Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, December 26, 1917, Image 2
IIOOVKIt SAYS 8P1IK0KLKH ?OHIO.
Not {?oing to luke Hrcad from tito
Soldiers to Moko (.'andy.
Herbert Hoover, Milted States
Food Administrator, bas issued a
statement from Washington replying
to the charges of Claus Spreckles,
Independent sugar refiner, to thc ef
fect that Hie Food Administration ts
responsible for the shortage of sugar
in this country. Tho charges by Mr.
Spreckles made at a hearing before
1 bo Senate Committee lu Washing?
ton recently. Mr. Hoover makes the
following Clear-cut statement as to
the alms and purposes of the Food
Administration:
"Anything I have to say to Mr.
Spreckles' statement will he said lu
?lue time to thc committee. lt to
day rcq ni res no proof from nie to es
tablish that Spreckles, a leading
? ligar refiner, ls sore at tho Food Ad
ministration and would Uko to see
it destroyed. I r?aliste that Mr.
Sprech les' balance sheet will not looh
no good next year as last, for refiners'
profits have been regulated. Fur
thermore,, his balance sheet would
have looked bette.' this year lr tho
price of last August had net been re
duced and held Dist in thc face of a
partial shortage that promised a fair
opportunity for .lO-eent sugar and
much increased profits. Mr. Spreck
les. therefore, has reason to fcc!
badly, There are other citizens who
will feel the same way, and no doubt
can entertain the public by assault
ing tho Food Administration. While
many reel badly, still the vast ma
jority or men and women of our
business community, and or our far
mers, are sacrificing their profits
.dally to tho nation's necessities with
out complaint, for many are sacrific
ing more than their money --their
sons. y
"We have bad two months of par
tial sugar shortage-October and No
vember-and will also havo Decem
ber bet?re relief from the new crop
comes. Tho American people have
bad live hundred thousand tons of
sugar in these two months. This is
70 per cent ol their normal supplies
In eacj mouth, and if cora are avail
able they will have 70 per cont for
December. Owing to car shortages,
the shortage lias huon most acute In
the Northoast, and about 200 cars are
to-day blocked from that region.
This 70 per cont is twice the French
ration. In the meantime, we havo i
gi Von Franco a good pari of lite KO
pei coat, and we aro proud ,,; lt?.
Ti?i- Supply -riveu LO France ?VHS
given deliberately, and iho Ameri
can people were loiu UL ii al tho Unto,
We havo also agreed to draw ten
thousand tons for our friends in
. Canada. I have yet t(. meet the
American citizen who would have it
otherwise.
"As io the Food Administration
Stopping the sources of supply, the
fact thal nil available supplies have
boen brought lu-jro that ships and cars
could hiing, and that it has already
boen eaten, is BU Hielen t answer. Mr.
Spreckles knows the bitterness of the
ten years' fight between producers
ind refiners, and between different
refiners, and ii' he looks back over
the Inst three months he will ob
serve a desire of many of these ele
ments to use the Food Administra
tion as a duh to settle their long
standing bitterness. If Mr. Spreck
les will tell us Where there Is any
rugar to-day that ships can be obtain
ed to carry, or cars can be obtained
to deliver, it will bo delivered at
once with the same resolution that
we hive requisitioned or distributed
over sixty million pounds of embar
goed sugar since October 1st. In the
meantime, the nine hundred thou
sand tons of sugar in Java is as re
?r ote as cheese out of the moon-un
less we wish to take bread ships from
our soldiers and the allies to provide
ourselves with candy."
French Cruiser is Sunk.
Perls, Dec. IS.-The old French1
<-miser Chateau Renault, employed
As a transport, was torpedoed and
sunk in Ibo Mediterranean on the
morling of December l-l and the sub
marine which attacked ber was later
destroyed, according lo an announce
ment made to-night by tho French
minister of marine. The passengers
on the Chateau Renault, all of whom
were either soldiers or officers, were
shaved. Ten members of .he crew'
wero lost. *
(The Chateau Renault was laid
down In lS'it;. she was 422 feel
long, with a beam Of BB.7 foot and
displaced 7,808 tons. Her comple
ment before thc war was COO men.
