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. ; Abbeville Press and Banner . j'4 ? Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Dec. 18, 1917. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year VOTE ON PI CAS1 Advocates Nation-wide Dry Amendment Confident of Victory. . RECESS FOR HOLIDAYS WILL START TO-DAY Ma?y I aportant Matters Disposed f m Fortnight Since Body As teabled?Senate Resumes In. estimation of Sugar and Fuel Shortage. Washington, Dec. 16.?With an unusual record for business accomplished at a pre-holiday session already made, congress turns tomorrow to a clean up ofdomestic legislation before the Christmas - holidays, after which it proposes to devote itself exclusively to war problems. Adjournment next Tuesday until Thursday, January 3?a holiday recess somewhat longer than usual?is planned. Since the session began a fortnight ago congress has declared war against Austro-Hungary, extended the President's $100,000,000 war " 1 * 1 AU* (fOOQ emergency iuna, passeu me ^ouur 000,000 postoffice appropriation bill through the house and launched several important investigations, including those into the army and navy war preparations and the sugar and fuel shortages. To be squeezed into the two days before the recess is much other im' portant legislation and during the recess committees will proceed with investigations and drafting of appropriation bills to follow into the new year. * Prohibition Vote Today. Chief in interest now is the nation-wide prohibition question to be voted on by the house tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. Prohibition advocates are confident of cconsid L1? n+-V*ck KrA-tliirHc msi erauiy mux c man wnv ?? jority necessary for approval of the resolution for submission to the State of a national prohibition amendment to the constitution. The ' resolution was adopted August 1, last year by the senate by a vote of 65 to 20. Action by the States? . three-fourths of which must approve before theamendment becomes effective?is required in seven years by the house resolution ! and six years under the senate reso>lution. Consider Navy's Work. Plans to begin inquiry into tht navy's war activities will be made tomorrow by the house naval subcommittee at a preliminary meeting. " Investigation of the sugar and ? ' - ?:n l? # IUC1 snorwi^e win uc x couutvu wmorrow by the senate manufactur^ ers subcommittee. PERSHING REPORTS SEVENTEEN MISSING Lo?t Accouet of November 30tl When Turning Movement at ' ' " Cambrai Occurred. Washington, Dec. 16.?Seventeer unlisted men of the United State: engineering corps were reportec missing in action by Gen. Pershing -? ? J*??^nonor+. if1 ?B iu#|invvil tw WC 1IW a/vyiur raent. Th^y were missing on Nov ember 30, the day of the Germar turning movement at Cambrai, anc are believed to have fallen into th< hands of the Germans while fighting valiantly with the engineer contin gent which distinguished itself help ing the British to check the attack The missing men corsisted o1 Sergt. Paul M. Sweenson and Cor poral Frank Upton, both of Nev York, and fifteen privates, all o: New York, New Jersey and the Nev England States. ROHIBU r IN HOUSE | A GLANCE OVER tur r-ni tmtd\ lnc V/Uun n\ J News in a Condensec i Form to Be Read By the Busy Reader. General Pershing reported to th 1 War Department that four men ha died in Franco from natural causes i Higher prices for coal has bee j ordered by the Fuel Administrate: | for ship bunkers and for export. The holiday vacation of th schools in a number of places i being lengthened in order to sav the coal. Frank Gotch, the champion wrest ler, is dead. He had amassed i large fortune. Liquor permits are on the in create. Nineteen thousand hav been issued since the law becam effective. The extraordinary session of th I congress of Feru could not be con ver.ed on account of the lack of i quorum. j The coal situation is still ver; | critical. The Fuel Administrator : call on everybody to help conserv ! the small supplies. : | The Clyde Line wants to cance I their second class and stecrag . | rates for passengers from New Yor : to Southern and Southwestern port J This would mean an increase ii passenger rates. 