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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-04

ed into two nearly equal parts by q
narrow "isthmus" Of Prussian terrific.
~; Bavaria lies seven -eighths to the
east Of Hesse and Baden and one.
eighth to the west; Wurttemberg Is q
fairly homogeneous kingdom, sur.
rounded by Baden and Bavaria, but in
the south it is pierced by q detached
piece Of Prussian land resembling q
boomerang in shape.
I'm the heart Of the empire (the
empire that was) is an amazing tangle
Of principalities known as the Thurin-
gian states, and here, too, Prussia pos
sesses several large fragments Of ter.
ritory.
Without enumerating the inconse-
quential fragments Of Prussian lands
dotted here and there in other states
Prussia is divided into fourteen prov
inces-East Prussia, West Prussia,
Berlin, Brandenburg, Pomerania, Po.
sen, Silesia, Saxony (not the kingdom
of Saxony). schleswig- -Holstein, Hano-
yer, Westphalia, Hesse- Nassau, Rhine
(Rheinprovinz) and Hohenzollern.
Fourteen Of the twenty-five states
Of the empire have an area less than
that Of our smallest state, Rhode Is
land, yet none Of them, not even the
three Free City states of Bremen, Lu-
beck and Hamburg, is as small as the
District Of Columbia.
with the exception Of Prussia, which
lacks $4,000 square miles Of being as
large as Montana, and Bavaria, which
is about the size Of South Carolina,
none Of the other German states is as
large as Massachusetts,.
with the exception of the three free
cities, the state having the densest
population is the kingdom Of Saxony,
with more than 82s persons to the
square mile. For the entire empire
the density of population is nearly ten
times as great as that Of the United
States"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-04
LOSSES IN FRANCE.
Official Estimates Leave 10000 Msr
Unaccounted For.

OHdCCOuItCu VIZ
Official tables of the major battle
casualties of the American forces in
France, made public by Gen. March,
chief Of staff, last Saturday, show that
approximately 10000 men remain
wholly unaccounted for nearly three
months after the ending of hostilities.
The deaths, missing and known pris-
oners are tabulaed up to January 10,
for each Of the thirty combatant dl-
visions Of Gen. Pershing's army. The
total Is 56,592, of whom 17,434 are
classified as missing or captured. An
appended statement shows that only
20 American military prisoners were
believed to be still in Germany on
January s, and that 4,S00 prisoners
had been checked up as returned and
11S died in captivity.
Some portion Of the great body OF
missing men may be located as the re-
turn of the army thins out the Ameri-
can forces in France. Indications are,
however, that the majority Of the TO-.
900 finally will be added to the roll OF
honor shown in the tables OF those
ed as 39,15S men.
To that figure also must be added
1.551 men of the Marine brigade, fig
ures for which, not carried in the ta-
bles, were obtained from official
sources. This brings the grand aggre-
gate Of deaths from battle up to 49,
7O9 on returns estimated officially to
be 95 per cent complete. AS figures on
missing and prisoners Of the marines
are lacking, the number Of unaccount-
ed for which finally will be added to
the roll of the dead can not be accu-
rately estimated.
The army table, however, gives to-
tai Of 14,649 men missing in action
and 2,7S5 known prisoners, making up
the 17,434 missing or captured. The
appended statement shows that the
army rolls record 4,918 American mil
itary prisoners accounted for. Ad-
mittedly there are many possibilities
of error, but the statement says 1t Is
anticipated that the indicated unac-
counted for list of 1856 will be
brought down to less than 10000"
The tables do not furnish any data as
to the wounded or deaths other than
those resulting directly from battle. A
new estimate Of the complete figures
on American casualties therefore Is
not possible. 1t is significant, how
ever, that up to Saturday night the war
department has publ shed the names
of 43,882 men killed or died OF wounds
as against 39,15S shown in the So per
cent tables. The difference is made up
by additional returns since the tables
were closed January 10.
On November q General Pershing
estimated that his total killed and died
of wounds would be 40,455. Presum-
ably publication of the lists Of these
known deaths and exclusive of the un-
accounted for Is nearly completed,
having exceeded the estimate by more
than 5000. due in part to additional
deaths from wounds and to the listing
as dead of men formerly reported as
missing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-04
GERMANY AS 1T WAS
Comprehensive Explanation Of thu
Map by a High Authority.

