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SOLDIERS SAVED AFTER SENTENCE Remitted or Commuted by President Wilson?Three Cases Cited?Men in This Country Ordered Shot by Courtmartial for Military Washington, Feb. 28.?Three additional cases of soldiers in this country sentenced to be shot by courtsmartial for military offenses and whose sentences were either remitted or commuted by President Wilson were made public today by the war department. Private Nicolas Locastle of the Fourth Training Battalion, replacement group, medical department, Camp Greenleaf, Ga., was convicted on charges of having refused to put on the prescribed military uniform, and two-thirds of the members of the court concurred in the death sentence. Major General Sharpe, com-, manding the Southeastern Depart-1 ment, recommended that sentence be commuted to dishonorable discharge j and 25 years' imprisonment. The( president reduced the prison term to1 15 years. Private Benjamin Breger and Her-j man D. Kaplan of the quartermaster, corps, Camp Funston, Kan., were| charged with refusing to put on the uniform and also with having refused to do noncombatant military service of any kind. In each case the necessarv two-thirds of the members nfl the court concurred in the death sen-J tence. In forwarding these cases, MajJ Gen. Leonard Wood, commanding at Camp Funston, recommended the; sentences be commuted to dishonor-! able discharge from the service, for-j feiture of all pay and allowance, or; to become due, and to confinement ( at hard labor for 25 years. The; president disapproved both findings and sentences and ordered the sol-! diers released from custody and restored to" duty. CONTINUE BILLS UNTIL NEXT YEAR 1 I No Constitutional Convention Refer-! endum. Columbia, S. C.f March 1.?The j; house yesterday morning began to clear the way for adjournment this morning by clearing the calendar of all second reading bills. One of those continued was the Christensen-McGhee resolution from' the senate calling for a referendum of the question of State constitutional convention. This was passed in , . the senate with only a few votes in opposition, but a two-thirds majority ; in the house was not likely to be!< mustered. In that the question could ^ not be voted on until 1920 and no , strategical value would be gained by the passage in the lower house this ( session, the question was carried over until next year and if approved by the lower house, will stand in the ] same relation as if passed at this time. The house passed and sent to the, senate a general game and fish pro-! tection bill. The open season forj' partridges is fixed from November ; 15 to February 15. Under the provisions of the bill a , county resident hunter's license fee ( is ?xed at $1.10 and a non-resident j, at $3.10. j | A non-resident of the State would, j be required to pay $15.25 as a hunt-l ; er's license. Non-residents of the State would be required to pay a license fee of $3.25 for a fishing license. Provisions of the act do not apply to residents of the State who wish to-hunt on their own land. The bill has not vet been acted on by the senate. I The house accepted the free con-! ference report on the Moise salary bill, which finally disposes of the salary of judges and solicitors, which question has been agitated throughout the session. By the provisions of the act solicitors are to receive $2,-j 400; court stenographers, $2,100; circuit judges, $4,000; justices of the J supreme court, $4,500. Judges of i the supreme court are to receive $l,-i 500 extra for the three months they may spend in Columbia in the summer for consultation. IRISH QUESTION BRINGS DISPUTE Tumulty Says President Wilson Was Misquoted?Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee Declares No Serious Reference Was Made. Washington, Feb. 28.?Just what was said about Ireland at the White House dinner conference Wednesday night was the subject of interested discussion at the capitol today after Secretary Tumulty had issued a denial of one statement attributed to President Wilson. What Mr. Tumulty specifically denied and said on behalf of the president was "a deliberate falsehood" was the following: "The president told the committees that the Irish question was a matter L-i. T 1 1 A 17 J DeiAVeeil HCIcliiU auu ungittiiu a?w that Ireland could not have any voice in the peace conference at present." Mr. Tumulty said he did not know what papers had published the above but that it had been quoted in a telegram to the White House. Many messages of protest are said to have been received from Irish organizations based on various reports of the mention of Ireland at the conference. Mr. Tumulty declined to add anything to his formal denial, when asked what the president did tell his guests. Several members of the congressional foreign relations committee who attended the conference inform ed newspaper correspondents afterwards that the president had made a statement to the general effect of the one to which Mr. TUmulty referred. In attacking an account of the conference by the New York Sun's correspondent on the senate floor today, Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the foreign relations committee, declared that the Irish problem was not brought up seriously, and said at first that the president had not answered the question asked on the subject. Later, however, he accepted a correction by Senator Wliliams of Mississippi, who interrupted to whisper a statement of his recollection that the president did say that the league had nothing to do with domestic questions when asked about Ireland. Senator Borah of Idaho, pressed Senator Hitchcock for a further explanation. "If I understood the senator cor rectly, said