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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-07-03
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SOLDIER AND SAILOR
INSURANCE


So far more than 5000, 100000 Gov.
ernment checks have been sent out by
the Bureau Of War-Risk Insurance,
most Of which were for allotments and
allowances to the families and depend
ents of the enlisted men in the Army
and Navy. The total disbursements
of the bureau up to June 10 were more
than 5000 900, of which $97 1000, 900
was for allotments and allowances.
More than $4,000 checks a month
are sent out, approximately 5000 be-
ing mailed out every day. The first
checks for the June allotments will be
sent out on July 1, just as the first
May payments began on June ]. Rcla-
tives and dependents of I'VE insured
men should remember tina, the paw
ments for any month can not be
r,ailed out sooner than the first day of
The succeeding month.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-07-03
,,at)eesC|lanlpS Gets Hot in
the Collar Fight.
Deschamps Attacks Sapp and Peoples
y Because Sapp Represented Man
VINO Whipped Deschamps-Sapp
II Says In Answer, "When God
.#a Almighty Lays His Hands
'g on Man, I Take
isStt! Mine OFF,

.E f Mine OFF"
4, Newberry, July 2.-The state cam
npaign meeting at Newberry was pre-
sided over by Eugene S. Blease, coun-
ty chairman, and the two hundred as
sembled voters were given some ex-
citement during the remarks of Mr.. J.
M. Deschamps by "near encounter"
between Messrs. Sapp, Deschamps,
Richards and Peoples. During the
course of his speech, Mr.. Deschamps
made. an attack on Attorney General
Peoples hecaus" he had allowed MIR.
Sapp, the assista,. attorney general,
to represent Dr. E. Z. L. Adams, who
was prosecuted for whipping Des-
champs in Manning in the 1916 cam
palgn- Hr. Sapp arose and stated that
he represented DR.. Adams as his pri-
vate practice, and was paid as a pri-
sate attorney by DR.. Adams and "you
or any other man who says I was
sent there by the attorney generals
office or otherwise than in my private
capacity lies"
81 tdr. Deschamps replied: "If you call
me liar you are n id liar" Mr..
Sapp then advanced toward Mr.. Des-
champs, but was prevented from an
attack by Sheriff Cannon G. Blease,
2sshed by other members of the au-
dience and after quiet was restored.
Gen. Peoples, after asking permission
OF the chairman, stated: "The statutes
OF South Carolina give the attorney
general the right to appear in any
case where he's not interested in be-
half OF the state and have no con-
troll oyer Mr.. Sapp, the assistant at
torney general, ip his private prac-
tice, and ! have never attempted so
TO control his action as long as have
been attorney general. I have never
assumed that right nor as long as I
am attorney. general will / ever at
tempt 70 abridge his rights in his pri-
cate practice"
you went outside of your official
position in allowing Mr.. Sapp t. rep
resent common criminal" replied
Mr.. Deschamps, and have it upon
the authority Of Mr.. Stoll, the solici-
tor who represented the case, who told
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-07-03
DANIELS COMMENDS GUARD
For Standing by Guns Till Ship Went
Down

Washington, July 2.-For standing
by their guns until their ship went
down, Secretary Daniels today COM
mended the members Of the naval
armed guard on the u. s. S. William
Rockefeller when it was torpedoed
May IS.
Gunner's Mate John Robert Moore
head, of Hartwell, Ga. saw to it that
ammunition was sent to the guns, and
remained at his post in hte powder
magazines until ordered to leave ship.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-07-03
SENATOR TILLNAN DYING.
Late Reports From Washington In.
dicate End is Near
PARALYSIS IS PROGRESSIVE
Patient, Unconscious Since Sunday,
Reported Less Responsive
Last Night

Washington, Juy 2.-Although no
ma ked change was reported tonight
in the condition Of Senator Tillman,
of South Carolina, who suffered an.
other stroke of paralysis last week,
members Of the family said that, if
anything his condition was less ia
vorable. The paralysis was said to be
progressive and leaving the Senator,
who has r,rniired uncany, ious since
Sunday, less responsive. His heart
remains strong.
An early report this morning says
that Senator Tillman was almost in
extrelnis, and that it was doubtful if
the Senator lived till morning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-07-03
PERSHING PRAISES
TROOPS IN BATTLE

General Pershing today asked that
the following be filed to the command
In the hateau-Thierry sector:
please congratulate IN my name
the officers and men who took part
in the action in the Chateau -Thierry
region on the afternoon Of July 1,
when 249 prisoners and 10 machine
guns were captured from the enemy.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
TOOK LAURELS AS SPRlNTER
according to His Own Account, This
Mans Record Makes All Run
ners Take Back Seat.

