Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FOOD SHORTAGE IMPROBABLE. MO DANGER OF FAMINE IX ' UNITED STATES In Addition to Wheat There Is Store of Corn Not 10 Mention IMcnly of Potatoes. Washington, Feb. 17.?Assu ranee that the United States Is In no danger of a food shortage, despite enormous ???ports to Europe, was given tonight bj the department of agriculture In a statement to the public. The surplus or wheat, above domes? tic needs, on hand February 1, the statement said, would permit the ex? portation of nearly 1,000,000 bushels dally?-about the recent average? until the new crop is available. More? over, there were larger supplies of orn and other grains, meat animals, dairy products, potatoes and fruits at the cpenlng of 1915 than for miny ysars, , Incidentally, It was pointed out that the average price of meat animals was ? per cent, lower In January than a year ago; butter. 2 per cent; potatoes, 31 per cent; apples. 37 per cent., and ' the price of chickens slightly lower. "The 1114 wheat crop of the United States was estimated to be Itl.000.000 bushels." said the state? ment. "The estimated surplus car? ried over from the 1913 crop was about 76.000.000 bushels, making a total available supply of 967,000,000 bushel.* As the normal annual per oaplta consumption of wheat in the United States is about &.3 bushels. 119.000.000 bushels should meet our normal domestic requirements for food; 90.000.000 bushels are required annually for seeding, therefore 610, ?90.000 should supply the normal do? mestic demand. Tbla would leave a surplua of 3(7,000,000 bushels. Of this surplua about 210,000,000 bushels were exported by January 30. This left 147.000.900 bushels, or 40,000,000 buaheia more than our average an? nual export for the past five years, for export between February 1 and the appearance of the new crop, or for carrying over Into the next crop year." The statement adds that the acre? age of winter wheat sown In Denmark. Italy, Switzerland. United Kingdom, United states, India and Canada shows an Increase of from 3 to 33 per cent. "But suppose a shortage in wheat should develop in the next three months, what would be the situation?" the department aaked. "There Is s great surplus in ? ther food et ps in the United Ft a tee. * number of whb h cuu be used as sust dates. The most Important cumin ting producta are e*ru and potatoes. Normally about 3 per cent, of the corn crop Is con? sumed aa food. The potato produc? tion in the United States averages 3.8 bushels per capita. This year the available supply Is 4.1 bushels. "It would seem that the United State? Is not likely to be threatened with a shortage of foodstuffs." MAKE UNIFORMS IN OREEN VII.I,I JiMbMtn Mills to Weave Cloth for Dresses, of Winthrop Otrt*. Greenville. Feb. 18.?The Judson mills of Oreenvllle will make the goods for spring uniforms at Win? throp college. H. F. Qreer. president of the mills reecived a letter today stating that his samples had been adopted by the college. Some time ag'> Winthrop began Investigating the advisability of hav? ing Its uniforms made in South Caro? lina mills A number of manufac? turing plants submitted samples, but the Judson mill goods was selected. 7he order will be for 3.000 yard.-t of reception voile finished In pure white. MAI? IXHi RUNS WILD. henn. 11 v ill. People Are Attacked by Animal. Bennettsvtlle, Feb. 18.?Night be? fore last a very huge shepherd dog met O. M Dean and his little son near the cotton mill. The dog made a leap at Mr. Dean, severely biting him on the arm and In an Instant was gone. The do* ran to the Scott Lum? ber company village, ran Into the home of Dock Lewis and bit Mrs. Lewis twice on her arm. Mr. Lewis killed the dog and sent his head to Columbia for examination at the PoS> teur Institute. A telegram was received today that the dog had rabies. The victims v* ill l>e hurried off for treatment. After the lUvlval What the Christian people of Spar tanburg should go now is to wipe out the agencies of the devil In this city. If there are any blind timers here?and reports say there are? they should be driven out. If there are gambling dens hOffg they should be closed up If there are hotels here that countenance vice the> should be dealt with severely If ihjOff SFS Other dens or \lee hers lhe> should be sup? pressed.?Spar tun burg Journal. BANDITS ROB SEABOARD EX? PRESS. Jacksonville Train Ronnie*! by Pair Who Throw Safe Off t ar. Washington, Pel*. 