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Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Sept. 13, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year.
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LINER ISM; !
TROOPS ESCAPE
Nearly Three Thousand !
Soldiers Safe After
Attack.
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FORCES 1
SHOW FINE SPIRIT 1
Steamer Torpedoed When Endeavoring
to Rejoin Fleet of Transports
Affer Overcoming Engine j
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ITrouble-r-AHied Success
Rather Than Disaster.
Washington, Sept. 11.?News of
the torpedoing of the British liner
Persic, with 2,800 American troops
on board, in the war zone Septem-j
ber 6, was given to the American;
people today, first through the Brit-:,
ish admiralty, then later through the; (
navy department. All the soldiers!,
were . rescued by accompanying de
stroyers, the steamer itself was
? beached and the enemy submarine ]
is believed to have been accounted ;
Officials here viewed the result of ,
the attack more as an allied success
than a disaster. The fact that the j ]
steamer was torpedoed when she j,
was endeavoring to overtake the',
convoyed fleet of transports after I.
v overcoming engine trouble which hadj
forced her to lag, convinced officers;
cniKmaririp rnmmanders still are!
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fearful of attacking troop ships in;
convoy. And the immediate and <
completely successful assistance ren- j i
dered by the destroyers was taken 1
as an additional evidence that the
convoying system now in vogue is
practically perfect." 1
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MR. BARNWELL CO. CHAIRMAN.1.
Mr. W. M. Barnwell has been ap-;'
pointed county chairman for the | J
Fourth Liberty Loan. Mr. Barnwell j.
iwill appoint a chairman in eacn
school district in the county and an
active ^campaign will be launched .
Sept 28.
No announcement as to the size
of the loan has as yet been made.
- MR. HUNTER BACK '
FROM TENNESSEE
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Mr. R. 0. Hunter of the county, !
was in the city last .Friday. He had
just returned from a long trip to
Greenville and Johnson City, Tenn.
The relatives of his wife live there 1
and she herself looks upon that vicinity
as her native home. It was '
lier pleasure to accompany him on
the journey.
Mr. Hunter brings back big tales
as to the fine crops in that section
of the country. But one notices
that he comes back to the old stamping
grounds to spend his ten months .
out of the year.
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IHADDON-LONG.
The marriage of Mrs. Fannie Had-;'
don and Major W. H. Long, Tues-j
day night at the home of Mr. R. M. j
Haddon, * was an interesting and;
pleasing event to the many friends U
of the contracting parties. i j
The ceremony was performed byj.
Rev. M. R. Plaxco. Preceding the
ceremony Mrs. Plaxco played the ]
wedding march, the bridal couple i]
entering together attended by Mrs. |;
Frarilc Benton and Mrs. J. R. Nickles. .
Fe was attired in a dainty
white crepe de chine. Onlyj
relatives and elope neigh-;
lessed the interesting cere-M
and Mrs. Long will make! <
le on Lane Street and both i1
ly friends who extend their i
congratulations and wish <1
at happiness.
harles Hinson and little i
LaRue, of Laurens, arriv- 1
city Tuesday. Mr. Hinson s
m of the printing depart-, <
The Press and Banner. ^ 1
make Abbeville their home. <
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Pollock Wins Race
For Seat In Senate
CHERAW MAN SUCCESSFUL' BY
BIG MAJORITY OVER PEEPLES
WOLFE DEFEATED SAPP.
Such .additional returns as dribbled
in yesterday from Tuesday's
primary election effected no change!
in the results as already reported.!
There are still around 20,000 votes,
to be heard from, but it is certain!
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that Mr. Pollock has been nominated
for the Senate by a majority which
will exceed 15,000; that Mr. Wolfe
has been elected Attorney General
by a majority of upwards of 10,000;
that H. H. Arnold, of Spartanburg,
has defeated A. A. Richardson for
railroad commissioner by a majority
which stands at this time at about
3,000.
