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Abbeville Press and Banner! Established 1844. $1.50 the Year* Abbeville, S. C., Friday, March 29, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year* LLOYD GEO! FOR REINFC 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 Din ner Given in Honor of Great Britain'* Representative in America. New York, March 27.?A mes-! i sage from David Lloyd George, prime minister of Great Britain,! \ calling upon the United States to' I" send "American reinforcements across the Atlantic in the shortest possible space of time," was read tonight by Lord Reading, British high commissioner to the United States, at a dinner given here in his honor. v "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 foi'ced to retire. The retirement has been carried out methodically before the pressure of a steady j succession of fresh German reserves! which are suffering enormous loss-j The situation is being faced with, splendid courage and resolution. The] dogged pluck of our troops has for I the moment cnecwea tne ceaseiess j 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 vthat the great republic of the west: , will neglect no effort which can has I ten its troops and its supports to Europe. "In war, time is vital. It is im-; possible to exaggerate the import-' ance of getting American reinforcements across the Atlantic in the shortest possible space of time." After reading the message from! Mr. Lloyd George, the British high | commissioner declared that every j nation arrayed against Germany must muster all its resources and the enthusiastic devotion of every I Citizen 11 me war is iu ue wuu. That is the lesson which must be learned, he declared, to achieve victory in the conflict in which the principles upon which humanity is based, are at stake. "It is incalculable," said Lord! Reading, "what the results would be if we were to fail. We can not fail, because if we did humanity would stagger and be crushed. But I do ?. l-A- _ I lot for one moment contemplate a | lossible failure. "I speak for my country when! say to you that we have no fear;: re have no doubt; we are not shaen in our faith; we are as resolute s ever. We are determined that, ome what may, we will fight on as re are fighting for liberty, that rhich is dearer even than life itself. , "Together, you in America and! ii |i of Great Britain and the allies j I in do so much, now tnat we are gether, that no human being, hower great his foresight, can in dgment measure it." The diners sent a message to esident Wilson in which they said: "We cheer you for your encourement to the commander and solars now defending the lines of dern civilization in the greatest ttle of history. May the govemint of Washington, represented 1 yourself, spokesman for righterness, justice and humanity lead p cause to speedy victory." {GE CALLS IRCEMENTSj 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, there was reason to believe that! 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 summary sent in by General Pershing J showing the British battle lines as they stood early yesterday morning.: Tonight's reports from London showed the British defense to have; stiffened sharply in the last few: 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 every-j body here. Reports from London and Paris reflected only high pur-: pose and confidence. They read like dispatches from victorious armies.! There was not ore hint of panic or foreboding. j MARS ELECTED MAYOR BY A MAJORITY OF 63 j Commissioners of Public Works Elected on First Ballot. i The following is the result of the election held here Tuesday: ! I For Mayor L J. Moore Mars 231 j J. E. Pressly 168 For Commissioners W. M. Barnwell 220 C. A. Haigler 158 J. L. McMillan 222 ] -T S Mnrsp 156 J. S. Stark 181 ! W. H. White 223 COURT NEWS. The Court of Common Pleas convened Wednesday morning, with Judge Shipp presiding. The first case tried was that of j Thos. McNeil vs. Lindsay Link. The!