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PLANS FORMULATED BY GREAT
POWERS AGREED TO BY THE
8MALLER NATIONS.
PROGRESS ON MAIN SUBJECT
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Cambon Pat* Little Fallows on the
Baek and Soon Brings Order Out
of Threatened Chaos.
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The peace conference made a distinct
gain when the 19 small powers
gave full adhesion to the organization
formulated by the five great powers
at the outset of the work of the
main subjects before the members of
the commission. This
was largely due to the skillful
direction of Jules Cambon, French
delegate, who was designated by tht
council of ths arrest sowers to nresirie
over the m meeting of the small powers.
M. Cambon, in opening the meeting
took occasion to allude to the part
Belgium had taken in the war. He
then paid a tribute to the part played
by Serbia, Rurhania, Greece and the
others. This dissipated any lingering
shadows of disagreement and the
meeting proceeded with entire harmony
to designate the membership of
the small powers on the commission.
In the meantime the council of the
great powers held two sessions during
the day, resulting in the formation
of two new commissions to deal
with financial subjects and the question
of private and maritime laws.
Henry White, the American delegate
on the waterways 'Commission,
also established r?l?Hnrn wifV. v.;?
colleagues of that body.
Thus, real progress on all the main
subjects is becoming apparent as the
commissions are beginning to formulate
detailed projects for presentation
to the conference.
DEMOBILIZATION WITHIN SIX
MONTHS OF TROOP8 POSSIBLE
Washington.?Return home and demobilization
within six months of all
the remaining 1,800,000 troops overseas
is possible under plans worked
out by the war department and laid
before the senate military affairs
committee by General March, chief of
staff. Should the President decide
upon a force of approximately 10 divisions
as an army of occupation,
General March said the task could be
completed in less time.
At the same time General March
announced that plans of the war department
contemplate the demobilization
within 30 days of every one of
the 785,000 men in the home training
camps except a small number retained
for "overhead duty."
General March indicated that the
return of a number of the veteran
divisions must not be expected soon.
SPRING OFFENSIVE PLANNED
BY 2,000,000 BOLSHEVISTS
Christiania. ? According to The
Bergen Tidendes, an entente officer
]ust returned from Archangel de
cmrea the boiahevtsts are preparing
for an offensive in the spring They
will try to collect an army of 2,000,000
men* starting the offensive in
south Russia.
SOUTH HAS BEEN ROBBED OP
MANY MILLION8 OP DOLLARS
Washington.?Representative Heflin,
of Alabama, announced in the
house that he had asked the departjBment
of justice to investigate the
New York cotton exchange, which he
charged had violated the cotton futures
act "in driving down" the price
of cotton from 27 to 24 cents a
pound.
"The south has been robbed of mil
lions of dollars bv this unjust speculation,"
Mr. Heflin declared. "At a
time when the world demand for cotton
is greater than ever before the
price has been forced down and
down."
MASSACHUSETTS MILL PEOPLE
DEMAND AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY
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Boston. ? The movement among
textile workers for the inauguration
of a universal eight-hour day In the
Industry was extended to comprise
approximately one-half the mill indue
try in New England.
In addKon, announcement was
made that other centers of the mill
industry would be asked to Join the
movement at meetings to be- held
during the week. \
NO DECISION REACHED AS TO
8IZE OP OCCUPATION ARMY
Paris. ? The committee appo'nted
by supreme council to consider bow
many allied and American troop*
shall be kept on the western front
held a meeting and received report*
concerning the situation on the Rhine
and in Germany.
Progress, tt is reported, was road*
in clearing up the situation, hut much
remains to he done before the com
mlttee is in a position to make a Una'
recommendation.
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Lieut. J. Clark Edgerton, one of th?
original flyers for the air mall service,
has been appointed chief of flying operations
for the post office department.
He will be responsible for the operation
of the government*# planes in the
air mail service.
