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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-08
Morning Sermon


Three dimensions of Christianity
are seen in the three places where the
word Christian occurs in The New
Testament. In the Acts Of the Apos-
ties 1875 we read and the disciples
were called Christians first at Anti
och These disciples were called
Christians because they We're like the
Christ whom they worshipped \
man ought to be known as a Christian
because he is like Christ in his daily
life and conduct. Christianity ought
to mean Christ likeness of character
and not mere profession Of religion.
Next in Acts 26:2S Agrippa says:
Almost thou persuadest me to be 4
Christian" Here we learn that Chris
tians must witness for Christ A
witness must know a thing and then
tell it. To witness for Jesus we mus.
first know him and then tell the
world about him. Paul witnessed TO,
Christ so spiendidly that he lifted
Agrippa's mind until he saw lonely
hill and q cross upreared upon it ami
Him that hung upon that cruel cross
from whose side gushed the carmina
ca Ne'1h winch SNiLS> Aio"iiiS QoN Il
across the centuries and in which the
blackened and defiled may battle and
become spotless white and sing:
There is q fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Emnanueps views
And sinners plunged beneath that
flood,
Lose all their guilty stains"
Then in I Peter 4:16 yet If any
man suffer as a Christian let him not
be ashamed but rather let him glorif =
God on this behalf. Here we learn
that we must suffer for Christ There
is no such thing as a crossiess Chris
tianity. "A Christian is one called Of
God To Be, To Do, and to suffer the
Will of Christ" Suffering to the Sin
ner is punishment but to the Chris
tian it is discipline Suffering is no
evidence always Of Gods wrath,
whom the love loveth he chastenetll.
In closing this sermon Mr.. Browning
told Of friend, Rev. Luther Bridgers
who lost his wife and three children
in a fire while he was away preach
ing When the news came to him
over the telephone he fell on his knees
and said, 20 God I've preached the
gospel to others now help me to tie
brave enough to drink this bitter cup
in this hour Of sorrow"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
PRESS RUSSIANS HARD;
COST IN LIFE IS GREAT
Germans and Austrians Pursue Re-
treating Russians Towards
the River Bug.

The Germans and Austrians are
pressing the Russians hard in their
retreat through northeastern Galicia
and southern Russian Poland toward
the river Bug. The energy of the
pursuit, however, is costing the Teu-
tonic forces dear, according to- Petro-
grad statements, which mention
enormous losses" inflicted on the
enemy.
Berlin reports Wednesday via Lon
don: The Russians have. begun re-
treat from the Vistula river and the
district of Zamosz, southeast of Lub-
lin, in Russian Poland, according to
the official statement issued We'ines-
day by the German army headQuar-
tiers st IF.
The Austrians, although we'll occu-
pied in the Galician campaign, are
not neglecting to keep a sharp watch
on the Italian front, reports from the
Tyrol and Trentino districts mention
ing notable activity of the Austrian
artillry. Italy's forces are making
slow headway on the Isonzo, unfavor-
able atmospheric conditions interfer-
ing with operations.
German submarines have claimed
two more victims, the Norwegian YES
sci Gjeso and Cambusskenneth.
Mytilene advices say a British gun
boat bonn barded the Turkish ports Of
Chesmeh, Lidia and Aglelia, destroy
ing petroleum depots and several YES
sells
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prevent the formation of seed.

There are many other weeds that
are troublesome in the lawn not only
in the spring but also in the sum-
mer and autumn. Among the most
important ones are dandelion, plan
tain, chickweed, oxeye daisy, and
yarrow. While chemical sprays are
more effective in the eradication of
these weeds than in the case of crab
grass, the best method of preventing
their development is to remove them
with a spud or similar implement.
The weed problem can perhaps best
be solved by making the conditions
as favorable as possible for the lawn
grasses and by maintaining strict
watch at all times to check the
growth of the troublesome weeds at
the beginning. At the end of the
growing season before the severe
weather of winter arrives the lawn
should be given good top-dressing
of well-rotted barnyard manure. If
the manure is not well rotted, it is
likely to introduce an abundance of
weed seed, which will ultimately
cause considerable trouble. Top
dressing not only adds fertility to
the soil, but gives the grass protec-
ton during the severe weather Of
winter and the freezing and thawins 6
OF early spring.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
RUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK
INTO OWN TERRITORY
Cars Armies Continue to Retreat
Along 25O-Mile Front
Warsaw Threatened.

