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Abbeville Press and Banner J Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. H FEDERAL TRADE BODY CONDEMNED x Grave Charges Made By Chamber of Commerce. APPEALS TO WILSON TO CURE CONDITIO!* National Business Men's Organiz* tion Says Commission Has Lost Public Confidence?Accused of' Heedlessness of Accuracy. I Washington, Sept. 1.?Usurpation of power, inefficiency and unjusl abuse of business interests are among grave charges against the federal trade commission which have beer laid before President Wilson by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. In a letter sen to the President several days ago and made public tonight by the chamber, the directors of the organization approve and submit a report denouncing the trade ^commission as an irresponsible body that has lost the confidence of the I public and' asking the president tc remedy this condition by filling twc existing vacancies in the membership with able- men, "whose interests will be single to the commissions work." This report was prepared by the chamber's federal trade committee, of which Rush C. Butler, a Chicago lawyer, is chairman. It presents the following specific charges with detailed criticism in support: "The commission has undertaker the exercise of functions beyond its own jurisdiction to the detriment of its proper usefulness. "The commission has begun the study of important situations but be I cause of vacillating interest or foi other reasons nqt apparent, has left its work incomplete. "The commission's procedure, originally orderly and appropriate, has been changed without public notice or notice to congress. ''The commission has abused its powers of publicity. "Prominent features of the commission's recent food investigation wtre subversive of common justice. "In presenting information to congress and the public the commissior has been heedless of the accuracy anc frankness which its position and th< circumstances require. "The commission has departed froir I the fundamental purpose for whicl it was established." The ieport sets forth that it does not undertake to criticise in detai specific acts of the commission bul rather to point out mistakes in princi pies of conduct. FROM A FAR COUNTRY Mr. Charles M. Ellis, of Banning Cal., is visiting his parents, Mr. ant Mrs. T. E. Eilis, in Antreville. Mr. Ellis was reared in this vicini ty and, when he arrived in Abbevilh Friday evening, was greatly interest Ied to find the old town about th< same as when he left it. He coul< not find the postoffice and there wer< several new buildings on the square But all in all it was the Abbeville o his younger days. His trip home was a great surpris to his home folks, who did not kno\ he was coming. But he expects ti be drafted soon and wanted to se them before goin^ to camp. Mr Ellis, in fact, will register in Antre ville. I. n* DOSaeu nas so greauy lm roved in health and strength that h as able to return home from Chestei rhere he hf?? spent some tii.ie in th ospital, and is now walking around 'his will be a source of pleasure to ; umber of friends. . .... ^TT-: srzr*-.uw 'A .v?> - METTLE SHOWN AT JUVIGN'V Haig's Men Rush Forward and Com pletely Encircle Germans Caugh Napping in Town?Harrass Ene my in Every Manner While Frencl k Bring up Forces on Flanks. With the American Forces on th< Aisne, Sept. (By the Associated Press.) Juvigny, the ruins of a vil lage north of Soissons that the Ger mans fought so desperately to retain f is now well within the American lines It was taken late Friday, but not unti now has the publication of details oi its capture been permitted. The Americans consolidated theii positions to the east of Juvigny lasl night, and tonight and after making further progress during the day thej .1 control the zone considerably in adJ vance of the villlage. The Americar J artillery dominates the country foi | many miles to the east and the Ger t mans apparently have been left witli , -light chance of effective resistance [ until they reach the broken terrain around Neuville. . The extension of the line through Juvigny was dramatic in addition to , j the already brilliant record of the | division that accomplished it. The J German officers were out-maneuvered r and their men were outfought. Enemy maohine guns proved a terj rible barrier to the progress of the (j mericans, but it was not enough. And I when all was over the German unwit. j tingly added a final touch of tragedy ,when they dropped a high explosive J shell into the midst of 187 prisoners ' | that the Americans had removed to 'i the rear. Five German captives were i killed and scores were terribly i wounded. :j When the objective of General Per! shing's men finally was attained the | Germans within the town were caught 