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r v. ? ' JiSjm - ;:J| Abbeville Press and Banner! Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. ALLIED STROKES ROUT THE ENEMY British, With Allenby at Head, Pound to Pieces Enemy in Palestine. IS,** PRISONERS COUNTED Ma?i4??ian Front Sees Entente F?r?e Wedge Into Enemy Positions for Important Gains. j Witk the violence of the operai tiea? en the Western front in France considerably diminished in intensity, the Tark* in Palestine and the Bui-, gariani and their allies in Macedonia are fceing put to the test. But no-, where thus far have they been able . te b?!d back, or even to counteract, the enslaughts of their foes. hi Palestine the Turks seemingly; are in the process of being crushed; in Macedonia the entente forces are driving sharp wedges for consider-, able distances into the enemy fronts. Ia Prance and Flanders where there has been no fighting of importance above patrol encounters, the British, French and Amreican troops liava lranf fVio lienor rion/l onrl aa?ed their respective lines. British Sweep Forward. . Of transcendant interest, for the moment, at least, are-the operations of the British General Allenby's forces in Palestine. Here in less than four days the British have swept forward in the center between the river Jordan and the Mediterranean and taken famous Nazareth, I . 9 while their wings closed round in a swift enveloping movement and nipped within the jaws of the great pin cer all the Ottoman forces in the; coastal sector, the plain of Sharon, tlf.t b!!! I.r tuo ccr.tci autl a'-'; so the western Jordan valley. Mean- i while to the northeast the friendly Arab forces of the King of Hejaz hare cot all railway communication ia front of the fleeing Turks and are standing a barrier to their escape by way of the eastern plains. More than 18,000 Turks had been 1 made prisoner by the British and guns in excess of 120 had been counted when the last reports from; General Allenby were received and; still others had not been counted: owing to the rapidity of the move-, *ent. j It is not improbable that within the bag, the strings of which have ^ been drawn taut, closing the mouth.: thosuands of Turks are enmeshed. Bulgars Hard Pressed. In Macedonia the Italians have jeined the fray with the British, French Serbian and Greek troops and are hard after the Bulgarians and their allies, who are being driven orthward through southern Serbia.) """---. Between the Ceme and Vardar riv-! ers, although the Bulgarians and Bulgarians and Germans are sending up reinforcements, the allied troops' kave continued their pressure. On the Lorraine front the Ameri-; c?ns have carried out two successful raids against the Germnas and taken! prisoners. In addition some casualI ties were inflicted on the enemy. Several guns also were captured. ?Ikiy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? ! SONG TEST. ~""~~~i Tke singing public, and those interested in singing, are invited to a Community sing-song tonight at 7.30 'clock. The singing will be under the direction of Miss Fannie Stark, i a Liberty Loan Worker, and will be held on the Court House portico. A sincrin? countrv cannot be beaten .therefore, every man, woman aad child in Abbeville, and the surrounding county are urged to take part in the singing. ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? ? Mr. Donald McLeod of Sumter, spent Sunday evening in the city . rtrictly on business. j Drastic Ruling To Enlist Labor | NON-ESSENTIALS DRAFTED IN OTHER EMPLOYMENT O R FIGHT. I __ The War Industries Board will is-. sue at once the most drastic regula-: tions ever promulgated in this coun-' try compelling male citizens of the, United States engaged in non essen-] tial occupations to go into essential employment or fight, according to a: ruling from Washington received by! the State Council of Defense. Theseregulations are being compiled and; will be mailed to local labor boards in the next few days." | ''Because of a present million and j: a half labor shortage, both skilled and unskilled, in war industries with an increased army coming," said the statement to the State Council of Defense, "Nathan A. Smyth, assistant director of the General United ; ^tates Employment Service, is today mailing most drastic instructions 1 sver issued in this country to all 1 community labor boards ^instructing them to prepare and publish in every city of the country lists of non es- ! sential positions now being held by ' men that could be filled by women. I The result will be that men failing > or