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> 'v rJ-' I gg ? PLAN TO ENFORCE WIDE PROHIBITION y Federal Authorities Give Conl>i sideration to New Con ditions i ?* LOCAL AUTHORITIES k TO BE FOLLOWED UP * JBut Government Doesn't Ex pect to Do All the Enforcement. * , Washington.?Mcyxns of enforcing fnohihition after July 1 are under consideration by ^officials of the Department of Justice and the internal 1*1 VPllllO hlimnn l%iil ednno I /\ I ..v?v i/ul v?14vi ) l/v< v vv/ \? vf-v a special enforcement agency will not ho taken until Congress has had i time to act on ponding1 legislation giving this function to the revenue bureau. 4 This bureau now has about 500 * who could be assigned to liquor violation detection. Officials believe, however, that this force would have to be enlarged by several times to effectually enforce nationwide prohibition. The a Department of Justice also stands ready to assign many of its secret agents to prohibition enforcement if this is deemed necessary. Even with an .augmented government force devoting its entire ef!. rtfoils to preventing manufacture and ?l*'e of liquors, however, officials delare the bulk of enforcement would / alt on State and locaL police authorities. Federal agents would not attempt to cover the country thoroughly, but would operate only in those districts where the local officers seemed unable or unwilling to enforce the law properly. Officials say the fact that the prohibition measure is a federal act might be interpreted in some States which never have had a referendum of prohibition, as throwing the burden of enforcement on federal offi-: cers. For this reason and because | of the expected feeling in some com' inunities that prohibition is not supported by local-popular opinion, govai yt ivtnr\f #?1m l\r?l i ciiiiiiviii vjiiiv,ic*i? il v*; uiai ounir i federal agency must exercise a mo as t lire of supervision over law enfc/rce} ment. Those officials who have given r study to prospective problems growing out of prohibition anticipate that !in the early part of the prohibition period more violations will be at tempted through the selling of liquor made before prohibition became pft fective, than through the clandestine !v irianvftacture of whiskey. Boot legf7 jfing must be dealt with mainly by IV local authorities, and federal agent:; I probably will devote proportionately I attention to "mc nshining" in detection of which tlie internal " jy venue agents already are trained. Revenue agents say there already ,?re indications of preparations for approach of the dry era among those r*'vtho propose to manufacture liquor illegally after July 1. Not only in 1 ''the Southern mountains, the prin, cipal^porating regions of moonshin1 ers, but in large cities of the East k and Middle West, small stills have been found reccntlv Owners of some of these are said to have admitted E their intention of putting them in I operation after prohibition becomes lw effective. k-' . ? i ? ?i i Tho advent 01 proamnion, oiurmis say, will not repeal revenue laws applying taxes on spirits, nor nullify existing provisions for fines and imprisonments as penalties for illicity manufacturing liquor. vT'(!< al regulation of the live stock and meat parking industry was advocated by Secretary Houston in .an .address bo?ore the convention oi the American National I/ivestock Association. - ??-????? The influenza situation at tlu Church Home Orphanage continues .distressing in York, C. s? t ( 8hf UNCLE SAM TO KEEP ARSENAL STOCKED America to Be in Thorough State of Preparedness. Washington.?Major Gon. C. C. Willi _Li?r ~e i -i ;i 1 vr 11nam;-!, cuu'i ui <>r<muiice, uuscnueu t> the House military committee some of the steps taken by his department to prevent the country from going back to the state it was in before the war. Sufficient arms and ammunition will be kept, he said, fo; art army large enough to guard the country against any possible invasion. "The ordnance department now has .".,700,000 rifles, 2,000,000,000 rounds oj ammunition and enough artillery ammunition to supply forty-eight divisions for six months," Gen. Wil1'-.dms said. "Similarly large quanti lies of other equipment is being held. The department plans to keep this material, and in addition machinery for making it which has been manufactured during the war." Gen. Williams asked for an appropriation of $1,000,000 for bringing back from France thousands of tons of ammunition of all kinds. Arsenals to Remain. Arsenals the government had before the war will be kept in operation, Cien. Williams said, and in addition 'several of the new war plants will he taken over and kept in such condi1 i#">n flinl thnv / milil lio r\n< in _ vava* v?