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IF'''' ' ' ' " ""' " ? 1 . ' -m *: \ -tom Abbeville Press and Banner! ' ' , ura Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, March 29, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. LLOYD GEO! FORREINK British Premier Asks United States to Hurry Its Men Across AT CRISIS OF WAR WITH GERMAN HORDE Message to Lord Reading, British , High Commissioner Read at Dinner Given in Honor of Great Britain's Representative in America. New York, March 27.?A message from David Lloyd George, prime minister of Great Britain, calling upon the United States to send "American reinforcements across the Atlantic in the shortest possible space of time,"" was read 1?i?u.. T >? >) Pcorlinff Rritish lUlllgiii. uy uuiu i?u?un.b, high commissioner to the United States, at a dinner given here in his honor. "We are at the crisis of the war, attacked by an immense superiority of German troops," said the premier in his message. "Our army has been forced to retire. The retirement has been carried out methodically before the pressure of a steady succession of fresh German reserves which are suffering enormous loss* es. The situation is being faced with splendid courage and resolution. The / dogged pluck of our troops has for the moment checked the ceaseless onrush of the enemy,and,.the French have now joined in the struggle. But this battle, the greatest and the most momentous in the history of the world, is only just begun. Throughout it the French and British are buoyed with the knowledge that the great republic of the west will neglect no effort which can hasten its troops and its supports to Europe. "In war, time is vital. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of getting American reinforcements across the Atlantic in the; ?'* J A n?tA/iA /\-f fimfl " l ianOrveSL pusaiuic 9{iat.c VI >uuv. After reading the message from Mr. Lloyd ^George, the British high commissioner declared that every nation arrayed against' Germany must muster all its resources and the enthusiastic devotion of every . citizen if the war is to be won. That is the lesson which must be learned, he declared, to achieve victory in the conflict in which the principles upon which humanity isj based, are at stake. "It is incalculable," said Lord! Reading, "what the results would be | if we were to fail. We can not fail, j because if we did humanity would; stagger and be crushed. But I do! not for one moment contemplate aj possible failure. "I speak for my country whenj I say to you that we have no fearjj we have no doubt; we are not shaken in our faith; we are as resolute as ever. We are determined that, come what may, we will fight on as we are fighting for liberty, that which is dearer even than life itself. I 1'*11 ..*.1 A man/>Q QT1 fl 1 II O^CUltJr, y\j U in mav/i. tvu mi*v4 we of Great Britain and the allies1 can do so much, now that we are together, that no human being, however great his foresight, can. in judgment measure it." The diners sent a message to President Wilson in which they said: "We cheer you for your encouragement to the commander and sol-1 diers now defending the lines of modern civilization in the greatest battle of history. May the government of Washington, represented by yourself, spokesman for righteousness, justice and humanity lead our cause to speedy victory." | mm IRCEHENTS Search For Signs Of Blow By Allies French, British and American Armies in France Expected to Launch Attack Soon?Pershing May Take Hand. Washington, March 27.?French and British official statements were scanned eagerly tonight by officials and military men here for first signs of the counter-blow which . they think will be delivered soon by the allied armies in France where the rush of the German drive apparently has been definitely checked. While no official reports have reached the war department showing the participation of American forces beyond a few engineer units, ? * xL-i. there was reason to Deneve mat some part of General Pershing's army might take part in the attempt to hurl the Germans back. The only report reaching the