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BERLIN ANI
ABOUT II
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Further Evidence of the
Strain in Relations
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KJver r eace v^uesuuu
AUSTRIA FEARS BIG .ALLY
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To Arwrt Catastrophe Dual Monarchy
Makes Declaration of
Its Policy.
Washington, Feb. 27.?Further
evidence of the strain in relations
between Germany and Austria over
^ the refusal of the latter to participate
in the renewed attack upon
Russia is given in an official dispatch
received here today from France. It
quotes the Austrian premier as formally
reiterating on February 22,
that Austria-Hungary will take no
part in military action against Rus-|
8ia or Rumania, and will not sendj
her troops into Ukraine.
^ The dispatch refers to the meet,
ing between Emperors William and
Charles February 22 and says there
seems little doubt that a serious conflict
has arisen between the two nations
which Germany is determined
to settle by violent measures If nec\
essary.
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| Lacking in Cordiality.
The dispatch in part follows: J
' ' "Charles I paid a visit to William
I ll on the 22 nd of February. Ludenworf
was present at the interview.
If we are to judge from the tone of
the interview it must have been
lacking in cordiality. There seems
to be little doubt but that a serious
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conflict has broken out during the
week between the courts of Vienna
and Berlin and which Germany is
determined to settle if need be by
violent measures."
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IN THE WRECK.
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Miss Margaret Klugh was on the
train that was wrecked near Columbia
on Monday. She telegraphed
her mother Mrs. J. C. Klugh, that
she was all right which was a great
relief to Mrs. Klugh.' Miss Margaret
had been spending the time
that the Columbia schools were
quarantined, at home with her mother,
and she was returning to take
nr? Vior c/?Vmr?l a^ain.
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TEN ENGINES.
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The Seaboard is to have ten of
the locomotives built by the Baldwin
Locomotive Works for Russia.
The unsettled conditions over there
i and the great need here made the
move necessary. These engines are]
I built according to Russian specifications.
Two have already arrived. A
L lovely chim whistle lets the natives
j know they are here.
j MR. COURTNEY.
1 Mr. Courtney, superintendent of
I the Rescue Home in Columbia, was
I here on business this week. He says
8 they are doing a fine work and the
| little children are happy and enjoy&
ino> li-fo Soverol AhViPvillo pnnrtr !
4.VMV.M.V i
children are living there. A small;
appropriation is given by the county
for the maintenance of eachj
child.
T. B. PENNEY.
T. B. Penney was in the city oni
Wednesday on business for the day.j
rie^is leaving for Georgetown, where |
.he 4 has a ; Civil Service ? position j
in |he Internal Revenue Department
at that .place. , "He wa^its to
keep up with the home news and he
had us to s^nd ^iim The Press and
Banner. is a yjqnng man of. 0n,e
qualities and will make good in his
new place.
) VIENNA
3FALL OUT
A "War Speech" and
Not a "Peace Speech"
French and English. Find Little Hope
Of Peace In Hertling't Speech
OBJECT tO CREATE
DIVISION BETWEEN ALLIES
Paris, Feb. 27.?The concensus of
opinion in official and diplomatic
circles concerning Chancellor Hertling's
speech is that it is a "war
speech" and not a "peace speech."
High officials and foreign officials
informed the Associated Press that
the aims of Hertling's oration were
three-fold:
First, he desired to create a division
between the Allies.
Second, he wanted to stimulate
peace talk in allied and neutral
countries to bring aother "BrestLitovsk,"
and
Third, it was expected he would
impresse public opinion in Germany
and abroad that the military officials
do not rule Germany.
London, Feb.. 27.?Evening papers
see little hope for peace in
Chancellor von x Hertling's recent
speech.
"With what face one wonders can
von Hertfing, who is old and religious,
get up in the Reichstag and declare
his heart is bleeding for humanity,
profess sympathy with Wilson's
appeal for justice and forbearance
and respect for national rights
at the very time when he is publicly
engaged in one of the most cynical
and callous transactions known in
history," says The Westminster Gazette.
The Globe as Hertling's presenl
| duty is to supply camouflagu behind
I which the real sovereign power oi
' ? ^ / ? 1 ni np
j tne lierman general oian carries uu
| its operations.
