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LATEST FIGURES ON '
STATE ELECTION'
Votes Give Increase v
For Dial and t
Cooper. d
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POLLOCK AND retri-na i IN
SECOND RACE
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AnotLer Primary May be Necessary ?
0to
Decide Race For Lieutenant ^
Governor.
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Witk nearly 100,000 reported for ^
the senate in Tuesday's South Caro h
lina primary Dial continues to main- d
tain his majority over Blease and j tl
Rice, increasing his lead over Blease is
22,903 votes, while his majority over
the two is 18,989. Latex returns re- ii
ceived showed Dial steadily holding s:
his lead and his majority may be in- n
creased by the votes yet to be report?J
Tl? loaf nnto ehnnroH Dial K7_- D
CU. X lie 1UOV ?vwv ?. ?% ?
698, Blease 34,795, Rice 3,914.
For the short term a second prim- p
ary will be necessary between Pollock p
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and Peeples. Pollock continued to
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lead as additional returns were re-:
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ceived yesterday. The vote Pollock
29,597, Peeples 27,811, Benet 26,929.
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Robert A. Cooper gained considerable
ground during the day, increas-i
ing his majority over his four oppon-j ^
ents to 14,533, while his- lead over; ?
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Richards, his 'nearest opponent, g,
reached 25,000. The vote: Cooper, s1
50,625, Richards 25,619, Bethea 9,-is]
006, Duncan 963, DesChamps 504. Ie;
The status of the race for lieutenant
governor is still uncertain. It p
is barely possible that a second race' t(
is necessary between Liles and fi
A ltViniio>k tVio OvflnCA- ' 1
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burg man has a majority of the'votes c<
thus far reported it is not so large ei
that additional returns may not ne-!t(
cessitate another primary. The vote, r'
shows: Liles 43,385, Wightman 28,-[ ^
306, Cohen 13,477.
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Indications point to a second race
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for railroad commissioner between,
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Richardson and Arnold. The votes
received yesterday placed Richardson;
in the lead with Arnold second and j ^
Smith not far behind, with a chance j
>f being in the second race. The
rote for the first three: Richardson
82,636, Arnold 21,531, Smith 20,954. d
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For commissioner of agriculture
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kere will be a second race between
larris and Garrison, both of Ai;der- ^
ion. The vote: Harris 31,213, Carlson
27,584, Morrison 19,822.
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ROYE CAPTURED TUESDAY s1
The Hindenburg lines were pene- b
rated Tuesday at a point east of p
I en in el. h
Troops of Field Marshal Haig are tl
tdvancing astride the river Scarpe s<
ind are pushing forward to the south si
if Bapaume. Elsewhere along the ii
British front their progress also con- n
inuea. G
There has been heavy fighting at ^
iOngueval and on the adjacent ?
tttViora fVio flormnns lnnriphpH
I heavy counter attack with fresh to
orces brought up especially for the
urpose from Sedan. ^
In the face of this counter attack w
le British fell back to the edge of Cl
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ongueval. j '
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In the course of the night the Newj^
ealanders, according to reports j ^
vept around Bapaume at the north j. j
rid reached the railyay just north of
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le Bapaume-Cambrai road. j
The Germans are offering stiff re-' 1f
^ stance in the neighborhood of Thil-J
^B>y to the south of Bapaume.
Reports have been received from!
Mhe advanced lines that British pa-1
jH-ols have again reached the outskirts n
Bapaume and that there has been
ftreet fighting between the British e:
Hnd the Germans on the edge of the b
'Dry" Measure
Seems Likely
Agreement Reached to Hare Proposed
Prohibition Law Effective in
July Instead of January.
Washington, Aug. 26.?Nationride
"bone dry" prohibition, effecive
July 1, 1919, and continuing
uring the war at least, loomed toay
as a strong probability through
ompromise in congress.
