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V /J^W B&f' " %* . mHV^Vt'p Established in 1891. * ACTION BY JAPAN SFFMS1MMINFNT WkblllV llllllllllkll I GERMANY'S DECISION TO OCCUPY FINLAND HA8TENS ACTION BY THE JAP. TOKIQ HAS CLOSE CENSQNSHIP Japanese Expected to Move Quickly to Check Germany's Influence in 8iberia. London.?The British, French, Ital.an ambassadors in Tokio intended jointly to ask Japan to take the necessary steps to safeguard allied inter ests in Siberia, according to The Daily Mall. The newspaper adds that the American ambassador was not expectto to join the request but that no disturbing conclusions are to be drawn from this fact, as no American opposition is expected. Washington.?Military action by Japan in eastern Siberia to check German influence and protect war stores at Vladivostok is believed here to be imminent. The United States has not yet expressed its views on the proposed step, but it was said in diplomatic quarters that the Japanese probably would move quickly to meet emergency conditions, leaving to the pending diplomatic exchanges development of an understanding with America and all the allies upon the scope and purposes of the enterprise. While it has no direct bearing upon the situation in Asiatic Russia, the news which came to the Swedish legation that Germany has given notice of her intention to occupy the whole of Finland will tend to hasten an agreement upon Japan's plans. The German explanation to the Swedish foreigfn office, which has protested against the proceeding, that the occupation is to restore order and without intent to take permanent possession, is regard^ ed as a very clear Indication of what ! the Teutons may undertake in any part of Russia now that the bolHheviki have been forced to accept their hard peace terms. Officials and diplomats here profess ignorance of what preparations have been made by Japan for the operations about to be undertaken. As a ^ matter of course, secrecy has been observed, and a strict censorship in regard to the Siberian question 1b in force at Toklo. Possibly the next word to come out of Japan on the subject will be un announcement of something accomplished. BELGIUM PEOPLE DEFYING THEIR GERMAN MASTERS In Protesting Against An Effort to Separate Flanders. Washington.?How the Belgian people are defying their German military masters in protesting against the effort to separate Flanders from the rest of Belgium and the deportation of judges who sought to interfere, is described In an official dispatch received at the Belgian legation. General von Falkenhausen, the military governor general, in a letter to the court of cessation, which suspended its sittings as a protest against the arrest of the judges of the court of appeal, has given notice that the action of the judges in instituting proceedings against the so-called actlv<-? ? a * bib mm am up iiib separate rianaers government, was regarded as an act of hostility to the occupying power. The dispatch adds: "The movement of protest by the Belgian people against the intrigues of the activists has taken on larger. proportions. The voluntary suspension of all Judiciary activity, as a proteat against the outrage committed against the court of appeals of Brussels. has caused a tremendous Impression even upon the German authorities. New lists of communal councils and of important personalities who have made protests continue to reach Havre, being brought nightly by devoted patriots who have passed thru the electrified frontier wires In spite of redoubled vigilance on the part of the Germans." C.AI I A R 109 NDDTU CAROLINA NEGROES 800N i ~ Washington. I). C.?The war depart" ment is preparing to call out 6.192 North Carolina negroes. This will , wind up the first draft lists for the state, as the quota was 16.974, and 10.782 have already been called. North Carolina negroes will be sen' to camps north of the Mason-Dixon line. The failure to call the negroes heretofore was due to the fact that camps had no tbeen selected. TWO LIEUTENANTS ARE DECORATED FOR BRAVERY Premier Clemenceau, who spent a day on the American front northwest of Toul decorated two lieutenants, ! two sergeants and two privates with the Croix de Guerre with the palm for heroism which they displayed in the recent German raid In this sector. One of the lieutenants comes from Brooklyn and the other from Charleston. S C. Roth men went out Into No-Man's-Land in broad daylight and got a German priioner. . fe # T&r ' ? < v;.* ^ * V ' .