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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-26
100000 IN SECOND DRAFT
Plans for Calling Them Out Now Al
most Complete.


Details OF the plan for calling ou'
the next 100000 increment for tho
National army have become known IT
Washington on high official authority
says Il correspondent.
The call will not be before May l
and may br deferred to 81 later date
i'm order to leave undisturbed the
farm labor class during corn and
wheat planting seasons. The detailed
plans for the next quota have receiN-
ed the approval of the secretary OF
war and will he in the hands OF Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder in n
few days.
Directions for handling the men to
br called to the colors in the second
draft will bc placed in the hands OF
the various local boards throughout
the country in April with definite
word to each board how many men
must bc selected week by week and
the total number which much be sup
piled.
The greatest difference In detail be-
tween the first and second calls foi
the national army lies in the percent
ages of men TO he sent to the camps
and cantonmcnts at various times
Under the first call definite percent
ages of the total number required
were .;"nt L. camps. The plans for
the second call contcmplat" sending
mon nj the rate of about 10000 Il
week il shipping conditions are sucn
that the men already in the camps
and trained can he moved to Franco
at the rate. making room for th'
new mon IL the camps and cintoE
meets.
II has been planned TO call the Sec
ond draft in sixteen increments as
accommodations for their training
becomes available. This was altered
in order TO keep the camps as nearly
full to capacity as possible.
Calling 10000 men Il week will be
increased as fast as possible, and II
is hoped to more thar double this
rate eventually
The men for the second increment
will he chosen from among about
$50 900 mcn--those now in Glass !,
and about 100000 youths who have
reached the age of 81 years since reg
istration last June. About half the
candidates are expected to pass ply
sically. The call to succeed the one
in May is expected to he obtained
from class /. and from the boys who
have come OF age meanwhile.
The average number to be drawn
from the territory covered by the
Jurisdiction of each Of the 4,557 local
boards is about 110, but the larger
registration of aliens and others not
in class / may make the quota from
each district greater. II legislation
now pending is adopted before the
next call each district will be called
for definite percentage of the men
in class and who have reached q
years of age since June last.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-26

Speaking Of discharges, men un-
fit for soldering are being sent home
every day and there are many yet t.
so. 1t ie no easy matter to secure Il
discharge from the service even for
those who really should he discharg-
ed and q man who is "yallow' and
tries to get out because he is ''yallow,
hasn't q chance in the world. Every
once in a while some fellow shoots of
a foot or chops off 4 trigger finger or
does some other stunt like that be-
cause he isn't Il man. In nine cases
out of ten he is discharged in order
to take q place ut Fort Leavenworth
or Atlanta, instead Of to return home.
Three men have been discharged
from my immediate company dur
ing the past few days and others are
to go. Our progress would have been
greater had they never been accept
ed for enlistment. One was suffering
with an liberated stomach, another
with pellagra and the third had Il
heart that threatened to strike any
old minute.
The fellow suffering with pellagra
cunningham was his name, had
hard time getting away. He was OF
very weak min anyway and possess
ed of hardly enough intelligence to
count money. When the order dis
charging him came around and set
tlement was made between him and
Uncle Sam 1t was discovered that he
had nothing coming to him, but in
stead was indebted to the govern
ment. Hs.had no money, his parents
were unable to provide him with
funds and he was up against 1t for
fair. He hung around a whole day
because there was nothing else for
him to do. OF course his comrades
felt sorry for him in their rough way:
but nobody felt sorry enough, to
make him a present Of SIS, which is
the price Of a ticket to his home in
the Tennessee hills. Several fellows
informed him that II it we're they in
stead Of him who had the discharge.
they would grab the first freight and
out: but Cunningham couldn't see it
that way or he was too tmid.
Finally one Of the men in the out
At gave him a dime and told him to
90 to the secretary Of the Red Cross
society in Greenville. present his dis
charge, tell his troubles and perhaps
such a display Of energy would be
rewarded with a ticket TO home. He
took the dime and lit out Several
hours afterward officials OF the Red
CIpss 'phoned out to know whether
the story Of Cunningham was on the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-26

level and when informed affirmative
ly. the lad was put on the train for
home. II any Of the officials Of the
Greenville organization chance TO
see this story they will learn for the
first time how il was that they came
to do good turn FOR a soldier out
Of luck
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-26
Clinic Gunton and Herman Meyers