_ i F jury decided in favor of the plain-j tiff, the amount of $40. j The next case was that of E. T. j. Blanchett vs. Mrs. Pearl Beckwith. j ! tl A verdict of $50 for the plaintiff. In the case of Martin vs. Charlie j Taylor the plaintiff won a verdict e of $60. . c The case of Mrs. Sue Morton vs. ii R. R. Tolbert was being tried yes- j E terday afternoon. At the conclu-jtl sion of this case court will prob- j b ably be adjourned and the other1 c, jury cases be continued until next term of court. f I tl ODESSA REPORTED j CAPTURED BY SLAVS j " I w London, March 27.?Odessa hasj4' been recaptured by the Soviet and * Ukrainian troops after a bloody bat- j tie in which naval forces took part, j according to a Moscow despatch 0 ! K from the semi-official Russian news agency. ^ Mrs. W. E. Cason and Mrs. Otis j V McMillan of Anderson, are spend-. ^ ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs. ^ J. M. Gambrell. * PLATFORM OF MR MAYOR ELECT TO THE VOTERS OF TH In announcing my candic 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 mi salaries to pay. (3) It wil expenditure of the peoples ing. 2:?I favor the almost hauling of sand, and will i for pavements and other \ 3:?I will not favor the tracts for work to any Git; lation of the Statute Law 4:?The City of Abbevil I am opposed to the hirin; emergency, then only to t 5:?I advocate that a p Council and working for time to the said duties of gage in other business thj working for the City irieffi G:?I believe that better department, by each of s* arate and distinct of the own head. 7:?I do not favor exce fines as will punish the w: from committing a violati be measured.by the ability S:?I favor an equitabl tion of the laws of the Cit cd will devote a sufficient xi. _ 1 c alter uil* liutiieai ui mc v. Respi March 7th, 1918. iiis stop german attack broken Up By Heavy Artillery Fire. NORTHWEST OF TOUL Jnited States Infantry Conies Ouit to Meet Germans But Enemy Fails to Appear. With the American Army in 'ranee, March 27.?What promised German attack on the American lies northwest of Toul this morn1 g was broken up by American arillery fire. The enemy had heavily bombardd certain positions of the Amerian lines and then had sent a sweeplg barrage across No Man's Land. Inemy trench mortars, firing from tie west of Richecourt, started a ox barrage and from enemy mabine guns came a rain of bullets. The American infantry emerged rom their underground covers at le proper moment and advanced to leet the expected assault. Meanwhile, the counter barrage against le German side of No Man's Land pparently was effective for allough the Americans waited no ermans appeared. What happened n the other side of the line is not nown. wvvvvvvvvvvvvv COTTON MARKET V Cotton 35c. V Seed $1.06 1-2 V AxVVVVVVVVVVVVV . J. MOORE MARS OF ABBEVILLE :E CITY OF ABBEVILLE I lacy for the Office of Mayor Ly submit to you a few of ask to be elected. Act of the last Session of he Commissioners of Pub1) This department of the be under the City Council, ore offices with three more I amount to an extravagant 5 money rather than a savt it 1 A {*11 total elimination or tne i 9 idvocate the money be used )ermanent improvements. i City Council giving cony employee, which is a vioof South Carolina, le having teams of its own, sj of any, except in case of he lowest sealed bidder, lerson elected by the City the City should devote his said position and not enit would tend to make his icient. t service can be had in each lid departments being sepother and each havinsr its 'ssive fines, and only, such rong-doer and deter others on of the law; the fines to 7 of the party to pay. e and effective administray Government, and if electamount of my time to look Jity. ?ctfully, J.MOORE MARS. BRITISH DELIR COUNTER ATTACK Recapture Morlancourt and Chipilly, HARD BLOWS ARE LANDED iGermans, After Crossing Ancre River, Were Driven Back Across al_ . D! lot: x\iTcr. London, Maroh 27.?The Britsih 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 en; gaged west of Roye and were forced to give ground, the anouncement ! states. Reinforcements for them j are arriving. An enemy attack in the neigh, borhood of Bucquoy has so far ! 1- ; nnftn +>, o Rrit. I UltlUC UU tooivu U|/VII VII.V ?* ? ish lines. A number of other heavy attacks ' both north and south of the Somme j were repulsed with heavy loss to ! the Germans. The enemy's troops 1 are in Albert. The Germans crossed the Ancre , yesterday afternoon but were coun j 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. HUN OFFEN SPEND < Germans Fail to Break Between Allies Forces i 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 Tuesday, March 26.?The German effort by a terrific rush to get be iween me rrencn ana writisn lorees, with the object of defeating each separately, has failed up to the present and is likely to continue to fail. The fighting qualities of the allied soldiers have served to stay the impulsive advances, and 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. Novon was evacuated late Inet. night in good order. 