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Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, July 9, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year.
[BRITISH AGAIN
LINE A
Americans and French
Active About Chateau
I Thierry.
AUSTRALIANS SCORE
OVER'ENEMY, FORCES
lerious Fighting Expected on MaceBdonian
Front?Murman Coast Peo .
pie Turned Against Russia.
On the British front east of Am HofQpVimpnt.<?.
with
BUd) AU9biaucui uvvwvMM.VM?.y
Ihom American troops are brigaded,
Hive poshed farther east from the
village of Hamel, sodth of the
flpmme river. The Australians carBed
their line forward over a front
almost four miles at that pomt
Kt Thursday. In their last assault
Hey have surged ahead at the cenHr
of the new front, which they creled
last week. The operation was
^fccessful, in that objectives were
Hached and the positions taken are
^png held by the men from the
GHwhile there have been encounters
m more or less local importance
^Bng the battle line in France,
j^ftre has been little activity of sig|Hcance
in its bearing on the genHl
tense situation from the North
to Switzerland.'! ^
H Heavy Artillery Duals.
^Varther north, along the southern
I of -the Lys salient, there has
i quite heayyttrtillery firing, es?lly
in the Hinges sector. Durthe
fighting in April, when the|
turns had pushed far ahead in
Flanders area, the battle north
east of Hinges was one of the
; desperate character, the village
le Locon being the scene of reel
combats in which German ati
were crushed by the British
Franco-American Gains.
ie Americans and French have
?u. ? nru;
CHK1 quiMS ttCblve near unoicau-JL mHB',
where the French have made
|^H? advance in the neighborhood
^^Kill 204, on the north side of
R^fth the Americans attacked and
EHured the village of Vaux last
K. The French report some meas|Hi
of success in this fighting
the Germans claim that the
B^&ch and American assaults were
HHlsed with heavy losses.
HggS Austrian* Driven Back.
B^Hastrian troos have been pushed
jBm across the Piave river along
H^Hower reaches of that stream.
H the mountains the Italians have
RB all the ground they have won
B^Kcent fighting east and west of
BjH^renta, river.
MjHere seems to be some indication
HM fighting of a serious character |
KsH be impending on the Macedonfl
Bront, especially on the western
H&f the line, where it passes
Albania to the Adriatic.
|HW A STAG SUPPER.
fl^Hdrew Hill gave a delightful
^BHsapper Friday night to his
friends and in compliment to
HK& Gary, who left Monday for
young gentlemen are all
HHfcftstes and many pleasant days
Hnlteta,-ipent by them at the
*Oiey talked over
HH^HpH|pHp^WPMBKi MI wiQ ui^iv |
| of the world after
B enjoyed the dainty supsgw***
** table was beantinHHkviSfr
appointment* and many
added to the brightiSm
rwinpts.
men present at M
lit affair were: Prank Gary,
U^Bwetenburg, Frank Thortton,
WHaott, Charlie Calvert, Male
ZSHbrittvJames Coleman and Earl
I ADVANCE
ROUND HAMEL
Men of Abbeville Co.
Registered on June 5
LISTED IN ORDER OF CALL
NUMBER, WITH REGISTRATION
CARD NUMBER.
Registration No. NAME.
154?David Bowie.
10?Lycurgus Ayers.
29?Willie M. Jones.
17?Eugene Jackson.
74?John Clarence Alewine.
136?Allen Luther Ellis.
145?Joseph Simon Donley.
57?Manning Bryson Cochran.
76?Moffatt Grier McAdams.
78?Dean McKee.
122?James Martin Crow.
87?Lewsi Underwood.
177?Byron S. Bonds.
- 4?John Henry Lewis.
130?Bannister Allen Suthuerland.
rrn ni 1 - ' ? J
/u?*-?iyue vrawiuru vriovpo.
108?Johnnie Burriss. I
28?Aaron Tate.
89?Jessie Bly.
151?William Lomax. v
90?Newton Randolph Herrdn.
65?Oliver Creswell.
125?James Earle Campbell
45?George Donald.
72?Lewis Orr Clinkscalea.
135?Albert Leonard Bowie.
61?Eugene W. McCurry.
91?Wade Andrew Harbin.
51?Willis Evans Murray.
e> o T U..U. O..I
OO?tfOIUCB iUOlbUl OCOi.
41?Robert Henry Scott.
. 84?Asberry Hamilton.
32?Sims Goodwin.
66?Lewis Jennings Price.
16?Robert Fisher.
153?Amos Brownlee.
82?Buster Martin.
147?Dock Anderson.
55?James Horace King.
33?Clifton Mc Bride.
56?Clifton Smith.
102?Horace Martin.
48?James Clyde Hagan.
13?Herman Chalmers.