Driven back over their own from
tier north of Lemberg and forced to
Cross the River Gnila Lipa, in south
east Galicia, the Russian armies con-
tinue to retreat before the Austro-
Germans along a front of approXi-
mately two hundred and fifty miles.
Berlin records progress in virtually
the entire southeastern theatre, al
though violent fighting still is in
progress beyond the Gnila Lipa,
which joins the Dniester at Halicz.
Having forced a passage Of this
stream, Gen. Won Linsingen's army is
presumably astride the railway run
ming from Halicz to Lemberg and
Stanislau, and now doubtless is aim
ing at the line which runs from Lem
berg to Odessa through Tarnopol.
1t seems evident that Germany is
bent on further punishment for the
Russians by the intensity of their
Galician campaign, but with the Rus
slams Gcross the frontier, the Ger
mans will have to rely almost solely
on road transport, and their ad-
vances will be slower, =.
The British press still voices the
hope that the Russians soon will find
a tenable line and deliver counter
blow, but there is a note Of anxiety
in nearly all the accounts, together
with the warning that either the cap
ture of Warsaw or the seizure of the
great railway lines which supply ii
would be disastrous to Russia, and
surely would be followed by another
general German offensive in the west
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
LONDON REPORTS QUIET
ON THE BATTLEFRONT
Diplomatic Relations Gain Attention
Of People-Turkey Treating
With Bulgaria.

London says Wednesday that Rus
sia's reply to the brilliant series OF
Austro-German victories in Galicia is
a law setting up board of munitions
empowered to spend unlimited money
and given virtually unrestricted pow
er over all private industries over the
whole Of the country.
1t is reported from Petrograd that
the creation of the board became law
with an alacrity that was astounding
and which is taken to indicate that
Russia fully realiz that the recent
disasters to the forces Of Grand Duke
Nicholas largely were due to lack OF
munitions and equipment.
Comparative quiet prevailing on al
the fronts except that along the bor-
der separating Russian Poland and
Galicia, the attention Of the English
public again is turned toward diplo-
matte and domestic problems.
Special dispatches from the Bal
kans declare Bulgaria is not dissatis-
fed with the territory offered her by
the entente allies That Turkey has
not lost hope of conciliating her dan,
gerous neighbor, however, is shown
by the news that Bulgaria-Turkish
negotiations looking to delimitation
of the frontiers of their respective
countries will be resumed in Corstan'
tinople.
Rumors of break in the diplo-
matte relations between Italy anG
Turkey again are rife. With the ex,
ception of the French claim that they
have recovered all the trenches the
Germans had re-captured in the Vos'
ges, no change in the military situa.
ton on the western battle line is re-
ported.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
THREE KUERTA PLOTTERS
ARE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY
Eel Paso Sleuths Continue Search for
Nephew of Former President,
Felix DiaZ.

Gen. Marcelo Caraveo, Ike Alderete
and Frank Alderete were arrested by
federal officials in Ell Paso, Texas,
Wednesday in connection with the al
legged Huerta plot to launch a new
revolution in Mexico.
The possibility that peace may be
considered soon by leaders of the two
larger warning factions in Mexico.
and the continued search by federal
authorities for Felix Diaz, nephew of
former President DiaZ, reported to
have reached Ell Paso secretly, occu-
pied attention in Mexicon circles at
El Paso Wednesday.
Jose Isabel Robles, minister of war
in the cabinet of Eulalio Gutierrez
former provisional president, was
authority for the statement that
leaders of the two dominant faction,
had agreed to discuss peace terms.
Robles declined to discuss any of the
proposed terms, but predicted that
peace developments might be expect
ed by the middle of July.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
LOFTY AEROPLANE DUEL
British Aviator \Outmanoeuvres Hi:
German Antagonist.

