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WILSON' AN
THEGER
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'To Use' Righteous
Force in Bringing Germans
to Senses
PRESIDENT SPEAKS
TO BALTIMORE FOLK
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:Shows Futility of Listening to Allj
Proposals to End War Before
Berlin is Awakened from Dream
of World Dominion. Must
Respect Law.
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Baltimore, April 6.?President
Wilson at a great Liberty Loan celebration
here tonight gave America's
answer to the German drive on
the Western battle front; to the
renewed propaganda for a Germanmade
peace, to all proposals to end
the war before Germany is awakened
from her dream of world dominion.
The president's answer war:
"Force, force to the utmost,
force without stint or limit, the
righteous and triumphant force
which shall make right the law of
the world, and cast every selfish
dominion down in the dust."
/ A few hours before the president
spoke he had reviewed a division of
citizen soldiers, called only a few
4-U A mivaiiifo
IUIUI1 blld HUH i UIC OUlbg vx
peace; now transformed into fightJng
men to carry the ideal of America
to the battlefields of Europe
at the moment, a million more of
their ki..d all over the land were
I the opening of the third
Liberty loan, and the orders "for moL
bilizing the first of the great army
of a second million were going out
I / to .the country.
World for Fre# Men.
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j facts wfcieh backed his words, when,
I after reviewing briefly the evidence,
I that Germany seeks a -peace that
| would give her dominion, the presi\
dent declared.
i- "I accept the challenge, I know
that you accept it. All the world
shall know you accept it. It shall
appear in the utter sacrifice and
self-forgetfulness with which we
shall give all that we love and all
that we have to redeem the world
and make it fit for free men like!
ourselves to live in. This now is |
the meaning of what we do.. Let'
everything that we say, my fellow!
countrymen, everything that wei
henceforth plan and accomplish ring,
true to this response till the maj-j
esty and might of our concerted
power shall fill the thought and utiterly
defeat the fqj;ce of those who
flout and misprize what we honor
and hold dear.
"Germany has once more said that!
force and force alone shall decide j
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whether justice and j?eace shall
reign in the affairs of men; whether j
right as America conceives it, or do-;
minion as she conceives it, shall determine
the destinies of mankind.
"There is, therefore, but one re-j
sponse possible from us; force,j
force to the utmost, force without!
stint or limit, the. righteous force'
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I which shall fhake right the law 01 j
the world, and cast every selfish dominion
in the dust."
Warning anew that a triumph ofi
arms for Germany means ruin fori
all the ideals America has won andj
I lives for the president reiterated ne
was willing to discuss at any time
a fair, just honest peace, sincerely
proposed, "a peace in which the
strong and weak shall fare alike."
"But the answer," said he, "when
I proposed such a peace, came from
the German commanders in Russia
and I can not mistake the meaning
of the answer.
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President Wilson's acceptance of
Germany's challenge that the issue
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1SWER TO 1
MAN DRIVE
South Carolina's
Quota Is $14,000,000;
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For Third Liberty Loan Issue?
Abbeville's Quota Not Yet An- I
nounced?Local Committee
The Drive for the Third Liberty
Loan is on. Albert Henry, W. H.
White, M. B. Reese and E. R. Thom- 1
son form the local committee. M. i
B. Syfan will canvas Fort Pickens
and the employees of the Southern 1
Railway. /. 1
John White, G. L. Flynn and T. <
S. Calhoun will canvass the men of
the Seaboard Air Line Railway. ]
Don't wait for the committee to 1
call on you. All the Banks in Ab- :
beville are selling Bonds?go to
yonr bank and purchase your share j 1
this morning.
