Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-24
Scraps aud facts.


- washington December -: Scat
tcring retHTns received up 20 noon 10
dnE ~ national headquarters showed
aa enrolment OF l3ypoObO persons IN
III" Christmas roll call Of the .hm'ri-
can Rcd Cross. This represented re-
r.0rts from 80 Der cent Of the chapters
IN II diy;sions with no reports from
any charrcls in one division When
,b. c,rpr,aip-n ends ~ midnight to-
morrow night Ped Cross officials h"-
linve that the total enrolment Will
"Iual the - roo 900 OF last year. Tho
roll call hsS brrn handicapped hN m
fiuenZa and bad weather m many
t,:,Tts of the country and tho final DAY
tomorrow will b.. devoted 20 rOund:n"
IN ,.,r.onv ,.Io .t,. not wearing
,h,. 1914 J,cd cross baton. Tn" coll
,,-l JirisiGn Nirh!..,i. Illinois. Iowa.
Wisconsin and E,lrasi;i. wnS still in
,hc read TODAY with approximately =
0G0 61u condiments. Tn" Atlantic !l-
vision. New York. NJ" Jersey anu
Connecticut retained N''"hn I'''
with c!"s" I" "."''."'' iii'i''"'N'
Nptnarlrg before the hOuS" bank
iu:. cuInmi,rc" IN support "i chairman
phclanS hill to amend III" i"drihl re-
serve act. Governor Hardin" on th'
Federal reserve board. urged lmnedl-
~. legislation authorizing inCrcaS" 0i
f.Jrr.,I bank's surI,luIS 10 100 per cent.
,f tbeIr nnid m r:ipiial stock. Al
,b,urh nrofit i not and should not i"'
rho. urinary Obj"Ct of the federal
I,,L' nrcr:,tinr, Governor HARDIN.
said. th.. banks aCtivIii", have been
20 rcnirInor:riv,. that several banks, u
,h,. prnpoS-d LEGISLATION is authorized.
would hty" 100 per cent. surplus jan
mary / and that Ill WGGld hay" 'hd'
-urt,Ius by next July !. "Th" board
,i,.,yS with some concern tho lar""
.,rnnuut of outSinnd!n" federal rcS"rN'
,,tcs" ,L,. witness said. hut IN"
hanks have, hr"u Obliged 10 support the
government ~ irS iinnIrln@ and ~
now hopr We can reduce tn" "utStand
ir,, notes" Federal roS"rv" banks
earnings. Governor Harding said. can
not bc deemed as ANY "onSid"r;ihl'
:,ss,, toward having off IA" nation
al debt now about S2OUONOOhNh"'
such earnings. hr declared. would 10"
:, moro l,ay;itcll-."
,CbiI. q, v.,ilor ,yhOS,. name iS un-
k,o,yn was walEins ilun:. by No. 1873
Gr,rn street. New Surk. last Thurs
,I.,y ri,.ht 4 small pi.rc uf class fell
,,n his head LnnIiu. NJ. h." saw
.,rol,. issuin., from the windows Oi
,Lc ur,L s,ury. His first impulse WAS
tn ring in u fin. alarm: huI just as he
started for tn" box. b" heard the
screams of women Changing mind
;,,,.ui the alarm h"ing ia" thing IS IN"
..r,.,,,si and most pressing lmi"r' =
.r,.,. bc ,urnnd back. rushed NJ iiN"
n, ,Iis or stems To the seen" oI The
I',,.,. and f,,,ud :: dozen girls in :,
- ., r,i.j,t,n,.J manic so hrwild"r-
.G ,b.r thcy did not know which WAY
70 turn. Without unnecessary loss OF
49,, L,nd and rrr.s,,,drd the others n
,"ip hands, ail surun.: out IN Il lln.
Then hr shouted Come On" ana l"I
I'm. whole bunch down the steps, out
To the sid" walk and To safety men
he disappeared so completely 'h3t h'
one was even al!" Ia learn ms name
one of the girls named Helen marrow
icZ. turned in the fire alarm. ANA snort i
Iv after the iircm"u reached the spot
C'hur Comfy in charge fell down "
nirht of fifteen steps. AMI fractured Il
Ir,r The fire loss To In" building was
10000
- Field Marshal Sir Douglas llaig
commander in chief of TN" British
armies in France and Belgium AT
tended by General l'lum,r. EhWllh- l.
son. Brdwuod. Byn" and Horne, WI.
were his mainstayS IN aldin" |" dri"al
the Germans. reached London laS'
Thursday and WAS accorded notahl.
welcome. The train bringing the ti'ld
marshal to London was accompanied
Trmm Dover bv about 20 airplancs
which also huvcrcd over the pro-
crsSion which passed through th'
,Icnscly crowded thuruuGhiarcS from
station tn Buckingham palace,
:" King C;vor.'G welcomed IN" re-
way aud found htdtl"n the
ny tn" Duke oi
anu ing tie king; the
scarce 2retaIY for war.
prlilS ..'''' a.. - I'D air coun-
m"inherS OF IhC "l - ~" ,i'a aI,,iroity =
cllS' repr'SC..a.'tTs is,in.,risT.d nnrsons
anu many O'''l u'HI'''@ LII u,,,i, rr,r-
hr EIc'""'' ~" ,I.. ,,.,,,., ,,r,vrn
hi''ht"! '"'"'H " .,,., 80. nm ,scort
W. ~ 'n' T''''O' .,,,I mil loud
To- 'h' Hrl" n'' ,,',,.I ,In,,I .Snn th,
'n'',Ii'iS 'S iI,,,, Gnr,ns" {" thr crown
i.; o,'im;' "'7 ,,,',,,.d .;ir Dnu-las to a
i,,i ',.,,.,i,,,.,. in w.,itiu., tn take IN"
49,, ,,..IJ ,,.,rsb.I to thr I:,larr.
,,....,,,,,.,.,. of ,h,. national hanks of
a.. ,,,,n,,,. an Eny,,ubrr | the date
,.,u ,..ur,-rtrd Slg.-
,.,, IN, ma rnmnirnll.r or the Cur
Ia .,,,,,,,,,,.J las, SIM
r'n'A w III v..,. ., nrw
Int
u, ,LI- EM -no nnn ,,,',.,. ,hr tnt,I shown by
30, Iii last ,u..,ist a. The re-
- x,,nd th, cnmhlurd a..::rc-
....,,,,....., al IN. u.,iiuual hanks
h"N - L,,,.I.,nJ I'm. Dnmiuion uf
ni 'NS'' y, , r,.,I, ,Lr \,,h,r.
taha"a' TIN D,rrm.,,,I,
i''i''H' W. ',,,,, 49, SIryyu hy
I'Islh "," ',;I',I,i ,,.,,n,,. AIR Wil-
thcir illrH' 'tr,,'' IN, ,,i,,,,,i hanks. re-
hailS ~i"' =, nno onn nno loss
go ;b, .nml,in"d resources of all
stntrs and other banks AMI trust COM
,,.,,,io,, in tho rountrv. MS shown hy
their rcports OF June. 1917. h"
stated. and added that in III" last
five years the growth "l thr resources
of the national institutions had nee"
greater than the increase III the pre-
CcdinC - years. lDnrlh% 'h' phcS',I'
wear. the cOmptrollcrS report S:i"'
only one national bank III the entire
country had failed. a small institution
i'm California. This waS declared l"
h,, the best record sine" 1870.