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i ' " . * f ' 1 . . , >.v. . . v.. / &v- ' . . " - ':':M Abbeville Press and Banner # ' ' ' 1 ^ , '" - Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Fob. 22, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. ? - ' - : . ,?./ 71 i- . ; , . ' - *:i)W GERMANY I WASP I Kaiser's Troops SweepI ing On Toward PetI rograd I BERLIN PAYS SCANT 1 HEED TO BOLSHEVIKI ' la Palestine British Make Another I Ad?>*cet Capturing Import| ant Position*. ft the penetration of the' >ng the railroad lines leadtrograd and Smolensk at nts had reached more than Lies and thence southward rn Esthonia to Lutsk, is! i five hundred miles in Heed to P?act Cry. ?ed has been taken by thej athorities of Germany of py iiiiiui im of -m de><part of .the BoUheviki t for a peace on Ger - J. terms. Except zor a u?-i V mand by the German commander at that#n aatfeentic copy M of the ^ftalsheviki document of capi filiation signed byLflnine and TrotH iky be sent hip. no attention lias been paid. to. the pjyresscd desire for a cessation of hostilities. M*d?_ jn America. Secretary of .^Tar Baker in an hn portant announcement says the first\ American-bui^t 'battle planes are onj their way to France, nearly five j months ahead of the original sched-j I WATCHFUL SENTRY Hj BALKS GERMAN DASH With the American Army in SH France, Feb. 19.?A German patrol ' ready to ambush an American patrol, was discovered early this morn ing by a sentry who"gave the alarm by a rifle shot; then the American " II machine guns riddiea tne enemy. I The Germans fled, carrying their I casualties with them, but ground [ where they had been was later I found to be covered with tell tale I red stains. J There were no casualties among; I tfce Americans. I "V ? TO CAMP JACKSON. j Wednesday, seven of our boys went to Camp Jackson to go into j the army. They were: Marvin An-| derson Baldwin, Henry Clay Spence, [Jesse David Bell, Charlie Kay MatItison, Paul Wilson Cox, John M.) [Pratt and Jas. M. Cox. HOME GATHERING. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Thomas, Mrs. Morgan Baldwin and son, Morgan, Jr., of Denver, and Mrs. Rod Layton, of Gainesville, are here on a visit to their father, Judge R. E. rr*ii mm run. EBv U COTTON MARKET \ Cotton 32c. V Seed $1.06 1-2 ? The German invasion of Russia .continues unimpeded. Aparently 4 flrere is to be no cessation in the * ' * J n-f flip nriemv until (" easvwaru uioivu w* ? "the Russian Bolsheviki government entirely slakes the thirst of. he Teu"tons for- a peace "which corresponds with our interests*" >s expressed by ''file German foreign minister. South v JSsthonia has been entered by troops from German warships in. the Gulf of Riga or from Moon Island or Oesel Island, lying off the shore, and :a*base established from which oper' ations may be carried on against l Reval, an important port; on the] 'GSnTonH* northeast and east CONTINUES I OF RUSSIA .' * ; j ? V . . Honor Roll of Abbeville Schools HONOR ROLL OF THE GRADED (3 AND HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THE FIFTH MONTH. Grade I.?Mary Chalmers, Charlotte Reese, Apne Smith, Edn? White.?Miss Bess Epting, Teacher ' Grade I.?Virginia Starnes, / Margaret Maxwell, Henry Power.?Mist Coline Phillips, Teacher. Grade II.?John McMurray, Mabel Bradley, Ruby Brown, Susar Minshall, Minnie Ella Swetenberg.? I Miss Flora Timmons, Teacher. Grade II.?H. Doyle Bauknight j Martha D. Calvert, M. Estelle Lyon, I Jean W. Milford.?Miss Olive Broc> I Teacher. Grade III.?Alma Gaston, ^94; Mary Ferguson, 95; Anna Jones, 93; j William Deadwyler, 96.?Miss May iJRobertson, Teacher. ; Grade III.?Thelma Bauknight 190; Sara Cowan, 93; Margarel | Flynn, 93; Irene McMahan, 92" Margaret Penney, 91; Helen Starnes r 90.?Miss A. Richards, Teacher. Grade IV.?Mark Hawthorne, 93; Mildred Deadwyler, 92.?Miss Sara j W. Edwards, Teacher. j Grade IV.?Perrin Dargan, 931 Bill Greene, 98; Willis Harrison, 95; James McComb, 97; HenTy Simp ? I A? , son, 99; Rose jLee Anaerson, ??; Lavinia McCuen, 94; Hazel McCurry, 94; Rachel MInshall, 98.?Miss Etta L. Allen, teacher. , . ; Grade V.?Bob Dargan, 95; Judith Hill, &2; Anthony Tewnant, 91; Frances Rose, 91; Mary llntfdy, 91. ?Misa Blanche Tarrant, Teacher., The honor roll of the High School will be published next week. It wax impossible fox; them alj to get them reaftytkW'wwk ,< i a BAKER EXPLAINS NEEDS W A KM i in acviu.! ; <*i\. ? '* hi* .) Washington, Feb. 20.?Estimates of the amounts of money that must be expended on the military establishment