Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-13

..,.,',.,,Iir., ia figures complied ~ Reed
..,,,, ,y.,.utIy,. CoinIniItc" Oi IN"
-r.,,,. council Oi defense. ne N"'Ii'"
%; course. had Il very uIuch lh'%c'
share. ul the work Oi III" k'h '.i"9S
and Kindred drives, ana tl"E ma,
also h.,u very artiN" IN rr"'h"'H'| u"
s.,L. of THRIFT and Savln" stamps. IL
- hoped 10 HAY" exact nSHT'A ~ w
'rns, within Il short whli"
4 Bruce BieiaskI 'h.ri vi th' pu-
r..tu of Investigation Oi IN" d'PaIt-
t,,"nt OF justice. has been before th'
s,r;,t.. committee on III" investigation
of German propaganda III thc Ihl''t
s,,trs b.. fore amt during inc MAI
,ru,,ur o,h,r Things hc testified rhal
,:,ru,.,ry mad" AN effort To- STIR up IN"
,,rrn,.s of the south IN favor oi Ter
many rs against Engldnd, on III,
ground that England had Sympi'hlE'd
With th" south a. against IN" no' II"
iurlug The CiyIl war. ana WAS 'b'ir
fare i'm the attitude o! trNlhE I" h"'"
th,. negroes IN slavery. tlsO th'r' Wa,
an effort 70 put IN circulation an"
,,,.,kc converts among the n"rrO' hN 4
stury setting forth that Tie h"Nfo'S
,,.r.. d"s,."udaniS of th" ludl'thS WI"
nwn.d tnr laud originally and were
therefore. tn" rightful owners OF the
Ind unw Neither OF this" stores
nnw.-,rr amounted I" anything. "'
ro,,iing to- Mr. Ei"laSEl, for The r''Soh
,h.,r th.. negroes w"r" L." loyal To IN
whites
Gur of the b!g problems that "a;
..:,irl.rnrn ui the former drought ar
ui,t.,I area Oi western T. NaS ar" io'-
M. iS ,l, re- stocking OF their d"li"t'"
,,,,.,. Now that IT." splendid ranE"S
nay.. fallen I.,li,h hrou-it on iih'
crul. uf lat" fail grass AMI Mi'h IN 'S-
,uinr!r,. ih:,t th"rr wlli i' good i''S-
tGr:i"r ia In" SIr!n%. ranchih'h arr
mai tir;. frantic efforts to CrlarE' th'lI
hrr.IS The cattle loan agency OF inc
Wu. Finaur" corporation of, Dallas
al winch Marion SausOiH - m:,nt::'r
has already loaned about $l1.npO.o""
10 Stuckmcn and appllcatl"ES are
rrudiu:. for additional I"aGS I"r
nearly $4,000. 400. In most instances
the money obtained from thus source
il used for tn" purchaS" oi STOCK 'a'-
tie. In the Rio Grand" border region
II WAS formerly tho praCtiC" of ranch
mon Ia imtnrt manv Of their stock
cattle fruu MrNi,u. hdt ltti'. OF TINS
has been don" recently. II is stated
hu,yry,r that notwithstanding tnc
Ions, period of revolutions and hah"l-
try i'm Mexico thcr" ar" Still many cat
IL. upon the ranches in TN" interior
part of that country.
- Not Il single member of I'll" Amer
lean army has been put 10 d"ath since
the beginning OF tn" war because ol
the commission Ui Il purely mllNarE
oCfcnSr. Major Cen. trowder. jung"
advocate general, declared IN ms am
n,Ial report to Secretary Baker. G"n"r-
al Gre der said this fact is the out
-lTSSS fsw dTI.th stSifStt..3es have been
imposcd." hc said and non" OF those
imposed for purely militar! "IcnSeS
have been carried into execution u"
cords of the judge advocate Erhcra'
office show that l2.35I Officers ana
men wcr" brought hvior" genera
courts martial, of whom l".N'". OF %
per cent. w"r" convicted. More lI''l"
half thu charges against "ihcerS WTr'
listed under ia heads: NhS"nt Win
,,,t i,.,y, drrXk ardncSS and conduct
uni.rolnInr an officer convictions
nr enlisted men for d"S"rt"n. IN" gen
.r.,l said. we're actually less than the
rrryiuus wear. although the strength
of the army had Increased many told
'Thr report shows that ON" 'nIiSlcu
man was tried and convicted "l ne
ms. a spy" and that 1I3 mon were
convicted Of sleeping ON post
Selling babies Ia soldiers. Is
Nurry G. SawNrrS characterization "I
his activities as Il \. VI. I. y. man
with the American "Npruitloriar!
