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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01

one exception, we do not recall that
ne was ever actively interested in any
undertaking this city had at heart.
we will tell the serator frankly
that we had no other idea than sup
porting. him for reelection. We do
not believe he should have become a
candidate tor reelection, after his
staCemenC Gf few years ago, that he
would "etirc. but being in, and with
the influence and position he has in
Washington, we had expected to IenJ
whatever aid possible to his candi-
dacy.
"The things he says IN is lett r. +,
Mr.. Otis, in the light of the truth.
concerning The Herald, are absurd
and pathetic. This is the longest talk
we have ever had with Senator Til
man-parnaps if we had talkco to
nm more freely in the past he would
not be in the position he is today"
Another Chapter
And .hc Spartanbury journal. an
other bitter anti-Reft rm newspaper.
is guilty of the following lcsc ma iaste
IN regard to the senior senator's pro.
posed newspaper ca:npaign:'
"ANOTHER CHAPTER
"Another chapter has been written
Spartanburg has been interested for
the last few days, and the latest chap
ter appears to throw some new light
upon the situation, in that Senator
Illlmar admits that he and CONGRESS-
man Nichols sent the very telegram,
the newspapers said they did to Unit
ed States Commissioner Grant. Since
the letter written by Senator Tillman
to Mr.. j. G. Otis, of Spartanburg,
has not been offered to the Journal
tor publication, we shall not discuss
that feature of the case, but Mr.. Otis
IN ms letter to the senator does
mention the name of the Journal and
the Journals editor in connection with
the Augusta Chronicle article and we
therefore feel that We have right to
discuss that matter. Mr.. Otis SAYS
that ne sent the clipping from the
Augusta paper to the editor of tn,
Journal and that it was never pub
llshcd, and in this he is entirely cor
rect We had never Seen the article
from the Augusta newspaper until
Mr.. Otis sent it to us and after we
read it we decided that we did not
care to print it. That is our privi-
lego, and Mr.. Otis and no other man
IN this city can take that right away
from us. If we do not care to print
az, w ls'hi alIiClc IL Is certainty our
right to refuse to do so and after
reading what the Augusta newspaper
had to say, we chose not to print it
and in the event that Mr.. Otis has any
other like communications to submit
we may sec fit not 20 print them. 1t
should be clearly understood that pol
ltlclans cannot force newspapers to
print matter that is Objectionable to
them. The senior senator declared
some weeks ago that he was going to
wage his campaign through the news
papers and we will say right now for
his benefit, for the benefit of Mr.. Otis
and for the benefit of Senator Till.
mans other friends in Spartanbure
that If he wages any campaign
through the Journal he will pay fol
the space he uses at advertising rates
1T will not be donated" ."-Charlestor
American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01
EX-SENATOR TILLNAN'S
! EDITORIALS and THE
SPARTANBURC DAILIFS

X Columbia, April ga widely dis
cussed situation has developed in
Spartanburg, out of which has come
an admission by the Spartanburg an
ti-Reform press of the pitiable plight
pf South Carolina in being burdened
iwith Senator Tillman at this time
Some time ago the Augusta Chron-
icle, published on the west bank Of the
Savannah river, over in Georgia,
@printed an editorial whose principal
s'merit was it's length, telling the peo.
pie of South Carolina that it was their
{ duty to re-elect Senator Tillman. 1t
seems that the senior senator was
very highly delighted with the effus-
ion by the Georgia newspaper, and
that he was convinced it was the duty
of the South Carolina newspapers to
Seproduce it with enthusiasm and with
commendation. 1t was carefully clip
bped out by one of the senator's sup
porters in Spartanburg and handed to
the Spartanburg papers, with the re-
quest that it be published. Neither Of
them published it, and the senior SEN
ator, it appears became berry much in
censed, feeling, Of course, that some
body had thrown monkey wrench in
to the machinery of his newspaper
campaign.
1t appears that the morning news
paper in Spartanburg was devotedly
$dpporting him for reelection, the
afternoon paper having been some
/ what inclined to have anothc~ ,ake
the race. The senior ser :, W
ever did not distinguish N'..ae.
them. In a controversy = anor
-,st matter, he lambasted ali :.
q aand the paper which was his .pport-
er is now forced to this painful admis-
sion:
"It has been said that Senator Till
mans mental faculties are failing
him, and while we have not heretofore
taken any stock in that assertion, his
\ disconnected and inaccurate under
standing Of what has taken place, and
his almost irrational recital Of i'm
aginary wrongs committed by this
!. paper against him will certainly
p Strengthen those who have that i'm
preston in their behalf"
Some days ago there arose in Spar
,tanburg what is known as the "Geit-
fuss case," in which Senator Till
man took hand. AS to the merits of
the controversy in regard to that case,
or Senator Tillman's participation in
1t, this correspondent is not advised at
athis time, and it has nothing to do
with this story. 1t is mentioned on
ly because it is in connection with it
\ that the family row between Senator
Tillman and the Spartanburg papers
Z has arisen, out Of which the people
: Of South Carolina are getting the
z facts from the anti i-Reform press as
4 to the anti-Reform candidate for the
s United States senate.
. .- RI. |-.f f.s
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01
TAR AND FEATHER VICTIM
INSISTS HE BOUGHT BONDS

