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p > . :m >? m 1 Abbeville Press and Banner j * . v&Sl Established 1S11. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., F riday, May 10, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. ' 75th Year. GERMANS SLIi ?? ! Huns Launch Attack in ; Ypres Sector Which Gives Gain MAY PROVE PRELUDE TO FURTHER DRIVE IN WEST Aaf Amiens Havel I Again Driven Forward and Ta- j ken Oyer Portions of German Line. ' ' v ' What possibly may prove to be the irelude to the long-expected resumpion of hostilities by tht; Germans on he western front is being piayed. Southeast of Ypres, from the reion of Voormezeele to La Clyte, the lermans have launched an attack gainst the British and French troops rid at certain points aver the fiveii!e battle front they have met with Iome success by penetrating front ine trenches. Apparently, however, ver the greater part of the field bey were repulsed. The ground gained south of Dickbusch lake and Ridge wood, around pich places hard fighting was conmuing at last accounts. I . Hun's Objective. The objective of the enemy seems L be the pushing forward of his ne in this region in order still farler to outflank Ypres on the southtest and press on toward Poeperinle. As yet only meagre .advices rve come through co^pertrfrij^-the' Iture of the engagement, duc unIcial reports indicate that it was tde only in divisional strength. On the remainder of the frontfin anders and Picardy artillery duels d small operations continue on llated sectors. French Success. The French south of La Slyte ?e penetrated German advance kitions and taken prisoners, and I Australians east of Amiens have kin pinched in and taken over a rtion of the German line. The arpry activity has been particularly Ivy on both banks of Avre, southit of Amians and in the Picardy I or held by the American troops, the Toul sector the Americans the first time have opened ast the Germans with their heavy lery. n the other battle fronts the opions continue of a minor characIn Mesopotamia the British i advanced their line to within ty miles of Mosul, capturing the i of Kerkuk, which the Turks nated without giving battle. . AUSTRIAN MEN I v 18 TO 53 ARE CALLED bndon, May 8.?The Austrian fernment has issued an order proIg for the mustering in of the [e landstram reserves between Lorpc nf 18 and 53. aVcordine to Iuter dispatch received here tofrom Zurich. All exemptions been revoked. INCREASE IN PAY PROPOSED FOR RAILROAD MEN ishington, May 8.?Nearly |000,000 will be immediately buted in back pay to railroad and approximately $300,000,n salary increases will be grante railroad workers of the coun Itne recomuieuuauuna ui tnc d commission are accepted by rector general of railroads, it arned today. R. HAWTHORN DEAD. O. P. Hawthorne, a promiitizen of Due West, who has :k for some time, died on the g of the 8th, at the age of vv r.' >?c MAKE GHT GAINS PREMIER 10-REM 301 HIDDEN FACTS | Lloyd George Considers Course Unavoidable, Says Writer. TO SPEAK ON CRISIS TODAY Debate to Range Over Charges Against Government* in Relation With Army. London, May 8.?As a consequence of the political situation brought about by Gen. Maunce's letter, Premier Lloyd-George, according to the lobby correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, considers it unavoidable to disclose facts which have been withheld up to this time for military reasons. The Premier, it is added, intends to give facts and figures when he speaks on the Asquith motion on Thursday. A _ i-t. ii. xt. AS me result, ui uie caumei a uc-j cision to withdraw its offer to ap-| point two judges to inquire into the} charges made by Major-Gen. Mau-i rice, former chief director of military operations at the war office, in ^bjch the veracity of minis tecs ..of the government was impugned, and the determination of the cabinet not to accept an inquiry by a select committee, as suggested in the motion made by former Premier Asquith, tomorrow's debate in the! House of Commons probably range [ over all the old charges against the government in its relations with the army. The absence of the Irish Nationalists also will help the government, j for in addition to their disatisfaction with the government's Irish policy there are among them severe critics of the war cabinet** relations with the army. I SHIPPING BOARD ASKS TWO BILLIONS FOR YEAR Washington;, May 8.?The shipping board this afternoon submitted to Congress an