Speaking at a dinner, Senator
Thomas ]. Walsh of Montana re-
marked that bravery Is often more
beautiful in theory than practice, and
told the following story as an illustra-
ton:
One evening party named Smith
rushed into n cigar store in his home
town, and, In response 90 question
rs to what made him look so wild-eyed
and excited, he said he had been held
up by footpads.
II was coming through that deep.
dark woods down by Johnson's farm"
he continued, "when saw the dusky
forms of two men stealthily crawling
through the underbrush toward me.
One of them had q pistol In his hand
and the other"
"Gee whiz, mani" interrupted one
Of the cigar-store crowd. swat did
you dor?
"What did 1 dor" RESPONDED Smith
with some emphasis. "Wh., did
three miles in just about four min
utes." Philadelphia Evening Tele-
graph.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
Philippine Folklore.

A Philippine folklore tale is some
what akin to the Adam and Eve story.
Lumawig. out of love for his people,
sent an old couple to earth with new
food for the Igorot tribes. The old
couple on a certain day were to ex.
plain its use to the mortals. but the
latter became curious and could not
walt until the appointed time. Two OF
the Igorots stole the bag In which the
new food was hidden. This so an
gered Lumnwig that he said the Ig>
orots thereafter would have to till
the ground and gain their food by
the sweat of their brows. The new
food was rice. 1t today Is the great
staple of the people. Rice and sweet
potatoes are the only things they
raise.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
To Take Up Claims Free.

Washington.-Law In each com
munity will assist soldiers or sailors
dependents in collecting war risk in.
surance claims without charge. under
an agreement between the American
Bar Association and Secretary Nc.
Adoo. This method was adopted as
means of preventing fraudulent claim
agents from preying upon tho families
Of soldiers or sailors killed or injured
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
CIVIL WAR EVER GOING ON
Two Glasses Of Germs In the Human
Body That Are Constantly En-.
gagged In Strife.

Our bodies always contain the two
classes Of microbes or germs-the be.
nevolent and the malevolent-and the
processes Of life, from the cradle to
the grave, consist of a constant con.
fiict between these two classes, DIR. w.
ii. Vail writes In the Christian Herald.
When the benevolent germs are In the
ascendency we are well and everything
prospers; but when the malevolent mi
crobes have the upper hand we are
miserable and everything puts on
Jaundlced hues. This concretely de.
scribes our condition from day to day
Again, we must not forget that as long
as we maintain our health up to, or
near, what we call par, we are immune
to the ravages or inroads of the germs
which cause disease and deaths,
whether through the processes Of fe-
vers or inflammations, or both. We
know that not over half OF the people
who swallow the germs Of typhoid fe-
yer suffer from the fever. and the In.
ference is that those who fail to con.
tract the disease, in spite of having
swallowed the microbes, were immune
from the fact that they were enjoying
state of health that enabled them to
throw Off the poison instead Of allow.
Ing II to remain In the system and,
through the process of fermentation,
to develop the fever. To the end that
we may maintain this condition of
Immunity, 1t Is of the utmost impor.
lance that we should eat only such
food as shall be readily asslmilated
and masticste thoroughly what we eat
remembering that every atom of food
that is placed In the stomach. not In
condition to be readily assimilated
lowers the system below par just to
that extent and renders 1t subject to
the inroads of whatever poisonous
germs may gain an entrance into the
system, whether with our food OF
through the air we breathe. Live In
the fresh air as much as possible
Lastly, do not worry, for worry Is one
Of the insidious causes Of fever.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
Easy 70 Make invisible.