An agreement for passage of legslation
to stop sales of all intoxiating
beverages on that date, leadrs
of both wet and dry factions in
lie serate stiteri tonight seemed to
e in sight President Wilson was
epresented as not opposing the legslation
and senators believed the
ouse would accept the proposal uner
negotiations. A definite "genlemen's
agreement" in the senate
5 expected in a few days.
The war time prohibition bill pendig
in the senate came up for conideration
under the consent agreelent
made several weeks ago giving!
; right of way until disposed of,!
ut was temporarily displaced while
lie senate proceeded with the man
ower bill. Then the leaders suporting
and fighting the prohibition
jgislation -proceeded with corridor
nd dark room discussions on the
ompromise.
As it now stands the bill would
top the sale of intoxicants January
next. At President Wilson's sugestion,
according to Senator Shepard,
of Texas, prohibition advocates
ostnonement of the debate was a
reed to. The president, it was j
tated, believes additional time i
lould be given to financial and othr
adjustments.
In today's negotiations most of the
rohibition advocates were Agreeable
> fixing July 1 as the date. They
rst insisted that it should be April
but a majority were said to have
ansented to the later date. Opponnts
of'the legislation were declared!
) be convinced that it cannot be deeated
and to be satisfied with the
roposed extension of time.
Formal conclusion of an agreement j
s expected to pave the way for pas
age of the bill by the senate late
his week or early next week.
lOING to take a long
vacation now
Louis Smith got tired of working
own at the cotton mill the other day
nd decided that he would take a va-1
ation. Now ,rest is all right in its
lace, especially for tired | editors,
tut idleness proved to be the root of
11 evil, so far as Louis was concernd.
His was a restless idleness.
The trouble was that Louis' salarv!
topped when his rest began. Andj
either the Lord sends or the devil j
rings any food when Louis can't j
ay the grocery bill. So he put oni
is thinking cap and figured out that
le ten dollars that Jennie Lou Johnon,
another negro, had put in her
tocking after a hard week's washlg
would just about buy him a good;
leal and two tickets to the Palmi
harden in Harrisburg. So Louis po-|
tely walked into Jennie's house and
[unned the ten bucks.
Louis had also been reading a dejctive
story and appropriated a pisjl
he found in a drawer. But sherf
Burts and officer Jones decided it j
'as not for the best health of the'
ommunity that he have it and kept
for the county, when they arrest-'
d him shortly afterwards. Though!
e says he did not take the ten dolirs
and the officers could not findJudge
Hollingsworth bound himj
ver to court on the charge of lar-|
ency. Louis will probably spend a'
>ng vacation on the chain gang.
But, oh Law' wha's dat rest!
SCHOOL TO OPEN SEPT. 9th
The City schools will open Monday!
torning, September 9th.
All those children who are to stand
xaminations are expected to assem-'
le at the high school building on
hursday morning, September 5th.
CONGRESSIO
COUNTIES
Abbeville
Anderson
Greenwood
McCormick
Newberry
Oconee -
Pickens
Totals
The figures from all counties
and Oconee, which vxn^ces it certaii
S m m !i
mnm mm luwl i
FOB THE CAMPS
Twenty-One Men Leave For Camp* (
and Training School During Five
Day Period Commencing September
1st. Some to Camp Greene.
The following white men have volunteered
and will leave . Sunday j (
morning for the Uuiversity of S. C., c
Columbia, S. C.i f
Clarence Monroe Betts e
Charles Walter Ellis ^
James Pettigru Evans .
