Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PItiafHf -WOK? Hr*Tr M. < \. 1 f hut in Ii?-im?; Pone In Prison i umps Of Iauim? . Ait in and Africa, W hnr Mom thnii 5,000,0041 Mni Con diwsl. New York. Feh *.?A great tty for help comes from the more lhan live million men held prisoners of war In barb, wired , enclosure* In Kurope. .Asia, and Africa. . Mora men are probably cooped up In war prisons now than have Taught in any previous war in the history of the world, A truer it j . through the Y 01108 Men's Christian Association, is pmymg | great part tn Banking life endurable Cur those men, whose bitter cry of auguish and despair goes up con tisntousiy. This story tells of some of the things being dono to help them for ' Have pity on us and make it pos? sible for us to forget the h?*a\y aours of out Inipi iaoument. Bending this uppeal to the Noting Men's c'hi istian Association, a inbup of professors, school teachers, public officials and lawyers, held prisaners of war at Kokand, i'entral Asia, voice the cry that goes up continuously from the nioie than the million men held prisoner* of war by the \; nous warring count ? lea l ioin practically every prison On BAI) In Kurope and AstS appeal*; have been Snade to the American Young Men's Christian Association for old h\ these men m their hour of dlro need, ac? cording to reports1 and official com? munications brought back to this country by I) U Wilson. Av aciate /Secretary in charge of the Younu Men's i'hrlstian Association Ibbonei of War Work In Northern Kurope Aid has been given ns far as the va? rious governments will allow. In feet, many of the nations have in? trusted the Association with ?peolol funds to help carry on this work. Among the prisoners of ivai in Qei many, there are about three hundred children. About two hundred ol these are interned In the prison camp at Holmlndln. und about fifty in the camp at llavelberg. Practically all ol these have spent the last three Christ? mas days in prison camps. Home of them hsve been horn there and know nothing of life outside of the barb wire fence. \\> explanation of this situation accompanied the report. ?'Siek ami In Prison." Of the five million men cooped up In the prison camps, about one hundred and fifty thousand are in hospitals. Perhaps threo hundred and fifty thousand more are invulids who sre wounded or otherwise incapaci? tated. These men. unable because of physical disability to engage in work, are perhaps the most pitiful and the moet noedy group. To meet condi? tions the Young Men's Christian As? sociation has established schools and work shops of various kinds, has or? ganised orchestras und choruses, has stimulated athletics and provided li? braries. The i'rown Princess of Swe? den gave nearlv eleven thousand Eng? lish books for the me of British prlsonera Food Is the greatest need of these men. a chance for mental relaxation is the second great need. Some per? sons place It first. Confinement has brought about depression in their physical, mental. and spiritual in turee. The loss of liberty, the loss o" privacy, unnatural ho'ial Conditions, end the uncertainty of the future, a ?ell as Ignorance of th?? condition* of loved ones at home, have cause.1 severe strain on the minds of many Mental depression has set in. Hope? fulness bus been BSJOOOOdOd by dm courageinent. 1 nscourugemcut ba? boon succeeded brj deepen den* I SOU In many cases despondency has boon followed bv despair. Tlie War Mlnlsti) Answer* Prayer Numerous aptSSOal aie being mad* to the Y M V. A poor Itu M peasant saw that letter* of appeal were being answered Not Knowmr to whom else to appeal for aid. In wrote a letter to Ood in which he humbly asked Cod to send hit I hundred marks The letter attracte i attention at the censor's office ami was referred to .be War Mm ti\ The offices there collected tweiit.\ - five marks and aent them to |he Huh slsn prisoner, thinking thev had thereby done u good turn The pels oner, however, wais not well sat.sllcd as was apparent by his reply. in which, it Is true, he thanhed 00*1 for the gift, but cautioned him to send future money direct lather than gj wa\ of the War Ministry, saving that the rascal I v othY als ther?> had kept p . enty-nve^| id < md had ?eni b n only twenty-live. Pood. hoks. ku ncs. atbleotb ??? u!p merit, snd educa'lonal supplies Ii i\< been aent to tlv>.ten S/konOVOr al? lowed bv the authorities. Ilellgious work, with Prot?