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Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, June 18, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents.. 75th Year. ||
AUSTRIA! FA
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Heroic Italians and Allies
Repel Austrian
Attack.
BATTLE ON 100-MILE FRONT
Italians Take 3,000 Prisoners?Vienna
Claims to Have Taken 10,000
Prisoners and Many Big
Guns.
The Italian and Allied armies are
"bravely sustaining" the weight of the
Austrian forces which are attacking
along the front of the Italian theater,
from the northwest of the Asiago
plateau eastward to the Piave
river and thence along that stream
to where it joins the head waters of
the Adriatic sea, a front of nearly
I> 100 miles.
s ? The Austrians, having made extensive
preparations for the drive by
.bringing up strong reinforcements
-in men and guns, are using them
?*?&i^iout stint in the effort .to debouch
from the mountain passes and
>troa$yihe- Piave river and gain the
' Venetian plains.
Extremely Sanguinary.
Ev<tf|where the fighting is of an
. extremely sanguinary character, es .'
pecially in the Brenta valley and on
"Monte Grappa. In the initial strug ffio
tlm unomv succeeded in captur
I ing rarteal front line positions in
the jBouatain region from fche Britv
-i8h andr^jdso in crossing the Piave.
^Counter-attacks, however, have restored
all the positions in the mountains.
fHolding
the Enemy.
At last accounts the Allied troops
everywhere were strongly holding
the enemy and were gallantly striving
to throw back the invaders
across the Piave. The Italians have
taken more than 3,000 Austrian
t>ri?oners, among them 89 officers.
I Americans Beat Huns.
In the famous St. Mihiel sector,
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, where the Americans took over their
> first sector of the battle front, the
Germans have delivered a stroke
and were rewarded by being able to
gain the village. Soon afterward,
1 however, they were expelled and the
j position regained. Prisoners were
taken from the Germans.
Probably having in mind President
Wilson's promise that the war
should not be ended until the
wrongs of Alsace-Lorraine are right
I frtrcp? nf American troons now
I are occupying sectors in the picturesque
territory of Alsace. They
have been there since May 21.
In Macedonia the operations daily
increase in importance. Along the
greater part of the front there have
been heavy reciprocal bombardments
and Bulgarian troops several
times have endeavored to pentrate
the Allied lines. All their efforts,
however, were unsuccessful.
BfoB LINK AND THE BULL FROG
Young Bob Link has finished a
successful session at school and with
the coming of vacation has begun
,to back up the government by going
to work. He is delivering packages
for the Rosenberg Mercantile Co.,
and when he came to our house last
Friday told us that he delivered
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Iinree tram iimus ui g-iutcwco ?
That Mr. Tom Klugh, in Fort Pickens,
ordered more groceries than
anybody, that last Saturday he went
there three times and the last time
was eleven o'clock at niarht and that
HQHwhen he "crossed the bridge over
fiffHthe brang a big bull frog hollowed"
All the soldiers are not in thQ
Hjfi^nrmy it seems, and we agree with
BraHsob, that a man who lives a mile
Kn^Hfrom the square should not order
H|^H^roceries at night.
HHHfl Miss Sarah Haskell is spending
RH^Hhis week in Greenville with friends.
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[ASH THROUGH
Troops To Be Sent
Overseas Rapidly!
THREE MILLIONS IN SERVICE!
BY AUGUST 1ST, IT IS
PLANNED.
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Washington, June 15.?The Am-j
erican program contemplates 3,000,-j
000 men under arms by August 1,1
| General Crowder, provost marshal
| general, told the Senate military affairs
committee this afternoon. Of
this number, approximately 2,000,000
men would be draft troops,
while the remaining million would
be volunteers.
General Crowder also informed!
the committee that Class 1 of the
draft would be* exhausted next year,
and that it would be necessary .to
take men from Class 2 unless the
draft age limit was extended.
The situation on the . western 1
front is more favorable to the allied
armies than at any time since the
great German offensive was launched
in March. This statement was
made by General March to members j
of the Senate military affairs com-i
mittee at their weekly conference:
with the war council.
Allies Gaining Strength.
The Allies are gradually gaining
substantial numerical superiority
over the Teutonic forces in France.
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This is due to the rapidity in which
American troops are being sent
across the Atlantic.
General March told the commit- j
tee that already the United States p
| has sent sufficient troops to make
j good the wastage of man power on!
the allied side since the German of- J
j fensive began in March. Meanwhile, j
the Germans, having drained their p
man power to the utmost, have been'.
