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PHYSICIAN TO STAND TRIAL pr. Louis D. Barbot Charged With Traffieing in Nar ik coties Columbia, Jan. 19.?Dr. Louis D. Barbot, former professor at the South Carolina Medical College? in Charles ton, and well known physician of that city, is to be placed on trial on a charge of trafficing in narcotics, at the term of federal court which convenes in Columbia Tuesday morning. The case promises to be of rather sensa tional nature. Dr. Barbot is charged with having carried on an extensive business in the sale of morphine. It was brought out at the' preliminary trial, accord ing to agents of the internal reve nue, department in Columbia, that the records of his sales of narcotics check ed up nine thousand quarter-grain tablets short, and he is charged with having sold these in violation of the Harrison act. Professor Barbot was at one time professor'of anatomy at the Medical College in Charleston. The evidence in the case charges that his traffic in nar cotics extends over something more than a year. ? number of expert doctors are to testify in the case when it is tried in Columbia, and there will also be a number of persons to whom Dr. Bar bot is alleged to have sold morphine to testify. The pena&y . for violation of the Harrison act is a fine of not more than $2,00/0 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both. Judge Smith and officers of the court arrived in Columbia Monday for the two weeks' term of federal court. COTTON CROP STATISTICS Cotton Ginned Prior to Jan. 1, 1920, Crops of 1919-1918 in South Carolina Director Sam L. Rogers, of the Bu reau of the Census, Department of Commerce, announces the preliminary report^ on cotton ginned by counties in South Carolina, for the crop& of 1919 and 191$. The report was made public for the State at 10 a. m. Fri day, January 9, 1920. (Quantities are in running bales. counting round as half bales. Linters are not included.) COUNTY 1919 191S The State ..1401,226 1395,765 Abbeville.. 26,506 21,131 Aiken.. .. .. .. 39,829 49,124 Allendale. 19,426. . ... Anderson. 79.6S3 5?,492 Bamberg. 24,389 33.025 Barnwell. 30,i56 62,202 Beaufort ... .. ;. . 2,174 8,222 Berkeley .., .. 10.02S 14,451 Calhoun.. 32,018 37,695 Charleston .. ! / v 8,063 12,714 Cherokee. 16,257 13,777 j Chester. .. .'. .. 30,634 2S.049 Chesterfield. .. .. 33,930 29,404 Clarendon .. .. .. 38.799 37,696 Colleton.. .. . 12,451 21,706 Darlington. 41,107 38.853 Dillon. 40.S32 33,203 Dorchester. 14.890 19,040 Edgefield. 23.535 27.728 Fairfield. 21.546 22,786 Florence. . . .. 41,274 35.710 'Georgetown .. . 4,395 4,751 Greenville.. .. .. ' 50.180 36,286 Greenwood' . .. .. 33.681 33.676 Hampton. .. . .\ . 10,626- 23.339 Horry. 8,911 S.014 Jasper.. .. .. 2.012 6,558 ?Kershaw. 29.018 29,137 Lancaster. 21.787 21.990 Laurens.. . 48,175 37.469 Lee ... 42.681 39,973 Lexington. 28,185 33,948 McCormick. 16.736 15.734 Marion.?'. 18.504 17.000 Marlboro.72,791 62,746 Newberry -.. 33,120 34,543 Oconee .... ".. .. 23.268 21.853 Orangeburg. 85,724 100,512 Pickens..;.. 23,746 18,738 Richiand .. .. 26.056 24.558 Saluda.. .. .. .. 24.1S8 25,566 Spartan burg .'. .. 75.580 61.4S9 Sumter . 45,414 49.820 ?Union. 18.406 17.967 "Williamsburg .... 26.457 29.585 York. 43.05S 35,457 Entertainments for Miss Lopez. Among the pleasant social events of the past week are several entertain ments given in honor of Miss Theo Lopez, whose marriage will take place this afternoon. On Friday afternoon Mrs. A. S. Merrimon gave a delightful and unique party at her home on Broad St. Each guest was asked to bring a letter of advice to the bride, and after all were assembled these were opened and read and the name of the author guessed. These letters were unusually-bright and original an^d caused much merriment. After this the guests were invited into the din ing room, where a lunch of chicken salad, beaten biscuit, hot cocoa, salted nuts and bon-bons was served. On Monday afternoon Mrs. A. D. Harby gave a miscellaneous shower at her home on North Washington St. On entering each ugest was given a glass of wine and asked to propose a toast to the bride. The bride was then asked to look at a picture hanging in a corner of thej room and as she did so an umbrella, j from which many beautiful gifts were, showered, was opened over her head. \ Hand painted score cards were I then distributed for guessing ques-j tions, the answers to which were j possessions of the bride." The prize i for this was won by Mrs. H. N. For- ; ester. The guests were then invited into the dining room where a buffet lunch of fruit salad, crackers, coffee, j cakes, bon-bons and nuts was served.'