Vicksburg, Mss, April 2S-Wear-
ing coas cf ter ana feathers, Will
liam A. Hunter, aged G8, planter
living across the Mississippi River
from vicksburg, arrived here and
complained to federal authorities that
that his neighbors had accused him
OF dlsloyalty and had treated him to
tar and feathers. He told the author
ltles one of the charges brought
against him, was that he would not
buy Liberty bonds. He explained that
recently while at his old home at Viii
Transport, Ind, he had invested SIS 900,
all his savings, in second Liberty Loan
bonds and consequently could not in
vest in the third Liberty bonds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by loyal applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear
There is only one way to cure catarrh-
al deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness
is caused by an inflamcd condition Of
the mucous lining Of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is inflamcd
you have a rumbling sound or impcr-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely
closed Deafness is the result. Unless
the inflammation can be reduced and
this tube restored to its normal condi-
tion, hearing will be destroyed for
ever. Many cases OF deafness are
caused by catarrh, which is an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts
the blood on the mucous surfac-
es of the system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case Of catarrhal Deafness
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Medicine. Circulars free. All drug
gists, 75c.
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01
Sumter Still Working

Sumter, April 29.-Although this
county has the distinction of being
the first county IN the State to sub,
scribe its quota to the third liberty
loan, no let up has been made in the
effort to get further pledges. All day
Friday was spent in further canvass
of both city and county with the view
of making Sumter county the banner
county of the State. It is the hope cf
those in charge that this county viii
more than double it's allotted quota Of
1000. The last week of the loan
period will be one Of increased activ:t?
and further individual canvass VIII
be made. One interesting feature 50
far is the liberal manner in which The
farmers have responded. Previously
their subscriptions were not up to the
mark but they have more than made
good thus far.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01
"The Swamp Angel"

A writer in the Manchester Guarl-
ian calls attention to the fact tha,
the German long range gun had a
prototype during the Civil WAY in
the once famous "SwamD ANGEL"
with which the Union troops BON
barded Charleston over distance Of
five and three quarter miles in 1862.
This range was for that time, al least
IN actual warfare, Il record. though
the "Angcl' herself was an eight inch,
2oO-pounder, Parott rifle gun Of Il
common type. She was, however, Civ
en- an unusual elevation and loaded
with twenty pounds OF powder (four
IN excess of the service charge). Af-
ter firing thirty-six smells the "An.
gel' exploded.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01