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S. A. MORRIS.
I Mr. S. A. Morris, the deaf and
! dumb shoe man, is very sick at his
home on Magazine street. He was
' taken ill sometime Sunday but il
was not known until his neighbors
| missed him and went in to see
| where he was. His sister was away
| on a visit and there was no one at
j home with him. She came home
I Tuesday. He was taken to Dr. Pry!
or's hospital yesterday for an op[
eration for appendicitis. %is sister,
| Mrs. Worsham, went over there with
! him. His friends wish him an early
I recovery. , ,
OF INTEREST TO ' )
ABBEVILLE PEOPLE
J '
It will be interesting to the olcjei
set of Abbeville people to kno-w
j that Mr. J. B. Marshall, one of the
[victims of the wreck on the Southern,
was the husband of Miss Lalla
Zeigler, who lived in Abbeville n?any
years ago, and is- well remembered
here. . ; , .
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V SOUTH tAROLINAi'9 { V
W VtVT HI TrtT A e nnn UUM W
^ IILIA A yUWifl. I ML-il ^
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V 'Columbia, )S. G* F4b. 28.?V
V Gov. Manriihgi announced to- V
V day that in a conference with V
V Secretary Baker ip Washing-, V
V . ton this yveek, the fact was V
v empnasizea oy tne secretary
V t^at South. Carolina's quote V
\ ^in the. next., draft would be V
V 5,000 m^n and .they are. tq be V
V called in small quqtas... This V
V js the first indication o^ .what S.
V the states .quotp in., the } next V
V draft will be. 4 . . ' k,
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SLACKER BILL
PASSED By HOUSE
Aliens Claiming Exemption
Would Be
Deported.
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DRAFTED FOR LABOR.
Measure Sent to Senate After Rejection
of Amendment u to Existing
Treaties.
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Washington, Feb. 27.?The socalled
alien slacker bill, to bar from
citizenship and authorize deportation
of aliens of draft age who
claim exemption from military service,
and authorizing the drafting of
any aliens for agricultural or mann fo/?fr?inTtrr
mnvlf nroD noosoH hff t.hfl
| x
house tonight by a vote of 344 to
21. It now goes to the senate.
The administration opposed the
bill on the ground that it violates
existing treaties and would embarrass
the government in negotiating!
treaties with its co belligerents providing
for the drafting of their national
residents in this country.
Such treaties with Great Britain and
Canada have been signed and those j
with France and Italy are about
completed. ?
j The bill is applicable only to citi-j
i sens of countries at war with GerI
om olmiWo tn Amprican
! many wuv aiw
1 citizenship in the United States, but
' that they shall "be deported as soon
,! as practicable. The immigration
. committee and speakers in the house
| today said it would not be possible
. to deport any appreciable numbec.
i['of affected aliens any time soon
I since ships to carry them would not
[ be available.
( Before passing the bill the house
. defeated 235 to 132, an amendment
j by Representative- Rogers of Massachusetts,
which provided that the
[ act should not supercede any existM
ing treaties which stipulated that
: Qtofoc qhnll not subject
II Ulr %J I11DVU VMVWW w
i the nationals of a treaty country to
! compulsory military service. This
! amendment had been agreed to a
week ago by the house sitting as a
I committee of the whole.
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,| . HIT BY BALL. i
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:j Hamilton Hill, of Jonesville, S. 0
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s a student at Ersklne, -was seriously
r hurt Wednesday afternoon while
; playing ball. . From reports heard
! here he ran before1 the batter after
the ball had left the pitchers hand:
. The ball struck hirrt on "the sid?; of
, his head knocking him flat. He was
i unconsciqus.. I^e is at th^ college
- dormitory and. is in a seriotis con
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SPONSOR FOR THE VETERANS:
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Miss. Sarah Haskell has been appointed
State Sponsor for' the United
Confederate Veterans by Major
General. B. H. Teague of Aiken. r
/The appointment is pleasing to
Miss Haskell's friends all over the
state and Abbeville is delighted with
the compliment paid her.