- | .nt ftomsn Catholic and QfOOl OSfl IOCS has been estahllihed. Most or tin men at one camp had attended '?< Service for two years, and when while robed pilen ls>gan the opeuin lli-ld Of the \|a- . a steal mull) c . d \ vmtngr Ottlar ? twenty-three years Id h- (t written <-v? 1 y note of Shu berfs Im from memory and trained I (l.orus for the occasion. Foot haII Stars. Classes are in progress- at many camps. At one there is a school with twenty-seven courses, twenty-five hundred students, and sixty teacheis. Another has a daily attendance o'. ithree hundred in ?Ummer and Otic , thousand in winter. Work shops and 'gardens have been started?not only to offer useful production but for training as well. At one point a soap factory was started. It developed so well that ? tannery was put into op ? ration. It in turn was followed by I?heinistry. At other points the men work at bookbinding, tailoring, wood carving, and in . laundries. In one camp alone the tailoring de | partment made four hundred new overcoats from old ones, the shoe de? partment made three hundred new {pairs of shoes and seventy-five new pairs of boots, and repaired thirteen hundred pairs of shces. Athletics are encouraged wherevi i possible. The men k< t along witn the best equipment obtOlnoblO. Go!l enthusiasts held an exciting tourna? ment recently, using Unnis balls fOl golf balls and ordinary canes as sticks Mr. Hugh Moron, secretary In tiu Itusatan prisoner of war camps, in "ue of his reports, writes: * I attended a football game be tween two picked teams. Among tie members were three International players, two of whom competed on opposite sides in the Olympic games at Stockholm." ( Hons I.uy K*ggs for Prisoners. , Special efforts have been made u provide nejorlehtng foods for th<* men ? in the hospitals. fresh eggs are seel from Denmark to sick men in th< German prison camps. In one OOOf i n number of hens were sent to a prls son in the interior in order thai I Crcah eggs might be available for thOM needing them. In addition they pro , vided amusement and occupation foi i men assigned to take care of them. I More than 08,000 books have beer , distributed among German prisoners , and more than 107,000 among litis n prisoners In Germany. As itus n Looks wore scarce, Hunyan's Pil< grim'* Progress was translated intr Russian. Special editions of the Hus? sion prayer book and an A B C boos for Russian Illiterates were issued. A I total of 480,000 French hooks and 1 pamphlets w*?te%a!*o distributed in ' CJermuny. Musical instruments, ranging from mouth organs supplied in individu.ii cases to full equipment for band* and orchestras, were supplied. Wheat Hour for making bread for the cele? bration of Holy Communion has als ? been provided in many places. Wire Finds Husband In Picture. One of the biggest pieces of wo k done by the Young Men's Christian Association in this connection for the folks ha? k home is the locating in prison camps of boys and men re? ported as missing. More than ten thousand have been located for the home folks. After searching for months for her husband, who was reported missing, a young wife called on Dr. Archibald C, Harte, International Secretary foi work among prisoners of war She traveled several hundred milCi to do so. During her visit some OiCtUrC which he had brought from Russia were shown her. In looking over ih.s-- -In- suddenly discovered ?ei husband In bns of rWom. An exultant cry, "There he i*'" borst fron her lips as she SSeltedly ran to the win? dow to make sure it was he. Thea she fainted. After she regained con? sciousness, sin- Clapped her hands. SM Claiming, "And In- has even got a Pip" .Max. Prun e Ol Ikiden, who is head of the Young Men's Christian Asso< i lotion Prisoner of War Work In Germany in his farewell message to the American workers when this country entered the war. said that the brotherly love shown in this work vvould be the one solid pillar around which the warrlni nations couM gathsr. In part he s.iid: "I can assure you that the eo-oper ntlon with you and your leaders be longs to the most delightful experl 'aces that i have had in this war ? t ? time when all the foundation! upon which up to now. the life oi nations and their relations to one an other reeted, have begun to totter nid threaten to crumble completely The work among the prisoners p. my estimation signifies one solid pi 1 lar around which nil these though Im ind feellnga eon be collected, O'hinh breathe out the spirit of world-wide brotherly love. That brotherly lov ?! which declines to see In ths erpunded ? mi captive enemy anything other ban a suffer lag mortal. The conversations that i have had ? long IheOC lines with your leading own. imong whom | would name in ?ist place i?i .lohn i:. Moll and !