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1H DIVISION
COME HOME HEX!
Old Hickory to Be Released
From A. E. F.
Soon.
WAITING FOR TRANSPORTS
TO BRING THEM TO U. S.
South Carolina National Guard
Troop# Designated by Perilling
For ?arly Return?March Say?
Temporary Officers May Gain
- ' Permanent Status.
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Washington, <Jan. 5.?The de-1
mobilization of the army is approaching
its fmaj 'phases with the .breaking
up . of 'the combat divisions in this
country and the isstiahcef of -orders
for early return of the first three
fighting .divisions from France...
General March, chief of stkff, announced
yesterday General ^Pershing
had designated * the- -^Thirtieth , .-.and
Thirty-seventh (National Guard) and
the Ninety-first (National Army) Divisions
for early return, while in the
home training camps 40,500 men of
the combat divisions, heretofore held'
intact, had been ordered discharged.
The three Overseas - divisions with
the headqUfarters troops of. Major
General Reed'6 Second Corps, also
designated fdr return,'total. 83,000
men. General March said . that including
these divisions, the total
number of men available for dis-j
charge was 1,579,000 and that 40,492 i
officers and 630;309 men had been!
- mustered out up to Saturday.
The chief of staff also disclosed
' that the war department was prepari
ing to t^Jce into the regular army,
*der the- proposed reorganization!
plan, those reserve and temporary;
officers whose records during the war
^how them to be fitted for profes-!
sional military life.
Official records of the war depart-j
ment, announced' General March,!
show that the First (regular) Divis-!
ion, the first unit to arrive in France,'
landed in June, 1917, and that the
last American division to land was
the Eighth in October last. Between
these dates 40 divisions were sent
overseas, the advance elements of
each being landed.
General March requested that attention
be called to the fact that the
war risk insurance bureau is an adjunct
of the treasury department
and does not come under the war
department. He said his personal
mail was flooded with inquiries regarding
insurance.
EMBARGO TO PROVE
ONLY TEMPORARY
General Traffic Situation Said to Be
Excellent in Cities of East.
Washington, Jan. 4.?Officials of
S'i the railroad administration last night
expressed confidence that the em.
bargo on the movement on export
freight into New. York, Boston and
v. Philadelphia imposed by regional of
ficials would prove only temporary.
The general traffic ^situation was said
to be excellent.
The holiday season, labor inefficiency
and accumulation of export
freight for Boston, New "York and
Philadelphia were the reasons given
for the embargo in telegrams notifying
the lines affected of the restrictions
on loading.
Describing the embargo as a
"gate" officials of the railroad administration
said this "gate" had
been closed as a precautionary measure
tp prevent congestion until the
loss of time due to the holidays and
the strike bf freight handlers could
be overcome. Ports outside the
zone of congestion, such as Baltimore
and Norfolk, could be utilized
ta a greater extent for export, it
waa said, but officials here believe
tH# gftnation Will be cleared before
that becomes necessary.
AMERICAN LADS I
WIN FIGHT IN SNOW
Drive Back Bolshevists and Make Advance
in Neighborhood of Kadish?
Further Evidence of Enemy Mutilating
Bodies of Wounded
Submitted in Report.
With the Allied Army of the Dvina
January 4?American troops fighting '
desperately near Kadish have driven 1
back Bolshevik troops which made an I
advance there. The Bolshevists also '
launched attacks on the Onega sec
tor and bombarded the allied front. 1
The Americans came into 'battle 1
along thePetrograd road and in the '
frozen swamps that border it. The
| battle was fought in snow from two
| to four feet in depth. > ; <
I American forces captured Kadish
'last-Monday after a display of gal-M
j lantry that evoked the admiration of <
I theallied commanders.* Special care i
nas Den xaiten 01 tne American <
; wounded and the body of an Ameri- J
! can officer wak taken back 100 miles 1
| by sledge and then: shipped to ArchI
angel for burial. There were some \
; casualties on Monday, but they Were 1
| small in fcomparison to those inflicted ]
j upon the enemy. ' i
On Tuesday, the Bolshevists open- j
' ed a terrific fire from three- aod'Six- i
! inch guns and launched a counterat- i
! tack against the buildings held by <
! Americans in Kadish. So hot was the 1
; artillery fire that the Americans were 1
; withdrawn temporarily from the vil- j
! lage. The line, however, was not i
taken back very far and the new po- j
sitions were firmly held. The ekemy ]
did not occupy Kadish because the
barrage fire from the American guns ,
made the place untenable. Shells ^
falling on the frozen ground spread (
their zones of destruction twice as ?
far as they would under normal con- t
Htions. i
Later under the protection of ar- ]
tillery fire, American detachments (
again swept forward and reoccupied j
the town. .The men engaged in the
advance were from infantry and y
trench mortar units. \
FROM ELBERTON.
