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NU?.I?> (IM KTMAIMIM, I \l?s Hc-ult of Trial of Mxt)-three Nogioc?. Will Not Ix- Announced Vntll IU?. vlcv*e?l. .?an Antonio. Texas. Nov. It.?A verdict has been rra< bed in tin eourt tnartial of the 63 negroes of the Twenty-fourth Infantry charged with murder, mutiny and rioting as a re? sult of the uprising Qg August JS. last. The verdict will be review*?.1 before being mad** public, a was an? nounced here tonight. That a verdict had been reached was made known late today when the ? 3 defendant negroes were brought tu the post ch ip- l gl Fort Sam ROUO toa. where the trial was held, aft si which the court martial formally ad? journed. This compliance with mili? tary rules was the only evidence of the verdict. The negroes were .aken hack to the cavalry guard house. Col. Ceo. Dunn, advocate gener al of the South? ern department, now will review the findings of the courtmgl tial. After that th?y will go to MaJ. len. J. \V Ruckm.in .ommand.-r of the depart? ment. Penalties. If any. may be mitigated by Oeneral Ruckman but may not be Increased. The trial has occupied ex? actly one month, beginning No\em bar 1. si t. \i: kkum < i |l\. Agreement Reached at New York Con? ference. New York. Nov. ;10.~The bulk of the new Cuban sugar crop will soon become available in the New York market under an agreement reached today at a conference of the Cuban su? gar commission and the international sugar committee, fixing the base price at $4.90 per hundred pounds. This price represents $l.6u per bun dred weight free on board at Cuban ports, plus an estimated 30 cents freight rate to New York. The acte price of the sugar at New York em not be determined until the I"nlted States shipping bureau has fixed the freight rate, which It is expected to do within a few days. Ti e $4.60 to be paid in Cuba is the baslw on which it had bean hoped an agreement could be made. The Cuban sugar commission wa < appointed by President Menocal to confer with the International sugar j committee headed bv Ceorge M Rolph. head of he sugar division of th* national food administration. The nferees reported that raw su? gar should be ready for shipment within a few days. It was reported to the Irternatlon al sugar commission that Amerb beet sugar is moving steadily and satis? factorily Ohio retiners are* sa.d to be receiving about lO.ooo tons daily. Thh will help relieve the situation ma? terially Fnll-tmcnt Regulations. Under tho new regulations ap proved bv the president no registrant may enlist voluntarily in the military service of tho Cnltcd Sta,tc.? from and after December 15th. 1917. except thnt under such regulations as tne surgeon general may prescribe, and upon re? ceiving permission from the sur? geon general to do mi. any medical student, hospital interne, dentist, den? tal student, veterinarian, or veterinary student may enlist in the Knllsted Re? serve Corps of the Medical Depart? ment. All recruiting officers w til bo gov? erned accordingly, and no registrant will be accepted after such a date that there is not reasonable nssuram that the enlistment will Of complete I before December IRth. In the mean? time the provisions of the prcsctr regulations that a man ?I o has been called for physical examination by he local board Is Ineligible for voluntu: enlistment, will be i in fully observe 1 Hy order or the Secretary of Wl ^ Signe,|, W. T. Rates. Adjutant Cencral The above Is published for the in? formation of nil conceried; thos ? wishing to ma.<e voiuntnr; enlistment may do so by apphlng to this olfleI Or by asking the po ? ir-'cr who wil' arrange for him to I ? t to this of flee. Branch service open Medical Di partment C. H. Army. Infmtry. Field Artillery. Coast Artlllerv, AviattOH Section Signal Corps. Signal Corp (MUahfled cable, telegraph ami radi ? operations, inside and outride wir men. electriel.ii*?. machinists photo graphers. and men who are famdi.. with the construction and mahnen ance of telephone gystOUfl.) Quartermaster GOffOi QUOliflr I linkers and Cooks. Flunk Hall. ?ergt. Q, ?. Infantry in Charge Matte Recruiting Station C. S. Army. 1 * ' Main St Columbia. S C London. her. I The Cerman foi eign seeretary? Dr. von Koehlmum lo quoted la a central news dispute as saying 'bat it was absurd lo Iti nglne Cerrmnv would SI lot I 1 conferenee with laite claims. raiE IN GREENVILLE, * ?w lltilldtng of Southeastern Life Insurance l'oiii|miiy lladly IHHIMlgUll by ITamcs. I : i - rn\i 11t?. No. .50.?No estimate of the amount of damage sustained 1>.