standing of what has taken place, and
his almost irrational recital of imap-
mary wrongs committed by this paper
against him, will certainly strengthen
! those who have that impression, in
their belief.
"If the senator will pardon us, we
will state briefly what has taken
place in this office with reference to
the publication of the editorial from
the Augusta Chronicle, since he in
troduces the subject in public. When
we read the editorial referred to in
the esteemed Augusta Chronicle, we
recognized it as a political cannon"
mounted somewhere across the Sa-
vannah, with the intention of giving
the newspapers of South Carolina a
political bombarding. South Caro-
linians were thoroughly familiar with
the point of view it expressed and it
did not occur to us to reproduce it.
1t was old stuff" in other words.
"A few days after it appeared, a
friend of the senator's-not Mr.. Otis
brought it in with the suggestion
that it be reproduced. We took it and
thought no more about it. In day or
so it was sent by another, and still
another third party, until it was
finally, brought into the office by
mutual friend, who also had a letter
from the senator complaining about
the failure Of this editorial to appear
in Spartanburg papers. 1t was then
we told this friend to tell Senator
Tillman there was front door to
The Herald office, and that instead of
sending such matter as he desired
published around through third par
ties, in the back ways, he should come
in directly himself. We said The
Herald was not taking up political
cudgels for politicians-at least not
until it got ready to do so-and other
things to the same effect. AS a mat
ter of fact this paper and other papers
in South Carolina have printed col
umns from Senator Tillman at his re-
quest-and we are still doing it this
morning. Mr.. OTIS letter explains to
the senator that he did not ask The
Herald to publish the letter, and of
course we did not know that Mr.. Otis
was another of the senator's friends
running around with the editorial in
his pocket seeking it's publication.
"rhe Spartanburg Herald is not
trying to get Mr. Lever to enter the
race against Senator Tillman, for this
paper is about as little interested in
WIG PSI Iooilol loIIullcS Vi CaIluluuCeS as
a nynewspaepf in the country. 1t is
conducted six days in the week for the
benefit Of it's subscribers and the good
it can do, and it is not absorbed
making or mmaking office holders.
That is not It's hobby. Four years ago
it supported Senator Tillman and
was solely responsible for turning
the light on the then famous "Fergu-
son letters the publication of which
by the senator on the eve of his cleo
tion saved him from defeat. This is
perhaps, another thing that has
slipped the senator's memory.
"The editor of the Herald has edited
this paper for thirteen years, during
which time Senator Tillman has rep
resented South Carolina in congress
and we are therefore thoroughly ia
miliar with the greater part Of his
record in the senate. We have recog-
nized his fine ability, understood his
influence in Washington, but with
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01
WARNING TO GERMANS
Russia Advises Huns of Location of
Hospitals

-. London, April 2S.-The Russian
Government has sent the following
wireless dispatch to Berlin:
In view Of the advance of German
and Ukrainian troops into the Crimea
1t is necessary to point out that in the
Crimcan regions Of Ialta, Aluchta,
Aiutka, Balantlavi, Eupatroria, and
Iheodoria there arc sanitariums for
tubercular Russian soldiers and for
those. returning from captivity who
remain under the protection of the
Red Cross"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01
NARROW ESCAPE
FOR WAR VETERAN

New York, April 28.-Patrolman
William Miller, who was twice wound
cd while fighting with Il Scotch regi-
mcnt at 4pres and who became a po-
iiceman here after being discharged
from the British army, escaped death
by narrow margin today when tw,
burglars fired fusiladc of shot, at
him when he surprised them. The
bullets spattcrcd upon the wall about
Mlller's head. The burglars escaped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01