. Mrs. F. L. Levy of Philadelphia is Visiting Mrs. C. H. Moi.se. i The men of Sumter will be glad to, know that Dr. Patterson Ward law i will address the men's meeting at the Y. M. C. A. next Sunday at 3.15 P. M. The program for the "New World" will ??, Dr. Wardlaw's subjtct. sumter county sanitary survey ????? ? Annual Report Submitted to De partment of County Health Work Dr. D. T. Rankin who was in ?marge of the health survey and san itary work in Sumter county during 1919 completed his term of service j with the close of the year and rcturn jed to his home in Georgia to resume ! the practice <>f medicine. Dr. Rau le in was in the army medical service during the war 1 transferred to the county health ->rk when he ob tained his discharge. The high com mendation he receives from Dr. Riser, the State director of county health work, is well deserved. He discharged the duties of his position efficiently and the good work that he did in Sumter county will be seen and felt for years. The folowing letter from Dr. Riser accompanying the report of Dr. Ran kin. shows the official estimate of his services: Mr. E. I. Reardon. Secretary Chamber of Commerce, Sumter, S. C. D-ar Mr. Reardon: At the request of Dr. Rankin, I am sending you a summary of his work for the year 1919. j We have been very much pleased! with the work Dr. Rankin has done j in Sumter comity, and I am glad to tender you this report. Dr. Rankin'sl sanitary work was probably the best I done by any man during the year?j not a single complaint has come in re-.j garding any tank which he put in. In our nurses reports the medical examination has been included but thif? is in order to make the nurses, re ports uniform in eases where there are no doctors. In the counties con nected with my department the phy sicist -1 incharge does he inspection work?the nurse does n< t do the in specting hut does the recording, filing, etc.. and then does the follow up work. Our doctors also give the typhoid in oculations. From Dr. Rankin's letter, I premise that t here has been some misunderstanding about that, so I am writing ' thus to keep this matter straight. Dr. Rankin did not do a great deal of lecture work in the county as you know; he has some impediment in his speech and it is a little difficult for him to appear before strange audiences. For this reason I did n'ot insist on very much work of this sort is I knew how hard it was on him to ?ive these lectures. Very truly yours. L. A. Riser, M. D.. [n charge Department County Health Work. Fearly Sanitary Report for Sumter County. House to house survey made in iTayesville, Shiloh, Concord, Privateer, sumter and parts of Middleton and Stateburg townships. Number of persons visited: White, U64; colored, 6.361; total, 9,525. | Number of homes visited: White. '14; colored 1,446; total. 2.160. Number of homes with privies: Vhite, 592; colored, 954; total, 1, ?46. Number of homes without privies: Vhite, 122: colored. 492; total, 614. Ky. septic tanks installed: White. 15; colored, 1; total, 46. Pit privies built: White, 29; color ed. 0; total 29. Pit privies built at schools: White, Included in above figures. Educational lectures: White, 6; col ored, 0; total, 6. Attendance: White, 507; colored, 0; total 507. Literature distributed: White, 2, 169: colored; 0; total 2,169. Typhoid inoculations. 1,134. Small pox vaccinations, 31. Hookworm treatments given, 55. Summary Report of School Examina tions. Number schools examined: White. 36: colored, 10; total. 46. Number schools partly examined: Colored, 10; total 10. Number pupils enrolled, 1,379. Number pupils examined: White. 1,295;' colored. 1,26?; total, 2.561. N ?mber" pupils -defect ive: White, ?74: colored. 845; total, 1,719. Number defects: White, 1,357; col-] ored. 1.809; total. 3.166. Number defective eyes: White, 136. Number defective ears: White, 11. Number enlarged tonsils. 495. Number nasal obstruction. 144. Number defective teeth. 571. Number pupils examined, intestinal parasite: White, 9S0; colored, 936; total. 1.916. Number pupils positive hookworm: J White. 290: colored, S3; total. 