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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Record Of Current Happenings Col.
Ieeted from, Various Sources.


The United states steamship kentra,
plying between New York and Chilien
ports. has been stranded near coronel
and will be 4 total loss, ii is believed.
Part Of her cargo and all the crew
We're rescued.
Since last June the New Jersey Ii-
brary association has supplied a total
OF $4,000 books To its soldiers serving
in the United States armies. The as
sociation proposes to supply 100000
books 4 year.
An allusion III the Italian chamber
Of deputies to the entrance OF :he
United States into the war. brough,
all the members to their feet In
round OF applause during the debate
on the war aims Of Italy and her al
lies. a vote Of confidence. $40 TO ~.
was given the government.
The periodical revolution is now
under way in costa Rica, according Ia
advices now coming in. Several
towns have been captured by the re-
volutionists. The present government
came into power in January. 1877.
under General Tinico. The United
States government has never rccogniz-
cd the TinicO government.
captain David 4. HenkcS. Sixteenth
infantry. L. :. A.. has been sentenced
To dismissal from the service and con-
finemcnt at hard labor for IS years
by Il general courtmartial held at Gov
ernor's Island. Hcnkes. who is of Ger
man descent. cndcavored Ia resign his
commission. saying he did not care Ia
fight against relatives and friends.
James f.. Edwards after serving
eight Of twenty year sentence for
bank robbery. will probably soon be
released from the Colorado state PEN
itentiary, after evidence has been pro-
duced proving an absolute alibi. Ed
wards was in Utah at the time the
robbery occurred 1T Glenwood
Springs in Colorado.
Henry Cohen, IL groceryman Of
Newark. y. j.. started to the bank
this week with 595 one dollar bills
in his hand. The wind blew his hat
of and he reached for the lid with his
hand holding the money. He turn
ed the money loose and saved his 81
hat. while the wind blew 200 Of the
one dollar bills away.
Correspondence made public in Chi
cago by Francis J. Hcney, attorney
for the Federal trade commission.
shows that the Chicago meat packers
were in virtual control of the food
administration in Washington. Ac-
cording to information given out by
Mr.. Heney. the meat trust had ~
own paid representatives holding Do-
stions with the food administration at
81 Il year"
An interdenominational church
building has been dedicated at Camp
Upton. y. Y. Protestants. Catholics
-aiiu = cns pa paf,itTljar5n TIT me -upeTms
exercises. The building. costing $780,
900, was erected by six cooperating
denominations, Baptist. Congregation
alist, Lutheran, Methodist. Presbyteri-
an and Protestant Episcopal. II will
be used by all in common.
A French woman OF modest cir
cumstances. living near Toul, just
back of the American front, invited
three American soldiers for tea. Her
husband said why not tell them To
bring their friends. She did so. The
Americans turned up. ~ strong. The
French couple secured the neighbor-
hood for extra cups and saucers, new
er letting the guests know they were
not expecting so many.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
CHAPTER ~.
Into the Trench"

The next morning the draft WAS in
sprctrd hy our general. and "" were
assigned To different companies. The
hnys i'm the brigade had niCknamed
this general old Pepper. and hr Ger
tainly earned the sohriuurt ] was as
signed to Il company with another
American named Stewart.
For the next ten days "" rested.
rrpoiring roads for the Ercnchics. drill
ing, and digging bombing trenches.
pnr morning W. were informed that
We were going NJ the line and our
march begun.
I, took tiS thrr" days to reach re-
serve lillrts-- each days march bring
ing the sound OF the guns nearer ana
nearer At night. way off in the dis
tanrr we could see their flashes. whirh
lighted up the shy with red glare
AGAINST the horizon We could see
numerous observation hallonS or saul
sarrs'' aS they are called.
ON the afternoon OF the third days
march | Witnessed my first airplan"
being shcllrd \ thrill ran through IN"
and gazrd III awe. Th" airplanc was
making wide circles in the air. while
LITTLE. mfrS OF white smoke were burst
inc all around il. These puffs appeared
like tiny balls of cotton while after
each burst could hr heard duil
'plop." The sergeant Of my platoon
Informed uS that it waS 4 German air
plnnr and | wondered how hc could
tell from such II distance hccauS" the
planc seemed like Il little black speck
In the skN. expressed my douht as
TO whether IL was English. French or
German. With look of contempt he
further informed us that the allied
anti aircraft shells when exploding
emitted white smoke while the German
shells gave forth black smoke. and. as
he expressed II. 1T must bc an Nlle-
mand because onr POM ponls are she'll
Ing. and know our batteries are not
of their hally nappcrs and are GER
tainly not StrafCing our own planes
and another piece OF advtce-dont
cntlSk YOUR WtlSHl uiNh
been up the line and learnt some
thing"
immediately quit "chucking my
weight about" from that time on.
Just before reaching reserve billets
We were marching along. laughing.
and singing one OF Tommy's trench
dittics:
| want TO so home. want 10 so home,
I don't want TO 20 TO the trenches no
more.
Where sausagcs and whizz-bangs are
galore.
Take me over the sea. Where the Alle-
mand can't get at me.
Oh. my. don't want to die.
I want TO so home"
when overhead came a swish
through the air. rapidly followed by
three others Then about two hun
dred yards to our left in large field.
four columns OF black earth and
smoke rose into the air, and the
ground trembled from the report-the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
onen Windows Save Livss.-The

