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Use D. c. Wagons for Coal.

Suggestion that the District Commits
eioners take the teams and dump wap.
ons belonging to the street department
off the work of hauling snow and use
them to distribute coal was made bv
one of the largest coal dealers of the
city today.
This dealer stated that he has large
supply of coal In his yards. but thai
about. thirty of his trucks and wagons
are idle because drivers and laborers
are not to be had.
He expressed the fear today that his
coal supply might be confscated by
the government by reason Of his in
ability to make deliveries. e. F. Cola
day, acting fuel administrator for the
District of Columbia. stated, however.
no dealer who has . supply OF
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Workmen in Bavarian
Cities Also Are Striking;
Berlin Papers Gaqqed
By the Associated Press.

AMSTERDAM, January 31-Both in
Berlin and the provinces the strikes
are spreading. according to Wednes-
days edition of the Koelnische Volks
Zeitung, which reports that represent
atiYes of labor in the various cities in
the industrial region were expected to
meet in Berlin on Tuesday.
Agitation for general strike in
Munich is said to have failed after a
stormy meeting. but the movement
largest manufacturing towns in Ba-
varia The newspaper says that the
demand of the fatherland party for the
continuance of the war and the bad
Iooo supply In the towns were the raA.
sons given for the strike at several
meetings.
Strike at Kiel Works.
The Vossische Zeitung tBerlin) OF
tuesdays date reports that all the
Morkmen IN the kiel shipyards. includ-
ing the government yards, went on
strike on Monday, and that all bakers
shops have been guarded since Friday
by troops and armed police
AT Hamburg, says the paper, all the
workmen in the Vulcan works struck
monday morning. and marched in pro-
cesslon through the main streets to the
Trades Union building. where thew
held stormy meeting All the demands
were for better food supplies. There
were no disturbances.
An Essen dispatch to, the yossisehe
Aeitung says that on Monday there
were 1000 strikers in the Rhenish
Westphalia mines. where hundreds Of
thousands are employed. Nine mines
are affected.
Vienna Mill Burns.
vorwaerts says that the largest flour
mill in Kaiser -Ebersdorf. in the en-
virons of Vienna, was burned Saturday.
All the grain. -four and machinery were
destroyed The damage is considered
irreparable as the mill played an im-
portant part in provisioning Vienna.
The German censor has ordered the
Berliner Tageblatt the Vorwaerts and
the Berliner Post to cease publication.
according to & dispatch received here
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Hun Raid in France Kills = T. s.
Soldiers, Wounds f.; I Missing
Attack Preceded by Heavy Artillery Fire Which
Is Returned By American Cannon---Fighter,
Hit, Falls in Trench, Nearly Drowns.


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, January go
position certain OF the French front
aded during heavy fog shortly after daylight morning The
attack preceded by violent artillery barrage.
killed and four wounded One soldier is
missing believed have been captured by enemy
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osupar Lines" Formed in Chicago

CHICAGO, January 81 Sugar
lines" were FORMED here yesterday.
hundreds Of personS standing for hours
at. q number Of big department stores
awaiting their turn to purchase half a
poupd Of sugar. Smaller aores. for the
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Prof. Mills Dies in Oxford.

LONDON. January 31.-Lawrence
Heyworth Mills. professor of zend
philology at Oxford University since
1898, Is dead.
Evening star., 1918-01-31

Lawrence Heyworth Mills was born in
New York in 1897. and was educated in
Fairfax county. Virginia, and New
York University. He went to Oxford in
1857. Prof. Mills has published many
books on philol0Iy and eastern reai--
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VICTORY FOR CLERKS
imp. 0. COMMITTEE
BY Vote of 10 to 6, Chairman
Is Ordered to Draft Bill
f., for Increases.

