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( Abbeville Press and Banner I Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday,, June 7, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. II TWO MORE SI SUI rVfi&V I ??? Steamship and Schooii er Sent Down By Lurk ing Submarines. ? | NO TORPEDOES YET USED BY SEA PIRATE Believed Submarines Reserving Toi ? "? -! 11 nt I if piviawvuwj **? 1 ^ is that the U-boats are still opera* I ing near the coast ahd have not r< / turned to their bases, assuming' tht ?> the "two which already have bee ' identified are the only ones on th side of the Atlantic. The location of the attack sho^ also that the submarines are1 movin j steadily southward, if they are th same ones which attacked shippin l alnnnaf of tllO trotpWUV tO NeW YOI igM>nvov ww w??v q ? *? ? , _ ? 'harbor. The Navy Department r< ported yesterday an encounter b< tween a destroyer $nd a submarin off the coast of Maryland. r f c ; Another fact which is regarded s significant in maritime circles here j that none of the vessels reporte sank thus far was sent to the bol torn by a torpedo. It is considere Rertain that the undersea craft cai pry torpedoes and that they are cor [serving them in the hope that the Iiay get . an opportunity sooner c ter to attack a transport loade ith American troops. The unarme erchant ships which have been al icked thus far have been sent t ie bottom by the use of bombs an lell-fire. A possibjliy that vessels still ur ported may have been sunk wa I en in a suneuieiit ui uic iuuwi u e schooner Samuel C. Mengel, wh lived here today with his rescue ew. He declared he was told b ? commander of the submarin [lich destroyed his ship that th boat had ?unk three steamers, on passenger liner, and three schoor s last Saturday. No vessels hav en reported sunk that day and i believed either the U-boat captai is lying or that Captain Hanse: ^understood him. So far as known the only loss o e was aboard the New York an rto Rico liner Carolina and tha is definitely established tonight a ly 16 by revised figures compile' j the company showing that ther ire aboard the vesse lonly 218 pas ?gers and 11 in the crew, makinj |>tai 01 azy, msteaa 01 sou, a inally reported. HE BUSY BEE CANTEEN. he Busy Bee Canteen, of whic! . Morse is Captain, Mrs. H. W ;t, First Lieutenant, and Mrs Neuffer, Second Lieutenant present to the public a mos iue entertainment on Saturday i 8th, on thfe public square, he Beast of Berlto, Kaiser Wil i, will be present in his coffin rybody come and drive a nai :eep him in. x" sware of the Busy Bees?a stin] cost you something! HERE ON A VISIT. r. and Mrs. Ben T. fcochrai [pretty little duaghter, Jean kere from Timonsville on a visi leir home people. Mr. Cochrai spend a week, while Mrs. Coch and Jean will spend about i D? I tpedoes W nn nope v?? Transport. New York, June 5.?Two moi I vessels, a Norwegian steamsmp an ' one schooner,, were added today t . the list of ships known to have bee sunk by the German submarint ? which are raiding in American wa ers. The fotal now stands at thu p. teen?five steamers and eigl 4 schooners. j.- The fact which stood out mos in develomnenl APS 1 BY U-BOATS Young Men Registered " As Others Are Called ORDERS FOR MOBILIZATION OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND SELECTMEN IN JUNE. S Washington, June 5.?While a mil r. lion young Americans just turned 21 were registering today for service in the war for world freedom, orders went out from the office oi >e Provost Marshal General Crowdei (j to the governors of all States except 0 Arizona for the mobilization ben tween June 25 and 28th of 200,5S 000 more registrants. This was in addition to 40,000 negro men regisr_ tered today from 20 States and brings the total number of selective service men called to the colors to 1,596,704, aird when they are ir ^ camp the nation's army will number well over 2,000,000 men. The registration <oday apparent^ ly was attended by the perfect ordei that marked the enrolling a year . ago of 10,000,000 who form the IS great reservoir upon which the nar tion is drawing to furnish the balance of nower to crush the German g machine. g The men who appeared today belt fore the 4,500 local boards over the 2- country have become of age since i- the first registration day, June 5, e 1917. Military authorities estimate that from their number there will be had 750,000 men fit for active ~ duty. is d * KEEPING UP THE RECORD. d; v J It has always been said that it i-1 made no difference how - long the y I drouth, it always rains on the "girls irjday" at the Due West Commenced | ment. This year the record was d' maintained except that the rain t-jcame Tuesday night, almost a day o j ahead of time. d : . j SURVIVORS TELL i- HARROWING TALE .s| Lewes, Del., June 4.?Nineteen 0, survivors, passengers and crew of ^ I the submarined steamship Ca?olina y I were landed here today and brought e a harrowing tale of the sea, the news e of the loss of 16 of their number e and a remarkable rescue of a girl l" while they drifted helpless on the e ocean during a severe thunder storm Sunday night Ten boats left the n Carolina before* she was sunk by n the German submarine U-37, all passed through the same storm and f the survivors here said they had felt ^ surue all were lost. They, expressed * great joy when informed that most * of the Carolina's company had been ^ l saved. The 19 persons landed here e were brought in by a British vessel 1_ which picked them up more than 25 ? miles off the Delaware capes. They s were taken in charge by the naval authorities. They made full statements to naval officers. None of the survivors had any knowledge that . the submarine had shelled the life h , . boats. ;l ,'iSIX U-BOATS OFF a ucdira m rn a qt niTibmvmi * t| '! New port News, Va., ^lune 5.? I Wireless reports received by incom "! ing steamers indicate that there are l* six submarines lurking off the At^ lantic coast, it was reported- in maritime circles here today. Two of this ? number have been sighted off the Virginia coast during the past week. IN TOWN. fi , Mrs. J. A. Dickson, Miss Ida Mae t Brownlee and young Paul Dickson i were in the citv for a while Wed -1 nesday morning on business and 11 seeing their friends. They are welcome visitors always. GERMAN TROUBLES : WHEN WAR CLOSES [ Trade Struggle Will Be Intense. UNCLE SAM HAS PART. \ i Sending of Economic- Representa i tive of State Department to Rome May Be First Step. I Washington, June 5?What may be the first step in a general policy of more active participation in pra; parations of the nations at war witn uermany tor tne aiter-me-war . trade struggle has been taken in the t appointment of an economic rep resentative of the state department [ to join he American embassy at . Rome. It was learned today that i the new envoy i3 about to proceed i to his post. Though the recommendations of the Paris economic conference never . have been formally accepted by the United States which in the past has viewed with disfavor attempts to s impose artificial obstructions to free . commerce, recent develomnents in . Europe have led to conference bei tween representatives of the entente powers and officials of the state department and the war trade board , which may result in a complete , change of the attitude. The entente powers and America, i as the plan has been explained, would be excluded from the markets of this mittel-Europa combination, but on the other hand would be forced to buy Germanic products at prices to-be fixed by the makers. Oa JILim .> Bifta yi nflRniolc Vl a been told that the instance of selfpreservation dictates that some arj rangements be made between the I entente allies and America to proj tect them from this menace and j insure mutual aid and assistance j not only through financial loans and credits, but by special tariff ar| rangements insuring their supplies I of raw material against German ! control. i The Italian government recently j appointed a commission to study ! after-the-war problems and with j this commission the American ecoj nomic delegate is expected to have I close relations. ' | SEAWRIGHT VS. OIL MILL. I | In the case of J. M. Seawright, j of the Antreville section, against t.he Southern flnt.fnn Oil nnmnnnv I V ! tried at Anderson on Wednesday of j this week, the jury awarded the | plaintiff a verdict for three thousand j dollars. Mr. Seawright sued for inj juries alleged to have been received j at Abbeville when a pile of cotton j seed meal fell on him in March of j 1917.J He was represented at the trial by J. Howard Moore and A. H. D^gnall, while Wm. P. Greene and J. B. Park represented the Oil Mill. A motion for a new trial was made and is under advisement by the court. OFF TO PELL CITY. Mrs. J. F. Barnwell and Josephine j-and Foster Barnwell left Thursday j for Pell City, Ala., where they will I spend sometime with Mr. and Mrs. | E. A. Thomson. Foster will spend j the summer with his grandparents. ; * A LITTLE SOLDIER. Pat, the bright little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zimmer Howie, has; I the interest of her country at heart, and is doing her best to help winj the war for she has saved up her nickels and dimes