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THE CHERAW CHRONICLE
VOL.22. CHERAW, 8, C? THURSDAY, ?~ C. 1 ^ f / $ HO. 7.
VITAL STATISTICS
SOUTHCIH
ENCOURAGING REPORT8 8H0\A
OF BIRTHS OVER DEATHS
DURING NINE MONTHS.
DISPATCHESJFROM (MB
Doings and Happanlngt That Ma
the Progress of South Carolina P<
pie, Gathered Around the Sta
Capital.
Colombia.
Following 1b the total number
births and deaths from January to C
tober 31, 1918, lo the State:
Counties Deaths Birt
Abbeville 302 6
Aiken 462 6
Anderson 758 1,7
Bamberg 260 4
Barnwell 301 6
Beaufort 452 4
Berkeley 432 , 6
Calhoun 327 G
Charleston 2,359 1,6
Cherokee 291 6
Chester 313 6
Chesterfield 284 i
Clarendon 639 6
Colleton 234 E
Darlington 595 S
Dillon 200 ^
Dorchester 184 1
Edgefield 182 E
irjurneia .. &i\i c
Fairfield ...> 182
Florence 846 1.0
Georgetown 430 4
Greenville 1,565
Greenwood 459 7
Hampton 324 E
Horry 479 8
Jasper 122 1
Kershaw 283 E
Lancaster 404 4
Laurens V 521 "9
Lee 507 6
Lexington 386 7
Marion 330 4
Marlboro 661 S
Newberry 505 7
Oconee 352 7
Orangeburg 943 1.6
Pickens 289 7
Richland 2,411 1.3
Saluda 157 3
Spartanburg 1,234 2,0
Sum'er 757 1,0
Union 274 6
Williamsburg 631 1,0
York 651 1,0
McCormivk 142 2
Totals 24,508 36,2
College Inspector Reports.
i ne reporx OI samwry cuuuuiuus
. Winthrop College, made by Dr. E.
Hlnes, member of the State bofird
health and chairman of the co'mm
tee on sanitary inspection of Sts
schools and colleges, contains the f
lowing:
"I inspected Winthrop Normal a
Industrial College November 27, 19
Asusual the institution is well m:
aged from a sanitary standpoint.
The report concludes, "The gre
need of the college is a sanitary dai
and cow barn.
Dr. Hines, in his report on sanita
conditions at Clemson says, "Cle
son College was inspected Decemb
9, 1918. The modern water supp
system urged by our committee 1
nearly ten years is now in course
construction to be completed Jan 1.
"With the co-operation of the w
department, the sanitation, general
of the college is good.
Dr. Hines. in his report on conditio
at the South Carolina Military Act
emy, Charleston, says, "The inspect!
of the South Carolina Military Act
em.v Novepiber 25 disclosed some ve
encouraging improvements over It
year.
The South Carolina Agricultural a:
Mechanical College at Orangeburg w
inspected November 26 the Tepo
says, "A wonderful transformation h
occurred at this well known instil
tion for the colored race within V
or three years. Practically the end
plant is being rebuilt along mode
architectural lines.
Takes Charge of Hospital.
The Rev. W. M. Whiteside, recent
elected superintendent of the Bapt
Hospital to succeed Dr. Louis J. Br
tow, resigned, has arrived in and t^k
active charge of the hospital. J
Whiteside has been at the hospit
making himself familiar with the hi
pital personnel and doctors connect
with the hospital. He needs no int
duction to the duties of a super
tendent. having been superintend*
of the Good Samaritan Hospital
Spartanburg for 12 years.
(Hath of John C, Calhoun.
John C, Calhoun, grandson of the
great Southern statesman, whose
nam* he bears and formerly a cotton
a planter, died here in his 76th year.
11 Financier and railway promoter as
H well, Mr. Calhoun was actively identified
with the commercial construction
of the South after the War Between
FN the States, in which he served as a
captain of cavalry with the Confeder'
ate Army.
Mr. Calhoun was vice president of
the convention in Washington in 1884
which memoralired congress for the
II Improvement of the Mississippi River
IA and in 1897 he went to France as the
special representative of the Sons of
Amnrinon Pavnlnfion
rk " " "" '
!C>" Tilphman Retires From Office.
Horace L. Tilghman has resigned as
federal director of the United States
employment service in South Carolina
and John L. Davis has been named as
of his successor.