Map by High Authority.
In a bulletin accompanied by a
striking map, the National Geographic
society from its Washington headquar-
ters presents a graphic picture OF the
amazingly complicated geographic
patterns of what constituted the Ger
man empire prior to the general dis
ruption of its states following the final
definite acknowledgment Of defeat by
the Prussian autocracy in the signing
of the armistice on November 11th.
The German empire resembled moth
ing so much as political crazy quilt
with patches Of varying sizes and
shapes belonging to kingdoms, grand
duchies, principalities, duchies, etc.
"The average student Of history
knows that the German empire was
composed of twenty-five separate king
doms, grand duchies, 'duchies, princi-
palities, imperial lands and free
towns, says the bulletin, "but in order
to fully appreciate the problem OF re-
constituting the German nation, 1t Is
necessary to remember that these rs
distinct governments did not by any
means represent only twenty-five hon.
ogeneous and contiguous states. Many
of the states are scattered throughout
the dominions in detached fragments.
"The kingdom Of Prussia, which
both in area and in population Is larg-
er than all the other twenty-four states
combined, extends in huge semi-cir-
Gle from the French border OF Lor-
raine on the southwest, to the Baltic
provinces Of Russia on the northeast,
besides owning detached areas pep
pered" over the other states. For an
anology in America it would be neces-
sary to conceive of the state OF New
York embracing Texas, Oklahoma, Ar
kansas. Missouri, Michigan, Illinois,
parts of Indiana and Ohio. Virginia,
Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, a
portion of Pennsylvania and all the
New England states Then imagine
the Empire state also owning and gov
erning one or two counties in North
Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee
and Wisconsin.
I'm the same way, the Grand Duchy
of Oldenburg is divided into three
parts, as if Iowa, a dozen counties In
New Mexico, and half dozen counties
in Michigan were under one governor
"Then there is Mecklenburg-Strelitz
with three -fourths Of its territory on
the east side of burg-Schwerin
and the remaining fourth on the
northwest side, the two parts being
separated by distance Of nearly 100
miles.
1.-The Grand Duchy Of Hesse is divid-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-04
TO CUT ACREAGE.
General Assembly Gives Advice to the
Cotton Growers.

General Assembly Gives Advice to the
Cotton Growers.
The agriculture of the state Is CIV
Ing concern to the law making bodies.
fhe general assembly of South Caro-
lin has adopted the followig resolu-
t!ons which carry out the policy of B.
Harris, state commissioner to hold
cotton and cut acreage. The following
resolution has been adopted in both
houses of the general assembly:
BE it resolved, by the house of rep
resentatives, the senate concurring:
THAT we view with deep concern
the serious plight of our agriculture
industries on account Of the combined
efforts of skillful manipulators to low
er the price Of cotton to a point where
its production would be at consider
able financial loss If sold at the figures
which appear to be aimed at by the
on-producing, nonresident specula-
tors.
THAT we realize that the entire fu-
ture prosperity, development and hap
,piness Of our state and OF all the cot
ton Jbelf VIM receiv6 a SETH fpr .
llquartef OF "a century Asiiotid our pro.
ducers lose in this fight Of the producer
against the producer.
THAT we approve the we'll consider
ed and valiant efforts being made by
our producers to hold from the market
every bale Of cotton and that we ap-
preciate the spirit and act of coopera-
ton from our banks and business men.
THAT we advise the farmers to use
the cotton warehouse to the very lin
it of their capacity, thus getting the
maximum of credit with which to
keep on holding their 1918 crop and to
ret the means with which to finance
operations for 1919.
THAT we invite suggestions from
associations of farmers as to remedial
legislation needed, and that we offer
o them in this struggle for the rights
and liberties Of the southern farmer,
whatever of support and relief this
general assembly can afford in its con-
stitutional authority.
THAT we urge the farmers of this
state in cooperation with those of
other states, to reduce the acreage
given to cotton in 1919 and to reduce
% the lowest minimum the amount
of commercial fertilizer to be used"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-04

