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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
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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;
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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." |
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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. 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
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> /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.
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BRITISH DELIVER
COUNTER ATTACK
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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.
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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
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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
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; 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.
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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.
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