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Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 1918. ' Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? j SOUTH CAROLII !N THICF w Whole Western Front From Sea to Verdun Ablaze With Battle TROOPS FROM SOUTH AID IN SMASHING HUN Fro Arras to St. Quentin British: a*?i Americans Penetrate German Defease Over Fifty Mile Front. Freach Force Enemy to Retreat North of Aisne. American troops?boys from Newi York,. Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina?were in the thick of the fray Sunday which badly smashed the German positions over a front of more than 50 miles, from 1 the region of Arras to Le Fere. On a three mile front the Ameri- 1 cans stormed the Hindenburg line 1 and paptured the towns of Bellicourt ; and Nauroy, crossing the Cambrai ( f . Canal in the operations. i < Meanwhile to the south, the Brit- 1 sh stormed the main Hindenburg I 'efenses on the Scheldt Canal, cross-j id the waterway and gained the 1 rills beyond, taking many prisoners. To the north the British have their lands on Cambrai, the important j] Jerman base, over which recently.1 here has been so much fighting. The >1 Canadians are in the northwest out-. 1 kirts of the crty, while a naval div- j1 aion has reached the southern enironS. 2 South of St. Quentin to La Fere 5 l,A Vioiro nro?coH forward lie I'lCUVll 14W ? V JV* VWWVM ?. heir line and taken some 500 prisonrs. Along the Chemin-des-Dames iie French have advanced their line or a distance of two miles, capturig the highest point on the famous idge. In Belgium, the Belgians and Bri-j ish have driven forward and taken ismude, 10 miles from the North ea southwest of Neiuport, bringing leir line into closer union with that i the region of Ypres. The capture f Dixmude, if pressed for further; ains eastward, will seriously affect ie German submarine bases on the' ortH Sea. ! The entente allied troops everyhere are continuing to make progjsa against the forces of the Teumic alliance. In Belgium, Flanders and France Iaterial advance have been made on i' I the fighting fronts; in Serbia the ' rritory of the overrun kingdom is * st being reclaimed, while in Pales- ' le the Turkish armies under the at-!1 cks of General Allenby and the!1 ibesmen of the King of the Hedjasj' ive virtually ceased to exist asj jhting units. j1 Additional large -numbers of the!'' lemy have been made prisoners id large quantities of stores have j' sen captured. 7aanin? nn rolonflocclv fViair vin. 1 U|/ 4V1VUV4VWI*a.j V*?VM '*V it attacks from near the sea in |' lgium to the region of Verdun, i1 i Belgian, British, American and11 ench troops are fast driving wed- 1 3 into the enemy line, forcing him;1 retreat or defeating him in san- J J inary battles. No rest is being :orded the Germans and apparent- (' their front is fast going to pieces der the impetus of the allied WB. kv vVvvVVVVVV I HAVE YOU PAID? V; | If you have not paid your V subscription in advance you Vj will not receive Friday's pa- V per. The War Industries Board V tells us that we cannot send V the paper to those who have V act paid. If you have not al- V ready renewed, send a check V today. V; THE PRESS & BANNER. V! s. 1 ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? NA LADS iOF FIGHTING E. D. Smith Talks On Cotton Situation ] PRICE FIXING CRISIS PASSED? ( IS OPINION OF SOUTH CARO- f LINA SENIOR SENATOR. i i Washington, Sept. 30.?Senator E. ] D. Smith, of South Carolina, feels ? that the cotton situation has vastly j { improved since his recent activities, against what was supposed to be a', movement to fix the price of this1 ^ year's crop, according to a statement t issued by him, as follows: "The Statement issued by Messrs.1, Page and Brand expresses the com- j} nlnpiAM oil fl*A niiTYinyAno ! ciuoivii vx an tuv a* v/ito v,vujlvx j ences and interviews by those inter- f ested. The representatives of the ] farmers from every cotton growing'? state held numerous meetings in my' ( office during the past week and with [ r a wonderful conservation and grasp! of the subject formulated their ideas' c and laid them before the administra- j % tion with the result as announced by c Messrs. Page and Brand. "I, as chairman of the committee }. of cotton states senators, conferred r vith the representatives of the farm-, ->rs, the president, and the board ap- j j pointed by the president, and from a first to last emphasized the disastrous f result that would follow arbitrary! e orice fixing, especially with regard' ( to the present crop. > j ^ A ffor woobc nf nornn *Avy? fi Vi uti Tt XClVIVlllg, J" strenuous work, the cotton situation ^ seems at last satisfactorily adjusted". I Thomas Walker Page, chairman of ;he War Industries Board's cotton I iommittee, and Charles J. Brand, j :hairman of the committee on cotton' 1' iistribution, in a signed statement,! ^ innounced that they would not rec- t )mmend that a price be fixed on raw; f :otton unless unexpected changes