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f Mfc- , # / . . s ' ' . t ' Abbeville Press and Ban n erf Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville,J^C., Friday, May 17, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cento. 75th Year, iji NO ELVENTI I PATR101 i n. J Wants Men Loyal to Wilson. 1 JOHN GARY EVANS HEADS COMMITTEE! (Beard's Bolters Can Not Vote? Highly Patriotic Speeches by j. Many Orators. Columbia, S. May 15.?Voters in the primary this summer will be required to make oath that they did not vote against the nominees of the narty at the general election in I 1916. The object sought is to eliminate those who voted the "Beard" ticket two years ago in the historiv cal "bolt." , The only other modification of the rules effected yesterday was the election of a certain section relating to Charleston and rendered useless 0^ by the enactment of a Statewide j Australian ballot system. The rules were also made to conform to the * State statute for the Australian bal-j i' lot and also the law to enable soldiers and sailors to vote. It No resolution was offered in the I executive committee meeting proposi ine the abolishment of the county to-county campaigns this summer. The matter was under discussion, but little opposition materialized. To Map Out Itinerary. A subcommittee will within the , next few days announce the itinerary of the candidates for the United States senale and also the route to be followed by aspirants to State office. The date for the opening of the campaigns was fixed. The itinerary is to be published when railroad schedules have been examined so as to map out the most convenient arrangements. The two campaigns will likely open in different sections ^ of the State, as has been customary in previous election years. Members of the committee are: General Wilie Jones, Columbia; Edgar A. Brown, , Barnwell; and J. M. Moorer, Walterboro. The report on the assessment will be made simultaneously. This committee is composed of General Jones j John Gary Evans and D. D. McColl. ( An appropriation of 51,000 was made yesterday by the executive com ment when the war is over. bonds. This amount is taken from the accumulated balance from previous years. The proposition was submitted by Legare Walker, committeeman from Dorchester County, and was heartily indorsed. A resolution was presented to the commitee, asking a referendum on the question of equal suffrage. This swas rejected by the committee. A minority report was made on the platform resolution by J. K. Hood of Anderson, who wished to amend the committee report by the adoption of the "Hood resolution," adopted by many of the recent county conventions. The committee's objection to this was a paragrapni which condemned the recent attack,! by some Irsih pepole, who attacked! a group of American marines on the j Irish coast. The committee's conten-j tion was that the question was for-j eign to the prerogatives of the State I convention. Mr. Hood made an earnest appeal: for the resolution as prepared by himself and H. H. Watkins of An-1 derson also made a plea in its favor, j The committee report was adopted, j War Not Politics. The convention yesterday partook I more largely of the character of a patriotic rally than a political con-! vention. There was little disposition J for reference to factionl politics.1 Disloyalty and disloyal utterances j were scathingly rebuked by members ; (Continued on Page Two) * f a HOUR 1 rS WANTED I Honor Roll of the i City Schools HONOR ROLL OF ABBEVILLE ( SCHOOLS FOR THE EIGHTH MONTH. P Grade I?Lamar Clinkscales, Jack Williom TVi r\m cnn Snr : OULIieiiaiiU, TT luiuui JL uviuuva; 9 ah Thomson, Louise Beauford?Miss Bess Epting, Teacher. ^ Grade I.?Oscar Clarkk, Janie b t Bell Mcllwain, Virginia' Starnes, r< Laura Mae Welsh. a Grade II.?Josephine Barnwell, P | Martha Calvert, Estelle Lyon, Jean b Milford, Ralph Link.?Miss Olive d [ Brock, Teacher. Grade II.?Charlie Cox, Henry [ Mundy, Francis Sutherland, Eliso G j Campbell, Ethel Campbell, Nell C. P Flynn, Elizabeth Martin, Mary Nor- V( wood Perrin, Minnie Ella SwetenI burg.?Miss Flora M. Timmons, K j Teacher. S Grade III.?Sara Cowan, Susie; a Gossett, Irene McMahan.?Miss Annie R. Richards, Teacher. Grade III.?Elizabeth Corley, si Alma Gaston, Ernestine McCord.? e Miss May Robertson, Teacher. j s: Grade IV.?Mary Barksdale, Mary1 e< Stallings.?Miss Sara W. Edwards, si Teacher. p Gra^le IV.?Margaret Harrison, ci ' Ada Perrin, Harriet Swope, Rachel c< Minshall, William P. Greene, Dick ~ T ? farker,, wiuis narrison, jamcs mv.