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MAKES M
FOR SHU
- Less Than One Month
Sees Big Steel Collier
Launched.
v REQUIRES ONLY 27 WORK x
nAYS TO BUILD SHIPS
President Congratulates Company
and Workmen on Quick Construetion
of Tuckahoe.
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Philadelphia, May 5.?All records
for rapid construction of ships were
broken today when the 5,548 tons
steel collier Tuckahoe was launched
at the New York shipbuilding Corporation
in Camden, N. J. The keel I
of this wonder ship was laid on j
April 8 and only 27 working days j
were required to prepare the hull!
for launching. The boat was 90 j
per cent, completed when it slid in-j
to the waters of the Delaware. In \
15 more days it will be ready for a
cargo. . *
A distinguished company witnessed
the launching including Charles
M. Schwab, director general of ship
construction; Chairman E. M. Hurley
of the shipping board; Vice
President Charles Piez, Francis T.
Bowles and Senator Fletcher, chairman
of the senate commerce committee.
Miss Helen Hurley, Chairman
Hurley's 12 year old daughter,
christened the ship.
Message From President.
Mr. Hurley read a fetter from
President Wilson, as follows:
"To the Workmen and Executive
Staff of the New York Shipbuilding
Company:
"My Dear Friends: I want to con-j
gratulate you on the extraordinary
record you have made in your work
on the steamship Tuckahoe. I wish
I could be present in person to express
to you the feeling that I have
that we are all comrades in a ereat
enterprise and that you have played]
your part with extraordinary skill1
and devotion, eliciting not only my
admiration but I am sure the admiration
of all who will learn of what
you have accomplished. I congratulate
you and bid you Godspeed.
"Cordially and sincerely yours,
"Woodrow Wilson."
Mr. Hurley read a copy of a cablegram
he had sent to General
Pershing, which read:
"Management and workmen of!
New York Shipbuilding Company
have just established a world record
by launching a steel ship of 5,500
dead weight tons in 27 days.*
The army of 550,000 men in the
American ship yards thus show that
they are working shoulder to shoulder
with their comrades in the
trenches. The patriotic spirit shownfVnc
pnmnnnv!
Iuy tlic *TVimuvi? v* VU*W w**?fv?Y?r 1
exists in every ship yard in America."
Mr. Hurley announced that eachj
man who worked on the Tuckahoej
would be presented with a silver;
medal as mark of distinguished ser-j
vice.
Mr. Schwab was cheered repeatedly
by the thousands of workmen.
He declared in an address that the
record breaking work on the Tucka-j
hoe is the most decisive blow admin-j
istered to our enemy in many
months.
CALHOUN FALLS LIBERTY .j
BOND SUBSCRIPTIONj
Calhoun Falls, S. C., May 4.?Thej
I following is uainoun raus suDscnp-|
tion to Liberty Bonds:
Calhoun Mills _$25,000
White citizens 4,750
Colored citizens .. 700
Total ?$30,450
I RECORD
f BUILDING
AUTHENTIC UWS
(HI WHS
Department Plans Improvement
in Troop
News.
WAR REVIEW AT END
Policy to Be Adopted Provides' l:or
* Adequate Information About
American Troops:
Washington, May 5.?Early announcement
of Secretary Baker's
new plan for furnishing the country
with adequate 'and authentic ' accounts
of the doings of American
troops in France was indicated today
when the weekly war review,
heretofore issued by the department
failed to make its appearance for
the first time in some months. In
explanation, it was said that the
news publicity policy was nearing
completion and the old form of
statement had been abandoned.
It has been customary for the;
statement to be given out on Sunday!
fnr nnhlieation the following: day I
and covering operations in Europe
up to the preceding Friday or Saturday.
The review was made up at
the war college and the fact thati
it has frequently been certain that
it was founded largely on unofficial
press reports in commenting on the
situation has made officers here
skeptical as to its value:
It is now believed that a more official
summary, dealing almost exclusively
with the activities of Am-j
erican troops as officially reported,!
will be submitted.
General Pershing has not entered
upon the practice of issuing communiques
up to this - time, it has
been explained, because his has not
been a wholly independent army as
far as operations were concerned.
The situation is greatly changed
now and American units are scattered
throughout the battle line.
Some of them face the Germans
with the French left wing near
Amiens; others are brigaded with
French troops at various points to
the south. \
Efforts probably will be made to {
get reports quickly from all of these!
units as well as from the American'
sector itself.
