Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-19
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battleShlp tan III "niCn an olHceF was
killed and several sailors were serious
IL injured ...........Slr Cecil Spring Rice.
former English ambassador 10 the
United states and one Of the bes,
known English statesmen and diplo-
mats. died suddenly last Thursday in
ottawa. Canada. Lieut.. Col. Rich
ard {. Marshall. Jr.. has been placed
temporarily in charge OF the canton
Inent construction in place OF Col. !.
". Lltt.ll. who has been promoted TO d
briga,ilr in the rmy....-.--....--Rallway
mail clerks OF =. 4 l.. railroad have
received an increase OF twenty per cent
IN Agricultural experts and
state -ntomolofists from nine south
.rn states and the District Of Columbia
me, IN Jackson. Miss, last week 10 dis
cliss the new cotton pest-the boil
wurm-and decided on vigorous cam
paign IN an effort 10 check and elimi-
mate il. The states represented at the
conference were Alabama. Arkansas,
Georgia. Louisiana. Missouri. Mississ-
luIi. Florida. Texas and TENNESSEE.
IN app-al TO 5000 young college wo-
men TO enter the training camp for
NURSES which opens at Nassar college.
ruurhErrpsic. y. y. June ~ has been
issued l,y the ;.iumIiac recruiting COM
mlttrr o! the instituton."......For ormal
warnin. has been given Houston ana
Fort Worth through Congressman Gar
r,tt that vice conditions SAID To exist
IN the vicinity Of Camps Logan and
Huwir must hr amrlioratrd or the sol
Jirrs will hr removed. according TO adj
vices from WaShinSton.-.......-.Flre in
ia, ksonvIllr, Fla. Saturday morning
destroyed property valued III s2oo.oOo
Juscl,h Jacobs. an Austrian by
states army recently brought to Camp
Greene. at Charlotte. from Pennsyl-
y.niu is in the MccklcnburS county
i,iI awaiting intcrnmrnt as an enemy
alien. He Is charged with threatening
officers in his command and having
stated that he would shoot TO Kill his
officers before h. would fire on his own
nationality IN" first action he was en-
,,.,.,.J IN The first contingent Of
\m,rlcan soldiers in the trenches in
France have been relieved for brief
resi- Two bandits AT Cleveland,
ohio on Friday afternoon held up ana
robbed Leslie }. Sadlcr. cashlef OF thc
Cottage Creamery company ol $500 IN
currency and $500 in checks. They
made good their cSca Scapr...--...CanhlnS
club members and junior extension
workers from thirly-thrce states OPEN
ed Il five days conference III N"sh-
in,.inn FRIDAY Jake Sgero. Il
negro sought near Sandcrsville, Ga.
by sheriff English on warrant
charging him with failure TO register
for military service. fired from Il
deserted cabin where he was located
SATURDAY,. The shcriff'S deputies iir-
cd on the negro. killing him instant
ly j. ". Mcdaniel chief of p"-
lice of ThonaSton. Ga, is under ar
rest in Macon. Ga. charged with KILL
inr sheriff charles Howell and his
son. Lloyd Howell ... More than
80. 0uu German and Austrian prison.
rrS released recently by the RUSSIAN
council OF wurkmcn's and soldiers
delegates in smaller Russian towns.
are in danger of starvation ... Lord
Northcliife of England, has accepted
the positiun of director Of propaganda
IN enemy countries while continuing
his pusition on the American mission.
The United States destroyer
Taylur was launched at the Mare Is
land ward. san Francisco. Friday.
The vessel was 66 per cent complete.
four months after the keel was laid.
This is a navy yard record for speedy
construction w Edward Wheel. con-
victcd for killing two men in a. pay
roll robbery. and Harry Lindrun. VINO
killed a policemen. were hanged on
tho same scaffold in Chicago Friday.
.. Persons who participated IN the
recent strike in Germany have been
given heavy sentences. One man, Il
metal worker, was sentenced 10 ~
months penal Scrvitude. y boy OF
Il was given two years for distribut-
ing leaflets urging women to strike.
The women of the Dominion uf
CANADA are To be given full SuffraIS
within the next few months. accor
ltft rt-t-S & Il s.hr1SSsg:" ;iJSs UTIS,.
...W Wool in the grease sold ut AUG
ton I'm Boston ON Friday at priccS
ranging from 80 cents to $1.lO Al
pound. These prices are equivalent
to $l.?O to 81 Il pound on secured
basis ~ 1t is announced that the
Turkish parliament has approved
plans for building a bridge across
the EosphoruS and another for dig
ging Il tunnel under il to connect
EurUIran and .Asiatic Turkey %"
One hundred and sixty three German
officers and seaman were last week
transferred from Glouchcster, y. j..
to Hot Springs. y. g.. for internmcnt
until the close Of the war. The
food administration at Washington
has notified the brewers of the coun-
try not to make any further contracts
for mailing barley until rules for their
buying can he promulgated. Every
year $1,000 900 bushels of barley are
consumed by the beer brewers. The
shutting off of this supply means pro-
hihition of beer making and drink
ing as soon aS supplies now on hand
are consumed .. 90. Four hundred and
cighty-two persons of Allegheny
county, Pa, including Pittsburgh.
have pledged themselves tn buy war
savings stamps to a total of $1,000
each ...... Paul Henning. Il naturaliz-
cd American, md cX-foreman of the
gyroscopic department of Il Brooklyn
factory. charged with treason, in that
he tampcrcd with torpedo horoscopes
intended for the navy. was acquitted
in the Federal court last week be-
cause of lack Of cvidence...........A y Sc
we're earthquake destroyed many
buildings and damaged hundreds OF
others at Annoy. China. Saturday
w Bobby Mclean. professional Skat-
er. broke the worlds record at Lake
Placid. y. Y. Saturday. by covering
a half mile in one minute and five
seconds General Sir William Rob
ertsUn has resigned as chief Of the
British imperial staff. and has been
succeeded by General WilsOn......Carl
ElsChncr. II chemist, and Il member
Of tho United states geological sur
vny. has been arrested in San Fran
cisco as Il dangerous alien enemy. He
is charged with being implicated in
IN alleged plot To blow up Pritish
cable office in the Hawaiian islands
Many thousand unnaturalized
Germans failed TO register during the
registration period and now Federal
officers are hunting these UP for the
purpose Of interning them until the
close of the war The Salvation
Army of the United States now has
four women in the American front
line trenches for war work of the SAL
vation Army. These women are equip
ped with gas masks. steel helmets
and revolvers.
Profit on Wheat Mill-Feed.-Elimi-
ration OF rc-salcs of wheat mill feed
within the trade and the fixing Of rea
sonablc limits OF profits 10y brokers'.
commission MEN ard jobbers nave re-
suited. II has been announced from a
two day conference in Washington be-
tween representatives Of the industry