Would Cut Acreage.-B. Harris
commissioner Of agriculture, commerce
and industries, has addressed letters
to the commissioners of agriculture OF
all the cotton growing states, urging
that they call on all states bankers
associations to join the organizations
of farmers in the campaign to cut cot
ton acreage for the 1919 crop.
The general suggestion is that bank
crs withhold loans from farmers to
pitch the next crop. unless there is
reduction of 80 per cent in the acre
age.
]. Skottowe Wannamaker, president
of the South Carolina Bankers asso-
citation, is calling this tothe attention
of South Carolina bankers.
Mr. Harris Is Of the opinion that
bankers have the key to the whole sit
uation, and the campaign is designed
to create a psychology throughout the
cotton belt to discourage increased
production in 1919. which is of as
much a problem just now as the eff
fort to procure better prices for the
unsold 1918 crop.-Columbia State.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-04

ed in capturing $4,000 prisoners and
|125 cannons, and in gaining territor!
amounting to several kilometers In
depth, thus obliging the Germans tc
recall seven divisions from the east
ern theatre Of the war, and to relax
their pressure on the retreating Rus
sian army. In December of the same
year, General de Castelnau was ap-
pointed chief of the general staff, and
he played a famous part in the de-
fense of Verdun.
The situation having suddenly be-
come particularly serious, he motored
over to the besieged city at dawn, and,
after having deliberated with the chiefs
in command, he took certain decis-
ions which enabled General Petain, to
whom he intrusted the command of the
Verdun troops, to reestablish a line
resistance on the right bank of the
Meuse.
General de Castelnau has IL chill
dren; six Of his sons were mobolized
when war broke out and three have
fallen in the service of their country,
whilst a fourth was made prisoner.
Duty seems to be the keynote Of the
de Castelnau family, that and the love
of France.
1t is astonishing that with chiefs
like General de Castelnau, France
should have been victorious, after the
most cruel vicissitudes? Such chiefs!
Such men! And the poilus Of the
general, or as they call him proudly,
"le Couronne de Nancy" will rejoice
if the French government, as it is
whispered, decides to make their be-
loved leader marshal of France! No
one better than they has been able to
appreciate that clear -sightedness, that
rapidity Of judgment vigorous meth
cd of work which characterizes
General Curieres de Castelnau, whose
conviction, kindness, and clear sight
edness, combined with a deeply human
sensibility, are the very secret of his
authority. If he knows how to COM
mand, he knows always to obey, and
he voluntarily subordinates all his
acts, all his thoughts, to the sole aim
of serving his country.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-04

| There are three methods by whfqh
payments may be met. These meth4
DDS are payment in gold, in products,
or in securities. 1t Is generally under
stood that the payment Of the annual
interest of $500,000,000 in gold Is not
feasible, because the total annual gold
production of the world, exclusive of
the United States, is less than $780,
100000. Even though is were pos
sible to make payments in gold 1t
would not be a good thing for the
United States to accept such pay
ments, for the reason that it would
advance the prices of all commodities
, in this country, greatly increasing the
cost of living. Incidentally it would
be the means of checking exports, for
the reason that, with higher costs of
production, 1t would be impossible for
goods produced in the United States
to compete successfully with those of
other nations in the markets Of the
world. About one third of the worlds
monetary gold is already held by the
United States.
Nor is 1t considered wise for the
United States to accept payment IN
goods even If this were practicable.
The nations of Europe will be busily
engaged in work Of reconstruction for
some time to come. While they will
naturally make a great effort to tn
crease their external trade, 1t seems
improbable that their shipment Of
goods to the United States will be Of
sufficient volume even to offset the
rapidly increasing exports Of the United
States, particularly in view Of the fact
that the productive capacity Of its In
dustries have been greatly augmented
during the last four years.
It seems to be a general opinion
among bankers that the most practi-
cal way in which the interest pay
ments of other nations to the United
States may be met is for the United
States to purchase the obligations OF
the debtor nations. It is believed that
lHe WSlldIS VI OtiCi ie1Iioio 90 I"SAA 49,
that Of the United States, would be
best served by the further extension
of credit by the United States to the
debtor nations in the shape Of long
term loans. The export trade OF the
United States can apparently grow in
no other way. It Is thus seen that the
greater the service which the United
States can render the rest Of the
world, the larger will be its own share
of prosperity. The war has put the
United States in a position to furnish
capital and products to other nations,
and still it has been an ample amount
of both for its own industries, which
various nations are yet in great need
of capital and supplies. The United
States Ncannot we'll prosper while Its
neighbors are in need. It is not an act
of philanthropy alone which should
impel the United States to extend the
helping hand. but it is daily becoming
more evident, to thoughtful people,
that the more quickly the war-ridden
nations of Europe are helped to their,
feet the better 1t Will be for the en-
tire world-Christian Science MonisI
tor ss-.i-s.- 49,. = - 30
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which I am writing. Just why this is,
I do not know; but suppose It 70 In
the blood. Ny teaching has always
been that newspaper, to be o news
per, bust be responsible to nobody but
its subscribers and II you have to SUBJ
NIT to anybody else,s say.so al to what
you shall say to your subscribers or
not say, then 1t Ii better not to write
at all. Under these, conditions, feel
as II would rather not write at all.
and am writing now only because the
editor Of The Enquirer. who has prior
claim on all that part Of me which
does not belong, to Uncle Sans army.
thinks that an occasional letter might
be Of interest to the readers Of the pa
per. censorship or no censorship.
Lewis N. Grtst-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-04
NATIONAL DEBT SETTLEMENT.
America Now the Creditor Nation o'
the World.


