Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-19
Scraps and fats.

planc. His cousin. Phillip. VINO was
in tn. trenches, saw him "heh ~
fell: but was not certain AZ 10 ms
identity. Mrs. Th"Od0r" fooS' N'I''
Jr.. has cablcd Col. Roosevelt iIoiii
Paris that il has not tH'"n d"iihl'''s
established that Quentin ~ hr'i"'
Cen. Irrshing has included III on
OF has reports facts 10 tiic ELECT thdt
ON las, Monday American troops com
,J,r,JX :,uuIhII,t.d an entire German
battalion. \ battalion consists oil l.
uuu men IN the United States army
and l-.rh;tps about the same IN th'
German army. At any rate, TINS bat-
TALON had crossed the Marn" opposite
the Americans. and the Americans
drove II back TO the river bank, "hcic
every man was either Killed or cap
tured.
--- President Wilson has agreed 10 the
enlistment Uf ms personal st"noSraph-
or. Charles SwcIn, and the young man
will JUIn the army aviation strNISe
August /. Swrm has reported the
PRESIDENTS speeches and written ms
letters for more than 1--WE years. ne
has been eager to get into th' service
ever since, the war started. but uh'h
now the president witlh not appioN'.
Secretary Tumulty's stcnOgraphcr.
W sLfftn stlSO 10 '''N'N ~ IO'''
the army with his chiefs "Ei'scnl.
-Tts: work Of enrolling l,OOO,0OO
women OF the United states plcdsrn
TO sell one half Of the fourth l-lbcrtE
loan of $4,000, 900, 900 was begun IN
Chicago last Monday, AT Il conference
of representatives from FirtS OF th'
country under the auspices oil inc ma
tiOnal wuman's Liberty loan commit
tcr. 40 new dresses was slogan
offered 10y Mrs. Fila Flagg Young
who i'm the absence Of Mrs. W. u:
McAdOO, chairman OF the natioiiai
committee, presided at the conference
81 have. not had Il new dress Tor thc
uast three years" NO new hat Orha-
in.nts." said Mrs. \. =. BALDWIN oil
San Francisco. NO new clothcs ioi
the children or as few more as pos
sibl,." said Mrs. Frank \. Nandcrllp,
,n,mlcr of the national committee"
who explained that her own children
are dressed in tn" blue denim OF
French peasants smOcks. The ~oih-
an leaders OF the nation cmphaSiZ'u
that they must become fashionable 10
aid the new loan so that they miSh'
better the record in the last ioih
when 40 per cent oil th' total sai'H
were handled 10y women.
- Andrew l1Onar Law, British chah-
crlIor oil the rXchcpu"r. on MohuaA
might. described to the house oil com
mons the progress Of the lighting IN
France during the day. Here IL IN,
disl,tch that told the story: lh'
rncm, attack early this morning on
a front OF ninety kilonctcrs, pr''l!
,,rnly divided east and west Oi
pbrims. The city itself was no, at
tackled. West OF Rheims the Ger
mans penetrated ON Il front Of 50 kllo-
meters (22.37 milcs) TO an average
depth OF from four to live kliolnetCrs.
South of the MaTnc. 10y brilliant
countcr-attaCk, the American troops
drove the enemy back and look Il
Thousand or more prisoners. FAST VI
Rheims the enemy has been heavily
r.puIsrd and has suffered Il complete
check" Sir Walter Runciman SAID
that the house would wish To o1rr
congrit ulations not only To the fr'hcn
but to the American troops, VINO ilhu
justified themselves. not Tor thc itS'
time, on Il critical occasion. Before
reading the communication, Mr.. Bon
ar Law said IL had reached him from
the front shortly before IL O'clock
"I may add" he said. in addition 10
what | am going to read. that the
prime minister has been in telcphon-
ic communication with headquarters
and the report given him IN coming
from Gen. Foch Is that ne is well sat
isficd with the results of today's fight
ing"
When the German artillery prepa-
ration started on the night OF the 18th.
says a dispatch from the American
fsoSs. trout ;Ssse the fsshsS 10 siS 5E2% o.
up the streets OF Chalons. heaNtS ah
l,s, ia
piled with an equally powerful hrc.
and everything for many miles trem-
blcd until dawn, when the German IN
funtry came over. The advancing
waves were of great density. giving
the hundreds OF French 75s point
blank target. At the same time small
Crntcrs of resistance composed oi
French advanced posts opened lire
with machine guns. which did tcrrihc
execution. These isolated dctachmehtS
held up the enemy masses FOR scveral
hours, giving ample time Tor thclr
comrades guarding the line of resist
nnce to organize and bring into play
all their means of defense. Then they
retired slowly ut times being compcll-
,d to fight strong bodies Of the enemy
who had succeeded in passing their
positions. Lieutenant Tranchard. with
25 men, was caught between the
French and German barragcs and re-
mainCd lighting half the day. he
then cut his way through the encmy's :
lines at the point OF the bayonct ana
received the legion of honor on the
field. The perfect execution OF Cen.
Gourauds defense plans prevented the
enemy from making a breach 1T any
point on this sector. although during
- hours the German crown prime"
sent three necessarily renewed waves
OF his best troops forward in the de
termination to get through To ChalonS.
The continued absence OF rainfall
throughout nearly the whole OF the
cotton belt, together with excessive
temperatures In Texas and cool
weather in the central and eastern
portions. made conditions generally
unfavorable for rapid advancement OF
the cotton crop in most of the belt.
says the national weather and crop
bulletin issued Wednesday for the
week ending July l6. Cotton continu-
cd to deteriorate in central. western
and southwestern Texas, where dry.
hot weather persisted. but 1t is still
in fair to good condition In the north
east. and coast portions OF that state.
The crop IL looking well in most parts
OF Oklahoma. and showers were benc-
ficial In Arkansas. where good growth
was made. Kahn IL needed III iou'S'-
ana. and some shedding Is reported
from Mississippi. The crop continues
In good TO excellent condition east OF
the Mississippi river. but growth was
unsatisfactory in much of Georgia.
on account of the cool nights. which
was also the case in the Carolinas.
The continued dry weather. however.
was beneficial in checking the actiri-
ties OF the boil wcevil."
- Straight to the United States sem
ate. Madame Botchkarova, the leader
OF the Russian battalion of death. car
ried her plea for Russia last Monday.
She spoke to n number Of senators In
the marble room. and said to them:
Russia can be saved. Sending 100.-
600 allied troops into siberia would
rouse the peasants to fight for free
dom. More than 100000 Russian
troops would spring to arms" The
fearless woman leader was wearing
khaki uniform, her sword dangling at
her side. Her decorations blazing up
on her breast. Her straight. black
hair. bobbed boy fashion. accentuated
sharply the broad outlines Of her sla-
vonic face. "All the real heart Of Rus
STA hates Germany" she said. THE
peasants want Germany beaten and