>m v V11V'J v VUlVi ?7V/ |/VI v ill V7|/U 1 (V lion at shoi"t notice. General Williams asked for $r>00,000 to carry on experiments with tanks which ho said had proved to be one of the most effective instruments of warfare. | c Gen. . .Williams ; said ., experiments J v-tih body armor had not been very successful. With the exception of the helmet all armor was'.found to be practically useless. Won't Destroy T. N. T. Gen. Williams said the department had abandoned the idea of throwing into the ocean or otherwise destroying groat supplies of T. N. T., and other high explosives. Ho explained that ?0,000,000 pounds of T. N. T., and 100,000,000 pounds of powder was on hand in addition to immense quantities of other explosives. The powder will ho sold or kept for use in the War Department, he raid. A portion'of-the T. N. T, will, bet sold to the Agricultural Department, part - will bo sold to the trade and the rcrnalndj CM' will be kept in storage in well1 guarded warehouses with unusual protections against fire. |pers"h?g~speTdT RETIJRNOF TROOPS Paris.?General Pershing reports that by April ho will bo d'spatching troops homeward from Franco at the rate of 30,000 monthly. This appears to bo considered as rapidly as General Pershing's forces can bo safely demobilized without adding to the difficulties of unemployment. The demobilization committee of the peace conference now has been divided, two sub-committees working on different branches of the problem. AMERlcmliG SAVEDTHE WORLD Paris, Wednesday.?A delegatior representing the league of the rights of mon called on President Wilsor this afternoon. In a short address tr the delegation Mr. Wilson said il vas with "genuine satisfaction thai Hie Untied St.ates came to the help 01 ' Vance" and that he believed it wai 'rue that "the coming of the Amori 11 'and prevented a catastrophe tha j night have overwhelmed the world.1 I Secretary Lansing gave a dinne n honor of John W. Davis, Amori \an ambassador to Great Britaii ' 'his evening. President Wilson an* * officials attached to the embassy an* ic.ice mission were present. ( / \ \ > Wmkx \ f ^ / J CONWAY, S. 0 , THURSDAY AUTOISTS ASKING FOR BETTER ROADS The State highway campaign committee announeoK that, nntitinns are ? rN"","v ?? being received from all over the State signed by automobilists asking for legislation at this session of the general assembly along the plan for building a permanent system of hard surfaced highways for South Carolina agreed upon several weeks ago at a joint conference of members of the State highway campaign committee. Blank petitions were sent to prominent automobilists in every section of the State and they were asked to ascertain the sentiment of the own< rs of machines in their respect ivt s< ction> towards the proposed legislation. The replies be ing received and the numerously signed petitions indicate that tin4 motorists are over-' \vhelmi;igly in favor of the propose 1 P.Ian. The State highway campaign com ir.ittee was anxious to tost the sentiment of the motorists before going to the general assembly with the proposed plan because it wanted to he in position to acquaint the members of the assembly with the fac' legislation was desired by the automobilists. Since only the automobilists will he affected by the tax, the committee feels that if they desire it the legislators and the nonauto owners ought not to object. In other words, as K. G. Rhett ot Charleston, a member of the campiagn committee, puts it, the autoists are merely asking the State to lend them its credit for a brief time and they will build the permanent reads and pay for them. o ill Tn nnur iinur all iu uumc numc IN NEXTHALF YEAR Washington?Itet.urn homo and demobilization within six months of all fhe remaining 1,800,000 troops overfas is possible under plans worked out by the war department and laid before the senate military affairs committee. At the same time General Marcn announced that the pians of the war department contemplate 'he demo bflizntion within 150 days of every one of the 785,000 men* in the home training camps- except a small number r( tained for "overseas duty." ? r o } * VCEASES 11EPOKTKD. ' According <t*o reports reaching the State health offices, there has been a general improvement in the influ- | onzu situation over the State during the past two or three days. There J . . ^ ?1..~ - I J * * v. iii:su a (H'crcasc in me numucr O! :alls for assistance, and these two factors, the decrease in the number o' calls and the fewer new cases reported, indicate a gradual weakening o!" the strength of the epidemic' and bear testimony to the effectiveness of the measures adopted to stamp out the disease. WILSONWiLLSAiT FOR HOME FEB. 15. The transport George Washington will sail from Hoboken Monday for It rest, and is scheduled to leave there Feb. 15 with President Wilson and his party. They are due back Feb. i 2"; . Members of the navy crew g* ^ ar( ranging a lively entertainment for j the President in the ship's "Old Salt i The.ntre," which ho attended on the 5 trip to Franco. They arc going to i have what they arc billing on board > a.