373. Number pupils positive ascaris L: White. 5: colored. 34; total. 39. Number pupils positive tenia nana: White. 2: colored, Y,\ total. 5. Per cent infected: White, 30.7; colored. 9.6. Number typhoid inoculations. 60. Number small pox vaccinations. 31. Number talks to school children, 51. Posters distributed. 124. Dr. D. T. Rankin, Director, j no constitution al convention; - I Measure Introduced Last Year; Bv Senator McGee Columbia. Jan. 21.?The house of representatives by a vote of 75 to 34 struck out the enatcing word of the resolution to provide for a constitti tional convention in Columbia in 1921.1 The resolution passed the senate last yeai- after prolonged debate. Today a vote was taken which resulted in death to the measure. The measure was introduced last year by Senator McOee. of Greenwood. It would have provided a referendum on the ques tion this summer, with the 1H21 lesris lature working out the convention de tails. Copenhagen. Tuesday. Jan. 20.? Eighteen passengers were killed and twenty injured in a railway collis sion near Schneidemupl, Prussia, last night. STOCK SWINDLERS IN NEW YORK They Flourish as Never Before in Gotham New York. Jan. 20.?Stock promot ers and swindlers who have been driv en from 38 States where "'blue sky" laws exist, are flourishing in New York as never before, according to Edwin P. Kilroe. Assistant District At torney in charge of the investigation of commercial frauds. Mr. Kilroe charges that most of the operators are composed of "confi dence men, ex-convicts, racetrack touts, gamblers and men of the bas er sort" who, as soon as their crook ed work is made public, move to an other part of the metropolis and re sume business under another name. 'It is remarkable," he says, "that in this State, which is the linancial cen ter of the. Worid. the investing pub I He should V?e left without protection land that the Dark ,\ge law of caveat i emptor should reig^ here." Attacking the najorily report of Governor Smith's Blue Sky Law Com mission as "a prayer to allow the predatory Wall Street interests to con tinue their pillage without let or hind rance," Mr. Kilroe, in a report to Dis trict Attorney Swann. opposes the rec ommendation jto turn the prosecution j of crooked Wall Street concerns over to four deputies and the Attorney General of the State. "The recommendation," he says, "that nothing be done by the present legislature except the appointment of a commission to redraft the penal law is inexpedient and would accomplish no good result. All of the facts a commission so appointed could pos sibly obtain are now in the possession of the District Attorney of New York as the result of some 4,000 or 5,000 complaints investigated in his office." The methods employed by stock swindlers-to fleece the unwary are ex plained by Mr. Kilroe. "In the old days," he said, "Sucker lists' were prepared and used by these unscrupu lus promoters. On these lists were the names of those known to be sus ceptible :o the illusionary offers made by salesmen of worthless securities. This list has now been cast aside and today every good citizen who happens to, be inexperienced in the world of finance is a possible victim, provided he has a small bank acconut or gov ernment bonds. "Schools are established to make the smooth-tongued salesman more 'smooth' and books of instruction are prepared so that no one even with small savings shall escape their line, This office is flooded with complaints of the shorn and plucked who daily stream from Wall Street to the Crim inal Courts Building. The victims, in many cases, have lost their life sav ings, the widow's mite, the Liberty ! Bond bought in a spirit of patriotism by a weekly deduction from the toil er's wage. The savings bank book and the card of war savings stamps alike have found lodgment in the swindler's net. "The lure of speculation has. of course, produced a corresponding vol ume of attendant erime. corruption j and dishonesty. The increase in the number and amount of Liberty Bond thefts during the past seven or eight months is a matter of great concern in the financial district and in the ad ministration of the criminal law." Mr. Kilroe advocates as a remedy for existing conditions (1) the gov ernment licensing ana control of stock exchanges. (2) similar licensing for stock, bond and other investment se curity dealers: (3) driving of the New York Curb market from