Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21


company, about sixteen 'h"'H
,iN,. ..xnIusion last Saturday al n"oh'
and considerably NOR" than a nun
,,r,.J r,.nt,l,. were killed. tn" Ut mel
nal ,,roduct OF tn" plant were lh"S,
fearful explosives know as !. y.
and r. \ 4. The first intima'i"h "'
danger WAS u sharp report from 'h,'
soda house. Th" report WAS Nv"
loud hut tn" men employed III 'n
Innp luIIlding knew what II meant
J ,,,nk, for the exits To tn" long
I,,ildinp IN which they w"r" WORK
i,,, H,.ior, the men could get OUT
-, ih, luilding III" explosion came
.rh,. air seemed turned to htc ah"
ihc crash was such as 10 "N
,h, huildlng, men. machinery anu w
.r,tbiny high into TIA" air. i'lo"h "p
ho,lics fell To the "hrth III "'"n'
mnss,.s There followed "'"H'
II.rk smoke and In" noNiouS gases 'h-
prnd,rrd 10y the explosion. oNti'a. ,
hundreds. many Of them ih'nhH' m
,,,th shook for many miles IN 'N'rN
dir.ction. The property loss amounts
Go ,norr than 81 800. 900. Tn" origin o'
,b, ..xplosiOn il thought l" "t ~,
I,.p,ol. hut that iS not d"iihl'N
knuwn and IL may never 10" hh""h'
Th. total OF the third Liberty loan
is SIl7OOl9.650. an oN"r-sui'Scrip''a'",' p' '',',i a",,
of 3s Der cent above the S3.opO'uoo''"'
minimum sought. The number "i sun
scrip,ions was about l1.OOO,oOo' r'N',H
Federal reserve district oH"r-SuhS'i"
ed the New York district To Ia per
cent. being the lowest. These nSur'H'
I'M, treasury dcpartn"nt 'NPE''''"'
NAV hc changed slightly 10y 'al'i re-
nnrts "'rhis iS the most sucrcSSlu III io'th
h.IS
tb,. number of subscribers ana IN th'
,,nonnt realized" said Secretary ne
hdoo i'm u statement. 'fNcrN S"''
s,ription WAS made in thr ihiI hh"w'
,dr,. that allotment in fuil WAS u" Wv
rxpcCtcd, unlike the first loah. VII"
ollu,mrnts were limited 10 S2'""o'V'"'
OOO and the second loan. whch .i'iu'
m.nts we're limited To on"-hail tW'
over subscriptions. ! congratulate th
roun,ry ON this wonderful result whlch
!. irrcf,i,ablc evidence OF the strength
n,trio,ism and determination OF lh'
American people" Total SubScrip-
tions to the second loan were Si'ol"'-
600 600. and the amount accepted WIS
s3SOs. .OOO. 900. Pledges to the irs' ,o;,h
ran above $4,000, 100000. but the loan
81 lll -Qll. .QQQ. -S49ssr!9-
ers TO the second loan numbered anou.
Q. 500, 900 and to the first loan ABOUT
4,500.000.
The 18th Quadrcnnial session oi
the general conference oi tue M''"o-
dist Episcopal church, south, chi'rac-
trriZcd rs one of the most proSI'sS','
ever held i'm the history oi the cnur'h'
wus adjourned in Atlanta last Sa'ur
dny afternoon The conference" VIII
,n.., nr,,in ON the FIRST "Wednesday III
May lga., the plac? To hc ilNcd ny Il
Committee. Among the outStahdlh''
measures passed Icy the con''re'.,
were the changes I'm the wnrdihE w
the ritual from tn" holy calho''. :.
church" to "Christ's holy chnr'h'
granting of lay rights to women ahol
adoption OF the centenary ol ihlSS''i''
programme authorizing the sum y,
s9b 600 600 TO br raised for home ana
,orni,,n m,ssions and church extension
uorE within the next fNc years
changing of the creed and the ia'S
,J,rhts measures are TO he raSSc"
down TO annual conferences Tor raul
ucation. Further legislation aHc'tih-
the church was the passage OF Il Etw
distributing the church into cplscop'''
districts, recommendation that INV
bishops in so far as possihlc retain d
district for four years: change III ,ne
law relative to the time hhl', iIiaNa''. i.,
n nossthlc for Il minister 10 remain
more than four years in pastora''
upon the mcndation OF the quar-
trrly conference and majority vote
Of the pr,sidinc elders. Other import =
ant measures passed Included tn'
changing from the assessment OF inc
various benevolent collections 10
budget system and their apportion-
mrnt hy n committee for the purpose
Eight Inymcn instead Of -four from
n,ch prrsiding elders district now VIII
sit MS delegates In the annual confer
cnca.
Opening the Red Cross drive ior
=, SECOND 800. 100000 war fund with
a sprcch In New York last saturday
night. President Wilson announced
the purpose Of the United states 10
sci no limit on its efforts to win the
war. Il have heard gentlemen recent :
IL saw" he said. that we must get
5000. 900 men ready. Why limit II 10
5000 900" have asked OF congress 10
name no limit because congress- IN
tends. am sure as We all intend
that every ship that can carry men
or supplirs shall go laden upon every
voyarc with ever, man and every sup
ply she can carry" The United states,
The president declared. will not hc di-
vcrted from it's purpose OF winning the
war by insincere approaches on inc
subject OF peace. II can say Win
clear conscience" nc said, that have
tested those intentions and have found
them insinccrc. I now recognize them
for what they are--an opportunity 10
give free hand particularly in the
east, to carry out purposes OF con.
quest and exploitation. Every proposal
with regard TO accommodation in the
west involves 4 reservation In regard
to the east I intend to stand by Rus
ain as well as France" The statement
brought the house to its feet cheering.
German rulers. the president declared.
are mistaken IL they think the United
States will sacrifice anybody for its
own sake. III they wish peace let
them come forward and lay
their terms on the table. We have laid
ours and they know what they are.
he said. The war, the president de-
clarcd, is n war to save the world. The
conflict, ne said. will knit the world
together" Dwelling on the duty Of
Americans to give to the Red Cross.
the president declared no man could
afford to make money out OF the war.
THE most definite figures yet an
nounced regarding German losses on
the western front this spring have
been given to the Associated Press in
London. Since the beginning Of the
Offensive on March ~. two hundred
on the western front. OF which lo6 ac-
tuaily have been engaged on the
Somme and Armenticres fronts. The
s0Sth German division. which was one
OF those suffering most heavily. lost
20 per cent Of Its effectiveness. Seven
other German divisions were known TO
have lost more than SO per cent. and
at least seven other divisions are
named as having lost forty to fifty per
a. a. Ah
were left in the ll9th division after
the fighting Of March 90 and %. The
first division was in similar straits
after reaching -Laurette on
March 2S. and the sS4th division was
weakened similarly on April s. One
regiment OF the Fourth Ersatz division
virtually was annihilated on April 8.
On a closely typewriter list OF losses
to German regiments and divisions en-