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V '.- ' ' ? : - ., > / (. ','3* i . -v u . J | SECTION ONE I | 12 PAfiES~j Abbeville Press and Banner $i 5o ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1915. established A YEAR. _ ^ 18 4 4 .WILSON GREETED BY I VETERANSOEG.A.R. SURVIVORS OF BOTH SIDES MAY \ BE PROUD OF CIVIL WAR WHICH PRODUCED PERFECT UNION Washington, Sept. 28.?Veterans of the Civil War here for the annual t encampment of the Grand Army of I the Republic were formally wel-'i corned to the capital tonight by Pres- j c ident Wilson, who told them their bat- c ties 50 years ago were fought that ( the greatest instrumentality for the : uplift of mankind the world has ever j seen might not be impaired. |i The president spoke amid scenes of ( patriotic fervor in the crowded con- * \ention hall into which the old cen-'f bus building had been converted. j I The president was frequently in-' 1 tcrrupted by applause as he spoke to j t the veterans, their families and! friends. He did not tou^h directly on | < the. European war, or on problems 1 growing out of it, but devoted his ad- jc dress to the mission of the United ' States and the .lessons taught by the ? Civil war. He spoke of the war as c cne of the few in history of which l oth sides could be prcTud. ' " f President's Address. 1 * The president's address in part fol- r lows: |* "It is a singular thing that men of, a single generation should have wit- c rc ssed what you have witnssed in v tfte crowded 50 years which you cele- 1 brate tonight. You took part when * you were young men in a struggle, 1 the meaning of which I daro fay you f "thought would not be revealed during r your lifetime, and yet more has hap- 0 poned in the making of this nation in c your lifetime than has ever happened -1' jin the making of any other ration in the lifetime of a dozen generations. 0 Nation's Growth. "The nation in which you row live 1 Is not the nation for whose un?on you ,v fought. You have seejp many things c v which have made this nation one of * the representations nations of the ] world with regard to the modern * spirit of that world, and you have the. ' | . satisfaction which I dare say few sol- L diers have ever had, of looking back * upon a war absolutely unique in this, that instead of destroying it healed, that instead of making permirent di- * \ision it made a permanent union, i* This nation was from the beginning u a spiritual enterprise, and you have v seen the spirits of the two once di-'1' vided sections of this couniry abso-,* lutely united. A war which seemed i as if it had the seed of every kind of s bitterness in it has seen a single gen-1 * tration put bitterness absolutely out " of its heart, and you feel, a? I am ^ 5'iro + ?? *?A .uvii nii? xv/ugub agjillbl you r feel, that you were comrades even ^ tren, though you did not know it, 1 and that now you know that you are f comrades in a common love for a '' country which you are equally eager ^ to serve. Pride for Both Sides. ^ "This is a miracle of the sprit, so c far as national history is concerned. ^ This is one of the very few wars in 11 which in one sense everybody en- ^ gaged may take pride. Soir*. wars ? ^ are to be regretted; some wars mar 11 * the annals of history; but some wars ^ contrasted with those make those anr.als distinguished, show that the * spirit of man sometimes springs to great enterprises that are even greater than his own mind had conceived. "You set the nation free for that c great career of development, of un-la hampered development, which the j11 world has witnessed since the Civil | war. But for my own part 1 would 1 ot be proud of the extraordianry physical development of fhis country, of its extraordianry development in * material wealth and financial power, v did I not believe that the people *>f The United States wished all of this ' power devoted to ideal ends. There l l ?*: ? nave uccu uuiici xiatiuiid cib nun as we; there have been othev nalions as I powerful; there have been other n.t-|n tions as spirited: but I hof i we shall S Jiever forget that we created this na- i tion, not to serve ourselves, but to j 0 serve mankind. To Promote Human Right. "I hope I may say without even an |0 implication of criticism upon any j j. (Continued on Page Eight) BULGARIA IGNORES RUSSIAN DEMAND 4AS NOT REPLIED TO ULTIMA TUM AND SITUATION IS STILL VERY BADLY MIXED. London, Oct. 4.?Ihe tim-i allowed Bulgaria by the Allies, through Russia, to turn her back on Germanj \ustria and Turkey, expired this aft rnoon, but no immediate surface inlications clarify the situation result >G. Whether the Russian ministers promptly left the Bulgarian capital .s his govrnment threatened providfd Bulgaria declined to meet the Rus.an ultimatum, whether Eulgari i isked for further time, or whethei Cing Ferdinand merely observed sipnce, was not known in Lonuon up o 11 o'clock tonight. Events have been transpiring, how ver, in keeping with the fast approaching crisis involving the entr> ?f the Balkans in the European coniict. Russian warships have appeared off the Bulgarian Black sea port f Varna; French and British troop ave landed at Saloniki, a Greek por; 0 miles south of the Bulgarian fronier and Bulgarian troops have beer rr.ssed in great numbers along the Serbian border. From the Central powers' side