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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-21
plan Run-and-walk Race.

NEW YORK, Sept. o0.-The national
tcn-mile run and seven-mile walk
Championships viii he conducted at the
Erooklyn Athletic Field October IS,
under thc auspices Of the Brooklyn \.
\. Charlie Pores. national title holder.
is expected 10 defend his iaurclS in
the running event in which Max Bob
land. hin and dale champion. and
Tat Flynn. runncr-up for the iive-m mile
title. are expected TO he his greatest
rivals. In the walking event Dick
Rcmcr, who won the title last year. is
expected . start. together with Willie
Plant, national threc-mile champion
Eddie REM OF the New York i. G,
former distance title holder, and .lo-
scph i. Pearman another Mercury Foot
N:ill,er
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-21
FAVOR "lRISH REPUBLIC"
cctricnf Workers Convention Also
4 Adopt Resolution indorsing
Plumb Plan.
Try Assncin,ed Press. |

NEW ORLEANS Sept. 2o-Adoption
resolutions r;eqn,es,i,ims frssidsn,
irish Republic" and ,favoring the
iumb plan, resulted al the closing
Setting here for the week OF the In
Irrational brotherhood OF Electrical
forkers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-05

that Britain did not control the seas,
She still controlled the seas In the old
sNelsonian sense-that is, her Grand
Fleet successfully Contained" the
German battle squadrons and kept
them for the greater part of the war.
penned up in German harbors. In the
old days such a display of seapower
would have easily won the war for the
allies. But that is not control of the
seas in the modern sense; it is mere
ly control of the surface of the seas.
Under modern methods of naval war
fare sea control means far more than
controlling the top of the water. For
there is another type of ship. which
sails stealthily under the waves, re-
vealing it's presence only at certain
intervals and capable of shooting
terrible weapon which can sink the
proudest surface ship in a few min
utes. The existence of this new type
of warship makes control of the seas
! today very different thing from
what 1t was in Nelson's time. AS long
as such a warship can operate under
the water almost at willard this was
the case in a considerable area of the
ocean in the early part of 1917-it is
ridiculous to say that any navy con-
trolls the seas. For this b-surfa ce
vessel, when used as successfully as
it was by the Germans in 1917, de-
prives the surface navy of that ad-
vantage which has proved most de-
cisive in other wars. That it, the sur
face navy can no longer. completely
protect communications as it could in
Nelson's and Farraguts times 1t no
longer guarantees a belligerent its
food, its munitions, its raw materials
Of manufacture and commerce, or the
free movement of troops. 1t is OBJ
viously absurd to say that belligerent
which was losing 100000 and 100000
tons of shipping month. as were the
allies in the spring of 1917, was the
| undisputed mistress of the seas.
Had the German submarine cam
paign continued to succeed at this
rate, the United States could not have
| transported its army to France, and
| the food and materials which we were
| sending to Europe, and which were
! essential in winning the war, could
never have gone across. That is to
! say, complete control of the sub-sur-
| face by Germany would have turned
/ against England the blockade, the very
| power with which she had planned to
! reduce the German empire.
| In due course shall attempt to show
\ the immediate connection that exists
| between control of the surface and
| control of the sub surface: this nara
tive will disclose, indeed, that the ma
/ ton which possesses the first also po-
/ tentially possesses the second. In the
| early spring of 1917, however. this
/ principle was not effective, so far as
/ merchant shipping was concerned.
/ Position of British Isles Favorable tc
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-05

not allow it to be taken from us by
ANYBODY or anything"
These statements read almost like
ancient history. yet they were made
in February, 1917. At the time Ameri-
cans and Englishmen read them with
a smile; they seemed to be the kind
of German redomontade with which
the war had made us so familiar
empty mouthings put out TO bolster up
the dropping German spirit That the
kaiser and his advisers could really
believe such rubbish was not to be
thought Of
Yet not only did they believe what
they were saying, but also. as already
explained, they had every reason for
believing it. The kaiser and his as
sociates had figured that the war
would end about July 1 or August /;
and Enligsh officials with whom
came in contact placed the date at
November always provided, OF
course, that some method were not
found for checking the submarine.
Defeat the Submarine, Win the War.
How, then, could we defeat the sub
marine? In other words. how could we
win the war Before approaching this
subject it is well to understand pre-
cisely what was going on in the spring
and summer of 1917 in those waters
surrounding the British Isles. What
was this strange new type of warfare
that was bringing the allied cause TO
it's knees? Nothing like it had ever
been known in recorded time; nothing
like it had been forseen when, on
August 3. 1914. the British government
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-05
Observation-Disclosures ka ]
0pa SaZZCa17e. 119

