has been closed around
the forts.
Following the announcement by
Berlin of the capture of the impor-
tant forts just south of Kovno, a
large number Of prisoners and 24O
cannon, Vienna asserts that the Aus
ro-Hungarian troops have advanced
to Dobrynka, thirteen miles south
west of Brest-Litovsk, and that the
Austrian Archduke Joseph Ferdi-
naud is advancing on Janow, twenty
miles northwest of the fortress. The
capture of these two points seemingly
would dangerously threaten the fort
ress which it has been asserted Grand
Duke Nicholas purposed to make one
of the strong points of his line OF de-
fenSe.
Berlin reports: Army group of
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg.
Further battles in the region of Kup-
iski, resulted successfully, and 625
prisoners, including three officers, as
we'll as three machine guns, fell into
our hands. The troops of the army
of Gen. Won Eichhorn, under the
leadership of Gen. Litsmann, took
the forts of Kovno, situated between
the Niemen and Gesia. Moro than
forty-fve hundred Russians We're ta-
ken prisoners, and more than 24o
cannon and numerous other mate
rials were captured.
"The armies of Gen. Won Scholz
and Gen. Won Gallwitz by dint Of
continuous fighting, drove their op-
ponents further back in an easterly
direction, and 1850 Russians, IN
cluding eleven officers, We're taken
prisoner, and one cannon and ten
machine guns were captured.
ION the northeastern front OF
Novogeorgievsk a large fort and two
intermediary fortifcations were tax
en- by storm. On the other front we
succeeded almost everywhere in fore
ing the enemy further back. We cap
tured twenty-four hundred prisoners,
together with nineteen cannon and
other materials"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
PRESERVES THE TREE
Owner to Perpetuate Oak on Which
Frank Was Lynched

The big oak tree near the W. j..
Frye cotton gin, two miles from
Marietta, Ca, on which the lifeless
body of Leo Nj. Frank was found
dangling last Tuesday morning, soon
is to be surrounded with concrete
wall, and thus preserved by the. own
er to mark the death place Of the
alleged slayer of Mary Phagan.
In the meantime the tree is being
guarded by watchmen both night and
day. 1t was stated that Mr.. Frey had
been offered two hundred dollars for
the tree. He declined the offer and
in doing so the plan to build a wall
about the tragically historic oak be-
came known. The watchmen were
placed on duty to prevent souvenir
hunters, or r'others, from molesting it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
DR.. JOHNSON IS HONORED;
ELECTED TO HIGH OFFICE
National Educational Association
Places South Carolina Man
at It's Head.

DR.. David B. Johnson, president of
the Winthrop Industrial College,
Rock Hill, S. c., vas elected presl-
dent Of the National Education AS
sociation at Oakland, Cal, Thursday
by vote 479 to 1S4 for Miss Grace
C. Strachan, of Brooklyn, n. Y.
Miss Grace c. Strachan, the de-
feated candidate for the presidency,
is district superintendent Of schools
for the city of New York. She is the
woman who led and won the now
famous fight for "equal pay for equal
work.
Among those present at the con-
vention were: DR.. Maria Montessori,
of Rome, Italy; Ferdinand Buison,
commander of the Legion OF Honor,
of France; DR.. Joseph Swain, presl-
dent of Swathmore College, Pennsyl-
vania; Ernesto Nelson, director Of
secondary education for Argentina;
C. W. Crook, vice-rresident OF the
English National Union OF Teachers;
Ella Flagg Young, superintendent OF
schools in Chicago.
Modern phases Of the education OF
the youth of this and coming genera
tions were discussed at the congress.
This is the third international Con-
gress, n. E. A.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
Shin Bread to Galveston

Ten thousand loaves of bread were
shipped from Dallas to Houston late
Thursday to be forwarded as quickly
as possible to Galveston. Mayor
Lindsey ordered the bread on re-
quest of Mayor Fisher of Galveston,
to mayors of other Texas cities that
they buy bread. for which the city OF
Galveston would reimburse them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
CONSIDERS MOVING FROM
PETROGRAD TO MOSCOW
London Says Russian Press. is Con-:
sidering Possible Change in
Its Government

