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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-05

Germanys Proposed PoIysamy.-
Germany's openly discussed plans for
polygamy after the war well deserve
reprobation. thinks The Living
Church." but there Is also saying
about glass houses':
1T Is widely known that serious
proposals. are making In Germany.
through pamphlets by officials, widely
circulated. with no government inter-
ference, to allow polygamy after the
war, that the disproportion between
the sexes created by 80 many years Of
slaughter may be equalized In part. It
is not to be frank Islam, with four
wives and unlimited concubines; but,
upon consent Of the first wife, q SEC
ond may be taken whose position will
be legal and her children legitimate.
Not new idea in Germany, since
Martin Luther allowed the Eloctor Of
Hess to practice a similar use without
his first wife's consent-provided only
the bigamy was kept secret!
But I wonder whether people with
scandalousiy loose divorce laws have
the right to criticize this movement.
Conan Doyle and his comrades are do
ing their worst to establish cheap and
easy divorce In England, which u only
consecutive polysamy; and our own
laxity In that region II disgraceful.
What ADVANTAGE has divorce over
tolerated bigamy? From the purely
secular point Of view the advantage
seems the other way. I noted, how
ever. In q recent New York paper.
so-called marriage performed BY o
New York incumbent notorious for
his anarchy in that matter. where the
bride" had two living husbands!
Nothing has yet been announced -
done by the diocesan authorities to
vindicate the church's marriage law.
atthoro
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-05
SEpITIoN IN PuLPITS
Severe Measures Promised Preachers
Seeking to Weaken War Aims.

Severe Measures PROMISED FFeachoTs
Seeking to Weaken War Aims.
Disloyalty fostered by certain religi-
GUS sects has been growing In the
United States within recent months
according to department of justice OIL
ficials who have charge of enforcing
the espionage acts. Many preachers
and religious teachers in public speech
and printed pamphlets, officials assert,
are urging the doctrine that war
against Germany constitutes murder
of fellow Christians and Is the great
human folly described in the book OF
Revelations.
The department of justice regards
the preaching of opposition to the
aims of this particular war as sedition,
and has acted accordingly, 1t has
been made plain. Several German and
Austrian preachers and Sunday school
teachers have been interned for dis
loyal utterances, and many others,
particularly in extreme northwestern
states, have been warned to desist
from criticizing the United States
motive in the war. Several publica-
tions have been suppressed, and 9TH
ers are being investigated.
The department also Is preparing to
fight a recrudescence of pacific agita-
tion by So called intellectual" classes.
Heretofore this tendency has been
combated largely by ignoring utter
ances in opposition to war in general
and letting public opinion exercise Its
corrective influence. For several
months the pacifists' movement has
been inactive. but officials say that re-
Gently several organizations Of univer-
sity men have been formed to spread
the doctrine Of opposition to all war.
Information concerning these organi-
cations Is being gathered for use In
case. their activities pass the bounds
of legitimate criticism.
Recent court decisions have demon
strated the difficulty In convicting per-
sons OF treason under Federal laws,
either for disloyal utterances spoken or
printed. or for physically obstructing
war preparation. AS q result Of the
decision of Federal District Judge
Dickinson at Philadelphia last week
that the Philadelphia Tageblatt's criti-
cism OF the United States did not con-
stitute treason, department Of justice
officials have abandoned hope Of clas-
styling seditious words as reasonable.
at least until congress passes further
legislation.
A pending bill would make 1t Fed
eral ofYense to commit sabotage against
any sort Of Industrial preparation for
the war and would make 1t unnecessa-
ry for Federal officers to prosecute
violators under state laws ohicials say
they have been greatly hampered by
the lack Of this law and are now urg-
ing congress to expedite its passage.
Another bill which the department
of Justice is anxious to have passed Is
that including women in the class of
enemy aliens.
It Is said q number Of German and
Austrian women in the United States
are considered dangerous characters
and viii be interned a. soon a. the
bin = enacted.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-05
TOO MANY sLAcKERs.

