Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-06
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uas about TO finish the American WIN
his bayonet The American grapp,u
a grenade from his belt, fumbiihS WIN
hi. fingers till ~ lOOSrn"d inc SILL
catch and thrust the grenade into the
Germnn's pocket With sudden terror
the German realized the AMERICAN
intention. but before he could couleI
IL was too late. There was not ehouEn
left Of his equipment, the COT !,
ent adds. to provide qdick-
little American with a souvenir
THE submarine Is no longer d ue,
termining factor in the war, am
.,.,.ments hy Empror William in a
proclamation TO the German army anu
n.yv that submarines are tcnaclousi'
attacking and fighting the vital FORCES
which are streaming across the SEA
are without foundation, says SecI'-
ta,-v Daniels THE reduction IN SINK
inys has been steady. The submarine
as a leading. important factor III thc
war is dead. II Is always Il menace
IN long az there Is one IN thc Scds'
and we are losing ships. ana VIII con
,inu. TO lose ships now and then bu'
as for it's being a determining factor
In the war. that fear ~ endcd.
- Siynor Ciianni CaprOni, the Ia
mons Italian inventor OF the giant ar
tlancs bearing his name, VINO IL Il,
Paris. SAYS the Allies VIII owe Hia'
victory TO bombing aircraft. ms. nv
adds. IN on one condition, nainelS: 'h'''
the Allies coordinate all thtir tiiot ,H'
CaprOni is highly SatlSfcd WIFI 'h'
progress made In America. NJ p'a"'H
nT hin creation, he said, had don'
,n,ry.,ous work on the Piave front III
Italy. but were not sufficiently nuihtr-
oIIs uviators being forced therefore 10
make. many raids and night many
battles without Il breathing Spli. ne
said the air raids on England ha,'
stimulated cnlistmcnts In the iTiliSi'
army and that the GOthaS over iaris
had Increased the will to NtnluiSi',
Next spring, All. next spring. Sal'
IN. Inventor. III construction projects
Weld all the results expected; II All
the Allies are thoroughly IN ac'oiu
for u combined plan OF aerial opera,
tiOn, ! am convinced II Will he the emu
of the war.
"Sobody can contemplate without
profound admiration the Vigor ana hc-
roism with which the Americans
fought In every stage oil the ba't''
writes the Daily Mails correspondent
with tie American army on tne IRON,
i'm France. "if bravery were the ohlN
IN. Americans merit the highest pos
Sille esteem. But IL iS not bravery
alone that has given the Americans
during the last ten days their r"r"at'"
successes. Firrccly rs they hSht, thcE
nevertheless fight int"iliSchtlE ah'
profitably There are HllIS VIII" u
Rave had much mO~ experience III
battle than others. hut when the ba'-
l,lions which have manned quiet SEE
tors are thrown into the furnace thcE
fight as well as their more cXperleht'u
comrades There is one unit winch
since the German offensive began HIS
won undying rcnOwn. hEhtnS a' on
of the most important points on th'
line although IL had previously "N-
prriencrd only trench raids ana gas
attacks. Such an achievement gives
"A vivid indication of the hShtunS VAL
ue of the Americans.
Since April l, 1917, American
manufacturers have delivered To th'
uuarterlnaster corps o5.9oS,Ooo Isl'rS
OF WOODEN stockings. l0,5OI,OOO pairs oil
WOODEN breechcS, S.O69.OOo wooieh
coats, 5.377.000 ovcrcoats ana $50.
900 pairs of spiral putters. During
the week ending July 20 totai oi
lsl. 900 Of the new style OF overseas
cans were delivered. These hSares'
made public by the war department.
on behalf OF the clothing ana equip
age division. Indicate that articles Oh
personal equipment are now on hitilu
10 take care of materItli! Etrsci
number of men than have 80 far been
called 10 the colors. The remount di-
vision has purchased since Aprll b OF
last year u total OF 366.392 horses anu
-ts.t.I,, fer the-sr1Ry. Since tRetaltea-
states entered the war the motor
transport service has bought 2i,Voo
motorcyclcs and 25.S7i cars for motor
cycles. 4 total OF $500 motor iinpu-
lances have been purchased. on 1ui!
I rcports showed total OF lS.V9o
American motor trucks and 3.i2O pas
srnycr automobiles in France.
Loss OF l.7U6. .OOV bales III the pros
nnctiyc cotton crop due principally 10
drouthy conditions in the western
bart of the cotton belt especially III
Texas, WAS shown last Thursu;t! III
the department of aSricultures Eu
gust production forecast. placing the
Estimated crop at l3.6l9.O0O equivalent
bvO pound bales, compared with To-
o35. 900 bales forecast In July. ne
crop in Louisiana also suffered great
IL from drouth, the condition showing
n decline of - points In the month.
while in Texas the decline was Is
points. In Oklahoma there was Il dc-
cline of is points. and in Arkansas IL
points The average decline from
June % to July 25. In these states Is
from l to 3 points. For the entire
cotton belt the decline in the CON
dition of the crop was l22 per cent,
compared with an average decline OF
2.S per cent. The department oi
agriculture also announced that the
iSlnnI and E,yND-
tian cotton Is about 3G5.O00 acres oi
vhich 276.0OO acres are sea island
and $4,000 Egyptian. This compares
" ith $4,000 in 1917. There is a
heavy decrease in the acreage in the
Older sea island sections i'll Georgia
and Florida where the boil weeril Is
very active and corresponding m
crease in the Egyptian acreage III
Arizona and California. The CON
dition by states follows: Virginia, 30;
North Carolina, 81: South Carolina
so: Georgia, II; Florida. 20: Aia-
bana, rs: Mississippi, 81: louisiana
6s: Texas. 81: Arkansas. II: Tenncs-
see. Sc; Missouri. SO: Oklahoma, 10:
California, 95: Arizona, 95.
The scenes in the Name country
over which the Germans have retreat
cd are graphically described by
Beach Thomas, the war SoIitSpohu-
cnt. He says: In Chateau ThierrE
there is a collection of parcels put
together and addressed to their homes
by German soldiers. These parcels
contain loot OF every sort and descrip-
tion. One is nothing but Il priests
robe. Another consists chiefly OF
haricot beans. Door handles. CLOCKS.
telegraph wire and metal ornaments
of all sorts are collected in heaps as
we'll as those assorted into private
parcels. No battlefield in the great
war has been so marked by contrast
cd colors and scenes. though the grim
and bestial have the mastery. WOODS.
fields and river banks are strcwn with
German dead. Here a smothered
group OF horses have fallen where
they stood. unwounded. smothered 10y
gas posons. Some little villages are
az dead and desolate as ipres. Some
are untouched except for the church
spire which has served for alignment
Of gunfire. All over the country are
shallow holes and trenches scraped IN
a hurry during this open warfare.
Three hundred yards In front of n
machine gun. half concealed In lit
tie scoop, lie q whole line or enemy
dead. caught as they emerged from Il