senator lioran, "wnat the president said with reference to the question since he has raised the question himself, with reference to Ireland was that the league had nothing to do with it." Mr. Hitchcock said that that was the recollection of the senator from Mississippi and that he accepted it as it was quite definite. "And that," continued Senator Borah, "was the matter therefore with which the league had nothing to do, but which must necessarily be settled by Ireland and England." "The senator can draw his own conclusion", said Senator Hitchcock. HOLD THE BEE WORKING FORCE TOGETHER Clemson College, S. C., Feb. 28.? __ext to foul brood, which has not yet been reported in this State, nothing worse can happen to bees than swarming. We must do everything possible to prevent it. Swarming :an not be entirely prevented but it an be greatly reduced. When our bees swarm we shake the swarm into a new hive or soap box and set it down at some place that suits our fancy. In other words, we are doing our level best to kill off the working and honey gathering power of the colony by dividing and disorganizing the hives. Try the following method this spring and you will find that you can keep your honey gathering force intact even if the hive will swarm. 1. When the swarm comes out and settles on the limb, remove the hive from which they came from its stand and in its place put the new hive into which you want to put the new swarm when you take it from the limb. 2. Put the swarm that you take from the limb into the new empty hive which you placed on the old stand. 3. Transfer any supers that are on the old hive from which the | swarm came, to the new hive on the [ old stand. I 4. Transfer the brood in the old 1 hive to the new hive. The new hive is now in the best possible positi9n to go to work immediately as it has most of the bees and the comb to start with. Many of the bees in the old hive will return to the new stand because it is i- on the old location which they know 1 best, and in this manner you are j saving your working force from becoming too seriously weakened, "j You may not get anything from the I old hive and you are not expecting 'lit. It is the new strong hive to '[which you look for honey and mon ey. The Extension Service will be j glad to give further information on j request. kv^vvvvvvvvvvvvv IjV V V WATTS NEWS. ^ V V vvvvvuvuuvvvv ' Watts, Feb. 28.?Mr. Mosely Mun , dy and Miss Addie Mae Uldrick were^ j happily married last Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock, at the Long i Cane parsonage, by Rev. H. D. Cor-j . bett. Only a few friends and rela-j | tives were there to witness the cere-| j mony. After tfie ceremony they went to the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mundy, of Warrenton, where an elegant supper was enjoyed by a number of friends and relatives. The bride and groom will make their home this year with the | groom's parents. We wish them a long and happy life. Mrs. Charlie Gilliam went to Col-1 umbia last Sunday to visit her bro-J ther and his wife. She will also visit her mother in Newberry before she returns home. Mrs. F. W. Wilson invited the fol-j lowing to her home last Sunday for; dinner: Mr. and Mrs. Eakin Coch-J ran, Misses Fannie and Callie Mar-: tin, and Miss Virginia Bosler. Mrs. A. B. Bosler is spending a few days this week with Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Barnett of Abbeville. Mrs. Mary Bo^vie is spending a ; few days of this week with Mrs. Wm. ] , McNeil and Mrs. Eakin Cochran. Mrs. J. A. Wilson has gone to Columbia to the hospital for treatment. She has been in bad health for some I time. We all hope she will soon re-j turn home well and strong. Quite a number of young people! enjoyed an old fashioned dance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie | Thomas last Friday night, given in honor of Miss Janie Ballinger, the Warrenton school teacher. Rev. H. C. Fennell did not get to Warrenton church last Sunday, on account of the bad weather. Mr. , Fennel is loved by all of the Warren! ton people. Quite a number of the colored people around Watts have had the Flu. V V V BETHIA NEWS. V I Bethia, Feb .27.?If it keeps onj raining the farmers will be behind; with their plowing, for March will, soon be here. We are glad to see Mr. Henry Rey-, nolds of Abbeville, move down near, Bethia. He is going to farm on Mr. Wide Bradley's place. i Mrs. Mary Home, of Troy, is staying with her granddaughter, Mrs. W .M. Hall, while she is sick, i Born?To Mr. and Mrs. W. M.: Hall, the 23rd, a daughter, Zenomia Bell. Miss Grace Dansby returned home with her cousin, Mrs. Minnie Lee Youngblood, in Augusta for a while. I Ollie Spence of Troy, spent Sabbath with his cousin, Eugene Beauford, carrying his sister, A. Z. home with him. She has been spending a while with her aunt. Bethia started her Sabbath school last Sabbath afternoon, as it has 1 been stopped for a great while, on account of the flu. Kennedy Woodhurst spent Friday i and Saturday down near McCormick ! with his brother, Edgar. I Sorry to say that Mr. Ernest Baugh-( j man and wife have the flu, but are I better. Hope they will soon be all | right. _ It is jonquil time in Abbeville andj many of the yards are beautiful with! the bright yellow flowers. WORLD LEAGUE COVENANT MUST BE REVISED, DECLARES SEN. LODGE Republican Floor Leader Declares American People Should Insist Upon Its Fundamental Revision. Washington, Feb. 28.?Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, solemnly warned the America people today to carefully weigh the constitution of the League of Nations as presented to the peace conference at Paris and to insist upon its fundamental revis ion. Speaking in the Senate, the Republican floor leader declared his conviction that instead of safeguarding the peace of the world, the league as now planned would engender misunderstandings and strife. / Delivering his first public utterance on the subject since the constitution became public, the Massachusetts Senator vigorously opposed the plan and made specific recommendations for amendment. He declared that as now drafted, the constitution would contravene the Monroe doctrine, strike at American sovereignty involve America in all foreign dis putes, substitute internationalism for nationalism and be of benefit principally to Europe. Wants No Hasty Covenant. Expressing complete sympathy with the popular demand and efforts toward an agreement for world peace Senator Lodge said he was not prepared to say that there could not be J a concert of the nations to safeguard j against war, but he insisted that the agreement for such a concert should | be drawn up calmly and deliberately: when the world was at peace and not hastily when war still exists. Senator Lodge, who is expected to1 be chairman of the powerful Foreign, Relations Committee, in the next; Senate, which will act on the peace J a \ j Sprir IAutl Spring is here an men look forward to the showing will affc variety know no rest MANY ENCHA1 There's a certain new Spring Suits. ^ sortment of the very' lighted at the extren grade suit. I Dolman Coats ar lines accentuate the offered. They prese colorings. ATTR Charmnig mode! of exceptional grace I but most inspiring. MIL It won't take you from these very attra I department is recogr will be well worth wl PHILS treaty and any plan for a League of ta Nations, was given close attention by Senators and crowded galleries. He Pi urged that the nation think well be- th fore departing from the policiqe of er Washington and said the paramount si; duty now was to conclude peace with Germany. R1 Should Chain and Fetter Germany. "Much time has been wasted," he ^ said. "The delays have bred restlessness and confusion everywhere. Germany is lifting her head again. ^ The whimpering after-defeat is ^ changing to threats. Germany is a. va gain threatening and the only source of a great war is to be found for the . future as for the past in Germany. ex She should be chained and fettered *, m now and this menace to world peace .. ci removed." in The Senator said that while in the re j interest of peace it might be necessary to abandon the Monroe doctrine, ^1 the policies of Washington and other nvmftinloo r\-? A rwAri/>QnieW ?o_! vsi Avaxiidiii) wuv iiu jj . I tion should reflect and hesitate before sj( 1 it acts. ca New Foreign Policy. C( G2 "There is an issue involved in the league constitution presented to us, which overshadows all others" said | Senator Lodge. "We are asked to de-j part now for the first time from the foreign policies of Washington. yc "We have in this country a gbvernment of the people, for the people and by the people, the freest and best government in the world, and we are I the great rampart today against the anarchy and disorder which have ta| ken possession of Russia and are trying to evade every other peaceful country in the world. For Lincoln's J government of the people, for thej people and by the people, we are asked to substitute in the United in States on many vital points govern- st: ment of, for and by other people, pa < lg Exhibitio! lentic Styles 1 -? .! . r m d with it Hosts or smart ne this event with eager antic >rd them more real deligh rictions. NTING SUIT MODES < SHOPPERS. quaintness and youthful ; fe are showing a wonderf latest modes. You-will be lely modest prices we as \ SMART COATS! e most popular for Spring charm and individuality c int a pleasing variety of t ACTIVE NEW FROCKS 3?introducing the newest . A visit here will prove r a?aaBOP? mmtmttun hjiwhi umjijl-mj?i?jiu j..w. hg jhuik LINERY FDR SPRING. long to choose a hat of de ictive and diversified offer: lized as the leader in Abt lile. son & he ke this fateful step. "We must build no bridges across luse and consider well before you e chasm which now separates Am ican freedom and order from Rusan anarchy and destruction." URAL CARRIER EXAMINATION. The United States Civil Service emission has announced an examiition for the County of Abbeville, C., to be held at Abbeville on arch 22, 1919, to fill the position ' rural carrier at Lowndesville, and icancies that may later occur on iral routes from other post offices the above-mentioned county. The :amination will be open only to ale citizens who are actually domiIed in the territory of a post office the county and who meet the other quirements set forth in Form No. )77. This form and application anks may be obtained from the fices mentioned above or from the nited States Civil Service Commisan at Washington, D. C. Appli.tions should be forwarded to the jmmission at Washington at the .rliest practicable date. NEW BOOKS. The following new books have ;en received at the Library. Pay ?ur money and read the books: Simple Souls. The Diamond Cross Mystery. . , Italy, France and Britain at War. A Court of Inquires. Richard Richard. The House of Intrigue. Temperamental Henry. t I PAINTING UP. Judge Frank B. Gary is brighteng up his corner on Greenville reet by putting on a coat of white lint on the wood work of his home. I llll IIIIHIII Will1 DIM n of * w styles. Most woipation. This year t?for choice and aREET SPRING appeal about these 9 ully- complete as I surprised and de- 9 k you for a high S . Loose, sweeping 1 I )f every coat mode ;; m he season's smart * ^ colorings and lines I Lotonly enjoyable, B 1 m> r.-fwmr.Ttf.^tWLWwuJ1.. ww HH nuna ? i i'idwbmwoctmbb?wa HHfl cided individuality ^ 9 ings. Our millinery 1 jeville. A visit here | ^ NRY 11