I Abbeville Press and Banner i1 MA. $2,00 the Year! Abbeville. S. C., Friday, January 10, 1919 Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. ?. . ' . I ? - I I "OLD HICKORY" 01- i VISION HIS PKE I Southerners First to Cut I Hindenburg Line, Says j | General Haig. . j, [ HAIG PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE TO , I FOCHiAND AMERICANS:, Troops From North and South Carolina and Tennessee Covered Them- : Selves With Glory?Gen. Haig 1 Alludes to the Splendid Fight- j j ing Qual^ies of the Ameri- j : can Forces. London, Jan. S.?American troops |' were the first to break the Hinden-j1 burg line, according to the Daily 1 News in its comment today on the, 1 report of Field Marshal Haig on the (' operations from the end of April1 ^ last to the close of hostilities. The news points out that at least the J first mention of a break through contained in the field marshal's report was in the course of his description ' | of the day's work on September 29,! > in which he wrote: "North of Bellenglise, the Thir-i' tieth (North Carolina, South Caro-!( lina, Tennessee and District of Co- ' lumbia), 'Old Hickory,' American i division, Major General E. M. Lewis, < having broken through the deep de- ' fense of the Hindenburg line, storm- ] r ed Bellincourt and seized Uouroy. L On their left the Twenty-seventh Am- < F"< erican division (New York), Major < Be*. General O'Ryan, met with very heavy ! enfilading machine gun fire but < t ? pressed on with great gallantry as I ? far as Jouy, where a bitter struggle i W.- t.nnlc nlace for nossession of'the vil-| t || lage. The fighting on the whole i P* front of the second American corps was severe and in Bellincourt, Nou- t / roy, Gillemont farm and a number t of other points, amid the intricate ( if' t i . defenses of the Hindenburg line, r strong bodies of the enemy held out with great obstinacy for many hours, < "These points of resistance were gradually overcome either by the < V- support troops of the American divisions or by the Fifth and Third < A /InrieiAnc " 1 AUOVxaiiua wiTio*viw. ? ? I M London, Tuesday, Jan. 7.?Field , Marshal PTaig", whose report on op- , erations from the end of April until , the end of, hostilities, was made : W public tonight, pays a high tribute to 8 Marshal Foch and alludes to thij, I "splendid fighting qualities of the c American forces." In concluding . J his report the Hold marshal wrote: . "At the moment when the finaltriumph of the allied cause is as-;, siired, we and" all others of the allied and associated armies can look . back on the years that have gone with satisfaction undi'mmed by any r hint of discord or conflict of interest and ideals. Few alliances of the past can boast of such a rccord. Few can dhow a purpose more tenu ^ 1 J* _ .'j I. 1 | ^ ciousiy anu iau:iiu.iy ur sj fully and gloriously realized. "If the complete unity and hr.rmcny of our action is to be ascribed . to the justice of our cause, it is due ^ toi the absolute loyalty with which that cause has been pursued by all those entrusted with the control of the different allied armies, which fought side by side." ENTERTAINING THE SOCIETY. Mrs. J. M. Gambrell entertains ! the Ladies Missionary Society of the Methodist cnurch at her ncme on lower Main street last Thursday, f Mrs. Gambrell has been a member of s this society for mjfny years and she notes "with interest and pride its .good work. The society is in a flour, ishir.g condition. CALLED MEETING OF D. A. R. There will be a celled meeting of I the D. A. R.'s Friday afternoon at ft four o'clock, in the Chapter rooms. INSISTENT CALL FOR TONS OF FOOD i Moovsr Says Many Are Hungry?Es-j timate of Needs?Member of Am- ! erican Staff of Commission on European Relief Tell of Findings. Washington, Jan. 8.?At least 1,dOO.OOO ions of foodstuffs, costing approximately $350,000,000 deliver-' ed, will be needed to carry through1 until the next harvest the populotior.s i-i the districts investigated by the; I American staff of tha commission on European relief. This estimate was sent by Herbert Hoover yesterday to the food administration in a cablegram reviewing the conditions as found in Central Europe and the Balkan States. The surveys made by the American J commission.. Mr. Hoover