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Abbeville Press and Banner! Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, May 31, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Yeaiygja GERMANS j | AGAII Ground Gained in Attack on French and British. SOISSONS GIVEN UP, RHEIMS MAY FOLLOW j Official Communication From Berlin Claim* Twenty-Five Thousand Prisoners, Including Two Generals. T- -1-*- ?rtf+o/tlr An fno in men v iuicuu ai/M?vn. v? ???v ww piile battle front running from Soissons eastward to the region northeast of Rheims, the German armies are continuing to force back the French and British forces on nearly every sector. The fortified town of Soissons, ,.the extreme left flank of the allied 7 battle line has been occupied by the enemy, although the French are , still holding tenaciously to its western environs, through which emerge the railway lines leading to Paris and Compeigne. According to the official German communication 25,000 prisoners, among them a French and a British general, have been taken and numerous additional towns and vantage ? " -1 xl.. X. 1 I I points an aiong me ironi nave uceu captured. Seemingly Rheims, like' Soissons, also is doomed to fall into the hands of the enemy, as the French war office reports that the troops covering the famous cathedral town have been withdrawn behind the Aisne Canal northwest of the town. Twehre Miles Forward. On the sector directly 'southeast j of Soissons the Germans now are; fighting relatively 12 miles fromj where they started their drive Mon-j ! day from Vauxiallon, while near Loupeigne and in the vicinity of Savigny, wedges have been driven into a depth of approximately 15 miles. I ' I- InlorMt in America. I Of almost as great interest as the: Aipne battle is the situation around) the little town of Cantigny, where j the Americans made a notable gain in their first "solo" attack against the Germans Tuesday. '.Numerous counterattacks have been launched against the Americans holding Cantigny and the outlying positions, but all of them have met with the same result?failure and the loss of many men killed or wounded. Evidently the Americans are prepared to dispute to the last degree their occupancy of the high ground they have won. i Unstinted praise has been showered upon the Americans by military officers for the dash and daring they w>cnlt -failure onH tV?o 1n?s nf mnnv Ies and started out in quest of their objectives. Still another defeat has been inflicted on the enemy by the Americans?this time far to the east, in the Toul sector. .? REV. R. T. BLACKFORD j ' TO HOLD SERVICE HERE| Rev. R. T. Blackford will hold af-S pernoon services in the Episcopal i fchurch Sunday afternoon at 4:30.1 Ifr. Blackford is stationed at Campi pevier, and is a brother of Rev.j kmbler Blackford, who until re-; |ently, was rector here. I) GIFTS FROM THE LADIES. The ladies of the local Red Cross resented Mr. J. A. Verchott with set of knitted garments when he ft for the army Tuesday. The aughters of the Confederacy also ive him a Comfort Kit. These fts were in grateful appreciation : the kindnesses shown the ladies giving them the use of the Opera ouse for the numerous entertainents. IOVE <ST ALLIES ? Big Express Companies Form One Concern ADAMS, AMERICAN, SOUTHERN AND WELLS-FARGO MERGED UNDER NEW CORPORATION Washington, May 28.?One union express company for the United States was created today by agreement between Director General McAdoo and the Adams, American, Wells-Fargo, Southern companies, whose transportation business will be merged under a new private corporation with capital of more than $30,000,000, to be known probably as the Federal Express Company. ctanrtra r! Tavlnr. now nresident of the American, will be head of the new company. After July 1, when the combination becomes effective shippers will direct shipments "by express" without regard to company and soon therefore the individual niames of the separate companies will begin to disappear from wagons, stations and cars. The company will be express carrying agency of the railroads, operating privately, but under contract to turn over 50 1-4 per cent, of their gross revenues?more than j S900.000.000 last vear?to the! roads for transportation privileges. Three smaller railroad owned companies, the Western, Great Northern and Northern