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\ - ' ^ y. .. . .. 7.,v-?: , , i > . * Abbeville Press and Banner $1.50 ~ ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1915. established a year. 1844 ALLIES MAKE NOIABLI ENTRENCHED Gl i ? * CREAT OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT IN THE WEST SWEEPS CERMAN POSITIONS The Allies Claim 23,000 Prisoners Several Big German Guns Also Captured?British Public To'.d to Ex jrect Heavy Losses. i \ s London, Sept. 27?The French and 3ricish offensive against both sides of the elbow joint German positions in the west have not slackened but, Jeffre's afternoon bulletin reported i no outstanding successes. The British statement told of big io?ses inflicted on the Germans northwest of Iluiluch, where counter attacking occurred. The Germans do not claim ' the recovery of ground lost to the allies Saturday and 'Sunday lut say their counter attacks checked the most recent drives. Estimate captures by th>? allies total twenty-three thousand. The Germans claim nearly seven thousand Freyh and British prisoners. The English public is warned to cxpect heavy losses as the battle reaches the attack and counter attacks stae-e which mav Dersist for weeks and the Germans are relying on second and third lines of defenses. The French report estimates the number of big guns captured at seventy, twenty-three being captured by The British. In the Pulluch right the British claim the capture of eighteen big guns, fifty-three officers and tventy-eight hundred men. The fighting in the east brought no important changes but England regards the position of the Russian armv as imnrovine' dailv. The Ger mans continue their attacks in the section around Dvinsk but tho situation there is quieter and the Germans a:e said to be regroupi!;? theii foices for an extensive flanking operr.tion. Balkan maters rest with Bulgaria*? t*-peated assurances of arm-id neutrality. ^ London, Sept. 27?The British and French have gained greater results in 1wo days than in the preceding twelve months since the battfo of the Marne. With upwards of twenty thousand German prisoners ?n theii hands and something like thirty guns without including machine guns, and with a formidable breach in the German line, the allies apparently have the long?expected offensive well under way. The advances is general, and the effect is emphasized by the iaci that on the eastern front substant all'Russian gains are recorded. Petrograd states that General Ivanhoffs army won a striking victoryover the Germans and Austnans in the southeastern theatre, where a thousand prisoners were taken. ihe Belgians are taking a prominent part in the new offensive. Theyofficial announcement reports the capture of a German post on the right bank of the Yser with the consequent evacuation of the adjoining German trenches. It is believed here now. ihat the move in the west will again bring the Germans face to free with i the necessity of making choice between the two fronts as was the case in the earlier part of the war. Held on 700 Mile Front. Military writers point out that the Russians now are holding the Austrians and Germans on a seven hundred mile front, while the presence of nearly two million strongly entrenched Germans have failed to pre-1 vent an advance in France. This they say must increase the rerplexities of the German general staff and react immediately on plans which may have been formed for new aitacKS in tne soucn or soutneast. Little activity is reported from the Dardanelles. Turkey has announced the success f.f a counter-mining operation, and the continuation of an artillery exchange. The shell fire of a German it submarine sank the British steamer, Xantala, a transport, south of Cres in the Mediterranean. The crew was landed. Rumania, in a friendly note, has asked the Sofia government to explain Bulgaria's military prepai-ations according to information reaching E GAINS OVER HANS IN THE WEST MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEETS TOMORROW MEETING AT EUREKA HOTEL TOMORROW EVENING?PROMINENT SPEAKERS. The Abbeville County Meoical association will meet in the lity on '.Thursday night, September t>e 30th, at 8:30 o'clock, at the Eureki Hotel. Dr. F. A. Coward, Director of the State Laboratory, Dr. J. A. Hayne, State Health Officer, and E. A. Hines, Secretary State