The men named below have been
appointed chairmen for their re- 1
spective school districts, if neces-1
sary they will form committees to,
assist in the house to house canvass, j
A. Selden Kennedy, C. H. Dod- !
son, C. W. Norris, S. J. Wakefield,
H. Power, M. B. Mann, R. H. j1
Moseley, S. S. Boles, T. J. Bowman,!1
S. A. Speecf, A. G. Baskin, C.' H. j1
Taylor, Dr. Joseph Hicks, J. A. j
Nance, F. W. Wilson. W. E. Lesley,
W. W. Wilson, J. R. Pruitt, M. J.
Ashley, A. J. Ferguson, L. A. Ramw
T. J. Sutherland. R. R. Tol-1
bert, W. R. Ellis, Brown Bowie, J. I
R. Lomax, N. S. Cason, S. M. .
Beatty, E. R. Miller, J. A1. Hagan, ;
W. E. tJoriey, Jas. J. Black, A. L. :
Barm ore..
Wilbur Blake is Local Chairman 1
for Calhoup Fafls, A. Selden Kennedy
for Due West, R. H. Moseley
for Lowndesville, B: *H. Smith for
Donalds.
Subscription blanks will be mailed j
out as soon as received from Wash-11
ington. i
W. M. Barnwell,
Co. Chairman Third Liberty Loan.
WHEAT FARMERS TURN
DEAF EARS TO HOOVER
Drastic Actionx May Be Taken Unless
They Release Supplies of j
Grain Held For Higher Prices
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Washington, April 1.?The food
adminsitration's ' appeal to loyal
American farmers to market their
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wheat,now while the greatest aim-i
culties is being made in feeding the:
allies, hajl only slight effect last,
week, when mill receipts increased!
to 3,250,000 bushels as compared
with 3,000,000 bushels of the prev-i
ious week. The normal receipts are:
7,600,000 bushels..
Many million of bushels, the ad-j
ministration said, still are in storage:
on the farms. Exports to the allies j
meanwhile continue to decline andj
from March 15 to'22 amounted to j
only 199,749 tons of cereals, as com;
pared with the weekly program of!
270,000 tons. Up to March 22, j1
there was a deficit of 1,101,301 tons;!
in shipments of breadstuffs which i
can be made ud only with wheat.
Decision to requisition all wheat j 1
held by Germans sympathizers seek-!
ing to hamper the government has
not been changed, administration
officials sajd. They indicated, however,
that another week or 10 -days;'
would be ,given loyal Americans toj
sell their grain and that drastic act- j
ion then would be considered if the
emergency in the wheat supply con- ,
tinues as serious as at present.
between the central powers and her 1
enemies be settled by force brought '
15,000 persons cheering to their i
feet. ]
The president, opening the third
Liberty loan campaign, carried his '
audience with him in his address. i
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ALLIED COMMANDER B
m "ill ABIT"
French Official Dis- ^
cusses ^Offensive of '
Germans.
MAY GIVE UP AMIENS P
City Will Fall fo Boches if Foch q
Sees Gain by Permitting Ad- |
vance of Enemy.
Paris, April 7.?The German attac
yesterday in the left bank of ^
the River Oise between Chauny and jc
Barisis is taken by some military w
critics as indication that the enemy, C(
finding himself cramped in the sali
ent his offensive has created toward Cj
Montdidier and Amiens, is seeking r<
more elbow room,as without it he j.(
will be unble to deploy his masses
in Hindenburg style.
The retirement of th?> French to ^
positions prepared in advance causes
no uneasiness here.
"People should not allow them- ^
s^Jves to* be hypnotized by the of- ^
ficial bulletins," said a high official
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whose advice seems to have been
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accepted. "In a battle like this," he q
added, "bulletins showing more or ^
less important advances and retreats
are simply geographical summaries
which convey little meaning
except to those who are directing ^
the operations.
"People ask: 'Will the Boches get
Amiens?" ^
"Mv reDlv is Derhaos they will if ^
General Foch can smash more Ger- "
man divisions by letting them in n
than by keeping them out. Unbeat- w
en armies are more important than 34
are towns and what has happened
in this battle does not show on the c
map. u
"Germany's gains looks like a g
fat, jucy pear to the newspaper t]
reader, but the kaiser knows how 0
hollow it is a? the core." o
All those who approach the French g
general staffv share the confidence n
of this official.
