Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-06
Scraps aud faets.

king was born in Caledonia, Miss. The
son of a poor father, he started as a
clerk in a general store at Columbus,
Miss. When he had save $4,000, after
several years, he made his first plunge
in cotton and won.
Dilating upon the splendid accu-
acy of the artillery fire and the extent
to which the artillery has been used in
the present war. the London Daily
Mails correspondent in France says:
The infantry has counted for little
in these protracted operations. On the
allies left wing the men say that the.
have nothing TO do. Three days ago
500 Germans were caught in some flat
fields with slopes on every side. The
French artillery took up position Sc
cretly and the officer in the command
said: Make me a cemetery down
there His order was promptly
Obeyed, the French guns accounting for
the greater part of the 500 and rifles
for the rest. Those who were there
say that not a single German escaped.
1t is no wonder that the Germans
have nicknamed the big French guns
in the field artillery, the black butch
ers.' The shells they throw explode
only ten feet above the ground and
spread their missiles over an area
measuring 100 yards by 80 yards. The
shock of their explosion alone OFTEN
kills at once whole row of entrench-
ed men,"
Southern congressman appealed
to President Wilson on last Friday,
not to consent to an adjournment OF
congress until the financial situation
facing the cotton planters is relieved
and asked that $45O,0O0,0OO in gov
ernment funds be raised for loans to
planters at three per cent interest.
The president promised to discuss
the situation with Secretary McAdoo
and with other congressional leaders.
The delegation asked that money Tor
loans be raised through the sale or
S2OO,OO0,00O Panama canal bonds,
the issuance of $500, 900, 900 worth of
United States notes and the transfer
to the south of $50,000,000 of gov
ernment money now deposited in ma
tional banks. 1t was proposed that
the loans to planters be made for
periods of from nine to twelve months
at three per cent interest on cotton at
an average price Of ten cents per
pound. The delegation contended
that under the national bank law,
banks may be authorized to act as
fiscal agents and trustees of the gov
ernment and that under this proVlsl-
would be responsible for the money.
The southerners declared that II
s5O,O00,OO0 were available the situa-
ton would be relieved and smaller
amount would be actually called for.
AS a precedent for sending money TO
the south, the presidents callers re-
ferred to the deposit of government
funds in Dayton after the flood. Rep
resentativcs Lever of South Carolna'
and Hardwick of Georgia, sought
Secretary McAdoo's support for the
senate amendment to the bank law
to authorize state banks to issue eX-
ira currency under the Vreeland
section. Mr.. McAdoo, however, re-
iterated his opposition.
THAT an African battalion checked
attacks of the German imperial
guard in recent fighting near Verdun,
Is the inference drawn from details
received in London, of the combat In
that region. A survivor of the battle,
who has arrived in Paris, recently
told the following story OF the hght:
THE sun was just rising when our
outposts came back on our main
force and informed us the imperial
guard was coming. Soon after we
could see pointed helmets, gllstemng
in the sun, advancing. Deceived by
to the barbed defences and commenc-
ed cutting them before our trumpets
sounded an order for volley firing.
The first line of the enemy seemed
just to melt away under our fire.
The second line appeared shaken for
an instant, but they came. We could
see the officers in the lead waving
their swords and encouraging their
men. Another volley and the second
line thinned out; but third line
came on. The mass crossed the line
of wire defenses. When the charge
was sounded we rushed forward to
meet them. Then our boys commenc-
ed to fall but our impetus was too
much for the aristocratic guard,
which was moved down and dispers-
ed. Of one regiment only single
company remained. 1t was led by
tall lieutenant with a boys face.
This company stood to the last man
and the last man was the lieutenant
He refused to surrender and STOOD
his ground alone until the bayonets
of the zouaves brought him down.
The London Nails Marseilles cor
respondent, in a dispatch dated Sep.
tember 26, but delayed by the censor,
describes the landing of Indian
troops: ITO see fully a score OF
transports glide from the bay into the
dock and moor at their appointed
stations, was an imposing sight and
at the same time a splendid tribute
to the perfection of British organiza-
tion." he wired. But the grand
spectacle was yet to come. In al
most as short a space of time as it
takes to tell it, the decks of this
wonderful fleet of ships were alive
with soldiers and in matter or
few hours the trying work OF disem-
barkatiOn had been completed with
out slip or accident. The French Of
ficers were amazed at the remarkable
SmoothneSS with which operations
proceeded and were not slow in their
expressions of profound admiration
The voyage from India had been
made under excellent conditions and
the troops who literally leaped ashore
were fighting men to the last ounce,
hard, fit and ready. Had the word
of command been given to march
straight from the quay to the light
ing line they were ready TO go. Not
a few of the Sikhs, 1.-the. black
bearded giants. were deeply concern
ed to know if l thought the war
would be over before they could get
to grips with the common enemy and
il was a burden off their minds when
] assured them there was absolutely
no likelihood of anything of the kind
coming to pass. All the troops are
in khaki with very little-perhaps a
green or white interviewer band in
the head dress-to distinguish one
regiment or rather one caste from
another One very important fact
that must not be lost sight of is that
this great eXpcditionary force from the
Orient is thoroughly trained, ac-
cording to the most modern ideas
and equipped with first class ma
chinery of war. Everything has been
brought from India, cannon. rifles
entrenching implements, sleeping
rugs, tents and the hundred and one
necessaries of an Indian army down
To the praying mat"
A graphic account of the frustra- :
ton of an attempt by the Germans to
cross the Nieman river is given by the
Daily Telegraph's Petrograd cores
pondent: The Germans appear to have
fallen into a Russian trap the cor
respondent says. "On September %,
the rear guard of Gen. Rennenkampt S
Russian army was transferred to the
right bank of the Niemen river and
the following evening the Germans ap-
preached the stream. The next day,
seeing no signs of opposition, the Ger
mans constructed pOntOon bridges and