Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, January 09, 1918, Image 2
NORFOLK HAS $2,000,000 l im;.
KxploHioiiH Lead to Belief in incentUv*
ric? Being at Work.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 1.-Noa ri y two
blocks in tho heart of Norfolk's busi
ness district, Including the Monticello
Hotel, woro destroyed, thrco men
wore killed and a score moro injured
in a serios of explosions and lires
to-day which both tho police and
naval authorities believe were incen
diary. The Uro had been chocked to
night, but still was barning fiercely
in the ruins. The loss ls roughly es
timated at moro than $2,000,000.
Throe distinct explosions In as
many buildings, ono after tho Uro
onco virtually had been brought un
der control, lcd to tho general belief
that enotny agents wore at work.
Mayor Mayo placed tho city under
martial law and some 2,500 marines
ana bluejackets from nearby naval
stations assisted thc police and homo
guards In maintaining order and pre
venting looting.
Naval patrols rounded up suspi
cion.* persons throughout tho after
noon, while five men woro arrested
is suspects. Two of theso, Hugo
Schmidt and H. K. Lessing, said to j
bo (.lennans, wero turned over to De
partment of Justlco agents.
The firo started beforo dawn in the
old Qranby Theatre, and gained rapid
headway, as the firemen wero handi
capped by frozen Uro hydrants, low
water pressure and near zero temper
ature. It quickly spread to tho Mon
ticello Hotel and other nearby build
ings in tho block. lt wns brought
under control latp in tho day, but
broke out anew early to-night, leaped
across Qranby street and leveled half
of tho block there before being
checked,
Falling floors ?nd walls took toll
of firemen and naval guards. Ono
fireman, Chas. McCoy, was killed and
seven others hurt in tho collapse of
an upper floor of the Monticello Hotel
in tho day, and to-night two firemen
and several sailors were caught in a
falling wall of tho Lenox building.
Throe woro brought out badly burn
ed, but two others were left in the
debris.
Firemen of Norfolk, Portsmouth
and Suffolk, with organized sailor
Ure brigades, fought heroically amid
ice and blinding smoke, and blue
jackets led tho resci^ work when the
fighters woro trapped. Several of tho
firemen caught In the hotel were
brWr?ht out Hilve, fbi II .' ibo .1 '
bf r? scorn of the >.< 'Hoi taft.
K? inn v. ury.
Report:, m L:e onmnoi ot expi?"
elong vary lt was first said thal the
fire In tho Granby Theatre had fol
lowed an explosion, but Fire Chief
McLoughlln and naval investigators
announced to-night that this was not
tho case. They said, however, there
had been three distinct explosions.
Tho ll rsl was lu a cloak and hat shop
near tho Monticello. Tho second wns
on tho sixth flooriof that hotel after
the flrst fire was practically under
control, and tho third in the Lenox
building, which later was destroyed.
Guests from the Monticello, who
were forced to fleo In tho biting cold
of the dawn after they had watched
tho theatre burn, were taken care of
in nearby homes and hotels. As
building after building went down,
with them an apartment house, scores
wero made homeless and tho national
guard armory on City Hall avenue
was thrown open to them.
Hydrants Frozen.
When the firemen responded to tho
alarm for tho theatre fire, thoy found
all hydrants in tho vicinity frozen.
Fires had to bo built to thaw them
out. In the meantime tho firemen
looked on helpless while tho big
theatre building burned. When wa
ter finally carno tho pressure was so
low that streams would not reach tho
upper stories of the burning building
and the fire was soon beyond control.
Portsmouth, across tho Elizabeth
river, was called upon for aid and the
fire was checked until fall sparks
fired the Monticello, where many of
the guests had gone back to bod in
the belief that the flro was controlled.
They woro soon forced to turn out
again.
