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< 1 . -vxm I' ' ' ' . . ' - ' s. -p' .-.*/ .. ;.i -m Abbeville Press and Banner ^ _|| Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Sept. 20, 1918. - Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. GERMANY LEARNED OFAUSTRIA'S MOVE U. S. Government Informed as to Facts in Case. GERMANY IN FULL STEP WITH ALLT Sif' _ Watkiairton Sees Marked Retemb \ laace to Initial Peace Efforts Launched in 1916. - " \ 1 Washington, Sept. 18.?Germai disclaimers of knowledge of Aus tria's intention to dispatch her pro posal for a non-binding discussion o: *. peace are being made^ in the face o: information in possession of the Am erican Government that the Germai Government was fully aware of it: ally's purpose. It is not known tha Germany gave her specific aprpova ' to the Austrian move, but official; ^ . , are s^tisnea znaz 11 approval wa: withheld it was solely for. the reasoi that a doubt was entertained as t< the success of the undertaking. ' That the German Government wa: in full step with the Austrian pur pose is regarded as established fron the record. Officials today called at tention to the fact that this lates proposal was in reality nothing mor< than an*elaboration in many word: of one of the initial peace effort: i launched by both Germany and Aus tria, December 12, 1916. On tha date not only Germany and Austria i?L m?l 1 ?J uut x uiACjf <tiiLI i>ui^aiia, oiav, au dressed identical notes to the neutra diplomats at Berlin charged witl looking after the interests of the A1 lied Governments, expressing an in clination to .enter into peace negoti ations and requesting them to trans /mit this overture to enemy States , As irf the present case the specia interest of the Pope was solicittt and neutral States were notified. Officials here see the marked re semblance between the two proposi tions. It was said at the State De partment today that so far it hac not been informed of the replies t( be made by any of the other co-bel ligerents, but it was manifest - tha little doubt was entertained as tc what they would be. I YOUTHFUL PATRIOTIC ORATOR Little Miss Anne Slatter, the ter year old daughter of Mrs. J. T. Slat ter of Columbia, was the honorec guest of our public sehools yester day, when she made patriotic speech es before both the elder and youngei students. Despite the fact that sh< is so young and looks even younger she spoke with the confidence anc polish of. a Jeannette Rankin anc bids fair to succeed Dr. Anne How ard Shaw as the leader of Americar women. The school children were delighted. Mrs. J. T. Slatter, mother of the charming young lady, is a state oreanizer for the Fourth Liberty Loar I Drive and has been in the city mob' ilizing the energies and capacities oi our ladies for that great work. YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE. The Local Board has received no tice to commence sending out thf questionnaires immediately. Ac cordingly a number of these havt been mailed already and others an to follow in order. Those people who receive then I are hereby advised that the commit tee in Abbeville will not commence the work of rendering assistance un til Monday mornning when Mr. D H. Hill, with a full force of assist ants, will be found in the Courl House ready to help everyone ap plying. Others will take up th< work on other days. no questionnaires wili be o n saturdays Those coming to Abbeville for assistance should take notice of this announcement. Cotton Price Must Be j J Fixed, Says Sen. Smith') ' ? i SOUTHERN CONGRESSMEN ARE COMING AROUND TO WILSON'S ! VIEW OF SITUATION. ^ Washington, Sept. 18.?Fixing of J the price of cotton is inevitable if! an equitable scheme of distribution | is to be worked out that will prevent j. gobbling up of the available cotton j | suuply by one nation, declared Sena- ( f, tor Smith of South Carolina today. : Smith indicated that cotton states; I representatives in Congress are com-! ^ j ing around to President Wilson's view of the cotton situation ?nd the! need for establishment of some, , means of distribution which will j 1 j ! .' preserve the balance of trade and .'the United States' friendly relations! f with all its Allies. i j f' We have 11,000,000 bales and a r 14,000,000 bale demand, he declared,! ? j i "Unless somebody controls distribu- s tions the available supply will be g 4. gabbled up by the buyer with the u - - I. j most money. The price under such ( an arrangement might go beyond all , reason. Therefore, it will have to' * 3 i be fixed. ; 1 "The President is gathering data on the situation. Cotton producers, f g are chiefly interested how is the me- j. thod of distribution to be adopted." n ^ The President is being urged to de a termine the government policy on . cotton before the Liberty Loan cam- p ' paign opens late this month. Cotton ' men have pointed out to him that ^ * with $10,000,000,000 worth of busi- p ; ness involved in the present uncer- ^ tainty, even the most patriotic cot-|v . ton producers are likely to go slow j e ' on Liberty Loan purchases. 1 MRS. GORDON WHITE HOSTESS. * i d .! In honor of the birthdays of her P .'mother, Mrs. L. W. Perrin, and of e J her mother-in-law,'Mrs. L. W. White, * .! Mrs. T. Gordon White entertained i s , j -velve elderly ladies yesterday 1 n 11 morning at her home on Greenville i ' j | Street. ! v It was a regular old fashioned so-j .jcial gathering and all enjoyed them-j .'selves. A light luncheon was served. 0 j OFF FOR CLEMSON. v > ' 3 j George Cann, George Jones, Max g j Smith, Weber Wilson, Bill Hughes, a | and Maxey Johnson left yesterday | morning on the Southern for Clem- h I son College. They will all join the'c S. A. T. C. and become college ca- fi dets. As soon as Max Smith is elected captain and gets his new uniform, i( I he expects to make a great trip to g Hartsville. - v 1 i " j MR. J. MORELAND CRYMES ILL. s v f I j Mr. J. Moreland Crymes is at Pry' I or's Hospital, Chester, undergoing r II treatment preparatory to having sev- h j j eral operations performed. Mr. " i Crymes' health has been intermit- j s "I * I * j tently bad for several years from j11 11 these causes .though he never gave j & '! up. It is hoped that he will soon re-1 v | cover and be strong.?Greenwood c j Journal. Mr. Crymes has a number of friends in Abbeville who will be v m i sorry to learn of his illness. ? F ' tl Mrs. Mary Kennedy left Wednes-i* ! day night for Portsmouth, Va. She|^ -! will visit with her .brother, Mr. J. T.! i; Hanvey. j* ^ j tJ i|vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv1n V HUGE ARMY BUILDING. v! d v v vjt: .;V Washington, Sept. 18.?An Vp' jtV :;rmy of 4,800,000 by next V V July, after all deductions Vjn .jV have been made for casual- :Vj w . V ties and rejections, is what V: ^ I t V the enlarged American mili- V! | -'V tary program calls for. Gen- V; ; V eral March explained this to V I V the house appropriations com- V ti i V mittee today in discussing V.; ft . A the new $7,000,000,000 army V, ' -1 V estimates. V; F i ^ V: Vuvvuvuvvvvvvlt IAN TANKS | - | ^rshing's Men Man A Three Types of4 Ma- ' chines of War , T JREAT SUCCESS IN ATTACK j F ON ST. MIHIEL SALIENT | lasoline Supplies Mired m Mud, But / Sammies Used Bobsleds and Tank Squadrons Fined Up and Drove Ahead?Many Difficulties Overcome. With the American Army on the! ^orraine Front, Sept." 18.?Squacf- n oris of American manned tanks, op- s: irating for the first time on a large (ii cale, in the attack on the St. Mihiel t'. r.lient, played an imftortant and t Iramatic part in the defeat of the 1 Jermans. . .v--1 v Divided into brigades?light, in-,t! ermediate and heavy?the tanks G \vung out on to the field of battle a mmediately after the barrage. Be- ti ore the day ended they^had entered it he villages of Nonsard.v Pannes, Lanarche and Binney, -' considerably F J I .head of the, infantry.., x: ti Early , in the action difficulty was b xperienced in gettirigko the front ufficient gasoline, although a great , ti leet of gasoline tanks hay been pre-'f lared to carry supplies. The gas anks were attacked by the enemy or; o fere mired and it was here the Am- ^ rican ingenuity came to the rescue.. E Barrels of gasoline were trundled e nd rolled over the roadless fields by, a aring volunteers to meet the most 6 f1 ' ressing needs. ^Bobs'ledi, curiously j nough, were found ip?re .