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* Germany Announces
Signing of Peace by
Russia
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JAPAN WILL PROBABLY
TAKE ACTION ALONE
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Conclusion Of Peace Will Brm*
Negotiations Regarding Siberia
To End.
_ v # Berlin, via London, March 3.?
"By reason of the signing of tne
?- peace treaty with Russia," says the
official communication.- from headquarters
tonight, "military movements
in Great fiussia have ceased".
Petrograd, March 3.?The peace
treat^ with Germany has been signed.
The Ukrainian army has occu'
pied Kiev, Gomel aad Berdichev.
Washington, March 3.?One of
'the immediate effects of the signing,
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01 liennanys jjcolc ?
Russian Bolsheviki representatives
probably will be to bring to a quick
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-conclusion negotiations among the
Allies and the United Stages over
t. steps to be taken in Sibferia to protect
military .stores there and check i
any move the Teutons may make in
that direction.
There still is every indication that
u ' the American government will join
with the allies in agreeing to action
by Japan alone, with an understanding
as to the scope of any operations
to be undertaken. So far there has
been no announcement 01 an agreement
but ev&n before the news that
the Russians formally had accepted
the German terms came it was understood
that the exchanges on the
subject were about concluded.
President Wilson has been follow-!
ing tfce situation in Russia very
closely, particularly because of its
close relation to the important step
proposed by Japan. There have
been suggestions that he might appear
before congress soon to make
a statement on the subject, although
no one professes to know his plans.
DEATH OF MR. J. E. GRAY.
News was received here Saturday
afternoon of the serious illness of
Mr. J. E. Gray at his home in Greenville.
He died Sunday afternoon
at six o'clock. Hardening of the arteries
was the cause of his death.
He was about 52 years old.
His body was-brought here yester-|
day afternoon and taken to the?
home of his daughter, Mrs. C. L.
Evans, where his numerous friends j
went to pay their tributes of respect.
The funeral will be held today
at eleven o'clock at Sharon and
the burial will be in the Sharon cemetery.
Rev. M. R. Plaxco will conduct
the services. The pall bearers
* are G. W. Godfrey, I. C. Brown, A.j
TT 15 171 A Piitnsm nnH two
n. JJttI licit, a., n. A
representatives from the Junior Order
of which he was a member.
Mr. Gray was a member of Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church
at this place and was a regular attendant
until he moved his family
to Greenville about three years ago.
, , He was overseer or boss in the!
weave room and was doing well.
He leaves besides his wife, two
daughters, Mrs. C. L. iJvans 01 tnis
place, and Mrs. Edna Sizemore of
Greeville, five sons, Ernest, Rob,
Emory, Sam and Ross.
To them is extended the sympathy
of the community.
ENGINEER LUCAS.
Engineer Lucas, the one who
' blows the wailing whistle at every
telegraph pole, was shot in his arm
four times by his negro fireman at
Howells last Friday. It is said the
provocation was slight. The fireman
has gone to parts unkown.
JYTO i
PEN ACTION
Farmers Draft Free
Till The Crop Is In
FARM LABORERS WILL PROBABLY
GET TIME FOR HARVESTING
CROPS. ,
Washington, March 2.?Farm labor
probably will b? entirely exempted
from the second draft until
thefall crops are harvested. j
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, f
indicated this when he announced ^
on the floor of the Senate this afternoon
that he had been assured by
the Provost Marshal General's office
that farmers need have no hesitanTiinnfincr
their croDS because ;
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of fear that the second draft would ;
take away their labor.
"I was assured that a-general order
will be issued shortly' which will ^
provide for this," Senator Smith
stated.
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Senator Owen, of Olahoma, de- .
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clared -conditions had reached a
s
stage where "Congress has got to
take concrete action." Senator .
Vardaman, of Mississippi, advocated ^
the, calling back of all farmers now ^
in the army and sending them back .
to their farms. Senator Hollis, of
New Hampshire, declared that at j ^
least the men should be furloughed
and returned to the farms for the
harvests.
Senator John Sharp Williams, of
6
Mississippi, then interrupted:
"I am getting a little bit tired of ^
all this patrioteering business,"
said Senator Williams. "What's the
Use talking of the hardships of the *
American people? They/ haven't
done anything yet but complain."
Senator Oweft introduced a joint|
resolution in the Senate this after- ^
noon providing that no farm labor
should be taken in the selective *
draft during the year 1918. h
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ABBEVILLE COUNTY f
TEACHERS' MEETING C
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The next meeting of the Abbe- 8
ville County Teachers' Association e
is to be held in Due West, March 16, *
instead of of March 23rd. This
ohancp is made because the speakers ^
o - _
we want cannot come any other day
in March. *
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Dr. Snyder, of Wofford College, t
will make the principal address. ^
There will be other interesting fea- ^
tures on the program, which we will ^
publish in the next issue of this paPer.
r
We want to make the meeting a ^
great successs socially as well as
intellectally and ^therefore we have ^
planned a social hour that we be- ^
lieve will be enjoyed by all." The ^
meeting will be held at 12 o'clock
in the Memorial Hall of the Womans
?