BOLSHEVIST LEFEAT A ROUT
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Esthonian Advance Guards Will Net
Attack Petrograd Until Outside
Help Can Reach Them.
Helsingfors.?Under title of "The
Devil," a new paper is being published
in Petrograd by the Soviets fc-r
the sole purpose of attacking churches
and religion in general. The first
number contains an article by Luntcharsky,
commissioner of education,
announcing a plan to close 50 churches
in Petrograd. ,
Other articles show the authorities
intend to impose a special tax on
churchgoers. Religious teaching in
schools is forbidden.
Recent speeches by Lenine and
Trotzky to the central Moscow soviet
are regarded as preliminary to a
complete surrender by the bolshervists.
Both leaders confessed the economic
system of bolshevist communism was
was bankrupt, especially in relation
to industrial production, finance and
the food question.
They said the time has come to invite
exports of the middle class to cooperate
with the Soviets on an acceptable
basis. A similar invitation was
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nuuressea 10 vne intclluctuals, who
declared they stood outside the civil
\var. On the question of foreign policy,
Trotzky declared the soviet government
would, under certain conditions,
give up its internationalist aims
for the time being and raise the banner
"Russia for Russians."
? The bolshevist defeat at Narva has
become a rout. The Esthonian advance
guards are only 70 miles from ,
Petrograd. They intend to push on
to Luga and Plussa rivers, thus encircling
Pskoff, but have not intended
to attack Petrograd without outside
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MANY DIVISIONS AMERICAN
TROOPS CHANGE LOCATIONS.
Washington/?Locations of the <11-!
visions of the American expeditionary
forces on January ,2 with the names
of the . present division commanders,
was made public by the war department.
The new list shows that Major
Generals Charles B. Rhodes. Peter E.
Traud, Leroy S. Lyon and Charles E.
Martin have been relieved of their
commands.
The 87th is now under Brigadier
General William E. Martin, the 90th
under Brigadier General John P.
O'Neill and the 92d under Brigadier
General James B. Krwln. The 34th
and 8th are temonrarlly without regularly
detailed general officers. .1
No changes are indicated in the
composition of the army of occupa- ,
tion, which still numbers tentatively
13 divisions, the 1st, 2d, 3d. 4th. 5th,
7th, 28th, 32d, 42(1, 79th. 89th and 90th.
HUN TROOPS FROM RUSSIA
DENOUNCE BOLSHEVISM.
Warsaw.?The majority of the German
soldiers returning from Russia,
although they quarrel among themselves,
denounce bolshevlsm. Many
of them declare that as soon as they
spend a few. weeks at home, they will
be willing to return and fight the bolshevlkl
on the eastern frontier of Germany.
They declare, however, that
' they are not willing to fight the invaders
for the benefit of the Poles. . ,
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CONTINUE TO 1
SHELL THE AMERICAN FORCES.
Archangel. ? The bolsheviki are
continuing their shelling of the Amer- <
lean positions at Ust Padengs. 30 miles j
south of Shenkursk. and the Ameri- <
can-artillery Is replying fo the enemy
Are. The infantry attack which the
bolsheviki were expected to make
failed to materialise.
Peasants say that the bolsheviki 1
suffered 600 casualties in the infantry
attack of January 19, leaving
many wounded who frose to death. ?i
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and Colonel House; for Great Brit-'
ain, Lord Robert Cecil and Gen. Jan
Christian Smuts; for France, Leon
Bourgeoise and Ferdinand Larnaude,
dean of the faculty of the law of the
University of Paris; for Italy, Premier
Orlando and Viterio Scialoia;
for Japan, Viscount Chinda and K.
Ochiai. The delegates of the small
nations will be announced later.
The first signs of a division in the
conference was when it proceeded to
consider the four resolutions framed
by the council of the great powers,
providing for committees on labor, responsibility
for the war, reparation
for damages and ports, railways and
waterways.
