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Mgy Abbeville Press and Banner! Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, April 23, 1918 Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th BERLIN REf AMEK ( * Reports German Loses About Three or Four Hundred 1 PICKED TROOPS WERE USED \ ' French and American? Worked in! Closest Co-operation and by End | U?<) RattoraJ Line. i ^ ; * ? ( Washington, April 22.?General ' Pershing's first report on the Ger- ' man assault upon the American and ' French forces in the Toul sector 1 Saturday is understood to indicate ' * ] that the Americans sustained more than two hundred casualties and to Estimate the German losses at be- 1 tw^en three and four hundred. ( It was learned that the report had been received, but War Department'^ officials refused to make it public or ^ ] comment upon persistent reports about the department concerning its 1 * ' CJontiflf orr RaVor iq 11T1- ^ derstood to be awaiting more de- ^ tails before making announcement ( h though he probably will lay the in- s ; formation received before the House military committee when he appears ' tomorrow to tell of his trip abroad.'' German Claims. The Germans claim to have cap- } tured 183 Americans and to havejj % killed and wounded many more, and < 30 far there has been no official Am- , '\ . < erican answer to the claim. This situation will result in a revival of } N -consideration at the War Depart- c ' * "' MVAnncol +Viaf Q rljiilv I IU1CJ1V U1 tuc pi ujjuoui vumv ? | J L' statement be issued from the head-1 > ; J quarters of the American expedition-; ^ ary forces. The explanation here-; ? p tofore given for the refusal to cede to the proposal has been that|c ?>; American troops are part of and are . cooperating with large French and ^ 1 British units, and that an independ- j ent communique would necessarily duplicate British or French state- f ments. / Denial Urged. ] It is realized, however, that Ger- ] man claims, unless specifically de- ( nied from authoritative sources will 1 be regarded as statements of fact ] with inevitable resulting anxiety to i I ie people in this country. For that reason Secretary Baker is disposed I I to reopen the whole question with < r v Gen. Pershing. i It has been definitely decided, \ that as soon as American forces in , I ' ' r ' ' ' any considerable number are again " ao ?? nnlf. a ! ? IC*V~ blllg OO HU uiuv|?vU%.v..? ? ??; ? j J daily statement as to fts activities j ( will be issued. . , X RECORD FOR QUICK WORK. } 1 Charleston, April, 20.?Springfield < a small town in Orangeburg, has J 1 V set a record for quick work, ac-jt cording to a report received by the j i South Carolina War Savings Committee. At a W. S. S. rally on the \ evening of April 10, between $5,000 ( and $6,000 worth of War Savings ( Stamps were bought and paid for. 1 Previously to this meeting, Spring- 1 field, in four months, had purchased i1 only $513.50, and thus in one ev-jl Idling UUUglll. tcu Llllica bliav amvuiiv | Nichols, a town in Marion Coun- j ty, also made a good showing atj ] , one meeting. At a W. S. S. rally between 50 and 60 persons attend- i ing, purchased stamps amounting to i $2,741.50. This represents a per ? , capita sale of over $45 and is con- ( sidered a fine showing. _ ? PRIVATE LOMAX. Private Victor Lomax, of Camp ^ Jackson, is at home on a short fur- } lough. This is his first visit home j 1 and his friends are much delighted j to have him back for a few days, i He is looking fine. s ORIS i JCAN LOSS' ry- ' / ; ; Death of Writ. A. V. CocHran WHICH OCCURRED HERE SUN- 1 I)AY MORNING AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS. ' 1 Mrs. Agnes V. Cochran died at tier home on Magazine Street, Sunlav moraine at half nast six o'clock. A.pril 21st, 1918. She has been in ieclining health for some time but g tias only been seriously sick for the 0 sast week. ^ / Mrs. Cockran has lived all her life in Abbeville County and has a t wide circle of relatives and friends * who grieve with her family at her 8 ieath. ' ^ She was the daughter of James trwin Gilmer and his wife, Matilda F ll Erwin, a native of County Antrim, 1 [reland. Mr. Gilmer went to Ireland c when a boy, of twelve years of age a ind met and loved this pretty Irish e ass. They were married in the old minfrv and came to America andiv ? __ settled in Abbevllie county. 