11 napping. The Americans had managi| ed completely to encircle them. Ger: man machine guns and trench mori tars were pointed to the west and the >! northwest, but the assailants appeared . I out of an arc drawn about their rear, The mopping up of the town and ;j positions immediately adjacent to it | netted the Americans 225 prisoners, j The German dead have not been ! counted. The number is too great. (j Two days ago American patrol; ! were in Juvicnv and a mile and a hali i beyond it. The retention of the town was assumed, but the Germans were I not exhausted and their determination to contest the advance of the new 1 enemy who has appeared has resulted in the repetition of the experien ces of certain American divisions t north of the river Marne when town I after town passed back and forth bei fore the Germans were definitelj pushed back. { Thursday night when an American ! I detatchment, escorted by tanks, en tered Juvigny, the German line onc< } more was behind the railroad to th( j I west of the town. There a tremendous .'! sfriitrclp hpcttn nnH Hip fJormnna em. ployed every faculty to hold their po sitions, not only in front of the Ame ricans, but in front of the French. , On Friday the Americans were in structed to pound the German line: and to harrass them in every mannei '? while the French were bringing ui * forces on the flanks but not to mak< any effort to advance. 1 SEVEN SAILORS MISSING AT SEA 2 ' 3 e An Atlantic Port, Ang. 21.?Sev !* en members of the crew of the Unit f ed States patrjl boat Montauk we:< lost when the craft was drivei e v ashore by a high northeast gale oi 0i Cumberland Is'and, 20 miles nortj elof Fernandina at 1 o'clock Wednes j day morning. The body of one ,J Robert Travis, of Atlanta, has bew ; lecovcred. The names of two of the miss'm -jwere not known in Fernandina to e night. ,| Others who are missing are: ? e Suddeth, Newberry, S. C.; ?Single; [.: Newberry, S. C.; ?McCurry, Flor a ence, S. C.; Nicholas, Greenville J S. C. : |aving|ugar| 5, ^ American families would people of war torn Franc >' on our home-grown sugar stoc >' Approximately 75 per cer to our shores. We produce abc j} a year. Our imports from abrc 000 tons a year in normal time The United States Food family to limit its use of sugar per person for household use. 1 mands that every available shi] >! of the Army or Navy. Wher shipping. i i i' PRESIDENT WILSON ISSUES ' AE j LABOR DAY MESSAGE 1 ijj .it a . .. rr_n?... /vauresses an nuicn?.au? as * giiutt . I An Enlisted Men. \ Washington, Sept. 1.?All Aiperi-j , ^cans are addressed a^fellfcw Unlisted (men of a single army, of many parts,' j hut commanded by a single obligation ii by President Wilson in a Labor Day, I i message made public tonight at the j . I White House. "The war of all wars'! * II which labor should support with all, its consecrated power." I At first, the president says, thist ec| | . 1 i j hardly seems more than a war of | defense against military aggression,''311 ?i now it is clear that it is more than a; a' : war to alter the balance of power of j *el ti Europe, that Germany was striking ^ iJ at what free men everywhere desire. P? - - - . . ! W1 t j and must have, the right to determine j "* 'j their own fortune. Labor Day, 1918, mc j therefore is supremely significant he er< ! declares, because: P? "The labor is not only as much;s01 i j needed as the soldiers. It is his war. tei j The soldier is his champion and rep- to r j resentative. To fail to win would be; re] I to imperil everything that the laborer, se< i j has striven for and held dear since j ! freedom first had its dawn and his j Fi: jj struggle for justice began." s j The president's message follows, Se ?J in part: -! "My Felow Citizens: Labor Day,! Th -i 1918, is not like any labor day that!' - we have known. Labor day was al- Fo ways deeply significant with us. Now - it is supremely significant. Keenly as Fh i J we were aware a year ago of the en- j Se r! terprise of life and death upon which; Hi >1 the nation had embarked, we did not' ? perceive its meaning as clearly as wei ' " "T * '? -111 j do now. we Knew mat we were an: e* J partners and must stand and strive jsei j together, but we did not realize asjTfr J we do now that we are all enlisted j o'( j men, members of a single army, of | I many parts and many tasks but com-! I { -jmanded by a single obligation, ourj .j faces set towards a single object. Wej a i now know that every tool in every | | essential industry is a weapon and *-o j a weapon wielded for the same pur- ke lj poes that an army rifle is wielded,? Pu : . . . f rt/4 ia weapon, which, it we were to lay ^ '[down, no rifle would be of any use." j aAI !, I til n Wallace Cheatham, Tom Harrison,) I J. A. Nance, Louis Clinkscales, and iu * Ralph Ferguson went to Greenwood st ! m..:J 1 1 ~ nu I r nuay ciiiu juineu mc mciviiiuiu ma- m j rine. Cheatham and Harrison took se -j the physical examination there and P passed it. They will he called to be Boston within ten days for active. 