Clinic Gunton and Herman Meyers,
clergymen, are held under $4,000
bail bonds at Elkins, w. Va. on
Charges Of selling and distributing H.
belous and seditious matter regard
ing the United States. They carried
Russian, German and other war
maps, as we'll as the address Of con-
Germ where they could buy dynamite.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-26

DR.. John H. Reese Of Ashland, Ky.
remarked on a street car that "the
kaiser would soon be king Of the
world-it Is useless to oppose him. u
and started to sing The Watch on
the Rhine" Pretty soon he needed
the services of q brother practitioner.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-26

The recent earthquake shocks in
the vicinity Of Annoy. China, resulted
in the death OF 200 people. Most OF
the deaths were at Swatow. The
number Of injured has not been re-
ported.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-26

Rochelle. ILL.,. grocers have entered
into a written contract to sell gro
Eel les for cash only.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-26
Nest Sixty DAYS.

Furthermore, this year we nave
the largest percentage Of soft corn In
many years and though we have
record crop Of corn, a considerable
portion of the soft corn will be lost by
spelling unless 1t can be moved In the
next so days to the drying terminals.
The least amount of grain that must
be loaded for the next 60 days Is s.
O0O, 900 bushels per day-and we have
not yet attained that. Less than this
will solve neither the allied nor our
domestic situation.
I'VE had about 100000 carloads OF
potatoes on November / which should
have been moved from the principal
producing centers and up to the first
of February we had moved about 2s,-
900 carloads while we should have
moved over $4,000 in this period. The
result is that potatoes are piled up
spelling in the producers hands and
the consuming centers have only been
supplied by virtue OF the summer
gardens and other stores carried over
from last year There Is a great deal
of livestock which has been ready
for the market for sometime. but Is
still held in the farmers hands
through inability to secure transpor-
tation. These cattle are eating their
heads of without increasing their
meat value and are only adding to the
costs Of the farmer and consuming the
grain.
Effect Of Delay.
THE effect OF this delayed move
ment has been many fold:
First: To jeopardize the safety Of
a great deal of the soft corn and per-
ishables, such as potatoes.
Second: The structure in flow Of
distribution has entirely distributed
the price conditions in the country
by practically suspending the law Of
supply and demand.
Third: The cost Of grains for feed
ing livestock has 80 increased to the
feeders Of finished cattle that they
face serious losses. The costs OF the
dairying industries have necessarily
greatly increased.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-16
Captain Tells How
He Got II Germans
After He Shot Two the Rest
Surrendered, He Says
Simply

Captain John Adams Ballard. who
won his captains commission bv can't
urlng ceventeen Germans and ma
chine gun single handed, is passing a
few days at his home, 73 Macon Street.
Brooklyn, before reporting on his new
assignment at Camp Dix. The CAPTURE
CT the Germans was Just a piece of
luck" he said yesterday.
His regiment. the 9th Infantry. and
the regiment on its left became SEN
erated in an attack until large wheat
1le1d intervened. 1t looked to Captain
Ballard, then a lieutenant. as if the
field might hold Germans as we'll AZ
wheat. He went with runner 70 in
vestigate. A rifle bullet that drowned
the runner deed confirmed the len
tenants suspicious.
Il got two of 'em-shot 'em,'' he said
trletty, and the rest surrendered.
lhe Germans had dug shallow
trenches in the field and set uD their
machine gun, but the American officer
took them by surprise, and with their
outpost of two men done for thev
threw up their hands and surrendered.
Il got them all right" said CAPTAIN
Ballard. "But it was matter of luck
l. guess. With all the big things that
ale being done over there this figures
UP pretty small"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-16
$4,000 Rumanians
Here Ready to Fight