Camille Huysmans, in behalf of
Belgium, asked for two members on
the committees of labor, reparation
and the league of nations, and one
each on the other. Siberia made a
similar request.
Brazil was more emphatic, declaring
against "a cut and dried program."
M. Venizelos said that Greece was
entitled to' membership on the committees
of reparation and ports. M.
Bratiano, for Rumania, and Dr.
Benes, for Czecho-Slovakia, as well as
the delegations representing Portugal,
China, Siam and Poland, also
asked for places on the committees.
M. Clemenceau finally, in a good
tempered speech, said that the council
had not imposed its decisions, but
had simply convoked the conference
to consider the plan.
"After 48 years of public life," he
said, "I am satisfied that the larger
the committee is, the lees it accomplishes.
BRITI8H TITLE WISHED ON
GENERAL JOHN J. PER8HINQ
New York.?"The British Who's
Who," a copy of the 1919 issue of
which has just been received here,
lists the commander in chief of the
American expeditionary forces in
France as "General Sir John Joseph
Pershing, G. C. B."
On July 17, 1918, King George
awarded the grand cross of the Order
of the Bath to General Pershing and
in August King George during a visit
to France personally gave the decoration
to him. The award of the grand
cross of the Order of the Bath to a
British subject automatically makes
a. knight of the recipient and gives
him the right to prefix "Sir" to his
name.
The decoration given General Pershing,
however, was an honorary one
and it was said at the time that the
American commander would not receive
the title of "Sir" as he was not
a British Subject.
GREAT NUMBER OF AMERICANS
YET IN FOREIGN HO8PITAL8
Washington.?An official report
from General Pershing, made public
by the war department, shows that
on January 9 there were 105,753 men
of the American army in hospitals in
France ond England of whom 72,642
were suffering from disease and 33,111
from wounds or other injuries.
The report said that the number
of hospital cases is steadily decreasing#
there having been a reduction of
more than 15,000 since the previous
week.
AID IS EXPECTED TO BE
GIVEN BY GERMAN SHIPS
New York.?German ships allotted
to the United States for the transportation
of troops aggregate a total of
50.000 tons. Including4 the ginnt Hamburg-American
liner, Imperator, It was
authoritatively learned.
Qreat Britain also will receive 540,000
tons, the total representing virtually
all the tonnage held in German
ports during the war. The United
States, it is understood, however, will
PAPOlVA t Vft A IftPflTAP vaa oa!
POPE BENEDICT HAS MADE
REQUEST FOR INTERVENTION
Paris.?Pope Benedict has requested
intervention by Monsignor Ratti, 1
papal delegate at Warsaw,' Archbishop
Biloeszkl cf Posen and Arcbbshiop ,
Szeppyokt, of Letnberg. to end the '1
conflict between the Ukrainian and 1
Polish troops.
It is said that General Petlnra, <
head of the peasant army of the 1
Ukraine, will send a subsidiary of j
1,000,000 rubles to the Ukrainian 1
troooa fighting the Poles in Galiela.
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NATION8 TO PEACE CONFER.
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Clemenceau Fully Satisfied That The
Larger the Committee is the Less
Work It Accomplishes.
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Paris. ? The peace conference
unanimously adopted the league of
nations program. President Wilson
and Colonel House are the American
members of the commission thereon.
The delegates of the great powers
of the league of nations will be: For
the United State.
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Lady Francis Balfour, president of ,
the London society, N. U. W. 8. and
Travelers' Aid society, Is the widow
of the late Col. Eustace Balfour, and 1
fifth daughter of the eight duke of 1
Argyll, She Is actively engaged in re- 1
lief work.
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First Time United States Has Taken
Direction In Concert of Powers on '
This Most Serious Question.
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Paris.?Led by President Wilson,
the supreme council of the great powers
moved to unite the factions of distracted
Russia and bring them into
the peace congress.
