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V':-y."^V ' ' ' " ' ' ; < . = / - ... - . . v V r' ? I * I Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, July 9, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. [BRITISH AGAIN LINE A Americans and French Active About Chateau I Thierry. AUSTRALIANS SCORE OVER'ENEMY, FORCES lerious Fighting Expected on MaceBdonian Front?Murman Coast Peo . pie Turned Against Russia. On the British front east of Am HofQpVimpnt.<?. with BUd) AU9biaucui uvvwvMM.VM?.y Ihom American troops are brigaded, Hive poshed farther east from the village of Hamel, sodth of the flpmme river. The Australians carBed their line forward over a front almost four miles at that pomt Kt Thursday. In their last assault Hey have surged ahead at the cenHr of the new front, which they creled last week. The operation was ^fccessful, in that objectives were Hached and the positions taken are ^png held by the men from the GHwhile there have been encounters m more or less local importance ^Bng the battle line in France, j^ftre has been little activity of sig|Hcance in its bearing on the genHl tense situation from the North to Switzerland.'! ^ H Heavy Artillery Duals. ^Varther north, along the southern I of -the Lys salient, there has i quite heayyttrtillery firing, es?lly in the Hinges sector. Durthe fighting in April, when the| turns had pushed far ahead in Flanders area, the battle north east of Hinges was one of the ; desperate character, the village le Locon being the scene of reel combats in which German ati were crushed by the British Franco-American Gains. ie Americans and French have ?u. ? nru; CHK1 quiMS ttCblve near unoicau-JL mHB', where the French have made |^H? advance in the neighborhood ^^Kill 204, on the north side of R^fth the Americans attacked and EHured the village of Vaux last K. The French report some meas|Hi of success in this fighting the Germans claim that the B^&ch and American assaults were HHlsed with heavy losses. HggS Austrian* Driven Back. B^Hastrian troos have been pushed jBm across the Piave river along H^Hower reaches of that stream. H the mountains the Italians have RB all the ground they have won B^Kcent fighting east and west of BjH^renta, river. MjHere seems to be some indication HM fighting of a serious character | KsH be impending on the Macedonfl Bront, especially on the western H&f the line, where it passes Albania to the Adriatic. |HW A STAG SUPPER. fl^Hdrew Hill gave a delightful ^BHsapper Friday night to his friends and in compliment to HK& Gary, who left Monday for young gentlemen are all HHfcftstes and many pleasant days Hnlteta,-ipent by them at the *Oiey talked over HH^HpH|pHp^WPMBKi MI wiQ ui^iv | | of the world after B enjoyed the dainty supsgw*** ** table was beantinHHkviSfr appointment* and many added to the brightiSm rwinpts. men present at M lit affair were: Prank Gary, U^Bwetenburg, Frank Thortton, WHaott, Charlie Calvert, Male ZSHbrittvJames Coleman and Earl I ADVANCE ROUND HAMEL Men of Abbeville Co. Registered on June 5 LISTED IN ORDER OF CALL NUMBER, WITH REGISTRATION CARD NUMBER. Registration No. NAME. 154?David Bowie. 10?Lycurgus Ayers. 29?Willie M. Jones. 17?Eugene Jackson. 74?John Clarence Alewine. 136?Allen Luther Ellis. 145?Joseph Simon Donley. 57?Manning Bryson Cochran. 76?Moffatt Grier McAdams. 78?Dean McKee. 122?James Martin Crow. 87?Lewsi Underwood. 177?Byron S. Bonds. - 4?John Henry Lewis. 130?Bannister Allen Suthuerland. rrn ni 1 - ' ? J /u?*-?iyue vrawiuru vriovpo. 108?Johnnie Burriss. I 28?Aaron Tate. 89?Jessie Bly. 151?William Lomax. v 90?Newton Randolph Herrdn. 65?Oliver Creswell. 125?James Earle Campbell 45?George Donald. 72?Lewis Orr Clinkscalea. 135?Albert Leonard Bowie. 61?Eugene W. McCurry. 91?Wade Andrew Harbin. 51?Willis Evans Murray. e> o T U..U. O..I OO?tfOIUCB iUOlbUl OCOi. 41?Robert Henry Scott. . 84?Asberry Hamilton. 32?Sims Goodwin. 66?Lewis Jennings Price. 16?Robert Fisher. 153?Amos Brownlee. 82?Buster Martin. 147?Dock Anderson. 55?James Horace King. 33?Clifton Mc Bride. 56?Clifton Smith. 102?Horace Martin. 48?James Clyde Hagan. 13?Herman Chalmers. 3?Louis Rusell Thomson. 64?William Otis Bailey, ^ 168?Franch Archer. 137?John Robert Uldrick. 155?Raymond Dawson. 158?George Boyd. 11?Bennie William Box. 69?-Walter Alexander Hughes. 35?William Houston. 