London, Friday: AS to the AUS
trians- and Germans press on to the
last of the outlying fortresses pro-
tecting the capital, Petrograd Is dis
cussing the advisability Of remoylns
the government to it's ancient seat az
Moscow. The thanking movement Of
Field Marshal Won Mackensen groWss
more threatening hourly, and u:
would not be surprising II GRAND
Duke Nicholas should abandon .als!
efforts to form a new line with BresI--
Litovsk as the pivot. g:
From Brest-Litovsk to Ossowetz.
which seems to be withstanding the
assaults of the heavy German guns
better than any other fortress, fields,
fighting continues favorable to the
invaders.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
8 World NlilitariSm
Confessed Ten Murders

Ten men were killed by William
McGriff. a negro handed at Moultrle,
Ca, Thursday, according to a con-
fession he made on the gallows. He
was executed for the murder of ".
s. Washington. a wealthy naval
stores factor. near Moultrie July II,
1911. On the same day he killed two
negroes. Dan Showers and Henry
Green.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
President Has to Run

Col. Oscar Benavdies. retired pro-
visiona. president Of Peru, on return
ing to his residence Thursday night
after the Inauguration Of DR.. Jose
Pardo was forced to run the gauntlet
of a hail of bullets. stones and
shouts. His companions drew re-
yolvers and fired into the crowd.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
TURKS HOLD GROUND
British Land Troops at New Point
But Failed to Gain.

London. Friday: The landing OF
British troops at Suvla Bay, CALI
poll peninsula, is regarded here as a
partial. disappointment. The Turks
had concentrated their forces in the
Anzac region little to the south, but
we're able to send troops north in
time to prevent any important ad-
vance By the landing forces. 1t is
believed here that no important for
ward movement is likely unless the
British are reinforced considerably.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
Nothing Against Germans
other Ship Destroyed.

Attorney General Gregory reported
to President Wilson Friday that in
vestigation into charges Of activities
of German agents in this country
had, so far, disclosed nothing to lead
to action by the department OF JUS
tice.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
Sink British Ships

German torpedo boat destroyers
have sunk a small British cruiser and
a British destroyer by torpedolng
them in an engagement of small craft
off the west coast Of Jutland. the
German admiralty announced Thurs
5av
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
Nexicans are Lynched

Two Mexicans held in the jail al
San Benito, in connection with the
Austin killing on the Sebastian ROAD
last week. were taken out MONDAY IN
the absence Of guard and killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
Five Vessels Sunk.

The British steamer Bonny and the
Spanish steamer Isidoro have Deen
sunk. Twenty-one of the crew OF the
former and eight of the ere" OF the
latter we're saved. The Norwegian
steamer Romulus and Mineral nave
been sunk. The crews were savo
TIL trawler George was sunk. Her
crew was saved.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
Hero of Flood Dies

Fire Chief Mcmahon Of Erie, Pa,
who rescued several persons during
the recent flood, died Friday as re-
suit of pneumonia contracted in the
chilly waters.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
Russian Fleet Withdraws

Petrograd: Our warships protect
ing the entrance to the Gulf or Rlga
Thursday drew closer in, owing 10
the the great superiority of the enc
my's fleet"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
Two British Steamers Sunk

The Restormel, 1,349, and the Bar
m Erskine, 3,505 tons, were destroy
ed .bv German submarines Friday.
The crews we're saved.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25

oyer-confdence and unwise eXpan-
sion or speculation may check the
prosperity which now seems so likely
to increase and endure
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25
HONORS CAROLINiAN
Surdgeon General Rupert Blue Re-
ceives High Decoration

ceives High Decoration
A Washington Dispatch brlday
says: Trustees of the American medl-
cine gold medal award have unanl-
mouslv selected Surgeon General Ru-
pert Blue, of the public health ser
vice, as the American physician VINO
did most for humanity in the do
main for medicine during 1914.
The 1894 gold medal has peen
awarded to him for his work IN ma
tional health and sanitation. Dr..
Blue is a brother of Visitor Blue, rear
admiral in the United States navy
and both are. sons of the late capt.
J. G. Blue of Marion county, 5. Co.
who was state senator in 1876.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-21

where money is nearly always scarce
and deaar the banks are not only now
discounting as heavily as usual in ad
vnce of the crop movement, but re
actually, in surprising number of in
stances, in surplus funds and COM
planning of lack of legitimate de
mands for the employment of these
funds"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-21
SUMTER FIGHTERS
ON BOIL WEEv|L
ARE APPOINTED
COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT FROM
ALL PARTS OF SOUTH GEORGE
ARE NAMED TO ASSIST IN
FIGHT IN MEXICAN BOIL WEE
VII.