department today was a brief sumj mary sent in by General Pershing i showing the British battle lines as j they stood early yesterday morning, j Tonight's reports from London | showed the British defense to have I stiffened sharply in the last few I hours. Officers said the shock of the German drive appeared to have ! been absorbed by the withdrawal i strategy of General Haig. One thing has impressed everybody here. Reports from London and Paris reflected only high purpose" and confidence. They read like dispatches from victorious armies. There was not one hint of panic or forebodings MARS ELECTED MAYOR BY A MAJORITY OF 63 j r Commissioners of Public Works Elected on First Ballot. tv>o followinc is the result of the election held here Tuesday: For Mayor J. Moore Mars 231 J. E. Pressly 168 For Commissioners W. M. Barnwell 1__220 C. A. Haigler 158 J. L. McMillan 222 J. S. Morse 156 J. S. Stark .181 W. H. White -223 ' COURT NEWS. The Court of Common Pleas con ! veiled Wednesday morning, with Judge Shipp presiding. The first case tried was that of Thos. McNeil vs. Lindsay Link. The jury decided in favor of the plaintiff, the amount of $40. The next case was that of E. T. Blanchett vs. Mrs. Pearl Beckwith. A verdict of $50 for the plaintiff. In the case of Martin vs. Charlie Taylor the plaintiff won a verdict of $60. The case of Mrs. Sue Morton vs. R. R. Tolbert was being tried yesterday afternoon. At the conclusion of this case court will probably be adjourned and the other ? until npvt jury cct&cd uc tuiii/inuwu wiiv>? ??w?v term of court. ODESSA REPORTED CAPTURED BY SLAVS London; March 27.?Odessa has been recaptured by the Soviet and Ukrainian troops after a bloody battle in which naval forces took part, according to a Moscow despatch from the semi-official Russian news agency. Mrs. W. E. Cason and Mrs. Otis McMillan of Anderson, are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gambrell. PLATFORM OF MR MAYOR ELECT TO THE VOTERS OF TH j In announcing my candid of Abbeville, I respectful] the grounds upon, which I 1:?I am opposed to the the Legislature creating t] lie Works for Abbeville. ( City Government should 1 (2) It is creating three m< salaries to pay. (3) It will t * n l I expenditure 01 me peoples ing. 2:?I favor the almost hauling of sand, and will s for pavements and other \ 3:?I will not favor the tracts for work to any Cit; lation of the Statute Law 4:?The City of Abbevil I am opposed to the hirinj emergency, then only to ? | 5:?I advocate that a p Council and working for i trme to the said duties of ^ age in other business tlu working for the City ineffi 6:?I believe that better department, by each of ss arate and distinct of the own head. 7:?I do not favor exce fines as will punish the wi ? from committing a vioteti be measured by the ability 8:?I favor an equitabl I linn of the laws of the Cit i-A will rlr>vntf> n sufficient after the interest of the C Respi March 7th, 1918. I i AMERICANS STOP ! MAN ATTACK Ubllllll II 1 111 M IVI ? j Broken Up By Heavy Artillery Fire. NORTHWEST OF TOUL United States Infantry Conies Out to Meet Germans But Enemy Fails to Appear. j With the American Army in j France, March 27.?What promised ! a German attack on the American I lines northwest of Toul this morn ing was broken up by American ar! tillery fire. mi? -*? J KnmKnrH. j ine enemy nan ncun^ ? ! ed certain' positions of the Ameri| can lines and then had sent a sweep(ing barrage across No Man's Land, i Enemy trench mortars, firing from J the west of Richecourt, started a box barrage and from enemy ma1 chine guns came a rain of bullets. The American infantry emerged from their underground covers at J the proper moment and advanced to ! meet the expected assault. MeanI while, the counter barrage against I tv>a Gorman of No Man's Land apparently was effective for al, though the Americans waited no | Germans appeared. What happened ! on the other side of the line is not ! known. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv \ j V COTTON MARKET \ V Cotton 35c. V V Seed $1.061-2 V VVVWVVVVVVVVVW . J. MOORE IRS OF ABBEVILLE E CITY OF ABBEVILLE lacy for the Office of Mayor [y submit to you a few of ask to be elected. Act of the last Session of tie Commissioners of Pub1) This department of the ?e under the City Council. Dre offices with three more L amount to an extravagant ; money rather than a savtotal elimination of the idvocate the money be used jermanent improvements, i City Council giving con y employee, which is a vioof South Carolina, le having teams of its own, 5 of any, except in case of lie lowest sealed bidder, lerson elected by the Citythe City should devote his said position and not enit would tend to make his icient. service can be had in each \ w > /Innnnfmontl! lioi T1 <T eon. UU uc|-/ai uvj^z other and each having its issive fines, and only such rong-doer and deter others on of -the -hnv * ' thefmes~to >r of the party to pay. e and effective administray Government, and if electamount of my time to look litv. 3ctfully, J. MOORE MARS. 1 BRITISH DELIVER COUNTER ATTACK ^ * M?- ? ? A MiMAllwl IVecapiurc mvi lauwui < and Chipilly. HARD BLOWS ARE LANDED. i German*, After Crossing Ancre River, Were Driven Bad: Across the River. London, March 27.?The Britsih I delivered a counter-attack today between theangle of the Ancre and Somme and recaptured Morlancourt and Chipilly, the war office announced this evening. The French have been heavily engaged west of Roye and were forced to give ground, the anoun:ement states. Reinforcements for them are arriving. An enemy attack in the neigh! borhood of Bucquoy has so far | made no impression upon the: Brit! ish lines. ; A number of other heavy attacks ' both north and south of the Siomme j were repulsed with heavy loss to i the Germans. The enemy's troops | are in Albert. i The Germans crossed the Ancre yesterday afternoon but were coun, ter-attacked and driven back across the river. The British have again advanced their line south of the Somme to proyart. Misses Ruth Howie and Edna Bradley are expected home today from Brenau to spend Easter. HUNOFFEN SPEND Germans Fail to Break Between Allies Forces ' | Mighty Effort to Separate French and British That Each May Be Defeated Prove* Costly Failure for the Attack Teutons. With the French Army in France j Tuesday, March 26.?The German effort by a terrific rush to get between the French and British forces, with the object of defeating each separately, has failed up to the present and is likely to continue to fail. The fighting qualities of! .tli.J ? 1 J J.-I liic aiiicu suiuicis nave servcu. iu stay the impulsive advances, arid today the Anglo-French line is on strong positions. The next few days may change the stiuation entirely, as the allies have had time to get their "maneuvering reserves" to take the initiative. Noyon was evacuated late last night in good order. i The allies stood the test most courageously, but such a continued series of shocks from fresh troops was bound to tell on tired men, and eventually theallies were forced to give way. But they did so stiU fighting ' v.. * Further powerful attacks are ex-j pected, but it is difficult to foresee at the moment where they will take place. It was said, however, that the situation is fully in hand. I JERSEY CITY BLAST,, . i CAUSES GREAT' FIRE Loss May Reach $1,500,00?Cause of the Blarst Unknown. ! I V * New York, March 26.?Fire following a series of unexplained ex1 plosions destroyed the six-story ! Vinili^inop r\f tVio .Tarvic Wnr<?Vini1SP ! UU11U1110 V/X KtiV V M* * TV Mk V?VMW? ! Company, Inc., near- the Erie rail| road terminal in Jersey City late^to' j day and badly damaged the Erie repair shops. No toll has been reported tonight. The material damage j was estimated by Jersey City pollcer' men and fire officials at close to ' $1,500,000. The goods stored in the |! warehouse were a total loss. The cause of the explosions has J not yet been determined, although ti a rigid investigation was begun at i once. j' The first of the terrific detonaj tion shook windows in Manhattan | and caused considerable alarm. Vis-! | ions of another Black Tom disaster i or a bombardment were in many I minds. , While the excitement was at its height the Erie ferry house, a three lj story structure on the New Yorkj side of the river, was discovered to ' | be on fire. 