Spartanburg, defending himself for
his participation in the "Geilfuss
case" Senator Tillman thus rants as
to the Spartanburg Herald, his friend
and supporter, and thus speakes of
what he terms "d--d fools" in
South Carolina, and others:
Tillman Eants
"Hon. j. C. Otis, Spa partanburg, S. c.,
"My dear Mr.. OTIS: Yours of the
goth inst to hand, and I beg to thank
you for sending me the clipping from
the Herald.
"Any sensible man can understand
and already knows, why this paper
is fighting me. 1t wants to run Lever
for the senate and doesn't mind mis-
representing things to the point of
falsehood if it can injure me. No one,
but the most bitter partisan or crazy
Rleasitc, can be made to believe that
| have suddenl ly become "sympa-
thizer of sneak thieves" or that
"gave orders" to the United States
When prominent men from Spartan
burg came into my office with Con-
gressman Nicolls, and Mr.. Geilfuss,
and made true statement about the
sack of bones seized in his auto, in
Spartanburg, explaining the matter
clearly and satisfactorily, l naturally
became interested enough to send the
i telegram | did to Bob CAN'T, and my
friend, Thurmond, the district attor-
ney. No one but "damn fool" will
find fault with me for doing so.
conceive it my duty, as a senator, to
help any loyal South Carolinian, who
comes to me for assistance in any
way I can.
"Since the Herald would not publish
the editorial from the Chronicle
which you requested it to do, which
l doubt if you can get them to pub,
lish this, but they should do so since
they gave such prominence to the
original article in which they made
such baseless charges. With kindest
regards, am,
"Your sincerely,
"B. r. TILLMAN,"
The Reply
And in reply the Spartanburg Her.
aid, one of the most bitter anti-Re-
form newspapers in the state, thus
Spreads the light" as a well-known
South Cafolinian would express it:
"a LITTLE TALK WITH SENATOR
lllJIM n ~
"What The Herald thinks of Sena-
tor Tillman's connection with the So
called Geilfuss case has been clearly
stated every morning this week, so
it is not Of that we are going to speak
just now. We are printing this morn
ing Senator Tillman's letter to Mr..
j. c.. Otis, of this city, in which it
will be seen by those who read his
remarks that he altefnates between
his course in the Geilfuss matter and
some imaginary wrong the Spartan
burg Herald has done him by not
publishing an editorial from the Au-
gusta Chronicle, designed to advance
his candidacy for reelection to the
United States senate.
| ut has been said that Senator Till
mans mental faculties are failing
him, and while we have not heretofore
taken any stock In that assertion, his
disconnected and inaccurate under
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01
Elihu Root Reelected

Washington, April 28-Rceection
of Elihu Root, president, and its other
officers was announced tonight by the
executive council of the American So.
cieyt Of international Law. The coun-
ell met yesterday and besides elccting
officers adopted unanimously state
mcnt reaffirming its conviction that
the nation must abide by and defend
international law.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01

Drives Ope sislarla, Builds Up System
trhs sasta, isnins tonic
Naafia, nfiches The blood. and bu up the sys.
tenn, A true tonic, Fof edults and children. 6oc
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-01

In letter to Mr.. j. C. Otis, of
Spartanburg, defending himself for
his participation in the "Geilfuss
case," Senator Tillman thus rants as
to the Spartanburg Herald, his friend
and supporter, and thus speakes of
what he terms "d--d fools" in
South Carolina, and others:
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Austrian Premier
Again Repudiates
Russia InuQsioy,

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 23.-Thc Aus
trian Premier. Dr.. Won Seydlcr, ad-
dressing the lower house at Vienna
Friday, declared again.
Austria Hungary is not participate
ing i'll the military action which Ger
many is at present taking against Rus
STA. There has been no advance Of
Austro- Hungarian troops into Ukraine,
with which we are at peace.
"With regard to Rumania, an armis-
tice exists between AUSTRIA Hungary
and that country. Peace negotiations
will begin within the next few days.
The Premier's statement was received
with applause from all parts of the
House.
According to a dispatch from Vienna
to the "Local-An2eiger," of Berlin.
beputy Daszlnski, leader of the Cali
can Socialsts and member of the Aus
lrlan parliament, said, in addressing
the lover house on Thursday. that the
declared right Of self-determination OF
the peoples has become IAN untrutb
and are hypocrisy on the lips OF the
ministers of Kaiser Wilhelm" j"
lie added sarcastically. that tbe rom
tract with the Ukrainians would be
Kept, not by the Ukrainians, but by
General Won Linsingen.
DR.. Victor Adler declared that the
German governments had evoked the
greatest suspicion that the wreck of
the Brcst-Litovsk negotiations was "a
very welcome event" lie said he hoped
the German advance into Russia would
be discontinued. AT any rate, Austria
hungary would neither direct nor in
directly, whether as beneficiary or by
providing reserves for the West front,
participate in such an undertaking. He
asserted that Austria's war aims had
been attained, and that the Austrian
TASK was not the conquest Of London or
the liberation Of Flanders from tba
Belgian yoke or Of acting as a police
InQu.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
transportation Systems
Have Utterly COLLAPSED