VISITING MRS. BARNWELL. i
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Mrs. C. E. Edwards, Lieut. Claud
Edwards and Miss Cora Thomson;
are in Abbevilfe for a short visit tb
Mra. J. F. Barnwell* :
Lieut Edwards is in the Aviation
Corps and will return shortly to
his work'in camp. { . >" I
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children of Confederacy.
The Children of the Confederacy
will meet Saturday'aftefnoon at{the
home of Miss Lavinia McCuen,C .%t
font o'dock. : ' { ' .)
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v cotton market ' f >
V Cotton ,'--"32 1-2cj V.
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CONGRESS SEES :
AMERICAN GUNS
Browning Automatic
Rifle Is On Exliibition,
LINE OF DUMMIES SHOT UP
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Thousand* Will Be Deliver^ Weeklly
Till the Wkol? Army It
Equippe<I.
Washington, Feb. 27.?The latest
American, contribution to warfare,
the Browning automatic rifle, was
officially introduced to Congress today
at a demonstration staged in a
remote valley in the hills that surround
this city. For more than two
hours the air was filled with the
snarl and crash of the firing, Senators
and representatives . operating
the new weapons for themselves lender
the direction of a squad of officers
from the machine gun schools
at Springfield, Mass.
High army officials, including Assistant
Secretary Crowell, Major
Gen. Biddle, acting chief of staff,
and a score of officers from tihe British,
French, Italian and Belgian missions
watched the demonstrations
with keen interest.
"Dummies" Shot Up.
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There was no target practice, al!
though a line of figures shaped liks
men was battered to pieces by the
squad of ten gunners. Members of
Congress also scored repeated hits,
although it was the firBt time atay erf
them had handled a weapon of this
[-character. 1
As to the performance of the ten
guns used, there wad Yio1; a stoppage
from malfunction, despite the f&ct
that hundreds of :roun'ds were fired,
and the squad ftora theJ schools had
f ' i -
| never seen the 1giiris "before ltiat Saturd?.y.
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When firing with "the ' automatic
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! rifles vas opened today, two B'rown;
ing heavy machine guns were put inI
to action. ' Thousands of * bullet:'
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! were sent * streaming across thte val!
ley to set the dttst leaping on thi fat
i hillside. Again there w?s nit a mal!
and'the-dem oh strati on "was
; completed' with 'an exhibition1 of the
j simplicity of c&nsthicMcfn, of the
, guns oe'ng dismounted. te"ke?i aparf
J and reassembled repeatedly iff a fert
j minutes', time? _ * .
Arniy to Use "Tlieta. ' '
I These two guns have befen selectJ
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! ed every, day and' thousands' every
. i , * % .* * i r
I War Department' as the weapons
| with which, fher army Is soon to be
j equipped. The automatic rifles used
! came from factories where the actu!
al production on a quantity scale has
already started, witmn a matter
of -.weeks, hundreds will be. deliverj
ed- every day and htousands every
j week. They are to be the "over-thej
top" ;guns( of tomorrow as the French
I Chauchat is used by French and
I American, troops today.. A .nonj
commissioned officer of the dem'onj
strating .detachment,, who with his
I assistants has been drilled with every
| type . of weapon' used by the. Allied
j troops, including the. Chauchat, the
j-only prototype of the new rifle,
I spoke for the whole squad when he
I sa'd: .. ... . .
! "That's .the , finest, gun in , the
world.," . ...
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ENGLISH TROOPS . .
. , . |N NIGHT , RAID
Bring Back Prisoners' and An Enemy
Machine Gurt. *
London, Feb'. 28.?'English troops
carried out a .'successful raid last
night against the enemy on Greenland
Hill, north, of .the Scarpe river.
Twelve prisoners^ and a machine gun
were captured, says the' official1 report
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English, and .Scottish, troops .conducted.
^ raid in tiie Southern . portion
of .Houtho^st Forest and captured
12 prisoners and three' machine
guns.
