Germans Retreat Across Front From Ypres To Rheims
Allied forces push German lines back along a 150 mile front from Ypres to Rheims as Foch strategy forces a retreat. British, French, and American troops press north of Soissons and Vesle, recapturing Lens and advancing toward St Quentin Cambrai Lille and Armentieres while German positions crumble under air, artillery and ground assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypres
Rheims
Flanders
Champagne
Foch
Artois
Picardy
Vesle
Soissons
Aisne
Noyon
Soissons-Rheims
Chemin-des- Dames
Peronne
Hsig
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Lille
Armentieres
Lens
Arras
Moislaine
Demicourt
Drocourt- Quant
Canal du Nord
Court In Session Here Wiis Court In Session Here Wiis
The Circuit Court is in session at the courthouse with Judge J W DeVore presiding as cases are presented by Solicitor Blackwell. Several defendants face sentences for assault and battery with varying fines and jail terms, plus cases of murder and other crimes heard this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Court House
Blackwell
J. W. DeVore
Rachel Carr
Tolbert Murray
Carrie Davis
David L. Smith
Clinton Anderson
Eula McCaslan
Poor House Farm
State Penitentiary
Rebecca Belcher
Sam Padgett
Louis McCord
Lige Hunter
George
Douglas
George Logan
Builty
Lewis Smith
Reformatory
Banner
J. Will Greer
Cotton Market closes with mixed October quotes
The cotton market closed at 35.05 for October on Wednesday and 33.75 for October on Thursday. Prices reflect fluctuating demand with no clear trend.
American Trans Atlantic Co Surfaces in German Ties Scandal
Washington reports reveal the American Trans-Atlantic Co with 11 ships flew the Stars and Stripes but was controlled by Wagener, a German-leaning owner. Palmer and Garvan charge Wagener used German gold to fund the line and misrepresented American ownership, while Navy records show caution over alien captains and patrols aboard ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Trans-Atlantic Co
United States Shipping Board
Ocean Trade
Mitchell Palmer
Richard G. Wagner
Milwaukee
Francis P. J. Garvan
Wagener
Count von Bernstorff
Garvan
American Trans-Atlantic Company
Shipping Board
Navy Department
American Trans Atlantic Company
Abbeville Man Re-elected Richland County Auditor
B Clark DuPre won a safe majority to secure a third term as Richland County auditor. The Abbeville native’s victory was described as gratifying to his many friends with a lead surpassing three hundred.
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Abbeville
B. Clark DuPre
Richland County
Abbeville Boys Reported Wounded in Action
The casualty list lists two Abbeville boys severely wounded Lieut Ernest L Visanska and Sergt John C Ferguson Jr It notes uncertainty over Visanskas wound The list also names Geo W Lancaster Ed Beigler Jamison Benj F McCormick Harmon Hatchell Clarence Orvin Ivy W Beverly and James A Epps as wounded or missing Other local residents Mr and Mrs Forrest Leminick visited Newberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
Ernest L. Visanska
Sergi
John C. Ferguson, Jr
Visanska
South Carolina
Geo. W. Lancaster
Greenville
Ed Beigler
Jamison
Benj. F. McCormick
Conway
Harmon Hatchell
Hartsville
Clarence
Bomb Explosion Murder Plot Shocks Chicago
Four killed and more than 75 injured when a bomb ripped the federal building entrance in Chicago at 3 30 pm. Officials blame the I W W with 1 500 government agents scouring for suspects and nine arrests already made. The blast felled glass and wounded two nearby buildings.
