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* - - - -45 v , :'J Abbeville Press and Banner j Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Nov. 8, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. ? HUNS SI H0ST1L1TII Washington H< > . _ "Good" is Only Coir 1 Itri by President wm Given News of tice Having Signed. - V * \ *V 1 The afterneon papers serv< . Press carry the news dispatcl they are uhofficial, they are g I are worth. If the war is not end is at least in sight. WASHINGTON GOESWILI BIG GUNS AT FOR Americans Had Taken Histoi Before Signing of Armis War of All Times Has 1 End. Revolt at Kiel H German's Decis \Tait ' n TVlD otoflfp JT (U IS, U V# I x tiv vwfvv officially came to an end at The Allies and Germans si; three hours earlier on the fie German delegation had come * under a white flag. At the time the document \ lied armies were smashing fo mile front, from the Scheldt 1 ing the German defense to p the enemy into utter route. T Sedan this morning, and grea at all points on the battle fron fn riormQTIV 'fV I WCits OUILFIlUl/l/CV*. uv/ VIV/X111M11J V* ed to apply to Marshal Foch myss as military and naval the Allies, under a flag of true While virtual peace was thu Germany was in the throes oi lution at Home. A revolt of spread throughout Schleswigeral large cities were reported of the revolutionists. Poland Proclaimed A R< Berne, via Zurich, Nov. 7.claimed a republic Monday I zinski, it was announced here I State Department Not ' Washington, Nov. 7.?The received an official message : after 2 o'clock this afternoor armistice had not yet been si aM/tnnnni/\ nrnn rl1 A I mat mtrc?>ci^c w as mcu. mc sage announcing the signing and the cessation of hostilities , late this afternoon, undoubt* later than the message receiv< partment. Official advices here statec sioners at the front were to m noon. This fact checked up sion of the United Press cab! passed by the censor in Paris, was sufficient time for the c'< reached New York at 12 noo when it was received and pas censor in New York. M IS GEA,C IS Not Beei 0 ? lment Made son When bs th /vrmis- ed Been ex 15 - -*i *<r*v i'' - a>r ed by the United les below. While ,*0 iven for what they already over, the cjj fr< D WITH JOY w' T MYER BOOM lu; ric City of Sedan jig tice. Greatest ^ Come to An ^ei fastened the co ion. te: ist war in history = no p. m. today. nr gned an armistice ill Id of battle. The. into the allied linej vas signed the Alirward on a 150- r, :o the Meuse, tear- j ieces and driving he Americans took X gains were made cu t. Before the terms le Kaiser was fore- w.( and Admiral We- \ representatives of le. is being concluded, ^ : an incipient revo- tro sailors at Kiel had in Holstein and sev-1" Ii 1 . j_T_ _ 1 3_ L to De in tne nanus nig tht * anc spublic Today. ^ ?Poland was pro- t >y Premier Swiertoday. |? Vet Advised. put State Departmenth01 from Paris shortly 1 saying that the tho gned at the time the United Press mes-|con of the armistice ^ 3 was filed in Paris i *dly, considerably tha 2d by the State De- ing bee jor I that the commis- i eet later this after- pq1 with the transmis legram which was scori showing that there 47 }hipptam to havp 1 n, New York time, 3sed by the naval not con r IDERl >ED AT ; ii Officially f \\T- .L! vT asiuu^iu ? The capital went wild ised on the United Pre e war's end sold by tho i in great cheering throi :citedly. , Army aeroplanes swep i minutes after the news id flashed over the city ating the event. The big guns at Fort M \7 J. Work stopped in all th< :y as the news was phon om the United Press offi 3re shouts of joy that th When Secretary of Sts rich at 12:45 he had no e closing of hostilities. I having arrived surprii e opinion that the Kiel rnal disturbances had h mpliance of the Gerir rms. iPUBLICAN HOUSE I" SENATE DOUBTFUL" 5 turns From Three" 'ending States to De- * cide Control. 