1 Mrs. Kate Ricahrds O'Hara, edi I tor of a Socialist paper in Nortl Dakota, was sentenced to serve fiv I years in the penitentiary at Jeffei . son City. It is asserted that sh ; discourage obedience to the drafl law by utterance that she made i: | a speech at Bowman, N. D. There are thirty thousand gai ment makers in New York city wh are out of employment and withou prospects of any work in the nea future. They are women and hav called on Samuel Gompers, Presi '' dent of the Federation of Labor t ; use his influence to have them sen i to work making garments for th government. Eighty cars loaded with coal wer i left standing in the Birminghar j district on the railroad tracks a [ j one place. The destination woul .'not be ascertained. In West Vii . ginia several cars loaded had bee standing on the tracks since th ! middle of October. Whose fault i j that? lj * Henry Ford believes in Unifie Railroad System. The secret of hi 1 belief lies in his last sentence a follows: In the country 80 per cer of the road hauling is done on 2 per cent of the highways. If thi t 20 per cent of the roads is rebuil } of concrete, trucks and automobile I will take over much of the shorl , haul business and bring land an ' city nearer together. 1 Claude S. Spreckles, President c * the Federal Sugar Refining Con i pany, asserted that raw sugar froi f Cuba was passing through Ne1 " York for Canada, where refinei " are permitted to pay higher price; He put in evidence a letter in whic F Mr. Hoover declined to allow hii - to pay a higher price for the ra1 7 sugar saying that speculators wer f holding the sugar in Cuba for higl r er prices and that the America standard price would be znaintainet NEUTAALSANDALLIESI SWAP SUPPLIES t I A : A T _ : i /liucricau rtimy i n i, France Helps Fight On U-Boats ! r PURCHASE EVERYTHING ] POSSIBLE IN WAR ZONE 1! ] Neutral* and Allies Are Swapping J Supplies From Surplus of U. S. Forces?General Trade e ] ^ | Agreement. " i 1 With the American Army in ^ n France, Dec. 16.?The army itself is g n helping to best the submarine. Fig- , ures just made available show that j | wie .fiinencan expeuiuunary xurue j < e: has released the ships of the allies c s i of the task of carrying many thou- j e sand tons of army material, the ] j ships being utilized for other serv| ices. ? This has been done through the t a activities of the general purchasing! t board, which has bought all the ma-' terial possible on this side of the! f Atlantic rather than order it ship- j e ped from the United States. | s ei The magnitude of the task is I | shown by the figures for the first jt : half of November, during which one j t | of the numerous branches of the i t ~| board bought in France, 26,000 tons! * a I i J of tools and equipment, 4,000 tons;? J of railway ties and 160 tons of cars, j y These purchases involved an expen-! I Siditure of 18,000,000 francs, a sum * e! of which goes to help the indus- Jc tries of France, while at the same J 1 time saving the cargo space of some; ? ^ twenty vessels of 1,600 tons each. | * j Before the American troops be-j ' gan coming across in great numbers I the system for buying supplies ofj ? ; food, timber for ties, steel rails and ( ! rolling stock had been worked out. j Ships had to be listed and so di-i rected that preferred shipments! i- could be speeded up. Vast quanti-i1 ^ j ties of coal had to be brought to J5 e ! France for the army and, if possi-j '"jble, the winter needs of the civilian 1 e 'population. t ; Moreover, similar work had to be j done for the British, French and! i Italian governments. During the j course of the transactions the allies ( > sell to one another their respective j i o surplus and also negotiate with neu-j 't.trals. j( r| Inter-Allied Trade. e For instance, if neutrals owning!^ '- timber needed cotton or coal they 3 o were supplied and thereby trans-., t formed into appreciative business! e irienas. ine new army purcnasingi, system played a large part in pre- j, serving the leading manufacturing^ e! industry of a neutral country to!, n which raw material had been sup-;( Lt' plied, the army receiving in cx-j, d change urgently needed war mater- i ] >!ial- | j n The price fixing policy which the n e United States has adopted at home i \ is' in certain articles is being carried j j # | I on by the army in France. Requisitions are sent to Washington only j! d | when the desired supplies are not! obtainable in Europe. . | ] ? I Whatever material is needed, IS | ^ whether food, steel, wool, cotton or q i zinc, the board confers with its vol- ' js I unteer advisers, selected from the 1 Ij., foreign branches of American com- ^ mercial houses, and these organiza- ' ^ tions give prompt advice with all 1 ^ their obtainable information. This aid also is shared with the allies, i who respond with coordinating ef- i iorts. >f ! i- Besides the meatless and wheat- \ ii less days, Anderson is to have two 1 w lightless nights. On Thursdas and j s Sundays the streets of Anderson , 3. will be without lights. This