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Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, October 4, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year.' THE GERMANS RETREAT OR C; Allied Forces Keep Upil Advance Taking Many I New Towns. HUN ABOUT TO GET IN TRAP French and Americans in the Champagne Hare Made Further Gains? ] British Occupy Damascus Taking Over 7,000 Turkish Prisoners. namona ora in rotrput . A^aUl bUC UWliUMltU r on an important sector of the western battle front in France. The scene of the new retrograde movement is a wide front north and south of LaBasse Canal. ^ The continuation by the entente _ allied forces of their brilliant ach- j ievements in restoring Belgian Flanders and the expulsion of the enemy ^ from further territory in France r from the region of Cambrai to Ver- j. dun evidently has brought the Ger- i mans to the realization that the! I great bend in the line from Menin to j g the east of Arras is likely to prove J ? another such trap as was the St. Mi- r hiel salient unless they are fast enough of foot to move eastward, ^ giving up Lille, Lens and Douai and i j straighten their line from the vicini-1 c ty of Cambrai to Belgium. | e On all the other six battle fronts from Belgium to Verdun the entente v forces are keeping up their success- ? ful advances, although the Germans j. everywhere northwest of Rheims c have materially stiffened their front ^ and are offering strong resistance to , further inroads into their territory. v In Belgian Flanders the wedge of j. I the Belgian, British and French j E troops has penetrated still further L eastward and southeastward from; Dixmude, only a few miles will be' s required by the allied troops to give! t them positions by which Ostend, one y of Germany's sea bases will be made! i untenable and indeed the entire j t North Sea coast in German hands put1 c in jeopardy. British warships are now:< violently bombarding the coast and' j the Germans are reported to be mov-; c ing their heavy guns eastward, fear-,: ful nf t?ni?ture. , | I Many additional towns have been; captured by the allies in this section! and numerous prisoners have been' taken. The important railroad junc-j tion point of Rculers is all but in, fhe hands of the allies,, while south-' ward from Roulers the British have tut Roulers-Menin Railway at two places arid are in the process of in-j resting Menin. The French are now in full possession of St. Quentinj and have passed eastward. The en-j L? TT*.. J 1 i. L-i. Cl . I ire mnaenuurg system uetween ou( ( Juentin and LeCatelet has been t ompletely smashed by Field Marshal laig's forces, with whom the Ameri-' ans are brigaded, and further ^ round has been won in the out-| kirts of Cambrai and north of that ity. At one point north of St. Quenin the British were forced to give IP a village under heavy counteratack by fresh German troops. A band of Americans who had out-! pstanced their fellows in arms were unrounded on one sector by the Ger-1 tans, but were released after' two lays, during which they killed many, h the enemy who sofcght to capture lem. I Northwest of Rheims the St. ThierI massif has been captured and north I the Cathedral City the environs of, lethany have been reached by the I 1_ rpi _ r> _i ii.:. Itsuuii. ine vjernictiib aiung uus \ C ont are in retreat to their old 1917, c le and the French have reached the ]. inse Canal in several points. The French in Champagne and the nericans on their right have maderther gains against the Germans in f e cleaning out of the Argonne fort and pressing northward on both t |es of this bastion- : \ ITn Palestine the British have occu- t Id Damascus and taken more than i fcOO Turks prisoners. j i 3 % BEGIN NEW I WIDE FRONT PIE OF SHOES TO BE LOWERED Better Quality to Be Produced Also. QUALITY AND STYLES [*hree Classes Announced by War Industries Board in Agreement ITliU iuuua?i j Washington Oct. 2.?The American >eople soon will be able to purchase hoes at fixed minimum retail prices, ower than those now prevailing and >btain at the same time shoes of beter quality. This announcement was nade today by the war industries >oard based on an agreement it has sntered into with the shoe industry, j Under the agreement shoes will be tandardized as to quality and styles it prices ranging from $3 to $12 for nen and women groups as follows: "Class A, from $9 to $12; Class B, >6 to $8.50 and Class C, $3 to $5.50. j 3roportionate prices for youth's andj :hildren's shoes have been fixed inj v f ? v _ Jl _i sacn 01 cne inree classes. The war industries board will check ip on the quality of the shoe sold at ;ach price by means of a class num>er stamped on each shoe. Policing, ifficials explained, will be done by the ] arious State Councils of Defense and I vhere the public is in doubt as to1 irhat quality it is getting according to; he ppce schedule, complaint may- be nade and the cost of manufacture raced. While it is possible to purchase