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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
TEUTONS DESCRIBE
AMERICANS DEBUT.
Account of First Clash
Between Americans
and Huns
ADMIT THAT THE
FIGHTING WAS HARD
Answers They Claim Prisoners Gave
to Question, Why Did Ameri-
ca Enter War.
fHDWTI 11IfI TIE
FIGHTING WAS HARD

Berlin, Sunday, Nov. 25.--A re-
port received from the western
front describing the American
troops in action, says:
Independent American units
have been thrown in the trench line
The felt hat has given way to the
English fashioned steel helmet and
the whistling and bursting Of shells
have become familiar sounds to
American ears.
"For the first time since they
have been participating as indepen-
dent contingents the Americans
have tasted the real hand scuttie.
But this time the shells did not
merely fly over their heads but into
the very trenches they had selected
and presently, with an internal
noise, these things which the young
soldiers believed to be a firm pro-
lection began to quake and burst.
"And hard on the heels of this, a
firm attack by our orl-rushing Be-
varian reserves forced the way into
the American trenches and musket
shots and bursting hand grenades
relieved the artillery fire.
"Our new opponents was most
determined defense and desperate
hand-to-hand fighting set in. Butts
of guns, fists and hand grenades
were freely brought into play and
MANY men fell to the ground be-
fore the rest gave up resistance
and surrendered. After bare hour
the German storming troops were
back in their trenches with booty
and prisoners.
"There they stood before US,
these young men from the land OF
liberty. They were sturdy and
sportsmanlike in build. Good-na-
tured smiles radiate from their blue
ewes and they were quite surprised
that we did not propose to shoot
them down as they had been led in
the French training camp to believe
we would do.
"They know no reply to our query
sWhy does the United States carry
on war against Germany? The
sinking of American ships by u
boats, which is the favorite pretext'
sounds a t,ihe stale. One prisoner
expressed the opinion that we had
treated Belgium rather badly. An
other asserted that it was Lafayette
who brought America French aid
in the war of independence and be-
cause of this the United States
would now stand by France"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
GERMANS ADMIT
LOSS AT CAMBRIA
ALL EXEMPTIONS
NOW REVOKED
Failure to Comply With
Law Is Considered a
Misdemeanor.

Washington, Nov. 28.-All per-
sons subject to the selective service
law, Provost Marshal Crowder an
nounced today, are charged with
knowing the law and accompanying
regulations and failure to comply
will be considered a misdemeanor,
punishable by years imprison-
ment. Failure also may cause i'm
mediate induction into the military
service and will operate as a wal
yer of any right or privilege which
might otherwise have been claimed.
General Crowder pointed out
that all previous exemptions are re-
voked under a section of the regu-
lations which reads:
Cali exemptions and discharges
made prior to noon on December Is,
and all certificates in evidence there
of are hereby revoked from and af-
ter noon on December Is, and all
such certificates heretofore issued
shall have no further validity.
"In any case of deferred classifi-
cation made under these rules and
regulations, the secretary of war
may order such deferred clasifca-
ton and any certificate issued in
evidence thereof, to be revoked and
rescinded, and the registrant to be
transferred to any less deferred
class designated by the secretary,
except only as to. such registrants as
have been placed in class 5 on ac-
count of legal exemption"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
SCHOOL EXERCISES.

Wednesday at half past one g
natriotic meeting was held in the
Opera House by the school children
Rev. M. r. Plaxco read a few
verses from the Bible and Rev. H.
W. Pratt lead in prayer. DR.. G. W.
swope made a short talk in intro
ducing the speaker, Rev. John j.
Wicker of Richmond, Va. His talk
was interesting and entertaining,
beine along educational as we'll as
patriotic lines.
In chorus the entire school sang
several national songs. The Fifth
and Sixth grades sang "a Thanks
giving Song" which was very good
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
WILL GET COMMISSIONS.
Boys of Butler Guards Have Been
Recommended For Commits
sions AS Lieutenants.