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j- Mrs. Fred Herndon, of Elberton,
, is in the city on a visit to her sister, | ,
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| Mrs. Gus Lee. Mrs. Herndon camel
I in time for Mrs. Lee's party in honor j'
( of Miss Mary Hill, and was one of '
j the guests of honor. She is accom- ]
panied by her handsome little twin 1
, girls.
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I VISITING THE SICK. |
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j Mrs. Davenport, of Horseshoe, N.!
| C., and Messrs. Jay and Harry Ep-j
ting, of Athens, are in the city visit- j
ling their sister, Miss Bessie Epting,!
j who continues very ill of pneumonia.'
V COL. ROOSEVELT DEAD. V
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V Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jan. 6. V
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V. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt V
V died in his sleep at 4:15 o'- V
clock this morning. V
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The end came when there V
'A was no one in the room but V.
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.V his valet. V
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j V Cauoc of Death. V'
V The following statement V
was made to the United Press V
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^ uy ui . kj, vv. r aiitjr, ui Kjys- 'v
V ter Bay, the physician who V
V. last saw the Colonel. V
"Colonel Roosevelt retired V
A at 12 o'clock last night feel- V
V ing much better. At 4:15 V.
V. o'clock this morning he sim- V
ply ceased to breathe. Death V
V was caused probably by a V
v pulmonary embolission." V
V This pulmonary embolis- V
V sion, Dr. Faller, explained, is V;
a blood clot upon one of the V
A arteries of the lungs. V
V The funeral will be Wed- V
V nesday from Christ Episcopal V
V Church, Oyster Bay. V
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HOOVER 10 HEAD
WORK Of RELIEF
Named to Direct International Organization?
President Wilson
Makes Appointments on Request
of Entente Governments
in Agreement.
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Paris, Jan. 3.?President Wilson!
has named Herbert C. Hoover director
generaj of the international organization
for the relief of liberated
countries both neutral and enemy.
Norman Davis, fo'rmerly on the staff
of Oscar T. Crosby, special commis
sioner of finance for the United,
States in Europe, will act as Mr.
Hoover's assistant.
This announcement was made today
by the American peace commission
in a statement which says that
the designation of Mr. Hoover to take
:harge of the relief of the allied gov-|
?rnments that the United States take;
a predominating part in the organisation
and direction of relief measures.
The statement follows:\
"Upon President Wilson's arrival
the results of the investigations of;
the United States and allied govern-j
nents officials into the food situation
of the liberated countries, neutral;
md enemy, were laid before him.'
Si nee his arrived in addition to his
discussion with the representatives'
sf Great Britian and Italy, respecting
the general peace settlement, he had
3een advised with regard to the con-i
Ferences held between the govern-!
nents concerning the methods of organization
for the relief o^* these people.
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"The allies and the United States
ire ih'agfeemeitf that relief must be,
Furnished and that the working out;
jx. vrx tiiio WiaiOttCi via cl lai^c.
scale necessitates unity of direction
similar in character to that of the i
nethods successful in the French and
British commands in the operations
)f the allies on land and sea, respec;ively.
"The allied governments had ad-j
rised the president that they desired
;hat the United States should take!
;he lead in the organization and ad-|
ninistration of relief. Under this ar-!
rangement between the United States
md the allied countries there are being
appointed two representatives of^
each government to secure the co-'
operation of food, finances and ship-1
ping in the solution of the problems'
:onhected with the relief.
ami-'- - ?
ine president has appointed Mr.;
Herbert Hoover and Mr. Norman Da-:
vis as the two American representatives
in the council, and Mr. Hoover
will act as' director general of the undertaking.
The French government
has appointed M. elemental minister
of commerce, and M. Vilgrain, minister
of "food as their representatives.
The British and Italian repre'e-.tatives
have not as yet been anno "J !.
The president has asked Mr. Hc-ovor
to call the first meeting of the council
as soon as the representatives are
named."
DEATH OF MRS. GOSSETT.
News has been received in Abbeville
of the death of Mrs. Gossett,
wife of Conductor Gossett, of the
Seaboard Air Lftie Railway, which
occurred January 5, 1919. Mr. and
Mrs. Gossett moved to Abbeville
about a year ago, and have made
their home since then on Upper Main
Street. They have made many
friends since coming here, and the
death of Mrs. Gossett will cause sorrow
to all of them.
Mrs. Gossett, before her marriage
was Miss Pinson, of Saluca, N. C.