in the next fiscal year were submitted to the House military affairs committee today by Secretary of War Baker. It is understood the bill will carry appropriations totaling in the neighborhoood of $7,000,000,000. Secretary Baker's estimony was given behind locked doors and was described by members of the committee as "highly confidential." U. S. TAKES OVER THE HUDSON RIVER TUBES | Washington, Feb. 20.?The Hudson River tubes have been taken over by the Government, Judge John Barton Payne, attorney for the railway administration, announced this afternoon. The action was taken, he explained. because the tubes are a neces sary part of the Pennsylvania Railway system. NO SERVICES. On account of meningitis, there will be no services at Long Cane Church until further notice. j V V |V FIFTEEN SHIPS SUNK. V jV V ! V London, Feb 20.?British V j V merchantmen sunk by mine ^ j V or submarine in the past V i V week numbered 15, accord- \ | ing to the admiralty state- ^ ! V. ment issued tonight. Of V jV these 12 were of 1,600 tons ^ | V or over and three were under ^ | V that tonnage. One fishing V. I craft also was sunk. ^ j V V 'vvvvvv^vvvvvvvvv 'NO AGREEMENT WITH CARPENTERS , Acceptance of Open Shop, Brings Settle; ment Nearer i OBJECTS, TO OTHER POINTS >1 I , - J Refuse* to Leave to Board Question of Deciding Conditions of \ Labor. Washington, Feb. 20.?Government officials and heads of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners failed to come to an agreement today on the claims of ship carpenters, but at the shipping board tonight it was said a settlement was not far I off." Acceptance by William L'. Hutcne| son, president of the carpenters' or' | ganization, of the principle of the II open shop during the war which he has fought, was the most important) ! development at the conference be-j ' i tween the carpenters' teaders, mem- j ' bers of the shipbuilding adjustment!' f i f i ! board and Gen. Manager Piez, of | the Emergency Fleet Corporation, j ' Hytcheson still refuses to leavej' [i to the adjustment board, as request-J 'jed by President "Wilson, the quesj tion of deciding conditions of labor. ' Further conference will be held ''tomorrow in an effort to come to;' an understanding. | j WILL OPEN UP NEW i COTTON EXCHANGE ;! . f 'J New York, Febi. 19.?A new ex- ' j ; change for dealing in cotton, linters, , ] cotton oil, grain, sugar, coffee, wool, . :! silks, and provisions, to be known qs " ! the American Cotton and Grain lix, change, hacked chiefly by Southern i capital, will he* opened her? May 1,:7 !;it became known today. The 'ex-!. change, incorporated unde* the; laws of New Tcrrlc, lias taken title to .a modern office building in the financial district i< The dealings of the new institution -will be upon .a "spot" basis ] wi^h "reasonable brokerage chttrg- , ?s," according to its president, Jos- . ; j eph G. Cooper, of Atlanta. Members ] I are customers will be enabled to buy j in small quantities. Cotton, which , will be one of the principal commo- j dities marketed, will be dealt in in j 5 twenty and fifty-bale lots and up-! ward, and deliveries made at bonded J _ warehouses in the cotton belt, the 1, collot liavintr flip nnfr.inn of naminc. . ,.?0 - J the point of delivery. t "This," said Mr. Cooper today, "will make a uniform price, less or j plus the difference in freight rate to New York, which will stop manipulation, and supply and demand j will control the price." i Similar arrangements have beenj ] | made for other commodities. The I s j exchange has about 4,500 members, j < J mostly bankers and manufacturers ] J in cotton growing States. ! I \ JAMES COX. j James Cox left Wednesday for t Camp Jackson, where he is going in; ( the army. James is a fine young ' man and has lots of friends who are' anxious to see how he looks in a! uniform. He has tried several times I to enlist but was knocked out on: I account of his eyes. He stood the < examination again last week up in \ ] Greenville and was accepted. i 1 OFF ON A VISIT. ] 11 >'? T71 1. -D n?? MToAnac. I lvirs. r rwiifL jj. uai j ** . I day for Charleston, where she will j 'I make a short visit, after which shej | will go to Richmond, Washington! 