*:' ' * ' The RUSSIA HAS SIGHED GERMANY'S TREATY COUNTRY HA8 LOST CONSIDERABLY BY THE DELAY IN SIGNING. / WOULD NOT SI6N AT FIRST Turkey Is Beneficiary of Chang* Made in Terms?Germany Claims 05,000 Russians Recently Captured. i Russia has bowed to the Teutonic allies. The bolshevikl commissioners sent to Brest-Lltovsk have signed the , treaty of peace presented by the Germans, according to an official statement from Berlin, which says that military movements in Great Russia have ceased. It waB reported on February 23 by the bolshevik! commissioners that they were about to sign the treaty. This report was telegraphed to Lenine and Trtozky after the delegates sent to Brest-Litovsk had met the German emissaries. There is little information available as to the details of the meeting between the peace del- . egations, but the bolsheriki say they , realized that any further delay would j mean more onerous conditions and \ they would sign the treaty without ] further discussions. i Russia lost by the delay that en- 1 sued when Trotzky announced that the war so far as Russia was con- i cerned, had ended, but refused to | sign the formal treaty. In the interval between the breaking up of the first Brest-Litovsk meeting and the j uur ueiii iitiuiy, me central powers added materially to the demands which were outlined when the now famous "Hoffman line" was drawn , by the commander of the German forces on the eastern front. Turkey Benefits. Turkey was the beneficiary of these changes in the peace terms. The new demands included that Russia relinquish the regions of Batoum, Kars and Karaband (Karabagh) to the Turks. These regions are in Transcaucasia and mark a considerable addition to the sultan's dominions in that section of the world. The doctrine of the right of peoples to selfdetermination was the pretext upon ' whifch the new terms were added to 1 the treaty It is probable that the bolslieviki delegation acceded to the 1 new demands. SECURE GERMAN PLAN OF ATTACK?OTHER INFORMATION. Fach Machine Placement and Dugout Indicated on Map. With American Army in France.? A plan of attagk, including a map of the American po-itiona, indicating i every dugout, which was removed from the body of a Prussian captain which led to fhft rflpflnf oflaonU ~ - WWW..C uunuuil U|?WU U1C DOC* tor northwest of Toul. shows how completely the Germans prepare their raids?If, In fact, this was but a simple raid not having as its ultimate ob ject the retention of a portion of the salient. The map goes into such detail as to show every machine placement, every trench and every depression in the ground within the American lines. At the bottom there is simply a line drawn, labelled "our front line." Along this line are five shaded portions, each marked "nest." Four rehearsals were held for the attack and the troops who made it were specially picked from new ar- I rivals of fresh troops in the sector. They were told that the Americans , were in front of them. < Out From Their Nests. A ff or the o ? 111 o?"?f h o J - ? * 1 . ...v ni iinui j nan iit-itriy IPTPI- i ed the American position, the Germans started out from their nests, each of which contained 40 infantrymen. one lieutenant and three pioneers to precede the infantry and Ave to follow it. The two groups upon the American extreme right went around this flank and the group upon the extreme left carried out a similar 1 movement there. I I THE MEATLESS MEAL IS NOW SUSPENDED 1 Wnsington.?Temporary suspension ot the meatless meal and of the spe- | < cial restrictions against the use of ! pork on Saturday was announced by i the food administration as a readjust- 1 .*?ent of its food conservation program. Increased meat production and j 1 the necessity for still greater saving 1 in wheat, it was declared, make the j change advisable. The suspension is for an indeflnlte period, and probably i will last three months or longer. I 1 I | FRESH MtM.oce REPORTED IN ARMENIA ' London. ? The Copenhagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company says Information has been received that Turkish soldiers have committed new massacres in the district of Armenia which has ?been deserted by the Russians. Hjalmar BranMng. editor of the Social Demokraten. has telegraphed two German socialist parties to make energetic | representations to the German government, the dispatch adds. For FO&TK NEW RUSSIAN INVA MCSUUNV -^C?ACO^ AUSTRIA-HUN6ARY tt" The dotted line ?howi the appro many was reported to have demanded at the Breat-Lltovsk conference. 1?\ t>jr the German* acroa* the Drlna river the aonthern German advance was be for trees town of Lutsk. 