Letters written with certain inks
show nothing but blank paper until
the latter is exposed to heat Thus In
movie play or on the stage con.
spirator will hold a document to the
fire or close to candle rs a prelim-
mary to reading the message or In.
formation that it carries. yet conceals
Anybody may make an ink of this
kind by mixing chloride of cobalt with
a little gum arabic. 1t should be used
with a quill pen. The writing made
with 1t is pink in color. but disappears
when dry. When exposed to heat, how
ever, It reappears quite legibly, assum-
ing a green hue.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
A DAGGER
IN THE BACK

That's the woman's dread when she
gets up In the morning to start the days
work. "Oh! how my back aches" GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules taken to-
day eases the backache of tomorrow
taken every day ends the backache for
all time. Don't delay What's the use
of suffering? Begin taking GOLD
MEDAL Harlem on Capsules today and
be relieved tomorrow. Take three or four
every day and be permanently free from
wrenching. distressing back pain. But be
sure to get GOLD MEDAL. Since 1890
GOLD MEDAL Harlem Oil has been the
National Remedy of Holland, the Govern
ment of the Netherlands having granted
q special charter authorizing its prepa-
ration and sale. The housewife Of Hol-
hand would almost as soon be without
bread as she would without her Real
Dutch Drops" as she quantity calls GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules. This n
the one reason why you will find the
women and children Of Holland 90 sturds'
and robust.
GoLD MEDAL are the pure, original
HARLEM OIL Capsules imported direct
from the laboratories In HARLEM, Hol-
land. But be sure to get GOLD MEDAL.
Look for the name on every box. Sole
by reliable druggists in sealed packages,
three sizes. Money refunded II they do
not help you. Accept only the GOLD
MEDAL. All others are limitations. Adv.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
BOSCHEES GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used so successfully for ffty-one
years in oil parts Of the United
States for coughs, bronchitis, colds
settled in the throat, especially lung
troubles. 1t gives the patient good
nights rest, free from coughing, with
easy expectoration in the morning,
gives nature chance to soothe the
lnflamed parts, throw off the disease,
helping the patient to regain his
health. Made in America and sold for
more than half celtury.-Adv.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
VAST EXTENSION
|OF FEDERAL POWER
TO CONTROL SHIPS NOW IS
ASKED OF CONGRESS IN
FLETcHER's BILL.
Senator is Aiming at Enemy Activities
to Provide Germany With Fleet
After the War-Board Thwarts Eff
forts of Teuton Capitalists.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Vas extension OF
Federal powers over shipbuilding,
shipping rates, docks and terminals
has been asked of the Congress by the
Shipping Board, and Is proposed in
two bills introduced by Senator
Fletcher, of Florida, Chairman of the
Commerce Committee. after confer
ence with Chairman Hurley. The
President would be authorized by the
legislation to prescribe through the
Shipping Board charter and freight
rates and to take over ships. docks,
wharves and terminal facilities In one
bill, and the second measure. amend
ing the law creating the Shipping
Board, would extend its authority
over ownership and transfer OF YES
sells, existing or under construction
Both bills have been referred to the
Commerce Committee.
In explaining the new legislation
Senator Fletcher said the Shipping
Board had discovered and thwarted
attempts Of German capital to obtain
control of vessels owned or under con.
struction in the United States, for
present profit as we'll as to provide
Germany with a merchant fleet after
the war. To enlarge the powers OF
the board to deal with such attempts
is one of the chief purposes OF the
proposed law. Besides authorizing the
President to prescribe rates, terms
and conditions" under which American
vessels may be chartered, one of the
bills would authorize him to disap'
prove existing charters, prohibit char
tering of any specified class of yes
sells, eoastwise or ocean going; to pre-
scribe in any United States port rates
charges and terms for dockage. wharf
age, stevedoring, handling and bunker
ing of vessels" and rentals Of docks
and terminal facilities.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18

Two hundred and sixty-four Aichi-
gan firms working on war contracts
are to be investigated by Herbert Cole,
department of justice agent, for al
legged violations OF government over
time regulations. says dispatch frotn
Bay City, Mich.
Second Lieut. Byron jackson. Jr., OF
San Francisco was instantly killed at
Call Field, Texas, when the machine In
which he was flying fell 1900 feet. A
cadet was slightly injured.
Three children were burned TO death
In a fire which destroyed the home OF
Mrs. n. N. Measday near Alpine, Tex
Three other children leaped to safety
The mother was found unconscious in
nearby mllkhouse.
Three miners were killed and a
fourth is still entombed in the Ironton
mine near Bessemer, Mich, as result
of a cave-in.
The management of the Boston Sym
phony orchestra announced that the
resignation of DIR. Karl Muck as con
ductor has been accepted
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
MARCH TO VICTORY