a hoe for $3 now, under the new schedile the shoe at that price will be of ligher grade. Officials also said that! t will be possible to buy better quali-J y of shoes throughout the three, ilasses at less money than at present. J Shoes now retailing for as high as $20 j hey said will retail for the maximum f $12 and be of at least equal qual-! ity Manufacturers, jobbers and retailirs subscribed to the agreement and etailers will be required to sign a >ledge containing the new price scale md display it in their shops. Failure o do so will mean the cutting off of upplies. The manufacturer's pledge irovides for standards of'quality at; he quoted price. The cutting of the shoe price under1 he new shedule will begin October [5 and first deliveries will be made vithin from thirty to sixty days after' hat date. Time is allowed retailers o dispo'se of present stocks at preset prices. BAPTISTS AT BEULAH. Dr. E. J. Smith of Greenwood, vill be at Beulah Baptist Church on he afternoon of the second- Sabbath ii October, 13th inst., and will ireach a sermon on Christian Edu* ration. The Baptist denomination las undertaken a great educational novement for the institutions of earning under the direction of that :hurch, and Dr. Smith will preach a ;ermon forwarding this movement. Vll members of the church are urged o attend, and the public generally s invited. There will be no services it this church in the morning. Dr. Smith is one of the most giftid preachers in this section of the :ountry, and his sermon will not ony be educational, but will be inter>sting from other standpoints. HANDSOME LIEUTENANT. Lieut. Albert II. Rosenberg has >een transferred and in the future vill be at Camp Wadsworth, in Sparanburg. This is good news to the nany pretty girls whom he takes to ide when he comes home on leave, i f jTFUTON EMPERORS PLAYING LAST CAfiD Turn to Parliamentary Government to Save Crowns. TRYING TO BE DEMOCRATIC Rulers of Germany and Austria-Hungary Realize at Last That People Must Be Allowed Some Voice in Government?rMany Signs Evident. Washington, Oct. 2.?Signs are multiplying in reports reaching . the state department from various agencies in neutral European countries of the rapid weakening of the despotic control which the military elements in Germany and Austria have | imposed upon the civilian population. J So extensive and consequential are the events quickly following one another in Berlin and Vienna, that American officials are becoming convinced that the imperial rulers have been forced, however reluctantly, to the conviction that if they are to preserve their dynasty from destruction they must yield to the growing demands of the civilian elements for, the right of participating in the gov-: | ernment during this crisis. The military parties have retained' | their control only because of their, asserted ability to secure a military decision that would confirm German: supremacy over continental Europe; and the British Isles as well. Now that the German armies are being de-l feated and driven back into Germany i and the nation is confronted with I the painful certainty and a retribu-! tivp fr?p tVio wrnnom infli/?+or1 ? "V | upon the French and Belgians, the influence of the Pan-Gehnans andj military parties is waning, and it be-j lieved that the two emperors have, decided that if they are to retain the j support of the people that they must| turn to the civilian parties that have' been demanding a voice in affairs, j It was pointed out today that Pres-j ident Wilson has repeatedly declared that with the military rulers of the central powers convicted of broken' faith and deceit there can be no discussion of the peace with which the Germanic people apparently arej clamoring. Hence the belated at-! tempts of the emperors to erect aj structure of real democratic govern-; ment through the creation of cabi-i nets responsible to the parliaments! in the hope that with these the en-J tente statesmen will be willing to confer about peace. s | MAKING MONEY FOR THE RED CROSS', . The sixth grade spent Wednesday, picking cotton on the farm of Mr. R.i S. Link. They picked a IvTvh*? 1 pounds and made a dollar. which they will turn over to the Red Crc s. When they were given holiday on Thursday they went back to work i with a will. ANDERSON HELP OUT. i The nurses at the Anderson Hospital have been asked to help at Camp Sevier with the epidemic of Spanish influenza which is giving the camp trouble. The ladies of the city were asked to furnish sheets,' rags, towels and handkerchiefs and in the day time carry over a truck load of the much needed articles. j j A VISITOR FROM SUMTER. ! i Mr. D. R. Blanding spent last week with his niece, Mrs. J. Allen Smith, Jr. Mr. Blanding is Clerk of the City Council at Sumter and is a man of affairs in his town. MOVING IN. Mr. and Mrs. Waters have moved into apartments at the home of Mrs. .T. C. Klugh. Mr. Waters is employed by the Seaboard Air Line and has : i i recently moved to Abbeville. I Cotton Reports "Brought a Decline MARKET WENT OFF UNDER INFLUENCE OF CONDITION AND GINNERS REPORT. Washington, Oct. 2.?A decrease ] of 1.3 per cent in the condition of the cotton crop during the month of September was reported today by the department of agriculture. The condition of the crop on September 15th was estimated at 54.4 per cent ' on a normal crop as compared with 55.7 per cent on August 25 and 60.4 per cent on September 25, 1917. The estimate forecasts a yield of 154.1 pounds an acre and a total production of 11,818.000. v Ginner'a Report. Washington, Oct. 2.?The cotton' * report on cotton ginned from the ? 