'j and Philadelphia for .visits to her ' 'j brothers. ^ i ' j SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN HAS APPENDICITIS : 1 Washington, Feb. 19.?Senator,] . Chamberlain will be operated on at j: . once for appendicitis. j ] PRICE Of WHEAT MUST STAY FIXED Administration to Earnestly Oppose the Change NOW SELLING AT $2.20 EUSHF.L To Change Price Wpuld Upaet Food Administration's Entire Bread Program. Washington, Feb. 20.?The full influence of the Administration will be used iJ! necessary to prevent enactment of bills pending in Congress to increase the price ol! wheat. xms uectuiie miuvyii ami gnu uuu> an authoritative source. Opposition to the measures, another of which was introduced today by Representative Helvering, of Kansas, is bisect on the ground that their passage would upset the entire wheat and1, bread program of the food administration, worked out in great deiiail., and that President Wilson already has full authority to readjust the price if it. is found advisable. Wheat is selling now on a basis of $2.20 a bushel and the price is maintained by heavy government purchases for the army and navy and for the Allies. The food adraini istration has worked out a scale of profit for millers and distributors of Sour on this basis and bread is (telling at a fixed price. In enacting the food control law Congress placed an arbitrary minimum price of $2 a bus'tiel on next season's crop. This is the price that the bills offered seek 1;o increase, rhe difference betwen th pricc of laat. ya^s yield"'$nd this' year's grop eras fixed in large measure to cli-aw wheat from the farms befons the new- eron. is- marketed. SOUTH CJUtOLINA BOY WINS FRENCH MEDAL' Washington, Feb. 20.?For l?*av.-( Bry under lire- while with the irrenct: Forces, an American private, Jameft E,. . Moore, h^s been awarded tire Croix de Guerre. The medal was received this afternoon by the War Department;, which handed it over to the State Department, where it mil be held until Moore is authorized by act of Congress to receive it. Moore is with- the Seventh nth Ambulance Company, which rceently tvas sent to France unassigned. His mother, Mrs. aMggie Moore, lives it Bennettsville, S. C. HUBER McILWAIN ILL. ^uber Mcllwain, one of the young nen who went up to Greenville lust week to be examined by the District Board, developed a case of cerebro jpinal meningitis on Sunday. A specialist, Dr. Burman, from the Red Cross staff of Columbia, came jp Wednesday night to confer with ihe doctors here. He prenounced it a case of the most virulent type. The young man is quite ill and is we go to press grave results are jxpected. R. A. HENRY. Robert A. Henry of the Wm. H. HaKK i?T 1 n qfnrp left: TllfiS 3ay night for his home in Olney, til., where he goes to enlist in the irmy. He has made quite a number of friends who regret that he is leaving Abbeville and wish him a jafe return from Over There. MIMS CASON. Mims Cason arrived in the city 1 J 1 1. n TTT _ ?P J last mgni irora wouoru riumg School. He will be here on account af the holiday to celebrate George Washington's Birthday and also his father's birthday. Mims is a very bright young man and will make a mark in the world. He regularly reads The Press and Banner which tie says that he enjoys. : s* ; , Y.V' .V-;. MORE TON] NO' No Date Set For Next Call ?i OVER 2,000,000 DRAFT MEN IN CLASS 1 ACCORDING TO ESTIMATES. Washington, Feb. 20.?Between ! 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 men will be | embraced in Class 1 in the coming draft, according- to estimates at the office of Provost Marshal General Crowder announced this afternoon. The number depends upon the percentage of exemptions for physical disability, which may run as high as 40 per cent.. Even with such a high percentage, the number available will be considerably more than 2', 000.000, it was said. Following repeated publications that a new draft will be ordered May 1, Secretary of War Baker this afternoon1 authorized the statement that no date has been set. COLORED MEN TO LEAVE. -? I The following colored men are to leave for Camp Jackson on Monday, j Feb. 25, on the. Seaboard at 12.84: J Asberry Hunter, Jr., Benson Wil-j liams, John Bryant, Wade Roberson, | Curtis Cunningham, Elbridge Cun! ningham, Clarence Stewart, Major ; Chappell, Allen Morrison, Oscar j Cunningham, David Chiles, Milton Bailey, Matthew Huiter, Willie Linzy,' Georgo Blue, Willie Clinkscales, Ernest Btrtrnh*,'-George-tfcCftBtt; i Wade Ellis, Lewis Weston, Arthur Jackson, Augustus Smith, Xa&es ' Arthur Mbhrgne,v; gam Harkness, Elijah Rduntree,' Roy Mattison, Josh ^ropks, Nelse Cas4y, Sain Leonard, MansfiefcT Ropinion, Charlie Baindrop, Luther Cowan, Arne^t Young, Josh JfcCollough, Jim Wright, Murray Cobb, Iris Hunter, . Erskine ^ S. Young, Sam-pel fealhonn, Raymond Brownlee, Toney Jenkins, Ulysses ^.iken.Furman Ellis, Bishop Belcher Jesse Young, Ben Haddon, perry Watts, John Henry Scotland, George Washington Lee, Paul Butler, Mose Harper, Eugene McCord, Frank Perrin, Warren Sullivan, Cleveland Allen, Jas. W. C. Joseph, Joel Fisher, Will Collier. J. ALLEN LONG FOR MAYOR. Mr. J.' Allen Long is announced in this issue - as a candidate for the office of mayor. He is a life-long resident 01 tne city, ana ieeis tnat he is capable of serving the public in the office to which he aspires with fidelity. He will, no doubt, in a few days make known where he stands on public questions. 