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* . Abbeville Press and Banner < Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, July 26, 191& Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. GERMANS USE IN INCREA! Holding Open Jaws of Trap Sprung by Foch. i ONE RAILWAY LINE LEFT FOR HUN'S USE General March Describes Situation ; Existing on Front in France Where Allies Continue to Make Progress?Six New Divisions to Be Organized in U. S. Washington, July 24.?Massed German reserves are holding open : the jaws of the trap General Foch i has sprung in the Aisne-Marne re- < gion in a desperate ffort to stabilize ] 'their lines without crushing the s * tho r.flt,. I 1 lorces Wiuiuiamug ?ivu. ...? ?? . , eau-Thierry and Marne salients. Of- < ficial reports to the war department, j however, show that the enemy has ] but a single railway line remaining 1 in his hands over which to get his heavy material out of the pocket in- ' to which he has been forced by allied ] and American advances. ^ The situation was graphically explained today by General March, } chief of staff, in a midweek confer- 3 ence with newspaper correspondents. J For the last two days, General March said, the employment of prob- ^ 1 ably 14 divisions of fresh German < reserves on the Soissons jaw of the t lioo unmA in tlift last few daVS. * noy ua?o w On the eastern jaw front, however, the enemy has been crushed back more than a mile and a half on a ten mile front, further imperiling his whole position in the salient from which he is endeavoring to extricate his troops. "The railroad running from Soissons to Chateau-Thierry is now either in our hands or fender our fire/' General March said. "The. only way in which the enemy- can get out now or get supplies over a railroad is by the remaining line from Nanteuil or the Ourcq to Dazeches on the River Vesle. "It was necessary for him, if he I lid not intend to De caugnt aoso utely in a pocket, to keep troops 1 !rom advancing and catting ox this 1 oad, which would put him entirely ( it the mercy of the allied forces." j Guns Brought Up. ? General March did not indicate 1 rhat development the continued batle along the front of the greatly reluced German salient might be ex- ^ lected to produce. Among other ^ officers, however, the opinion pre-ailed that General Foch was rushng forward masses of heavy artil-l ery which with airplanes would >ound the interior-of the German ( positions from three sides. y STORK PAYS VISIT. I' Paul Link Jr., arrived yesterday t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul I I <ink at twelve-thirty, just in time or dinner. He is a fine looking oy, weighing about eight pounds nd giving evidence of a lusty pair f lungs. The mother says that he is lie prettiest baby in the world, and 5 doing nicely, thank you! ? . > 1 MS NO COLLEGE ATHLETICS. ( M The South Carolina Association of 1 HMolleges met in the Oregon Hotel, i HHreenwood, Wednesday and decided i HI) abolish official intercollegiate 1 |^H;hletics for the coming year, U. S. 1 99 , Clemson, The Citadel, New- i B^ftrry, Erskine, Furman and Wofford t ^Hcre represented. RESERVES 5ING NUMBERS French Officer Pleases Abbeville Audience LIEUT. VINCENT DEWIERZBICKI TELLS OF "LA BELLE FRANCE" AND HER PART IN WAR Enthusiastic Audience Packs Court House Despite Rain?Speaker's Words Frequently Punctuated With Applause. Father Purvius, in his major offensive against the open-air patriotic rally Tuesday night, was successfully repulsed at the Court House. Despite the torrent of rain, several hundred people attended the lecture of Lieutenant Dewierzbicki jf the French High Commission, filling the legal chamber to its capacity. Many were compelled to stand throughout the evening. The distinguished visitor, escorted t>y Dr. E. J. Smith and Mr. Wade Harrison, of Greenwood, and Mr. Wm. P. Greene, Chairman of ,the Local Committee of the State Council of Defense, entered the hall exactly on time, quarter after nine.! [mmediately, the audience arose and i choir of selected voices, under the eadership of Miss Fannie Stark, >ang The Marseillaise, the French national song. It was followed by 'Keep the Home Fires Burning" in ;he form of a solo by Miss Stark, aslisted by the chorus. Mr. Greene ;hen