Besides being used as a cruiser for
merly, tho Chateau Renault had been
fitted ns a mino layer.)
IT. H. Drooka1 Successor Named.
Columbia, Dec. 20.-The Supreme
Court yesterday announced the ap
pointment of Harry I. McCaw, of
York county, as Clerk of the Court,
to succeed the late Cen. U. H. Rrooks,
who served in that capacity for 2.1
years* / "*
S. V. ?Kfi?.gf>l HALI? A ll WAI)
roi* HM 7 Ginning Over That of tum
to December Int?
Director Sam L. Hogers, of thc
Hu roan of tho Census, Department
of Co m moree, announces the prelim
inary report of cotton ginned, by
counties, in South Carolina, for the
( l ops of HM 7 an(| 1916. (Quanti
ties .ne 111 running hales, counting
round as half halos; linters not in
?duded i :
County- 1917. IU16.
Abbeville. 18,216 18.285
A i hen. ?7,200 38,13*1
Andorsoi: . .' . . 51,675 18,5 1 0
Hamborg. 24,531 2oj?96
l'a rn w (di. 58,152 40,285
Hean fori . 5, o :i 1 ."?,220
Berkeley. 10.008 1,628
Calhoun. 2 ??, 3 S i> 19,780
Charleston . . . . 8,687 3,41
Cherokee. 8,00? 7,619
Chester. 18,727 17,1.". 1
Chesterfield . . . 20,, 102 16,521
Clarendon . . . . 31,915 16,953
Colloton . u . . . . I 7,820 1 2.Ol!?
Darlington . ... 29,404 15,569
Dillon. 26,953 20,506
Dorchester .. .. 14,076 7.026
Edgollold. 28,580 22.898
Fairfield. 15,855 1 2,698
Florence. 81,05 2 15,908
Goorgotown . . 8,846 "* 1,005
Greenville. 25,808 20,001
Creen wood . . . . 26,260 2 5,459
Hampton . 20,10 1 15,018
Dorry. 6,548 4,147
.Jasper. 4,873 4,764
Kershaw. 14,578 9,4011
Lancaster. 13,193 12.0 7 0
Laurens. 81,60S 27.207
Lee . .. 20,14 5 15,967
Lexington. 25,100 2 1,868
McCormick .. .. 12,030 10.300
Marlon . 12.9 61 10,3 6!?
Marlboro. 47,269 29.658
Newberry.' 29,959 27,026
Oeoneo. in.?lO M,W>5
Orangobnrg . .. 7 1,722 58,836
Picketts. 12,133 13,136
Richland. 11.,629 15,009
Saluda. 23,912 24,100
Spartnnhurg . . . 42,957 44,51 5
Sumter. 34,993 22,370
Union. 13,046 1 0,917
Williamsburg . . 23,584 1 1,076
York. 23,088 19.220
Totals . . . 1,055,651 88 2,060
Ginning by States.
Washington, Dee. 20.-Cotton gin
ned prior to December 18th, amount
ed to 10,142,858 bales, exclusive of
Hnti-r.-. ;.'?.?! lu 'ludlau I 3f?,!?.* .> v.Hind
hales md s.;.:< >'.. bales nf sea island.
tho . i! ns burCait lo -da;, uhhouncod.
ii ti : isl.' oi ' ho n ; en i 1.(dildo :
A hi bo ma . i .. 1,900
Arizona. 11,000
Arkansas. 832,000
California. J?.OOO
Florida. 4 5, ooo
Georgia . . . . s.1,719,000
Louisiana... 580,000
Mississippi. 774,001)
Missouri. 41,000
.North Carolina . . . . 521 .ooh
South Carolina .1,111,000
Tennessee. 1ST.OOo
Texas .2,9 I 4,000
Virginia . 15,000
All Other States .... 3,000
Sen Island,
Florida.?15,000
South Car?ina . 5,000
Last year to December 18 ginning
wore }\0,838,799 running bales, in
eluding 184,285 round bales and
110,163 hales of sea island.