1 Mrs. Cochran was bom February j a 22nd, 1844 and was therefore in;c ler seventy-fourth year. She was a aappily married to Mr. R. H. Coch-r ran in 1868 and to them were born;0 nine children, seven of whom are j v low living. C. L. Cochran and Miss;* 3udie Cochran died several years |c igo. |v Mrs. Cochran was a faithful |a nember of the Presbyterian church, I v she'and Mr. Cochran holding their! t nembership for many years at Up-,3 Der Lohg Cane. When they moved i i' ;o Abbeville they connected them-'a selves with the church here and j g ?ave loyally of their services and j * support. Funeral services were held j t: n the church Monday afternoon atj 'our o'clock, in the presence of a d arge concourse of people > who d gathered to pay respect to the dead a md give sympathy to the living. P rhe services were conducted by Rev. C 3. W. Pratt, assisted by Rev. J. L. o Daniel, and the body was borne into n ;he church by Messrs. James Chal- c Tiers, J. Stuart Miller, Joe T. v lughes, W. E. Hill, Wm. P. Greene ind M. B. Syfan. The floral offerings were most jeautiful, breathing their fragrance >f sympathy and affection. Inter- v nent was at Long Cane cemetery a jy the side of her husband, who n lied thirteen years ago. jn Mrs. Cochran led a quiet, unas-1c ?uming life, considering it her high-1 * ;st duty to make her home attrac-1 * i 3 n1oq?nf tr> Vipr familv.' Shei vas beloved of her neighbors, it J )eing noticeable that all the old,v friends and neighbors from. Long[e 3ane came in Monday to pay their] ^ ast respect to one who lived among J ^ ;hem for so many years in pleas-! ^ mt and friendly relationship. j ^ Mrs. Cochran is survived by the11 following children, all of whom are J 5 loing well in the world: A. B. 5 Cochran of Monroe, Ga., Mrs. T. F. ja 31ack of Chicago, Mrs. W. J. Mc- j t iee of Due West, J. R. Cochran of 1( iiVaynesville, N. C., and Jas. S. :v Cochran, and Misses Hannah and' Carrie Cochran of Abbeville. The sincere sympathy of our peo)le goes out to the bereaved family.1 Those who came from a distance! j vere: Misses Emma and Bess Coch-|n an and Cleo Bailey, of Anderson, j j( ind Mrs. Fred Stubbs of Fitzgerald,' j ?a. ' n SYMPATHY FOR MISS CAUSEY, I* in The friends of Miss Jennie Causey I vill regret to hear of the death of: ler father, at his home in Pinopolis! ast week. Miss Causey was very. \ jopular in Abbeville and friends y ind old pupils sympathize with her \ iincerely. ~ ' Yankees Suffelr^d Severely in Attack Says 6eriii^n Report 6f Battle 50AST OF KILLING "MANY AMERICANS 3 reutons Claim Capture of 184 Am* ericans With Twettty-Frre Ma- J chine Gum. Amsterdam, Ap:ril 22.?A. telejam to the Wolff Bureau, the semiifficial German news bureau, on Sun < lay stated that the attack against the t American positions; on both sides of f he Seicheprey, thanks to careful 1 ireparation and the cooperation of 1 ill arms, was a complete success. I ?he telegram says: 1 "After an effective artillery pre- i laration which caused severe enemy r osses, the Germans stormed Ameri- I an positions over a front of two f ,nd a half kilometres and penetrat- f d to a depth of two kilometres, c Seicheprey was taken by storm and c ras found full of American dead. Jitter hand-to-hand fighting ensued I round dugouts, vantage points and ( ellars whose occupants were killed i lmost to the last raan. g "Severe hand-to-hand fighting also c ccurred about dugouts in Renneres ? rood. Here the American casual- g ies were especially heavy. Dense t olumns of enemy reinforcements i t'ere discovered north of Beaumont; c ,nd also beyond Bernecourt and: s fere badly mauled by our dastruc- j c Ive fire. Farther -back,-the irmen treated enemy reiserves fill-; c ng up the trenches in Jury wood a nd attacked them with machine; a uns while our batteries; worked r earful havoc in the closely filled s renches. , a "After dark when the enemy's j efence works and dugouts had been; estroyed and blown up we evacuted the position according to our ^ lans and unobserved by the enemy, i ^ )ur losses were slight while those |j f the untrained Americans were I lost severe. We captured five offiers, one doctor and 178 men as . rell as twenty-five machine guns." ' DIXIE HIGHWAY. r J According to plans a delegation s rent down to MiCormick Friday[v fternoon to meet the logging com-j littee of the Dixie Highway. They c let them at Plum Branch and es- I orted them to this city, where hey were entertained at supper atj ^ he Eureka Hotel by the people ofjc It ibbevme. , x Those that went down Friday \i re re: Mayor Mars, {Supervisor Stev-1 s nson, Messrs. J. S. Morse, J. M. j i Lnderson, R. S. Link, P. A. Cheat- j ( am, Henry Carlisle, J. S. Cochran, |s Job McCantey, Charlie McKenzie, i ^ V. A. Calvert, Albert Henry, D. H. j 1 lill and Dr. G. A. Neuffer. After J pending the night here Supervisor^ itevenson escorted the committee j s far as Hones Path, where he urned them over to Mr. M. J. Ash- j ey, who went on to Greenville I r nth them. J s j( RAILROADS TO BUY BONDS. I Washington, April 19.?"The ^ )irector General of Railroads an-j ! < lounced today that railroad compan- " ss would be allowed to invent in J he Third