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- ' '' ' t ' f ' 'rW ?"" - ~r- . - - , - * v 7ir-.v y. < - , >. m ' ' ; fl . ' ; \ m m : :.-:m " : m f m "i*':. }. Abbeville Press and Banned ' if J, 33 , Established 1844. $l*5Qtl|e Year. ^ Abbevittg, S. C., Friday, Sept. 6, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year# GERMAN! ON . C British, French and the Americans Press Back Ypres-Rheims Front. Face Turning Movement. BRITISH IN NORTH" CROSS CANAL DU NORD | % ' Witk Debacle in South Complete Crisis Apparently at Hand for Hobs in North?Lens Region " < Entirely. Evacu&uted by the Huns. t Tkc Germans are now giving ground over the entire 150 mile battle front from Ypres to Rheims. Seemingly the question whether the Germans will be able to hold . even relatively their present line from Flanders to Champagne is being answered. And the answer ap-j \ parently is in the negative. Thej strategy of General Foch, which im-j ? * ?^ ^ nna 4-1*a x\a/>aa_ i poseu upvil "LUC UCllliailD Ulb Iiwvasity of falling back in Flanders, Artois and Picardy, now likewise is compelling the enemy to withdraw from the Vesle River between Sois. / aons and Rheims, northward toward the Aisne in order to avert disaster. Outflanked on all defensive works along the western <part of the battle line and in great danger of a turning movement eastward from the regions of Noyon and Soissons, the German high command at last has been forced to begin the retrogade movement in the Soissons-Rheims sector which military experts long. had predicted would be necessitated j 'through the successes of the British, French and American armies. / The climax to the German maneuvers along the Vesle culminated when the French virtually swept away the last remaining portion of the old salient in the region of Noyon and the French and Americans north of Soissons and along the Vesle reached , portions dominating the Aisne and the Chemin-desDames and crossed to the north side of the Vesle on a front of nearly 20 miles. * While the debacle in the south seems complete, in the north the Germans also are facing a crisis. Everywhere from Peronne to Ypres, Field Marshal Haig's men are keeping hard after the enemy whose lines daily are being bent back further eastward, giving the British better points of vantage from which to work in their task of regaining as their first obiectives St. Ouentin. Cambrai, Lille and Armentieres. From Ypres to Lens additional towns have been recaptured and the old salient more nearly reclaimed. Lens, the fwnous coal city, . is said to have been entirely evacuated by the Germans and the British are only awaiting the dissipation of the noxious gases and the rendering of the city safe from the possibility of the detonation of mines of subterrean coal to enter it. From Arras southward to Peroane English, Scottish, Welsh, Canadian and Australian troops everywhere are harassing the enemy, meeting his violent machine gun fire with, such n irresistible pressure that the enemy has been virtually nonplussed and has retired at some points almost precipitately. To the north of Peronne over an eight mile front between Moisloine and Demicourt, the British at several points have beaten their way across the canal and Wednesday night were pressing the enemy well to the eastward. Eastward to the old DrocourtQuant line the enemy has been pushed across to the east bank of the Canal Du Nord, where at last accounts he was endeavoring to pre n vent, dj tne use 01 mnumeraDie ma chine guns, a British advance overj S IN REtl [ IS? MIL] Court It* Session J JUDGE J. W. DEVORE PRESIDES 1 OVER A VERY BUSY SESSION ?FOUR MURDER CASES. The Circuit Court is having a busy week, being in session at the ^ court house. Solicitor Blackwell had * a number of cases to present to the 1 jury and Judge J. W. DeVore, pre- ^ siding, is methodically meting out i1 sentences from behind ponderous j * volumes of calf skin. Ihe walls 01 the court chamber are echoing and ^ re-echoing