ROSCHEIDS GERMAN SYRUP
will quiet your cough, sootho the in
llammation of a sore throat and
lungs, stop irritation in the bronchial
lubes, insuring a good night's rest,
free from coughing and with easy
expectoration in the morning. Made
lind sold in America for 52 years.
A wonderful prescription, assisting
nature in building up your general
health and throwing off the disease.
Especially useful in lung trouble,
asthma, croup, bronchitis, etc. For
sale by Hell's Drug Store in 80 and
90-eent bottles.-Adv.
Fumiers* Nitrates Held Up.
Washington^ Dec 20.-Congress
man Stevenson to-day denied that he
had ?ny idea of going to South Caro
lina for the holidays until the ques
tion of supplying the farmers with an
adequate amount of nitrates at a fair
price is fixed.
"I v. ?sh you would say for me."
Mr. Stevenson . said, "that 1 will re
main here during thu entire Christ
mas time, if necessary, until this
nitrate matter lg definitely settled.
There was never a bigger or more
Important proposition for our farm
ers and 1 shall Insist that no more
time bo lost in letting them know
what to do.
"Iyast week it was given out that
a decision had been reached, but now
lt appears other things have been en
countered. I will slay here until the
matter ls settled."
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Engagement A nnouncod.
London, Dec. 20-The engagement
ls announced of Esther, daughter of
(hover ('loveland, to Cnpt. Bosan
quet, of tho Coldstream Guards, son
of Sir Albert Bosanquet. Miss Cleve
land Canif i London in June of last
your as a nurse.
UH coming of New Yeur't
Day naturally suggests th<
remarkable cuse ol t? \
Hazard. The mother ol
Hnpplzzez Hazard b iii
alined to give him ?> Bible
nome out of tho ordinary, and her attn
was certainly good. It was hurd (?
spell, and hurd to pronounce ; and
pronounced properly, lt sounded VcV>
much like a soda fountain clerk Hulk
ing a fizz, But tho boys shortened thia
unusual cognomen to "Hap."
Tho Hap Hazards were married ii
New Year's Day, Hap very happily j
suggesting that that would be ?* good '
way to start tho New Year right
As Now Year's Day again approa* li
ed, May's Aunt Ada, at whose housb lb
Columbus the Hazards 'were marri? d,
thought lt would be n fine idea ti u?k
tho young couple back home to spend
their wedding anniversary. Hap and !
May delightfully accepted, and - roto j
that they would leave Hometown for ;
Columbus on the 29th. It wa^ DOW
the 28th, and May decided lt wc - he j
well to begin to pack, or at l*nst o |
decide what she would wear and whi t '
she would take. It made her rather I
proud of her forehandedness.
.?And, Hap," she said, "you might .
by the depot and get the ticket aug
a couple of lowers, and everything ,<> j
we shall be all ready to start tomar?
row. That will bo easy to do."
"Gosh!" exclaimed Hap, his pipe
falling from lils mouth, "easy to d?>?
Say, do you know I never tb . gs.t
about those gol-darned tickets?" Hs
shoved both hands into his po ,
"How much do you suppose they \yi\)
be? I don't believe I have eiio igi
money. "T know we sp?mt a lc f<
Christmas." ?
Han bad $3.11. May hnd ?d sh?^ ?ji
loft oi.: ol lier Inst Week's money. ]
There v>t..- $1 ^ > in rh? , "' drawer Of j
the kitchen cabinet, and $12 .ii ?ill?n
behind the picture of April Join -! lil j
the sitting room. That made $22.01 ; j
and Hap knew ho could draw u few j
dollars In advance down nt tho shop- -
he had done lt before.
He lound lt was too late to ge low-;
ers, and they missed that train any?
way, for the time had been chan ?d,
und the train now went through u ?
nn hom earlier-when lt was on time :
?-and this timo lt was. He mnmij id
to find an upper on the slow train for :
May, but he had to sit up in tho sn. i or
himself.
Hap did not sleep very well,
train stopped and started and Je< :. .v
and bumped. It must have been near
morning, after an unusually henvy Jolt, I
that Hap distinctly overheard a fellow? j
passenger say :
"Yep, lt doesn't look much like we
would get Into Columbus before Ni w
Year's night."