the street ' as a public nuisance," (4) . compul sory and complete public record of all security sales and puchases within 24 hours: (5) similar record of collateral deposited by, investors, the amount of broker's lien and names and ad dress of person or firm with whom collateral is re-hypothecated; (6) complete public information concern ing financial conditions, plans, etc. of concerns before they may offer stock for sale: (7) a Federal "Blue Sky Law" which would prevent swindlers in other States from doing business by mail, telegraph or other interstate means with prospective victims in New York. RESOLUTION CON DEMNING SIMS No Immediate Action Has Been Taken Washington, Jan. 21.?A resolution declaring the action of Rear Admiral Sims in making public "official in structions of most confidential char acter" affecting international rela tions deserved condemnation of all Americans was introduced in the sen ate today by Senator Walsh, Demo crat, of Montana, a member of the naval committee. His request for im mediate consideration was denied on objection of Republican Leader Lodge. BANKERS OP POSE PLAN Columbia. Jan. 22.?A resolution opposing the plan of the budget com- i mission tr? put the Stuie bunk exam iner under th?. comptroller general's j office was adopted by the executive! council of the South Carolina Bank-j ers' Association, which met here yes- j terday afternoon. The opposition was based on the belief that the proposed j change will work against the eili-j ciency of the bank examiner's office.' The resolution calls attention to thej fact that in Georgia recently the' i>;jii!; examiner's office was made: separate from the tax department of* the State. The bankers' executive council also adopted a resolution urging higher! salaries for the bank examiners. Lee G. Holleman. of Anderson: I?. M. j Schm'etzer, of Charleston: 10. P. Van-j diver, of Anderson; Ira B. Dunlap, of; I Kock Hill; E. P. Grice. Charleston.! and A. E. Padgett. Edgeficld. were' among the bankers at the council \ meeting yesterday. J NEW PHASE OF NAVAL INQUIRY Admiral Mayo Disagrees Flatly With Admiral Sims Washington, Jan. 20.?Direct isbue with Rear Admiral William S. Sims on the two leading controversied points in the naval decorations dis-; pute was taken today by Rear Ad-j miral Henry T. Mayo, war time com mander of the United States tleet, in testimony today before the senate sub committee investigating the medal award controversy. Reading his letter to Secretary Dan iels giving his views on the decora tion awards, which views, he said, I were not presented as a protest, Ad miral Mayo first disagreed with Ad miral Sims as to th'e relative impor tance of sea and shore duty. Admiral Mayo explained to the committe that he wrote to Secretary Daniels because he did not believe the Knight board, of awards, or Mr. Daniels had given sufficient consideration to the im portance of the duties performed by officers who served at sea with the Atlantic fleet. Admiral Sims, in his testimony and also in his letter to Secretary Daniels, declining the dis tinguished service medal contended that too much importance was attach ed to the services of officers who serv ed at sea as compared with those who administered important posts on shore. The second point on which Admiral Mayo differed with Admiral Sims was the question of the award of medals to the commanding officers of ships sunk or seriously damaged by torpedo attack or mines. While stating that a broad general policy along that line would not be a good thing for the j service. Admiral Mayo declared that I in cases where the commanding offi cer's conduct was of an especially meritorious character a proper re ward should be given. Admiral Mayo approved without qualification the ac tion of the Knight board and Secre tary Daniels in awarding distinguish ed service medals to Captain Christy of the cruiser San Diego, sunk by a mine, and Commander Foote of the transport President Lincoln, sunk by a torpedo. Admiral Sims severely criticised the action of Secretary Dan iels in insisting on the awards to the commanding officers of ships sunk by the enemy. Admiral Mayo's testimony was brief I and tomorrow the subcommittee will j hear Major Generai Barnett, com mandant of the marine corps. U> The naval award controversy late i in the day reached the floor of the senate through presentation of a resolution