Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-16

Gary L. Long. the young mar who
recently robbed the Bank of Water
loo in Laurens county Of 1925 and
was later arrested, has been re-
leased on a $500 bond.
B. F. Mcclellan Of Greenwood on
Saturday sold 1900 bales Of cotton
to Cooper & Griffin, cotton buyers
Of Greenwood and Greenville. The
price paid was 81 cents.
The South Carolina Belgian re-
lief ship S. Helena has arrived at
Charleston and Is now engaged In
taking her cargo on board. The ship
will remain in Charleston harbor a
week or more
A force of hands ~excavating for
new railway tracks near Fort Motto
last week, dug up a metal coffin con-
tanning the body Of a soldier. No re-
cord has been established as to n
identity Of the body.
"A new mail route is to be estao-
lished leading out from Parksvilie.
Edgefeld county. Forty Edgefeld
count men have taken the exam
ination necessary to a place upon n
civil list.
A meeting of the Tri-State Med
ical society which Is composed OF
physicians of North and South Caro-
lima and Virginia, Is to be held In
Charleston, this week. Some OF n
most eminent physicians of h oun
try nave been invited to make lectures
at the several sessions Of the meeting
The decree Of Judge Geo. +.
Prince handed down last year re-
curing John Y. Darlington as gener-
al manager and treasurer OF the caro-
lima Agency Co., to pay to that COM
pany as plaintiff, $4,000 and costs OF
litigation in the effort Of h com
pany through Wade Hampton Cobb
receiver, to obtain an accounting py
DARLINGTON for a deficit Of $26,94S.63,
has been upheld by the Supreme
court. Darlington was formerly pres
ident Of the defunct Seminole Securi-
ties company.
Berlin Is celebrating another big
victory obtained by the Germans over
the Russians. The scene OF the hgnt-
ing was in East Prussia on last Fri
day. and the result was to drive the
Russians back over into Russian Po-
land, with a loss Of $4,000 prisoners,
twenty cannon and thirty macnlne
guns. The Russians claim thai their
retreat was for strategic purposes
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tions further back in their own terri
tory beyond which the Germans, who
are now on the offensive, cannot ad-
vance. The Russians had been es-
tablished in East Prussia for quite q
while, and 1t Is believed that the Ger
mans Sent over to the eastern theatre
many troops who had been fighting the
French and English In the east.
The most extensive air raid that
has been attempted during the present
war was directed against the Germans
along the coast Of Belgium last FRI
day. There were thirty-four aero
planes in the big fleet that sought to
destroy or hamper the operations OF
the Germans in the establishment OF
submarine bases along the a to-
ward Ostend. In their outward flight
the machines encountered heavy banks
Of snow and flying was difficult. The
British admiralty report that several
German fortresses were bombarded'
and the claim Is made that the rail-
road station at Ostend was set on fire.
Whenever the raiders approached the
Germans they were met by fire from
rifles and aerial cannon; but according
to the British reports, none OF the air
men were wounded, though W OF the
flying machines were damaged. Flight
Commander Graham White fell into
the North sea, and was rescued by q
French warship after a narrow escape
from drowning. If the raid accom-
plished any considerable damage the
British were unable to ascertain the
same and the Germans, Of course,
have not given out any Information.
The German legation at the Hague,
has again warned neutral vessels
against entering the war area around
the British isles as defined by the
German admiralty and to n origl-
nal note adds the following: Since
Germany, following the example OF
Great Britain declared as a war zone
on and after Feb. Is, English and
IRISH waters, the British have declared
all the ports of England war ports
and have justified the use Of neutral
flags on merchant vessels. Moreover,
according to a reliable source, a
great number Of British merchantmen
have been armed in order to destroy
German submarines by shell or by
ramming them, thereby, these ships
lose character as merchant ships and
become war vessels. Germany there
fore is again obliged urgently to warn
all neutral ships against entering
English coast waters after Feb. IL as
from tina date the German admiralty
will prosecute the war with all means
at its disposal against British war
ports and British armed merchant
ships. Neutral vessels which are
then still within the war zone will
run the same risk as II they pursued
a course through sea battles between
England and Germany, of which the
date and place could not have been
made known. and will bring risks upon
themselves for which Germany can
not take the responsibility. The
route around the north of Scotland.
owing to the depth of the waters.
can not be endangered by mines.
There, as well as in the waters of the
North sea, with the exception of Brit
ish waters and German bay, neutral
shipping will not be endangered by
the measures the German admiralty
Is adopting.
Under the Federal reserve sys-
tenn we shall have 10 more financial
panics," said Charles S. Hamlin, gov
ernor of the Federal reserve board,
at the annual banquet Of the Chicago
Real Estate Board last Saturday
night. Although barely ten weeks
have elapsed since the opening of the
IL regional reserve banks. much has
been accomplished in the way of
placing our banking system on a firm
foundation said Mr.. Hamlin. He
then reviewed conditions which ex-
listed under the old system and said
conditions just prior to the opening
of the Federal reserve banks in No
vember were probably the most ON
inous in the history of our country"
The establishment Of the Federal re-
serve system has been a potent cause
in our financial recovery" he added.
in the first place, it established lower
reserve requirements, thus releasing
an enormous amount of cash as a
basis for future credit operations.
1t modified a material proportion of
the reserves of the member banks
in the Federal reserve banks, thus
furnishing a fund from which banks
could be assisted in ~rediscounting
commercial paDers. An elastic note