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. ? " . ... - * I -* Abbeville Press and Banner -W - / Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, July 5, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. EERMAN EFFOf [ AGAIN! Repeated and Determined Counterattacks j 1 Smashed at Vaux. KRSHING'S MEN TAKE 8 MANY Hl/N PRISONERS H?sperate Attempt by Teutons to Recapture Lost Territory Shows | How Important They Regard it ?Dead Remain Before Positions Held by United States Troops. ' ' 1 American troops standing at Vaux rthwest of Chateau-Thierry, have mpletely smashed repeated and de-1 mined counterattacks by the Germs who sought to oust the Ameri- ' ns from their new positions. That b Germans have tried desperately 1 reverse the decision in the battle ' an indication that the occupation Vaux is viewed as important by ' emy commanders.. Over.the lines held by General 1 railing's men there has been burstt 'a storm of steel from the Gerin cannon, high explosives and ' s shells being intermingled in the ' ojectiles hurled by the foe's can (rhe Americans, however have yieled a foot of ground, and, ' he enemy has attacked he en permitted to approach : j the American lines before i l of bullets has cut through 1 ks and broke his attack. ie result of these assatilta the j & have lost very heavily, the 11 being covered with their j < id wounded. have, in addition, lost many j ] S. The battle is still being I < waged. | J h units are said to be en-j n the region of Vaux, but it }* ible they are not very num- j 1 ".I H || l^ittie vsiner nguuug. The battle at Vaux has seemingly porbed the most of the activity onj fc western side? of the salient runig north from the Marne, but far towards the Oise River at MoulSous-Toutvent, a little village east the De Laigue forest, the French! ire struck the German line over ai ht of nearly two miles and have: letrated to a depth of approxi-j tely half a mile. Prisoners to the; iiber of 457, have been reported f,tured. Italians Strike Again. [T!e Italians have again shifted; ir attack, and this time have* |>sen the Piave front for a demon-: ation of their strength. After a; hbardment which reached drum1 i intensity, the Italians crossed, Piave northwest of Capo ? Sale, j. spite of the floded areas before j ( m,'they made some progess which;, idmitted by Vienna, and captured j, 00 prisoners as well as taking , liable war material. IN CHESTER HOSPITAL. ?he friends of Dr. and Mrs. J. ^vin Gilmer will be glad to know t the latter who was operated on HpDr. Pryor's hospital Wednesday, Kftoing nicely. j I CALL FOR STATEMENTS. M ^Wfashington, July 3.?The comp-j ^ftler of the currency issued a call | H the condition of national banks! jHthe close of business on June 29. | IsTROYER NAMED B FOR SENATOR TILLMAN! iHwashington, July 3.?Secretary ^Briels today named a new torpedo destroyer "The Tillman" in ^ or of the late Senator Benjamin ^ Tillman, of South Carolina, memIB of the naval affairs committee nearly 24 years and chairman 9nt for five years. ' ITS FAIL ST AMERICANS, More Than 1,000,000 Americans In France! I UP TO JULY 1, 1,019,115 AMERICAN TROOPS HAD BEEN SENT j OVERSEAS. . Washington, July 2.?American troops sent overseas numbered 1,019,11^ on July 1. > This was made known tonight by President Wilson who gave to the public a letter from Secretary Baker disclosing a record of achievement 1 which, the president said, "must cause universal satisfaction and i which will, give additional zest to our national celebration of the 11 n-'. 4.U ?? ruurui vi uuijr. The president's stateemnt with ' the letter from Secretary Baker and his reply follows: "I have today received the follow-; 1 ing letter from the secretary of war! which seems to me to contain infor- j t mation which will be so satisfactory!! to the country that its publication j i will be welcomed and will give ad- j ditional zest to our national cele- '< bration of the Fourth of July: 1 "War Department, "Washington, July 1, 1918. 1 "My Dear Mr. President: " 'More than one million American ! 3oldiers have sailed from the ports ' in this country to participate in the war in France. In reporting this ! Pact to you, I feel that you will be ' ? ' 1 < _1 ! XL. 1 interested m a xew uaia angwm^ mhs| progress of our overseas military, ;ffort. "The first ship carrying military! personnel sailed May 8, 1917, having! jn board base hospital No. 4 andj members of the reserve nurses corps, j "General Pershing and his staff \ sailed May 20, 1917. The embarka-f tions in the months from May, 1917 j to and including June, 1918, are as! follows: 1917. | May 1,718 June ___ 12,261 ' July _____ 12,988 | August 18,323 I i September 32,523 : { October 38,259 XT 1 OO A1 C i^uveiiiuer ?u,\j ?