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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-01
south CAROLINA LADS
IN THICK OF FIGHTING
E. D. Smith Talks On
Cotton Situation
PRICE FIXING CRISIS PASSED.
is OPINION OF SOUTH CARO-.
LIMA SENIOR SENATOR.

Washington, Sept. 30.-Senator E.
D. Smith, of South Carolina, feels
that the cotton situation has vastly
improved since his recent activities
against what was supposed to be a
movement to fix the price of this
years crop, according to statement
issued by him, as follows:
"The Statement issued by Messrs.
Page and Brand expresses the COM
clusion of all the numerous confer
ences and interviews by those inter-
ested. The representatives of the
farmers from every cotton growing
state held numerous meetings in my
Office during the past week and with
a wonderful conservation and grasp
of the subject formulated their ideas
and laid them before the administra-
tion with the result as announced by
w SSSl .. I age dlu DIdllu.
81, as chairman of the committee
of cotton states senators, conferred
NTH the representatives of the farm
ars, the president, and the board ap-
pointed by the president, and from
first to last emphasized the disastrous
result that would follow arbitrary
price fixing, especially with regard
to the present crop.
"After weeks of nerve racking,
strenuous work, the cotton situation
seems at last satisfactorily adjusted".
Thomas Walker Page, chairman of
the War Industries Boards cotton
committee, and Charles ]. Brand,
chairman of the committee on cotton
distribution, in signed statement,
announced that they would not rec
ommend that a price be fixed on raw
cotton unless unexpected changes of
such violence should occur as to
threaten the welfare of legitimate in
terests. They warn the cotton in
terests against giving credence to
unauthorized reports.
The committee on cotton distri-
button has been directed to effect as
quickly as possible an equitable dis
tribution of cotton as to quantity
and grade, among both domestic and
foreign manufacturers, with a spe-
cial of providing for the proper util-
ization of the surplus of grades be-
low middling. All purchases for for
eign and domestic consumption will
continue to be made at market prices
through the marketing and distribut-
ing agencies commonly used, unless
the cotton committee shall deter
mine that necessity has arisen ne
cessitating a change.
Throughout the agitation of the
matter of price fixing, during which
a number of false reports were cir
culated, Senator Smith, as the lead
er of those opposed to price fixing,
kept his forces we'll in hand, nor was
he ever convinced that prices would
be fixed. However, this belief did
not keep him from using every le-
gitimate means at his command to
prevent what he declared would at
this time be a disaster to the cotton
growing states.
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LIEUT.. DEVLIN SAFE.

Mrs. R. NJ. Plaxco received cable
gram from Lieut.. J. R. Devlin Friday
morning stating that he was safe and
well. This probably means that
Lieut.. Devlin has been in the thick
of the fight at the front and that he
has returned to the rear for a rest.
His friends will be glad to hear the
news.
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Whole Western Front
From Sea to Verdun
.Ablaze With Battle
TROOPS FROM SOUTH
AID IN SMASHING HUN
From Arras to St. Quentin British
and Americans Penetrate German
Defense Over Fifty Mile Front.
French Force Enemy to Re-
treat North of Aisne.

American troops-boys from New
York, Tennessee, North Carolina and
South Carolina-were in the thick
|of the fray Sunday which badly
smashed the German positions over
IA front of more than so miles, from
the region of Arras to LIE Fere.
On a three mile front the Ameri-
cans stormed the Hindenburg line
I and captured the towns of Bellicourt
and Nauroy, crossing the Cambria
Canal in the operations.
Meanwhile to the south, the Brit
sh stormed the main Hindenburg
Eefenses on the Scheldt Canal, cross
ed the waterway and gained the
hills beyond, taking many prisoners.
TO the north the British have their
hands on Cambria, the important
German base, over which recently
here has been so much fighting. The
canadians are in the northwest OUT
kirts of the city, while naval div
sion has reached the southern en-
irons.
South of st. Quentin to La Fere
he French have pressed forward
heir line and taken some 500 prison
RS. Along the Chemin-des-Dames
he French have advanced their line
or a distance of two miles, captur-
hg the highest point on the famous
idge.
In Belgium, the Belgians and Bri-
tsh have driven forward and taken
bismude, 10 miles from the North
ca southwest of Neiuport, bringing
heir line into closer union with that
h the region of Ypres. The capture
t Dixmude, if pressed for further
aims eastward, will seriously affect
he German submarine bases on the
orth Sea.
The entente allied troops every
There are continuing to make prog
bss apainst the forces of the Teu-
pnic alliance.
In Belgium, Flanders and France
lateral advance have been made on
- I the fighting fronts; in Serbia the
Erritory of the overrun kingdom is
lst being reclaimed, while in Pales-
ne the Turkish armies under the at
|cks of General Allenby and the
ibesmen of the King of the Hedjas
i've virtually ceased to exist as
ghting units.
Additional large snumbers of the
lemy have been made prisoners
ID large quantities of stores have
Een captured.
Keeping up relentlessly their vio-
ht attacks from near the sea in
elgium to the region of Verdun,
e Belgian, British, American and
ench troops are fast driving we'd
into the enemy line, forcing him
retreat or defeating him in san
mary battles. No rest is being
corded the Germans and apparent
- their front is fast going to pieces
der the impetus of the allied
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RICHARD CARROLL TO SPEAK.

