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\ . ^ '* vH?%9 ? I# x . N P* ' ~ i , Abbeville Press and Banner I 1 um -M Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, July 19, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year# |tp BIG GERMAN E j FAST S Officers in Washington Consider Battle Alc ready Half Won, . OFFICIAL REPORTS NOT YET ARRIVED Generals Pershing and Bliss Avoid Making Over Uptimistic oiaie* ments. v Washington, July 17.?While official reports from Generals Pershing and Bliss were too belated to permit ' formal conclusions to be drawn today by military authorities here as to the situation along the front where the German offensive was still beating against American, French and Italian defenders, it was clear they read press advices as indicating that the crisis was past and the enemy's plans frustrated. Secretary Baker would not express an opinion today as to what was to be expected in France. General Starch, chief of staff, was equally reticent and deferred a mid-week conference with newspaper correspondents on the ground that his official advices would not permit him to go very far toward making clear 1 to his hearers just what is transpiring at the front. Apparently both Generals Pershing and Bliss are observing great 4 caution in formulating their reports. They have studiously, avoided overoptimistic statements from the first J TOT)Al4Q auu iy ao uauviowwu vuvu. *. v^v* ww which have not been made public -have been confined strictly to the facts of the great action that have been established beyond question in every case. J 11 N Most Officers Confident. I ' i I War Department officials follow j the same practice. Among officers j generally, however,'it was obvious! the battle was regarded as more, than half won. As press comments and the brief official communiques from Paris and Berlin have for disclosed the situation, the great thrust, starting overj a sweep of more than 60 miles, has! been narrowed down in three days of fighting to only one active sec-1 tor where the enemy still was^nov-j ing sluggishly at last accounts. Sharp counterattacks by Franco- i American forces in this sector included, it was thought, still further restriction of the active line was to! . be expected. ABBEVILLE PUTS OUT THE LIGHTS I I I Thursday night, many residents of Abbeville were considerably sur| prised when -the lights went out at ten o'clock. Many, who gave the incident more than a passing thought, imagined that the slight rain had - again put the electric lighting sys-j tem out of commission. A few, be-j ing informed, knew that the city was darkened purposely. As a matter of fact, a meeting m oi women naa oeen canea by some M of the mothers of boys in France KB and had passed resolutions request6k ing President Wilson to appoint a H - certain time for universal prayer, j It was also arranged that lights in! E the city should be turned off every |||g night for one minute at ten o'clock, jwg as a reminder of the war and the BSE necessary assistance of God. By 9u arrangement with the churches, one Mm church will be open to those desiring to pray for the troops and vicfijgg tory every evening from six until QH nine o'clock. The Methodist church is the one chosen this week. BB The Mayor has issued the followHE ing proclamation regarding the darkMgj ening of the city: "To the Citizens of Abbeville: raj "The lights of the city are turned Baa (Conitnued on Page 2, col. 6.) MUD M FFORT LOWING DOWN Lieut. Q. Roosevelt Is Killed In Battle i YOUNG FLYER'S DEATH CAUSES KEEN REGRET?FALLS IN GERMAN LINES. London, July 17.?Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, son of former President Theodore Roosevelt, was shot down and killed on the Chateau Thierry sector of the Marne front Sunday, according to an Exchange , Telegraph dispatch from Paris today According to the dispatch Philip Roosevelt, his cousin, from his station in the trenches, saw the young American aviator fall a victim to a German air squadron. Quentin Roosevelt^vas the youngest son of the former President and shot down his first German airplane in a fight north of Chateau Thierry one week ago today. This was his third fight over the fighting front. Lieutenant Roosevelt received his commission in the aviation service July 14, 1917, after being graduated from the Mineola, N. Y., training schooL ... _. . _ ... 7 . .. ulad don Had Chance to abow stun in Hi{n. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 17.?Col. ; Theodore Roosevelt, whose \ youngest son, Quentin, is reported to have ^ b^en killed while flying over the 1 battle lines near Chateau Thierry, this afternoon issued the following statement: "Quentin's mother and I are very glad that he got to the front and had the chance' to render some service to his country and to show the stuff there was in him before his fate befell him." \ Paris, July 17.?Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, of the American airj service, is reported to have beenj Drougnt aown in tne uerman lines with his machine in flames nearj Chateau Thierry. / N I MR. MARTIN IMPROVES. The friends of' Mr. Jas. W. Mar-1 tin, who has been ill at his home on| Greenville Street, for the last ten | days, will be glad to know that he j is steadily ^improving and hopes t6 be out again in a few days. The readers of The Press and Banner especially will be interested 4-^ TMT- T7? ~ I i?v rviiww ui ?Tii. iridium. r ui <x ] , quarter of a century almost he wasj one of the valued employees of this | institution. In the old days when J type was set by hand, Mr. Martin j was one of the best, setting column | after column of type without ever a I mistake.* In addition to. this he is one of the most competent bookkeepers we.have ever seen. On account of his halth for the last year or two Mr. Martin has not been in business, but we * hope that he will soon be able to come back to The Press and Banner. INTERDENOMINATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION " % Abbeville County Interdenominational Sunday School Convention "will be held at the Baptist Church, Abbeville, S. C., on Saturday and Sunday, July 27th and 28th. An interesing program has been arranged and a number of prominent speak-] ers from a distance will be present! and make addresses on both Satur I day and Sunday. The full program j will be published in the papers next week. Every Sunday school in the county is earnestly requested to send not less than three delegates. Th edelegates should be appointed next Sunday and their names senti to the undersigned immediately in order that arrangement may be made for their entertainment. C. E. Williamson, Secretary. AMERICANS BUSY AGAINST GERMANS Exchange of Gains at Some Points. HUNS NOW LYING LOW V In Region of Vaux Teutons Remain In Seclusion After Two Defeats. With the American Army in France, July 17.--The American troops cooperating with the French at a point where counter-attacks were carried out yesterday were attacked again this morning by the enemy, who by reason of the nature of the ground was able to make slight gains at some places, while at others the Americans again pushed tfteir way DacK. xne lines nere nave been wavering back and forth for the past 24 hours and the result of the entire operation is indefinite. In the region of Vaux, west of Chateau-Thierry, conditions today were normal. The Germans there were lying low after the two minor but nevertheless important defeats fhey had sucered there in two conscutive days. A downpour of rain over the battle zones between Chateau-Thierry find Dormans, on the Marne front, has served to slow up the operations rince early this morning. In the neighborhood of Fossoy, the Americans further improved their positionsc today. i Fighting 'continued throughout the region of the counterattack - DEMOCRATS i In order to vote in the democ enroll on or before July 23rd, date as the fourth Tuesuay in J as stated in the rules. The en not answer. There must be a write their full names (not thi mation called for by the enrolln committee this week. It will nc begun by the American forces y*s! erday. ' Many Germans between the railroad and the south bank of tho river appear *o have mice good 'heir escape to the north bank at several points during the night. Extraordinarily heavy artillery fire has been 'in progress today on both sides along the Marne front between Chateau-Thierry and Dcrmaps. East of Rheims the Ameri c?n roops in their sectors are holding all their positions. A WELCOME VISITOR. Mrs. Henry DuPre and her handsome young son, arrived in the city Thursday for a visit to Mrs. James A. Hill and other relatives. She finds Chattanooga a pleasant place to live but Abbeville has many attractions for her. f , A PROCLAMATION. To the Citizens of Abbeville: The lights of the City are turned off for one minute each night at ten o'clock so that you may engage in prayer for that period of time, for our boys that are in the army -and for a victorious conclusion of the war. Now, I, Mayor of Abbeville, do hereby call upon the citizens of the City of Abbeville to engage in prayer for one minute each nighl