The combined departments were
making good headway against the
flames when tho explosion occurred
in the cloak shop and another blaze
.started. Suffolk was then asked for
aid and rushed apparatus to the city
hy train. In tho meantime tho naval
authorities and tho navj yard and
naval- base offered aid and fire bri
gades woro soon on tho scene.
When tho second explosion occur
red, this time in tho Monticello Hotel,
Mayor Mayo put the nnval authori
ties in charge. They placed patrols
throughout tho business district,
threw a cordon of marines and blue
jackets around tho flro district and
bogan picking up persons unable to
account for themselves.
Department of Justlco agents
joined with tho city detectlvo force
In seoklng to unravel the mystery of
the xploslons. Throe of tho mon ar
rested were placed In the city Jail and
Federal agents took charge of the
NITRATES FOR FARMERS' USE.
Ag. Department Arranges fur Chilean
Fertiliser-First SJilpmont Soon.
(Columbia State.)
Tho Stato has received tho follow
ing telegram from Congressman W.
F. .Stevenson. dated Washington, Do
comber 2U th:
"Tho Secretary of Agriculture has
just been informed that the govern
ment luis bought lou.OOO tons of ni
trate of soda and al ter great difficulty
has succeeded in securing shipping to
bring lt to the Sontli Atlantic ports.
Eighteen thousand tons aro to bo
delivered in January and the balance
as rapidly as possible thereafter.
Until it is all delivered the price will
ho around $7 5 a ton at tho ports, to
Which tho farmers will add tho State
tag tax and tho freight and terminal
charges from the ship tu the farm;
will bo sold only to funtrer? and for
?ash and limitations will be placed
on tho amount any ono farmer catt
buy. Deliveries will begin at the
moro Southern ports, as thc Florida
fanners are now needing it, but tho
wants of all Ibo fanners on the South
Atlantic coast will be cared for at
their most convenient ports. Unless
sonto uuforscen contingency arises
this program will go through."
A, C. Summers, South Carolina
Commissioner of Agriculture, ex
pressed himself as well pleased with
tho Information glvon In the above
telegram from Congressman Steven
son. Mr. Summers said that from
Iiis correspondence he knew that a
great many farmers were looking
forward anxiously to a government
supply of nitrate of soda. He said
that ho could not gtvo accurately the
amount reeded In South Carolina,
but he felt sure that the demand was
greater than tho supply and that
whatever was South Carolina's pro
portion of the 18,000 tons to be ship
ped to the South Atlantic ports it
would not only be eagerly taken, but
would not satisfy the demand.
Secretary Writes of Arrangement*?.
Washington, Dec. 29.-In a lettor
to Representative Jas. P. Byrnes, of
South Carolina, the Secretary of Agri
culture states that arrangements
were completed several weeks ago
through tito War Industries Board,
under tho immediate supervision of
Mr. Baruch, to purchase approxi
mately 100.000 tons of nitrate of
soda in Chile in accordance with the
authorisation for such purpose in the
food <'t>ri1 fol ht't;
"MwauRe of disturbed ?hil)ping
condition?.," Seevet'ti'j" Ro?&tyn ri dd 8?
. II lute ??. o i 1 mints i hi o until recen tl)
definitely to secure facilities tor
transporting tho nitrate In whole or
itt part. Within tho last few days
preparations have been completed for
the delivery at the seaboard during
January of 10,000 tons, and every
available assurance has^ been given
that supplies up to 100,000 tons for
the ensuing months will be delivered.
Rivery possible effort will be made to
make certain these deliveries, but it
should be understood that, on ac
count of existing situations, circum
stances over which there is no control
might Intervene.
"I cannot state exactly what tho
price will be, but lt will be approxi
mately $75 on board cars at the sea
board. Farmers will have to pay
freight charges to their local sta
tions, the State fertilizer tax fee,
whicli varies in different States, but
will probably not average more than
25 cents a ton, and any other local
charges.