by Chairman Hale of the subcommittee to authorize employ ment of counsel and a clerical force to aid in the investigation. Although final action was prevented by absence of a quorum, there was considerable discussion. Assistant Secretary of Navy Roose velt during the day announced the personnel of a board of inquiry to in vestigate conditions at the Newport, R. I., naval station, which led to charges by John It. Ra thorn of the Providern* . R. T. Journal of im morality in the navy. The board, which was designated ten days ago, is composed of Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, commandant of the first naval district: Capt. John F. Hines, Capt. Davis E. Thelen and Ensign Henry I. Hyneman. judge advocate. New York. Jan. 20.?Rear Admiral William S. Sims was given an ovation tonight by several hundred of his brother officers of The army and navy when it was announced at a banquet tendered to general officers of the army and flag officers of the navy that Admiral Sims, one of the guests of honor, would, "in view of recent hap pennings,* answer any questions which were put to him at the close of his address. Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske. who presided at the dinner, announc ed that in view of Admiral Sims' de sire to submit to a questionnaire, he would be the last speaker called upon so that the guests could prepare their question in writing. The keen interest aroused among the diners by these announcements was not. howeevr, rewarded with any sensational statements when the ad miral finally arose to speak. He re frained from all personalities and the only direct reference he made to his recent testimony before a senate com mittee was the statment that he was "embarrassed to find myself inferred to by a clever correspondent as 'the best British admiral in the American navy.' The admiral said there were "two distinct rows" on at present, one over medals and the other his criti cism. He declared the impression was that he is the aggressor, but having had some historical and practical knowledge of decorations, he saw "this trouble" coming some time and tried to avoid it. His criticism, he contended, was not an act of insubor dination. "Let me say it was nothing what ever of the kind." he continued. "The regulations of t*>p navy provide that any officer who can consistently and efficiency criticise the actions of the department is to do so. But some of them don't. It is not proper to publish those criticisms without the order of the department." j AMBASSADORS INAUGURATED j Clenienceau Presides For Short! Time i _ I i Paris .Jan. 21.?The supreme coun cil decided this morning the new eon feren e of ambassadors would be in-, angurated January 26th and the con-j feren~e will take up part of the work of the supreme council which usual-1 ly completed Its labors last night, j i rentier <Memenceau preside over to day's session of council for a short j time giving aray to Premier Millerand. Jackson, Jan. 21.?The lower house.; of the Mississippi legislature today: refused to ratify the federal woman J j suffrage amendment by a vote of 106 j I to 2S? I WHAT TO DO WITH LIQUOR Takes Up Question of Ware house Receipts Washington. Jan. 20.?Daniel C. Roper, commissioner of internal reve nue in a letter to Chairman Fordney of the house ways and means com mittee, made public today, suggested two alternatives for granting govern ment relief to holders of warehouse receipts. The first method was that the government take physical posses sion of all liquors, issue treasury cer tificates of indebtedness in payment, concentrate the liquors at certain poim.s where they could be economi cally guarded and create a monopoly for distribution. The other method suggested was that the treasury department might be granted additional appropriations for safeguarding liquor-in the pres ent warehouses and if desired to re lieve the holders from carrying charges. The commissioner's suggestions were in answer to a series of ques tions from the committee dealing with conditions arising from constitutional prohibition. Spirits stored in each State, in gal lons were given as follows: Kentucky. 38,134,000; Pennsylvania; 12.297,000; Maryland, 6,001,000; Illinois, 4,467, 000; Ohio, 2,163.000; New York, 1. 