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Abbeville Press and Banner -r . Abbeville, S- C., Tue.d.y. April 1.1919. ;.- Singk Ggie,, Fi.e Ce-h. 78tf,gg J VOLUNTEERS MAY SERVE OVERSEAS Call for Fifty Thousand Coming? Will Visit Germany?Men to Be Concentrated at Camp Meade for Early Duty in France. Washington, March 28.?An immediate call for 50,000 valunteers for service in Europe has been prepared by the war department and probably ka rmViliohpH tomorrow. As an vrm MV incentive to enlistment the men will be offered early duty in France as a relief for men in the expeditionary forces who wish to return home. Enlistment in this special force will be for three years. The men will be concentrated at Camp Meade, Md., and probably will be sent overseas in contingents 1,000 strong. War department officials expressed confidence that no trouble would be experienced in raising the 50,000 men or an even greater number if necessary. The bulk of the men art: ex* pected to come from recently discharged troops, especially those who after having been drafted and trained were prevented from going overseas by the armistice. Opportunity to see service in Germany, it is thought, ,will lead many of these to enlist. A number of officers, probably ten .$>12, will be sent overseas with each Mi?Jn?VkAvif nf 1 nnn man /lollV'nff -^U^ICIUCUV MX XjVVV UiVU J ^J/Camp Meade. These willl be used a4 {he concentration camp to give thfe preliminary training necessary to whip the men into casual, organizations and make the required examinations. On arrival in Europe they will take the places of officers eligible for discharge. ' , PROF. WILSON HERE. ? Prof. Walter W. Wilson, of Level Land, arrived again on Monday afternoon. He brought along Prof. Temple, also of the Nail Kag College, of Level Land. They tackled Joe Hughes and Eugene McMillan in the Hillbilly stronghold, and beat them 7 to 4. Old man Cothran came into the game at this point succeeding Joe Hughes, and it is said that what he got was a plenty. It' was the first i time in his long and honorable career as a Setback artist that he went i * -.home "skunt," but such was the case, a? sad as we find it to tell on him. g A HARD JOB. " ? i The doctors over at Anderson ard having a hard time, making an aristocrat out of Dr. Gambrell. Thej have operated on him three times and so far have failed. He returned to Anderson on yesterday for another try. If they fail this time, he expects to give the effort the good-bye. However, his ailjnent of the ears is great ly relieved and he begins to feel like himself again. NEW SUBSCRIBERS. The folllowing new subscribers have handed us their names , with proper accompaniment since our last issue: Geo. Nance, Will Hall, Lieut. ,F. E. Harrison, 0. T. Bradbury, T. 0. Price, Rev. J. B. Hillh'ouse, Cindy Martin, and J. J. Price. This is what we call coming some. A SICK BABY. ! j The little baby girl of Mrs. James ttr J* * ? * yyooanursi; is improving alter an attack of* double pneumonia. Mrs. Eigermann nursed the little girl and helped pull her through. V ' 7 " \ , V COTTON MARKET. , S w \ ~ I "1 ! ' i . \ fGj?od,;cpttoa on1 the Abbe- > p\, vilte market brought 27 l-2c. V ^"TV 25?0&<- *>* vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv I 0 I I * " i . I GERMANS NOT WILLING FOR HALLER TO PASS General Nudant Meets,. With Refusal on Presentation of Marshal Foch's Note Demanding Passage Thru Danzig for Polish Divisions, Part of Allied Army. Berlin, March 28.?General Nu^ dant, representing Marshal Foch on Wodnodav snKmittoH n nnt.A tn thp j German government demanding a passage through Danzig for the Polish divisions under General Haller, which are a part of the allied army and permission for their march to | Poland to maintain order. The note i added that any refusal would be re' garded as a breach of the armistice. The German'government, after exI haustive deliberations by the party leaders, replied that according to the armistice, it was * only- obliged to | grant the allies free access to the | Vistula to maintain order in territori ies of the former Russian empire. In concluding the treaty, the government declared, it proceeded in any case from the standpoint that there could be no question