The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 15, 1918, Image 1
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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. By+
its are^t^^y tllflt^tifli^ e#n*i
lantic 3m.bth*T .ria"W .gslJw?i?-!9&*
it .. tt mm '
-??tw-bim-Wati m?'ic
9 on x9f>nl
aa e.l rltnoni doss lo ynff
rost * W-QfWlYlftfon 8|r\ ?iVA?te?w
lopot (n<BR9Wl?e9i&lfv'niH^iSW4t'o8 <4*1 jftW'VfNr <^1
?7 it? nk\\Ia8iV.a <>'A 4&"tfbf/r*rj??*P&9<*'VW
,e expended in^jin., ffWovP^R^Wftl
in central *>nm?l- ;\M?S*l?>sd?ThtftFtf l<^iW
?bn?IC -rsl8Bons.:<J,i^VWIh.?r^9,f^ ^ftfr 'SftfljiWa
soldiers sufferinu VID'WIW .??f.ifiVf0,>J#?fn(WAV,,??rftf .rttftla
,. a?/% ^^hultrv ' nWWH^nrf'WhtWW^ilnj
nd i^vP! of the departmei^jf Aft? f8u$5?i
>n<v.tfnoI,0eWAf? Trffid r>lt/oo I .ioM>H .-tt/: .HsW
o ll*?*i>.'M4 A* W**" jj ftP, , -j w H.. 4:l:if tltl-H .,si?a
y frirlhfiti ''fiwf*- "' | /i;i| , IhikcivSays <|*'Vta\ v;)inll,,iiiid )*?!
iillVSMVnon^ ffn-'Wfi. 1 .\VaHhinp*oni lfblla >1 1 itmSWcretanytl r
to <'im"<s.hJen';nrih>, i Jhiki i'' iHtlMnrib<s'ajrnthi.tiihiid!uldi dam
Tins :ih?>u !k?^i iic'i 1/31 f Mkfd tlilit:: < 'ormpi riGreetue *tvil# h? f
Idee : of It he- ' vouillavt t hadaolniiLKl as a !p<vrBiatii3tvt >tt*ii initial
itV(> j#htw>,lbH' siMll thiMi-,oiltun oMhIIoi
is to he nhnudoheUH < ttlh-rad-Mcvi ? itmnfctuAiloo.tgfoufrid.jr
suiiM'ili.tJ ef tJh? 1 'utnai.dUkElwtita ttiny dotv/bodniadenist
<I .'i| : lePtiandnt .LmiAiiiue canrvpJ"Jr.iit *>Uot
- nt -Oil a I *'1 ' "?*?tiT .J'mtw?*-?dt Je.IlL
+ 4'4 Ik-iJvJoK^ WiUii) IMJk'iHdlrtah rl^uono
rj^ e r in ina 14 I ^ I It** liW hf ?\ Ri i (III % *
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>e powder bag load huo&baildoniDClBt ikxIi tdainpdr. nientja
's iiAt'tot* yjtfaWfiff Jlauhivtem N?i:(T oil *S9ni?^ponm4naiJtn
or" tl/e' sYiV'p'/u io HdstuJMfr|>iIh?|llMUp>rtij|il8?fMl
; ,Q8B iu .7'>i ^Ifl mo il r?rtn*y tU:sbOl ivtitei1dB><V)ir4iehs'l of.itbof
n fn shipyard ropiii!
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pa mil en t niatift to
y^ nr^jorirw^ edi pars*) mud jwiii <??dntatfiari* Ibf -<i'lian<:
flP'Wie ^'"hohxl tin?Kedt )V^oiiH9dMn*)tlo*? <ifJ
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orljfiov/ n ?s?>Ti '>t" 1 jninn <r.iit I'oiund odt iovo
e tnntse todav. In
ttW.m wilfV>e ex- Th eseeMMar>:^ihl__he ha.l been,
n o'uio- ?i,yisrir informed th.-WTlig siluat >*>!k at <';uiSM
I?S ??ir - 8BWI Svlavij -t|9}^
?W'.u ?.!!& ??; 'rs4iLJc:?i>raiKg ifurt""
io?pn - >1 i. i.n ? hamfl^Bflgl^r^ affff |f)lvlUUi<o
* olttil . i >1/1'I lo;i steps toward abandonment woura be
:f)! tfti )<tNU pl^ iieaaiWiJtitnwQ.JcMO odH
l?W.|fUi ealler-JWt^ff.e^W^aifflflW i#?A he \
l oi.i .' ! >dJ Jr. Ji f\j.^W;tPrffoe'IA^'
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....r. ? m cr initvi ' 'fM?
i ii^^Vri W lS>"f?3 L n (1 u m ? unsan*
?vWjfttp^^^S f,ar>' Qaml StatOnHui?vrf^f?^4^fnB
that 1hu-iL' W'm* " was
the total for ^nclangerecT^Hjg^J*^^
V^'i-.+l1* HKV? * 1 ' *]"V
ir,v.i ' rA.d' 'h'y .;i.',u 1? h;,s is^
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> .brought to tlie *_u 1D nlo;> xna ri3UoT *IU* nsvar
niBRK minus ??' ?ii >t,['* it ?--' ?' >**- au.
Sftjbuttt ' <W ad o ? {jfj*
af r.uniner of jratLM, *nlt?u:> qoti oJ 9lda ?a oi
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