The following six members of Co
A, 11sth Infantry, known to Green
vile as the Butler Guards, will soor
be commissioned as lieutenants.
Daniel T. Smith, Wistar Royc
Watkins, Curran B. Easley, Preston
B. Speed, Grayson M. Hoke.
These half-dozen Greenville boys
have already successfully passed the
examinations and have been recon,
mended for appointments as lieut.,
enants. The appointments will prob,
ably come within the next few days
and the men will be issued the black
and gold hat cord Immediately after
ward.
The success of these men in pass
ing the examinations is due to their
pluck and persistently hard wolk
since having been mustered into
the service. They have received
the hearty congratulations of many
friends in the city and at the camp.
The foregoing article from The
Greenville Daily News will interest
cur people.
Preston B. Speed is Il son of DR..
and Mrs. P. B Speea If this city,
ard is a young man of sterling
worth.
Daniel T. Smith is a sor-in-law
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. T. Coleman, and
is young man of excellent quail
ties.
They volunteered for service on
the Mexican border as p-ivates.
They have proved their ability and
have been promoted until now they
areto receive commissions as lieu
tenants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30

mass of inspired editorial matter
is being telegraphed from the Ger
man press and by the correspond
ents in Berlin in an endeavor to
convince Norwegians of the wis
dom of extreme anti-German feel
ing, and of the benevolence of Ger
man intentions as respects them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30

Now Russia may be classed with
the Germans. News dispatches
said the German staff officers actu-
ally were in Petrograd actively en-
gagged as advisers to Lenine. Later
Cable news said the Bolsheviki
leaders had crossed the German
lines for conferences with the Ger
man military authorities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
HAROLD C. DEAN.

The friends here of Harold G.
Dean will be glad to know that he
won a commission at Fort Ogle-
thorpe as second lieutenant and
will be assigned to Chickamauga
Park.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
Bourbon Wood Is Splin-
tered By Fire of
Great Attack
BIRDMEN FLY LOW AND
RAKE HUNS WITH FIRE
Buildings of Prize City of Cambria
Are Visible Through Fos-Ger-
mans Try to Stop English.
British Aviators, Swarming ,
Above Lines, Pour Machine
Gun Fire Into Enemy. .AI

Above Lines, Pour Machine
Gun Fire Into Enemy. .sI
Berlin, Nov. 28.-(Via London!9
Temporary loss" Of the zone
from Bourbon to Fontain Notre
Dame was announced in today's Of
fetal statement describing the fight
ing around Cambria. p.
With the British Armies in the
Field, Nov. 28..-Crown Prince
Rupprecht fed thousands of his best
men into the reeking nav of the
British lion today.
The Prussians seldom fought with
such desperation as they battled
last night and early today-vainly,
bloodily, frantically striving to
wrest Bourbon wood from the Brit
ish.
The wood is mere bundle OF
sticks now. Its great trees have lit
orally been splintered by high e1-
plosives, smashed down by tanks,
uprooted by shells. What used 10
be a pleasant grove Of grateful
shade is now a bare, scrawny hump,
5000 by $500 yards out of the 81
lient showed forward into the very
vitals of the German line. Its very
base must by now be soaked with
the blood of fighting that has ragged
over its top.
The Germans uncorked a country
side of gas in their attempts TO
shake the British grip behind the
Hindenburg line today.
Shells containing the powerful ~
phyxiating vapor were distributed
by German guns over wide areas
Immediately behind the British po-
sitions. No damage was done and
the shells gave the enemy no ad-
vantage.
AS this dispatch is cabled the Brl-
tish line has apparently shifted 10
west of Fontaine Notre Dame, but
positions in Bourbon wood are stand
ing secure despite the enemy's most
desperate efforts.
Germans Use Gas.
This dispatch is written just at
ter my return from sight of Cam
brai. The buildings of the prize
city are visible even in todays
thick fog, from where the British
line sticks it's steel menacingly for
ward.
On the other side Of the Bourbon
ridge, toward Quent, the Hinden-
burg line that was, looked like =
prison yard from the keepers tow
er, so commanding is the ridge po-
sition.
It is small wonder Rupprecht =
now desperate as he sees this vital
dominating point in British hands
AS 1 stood south of the wood the
rattle of rifles came from the right
have seldom heard such terrific
bursts of noise from the infantry
fighting.
Then the machine guns on both
sides joined their staccato rattles m
a feverish crescendo. A sally had
been tried. And over all came the
crash of great explosives.
The Boches are taking no chances
of letting British reinforcements
come up. Minute by minute they
are busy crumpling every known
road, or every known track by
which they think fresh British
troops may enter the salient. High
explosive shells are used, great mon
sters that dig deep craters.
The British guns do not hesitate
to reply. Back on the German
roads Byng's shells must be making
LEO rnicarah ahle for the RocheS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
American, British and
Italian Missions Go
to Paris
FOR UNIFIED ACTION
IN CONDUCT OF WAR
Situation in Russia Will Claim At
tention With Leaders of Bolske-
Wiki Receiving Advice From
Eermans-British Harass
Germans as Italians Hold
Austrians-