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug 15.-Rumani-
ans now in the United States are or
ganizing divisions to join the Allies
against the Central Powers in repuda-
tion Of the peace forced upon the little
Balkan kingdom, Major Livius Teiu-
sanu, Rumanlan attache at Washing
ton, declared at the Hotel Traymore to-
day.
Eighteen thousand able bodied fight
ing men are already marshaled among
the 100000 Rumanians on this side of
the ocean. This will be merely a be-
ginning, for other expeditions are to BE
organized, drilled and dispatched with
all haste to swell the Allied armies" he
said.
This is natural, for my people are
of Latin race and not a Slavish peo-
pie. They can have nothing in com
mon with Germany or its aspirations,
and their hatred for Austria Hungary
is intense, because that country is hold.
ing Pennsylvania, the Alsace- Lorraine
of Rumania."
New-York tribune., 1918-08-16

offered stubborn resistance, this time
they surrendered almost as soon as the
tanks got near them.
The important part played by the
tanks, both large and small, IN the
offensive that started August hardly
can be exaggerated Their presence
on the battleline made possible the
economizing of the infantry arms, and
thus the Allies were enabled to at
tack on a broader front and with fewer
soldiers afoot than ever before.
The rapid successes in the offensive
are attributed by military observers to
the combined attacks by the tanks,
aircraft and infantry. In illustration
OF this fact, when the Germans at
one point scattered in the corn and
wheat fields, where they hid and tried
to hold up the advance, Allied airmen
Immediately reported the situation to
the tanks. These armored and self
propelling machines soon cleared the
grain fields and the infantry then
pressed forward.
400 p. m.-Thc French have capt
ured all the high ground on the Las
signy ma lsif and are working down the
north and eastern sides so that fur
ther retirement of the enemy in that
sector is probable, according to ad-
vices received here this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-16
Italians Capture
important Heights
Garrison of Forty Taken on
Island in the Piave
Sector

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. - Italian
troops last night established them
selves in high positions taken from the
enemy in Valtellina and Val Camonica.
while their artillery continued concen-
trated fire upon the important Aus
trian defence positions. The following
official resume Of Italian operations
was received at the embassy here to-
day from Rome:
italian Front.-In Valteilina and
Val Camonica, while an intense ire of
our artillery is still concentrated on
the most important centres OF the
enemy defence, our troops are estab-
fishing themselves on the SUBMITS
which they took from the enemy.
"ln Val Lagarina and on the Mon
tello the activity of the artillery Of
both sides has been lively.
Between Brenta and Piave at dawn
on the 14th our detachments crossed
the river south of the Grave and oc
cupied one of the great islands of the
river, making prisoner the whole garri-
son Of forty mon. The occupation has
been held in spite Of continuous coun-
ter attacks by enemy troops and of a
violent barrage fire.
Albanian Front.-Our exploring de-
tachments have been very active north
Of Berat and on the lower Scmeni."
New-York tribune., 1918-08-16
Amiens, dead City Of Picardy,'
Comes to Life as I Iun Peril Ends
Aged and War-Worn Men and Women Refugees Creep
Back to Join Allied Armies in Memorable Thanks
Service in Manned Cathedral

ed. From the pulpit priest eloquent
ly told his hearers, sitting among
sandbags and debris, the history Of the
Cathedral.
The voices of the choristers, accom-
panied by the soft strains of the organ
and of violins played by soldiers, car
ried not only throughout the cathe
dral but we'll into the streets of the
manned city through the open window
spaces and holes torn in the walls by
explosives hurled by the Germans.
The glass broken here dated back to
the fourteenth century. Fortunately,
much of the glass had been removed
from the windows in time to save it.
The same is true of the wonderful stat
uary, the famous bronze statues of
bishops dating back to the thirteenth
century, and the large number of price
less paintings and decorations. Only
one of the famous paintings was dam
aged. That was cut across the centre
by debris sent flying through the~cathe-
dral when a German shell came burst
ing through the splendid roof.
Entire City Manned
Pieces Of the projectile Clipped the
columns of the edifice and also the old
marble group of the Holy Family,
which for some reason had not been
removed.
In the city itself the houses every
where show signs of the German bonn
bardment. Some windows are without
glass. Some houses are merely marke d
by she'll contact, while others bear
great, gaping holes in their sides
through which are revealed the in
teriors, in some Of which the covers
are still on the tables, pictures on the
walls and curtains tapping in the
breeze. At still other places are oddly
shaped chunks of masonry, splintered
wood and furniture heaped in piles.
The pigeons, of which there used to
be so many over the city, have gone
1t seems that they evacuated the she'll
torn place at the same time that the
population left it.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-16
Germans No,v Admit
Bloody Losses From
Allied Ali. Bonbers
tBu The Associated Press