8?Later rej mans were advancing on the Russian to Lntsk. This front Is approximately MACHINE GUNS EFFECTIVE JUT ARE REPULSED WITH SOME LOSSES TO THE ATTACKERS. The American* Suffered No Casualties, But Five French Soldiers Were Wounded. With the American Army in France ?A strong German attack following a heavy barrage flrse against the American trenches to the Chemln-DesDames sector was repulsed with losses to the attackers. The well placed American machine guns sent streams of bullets into the advancing enemy and as the German barrage fire lifted the American artillery quickly laid down a curtain of fire, the Germyis retiring without a single prisoner. There were no American casualties. Five French soldiers were wounded during the fighting. The Americans stayed in their dugouts until the proper time, when they jumped to the guns and fought like veterans. One officer and one man wore killed and two wore wounded by enemy shell fire. One American soldier was "guBsed." The Germans made a gas attack also in this sector, firing 50 projectiles of high per cent gas and 20 high explosivo shells. One American soldier is dead and eight are suffering from the effects of poisonous gas. so far as reported, but it Is probable that more casualties will develop, as in the Toul sector. There was another attack, but the number of casualties to the American troops in this sector since they became engaged cannot be determined All the killed and wounded in these operations are from the N'w Eugland States. BRYAN "HOWLED" DOWN BY CANADIAN TROOPS "What About the Lusltanla?" Shouted in Chorus. Toronto.?William Jennings Bryan was refused a hearing when he appeared at Massey hall here to address ? pronimuon meeting under tfte auspices of the dominion alliance. Returned soldle-s caused the disturbance by shouting various epithets. "What about the Lusitania?" they also demanded in chorus. The first disturbance came before Mr. Rryan's entry, when the chairman told the audience they were to dc honored by listening to the fraternal delegate of the Anti-Saloon league of America, "one of the foremost citizens of our ally." When Mr. Bryan came in, pandemonium broke loose. Most of the audience stood, waved handkerchiefs and cheered him. but the p tswerlng hoots from the gallery outlasted the cheers. For five minutes Mr. Bryan tried vainly to make himself heard. The interruption kept right on and the interrupters sang "Rule Britannia" and "God Save the King." SPANI8H CABINET HAS RESIGNED: NO SURPRISE Madrid.?The cabinet has resigned. i ne retirement or tne government was expected in view of the outcome of the general elections. Furthermore the ministry was divided on the question of the policy to be pursued toward Germany in consequence of the recent torpedoing of several Spanish steamships. Public opinion is expressing itself strongly against the sctioa by the gov? ...r- \ . \ % V T Ml DLL, S. 0., THURSDAY, MAR lSION BY GERMANS o y> ,^\r ?.ij ^V^TRCOnAO y MOSCOW, & RWSK y/l lna > >ss/ O pMINSK y\ \ W ^ 1 MlutaK \ ?W*K ' * % J I 46 OMROV. AN&V... 11 , xlmate boundary of the territory OerIn the peaee proposal rand* to Russia i Vhere the northern advance was mads i In the occupation of Dvlnsk. 2?Whero 'Kun In the occupation of the Russian | orts from Berlin stated that the Oer- , front along the entire line from Riga 400 miles lone WILL NOT FIGHT Rl'SSIA VIOLENT MEASURES BY GERMANY WOULD BRING NO GREAT SURPRI8E. Further Evidence of Growing Strain in Relations Given in Dispatches. From France. I Washington.?Further evidence of t'-ie growing 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 from France. It quotes the Austrian premier as formally reiterating on February 22 that Austria-Hungary will take no part in military action against Russia or RumanUi, and will not send her troops into Ukraine. The dispatch follows: "Charles l paid a visit to William II the 22nd of February. Ludendorff was present at the Interview. If we are to judge from the tone of the in- j terview it must have been lacking in cordiality. There aeems to be little I doubt but what a serious conflict has broken out during the week between the courts ot Vienna and Berlin and which Germany is determined to settle if need be by violent measures. "The situation of the dual monarchy is such that the Vienna government in order to avert a catastrophe has been obliged to distinguish by means ' of public declarations its own policy i from that of Germany. The report | that at the conference of February 14 j Hertling and Ludenorff had decided | to pay no attention to the Russian , demobilization and to prepare to begin the conflict on the east front, caused a great stir throughout Austria. It was not simply the dissenting nationalities, the