A decided victory for substantial
salary increases for government en-
ployes was won at a meeting of the
House committee on post offices and
post roads today. BY vote of 10 to 6
to draft a bill and report it at once to
the House which carries from 10 to 20
per cent increases in the various
branches of the postal service.
Clerks and carriers of first and sec
ond class offices are given permanently
classification in line with the provi-
sions of the Madden bill, carrying in
creases in salary estimated at from 10
to Is per cent instead of the ) and 10
per cent reported by the subcommittee
The rural carriers are taken care of
according to the general provision of
the Steenerson bill They are given Is
per cent increases up to 81 200 and s34
q mile per annum for each mile over
twenty-fotfr.
Provision Made Retroactive.
The fourth-class postmasters are al
lowed compensation from the first s10O
of cancellation instead of the first $50.
as heretofore. This provision for com.
pensation was made retroactive.
All other employees except those on
the per diem basis are granted Is Der
cent for all those under $1,000 and
10 per cent between $1,000 and $1,000
Per diem workers are allowed 40 cents
an hour.
Leaders in Congress striving to
secure Substantial increases for gov
ernmeut employees feel that the
victorf in the post Office committee
heIpsTto assure a general salary in
crease. It 10 taken for granted that
the increases in the postal service
pra6ticnlly assures that the low SAL
eYiG1 empioye under e1.z00 will re-
~ xEos e g e psr csnt increass
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Esssssss HIT By Snapers --- e sssss =
Casualties have been occurring almost
daily for several days on this sector II
is now permitted to disclose that all
the recent casualties given out from
Washington occurred in this sector The
deaths were caused by shellhre, mostly
shrapnel.
Last night was fairly quiet through
out the American sector. The usuai
number of shells came over. doing no
damage, and there were the custoinaly
sporadic outbursts OF macnlne suhns ~ .
from both sides at polnts "hefe ehe
opposing lines are nearest
At daybreak this morning the neav!
fog. which had been enveloping the the
whole position and the country lot
miles around for several Gays, oesa ant
still thicker, blotting out all eXcepI
the nearest enemy positions. Az
o'clock three muff1ed reports sounded
through the fog. There were three
whistles. followed quickly by three
shelf bursts. The projectiles exploded
81 tbree sides of an American listen
ing most. Just outside the wire. Wltnln
fnstv-fiye feet of an enemy listening
post
Shells Rained on Americans.
"rben hell broke loose" said one OF
the men there. For fifteen minutes the
enemy broke hundreds OF high expio-
Give 77,s around the post and the sur
rounding ground, cutting on the men
there. Two of them were killed IN the
first few minutes.
Anotbar man who was at the post told
the correspondent later, as he was ~
ine IN cot in a field hospital that he
saw four Germans approaching out @ o.
the fog as the barrage age i3rteo' into niae e
nd saw two of the Germans fall. He
Kept @ on firing until shell splinters hi
him in the head and arm.
"The last I remember in the tune m, oe- se
fore l reached the hospital, saiu an
athar wonnded man, sis seeing some
thing moving through the fog. l de-
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Allies Depend On Us.

The president points out that the
allies depend upon us in an ex-
traordinary and unexpected degree for
sustenance," reviews agencies created
to assist the farmer toward greater
production. and states in respect to
the way farmers have responded to ap-
peals for increased effort that "it is
not only necessary that these achieve
ments should be repeated but that they
should be exceeded"
The President says that, while farm
labor has not been exempted from the
draft, and he believes they would not
desire to be, ''the attention of
the War Department has been serious
" centered upon the task of interfering
with the labor of the farms as little
as possible"
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Not to Divert Cars,

Diversion of shipment in transit. ex
cept for perfshables, will not be per-
mitted from destination given by the
shipper to the forwarding agent of rail-
road where cars have been placed and
loaded on the specific request of food
The food administration does not nm
dertake to secure cars, nor can the di-
rector general OF railroads in these nm
certain times of blizZards and winter
storms undertake to supply all cars an
piled for. but 1t is hoped that the new
arrangement will give the food admin.
istration definite Information, which !,
can give in turn tothe director genera
of railroads for his assistance in iba
distribution of cars into the territories
and trades of the most acute needs :,
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farmtned to get some Germans and put
my rifle to my shoulder. but never pull
ed the trigger. Thefx was a deafenine
explosion behind me- Frozen earth, ice
stones and shell splinters came my
way
Inspection of the scene of the raid
showed that the ground was plowed
up by the explosion of shells.
cme OF the men wounded was hit by a
snlper's bullet. He fell in trench filled
with water and almost drowned before
he was rescued by his captain.
Several of the wounded had been list
ed as accidental woundings. These were
mostly wounds on the hands.
1t Is certain the enemy casualties from
the american cannon and machine gun
nre nave been as great as, or greater,
than ours.
Follows Colonel, Killed.
The casualties given out in Washing
ton recently occurred over a certain
recent period The dead were buried
within the sound and range of the
guns.
One man was blown to pieces by a
shell in a regirhental headquarters
town as he was following his colonel
into dugout.
Three men were killed by one she'll
which fell in a trench and another died
of wounds in hospital. Quite a few of
the men sent to hospitals were wound
ed in the upper part of the body or
on the head from shrapnel.
For military reasons it has been mad
visable to send earlier or other details.
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To Replace Emergency Bureau.