the World.
A most interesting situation pre-
walls concerning the position of the
limited States in its relation to the
financial affairs Of the Allied nations.
The position of the United States as
creditor nation was brought about
hv the exigencies Of war. The Allies
were in urgent need of vast quantities
of products and supplies, which the
United States was called upon to fur
nish. At the same time. the United
States has bought back about $1,000
900 600 worth of securities formerly
owing to Europeans. While its ex-
ports has been greatly increased, Its
ir,norts have diminished. The United
States has lent to other nations ap-
proximately $4,000, 100000. The in
terest payments will amount to about
$500. 900. 900 annually. a sum approxi-
mately equal to the average annual
trade balance in favor of the United
States, before the war.
There is no question as the financial
integrity of any of the debtor nations
or of their desire to satisfy their OBJ
LEGATIONS There is, however, no little
conjecture as to the manner in which
the interest payments are to be made.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-04

tE Clothes do not make the man, you
know" Maybe not, but I've seen the
uniform Of q soldier work wonders with
an erstwhile lounge lizard"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
old MAN ULTIMATE
CONSUMER HIT AGAIN
CONGRESS ABOUT TO KICK HIM
IN THE STATS AGAIN
WITH A NEW TAX

Observation-Disclosures now one
more chance for our old friend, the
Ultimate Consumer, to get kicked in
the Stats. He always gets it, you
know. You may tax this, and tax
that-tax business and tax pleasure;
tax what you will, it is the Ultimate
Consumer who pays the freight. 1t
has been always thus, and so far as
doth appear it will be always thus.
The Ultimate Consumer pays the
freight.
Sc with the new proposition by the
joint conference committee of the
House and Senate Of Congress. to put
on moving picture film rental tax Of
5 per cent.
The proposal to hike the special tax
on theater admissiOns-th legitimate
theater, so-called-to 20 per cent drew
such roar from the patrons of
drama and opera that the same con-
gressional committee effected a
prompt and not very orderly retire
ment striking the increase from the
new revenue bill.
HNAO AtS A1blhNu at IA
In other words. the more affluent
patrons of the legitimate theaters
wouldn't stand for the hike They
are paying 10 per cent tax now, and
the doubling of it was, they consid-
cred, going a step too far.
The movies already are paying at
both ends. The patron pays the war
tax at the gate, and the exhibitor
pays an excise tax of Is cents per
reel per day on the films he shows. 1t
now is proposed to levy a tax on the
rental price of the films exhibited,
supposedly in lieu of the reel tax. AS
a matter of fact, it would in effect
increase the film cost enormously over
the present arrangement.
Consumer Would Pay
And las stately it all comes back,
as chickens come home to roost, to
the Ultimate Consumer. He will either
pay more at the gate, thus discrimin-
atlng against the millions of movie
patrons in favor of the fewer and
more opulent patrons of the opera and
drama-who soaked the proposed hike
IN their taX-or it will take the form
Of cheaper films or older releases. or
something.
Whatever form it takes, the Con-
sumner will pay the freight. And in
this instance the industry being
soaked" was one of the foremost in
the support of the war plans of this
Government, and the consumers are
the greatest of all classes of amuse-
ment patrons, the movie fans.
The joint conference committee in
Congress is being deluged with pro-
tests. from movie patrons who object
to what they regard as a new and un-
warranted burden.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
Administrator Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-By vir-
tue of an order from the Court of
Ordinary of Terrell county will be
sold at public outcry, on the first
Tuesday in March, 1919, at the court
house door in said county, between
the legal hours of sale, the following
land in said county, to wit: Six city
lots Nos. Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve,
Thirteen and Fourteen, of Brown
vile addition to Dawson, Ga, front
ing each sixty-siX feet on Macon
street, and running back west one
hundred feet. Terms cash. This Jan.
25th, 1919. L. CROUCH.
Administrator of the Estate of Mrs.
Emma Crouch, deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
BEWARE OF LOUD" CLOTHES
is EDICT OF FASHION MAKERS
Conservatism Is 1919 Word Among
Tail0rs; "Fire-Alarm" Waist
coats FrOwned On

