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Food Will Win The War; Buy Liberty Bonds J| Abbeville Press and BannerJ Established 1344. $1.50 the Year ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12,1?17. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year NEW PEACE OFFER , MADE BY GERMANY STATE DEPARTMENT PUTS NO FAITH IN KAISER'S OFFERS. Surrender of Belgium and French Territories to Be Basis of the Proposal. Amsterdam, Oct. 9.?The reichstag main committee this afternoon rejected the Socialists' motion for a > v censure of Vice Chancellor Helfferich on account of Helfferich's refusal to submit to interpellations at Saturday's reichstag meeting. Amsterdam, Oct. 9.?Germany and Austria haveagreed to make another peace offer on the basis of no territorial aggrandizement, surrender of Belgium and the French territories and no indemnity on either side, according to the Berlin Tages Zeitung today. The newspaper asserted it made the announcement "on good authority." No details were given on' how the rumored peace offer would be - J J ^ auvaiiceu. Speculation here was that Chancellor Michaelis might make some sort of a peace announcemnt today in his postponed speech advertised as likely to outline Germany's war aims. A sensational session of the reichstag is expected, according to Berlin reports, One dispatch said Chancellor Michaelis was absent from Berlin, but in contradiction other messages * reported him ready to speak. Reported Peace Maneuver Discredited at Washington. Washington, Oct. 9.?Berlin's reported new peace maneuver was re-; garded by officials here today just as| all her previous feelers?designed to * save her present holdings before the crash comes and to discourage America's war preparations. , At the state department it was repeated that President Wilson's pronouncement on peace still stands; there can be no negotiations with the Teutons while Hohenzollern au^AAna/iir^viefe "NJrk ic Hv IASWav~jr ^AIOWJ. Aiv *V.? w?? ?W -.y ' government officials here in any German proffer, especially in light of recent revelations of how Germany engineers her peace moves. ? . ? ? BLACK OFFICERS IN NEGRO COMPANIES Will Be Commissioned and Distributed-to Commands as They Are Needed. Washington, Oct. 8?Army officers left here today with commissions to be presented to successful candidates at the negro officers' training camps at Des Moines, Iowa, who are comDletinfr a four months' course of instruction. The new officers will be assigned to negro units in the regulars, National Guard and National > Army as needed, and it is probable that none will hold higher rank for the present than company commander. The war department has worked out completely its policy in the moi bilization of negro troops and will announce the full plan tomorrow. Officers familiar with its details believe it will provide for efficient use of the troops and prove entirely satisfactory in all sections of the f country. TO SUCCEED McMASTER Harry G. Coker Candidate for Insurance Commissioner. Harry G. Coker Tuesday announced his candidacy for insurance commissioner to succeed F. H. McMaster Mr. Coker is a native of Darlington county and is a cousin of David * R. Coker. He received his prmary education at the Connie Maxwell Or-! P1, ^nf?p:e. Greenwood, and then attended the university for a time. For four years he was in the office of the1 State superintendent of education. He is now in the employ of the Am-j orinnn Railwav Association. MR. GASTON HURT. The friends of Mr. T. C. Gaston will be sorry to know that he fell off of his wagon the first of the week and was hurt. He was shaken up considerably but not seriously and will soon be able to be around and about. COL W. Y. MILLER k DIED MONDAY NIGHT AGED CONFEDERATE VET- er ERAN ANSWERS ROLL CALL. m Funeral* Was Held on Wednesday W Afternoon at Three O'clock at the Residence. Anderson, Oct. 9.?Mr. William Y. m | Miller died at his home on bouth IMain street at 9 o'clock Monday ev- ^ jening. He had been in declining 1 : health for several months and his 'death was not altogether unexpected, j although his condition Monday was'fc inot any worse than it had been dur-|IXl ing the past few days. He was able; | to come