\j i December 48,840 j 1918. L January 46,776 j , February 48,027 , March 83,811 ( April 117,212 1 May 244,345 June 276,372 j! Marines 14,644 j, Aggregating 1,019,115. Few Lost at Sea. j | "The total number of troops re-!i turned from abroad, lost at sea, and! casualties is 8,165 and of these byjl reason of the superbly efficient pro-| bection which the navy has given our transport system, only 291 have been lost at sea. "The supplies and equipment in France for all troops sent in, by our ' France reports, is adequate and the 1 output of our war industries in this nniint-rv ie oVinwincr marlrod imnrnup. ment in practically all lines of necessary equipment and supply. "Respectfully yours, "Newton D. Baker." To which I replied: "The White House. "Washington, July 2, 1918. | "My Dear Mr. Secretary: "Your letter of July 1 contains aj very significant piece of news and an equally significant report of the forwarding of troops during the ' past year to the other side of the water. It is a record which I think must cause universal satisfaction because the heart of the country is unquestionably in this war and the people of the United States rejoice to see their force put faster and faster into the great struggle which is destined to redeem the world. I SOME ROADS WORK I FOR GOVERNMENT Not All Short Lines Are ] Relinquished. CHANGE OF CONTROL Approximately Thirteen Hundred I Returned to Former Owners With Many Others Retained. Washington, July 3.?The railroad administration announced to- I night tfiat 553 short railroads had 1 been retained under government t control. All employees of these g lines will receive the wage awards $ made to employee? of the steam a roads and owners will be compen- s sated under the general contract. g Control of approximately 1,300 s short lines, terminal roads and main lines feeders finally, has been re- t linauished bv the railroad adminis-|a tration, which was given until July s 1 by the original railroad control t act to turn back to private owner- s ship roads operated by the govern- t ment not regarded as essential. In the meantime congress passed i fj a point resolution extending the e time for turning back the roads to e January 1 and providing that con- i fcrol of short lines should not be re- g linquished while connections under g government control. Some senators p have contended that this resolution s would permit of roads relinquished again being taken over. j t! A delegation of senators headed j c jy Senator Smith of South aCrolina, g jailed on the president today to a irge that he do not veto the joint 0 resolution which is awaiting his ac- j. '"*** A , yw The Resident was understood toj lave told the senators he had not i ^ reached a final decision and he first ivould confer with railroad adminis- q Oration officials. At hte railroad administration it] svas said some of the roads relin-j quished might be taken over again n jnder contracts so. arranged by the.g owners. Each case, however, will I je decided upon its individual mer- n it, it was explained. ! d ;h CAMP FOR OFFICERS I j. MOVED FROM SEVIER a ! o Greenville, July 3.?The officers'je training camp" which was established a at Camp Sevier in May will shortly' v ae moved to Camp Gordon, Atlanta, t] 3a., it was announced today. More e than 1,000 men are in the camp. The j present course of the officers train- - ^ ing camp will be completed about r September 1. The majority of the a men in the school are from South j rnmlina. North Carolina and Ten nessee. t i e FIRST SHIP LAUNCHED < AT MINUTE AFTER 12 I ^ I y Superior, Wis., July 3.?The first | of nearly 100 ships which will be1^ launched today in American ship-! ^ yards in celebration of the Fourth 3 of July slid down the ways at 12:01 this morning at a shipyard here. The ^ vessel is a steel stem of 3,400 tons, c and is named the "Lake Aurice." AN ORR'S REGIMENT MAN. f I (i Mr. John W. Thompson, a well * known Confederate veteran, has the e right idea. He says he feels it his s duty to take his full quota of war * savings stamps, whether he ever gets 11 his money back or not.?Daily Mail, t Mr. Thompson went through the s full four years o? the Civil War, but a the horrors of it did not worry him. c He fell in love with so many pretty fc girls in Virginia that he has been t called "Gallie" ever since by the 1 boys of the old Regiment. I ? c "Cordialy and sincerely yours, f "Woodrow Wilson." i 'Hon. Newton D. Baker, r "Secretary of War." e f -r? -.: -V < ' ' ; I <. ' . ci'; . .. . MAN GUNNERS L GIVE SHOT FOR SHOT ?? _i Earth Throbs in Mighty Artillery Battle. SMOKE OBSCURES HEAVENS j J J. S. Gunners Stripped to the Waist | Keep Steady Stream of Steel on Huns. i With the American