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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
The Clean Up.

The clean up week is over in Abb
beville and the Council Is making
every effort to haul of the trash.
There being only one wagon this IS
slow work. Every body cleaned up
at the request of the Board of Health
and now we hope the Board will get
in behind the council ari male them
get rid of the tin can dump OIL the
lower end of Bowie street. There
are enough tin cans in the guileys
on that street to make billion mos
quitoes and many cases of typhoid
fever. Last year the little McClane
boy was victim of fever and he
lived next door to the dump"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
College of Charleston.

Invitations have been received in
Abbeville to the commencement ex-
ercises of the College of Charleston.
The invitations are handsomely got
ten up and contain two names OF es"
pecial interest to Abbeville people.
Robert Coleman and Alex Dick will
finish this year. Both young men
stand we'll in the college and have
had many honors conferred on tacnA
by their classes, the college ard
their friends. Robert Coleman has
been a tutor in Mathematics for the
past year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
COUNTY
HAS NO ROAD TAX

Thomas H. Peoples, attorney gen.
eral, in an opinion, given Comptrol-
Ter General Sawyer Thursday, takes
the position, as no provision is made
in the statutes, that the comptroller
general has no authority of law to
instruct auditor of Abbeville county
to impose road tax, or to instruct
treasurer of the same county "to in.
pose a penalty and collect any tay
from delinquent road taxpayers
from last year."
Both the comptroller general ana
the attorney general have scrut!ni-
zed the statutes and no provision il;
made for a road tax in Abbeville;
county.
The opinion in part says:
81 will say that under date of
April 80, 1915, in response to your
request at that time, the assistant
attorney general stated he had made
a careful examination of the code
of 1912 and the Acts of the General
since that time, with the
exception of the Acts of 1915, which
had not been printed, and he could
find no statute fixing the amount of
the communication tax or the number
of days of road work to be perform
ed in lieu of the tax in Abbeville
county.
"There being no statute author
izing the levying and collecting of
any such tax, I know of no authori-
ty of law that you have to instruct
the county auditor to impose such
tax or to instruct the county treas
urer to impose penalty and collect
any tax from delinquent road tax
payers from last year"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
past year.

Strawberries have been very plen-'
tiful in Abbeville this season, and
as always have been very delightful
to the taste. The berries are SELL
ing now for two quarts for a quar-
ter. Mr.. John Duncan was in town
several days ago and brought with
him forty quarts and then said he
had only gone over half of his bed.
Mrs. George White gathered BUSH
ell from her bed on Friday, while
Mrs. Oscar Cochran has sold eigh-
teen dollars worth of berries from
a bed of six rows.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
DRAWING
CLOSER TO LEMBERG.
Further Advances in Galieia An
nounced Officially at Vienna.

Vienna, May H. (via London) -
A further Austrian advance in Cali
cia is announced in an official state
ment issued here today. The Aus
trians have captured Drohobycz, in
central Galicia, about 40 miles south
west of Lemberg.
The statement follows:
compared with the last fort
nights obstinate fighting, yesterday
passed generally without material
events along the entire front. Our
armies gained further ground.
"Austria columns advanced to-
ward the upper Dniester and occu-
pied Drohobycz, capturing $50 men
and eight machine guns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
BRITISH OFFENSIVE HAS FOR
CED GERMANS BACK FOR
TWO MILES.
Vienna Reports Sunday Passed With
But Little Activity.