"The nitrates secured under tho
appropriation will bo sold only to
fanners for their own use during the
coming season and generally not In
excess of tho amounts used by them
heretofore. The department is now
arranging machinery for the distribu
tion of the material and will give full
publicity concerning the details of
tho matter.
Thi Quinine That Dees Not Affect the Heed
Because of Its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA
TIVE BROMO QUININK is better than ordinary
Quinine and doea not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look for the ?in nam te of )?:. W. GROVE. 30c.
other two, Schmidt and Lessing. The
latter, officers said, first represented
himself as a Department of Justice
official.
Flro tugs from tho navy yard early
in the day took up positions on the
waterfront th reo blocks away and
assisted tho fire engines in pumping
tons of water Into tho burning build
ings, but tho blo",k on Oranhy street
virtulaly was dos troy ed, only two
buildings, the Dixon and Commercial
structures, both now, escaping de
struction. They were badly dam
aged.
Just at dusk tho lire In tho Monti
cello broko out afresh and despite
tho heroic work of the firemen and
sailors, tho Ixmox, Carpenter and
Tazcwell buildings, six-story struc
tures across tho street, wore wrecked.
For a time tho naval Y.M.C.A. was
threatened, but the wide lano sepa
rating it from the burning buildings
enabled tito firemen to save lt and
other largo buildings nearby.
GERMAN PEACE CONSIDERS -
? , , .
Unfavorably iii Russin-1 lotzky
Associates Balk.
Retrograd, .Jan. 2.-The chan.
of a separate peace between Rnvi'
and tho central power? bel?g effc I
seem remoto, because of what an . *
garded as Germany's unreasona'Ae
doiriands. Leon Trotzky, the Bol'-d'c
vik foreign minister, and his ?jBHOiM'
ates take the stand that tho Batttc
provinces are in reality under Milli*
tary pressure while they con tim *o
bo occupied by Germany, and ? oat
their votes with respect to peace iv >u}t
bo ignored, as now these prov) u s
are virtually Gorman dependen-- <>{.
tho loyal Russians having tied. '
Tho Russian delegation upon tts 1
turn from Hrest-Litovsk Tuesday h.?d
before the council of commlsslc; .
at Petrograd Germany's demi nu?
which caused amazement and the
declaration that the council wa* not
favorable to acceptance. An*ei;<:)o
ratlon of tho German position ID let
ters and statements which folio.ved
tho general terms showed that Hu
Germans hold that Poland, Llthu?
ula, Courland, Livonia and Estlu> <i
have already defined themselves
tloually within the meaning of ;!JC
peace terms proposed, and insist ilia!
they shall not vote again.
Tho Germans also expiad u ri
through Gen. Hoffman, that Cler.
many cannot evacuate Riga, Liban
and other occupied points until i oi .
tain that all'Russia sanctions peace;
otherwise, Germany's enemies rr>i>.'w
assist Ukraine or other dlsaffc efl
sections in opposition to the coi. ral
powers.
liven Trotzky Skeptical.
Petrograd, Jan. .2-Bolsh? i k :
Foreign Minister Trotzky d?clar?e 16
day that the government of Rus.vi.m
workers would not consent to Gel
mau peace proposals.
Trotsky's declaration was mad? o
fore tho central committee of the
Council of Soldiers' and Workmen'*,
dolegates during an address, luv??hlcli
he denounced in scathing terms Gor
many's "hypocritical peace propo al
asserting that the government .>?'
Russian workers would net cor ...:..!.?
to such conditions.
He said that if the central pc reta
did not agree to free disposal oi the
Polish and Lettish nations it Would
h urgently necessary to defend ; .
Russian revolution.
Trotzky said that the needs ol t ie
front would be satisfied with .wini
i ? ;. 'iToitii might i"? necessary), Rup
r??:.? . i rom all fronts A ho At
tended tho meeting .?vfin-rWty !..:._ \
troop.* ivould di ali : rho revolution',
OUI i II at ui ead and boots were II os
sary.