MIDSHIPMAN IN TOWN.
Midshipman W. M. Killingsworth,
with his mother and two little brothers,
motored up from Columbia and
spent Thursday in the city with Mrs.
Fannie Milford near the post office.
The Midshipman is a former Ab-1
beville boy and recognized many
landmarks in the vicinity. He has
been in Annapolis thirteen months
and has just recently returned from
fleet service. He and his mother
have many acquaintances here, who
are always glad' to remember them
as home people and forget that they
are now content to live in Columbia.
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FALL OPENING.
The fall season has come. School
children knew this last Monday. The;
stores of the city have set aside this,
week to make it clear.
Chill winds mean new clothes. |
Winter festivities and social func-'
tions mean new clothes. Harvests!
and cotton sales mean ready money'
and new clothes. It will pay every-;
Dne to read the announcements of j
Abbeville's most progressive stores j
in thjs and the next issue of The!
Press and Banner. Did you ever!
stop to think why it pays to pur-:
:hase of a store that advertises?
Because it shows that the manager
is wide awake .and gets, the finest
styles of goods and the best bargains
in stock. Because the man
who advertises knows he has someShing
worth while to offer and is
iroud of it. Because the advertiser i
sells so much more than his competitors
that he contents himself with
less profit on each article sold and
thus sells'to you cheaper. Watch j
our columns before trading.
MR. HICKS. NEW
SUPERINTENDENT W. & E. P.
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Mr. C. E .Hicks, assistant superin-|
tendent of the electric plant of Spar-j
hnnKurc S C. will oTrivo in A KKo.;
irille September 15th. _ He will take;
charge of the Abbeville Water and;
Electric Plant.
Mr. Hicks will move his family to
the city just as soon as he can secure
a home.
ABBEVILLE'S GAIN.
Miss Mary Kennedy left last week
to take up work in the Abbeville
graded school. She has been connected
for several years with the
Due West public school and hasj
?iven fine service. We regret to J
lose her but glad that Abbeville |
makes the gain. She is wide awake
and up to date.?A. R. Presbyterian.;
THE BOOK CLUB.
Mrs. P. B. Speed was hostess to^
the Book Club Wednesday morning.!
The attendance was not large, but
enthusiastic in the discussion of the
books and future plans.
For sometime the club has wished
to be identified in some way with'
Red Cross work, and at this meeting
it was decided to turn the fines into!
i Red Cross fund. Five ($5.00) dol-J
lars having been collected from this;
source, this amount was sent to the!
Chairman of the Canteen Service to.
je'used in the equipment of the!
Canteen Hut.
LEGAL ADVISOI
APP01N1
Local Business Men "Dr
trants Fill Out <
LAWYERS DID TH
The undersigned are the members
of the Legal Advisory Board for Abbeville
county, whose duties are to see
that the questionnaires of the registrants
are properly filled out, and
1 filed. We have authority to appoint
' associate members of our body and!
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i it is the duty of those appointed to
serve. We will publish the names of,
I those refusing, and report the same
to the proper authorities.
When the other set of question-,
naires were being filled out the lawyers
of the Abbevffle Bar did all the .
work. For thirty days they gave up
all their business calls and confined
themselves to this work, for which!
they neither asked nor received a,
cent of pay. , There will be twice as
many questionnaires this time to fill;
as there were before, and, therefore,
the work must be systematized, and
others who have an interest in the
welfare of the country must assist
with the work. It has been so distributed
as to make it as light as pos-!
sible on every, individual.
In Abbeville the questionnaires will
be filled out by the committee named!
below. The work will be done in the
Court House on the days stated. NO
QUESTIONA1RES WILL BE
FILLED ON SATURDAYS. The
lawvers will not fill Questionnaires in'
their offices,' nor except on the days
when they are on duty.
At the 1 places stated below, the
Chairman will have the right to divide
up the work by requiring certain men:
to be on duty on certain days and:
others, on other days, so as to make;
it as light as possible. The Chair-!
man of the county board will appoint'
additional membex's in those places!
where needed when their'names are!
suggested by those appointed already.
