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v;v*? ~ * 'JjS Abbeville Press and Banner j 51.50 4BBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1916. established . |1 A YEAR. * ; . 1844 , .' JM GERMANS CONTINUE 10 SI01 VERDI TEUTONS CONTINUE TO STRIKE IN THE TERRITORY AROUND VFRnilN The Germans still are carrying or strong offensive operations northeas' and northwest of Verdun. About foui and one-half miles northeast of th( fortress they penetrated the Caillett< wood, just outside Fort Douamont after a violent bombardment. From part of this wood the Frenct in an immediate counterattack drov< back the invaders. Another powerful attack was de livered against that portion of th< Avocourt wood held by the French but here the French barrier fire ant machine guns held the Germans with out gain. The French now have entirelj evacuated the village of Vaux anc have drawn their lines south of th< town, but in its immediate outskirts Berlin says that northeast of Hau court, between Malancourt and L< Mort Homme the Germans have en tirely cleared the French from aboul 1,000 yards of trenches, where thej remained since the German victorj on this sector March 30. On the other sectors about Verdur there have been only intermittenl nwfil 1 /111 /\1 rt wuiuaiuiiiciiid) ai unci jr uucio nave characterized the action along the re znainder of the fronts Air craft have been very active around Verdun. The French brought down three German machines, bu1 Berlin asserts that the aerial combats have resulted in their favor. Both sides have been busily engaged ir dropping bombs on military estab lishments at various points. Greatei activity than usual has been display ed in the fighting between the Ger mans and Russians in the region oi Baranovichi, southwest of Minsk Elsewhere on the Russian front the situation is unchanged. Three British and one Norwegian steamer have been sunk by submarines or mines. Two of the British boats, the liner Achilles and the Ashurton were on their way to London from Australian ports. The British steamer Goldmouth was on a voyage to London from Texas with oil. The Norwegian boat was the Peter Hamre. She was sunk while at anchor. Of her crew of 15 only one man escaped. Four members of the crew of the Achilles are missing, two of the crew rtf tKfl rinlrlmAnfV? nroro TxrAiinrlo^ w* vmv v? vi v nvuuuvv when landed, and five members oi the crew of the Ashurton were taker ? to a hospital for shrapnel wounds. Scotland and the northern and southern coasts of England have received visitations from Zeppelins, which dropped bombs at various places. In an air raid on the northeast coa3t of England Friday and Saturday nights 59 persons were killed and 166 wounded. EXTRA SESSIONS IS NOW ADVOCATED BY McLAURIN Columbia, March 30. ? (Special) ?An extra session of the General Assembly to be called for the purpose of enacting a law for State insurance was suggested to Governor Manning this afternoon by John L. McLaurin, State Warehouse Commissioner, who in a letter to the Governor says: "The situation has reached a point where it is necessarv that vou call the leeis lature together to provide for State in surance." He says that he is convinced that the fire insurance companies are determined to make a fight to the finish and he does not believe in surrendering to them, and the only alternative is for the State to go into the fire insurance business. The Warehouse Commissioner in "passing the buck" to the Governor says he thought he had the cotton warehouse insurance safe but that the big companies are whipping the little companies into line and that nothing can be done. The only thing, he says, to do is for the State to go into the insurance business. Sen. McLaurin suggests to the formation of a State warehouse insurance by each warehouse taking stock in a central company, pay the premiums a year in advance and the central company to reinsure. He also approves of the formation of mutals and suggests that the state make arrangements to borrow $1,000,000 to start off the State insurance company. COOPER IS PLEASED. Columbia, March 29.?R. A. Cooper, of Laurens, solicitor of the 8th judicial circuit and candidate for Governor, passed through Columbia yesterday on his way to Batesburg, where he was to speak last night. Mr. Cooper had nothing to say for publication as to what his atti? i-v- x.: ?i J tUde on puDlic questions wuuiu uc iu the