May Revive Fighting,
Petrograd, Jan. 2.-Tho JF
peace delegation has officially i
gested to the central powers thai I ie
meeting* placo of the peace de; tates
be transferred to neutral soil j il lu
protested* against certain art- lo
the Austro-German terms .. i l.
sn bm lt ted.
The halt in negotiations ai. I I
cations of German refusal to ni re
tho conference to Stockholm
vi ved universal'discussion her? l\a
resumption of fighting with a .really
reduced army, probably thr . ill
Uon men.
Even the great radical Bol vlltl,
the most ardent peace advoca
aroused by the German posit < . i ri
declare that a resumption of fig itirig
is imminent. They express tl ?tief
that it ls possible to organ!: . I
make effective a small army.
The indications are that t?. (. r
man attitude is In har numb >. do
mestic differences concerning . Ri B
slans and that they must Aghl lo
save revolutionary principles
Rulers Interested,
London, Jan. 3.-Tho situation
created hy the hitch in Ru? ti or
man negotiations, according to un
8terdam dispatches from 'Ber. . s
aroused tho activities of the rnloi
Austria and Germany.
Emperor William received . r
day in Joint audience Chance;I jm
Ilertling, Von Hindenburg, V. i
dendorff, Finance Minister Vo 'Od
ern, and Foreign Secretar Voa
Kuehlmann. Other importai on*
ferences also were held.
Emporor,Charles received i
enco Prof. Kuchrzovskl, tho .Uh
premier.
It is reported that both Von li lehi
mann and Count Czemln ha**, ie
turned to Brest-Litovsk with new 'li
st ructions.
Third Liberty Loan After Feb, I
Washington, Jan. 2.-The ne? na
tlonal loan will be designate?, pin?
dally as the "Third Liberty Lona''
and not tho vlc'ory loan, fr . M
loan or peace loan, as has been sug
gested. This was made kno\u to
day after the receipt of hundr . of
suggested names from persom nil
over the country in response to ft
request for submission of ideas Die
loan will bo announced some Limo
after February 1. Tho arnot ai of
Interest rato has not yet boeii de
cided. s
S?MK ASTOUNDING FACTS.
.MOlmry Records of Comp Jackson
Iloveal ? Menace.
Columbia, Jan. 3.-Thirteen out of
?.very 1,000 South Carolina men mus
tered into the service of the United
St;?tOS at Cami) Jackson up to De
metri ber 13, 1917, wor? subsequently
dis. 'largod from Hie army because
; u were feebleminded. This fact
V<-(is ascertained through a study of
In medical records of rejections at j
Camp Jackson made for the State |
( i i icll of Defense and tho State
B?i d of Charities and Corrections)by i
i Hastings H. Hart, of tho Russell
Sato Foundation, and Secretary Al
bon S. Johnstone, of tho State boaVd.
Permission to study the medical rec
. at tho camp was granted by
Bailey, former commander of
Camp Jackson, at the request of Gov
ernor Manning.
G he astounding facti that out of
every 1,0^0 South Carolina men nius
I terod into service at Camp Jackson
: I.'. vere rej atori for feoble-mlnded
(^w111 doubtless add to the alarm
I lose citizens of tho State who are
idy aroused over the menace of
1 ? problem of tho mentally deficient
and who are urging the Senate to ?
tho bill providing for tho State
lus iodlal Training School for tho fee
len ined white people of South "Caro
0 \e State Board of Charities and
i actions,") which, with export as
ace rendered by Miss Helen F.
ll, S trained psychologist har, been
cl 'lng tho problem of the feohle
Ind?d in South Carolina for about
. \ years, has never claimed that
tor? than three people out of every
1.000 of the general population v/ero
.3-mlnded.y However, the official
,iw?' ?al records at Camp Jackson
' tli' that the ratio is really over
l'ou? times three out of every 1,000
g the men between 21 and 31
? ye.ii > of age sent to the camp for
army service up to December 13th,
.1017.
