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WHOLE AL
STANDSAG
Teutonic Forces Make
No Headway in Franc*
and Flanders.
SOLDIERS OF BRITAIN
TAKE VOORMEZEEL1
Village Captured by Germans Sal
- urday Again in Hands of Haig's
Men.
The entire allied line in Franc
and Flanders still stand firmly. No
where have the Germans been abl
to make a further dent in it.. Har<
fighting has been in progress on th
Ypres sector around Voormezeel
and to the south at Locre. Botl
places have several times change*
hands, but at last reports Voorme
zeele had been recaptured by th
British but the Germans had obtain
ed another foothold in Locre.
Voormezeele was taken by th
Germans Saturday but the Britisl
in a night attack won it back am
since have held it, inflicting heav;
casualties on the Germans.
The Germans have tried at sever
al points along the front held b;
the French to pierce the line, bu
everywhere have been repulsed, not
ably in the St. Mihiel and Lunevill
sectors.
Aside from the attacks and a fe\
unimportant operations between th
British and the Germans, artiller;
duels have predominated.
, As a whole there is no materia
change in the situation along thi
entire front over that of Saturda;
and it is not evident that the Ger
mans are prepared for the presen
to resume the offensive, which ha
cost them so dearly in men killed
wounded or made prisoners. Re
ports coming by way of London ar
tn th* pflPpft that in Germanv ther
is much perturbation over inability
of the Teutons to pierce the allie*
line.
The operations in the Italian thea
ter continue of a minor character
consisting of small patrol encoun
ters and artillery duels of more o
less intensity in various sectors.
Likewise in Macedonia compara
tive quiet prevails? although ther
has been considerable shelling o
opposing positions by the artiller;
and aerial bombing craft.
Nothing new has come through ei
ther in the way of confirmation o
denial of reports in circulation Sat
urday that a counter revolution hai
broken out in Petrograd and tha
Grand Duke Alexis Nikolaievitch ha<
been proclaimed emperor of Russia
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
ARRIVES IN ABBEVILL1
"
Mr. E. R. Hughes, of Hone;
Path, was in Abbeville Monday look
ing over the water and light plant
of the city. He has accepted a po
sjtion as Superintendent of thes
plants succeeding Mr. E. M. An
derson, who goes to Hartsville, Ga
to accept a place there.
Mr. Hughes has been at the hea
of the plants in Honea Path fo
several years and has made a sue
cess of his work there. The mem
Kors nf fho rnrnmissinn hprp invpst.i
gated his record there, and feel con
vinced that he will succeed in At
beville. He will take charge o
May 1st.
LOCKING THE STABLE DOOR.
H. N. Cochran, who found hi
mule as soon as he advertised i
The Press and Banner, was in tow
Saturday and bought up a goo
supply of locks. He is "safe fo
democracy" and his barn in th
future is safe for a democrati
mule.
UEDFRONT
A1NSTHUNS
Overman Bill
3 Assured of Passage
*
SENATE REJECT HOKE SMITH
AMENDMENT BY A VOTE OF
41 TO 37.
r i
Washington, April 27.?"he ad>
ministration scored a decisive victory
this afternoon when the Senate
by a vote of 41 to 37 rejected the
Hoke Smith amendment to exempt
e the Federal Reserve Board from the
j-?._ xi_ - a ?? u;ii
- operation UI me overman um.
e Before the vote could be announi
ced Senator Reed, of Missouri, cause
ed an involved parliamentary tangle
e by making a point of order on the
ti ground that Vice President Marshall
3 had ignored Senate Overman's call
- for a quorum.
e After much complicated debate
- the Vice President overruled Senator
Reed's point of order and ane
nounced the defeat of the amepdh
ment. i
The rejection of the amendments
y assures passage of the bill, practically
without, modification.
Several Republicans voted with
^ the administration forces, while ten
f '
Democrats bolted and voted with
r the opposition.
e
On a second test of strength the
opposition showed a slight loss. The
v second Hoke Smith amendment to
e avamnf tlio Tnf.0rgt.Atp Commerce
f Commission from the application of
the Overman bill was rejected, 42
1 to 35, Senator Borah, of Idaho,
e swung over fc? the administraflon
y side, while Senator King, of Utah,
- who supported the previous amendt
ment, failed to vote.
s ' \
I Because of several amendments
.still pending, all action on the bill
was postponed until Monday.
