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% The Abbeville Press and $1.50 A YEAH ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1914. ESTABLISHED 1844 French War Office Gives .. Official Statement of War. . A long official statement is issued by the French war office reviewing the operations in Belgium and along the French frontier. A new retire ment by the allies is recorded, while at the same time the statement is optimistic with reference to the op position which the French and Brit ish are offering to the German ad vance. No definite details are forthcoming regarding the general battle which apparently is in progress all along the lines. The French war minister has in spected the supplementary defenses around Paris, which aro being rapid ly pushing forward in anticipation of a possible investment of the French eaptial. An Antwerp despatch credits Gen eral Pau with a victory over 50,000 Germans near Peronnes. Whether this is a new victory or one to which reference was made several days ago is not known. 1 Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and her children have arrived in Eng land. According to official advices re ceived at Washington, France is considering the advisability of mov ing the seat of government to Bor deaux. Great Britain has joined France in objecting to the purchase by the United States of German liners in connection with the plan to build up an American merchant marine. It is reported by steamship offi cers arriving at Honolulu that Brit ish wr.rships off Hong Kong are 11 n all voeeols InnlllfUnP under the American flag, and re moving Germans and Austrians bound to the scene of hostilities. The moratium proclaim at the outbreak of the war in Great Britain has been extended for another month. A Japanese destroyer, which ran ashore near Tsing Tau, China, was shelled bya German gunboat. The crew of the destroyer, however, prev iously had abondoned her. Parihs, Aug. 31.?The following of u'qo {ocuasY fnn?trht hv filial 3 LatCillVW r* 00 iOOUvu **r j the war office: "The situation in general is actual ly as follows: "First?In the Vosges and in Lor raine, it must be remembered, our forces, which had taken the ofensive at the beginning of the. optrations and driven the enemy outside of our frontiers, afterwards underwent ser ious checks. Before Sarreburg and in the region of Morhajne, where they encountered solid defensive works, our forces were obliged to fall back and to re-form, one part on Couronne do Nancy, and the oth * er on the French Vosgos. "The Germans then assumed tne offensive, but our troops, after hav ing thrown them back upon their po sitions, resumed the offensive two ago. This attack continues to makes progress, although slowly. It is a veritable war of sieges, as each position occupied is fortified immed iately. "This explains the slowness of our advance, which is nevertehless, char acterized each day by fresh local successes. "Second?The region of Nancy and southern Woevre, since the beginning of the campaign in this scci.on, be tween Metz on the German side and Toul and Verdum on the French side has not been the theatre of impor tant operations. "Third?In the direction of the Meuse, between Verdun and Mez ieres, it will be remembered the French forces took the offensive in the beginning toward Longwy, Neuf chateau and Paliseul. The troops operating in the region of Spincourt and Longuyon have been able to check the enemy's army under the command of the German crown prince. "In the regions of Neufchateau and Paliseul, on the other hand, certain of our troops have received partial checks, which obliged them to retire upon the Meuse without having their organization broken up. This retiring movement has compelled the forces operating in the neighborhood of Spincourt to withdraw also toward? the Meuse. "During the last few days the ene my has endeavored to spread oul from the Mouse with considerable forces, but by a vigorous counter-of' fensive they were repelled with verj great losses. In the meantime, fresi: ABBEVI Congi PRECINCT bd o - YATT AIKEN z s o Q 33 a H ff! ? k Means Chapel .... 18 9 Hampton 16 20 Abbeville C. M. ... 