Fourth-A clearing house of the coal
merchants, supervised by L. B. Eynon,
jr., as representative of the federal
fuel administrator for the District of
Columbia, will take the place of the
emergency bureau. Through this clear
ing house orders which individual coal
merchants are, unable to handle will
be Immediately distributed to other
dealers who can handle them
Fifth-On and after Monday, February
4, all persons should place their orders
with their own dealers. If they are new
comers to the city or for other reasons
have no regular dealers, they should place
their orders with the nearest dealer.
Sixth-To offer immediate relief. a
number of the coal dealers have opened
today a "bushel trade" and will supply
coal to any and all persons who will take
it away, at not to exceed 40 cents per
bushel as follows: Stephenson, 7th street
wharf. one to two bushels: ]. Maury Dove.
21st and l streets, one to four bushels:
w. w. Griffith katherine Coal Com
pany), lis N street northeast, one to four
bushels.
Other merchants who will conduct these
emergency bushel bureaus willsbe listed in
the newspapers as rapidly as their names
are available.
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Future Is at Stake.

The military authorities in the Ber-
lin district, according to the Berlin
correspondent Of thes CopenhageR Poli-
ffikeu. have pEQhfhitad III WnaffnGn nnn.
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Chief Executives Message to
Farmers Declares Conflict
Must Be Won This Year. =
NATIONS HEAD APPEALS
TO FARMER OF COUNTRY
Unable to Attend Meeting at Uni
versity, Mr.. Wilson Delegates Sec
retary Houston to Warn
Tillers of Soil.

In a message addressed today
to the farmers of the United
States President Wilson said
"You will realize, as I think
statesmen on both sides of the
water realize, that the eliminating
crisis of the struggle has come
and that the achievements of this
year on the one side or the other
must determine the issue
The message to farmers was in the form
Of letter to be read at the farmers con-
ference being held at the University Of
Illinois at Urbana.
The message was delivered by President
James of the University of Illinois, in the
absence of Secretary of Agriculture Hous-
ton, who was to have represented the
President.
Could Not Attend.
The President had expected to attend,
but indisposition made it impossible, and
he delegated Mr.. Houston, who was pre-
vented from participating by the tie-up
in transportation facilities
The message said, in part:
ri need not tell you, for am sure
you realize~as keenly as I do. that
we as nation in the presence of a
great task which demands supreme
sacrifice and endeayor of every one
of us. We can give everything that
II needed with the greater willing
ness. and even satisfaction. because
the object of the war in which we
are engaged is the greatest that free
men have ever undertaken.
WE are fighting. therefore. as
truly for the liberty and self-gov-
ernment of the United States as If
the war OF our own revolution had
to be fought over again: and every
man in every business in the
United States must know by this
time that his whole future fortune
lies In the balance.
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D. c. COAL PROBLEM
ONE Of DELIVERY
Plentiful Supply of Anthracite
and Bituminous Now Re-
ported in the City.
CLEARING HOUSE PLANS

With nearly 10000 tons of anthracite
coal in the District of Columbia to-
day and more on the way. to arrive here
before midnight, and with large Cup
plies of bituminous coal here and or
the way, the local fuel situation today
resolved itself into question of dis
tribution.
Provided means can be found to get
the coal off the cars. into trucks and
wagons and then to the homes and
other places where it is needed, an
acute fuel situation no longer exists
here, according to the local fuel ad-
ministration.
1.-The problem now is wholly one OF
getting the coal 10 the people," said
Acting Fuel Administrator Colladay to-
day. There is plenty in the city, but
the terrible condition of the streets
and the lack of labor combined makes
the problem of distribution one of tre-
mendous difficulty"
Mr.. Colladay said today he did not
intend at this time to ask for soldiers
to help unload coal cars, but that some
thing along this line might be tried
later if it became absolutely necessary.
Plans for Coal Clearing House.,
Perfection of plans for the coal
clearing house was announced at Mr.
Colladay's office today, following a
conference between the local fuel ad-
ministrator. Commissioners BrownIow
and Gardiner, Acting Engineer Commits
sioner Lieut.. Col. Loving. John H.
Hanna of the United States Fuel Ad-
ministration and a delegation of coal
merchants representing the central
coal committee and the Coal Merchants
Association. The following decision
was reached at the conference:
First-The coal merchants will make
all possible deliveries to persons who
have placed oSders with them, and
such others as may place orders with
them.
Second-Lieut. Col. Loving, with
District teams and laborers, will de-
liver coal upon the orders of the
emergency bureau.
Third-The emergency bureau will
continue to operate as at present until
noon Monday, February 4.
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Fair, colder tonight and tomorrow.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm. today: Highest, 30. at
pm. today; lowest. n. at 2 am. today.
Full report on page 16.
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Sworn Net Circulation. Month Of December
1917, Daily Average. el.0l7s sunday eA03o
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TOMORROW, Haue a,
Wheafless M cal and
eqfl RS o

J.
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The Associated Press IL exclusivsly s1t5t1ee -
the use for republicAtion Of an neWy dl1paecneo
credited to It or not otherwise credited In tnis
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication Of special
dispatches herein are ai's reserved.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County of Abbeville.
PROBATE COURT.