approaching campaign. A definite and comprehensive statement "will be made in due time," he explained. His announcement is meeting with more generous approbation than he anticipated, he said. Letters from all sections of the state are reaching him, he said, endorsing his candidacy and pledging him support. U. S. AGENCIES ON '' I GASOLINE INQUIRY B : DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO SAY WHETHER PROSECUTIONS ARE WARRANTED. x Washington, April 2?Government . acpnries investigating the SDectacu . lar rise in the price of gasoline have ^ 4 virtually concluded preliminary jj. \ phases of their work and will report to congress this week. In the mean- ~ ' time the department of justice will gc x consider the evidence with a view to > determining whether prosecutions are warranted under the anti-trust law. , Every available field agent of the 1 federal trade commission has been W( ? assigned to the gasoline inquiry un- be 1 der the direction of Commissioner W. S6( * J. Harris. Reports by the various ea companies involved have been check- ?0 r ed so far as possible. Crude oil pro- ce 1 ducers, manufacturing companies, re i pipe lines, selling agencies, even tank co . wagons, in every section of the coun- pa - try have been under surveillance. re i The department of justice virtually - left the entire inquiry to the com- jy fc mission. Complaints received by the tg, r attorney general have been forward- |n" r ed for investigation to the commis- ^ sion and have been added to hun- jyj ! dreds of similar complaints received jje' I by the commission itself. It is con- ^ j sidered unlikely that the attorney ^ . general will decide finally whether tuc ?rvlucnuc nmiaaifO i/ivoctuuviiu , unril the commission shall have conl eluded its inquiry a month or more ^ hence. 5 The first report to congress will 10 ! contain comparative figures showing k the amount of gasoline and crude oil 12 . produced at present and two or three . years ago, the volume exported, rela- 1 . tive costs of production, amounts 2 . sold in each section of the country 8 f then and now and comparative wholesale and retail prices. No comment i will be made on the reasons for the rise. ! A second report, data for which is . not yet complete, will supplement ch i the first with an analysis of the situ- f0] . ation and will set forth reasons to ur . which the commission attributes the ne , tremendous increase. al? , The investigation has been con- fl0 i ducted with a view to determining 0f i four salient points as follows: ^ i 1. The extent of production and po r use of gasoline now and two and on three years ago. pa ! 2. The volume of gasoline exported r and the supply remaining here for ed I domestic use particularly as to whe- s : ther the rise or any portion of it i could be attributed to a scarcity of ?id product. 1111 [ 3. Whether there has been dis- Pa . crimination by big producerb in favor , of big buyers. co! [ 4. Whether there is actual compe- ru tition among the former elements . that went to make up the oil trust; [ if there is, to what extent and how [ the small independent producer is c'a affected thereby. ?n The department of justice has "a been particularly interested in all ?e phases of the investigation which ?e would shed light on the possibility of Sc a connection between the rise and the administration's proposal recently to levy an emergency revenue tax of 1 cent a gallon on gasoline. This ' phase of the investigation is said to ! be incomplete. It is understood that the forthcoming report to congress will not fully aC( support tne recent announcement ox jjj, | the department of the interior that ^ ' | more gasoline was being produced CQ. 1 and cn hand than ever before. It is understood that the report will state that the present does not mark the ruj " high tide of production and that while there is a great quantity of gasoline 1 on hand the supply is not as large as it was some time ago. This report, it is said, will be based on later fig- ^ 1 ures than those used by the interior department. . Representative Bailey, of Pennsyl vania, announced tonight that he "*i would introduce a bill tomorrow to ' authorize the secretary of the interi- r ' ; or to sink oil wells on public lands n'T and market the product, giving pre- * ference to independent refiners to t present arbitrary increase in prices. i Fii CALLS IN CIRCUIT JUDGES. |?' Columbia.?An