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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-30

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I'VE proudly claim to bc the cham
pions of democracy. II we really are
| in decd and in truth, Let us see To IL
| that We do not discrcdit our own. ]
say plainly that every American who
takes part in the action of n mob or
| gives il any sort OF cOuntcnancc Is no
true son of this great democracy. but
its brtraycr and does more To discrcd-
| il her by that single dislOyalty To her
standards OF law and Of right than the
words OF her statesmen or the sacri-
| ticcS Of her heroic boys In the trench
cs can do Ia make suffering peoples
believe her to bc their savior. How
| shall we commend democracy to the
acCcptanc" Of other peoples, II "" dis
grace our own by proving that il is.
after all, no protection TO the weak?
Every mob contributes to German
lies about the United States what
her most gifted liars cannot improve
upon by the way OF calumny. They
| can al least say that such things can
not happen in Germany except in
times OF revolution when law is
swept away.
| "f therefore very earnestly and
solcmnly beg that the governors Of all
the states. the law officers of every
community. and above all. the men and
women OF every community in the
United states, all who revere Amcri-
On and wish to keep her name without
stain and reproach. will cooperate.
not passively merely, but actively and
watchfully. to make an end OF this dis
graceful evil. II cannot live where
the community docs not countcnance
lit.
81 have called upon the nation to
put its great energy into this war and
il has rspondcd-respondcd with
spirit and n genius for action that has
thrilled the world. I now call upon
II, upon its men and women every
where. to see to IT that its laws are
kept inviolatc. it's fame untarnishcd.
Let us show our utter contempt for
the things that have made this war
hideous among the wars OF history by
showing how those who love liberty
and right and justice and arc viking
to lay down their lives for them up
on foreign fields. stand ready also to
illustrate TO all mankind their loyalty
to the things at home which they
wish to see established everywhere rs
a blessing and protection to the pco-
pies who have never known the privi-
lcgcs Of liberty and self government.
Il can never accept any man as the
champion of liberty either for our
selves or for the world who does not
reverence and obey the laws OF our
own beloved land. whose laws W" our
selves have made. He has adopted
the standards OF the enemies OF his
country, whom he affects to dcspise.
Woodrow Wilson"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-30

PENNSYLVANIA 1915 potato crop is
cxpected to fall s5 per cent short OF
the crop of 1917. Last years crop
totaled 3O.65S.00O bushels. with an
average yield Of So bushels per acre.
The crop of this year has been badly
damaged by blight and dry weather.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-30
DOWN WITH MODS
President Begs Public to Obey the
Laws.

President Wilson last Friday in
personal statement addressed To his
fellow countrymcn. denounced mob
spirit and mob action. called upon the
nation to show the world that while
il fights for democracy on foreign
fields II is not destroying democracy
At home.
The president referred not alone 10
mob action against the suspect enc
my aliens or enemy sympathizcrs: he
I denounced most rmphatically mob ac-
| tion OF all sorts. especially lynchings.
and while he did not refer specifically
10 lynchings OF negroes in the south,
Il is known that hc included them in
his Characterization Of mob spirit as
n blow at the heart OF ordered law
and human Justice"
/: is known that the lynching of
negroes. as well aS attacks upon those
suspected OF being enemies or sympa-
ihizrrs. have been used by German
propaganda throughout Central and
South America as we'll as Europe Ia
contend that the prctcnsions of the
United States as Il champion OF democ-
racy are a sham.
Deeply concerned 10y the situation.
the president decided To address his
fellow countrymrn and 10 declare that
every mob contributes In German lies
about IN" United States what her
most gifted liars cannot improve upon
10y way o; calumny."
The Presidents Statement
The presidents statement in full is
az follows:
My Fellow Countrymcn:
Il take the liberty of addressing you
upon a subject which 81 vitally affects
the honor of the nation and the very
character and integrity Of our insti-
tutions and trust you will think me
justified in speaking very plainly
about it.
Il allrllr to the mob spirit which has
recently mere and there very frequent
ly shown its head amongst us. not in
any single region. hut in many and
widely separated parts OF the country.
There have been many lynchings. and
every one OF them has been Il blow at
the heart Of ordered law and humane
Justice No man who loves America.
no man who really cares for her fame
and honor and character or who Is
truly loyal to her institutions can just
ify mob action while tho courts Of JUS
tiCc are open and the government of
the states and the nation are ready
and able TO do their duty. w" arr ~
this very moment fighting lawlcSs pas
sion. Germany has outlawcd herself
among the nations because she has
disrvCartcd the sacred obligation of
law and has made lynchcrs OF her
armies Lynchers emulate her dis
graceful example. /. for my part. am
anxious to see every community in
America rise above that level. with
pride and n fixed resolution which no
man or set of men can afford TO de-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-30

