Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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5 MMMMiaiMMWMMMrawnHDNiinMiiiMimnniimnuinMHKuniMMniimniiMWfmMniimmM | News lor i LOCAL FARMERS TO GET NITRAT GoTernment to Sell Nitrate For Fei tilizer Through County Agents Washington, D. C., Jan. 22,?N< tice has been given to ,W. A. Rowel Agricultural Agent f<y Abbevil] County, that the U. S. Departmer of Agriculture will sell at cost supply of nitrate of soda to farmei in Abbeville County. The nitrate was purchased throug the War Industries Board under th of fVio PnoH f!nnfcr?f?f. Af as a part of the program for stimi lating agricultural production. ] will be unloaded at Atlantic porl and the price will be $75.50 a toi free on board cars at port or arrn al. Farmers are to pay in additio freight from port of arrival and th State fertilizer tag ffee. How to Obtain Nitrate. Applications for a part of th 100,000 tons of nitrate bought b the government will be received or ly from actual farmers or owners o holders of farms for use on thei land, and may be made throug County Agent, W. A. Rowell, c through any member of a local corr mittee consisting of H. W. Lawsor Calhoun Falls, Dr. J. A. Andersor Antreville, A. D. Kennedy, Du West, R. H. Moseley, Lowndesvilh and W. F. Nickles, Abbeville. No money will be required wit the application but upon notice fror {he County Agent farmers who hav signed applications must deposi with a local bank, association, or ir dividual, designated by the Secretar of Agriculture to act as the farn ers' agent for that purpose, mone to cover the cost of the fertilize except the freihgt charge. Afte the money is transmitted to Was? ington the nitrate will be shippe to the farmers. If applications fo the nitrate exceed the supply o about 100,000 tons the governmer will allot the supply on a pro rat basis among those who applied. Af plications must be received by Fet ruary 4. Applicaion blanks will b supplied. MUST EAT LESS WHEAT AND SUGA1 i 1 ~~5 tvilliam Elliott, foor administra tor for South Carolina, has issue the following statement, and ou merchants are complying witn tn order. A petition was circulate here as soon as the statement cam out which was readily signed by e\ eryone. Study of the situation develop that America must depend largel upon flour for success in the wa with Germany. There is plenty c wheat in Australia, but we have to few ships to send so far. Our assc ciates in the war must depend upo America for their supply of floui The strictest kind of economy mu; be practiced in the use oi nour 1 every household in order to fee the armies. To meet this condition the An erican people must cut down th consumption of flour by about 3 per cent, or possibly more. Corn and other substitutes mui be used as far as possible. Hoarders of flour, whethe r ind viduals, firms, or associations, sul i?r>+ thpmsplves to a nenaltv of fot years' imprisonment or a $10,00 fine, or both. Retailers who aid c abet in hoarding of flour rendt themselves liable to the same penall Flour. Flour in towns and cities shoul be sold in eighth to quarter barr quauntities; in rural and farm con munities in quarter and half barr quantities. These limitations are effective ; once and they must be strictly ol served. The dealers must notify all* oth< dealers in the community who do n< know of the rules. Reports of vi lations should be made to the Foe Administratiion, Arcade buildin Columbia, S. C. Prompt investig tion will follow every reported cas Sugar. Sugar should be sold in towns ar cities in two to five pound lots; ;11 ing is the time or leaving oi me 3tj trains. ?* No. 30, clue at 12:34 P. M "I No. 5, due at. ..12:50 P. M ?>:No. 29, due at 3:58 P. RI a*j No. 12, due at 1:30 A. Rl e. j No. 6, due at 5:30 P. M j No. 11, due at 3:45 A. M id No. 18, due at 10:00 P. M injNo. 