e HOUSE DECIDES
y * TO * CALL YOUTHS
i
Washington, April 26.?The
house late yesterday adopted the
senate resolution for the registra
tion for military service of young
r men who have reached the age of
21 years since June 5, last. The
measure now goes to conference,
e An amendment offered by Repref
sentative Hull of Iowa, and adopted
y 119 to 81, provides that men registered
under the bill shall be placed
i- at the bottom of the classes to which
r they may be assigned. The house
sustained the. military committee in
d striking out a provision of the bill
t as it passed the senate which would
d exempt from registration those elii.
gibles who have entered medical or
divinity schools since June 5, last
Representatives Kahn of Califor
nia, told the house the proposed
new registration would place from
a 500,000 to 700,000 registrants avail"
able for military service. In that
s connection he recalled that Germany
recalled into service its class of
e 1919.
l" Chairman Dent of the military
> committee opposed the amendment
of Mr. Hull. He said he understood
d it is the plan of the war departr
ment to place newly registered men
at the bottom of the respective
l~ classes unless something unforeseen
l" occurs to prevent, but did not bel"
lieve it proper to tie the hands of
the department by an amendment
n which would require that action.
REUNION "SPONSORS.
Gen. Reed has appointed Miss
is Martha Bonham of Anderson, sponn
sor fbr the 2nd N. C. V., for the
n reunion in May. Miss Bonham has
d selected as her Maids, Miss Frances
r Hayne, of Greenville, and Miss
e Vina Patrick of Andersen. Mrs.
c Richard Ligon* will act as chaperone.
AMERICANS STOP,
ASSAULT BY HUNS
Counterattack Forces
the Germans to Back
to Holes.
BOCHES xROB FRENCH BODIES
Steal Clothing From Dead Soldier*
and Try Ruse on Pershing's Men
Which Fails.
With the American Army' in
France, April 27.?The enemy laid
down a heavy barrage in front of
the American trenches in the Toul
sector at 3 o'clock this morning, the
/bombardment lasting an hour.
. After an interval of silence,- he
- J J AWAA of K
repeated uie [<cixuiuiauvc aw ?
o'clock and half an hour later the
German ^ infantry started for the
American line. So intense was the
American counterattack that the
enemy was repulsed without getting
close enough- to be engaged by the
< American infantry.
The Germans have been stripping*
the bodies of dead French soldiers
in other sectors, and, wearing these
clothes, have come over at the point
where the French and American
1: TViJe mofVinH nf flirtack
{ 11UC9 JUlll. jl.II**? w.
was used during the attack on the
Americans at Apremont Forest two
weeks ago. On that occasion they
{spoke French and said they had
I come to assist the Americans, but
the ruse was discovered and they
were driven off.
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS MEET.
' - Abbeville-No*. 1.
Abbeville Democratic Club No. l,j
met in the Council Chamber at 4|
. i
P. M., Saturday, J. L. Perrin, iri the
chair.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President, D. H. Hill.
Vice Pres., T. G. White.
Treasurer, Wm. M. Barnwell.
Secretary, T. G. Perrin.
Executive Committeeman, Thos.
P. Thomson.
The following delegates were
elected: D. H. Hill, Thos. P. Thomson,
Wm. P. Greene, A. B. Morse,
T. G. White, W. H. Long, ,T. M.
Nickles, Wm. Barnwell, J. A.
I 1
Smith, Sr., J. Allen. Long, Wyatt
Aiken, J. L. Perrin, J. S. Stark.
The "Hood Resolution" was adopted,
and delegates instructed to
j carry out the provisions of the;
j same.
Meeting adjourned.
T. G. Perrin, Sec'ty.
Abbeville Club No. 2.
Abbeville Club No. 2 was reorganized
on Saturday afternoon by J
the election of the following officers:!
President, J. Moore Mars.
Vice Pres., G. A. Neuffer.
Secretary and Treasurer,. J. E.j
Jones.
| Executive Committeeman, A. f'.|
Calvert.
Committee on Enrollment, J. E.
Jones, W. J. Evans and P. D. Klugh.
Delegates to County Convention:
F. W. R. Nance, G. A. Neuffer, J. L
Hill, W. J. Evans, P. D. Klugh, J. j
Howard Moore, J. Moore Mars, C.J
J. Bruce, M. T. Coleman, R. M. j
Burts, M. E. Hollingswroth, J. M.
Graham, and E. H. Hughes.
Dr. G. A. NeufFer introduced a
' resolution which was unanimously
adopted endorsing the administration
of President Wilson and pledging
the support of the members of
the club to him in the diligent prosecution
of the war to a successful
conclusion.
Lowndesville No. 1.
i President, E. W. Harper,
i Delegates to County Convention:
E. W. Harper, R. H. Moseley, D. L.j
Barnes, R. C. Parnell and N. B.
