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Abbeville Press and Banner /y ; Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, August 16, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. AUGUST 24TH NEXT REGISTRATION DAY tr | Date Set For Boys Who Have Reached 21 Yrs. | Since June 5. NO DATE FIXED FOR 18-45 REGISTRATION September 5, Originally Selected, ' Will Be Changed on Account of Primary Election*. I Washington, Aug. 14.?August 24th will be the next registration day for American boys who have . reached 21 since June 5 last. To prepare for any delay in the; passage of the new man-power Din, ^ Provost Marshal General Crowder has issued orders to state headquarters calling for a registration Aug. > ust 24 th. v September rth,"the date original-, ly set for the big registration of men included under the new man power bill, will be changed because ; in a number of cases primary elections will be held on tljat date. It was officially staged by Provost I^-Alarsnai ijenerai winvuci tuai object of the new registration is to keep Class One fall during the fall months, pending registration and classification of the new millions to ' be -added under the man-power bill. The August registration will prevent any draft upon deferred classes and' is expected to furnish about 150,000 men for Class One classification. TTn/}<?r .a nresidential proclamation I issued today the same rules will govern this registration as those covering previous registrations. Any persort, who, on account of sickness will be unable to present himself for registration on the day set, may apply at the office of any local board for instructions as to how he may register by agent, the proclamatior says. Persons absent from their place of residence on this day may register by mail, but his registration card +Vl/-V lft/tol ltnaWI llflVITlff IlilU&b icav.it bllC i wui T ...e jurisdicton of the area wherein he ^permanently resides on the date named for registration. Those on sea or outside the territorial * limits of the United States shall, within five days after reaching the first United States port, comply with the regulations pertaining to absentees. Persons without? permanent residence will register with a local board in whose jur Iisdiction they are on August Z4tn. The time for registration will be between 7 a^ m. and 9 p. m. August 24, 1918. A day of registration in the territories of Alaska and Porto Rico will be named later. lieut. McMillan safely overseas Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McMillan have received a cablegram from tfheir son, Lieutenant Wm, Leslie McMillan, stating that he has arrived safely in France. The Lieutenant, who is a gradu M|^Kte ot (Jiemson, ana Known to pracHBBEically every person of this vicinity, DHK; ^ carries with him the congratulaBnHtions of a host of friends in having ^ successfully passed the first phase of frightfulness. It will be assured fl^Hthat he will render a good account |^R)f himself on the soil of La Belle I^^Wrance. Rwr. verchott also overseas Just as the paper is going to cH^Lress, news comes that Private J. A. HH/erchott has also arrived safely ^HHverseas. He is remembered here as manager of the Opera M^Hlouse for several years precding BSHie 31U. S. DIVISIONS ARE NOW IN FRANCE Conduct of "Yanks" Is Highly Praised By Allied Commanders. CAPTURED ISO MEN / . AND SEVEN BIG GUNS j Allie* Have Now Driven Germans Back on Line* They Held in the Winter of 1916. Washington, Aug. 14.?The 131st regiment of the 33rd U.?S. Division was the American unit which took part in the Franco-British-American offensive in Picardy, General March announced today in his conference with correspondents. This regiment of Illinois troops, operating near Chippilly, captured three officers, 150 men and seven 105 milimeter guns from the Ger-j mans. - ! The conduct of the American; troops, March said, won the highest; praise from the Allies. March stated that there are 31! I complete American divisions in j France. He said the other day that j each American division has between' ! 40,000 and 45,0Q0 men, which would ; bring the total organized force up j to nearly ..1,400,000 men in France; i today. The British and French offensive j I I j has now driven the Germans backj ! to the line they held in the winter j of. 1916 in the region of Sauterre,; ! March said. The fact that the Ger-j ' mans found there the entrenchments j ! they left in their advance probably j ' accounts for the stiff resistance the | Allies are meeting on that front, he j added. Some points on the old line of. 1916 has not yet been reached by, | the Allies. March said that the line across! ithe Marne salient is practically as; jit was last Saturday. He confirmed: the fact that an American counter-j attack had recovered Fismette, re-' taken by the Germans after the original American occupation. August 10 was fixed by March as j the date of the final organization of! j the first American army. He an-j ; nounced that Major General M. C. ( ! Andrews is chief of staff of thisj j army so far as the department' i knows. I General Pershing has been asked ! for special reports on the use of. | air craft in fighting.