The representatives Of the chief
nations at war with the Teutonic al
lies are assembling in Paris for the
inter-allied conference at which are
to be discussed momentous ques-
tions for more unified action in the
prosecution of the war.
The American, British and Italian
missions already have reached the
French capital. They are led, re-
spectively, by Col. E. M. House,
David Lloyd George, the British
prime minister, and Vottorio Or
lando, the Italian premier.
In addition to determining a ba-
sis for stronger joint action against
the enemy countries, the conferees
doubtless also will discuss at length
the anomalous situation in Russia,
where the Bolsheviki factions are in
control and where German staff Of
ficers are reported to be acting as
military advisers to the Lenine gov
ernment.
Serious in Russia.
Inside Russia the unsettled condl-
ton of affairs daily seems to be
growing more serious. All COM
munication now has been severed
between North and South Russia
even the foreign embassies in Pet
rograd being unable to get in touch
with the Odessa and other points to
the south. Unofficial advices are to
the effect that the Russian Northern
army is in dire straits for food
having had no bread for several
days.
Around the village of Bourbon
and Bourbon Wood and about Fon-
taine Notre Dame in the region OF
Cambria the British troops are keep
ing hard after the Germans. In
both sectors General Byng's forces
again have made considerable pro-
gress, especially at Fontaine, where,
having been evicted by the Ger
mans after the initial drive of last
week, they again have obtained
footing in the town and have ad-
yanced almost to the main street.
Rescue by British.
The southern portion of Bourbon
Village was entered by the British
after a hot fight, but after having
rescued some of their troops who
had been isolated there for some
time, the British withdrew to their
original positions.
Possibly in a supreme endeavor
to break the Italian line before the
British and French reinforcements
enter the fray, the Austro-Germans,
comprising an entire division, have
attacked the Italians in the Brenta
Valley on the northern sector of the
Italian front. Like similar though
smaller attacks during recent days
the offensive was stopped by the
Italian artillery and infantry, the
enemy suffering heavy losses in men
killed and made prisoners. Four ad-
ditional attacks between the Bren-
to and Piave Rivers also were put
down with severe casualties and
everywhere the Italians held their
original line.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
TENNESSEE MULES.

I have just returned from len
nessee, where l bought another
load of good mules. Be sure to
look them over before buying.
T. G. White.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30

Little Mary Wilson of Newberry,
swallowed large steel pin with a
large black head. An X-ray showed
the pin to be near her heart. Her
windpipe was considerably lascer-
ated when it was taken out. She is
still alive and seems to be doing
nicely. She is three and half
years old.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30

Capt. Mahldin will resign as mem
ber of County Delegation. His as
signment as captain in the Regular
Infantry necessitated the move. He
will be at Chickamauga Parkk.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30

A demonstration in favor of a
peace armistice was held in Berlin
by the Socialist. A resolution was
adopted opposing the aims of the
pan-German and annexation of Po-
land and Livoma by Germany. The
meeting voted in favor of holding
an international labor conference
at Stockholm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30

The Italians are going to hold the
lines as long as they live. The gl-
gantic struggle is going on and they
are holding their lines bravely un-
til French aid can come.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30

British capture tunnel 13 miles
long and more prisoners are taken
near Fontaine, Notre Dame.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
NATIONS IN BATTLE
MEET AT CONFERENCE
A GLANCE OVER
THE COUNTRY
News in a Condensed
Form to Be Read By
the Busy Reader.

A large amount of Bear meat IS
being eaten in Randolph County,
w. Va, instead of beef.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30

Berlin, Nov. 2S.-(Via London.9
loss" of the zone
from Bourbon to Fontain Notre
Dame was announced in today's Of
ficial statement describing the fight
ing around Cambria.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-24
CRONICAS CUBAANIAS
HYGIENE SOCIAL

ci5n vive holgada y hasta magnifi.
camente; lleva IA "~contabilidad" del
''negocio" con escrupulosa exactitud;
golpea a Ia hembra por celos tmgi-
dos 0 r~eales, pero, sobre TODD, cuan-
do no le entrega :! 'diar!O' COVE
nido: Y, 81 es precise, arma camCrra
a palos 0 4 tiros con braVura y de-
nuedo 81 Sc trata d" no perder 81 car
tel cOnquistadO.
Este tipo de zangano social ha bro
tado en- La Habana al ejemplO de
los "apaches' franceses que aqui 4
bunIan, Y que vinieron de Su pals, en-
su mayor;a. escap&dQs de los preSi-
dos. 0 como ''emboscados" huyendo
del scrvicio militar.
Semejante labor de saneamiento SO
riuI ~tropezara necesariamente con
enorncs obStaculos; perO 4 Ia puSGre,
sc%uida con tesun Y energla, acaoa-
ri BOT matar los %ermeneS viciosos
lie akUra abundan. Va en- los tea
tros eli escandalo sc M reprimido, y
q mu raraS ocaSiones Sc preSeEtan
cspectaculoS inmoraleS.
Por fortuna, el efe de ii Policia Y
e. S~ecretario de Sandal. son perSo-
No.. Observation-Disclosures one UOnIran to-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-24

