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Abbeville Press arid Banner V, Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th .Yeai|f||| AMERICANS LORRA ; , ? . P German Barrage Fire! Opened Heaviest Bom-! bardment Recently 1 AMERICAN GUNNERS ARE PRAISED BY OBSERVER; ' ? WVWe A merican Front Is Resound-1 < iu With Boom of The Big Gobs. ? | . Witk the American Army in; Praace, Saturday, Feb. 2.?Ameri e*a troops now are occupying a secf the Lorraine front in France, i Tiis announcement is permitted by tiie military censor. . The correspondents permanently credited to the American army V hare been informed that they may anvMd tn nnv nnint within the zone r-~ ? -?r ?f fire, except the trenches, without: i i'0.$, Mcort and without special permis-j apn. Arrangements were made to-; i ?laj whereby newspapermen m,ay pro t [. '/ ceed to any brigade headquarters aj{ few kilometres behind the trenches,c ' \ . after first reporting their presence c - V within/the one to the headquarters ;s of the division of which the brigadej I is a part. Unless there is some oc- t rV ?urernce which makes it inadvisable 1 in the opinion of the brigade commander for correspondents to move i v'. aearer the front, they may walk ? from his headquarters to regimental r headquarters behind the lines. ' .v Since all roads immediately be- .t hind the front are within easy Ger- s " <?"?> ?on<?o ?nd nn<lor fiprman \ mi II 5 U1I idiigv wuu enervation, not more than two cor- t v.-: i respondents may move forward to- \ " gether. , Tfiey must wear gas masks s r in alert position and helmets. News- s V",\r papermen must obtain special per- t V ' Mission to{ visit the trenches and *mst be acompanied by an escorting ku ?cer.M,v . . TEe fact that American troops were in the trenches in Lorraine was " i [ .. revealed by the German war office three taonths ago. At that time, ac- * cording to an official German an-;1 I f nouncement, the Americans were on I the front at the Rhine-Marne canal, s 'which intersects the Rattle line near ['* the German border, due east of 1 |! .' T F v Nancy: This announcement was I made in the official report from Ber-, Ilin of the first German raid on the v 5 Aiiierican positions, in which three ..^ .- 'Americans were killed, five wound- ^ ed and twelve captured. i c The eastern end of the battle line k France and Belgium runs through 1 French and German Lorraine. * Fuench Lorraine, in which' is the * American sector, is included in the departments of Meuse, the capital ^ " of which is Verdun; Meurthe-Et-1c Moselle, whose capitol is Nancy, and r J. Vosges, with the capitol at Epinal.1 v The length of the front in French 1 Lorraine is about 150 miles. ; ^ ' - t i' PUBLIC SALES. ? i *' . _ ay v . ' I The Master sold on Monday, which! t was salesday, the following land: i ( In case of Lee & Blake vs. Joseph i s Lomj&x, et al, the interest of defend-! t i ants in two tracts aggregating 26 ; acres, was sold to plaintiffs for one | hundred dollars. At suit of same plaintiffs against Laura McBride et al,% another one- c third interest in the same land was * I ^ r1 * l, I ?old ot plaintiffs for two hundred | r' I dollars. .. . 1 At the suit of James Bolden, ad- 8 ministrator vt. Ella Graves et al, 35 t acres near Antreville, were sold to Wm. P. Greene as attorney for in- * terested parties, at three hundred ^ " c and fifty dollars. J ^ \* The Navy Yard at Charleston is e to fare well in the big apropriation t bill. It is not known definitely just r kow much will be received. s ~ a- ' ' v.i y HOLD 1NEFRONT ? Meatless Monday May See End Now . }ood Progress Made in Handling of. Coal by Railroad?Fuel Admin> I, |1 istration Officials Encouraged. Washington, Feb. 3.?Railroads! ;oday made good progress in the! landling of coal and both railroad^ ind fuel i administration 1 officials ! j vere encouraged ' in the hope that I ^ tomorrow would be the last heatless i ^ tfonday. Reports of milder weather j ( >ver most of the country and the ^ hovement of a greater volume of j i :oal today provided the" basis for be-! i ief that the order requiring suspen- ^ lion of industrial activity on future. Mondays to save coal would be res- ] :inded after a conference Tuesday i >etween Fuel Administrator Garfield tnd Director General McAdoo. The railroads today ignored the Sunday holiday in an' effort to clear A I 1 ;he rail lines to the coal ?rines, many >f which have been idle for a week ^ >n account of inability to get empty j, I I :ars, or to have loaded oars hauled ^ iway. Production this week is exj i >ected to be considerably greater ^ ban last Danger of floods still ooms large, however. The 1 railroad administration will lot begin to lift the general freight ( mbargoes on Eastern truck lines, ( lor the local restrictions in