Paris reports Friday: A ruse by
which he destroyed a German aero
plane near Ypres is described by
Mark Helson, a British aviator, in
the Journal. The battle took place
almost $500 feet in the air.
when the enemy machine sighted
me it Immediately took to flight,
said Nelson. 81 dashed off in pur-
suit. After about ten minutes came
up with him and flew above him.
The duel began Immediately.
after fighting for some time with
out result, 7 let my aeroplane dive
almost perpendicularly. The Ger
man aviator, believing I had fallen,
also descended in fliding flight. I
then righteG my machine suddenly
and shot above him at a distance Of
only about fifteen feet. Then we re-
sumed the duel. One of my shot hit
the gasoline tank of the German ma
chine and it burst into flames, crash
ing to earth. The pilot and observer
were killed"
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CAR EXHORTS RUSSIANS;
ENEMY MUST BE CRUSHED
Expresses Faith in His People and
Expects All to Work in Com
plete Harmony.

Petrograd reports via London an
imperial rescript issued wednesday
by Emperor Nicholas in connection
with the formation of the Russian
board of military supplies, expresses
unshakable assurance in the brilliant
future of the Russian people and pro-
ceeds:
"a prolonged war calls ever for
fresh efforts, but surmounting the
growing difficulties and parrying the
vicissitudes inevitable in war let US
strengthen our hearts, resolved tc
carry on the struggle with the help
of God to complete triumph of Rus
sian arAs.
1.-THE enemy must be crushed, for
without that peace is impossible.
with firm faith in the inexhaust-
ible strength of Russia I expect the
governmental and public institutions
of Russian industry and all the faith
full sons of the fatherland, without
distinction Of ideas or classes, will
work in harmony to satisfy the needs
of our valiant army.
"This is the only and henceforth
the national problem to which must
be directed all thought of United
Russia, invincible in her unity
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
MEXIC0'S BANISHED RULER
DIES In EXILE In FRANCE
Former President of Mexico a Pic
turesque Figure, Passes
Away in Paris.

A dispatch from Paris Friday an
nounced the death Of Porfirio Dlaz,
an international figures, who has
been making his home in France
since the revolutionists in Mexico sue
ceeded in overthrowing his govern
ment which had ruled Mexico for
about thirty years. Diaz was die
tator in the strongest sense of the
term and ruled his country with an
iron hand. The re. .olutionists at
tempted to establish more liberal
government and since that time revo-
luton has succeeded with revolution
with such astonishing regularity that
many people have c. me to believe
that after all the strt--g arm squad OF
Dictator Diaz was the best means of
preserving property and life in the
republic to the south of US. The
former president had not been in
good health for some weeks, but his
condition was by no means consider
ed serious. Consequently his death
comes as a distinct surprise.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
TURKS LOSE TRENCHES,
SAYS A BRITISH REPORT
Athens Says Defenders at Darda-
nelles Facing Exhaustion
Many Are Dead.

A British official statement issued
Wednesday dealing with the opera
tions in the Dardanelles announces
that two lines of Turkish trenches
have been captured to the east Of
Saghir Dere and that three lines have
been. stormed to the west Of that
place.
The plan of operations on June %
was to throw forward the left of Gen.
Sir Ian Hamilton's line southeast of
Krithia, and establish a new line
facing east on the ground gained,
capturing in succession two lines Of
Turkish trenches east Of Saghir Dere
and five lines to the west. "All and
more than hoped for from the opera
tions has been gained"
A Havas dispatch from Athens re-
ceived in Paris Wednesday says the
exhaustion of the Turks facing the
French forces on the Gallipoli PENN
sula is evident, and leads to the be-
lief that the Turkish position at
Krithia soon with be taken by as
sault.
In a recent French advance, it is
added, six thousand Turks were
found dead in the trenches on the
front taken. Recent fighting in the
Dardanelles has resulted in an appre-
ciable advance by the Allies. the dis
patch declares, the French troops
particularly distinguishing them
selves.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
SUBMARINE SINKS SHIP;
TEN AMERICANS LOST
Liner Loaded With Horses for Brit
ish Army Goes Down. Carrying
L. S. Negroes to Bottom.