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 still fighting. Further powerful attacks are expected, but it is difficult to foresee I at the moment where they will take | place. It was said, however, that ; the situation is fully in hand. JERSEY CITY BLAST CAUSES GREAT FIRE Lois May Reach $1,500,00?Cause of the Blast Unknown. i New York, March 26.?Fire foli lowing a series of unexplained ex; plosions destroyed the six-story j building of the Jarvis Warehouse I Company, Inc., near the Erie rail| road terminal in Jersey City late today and badly damaged the Erie repair shops. No toll has been reportI ed tonight. The material damage was estimated by Jersey City police1 men and fire officials at close to i ! $1,500,000. The goods stored in the warehouse were a total loss. The cause of the explosions has not yet been determined, although ; a rigid investigation was begun at once. The first of the terrific detonaition shook windows in Manhattan ) and caused considerable alarm. Visions of another Black Tom disaster or a bombardment were in many minds. While the excitement was at its height the Erie ferry house, a three j story structure on the New York side of -the river, was discovered to be on fire. A stiff wind was blowing from i the north and for a time it looked as if the entire Erie water front property would be destroyed. The firemen, however, confined the flames to an area covering about two acres. E. J. Jarvis, secretary and treasI urer of the Storage Warehouse Com ! pany, said he could not explain the explosion. He said all kinds of dry materials, the nature of which he did not know, were stored there by various concerns. hOUR FOR CHURCH SERVICES AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The morning: service at the jPresbyterian church will be at 11 o'clock as usual. Your attention is called to the fact that this will be one hour earlier by your clock unless you observe the new law which orders that all clocks be put forward one hour at 2 A. M., March 31st. The bell will ring as usual one half hour before service begins. SIVE ING ITSELF The British and French Troops Are Holding Hordes of Germans FULLY 400,000 MEN LOST BY GERMANS IS BELIEVED ,| Seventh Dkt of Wir'i GrutMt Bat ??38 tie Finds Germans Feeling Strails of Previous Efforts With Every i . ;'p Indication That British Have . . Seriously Battered Them. ?? ' ;M The strength of the great German offensive in France apparently- }j. is fast diminishing. On the sev- '$j enth day of the titanic battle there |j| were strong indications that the enemy was feeling materially the strain he had undergone and that J ' his power had been greatly impaired through hard osace. While the town of Albert has ; J|! been captured from ,the British and ;'--f west of Royo the French have been compelled to give ground in the h face of greatly superior numbers, the British have repulsed heavy at- ' ^ tacks, both north and southr of the ' ' Somme and also driven back across the Ancre river the Germans who SB forded the stream Wednesday. The ;? fighting still continues of a sanguinary character on all these sectors, but everywhere the British and French are holding the jenemy. Es- . . pecially severe has been'the fighting f ^ west of Albert, where the Germans, , 3 in an endeavor to debouch ...westI ?Tnt*A wanilloail Ktr TT1 ?llA waxu WCIC A vyuiovu wjr a. ?v?v> Haig's men with the heaviest casu-. . alties. The British gains between the Somme and Ancre regions are represented by the recapture of the > , 'j town of Morlancourt and Chipilly. South of the Somme they have advanced to Proyart, which lies to the 'Jjj south of Bray. It is estimated that in the great attacks delivered in mass formation more than 400,000 of the nearly a million men the Germans threw into I the fray are dead, wounded or in ' , the hands of their foes. Notwithstanding the strength of. the German drive, nowhere has the 1 " ? T-l 1 < ?. it.. ! untisn or rrencn ironi, aiong uie I latter of which American troops have given a good account of their ability as fighters, been even dented. m ' 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 Board at once. Henry Curaton, Lowndesville. John Wm. McDowell, Donalds. Geo. G. Grant, Lowndesville. Hugh Mack, Lowndesville. Willie Hazzard, Abbeville. i | Samuel Jackson, Washington, D C j 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. - ? Bob Callaham, Antrevme. 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, i Pleasant Reid, Lowndesville. I Charley Love, Abbeville. Dr. G. A. Neuffer has purchased a Buick Six for his wife. It is a grand car. \