Sullivan.
'
MILLIONAIRE HELD
FOR DISLOYAL TALK
' i
Wm. Edenborn, Capitalist,
Accused of Vioating
Espionage Act
"SPIRIT OF PRUSSIAN ISM"
Alleged That Edenborn'# Remarks
Breathed of German Propaganda.
New Orleans, April 28.?Williafla
Edenborn, president of the Louisiana
Railway and Navigation Company
and reputed many times a millionaire,
was arrested by Department
of Justice officials at Shrewsbury,
La., near here tonight on an
affidavit charcriner violation of sec
tion 3 of the Espionage Act. Edenborn
was taken in custody as he
stepped from an L. R. and N. train
and taken to a place, the location
j of which the authorities refused to
divulge.
Resolution Against Edenborn.
New Orleans, April 28.?A resolution
calling upon the Department
of Justice to prosecute William Edenborn,
capitalist and railroad owner,
under .section 3 of the Espionage
Act, for alleged seditious utterances,
was unanimously adopted at
a meeting: here late today of the
executive committee of the National
Security League, Louisiana division.
The utterances referred to in the'
I
resolution were said, to have been I
iimue uy uuciiujiii an Aincnuanization
meeting of residents of German
descent held here Friday night,
and were charactrized as amounting
to seditious treason against the United
States Government and its allies,
and in effect pro-German propaganda
of a very dangerous sort.
FIGHTING THE GERMANS.
Abbeville and Abbeville County
have done well 'in the matter of
subscriptions to the Third Liberty
Loan. Tiie individual subscriptions
have been turned into the three
banks in this city, and the bonds
AAm f\ +U A ViAtilrn TV*A
cvmc uuuugu biic uaiAtva. xiic |
amounts subscribed by the banks
show the amounts taken by the customers
of the respective banks, including
what each bank itself buys.
We have not the figures as to individual
subscriptions, nor do we
know the number turned into the
banks. ' However, the figures as reported
by the banks are as follows:
! National Bank 40,000
| Farmers Bank , $ 40,000
Peoples Bank $ 25,000
Abbeville Cotton Mils $ 10,000
Total subscribed in city?$115,000
Allotment for City $ 89,400
Over-subscription $25,600
I At Due West.
The subscriptions at Due
West amounted to $30,900
Allotment for that place 23,100
Oversubscription for Due
West $ 7,800
Calhoun Mills.
The Calhoun Mills, at Calhoun
Falls, has subscribed for $25,000
worth of bonds. This makes a total
subscription in Abbeville, Due
West and at Calhoun Falls not including
the town. proper of over
$170,000, as against an allotment
for the county of $150,000, and the
towns of Calhoun Falls proper,
Lowndesville and Doanlds, have not
been heard from. When these towns
report the amount of the over-subscription
in the county will be considerahlv
increased.
The city of Abbeville, the town
| of Due West and the county at
j large are all entitled to flags on account
of going over the amount allotted
and Chairman Barnwell has
written for these, and in a few days <
he expects to have them for delivery
to the proper authorities.
TO CURTAI
TO All
i. ' \ ' *.'
Allied Pleas Are
Heeded by America
U. S. TROOPS NOW IN CAMP TO
BE SENT ACROSS THIS
SUMMER.
Washington, April 27.?Still
more troops are to be rushed to
France. The appeals of the British
and French authorities for increased
man power will be answered by
the United States, it was learned
today.
Official statements by the French
mission here and by General Delma
RadclifFe, chief director of military
operations in Great Britain, that the
result of the war hinges on the
question of who will hold the last
reserves has deeply impressed officialdom
in Washington.
The result will be that every possible
means will" be resorted to to
get more Americans to France.
' Every single man in a training
camp in the United States; today will
go overseas this summer. Their
places will be taken by the new
draft units selected from Class A.
Americans to Fill Gaps.
By autumn the American man
power will be sufficient to maintain
the allied strength at the maximum
desired. And in the meanwhile American
units will fill the gaps which
the Germans have made in the lines.
To accomplish this the shipping
board will comb the seven seas for
ships. At least an additional million
tons are -coming from the Pacific and
from the unused trade routes. Some
30 lake steamers have been declared
fit for overseas transport service and
are to be placed in the Atlantic
trade.
Foch will be as sparing of his men
as is possible and will force the Germans
to continue on the offensive,
military experts here say, in order
that the German losses shall be
made as high as possible. Then, following
the summer of fighting, he
will have regained man power supremacy
with all that it implies and
can adopt new tactics which will
make for winning complete victory.
