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Tt VOL. 23. ,NO. 34. SGML WEE] TAKES A CENSUS OF |[~~ THE FLOUR SUPPLY n Food Administrators Notified to Get Statements from Eeryone as to Amount on Hand. OVER 30 DAYS SUPPLY Statements Should Be Signed and Sent to County Administrator or Any One of District Administrators. County Food Administrator J. H. Witherspoon has been authorized hv the federal food administration to take a tlour census of Lancaster county. The people are requested to report to Mr. Witherspoon or the nearest district food administrator the amount over and above 3 0 days normal consumption now on hand. "This does not mean," the food administrator says, "that your flour T will be confiscated, but that if the shortage should become so acute, the food administration will know ... . tude who has flour and who has not and ... ? ton in this way prevent any real suffering for flour." ? Mr. Witherspoon has addressed VXpi the following letter to the district JJ|^| food administrators: "I am Just in receipt of telegram y from Washington authorizing a " flour census. Therefore we want each and every one having over thirty days of flour on hand to re- orr port same to the representative in (i> your school district. This does not mean your flour will be confiscated, but that if the shortage should become so acute, the food administra- VOT tion will know who has flour and who has not and in this way prevent any roal suffering for flour, or any SllfTi one going without entirely, while ^ your neighbor may have plenty. You should by all moans keep this flu or, and make no disposition of if th unless ordered by the food administration. All persons making; accurate report, will be relieved from charge of hoarding or other unpa- nient wo m a tnotie act. eeuti' Just make a written statement to Menu me or to agent in your district that refer you have so many pounds of flour ' repre on hand above thirty days supply and sign your name so that wo can *n keep a complete record." state Another circular letter sent out mitte by the county food administration. J J ment addressed to the people of I tineas- , v six hi ter county, is as follows: Th "I am in receipt of telegram from . this i our state administrator paying ..J{ Washington has approved the plan ,, comn of allowing farmers and others who , . a! eo have their own corn, to have same vote ground into meal, get a certificate * eomir from the miller that you had so state? much meal ground, and the date. does and you can take this certificate and . .. Ant hi get flour without having to buv const meal or other cereals. People who ? sufrra have no corn, must live up to the ,. , .. ... ther?' |MFU m?-I WI-|JI? U IIU I Ult", HS II is ail- ? solutely necessary that all wheal g f possible be saved to teed our ar- . ill t to mies, who are fiKhtinK our battle for ^irtln liberty. Proper blanks will be sent all millers as soon as possible." amen + . . adopt I)R. CHAMBERLAIN STILL ??s MAINTAINS INNOCENCE .Thl the e: | C. M< In Taken to Penitentiary to Begin Cunn Term for Murder of Brother. van in "Would Bather I>le." and Repr? n ease Richmond. Va., Feb. 14.?"I; (jj,lss would rather die than suffer like I rp^ am suffering," declared I)r. Asa W. Chamberlain, sentenced to life im- nf)( prisonrnent for the murder and mil- niade tilation of his brother, Albert Put- Hj,ou| nam Chamberlain. in Goochland (|erB(, county. October 22, last, as he was repon being removed to the state penlten- t^e r tiary. Doctor Chamberlain still claims Tt'lt! he is innocent of shedding his broth- i; er's blood. "Don't even suggest to Oai me that I confess," the grim old ojppi physician cried. "Others have tried H. T to do the same thing, but I repeat CO vo bow what 1 said at the time of my follov arrest and later during my trial, 'I 1, Ha am innocent, the victim of clrcum- 4, Th stances.' " 6, Ho ie La: ?LY. LAN* BRITISH TANK RUMBLES 1 fl _ || unibling and roaring as only a tank can and desolation that once was a town, and prevent him from leaving any mor< HOCRATS FAVOR *!