- S; Comb, Pauline Welch, James Cox, p Marie Norris, Rose Lee Anderson, a: Rubie Hughes.?Miss Etta Allen, t< Teacher. d Grade V.?Raiford McMillan, An- q thony ^Tennant, Sarah Edwards, w Mary Mundy, Lavonia Seal.?Missj^ Blanche Tarrant, Teacher. e: MR. WILSON'S BENEFACTION. U s< Mr. Hugh Wilson's will left ^ $5,000 to the Thornwell Orhpanage. P' That bequest will be used in anj onioTOomont. of the ceneral dinintr. room and kitchen, the Memorial Hall. The corner stone of that addition will be laid May 28th. y Mr. Wilson at one time was very jr strongly opposed to the Thornwell n Orphanage, but he changed his mind ^ and most nobly and splendidly en- c dorsed its work in the splendid be- s, quest which he left to the Orphan- h age at his death. We would like to honor him by putting a copy of his A paper, The Press and Banner, con-1 taining his obituary and his picture! into the corner stone. : . j B THE BOOK CLUB. ! w ! hi The meeting of the Book Club at i Ir Mrs. G. A. Neuffer's Wednesday was n ' U. T? 4.1.^ oU I a very enjoyaDie auau. m wc au-1 sence of Mrs. Klugh, Mrs. Miller presided, bringing out the discussion ^ of the books and current topics. 0At the close of the meeting, Mrs. g Neuffer served tea. SERVICE AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH There will be service in the Cath-1 I F lie Church Sunday morning, May* 19, at 11 o'clock. Evening services^1 at 8:30. Mass Monday morning at! ^ 7 o'clock. ! k' , !h' CAPT. PIERRE TO LECTURE ! al We are requested again to call w attention to Capt. Pierre's lecture; A Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock L at the Opera House. People from a nearby counties are especially invit-) S ed to come. j ei SEEING THE CAMP. <11 Mr. R. L. Mabry, accompanied | by members of his family and Miss1 Minna Bee, went up to Greenville Tuesday and spent the day at Camp tl Sevier. i; ' ' iii- r. ''S&vP&e.rXJ-.. V HE OVERMAN BILL GOES 10 PRESIDENT I iouse Passes the Ad-, ministration Measure 295 to 2. OPPOSITION FADES AWAY roposal to Exempt Interstate Commerce Commission Defeated By Big Vote. Washington, May 14.?The long ght in Congress over the Overman ill, empowering the President to eorganize government departments nd agencies, ended late today with assage of the measure as-amended y the House. It now goes to Presierit Wilson for his signature. The vote was 295 to 2, Represenitives Sterling, of Illinois, and rillette, of Masachusetts, both Re ublicans, casting the only negative otes. What opposition there was in the [ouse when the bill came from the enate began to crumble yesterday, nd today it was hardly in evidence. No Exemption*. A proposal to exempt the Intertate Commerce Commission, offerd by Represtative Walsh, of Masichusetts, Republican, was defeatd, 213 to 87, and one by Reprejntative Longworth, of Ohio, Re-j ublican, to exemtp the war finance j Drporation and the capital issues j ammittee, was rejected, 109 to 161.1 .Representatives ivioore 01 rennplvania, and Towner, of Iowa, Reublican, sought; vainly to insert an mendment to require the President > report to Congress on changes in epartments, while ) Representative ould, of New York, Republican, anted to amend the sectiop authorling the President to establish anj xecutive agency to have jurisdic-l on over the aircraft production,! ) to make compulsory the estab-l shment of a separate aircraft deart xnent. i LIEUT. J. R. DEVLIN. I Lieut. J. Roddy Devlin, who, foi | le past eight weeks has been tak-j lg a special course in Machine Gun-j ery at Fort Sill, Okla., has been; ransferred from Camp Forrest to! amp Wadswoith. Lieut. Devlin lys he hopes to visit Abbeville and: is friends here in the near future. ; VIATOR BAYLIES, OF U. S. FORCES, DROPS NINTH FOE Paris, May 15.?Aviator Frank aylies, of New Bedford, Mass., ith the American forces in France, as just shot down his ninth enemy tachine, according to official anouncement here today. Sergeant Baylies is a member of le "'Stork" Escadrille. He brought own his eighth machine a couple! f days ago. Before joining the tork Escadrille, Baylies served in le American field ambulance corps. MISS ROSA WINKLER DEAD. The many friends of Mrs. James J . Byrnes, of New York City, who! efore her marriage was Miss Rosa, tinkler, will be grieved to know of: er death, which occurred at herj n*- i -cl :n uuie on lvitNiuciy, aitci an iimcsa ui: bout ten days. As Miss Winkler, Mrs. Byrnes was' ell known and greatly admired in1 bbeville. She was a niece of Mrs. J . J. Bristow, and at one time was teacher in the Graded School here.j he has visited in the city at differ-; it times. ' She is survived by her husband; nd a young son. BASEBALL. ______ i Abbeville clerks were defeated onj le 14th by the High School Boys! 1 to 2. I C a. . : ^ . . . ; PROVOST MARSHAL GEN. MAKES CALL Splendid Opportunity . for Energetic and Ambitious Men. CAN VOLUNTEER TILL MAY 20 CalU 504, 538, 543?White Men Only; Call* 535 and 536?Colored Men Only. The Local Board has received the following from Richard E. Carwile, Captain 0. R. C. and Officer in charge of S. S. R. 1. The Provost Marshal General announces the fallowing induction calls upon this State: "Call five hundred four under which your allotment is ten railroad brakemen, flagmen and conductors to report to Commanding Officer of Engineers, Camp Meade, Admiral, Maryland.. Call five thirty eight under which your allotment is three veterinarians; to report to Commanding Officer of Veterinary Corps, ^ Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia. ; Call five forty three under which your allotment is four wheelwrights | to report to Commanding Officer of i Quartermaster Corps, Camp Joseph , Johnston, Jacksonville, Flroida." Only vihite men and men physically qualified for general military ser- ; vices are to be inducted under these calls. "Call five thirty five under Which |, your allotment is twenty bricklay- j ers to report to Comamnding Officer , of Signal Corps, Aviation Mobiliza- i tion' Ciimp, Fort Wayne, Michigan. Only ten men are wanted under this ] call." Only colored men and men i ?i 11?i ? VM;i; piiysicauy quaiiucu iui ^cucxai mm- , tary service are to be inducted un-1 der these calls. , 1 "These are exceptional opportuni-' ties for energetic and ambitious ( men. You are urged to make these calls of state-wide interest. Qualified registrants should be uruged to; < present themselves' to their Localj< Boards for voluntary induction.!] When r3Tistrants voluntarily pres-.j ent themselves, Local Boards mayi] induct qualified men until their al-!i I lotments have been filled. The vol- h untary period will continue until j i May 20 th. After May 20th no more 1i volunteers will be accepted. If on 13 May 21st a sufficient number of ] volunteers ha:j not come forth to fill i the allotment of the Local Board j the Local Board will proceed to se- j lect in sequence of order numbers a sufficient number of qualified men , from within Class One to fill its al- j lotment after deducting the voluntary inductions. If the call cannot be filled from qualified registrants! within Class One the Local Boards j :hr.t'd proceed to induct registrants) in Calsses II D and II K and L." Each Local Board is hereby di-j] rected to make an immediate inves- j | tigation and report how many quali-j, *+ Vino +A fill O I 11CU 1IICU XV IJCkO IV UU Ul?v mvvtv, , mentioned men for sucfi services in j j Class One and that number that are!, in Class II-D and III-K and L. Thisj is an imperative matter and mustjj receive the immediate attention of ( the Local Boards. It is hoped that! ^ these calls will be filled by volun-' teers but if such does not prove to be the case it will be necessary to hake all allotments. The calls must| be filled. 2. I am advised by Provost Mar-j shal General that many Local Boards ' have not complied with his request ' for complete list of serial- number { 11 of all colored l'egistrants. Please j comply at once. The Queen of England has pre-!' sented one hundred volumes to the j ^ American Expeditionary Force Library of the American Y. M. C. A. j for the use of the American troops ] in England and France. ] FIERCE BA KEMMf Hughes to Aid Aircraft Probe WILL CO-OPERATE WITH DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE AIRCRAFT. Washington, May 15.?Charles Evans Hughes, former Supreme Court justice and presidential candidate, will co-operate with the Department of Justice investigation into aircraft production, it was announced by the White House this afternoon. The President's letter saking Mr. Hughes to to-operate in the investigation was as follows: s "You have doubtless noticed that various serious charges of dishonesty have been made in connection with the production of aircraft. ? (ID .i i.1 'i.l ? ' ' i .Deuause ui uie capital importance of this branch of the military service, I feel that these - charges should be thoroughly investigated and with as little delay as possible, in order that the guilty, if there be any such, may be promptly and vigorously prosecuted, and that the reputations of those whose actions have been attacked may be protected in case the charges are groundless. "I requested the Department of Tnefl/IA \J UOUtC \J\J UOC CYCIJ' lllSI/i UXUCIlUlllty at its disposal to investigate these charges, and with the approval of the Attorney General I am writing to beg that you will act with him in making this investigation. I feel that this is a matter of the very greatest importance, and I sincerely hope that you will feel that it is possible