I unable to replenish tneir losses. j
The American troop movement: |
! improved during the past week and j ]
! there is every indication that the!,
rapid pace set in May will be dupli-j
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cated in June. Additional Ameri-,
' can troops are being thrown into!
the front-line trenches every day|
and gradual additions are being
made to the sectors being held by,
the Americans. | ]
There are more than 800,000 Am-:';
erican soldiers overseas.
HELPING THE RED CROSS. ^
In publishing the list of the Red J
Cross subscribers several weeks rgo,|
the names of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. j
Cannon were left off. Mr. and Mrsj
Cannon gave a liberal amount toj
the committee from Ward 1. They:
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| have the interest of our soldiers at:
J heart and are supporting the. gov-j
ernment in all its calls.
WILLING WORKERS.
The young boys around town are:
filling up the gap made by so many!
men being taken into the ramy.'1
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JLast wees xtenvvicn. uiauicj,
Klugh, Hal Moore, Connie Starnes, i
Jim Cox and Jack Bradley spent1
three days in Donalds raking up
| clover seed on the Cothran-Link
j farms. The boys say they worked i:
J mighty hard but that they made a
| "heap of money."
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HONORING THEIR BOYS.
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i rne Jtsapusx cnurcn at
mick has fourteen young: men in
the service of their country and a
handsome service flag was unveiled,
in their honor at the church last,
Tuesday. Interesting patriotic ser.
vices were held.
BUSINESS CLOSED.
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The business houses of the city
are closing one hour each morning
this week during the services at the1
Methodist church.
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THOUGHT OF HOME
SPEEDS WAR WORK
Congress Hurries for
Mid-Summer Recess
MANY . MEASURES UP
Budgets Carrying Unprecedented
Sums for Pushing Conflict to Be
Considered During Week.
Washington, June 16.?With the
end of this fisaal year only two
weeks distant, congress planned this
week to speed consideration of huge
war appropriations needed by July
1. With these measures out of the
way, members hoped to be able to
have a midsummer recess while the
nouse ways aim means cuimiiibtee
drafts the war revenue bill, hearings
on which were expected to end
Thursday.
A mass of warbudgets carrying
unprecedented sums is before the
senate and house. The $3,000,000,000
sundry civil bill was expected
to be transmitted to the senate tomorrow
by the house, while the two
principal war bills, the $12,000,000000
army supply measure, and the
$7,000,000,000 fortification bill,
were expected to be reported during
the week. The former is before
the senate military committee and
the latter before the house appropriations
committee.
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ine nouse its KA^ecicu iu vutc
early this week on important senate
amendments to the $1,600,000,000
naval appropriation bill, including
that increasing the naval personnel
from 87,000 to 131,485, which is
strongly urged by Secretary Daniels.
Nation-wide prohibition will be
agitated before the senate agriculture
committee which begins hearings
tomorrow on an amendment to
the $11,000,000 emergency food bill
which would prohibit the use of any
foodstuffs in the manufacture of
beer and wines during the war and
bar the use of distilled spirits for
leverages.
VISITORS FROM THE WEST.
Mrs. Charlie West, of Oklahortia,
City, is in the city for a visit to
her brother, Mr. L. C. Haskell. As
Miss Sophia Haskell, Mrs. West is
well remembered in Abbeville and
old friends and acquaintances are
?lad to have her come back. Mrs.
West is accompanied by her four
Hauphters. Misses Jean, Lovel,
Evaline and Mary Cheves, all bright
pretty girls.
Mrs. West comes from San Antonia,
where Mr. West is in Camp,
having enlisted in the service of
his country at the beginning of the
war.
COL. BANKS.
Col. William Banks has severed
his connection with the Columbia
Record and will assume the editor
ship of the Carolina Stockman and
Farmer, a paper recently launched
by J. Rudledge McGee.
Mr. Banks has made the Record
a good paper and we regret that he
ffives it up. Everyone wishes him
success in his new field. The Colonel
will soon be raising many fine acres
of soy beans, goobers and alfalfa
on paper every week while great
droves of handsome Holsteins and
fat Duroc-Jerseys will roam over
his desk daily.
A LARGE CORRESPONDENCE.
Our cook told us Saturday that
Mayor Moore Mars had written to
"all the colored +*olks" that they
must buy War Savings Stamps. She
added that with "our boys going
away this war gwine git all our
money."