The plainly dressed man will con-
tinue to be the best dressed man in
1919. says q bulletin received by tail
ots from the National Association of
Merchants Talors. There will be no
mills whatever, the fashion ears have
5ao.eeI,
And what is more mems clothing
viii be cheaper pcghaps-in 1920.
1T is probable chat some grades Of
cloth may be cheaper next fail and
winter says the bulletin, "but all the
manufacturers are not agreed on that
point
There is more or less concern among
he foremost tailors over the POSSIBLE
ity of a craze for fire alarm" waist
coats, in consequence of British in
fiuence, which is attributed to Amer
lean participation in London club life
during the war. To overcome this
menace the more conservative mascu-
line dictators are going to be some
what conservative in their showings
this spring, they say.
American textile manufacturers are
now making virtually all of the fabrics
for mems garments. which formerly
were exported from England and Scot
land exclusively. Dyestuffs. also for
merly imported, are made in Amer
lea.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
ARMENIANS in A
TERRIBLE PLIGHT
THOUSANDS ARE REPORTED TO
BE NAKED AND ON THE
VERGE OF STARVATION

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Miran Sc
vasly, chairman of the Armenian Nat
ional Union of America, called on state
department officials to present further
reports of the tragic condition of the
Armenlans and to urge prompt action
toward getting up an Armenian state.
CabIegrams, Mr.. Sevasly said, tell of
alarming conditions in Armenian terri
tory ana the pitiful plight of deport-
ed Armenians in Syria, Palestine,
Egypt, Mesopotamia, Percia and the
Caucasus. Messages say refugees are
dying by thousands.
Gen. Clayton, British commander in
Syria and Palestine, Mr.. Sevasly said,
has cabled that at least $4,000 is
needed monthly to care for the Armen-
ian refugees alone IN those two re-
gi0nE. The cablegrams made public
today by Mr.. Sevasiy was one from
Belgian Consul Dcrvichyan, at Basra,
aging:
Learn with deepest sorrow that
10000 AImenians accumulated at Mo-
sui are naked and absolutely destitute.
Archbishop Serophian is there with
very small funds but is absolutely I'M
able to cope with requirements unless
Immediately help is given Most Of the
refugees are dying Of sickness and
hunger"
Another message from A. Arsian-
ian, Of the Armenian national union,
at Cairo, said:
Received word from Herran, Ale
pho, that 10000 refugees are at Ale
pho, and the number is constantly in
creasing. Fifteen thousand have re-
ceived assistance from the military
authorities. Good local committees or
ganizing relief, but the extent of the
restitution far surpasses their fnan-
cial resources. Need clothes and COW
erings and large amounts of money.
Repatriation has begun. Send help
Immediately"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
SERIOUS CRIMES Are
LAID TO AMERICANS
MANY MURDERS AND THEFTS IN
PARIS CHARGED TO AMERI-
CANS. CAPITAL STARTLED

Thirtv-four murders o2O dav and
u;1L4 aS.a,,I. -, 49, ',--. - zoo -. ''i-
ing ~ assaults anu nearly 0oo SeIlouS
nights due to American soldiers oc-
Cured in the department of the Seine
during December. according to a Paris
,o-,,a,eoo,, ,.I. e -
NJ" 0p@p'i' as " result u 'ne reoi-
ganlzatlon OF the American police con-
tingent in the French capital, the pa
per said, many deseTters have been ar
rested.
The American military police IN
Paris had previously been recruited
among oi1lcers and men who mad been
wounded. It's duty was to give lntor-
Inatloh 10 american soldlers IN the
cOFeels ana L" aJOeha TO IIlIlihg Of