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? Abbeville Press and Banner . i Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, October 18, 1918 Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. N GERMANY HAS WILLIAM Hj < Many Rumors In the Air of Collapse of | Germany. BIG GAINS MADE BY THE ALLIES |' Notwithstanding Furious Efforts of Hans, Americans and French Contune Their Advance in Champagne. || Unconfirmed rumors are in the air| that Germany has capitulated andj that Emperor William has abdicated.! The rumors emanated from Dutch j and Swiss sources but as yet the German Government has not officially informed either the Washington or London governments of its intention to accept in their entirety the condi-, tions for a cessation of hostilities as laid down by President Wilson. Meanwhile hostilities are proceed-; ing without cessation and as in days, past the forces of the Allies every-J where are defeating the enemy. In Belgian Flanders the British, Bel-j jium and French troops under Kingj " -f/WTxro-rs) "Fori f't are svvccjjiug ..v.. ? -? er material gains in the process | iring the invaders from Bel-; soil. On the front in France, British, French and Americans' ard after the Germans and arej tg progress, athough slowly not-; banding the strenuous defense! is being offered. In the East. h in Serbia and Albania the te troops are ridding the indistricts of the Austro-Huni and German contingents, in' ia being well to the north of! zo on the Adriatic sea and in l a considerable distance beNish with the enemy falling frontier of Austro-! Hungary. In the Palestine theater the BritBflsh cavalry has driven far to the ^Horth and northwest of Damascus, ^Raving reached Tripoli, near the Me-, ^Biterranean coast, forty-five miles | ^Horth of Beirut, and Horns, eighty- j g^Kve miles north of Damascus. By| j^nis maneuver there seemingly is j ^Hreated for the Ottoman" forces thei fflBienace of again being caught be-J |^nxreen Gen. Allenby's armies and ^Brushed as was the case in the early |Bays of the offensive in the region ^Horth of Jerusalem. The maneuver MHlso may forecast a new drive by Hie British from the Bagdad region form a junction with Gen. AlleqHjr at Aleppo and thus take the Holy ^Hand in its entirety from the Turks. Hfl Champagne Region. 39 In the Champagne region where Q^^e French and Americans are driv Iig their way northward further | >od gains have been made notwith-] anding the furious efforts of the; ermans to hold their line.. COTTON SEED REDUCED. The State Food Administration has sduced the price of cotton seed one| bllar per ton on account ofl the fact! at the seed are not yielding as |uch oil as expected. V I cr^in v a i4r nr cstv mrn w Ijc.nLr iiniTic- vr -v OVERSEAS. V V The name of each soldier V overseas from Abbeville V County sould be sent to Jas. V S. Cochran, Chairman of the V Home Service Section of the K. Red Cross, at once, so that V he may get the regulation V boxes furnished by the Red Cross. If you expect to send V your boy a Christmas Box V attend to this before Oct. 20. V I as the local chapter must V. know by that date how many V taxes to order. V V 1 " . .. } ' - ? ' V CAPITULATED \S ABDICATED? Influenza Epidemic In Abbeville CITY DOING ALL IN ITS POWEF TO FIGHT THE DISEASE?DR. E. B. GARRISON HERE. The epidemic of Spanish Influenzs seems not yet to have reached th< crest in Abbeville. On last Fridaj there were reported to the City Boarc of Health 350 cases in this city. Or that day 48 new cases were reported On Saturday there were 33 new cases, with 2 cases of pneumonia, or Sunday there were again 33 cases, and on Monday 37 new cases, witli no new cases of pneumonia for these days. On Tuesday 59 new cases developed with 5 cases of pneumonia, and on Wednesday there were 42 new cases, with 3 cases of pneu muxua. The Mayor and members of the City Council and the local health officers have been active in fighting the disease, while the local physicians have been on the go almost night and day. As reported in our last issue Congressman Dominick had wired the Mayor offering to procure assistance if necessary, and in response to a telegram from Mayor Mars asking such assistance Mr. Dominick succeeded in having Surgeon-General Blue send Dr. B. E. Garrison here. Dr. Garrison is from Kansas City, Mo., and is an expert in treating the disease. He is now attached to the office of the Surgeon General, however. Mayor Mars also wired Congressman Dominick that Dr. J. C. Hill, now of Camp Greene, be detailed here for thirty days to assist the local doctors. The response came directly that he had been detailed for fifteen days and that this would be extended an additional fifteen days if necessary. The Mayor, at the suggestion of the local doctors, also called on the State Board of Health for assistance with the result that Dr. Griffin, of Greenville, has been sent here and is now actively assisting with the work, An order has been made that all soda founts and soft drink stands be closed down, and that people in public offices and places of business where they come in contact with the public be required to wear masks which order is being generally observed. So far there have been few deaths from the disease in this vicinitj among either the whites or the negroes.