They unanimously adopted a proposition
brought forward by President
Wilson asking all the Russian factions,
including the bolshcvists, to
meet the allied and associated governments
at Prince's islands in the
sea of Marmora on February 15, the
contending factions meantime declare
a truce and suspending all military
operations. <
General John J. Pershing, the Am- ,
erican commander in chief, has been
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he will be the military member of the I
American representatives of the joint
commission.
Aside from the importance of the
conclusions reached, it was especially 4
notble as being the first time that the {
voice of the United States had taken ?
the direction in the concert of Euro- t
pean powers on the most serious Eu- j
ropear question now presented. t
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OUTBREAKS AND OUTRAGES I
INCREASING IN IRELAND. I
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Dublin.?The Sinn Fein parliament j
provided only a one-day sensatiou. <
Its members held a brief meeting at
the mansion house, but behind closed
doors. Afterward Count Plunkett
told reporters a statement of the busi- .
ness transacted would be furnished ^
A group of a hundred young men j
gathered outside during the secret t
session, but there was no excitement, t
The public was far from interested in ,
the murder of two policemen in Tip- (
perary at the time the parliament was {
meeting. This is taken to signify the ,
beginning of a 0w period of terror- (
ism, which veteran, Irish polities ex- c
pect will include other assassinations j
and attempt to destroy government
property. ,
AN AU8TRIAN ORDER POUND f
COMMANDS B08NIAN MURDERS, c
Serajevo, Bosnia.?When the Aus-I
tro-Hungarian general staff was about I
to withdraw from Sarajevo ail important
papers were put on a railway
car and the remainder burned. The
uuanma nauoDti committee succeed-' <
ed. in the general confusion, in seiz- j S
ing the documents that had been re-1 i
moved, among which was found a sec-! '
ret dispatch from Vienna ordering the ' <
massacre of the population, regard- j i
less of age or sex, should the Austro-1 i
Hungarian army be obliged to avacu- i
ate the country. 1
DEPENDING ON 8PECIALIST8 <
FOR PREPARATION OF VIEW8.
Paris.?The American peace commission
is depending upon tis special
lsts in international law for the prep- 1
aration of the American view of im- <
portant questoins raised in the agenda 1
adopted by the jfeace conference. <
These are, first, responsibility for the t
war, and. second, the framing of a I
policy for interaatoinal cooperation 1
in. legislation dtreoted toward the in- i
terests of labor. Wide differences '
exist at present. 1
NUCLEUS FOR INTERNATIONAL 1
CONGRESS OF TRAOES UNIONS.
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London.?An adjourned conference
of leaders of British labor with Sam- 1
net Gompers and other American 1
labor delegates in England has reach- i
ed an agreement to form a nucleus 1
for an Internatiqpal trades union con- t
gross. A committee of flye will be i
appointed to represent British labor r
and to aid in organising It. Mr. Coup 1
ers.will confer with the British com- 1
raittee in the next few days to forma- c
late plans for the congress. b
near-east. The fund was requested
t?y President Wilson as a means of
decking the westward spread of bolihevism.
The measure now goes to conference
for adjustment of minor senate
intendment, but leaders believe final
snactment will be accomplished next
week.
Senator Martin, of iVrginia, the
Democratic leader, and Overman, of
North Carolina, and Warren, of
Wyoming were appointed senate conferees.
NO REPUBLIC IS WANTED BY
GERMANS OF THE RHINELA.ND
Coblenz.?The results of the elections
in the Rhineland cam be summed
up in a few words. More worn?n
voted than men, and the triumph
>f the centrist party is complete. The
monarchists voted with the clericals
kgainst liberal tendencies. The so:ial
democrats were badly beaten and
die extreme radicals received little or
10 sppport.
Reports of results in Germany
3roper?Germany beyond the Rhine?
tell a different story. It is said at
Leipsic the social democrats met with
iucccsb, dui as iar as territory occusied
by the American, French and
British is concerned there can be no
loubt of the sentiment of the people,
rhey want no political upheaval,
rhey want no republic.