Because there are not enough skilled
mechanics the locomotives have not re-
celved the attention required; because
OF the shortage OF labor and materia,
an insufficient number of freight cars
nave been built during the war: be
cause OF the shortage Of lubricants the
rolling stock has shown more than the
average wear; because of the increased
movement Of troops during the vim
ter the normal civilian traffic has
suhered; because the neutrals have de-
manded coal in exchange fer food MANY
cars and locomotives have been divert
ed from their natural lines.
o,, "A correspondent in Holland dis
cusses this question as follows:
Berlin has long suffered an acute
shortage of illuminants-gas, electric
ny and oil. Instead of using oil from
the Rumanian fields, the government
has been forced to export it in ex-
change for food and minerals. Ger
many has also been forced &c shin
great quantities Of coal to Switzerland
Holland, Denmark and Sweden.
Early in the war the coal mines
were not worked to their full capacity
because of the shortage of labor. Later
many Russian prisoners were nut into
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Gerrnany's Labor
Suffers as Sequel
To Great Strike
Sentencing Of Workers -
Prison a Severe Blow to
Their Cause

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 30 (By mail,
Details Of the German militarv 49,
thorities, ruthless suppression Of =.
attempt at Il general strike in all ~.
munitions factories of Germany last
August, no particulars of which war;
allowed out of the country at the tim.
are published in The Journal of .bs
German metal workers.
In Brunswick, which is the only die
trict particularized in the euardsa
story published by the "Journala
martial law was Immediately put int,
force, and both male and female str;k
crs were sentenced to Imprisonment
at VIII be long time before labor in
Brunswick RECEIVERS from the wound.
received" says the officially inspired
writer Of the article. HIS account ~
the strike is, i'll part, as follows:
"The great international strike has
come to an end in Brunswick and the
labor movement IS rlcher by a yerv
grievous experience.
"The strike was brought about bv
few agitators and had been in prepara-
tion for long time. /. broke out. in
spite Of official warnings. In the Bruins
wick metal factories. as In other facto
gies throughout Germany.
"Of course there were sensible work
men IN Brunswick who were not pre-
pared 10 las down tools except on
the order OF the trade union. Thus
it came about that many large estab-
lishments were affected to slight
extent only. The number Of persons
out on strike IN Brunswick the first
day was 5000 which was increased
the next two days by female workers
flom the jam and spinning factories.
"On the breaking out Of the strike
the Minister Of the interior summoned
the meads of the workmens commit
tees IN order TO bring about settle
ment. They presented series of de-
mands. including i far distribution
of food, introduction of the eight-hour
day. suspension Of martial law. grant
Of right Of free assembly. introduction
of equal direct voting, peace without
anneXafions or indemnlties, permission
to establish a labor Journal and non
Punishment of participants in the
strike.
The minister would not discuss the
demands. He stated that work must
be resumed the next morning, Friday.
OF the matter would be referred TO the
military command.
"All entrcaties were in vain, the
strike was to be continued. A few
hours after this fateful decision had
been taken, the orders Of the military
authorities were posted up in the
streets. These required that work
should be resumed on Friday morning.
'In the course of the day the strik-
ers gathered before various factories,
where exciting scenes took place.
Meanwhile. a special military court
had been set up, working day and night.
The arrests and trials numbered over
a hundred, and terms Of imprisonment
up to ten months were imposed Work
ers between the ages of seventeen and
eighteen, who were subject to military
service, were brought under military
control and were ordered to perform
certain work for which they would re-
ceive only military pay.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
German Leader
Sends ArasaUer TO
Y'rofzky Surrender

PETROGRAD, Feb. 23.-The Bolshe-
vik headquarters has received wire
less message. signed by General Hoti-
mann, saying that the German answer
had been handed to the courier OF the
Russian government, who Immediately
started on his return to Petrograd.
The message gave no intimatlon OF the
contents of the reply.
A second wireless message, addressed
to Leon Trotzky, from the Austro-Hun-
gariaN government, has been received,
announcing that Austria-Hungary is
ready, with her allies, to bring the
peace negotiations to fna: conclusion.
The Allied embassies will leave Petro-
grad in the event Vat the German ad-
vance threatens The city They are
ready, however, to aid Russia to fight
the Germans.
The embassies are virtually unani-
nous in decision not to break rela-
tions in any event.
If Petrograd is actually threatened
the embassy stats probably viii pro
oecd inland with the Boishevik govern
ment. wherever it may move.