refusing to get out of such posi- 1 tions on their own accord and take 1 up essential work will be looked up- ( on as slackers. The order is intend- 1 ed to force the hand of both non es- ^ sential labor and employers thereof. * "The lists probably will include, 1 clerks and office help, ticket sellers 1 of all kinds, attendants and similar occupations. This is in line with 1 Provost Marshal General Crowder's 'work or fight' order, with instruc-; ticns already issued for the placing 1 of women in industries, with the or- 1 der of the War Industries Board \ stopping unnecessai'y construction,'j with actions limiting bank loans and i the taking of raw materials from non < essential industries. Mr. Smythe's 1 order may ultimately become the < most drastic of all: for commhnity t labor boards will insist that no man i shall occupy a position which a wo- i man can fill. This nation must work i work or fight, and the order is made t necessary because employers of non'1 essential labor have, in many cases, failed to meet the issue squarely." j1 The publication of the lists is to be progressive in character, with the 1 lines drawn closer from day to day, i 1 according to the instructions receiv-; ? ed, and as the work progresses vari-; s ous industries will be combed fcr.l men.?The Stat.e j 1 h 11 ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? j ? | c LABOR AGENT TO SPEAK. \' ] C Mr. T. D. Wood, the Field Agent jl for the Federal Labor Division in1* i. South Carolina, will be in Abbeville, 1 this, Tuesday afternoon, and will, i speak at the Assembly Hall at the Cotton Mill at 8:30. He will arrive t sometime in the afternoon and will c be glad to take up the matter with s such parties as are interested in the 1 question. Chairman P. A. Cheatham will try j to arrange for Mr. Wood to speak ? up-town sometime about 6 o'clock , so that the people who are not able to go out at night may hear him. The labor situation is so acute just now that everybody is interest ed in it, and it will be worth while for everybody who can do so to hear ' Mr. Wood. He speaks with the authority of the Federal Government and he has something to say which we all should hear. Make it a point ( to hear him. ? ; t ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? ] v ' il Mrs. T. B. Eakin, Miss Pearl Ea- c kin and Master OUie Eakin of Honea Path, were visitors to the city Satur- i day. Though shopping was their ob- i ject, they did not overlook the im- 1 portant item of business of renewing their subscription to The Press and i Banner before the price goes up. i ALLIES IN CHARGE NORTHERN RUSSb Establish Protectorat In Rear of Entente Front. PATROLLING IN ARCHANGE Action Result of Attempted Ovei throw of Tchaikovsky Government by Tchaplin. Archangel, Monday, Sept. 9.?A a result of an attempt to overthro' the Tschaikovsky government the A lied diplomatic and military chieJ today assumed temporary directio and established a protectorate in tfc region in the rear of the Allied fror pending the adjustment of politic; disputes. This decision followed th arrest of M. Tschaikovsky and all bv two members of his government eai ly Thursday by a party of conse: \'atist officers, headed by Col. Tcha pin, the Russian army commander ivho sought to establish a new rt iime. M. Tschaikovsky and his mir isters were taken on board a ship e route to the Solovetsk monasters from where they were returned b >rdcr of the Allied ambassadors, wit the aproval of Consul General Pooh Meanwhile the Allied forces, incluc ng the American troops, are patrol] ing the city asuring tranquility an i just settlement of all disputes. The Allied ambassadors had absc utely no desire to interfere in intei il affairs, but they considered ..th T'chaplin party's attempt to estat !_ 1. i.1 1 1 J isn cnemseives oy steaun ana iorc :o be incompatible with the princ; >les for which the Allies are fighting \s soon as he learned Thursda; norning of the coup de tat Ameri lan Ambassador Francis'rolled a Wt\ t ference of the diplomats and Cour :il General Poole with the result tha ;he government was prohibited fror functioning and the Tschaikovsk ninisters were ordered immediatel -eturned pending an adjustment an ;he proclamation prepared. Mean while, however, proclamations b rchalpin and Ianoff and Dedusenkc vho were not arrested, and th rschaikovsky ministers appeared i :he streets. These several proclama ;ions so confused the people that ;econd Allied decision became neces >ary for working men and operative before the Allied decision becam cnown, called strikes which are bein; idjusted. The Tchalpin group cor ;ends that it was not fairly repre >ented in the government. The pre ;lamation by Dedusenko charged tha rchalpin was attempting to restor i monarchy, headed by Grand Duk Michael Alexandvovitch, brother o he late Emperor, who, they contend s hiding in Archangel. Of this ther s no proof. Archangel is generally trnnryjii; n:v he people are watching the .Amri an and other guards, apparently satisfied with the fairness of the A1 ies. M. Tschaikovsk and members o lis cabinet conferred with the Allie< imbassadors in an effort to reach ai idjustment satisfactory to all. ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK. 5ixty-Four of Torpedoed BViena Ven ture's Crew Missing. Coruna, Spain, Sept. 22.?Thre )fficers and twenty-seven of the cre\ >f the American steamer Buena Ven ;ura have arrived here. The vesse vas torpedoed last Monday. Thre )oats, with sixty-four of the crew ire missing. mi. _ T? "XT A. 1 ine Duena ventura was pruceeu ng from Bordeaux, where she ha< inloaded a cargo of petroleum fron Philadelphia. The vessel was of 4,881 gross ton ind belonged to the United State Steel Products Company. DANIELS OUTLINES i SOURCE OF SUPPLY e Plan Adopted for Navy and Marine Recruiting MEN CALLED MONTHLY L I Secretay Announces Program Under rJ Which Forces Will Come From | "Run of Draft." i Washington, Sept. 22.?The pros gram under which the navy and the marine corps will secure the men i hereafter needed was announced toj ?_jday by Secretary Daniels, after conniference with representatives of his (department, the marine corps and ^ the provost marshal general's office. The navy is to have an average of 1 15,000 men monthly, while the marinc corps will get 5,000 monthly for f_ four months and 1,500 each month thn-rno-ff ni* j_ Of the navy's allotment of 15,000 .. it may enlist or enroll men who have special qualifications for certain navy work, but the remainder will n. come from "the run of the draft," navy officials calling out skilled men f J y to meet as far as possible the special l needs of the service. Men who now j hold or may hereafter be given dei *;.rred classification on account of dependency will be permitted to en(l list in the navy as the higher pay j given is expected to do away with | the possibility of hardships to the : dependents. Those who have had j previous service in the navy also will 6 ' i be permitted to reenlist. j e: ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? : ! 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The Chief Justice i 'Slivered the principal address on hi> occasion, which is printed else" | There in this issue. ^ On the way to Saluda, a night was spent at Chappells, and the remainder of the journey was through the f country. At Chappells the night 1: was spent at the home of Hon. W. A. n I Webb, formerly a member of the legislature, and whose wife is related to Mrs. Gary. Many distinguished persons were ! at Saluda to attend the exercises, i among them Justices Gage, P'raser, (and Watts, and Governor-elect R. A. Cooper, all of whom had a hand in the launching of the new ship of ; justice. G ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? v ' HELPING THE BOYS. 1 e wnne tne younger women 01 tne city were holdirfg a meeting last j week for the purpose of perfecting - plans for the Fourth Liberty Loan \ Drive the "Girls of the Sixties" were i having a knitting party. Pictures ' were taken which will be sent to s Washington to be kept in the res cords. Everyone is doing their "'all ; to assi.-t the hoys at the front. Colored Men To Leave September 26 I FOR CAMP SEVIER, GREEN-j VILLE?TO REPORT PROMPT- j LY AT 8 O'CLOCK. List of Colored men to go to Camp1 Sevier on September 26th, 1918.' These men will report promptly at 8 o'clock. Dennis Allen Lenon Adams Lonnie Anderson Charlie A. Brownlee Booker J. Bolden S Willie Brown Ernest Burriss Rolands Burns James Henry Cunningham Hubert Henry Clinkscalea James Cowan ' Henry Chiles Clarence DuBose Esau Fair Wade Foote, Jr. James Fisher Milledge Harkness Dave Hughie Harrison Jones Andrew Jenkins David Johnson William Lee Kieser Edwin Isom Lee Henry Latimer Bennie Mack Earle Mattison t | Rayford Mattison George Martin Paul Pinson James Pace Walter Patterson Henry Rapley Willie Solomon Charles Coleman Susewell i William Seawright Nelson Savage Cleve Thomson Lucian Tribble John Thomas Singleton Tucker Arthur Vance Andrew David Valentine Willie "White James Willliams Augustus E. Wharton Fred Dougless Wilson Jim Walker Hamp Williams a Norman Foster Henry Walker SUBSTITUTES Emory Lomax R. L. Terry ! Willie Wharton. i ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? GIBSON EDWAHfbs IN NAVY. ' i i I Mr Gibson Edwards has enlisted in the navy and is awaiting his call. ! He was ordered to report for active !duty last Saturday, but at the last ; moment the order was countermand' ed. Mr. Edwards is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. 