The committee of Sumter county
citizens are expected to assist in
the fight on the boil weevil by organ
izing the farmers in their respective
counties, They are expected to cali
the farmers together, explain to
them the best methods of fighting the
pest and minimizing the danger, and
secure as far as possible unity of ac-
ton among the farmers.
The Sumter county committee is
Lee G. Council, F. P. Harold, R. /.
McMath, R. P. Stackhouse, E. H
Hyman.
The committees in the neighbor-
ing counties are:
Dooly-J. Woodward, M. U. Rushin
j. B. Walton.
Terrell-H. A. Petty, John R. Mer
Ger, M. j. Yeomans.
Lee-J. l.. Long, ]. A. Lipsey, Goode
Price.
No committee are named from
Crisp, Macon, Schley, Marion and
Webster counties.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-21
NEWyORkBANKER
REVIEWS SOUTH
FALL BUS|NES Sc

BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. 21-vice
President Beverly B. Harris, of the
National City Bank of New York, who
has just completed a trip covering the
South and Southwest, and out to the
Pacific coast, in comprehensive re-
view of the business outlook, prepar-
ed for the Manufacturers Record, OF
this week, says
The South and Southwest, in my
opinion, are getting on a sounder
credit footing than ever before, and
my feeling is that these sections are
about to enter the best and most pros
porous epoch in their history. l look
for great advancement in population
wealth and average conditions of life
within the next decade. One of the
most important factors in this will be
a greater abundance of money and
cheaper interest rates. This territory
produces real wealth-the consumable
commodities which the world must
have-and, with better methods in the
future, is bound to become very rich
ard populous. Conditions in my opin-
len, are now distinctly on the upgrade
and the outlook ever more consistent
for return to real, genuine prosper
ity on rock-bottom basis
Nothing is needed, however, but
letter credit methods and more thrift
as the experiences of the last twelve
months have proven-to rapidly over.
come the extravaganza prior to thai
time and to get on a safe footing. This
section is big producer of wealth
ard the average man is straightfor
ward, and good moral risk.
Nothing but drastic conditions car
arrest such general era of overex
pansion and corresponding as we ha,
before the war. 1t is a very goo,
thing that this has taken place and i
now behind MS Looking to II O futur
the country has undoubtedly tremen
cously profted by the experiences o
the elsson taught by them.
The most striking thing in the pres
ent restitution is the remarkable con
trast with conditions prevailing yea
ago. The general level of prices o
livestock, hides, grain, sugar, copper
zire and other important products ha
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-21

advanced to a highly profitable basis.
The cotton situation, a year ago re
garded as deplorable, has greatly i'm.
proved, and on the present economic
position of the staple, advancing ra-
Their than declining prices appear tC
be most probable, if carried aalong and
fntelligently marketed. In sections
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-21
Florida Routes of, Dixie
Highway Are Announced
By High Officials

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept 21.-
With the official Confirmation by the
board of directors of the Dixie High
way association which will be made at
the meeting of the board to be held the
first part of October, the Dixie High
way will have western division in
Florida. Formal notice of the agree
ment of the Florida commissioners,
Hon c. W. Saxon, of Tallahassee, and
Hon. E. A. Belcher, of Miami, appoint
ed by Governor Trammell, of that
state, regarding tn edesignation of the
western division was received yester-
day by the central office of the asso-
citation, in this city. The western di
vision follows the unanimous recon-
mendations of the Florida Central
Highway association made at the big
meeting of that association held at
Lakeland, Fla, Sept 8. The western
division of the Dixie Highway is as
follows:
Starting at Tallahassee, going south
and east to Lamont, Sirmans, Perry.
Trenton, Newberry tot Gainesville,
thence south through to Ocala; thence
southeast to Orlando, south Kissim
NEE, thence southwest to Barlow,
south to Arcadia, east to Okeechobee
City; thence southeast to Jupiter,
where it will connect with the desig-
mated eastern division of the highway,
from Jacksonville to Miami. The
new section of the Dixie Highway in
Florida adds the counties of Taylor
Lafayette, Alachua, Marion, Lake, Or
ange, Osceola, Polk and DeSoto to
those already trayersed by the Dixie
Highway.
The construction of every mile OF
this new section of the highway has
been guaranteed Some of its mileage
is now of a permanent type of con-
struction, while still larger mileage OF
hard-surfaced road has been provided
for.
With the eastern and western divis
ions of the Dixie Highway forming, 5
they do, loop of the state, every
principal point in Florida, the mecca
of winter tourists, will be made acces
sible to the northern tourists travel
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-21