>>?? \. c. Harte, i shall never foi get fo he| have enrtetsed my life and have tmu'theiwd my fnm eonvlctlOOS tint ? longside the relentless ptrlfe which Is It ir< Lag manklndi the mighty paw er-'of goodness remains unrom|ii*r- ! [able, and out of the depths of suffer , ing is able to accomplish works of I serration with renewed power." BENATB MOItK UIBERAX. InesejSjsns House Figures g;t."*0,000? Differences Will l>o Adjusted by Conference. Columbia, Feb. 7.?The general ap? propriation bill was given its final reading in the senate tonight and conferences are now in order. This mOjkei adjournment some time Satur? day practically a certainty. The Kdgclield-vAiken county line dispute again came up in the senate tOPight with the result that the bill was continued. The house also to? night struck out the enacting words of the bill providing for a ratification of the resurvey of that county line. The appropriation bill was then I taken up by the senate. The finance COrn mit tee recommended $3,000 for ??anal commission for fees, surveys, etc., and that recommendation was adopted. The equalization fund for needy schools was raised from $50, 000 to $100,000. The senate added $ 115,000 for vocational training. This is to secure the federal aid. An item of .<::.imi0 was added far the State House grounds. , The University of South Carolina was allowed $93.00?*k for maintenance, j $6.500 for heating plant and 91,500 lor extension work. The Winthrop items aggregate $211,000, which Sen Mtor Bcnmgunrd insisted showed the lowest per capita In the appropria? tions for State colleges. The senate added to the house ap propriation bill these large items: Home for l eeble-minded, $00,000; la>\ i aton ement fund. $&0y000; sanltar> barn for Winthrop, $l?,000; Univer ity of South Carolina, $18,000; ad? ditional for needy schools, $50,000; vo? cational training fund, $35,000; sup? port for militia and overcoats, $15, i000; expenses for cunal commis? sion. $3,000; upkeep State House grounds, ,$3,000; Industrial School for Wayward Girls. $40,000; teachers* bu reau, $2.0.00; Council of Defense, $50, 000-j tux commission, $18,OoO. Total, j $360,000. None of these items are in . the bill as it c.'inio from the house. The items as to the Council of De? fense and the tax commission were Inserted with the distinct understand? ing that senators were not pledged to support these items pending action j on the bills affecting these particular 1 matters. Many of those items, such US the Home for Feeble-minded and 'home for girls, have been agreed up | on by acts, and are not in the house . bill. There were other minor changes in the bill, ranging from $100 to $500. Provision was made to increase the {salaries of the assistant bank exam? iners 20 per cent out of the fees col? lected from banks. The senate in , creased the salary of the Supreme Court reporter. More money was pro? vided for coal and $200 was voted for I the game warden investigation. The salary of the clerk of the joint com imittee on printing was increased from $1.000 to $1,800, and the allowance 'for public printing was cut from $24, 000 to $22,000. The clerk is to be em? ployed for full time. The Council of 1 lefense Item was left open to insert iuh an amount as may be agreed upon In the act after its passage. The j tax commission was also left open, l oth ihr tax commission and the Council of Defense were left to the committee on free conference. Sena? tor Nicholson thought this dangerous as the Council of Defense nnd tax commission items were added pending Iths action on the pending bills. The Appropriation Act was then given its final reading. MONDAY CLOSING AHOLISHF.D. Federal Fuel Administrator tiarfield Issues Orders a* to South Carolina. Anderson. Feb. S.?The State fuel administrator has received orders from Dr. Qarfleld that Monday clos? ing for South Carolina is hereby abol? ished. 