said, disclosed that meats, fats and milk are so| short in marfy regions that the health af "the people is very much impaired, mortality among children is appall-1 ing and there is a constant menace through the threatened spread of, Bolshevism, especially in the cities. In Various Districts. The conditions in the various districts were summarized by Mr. Hoover in his cablegram as follows: Finland: The food is practically| exhausted in the cities. While manyj af the peasants have some bread,j >ther sections are mixing large a-j nounts of straw. They are exhaust-i 2d of fats, meats and sugar, and leed help to prevent renewed rise of Bolshevism. Baltic States:' The food may last j >ne or two months on a much reduced scale. Serbia: The town bread ration is lown to three ounces daily in the! Vorth. In the South the British are furnishing food to the civil popula-! TV* < * X. A. J* - _ J ;ion. we are trying to get iouu in. :rom the Adriatic. Vienna: Except for supplies fur-j lished by the Italians and Swiss,; :heir present bread ration of six >unces per day would disappear, i rhere is much illness from the short-1 ige of fats, the ration being one and >ne-half ounces per week. There is j to coffee, sugar or eggs and practi-! rally no meat. The people are being fed by Swisg iharity. Poland: The peasants probably lave enough to get through. The nortality in cities, principally among :hildren, is appalling for lack of fats, nilk, meat ar.d bread. The situation n bread will be worse in two months. P.oumania: The bread supply for :he entire people is estimated to last Aflm* OA Ar\ t-c" Tlioir orfl cVinvf nP iiv/blici u\j V4fc*jro. jl iivj | Pats and milk. "The last harvest wasj 0 per cent, a failure. Bulgaria: The harvest was also a ( failure here. There are supplies a.-a liable for probably tv.ro or three months. Armenia is already starving. Cseehc-S'ovakin: There is large' 7. Taring or. account of lack of fats v! milk. They have bread for two cr three months and sugar for si." "Pi ;r\ ' "CONE WEST." ' Cone West! Over the purple hills "(1 bevond the softlv ?rlowin" rim ' f life's clay the warrior's spirit takes 's flight! Out of the morning, aeioss white archway of noontide, clown to the sunset! Out of the din and ; mor, out of th3 fcitterr?-:s 't'.'id strife, Cut of the fierce passion of the co;nbat, ijito the drsmn'.&s silence whose shadows r.vv.'h the pathway to the star?! Bcyor.d earth's d vdrenirs? ho;'i:;on, through the cur''.ir.ci gloom of night. far u^on th? ? ^ f* j* . _? i j i r-\.. l biiuiti.s j r .i ci iiuic.c^:: j.t.:... uiu of the anfonv ci* life's Cl^thsc-man?, ~vcr tlio qv!"kho; summit cf C !vary, into the re ;!m cf S'iory, where Cod's banner never "iurl, where victory b sure! So the stainless knight of a stainless cnu'o moves down the v/c-st, where erfrth's last ^limmor fades and dies, and into God's spreading: dawn, whose light is eternal. whose breath is cool and sweet. Gone West!"?The Houston Post. ) ? MCOffifif President Wilson MayMeet Premiers This Week. MAKING PROGRESS ON PEACE PROGRAM . Arrangement of Program for Peace Conference Expected to Go Forward as Result of President's Return to Paris. | Paris, Jan. 8.?Many importsuit questions concerning the arrangement of the program for the peace conference, which have been in process of solution, probably will soon be adjusted as a result of President Wilson's return to Paris. The president now has personal knowledge of the views of some of the premiers on these subjects and he has supplimente^ it by his observations during his trip to Italy. The president during his trip to England and Italy kept in close touch \\Mth the members of the American peace delegation in Parii and it is evident from the expression of offi-2-1 XT J- 4.1 -...4.4.1 4. L'lLUS tlial/ Lilts sei/i/iciiiciit ujl vaiiuua matters will progress more rapidly from now on. The president's informal talk with Colonel House Tuesday night dealt with the attitude of Premier Clemenceau and Lord Robert Cecil regarding a league of nations. The conference gave the president fresh information concerning their views and today Col. House and Secretary Lancing conferred with Lord Robert, who is the British authority on a league of nations. So it may