18.?The Jackson? ville express of the Seaboard Air Line railway was boarded tonight at Alex? andria. Va., by two robbers, who, af? ter binding and gagging the express messenger, robbed the safe and left the train at Franconla, three miles be? yond, and escaped, officials of the express company here late tonight de? clared there was nothing in the safe. The robbers went straight to the express car when they boarded the train. They forced the messenger into a corner and bound and gagged him. Failing to open the safe they waited until the train slowed down near Franconla and then pushed the safe out the door. The robbers leaped from the train at a grade crosing some distance down the track. The express mes? senger, still bound and gagged, was discovered when the train reached Richmond. AI STRIANS ENTER CZERNOWITZ. Occupy Capital of Province of Buko? wina. Washington. Feb. 18.?Occupation of Czernowiu, capital of Bukowina, by Austo-Hungarian force was offi? cially announced in a Vienna foreign office dispatch received tonight by the Austro-Hungarian embassy here. The message said: "Austro-Hungarian troops occupied Czernowltz and were greeted with great enthusiasm by the population." WAREHOUSE LAW AMEND ET^ House Passes BUI Allowing Manager to Act as Agent for Sellers. Columbia, Feb. 19.?The house last night passed the Banks-Evans bill amending the act to regulate the stor? age, grading and marketing of cotton by enlarging the powers of the county commissioners and State warehouse commissioner. As amended the warehouse act reads: "Section 21. That the commissioner, in addition to the duties hereinbefore vested in him. is also permitted and empowered, upon the request of the owner or owners of the warehouse receipts and cotton stored in such warehouses, to aid, assist and cooper? ate, or. as the duly authorized ar.-.m J of such owner or owners, to secure \ and negotiate loans upon the pledge | of his or their warehouse receipts, and for his or their benefit; and upon the like request of said owner or owners and his or their duly author? ised agent, to sell and dispose of his or their warehoused cotton for such owner or ownen. either in the home or foreign markets, as may be agreed upon between such owner ir own? ers and the said commissioner. And for said loan or sales said commis? sioner shall charge reasonable and Just commission, without discrimina? tion, all of which shall be accounted for and held as part of the fund for tho maintenance of the State ware? house system: Provided, however. That the State incurs no liability what? ever for any act or representation of the commlsloner in exercising any of ihe permissions or powers vested in him in this section: Provided, further, That the bond of the commissioner will be liable for any unfaithful cr negligent act of his by reason of which the owner or owners of such warehoused cotton suffer damage or lose." OUTLAW PAINT AND POWDER. Kansas RU1 Prohibits "Making Up" by Wonu n. Topeka. Kans., Feb. 18.?Kansas women under 15 years of age who wear ear-rings or treat their faces with cosmetics "for the purpose of creating a false impression' will be guilty of misdemeanor and upon con? viction be subject to fines, if a bill Introduced in tho lower house of the legislature becomes a law. Face powder, perfume, false hair and bleaching materials for tho hair are among the a rt icles the women would 00 forbidden to usr The t>i 11 provides that the women may not have their ears pierced nor wear ear-rings at "parties or in any public place." HELD FOR COUNTERFEITING. QstSjBOSfMt Men Will \u Triebt at Next Term of U. S. Court. Greenville, rob, is? John Pear ion and Frank BelOlO, two young n ??n ol the cotton mill section of this city, have boon orreeted and ore be? ing held for the next term of tin United States court. charged with counterfeiting. rVareon is charged m Mb having made Ihe money and Beters is charged with having pnss< ?4 tonio of n niter hi found II lo i?c spuiioua ihr |wo men were given a premlllnary hearing before Com? mtotloner Blythe ond held for ihr hlfjhof court. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. TO BE HELD IN NEWBERRY. A I'll 11. 20-22. Great Gathering of Talented S|>cnkcrs and Workers at Tl?rty-cightli An? nual Session of Association?Call of Chairman for Many Delegates. By invitation of the Ministerial As? sociation and the church people gen? erally of the city of Newberry, the State Sunday School Association, In? terdenominational, will this year hold its annual convention in Newberry, April 20-22. These conventions in the past have always been occasions of deep and lasting interest, and have given a mighty impetus to the life and work of the Sunday schools and churches of the community where the convention is held. The headquarters of the State As? sociation is room 604 Chapman build? ing, Spartanburg. The General Sec? retary, Rev. John C. Carman, with his office secretory, Miss Cora Hol? land, conduct the business of the as? sociation at this office. Maj. T. T. Hyde, of Charleston, is president of the association, and will preside at the convention to be held in New berry. Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton, Spartanburg. is chairman of the executive committee which is compos? ed of fifty-four leading business men, ministers and educators from all sec? tions of the State. Among the speakers who have al? ready been secured for this conven? tion are the newly elected governor, Hon. Richard I. Manning; Rev. W. K. Brown, of Chicago, International Mis? sionary Superintendent; Dr. Joseph Broughton, Atlanta, President of the Qeorgia Sunday School Association; Mr. J. M. Way. Field Divisional Sec? retary of the Methodist Board, South, and Rev. Thomas J. Watts, Secretary of the Baptist Sunday School Board. Many names of men and women dis? tinguished far and near will be added to this list. Music is always an especial fea? ture of the convention, and the splen? did singing of a great trained chorus