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f Abbeville Press and Banner | FftfraWished 1844. $1.50 the Year. 9 Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. FORWARDS TOI GERMAf o* Text of Note Sent to 1 Washington by Ger- M man Chancellor. \' i | REQUESTS WILSON * TO CONSIDER PEACE ? c t Accepts Program of President as Set f Forth in Message of Congress in t January and September Speech $ is New York as Basis for I s [Negotiations. c t Copenhagen, Oct. 6?Prince Maxi- j milian of Baden, the new German q imperial chancellor, announced in the reichstag yesterday that he had sent c a note through the Swiss government ], ' to President Wilson in which he had v requested Mr. Wilson to take up the j question of bringing about peace and j s to communicate with the other bel- f ligereats regarding the subject. c The chancellor told the reichstag ] he had addressed his note to the ] president of the United States because Mr. Wilson in his message to congress on January. 8, 1918, and in J * * * - - . V bit later proclamation, particularly Lis New York speech on September 27, had proposed a program for a a general peace which Germany and a her allies could accept as a basis for 1 negotiations. I Amsterdam, Oct. 6.?The text of i; the note forwarded by the Imperial \ German chancellor, Prince Maximil- 1 Ian, to President Wilson, through t the Swiss government, follows: C "The German government requests f the president of the United States to t take in hand the restoration of peace, a acquaint all the belligerent states of f tola request and invite tnem to send j p plenipotentiaries for the purpose of j j opening negotiations. 11 "It accepts the program set forth t by the president of the United States in his message on January 8 and in. his later pronouncements, especially his speech on September 27, as a hasis for peace negotiations. "With a view to avoiding further s bloodshed the German government; v requests the immediate conclusion of ? an armistice on land and water and a in the air." , It is announced that Turkey will ^ take a similar step. ? T \ ALLIES TO REJECT GERMAN- o PREPARED PEACE PROPOSAL j h 11 Washington, Oct. 7.?President i Wilson's reply to the Teutonic peace b offer will be a refusal to accept ac-' F cording to strong indications from a' C This authority who predicted accu- ^ This autohrity who predicted accu- J C rately the rejection of the last Aus- V ? trian peace note, said today he "as- t sumed," the answer would be a re- c jection. The State Department declined official comment on the peace note situation. It was officially announced that the Swedish minister had deliv- . ered the Austrian note. At about the ^ same hour the Swiss minister who ^ had received the German note, was ^ calling at the White House. Mr. W. D. Barksdale went over to i1 Greenwood Friday to' see his nephew, j ( John Durst Payne, who is critically c j ill with pneumonia. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvU V V, V? EVERYTHING CLOSED V IV. Telegrams from Dr. James V.1 V A Haynes of the State Board V V. of Health to Sheriff Burts V V and the local Board of Health V V yesterday ordered them to V i V close "all schools and other V-l V institutions of learning, V 1 V churches, picture shows and V 1 V other public gatherings and V { V to see that there is no crowd- V s V ing in stores, hotels or else- V. 1 V where. V ? VVVVVVVVVVVVVVV^i I MR. WILSON j I PEACE NOTE Sen. Smith Wires Us Correction Cotton Story c On September 20th, this paper mblished a story under a Washing-! on date line to the effect that, after, onsulting with the President, Senaor Smith had announced that thej >rice of cotton must be fixed, and' hat on account of an apparent short-} ige, regulations must be made toj ecure a just distribution of thej rop. The Press and Banner at thatj ime had no reason to doubt the j ruth of the story. It was printed in ther papers besides this paper. On Saturday morning last, we reeived the following telegram (colect $1.18) from Senator Smith adrising us that he had been misrep-' esented by the story referred to, tnd in order to set him straight beore the people of this county and kfhoTK! wIia tciqH +ViQ sfnrv wp Tnih ish his telegram, which is as follows: . AN S 118 Collect Govt. Lynchburg, Va., 4:30 P. M., Oct. 3, 1918. ^ress and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. Your issue September 20 carries i statement to the effect that I igreed that price fixing must come rhis untrue. The whole article in eference to my attitude to price fixng is erroneous and misleading. I iras and am against price fixing. Ij ed the congressional fight* against] Ua TNwno Awf r\ havm a nn/i lie pieocub agitaviuji wivn ovuic ouv ess