open Windows Save Lives.-The
English suffer less from tuberculosis
but the French more, than do Ameri-
cans. according to the monthly bull
Ietin Of the Pennsylvania Society for
the Prevention OF tuberculosis. This
Is because the English keep more OF
their windows open and the French
more of their windows closed than the
people do here, 1t Is stated. The bull
letin continues:
Lots OF us are so drugged with stale
air that we cannot get out Of the men
tai rut permitting tuberculosis to kill
our people at home faster that the
Germans will kill them at the front
In three years Of war the French have
lost 10 Der cent Of their soldiers. and
IL the 10000 soldiers who have gone
from Philadelphia are engaged in the
next three years as severely as the
French have been. we will lose 1000
But as compared with the loss Of 1000
Philadelphia soldiers in three years
we will lose 1000 Philadelphians by
tuberculosis every year. or 5000 In
three years"
tuberculosis Is preventable and
durable, declares the bulletin. 1t ad-
vises every one, in order to keep in
condition In which the best physical
and mental efficiency is possible, to
make 1t a practice to chew his food
carefully, to ventilate his home and
to walk somewhat every day.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01

feet wide-runners and all-from
Paim Beach To Bagdad via Bering
strait and the Arctic Circle: had i
not witnessed the movement TO their
sites of enough material and supplies
to load string Of cars reaching from
Portland. Maine. to Portland. oregon.
via Boston, Cleveland. Chicago. Min
neapolls and Spokane.
Consider a weekly pay roll twice as
large as the monthly pay roll at
Panama when the canal work was at
high tide. and paid off in two hours
where three days were required to
pay off the big ditch force. Reflect
upon the fact that the expenditure Of
the IL cantonments for the month Of
August was $4,000. .00O-ncarly nine
tons Of gold, Or more than was ever
paid out in whole year on the Pan
anna canal. until now the worlds
greatest undertaking.
With the sites selected and 100 Jf
the biggest sawmills in the United
states turning logs into planks. joists.
rtfters and studding at an incredible
speed the cities themselves were
ready to begin rising from the ground.
The railroads Of the country. al
ready sore pressed for rolling stock.
already taxed to what seemed well
nigh The limit Of wartime demand on
peace time facilities. set aside 10000
cars for cantonment material trans
rortaiion. and vast quantities Of lum-
ber we're moving east. west. north.
and south to the camp sites. In 4
single day there was unloaded at Dcs
Moines i,S90.60O board feet OF lumber.
the equivalent Of 300 miles of l2-inch
boards.
zone day a one-stnry office build
ing. some trenching machines. some
teams and trucks and chaos of ma
tcrials, and in IS hours respectable
village. In two weeks the village had
grown to Il town. and in two months
the town had become city
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
AMERICAS SOLDIER CITIES
Remarkable Task that Has Been Sue
cessfulIy Accomplished in Short
While