will add wonderfully to the power and enthusiasm of the convention. The chairman has issued the fol? lowing call: To the pastors, churches and Sunday School workers of South Carolina: The city of Newberry, through the Ministerial Association and the churches of that. city, has extended an invitation to the State Sunday School Association U hold Us annual con? vention this petr in Now berry. This eordial lnvtte.il has bee i singly ac? cepted by the executive committee, nnd the thirty-eighth ennual conven? tion of the South Carolina Sunday School Association will be held in Newberry. April 20-22. I call upon churches and Sunday school workers to see that their coun? ties are properly represented at this convention by official delegates, who shall be able to speak authoritatively for the counties which they represent. All persons Interested are referred to their own county officers for informa? tion. In case the county is not or? ganized, they are referred to the State headquarters at Spartanburg, S. C. Under the direction of our new | State Superintendent, the Rev. John C, Carman, we-are inaugurating a new era in Sunday schol development and it is hoped that wherever pos? sible counties at their annual con? vention have provided, or will provide, for official delegates to the conven? tion, instructed or advised with re? gard to their action upon the impor? tant questions which shall come be? fore the convention, and prepared 10 niako a definite official pledge from the county for tho support of the work during the next year. Beyond this, your chairman beg* to call you to pray for the work of the convention and the proper conduct of the business of the Association, With Its mighty opportunities and its for reaching responsibilties. Brethren i pray for the great Sunday .school movement designed to reach and bless and save the youth Of our State. The hospitable city of Newberry ?tandl ready to receive and entertain all delegates. Come in tho spirit of consecration prepared to make a rich return to this city for its open-heart? ed and Christian hospitality. W. II. K. Pendleton, Chairman Executive Committee, South Carolina Sunday School Asociation. j Monte Carlo Gambling Again* Monte Carlo, Fob, is.?Gambling is rampant again alter four and a-half months of enforced inactivity. There is no gold or silver shining on the green eloth; ivory eheeks have tak? en their places. Roulette and trentc st?quarante are going on at n lew tnl ics. The revival, however, b:is not sui tieed to restore the season's usual animation to tin- town. The hotel are nearly ompty, Real Estate Tranafor*, Paden Snthony to J, r. Ulunri, 111 m I i : .o i olinl> , \ L'07.00. I CHESTER BOY IN BELGIUM. J. Lylcs Glenn, Jr., Writes of Things In the Unfortunate Country. Chester Reporter. The Chester friends of Mr. J. L. Glenn. Jr., a Rhodes scholar at Ox? ford University in England, will be interested in ihe extracts below from a letter received Saturday, by Mr. Glenn's parents, Hon. and Mrs. J. L. Glenn. As was stated in the Reporter several weeks ago Mr. Glenn, in com? pany with other American students at Oxford, went over to Belgium to as? sist in the work of distributing the supplies sent to that destitute coun? try from the charitt ble people of the United Sttaes. and the letter quoted from below is the first received by his parents since he left Rotterdam, The letter received Saturday was written from Maastricht in Holland (the Germans do not allow the young men to write from Belgian soil) and was dated January 24th. Many in? teresting views regarding the people of Belgium, the situation existing there glimpses of the Germans, etc. are omitted in the following extract, as the German authorities, while showing the American students every possible courteBy, rigidly insist upon all information that goes out/being very general in tone. Following are some extracts from this very interesting letter: "From Rotterdam 1 went to Ant? werp for one day and thence to Brus? sels. I spent Sunday, December 13, riding from Antwerp to Brussels, a journey full of interest, for there has been the scene of much of the fight? ing. It also made me feel absolutely justified in my desire to work in Bel glum. The towns of Malines and Ep peghem are badly destroyed. At Brus? sels I spent four days in getting in? structions and passports. I was sent down to Namur to be with C. G. Bowden, a Rhodes man from Missouri (also Swanee). I arrived here Decem? ber 18th. Since then I have been at, Namur and around in the province engaged in the relief work for Bel? gians. "At first there were only two of us and we had quite a lot of difficulty in breaking in with the local Belgian committee. The Belgians are won? derfully polite and nice, but not very business-like. They talk too much and act too little. "The day before Christmas, Mr. Gibson of Rochester, N. Y., a native of Alabama, arrived. We were quite re? lieved to have an older man on whose ; shoulders to put the chief r? spousibil- j ity. We also have an American from Norm Carolina in the office with u . We have very comfortable offices and I have a room with Mr1. Bowden at the house of a Mr. Attout, a man whom they have put at the head of the relief work for the city of Namur. I do not spend any time there except nights and get breakfast. "Now, there is necessity for the work. We are keeping Belgians from starving. 