to the business district oflm i the city in an automobile on salesday, | and was able to go for an automo-|jn bile ride with Gen. C, A. Reed to his old home in Rock Mills township on last Thursday. Mr. Miller stated Q O at the time to Gen. Reed, practically 50 a life long friend, that his illness w was getting more serious, and that! he realized that he had only a few tr days to remain on this earth. Si Mr. Miller, was born in Abbeville j county, August 3rd, 1837, and was, H therefore, a little more than 80 years of age at the time of his death. He^aj | married Miss Sara Ross of Abbeville j county, and to this union several | I children were born. The surwing, children are: Messrs. Joe Miller of: , Akron, 0., and Julius Miller of Gedfigia, and Mrs. Willie Price of Geor-jP gia. He is also survived by one sis-! | ter, Mrs. Anna Miller Stark, of Ab-!^ beville, who with Mrs. Price was at his bedside when the end came. Mr. Miller joined the Trenholm' squadron, known as the Rutledge! Mounted Riflemen, in 1863, and was:^ with this command on the South! Carolina coast until February, 1864, when the squadron was ordered to Virginia. When the Seventh South Carolina cavalry was formed in Vir- ^ ginia the Trenholm Squadron was ineluded in this new organization, and Mr. Miller remained with this com- ^ mand until the surrender. He was in' pr many of the principal engagements jj( and battles, and escaped them all j without being wounded. i. ; UC Shortly after the close of the war i %vi Mr. and Mrs. Miller moved to An- se derson county and located in Rock! Mills township where Mr. Miller was h0 : engaging in farming and school ev teaching. He also taught school in I other sections of the county. He \y | lived in Rock Mills township near his js twin brother, Mi*. George Miller, who gr jwas Gen. Reed's brother-in-law, and da who died about twenty years ago. 0t Later Mr. Miller moved to the city an of Anderson, buying his home place j be on South Main street. jer Mr. Miller, who was affectionately! known as "Col. Billy," had a genial, I sunshiny disposition, and was always I in a good humor. Because of his like- y able disposition he had friends where ever he went, and these friends will ica be distressed on learning of his, death. j^ : stz The funeral was held Wednesday) afternoon at 3 o'clock, from theig( residence, South Main street. DEATH OF MRS. GLENN. ij Mi Mrs. K. S. Glenn died Wednesday; morning at the home of her son, Mr.jV1' iJ. R. Glenn. For the past fifteen; j years she has been a semi-invalid,!^ jbut the immediate cause of her death I was a deep seated cold. !^e I She was born in Lincoln county, an j Georgia, and was 77 years old. She^. 'lived at Philomath, until she came! !to make her home with her son in our town. Her father established -j ! the Presbyterian church at that place of which she was a member an and on account of the sentiment at- . IW1 Itached she did not move her membership here. g Her husband, one young daughter and two sons, one of whom died in Mexico, have preceded her to the jyj, grave. She is survived by her son, | Mr. J. R. Glenn. Mr. and Mrs. Qilenn and son, Jfran-jwi cis, accompanied by Rev. H. W. Pratt, left yesterday with the re-!m( mains. Funeral services and the interment will be in Philomath. ^ The sympathy of the community goes out to this family in their bereavement. an i * v.' AMERICA MUS WASTE AND Smith Carolina must, nnrchase ty Loan Bonds. Two hundred and fifty thousan ust be registered in the food sav The call of President Wilson f ar must be answered. Thousands of young South Gar id the people at home must save The registration of all of the h ovement will take place daring tl Several thousand volunteer wor arolina is to succeed. Appeal is hereby made for pat 5t in touch with the chairman o] inse, the chairman of the Libert; ake these movements a success The ministers of the State are lOvements from the pulpits. The school teachers are urged t i the school rooms. The farmers of the State have ,oney. They are urged to inves Lie investment ana gooa msurai hich may follow the war. This appeal is made in the nann y. The call is urgent. It is a \\ suth Carolina must up hold the 1 The movement for the conserve erbert