Czechs, the Slov- j enes, or the Poles, who do not desire to tight any more, but it is the mass of the population of German origin who refuse to sacrifice themselves any longer to assure the triumph of Prussian imperialism. "An official note of the 15th had announced that Austria for her part would continue to consider the war as terminated with Russia and would abstain from taking part in the operations planned by the OermRn mm. mand. A second note of the 19th re- ! peated the same statement. When asked to give further particulars at ! the sitting of the chamber on the 22d ' the Austrian premier formally stated: I " 'The words uttered by different j deputies have proved that the explan- | ation which haa been furnished up to ; present by me have not been sufficlently explicit. I repeat, therefore | that Austria Hungary will participate ; In no way in the military action which | is now being carried on by Germany ; against Russia. I repeat that there ! is no question of having our troops 1 penetrate into Ukraine with whom we are at peace. I repeat that the armis- ! ti^e eists between Austria-Hungary j and Rumania and that we are only I considering entering as early as possible into peace conversations with this country. AUSTRIAN ATTEMPTS TO ENLIST AT CAMP SEVIER Greenville, S. C.?Armand DeRlrand, an Austrian citizen, wus taken into custody by United States Marshal C. J. Lyon, after he had tried to enlist in the army, and 1? being held unm instructions are received as to his disposition. DeRivand has been playing in the orchestra at one of the shows at Camp Sever for the past few days. According to DeRivand. he was formerly a second lieutenant in the Austrian army. % * m LL 1 OH 7, 1918 THIRD LIBERTY LOAN APRIL 6 3N FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES ENTRY INTO THE WAR. FOR THREE OR FOUR WEEKS How Large The Loan Will Be Depends Upon Fate of War Finance Bill in Congreea. Washineotn?On Anril 6. the first inniversary of the United States' entry into the war, the third liberty ioan will open. There wtil be a campaign of three or four weeks. In announcing the date. Secretary McAdoo said the amount of the loan the interest rate and other features such as convertability of bonds of previous issues, maturity and terms of payment, are yet to be determined, and that new legislation will be necBssary before plans can be completed. The fact that the amount of the loan is dependent on further legislation indicates that it will be far more than $3,600,000,000. the remainder of authorized but unissued bonds, and the fact that certificates of indebtedness now being sold in anticipation of loan bear 4 1-2 per cent interest, affords some indication of the interest rate. How large the loan shall be depends largely, however, on the fate of the pending war finance bill carrying an appropriation of a half-billion dollars and action on the railroad bill, with its appropriation of a similar amount. Although Mr. McAdoo made no specific. announcement, it is now taken for granted in official circles that there will be but one more loan before June 30, the end of the fiscal year. The statement concerning the date of the campaign was made at this time. Secretary McAdoo explained to give every community time to prepare iui iuc uik uuuu sale, ana ne strongly advocated popular demonstrations of patriotism on the day of the opening of the loan and second year of war. After starting the date of the campaign opening, the secretary continued: "April 6 will forever be a consecrated day in American history, and it seems peculiarly appropriate that the opening of the second year of our participation in this war for the honor and rights of America and the freedom of the world should be celebrated with a nation-wide drive for another liberty loan. "The camaign should begin with great demonstrations of patriotism in every- city, town and hamlet in the country that will truly express the spirit of aroused America." MAY LEAVE TASK TO THE JAPANESE ALONE To Take Steps to Combat Qerman Aggression in Siberia. Washington.?Indications now point to an agreement between the entente itwium huu America 10 connoe to Japan alone the task of taking such measures as may he necessary to combat German aggression and influence in Siberia and to protect the military stores at Vladivoitok. No final conclusion has been reached, however, and it was said ill high official quarters that conditU n were channglng so rapidly and so many new factors were entering Into the problem that it would be unsafe to predict overnight what the issue might be. Exchanges are proceeding rapidly