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i' Abbeville Press and Banner! Established 1844. $1.50 the Yean Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, April 16, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. t|l U.S. COLLI1 REPORT y .* The Cyclops Is More Than Month Over-due Carolinians Aboard ' " V 293 MEN ABOARD; COMING FROM WEST INDIES I _?;? i Navy Department7* Announcement i Says No U-Boats Have Been Operating Along the Roate of Collier. ! Washington, April 14.?The big American naval collier Cyclops, carrying 57 passengers, 15 officers and 221 men in her crew, has been over due in an Atlantic port since March 13. The Navy Department announced today that she was last reported at a West Indies island port March 4, and that extreme anxiety is en-! tertained as to her safety. The ves-; sel was bringing a cargo of manga II I nese from Brazil. ! The Cyclops had one engine dam| aged when she left the West Indies, j but the department said this fact would not have prevented her from L. communicating by radio and all efforts to reach her by that means has been unsuccessful. A thorough search of -the course which she would" have followed ir* coming to port- has been made and continues J I it was anonunceu. , Carried Naval Men. Wf ' ' - ' Alfred Moreau Gottschalik, United States council general at Rio De Janeiro, was the only civilian among ^ the passenger^ on the collier, the 1| others being two naval lieutenants and fiftjf-four naval enlisted men reI turning'to the United States. The Cyclops' was commanded by Lieut. Commander G. W. Worley, U. S. Naval Reserve force.. , [ There have been no reports of German submarines or raiders in the locality in which the collier was, the department's statement said. The weather had not been stormy and could hardly have given the collier trouble. Missing for Month. The fact that the collier had been missing for a month became known here Thursday, April 11. The naval fViP Associated ICCllDVi * V\JMVw*vu ?%.? ? Press not to publish the fact on the ground that the ship had not been given up for lost and that to publish the fact that she was overdue might expose the Cyclops to submarines or other enemy attack, while she might have been disabled on the high seas. The official an nouncement by the Navy Department today does not give the ship up for lost, but merely says "the Navy Department feels extremely anxious as to her safety." I NATIONAL LIBERTY LOAN, j ' SUNDAY, APRIL 21st | !v Secretary McAdoo has designated next Sunday, April 21st, as Liberty Loan Sunday. He is calling on every Minister in the United States to preach Liberty Loan sermons on that date. Tt is earnestly hoped that every minister in Abbeville county will put forth his best efforts! in the Liberty Loan cause. In proportion to population South Carolina ^tands last in subscribers to Liberty Bonds. Wm. Barnwell, f.miritv Chairman. DH ? w v R| DOCTORS ON A FROLIC. H Dr. G. A. Neuffer, Dr. C. C. GamHG brell and Dr. Raiford Power left, Kg Abbeville Monday for Aiken, where j Be| they go to attend the meeting of HI the State Medical Association. They made the trip in Dr. Neuffer's new Hfi car, going by Greenwood, where they were joined by Dr. Dodson. 99 ERIS ED MISSING ; ; .f;; }.I Next Men To Be Sent to Army Camp .v: ? ' >. ' . LIST OF WHITE AND COLORED MEN TO BE SENT TO MOBILIZATION CAMPS. ! White Men: Vernon Bradbury, order No. 334. Jas. J. Roche, order No. 492. Frank C. Anderson, order No. 504, Thompson B. Penney, order No. ' 541. Hal D; Sharp, order No. 591. Tom Finley, order No. 583. S. D. Baldwin, drder No. 592. O-l- J TLC . V/Uiwi eu men. William Ellis, order No. 106. Luke Lambert, order No. 143. Jas. R. Wilson, order No. 144. J. W. Higgs, order No. 167. David Rouse, order No. 199. Lewis Wooden, order No. 329. Will Chiles, order No. 313. Wm. L. Lee, order No. 332. Richard Davis, Jr., order No. 399 i Horace McKnight, order No. 411.1 I&bert Bolden, order No. 458. Jesse Cannon, order No. 431A. Ulysses Eakin, order No. 482. Arthur Jackson, order No. 514. x Charley Love, order No." 531A. j T A lion Mapfin nr^or Nn KK1. I U?f ^U.Ui,U4U> V* w w <r. John Wardlaw, order No. 57lA. Wm. Donaldson, order No. 611. Samuel Donaldson, order No* 621 Tillman Wooden, order No. 630. Oliver Wright, order. No. 6S5A. ** Snowell Hili, order No. 6j>0. ^ MR. WILL NORRIS DEAD. M.r Will Norris, who lived at Pendleton, died at his home * last Thursday. His wife died about a year ago. Two children, a son and i a daughter are left to mourn his rlantfc Mr Wnrria at one time made! his home in this country near the ; home of Mr. Will Milford in Santuc. I CHAPTER WORK. i Mrs. C. C. Gambrell and Mrs. T. j G. White went down to Mt. Carmel i Friday afternoon and organized and i started a class in Surgical Dress- ing for the Red Cross. The class opened with eight young ladies and j much valuable work is to be done 1 by them. Mt. Carmel is an auxiliary of the Abbeville chapter. I I PROGRAM FOR SEVENTH AND j EIGHTH GRADE DEBATE | I I At Court House, Friday, Aprit 19th. j' 1. Salutatory?Virginia Leslie. 