Medical association, have accepted invitations to attend ihe meeting and make addresses on subjects of interest to the profession. The local physicians will tender the visitors a supper at the Eureka and it is hoped that all members as well as> non-members of the association, will attend. The former aro urged !.o be present and Dr. Gambrell states the latter are most cordially invited to do so. MANNING WOr:'T COMMUTE NEGROES' DEATH SENTENCE Gov. Mannirtg has announced that lie will not interfere with the judg ment of the court in the .cases of the State vs. Meek Griffin, Tom Griffin, Tohn Crosby and Nelson Price. ' seuenced to be electrocuted for murder, irom Chester county. The 'rovernot eels that the verdict of the jury in :hese cases should not be over.'uletj. The board of pardons heard this case it their meeting on Sept. 8 and unaninously recommended that there be 10 interference with the judgment oc he court. These negroes were sentenced to >e electrocuted on Sept. 3, 1915, but >n Aug. 13 the governor, on account >f representations made to him that here would be presented to the board >f pardons good reasons for commutng the sentences of these negroes to ife imprisonment, granted a reprieve staying the execution until Ssut 29 ir. >rder that the matter might be pre;ented to the board of pardons at heir meeting on Sept. 8. This ac;ion of the governor means that the legroes will be electrocuted on next Wednesday, the 29th. The negroes were convicted of the tssassination 01 a ^onieaerare veiean, a Mr. Lewis, in Chester county. A GERMAN PRINCE GIVES UP HIS LIFE Amsterdam, via London, Sept. 24. -Prince Frederic of Thurn and Taxis, son of Prince Lamoral, was killed Monday while fighting in the Dniester region in Russia, according lf> a Vienna dispatch to the Berlin Lokal Anzeifler. He was 41 years old. BUYING CARS. Mr. J. C. Ellis has sold his Overland car to W. D. Wilkinson and Gottlob Neuffer, and they are having all the fun two young boys can have out of a car. Mr. Ellis has bought ?. handsome Hudson, the first ever sold in Abbeville. Italy. A Serious Problem. The optimistic feeling here is enr l?a?iced by the political effect which the allied successes appear to have had on the Balkan states. Sofia dispatches indicated that Bulgarian diplomats are eager to convince the -allies that the mobilization was not uiompted by hostile motives. The latest official Petrograd news is interpreted here as showing that the Russians are distinctly in a better position. This seems true even in the Dvinsk region, where von Hinden-, burg has conecntrated his efforts. The German attack now seems slackening. Notwithstanding the allies successes England is not blind to the fact that it will be no light task to attempt to push the Germans from theii positions honeycombed with \T~?r ~lK?r. 1 LI v. llL IiCo. L/U at LUC lidVC pased to the offensive they have before them a problem the serious nature of which is fully recognized here. DISTINGUISHED VISITOR Mr. Lewis Haskell was in the city for a day or two last week visiting the family of his brother, Mr. L. C. Haskell. Mr. Haskell is in the consular service and has been recently promoted to Geneva, Switzerland. 9* GERMAN WAR LOAN LARGEST IN HISTORY OVER THREE BILLION DOLLARS I RAISED FOR WAR PURPOSES BY GERMAN CITIZENS. War Costs Germany j $ 15,000,000 A Day Government Now Prepared to Carry ( on Winter Campaign?No More Loans Until March. 1916. Berlin, Sept. 24 (via London).? The German war loan raised Septem- y ber[21 is the largest financial opera- ^ tion in the world's history, said Dr. j Karl Helfferich, secretary of the im- L Ferial treasury, to the Associated j Press today. ? With a total of $3,000,000,000 and i seme small sums not yet reported, L the secretary said, it exceeded Great Britain's latest loan, which attracted v much attention all over the world as , an unprecedented piece of financing. ' "The present loan," Dr. Helfferich continued, "enables the government ^ to liquidate'treasury bills taken over ; by the Reichsbank and other banks, provides Germany with monov for the ? winter campaign and renders unnecessary the raising of another loan be- j fore March. What Germany Spends. "England hitherto has raised $4,- . 