The different committees are urged
to organize and get ready "for the
work. The lawyers of Abbeville will'
instruct those who work with them
as to their duties and the way to fill'
j out the questionnaires. At the oth-;
! er places members of the local board j
| will give instructions as follows:
W. P. Greene will make an appoint- j
ment at Due West and Donalds, when1
all members of the local board for
that township can be present and full'
instructions will be given. The date;
will be announced through the chair-J
man. The Chairman at Level Landj
will call on Wm. P. Greene for full!
instructions for his board. Mr. j
Greene will also instruct the board1
at the Cotton Mill.
J. M. Nickles will visit Antreville
and Lowndesville for the same pur-i
pose and will go over the question-:
naires with the local boards at these!
points explaining how the work is to!
be done. He will announce the date(
through the chairman at these points. J
D. H. Hill will perform this duty;
at Calhoun Falls, and the local board,
for Long Cane Township will call on'
him for instructions.
The County Board, or any mem-j
ber of it, will be glad at any time to;
furnish advice to either members of j
local boards or registrants. The
THE WAR INDU
requires that all subscriptions be
4.T i. 1. _ -i. 1 nl
ui tiiac paper ue siuppeu. iriease
The subscription price of this
year on November 1st. New sul
til that date, and all old subscrib
than twelve months from present
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RY BOARD 1
IS ASSISTANTS
afted" to Help Regis- t
Questionnaires.
E WORK BEFORE i
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following is a list of those called to j ?
this duty. Each local board must j
handle ,the questionnaires in its i
township, and registrants will be | j
sent to these points where they;
should go in the first instance. The! 1
local board for Long Cane township 11
has jurisdiction on the West side on ^ t
the Due West road, the remaining ^
part of Long Cane township will | r
have its work . donfe at Abbeville. (
Other local boards have their whole ?
townships:
Abbeville Court House. j 2
Monday?D. H. Hill, Chairman; c
C. D. Brown, John Cheek, Rev. R. M. \
Plaxco, Albert Henry, J. S. Stark,!
W. D. Wilson, Rev. J. L. Daniel.
Tuesday?J. M. Nickles, ChairM
man^ Rev. H. D. Corbett, Jordan !?
Ramey, Otto Bristow, Wm. Barn- ^
well, M. B. Reese, W. H. White,!
Rev. H. W. Pratt.
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Wednesday?Wm. P. Greene, j
Chairman; C. E. Williamson, J. AI-'t
len Long, Thos. P. Thomson, W. A.! \
Harris, Joel S. Morse, E. R. Thorn-'c
son, and R. S. Link. 11
Thursday?J. Howard Moore, ; r
Chairman; C. H. McMurray, ' S. J- j 1
Link, Fred Cason, Lewis Perrin, P. \
B. Speed, J. F. Miller. j s
Friday?J. Moore Mars, Chair-,c
man; G. E. Calvert, S. H. Rosenberg,; *
W. A. Lee, J. D. Kerr, R. C. Wilson, ^
W. L. Peebles, J. L. Daniel, J. Allen J
Smith, Jr. _ jfDue
Weit. j1
A. Selden Kennedy, Chairman; W.'
W. Edwards, S. A. Pressly, E. L. j *
Reid, Edgar Long, J. H. Brooks, M.1
B. Clinkscales, Sam'l "J. Todd. I.
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Donalds. j (
C. W. Tribble, Chairman; R. D. (
Brownlee, S. S. W. Brown,, C. V. j
Martin, L. J. Davis, R. L. Barmore. g
Lowndesville. *
E. W. Harper, Chairman; A. V.
Barnes, D. L. Barnes, J. G. Hucka- ?
bee, Rev. Clotfelter, Rev. H. C. Fen- i
nel. j
Antreville. { (
Eugene A. Patterson, Chairman;|s
S. J. Wakefield, A. M. Erwin, Nor-[{
ris Wakefield, Conrad Norris, Eu-! (
gene McCarter, Ernest McCarterJc
Fred Crowther. e
Abbeville, Cotton Mills ?
