Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-16
Scraps and fats.

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IrT SAYS tnat there nave arrived al
I.rIuwI.Z, twenty Dask"tS lbS-t lhCh-
- III size, nlicu with Iu"HtIiicdt!oh
..isns tan~n irUin tne bOul.a U! "cnH
sOIuIcTs. IH.sc DISKS are dboul 'h'
aIL, OF Il SIIN"I quarter.
German submarine o! TIA" largest
s.agUing tIpr bOintdrd"d MohioH!d'
TN. C;IpItal Oi the negro rtpubIic vi
I.IirrLi OH the west coast VI .IiiiN''
OH .ApiIl ~. After THROWING Il ndinn'r
OI smells from her dtck gums Into th'
wIr.Irss ana cable stations. tht sun
InaIIIi, sped Il steamer passing TO th'
uorlu q. the narbUr ana Iclt III pun
SUIT Liberia followed the Hltcu
states ia Il dcclaratIOn oi war against
Germany. ana since tncn has De"i III
I-rnIng LcInIan citizens SuIity oi ui-
HcutraI acts.
liens are to enjoy immunity from
the cnOppIns block only week
longer, as the hood administration mas
announced that restrictions against
their sale would DC lifted April ~. IL
~ estimated that at least three and Il
quarter million hens capable of pro-
auclng eggs have been saved in New
York. Chicago and Boston markets
alone since the regulation was put IN
fvrce February 23. Weather condl-
lions brought about an earlier hatch
ing and laying period than anticipat-
ed. enabling the ban TO be raised ~
days earlier than the time set.
- After another night Of terrific ar
,iIlcry fire and ~ homhardm"nt win
gas shells. the Germans continued
SATURDAY their efforts To drive through
10 the third line OF the American po-
west of Toul They made Two at
,ncks both OF which failed. The enc
,ny's casualties in the four days hGht-
ing ar. estimated at between 3Oo ana
400 OF this number more than lpo
wcr. killed. Although the enemy
wasted fully - half of his specially
trained shock troop hattalions al NV"
men h" Was unahl" To penetrate Inc
American lines. which remained un-
changed. The lighting continued dur
inu SUNDAY and al last accounts IL
,v,s SIN I'm progrcSs, with NOR" Ger
man casualties to the credit oil TN"
Americans. and but few losses 10
themselves.
-- Charlie Chaplin. tn" famous movie
actor. stood ON his head in tn" Thhrr-
nacl, at Salisbury. y. C.. last Satur-
day. Charlie is touring southern citicS
i'm the interest of the third Liberty
loan. At Raleigh ir told tn" people
that II the capital OF TN" state w"lid
raise $lOU.O he would stand on ms
head. While talking To an audi"nc"
of thousands al people AT salisbury.
there came q wire that Raleigh had
gone over the top Mr. Chaplin prompt
Is stood on his head Ia the ircnZlcd
delight of his big audience. tharll"
goes to different towns. walking from
his hotel to the speaking hall IN inc
gait that made him famous ana th"h
after making a splendid talk offers u"
endorse all checks made payable 10
him for Liberty bonds. The pur-
chaser of the bond gets the check
back with Charities autograph. He
is selling thousands of dollars worth
of bonds.
go Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
PROMISES now that Il German peace
will he enforced late this summer.
Archibald Hura, the naval expert OF
the London Daily Telegraph, says he
learns, on indisputable authority, that
Won Hindenburg has tacitly admitted
that the intensified submarine cam
puign has failed and that no hope can
he longer entertained that II Will ell
ther starve England or seriously IN
tcrfere with the Allies military ef-
fort I'm time to save Germany from
WAS I'm Berlin several weeks ago, when
he was moved to make n statement on
his war policy to a delegation OF So
cialists. Confronted with their threats
TO vote no further supplies II the war
did not end this summer Won HIN
denburg gave the assurance that his
-snsnaixs-ap.-ths- west -waA certain -QI
success. It would cost the lives OF
100000 Germans but peace WOULD
come in August.
Ireland has taken step nearer 10
home rule. says u London cable. Tne
Irish convention. which met at Dup
lin for eight months considering the
problems beseting the island, mas
submitted to the British pariiamen'
a plan which. while not the unani-
NOUS decision of the convention, rep
r.scnts Il basis for agreement on some
of the questions that in the past
have prevented all the parties OF Ire
land from acting in harmony. me
plan calls for an Irish parliament
modelled after that Of the empire. the
authority of which would not be di-
minished. An executive responsible TO
il and with full powers over internal
legislation, ministrations and direct
taxation. also is provided. To meet
with objections from unionists, 1t Is
tion In the proposed parliament will
he guaranteed them by the dominant
nationalists. Provision also Is made
for extra representation from Ulster,
Minority reports were submitted py
the Ulster unionists and the minority
faction of the nationalists.
The detention and employment
by the German armies behind their
firing line In Belgium and France OF
British noncommissioned OFFICERS ana
men captured on the Western front
have brought on these prisoners an
amount of unjustifable suffering for
which a parallel would be hard to find
i'm history. tragic in so many OF its
incidents as that history has been or
the treatment by the enemy Of their
prisoners during this war. This Is the
opcning sentence OF the report OF
government committee Of inquiry into
the treatment OF British prisoners OF
war by the Germans. 1t Is shown that
they were Systematically forced 10
work close behind the firing line,
where they were deliberately exposed
to the fire of the guns Of their own
and the Allied armies. Many were
killed and more were wounded. Deaths
from starvation and orerwork were
constant. The men were half starved
such was their hunger that they pick
cd up for food potato peelings that
had been tramplcd under foot. An
Australian private who was starving
had fallen out to pick up a piece or
bread. left on the roadside oy u BEL
gian woman for the prisoners. was
shot and killed by guard. The SER
reant in charge at Ervillers used
dog whip mostly on men who were
slow in starting work owing to weak
ness.
Recent reports from revenue col.
lectors indicate that the government
may receive from income and excess
profits taxes in June much more than
the s2.500. 100000 estimated. Some
estimates. based on preliminary eS-
animation OF returns filed ten days
ago. run as high as $4,000. ooo,0oo. II
these calculations Of big collections
are borne out by further examination
Of returns within the next two weeks,