062,500,000 and Germany $6,250,- ^ 000,000 in long term loans, whereas England's war expenditures up to the ^ present time are hardly less than Germany's and soon will exceed Ger-^ many's, for England now is spending j nearly $25,000,000 daily against Ger- j many's not much above $15,000,000. That means Germany is spending 25 cents per capita daily and England 55 cents. I doubt, therefore, whether ^ England's financiers possess confi- ^ donee that their resources will outlast ^ ours. "Everything said abroad about Germany putting on pressure anc. us- ( ing force to get subscription? to the loan is pure invention. We appealed ^ solely to the financial power and patriotism of our fellow citizens. Our ^ success must open the world's eyes to t 3 recognition of how strong is Germany's financial power and how ^ strong her will. ^ * w.~ ? this loan, which proves that we are j standing firmly upon our own feet, will contribute towards the good feeling between Germany and the United States notwithstanding the Morgan- ^ Holden incident. Independence is * the first word in American history as c well as the first word of true friend- ( ship. America can not class us J among her poor relations."' t Can Continue Wnr. t Dr. Helfferich asserted that Ger- r many was financially able to continue I the war indefinitely. Her .people, he g said, were earning higher wages and d saving more money than ir peace 1 times. The country was supplying its own needs and buying little abroad i vnd making no debts to foreign coun- 1 tries. s in conclusion tne secretary said i that a shortage in supplies of some c raw materials, like cotton and wool, (i might cause inconvenience, but the h people were learning to economize, t Old woolen clothing was being re- r worked into .shoddy, and coats could i be worn shorter. Substitutes for > some materials were being found, he s added. The British parliament passed last week a credit of $1,250,000,000. It 1 was the seventh since the war bugan r and brought the total amount to c $6,310,000,000. Premier Asquith said s the daily expenditure of Great Brit- s ain was $17,500,000 but that there \ was a likelihood of its increasing j owing to advances to Great Britain's I allies and her dominions and to pro- t visions for munitions. v Dr. Helfferich's reference to the \ <;Morgan-Holden incident." possibly c has some connection with the confer- t er.ces in New York between Sir Ed- r ward Hopkinson Holden, managing I director of the London City and Mid- 1 land bank, and J. P. Morgan with I legard to the loan the British and t French commissioners are endeavor- j i ine to secure in the United States, r ! Sir Edward is a member of the Brit- r 1 ib*h commission. I i oooooooooooooooooo o COTTON MARKET. o o Cotton sold Tuesday for o ? o 12.30. Seed 56 1-2 cts. bu. o 'oooooooooooooooooo INTERESTING LETTER FROM DUE WESTi iRSKINE college opens its DOORS TO YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN President Moffatt Wants Big Endowment )ther News of Local and Personal interest by Special Correspondent. On Wednesday, Sept. 15th,. Ers;:ne College opened its doors to :oung men and young women desirj g a liberal education, and started ipon the 77th year of its existence, ilore than fifty new students were mrolled. Students are still coming n and the total enrolfment will probibly exceed that of last year. The faculty was gratified on the .'hoie with the qualifications of the tudents presenting themselves for Matriculation. In general, the pre aration of candidates lor entrance nto college classes was better than n years past showing the improvenent that is being made in the seondary schools. A.t the recent commencement, the Joard of Trustees abolished the Preparatory Department and the members of faculty will look after all the indents who may enter with deficir.cies. Prof. Long received permission rom the Board of Trustees to spend > year in the University of North 'arolina in post-graduate work. Prof, ialph McDill will have charge of 'rof. Long's classes for the year. Some of the members of Ihe Exe utive Committee of the Board met zith the classes and explained to hem the Honor System. .All the lasses agreed to adopt this system specially as applied to the conduct f recitations and examinations. Of late years the college has been ramped financially. In order to inrease the endowment and thus put he college on a better financial basis, he Board of Trustees, has asked the Resident, Dr. Moffatt, to