have ome amplified reports of the greai veight of men and metal being pilad ip preparatory to a blow agamst Serna from that side, as the first step n what the popular imagination ha; ccepted as a fact?German determi ation to smash through tha cornet Serbia and link up with Bulgaria reating a new battle front from the vustrian border to Constantinople. . Delayed cables told of the landing if the Allied troops fft Saloniki. With hese reports, arrived comments from he Athens papers, the gist of which "as that the appearance of French nd British soldiers in Greece at a ime when Greece still was outwardlv ieutral should cause no excitement, n that their mission was, a3 one oi he Athens papers expressed it, "to lefend the railway against Bulgaria.] ggression, and give help to Serbia, he Ally of Greece." The Greek minister at London reusd to comment on the report that he Hellenic government considered 'ie landing of the Allied troops as a iolation of neutrality, and had form:ly protested to Great Britain anJ ^rance. In th west the Germans have peristed in their driving cojnter-atacks against the British until the;v iave retaken most of the Hobenzoiurn redoubt so named by the German nlHiprC THlC ic Kit larshal French's latest report, bui t is not claimed specifically by the Germans themselves, possibly because >f the fact that the loss of this strong ipld was never conceded by Berlin. That asphyxiating gas was used b\ he British in their recent offensive i? harged in Berlin. The British war 'ffice has made no statment regardrig the truth or falsity of th;s. Th.i iermans claim that the British lost >0,000 and the French 130,000 men n the recent fighting also is without Icnial so far. SMALLEST COTTON CROPS RAISED IN SIX YEARS Washington, Oct. 4.?A heavy deIima i yrt 4-k A /? AM/Jlil ?* % ^ ? ? ? ? mic Ail U1C cviiuitiun U1 LIIC growing otton crop, almost double Ihe avergc decline of the last ten yeors, durr>g September, has decreased the prouction prospcts forecast earlier in tie season by almost 1,000,000 bales, rhe department of agriculture toda$ stimated the crop at 10,950,000 quivalent 500-pound bales, which vculd be the smallest crop since 190S REMOVES HIS STORE TO NEW STAND R. Kirkwood, the Jeweler, has removed his jewelry store from his old tand near Steve's Candy Kitchen to lew quarters next door to Milford'a rug store on Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkwood are comortably located in their new place f business where they have more oom and a better display of their 'nes. PREPARATION ARE ALM0S1 From all Indications the the Best Ever Held Special 1 Four weeks from today the gates | of the Abbeville County Fair will be 1 i thrown open to the public at which ' | time the people of Abbeville County ".and vicinity for miles around will1 ' j witness one of the best County Fairs jheld here for many years, j 4 Secretary Williamson and others in ' 5 charge of the arrangements are rap' Idly getting things into shape and many evidences of a successful fair i paan TVjT* WilliomoAn 1 unnounces that the Premium List is * | now in the hands of the printers and | will be ready for circulation early ' rext week. There are a number of 'handsome prizes included in this list tnd interest is being evidenced to t?ke off some of them in great shape. There have been a number of horses secured for the races which will be one of the big features of ' the fair. If you are interested in a 5 good horse race?and many people ' are?you should attend the fair, November 3, 4 and 5th. for there 1 will be racing every day. Tho people [ 1 . * GREECE TO ENTER' ON SIDE OF ALLIES i - i i OFFICIAL ORGAN SAYS FRENCH | TROOPS WILL COOPERATE WITH GREEKS. ? j Athens, Greece, Sunday, Oct. 3, via Paris, Oct. 4.?All dou'*t as to the entrance of Greece in the war or the side of the entente allies has now been disposed of. The official , crgan of the government says that the landing of French troops at Saloniki is for the purpose of assisting 1 Greece. '| In regard to the landing of the | French troops, the governmental ' o*-gan says that if for the present ' ihe government considers the assist1 ance of the allies as premature it 1 is none the less to aid and support | Gteece that the allies are at Saloniki. Fiance and England enter the BalI k.'ins as traditional friends of Greece ind not otherwise. The Greek government^ has seized i the Macedonia railroads, of which two are Austrian and one French. | It was reported unofficially last week that the allies had landed troops near Saloniki to cooperate with the Greeks against Bultf?.ria. No official announcmenc has been made, but the forgoing dispatch indicates (that such a movement either is impending or already has been made. 'FOUR AMERICAN-BUILT SUB. I MARINES CROSS ATLANTIC i ; | i Boston, Oct. 3.?Details of the voyage of four American-built sub] marines which ventured across the Atlantic to join the British naval forces at Gibraltar are beginning to come in. The underwater boat:; J made the passage safely under their , own power, according to letters received here today from m':n who ihared in the expedition. | The submarines sailed from Montreal via the St. Lawrence River, where they wre shipped from tha p United States for completion after i Washington decreed that construct tion of the vessels in this country , would violate American neutrality. The ocean trip was made under convoy of larger warships. U. D. C. MEETING. Abbeville Chapter U. D. C. will ir.eet Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 12, at 1 o'clock, with Mrs. Lucy Calvert Thomson, at Mrs. E. R. Thomson's. This meeting is a most important i rr eeting, all members are urged to i attend. Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, President. Mrs. J. Howard Moore, Sec. & Treas. NS FOR FAIR r COMPLETED Fair This Year Will Be ?Education Day a Feature. are expecting good racing and we are assured that they will not be disappointed. Tell your friends to be on hand at the race tracks every day and see some of the best horses in the State. Friday, Nov. 5th is Education Day and every school in the coun'.y is expected to be represented and display a float. A handsome prize will be awarded the school having the best float. The largest school is not always the best, nor does it always carry off the prize. It is therefore up to you to begin work on your float at once?now. Many of the exhibits have been secured and others are coming in daily. Watch our paper for more about the fair next week. ? Prizes for the winners in the Girls Canning Club will also be awarded on Education Day. Miss; Piatt had I arranged for a number of prizes in this department and the girls are working hard to capture them NOTE ON ARABIC IS UNSATISFACTORY FAILURE OF GERMANY TO DISAVOW SINKING SHIP DOES NOT SVTISFY. Washington, 0; t. 4?The note presented by Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, to Secretary Lansing in New York Saturday regarding the sinking of the steamer Arabic with the loss of American lives is linsntisfnrtnrv tn thp TTnifprl Stnton because of Germany's failure to disavow the "act.". Negotiations, however, will be continued through the ambassador with a view to having Germany not only disavow the act, but assume responsibility and liability and make full reparation, The note was the subject of a comference between President Wilson r.nd Secretary Lansing last night. While officials declined to comment in favor of the confidential character of the negotiations, it became known t(.day that Count von Bernstorff will l e requested to come to Washington when he will be made acquainted with the attitude of the Washington government toward the communication. A rupture in diplomatic relations ever the case is considered unlikely unless Germany fails to satisfy the United States. COUNTY MFTHCAT. ASSOCIATION HOLDS INTERESTING MEETING! The meeting of the Abbeville coun- j ty Medical Association held at the ' Eureka Hotel last Thursday night was a pleasant and profitable occasion. Dr. C. C. GambreU president, presided at the meeting at which there' were a number of out-of-town doc-' i tors,, Dr. E. A. Hines, Secretary State Medical Association, made un interesting address on "Hospitals for Small Towns," and State Health Officer, J. E. Haynes, discussed the question pertaining to public halth. Dr. G. A. Neuffer of our city, who is President of the State Medical Association, mappd out his plans for the Charleston meeting of the State doctors next year. TViprp wjis n cnnH nttpn^ance at the meeting and the doctors enjojed their conference together. GOV. MANNING ACCEPTS. Gov. Manning has been appointed on the Advisory Board of the Army and Navy Club and has signified his willingness to serve. ALLIES STAND READY TO STRIKE BULGARIA NOT KNOWN YET WHETHER BULGARIA HAS BROKEN WITH THE CENTRAL , POWERS. Allied troops have landed at Saloniki, Greece,, and tivo powerful Russian squadrons have appeared off the Pulgarian port of Varna, on the Black Sea. Whether* Bulgaria has complied with the Russian ultimatum that she openly break with the Central Powers and dismiss the German und Austrian officers with her army is not known, but her failure to do so is considered certain to resu'.t in the creation of yet another zono in the world war. While unofficial reports in London il J- Al /t 1 ' are mat tne ureeK government has protested against violation of her territory, dispatches emanating from Athens assert the Greek people received news of the landing calmly, j realizing that if the worst should [come the Allied troops would aid I them in repelling Teutonic aggression . The Greek minister in London has declined either to aferm t.r deny (hat Greece has formally protested. Bulgaria, it is reported, has announced that she will immediately reF'y to t)ie last note of the Entente rowers concerning Serbia's offer to Bulgaria of compensation for Bulgarian neutrality. An Athens dispatch Sunday said the powers of the Entente had withdrawn their offer of concessions of Macedonian territory to Bulgaria. Heavy fighting continues ii the Artois region of France and bombardments are going on in the Champagne legion and in the Vosges mountains. The fighting in Artois has been trench v/arfare of a vicious character. The Germans are on the offensive, hut ar cording to Paris, they havo been cerywhere repulsed except south of Givenchy, where they retook from th2 French *the crossing of five roads, which the earlier French official communication had recorded as being occupied by the French. A British report from Field Marshil Sir John French says the German* northwest of Hulluch have recaptured the greater