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KI? "TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, ANO IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THB HAY: THOU OANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, .WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1010. The Globe OF. CIN will exh Spring and Sui ai Midsumn AT OUF March 23c G W. & J Walhal MR. G. F. W In C BRITISH CAPTURE VILLAGES. Germans, in Their Retreat, Are l>e st roy In g Country and Villages. i The British and French forces In France are still pressing rapidly be hind the retreating Germans all along the front from the region of Arras to the northeast of SoisBons. Forty more villages have been taken by the British, who during Monday gained ground at various points, extending from two to eight miles in depth, while 20 additional villages and small towns In addition to 100 occupied during the last three days, have been recaptured by the French. So rapid has been the ad vance of the French that they have penetrated beyond the village of Ham, 12 miles southwest of St. Quentin, and beyond Chaules, which lies some IS miles to the north of the Hue from which the offensive was started. These operations from the south and southeast are menacing the St. Quentin-Laon line, and if the rapidity of the ?movement is kept up for any length bf time will menace the town of St. Quentin itself. The Germans in their retreat aro devastating the country, burning the villages and destroying orchards and even blowing up farm lands, in which great craters have been left by explo sions. In addition, bridges have all been destroyed and roads of commu nication cut. The inhabitants of the places evacuated are said to have been loft destitute. Meanwhile the Russians and the British are keeping up their strong offensive against the Turks In Asia Minor, Persia and Mesopotamia. Along the Diala river the British have occupied the village of Bah riz and a portion of the town of Baku bah, about 25 miles northeast of Bagdad, and the Turks are reported to be in hasty retreat toward Khani kan, on the Turco-Persian frontier, a little to the northeast of Kerman shah. In thia region the Ottoman forces are likely soon to meet the oncoming Russians who are report ed ?y Petrograd to have dislodged the Turks from the town of Haruna bad, 20 miles southwest of Kerman shah. The situation on the eastern front in Russia and in Rumania is still-un changed. Reports from Saloniki say that the Germans have shelle ' Monastir, causing heavy loss of life among tlie civilians. Fighting continues in the Lake Persba and Lake Ocbrida sec tors. Five Young People Drown. Thoniasvllle, Ga., March ls-Four young women -Misses Sallie Sim mons, aged ll; Isabelle Simmons, 10; Pattie Hart, 18; Ha/.el Hart, 10, and ono man, Frank Blanton were drowned in a mill pond at Pa vo, Ga., near here late to-day. A boat in which they were rowing over turned. All lived in this vicinity ex cept Hazel Hart, who resided In Al bany. -OUR W We Are to i GOODS EXCHAN REFUNDED IF SATISFACTORY. Blumenthal's WE&TMINH railor?ng Co. CINNATI ibit their . Timer Woolens nd 1er Fabrics l STORE ? and 24th. E* Bauknight, la, S. C. EARN, Expert, harge. SECOND REGT. MUSTERED OUT. First Orders Caused Much Disap pointment-Soon Rejoiced. ? Camp Moore, Styx, S. C., March 19. -The Second South Carolina Regi ment of Infantry, was ?mustered out of the service of the United States tills afternoon and to-night and to morrow all companies will go to their homes. The orders to muster'the regiment out of the Federal service reached the camp to-day at 1 o'clock, causing the spirits of the soldiers to bound skyward, following a 24-hour cloud of disappointment, caused by receipt of orders yesterday to suspend the mustering out. The soldiers did not know what was coming and while they were prepared to accept any duty with soldierly fortitude, still there was great disappointment. This morning, under the direction of Col. Springs, the camp had been thor oughly policed and everything bad been made ready for the men to set tle in permanent camp. Blankets and stoves were issued again and things took on the appearance of a prolonged stay. Suddenly at 1 o'clock came the telegram from the Depart ment of the Fast to Capt. J. M. Gra ham to proceed with the mustering out of the 'regiment. Nothing better Illustrated the ef ficiency and methodical manner In which the paper? of the Second were kept than the swiftness with which the mustering out proceeded. Nota minute was lost and In one hour six of the companies were paid off and were entrained for home. The rest of the work of mustering out went forward with dispatch and to-night all bad 'been discharged from the Federal service. There was great rejoicing among the officers and men at the knowl edge that they are actually going home to-morrow. They slept to night on board cars near' the point where they have been tenting since their return from duty on the Mexi can border, anxiously and eagerly awaiting the down of to-morrow, which will see them speeding home ward. Two Drown Neur Charleston. Charleston, March 18.