V om tho ranks of the feeble-mind
re recruited a large percentage
'ie paupers of the State, many of
criminals, many of the disease
I ading prostitutes, and many
;>:'" r social undesirables.
1 "eeble-mindedness is due very
ely to hereditary causes which
i be controlled by stopping the
: propagation of children by persons
or both of whom are feeble
i:ided. Experience bas proved that
i'.:"t .v?v i o p'it an min to props- |
Jon timm.-; the feeble-minded is vo
.ci: thou in a SJpeelnl instltutloi bj '
jibis?lVos whoi'e they nu .?> they
.vre nothing hui children lu mind, can .
i kept happy and contented and
'tallied by special teachers to become
least In a measure self-supporting,
stead of being as they are without
(raining, economic burdens.
?At its 1917 session the House of
Representatives passed a bill provid
. ig for the establishment of the State
' 'alirfhg school for tho feeble-minded.
> i'hls bill is now on the calendar of
no Senate with a favorable report
1 rom the finance committee. Its
i as8age early in the session of 1918
>y tho Sonate is anticipated?)
In a forthcoming issue of "The
Quarterly Bulletin" the State Boa,rd
f Charities and Corections terms the
ill for the training school for the
eeble-minded "a war measure" be
. aus'e, with the war taking the best
len and the unprotected feeble
Milnded continuing to propagate
h il dren who are "burdens to" the
tate, tho civilization of South Caro
lina is being attacked at two points,
.-.nd one of the attacks can be stop
ed In a measure by the passage of
ho bill providing State care.for tho
: eeble-minded.
Tho representatives of the State
, loard of Charities and Corrections
j nd the State Council of Defense In
I making their co-operative study of
ie medical records of the causes of
?jectlon of men from Camp Jackson
icluded the records of men from
. orth Carolina and Florida. Tabula
ron of tho data showed that out of
every 1,000 men mustered into s?r
i?e from these three States 14.5
>> e^e subseqeuntly rejected because
I icy were feeble-minded. Tho rejec
I ons per 1,000 on account of feeble
? mindedness for the three States sep
! (irately were routh Carolina, 13;
I N orth Carolina, ' G.5 ; Florida, 11.4.
I Ives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
I , e Old Stn nd n rd rentrai strengthening tonic,
Ol OVH'8 TASTKI,I:SS chill TON IC, drives out
M starla,enriches thc blood,and bul his up thesvs*
tel. A true tonic. I'or adults and children. 60c
Soldier's Skull Crushed.
Greenville, Jan .2.-Mystery sur
i K inds the death of Andrew Smith, a
< i ivate in Company II, 117th infant
ry who died yesterday) tho Immedi
ate cause of death being gi von as a
crushed skull. This became known
ai division headquarters this aftor
.'" on when it was stated that no re
porjt of tho manner in which Smith
1 tl met doath has been made. An
Ij 'OBtigation was being mado, it was
ted. Smith's (loath certificate did
not glvo his homo placo except to
state that ho was born in North Car
? olma.
FEDERAL RAILWAY PROBLEMS.
Labor Organisations Pledge Co-Ope
ration With Government.
Washington. Jan. 3,-After a 3
hour conference to-day with heads of
tho four railway brotherhoods, Direc
tor General MeAdoo said that sortie
doilnite agreement on all relations j
of railroad labor to the government
management would be made soon. |
Thc conference will continue to-mor
ro w.
A general readjustment of passen
ger schedules involving genoral cur
tailment of trafile is now considered
certain. Tho question was discussed
to-day botweon Director MeAdoo and
passenger traffic representatives of
Eastern railroads.