portion of the Hohenzollern redoubt which was taken from them last week. Numerous itl^er attacks made over the open against the British trenches between the quarries and the Sermedes-Hiilluch road were repulsed with severe losses. According to the German communication on the progress of the campaign in the east the Russians advanced to the attack in dense masses in the central section to the east of Vil na, but were repulsed with unusually heavy losses. Petrograd admits the capture of trenches by the Germans in the region of Dvinsk, but declares that in a counter-attack the trenches v. ere recaptured. The Anglo-French bond issue has been over-subscribed ALLIES GET MORE MONEY THAN THEY ASK FOR New York, Oct. 4.? The AngloFrench $500,000,000 bond issue has been oversubscribed. It is possible that when the underwriters' books are closed tomorrow it will be found that 850,000,000 more than needed has Leen spoken for. Both John D. Rockefeller and William Rockefeller have subscribed, the first, it is reported, for $10,000,000, and the last for a sum believed to be less, but not disclosed. Another subscriber of note, it was reported to night, is Sir Ernest Cassel, former I privy counsellor and financial adviser to the late King Edward VII of Englsnd. Sir Ernest takes $5,000,000 worth of the bonds, using money now on deposit in this country. J. M. ANDERSON & CO. INSTALL NEW FRONT. The new front, which delayed Mr. Anderson in opening his place of business, has arrived and is now being installed. The plate glass show windows, together with the tile floor at the entrance, presents the appearance of a City Department Store of the*modcm type. DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS IDE GOOD CHAMP CLARK SAYS ADMINISTRATION IS SUCCESS AND PREDICTS WILSON'S REELECTION. St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 1.?Speaker Champ Clark, of the National House of Representatives, in a speech at the Democratic State banquet here tonight, reviewed the legislative record of the Democratic party, and expressed confidence in the verdict of i ihe voters in the election in 1916. Speaker Clark said in part: "To milions of voters the present political situation is entirely novel. At every Presidential election since 1896 the Republicans have held the Federal Government and the Democrats were fiarhtinz to wrest it from 'their iron grasp. Now all this is changed, and, as we believe, changed for the better. \ "For years those who love us not asserted that the Democrats were a party of negation, that we did not h^ve sense enough to legislate. Unfortunately for the country a majority of the people believed their jibberish for a long, long time. We vandered in the wilderness as long as did Moses, but at last the scales fell from the people's eyes and they concluded to entrust us with power once more. "What happened? In two brief years we placed on the statute books more constructive legislation of the jniost highly beneficial character than the Republicans enacted in two decades?legislation so good that in addition to Democratic votes, near I all the Progressives and a large per cent of the regular Republicans voted for our great constructive measures. Income Tax. "We passed a great tariff bill?the greatest ever placed upon the statute books. It contains many excellent ' changes from the Payne AldrichSmoot monstrosity, and it contains cne new feature that would make it the best of all tariff bills even if the rest of it were as bad as .the last Republican tariff bill, which most omDhaticallv it is not. That new feature is the income tax. I make lold to predict that the income tax provision never will be repealed. "It is said the Underwood tariff bill dees not bring in as much revenue as the Payne-Aldrich-Smoot bill. We who made the Underwood bil! knew ! when we made it that the revenues f<-om tariff taxes would not be as large under our bill as under the old Republican bill. We drew it so on purpose; that was one of the ends sought. Also knowing that the Government would need about as much money as usual, we made up by the income tax feature tl?e loss in tariff taxes. "Republican orators assert that the Underwood tariff bill, even including the income tax feature, did not bring in revenue enough to conduct the Government?which is ab solutely untrue. Everybody knows that there is a deficiency in Ihe revenue and that the deficiency was caused, and still is being caused, by the Furopesn war." RESERVE AGENTS REPORT CONDITIONS MUCH IMPROVED Washington, Oct. 1.? Improved business conditions in practically all sections are reflected in reports from federal reserve agents in the 12 districts, made public today by the federal reserve board. The three southern districts report that present prices of cotton and efforts of the federal board to finance the crop have had a beneficial effect on other lines. With cotton at present prices, Richmond reports, a large part of the district's crops will move from first hands and the consequent liquidation .->f seasonal trade obligations will be generally helpful. Bright outlook in the cotton market in the Atlanta district says the report, is an important factor. Railroads show considerable increase in freight traffic. The tobacco belt indicates a crop in good condition with an average better than last year.