0. Edwards and, as i a consequence, this enlistment de-, ! i mands more than the usual amount of sacrifice. He finished in the High School in 1917. j ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? ' SEAMAN LOMAX BACK. J Seaman John Lomax enjoyed his first furlough, since joining the navy,' ; by spending Saturday and part of Sunday among his friends in Abbevil'e. After visiting the old stamp! ing grounds and telling Messrs. Philson & Henry how they decorate mil1 linery windows down in Chawlstawn, he went around to see all of his old girls, thereby causing many a flutter in those tender breasts.' On Sunday, he went down to Newberry, where his folks live, and from them he will go to Charleston, where he i? stationed on a submarine chasei\ ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? JUDGE LYON HERE. Judge J. Fuller Lyon of Columbia, was in tho city last week visiting at i the home of Mrs. McDiil. He took : this opportunity to shake hands with 1 all his old friends, who are rlwavs glad to welcome him back to Abbe- i viile. CONTINUE TO MAKE f ; GAINSINMACEDONIA j Making King Ferdi- 4 nand's Bulgars Uneasy. ALLIES UNDER FRENCH LEADER Serbian.! on Their O-.vn Soil Oace j More?Filled With Figktiag j Spirit. Paris, Sept. 23.?Allied Forces ia Macedonia have captured 25 addi- \ tional villages in' the last 48 hours, 1 according to dispatches received her* J London, Sept. 23.?Allied troops in Macedonia have cut the railway : ": "rom Gradsko to Prilip, according to , the Serbian official communique received here today. The Uskup-Salonika railway also has been cut, thus stopping all supnlies to the Bulgarians on the whole 65 mile front Prilip eastward to th? Lake Doiran region. . Up to Saturday the Allies had ' \ made advances of more than forty miles, certain infantry units ad- vancing 25 miles in one day.' "Un to Satlirflfiv we a depth of over 65 kilometers" the 1 communique said. ?' *.<a Certain infantry' units advanced | 10 kilometers in one day. I "Certain elements crossed to th? | left bank of the Vgi'dar and cut the 1 lain railway- from Gradsko to Pri- 1 "All the surrounding enemy ig ' xvM feeling the effects enormously." ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? JOINT MEETING. ? , Mr. W. M. Barnwell, Chairman of the Men's Fourth Liberty Loan Com- 9 mittee of Abbeville county, has in- I vited the Woman's Committee to 8 meet in joint session at the Court j| House this afternoon at 6.30. Plans B will be perfected by which the Fourth 5 Liberty Loan Drive will excell th? 9 Third Drive. South Carolina is unique in that nl the Men and the Women are work- S ing enthusiastically together. 9j ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? B CONVERSION OF fi LIBERTY LOAN BONDS 9 To Holders of 4% Bonds of the ja| First Liberty Loan Converted and 99 4% Bonds of the Second Liber- fin ty Loan: Hj "The privilege of conversion which 39 arose in consequence of the issue of 9 4 1-4% bonds of the Third Liberty , jjffl Loan will expire on November 9th I and under existing law cannot be w extended or renewed, Holders of gB these 4r/c bonds lost nothing by ex- Kg ercising the privilege of conversion 9| and gain 1-4% interest per annum. H Holders of 4% bonds should not 6B wait until the last moment to exercise the privilege of conversion but H proceed to do so promptly. Delay viii result in overburdening tfte Bi banking institutions of the country S9 and the Treasury Department by Wj making it necessary to handle all co* SH versions at the last moment, and may kH result in the loss of the privilege of conversion altogether. R| Holders of coupon bonds ar? M strongly advised to request issue of registered bonds in order to protect ^9 '.hemselves against the risk of loss, S0K theft and destructior of their bonds. 9S OfTicial Department Circular No. Mfl 114, with form of application, has flffl been distributed to Federal Reserve MTO Banks and banks and trust companies hroughout the United States. These fflB institutions are asked, as a matter of SB patriotic service, to assist bond 3M holders in exchanging 4% bonds for HH 4 1-41# bonds and in registering SbB their bonds." 99H (Signed) W. G. McAdoo. ?9