I hope. The prominence and mblicity given my part in the fight >y the press throughout the country is leading the opposition to price ixing makes the article in your pa>er surprising. Please do me the ustice to give this the same promi-; iece as the misleading statement of he 20th Sept. E. D. Smith. SOLDIERS MAY WRITE. Washington, Oct. 4.?American oldiers hereafter will be allowed to mte for publication and receive lay for their work. The general staff: innounced today that the order profiting such writing has been modi-! ied to keep alive interest in individ-j tal achievements at the front and in; iew of the fact that practically all! >f the literary ability in the country J tas been called into the service by he draft laws. Soldiers will not be permitted, lowever, to act as regular newspa>er correspondents, nor write criti-j isms of conditions and activities.! Vriting of fiction or letter for puliation will be allowed providing the rork contains nothing relating toj he military profession, war or to, urrent events. RURAL SETBACK COLLEGE, j Col. Pat Roche took Uncle Jim out' n the country Fx-iday night where, le would not be under police protec-! ion, and trimmed him up and top-' )ed him. and t.llPn mit- liim (fnwn on/l I rnrned him. Col. Roche's partner vas Mr. R. 0. Hunter, who, Mr.' *oche says, played the poorest game >f his career, forcing the colonel to >eat not only his two opponents but lis partner as well. Col. Roche will leliver a lecture at the Cothran's Branch Academy one night soon on 'How to Bid on Your Partner's land." LOOKING UPWARDS. Our son Bill has been "butching", "or the Evening Index for sometime. He took in a good collection one day ast week, and was counting it at .iie supper taoie. ms sisxer suggested that he would be a millionaire ;omeday if he kept going:, to which Bill replied, "What are you talking *bout, I will be the sheriff of the :ounty before I am fifteen years jld." j 'EYES OF FRANCE ! NOW ON AMERICA People Ask What Wil-J son Will Say About | Peace. "WE HAVE GOT THEM!" NOW THE EXCLAMATION . t%9^ Paris Joyful on Learning That Central Empires Seek Cessation of Hostilities. Paris, Oct. 6.?All eyes in France today turned towards America?to 1 Washington and Wilson. 1 "What will President Wilson's re- ] ply be?" the people are asking and 1 wondering, now that they know tnat the central empires, particularly Germany, are seeking the cessation of hostilities and peace through the president of the United States. The feeling is general that the central empires, bent upon the great- 1 est gamble of all times, have attempt ed to bring about by one stroke the termination of their losing game by trying to seek the good offices 'of President Wilson as intermediary.-*? 1 Paris went to church today as nev-j1 er before since the opening of hostilities. In the dark days when t&e 1 Germans occupied Chateau-Thierry; when their bridgehead south of the Marne was like a leveled pistol ;at France's heart, menacing France's very life, Paris remained indoois. | But today Paris sauntered out early and the churches of all denominations were filled to overflowing. St. Gervais Church, which was damaged by the shell from the long^ range German gun on Good Friday, has been sufficiently repaired to permit its doors to be opened today, aiftl worshipers flocked thither to the ' shrine where once women arid child- J ren were praying for France's liberation were sacrificed. But then it was on Good Friday. It was Te 11 Deums and hosannahs of victory that floated to the heavens today, j A _ n 1 f .1 v i ! 1 as raris emerged irom tne cnurcnes it overflowed upon the cheerful boulevards or sought temporary abode in cafes bathed in sunshine and everywhere one heard no longer the familiar and hopeful cry of "We; shall get them;" but the satisfied and( contented exclamation of, "We have1, got them!" j _ 11 j( AN EMERGENCY CALL ;, TO THE" RED CROSS , , ?? , j An emergency call has been received at the Red Cross rooms for one thousand Cnntno-inns Dispasp Face Masks. A telegram has been received urging the sending of these masks as fast as they are made. Ev- | ery one that possibly can, come to the Red Cross rooms Thursday morning and afternoon, so that a large number may be sent off on the night train. Mrs. T. G. White, Director Woman's Work. LIEUT. LONG IN TOWN. Lieut. Edgar Long was down from Due West Saturday on business. He reports that Due West is getting accustomed to Erskine being a military school and that the boys are getting down to work. Lieut. Long was in training all summer at Plattsburg, and in company with two other vnnno" T ionfononfe 4-r\ mol-a Erskine one of the very best Students Training Schools in the South. LIEUT. HILL AT