of Polish troops. "The note then refers to incidents during the journey of Ignace Jan Paderewski, the Polish premier "who, grossly violating the hospitality Recorded him on German soil, gave the signal for revolt and civil war -and who, when he was in Danzig in1 De cember, 1918, said: 'If the Polish division from prance and. Italy should be in Danzig, then Danzig and all west Prussia would be Polish." Proceeding, the note refers to^uraerous demands by the German mafjority in west Prussia who wish to resist Polish attacks by force, and says that by such civil warfare the German eastern front against' Russian Bolshevism will be endangered. In conclusion the communication asked for information as to the. composition and strength of General IJaller's army, the date of its landing and transit of Poland, and what', guarantees the allies can offer that General Haller's arrqy, or a portion of it, will not participate in Polish demonstration or a possible insurrection of the Polish minroity. * AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Mack McCullough and Clayton j Bannister, of the Lowndesville seci tion, ha? a narrow escape on Friday night when the automobile in which they were riding, turned over near the residence of Mr. George Mann, on the Lowndesville road. Mr. McCullough received the more serious injuries, having three ribs and his" collar bone broken, as well as suffering internal injuries. Bannister es[caed with general bruises but with .{no $>ones broken. | Both of the injured are farmers. ' They ran out of guajio horns Friday | afternoon, and went to Iva to replenj ish the stock. They bought the guano | horns, but the month's supply of the | family remedy had come- in and they J took a dose or two of this. The next ! thing in order was a ride to Abbei ville, which was made on good time, | the accident happening on the return trip. Dr. Pressly was called in soon afi +.Hp nprmrlnnf nnH fnnnr) tVio fwn ; men at the home of Mr. Mann. He J found them suffering1 considerably, : but by morning Mr. Bannister was ; able to return-home, while Mr. Mc Cullough was taken to the hospifeal ; for further examination and treat! ment. j THE VICTORY LOAN DRIVE. '! Wm. M. Barnwell and C. H. McMurray Were the representatives frqm Abbeville who met "in Columbia with representatives from other parts j oi tne, state on last inursaay to pian 'j for the big Victory Loan Drive. , HOME FROM COKER. k.! ! Mis%' Caroline Re^eBej and Misl ^iJ nona Barksdale eame up from Coker J College, this week and spent a few ' 1 H .7- ~ , <-d?ys> hiking ;fifier?h?piriBg j^bopping k and visiting home folks. I ' - , * ' ?' : . - ' V. - fc. .?. W. \ L. ? .. -'.It* A -'J 5,500 MISSING? GENERAL PERSUING Total Compares With England's 161,800; France's 290,000?Accesr to Prison Camp Sites in Germany Leads to Many American Graves. Washington, March 27.?General j Pershing reported to the War DeI partment today -that there are still 5,500 officers and men of the expeditionary forces listed as missing. This total compares with the British official figures of 161,800 missing and the French of 290,000. All of the 5,500 names have been reported as "missing" in casualty lists already published, the reporf said. Re-interments of bodies from isolated graves in the centralized cemeteries is furnishing additional identification in a number of cases, and for this reason the records of the grave registration service are being carefully studied. /*, Re-examination of grave .' registra-i tion reports, and also of hospital rec-j .ords, referred to by Gen.? Pershing^ [ was said bv officials at the War De 1 7 ' \ : i partment to explain the "killed in aej tion". and/"wounded in action" casualties still appearing in tjhe-t daily I casualty lists sefct out by the department. The British war office, Gen. Perj shine's report said, had adopted the policy of considering twenty-six weeks in the case of an officer and thirty weeks for an enlisted man as i the length of time, after the man hafl been recorded as missing befoipj death is presumed. In the French,, army, he said, W definite period had i been fixed. ; ' . * * ."No accurate estimate of unreported deaths can be given", said Gen. Pershing's report. "There