3 OSE IN NEW MEXICO, F MICHIGAN AND IDAHO r i] th Trio of Seas Still to Be De* ? ermined, Democrats Stand One g Behind in Upper Body. Fin* al Result May Show Tie. a Washington, Nov. 6.?With con- n 1 of the house of representatives v the hands of the Republicans by majority of 16 and probably more * attention of the country to- ? ht was centered on contests in * three States, Michigan, Idaho * I New Mexico, which will decide j sther the Democrats shall lose! itrol of the senate as well. J ? it midnight returns from five ^ gressional districts were missing: Si Montana, New Mexico and South iota. 8< Without them, however, the Re>licans have 234 seats in the ise?16 more than the 118 votes a essary for a majority. L iic A^chivci uii tuc iace ui i _ p se returns had 195 seats and if! five missing districts were to be j ceded to them they still would I ft k 18 votes of the number neces-j^ 7 to control the house. fonight's returns show plainly jS t Speaker Clark, instead of be-J defeated, as was reported, has. :n re-elected by a substantial ma-i i ity. rhe contests which will decide the n itical complexion of the senate a re very close. As the senate ^ nds without a decision in these n itests there are 46 Democrats and n Republicans. n New Mexico where Republicans claiming the election of Senator G 1 by a majority of 1,000, at least ti a single county had reported c iplete return#. d MOON 2:00 O'CI Notified of L n Wild. with the news. Extras iss flashes announcing usands. People gatherr"\ rrn nr?/l vnn A AtTTfl I Ligo ctiiu. icau uig ucvvo | ."' ?* . *&<-.> - -.%y ? ' M?vu | | i* )t up in the sky within > came, looped the loop from line to line cele[yer boomed froth with e departments over the ed to one after another tees. Everywhere thfcre e struggle had ended, ite Lansiner left for his official confirmation of ie considered the news singly soon but was of disorders and other inlastened the very quick lans to the armistice 4 1 I .1 IR. B. K. BEACHAM DIES MONDAY NIGHT /ell Known Builder and Contractor Succumb* to Paralytic. Mr. B. K. Beacham died at the ome of his daughter, Mrs. W. E. ohnson on Upper Main Street, Monay night, November 4th, at nine 'clock, following a stroke of paralyio au loof Cofn?/1otT 19 ?:i iaov> uatuiuajr. Belton Knox Beacham was born in ickens County, South Carolina, on larch 5th, 1855. He was therefore, n his 64th year. His parents were lartwell Lowrie Beacham and Lois Iheppard Beacham. He moved to Abbeville in . 1881, nd since then has followed his busiess of builder and contractor. He ras a member of the Baptist church. In 1883 he was married to Miss lessie Miller, daughter of Jacob filler, of Abbeville, S. C. She and hree children survive him, the childen being Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Lowrie (. Beacham, a farmer of Laurens, !. C., and Ensign Worth Beacham, f the Pay Corps, United States favy. All of them were with him uring his last illness. He is also arvived by four brothers and one ister. Funeral services were at the ouse on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 fter which the interment took place t Long Cane, the religious services eing conducted by Rev. H. W. 'ratt Mr. Worth B. Beacham, of Atlana, and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Beachrn, of Honea Path, attended the uneral, as did Mrs. Av W. Jones, a ister of Mrs. Beacham, and Mr. nd Mrs. J. E. McDavid of Columbia. CORP. HEMPHILL. i^orp. James <j. nempnui, wno is ow serving in the Light Artillery t Camp Jackson, has been notified e has been recommended for the e*t officers training camp and is ow waiting assignment. Miss Mamie Devlin returned to freenwood Thursday after a vacaion of a month, the schools being losed there on account of the epi-! emie. urnoN ?OCK TH .atest Action CALL FOR LIMITED SERVICE MEN SOON ______ General Crowder Wants 18,000? Five Hundred From TKU State. Washington, Nov. 6.?Provost Marshal General Crowder today issued a call for 18,000 white men for limited service. Crowder's call furnished indications that there is to be no let down in prosecution of the fiehtine. At Crowder's office, it was stated that draft calls would go on as usual at least until Germany had signed armistice terms and that the majority of officers favored their continuation until the actual conclusion of peace, holding that any other course would be unsafe in dealing with Germany. ] The call issued by Crowder today . provides for voluntary induction of : men until November 20. They will i entrain between November 25 andp 27. Men from the following states!' I ?? !- 1 _ J Al 11 A 1-1 I are uiciuueu in ine can; AiuDama, . 