3U !,j service. The others will take the ex pi j amination on reaching Boston. :\1 :r/ca gets half a million rwsmfp of juoati a ybar-* . have less sugar than the e, if we depended entirely ks. it. of our sugar is shipped >ut 1,000,000 tons of sugar )ad amount to over 3,000,s. Administration asks each to two pounds per month The military situation de3 be placed at the disposal . i we aave sugar, we save iBEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS TO OPEN ON MONDAY inouncement of Importance to Both Parents and Pupil*. The Abbeville City Schools will opSeptember 9th at 9 o'clock. All i children below th.e sixth grade will emble at the graded school building The grades will be divided into ;ir respective sections equally and )habetically on Tuesday morning, e fifth grade sections will be formMonday morning and one section 11 occupy a r^>m at the high school ilding as it did last j&ear. On Mon?r m AvrtiMrr o onfl An a A f fllD fllf y lllVlMlUg btiV O^VViVIlO VX VtIV vtii. rent grades will assemble as folvs: Miss Phillip's section will rert to Miss Timmons; Miss Epting's II report to Mrs. Riser; Miss Tim>n's section will report to Miss Rob:son; Miss Brock's section will rert to Miss Kortjohn; Miss Roberta's section will report to Miss Car ; Miss Richard's section will report Miss Best; Miss Allen's section will port together with Miss Edward's :tion to Miss Logan and Miss Hart. The list of teachers is as follows: rst Grade?Misses Epting, Phillips, Kennedy. cond Grade?Miss Timmons and Mrs. Riser. tird Grade?Misses Robertson and Kortjohn. urth Grade?Misses Cartes and Best. fth Grade? Misses Logan and Hart, venth Grade?Miss Swetenberg. gh School?Misses Magill, Lynch, Wood and All children who expect to take the aminations for any reason, will asmble at the high school building on lursday morning, Sept. 5th, at nine ;lock. GOOD NEWS FOR YOUTH. Washington, Aug. 26.?Publishers trade books, copyright reprints, y and non-copyright books have en directed to restrict their outit commencing October 1 to 25 per nt of the new titles issued on the erage of the^ last three years of eir business. The ruling will be iforced by diminishing their paper ipply, the war industries board ated tonight, but protests against e ruling will be considered if prented before September 1. Excepted from the ruling are >oks of research, published under ibsidiary, and war service books lblished for the United States or lied governments. I REGISTRATION DAY SEPT 12TH' i I President Signs Bill Calling up Thirteen Millions.?White House Proclamation Says Country Will Devote Larger Part of Mjlitary Man Power to Victory Over Enemy. Washington,. Aug. 31.?All men ! from 18 to 45 years of age in the continental United States, except those in the army or navy or already registered, were summoned by President' Wilson today to register for military service on Thursday, Sept. 12. Machinery of the Provost Marshal General's office was set in motion to carry out the second great enrollment under a presidential proclamation issued soon after che president had signed the new man power act oYton^ino tVfHrnff. j?cps. Thf?' ! bill, completed, was sent to the White | i House for the President's signature ' today soon after the house and sen' ate convened. ; It is estimated that at least 12,718,! 758 men will register this time, com-! j pared with the nearly ten millions on! the first registration of men from 21: j to 31 on June 5th, 1917. Of those 'who enroll now it is estimated that ! 2,300,000 will be called for general! 1 military, probably two thirds of the J | number coming from among the 3,-! i 500,000 or more between the agefc| of 18 and 21. General March has said all regis trants called into the army will be in France before next June 30, swell-; * j ing the American expeditionary for-j i ces to more than the 4,000,000 men; j expected to win the war in 1919. The1 ! last to be called will be the youths in| ! their 18th year, but those of that agei ' who desire and who have the neces; sary qualifications may be inducted ; into the service Oct. 1st, for special technical or^vocational training. ! Re^is'iration tSis time will be con-' ducted as heretofore by the local draft boards. j DR. GEO. W. SWOPE RESIGNS j At the Sunday morning service of ; the First Baptist Church, Rev. Geo. W. Swope, P. D., handed "in his res-, ignation as pastor, to take effect Oc| tober 1st. The church is in entire i harmony and has made tremendous | progress in the last three years. But1 Dr. Swope's evanglistic efforts are in j such' great demand that he feels it I his