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? 1 > Established In 189L SB'S ? -- " ? V W BIS MEAT PACKERS DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE RESPONSIBLE FOR PACKERS CONTROL OP MARKET8. -v* k -' /v / * u CHARGE DENIED AS ABSURD Assertion Made Pood Administration Served as 'Screen Behind Which Illegal Deals Were Made. Washington.?The food administration and the department of agriculture aided the flye big packing firms in obtaining a monopolistic control of the meat packing industry, Edward C. Lassator, of the National Livestock association's executive committee and a former employe of the food administration testified before the house interstate commerce committee. . While Mr. Las&ter was making this charge and asserting he hod resigned from the food administration because he realized "its practices were harmful to the common welfare," L. D. H: Weld, manager of Swift & Co.'s research department, told the senate Agriculture commltee a combination of big packers to control the meat industry was- impossible because 'of the large number of independent concerns. Mr. Lasater asserted before the house committee that during the last 18 months the food administration had "served as a screen" behind which the packers operated illegally against the public's interests. The department of agriculture aided the packers, Mr. Lasater charged,, by delaying investigation of the meat growers by the federal trade commission at the time the packers themselves were being investigated. TYPHUS AND DRUNKENNE8S RUNNING RIOT IN PETROGRAD. Petrograd.?The bolshevists seem to be in a state of panic owing to the reported landing of allied troops on the Narva front. They are prepared to evacuate the city and have allowed the gaTrison to pillage the city. Krylenko, a bolshevist general, who enlisted in the army of General Denikin for thb purpose of pushing bolshevist propaganda, has been arrested at Rostoff. The official bolshevist organ in Petrograd, Krasnays Galetia, states that the typhus epidemic in Petro-. grad is assuming enormous proportions and that the sufferers exceed tens of thousand. At the same time drunkennes In Petrograd is becoming legendary. Everybody is abav* donlng himself to drunkenness, including the communistic leaders. Ten thousand roubles is paid for a bottle of palslfled alcohol. Official data say that the number of persons in Petrograd who are fed bv the public kitchens surpasses 300,000. NO REASON WHY BUSINE8S SHOULD BE BAD IN SPRING. Washington.?Government officials here see no reason why business should not be good in the earlv spring. Members of the federal trade commission, who keep their Angers on the pulse of industry in the United States, believe that by the middle of June the entire nation will be busy. This belief Is based on the demand for rcohtruction material and supplies. Reporter troubles between labor and empolyers come from some communities. Many employers are reducing wages. This is met with nrotests from 'workmen, who claim that the high coat of living has not been reduced. North Carolina and South Carolina seem to be in fair shape. The fall in the price of cotton 1s hurting those farmers who held it. Cotton mills who had war orders were hit hard and suddenly when the armistice was signed, but there are signs of new life. TROTZKY BEQIN3 ATTACK UPON NARVA WITH FUPY Helsingfors.?Leon Trotsky has arrived on the Yamburg-Narvn front with a strong detachment of sailors and a good deal of artillery. He ordered a general attack upon Narva, which began with great fury. The ' Esthontan general taff Is hopeful of being able to resst tihe attack, although the stination seems dangerous because of the ppaaibllUy of a desperate attack by the holshevists from the Riga direction upon the right flank. OMSK GOVERNMENT HAS NOT REPLIED TO PROPOSAL Omsk.?In the absence of details the Omsk government has not yet replied to the proposal to attend a conference of the Russian tactions on the Princes' islands. Admiral Kolchak, however, has issued a proclamation to the army in which he new t>?ere can be no thought of an armisttse with the holshevlkl "who crushed the B nation, pillaged property, defiled sanctuaries and massacred the people." - '4 * ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ' ' ' " *' r'* ' V"..j^v \ \ . -' * ? " ? ?' ? ' ?. ' tt"*. BARNETT A*D HER SON f |jhh ^'^9 : MfB fimnrnm P----?