'j A stiff wind was blowing from i the north and for a time it looked j as if the entire Erie water front | property would be destroyed. The j j firemen, however, confined the ' ' - -1 A flames to an area covering auuuu two acres. E. J. Jarvis, secretary and treas-j urer of the Storage Warehouse Com; j pany, said he could not explain the explosion. He said all kinds of dryj materials, the nature of which he did not know, were stored there by various concerns. HOUR FOR CHURCH SERVICES AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The morning service at the Presbyterian church will be at 11 o'clock as usual. Your attention is called i to the fact that this will be one hour earlier by your clock unless you observe the new law which orders that all clocks be put forward one hour at 2 A. M., March 31st. The bell will ring as usual one half hour before service begins. AtWWTWm SIVE ING ITSELF The British and French , i j Troops Are Holding ,j Hordes of Germans FULLY 400,000 MEN LOST BY GERMANS IS BELIEVED Seventh Day of" War'# Greatest Bat-. M tie Find* Germans Feeling Strait of Previous Efforts With Every ; l_J! ?.! TT . . r? 1 U '"fl indication inai ormin nave Seriously Battered Them. ' The strength of the great Ger- ; man offensive in France apparently ' v-;.% is fast diminishing. On the sevr ' ^ enth day of the titanic , battle there. .. were strong indications that the '/J enemy was feeling materially thte & strain he had undergone and that *? his power had been.greatly impair-' ' M ed through hard usage. ' | While the town of Albert has been captured from the British and J west of Royo the French have been /'* compelled to give ground in X thp. . #3 face of greatly superior numbers, ; the British have repulsed heavy at- ^ tacks, both north and south of the '^jSB Somme and also driven back across' -Vffl the Ancre river the Gertnans who' forded the stream Wednesday. The j' | fighting sttfl continues of a sangui- V )'l!M , nary character on all these sectors, ^ ! but everywhere ' the British - ahd ; French are holding the enemy. E#- j t pecially severe has been the fighting west of Albert, where the Germans,. [in an endeavor to debouch w'est? ward were repulsed by Field Marshal , J Haig's men with the heaviest casu- | alties. The' British gains between the Somme and Ancre regions are rep- .fvM resented by the recapture of the ' v$ town of Morlancourt and Chipilly. i South of the Somme they have ad- $3 : | ; vanced to Proyart, which lies to the ^ 1 armtVl ftf RrflV. . "3 It is estimated that in the great 1 -T'im j attacks delivered in mass formation ^ more than 400,000 of the nearly a ' million men the Germans threw into the fray are dead, wounded or in' , 4 the handsx of their foes. Notwithstanding the strength of '.if: I the German drive, nowhere has the ! British or French front, along the i | i lof+nr of xx/Vi icVi American troot>s | have given a good account of their I ability" as fighters, been even dented.. J REPORT AT ONCE. The following is a list of men who have been ordered to report for physical examination and who have failed to report. If your name appears in this list, report to Local > I Board at once. Henry Curaton, Lowndesville. John Wm. McDowell, Donalds. Geo. G. Grant, Lowndesville. 7' i Hugh Mack, Lowndesville. Willie Hazzard, Abbeville. Samuel Jackson, Washington, D C John Hodges, Covington, Ky. Isaac Cummings, Abbeville. ' Arthur Frazer, Greenwood. James Sloan, Abbeville. Alfred Chiles, Abbeville. James Cole, Calhoun Falls. Carter- Berry Adams, Greenville. Isaac Jackson, Abbeville. James Brown, Calhoun Falls. 4 j Bob Callaham, Antreville. Wm. Hubert Taylor, Donalds. Roy Homes McAdams, Due West Richard Wooden, Washington, Ga Parish Black, Richmond. Cornelius Hamilton, Abbeville. George Johnson, Abbeville. - '<? Eugene Johnson, Abbeville. Eugene Jackson, Abbeville. Pleasant Reid, Lowndesville. Charley Love, Abbeville. Dr. G. A. Neuffer has purchased a Buick Six for his wife. It is a grand car. J