and has bought three War Savings Stamps and a thrift stamp or two. Pat is nine years old, takes a high stand in the second grade and is a little soldier, indeed. . L IF WHISKEY LIVES BEER SUK y ______ I Hoover Opposed to Pr posed Plan. WOULD OUTLAW ALL. But Food Administration Does N Want Nation on "Whiskey, Gil and Brandy Basis.w Washington, June ' 5.?Admini tration opposition to any attempt stop the manufacture of beer ai wine so long as the sale of whiski is permitted, was made certain t day with the announcement th Food Administrator Hoover oppos< such a step because he believed tl evils attendant upon putting the n tion on a "whiskey, brandy and gii basis would far outweigh the smj food savings that would result. President Wilson already hi stated in a letter to Senator She pard of Texas, prohibition champio that he would not use his power 1 nmkikit tKo liao nf frtftrfstllflFa I beer and wine unless Mr. Hoovi ! regarded such a step as necessary. After the opposition of the pres dent and the food administrator hi been made known, Senator Sheppai and other senators said the sena would strike from the $11,000,0( emergency agricultural bill a hou: amendment prohibiting the use < some $6,000,000 carried by tl | measure unless manufacture of wii i and "beer was stopped by the pres dent. Senator Smith of South Carolin of the agricultural committee, upc his return to Washington, tonigh Said he was inclined to oppose tl amendment because a very sma proportion , of grain is being used i the production of alcoholic liquo: since the distilling of whiskey wj stopped last September. Senate ; Smith said efforts would be mac I to have his committee take up tl bill without delay. Mr. Hoover explained his positic j in a statement made public tonigl along with his ' letter to Senat< j Sheppard. He said that "if the An ! erican people want prohibition should prohibit by legislation 1 that erfd and not force the food a< ministration to the responsibility ft an orgy of drunkenness." jv NOTICE TO KNITTERS. jv 1V Persons knitting for the ! V Red Cross will x please use A the following dimensions: i V In knitting sox be sure the iV leg measures 14 inches long, ! V. and 4 inches wide, and the X foot 11 inches long and 4 in. wide, and don't have the toes too pointed and have no knots in the sox. i V Mrs. E. R. Thomson, ! V Chairman, i V jvvv VV^VVVVVVVVV SUJLUltKb I IN I OWN. Last Wednesday the public squar ! again presented a martial appeal ! ance. A squad of fine young soldiei marched and cheered tiie Red Cros I ladies. Fifteen trains of soldiei ! passed over the Seaboard Tuesda i flight and Wednesday. The Cantee i Committee served refreshments t ' the boys passing througuh to th front. PLEASED WITH DUE WEST. Dr. Geo. W. Swope was among th distinguished visitors at Due Wes Tuesday in attendance upon th closing exercises of Erskine college Dr. Swope was pleased with th exercises, enjoyed the crowd, dine pleasantly with Mr. R. S. Gallowa; and came home feeling like a genu ine A. R. P. .. _.<Ai ^ I ALLIES LINE HI S AGAINST I French Press Highly ^ Praise the Americans i , THE AMERICANS ARE FULL OF ZEAL, SPIRITED IN ATTACK AND STEADY AS ROCKS. Ot a Washington, June 5.?An official dispatch from France today says the French press is commenting ii? the s- warmest terms on the intervention to of the American troops in the great id battle takiner ulace between the ey | Oisne and the Marne. o- "All the newspapers lay stress at upon the brilliant operations of the ed wood of Veuilly and of Jaulgonne", ne said the message. "The Matin a- writes 'Amongst the reserves which i'' are continuing to arrive it is necesill sary to note the American troops which, though scarcely in the lines, . id have distinguished themselves by rep establishing the situation in an inn, dependent sector. The Americans to have shon themselves full of zeal, in spirited in the attack and steady as er rocks in the defense. These young robust soldiers have in a few weeks, . ?i- with a tremendous effort, become , id on modern battlefields the equals of i rd their French and British comrades , be who were their instructors. >0 "We will wager that the Germans 3e who amused themselves by speaking ^ >f ironical terms of the army which ie came from the other side of the ie water, must by now have changed , I Irt? AAn/ioimin?v tkft mill '* U1CU upmiuu vuu^citaiig buv U4U1tary qualities of an adversary that . has inflicted a telling check on their ^ m'J best troops of attack." ] 'H A SOLDIER IN MAKING^ 1 iej \ j Mr. Ed Smith went up to Green- ' in j ville last week and was accepted at I Camp Sevier in the training camp is! . 