undertake he important work of increasing the ndowment, and has asked Prof. E. J. Kennedy as Vice President, to ake charge of the local administra.on of college affairs in addition to lis teaching work. Tkunlnrriml S^minnrv. Erskine Theological Seminary is n institution in which the people of Vbbeville County should feel a speial interest. It was founded at Jedar Springs in 1824, with Rev. ohn T. Pressly as instructor, and afer his removal to Pennsylvania, to r.gage in similar work, the semi.ary was estableshed at Due West. Iere it has remained through three enerations, quietly and modestly loing the work of training young men or the Gospel ministry. This venerable institution began ho ninotv-cepnnH spsisinn r>n Sent. 15. n common with other theological chools of the various denominations, t has a smaller attendance of stuSonts than the needs of the church emand. Missionary efforts at tome and abroad, are hindered by he lack of trained workers. In this noney-mad age there is a lamentable r.disposition among our educated oung men to invest their lives in ervice for God and their fellowmen. Woman's College. The opening at the Woman's Coltige was auspicious. There were iresent in addition to the faculty sevral alumnae and friends of the intitution. The president made a plenaid talk, giving wholesome ad.ce on the every day life of the pu:il. Brief talks were also made by dr. R. S. Galloway, of the hoard of rustees, and Dr. E. M. Stevenson, rtio severs a pleasant relation of four ears' teaching connection with the ollege to give his whole time to ediorial work. Misses Sheffield, Kennedy and Lindsay take the places of /! isses Sturdevant, Brickman and ;orter on the faculty, and Mrs. 'eecnam 01 miss numpnreys, as maron. One could not fail to be imiressed with the large number of new upils. The enrollment when completed will probably reach 125. Dr. lobinson is pleased with the outlook or the coming year. t Hifjh School. The Due West High School opened September 15, with a fine prospect. (Continued on Page Eight) Ml IS 1MB STANDS PREPARED BULGARIA DENIES SHE INTENDS WAR HAS NO AGGRESSIVE INTENTIONS?ONLY SAFE-GUARDING HER INTEREST. London, Sept. 27.? The Bulgarian government officially communicated to the powers today a categorical note declaring that the mobilization of the Bulgarian army was ordered in the national interest and that it had not the slightest offensive character. The note says: ' The mobilization must not be interpreted as preparations for war. Bulgaria has not aggressive intentions, but must safeguard her rights .ind independence. At a moment when the government has not interrupted the pourparlers with the powers, armed neutrality is a precautionary obligation caused ^ the Movement of armed forces around Bur{.'rtria as well as the danger to the Balkans following the Austro-Gernian offensive already begun. "Bulgarian neutrality must be regarded the same as the neutrality of Switzerland and Holland, which have mobilized their armies since ihe beginning of hostilities, although not as much exnosed as is Bulgaria." FIGHTING IN CHAMPAGNE GOES ON WITHOUT CEASE Paris, Sept. 27.?The French official statement made public tonight says the situ^ion to the north of Arras remains unmodified and that lht fighting in the Champagne continues. The statement adds that the Germans today began another offensive movement in the Argonne, but that it was completely checked and that the German losses were heavy. "To the north of Arras the situation is without modification. The enemy has replied only feebly against the new positions occupied by our troops. The number of prisoners taken in that region exceeds 1,5UU. " ''In Champagne the battle"continues without ceasing. * Our troops are at present on a front taken before the second position of the German defense, marked by hill No. 185, to the west of the Navarein farm, the Souain hillock, and the tree of hill No. 193, and the village and hillock ot Tahure. "The number of cannon captured from the enemy has not yot been computed, but exceeds 70 field guns and heavy pieces, of which 23 were captured by the British army. "The Germans undertook today in the Argonne an offensive movement which was completely stopped. On four occasions they attempted an infantry assault on our positions at \ u Fillo Mr>rpf#> after havinc vio lently bombarded