to contribute your very valuable services in studying and passing upon the questions involved." Mr. Hughes' reply was as follows^ "Appreciating fully the gravity of the matter, I shall be glad to co operate with the attorney general in making a prompt and thorough investigation of the charges of dishonesty in connection with aircraft production. You may be asured that nothing will give me greater pleas-, Lire than to render any assistance within my power. I assume that the attorney general will advise me of his wishes for a conference with aj dew to the making of definite andj adequate plans for the investigation and I shall endeavor to arrange my affairs so that these plans may be larried out with as little delay as Dossible." * TILLMAN ENDORSED. At a called meeting of the Order jf Railway Trainmen of the Georgia Division of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company held in AbDeville on May 14th, resolutions tvere proposed and unanimously adopted endorsing Hon. B. R. Tillman or re-election as United States Senator. The Abbeville Lodge has more ;han one hundred members, and the j sndorsement of the Senator by i :hese men means something to his | :andidacy. rHIRTY-TWO WHITE MEN TO BE SENT TO CAMP JACKSON! I The Local Board has been noti-i led to send thirty-two white men to! Camp Jackson on May 29th, 1918,! ind to send them according to their! Drder number, taking them as they' ippear on the Classification list. No excuse on account of being, ;ngaged in farming can be taken by j Local Board, as nothing but farmers; ire left to be sent. The great editor, Jas. Gordon; Bennett, died at Beaulieu on the! L4th inst. . . . . ITLESIN I SECTION Huns Are Driven Back By the Australian JM Troops MUINS CLimi 1U l^ILL 44 TENACIOUSLY ||j British Take Initiative in Flanderg M and Get Pruoners?Muck Fight- . fMa ing in Italy. Near Morlancourt, south of Albert ^ the Germans delivered an attack' '"ifafj against the British on a front of jSH nearly a mile and at one point penetrated a British position. 'The Australians in a counter-attack almost recaptured the ground and the ene my suffered heavy losess. Around Kemmel. ! A similar operation was attempted against the French on Hill 44, the scene of many previous bloody en- VqlM counters in the Kemmel sector. Un- .|Jfl official accounts say the enemy gained a foothold on the rugged slopes, .Ja Wilt, flint tho FroncVi mora nraoano ' '3*1 W"V * A V**VM " ViW VlJkJtUg ,1('5| them hard. North of Rebocq, in Flanders, the 'vm ' */?sHI British took the initiative into their . ... hands and in attack inflicted qesu- .^| alties on the enemy and captured J prisoners. Oh the Amiens sector the jIm French carried out a similar man- -'$0 oeuver with like results. Wherever v the Germans essayed a stroke, ex- .$? cept near Morlancourt and Hill 44, 'Jgjm they met with almost instant repulse at the hands of the Allies. , r . Repairing Losses. While the Germans continue to re. construct with fresh elements their units shattered by the Allies during. the recent big offensive, they are /~JsS I keeping up intensive bombardments , ffija against various sctors in jplanaers - yjgmm and Picardy. They also have become v:jS ' embroiled with the French in heavy . artillery duels in Champagne and c; in the Vosges mountains. \ Nowhere on any part of the line ' ^'^9 from the North sea to the Swiss frontier has the* been an infantry engagement of great importance ' Italian Theater. In the Italian theater considerable fighting continues around Monte Corno, which commands the ap- >*Sj| proach to the valley leading from Tronf tn Pnuorotn Uora the Ana. <::!? trians have renewed their attacks to 118 regain the ground captured by Gen. Diaz's forces last week, but the Ital- . j$| ians ave successfully warded off Uig every blow. Attempts by the invaders to reach Italian positions on v: several other sectors of the front #3 also met with repulse. vjlM FIRST TRIP OF U. S.< AERO MAIL SERVICE IS SUCCESS || Washington, May 15.?The army aeroplane that started from New York this morning in the inauguration of an aero mail service between the metropolis and the capital reach- N ed Washington at 2:50 o'clock this afternoon only five mintites late. ' Within half an hour after the plane came to earth nineteen pieces of mail brought here by it were de- Jj livered to President Wilson at the White House. There also was delivered a box of flowers for Mrs. Wilson. New York, May 15.?Lieutenant Culver arrived at Belmont Park at 3.35 o'clock this afternoon with Gov ernment mail from Washington. He left Philadelphia for this city at 2.15 o'clock. ;<jj9 VS.VVVVVVVVVVVVVV -\Jljl V COTTON MARKET V V Cotton 28 l-2c. V. ,'f^H ! A