may join the combi-' nation latef. PROFITEERING IS LAID ?o PACKERS University, Ala., May 28.?Dr. George H. Denny, in his commencement adress to the Alabama Alumni Association, told of the attempt of packers to profiteer in foods. Dr. Denny, who is president of the University of Alabama, has been called into Government service temporarily to head the cotton seed division of the Federal food administration, working in close touch with Mr, Hoover. "Where I have spent one moment in saving food," he said, "I have spent ten in trying to prevent the big packers of this country from buying the product of the Southern farmer, sending the price sky-rocketing, and then selling back to the farmers at two or three times the fair profit. The underlying cause for the food administration is prof-1 iteering, and the administration has J done worlds of good along this line.! The pian who will take advantage! of war conditions for personal gain, mu^t be the meanest man in the world. "The work in Washington is being carried on thoroughly. At the head of this Government stands the foremost statesman of democracy and the world's greatest spokesman of freedom. In Washington, the true slogan is 'Win the War.' Uncle Sam has his eye on the! ball. Our main work at present isj praparation. Only in the month of I May the United States sent 200,000 j men to France." UUK YUUINli UJblNllM. I Invitations have been received in! Abbeville to the closing exercises! of the Southern Dental College of Atlanta, which give the name of Chalmers D. Haddon as one of the graduates. Many interested friends of the young Doctor are glad that he has successfully passed the first lap along the journey of l}fe and they count on his high heart and high hopes making the balance of his journey both successful and pleasant. Attention! Young i All young men who have beco: since the last registration, or wbu 5th, 1918, are required to registe plicants for registration will appc tration for Abbeville County in tl of Court, on the day named. He to properly register. MEN BEHIND UNE ( RECEIVE REWARD flags, Badges, Medals i To Be Awarded. CREDIT FOR StKVICfc / Workmen in Shipyards and Allied \ Industries Honored by Goverrment for Faithful Effort. v l Washington, May 29.?A plan for awarding flags, service badges and n distinguished! conduct medals to ' workmen in ship yards and allied d industries?the first public recogni- o tion ever given by the government t to war workers back of the fighting | fi line?was announced tonight by the f shipping board. t Charles M. Schwab, director gen- 11 eral of the Emergency Fleet Cox- g poration, originated the system of 0 rewards, to give ship builders visi- s bel evidnece that they are helping * as much in vanning the war as the u men who carry guns. v Rear Admiral Frank F. FVatelrt. has? been named to head a board I . , a which will decide on the awards of p flags and medals. Serving with him ^ will be F. W. Wood, former vice n president of the Maryland Ship- ^ building Company and a representative of labor yet to be chosen. P War Badge Board. Service badges will be awarded by a war badge borad consisting of ^ Hugh Frayne, representative of labor on the war industries board. ^ Maj. F. W. TuUey of the war de- partment, L. Howland, of the ship- ^ ping board; Roger W\ Babson, of the department of labor; Livingston ^ Davis of the navy department, and ^ Carl Byoir, of the committee of 'r public information. Flags will be given each month to the three ship yards making the best records, all ^ factors considered. First honor will be distinguished by the shipping board flag combined with the color v blue. Second and third honors will | carry the same flag combined with | ri red, and white rsepectively. Any I yard winning first place three a: months in succession will be given S! a permanent flag. . lir 18 SHIPS LAUNCHED , o FOR U. S. LAST WEEK fc. ei Washington, May 28.?Ten steel vessels, totaling a tonnage of. 63,486 were completed for the shipping j board last week, it was announced j by the board this afternoon. The, a average daily output was a 9,069- j ton ship. ' j $ Eight were requisitioned ships | and two were contracted for. There! were eighteen launchings during the | aj week, fifteen beiner steel vessels and I r three wooden. This brings the aver- ^ age of launching for the