effect dsewhere east of the Mississippi un- , il the coal movement improves con laeraDiy. ^ ^ Tomorrow State fuel administra- , 1 ;ors will be here for a conference vith Dr. Garfield on the v general ;ituations, and to report on the remits of the heatless Mondays and he five days shutdown. < DEATH OF MRS. MAXWELL. J . ' ( ( Mrs. Charles Maxwell died Friday ifternoon at the homeyof her dauVh-i er, Mrs. Amos B. Morse. The im-. nediate cause of her death was ^ >neumonia. For the past twenty- ^ line years she has been a sufferer . vlinnm n ficm wT*li/*"h TYIaHp Vi PT ilmost helpless. i She was born in Savannah, Ga., n October 1841. Two brothers, Mr.' Edward Harden of Los Angeles,! ^ ]alif., and Mr. Wm. Harden of Sa-! rannah, survive her. ! i She was married in April 1875 to; ^r. Charles Maxwell and their only hild, Mrs. Amos B. Morse survives. A >he was a member of the Presbyter- j an church here, having moved her etter when she came to ou^ town o make her home. A short service was held at Mrs. i dorses' home Saturday afternoon, c onducted by Rev. H. W. Pratt. The i emains were taken to Savannah, ( I vhere the funeral services were held i n the First Presbyterian church Sun; i lay afternoon at four o'clock. The s nterment was in Laurel Grove cem- i :tery by her husband. c Mrs. Maxwell leaves besides her t wo brothers and daughter, a num- c >er of other relatives who have the! 1 ympathy of their friends in their j ereavement. ! J ? { ^ ? ' J DEATH OF EARLE FRITH. ? I < ( Wm. Earle Frith, the sixteen yearj. Id son of Mr. and Mrs. Larkini iVifV? HioH UViHnv n-ft.prnnnn. Hp, tad pneumonia and has been sickj or several weeks. He was in bed! it the time of the death of his sis- t er, Miss Beulah. J t Funreal services were held at the j c jebanon church and the interment s i <ras in the Lebanon cemetery on11 Saturday, Rev. J. P. Hillhouse con- i lucted the services. He was a young;? nan of promise and it is indeed sad j t hat he should be called just as he: J eached tlie threshhold of life. Great f ympaty is expressed for the family. ^ i % \ ... " J:-' _.V TEUTON SPEECHES FIND NO MS Allied Council Wi] Prosecute War Vigorously - AIMS MADE PUBLIC Peace Will Come With Enemy Rc ognition of Justice and Respect For International Law. London, Feb. 3.?The suprer tfar council which met at Versailh finds, no approximation in the G< man chanceior's ana tne austi Hungarian foreign minister's speec Bs to the terms of the Entente 4 lies and has decided to continue t (rigorous prosecution of the war u til peace can be obtained "based < the principles of freedom, justi and respect for international la\* rhis official announcement was ma tonight. A summary of the official :repc Df the Versailles war council says "The council was unable to give ?on Hertling's and Czernin's rece utterances any real approximati to the moderate conditions laid do\ by the Allied governments. Und the circumstances the council deci 2d that the only task before thorn meet was the vigorous and effecti prosecution of the war until t pressure of that effort produced ihange of tenfper in the enemy go jrnments; justifying the hope oft conclusion of .a peace based on t principled of freedom, justice and 1 spect for international law. "The' council arrived at a cdi plete unanimity of policy on met ires for the prosecution of the wai TUMULTY MAY BE SENATOR Trenton, N. J. Feb. 2.?Joseph rumulty, secretary to President W son, came to Trenton last nig from Washington to attend the fu ;ral today of United States Senat SVilliam Hughes, who died Wednt lay at his home here. There has been much discussii joth in New Jersey and in Washin ;'on of Secretary Tumulty's succee ng to Senator Hughes' seat. Befo ;he death of hte Senator it was r jorted that he would not run for r lection and that Mr. Tumulty wou >e the Democratic candidate ne ?all. There has been some talk ;he last two days of Governor Edg laming Mr. Tumulty to fill the ter )f the late Senator. \LL PUBLIC PLACES IN COLUMBIA CLOSED ON ACCOUNT MENINGIT Columbia, S. C., Feb. 3.?Swee ng orders were issued today by tl rity public health department" t light closing the public schoo' :hurches, motion picture theatr md ','?ther public gathering place: n an effort to prevent the spread i spinal meningitis. The order is e 'ective tomorrow morning. Fifte* :ases of meningitis are reported ;he city and suburbs and one ne :ase developed today, according lealth officials. The order does not affect Can rackson, it was said. Seven new ca ?s of meningitis is developed at tl :antonment last week, but the ge :ral situation there was reported >e improving. HOMICIDE IN LEXINGTON. L. N. Jeffcoat of Lexington Cou y, was shot and mortally wound< >y M. Cordie Kirkland about seve ('clock Friday night. According itatements Jeffcoat was