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BRITISH GENERAL MADE
, LORD LIEUT. OF IRELAND
London, May 5.?Field Marshal
Viscount French has been appointed
lord lieutenant of Ireland.
Lord French succeeds Baron Wim-i
borne, who was appointed lord lieutenant
of Ireland in 1916, serving)
to May 1916, and reappointed the|
following August after the Dublin j
revolt. In connection with that up-;
rising Lord Wimborne gave testi- j
mony' before the investigating com-j
mission which later absolved him \
from responsibility for the out-i
hronk
Field Marshal Viscount French
was commander in chief of the British
expeditionary forces in France!
and Belgium at the outbreak of the
war, in August 1914, until the end
of 1915. In January, 1916, he was
appointed commander in chief of
the home forces.
The official announcement of the
appointment of Field Marshal
French as lord lieutenant and of
Edward Shortt, member of the house
of commons for Newcastle-on-Tyne
as chief secretary for Ireland, was
issued tonight.
OUR RETURN
(Henry
Dr. Talmage has drawn for
picture of your returning armJ
pomp and circumstance of war
ing with proudl and victorious
nation's eye! Will you bear w
army that sought its home at
army that marched home in del
and not in splendor, but in git
hearts as loving as ever welcon
to you the footsore Confedera
faded gray jacket the parole
his children of his fidelity and
ward from Appomatox in Apri
Think of him .as a ragged,
feebled by want and wounds;
surrenders his gun, wrings the
and lifting his tear-stained anc
the graves that dot the old V
over his brow and begins the i
does he find?let me ask you,
find in the welcome you had j
four years' sacrifice?what doc
the battle-stained cross itgains
death not half so much as sur
left so prosperous and beautifi
his farm devastated, him iUtm
empty, hit trade destroyed his
tern, feudal in its magnificence
law or legal status, his comra
ers heavy oil his shoulders. C
tions are gone; without monc
or training; and besides ail tli
problem that ever met human
a status for the vast body of 1
What does he do^this her<
Does he sit down in sulleianess
Surely God, who had stripped 1
\
in his adversity. As ruin was
never was restoration swifter,
trenches into the furrow; hor
guns, marched 'before the plot
human blood in April were g
women reared in luxury cut up
for their husbands, and, with
women always as garment, ga
was little bitterness in all this,
ailed. "Bill Arp" struck the !
killed as many of them as the;
to work." Or the soldier returi
ing some corn by the roadside,
comrades: "You may'leave th
going to Sandersville, kiss my
a Yankees fool with me any mor<
to say to Gen. Sherman?who
parts, though some people thii
about fire?that from the ashes
a brave and beautiful city; tl
caught the sunshine in the brie
have builded therein not one
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Officials Jubilant
Over Loan Succesi
Washington, May 5.?Analysis o
the Liberty loan reports today show
ed that probably 17,000,000 pe^-son
bought bonds in the campaign whic]
closed last night?7,000,000 mor
than in the second loan and 12,000
000 more than in the first.
Latest tabulations showed $3,
316,628,250 reported subscriptions
1 i. i.1.. i- +V,
uut uie ticttsury nuw ucncvca ui<
actual total, which may run to $4,
000,000,000, will not be definitel;
known until May 12, four days af
ter individual banks are required fr
report, to federal reserve banks.
"Whatever the money total," sail
a treasury statement tonight, "th
loan just closed probably is th
most successful ever floated by an;
nation."
Bank resources, it was pointei
out, have been drawn on compara
tively little to make the loan a sue
cess and the prospects for futur
loans are brighter as a consequence
An added reason for iubilatio:
1 ~r~
among treasury officials is the indi
cation that the government bon<
buying habit is becoming stronge
among people of small means.
Miss Rebecca Jones of Winthroj
spent the week-end here with he
! parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones.
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\
ING SOLDIERS.