J. Foster Barnwell, Chairman; ]
Misc Boyd, Miss Mary Kennedy, Jno. ?
T. Evans, J. M. Gambrell, A. S.
Thcm:'s, Geo.W. Godfrey.
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idvug wane i ownsnip.
P. p. Carwile, Chairman; J. K.'
Cai-wile, J. D. Duncan. ^
Calhoun Falls. t
Joseph Hicks, Chairman; E. M ' c
Lander, W. J. Blake, H. W. Lawson,! v
Dr. Farror, L. M. Parker, James jr
Sherard. 1 s
Level Land. S
Frank A. Carwile, Chairman; W. t
W. Wilson, Luther Ashley, F. E. r
Ellis, M. E. Robinson. ! s
WM. P. GREENE, Chm'n.j
D. H. HILL,
J. M. NICKLES, t
Legal Advisory Board, ^
Abbeville County. j
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paid in advance by October 1st,
be advised to this effect.
paper advances to $2.0Q per !s<
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jscnbers taken at old price un- ! ,
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Registrars Kept I
, Busy Yesterday /
rHIRTEEN MILLION MEN IN
UNITED STATES SIGNED UP
ON UNCLE SAM'S REGISTER
The registrars can breathe easily
oday. They did their bit yesterday ^
ind, from the looks of the court
oom in the morning, it was quite a
veil sized bite of work. Five tables j
vere in use and several registrars,
lafr at each table. Although the
lumber of registrants lessened in the
ifternoon, the final results will probibly
show that this was a greater; ^
egistry than the one at the* begin-!
ling of the war.
The same was true all over the;
Jnited States. It was estimated that j
hirteen million men between eigh-j
;een and forty-five years of age'
vere to be registered. These figures j *
nust certainlv eive the war lords of!?
aermany pause for thought. At the. I
>ame time, it is subject for reflec-1
;ion among those who are going to c
lid the registrants in filling out their! *
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juestionnaires. iK
Legal advisors, to your posts! p
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YELDELL BEATS RUSSELL. js
In the second primary in Green-1*
vood county the race between Rus-|r
;ell and Yeldell was very close, and ft
jecause Dr. Russell was from Abbe- J1
rille originally, the people in this j1
:ounty have been much interested ?
n the outcome. On the face of the *
eturns Tuesday night Yeldell was *
eading by nine votes, but the sol-'e
lier vote was yet to be counted. The
Executive Committee this morning
nade the count and a message to
rhe Press and Banner gives this
rote as thirty-ni^e for Yeldell to I
iixteen for Russell, increasing Yel- i
lell's majority to thirty-two. Dr. 1
Russell has asked for a recount of s
;he votes, which will be made this I
tfternoon, but it is not anticipated
hat any change will be made in the 1
esult. j
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>HIt* AHUY I StAMAIN . v
WALTER WILKINSONi S
Walter Wilkinson, son of Mr. and
Urs. J. M. Wilkinson, received his I
:all Wednesday. He is to report at|j
Columbia this Saturday and will I
;hen be entered into active naval j
lervice. He does not know to which, ^
raining station he will be sent. i 1
This departure marks the going t
iway from home of the last of Mrs.! 1
fVilkinson's sons. She has the proud ((
;itle to a service flag with five stars ^ J
>n it. Mrs. Wilkinson's patriotic:
iacrifice is not alone an inspiration J <
;o this community. It is symbolical;
>f the great American spirit that
:an know no defeat. And with the
jreat zeal and diligence with which ?
>he works on canteen service and in1 /
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ited Cross room, the superlative is j
itruck.