James Horace King
James C. Kiugh
Willie W. Knox
William R. Speed
List of colored men ordered to re- >s
port to the local board at 9 o'clock t
September 1, 1918, for entrainment c
to Camp Jackson, S. C.: *
Jesse Ely u
Joseph Finley
William Lomax t1
James Miller o
William Murry h
Joe Rapley b
The following white men have v
been ordered to report to the local j e
board for Abbeville county, ?fn Tues-; ^
day, September 3rd, 1918, at 9:00j
o'clock. These men will go to Camp
Jackson, Columbia, S. C.:
Charles Ambrose Bagwell
Henry Marshal Forrester
Claude Benson Morrow
The following limited service men c
have been ordered to report to thej
local board on Thursday afternoon, ,'n
September "5th, 1918, at 6 o'clock t
for entrainment to Camp Greenleaf, o
Ga: t
William Erskine Agnew j 0
wli w n
rjuues JLiugeiie ^aiupueu I q
Charles Erskine Smith t
Leonard F. Whitlock a
John Pressley Young t
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REESE HALL IN FRANCE. j i,
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Reese Hall landed safely in France, j f
It would be a sad day for the Yanks j
if he failed to get there. For Reese j
a 4. i.L. i j. tr:.i t? l P
can turn out tne uest victory creau
I athis
side of the Hindenburg Line. | ^
Asd when General Pershing enters;
Berlin, Reese is going to be right;c
there as the prime cause of the Gen-j '
eral's good digestion and happy coun-! ?
tenance. The only time Reese ex-1 b
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pects to let bread fall flat on him, is J R
when he bakes that loaf to choke s
down the Kaiser's throat. t(
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MRS. BARKSDALE BACK
After traveling luxuriously all over
northern United States, Mrs. W. | b
D. Barksdale has decided that Abbe- j s]
ville is good enough for her and ,re- A
turned to the city Tuesday evening. ft
In the course of her journey she e
touched at Detroit, Buffalo and Ni- y
agara. p
Mrs. Barksdale spent some time in w
Lexington, Ky., where she enjoyed jh
the hospitality of her sister, Mrs. J. v
N. Thorne. h
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Lieut. Dr. J. C. Hill left for Camp ^
Greene last Monday.His friends give
him up with regret and feel that they
have been badly treated?in that he f:
did not dress up in his handsome uni-j
form and show himself off before he r
left. T
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NAL RACE.
\ Aiken Dominick
827 791
2,595 3,062
1,262 1,052
455 329
1,167 1,627
?. 1,505 1,179
1,226 1,449
-9,037 9,489
are official except from Pickens
i that Dominick-is renominated.
SEgy
government Regrets Clash With the
Americans. .Caranza Orders Military
Governor to Meet United
States Army Officers .
Washington, Aug. 28.?Arrival of
Jen. Elias Calles", military governor
f CnnAro of Mnr?o1ao +a -r\vr\
X UVUV1U) C*U XlVgClACO bU piuound
regrets of 'the Mexican government
for tfce clash Tuesday beween
Mexican and American troops]
ti the border town is expected to put
,n official close to the matter. The;
ction of President Caranza in or-j
ering Gen. Calles to proceed on a
pecial train to the scene of the dis-j
urbance for this purpose was ac-|
epted here as a formal admission |
hat the blame for the affair rested;
pon the Mexicans.
At tlte state department it was said
hat n^official notice would be taken'
f the clash until military authorities1
ad made a complete report based on1
elieved that Gen. Calles' apoligies
rould be supplimentei by similar j
xpressions through the Mexican amassador
in Washington.
In military circles, the disposition!
? xt? 1? o.i
/<xz> tu view me nu^aics event ao
nore or less natural ^development'
long the border which the authori-!
ies on both sides have difficulty in;
ontrolling.
At the same time there is no incli-j
ation in military circles to dismiss,
he matter utterly. The deaths of,
ne officer and one enlisted man and
he injury of 28 soldiers and civilians
n the American side furnish a serius
reason, officials said, for viewing
he affair in the light of future prob
iDinties. rne nope was expresseaj
hat the conference between Gen. i
Jalles and Gen. Cabell, would result,
n a formal understanding which
irould remove most of the chances
or recurrence.
Official dispatches to the war deartment
made it plain that the Amrican
troops were not used until the
ring from the Mexican side had beome
so general that the sentries aang
the border were in danger of
eing overwhelmed. Orders have
een issued giving Brig. Gen. Willianv
l. Holbrook, commander of the;
outhern department, full authority:
o act along the border, Gen. March, |
hief" of staff said.
