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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21
MENU OF THE PULlMANS
Inventive Cooks are Hard Put +
Tempt the Appetites.

Tempt the Appetites.
We were alone in the Pullman
smoker when IN alert gentleman
wearing n silk skullci.p came in, nod
ded. and asked solicitously: Are you
perfectly uncomfortahlc?"
Perfectly" we replied. THE train
is dirty, the service is bad, and the
food in the diner is atrocious. How
ever. l don't complain. Any one who
travels these days who doesn't have
to Is looking for trouble"
The alert gentleman beamed. and
rubbed his hands together Il am glad
to hear you say So" he remarked, and
turning back his coat, he disclosed a
badge bearing the words, "Discourag-
er of Travel"
"Ah," said we, 1T was you VINO re-
moved the fresh towels from the wash
room and shut off the wateI." He
smiled affirmatively. "And these little
piles of dirt and burnt matches In
the oorners-is that your work too!'
Yes" said he, those are property
matches"
But tell me-" we said, "how do you
manage to get such a dead smell In
the Pullman Mt night?
Gas" he replied. perfectly harm
less, but perfectly unpleasant. As for
the food in the diner, that Is what
Mr.. McAdoo calls iron ration. DID
YOU notice the corn muffins?"
"A triumph" said we. Nothing
more unappetizing was ever concoct'
ed"
He chuckled. "a little recipe of m!
own"
We'll, how does it work." we asked
THE trains continue TO be crowded..
Yes" he sighed. mo matter wha'
nc Go, tho ru5l!ic. Insists ON travelling
We have removed two coaches from
this train, but it is carrying as man!
persons as usual" He rose. Il mus
see to the coffee for luncheon. an
experimenting with n combination o
dried acorns and alfalfa.
Don't trine with your luck" we ad
vised. "The mess this morning wa
Incompatible. You can't improve OF
It,"
He grinned and anished.-Chicagt
Tribune.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

by the German authorities. according
to a statement by the Belgian legation
at Washington, which follows:
Not taking into account the losses
on the field Of battle, Belgium has SUI
fered heavily in its civilian population
through the invasion and occupation
Of its territory by the Germans.
During the invasion Of August-Sep-
tember, 1914, We know the number OF
victims to be we'll over 5000. For the
following provinces We have approx
mate estimates: Namur, more than
l.sU0: Luxembourg. about LOO;
Liege. more than 1000: Brabant'
Ss1: Hainaut, about 3O0."
Among the deportees the mortality
resulting from privations, III treat
ment and underfeeding exceeds largely
the normal percentage Of deaths
Some, too. have met death on the bat
tlefcld, where the Germans forced
them to do auxiliary work.
THE electrified wire which makes
the Belgians prisoners In their own
country accounts for great number OF
victims. especially among young peo-
plc who try to escape in order TO JOIN
the army or among couriers who try
TO smuggle news in or out Ut Belgium.
In less than a year. between August
1916. and July. 1917. 160 persons hao
been electrocuted. Since then the
average number Of victims has In
creased owing to the Strengthening OF
the guards and the putting up OF new
wires.
The death penalty pronounced py
the German military courts for crimes
of patriotism levies heavy toll on the
population. 1t is estimated that each
day one Belgian at least suffers the
supreme penalty.
Through lack Of physical strength
many people become unable to resist
slight illness. which, under norman
conditions, would not prove fatal. AS
to the bad effect of unsuitable suosti-
tut.s. IL will suffice to recall the
diseases contracted by the deportees
through the use Of raw rutabagas ana
tho PARALYSIS of brain and the speclai
kind of jaundce provoked by the use
of seeds as a substitute for coffee
berries.
"The situation in 1918 can only
grow worse, since 1t is undeniaole tha'
the physical standard Of the nation is
lowering dangerously and that the et-
fects of the German occupation on the
health of the people will make them
selves felt for a long time after the
war;"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21
ACT QUICKLY

