Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-22
Scraps and facts,

J. " E"E"h"T. wNU "stn IS in"rH-
her Of tn" 2sG Michigan vrsuHt""r>.
hhS been discharged iIp!u tin -. 80
Canadian voluntary ndl'HiI"n ''"H is
h.. ~ too rid =" L=nt IT, haI n""is
10 tho trcncm"s "a Fiancc "!@i.'
months bcinT" iIS az" wns disco, "i"'!
and Ih'N hC w.sS taken OIt '.'." DIS
charged kr@ ';"oi@" 81 Ins''h'!.
~,.ni for him Ia Sj"o.di as.I.sn', be
,';s,I.-' Ihr k.ng wanted - h..'" talk
with IA" oldest HIHn IN Fn' ranks.
Tie king ""IgI.,ru.atc" ih" "ld m..''.
Di. ms "ruiap" ana 't"!nni~upn.
The STATE. Thursd1. Tn ":tic"
Of Lieut.. -. j.. E".u":.g. Ch''i i:,uS-
t"rIng UiIiC'; At camp in"k>"n. "iii
b." Il busy center '.ur u"Xi ten days
%.gro"s from south '..I"iii.a 10 th'
nLnb"r Of = 300 ar" 10 to" iH"b:l!Z'"
within IN" next N'Gk. h"gInuIn: sat
ur,!aI In addition I" u".". i.I""
Nhit" enlisted men from H"r'E AZ
OlInI Viii b"gIn tT cn'r:'In tor ih'
Eighty inst division d!s" SATURDAY
rho movement ni n""r"'o "I!i h'.
SATURDAY,. i.4i". MOndh!. -. Tu'S-
day, 80. .N"ariN loo Whit ""r"
mustered in S'Sf"r'!t.. Dhes w"i".
sumter. ~. M"TiUu. -. Lancaster,
Abbcg!Ii". =. Chester. one WHIT" ana
ptl'' Il''Sl'r lslI'.-N'.''H ''''' '''' 80
Carolina. one.
secretary I:ah"r. IA his w'"kiS
'DIuInrIEIqu' ISSUED Wednesday,, I"-
cards ih.. mup' udIu-. German offensive
on th" Western hrfii' lin" with note
ui cnniId"nc... I:n'h ihs aiIt', AMI tie
Germans. h" -aN~. "i''r "st' n~I'" pre-
IHra'I"I.e SI!"nli, AMI >N>'"nr:i;I"ali'
carried "r. tr" I'.,iS tor iE',il'. IL,
4 -.
cialiv drilled and m;m'ur"I"h tot
W.ris.i lul. tho DiI~i:iU%hi. Mr. Baker
SaNS ~ I.g.r'.iiI.n' with expert military
oIIIuluu :rlrn:td tl,. Gilman general
stan hDJr-~ iD ~iuHSh through. l;u' ~"
secretary Ui wHr r"Ii'- Dri that ih'
German hi!.l, command must !c:,iiH" II
must ,i'"i.I.:'r tar m"i" Iiii'rIli tao
iir;l Ob~iari'~ than .r,I ether attach
in;; army h... hI'hrTi" encountered. Nr-
I,ar"utlN th' secretary WIN much IN
iumaiI"u ~ hIs command whi"h can
not b., "IN'n 10 ~" IublI". shares Tia.
opinion "f ia" allied experts that thu
I'm" viii withstand any German >hu"k
.'.:nInSi ~.
y German patrol rc.tdy tu am
lnISi IN Nm"II"In patrol MIS- dIN"uE-
"r'd on TIA" American front early
Tuesday murniiu bS It sentry II"
EslN'' lll'' dIiIi4 Nv u lIII Nll'l 'l''lI
the American machine guns riddl"d
ih" enemy. III" Germans He'd. car
rNIrg their CASUALTIES with th,u. but
ground where. they hai been WAS lat
"r iuund Ia l." covered with tell tai"
red stains. Th'' S"rItrH SAW twu i;rr-
mans near th" I;trtp"t ami m"\"'!
:" u listening post f"r - hotter view
~" IE"m chaII,n@, y shot IN his
direction Mas Tia" r"rii. TIL" sentry
iIr'd at ia" enemy and heard = Ger
man Sh"Ui as tn, ballet pruhthly Int
ITS uIaTk. a., TIuHnS then throw ing
grrmadcS ia tn" direction uf IT."
