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t . b Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year.' Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. (ESDENT IN PARIS IEARS6IS. GUERR1 ilson Goes to Churcl wice on First Sunday ft ' Abroad. KlB> OF LAFAYETTE I VISITED DURING DA Bdents of French Capital Tur Ht En Masse in Effort to Get Hlimpse of American Executive I?Work for Conference Goes I Ahead. ^?ris, Dec. 15.?President Wilso Ht his first Sunday in Paris b Ms twice to. church, laying Hith on the tomb of LaFayette an a brief conference with Pr< Clemenceau and another wit |HE. M. House. In the evening h ^ftd in preparation for the comui Hfcuous week of preliminary coi U^ces. iring the afternoon tne preszaei a short call on President an me Poincare at the Palace < the morning the president, ai inied by Mrs. Wilson and A( Grayson and by secret servit went to the American Presb; Church in the Rue de Berr ming was known to only a fe i American colony who hs sd that the president, being lent church-goer, would chooi rch of his own denomination W. Goodric] I as tor, took his text from tl verse of the math chapter < u ' He dwelt on the necessit pregnating political and civ rith idealism and showed ho rolntjon of humanity was reac] lie last stage in the constitatic rociety of nations. The edifu lied, bat there was no apeci b. The president took part i old if he had been at the Cei l teSbyterian Church in Wasl lie afternoon President .Wilsc to a church of Mrs. Wilson inatiion as is the. custom Itgton when he goes twice c r. The church was the Amei tiscopal Church of the Ho , the Bishop of South Car e Rt Rev. W. A. Guerry, of president visited the tomb < itte in the Pichus Cemetery, itheastern section of Pari eturning home after the mor rch service. No ceremony h? rranged at the cemetery ai sident went accompanied t er General Harts, a seer i operative, ana a r rencn 01 igned to him as a person The president, removing h tered the tomb carrying oral wreath. ie president placed tjie wreal tomb, he bowed his head ar [lent before the resting pla< famous Frenchman who hel srica in her fight for libert Ie no speech whatsoever. I aimed to the Murat residenc e meantime, all the residen b annarently. had turned 01 BgRope of getting a glimpse < BRBident. It was remarked thi Rj^Hson luck was continuing, f< jHBBo^tha^first' time''in daya. ai BflH) dry-up the.muddy street gH lit up She city In nil its flu gSEHanners and flags. B^BHforeign observer it appearc K3|9h>yone in Paris was on tl gguGHds. There was no space wha n^fthe sidewalks. A crreat cro^ I in the Place de la Concorc le headquarters of the An tssion. The crowd jamine t doors and took keen inte ery American passing in ( a most inconsequential a prying a case of official pi i surrounded and carefull SHIPS WILL APPEAR IN NAVAL PAGEANT . I Sec. Daniels Announces Return to / j Home Waters of First Vessel of I United States Navy Sent to Europe, in New York Harbor ate This Month. Ill , Washington, Dec. 13.?Return to >iome waters of the first ships of the * : /luitrrii-cui ciimaua ocut uv uuiu^c tv I combat German sea power will be ! ma"ked by a great naval pageant in Y New York harbor about December 23 Secretary Daniels announced today n that he will go to New York on the Mayflower to reveiwe the fleet, which will be led by Admiral Mayo, commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet, on his flagship, the Pennsyvania, wich accompanied President Wilson to Europe. n In the home coming fleet will be y nine dreadnaughts, 20 destroyers and more tnan 4U convertea yacnts, ^ mine planters, submarines and other craft. The destroyer force, part of which already is on the way to New ie York, includes many of the vessels first sent to the war zone and some^ of them carry on their funnels the stars awarded for destruction of "i German submarines. ld Owing to the character of some x I * )X of the craft ordered home, no defi-j* nite date can be set for their arrival |' c~ and it is possible that some of the; smaller ships will not get back inj :e time for the review, which will give (< 7- the people of the country an oppor'unity to see the fighting ships that; w! helped materially to defeat the Ger-1 ; man menace. Efforts will be made, a| however, to bring as many as possi?ei ble of the returning vessels into port ' together. .1 Instructions to Admiral Mayo call-J ie ed for the return of all naval craft j >f that can be spared. Some portions >1 ;y of the American forces, however. il; must remain on the other side tern- I w porarily to complete the work of : ii- carrying out naval conditions of the n