? "What's tho matter?" he Inquired, |
suddenly sitting up, "a wreck?"
"Nope," said the passenger, a fut
man across the aisle Hap had observed
before he fell off to slumber. "Nope,
"We're Going to Run on Schedule Af
ter This.?
it ain't n wreck. On this gosh?dlnged
road they can't never have a wreck."
"Why not? Is lt so safe?"
"No, it ain't so safo. But thej
Couldn't have a collision because ul)
^tho trains run east ono day and west
the next."
"That's funny. What if you ward to
get to Columbus on Wednesday?
"Then you have to go east to Pitts
burgh on Tuesday and come west to
Columbus tho next day."
Hap tried hard to figure this out,
but finally gave it up ns a little deep.
"But," he said, "they could havo ?
roar-end collision, anyway."
"No," said tho strunger, "they
couldn't nuther. Y'see," he explained,
". very train on this rond runs so much
. :<>vver than every other train, that
no train cnn ever overtake any other."
"Then, If there isn't auy wreck,"
asked Hap, "what's the trouble?"
'Well, to begin with," replied the
*; ranger, "tho fireman ls to blame.
Wheu wo stnrted out he didn't figure
on how much coal he was likely to
need. Consequence was, we run out
of coal right lu the middle of tho
ni cht."
"What did we do?" r
"Wo stopped and got some from a
JV.-'mer. Ho was madder than the
M "kens, too."
"But why didn't the engineer see to
? \ that the fireman had enough coal?"
"The eug..ioor hadn't ought to say
anything. He didn't have enough wa?
"h< s Locking at You* Aunt Ada," Said
May. ?
ter. It woe a wonder ho didn't have
a V:owup. iie was just running ulong,
ami never watching the water-gunge,
and getting water whenever ho could,
bul not knowing very far ahead when
ho ;ould get lt."
'.Veil, this must be a fine crow on
this old milk train. But where was
flu conductor all this time?"
"Why, the conductor didn't know
we was lato until a few minutes ago
.. ni told him. You see, he wasn't
keeping any particular account of the
limo. He figured that we was on the
right road and that sooner or-later we
would git there."
. iome railroad," thought Hap to
himself, and in a few moments fell off
t'< ?deep again.
? ? *
He's looking at you, Aunt Ada,"
?*aid May.
He's going to be all right," said the
m inger. "He's coming out of lt."
"Oh, I'm so glad," exclaimed May;
? nd, to the stranger, "I can't thank you
though for all your kindness."
He must have hit the arm of the
pout when that Jolt threw him out,"
Mild tho doctor. "But it is nothing se
rious."
tty-this time Hap was wide awake,
r*v.lly awake. It took a little time to
wntanglo his thoughts for.him.
"Everything's all rlgtit, old man,"
auld the stranger. "You fell out of
thc seat-you've got a bump on your
lund-und you were a little looney for
awhile. But wc got you to your folks
ai! right. Well, I guess I'll bo running
along."
Hut Aunt Ada Insistid that the
'.?'unger, who was a traveling ealos
mnn unable to get home for tho holi
day, should spend New Yenr's Day
.Uh them instead of nt tho hotel.
Hup was so much better that ho was
able to take a little walk that after
noon. . In a stationery store he stopped
and bought a book.
Che next day was New Year's. That
morning beforo they went downstairs
Hap opened the package.
"I've been thinking," he said to May,
"that I wasn't so blamed looney, after
all, when I got that bump on tho head.
Mfybe I've got more sense that way
than this way."
"Why, how you talk I Aro you-are
you feeling bad again?"
"No, but I've been thinking that we
run our house und our household ex
penses about Uko they ran that rail
road. We aren't keeping any account
of what we spend, and we have Just
about enough .coal and water to keep
us going, without knowing where we
Cnn get more. It's Just good luck that
had kept us from having a wreclc.
Now, here's an account book, and we're
tjoli)g to run on schedule after this."
A.
SOI,DICKS DYING IX CAMI'S
i
Prom I ??ck of Clothing mal Helng
Overcrowded, Says Gen, (?oi gas.