-1 a "Girly-g-irl show," with plenty I of "pep." t" Vice Admiral Gleavos, commander r of the cruiser and transport force of * the navy, will go to France on the - Washington. He will be accom t panied by Lieut. J. It. Lawson, hi'' Flag Lieutenant, and will remain r .abroad about a month inspecting the - bases of the fleet. n Upon his return Vice Admiivxl d Cileaves will be a guest of Nashd ville, Tonn., his home city, whose citi or.s will be present a sword to him. 8 S? ; JANUARY 30, 1919. MEN WITHOUT JOBS MAY STAY IN ARMY Washington.?To solve the problem of unemployed discharged soldiers, the War Department has ordered that no man be discharged from the aimy against his desire until such time as he can obtain employment in civil life. It was announced that orders have been telegraphed to all department and division commanders at Secretary Baker's direction to retain al! men who desire to remain tempor arily in the service, without prejudice to their subsequent discharge to take employment. The order follows: "All com mantling officers will take steps to insure that every enlisted man in their command understands thoroughly that the War Do- ! partjijiqnt does not desire to discharge any soldier who can not secure civil employment. It will be made (dear to every soldier that where he would normally be discharged under orders fo.* demobilization, he may remain temporarily in the miltiary service at his own written request until such time as he can secure employment. The fact that he requests to remain in the army temporarily, does not in any way operate to compel him to remain in the army for a long period of time against his will. Any man who would normally have been discharged if he had not expressed his desire in writing to remain in the service, may thereafter be discharged fiom the service at his request, when ever he thinks he may secure employment. All such men as are retained temporarily under the above authority will be attached to the most convenient unit and where their services will be most useful." In connection y.'M this policy, | kdopted after- orders were issued for I demobilization .of the* combat divisi t t : 4.... i ?- - ? U'lio ill liif 1(^*11 IV WUiS Sit HI tl :it action to 'prevent a, larg0 proportion of these men from facing- ipn employment was taken not only to piotect the soldier individually, but because of its effect upon employment conditions throughout the country. Another aspect of the new policy is that the families of married soldiers will continue to draw their allotments from the government dining this temporary srevice. For the time being at least, the W.ar Department will have ample work to keep the men busy in handling demobilization of other troops and in storing v ar material and similar tasks. COLD SHOULDER FOR IMMIGRANTS , i Mi Washington--' For years we havJ been welcoming the immigrant to America. Now, i appears, we are about to show him the cold shoulder. In congress a strong sentiment in favor of restricting immigration has developed and restrictive legislation seems almost certain to pass. The cause of this about fact is not fai to seek. It lies iif the spread throughout Eastern Europe of that form of radical socialism known by the name of Bolshevikism. The very quarters from which we might ex p<ct our heaviest immigration are saturated with this political doctrine, the essence of which is that private property in land and the means of production should he abolished, and state ownership of these utilities should supervene. > o IMLIIDI I II UllMflD itsluhl iu mmun VISIT OF WILSOI IViris.?The council of the depart m< nt of the Seine <has decided t<> have a medal struck in honor of Pre;: idc nt Wilson's visit to Prance. On oni side will be a profile portrait, of y,v. Wilson and the other side will bear the inscription: "The department of the Seine to President Wii son, bcno'f.actoi* of humanity." I A popular edition of this medal will be struck for general distribution. mM. OUR LOCAL BOARD REPLIES TO ARTICLE Printed in The State of Last Sunday in Regard to Flu Situation Here. Tho following is the article as appeared in The State: Conway, Jan. 25.?Conway is in the midst of a second epidemic of influenza, 40 e.ases having been reported t< the local board of health to date. It is conservatively estimated, however, that not less than 100 cases are extent within the corporate limits. Vhile no deaths have occurred thus far in town, the people have suffered immeasurably and the type is no milder than the first. One of the 11? ? . 1 waning pnysicians 01 Iii< town stated that the situation is serious and more r tvjd restrictions should bo thrown around tlie? town by the health au thorities. Tito local board of health is being sharply criticised by a number'of the h ading citizens for failure to maintain a more strict (|uarantine of the town and the homes infected. While the business houses have been ordered closed at 5 o'clock in the afternoons the first part of the week, they are allowed to remain open un tii a much later hour on Saturday evenings when the greatest crowds arc in town. The theaters have been closed and the churches are allowed to hold services only on Sunday mornings. There lias been much criticism of the health board for failure to close the public schools when IKS pupils were absent because of infection or fear of the disease. The members of the board of health claim they are in touch with the situation and then? is no occasion for - alarm. .. s . -,l Three of the four physicians of the town say that the situation warrants the closing of the public schools and prohibiting all public gatherings and a' niorfc rigid quarantine. v ! Keply of Board. Conway, S. C., Jan. 27, 191?, Editor of the Herald: We will thank you to publish the inclosed clipping from The State, also our reply to same, and which we think demands that the situation be put before the public in its true light. j The following are the facts taken | from the statistics of the Board of t Health of Conway, and which are open for public inspection. The present epidemic began about Jan. 11th, and on Jan. 21st conditions were investigated, particularly as to the public schools. Out of an enrollment of about 820 pupils in the Burroughs High School, it was found that there were 128 absentees on that date; and by checking the names of the absentees with the names re ported by the four physicians of the town to the local Board of Health, only 14 were found to have been sick with influenza. The most of the cases in town seem to be among the adults. As to the epidemic being "no milder than the first," the following facts should bo interesting*. During the epidemic in October 1918, for quite a number of days, several children developed the disease at school during school hours and had to be sent home. During the present epidemic it is not recalled that a single child h/al to be sent home. During tV. 2 epidemic in October, 1918, there were 20 deaths in Conway. During the extent of the present epidemic to date there has not been a single dc nth in town. From January 21st to 27th three children in town were reported by tlie physicians of the town, and onl\ /11111 ct iw *i wi I l/lrttl t nf f )wi I:; school. The I,'ist report from the . 'i\i'o public school is to the effect that there is practically a full attendance. Out of an enrollment of 210, for the past 20 clays, there war an .average attendance of 105. K can be conservatively stated that about 0 out of 10 children out of the absentees from school, are out oi s< hool, not on account of being1 sick ! I ui because of sickness of some men bev of their home, or from beirtj cared, the last cause, no doubt, pre f/' . 1 VH * ' - iH ? 1 % NO. 41~ MUST HAVE EYE NEVER SLUMBERS Woodrow Wilson Tells of Duty for Formation of League OPINION OF PEOPLES NOT OF GOVERNMENTS President of United States Speaks Earnestly Before Peace Conference. Paris.?When the second session of the full peace conference met thi-> afternoon it was advised by President. Wilson on the subject of a league of nations. The president declared the conference had solemn obligations to make a permanent settlement. The present conferences, the presid( nt added, could not complete its work until some further machinery of settlement should be set up. The president spoke earnestly. " We are not hero alone," he .said, "as representatives fo peoples, and in the settlements we make we need to satisfy, not the opinions of govemments but the opinion of mankind." President Wilson contended that a league of iv.itions must be a vital thing and not casual or occasional. It must have continuity. "It should be the eye of nations, an eye which never slumbers," he de- v ciftred. , ., * t On his travels, -the president said, people everywhere had greeted the league aj> the first thing in their in "Select classes of men no longer direct the affairs of the world," said the president, "but the fortunes of the world are now in the hands of the plain people." The wish of the people therefore n- ust be heard. The war had swept away those old foundations by which small coteries "had used mankind as pawns in a game." Nothing hut emancipation from the old system, ' he contended, would accomplish real peace. The president said he saw American soldiers in the street?soldiers who had come, not alone for war, but a:- "crusaders in a great cause," he added, "and I, like them, must be a crusader, whatever it cost to accomplish that end." returnIoformer FARMING METHODS Washington.?Farmers of the ' United States were urged today bv the department of agriculture to return to sound farm practices in the coming season, abandoning certain emergency measures adopted during the. war so as to assure ample supplies of all kinds for this country and Europe. No cause for alarm as to the abili4y of American agriculture to maintain its position in world trade during the period of readjustment is foreseen by the department, which cl< clares that a considerable demand from European countries for foodstuffs was also assured for a year or more. o Director General Mines in a statement said that $340,000,000 must come out of the railroad administration's revolving1 fund in making the first year's settlement with the railroad companies. ? \ ?-- , .. . -. dominating. In some cases of influenza among the children, the facts are that the children who are fcept. away from school develop influenza from the ' older members of the family, who briny the disease home from the public. i Respectfully yours, i Hoard of Public Health, Hy J. S. Dusenlnrry, Chm.