onpicts-sea power. The advantages
which the control of the sea gives the
nation which possesses it are apparent.
In the first place it makes sure such
a nations communications with the
outside world and its own allies, and,
at the same time, it cuts the COM
munications Of it's enemy. 1t enables
the nation dominant at sea to levy
upon the resources of the entire
world; TO obtain food for its civilian
population, raw materials for it's man
ufactureS, munitions for its armies;
and at the same time TO maintain that
commerce upon which its very econ
omic life may. depend. 1t enables
such a power also to transport troops
into any field of action where they
may be required. At the very time
that seapower is heaping all these
blessings upon the dominant nation it
enables such a nation to deny these
same advantages to its enemy. For
the second great resource OF seapower.
is the blockade. If the enemy is ag-
upon the outside worlds, seapower can
transform it into a beleaguered fort
ress and sooner or later compel it's
unconditional surrender. Its opera
tons are not spectacular, but they
work with the inevitable remorseless-
ness of death itself.
Britain Did Not Control the Sea.
This fact is so familiar that insist
uuon it here only for the purpose of
inviting attention to another fact
which is not SO apparent Perhaps
the greatest commonplace OF the wal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-05

threw all its resources and all its
people against the great enemy of
mankind.
international law and humanity, 1t
must be admitted that strategically
the German submarine campaign was
well conceived. Its purpose was to
arraign on the German side that force
which has always proved to be the
determining one in great international
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-05

year ago it was supposed that England
would be able to use the acres of the
whole world, bidding with them against
the German acres. Today England
sees herself in a situation unparalleled
in her history. Her acres across the
sea disappear as a result of the block
ade which our submarines are daily
making more effective around Eng
land. We have considered, we have
dared. Certain of the result, we shall
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-05

from the newspaper standpoint, was
that the British fleet controlled the
seas. This mere circumstance. as I
have already said, was the reason why
all students of history kept insisting
that she could never be defeated. It
was not until the spring of 1917 that
we really awoke to the real situation;
it was not until I had spent several
days in England that-I made the all
important discovery, which was this
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
EDITORS LEECH
MIXED IN STORY
Edward Leech, Not Harper,
Jailed By Judge In
Memphis.

The Herald Acknowledges q mistake.
In its story OF the Jail sentence I'm
posed On Editor Edward T. Leech OF
the Memphis Press for contempt" Il
said Leech formerly was Washington
correspondent for the Press This was
wrong.
This communication from Harper
Leech to The Herald editor explains It.:
TO correct a very natural mistake
and to relieve me from taking credit
and glory belonging to another. who is
incidentally good friend of mine, al
low me to call attention to the fact
that your footnote to the story about
inflicted on Edward T. Leech. editor
Of the Memphis Press, is incorrect
You state that Leech is well known
in Washington. having served as
special correspondent here for the
Memphis Press. This is not correct.
You have me in mind. By an unusual
coincidence Leech and havo the same
name. and I was formerly the editor
! OF the Memphis Press and am now
its Washington correspondent. We are
not related, but have had similar ex-
perlences with judicial upstarts.
He Was Jailed, Tee
When l held the job Leech now
holds. l was Jailed for alleged criminal
libel of the prosecuting attorney, but
that official was afterward impeached
and convicted of malfeasance in ONCE
by the State legislature and the judge
Of the criminal court at that time was
also impeached and convicted Of brib-
cry and deprived of the right to hold
office. This was done on evidence
published by the Commercial Appeal
and the Press.
The alleged warrant against me
/ was never presented to the grand jury.
I The conviction of Ed. Leach of con-
tempt is a step further toward the
ga - the press than the Killits-
Cochran case in Toledo. Ohio, recently
upheld by the Supreme Court. II is
time the newspapers got together and
secured new bill of rights.
Censorship Criticized.
MY experience in the war in con-
nection with the cable press censor
ship at New York has given me the
same impression that so many of the
returned newspaper men from over
seas naNe-tnat censorship Is the
greatest threat against democracy
now existing. Ninety-five per cent
Of censorship activities were not only
useless but pernicious.
The present hydra-headed tyranny
over the press exercised by the Post
office Department by the outrageous
, libel laws and by every judicial whip
per-Snapper who feels that he has
been called" should be replaced by
, a definite code of law holding news
papers responsible for deliberate ly-
ing. but allowing truth as an absolute
defense and a jury trial on every is
sue
Strange TO say Tennessee has one
/ of the most liberal libel laws in ex-
/ Istence. but as to judges these safe
guards are noneXistent, because OF
the judge-made doctrine of indirect
contempt. | have heard very eminent
lawyers assert that there is no trace
in the common law nor in the earlier
statutes Of this doctrine which the
courts seem TO have set up for them
selves. Yours for free press,
(Signed0 HARPER LEIGH"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
BIG FAMILIES COMMON.
CENSUS REPORT SHOWS