537,000; California, 1,502;000; Indiana, 1,261,900; Massachusetts, 609,000; Louisiana, 542,000; Missouri, 364,000; West Virginia, 224,000; New Jersey, 58,000; Wisconsin, 46,000; South Car olina, 18,000; Alabama, 16,000; Vir ginia, 5,000; Connecticut, 5,000; Mich igan, 3,000 and Arkansas 1,600. Results of Variety Tests With Field Crops. Clemson College.. Jan. 20.?In his annual report of the work of the Agronomy Division of the South Carolina Experiment Station, Prof. C. P. Blackwell, head of the Division, gives some striking facts and figures with reference to the yields of differ ent - varieties of cotton, corn and small grain. Prof. Black well says: ?'Variety tests with field crops con ducted at Clemson College and at the Pee Dee Station at Florence continue ?to show striking results with regard to the yields of different varieties of cotton, corn, and small grain. At the main station Alabama Cook pro duced 1890 pounds of seed cotton per acre while King-Triumph pro duced only 610 pounds, the differ ence between the best and the poor est variety amounting to 1280 pounds of seed cotton, worth about $150.00. At the Pee Dee Station the highest yie'd?2260 pounds?was made by Wannamaker's Cleveland Big Boll and the lowest yield?1520 pounds? ; by Drake's Dixie, the difference being 74 0 pounds of seed cotton, worth about $8^ O0. "Tests with corn at the main sta tion . and at the Pee Dee Station showed Doufhit. Garrick, and Week ly yield highest for the season, Douthit yielding 36 bushels at Clem son College and 60 bushels at Flor ence. Similar tests with wheat were conducted at both stations, and the highest yields wer made by Fulcas .ter. Leap's and Golden Chaff in the order named. Appier oats yielded highest and Gulghum next highest in the tests this season. These re sults are of great significance to the farmers of the State. "As a result of breeding work with barley the station has developed a strain which is entirely beardless and seems to be a higher yielder than oiher varieties. Another breeding project has apparently resulted in a superior strain of Abruzzi rye which will outyield the ordinary strain by several bushels per acre." Beware This'Frankenstein! (Manufacturers Record, Baltimore, Documents made public by the De partment of Justice prove that one of the objectives of the revolutionists has been to obtain control of the Ameri can Federation of Labor. Samuel Gompers is quoted as say ing "we must have rights beyond those of other men. If we do not, what is to become of the labor move ment?" It is a popular pastime to paint Gompers and his following as great conservatives, and to excuse the plac ing in their hands of extraordinary j power by averring that so only can the triumph of radicalism be averted. But what will happen to the coun try if it wakes up some morning to find that it has conferred a general immunity on the Federation of La bor and the Federation of Labor has passed into the control of the revolu tionists? Already the great union oligarchy has announced that every union mem ber must be legally immune from deportation. What if all the revolu tionists become union members and are authorized by law to do what they please without molestation! No wonder the Reds see in the Federation of Labor the medium through which to overthrow the gov ernment. Its triumphs in the field of spec ial legislation cause no crying of the Bolsheviki. They see being built tip a vast and invincible inner gov ernment, and they rejoice because they appreciate that all they have to do later is to seize that inner govern ment and the legal government will be theirs. The very fact that the incendiaries! seek control of the American Federa-1 tion of Labor proves that to clothe J the Federation with special and extra-1 ordinary powers is to gamble with j ruin. A meeting was held at the Court j House today at twelve o'clock for thej purpose of ascertaining how much low-grade cotton is held in Sumter county and available for sale through the American Cotton Association. As the result of this meeting between sixteen and seventeen hundred bales of cotton were pledged for this pur pose, Md.) Low Grade Cotton. SEVERAL SOL- < DIERS ARRESffei) County Requests Custody of Soldiers?Columbia Aroused By Tragedy Columbia, Jan. 21.?lieutenant P. - B. Fowler, Corporal Edmund F. Mant son and Private Roy Januz were ar rested today charged with aiding in the murder of M. S.. Chaplain, ' who was killed Monday night when ?Ol-, i diers fired into several