Ysllows in Bembproofs Not Conducive
to High Morale.
We have seen the statement that
thsrs are between ffty and sixty
thousand yersons Of draft age who
are officsrs In the United States
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-05
ARMY GETTING In SHAPE
1 GREAT LIBERTY LOAN PARADE
The Question a. to Where Old Hiek.
ory Was Born-llliterates Have
Learned to Draw Their Names
Men From Everywhere Now in the
Thirtioth Division.

Il meh FROM EveFyWhoFe NOW IN ths
Thirtieth Division.
Passed by the Censor.
Correspondents The Yorivilis Enquirer
Camp Sewer, March 31-When the
1l9th Infantry goes into battle over
there probably sometime between now
| and this time next year, II Fritz
hasn't hollered "'nuft" before then
practically every state In the United
States will be represented in this
regiment alone. There are men in
this outfit from California TO Maine
There are even men who arc natives
OF Italy. Russia and other Allied coun-
! tries right here in the llsth, and
throughout this Division there are OF
course scores and scores Of them.
States lines don't count in this war.
sleep in the same tent with a fellow
from Tennessee. and eat good army
Chow" three times every day with
an Italian on one side Of me and O
brawny son Of Ireland on the other
side while across the table directly In
front Of me sits big husky Cherokee
Indian who formerly lived at the
Cherokee reservation near Haywood,
y. c. My company was recently as
signed bunch Of new recruits most
Of whom camo from Illinois. In the
company next to mine there is at least
one native Of Greece. Oh, some Of US
from pretty nearly everywhere are
here in little old Greenville, getting in
form to fritz" Fritz!
The close Of each days work shows
an improvement in form. The mere
fact that one soldier has been In the
game three years and another has
been In 1t only one year, or eight
months or six months, as the case
may be, doesn't necessarily mean that
the senior Is setting the pace for the
junior. either. BY way Of illustration:
Company E pulled Off company con-
test in drill in the manual Of arms last
Saturday. In the contest were men
who as National Gusrdsmen have
been under arms for practically three
years. Yet the winner in that contest
was a kid by the name Of William
Mccullough. a son of Tennessee, who
had never had a Springfield rifle In
his hands and probably had never
heard Of one twelve months ago. It
Is good to see that the harder and
more strenuous the work Of training,
the moro interest t'le men seem to take
in 1t. What this division lacks In
knowledge Of military training and
tactics when 1t gets across the branch,
will be more than made mp fea In
determination and willingness and
ability to learn from practical appre-
citation. British and French officers
and noncommissioned officers who are
here with the division for the purpose
of giving instructions. say that they
have never seen a division composed
Of better men either mentally or ply
sically than this division. Those Of
ficers too, have seen some fine speci-
mems Of manhood in the past three or
four years which they have spent "in
It,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-05

The "Old Hickory Division" the Of.
fetal name recently given the
Thirtieth, has proven quite pleasing tc
the soldiers generally Since the ma.
jority Of the troops of the Thirtieth
come from North and South Carolina
and Tennessee and each Of these
states lays particular claim to "old
Hickory" General Andrew Jackson)
the designation Is quite appropriate.
What they call 1t old Hickory
Division for?" comrade inquired oi
me yesterday.
I'm honor Of General Andrew Jack.
son Of South Carolina, the only presi.
dent Of the United States South Caro-.
lima has furnished" 1 replied. little
suspecting that any OF the numerous
North Carolinians Of this organization
were around.
But one was around-a big, red
headed one too. and he jumped on me:
NO sich a thing" he said (explo.
'thing) Its called Old Hickory in
honor Of General Andrew Jackson
who was born in North Carolina"
General Jackson was born In Lam
caster county, South Carolina, and his
mother took him across the limo while
he was still an infant" I explained
and everybody but the Charlotte Oh.
server and few rockies llko you have
long since admitted the truth"
Not a word Of It," replied the tar
heelian, II studied 1t in my school
history Of North Carolina, and re-
member that 1t was printed in black
type. so there could be no mistake"
"Yes, yes" I said but Gen. Jack.
son himself declared In official docu-
ments that he was a native Of South
Carolina"
Jaw, cut that out" chimed In q
Tennessee sergeant, General Jackson
might have been born In South Caro-
lima or North Carolina; but he was in
Tennessee when lie showed 'em what
devil Of a good soldier he was and
1t was from Tennessee that he went
into the presidency"
That is true" agreed, but Gen.
Jackson was born South Carolina
all the same"
North Carolina" repeated he OF
the doctored school history with the
black type.
"oh. dammit" sr-lmbled tho Tenn
cssee sergeant as he walked away.
We'll anyhow, Old Hickory must
have been some soldier" said the man
whose question had started tho colo
guy, "and that is tho main point"
The school for the instruction Of
illitefates Of this regiment which has
been in progress for the past several
weeks and which mentioned In q
previous article. came TO q close Fri
day. It was well worth while since
now there is hardly q man In the or
ganiation who cannot at least draw
his name where's before 1t was estab-
lished there were at least SOC who
could do nothing save make their
mark on the army payroll. That sol.
der whose courtship I used TO a1tst
by writing his letters 10 his girl, ID
able to run the whole works himself
49, IA sho-r~ v-nA (. Ia<ka~S hA hAx
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-05