armistice. / 1 :e Secretary Daniels announced that al 20 destroyers had been ordered home < is' from Europe to take part in the anvil-jal review at New York. Eight are 1 h- now.enroute home and the other 12 will sail soon. m i , ud DDtfiTAiir irrrure . a ma. oivu iwn Awc?r i in Rev. Louis J. Bristow has accepted >n the call of the Baptist congregation i- at Ahbeville and will return to us at ly an early date. Mr. Bristow has o- been the pastor here before and to B- his energy is due the building of thej handsome edifice now used by them. Df The Baptists and the people generin ally will be pleased to know that ;s Rev. and Mrs. Bristow are coming a_j back. ld! The young people at the JHigh 1(j'school will extend a warm welcome! ,y' to Miss Gwen, while the boys around j et town will make Louis J. Jr., feel at; g. | home at once. PROF. MANN. IS' 1 Paul Mann, who recently returned a j to the city after having been mus-! ! tered out of the army, has been j , i elected to teach the Santuc school, j |Q I ; and will commence his duties at "e| once. He succeeds Miss Gladys, P Prpaalv nf ntiAst.pr. wlin has rMitrn-' | - - f ?" "" - O" | ed and returned to her home. Ie T , e* inspected by admiring Frenchmen j and women. j1 Parading happy crowds smacked' of Riverside Drive on a Sunday afa* ternoon, while the wide spaces and ar the,parks gave, jiast..a touch o?-Wash&! ingtoiPji poubtlass.the president felt ^ at home. . But aH:the members of the. American mission doubtless felt the deeper significance of the day;'! Henry White, former American ambassador here, and now a member. ie of the American peace mission, who; t- has known Paris through long resi-; rd dence here, said that seldom had le king, emperor or foreign dignitary, a- ever received such welcome as that' sd extended President Wilson. The ape-! r- cial significance by the member* of >r the American mission was that the t- French people seemed to be wholly i- in sympthy with the president's purly pose. \ : - - ' . KC'; THE HO THE GRAND MUFTI, HEAD OF T WHITE TURBAN), ARRIVES A QUARTERS TO TAKE FART IK THE WORK IN PALESTINE. FIFTEEN THOUSAND SENT HOME EACH DAI General March Expects This Num ber to Be Doubled When System Strikes Its Full Stride?Soldiers Coming From France in Increated Totals Alto. Washington, Dec. 14.?Demobili cation of the military forces at hom< is gaining in momentum, Genera March, chief of staff, announced to day, with approximately half of th< 1,700,000 men in the home camps 01 November 11 specifically designates for early discharge. Reports to the war department General March said, indicate a rat of discharge of about 15,000 men i day, which will be doubled when de mobilization is in full progress. 'I'm list of designated troops as given ou by the chief of staff shows that o the combat divisions, which are t be demobilized last, 15,000 men a! ready have been selected for earl; discharge. In addition to the figures for th troops at home General March sai< that 5,653 officers and 135,000 me: of the expeditionary forces up t December 12 had been designate! for return, and of these 1,373 offi cers and 30,750 men already hav sailed for home. Many Troops Designated. The troops designated for releas from camps in the United States no\ total 824,000 men in addition to 17, 203 officers already discharged, am embrace the following classes: Depo brigades, development battalions an< replacement units, 432,000; indus trial furloughs, 18,000; divisions troops, 15,000; corps aru arm troops, 42,000; coast artillery. 900; engineers, 42,000; msdi: corps, 3,000; ordnance, 4,000; quai termaster 6,000; United State guards, 26,000; military aeronautics 13,000; spruce production sectior 30,000; tank corps, 7,000; chemira warfare, 7,000; coal miners, 6,000 special service units, 10,000; studen army training corps, 160,000; offi cers' training schools, 30,000; troop attached to local boards, 3,000 am Puerto Rico troops, 12,000. General Marchvinade it clear, how ever, that designation of troops doe not mean immediate discharge, bu severance from their service as thei urn is reached in demobilization. The chief of staff set at rest rum ors that the Eighty-second Divisioi (Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee' had suffered unusually heavy casu ? '-1-- ?? ??? wMahAtfti UMinvi?? Vionn BlUCS, Ulie result Having uwwtt w***. 