introduced the speaker in a ihort address of welcome. The peojle of Abbeville do not cherish the French nation solelv because of its assistance in the Revolution, he said. For French Huguenots early set;led in this section of the Carolines md many citizens of Abbevlle coun;y are of French-descent In fact, Abbevlle was named after the French ;ity of the same name. Lieutenant Dewierzbicki proved to je a fluent orator of pleasing perlonality. Of medium height and well leveloped, he presented a distinguished appearance with his auburn nustachio and Poincaire beared, touching his pleasure in being unong people of French descent and n a town with a French name, he }egan by pointing out that he was 4- A/ Am/1 T* AW nnvf iciiu tu w?iiv ui aiiu uci pan n the struggle rather than about >ther phases of the war. In this :onnection, he felt compelled to preix an explanation. When the Frenchman boasts of France, he is lot necessarily conceited. Individual humility is a French virtue. But lational humility is not one of his rices. The Frenchman is proud of lis country and reserves his humili;y for himself alone. First Battle of the Marne Epochal. Four tremendous battles have narked, the saving of the world for :ivilization. Eeach time, an overwhelming barbarian aggressor has seen miraculously repulsed. The irst was the battle of Marathon, 490 B. C., when the Athenian Greeks leld back the Persian hordes under Darius. The other three took place >n French soil. In 451 A. D., At;ila, "the scourge of God" was de Seated and turned back on the plains of Chalons. And in 732 A. D.f Charles Martel and his hardy Franks won the battle of Tours, saving Christian civilization from ;he Mohammedan invasion. However ,none of these battles was more mportant than the battle of the Vtarne, 1914. For it saved the world *rom the worst of civilizations, Gernan Kultur. There. Germanv lost ler feeling of invincibility. There, ;he Allies gained that supreme conidence, which has never since left ;hem. The Battle of the Marne was won, WHITE STAR LINER SENT TO BOTTOM Many Torpedoes Fired at Justicia?Lost Off Irish Coast. VESSEL USED AS TRANSPORT LOST OFF IRISH COAST I Big Ship Was Nearly As Large As Vaterland?Had a Troop Carrying Capacity of 7,000 or 8,000. An Irish Port, Monday, July 22.? The great White Star Liner Justicia has been torpedoed and sunk. The Justicia was formerly the Dutch steamer Statendam which was taken over by the British government at Belfast when she was Hearing completion. She was a vessel of 32,324 tons gross. Crew of 700. London, July 24.?The White Star liner Justicia, says a Belfast dis- : patch to-day, was sunk off the North Irish coast on Saturday morning < last. The Justicia carried a crew of be tween 600 and 700. Eleven mem- bers of the crew are dead. i New York, July 24.?The Justicia j had a troop-carrying capacity of be- < tween 7,000 and 8,000 men. , 1? < Was Torpedoed. 1 London, July 24.?The news of the sinking of the Justicia was an- , nounced by the Belfast Telegraph. M The liner was torpedoed, the news- . paper states. . ^ One of the crew of the Justicia is quoted by the newspaper asserting that ten torpdeos were discharged ] at the Justicia. Four of the ap- \ proaching missiles he added, were j exploded by gunfire from the ship. An Irish Port, July 24.?No pas-| ^ sengers were lost and only ten of the , crew were killed. The first torpedo , _j i. j-i- - : j IL. _i_a I stiuctt. Liie ruum ana wie snip then stopped. SUPPLY QUESTIONS WORRYING GERMANS Able to Obtain Only Limited Amount on Account of Allied Control of Road*. With the American Army on the Airoe-Marne Front, July 24.?Extremly hard fighting has been going on along the line south of Soissons, where the Germans are concentrating in full strength in order to prevent the further imperiling of their lines over which supplies might reach them. But, notwithstanding the strong resistance, the allies have made gain here also. The main railroad is useless, so ( far as the Germans are concerned, . while the allies are reaching many of the many wagon roads which the enemy has fought so hard to retain. The Germans can, of course, obtain limited supplies, but it is not believed there will be sufficient to warrant keeping the big army in the salient