Citation for Letters of Administra-
ton.
By J. F. MILLER, Esq, Judge of
Probate:
Whereas, H. N. and o. S. Coch-
ran hath made suit to me, to grant
them Letters cf Administration of
the Estate and effects of S. H. Coch-
ran, late of Abbeville County, de-
ceased.
These are therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kind
red and creditors of the said S. H.
Cochran, deceased, that they be
and appear before me, in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Abbeville
Court House, on Saturday, the 7th
day of September, 1918, after pub
lication hereof, at II o'clock in the
forenoon, to show cause, if any they
have, why the said Administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal of
the Court, this 24th day of August,
1918, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and Eighteen
and in the 143rd year of American
independence.
Published on the 9th day of
Aug. 1918, in The Press and Banner
and on the Court House door for
the time required by law.
J. F. MILLER,
8-27-3t. Judge of Probate.
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BRIDAL SHOWER.

Last Wednesday evening at seven
clock, Miss Gladys Wham gave a
bridal shower at her home in honor
of Miss Carrie Richey, who was
married to DR.. McElroy of Colum-
bia, Thursday.
About fifteen young people enjoy
ed punch that was served. The
many beautiful gifts were brought
to the lady of honor in a decorated
basket by little Miss Maverick Rich
ey. In addition, many games were
played, which were highly enjoyed
by those present.
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Seems across. the sombre stiffness
zephrys bear the sweet reply:
o, Jackson, l am watching
Meath the shadow of thy tomb;
But, Jackson, I'll be with thee
Where eternal roses bloom!
l saw thee in the valley where the
vapors kist the sun, .,
AS gorgeous as old Austerlitz that
charmed Napoleon;
O, that beautiful May morning, on
US ambient sunbeams fell
Fell upon the last fond meeting
O, my comrade, fare-thee-well.
But in spirit I was. with thee, felt
thy throbbing heart a-tune
To the song of Shenandoah, ripping
meath the silver moon;
With thee on the eve of battle when
the camp-ires lit the sky,
And the soldier in his bosom pinn'd
his sweetheart's last good-by!
At the sounding of reveille when the
shells around thee screamed,
I beheld the empty saddles where
the belching cannon cleaned;
Yes, saw thee in the valley. where
thy blood the, verdure kist,
Bivouacked beneath the starlight
there my soul was keeping tryst
O, Jackson, I am watching,
Where the myrtles round thee
creep,
But, Jackson, I'll be with thee
Where none sorrow, where none
weep.
There at Charlottesville I watched
thee, raised to Heav'n thy cher
ished name.
When thy dash at Hooker's right en-
gulfed it in a sea Of flame;
But on, that fatal accommodating,
when thy comrades knew thee
not,
There thy soul received the summons
andkthy noble breast the shot;
There the steel thy bosom shatter-
o, forgive, they did not know
Would that thou had'st died in bat
tie with thy face against the foe
(Wilburn, Wilburn, he is falling;
See, he drops the bride rein!
Lend thy shoulder. Blood upon it?
Thou are honor'd by the stain!
o, Fatality, thou mystery; why
should love destroy her own?
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SAFELY OVER THERE.

Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Cheatham re-
ceived a message on Sunday from
their son, Sergeant M. G. Cheatham,
stating that he had arrived overseas
safely and was feeling fine.
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The Confederate
College
No. 62 Broad Street,

No. 62 Broad Street,
CHARLESTON, S. c.
Boarding and Pay, School for
Girls.
Begins it's session. October 2,
1918.
Historic Institution situated
in a healty location.
Advantages of City life, with
large College yard for out
door sports.
A WELL PLANNED COURSE
of. studies in a homelike at
mosphere.
A BUSINESS COURSE open
to Seniors, land Elective
courses to Juniors and Sem
iors. ~-
Two Domestic Science courses,
giving practical and theor-
etc knowledge of cooking.
A we'll equipped Library.
For Catalos and further in
+ formation, apply to the Col.
legs. ."
8-13-1t. w.Sept. II.
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LEE AND JACKSON.