are, how-| ever, 5,500 missing to be accounted; for, all of whom have been reported to Washington. as missing. Reinterment of bodies removed from isolated graves.to centralized cemeteries is fwrnialiino" Additional identification of deaths hitherto reported as miss-j ing. This is especially true of re-| burials of bodies originally buried by Allied units to which American; troops weft attached, identifications' being either incomplete or imperfectly registered at interment. "Deaths of American soldiers inj French hospitals, of which only mea-j gre and often incorrect records on file, are likewise disclosed by reburi-j al of these.bodies, resulting in com-! plete identification. Access to ^sites j of prison camps in Germany and to; territory formerly within enemy lies [ is' leading to discovery of many Am-| erican* graves and identification ofj casualties previously reported as; missing. ' "Each company or other unit of; the American expeditionary force have heretofore been furnished a j complete list of officers and men car! ried as missing up to February 1. All j units are required to display such i j list in places accessible to members l of command for the purpose of se1 . > . . . , *< j curing casualty information from ev-j i ery possbile source. This expedient | is resulting in locating hitherto un! known graves and identification show! ing present status and whereabouts j of many battle casualties. "Consideration should be given to the fact that methods of warfare as well as the extent of terrain fought ! over lent exceptional difficulties to | discovery and burial of dead. Burial I parties frequently completed their ! mission under heavy fire and often I could only be done under cover of i rlqY-L-n<icc: +Vmc maVincr irlpnf.ifimt.inri difficult and often impossible, jleburials are now furnishing means of identification in a great- majority of. such cases. For this reason grave registration and chaplain reports are , Being again investigated, . VA* .small percentage of such reports lnvesti gated are proving to be cases of Amsuch. As rapidly as identification I*.. C . *> - . . \ :* i ; ? . v.. FT5Si _____ A Gold Mine Discovered on Plantation of Col. Pat Roche Near City. About Twenty Thousand Dollars.' in Nuggets Picked Up bj[ Young Geddings Roche. Although there has been a studied effort to keep the public in the dark, , it has leaked out, and as usual The i f' Press and Banner got the news first,' that a gold mine hat been discovered > on t?>e plantation of Col. Pat Roche' ; near the city, and A'now teemr that Col. Roche is to be one of the fabu. i < lously rich men in the country. j. The gold was discovered bj/ acci-' . dent. Mr. Roche had been promising j Geddings, his bright young son, to; take%him out to the farm for several! , days, but on account of the weather; . and one thing and another the prom-.' ( ise had not been kept until Saturday a week ago. On that day it wa^! ( warm and bright, so it wa* decided ^ that Geddings should have his outing, and a merry one it was. j ( While he was crossing the rocky blujf on the faf side of the planta-, " J ? ' I tion about zioda time, the little man ^ discovered something which shone j like gold. He picked it up and look-1 ed about him and soon ' discovered j other nuggets, because that was what| they proved to be, nugget's- 6f pure; gold. He carried these to his father | and the old man stepped lively whenj he had looked at them, not that he. , j loves gold, but he likes the things I i which it buys. When he arrived at j j ' V place where Geddings found the | 1 ,eoon located a kind of,J pocket 1ri which he found enough of.j the yelllow metal to line his pockets.. | Hurrying home, he took these to } the nearest assay office and found 1 that he had already taken from, the ] oil of a place he was about to sell i for five thousand dollars, twenty i thousand dollars in gold. 1 On the ?dvice- ff the men in J charge" of the assay office he came 1 back home and quietly took a sack i of the rocks from the bluff, which he 1 shipped to a chemist at Clemson College. The assay shows that these i rocks are rich in gold, some of them i running as high as four hundred dollars to the ton. 1 Mr. Roche has already been pffer- j' ed more than a hundred thousand | I dollars for a one-half interest in his ] farm by a syndicate in Greenwood ' which makes a specialty of buying i up all the gold mines and which it appears to us is (frying to copier the ] gold market. : All of which makes interesting ! reading for the financially inclined on this the firat day of April. VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN SUNDAY?MAY 4TH i. , Fichmond, Va., March 28.?May 4 >.