Rev. Richard Carroll, the noted
negro evangelist, will speak in Due
West on Saturday next, October 9Th.
The speech will be for the benefit of
the colored people and will have to
do with the duty of the colored man
during the war.
He will also speak in Abbeville on
Sunday afternoon, October 18th, at
4 o'clock, at A. M. E. Church. In
Abbeville the speech will be along
the same lines.
Rev. D. A. A. Christie, D. D., the
pastor of the church, will be in
charge of the speaking.
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BULGARIA'S DETECTION
WOULD ISOLATE TURKEY
Laying Down of Arms By Bulgars
Would Be Great Blow To Teu-
tonic Powers.

Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 27.-
The Wolff Bureau, the semi-official
news agency of Germany, says the
Bulgarian premier Malinoff's peace
offer is against the wishes of King
Ferdinand and the Teutonic alliance.
With the welding of the armies of
the Entente into a compact whole.
under command of the inter-Allied
war council, guided by the master
strategy of Marshal Foch, apparent
ly has come the first break in the
united front of the Central powers.
Bulgaria, smallest of the Teutonic
allies, seems to have struck her col
ors. Premier Malinoff has asked for
an armistice to consider terms of
peace. Whether he is acting upon his
own responsibility as the representa-
tive of a revolutionary party or with
the approval of King Ferdinand and
the government, remains in doubt
In either case, however, there is lit
tie doubt that Bulgaria has ceased to
be military factor in the war. Her
armies are in full retreat and her
soil has been invaded.
Secession of the Balkan state from
thraldom of Germany will be almost
as severe a blow to the Teutonic al
lance as was the collapse of Russia
to the Allies.
If Bulgaria lays down her arms
Turkey, her armies shattered by the
coup of General Allenby in Palestine
will be cut off from her allies. Her
lines of communication will be sever
ed except across the Black sea thru
Rumania or over the mountain peaks
of Trans-C -Caucausia into Russia
where the grip of the German con-
trolled Bolsheviki is becoming stead
lily the weaker.
With her supplies of German made
munitions and raw materials hang
ing by such a slender thread, mill
tary observers believe the Ottoman
empire will have no course left but
to follow the example of her Balkan
neighbor.
But it makes little difference to
the Entente whether the Turk aban-
dons Germany and Austria. If Bull
garia quits he can no longer be a
menace to their plans.
The back door of Austria will
stand ajar before the victorious Bri-
tish, French, Serbian, Greek and
Italian armies plunging ahead thru
the mountains of liberated Siberia.
Only 230 miles ahead of their ad-
vance guards is Belgrade, across the
Danube from the plains of Hungary.
They already have pressed forward
near quarter of this distance since
the great Macedonian offensive began
on September ID. Once over the
river, they would be passing through
territory occupied by the Oppressed
nationalities" of Austria who have
little love for the dual empire and
there would be no great natural OBJ
stacles between them and Budapest.
! The early winter in the Balkans with
the limited means of communication
now available would present the
most serious difficulty and one which
could not be overcome before spring.
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SOUTH CAROLINIANS
IN SUNDAYS BATTLE