2. Chorus?America, the Beautiful. 3. Reading?Maria Neuffer. 4. Duet?Lena Belle Johnson 1 and Mildred Cochran. 5. Debate: Resolved, That the Japanese Should Be Allowed to Go Into Russia. 6. Piano Solo?Dessie King. 7. Song? William Hill, Jack Bradley, Furman Sutherland, Ar- 1 thur Klugh, Gilbert Nabers, Edwin j1 Barksdale, William Cox, William Calvert, Francis Glenn and George Smith. 8. Declamation?Harold Tate. ' 9. Chorus: Tramp, Tramp, Tramp 1 10. Valedictory?Celia Chalmers 1 CHANGES AT THE LIBRARY Mrs. Harden, who has had charge : of the Library for some years, is ' leaving Abbeville and has resigned her position. She has made an ac- 1 ceptable librarian, and the Associ- 1 ation regrets her departure. They ] have been particularly fortunate in:1 securing the services of Mrs. Henry Norwood to succeed her. Mrs. Nor-J wood will take charge this- week. j, 'Hi AMERICANS DEFEAT < PICKED HON TROOPS Four German Compan- ] ies HurJ Themselves Agtiinsjt American Positions ^ FIGHTING IN TOUL SECTOR, j Two Gtiniu Planes Shot Down In- 1 side the American Line* on N Sunday. .* . 'ribr * \ With the American Anny in France, April 14.?Preceded by an <j intense bombardment of high ex- j plosives and poison gas shells pick' ^ ed troops from four German companies , hurled themselves against * the American positions on ths right * bank of the Mease north of St. Mi- I hiel early this morning, but were t completely repulsed after terrific r hand-to-hand fighting. t The Americans captured some prisoners. The German losses al- * ready counted are thirty-four dead and ten wounded, who were in the g American trenches, Vnd thirty dead J 0 in No Man's Land. Several of the i wounded were taken back by their a comrades to the German positions., , 8 Violent Bombardment. D With the American Army in 8 France, April 14.?The American g troops northwest of Toul again were subjected - 2to~*a vioTenf ^bombardment Saturday night. The Am- n erican batteries sent back an equal A number of sheUs. (] .The Germans ihade no further at- n tempt to penetrate the lines. ... C The French general commanding c the troops-in a neighboring sect ox n personally congratulated the prin- a .:..i _ uipai /liuciitaii uuu o uviuuictuuv^ ^ today. on the . excellent offensive A qualities and "the splendid resisi?nce n of the American troops. . * tl "With such men the cause of the Allies is sure to triumph," the p French general wrote in his report: r to the French army headquarters. b The doctors in the front line dressing stations reported today that P( several Americans who were slight- j, ly wounded refused medical treat- ^ ment until the Germans had been ^ driven back to their trenches. One n man with a slight woun d in his hand r wjio was ordered to the rear later was found, according to the surgeons, "fighting like a tiger" in the front line. o ARRESTED FOR WISHING K HANGING OF PRESIDENT !v If: Birmingham, Ala., April 11.?! Cl William A. Denson, a prominent) Birmingham attorney, was arrested i$ this afternoon by federal authorities on charges of violating the espionage act. Mr. Denson is charged with saying: "Wilson is the C cause and the whole cause of the a United States being mixed up in the tl European war. Wilson . should be ^ hung and I would like to see him i fi hang." j tl Mr. Denson acted as counsel forj'w Arnold Jacob Uhl, recently convict-! h ed a charge of defacing his ques-1 w tionnaire. During his trial, Uhl tes- v, tified that it was on the advice of o Denson that he refused to fill out d the questionnaire and made an en- 0 dorsement across its face, claiming exemption from foreign military! duty. When arrested and shown the j p warrant for his arrest containing the j ^ statement he is charged with mak-1 ^ ing, Mr. Denson asserted that the ^ charge was untrue. ^ Denson's arrest has caused a sensation here as he is reputed to be one of the most prominent attorneys in Birmingham. b * COTTON MARKET V t< C Cotton is off