DO the right thing ut the right time.
Act quickly in time OF danger.
In time OF kidney danger, Doan's
Kidney Pills are most effective.
Plenty of York evidence Of their
worth.
Mrs. s. T. Enloe, Lockmore Mill.
York, says: Several years ago suf-
fered with kidney trouble and l had
slight pains through my kidneys. Be-
fore long. the pains got pretty severe
and my head ached and l had nervous
spells At times, would be dizzy and
little black specks would come before
me. In fact, my whole system was
run down and it seemed, couldn't get
enough sleep. l read recommends
tion for Doan's Kidney Pills and
bought a few boxes OF them. / am
glad to say .nat Doan's cured me COM
pletely Of all that trouble"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Enloe had. Foster-Milburn Coz
Mfgrs.. Buffalo, y. Y.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21
CONCRETE AND STEEL.
Great Weight Places Ships at Disad.
VANTAGE.

vantage.
Ferro-concrete ships have serious
disadvantages, not least Of which is
their great weight. T. J. Guerite.
councillor Of the French board OF
trade. states that thickness Of at
least three inches viii. be found nee
essary for the sides and lotions OF all
except the very smallest craft and he
quotes the figures OF the leading
British ship-building firms to show
that in displacement steel-concrete
ships exceed steel ships OF the same
dead weight carrying capacity by 80
per cent for 1000 tons. 25.s per cent
for 1000 tons, and Ills per cent for
5000 tons. The saving Of steel does
not reach the so per cent claimed by
some designers, though it does some
times exceed 50 or 55 per cent. There
is, moreover, no waste in construction
and in ordinary steel ship building
about 10 per cent is lost in cutting
plats, angles. rivet holes. aid so on.
Machinery and parts are calculated at
per cent more than for steel ships.
From British and French experience
with small vessels. ii Is concluded that
the time required to complete the
ferro-concrete hull would range from
about a month and half for a cargo
vessel OF a dead weight Of 1000 tons
to four months nd half for one of
5000 tons. three to five weeks OF the
period being allowed for the maturing
concrete hull is estimated, on Il pre-
war basis. at 20 per cent Of the steel
hull Of like capacity.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

they have touched. The German.
call them the blue devils. and say
they can run faster than the chamois
but it is the Boche who runs wher
they come his way. They are merry
ca free lot. | heard a story OF one
who fired in a kneeling position in
stead OF lying HAT on the ground
When asked by a fellow soldier why
he was 80 foolhardy. he explained
that he had q bottle of wine in hi
pocket and it had no cork.
During the battle of Lorraine, q;
chasseurs were posted at the bridge
which leads to Gerbeviller. AS th'
German column hove in sight the!
tore up the pavement. threw breast
works across the bridge. and stationed
their machine guns. This was in th'
early morning. At four that Afternoon
Il lone chasseur fired the last round o
ammunition and slipped away to JoiI
his companions, 81 Of whom had sur
vivcd. For eight hours IS Frenchmer
had held OF l2.OOU Germans!
"Angcrrd into fury by the machin'
guns. which had held them so long a
bay. the Prussians entered the town
firing and burning every house theA
passed. Like many French towns
Gcrbeviller was built on one long mair
street. with lanes leading from II
Only stark walls stand. oil was pour
ed into the cellars to make more OF
blaze. II the people remained in tho
house, so much the better.
The refugees have crept back. Or
II manged wall / saw the sign: 'Caf'
Of the Ruins a girl in black was
placing n bunch OF wild flowers before
the broken image of the Virgin on tho
wall of what was once church. Only
one building in the town stands-the
humble little hoSpice whic.l shelter:
Sister Julie. one OF the great hcroines
of France.
I'VE rang the doorbell and n Sistei
of Mercy ushered us into IL narrow
hallway. and then into n little sitting
room with oilcloth on the tai le, and
Il few stiff backed chairs. There wa!
Il battered organ and an ancient ches
and two pictures of religious subject:
on the wall. can see every detail
even now, for this was the setting o.
the woman who defied the whole Ger
\man army.
>,"She sat upright in her chair will
harsds crussed--a short, plump woman
past\6 so, with bright hazel eyes. ros,
cheeks, and a firm mouth. Sister Julie
whoseN name before she was Mother
SuI,erior was Madame Amelie Rigard
has most authoritative air. Beneath
the caps of her black habit CLEANS
the crosS of the Legion Of Honor
pinncd There by the president Of thu
re epublic. who with many other digni
t;lries, made Il pilgrimage to the re-
mote VILLAGE to decorate TINS ola "o
man.
SISTER .JAilic speaks rapidly. with M
occosionnl gesture. She told us Of thu
15 chasseu rs--how the hrst 10 "
wounded wIere brought to her house
She took offt the ammunition belts ah'
sent them back by nun to tht
bridge. when the houses across th'
street were Hired she went out TO
German offikcr and said, Don't yol
dare burn mS house. I am caring fol
the wounded. If you spare my hous'
and the people in it, l will care TO
your wound ed. too
And she. kept her word. Sh'
motbered the homeless population
The stories she told us made me stel
with horrof."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21
Striking Pen Picture of Famous Well
Known Fighters.