HOME. Lieut. Jas. C. Hill, who is now in the service of the government in the Medical Corps, spent Saturday and Sunday at home with his family. He is looking fine, and enjoys the mili-, tary life. He tells us that the work is doing is instructive as well as pleasant, and h ehopes to profit greatly by reason of the service he is rendering the government. LINES CONTINUE I 10 GO FORWARD, American Troops Make Important Gains on i Champagne Front, i STRONG OPPOSITION OVERCOME SUNDAY Pershing's Men Capture St. Etienne Along With Seventeen Hundred Prisoners. With the American Army on the Champagne Front, Oct. 6.?The American troops operating on the Champagne front with the French again ^ arlvnnrpH t.hpiT linps tnrlav. Thev, captured St* Etienne and further act-j ed as a leverage at the right of the Champagne offensive, which resulted in the withdrawal of the German lines on a 28 mile stretch. The bulk of the work in the American operations was done by a divis-! ion which is among the best known the United States has in France andi which has invariably covered itself j with laurels. All of its advances j since the "jump off" on Wednesday! have been made not only in the face! of most tremendous opposition, but against a frequent flanking fire on 1 both wings. The advance today was easier than' that of the previous three days be-j cause the terrain was far less encumbered with powerful enemy pill boxes and concrete fortifications. The flanks of Americans were better1 covered by troops who pressed forward fast so as to prevent a deadly enfilading. * This forward movement amounts to between four and four and a half miles from the starting point. It aids materially in completely freeing Rheims from the German menace and' makes the enemy positions north of, Rheims harder and harder to hold. The Americans have captured up| to this afternoon, 1,700 prisoners,! including 48 officers. They took much material, many cannon and machine guns, including 75 seized with more than.200 Germans in one' ( section of nest. OUR PRESENT STRENGTH. . I Washington, Oct. 4.?A total of 1,840,000 American troops have been sent over seas to date, members of the House military committee said they were told ai a war department conference today. Committee men also quoted war department officials for the statement that 234 De Haviland air planes had been produced inn<. i : ~ J.. vveeiv uriiiging uutai piuu ucwun to 1694. . \ Liberty motors production now totals 8,216 committeemen said they were told. . WILL IT BE GENERAL? Dr. J. E. Pressly was notified by the War Department last Wednesday that his application to enter the medical department of the army had been accepted and that a commission will soon be issued to him. His friends expect that he will receive a commission commensurate with his ability and worth. i PAY YOUR RED CROSS DUES. Of the $17,671.25 pledged to the Second Red Cross War Fund by our Chapter in May, only a little over C 7 nnn HA Vioc Kfton noirl Ifiavinfl1 n balance of more than $10,000.00. The Red Cross needs this money now more than at any other time during the war. Order after order is coming to this county for Hospital supplies. These needs meet be met or our soldiers are going to suffer. A good many people have just forgotten to attend.to this. Please go co the Farmers Bank to-day and pay your pledge; by attending to this at once you may save many lives. TALK OF PEA( TO HOLD White Flag Trick Paris Paper Thinks I Paris, Oct. 6.?"The white flag trick" is the caption of the editorial in The Temps on the peace proposi-. tion of the central powers. "What Germany has done, says the news-" paper, "is to invite the United States;1 who are belligerents as much as1 Germany ,to play the role of media- j tor, as if they were outside our al-1 liance." In return, continues The Temps, I Germany is willing to admit as the J basis of negotiations President Wilson's program for a general peace. "Admit as a basis is vague," says The Temps. "The question is what; does Germany accept and what does she reject? Germany only invokes President Wilson's principles to make let fall our arms. It is easy: to understand that the kaiser's staffs approve of Prince Maximilian's policies, but Maximilian with Ludendorff and Scheidemann are mistaken in attributing so much naivette to Presiden Wilson. "The cornered beast draws in its claws and offers us its bloodstained paw," says The Journal des Debats. It declares that the suspension of hostilities will be acceptable only oni condition offering the same advantages as the continuous victorious j advance of the allied troops?the evacuation of territories occupied in Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Russia, Italy, Roumania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro. "We shall keep our program of restitution, reparation and guarantees", says this newspaper. "There will be no armistice before we .possess guarantees." i1 FRENCH AND AMERICANS J CROSS OVER SUIPPE RIVER* i i. Paris, Oct. 7.?