MONARCHIST CAU8E GAINING
MANY ADHERENTS AT LISBON
London.?According to dispatches
!rom Lisbon the situation is developng
adversely for the government
The monarchist cause is gaining
nany adherents in Lisbon and is rapdly
extending the field of operations
o the north. The monarchy having
>een proclaimed at Louza, Sao Thiapo,
Villa Doconde and Barcellos, it is
'eared that nothing can now avert
iivil war.
OTHER 3TEAMERS ARRIVING
WITH RETURNING SOLDIERS
New York.?The French steamer
itochambeau from Bordeaux, arrived
lere with more than eight hundred
American officers and men, bringing
he total number of arrivals during
he day to more than 6,000 and the
lumber of arriving troop ships to
dffhL The other ships were the batleehips
New Hampshire and Louisima,
the transports Calamares and
3oenoer, the American steamer Actomae
and General Goethals, and the
French steamer Chicago.
ine 883 soldiers aboard included
(even officers and 303 men of the
187th field artillery, 19 officers and
>33 men of the 339th field artillery, 20
Jisual officers and one casual enlisted
man.
EX-CROWN PRINCESS A VOTER
IN RECENT GERMAN ELECTIONS
Berlin.?Ex-Crown Princess Cecilia
appeared at a Potsdam polling booth
Sunday with a gentleman companion
who asked if she might give her rote
without waiting. No one obectjed
ind she entered the votnig compartnent
anad afterwards handed her votng
paper to the presiding offcier say- .
ug aloud, "Crown Princess Cecilia,
Meugarten."
OMSK GOVERNMENT RAPIDLY
INCREASING ITS AUTHORITY
Omsk, Sbeiria.?The Omsk governnent,
headed by Admiral Kolchak, is
-apidly increasing its authortiy both
>ast and west of Omsk. During the
ast week the Omsk government was
idvised of the adherence to the auhority
of General WDenlkine, the
eader of the Omsk forces west of the
'Jrals, of General Krasnoff, the betnan
of the Don Cossacks sjmI fun.
*ral Filmjonoff, hat man of the Knbaa
Komdtf.
rROTZKY*S CAPTURE RUMORED
WHILE LEADING HIS TROOPS
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Stockholm.?A telegram from Limit
Mjrt that Eethonal and northern
Livonia are nearly freed of the bolihevlnt
inraalon. Htndenburg haa
>een taken by the Bathonian roluneera,
aided by a Finnish corps. Nuneroua
prisoners were tAken and a
uraor ia current that among theee
raa Trotxky himself, who was lead
ng the JboLjhari^t forces. This la ns>
on firmed. Liban still ia threatened
y the belaherigt srfraaca.
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(HE SENATE PUSSES
FOOD RELIEF DILL
STARVING MILLIONS WILL BE
FED THROUGH BOUNTY OP
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THE UNITED STATES.
Ui AMENDMENTS REJECTED
The Creation of This Fund Is Pertly
Designed as One Means to Check
the Spread of Bolshevism.
wasmngton.?Alter a week of
spirited debate, the senate by a vote
>f 53 to 18, passed the administration
bill appropriating $100,000,000
for food relief in Europe and the
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Latter Sent to fevery Automobile
Owner In State Asking Them te
Push Petitions for Passage.
Columbia.?The central good roads
campaign committee is addressing a
letter to every automobile owner in
the state inclosing a copy ot the plan
agreed upon by the conference ot representative
men and the state highway
commission tor securing a system
ot permanent highways in South
Carolina: Each automobilist has been
asked to write the committee his I
views ot the matter. Although the
committee did not begin to mail out1
the letters until this week repliefc are
already coming in from all over the
state strongly endorsing the plan and
it is believed that the sentiment
among the motorists of the state will
be practically unanimous for it.