* .-'*- "* *k commandant of the U. 8. Marine corps, was the first American woman to visit the Marne battlefields after the American engagements there. The picture was made with her son, Basil Borden, a lieutenant In the marines. APACHES DRESS AS SOLDIERS Parle Chief of Police Declare That the American Soldier Does Not Deserve Hard Name Given Him. Paris.?That Apaches of all nationalities, dressed in American uniforms, were mainly responsible for the acts of violence which have caused broadcast publicity to be Riven to an nlIeged American crime wave in Paris, was shown by an investigation. ' An opportunity was presented to verify at police headquarters the figures respecting crimes during last December. Thirty-four murders charged to Americans wore'discredited and dwindled to two; 244 hold-ups and assaults were reducod by 80 per cent. Brigadier General William W. Harts, of the United States army, sayB; "The reports concerning the large number of murders by American soldier in Paris are untrue. The statis tics show that the American soldiers are maintaining their high Rtandard of discipline in every detail, wherever they may be." The Paris chief of police. M. M. Mouton, sad he was greatly pleased, at the cooperation of the American detectives who haYe recently arrived here. Chief Mouton refused to make a statement'"on the extent of crime, but said that outside of some thefts of automobiles,to the .prejudice of the American army, American soldiers did ^not deserve the hard reputation which had gone abroad. BRAZIL TO STAND WITH AMERICA IN CONFERENCE Paris.?Brazil will support the United States and other leading powers in all matters brought before the peace conference, declared Dr. Epitacio Pessoa, head of the Brazilian delegation to the peace conference. This applies to the league of nations and other questions of general Interest which Brazil has in common with other nations. Dr. Pessoa said his assurance applied particularly to the disposition of requisitioned German ships, of which Brazil holds 43. and also to the question of indemnities for which Brazil will make a claim. SENATE AGRFES TO HIGHER PAY FOR MAIL WORKERS Washington.?Items in the $400,000.000 nnnual postofflce apnroprintion bill, carrying several millions of dollars for pay increases for post 'hi ire nerKR, leuer and rural carriers and railway mail employes during the Ascal year, wore approved by the senate with little d'esussion. The bouse had proposed to make the Increases permanent. TO ESTABLISH STAEMER LINES TO LATIN-AMERICA Jacksonville. Fla.?The South Atlaa tic Maritime corporation has been or ganizod by the chambers of commerce of Jacksonville, Wilmington. Charles ton and Brunswick, to establish regu lar lines of steamers from each of the Ave mentioned ports to South and Central American ports. The first steamer will sail from Savannah in March to be followed soon after bj one from Jacksonville, then by others from other ports. NO MATERIAL DECREASE SHOWN IN \|^R EXPENSES Washington.?Although nearly thre? months have passed since the signing of the armistice, the American govern ment's war expenses show no signs ol decreasing materially. , In January the treasury paid out about 91,000.000.000 for ordinary wai xpentes, exclusive of allied loans, 01 uily $?n.on;vooO less than in Decern ter, 9S3.000.000 lesa than In Novem r and considerably more than lfl I my month heretofore. x v . 1 m * ,..v ' ' * vf * - ' v V0r *" ' " .-/* ' , i/E* m t*. * . Le ^ / > . _ ?3f OFIftMTMOPS GREAT BODY OF MISSING MEN WHOLLY UNACCOUNTED FOR AFTER THREE MONTHS. TOTAL DEATH ROLL; 40,709 Late Statement Showe Only Twenty* Nine American Prisoners Remain In German Hands. 9 Washington.?Official tables ot the major battle casualties ot tne America!