1 j and,, is now enjoying getting up to .' | "reveille" and turning in at "taps." 1 ie| With his charming manners Ed is a, * j hero to the ten and twelve year^ ! old bovs around, while the older,1 ,n I I i ^ generation wish him every success, 1 )r as a soldier in the making. ?- - BRIDGE ON FIRE. > " ' '? The Seaboard bridge on Long i I Cane was discovered to be on fire ( >r last Tuesday afternoon and quickly < the Section crew was required to t j put it out and get the trestle in j t I shape for the passing troop trains j s j on Wednesday. , i 1 THE BOOK CLUB. 1 s The meeting of , the Book Club at|| the home of Mrs. L. C. Parker, Wednesday morning, was pleasant in ev ery way. In the election of officers 1 i Mrs. J. F. Miller was chosen President: Mrs. J. A. Hill, Vice Presi? i dent and Mrs. C. D. Brown, Sec^e- * I tary and Treasurer. I Mrs. J. C. Klugh and Mrs. McMurray have served the club most faithfully as its officers for the past V year and the ladies gave them upi" ^ i with regret. j c DEATH OF AN INFANT. 11 . ! ilv j The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. j 1 r~f Will Edmunds, died in Spartanburg! v "'Tuesday, and was brought here for, ,S; burial Wednesday. j( 'sj !s y CHILDREN OF CONFEDERACY. |i nj f oj The Children of the Confederacy ^ e | will meet Saturday afternoon at a | 5:30 o'clock with Miss Mary White r ! on Greenville Street. j j U. D. C. MEETING. e1 !r I The U. D. C.'s will meet next e Tuesday afternoon, June 11th, at five o'clock, with Miss Nettie Ruse sell. d I \ y From June 19th to 24th, 51 regis- a i- tered negroes will be sent to Camp I Jackson from Abbeville county. n PING i 'HUN ATTACK J Nowhere Are Germans Making Progress A- \ gainst Allies. FURY OF INVADERS KNOWS NO CEASING ^ Launching Assaults on Various Sectors in Hope That Ground Miy v Be Gained. 35a The allied stone wall of resistance is still being imposed against the Germans on the battle from Soissons to Chauteau-Thierry. Nowhere is the enemy making progress. me tury of the invaders,; however, has not yet been checked, for all along the front they are launching assaults on various sectors in ^ \ . the hope that the allied ranks may ^ give further ground which would enable the enemy to straighten out 1. ;sS the curve in the line from ^Moulin Sous-Touvent, northwest of Soia- /j 3ong to Troesnes. Great masses of artillery and large numbers of troops are being used by the Germans in almost continuous battles, but notwithstanding this fact the allied line everywhere has held strnogly and at several points the defenders have taken "Jl :he offensive. ' Berlin Change* Tune. Standing out in sharp contrast * igainst previous communications issued by the German war office claim ing gains by feats of arms or the falling back of the allies, is the anlouncement made in Berlin^ Wed- ' lesday night. . " The Germans are still suffering leavy casualties in their unsuccessful assaults. Along the Martie front there has ' ^ )een no fighting o;f great moment, -A ilthough in the vicinity of Rheims ;he German artillery has begun a violent bombardment which probably ndicates another infantry attack in his region., ., r Americans Show Merit. rfjg The American troops in the Lunelle sector daily are showing their nerit in fights with the enemy. Wednesday witnessed another venture \rM ... :arried out successfully by them, 30 I # ? )f the men from overseas attacking ;he German lines and penetrating ;hem to the third defenses and asV >? saulting 200 occupants of them with ifles, bayonets and grenades. The ; ,V9 osses to the enemy were numerous. Jnstinted praise continues to be jiven the Americans for their in ;repiaity. AMERICAN PATROL IN HOT FIGHTING Surrounded by Overwhelming Numbers They Fight Their Way Thru. ?Losses Are Slight. vfl With the American Army in * . rrance, Monday, June 3.?An Am?rican combat patrol engaged in a lesperate fight with a larger enemy >atrol near Ancerviller, in the Lunerille sector today. The American osses were slight. The Uerman caslalties are not known. Two Americans discovered the Jerman patrol and endeavored to urround and capture the enemy. During the fight the Americans bund themselves being surrounded iy overwhelming numbers, but man.ged to extricate themselves and etire fighting all the while. It is beieved certain that punishment was nflicted upon the enemy by the greiades and rifle fire of the Americans 1EEING HER FRIEND GRADUATE Miss Ruth McLane went up to )ue West Tuesday tp be present t the graduation of her friend, Miss ,o1s McDonald, a bright young wolan who led her classes at Erskine. / '