IL IuSFC IeIe VIC "a PSiiS!o 0S 49,
Habana, senior sanguily, de acuerdo
con Ell senior Mendez Capote, recien-
temente nombrado Secretario de Sa-
nidad. Sc propone dar una batida con-
tra ciertos vicios que venian arrai-
gandose f~uertemente y Que amenaza-
ban ~eytenderse q todas las classes So
ciales.
La Habana siempre ma tenido ia
ma de ciudad allegro. de intemsa vida
nocturnal. de costumbres libreS ; adn
a!go mas. AQui el vicio es precoZ
ror efecto del china en- buena parte,
= las que en- otroS paises son niNaS
i~muuberes. bajo el ardiente sol del tro
pico que hace hecvir = sangre Z
muy atlas temperatures. Sc conyTer-
Ten en- muiereS con alarmante rapi-
de-.
Este irn6maEp natural, undo i IN
~iufluercia Dc Ia pob!aci0n f~!otantc y
uuiz" = les seGimentot africanos cue
convivyn. suhre tyIu rn las classes b.
us lei pueblo rubamo. han sidu las
r:,usas participates de que q yjciu ha-
W lcmado proporciones es>an,:losa$,
Y. rn cleric mode. nunca ,lsl;s EN-
p.ro.: PASSES. Una dc suS f0rmaS Is
a4u~!ll u;.c en- las l~egiSiar!onrS pc
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-24
EJERCiCIOS DE NATACiON.

Aver por Ia tarde. en- el arroyo del
SulaGo. grupos de soldados perte-
n~ecicntes al Tcrc"ro dc Caba!lcria,
aicicron var!as pricticas de nOtacion.
QUO constiluyrron una intereSantc
exhibition = Ia que c~oncurrio hume
roso pIblico.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-24
Cartas de Mnjeres
(Viene de IA 90. Pag.)

'es''uoS ue n7siC ~"
& la reeieh 'lesaU@' :" pa"
Y lego q NIL y SIT "@Otaf p"t"D
con las dos ma'os NE es'eoI'o una
mia cue tempo eH''e las S"'"S' '~.s
acorSo!e 'a'''.I Il" &c 20" ~
,cs a3aahEes' H&5 "9te'''' 1S ''I'
sn CUE paEeee que s. 11o'"" " J" Par
las a.naS : las 'o'aS-
: Alberto ' = mi. nos acontece CO.
no = todos los amantes verdaderoS'
una cosa: para hab!ar de noSotroS
miSmos. de nueStros amoreS, de nueS-
tros deseos, de. nuestros suenos, Ia pro
ximfdad de- los demas. ID algeria de
los otros, ell contacto de tantaS Nldas
cercanas que Sc meZcIan con nosotroS
en- nucstro sendero. parece como que
0 cicrran los !aolos. ' nos affeD"-
: To- terminus, ) no sahemoS deer
mas aUe rosas ranas. como las VI
da@ que nos rodean. Cas- S'empre,
. nos c~ontcntamoS con h"h!ar n'uy 20
co. ' mirarnos mucho. Mas en- los
,~.oac4toS ae Sc!edad. rG"ndo nat!"
"Ia"; los o'os en- nueStraS cafaS, '"aH-
10 nad'c RE M ch"r!0 ce''" IL ''S'-
nos deciiH"S h"eS'r'> ''@' 90.
mo 81 Nao'A'2''"' 60" ''>''''
NOS SeH'!'"' M%ei'''''''.' '"''
EeHu'iao re ~ch'i"'I!0'' ''' '"''.'
acS iles"H mafea"h'o,e' 0''''' q''
t"o"moS PocoS' A"e!a Ho'H' "|'
nos .! Jardln 4 t"m"r UNA ''>" ''
: ALA "arc"amos.
In "harla era mas in'.la" -: liz
90. al c~ncaHto lie n luna. ed" p
"a So fueron ale;ando G.2t Il a..
reeorriendo q iardin IN d. .. 2
5.reccione<, clda cU2l uuea" q N"1
specie De soleGad encanca :o"@. II
u mesa. sobre cuyo manteI - oes.'-
iaban grandes ramos de fiorH'. :"''r-
mos Alberto : 20. De coa"' G. Gin.
NUDES. como en- cspera de 2'g'. t!"-
20 los ojos en- mi, yo en- a.. : ereo cue
nos vimos hasta q forGo G-- a."2.
Sonreimos. : nos eStrechamo~ rs ma
nos: e. sondaie hab;a sido fe,jr. y@ e
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-08-31