with the eloquence of lo- c cal lawyers, while two custodians lean heavily on staffs and a continually changing crowd files in and out,2 the doors of justice. Rachel Carr was one of the first 111 defendants called to the bar. Ch^rg- j ? ed with assault and battery with in-j tent to kill, she was convicted of I 0 ( simple assault and battery and sentenced to pay a fine of $20 or spend 1 twenty days in the county jail. Tol- r bert Murray, arraigned on a similar charge, was convicted and sentenced v to three month? in the pen or pay- v ment of a fine of $50. He elected to pay the fine. Indeed, the major x portion of the cases were assault"^ and battery cases. Carrie Davis 8 I P nlearl trnilf.v f.n oVinrtrp nnH -urnst given the choice of twelve months ^ or a fine of $40. But David L. ? f. Smith, charged with the same crime, was acquitted. The sentence of 30 0 days or a fine of $25 was imposed, none the less, on Clinton Anderson, j A very serious case was that ofj I Ji Eula McCaslan. She was accused of j ' s administering poison at the j^oor j house farm and plead guilty to the charge. She was sentenced to three; I c years in the state penitentiary. Re-1 becca Belcher was then found guilty1 * but on the charge of disposing property under lien. She was given the choice of serving three months or paying a fine of $40. In a very interesting case under the prohibition laws, Sam Padgett, the defend- { ant, was found guilty and sentenced 1 to twelve months in prison or the * alternative of paying a fine of $400, C on payment of $100 of which, the S balance to be suspended during f gvvu ucuaviuui, J ^ Four murder cases came up before the court. Louis McCord, de- j fendant in the first of them, was i C found guilty on the second count of the charge only, and sentenced to thirty days in jail or to pay a fine of $25. The lawyers consented to a verdict in the case of Lige Hunter and he was found guilty of manslaughter. His sentence was fixed 1 at twenty-five years at hard labor. * The jury could not reach a verdict 1 with regard to the guilt of George * Douglas and his trial will come up * again. Finally, George Logan, who * was also charged with murder, plead c guilty to the charge of manslaughter ^ and was sentenced to two years in t the penitentiary. Lewis Smith, convicted of housebreaking, was given thirteen months in the reformatory for colored youths. And when the Press and ^ Banner .was going to press, the I court was disposing of the case of , Will Greer, charged with assault e and battery. There are a number j i of cases on the sessions docket to ^ be disposed of still. ^ Leut. and Mrs. Trenholm Mallard ^ spent several days of this week with 1 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Allen. The * young couple have recently been married and the young soldier is in i * a fair way to winning the Cross of |11 Honor, in that he has just been | e commissioned a Lieutenant and is hopes shortly to be in the big fight. v n COTTON MARKET. Oct. closed Wednesday 35.05 ? Oct. closed Thursday. _ 33.75 f WT I " PROPERTY CUSTODIAN SEIZE ELEVEN VESSEL# OF TRANSATLANTIC COMPANY. C Washington Sept 4.?On the ground of German ownership, the F American Trans-Atlantic Co., which intil its ships were commandered >y the United States shipping board n October, 191.7, operated in ocean ride 11 steamships flying the Stars ,nd Stripes, has been taken over by v Mitchell Palmer, alien proper^ b ustodian. | f Richard G. Wagner, formerly <$ a Milwaukee, an American born citi- n en, head of the concern for three! b 'ears, deceived the American govern- d nent "with " truly Prussian arro- b :ance," as well as British and t: French prize courts as to ownership I if property, according to Francis P. o Jarvan, investigator for the custod-j an, who made public tonight a sum- \ nary of Wagener's activities. p The ships ^fe in fact bought n vith German gold and the company! c ras organized eight months after a he outbreak of hostilities with