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W. Grady.)
you, with a master's hand, the
ies. He has told you how, in the
, they came back to you, marchtread,
reading their glory in m!
ith me while 1 tell you of another
the close of the late war?an
fea.t and not in victory?in pathos
iry that equalled yours, and to1
ne?l heroes home. Let me picture
te soldier, as buttoning up in his
wliich was to bear testimony toi
faith, he turned his face Souths
I, ji 865.
half-starved, heavy-hearted, enhaving
fought to exhaustion, he
hands of his comrades in silence,
I pallid face for the last time to
irginia hilln, pulls his gray cap.
ilow and painful journey. What
who went to your homes eager to
justly earned, full payment for I
ts he find when, having followed j
t overwhelming odds, dreading
render, he reaches the home hq
il? He finds his house in ruins,
i free, his stock killed, his barns
money worthless, his . social sys*
i, swept away; his people without
des slain and the burdens of oth-l
ruihed by defeat, his very tradisy,
credit, employment, material
lis confronted with the gravest
intelligence?the establishing of
lis liberated slaves.
i in gray with a heart of gold?
and despair? Not for a day.
lim of his prosperity, inspired him
never before so overwhelming,
llie soldier slipped from the
ses that had charged the Federal
r, slid fields that ran red with
reeu with the harvest in .Juine;
i their dresses and made breedhes
a patience and heroism that fits
e their hands to work. There
Cheerfulness and frankness prekey
note when he said: "Well, I
Ir did of me, and now I am going I
aing; home after defeat and rcasti
who made the remark to his>
e South if you want to but I nm
wif<? and raise a crop, and if the /
if I will whip 'em again.'' I wcint
is considered an able man in our
nk he is a kind of careless man
he Heft us in 1864 we have raised
bat some how or other we hare
k ?.nd mortor of our homes, and
ignoble prejudice or memory.
Many More Names
i On Casualty List
f Washington, May 5.?The casual
ty list today contained 119 names,
s divided as follows: Killed in action
h. 10; died of wounds, 1; died of ace
ciient, 2; died of disease, 1; died
- of other causes, 2; missing in action,
10; wounded severely, 26; wounded
- slightly, 67.
i, Six officers are named, including
e Col. Richard H. Griffiths of the Na
tional Army, who was killed by a
y shell as he emerged'from a dugout
- j or. the front in Picardy several days
0 ago. Maj. Hiram Ross, Danville, 111
was wounded severely, and Lieuts.
1 j Frederick C. Abbott of St. Louis,
e Mo., Frederick L. Gregory of Carie
bou, Me., James C. McCoy of Pierre
y S. D., and John E. Smith of Fond
I du Lac, W:s., were wounded slightly.
3 The only Southern men in today's
- list are: Private Anthony Gibson,
- Lawton, Okla., who died of accident
e Private Willis Boothe, 'Hanson,
- Okla., who was severely injured,
n and Corp. Lester P. Wilson, Parai
gould, Ark., who was slightly woundi
oA PrnrtifAllv nil the men named in
r the casualty list are from New England
or far Western States.
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>, V COTTON MARKET V
r V Cotton 28c V
HUNS MAK
TOSTRII
AMERICAN GUNNERS
MAKE HUNS RETREA
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Germans' Complete!
Chased From Front ii
Sector at Luneville
SHELLS WORK GREAT HAVC
Teuton* Abandon Territory
Point Behind Their Second
Line*.
With the American Army
Prancp Mnv S Dnrinof f.VlA In
three days the American artillery
the Luneville sector has complete
ehased the Germans from the
front positions and have wiped ce
tain sections of the targets in tl
enemy area off the map. This
the same artillery that not lOi
ago gave a similar performance
another Lorraine sector.
On the present occasion, so f
as all investigation shows, the Ge
mans have entirely abandoned tl
territory at least as far back as
point beyond their second line. T]
only signs that they are there at ?
are a few machine gun posts hidd<
i in out-of-the-way places in the bai
j areas, which cut loose when the o
portunity offers.
Big Guns Play Havoc.
The sections affected by the wo
of these American artUlerymen a:
the line south and southwest of Hz
loville. (This town is approximate
thirteen miles almost directly ea
of Luneville, and about six mil
from the German border at its nea
est point, to the northeast.)' T1
American raiders have found th
the shells had worked terrific hav<
at many places plainly visible whe:
the big projectiles from the heai
guns had fallen.
ABBEVILLE COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIO
The Abbeville County Democrat
uonvennon men nere yeateruay
twelve o'clock in the Court Hous
The meeting was called to order I
Hon. M. J. Ashley, who was elect*
chairman. W. M. Barnwell w;
elected Secretary.
The'Hood Resolution was adop
ed, it being offered by J. M. Nic
les. The officers elected are:
M. J. Ashley, Chairman; J. ]
Jones, Secretary; ( H. J. Powe:
| Treasurer; J. M. Nickles was elec
ed Committeeman on Credentials
State Convention, W. W. Bradh
on Executive Committee to Sta
Convention and Wm. P. Green
County Chairman.
