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1 * % Abbeville Press and Banner J Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, July 23, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. I ? ??^ HUNS' LINES I BY ARB Americans and Frencl Drive Through a t 1 . Chateau-Thierry. CAPTURE MANY PRISONER " Entire Southern Bank of Marn Cleared of Enemy, British and Italian Troops Now Assisting in Harassing Invaders Southwest of Rheims?No Rest Given Retreating Germans Victories for the allied arms i; Prance continue to multiply. Ove the entire 60 mile front runnini from Soissons to Rheims, the allie troops are fighting with a aeiermi nation that brooks no denial of thei ' efforts. And the Germans steadil; are giving ground, though stubbon resistance is being offered on som sectors. Farther goodly sized indentation * r/v*4 have been made in the German lin ^ctwwn Soissons and Chateau-Thiei ? ry by the American and Frencl troops and almost all the gains mad by the Germans in their recen drive south of the Marne and in th vicinity of Rheims have been blot ted out under the counterattacks o the Americans, French, British an< Italians. Chateau-Thierry, which represent I the point in the battle line when the Germans had driven their wedg nearest to Paris, has been recap tured by the French troops and al most simultaneously the village o n*aaW two miles eastward, an< (the heights to the north of the vil < lage fell into their hands. Acting in harmony with the move ment on Chateau-Thierry, America] and French troops northwest of th< city struck the Germans anothe i hard blow, broke through the Ger man lines and drove through a some points more than three miles Large numbers of prisoners wen taken and the machine guns of th> allied troops, literally mowed dowi the Germans who endeavored to sta; \ their progress. To the north alone in the Ourc< valley the French are making goo< progress towards the important pum tion town of Nanteuff-Notre Dame while the operations south an< southeast of Soissons are keepinj time with those along the other part of the front The entire southern bank of th Marnc having been cleared of enem; forces, French, British and Italiai troops now are harassing thos southwest of Rheims and they hav < been forced to fall back in the Sour ton wood, the Andre valley an< 04, rmtwithatandini IUCttI OV* UUpUAWMTVy ?*W?. - . , -their desperate resistance. The nun ber of British with the allied forein thi$ region is not known. Th first announcement that they wer in the action was made Saturda; and doubtless they represent a por .tion of the great forces that every where are being brought up alonj the battle line in an endeavor t " * ? -1 I' make secure tne vicones mreau, won. With the capture of Chateau Thierry and the fast progress of th French and Americans eastward, th plight of the Germans in the south western sector of the salient be comes increasingly hazardous, an it is not improbable that when stoc! is finally taken lai^e numbers o prisoners and quantities of guns am war stores will be found to hav been taken by the allied troops. Avi ators continue to lend assistance t the troops of General Foch, scout ing the back areas and harrassinj the retreating Germans with thei machine guns. Notable work has been done b; American Indians for General Persh ing's men, the aborigines taking i prominent part in characeristic Wes c . iROKEN IDES OF ALLIES i Americans Capture 560 Guns and 17,000 Huns SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TAKEN BY AMERICANS ?PERSHING S REPORTS VICTORIES. e Washington, July 21.?Prisoners captured by American troops in the offensive on the Aisne-Marne front up to an early hour Saturday totaled by actual count 17,000, General rersning repurueu m mo tuiuwuuique for yesterday received here ton night by the war department. r Capture of 560 guns also is an^ nounced. Despite counterattacks and rear guard actions of a desperate nature, r the Americans advanced steadily 17 # early yesterday, says the communi11 que. The towns of Courmelles, Roz0 ey, St. Albin and Maubry had been entered by the Americans before 8 Saturday morning. e U DOCTORS CALLED h AS PROFESSION c -? t Proposed Plan Will Aniga Them to e Army, Nary and Civil Service. r Medical Men Needed, f I? * Washington, July 18.?The government is about to assume control s of the entire medical