)c- Mr. Tilghman was appointed federal
director when the. service was inauha
gurated early in the year, and has
;64 been a potent factor in the enlisting
176 and distribution of labor. He returns
'20 to his lumber business in Marion, in
t73 which industry he has been very suc175
cessfuL
148 f
133 Government to Acquire Land.
119 The federal government is serving
74 notice on 350 property owners of Rich184
land County that a petition for con 53
demnatlon has been Died to secure a
139 certain tract of land containing 36,245
187 acres of land. The territory is wanted
157 for army purposes.
'37 The papers are being served by Wil120
Ham Cooper, government agent, and
I7? the land owners are required to come
,08 forward on December 16, 1918, and tile
>8? with the clerk of the United States
' court at Charleston their objections, if
187 any they should have, to the proposed
188 purchase or acquisition of said tracts
|83 of land by the federal government.
82 __________
32 One Slain, Other Decorated.
;8* Lieut. Hugh Smith Thompson, son
78 of T. C. Thompson of Chattanooga,
25 and a grandson of ex-Gov. Hugh Smith
51 Thompson of South Carolina, has been
77 recommended for decoration by the 1
05 United States with the distinguished I
44 service cross for bravery at the battle ;
" of St. Mihiel where he was wounded
'4^ for the seventh time.
80
,g? On the same day and in the same
battle that this young officer received
,gg his seventh wound and won his decoration,
another Lieut. Hugh Smith
^ Thompson, son of Majoc John M.
|03 Thompson of New York, and also a
|93 grandson of ex-Governor Thompf-on,
made the supreme sacrifice. In the
Jjg aerial combat at St. Mihiel, one of the
severest in which American aviators
were engaged, the airplane of Lieuten-1
| ant Thompson, becoming separated j
,gg from the rest of the squadron, was
surrounded by about 10 German airplanes
and set on fire by enemy bul-1
jn lets. Lieutenant Thompson perished
A in the flames.
of
rit. Price Expected to Rise.
tte The following statement concerning
01_ the cotton holding movement has
been issued by I). W. Watkins, acting
. director of extension, Clemson Col18.
,eee- !
in. "In spite of daily fluctuations in the
cotton market the prospects favor a
very material rise in prices early In
the spring and bring the removal of
all embargoes on cotton shipments.
Europe is now devoid of civilian cotry
ton goods as well as of stocks of raw
m' cotton. Demands from western Euro,er
pean countries as well as from Japan
^ly are on the increase. Restrictions on :
or cotton shipments are being removed, |
?' as an example of which might be mentioned
the granting of through bills of
ar lading on export shipments. Undoubtly,
edly the estimate made by the bureau
of market, to the effect that 2,000,000 j
ns bales of cotton would be exported this
id- seauon in excess of the amount exon
ported last season, will be realized,
id- "With the shortness of the present
ry crop and with the growing demand
tst which it now appears will reach its
f most acute stage in March, 1919, the ,
nd cotton holding movement being deaa
ducted by the producers stands every '
,rt chance to meet with success. It is
as to be hoped that this experience may
tu- be the beginning of a system of mar-1
ivo keting cotton which will supply the
ire staple gradually to meet existing dern
mands, and thereby insure a fair price
at all times to the producer.
Sick Folks Buy Physic.
?jy j ine aeinana lor liquor iur ineuiujiiui
. I purposes is steadily oil the increase,
1S according to figures at the office of
^s" the judge of probate for Richland
en county.
lr. The records show that the sick folk
al, applied for 3.733 permits in 24 days,
os- the ofTice issued 690 little slips. The
ed following week gave 839. This was
ro- followed by 969 and the last figures
in- went over the top when they register?nt
ed 1,236. The permits issued last week
At were good for 308 gallons and three
quarts of whiskey, wines, malt or gin
HEBER U. GRANT
mk wMa '< v \
Heber U. Grant, president of
Quorum of Twelva Apoatlea of
Mormon church, automatically bee
tha president of the Mormon el)
through the death of Joaeph 8. 8r
former president He rules 401
people over ^hom he has absolute
trol. He will have an annual aa
of $50,000. He la now in Lfve?
as president of the European mis
60VERNMENT BADLY SPLIT
SETTLEMENT OF THE ?Kj8l
QUESTION ONE OF FIRST 1
BE ARRANGED.
IEntente
Nations Have Not Yet
Hope That Stable Regime Ma
Be Established, j/
' ?-? i
Washington.?The IJusBfcn situi
already has Been "taken'up by P
dent Wilson with French statesi
it was learned here, and the d
mination of a definite policy on w
all the allied countries and*the Ui
States may agree will be one of
first things undertaken at the pr<
Inary meetings which are to pre
the peace conference.