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Chicago
Philip J. Barry
Department of Justice
L W. W
K. M. Landis
Harry D. Haywood
S W. W
Death of Mrs Eugenia Tekeo Harris
Mrs Eugenia Tekeo Harris died at her son J B Harris home yesterday afternoon after a period of declining health. Born October 14 1868 near Carmel Church Pickens County she leaves C N Harris Danville Va J L Harris Greenwood Mrs R W Griffin Spartanburg L N Harris LaGrange Ga and J B Harris Greenwood as pallbearers Mayor A S Hartzog W A Fridy W B H Yeldell Jr S O Harvey J W Spearman J W Campbell J R Whatley and J W Watson. Funeral at four thirty at J B Harris home with Rev B R Turnipseed. Interment Magnolia Street Cemetery. Greenwood Index.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenia Tekeo Harris
J. B. Harris
Spartanburg
L. N. Harris
LaGrange
J. B. Harris Greenwood
B. R. Turnipseed
Magnolia Street Cemetery
A. S. Hartzog
W. A. Fridy
Men Registering Here August 24 in Abbeville County
List of men age 21 and older registered in Abbeville County on August 24, including names from Abbeville, Donalds, Lowndesville, Antreville, Calhoun Falls, Due West, Iva, Hones Path and Verdery. Entries note districts such as Abbeville R. 1 through R. 4 and other local routes. The roster includes multiple surnames like McDade, Nance, Morrow, Belcher, and Bolden with several towns and rural routes represented.
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Abbeville County
Lucian Tribble
Iva
James T.belcher
Lowndesville
Roland Burns
Abbeville
Willie Brown
Homer Robertson
James Watt
Arthur Vance
Joe Clinkscales
R. Drayton Nance
Dennis Allen
James Thomas
Ben Wideman
Hones Path
Charlie A. Brownlee
Antreville
Booker J. Bolden
Lewis Lesley
Calhoun Falls
William Oliver
Henry Johnson
Emiel Elmore
Clarence DuBose
Will Ramey
Willie Wharton
Joseph Rykard
Verdery
Hiram Davis
R. 1
Paying the Price and Victory Through Blood Sermons
A Baptist church outlines its Sunday program with 11 am study titled Paying the Price and an evening sermon on Victory Through Bloody Sacrifices. The messages contrast evangelistic church aims, urge attendance, and highlight special music during live services.
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Evangelistic
Captain Rosenberg Transferred to Medical Corps Post
Captain Herbert Rosenberg, long at Camp Gordon Atlanta since the war began, moves to the medical corps in Montgomery Alabama. Mrs. A Rosenberg and Biz visit Atlanta before his new post. Lt Ernest Rosenberg also moves to Camp Grant Illinois. Mr Pink McIlwaine Hodges and Clarence McIlwaine Camp Jackson were in town.
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Herbert Rosenberg
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Medical Corps Atl
Montgomery
Ala
Biz
A. Rosenberg
Nefore
Ernest Rosenberg
Camp Grant
Ill
Greenwood Daily Journal
Pink McIlwaine
Hodges
Clarence McIlwaine
Camp
Jackson
Generals March reports 30th Division and vast American embarkations
General March announced that total American embarkations for all fronts surpassed 1 600 000 by August with over 250 000 landing in France in August. He identified the 30th Division the Old Hickory unit from Tennessee and the Carolinas, and noted Maj. Gen. George W. Reid now commands the 4th Army Corps.
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Washington
March
Siberian
Flanders
Tennesse
North
South Carolina
France
Queant Drocourt
Cambrai
Arras
Decertt Rees
Hindenburg
Scarpe
Somme
Pershing
George W. Reid
Fourth Army Corps
Miss Smith Named Dean of Women at Winthrop College
Miss Helen Smith of Abbeville has been elected dean of women for Winthrop College in Rock Hill. An A B graduate of Converse and Smith Colleges, she earned an MA at Columbia University and has served as dean of women at Anderson College and taught English at Coker College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville Wormer
Winthrop College
Rock Hill
Helen Smith
Abbeville
Miss Smith
Converse College
Smith College
Columbia University
Anderson College
Coker College
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Ypres-Rheims
North” Cross Canal DU Nord
Leut
Trenholm Mallard
Herbert Allen
Property Custodian Pas
Trans- Atlantic Company
Mrs
Forrest Leminick
Newberry
City
Sw.w
Federal
White
Joe Clarence McDade
Donalds
Reuben Baker Haddon
Knox McDill
R. C. Self
Roland Beggs Morrow
Cayce
Alvin Dean Nance
George A. Ferguson
John T. Moore
Fred Mason Aldrick
Albert Henry King
Frank Marshall Clark
Fred Nance
William Austin McCurry
Richard Olin Darracott
Baptist Church
Rosenberg
Merica
Goo
Stadt
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