London, Sept. 29.-Troops
from the States of New York,
Tennessee, North Carolina and
South Carolina, attacked the
Hindenburg lines on a front
of nearly three miles today,
capturing Bellicourt Mauroy.
This announcement was
made by Field Marshal Haig
in his report from heodQuar-
ters tonight.
Canadian troops are in the
outskirts Of Cambria. :
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Andrew Jackson and Bill Speed,
who are in training at the Univer-
sity, came up Saturday and spen::
Sunday with their home people.
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Paris, Sept. 30.-Bulgaria is out
of the war.
Having accepted all of the military
terms imposed by the Allies, she has
ceased to be an active participant.
These facts became known today,
when it was officially announced that
the armistice had been signed.
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HAVE YOU PAID :?

If you nave not paid your
subscription in advance you
will not receive Fridays pa
per. The War Industries Board
tells us that we cannot send
sae paper to those who have
not paid. If you have not al
ready renewed, send a check
today.
THE PRESS & BANNER.
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BULGARIA NOW OUT OF WAR

London, Sept. 3O.-Bulgaria has
surrendered Internationally accord
ing to an agency dispatch received
here today.
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London, Sept. 30.-(3:05 p. m.)-
The Allies and Bulgarians ceased
hostilities at noon, it was learned
from an authoritative source here
this afternoon. The Serbian lega-
ION confirms Bulgaria's surrender.
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Liberty Bcnds, 4th Series
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-13
N0PH|Y '
UNFIT OFFICERS
GO TO FRANCE
Seven Important Army Officers
Have Their Commands
Changed

Washington, D. c., Mar 13.-Seven
general officers Of the army, five OF
them now commanding national guard
and national army divisions in this
country, have been found physically
unfit for overseas duty by medical
examining board, and, in the case of
the divisional commanders, will be as.
signed to other duties. This is in line
with the announced policy of the war
department to send to France only
general officers who are prepared to
stand the physical ordeal which com
mand on the battle line entails.
The officers with the recommends.
ton of the examining board were an.
nounced today by Major General
March, acting chief of staff as follows
major General Thomas H. Barry
regular army, to be relieved from com
mand Of the Eighty Sixth (national
army division, Camp Grant, Illinois.
and assigned to command the central
department, Chicago, relieving Major
General W. H. Carter U. S. A., retired.
Major General Chas. G. Morton, reg
ular army, to be relieved from com.
mand Of the Twenty Ninth (national
guard J. division, Camp Mcclellan, Ala.
bama, and assigned to other duty
Major General Edwin St. J. Greble,
national army, to be relieved from
command Of the Thirty Sixth, national
guard division, Camp Bowie, Texas.
discharged from his commission in the
national army and assigned to other
duty with his regular army rank Of
Brigadier General. ''' -.
Major General VIM. H. Sage, nat
ional army to be relieved from com.
mand Of the Thirty Eighth Irrational
guard) divisions. Camp Shelby. Miss
issippi. discharged from his commits
sion in the national army and assign
cd to other duty with his regular army
rank of Brigadier General. "
Major General Edward II. Plum
mer, national army. to he relieved
from, command of the Eighty Eighth
national arn1y) division. Camp Dodge,
Iowa, discharged from his commission
in the national army and assigned to
other duty, with his regular army
rank Of Brigadier General.
"dJoTf S1CueTdIi VIII. "A Nlduu, nat
ionali army, to be discharged from hts
Commi ssion in the national army, to be
discharged from his commission in the
national and to remain on his presen!
duty as commanding the eastern de.
partment, with his regular army rank
of Brigadiers, General; ~. : a1..-.s@:s hls> q
Major General Richard, NJ. Batch,
ford, national army to be discharged
from his commission in the national
army and remain on his present duty
commanding the department of Pana.
ma, with his regular army rank of
Brigadier General Isl
General; officers who are to replace
the divisional commanders have not !
yet been selected, SO far as could be
learned, and they may not be until the |
medical board has examined many |
other officers who would be in line for |
service in France as divisional com
they pass the reuired phys
icaltest. -
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been rejected for physical reasons arc
invited to make up for their inability
to do military duty by giving singing
service If possessed of good voices.
The quartettes and glee clubs will rem
der patriotic songs at the various
meetings which are being arranged
throughout the state to 'couRteract
German propaganda. aa Is
Trained singers, particularly those
connected with established and well
known organizations. will be request
ed to aid in the training of patriotic
choirs. A questionable will be cir
culated to locate and enroll volunteers
OF musical ability. Members Of 9
talent brigade will be rendering a
patriotic service equal to the speak
ers in molding public opinion, says
Secretary Hellstrom. A revival OF
patriotic songs such as swept the
country during the Civil war is IN
prospect. The ''On TO Victory" bl
reau recognizes that the songs of a
nation have q big influence In shap
ing it's sentiment, and it proposes to
Utilize the full patriotic inspiration to
be derived from a campaign OF patri
otic singing. ..........
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DEFICIENCY
MEASURE TO
CONFERENCE
Senate Passes Bill Appropriat:
ing War Funds, Approved
by House 81.
ENEMY PROPERTY RIDER