visiting tl lome of Kirkland two nights a we< "or the last year without the know :dge of Kirkland. Kirkland regre ;he necessity for having to prote lis home. Both are well know armers. Both men have large far lies. SHaL FOR SHELL I* I;'S R LY II Pershing^ Men Under Heavy German Barrage TWO SOLDIERS KILLED \ ? Guns of Expeditionary Fore* Wreck Several Enemy Dugouts?Red Cross Resp>ected. ne With the American Army in js, Prance, Feb. 8.?A German barrage sr- fire at sundown last night opened 'o- the heaviest bombardment of many h- days along the American sector, the LI- American artillery replying shell he for shell as the firing of heavy guns n- spread along several kilometres of on the front. ce Two Americans Killed. r." Two Americans were killed and ... de nine wounded during the bombardI ment and one suffered shell shock. >rt It was ascertained today that the - j American gunners had wrecked sevin eral of the enemy dugouts and so nt i badly damaged the first line position on'that at one point the Germans were vn | unable to occupy them Sunday. erj i Concentrated Fire, id-! When the bombardment had reachto1 ed its greatest intensity, the Ger-' ve amns suddenly concentrated their he; fire at two points, throwing about a 250 shells into a town ir. which the; >v- j headquarters of a certain .regiment | he are located. he After the bombardment a wound e ed soldier was discovered in a posi tfon where it was necessa]*y to carry him over a trench to a iield dress-; is- ing station. A medical corps man displayed the Red Cross and the! Germans ceased firing until the man " . was removed. i Early in the day an American wasj . wounded by a sniper. ht ' GOING NORTH. n-: i ' i or g Twice a year our leading mer4-a "Kmtt frnrtAa en L iicWi ii> fasj nux bii wv/ wuj 5WUU uv that they can give the people who 31V ' buy the best that is on the market, j cr. * * ~ Each firm sgnds the one best fitted j for this purpose and as a result Ab-' re beville people have the same styles e~ that are found in the most fashion-, e" able cities at a much less '-ost. The ^ following have already gone or willxt go today: Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran, *n<W. D. Wilson, R. C. Philson, W. H. j es Wh'te, L. C. Parker and Mr. and; 111; Mrs. J. M. Anderson'. , i NO FIRES. ' ! ! Mr. J. E. McDavid, who once lived IS in Abbeville, but who is now existing in Columbia, has the remarkable recP ord of having no fires in any of the, he insurance in the past year. Mr. Mc-| o- David works on a contingent com- { Is, mission plan whereby his earnings es are affected by the losses under poll-! s" i cies written by him. J of Friends in Abbeville are glad of f- j his success. in; - in! MISS MARTIN RETURNS. !wl ' : Miss Mary B. Martin has returned) j to Abbeville ar d is ready to begin j ^ I her work as County Demonstrator, j I Miss Martin was here last year and! i was most successful with her work, j 16 i I Our people are glad to have her, j back and wish for her another sue-1 j cessful year. GOING TO FARM. . ! i Mr. Lowrie Beacham has given upj n" l his'work as postal mail clerk and' ' will farm this year. He will move ] !n | his family from Atlanta to the; Shaw ; to i Plantation in Laurers County. , le ikVVVVVVWVVVVVVVV ts j V The New York Exchange Vj ctjV wan closed on Heatless Mon- V m, V day. V < n-j'V. S. 1 vvv.vvvvvvvvvvvv, . .. VICTORIOUS ALLIES U . , . J -J ' . ' American Control < Of World Shipping i* Possession of a Merchant Shipping' Fleet Most Powerful Asset Na- ' ' U tion Con Possess. . < | ' Cardiff, Wales, Jan. 15.?The pos- ! sesion of a great merchant shipping fleet will be the most powerful asset a nation can possess in the after war period, according to Cardiff shipping men. From this point of < view, it is pointed out,the realization 1 of the American shipbuilding pro- ] gram, combined with the United : States' resources in materials need- 1 ed by Europe, will,make the United t States an almost preponderant fac- 1 tor in world politics for ipany years i A^IAW nAtnn i a ax bu pcavv 10 u^UitMvut The annual reports of the big Car- i diff shipping companies, which have just been made public, all emphasize < thi3 post-war importance of mer- < chant ships. One company says: , "The demand for tonnage will be 'j even greater in 1918 than it has been in 1917, and the utility of ships ] will enormously increase. But the economic world crisis will riot reach } its climax until after the war. "If the law of supply and demand was allowed to operate ships might some day be worth their weight in , ?u j.- l?