Consul Armstrong at Bristol, Eng
land, cabled the state department
Wednesday informing the department
Of the torpedoing Of the Dominion
liner Armenian by the German sub
marine U-38 on Monday at eight
eight D. m, twenty miles northwest
of Treyose Head, Cornwall.
twenty-five persons were drowned
and ten others were injured. Many
of those missing or injured are
Americans. Consul Armstrong says
ten Americans are missing. the ma
jority Of whom are negro horse at
tendants.
The Armenian left Newport News,
Va, June the seventeenth with a car
go of horses for the British army and
the negroes on board were some OF
the attendants to the animals.
Whether all of the lost Americans
are negroes or not is not known. The
shin was attacked bv the submarine
while proceeding with its cargo. Sew
eral of the survivors were picked up.
Some Of them are injured but are
doing well.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
y. s. SUBMARINE ASHORE
ON THE PACIFIC COAST
H-3 Runs Aground While on Its Way
to Exposition Manoeuvres
on July 4th.

The U. S. submarine H-3 went
ashore late Tuesday night five miles
south Of Point Sur, one hundred and
twenty miles from San Francisco, ac-
cording to radio dispatches received
early Wednesday by Capt. F. NJ. Ben
nett, commandant of the Mare Island
navy yard near San Francisco. NO
information as to the cause Of the ac-
cident was confined in the message,
but it was stated that the submersible
was in no danger, and that she had
not sprung leak.
The H-3 left San Diego in COM
pany with submarines HI and H-2
conveyed by the monitor Cheyenne
and was proceeding to San Francisco
to participate in a Fourth of July
program at the Panama-Paciflc ex-
position.
Early in the evening the H-3 out
distanced the other vessels and when
she went ashore was fifty miles north
of them. The port navy officials
communicated with the Cheyenne by
radio and informed her officers of
the plight of the undersea craft.
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private letters and these are from
members of the British expeditionary
force and from persons within the
war area; letters and parcels to and
from foreign countries, and press
messages sent by mail and news
papers. In this branch more than a
ton of mail matter is censored each
week, and this does not include the
parcels.
The third class is the commercial
correspondence with foreign coun-
tries, and this is dealt with in the
trade branch, and amounts to nearly
four tons each week. =
Letters coming directly from the
area Of military operations are in
most cases censored locally, under
orders of the field marshal or gen.
eral officer commanding in chief the
British forces in the field. Those that
appear to have escaped the censor
are sent by the post office to the cen
sors in London.
The transmission of newspapers in
bulk between foreign countries and
publishers and news agents of note
is not subject to restriction. There
is no restriction on the sale of news
papers from the enemy's country in
England.
Among the critics Of the postal
censorship, as among those of the
cable censorship" says the report,
"there appear to be two opposite and
irreconcilable ideals of censorship.
Complaints are sometimes received
from the recipients Of, censored let
ters that their letters can only have
been opened out Of idle curiosity.
Others, again, complain that the
censored letters should never have
been permitted to reach them if the
censorship were efficiently perform
ed. 1t may, therefore, be worth re-
cording that curiosity is usually ex-
tinguished after short period of en-
ployment as censor, and that the CEN
sors are not instructed to assume
that the mere reception of a hostile
and possibly abusive letter by Brit
ish subject will undermine the loyal
ty of the recipient"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
ANOTHER MILITIA TANGLE;
REORGANIZATION WRONG
Attorney General Says Former Off
GERS Can Keep Their Commits
sioES-BackS BleaSe'S Order.

This being only a reorganization,
or a rearrangement o. reassignment
as you may be pleased to term it
of the rem"ining companies of the
militia, I am of the opinion that the
officers of these regiments have not
been removed in accordance with
law, and that they can not be re-
moved or mustered out of service
except as is provided by statute SO
long as the military companies them
selves remain part of the organized
militia says Thomas H. Peoples, at
torney general, in an exhaustive opin-
ion rendered on the Reorganization
of the South Carolina National
Guard.
If the opinion of the attorney ger
eral is upheld by the courts, the re-
cent elections of militia officers are
vitiated and the former regimental
officers are still in command. Also
if the opinion is upheld, the procla-
nation of Gov. Manning, issued Jan
uary %, 1915, declaring null and
void the proclamation of former Gov
Blease mastering the State National
Guard out of service, is illegal, and
South Carolina has no organized
militia authorized by the statutes.
Military authorities think probably
the opinion of the attorney genera!
will cause a discontinuance of the
plans for encampments for this year;
for they think that it is improbable
that the comptroller general will
honor warrants for pay to what
might be an illegally organized mill
tia. Also, they say that the proba'
bilities are that the United States
disbursing officer, Major J. Shaptel
Caldwell will refuse to pay out gov
ernment funds until the matter is
finally adjudicated in the courts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS
ARE LOOKING FOR PEACE
Questioning Whether Catranza Will
Change His Mind and Meet
Villas Agreement.