(4:30 p. m.)?,1 French and American troops, cross- J < ing the Suippe river on a 10-mile front, are advancing northward toward La Neuville and Semide. (La Neuville is 15 miles northeast of, i Rheims, Semide is 10 miles east of I La Neuville.) Despite their desper- < ate resistance in this region and I north of St. Quentin the Germans 1 are reported to be withdrawing their material, destroying that which is | too bulky to move quickly. Captain Von Salesmann, writing in the Vossische Zeitung, urges the German high command to shorten the west front. i "It does not matter if we make a vast retreat provided the front holds," he declared. "It is vitally necessary to hold the front at any cost." RICHEY-JOHNSON. I The following invitations have been received by friends in Abbeville: Mr. Charles Lamar Richey requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of his sister j i Janie Lou tr> I Mr. William Wilsen Johnson on Thursday, October the seventeenth at five o'clock in the afternoon i Presbyterian Church Abbeville, South Carolina. j Miss Richey is a young woman whom everyone will wish the greatest happiness and they will have the sincerest congratulations for Mr. Johnson. The parade and other arrange- ( ments previously announced in con- , nection with the Fourth Liberty , Loan Drive in Abbeville have been called off on account of the influ- , enza epidemic. A future program ( and date will be announced later. [ Dr. J. S. Moffatt was in the city Monday attending the sales. :e fails i 'back allies ^r.:M Armies Continue Victorious March Against Enemy on All Fronts . BELGIAN TERRITORY TAKEN FROM BOCHES ' /H ? _____ ,/vffl ' mm. Germans Unable to Do More Than Retard Progress of French, British, American and Italian Forward Drives From Arras to Verdun. . yjgg it ^{> 5 While Germany and Austria-Hungary are clamoring for peace the entente allied governments thus far are paying scant heed to the proposals, but their armies are pressing forward to further victories on sB fronts. Officially no cognizance has . yet been taken of the reguest of Prince ' f, MavimilUn nf Rnrlon naw man chancellor, or that of the A astro-Hungarian government for an armistice on land, on sea and in th* air, and the commencement of peace negotiations, for President Wilson, to whom the dual and highly similar 11 * i proposals are addressed, is not yet ? receipt of them. Unofficial opinion, however, indicates that the request will fall upon deaf ears, and that no peace is possible for the Teutonic allies except through unconditional surrender aad acceptance to the full of the terms President Wilson enunciated. GIVE GROUND EVERYWHERE. On the battle fronts the Germans i* I everywhere are being forced to give Tround to the allied troops. In Belgium the enemy is gradually being pushed eastward, and in anticipa- .. tion of^a forced final withdrawal is continuing to make ready for the eventuality by removing his guns and otherwise lessening the value of his defensive works in the territory upon and adjacent to the North Sea coast. To the south, from Arras to the Verdon sector, the Germans are being-hard pressed by the British, Am erican, Italian and French forces, and although on numerous sectors, they still are offering desperate resistance they seemingly are unable to do more than retard the advance of their foes. ' 1 "ii U. S. SENATE WILL NOT RATIFY ANY HUN PEACE TREATY / :<i Washington, Oct. 7.?From the United States Senate which mutt ratify the treaty of peace with Central Powers when it is made, there * 7 - ."7 ?/as issued today to the American people emphatic assurance that this Government will not for an instant seriously consider the Austrian-German armistice proposal. Democrat and Republican leaders ) ?? 'oined in the most decided manner m declaring "unthinkable" any negotiations with the enemy, even upon the basis of the 14 general terms of. peace laid down by President Wilcoa : his speech to Congress on January 8. MISS McCORD BETTER. TUn momr nf Vfi cc TTaaiA jl lie uiciii j 111c.huo vj. j*miu>j uumw Lee McCord, chief operator at the telephone exchange, will be glad to know that she is improving after an attack of appendicitis. Miss McCord is a very efficient and obliging oper% ntov and is greatly missed from the office. AUUVVUVUVUVV V V SCHOOL CLOSED. V v V V A telegram from the State V v Board of Health yesterday, V ordered the trustees of the V V City Schools to close them V v until further notice. V s. A