en banc session of Pj" the supreme court and the circuit judges of the state has been called ' for Friday, April 14, to pass on the legality of the election establishing , ' McCormick county out of portions of Greenwood, Abbeville and Edgefield counties. The order for the en banc session states that there is a question of constitutionality involved in X 1 the matter upon which the supreme ( court justices cannot agree and they have decided to call the circuit judges to their assistance. " ] SAPP SUCCEEDS DOMINICK Columbia, March 30.? (Special.) ?Claud N. Sapp of Lancaster, was _ this afternoon appointed assistant attorney-general and instructed to re- _ port for duty Monday, Announcement of the appointment was made . by Attorney-General Peeples. Mr. Sapp succeeds F. H. Dominick, of Newberry, who resigned and return- 5ed to his home in Newberry two weeks ago. 6 rHIRD ANNU DA Y FRIDA IG CROWD IS EXPEi FRIDAY AT ABB SCHOOL F Great plans are being made for e School Field Day on April vtn. is thought that this will be the eatest day for the schools of the unty Abbeville has ever seen, hools all over the county are getig ready for this day. Some minor changes were made the program last Saturday at the meting of the county teachers at ie West. Both prizes for floats ?re raised to $20.00. There will two contests in spelling for the cond'and third grades?one for ch grade. In judging the contest r the school having the largest per nt of pupils in the parade, only sident pupils of the district will be nsidered. Free tickets to the iir Grounds will be given all childn in the parade. The people of Abbeville have kindoffered to entertain all the constants in the preliminary contests declamation Thursday night, proied their names are sent to Miss ae Robertson, Abbeville, S. C., fore April 5th. Any teachers who sh to come to Abbeville Thursday 11 be entertained also, if they will nd their names to Miss Robertson. PROGRAMME. A. M.?Class Room, Contests, Graded School Building.' M.?Parade?Form at Graded School Building. P. M.?Dinner. P. M.?Athletics at Fair Gronds. P. M.?Declamation Contest at Theatre. PARADE?12 O'CLOCK. The parade will consist of school ildren in line with banners, flags, Llowed by floats. Each school is ged to have at least one large banr with the name of school. It is 10 urged that each school have a at. A teacher should be in charge each school. All school children thout teachers, will, however, rert to the Chairman of Committee Parade and be assigned place in rade. J The parade will begin at the GradSchool Building at twelve o'clock arp, march to the square and Dund same forming on the west le to review the floats which will mediately follow the children. The rade will be led by band. All floats not ready to move at the mmand of the chairman will be led out. PRIZES. Schools will be divided into two isses. Class A?Schools having ly one teacher. Class B?Schools ving more than one teacher. st Float by School Class A-$2Q.OO st Float by School Class B-$20.00 hool (any class) having the largest per cent resident yearly enrollment present and in line during parade $5.00 ATHLETICS?2 P. M. All athletics contests will be held :ording to rules given by the Intergh School Athletic and Oratorical sociation of South Carolina. A py of these rules may be gotten writing to the University of South rolina for a Bulletin of these les. No pupil may enter contests unless or she has been enrolled and in endance in some school in the jnty during at least three months the last four months immediately jcedine: Field Day. Each teacher responsible for the observance of s rule, and any one violating this le may be debarred from contests. A.11 contestants must report to L. Moore, Chairman, at the Fair ounds at 2 o'clock and receive rther instructions as to the conits or be ruled out of contests. Points will be counted as follows: st Winner Five Points. cond Winner Three Points. ird Winner One Point. In case of tie in any event, the ints shall be divided and a prize en to each contestant. A. handsome banner will be given ! school winning the most points. A. prize valued at Five Dollars will given to the school winning the tt highest number of points but s school must not be in the same ss as school winning banner, chools classified as given under rade.) Contestants must provide their n eggs and sacks for these races, ppers must not be worn in shoe :e. [n all cases the decision of the Iges will be final. EVENTS AND PRIZES. ?50 yard race for boys under 12 years old $1.00 ?50 yard race for girls under 12 years old 1.00 ?220 yard race for boys under 15 years old 1.00 ?One-third mile race for boys over 15 years old 1.00 ?Shoe race for boys under 14 years old 1.00 ?Three-legged race for any two AL FIELD L Y ?rKUUKAIVl CTED HERE NEXT EVILLE COUNTY !ELD DAY. boys . 