profession in e the United States to obtain sufficie ent doctors for the fast growing * army, and at the same time to dis? tribute those remaining to the lof calities or in services where they are i most needed for civilian work. This mobilization is to be accomplished either by enrolling all doctors in a volunteer service corps un 11 der pledge to accept wnaiever serj vice, military or civilian, is assigned I them by the governing body of the corps or if the voluntary plan is not j. successful by legislation providing , for drafting them into government e service. Medical officers of the gov. ernment believe compulsory con-| a scription will not be necessary. Organization plans for the volun-j teer medical service corps already have been made and enrollment 1 started in a few States under aua thority of the Council of National c Defense. Instead of enrolling in this '* corps only those physicians not suit* able for military service, either be? -* -1??1 A* cause OX ?ge, yiuyawui nuixuiivj, v?v3 pendency or institutional or public need as planned at present, the gov6 ernment is expected shortly to throw f open the membership to all doctors, 1 and to biqd them with a pledge 6 "during the present emergency to 6 accept service military or civil, wherever, whenever and for whatJ F ever duty he may be called by the ? central governing board." Cor.r. Wid. Field. e e Under this projected plan, the e j army and navy would take those ?! physicians and surgeons best fitted ' - - ?J ? ? Vv-, ior active uuty, buu wuv can uo spared from civilian requirements. At the 3ame time the government ? would maintain a continuous survey of the country and assign doctors to those communities in which there are too few practitioners. ' j The practical operation, officials believe, would cause little of this relocation, however, since physicians who are needed in certain , communities, hospitals, schools, or d k (Continued on Page 6, col. 5.) f d era fashion in scouting in the Marae e region. [- In none of the other theaters exo cept the Soissons-Rheims salient ;- is there any fighting of great mog ment in progress. The British in r> Fi-qupo onrl Flanders are ron i liVX I'll X 1MUVV Mtiv* * ? tinuing their daily patrol encounters y and taking prisoners, while the guns of both the Germans and the British a are keeping up their reciprocal bomt bardment. MAY CAPTURE AN , ARMY OF GERMANS Enemy's Position I n ' Marne Salient Becomes More Critical GUNS AND MEN ARE TAKEN i Chief Artery of Supplies Has Been Cut By The Steadily Advancing Allies. Washington, July 21.?With the German retreat from Chateau-Thier- 1 ry and the Marne in full swing, officials here were watching reports for indications that General Foch might launch new flank operations from the vicinity of Rheims in order to break up the withdrawal and inflict the maximum punishment on his beaten foe. General March rfhd Secretary Baker were at the war department until late tonight and eager for every word that came over the press wires regarding progress of the battle. Official reports were belated, and at a late hour it was impossible to say whether the enemy was going to get the majority of his armies away by 1 oo/>rificin(? taut onmrrl ifnifs. TTlft unofficial reports showed that a great stride forward had been made by the Franco-Amencan forces on the Aisne-Marne front, increasing the danger in which the enemy stands I DEMOCRATS ft I . I ' In order to vote in the democr , enroll on or before July 23rd, o date bi the fourth Tuesuay in Ju as stated in the rules. The enr not answer. There must be a write their full names (not thei 1! ll-J C I tk. mailUU UIOIOU ivr u/ uie vuawMM*? I committee this week. It will not i I of having a considerable force pock- ' | eted and captured. Under any circumstances, it seems certain that the enemy has already suffered severe losses in guns and j other war material. CALHOUN COUNTY GETS W. S. S. FLAG " Charleston, July 20.?To Calhoun County will be awarded the prize flag offered through the South Carolina War Savings Committee to the county which reported the greatest amount of War Savings Stamps per . n1?di?oil and nnrrh&ned at VU|/iVM **..? r , - the close of the intensive campaign ; last June. Calhoun County's June campaign quota was $140,000 worth of W. S. S. and $365,905. was reported, this being 261 per cent, of , the quota. While