Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-13
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member that you are the elect. The
Holy Spirit has descended upon me be-
cause | am the Emperor OF the Ger
mans. | am the instrument of the
Most High. am his sword, his repre-
sentative. Woe and death to those
who resist my will. Woe and death to
those who do not believe in my mis-
sion. Woe and death 10 towards. Let
all the enemies OF the German people
perish. God demands their destruc-
tion-the God who, through me, COM
mands you to fulfill his will"
American military observers who
have been sent to Europe TO get such
lessons as may be obtainable from the
big war now in progress, are COM
planning that the British war office is
not affording opportunity for obserVa-
ton. All the observers assigned TO
the British armies are said to be still
in London, chafing at the restraint
that has been put upon them. Ihe
British war office does not refuse per-
mission to go to the front, but merely
makes promises and postponeS the
fulfillment of the same. With the
Germans it is different They have
welcomed all the military observers
the United States has sent. ana gwen
them all the privileges of staff ofhcers
TO go anu COME "IltIS llISS "A4A
Americans are able to see every ,hinR
the Germans are doing.
- Little weight, says the Washing
ton correspondent of the News ana
Courier is apparently attached by the
department of agriculture 10 the
charge that there is a conspiracy
among purchasers of cotton seed to
depress its price. The department
has lust issued a bulletin which as
signs two causes for the lower prices
of cotton seed by-products; first the
large cotton crop in the South' anu
second. the decentralization of foreign
markets by the war. 1t is estimated
in the bulletin that the l5,OoO.oUO
bale crop of this year should yieiu
$3.50, 600 tons of seed, meaning that
about 100000 tons or cotton seeu
meal will be available as 100000 tons
of meal were exported last year. the
department assumes that there Will De
on the domestic market this year
considering the increased production
about 100000 tons in excess OF last
wear This situation" declares the
bulletin, has resulted already In
substantial drop in the price or cot
ton seed by-products. Cotton SEED
meal can now be bought in the soutn
at from $22 to $24 per ton instead Oh
s27 to $31 last year. An even sreal-
er decrease has taken place IN lne
price of cotton seed hulls, Whlcn are
now selling at from $3.50 to S5.oO
instead Of 81 to SO a ton last year.
The specialists of the agricultural
denartment advise the farmers OF the
entire country to take advantage OF
the abundance and cheapness OF cot
ton seed meal to feed it to beer cat
t1e and make good profits thereDy;;
The feeding value of cotton seed meai
is regarded by experts as twice that
of corn.
During the strategical retreat or
the allies southwark from the Belgian
frontier, says a London caDle' lhe
French troops eXacted from the Ger
mans bloody revenge for the Frencn
defeat at Sedan, forty-four years pe-
fore on this same battlefield, accord
ing to the Paris correspondent OF tne
London Daily Mail, the Germans SUI
fered one Of the worst defeats Oh tneil
present invasion. They were led into
q tran which cost them thousands OF
men ne saws. The French could have
held their position indefinitely pul
strategy required them to continue
falling back with the remainder OF the
Allies along the line. Here is the story
of the second battle of Sedan, as tolo
by the correspondent The trencn
general ordered his troops to fall pacK
across the river and take up posltiohs
on the opposite heights. The orluses
were mined, but were left standlng IN
order 10 deceive the Germans into
thinking the French were retreatlns
hastily. The ruse succeeded. The Ger
mans advanced across the bridges III
close formation. When several Ger
man regiments had crossed the French
blew up the bridges and the French ar
tillery started firing at hundred Ger
man columns, which retreated hastlly
TO the river only to find the bridges
gone. The French regiments then aa'
yanced with the quick firers, ana tne
merciless Staying continued untll uusk'
MANY Germans threw down their arms
and attempted to swim the river anu
large numbers were drowned. Mhen
nightfall came the French brought up
searchlights and continued the work C1
carnage. The artillery threw shells al
the rate of a dozen rounds minute
into the German ranks and varied It's
tactics by throwing incendiary shells
into tie forests where part OF the Ger
man force had taken refuge. The burn
ing woods lit up the whole front lor
fifteen miles. In the morning an ar
mistice of two hours was granted TO
The French had suffered the loss OF
only a handful"
king Charles of Roumania, died at
Bucharest, his capital last Friday, al,
ter an illness extending over several
weeks. His country was said TO be IN
favor of Joining the triple entente,
while he was in favor of the triple al
lance but preferred to remain neutral
and reports have been printed to the
effect that his illness was feigned.
King Charles was IS years of age. He
was born a MohenZollern, and belong
ed to a branch OF the family that Is
older than that which is now relgnlng'
but his father had voluntarily given up
the regency of Prussia. Roumania was
formed out of the Turkish provinces OF
Wallachia and MOldoria, in the early
COS, and failing to agree upon native
prince, on the advice of Napoleon III
they invited Charles to be their ruler.
He accepted His own country, Prus-
sia. was at war with Austria at the
time. and he went TO Roumania in dis
puise He was only 81 years of age.
The new principality had only recently
set up a constitution, and the prince
had lots of trouble getting things
straightened out. He married Princess
Elizabeth of Wied, known To the world
also as Carmen sylvia, the royal poet
one child was born, a boy who died at
6. During the Russo-Turkish war, he
took the side of the Russians and
greatly distinguished himself by his
personal leadership of his army he
became q national hero, and his people
making a crown of an iron cannon that
he had captured at Plea, got permis-
sion from the powers to place it ON his
head. He has kept out Of the Balkan
difficulties: but at the close Of the late
war demanded a strip of about 1000
square miles from Bulgaria as the price
of his neutrality. Bulgaria was dis
posed to resist; but when he set in to
invade the country she acceded to the
demand. Roumania has 100000 peo-
pie and her army on war footing
numbers SOC, 900 men. Since the break
ing out of the European war, Rouma-
mia has been appearing very anxious
to join with England, Russia and
France, and has been prevented only
by the king. 1t is thought now that
Roumania may get into the fray.
- The Federal reserve board on Sat
urday night announced its approvaI in
principle of the plan for $l5OOOOOOO
loan fund to take care of the surplus
cotton crop. Gov. Hamlin of the board
in a letter to FeStuS j. Wade of st.