Several weeks ago | ran across n
fellow whom I'll call Will Morton.
who was for several months Il member
of my old Company f. ll9th infantry.
He. too. was supposed To have gone
across with the thirtirth. hut didn't.
because ne was in the stoCkadc. for
some ofrcnsc committed ON purpose To
get there. nj the time the troops went
away.
Morton halls from Nashville. He
was "A street arab and young scape-
grace around there. He also had
quite 4 reputation rs Il boxer. He
was the dirticst man personally In
Company f.. One night Rig Sarge
Mike White and n few other fellows.
having the interest OF Company F. at
heart. gave the wop bath. Gold
dust and hon ami were used instead
of soap. 4 bristle hrush-onc of the
kind that is used to brush she
crumbs from the tables in the mess
halls following a meal, was used to
rub of the dirt from his filthy hide.
II was some thorough hath even II II
was in January and the water was
icy cold. AS any yellow pup wonld
do. Morton yelled 10 the battalion
commander and II looked for a day or
two like n half dozen we'll meaning
nom CONS would be busted"
This little episode is merely men
toned to show what kind OF n fellow
this Morton was.
ran across him a short time ago
and he also was prisoner in the
camp jug.
We'll, why didn't YOU so with EN-?
I inquired Of him after giving him all
the cigarettes I had at his request.
WAS in the jug at the time charged
with AWOL and stealing an army
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-30
motion picture shows. Instead of these

motion picture shows. Instead Of these
corporations paying this additional
tax. they have added 1t to the prices
OF their commodities. and 1t comes
from yours. the peoples pockets. NJ!
idea is to add these taxes on to tho
corporations. and put in proviso that
no corporation on account of the levy
ing Of these taxes shall add to or in
crease its present rates. In this way
we will tax the corporation. and not
allow it to make the individual pay It,
Honest Elections.
Il am in favor of honest elections
letting every white man cast one bal
/ lot, If he is qualified: and then fair
count. After this war is over. this Is
going to he very momentous question
in the nation. People who have never
been allowed TO vote heretofore In our
state. because they have been disqual-
ified under our constitution, are going
to demand of congress the right TO
vote on account OF the fact that they
have performed certain services In
connection with this war. And the
handling Of that question, which you
all understand without my making II
palmer, is going to be OF very serious
moment to the southern people: and
1t behoovcs the south to have in Office
men whose views are well known
along this line. and who will protect
the ballot box from invasion. and for
ever safeguard South Carolina from
ment.
Reconstruction.
I'VE have given up freely, and we
are now giving up freely. our indi-
vidual and state rights, and we want
to give them up-all OF thcm--if II be
necessary to our nation 10 win this
war-and we are going TO win it-but
when this war is over we will want
those sacred rights back, and we must
put men in the national house and in
the senate who will stand firm and
see that there Is the proper rcadjust-
mcnt. And corporation lawyers and
corporation officials will not give to
the people that consideration which
they deserve. but, rs paid servants,
will take care OF the corporations that
they have represented and now repre-
sent.
"If the United States is to make
laws for the states, as It has been do
ing. We must have men in Office who
arc for the people, and not for the
corporations as against the people
men who will stand by the people and
give to them free government, hon.
est elections and true Amcricanism.
There are other issues which will
come before us in the period OF recon-
struction-such as taking care of our
boys when they come back from over
yondcr, making proper appropriations
for their families; adjusting labor
questions so that they may again find
useful employment, and other matters
of this character, which must be CIV
en- consideration"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-30
May 2Gth. 1918.