funds; p vhich Count von Bernstorff, the | b Herman ambassador caused to be e ent for Wagenp's benefit. Wagen-,c sr,. under the examination of Mr. j p Jarvan, protested the ships werej American owned 11nt.il the Inst. hn41 ii inally owned up before the weighi t if evidence. . > d Government Suspicious. ?, t Suspicion as to -the Trans-Atlan^ | n ic was entertained by this goverh- j \ aent from the time that Wagenerc ought to have his 11 ships, thenjt lying neutral flags, transferred to j c American registry. While he sue- j n seeded by complying with all the p echnicalities of the law, it is known hat the American Trans-Atlnnffp . I Company was closely watched. At!v he time the ships of the company t vere commandeered by the shipping g >oard as were other ships flying the 8 American flag, the navy department, I t is known, refused to deliver to e he commanders of the ships confi- s lential instructions and other naval ^ ecrets because they were not Am- t. srican citizens. The American Trans h Atlantic Company declined to remov^ a he commanders and the navy de- t >artment, it was said, was obliged * o place a naval officer aboard each d imp irom whom the alien skipper re- n :eived his sailing directions. 1 _ b AN ABBEVILLE MAN. I* . ib The friends around Abbeville who | 0 emember B. Clark DuPre will be jc rlad to know that he has just been i a e-elected Auditor of Richland!? bounty with a safe lead of over, ^ hree hundred majority. This is hi31 hird term as auditor and his suc-jE less is eratifvinf to his manv -f-plon/lci! Abbeville men succeed where ever hey go. " a ABBEVILLE BOYS WOUNDED. 1 ^ tl The casualty list of yesterday 11 :ives the names of two Abbeville n toys, stating that they have been P bounded severely. They are Lieut- ? inant Ernest L. Vistmska and Sergt. * ohn C. Ferguson, Jr. It is not ^ :nown whether this wound to Lieut. ^ fisanska is the same as the one re- C >orted some time ago or another. i ^ Other South Carolina men men- r ioned are: Geo. W. Lancaster, of G Jreenville, Ed Beigler, Jamison, Jenj. F. McCormick, Conway, Har- f' ion Hatchell, Hartsville, and Clar- E nee Orvin, Bonneau, all wounded everely, and Ivy W. Beverly, Con- S iray, and James A. Epps, Union, a nissing in action. IE ? . Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Lominick of S Jewberry, were in the city Monday V or a few hours. ' ^ . .... .... A HB EXPLOSION CHARGE federal Building in Chicago Wrecked; 4 People Killed* :rime laid at door OF I. W. W. MEMBERS 'ifteen Hundred Government Agents Busy Scouring City for Persons Suspected. Chicago, Sept. 4.?Four persons rere killed and more than 75 others rere injured by the explosion of a omb in a crowded entrance to the ederal building* at 3:30 o'clock this fternoon. The explosioi^ which ot only wrecked the entrance of the uilding, but shattered every winow in the first three floors of two j uildings across tjie street, was at-j ributed to the I. W. W. by Philip J.! larry, in charge of the local offices: f i4anni4r?\ATi^ r\ ? ini4irtA x uic ugpaiuucixi ui juoutc. Raid in two headquarters of the 1.1 V. W. within 15 minutes after the ex-j losion resulted in the arrest of nine' len. Several more were taken into; ustody within the federal building! nd a woman whose name was suprj ressed was arrested in a nearby j uilding. Tonight more tha| 1,500, overnment agents and the entire; ity police force was seeking the per-1 etrator of the outrage. "This outrage, in my opinion, was: nevitable as an act of reprisal on' he part of the I. W. W.'