Known Fighters.
A striking pen picture OF the Blue
Devils" Of France. some Of whom
have just arrived in America, Is
Is given in n communication to the
National Geographic society from
Harriet Chalmers Adams. the noted
traveller and war correspondent A
part of Mrs. Adams's communication
is issued by the society in the form OF
a war geography bulletin. as follows:
"Gerbeviller, the ba.,e skeleton Of a
town in the Toul sector, where the
Americans are holding their share Of
the western battle line, Is the Pompeii
Of France. Pompeii was wrecked by
the might OF God: this town by hu-
man hate. To reach the most spectral
ruins / saw in oil France we crossed
a bridge which will flame in history,
the one held by the as chasseurs-
I'VE have an especial interest in the
chasseurs. for they have been train
ing our American boys at the front.
No soldiers Of France are as pictures
que as these sun-brrnt, flery-eyed
men Of the Alpine and Pyrenean
heights, who have left the stain OF
their loyal blood on every frontier
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

its finished state weighs 2-l-i tons.
arrived in Pittsburgh in 1910 from
Belgium. two weeks before the dec
laration of war.
Dr.. Brashear made the largest trlr-
scope mirror ever turned out II is
n l00-inch mirror and is In operation
in the observatory NJ Wilson. Cal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

All Aliks.-The magistrate observed
to the defendant: "You seem to have
committed n grave assault on COM
plainant just because he differed from
YOU in an argument"
There was no help for 1t, your
honor" said the offender. THE man is
a perfect idiot"
We'll. you must pay fine OF $40
and the costs. and in future you
should try to understand that idiots
are human beings. the same as you
and me."-I.ife.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

Preferred Q Razor.-The fcrocious
looking sergeant major was inspect
ing a squad Of young recruits. Paus'
ing in front OF one. spinner, nc said;
Have you shaved with glass this
morning."
mo. sir" came the prompt reply.
Then why the dickens didn't you?'
said the iratc sergeant major.
because. personally. I think razor
fetches the hairs off better than O
glass;" was the cool reply."-Wash'
ingtOn Star,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21
The Bank of Clover
CLOVER. s. C.
EVERY BUSINESS DAY

THIS BANK Is HERE TO SERVE
YOC. That's our business and our
plcasurc-Serving other People
giving them the very best OF Banking
Service from the smallest detail on up
Ia your most important financial prop
oSitiun.
DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY HERE
/, will be SAFE. and being ON deposit
here will help you 10 protect yourself
against careless spending-the drib-
bling away OF money as money will
drlbhlc away when you carry II In
your pocket. And then another SER
vice that this Bank will render you Is
that IL will keep close account or
your funds--.N least Once in Each
Month You viii know just what you
have paid out 10y Checks and how
much you have To Your Credit, and
then TOO the Bank Way IL the Correct
business Way. Come and see Us.
LAS. A. PAGE, Cashier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21
BElGiUM'S DEATH RATE

Equals an Epidemic, Due to Priva-
tions and Lack Of Food.
The existing death rate In Belgium
is as high as at the time Of the most
terrible epidemics and greater than
that on the battlefield, due to the ex-
tremities to which German occupation
has reduced the country. In addition,
at least one Belgian Is executed daily
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

Question Of Money-A week after old
Bobbin departed this land for one OF
heavenly bliss. or-or-wen. heavenly
bhssm do-his devoted spouse came
into the office of the insurance agent
to claim the money.
I'm awfully sorry. madam. to hear
of your loss" said the sympathetic
clerk.
That's always the way with men.
sighed Mrs. Bobbin. always grudging
a poor woman the chance Of getting n
hit of money these hard times.
Kansas City Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