My Dear f.
What | am about to tell yon sur
passes in horror anything that this
war, so fertile in the production OF
terrible things. has yet produced.
You remember that on the 18th Of
March. 1916. had arrested the Of
fensivc OF the l5ochcs on the NORTH
ommc, which from that date was de-
fnitely broken. For three months
they have steadily gained slightly in
terrain, but ut n terrific cost in mon.
Finally, after July, 1916, they had
attained with great difficulty n posi-
ton before Vcrdun.
In order to hold Morthommc they
excavatcd under the mountain an
enormous tunnel. in which were
stored quantities OF food munitions,
rs well rs houses, infirmarics, hospi-
tails. etc, the whole length intcrscct-
I'd by n railroad and lighted by cleo
tricity. Here they lived, using the
tunnel as a passage 10y which they
could reach their front lines without
cncountcrinE the danger of our guns.
But they had rcckoned without their
host.
During nearly year they enjoyed
peace. If one can so speak of their
subtcrrancan labor. hut in August.
1917. was sent again to this same
region, with other officers and some
cannon of new style that were ca
pable OF good work.
II was an interesting thing that We
who had been on so many other
points nj the front. notably at Npyon
and ST. Quentin. should have been
detailed to beg the Bochcs TO retire
from n situation in which they were
so comfortably installed. need not
tell you with what delight we under
took the mission-remember, only
lthat-ea he Goth -ef-AuguT 1917
and during the days follo"7Iit,S, we
achieved a complete victory. took
10, 900 prisoners and recovered all the
Bochcs had taken SO long to conquer
in 1916. That was nine months age
and again | find myself in the same
region.
A Strange Story.
There Is n rumor among the poilus
| whom encounter that among tho
tunnels abandoned by tho Rochcs in
1917, there arc certain parts which
| have never been penetrated because
| front OF our lines. in the zone called
Iby the English mo Mans Land
They say also that the Bochcs who
were killed in August. 1917. still
remain in these sections to which Tho
/ enemy has never been able to effect
an entrance. as the slightest move.
mcnt in that direction is stopped 10y
n rain of bullets.
| decided to clear up this mystery
and to visit these tunnels myself. II
was necessary to start at night ant
to arrive before dawn that our pas
sage might not be intercepted by tn,
| Bochcs. We were aroused. therefore
shortly after midnight and reached
Mortommc after n long ride by au'
tomobile until we reached n point Sc
cncumbcrcd by bomb holes and wire
that we were Obliged to finish th'
| Journey on foot. The night was darl
and one had to he guided by in
stinct and>by the slight declivitics o
the ground. There were three OF III
who had the physical strength an'
the determination to accomplish ou
object, but our way was strewn will
difficulties. Each misstep threw II!
into n shell hole or into nest o
barbed wire.
A Perilous Adventure.
/ ~ l., trnv for twt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-30
A Perilous Adventure.

We walked in this way for two
hours, fearing often that we had lost
our way and that we should fail to
accomplish our mission. Fortunatcl!
1t was the Boches themselves who
aided us by sending up innumcrablt
colored lights, which thoroughly H.
Illuminated their own lines, showing
us what to avoid as we'll as the di-
rection which we should take. In q
quarter OF an hour we reached tho
mouth Of the tunnel. through which
we entered, and after n descent oi
forty meters reached n great tunnel
through No Mans Land and entered
the one kilometer only to find the end
closed. One of our shells had burst
and completely demolished this Sec
ton OF the tunnel, killing hundreds
OF Boches.
Further progress was impossible
We must retrace our steps. pass
through No Mans Land and enter the
tunnel from the other end. which
vita the aid OF poilu. we fipally
discovered.
The entrance to this tunnel was
extremely difficult. We soon had T.
walk on all fours. Soon the pale light
of the orifice through which we had
entered was lost and we had to light
our candles and electric lights. Ar
rived at the foot Of a staircase Of
seventy steps. we found ourselves ir
series OF little rooms. about which
were scattered innumerable bottles
Il had been the German beer shop
There were also all the appliances
for boiling and sterilizing water. On'
of the rooms had evidently been
dormitory, the mattresses being Still
there, but this was not what we haf
come to seek-not q corpse was Il
be found. Had they, then, invented
this gruesome tale?
Suddenly in the last compartment
| by the. light OF my smoky candle
seemed to see in the partition wall o.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-30
Taxing Corporations.