Courage is matter Of the blood.
Without good red blood a man has q
weak heart and poor nerves.
In the spring is the best time to
take stock of ones condition. If the
blood Is thin and watery, face pale or
pimply, generally weak, tired and list
less, one should take a spring tonic.
One that will do the spring house
cleaning, an old-fashioned herbal rem
edy that was used by everybody nearly
go years ago Is still safe and sane be-
cause it contains no alcohol or narcot-
lie. 1t is made up Of Blood root, Gold
en- Seal root, Oregon Grape root,
Queens root, Stone root, Black Cherry
bark-extracted with glycerine and
made into liquid or tablets. This blood
tonic was first put out by DR.. Pierce
in ready-to-use form and since then
has been sold by million bottles as DR.,
'Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. II
druggists do not keep this in tablet
form, send 60 cents for vial to DR..
Pierce's Invallds' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y,
Kidney disease carries away large
percentage of our people. What is to
be done? The answer is easy. Eat less
meat, eat coarse, plain food, with plenty
of vegetables, drink plenty of water
between meals, and take an uric acid
solvent after meals for while, such as
Anuric double strength, obtainable at
almost any drug store. 1t was first
discovered by DR.. Pierce. Most every
one troubled with uric acid finds that
Anuric dissolves the uric acid as hot
water does sugar. You can obtain q
Iai package by sending ten cents to
octor Pierce's Invalids' Hotel and
rgical Institute in Buffalo, n. Y..s
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
Figures Show Sugar Supplies.

Commercial sugar stocks on hand
August 81, 1917, totaled about 1,500.-
100000 pounds, compared to 2,500,000.,
600 on the same date in 1915, accord.
Ing to the first war emergency food
survey figures which have been issued
by the United States department Of
agriculture. Large decreases were re-
ported by millers and refiners and by
storage warehouses although stocks in
the hands Of wholesale grocers and all
large users Of sugar showed incrensvs
In 1917.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
CINCINNATI MARKETS.
Flour, Hay and and Grain

Ftouf, TISy anu anu SIdIn.
Flour-Winter patent S10.90@1l.35,
hard patent $11@11.50; rye -four.
Northwestern blended $12.5001275.
CONCENTRATIONS are: White ear
75c@S1.40, yellow ear 65cQ$1.30, mix.
ed ear 65cQs125.
Hay-No. timothy $2S5003O, No. .
$26028.50. No. / clover mixed $3.50
275o, No. 2 $24926. No. l clover $1S
Q22.
Oats-No. 2 white 94@941ac,. stand
ard white 93h@94c, No. white $50
931ac, No. 2 mixed $1,000, No 3 mixed
90Q91c.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery extras
Acc, centralized creamery extras 431sc.
firsts 41c.
Eggs-Prime firsts 39c, tirsts S2c,
ordinary frsts SIC, seconds soc, duck
36c. goose 75c.
Live Poultry-Sale of fowls and pull
lets is prohibited by authority of Food
Administrator Hoover from February
II to May 1. Broilers, under 2 lbs,
40c; fryers, 2 lbs and over, 35c.
Live Stock.
Cattle - Shippers S10.50018.75:
butcher steers, extra s11,50@12.50
good to choice $10.50011, common to
fair S7.50010; heifers, extra $11@
11.75, good to choice $1O.25@11, com
mon to fair $750010; cows. extra So
oil, good to choice $S.5009, common
to fair S6.75@8; Gamers SS.5007
Hogs-Selected heavy $1775@18
good to choice packers and butchers
1885, medium and mixed $1S.25, stays
$10@13, comomn to choice heavy fat
sows $1O@16, light shippers $17.75@
Is. pigs (110 lbs and less) $13@17.25.
Sheep-Extra $10.50@11, good to
choice $10Q10.50, common to fair SEQ
$50.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
Irving to Create piseord.