59 27 Mt. Carmel 26 8 Clatworthy's .. .. Young's S. H 28 14 5 14 MoCormiek 130 37 "Willington 46 2 Cold Spring 32 11 Antreville 110 36 Due West 87 16 Lebanon 45 18 Abbeville No. 1 ... | 167 18 Abbeville No. 2 ... 166 56 Donalds 105 45 Lowndesville 86 99 Calhoun Falls .... 68 46 Rock Spring 44 31 Hillville 18 17 Iveowee 48 37 . Mountain View ... 18 18 ., Level Land 33 23 Central 47 44 Bordeaux 41 5 ; Total 1495 671 forces of Germans advanced to the district of Rocreoy (in Ardennnes) marching in the direction of Rethel. Now a general action is taken place between the Meuse and Rethel, and is is still impossible to see definitely the issue of this. "Fourth?Operations in the north: i ue rreuc uanu uriUBn iorces oris inally took up positions in tho Dinant and Charlerol country and at Mons. They endured several repulses and the forcing of the Meuse by the Ger mans near Givet, upon our flank, compelled our troops to retire. "The Germans seek continually to move toward the west. It was under these conditions that our English al lies, attacked by the enemy in great ly superior numbers in the region of Le Coteau and Cambral have with drawn toward the south, at the mo ment that our forces were operating in me aisirici 01 Avesnes ana may. The retiring movement was prolonged during several dayB. "In the meantime a general battle took place in the region of St. Quen tin and Vervins, and at the same time in the Ham-Perronnes district. This battle was iifarked by an im portant success by our right, where we have thrown back the Prussian guard and the tenth army corps into the Oise. "Owing to the progress of the Ger man right wing, where our adversar ies have united their best corps, we have had to mark new retirement." CONTEST. The South Carolina Exposition Commission is putting on a contest for the saie of South Carolina medals, for the purpose of raising money for our State's representation at the Pan a ma Exposition The medals are made of bronze, with the seal of South Carolina on one side, and that of the Canal Zone on the other. They sell for $1.00 each, and a round-trip ticket to the Exposition will be given to every young woman who sells 1,000. On sales exceeding 500, but less than 1,000, 10 per cent will be paid. Write to the Sonth Carolina Exposition Commission, Columbia, S. C., for par ticulars Card of Thanks. I desire to thank the voters of Abbe ville county for the overwhelming ma , jority given me in the recent primary election. It will be my aim to serve yon faithfully in discharging the duties ' of. the office to which you have elected 1 me. Respectfully, 1 J. F. Bradley. Clinkscales-Hodges , Mrs. Eva Myrtle Clinkscales announ ces rhe engagement of her daughter, r Lillian, to Thomas Alexander Hodges of Portsmouth, Va. The wedding to take place the latter part of October. LLE C0U1 ess Senate House of 'RANK S. EVANS OHN A. HORTON . MOORE MARS W H p O t-H ? 7M. N. GRAYDON . HOWARD MOORE ?-5 ~~4 2 3 4 4 7 26 4 10 15 25 5 18 20 18 29 16 2 7 7 8 8 8 2 > 13 13 21 33 5 17 51 39 59 41 17 36 31 11 32 28 11 7 681 2041 210 43 101 40 26 27 35 86 77 115 40 90 97 29 41 54 89 119 184 145 104 181 57 110 121 83 133 147 59 77 61 52 26 43 11 37 15 49 32 4 45 32 12 24 50 15 31 57 40 39 18 30 12 ii li c\nn I 11 -I 0/| 4*01 |?4U*|jL4M| |10tl|lUJ.l| State Vote for Sen? U. S. Ser ? COUNTIES !> BLEASE X s- h . 2 J* TO ? Abbeville ' 921 o ni a 1,51 1 O" mawu . . . Anderson .. Bamberg .. Barnwell .. Beaufort .. Berkley .. . Calhoun .. , Charleston . Cherokee .. Chester .. . Chesterfield Clarendon . Colleton .. Darlington . Dillon .... Dorchester . 6,VXD 3,902 ?,o. 3,5! 372 8< 864 1,3; 151 4' 445 8: 306 6( 2,653 2,9; 1,568 1,* 806 1,21 1,338 1,3: 1,020 91 995 1,3 1,7: 1,194 791 1,21 8! 625 Edgefield .. Fairfield .. Florence .. Georgetown Greenville . Greenwood , Hampton .. Horry .... Jasper .. Kershaw .. Lancaster ., Laurens .. Lee Lexington . Marion .. . Marlboro .. Newberry .. Oconee .. .. Orangeburg Pickens 522 494 1,583 756 3,534 1,303 499 1,099 192 1,066 971 1,752 824 1,687 706 992 1,472 1,117 1,264 1 SfiQ Richland 2,778 3,1 Saluda 1,079 1,0 Spartanburg .. 4,402 5,2 Sumter 714 1,0 Union 1,520 1,4 Williamsburg .... 