estimate of $2,223,536,000 a3 itii budget for the next fiscal year. Of this amount $835,0001 would be for salaries and the re-j mainder for emergency shipbuilding, j ALL VOLUNTEERS. \ I Over 200 registrants will be entrained at Clemson- College for a special course fitting them to serve in positions of automobile repairing, I blacksmithing, carpentery, electricity and other mechanical duties inI cident to military service. Abbe ville County's quota is three white men and it has already been filled by volunteers. The Local Board is very much pleased that the men did not have to be drafted. The following are j the ones who are to take the course and they will leave about May 16th for the three months training: W. C. Ellis, a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ellis of Cold Springs, Julian Wilkinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wilkinson of this city, and Joseph Donald McNeil, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McNeil of Warrenton. THIRTY-TWO WHITE MEN. The Local Board has a call for thirty-two whits men for the fiveday period beginning May 25th. Under the call each man will have to take his place according tq*"?rder number as there will be nqvfiemptions. 'i '>-*' . J ; iftarfMfl iV'U'i'. rv/rr.-i ' . ViriVA REUNION Fi BROOCH! Confederate Veterans r*f State End Meetinff I Here Wednesday Evening,, OLD WARHORSES TALK OF MODERN FIGHTING Columbia Man Elected Commander of Division?Indorse Wilson Administration. (Correspondent to The. Greenville Daily News.) Abbeville, May 7.?"Boys," said an old man in a gray uniform in a speech to his comrades here today," "boys, we are too old now to fight for the nation?^?" ! "No! No! we can still fight!" shouted a score of the gra-haired men who sat before him, the old fire in their eyes. It was "The Star Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the nation against which they once fought with deathless valor tnat opened the meeting of the annual reunion of the Confederate Veterans of the Palmetto State here 'today in this historic city, at once the cradle and the deathbed of the Confederacy. It was that same starry ensign that floated on high in the hall of assembly, flanked on every -aide -l>y the?Stars and Bars of the short-lived nation whose lifeblood ebbed out at Appomattox. In an eloquent address Gen. Milledge L. Bonham declared at the morning session that he felt certain that had the Confederate States of America continued their existence i!' *-- J trrnnl/) Vl QT7P hf>PT) I uritu luuay, vucjr ttvu.u . fighting sid by side with the United States against Germany. At any rate, it is quite obvious that those who are left in South Carolina of that glorious array of militant manhood that wore the gray are heart and soul behind the republic in the world war. Those old fellows?several of them facetiously referred to themselves as "old devils"?let no opportunity slip to manifest their complete support of the nation. When Governor Richard I. Manning praised President j Wilson, they applauded vigorously;! when he denounced spies and traitors and slackers, they were no less emphatic in their expression of apprival. When Gen. C. Irvine Wali ?:j 4.u?* 4-v.a Onnferi.s OUfirht Ker 5H.m tit at va? ? - - w to teach their fighting grandsons the "Rebel Yell' so that it would scare Von Hindenburg's men to death, they gave that very yell. Some youngsters in khaki looked on admiringly. Time was when at a Confederate I reunion held in Abbeville it is more than likely that the national colors would not have figured in the decorations, but yesterday they were often seen. For it was in Abbeville j that the first Secession meeting was j held and there that the last Cabinet! meeting of the Confederacy took! place. Its public square is now aj great mass of Confederate and na-j tional flags, while the court house j and the opera house are likewisel adorned. It is a beautiful sight. The Governor's Speech. Governor Richard I. Manning, who j has never missed a reunion since he I Vins heen in office, was one of the] principal speakers yesterday morning. Judge J. Fuller Lyon, a veteran whose bravery is attested by an empty sleeve, in presenting the governor referred to the fact that he has six sons in the army. The old Confeds and the rest of the audience applauded very heartily. This evidently touched the governor, for with a catch in his voice he said at the outset of his speech: "Yes, I OR YEAR r TO CLOSE / thank God