17, due at 5:00 A. M I tin Farmer 11 """"""" """:| | i rural and farm localities in from E | five to ten pound lots. This regulaj tion must be strictly adhered to. r-; Every retailer should use precaution | to prevent the duplication of sales. The United States Food Administration objects to merchants ad1'ivertising sugar and flour. Adver'e tising tends to increase the sale of these commodities. a Dealers are prohibited from mak"s ing combination sales of sugar and other commodities, except that of ^ cornmeal. The dealer in his disie cretion may require the consumer ;t| to purchase two pounds of cornmeal with one pound of sugar. This rul^ ing is made for the purpose of in*s creasing the use of cornemal and thereby saving flour. r~ The people of South Carolina n must remember these facts: e Practically all flour must be hauled from the West. The corn crop this year was large. Many grist ej mills have been erected. By using; ^jmore cornmeal and reducing the J 1_ J consumption of flour, freight carsj ri are released for war work. Ourj ir: armies are assured of a plentiful; h: i j supply of bread; starvation will be >r j kept from the doors of the peoples i of our associate countries in the ^'Jwar; good prices will be secured ' | for our corn crop, and we will ma0 i i teriallv strpncflipn tiip hands of tVip > " ? ? government in the battle for right. i h! * POTATO DAY. n1 i 0 I t! The United States Food Adminisj. tration is planning a consistent camy paign to increase the use of Irish i j. j potatoes. Grocers will be urged to i inaugurate a "potato day" each ,r week, selecting whatever day is i ir slack in deliveries and making a| j. special price for potatoes delivered i (j on that day. Housewives will be i ,r asked to buy potatoes, a week's sup-j f ply, on each potato day. The Ad-] (t ministration wishes to place the; a Irish potato, every day in the year, I i ). on every table in America. >. The Food Administration de-' i i e, clares that it is necessary right now as a war measure for everybody to j eat potatoes and also to purchasej j them in fairly regular quantities' r week by week, so that distribution' j will b? equal everywhere for the ! next five or six months, relieving! i ^! railroad congestion and enabling j ! growers and distributors to handle [ potatoes at the most reasonable' ^ prices and to furnish encourage-J e ment for production of a larger j r_ crop this spring. The Department of Agriculturue | is working to improve potato grow-1 lb yj ing methods and to increase our r crops. The co-operation of the con' sumer and the grocer are needed 0! more now than ever before. Every j. | Amcrian family is urged to eat pon j tatoes and to buy freely through r ; the winter and into the summer. * I rtj Hotels and restaurants are being n asked to serve potatoes liberally, d Co-operating with the Department! of Agriculture, the Food Adminis-j j. tration has taken definite measures ie to stabilize the potato industry, I 5' both as to production and as to dis- j tribution. ;t! Germany plants more than twice j ! as many potatoes as the United: i_ j States. Germany gets more than jJ twice as many bushels per acre, and lr she eats three times as many pota ^Itoes. (iermanys wise use 01 puu?)rtoes helps her to hold out against ,rthe Allies. y' "If we are going to win this warj | we must fight Germany man forj 1^ man, shell for shell, potato for poej | tato," says a Food Administration J , i statement. ?| iNEW SCHEDULE ON SEABOARD. I atj The schedule on the Seaboard was changed last Sunday and the follow ' ? xL. ABBEVILLE COUf A Condition Demandin Vermin Infested Bee sponsibili The following is the report of the State Board of Charities and Corrections on the Abbeville County Almshuose, of October 25th, 1917: Mr. Wister Haddon, Superintendent. Inmates present, white men 2; white women, 4; negro men, 5; negro women, 6. Management and Equipment. Nothing has been done to better the equipment at this almshouse, nor have any repairs been made to the permanent plant, though we went into these matters in detail in our report on the inspection of September 14, 1916. It is only just to say, however, that the superintendent who has taken charge since the 1916 inspection, had the paupers' quarters cleaner than we have ever found them, and it is probable that the swarm of vermin in the paupers' quarters have been reduced somewhat. The supervisor and his commissioners, who, under the law, are the overseers of the poor, should take steps at once to have this almshouse repaired and eradicate the vermin whjch still infest the paupers' rooms and their beds. We pointed out in detail how this could be done in our report on the n1916 inspection. The