685 1,3 York 2,055 1,8 Totals 55,908172,2 The Counties in black type we mi r TT* **IT -W inti 1U1JUL1UIH DOLLAR MYSTERY The first installment of this powerful story appears In the Press and Banner today, and we want every one of our subscribers to read it. The first install ment of the pictures will be shown at the Opera House on Thursday night. The story will run for twenty-two weeks, and is by far the greatest story of the age. Read it in the Press and Banner every Wednesday, then go to see the pictares at the Oi>era House every Thursday night NTY PRIR Represent^ Treas DWIN PORTER t 2 O CO B ? o z o CO s < M J l-H ? BRADLEY r.' C. SMITH H ?-j d b w o a o a 11 13 27 1 19 9 28 27 28 1 22 11 18 74 26 85 5 40 45 30 40 17 19 41 11 36 10 27 1 21 27 1 70 254 141 231 37 47 44 7 46 7 17 43 32 29 24 50 144 49 110 50 54 114 75 74 53 35 61 23 39 30 65 173 110 166 42 87 197 106 199 46 58 137 114 96 71 1Q9 QQ I ao 43 113 90 65 71 22 68 45 64 10 7 45 37 25 24 19 62 42 62 20 11 35 20 11 33 21 53 54 46 30 54 89 37 78 21 34 45 12 45 .... 867 2102 |1228 1683 775 Governor and itor 1 Governor * % i J r* 5 ai ' H -1? (X at O io * ? * m - Q DS - < K si U HH 1 ? 1,404 165 1,556 150 52 48 40 140 472 139 1,465 1,202 450 893 357 560 264 1,875 301 1,177 1,415 165 149 37 226 167 1,155 34 569 29 391 36 138 42 72 22 822 J8 457 96 49 12 641 90 342 35 581 34 167 3,918 49 1,498 79 161 17 78 oyi 586 921 821 517 946 534 427 295 294 1,087 682 516 273 181 704 j.?i? 458 374 461 784 206 153 402 562 231 642 218 499 79 661 774 64 84 56 35 87 327 96 2,232 07 127 37 526 02 342 09 823 18 454 50 . 371 27 282 68 627 67 1,223 91 714 78 1,044 43 112 90 298 46 OQ 117 i ono 47 734 562 48 599 982 567 560 638 446 872 1,010 832 557 1,331 563 701 501 117 182 174 84 475 1,571 485 127 1,068 - 461 1,189 571 1,428 312 313 1,380 232 779 A1 Ol ,/?/| | ?yCj\JU\ **iO| Dlif 56| |24,983|25,289|26,594 re carried by the Governor. For Rent. Five-room house on Pinckney St. Water, lights and bath. Apply fo T. J. Douthart. STRAYED From my residence on Friday night August 28th, a light fawn colored Jer sey cow. Any information regarding her will be rewarded. R. M. Haddon. /1ARY VO 1 u. s. s 1 PRECINCT H w < 03 fr E i? w < a Means Chapel 5 2! Hampton 22 i: Abbeville CM 59 9' Mt. Carrael 13 4! Clatworthy's Young's S. House ... 24 2; 26 < McCormick 63 21; Willington 3 5( Cold Spring 13 4; Antreville 74 8! Calhoun Falls 78 5! Rock Spring 37 31 Hillville 17 3! Level Land 44 3( Bordeaux 11 3i Due West 14 11( Lebanon 17 51 Abbeville No. 1. .. . 22 is; Abbeville No. 2. .. . 89 151 Donalds 52 111 Lowndesville 110 10* Keowee 47 34 Mountain View 26 11 55[ 46 Central Totals | 921|159( PATRIOTIC CITIZENS BUILD BOADS. Tho stretch of public highway, lead ing northwesternly from Due West to the Anderson county line, now begins to look like a piece of national high way. "New grades, cicling the hills of Chicasaw and Hog Skin, have been made, bridges built and the road bed widened to thirty feet. For nearly a hundred years the wheels of traffic have been rumbling over this historic old Keowee road, but progress and civilization in on ward sweep have, for several years, called for a wider road bed and lower grades to facilitate transportation in this thrifty section of Abbeville county. Thus it was a few days ago, this old Roman spirit of road building fllnmhpHne- in the breasts of Due Westerners?always ready to take a step forward In tfre cause of church or school or state,?burst forth In this latest effort at community road build ing. All along the lines, the move ment found a ready response from other patriotic, rural Romans. Some of the progressive citizens along the line, and at the western end of the 6-mlle stretch of the road building, who contributed their labor, teams and money, in cooperation with the liberal financial aid|k of $1^0.00 by the town of Due West, and Messrs J. R. and J. V. Pruitt, J. Walter Clamp, W. D. Thomas, Hugh Simmons, R. 0. Bran yon, T. H. Taylor, J. L. Branyon, Jas. Kerr, Wm. Kerr, J. C. and F. K. Ash ley, John McClain, L. Fowler. Supervisor Stevenson will complete the job when he sends the county teams and road scrape, following af ter the work already done. This effort of Due West and the en terprising citizens of this section is highly commendable and should be an Incentive to other good citizens of Abbeville county to come into line on the good roads