about 5 points. V g 19,843 MEN CALLED) TO MOBILIZE MAY 1 Provost Ma rshal Gen. . Crowcler's Order Sent to Governors of All 1 States. !89 FROM ISOUTH CAROLINA, * [*o B* Sent to ELeron Forts and Recruiting Barrack* For Training p Washington, April 14.?Another ^ [raft call for 49,843 registrants has q >een sent to Governors of States t; ly Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder. h Mobilisation of the men is ordered ^ or May 1, and 10, the War De- ^ >artment announced tonight, and ' Q hey will be sent to eleven forts and ecruiting barracks, probably for 2 raining- with regular army units 1 here. 4 '' P This call increases to more than ^ 1< 100,000 the number of selectmen f 1 i- 1-!- - _ 1 -X- ?? If 1. iraerea U) camp since late in jji?rcu. i q' , j *3 This :is far in excess of the monthly] j, ,vera?e that would have been mobilzed under the original plan to call >00,000 men this year over a nineaonth period. Future calls at the ame rate would complete the proram before midsummer. ;Sp??clinf Up. a Under President " Wilson's deter- h lination to hasten- the dispatch of ? Lmerican troops to , France to re- q ifftrce the British and French arlies bearing the brupt of . the great lerman drhriw in Flanders and Piardy, the whole program of the ari" tin Onlv fl Wppk 1J lo ^/VVU*; 15 V..v ? .? WW? go Gen. Crowder ordered mobili- ci ation of 150,000 selectmen for B ipril 26 and their movement to the ir ational army cantonments during h; lie five days following. j c< Further announcements are ex-1 to ected to follow the return of Sec-1 d; etary Baker from his visit to the I B attle fronts. J ? Troops now are moving to Eu-{d; ope at. a rapid rate and this clear- 0 ig of training camps will permit of ^ tie calling of men much faster than P1 ras contemplated before the Ger- ^ lan offensive, made it imperative to j ash men to the battle fronts. A WELCOME VISITOR. . tl Mrs. Percy Miller is in Abbeville j ^ n a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. D. j [err. Mrs. Miller is as bright andi^' ivacious as ever and her manyj riends are always glad to have herj ome back. 5,000 LIBERTY BONDS | in TO SEE CHARLIE WALK I tc i i cj Richmond, Va., April 11.?Charlie! bi lhaplin refused point-blank to do M ny of his hat tricks tonight unless M tie vast audience would buy $5,000 :H rorth of Liberty Bonds. When he j ki gured up, he had sold more than j T lat amount. The trick worked so "W ' ell that he refused to do any of ai is fancy walking unless more bonds | in rere sold. * Then they deluged him th ith order;?. When Chaplin came ut from under the avalanche of! emands, he figured more than $20,-' 00 worth sold. i n j li HADDON-McGEE. [C Miss Sallie Haddon and Mr.! m rank McGee of near Due Westjfc rere married Saturday afternoon at; ie Presbyterian manse by Rev. H.! 7. Pratt. It was a surprise to their! rinds but they are receiving con-| ratulations and good wishes. I * | d, Misses Helen Edwards and Eliza-! oi eth Gambrell, and Masters Donald I E [arris and Claud Gambrell went up; M > Ware Shoals to take Miss Geor- ca ia Edwards home after she had | w sent Sunday with her mother. er i 1'. ZSf&BBS&uii tslvVVi*; UJJEDL1 FIRMLY EV Americans Made It Warm if or Germans v * *' iA'. >>>41 lLLOWED GERMANS TO ENTER FIRST LINES AND THEN EN. GAGEb THEM FURIOUSL. With the American Army in 'ranee, April 13.?Of the 36 prisoners taken by American troops in he fighting on Friday northwest of 'oul, during which two German attacks in force were repulsed with eavy casualties to the enemy, l2 ave since died of their wounds. The Lmerican troops also captured two ierman machine guns besides a uanuiy 01 smaii arms. ,The prisoners taken belong to^th^ 5th and 65th Landwehr units, the 6th Pioneers an dthe Uhlans. The risoners said they had had no food or two days as the American artiljry had prevented their rations rom being brought up to their poitions. The captive ^Germans quifek7 devoured the food given them. ATTRACTIVE VISITORS. 