-Alex J. Ferguson, cashier of the Carolina Company, a shipping concern, and Herbert E. Rivers, of Atlantn, were drowned to-day off the eastern end of the Isle of Palms when their small boat capsized. Mr. Ferguson was a native of Glasgow, Scotland. The bodies have not been recovered. A heroic rescue of Horace Rivers, bro ther of Herbert, was made by male members of another launch party. Coneross Fanners' Union. Coneross Local Farmers' Union, No. 76, is called to meet, at regular meeting place, on next Saturday, March 24th. at 7.30 to S o'clock p. m. All members are especially urg ed to attend, as information of im port to them and all fanners will bo brought before them. F. H. Burley, Secretary. flOTTO: Satisfy You. GED OR MONEY PURCHASE UN tlfi ?fi j?i Bargain Store, TER, S. 0. ORDER IN CHAOTIC RUSSIA. Now Government Will Be "Of, Hy und For (he People." Petrograd, March 17.-Russia to day appeared to be tn a fair way to ward solving tho greatest problem with which any nation was evor confronted. Order is growing with Incredible rapidity out of the chaos of the last week and the new govern ment, gathering up the broken threads of national and mun ?ci pal life, is striving to set the organiza tion of the country in motion so that the conduct of the war will suffer as little as possible from the revolution. The members of the new ministry already have assumed their poBts and the government buildings, empty and deserted for four days, are again open for official business. The banks, all commercial and financial bouses and some of the factories, al ready h a ve; responded to the new gov ernment's appeal, opened their doors and expressed a willingness to do everything in their power to effect as quick a recovery as POSH i h le from the paralysis of the last week. The soldier-policemen are guarding the streets In place of the old gendarmes. Hundreds of messngos have been received from all over the country declaring the allegiance of important cities and fortresses to the new re gime. Moscow, Kharkov, Tsarltsyn and Vologda already have formally acknowledged the new gove.nment, and so far as ls known, not a single section of tho country still stands out for the old order of things. Supported by unanimous vote, the present government is in reality a government of tho people. According to the latest Informa tion, the executive committee of the Durna and the committees of soldiers and working-men's deputies have reached a full agreement, or at least hove decided temporarily to waive all minor differences until the meet ing of the Constitutional Assembly, which will decide just what form the new government of Russia will take. Meanwhile lt ls reported that the government of the country will rest for three months in the bands of n committee of twelve, and lt is stated that the monarchy for the time be ing will be abolished. Aim of tho Now Government. "The problems which we are going to solve consist of the re-establish ment in Kassia of a power capable of giving the people final victory over the enemy," said Prof. Paul Milu koff, the new foreign minister, one ot the most prominent Liberal lead ers of Russia, in a statement to-day to the Associated Press. "The great crime ol' the late gov ernment consisted of throwing the country into complete disorganiza tion and subjecting it to the hardest trials. This state or affairs might even have had dangerous effects on the Issue of the war. The Increase of popular discontent was the causo of the turn which events have taken. The anger of the people was such that the Russian revolution was al most the shortest and most bloodless in history. "The late government was com pletely Isolated, which confirms the fact that no one had confidence Jin lt. The great, events of the last few days make it possible for the people to gain fresh confidence. These events will increase popular enthu siasm and multiply the national forces, giving them a last power to win the war. "During a few days the Durna at tracted to Itself the attention of the whole nation and was the center of enormous force also at. its disposal, seeing that the army has taken Its side. Every hour brings news bear ing witness to the continual growth of power of the forces of national representation." SLAYER OF LAWLER IS KIDDED. Seven Prisoners Hroak Juli-Two Killed-Three Escaped. Birmingham, Ala., March 20.