Russia's plight and the attitud
be adopted by the victorious as
ated nations is recognized as on
the most serious problems of the
ference. Every proposed solutlo:
far is said to have been blocke<
the unanswered question of wh
qualified to speak for the Rue
people.
Even when a set of leaders is
ognized as Russian spokesmen,
United States and the allies must
the great question of how they
be aided in setting up a stable go>
ment and in preventing famine,
the benefit of Russia herself, an
the interest of the peace of the w
The government at Omsk, of w
the United States and other got
ments has expected much, is noi
the hands of a dictator and split
factions. The entente nations 1
not given up hope that the Omsk
thorities may yet evolve a stable 1
of government for Russia.
PROMPT ACTION ON REVENUI
BILL URGED BY PENR
Washington.?Rapid progress on
war revenue bill was made iy.
senate with leaders apparently unl
to hasten its passage by late thiB v
or at least before the holidays.
After Senator Penrose, senior
publican of the finance commi
had delivered a prepared add
urging prompt passage of the
but disapproving its provision? t<
1920 tax rates, the senate, with
a handful of members present
with perfunctory discussion, ado
many important amendments ami
proved pages of minor provis;
Consideration of all 1920 rates, f
ever, was postponed.
The war excess profits rates;
1919, ranging from 30 to 80 per i
as revised by the finance commi;
and estimated to raise $2.40",.0<><
as compared with $3,200,000,000 u:
the house bill.
COMMONWEALTH OF
JEWS IS PROPQ
Philadelphia.?The American i,
ish congress declared for a J&
commonwealth in Palestine under
trusteeship of Great Britain, ac
on behalf of such league of nat
as may be formed.
The declaration, in the form <
resolution, was adopted amid uriW
thuslasm. The 400 delegates r<
seating more than 3,000,000 mein
of their race la the Unltod States,
and sang the Hatikroh.
DEFINITE PUNS
1 SHAPING SLOII
>
M'W
PRESIDENT SATISFIED THAI
FRENCH AND BRITISH ,
IN ACCORD WITH HIM.
ii . .
| MAKING PEACE IS FIRST
H Neutral Nations Will Not Com
W General Discussions Now Goin
VjJk Among Peace Delegates.
' i's
|g Paris.?Definite plans lor the
BBS 1 a ??A* aKanlnff O U 1
Iconiereuue tu c uut o? .
as some of the American comm
era expected. Meanwhile Pr<
Wilson is taking advantage of
ttmlty to assess public opini
Prance and incidentally in Ores
the ain. Hie advisers say that he
tile tirely satsifled that these peop]
itme largely in accord with the prii
ijroh he has announced as necessary
nit*, able peace.
member8 ?' tbe America
I? slon are employing their time
countries actually assemble, is
ries of informal conferences,
eventually will include a repr
MS tlve of each of the entente b
|f ents. Neutral states will not
. diiv into these discussions.
The feeling among all the e
ilAJI conferees is that the maki
Pq . peace should be their first ta
that they may determine up<
<; broad outlines of a league of n
i . which, later, representatives (
V ' tral countries will assist in
U# pleting.
.While the -American comn
en are holding these lnformi
changes, which are designated t
up divergencies of opinion, the
lt&2 dent, is constantly giving the
r,TO. ? ?? nmMer
ttUOUUUU IU iiuuiuumw y?vviv.
meP? is receiving reports from the
et^r- states, from Amercaln dlpl
bif.h agenoies throughout the worli
litid fj.om the group of Invest
tjp? brought here for the purpose of
slim- inj the many special problems
ce^e will arrive. These Investigate
' continuing their studies with I
e to vantage now of being on the grc
soci
e of 64,842 CASUALTIES ARE
con* YET TO BE PUBL
a so
1 by
0 |a Washington. ? Casualties
isian American expeditionary forces,
have not been published, but
have been announced official
rec*
the ?enera^ Pershing, had been r
face at noon' December 18, to a t
64,892. TMse, the war depa
can
announced, were clasifled as f<
re rnfor
Major casualties, including
d In in action, died of wounds, died
orld. ease and died of other causes,
hich wounded, 64,862; missing and
rem- 350.