1918 crop up to September 25th showed 3,719,915 bales compared 1 with 2,511,658 for 1917. Sea Island * cotton ginned and included in the I total figures was 2,814, for 1918 and 4 19,221 for 1917. August consumption amounted to 534,914 bales. * Cotton on hand in.-factories on Au- * gust 31 totaled 1,214,046 bales and 8 in public storage and compresses t 1,804,466. Y GOVERNMENT TAKERS ERSKINE OVERili N j e On October 1 along with 400 col-ju leges, Erskine was formally taken, ii over by the Government. The facul-j ty was sworn into service and every, e person connected with the college is' ( under military orders. The students , s were solemnly inducted into the S. A' p T. C. by the Commandant. Dr. Mof-jc fatt made an ddress. j p Lieutenant D. 0. N. Hoffman of; Washington, D. C., is the command-! ^ ing officer. Lieutenant Fishback, of, Washington and Lieutenant Long of! Due West, are assistants. The lat- . ter is to look after the personel of the students and will be released from the class room. Special exer-^ cises were held on the campus and, the United States flag raised. A new ^ order of things has been introduced.^ Sentinels pace the walks around the ( c college. Placards are posted: "No person admitted after 6 o'clock P.] M." Before this order was formally; posted a sentry challenged a dis-, ; 0 tinjrur-red Drofessnr anH Viic wifa who wore on their way to the college j. home?now "Barracks"?and turned ; r them back, with the remark: "I have; 4 o orders to admit no one." One of the' . professors has been challenged three times. | ^ The students are marched from the | campus to the church and returned T in the same order. Everything will * be working in smooth order in a few, j days. The buildings have been reno-: ^ vated and put within Government F regulations and requirements.?The A. R. Presbyterian. A NEW SIGN. ! F It 1 he J. M. Anderson Company have had n kanrlcnmo ^ _ fc, ..wijucuuiv^ oigii pel III ICU on the corner of their store at the old DuPre stand. The sign tells in laige letters of the many excellent; things to be obtained in the store and makes a good show to people coming *into town. . It THE BOOK CLUB. j { 1 The Book Club held a very pleas- j ant meeting Wednesday afternoon v at the home of Mrs. J. F. Miller. ? There were a good number of ladies v in attendance. It was decided that t the club would meet in the afternoon r during the winter months. e JUDGE GARY HOME. ! t i Judge Frank B. Gai'y came up i from Columbia this week for a rest of several days. He has been hold- * ing an interesting session of court * in Columbia. 11 LABOR AGENT TO SPEAK HERE, d \ T. D. Wood, Labor Agent for the I State, will speak here on Friday, 1 October 11th, at 8:30 P. M. U c" RENEWED DRIVE FOR GREAT LOAN No Relaxation of Effort Must Come. _ ] EVERY DOLLAR NEEDED j / Six Billions to Be Raised Will Have : Been Spent Before Reaching Treasury. j 1 Washington, Oct. 2.?President ( iVilson and other officials feel that he American people must exercise j :aution lest the good news from the | )attle fronts cause a relaxation of sffort on behalf of the Fourth Liber- j y Loan. Thus far no tendency has been , loticeable and the campaign has ] >een going with an enthusiasm com- ] >arable to that with which the bat- ] le reports have been received. ] It is pointed out that now that vie- ] ory is definitely being brought to he side of the allied armies funds \ md more funds are needed to enable \ \ he fighting men to press home their lard won advantage and hurl the t Jerman hordes beyond the Rhine. ( Secretary McAdoo is understood to $ tave determined to have speakers' ( mphasize this point continuously] x intil the huge $6,000,000,000 total^ 3 raised. Official reports today from all fed-! t ral reserve districts except Kansas t 3ity, which has not started taking f ubscriptions, showed $411,142,050 j iledges actually received and ac-' x ompanied by payments of the 10 a ier cent initial installment. i rOUNG COLUMBIAN j* DIES IN ACTION} .ieut. H. Clyde Horton Killed Sep-^ tember 13. ! 