* force* In France, made public by Oeneral March, chief of staff, show that approximately 10,000 men remain wholly unaccounted for nearly three months after the ending of hostilities. The deaths, missing and known prisoners are tabulated up to January 10 for each of the 30 combatant divisions of General Pershing's army. The total is 56,592 of whom 17,434 are classifledd as missing or captured. An appended statement shows that only 29 American military prisoners were believed to be still In Germany on January 8 and that 4.800 prisoners had been checked up as returned and 118 died in captivity. Some portion of the great body of missing men may be located as the return of the army thins out the American forces in France. Indications are. however, that the majority of the 10,000 finally will bn added to the roll of honor shown in the tables of those killed or died of wounds, now recorded as 39,15 8men. To that figure also must be added 1,551 men of the Marine Brigade, figures for which, not carried in the tables, were obtained from official sources. This brings tlA grand aggregate of deaths from battle up to 40,709 on returns estimated officially to be 95 per cent complete. WAS PENCHANT FOR TALKING THE CAUSE FOR TREATMENT? Washington.?Reiterating in the house charges that National Guard ot; fleers wore removed from their commands after practically continuous fighting service to make room for regulars, Representative Gallivan ol Massachusetts, Democrat, read a letter signed by 40 wounded officers saying that investigation would prove that medical officers had been ordered to report as unfit officers who might replace the regulars first assigned for duty. PofniM-tio T J itviivi? >up) ku mujui uuu. ucuuaru Wood, the letter read by the Massachusetts representative said: "When General Wood visited the front he was treated more like a German spy than an ofTicer of the United States. We have the word of several colonels that knew him well for this, He was ordered back from his visit here without being allowed to visit the Italian front or returning through England, as he was invited to do bj Lloyd George. "General Wood was 'the idol of the army, officers and men alike, and was one of the most efficient officers, yet he was kept In a corner all the time." Who did Itr SOUTHERN CONGRESSMEN TO DISCUSS COTTON ACREAGE Washington.?The plan of waging a campaign in the South to urge re duction of the cotton acreage, and retention by growers of all their cottor until a price of 35 cents a pound if reached will be discussed at a meet ing of the members of the senate and house from the cotton states. The meeting was decided upon at a joint session of the senate and house agriculture committees, called by Senators Smith of South Carolina Sheppard of Texas, Smith of Georgia and Representatives Heflin of Ala bama, Lee of Georgia, Jacoway ol Arkansas, Candler of Mississippi and Young of Texas. Mr. Heflin said the demand for American cotton is C 000.000 bales greater than the supply and that jusl as soon us peace terms are signed prices will be advanced to 40 cents. REACH COMPLETE AGREEMENT ON WAR TAX REVENUE BILL Wahsington.?The war revenue bill . j revised to rnise about Jfi.OoO.OOO.OOO by 11 taxation thi syear and $4,000,000.00(1 j annually thereafter, assumed final j form when senato and house conferees i reached a complete agreement on the [ measure. : j The conferees already had announc i J ed agreements on all tax rate adjust ' ments. Absence ot President Wilson made doubtful the exact date thft new law would become effective. MILLION MARK PASSED IN DEMOBILIZATION OF ARMV i Washington.?Demobilization of thi ; army passed the million mark during the past week. General March an ' nounced. with 6.1237 officers and 952.411 men actually discharged. Ot i the officers mustered on* 2.444 were ' on duty in Washington. The demobilization h*s proceeded * to such a point that general officer* are being discharged from the war or i ganiiation. General March announced honorable discharge of 33 generals. ' .11 w. I I?,| ..?? II * m * ii B UL, & 0., THTTRSDAY, TXBKT v-'# >3 ^^H^H^HDHHebKmv^I^^S' I aqflB^H|^^^n|Wff^^a^H ; Prince Yorlhito Higashi Fushima, a cousin of the Japanese emperor, and alto a commander In the Japanese navy, is in America with his suite. He has represented Japan a number of times in international cou -testes, partlcularly at the coronatUn of King George FOUR BILLION IMPRACTICABLE i . Act is Not Designed to Relieve War Profiteers of Taxation But to Make Them Pay Their Share. Washington.?Governor Davis, at Virginia, in telegrams to Virginia members of congress, received, protested