The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-12


self has four small children to support
III the direSt poverty. Similar reports
OF punishment should be reported III
greater numbers. Our bureaucracy un-
dcrStandS how to employ this perloG
of shortage of wood and coal on a
large scale for the benefit of the treas
ury."
In q bulletin on the employment OF
women in the storage and warehousins
Gcpots Of the United States army is
the following:
''The census of 1910 reported that Of
every 100 men and boys ten years Of
age and over. only 10 We're not gain
fully employed. This group of 10 in
GUIDED old men not able TO work, chill
.lren too young to work, the sick and
Handicapped, and men in schools and
colleges.
assuming that 100000 Of the num-
her called by the seiec';vc-SerVice law
have had some form Of G2infUl employ
ment. we may estimate that one out Of
every GO men in the industries and
professions Of the country has been
called into military service. while an
other in every CO has voluntarily join
ed the forces of the army or navy.
Thus, about per cent Of the gainfully
employed men have been taken out OF
their occupations"
The largest shoe factories in italy
have started manufacturing the nation
al standard shoes, using leather sup
piled by the ministry of industry. COM
mercn. and labor. The standard types
were established by the central shoe
committee in Rome, but every factory
is making little notifications, accord
ing to it's means and system Of manu-
featuring.
The government is organizing Sys-
tens Of sale of shoes to the public.
They provide for the opening OF stores
in the principal italian cities. to be
engaged exclusively in the sale Of ma
tional shoes and to be controlled ny
the government authorities. II is like
~ that buyers will have to obtain
cards.
The private shoe stores will be sup
piled with an adequate number Ct
shoes and will be granted reason
able commission.
The army and navy commission on
training camp activities, in addition TO
the work being done in army camps
and environments, now has its repre-
sentativcs in every training station Of
the navy and at every place where en-
listed men are preparing for sea Scrv-
ice.
There are Sc clubs for sailors ut
camps and in adjacent cities. There
are reading and writing rooms. assem-
hly halls. end some of the. cities have
arrangements for athletics. swimming
pools. and @ymnasjums. In the 1S
camps there are given each week %
entertainments ranging from profess
sional performances. lectures and ez-
hibitionS. to club nights and weekly
dances
Nor than G0,000 books have been
furnished ships and stations by the
American Library association. The 7.
NJ. G. y. has 20 buildings and tents in
the various camps.
According to TIE bureau Of labor sta
tistics Of tho dcnartment Of labor, in
the year from November Il, 1918 to
November IS, 1917, prices of food as
whole advanced % per cent. Potatoes
is the only article that shows q decline
in price. Cornmeal advanced s? per
cent; bacon. SO per cent; pork chops,
4S per cent; beans, 50 per cent; sal
mon, 3S per cent; milk, SO per cent;
and lard, 27 per cent.
Food as 4 whole was 4S per cent
higher on November -. 1917. than on
November Is, 1913. and IS per cent
higher than on November X. 1914.
During this four-year period cornmeal
advanced 127 per cent; -four. 100 per
cent; lard. 104 per cent; bacon, II per
cent: sugar. Is per cent; and potatoes.
72 per cent. No article declined in
price
Examination of tfle records of 10000
men passed for military service by To-
cal boards and then rejected by camp
surgeons show that nearly % per cent
of the GHr reflections were caused by
defective oycS.
Teeth ,.'ere responsible for $50 per
cent hernia, 7T per cent: ear. 5.94 per
cent; heart disease, 5.S7 per cent; tu-
berculosis, 5.37 per cent.
Attempts to evade military .ty by
deception regarding physical condition
were very few.
The year of 1917 established new
high production records for corn. OATS
rye. white and sweet potatoes. tobac-
CO, beans. and onions.