650; Arkansas, 350; Florida, 175; < Georgia, 1,085; Kentucky, 100; Miss-j issippi, 550; Louisiana, 750; South! Carolina, 500; Tennessee, 375 and j Virginia, 630. DEATH OF LOUIS BLOUNT. Louis Blount died at his home at; Johnston, S. C., on Tuesday night,' Nov. 5th, from pneumonia. The1 news came to Abbeville Wednesday morning, and was a great shock to the friends he made in Abbeville when he lived here several years ago. He had been sick only a few days before pneumonia developed. His mother, Mrs. Louis Blount, Sr. i and his brother, Henry Blount, lef i a li. :n? ti 3? :? r?_ n.LTJJCVHIC JL UCoUdjr UlUllllllg 1U1 1113 bedside, and reached there in the 1 afternoon before his death. Mr. Blount was married andi leaves a wife and two small children. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Blount, of Warrenton, j his brother, Henry, and his sisters,! I Mrs. J. D. Miller and Mrs. James H. Sherard, of Abbeville, survive him. They have the deep sympathy of the people of this city. The interment will be in Abbeville at Melrose cemetery, this morning, , services being conducted at the grave. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church will open its doors for worship of the Supreme Being next Sabbath morning, November 10th. Services of public worship in the morning at 11 o'clock and in the ev' ening at 7:30. Strangers and visit: ors are cordially invited to worship ! with us. A prayer house is a power house. CANTEEN. The ladies of the Canteen Service ji will have an exchange on Saturday,! Nov. 9th. Will sell cakes, chickens,! eggs, butter, canned goods and other] 1 good things to eat. Come and help! the good cause. i HERE FOR THE FUNERAL Hon. and Mrs. A. W. Jones and , Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McDavid came up from Columbia last Tuesday to1 attend the funeral of Mr. B. K.'< Beacham. 1 1 ALLY?! URSDAY I 'I i H of CiPrmanv AMERICANS SHOW UTMOST DARING j Capture of Dun Accomplished in Brilliant Action. vi AMERICAN FORCES IN SIGHT OF SEDAN m _____ Men Had to Swim, Wad*.. Through U..J -1 ?I-_J /? -? ? muu ana uiea urappilD{ iron a to Scale Bare Wall*, of Canal ?Strategy Big Feature. With the American Forces on the Sedan Front, Nov. 6.?4:30 p. m.?American forces this afternoon were fighting within sight of Sedan, famous for the great battle fought in ? . the France-German war in 1870. ... ' YA From the hills in the region of Chemery and Maisoncelle, where the Americans, according to last accounts, were advancing despite stubbom resistance, the buildings are in. plain view, being about six miles away. Brilliant Work. The crossing of the river Meuse and the capture of the town of Dun by the Americans, when its full defflila oro lrriAum will ronlr oa a# vmaaw * * v a?A*wvr*?y nm iuiin uo vuc Vi the most gallant features of the entire operations northwest of Verdun. . ! The troops "who accomplished it will be entitled to rank as heroes, for their work in militarily crossing the stream was a strategic move of unusual daring. The crossing involved the forcing of a way over the 160-foot river, a half-mile-wide stretch of mud and a 60-foot canal in the face of a fright- . ful enemy fire. It also involved swimming by those who knew how and. '.he pulling of others over witk , ropes. Grappling irons were used 'o scale the sheer walls of the canal, along which machine gunners had been posted, under the fire of scores of batteries from the hills adjoining. Thfl Ord*r (a Cmu. The order to cross the canal can* at mid-afternoon Monday. Tha troops received their grim instructions under sun which was shining for the first time in days. The mem knew almost as well as their commanders the difficulty of the task : - ; and realized how well nigh, impossible its accomplishment would be. Yet they never doubted or hesitated. The orders were to send over one brigade first and if it failed to send . another and others, one after th? other, if it became necessary. It was . with dash that the Americans tackled the problem. Theoretically they had the choice of crossings any- where for five miles. Actually they .. were limited to one point, where tha two-thirds of a mile of mud lay be- i tween the river itself, and the canal ui.. ??4-1. t jiai tilt: uvci. The Germans were too firmly eitrenched at all other points. They had not protected themselves witk trenches here only because they never dreamed that the Americans would be so daring as to try to negotiate the passage. This was a short distance north of Brieulles. Miss Sadie Magill went over Chester Wednesday for treatment mt Dr. Pryor's hospital. -SS #S