London, May 17.-Field Marshal
Sir John French in message to-
night informed the British people
that their troops again had taken the
offensive after fortnight spent in
hurting back German attacks and
had swept across and captured all
German trenches south of Richie
bourg-L'Avoue over a two mile front.
This movement, which has resulted
in the capture of numerous prison
ers, is still under way and gives indi-
cation of being as important in the
matter of territory won as was the
recent French advance. Elsewhere
along the western battle front a lull
prevails.
In the east Vienna reports that
Sunday passed with little activity.
This is considered here as possibly in
dicating that the Russians have
reached a point where they are able
to re-establish their line. The Aus
trians, however, assert that their ar
my still advances.
A homeward bound Zeppelin, re
turning from a raid on England, was
attacked today as it reached the Bel
gian coast. The big gas bag is re-
ported to have been damaged, but the
fate of the aircraft was not iearned
as it drifted away in the fog out of
sight of the attackers.
The strain of waiting for definite
news of Italy's intentions with re-
gard to the war has been relieved
somewhat by thse.% statement that
nothing further is to be done until
parliament meets Thursday. Mean
time special trains are reported to be
in readiness to take the German and
Austrian ambassadors out of the
country. The German press is gloomy
over the situation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
THE PENNAL WILL
CONTEST ENDED

The Probate Court finished the
taking of the testimony in the matter
of the last will and testament of
w. H. Pennal, deceased. The case
was commenced some time ago, but
has been continued from time to
time until yesterday when it was
ended.
Soon after the death of Mr.. Pen
nal, his cousin R. H. Wideman pro-
duced paper purporting to be the
last will and testament of w. H.
Pennal, in the Probate for this Coun-
ty, asking that the same be admitted
to probate in common form. His
brothers and the other kindred of
Mr.. Pennal then filed petition
asking that the will he proved in
due form of law. The hearing was
upon a petition filed for this purpose,
the contestants claiming that the
paper propounded as the will was a
forgery.
After hearing the testimony and
arguments, Judge Miller rendered a
decree holding that the will is not
the true last will and testament of
w. H. Pennal and set the same aside.
The estate will now be divided
among the kindred according to the
Statute of Distributions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
A Distinguished Speaker.
DR.. H. II. Harms, of Newbcrry

DR.. H. Fl. Harms, of Newberry,
President of the Lutheran College,
will make the address before the
graduating class of the Abbeville
High School, Monday night in the
opera house. DR.. Harms is one of
the most gifted speakers in the state
and our people are looking forward
to having the pleasure of hearing
him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19

additional German trenches to the
north of LeBasse, together with
thousand prisoners.
In an engagement at 'Ville-Sur-
Tourbe the French took 400 prison.
ers and in an attack at the ALLEY
Woods carried several German works
and captured 400 prisoners.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
FULL TEXT Of
AMERICAN NOTE
Statement Of Interna-
tional Rights and
Obligations.

The United States Government
has cab1ed to Germany a note call
ing attention to the grave situation
brought about by the violation of
American rights on the high seas,
eliminating in the sinking of the
Lusitania with the loss of more than
a hundred lives of American citi-
zens. The following is full text
of the note:-
department of State, Washington,
May 13, 1915.
"The Secretary of State to the
American Ambassador at Berlin:
"PIease call on the minister of
foreign affairs and after reading to
him this communication leave with
him copy.
'In view of recent acts of the Ger
man authorities in violation of Amer
lean rights on the high seas which
eliminated in the torpedoing and
sinking of the British steamship Lus-
itania on May 7, 1915, by which over
100 American citizens lost their
lives, it is clearly wise and desirable
that the government of the United
States and the imperial German gov.
ernment should come to a clear and
full understanding as to The grave
situation which has resu!t.l.
Other Incidents.
''The sinking of the British pas
senger steamer Falaba by German
submarine on March 2S, through
which Leon c. Thresher. an Anleci-
can citizen, was drowned; the attack
on April % on the American vessei
Cushing by a German aeroplanc,
the torpedoing on Mag l Of the
American vessel Gulfighs By Il ti,r
man submarine, as a result Of which
two or more American citizens met
their death; and, finally the torp4'C-
ing and sinking of the steamship
Lusitania, constitute a series rf
events which the government of the.
United States has observed ,y,tl.
growing concern, distress and amaze
ment.
Recalling the humane and enlight-
ened attitude hitherto assumed by
the imperial German government in
matters of international right, and
particularly with regard to the free
dom of the seas; having learned to
recognize the German views and the
German influence on the field of in
ternational obligation as always en-
gagged upon the side of justice and
humanity; and having understood
the instruction of the imperial Ger
man government to it's naval COM
manders to be upon the same plane
OF humane action prescribed by the
naval codes of other nations, the
government Of the United States was
loath to believe-it can not now
bring itself to believe-that these
acts, so absolutely contrary to the
rules, the practices and the spirit of
modern warfare, could have the
countenance or sanction of that
great government.
To Speak Frankly.
''It feels it to be it's duty, there
fore, to address the imperial German
government concerning them with
the utmosst frankness and in the
earnest hope that it is not mistaken
in expecting action on the part of
the imperial German government
which will correct the unfortunate
impressions which have been created
and vindicate once more the position
of that government with regard to
the sacred freedom Of the seas.
THE government of the United
States has been apprised that the
imperial German government con-
sidered themselves to be obliged by
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19