The letter which has been sent to
the motorists follows:
"How often do you cuss the roads
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vi uui oiaio; ueis quriw cunsiug ana
discussing roads and begin building
a permanent system of hard surfaced
highways for South Carolinasuch
roads as will give us a chance
to run our automobile 365 days in the
year. . I
"If you are interested In how to do
this, read carefully every word on the
back of this letter, which is a copy
of the petition to the legislature by
the automobile owners of this state,
and write us what you think about
it. If you believe the plan to be
right, sign and mail at once the enclosed
postal card. If you don't believe
bo insert the word 'no' in the
space provided.
"We also inclose a petition blank
on which spaces are provided for signatures
of those who own and those
who do not own motor cars. We earn- '
estly urge you to secure as many signers
as possible and return this petition
to the state highway campaign
committee. Chamber of Commerce
Building, Columbia, by February 6,
1919.
"Yours to 'pull South Carolina out
of the mud,'
"R. O. Rhett,
"W. Fred Lightsey,
> "James N. Pearman,
"V. M. Montgomery,
"John T. Stevens,
"D. W. Aledrman, Jr.,
"Frank E. Brodnax,
"Executive Committee." ]
Still Seeking Land for Soldiers.
Washington.?Special. .? Ethelbert '
Stewart, director of the investigation
anad inspection service of the department
Of labor, left Wjmhinptmi fnr 1
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro- !
lina and Georgia to interview the
governors and other officials of these '
states regarding the listing of the un- 1
nsed farm lands for soldiers. The service
expects to have several special
agents to complete the work. Each '
will h&vfe schedule blanks which when ]
properly filled out will supply definite
information by counties, townrfhips
and sections, etc., oe desired by the
United States department of labor. i
The purpose of the work is to locate 1
definitely the available unoccupied I
agricultural lands throughout the
states end hold in readiness the instates
and hold in readiness the in- i
formation for the returning soldiers 1
who may desire to pursue agricultural 1
activities. This action follows the f
recent recommendation of Secretary
Lane that Congress appropriate $100,000,000
"for the purpose of securing j
lands to be resold to retuning sol- 1
diers for farming purposes and the 1
bill introduced by Congressamn
Byrnes of South Carolina looking to
this purpose. Mr. Brynes is a mem- i
ber of the house committee on appropriations
and as it is realized that this ]
is an urgent need his bill will probably
be passed. j
Auto Show In Greenville
Greenville.?Plans have been vir- tually
completed for the Carolina Au- *
tomoblle Show and fashion week, ^
which is to be held in March, at a 1
date to be decided upon later, at the
textile hall in this city. Detail arrangements
for the event are to be 1
discussed at a Joint meeting of the J
automobile dealers of the city and
the merchants in the chamber of *
commerce rooms.
It is probable that both floors of
the mammoth building will be devoted
to the exhibits and the event I
is being planned on a large scale.
Very Worthy Petition.
Charleston. ? Charleston negroes
have addressed a petition to the gen- t
eral assembly. Governor Cooper, c
Lieutenant Governor Liles, Thomas t
P. Cothran, speaker of the house, and t
John E. Swearingen. State superin- ?
tendent of education, asking that the ?
civil code of 1912- be so amended that ' J
negroes be allowed to teach in the i
negro schools Jn the city of Charles- f
ton. During the day bills were Intro- 1
duced in both houses, to prohibit white t
teachers from teaching in schools set c
aside for negro pupils. a
Tobacco Warehouse Corporation...
Tlmmonsville?A large number of
tobacco farmers have formed a tobac- t
co warehouse corporation They have A
bought the new Prmers' Warehouse j
and 'leased the Banner Warehous. i
This company will operate both ware- t
houses the coming season. Henry )
McElveen and W. E. Lea will manage v
the business. Johnson McKenxte, auc- s
tioneer, has taken stock i nthe com- h
pany and will do the auctioneering.
W. Henry McElreen is prosident; c
Heyward Askfns, secretary, and W. c
Baxter White, treasurer. t
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SOUTH CAROLINA'S
PARTINWARWORK /"
STATEMENT OF THE 3T ATE'8
PART IN WAR BY 8TATE
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE.