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug IS . p. m.).-There
have been no further striking develop
ments day in the situation on the
new Somme battle front or Immediately
north of it, where the Germans have
been evacuatng advanced posts in
manner somewhat similar to that pre-
ceding their Withdrawal last year to
the Hindenburg line.
The enemy seems to be in some force
along the new front south of the
Somme, where he has been driven by
the Allied armies His principal force
seems to be between Chaulncs and
Noye.
The mystery still to be solved on the
new battle front and the region north
ward is, Do the Germans intend max
ing another "strategic" withdrawal?
The British artillery continues
pounding the enemy from his front
line to the back waters of the Somme,
and intense aerial bombing is being
continued day and night. Chaulnes
and other rear targets have been
bombed repeatedly. A direct hit was
obtained on q train at station behind
the lines, and many fires nave been
caused by bombs. SO vigorous have
the British air forces become in their
operations that the German command
ers are reported to be worried over the
situation.
One of the commanders has just is
sued an order to his troops in which
he says that recently "bloody losses"
have been caused by aircraft raiding
billets and camps. He orders that i'm
mediate protective steps be taken, such
as complete alarm signals and the
sbuilding of underground shelters of
in large numbers.
(Noon)- General interest in the
situation along the battle front has
shifted to the northward, where it is
confirmed that the Germans are evac-
uating some of their forward posi-
tions. eaumont-Hamel, Serre, Buc-
quoy and Puisieux-au Mont have been
abandoned. British patrols crossed
the Ancre at Authuille and Aveluy,
north of Albert, last night, and went
some distance before they were fired
upon.
Albert is still held strongly by the
Germans. British patrols on entering
the town were fired upon from the AL
bert Cathedral.
1t will be remembered that the Ger
man retirement in February, 1917, to
the Hindenburg line was immediately Y
preceded by slight local retirements,
such as have been made north of AL
bert The mystery now is whether
some such plan is being carried out by
the enemy If this is true, the situa-
ton should be clarified in a short time.
Along the new Somme battle front
quiet still continues, except for rather
increased artillery activity at several
points.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-16
King George Lauds
Morale Of Soldiers

LONDON. Aug. liking George has
written letter congratulating Field
Marshal Haig or the success of the re-
cent Allied offensive. In the course Of
the letter, which is dated August II.
the King sad
AT the beginning Of the fifth year
of war | again had the pleasure of be-
ing with my armies.
Il am writing to you after nv visit
last March, the 3Oth, and alluding to
the then necessary withdrawal from
certain of our positions. | dwelt on
the impression made on me by the
splendid spirit of the troops that 7
saw during those days Subsequent
events have given ample proof that
this was true impression, for never
since that time has the spirit of the
armies faltered. We have seen it re-
asserting itself and carrying to a tri-
umphant issue the operations of the
last week
"On these happy results | most
warmly congratulate you and the troops
that fought so magnifcently under your
command. I gratefully recognize that
this high morale is in part the out
come of hearty cooperation between the
fighting army and the great organiza-
tions behind the line - the TRANSPORT
service by land and sea and those vast
industries in which the men and women
at home maintain the supplies and the
munitions of war.
II return home with feelings Of pro-
found admiration for our army and am
convinced that, in union with those of
The Allied nations, we shall, with Gods
help, secure victorious peace worthy
of the noble sacrifices that have been
made. A peace which must be surety
to the coming generation against the
suffering such as the present world has
endured Throughout the relentless
war"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-16

a railroad from Petrograd runs east
toward the Volga to the Czech0-
Slovak positions.
Backed by friendly Russian sen
timent, an development Of the Boz
shevist forces in Russia has become
a possibility of the near future. No
wonder that the Lenine-Trotzky
government is ready to decamp
from Moscow. and ever from PetrO'
grad, and to fee toward the German
lines. The reestablishment Of an
Eastern front is no longer vague
and shadowy hope. That front is
taking form. And It's reappearancs
would have as weakening an effect
on Germany as Foch's splendid VIC
tories in the West have had.
On the Western battle line the
further German retirement, to which
all signs have pointed, is still in suS'
pense. The French continue thelF
pressure on the Lassigny-Noy0l
line. Lassigny still holds out. But
General Hunlbert's troops are al
most in a position to force its evac-
uation. The present improvised Ter
man line from the Somme to NOyor
seems still too insecure and too III
constructed to hold against Vle'
orous Allied attack.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-16
he Great War-1472d Day
(Bv The Associated Press)