Big families are becoming more
common in the United States.
The Census Bureau in its latest re-
port OF births in 1917. says:
Fifty-siH mothers reported the birth
of the twentieth child
One mother reported the birth Of
her twenty-fifth offspring
But these are exceptional cases. Off
cials say. Some cases not classed
as exceptional are given in the
following paragraph from the census
report:
The reports for 1.241.72o of the births
occurring in 1877 contained informa-
ton as to number of children in order
of birth. OF these reports. 339.0n were
for the first child born to the mother:
84,o44, for the second child; 1925, for
the third: 134.334 for the fourth; and
80 931. for the fifth.
In the remaining 1855 cases. or
17.5 per cent of the entire number for
which information on this point was
obtained. the total number of children
borne by the mother was six or more
in 1914 cases. il was ten or more; in
1.6o0 cases. it was fifteen or more: in
fifty-siX cases. it was twenty or more;
and in one case the birth of the twen-
ty-fifth child was reported.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
GUARDS
LAUD u. S. SENATOR

Guards at the State, War and Navy
Department yesterday sent Senator
William S. Kenyon, OF Iowa, a letter
of appreciation for his kindly in
terest in the bill to fix the compen-
sation of Federal employees"
We are convinced that in favoring
the measure you are actuated by the
true American principle of fair play"
says the letter.
Among those who signed the letter
are William A. Hickey. Matthew De-
vine, James J. Murray. Frank Hide
brand. Samuel w. Timms, George w
Hall, James W. Lynch. William J.
Harding. William NJ. Hodgson. George
|. LorentZ, Charles Detrio. Peter
Hoefiing, Tom Small, John A. Has4Iin,
Charles T. Gray. c. P. Mcintyre. An
thony G. s. Carroll, Thomas S. Nevin,
Tony Rosetta. Thomas B. Broderick,
Robert Campbell. William Bellson,
William Cardwell. Joe Frankovich,
Joseph w. Mattingly.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
LOCAL TEMPERATURE

Midnight e2 a. m. s.; a m. c.; 6 I. n,
&; a m. a; 10 a. m. -: Z noon, - :
p m, 7e; p. m, 50; p. n. y; g p. N.
q; 10 p m. q. Highest s.; lowest g.
Relative humidity-s a IN G.. > p. n, =
8 p m. 81
Rainfall ts n. m. 10 7. m. o: hours o;
sInshine, IA; peE cent Of possible sunshine 100.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
FOR 500
CHILDREN OPEN TODAY

A procession Of wagonloads OF de-
bris from the vacant lot at Third and
q streets northeast. several days ago.
heralded the opening there today OF
q playground for colored children
The new playground will be known
as the johanna Collins Municipal
Fairgrounds" as the lot was loaned
by Johanna Collins. II will be under
the supervision of Mrs. Rosa Stokes
Netherlands. Harry Morton will be
caretaker. A daily average Of 500 col
ored children is expected
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
HOLIDAY ASKED
FOR WINTER, TOO
Government Clerks Want
Saturday Afternoon Off
Year Around.