Washington, d. c.. March l3.-With
it's legislative riders authorizing sale
of all enemy property in the United
States and purchase by the govern
ment of the German owned wharves
at Hoboken, N. j, the urgent defici-
ency appropriations bill. carrying ST.
S00;0cO,00O was passed Tuesday by
the senate without record vote, 1t
already had passed the house and now
goes to conference
OF the appropriations which are
largely for the army and navy, $751;
100000 was added by the senate. This
addition with the amendments for dis
position of enemy property, are yet to
be accepted by the house. The senate
eliminated committee amendment sus
pending traiff duties on army material
Reimbursement to men and nurses
in the military service for private pro
perty lost is provided for in another
amendment attached to the measure to
expedite relief for men losing their
effects in the torpedoing OF the steam
or Tuscania,
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OF
. LISTS CAUSE
OF PROTESTS
House Debates Issue; War De.
partment Asks Pershing
About It g."
WILSON IS INVESTIGATING

Washington, D. G.. Mar. r13.-Pro-
tests against the war department S
new policy Of issuing casualty lists
without addresses continue to- reach
members of congress, and the subject
was debated Tuesday in the house.
President Wilson is understood to
be giving personal consideration to
the reasons for the change and It is
known that the department has asked
General Pershilg, who suggested 1t at
the instance OF the French govern.
ment, to forward a full statement Of
the military considerations involved
so they may be laid before the Ameri-
can public. Members Of the cabinet
said after Tuesdays meeting that the
matter was not discussed there.
Might issue Addresses Monthly.
In connection with the plan now be-
ing considered of issuing lists twice
q month or once a week instead of
daily, it has been suggested that unde!
this scheme there might be no obiec.
ton to giving addresses and name, OF
relatives Of the men. Ono of the chief
objections to the old plan was the an.
nouncement of the dates on which the
men were killed or wounded, thus Civ.
ing the enemy exact information as to
the results of certain engagements.
Many Of Same Name -
In the house Representative Moken.
sic, Of Illinois,. republican, cited the
case of a Montana man whose name,
appearing on casualty list, was iden.
teal with that Of boy in the army
from an Illinois town. He was Joined
by Representatives Little, of Kansas
and Graham Of Illinois. republicans,
insisting that names should not be
made public without addresses.
Representative Glass, Of Virginia,
Carrot Of Tennessee, and Humphreys,
Of Mississippi, democrats, defended
he action of the department. saying
the decision had been reached by men
who knew more about the question
than members of congress Represen-
tative Carrot said the newspapers had
failed to impress upon the people the
fact that the department promptly not
flies the relatives Of each man whose
name appears on, a list.
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Mothers Here
Interested in
New Treatment il attn
Relieves Colds Over Night and
Group in Fifteen Minutes
Applied Externally.
NOTHING TO SWALLOW.
YOU JUST RUB IT ON.
Local Druggists Have Arranged to
Sell 25c, Doc, or $500 Packages
on 80 Days Trial. - ~, j..