against the pending war revenue bill raising $6,000,000,000 by taxation. asserting that the measure is "illconsidered and oppressive." In reply, Reprsentative Flood, of the tbnth Virginia district, sent a long telegram to Governor Davis, in which he said in part: "To defeat this bill, as you seem to suggest, would relieve war profiteers from taxation ;the administration and ! congress favor taxing these profit- I eers; the present law doek not do it." PRESIDENT HAS BEEN LIED TO BY SOMEBODY SAYS MANN Washington.?"Before the navy department took over the high-power , wireless stations the matter was thoroughly Investigated from every angle by legal and other experts of the department. We concluded that the only ' thing to do undor existing conditions 1 was to take over the radio plants. This statement was. made by Secretary of the Navy Daniels when his ' attention was called to the declara' tion of Republican Leader Mann, in the house, that the secretary of the - navy should be Impeached for having 1 seized commercial wireless stations. Mr. Mann referred to the wireless 1 statipn to be established at Monroe. * lie read from the testimony of Admin1 ral Griffin as follows: "Congress did not authorize the Monroe station. The president authorized it. "Seeking to lay the blame on. the President." declared Mr. Mann. "I { am willing to acquit him. The Presi' dent approved the*location of a ra' dio station at Monroe, but the Presl-, dent did not undertake to say there i was any appropriation for it. He was t lied to by somebody." i' ' BOLIVIA CLAIM8 RIGHT TO OUTLET TO THE 8EA 1 Paris.?That Bolivia intends to set 1 up a claim for the provinces of Tacna and Arica, tinder the doctrines of President Wilson that nations are en 1 titled to an outlet to the sea was in ! dicated by General Mintes, Bolivian ' minister to France. In a statement ' to the Associated Press he said: | "The claims of Chile and Peru to ' j these provinces are based purely on ' ! political arguments while those of t Bolivia are based on the vital right 1 { of access to the ocean through the . 1 natural channel of these provinces." MEXICO AND CUBA RESUME DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS Washington.?Mexico and (Juba have resumed diplomatic relations ac1 cording to reports in official and dip' Icmattic circles. The state depart1 ment. however, had no information ' on the subject. It was said that Bsequiel Garcal had been appointed Cuban minister to Mexico and General ' Jara, Mexican minister to Cuba. 1 Diplomatic relations between the r two governments were severed several months ago. PROHIBITION' PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY SECRETARY POLK ' Washington.?Ratification of the I prohibition amendment to the federal constitution was proclaimed formally I by Frank L. Polk, acting secretary of t state. The proclamation is dated ) Jan. 29. but legal authorities of the department say ratification was ac,l complished when the thirty-sixth state i acted favorably on January 16, and that under the terms. of the ahi^noI ment itself prohibition becomes effective on? ygar from ' that <fate.J ' - -v, f t conditions ot unemployment are be coming more serious and that labor surpluses are growing throughout the nation. "The labor surplus in many industrial centers has Increased rapidly in the last 10 days." saiu a statement issued by the department of labor. "Plants heretofore engaged in war work are not changing buck to peace activities fast enough to hold their proper proportion of labor. "The department of labor's investigation of ways and means to stimulate building and improvements and augment the absorption of labor in industry disclosed these two important ways of getting results: "1. Legislation enabling the building and loan associations of the country to use their real estate mortgages for collateral in a system of federal home loan banks; and "2. Legislation to authorize immediate adjustment and payment by the government of reasonable claims growing out of the summary rescinding of war contracts. "The former would permit home builders to avail themselves of almost $2,000,000,000 in loans; the latter would provide much-needed, immediate capital for manufacturing. It is probable a proposed law on