* March stated. i that Pershing's dispatches do not in-' j dicate any shortage of airplanes on i i the American front in the Marne i i sector at least. He made this state-j I ment in reply to reports that the J i Amercian forces there ar.e at a i disadvantage because of lack of air j craft. March appealed for the elimina-: I tion of he word "Sammies" with rej spect to American troops, saying if, there is one thing the United States I soldiers did not like it is to be call-; 1 ed "Sammy." The British have discarded it in ! favor of "Yanks", March said. 1 1 i SERGEANT ROSENBERG SAFELY ACROSS i I Mrs. Philip Rosenberg of this ci?y has just received word that her son, Sergt Arthur Rosenberg, has arrived safplv in France. The Sergeant has been about the most enthusiastic soldier Abbeville has given to the war and his many ( friends are glad with him that he is now going to get his chance at the Hun. ^ ? ATTENDING FUNERAL Dr. W. D. Simpson ,his wife and son, Henry, left early Wednesday morning for Monroe, to attend the uneral of his sister-in-law, who died suddenly Tuesday. His mother and sister of .Monroe, who were visiting him here, returned with him 1 ~ " . ' ' ' . u .!> MO SUBMITS I HIS TAXATION PLAN Not Far From Kitchin's ( Position. WILL GET TOGETHER 1 Committee, However, Still Finds It-j 1 self Short of Eight Billion Dollar! Needed. 5 Washington, Aug. 14.?Secretary', McAdoo laid b<jdore the house ways ( and means committee today his plan e for an excess profits tax with an al-1 ( ternative war profits levy to be inclu-11 ded in the new revenue bill. The plan j s proposes the retention of existing! 1 rates in the present excess profit lawj with the alternative application of an i excess profits tax with a maximum ^ ] of 80 per cent, affecting about 90 per j cent, of all the business corporations < coming unaer xnis suoject. , j Secretary McAdoo estimated this: treasury plan would produce from three hundred millions to four hun-| dred millions. more than under the | plan tentatively agreed to bythe committee recntly. ! The secretary was accompanied by! Assistant secretaries Leffingwell and Love, Internal Revenue Commission-j er Roper and other treasury experts.! Messrs. Roper and Leffingwell and Dr. T. F. Adams, chairman of the ex-j cess profits tax advisory board of thetreasury, will return to the commit-j tee tomorrow to present further, views and the committe hopes to reach a satisfactory agreement oy tomorrow night. j1 At the conclusion of the conference, Secretary McAdoo and Chair- ( man kitchin joined'in the predic-1. tion they would get together on a 1 plan, ami Secretary McAdoo added ( that "you can see that Mr. Kitchin > and I have no bayonets for eachi other." I Despite the increased revenue; claimed for the treasury plan which: Secretary McAdoo said would take care of exceptional cases like the, Ford industry, some of the Stand- j ard Oil subsidiaries and others, it , was stated tonight the bill still falls . short to the extent of between $500,-! 000,000 and $1,000,000,OOo of the , $8,000,000,000 sought. A port tax on tea, coffee, cocoa, sugar, bananas and other tropical fruits coming through the ports may have to be , resorted to it was said or some other new tax feature considered. I "SOMEBODY DONE ME WRONG") ! "Now, ladies and gentlemen, I'se been preachin to you, but, some- ' body done me Wrong." Every one who sings or plays a pi :r.o has heard about this parson. Well, Rev. H. D. Corbett, of the Long PracKvfnrion rr?Vi trrsl* *:n i;* VW11C X itOL/JT yv/l JMU s,\ % r*' ' teres^ed in his own sermon last Sunday night, that ho forgot to look at his watch. However, rt.at isn't the point we are driving at. The sermon might have been a long one and then again it might not have been, which' is that the old darky meant when he said that the exten'sun of a sermon1 alius depends on de fact as to whether yo' had de chicken befo' or after, j The point of the present story is this: Rev. Corbett forgot all about his watch and left it in the church.' I Subsequently a colored gentleman of . the neighborhood got sort of relig-! ious and decided to go into the Long i ; Cane church for his health. He came out ucK.ng?a noisier arm wiser man. Uovvpver, Rev. Corbelt <!t;2:cleci long ago that a Ford coukl not keep up with him. Officers Jones and McLane were soon raising dust across country. As a result John. Fair, whose complexion isn't as fair as his name, appeared before Judge Hollingsworth Tuesday and was offered his choice of thirty days 011 the gang or $50 line. He took the 30 days. He wont fool with a minister next time. fW ALLIED DRIVE AT ANOTHER POINT C?reat Advantages Are Gained By Allies. 