failure of the su pervisor and commissioners to act puts the responsibility for the deterioration of the almshouse plant squarely upon their shoulders. This neglect on the part of the supervisor and commissioners makes the Abbeville almshouse almost a travesty on what an almshouse should be. We repeat our recommendations made after the 1916 inspection in this report and expect action from the supervisor and county commissioners. We wish every citizen of Abbeville county would visit this almshouse and see for himself what the conditions are there, especially the lack of repairs to the paupers' quarters and the presence of vermin in the paupers' beds and rooms. The superintendent is badly handicapped because, besides his wife who receives no salary for acting as matron, he has no help except what he can get from negro connf the almshouse. A nurse should be employed to attend to sick VVVWVVWV^VVVVV^ > > V MONTEREY. V Monterey, Jan. 23.?Mesdames W A. McClain and F. E. Patterson were the welcome guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sutherland Friday. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. McClain of Flatwoods, passed through here on Saturday enroute to Abbeville to ? nnrpnti. who are DCC UIC xvimv* ? r^. , sick, we hope for them a speedy recovery. Messrs Arthur and J. B. Sutherland and Bennie Napier spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J .L. Sutherland. Mr. J. T. Stokes was a visitor to the city Saturday. Mr Will Bell of near Lowndesville attended services at Rocky River on Sunday afternoon. Mr. G. W. Price dined with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sutherland Sunday. Miss Louise Cunningham is at home with her parents for sometime. Mrs. Jim Baskin of Lowndesville, spent Sunday afternoon with her sister, Mrs. Mamie Lanier. Mr. J. A. Nance, Jr., spent Sunday and Monday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Nance. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Sutherland of - ? 11 x _ ? .1 , Calhoun .Kalis, spent a iew uays ui | this week with the latter's parents, i Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sutherland. Messrs. Paul and Lowery Wilson, ! of Warrenton, worshipped at Rocky : River Sunday afternoon. CARRIER ON ROUTE 5. i ! Walter Winn, who has been a rural mail carrier on Route 5 for the past several years, has secured a place on the yards at the Seaboard 1 Shops and has gone to work. His ' brother, Joe Winn, is acting as his 1 substitute. i ITY ALMSHOUSE. ig Immediate Attention Is and Bedding? Rety Placed. paupers, and supervise the cleaning of the paupers' quarters. Recommendations to Supervisor and Commissioners: 1. Screen all the exterior doors' and windows of the paupers' quar-J ters. 2. Provide straw ticks instead (if mattresses for the paupers' beds arid rubber sheets as needed on the beds of paupers whose physical condition require it. 3. Have the roof of the almshouse recovered and increase the pitch of the roof. 4. Have the flooring repaired where it has buckled. Have the ceiling repaired where the boards arei sprung. Have the nail holes in the plaster walls filled with cement or putty. 5. Take steps immediately to rid the paupers' quarters of vermin which have found lodgement behind the plaster walls between the roomu and elsewhere. When the ceilings of the rooms are exposed to recover the roof, spray them and the beams and rafters supporting them with a! disinfectant containing a high per-| centage of carbolic acid. After the | | new roof is put; on, but before repairs to the plaster walls, floors and ceilings are made, fumigate each of J the rooms with the fumes from five! pounds of sulphur. After fumiga- j ! tion, proceed with repairs suggested1 I A ; in 4. 6. Have five fly-proof pail priv-j ies built at the almshouse, one for! I the superintendent, two for the 1 white paupers, and two for the ne- j gro paupers. 7. Employ at the almshouse an: able-bodied negro woman to take charge of the negro paupers under; the direction of the superintendent.' Additional supervision of the negro paupers is badly needed. 8. Require the county physician to vaccinate the paupers against smallpox where vaccination is not contraindicated. 