Hemdrkdple ask tndt 1ds peen QUO
cessfulIy Accomplished in Short
While.
The enormous task successfully ac-
complshed by the United States gov
crnment in erecting thirty-two soldier
cities for the new National army and
for the mobilization Of the National
Guard troops. is picturesquely set
forth by William Joseph Showalt-
or i'm communication to the Ma
tional Geographic society, part Of
which is contained in the following
war geography bulletin:
There is no record of what Uncle
Sam said to the builder of his soldier
cities, but the facts in the case would
have warranted his giving these in
structions:
~ have placed in the treasury Of
the United states. sub1ect. so..yonr or.
der, sum of money which Is equa
to all the gold produced by all th'
year. With this money | want you t
house my armies while j get them II
shape. In the first place, want yor
tn build 16 great military cities in a:
10 cities must he capable Of housing /
population equal TO the combined pop
ulation OF Arizona and New Mexico
There must also be stable room to care
for us many horses as there are ir
the state of Oregon.
Furthermore. you must establish
hospitals TO take care Of as many sick
and wounded people as are to be
found in all the hospitals west Of the
Mississippi river in normal times.
| Nor is that all. You are to pro.
vide all Of the mess halls and Other
general buildings for all Of the Ma.
tional Guard mobilization camps. And
while you are doing that you will no,
forget your regular work OF expand
ing and keeping in repair the housing
facilities of the Regular army posts.
Nor will you overlook the fact
! that as soon as all that work is un.
der way you will be expected to un-
dertake the construction of two big
concentration camps from which tho
american army will embark for
France and through which its sup
plies will reach the trout.
YES. | know it is large order
In fact. tremendous proposition
| hut these are tremendous times. and
I'll have TO ask you to execute il
| within four months. OF course.
realize that you will. in its execution,
spend the money three times as fast
| as the world mines it's gold, but at
the same time expect you to render
an account which will show that every
penny has borne an honest burden
Such was the order II has been
executed as the American army al
ways has executed is orders-to the
letter,
The story of the 16 National army
Cantonments surpasses anything else
in the history Of building. Such, in
deed, has been the transformation
wrought at these cantonments that
he world might we'll have believed it
all magic had it not heard the
rhythmic blows Of $4,000 hammers
driving home 1900 miles Of nails n
day: had it not seen enough lumber
go from the countrys mills to these
camps to make a board walk four
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
CHAPTER v.
Al o-A .l cksIl.

must have slept for two or three
hours. not the refreshing kind that re-
suits from clean sheets and soft pill
lows, but the sleep that comes from
cold. wet and sheer exhaustion.
suddenly. the earth seemed to shake
and a thunderclap burst In my ears.
opened my eyes-I was splashed oil
over with sticky mud, and men were
picking themselves up from the bot
tom of the trench. The parapet on my
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
BLEAK is GERMANY.
So Say Prisoners Who Have Return
ed to Enoland


All England has been stirred by the
return of $50 soldiers and civilian
prisoners Of war from Ruhleben, Ger
many. some Of whom are fishermen
who were surprised by the Germans
in the North sea Immediately after
the declaration of war and had there
fore been prisoners almost from the
first day Of hostilities.
II is not because Of the stories they
tell, 3or their lips have uren sealed
so far as their own sufferings are
by order of the govern
ment. The remark OF one of the civ
ilians to IN old friend who met the
party-"We are fairly all right, but
we have all got barbed-wire fever"
lis said 10 contain the whole story.
know what that means
and there is nowhere any desire to
rcSerse the government order.
Barbed-wire fever Is the nervous
stiain that is telling with increas-
8s1krce-especially in the case OF
Ih6sr men. VINO cannot take SO
mfIcn exercise-upon the hundreds
of men who have spent over three
years on that unhappy racecourse,"
says the Manchester Guardian. They
were bitterly disappointed that the
attempt OF our government to abol-
ish Ruhleben altogether by an eX-
change, however it might advantag"
the Germans. came to nothing and
many of the repatriated men are
convinced that there may be an in
crease of mental cases if Ruhleben
continues much longer. You could
see the marks Of nervous excitement
on many of the faces, and probabl,
the reaction from being set free will
he felt severely by the men of more
sensitive minds"
From a few Of the civilian prison.
ers something Of the condition of af-
fairs in Germany was learned-illus-
trations supporting the general i'm
preston according to the Daily Tele-
graph, that the war has entirely
changed the conditions of life in the
enemy country, which has ceased al
together to display that air Of cheer
full prosperity which characterized
the Germany of peace days"
Germany. it was said presented
the appearance Of q country under
blight"
Il was very much struck when trav-
cling through the country" said one Of
the men, with the dead look Of cv-
erything. Even in one Of the great
towns thu ough which we passed there
seemed to he little going on, and
the railway stations were almost en-
tirely deserted. On the line between
Spandau and Hanover we did not see
a single passenger train, and the
goods traffic appeared to be quite neg
lible. The fields were devoid Of cat
tie. and on the whole journey l saw
less than score OF sheep"
other men with observant eyes had
come to the conclusion that the fuel
shortage in Germany must be acute.
because though the weather was bit
tctly cold. smoke was rarely to BE-
seen Issuing from chimneys. Anoth-
er thing that struck them was the
extent to which women are doing
work on the railways. They were
seen acting as fremen on locomo-
tives and as platelayers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01