\ ? he Southeastern Life Insurance Coni POA1 in the partial destruction Of ltd BSdJ new building hy tin- early this morning can yet be made, but Prssl dent T. < 1*1 w ton of the company said today that the l(?s.s will he fully eOVOrtd by insurance. All records are intact and the company continued bus? iness as usual today at a new location. Temporary 00001 have been secured b) all tho tenants. Rebuilding will bt ftn immediately. It is thought that the tire oriKinated in the base jnent. bttt nothing his yet heen de - termined. A good Dart of the struc? ture fM destroyed, hut the walls and part of the front section are intact. The records of the county auditor and Pjrori who had olHces in the huild ing. were saved. The structure cost "00 and is not quite four year; old. Pliosrii \Tl .s niOBI HAW ROCK. ( heap l*r<H'css lor Making Valuable I crtili/.er Discovered. (The Florida (Irower.) A process hy which phosphorus In rtf rock phosphate may he made available hat boon patented by Dr. J. <! Lipman, director of the New .ler BX] eiiment Station, this patent boon taken out in such a way thn? ail the people nay use it. ' The commercial proceai of makl phosphorus available is to bring sul? phuric aotd into contact with the nv rock. This dissolves the rock am! gives what is known as superphos? phate, A rapid advance in the price ot* sulphuric acid makes the pr jcess more costly now than formerly. Dr. Lipman has found t!>nt hy mak I certain detinite combinations Of materials a large amount of the phos? phorus in the raw rock can he mada Into ? soluble form. The procedure is simple. Takf M parts of fertile soil. 10 parte Ol manure. 10 parts of ground phosphate rock and 1 par'.s of finely ground sulphur. Mil the materlab uniformly so as to ?et a Uniform din tribution of all the ingredients. Th.s ompOOt is then kept moist so as to ac? celerate tho production of sulphuriQ acid fron the sulphur as much as pos? sible. The length of time reuuir? ? for the digestion of this material will vary with the temperature and th ? moisture condition of the compos' heap, but In the course of a few w ok - the material will be ready for use a fertiliser. Tin whole operation ll simple ?nOUgb, and ca ji easily be put into practice. It is not necessary that tSJSS* proportions be observed with posi? tive accuracy, e\o ptlng SS tO tho rel? ative amounts of the sulphur and tlx raw rock phosphate. P, ii. uoifs. director of the Fni rsrstty of Ploiida, Bxperlment station. says this proeCSS will commend it |f to those who have an abundance of stable manure, All stable manure should be put' through a composting piocess to make it most effective fOT crop prOdnctlOW. Bg Sddlng the rock pnosphale and waking it available, the matorlal will be fnrUier improved and consequently of greater \alue. PACKAGES POIt SOLDIERS. ChrMmas BOSOS Should Ik* Bent at Once. Norfolk. Vs.i Dos. i Christmas package! for soldiers in training I camps in the southssatsrn State* ittoald be sent at oast to maks esr t tin they will reach their destinations |fl time. W. .1. Harabsn, chairman of the geathsastsrri Dspartmsnt Railway War Hoard, announced toilay. STAMP TAX IN EFFECT, it i^ Es pec led to Prodocs One H?tt? dred Million Annually. Washington, i., l<?War stamp - ixos which hi counted upon by trssi ury officials to produce one hundred million dollars annually, became ef festive today, mi person., engaged !:i businesses affected mtist keep i strict account of all taxable dealings. I ? ? ? KILLED BT rooTii.\i,L. ('usually Lisi for Benson Totaled Twelve*. Chicago. DSO, 1. ? Football too', twelve ItYSS in tue I til season, which ended with tin- Thsngsklvlng games. This was six less than last year. Th d? aths included P, J, Boyes? h til lack of the t'h i lesion. Smith (V.ro Una, navy yard team. Not Ctoanttag cost. "The coun'ry editor gsts his pav it. ? ggs, baoosji plum Jam. chickens, up piss, butter, fresh potatoes and slml? ? lar sin If." ' turn, nun," chirped the ,million ae. "I ona'1 V I ?bat StUfl In mark- t Where can I pick up a <.ntry |Ml? per'.' ISovet* rulml Hie price" I.an ? \ die Courier-Journal Poultry, Gome, Fish, Cbceoo, Milk and Fggs in Combination With Beuna, Peanut, Corn, Rye and lluck wheat Make up Completo Food?Rodnco Providing MOOl Substitutes. (By Miss Edith L, Parrott.) Last week pome reasons were given why meat should form a part of ev? ery diet. At