>& OTES FOR WOMEN SE nal Indorsement By Execu- ^ "n r'e Committee Represent- Tuesc ing the 48 States. Whicl tria-F E WAS FIVE TO TWO C'ou nt Germa 11 racists Are Jubilant Over ... . . " unofficial e Action and Predict Early wiiaon's ioption of Amendment By (iertnan e Senate. Presiden between statemen .amuRiuu, > ?muorae- ,hp Aus of the federal amendment for lstpr m suffrage was voted by the ex- |{titling t'e committee of the national |,js |U)Sit icratic committee here after a n,a(|e c,n eiulum to the committeemen paots senti 11 k the 4 8 states. Daily Ne the executive committee the , llP |,,)Ss was Ave to two. tM the 4S between members of the national com- ontente. e, had voted for the amend- disfavor 14 had voted against it and against i ad not been recorded. and (Ires e executive committee adopted ('hallo resolution: fldence i esolved, that the executive m,pr Uo lit tee of the Democratic nation- ()f coinm mi mi t tee, after a referendum KUch act of the members of the natioal Si,illes c< littee representing the 4 8 t)tU(ie cc i, and In pursuance thereof, fhp lloU! hereby indorse the Susan H. <(Uj(h am any amendment to the federal porfS tin itution providing for woman (;oivo1 ige, and urges favorable action mjssed ( on by the 1'nited States sen- ,-or ,j,0 v of such ! ITmivl.t. ?>?<: t'.kli?i n' '' jwuiuiiii uvn iiit* 11 and issued statements pre- unin ik early adoption by tho senate '">ns< e resolution to submit tho (',pss *? dment to the states, already basis for ed by the house, and support- ,onni' ' President Wilson. leaders r use supporting' the resolution in nnro in xecutive committee were: Vance K'orniick, chairman; Homer S. 1"t,*ranf,f nings. Connecticut, vice-chair- an<l A. Mitchell Palmer, Pennsyl- 11 ; Senator Jones, New Mexico. has <,eo,{ Isidore * Dock weiler ('illfnmia until vol tentative Cordell Hull, Ten- There e. and Representative Carter Ml''',nr.v , Virginia, opposed It. front arc b names of the state committee- 'art"p sr'1 voting In the referendum were Par*'es a nnounced, as the poll had been ',a"y on with the understanding that it <,,m an<l d be confidential. It is un- ^nve >od that four of the six not yet "Some led are rated as favorable to to a (:<M' eaolutlon, and two as doubtful. ,V|" atfai did not I HKH l>KKK.\TS LITTLE would hi V TilK (1AKKXKV FLECTION marked i fTney, Feb. 14.?In the muni- lines. T election held here Tuesday J front cor urner defeated J. Q. Little by fields am ites. Aldermen were elected as At poi vh: Ward 1, Tattemall; Ward the bodli llman; Ward 3. Morgan; Ward of the ai ackston; Ward 5, Curry, Ward Herman i Imes. Thirty-th NCAS1 CASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, FERRIS NTO ACTION THROUGH RUIN! Ion. Criticism of the Ver- spartan hi noil and the premier's at- The trage nicerning it, was voiced in ,er home, a by Former Premier As- 'be prosecu il other speakers. As to re eonimitted I lit Field Marshal llaig and was jealous Robertson had been dis- bis w'ife by >r had resigned spokesmen ' d a^ Camp rovernment denied the truth ',,r was al,< statements. Nvas a natty er Lloyd-George in the 'la(' been j id King George in an ad- '"oster is a parliament asserted