Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-18
Sesaps aud facts.

not known. Al nTSt IL "~S 'SpStNS
that several lives were lost; but ai'e
r...rd this Was denied. The cause OF
,hs sinking 10 under investigation, ana
no Information 10 being given out
The German government has re-
fused TO ratify an agreement lHa' % m"o
RECENTLY entered into between dulS
,rsredltsd British and German repre-
sontatives with reference 70 IN" tf-
,h.,rI,. or prisoners In addition 10 the
terms agreed upOn by her representa-
lives Germany has d"mand'h guar
ant,,.s that Germans Ia China VIII
lee neither drIyrtcd or lnternrd 'F'a'
Britnin refuses to COnc"dc tht poII'''
and has Informed Germany th;tt un-
I.ss British prisoners are tr";it"h III
more close accord with IN" r"l"'r'
,u,nts OF international law. proper re-
nrisal Will hc made at one" ana III i
r,y that will furnish ADEQUATE re-
drr4.. Cen. AHcnby has been instruct
,d that in case Of an arlnlstlc" Win
Turkey. hr demand the iinin"dia'e
unconditional return OF all prlSoh'TS
Of war.
EXPRESSING IN" opinion that ~"
churches had been placed upon th'
same plan" az pest houses fath'I
than the houses "i 'i"d' 'aI"lii', aIl.'.,
C:u,hons on Monday afternoon. says
pleasure at the health department >
action in closing churches on account
az tho Influenza epidemic. III IL an
order that will Great" unnecessary IL
Inr1n among the people. sald 'ht
cardinal 81 cannot understand wh!
,hc authorities have allowed th' Sa-
looms markets and many other plh''S
where people can cOnSr"Sdtr 10 ~
main OIs.n and then isSu" hn ord'f
.h.S
p-t houses. II is tn" first tim" IN
thu history OF thc state OF MarNlann
that such action has been taken
Cardinal Gibbons has cOnpli"d S'ri''-
Is with the order of the health com
missioncr. and also has forbidden the
holding Of funerals in IN" churches.
- pitiahlc scenes are no~ being wit
messed In Belgium as masses Oi l"or'
are being driven along tn" roads 10y
the Germans. according To IN" ROT
trr,larn MaashOdc's correspondent 't
I;oS. ndael. France. tn" roads afouhu
Hru,s..ls and Antwerp are so crowded
Win refugees that ordinary traffic Is
blocked While between brussels ana
AntwrrI, there is one slowly moving
army OF misery. Professions OF tens
nr thousands of people with lhclf
goods who have t.a|Cl'sl afoot IRON
NortLrrn Eranc,--from Lille. TurcoinS
and other plnccS- are hring driven Tof-
ward by the Germans In addition there
ere all tn" male inhabitants oi fEthd"IS
whom the Germans ar lik"wlS" r'nloN-
ing EIcessiv" misery exists every
where The headquarters OF crown
Prince Rmpprccht have been tr.nf"rred
Euppr,cht have been transferred
from Thiclt to brussels. tn" corr"-
s,undcnt adds. while IN" ncighhor-
hoods OF BRUSSELS and Nalincs have
been placed under the jurisdiction OF
the German Field Army.
i Henry A. Page. food admlniStia-
tor for North Carolina. has issued an
order prohibiting tn" purchas" or s;,ic
of cotton seed between octob"f IL
and October &c. This order IL III in'u
of n further "cloS" down order anu
is designed 10 relieve and prevent such
y congestion OF cotton seed in the
hands of cruShcrS and dealers ana
rinn,Ss as might result in Il loss Oh
food ,nd feed value through heating
where the seed were improperly Stor,
ed or damaged where tho cotton S"'n
srr exposed Thr new order means
that while. for the present. gins VIII
not be required to close down th'S
viii not bc able to gin except Tor
Farmers who are in position to take
care of their own seed. Seed III inc
hands of dealers and ginncrs on the
marning of N ,Ohrr II Will nc allow
ed to .uove on to the cruShrIS. nv
,.rusAcrs meanwhile ar" urGCu ny wv
food Standardization 10 speed up thci'
operations 10 the utmost so as 10 Oh,
viatc any possibility OF havlIE sccu
stored in too great bulk and TO bc ahie
10 take care Of the situation whcn
the present order expires on october
Is.
,,xs'xs
armisticc had not been officially com
municatcd To the Allies. the wh"ic
subject was exhalstivcly discussed
last week ut the Versailles conference
at which were present the prrihl'rS
Of Great Britain. Franc" and ltalS ana
the military representatives or the
Allied nations. Marshal F"h pre-
.ented the confcrrnc" Il minuis III
which hr detailed the military guar
antccs ne considered essential ~
condition precedent 10 amy arms
ticr. These involve the occul?ti,n,
of Metz. Strassburg. and toll"ntt th'
strsteCic key to Germany. Tn" nm
ute wa. endorsed hy the conference
Marshal Foch also presented Tor th-
t,Ire consideration Of the conference
complete scheme for securing and IN
suring German Military impotence
for the future. II IL Sild 10 lhViuh
all descriptions and its distribution
nro rata among the Allies, according
to their naval losses. The dcstrtc-
,ion OF the Krupp and Skoda arna-
urnt works In Germany and Austria
wos also considered. hut their en-
rloymcnt. with the other great induS-
trial plants Of these nations. 10 MAKE
good the material ana mlChh'rH
lOssrs of France ana Sclgluln, S''h-
oil -
The cotton producer and the talr
dealing cotton trade and cotton goods
industry have nothing TO fear from the
war industries board in providing Tor
an ALLEGATION OF cotton and an inquiry
into the whole cotton situation. SAID
Clarence Ouslcy. assistant secretary
of agriculture. i'll statement EtS'
Tuesday outlining the reasons Tor the
inuuirv. Mr.. OuSley GLid that thtrc
has not been from the beginning nor
rs there now any set purpose or de-
sirr 10 hx cotton prices. II has been
considered he added. only aS poSsl-
BILE necessity, dependent upon the III
formation to hc gathered 10y the COZ
ton committee As reasons Tor
ontton inquiry. Mr. OuScy SAID. OIL
late. there have been marked huctu-
ations without justifying economic
reasons that prices or cotton goods
portion to the price Of cotton. that
contract quotations in the past few
months have been out OF all relation
with spot quotations. and that II has
developed that there Is rather scant
supply OF cotton of the grade OF MD
ding and an ahundanc" OF low grade
cotton on the one hand and extra sta
pie on the other hand.
Final returns from all states show
that l2.S66.59& men registered for mil
itary service September l.. This was
1885 in excess OF the estimate OF
l2.T7S.TSS made by the office Of Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowdcr. based
ON census figures. Tho total announC
sd to date does not include rcgistra-
tions received by mail by local boards
after September - nor delayed enroll
msnts by men who were absent from
the country that day. Including such
cases. IL is believed the actual 6gures
will mo approxinatcly 10000. 600. This