* *n A large proportion of the
into names listed as wounded are
haye cases, it was said, many patien
fl.ll- fllnoA raoAVOroH onH
1U5 lUUg DIUVV IVVVIVIVW W-W
form ed to duty. Officials explaine
the total is really less, due
fact that General Pershing's t<
eluded marine casualties of 1,2
E ed and more than 4,000 wc
OSE which already have been pu
by. the marine headquarters h
the
M GERMANY WILL NOT HAVE
reek ANYTHING TO EXPAf
re- London.?"Germany Is ruin
ttee, generations politically, industrai
xess economically,'' Dr. Walter Ral
bill, president of the German Electi
5 fix is quoted as declaring to the
only correspondent of The Daily E
and "It is the greatest calamity th
pted happened to any country hi two
ap- and years," added Dr. Rathena
ons ie one of the largest employers
how- bor in Germany. "If the indei
are high we shall have nothin
for which to expand our industrii
cent there will be a great tide of (
Ittee tion, probably to South Ameri<
),000 | far east and certainly to Russl
nder I result will be the BalkanizaJ
VTV"
SENATOR SIMMONS RECEIV
SED COMPLIMENTARY NO
Washington.?Washington St
ir^8^ ries a highly compHmentary e<
til 0
>tjng for the work of Senator Sir
ions chairman of the senate flnanc
mittee, and his work on the r
of a bill.| The Star says, in part:
[ en- Simmons is probably feeding
tpre- and certainly is entitled to ei
berg feeling. Steering two revenue
rate ures through the senate in or
grass is a notable performance
;siaeni - * i
oppor- ed ei
en- ba5i^
t0 dUr sltion
Sl?n'
I a B8' Representative Carter Qlaas of Vlr tion
which ginia, who has been appointed secr? ?nj
esenta- tary of the treasury. Arat
el11^ vioua
> come _lo_
GLASS MAKES BRIEF SPEECH SJ
intente will
ng of State
t9k' ?? m'adoo formally retire8; deon
the aPN
ations, LIVERS COMMISSION TO
* ne* his successor.
com
Wt
i i taok<
ussion- Opposition Leader Mann Remarks the r
II ,ex" That the President Could Have phaai
0 clear ????
1 nmai. Made No Better Selection. ment
1 P*?*1 , the t
closest i I .. of *>
nn fTift ' i - - ;/*' ' ? - .
United Washington.?'Carter Glass, of state
omatic LJrnc't^ur*' Va ? was aworn 1? M a?c* *aw^
i and retary ?' 1116 treasury, Judge James
i tors Hay of Virginia, of the court of claims qlai
tudv- and t0T many years a colleage of Mr.
which **la8s ,n the ^OU30' administering the
? _ oath. The Virginia congressional del- _
irs are ... . Wi
h ad egat,on and a 8T?uP ot government
. . omciais Wliuosseu UIO k,si?uuu;. .
>und. table
Secretary McAdoo formally retired pul)jj
by delivering the commission to Mr. malcl
Glass and eulogising the treasury that
ISHED force j4r Glass announced that he war <
would rely upon Mr. McAdoo's staff ^ u;"
of the and had asked that the usual formalwhich
ity of presenting resignations be dis- TegtE
which pensed with.
1 h
iy Dy "Human na'ire in its very best for ]
educed a8pectg j8 a singular sort of thing, and stam
otal of affords Interesting study always," overl
rtment gal(j gecretary Glass, in a brief ad- govei
allows: dress> ?i u8e<i to think that nobody curit
killed in the wide world ever got a* greater rioue
of dis- satisfaction than I out of the brilliant tions
1,680; achievement of the man who so nota- such
prison- bly held the post of secretary of the tendt
treasury the last six years. That was
when I had no dream and no desire to
84,842 be his successor." LAN
minor
ts hay- the floor ?* lhe 1x01180 Represenreturn
tatire Mann, Republican leader, praisd
that ed ?lasfl and 8aId no better choice An
to the of a treMury 1x00x1 coul<1 1x470 1,0011 <,ent
>ta! in- made02
kill* Secretary Glass' first appointment
rnnded, after taking office was the naming P1*08'
blished ?f Col. Henry D. Lindsley director of
ere> the war risk insurance bureau. Col- 8Piril
onel Lindsley was pn the staff of 18 th
Mninr Cflnprai Harhord in Prance as the !
chief of the war risk section of the n?Urt
4D ON American expeditionary force. "It
this 1
ed tor CASUALTIES UNREPORTED TO "Ti
llyand DATE SAID TO NUMBER 40,440 resec
thenau, of th
*ic Co., Washington.?General Pershing ca- he m
Berlin bled the war department the practi- see,
xpress. cally complete reports of deaths in ac- plaud
at has tion among the expeditionary forces, he g<
thous- General Pershing said that the Amei
u, who number of unreported casualties in 8ee 1
1 ?' process of verification at the central
nntiies records' office of the expeditionary 1)6011
g with forCes on December 14 was 40.440.