1 have charge of the ship? ping deportment and have protection over the food. I have to submit a re? port to Brussels of all American food that enters our province. "The Gorman, with whom we have our dealings, is a certain Captain Schroeder, and if there ever was a fine man, he is one. He works night and day and uses his influence to aid us in our work. We have had dinner with him several times. He speaks English. He has been to Oxford as well as visited the United States. I have also come to know another Ger? man officer who is wonderfully inter? esting. He eats two meals a day at the same hotel. "We have to speak French a good bit. I have absolutely no time to study French, but I manage to make my? self understood. If I could study any ? 1 could learn in a few weeks. I "We have in our office most of the jtime a count who speaks all European languages. He is exceedingly nice and has given his services to us entirely, simply to aid us in our work. He is willing to do anything to relieve the people. The count, Henri de Leide kirk, has a beautiful country palace. I was down that way on business Thursday and spent the night with j him. We are all going to take din? ner there tomorrow (Sunday, January 24th). Capt. Lucey, the head of the Rotterdam office, will be there. Capt. Schroeder, four of us Americans and the countess, her two beautiful daugh? ters and her most interesting sister. I find these people, that is. the count and his family, very intelligent and interesting. The count has been in? valuable to us as an interpreter. It is fine to see the bravery of these peopk> In the trying times. Many of the better classes of the Belgians have given up everything for the more un? fortunate. I "Now i am obliged to stay In Na? mur one week longer, for tin* boats are coming In and there Is no other American who Knows how to handle them. If I con have then l shall do ? ., but wuuld be falling down on n very necessary Job to leave right now. "i ?pen! last night reading my mall. \*OU do 11? > 1 Know how glad I was to :et il all. The list letter that I re? reived was dated December -M!i, i ?'1 spent Christmas day in Brussels. 1 was with Hawkins, the Massachu? setts man. We had a very pleasant day, but we were homesick. Went to the Catholic servic e. The building, St. Qlldtlle, is beautiful and the music was good."' Mr. Glenn explain! that he and hi! associates are in honor bound not te give out any Information secured while they are engaged in this work. He therefore, does not and could not properly express any opinion one way or another as to the probable outcome of the war or conditioons existing in Belgium except In a very general way. FOR BETTER SERVICE. Postollic Ins|Mx*lor Sent to McBco. Washington, Feb. 16.?Congress? man Ragsdale has been instrumental in having the postoffice department dispatch an inspector to McUee to see what can be done towards perfect? ing the mail service In that locality. Some time ago Mr. Ragsdale suc? ceeded in making such arrangements as benefited the lower section of the State. Today he said that if present plans are carried out the upper sec? tion of the tertitory nearer Columbia will also be benefited. V. S. OFFICIALS SILENT. Wait Beginning of ?.iun.ui Submarine Haid. Washington, Feb. 18.?Officials are preserving ? strict silence, expectant? ly awaiting the beginning of German submarine campaign around England. Mothballs in Greenbacks. There is a man In Charleston Who packs his greenbacks in moth balls to keep them fresh until he can find time to spend them. We have often heard of this, but never believed it until WO saw the statement in the Charleston Post.?Savannah Press. There is no doubt about the increase of the tobacco acreage In Sumter county. Hundreds of plant beds have been planted and new tobacco barns are going up on many farms. The county supervisor is having a hard time to keep the roads' in even tolerable condition. The weather has been against him, and the man who holds him responsible for the bad roads is not altogether reasonable. IT'S OLD, VERY OLD! j THIS ADAGE But it's such a good one, it will bear repeating?"It's not what you make, but what you save, that counts so much." ?Ours is a good bank to help you save. We pay interest from day of deposit. THE PEOPLES BANK f z X ??????????*??? ??????????????????? "Start Your Child Right" Would it not be un act of wisdom to give YOUR CHILD an ac? count with Tili: SAVINGS HANK? ONCE Till: SAVINGS BANK habit is formed, the CHILI) soon becomes THRIFTY AND KCONOMICAL. There is nothing that blends better with WILL POWER AND CHARACTER than THRIFT and ECONOMY and the combination oik- Crdoted i- ? |oj forever. X WWI DESIRlv tO \s-:-r TO?." I The Commercial & Savings Bank, t GEO.D. SHORE, J. K. CRQSSWELL, R. A. BRAD HAM. t + President. Vico-Pres. 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For beautifully illustrated booklets and copy of the "Purple Folder," address, T. C. WHITE, W. J. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Pass. Tratf. Mgr. * WILMINGTON, N. C. [