1.00 7?Sack race for boys and girls under 15 years old 1.00 8?Apple race for boys and girls under 12 years old 1.00 9?Relay race for any three boys, one mile 1.00 10?Pole vault, boys any age_ 1.00 11?Shot put, boys over 12 years old (shot 12 lbs.) 1.00 12?Running high jump, boys any age, 1.00 13?Running broad jump, boys any age 1.00 14?Baseball throwing contest, boys from 10 to 16.years old 1.00 15?Baseball throwine conest. boys over 16 years 1.00 ( 16?100 yard dash, boys over 16 i years old 1.00 ( 17?1 mile race boys any age_ 1.00 ] ] DECLAMATION CONTEST 8 P. M. < High School Contest, Grades 8, 9, 10 j Two medals will be offered, one to the best boy speaker, and one to the J best girl speaker of the county. < Each school should hold a prelimi- 1 nary contest and select one boy and < one girl to represent the school. < The committee will hold a prelimi- i nary contest in which the number of ' contestants shall be reduced to five 1 boys and five girls for the final contest. This preliminary contest shall be held in the Abbeville County Court House on Thursday night. Each declamation shall be limited to ten minutes. Grammar School Contest, Grades 5, 6, and 7. Two medals are offered, one to the best boy speaker and one to the best girl speaker from these grades. Only two contestants will be allowed from each school. Preliminary contest will be held Thursday night before Field Day in the High School Building. The ten best speakers, five boys and five girls, will be selected to speak in the final contest No speech may be over five minutes. nAifMTrrrn?rci ^vinmxiDCiO. .? Class Room Contests?Miss Flor- ^ ence Bradford, Chairman, Calhoun < Falls, S. C., R. F. D.; Miss Mary , Bagwell, Honea Path, S. C., R. 3.; , Miss Aileen Herron, Antreville, S. C., y Mrs. E. P. Jones, Abbeville, S. C., j R. F. D. 2.; Mrs. Lizzie M. Cason, 1 Abbeville, S. C. Parade?R. B. Cheatham, Chair- j man. Abbeville, S. C.; Miss Mabel , Campbell, Abbeville, S. C.; Jno. W. \ Huff, Willington, S. C.; Miss Maud , Livingston, Abbeville, S. C., R. F. D.; j Rev. H. B. Blakely, Willington, S. C. Athletics?L. L. Moore, Chairman, j Antreville, S. C.; 0. M. Nickles, Hodges, S. C.; Miss Connie Morrow, McCormick, S. C.; H. D. Brown, Abbeville, S. C., Route 1.; N. H. ' Fender, Lowndesville, S. C. High School Declamation?H. B. ' Blakely, Chairman, Due West, S. C.; { L. C. Kirby, Donalds, S. C.; Miss ( Mary F. Poole, Abbeville, S. C. 1 Grammar School Declamation? t Miss lone Smith, Chairman, Abbe- ( ville, S. C.; Miss Grace Crawford, Due West, S. C.; Miss Mary Rudisail, J Abbeville, S. C. 1 s PARADE?FORMATION. J 1. Mayor and Chief of Police in ( Automobile. 2. J. L. Grier, President County r Teachers' Association and R. B. s Cheatham, Chairman Committee Pa- t rade, mounted. c 3. Band. i 4. Teachers and pupils in line by schools alphabetically. r fi Floats?GIass "A" first. Class c "B" second. I The Parade will start promptly at h twelve o'clock. e All teachers and children in the t parade will be given free tickets to Athletic Contest at Fair Grounds. All ^ others must buy their tickets before they will be admitted. No vehicle, except the "Floats," will be allowed to stop on Main Street between the Baptist Church and Nickles Ave., be- v tween the hours of eleven and v twelve-thirty. It is absolutely nec- ( essary to keep this part of Main ^ Street open at that hour. f All teachers are requested to look t out for any children who might be r present without their teacher. Five v /Inllafe urill Ko onvAn fo the School A having in line of march the largest n per cent present of the yearly resi- ^ dent enrollment. k Twenty dollars will be given for q the best float of each class. Floats s tying will divide prizes. The judges a decision will be final. 