Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-08
Scraps and facts.

,ral fund now StdndS at eI'910' ',"',yYN'
. new high record. From fourth LID
.:tv Loan payments a!ohe' S-'-?''9'o'-
900 poured into Tn" government COZ :
rcrs last month tn" tntaI war CDs'
10 dat. = nnw calculated al S@p.Jbl,-
rn,, unr Of which >1.plT .Dpy.pDV has
h...r, loaned 10 III" Allies. only 1T
IL. more. tIar one fourth Of the "N-
,,,r.,., has been raised from taxation
ami slightly loss than thrC"-toui'hS
from l.Ii.rI. i.uIiI- al" War S'''-
IngS
D.,t,rr:tt-. wUundvd III the Amer
i,;,u advance. which wiped out th'
- MIiicl salient, and lnNalld"u hOiie'
l,i recovery. BaIClIlt Tucker, Il mem :
I,., of umv oi III" iIrSt expeditions sent
n,,rs.ys. waS kilird 1T ms home sever
al mhI.s west OI Iiart%"ilc. Aia.. last
Tuesday, when hC waS mistaken loI q
luIglar 10y Elmer Fitzgerald, ms los
ter father Tucker enlisted ~ ti' az
uf i amt has seen aCtlE" s'lNP'
usatI, tine, Years. E"turnlnS To TINS
,m,utIv h- hast"n"d sOuthward as
IarI,Iy as possible and al Decatur
Ma hired an automobile 10 carry MN
through III" country To his h"in" iiiS
;,rII,;r: urCuITcd lat" at night, bHt MS
aged grandmother h.HId The autuinu-
I,I.. and rushed ULt Ia greet her grand
son. calling her daushtcr Mrs. f-hn"f
EItZ. r;tId. aS sh" ptSS'd through 'h'
huus, This nUlS' awak"n"d fl"H'r'
aid wh.. looking through Ia" window
and seeing Il man standing III front "i
th, hnus... though, him Il burglar ana
slut tho Young hriO in IN" side. death
occurring almost instantly. Tn" 'rh%
,dI occurred lat" Saturday might hli'
tx circumstances wCr" not S"n"fallE
Eu1vu uutil during SUNDAY
with almost pUSitIv" assurances
that the. next houS" viii hc Iir-
rIhliram. South Carolina Losses th'
chairiilanShip Uf nnu "i tn" most I'm T.
Iuri.mt CoruIttcCS ul that body. h|ii'
cultural. on March n'Nt. E"pr"Scii-
tatIy,. Lever who has been Chalf-
man uf this CUInnitt"" Tor IN" EiS'
sIN Years. viii r"linIuiSi II because oi
ih.. I;cpuhlIcIn majority. south caro-.
lima may also los" another important
committee t.laC". that on arproprlh
lions. uuw held hv Congressman l|yr-
n"s. but recently named l"r tins place
IIr IL i:,r down tlr list. and rs the
uartv in power invariably places u mat
rurIiy uf its members pn th"S" I'M
Joriant committees. it may 10" that MI
RvrnrS may u, left on. Mr.. liNrn"S
- now IN Eurup" Ni"winG th" battle
iLlds. Because of III" popularity
which Mr.. Byrn"S CnJnNS in IN" mouse
huvr>,r. il MAY l". that D." will Stil
hr retained u minority member nl th'
committee. when II j. r"nrganlZ"d. u
the senate goes I;-puhlIcan. SOutr
Carolina Will los" tn" chairmanShil
of the rumnlittc" ON intrrStat" com
tnrrcr held hy Senator f.. II. Smith
Senator Smith was mad" chairman al
this committee about Il year ago an the
death al Senator N"wlands "i Nevada
Americans from the Pacific coast
captured tn" western outskirts oi Nl'
tl,nardr. which Straddl"S the SCh"ldt
As the Americans ncarCd Audcnard"
they found that IN" Germans hat
blown up all the bridges hut on,
across Il small hranCl al the Schrldt
which circles the western sid" of IN,
city. This remaining hrl'ig" WAS
mined and due to go up 1T any nm
utr. \ Frcnchman who lived near h\
had carefully observed the laying ul
the explosives and knew were III,
Germans had concealed tn" electric
wires leading IL II. As tn" frcnch-
man saw the Americans approaching
h, took his life i'm his hands. raced tC
the bridge and cut the wires. H'
then waved to the Americans, ano
they Surgcd across the bridge win 4
mighty cheer. The total number oi
prisoners tlhtn bN INV .NI'i ~ hb' vi
To Saturday morning in tn" Nude
nartIp sector was 500.
.-- Before the Austrian armiStic'
took effect last Sunday afternoon. IN,
Italians had captured more than nall
"A million soldiers. and about Il quar-
ter OF a million horses. Also. II is "S-
timated that between 5000 and 5000
gums were taken from tn" AUSTRIAN
army guns al thr"" inches cnlihr'
and over.
--- The series oi battles raging on the
western front from Nalrncicnn"S tu
Strnay, writes Il correspondent win
the British army. promises I" prove
the most StuI~ndGlls conflict oi the
war. The Germans on last SATURDAY
got the worst hammcring they nav"
ever received. II has hcr"m" ha-
Int of speech tu say that th" enemy
is still unhrukrn and unhcat"n: hut il
things continue much longer at the
prrsrut rate the Allied world iS likely
tu awaken suddenly tO the realization
that this statement has ceased Ia TIE
true. Ii Is u mistake 10 suppose that
the Allies i'll the present operation.
arr, engaged only with the rear
guards of tn" enemy. rctrcatinG, az
curding tu plan" The opposite is
true. The Germans are being forced
tu fight their hardest 10y attacks which
threaten tu achieve the strategic col
llI~r uf the enemy. The success gain
,d 10y the Allies have been won
against Immense concentrations oi
strength which are striving in Il most
determined manner Ia hold vital
points Marshal Foch. :idhcrinS To
his right front. IL steadily reducing the
vncmN'S area Of mIuCuNcr. s,iu"cZ-
ing him against the Ardcnncs hills
from tn, west and rnhhing him of
mobility in Il fashion which seems
likely To prove disastrous tn him he
fore long.
battle which II believed here to
h, decisive. SAYS Il Paris dispatch. lS
nov going ON. II iS being wagcd in
two sections In the north the blow
delivered 10y the British armies of
Gems. Horn. BynG and RawlnSon and
Ivy the FrUpCh under Gen. Dcbrncy. Is
Il threat lCvclcd ut one of the TANKS OF
the vast pocket formed hy the Ger
man lines from Holland tu Metz. The
object uf this offensive is 10 drive 4
dangerous wedge either north OF the
Samhrr in the direction of Mons on
thu south Of the river in the dircc-
tion of AvcsncS and MauhcuSc. The
result may hc Il compromise retreat
nf the German armies in Belgium or
those still between the Disc and the
AiSnc. Good results have been real
lied so far. The Samhre river and
canal have hcrn crossed. This was
the last line of resistance west of the
frontier. which may soon bC reach
rd in that region. According 10 the
latest information the Allied advance
continues Notwithstanding desperate
resistance 10y the enemy. The second
section OF the attack is being conduc-
ted hy general Gouraud and liEgctt.
un the Mcusr. This is the great
strategic offensive which the Germans
have always feared and which they
sought to make impossible by storm
ing Ncrdun in 1916. The aim Of the
Franco American offensive is 10 pinch
of the whole pocket. American
troops are at Beaumont. That is less
than eight miles from Lamouilly sta
tion. northwest or MontmCdy ON the
great shuttle railroad. running be-
tween Thionville. Sedan and McZicrcs.