1,250,000 AMERICAN FIGHTERS 'ossibilities of An AU-American Drive On Line Beyond Verdun Discussed. Washington, Aug. 14.?A new Irive against the German positions, ;ither in Flanders or between the 3ise and Soissons, is expected by irmy officers here as a result of the slowing up of the advance in the Picardy theater. Outlining the situation at his midveek conference today, General VJarch, chief of staff,, confined his statements to pointing out that the jermans have now been forced back antil they are not within 50 miles )f Paris at any point. The head of :he army has previously laid stress >n the fact, however, that the greatest advantage won by Marshal Foch n a military way is in having wrestjd the initiative from the enemy. The opinion prevailed among )ther officers that the present struggle around Roye and Lassigny would ;oon terminate in the capture of those points to be followed by the ;aking of Noyon. They agree with -Vio cnmmontotnrc aT->rnnr1 that oiomc indicate that the enemy intends to (withdraw and is fighting fierce rear *uard action only to recover his retirement and to permit him to prepare strong lines in his rear on which to stand fast. In the course of his discussion, General March said that Gen. P.ershing now has 1,250,000 American troops organized into the first army :orps. FIRE PROOF FORD Everybody thought that the modern skyscraper was fire-proof until they all burnt down during the San Francisco earthquake. Then experts hit upon a more modest term. They call the buildings "fire-resist "'fci Frank Thornton hasn't even this much to say for the charred remains of his Ford, which nearly burned up Tuesday night while the respected members of the Fire Department were finishing reading the Press and Banner. Indeed that latest scoop story was so interesting that it is doubtful if any of Frank's Ford would have been left to carry him back and forth to Atlanta if it had not been for Hap Seal, who hollered across the square and awoke the fire experts from the hypnotic influence mentioned. It might be interesting to mention that the Troy fire depart mer.t responded by mistake and got 'is far as the city limits before they found out that Hap was only talking to R. H. Kay & Co., in front of the postoffice. At any rate, Frank got his car out of the new garage on Main street and extinguished the blaze with a loss and gain account of one seat and numerous blisters respectively. MEETING AT CROSS HILL. Rev. H. Waddell Pratt retui'ned Monday, after holding: a very successful two weeks meeting at Cross Hill. The attendance on all services was good, and increased gradually, tibout 250 being present at each service. In the entire community, there were about 27 persons not members of any church. Of these, sixteen came out publicly and made profession of faith. The presence and power of the Holy Spirit was manifest at all times. Little Rivers Mabry and Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Mabry have gone to Williamston. Mr. Mabry is testing the beneficial effects of the mineral spring there. HUNS SURRENDER IMPORTANT POINT Ground Lost Both North and South of Somme. GERMANS FALL BACK ON FIVE MILE FRONT Trenches in Number of Villages Found Untenable in Face of British Activity. j North and south of the Somme the | Germans have lost further import-j j ant ground. In the former region | they have -evacuated their positions' over a five mile front to the British j north of Albert while in the latter ; *they have been beaten back in the hill and wooded districts just north j of the Oise River by the French. J i Gern\an front line trenches at Beaumont Hamel, Serre, Puisieux-; j au-Mont and Bucqoy were found un-! j tenable by the enemy in the face of j I the recent activity by the British all , along the line from Albert to Arras j while the French have persevered in1 j their attacks against the Germans | | on the sector which dominates the! 1 lower portion of the Picardy plain' i and the Oise Valley and have en-j j croached further upon the Lassigny, j massif and the Thiescourt plateau j and farther south have captured the| important town of Ribecourt. "Unofficial reports have announc-; j ed the capture of Lassigny by the' French and of all the German posi-j tions between the western outskirts of Braysur-Somme and Etinehem by the Australians. There is, how-: ever, no official confirmation of them. Germans Fight Hard. From the Somme to the Oise, ex-, j cept in the latter region where the | Frnch have made .further gains, the! j Germans seemingly have had fur-( j ther success in holding back the al-| i lied troops and still are in posses-' i sion of Chaulnes and Roye, upon the | capture of which the efforts of the British and French have been cen-; i tered. On this central part of the battle, front the enemy continues to deliver '.violent counterattcaks and also has i further reinforced his line with meni j and guns and is using them without i stint to retain his positions, realiz-j ng that their capture would spell disaster. j The giving up of front line trench-; j es north of Albert possibly may I mean -that the German high com-! 