the former soon will be introduced .in Congress. Legislation on the latter now is pending in the United States sen ate." UNEXPECTED OBSJACLES EAR PROGRESS ON REVENUE BILL Washington.?New and unexpected obstacles to the long-delayed war revenue bill developed, resulting 'in .settlement of more minor disputes beI tween the senate and house, but en! tailing postponement of final action by the conferees and submission of the conference re-draft. While house discussion was proceeding, it was learned that the conferees had agreed to a compromise amendment for pay bonuses of $50 each to enlisted men and nurses and $200 to officers of the army, navy and marine corps upon discharge. The bonus would be paid to those already discharged as well as to those subsequently given honorable discharge or who resign. ! PRESIDENT WILSON TALK8 PLAINLY TO DELEGATES Paris.?The crisis in the peace negotiations over the disposition to be , made of Germany's colonies seems to I have passed, momentarily at least. It is too early to say President Wilson's view has prevailed in its en, tirety, but in American quarters there i is confidence that a compromise plan, ! which has been accepted in prtncii pie. will be worked out with details \ which will be acceptable to the American viewpoint. What he said did not appear in the official communique, nor has it been disclosed with any official an | thority but it may be stated that 11 was a very clear re-affirmation of the principles for which the President has previously contended. In phrasea stripped of diplomatic niceties, it ie understood, Mr. Wilson told the menv bers of the supreme council he would not be a pnrty to a division of Ger | many's colonial possessions amonf the powers which now hold them and then become a party to a league oi nations, which, in effect, would guar an tee their title. There are infer ; ences that the President even refer, red to a peace yf "lootj* ALL PRICE CONTROL OVER COAL BY UNCLE SAM ENDS Washington,?All price control ex orcised by the fuel admjnistritior j over anthracite and bituminous coal ; and coke will cease under a Waoke i order signed by Fudl Administrate: | Garfield and made public. Zone regit latlons and practically all rilles foi the distribution of fuel, as well a: most regulations concerning oil ant natural gas. promulgated under thi I,ever act as war measures, alsd art rescinded, WILSO^ VICTORY IMMENSE ' BUT PROPOSAL MODIFIEC ' ? ?>.. . ? London.?The Paris corresponden of tho Daily Mail says Japan 01 Thursday formally accepted th< theory of internationaliaation . 01 colonies and that it was understooi South Africa had abandoned its oppo sitlon to the scheme. "President Wilson," the correspon dent adds, "undoubtedly won an ira mense diplomatic vlfthrMalyyt hat to unodlfy his ortgifiil ft ' some exte?* " ^ ? d'' ' ?> " j' r&BT 6, 1919 LABOR PROBLEMS BECOMING SERIOUS SURPLUSACE OF UNEMPLOYED ' THROUGHOUT THE NATION 18 RAPIDLY GROWING LARGER. NflN PLANS FOR STIMULATION - - V M ' / The Department of Labor Proposes Two Plana by Which to Relieve Acuteneaa of Situation. Washington.?The reports coming to the department of labor show that PROTECTIVE MEASURES TAKEN * * v , Uneasy Heads of Legislators In ths General Assembly May New Rest lb Partial Peace. Colombia.?After a conference of members of the city board of hfcalth, the city health officer, the State health officer, members of the city school commissioners, the city school superintendent and other citizens interested in the local influenza situation, it was decided that conditions in Columbia do not warrant at this time the imposition of a general quarantine. Practically every angle of the influenza situation in Columbia came up for discussion during the conference, and shortly before adjournment a resolution was adopted which provides for steps to'be taken to prevent any further increase in the number of cases of influenza in the city. The resolution provides that the city health officer, . Dr. Clarence Smith, ascertain from physicians of Columbia the* addresses of homes where influenza exists. Such homes are to be plainly placarded, and masks are to be provided to be worn by the inmates of the pla carded house while indoors. The patient is to be quarantined, and visitors are to be