the formation of new State, and
consequently the State of Franklin
was born and on the 14th day of
November, 1885, a Constitution
was agreed TO and resolved upon
by the r representatives. of the Free
men of tho state of Frankland 1.-THE
State was called both Franklin
and Frankland, as some were IN
favor of calling it Franklin, after
Benjamin Franklin, and some
as the land of freemen)
elected and chosen for that particu-
lar purpose, and who assembled in
at Greenville on the
above date. after the adoption of
the Constitution and before the
adjournment of the convention they
appointed General Cooke to pre-
sent the constitution as adopted
together with a memorial to Con-
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-08-31
HISTOR Y
OF
Morgan County
From. its Formation down to
the present day
Continued from Last Week.

Continued from Last Week.
J In view of the action of the
North Carolina Assembly, and
for the further fac that the
constitution of that state con-
tained a provision providing iu
time for the formation of a new
State west of the Alleganies, and
the effect of excluding this terri
tory from the protection of the
laws of the State of North Carolina
sentiment began to grow favoring
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-08-31

into the union. He was not reciv-
ed and no notice was taken of his
mission.
However the Franklin govern
ment had now commenced; the
adoption of this constitution was
not long after the American Colo
nies had gained their independ-
ance land the spirit of the heroes of
Kings Mountain and the fire and
zeal and yearning for the pure
type of freedom and liberty doubt
less prevailed and inspired the lof-
ty and fairminded provisions con-
tanned therein. This was prev
ious to the adoption of the consti-
tuition of the United States, and
the document, the memory of which
long since faded from the minds of
our people, was Of sucha type that
that we deem it proper to call at
tentlon to some few of it's prOvis-
ions which would indeed be worthy
of consideration as lofty provis
ions Of fundamental law of our
State Of today.
Sec. 3. Provided "No person
shall be eligible to or hold seat
in the House of Representatives of
the freemen of this commonwealth
unless he actually resides in and
owns land in the county to the
quantity of one hundred acres, or
to the value of fifty pounds, now
about $4,000, and is of the full
age of 81 years. And no person
shall be eligible or capable.sto serve
in this or any other office in the
ivitsgovefnment ofthis State who
is of an immoral character, or
guilty such fragrant enormities as
drunkenness, gaming, profane
swearing, lewdness, Sabbath break
ing and such like; or who will, in
either word or writing deny any of
the following propositions, viz:
1st That there is one living and
true God, the Creator and Cover
nor of the universe.
2nd That there is future state
of rewards and punishments.
3rd That the scriptures OF the
Old and the New Testament are
by divine inspiration.
4th That there are three divine
persons in the Godhead, co-equal
and cO-essential X X X
This section of course with a
great many people of today and in
times past might be and might
have been considered as religiously
and indeed imposing too
much restriction on the qualfca-
tions of office holders and! bearing
of close connection be-
tween, if not Welding together
church and state, yet in fact it
does not; it sets forth no creed or
sect to be adhearG to, it prescribes
no doctrine except that doctrine
distinguishing between right and
whose foundation princi-
pies is founded on the law of
Christ, yet not contrary to the
doctrines of the old Bible Testa-
nent accepted by all non-christian
'eligions Except tho provision of
the New Testament as of
livine inspiration), it does not
any from worshiping God
according to. the dictates of their
so long as their worship
s not repugnant to civilization and
he moral standard sought by u
light thinking people-to be esla"-
lshed; and aster all this doctrine,
While old is yet new, and we think
To be Continued.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-08-31

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The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-08-31

PROGRAM
Christian Endeavor Society
Baptist Church. Sunday Evening, September 2, 1917
A MUSICAL CONSIDERATION MEETING
Psalms
SADIE RAMSEY LEADER
PreIu1e Violin and Organ
Scripture Ii Sadie Ramsey
Prayer VIM Freytag
NIar Ruartet Mr. OFT, Mr. Jow POWELL
Mr. Smith, Mr. Summer
Life of Fanny Crosby C Schubert
Solo--Crossing the Bar Miss Nancy Tuman
Female Quartet Mrs StrickIin, Blanche OFT
Elsie OFT, Ethel Williams
What is tile most comforting hymn? Mr. W Z Stcklin
Sonr Choir
All active members roll call with the title of their
favorte hymn
Benediction
=