Hoover must be a succe; >ked to conserve the food supply jout the card. It is purely a pat DAVID P Food Administrator Chairman of the Stt YNODICAL10 MEET M HERE MONDAY >out 40 Delegates to the Synodical Jer f the Presbyterian Church to Be j Entertained Here Next Week. / The Synodical of the Presbyterian 1 urch will convene here next Tues- to y and continue through Wednes-jze y. Plans for the entertainment of con e officers of the Synodica 1 and sey esbyterial have been completed. ,plo )mes have been arranged and a|can t is given below. The ladies will.bee gin to arrive on Monday. Tuesday:era !! be devoted to the two business ern ssions. | 1 A reception will be given at the call me of Mrs. H. W. Pratt Tuesday!has ening. j Cai After the business sessions on cer ednesday a grand automobile ride: ' A I f t A1 on tne program, a complete pi uam will be published in our Tues-.lea' y's issue. The members of the .up her church societies of the city {sai< d county churches, are invited to jJ* rc present at the meetings and ev-j^on yone else that desires to come. j?? ' iare jan Officers of Synodical. jess( Mrs. A. A. Bramlett, Clemson Col-lane ?e, who is president of the Synodi-j 1, Miss Mabel Hall, of Atlanta, iwoi 10 is the Mountain Missionary,'the iss Mae Bailey, Greenwood, will Wh ly at Mrs. A. B. Morse's home. jpor Mrs. M. B. Johns, Secretary, of ser ;nnettsville, Mrs. T. J. Pelzer, with waj rs. L. W. White. far Mrs. C. N. Gignilliatt, Seneca, Mrs W. Cunningham, Jonesvillc, withi ?*s. E. R. Thomson. Miss Edith McCutcheon, BishopHe, with Mrs. T. M. Miller. Miss Louise Fleming and Miss Lily C atson of Greenwood, Miss Julia nin, win, Darlington, with Miss BessejMr: ie Cheatham. ; ter< "? ' ? * - ? -\K ivnss Harriet ivioore, 01 muure siui d Miss Daisy Bethea of Florence,.wa? th Miss Louise Brown. |and Mrs. L. L. Legters of Bishopville, iout d Mrs. N. E. Aull of Estill, withiFiv rs. Wisby. [and Mrs. N. G. Gonzales of Columbia, Gre d Mrs. James Reaves of Alcolu,! th Mrs. F. E. Harrison. Le^., Mrs. W. F. Madden and Mrs. T. j jy Bryan of Columbia, with Mrs.' wj4-i chard Sondley. j -y Mrs. F. L. Mays, Greenville, with wj^ rs. S. G. Thomson. ^ Mrs. N. Y. Alford of Wisacky, and L^] :s. T. W. DeVane of Liberty Hill, jy th Mrs. Calvert Thomson. jyjr, Mrs. Duncan McKenzie of Timmsville and Mrs. M. S. McKinnon jy Hartsville, with Mrs. D. H. Hill. gja Mrs. T. E. Stribbling, Seneca, and ^ ] rs. S. W. Hughes of Richland, with ^ rs. W. C. Sherard. Mrs Miss Annie Blake of Ninety Six, B d Miss Mattie McColl of Ben- at 1 '{Irk, ,J 'vl'i.i,^.v'-.iVj T STOP BUYBONDS -515,000,000 worth of Lib d South Carolina families ing movement. or America to organize for olinians have gone to fight food and buy the bonds, tomes in the food saving tie week of October 2JL to 28. kers will be needed if South r/otic South Carolinians to ! the county council of dey Loan committee and help in South Carolina. urged to discuss these vital 0 talk about the movements many millions of surplus t in Liberty Bonds. It is a ice against the he.rd . times 1 of the Liberty of our coun 'or measure. The people of lands of our president. ition of food as proposed by 5S. The people are simply . There is nothing ^binding riotic appeal. L. GOKER, for South Carolina, ite Council of Defense. AY DRAFT HEN TO III! FARMS sey's Governor Asks Permission to Use Draft Machinery to That End. Trenton, N. J.,Oct. 8.?Permission use the draft machines to mobilimmediately for farm work such scripts in the balance of New Jer's quota as wish temporary emyment pending the preparation of tonments to ^receive uhem has n asked of Provost Marshal Gen1 Crowder at Washington by Govor Edge. There are about 8,000 yet to be led into service but the governor been informed that quarters at np Dix will not be ready to re/e them 'all for some time. 'Many men selected for that seci of the chosen army scteduled to ye ior tamp uctooer a nave given their positions," Coverior Edge i today. For them to remain idle lonth or more is not only a peral hardship in many cases, for, course, while idle most of them receiving no pay, but it is also appalling waste of man power to entiai just now to the country I its industries. 