no *or,lon of a democratic peace could ,s n,,out L's in recent statements of !llso 1,r<" ' >f the central powers. The said be could see no differ- NORTH ( nbstance between the recent jr.. . ?s of Chancellor von HertCount Czernin. Before the larllament Premier Orlando Charleston tied that Italv will fight on lory is achieved. Linen,.... Is yet no indication that >,<'t 1 operations on the Western about to be resumed on a ile. Attempts by raiding * bar'esto ire growing stronger, espe- 'Anderson, the French front near Ver- 'he Consolit ilie woevre, out ttiere was shocket n no attack in force. 8 o'clock Tu time in March." according head came man prisoner, the Germans wire while i rk on the Nrltish front. He a power po know if a general offensive streets. I * begun then btit there Is was J activity behind the Gorman Hendersoi he weather on the Hritish county. Nor itinues favorably and the here a mon 1 roads are drying fast. by his wife ntfl along the Scottish coast rrned a V( fs of 164 American victims ame to hi* nking of the Tuscania by a '<1ental con submarine have been found. The remaini ree of these have not- beau Carolina fo - - V r\Si ; % ' ~}+&^f?fo OB?ssis i. this British monster is waking the e The tank is on its way to the front to b mementoes, like this, of his work in I rRIA LOOKS WITH DISF, NDING SOLDIERS TO FI rtling Will Answer President Wil lay?Facts Are Known in Londoi h Bring Closer Possibility of Separ lungary. von Heitling. the imperial j identified. I umm imi , 11 is reported ? ??= ly. will answer President s,'ven mem address to congress in the l"'V< been . , of Scotland, reichstag next Tuesday. t Wilson saw a difference \J^| the chancellor's recent * ' ' t and that of Count Czernin. FO Iro-llungarian foreign tninI declared that Count von .? , , , , , ' roseputlon hat. not withdrawn from ion that peace should he Lurg Man Germany's terms. r... are known in London. The ws says, which Wring closer ibility or a separate peace Spartanln Austria-Hungary and the ("ItarloH Fos Austria is said to look with Spartanburv oil sending her soldiers 'oroner s ju troops of the I'nited States inji murden it Britain. Mrs. Kdna nged to move want of con- ^'r' ''os'( in his government hy Pre- P?''ce head yd-Ceorge. the British house ,ook l),ao?ons yesterday failed to take ,lon of ,he HER N: LRY, 15, 1918. |ITHE CONS' ^^91 C0ST $2 K ^ amP Somev I ' H Place of O Iinumcd h*-foi . location and cos' choes amonpst the soli- given help beat back the Teu^rance. he statement 000,000 will be i ? ? Kas making plan 4 vorupon t; ght sammies ?? , cantonment, the was not given, 1 Ison in Speech Next xpon<lp(1.. Ordnance depc . ail\ News Says, on the south At ate Peace With Aus- " some seaport" n 000 each and on* lantic coast at a An ammunition * Mpst of the Americans l>OI"t" >s to cost bdried. The bodies of like sum to 1 Iters of the crew also on'nance depot washed up on the coast vaniaHospitals for ~~ with tuberculosis V FOSTER HELI) Oenvor. Colo., ai ii |vp i m,, . at a cost of $; DEATH OI* WIFE $12,800,000 is t pita Is at 32 arm Will < barge Spartan regular army is hilled Itrhle of .Month jn)t location irottuh Jealousy. may take the pi army training < which soon I i>g. S. l'.. Feb. H.? because of u>? iter, a well known young j ground on which ; man, was held hv a |Kight million* ry on the charge ot hav- pOI.f terminal* a? ^d his bride of one year, j j onort.ftOO f't)/ Herren Foster. a( c|,arlesto?