9. Require the superintendent to make a full report quarterly of; supplies received, used and on hand,' and make at the same time a writ-J ten request for supplies needed dur-j ing the coming quarter. ! i j " - I VVVVVVVVV^VVVVVVi > V1 V DONALDS R. F. D. NO. 3. V ^vvvvvvvvv.vvvi , I I ? ? ? . Ml 1? Si : Mrs. J. K. Winn is still connnea| j to her bed with pleurisy, but hope i she will soon be well again. ! Mr. Alfred Moore spent Friday | very pleasantly with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. L. 0. Ashley, Mrs. ! Mattie Eakin and Lewis Minor were j businesn visitors in Anderson Thurs| day. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Loner and litj tie Louise, spent Sabbath with Mr. ' and Mrs. Alfred Moore. j Little Grace McLain is right sick j with La Grippe. We hope sne win soon be able to go back to school. ! Miss Pearl Eakin spent the week end with Miss Ollie McLain. ( Mr. Gus McGee of Camp Jackson, j is spending this week with his parj ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hill McGee. i Clifton Moore spent the week-end | with Mr. Moore and family. j J. C., the little son of Mr. and j Mrs. Monroe Pruitt, fell in the fire j last Monday and was right badly burned, but is getting along nicely. Mr. Milton Clamp, after spending a month with relatives and friends, ; has returned to his home in Miami, 1 Fla. GREENWOOD'S OLDEST CITIZEN PASSES AWAY I | Mr. Benjamin M. Martin, Green! wood's oldest citizen, a man holding : the respect and confidence of all ! ?1 1? 1nneeo/1 oxirair T'llPC Wliu KllfVV I1IUJ, jnu^ovu uhmj day nifjht at eleven o'clock at his j home at 209 Grace street. Mr. Martin was born in Abbe! ville county in 1825, and was the j oldest man in the community. Had he lived until the 25th of this month, : he would have been 93 years old.? j The Greenwood Index. V ? inrni iitrin mraimnnmiiiinw imiawrnnnufi I GENERA S -TllllHtdtlllHIIIHIiniMIIHIIIHIUrimiNtlUmillllllimillllHtlUUIMIIIIIMKtinUliniMBINNIINIMIIIUNIMOia Fifty thousuand common laborers will be imported from Porto Rico as j ; soon as arrangements can be made ] at an early date. Later 60,000 more ' will be brought in . Director General McAdoo wants to use the first that come in on the railroads for i the maintenance and shop work in 1 the south and southwest. i The Daily News says there is rea- . son for stating that President Wilson 1 quite recently maple urgent repre- 1 sentations to the British cabinet on , the desirability of an Irish settlement. The Dublin correspondent of the Times reiterates the particular- ] lv Vinno-fnl view - 4 J IV^'WAU* ?4Vn VA ?1IV VVUT^IIbtVlt j whose reports or report, he says, will ( at least advance the solution of the , problem by stages of unprecedent- , ed length and importance. The end, he adds, cannot long be delayed. _____ a The world's largest two direct cur- i rent dynamos have been built in i Europe, each with a capacity of i about 50,000 sixteen-candlepower i lamps. In order that all industries in ' Italy may be national, that kingdom 1 is setting up a piano factory desig- ' nated on the best American and i French models. Before the war the 1 piano trade was nearly all in the 1 hands of Germans. 1 M. Tchernoff, elected chairman of the constituent assembly by the So- ] cial Rovelutionist, declared that the , constituent assembly should immedi- ^ ately call a conference of all the > entente allies to consider war aims. , ? * u A charter to the United States^ government of all Dutch steamers! now held in American ports has been,, decided upon by the Dutch govern- j ment in a provisional agreement' just signed in London. The agree-1 ^ ment provides a charter for one! round trip of upwards of fifty ves-i sels. The ships.are not to go into! the war zones, but five steamers will carry material for Switzerland , and tw otake cargoes for the Neth-'j erlands overseas trust. It is part of the agreement that Dutch ships will carry 150,000 tons of food for the Belgians' relief. An altar of ice was used Sunday , j 1 at an outdoor service by the con-j^ gregation of the churches of St., ( Peter and St. Paul. The open air: services, which was planned as a de-Jj monstration that fuel is unessential! | J in connection with worship, includ-j^ ed baptismal rites. I, The ladies of Rock Hill are going | to make layettes for the babies in