for my six boys who have volunteered. I am proud of them. Their mother shares with me that Thia mai?a 1aii/1 or* plause. Another applauded reference to the governor's sons came when the Hon. J. Howard Moore, of Abbeville, who is of the opposite political faction to that to which the governor belongs, gracefully said in his speech, turning to the chief executive: "You and Mrs. Manning are brave and true to the traditions of South Carolina." Governor Manning spoke at first of the obligations which ?est upon the people of South Carolina in the war and then second disloyalty, saying that there is little difference between a slacker and a traitor. There is no place for such people in America. He said that unless the government dealt in more speedy and drastic fashion with the enemies of the United States in this country, there is danger of mob violence. He said that the people have but one business and that is the successful termination of the war. We must give ourselves. We are fighting in the greatest war, for the greatst cause and under the greatest leader in history?Woodrow Wilson. Uen. tJonham Speaks. The annual orator was Gen. Mil-j ledge L. Bonham of Anderson, al-! ways a favorite with the veterans and often applauded yesterday. No report of course can do justice to the .silver eloquence and the felicitous diction of Gen. Bonham. It is interesting to speculate, he said, on what would have been the attitude in this war of the Confederacy had it maintained its independence until the present: It is fair to assume that the animosities which brought on the War Between the States would have continued to exist betwen the United States and the Confederate States. The English government was hostile to*the Confedacy from the outset, although the English people were r.ot. Quen Victoria would never hear to any suggestion of aiding the Confederacy. The English government kept back France when Napoleon III was almost ready to declare for the South. Russia was the implacable foe of the Confederacy. Even if there had been two republics on this continent, they would have been found marching together today against Germany, Gen. Bonham thinks. They would not be deaf to the call of humanity and democracy and Christianity. Pointing to the Stars and Stripes, Gen. Bonham said it was the flag of a united people. If Lee and Grant could see how the people aire as one in this war, each would exclaim:) "Lord, now lettest thou thjr servant! depart in peace!" Gen. Bonham thenj related the great part the South i played in the Revolution and in thej making of the nation. He also dis-i cussed the wonders pf modern war-j fare, but said that there are somej things this war doesn't possess. It hsa not produced a leader like Lee, nor has a Stonewall Jackson flashed across the anxious gaze of the world i There is no strategist like Joseph El Johnson, no "wizard of saddle" like j Nathan Bedford Forrest. The fame of the Confederate army can never' be eclipsed, for all other great armies j have had ample resources behind them, but it had practically none. It was an army destrtute of food and clothes, barefotted. Its fame will never be dimmed, its glory never ior gotten. The armies at war today are following the maxims and in large" measure the tactics of Confederate leaders. Hospitable Abbeville. The spacious hospitality that graced the ante-bellum South still lives (Continued' on Page Two) ..?.v . . . . u >>. AMERICAN NOW 40-YEAR DRAFT AGE UNDER DISCUSSION Matter Considered by Crowder and House Committee. 15,762,000 FOR THE DRAFT Registration of Those Reaching 21 Will Require Examination of 500,000 More. Washington, May 8.?Legislation raising the draft age to forty years was discussed as a possibility within a few months at a meeting today of Provost Marshal Genral Crowder and the House military committee Although Gen. Crowder made no specific recommendations, members of the committee said afterwards J.L _ J. J.L _ T*7 r\ A i tnai me war ueparcmeni was considering a plan for changes. An appropriation of $15,762,000 was asked by Gen. Crowder for expenses of the draft for the next fiscal year. Registration of men reaching the age of 21 will require the examination, he said, of half a million more men than originally provided for. Class 1, the general said now has a total of about 2,265,000 men, of whom 2,000,000 are effectives. No Credit for Volunteers. Chairman Dent, of the committee, announced today that he would ask