The activities of prominent MeXl.
cans now in the United States and
others in connection with the Mexi-
can political situation attracted much
attention in official and diplomatic
circles in Washington Wednesday
and caused renewed discussion of the
possibility Of peace in the southern
epubl.c.
Tlese activities included the ef-
forts of Gen. Felipe Angeles, Villa S
right hand man, to learn the senti-
ment of Washington officials toward
the Mexican situation; a reported
peace move, calling for conference
between Gems. Villa and Obregon on
the border and the prospective con-
ference between Gen. Carranza and
Charles A. Douglas, his Washington
counsel.
Mr.. Douglas las gone to Vera Cruz
presumably to impress upon Carranza
the viewpoint of the American gov
ernment as enuciated in a. recent
statement by President Wilson that
the heads of the warning factions IN
Mexico must settle their differences.
Officials are waiting to see if Gen.
Carranza is willing to change his at
titude toward peace overtures by
Gen. Villa. Carranza heretofore has
consistently declined such offers.
Officials were interested Wednes-
day in unofficial reports stating that
Jose Isabel Robes, minister of war
in the cabinet of Eulalio Gutierrez,
had announced that Gems. Villa and
Obregon had agreed to discuss terms
Of peace, perhaps within two weeks.
Robes was said to have limited that
the proposed conference was result
OF fears of the leaders of the two fac
tions that the revolution which it was
generally believed Gen. Huerta was
about 10 begin, would so complicate
the situation in Mexico that .Ameri-
can intervention might follow.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
TAKE POSSESSION OF SCUTARI
Montenegrins Make Capture of Al
banian Town Taken From Them.

Montenegrin soldiers have occu-
pied Scutari. which was an object OF
contention between Montenegro and
the great powers during the Balkan
war. The Montenegrin forces on
April 23. 1913, captured the city af-
ter a siege which lasted from the pre-
ceding October.
Prior to this the powers had de-
cided to include Scutari in the future
State of Albania, and had offered
compensation to King Nicholas IN
money and land on condition that he
give up Scutari The MonteneSrin
king announced that he would hold
Scutari against the powers, and as a
result the international naval block
ade of the Montenegrin coast was eX-
tended.
Eventually. on further demand OF
the powers. King Nicholas decided to
evacuate Scutari, which was occupied
by an international force on May IA,
1918.
\ recent official note issued by the
Montenegrin government explained
that strategic and political reasons
impelled the Montenegrin descent on
Alybania, and gave as an additional
reason that other powers had already
occupied other portions Of Albania.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
INTERRUPTS ASQUITH
Member Creates Stir by Asking for
Prenier's Authority.

A riotous scene ensued in the Brit
ish House of Commons Monday after
noon when member interrupted
Premier Asquith to ask authority for
a statement about the lack of ammu-
milton. The premier made the state
ment that the source of ammunition
had not hampered the empire. Sir
4. Marham interrogated the speaker
and asked him his authority for the
statement. He intfmated that the
assertion was without foundation.
This threw the House into great con-
fusion. The premier refused to an
swer the question.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
CARRIES WAR SUPPLIES
White Star Liner Sails With Ammu-
milton and Passengers.

Carrying a heavy cargo Of wal
munitions for the allies the White
Star liner Adriatic sailed from New
York Wednesday for Liverpool. Be-
sides it's ammunition the liner car
ries a passenger list of over three
hundred persons, among whom are
five Americans. Other prominent
passengers include Robert Borden,
the premier of Canada. who is going
to Europe presumably to confer with
the head Of the empire. Extraordi-
nary precautions are to be taken to
safeguard the liner from submarine
attacks when it reaches the danger
zone
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-07
Sent Two Ships to Bottom.

The Norwegian ships Cambussken-
meth and Gjeso were sunk wednesday
bv a German submarine. Thirteen
of the crew of the first was landed
and eight others who were Germans
were taken. The Gjeso was 226 feet
long and the Cumbusskenneth was
1925 tons.