* The local physicians have the disease well in hand, if only it coulc be stopped. There is nothing so important as that people keep awaj from crowded places, and that thej do not allow themselves to get undei the weather. A little active medicine, with attention bo the throal and nostrils twice a day, with a suitable spray, which may be had at the drug store, will help to keep awaj the disease. If it is contracted, the person affected should immediatelj go to bed and commence propel treatment. Above all else take plen ty of active medicine, and keep it up is the advice of the physicians. Il ! is well to be prepared with mustarc i for making plasters, and with Vick'i or Gowan's Pneumonia cure, 01 I seme like remedy. The disease wil i not wait for the doctor. The reme dies are simple and may be appliec i while waiting for him. i SUPREME COURT RECESSES. Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary i; home from Columbia, where he ha: heen attending the sessions or th< | Supreme Court. The members o the court decided that it was inad visable to cause lawyers to leav< home and expose themselves to th< dangers incident to doing so at thi | time, and accordingly they took ; recess subject to the call of th< Chief Justice. AMERICAN SOLDIERS ; MAKE ADVANCE General Pershing's Mer Enter the Town of Grand-Pre. | STRATEGIC VICTORY OF GREATEST VALUE li "T " !j Junction of Railways Feeding Greal ' i Part of German Army Lies at Foot I of Valley Extending to Point 1 Where Germans Have Fought Hard. > i With the American Army North.jwest of Verdun, Oct. 16, 6 p- ni.? i j The American troops today occupied s the town of Grand-Pre, an the nortt bank of the Aire River north of the ,! Argonne forest. , vi j Since early last night rain hag fal , len over the entire field of combat | converting roads and trenches intc i J muddy canals. fi Aviation was impossible today and ; the artillery fire was directed entire. ly by maps, except in rare instances ; when direct fire was used. I Grand-Pre is only a village and its normal population is less than 1,500, but the place is of great stra,! tegic importance. It is the junction of the railways feeding a great part of the German army and lies at the foot of the valley extending northwardi at the entrance of which the i Germans have fought so stubbornly. ! After their long struggle for masItery in the Argonne woods the AmI oriponcr mnva covai*q1 /lamnantqo r\4 v^tvuiiu utv? v ovrwiui vvm^umvo Wi j infantry over the Aire River which i cuts across the northern end of thjs | wood south of Grand-Pre and under I cover of heavy artillery fire moved I almost without stopping along the I eastern flank of the position and inj to the town. HELPING OUT. J Since the "Flu" took the towr , I many of the stores have lost much Jof their help and the women have fj come forward as helpers. Miss Mars . j Hill Harris is at Bowden-Simpson's ! Miss Agnes Edwards is lending a I'hand at McMurrays, Mrs. Hermar J Benton is helping at the - Farmers I Bank, and Mrs. John Evans is also I at McMurrays, while Mrs. W. D > l Barksdale is in charge of her hus! band's store during his illness. 'I , 1 | JOY RIDERS. rj Dr. Neuffer has been untiring ir J his attention to his patients and th( i;sick folks in town since the epidemic I; and patient under the many difficul ties of short help. His enterprising ri young sons, Hap and Frank, put the r acid test to his patience Wednesdaj ' morning when they cranked up his car and went joy riding, forcing th< t Doctor to make his rounds in a bi? five passenger. r, DEATH OF MRS. M. M. MANN r| St. Matthews, Oct. 16.?Mrs. Clau ' | dia M. Mann, wife of M. M. Mann "ja prominent member of the St. Mat ' thews bar, died at 11:20 o'clock to ^ clay after a brief illness of a few days with pneumonia. Mrs. Manr 5 was the daughter of the late Dr. J ' P. Mallard of St. George. She anc Mr. Mann were married on Novem | ber 22, 1906. She is survived by hei ; husband and one son, Marvin ' M ; Mann, Jr. DR. HILL ARRIVES, s 5 Lieut. J. C. Hill, of the army medi 2 cal corps, arrived in the city Thurs f day morning to take up the figfo -j against the "flu". He is looking well 31 though he has been very busy a 2 Camp Greene where there are hun s dreds of cases of the disease. Hi; a experience in treating the diseas< e there will be of assistance in th< i fight which is being waged here. ^LIBERTY LOAN IS I GOING TOO SLOW i Fourth Liberty Loan Little More