60 per cent, of its personnel ha< been killed, wounded or captured. Truman J. Reames and Neil S Swetenburg, who were members o the S. A. T. C. at Clemson, are a home. . \ ' . . . ' . -;V w V. V ; L? LAND >1 o ^ I "ME MOHAMMEDAN CHURCH <A ' T AMERICAN RED CROSS HEAD I THE FORMAL INAUGURATION OF j TO BECOME EFFECTIVE r JANUARY 21, NEXT """"""""" N - Long Distance Charges for Wire Service Lowered Under Basic Ar- , rangement?To Equalize Toll and Long Distance Charges Over the Country. Washington, Dec. 15.?Sweeping 9 reductions in long distance and toll 1 telephone rates by the adoption of a - basic charge of six and one-fourth s mills a mile, air line mileage, and i half the day rate for night service i up to midnight and one-fourth the day rate after that hour, were announced today by Postmaster Gene eral Burleson, to become effective a1 next January 21.' -j The new rates were recommended b ! in the first report of the committee t on rate standardization and Mr. Burf leson's statement said their effect is o to equalize the toll and long distance - charges over the country, "removing y disparities and preferences and proI viding a scientific basis for future e reductions contemplated as unificaj tion of telephone and telegraph wires J proceeds." o | "A night service rate," said the i statement, "which is one^half the day .'rate is established between 8:30 and q 12 p. m. Between midnight and !4:30 a. m. the night rate is one| fourth the day rate. These are greater reductions in night rates than has ever been made in any country, and doubtless will be extensively used, especially for social and family purposes. A person might talk from San Francisco to New York for i about $4, whereas the day rate is j 'pr/roximately $16. Tf-. is stated by the committee that ore than 60 varieties of toll rates j have existed in the United States up .o the present time. The effect of i this uniform or basic rate in the 3 i station to station service is to reduce 'l or not affect about 70 per cent, of lj the rates, though necessarily slightly j raising 30 per cent, in the process of ' standardization. l-i . s AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH. i; | Rev. A. J. Kroelinger, of Monti -j c$lla, Flav preached itt-the Baptist si Church here on Sunday morning t; arid again at night He is an emir nent divine in his denomination and his congregations here were pleased - with him. ) Misa Cornelia Tennant has return* ed to the city and taken up her work t in the Graded School. She has been * with her father and sister who have been sick with the flu at Lowndes ville. They have so far recovered L as to enable her to return to her f work. During her absence her place t was taken by Miss Rebecca Jones, | who is an expert school teacher. i4 U. j DISTRIBUTION BODY WORK NOW AT END J > Industries Board Abolishes Cotton Committee. AH Restrictions on j j Sale of South'* Staple Ceases - i With Reopening of World Markets. j Washington, Dec. 13.?As the cul-j j mination of his activities for twoj [weeks in connection with the remov-j | al of all restrictions on cotton, Sena-: j tor il/. L). smitn was toaay miormea i by Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of j J the war industries board, that he had ! j accepted the resignation of the com-: | mittee appointed recently by the I president to supervise the distribution of cotton as the price fixing j committee appointed at the same' I time ceased to exist several weeks, ago. The abolition of the distribu-l tion committee ends all relation of i the war industries board and thej rnment with tny price fixing supply or distribution of cotton. Senator Smith is optimistic over I the cotton situation, stating that the I world, with Germany and her allies eliminated, is consuming 14,500,000 bales of American cotton, that when peace is declared and the enemy! ountry is open to cotton it will provide a market for something like 3,000,000 bales additional. About 800,000 tons of shipping have been released for export trade and the situation now is that there probably will be a demand for 15,000,000 or 16,000,000 bales of American cotton with a supply totally inadequate to meet it The outlook therefore, based on the law of supply and demand, is brighter for higher prices ; for cotton than it has been since the 1 i War Between the States. AMERICANS CAMPED ALONG I * MA >aif T* r?n/\*TT, | inc. nninr. un DiMniLi. rnvnij j Our Patrols Guarding the Left Bank of Historic River?Awaiting Orders. , ' I With the Americans on the Rhine, Dec. 13.?The Americans are encamped along the historic Rhine on a front of nearly sixty miles. Their patrols are guarding the bank. The second division won the race, of the main forces to reach the river J The thirty-second, first and third | divisions finished in the order named, j The doughboy's camp fires gleaming tonight throughout the valley. Tbey are awaiting orders to cross to the east