1 i mand foresees the ultimate success, I ; of the American and British oper-. j ations along the Somme and is re-| {adjusting the positions to meet any. ! eventuality. ;! i GOVERNMENT FIXES CHARGES FOR GINNING | Columbia, August 13,?The Food j Administration has fixed the price ' which may be charged for ginning j in South Carolina. This fixed price j becomes effective immediately, and is as follows: For ginning a bale of 500 pounds of lint cotton or less, $3.00 per I bale. For each additional 100 i pounds of lint cotton, at the rate of TO ccnts per 100 pounds. When bagging and ties are furnished by 1 ginner, $1.50 additional. The farmer shall have the privilege of furnishing his own bagging and ties. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION? ; AUGUST 24TH, 191S _ All young men who have become twenty-one (21) years old since June 5t, 1918, must register on August 24th, 1918. The men appointed to register those of June 5th, 1918, will act as Registrars for Aug. 24th, 1918, also. The Registrars will be at the usual places for registration. AIKEN AND DOMI- I NICK llf ABBEVILLE 1 " ^ Spoke to an Indifferent Audience Thursday Morning. COURT HOUSE ABOUT HALF FILLED WITH HEARERS ' #1 Aiken Charges That Dominick Record Stamps Him as Opposed to the Administration. Thursday morning, the candidates for the United States House of Representatives, Mr. Wyatt Aiken and Mr.. Fred Dominick, made their campaign speeches before an unenthusiastic audience, which about half filled the court chamber of the Court House. At the conclusion of us speech, Congressman Dominick '/ received the applause of three or four men, one of them using his * mouth instead of his hands. Excongressman Aiken was greeted with 1 scarcely greater acelaim. He did get a hearty laugh when he stated that one could put Beard, / Blease, Dominick, and his crowd together and Beard would be the best of the : bunch. Outside of this, the audi- , Q ence was unresponsive. Congressman Dominick devoted most of his time to a refutation of AiVpn'o flint. his rocnrd ' stamped him as an opponent of the administration. With regard to his vote against the war, he stated that other men had taken the stand as he and had not therefore been stamped as disloyal. Congressman Kitchen had voted against the war -O'] and is right now head of the Ways and Means Committee of the House. Mr. Gary Evans of South Carolina opposed the war and, despite thi* fact, was put on the National Democratic Executive Committee when t Senator Tillman died. * Replying to the charge that he showed himself disloyal to the administration is opposing conscription, he stated that he merely wanted to give the volunteer system a fair trial bfore resorting to compulsory service. The Congressman claimed- that Aiken had misrepresented him with regard to the espionage bill. The record shows that he voted for the bill as finally a- ' . 'i mended, his'opposition being directed against the censure clause af- . ccting publicity. After taking up the charges in great detail,. Mr. Dominick concluded by comparing his own record with that of his opponent. Aiken had said that he does not represent the loyal people and pat-. i - $ riotic sentiment of this district. In reply, he stated, that the only person therein convicted of disloyal utterances had been William Beard, who in his paper, the Scimiter, had , opposed him consistently and supported Aiken. Indeed, Aiken, while in +wir?p vnted acainst in creasng the size and efficiency of the army and navy. "I am willing to put my record of 18 months against Mr. Aiken's record of 14 years." Mr. Aiken began by saying that he was glad of the opporunity to give his side of the garbled statement of the issue as made by Dominick. "If one half of it is true," he stated, "I'll quit the race." It is reported from Greenwood that Dominick stated that I deliberately misrepresented his record. Nobody can say that I deliberately misrepresent anything or anybody to my face. If they do, they will only do it once. Having thus relieved his feelings, the former Congressman proceeded to ntt:u*k Pominick's vcord, :>s disloyal to the admi;nstraHun and a hindrance to the govtrnment in the carrying on of the war. in much the same way as the Greenwood paper reported he did in Greenwood. The record of Domi.iick shows that he voted nr-air.st the administration * (Continued on Page 6) , v.. a&a