Liberty Loan any funds j iot needed by them for railroad' iurposes and available for invest- j ? lent in securities." - - ! c Respectfully, j Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond,j Fiscal Agent of the United States. .v v VTVVATvvav V VV s COTTON MARKET V,h > Cotton 32c- V t >>>>\>\>>>>\>>>S Secretary Asks Governors to Join in Great Drive for Liberty Loan Friday BY GIVING ALL CHANCE TO LEND HAND Ml Governors Aslced- to Declare Friday a Sltate Legal Holiday to Aid Libeity Day Celebration . ", i Washington, April 22.?All gov srnors were asked ^oday by Secre;ary McAdoo to declare nerl; Friday i State legal holiday as President iVilson has proclaimed it a national loliday, to aid the Liberty Day cele irofinnQ hv ttrViinVi it. is hnned "to J . n, joost sales of Liberty bonds well ilong toward the three billion dollai ninimum. The 26th is Memorial Day in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida and those States tlready have announced they will >bserve it by special efforts to in:rease Liberty loan sales. Just as the nation's offerings of liberty dollars passed $1,600,000,>00 today the St. Louis and Minnea>olis federal reserve district mana rers sent woid that they had ex:eeded their subscription quotas of >130,000,000 and $10.,000,000, reipectively. Until official , confirmaion is received tomorrow, the treasiry can not determine which went >ver the top first- and is entitled to itand at the top of the honor roll >f districts. The Minneapolis district record ja :onsidered particularly remarkable is its canvass started just a week igo todays By official, reports toLight the StT Louis district had subcribed only 93 per cent, of its quota I'nd Minneapolis 59 per cent. MEMORIAL SERVICES. The memorial services held Sunlay afternoon at 3:30 at the Baptist ihurch was impressively beautiful. )r. Jester of Greenwood, delivered he sermon and the address for the inveiling of the memorial, both beng splendid in their eloquence and patriotism. Capt. 11. B. Cheatham of Camp ackson, conducted the exerciees intead of Col. Bailey of Greenwood, /ho could not be here. Rev. H. W. Pratt offered'the invoation and a prayer was made by lev. M. R. Plaxco. The musical program was very attractive as well as patriotic. The hoir sang "In the Cross of Christ Glory" and "He Brightens the shadows." A B. M. I. quartette arg "Keep the Home Fires Burring," and "Tenting on the Old 'amp Ground." "America" was ung by the whole congregation as veil as the "Star Spangled Banner" ed by Mi;3S Fannie Stark. Little Miss Alice Cheatham drew he veil from the memorial which >ears the following names: Infantry:?R. B. Cheatham, Alen King, Casper Little, John Arnor, Forrest Clary, Reese Hall, Anel Putnari, W. F. Jones, Gug McJee, Furman Longshore, Marion T. Jrown. Navy;?Laurie Hollingsworth, Vorth Beacham. SOLDIERS HARMED BY "BLUE" LETTERS Washington, April 22.?Families if soldiers training in the United States were asked today by the war lepartment: not to write alarming >r discouraging letters to the men. )ivision ccmmandrs have reported hat in many cases such letters have o worried the soldiers that they iave hurried home without leave, hus violating rules and making them elves liable to punishment. ?. * - 'J'-V. ' J y\ ?** ' * ' 'V; : : .it.* GERMANS F ' FORNI \ ' a r, .|(l n nfinf-Ti Death of Mr. A. W. Clark WHO PASSED AWAY MONDAYSFUNERAL SERVICES HELD TUESDAY. Mr. Alex Wilson Clark died at his home on Pinckney Street, Monday, April 22, 1918, after an illness of a week of pneumonia. Mr. (JIark was the son of Mr. and Neill Clark, and was born in Wilmington, N. C., April 18th, 1846. He comes of a sturdy Scotch .ancestry and throughout his life he has walked in the paths of uprightness. Mr. Clark spent his young manhood in North Carolina and in May 1870 he was happily married < to Miss Sarah Wilson of Lihcolnton. Of this union eight children were born, six of whom are living, Sherman and Thurston Clark \ having died several years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have been blessed in I _ their children for all are occupying worthy positions in the world and repaying them in every way for their steadfast care, throughout their childhood and youth. All were here for the funeral. The children are: Mr. Neill Clark of Hickory, N. C., Mrs. Richard Tiddy, Shuford j Clark of Raleigh, George Clark of I Augusta, Mrs. Fairly Tiddy of Monroe, and Miss Lilly Clark, who made her home with her parents. Mr. Clark has lived for the past twenty-five years in Abbeville, nrnrlri'nnp oil fhio- timp nf. t.llP SpahoRrd shops being one of their most trusted employees. For many years Mr. Clark was a member of the Presbyterian church, but recently transferred his membership to