~s been, fixed as Victory Liberty Loan Sunday, it was - officially announced today by the War Loan OrI ganization here. Lewis B. Franklin, Director of the War Loan Organizaj tion o^ the United States Treasury I stated in a telegram, received in j Richmond, that the above date had j been set to avoid any conflict with j the Easter services of Sunday, April I 20. Coming just after the middles of J the Victory Liberty Loan Campaign [ it is hoped that this Sunday will be j observed as a special day of thanks; giving for victory. Every mini'ster in ! the "Fifth Federal Reserve District I will be asked to cooperate to this j end. Ministerial unions will also be | expected to participate. Sunday | schools and Bible classes will be re j quested to ooserve victory ounaay, ! as the Easter season seems a fitting j. time for a day. of. rejoicing, and thanksgiving. ' can be completed from information originally filed on subsequently obtaiped from every possible source, is being reported by cable." \ 4 -.c/tr-' JAPANESE INVADE v' j i-OWER CALIFORNIA . . . w! . Mexico Grants Rifchts?to Corn Corporations?May Caus* friction. Aguirre Certain, However, That Monroe Doctrine Not Involved in Transaction. Mexico City, Saturday, Mar. 29.? That Japanese corn corporations have been granted concessions ,to exploit agricultural lands in Lower California was the statement made late today by Gen. Amado Aguierre, under secretary of development and agriculture. The affirmation was made, however, that the concessions were fully authorized by the provisions of the Mexican constitution regarding the area and position of the territory in relation to the ocean shore and the frontier line. 1' There was nothing in the^concessions, it was asserted by the under secretary, that might possibly lead to difficulties as far as the Monroe doctrine was concerned. 'Reports that there is a possibility of international controversy over the granting of the concessions to the Japanese Were said to be absurd by Gen. Amado Aeniirreiin an interview earlier in the day, in which he said the action was legal.* At that time fie would not admit the concession had b^en granted. The Japanese legation here denied it had any official knowledge of the action. ; . SAMUEL F. NANCE DEAD. Samuel F. Nance, eldest son of the ate F. W. R. Nance, did not linger ong after his father was called. Death claimed the son^on Saturday, March 29th, af 8:30 P. M., and be joined the father on the other shore. Mr. Nance was in his sixty-second year . He was born in the state of Mississippi, being a twin brother of Miss Lizzie Nance, formerly of Abberille, but now of? Due VTest. He was i farmer and followed thjfe " occupa:ion during? all of his life except for four years when he was jailer of Abaeville County. He lived before coming to Abbeville near Due West, but le has made his ho^ne in Abbeville for the last twenty-seven years, hav- s ing his residence in Fort Pickens, md tending his farm near the city. I In early life he married Miss Fan- ( lie Agnew, who has been a most de- t rated and helpful wife to him during 1 all the years. She with four eons, i Eugene, John, George and Roy sur- < rive the father. Two daughters pre- ] leded him to the grave. 