the House to eliminate from the draft legislation pending an amendment giving States credit for volunteers. "It is estimated," Gen. Crowder said, "that it wlil be necessary to examine 1,000,000 men in addition to those already examined, including men who were minors at the date of the first registration and who will have to be classified in Class 1 be fore June 3U, lyiy." SPECIAL DRAFT CALL MADE. Washington, May 7.?A requisition on all states except Arizona, Delaware and Vermont, for 4,060 specially qualified draft registrants to go to Camp on May 20, was sent out today, by Provost Marshal General Crowder. The apportionment of the men throughout the service is as follows: Signal Corps 401; Corps of Engineers 2,983; Ordnance Department five; Quartermaster Corps 67. The camps and the numbers of ment they will take, include: Camp Hancock, Georgia, five, and Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Florida, 591. I TRANSPORTING WHISKEY Ollie Rucker was arrested in Calhoun Falls last week for selling whiskey in that town. He was bound over to the court at Anderson by the Magistrate's Court. He! was re-arrested by Deputy Marshal j C. J. Bruce for transporting liquor, from the State of Florida to South' Carolina. He was turned out onaj cash bond of $500. He had two suit cases full of whiskey. THANKS OUR PEOPLE. To the People of Abbeville, S. C.: We take this method of thanking you one and all for the royal way you have treated us during our stay in your city. We will always remember Abbeville, S. C., and its good people. (Signed) 115th Field Artillery Band SOLDIERS INFRANCE </ Half Million Have Been - 1 Sent Overseas This Year. NO SHORTAGE OF MACHINE / GUNS, SAYS SECRETARY Result of Mr. Baker's Announcement in Germany and Austria Will Be Watched With Much Interest / ' ? nr O t? ti ?T oouiugbuiij wxojr o.?ivuvcaim^ for the first time the extent to which .1 American troops are pouring toward A, the battle front, Secretary of War Baker early this evening authorized the statement that General Pershing now has more than half a million sbldiers. He gave out the following statement: "In January I told the Senate committee that the strong likelihood was that early in the present year 500,000 American troops would be dispatched to France. I can not ' even now, or later, discuss in detail further movements of troops to France. I am able to say that my ^ forecast, made in January, has been / passed." ' S No Shortage of Guns. * j As a result of a personal investigation of machine gun production during the past few ,days, the Secretary announced that there is no present shortage of light or heavy types of these weapons either in France or America, and no shortage is in prospect. Mr. Baker said there has been no question brought up as to the supplies of light type Browning gun, . which were coming forward in quantities. He would not sav whether shipment of these guns to Frnace had been started. ' Rushing Men Across. There has been repeated official announcements, however, that the government is bending every energy to rushing men across to back up the Allied line in France, and officers directly in charge of the transportation have expressed satisfaction with the progress being made. THE BAND. The band from the 115th Field Artillery from Camp Sevier furnished the music. There were thirtynirtann TTm/Iaw +l*/\ /inmnVvIn Inn _ "vc uiiuci biic tapauic icadership and direction of Loseph C. Brodsky, the members did fine." They showed their splendid training and unusual ability. This band was made up of the First Tennessee Infantry, and was changed to 115th Field Artillery when they went to Camp Sevier last September. The people enjoyed the music, so much so, that they kept the band playing almost continuously. The following men were members: Loseph C. Brodsky, leader; Elmer B. Jones, Guido Mori, William A. Adams, George C. Wood, Nelson B. Adams, Aubrey B. Beasley, William G. Gahr, Martin Freeman, Alcele J. Bernard, Frank White, Boyd W. Holloway, Charles Petrone, Harry Pure, Joe Mazzefero, Thomas G. Willis, Modestino De Cicco, James M rVnwfnrrl Wavne H. Lenox. Wil liam W. Dudley, Fred Chapman, Walter B. Darden, Ernest M. Luther, Dewitt Reddick, John Bouza, Thomas 0. Moore, Marion Lovelli, Thomas Anderle, Calvin M. Hickey, George B. Mahard, Joe Cozzeto, Dan J. Sullivan, Raymond Kuca. * r_ J ? /il 3 lvir. anu mis. uauu iiautc vx. Lowndesville, were here this week. V COTTON MARKET ,, \! V Cotton 30c. V