Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-19
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ago, declaring she liz so a her
lover, who had promised to marry her,
had disappeared on h e v OF the
wedding. In a statement to the wife
of a minister who came to her assist
ance the girl is said to have mentioned
McEloryiS name. McElory was arrest
ed in Laurens Saturday by Sheriff John
ID. Owings of Laurens. The a OF
the Greer girl was one of sensational
character and aroused much feeling
in the town.
Production for the first time in the
United States of commercial mineral
potash, for which in the past Ameri-
cans have spent millions OF dollars
abroad annually, was announced last
Saturday night by Secretary Lane, of
the interior department. A report mad
lust reached the department from a
special agent of the geological urVey
telling how potash mad been produced
from alunite found in a great vein In
Piute county, Utah. AS alunlte Is
known to exist in large quantities IN
Utah, Colorado, Nevada, California ana
Arizona, Mr.. Lane believes that the DIS
covery the country OF an e
quate supply Of potash FOR agrl-
cultural purposes and for use IN Ine
manuIdCluTe VI SAplOSiN
show that imports Of potassium salts
from Germany amounted to $15,OOO,OO0
in 1918, the last year for which figures
are available.
-"Great Britain needs 5000, 600 men
by next spring" This declaration was
made in London last Sunday by Brig.
Gen. Eric Swayne, director Of recruit
ing in the northern command, in a
speech at Hull. General Swayne estl-
mated that Germany still has etwee
5000 and TO- 900, 900 men from the
ages of IS to As and that, therefore, II
was useless to talk about wearing out
Germany. In h spring, said he, Ger
many would lose more men han the
Allies, which would balance the num-
bers of the Allies and the Central pow
ers, but If Great Britain should raise
5000, 900 additional, Germany would
probably recognize that it would be
fruitless to continue. Great Britain.
he added, did not want compulsion, u
unless 10000 600 men were recruited by
the spring, the military authorities
could not be responsible for the war.
Preparations are under way in
Germany for an aggressive trade cam
paign in South America after the war,
according to a report OF the Amerl-
can Association of ana
Trade in Berlin, made public in WASH
ington Yesterday, by the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce. Ger
man manufacturers, the report says,
have organized a trade league for
South America" headed by DR.. Bern
hard Dernburg, who attracted mucn
attention in the United States last
spring by his activities as an exponent
of German opinion. DR.. Dernburg is
o.,otoA nc lanlor ino fhof Garm1 nv mnSl
look to South America for compensa-
ton for trade losses that may follow
the war. The bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce has for the past
year conducted a vigorous extension
campaign in South America. A dozen
special commercial agents have toured
the southern continent, and since the
beginning Of the European war agrees
sive steps have been taken to secure
for manufacturers and merchants or
the United States the markets left va
cant by the belligerent countries.
Bankers have established branches in
various South American cities, and
already h rad Of the United states
with South and Central American
countries shows a steady increase.
The war as a teacher of economy
is scoring new results from time to
time eve among a people already so
economical as the Germans. The news
papers are calling attention to h ex-
traordinary increase this year in the
cultivation Of the common sun-f1ower;
it is seen in great quantities in the
gardens in the suburbs Of Berlin and
other cities, and along railroads every
where. In previous years the only
practical value of the plant was In
feeding the seeds to birds; but this
year the seeds are used to a an
oil which is pronounced the equal to
the best olive oil for cooking purposes.
A writer is also pointing to FUR
Their possibilities of the plant. The
oilcake left after making oil, he says,
is an excellent feed for animals.
Whereas the seeds themselves can be
roasted and used as a substitute for
coffee. The young shoot and unde-
veloped leaves can also be cooked and
eaten as a palatable substitute for
spinch. In Berlin, too, the Germans
are turning their thoughts toward dis
covering new uses for old and familiar
plants. An agricultural weekly pub
lished by the German authorities
there has Just been showing that tea
can be made from tender, half-grown
leaves of the blackberry and raspberry
plants, which has all the qualities OF
its famous Chinese cousin, without its
Notwithstanding effect"
President Wilson's recognition Of
Carranza is a challenge to the 16,0OO,-
900 Catholics of the United States. In
an editorial in last Sundays New Or
leans Morning Star, the official Catholic
organ Of the south, it says: I'm thus:
recognizing CarranZa, a sworn enemy
of the Catholic church, Mr.. Wilson
has repudiated all the promises to
Catholics by the state department in
December, through Mr.. Bryan. 1t is
true hat another secretary Of state
succeeded Mr.. Bryan, but Catholics eX-
pected the government to stand by its
pledge, and not recognize a ruler OF
Mexico a mar who has forfeited every
title, not only to recognition as leader
Of a people, but ever to respect from
decent men. Mr.. Wilson stands at the
bar Of this country, and he must an
swer for his actions. He has ignored
the voice Of the greatest religious body
in this country which asked from him
nothing more han it had a right to
demand under the constitution Of our
republic. Meanwhile, We do not hesi-
tate to predict that the utter weakness
Of Nh. Wilson'S administration, espe-
cially as regards his Mexican policy,
which has eliminated, as everyone
could see it would, in the recognition
of Carranza, will. through that very
act, be exposed to the world for the
utter fallacy that it is; for the veriest
infant in statecraft should have in
telligence enough to see, that such a
man as Carranza can never restore
peace and order and stability Of gov
eminent in Mexico"
Norfolk, Va, October II: Seven
teen days after her mysterious disap-
pearance from Norfolk with six Ger
man officers from the interned cruisers
aboard, the fate Of the missing yacht
Eclipse is as much a mystery to naval
authorities here as when Commander
Thierfelder of the Kronprinz Wilhelm
made his first report Of the broken
paroles. Last Sunday afternoon six
junior officers of the Kronprinz Will
helm asked for and obtained leave from
the ship. They were to report OIL
board the Kronprinz Monday morning.
Monday they did not report. Wednes-
day Capt. Thierfelder submitted to
Rear Admiral Beatty, commandant Of
the local navy yard, a formal report of
the unauthorized absence Of the officers
from his ship. The German command
er said that leave had been granted
to the young officers to take a short
trip in the yawl Eclipse, which they
had Durcha Sed locally ahOut a month