2,000 PERSONS KILLED \ BY 'QUAKE IN CHINA Tokio, Feb. 20?There were 2,000 casualties resulting from the earthquake at Swatow, China, last Wednesday, according to information received today. Seismographs here registered the shock. FAILING TO REGISTER. Deputy U. S. Marshal went to McCormick this week and arrested Tummy Dunlap and Jonas Timpson for failing to register. They were carried before Commissioner L. W. > Harris and given bond of $200 each. | The preliminary hearing will be held j ' on the 2!5th and 26th of this month. | MISS HEFFERNAN. 1 I I Miss Marie Heffernan of Augusta, J | arrived in the city Wednesday to! ; take the place of stenographer for | Mr. Wm. P. Greene. She is quite | attractive and will make many friends by her pleasing personality. f? ??.'' xc ..'ikVoiy' ' i i. .... - \ a v*' * m WIN SIGHT f Shipping Experts Predict Upward Curve to Continue. . i > ' LABOR CHIEF FACTOR OF AMERICAN YAKUS ;; Goat' ofTcrur- Million Tons Htn . > Expected in' Spite of the .Labor ' v'' Dlffievlthn. ?1: Washington, Feb. 20.?^Overseas ship tonnage available to America and the Allies passed its low point about February 1, several weeks earlier than shipping experts hail predicted. Officials believe the upward curve r , ' >) will continue until the war is endefl unless difficulties not now foreseen are encountered. v In support of this belief attenjBo* was called today to the satisfactory results obtained m the campaign against the enemy submarines, te % the fact that government ships now v-\ are coming from American yards, and to the progress of negotiation* fjor neutral vessels to be used in,tie non-hazardous trades to release other shipping for overseas) commerce. Experts' .Prediction. , When, experts first plotted >;43m curve of the tonnage supply, taking ^ into consideration the greatest.,ap&. cess of submarines and all posapSa ( , ..'j contingencies; in> the domestic . sHaa- " v Hon they found that the, mimbejj of vessels available^, for .,tranppBr??g^?.v v troops and for feeding the AlTww would be'lower toward the en^ ?f" . this month than at, any other period. Just how closejto the danger that would be- they, did, not cai^vte > say.' Knowledge^that the Gtmrm sank about; H^.jDpbUlion toaar ot#hipa in;.1917, nearly as -was prodnc?t ^\Gr?at \ - Bzitafai apt the Unite^Stet*, did Jiot change their estimates.. ... ^ .Tnal For the lait three weeks now fte charts of the shipping board hp** shown a steady upward1'trend. Officials think that from now on n?v factors will aid' rather than retard the efforts to put more ships into service. Chief of these will be restrictions of imports, made effective February 16, the results , of which will not be noticeable fer \ weeks yet. As more ships are need- '" e? they will be withdrawn from the neutral traae ana commerce win those countries curtailed to that m.tent Optimistic View. Officials declined to say what waa : the dominating factor in checking the decline in available tonnage. Dospite labor troubles confidence is expressed that the goal of four toHImhi tons of shipping will be reached im <4 this country this year. Sailing vmsels, of which there are 2,500,OH tons under the American flag, are being put into the coastwise aad other trade to release the faster steamers for transatlantic service. MISS RUTH HOWIE HONORED. A' Miss Ruth Howie, the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. . Howie of Abbeville, and who is a student at Brenau, is winning /high honors there. A few evenings ag* she was notified that she had beta t-olnnt-Df) hlT tVlO Pacilltv of that is sjitution as one of nine girls wko would form a new sorority?tke Lambda Beta Psi, the nine being selected out of the whole student body on account of having the highest averages on their reports. Miss Howie is an accomplished musician, and one of Abbeville'* prettiest as well as best and most beloved young ladies. Her friend* will read with great pleasure of the high honor which is hers. I - ' v.:v ij - ..