excluded. No inmate from the house placarded is to be admitted to the public schools. Physicians are instructed to make a report of their influenza cases daily to the city health office, and Dr. Smith was instructed to prosecute physicians refusing to report. Citizens generally are ufged to avoid crowds whenever possible, and to use their best efforts to check hysteria. Entire County Quarantined. Newberry.?The influenza situation is improving in the city, but in the country the epidemic seems to be on the increase, especially among the negroes. The county was put under quarantine by the sheriff, by direction of the State board of health, the schools in the incorporated towns oi Newberry, Prosperity, Chappells and Little Mountain had already been closed by the local health boards. The board of health of Newberry decided that the schools here must continue closed until February 3, and ordered that the pool room^ and moving picture shows and churches be closed until February 1. City pastors and officers had already agreed to have no church services next Sunday. Prominent Secret Order Man Dies. Orangeburg.-*?Walter Edward Der r I comes under the State banking lawn, i and should be amenable to them. The . corporation takes the position that it t is not a bank in the meaning of the - State'law. Penalty of $1,700. plus furi ther accrued penalty, is asked lor by the plaintiff. Agents' Assembly at Wlnthrep. s Rock Hill.?This past week has a been a most Interesting and profitable f. one for the home , demonstration f agents assembled here at Winthrop s college Cor a month of intensive study, s There was an attendance of about 80 ^ l- agents daring the week and the ene thusiasm and interest shown by them ^ r was extremely gratifying to witness, n Notable people from various parts of t the United States, interested in homn . 8 demonstration work, have visited the a college this week and given extremely L iutresting and helpful talks. rick, member of the house of representatives from Orangeburg counts and well known and beloved citizer of'Orangeburg, died here at his home j "Orange Coui^L" I Mr. Derrick, though a young man had climbed to the top as a business man and as a leader. He had jusl retired as grand chancellor of th? grand lodge of Knights of Pythias after holding the office with honoi and esteem. He was a member ol Orange Lodge, Knights of Pythias; Shibboleth Lodge, A. F. M.; Eurekt Chapter, R. A. M.; Petros Cotrncfl S. M.; Orangeburg Commandery Knights Templar; Omar Temple, A A. O. N. M. S., and the local lodge oi Odd Fellows. Cost of Camp Jackson. Washington (Special).?The fol lowing interesting facts were devel oped here before the house commit tee on appropriations regarding th< cost of Camp Jackson: .Land area in fee, 1,192 acres; arej under lease, 11,548 acres; cost to buy $625,000; cost of camp to date, $10, 000,000; number of buildings, 1,554 quarters, maximum capacity, 44,00! persons; water supply cost, $630,000 i supply 3,000,000 gallons per day sewerage system cost, $340,000; roadi , cost, $430,000; number of miles t 21.28; hospital cost, $1,450,000; num ber of beds, 1,960; nurses' quarters I maximum capacity, 174. List of Lib erty theater and various social build , ings: Liberty theater, 1; library, 1 | Y. M. C. A., 17; Red Cross, 5; Jewisl r Welfare, 1; hostess house, 2. These figures are now being use< f by the war department in its effort to reach a decision as to what the fu ture of the camp shall be. Farmers Long on Soda. . Columbia. ? Farmers of Richland county have applied for 677 tons 01 nitrate of soda for their crops durinf 19)9, according to figures compiled bj J ,J. Rhett Clark, farm demonstrator 01 t Richland county. Mr. Clark says th? r ' soda will be ready for delivery vfher called for but thinks there will be fee r calls for soda until the grata crop ii # large enough to stand an application I The government is selling the soda ai B a cost of $81 per ton plus cost of trans portation from Charleston. Mr. Clarl thinks few farmers failed to apply. Board of Health Resigns. j Florence. ? Following a criticise from a Florence citizen published ii t the Florence Times recently, Dr. J. G McMaster, chairman of the board o a health resigned, and since that tim< f the other