is on 1 h account of the shortage of coal. n * ? \WVVVVV vvvvvvvvv w V COTTON MARKET V ' 6 V Cotton 29 1-1 V ' l" V Seed $1.08 V : RUSSIANS AND HUN! SIGN ARMtSTIC Suspend Hostilities U til Jan. 14?Now Tal of Peace PEACE PARLEYS TO OPEN AT ON \rmistice Extends to All La Air, and Naval Forces Com mon to Both the Front* in the East. Berlin, Dec. 16.?Via London \.n armistice agreement betw< ;he Bolsheviki government is Rus ind the Teutonic allies was sigi it Brest-Litovsk Saturday, acco ng to an official communication sued today. The armistice 1 :omes effective at noon Monday i s to remain in force until Janui L4. A provision in the armist igreement is that peace negol ions are to begin immediately er the signing of the armistice. The text of the communicat ollows: "An armistice agreement v igned at Brest-Litosk yesterday jlenipotentiary representatives he Russian upper army administ ion on the one hand and those he upper army administration Sermany, Austria-Hungary, B faria and Turkey on the other hs "The armistice began at nc December 17, and remains in fo ill Januarv 4. 1918. Unless se^ lays' notice is given it continues sffect automatically. It extends ill the land, air and naval forces ;he common fronts. "According to clause 9 ,of ;reaty pcace negotiations are to fin immediately after the sign >f an armistice." Term# Agreed Upon. Petrograd, Dec. 16.?Annour nent was made today by the I ;heviki official news agency t Russia and Germany had agr jpon the terms of an armistice. RED CROSS CAMPAIGN. This week is to be used throu >ut the United States to sec nembers to the American 1 Uross. It is known as the Chr nas Campaign for membership. )bject of the campaign is to sec LO,000,000 additional members :he Red Cross in this country. 1 neans that one out of every jersons must join. The campaign will begin 1 norning. at ten o'clock in ev school district in Abbeville cour Committees have been appointed ivork among both the white : colored people. It is planned Hake as far as possible a house louse canvass of the county and ?ive every one a chance to si their loyalty and to do their d ?o their country. The membership fee is only $1 ser member. All that is necess is for you to give your name j address and $1.00 to the commit that calls upon you. We want to print the names ill those joining, in the papers school districts, and the school < trict securing the most names be the Banner Schopl District the County. This is an appeal po your pair ism. The reason this campaign nade is to show to our Soldiers, i Country and our Eneanies, that are in this fight to the finish i that those of us at home are go to do our part in giving the h and relieving the suffering amor our Holdiers, that is being so efl tually done through the Red Cr Money is needed of course, what is needed most right now our moral support, your memt 3hip in the Red Cross means t you tire interested in the welfare your sons and brothers who are (Continued on Page 6.) ; DIAZ'S LINE ! AGAINST nk ? HONOR PUPILS OF CITY SCHOOLS CE For Third Month Endnd? ing With December 8th. The following is the honor roll .? for the third month of the Graded sen and High School of this city: ;sia Grade I?Miss Bessie Epting, led teacher.?Mary Chalmers, Emily rd- Morse, Charlotte Reese, Anne Smith is- Sarah P. Smith, Sarah Thomson, Edna White, Jack Sutherland, Mike ?nd McDowell. ary Grade I.?Oscar Clark, Baskin Gibert, John Graves, Leon McCord, ice Margaret Maxwell, Janie Bell Mctia Ilwain, Virginia Starnes, Laura May af-1 Welsh.?Miss Coline Phillips, teachjer. ion [Grade II.?William Goode, Ralph! j Link, William McComb, Adair Ai/as | ken, Martha Calvert, Fannie Greene bvlEstelle Lyon, Jean Milford.?Miss of j Olive Brock, teacher. ra-i Grade II.?Leon Ellis, John Mcof | Murray, Ruby Brown, Agnes Eakin, of j Nell C. Flynn, Elizabeht Martin, ul- Julia Owen, Mary Norwood Perrin, ind Ethel Whaley, Minnie Ella Swetenjonjburg.?Miss Flora M. Timmons, rce j teacher. ren! Grade III?Sara Cowan, 95; Mar-| in j garet Flynn, 91; Pat Howie, 95;' to Irene McMahan, 92?Miss Richards,' of i teacher. I Grade III.?William Deadwyler, j the I 96; John Harrison, 94; Mary Bruce,! be-j 90; Ellen Carter, 92; Elizabeth Cor-' ingi ley, 95; Mary Ferguson, 95; Alma! 