movement. Only last week the governor of Missouri, to gether with 150,000 of his fellow citi zens went out for a day of road build ing. The governor himself put on his overalls and superlntented a squad of 25 derelicts from the State prisoH In road work. Some months ago tha f?T ernor, every state and county official with men of law and high degree, all over the state of Arkansas, 6tepped out to the highways and gave a day of hearty, good labor in the interest of hiimanH? onH nf our noble dumb uuumuiw/ uuu v>. friends, the horse and the mule. Even the good women went out from city mansion and country home, and did the cooking; while they all met in so cial, civic and economic converse along the great highways of Arkansas. | When will some governor of South j Carolina call his fellows out for road-' working day? I know Abbevillians i well enough to know that they would' heartill respond from every section. * In our civic program it would be a fereat day. It would be a good day. L. C. Branyon. iTE 1914 >en Governor i i i H i A 5 i w H M Q, 02 ? 1?1 J o COOPER IRBY MANNING RICHARDS 2 5 21 1 1 3 1 18 4 12 11 40 7 3 1 7 13 3 29 1 , # 28 11 2 3 1 1 1 7 42 178 6 14 5 3 34 12 3 44 16 104 3 1 30 14 49 15 20 25 9 34 29 2 4 29 5 8 7 40 8 2 15 2 28 5 8 4 8 105 2 2 10 3 47 6 2 4 35 145 6 11 3 14 156 36 12 12 5 112 15 32 38 60 1 16 81 46 17 15 28 16 >| | 4| it\ at>| d| o >| j 231|1404| 217| 139j 301 Long Cane. Little Miss Ethel and Master James Mc Kinney spent last week in Prosperity with their grandmother, Mrs. Will Scott. Miss Nina Beauford spent Tuesday with ter sister, Mrs. W. S. Bosler. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wilson, of Prosper ity, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Tom McKinney. Mr. W. D. Beaujord was a business visi tor to the city Tuesday. Miss Linnie Beauford spent Wednesday in the city with her brother, Mr. W. H. Beauford. Mr. Tom McKinney and Mr. W. S. Bos ler were visitors to the city Tuesday. Misses Linnie and Clara Beauford spent Thursday in the city with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Keller. Some of the farmers of this community are busy picking cotton. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scott, of Prosper ity. SDent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. Tom McKinney. Mr. J. M. McKellar, of Abbeville, spent Sunday with Mr. W. D. Beauford. Mrs. Tom McKinney and children spent Monday and Tuesday in Prosperity with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Scott. Mrs.W. D. Beauford and her twins, little Misses lone and Viola, spent last week in the city with Mr. W. H. Beauford. Mr. Hamp Stevenson was a visitor to the city Wednesday. Mr. Fred Ellenburg, of Lowndesville, spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. J. ill. JM11S. Mr. John Stewart, of Cold Spring, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Earle Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Long 6pent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ellis. Mr. George "Wilson, of Abbeville, spent Monday night with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mo Kinney. Mrs. J. M. McKeller of the city spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bosler. Misses Nina and Allie Beauford and Miss Tener White were the guests of Misses Lena and Louise Smith Friday evening. Misses Linnie and Clara Beauford visit ed Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Faulkner, of Abbe ville, Friday. Mrs. Maggie Stevenson, of Anderson, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Shirley White. Miss Tener White was a visitor to the city Wednesday. Nancy. COTTON CONGRESS OR GANIZED About 300 farmers and business men met at the Court House Monday for the purpose of organizing a Cotton Con gress. R. E. Cox was elected president, E. C. Horton, secretary, Messrs. I. A. Keller, John U. Wardlaw and S. J. Wakefield, elected vice-presidents and J. C. Thorn eon, treasurer, and the following elected delegates to attend a meeting in Colum bia Tuesday: Messrs. R. E. Cox, J. A. Smith, Sr, Dr. F. E. Harrison, W. D. Barksdale, S. J. Wakefield, I. A. Keller, W. D. Morrah and W. J. Ammons. The initiation fee was placed at 50 cents and practically all of those pres