SEA WOLVES CLAIM
! TWO MORE VICTIM!
Kringsjaa and Samoi
Sent to Bottom.
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OFF VIRGINIA COAST.
I Sailing Ship and Bark, Both Norwi
gian, Prey of Raiders Operating
in American Waters.
! Washington, June 16.?Gei
? many's sea wolves have sunk tw
; more neutral ^essels in America
i waters.
r The latest victims of the raider
i which first made their appearanc
L I /xflp iViA A AAOpf PATYIO fkrfl
' Uii uic nuanuv tuaou ov/ntu wiuv
i weeks ago, are the sailing '-shi
! Kringsjaa and the bark Samoa, bot
I Norwegian. The crew of the forir
er has geen picked up gy an Amer
can war ship and that of the latte
was landed tonight at Norfolk,
i Both vessels were sunk 90 mile
off the Virginia coast. The Samo
was sunk by shell fire Friday morr
ing, the navy department announce
i today, but the time and manner o
. the sinking of the Kringsjaa ha
i not been reported to the depart
, ment late tonight. Its artnounc*
ment concerning the Kringsjaa said
i "A United States man of war ha
i picked up all of the survivors of th
bark Kringsjaa, which was. sun
about 90 miles oit rne Virginia coas
i They are being brought to an A1
,j lantic port."
I Although the report to the dt
.partment might indicate some of th
crew of. the Kringsjaa had bee
i killed, officials believed that as the
I had done before, the Germans pel
mitted all aboard the sailing ship t
jtake to the boats before sinking th
! vessel.
The Kringsjaa was of 1,598 ne
tons and the Samoa of 1,051 ne
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THE REVIVAL SERVICE.
; The services in the Methodis
I church are being well attended an
! Mr. Danner is doing strong gospf
: preaching. Special services for th
! children Tuesday morning, at 1
o'clock.
Thursday morning at 11 o'clocl
there will be an old folks servic
and we want all the old people t
be present.
Friday morning there will agai
be special services, subject: "Horn
j Religion." The families who com
i are all requested to sit in famil
'groups. All memgers of the famil
i will be expected to sit together.
! Come to all these services an
j you will be blessed.
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V NOTICE W. S. S. WORKERS <
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\ All school teachers and 1
V other W. S. S. Workers are '
V requested to meet at Abbe!
V ville Saturday, June 22nd, at
iV 12 o'clock.
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V Come if possible, if not
V. please send us a report of
V your canvass.
V F. E. Harrison,
V Co. Chairman.
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OPEN AIR SERVICES.
; -The Presbyterians are clearin
joff the lot back of their church prt
paratory to beginning their ope
i air service.
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IN THE MOVIES.
In the Gaumont News, which i
;! shown every week in Greenwooc
ij Lieut. Coleman was shown last wee
getting his Cross of Honor i
France. The picture was kept ov?
jfor a day and the young man's pai
I ents sent for to see it. Friend
| easily recognized the young man.
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AMERICANS BI
i PICKE1
a Certificated Cover
Vast Indebtedness
PROGRAM FOR FINANCING GOV
ERNMENT FOR 4 MONTHS BE..
FORE 4TH LIBERTY LOAN.
Washington, June 16.?The government's
financial program for the
r- next four months was disclosed too
day by Secretary McAdoo's ann
nouncement that in preparation for
the fourth Liberty loan, to be floats,
ed probably in October, about $6,e
000,000,000 certificates of indebte
edness will ge issued. They will be
p offered in blocks of $750,000,000
h each, every two weeks, beginning
l- June 2^.
l" Every national bank and trust
T company is asked to assist the government
by subscribing 5 per cent.
13 of its gross resources monthly. The
a certicates will bear 4 1-2 per cent.
l" interest like those preceding the
third Liberty loan and will have
varying maturity periods, none ex^
ceeding four months.
In addition, an undetermined
^ quantity?perhaps $2,000,000,000?
of tax certificates will be issued
during the summer for use in payk
ing taxes a year from now.
? The announcement of this program
indicated that the fourth Liberty
loan will be for at least $6,000,000,000,
the exact amount depende
j ing on government expenditures in
n! the next few months. The treasury!
y: already has estimated these roughly
-_J at about $12,000,000,000,000 be-1
0 i tween July 1 and next January 1.
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GROVER CLE VELA! ID'S SON
it1 ENLISTS IN MARINES
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Richard Folsom Cleveland, son of
: Grover Cleveland, twice President of
I the United States, enlisted Satur-j
J day in the marine corps, according
^: to an announcement by Captain S.