ing over the highway, through con-
Meeting roads which are being RAPIDLY
constructed. Among the feeders which
will tap the Dixie Highway in Florida
are the following:
From Gainesville north through
Alachua, High Springs, Lake City,
White Springs, and thence to Jasper.
From Barlow through Lakeland to
Plant City, thence to Tampa.
From Leesburg to Taveres and to
Eustis.
From Taveres south to Clermont,
thence across the Orange county line.
The Tamiami trail across the Ever
glades between Miami and Tampa.
From Melbourne on the eastern di-
vision to Kissimme con the western
division.
The fight for the routing of the west
ern division of the Dixie Highway was
made from the start of the movement
for the highway by the Central Florida
Highway association They have re-
manned actively behind the work ami
hofora thav pracontod +l,o;. a1o:~. / i.
the Florida directors for the routing of
the western link, provided for by the
association at the Chattanooga meet
ing they secured guarantees for every
mile of the road. The Central Florida
Association was also successful in
securing the passage of hundreds Of
thousands of dollars worth of bonds
in several of the counties for the con-
struction of the highway. When the
association, at its meeting al Lake
land Sept 8, agreed unanimously or
the routing Messrs. Saxon and Bel
cher, the Florida commissioners,
agreed to designate their recommen
dation as the western division, of the
highway.
The Central Florida association, I'M
der the direction of T. Ed Byrne, of
Tampa, president, and L. P. Dickie,
also of Tampa, has a membership of
about 1000 of the leading citizens of
western and central Florida. Mr..
Dickie has given his untiring evort to
the cause which has been largely re-
sponsible for the notable success
achieved by the association
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The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-27
PATERSON IS READY
 FOR BILLY" SUNDAY

.a''efson, N. J., March 27.-Pat- ~ a''On mas everything in readiness for ..s m Opehing of the Billy" Sunday "a sal'palgn here tomorrow. The city t0, 'l mas been known as the incuba- ss. S' VI anarchy and the scene of many bss i,s,, ana deeds of violence. is. astir c;ns.. . centre to circumference in anti srss1 ra'On or the coming of the famous i,ta1 nseiist' Sunday declares that he us A.'l to make his Patterson revival eampa upaea'e of his recent Philadelphia ,sd dp''en' which he has characteri- bp s''. s 'ae "Jlmdandiest" engagement ,s.,; ever filled. A tabernacle with a
 s,ss.as 's capacity of 15,OOO has been
 pes,ss Su T Tor the meetings. It is ex- sapss I u .ne revival will attract thou ssetio, io 0l visitors from all over this New ss,,'a S.I' of New Jersey and even from rom
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-27
IN MEMORY OF JUSTICE LURTON

Washington, D. C., March 27.- Memorial exercises out of respect for the memory of the late Justice Lurton ot the Supreme Court of the United States were held in the Supreme Court Chamber at the Capitol today. Form CT President William H. Taft who sat on the circuit bench with the late justice and appointed him to the Su- preme Court, presided. MT. Taft de- llvered an address on taking the chair. Other addresses in commemoration of the life and professional and judicial career of the late Justice Lurton were made by Jacob M. Dickinson, former Secretary of War; William Marshall bullitt of Kentucky, former Solicitor General of the United States; Frank $. Kellogg of Minnesota, and John J. Vertrees and Charles T. Oates. Jr.. ot Tennessee. The speakers were all named as members of the committee on resolutions, together with numer- ous other noted attorneys and judges in various sections of the country. par ticularly the middle and southern states.