Army in France, July 3.?The eiwmy artil- * ery this afternoon increased the in- * ensity of its fire on the Vaux re- 11 ;ion. The crash of exploding shells ^ welled to a roar, while the ground a ,nd air throbbed with the concus- F ions of shells. But the American s ;uns answered the German challenge 0 hot for shot. The American gunners, stripped a o the waist, stood in the gun pits * ,nd on gun emplacements, feeding hells as fast as they could handle ^ hem into the guns, and a steady t tream of steel explosives swept r hrough space on to the enemy lines v At 5 o'clock this evening the gun * ire showed no signs of abating, the y nemy artillery work, if anything, 11 videncing more ferocity than ever. * !*he American aviators, keeping vi- ? il over the fighting zone, found the t Tound completely obscured at ^ laces by the smoke of guni'and ~ hells. . ? Among the captured material g hus far counted are six heavy ma- t! hine guns, eighteen light machine u Tins, six trench mortars, two gren- b de throwers, two hundred rifles, p ne motorcycle machine gun- and ^5 irge quantities of ammunition and| quipment. ! u . ! i HOOTING STIRS ANTREVILLE.! 0 j a Ine Killed and Two Wounded inj tl Fracas. i 3: | b About five o'clock Monday after-; s; oon, the people of Antreville werei^j reatly excited by the shooting of! ^ .izzie Liddell, an aged negro w.o-|a - f xl i _1 j;? J i lan ox uictt jjiaue. our, uicu umnc- q iately. The assailant, Lige Hunter,! n ad escaped and was a fugitive from: j, ustice. He apparently had run!^ muck and also shot a negro boy I f the neighborhood. The series of; vents attracted a large crowd of'couple of hundred people, both rhite and black, and there were c hreats of a lynching. During the! ^ xcitement, another negro, Sam Q ones, got into an argument with <j he crowd and was fired -upon. It.^j equired the efforts of Sheriff Burtsjrj nd DeDutv-Sheriffs Jones and Cann.r o restore order. c c Lige Hunter is a son-in-law of; he dead woman and about twenty-; ight years old. He already had a' olice record', having participated; [i the shooting of Nyal Powell last i ear. For this he was undy $500 j ond to appear in court. Mr. Hugh' Sowen, wiht whom he was working, i lad gone on this bond to the full i mount. Consequently, Hunter will! iave to face several charges when) ie is arraigned at the fall session of j ourt. Vexation and anger were prime; actors in the crime. Hunter evi-j lently is a firm believer in the cavej nan style of controlling women, * ? ? ni. _ T J ! ? ispeciaily ms own wiie. one iwui j eparated from' him and was living' f vith her mother, the dead woman, j 1 Monday morning, he went over to j I he latter's house and tried to per-: f uade the daughter to come back J ind live with him . He was unsuc-; r essful. So he went away and came >ack in the evening with a gun, this r ime to use* more forceful argument. I The old woman ordered him off the p >lace and he shot her instead of the r laughter. Thereupon he commenced 1; iring wildly, a negro boy being shot c n the head several times, though v lot seriously. A crowd soon gath- t ired, but Hunter had fled. It was at t AGED SENATO ANSWERS War Preparations Have Gone on Apac STATEMENT PREPARED BY SE RETARY BAKER AND LAII BEFORE HOUSE BY DENT. Washington, July 3.?Suppleme ng President Wilson's anounceme hat more than a million Americs roops have already been shipped France, Chairman Dent of the hou niHtary committee, laid before tl louse today a review of war prapa itions during the 15 monthfc of wa irepared by Secretary Baker, howed that there are now 160,4< fficers and.2,010,000 men with tl olors, compared with 9,524 office nd 202,510 men in the regulars ai Jatinoal Guard 14 months ago. The statement shows that 286 co iat airplanes had been delivered i o June 8 and that the productic ate of this type then was 80 pi reek. More than 2,000 liberty m ors had been delivered and tl weekly production rate was 115 du ng the first week in June. Mo: han 900 heavy Browning .machii uns were delivered during May ar he deliveries for that mcfoth < ight Brownings totalled 1,500. his time that Jones came up ar ot into a squabble with some < he negroes present. Though fir< pon, he was not hurt. It is probi le that only the absence of Hunt* revented rioting or even lypchin; 'eeling ran high. Deputy Sheriffs Jones and .Car rent after Hunter on Tuesda 'hey caught the negro in the lo: f a barn on Mr. Mattuck's fair bout eignt miles irom tne scene i be shooting. He offered no-n istance and was brought to the A1 eville jail to await trial. There ai ix negroes held there at the presei ime. Deputy-Sheriff Jones believ< hat the exciting effec^ of the wa sort of intoxicaion caused by nev f fighting and the sight of draft? len leaving, has stimulated shoo ig affairs, which have recentl een quits frequent in this section, RED CROSS NEWS. The following ladies will haA harge of the Red Cross rooms f( L ? Tultr Waiirc 10 tft lit: HiUIXCll \JL UKAkJf XAV UA u vr vv 'clock: 'uesday?Mrs. Otto Bristow. Vednesday?Miss Emma Harris, 'hursday?Miss Mary Smith, 'riday?Misses Onie and Caro Mori iaturday?Miss Eliza Gary. Cutting Committee. Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, Chairman Mrs. A. B. Morse. Miss Mamie Bowie. Miss Fannie Stark. Miss Bessie Lee Cheatham. Mrs. Will Harris. Packing Committee. Mrs. W. W. Bradley, Chairman Mrs. Lila Mabry. Mrs. Herbert Allen. Miss Antoinette Thomson. THE CIVIC CLUB CANNING. The Civic Club spent a busy d? Tuesday with the canning?ninet; our quarts of beans being put u rhe work was done by Mrs. D. i logers, Miss Mary Martin, Mrs. Mi ord and Miss Agnes Edwards ar diss Margaret Cox, two interest nembers of the Garden Club. Twenty quarts of beans were d lated to the club by Mrs. To: Hugh, of Fort Pickens. These wei ?ut up and will be sold later, tl noney going to the Red Cross. Tl adies hope to do much in the wt if the conservation of food and ii ite any interested person to s< he canning and to lend a hand wil he work. - , l&iy . j ; iR TILLMAN LAST SUMMONS | South Carolinian Pass:e es Away in Washingc ton. > LONG PUBLIC CAREER ENDED BY PARALYSIS nt nt Funeral Service* Held at the Presin byterian Church, in Trenton Yesto! terday Afternoon at 4 O'clock se | Attended By Distinguished tie I Congressional Party. r ir? Washington, July 3.?Senator ^ Benjamin R. Tillman breathed his JO last at twenty minutes past four o'clock this morning, strong heart rs action carrying the span of life sev eral hours longer than had seemed possible the evening before. m There had been little hope since JP Saturday when the seriousness of the Senator's condition became aper parent in the complete paralysis of o- his left side; and practically no ie hope at all after Sunday; when the r- paralysis extended to his whole body re and he relapsed into a state of coma ie Senator Tillman did not suffer in his last'illness, and his passing from life was in strange contrast, its peacefulness. to his stormv career. ~ Not all the members of the Senate! tor's family were able to reach his ^ bedside before his death. As has ;d been said, Capt. Henry Tillman is a- recovering from a slight operation ?r in a hospital" at Fortress Monroe, g. Mrs. Hughes, a daughter, who lives in Oregon, tried to reach ^ashingin ton in time but could not do so, and y. j will go to Trenton instead for the ft funeral. Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Shua, ! ler, the Senator's other daughters, )f I are now in Trenton. B~i Tribute of Respect. H .e! Congress adjourned today out of ! respect to Senator Tillman's mem;g | ory, the resolutions being presented r> | in the Senate by Senator E. D. , /s j Smith, and in the House by Repre!Cj i sentative A. F. Lever. Mr. 'Lever t_|made a brief statement, reviewing i-.it.hp late Senator's career and de ! claring that Mr. Tillman had im| pressed his ideals upon the people , | more than any other South Carolin| ian during the past fifty years. re, Funeral Today. )ri The funeral servcies will be held ^ at the Presbyterian Church at Treni ton tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Shannonhouse, of Edgefield, a particular friend of the | family, will conduct the services. 3e: Those who left here in the family I | party this evening at 7 o'clock on . the train carrying Senator Tillman's I body to Trenton were: Mrs. Tillman, I the Senator's widow; Mr. B. R. Till! man, Jr., the Senator's sonj and the ; latter's two children; Mr. Charles S. Moore, of Atlantic City, N. J.,- and Assistant Paymaster John Shuler, U. S. N., sons-in-law of the Senator;, Mrs. James F. Byrnes, of Aiken, j and Misses Rembert, Owen and WofI ford, members of the Senator's clerI ical force at the Capitol; Rear Adj miral Samuel McGowan, paymaster general of the navy; former Governor John Gary Evans, of South I.Carolina, and United States Civil I Service Commissioner Charles M. y- I | Galloway accompanied the party^ as friends, * The Senate committee appointed ^ to attend the funeral comprises Sen^;ators Smith, of South Carolina; j Swanson, of Virginia; Gallinger, of ! New Hampshire; Lodge, of Massachusetts; Penrose, of Pennsylvania; m Overman, of Norht Carolina; NelC6 son, of Minnesota; Smoot, of Utah; 16 Pomerene, of Ohio; Fernald, of ie Main**"; Phelan, of California; Sterliy ing, (jp South Dakota; Owen, of Oklahoni ; Trammell, of Florida, and 36 " McKeuar, of Tennessee. th (Continued on Page Two, Col. 6) J * . V ' v. ' ' '