General Foch, it is. now generally y
understood, will not be drawn on by t<
the Germans, but will hold his re- si
serves for the moment chosen by
him. c:
"Wait a bit, wait a bit." Thuslci
the entente allied supreme com- f]
mander replies with a characteristic
sweep of his arm when asked about L
the future. A
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ROBERT C. FENNEL. r(
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The State of Sunday contained a j
picture of Robert Chester Fennel, j
who was recently wounded in | ^
France. The young man is a son I
of Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Fennel, of
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Lowndesville, and friends all over ^
the county are glad to know that
his injuries arc slight. sYoung Fen-jR
nel is a memoer 01 tne nainDow;
Division, enlisting from Columbia,)
where he held a position as opera- j ti
tor for the Seaboard. , j 1;/
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RED CROSS WORK. t(
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The work alloted to the Red j
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Cross for this month is 360 large j c]
paper back pads. Each organiza-jw
tion in the county is itsked to assist jw
with tMis work. The assistance they|
gave during March was a great help j a,
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and this" is necessary also. 01dja]
newspapers are wanted. If you have j tl
a supply on hand please send them a]
to the Red Cross rooms. Every little
bit helps. p,
COMING TO THE REUNION.
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Camp Hampton, of Columbia, w
will send the following veterans to ir
the Reunion in May: J. L. Ward- w
law, J. C. Abney, J. Fuller Lyon, ^
D. Cardwell and C. T. Goodwyn. A s(
sponsor for the camp will be ap- ^
pointed later. V
Miss Luah G. Adams of Marlboro ^
will act as sponsor for the 1st Bri- ^
jade. v V
J
IG DRIVE FOR '
LOAN HAS BEGUN
Nationwide Campaign ?
for Third Liberty Issue .
Starts in Earnest. j
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ERSHING APPEALS TO PEOPLE
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eneral Sends Message From France
Urging Countrymen to Make Sacrifice*
for Men in Trenches.
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Washington, April 7.?Hard work ^
y solicitors for the third Liberty
an will begin tomorrow. After
eeks of careful organization of ^
>mmittees in every State, city and
>unty and the gala opening of the ^
impaign yesterday, workers are
;ady to start oil intense canvass j
>r subscriptions ;ind by the end of
le week they. expect to^ have a big ^
art of the $3,000,000,000 loan toil.
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Reports on yesterday's bond sales
ere so general in nature that ofcials
at headquarters here tonight
id not attempt to calculate v the i
ctual amount secured. Indications
ere that they ran above $50,000,- 00,
but this figure was based enrely
on unofficial estimates. To ]
lake up the $3,000,000,000 credit
ithin the four weeks, it will be i
ecessafy to gather in more than ]
100,000,000 a day.
By Tuesday or.Wednesday the 1
iberty loan organizations plans to 1
ave dependable figures on subscripons
and unusual efforts will be
lade to obtain accurate reports, ^
ithout padding or duplicating sub- '
iriptions.
Reports fromall parts of r the
ountry today indicate that the pop- .
lsir enthusiasm for the loan was far
ruater than on the first day of eiler
of the two previous campaigns, .
?ne cause assigned for this was well
J LL'.Ii J
rganizeu jpuuiiciuy anu mc am |
iven the campaign in advance by I
ewspapers. ... } %
Secretory McAdoo, after speaking i'
esterday in Philadelphia, will sto^t
jmorrow on his Southern tour,
bopping first at Richmond, Va.
From headquarters of the Ameri- '
an expeditionary force in France '
ame today a Liberty loan message
rom General Pershing:
"Every dollar subscribed to the '
iberty loan is a dollar invested in
merican manhood," cabled the gen
ral. 'Every dollar subscribed as the
ssult of self-denial means p&rtner- S1
lip in the hardships and risks of j ^
ur men in the trenches. An over-1
helming subscription to the third i
iberty loan will be a patriotic exression
of confidence in our ability J
5 a nation to maintain all that we old
dear in civilization."