113?Archie Crocker. 62?Frank McCurry. 18?Otis Callaham. 143?William Adger Ashley. 54?Walter Mann^^SiTliam. 81?Wesley Eugene Kay. 173?Marcus McKinnon Pennell. 88?Henry Smith. 114?Mose Roundtree. 39?Erskine Black. 30?Jesse Fisher. 119?Ramsey Gray. 160?Robert Wardlaw. 98?John Franklin Layfayette. 49?Joseph McT. Daniel. 2J5?Robert Dawson. 58?Willie W. Knox. 12?Chalmers D. Haddon. 34?Oscar Hearst. 149?Johnnie Hunter. 112?Fred Jordan. 2?James Sullivan. 95?Robert Marion Vaughn. 77?Leo. M. Blanchett. 46?Joseph Finley. 8?-Thomas A. Martin. 107?Henry Newton Manning. 93?Eddie Mason Ferguson. 99?John Robert Higdon. 131?Robert McKinley Fresher. 123?James Miller. 120?William Murray. 150?Dock Johnson. 94?Sloan McAdams. 148?Porter Johnson. 156?Augustai Eugene Wharton. 67?Andrew Shillito Ferguson. ,v 40?John Lewis Majjill. 182?Solomon Williams. 38?Isaiah Washington 7?Charlie Haxxard. (Continued on'Page Fire, Col. 5.) BENET10 SUCCEED SENATOR TILLMA Governor Manning A] points Columbia At torney. TO GO INTO PRIMARY i * Opointee Will Ask for Short Te Nomination Extending to End c Session. 'V , Columbia, July 7.?Govern ' Manning yesterday appointed Chi tie Berret^ prominent attorney ' Columbia and close personal frie and political adviser of the govt nor, to be the successor to the li United States Senator B. R. Tillm In that the vacancy extends throu approximately eight months and an appointee by the governor cot I?1J l-.-i 4.-U- If. D ? uuiu uut aiA iiiuiiuioi iui. uciici v> go before the people and ask for t short term nomination. Mr. Bei annouced that he would go in t primary immediately after the i pointment had been made. In mi tag the appointment Governor Ms Dipg said: V ? >My resppnsibiiity in appointi Senator Tillman's successor impre es me deeply. I* Equal to Task. "The occasion calls for a man full physical and mental vigor, -w can present to the people of o State the grave issues of the w * and the supreme necessity that eve aacrinc should be made, who c gain for the government the f support of our citizens, and w knows and can explain the colosi task that confronts President W son and his assistants. I have i pointed one whose sterling Ame canism is undoubted, wh9 is fair iar with the plans and the needs the administration, and who v> stand four squrae and undismay in support of the war and lsucce; ful and forcible conclusion of it "I have appointed Christie Ben of Columbia. He had his papers p] pared to enlist in the army, and h notified the proper military office to that effect, but I am justified appointing him by the valuable wo he can do." - Senator Tillman was a memb of the National Democratic exec tive committee and a successor w likely be chosen by the State Den cratic executive committee at t special meeting in Columbia Tu< day. The appointment of Mr. Benet v, necessitate his resignation as a m< ber of the board of regents of t State Hospital for the Insane, a also as a member of the State Cou cil of Defense, of which organfc tion he is vice chairman. Mr. Ber will leave for Washington tonigl where he will be immediately swo in. Stands by President. Following his appointment, ft "The honor that Governor Ms ning has conferred on me is a grc one and the appointment most justified by my acts rather than words. "I will give my best in the sent and on the stump in support of Pn ident Wilson and the war. "But 'Let not him that girdeth his harness boast himself as he tt putteth it off/ "I shall enter the primary un<3 the rules of the Democratic par for the nomination for the sh( term." THE LIBRARY. During the absence of Mrs: N< wood, Miss Mary DuPre will ha charge of the Library. The hov will be th* same, the days for opt ing, being Tuesday and Friday. M DuePre has taken charge before tl and hap the interest of the instil tion at heart CALLS OFF STRIKE. N OF TELEGRAPHERS p- Konenkamp Acts After Conference With Secretary Wilson. TO BE NO WALKOUT TODAY rm Western Union Strike Indefinitely (f Postponed Because of Resolution Before Congress. tor Washington, July. 7.?Indefinite "is- postponement of the strike of tele?