'The farmer is short of help. His rk is as vital to the prose cution of war as the mobilization of troops ty not, therefore, create the optunity for these men to volunteer vice on the farm at the usual ?e, benefitting themselves, the mer and the country." VERNOR MANNING'S LAST SON LEAVES Columbia, Oct. 10.?Preston Mang, the youngest of Governor and 5. Manning's seven sons, left yesJay to enter the military academy the University of the South, Selee. This leaves the governor ! his wife for the first tine withone of their children at home, e of their sons are in the army one, Vivian Manning, is living in lenville. tsville, with Miss Mary E. Hill. Irs. A. S. Libby of Spartanburg, h Mrs. J. D. Kerr. Irs. Geo. Lunz of Charleston, ti Mrs. W. D. Barksdale. Irs. H. W. Allen of Greenville, i Mrs. Herbert Allen. Irs. J. A. Brunson of Sumter, and i. R. M. Jenkins of St. Charles, i Mrs. A. M. Smith. Irs. T. L. Hill of Aiken, and Mrs.! lock of Edgefield, with Mrs. G. Neuffer. liss Zula Darby of Chester, with i. Raiford Power. lev. E. P. Davis from Greenville, Sureka Hotel. iiieJij-- <'bf -ts " r.'. , . KERENSKY WINS j PROVISIONAL BODY GETS VICTORY OVER PARLIAMENT OF DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS. Will Only Act as Advisory Body? | Will Sit Until Constituent Assembly Convenes. Petrograd, Oct. 8.?The provisional government has apparently won a complete victory over the preliminary parliament, which is an outgrowth of the democratic congress. Tseretellie, one of the leaders of the parliament, informed Kerensky that the parliament had withdrawn all demands that the government be responsible to parliament and acceded to the governmnet's plan that parliament act merely in an advisory capacity. The parliament is officially chrisi tened the "Temporary council of the j Russian republic" and will sit until a 'constituent assembly convenes. The I government will work out the whole [program for parliament at its first isitting. NEGRO KILLS WIFE. . As a result of a shooting fray at j Hodges Tuesday afternoon, Annie May Butler, colored is dead, and her I husband, John Henry Butler, is in I the Greenwood county jail charged jwith murder. Hallette and Frank ! Scoggins and Cal Prince, young white jmen of Lowndesville, are held as accessories to the deed. I Evidence brought out at the coroInrr's inquest held at Hodges yesterday morning is to the effect that | the white men carried Butler to Hodges from Lowndesville for the | purpose of persuading his wife> to ; return home with him. After failing !in his mission, Butler told his wife .that the-Sheriff of Abbeville had 'come to take her and that the offi'cer's car was waiting at the road, indicating the automobile in which the white men were waiting. The third time Butler approached the house he hollered to the Scoggins ! boys to "crank up, I will be there in a minute." He then shot, it is alleged, so close to the woman that ' her clothing was set on fire. After !the fatal shot was fired the party 'proceeded at a very rapid rate to i Hodges, where they picked up i Prince. The automobile was ^st seen coming in the direction of Abjbeville at a rapid rate of speed. Immediately after the shooting j Rural Policeman Anderson was notified and he in turn communicated I olnf-n***n? _x r+ j i w ilii oiicnii mcinniiiii jal ureenwooa I who sent Rural Policeman McDowell jand Deputy. Sheriffs White and ISprouse to Hodges to aid in locating | the negro. The party came to Abi beville and obtained information to [the effect that Butler was working jfor Mr. Joe Hill. On reaching the ; Hill home the officers were informed jthat Butler had gone 'possum huntj ing, evidently not much worried j about the death of ,his wife. The lne??ro returned snnrt.lv nftpr miH j night and was placed under arrest. The white men were summoned as [witnesses at the inquest at Hodges] and were taken into custody upon [the conclusion of the testimony of j the witnesses. j The white men disclaim any! knowledge of the intent of the negro I iwhen they carried him to Hodges, I stating that they brought him backj jto Lowndesville after the shooting! because of the fact that they knew! |Mr. Joe Hill was on his bond for an' offense in Federal Court. It is said that there