Saturday afternoon as an alI-yeAr
holiday in the District of Columbia
will be discussed tonight at a meet
ing of the Saturday Afternoon Holi-
day Club in the Public Library.
Members of the club base their
claim for the weekly half-holiday
on a decision rendered by the At
torney General under President
Roosevelt that Saturday afternoon
was a legal holiday in the District
of Columbia His decision did not
refer to the summer months, but to
the entire year.
| Col. Roosevelt favored the enact
ment by Congress of a law making
Saturday afternoon an all-year holi-
day for all government employees.
! So general has become the inter-
est OF Federal employees in the Sat-
urday half-holiday movement that
several inquiries have been received
by The Washington Herald bearing
on the matter from different angles
A clerk in the Treasury Department
asks:
about the petition for Saturday
L
I The Herald? Will it be circulated
in all the government departments? Z?
| None of the clerks in my office seem
to know anything about the mat
ter"
In response to these inquiries The
Herald is informed by Capt. c. O..
/ Howard, of the Pension Bureau,
who is president of the Saturday
Afternoon Holiday Club, that he has
received and is distributing more
than $4,000 printed cards. by and
with the voluntary help of the vice
presidents of the club and the MEM
bers of the membership committee.
These cards. when signed. will con-
stitute the petition. Cards, member
ship buttons and information can be
obtained only from a member of the
membership committee, one of the
clerks OF the several departments,
who have been invited TO nominate
someone to serve on the membership
committee.
The vice presidents authorized to
supply needed information are:
! II. w. Rutledge. Agricultural De-
partment: o. o. Thomsn. Postoffice
Department: w. S. Grim. Interior
Department: Eugene Grissom. Labor
/ Department; V. L. GarriGus. War
Department; D. V. Phillips, Navy
/ Department; Mrs Clare Madert.
Navy Yard: II. V. Speelman. Treas
ury Department: o. J. Veley Ctreas-
urer). Treasury Department: J. B.
Hayes. the White House: Henry
/ Behlert. Civil Service Commission: F.
4. Lang. Government Printing Of
! flee: II. A. Raines. Bureau Of Print
: ing and Engraving; &. c. Tessie.
American University: NJ. B. White
and Miss Anna Fsber. War Risk BU-
reau: Miss Davis. Government Plaza
( Dormitories: Miss Mary c. Boggs.
/ War Camp Community Service
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
The Joy Of
Motherhood Told
Women Tell How They Made
Event One of Great Happiness.

In every part OF the land ther,
are women who tell how, through
the application OF Mothers Friend
they entirely avoided the suffering
usually incident to motherhood
They relate in no uncertain terms
how from its use the days were
made bright and cheerful and the
nights calm and restful, how the
crisis was passed without the usual
suffering experienced when nature
IS unaided, and how they preserved
their health and strength to devote
to the rearing of their children
md to the things life holds for
hem. go.
Mothers Friend IS a most pene-
trating remedy, prepared especially
for expectant mothers from a for
mula OF a noted physician. Strain
upon the lisaments is avoided, and
instead of a period of discomfort
and constant dread 1t is a season OF
calm repose. The hours at the
crisis are less, and Mothers Friend
enables the mother to retain her
natural grace, and her skin is not
cracked and does not become hard
sr disfigured. -'s e.
Write to the Bradfield Regulator
Company. Dept l., Lamar Building
Atlanta, Georgia, for their Mother"
rood Book. and obtain a bottle OF
Mothers Friend from tho druggist
today.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW.
District Of Columbia. Maryland and Virginia
Generally fair today and tomorrow with risng
winds.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
3 FROM DISTRICT AT
JEWISH CONFERENCE

Among those invited by Felix
~ Warburg, chairman Of the joint
distribution committee Of the Jew
ish Relief Fund. to a conference
in New York City on August 10. are
Mrs. Abram Simon. Fulton Bry-
lawski and Col. Herbert H. Lehman,
of this city.
Scores OF leading Jews from all
over the country will attend the
conference to discuss the present
crisis of Jewry abroad as outlined
by recently returned Investigators.
The conference will last two or
three days.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
DEP ARTTPTs

Accumulated excess Of temperature since Jan
uary !. 1919, +l57: deficiency Of temperature since
August ], 1879. 8; accumulated excess q IRE
cipitation since January / 1919 -L7s; deficiency
OF Precipitation since August J. 1879. -0S
Temperature same date last yezr-Highest s. !:
Lowest. e..
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
Whisky Beer Wine

Complete formulas and instructions for making
at home rye whisky. real beers. and choice wines,
including making and operating home still
Prepared by men formerly in brewing and dis
ulling business. Real goods; no substitutes;
postofice rules formulas may be lawfully sant
throusht mails. Sent on receipt OF 5oc-check,
money order cash, or stsmps Act quick. Bill
in Congress to prohibit sale of liquor recipes
BALTIMORE FORMULA COMPANY.
1913 Mt. Royal, BALTIMORE. MD.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-05-28
YOU KNOW HIM

When you have worked
hard all morning and the
bell is sounded for dinner,
you go home with the inten-.
ton Of eating and taking
that nap after dinner; but
instead you are kept busy
shooing flies; then is the
time you need
Ell Vampire
the handy, dandy fly killer
in the bellows box. For sale
by
B. B. B R E EDIN'S
Pure Food Grocery
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-05-28
a., Published Every Wednesday
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1919.