of c such violence should occur as to d ;hreaten the welfare of legitimate in-! t ;erests. They warn the cotton in- J y ;erests against giving credence to c inauthorized reports. ] v The committee on cotton distri-; I jution has been directed to effect as't V I juickly as possible an equitable dis-1 k iribution of cotton as to quantity' S md 'grade, among both domestic and i d foreign manufacturers, with a special of providing for the proper util- 1 zation of the surplus of grades be- "v low middling. All purchases for for- a jign and domestic consumption will t continue to be made at market prices > through the marketing and distribut- a ing agencies commonly used, unless c the cotton committee shall deter- s mine that a necessity has arisen ne-j cessitating a change. ; i mi i ? ? - I - Auruugnout me agitation of ttiejC matter of price fixing, during which11 i number of false reports were cir- ( lulated, Senator Smith, as the leader of those opposed to price fixing, j 1 kept his forces well In hand, nor was ( f lie ever convinced that prices would i t oe fixed. However, this belief did \ lot keep him from using every le- j c *itimate means at his command to' a prevent what he declared would at this time be a disaster to the cotton' growing states. - i YOUNG LADY THROWN FROM BUGGY 1 ! \ ji While on her way to town last c Thursday evening, the horse being y driven by Miss Lola King, daughter!] of Mr. and Mrs. Thomson King, who; r live about three miles west of town: on the Hodges road, became frightened in Fort Pickens neighborhood I and ran away. The horse continued his mad dash 1 towards Abbeville and as he neared I the oil mill made a short turn, throw- i ing Miss King out of the buggy, t Though her injuries were quite pain- 1 ful they are not thought to be seri- > ous. She was attended by Dr. Neuf- i fer. 1' ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? Victory For Allies On All War Fronts PRISONERS TAKEN DURING THE WEEK IN EXCESS OF 100,000? TURKS CRUSHED. London, Sept. 29.? (British Wireless Service.)?The past week has aeen the most amazing of the war. rhe allies are advancing victoriously >n practically every front. During ;he week they have taken prisoners Far in excess of 100,000, of whom learly 40,000 were captured in the ast three days on the Western front md 50,000 in Palestine. They have ilso taken more than 900 guns. North of the Aisne the French pursuit continues. On the Champagne Front they have taken possession of v - l - r n .n ' ;ne neignis 01 oenevue. In Serbia the rout of the Bulgarians is complete. The Serbians are acing for Uskub to cut off the eneny's communication, while on the lanks, British, French, Greek and 'talian troops are advancing as fast is possible. The number of pri^on?rs taken and war booty are enornous. In Siberia the Japanese have made rreat progress in capturing points of rantage on the railway system north >f Blagovieshtchensk. In Palestine the Turkish armies lave ceased to exist as fighting for:es. The result of the allied successes n Macedonia already are becoming ipparent. According to a dispatch rom Geneva information has reachid Switzerland to the effect that the Germans have already begun to withIraw occupation troops from Rounania. RSKINE COLLECE BEGAN WORKxON LAST WEDNESDAY) Dire West, Sept. 30*.?Erslcine Colege opened its doors to students Wednesday, Sept. 25th, and more han 100 young men reported the irst day. Students are coming in m every train. Shortly before the lay for opening it became evident hat more than the usual number of 'Oiinp' men wnnlH kppIt aHmiacinn fn ollege. The Wylie Home for girls ras taken over, and now the Wylie lome is occupied by young men, and here are no young women in Ers:ine College except members of the Senior class who will receive their liplomas this collegiate year. Drill exercises began the first day. rhe first evening and night guards rere stationed around the campus md some new experiences came to he good people of Due West. The roung men who were at, Plattsburg ire rendering valuable assitance in irganizing affairs for the military tatus. Lieut. D. 0. N. Hoffman, of Washngton, D. C., is the Commanding )fficei\ Lieut. Fishback, of Washingon, D. C., and Lieut. Long, of South Carolina ,are the assistants. Special exercises will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 1st, the day of the ormal induction of the members of he S. A. T. C. The main exercise vill be the raising of the U. S. flag >n the campus and the pledging of illegiance by the entire command. LIEUT. DEVLIN SAFE. Mrs. R. M. Plaxco received a cable:ram from Lieut. J. R. Devlin Friday norning stating that he was safe and veil. This probably means that jieut. Devlin has been in the thick >f the fight at the front and that he las returned to the rear for a rest. iis friends will be glad to hear the lews. VISITING THE SICK. Mrs. J. C. Klugh and Mrs. J. P. Bradley went over to Chester Friday "> visit Mrs. Statia Bradley Widenan, who has been at Dr. Prvor's for he past month. Mrs. Wideman does lot improve and is still seriously ill, .vhich will be sad news to her many friends and old school mates in Abbeville and over the county. ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? FIRST NUMBER IN : IS NEW DRAFT 322s Robert Allen Martin, White, Holder of Num- v ber in This County. lj n ONLY FIRST HUNDRED v NUMBERS GIVEN OUT n ! . : The Men Affected In This County, * Given Below?High Officials n Drew u Washington, Sept. 30.?Standing li : blindfolded in the presence of a | I trppnt rvnwH wViifVi t.VirnricrpH tViP n I huge marble "caucus room" of the ^ s< ! Senate office building President Wil-j tl j son today drew the first capsule num-1 a | ber 322 and thereby selected hund-| I , i E reds of men who will go to the front j 'from those registered September 12.' Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson the ^ j President was cheered when he en- j L j tered the room .He took a seat with j the crowd, received his instructions from General Crowder and then talk' "id with Vice President Marshall be- T i fore he was called to his task. n The President faced a battery of B moving picture cameras as he drew o i the fatal pallet. The President made F 1 no comment on the lottery. The num-j ; ber he drew was the lowest than any; tl ! officials and hence calls more men to' u ! the colors than the number drawn' w Dy JJameis ana otners. ; The first twenty numbers drawn lj that affect men in this county are as u | follows: ! 322?Robert Allen Martin, Lown-!a! i i desville. * | 0 ; 1027?Geo. Collins Tolbert, white. ! a [1697? jp 438?Willie Davis, colored. ' o | 904?Marion M. Kennedy, white. ' ti ! 1523?Birdie McClerkin, colored. | tl ' 1240?Charlie Edwards, white. j tl 2122?Thomas H. Harkness, col. . Ii T 1 A __1 J , 4.1 I ay?LiarKin Aaron, coiorea. j w 635?Richard Henry Brazel, white, b , 219?Robert Lee Pettigrew, white, a j 625?William Luther Burts, white. s< 72?Lawton M. Patterson, white, i 832?Eugene Butler, colored. j tl 964?Marshal M. Clinkscales, white a: 348?Alex Johnson, colored. ! li 1961?Willie Thomas, colorcd. j t< ! 134?James Scuddy, colored. | 395?William Harkness, colored. j T j 657?Lewis J. Johnson, colored, i o These were the only numbers w I among the first hundred drawn that li 1 were of interest to registrants in, ei this county. : R o SEEING THE BABY. w ti Prof, and Mrs. D .T. Smith came ^ j down from Greenville Monday to i take a look at their young grandson, n ! Doniel Townsend Smith III. They " .- nsnt the day withers. D. T. Smith ^ at the home of Mrs. M. T. Coleman.; e | . Others who came to see the young t( man were, Miss Ella May Smith, Miss n Elizabeth Smith, Mrs. Matherny and; . her young daughter, Tena, and Corp. tl ' Pressly Smith. I d |g ; BULGARIA NOW OUT OF WAR " ' j . London, Sept. 30.?Bulgaria has s surrendered unconditionally accord-'"' ' iyg to an agency dispatch received here today. ! !C j London, Sept. 30.?(3:05 p. m.)?! V; The Allies and Bulgarians ceased E i hostilities at noon, it was learned 1 I_ : r> i from an authoritative source ncre ** I this afternoon. The Serbian lega- tl ; 'ion confirms Bulgaria's surrender. ; 0 ' . ? . . !ri i Paris, Sept. 30.?Bulgaria is out t< of the war. n Having accepted all of the military li ' terms imposed by the Allies, she has tl ceased to be an active participant. ] si Theie facts became known today, j T I v/hen it was officially announced that t] the armistice had bean signed. ' n ! | ?Buy Liberty Ecnds, 4th Series? ' c ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? Abbeville Makes Splendid Showing SUBSCRIPTIONS COMING FASTj AND WORKERS ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC. The Fourth Liberty Loan Cam-j iaign is well under way in Abbe-, ille and our citizens are responding iberally to the call of the govern-1 (lent for funds to aid our boys in; riping autocracy entirely off the' lap. The allotment for this district is! 600,000, just four times the alount of the allotment of the Third | <oan. Therefore, it is necessary for s to "Think! Have I bought my mit?" Mr. W. M. Barnwell, Local Chairlan, wishes to urge upon all of the, :hool district chairmen to get busy| hat our quota may be subscribed?' nd "and the top." BULGARIA'S DEFECTION WOULD ISOLATE TURKEY .aying Down of Arms By Bulgars Would Be Great Blow To Teutonic Powers. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 27.?; 'he Wolff Bureau, the semi-official ews agency of Germany, says the' iuigarian premier mannott s peace ffer is against the wishe's of King 'erdinand and the Teutonic alliance. With the welding of the armies of be Entente into a compact whole, nder command of the inter-Allied rar council, guided by the master I trategy of Marshal Foch, apparently has come the first break in the nited front of the Central powers. Bulgaria, smallest of the Teutonic n: ~ i ..4. 