ARMY ENLISTMENT OF 60,000
In Fourth Liberty Loan the Woman'*
Committee Reported a Subscription
of $10,890,900.
Columbia.
The following: 1b a recent report by
the State Council of Defense of South
Carolina's part In war work: ?
ARMY.
First Draft.
Gross quota 15,147
Enlistment credits 5,040
Net quota .....' 10,081
Second Draft.
Enlistments:
July 1. 1917, to March 31, 1918,
enlistments in regular army
ami national gruard 1.826
April 2. 1917, to June 30, 1918,
enlistments fn reserve corps
national army 685
July 1, 1917, to March 1, 1918,
enlistments in reserve corps
national army 932
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Total 8,343
Enl'stments.
(Voluntary and Individual Inductions)
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To May 1. 1918 137
Number drafted men from Call
41 through oaJl A-14G1-G 34,271
Total 52,898
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Number of officer*. April 6, 1917 103
Number of officers Nov. 11, 1918 515
Number of enlisted men, regular
navy, April 6. 1917 .... 591
Number of collated men, regular
oavy, Nov. 11, 1918 2,614
Number of enlieted men, naval
reserve force, Nov. 11, 1918.. 2,449
MARINE CORPS.
Number of officers, April 6. 1917 13
Number of officer* commissioned
during the war 40
Number of enlistments from
April 6. 1917. to Nov. 30, 1918 47
Liberty Loan*.
First loan $ 6,000,000
Second loan $17,921,750
Quota. Subscribed.
Third loan $14,625,000 $19,426,250
Fourth loan ... 32 452.000 37,117,950
Number
Percentage. Subscribers.
Third loon 132.8% 87.905
Fourth loon 114.4% 114,000
(estimated).
War 8avlnga Stamps.
White.
Vimount pledged $12,450,754
dumber of pledges 220,18$
?er cent of population pledged
28.3%
Colored.
Amount pledged $1,294,540
dumber of pledges 76.065
^or capita pledged $1.48
?er cent of population pledg- '
?d $.7%
Total.
Vmount pledged $13,745,294
dumber of pledgee 296,253
'er cent of population
pledged 17.8%
Red Cross,
led Cross funds, 1917 (ffuota.
$300 000) 318,000
ted Cross funds, 1918 (quota.
$400,000) $1,272,221
dumber of chapters In
South Carolina (covering
?very county in ataite).. 61
demhers 90,647
den in overseas -work .... 10
Women in overseas work .. 20
led Cross Christmas Roll
Call, 1918 86,656
Y. M. C. A.
iMiwt cam"pa.ign $17,486
Jocond campe'pi $170,130
EM.gh.ty men in Y. M. C. A. overseas
XT-vice,
Seventy-two men in home camps.
United War Work Campaign.
Quota. Subscribed.
905,730 - $1,148,247.09
Percentage, 126.7.
To Reduce Acreage.
Pinewood.?The recent decline in
he cotton market has aroused much
lommont by the farmers of this secion.
The large farmers state that
hey are going to reduce their cotton
icrenge one-third this year and the
imaller ones will cnt off one-fourth.
Jlnce the restrictions hare been renoved
off cotton seed they are being
reely.used for fertiliser and this is
ikely to cause many fertilizer orders
o be canceled. The acreage in tobaco
has been greatly increased as well
4 the small grain acreage.
Distressing Conditions Exist.
York.?The influenza situation at
he Church Home Orphanage continues
Itstresntng. Out of a population of aptroximately
120, 76, including five
nembers of the working staff, hare
>een stricken with the disease. The
lospital facilities of the institution
lave been severely taxed, but by
trenuona efforts all the patients
lave been well cared for.
As a result of the epidemic and
onsequent heavy expenses, the flnan*
es of the orphanage have been sub*
acted to a heavy strain.
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