^.efficient; tl han wagona in carrying supplies G ince they could be dragged over the, t< lud without being mired and on: ii hem hundreds of gallons of gasoline li irere conveyed to the fighting tanks.; a Major Far Ahead. I e The advance of the tanks brought - G ut many examples of daring on the; si art of their crews. One 4 major! fhose machine was equipped with a j a 7 milimetre gun instead of machine, tl un violated his orders and went far; n head until he was within range of: t: Jonsard. With one well placed shot fi e knocked two Germans out of a.u hurch steeple frcfci which they were; iring a machine gun. j si A lieutenant, shot' through the, li ?ft hand by an explosive bullet, was J tl ent to a hospital, but escaped and! talked si* miles back to the field. | s] le appeare^ at his tank with the1 w tatement that he could "carry on" I e rith his right hand. ! j, Several others were wounded, butjf. emained on duty. No one was-ikilled. owever, even though a German six ich shell ploughed clear through a ^ mall tank, destroying: it. but injur ng only one of the crew. Another ? "tl ank captured a battery of "77s" but fas sp far ahead of the infantry it ^ ould not turn over the guns to them.' Sergeant on Top. The story is told of another tank /hich went into a town with a sereant armed with a rifle perched on j he turret. This machine captured; wo batteries of "77s", five machine uns and many men. J ^ Tanks were occasionally as much | s two miles ahead of the infantry) hrowing consternation into the Ger-; a 1 si lans. Part of the success which at-j ended their share in the battle un-, i N oubtedly was due to the intensive i raining given drivers who are taught! 1 3 operate the machines blindfolded, uided only by signals from the gun-; ers. This sometimes is necessary j O] /lien the drivers are blinded tem-' orarily by splashes of mud. i IV MRS. RAMEY ENTERTAINS. Mrs. J. A. Ramey entertained yes-j erday at a dinner party in honor of fi Irs. J. B. Doty of Winnstforo, who \v ; visiting her mother, Mrs. Francis! li [enry. | tl The guests had a most enjoyable!*, ime. ! t< ID SMASH HAS f BEN DELIVERED * Maximum Gain of i Three Miles With < Ife^lftny Prisoners. ! < Ski ? ALL (V,st. quentin i? si/re to come soon i although Allies Have Difficult Oper- ^ ' ation Before Them. Imnortant ! ' City is Now Menaced on Three !3 Sides?Bulgars and Germans Still Falling Back. j ' British and French veterans have ' lade another vicious and successful ' mash at the Hindenburg line. Sweep- ' ig forward On a front of 22 miles, 1 hey went ahead from one and a third ^ o three miles, taking many prisoners. 1 'he most important aspect of the ad- ' ance is that it makes more certain ' lie capture of St. Quentin, which the ' Jenhans have been ordered to holdat J 11 costs. This important city is vir- * up.lly surrounded on three sides and ;s fall seems only a matter of days..|: Field Marshal Haig's Third and ( 'ourth armies charged over the * rench system occupied y the British' efore they were pushed back by the ( outonic nooa last jvaarcn. iney cap- J ured, in wide sectors, the outer de- 1 enses of the Hindengurg line. ; ^ The British assault was over a front ( I f 16 miles, from Holmon, west of St.!1 uentin, to Gouzeaucourt, north of I Ipehy. In their advance, which reach-1 d a depth of more than thre miles'1 t some points, they took more than i ,000 prisoners. , . Not only, did the blow bring nearer; 1 le capture of St. Quentin, which the I rermans are struggling desperately 1 j noia, out it went iar towards wip- i i lg out the only bulge in the British; < ne which resembles a salient. Epehy,! > t the apex of the" bend, has been tak- t n and the same fate has befallen i iouzaucourt and Hargicourt, which s tood at the neds of the wings. j 1 The importance which the Germans i ttached to the territory wrested from: iem is indicated by the announce- ^ lent that they launched counter-at-i icks as soon as they could organize, j. rom Hargicourt to