we marched from Camp Sewer to
Greenville and back as a part Of the
Division parade through the city In
the interests OF the Third Liberty loan
campaign. The distance to the city Of
Greenville from the camp Is about
four good miles and was covered 60
ing in about an hour, one rest Of ten
or fifteen minutes being taken. There
were some fifteen or eighteen thous-
and troops in the parade, every branch
Of the Division being represented. We
Of the infantry carried our "pig-irons"
(soldier slang for rifies). The parade
through the city was a march through
the principal streets and past q re-
viewing stand occupied by General 8.
L. Faison commanding the Old Hick-
ory Division, and q number Of other
notables, and then back to camp. Ny
regiment was the first In the line OF
march and Of course the first out Of
the city on the return trip.
1t was really an inspiring spectacle
as column after column by platoon Of
khaki clad men marched down the
paved streets keeping perfect step to
the music that was furnished BY the
bands OF their respective Organizations.
while thousands Of cheering people
lined the streets. Somehow felt as
doubtless every soldier in that great
parade felt that I could march for
ever by columns to the tune Of that
music.
We had hardly gotten out Of Green
Vile. on the return trip before a hard
rain began to fall. Double time was
given and we hit 1t up at q lively pace
but the rain descended still harder and
In a short time every man-Jack Of us
was soaking wet, the uniforms which
We had scrubbed and pressed the day
before until they looked like model
in J. NJ. Stroup's window, changed to
the appearance Of the clothes Of
tattered scare-crow have seen In
wistar Keiler's corn field. Naturally
we hated that: but since we were "out
Of luck" we took 1t good naturally and
Private Buddy Green found satisfac-
ton in the fact that: well fellows, de
officers clothes got just as wet as
ours did and they got just as wet too.
SO we should worry"
Personally didn't mind the wettng
but that double time marching GER
tainly did get next to me. due largely
to the fact that 1t was my first long
hike and I wasn't used to It. was
stiff and sore at reveille next morning
and It took considerable determina-
ton on my part to tough IT out and
not go on the sick report with the
hope OF being marked quarters
(meaning to lie In bed day.. But as
q buddy Of mine who Joined this army
the same time I did explained 1t,
when / got in the fracas determin-
ed to stand as much as any other man
and I am going to do It."
When one soldier puts 1t up to
another soldier like that the second
soldier would naturally hold up his
end in spite Of everything II he has
any grit at all, wouldn't he?
Jas D. Grist.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
YaJ,ks IN Balloons
Watch HUI, Retreat

HEADQUARTERS OF THE
AMERICAN FIRST ARMY IN
FRANCE, Nov Is (By The AS
sociated Press) The Germans
in force will begin Saturday to
leave the points they now occupy
northeast of the American lines,
according to German wireless
messages. Opposite the American
front there was much wagon and
automobile traffic Friday, the
Germans apparently hauling out
the supplies of war material
which are not to be left behind.
A few German rearguards will
remain as patrols and to pick up
any stragglers, should some of
the Germans attempt to desert.
American balloons went up to-
day, the observers endeavoring to
get an idea of the extent of the
German withdrawal, but most of
the traffic was so far back that
little of the activity could be
seen.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Shaw's Commander
Sacrificed Ship to
SaveU.S. Soldiers
Survivors of Collision on
October 9 Tell of Hero
ism in Tragedy