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug. 15.-Amiens, which has
been the dead city of Picardy" since
its population of about 10000, includ-
ing 10000 refugees, fed before the
crest Of the German offensive last
spring, is coming to life again.
The invader himself has been chased
back toward the Somme, and now some
of the peaceful residents, who had been
refugees for many months, are creep
ing back. To-day street after street
throughout the city was entirely de-
serted, but here and there the newt
able little old woman who would not
leave her home would come to her bomb
or she'll splinteled doorway as horse
drawn or motor vehicle clattered
through the thoroughfares.
Homecomers Join in Mass
These vehicles carried men, some
times officers and soldiers of Great
Britain, France or the United States
and sometimes civilians, who have lived
many years in the now shadow of a
city, on their way to mass in the great
Cathedral of Notre Dame, which, de-
spite the damage from German guns
and bombs, retains the title of the most
beautiful in all France The service
was to celebrate the deliverance of the
city from the Germans.
But the group gathered in the Ca
thedral itself showed that Amiens was
coming back to life, for, in addition to
the khaki and the horizon blue of the
wounded British and French soldiers
there was quite a sprinkling of the
darker shades of civilian clothes. Most
of those wearing the latter had re-
turned to the city since the enemy was
thrown back.
Service Amid Debris
Before the altar surrounded witt
red, white and blue flags of Great Brit
ain, France and the United States. and
with the assistance of a choir formed
of French soldiers, mass was celebrat-
New-York tribune., 1918-08-16

driven down out of control. All our
machines returned safely
might operations were carried out
on the 14th-15th against q hostile air
drome, blast furnaces, railway sidings
and various ground targets. All our
machines returned safely"
BERLIN, Aug. 15.-The War Office
tonight issued the following:
"a British bombing squadron on its
way to raid our home territory was en-
gagged by our chasing forces before
reaching its objective, and forced to re-
tire after loss of FIVE airplanes.
yesterday twenty-four enemy air
planes and one hostile balloon were
shot down"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-16
French in Local
Attacks Make Gains
In Ribecourt Region

PARIS, Aug. 15.--Further gains have
been made by the French in the wooded
region between the Matz and Disc
rivers and just north of the Disc near
Rbecourt, according to the French Of
fetal communication issued this even
ing For the most part, however, the
operations have been of a minor cnar-
acter.
Both Sides Gathering Force
Both sides are gathering strength for
resumption of heavy fighting. That,
however, does not prevent the French
from hammering away at the Lassigny-
Noyon line and doggedly struggling on
ward through gas-choked woods.
Humbert's men yesterday carried
Ribecourt, which barred the road run
ming toward Noyon between Thiescourt
Ridge and the Disc and protected the
Germans in Ourscamp Forest, east of
the river. 1t is useful success that
seriously endangers both Thiescourt
Ridge and the Ourscamp salient.
The enemy in the Thiescourt posi-
ton, already severely shaken by the at
tacks of General Humbert's left, is re-
ported to be showing signs of giving
way.
Just four weeks ago to-day the resi-
dents Of Paris were awakened by the
sounds Of such cannonade as they
never had heard before. 1t was Gen
eral Mangin's Counter preparation"
against the great German attack which
the enemy believed was to bring him to
the gates Of Paris.
$4,000 Prisoners Taken
In phrases tempered with joy the
morning newspapers outline the great
change that one short month has
brought. The enemy, who was at the
gates of Amiens, Rheims and Com
piegne, has been soundly beaten and
outgeneralled at every point, and the
initiative has been wrung from him by
the military genius of Marshal Foch.
Allied troops, among whom the Amer
leans have borne a creditable part, have
captured $4,000 prisoners and more
than ZOO guns. This is greater num-
Der than the Allies have taken in four
weeks since the beginning of the war