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ED CROSS LIVING PICTURES.) j
The entertainment of Living fie- i
ires, given in the Opera House on'
ist Thursday night for the benefit: <
f the Abbeville Red Cross Chap-|
;r and its auxiliaries was without! ]
uestion a grand success. Mrs. H.:
7. Pratt, who was in charge as i
bairman, worked faithfully and I
ith the able assistance of her co- j t
orkers, made it a success. j'
The pictures were well gotten up:
nd particularly well carried out!1
nd the music was fine. Everybody
xrned out to help the good cause ]
nd a nice sum was cleared?$336.
The little children and the young j,
eople were intensely interested in
leir parts which made it a success, j
he grown up people who helped
ere enthusiastic with one object
i view, that is to help in every ]
ay possible to win the war and! T
elp tne boys who are fighting or I {
>on will be at the front.
VVWVVVWVVVV Wj !
COTTON MARKET V1j
Cotton 35 l-2c V
Seed $1.06 1-2 Vj
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HE DAY
ENDSTEUTC
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Program of Piedmont ,
U. D. C. Convention
I"o Be Held at Opera Houte, Abbeville,
S. C., on April 11th at
11 A. M. 1
, Meeting called to order by Dis;rict
President, Mrs. F. M. Farr. . j
Invocation?by Rev. J. L. Daniel.
Welcome from Abbeville Chap;er?Mrs.
Lucy Thomson.
Welcome from Children's Charier?-Miss
Margaret Cox.
Address by Mayor? Hon. J.
Moore Mars.
Response for District?Miss Ber- ^
;ie Smith. ' ,
Address by District President?
Mrs. F. M. Farr.
Reading Minutes, 1917.
Roll Call and Chapter Reports.
. War Relief Work?-M^rs. R. D. j
Wright. ^
Historical Work?Mrs. J. R.
Vahdiver. ,
Address by Mrs. John Cart, State ^
President U. D. C. ,
The program will be interspersed j
oy both vocal and instrumental
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music. j
The public is most cordially incited
to these, exercises. t '
List of Delegates and Homes As- |
signed. .
Newberry: Mrs. R. D. Wright, ,
Mrs. J. H. West, with Mrs. C. C. ,
Gambrell.
Pickens: Mrs. Tr Q, Jfapldin, (
Miss Hughes, .with Mrs.. C. t>. Brown
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nmciy oia; mrs. nr. n. noimuu,
Mrs. Henry Rodgers with Mrs. W.
C. Sherard. "
Easley: Mrs. Roy Smith, with ]
Mrs. J. E. Pressly.
Easily: Mrs. WiHiam Anderson,
Clemson: Mrs. W. H. Mills, Ne\j< .
berry: Mrs. W. H. Carwile, with (
Mrs. W. P. A. Cheatham. (
Clemson: Mrs. Mark Bradley with .
Mrs. W. W. Bradley. / ' ,
Westminster:. Mrs. Anna J. An- .
derson, Mrs. D. P. Butler, with Mrs. .
R. E. Cox.
Gaffney: Mrs. H. M. Brown, Mrs ,
R. R. Wilkins, with Mrs. J. Howard
Moore.
Union: Mrs. EL M. Farr, Mrs. C. .
EL Peak, with Mrs. T. G. White.
Union: Mrs. A. 0. Brannon, (
Greenwood: Mrs. W. T. Jones, with ,
Mrs. H. H. Hill. 1 '
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Union: Mrs. John Cart, Mrs. J.
W. Mixson, with Mrs. G. A. Neuffer. .
Greenville: Mrs. Marie Gilreathj
Richardson, Greer: Mrs. H. E.j,
Bates, with Mrs. P. B. Speed.
Liberty: Mrs. Bessie G. Smith, i
Mrs. W. A. Sheldon, with Mrs. Ray- .
Ford Poweii
Greenville: Mrs. G. W. Taylor,
with Mrs. Wyatt Aien. 1
Due West: Mrs. Edgar Long, Mrs ,
C. B. Cowan, with Mrs. J. C. King. ^
Clinton: Mrs. E. J. Adair, with j
Mrs. George Gambrell.