She was married to Mr. Gossett a
little more than a year ago. She
went over to Saluca to spend the
holidays with her parents and while
there was taken sick with Influenza,
which developed into pneumonia, resulting
in death.
Funeral services were held Monday
at Coronaca.
FOOD CONDITIONS
SEEN IN GERMANY
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Member of Allied Naval Commission
Writes?If' Other Parts of Country
Fare as Well as North Situation
is Fair?No Suffering
Found.
London, Jan. 4.?A long article
written by a member of the allied
fcaval commission in German waters
on the subject of food conditions in
north Germany is published by The
Times today. The writer is careful
to point out that he deals only with
what various members of the commission
saw with their own eyeh in
a very considerable area and that he
ignores hearsay -evidence' regarding
other parts of Germany.
"But if food conditions in the
rest of Germany," he goes on, "are
not very much worse than in Oldenburg,
Mecklenburg and SchleswigHolstein
there is certainly no need
for haste on the part of the allies, in
r?Am<v 4-r\ iViJn-f T atv* aav?A/^Anl
gvsiug uv/ tucu iciicx. x om vyuuucui
that none of the score or more members
of the various sub-commissions
which covered many hundreds of
miles of country and saw tens of
thousands of the people at close
range noticed any evidence of palpable
underfeeding among any of
the inhabitants. Indeed, they are of
the unanimous opinion that the
whole populations, both urban and
rural, in these regions have been
and are being fed near enough to
normal requirements to keep them
at full physical vigor. A member of
H&eMfltelligence staff who had spent
many years in the country before
the war, said: . ;
" 'You don't see so many people
with rolls of fat on them as you did
five years ago but you do see a
healthier, hardier and generally more
fit looking population.' >
"The men in the dock yards and
on the first ships searched at Wilhelmshaven,
although slovenly and
filthy, betrayed none of the traces
of underfeeding so readily recognized
by one who has been in India
or China in famipe time or in Serbia
or Greece since the war. This
arty prerared us for the well nurtured
look of the people of the town
itself. In no place of the same character
in England, say Portsmouth,
Plymouth or Harwich, would the people
have been in better flesh or better
color.
"As to clothes, the Germans would
certainly have had the best of the
comparison."
T!ie> writer 'saw hp nave erirllocc
evidence of intensive cultivation and
careful, scientific fertilization. With
the prisoners available and the unremitting
labor of the women and
children, Germany, the writer dec'arcs,
has done remarkable things
in the way of production.
''"YUEN DREAMS COME TRUE."
If one wants pleasantly and pro}
fitably to while away an evening, one
i should by all means see "When
j Dreams Come True." There is sc
| much diversified entertainment in
i the play that, one will readily find
something cf interest. If one long;
for melodrama, see "When Dreams
Come True." It is melodramatic.
"When Dre?.ms Comes True':
comes to the Opera House next Moni
day, Jan. 13th.
THE WEATHER.
i The cold wave predicted last weeli
set in on time and is still with us.
This is the first real cold "spell' ol
weather of the winter"and for several
days the thermometer has ranged
aronnd twentv-two. nineteen anc
fourteen. One man in town got uf
| soon enough to catch it down as low
as eight.
Everybody has their water cut off,
but the cold will result in plenty oJ
j joba for the plumbers.
M'ADOO REVIEWS
ADMINISTRATION
Return Them to Owners Unless Extension
is Given?Reduction of
Rates Likely by End of Year
Under Government
Control.
J Washington, Jan. 4.?Solemnly
warning Congress that return of the
, j railroads to private control, means
J return to old evils, Director General
i! of railroads, McAdoo, yesterday urg[j
ed five year extension of Government
control. t
,] Summarized McAdoo told the Senate
interstate commerce committee
/before which he appeared: i
That unless Congress extends control
the roads will be returned soon.
That valuable reforms, begun by
the railroad administration will'be
, I thereby lost forever.
j That if the Government control is
continued the Government will get
a surplus of $100,000,000 or more
,in 19i9. , ' .
That a reduction of rates is. likely
by the end of the year under Government
control.
1 That extension of federal control
does not commit the government to
! government ownership. .
That such an extension is opposed
only by those who want the lines
! returned outright to private owner'
ship.
That federal control should be ex
! tended to give the nation on land as
! great a transport system as its new
ferchant marine gives it on#the sea.
Washington, Jan. 4.?Return of
the railroads to the hands which
controlled them before" the war is
i impossible if certain important re!
forms are to be preserved, McAdoo
I declared in a statement to the Sen|
ate Interstate Commerce Committee
; today. . '
McAdoo declared there are three
| alternatives in the railroad situation:
I- 1.?Return to those who controlled
them before the war.
2.?Government ownership and
control.