The brotherhood chiefs assured the
director general of the co-operation
of their union, and it was said there
was no danger whatever of any gene
ral strike. Details of the brother
hoods' demands on railway manage
ments before the government assum
ed control, Including a 4 0 per cent
wage Increase, were discussed at
length. Some readjustment of
'wages and probably a general in
crease ls considered probable, al
though Mr. MeAdoo said to-day no
basis of any such action had yet been
determined.
John Skelton Williams, Comp
troller of the Currency, and the di
rector general's adviser on railroad
financial questions, discussed with
Mr. MeAdoo the situation which will
develop soon when railroad compa
nies' bonds and other obligations fall
due.
Since Director General MeAdoo be
came head of a unified and govern
ment-controlled railroad system a
week ago, the main tangible result
has been the acceleration of coal
shipments, and a beginning of the
clearing up of congestion in railroad
yards by abolition of all priority or
ders. Surveys also are under way
looking to a practical pooling ar
rangement.
Presidential Suggestions.
President Wilson to-day finished
his address. It lsk understood to be
about 1,000 words long, and, accord
ing to the present plans, it will not be
confided in advance to newspapers
and press associations in advance of
dellverey.
Tho President will make specific
recommendations for legislation to
carry out government operation of
railroads.
Billa embody lu g; tho President's
Kiens ali' ul y have boen drat od *htl '
mc ready for Introduction n> '>exli
Houses ai thc conclusion of tho ad*
dress, Speed) action on thc neces
sary railroad legislation is looked for.
EAT RIG MEALS 1 NO
SOUK, ACID STOMACH,
INDIGESTION OR GAS
"Pape's Diapepsin*' is Quickest, Sur
est St on m<h Relief Known.
Try It I
Time it! Prtpe's Diapepsin will
aweeten a sour, gassy or out-of-order
stomach within five minutes.
If your meals don't flt comforta
bly, or what you eat Hes like a lump
of lead in your stomach, or if you
have heartburn, that is usually a sign
of acidity of the stomach. v
Get from your pharmacist a fifty
cent case of Pape's Dlapepsin and
take a dose just as soon as you can.
There will be no sour risings, no
belching of undigested food mixed
with acid, no stomach gas or heart
burn, fullness or heavy feeling in
the stomach, nausea, debilitating
headaches or dizziness. This will all
go, and, besides, there will be no
BOUT food left over In the stomach to
poison your breath with nauseous
odors.
Pepe's Diapepsin helps to neutral
ize tho excessive acid in "the stomach
which is causing the food fermenta
tion and preventing proper digestion.
Relief in five minutes is walting
for you at any drug store.
These large fifty-cent cases contain
enough "Pape's Dlapepsin" to usual
ly keep the entire family free from
stomach acidity and Its symptoms of
indigestion, dyspepsia, sourness,
gases, heartburn, and headache, for
many months, lt belongs In your
homo.-Adv.
I WM! Eire nt Iva.
Iva, S. C., .Jan. ?..-Fire this morn
ing destroyed the department stores
of W.-Frank McGeo, one of tho larg
est establishments of the town. It
was discovered about 6 o'clock and
had made such headway as to mako
it Impossible to save the buildings.
The building was a doublc-storo
room, ono being used for groceries
and the other for dry goods and mil
linery. Mr. McGee stated this morn
ing that his stock of goods and rooms
were only partly covorod by insur
ance and his loss would be some
where near $10,000.
Mr. McGeo bas been In business
hero for tho last 12 or 15 years and
had built up a nice business, In fact,
one of tho largest In town. The loss
falls very heavily upon him. The
caijAo of thc fire is unknown.
Mr, McGee estimates his loss at
Approximately $32,000', with insur
ance to tho amount of $22,500. It is
believed that tho fire was of Incen
diary origin.
AS TO COMBINATION SALES.
Only Ono Combination Allowed-Tliat
of Com Meal ami Sugar.