the Omignon riv-1 let. The success of their efforts remain omewhat obscure, but it is not be eved they canrecover the ground ley have lost. ' , While the French advance was less j pectacular than the British with 11 diom they co-operated they were J ] qually successful in gaining their ob-1 \ ectives. They moved forward on a j \ ront of six miles to an average depth i < f one and a half miles, adding sev- j ? ral hundred prisoners to the British | i ag. They now hold the southern | ( I utskirts of Contescourt, less than 1 b.ree miles from the suburbs of St. 1 (uentin. ( I < IR. WILLIAM HILL NEAR DEATH j I |1 The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. |1 as. A. Hill are certainly glad to' ;arn that the condition of their son,j William, has now passed the danger; oint. Following an "operation at! ryor's Hospital and his return I ome, the young man suffered such i severe relapse that Dr. Nardin, a pecialist from Anderson, was hastir summoned to his bedside. Dr.; lardin performed a second opera-1 on and William is now thought to e on the road to recover. Ancfrew Hill, who came back from lemson to be at his brother's bed-J ide, expects to go back to the col-. ;ge today. ! s 11 IISS RUTH McLANE IMPROVING t ! c Miss Ruth McLane has success-' i ally undergone the operation fori i hich she went to Chester the ear- v er part of the week, and is now on r ie road to recovery. j v She hopes to resume her work as, s :acher in the public schools shortly. J Solicitor General To Be Ambasador !' JOHN W. DAVIS SELECTED AS| AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE j AT COURT OF ST. JAMES. Washington, Sept. 18.?John W. < Davis, solicitor general of the United States, has been selected by Presi-j lent Wilson as American Ambassa-I ior to Great Britain, it was officially ; announced today. . John William Davis, selected by | President Wilson to thtf highly im-' portant post of American Ambassa-J ior at the court of St; James, is a' i tnedium taH, slender iqan whose al-, most white hair gives him a distinct-i y distinguished appearance. , He is married, 45 years old andj Dne of the most able orators of the; Government. He is a personal friend! sf Secretary of State Lansing, Pres-! ident Wilson, Colonel House and i Lord Reading, British Ambassador,' md .his training in handling1 "big; business" cases for the government! before the supreme court gives him ;he necessary foundation, it is held, "or handling the intricate interna;ionnl trade problems that will arise ifter the-war adjustments. In makng official announcement of Davis'j ihoice, the State Department issued ;he following statement: "The Secretary of State announ-l :es the selection of John William Davis as ambassador to Great Brit-' iin." VIr. Davis is notr attached ta the Am ;ncan prisoners commission uo.meet vith the Germans at Berne Septem-' >er 23. Davis was born at Clarksburg, W.! ^a., April 13, 1874. He graduated ?rom Washington and Lee law school |s md later was assistant professor of aw in the institution. He has beenj jrominent in Democratic politics all lis life, being a former member of; ;he West Virginia House of Delegates |: Itlegate to Democratic national con-j mentions and member of the 62nd ind 63rd.congressse, from which he' esigned August 30, 1913 to become1 solicitor general at the request of! President Wilson. He is a 32nd de-jree Mason. i WOMEN START FOURTH " LIBERTY LOAN DRIVEj I VIr*. J. T. Slatter, State Organizer; From Columbia, Speaks in the j Court House. i An audience of nearly two hund-l ed persons, largely consisting ofj adies, were present at a mass^meet-j ng in the Court House Wednesday J light, when the local drive for the! fourth Liberty Loan was launched ( >y the ladies of this county and the^ vicinity. Mrs. J. T. Slatter, State ^ >rganizer from Columbia, was the, speaker of the occasion. A handsome J voman of forceful personality, and! Iressed in the regulation military! miform with the exception that she yore a khaki skirt instead of trous-! ;rs, she made a deep impression up- ' >n her hearers. The uniform was| jresented her by L. Kopp of Colum)ia. She