\ Mr. Barry' leclared after a hurried investigaion, "following, the sentencing of: learly a hundred of their members.! Ve are certain that the I. W. W. ommitted this deed. I believe that he bomb was composed o? nitrogly-! erine. Spveral arrpst.s bavp hppn! nade and we are questioning the irisoners as fast as we can." The court. room of Judge K. M. jandis, in which 95 I. W. W. leaders j irere recently convicted and sen-| enced to prison for obsructing the! :overnment's war program, is on the ixth floor of the building. Harry D. laywood, general secretary-treasurr of the I. W. W.,|and one of those entenced to _0 years in prison for lis part of the conspiracy, was on he eighth floor of the building, with ? lis lawyer, who was planning to seek writ of error in his behalf, when he explosion occurred. He deplored he outrage and while emphatically! lenying that any of his men had comaitted the act, admitted that he be-j ieved that the I. W. W. would be' >lamed. The so-called "un-crowned :ing" of the I. W. W. plainly felt the luuaing tremDiewitn tne aetonation if the bomb and heard the glass rash in the dome,of the structure nd the cries of the injured. He apleared calm and did not leave the! deputy marshal's office. >EATH OF MRS. EUGENIA TEKEO HARRIS 'I Mrs. Eugenia Tekeo Harris died j t the home of her son, Mr. J. B.< foma voafol*/1oiT n ft- a m nnrt of fAii* J UUJ UXilWlllVVU C*U XVUi I flirty o'clock. Mrs. Harris had been! i declining health for several lonths and her death was not unex-; ected. Mrs. Harris was born near Id Carmel Church, October 14,' 858, in Pickens county. She leaves; he following children to mourn her >ss: C. N. Harris, Danville, Va.;; !. L. Harris, Greenwood; Mrs. R.j V. Griffin, Spartanburg; L. N. Har-, is, LaGrange, Ga.; and J. B. Harris' }reenwood. The funeral services rill be conducted this afternoon at our thirty at the home of Mr. J. B. [arris by Rev. B. R. Turnipseed. In?rment will be made in Magnolia treet Cemetery. The following will, ct as pall bearers: Mayor A. S. [artzog, Mr. W. A. Fridy, W. H. j eldell, Jr.', S. O. Harvey, J. W. pearman, J. W. Campbell, J. R., fhatley, and J. W Watson.?Green-, rood Index," Sapt. 3. "*> . Li - - SOUTH CAROL! TAKE PAR 1 Men Who Registered Here On August 24th ABBEVILLE COUNTY BOYS HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF 21 SINCE JUNE 1. The following men registered in Abbeville County on August 24, having reached the age .of 21 since June 1: White. Joe Clarence McDade, Donalds. Reuben Baker Haddon, Abbeville. Knox McDill, Abbeville, R. 3. R. C. Self, Abbeville. Roland Beggs Morrow, Cayce. Alvin Dean Nance, Abbeville, R. 1 ueorge a. rerguson, Antreville. Jqhn T. Moore, Abbeville. Fred Mason Uldrick, Abbeville. Albert Henry King, Abbeville R. 5 Frank Marshall Clark, Abbeville. Fred Nance, Lowndesville. William Austin McCurry, Lowndesville. Richard Olin Darracott, Lowndesville. Colored. Lucian Tribble, Iva. James T. Belcher, Lowndesville. Roland Burns, Abbeville, R. 3. Willie Brown, Abbeville, R. 3. Homer Robertson, Abbeville, James Watt, Abbeville. Arthur Vance, Abbeville, R. 1. Joe Clinkscales. Abbeville Star R. Drayton Nance, Dennis Alien, Abbeville, R. 4. James Thomas, Abbeville, R. 1. Ben Wideman, Abbeville, R 3. j David Lindsay, Abbeville, R. 2. I James Mims, Abbeville, R. 4. Willie Johnson, Abbeville, R. 3. I Matthew McGowan, Abbeville, R 1 George Martin, Due West, S. C. David Hughie, Abbeville, R. 2. Rayford Mattison, Donalds. Emory Lomax, Donalds. Walter Haddon, Donalds. Columbus Ware, Honea Path. | Charlie A. Brownlee, Antreville. Booker J. Bolden, Antreville. . Lewis Lesley, Calhoun Falls. William Oliver, Lowndesville. Henry Johnson, Lowndesville. Enriel Elmore, Colhaun Falls. Clarence DuBose, Calhoun Falls. Will Ramey, Abbeville. Willie Wharton, Abbeville. Joseph Rykard, Verdery. Hiram Davis, Abbeville, R. 1. BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBEH 8 The subject to be discussed the morning service (11 o'clock) will be "Paying the Price." In this sermon the line of differentiation between the evangelistic church and all others will be drawn, and the great value of the former revealed. It is hoped that special effort will be made to attend this service. The evening subject will be "Victory Through Bloody Sacrifices." For the one who would win in life there is no velvet couch, but a noble warfare. The world's advance has been made through blood. The