which has been greatly narrowed by a week of battle. however, solely by the co-operation of all the Allies. "None gave more than our grand little ally, Belgium." (great applause.) The invasion of Belgium is the blackest stain in a history which is full of black blots. There, Germany admitted that it is 1 a grotto nation. "It is a mistake t<f say that we live in 1914 A. D.", the Huns confessed. "We live in 1914 B. C. Necessity knows no law, even the law of humanity." But baby Belgium arose in her majesty and said, "No, rather die!" And Belgium nearly died. It showed the other nations that they must be worthy allies and they have been , ever since. "Where would we have t (Continued on Page Two) I BRITISH MUNITIONS WORKERS STRIKE Members of Labor So cieties to Be Called From Tasks. DISCHARGED SOLDIERS WILL CONTINUE WORF "Strike and You May Go to Hell We Will Remain at Work," Other Workers Wire. London, July 24.?A strike o munitions workers began at Birminj ham at 6 o'clock this evening, thi hour the day workers finished theii work, and when the night shift wai to come on duty, according to i despatch to the Central News fron Birmingham. The aggregate membership of thi 12 societies affiliated with the join' committee of the engineering trade; unions is about 65,000, including about 5,000 women. Officials of th< joint committee say they have n< reason to doubt that all the workers will be loyal to the resolution t( 3top work. A number of discharged soldier; who are union mfembers inquired oJ the officials of the federation of discharged soldiers and sailors regard' ing their position. They were advised not to cease work under anj circumstances owing to the serious consequence whcih would ensue t< the men in the trenches. At Lincoln, where the strike was to become effective tonight unless the embargo was withdrawn, the workers agreed to remain at theii posts pending a decision of the national conference tomorrow. The Woolwich arsenal workers held a meeting todav after whinJi they telegraphed the Coventry munitions workers as follows: "Strike now and you will earn the blessings of the Kaiser and his army of murderers.. But you will earn the lasting condemnation oi all those who are fighting and working in the allied nations to gain rea] freedom for civilization. "We warn you seriously if you persist in striking that this government owes it to your brave brothers, who are fighting the Germans srith their lives' blood while you are fighting with words and full bellies, that vou be immediatelv nut in the front of the firing line and that youi leaders should be shot "Strike, and you may go to hell. Woolwich will remain at work and earn the right to shake the hand oi the soldier when he reutrns." EXTRA WAR NEWS. Paris, July 25.?(4:05).?Freud and American troops are closing in an the important German strategic bate of Fere-en-Tardenois from two tides. While Allied artillery and airmen are subjecting the city to a terrific bombardment, the Allied inFantry is advancing eastward and northward toward the city, slowly avercoming the enemy defenses. The capture of Epieds has enabled the French and Americans to penetrate to the center of Fere forsst (five miles directly south of Fere n-Tardenois.) A strategic enemy* mass estimated it 20 divisions is expected soon to The town of Fere-en-Tardenois was seven miles from the Allied gum >n Tuesday. This explains the statement that the mouth of the locket was only seven miles wide. The total width of the pocket that lay was 23 miles wide, but the renaming distance was not served jy any railroad. AUSTRIANS LOSE AGAIN. Rome, July 25.?Two Austrian transports were sunk in an Italian ittack on Cattaro, according to dispatches received from Cattaro today. ADVANTAGE 01 STILL GR _ Colored Men to Leave on July 29 j WILL REPORT PROMPTLY AT 8 O'CLOCK ON MONDAY MORNING. They Will leave at 10 O'clock Over , Southern for Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C. Adkins, Dolphus /? A 11 . i Aiien, Marion A. * Archer, James Bradford J Bacon, Wallace r Boyd, Bennett s Boyd, Gaines i Bobo, Floyd 1 Brown, Jack Brownlee, John ? Brownlee, Samuel t Butler, Erskine 3 Carson, Elogus ; Clinkscales, Joseph ; Clinkscales, J. R. B. > Cunningham, Robert 3 Davis, John > Dav/son, Edd