Washington, Dec. 18.-Insufficient j
clothing, overcrowding and bad Balli-.
lary conditions are held largely re
sponsible for disease epidemics at
Cami) Howie, Texas; ('amp Ku liston ? i
Kansas; Camp Dontphan, Oklahoma,
and Camp Sev|er, South Carolina, by .
Surgeon General Gorgas lu reports
lo Secretary Baker made public to
day on the result of his personal In- :
gpection of the camps.
With the exception of Camp Pun- '
ston, none ol* the camp hase hospitals j
have been completed, Cen. Gorgas
says, and this is handicapping the
medical ?llleers in treating patients.
Ile recommends the rushing of this
work, particularly the installation of
tho necessary plumbing.
Gorgas Shows Ugly Conditions.
Conditions nt Camp S?rier, Green
ville, S. C., where former national
guard organizations from Tennessee
and North and South Carlolna are in
training, are shown in the following
letter from Gen. Gorgas to the chief
off staff, United States Army, dated
November 29,'ia-st:
"Sanitary conditions hero are seri
ous. Sixty men have died* of pneu
monia in the past month. The camp
had been exposed to a general epi
demic o^ measles, about 2,000 cases
having occurred within the last
month. During the saine period
they have bad 175 cases of pneumo
nia and 15 cases of meningitis. The
new conscripts of this command are
tuen who are non-immune to measles.
They come from the neighboring
.Southern States where population is
pearce and therefore have not bad
measles in childhood. Always, with
measles, a certain number of cases of
pneumonia occur. The mortality of
pneumonia from any cause is always
high.
"The basic unsanitary condition,
however, In my opinion is overcrowd
ing. In the past, in this camp, the
division commander has had to put
ll and 12 men in a tent, due to the
shortage of tenting. This would give
about 20 square feet of .-pace to each
man. At present he has to put nine
men in a tent, which gives about 28
square feet to the man. I urge that
the division commander be directed
to furnish at least 50 square feet of
floor space to the man, which would
give about Ave men to the tent.
Observation Camp Urged,
"1 also recommend thal an obser
vation .-anni be established w'borc
resi? meir-can be isolated and kepi,
under observation for at least two
weeks, or until thc camp Itself shows
evidence of being freo from infection.
"The division commander tells me
that he expects a largo increase in
the force at an early date. I urge
that no fresh men bo sent to this ]
camp until the division commander
says that he is able to care for them
along the lines of this recommenda
tion.
"There has been a good deal of
discomfort and exposure on account
of the men having nothing but their
summer clothing. This bas been in
great part corrected in the last ten
days hy the arrival of woolen clothing
and overcoats. The O. D', wool has
not yet been issued, but the authori
ties are informed that lt is on the
way. The whole command lg still in
khaki.
"Heat and plumbing are badly
needed In the hospital. Doth were
authorized two weeks ago. I recom
mend that the matter be pressed and
the hospital be equipped in this re
spect nt just as early a date as possi
ble. The hospital needs badly more
.transportation. I recommend that
they be furnished one motor car; one
three-ton truck; one one-ami one
half-ton truck, and one three-quar
tor-toh truck. Tho hospital at pres
ent has 7 50 patients."
At ('amp Howie, where the 36th
Guard Division is training, Gen. Gorr
gas reported during the past , month
ll deaths from pneumonia out of
409 cases admitted to tho hospital.
About 2,000 cases of measles have
developed in the same length of
time.
People Uneasy and Hitter.
"There is a grent deal of uneasi
ness and criticism among the people
with regard to conditions here,
which are worse from the snnltary
point of view than in any of tho
camps I have visited," Gen. Gorgas
says.
"Th?. base hospital is unfinished,
without water, plumbing or sewer
age. I recommeiH1 that telegraphic
instructions be son! to/the division
commander nt once LO put in plumb
ing, water and sewer connections and
electric cookors in all tho wards.
"I think the recommendations I
^ave made will tend to correct the
existent sanitary errors, but I can
not urge too strongly that they be
put Into effect at once. The camp
sites and surroundings are all that
can he desired. The troopB and gen
eral conditions are good with the ex
ception of such conditions as relate
SHIP LOSSES STILL HEAVY.
