President to Seek End of Limits on Army Manpower
Secretary Baker heads to Congress with Wilson advisers plan to mobilize as many troops as possible for the war effort. The War Department is prepared to double the current 1.6 million under arms, potentially reaching 3.2 million, subject to facilities and authority.
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Baker
Congress
Department
Washington
Wilson
France
House Military Committee
Shipping Board
War Industries Board
War Council
Seomen
War Department
House Committee
Abbeville Trio Enlists for Fort Screven Service
Sam Adams Robert Cheatham and Newton Shuler left Abbeville by train for Clinton and onward to Columbia to enter military service. Adams, a lawyer and youngest Abbeville Bar member, Cheatham a longtime salesman at S Jink store, and Shuler a cotton mill worker at Abbeville Cotton Mills, bid Abbeville friends farewell and wish for a safe return.
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Sam Adams
Robert Cheatham
Newton Shuler
Abbeville
Fort Screven
Mr. Adams
Cheatham
S. Jink
Shuler
Clinton
Columbia
Abbeville County
Vessel City of Athens Sinks Off Delaware Coast
The steamship City of Athens bound from New York to Savannah was rammed and sunk by a French cruiser off the Delaware coast at 1 am. Sixty six lives lost including ten passengers and thirteen crew, with survivors recounting heroic acts such as Harry A. Kelly pulling four people from the sea.
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Atlantic
City
Athens
New York
Savannah
Delaware
United States
F. J. Docherty
Doherty
Harry A. Kelly
Lever Announces Senate Candidacy for 1919 Term
Congressman A F Lever announces bid for United States Senate to succeed Senator Tillman whose term ends in March 1919. Lever traveled from Washington to Columbia to consult with supporters and issue his formal declaration after gathering input from across the state.
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A. F. Lever
United States Senate
Tillman
Congressman Lever
Washington
Columbia
Congress May Adjourn In July Plan Emerges In Senate
Washington May 1 The first definite move toward adjournment in July emerged in the Senate as Senator Gallinger minority leader proposed Republican support for a July adjournment He suggested July 10 while Senator Overman and other Democrats urged an earlier date and agreed July 1 should be the tentative goal.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Overman
North Carolina
Mrs Gary Heads to New York for Family Visit
Mrs Eugene B Gary leaves Tuesday for New York to visit her brother Walter D Tusten and daughter Sydney Eason. She will be away for some time as friends wish her a pleasant trip. Revenue officials estimate millions of dollars will be added to Government funds from penalties on income tax delinquents.
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Eugene B. Gary
New York
Walter D. Tusten
Sydney Eason
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Annual Reunion Program of South Carolina UCV Abbeville 1918
The two day program for May 7 8 1918 lists band music at the Opera House opening ceremonies welcomes by state and city officials Daughters of the Confederacy and local camp leaders music and addresses general and memorial services dinners receptions and a veterans parade ball and concurrent Sons of Veterans convention with detailed schedules for each time slot in Abbeville South Carolina.
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South Carolina
U. C. V. Abbeville
S. C
United Confederate Veterans
J. Fuller Lyon
Camp Secession
Columbia
8. C
Cole A. L. Gaston
Chester
Irvine C. Walker
M. L. Bonham
Anderson
D. C
Opera House
Teague
John Carr
Orangeburg
Sons of Veterans
Convention of Veterans
Veterans arrival plans for Abbeville event
The old veterans will arrive in the city Monday afternoon. Some come via Seaboard local train to Abbeville at 3 50. Others arrive via Southern trains at 5 10 and 7 30. Volunteers with cars should report to WM P GREENE by Saturday to arrange transport at trains and on the square for Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Seaboard
Abbeville
Oithers
Wm. P. Greene
Americans Repel German Attack Near Villers-Bretonneux
In France near Villers-Bretonneux the German assault launched yesterday was repulsed after a two hour bombardment and close combat. American losses were heavy but the Americans and French held the line praised for bravery in their first major engagement since March 21.
Laurin Enters The Gubernatorial Race In South Carolina
Columbia May 1 John L Mc Laurin will be a candidate for governor of South Carolina this summer according to a statement he gave to a Columbia newspaper man who heard of Congressman Lever announcing for the senate. Speculation had grown whether Mc Laurin would seek the senate or the governorship amid pressure for one of the two offices.
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Columbia
John L. McLaurin
South Carolina
Congressman Lever
Senate
McLaurin
Probable candidates for Lever's seat in Seventh District
Columbia May 1 Several candidates are expected to announce for Congress in the Seventh District to succeed Congressman Lever. Named are Thomas G. McLeod Wade Hampton Cobb Joe A Berry and J T Liles of Orangeburg. George Bell Timmerman announced his candidacy tonight.
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Columbia
Congress
Congressman Lever
Thomas G. McLeod
Lee
Wade Hampton Cobb
Richland
Joe A. Berry
J. T. Liles
Orangeburg
George Bell Timmerman
Locomotive Engineers Buy $900,000 in Liberty Bonds
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers purchased $900,000 in Liberty Bonds with $700,000 from the insurance department and $200,000 from the general fund. Individual enginee r purchases are not included. The local chapter bought a bond last week to support cotton market efforts.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Liberty
Insurance Department
Landed safely in France, reports Lieut Swetenburg
Lieut Carrol Swetenburg reports from France that he has landed safely. The dispatch confirms his arrival and adds no additional details on missions or location.
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Lieut
Carrol Swetenburg
France
Americans Defeat Attack by Germans at Villers Bretonneux
American troops around Villers-Bretonneux repulsed a heavy German assault in the great battle on the French front. Three German battalions led a bombardment before the attack, leaving many dead and wounded. American losses are described as severe. Elsewhere in the war, Bohemian troops join Italians against Austria per London Mail reports.
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Villers-Bretonseux
Hues
Austria
London Mail
Prague
Bohemia
Germany
Count Czerdin
Wilson
Villers
Bretonneux
Planders
von Arnim
William
Inter-Allied War Council
Versailles
Foch
M. Clemenceau
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Reverend Hugh R Murchison Visited Abbeville
Reverend Hugh R Murchison pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Lancaster South Carolina and Field Secretary of the State Council of Defense spent yesterday in Abbeville to advance his work. He is noted as a strong young leader and capable organizer with many Abbeville friends glad to welcome him back.
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Hugh R. Murchison
Presbyterian Church
Lancaster
S. C
State Council of Defense
Abbeville
Murchison
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White House
City of
Off the
Delaware Coast
Villers- Bretonneux
Laurin
Lever
Hugh R Murchison
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