Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-15
Scraps and facts.

have their way, VIII De Tic uIotiIe''i
ment of the German fleet There Is
no mistaking the intentions OF the
Allies. with Great Britain leading in
the plans to destroy once for all what
they call Prussianlsm in all its per-
nicious FORMS thus making it impos-
sible for the kaiser ever to disturb the
worlds peace again.
The London Times few days ago.
printed this dispatch from its corre-
spondent at st. Petersburg: The eX-
tent of the losses during the first SIX
weeks of the war places all previous
casualties far in the background. Not
fewer than 10000 dead Germans
were counted in the trenches after
one engagement in Eastern Prussia
On the fatal September l, Wneh Two
Russian corps came to death grips
with four German corps nortn ol
Soldau, the losses Of both sldes total
ed between $4,000 and 10000, the
aioritv being Germans The result
of the fair at Mini Novgorod proved
conclusive evidence of the compara-
tiveIv small effect the war has had up
on internal trade. Business was sus-
pended for only two or three Gays a.
the beginning of mobilization, put
afterward il was normal. There was
q brisk demand for goods from
central Asia, Prussia, the CaucausUt
and the Volga regions. A maJorlly VI
firms are ready to extend creuit "
regular customers. The state pdllk'
too. by active discounting, supports
the fair. Furs alone suffered throush
the interruption of foreign trace
Atlanta, September II: The great
est encouragement given the
hale of cotton" executive committee
and the strongest indication OF pow
erful and widespread influence or the
huv-a- bale movement, came when II
was reported to the committee tnat
Ave buyers, one of them representlns
a large buying corporation OF Liver
pool. were in Atlanta to take auVanl
age of the slump in cotton prices anu
Contract for 20, 900 bales, but had peen
sr,rnrised at their inability to get
Mound of cotton at the ruinously low
nrices they had expected to pay. inns
was due 10 the confidence gwen the
cotton growers by the "buy-a oaie
movement, and to the FARMERS ue
termination to sell their cotton lot no
less than 10 cents a pouno. MANY
business and professional men hels
are "buying a bale" number OF
mercbants displaying them in their
stores. Announcement was naue "
the committee members that the cam
paien inaugurated in Atlanta had CIV
en- the cotton market the first sta,
bility II had enjoyed for weeks anu
had made ii difficult to get Tor elght
cents cotton that had been onered 1or
sale a week ago in south Georgia
markets for 6 1-2 and cents pound
Am idea of how the Germans were
harrassed by artillery fire during thelr
retreat was obtained on visit 10 the
fields near MeauX, the scene OF Sc
we're fight last Thursday. The Ger
man infantry had taken posltlon IN
a sunken road on either side OF Whlch
were stretched, in extended nhes,
hummocks, some Of them natural anu
some the work OF Gefma soluIeiS .,
Besides many bodies were 40 or on
enontv cartridge shells while frag-
ments of clothing, caps and KNAPP
sacks were scattered about. This des-
truction was wrought by batteries
three miles distant. Struggling clumps
of wood intervened between the pat
teries and their mark but the range
had been determined by an olIlcer
on an elevation a mile from the gun
ners He telephoned directions for
the firing and through glasses watch-
ed the bursting shells. the suhkeh
road was Uttered with bodles TO-DAY
sprawling in ghastly fashion, tne
faces almost had the same greenlsh
gray hue as the uniforms worn. Ihe
road is lined with poplars, the branch
es of which were severed by fras-
ments of shells and strewn among the
dead. In places whole tops or trees
had been torn away by the artillery
fire
Mr.. Won Eckhardt, Germanys new
minister to Mexico, on ms arrlNal a.
in New York, Thursday, en- route 10
his new post said before leaving Berlin
he had a twenty minutes talk with
Emperor William. just as the latter
was leaving for the front. The minis
ter is quoted as follows: THE en-
peror has been trying for many years
to win the friendship Of France. he
has made friendly oVertures to the
French again and again, but appar-
emily Germany failed TO win their
good will. Now the attitude or Ger
many is that we must take France or
die. The German army must hght 10
the very last man. we must take
Paris and subjugate the French army
NOT that we will take France to keep
it, but we must destroy forever the
menace of French militarism and the
power of the French army. | do not
know whether this will take a week
or six weeks or how long it will be,
but of this you may rest asSured-the
German army will take Paris. II II
does not, it will be because there are
no more German soldiers TO fight.
Much is said about the Russian ad-
vance toward Berlin. First, let the
Russians take Koeingsburg, then we
will talk about their marching 10
Berlin"
- Going as the personal represen-
tative of President Wilson, Secretary
Bryan spoke in Baltimore, last Sat
urday at the Star Spangled Banner
celebration. His subject was the
Flag" While Americans never had
hesitated. he said, TO die If necessary
for the authority for which the flag
stood. the war era has ended in the
United States and is drawing towards
it's close in foreign lands. The con-
vulsions through which Europe is now
passing" he declared, are but the
death throeS of militariSm. our
starry banner" said Secretary Bryan,
beautiful as it is to the eye, derives
its real splendor from the fact that
il floats 'o'er the land of the free and
the home of the brave The words
describe political state and the Vir-
tues of a people. Accompanying the
change in the type of courage which
man has manifested. There has been
a constant growth of the spirit of
brotherhood 1t is in this period that
our people have lived. During these
years the flag has been gallantly
streaming, sometimes in the rockets
red glare and son has initiated sire
in Willingness TO maintain, with his
life if necessary. the authority for
which ii stands. We are entering
upon a new age, in which freedom
will be given new interpretations and
bravery find new forms of expression.
The freedom of the future will bring
the substantial satisfaction that comes
from voluntary acts of helpfulness-
the joy that is to be found in the
willing bearing of the joint burdens.
1t is now 5000 years since Solomon
declared that he that is slow to
anger is better than the mighty; and
he that ruleth his spirit, than he that
taketh a CITY, and yet the world is
just now coming 10 understand this
truth. In the day that is dawning the
bravery of self restraint will take the
place Of that bravery which tramples
upon the rights of others-man will
dare to forgive and leave vengeance
to the Lord"
- Columbia, Sept. IL: The state de-
,f haS