Time to Speak-Ethel-I'm afraid
that bell means another caller.
Fred (mploringly) You know
know there Is such a thing as your
not being at home.
Ethel (suggestively) - Yes. and
there Is such a thing as my being en-
gaged.-Judge.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

Flying Housss.-A father ruefull,
gazed on his last dollar.
Money has wings, and house rents
make II dy." ne bemoaned.
YES" said his l5-year old son:
''and some houses have wings, for
have seen many a house fly."
You're smarter than your old dad
maybe. my son. but I always thought
that no part OF a house except the
chimney fiue."-Ohio State Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

To Save Eggs -psnss.--Scout Ito
grocer)-How much are eggs?
Grocer-Fifty cents n dozen.
Scout-How much are cracked
eggs.
Grocer-Ten cents dozen.
Scout-Crack me couple Of dozen.
Boys Life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21
Humsruas department

Home Stuff wonder II We could
start a little game tonight"
II don't know. Why don't you call
I'D Arthur. Charlie and Bob? Tell 'en
to come over here
Scene changes. Arthur's phone
rings. Wife answers.
Yes. he's upstairs. I'll call him:
lust q minute. Arthur, you're wanted
on the phone"
Arthur takes the phone: gets an
earJuI and replies, Just a minute. I'll
see how | stand"
you don't mind. Nell. il go over
10 Phil's tonight. do you? He wants
me TO make up a pinochle game. III he
back early"
You don't mind. do you? What dc
you care whether | mind or not. You
would 20 anyway. II you think more
of them than you do Of your own
home. Co." and Arthur goes.
Scene changes again. Charles
phone rings and his boss answers 1t.
Charlie pulls almost the same stuff as
Arthur, but note the difference IN
methods on the part of wives.
mo. don't mind. but ! wish you
would watch the children for about
five minutes. have to go to the
store"
Charlie didn't think II was going TO
be that easy. says sure and reports
back to the home wreckers he'll be
there, but the missus has to 20 to the
store for about five minutes.
She goes to her sisters and ntver
comes back. at least not in time for
Charlie to play.
Third scene Bob's phone rings.
Same preliminarics AZ two preceding
chapters, but as each wife has DIFF
rerrnt system. note her plan OF strat"-
gy.
IF you're not home at 1890 III he
over after you"
Now. listen. sweetheart. what's
the sense of you doing that: when
tell you wen quit at 1890 We will,
Why don't you go to bed and get a
good nights rest?"
do you think I'm going to he n
fool and stay In while you run around
every night in the week? How do
know you go where you say you are?
| should say I won't go to. bed"
Now. sweetheart. I'll tell you what
III do: I'll meet YOU Saturday after
noon and wen get our lunch and take
In a matinee. Won't that bc iine?'
And Rob gets out.
Back In Phil's home n half hour la
ter.
81 wonder what's keeping Charlie?"
Call him up Arthur"
Not me. His wife's onto me. You
call him Bob
Bob does and Charles answer Is
somewhat like this - - -
never get chance to do trick like
this again
SORRY you can't join us. old man.
got q nice vacant chair with pretty
pile of chips in front of 1t waiting for
YOU"
The four mourncrs then pull that
stun about IL am boss in my house
and what say goes" and the loudcst
of the lot Is Bob.-Inter Nos
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21
FARM MORTGAGE LOANS

NOT under $500 or over $4,000
~ each. Interest rate: 6 per scnt.
or per cent, depending on amount
and time wanted, and borrowers
urgency. to 10 years offered.
Z. L. SPENCER, Attorney.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21
No Need for Further Waiting"

No Need tor Further WaIting.-So
your boy Mike has gone to the war;
And sure he has that"
They've had great battle over
there I'm hearing.
ITS the gospel truth"
.~So you heaFd about iG7"
"Sure and l did. Didn't Mike tell 1t
to me on a postal?"
What did he say"
"Sure he said: One day General
Pershing came out Of his tent and
says. says he. Is Mike Brady here?
and Mike says. I am. and he says
saws he. Let the battle go on.-
New York World.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