1T IL estimated that by reason Of
the four months Of meatles. days In
the United States. this country has
been able to ship to the Allies 140,-
100000 pounds more meat than
would have been shipped otherwise.
Altogether during the past four
months the United States has shipped
to the Allies 1s5. 5.000.000 pounds OF
beef and 400.o0o.oo0 pounds Of pork
and pork products
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
Ito be Continued).

According to Information received
at the war department there are now
6s survivors Of the American trans
port Tuscania, recently torpedoed, in
Irish hospitals % the result Of injuries
and exposure.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
HOW YOU CAN HELP THE FOOD ADMINISTRATORS

Realize that restrictions suggested by the food administrators
for he good Of all the a Ito the
enforce the food
strictly; that
others do essential
wheaess days wherever and when-
IL II
naught Both preach and
practice home economies
Talk food conservation.
a
fus.dth in
regulations all patriotic and you ma
cooperate
trade to those
actual necessity recognized rules
lca household questions and
there
use Is mixed with meal and
particularly your merchants are
Independent Of the outside ano
foodsfui 10 SELL not 10 ouy
wtes1 ana meaS lot your
soldiers their companions In arntee -, $500
a nour eacn Day speno
food cultivated on your eaos "
garden. l.. -....~
the tae me- 10 your OIL III 8ASihs
nd producing food 81
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01

The grammar schools Of Milwaukee,
Wis. have abandoned the study Of the
German language in their classes ami
French and Spanish.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01

Ask the average soldier OF the
Thirtieth when he thinks he is going
to he sent over the pond and he'll tell
YOU that he doesn't know and he
doesn't much care. That's all you'll
get out of him. You won't find one in
a hundred who will ever discuss the
subject at all unless you broach II
and then it Is hard to get his ideas
about the whole business Maybe IL Is
because they are so busy getting ready
and have so many other things to
think about that they are not inter-
ested. The average man or woman
outside the army knows a great deal
more about what Is going on over
there and Is more interested In know
ing when the Thirtieth is going over,
than are the men Of the Thirtietn
themselves. OF course there are ex-
ccptions to this statement and per-
sonalIy l am one Of the exceptions.
But like all the other fellows l don't
know when and l know that 1t Is real
ly none of my business when. We
are all in the army now, and 1t is the
business Of the captain and the major
and the colonel and the general and
a few other folks to let US all know
some Of these days. Jas. D. GTist.
Morris tribune., 1918-12-06
DRAFT BOARDS WORK,
TO END DECEMBER 10
Last Days Will Be Devoted to Final
Report and Sealing of
Records