autoroobilea?on the road to Camp Jackson-: Private > Sanders, who was arrested Monday night, is held by * the coroner's > jftry charged with the killing. Sheriff McCain is to issue' formal, request Camp Jackson today1, toy - the delivery to the. county authorities ~ of the four soldiers. This may hive* to be passed on by the war depart ment before the men are- tr?flsfef-red to civil authorities... Columbia is ^rtfir- , red by the tragedy and its develop ments. ESTIMATE ON COTTON CROP Yield of South Carolina Plaeed at 1,466,000 Bales Saluda. Jan. 20.?B. B Hare, South Carolina Field agent of, the Bureau of Crop Estimates, United States Department of Agriculture, has prepared estimates of acreage, yield per acre, and total production of cot1 ton in South Carolina in 1919. Esti mates are shown by counties in table below : County . Acreage Yield Pro per due tto* Acres Bales Abbeville. 61,000 220 28,000 Xiken.. ..S5,000 226 40,000 Allendale.43.000 223 20,000 . Anderson.157,000 260 850,00? Bamberg..53,000 226 25,000 Barnwell.67.000 215 80,000 Beaufort.12,000 120 3,000 Berkeley.32,000 150 10,000 Calhcun .60,000 286 85,000 Charleston .. ..25,000 173 9,000 Cherokee.42,000 229 33,000 1 Chester. 72,000 220 33,000 Chesterfield.62.000 271 35,000 Clarendon.71,000 270 40,00 C?lleton .39,000 184 15,060 Darlington.68,000 310 44,000 . Dillon.57,000 334 41.00Q Dorchester.34,000 211 11,000.. ? Edgefield.58.000 215 26,000 Fairfield.57,000 194 28,06? \ Florence.72,000 300 45,600 Georgetown _11,000 218 5,000. Greenville.96,000 260 52,000 Greenwood.75.000 230 36,000' Hampton.34,000 155 11,000 Horry.19,000 240 0,000/ Jasper.10,000 100 2,000 Kershaw.65,000 229 31,000 Lancaster.55,000 200 23,060 ILaurens.105,000 230 50;000 Lee.70,000 295 43,660 . Lexington .. . .62,000 224 29?000 . McCormick .. ..43.000 200 18,600 Marion.33,00 291 20,?6?\ ? Marlboro.95,006 380 75,000. Newberry.78,000 215 35,000, Oconee.54,000 231 .26,000 Orangeburg . .155,000 269 87,00 Pickens.50.000 246 26;?0O Richland.55,000 235' S^oOO Saluda.55,000 210 . 24,060 Spartanburg . ..140,000 257 77,0.00 Sumter.80,000 276 16,000 Union.50,000 192 26,0*0$' " Williamsburg .. 60,000 216 2t,??f ' York.100,000 216 45v00& . The totals of the above figures Witt show 2.877,000 acres, an average yield of 231 pounds per acre, an<r a. total production of 1,466,000 b?te*. The estimates are made only in thottr sands. To express them in hundred? would show a slight increase in both acreage and production. FLU EPIDEMIC NOT ALARMING Surgeon General Blue Issues Statement on Situation * * Washington, Jan. 20.?Influenza has become epidemic in several army camps, particularly in the Middle West, Surgeon General Ireland ot the ' I army announced today and it has jmade its appearance among American 'troops in Germany. Wh?e the disease / is increasing among the civilian popu lation of the United States it has . not reached epidemic form and Surgeon General Blue of the public health., service, said today there was nothing in the situation to cause alarm. The malady as it has appeared both"- ' among soldiers and civilians is of. a. ? mild type and the resulting death rcte. proportionately has been " far below-.* that of the war time epidemic while the incidence of pneumonia also has been much lower. Surgeon General Blue said the state health authorities apparently had the situation in hand wherever the <*is~ ease had occurred?and in many states it is not prevalent?and that no request for federal aid had been re ceived. As a precautionary measure, however. Dr. Blue had representatives in these states cooperating with state authorities and a corps of doctors trained in fighting this particular malady is available. Epidemics have been reported from Camps Grant at Rockford and Fort Sheridan, 111.. Love Field, Texas and the Great Lakes naval training sta tion but the number of men in thesfer camps is much smaller than it was during the war when influen2a caus ed many deaths among the s*.rvic? men. The form of the disease in this country apparently is much milder than that which has made its appear ance among the troops in Germany. During the week , ending January' % 163 new cases were reported among the soldiers on the Rhine this report showing an increase of 65 over tH$ week before. TwelveV deaths from tn^ ' disease were reported while there also were six deaths .from pneumonia. > " We've gttt plenty to ger .