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RUSSIA SUFFERS
INFERNAL STRIFE
Fighting Against French Net
Crown Prince's Army Some
Slight Gains.
The taking over of the government
of the great fortress of Kronstadt by
the local council of workmen's and
soldiers' delegates and strike outbreaks
in many of the large munition
factories of Petrograd indicate that
the new provisional g overnment of
Russia is meeting with increased internal
opposition.
Kronstadt, twenty miles west of
Petrograd, is the main fortress guard
ing the Russian capital and is the
main port of entry to the capital
from the Baltic Sea. The workmen's
and soldiers' delegates there not only
have taken charge of the town,
but have declared that they do not
recognize the provisional ^govern
i. mi.. -1 .J 4.1^4.
menu xiie council uunuuiiceu tuau
all relations between Kronstadt and
Petrograd hereafter will be carried
out only through the Petrograd
branch of the workmen's and soldiers'
delegates, which recently caused
the overthrow of several members
of the Russian cabinet.
More than 120 of the largest factories
in Petrograd are threatened
with a complete tie-up because of
strike demands made by workmen.
Several factories already have been
tied up by strikes and a conciliation
board is endeavoring to bring about
an agreement between the workmen
and their employes.
Continuing his isolated attacks
against the French lines, the German
crown prince on Friday threw his
troops forward north of Moulin de
Laffaux, where the battlefront bends
northeast of Soissons, and against
the battle scarred positions on Hill
304, on the Verdun front.
Checked Thursday in his attempt
to hold positions won on Mont Haul
in Champagne, the crown prince had
better success in his efforts to retake
the French line near Moulin de Laffaux.
The Germans gained a foothold
in some advanced trenches and,
while counter-attacks by the French
troops forced them to retire irom
most of the elements taken, they
still maintain tenure of a portion of
them. French artillery fire sufficed
to check the German efforts against
Hill 304, the Germans suffering
heavy losses.
There has been increased artillery
firing, in the Ypres sector in Belgium
Both London and Berlin comment in
their communications on the activity
of the heavy guns in that region.
The inactivity in infantry fighting
on the Arras portion of the front
during the last several weeks is
shown by the report of British captures
during May. These amounted
to 3,41 _ Germans and only one large
German gun. In April the British
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tuutt. mure uiaii pxi^uueis aim
_57 large guns and howitzerg.
YOUNG MEXICANS
LEAVING THE U. S.
Laredo, Texas, June 4.?More than
300 Mexicans, mostly young men,
were waiting here when the Mexican
consulate opened today to get passports
to enter their native country.
It is reported they are leaving the
United States because of the impression
they are subject to draft.
THE STUDY CLUB.
The Study Club will resume its
regular meetings at the home of Mrs
G. A. Neuffer next Tuesday morning.
BELLEVUE ON HAND.
All the good friends from Bellevue
came to town last Friday to
take in the Orr meeting. As a community
Bellevue has more good citizens
and good livers than any place
we know. We are always glad to
see them in town.
PROF. RISER HERE IN JULY.
Prof. Riser, the new Superinten
dent of the city schools will arrive
in Abbeville about July 10th. to begin
his work for the fall session of;
the schools. The people of the city i
will have a chance to meet him and
to get acquainted with him and Mrs. i
Riser before the actual work begins.1
ONLY" SIXTEEN ARMY CAMPS;
THIS STATE WILL GET ONE
War Departknent Cuts Number of
Cantonments in Two?Act of
Economy.
Washington, June 1.?Important
revisions in the plan for training the
war army have been made by the
| War Department, which announced
I today that the half million to be
called to the colors in September will
be concentrated in sixteen cantonments
instead of thirty-two, and that
many of the forces probably would
be put into tents instead of wooden
barracks.
Lack of funds, material, labor and
transportation facilities. Secretary
Baker said, were determining influences
in the decision to reduce the
t number of cantonments. The larger
j number would have made a much
greater demand on the overtaxed re'
sources at the department's command.
Four Sites Chosen.