at ten o'clock, for our boys that arc in the army and for a victorious conclusion of the war for human freedom in which our country has entered. J. MOORE MARS, Mayoi;. MM MEN CALLED Ely IN AUGUST Forty-Six Thousand to Join Colors SOME FROM EVERY STATE Eight Hundred Selectmen From South Carolina Will Be Sent to Camp Wadsworth. i - < . Washington, July 17.?Forty-six f hnneon/l mon frnm nil Sfflfpfl the District of Columbia were called to the colors tonight by Provost Marshal General Crowder. They are to be all white registrants. Movement into camp will be betwAn August 5 and August 9. This is the first general call for August, during which month the military program provides for the entrainment of 300,000 white men. Special calls already issued account for 19,941 of these. Quotas to be furnished by each State and the camps to which the men go include: Alabama?1,100, Camp Shelby, Miss. Delaware?100, Camp Wadsworth S. C. District of Columbia?50, Camp Shelby, Miss. TiMswi/Ja 1 OTi Purrm STiolhv. MlSR. X' iVX iUM- X V V J IWMW.W^ j Georgia?500, Camp Greenleaf, Ga. Iowa?800, Jefferson Barracks. Kentucky?800, Fort Thomas, Ky Louisiana?300 Camp Shelby. Mississippi?1,000, Camp Shelby. MUST ENROLL. :ratic primaries every voter must of this year. The law fixes the uly, and not the LAST Tuesday irollment of two years ago will . new enrollment. Voters must sir initials) .and give the inforlent book. See ^our enrollment it do to delay the matter. ' , li I New Jersey?800, Camp Wadsworth. New York?2,500, Camp Green-( leaf, Ga. North Carolina?2,500, Camp Wadsworth. Pennsylvania?5,000, Camp Wadsworth. South Carolina?800, Camp Wads worth. Tennessee?1,100, Camp Shelby. Texas?1,800, Camp Cody. Virginia?100, Camp Wadsworth. Wisconsin?1,000, Jefferson Barracks. Wisconsin?350, Camp Shelby. REV. A. C. WILKINS DIES. Rev. A. C. WUkins, who preceded Dr. Louis J. Bristow at the First Baptist Church of this city, died suddenly in Westminster Tuesday. Though living in Greenville, he was supplying in the former place when stricken with illness. Rev. Wilkins held a pastorate in Abbeville for six years. He was a tachelor. The many friends in this vicinity will be sorry to learn of his death. INTERESTED IN THE GIRLS. I ! Prof. E. L. Reid and his young /IrtTim ^r?nrr? Hlio auu, tv uaaiii) wcic uuwn iivm West Thursday. They were interest' ed visitors at High school in the : morning, taking note of the many 1 things being taught the young to; mato club girls. The Professor says ! he knows all about cooking that he 1 wants to know, but he felt a lively 1 interest in the many bright and 5 pretty girls in attendance on the school His daughter, Miss Isabella Reid, is an expert tomato grower and attended the whole course. "FRENCH L1EUTI IN ABBE\ Death of Mr. J. C. Ellis prominent citizen of abbeville passes away at chester hospital. The news of?the unexpected death of Mr. Jesse C. Ellis was received in Abbeville Thursday morning. The news was a great shock to his many friends. Mr. Ellis had not been well for two or three years. At times he would feel at himself but at other times his health was not good. Some two months ago he became ill and went to various places to consult specialists. He visited Atlanta, but returned home and went to (ilenn Springs where he stayed a few days, returning to Abbeville feeling a great deal better. A few days ago, however, he felt the need of further treatment and Wednesday afternoon went over to Chester to Pryor's Hospital for treatment. He suffered an attack of heart failure soon ^fter peaching there and a message came for Dr. Harrison to go Jo his^. bedside. 1 He left on the night train, reaching Chea ter early Thursday morning. Mr. Ellis died soon after Dr. Harrison reached there, the end coming at 8:30 Thursday morning, (July 18th. Jesse C. Ellis was a son of the j late T. J. Ellis and his wife, Sarah I Pace Ellis. He was born and reared at Hodges, S. C. He was in busi' ness there in early life, but did not meet with success. About twentyfive years "ago, he moved to Abbeville, and since that day he has been a factor in the up-building of this town. He has been interested in most of the enterprises projected here in recent years, and has al-i ways been ready and willing to bear his part in all public burdens. He was t moving spirit in the securing of the water and sewerage plants in this city, and has always stood for a progressive city. He spent money in erecting residence property and business houses in the I city, and contributed in other ways to the city's advancement. Since the organization