1 lli:\I.T<l CONDITION*; BBITF.R. KltCOUrnglltg Deports Come from All Army Camps. Washington, Feb. 8.?The health conditions in all camps and canton? ments In the United fttatos shoved continued improvement last week* with decreasing deathi nnd hospital admission rates. Measles and pin u moniU show a decrease. There was a marked decrease also In new men n uitis cases. At SUDAN l*REMfi:i< i:t.s|r;\ . Von Soydler Oults on Account of t p pnaltlon of Polish Deputies. Amsterdam, POb I, -Austrian Pre inlor Von Hoydler has tendered bis 1 resignation to the emperor, According 1 to a dispatch from Vienna. The res- < Ignatlon is understood to be due to opposition of the polish deputies i it gainst special debates ami the pro- i visional budget. M?utlhg Held to Consider Ways and Means to Secure More General . Obedience to Order. In response to an invitation to the1 heads Of fell the women's associations' I and societies in Sumter a meeting was held yesterday In the Girls' High] School to consider ways to bring j about a better enforcemen or the I program issued by the Food Admin I ist ration for economies in the use of j food. Miss Armida Moses was called to the chair and Miss Sal'ie Rembert WOl chosen as secretary. It was de? cided to hold at an early date a mass ] meeting of all the women of the city I and county to further consider this i matter, and if possible to have State Food Administrator William Elliot present. The minutes of the meeting show j further: Executives of all the Women's ! Clubs having been invited to this I meeting, the gathering was a rather representative one. At the request of I the president, Mr. Herbert Moses, oi' the Administration Hoard, stated that the purpose of the meeting was to formulate plans for interesting the mass of women of the county in the conservation of food, so that all wo Imen may intelligently observe the "wheatless" and "meatless" days in accordance with the ordor of the gov? ernment. Suggestions as to how this should be accomplished were called for. In the informal discussion that followed it was evident that some .thoughtful women were already busy j with this patriotic problem. The consensus of opinion, however, was i that not all of the women of the city and county were as awake to the need for strict economy as they might be. Loyal co-operation with grocers was urged, the suggestion being made that the "housewives order more system? atically and that they include in their order more wheat and meat substi? tutes. Miss Kee|s, County Demonstra? tor, and Miss Obenchain, Head,of the Domestic Science Department of the High School, suggested some practical ihenus in which these substitutes may be used, and extended an invitation to the women to attend the next meet ing of the demonstration club Which the subject of meat substitute* will be taken up and demonstrated. J Rye. barley, rice and potato Hours, i plain buckwheat flour (not self-ris? ing),'ami rye bread in small quantities I may now be had at the local grocery j stores. Victory Bread, the real war I time bread, is expected soon. It was decided by the unanimous vote that a mass meeting of the wo I men of Sumter and of the rural dis? tricts of the county be held at an early date. The president appointed Mra. Eugene Moses, Mrs. H. M. Stuck ey, and Miss Sallie Rembert, as a Commltee to act with Mr. Moses in arranging the program for this meeting. This committee hopes to no fortunate enough to secure Mr. Elliot. State Food Administrator, and Mr. C. A. T^emmon, county administrator, for the program. Representatives of the following clubs were present and promised to interest the members of their re? spective clubs in the mass meeting and each to bring at least five mem? bers of their oignnlzation with them to the meeting when called: Civic League, Red Cross, Patriotic League. Business Women's Club. Home Demonstration club, d. a. r., Progress club, U. D. C, Charity League, Literary Club, Domestic Bel* Once Department of City School, Coun. ty Demonstration Club, Philharmonie Club, Winthrop Daughters, Ladies' Aid Society. Grace Baptist Church; Wo? man's Missionary Society, Grace Rap tist Church; Ladies' Aid Society, Christian Church; Junior and Senior Guilds. Episcopal