reports are as j yet incomplete, enough are in to . | make it certain that the prize flag will go to Calhoun. The splendid showing made by this county is due " mainly to the thorough work of the county war savings committee, of ' which J. S. Wannamaker is chairman. South Carolina's quota for the en ' tire year is $33,000,000, which means that the State is expected to purchase $20 per capita, which is more than double the State's allot- ^ ment in the last Liierty Loan. For ' the June campaign, a quota of $20,000,000 was set, and it now appears that about $15,000,000 will be ac- ' counted for when all reports are completed. Calhoun County has secured pledges that fall short only ' $5,000 of the quota for the entire year. WATER SUPPLY O. K. Word has come that the water I suuply is again normal, thanks to ; Saturday rain. Due to the recent j dry spell, the reservoir had emptied ABBEVILLE COUNTY S. S. ASSOCIATION To Be Held at Abbeville Baptist Church, Abbeville, S. C. ON JULY THE 27TH AND 28TH Program of The Abbeville County Sunday School Auociation Which Will Be Held Here. Convention Theme: "Thy Kingdom " wome. FIRST DAY?FIRST SESSION. 10:15?Song Service. Conducted by Rev. H. Waddell Pratt, Abbeville. 10:30?Convention Theme* "Thy Kingdom Come," by Rev. M. R. Plaxco, Abbeville. 10:55?Brief Report of the year's work: J. M. Nickles, County President. C. E. Williamson, County Secretary-Treasuret. > Miss Allie May Power, Elementary Superintendent. Capt. R. B. Cheathom, Adult Superintendent. 11:15?Song. 11:20?Grading the Sunday School for Kingdom Service, by Miss Cora Holland, Office Secretary, of Spartanburg. .. 11:50?Enrollment of Delegates. Appointment of Commitees. 1UST ENROLL. atic primaries every voter must f thia year. The law fixes the Ijr, and not the LAST Tuesday ollment of two years ago will new enrollment. Voters must r initials) . and give the infor>nt book. See your enrollment do to delay the matter. 12:00?Drafting Adults, by R. D. Webb, State General Secretary, Spartanburg. L2:30?Adjournment for dinner. FIRST DAY?Second Session?8:45 P. M. 8:45?Song Service, conducted by Rev. J. L. Daniel, Abbeville. 9:00?The Teachers Work Between Sundays, by Rev. H. D. Corbett, Abbeville. 9:20?Song. 9:25?(a) Making the Wheels Go Round. (b)?Open Parliament, by R. D.> Webb. Snartanbursr. 10:00?(a) Our Second Line of Defense. (b)?Open Parliament, by Miss Cora Holland, Spartanburg. 1.0:20?Teacher and Patent Hand in Hand, by C. D. Brown, Abbeville. 10:30?Adjournment. SECOND DAY?First Session. L0:15?Song secrvice, conducted by Dr. Geo. W. Swope. L0:30?The Teen Age Problem, by S. F. Cannon, State Secondary Division Supt. Spartanburg. 1.1:00?The Place and Power of the Organized Adult Bible Class in the Country School, by Hon. C. C Featherstone, Greenwood. Ll:20?Song. 1.1:25?Missionary Policy for the Sunday School, by Miss Cora Hoi iana, sparianourg. 11:45?(a) Over the Top. (b) Offering for Sunday School work by R. D. Webb, Spartanburg L2:30?Announcements. 1.2:35?Adjournment for Dinner. SECOND DAY?Second Session. 3:00?Song Service , by Joel'S. Morse, Abbeville. . 3:15?Working Together to Win in Kingdom Service, by S. Hodges I of Greenwood. 3:35?Conference on Teen Age (Continued on Page 2, col. 6.) THREE BARGES BYENE White Men to Leave For Camp Jackson TWENTY-SEVEN WHITE MEN TO G6 FROM HERE ON THURSDAY. JULY 25. The following white men will leave here Thursday, July 25, 1918, for Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C.: Clyde E. Smith. Charlie Williamson. Charles McD. Wright. Abner Milford Dodson. Andrew H. Jackson. Knox Campbell. Cape Huron Morrow. Noah McMahan. Frank Hagan. James C. Nickles. John Henry Wilson. Harry B. Vansteen George McClain. Leftridge C. Manning. William Augustus Davis. James Calvin Stevenson. James L. Grant. J. B. Hinton. Richard Lee Fields. Rrrnn S Pnnilo Willie Allen Bowie. Robert Lee Smith. Henry P. Bonds. George S. Wilson. Ben. S. Willis. Floyd Jordon. SUBSTITUTES. Morgan G. Tucker. Sloan T. Pruitt. SOLDIER INSURANCE. "I rejoice with you and our heroic men on this just and humane provision the generous American people have made for them and I am proud to have the Treasury Department ad minister this great law. Please congratulate the men of your gallant fnrrp fr?r mp nn t.Vip wisdom t.hpv ! have shown in taking the benefits of the insurance law, and congratulate them