has been trou-j ble between Butler and his wife's! ; people and that he had made threats' i against them. Butler has recently been released1 i from jail on a bond given at the last term of Federal Court held, in I Rock Hill. He was placed under arrest a short time ago on the charge | of being a slacker and a true bill has been found against him. It is said that the negro carried the shot gun that was used, to Hodges with him. V V V COTTON MARKET V V Thursday's cotton closes at V V 27.32% V V Cotton seed $1.17 V > ^ GREECE GETTING 1 ; READY TO STRIKE LARGE AND EFFECTIVE ARMY IS BEING MADE READY. The Greek Foreign Office Declares That the Situation in That Coun- 01 try is Becoming Better. Washington, Oct. 10.?Greece- is. nearly raedy to put a large and effectiv army in the field to co-operate . with the allies, according to dis- v . Xgaj patches from the Athens foreign office to the Greek legation here. Lack of equipment is being remedied rapid ly with the allies' aid. Minister Roussosv yesterday gave the following summary of the situation ih his country as described in the legation's dispatches: "The situation in Greece is becoming more satisfactory every day. ; - { The people are thoroughly confident of the efficiency of their government *3 and they are willing to allow the present ministry to continue in the i*| work of reorganization of the re ou ui. vto ua biic tuui iw^, su Uittt w;g Greece may throw her full strength ; into the war. * "There is now no pro-German party irt Greece. In fact, such a party never existed save in the possession \ of King Constantine, aided by cer- 'M i tain members of his court. But he iknew the real feelings of the Greek 'people, who were attracted by tradition and sympathy with the western r principles of Europe, arid never dar- - v jed to openly expound his German >i ! connections. He did his best, on the contrary, to conceal them, speaking .. jj? always about his friends for the al- ? ! lies and trying to cpnvey the impres- 'sion that his attitude was that of benevolent neutrality. j "The Greek people had a real affec , tiun iur oneir King ana naa connanece f in his word, which accounts for the fact that his pseudo policy had many supporters. Finally, certain acts of the king's entourage created a suspicion in the minds of the pepole and they backed M. Venizelos in his Saloniki movement, which brought Greece frankly and loyally into the war. Today the real state of affairs as regards the court has been exposed. The abdicatibn of King Con- , iStantine without bloodshed or an upirising of the people indicates the ab- . sence of any organized pro-Greman feeling, although certain of the political opponents of M. Venizelos ar | using, the arguments that there aro* still German propagandists in the I ' "The reasoning people of Greece ^ad long realized that Constantine's .policy was carrying the country to 'ruin and relief was felt when he (abdicated. Perfect order now j-eigns jthroughcrt the country ard the malcontents have been disposed of. I " * V v "The French troops were received ; with great enthusiasm when they I landed at Piraeus. M. Venizelos is {cheered whenever he appears, as he * 4s very popular with all the people. (All events have proved that his policy was the only one Greece could ! adopt. . \ "King Alexander is in perfect ac|cord with his people and with the . government and his good faith is unquestioned. Greece will now use every effort to aid the common cause." N SULTAN OF EGYPT DEAD. London, Oct. 10.?The Daily Telegraph says it learns that the Sultan of Egypt died at noon Tuesday. Huss Ein Kemal was chosen by Great Britain in 1914 to succeed his ur.cle, Khedive Abbas Hilmi, as ruler of Egypt, simultaneously with the proclamation of a British protector ate. His father was Khedive from 1865 to*1879. UNION TO HAVE HOSPITAL. Union, Oct. 8.?Union is to have a hospital a* an early date. Dr. A. P. McElroy and Dr. P. K. Switzer have rented the Gault Building and The Times Building and both are being fitted up for patients. The promoters of the enterprise will open the doors to all regular physicians who desire to treat patients in the institution and will welcome such cooperation from other physicians.