be regarded as certain that the nroe-ram is makiner nroorress and that in a few days matters will be in shape for the first step of the conference. In fact, it is admitted the first meetings between Fresident Wilson and his aides and the entente premiers may take place the end of this week. | These conferences will be informal and will carry forward, in a spirit of accommodation the discussions which have taken place during the presi-' dent's absence between individuals of the various groups. ' . j The meetings are expected to de velop great importance later, but at present it may be said that results of value have been reached and that the ground has been cleared for the beginning of the actual negotiations. BRITISH TROOPS CLAMORING TO BE RELEASED Fr:C.r? DUTY London, J..r. >c.? by E.-iti-h ? ore".i?: j ; delay in f r:VOt.'.I ]':V.,1dl"C*d ro* iit'13 c.' ? v;.radc'l in front of f:?. vor 1-2 ?. Icmnnchng t" at they bo released ur.d :jv : her.:c?. .A t the rr.me time hun!rc Is of :u :s:cn :>t r-. ::v. j1d r'milr.r Gcrnonr'.r'r.tion. Their ccmr.n.iuh? p^crni-a\ r?!.ssc for' tho.'-e obtaining jt h*. Demobilization c-Tlci^ls 'rft *ov ."i^rco today io spoor.- up tbe \vor!c f releasing t'..2 l/cops. In one meantime the povemmer t is planning to cancel temporarily nil leaves from France. Members of ihs ro vice corps pat'iored in Gove Fsirk rcfuso:! to return to !;Uy to*:.*.}*, " .rir oiTicers ma-lo n:i attempt to enforce dli-civJIro. IE is ivnlrrsic-oi! ihr.c the r.-Dvorn:r,-rt row ph::^ io in do > -;:203.00C ^c! ::: > daily. :? : ti*2 EKcr.cssimg d e pa ritf.! z nt ?.:i : Covrlo JC f tli:icy~v.*ort'i leaver week for Columbia, where she hr.s p. position in the Engrossing De rrlment. Since Christmas INIiss Corrio has been helping: out on the books - f the J. M. Anderson Co. t i ? 1 i Ebert's Government to ; Put Down Riots in City I Of Berlin. I, j REPORTED HINDENBUfcG IS TO j j- TAKE CHARGE GOVERNMENT ' Several Hundred Persons Were Killj cd in The Fighting on Monday, j I Dispatches Said?The Spartacus ! Group Fights Hard. j Conflicting reports were received! from various sources Wednesday on I ' the civil war which broke out In Ber-i lin two clays ago between Spartacus- j j ians and supporters of the Ebert | government. i Swiss dispatches said that a truce; j had been declared pending a con-i i ference on propositions submitted by! j the government for general disarma! ment of the Spartacusians, evacuation of public buildings and surren-! ( der of Police President Eichorn. j Directly contrary advices were re-.( i^?eived through Denmark, a Copenha-j gen dispatch declaring the Sparta- J j cusians had refused the governi merit's truce offer. | Other reports indicated that street ' ! fighting was still under way. . I ' / I; Copenhagen, Jan. 8.?The Sparta' cusians have spurned the govern-^ I ment's proposal to arbitrate on con-J: : clition that they disarm all their foli i ] lowers except soldiers, evacuate all 'J ! oublic buildings and surrender Po-. "ice President Eichom, Berlin dis-j 1 ! -iqf.phes rprmrf.ed todav. I r " i: According to other reports, the . Revolt *has spread to Mannheim,' . where Spartacusians raided a social^ democratic meeting, smashed the fur-! niture and attempted to wreck the offices. !} The rioters were dispersed. The Spartacus forces still control j the post office and other government^; buildings and have frustrated at- j tempts of tT".c government forces to'-, l1 retake the f vr.dau arsen.il according I to ronorts frcm vancus sources. !, 1 i Copenhagen, Jan. 8.?The German ( government concentrated great fore es of troops outside*Berlin, Monday night, planning to enter the Aity at V day break Tuesday and crush Karl LiobnecTit's rebellion, according to , Berlin advices received through var ious channels today. i Field Marshal von Hi'v.lenburg was . i eported to have arrived from Gov- , van military headqunrters and it was 'umod he would dircct the ' attack . c'1 the fpartacusians. : ? t c'f T.] hnndro-i no - on", wee kiS% I. ; ? t ; > t *; > >"i >; '* > ^ t.V2 dispatchs A:iiV.**\72r.ty Sn-;.r?nc??i?.:r? and 'S'gilcli'rs wore killed in the at- 1 : ? ': on Chancellor Kbert's palace ilor.e. J. D. McKE.'S D?A.f>. ?Jr. .7. D. .\r?TC:'0, f:.mi;>.riy cal\ ! v.ris" " fiinnrta -here :I of p-,Q';j7iPn:rt. 