* graphers employed by the Western n(* Union Telegraph Company, called bt- , ^ to begin tomorrow, was announced an tonight by Secretary of Labor, Wilgh son, after he had conferred over the as long distance telephone with S. J. Konenkamp, president of the Com^ mercial Telegraphers' Union. he let To Be No Walk-Out. he Secretary Wilson said Mr. Konenip kamp, who is in Chicago, had given ik- him every assurance that the strike in- order would not be put into effect tomorrow and that any walk-out ng would be postponed indefinitely. Iti ss- was understood that the union president agreed to this course, because Congress now is considering a new 0f resolution authorizing the President to' take over and operate during the iUr war all telegraph, telephone, cable V and """" aystems' try Called on Gompers. ^ In a final effort to avert the strike Mr. Wilson sent Mr. Konen 110 kamp & telegram today urging "de-! lay and^later called in Samuel Gompers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, who also sent a telegram urging postponement of the strike. of ' , rill j HONORING LOMAX, WILSON AND HANNA as- " . l of the most pleasant social | iet events that has taken place recently,! re- ,v_ j- . . ? i I *r?a wie amner party, given Dy miss | Orladys Wilson at her home at Watts f8! on last Tuesday evening in honor of in| John Lomax and Lowrie Wilson, who leave at an early date for services in the U. S. and Hugh Hanna, ,er who will enter services today in the U. S. Army. ^ The invited guests arrived at eight l0" thirty and at,nine o'clock they were I asked to proceed to the dining room,! BS" which was very i artistically decorated j with flags and patriotic colors. Place | cards of a very neat design being i 5mi 4. 1-U1- I j xw* vuc aooigiuuciit at i/iic uauic. ^iejfl Misses Mildred and Annie Wilson nc* j pressed in Red Cross uniforms, were in~jthe efficient waiters and took great !a"i pleasure in seeing that each and eviet; ery one was served to the utmost. Little Allen and Herbert Wilson ra, in their uniforms of khaki, gun, etc. j stood at attention at the door andi ! guarded sanie to see that no one I Ir. passed out with anything less than! the full benefit of a real feast, in- Immediately after dinner the boys! sat were presented with useful little j be souvenirs, thence to the dance hall, by where every one enjoyed themselves to the fullest up until a late hour, ite Among those who shared the hosB8 pitality of Miss Wilson were: Misses Sara and Alberta Clinkscales, Julia on Cade, of Washington, Ga., Nina Wiliat son, Henry and Lowrie Wilson, Hugh Hanna, J. T. Clinkscales and ler John Lomax. ty, )rt PICNICING IN THE PARK. The Y. P. C. U. of the Associate Keiormea ?resDytenan cnurcn enjoyed a pleasant picnic at the City pr- Park last Friday evening from seven ive until nine o'clock. This picnic was its the outcome of an attendance con?n test in which the boys beat the girls iss and set them up to a picnic. Hey. his and Mrs. Plaxco, Miss Lindsay, Miss tu- Lilly Clark and Miss Mamie Devlin chaeropned the young people. POLITICS REIGN ABBEVILLE \ Urgent Call For i Skilled Men | WHITE MEN QUALIFIED FOR GENERAL MILITARY SERVICE ACCEPTED UNDER CALL J Your attention is invited to the following telegram from the Provost ^ Marshal General: "The Engineer Corps is in need of certain skilled men. Only white men qualified for general military service j may be accepted under this call. No, r man who is needed to fill the July I s calls already announced should be 0 allowed to volunteer for this ser- 0 vice. Volunteers may. be accepted g from the 1918 class provided the p registrant waives all time limits for a classification and examination. a "The following types of men are b desired: Auto repairmen, axemen, t blacksmiths, boatmen, bridge car- d penters, cabinet makers, caulkers, c concrete foremen, concrete workers, h construction foremen, cooks," drafts- b men, electricians, gas enginemen, farriers, horse-shoers, lithographers, c machinists, buglers, photographers, y plumbers, powdermen, quarrymen, s riggers, saddlers, shoemakers, sur- s, veyors, tailors, teamsters, telephone b operators, timbermen and topogra- d phers. n Please give the widest publicity n to this call. Remember that no man ? that comes within the July call is ji eligible upon the terms set forth in 0 said telegram. Make report to this q office of number of volunteers by v i 17th inst. 3 ADDITIONS TO THE LIMIT CLUB " The following names added to ii the list pulished brings the total to ii about ninety in the War Savings fi Stamp campaign: \ Barnes, D. L., Lowndesville, S. C. S