American trenches. MIChin" guns and
rules went INT" action from aunih"r
S""II"n ni tn" trench. S,mdInG Il hail
"f bullets int" tn. enemy Who W,r"
IIll on the rum. Thor" were" nm C:IS-
uIlii"S among ih" .Nm"ri"IIS II Is
Thought puSSlhlr that thus WHS ih'
SAM. patrol winch sci $u"CCSSl nj
imluISc3,d" last week. Whether IT
Ms. th" American forces feel that
ih,N haN,. a l'.tSi "Nlrird Partial re-
I,trIiI"u.
Dr. Arthur NJ Davis "f I'Iuu,. -,
who wIS DENTIST Tor E.mI"rUr William
oI Germany. returned To- America last
Monday on - neutral steamship. II"
said II, lett Germany January -. hay
lHE lh'll sil''N''l ~ 'l'~N NV '''I"'i
OH i military pass personally SiGncd
by TN" emperor. Dr. DAVIS asserted
that the Russian situation WAS the
foremost topic IN I;,.rlin when II" lett
and the developments al that time hH'L
caused great rejoicing. u" - ,"tr"d
the food situation IN G"rui:ti,I WAS not
ST bad as had been r,pO ted. The
fact that III" United States is IN th"
war ana %ChdIng troops Ia Franc" Is.
at course. generally known among the
German people" DR.. Davis continued.
hut they -iE-no' aprfLr I" tax" the
United States seriously. Rather they
do not seem Ia believe America is Scri-
GUS. They still have faith in the sub
marine. but they are not so "nthuSiaS
tie over the C-hOatS as they were Il
year ago" He added that thrr" Wcr,
about twenty AuCrICanS still III livT-
lin. They were not intCrnCd, but were
required To report 10 th" police au-
thurItirS daily. Neither are they par
mittvd to lrtN" tn" city and Cunsr-
uucnllN know hut it'll" oi what ~ go
Ing on "lsrw here.
-- New York World: Food admins
trgItIun regulations furhlddluS the
slaughter Of laying hens are more to
the adNantIg" of packers than 10 the
public. John j. Dillon. former stat"
commissioner Of markets. says. The
prices of CSgS and poultry will AL
vance rather than r,'C"dc under this
sySivru. he asserted. II hens ar" not
killed there Will hc du Immediate m
crraS" egg production SIId Mr.. hi
Ion This viii permit the packers
tu secure Gigs at cheap prices for
cold Stur;Ig" this spring. ThcS" men
also hold the bulk al poultry now III
storage. IL no more hens are sent
To- the market there viii hc Il short
agr uf dressed poultry. Th" packers
Will profit hy selling their storage
holdings At advanced prices. AGAIN.
when the regulations are suspended
and a great quantity Of chickens Is
slaughtered. the packers VIII S"cur"
thus meat at cheap prices. 1t iS Ger
taiulN unwiSr To- encourage cold StUr-
age manipulation amy further. GcorS"
prlChr head Of the administration :
egg department. WAS friendly with
the. PACKERS before he entered IN,
poultry business IN Chicago. His reg
ulatiun will prov" II benefit IN egg
Lnd poultry wholesalers.
The Echo de Paris. after Il care
ful and minute examination of Allied
and enemy documents which II has
III its possession. publishes what the
newspaper rCCk"nS IL he Germany :
LOSSES ~ In Wal ana th| hummer VI
troops which she has available. The
losses ihrulgh the war. II declares.
tire. l..2.i.UOu ihrT. vi whom @.in".-
uuu are dead Since l?li Germany
has been abb, L. mobilize l4.hno.nnr
from which Ino. 400 must L." deducted.
having remained III Entente or n"u-
trail countries Th" first figure does
not include the l920 class. which
wuuld T:,rcaSr III" forces 10y 10000
men Following medical C\ainina-
tinns AT the beginning uf the war -
@I0. .Ouh men were rejected as unnt.
This left 4 total nf ll.2|o."pH from
which losses must hr deducted. NJ
present Germany has IN hospitals or
waiting Ia br examined ?iu.oou. while
.nO.Nuu men are employed i'll dcpotS
or the interior of III" country Then
the number uf men Germany has lost
aS priSunCrS ~ given. taken from Of
fetal lists published hy the German
government and reproduced hy SWISS.
Swedish and German papers ThcS"
are. Prisoners i'll France. GHo.ono: in