Brick, Lime, Cement and Roofing
paper. w. P. LEGG.
h1r. John Barton of Union spent
Saturday night in Manning.
Buy your Binder Twine from Cof-
fey & Rigby.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Katzoff and chill
dren spent Sunday in Kingstree,
A big lot of Binders Twine just
in at Coffey & Rigby's.
Miss Lilburn Ridgeway is the guest
of relatives in Virginia.
Mr.. and Ms. 4. Abrams and fam
lily spent Sr:::Ia! in Kingstrec.
See Coffey & Rigby for Moving
Machines, Reapers and Binders.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leard Huggins spent
Sunday in Hartsville.
See us at once, only one Reaper and
binder left. Coffey g. Rigby.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-05-28
FOR SALE!

Three store buildings on Mai,
Street of Town of Manning, S. C.
Buildings each 25 feet front by 100
feet in depth. Lots each 1876 feet in
depth with alley for mgress and
egress. Price $7500.00 each. Apply to
j. w. Wideman,
Attorney-at-L Law,
--1t-c. Manning. 6. c.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-05-28

Miss Moore of Charleston is visit
ing the home of her sister, Mrs. F. p.
Burgess.
For Sale-One store lot in the Gown
of Rimini. Apply to l. l. Appelt,
Manning. ;.....
Miss Heriot of Columbia is visiting
the home Of her brother, Mr.. J. W.
Heriots
$50 pounds of Mica Axle Grease
in l and 3 pound cans-at 15c and
45c a can. w. P. LEGG.
The baby of Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart
Harvin who has been critically i'll
with pneumonia is some better.
Soldier Charlie Bodenhamer has re-
turned home, having received his inal
discharge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz Young of Char
lesion have moved to Manning where
they will make their home.
Buy a Champion Mower and Reaper
from Coffey G. Rigby. Repairs al
ways on hand.
Miss Lulie Harvin of Columbia
snent the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. r. Harvin.
We can off fer you the best Moving
Machine made. See US. Cotfey &
Rigby.
Messrs. F. c. Thomas. H. NJ.
Thomas and Wade Weathcrford were
in Columbia on business on Monday.
Before going on that vacation get
one Of those handsome Swim Caps at
The Dickson Drug Store.
Miss Bessie Reardon has returned
from an extended trip with relatives
in the Salem section.
Toilet Soaps. Powders. Dentifrices,
Creams, Extracts. Toilet Waters, Etc,
at The Manning Grocery Co.
The Miss ionary meeting called for
Friday afternoon in the PRESBYTERIAN
church has been postponed.
For Sale the very best and strong
est binder twine for tteine oats and
wheat. ". p. LEGG,
Mrs. Harry Lcensno Of Union coun-
ty is visiting in Manning.
For Sale--One sow and seven pigs.
.Apnly p. o. Box 90. Davis Station,
S. C.-23-2t-p.
Mr.. D.. Silverman and Lawyer
Hirsch Of Kingstree and Mr.. S. Katz-
or mot1red over to Sumter Monday
Oats S1.00. Corn $500 per bushel,
Syrup Feed $500 per sack and many
other kinds of feeds at equally as
close prices w. p. LEGG.
Capt. and Mrs. w. c.. Davis will
leave tomorrow for Florence where
they will attend the closing exercises
Of the graded school,
-.=.-...--.-.-.-s.--...-....---
BREEDIN'S FOR GOOD
TEA
Votan, Chase & Sanborns.
Lipton's and Tetleys.
A tea for every taste.
b. B. BR EEDIN' S
pupn EnpG GrocnS.x,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-05-28

a bad accident happened at the
railroad crossing at Alcolu Monday
morning when young Powell, son of
Mr.. Jacob Powell attempted to cross
the track ahead of the "Shoo Fly"
The train struck the automobile which
Powell was driving and demolished it,
but we learn that the young man was
not hurt very seriously.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-05-28

Grape Juice, Apple Juice
and Ginger Ale. All good
to drink.
B. B. b R E E DIN'S
Pure Food Grocery
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-05-28

Work is being started on the Alder
man Department Store, and as soon
as we get the desired information we
will try and give our. readers a full
description of this handsome building.
This is a big enterprise for Manning
and it is bound to succeed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-05-28

Manning is trying to grow, but
how can she when those owning lots
will not sell or build on them. People
they don't get place to shelter them.