'fc T?*/cV T!ill Sim ''.v* : ? ! ?%*'; t'-! av?i\y ~v.u!e Ms homo hero as secretary and ' '.?'.?a.~urcv oi the r..-v o:,= Moiicr Car ".vr:\: I-"1" ra^.v! vi.i". 1 :s fun:!/ "Crecr.vilJe 1a<*. :jac vhori ill? T.,r }{* rr.ahi o'lic o t j ConiMa. ?Ir. McK??c was t ravel "nr* in ' interest of this company v.-hon :? was attacked by ini:?:er.:..i vb : 'jV.cT.Vy by sarcoma. Tie \v:'.s in thirties r.iul left a wifo and i-vsral eh'b'rcn besides several blethers. Mr. MoKee was very popu' l in Laurens aiu! his death was a : ?;*? t shoe'-: lo his f;-ier! i. i. i. ^ T yiv .rruiesiaiib nipiscujjcii service. x will be read by the rector of,the lit tie country church, where he hat worshipped .with his family... Ther< ivill be rtone of the pomp and cere tnony associated with the passing o: ^reat men, but the presence ,of Vic< President Marshall, who. will repre ;ent President Wilson, Gen. Peytor 3. March, representing the army *nd Admiral C. McR. Winslow, th< lavy, will add to the ceremony the lignity of the nation. Gov. Alfred E. Smith and leader: sf both houses of the legislature wil -epresent New York State. The former president's body was olaced tonight for the first time ir :he plain oak casket in which it wil De taken tomorrow to Christ Churth vhere the sarvices are to be held al 12:45 o'clock. On this casket ap peared only a brief inscription?the iame of Theodore Roosevelt and th( lates of his birth and death. / BUYS DUE WEST HOTEL. Ivlr. Thomas A. Putman is abou .3 turn Seceder. He has purchase; I'-cm Rev. J. B. JIuse the Di:2 Wes Elotcl, and now owns property ir the best town cn earth. ?.Ir. Putmar ir.ys that he m:y move there bite: l-imseli, l>ut for the present tbe ho tol will be leased. Should he dccid< > become a resident of the colls^ :vjii. it will have acauired :i thor '" ugh1;* vc-vonsiblo, \v:i!c-a\vakc ant 'evirable citizen, i HIS "DAUGHTER CLAHA." Mr. V.". J. Bryson Is convinced tha there i* v/rcnf? v;ith the '.* 53 Department oi' the Seaboard Aii This is the lime cc yea: vv:.i p "~j ?iri ~itc:l to {" o ear ' :* c?5 oC thy ro'.'.J r. cert in nam?' years cwvaniczinz f'*r ai annua! ?::i?s for a ir.an anil family "!r. t?--y?oa has been on Liza rent : r:.ov;h .0 y.t a p:i-3 for twe ' ni'ies, !)U'; he v.v.s knocked oat lasl when Ms crime ma l( Next in order were: North Carolina, with 1,186,314 bales; South 1 Carolina, with 892,532, and Georgia, : with 880,395. The mill consumption J of those four States alone represents 5 nearly three-fifths of th^ total for '! the country. Since 1912 the annual | consumption of cotton in the cotton 5 growing states has . amounted to 1 more than half the total for the I United States. The production for > 1918 was 57 per cent. 1 JUDGMENT AFFIRMED. The Supreme Court has affirmed i the judgment of the lower court in j the case of The State vs. John Henry 1 Tackson convicted of murder at the February Term of our court last i "ear. Jackson lived on the planta1 "on of W. W. Westfield, on the j; ~iuc West road. He shot and killed j a r.c~ro boy about fifteen years old i while they, along wirfi another ne ?;ro, were at work in the field pulling To '(.lev. The excuse for the killing, ; ; brought out by the state was that , 'he boy ki'Io:t refused to tel! Jackson '\.* particular:; of a conversation j v.*:t'h a woman with whom Jackson ' was infatuated. /'r.niijM i-.!i rrn 11 f nh Hi ch-imed that somebody in the woods adjoining the field did he vhooting. At fho time of the hoc-fins he riskthe other necrro to [ \y with the wounded man while he v;:t to tell the bov's mother. When :* \e .-rot [o th? house he un-.briook to i " [):e fvlrne ;> : the door of the : ; : \/hem he had le't with his vici . > tim. I'nloss a commutation of sentence ' ".'.'.inleu, .T.:ck.ion wil lb2 r^otitenc, o I at the approaching term of the t-iv.'L art! Vv'ill lie electrocuted at the Lute penitentiary. L CAPT. SYFAM SICK. Capt. M. D. Syfan has boon quite k-k c.I.;?, homo in Fort Pickens for ho past several days. Capt. Syfan ; a popular member of the city coun1 an J lie has served the public . " '.Llifully and agreeably on the t southern for nearly thirty years. Every one will be glad to know hat he is getting better and will soon be out again.