them with projectiles of heavy colibre and suffocating shells. The enemy was able to reach only a few points of our trench along the whole of the first line. He was stopped there ty the Hre from our supporting trenches and has been repulsed elsewhere with very heavy losses. "There is nothing of importance to report on the rest of the front." THE SHOW. The show at the opera house last 1 Thursday night, "Damaged Goods", ' was pretty well attended and those 1 who are interested in sociological 1 questions, were pleased with the play. Without question the parts were 1 taken well and the acting was of the 1 highest order. There was a good ' crowd of people over from Green- ' wood. This company played in Greenville ' the night before coming to Abbeville &nd the town was so pleased with the ' show that they went back Friday and 1 played again. ~ 1 ATTENDING THE FUNERAL. , 1 Mr. B. P. Greene, Mr. Robert ! Greene and Mrs. John Mabry went up ; to Fountain Inn last Wednesday to i attend the funeral services cf Mrs. |! Olin Greene, who died in Greenville j Tuesday. ! ] I ARMS Hi FOR ANY EMERGENCY DECIDES NOT TO CHANGE HER / ATTITUDE AS OUTLINED SOME DAYS AGO Her Troops Will Guard the Frontiers Soldiers Will Be Kept Concentrated i An Natiniiftl Rnnnflafi?a Pakinof Resolves. Bucharest, Roumania, Sept 27 (via London.)?The Roumanian cabinet at a meeting today in which the mjbilization of Bulgaria and Greece was discussed, decided that Roumania should continue the course she has been following. Developments, it was determined, were not of a nature to cause Roumania to modify in any way the line of conduct she has pursued. Consequently, Roumanian troops 'will remain concentrated along the national frontiers. The cabinet did not conrider the question of establishing martial law. Aaks An Explanation. ^ome, Sept. 26. (via Paris, Sept. 27.)?The Turin correspondent of The Idea Nazionale says he had been informed the Roumanian government has sent to Sofia a note couched in menaiy language asKing an explanation of Bulgaria's military preparations. Ultimatum to Servin? Berlin, Sept. 27 (by Wireless to Sayville, N. Y.)?A dispatch from ^ Sofia, given out here today by the Overseas News agency, says it is rumored that_ Bulgaria has sent an ultimatum to Servia, and that the diplomatic representatives of the entente powers in Bulgaria are preparing to depart. The dispatch adds that this rumor has not been con- < lbmed. Greeks to Color*. . Paris, Sept. 27.?Mobilization of -0 classes of Greek troops will call to the colors 400,000 men. This is the official figure given by the Greek war ministry yesterday, as forwarded by the Athens correspondent of the Havas News Agency. The war ministry states that there is an abundance of equipment and munitions for their men. The correspondent adds it is unknown whether King Constantine will take active command of his forces. If he does not do so, his brother, Prince Nicholas, will be placed in command. Call* for Transport*. Piraeus, Greece, Sunday, Sept 26. (via Paris, Sept.. 27.)?Th^ Greek government today requisitioned 20 merchant vessels for the transportation of troops. Among the vessels requisitioned are the trans-Atlantic liners Themistocles, King Constantine T)fi 1*1 r? anu x au ao* Expelling Prieit*. London, Sept. 27.?A Sofia dispatch to Reuter's says: "According to private advices from Constantinople the Turks are expelling all Catholic priests from that city. MR. PRATT INJURED. As Mr. C. M. Pratt was driving into town on last Wednesday morning, a team of run-away mules ran into his buggy, frightening his horse, throwing him out, and injuring him severely, but not seriously. Mr. Pratt has not been well for some months and on that account he suffered more from the bumps and biuises he received than he would lave done otherwise. The horse he was drivine. with the Duggy intact, ran through the public iqnare to the ice plant, then turned :nd started back towards home. Some soys, who were following it with the purpose of stopping it, foUnd Mr. Pratt on the road-side and brought lim to Dr. Neuffer's office, where he i"as treated. He was then carried :o the home of Mr. T. M. Miller, on Magazine street, where he rested for j day, after which he was taken to lis home in Level Land by Dr. Bell, :is physician. His friends will be Tlad to know that he continues to imrrove.