HOMES.
If there is anyone that the c<immittee
on Homes and Entertainment
failed to see, please notify Mr
J. S. Stark. Hjrou have any preference
as to wi&^ou desire to entertain
also notify Mr. Stark at
once. The Reunion is to meet here
next Tuesday and Wednesday.
GEN. GEORGE W. READ
TO COMMAND SEVIER
Washington, April 28.?Gen. Geo.
W. Read, National Army, now stationed
at El Paso, Texas, has been
ordered to Greenville, S. C., to take
command of Camp Sevier. General
Read is a regular army colonel of
cavalry.
REVIEW CALLED OFF.
Camp Sevier, Greenville, April
28.?All plans for South Carolina
day next Thursday, with a review
of the troops in the morning by
Governor Manning and entertainment
features in the afternoon and
evening, have been called off. A
large crowd of visitors had been expected
to be present for exercises.
THE BOOK CLUB.
The Book Club will meet Wednesday
morning at 10:30 o'clock with
Mrs. Jas. A. Hill.
W COTTON MARKET V
V Cotton 28 l-2c. V
' ry'i > ' ' , ' -
IL IMPORTS!
D SHIPPING
Far Reaching Restrict J||
tions Planned to Furnish
Large Tonnage ^
LIST OF ARTICLES DENIED
SHIPPING SPACE ISSUED
Trade Conferences ' in Progress to
Determine Views of Industrial
Chiefs.
Washington, April 28.?New and J|I3
far reaching restrictions on imports ? w&9
are in process of formulation by the %
shipping board, to permit the fur-V-'jafiB
nishing of larger quantities of tozn
nage asked by Major Gen. Goethals, ^^9
acting quartermaster general,' for ($8
use of the army.
In addition to articles denied ship,V
ping space in the two restricted lists
already issued, it was learned today,
many other commodities have been
catalogued in a tentative list on
which new prohibitions will be
placed as soon as investigation b
the board's experts are completed.
Trade conferences now are in pro- '^?9
gress to obtain the views of indna-.l^M,
trial leaders on the effect of trade -ftS;
limitations. Representatives of pa-'T^fp
per, wool, rubber, tobacco, varniish^
fruit, feather, button, straw and
grass braid, toy, vegetable, ivory/
peanut and tanning interests, have
been called into consultation. Imv^||9
porters of bananas and pineapple&^^H
came' to Washington today prepared;to
approve definite arrangements5;.^^
for restricting imports of fruits. \>W^k
Seeking Full Advice. '
v It was emphasized that the hold- ' -jjW,
ing of a conference of trade repre-|^H^
sentatives does not mean that a de
cision has been reached to restricts
the commodities of that trade.
possible advice is being sought ott^S| ^
the effect of import restrictions
fore any restriction is imposed.
The new restrictions will be
posed from the point of view of 'toiypHij
nage which must be supplied if the ^.^9
war is to be won. ^
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Hilll
Dr. G. A. Neuffer came near hav- [ ']?
ing a serious automobile accident i J|H
Saturday morning. He was in hia fogg
Ford on his way out towards
Jsnops 10 Visll a pauenc. nis yuuuy :-)wm
son, Happoldt, was at the steeriny
wheel. When he crossed the branch ?l?g|
before reaching the Cothran's, Happoldt
either failed to steer properljv >^9
or the steering apparatus hung, ^-^8
Hap is not sure which. But the re&S^H
suit was the same. The Henry T. /&Sm
turned out of the road, and made J
,a dive down a five or six foot bank
into the branch below. Further ;|tj
than being duly scared neither the ^|?|
| Doctor nor Hap were worse off for<ft3?g
the accident, but the Ford had to^^ggH
go to* Dr. George Harrison's for
course of his medicine. j
TO LEAVE MAY 2ND. j
The following boys are to leave .
on May 2nd for Fort Sreven in
vannah: Messrs. Robert Cheatham,,
Sam Adams, Jesse S. Agnew, . and.'^.Jffi
j Newt Schuler. I
i WAR SCRAP BOOKS. j
The Children of the 5th and 6th
grades are invited to come to the '/.^jl
Library at 4:30 on Tuesday after- wfoll
noon and magazines will be present-,
ed to them from which they can get i?j?gl
pictures to make their War Scrap
Books. Prizes will be given to the vvjsS
first and second best. On Friday atternoon
the children of the 3rd and ^
4th are to come at 4:30 for the
same purpose. 1
Mrs. W. 0. Cromer, I
Pres. Library Asso. V.JjM