3?Louis Rusell Thomson.
64?William Otis Bailey, ^
168?Franch Archer.
137?John Robert Uldrick.
155?Raymond Dawson.
158?George Boyd.
11?Bennie William Box.
69?-Walter Alexander Hughes.
35?William Houston.
113?Archie Crocker.
62?Frank McCurry.
18?Otis Callaham.
143?William Adger Ashley.
54?Walter Mann^^SiTliam.
81?Wesley Eugene Kay.
173?Marcus McKinnon Pennell.
88?Henry Smith.
114?Mose Roundtree.
39?Erskine Black.
30?Jesse Fisher.
119?Ramsey Gray.
160?Robert Wardlaw.
98?John Franklin Layfayette.
49?Joseph McT. Daniel.
2J5?Robert Dawson.
58?Willie W. Knox.
12?Chalmers D. Haddon.
34?Oscar Hearst.
149?Johnnie Hunter.
112?Fred Jordan.
2?James Sullivan.
95?Robert Marion Vaughn.
77?Leo. M. Blanchett.
46?Joseph Finley.
8?-Thomas A. Martin.
107?Henry Newton Manning.
93?Eddie Mason Ferguson.
99?John Robert Higdon.
131?Robert McKinley Fresher.
123?James Miller. 120?William
Murray.
150?Dock Johnson.
94?Sloan McAdams.
148?Porter Johnson.
156?Augustai Eugene Wharton.
67?Andrew Shillito Ferguson.
,v 40?John Lewis Majjill.
182?Solomon Williams.
38?Isaiah Washington
7?Charlie Haxxard.
(Continued on'Page Fire, Col. 5.)
BENET10 SUCCEED
SENATOR TILLMA
Governor Manning A]
points Columbia At
torney.
TO GO INTO PRIMARY
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Opointee Will Ask for Short Te
Nomination Extending to End c
Session.
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Columbia, July 7.?Govern
'
Manning yesterday appointed Chi
tie Berret^ prominent attorney '
Columbia and close personal frie
and political adviser of the govt
nor, to be the successor to the li
United States Senator B. R. Tillm
In that the vacancy extends throu
approximately eight months and
an appointee by the governor cot
I?1J l-.-i 4.-U- If. D ?
uuiu uut aiA iiiuiiuioi iui. uciici v>
go before the people and ask for t
short term nomination. Mr. Bei
annouced that he would go in t
primary immediately after the i
pointment had been made. In mi
tag the appointment Governor Ms
Dipg said:
V ?
>My resppnsibiiity in appointi
Senator Tillman's successor impre
es me deeply.
I* Equal to Task.
"The occasion calls for a man
full physical and mental vigor, -w
can present to the people of o
State the grave issues of the w
* and
the supreme necessity that eve
aacrinc should be made, who c
gain for the government the f
support of our citizens, and w
knows and can explain the colosi
task that confronts President W
son and his assistants. I have i
pointed one whose sterling Ame
canism is undoubted, wh9 is fair
iar with the plans and the needs
the administration, and who v>
stand four squrae and undismay
in support of the war and lsucce;
ful and forcible conclusion of it
"I have appointed Christie Ben
of Columbia. He had his papers p]
pared to enlist in the army, and h
notified the proper military office
to that effect, but I am justified
appointing him by the valuable wo
he can do."
- Senator Tillman was a memb
of the National Democratic exec
tive committee and a successor w
likely be chosen by the State Den
cratic executive committee at t
special meeting in Columbia Tu<
day.
The appointment of Mr. Benet v,
necessitate his resignation as a m<
ber of the board of regents of t
State Hospital for the Insane, a
also as a member of the State Cou
cil of Defense, of which organfc
tion he is vice chairman. Mr. Ber
will leave for Washington tonigl
where he will be immediately swo
in.
Stands by President.
Following his appointment, ft
"The honor that Governor Ms
ning has conferred on me is a grc
one and the appointment most
justified by my acts rather than
words.
"I will give my best in the sent
and on the stump in support of Pn
ident Wilson and the war.
"But 'Let not him that girdeth
his harness boast himself as he tt
putteth it off/
"I shall enter the primary un<3
the rules of the Democratic par
for the nomination for the sh(
term."
THE LIBRARY.
During the absence of Mrs: N<
wood, Miss Mary DuPre will ha
charge of the Library. The hov
will be th* same, the days for opt
ing, being Tuesday and Friday. M
DuePre has taken charge before tl
and hap the interest of the instil
tion at heart
CALLS OFF STRIKE.
N OF TELEGRAPHERS
p- Konenkamp Acts After
Conference With Secretary
Wilson.