Wilmington, S. c., Aug. Is, 1918.
My dear Mr.. Greene:
In hunting among my old letters
yesterday come across the poem I
enclose to you. l have no recollec-
tion of what paper cut it out of
nor how long since. 1t is about the
two great immortals, Lee and
Jackson. If I had to pronounce a
eulogy over them I would repeat
Mark Anthony's over Caesar. God
never made but one Caesar and he
would never make another. I was
with them in places that it was hard
for me to manage my legs.
The next great man is the immortal
Hampton. I don't think any SOL
dier could act the coward when in
his presence. He had a superhu-
man look when the musket ball was
flying and the cannon balls were rak-
ing the trees over his head. This I
saw and can never forget
Well, to 60 back to the poem, I
can't tell you how often I had to
stop and wipe the tears out of my
eyes when reading it.
You are to be the judge about
publishing it in the Press and
Banner. Sincerely yours,
w. E. Link.
Lee At Jackson's Grave.
I've picture in my attic, hanging
on the dingy wall,
And I oft'times 60 to see it when
the lenght'ning shadows fall;
I lift it from the rusty nail and
brush the dust away,
And ther I see a soldier in a uni
form Of gray:
In his hand a wreath of roses, on
his brow look of care,
AS he lays it o'er the bosom of his
comrade sleeping there,
At the margin of the picture just
above the classic mould,
There appears faint inscription on
the canvas gray and old;
But I should not dare restore it, tits
the dear old name I'd save,
And my heart aches when I read it,
! "Lee at Stonewall Jackson's
grave"
Seems a phantom voice is speaking,
I and I hear faint good-by;
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look after the welfare of her young
rephew, Benjamin Smith Barnwell.

Prof. and Mrs. D. R. Riser re-
turned to the city last Saturday.
School children will read this with
great interest, as the coming of
Prof. Riser signifies something to
them.
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Local
Me;W9
'+yS.;
: PERSONALS :

II g.: personals : /
Miss Mary, Bell of Latimer, was
in town Friday.
Miss Annie Lee Hagen of Clinton,
is visiting homefolks.
Mrs. Lewis went to Central Sat-
urday. She will visit her sister,
R. Glenn Kay went up to Ander-
SON Saturday to register.
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Cade OF
Mt. Carmel, were in the city Satur-
day.
Miss Louise Watson, following the
marriage of her sister, returned to
Sumter Saturday.
Mrs. Jess Culbreath left this
morning to visit relatives in Abbe-
ville.-Greenwood Journal.
hrs. T. v. Howie spent Saturday
in Atlanta with the family of DR..
T. A. Dry.
Tom Ables, travelling salesman of
(Hudson, Kohn Co., New York, was
in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. W. L. Power and children
are visiting Mrs. ]. K. burst in
Greenwood.
Mrs. r. o. Edwards and son, Glib
bon, spent last week with relatives in
Bordeaux.
Mrs. Brice Mills of Macon, Ga,
s her on a visit to her mother, Mrs.
ohm G. Edwards.
Mrs. A. J. Deas returned to Au-
Eusta Monday accompanied by her
lephew, Thomas Maxwell.
Mr.. L. q. HOWE and family left
: yesterday for Charlotte, N. C. They
7ill enjoy ten days outing trip.
Mrs. W. G. Stevens leaves today
or Atlanta, where she will visit
riends.
Mr.. Abner Still of Greenwood,
pent Sunday in the city with
riends. 49,.
Miss Ruth Howie went to Atlanta
riday on a visit of several days
18th her uncle. DR.. T. A. Dry, and
hmily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will McIlwain, who
ave been visiting Mrs. R. E. Cox,
burned to their home in Florida
hturday.
Mrs. H. I. Horton, who has been
sitting Mrs. R. C. Phlison, her
Eughter, returned to her home in
plumbia, Saturday.
Mrs. Joe T. Hughes, Mildred Coch-
n Hughes, Elizabeth Wilson and
nest Huguelet went over to At
nta Saturday to spend a few days.
Hessrs. Orr Clinkscales, J. NJ.
bckabee and Irwin Moore were
long those in the city from Lown-
sville Friday on business.
Miss Eliza Lindsay, the compe-
It manager of the Adair stores at
beville, went over to Clinton to
Ind Sunday with her home folks.
Miss Mamie Thomson of Atlanta,
has been visiting Miss Grace