Although the change will upset all
the tentative plans for camp locations
it is not expected to delay the mobilization
of the draft army. Four of
the sixteen cantonment sites under
the new plan already have been selected.
The four sites selected are
at Atlanta, American Lake, Wash.,
Ayre, Mass., and Wrightown, N. J.
Secretary Baker intimated the build
ing would proceed as rapidly as possible.
A more plentiful supply of canvas
than expected made it possible to
put some of the troops under tents.
Most of the tents used probably will
be placed at Southern camps.
In making the announcement Secretary
Baker said also that forces in
excess of those which could be cared
for in the sixteen cantonments would
be placed under canvas. This was
taken as referring to National Guard
divisions.
Sixteen Guard Divisions.
There is no indication of an intention
to alter the plan for formation
of sixteen divisions of the guard.
The question of filling these up to
war strength probably will not be
settled until selection of men for
military service in the draft army
begins. It is possible that it will be
found better at that time if the State
forces have not hp.en rerriiiteH tn
full strength, to consolidate into a
small number of divisions, but under
the law either the regulars or
guards can be filled up with men
from the selected lists.
Meantime the National Guard
nuits of the Eastern portion of the
country will be drafted into the federal
armies on July 15. Undoubtedly
they will be put under canvas as
rapidly as divisional mobilization is
ordered and the plan of training virtually
all guard divisions in the
Southern section of the country will
be adhered to. The guard already
has a considerable supply of tenage
and the machinery of the Council of
National Defense is at work endeavoring
to secure enough for all forces
with little delay.
All of the guard units will have i
been drafted into service by August |
5. That does not mean, however,
that all will have been ordered to divisional
training camps at that time,
Presumably the best equipped and ,
recruited forces will be made ready |
first for duty abroad. More than 60,-1
000 guardsmen are engaged in police ,
work guarding bridges, factories and |
other structures and that work will I
jhave to be kept up
The task of building a cantonment i
I is a big one. Miles of roads, water,,
| sewer and light construction must be J
put in. More than 2,000 buildings.
; must be erected in each camp and
railway connections must be estab-1
lished. To begin the simultaneous
construction of thirty-two such cities,
officials feel would have been
more than the resources of the de-1
partment or of the country could j
have borne without seriously inter- !
rupting the ordinary course of com-,
mercial life.
Augusta, June 1.?Gen. Wood, in
an interview here tonight, said he
has received no orders to alter ori-,
final rtlans for armv cantonments,
! and that if the number has been rej
duced, he is of the opinion that it is
only a temporary arrangement, and
that all places in the department
designated for army camps will ultimately
get them. Atlanta, Macon J
and Columbia to get their camps at
once. |
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NATIONAL GUARD
TO FRANCE SOON
Intnffiripnf Moncv. IV?r?r and Mi
terial for 32 Camps, War Department
Declares.
Washington, June 1.?Specia
Again the plants of the War Depar
ment as to cantonments have bee
changed, and all previous announc<
ments concerning sites are in dout
except as to very few places. It i
regarded here as practically certai
that there will be a cantonment ?
Columbia and one at Atlanta.
Secretary of War Baker today tol
newspaper men that after the d<
partment commanders had been cal
ed upon to make recommendatior
upon the basis of thirty-two cantor
ments for the entire country, th
quarter-master general's departmen
in cooperation with the Council c
National Defense, had found that th
cost of so many cantonments woul
be in excess of the appropriation
made by Congress for the purpose
and that it would be impossible, o
account of labor, material and trans
portation conditions, to build such
large number.
It was also explained that th
supply of tentage has so increase
that it will be practicable to, hous
in tents a considerable proportion c
the draft army which would othei
wise have been sheltered in woode
structures.
The army war college has recoir
mended that the number of cantor
ments be reduced to sixteen, and th
chief of staff is in communicatio
with the department commander
wiht regard to the sites to be selecl
ed on this new basis.
As to the Southeastern Depart
ment, instead of twelve cantonment
as heretofore contemplated, ther
would be only three under the nei
arrangement. One of these woul
De in iNortn uaronna, Tennessee an
South Carolina, division; one in th
Georgia, Florida and Alabama divis
ion. and one in the Louisiana, Miss
issippi and Arkansas division.