The Courier ls In receipt of the
following information from the State
Food Administration:
Reports of violations of the sugar"
combination sales ruling recently Is
sued by the United States Food Ad
ministration have come to the atten
tion of the food administrator for
South Carolina. The Food Adminis
tration has issued a warning to all
grocers that only one combination
salo with sugar is allowed-that of
corn meal. Grocers are allowed to
require a purchaser to buy Two
pounds of corn meal to every pound
of sugar. No other combination ia
permitted. Tho following telegram
was received recently from the Uni
ted States Food Administration in
Washington:
"On and after this date all combi
nation sales of food commodities aro
forbidden, with exception stated be
low. Sale of one or more food com
modities upon condition that pur
chaser shall buy one or more other
food commodities from seller is re
garded as combination salo within
the meaning of this rullngi. Combi
nation sales frequently result In the
salo of more foodstuffs than particu
lar purchaser would ordinarily buy,
and are,, therefore, determined to be
wasteful practice within the mean
ing of Section 4 of Food Administra
tion Act of August 10, 1917.
"Exception: Pending further no
tice, and as a wheat conservation
measure, dealers may sell sugar in
combination with corn meal at rate
of one pound sugar with two of corn
meal. No other combination will bc
permitted, nor will any other ratio
than that here stated be allowed.
Dealer shall not sell either sugar or
corn meal at a price yielding him
profit greater than be has normally
enjoyed upon the particular com
modity.
"Dealer is not required to make
combination sales of sugar and corn
meal, but may do so at his discre
tion."
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP
will quiet your cough, soothe the ln-x
.lamination of a sore throat and
lungs, stop irritation in the bronchial
tubes, insuring a good night's rest,
free from coughing and with easy
expectoration in the morning. Made
and sold In America for 52 years.
A wonderful prescription, assisting
nature in building up your general
health nn< I ?row .. . oft ?he di.,- iso.
KspecirtUy ofbl ii; lung tr'oubl?',
asthma, ct bronchi Hs. etc. For
Hi ;jt< ru Upi ,ittovi ju "to ft.ud
90 -Ct ni bo . .-- Adv.
.'A Little Bit of Licker."
(The State, Jan. 3.)
A. R. Rradley, a North Carolinian,,
was a star at the recorder's matinee
yesterday morning. Bradley came
in on the Seaboard with a grip and a
tool che3t. A carpenter's plano pro
jected through an opening in tho lid
of the chest and the traveler was
making good progress. He left the
train and passed Ofllcer Stack. Some
thing had broke loose on the inside
of on? of the carriers and the odor
smelled like booze. .
Tho officer called Constable Fan
nin and the man was questioned. He
acknowledged having "a little bit of
liquor" in the grip and when the lid
was rained 18 pints was tho "small
quantity" referred to. The stranger
was escorted to tho barracks and
when the tool chest was opened lt
surrendered 38 pints, making 5ft
pints in transit. I
Bradley as*ked the recorder to go
easy with him as this was the first
time he ever became entangled with
booze. The usual fine of $100 was
imposed.
Sevier's Health Report.
Greenville, Jan. 2.-According to
the Official Bulletin, published under
order of the President by the com
mittee on public information, the
number of cases of sickness at Camp
Sevier for tho week ending December
21 was 431, a rate of 15.7 per thou
sand. The disoases causing this
sickness aro tabulated as follows:
Pneumonia 3, malaria 1, veneral
28, measles 1, meningitis' 1, other
illness 378.
All figures on sickness in tills re
port are of now cases reported dur
ing the weok. The military reports
class the total number of sick and
injured as "total non-effectives" and
tho non-effectives per thousand as
the "non-effective rate."
Tho non-effective rate for the en
tire National Guard of the x. United
States was, for tho last day covered
by this report, 47.8 por thousand,
and the admission orate for sickness
duringUhe week, 31.1 per thousand.
It will be. seort from this report,
therefore, that Camp Sevier's. admis
sion rato is1 now lower by 50 per
cont than the average for all tho Na
tional Guard divisions.
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