Slightly Lower Tlum Iioeses of Last
Week, However.
London, Doc. 19.-Fourteen Brit
ish merchantmen ot' more thau 1,699
tons wero sunk by mine or submarine
d.irina Toe past week, according to
tie admiralty statement to-night.
One fishing vessel also wis funk. .
Tho shipping losseg by mine or
submarine in tho past w?ok are.
alighUy under those o: the p.-ev io ns
week, when 14 vessels ol more, dun
1,600 tons and seven under that ton
nave were destroyed.
One French Vessel Sunk.
Paris, Dec. 19.-The losses to
French shipping by mine or subma
rine for tho week ending Docombor
15 were exceedingly light. Only one
vessel under 1,000 tons was sunk
and none over 1,600 tons. Une ship
was attacked, but escaped. No fish
ing craft was sunk.
Fraud Waining. ^
This statement was made recently
by Herbert Hoover, United States
Food Administrator:
"We have reports from . various
parts of tho country of crooks,
thieves and confidence operators who
are going from house to house pur
porting to be authorized by tho Food
Administration and other depart
ments of the government to collect
or commandeer foodstuffs for the
government or the army.
"I wish to say emphatically that uo
department of the government has
or will ever make such demands on
householders, and that all such peo
ple are ?jetty frauds and should be
held for tho police. The government
cgencles are investigating various
cases and information is sought of
all such persons by this department."1
As to Cotton Seed.
Columbia, Dec. 19.-Special: The
legal division of the United States
Food Administration has issued the
following ruling:
"Planters who buy yearly, between
August :Ust of one year and Septem
ber 1st of the next year, 150 tons, or
more of cotton Beed, whether from
their tenants or others, are subject,
to license and - must conform to the
Jaws and regulations of the Food
Administration."
to the epidemic diseases at prcseat
prevailing. /
"Ai Camp l'nmuon, in the 39't.ni
Vrmy fdvislon, thor-.: >:avo h??en 4%
death's rr'o.ni im'?hpioaia^ with jtf.V"
cases, and 22 Crom meningitis, wu.*
2 2 cases, .
"This indicates tho most serious
condition as far as infection from
meningitis and pneumonia aro con
cerned," Cen. Gorgas says.
"As emphasizing the situation. I
call attention to the fact that they
had 18 deaths from all causes* when
the normal death rate of gttch a com
marni should be about 12."
Meningitis Carriers,
The general report that among the
30,000 of drafted men Injected into
the cantonment In Otcober were
many meningitis carriers, this part
of the country being known, he said,
to all health officers as having been
for\several years the principal epi
demic center in the "civil poulatlon
for meningitis.
Gen. Gorgas recommends observa
tion camps, the relieving of over
crowded conditions, the oiling of
nearby roads to keep down dust and
the erecting and heating of ambu
lance sheds-to obviate tho present
difficulties found in getting the motor
ambulances started during the cold
weather because of the freezing of
tho water in the radiators.
During the past month at Camp
Doniphan, whore the 35th Guard Di
Vision is training, there have been
74 admislsons from pneumonia with
1 1 deaths; 316 cases of measles and
one death; 104 cases of diphtheria
with one death, and six casos of men
ingitis with four deaths. Overcrowd
ing is described by the report as the
hosie cause. To properly control the
spread of these diseases tho general
recommends that suspects bo Imme
diately removd from the general
camp with the appearance of tho
first case of communicable diseases
and placed in a separate deten'ioS
cam) for observation. This ig Iii ad
dition to the observation camp rec
ommended for incoming m?yi.
Only Summer Clothing.
Until recently, tho general roporls
under date of yesterday, thfe com
mand had nothing but summer cloth
ing, which, undoubtedly, had Increas
ed the tendoncy to pneumonia. Win
ter clothing is now being received
and lamed to the mon.
Many wards in the base hospital
now required for patients aro unfin
ished and the report says this has
caused great embarrassment to the
hospital authorities. Installation
J of the sewerage systom and neces
sary plumbing systems in all bulld
. 'ngs were authorized several weftjis
ago, but the work'is n|t a standstill
now, greatly increasing tho difficul
ties in caring for patients.