However, there have been so man
changes already that it is not certai
that the new plan will be final. Cor
gress is said by many of its member
to be ready to grant additional ap
propriations to defray the increase
cost of cantonments and there is a
important consideration involved a
to the National Guard. Gen. Taske
H. Bliss, acting chief of staff of th
army, is in favor of sending the Na
tional Guard to France for traininj
with a view to its utilization on th
battle front. The original plans as t
cantonments contemplated the train
ing of the guard in these camps a
home.
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congress is in uetiucmy
ieal state as to this idea of sendin;
the National Guard abroad at onc<
If the guard is trained in this coun
try, sixteen cantonments will hardl;
be sufficient, unless ther size is great
ly increased over the former esti
mates.
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SUBMARINES FIRE
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Boat's Gunners Send Explosive be
Shells in Direction of .the sj]
Submersible*. 0f
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New York, June 3.?Two German nc
t- submarines made a concerted torpe- V1'
n do attack on the American line or
steamship Kroonland on 'ier last out- w
ward voyage from this port, firing b
>t four torpedoes, two of wh.;ch hit the i
is liner glancing blows, according to a to
n report brought here by an American ar
kt recently in England. c?
The liner was nearing the British 17
d coast, the American was informed,
?_ when two torpedoes fired from oppo1.
site sides of the vessel from sub- v1
l3 merged u-boats were seen. Both tori
pedoes missed the bow of the ship ?
e by less than 20 feet.
t, The Kroonland already was going g6
if at high speed and then a vigilant '
e officer on the taidg.e gave orders to
d zigzag. Quickly two more torpedoes ea
l8 were launched. This time the aim of
5| the Germans was better, for themisn
siles actually tx uchc d the sides of the
liner, but the blows were not sufficia
ently directed l;o explode the torpe- jjj
doesi. The nav-al gunners on the in
e Kroonland opeaed fire at the unseen
d targets, sending explosive shells into ^
ie the water at tlie points it was judg- ar
,f ed the submersiibles were when the
torpedoes were launched.
11 OWENS SPEED WINS PRIZES.
1 Sunday's Columbia State of May,
27th has the following to say of
Owens Speed: "Howard Owens |a"
n Speed of Abbeville, won the col- ?
, lege prize for l.he best work in phar"~;macy
and also the Cole L. Blease 0J
u jmcuai ivi puoj uiavj*
^ j Owens Speec- is the son of Dr. and tir
iMrs. P. B. Speed and his parents
^jand friends heve and elsewhere con- ^
^ j grat.ulate him :?n these medals and i ^n<
^ for carrying o.'F the honor of his Je<
j class. This is a grsat deal of pleas- .sai
ure to his people and to his friends ;mc
| to know that he has made such a,?12
I brilliant record throughout his en-,
; tire college career, both at the an
Citadel of which he is a graduate and
"[also at the Medical College in Char- *ei
|leston. His record is one of whom as
( j Abbeville is indeed proud.
^ | Owens was sfiven his diploma in
pharmacy a month earner in oraer , ?
to enter the Training Camp at Fort
i Oglethorpe. ; tio
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e | THE D. A. R. MEETING. a 1
th;
= I The D. A. R's will hold a meeting j
e, Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock,
0 | in the club rooms in the city hall, j
~ All members are urged to be present. I
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OFF FOR THE SUMMER. M<
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g Miss Carolir a Graves leaves this
i. ;week for Augusta, where she will.Gi
.- spend sometime with relatives. She Gr
y | will spend a portion of her summer, thi
also with friends in the mountains, nu
' tt ? ~ j" v* awn +v?nf v> i
I- ner many mcnua nupc iai 1
J cation will be pleasant indeed. ,coi
WY DOORS OPEN
AFTER REGISTER
recruiting Officer* Go to Every
Section of South Carolina
Tomorrow.