The delegates to State (Jonve
| tion are as follows: Messrs. M. '
| Coleman, Dr. G. A. Neuffer, R. 1
j Moseley, S. J. Wakefield, J. I
! Nickles, Joseph Hicks.
I The Executive Committee of tl
county clubs are as follows:
Abbeville No. 1?T. P. Thompso
Abbeville No. 2?A. F. Calvert
Antreville?H. J. Power.
Calhouns Falls?T. V. Farrar.
Donalds?R. L. BarmoTe.
Hillville?J. D. Bowie.
Central?W. E. Morrison.
Keowee?J. H. McMahan.
Level Land?A. F. Carwile.
Absent clubs were: Abbevil
Cotton Mills, Hampton, Due Wes
Cold Springs.
TWO WINDOWS.
Some of the window decoratioi
are fine. Mrs. Kirkwood has a fii
window and Dr. Hunter of Hunter
has fixed up one of the L. \
White's windows with a few of h
collection of guns and pistols.
UNG READY
tE ITALIANS
! Austrians Assemble Im J
' mense Army From
T Other Fronts
WILL TRY TO REACH |S
v PLAINS OF VENETIA :M
^ Blow Forced by Economic Condi- |1
^ tions Throughout Dual Monarchy.
Quiet on French Front.
>C Over the battle lines along the
i lave xviver aim 111 uie mountainous "fi
to region in northern Italy, where the \ri
allied forces have been holding their
positions since last November, after ^11
in the great Italian retreat from the
,st Isonzo, there is increased tension ' M
iD aijd the threatened blow at this 'J|
ly front may be launched by the Teu?ir
tonic allies within a few days. For ;M
>r- many weeks the Italian war office
ne has been aware that the Austrians -'|j?
is have been assembling the legions
ig withdrawn from the Russian and ^
1T| PrtllTMonion fl'Alifo "TAI* O of 4-UA .^5X1!
J.J. \Sllbi3 A V4 a VAX IT V ai Uic * 311
Italian armies and i,t is believed that .$M
ar it will not Ue long before the cen!r*
tral powers will make another at- ' *&?
he tempt to reach the plains of Vene- ;Ji|
a tia, break through the allies' line .
he and seek a decisive combat in that . vmB
*11 theater.
Jn Emperor Karl of Austria, accom-k
panied by his chief of staff and -;?*j
P" high German and army officers, is Ji
reported on his way to the Italian J9
front and the great movement of S-||
rk troops in Tyrol and Trentino would
re seem to indicate that vast bodies ot ?
men are being taken from other 'jrM
ly fronts to be hurled at the Italian ;3|
st positions. . -yS
M "'Blow Expected in Mountains ^ |
r The blow, it is generally believed, ia
will fall somewhere in the mountain- M
ous section of the front, probably B
re in the Lagarina and Astico Valleys.
These sectors face the north and, if fl
. broken, would permit the foe to W
penetrate into the lower foothills of itt j
the mountains, or even reach the
N plains. If this should occur the armies
along the Piave River would
,ic be compelled to fall back, probably ' -*
at as far as the Adige River. This ^
e. would entail the loss of Venice and
>y a vast expanse of country to the v Ja
;d enemy. j 3H
as The decision to launch an offensive
of grand proportions in Italy ,* ^
was doubtless forced by political and : r|
k- economic conditions prevailing in
Austria. An offensive campaign
that yields of ground might serve . ^
r> to still the elements which are seeth v;
P" iyg throughout the dual empire and
would postpone the day of reckon- /jj
jy ing that seems in store for the rul- VS
te ers of Austria. ^
HESPERIAN CHAPTER.
r. The Hesperian Chapter R. A. M.
held a meeting here Friday night
and two noted guests were present.
Past Grand High Priest, George T. ri;||
*e Bryant of Greenville, and Grand
High Priest William A. Giles of /|||
n- Graniteville, and other out of town
guests were Messrs. Thos. Cothran,
Henry Higgins and Dr. W. E. McCord
of Greenwood were present.
They entertained the visitors at a ;
delightful supper which was served
by the A. R. P. ladies in the K. of
P. Hall. Several degrees were conferred.
le
it, REST ROOM.
The moving picture show on the
corner will be used as a rest room
for the old veterans. It was clean1S
ed up yesterday and put in nice
ie order.
V. Mr. Lester Ellis of Cedar Springs
is was a business visitor in the city
Saturday for several hours.
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