1 Mr. Nance was never a strong < man physically, but he did nor suf- i fer from bad health until-August of ] last* year. At that time he was strick- I en with a* disease of the heart, complicated with liver trouble. This in connection with a case of Influenza during the winter weakened him, so that he was-confined to his bed for several weeks. Though this was true, and though he was^not expected to recover, the came suddenly and unexpectedly on Saturday night, only a ^ few minutes after he had been in ? conversation, with friends, and apparently in as good physical condition as he had been in for sometime. Funeral services were conducted at the home on Sabbath- afternoon by Rev. M. R. Plaxco, of the Associ-j' ate Reformed Presbyterian Church, i1 which Mr; Nance had been a mem-j' ber for many years. The interment was at Long Cane immediately after 1 the services. \ A GOOD ROAD. I The road from Abbeville to Cnl- ^ houn Falls has been worked recently and if you are looking' for a fine . drive you may turn your car in th^t direction. The work done is better than any which has been done in the county in a long time. All of the roads are in better conditio^ than -one would expect, but there are imfoy holes whichmightiie filled, as well as bridges needing re viUe rieea w " T 1 e ' * * i. ' 1 y ' ' J"': ... PASSPORTS ISSUED, 10 IRISH MISSION' Americans to Present . Irtlanclja Claims at Paris, Wal*h, Dunn? aa?l . * ~ Ryan?;Americans Will Endeavor to Obtain Hearing at the'' t !* v rea.ce Conference. ' ^'y||i Washington, March 28.?Passoprts vere granted by the S?ate Depart-, nent today to Frank P. Walsh, forner joint chairman of the war labor- \ -.'fig )oard: Edward F. Dunne,% former Governor of Illinois, and Michael ^K. Etyan, former Pennsylvania PubKd . * ->?||8 Service Commissioner, who are going ;o Paris to present Ireland's claims it the peace conference as spokesmen ' && )f the Irish race convention held last , nonth at Philadelphia. ' In submitting their request for jassports, Mr. Walsh and Mr. Ryan^ epresenting the committee, stated . v.Jjj ;he purpose of their mission was to A 'obtain for the delegates selected by - ' ;he people of Ireland a hearing at '{$ ;he peace conference and to place ' i&M jefore the conference, if that hearing . . : >e not given, the case of Ireland, her nsiaibence upon hdr right to self-de- p-' ermination of the republican form . ' ?f' J: >f government established by ;her >eople." ' ' . No Statement luned. ' No statement was issued at thfe State Department in connection with / he granting of the passportfc and of- ' icials declined to discuss the matter ^ nformally beyond saying that pass-' -j T>orts had been granted. * , /'jl Mr. Walsh, who will head the mis- * ion which expects to sail April 2 on t he steamer-Le Touramer-frem -JSTew f '-'3 fork issued the following statement* / v y'jsk oday: "The committee is going to France ' ' is American citizens, holding no al- , .. ' 'M egiance, actual or spiritual, to any t' ./$? ?ther nation on earth, but imbued ' ; , vith the necessity of extending , the ; >rinciples of free government to Ire-' .< ad, which is the typical small naion of the world being deprived of . * iic ngnt to determine lor itself the 'orm of government binder which it ihall exist. ' , . / 7 ? ':M . "Naturally men'ad women of Irish )lood and ancestry everywhere haVea f ' leep and sentimental attachment to ' 1 he land which gave'.birth to their * >. ace, and at this crucial m^ment of ' y - '-t lew world concepts desires to jfen- ^ ler all of the assistance in their* * 7 | power to the representatives of #ie people of Ireland delegated to attend ;h| peace conference. The committee " j jxpects to remain in France until Ireland's case is fully determined by. ? the conference." . "v. . :>-a SATURDAY. ' Saturday was a busy day in A'bbe- ' , * "'He,-the 3creets were ined \v!tn gears' ind the stores were fulk of busy shop- . / ' ?ers. Some had money while others , % ' % ;verg working their credit.t I? all it ' was one of the busiest days in the 1 ; j stores since the Christmas holidays. ? / MEETING THE BOYS.' Lieut. G. A. Neuffer, Lieut. Owen Speed, and Lieut. Carrol Swetenburg v . ' < vent down to Columbia this week to : f; be on hand for the arrival of the X ; : ' Thirtieth, and to give' the glad hand t ' 0 :o the boys. OFF TO TATE'S: * . Mr. and Mrs. James Chalmers left ; last Wednesday for a stay of some ",-VJ length at Tate Springs. Mr. Chal- ?><! mers hopes to be greatly impsoved by the healthy waters. \ HOME FROM FLORIDA.. : _ ! ; 7 ) it' | \ Mrs.- George White, Jr.; c$me J'- > ^ . 1-1 niv-'J- ^ OU-. nome last tweew ,irom xviuriuu. y jiDno f jn had a pleasant visit but became fi;Vic- \ '3^ ipalaria and ..had \q. rstuajf to ' the up country. *!' j > *Vgg / * ' ' *0:4 : .....