College and at 2 o'clock there will
Ko. o inni>honn sprveH bv the Junior
UC " V r
Red Cross to the teachers in the ^
dining hall of the Carnegie building ^
i of the Woman's College. Prof.
g
Long will have charge of the toasts
at the table.
_ We are anxious for every teacher
in the county to be with us that d?y
and we extend a hearty invitation
to each and everyone.
The following is the menu of the
luncheon which the Junior Red Cross s
will serve at fifty cents per plate.
Roast Chicken.
Rice Gravy 1
(]
Dressing Creamed Asparagus
Fruit Salad J
UailUTTtVMvw .
Sherbert Cookies
Coffee.
We asked the Food Administrator ^
of South Carolina for permission for ^
Red Cross to use chicken.
Due West Teachers. ^
THE BOOK CLUB. ^
The Book Club will meet Wed- ^
nesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, ^
with Mrs. Herbert Allen. >
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10 HELP FARMERS
Houston Issues a Call '
to the Urban Population
AID IN CROP PLANTING.
Secretary Urge* Neceaaity of Raia- J
ing Food Supplies for Civilian
Population and Army.
Washington, March 3.?Secretary
louston of the department of agri
:ulture, today issued a call to ur- (
>an people to study the farm labor :
ituation and to render assistance to (
armers during the coming crop sea- .
on. ]
"If soldiers are willing to serve ]
n the trenches and risk their lives/'
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leciarea secretary nuuswn, uW.v (
:ivilians can well afford to spare a i
(art of their time to serve in the ]
urrows and in the harvest fields; (
(specially for the seasonal- strains ,
?f planting, cultivating and harvest- {
ng, it will not: be too much to ask ,
uch men to aid the farmers in the s
tecessary undertaking of maintain- j
ng and, if possible, supplementing, ,
he food supply in order to i'eed ?
he armies and to sustain the civil- ]
an population behind them."
Leaders in towns and cities im- \
aediately dependent upon regiions ,
m ? -* ? 4-a r?nf
mere I arm era are uut ouio w
lecessary labor should establish
ouch with representative farm loadrs
and see if they can not assis t in
olving the problem, Secretary
louston suggests.
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:all forty-one for
fifty stenographers
Itate Headquarters, Columbia, S. C.
y.o all District and Local Boards:
1. The following induction call
or the State of South Carolina is
ereby announced. Call No. 41 for
ifty stenographers to be inducted]
or the Aviation Section Signal I
3orps and sent to Kelly Field, San
Lntonio, Texas. Only white men
nd men physically qualified for gen 1
ral service may be inducted under ,
he above call. ]
In filling this call the following j
rocedure is directed. Until March j
th, Boards may accept applicants (
or voluntary induction who fully ]
ossess the requisite physical and ^
echnical qualifications. If the calls (
lave not been filled by March 8th |
>y voluntary induction the Boards j:
rill immediately induct a sufficient j j
umber of qualified men to fill their j ^
espective allotments Dy selecting)
ro mClass One qualified men in se-j,
[uence of order numbers. Imrtie- ]
liate local publicity should be givfen }
o this call in order that, if possi- j
ile, it may be filled by voluntary in-' r
luction but nothing herein contain-!
:d should be understood as permit- j j
ing the voluntary induction of any, j
egistrant who is not physically and | f
echnically qualified. As fast as in-L
luctions are made men should be |,
ent to the proper destination. Form |,
Jo. 61 controls as to the preparaion
of the mobilization papers.
If this call is not filled by volun- j
eers on or before March 8th, it
irill be necessary to apportion this j
all among the Boards of this State ^
ls eauitablly as possible but with
he primary purpose of securing the j
:ind of men needed at the earliest ,
tracticable moment. The Chairman .
i 11
>f each Local Board is hereby diected
to make report to this office i
low many qualified men they have in
3 lass One for this call. Do not deay
in making this report."
For further information call at (
he office of Local Board.
darch 2, 1918. J
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DEFENSELESS WAR,
WED ON RUSSIA
Germans "Infamous"
Policy Attacked in
Reichi.tag
FOR PROPERTY OWNERS
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Makes Charge That Alroady Austria
And Germany Are Wrangling
Oyer Lhrains.
London, Saturday, March 2.?
The German govern ment'H "infamous
war policy" was assailed in the
reichstag in the course of Friday's
debate by Herr Gogtherr, an independent
socialist, according to Berlin
advices sent from Amsterdam
by the Reuter correspondent there.