;j'A. W. Patterson, officer in charge
j of recruiting. Mr. Cleveland, who
^ j is twenty years old, will go to Paris
! Island in a few days.
. ! "Dr. Thomas J. Preston, husband
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e 1 of the former Mrs. Cleveland, saia
0 j the young man had been anxious to
1 enlist ever since the United States
n j entered the war.
e: "We uruged him to wait until he
e had finished his junior year," said
vj Dr. Preston, "and when he did he
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v received his mother's consent."
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dj . ATTRACTIVE FRONTS.
The show-windows of the stores
tj in Abbeville are assuming the style
t! and attractiveness in keeping with
the best art in this line of display.
Suppose somebody offers a prize
^.'fof the best front display for the
J season.
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v.j THE SOLDIERS.
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k. Tho mnet numerous and the best;
in personnel of the season, was the
w squad that marched around the pub^
lis square at noon yesterday, to
V the music of their own band.
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^ HOME'FOR THE SUMMER. j
! Miss Ella Haskell came home last
week from Oklahoma, where she
^ has been teaching for the past year
'" or two. Her friends are delighted
n to have her home.
A SUMMER VACATION.
I Mr. and Mrs. Paul Link and Gil'3j
bert and Ellen Nabers left Saturday
^' for Wrightsville Beach, where they
^: will spend a pleasant vacation.
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ir! Mrs. A. W. Clark leaves today for
>( Monroe, where she goes for a ten
Is! days visit to her daughter, Mrs.
j Fairly Tiddy.
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) HUN TROOPS |
| Our Soldiers Repulse 1
Heavy Attack In the
Toul .Sector.
AMERICANS WIN IN ALSACE
Our Machine Gunners and Riflemen
Repulse Heavy Attack?German*
Enter Xivray Village But Are
Driven Out.
With the American Army in
France, June 16.?About 600 German
shock troops raided the Ameri- ? j
can first line positions at the villa- '
ges of Xivray, in the Toul sector,
early this morning. Some of the enemy
got into Xivray, but were soon
driven out. At other points the
Germans were badly beaten."The
attack began at 3 a. m., after
an extremely violent bombard
f,
ment of the front line and American
batteries and villages far in the
rear. The Germans advanced swiftly
to the attack, but were met by
a heavy fire. Those who penetrated
Xivray were forced speedily to withdraw,
and elsewhere the enemy was
completely repulsed.
"According to prisoners the object
of the enemy was to take American
prisoners. This object failed,
. as no American is reported missThe
Germans, evidently angered
by the failure of the attack, continued
an intermittent shelling of
villages in the xear-throughout SunThe
American troons encaced at
close quarters the small German
force that entered Xivray. There
was severe fighting with bayonets
and clubbed rifles. The Germans
! left nine dead in the streets, and six
prisoners were taken, two of them
; officers, one of whom was wounded.
The prisoners came from the
: Thirty-sixth Landwehr.
| HENRY FORD WILL
RUN FOR SENATE
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i Washington, June 13.?Henry
I Ford announced here tonight that
| at the request of President Wilson
! he had decided to become a candi|
date for United Sates senator from
Michigan, if the nomination should
| be offered him. Neither Mr. Ford '
| nor those in his confidence would
' add to a brief statement making
i the announcement issued after the
I automobile maker had called at the
White House. This statement did
i not specify what nomination would
J be accepted but the understanding
lamong ploitical leaders is that the
president hopes to see the Republicans
of Michigan accept the invitation
of the Democrats to join forces
in the election of Mr. Ford, a Republican.
! ALWAYS WELCOME
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Dr. J. S. Moffatt came down from
j Due West Sabbath and precahed to
the Baptist congregation in the
morning, Dr. Swope being in Boston.
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CASUALTY LIST.
! Carolina casualty list since June
14:
Severely wounded: Robert G.
Hayes, Monetta, S. C., Boyd Westbrook,
Chesnee, S. C., Joseph F.
Celv. Easley, S. C., William E.
Burns, Greenville, S. C., Moye
Hayes, Starr, S. C.
; Miss Hazzie Betts is here from
| near Rock Hill on a visit to Mrs.
Langdon Wilson. Miss Betts is a
graduate of the Woman's College
; at Due West and has been a successful
teacher. She comes of a
| long line of Seceder ancestors.