Than Half Raised Yesterday. ONLY SHORT TIME : REMAINS FOR WORK t McAdoo Urges American People to , Match Patriotic Spirit of Navy by Subscribing Necessary Billion Dollars a Day For Remain, ing Period. f Washington, Oct. 16.?In the face of figures still showing the Fourth lj Liberty Loan only a little more than i j half raised?up to $3,269,001,500? i j the chief source of hope tonight lay : in assurances of campaign managers .! for each of the 12 districts that their (I respective fields would prove up ,! when final returns are counted. Supporting this attitude was the ['addition of $315,000,000 today to I the total, the biggest single day's ' subscription. This still left $2,730,j 000,000 to be gathered 'tomorrow, [ Friday and Saturday?three days? l' $900,000,000 a day. Officials do not J expect that big ratio to appear in )} official at least until Saturday. They 'believe a billion or more will be1 ^ I ( Counted up after the campaign has . | closed Saturday night from the flood i? of last , minute subscriptions. But] i they fear that unless the officially, .[tabulated total runs . considerable ' above the $4,000,000,000 mark on ''the latest reports Saturday the loan ,! paay fail to reach its goal. \ PERCY LEACH TO~THE FRONT. I i Percy J. Leach, Jrt, has been ad! mitted to Camp Gordon in the officers training school. He left Monday afternoon to commence work. He has been a student at Clemson College for sometime, and his military training there will be of great li assistance to him in preparing him1 j self for army work. ? MISS JANE EVANS ILL. ,j { i; Mrs. Frank B. Gary was called to i, Florence Tuesday on account of the *! serious illness of her sister, Miss ?' Jane Evans. Miss Evans is well i known in Abbeville where she was -1 the leader in forming the Service League, an organization for war work. Abbeville people will hear with regret of her illness. ALWAYS A HIGH FLYER. ' i '; Mpfvc hoc r?nmo f r? AKViovillo ' i our erstwhile young editor, Leslie "i Swope, has received his call for ser' | vice, and will train as an aviator at 'j Minneapolis, Minn. r The Swope family has had the ' ' Flu" since going to Richmond but ! ail are recovering now. HOODED "TERRORS. The moving picture show was clos! -;d down at the very beginning of the ' epidemic and the future presidents j around town have missed several in_i stallments of the Hooded Terror. There were plenty of Hooded Terr rors on the streets Wednesday how! ever, after the face masks were given out and people put them on. L/LA i n ur 1r l. t # r Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. McCombs ' have the sympathy of their friends ! in the loss of their infant son, which took place on October 3rd. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. M. R. Plaxco, and the interment was at Melrose. t OUR SON BILL. ,. t Our son Bill has been a victim of I - the Spanish Influenza for the past s week and Frank Neuffer has been e delivering the Evening Index for e him. Bill says "its no polite feeling" i to have a big mustard plaster on you. GREAT EVENTS SHADOWS Autocracy Must Go Declares President WILSON'S ANSWER FULFILLS EXPECTATIONS OF SUPPORTERS AND DOUBfTERS. Washington, Oct 14?President Wil| son has answered Germany's peace proposal with a decision which not only fulfills the expectations of supporters of his diplomacy but also disI pels the fears of thdse who predicted he would substitute victories at arms ! with feats at diplomacy. j No peace with kaiserism, autocra| cy must go, no armistice can ever ! be thought of while Germany conI tinues' her atrocities on land and sea,! i ! one can not be considered unless it is fullv dictated bv the allied command I ers in the field in such terms as ab-, solutely provide safeguards and guar-; ' antees that Germany's part will not ! be a scrap of paper. This in a few words is the Presi-; ! dent's answer. If it does not bring a capitulation' I which may be more than an uncondi-1 tional surrender allied diplomats and ; American officials believe it may! cause a revolution in Germany. Beyond question it speaks for the^ entente allies as well as the United States. The dispatch of the president's reply was followed by the issue of this formal statement at the White House by Secretary Tumulty: "The government will continue to send over 250,000 men with their supplies every month and there will I be ho relaxation of any kind." | Quite outside of the formal phrases I of a diplomatic document, that was President Wilson's word to the world j that he had no thought of stopping ^ the fighting at this stage. The senate chamber rang with the, | applause of senators as the presi-! , dent's answer was read a few min-' ' i j utes after it had been announced at] i the state department. Senator Lodge,! j the president's chief critic in his I course, until toda^, issued a state-' ment expressing his gratification at i the president's decision. Opinion at I the capitol and throughout official : Washington was unanimously in apI proval. The official note which will convey i the president's answer to the Ger ; man government ana more important, the German people, was deliv-1 : ered today by Secretary Lansing to i the charge of the Swiss legation who ! has been acting as the intermediary. ' It was given out publicly by Mr. ; Lansing at the state department at ! 