1, T 111C25, LU IlitVC I1CI cui- , rs. Premier MalinofF has asked for n armistice to consider terms of eace. Whether he is acting upon his \vn responsibility as the repressntave of a revolutionary party or with le approval of King Ferdinand and le government, remains in doubt.' i either case, however, there is lit-: e doubt that Bulgaria has ceased to e a military factor in the war. Her , rmies are in full retreat and her )il has been invaded. Secession of 'the Balkan state from iraldom of Germany will be almost s severe a blow to the Teutonic al-! ance as was the collapse of Russia 3 the Allies. If Bulgaria lays down her arms' urkey, her armies shattered by the' oup of General Allenby in Palestine' 11 i 2. - ae * 1 11 _ tt in ue cut uii irom ner aiues. ner nes of communication will be sever-] d except across the Black sea thru lumania or over the mountain peaks f Trans-Caucausia into Russia 'here the grip of the German con-j rolled Bolsheviki is becoming steady the weaker. With her supplies of German made mnitio'ns and raw materials hang-! lg by such a slender thread, mili-( 1 iry observers believe the Ottoman mpire will have no course left butj > follow the example of her Balkan! eighbor. But it makes little difference tole Entente whether the Turk aban-!' ons Germany and Austria. If Bui-: aria quits he can no longer be a lenace to their plans. The back door of Austria will : :and ajar before the victorious Bri- I sh. French, Serbian, Greek and kalian armies plunging ahead thru le mountains of liberated Siberia.'< nly 230 miles ahead of their ad-j' ancs guards is Belgrade, across the anube from the plains of Hungary.: hey already have pressed forward ear a qua?ter of this distance since le great Macedonian offensive began n September 14. Once over the iver, they would be passing through srritory occupied by the "oppressed ationalities" of Austria who have ttle love for the dual empire and iere would he no great natural obtacles between them and Budapest, 'he early winter in the Balkans with ie limited means of communication ow available would present the lost serious difficulty and one which ould not be overcome before spring. ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? EARLY REPORTS ARE VERY GRATIFYING Fourth Liberty Loan ' Campaign Now Well Under Way. FIRST DAY'S DRIVE SHOWS GOOD START In Atlanta District Sale of Bond* Start Well, One Georgia County Having Already Oversubscribed Quota?Fine Spirit in d$ New England. Washington, Sept. 29.?Although treasury department officials today ' J - -IX J- A- 1,1 ' * maue nu attempt to total trie saies on the opening day of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign yesterday, all indications were that the loan had got away to a good start. Only one district committee, New York had attempted to estimate its sales Saturday, placing them at $200,000,000 or one-eighth of the 51,800,000,000 allotted the New York federal reserve district. From Atlanta, Ga., where sales to fi the third loan lagged somewhat, came word today that the campaign had started "in great shape" with a better selling organization to push the work than was had for the last loan. In San Francisco district many cities already were claiming honor lags for having oversubscribed their quotas. "The spirit of the loan," said a treasury department statement, "is exemplified in a telegram from Worcester, Mass., a city which achieved its quota yesterday. An elaborate voting plan for putting over the city's quota had been worked out fhere, but it had to be abandoned at the last minute because of an epidemic of Spanish influenza. Without a moment's hesitation the sales committee adopted a new plan of selling and $15,000,000 was raised. "Other telegrams from New Eng- / land indicated that the spirit of Worcester is that of the entire Northeast. Up there they are calling this the "Fighting Fourth" loan and they are going to fight it through, regardless of Spanish 'flu.'" RICHARD CARROLL TO SPEAK. Rev. Richard Carroll, the noted negro evangelist, will speak in Due West on Saturday next, October 6th. The speech will be for the benefit of the colored people and will have to do with the duty of the colored man during the war. He will also speak in Abbeville on Sunday afternoon, October 13th, at 4 o'clock, at A. M. E. Church. In Abbeville the speech will be along the same lines. Rev. D. A. A. Christie, D. D., the pastor of the church, will be in charge of the speaking. Andrew Jackson and Bill Speed, who are in training at the University, came up Saturday and spenJ. Sunday with their home people. s > V SOUTH CAROLINIANS V V IN SUNDAY'S BATTLE V V V V London, Sept. 29.?Troops V V from the States of New York, V V. Tenessee, North Carolina and V W South Carolina, attacked the V V Hindenburg lines on a fi-ont V V of nearly three miles -today, V V capturing Bellicourt \7.un*oy. V V This announcement was V V. made by Field Marshal Haig V V in his report from hendquar- V V ters tonight. V Canadian troops are in the V ^ outskirts of Canibrai. 1 V V ^ H V vvvvv