the same time tin were suggested some substitutes thai might be used in place of meat to furnish the building material so nec? essary in every growing body. A child must have enough building food, 01' protein, to make it possible to add to his body weight and at the same time repair any tissue worn out during the day by muscular activity. An adult has only need for protein to build up worn down tissue. In other words, a ohlld needs more protein in propor? tion to his body weight than does an adult. So, too. he needs different kinds of proteins, for proteins arc very different in composition. The; Oil contain nitrogen, but in different proportion! and In different com? binations. Some proteins are there? fore called "complete" and some "in OOmplete," since sonic are sufficient in themselves to furnish nitrogen ready I for tise in the body, while other pro? tein foods must be used in combina? tion! if the right kind of building food is to he supplied to the body The list of perfect proteins includes beef, veal, mutton, lamb, pork, poul? try, game, lish, cheese, milk and eggs. The Incomplete proteins, those which need supplementing with more or less from the first group are soy beans, navy beans, peanut!, wax beans, kid? ney leans, lima beans, dried peas, len? tils, nuts, corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, gelatin. For the young ohlld, the youth, and 'any one recovering from a wasting disease, there must he combinations Of protein foods which will give the right proportion! of "building stones." A! we have said before, for the young child milk stands first on the list. For th! adult the need for large amounts of more nearly perfect proteins is not apparent. Their diet can more easily be restricted to a limited use of the first list and a liberal use of the sec? ond. According to the standard common ly UOOd in this country as a practical guide |n planning meals, about three and one-half ounces ol protein a day is a reasonable quantity for a young or middle aged man of average size, weighing about 150 pounds and doing 0 moderate amount of muscular work, like that of a carpenter. This pro? tein should be obtained from a variety of food materials. Half of this couf. come from a pound of bread and four ounce! of cooked cereal; the other should come from such protein prod? ucts as one egg, three fourths cup >l baked beans 01 cow peas, and one half pound of pork or mutton chops. A woman weighing 12n pounds will need about four-fifths as much pro? tein us the man. and it should com from similar sources. A child of thro! or four years will need as much protein as will i>e furnished by one quart of milk or one and a half pints of milk and one egg. Next week there will be published a list of the most common foods, show? ing what eaeh of these contain. .Meat Substitute Recipes. Bean or Pea Loaf?One cup dried peai or beans, one and one-half cups Rait broad crumbs, one and one fourth cups of skimmed milk, two teaapooni sugar, one teaspoon salt, j one-eighth teaspoon pepper, one fourth cup bacon fat, dripping!, or butter, one egg. ( nob beam or peas sntii tendei; rub through a colander or coarst sieve, add bread crumbs, milk, sugar, lit, pepper, bacon fat, butter, or dripping!, Add slightly beaten egg (It not too expensive.) Turn into a buttered mould, and hake slowly om hour. Baked beans may be used 111 this dish. Baked cow Peaa?Cow peas (two cups cooked equals one-half cup dry4. I tWO CUO! boiled rice. one cup OnlOIIH chopped, two cups si >wed tomatoes one-half cup bread crumbs, salt and pepper, Put the peas, rice and tomatoes-anc onion In layers in a buttered pudding dish. Season well. Cover with brer Cl limbs and bake until brown. Yeiiow soy Beano, Baked?-8 > beans, two and one-half cups, bacoii two slices, one-fourth cup molasses, salt, pepper. Soak beans in cold water 1 _' hoar. Drain, cover with water and simmer until sott. Place layer of boons in i eass. role, then molasses and had ? ? cut In small pieces; add seasoning Repeal layers until dish Ii full. Buk" two hours. Boston Roaat?