1 Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Horton of 1414 j ^ lervais Street, received a cablegram esterday afternoon telling of the] illing of their son, Lieut. Harry: Hyde Horton, in action in France ieptember 13. The young man has' nother brother, Lieut. Charles Er-1 ^ est Horton, also in France. j ? lieutenant norton was zz years * Id. Pie attended Clemson College * wo sessions and then came to Caro- 1 ina one and one-half sessions. He ! eceived his commission at the second c fficers' training camp at Fort Ogle-11 horpe. He was assigned to the Ma- 1 hine Company of the Eleventh In- * antry, but was later transferred to ^ he regimental intelligence office. T le went abroad with his division last t i.pril and was in action the first time une 2. At Carolina he was one of he most popular young men. He e tlayed tackle on the varsity football j earn of 1916. A letter written Sep- j c ;?t- ? - J ' v;_ ciuuci o \yt\z> jubt veccivcu uy nia j iarents last Saturday in which the . I * oung man expressed the sentiment hat no death could be more glorious han that for his country. Besides lis parents he is survived by two j ( others and two sisters.?The State j. Vednesday, Oct. 2, 1918. LJRERTY LOAN PAGEANT. The Liberty Loan Pageant will ake place next Thursday night. It f s to be in the nature of a torch c ight parade for liberty. Everybody !i the city and in the county is in- c itetl to take part. All the boys and c iris of the sixties are especially inited to come. If they will let Mrs. V. A. Harris know a way will be fnr tVipm tr> riflf Wifh fhp "] xception of these veterans and g randmothers everyone will walk in he Liberty Pageant. Each mother r those who have flags, are urged to e present, everyone who has Libery Bonds or in anyway interested in , he war, are invited to take part. j a As separate units each organiza- j ion that is behind the Liberty Loan Irive will be represented. The Pageant will form at the v baptist Church at 7:15. Don't be ? ate for you may be counted as a lisinterestcd person. i Peace Offensive Sure to Come From Germany BIG DRIVE IN BEHALF OF PEACE EXPECTED BEFORE WINTER. TURKJEY'S BAD PLIGHT. Washington, Oct. 2.?With Turkey reported maneuvering for an armistice on the best available terms, Germany is evidently preparing for extensive maneuvers?one, a peace offensive, the other, a grand retirement in the West. The peace offensive is deemed on- 1 ly a part of a scheme, known to this Government to lay down a pacifist barrage through the Fall and Winter, regardless of how much refusal to accept come from the en:ente and America. Austria apparently will be used as the cat's paw. As for the west front military sifclation, Germany's problem grows nore disastrous constantly. Her wfer leaders would like to make an orderly withdrawal at this time, it is beieved, but are being prevented by loch's persistent close up tactics. A retirement is destined to come jefore long. And, it will probably . )e before a considerable discussion. Reports that he is about to evacuite Belgium are taken as indicative )f the military exigency and military mthorities scoff at the reports that rermany is using her reported evaclation plans as an evidence of her 'good faith" toward Belgium. As for the Turkish situation it is . , he belief here that Turkey has given he entente some concrete feelers 'or an armistice. But they are not ret "official," and will be ignored mtil they are made formally. That l formal request will be forthcomng before long is the firm belief of ioth diplomatic and military men tere, for they say the Bulgarian >reak down has left Turkey at tho nercy of the British. They do not >elieve Germany can carry out her eported plan of keeping a way open rom Berlin to Constantinople. DR. WHITE MARRIES. Invitations have been received in Abbeville to the marriage of Dr. fohn Bonar White and Miss Marguerite Brickman, which interesting ivent takes place at the home of the nn tV?a /loir A/>f/\VvA*? v?? vitv uajr v/jl WbVUCl) n Baltimore. Dr. White is in the service of his :ountry but will bring his bride to Abbeville for a short visit after beng assigned to camp. He has many ?riends in Abbeville who congratunte him and wish him great happiless. , SYMPATHY FOR MRS. PHILSON. The people r Abbeville feel a ;incere sympa...y for Mrs. R. C. 5hilson in the death of her brother, jieut. H. C. Horton, who fell in 'ranee on the thirteenth of Sepember. Lieut. Horton has visited llrs. Philson in Abbeville and had nany friends among the young peo>Ie here. On receipt of the news Mrs. 'hilson went to Columbia to be with ler parents for a day or two. GOT THE "FLU." Dr. Jack Pressly has been laid out or the past several days with a first lass case ' of "Spanish flu". The loctor takes all the diseases as they ome along, he has only recently reovered from whooping cough. BUYING* MULES. Mr. T. Gordon White went to ["ennessee last Monday to invest in everal car loads of fine mules. HOME AGAIN. Mrs. L. C. Parker and her two oung boys are at home again after i six weeks visit to her mother, Mrs. Iarris, in Courtland, Ala. Rev. and Mrs. H. Waddell Pratt eturned to the city yesterday after i mortlis vacation spsnt with relaives in Washington, D. C., and Lcx" O'l. Va. <