-Da vid D. Overton, under sentence of death for the .murder of Probate .Judge W. T. Lawler, of Huntsville, .Ala., was killed by a sheriff's posse early to-night in a brier thicket near Birmingham College. Tony Malino, ulso under death sentence for mur der, was killed, and .J. L. Latboni, who was held on a forgery charge, was dangerously wounded. The men engaged In a pitched bat tle, about fifty shots being fired. Three of the criminals backed off into the darkness and escaped. Seven men had escnped from the Jefferson county jail earlier in the doy in a sensational manner. By knocking down and disarming the in side guard they made a dash to Fourth avenue, where an automobile with the engine running was waiting. lt was thought they had escarped .from tho city and cars were sent In every direction within two minutes after tho men escaped. I^ate this afternoon a negro gave the sheriff's office a tip that the men were in a brier thicket along tho lowlands between Birmingham and Owenton. When six deputies ap proached the spot the men started to run. They called halt and Overton, who was armed AV 11 li a rifle, fired the first shot. The shooting at once become general. There appeared to bo only six of tho criminals In this party, as throe of them were seen to get away in tho darkness. NICHOLAS ROMANOFF, CITIZEN. D?posai Hulcr Surprised at Moans Provided l*rotoetlng Lives. Petrograd, March 18.- Nicholas Uomnnoff. as thc former Emperor is now designated, left v Uh his staff to day for his personal e dates at Li va dla, ou the south coast of the Crimea. What most perturbed Emperor Nicholas, says the Petrograd corres pondent of the Times, was that suf ficient guarantees lind not been given that his life and those of bis family be spared, lt is said he was reas sured by Gen. ituzsky, who vouched tn the name of the whole army un der his command, that no harm would befall any member of the fam ily. Thc first request made by the Em peror was that he be allowed to see lits wife, but this was refused point blank. There are reports that he oven contemplated suicide, but even tuality was induced by bis confessor to accept his fortunes calmly and submit to the Inevitable. lils last words as Emperor are said lo have beep that be had been betrayed by those be trusted most. The Times correspondent says he has been told the former ruler will h*nvo to reside In the Taurus palace in Crimea, with his family, hut even tually will be allowed to go abroad to some entente allied country, prob ably Italy. The revolution overtook the Impe rial family when all of tho children except the Grand Duchess Marie, were afflicted with measles. Grand Duke Alexis, the 12-year old erstwhile heir, who was reported dead? still lives, but is very ill. His attack of measles was compli cated by the breaking out of tho old wound in bis foot, dating from the alleged attempt on bis life about four years.ago. He was reported to-day as likely to recover. He contracted the,malady from a comrade at the froltt. When the Tsarskoe Selo garrison revolted, a collision with the palace guards appeared inevitable. The Em press went to the commander of the guard and said: "My desire is that you- do .not fire." This was taken ns an order to sur render, which he did. Soon revolu tionary troops entered the palace and officers went to the apartment of the imperial family. To these the Bm press said simply: "Lot there be no violence. I now am only a sister of charity at the bedside of my afflicted children." I THREE AMERICAN SHIPS SUNK, Vigilancia Sent to Pottom by I'-Moat Without Warning. London, March 18.-The sinking of the American steamships City of Memphis, Illinois and Vigilancia was announced to-day. Fourteen men from the Vigilancia are missing, as are some of the men from the City of Memphis. The crew of the Illinois was landed safely. The City of Memphis, in ballast from Cardiff for New York, was sunk by gunfire. The second officer and 15 men of the crew have been landed. A patrol boat haB gone In search of the other members of the crew. The Illi nois, from London for Port Arthur, TexaB, in ballast, was sunk at 8 o'clock this morning. The Vigilancia was torpedoed with out warning. The submarine did not appear. The captain, first and sec ond mates, first, second and third en gineers and 23 men of the crew have been landed at the Scilly Islands. The fourth engineer and 13 men are missing. Men Missing from Ships, Queenstown, March 18.-The American steamer City of Memphis was torpedoed, according to informa tion received here, by a German sub marine at 5 o'clock yesterday after noon. The crew, numbering 57. took to five boats. Three of the boats, with 33 survivors, were picked up by a steamer at 4 o'clock in thc morning and the men have been landed. The other boats, with 24 aboard, are believed to have been picked up. The captain was in one of the boats. Frost Makes Announcement. Washington. March 18.