of the Ab| beville Cotton Mills, Mr. Ellis has! j been the cotton buyer of the corporation. He has stood well with j the officers and management of the I mill at all times, and by his energy : j ?in/i<mont. has contributed! I aiLU. guuu ! no little to the success of the enI terprise. He was at the time of his | death a director in this corporation, i He served at different times as a [trustee of the public school and took I a great interest in its advancement. Mr. Ellis was a member of the" Methodist Church at this place and one of its most consistent supporters. He was a loyal and faithful friend. I In early life Mr. Ellis was married to Miss Rebecca Hodges, of Hodges, who now survives him. An only child died several years ago. He is survived also by his brothers, T. J. Ellis Jr., and 0. A. Ellis, of Hodges, W. Capers Ellis, formerly of Abbeville, but bow residing in Texas, and by his sisters, Mrs. D. H. Magill, of Greenwood, and Mrs. Medlock, of Hodges. The body of Mr. Ellis was brought to Abbeville on yesterday afternoon, and taken to his late residence on ; Lane Street, where scores of his friends called during the afternoon i and evening to extend their sympathies and offer their services to the members of his family. Funeral arrangements had not been announced up to the time of our go j ing to press. j Mrs. J. Irwin Gilmer returned ! home Wednesday from Pryor's HosI pital, where she underwent a suc; cessful operation and is greatly im| proved in health. ' - ENANT rlLLE TUESDAY Is a Member Of the French High Commission. ':?m LIEUT. VINCENT DE WIERZBICKI IN ABBEVILLE A Packed House Will Add to the 'Jj Occasion By Singing Patriotic Songs. As previously announced in these t columns, Lieutenant Vin*ent de - ? * > qui Wierzbicki will speak in Abbeville on next Tuesday night at the Presbyterian church open air pavilion, Rev. H. W. Pratt having kindly offered the use of this place for the . ^ occasion. * Lieutenant Wierzbicki . is a member of the French High Commission sent over to this country by the r rencn government. His presenco ' in Abbeville has been secured ; through the State Council of Defense. He~"has established a reputa- '. tion for himself as a soldier as well as a pleasing speaker. It is hoped that a great many ,, people will avail themelves of thia opportunity to hear the distinguished vsiitor. There is no charge for J. admission, and with the seats and automobile space a thousand people may comfortably hear the speaker. The speaking will be in the even- >'" , ing at 9:15, which will enable those ^ who desire to do so to hear the jj | speaker without inconvenience on account of the hour. The people from the county are especially invited to be present and hear a rep- v -"}$ resentative of the republic across' ** the waters. A picked chorus lead by Miss ; Fannie Stark, will add to the occasion by singing patriotic songs and .*$ the French National hymn. 25,000 WOMEN ARE WANTED TO ENROLL * In the United States Student Nurse Reserve. :^g| ^ Council of National Defense, Washington, July If, 1918. Press and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. Dear Sir: JBecause the nation's reserve has been depleted by the calling of literally thousands of graduate nurses ''fh for service in military and naval hospitals, it is. absolutely necessary , immediately to call 25,000 student nurses for training in Ame?can hospitals. &'3sm These young women #re to be enrolled in the United States Student Nurse Reserve. The enrollment will . vv begin July 29. Enclosed is an outline of the situ- > -1 ation for use of the reporter whom we are asking you to assign to cover -J this matter in.youh own locality. It is probable that the chairman of the State Division of the Woman's Com- ;.y mittee wll be able to give him additional information covering the work in your State, and he can also get tjj information at the enrollment office * established by the local unit of the Woman's Committee. .S Thanking you in advance for the help which you will be able to give, we remain, ( Yours sincerely, J. C. Gorgas, Surgeon Gen., United States Army. Rupert Blue, Surgeon General U .S. Public Health Service. Anna Howard Shaw, Chairman, Woman's Com. Council of Naw tional Defense. Franklin Martin, Chairman, General Medical Board, Coun - - ^ cil of National Defense. "The Government is calling for 25,000 young women to join the United States Student Nurse RertiM serve and hold themselves in readi- ?/ ness to train for service as nurses, 'f The war is creating an unprece(Continued on Page 5, col. 3.) v /