A tragedy Of the destroyer convoy
off the British coast in the dawn of
October 9, suppressed at the time bv
war censorship, was revealed yester-
day by fifty-one men and two officers
OF the United States destroyer Shaw,
who escaped death, and who arrived
here on the British liner Melita.
The Aquitania, biggest Of the Cunard
fleet, cut the Shaw in two, and had
proceeded on her course to port,
where she landed safely several
thousand American soldiers.
According to the scamen. the Aqui-
tania, with other troopships, was
stea1nlng eastward at a speed Of twen-
ty-one knots on the morning Of Octo-
Der 9. Of her port side steamed the
Shaw, which was one Of a dozen Brit
1sh and American destroyers which
made up the convoy. No submarine
had been reported Until 5:45 a. m,
when signal was flashed back from
an advanced destroyer that periscope
had been sighted. The Shaw, which
had been running parallel to the Aqui-
tanla, Immediately responded to the
call, and at speed of twenty-ninc
knots tried to cross the liners bow.
Commander Glassford's helm sud
denly jammed. He could have cut
down the Shaw's speed. but this would
have driven her smack into the hull
Of the big troopship, endangering the
lives of thousands Of American SOL
dlers. Choosing the lesser sacrifice,
he drove the Shaw across the big
liners bow, which crashed through
her.
Everybody on the Shaw knew what
was about to happen, but no one left
his post. There was a crash and a
roar and cloud of steam. and the Aaui-
tania went OF at twenty-one knots as
If she had hit nothing. Thirty-six feet
of the Shaw forward of her bridge
rolled off into the sea and foated for
about twenty minutes. There were
men in this section, bruised and bat
tered, but most of them jumped into
the sea and we're later picked up by
lifeboats. Others went down with it.
The larger part Of the destroyer
caught fire forward. A stiff breeze
drove the flames att, and. according
to the crew, who got in yesterday, a
lieutenant was burned to crisp on
the bridge.
Other destroyers soon came along
and made lines fast to the burning
Shaw. At full speed they towed her
with the wind, and within an hour the
waves breaking over her forward sec
tion put out the fire. She was sub
sequently towed to Portsmouth, where
she is now being fitted out with new
forward section. Two officers and
twelve men perished. Commander
Glassford and twenty-five of his crew
remained with the Shaw in England.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Gen. Smuts Asks u. S.
Help Rebuild Europe
Tells American Editors in Lon.
don We Must Take Up
Worlds Burden

LONDON, Nov. 15.-Lieutenant Cen
eral Jan Christian Smuts entertained a
party of American editors on behalf
OF the government last night. In an
address he said that the greatest and
most fruitful fact of the great war
had been the coming together of
Europe and America.
Old Europe is dead and new world
Is slowing emerging" he said. In the
upbuilding Of this new world the CO.
operation OF America is essential It
IS FOR the good of both America and
Europe that the former henceforth
take an active snare in the councils
Of the Old World and take up her
burden in world politics.
"America has become jointly re-
sponsible with Europe for the new
order which will arise from the ruins
of this war. America and Great
Britain are bound by the same great
principles and ideals. Their close CO
operation henceforth will form the
best guarantee for the future peaceful
development of civilization.
When the great American Republic
joined US in the struggle it was not
only with material weapons, but with
all that moral reinforcement which
came from the splendid vision and
moral enthusiasm OF President Wilson.
speaking on behalf Of the people Of
the United States. His was the great
vision Of league of nations. and our
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16