Washington. American Govern
ment officials and the Entente EN-
bassies saw another Teutonic peace
offensive in the reported speech Of
Count Czernin, Austro-Hungarian For
eign Minister, declaring recently ne
gotiations were near between the Aus
trian and the allied governments. The
move, Violently conceived in Germany.
they said was made just as it became
certain that the German drive in the
west had failed of its purpose and was
intended to bring d!scord among the
allied Powers and to cause discomfort
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18

work for me and I know it will help
others IL they will give it fair trial. "
Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, 108 9th Ave,
West, Oskaloosa, Iowa. >
Why will women drag along from day
TO day, year in and year out, suffering
such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when
such letters as this are continually being
published. Every woman who suffers
from displacements, irregularities, in
flammation, liberation, backache, ner-
vousness, or who is passing through the
Change Of Life should give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, trial. For
special advice write Lydia Z. Pinkham
Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass. The result
If its long experience is at your service.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
FRECKLES
Nav q the Tias e Get Rid Of These Ugly Spela

There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashamed OF your freckles as the pre-
scription othine--double Strengths guar
anteed to remove these homely spots
Simply get an ounce of othine-doubls
strength--from your druggist and apply =
little Of II night and morning and you shoul4
soon see that even the worst freckles have
begun to disappear. while the lighter ones
have vanished entirely. II IL seldom that
more than one ounce IL needed to completely
clear the skin and gain beautiful clear
complexion,
Be sure to ask for the double strength 9TH
inc, as this IL sold under guarantee of money
back II 1t fails to remove freckles.--Adv.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
Recommend To Stop Egg Business

hecommeno 10 Stop egg BUSINESS
New York. - The Federal Food
Board of New York recommended to
Food Administrator Hoover that the
New York branch Of Swift & Com
pany be suspended from all transac-
tions In eggs for period OF 80 days.
Tas a result of the firms buying and
eGY Tag eggs at higher price than
that fixed by the Food Board A like
recommendation was made in the case
of C. H. linn G Co, who purchased
the eggs for Swift G. Co. The tele-
gram to Mr.. Hoover also recommend
ed that Swift G. Co. refund through a
contribution to the Federal Govern.
ment's war effort. such as the Red
Cross. the excess charge to the public.
amounting to approximately $4,000.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
News of the
Week Cut
Down for
Busy Readers
U.S.-Teutonic War News

Not fewer than 100000 American
troops, 1t is believed by military ex-
perts of Washington, are ready to take
their place in the battle line In France
to withstand the German attack or to
assist in a cOunter-attack. General
March said he had no such informa-
ton.
"Whatever may be the present
ground held by the Germans; what
ever sacrifice of men the situation
must entail the allies will see 1t
through and will win," said Major Gen
eral March. acting chief of staff. Unit
ed States army.
entirely new in this warfare, the
Americans worked like the best vet
Grams In the battle of the Somme,"
says a wounded French captain who
has been brought back to Paris from
the battlefield He Is quoted in La
Liberte.
Washington has been informed Off
cially that General Foch, the French
chief of staff, has been appointed to
supreme command of all the allied and
American forces in France.
With the American army in France
an American patrol, consisting Of O
regimental intelligence officer, q ser
geant and three men, took four prison
ers from a German outpost position
The Americans quietly slipped up be
hind and covered six Germans. Two
of the men ran and were killed when
they refused to halt
The war department ut Washington
received the following cablegram from
General Pershing: Have made all
our resources available and our divi
sions will be used If needed. French
are in fine spirit and both armies seem
misunderstanding"
Phelps Collins of Detroit, a member
of the Lafayette Flying corps, was
killed In an air fight on the French
front, 1t was announced at Paris.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
chance for Promotion.

A first lieutenant In the depot troops
has many negroes in his company.
They have an idea that sergeant Is a
high officer.
One negro said to the lieutenant one
day: Sergeant, you sho Is good"
The officer responded. II am not q
sergeant"
~ know, boss. but some day you
will be-"
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-18
American EIicrs Aid.

London.-The British War Office
pays a high compliment to American
airmen in the official statement issued
on aerial operations. During the last
fortnight of intense fighting in the
air." says the statement. "the assist
ance rendered by the personnel of the
American Air Service. attached to the
Royal Air Service. has been inyalu-
able"