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' NEW RESIDENTS.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McCaulleyJ
vith their son, Arnold, have moved i
heir home from Savannah to this
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:ity. Mr. McCaulley has a position |
vith the Seaboard and expects to j
emain here permanently. He is f
taying for the present with his cou-f
on, Mrs. V. D. Thomas. In about ; ^
wo weeks his wife and son will ar-'
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ive. The electric welcome on the ?
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quare appliesto them. j a
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Miss Thelma Seal returned yeserday
from Chester, where she un-^V
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lerwent a throat operation.
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Mrs. Otis McMillan came down:
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rom Anderson and spent yesterday j,
fit hher mother, Mrs. J M. Gambrell.1 p
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The many friends of Mr. Joel S.I
Iorse are glad to see him in the ^
ity again and hope he will soon be
ble to dispense with the cane.
Frank Roche and Marshall Clink- d
:ales came back to town yesterday h
igged up in the uniforms of mer- C
hant seamen. They look quite' h
?vish-swashy and will undoubtedly: S
2gale some young ladies hearts with Y
>ngs of the sea when night shadows a
ill. I ti
\LLIED OFFENSIVE
HAS SHiT PISE
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\llies Have Done Wojiders
in Last Eight
Weeks.
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JRITISH AND FRENCH
SCORE SMALL GAINSj, n
Wednesday, However, Witnessed No
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Such Advance as Previous Days
Have Brought?Torrential -
Rains Turn Lowlands Into Impossible
Marshes.
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Eight weeks to the day and for '
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he first time the great allied offeniive
of Marshal Foch is at a virtual
>ause.
True, both the British and French
>n is^ated sectors of the front exending
from Flanders to the east of .
Soissons again have recorded adranees,
but Wednesday witnessed no
such progress by the allies toward
itrategic objectives as past days
lave brought them?before the. torential
rains turned the lowlands in- y .1 i
o impassable marshes and the bad- '
y worsted enemy rushed large renforcements
forward to stop the
japs through which the British,
'rench and American armies were
hreatening to filter and wreck his
tntire military situation.
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SECOND PRIMARY.
The following is the result of the
)emocratic Primary Election, held
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n this County, Septtmber 10th,
.918, as to candidates for Federal
ind State offices:
7or United States Senator (Short --,.7*
Term.) - - " -**
rhos. H. Peeples 245
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n. r. rouocK 4yz
For Attorney General.
:iaud N. Sapp 284 ' %
I M. Wolfe .?449 .$j
For Railroad Commissioned.
I. H. Arnold _T 406
A. Richardson 321
7or Commissioner of Agriculture,
Commerce and Industries.
iV. D. Garrison 49
3. Harris 478
c. ?
Comptroller General. y
Slmore 129
Dsborne 364*
3ummersett 205 ,
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SERVICES AT SACRED
HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH
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Sunday, September 15th, the usuil
divine services will be held in the
Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart,
Abbeville, S. C.
Mass and sermon 10 A. M., Sunlay
school afterwards. ?
Thg public will be welcome to all
he services.
CHARLEY'S AUNT,"
FAMOUS COMEDY, COMING
"Charley's Aunt," the success of
our continents, and positively the
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unniest play ever written and pro V.
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uced, will be presented at the Op
ra House. "Charley's Aunt" is a
uaranteed sure cure for the blues
nd all the ills that flesh is heiy to.
t makes you forget where you are,
rhom you are, what you are, and
ssures you an evening of true hapiness,
joy and pleasure, not prob
;ms. The tour is directed by Miller
: Risser, the well known New York
roducers, which means that all ad
ance promises will be lived up to.
IOMER RODEHEAVER
IN Y. M. C. A. WORK
New York, Sept. 11.?Homer Roeheaver
has gone to teach Pershlg's
men how to sing "Brighten the
orner Where You Are." Escortingis
old, celebrated trombone, Billy
unday's chorus master left in the
. M. C. A. overseas uniform to ba
soldier song leader for the duraon
of the war.
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