Greatest Telescope in the World.-
What is said to he the finest teles-
cope mirror in the world and the
second largest has been shipped from
the workshop OF DIR. John A. Brashear
at Pittsburgh. pa, to the Dominion
Astronomical observatory in Victoria,
Kan. The mirror is 73 inches In di-
ameter, IL inches thick at the edge and
Is pierced centrally by Il hole Is
inches in diameter.
This mirror is not quite perfect. DR..
Brashear says. The greatest error III
the work is one-four hundred thous-
sandth of an inch.
The large piece of glass which in
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

they succeeded in sinking the trans
port and badly damaged on" OF the
enemy dcstroyers. after which our
units returned safely TO their base"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

eE Song OF q 1913 summer girl:
Dress Dress Dress
VIII the police stand for less?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

Key Whix.-Judge-Nam
Prisoner-Smith.
Judge-Occupation?
Prisoner-I.ocksmit
Judge-Oficer. lock Smith up
Boys Life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

JAS. A. PAGE. Cashier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21
BLUE DEVILS OF FRANCE

Bennettsville, May 9, 1918.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21

SORRY you can't join us. old man
got nice vacant chair with pretty
pile of chips in front of 1t waiting for
you"
The four mourncrs then pull that
stun about IL am boss in my house
and what / say goes" and the loudcst
Of the lot Is I3ob.-Inter Nos.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21

of the woman's division of the Labor
Department.
Don't try to be conductorCsses or
munitions workers because you think
II romantic" Mrs. Richards said.
There are plenty of floorwaller and
ribbon counter and office Jobs which
can be handed over by their patent
Ieathered masculine possessors.
4 have just returned from New
York where saw women running
street cars. found the picturesque
cOnductOresses working for twelve to
fourteen hours: undergoing a heavy
strain, and under very unfaSSrable
moral conditions.
There Is no pressing need for
women rushing into such Jobs now.
Only 2 per cent Of the male labor
supply has been affected by the draft
so far.
Instead OF jumping into hazardous
work. women should take more office
positions. In England. the number Of
women engaged IN office work has In
creased 242 per cent since the open
ing Of the war"
Mrs. Richards favored. however.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
GROCERS TO URGE use
OF WHEAT SUBSTITUTES

One thousand District grocers and
grocery clerks were urged to CO.
operate with the District food admin
istration IN educating the housewives
Of the city in proper utilization Of
wheat substitutes. at a meeting in
C"nrRl High School auditorium last
night.
Orders requiring the sale OF an
equal amount Of whca; -four substi-
tuJes with every pound of -four sold
may be extended within the next few
months. Developed at the meeting
to a requirement that two pounds Of
substitutes be taken for each pound
Of wheat -four.
Addresses. were mad" by Federal
Food Administrator Clarence L. vii
son and George Lichty and $ l.
WinslOw. Of the Federal food admin
iStratiOn.
War pictures taken along the Bel
Gian frdnt were shown and described
by Lieutenant Barber. of the Belgian
army.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
ANNAPOLIS DANCES
HALTED; VICE CHARGED

ANNAPOLIS. Md, Feb. 2f.-All
dances. which were held regularly at
the State armory here for tn" benefit
of soldiers, sailors. and marines, We're
today suspended Indefinitely BY order
OF Governor Harrington pending an
investigation Of charges of VIC" and
immortality made by III" executive
board and advisory committee "c the
Anne Arundel Council Of Defense.
Ever since its evacuation by An
napolis' three contributions 1" the
fighting forces Of the United States -
Company VI. the machine gun and sup.
ply companies OF the First Mary land
nfantry-dancHs have been held reg
ularly for the benefit Of service men
and their friends OF the fair Sev. a
nominal fee of 10 cents admission
being charged
1t IS stated that>a vigilance commit
tee viii probably be appointed when
the hall is finally opened again.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
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The Washington times., 1918-02-21
CARDINAL GIBBONS
COMMENDS AMERICANS

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-"The War
Policy OF the Pope" an article by
Cardinal Gibbons in the current num-
Der OF America. the Roman Catholic
National Review. declares that Pope
Benedict has suffered more by ,ne
war than any other single individual.
That the pontiffs peace principles.
for which he has striven since the
beginning of the war. will be ulti-
mately accepted was the belief eN-
pressed by the cardinal. He closes
with the following:'
Il congratulate my countrymen on
the generous ardor with which they
have rallied to the support Of our be-
loved President in his dark hour of
trial. He has striven for high ideals
and has found a reward in an enthu-
siastic response from his fellow citl-
zens."