force. He said: IL have been WORK
ing with bunch oi men up plt''s
close to the front lately. and when
u1v dav comes around there's nothing
much to do with their money. so we
began to figure out something To on
sci that We suggested that each
platonn should adopt hahN on ply
,lny. II costs $lOO to take car" oi
baby for a wear and that meant thit
lll hut nine men III - platoon Sho'IIu
,r,y 81 each on the first lnS'ainl'h'
and 81 each on III" following pay "'H'
Each platOun elects Il leader who actS
,s a ,so-hrtwccn for the babies are
hmIrht through the baby department
nf the Stars and Stripes. ON tn" pay
ucnt of the final instalTcnt the Lead
,.r .srtS seven pictures Ot the ChlId III
y;,rinus poses "lt will he possible Tor
one platoon tn take up SiN blhl'S Il
wear. one man said Ia mo IN" othcr
,laN Gee. this baby business lS great
who wouldn't rather have Il hahy IMAM
= iar??' We have sold ten babies III
ten dayS and we are going To pIa'"
one hundred right in our division ne
fore next pay day rolls around.
- According to custom, w. W. Wan
namaker. grand master. ol Orange
burg was elected To another torn aS
head of the grand lodge OF south car
uliua NasonS at annual halotlnS
There was advancement hy election
of =. r. l.anham of Spnrtanhur% I"
th, office of deputy Grand master. IN
placr Of W. A. Giles. who was unable
10 stand the reelection because ot mn
having to move To another state. ana
of J. Campbell Bissell of Charleston 10
the office Of senior grand warden va
Gated 10y Mr.. l.anham. B r.. Nlchol-
son OF EdEciicld was elected junior
grand warden. in place Of Mr. BisSeii.
and thus comes into line for the Cvcn-
tual clrN alton To the grand MASTER
shin. W. J. ISamhle of Charleston
was appointed grand Nilcr. iillinti the
vacancy caused 10y the death OF W. A
Winlilrr grand tilvr. W. II. frioleau
grand treasurer. and q. Frank Hart.
grand secretary and the Rev. W. r..
Thayrr. grand chaplain. were elected.
Senior grand draConS were appointed
as follows: j. l.. DuckCtt of Anderson
and &. n. Chrcitzhcrg of Rock Hill;
iunior grand deaConS. Charlton Du-
Rant of Manning and George W. Will
liamS ot Nurkvillc: grand marshal !.
{. BlaCkwood OF SHrtanburE. grand
pursuivant. \. J. ThuCkton Of Orange
burg; grand stewards. John {. Swag-
sari and j. W. Wells: grand tiler. W.
J. lamhlr. Charleston.
80 With the navy departments con-
sent. the office Of the Vice Admiral
GleavrS commander Of the cruiser
and transport force has made public
figures showing exactly the proper
tionatc share of troops conveyed 10
France in American vessels. or the
entire army Of @.O79.SS0 mon taken
over. the statistics show. Sc l-2 per
cent were carried in American ships.
IS - in British and the balance in
French and Italian vessels. OF the to- |
tai strength OF the naval escort guard
inS all these conveys. tho United |
States furnished So S-i per cent. |
Great Britain Il Is per cent and |
France IS per cent. II was felt that |
these official figures should be made |
public owing to the discrepancies In |
the statements vi many public speak |
rrs as TO the relative share, taken by
the different naval forces enabling |
American troops to reach the battle |
line in sufficient forces to turn the
tide against Germany. In actual
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