IS causing grave apprehension and that
the presence there Of the former Ger
man Emperor, with members Of his
family and some Of his strongest sup
porters, may so infame the people as to
endanger the monarchy.
While it is true, it was pointed out,
that the former Kaiseris practically a
prisoner in the Won Bentinck castle, he
is not the prisoner Of any Of his foes.
1t was suggested that the immediate
fate of the ex-Kaiser is of little mo.
ment compared with other affairs in
Europe, and i is chiefly because Of the
effect Of his presence upon an already
disturbed state in the Netherlands that
he is the object of concern among Al
lied statesmen.
Bolshevism apparently has taken
root in Holland. Before the war the
relations between the Dutch and Ger
man courts were very close, and it is
suggested chat the Bolshevists may see
in the presence OF the former ruler Of
Germany an excuse to precipitate an
uprising against the Queen.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Baker to DISCHARGE
$4,000 Soldiers
From Camps Soon
Development Units in This
Country To Be Released
From Service
Date Not Decided On
Students Training Corps To
Be Retained During Rest
Of the School Year
es9ectas Di.yatch 10 The Tribune

N~~eStdt CfcrQtCI 10 4 ne 1 nGaTCl
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-The gi-
gantic tack OF demobilizing the Amer
lean army will start soon, when $4,000
members of the development. battalions
attached to al the camps in the United
states will be discharged, Secretary of
War Baker said to-day. Each man will
be honorably discharged, and returned,
after a rigid physical examination, to
his status as civilian. Secretary
Baker said:
THE first units to be demobilized
Will be the development battalions at
all camps. The development battalions
are made up OF men who were under
some special drill or discipline to
bring them into full military value
underdeveloped physically, largely
There are something like fifty thou
sand altogether.
Every man who is discharged from
the army has to have a physical ex-
animation, and u very careful record
made, so that if illness or injury en-
sues there may be no subsequent
claims against the government. All Of
these men will have to be examined by
the doctors, and the medical depart
ment is prepared tojtake over the ques-
tAO4i VI dQIO cHdiillilhliOlI GllU us
charge. No date has been set for ex-
animation, but I have an idea it will
be soon. 1t is not contingent upon
anything. but will be done as soon as
convenient"
Secretary Baker said that it would
be impossible for the War Department
to grant individual requests Of bust
ness institutions for the discharge
from the army of certain men. Only
in cases where great financial loss may
be suffered By the individual will dis
charges be considered
"The thing that we have to do" he
said, "is to demobilize the men in this
country, so as to let them go back into
normal life OF the country without
filling the country with unemployed
men. The War Department is working
in close cooperation with the Depart
ment OF Labor and the War Industries
Board, as much in the discharge Of
men as in the termination of con-
tracts"
Efforts are now being made by the
War Department TO devise some method
of retaining the students army train
ing corps system
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Miss Addanas Sure
German Women Are
Sincere in Plea


CHICAGO, Nov. 1o.-In reply to the
food plea made by women of Germany
addressed to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and
Miss Jane Adams, the latter to-day
expressed confidence that America and
the Allies will provide for the peo-
pies of the downfallen empire.
ut has been charged that this plea
is mere German propaganda" said
Miss Adams, "but do not place any
faith in such statements. DR.. Anita
Augsburg, whose name was attached to
the message addressed to me, is a resi-
dent of Munich. She is doctor OF
philosophy and attended the interna-
tional conference in The Hague in 1915
II remember also the women whose
names were attached to the appeal di-
rected TO Mrs. Wilson. Both are from
Berlin. Alice Salomon, founder of the
School OF Philosophy there, has been
in the United States. while Gertrude
Baeumer has conducted women's pa-
per in Germany for years"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Wilson Gables Albert
Birthday Greetings

XIASHlNGTON, Nov. 15.-Pres
~ ident Wilson sent by cable to
day this message to Albert, KIN.
OF the Belgioms, fe1icitating hin
upon has birthday:
His Majesty the King of the
Belgians, Brussels.
Never has a national holiday
occurred at a more auspicious
moment, and never have felicita-
tons been more heartfelt than
those which it is my high privilege
to tender to your majesty on this
day.
"When facing imminent de-
struction, Belgium by her self
sacri 90 won for herself a place
of honor among nations, a crown
of glory, imperishable, though all
else were lost.
The danger is averted, the
hour Of victory come, and with it
the promise of new life. fuller.
greater, nob,er than has been
known before.
The blood Of Belgium's heroic
sons has not been shed in vain.
"WOODROW WILSON,"