Il am in favor Of taxing corpora
tions. AS 1t is today. the corporations
are not being taxed as they should
be. For instance. when you 20 to send
a telegram. a war tax Is added to your
telegram. and you pay it-the cor
poration does not: the same way with
telephone message: the same way
with an express shipment: the same
way with everything else. even to your
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-09
I'd to Maintain Victory Transportation

~OTOR trucks are an indispensable factor in the war
making energy of the nation. An anmisticc will not
wv stop the countless thousands of them which are hauling
war material from factory to camp and shipping
wharf. War has multiplied highway transportation. Production
must be maintained to meet the extraordinary demands of our
Government and its Allies for food, clothing and munitions. These
industries depend for their life upon uninterrupted, efficient, OK
pandng truck service.
Commercial needs have outgrown facilities. There are not
enough trucks to 90 round. Truck makers are still engaged in
war production. The White Companv> entire output OF trucks
is required to supply the American and French armies.
Get the Most Out of Every Truck
Though hostlities cease. the truck shortage will remain. This
winter it will be acute. 1t will be difficult if not impossible to
Get new trucks. Existing installations must be maintained aud
improved to handle the enormous volume of business.
Truck owners and truck drivers must learn how TO ret the most
out of their equipment, how to avoid unnecessary wear. how to
load and unload, route. mbrcate and inspect and keen in order.
under intensive operation, 1t is a prime essential to Keep the
Truck Wheels Turning"
Operating economy in dollars and cents. desirable a. il is. j lot
the vital need. 1t is Truck economy. the fullest utilization Of the
transport facilities now available.
Our transportation Experience Freely Offered
The White Company sees in this emergency all opportunity to be
of service to the Nation and to individual truck users. While it
n r' H. EIF
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-09

has no trucks to offer at present, it has o motor transport expe-
renee as broad as American industry. 1t has not been devoting
all these years to Just making motor trucks. 1t has also been
building transportation. in the sense of a right application of the
truck to the hauage task, so tina. it will perform advantageouslv.
operate continuous N, use the least fuel and oil, conserve man
power, The %cOmp0ny's experience and organization, which here
totorc has been used to improve the transportation systems of
White Truck owners, will now be placed at the disposal of all
truck owners, large or small, whether operating White Trucks or
equipment of other make.
1t Is the duty as we'll as the selflinterest of every truck user to
make the most of his equipment. The men and women of this
country have been saving and giving and working and fighting,
to win the war. They have a right to expect that every tool use
full in keeping up our industrial efficiency will be operated at its
best. Motor trucks are important tools.
Our Pledge to Keep the Truck Wheels Turning
All the resources and the experience of all White Company men in
every part of the country, not now engaged in war work, will be
devoted to one purpose: to Keep the Truck Wheels Turning.'
Every representative is pledged to do all he can to help perpetuato
-Iietort Transportation.
The company proposes to distribute in convenient form every
helpful hint available for the most effective use of trucks. The
first little book. entitled "A War Message to Truck Users" il
ready for distribution. 1t deals with the subject of Supervision,
fabrication and Inspection of large fleets of trucks, by a fleet
.L:of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-15

But I hold, anyhow, that the
Missus has the Right to Try Any
thing the Old Man has. To their
Credit, they don't try it.
Suppose she Slipped Downtown
and Gave the White-lights a Play
every few nights?
Or came home with the Sad
Tidings that she'd Dropped the
Bankroll in a Friendly Game of
Draw?
What would you do-Be inclined
to Give her the Gate?
Well, she is just as much En-
titled to that Sort of Thing as you
are. But She doesn't indulge.
And, if Politics is a Tough Game,
YOU are the one that made it that
way, OLD Timer
It's a Safe Bet that you can call
yourself a Bad Egg without getting
a Comeback. And you Know in
your Heart that the Game is not
going to Spoil the Ladies'; They
will take most of the Rough Edges
off it.
Come on, you New Englanders,
and Middle Westerners and South
erners, and Get Aboard the Fifty
fifty Wagon.
While we're all Pulling Together
for the U. S, let's have an Even
Break for Everybody, no matter
how their Costumes are Cut.
If the real Low Down on Us
Men were known, Fellows, while we
have the title of Kings of Creation
we're not much more than Deuces.
But with the Queens sitting beside
US, maybe we'll look more like
Kings. (16)
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-15