1*.. . _ TT t_ J nr* mrs. Max narDison ana miss auline McLean of Louisburg, Tenn. re the attractive guests at the. ome of Mr. J. S. Stark. Private i , : [. A. McLean came . down .from 'amp Sevier to spend Sunday. f OFF TO FRANCE. La?t week Mr. 0. Y. Brownlee resired a letter from Mr. Robert roimlffnm Hoiaatr.! iVTTIU?V JL A VIII A V& V Vgl^UIVip^ DC* J ig that he and Mr. James Bonner ad been selected "with a group of allege* graduates to leave immdiater for France." They left last Thursay and are now on the journey, oth of these young soldiers were xpecting to be at home for a ten ays furlough ju?t at tbi? time. ThU rder to France changes their plans hey were closing up their practice eriod at Fort Oglethorpe.?A. R. resbyterian. nnnr.uT urtucr ? Mr. G. A. Harrison has bought j le house on Magazine street, -where j [rs. McCord and family lived, last' riday. The consideration was j 3,000. TO DETROIT. Mr. E. H. Longshore left Sunday lorning with a party for Detroit > bring back another lot of Buick irs. The following went from Ab-j sville: Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bristow, 'iss Leila Link, Mrs. Jas. Sherard,] [essrs. Whit Gilliam, Hugh Bowen,| enry Bell, Grier Sherard, Thomp-! ins Ramey and Jas. Stevenson, hey left Greenwood on the C. & T. C. at 7:40 on Sunday morning id arrived in Detroit Monday night i time for supper. They will drive le cars back through the country. BROUGHT $50. j Saturday morning Magistrate Hoi- j ngsworth sold at public auction, le horse and buggy used by thej hief of Police and other police-! en. Mr. A. M. Smith bid it in I I >r $50. | WRECK AT PEARL. At Pearl, there was a wreck on J: le Seaboard Sunday night. Con-| ictor Walter Gaffney was in charge ] : the train. Mr. Andrews was the ngineer on the first engine and' r. Starnes on the second. Four: irs were thrown from the track! hich blocked the mainline for sev-l< al hours. No lives were lost. j 1 V ji.'} s . -i;'--. HOLDING I ERYWHERE At No Point - Has Hunt v|l Been Able to Gain in g "" Inch MIGHTY ASSAULTS CONTINUE; AMERICANS SHOW UP" WELL. United States 'Troop* Meet tfee fo* :C^H In Every Style of Fi|htiaf .mat: uociairely Beat Hun.?He*ry The entire Allied line in BeTgnim and France is holding1 Arm. Nowhere have the Germans been able, notwithstanding-the groat' numbers ^ oi men hurled against it, , especially '-*|S| that portion in Flanders where the British are holding forth, to gain an inch of ground. Field Marshal flaig's order that no more ground should be ceded is rigidly being complied with, as is attested hv th? vftMH thousands of German dead now ly-/ .jjH ing before the British position* southwest of pres. Northwest of St Mihiel the Am- " '-.rJS erican troops have been compelled ,'rM to withstand a series of persistent > assaults, second in intensity only to -^fH those delivered by the 'Germans against the British in Flandets. And ;'via|B the 'honors at the end, rested with ' ?da| the Americans, who'met the fqe at every style of fighting he,. offered, and decisively defeated him., "*^8 Along the front held by the Frehch ' ^ Snndav Saw nothinc of greater im- >. <Jsffl portance than reciprocal . bombard- -;^|j ments on various sectors, the- troops. rJaB on both sides remaining in their trenches. Likewise in Italy the bfe guns were doing most of the work; At Neuve Eglize, northwest of Armentieres, where the Germans ' are endeavoring to drive their /feaH wedge in farther in order to outflank Ypres, the heaviest fighting ?|||l has taken place;.' Throughout Sat- v&fH urday night and Sunday b?ttl?3 a most obstinate character took . place. The Germans throwing: thousands of men into the attack along the eight mile front are trying to drive their wedge between Wulverghem and Meteren. Everywhere they ;$|gl have met with repulse and the price thy have paid for their attempts to . >'% breach the British line has been isM enormous. On no sector have they been able to surmount the stone wall of the defense. * 'raffia RED CROSS NOTESr , By the request of Mrs. Boyd? of ^pjl Mt. Carmel, Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, Mrs. T. G. White and Mrs. J. C. Ellis went down last Friday after- -jgl noon and instructed a number of ^ enthusiastic ladies in making the1 large paper-backed pads alldted the s'Jsj Abbeville Chapter for this month. Eleven well made pads were finished ) in less than two hour*. This aux iliary expects to do good work with the Abbeville Chapter. w|B Last Saturday was a busy day in the workrooms here. Ten ladies worked in the morning, and the teachers in the afternoon. Thirtythree pads was the result. On Tuesday nights of each week the workrooms will be open to the young ladies who are employed in ' the day in stores and offices to assist in making Surgical Dressings, from , ; 8 to 10 o'clock. The supervisor and other ladies will be in charge to instruct. We need your help. Mrs. J. C. Ellis, Supervisor Surgical Dressings. THE BOOK CLUB. " li The Book Club will meet Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. Allen Long.