. ,
Local druggists report q great deal
OF interest, especially among mothers
with small children, in the remarkable
external "vapor", treatment, known as
Vick's VapoRub, recently introduced
here from the South. 4. y
This treatment makes unnecessary
dosing" with Injurious medicines.
using flannel Jackets and chest pro-
tectors, or keeping the children shut
up indoors. You can let the little
chaps run outdoors and get their
needed fresh air and exercise. If
colds do start, nip them In the bud"
by using VapoRub-it is externally
applied and can, therefore be used
freely and often, with perfect safety.
on the smallest member Of the family.
VapoRub comes in salve form and
- applied over the throat aud chest,
covering with q warm flannel cloth.
The body heat releases mcdicated
vapors that are inhaled with every
breath, all night long, through the air
passages to. the lungs. These vapors
loosen the phlegm and clear the air
passages. z u s ~, /. !,
III cases q very severe chest colds
or incipient preutnonia, first apply
hot, wet towels over tho throat and
chest to open the, pores. VapoRub
y then absorbed through xnd stimu-
lates thS skin, taking out that tiYAt.
aess and soreness In the chest.
Ask your druggist about the 80
,loyv trial o&eS,tY ,.l,,....,..ss, *
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RHINECBNTER
Is BOMBED BY ..
BRITISH ACES
Fortified Town of COblenZ Gets
Taste of German Invented
Medicine
SIXTEEN HUN FLYERS FALL
Thirteen Planes and Three Bal
looms Out of Action; York
shire Raided
SIXTEEN HUN FLYERS FALL

London, Mar. 13,-British aviators
have dropped ton Of bombs on the
town of Coblenz, capital Of the Rhine
province Of Prussia, according to an
official communication issued Tues
day. .....-......- ....
Coblenz, which is situated on one OF
the finest sections Of the Rhine, has
population Of nearly $4,000. 1t is a
strongly fortified town and on the op'
posite bank Of the Rhine, on lofty
rocky eminence, Is the fortress of Eb
renbreitstein, which has been consid
cred almost impregnable. The town
does a large trade by water and rail
Its manufactures include pianos, pa
per goods and machinery. There Is
also some shipbuilding done here.
German Flyers Out
London, Monday, Mar. 11.-Thirteen
airplanes and three balloons were put
out Of action by the British last Fri
day, it is announced officially.
Yorkshire Hun Objective
London, Mar 13.-Hostile airships
attacked the Yorkshire coast last
night according to an official state.
ment. The raid is still in progress.
Field Marshal Lord French, com
mailder Of the home forces reports
that one Of two hostile airships at.
tackled the Yorkshire coast late this
evening. A few bombs are reported to
have. fallen short distance inland.
No reports of casualties or damage
have yet been received.
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with An amendment introduced by the
Missouri senator and later rejected,
nroyiding for the elimination from the
urgent deficiency bill Of an approprta..
tion of $1,75O,OOO for the food ana
fuel administration. an,
Attacking what he termed the price
fixing policy Of the food admlnis'ra-
s s assured the members of the
agricultural committee, when it was
Considering the control bill, that price
,;iyrc under it's provisions would De
;n,nossible. AS soon as the bill was
passed, he declared, Mr. Hoover sur r,
r rounded by his "board.of-t trad 3 sharps'
nicked out an obscure phrase autH lE''
izing voluntary agreements, and PRO.
ceeded to conceive a plan for 11Xlns
prices" Esrg$an1
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RAID
HUN POSITION
Cross No Mans Land Under Pro-
lection of Barrage
Fire

With the American Army in France,
Monday, Mar. 11.-(By the Associat.
ed Press)-The American troops east
of Luneville have again raided the
German positions. Early this morning,
after a brief artillery preparation, one
platoon moved across No Mans and
behind a barrage, entered tho enemy
lines and penetrated some distance
with the object of ascertajning whette
or the German trenches were still ev-
acuated.
The platoon found they were evsu,
uated aud then returned without sin
gle casualty. The German artillery
feebly engaged IN counter battery
work against the American guns dur.
ing the operation s,.. ~
Sergeant Walsh. one Of the heroes
Of the German raid on the Tout FEC.
tor, who later was awarded the Cross
Of War with palm. by Premier Gem.
enceau, has been selected as orderly
to Secretary Of War Baker. Walsh
who is ~ years old. left tho bills.t
town where his regiment has BEEN
CHARTERED since its rclioe from he
trenches after receiving hearty cen.
gratulations of officers and me-.
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ELECT SUCCESSOR
TO JNO. REDMOND

London, Mar. l2.-John Dill
lon, member. of parliament
for East Mayo, was today
unanimously elected chair
man of the Nationalist party
succeeding the late John
Redmond. The motion to ell
ect Mr.. Dillon was made by
Joseph Devlin.