"The German ultimatum is not
calculated to create conditions of
peace and friendship with Russia."
Herr Vogtheer declared. "In the
:ase of the Ukraine peace, Germany
ind Austria already are quarreling
aver the booty. The war we now
ire waging in defenseless Russia
serves only the propertied classes of
:he disputed territory. In Lithunia
we have made no moral conquests,
rhe Lithunians long to b<! back in
Russia.
"We are not allowed to know the
iruth. The fatherland paity is pursuing
a bloodthirsty propaganda
tgainst foreign countries. We are
sold body and soul to the military
:aste. we are pursuing an nixaiuvus
war policy."
At this point, the vice president
:alled the speaker to order, but he
nsisted on continuing his speech.
"High wages in the munitions iniustry,"
flerr "Vogtherr declared,
'are corrupt wages for the purpose
>f keeping workmen in good temper
in the interests of carrying on the
near. The imperial chancellor has
food sent to him from Bavaria,
;hereby infringing the law."
3EATH OF MR. JAS. TAGGART.
Mr. James Taggart died Friday
norning, March 1, 1918, at three
>'clock of neuralgia of the heart.
Se had not been feeling very well,
3UI nis iamny wiougni ne was guttering
from an attack of acute iniigestion
which he frequently had.
3is friends and the whole community
were shocked to learn of his
leath.
Funeral services were held Sunday
iftemoon at five o'clock at the
lome where a large crowd gathered
;o pay their last tribute of respect.
Dr. J. L. Martin conducted the
services assisted by Rev. H. W.
Pratt. "Jesus Lover of My Soul"
and "Abide With Me" were sweetly
>ung by a choir of splendid voices.)
The interment was* at Long Cane
:emetery. An unusually large col-1
ection of floral designs attested the
ligh esteem in which he was held,
rhe pall bearers were: J. L. Perrin,|
Dr. F. E. Harrison. Dr. J. E. Pressly
rhos. Thomson, L.. C. Haskell, F.
3. Hill, W. E. Hill, W. D. Wilson, j
Mr. Taggart was bora Feb. 4,
iqsi wic mother was Elizabeth
Baker, daughter of Alpheus Baker, j
who came to Abbeville from Char-'
eston as a noted educator. He wasj
;he finest linguist in the up country'
it that time. Besides Gen. M. L.
Bonham, Thos. Perrin and Judge
Wardlaw, he prepared other noted
nen for college.
Moses Taggart h:'is .grandfather,
was the first clerk of court of this
:ounty. He owned the first, cotton
*in in the county which was located
where the Episcopal church ( now
stands and he also owned the old
A.rcher House, where John Taggart,
lis son, and James Taggart, his
grandson, were born. John Tag-j
?art was at one time: sheriff ol tms
:ounty.
As a young man Mr. Tag&art served
as apprentice under the firm of
Seal, Sign & Robinson, coach, buggy,
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RUSSIANS S
TO (MR,
U. S. Troops Put
Foes to Wild Flight
UNITED STATES TROOPS ARE
PRAISED FOR THE FIGHT
GIVEN FOE.
Amsterdam, March 2.?Twelve
American prisoners were taken in a
raid northeast of Seicheprey Friday
according to an announcement made
today by the German War^Office, according
to advices received here.
The statement also added that Germans
inflicted casualties.
With (the American Army in
France, March 2.?Words of praise
were heard on every hand\today for
the bravery of the Americans who
beat off a strong German attack
north of Toul Friday morning.
The Americans met the best picked
troops of the German army?
troops of the "shock" type, especially
trained for raiding?and beat
them at their own game of war. In
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tuc uttiiu-wimiiu auLuggie tuc aiuericansMost
some in killed and
wounded, including officers. A few
others were reported missing.
After the fight, twelve German
bodies were found in the American
trenches, while about a score more
bodies were seen in the snow and
amidst the barbed-wire entanglements.
^
The attack was made in a driving
snowstorm against a salient on
the American front, and was carried
out by about 240 men.
A "heavy bofflbafdment~of the American
position accompanied the attack.
But instead of finding the
Yankees bewildered, stunned and
crouching gas-masked in their dugouts,
the Germans met a maddened
crowd of bareheaded demons intoxi
I cated with excitement ana the joy
of combat.
Hurling themselves upon the Germans,
the young Americans fought
desperately, entirely smashing the
carefully laid boche program. The
German survivors were sent scuttling
back to their lines, while Jhe
American gunners slammed down a
violent barrage through which the
fleeing troops had to pass.
Three German prisoners remained
in the hands of the Yankees, two of
them having been wounded,
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[ and wagon makers. He was coni
nected with them for twenty years, j
I He was a contractor and a builder j
; afterwards.