TO BE NO WALKOUT TODAY
rm Western Union Strike Indefinitely
(f Postponed Because of Resolution
Before Congress.
tor Washington, July. 7.?Indefinite
"is- postponement of the strike of tele?*
graphers employed by the Western
n(* Union Telegraph Company, called
bt- ,
^ to begin tomorrow, was announced
an tonight by Secretary of Labor, Wilgh
son, after he had conferred over the
as long distance telephone with S. J.
Konenkamp, president of the Com^
mercial Telegraphers' Union.
he
let To Be No Walk-Out.
he Secretary Wilson said Mr. Konenip
kamp, who is in Chicago, had given
ik- him every assurance that the strike
in- order would not be put into effect
tomorrow and that any walk-out
ng would be postponed indefinitely. Iti
ss- was understood that the union president
agreed to this course, because
Congress now is considering a new
0f resolution authorizing the President
to' take over and operate during the
iUr war all telegraph, telephone, cable
V and """" aystems'
try Called on Gompers.
^ In a final effort to avert the
strike Mr. Wilson sent Mr. Konen
110 kamp & telegram today urging "de-!
lay and^later called in Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, who also sent a
telegram urging postponement of
the strike.
of ' ,
rill j
HONORING LOMAX,
WILSON AND HANNA
as- " .
l
of the most pleasant social |
iet events that has taken place recently,!
re- ,v_ j- . . ? i
I *r?a wie amner party, given Dy miss
| Orladys Wilson at her home at Watts
f8! on last Tuesday evening in honor of
in| John Lomax and Lowrie Wilson, who
leave at an early date for services
in the U. S. and Hugh Hanna,
,er who will enter services today in the
U. S. Army.
^ The invited guests arrived at eight
l0" thirty and at,nine o'clock they were I
asked to proceed to the dining room,!
BS" which was very i artistically decorated j
with flags and patriotic colors. Place |
cards of a very neat design being i
5mi 4. 1-U1- I
j xw* vuc aooigiuuciit at i/iic uauic.
^iejfl Misses Mildred and Annie Wilson
nc* j pressed in Red Cross uniforms, were
in~jthe efficient waiters and took great
!a"i pleasure in seeing that each and eviet;
ery one was served to the utmost.
Little Allen and Herbert Wilson
ra, in their uniforms of khaki, gun, etc.
j stood at attention at the door andi
! guarded sanie to see that no one I
Ir. passed out with anything less than!
the full benefit of a real feast,
in- Immediately after dinner the boys!
sat were presented with useful little j
be souvenirs, thence to the dance hall,
by where every one enjoyed themselves
to the fullest up until a late hour,
ite Among those who shared the hosB8
pitality of Miss Wilson were: Misses
Sara and Alberta Clinkscales, Julia
on Cade, of Washington, Ga., Nina Wiliat
son, Henry and Lowrie Wilson,
Hugh Hanna, J. T. Clinkscales and
ler John Lomax.
ty,
)rt PICNICING IN THE PARK.
The Y. P. C. U. of the Associate
Keiormea ?resDytenan cnurcn enjoyed
a pleasant picnic at the City
pr- Park last Friday evening from seven
ive until nine o'clock. This picnic was
its the outcome of an attendance con?n
test in which the boys beat the girls
iss and set them up to a picnic. Hey.
his and Mrs. Plaxco, Miss Lindsay, Miss
tu- Lilly Clark and Miss Mamie Devlin
chaeropned the young people.
POLITICS REIGN
ABBEVILLE
\
Urgent Call For i
Skilled Men |
WHITE MEN QUALIFIED FOR
GENERAL MILITARY SERVICE
ACCEPTED UNDER CALL J
Your attention is invited to the
following telegram from the Provost ^
Marshal General:
"The Engineer Corps is in need of
certain skilled men. Only white men
qualified for general military service j
may be accepted under this call. No, r
man who is needed to fill the July I s
calls already announced should be 0
allowed to volunteer for this ser- 0
vice. Volunteers may. be accepted g
from the 1918 class provided the p
registrant waives all time limits for a
classification and examination. a
"The following types of men are b
desired: Auto repairmen, axemen, t
blacksmiths, boatmen, bridge car- d
penters, cabinet makers, caulkers, c
concrete foremen, concrete workers, h
construction foremen, cooks," drafts- b
men, electricians, gas enginemen,
farriers, horse-shoers, lithographers, c
machinists, buglers, photographers, y
plumbers, powdermen, quarrymen, s
riggers, saddlers, shoemakers, sur- s,
veyors, tailors, teamsters, telephone b
operators, timbermen and topogra- d
phers. n
Please give the widest publicity n
to this call. Remember that no man ?
that comes within the July call is ji
eligible upon the terms set forth in 0
said telegram. Make report to this q
office of number of volunteers by v
i 17th inst. 3
ADDITIONS TO THE LIMIT CLUB "
The following names added to ii
the list pulished brings the total to ii
about ninety in the War Savings fi
Stamp campaign: \
Barnes, D. L., Lowndesville, S. C. S
Carpenter, R. H., Honea Path, S. C. e
Bell ,J. R., Due Dest, S. C. n
Bell, Miss Lola, Due West. r
Pressly Bros., Due West. f
Bank of Due West, Due West. \
Agnew, Mrs. Lidie C., Due West. t!