ent joined the organization and paid the fee. The following committee was ap pointed to look into the warehouse fa cilities of the county: Dr. J. A. And erson, R. H. Mosely, and W. M. Mc intosh. Township members of the Ex ecutive committee were also appointed. Robert A. Casper States He Will Vote for Manniag. Laurens, Aug. 81.?Robert A. Coop er, accompanied by his little daugh ter, left Sunday afternoon for the mountains of North Carolina, where be will sp?nd a few days resting, after the strenuous campaign through which he has just passed. Mr. Cooper was asked Saturday night by a representative of the press if he cared to make a statement in reference to the recent election, and replied as follows: "I am deeply grateful to the peo ple o fthe state for the magnificent vote given me in the first primary. The support given mo in my own county and the other counties In the Piedmont section where I am best known is amply sufficient to take the sting and bitterness out of my defeat. I can never fully express my grati* tude to the thou'sands of friends who rallied so nobly and unselfishly to me, but I shall endekvor to so act in the future as to show them that their confidence was not misplaced." Do you propose to take part in the contest between Messrs. Manning and Richards? Mr. Cooper was asked. "I shall cast my vote for Richard I. Manning, and do what I can to promote his election," he replied. Con tinuing, Mr. Cooper said: "I believe Mr. Manning is in a position to better serve the etate than is Mr. Rich ards. "My slogan throughout the cam paign was 'Vote for your state' and I shall follow the advice given to others. "I do not for a moment think that I could deliver teh vote cast for me to any other candidate, and I have no disposition to do bo, but if I should at this time refrain from stating my position I would be misunderstood, and I make this statement, In order | that there shall he no doubt now o r hereafter as to where I stand." Of course there was great disap pointment In Laurens when It be came known that Mr. Cooper had been debarred from making the second race for governor, but all have Joined in congratulating him on the magnifi cent vote he received from all parts of the state. He has been overwhelm ed with telegrams and letters from friends throughout the state express ing regret and at the same time of fering congratulations on his manly campaign and great vote for the high est office ill the state. TO OPEN SEPTEMBEB THE 9TH. Chicora College opens September the 9th at 10 o'clock. If any pupils who expect to attend have not yet ap plied, they will please notify the President at once. The summer has been spent on the campus In painting, calclminlng and general repair work. The buildings have been thoroughly gone over and every room freshened up. The College has never been in better condition for an opening. A O..II nvnnnforl OQ IIQllfll ii 1U11 DUUWl lO ^A|/WbVU) Ml/ wvow ? A very large per cent of the pupils of last year will return and about the usual number of new applicants have been received. Nearly all of the members of last year's Faculty will return and in ad dition to those there will be, Miss Lil lian E. Swygert, of Columbia; Miss Mary Eppes Robertson, of Virginia; Miss Ida Patrick, of Clinton; Miss Pearl Reeves, of Ridgeway and Miss Jeanne Perry, of Greenville. The prospects are good for a very pleasant and successful year. Chicora has had a remarkable growth and is limited in its number of pupils only by a limitation of its dormitory capacity. When it moves into the new plant on a large campus as it is hoped will be I done soon, It will continue to grow and increase In usefulness. The College is on a 14 unit basis for entrance and is the only college for women owned and controlled by the Pre&byterian Church In South Caro lina. It has a loyal constituency, a loyal student-body, loyal alumnae and Is looking to the future with great prom I ise. WILL BULLETIN RESULTS. The Medium and The Press and Ban ner will on next Tuesday bolletin the results of the second primary. The board will be placed in front of Mil ford's Drug Store, and no doubt all of the boxes will be heard from by not lat er than 6:30, as so few officers are to be 1 voted for. jf