'Gaston, 93; Frances Jones, 90;j Ernestine McCord, 94.?Miss May Robertson, teacher. ice-j Grade IV.?Julian Ellis, 95; Mar-i tol-lion Poliakoff, 91; Margaret Able,j hat. 90; Sara Able, 90; Lucy Clark, 90;! eedjAnnie Bell Greene, 97.?Miss Sara1 i w. itidwaras, teacner. Grade IV.?William P. Greene, i Jr., 97; Willis Harrison, 96; James i McComb, 96; Rose Lee Anderson, i 96; Margaret Harrison, 98; Hazel ure McCurrey, 91; Rachel Minshall, 97;: ^e(*jAda L. Perrin, 98; Harriet Swope,' 's^";97; Pauline E. Welch, 90.?Miss E. L. Allen, teacher. ure Grade V.?Faster Barnwell, 97 ;j t0 Ellis Poliakoff, 94; Bessie Coth-! ran, 92; Anthony Tennant, 91;; ton Mary Carter, 91.?Miss Blanche Tarrant, teacher. t *s Grade V.?Ralph Bauknight, Bob 61 y i Link, Janie White, Mary Sweten-; 1 3" burg, Kathleen Schroeder, FranceSj Gilliam, Mary Fant.?Miss Kennedy j and . , I teacher. ?! Grade VI.?Caroline Chalmers. t0! Helen Cromer, Mary Shaw Gilliam, to'Mary Jones, Elizabeth Lyon, Anlow j nie Mabry, Debbie Owen, Willie Utyj Bowit, Bernard Roche.?Miss Ten! nant, teacher. .00: Grade VII.?Elizabeth Thomson, aryj Emmie Haigler, Maria Neuffer, Germd j trude McMahan, Ada Faulkner, :tee| Thelma Seal, Wi^ie Eakin.?Miss J Lillian Swetenburg, teacher, of | Grade VIIL?Relen Milford, bvi Mary White. jis-J Grade DC.?Ralph Lyon, fielen ivill Eakin, Rebecca Edmonds, Cathe*of ine Faulkner, M^y H. Greene, Victoria Howie, Mary Stevenson. i0t_ Grade X.?Margaret Cox, Alpha is Graves, Helen Haigler, Mary Reed our Moore,?Miss Wood, teacher. we Grade XI.?Fannie DnPre, Eliind Jiabeth Faulkner. ing " ie]p j A war order in England is to ,gst 'the effect that the tops of Jadies fee- shoes to be made of leather is to oss. measure onl 7 inches in height and but | of any other material only 8 inches. is Gen. U. R. Brooks, a gallant Con>er federate Veteran is dead. He died ,hati at his home in Columbia Sunday of morning at the age of 71 years. He in wa sfor over twenty-five years clerk of the supreme court , HOLDS i INVADERS *" A3 Armies of Central Empires Fail to Reach Plains of Italy HUNS SCORE SUCCESS AT CAPRILLE HILL French Worst Enemy in Champaiga Region and North of Chemin det Dames?British . Maneuver in Cambrai Sector Results in < 1 Capture of Prisoners. , - ) Vs* . ; . Notwithstanding the terrible losses they have sustained, the German and Austro-Hungarian armies in the mountainous region of Northem Italy continue their efforts Jbo break the Italian line and open a passage way to the plains below. In France and Belgium there is little / military activity, except for small engagements by outposts and raiding contingents and artillery duels. The nearest approach to attacks ia force were made by '.he German* Saturday night, in the Champagne legion of Franco, and to the north of the Chemin-Des-Dames. In both of these the Germans were worsted , * by the French. A small British man ocuver south of Camhiai resulted in the capture of a few German prisoners. Hard Fighting. Between the Brenta and Fiav* - ' rivers in the Italian highlands hard fighting continues without cessation. The enemy to the east of the Brenta has been able, by throwing huge numbers of men into the fray and seemingly disregarding the enormous casualties that are being inflift.pH urion him. to advance hia lines to Caprille Hill, a dominating point' at the head of the San Lorenzo valley,, which Wads to the Vene tian plains. Here, however, he has been forced to stop, under the terrific defense of the Italians, wh? evidently have massed their forces in order to bar the way to a further advance. Prior to gaining the summit ot Caprille the invaders twice were summarily repulsed, but for their nnai attack they brought up large numbers' of fresh reinforcement* and the valiant defenders were compelled to give ground. FULL PROTECTION FOR HOLY PLACES Rfltaah T fnnni Finallv Complete Movement Delayed by Disincli nation to Inflict Damage. London, Dec. 11.?Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, announceed in the house of commons today that Jerusalem, after being surrounded on all sides by British troops, had surrendered. The chancellor said British* French and Mohammedan re^ea^ tative3 were on the way to Jerusalem to safeguard : the: l^ly places. General AJlenby reported,that jqp Saturday he attac^<^,the sitions south and ,jre$t of JergsftlEgji the chancel^r sagd.-Irtish apd hoi^e county -troops, a*|vaneipg from {?? direction of Bethlehem, drove :bj*sk the enemy arvd, passing Jerusalem on the east, established themselves on the Jerusalem-JLerifho road. the lame time London infantry apl dismounted yeomanry attacked tj^e strong enemy positions y?est northwest of Jerusalem and .p7aoad themselves astride the Jerusalem Shechem road, The holy city, being thus isolated, surrendered to General Alienby, The capture of Jerusalem been delayed to some degree, ad$$d the chancellor, in cons^uence of, great care that had been' taken to avoid damage to the sacred places in and around the city. I ..