es and They were divided thus: Killed in own
migra- action, 390; died of wounds. 275; died ?' hl
:a, the 0f disease, 353; accidentally killed, 'n pel
a. The 51. severely wounded in action, 39,371. cfP,e
tion of These include all "suspense cases un- tions
der investigation," the general said. aroui
ES LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE AMB
I DATFtt ?nnN TO RF RFDUP.FD
ar car- Washington.?Sweeping reductions ^oi
Htorial in long distance and toll telephone -^;mei
aln, ]
nmons, rates by the adoption of a basic charge gMr|
e com- of 6V4 mills a mile airline mileage,' Darit
evenue and half the day rate for night service by N
"Mr. Up to midnight and oae-fourth the day tajT
*ood' rate after that hoar, were announced Thl
uch a bjr poatmaster General Burleson. to th
me^** The new rates were recommended ^ K
te con the first re pert of the committee on atten
rates standardisation. #f c#
ML TO SI
ENEMY WAR SHIPS
4
RICAN PEACE DELEQATE8
ILL RESIST ANY PROJECT
FOR DISTRIBUTION
LAND AGREES 10 PLAN
Idea In the Proposition la the
>idance of Diuenaion Among '
the 8everal Nations.
is.?The American delegates to
ieace congress have resolved to
ate the sinking of tihe surrenderlemy
warships and resist any
sition to'distrfbute them on the
of naval losses. This announce*
is made by those in close touch
the American representatives,
it is added, feel that such a po.
would result in avoiding dissenand
materially support President
>n's declaration that the war was
ased on aggression or the acquisiof
property.
gland .through Sir Eric Geddes,
lord of the admiralty, had preily
acquiesced in the American
to destroy the captured or surired
warships, and it is declared
continue to support the United
?r 'Him m
VTOR OVERMAN FiQHTS
CHILD LABOR AMENDMENTS
ishington.?Senator Overman atid
the child labor amendment to
evenue bill in the senate. He emzed
the argument that .the,amendIs
not to raise revenue, bat to as#
axing power "to nullify an opinion
IWL iWfeme court which It
s that the adt (fthe Chfljf Lfcttflr"
was unconstitutional."
9S MAKES REQUEST OF
CHARITABLE AGENCIES
ishington?Secretary of Treasury
i in a statement requested chartorganizations
seeking funds by
1c subscription to refrain from
ng any suggestion to the public
they will accept Liberty bonds or
savings stamps unless they Intend
le those securities as endowment
3 to be held for permanent innent.
Glass said that in appealing
Liberty bonds and war savings
ps the organizations seemed to
ok the fact that so long as the
rnment must sell additional soles
the taking of bonds of pret
issues by charitable organize
apd the subsequent resale of
bonds on the open market has
incy to depress the price.
E EXPOUNDS MEANING OF
PRESIDENT'S VISIT ABROAD
napolis.?Commenting on PresiWilson's
trip Secretary Lane
have seen criticisms of the
dent, and so have you, for going
O* +W<? ?I?.A TL?
IB LUC WdkCI ai LUiO L1LUC. & UO
I which animates him in going
e spirit of the new day. It is
ipirlt of giving youh aadto your
ibor.
is the spirit that would make
war the end of wars,
be man who stands as the repitative
of the foremost democracy
e world goes to Europe not that
iay march down the Champs-Elynot
that he may receive the
Itis of the French multitudes. But
>es to Europe as the champion of
rlcan ideals because he wants to
hat out of this war comes some;
worth while. He would have
derelict, he would have been negt,
he would have been false to his
conscience and false to our idea
ra if he had not stood in Paris
rson as the champion of that prinwhich
we love and those instituwhich
we hope to see spread
id the world.
ASSAUUP^IAVIS PRESENTS
HIS CREDENTIALS TO KINO
ndon.?John W. Daris, the new
dean ambassador to Great Britpresented
his credentials to King
;e at Buckingham palace. Mr.
i was accompanied to the palace
aval Attache Louchlln and MillAttache
Wright.
e ambassador and his staff drore
e palace in royal carriages sent
ing George. The ambassador wee
ded by Sir Arthur Walsh, master
rsmonies to the king.