Church; Ladles' Al? tar Society, Catholic Church; Ladies' Aid Society, Presbyterian Church; La? dies' Aid Society, Lutheran Church, and the Sinai Sisterhood. Further announcements of the mass meeting will be given in the meantime Fall in line and observe regularly and consistently the meatless and wheat less days. The following schedule of substi? tutes was read at meeting, approved as being excellent, and ordered pub? lished: Mondays and Wednesdays. Wheat less?Breakfast, corn cakes, or corn muffins or grist bread (no breakfast food made of wheat). Dinner: corn bread. No pies. cakes, dumplings, macaroni, nor anything made from whc.it products. Desserts may be had of custards, jellies, blancmange. Sup? per: live bread, rice wafers, spoon mead. Potatoes' may be added to breakfast and supper nn-nus and will take the plaeo oi bread. Tuesday ?Meatless and Pork less. Breakfast and supper: Cheese, her? ring, fish roe, tuna, fish, mackerel, sar? dines, poultry. 1 ?Inner: Poultry or fresh geh, \o soups unless cream >nes. none that ate made from stock. \'o vegetables boiled with bacon or meat of any kind. I'ae cotton seed [uoduets for frying. Saturdays ? Poikless: Breakfast, ainner ifatNsuppori No ham; sa usage, I TfltREY fS OBffJTOKVT. bacon, or pork of any kind either on i - i table or used in preparing dishes for , Prompt "Me Too" to Announcement* the table. Eggs are always a meat j of Gerraaay. substitute. Amsterdam, Feb. 8.?Turkey is in Sunday, Monday, Wednesday Th?rs- j complete accordance with the attitude day, Friday, Saturday?One meal, of (-ermany and Austria,, as expressed without meat. Find substitutes men- in [hft recent speeches of Chancellor mned for meatless days. Do not use ' von Hertling of Germany and For meat or pork products to cook with oi.,n MiMistoI. Czernin of Austria, when serving these meals. Turkish Foreign Minister Nessim Bey tkuu t r? , , ? t?~ a?? told the chamber of deputies yester Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, . .,?,?. ... , ... . ?. !day. lie also det red that the 'Dar Baturday: one meal without wheat, i ' . . , . . _danelles will reni. n open in future Co Meal, grist and potato Hour only sub-! stttutes In town at present and a lit-! International traffic as in past and on /tie rye bread. Varie ty of ways to\** W conditions."_ use these. Have no biscuits for din? ner, if you need bread use corn bread. ' j If dinner is your wheatless meal do not "thicken" with hour nor serve Stockholm? Feb. 7.?The Finnish railway authorities at Torneo have received a report hat the Allies mls I _. . . tt a*... > >? Stone have been expelled from Pe i desserts made from it. VarletlOB ot , 1 , . . , . ; trogi ad and that t ev have already de nlce cakes can be made from both I a ? <i~? parted. There is no confirmation of corn meal and potato Hour. Crack ers must not be used with wheatless meals. i this. Great disord ers in the streets of : Petrograd are i ported, with much 'shooting and loo. mg of supplies. Every day in the week save sugar. (Joe fruits as much as possible. Nuts ' und raisins need no sugar to serve. Pressed and dried llgs and prunes supply the system with BUSS '? I no candy made in your home Columbia. Feb. |.?The South Car oli in senate at I lidnight killed the bouse bill prohibiting the shipment of Have! any whiskey or o'her alcoholic drinks [into the State for any purposes. r WE HAVE INCOME TAX BUNKS _ i hi iiiMiii?in in i -ri???m?ifm?p????^??? ????^ For incomes of not more than $3,000.00. We will be glad to dis? tribute these to those that want them, as long as they last. J. P. Booth, President. W. J. Cr?wsoD, Jr., Cashier. r The National Bank of Seeth Barolina OF SUMTE? Resources over $1,640,000 This Bank owes its growth to the loyal support and heaty cooperation of its 2500 patrons. A bank is a COMMUNITY INTER? EST. Its mission is SERVICE. Its life is the Loyalty ?I its Patrons. We appreciate you r bt ?int?ss and are better prepared than ever before to serve you. CG. ROWLAND. President. F. E. NINNANT. Cashier. ? LIBERTY BONDS All Coupon Bonds have been received?Please call for yours Ik First National Bank SUMTER, S C. ?4-M^M^?4?4??ef<f?e^?ee??e-H^?e??4e? ?????? Everything in the Building Line Ali Kinds of Feed BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc. KYKRYTlMMi AT ONE PEACE PHONES: 10 and 631