wears it by special per-i nission from Washington. Mrs. Slatter spoke of the general! >rganization of the State and local :ommittees and then discussed the I vays of forwarding the loan drive n this community. She called upon' ill women to give their unstinted ;upport and said that this fight,! I vhich was a fight for each and ev-j >ry American home, must be fought' o the finish by the women at home'! " > - i-1-. L il - i. v ' IS well as Dy xne Doys in me li eiituca | At eleven o'clock Thursday morn-; ng, ^pictures were taken of the' chooi children volunteering to aid; n the local drive, the pictures to be' ent to Washington and put in a Naional scrap book. At twelve o'clock here was a meeting of the township; hairmen in the court house, where-1] n ways and means were discussed < n greater detail. Those ladies, who ] olunteered at the conclusion of the j ] rceeting the night before to be i workers in the drive, were also i worn in on this occasion by Chief ] ustice Gary. The oath administer- 1 PREPARATIONS FOR ; DRAFT BEING MADE ' . . ? .. :'i Tars an Marines Will Be Drafted as Well as Soldiers. FIRST CALLS EXPECTED ' WITHIN A FEW WEEKS : . "f Present Physical Standard Of Army Will Apply, With a Fevr Exceptions. Washington, Sept. 18.?Beginning t the latter part of this month men for ... ... . , the navy and marine corps will be drafted as well as those for the army Provost Marshal General Crowder announced today. Calls for the navy 1 probably will be announced at the end of September or the first of October and marine corps calls also will , J be issued within a few weeks. This extension of the draft means the permanent abolishment of volun-r tary enlistment in all branches, and incidentally places in the hands of * the War Department the entire work , ot manning tne nation s aeiesne arms Calls for the navy and marineswill be made exactly as those for the army. A distinctive arm-band will be provided for the men inducted under navy calls, bearing the letter, "U. S. N." In selecting men for the navy the present physical standard ^ rag of the army will apply with the following exceptions: No venereals; no color blindness; no man with a vis- i ion, minus glasses, of less than 15-20 in either eye; no man with tfans- . < mittable skin disease and no man* . over 74 Inches in height shall be forwarded. "kII ed was in substance the same as that administered in Columbia Tuesday evening and is as follows: ' "As a citizen of the United States with my country at war, and realizing my full responsibility for victory or defeat: '' # "I do solemnly pledge that I will give the time asked of me by those n charge of the sale of fourth Liberty loan bonds, to promptly and thoroughly cover and solicit the territory assigned to me; and "I do further solemnly pledge that I will promptly attend all meetings called fox; the consideration of matters pertaining to the sale of said ' ' bonds, unless prevented from so do'ng by sickness or circumstances beyond my control." * Officers fo the Local Organization. Mrs. M. T. Coleman, County Chairman; Mrs. Ollie Brownlee, Chair- / man Due West Township; Mrs.' . Pruitt, Chairman Honea Path Township; Mrs. W. A. Harris, Chairman Abbeville Township; Mrs. D. A. Rogers, Publicity Chairman; Mrs. W. P. Kennedy, Photographer. ' The volunteers were: Mrs. Cothran, Mrs. McMillan, Mrs. Wade, Mrs. Bristow, Miss Maggie Brooks, ^nd Mrs. Wilkinson; and the Misses Sara Haigler, Cothran, Brown, Calvert, Swetenburg, Epting, Lynch, Logan, Best, Kiljohn, Hart, and Carter. NEW SUPERINTENDENT HERE Mr. C. E. Hicks of Spartanburg,, arrived in the '.ty Monday evening and immediate/ entered upon his duties as the new superintendent of the electric light and water' plant. His family will follow him as soon as he can secure a suitable home. RETURNS AFTER VACATION After an extended trip to Indian Springs, and Forsyth, Ga., where he drank plenty of mineral water and breathed the fresh air of his uncle's farm, Mr. Sum Morris returned to the city Monday evening renewed ia vigour and increased in strength. His friends are glad to see him about lis shop again. t#