Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-22
Scraps and fats.

rights equal 70 thOS'' Ol olH'i H"'i'"-
alitlcs. The jews also ask that thcE
bc admitted 10 m" p"iic" conference
Hon. Geo. J. Stay, governor OF the
regional reserve bank AT RiChmohu' u
authority for the statement that Ger
man prisoners interned at Fort ''elc-
thOrpr. ia, applied for Permission u
invest In Liberty bonds and that per
mission having been granted. they
bought a rOnsidcrahl" amount Oi ines"
securities.
President Wilson's answ"r~to the
Austrian request for an armistcc IL 10
the effect that the request Is refused
for the present. The president calls at
tcntiun 10 IN" fact that sine" IN"
Austrian request was made, th"
CZccho-SlOvakS have declared thtlr
Independence OF AiNtrEi. ana inns
declaration having b"cn duly rec0S-
niZ.d hy Ia" Allies. as w"ll-i"undcd
i'm Justice and right. Austria Is not In
u position to ask any favorS OF the
Allies so long ~ Sh" IS denying th'
rights Of the CZ"ChO- SlONakS.
. There. Is no longer any question oi
th,. fact that TIA" Liberty motor lS a
mos, tremendous success. Th"f"
were. a nuInl"r Oi bitches III III" he
ginning; hut now th"r" - no com
plaint. Til" british and French h"'h
say tn" I.IotOt ~ "a, Hii" iioi 10 any
thins previously produced. ana th"N
arr. anxious To get as many "i liitih
MS can H." supplied. The rr"dh''i"h
of the tenth thOusnidth motor was
celebrated in Detroit. Michigan on
last saturday week. ana 'h" i"'' az
PRODUCTION is steadily increasing. tn"
American airplnn" programme Is III
every WAY getting along Spl'hhihlN.
a. lsDllltIS, lIls'
French CAPTURED ldrS" numbers ol
German prisoners, including OihceIS
and men. Many Uf the men htd Stol :
en- property in their posscsslon' anu
when threatened with punishment
they EXCUSED themselves on the PI'"
that they had stolen Tia" property un-
der the orders of their officers. Ih'
French accepted tn" plea as saii'iac-
,nry onIv ON condition that they name
and identity the Officers who gave
Them their orders. Th" men COM
pIicd and five officers wcr" arrested
with the understanding that 'h'E
we're to bc tried 10y CUurlmartlhi ah"
shot, If convicted.
go Secretary McAdOO CAV" out
statement Il few days ago IN whi'h
he made il clear that even II icrihahS
should surrender today. winch ne
does not consider within tn" range OF
,nssibiIi,y. there will Ice Still iurth"r
ilrrty Loans The money realized
from the Liberty Loan Just put aCToSS
had been spent in anticipation ol th'
loan and there Will DC no surplus:
Itut that is 10y no means all. Even u
neacc should come now, II would Dt
impossibIc To bring tn" two nlliioh
men we have in France buck nome
i'm less than six or seven months, anu
i'm the. meantime these men nav" 10
b, fed and clothed and Ihld til' SlN''
as if the war wcr" going on. -NiS"'
moi ONLY have We already lent cohSI"- :
rrlblc sums at money To various va
the Allies: hut "" must lrhu auu'-
,ionnI sums. We have been SpthhIhS
at the rate q: 80! .""". .'p".""" H'"'
sine. We. entered the war, and Inc cs-
inmate, for the next fiscal year iS $50
OnO. .OOO. 900.
Cen. Won Arnim'S army ~ no
longer strong enough I" sustain "l',r-
,tions ON the extended front from inc
Er.prh TO the Dutch border. u IT,
therefore. reasonable 10 expect thhl
ito march across Belgium VIII he
r,,uiJ and that King Albert will re-
enter his capital earlier than WIS
hu,rd. .Nt the very moment ln'
Flanders battle was won. another Of
fcnsivc N..tS STATED in the dlr'cIio"
nr Uirson and NcrNinS. bN the .NhEr
American and French forces. inc
object is to take the armies " ,mo ,m
rrown urincc under shelter OF 'h'
Hunding. on the flank and conuent'
.asara To- an early .retreat.srasard Inc
sr5ennes ACROSS INC rTortv- =. ..Se POW
erfnI allied right wing. The way
hack TO Germany lies through wv"
bottle necks, separated by IN" Ar
dennes- the one between LicEe anu
Dinont and the other between Mont
mcdy and Vcrdun. The latter u hl-
ready partly blocked. WhiI" IL MAY
Inc admitted that tn" GerlhahS h''
fshting well and conducting 'hr,i
trcnt with great skill. Soh"r military
n,In;on i'm Washington is that the
great military machin" lS III "'liS''
of collapse at no distant date.
Restrictions on the use OF sugar
,,.i,, ha even more rigid during No
vrmbcr and December than al pres
ant in order that the needs Of the
0rbting forces of the United STATES
and Allies may he supplied. lh'
Cnnd administration has just an
nounccd that sugar allotmentS lot
household use will Ice held StrlriIH "
two pounds Il person cach moH''l 'i.
that the supply for manufacturers VI
sort drinks. ice cream and conic'''"nS
would bc reduced sharply. for thr
manufacture at soft drinks thr '"'''
amount TO he supplied during NoN"ih
hrr and December will he 70 per cen.
~ ,br normal requirements. or cut
oC one half from the amount uscd ioi
,ucb purpOSCs since July. Ice cream
,n,nufnrturcrS will come under 'h'
same restrictions. receiving only one
fourth thu, amount normally r'Nu't'u::
Practically all the manufacturers VI
heycragc syrups. chewing gum. chOc-
ulatc. cocoa, matted mix, EpIe sN'
ms and molaSscS. Sodawat"f anu at
titlcial honey. will h cut I" y" "I
cent. of the av"ra-" monthlI UP ''"'t
Ink 10 December 81. 1916 and the
year 1917 combined.
The correspondent OF the l'ctil
journal OF Paris. was among the mrs.
outsidcrs to enter the great ana
ls.nutiful city uf Lille. after its rNac-
nation hN tn" Germans last ThnrS-
bny The correspondent had been
advised OF the fall OF the cltN ny
british officer and ne hurried III h'S
autoru SAilC Ia see what lhihEs WV
like People were coming out III 'uC
road TO meet him. or whoever shou,"
Ia, coming in the direction ot the NJ
lied armies. and tears OF JOY M'r'
Cuursing down their cheeks I"o
Npung girls were inc HISl w 'PPN"'
They were shouting They've gone.
They've gone. NIvc les Anglais, NiNe
Ia France" Others echoed the same
shout. ON the arrival ot the cores
nondcnt and his party in the city pco-
nle almost climbed over their shoui-
ders in drlirium Of JOY. Carried ny iht
crowd to the city hall, they were calleH
upon for speeches. From Il windoW o'
the hall they told OF british. french
and American victories. Each state
mcnt was greeted with shouting.
bulgaria has capitulatcd. Vhcers'D
Turkey has promised to 99n.
More chcrrS.) president wilson
has refused an armiSticc and de.
mnndrd the head of the Kaiser!
Then the people went wild. throwing
mn their hats and everything else
tbcv could gc, their hands ON. Lille
had been in the hands of tn" Germans
for four years. All able bodied m't,
over fourteen years "f age. ma"
been carried away 10y the Germans
The city. however. had not been Sc
riously damaged. and all public hniin-
-, ,,,r., still intact. The INIuI3-