3.?Reconstruction of the railroad
j map so as to wipe out the hundreds
j of different companies and substi!
tute under strict Government control
j to- combine the advantages of uni;
fied operations with initiative of prij
vate management.
McAdoo warned Congress, however,
that unless a fair time is given
for a test of the reforms he suggested,
through continuation of the
! government. control, the government
will not feel like holding the roads
: for the entire 21 months period ?fj
ter the war, which the law fixes as
i the limit of federal control. He urged
Congress to continue government
control until Januafy 1, 1924, as a
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j means 01 providing a iair test ol
j federal control.
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-FORESTRY EXPERTS
GATHER IN SESSION
i Southern Association Assembles ir
'j Jacksonville for Meeting of
Two Days.
1 Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 4.?United
States experts in forestry and men
I j of Southern Slates who have made
'! a life study of the subjects, gather;
,:d here yesterday for a two days
II
i ession. H. S. Graves, chief forestei
',of the United States forestry department,
was prevented from comj
-.g on account of illness, and J. S
| o'mes of North Carolina, presidec
his place. Railroad fire protection
. j was taken up at the afternoon ses!
sion, led by J. G. Peters of Washington,
D. C., who told what the
.J United States railroad administra[I
Lion had done along this line. Public11
ity and education was the last topic
J of the day led by E. 0. Siekem, State
rj forester of Texas.
. Mr. W. A. Giles, of Antreville, was
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? a business visitor on Monday. H<
J came down to sell cotton.
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'LEAGUE (FUNS
WILL BE FORMED
Baker Can See No Other
Result for Peace
of World.
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AMERICA HAS CAPACITY
TO DO NEW THINGS ' '
l. !t!cn Who Have Died in This War
' j Must Not Make Sacrifice in Vain?
j Docs Not Speak for President , '
Whose Statement Had Been
Explicit.
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j Buffalo, Jan. 5.?Speaking- here
: last night before the Buffalo Chamber
of Commerce, Secretary Baker
declared it inconceivable that the
?eace conference1 would make the 'v
1 world an insupportable tragedy by
tailing to provide for a league of
' nations or some other' arrangement '
' to prevent such'disasters in the fu
,ture.
I "We, here in America, who have ' *
j worked arid paid," he said," "the fa
pliers and mothers who have given
their sons, surely have aright to
; me high assurances of future -peace
: a*s a consolation' for their sacrifices.
I One can not close his eyes and think
rtf fVio nnnfornmo of Vartoillok
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j without feeling that there hover over
i t the spirits of millioift of dead men' ';,
J demanding' that their' sacrifices^ b?' !
Hot in vain; that the statesmen of
i he world now secure to mankirfd'
j 'he blessings which they died to oft-'"
I tain."
Mr. Baker said he *h"ad no hifeh'-* *t ~ x
| tion of speaking for the president'
'whose statement had been explicit1,
i nd in whose hands the case of AmI
crica was now placed. " '
With Head Erect.
"He stands with head erect," said ...
i the secretary, "in the ancient places 1
of the old world where other kinds ;
of treaties used to be made, and rep-.
resents a great and,free people. He*
i is the advocate not of a form but of
' a principle.
j "He is by force of events the
spokesman of the democracy of the
' world and the compositions of this
war will be a new magna charta,
1 new bill of rights to liberate the
children of the future from the buri
dens of the past."
j As to the proposals for a league of
' nations Mr. Baker said it "is not
proposed out of cabinets of absolute ' ministers
but is rather the possionate
demand of the man in the street, the
simple and the unsophisticated who
knows little of the intrigues and
wiles of statecraft, but who know a' .
very great deal about suffering and
sacrifice which war entails."
"For my own part," he added, "I
refuse to be timid about America's
. capacity to do new things which are
; needed in a new world."
1 BELFAST GIVES LAND FOR
AMERICAN CEMETERY
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Washington, Jan. 3.?The city
corporation of Belfast, Ireland*, has
1 given to the American nation,, free
\ M* charge, for all time, "the section
i tVio />vHr f?pmoforv tuVioroin ore
i burisd 34 American soldiers who
. died of influenza." The American
. Red Cross, in making public a cable'
gram telling of the gift, said it was
considering the erection of a suitable
. monument and that the- "American
.'plot," as the section will be known,
. would be especially decorated and
| marked.
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THE FLU SITUATION.
In the report submitted by Dr.
;.Akin, the influenza expert, Abbe'
ville is credited with nine hundred
. and eighty case3 of influenza in Octs'ober,
with sixteen deaths among th?
. whites and twenty-six among th?
negroes. Out of a total of on# hnai
dred and seventy thousand ?um 4
I total of leas than fir* thouMftd
deaths are repotted.
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