month up b: to two daily, making a launching total of 109,700 tons. 0] C MRS. W. P. KENNEDY. ir Mi*s. W. P. Kennedy was taken to Chester Wednesday for an operation ^ for appendicitis. News from there yesterday was to the effect that the operation was successful, and that ^ the patient was doing well. Mrs. v Kennedy was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. M. T. Coleman. ^ Men! Register! me twenty-one years of age ) will become 21 before June r on the last named date. Ap>ar before the Board of Regisle office of J. L. Perrin, Clerk avy penalties follow a failure INLY ESSENTIALS SHOULD BE BOUGHT Savings Must Go for Thrift Stamps. lPPEAL by the president 1 1 Voodrow Wilson Asks People of United States to Come to Aid of Government. \ i Washington, May 29.?To save laterials and labor for necessary rar purposes, President Wilson toay appealed to Americans to buy nly those things which are essenial to the individual health and efciency and. to volunteer on or beore June 28, national thrift day, o invest systematically in war savigs and thrift stamps, or other overnment securities. "This war is ne of nations?not of armies", aid the president, "and all of our 00,000,000 people must be econom:ally and industrially adjusted to rar conditions if this nation is to lay its full part in the conflict. The roblem before da Is not primarily financial problem but rather a roblem of increased production of rar essentials and the saving of the lofav iola an/1 1 aKni? nnnoaoortr -frvv IMWVtlMiO WtlU 1UUVI, UVVVUlJOA J XV* he support and equipment of our rmy and navy. Thoughtless exendiliure of money for non-esscnials uses up the labor of men, the roducts of the fatm, mines and facjries, and overburdens transportaion, all of which must be used to lie utmost and at their best for war urposes. i appeal to all who now own eiler Liberty Bonds or war sayings tamps to continue to practice econmy and thrift, and to appeal to all rho do not own government securi;es to do likewise and purchase lem to the extent of their means. "I earnestly appeal to every man, roman and child to pledge themseles on or before the 28th of June ) save constantly and to buy as sgularly as possible the securities of le government; and do this as far; 3 possible through membership war ivings societies. The 28th of June nds this special period of enlistlent in the great volunteer army 1: production and saving here at nmf? Mflv hp nnnft nnenlist-1 d on that day." . 1 MR. H. S. DELLINGER DEAD I ! Mr. H. S. Dellinger died. Monday! fternoon, May 27, 1918, after anj lness of about three months, at i , io residence of his son, C. S. Delnger of Atlanta, Ga. / Mr. Dellinger was 82 years of ?e. He is survived by two sons, . H. Dellinger of Atlanta, and F. [. Dellinger of Monroe, N. C., two rothers, Messrs. A. P. and Calvin ellinger of Iron Station, N. C., and ne sister, Mrs. Vincent Friday of j harlotte, N. C. Mr. Dellinger has made his home i Abbeville for the past eight years rid made many friends. His body as taken to Iron Station Tuesday, here funeral and burial was held. COTTON MARKET V Cotton 28c. V SEVENTEEN INHOS 32 Boys Left For ] Camp Jackson On 29th LADIES OF CANTEEN SERVICE SERVED REFRESHMENTS? p ARTHUR LINK, LEADER. List of men sent to Camp Jack- ^ son Wednesday, May 29, 1918: Robert Arthur Link. James John Parker Gyms Davis Hall E. M. Fant A moTioV* florvaff PioUaw *???*? ?#* *** VlMiiVW A' Mahlon Wilson Gordon <3 Wm. Bennie McMahan g Willie Lester Waters g Ozzie Logan Ellenborg <j James N. Gresham t Jas. A. Kennedy a James Paul Ferguson t Ben Ferrell Magaha t <3 Melvin Bleckley Lewis Oscar Palmer ^ f v John Wesley Bagwell George G. Grant g Leonard Eugene Campbell j, James Conde Tribble 0 Asra Hampton McCoy t George. Albert Mcllwain v Charlie Franklin Beeks c Benj. Franklin Higdon^ t Jas. Marvin Patterson d Claud Hughes v Wilton Andrew Watt ? John A. Porter t Lee Samuel McClain ti lTred A. Ficquett - g Frank Beggs . n josepn nugnes 0 Jas. Franklin Gunnells. ' > l The soldier-boys were a fine looking lot of young manhood. They ? i " were ably and appropriately ad- ^ dressed just before leaving by Dr. w Swope of the Baptist church, of Ab- a beville^. and by Rev. Clotfelter, of ^ Lowndesville. ?. mi i ! j_L _ si j C% ! ine laaies 01 me i_,anieen service served ice cream, sandwiches, and ^ presented