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29 MEN PR(
PERISHED
Change Is Asked r
In Draft Act ,
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Lansing Opposes Calling Citizens of
Neutral Countries Who Plan to
; Ti
BECOME CITIZENS OF
THE UNITED STATES' Tl
Washington, Feb. 27.?Citizens '
of eutral countries, who have ' declared
their intention to become ci.t>izens
of the United States, wilj not ^
be liable to military service "in the ^
second draft under a bill drawn by ^
the War Department in. conjUnctibn m
with the State Departments . The ^
bill was favorably refloated to the
House by the military jaffairs' com- ^
mittee today. It wiH be > passed byj ^
b J
| the Houses before the next (draft ^
call is made. r 3 .
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In a letter ' to Chairman JDertt, ^
made public today", Secretary >Lans- m
I ing recommended i tht. immediate ..
! amendment of the selective' draft act ^
j "It is. highly undfesirable'that the .
v CI
I existing law, &ould:>st*nd ftinmodiI
fied,V hfe $aid,' "as evidence of a disregard
of /treaty obligations; or even
I of fa supposed rule of international
j conduct heretofore observed ' by. 01
i other Governments." ; ' I
J The United States has treaties, obI
' IT
I liging it to exempt the .nationals of '
] Argentina, Costa Rica, <Honduias,
Italy, Japan, r Paraguay, ' Serbia,! w
Spain, and Switzerland; > Secretary: "
II Lansifcg-eaidi Many protests ^rom; ^
r these countries have fceeri/met'; by;
i discharging their nationals who hftd; ^
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been conBciptep. . \
j . "The President has found it to ^be
ji expedient in conduct of foreign re-| P
.. latlonSjV. he explained, "to indicate!].
his. willingness, to .discharge 'neytraf B
; aliens under .certain circumstances s'
affe^' tfyey have been brqughi un^er ,g
i his. .jurisdiction as *' commander-jij->
1 chief of tlie army." r 1 / ^
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, . . , COURT NEWJS. . ' .. t]
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J John .Henry ; Jacjp*on Goe* to. the j
, Electric. Chair, f '
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:j . nThe Court> of Uenerai sessions;
i continued its'sessions Tuesday morn- .
j J: * . . / . i ; A
ing. . 4 .
T^e .jury in "the case of ' CaJ;
houn,.Ware found him'guilty of assault
and . battery with "intent" to kill! '
1 tn the case of The State vs. Geoi
I 'in
j Carter and , Johi| IJeaifst, charged
II with stealing a Ibale of^ cotton, pie ?
j defendants were found guilty. .J. .
1 j Howard Moore was attorney for the 1(
': defendants, while J. Moofe1 Mars asr a
! sisted the. Solicitor. ' ,
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Dave London arid Jim ? Durant J
were found' guflty of arson' with ^
recommendation to mercy for' the 0
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, alleged burning of the T?arn of S.
IM. Beaty.. J. H. Moore and Sam a
I Adams Esqr.| represented the' de- ^
j feijdants while J. M. NicVles assist^
! ed the prosecution. Hugh Mack, ^
j charged in the same indictment, was j ^
i fpund not guilty. A motion' for new
j trial is pending.
. The. case against T, B. Martin for ?"
violating the prohibition law was F
nol-prossed on the pajrme'nt 6f $75.
Nancy Calhoun and Pearl Padgett
were found guilty of petit' larceny j
an^ sentenced to pay tines of $40 j ^
( and. $50. respectively!
! In the case of Raymond' Hall, j K
j John Hall. and Ea'rle Hall, charged .
i with. burglary and larceny,' fot in
I stealing money from K. L. Morrisori, .H
the -defendants, were, represented by d<
J.. Howard Moore and Sam Adam's lii
Esq.,, and found no't guilty. .: tli
The ?ame verdict .was rendered ih
the case o| , The' Statje v?. fej-skine J<
Patton charged witn placing 'a i;ock di
on ..the., P. & N. Ry.f near' Donalds, o'
j.r Moore Mars represented .the de- th
fondant ^ ^ el
The Grand Jury returned a "no nt
bill" in the case against Claudia m
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)BABLY
IN WRECK
>ver HalfofCrewrf I
Vaval Tug Cherokee,
Lost In Gale M
HE STEERING GEAR BROKE \
ag'. SurviVor." Had a Drt^M ' ''-|S
Experience ^in Stohn?Reseat
by British Ships '* ' ? m
pwio^oinwio r ttaK'-i :9*n iTtnMWd ;'H
lie men are believed? to hawr? ^
leir lh?es yesterday morning ?Wv ' JmJK:
te: sea-gcrin&jnaval; tug \ Chwafciii
mridered m s devew gale;.
iles 'off the Maryland coast Iw
crvivora and the tiaSes of .''440fe 'fj$k ^
her menibers %^of the crew- of ''!?