1, R. B. Cheatham, i. Chairman Com. Parade. f t: DECLAMATION CONTEST. p The preliminary contest of the j* Abbeville City Schools for Field Day V was held in the Court House Friday J night, March 31. The program was as follows: a FOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL.? 0 Ada Faulkner "The Fire Fiend." (Continued on page 7.) r VILLA NOT WOUNDED VILLA NOT CAPTURED NO CONFIRMATION, HOWEVER, OF THE PERSISTENT REPORTS ?MORE TROOPS SENT. Columbus, N. M., April 2.?Army men here were considerably disturbed today by numerous warrings from :onfidential sources that adherents of Francisco Villa were gathering in the Chihuahua desert, both north and south of Ascension and near the motor trail leading from Columbus to Casas Grandes for tiie purpose of attempting to cut the line of communication of the American punitive expedition in Mexico. An extra heavy guard of infantrymen, with specific instructions in event of attack was placed on a truck train, which left here for the front today. Isolated camps of soldiers guarding the line wer6 reached by field telegraph and ordered to watch :losely for signs of hostile forces Lieut. A. W. Gullier, 20th infantry, sf Lexington, Ky., adjutant of the base, left by train for Colonia DubIan, where he will attempt to co-ordinate more closely the work of the expeditionary force and that of the aase camp. XT? i-L - 4. n i rturui xruui uie town ux vjuerrero ' and east of the Mexican Northwest- | am line through Arroyos and over ' brails through the buttes and canyons ' jf the Sierra Tarahumare, American 1 cavalrymen of the seventh regiment 1 u-e riding night and day seeking ( Villa, according to reports from field headquarters at Colonia Dublan. Villa Captured. There were persistent reports that the forces of Col. Dodd had captured the bandit leader but because of difSculty in communication had been ( inable to report. Late advices from j Sen. Pershing's camp stated that the j track of a vehicle believed to be car- i rying Villa in his flight, had been dis- } :overed. ' . Unofficial information here today < was that several score of Villa's ad-1! lerents, captured or wounded in the L engagement at San Geroinmo ranch ] ast Wednesday are expected here , luring the night. The fourAmeri-| :an troopers wounded in the same ] aattle, it was, suffered wounds not ( serious enough to necessitate their } aeing brought here and probably 1 aali be taken to tne neia nospitai it Casas Grandes for treatment , While the usual precautions were' ?ken to prevent trouble among the . soldiers here who receive their i nonthly pay today, the usual pay lay excitement in a military camp nras absent, the men apparently ' realizing the seriousness of .the task sefore the troops. When Jesus Sanca and his daugh;er crossed the American line today it Palmos, the first Mexican town ^ trough which the American troops j sassed on their way to the front was ' eft without human inhabitants. t J Vewi From Front Reaches Wa?hing- 1 ton. \ J Washington, April 2.?Sunday irought no news to the war depart- j nent about the hunt for Villa. Since | ;he report came of how Col. Dodd ( md his troopers had routed the main | command of the outlaw chief, no ^ vord has reached Washington re- \ jarding the operations of the Mexi-i :an expedition. [( Secretary Baker received nothing j mf mntino tplptrrams from Gen. I < ?unston. ] Hope for the early capture of Villa ^ itill prevails in official quarters, but some of the seasoned army campaigners fear that failure to take him at juerrero may result in a long chase, j Admiral Winslow, reporting to the c lavy department today on conditions^ tlong the west Mexican coast, said, j hat although the situation at pres-| ;nt was quiet there were signs of j mrest among the natives. |j Investigations by commanders of! ( laval vessels in Mexican waters, both j ?n the east and west coasts, of re- j ?orts that Felix Diaz is in Mexico leading a new revolution, have failed even to establish that Diaz is in hat country. VOUND IN HIP WAS A STORY j TONCOCTED BY VILLA AS c A RUSE. q ? El Paso, April 3.?Villa, un- I mounded and with only eight men, 1 /as at Satevo, .fifty miles south of i Chihuahua City two days ago, accord- A rig to information received here rom reliable Mexican resources. If his is correct it bears out preVious eports that the bandit is headed towards Parral and is leading his ? American pursuers by at least sixty C liles. The route Villa is supposed G o have taken from Guerrere is S nown to natives as "Pancho's road." I lie man who brought the story here 1 aid Villa has never taken part in IV ny fighting with Americans. He A eft his