6 o'clock this afternoon in full. It follows: i "Sir: In reply to the communica-| tion of the German government dat-' 1 ed the 12th instant, which you handj ed me today, I have the honor to re-1 quest you to transmit the following | answer: > The text of the president's answer , follows: "The unqualified acceptance by the | pi-esent German government and by a large majority of the reichstag of the terms laid down by the president of the United States of America in his address to the congress of the United States on the 8th of January, 1(J13, and in his subsequent addresses justifies the president in making a frank and direct statement of his decision, with regard to the communications of the German government of the 8th and 12th of October, 1918. "It must be clearly understood that the process of evacuation and i the conditions of an armistice are ; matters which must be left to the judgment and advice of the military ! advisers of the government of the TTnifo/1 Qfnfnc onrl flin olliac' rrn^'om _ uiiibtu aiiu niv U1MV.0 winmerits and the president feels it his duty to say that no arrangements can be accepted by the government of I the United States which does not (Continued on Page Two. * - JAzii . :ftAS9t . I ARE CASTING BEFORE THEM s ; I Reports Say Berlin Will Accept Terms?No Official News. PEACE SITUATION NOT FULLY. CLEAR Stories From London, Paris and Holland Say President Wilson's Terms Have Been Accepted?Not Yet Confirmed. Washington, Oct. 16.?Tonight's news of Germany is everywhere regarded here as the shadow of great events being cast before them. There is in Washington no official word that the kaiser has abdicated; or that he has been overthrown; or znai liermany is ready to accept all of President Wilson's terms. Officials and diplomatists, cautious and conservative by nature and practice regard with incredulity the intimations that one or all of these things has happened. Of course, they all hope they have; they all know that one or all of them are inevitable. The official opinion in the capital tonight is that coming of these things is timed only by the unknown degree to which the (^e lan military power has been broken. There may be more information on that point in the chan cellories of England, France and Italy than there is in Washington. When President Wilsnn'c ronitr +/* the German peace proffer went forth Monday night it was predicted here that if it did not bring a complete and unconditional surrender of the military autocracy the German people themselves would force one. President Wilson's words were a plain invitation to the German people to take such a step and intimated that there would be no peace with kaiserism. The coming hours will show how the leaven has worked. The intimations in today's dispatches from LonI don, Paris and Holland suggest the | progress of the ferment. Most significant of all is regarded the report from Holland by way of London that 1 Germany will immediately reply, to | President Wilson accepting all his j terms and asking only guarantees I for the interests of Germany and the | German people. When the reply | does come President Wilson's only I course will be to forward it to the co-belligerents. The guarantees for i the interests of Germany and the i German people do not intervene as an obstacle if guarantees are thought of in sincere terms. If they are put forth as another vehicle for a quibj ble ,an opportunity for diplomatic evasion and trickery, or a negotiated peace they will meet only one reply. CITY SCHOOLS SUBSCRIBE. The following resolution was adopted at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City Schools oa Thursday afternoon: Resolved: That the Farmers Bank as the fiscal agent for this school ' district, be requested by the Chairman of this board to subscribe for five thousand dollars in bonds of the Fourth Liberty Loan, investing in these bonds all moneys now on hand and not invested. If a sufficient amount is not now on hands, that the said agent be requested to collect the balance from those persons owing the sinking fund, who have not subscribed to this Liberty Loan, unless they can satisfy the srid agent that they are financially unable t? . do so. The town of Due West has gon? ever the top, and the territory \m 'hat vicinity is still climbing. Th? county seat must keep up with th? scat of learning, or else the county ' seat might be moved.