-Consul Frost, at Queenstown, reported to .the State Department to-night the sinking by a German submarine of the American steamer City of Mem phis, saying 40 survivors bad been picked up and that an admiralty ves sel was searching for eight missing. The consul's dispatch follows: "American steamer City of Mem phis, Cardiff to New York, reported sunk by German submarine 4 p. m., March 17, 35 miles south of Fastnet, Fifteen survivors landed Schull 7 p. m. to-day. Thirty-four survivors on admiralty vessel which continues search for eight missing. Will land Baltimore (on Irish coast) probably to-day.' The department announced that a dispatch from Consul General Skin uer nt London said it was reported the City of Memphis, the Illinois and the Vigilance (probably Vigilancia) all American steamers, bad . beer sunk, the latter without warning The message added that some of th< crew of tho City of Memphis bad been landed; that a patrol boat had gone to pick up the crew of thc Illi nois. 21 Americans on Vigilancia The crew of the Vigilancia com i prised 45 men, of whom 21 wert H Ki STU 1 Iv E IS ( 'A I il .Kl) OFF. Railway Managers Make Concessions in Fuco of National Crisis, Now York. .Marok li)'.-Shortly af ter 2 o'clock this morning Seoretary Lane announced that the threatened strike ol' railway employees had heon averted, confirming nn announcement made by an olllcinl of the conference committee of railway managers that tho strike had been declared off. The conference committee of rail road managers early this morning authorized President Wilson's .medi ators to make whatever arrange ments were necessary with t|io rail road brotherhoods to call off tho threatened strike. The formal letter in which this authorization was made, signed by letisha l^eo, chairman of the manag ers' committee, was ns follows: "In tho national crisis precipitated by events of which we beard this af ternoon tho national conference com mittee of railroads join with you in the conviction that neither at home nor r.broad should there be fear or hope that the efficient operation of the railroads of the country will be hampered or Impaired. "Therefore you are authorized to assure the nation there will bo no strike, and as a basis for such assur ance we hereby authorize the com mittee of the council of national de fense to grant to tho employees who are about to strike whatever adjust ment your committee deems neces sary to guarantee the uninterrupted and ?Indent operation of the rail roads as an Indispensable arm of na tional defense." The decision reached by tho man agers at their midnight, conference means that the brotherhoods have won nu Important victory, although it does not bring thom all their origi nal demands. By the agreement it is assumed they will be awarded pro rata time for over-time on the basis of an 8 hour day, which they have been as su red. Their original demands called for time-nnd-n-half over-time on the same hosie day. The managers left the conference room n't 2 o'clock, but the brother hood chiefs remained in conference with the mediators. Tho managers, headed by Elisha Lee, returned to the conference room at '?.20, and Secretory Lane sent for the newspaper men. Secretary Lane issued this state ment: "Regardless of the decision of the Supreme Court on the Adamson law tho basic 8-hour day viii go into effect." The tuon will get their present ten hours' pay for eight hours' work un der the agreement. These conces sions on the part of the managers aro virtually what tho employees con tended they would gain under the Adamson law if it were declared con stitutional. Immediately after Secretary Lane bad made his announcement the brotherhood leaders sent telegrams to all the general chairman, inform ing them that the strike bad been declared off. The announcement of the mana gers that they had yielded apparent ly came as a surprise to the brother hood chiefs, for they were In bed when summoned again to tho confer ence room. Earlier in the evening there had been a distinctly pessimistic feeling as to the prospect for averting a strike. Up to that hour the railroads had refused to make the concessions granted and the brotherhoods had stood fast to their determination to strike unless they won their demand either by the Supreme Court declar ing the Adamson law valid or by their employers granting them the 8 1 hour day. Americans, including Capt. P. A. Middleton. Two of the 21 were na turalized and one had first papers. There wore also five Porto Ricans and one Filipino in the fire room force. Capt. Middleton is a New York man. Fifteen lil ves Lost. Plymouth, Eng., March 19. --Fif teen members of the crew of the American steamer Vigilancia lost their lives when the steamer was tor ' ned oed by a German submarine. The I survivors were in llleboats from Fri day morning until Sunday afternoon. Among those drowned were seve ral American citizens, Including Third Officer Neils P. North and Third Engineer Carl Adeholdo. This information was given out by Capt. Frank A. Middleton, of New York, who, with the survivors of the Vlgi ' lanela, bas reached thc mainland and probably will make affidavits to-mor row before the American consul. 