bank which are expected tomorrow. American troops are guarding I Stolsenfels castle, which was a sum-, I mer home of hte former Kaiser. They! ? _ M! _ _ I are also occupying a score ot pic-| turesque towns in the valley. The advance guards marched into the villages with their bands playing j "Over There." Hundreds of dough-| j boys went on a pilgrimage to the^ j river bank immediately after they; had broken ranks. Some cheered at I their first sight of the river. ' The four divisions are epected to | ! ] cross tomorrow which they will for j 'jmally occupy Coblenz, Ehrenbreitj stein and Asterstein. I The burgomaster of Coblez has issued a proclamation instructing all , discharged German soldiers to dis- ( j card their uniforms and ordering all j public places closed at 9 p. m. | ASSASSIN TAKES LIFE ur rKLoiuLii i rnc-j Head of Portuguese Government ,1 Slain at LSobon Saturday Night-4Crowd Then Lynches Man Who Fired Shots. London, Dec. 15.?Dr. Sidorio Paes, president of Portugal, was shot and killed by an assassin shortly be-' fore midnihgt Saturday while he was at a railway station at Lisbon waiting for a train to Oporto. Advices from Lisbon reporting the assassina-| tion say that he was struck by three buMets. President Paes died within a few ' minutes after he was shot. < I The president's assailant, named : Jeetne, was killed by the crowd. I "TAPS" IS SOUNDED FOR VOLUNTEERS Selective Service Law Has Proven Its Worth. / GENERAL CROWDER SOUNDS "TAPS" TO VOLUNTEER SYSTEM Provost Marshal General Says Would Be "Calamity" to Go Back to Old Method?Tells New York Draft Boards of Success?Baker Praises Draft Men. New York, Dec. 14.?"Taps" to the volunteer system of raising armies in war times by the United States was sounded here tonight by Maj. General Enoch H. Crowder, provost marshal general, in an address to the retiring members of 189 New York draft boards. He earnestly advocated that the selective service system should become the permanent method of raising American armies in the future. P.AMAMAI PhawtJ AM ^A/IIAWA/I n A - VJCllClOl VIUVYUCi. UCVIOICU U1C DU" lective service law had enabled the government to register 23,740,000 , Americans, put into the field nearly 3,000,000 fighters and tq have in readiness to entrain on November 11, vhen the armistice was signed, 2,)00,000 more soldiers, all within a period of 18 months. It would be a "calamity," he said, "for the United States to revert to the volunteer system adding that the American conscripts had shown the valor, aggressiveness and initiative of, the most > seasoned troops." ' "What of the army you have raised?" asked General Crowder, referring to the drafted men who had been i ' sent overseas. "There comes back from France the answer in no un jeruim lcillib. xucoc uicii /uu sent to the colors have proved themselves the equals in aggressive fighting and soldierly bearing of the veterans of France and England." j Law Work* Wdl. General Growder's speech was an exposition of the successful work of the selective service law which, he said, had responded "smoothly and so well to dur dual form of State government and national control that it would be calamitous if it should i not become a recognized part of our governmental system for the> raising of armies" in time of war." The nrovost marshal sreneral con trasted the draft methods of the United States with those of England and showed that this country had profited by the mistakes made by the British, who after three years of trial with the volunteer system and he disorganization of industry were obliged to adopt conscription. Pointing out that when Germany hurled her challenge to the democracies of the earth it became neces-r sary for those democracies, for selfpreservation, to organize their resources as had been done and "make every man a soldier" active or reserve, General Crowder declared this test had been met. He touched briefly upon .the great drain upon the flower of England's manhood and how, after the factories, schools, offices, farms and mines, had been depleted of their best, the futility of trying to raise the required number of volunteers became apparent. BERLIN STRIKE SERIOUS. London, Dec. 15.?The strike in V. Berlin has reached serious propertions, according to a dispatch received here from Amsterdam. Only two newspapers are being published and these ar^ small leaflets. It is said that 350,000 workmen are out. LIEUT. RORENBERG HERE. Lieut. Albert H. Rosenberg is at home having been mustered out of the service. He is looking fine but is ijlad to be at home again. He will soon take up his business with th? Rosenberg Mercantile Company. . :V