The American Commission of Re-
Lief for the Belgians will have ex-
pended over $65, 100000 dollars by
the first of August, in providing food
stuffs to the Belgian people. This
relief commission has restored the
credit of the country and has kept
the price of bread lower than the
price in London. The report says
that the profit on this bread by the
first of August will have reached 60
per cent of as much as the "benevo-
lences of the world"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19

A committee of mercy has been
formed in America for the relief of
the people in Poland who are starv-
ing, as a result of the adversities of
war. This committee has Hon.
Elihu Root as President, Charles w.
Elliott as Vice President and other
people of prominence. Robert Gro
zier, commissioner, reported that
over three million people are starv-
ing in this district and many deaths
have resulted from fever and chol-
era.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
General News

DR.. P. H. E. Sloan, Secretary and
Treasurer of Clemson College, died
suddenly Saturday morning while
sitting in his chair. DR.. Sloan has
been connected with Clemson since
the college was organized and was
we'll known and beloved by many of
the young men of the state.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
Germany Must Drop
Inhumane Methods

the extraordinary circumstances of
the present war and the measures
adopted by their adversaries in seek
ing to cut Germany off from all COM
merce, to adopt such methods of re-
taliation which go much beyond the
ordinary methods of warfare at sea,
in the proclamation of war zone
from which they have warned neu-
tral ships to keep away. This gov
ernment has already taken occasion
to inform the imperial German gov
ernment that it can not admit the
adoption of such measures or such
a warning of danger to operate as in
any degree an abrogation of the
rights of American shipmasters or of
American citizens bound on lawful
errands as passengers on merchant
ships of belligerent nationality; and
that it must hold the imperial Ger
man government to a strict account
ability for any infringement of these
rights, intentional or incidental.
Rights Not Questioned.
at does not understand the i'm
perial German government to ques-
ton those rights. 1t assumes, on the
contrary, that the imperial German
government accept, as of course,
the rule that the lives of noncom-
batants, whether they be of neutral
citizenship or citizens of one of the
nations at war can not lawfully or
rightfully be put in jeopardy by the
capture or destruction of an unarm-
ed merchantmen, and recognize also,
as all other nations do, the obliga-
tion to take the usual precaution of
visit and search to ascertain whether
a suspected merchantmen is in fact
of belligerent nationality or is in
fact carrying contraband of war
under a neutral flag.
"The government of the United
States, therefore, desire to call the
attention of the imperial German
government with the utmost earnest
ness to the fact that the objection to
their present method of attack
against the trade of their enemies
lies in the practical impossibility of
employing submarines in the de-
struction of commerce without dis
regarding those rules of fairness,
reason, justice and humanity which
all modern opinion regards as i'm
perative.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19

Columbia Seminary is soon to
erect two new buildings, a chapel
and library, which will bear the
names of Woodrow and Wilson, COM
memorating the names of DR.. Joseph
R. Wilson and James Woodrow, the
father and uncle of the President.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19

Paris, May 17.-The official COM
munication issued by the French
war office tonight announces the cap
ture by the British troops of several
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
Can Not Observe Rules.