'-nine were' brought here today'
>70 British rescue1 ships and landed)
; the Philadelphia ntfvy yart* --"Ifc* ggB 4^
ace of t&e rethaining inemheiif db || rl
ie crew- was found.- Amonfe those? ; Jj|?
ikofiin ih ' :Tn?itnV l.iaHf 'jl!Mvafll my &5BM
iOOUlg' 1U v?wnv*r ^
ewall, the commander of thfe
rdiharily the Cherokee carried rla
ew of fortyy but: one': inair -/aftM y
Dt aboard. . '
Steering1 (jmr broke. I znt>& <
According to the c&ptain i of miw>
P the rescue ships, the-steering y&tt* ,
roke during a^fifty^miltf norCh n nt 1
ale and the little" tessel was at :~i
:ercy of the mountainous Sea& Tkitf &
ig was thrown -' broadside to " Am*
aves ad her ^hatches -'were battiiedt
i. ' Two rafts were launched i?hit .^gSM't
i& ere** abandoned fee" ship/'-i.;^ jSjfl: '
'rtie captain 'said hfe found an
irned boat and then sighted : fhat 5
aft with1 twelve' rrt?n.-' fhejT -were
iken"aboard and' iwo died froih ?osare.'
1 V: 7 * ' ' i -'^sSjB
nI saV1 3ix "bodies," "the -J capCAm ,
dded, "and summoned another vi?- ?.>s|
el to pick th?m up- is T> wanted :fco ',
ive7 assistance5 to the living OtnfioT j.
Virtually alf the; tweTVe j|f|jB
he r^ft were 5 unconscious' wHe? .'
icked up'. Therfe were* four ^nen ^on '(
he'' second' raft.1 Twer were wasBed ';$!
verboaVd and the other1 two Miedi nlfll
APAN'S> OFFER3 CREATES ST&L
Washington; f Feb. ^ 3S.^JaW'a
10've to develpp the, feeding of , {he
illies towand ' a ^prOppsal fpr{joint *1:30
rilitary-operatiori ih'Siberia jto-kfe* .$jm
tie vast stores at Vladivostok and/al0
' the trans-Siberian, Railway front
ailing rinto the hands; of 1}her (jjsrian.'
invaders wa*; widely discuspel
mong diplomats and officials- todpj,
ut all were reluptawt to give ogi?
>ns for' publication. yfhile; officials
re silent it is known that exchange* />*sf?
f opinion are going on.'with th?)#bjct-'of
perfect understanding pt- ' ')M
iveen' Japan, the United States 90!
ther co-belligerents, which IT?
lake a plan of;joint action wli^D?
cceptable :to all; and will thoroughly
efine its extent and duration. ,
Russian representatives here > pp- 1 7$
ose action by th? Japanese
eria; but. the co-belligerer^ts /are
loroughly alafmed.lest vast quantjes'
of supplies. fall into the handp
f the Germans. : , ' -jis
RENCH LOST ONE BIG VESSEL
,Paris, Feb. 28.?rOnly one- vessel
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nder 1;600 tons was lost fo enamp
ibmarinep or min^s last .week-shermep
were sunk. ; j * hjm
night, charged With infahticidfei '
the jury is Out ;as We go to prei
l the case of The State vs.' Jili.
...
enry Jackson, rcftargea wun moFii\
J. Howard Moore And j. Fraftlti
Davis of Greenwood, "r/preseiitetf
ie defendant. ' * ! ' '
Note': The jury ik the casfe
>hn. Henry Jackson return 6d a veict
.of guilty of murder : 4: ft
T ? * J y % ^\
clock this evening. 1 This ' iheaiAs
I ' f I # '? ,? % .OJ
at the defendant will' go^to' tlie
ectric chair unless he5seiifcres c?
;w trial, 'or Tiiil sentence is
uted.
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