-Dry kidney beam i w o cups, two teaspoons salt, one Ctl| '.read crumbs, nno?hnlf cup liquid, ?wo CUPS grated eherse, one table poo it chopped onion. RonI; beans Wi hours. Cook In salt? ed Watt r lint i| soft. I M ain. pi. ' 111 on h Int al Rrilldcr, add onion cheese, crumbs, more salt If needed, enough of the water in which beans were cooked (about one-half cup to moisten.) Form into loaf. Bake In moderate oven for to minutes. Baste occasionally witli hot water and fat. Tomato Rarebit?Two tablespoons butter, one-eighth tablespoon soda, two tablespoons Hour, one pound cheese, three-fourths cup milk, two beaten eggs, three-fourths cup strain i d tomatoes, salt, mustard, pepper. Cook the butter and Hour together, add the milk, and as soon as the mix? ture thicken.1; add tomatoes and soda Then add cheese, eggs and seasoning Serve on toast or crackers. Cheese Croquettes?Three table i spoons butter, chee: ? , one cup (cut in small pieces or one-half cup grated), one-fourth cup Hour, two-thirds cup milk, two yolks eggs, salt, pepper. Make a white sauce, using the but? ter. Hour and the milk. Add the un? beaten yolks and stir until well mixed, then add the grated cheese. As soon ' as the cheese melts, remove from the 'lire, and add the seasoning. Spread i in a shallow pan and cool. Cut into squares, cover with an egr? and crumb I mixture ami dry in deep fat. At TO MAKERS SUPPORT GOV? ERNMENT. Ready to Turn Factories Over as Rap? idly as Required?Keep Organiza? tions Intact. Detroit. Mich.. Nov. 30.?Approxi? mately 150 automobile manufacturers at a meeting of the National Auto? mobile Chamber of Commerce here today pledged their support to the government and expressed their read? im ss to turn facilities* over to the gov? ernment as rapidly as required. In the meantime it was decided the man? ufacturers will keep their organiza? tions intact to conserve the greatest possible strength of the industry for present or future war needs of the na? tion. A telegram to this effect was sent to Daniel W11 lard, chairman ol the war industries hoard at Washing? ton. Some curtailment in the production of pleasure cars was predicated by speakers at the meeting. Alfred Reeves, general manager ot the National Automobile Chambei of Commerce, told the manufacturer^ that exports for year ending June 3C were 04,83 1 passenger cars and 15, !'T7 trucks. Including tires and parts these exports he suid wane valued at $133,411,000. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR DISMISS KD. Trolzky Condemns Ambassador tc France for Attending Conference. Petrograd, Dec. 1.?M. Maklakoff the Russian ambassador to France has been declared dismissed by I/Coi Trotsky, the Bolshevikl commlsolonei of foreign affairs, because Maklakofl participated in the inter-allied eon ference, Which is considered O state offense, entailing a heavy penalty. SUSPECTED OF ESPIONAGE, Official Silent as to Arre ts in Alu< bama. j Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 30.?Feder? |al Officers refused to comment tonight j on the arrest yesterday of four men who it was understood are suspects of espionage activities. Those taker into custody were Oscar Carber, John Haban, Carl sells and Martin Buckas Early In the week a number of al? leged incriminating documents wer? found in the desks of the ollices occu? pied by the men, which were said tc I have included codes, and direct com? munication from officials of hostile j powers. The men, who are being held "foi Investigation," were employed in tin electrical department of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. It could noi be ascertained tonight upon what charges they would he held or whai ] proceedings the federal authorities : will take upon further Investigation of their case. FILES SUIT FOR $20,000, Aaron Prloleau Demands That Sum Of Clerk Trimble. Washington, Nov. :bt.?Aaron T. Prloleau, w ho says- he was a contest - ni for :i seat in the house of repre? sentatives from the First South Caro? lina district for the Sixty-third con. res;, has (lied suit in the District of Columbia Supreme Court to recover -20,000 damages from South Trimble, ? lerk of the house. Prloleau declares he lost two years' pay of a member of congress and the cost of taking testl lony, to substantiate his claim. Ii rough his nttorneys the plaintift lys he nen! the testimony and hit ? laim of contesl to the clerk, and ul" eges that Clerk Trimble neglected t?? ave papers printed and presented to he committee on elections, and as a ?.?suit his opponent, Richard s. Whn I -v. drew the H ilary ami emoluments < >f the office, _ Alter the end Of the war few wives \ ill be able to plead that they don't ' i w how to knit socks for their hus bands Bpartanburg Journal. SO'F?OT CHANNEL TO SKA. Oll Showing Made by City War De? partment Authorises Charleston llurbor Improvements. Washington, Nov. ;>U.?Congiecs