flowers. These attentions softened the breaking of home ties, and no doubt heightened the patriotic spirit of the men, who seemed cheerful and determined to give a good account of themselves when they meet the Huns. Arthur Link was selected leader, and Fred Ficquett assistant leader of the squad. UUK tSU 13. I ~ V I . Definite news has been received v in Abbeville of the safe arrival V overseas of Lieutenant Preston B. V Speed. This young man belongs to V the 118th and is a veteran in that ^ he has seen service on the Border. V He was anxious to get into the V thick of the fight and fus friends V here wish him God speed. V V Postals have been received in y Abbeville announcing the safe ar- y rival of ( Lieut. W. D. Wilkinson ^ along with the others of the 118th ^ overseas. This is glad news to his ^ anxious parents and to his many friends. Lieut. Wilkinson will give a good account of himself as he comes of fighting stock, being a grandson of Mr. J. M. Wilkinson, who served during the Mexican War.! r \ . i Sergt. Wm. Oscar Stevenson has' also announced his safe arrival: overseas. ARMY OF 3 MILLION FAVORABLY REPORTED I Washington, May 25.?The Senate military affairs committee today formally offered a favorable report on Senator rteea s resuiuuuu jjiuviding for an increase in the army ^ of 3,000,000. No action was taken. ^ V Mr. L. C. Haskell went over to ^ Clemson this week to be present at Commencement and to see Allen Haskell graduate. a / DEAD PITAL FIRE Patients Stampede and I Some of Rescued Run | Into Flames. K)NE OF EMPLOYED BLAMED IN TRAGEDY1 ;$S| Vard Destroyed Was Wooden Stmeture?No Theory of Origin of ' Fire Except Possible Defective Wirinsr. iisteSSfl Columbia, S. C., May 29, 1918.? ^ Seventeen persons were burned to jfc leath when the elventh ward, a sin;le story wooden structure, at the -an State Hospital for the Insane, was, > lestroyed by fire at 3 o'clock yeserday morning:. Two other patients, ;re m a precarious condition. Jfil- >?ag een of the patients were burned .to ' ieath within the four walls. Two died / ater in the day from burns. The rard was occupied by 45 patients. An inquest was held by Coroner ;ign tcott last night, when"- a thorough nvestigation as to the possible cause * 'J? I tne nre was made. From the tea- . .<*? imony adduced, no theory was ad- ^ anced as to the origin of the ftre ex- : ept possibly from defective insula.ion of the electric wiring. It was eveloped that all night employees > ?J? rere at. their respective posts and bat no delinquency of duty was at* ' ached to any one connected with <?J| be institution. The tragedy Was re- 'Jfi arded as wholly unavoidable and ' %* o blame could be placed on any . ~;0 Duuaing oc wooa. . ' The building was a small one story ,^ -'^ rooden structure and was one of .'tfjfjB tie oldest on the grounds. The flame y'fi&a ras discovered between the ceiling >Jj| nd the roof, which . was covered . dth a layer of three ply paper rooflg. This,' Dr. Williams explained Vf Js 1 his testimony, was regarded as v$j$ reproof by insurance companies. .Jj RED CROSS DRIVE. 'C '|J| Abbeville County, with the V ' *|g exception of Due West and V ^ Donalds Townships, has con- V 0% tributed $16,600.00 and Due V ' ^ West and Donalds have con- V yw tributed $2,846.00, making a V '-*J total for the County of ?iy,- v 446.00. V Abbeville Chapter Ameri- V M can Red Cros3 has contribute V ed $16,600,000 and its aux- V . i'fj iliaries in McCormick county V '\'.p Willington and Mt. 'Carmel, V t; v'. $15,000.00, or a total of V. 'yfM $18,100.00. V So you may take it either V by counties or by Chapters V ? || and Abbeville' has more than V doubled her quota. V ' We would like to write V, each member of the committee and thank them for their V hearty co-opreation in the V . - "jj Drive?but we will have to V , . ask you to take this as the V expression of our thanks and V appreciation. The committees V ii and auxiliaries have done V their work splendidly and we V are very proud of our sue- V cess. V 1. xi.. ..1 t We wisn to [nans me cui- ^ ored people also for the use V ' of their churches and the V splendid way in which they V responded to our appeals. V G. A. Neuffer, Chairman V Red Cross War Fund. V J; S. Morse, Chairman V Abbeville Chapter A. R. C V V Mrs. S. C. Seal has returned from pleasant visit to Monroe.