he dearly loved. 81 will gladly lay
down my life if she may be set free,
he answered. Cyrus was much touch
ed by their replies and commanded to
give them all their liberty. When he
had gone away one spoke of his Glenn
ency. another of his gracious words,
and everyone praised the beauty of
his person. But T%igrane's young wife
remained silent. Did you not think
him handsome, asked her husband.
Il did not look at him." she said. cat
whom did you look?" asked Tigranes
in establishment. "At him who offer
ed to give his life for me-. she an
swered.
Jesus Christ did not merely offer, he
gave his life "a ransom for many.
Lesson Points.
1. Christ's death and passion were
not needed to reconcile God to man,
but TO bring man to God.-Thomas
Nelson Page.
2. The Cross of Christ is Gods offer
of a fresh start in life.-John Douglas
Adam.
3. The seeming abandonment of his
suffering Son was the crowning mani
festation of Gods wrath against sin.
4. The darkness over the whole
land was a supernatural sign ex.
pressing heavens estimate of earth's
darkest deed.
8. The crucifXion, was from the hu.
man side, murder, but from the di
vine side, sacrifice.
6. Around the cross hate makes a
pandemonium. On the cross love
reigns supreme.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-15

In this beautiful time of the year
when nature is spreading loneliness in
leaf and flower, it would seem that
suffering and death were foreign to
every thought. But amidst the flow
ering fields soldiers have bled and
died and hearts have been broken.
So today for 'one hour" we look at
the picture of the Cross where our
Saviour hung in agony and died that
we might have freedom from the pen
atty and power of sin.
The Redeemer's crucifixion eXcels
the worlds heroism. He made the
supreme sacrifice willingly and yolun-
tarily. He prayed for those who were
killing him; he was calm and unruf-
fled when men derided him; he kept
his mind employed about the welfare
of others when he was dying; he gave
| his life for his enemies. The worlds
sin eliminated in the rejection of the
worlds Saviour. "They crucifed him
there, is the brief record of the most
| ~stupendous crime committed in the
history of mankind.
The ~passers-by rallied, the rulers de-
| rided, the soldiers Knocked and the
thieves reviled. Little did they think
that the divine law was being magni-
fled, that the greatest act of obedience
to the divine command was being per-
formed and that in Christ all the an
cient predictions of the Jewish proph-
cts were fulfilled.
AT the trial the charge before plate
was that of blasphemy, of disloyalty
to Caesar and of setting up a King
dom in opposition to Rome, all of
which was false and given by hired
witnesses who perjured themselves.
Six times during the trial plate
pronounced Jesus innocent of the
charges brought against him, recalling
to us Shakespeare's words about Bru-
tus:
His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him, that nature might
stand up
And say to all the world, This was a
Man"
Two robbers were cruciied at the
same time, one on either side of Jesus.
This was meant to add shame to his
death. But it was thus that the proph-
ecy of Isaiah, uttered centuries be-
fore, was fulfilled, "He was numbered
with the t-ransgressors and bare the
sins of many"
The superscription written above
him, "The King of the jews, was to
deepen the insults heaped upon him,
but the purpose to defame became
the prophecy of his glory. 1t was
written in three languages, Hebrew,
the language of religion, Greek, that
of culture, Latin, that of law or gov
eminent. In these three tongues, the
history of his life and death was to
enter and be enshrined forever, and
thru them to be heralded to all the
world.
In the taunt, "He saved others, him
self he cannot save" his enemies
spoke better than they knew. He
could not save himself without failing
in his work of saving others. To come
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-15
THE MEANING OF w. S. S.

w. Means We will win this war,
A. America we are fighting for.
R. Is for Right for which we stand.
S. Is for Safety on sea or land.
A. For our Army which never failed.
V. For Victory which soon will be
hailed.
l. For independence, Americas aim
N. For our Navy of very great fame
G. Is for Glory which heroes attain.
S. Is for Ships which are sailing
around.
T. Is for Tears in many homes
found.
A. For our Allies who will help win
this war.
NJ. For the Mothers who will grieye
no more
P. Means Peace for one and all.
S. Is for a Sound of the liberty call.