MRS. SIGN TO LEAVE
Mrs. Gertrude Signs is leaving Ab-;
eville next week for Alcalu, where
ka V?oe rt \n rrri4-Vi fVa T\ W
uc uoo a pvoiuuu yy itii biic JL/. I
ildemah Sons Co., as bookkeeper.
Irs. Sign has kept books for the wat-j
r and light plant for the past eight:
ears and has served the people com-;
etently and pleasantly. She has a1
ide circle of friends who will miss
er cheerful presence and bright conersation,
and in her church where
er sweet voice has added much to J
he services. Her friends deplore |
er leaving.
Mr. R. S. Galloway came down
rom Due West Tuesday night and>
ras an interested listener to the.
eading of the election returns last J
'uesday night.
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186,779 Men Called
For Army Service
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Four Separate Draft Calls Constituting
First of September Call,
Issued.
Washington, Aug. 26.?Four separate
selective draft calls, constituting
the first of the September calls
and requiring 186,779 men to entrain
for training camps between
,August 30 and September 6, were
iiiued tonight by Provost Marshal
General Crowder. Every state and
the District of Columbia is called to
furnish men for training to augment
the forces abroad. For general
military service 125,000 white men
and 21,170 negroes are called; for
limited service 40,503 white men!
are called.
The Calls by States.
The calls by states, with the camps
to which the men are to be sentf, include:
General Military Service (White):
Entrainment September 3, 1918, to
September 6, 1918: Alabama, 3,000,
Camp Pike, Ark.; Arkansas, 3,000,i
Camp Pike, Ark.; District of Col-j
umbia, 500, Camp Lee, Va.; Florida,!
500, Camp Jackson, S. C.; Georgia,
2,100, Camp Gordon, Ga.; Louisiana,
4,000, Camp Beauregard, La.; Mississippi,
2,000, Camp Pike, Ark.;
New Jersey, 4,000, Camp Humphries,
Va.; New York, 5,900, Camp
Jackson, S. C.; and 5,900, Camp Gordon,
Ga.; North Carolina, 700,
Camp Jackson, S. C.; Rhode Island,!
8,000, Greenleaf, Ga.; South Caro-1
lian, 900, Camp Jackson, S. C.; Tennessee,
3,000, Camp Wadsworth, S.i
C.; Virginia, 200, Camp Lee, Va.;j
West Virginia, 5,000, Camp Lee,1
Va.
Call for Negroes.
General Military Service (Color-1
ed): Entrainment SeDtember 1.!
1918: Alabama, _50, Camp Dodge,;
Iowa; 500 Camp McClellan, Ala.;
1.350 Camp Funston, Kan. Arkansas,)
500, Camp Pike, Ark.; 4_8 Cam^
Dodge, Florida, 181, Camp Joseph
E. Johnston, Fla.; Georgia, 127,^
Camp Dix; 500 Camp Meade; 500 1
Camp Gordon; 500 Camp Wheeler; :
219 Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Fla.;! 1
Louisiana, 1,318, Camp Grant; 500n
Camp Beauregard; Mississippi, 2,r|;
043, Camp Funston; 2,000, Camp!
Shelby, Miss.; New York, 513, Camp'j
McClellan; North Carolina, 475,
Camp Lee,, South Carolina, 500^
Camp Jackson; Tennessee, 2,304,
Camp Sherman; 1,000 Camp Taylor;
Virginia, 25, Camp Lee.
THE OFFICIAL COUNT
Votes Cast in Primary Tabulated by
Executive Committee to Declare
the Results.
The Democratic Executive Committee
met yesterday in the office of j
the County Chairman to tabulate the^
vAfoc noaf in rvrimowy
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the results for county offices.
The results of the races in Abbeville
county are as follows:
For United States Senate, Blease
692, Dial 898.
For Governor: Bethea 80, Cooper
889, Richards 557.
For Lieutenant Governor: Cohen
236, Liles 756, Wightman 632.