profoundest, most astonishing, and indispensable precedent of victory will be discussed. Special music. Live service. Public welcome. CAPT. ROSENBERG IS TRANSFERRED Capt. Herbert Rosenberg, who has been at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, since the outbreak of war, has been transferred to the medical corps at the camp at Montgomery, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. A. Rosenberg went to At lanta on Sunday to visit their son before he goes to his new post. Lieut Ernest Rosenberg recently was transferred to Camp Grant, 111.? Greenwood Daily Journal, Sept. 3. Mr. Pink Mcllwaine of Hodges, and Clarence Mcllwaine of Camp Jackson, were in town Monday. ;j . . ; / - NA TROOPS :T IN; [FIGHTING Gen. March Announces i Participation of 3Qt|k / | Division, Embracing | Old First and Second Regiments. . AMERICA HAS SENT OVER 1,600,000 SOLDIERS Nearly Three Hundred Thousand .A Sent to France During Month of ;<?|| August?Location of Various Units Under Gen. Pershing ;;| Given Out by Chief of Staff . , | ^ Washington, Sept. 4.?General , i March announced today that the to- ' ^ tal embarkation of American soldiers J| for all fronts, including the Siberian expedition, had passed the 1,600,000 mark by August 31. ;;*8j The chief of staff identified the American unit which participated V>|qj in the Flanders advance as the Thir-. tieth Division, composed of troops v /J from Tennesse, North and South "jj Carolina. This is the "Old Hickory" ^ division. In answer to a question ' General March said it was estimated ' ' ^ that more than 250,000 had landed! in France during August. The rec- i'foJ ord for monthly shipment, he added . ; S was 285,000. Taking up the military situation^ ''"'M General March said the object of the Canadian drive across the old Queant- ;' $ J Drocourt switch line, was Cambrai, . I which was now within seven and a v ^ I half miles of the British advance, ac- 3?j [cording to official advices. I action east of Arras, General ;ji?ar?b,:?. . Hs said, the British had crossed the so-:*v':':$9 called Hindenburg line on the eight J mile front. He added that the maximum advance of the British since the drive in Pacardy and extended north- } {ward was 14 miles. * On the northern front, General $ 1| March said, the enemy was retiring , ^ without very severe pressure brought upon him and the Flanders salient v'|| already had been virtually blotted out. I The chief of staff pointed out that ! the main resistance to the allied advance all along the line had been encountered by the British on the Scarpe sector. The rapid French ad- , vance south of that sector, he added, A was largely due to British successes y in overcoming this resistance. This j was shown clearly when the French advanced between six and ten miles on a twenty-five mile front in one day south of the Somme. General March did not know who | had been assigned by General Persh jing to command the Thirtieth Divi- . 3 j sion, which went over under Maj. $ Gen. George W. Reid, who had since been assigned to command the Fourth Army Corps. 'M I - MISS SMITH FILLS j IMPORTANT PLACE yj | Cultured Abbeville Woman Elected Dean of Women at Winthrop College. jjp J Rock Hill, Sept. 3.?Miss Helen Smith of Abbeville, has been elected ! dean of women for Winthrop Col- ; 3 j lege. Miss Smith comes from a line 'IjQ j of cultured and distinguished ancestry, and has done much to prepare herself to fill an important position of this kind. She is an A. B. graduate of Converse College and of / > Smith College and took the degree 1 of Master of Arts at Columbia Uni! fmn trftniw i-k/> MMJ* vcion i vt bvru jcaia one woo | dean of women at Anderson College, j During the past year she has been j heard of the department of English t ' at Coker College. | Miss Smith brings to Winthrop I College a fine knowledge and experij ence in the matter of student government and a broad sympathy with the needs and aspirations of the i young women Of South Carolina. ' - - m -