Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-13
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army transport. He Is accolhPaiii
by John u. Ryan. assistant SCI o..
m, charge Of air craft proouclioh'
rctary Baker went Tor lhe poi Iii
observing the progress ol thins -
rnry and Mr.. Assistant Secretary NSan
went 10 get coihpre"e"''
the aircraft situation
News has been given out from
Washington of the torpcdolne oi t@no @
Nri,ish liner Persic. carrying [,oVV
American troops, on September o. ne
,urutdoing was within 200 miles oi lhe
k'rcnch coast II Is said that soilie
,hiny got the matter with the engines
-, ,b. pcrsic and she fell behind. IL
Was then that the submarine MT . nei.
Az good fortune had II the sea na 1
calm and all the troops were res.uet
by destroyers. II Is said aiso '""'
,h.. submarine was promptly SUNK
More cotton was ginned TINS year
rrior TO Sept. than any previous yeal
,be history Of American cotton
prowinr. The census bureau annouhc-
.J last Monday in It's report OF the sea
Son that l.O3y,62O bales had been GIN
nd TN. largest quantity heretofore
plnncd To September lst was eoV'-
csx LaIrs In 1916. when 10 per
cent Of the crop was sihhed "
that date. Ginnings reported up "
last Monday comprise S.3 per cent Y,
,h,. lIl37 900 bales OF cotton forecast
,,,.,u .upust % conditions by the de-
purtment Of agriculture. Inc het's
sinninys this ycar are aScrlbcd 10 ho!
and dry weather in the western part
of the cotton belt. Much picking WIS
done early.
Clothing will be available for every
man called to tho colOrS under tne
eighteen to iorty-fivc DRAFT; imIs -
the promise Of Brig. Gen. II. Z. "oou'
Acting Ouartermaster General, given
in the course Of an i..terview. we are
going TO be pretty short Tor tiHie oh
one or two articles, but We nav
enough" was Gen. Woods piedge' pas,
ed on the stock OF clothing on haiiu
Aur. l. and the way production ~ com
ing. For instance he added. we had
ON hand on Aug. ]. 5.OOO.OOO brccch's-
thut *. WOODEN breechcs-and then, III
addition. 56OO,OUU cotton Dreeches'
that is over lO.500.00O breeches.
OF coats We had 3.OOO.OOO cotton
and 4,OOU.UUO wOolcn COATS We
have 100000 drawers, summer ana
winter, and 24.O0O,OOO undershirts, u"
summer and winter. and o;-oo,ooo
blankets Those are some OF the I'M
pOrtLnt items.
I'm the spring the American
army alone Will be clual 10 tne Nct
man army, and the latter VIII nave 10
face also the British ana frehch ar
mics. Germanys situation Is nope
Iess' This statement was made in a
Paris cablegram received u rev days
ago through French official channcis'
Continuing il points out the weakness
Of the German army as follows: Wv
ing to the management OF hostic uiNi-
sions. first Withdrawn and later sent
back to the front after being reconsu-
tutcd. about $50 divisions are couhlcu
as having been engaged in the battie.
II is interesting to note that among
,hoSr divisions IS have for u fort
night only, from July 10 TO Aug: l.
been engaged. THE class OF 1919 mas
almost completely disappeared. The
class Of 1920 is the only shift left TO
our enemies. They are postponinS as
long as possible sending 1t to the
'front.'
49, The store of Wallace Whitlock. at
uaync. two mikes from Spartanburg.
was raidcd Wednesday at noon DS
about $50 selectmen from troop tram
cn route from New York city TO camp
Gordon. and goods amounting 10 ABOUT
$3.50 taken. The men who made the
raid claimed that they had had MOTH
ing to eat since leaving the metropo-
lis and could wait no longer for food
However, they took not only food, out
also relieved the store OF conSidera-
bile quantity of shirts, handkerchleis,
and other articles of clothing. II Is
charged. The military authorities az
Spartanburg were notified OF tne raiu
and orders were at once issued TO hoid
the train until n detachment OF men
from Camp Wadsworth could reach the
scene and make arrests. However. the
train officials concluded TO pull out Tor
Grrcnvillc after waiting thirty mlh-
utcs for the military police TO arrive.
II is believed that the men Will be
dealt with when they arrive AT camp
Gordon. rs full report CT the matter
has been wired the authorities there.
Fuel Administrator Garfield an
nounces he expects soon to nix u price
for gasoline for domestic consumers as
we'll as the government, and the Allies
ut a price lower than the present mar
ket price. He Is awaiting further re-
ports on the situation before taking
any definite action. DIR. Garheld's
announcement discloses that for some
time consider. ..tio:I had been given the
problem Of bringing the price OF gas
oline to u lower level. Several reports
already have been made to Mork l.
Reoua. director Of the oil division OF
the fuel administration and 1t was IN
timatcd that upon completion OF the m
yestigation being conducted immeoi-
ate action would be taken. The dis-
closure OF DIR. Garticld's purpose came
during an informal talk with newspap-
er correspondents In which the stocks
OF gasoline In the country and the stat
ed shortage east Of the Mississippi
River which caused the administration
to request that no passenger automo-
bilcs be operated on Sunday were
discussed.
Authentic details OF peculiarly
infamous case of German brutality
have been received by the London
Daily Express. Eleven British soldiers.
finding themselves behind the enemy
lines in France. managed TO evade
capture for several weeks by hiding
themselves In fields and subsequently
taking shelter in a house. The woman
in whose house they found shelter says
she and her husband, knowing the
soldiers were hiding in field, TOOK
them and lodged them in the attic
Unfortunately some outsiders knew
they were there and a neighbor de-
nounced them to the German comman-
dant at Guise. He sent troops TO ar
rest the soldiers, who gave themselves
up Immediately without making any
resistance. Three days later they were
tried. The eleven soldiers and the nus
band OF the woman who had shelter.
ed them were sentenced to death and
were executed on the same day. The
woman was sentenced to four years at
forced labor. her daughter to two
years and her son to three years. while
a woman who had given the soldiers
some food was sentenced to ten years
at forced labor and her daughter to
one year.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
announces that the first call to the COL
ors Of men who registered yesterday
will include men In the 1S and 20 year
old classes and in the classes from S2
to So years inclusive. Questionnaires
will 20 first to the registrants within
these specified age limits and local
boards will be ordered to classify them
first in readiness for calls beginning
in October. Young men In the lS and
20 year classes, General Crowder said.
will be accepted for induction int the
students army training corps, but he
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