In 1879 he was happily married'
I to Miss Mary Holcombe and to them
? i m i i#
were born tnree cnnaren. ur, xuaxtin
performed the marriage ceremony
and the baptismal rites for
| each of the children.
| The oldest daughter, Mamie, who
I married Joe T. Hughes, died
I about seventeen years ago. Winton,
I the second daughter, who married1
H. A. Benton, lives in Raleigh, N.
C. The youngest child and only
son, Hal, M. Taggart, is with the
American Bridge Co., in Erie, Pennsylvania.
The family has the deepest symthy
of the community in this hour
of their bereavement. Mr. Taggart
was a man of pleasing manners and
friendly disposition which gained
for him the friendship of all who
Knew una.
Those attending the funeral from
a distance were:
J. H. Holcombe of Dublin, Ga.,
and J. H. Holcombe Jr., of Savannah,
Ga., F. J. Holcombe of Palatka,
Fla., Mrs. A. H. Graham of Dublin,
Mrs. Howard Lathrope of Charleston,
Mr. William Steltz of Greenville,
Mr. Jag. Taggart of Flatwoods,
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Benton and little
Mary Louise Benton of Raleigh,
and Mr. Georgo Shillito of Colombia.
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iURRENDERl
?, POWERS
Delegates to Confer- g||
ence Accept Term* of ||||
Teutonic Allies |
SOCIALISTS ATTACK J
GERMAN WAR PARTY M
Germany and Austria Already Qnarrating
Orer Spoil* of War ik th? ' .*|
Eastern Territory.
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Petrograd, March 3.?A Germaa l ^
airman bombed various parts of the
city. Three persons were killed ?n4;=^S|^-|
fivewounded. The material damag*
was unimportant. |
Russia has bowed to the Teutonic! -JaB -vj
allies. The Bolsheviki eomm'iasion-vij J
(ers sent to Brest-Litovsk have "'sign-;
ed .the treaty of pefrce presented i
the Gerzbans, according to an official ^Hl
statement from Berlin, which ;adds-;'Jffly
that solitary movements in great
Russia have ceased. J
It was reported on Saturday
the Bolsheviki commissioners thej-i^
were about to sign the treaty. Thi? '*rf$mm
report was telegraphed to Lenine
and Trotzky after the delegate* ;^! |
sent to Brest-Litovsk had met th* % f|
German emissaries. There is little ^'i^Sm
information available as to the de- -.^|:
tails of the meeting between th#% rj
peace delegates, bat the Bolsheviki
said they realized that any further;
delay would mean more onorous|^^?|
conditions and they woald sign the
treaty without discussion. ' _'y$
-AlUaJy Qu.rr.Im,. , 4
While it is understood Chat all the J
Teutonic allies have signed the for- tfjgi '-'A
mal treaty ending the war with|
Russia, it is said that the economic fig J
and legal phases of resuming peace- jl
will be taken up individually by JSwJj
each\country. The German Social *||a&
ists have bitterly attacked the peace " 1
treaty with Russia. In a debate in . |
the Reichstag there were charges
that Germany and Austria already
are quarreling over the spoils of was '
?nr? thai. f.ViP rp?1 tnifh Rrfcn- vV-TaflE
ation in the east is being kept from >>*3 flfa
the German public. %
DEATH OF MRS. JOHNSON,
Mrs. J. T. Johnson died at her .'-'-7*8^
home in Donalds Saturday morning ^Jap
at seven o'clock. She had been sickr'/
for two weeks, of pneumonia. Every ?||| 3
attention was given her; that medi- j
cal skill knew but it was of no
Funeral services were held in the ;^||?
Baptist church, conducted by the v|j?
pastor and the burial was in the ad- W)
joining cemetery Sunday afternoon
at three o'clock. In his remarks :?-3gHj
the pastor summed up her life by
saying that it was so beautiful that
anything he could say would spoil M
the beauty. She was a woman wh6 jfl
loved her God and her home. She -?||H
was a member of the Methodist
church. She leaves four small children,
the youngest is two and a :
half years old, while the oldest is ;%*
twelve. Their names are Garard,
Marvin, Paul and Louis. Besides $ ]
her husband she leaves her father,
C. V. Martin, two sisters, Annie and Ja
Lois, and a half brother, Earle, bf .
Mrs. John was the wife of J. T.
Johnson, a brother of W. E. John- gal
son, who lives here.
LIEUT. HARRISON PROMOTED
Friends in Abbeville of Lieut.
Frank E. Harrison, will be pleased
to know that he has been promoted 1
from Second to First Lieutenant.
Lieut. Harrison is now stationed at .ijgH
Fort Monroe, and is in the regular j
army. He is connected with th? j
coast artillery. He is feeling fine j
and "rearin" to go otw. j