Carpenter, R. H., Honea Path, S. C. e Bell ,J. R., Due Dest, S. C. n Bell, Miss Lola, Due West. r Pressly Bros., Due West. f Bank of Due West, Due West. \ Agnew, Mrs. Lidie C., Due West. t! Boyce, Mrs. Jennie, Due West. t! Brownlee, Mrs. R. C., Due West. j] Brownlee, R. C. & Co., Due West. s Nance, J. N., Due West. n Erskine College, Due West. a Clinkscales, M. B., Due West. i ! Acker, Mrs. Jane, Due West. i Due West Teachers Club, Due West. e Workers in the Districts of the j j county are requested once more to a hand in any names entitled to en- a try in the Limit Club, so that they may be acknowledged and published. ^ F. E. Harrison, County Chairman. WILSON DECLARES Al AMERI In Shadow of Washington's Tomb Pre and Its Allies Will Not Sheathe Sw< til Settlement Comes "Once and Voiced in Many Languages by F ed at Mount J Washington, July 4.?Frcm the h shadow of Washington's torn*), Presi- C der.C Wilson today offered America's g dociiiration of independence to the S people of the world with a pledge tliat the United States and its aWes li wil! not sheathe the sword in the a war ag8inst the central powers un- a til there is settled "once for all" fnr h the world, what was ettled for Am- il erica in 1776. s Foreign born citizens of the Unit- p ed States of 33 nationalities, who ^ ' - .? T1 had placed wreaths of palms on tne ** tomb in token of fealty to the prin- b ciples laid down by the father of ^ this country, cried their approval of his words in many languages and then stood with reverently bared J? ^ i at: opera house y Excitement of Previous Years Absent at Campaign Meeting AUDIENCE OF FOUR i HUINUKLU fKtStn J rhe War, .Taxation, and the Educational System Made Cliief Issue* In the Race for Governor. Saturday morning and early foreloon, the Opera House was the cene of the debates and arguments if the various candidates for state ffices. Concerning the occasion, the !tate said in part: "The state camiaign meeting here today was quiet nd the audience undemonstrative, marked contrast to the hectic iferal gymhastics and fistic efforts of he last few days. The crowd to- . ay, which comfortably filled the lo?i ~ 4 ?i uicatic, iiumuercu auuut iuur ; undred and was extremely patient, ut demonstrated little enthusiasm." William P. Greene was in the hair and, after a short speech of welcome, introduced the various peakers. In accordance with a reolution adopted the previous day y the campaign party, the candiates for governor spoke last, the lorning being given over to the . linor candidates. While this gave he crowd an opportunity to arrive, t caused the major speeches to run ver the dinner hour and, conse- k uently, many people left before the ubernatorial candidates had finished peaking. The arrangement was ot altogether a happy one. The candidates for State Superitendent of Education, J. E. Swearigen and V. E. Rector, appeared rat on the speaking list. S. F. Volfe, R. P. Searson and C. N. lapp, candidates for Attorney-Genral, and those running for Comlissioner of Agriculture, H. B. Morison, W. B. Garrison and B. Harris, ollowed in the order named. Messrs Vhiteman and Liles, presenting heir respective qualifications for he office of ^Lieutenant Governor, ^mediately preceded the main, peakers. Mr. Whiteman made eco omy the chief note of his speech nd opposed a policy of liberality owards the educational system. Mr. iiles laid emphasis on his experince as member of the Ways and leans Committee in the legislature nd closed with a strong patriotic PPeal. , Lieut. Governor Andrew J. Behea was the first gubernatorial ?an(Continued oil Page Six, Col. 3) e CAN INDEPENDENCE ident Pledget That United States ard Against Central Powers Unfor All."?Approral of Words oreign Born Citizens Gather* Vernon. eads while the voice of John Mclonnack soared over the hallowed round in the notes of "The Star ipangled Banner." "Washington and hia associates, ike the barons at Runnymede, spoke na actea, not xor a class, out ior people," the president said. "It as been left for us to see to it that t shall be understood that they poke and acted, not for a single ieople only, but for all mankind. Ve here in America believe our articipation in this present war to e only the fruitage of what they ilanted. But One latue. "There can be bat one issue. The (Continued on Page Two, Col. 3)