Donaldson, Jamec 3 DuBose, Burt I! Edwards, James Ellis, Marshall Frazier, Isaac Garrott, George r Haddon, Arthur 11 Hamilton, Jesse > Harris, Lem Heard, Erskine 3 Hester, William j Hill, Albert * > Houston, Sam t Isaac, William Jackson, Ed Jackson, Eugene i Jackson, George i Jackson, John Johnson, Arthur Johnson, Jim i Johnson, Lufus i Johnson, Willie I Johnson, William ! Jones, Clarence Kinard, John I Kine. Henrv Lee, Moses t Lindsay, Henry Lomax, Murray Moragne, Fred ' McBride, Anderson ' McBride, Elijah . McCullough, Frank Passley, Will Lee Perrin, 'John ' V;{ Robert, Charlie Robinson, Claudius ' Robinson, Walter Hale Sand* Paris Safvage, Sam S .iiht, Booker Smith, Jacob Smith, L. 1 1 Strother, Walter 1 Talbert, James 0. Teasley, Jim Wise ' Terry, Pink Thomas, Jim Henry, Tillman Walker, George Willis, George White, Lee Woods, William Feaster Wooden, Richard Zimmerman, Joe ( Alternates. , Baker, Harrison Black, Parish Edwards, Will j Ellison, Arthur Harper, Robt. I Pettigrew, Walter. For Pickens Board. Miller, Tillman. AW < DOCTOR. Dr. W. L. Pressly, of Due West, has complied with all the requirements and will shortly receive a commission in the army. Dr. Press, -lp is a son of Dr. John Pressly and is well known throughout the state ] as an athlete and an all around < good fellow. j ( F ALLIES OWS IN SCOPE Violent Counterattacks by Germans Fail to Stop Advance. SLOWLY BUT SURELY FOCH MOVES ONWARD Huns Fight Desperately in Effort to Save Men, Guns and Material by Continued Gains All Along Long Line. Violent German counterattacks and rear euard actions in (yroof strength still fail to save the German high command as barriers to the advance of the allied troops on the Soissons-Rheims salient. They have aided somewhat in slowing down the fast pace set by the allies, since the opening of the offensive .but nevertheless, in three sides of the new "U" shaped battle front further important gains have been made. Driving slowly, but surely, south of Soissons the American and French troops have pushed their fronts further eastward toward that part of the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry railway line that is still in the hands of the enemy, and further south, along both sides of the Ourcq River and the roads leading to Fere-en-Tardenois, Germany's great storehouse for the suddiv of troops to the south. Important penetrations into enemy 1 held territory 7 have been made until the maximum point where the allies are fighting .... ,r/ near Coinfey is -about ten and one- . half miles from their point of departure Thursday. In the Marne region north of Chateau-Thierry the Americans and French have met with the fiercest kind of resistance for here the German machine gunners and infantry mn are striving nard to stay their progress in an endeavor to extricate large numbers of the German forces who are in danger of capture, and also to save part of the great number of guns and quantities of war materials, which it is impossible to .. get out except by the high roada over the undulating and wooded country. Alliea Hold Advantage. The advantage of the fighting, however, has rested with the allied <' * troops, which have pushed on northward past the village of Epieds and ousted the Germans from the greats er part of Chatelete forst. In this region the allies now hold the village of Epieds and Trugny-Epieds, which were captured by the Germans and, were recaptured Wednesday in a counterattack by tht Americans. Pressing on northward the allies have driven their front beyond Courpoli, which lies about six and onehalf miles northeast of ChateauThierry. ALLIES HAVE TAKEN 25,000 MEN AND 600 BIG GUNS IN 5 DAYS In the first five days of their counter offensive the France-American forces and their allies on the Aisne-Marne-Champagne front have: 1. Advanced from five to ten miles. 2. Captured approximately 25,000 German prisoners. 3. Captured nearly 600 guns and thousands of machine guns. 4. Forced the Germans across the Marne. 5. Captured the German pivotal position at Chateau Thierry and many villages. 6. Cut the important SoissonsOulchy-le-Chateau-Thierry line of communication. ' .. 7. Brought all of the Germanfield railways in the Aisne-Marne salient under artillery fire.?Atlanta aeorgian.