Boyce, Mrs. Jennie, Due West. t!
Brownlee, Mrs. R. C., Due West. j]
Brownlee, R. C. & Co., Due West. s
Nance, J. N., Due West. n
Erskine College, Due West. a
Clinkscales, M. B., Due West. i
! Acker, Mrs. Jane, Due West. i
Due West Teachers Club, Due West. e
Workers in the Districts of the j
j county are requested once more to a
hand in any names entitled to en- a
try in the Limit Club, so that they
may be acknowledged and published. ^
F. E. Harrison,
County Chairman.
WILSON DECLARES Al
AMERI
In Shadow of Washington's Tomb Pre
and Its Allies Will Not Sheathe Sw<
til Settlement Comes "Once and
Voiced in Many Languages by F
ed at Mount
J Washington, July 4.?Frcm the h
shadow of Washington's torn*), Presi- C
der.C Wilson today offered America's g
dociiiration of independence to the S
people of the world with a pledge
tliat the United States and its aWes li
wil! not sheathe the sword in the a
war ag8inst the central powers un- a
til there is settled "once for all" fnr h
the world, what was ettled for Am- il
erica in 1776. s
Foreign born citizens of the Unit- p
ed States of 33 nationalities, who ^
' - .? T1
had placed wreaths of palms on tne **
tomb in token of fealty to the prin- b
ciples laid down by the father of ^
this country, cried their approval of
his words in many languages and
then stood with reverently bared
J? ^
i at:
opera house
y
Excitement of Previous
Years Absent at Campaign
Meeting
AUDIENCE OF FOUR
i HUINUKLU fKtStn J
rhe War, .Taxation, and the Educational
System Made Cliief Issue*
In the Race for Governor.
Saturday morning and early foreloon,
the Opera House was the
cene of the debates and arguments
if the various candidates for state
ffices. Concerning the occasion, the
!tate said in part: "The state camiaign
meeting here today was quiet
nd the audience undemonstrative,
marked contrast to the hectic iferal
gymhastics and fistic efforts of
he last few days. The crowd to- .
ay, which comfortably filled the lo?i
~ 4
?i uicatic, iiumuercu auuut iuur ;
undred and was extremely patient,
ut demonstrated little enthusiasm."
William P. Greene was in the
hair and, after a short speech of
welcome, introduced the various
peakers. In accordance with a reolution
adopted the previous day
y the campaign party, the candiates
for governor spoke last, the
lorning being given over to the .
linor candidates. While this gave
he crowd an opportunity to arrive,
t caused the major speeches to run
ver the dinner hour and, conse- k
uently, many people left before the
ubernatorial candidates had finished
peaking. The arrangement was
ot altogether a happy one.
The candidates for State Superitendent
of Education, J. E. Swearigen
and V. E. Rector, appeared
rat on the speaking list. S. F.
Volfe, R. P. Searson and C. N.
lapp, candidates for Attorney-Genral,
and those running for Comlissioner
of Agriculture, H. B. Morison,
W. B. Garrison and B. Harris,
ollowed in the order named. Messrs
Vhiteman and Liles, presenting
heir respective qualifications for
he office of ^Lieutenant Governor,
^mediately preceded the main,
peakers. Mr. Whiteman made eco
omy the chief note of his speech
nd opposed a policy of liberality
owards the educational system. Mr.
iiles laid emphasis on his experince
as member of the Ways and
leans Committee in the legislature
nd closed with a strong patriotic
PPeal. ,
Lieut. Governor Andrew J. Behea
was the first gubernatorial ?an(Continued
oil Page Six, Col. 3)
e
CAN INDEPENDENCE
ident Pledget That United States
ard Against Central Powers Unfor
All."?Approral of Words
oreign Born Citizens Gather*
Vernon.
eads while the voice of John Mclonnack
soared over the hallowed
round in the notes of "The Star
ipangled Banner."
"Washington and hia associates,
ike the barons at Runnymede, spoke
na actea, not xor a class, out ior
people," the president said. "It
as been left for us to see to it that
t shall be understood that they
poke and acted, not for a single
ieople only, but for all mankind.
Ve here in America believe our
articipation in this present war to
e only the fruitage of what they
ilanted.
But One latue.
"There can be bat one issue. The
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