* guiu vu men uwnaa, uut ui / iuc present controlled state of trade their- immense value as national as/ i sets really, detracts from their value as money making instruments. "Ships, are, and will continue for 1 some time' to be, the most important j1 factor of all in helping to preserve ! the lives of nations, and the States ; of Europe will not be likely to re- 1 lease their hold on shipping after! the war until there are sufficient 1 ships to insure safety in regard to|< supplies of food and other essen- 1 tials." . | < The same report cites the entry of, < Amavi/to info tVio wnr no tvlp pIp- i ment which made possible the prac-' * tical universal government control ? of shipping all over the world, asserting: ? "The amazing task of bringing ] the world's tonnage under the con-, t trtfl of the organization became only ? a matter of time from the moment j America came in." J \ DR. GILLESPIE. 1 Rev. E. E. Gillespie of York, 1 s preached in the Presbyterian church. Sunday morning and in the Metho-1 dist church Sunday night. His' sermons were toth splendid. The Presbyterian, A. R. P. and Metho-, dist churches are having union ser-;1 vice every Sunday night until the' fuel shortage is over. Dr. Gillespie preached for the union service. i . GETTING PROMOTED. I * ' 11 First Lieutenant Thos. Cothran, j I of Greenville, in addition to being, "v happily married recently, has beenj i promoted to Commanding officer of j ^ his company at Chickamauga Park,: * and has been appointed for examina?| tion for a captaincy. The young man is a nephew of I ^ Mr. Wade Cothran and is a son of _ ' I Mrs. Clarkie Cothran. $ "PENNY~DAY."~ o e The Junior Red Cross will cele- t brate Wednesday as "Penny Day.'Vd Everyone is requested to have their' c pennies ready for they will be asked j p for a penny by some school child, i e !g GEN. WOOD BETTER. L ia Major Gen. Wood, who was re-i :ently wounded while on a visit to; the French front ,is able to leave j fi :he hospital. I S i PEACE LTIMATll Supreme War Council Decides on Wofecution of Conflict AMERICAN SOLDIERS UNDER BIQ ATTACK striking German Workmen, Facing Drastic Military Action, Return to Job*. The war is to be prosecuted rig* jrously by the entente allies and tjie. United States uptil a peace based on principles of freedom, justice and . ^ v. v. - V .. , ' " respect for international law is obitainad. This is tlje decision of the, , ; supreme war council of the countries in arms aeainst the Teutonic i V"b3 allies. * The Germans, apparently in ear- ; nest, began a "straining" of the V v American sector in Lorraine Satur* Late in the afternoon tZey let \ down a barrage on the American \ line on' a front of several kilometres,;.Pty the heaviest in many days, but at ; "If last accounts General Pershing's men were answering them shot for shot The casualties among the Americans were slight when the report was sent and their marksmanship has been so effective that ^everal German dugouts had been made un- | tenable. Under the strong repressive measures of the military authorities in/ Germany, the general strikes corn- : tinue to diminish in importance and, according to semi-official adyices from Berlin, thS trouble is expected ? v#| to cease in the early week. . ';d5 Already .probably spurred by the '1}M threats of the military authorities of , drastic action against them, many. $j| workmen throughout the empire, and ^specially in the province of Brand jnourg, in which Berlin is situated, igain have returned to their duties md even the recalcitrant ones are :xpected Monday to start to work. Notwithstanding the fact that the shipyard workers in Hamburg in 7 arge numbers returned to their dur ;ies, the latest reports are to the ~.v iffect that the dissatisfaction was so 6rreat that they again were to have J; >een called out Saturday. \ The social unrest now has spread o Trieste, Austria's principal sea* >ort, on the Adriatic. Here also a itrike among the shipyard and other * vorkers was declared, the main point >f insistence by the men, as in Ger- 'J-k nany, being for peace and better ? ; 'ood. On being referred to the 1J >remier's recent speech in which Austria's desire for a cessation of hostilities was emphasized the strikes resumed' work. Apparently the peace conference > it Brest-Litovsk has hot as yet again j iproached the point at which the ?iKQi9no flnH TotifAniP ollio# . vere reported to have reached an mpasse at the previpus session. ' ' - ' 'v IRE OF AMERICANS r "ALMOST PERFECT* With the American Armv in France, Saturday, Feb 3.?The ' French commander of a sausage baloon squadron who was an artillery ifficer at Verdun during the heavist fighting and also participated in he Somme offensive^ declared tolay that the work of certain Amerian batteries at the front is "almost erfect." He was particularly pleasd with the work done by American uns in firing on a German position n a wood, which he observed from balloon. Private Curtis Wilson is at home or a five days furlough from Camp evier.