1 To the Associated Press Capt. Mld I dleton said to-day that bis vessel was I I sunk without warning, lt was 10 o'clock Friday morning, with the weather clear, when tho ship was 1 struck by n torpedo on thc starboard ', side near the No. 3 hatch. Two ? torpedoes were fired at tho steamer, 1 but the first passed harmless astern. . Between seven and ten minutes after 1 the steamer was struck she foun . dored. ? Two lifeboats were lowered from the Vigilancia and the crow of 4 3 men got into them. Owing to the swell of the ocean, however, 25 men wore thrown into tho water. Tho boats of the captain and the mates . picked up ten of the mon. but the j other fifteen were drowned. NIGIIT-llOtm IJAW IS UPllEIilV. Supremo Court HUH Handed Down UK Decision nt Last. Washington, March 19.-The Ad amson 8-hour railroad law WHS hold constitutional and valid In all re spects to-day by tho ?Supremo Court. The decision makes eight hours the standard of a day's work and! wages for men in operation of trains and logali/es the wage Increases which Went Into tentative effect on its passage. Tho decision was 6 to 4. Justices Day. Pitney and VanDevnn'tor an nounced their dissent from-' the. bench and later .Justice McReyuold? announced his. Federal Judge Hook's ruling, In tho Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf railroad test case, enjoining enforce ment of tho Adamson act and hold ing lt "unconstitutional, null anti void," was reversed. ?loo.oon Trainmen Affectetl. The immediate temporary wage in creases won by the railroad employ ees, atfect 400,000 trainmen, ns of .January 1, and are estimated to total between $40,000,000 and $BO,000, 000 yearly. Announcing the opinion the Chief Justice reviewed tho negotiations leading to enactment of the law. Ht? did not road from a prepared opin ion, giving lt apparently from mem ory. He told of the President's ef forts to avert the striko last Soptem ber. "Ho suggested arbitration. The em plo y ern accepted and the em ployees refused," said tho Chief Jus tice. "He then suggested a basic 8 hour day standard. The employers rejected that and tho employees ac cepted." How the President then went be fore Congress waa then recited. "Congress passed the law that is before us and the carriers refused to recognize lt," he continued. He said the agreement to ?expedite tho ca?e was "very laudable." lite Now Hasls. Following la a summary of tho now abels of hourB and pay that will bore after apply: "Artillo 1, (A) In all road service 100 miles or loss, eight hours or less will constitute a day except In pas senger service. Miles In excess of 100 will bc paid for nt the same r.xte per mlle. "(H)-On runs of 100 miles or loss overtime will begin at tho expi ration ol' eight hours. ' "(C)-J~On runs of over 100 miles overtime will begin when tho timo on duty exceeds tho miles run divided hy 12-Vi miles per hour. "(D)-All overtime to bc comput ed on the minuto hasls and paid for at time and one-half times tho pro rata rate. "(li) - No one shall receive loss for eight hours or 100 milos than they now receive for a minimum day or 100 milos for the class of ohgltte used or for service performed. "(F)-Time will bo computed continuously from time required for duty until release from duty and re sponsibility at end of day or run." Adamson Not Surprised. Washington, March 19-Represen tative AV. C. Adamson, of Georgia, author of the 8-hour law which to day was upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court, expressed no surprise at the court's decision. "lt was no moro than 1 expectod,'* said Represen tat! vo Adamson. "The Supreme Court lins never overturned a bill reported from my committee during the 20 years ? have been a member of it. 1 would not have re ported the 8-hou. law if I had not believed lt was constitutional." To Receive Huck Pay. The back pay from January 1st. willoh tho men will receive, will to tal In the neighborhood of $12,000r 000 or $13,000,000 Faini Coan Association Meeting. The Oconco National Farm Loan Association of Walhalla is called to meet at thc Court House, Monday, March 20th, at ll n. m. Tho secre tary-treasurer bas the individual ap plications to be signed by members; IA.II there bo a full attendance. I Interest Rate Wvo Per Cent. Washington, March 19.-Tho farm loan hoard announced to-day that the Interest rate on all loans made to farmers throughout tho country by federal land banks would be 6 per cent. A rate of 4 Vfc lier cent on the I bonds to be Issued by the land batiks I also was officially announced. U. S. Hnclts Rilled on Liner. New York, March 19.-Mall sacks containing documents for the United Stntcs government and the British embassy at Washington were rifled on the Cunard liner Saxonia, which arrived hero to-day from Liverpool. Capt. H. M. Bonison, of tho Sax onia, believes that tho rifling of tho sacks was dono hy a German spy. It ls not known what papers are miss ing. Postal Inspector J. IO. Jacobs and secret service men boarded the liner nt quarantine, and after examining all of tho passengers and crew held two passengers, John Matheson and Francis E. Cramp. Tho robbery, which was accom plished by slitting tho mall sacks, was discovered by a mall clerk.