Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-01
Scraps and fats.

m. government OF the country I' 10
A.. .,In,ini.t.rcd hy Great Britain ana
france On the bass Of rule oi 'he
people.
This Serbian minister To frdhtt'
Iu v.snltch, says that all thst -
needed for the complete restoration
nt IN. suirits Of his country 70 !e"
AmsricuIl soldiers with the stars anu
.t.ipes. lie says that while hc us.S
not doubt the outcome, eFsh an ma
ters stand now, single .NHleI' .NHle(''
regiment would have u most ucI'.
dous effect ON raIsmg morale Oh 'he
Serbian soldiers.
-- AIuerica's SUPREMACY IN snipnu't
ing was doubly cinched last 1huFsuaS
when il was announced thal siiiSe scr
t.mb.r 70 Of last year. American !aFus
turued out I,yj6.455 gross tons VI
sh,r,r,iny The best previous record
w.s that uf the United kinSdOin III
1918 OF l,y32.l63 gross tons. Addihs
rst American and United klngdONh
RECORD for the past twelve months' lhe
two nations have turned out HhoTE
gross tons than was launched ny al
nations III the calendar year 1917
I,cc;,ls,. oI IN" cpIuenIc oi span
,sh influenza, prevalent Throughout
,h, country, Provost Marshal 'ene
raj Crowdcr, Oh Thursday. cahcc1e"
IN. orders calling tor the ehtr.ih-
msnt OF l42, 900 draft rcgistrah's uui
iup the pcriod Oi August anu IL
influenza Is prevalent at healiS W
,ry camp III the country, anu lie ie
srindiug order will probably continue
in effect until the epidemic ~ SOlch
und,.r better cantrol. There Is very
little. reason to expect Il great u'S'i vi
delay about the matter. however
The third national draft iot,'IS'
by which the order OF lihbiltE VIII Wv
fixed Tor the thirteen million men Iee
lst-red ON september l., was com.
mrnCcd IN Washington yehteriaS'
WAS decided that the numbers shouiu
moi bs tclcgraphed. as heretofore, lor
,h, REASON that at lr:ist twenty four
hours would be consumed IN the
drawing. and the Importance ol thc
information To individuals, ana lhe
,.uIntry. was not sufficient To war
rant the loading down OF the "ireS
tn th, exclusion vi other buSihcHS'
The. draft numbers are 10 De pI"ht-
ed and distributed to the draft Doat"s
as soon as possible.
-T Th. Salvation army Is preparing
for the observance Of "dOughnuts uaS'
in New York city Soslc time duiHis
Noremhrr, probably. The plan con
templates the cooking OF dOushHuls oii
The streets 10y army laSScs anu 'hU
snI, u thcSs cookies 10 Whoever VIII
luIy a, whatever they will pay. with
In, understanding that the proceeds
are. to be used for the purpose OF iuI
nishing doughnuts ~ American SUI
dicrs III France and that "ach Soou
American dollar Will supply Just tol
ty-two doughnuts. The SaiEa'ioii
Army lassics have already made them :
selves famous in France ON account
of their doushnuts. One of the most
familiar institutions of the front lines
/. the Salvation army girl. with hcr
uttl, sheet iron stove cooking uouSh-
nuts for the doughboyS
Mrs. William IL. Chapman OF FL
myrs, y. Y, has just been licensed 10
preach by the Chemung presbytery nit-
rr a lengthy discussion anu some op-
position. The issuing OF license 10 d
woman TO preach IS SAID 10 oEerturh
all precedent of the presbyterian
church i'm the United States ana 10 DC
:, violation of the rules OF the PresDy-
terrain general assembly. The action Is
taken here as Il wartime measure. he
one dissenting member oil the ne
mung prcsbytery announced thal ne
will appeal to the general asselnDls'
Roy Mrs. Chapman has been tililnS
tbs nuIpit OF the North Presbyterian
church ut Elmyra while the pastor Is
enpaped in Y. II. G. y: war work In
France. She was Il high school teach
sr, Her husband - the PROTESTANT
chaplain at the New York state re-
fornatory.
-Germany, through the swiss lcga-
finn has sent an sltinatum TO the gov
oruncnt OF the &'nitcd States that IL no
satisfactory answer Is Forthcoming on
October I to the German protest inou'
,Isr ~ shotguns by American Soluicrs
"rrprisals will he taken. The SEMI
OFFICIAL telegram from Berlin gives the
following additional details OF the note:
"Eroln prisoners captured during
skirmish between patrols on July -
a rupcatin@, shotgun was taken he
prisoners, who belonged 10 IN AmSriC''',, ,
infantry regiment. stated thelr &i'roi
possessed three such guns. each Ioau-
c. with six cartridges and each cart
ridge contained nine shots' -Nhotn''
shotgtin was captured on September
NJ from the third infantry regiment
OF the fifth American division. Inc
uss of such weapons is forbidden by
The Hague convention as causing un-
NECESSARY suffering. The German gov
crnmcnt protests cncrsvtically ana cN-
meets from the United States govern
mrnt that steps will be taken tmmed-
lately TO discontinue the employment Oh
.hotguns. II Is pointed out 10 thv
government VI III, United States tnat
"A prisoner on whom shotgun or shot-
gun ammunition is found forfeits
his life"
The United Confederate Veterans.
i'm session at Tulsa. Oklahoma, on
last thursday elected General k. NJ.
Van Zandt, OF Fort Worth, Texas. 10
he commander in chief. Gen. Nlr-
gil Y. Cook. OF Batesvtlc, Ark, was
elected commander of the Trans Mis-
sissippi division To succeed Cen van
Zaudt. who has served for ~ years
in that capacity. Gen. Julian =. Carr,
of Durham, y. c.. was elected COM
mandcr Of the army OF northern Nlr-
xinia, and General &. b. Vance oi
Mississippi, was chosen commander OF
the Tennessee. after thrce-cornered
race m which Gel. j. y. Thomas.
commander of the Georgia division.
and John J.. Hickman, former COM
mandor OF the Tennessee. received
warm support from their friends. Cen
erals Hickman and Thomas both n
nally withdrew. and General Vance
was named ny oCChtlldtloH. .NH VI
fort TO make sons of veterans eliiEi-
hle as veterans was voted down on
the ground that no one who did not
fight in the Civil war could he rec
oSnized as q veteran of that war.
Also, the convention refused to adopt
n resolution asking the president I"
set apart date on the re-estab-
lishment of peace for Worldwide
jubilee The argument was that the
Confederate Veterans is fighting or
ganization. and has nothing to do
with the Developments growing out
of the world war.
Grown FRINGE Charles. of Rouma-
mia has gone and scandalized his IA
ther. the king, by marrying Mile Zy-
zis Lambrino. II ysung and bsauti-
ful Rpumanian lady who is not Of
royal blood. After their marriage the
young couple went over 10 Odessa.
Russia. and the visit caused such
concern to the Germans that Rus
sian major WAS sent TO ask the
prince to leave. Prince Charles de-
clinei. however. on the ground that
he considered himself only a private
citizen and that he hardly expected
TO he anything else. Later informa-
ton is that the royal father has or