members composing th< I board have also sent in their resigns tlons. At the present time Florena Is without a board of health. Mayo Gilbert and city council have beoi busy trying to arrange and appoin j members for a new board, but hav< 5 beeh unable to find a local physlciai whoJ would agree to act as chalrnlai * % f SlJBPwTMfc SOUTH CAROLINA'S 1 vaiiam f* nuAfiPiifii IMABLUWtHH THE VARIOUS INDUSTRIES OF THE STATE SHOW GAINS OF $26,740,479. REAL PROPERTY ALSO GAINS ' ' ' ' J \ S Addition* and Equalization 8w*lla Total of tncroaae In Value* of Land $47,087,416. Columbia.?The approximate Increase of assessments on banks, textile industries, railroads, atreet railways, light, heat and power companies, fertilizer factories, oil mills, insurance and trust companies and tele* phone and telegraph companies for the past four-year period is 626.740, 479, and, in addition. $47,08?,4i5 has been adde'd to the real property in | South Carolina since 1914, according I to the annual report of the State tax commission to the general assembly, I which is now ready for distribution. The report says it is true that a large part of this increase is due to new or added property, but also a large part is on account of assessments being equalized with such other properties, as well as adding prop vny wmcn nan escnpea taxation. The report continues with the statement that, acting under the statute, in 1918, it went into the equalization of farm lands in the State, and here it was found that very great inequalities existed among the various counties of the State. "In some few counties the assessment of lands was fair and reasonable," said the report, "but in oth( ers, some of the larger and richer counties, it was assessed at a very 1 low percentage of its real value. Greenville Leads the State. 1 Greenville.?Official reports compil[ ed at the office of the South Carolina war savings committee indicate that 1 Greenville county leads all others in ' sales of war savings stamps for the J. year 1918, in proportion to the coun' tv's population. Charleston stands | fifth and is one of the Ave counties ' which succeeded in purchasing $10 or more per capita. During the last few days of the year sales showed a sharp ' Increase in most of the counties, as 1 a result of which the report for the year shows so far that the people of . South Carolina purchased about $10,850,000 worth of war savings stamps. oKnut tU CA 1 ? uwuuv fu.uv |n;i wainvai, WUICU IV considered by the committee to be an f excellent showing. Reports are not ( complete as yet, but the relative standing ot the following eight lead' ing counties is not likely to be changed: ' County. Per Capita. Amonnt. 1 Greenville $11.03 $874,311.00 : Anderson 10.55 840.187.75 ! Beaufort 10.27 304.074.75 ' Spartanburg. . . . 10.26 990.683.75 [ Charleston 10.08 897.521.25 York 9.90 616.291.50 : Calhoun 9.82 182.046.50 1 Florence 9.46 387.797.25 f ? Improved Health Conditions. t Columbia.?Reports received by Dr. C. V. Akin indicate that the Influenza epidemic is steadily coming under control over the State. The entire county of Orangeburg . was released from quarantine restric. tions on representations to the State s authorities from the local authorities. | The situation at the Citadel in Chari 1 leston is not encouraging. There are several cases of the disease in the . | institution and yesterday Miss Jane ; Simpson was assigned to the Citadel ) to render assistance in combatting the ; disease. ; Dr. G. E. Neal, who has been tnvesi tigating conditions in the State instit tutions. has gone to Winthrop Col. lege. When he has investigated oon( ditions in that institution he will have . completed his rounds of the State col. leges. ; Dr. C. S. Kinzer of Tennessee was j assigned to Edgefield to make an investigation for the health authorities. 1 vestigation for the health aythorities, s ! and make a report back to Dr. Ak!n . with such recommendations as he may think advisable in the premises. Is. or Is Not, a Bank. I Charleston.?A test suit has been t filed in the court of common plaas ; here by James H. Craig, as State bank r examiner, against the Charleston Fill delity Corporation, a "Morris Plan" ? institution of this city. The State bank i examiner holds that the corporation