ut is practically impossible for
the officers of submarine to visit a
merchantmen at sea and examine
her papers and cargo. 1t is practi-
cally impossible for them to make a
prize of her; and if they can not
put prize crew on board of her
they can not sink her without leav-
ing her crew and all on board of her
to the mercy of the sea in her small
boats. These facts, it is understood,
the imperial German government
frankly admits. We are informed
that in the instances of which we
have spoken time enough for even
that poor measure of safety was not
given, and in at least two of the
cases cited not so much as warning
was received. Manifestly subma-
rlnes can not be used against mer-
chantmen, as the last few weeks
have shown, without an inevitable
violation of many sacred principles
of justice and humanity.
"American citizens act within
their indisputable rights in taking
their ships and in travelling wherever
their legitimate business calls them
upon the high seas, and exercise
those rights in what should be. the
well justified confidence that their
lives will not be endangered by acts
done IN clear violation of universally
acknowledged international obliga-
tlons and certainly in the confidence
that their own government will sus-
tain them in the exercise of their
rights.
The Warning Advertisement
"There was recently published in
the newspapers of the United States,
| regret to inform the imperial Ger
man government, formal warning.
purpoTting to come from the imper-
ial German embassy at Washington,
addressed to the people of the I'm
tied States, and stating, in effect,
CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19

Former President Taft, in a speech
made in Cleveland, Ohio, before the
Worlds Court Congress, outlined
his plan for the establishment of a
league of peace and arbitral court
with the object of settling by arbi-
tration differences between the ma
tions of the world and preventing
further wars. Such league should
include all the great nations, Mr..
Taft explained, with an agreement
that should any signatory power be-
gin war against another member
without first submitting its griev-
ance to the court all the other sig
natories would be bound to join in a
"forcible defense of the member
thus prematurely attacked"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19

Speaker James A.. Hoyt has or
dered an election in Sumter county
for July 30th to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of DR..
George w. Dick. An election will
also be held in Spartanburg to fill
the vacancy caused by the appoint
ment of W. G. Query as state tax
commissioner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19

The big naval parade going on in
New York this week is to be one of
the most spectacular in the history
of the country. President Wilson
has gone on in the yatch, Mayflower,
and will be received with all the hon.
ors due the president. There will
be four submarines in the parade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19

Mr.. David B. Traxler has been
appointed post master at Greenville,
thereby ending the violent campaign
for the place. Mr.. Traxler is a
son of one of the first dispensary
commissioners of the state and for
merly lived at Timmonsville. :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19

The county municipal street cal
system of London, is tied up on &C.
count of a strike, the employees de,
manding an increase of fifteen pei
cent, war bonus. Only forty cars
out of fifteen hundred are running.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-13
Beanan News Notes.

Special 10 tmeS-Repupican.
beauau, Sept i5.-.HT. Carl S..a-toIn
and Miss Iona Cole were married at
zrundy Center last Thursday. They
are among our very best young people.
Miss ora Sharp had the misfortune
20 break her arm while cranktng her
auto. While il is very painful she is
getting along very well.
J. N. Nickerson and Charles Nicker-
son shipped five cars of hogs to the
Chicago market Sunday. George is
shipping 1900 hogs that he bought in
Canada and fed here for the Chicago
market. He made big gain.
Threshing is about done in this COM
nunity except timothy. There will be
no clover seed TO thresh. Corn that
was thought 10 be badly frosted is
coming out in good shape and with
the balance of the month warm we
viii have fair crop.
School began with full corps OF
teachers. The children from the coun-
try are delighted to ride in the new
wagons.
John Nickerson. Of Vienna, while
loading hogs the other day was severe
" bitten by a hog on the finger The
wound for a time showed considerable
infection but is some better today.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Evans and Mr..
and Mrs Edwin McMartin are taking
in the sights at Tacoma and Seattle.
They will return via San Francisco.
the, VII &c gc.c aSoc. :h-ee weeks
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-13
A SUBURBAN INSTITUTION At
SIOUX CITY ROBBED BY
THREE BANDITS.
LOCK CASHIER IN VAULT;
SECURE NEARLY $500
Robbers Overlook 5000 Which They
Might Easily Have Obtained-cash-
ier Thought Men Were Joking When
Ordered to Throw Up His Hands-
Police Without Clue.