France. Each lady is requested to pay the whole or part of the price 1 of one. ( i i The corn crop of 1917 was morejj than 3,000,000 bushels which gives!] a big surplus. The heart of the J ( corn does not keep as well as the j ] wheat and that is the reason that!corn cannot be sent abroad. The apple crop of Washington State is 5 per cent above that of last year with an estimated crop of j. 3,660,000 barrels. j i Col. Roosevelt went to Washing-! ' ton this week and frankly stated that he had come to help speed up j the war and to confer with his friends. He had nothing to say in reply to Senator Stone's speech in the senate. j1 Ty Cobb has been re-classified. He' is in Class 2 Division A. His Ques-j. tionnaires had not been filled out] properly for he has a wife and three j children. ___ i . Pershing sends back word thatthis is the biggest thing that we havej ever undertaken and they will need j | all the support that they can get. j I He also says that if they can know J J every day and every hour that the j | people are standing behind them ! (they will have plenty of courage. J i Speaking of severing diplomatic relations it isn't so easy to sever poor relations, an exchange says. L NEWS I ; minimi ,,J| E. A. Ivester was shot and killed at Great Falls by Max Giles. They had a difficulty over an account in Ivester's store. Capt. James E. Holgate has been sentenced to serve seven years in the Atlanta prison for forging an indorsement on a check. John F. Nugent of Boise City, was appointed by the Governor of Idaho to nil the unexpired term of Senator Brady, whose death caused the vacancy. The 30 German ships seized by Brazil when it entered the "war have been chartered by the French government for war purposes. The vessels represent on aggregate of about 120,000 gross tons. At the Tuesday night session Senator Laney offered a resolution thatno more night sessions be held during the meeting of this legislature, ! and that instead an afternoon set-- , 3ion be held each day. There never has been a similar body of men to lead as clean lives is the American soldiers in France, General Pershing said in a cablegram to Secretary Baker in reply to inquiries as to the truth of reports of immoderate drinking among the men. : .. . ' Measures to check competition for labor between the war industries ind government agencies have been;aken by the department of labor. rhis was announced Tuesday after a. delegation of Virginia truck growers headed by Represntative Holland had called on Assistant Secretary Post with a protest that the farmers would lose a million bushdIs of potatoes this year if the enticement of farm laborers by industrial concerns were permitted to continue. To the bill requiring the war de- . . partment to furnish army officers with uniforms at cost, Secretary Daniels asked the senate military committee to add a provision for laval officers. ? ! South Carolina's proportion of the ~ ?50,000 shipbuilders to be raised in ;he United States Is approximately 3,000 according to information revived by the State Council of Na;ional Defense from the Council of National Denfense. Horace L. Tiljhman, of Marion, is to direct the irive for these workmen in this State. LEVER-BARKSDALE. The following announcement has jeen received in the city. Mr. Barkslale was County Demonstrator for i short time here last year, but on iccount of the death of his father 1? 1 a 4-Ua wavL' fft fiklfA ne naa ui give uy u>c nVi? ?? charge of his father's farm: Mr. and Mrs. Walter David Lever announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Gertrude to j Mr. John Collier Barksdale Saturday, December the twentysecond, nineteen hundred and seventeen, Columbia, South Carolina. At Home, Farm Valley, Laurens, South Carolina. THE KAISER'S PRAYER. Oh, Lord, dear Lord, one thing T pray Before I knock off for the day? Just break this war stamp saving scheme? It haunts me in my every dream Because if each one does his bit I'll have fo break my sword and quit And never start a scrap again, Your servant, Kaiser bill. Amen. g If you cannot tote a gun, I Buy a savings stamp. I If of worldly wealth you've none, I Buy a savings stamp. fl War stamps held by everyone B Keep the kaiser on the run S 'Till the victory is won. fl Buy a savings stamp. s I