The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-08-17
scientific" ONLY
FAMINE NOW IN SOUTH
Shortage Of Certain * M, sc tc,d
i'll Southern States Causes In
crease of Pellapra
HEALTH OFFICIALS TAI.,
Failure to Diversity Crops Blamed by
Surgeon General for Conditions
Existing Among Farmers.

age in the Southern States has as
Snm"d the proportions of a famine
only in a Scientific, restricted sense"
but undoubtedly has been accompanied
by an increase in pcllagra, the public
health Servic" reported to President
Harding today as a result Of the spe-
clal investigation undertaken at his
request.
The findings Of The public health
service officials, the report said. were
based largely ON incomplete statistics
submitted by Southern State health
commissioners al a recent conference
mere. In a letter 20 the President,
Surgeon General Cumming declared
that despite the criticism Of SOME
Southern officials regarding the ad-
ministrations course the information
Collected fully confirmed, in my opin-
ION, the position OF the public health
service with respect to the increase o:
pei'agra in various parts Of the
Detailed figures were not made
public, but a memorandum of supple
mental information accompanying the
surgeon generals letter was sum
married as follows tonight in a state
mcnt issued at the White House.
Conformation indicates a definite III
crease of pellagra this year in Ala
bama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Okla
homa, Texas and probably North and
South Carolina. Some evidence also
indicates an increase in Georgia. In
Kentucky and Virginia testimony
points to a decrease. Conservative cs-
Inmates indicate five thousand deaths
ahm one hundred thousand cases Of
pcllagra IN the country IN 1921"
Cause of Condition
Eailuro to divor.;f,, o,,,,,,. :. l>,o,>,.,
bv the surgeon ~nnnT,T fn, - ,ha ''''r''u', rnu'i
situation thrommInIt tbn Couth .I,;'l. lG"t
he advised the prrsiinut , v,., "",tn ,n,,4n
in some Iocnlitirs whn, nnnsiionoI;
Gro mthc ,.standnoint nf , nhw:ininm.
ically c.nplytc dict'' such nv is re.
uuirod to prevent pcllarr,
al, .,,;.i.,.
,.ooi' ~ ~T,,'vMii urr"ilc "ppai'nt; sur
imtnrost - '1,'''I''I S","; t;LII tLc
Gnor, o,'H' ,,.o 81 l''' "SSc!npIrd hea'th Of
mn;,t. ''"'''c" P'''c'V''llE ao"ut TWO
mn
:, J. IN" paSlS tor holding that
'nof existed AN increased prevalence
81 Pelia%fa;
"2. The use Of the word famine in
""Scr!olnG the cauSatlVc conditions.
$50 far the first points is con-
ccrncd, all the health officers prcsprt.
with the exception of the Stat" health
officer of Mississippi stated that no
reliable morbidity statistics we're
sinn; ,bo -, n.,i, I,.''' %',''SS' ~ "1'S"'S"
worthy Statistics, thr mriInmro 81 In,,
disease in the first six monthS nf tbr
present wear WAS abopt douhln tb,t.
in the currcsuondin. prrjod last vn,,
"a ,,,,,hn,. ,r .,, c,,,,,, l,,,, "A.
GERS: ON rrrni,;n,r thn rni ''''''i'" 49,, @ "Ii,-
frrcucr srrurnd tnin.,,n,I,n in :" 'nV ',,-, ,",'-
from nhvsiriany ~ ,.,r;,, ,''i,,,' ,,.o' ~
their Sintr LnI;o,.;,,,. thn, ~ r'' - -.
serve M nm inIny nf Snl,,,.,.' '.,,i; "',I,i;"
lions ,mb tL(, h., q ',''.,'I"
bic =, lies e., ,,.,,,.;,,,,' ,"'', ,i"r. i,'' O.
Others subn,i.,ni .,,,i.,i,,.' ,,,,,,,,,. -.
the numhrr ~ Jn,,IS c,,,, ,',i,, ,,1, ', !lS
in 10 fiI..t .iy ,,,nHth< g r1,I ,n,, -
IN, cnrrrsnnndim,, ,n,;,l - ,'':' III III
vrars Thn.n G,,a ,,,n,,' ,',' "' r'U,'Gu
complrtr ra,nf,, IS,If ,i ,,, ~,
facts rIiritnd ~, ~" r,,r,,, w., '''t r,i We
conlimmcd in my opinion, the pa5it,on
of the public health service. Wirh re-
Spcct to the increase Of pcliawrl i'm
various parts of the South.
"In so fo,. as tbo ryn &c ,,o ,,.....,,
famine is roncrY.nI Tho nnl,i;. nn,i,i, xxx
service pointed n,Ir ,kYt !, h,L '',.oi ".c"
the term IN . scinnti,i,. rn.t,in,',j
sense. rricrrjnu ,n - c;,-t v.binh I,nI.,j
some essential ninmnmi nr olon,n'',s ',', ,''''
'''>'''9'
Hard to Get Food
III was clearly brought on, tha,
in various localities in the South r,n-