For Supt. of Education: Rector ,
531, Swearingen 1,079.
For Attorney General': Sapp 688,
Searson 291, Wolfe 638.
For Commissioner of Agriculture: ]
Harris 743, Morrison 369. j,
For Railroad Commissioner: Ar-n
nold 341, McLaughlin 221, Richard-1,
son574, Smith 359, Vowell 119. !(
For Congress: Aiken 827, Domi-! j
nick 791. j,
For House of Representatives: j
Ashley 949, McAdams 1,256, McGeel
898. I
Huckabee was declared the nomi-i
nee for Magistrate at Lowndesville,! 1
Vermilion for Long Cane, Tribble forj1
Donalds, Carwile for Level Land; J. i
Howard Moore was declared the nom-j'
inee for State Senate; R. H. Mc-'j
Adams and M. J. Ashley for the: 1
House of Representatives, and J. F. 1
Miller for Judge of Probate, James j:
Chalmers for County Treasurer, and; 1
Richard Sondley for Auditor. j <
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GERMAN SOLDIERS
ARE FACING PERIL
Violent Counterattacks
Born of Desperation
Fail. .
HUN LINES CRUMBLE
BEFORE ALLIED LINES
Hindenburg's Position Well Oat
flanked With British and Frend
Closely Pursuing Teutoas.
The Germans facing the allied forces
from Arras to Soissons everywhere
are in direct peril.
On almost every sector of the battle
front, the enemy line continues \
to crumble before the allied attack,
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notwithstanding the violence, bora
of desperation, of the counter offensive
tactics.
Near Arras the old Hindenburg
line now is well outflanked; from the
Scarpe to the Somme the hostile line
is gradually falling back while from
the south of Sommee to Soissons the
enemy front has literally been smashed
ani the , German hosts are apparently
caught in two distinct
traps, escape from which, without .
heavy losses in men made prisoner
and guns^and material seems almost
impossible of achievement.
Scores of additional towns have
oeen capiurea Dy tne tfntisn, *rencfc
and American troops, the Americans
having entered the fray with the
French northwest of Soissons while
all the old German salients in the allied
lines now have been flattened out
and the allies have themselves dug
deeply into the enemy's terrain.
The first trap into which the enemy
finds himself is the triangle formed
by the sharp curve of the Somme
river with Peronne its apex and witk
Curlu on the Somme and Fresnes,
respectively its northern bases. This
triangle is a little more than three
miles deep and six miles wide and in
it the Germans are fighting with their
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north and the east.
Desperate resistance is being of- ?
fered by the enemy in order that his
men may have time to reach a have* v
of safety across the stream but the
British are har dafter their quarry,
and with the French a little to the
"south almost up to the river to aid
them by an outflanking movement,
it would seem that odds are heavily
against the Germans.
"ON THE WAR PATH"
Miss Carrie Cochran, the very proficient
linotype operator and newsgatherer
of the, Press and Banner,
is spending a few days near D. W.
visiting relatives \and eating fried
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uiiicneii aim wateiiiieiuiis. \oiit: tuiu
is that they had a late patch of the
latter before she left.) No doubt
Miss Carrie will return to us next /.
week feeling much improved, as we
understand that she has been on the
iob for some spell without a vacatiom.
And a vacation is something that &
woman (in our estimation) has to
have. We came near forgetting to
mention that she was accompanied
by the keyboard artist of the Medium,
who, we understand, also needed
a rest. We do not know whether V
to expect a copy of that valued sheet
sr not.
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Thanks, for your attention.
VISITING IN DENVER
Miss Jessie Hill left Abbeville
last week for Denver, Col., where she
will make an extended visit to her
sisters, Mrs. Thomas and Mrs Baldwin.
Miss Hill stopped a week in.
\tlanta before her trip into the west.
Miss Hill will be greatly missed by a
lost of friends, and in her churck
society where she has been an enthusiastic
worker. Every one wishis
her a pleasant stay.
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