particularly for me 09 the glorious work they are doing on the desecrated soil of noble France for suffering humanity and world freedom. Every American heart is thrilled by the valor and achievements of our splendid sons." (Secretary McAdoo's cable to Gen. Pershing-) PATRIOTISM WITHOUT ANY HESITATION If our soldier boys deliberated as long over doing their duty as some , of our people at home hesitate over ; doing theirs, the victory would be doubtful. It is a sort of financial cowardice 1 to hesitate to put your money in United States Government securities, and to deliberate over the wisdom and patriotism of the invest- : ment is to hesitate in supporting our soldiers. | - FRENCH LIEU" WILL SPE Lieutenant Vincent de Wierz- j bicki, member of the French High i Commission, will arrive in Abbe- 1 ville this morning, and according to 1 previous announcement, will speak i to the people of Abbeville and Abbeville County tonight. The speak- < ! ing will be at the open air stand < | used by the members of the Presby- < terian church for outdoor services. ' Thoro will hp no rharce for admis- < sion, as the speaker comes under 11 the direction of the State Council of: s Defense. 1 Lieutenant Wierzbicki is one of j <he accredited representatives of i 1 the French Republic. He is in this < counti'y on business for his country.! He is therefore a man of standing, j1 He has seen service in the French; I SUNK Jj MY SEA WOLF 1 Fourth Boat and Tug >1 Set on Fire Off Cape ' Cod. . ?;| NONE OF CREW LOSES LIFE Tow Bound for New York Attacked Without Warning. Thousand on "3 Shore Witness One Sided Fight. Hydro-airplanes Render No Assistance. , Hi Orleans, Mass., July 21.?An enemy submarine attacked a tow off -^3 the easternmost point of Cape Cod " | today, sank three barges, set a fourth and their tug on fire and '/M dropped four shells on the mainland. Theaction lasted an hour and was unchallenged except for two hydroDlanpo nrV.JVU J . , ...uvu tirciea over the u- r <3 boat, causing her to submerge for only a moment to reappear and resume firing. The crew of the two, numbering I 41 and including three women and .,3 five children, escaped amid the shell fire in life boats. Several were cj wounded, but only one seriously. John Botovich, an Austrian, of the crew of the tug, had his right arm near the shoulder torn away by a fragment of shell. The minor injuries of the others were from shell 9plinten. The barges were in tow of tha 35 tug Perth Amboy, and were bound from Gloucester for New York. One was loaded with stone but the others were light, being on their return trip after bringing coal to N$W _w England. The attack was without .".-.fig warning and only the poor marksmanship of the German gunners permitted the escape of the crews. , , ADDRESS AT S. A. L. SHOPS. . ^ Mr. B. L. Hamner, General Development Agent of the Seaboard R? R., is making a trip over the Road 1 " in the interest of Loyalty and Pa- ' i triotism. i Mr. J. D. Miller, Agent here, has. the arrangement of Mr. Hamner*a date at Abbeville, which will be on Thursday morning, July 25th. 7* Mr. Hamner is a speaker of rare* ability and his message at this time is brim full of good sound logic. He says that "we railroad men aire just as much a part of the Commissary Department of the army as if we wore the khaki uniform?that it is just as important that we get food, guns and ammunition to our porta over here promptly as it is to get them from the ports over there to the front." It is hoped that not only all the railroad employees here, but that aa many citizens as can will be present at this meeting. W. TToTV.^AI. TTrJIl OTtttal/- of a A T. iUl? JLAOUlil^l TTta MV <M? Shops 11:15 A. M., July 25th. FENANT '! AK TONIGHT ; army. He is stated to be a fluent speaker, and a gifted orator. He trill have something to say which ' trill be interesting and worth hearing. f? rn,~ :n u~ ~o. ft.ie jlne speaiung win ue at v o'clock. The hour has been arranged so that the people of the city and country may arrange to hear him without inconvenience. The people Df the country are especially invited to come to the meeting, and to hear something from the war from one tvho has been at the front. There will be an interesting program of patriotic songs, the picked :hoir being led by Miss Fannie Stark. The music itself will be / ivorth hearing. Come early and get a good seat.