The office of the local draft board
is still busy place, but it's activities
are now in the line of putting the
house in order" for final dissolution
The public have a very inadequate
conception of the immense amount of
labor Chairman Zahl and his efficient
assistants have performed in this
branch of war work. To give even a
proper resume of their labors would
require more time and space than we
can give to the subject, but we trust
the public will not be unmindful of
the services this board and all similar
boards have done in it's behalf
The board the past few days has
received several important orders
which will answer questions fire.
quently asked since the close of the
war as to the status of registrants
Of the various classes. An order
from the Adjutant Generals office
dated November Fl, outlines the or
der in which the unfinished work
shall be completed as follows: Lo-
cal boards shall Immediately collect
and transmit all data relative to max
ing the annual report; complete the
classification of registrants of both
the 10 to SO and the Is year groups,
this classification to be completed by
November 80. No more appeals will
be accepted bySthe district boards;
local boards are to receive no more
questionnaires after December 9; UP
on completion of classification all
records Of the local board are to be
sealed by the chairman and the rec
ords and cases are to be kept sealed
and intact subject to the further or
ders Of the governor or the Provost
Marshal General; from receipt of the
order no alterations in or additions
to the records are to be permitted
and no inspection of the records is
to be allowed and no information
concerning the records is to be given
out and under no circumstances is any
one to be permitted to withdraw any
paper from the files and records.
This last provision is to insure that,
the records shall not be vitiated in
any way but shall be reliable source
of information for the guidance of
Morris tribune., 1918-12-06

the authorities in the administra-
tion of the War Risk Insurance Act,
and for any future legislation as to
pensions, and these records will like
wise furnish vital data in charges
CT desertion and delinquency.
The following order received Tues
day would seem to settle the status
in this branch of the service are not
of the S. A. T. c., that is that men
to be discharged at present. The or
der is as follows:
Morris tribune., 1918-12-06
Christmas Poultry

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Sc
December 9, 10 and ! !, will be
our three special Poultry Days.
We have large poultry orders to
fill for the Christmas trade, mostly
Turkeys, Ducks and Geese, that
must be shipped a long distance
and by getting our poultry in on
these early dates we are able to
ship by freight and save the very
high express charges. This en-
ables us to pay you a better price
than we will be able to do later
when everyone must find a close
market and ship by express.
Morris tribune., 1918-12-06

1--WE understand shippers have
been taking chances in using ordin-
airy box cars for the shipping of their
perishable, goods" says J. A. WYE,
executive secretary for the food ad-
ministration in Minnesota, rather
than waiting for the days upon
which the regular refrigerator cars
run. If the railroads supply refrig-
orator service there seems no reason
why shippers should take such
chances, particularly at time when
every ounce of food is of the value it
is today. Shippers should deliver
perishables to carriers only on sche-
duled refrigerator car days that the
goods may arrive at their destinations
in proper condition"
Morris tribune., 1918-12-06

milk and milk products. A repre-
sentative committee has been ap-
pointed to advice the food controller
on questions which may come out of
his decision to assume control of the
milk trade.
Morris tribune., 1918-12-06

The public eating places no longer
need use substitutes in bread or other
bakery products. However, there is
to be no relaxation of the rule limit
ing the amount of bread to two
ounces per person for each meal.
Nor must toast be used as a garni-
ture or served under meat or served
with the fruit course.
Morris tribune., 1918-12-06
SPECIAL SESSION

opoololl oeooioIl VI ing boe1Iu VI CouIl'
ty commissioners OF Stevens County
County Auditor, on November 2srd
1913, for the transaction of general
BUSINESS.
Al members present
The following BIDS Tor corrugated iron
cuiverts as per advertisement were re-
celVed, opened ana read:
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company w LIZ I.59 2.2l
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20. tlnGluo
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rugat ga Gull
EgpI ~;
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Ibo,ll 1ec 10 IN on 90, oc
o'iios' Liz LOU Lou @'of z'oo
On motion made and seconded and
Con,nan me hs,v III ~ Gu at
,,o. pals were aMaruea me contract as
per per prices aa quoteu, Terms May ISL, 1919
on motion d per made and 'n secon dags re-
port Pc OF ACCEPTANCE on county Dltch No
~: ~, was approved ana the county AUD
NOT No 20 lss@ Yea ms so warrants TO
Fam and Ne1son soRh9 dMfa az.
20 ,nonll e1oe on 49, aau lot en- en-
tI WIZ Sl ,;oi lial soa'ei,ient lo or
Larry t, n. Qu1sl9y oe allo"eu supJect 70
Ill VI olilerehces III weight Oh
IN nj eo,,o.,,,,. o.o,,,+;o,, ee,
nv Tomnissioneer ceuso Wa ,b orlere ed
ny commissioner dausHan VINO moved
~ au iss;n 9aihe oeing seconoeo py
ooiliiillseloiier Dolileh anu pu. 10 vote
was unanimously carried.
g De ~ neIepy resolved py the Roafd