Sioux City, Sept. 13.-Half an hour
Merchants Bank, $500 Correctionville
road. Greenville. Saturday afternoon,
three men, with handkerchiefs serving
as masks. entered the bank, held up
Ralph NJ. Tritz, the assistant cashier.
at the point of revolvers, and escaped
with nearly $500. The robbery oc-
Cured al 1870 o'clock.
Tritz, q recent graduate OF Trinity
College, was alone at the time in the
cashiers cage OF the bank. a one
story structure, tho three carpenters
were at work in the basement, and the
door leading from the banking rooms
TO the cellar was open.
Overlook 5000 in Vault.
John E. Hesse, president of the bank,
said last night that the loot Of the
holdup men did not amount TO probably
over 1915. Between 1000 and 5000,
he said. was in the vault, about TWEEN
~ feet behind the cashiers cage. The
robbers, however, made no attempt TO
get this money, using the vault for
q prison in which to place the young
cashier while they escaped. il IS pre-
sumed, in an automobile. which was
at the corner before the robbery. but
which was not there afterwards. No
person could be found last night, how
ever, who saw the three men either
get out or enter the machine.
The loot taken by the trio repre-
sented money which Is generally upon
the cashiers counter on Saturday af-
ternoons, after closing hours, TO take
care of struggling business. Tritz was
engaged in counting It when he looked
up and saw the three holdup men.
They were already wearing handker-
chiefs over their faces and four re-
voIvers were being pointed at the man
behind the cage.
Thought il Was Joke.
The scene amused Tritz. He thought
It had been staged as a joke. He
laughed.
Up with those hands" said the
spokesman OF the trio, who held two
revolvers. while his pals had conrented
themselves with only one each.
Tritz continued TO think that some
Of his friends were endeavoring to
have some fun at his expense. He made
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-13
THOSE GOVERNED BY coMMlS
sIoNs MAKE SPECIALLY GOOD
SHOWING.
EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA
DECREASE DURING YEAR
Saving Of More Than One Dollar Per
Head Made in Nine Working Under
Commission Plan-Cites Of State as
Whole Show Increase in Population
Increase in Paving.
Special to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, Sept 13.--Iowa has nine
of municipal government and FIVE
which are operating under the gem
eral manager plan of government. This
is shown in the eighth annual report
of the state department of finance and
municipal accounts, now being COM
pleted by George Gallarno, chief clerk
of the department.
The commission governed cities are
Des Moines, Sioux City, Cedar Rap
ids, Burlington Ottumwa, Fort Dodge.
keokuk, Marshalhown and Mason City.
The general manager cities are Web
ste- City. Bloomfield, Clarinda, Chart
on and Iowa Falls.
The cities OF Iowa as whole show
an increase Of population, altho the
exact figures are not yet ready. The
report altogether contains returns as
20 financial transactions from all OF the
101 cities, and from Isl of the 763 in
corporated towns of the state. The
towns whose reports are not vet in are
Brandon Carpenter Clare. Coralville.
Goodell, North McGregor, Pioneer IT,
tonka vining, Wellsburg. Graf and
Rinard.
Commissions Save.
In the nine commissioned governed
cities the total financial transactions
for the year ending March 81, 1918,
amount TO less per capita than year
ago. the average expenditure OF the
city per capita being Sl5.94 as against
$685. a year ago, The total expendi-
ture in these nine cities is larger than
the year previous but the expenses have
not increased proporrionately as much
as the population. The receipts are
less per capita. being sl5l6 this past
year as against 1882 the year pre-
vious The total receipts for these
nine cities, however, are larger than
for the year preceding. The total pay
nents of the 101 cities Of the state
show an increase per capita over the
preceding year, this past year averag-
ing 1892 per capita and the year pre-
vious s15.1S per capita
There has been a marked increase
in the miles of paving laid, in the ex-
tension of water mains and sewer sys-
TENS and IN the number Of cities which
have electric light plants and gas
plants. These figures are no, yet COM
plete, however.