man Whalsy has been notified that the War Department is satisfied with the showing made by the city ami citizens of Charleston concerning the improved harbor facilities upon wlmdi congress conditionsd its resent appro? priation for a thirty-foot channel ail the way to the sea. All the necetsary requirements having been met by Charleston, the district engineer has been authorized to proceed with the work. PACIFIST TALK UN WKLCOMK. Unionist Tarty Deplore Publication of Lnusdownc Letter. London, Nov. 30.?An authorized report concerning the Unionist meet? ing of today says it was attended by 1,500 representatives of Unionist bodies throughout the couYitry and that resolutions were unanimously carried deploring the publication of the letter of he Marquis of Lans downe. Declaring firm adherence to the war aims of the allies as defined by the premier. Donar Law and Mr Asqtilth it was de cided that the res? olution should be wired to the premici and Mr. BalfOUr at Paris. A scene of great enthusiasm en .sued, the delegates rising and singing the national Sinthern. Botiar Law then delivered a speech in which he admit? ted that he never had met any on*, more patriotic or disinterested thai the Marquis of Lansdowne. Never? theless Honar Daw said: ' I disagree absolutely not onlj with the arguments but with tht whole tone of the letter. I think it i? nothing less than a national misfor tune that it has been published, (now of all times*. . . . "Before the war our governmen did not dare suggest disarmament t< Germany. They often went near it 1 ut the Germans regarded it almos as a casus belli. And before the wai books recommending dlsarmamen I were prohibited in Germany and I be lit ve they are prohibited to this day "In my judgment, we have got t* show the German nation, In the onl; way they can be made to realize, tha \var does not pay; that their militar; machinery can not get the desired re suits. It is only by decisive militar; results that the war can he ended Let the Germans realize that we cai go longer than they and the chang of feeling in Germany of which w hear so much will grow daily and wil itself, perhaps, bring the results w all long to see." Donar Law Intimated that shouh the Marquis of Lansdowne's leite stimulate the pacifist movement t< the point of the government losini support for needful war measure there would be only one alternativ? for th** government He declared tha a peace on this basis would ready Km a defeat for Great Britain. ATROCITIES IN ITALY. Invaders Practice Acts of Barbarism Washington, Nov. 30.?All the op presstvs measures which eharaeteriz ed the German invasion of Beigiurr and many of the acts of barbarisn Which revolted the civilized world semi-official dispatchss from ltom* today say, are now being practiced bi the Austro-Gsrman invaders of Italy Near Zenson, the dispatches say the invaders placed Italian womei and children before their troops a: they advanced and the Italian soldier: were compelled to sacrifice their in nocent countrymen. In the Prlull region war taxes, re quisitions and conscription of labor is being practiced as it was in Belgium and Northern Prance. Austro-Ger man prisoners tell of Italian non combatants massacred by the invad? ing troops and loot from Italian homes and shops has been found on the bodies of dead troops. Soldiers on the Plave declare they hear the screams of women and Children from tDo opposite side of the river. The invading armies have taken away cattle and other property and burned household furniture for their bivouac tires at night. Bosnian troops, the dispatches say. have committed unnainal ?!*? atrocii ies. The public road between Sumter ? nd Bishopville is growing worse all he lime. It is in much worse condi? tion than it was six months ago and then it was worse than it was a year no. The rood in both Sumter and i.ee county is deteriorating ami there is not much between the two coun? ties, until after you pass Mannville, when from there on to Bishopville tin.' mad is a shade better. Quite a number of Sumter people went to Bishopville to lake in the i.e. County Fair Thursday, but the at? tendance from this county was much smaller than anticipated. the had weather keeping them at home. LANSnOYYXi; SPOOl OXLY FOR HIMSELF. Had Xo C<mimr ideation With Any Member of Government Before Writing Letter, London, Nov. SO.?Lord Robert Ce? cil, minister of blockade, in his week? ly talk with the Associated