main band at Guerrere with instructions to oppose American as ar as possible. He said the story hat Villa was wounded was concoctd bv Villa himself and given to eons with instructions to tell it to he Americans. The American colimn, fooled at first, he said, is on he right track now and is driving H owards Villa with the advantage of tl good road and without the handicap a f lack of forage and water. A g v A bachelor who reads the marriage b lotices isn't satisfied with his lot. e MAKE EFFORT FOR 1 SIX CAPITAL SHIPS COMPROMISE BETWEEN . DANIEL'S PLAN AND GENERAL ' BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION Washington, April 3.?The house naval committee brought to an end today prolonged hearings on the 1917 naval appropriation bill. Secretary Daniels closed a three-day statement before the committee with y 5$ i final appeal in support of the administration's five-year building program. A sub-committee immediate* ly will begin framing the bill. It became known tonight that a determined effort would be made to provide for six capital ships, two ireadnaughts and four battle cruis- i srs, as a compromise .between the recommendations of we secretary ..3 and of the navy general board. Mr. Daniels parried all efforts toiay to get a statement as to what relative place among naval powers the United States should occupy. He said the five year program he had -".-y mapped out would nflt put the country in second place, in his judgment and that the present congress could not be asked to make up for deficien:ies of 20 years past At the close >f the war he believed a great opportunity would come for international limitation of armament and with a strong building program adopted, the j United States would be in a better position to urge that movement sue- J :essfully than if its fleet was weak. v ^ " TEST CONSTITUTIONALITY . OF ANTI-COMPACT LAW Columbia March 30. ? (Special) ?The constitutionality of the antiimpact law, which caused the withirawal of the fire insurance compan es irom soutn uaroiina, will be tested before the supreme court immediate* y. This action was decided on at a neeting here to-day of the committee )f business men named at the recent State wide conference on this subject. ' ] rhe committee was instructed to employ attorneys to bring the suit'testing the act and the chairman was authorize to name county chairmen who ire to call meeting in each county of business men, farmers and members )f the legislature to consider the situation. The following members of the committe were here for the meeting: B F McLeod, of Charleston, chair nan; 6. H. Edwards, of Darlington, B E Child, of Whitmire, William Otis ' ind R. W. Holcombe both of Columbia. ' -s| U. S. FIGURES SHOW DESTRUC. TION OF 646,000 TONNAGE OF ' NAVAL VESSELS. ' ' ? ' "1 Washington, April 1.?Official information of the General Staff of the United States as to Euronean war osses up to January 1, 1916, was transmitted to Senator McCumber by General Hugh L. Scott. Senator McCumber obtained the figures for ise in an anti-preparedness speech, rhe estimates follow: Loum in Men. France (estimated 800,000 killed) __2,000,000 Germany (estimated 580,000 killed) 2,500,000 Austria-Hungary 2,000,000 Russia (estimated 1,000,000 ' killed) 5,000,000 V Sreat Britain 620,000 ' 3 taly 175,000 Serbia 228,000 Belgium 160,000 rurkey 228,000 Total $13,033,000 General Scott points out that since ast August the War College has revived no official list of casualties rom any Government except the British. Estimates of Expenditures. England $14,000,000,000 France 7,500,000,000 Jermany 8,000,000,000 Austria 5,500,000,000 taly 4,500,000,000 Total ___ _ $39,500,000,000 Loss in Naval Vessels. Allies. No. Tonnage. battleships 9 121,858 Jruisers 17 136,604 Junboats 5 4,430 Submarines 13 8,172 )estroyers 8 4,283 'orpedo boats 7 1,622 line-layers 1 irmed liners 7 53,033 Total 68 * 330,002 , No. Tonnage. Central Powers. lattleships __ 3 38,260 Iruisers __29 150,889 funboats 17 6,631 lubmarines 15 2,945 )estroyers _10 4,560 'orpedo boats 14 line-layers . 2 10,785 irmed liners 13 106,686 Total" 103 315,756 GOING TO PRESBYTERY. The Second Presbytery of the A. I. P. Church meets in Greenwood his week and Rev. M. R. Plaxco will ttend from the Abbeville church. Ir. W. R. Bradley will be the deleate from the Abbeville church and all extend an invitation to th^h-esiytery to meet in Abbeville in Nov-, mber.