Columbia, June 4.?Men who regter
tomorrow, Lieut. 0. F. Cooper,
ivy recruiting officer, at Columbia,
nphasizes, are eligible for enlistent
in the navy prior to the time
e selective draft goes into effect.
In order that no young South Car
inian should fail through lack of
formation to consider the navy and
cruiting officer, has arranged to
ive representatives tomorrow at
rery county seat in the State who
5 needs, Lieut. 0. F. Cooper, navy
ill be prepared to answer all inquies
concerning navy life, pay, prootion
and opportunities. These men
ill also conduct examinations and
ill furnish free transportation to
jlumbia for all qualified applicants
t the navy.
Recruiting parties left Columbia
irly Saturday morning and by toght
will have canvassed a large part
; the State. Moving pictures, slides
:picting actual navy life, lectures,
jrsonal canvassing and every legitiate
means will continue to be used
secure recruits. Few if any men
gistering in any of the county seats
morrow will escape the solicitation
' these vigilant workers. The navy's
west pay is now $32.60 and all livg
expenses furnished free.
Four hundred more men are needl
in South Carolina before the call
; the president to this State has
sen answered. The total enlistment
nee January 22 is 601 recruits, 19
' whom are from other States.
Spartanburg county led the coun;s
of the State late Saturday after>on
in navy recruiting, having proded
43 men, Richland coming secid
with 42 and Greenville third
ith 29. Less than five men have
ien enlisted from Bamberg, Chesr,
Chesterfield, Colleton, Georgewn,
Hampton, Pickens, Saluda,
id York counties. Only one reuit
has been secured from each of
e following counties: Abbeville,
jrkeley, Calhoun and Cherokee.
;aufort county has yet to contriite
its first recruit to this arm of
e service.
Among the postmasters of the
ate who have been alive to the
eds and opportunities of the navy,
B. James of Union and Dr. Dick,
Sumter, have enlisted most men,
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.in Having iittu ?JL nicii acceptcu.
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LUSTRATED TRAVELOGS
ON THE WAR
Rev. H. W. Pratt will deliver five
ustrated travelogs on the War now
progress, at the Opera House on
mrsday nights, beginning June
h. The titles of these travelogs
e as follows:
June 7th?War Lords.
June 14th?Conquest of Belgium.
June 21st?Teutonic Allies.
June 28th?Russia at War.
July 5th?Constantinople.
These travelogs are under the
spices of the Library Association
Abbeville, the admission will be
cents per lecture for young and
i, children the same price as the
ults, and the proceeds will go enely
to the Library Association.
The Opera House management
11 furnish Burton Holmes-Para>unt
movies illustrating the subit
of the lecture, provided the
me can be secured. These Para- j
>unt films are the finest on the (
irket, and the slides for the trav)gs
are furnished by Underwood
d Underwood, the same firm which .
rnished those used during the winr.
Further notices will be given
the lectures progress.
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"Life in the United States Navy"
the title of a government picture
lich Mr. Pratt will show in connecn
with the travelogues. Mrs. Min- '
ill, the local postmistress, received
telegram Tuesday morning stating,j,'
it the picture would be sent here..,!
ON A RECRUITING TRIP.''"0"
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W. D. Wilkinson and Corporal '
tmbree spent from Friday1^' tihtiTr
rnday in the city with ':W.'D.'g1'
mepeople and friends.':,:Tlh,ey are:'i
:mbers of the Andersbn Machine
in Co., but have been $1Miohed';'&t '
eenville the past \thfte. They made 1
2 trip though thtf'country to
ichine gun trudk. " i.wiujor,
Claude Wilkinson has joined thisji
mpany and is leaving today. ji
HONOR THEIR 1
FALLEN COMRADES I
Veterans in Washington, Assembling
for Reunion, Pay Tribute to the
South'* Dead at Arlington.
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Washington, June 3.?ConfederX
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aie veterans nere lor tneir annual
reunion went to Arlington today and
paid tribute to the South's dead.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson ~.yj
attended the services but the president
did not speak. He received an
ovation from the old soldiers, however,
and many shook hands with , '?1
him.