the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church to be with his children. Funeral services were held here at four o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and were conducted by Rev. M. R. Plaxco. The interment was' at Melrose cemetery and the burial was after the Masonic rights. Mr. Clark being a faithful Mason and standing high in the 90uncils of the LQdge. Many beautiful floral offerings were sent in as an evidence of high respect for the dead and tender sympathy for the living. He leaves the heritage of ta good name, and an example of honesty j and upright dealing, worthy of emu lation. A young nephew, Sherman Shaw, of Dunn, N. C., came down for the funeral while many of the Seaboard engineers gathered in Abbeville to pay respect to his memory. MR. MACE WRIGHT. j Last week Mr. Mace Wright was I ! digging a well for Mr. Benton Rob-j ! inson in the Long Cane neighborJ hood. It was almost completed! i when the bucket fell back in and . struck Mr. Wright on the shoulder ! breaking his collar bone. He jumped to one side and that is all that saved him from being killed. He is getting on nicely now much to the J delight of his friends. 'CHANCE STILL LEFT TO LAND SHIP YARD Washington, April 22.?It was anj nounced at the office of Senator Tillman today that if the city of Charleston will-send on a delegation of her best business men, Charles M Schwab, director general of the emergency fleet corporation, may reopen the mattr of locating a ship yard in Charlston. Lieut. Gottlob A. Neuffer, Jr., of j Camp Sevier, spent 'Sunday here. ' '!r - 'J ' f * , \ ' ' ' *' , y_\. :< k, ] ' WARING iWATTACKj ReA^wd bf Hun Offeti-;; J|| sive Indicated by Da> ly Events TWO BIG BLOWS EXPECTED | One Probably - oh VUtatfe 61 the Other N<ter ftbinU to die North of Albert Events along the battle line m : France and Belgium seem to be || shaping themselves for a resumption j?|| of the great German offensive. Since the savage attack on the American vf|| forces at Seicheprey on .Saturc|ay there has been no fighting of an extraordinary nature along the front,',. but there have been indications that the Teutons were almost ready t# resume the sledge-hammer blow* they have been aiming at the allied >|j|W armies. . Great 'Turning Movement*. Unless recent operations have be fen feints, it is probable that the coming week will witness two great --WA turning movements by the Germans. One probably will pivot on the' *^illage of Robecq, northwest of Beth ? *<? n tiAnlliAim oir^A A/ CI O . . -Vm] line Vli (/lie syuuiciu oiuc vi uub um- i lient driven into the allied line* jM back of Armentieres. The other-is ^,^9 expected to develop at or near Mea- 'M nil, north of Albert on the north side of the Somme salient. , Purpose of Han*. - $sS| The purpose of these movements will be to cut deep into the allied lines on each side of the promentory that projects out into Germanheld territory and terminals on the old Arras-Lens front The Germans ^have attempted two great frontal attacks on the defences of Lens and ..Utfjfl Arras, but they have been. repulsed with terrible losses to the attackenu ^sSSi Since the second defeat at Festubert and Givenchy the Germans . have not cared to take up the task : ^|jHj of driving the Canadians from their .-faM positions along Vimy ridge and oa ; V tiffl each end of that great natural bul- ; wark before Arras. ' ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT Charleston, S. C., April 18.?It has come to the notice of this ofteii that many people fail to report sua- . picious and disloyal acts or manifestations of sympathy for the enemy, because of uncertainty as te ' the proper official to approach. It is very important that the Got- $31 ernment should have the assistance , ; of all citizens in detecting enemy propaganda or suspicious activities of individuals, and you will do a service in notifying your friend? . that any communication addressed to "'Intelligence Officer Headquarers !3y| Southeastern Department, Charles ton, S. C.," will receive attentioa and be transmitted to the proper p.jd official of the Government for in- vestigation. The names of informants will not be divulged and there need be no fear, on the part of anybody, of getting into trouble in ^ case suspicions prove to be unfound- 1 Informants should indicate the nature and source of their informa- / ;</te tion, as well as the time and place. HOME FROM MEETING. '^8 Dr. G. A. Neuffer, Dr. C. C. Gambrell, Dr. Rayford Power and " &?? Dr. J. A. Anderson, who attended the meeting the State Medical Association in Afken, returned home on Thursday afternoon. The retiring President, Dr. McLeod of Florence, invited the Association to meet at his home which was accepted. < Dr. J. A. Haynes, of ' Columbia, was elected President.