Greenwood: Mrs. E. S. F. Giles,^
with Miss Kate Marshall. ,
Clinton: Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Mrs. ,
]. R. Copeland, with Mrs. E. R. (
rhomson. .
Anderson: Mrs.'J. R. Vandiver, (
vith Mrs. Fred Cason.
Greer: Miss Bertie Smith, with
VIrs. Fred Cason. ]
Newberry: Mrs. Paul Anderson,
vith Mrs. E. B. Gary.
Anderson: Mrs. Webb, with Miss
Vlaggie Brooks.
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Deaths in the army, from April 6, ^
L917, to March 14, from all causes, j
vere 1,191, of which 132 were in <
iction and 23 losses at sea. Casj- i
ilties in the navy to December 31 *
nclude 5 officers and 139 men kill- *
:d or died from wounds. (
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The signal corps has sent thou- i
lands of trained pigeons to France. 1
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(NIC DRIVE 1
Unable to Make Head- >||
way, Effort of Invaders
Dies Down 1 i
FOCH BIDING TIME
TO HIT HARD BLOW ^J|
British Regain. Old Position* la '
Aveluy Wood and Repulse At vM
tack Opposite Albert?Wilson'#
"Force" Address Finds Re ' '^8
sponsive Echo in Entente
Capital* 'v^lj
The second phase of the great bat- '.-il?
tie along the Somme, which the Gernans
began on Thursday last, has sS
lied down. It lasted less than three
lays and the fighting has resolved /
itself into more or less isolated en- - '<|ja
?agements ,in which the French land
British allies have more 'than held /MKM
their own.
The attention of the Germans for :Jjg
the present is mainly directed at J||
the lower end of the battle zone, ''M|
which apparently they are attempt- -wm
ing to enlarge' for the purpose 6f
getting elbow room in which to rJH
move their vast masses of troops.
Meanwhile, General Foch, the
commander in chief of the allies, is
biding his * time, meeting the Ger- vJH
man assaults with powerful resistance
and here and there conforming
his lines to the necessities of
the battle. It is confidently stated ' . ?j
ftt P?ri? ^hat Poch will, not be drawn,
mto afi? falser ttbtfSSfefit trfffefrf
each move is of such vital import- , :.Ji9
artce, but will strike with his re- ||
serves at the moment selected by
BiN Qo?? tp RoumnhU. M
There may be some significance in :;|1
the report that the German emper- - [M
or after a conference on the westera
front Saturday with his chiefs, iiffl
von Hindenburg and Ludendorff, intends
to proceed to Roumania. At t'j||
the outset of the great German of- / $!
fensive, when it was sweeping the y|?
allied forces before it, notwith- ^
standing the tenacious resistance, -'4
Emperor William, it was announced
officially from Berlin, was in supreme
command. That announcement
was regarded at the time as' \:/yi
evidence that the emperor expected '' ?
a complete and decisive victory. f.kl
Since then, however, British and ':?
French and American reinforcements
have come up.
The British on Sunday engaged in
sharp local fighting at various points
and repulsed German counterattacks
They also drove off, by artillery fire,
two German attacks launched in the
neighborhood of Bucuquoy.
President Wilson's acceptance of
the challenge of the central powers
and his declaration of "force, force
to the utmost, force without stint or
limit, the righteous and triumphant
force which shall right the law 5 of
the world and cast every selfish do
minion down in the dust," has' had Jg
a responsive echo from the capitals
of the entente powers where the v
press gives high praise to the presiient
"for putting his action into
agreement with his words."
rlUN PROPAGANDA
IS SQUELCHED
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Managan, Nicaragua, April 4.?
Pro-German propaganda against the
Jnited States has been so marked
' iQjj
n this country that President Cham
jrro has issued a decree prohibiting
such activity. All offenders will
)e banished to the island of Lake
Nicaragua. The President also orlered
that all firms on the Ameri:an
black list be denied the use of
lational telephone and telegraph
ines. ,
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