|. sr had been detained at provided for thrf quarters since the aftair j,,g points at>itV following the coniple- pop hnus4in,|"^ inquest, he was lodged in ,.,?ii(>\e congesjio iburg count) jail. munities tjie d^ >dy took place at the Fos- expend nd it will be charged hy present a' parj tion that tlie act was for this jftVrpose >y Mr. Foster because he which passe'tVtlv of the attention shown addition to this : an army officer station- ponded nf '5vew'p i W'adsworth. Mrs. Fos- housing the' net nit 22 years of age, and nient engaged Ui e of Asheville, N. ('. She sels. i .1/. to no noviously married. Mr. \nother iytp, native of the Roebuck oftft f()'r hlch npannnnurg county and San(lv iC'l years or age. He han H readier ' (}. trevinusly mairied. charge of the c and ftJh-JorJirOTPi A ROM N A MAN *ubn(\M niittee. snowing EI) LIN E WIRE . i a unnn .. r*w i? i m ? *?? ,he new^wprT^. hy. of construction _n 1 qinir) lo "" 'ur> ^r..1.1 Tin- ll.-fl Mn?e an(1 fuUllt. Ar?*i?lrntai1l> ^ ^ ^ ^^ n. S. C.. Feb. 14 ? C. L. * ?? a lineman employed by ' d?^"'? Feb. 14 rhere lated Power company. . .V-'sp^naV m. 1 to death shortly alter jftoii'ion. 'n'Tt ie>day morning when hia j.^Sei' wWch^en ... ?>in ? iiv||,siiip?mifflu(r replacing a yard mm (J.The Sot !e at Meeting and Relfl pi ??-ath was instantaneous!] {{Aa'ltfa l|pwH^,'t(a a was from MadiAJ taas^cftv* th Carolina, and < JHLl t%%Kffl?e<?|ciiV th ago. He is survJTlM i A coroner's jurjAJB prdlct that Uend^<^| tWif i <leath as a result o&H i t<?''shqi?* itact with a live ^ifll ^iW ?frlfi8n/? '? s will be taken to VfeMyfni r interment. ii J\ w y x;uay h/i i-ytzmv/t .HT/OM HIHT SUBSCRlP^l6^^Q^tE?^ [RUCTION CiiAHi; 68,650.000 NOTWPERMSREBP >q 9il) o) noutn b^bbs nad .8i9vl*?i t ibt '{USMTIs srf) lo irec. $8,000,000 yhere to lake ti*wen ??i /Gaouocvief iR?t*HibJrfftiBii9 amp Greene. <<* N''i)niATkttifftftaft itt.I1f> no"',bfl/L '1 9TB <9ri) llflB .10dT9V0g 9f() lo 19bfO 9ri) 9BK699d IIk ,l>9l)(9firl? vlimft 111)4 N TERMINAL < HiAMyOlfWK " TOnstfftOTEHICiri M?1 H9l)lB119? rflrff .b9JH9??? *9X15) dltl . ,,, , . j .f>9I('>B))B aeoaeunaltefr nt at ( harleston ]K^(sifti<m,>>itS,JSssMtarx.m ... . ? .. IM HViJUv/ illion on Similar ^er jn Washington?Parts.aufca He Erected at) > 'Cntivff Replied ttv 45e uo , qu snioa 91* ? > Deep in Mud. ^ -oiqaf 10 w.uori Ir.fioMiW! 9fll nl )8 ?anoI 9(11 flTt'W Iliilll 9(1 J 8*)V i) K) (199 el>. 14.?Many newiT . xHj(S|itair?bn?If',HHii(ilioT^3e8reMaa eets for t h?* ami#. , u . ?i Af > srf liAfrt; (1*m AiMf// tiolfctttx m plants, ordina**o \ so. ne(Jitlba: k? bbvlfc. tfiet|<r> lants, port tei mnMl igflv/ i-intion work. aaHtl^u-eaontlTfued.wa Ki8u?'i(H'ifc**r>hUk- nhousing, were llM rf l#)/oe|jnteT?).;ket.wri1|e#4 inrtpit(?bWj$T9;j nent given the ?on?.I()f (h,, groUnt| (,n which it is Ux;*?;d#t in it tee by the > ?fofr: & .^yr .rft !Vftr ; work will ctet-**^,!^ ^ ^Jf (1.000 and. '^hW^^nt ^sday.,,^1 cc^prr^d jects had beei><*M- ^ei^^^Jo ^<Wjflft?w in most c*s<?(^Www Ia ris|nj; ,rom lack '^nril 0 F'Afiw 1 h"" """'JT'ii A? J. .. Naw Mrs*."? 8howS thrfi ?#r.-. n;S().I|'i;4?l(}fijirVM** <pent in burtuiift?'As\nuerries the surface and P*"e^aej?^<l t at Edge^ifWrft, ^rppid absorption. j'J >ai. noi 'atnloq ytitrit nwofa Ine* notloy-a,e ?' *'K2E2;iMIW.(8 te.irf^mnifliid's.oiMoiBw "V" "iSK.,+*i#ii wwfc u? ritsrt. k. including ttpw department has determined, howevlocation^ssfc tnere-rs---no nnnger ui^fWf 1 M6.0O0.oyM hH Jli*U*h?b* *s#iHh#l?Hfct** ?i>u#lil sunimerYAWWIIM least. 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Sftjbuttt ' <W ad o ? {jfj* af r.uniner of jratLM, *nlt?u:> qoti oJ 9lda ?a oi *?^L4KKmS?? pSBO r|/1 >_JpQ_ Jlttrit L jmIII??I . ?< * ? 9fl ^ftfl 9VB* ?il ,U^rfSlS?' ".fates'%m, " Sgssrtg! ,wa swvw^a ?S,fE CK?K p,Jr&few, "^Mi,,l3'Mi'j4 ^sn&%74, K:#> .jfo