Press, de? clared emphatically that the Marquis of LAnatdOWno in writing a letter con? taining peace suggestions was not speaking for any important body of opinion in England. "The most important thing to say in regard to Lansdawne's letter," Ix>rd Robert said, "is that he spoke only for himself. Before writing it he did not consult or have any communica? tion with any member of the govern? ment and the members of the govern? ment read ihe letter in the news? papers with as much surprise as any body else. "It does not represent our views no rhas there beei any change of modification in tl > slightest degree in the war policy of this country. "Our policy It still what it always lias been and was described by the au? thorized spokesmen of the country, namely, Premier Lloyd George, As quith, Bonar Law and Balfour." APPEAL FOR ARMENIANS. Victims of Oormaa and Turkish Atro? city a re in 4>es|>oratc Straits. Two million human beings, men and women like on veives. and among them 4 00,000 irnocent little children in Armenia and Syria, think of it. it ?taggers one, whose piteous voices . have been heard through the press in every portion t I this broad land, In tones of agony crying from hunger ' bread, bread arc now reaching the ear i of every citizen of South Carolina. ; We cannot help hearing their songs of ? J starvation. There is no alternative ' but to furnish them relief with food or turn them away from our doors and : close our ears to their distressing > wails. Can we afford to send them . away empty? That is the question I each must answer for himself. Amer ? ican charity is all they have to de t pend upon. E:ther that or the hor ? rors of death from starvation. Here ? is the situation: ) "Government aid from the United t States and other governments which t appropriate millions of dollars for re f lief of women at d children in France, - Belgium and other countries is not / available in consequence of Armen . lane, Syrians and Creek Christians of i Western Asia be:ng scattered races to b which the United States cannot make e a loan. It is now American charity 1 or death." 6 The American Committee on Ar? menian and Syrian Relief in New I York gives this account of the bar barltiee to which these desperate sup ) pliants have been subjected. "Exiled r from their homes, robbed of their pos , sesiona, wanderers in a desolate land, i their only hope for the barest neces t sities of life be ing in American char J Ity. They are innocent and indus? trious people and ordinarily are the wealth producers of the land." There are ma ly calls at this time from various patriotic organizations . all of them mod des-erving and insis? tent, but none oi them which can ? touch a tender heart more keenly ? than this. Roman beings, little chil l drcn, asking of us a bit of bread. I What appeal lik this. What did the . Savior say: "It were better for him - that a millstone WOTO hanged about his neck and that he were cast into the . sea than that h< should offend one . of these little ones." i The president of the United States, ? amid all his pr essing engagements. I put them aside f ?r the moment to is ? sue an urgent appeal to the people of this great republic to aid these suf? ferers, so seriously did he regard the I gravity of the 00*0. i It now becomes the duty of the home committee :o present this awful tragedy to the calm and prayerful consideration of our tender hearted citizens. Civilised history contains on its pages no event so bristling with savagery and crii e. That dignified body, the House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, at a re? cent meeting in Chicago, passed this resolution for Armenian and Syrian j ReVe.*: "Restored That this House Com ends to the sympathy and generos? ity of the American people the con? ti ?med and increasing need of the peo? ples of the Levant, especially the Ar? menians and Syrians, and refugees in the Caucasus and Persia, brought bout by the deportation, massacre, hunger, disease at destitution." We have present *d us carefully and SO fully as space v ill permit the atro? cities that have be u piled upon these inoffensive people and now appeal in the name of hu; canity to .Tew and Gentile, rich an poor, white and black, to contribute to the extent >>f their ability to help keep alive these terrible suffercra. Send your checks to Charleston. S. C . which will 1c gladly welcomed :>nd promptly a l nowledged by A. c. Kaufman, Treas? urer, Charleston, S C.