duty to enter evangelistic work, j ! Punctured Tires and Picnic Blowouta I I I j Miss Sydelle Graves and Miss Doro-' ; thy Syphan arranged a moonlight j ! picnic Friday night in honor of Mar ! shall Clinkscales anr Wallace Cheath-i i I ; am, new members of the merchant | marine. i Like many another adventure, the going out was easy sailing. Comfortably crowded in two trucks, the j ;oung people went merrily on in the I direction of Due West. When they| ! got there the cupboard was not bare, j j But thf coming home'was not so delightful. About two miles this sideof the other place Mr. Tire No. 1 1 decided to become obstreperous! ! feeling that he was being imposed up-i : on, and with a big puff of indignaj tion blew out. This woke up Lieut.! ; Nail,; who was peacefully sleeping [in the road, and so enraged that genI i tleman that he punctured Mr. Tire | To. 2. Well Happy Seal had to puir | off his coat and get to work then,! j while "Sun" Kerr breezed around j j and told him how to do it. But it.1 I was left for Charlie Calvert to pull the i master stroke of stategy. He offer j | ed to take the girls home in his truck! i and leave the boys to fix the other: auto. So Charlie dashed away like! t j an island in a sea of girls and left j i the other boys in the single bliss of j i a stag party. Though they arrived. I home at two o'clock the next morn-j i ing, Charlie Calvert, so far as could i be learned, has suffered no bodily ;i injury up to the present time. (f ; j REGIS IKARS TAKE NOTICE ij Registrars will please call at the office of the Local Board this week' i and get a supply of cards and certi-j j ficates, and instructions as to the : registration. - ----- ? PERONNE CAPTURED 1 BY THE BRITISH i All Along Western Bat- , | tie Front Huns Give .-..-.J Way: British Reported to Have Reached Outskirts of Lena.--On Southern Wing French and Am- ..^:K ericana Continue Their ^ Progreaa. jl civiiuc, i/iic last mipunani town in German hands on the Somme river, has been captured by the Britisr, who v, have passed on eastward and northward with steady strides, notwith- J standing the resistance of the enemy. Bouchavesnes and Rancourt and the high ground adjacent to them are al- , ./.j so held by the British, and Field Marshal Haig's men have arrived at the outskirts of the St. Pierre-Vaast wood. Farther to the north other , . towns have been taken, including Bultecourt, which last week changed h?.nds several times in violent batIS ties. The Canadians and Australians were in the forefront of the ma- \ noeuvers throughout this region and did gallant work. Considerably more than 2,000 prisoners have been token by the British and a few guns also have beer, captured. Spain is to take over all German chips now interned in Spanish ports as a reprisal for the sinking of Spanish vessels by> German submarines. \s Reports from Petrograd are to the effect that Nikolai Lenine, the Bolsheviki premier, has died from wounds inflicted by an assassin. $ Along the western battle front the, .. Germans continue to give ground be fore Entente Allies. Daily the trend of events accentuate the insecurity of the German lines and the inability of the German high command to hold back the aggressors. Where, two months ago, great sa- ' iients projected into the allied front, these have either been flattened or are ;n the process of being blotted out and in some instances the allies themselves have driven in wedges that seriously menace the enemy. With the Marne and Picardy sectors now virtually all reclaimed, the winning of the present allied offensive are moving in a manner that Doaes 111 to tne (iermans. in the north th wing on the Lys salient southwest of Ypres gradually is bending under voluntary retirement ail the puss, u of Field Marshal Haig's forces. MANY VESSELS BUILT. Washington, Aug. 26.?More than' 40,000 dead weight tons of ships were added to the American merchant marine in the week ending August 22 by the completion of eight more vessels in American shipyards. Seven of the ships were of steel and one of wood. Launching in the week endnig August 4, totalled 19, nine steel and tenn wooden ships. The new deliveries brought the grand total of ships added to the merchant marine in the last year to 281 with an aggregate dead weight . tonnage of 1,715,731. The launchings total 535 vessels of 2,923,973 tons. The largest vessel completed last week was a tanker built at Alameda, Cal., the tonnage being 10,475. All the other vessels were cargo carriers of 3,500 tons, excepting one of 8,800 tons. COURT CONVENES The fall session of the Circuit Court convened yesterday,, Judge T. M. Devore presiding. Court will remain in sessiom throughout the week. .. , -. */ ' BOOK CLUB, - -sa The Book Club will meet with Mrs. P. El. Speed Wednesday morning at :en thirty. -