The exercises, held in the shadow y' $
of the monument erected to the Con- 'k
federate dead by the women of the 'sJ
'Confederacy, were opened with the rl
'sound of the assembly call by the ^
[ marine band and the singing of "The !'
I Star Spangled Banner" by a special '*
[choir, the old soldiers and the audi'ence
helping to swell the refrain.
Flowers were strewn on the graves - -j
and special services were held at the
| tomb of the unknown dead and the
grave of Gen. Joe Wheeler. - ''/*
Gen. Bennett H. Young, past com- -
mander-in-chief of the veterans, and
Representative Frank Clark of Florido
were the orators. ' iMm
"We are here to honor our Confederate
dead who gave their, lives ;j
for one of the noblest principles that
ever muveu iiuuian nearis, nervea ' ,,
human arms or stirred human souls
?the precious doctrine Of self gov- ;;
efnment," Gen. Young said. ' $|
"Our blessed republic is now en- ;4
gaged in the greatest of all wars. .!
The human imagination can not yet
grasp the figures that shall estimate
and calculate the losses of this stu- ?,
pendous conflict. We know full well
that the American nation will measure
up to the most exacting demands
of humanity, and shall with fullest
hope and without a single fear abide
the hour when the world will witness j
the complete triumph of the principles
of a people's government and a .
true democracy." ' !,
The exercises were under the t
auspices of the local organization of
the United Confederate Veterans,
Sons of Veterans, Daughters of the
Confederacy and the Southern Relief
Society of the District of Colum- . ,
bia. The annual memorial exercises,
a feature of every reunion, will beheld
in the Confederate section of
Arlington on Wednesday The veterans
will go over in a body headed
by Gen. George P. Harrison, the
commander in chief. Bishop Collins.
Denny, of Richmond, Va., will be
the orator.
NEW SCHOOL TEACHERS.
At a meeting of the trustees , of
this school district held on last Thursday
evening the faculty of our
schools was completed by the election
of Miss Wood, of Woodruff, and_
Lynch, of Lancaster*, and Professoi^
Rembert, of Richland county, (aa^.
teachers in hte High School,
Miss Etta Allen of South Amboy/^N^
J., as teacher for the fourth g^ade^
Miss Allen spent last winter ux '
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ADDevnie at tne nome 01 miss oifpw ,
Haskell. She has been teaching for1
, ? , Ala ;
a number of years and is a ?OUTi%
lady of fine attainments'*an<i,(wili'rndj
doubt be a very accepta&fe teactier ^
in the Grammar Sclioot ^he^ther'^
teachers in the Hi^h'" ?cffoo? 'and^'
perintendent Riser jaTter invest!-"'
gation, and it is'fteii^ve^'that
*vill make splendid teachers'llfor'the"'
High School? 4&J '
The trustees have' #ecide&'to a'cftl'"
the eleventh grade lo the "course''' off1
study so that pupils from our schools
may enter'any of tlie cotieges pi:r&ie
kij/v. !?r o )if)a iiiv'.vj
state without examination. After
this ,year pupils from ,sciiools''
only" ten' grades'will "not be allowed""
to enter the colleges" "of* &'e state c
exempt ujport'&xkWiin6!titttl["" i
1 ' .ico;iui ,iir.-i.i; - a. 'iv/i'.'U
THE BUTLER:.GUARI> MEMBERS.,/
' flliv''Mm, H?f * ? ** !- ? I r<uti\u
1 The. boys iwhonbave- becojne.itmemf' !
bere of the-Butler Guaards arej-iChafc.
Armor, John. McGlellan*.: Ansel /iPufer-, r
man*.'Casper little, MiFurman Loug-oj
shoney ; G;. Stevenson* . >Leonav>i.I
Whitlock, John Calvert, Maek. Rekl/..'t
nnnLnmrfU R.mnrit" n'Ramoij i
Irwin 'Kirby, Gary Evans, .Tom..Shem/.
krd.i? All of< these boys hava tiasso.i.,;.
the:!examinatioa' and .Rave been
cepted. James Cox could not get in
on account of his eyes.
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