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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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' 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.
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V BETHIA NEWS. V
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Charmnig mode!
of exceptional grace
I but most inspiring.
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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.
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She should be chained and fettered
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now and this menace to world peace ..
ci
removed."
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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
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I tion should reflect and hesitate before sj(
1 it acts. ca
New Foreign Policy. C(
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"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
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lentic Styles
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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
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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
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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
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This year
t?for choice and
aREET SPRING
appeal about these 9
ully- complete as I
surprised and de- 9
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. Loose, sweeping 1 I
)f every coat mode ;; m
he season's smart * ^
colorings and lines I
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ings. Our millinery 1
jeville. A visit here | ^
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