between the enten.e governments and Washington and the matter was considered at a cabinet meeting. It is understood that the state department is being slowly but steadily influenced to accept the view which seems to obtain in Great Mritaln and France and possibly in Italy. That is that a single power with an efficient army and navy within easy reach of Siberia and not otherwise employed, and acting in conformity with a general agreement might be better able to deal with the situation than any international force, such as was at flrst contemplated. GENERAL BIDOLE MAY BE SENT ABROAD Washington.?Numerous changes in I..V- |)OI OUIUKTI Ul Liiti ftrmoiai 311111 UI the army are expected to follow the arrival here of Major General Peyton C. March, who landed at an Atlanticport. returning from France, to assume his duties as acting chief of staff. Officers here have no knowledge of plans General March may have laid In this regard, but it has been assumed that he will draw to his aid men in whom he has confidence. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS PROBABLY BROKEN OFF London.?A message received by the bolshevik government in Petrograd from Brest-Litovsk ordering a train under military guard to meet the Russian delegates at Horoshaets. wsi considered by the government as probably signifying that the peace negotiations have been broken off, according to a wireless communication received here from Petrograd. * V v ' , ' IMES SOME CAMP SEVIER NEWlf Post Exchange in France Will 8up> ply Our Boys With "Dopes" and Tobacco. The first class in the horseshoers* school has just been graduated at the remount depot. The course runs for ( four months, a class of 25 entering each month. A packers' school is also in operation, the course covering two mouths, and 25 entering* a month. The teamsters' school is not running at present, as there were so many men in the division familiar with the hand- | ting of wagons and horses that no more are needed just now. Apparently there will be post ex- . changes in France and "dopes." cigarettes of Amerl< an tobacco, and the thousand and one other things dear to the heart of the soldier will not be I left behind on this aide of the pond. | According to a recent war department ; letter, not more than three pounds per j man of such articles may be taken over by exchanges. Two captains of the division. Capt. Benjamin R. Lacy. One Hundred and i Thirteenth Field Artillery, and Lieuf. I Eugene T. Clark. One Hundred and Fourteenth Field Artillery, left to atj tend the school for chaplains, at Fort j Monroe. Va. On completion of the course tluy are expected to return to their regiments. Enough slickers and canvas leggings ! of all sizes to complete the supply of the entire division have recently ar- ' ! rived and the authorities, who havo been waiting only tor the arrival of | J enough canvass legglns to go around. will doubtless begin a round-up of all j leather leggings in the possession of , enlisted men as soon as the canvass j ones can be distributed. It has been learned that no more ' wool coats will he Issued to troop* nn.v>i nit; iiui going nrross immediate- 1 J ly as all on hand needed for troops , ' | moving now or for shipment overseas, j 1 Extra flannel shirts and winter under . ( shirts will be Issued instead. All the ; 1 ' men here have at least one wool coat 1 : each and about half have two. ; s Quantities of wool are arriving < daily to keep pace with the consump- i 1 tion and one day alone last week 1 ! 80 cars, each containing about 15 or ' 1 16 cords, were received. A gasoline 1 j and oil tilling station for army trucks, i < 1 automobiles and motorcycles has been I | completed at a control point. The ' ! gasoline tank holds 10.000 gallons. ' Dr. Milford H. Lyon, a speaker of | note, who is Just back from six months ( spent in France near the front, is lee- j j turing i.i the V. M. C. A. buildings , j through the camp. j , i , Charged With Murder. ! < Aiken.?A wnrrant charging murder j has been issued by Coroner J. D. Rell j , ; for Joe Robinson, a Columbia negro, | ' who has been arrested and is now ] ! in the Aiken county jail. Driving a | Stutz racing car. belonging to Major j > Greenough of Camp Jackson, in which | ! o ?- " - " i i.ioju! urcKiiuuKii ann i apiain Deb , niunn came to* Aiken from Columbia. | Robinson took several Aiken negroes , ou* for a Joy ride. Just outside the i city limits on the Edgefield road ( 1 while Robinson was driving at a fear- , ful rate of speed Field Seigler, n lie- , j , gro passenger, was thrown out of the < ' car with fatal results. The negro j | was thrown 30 feet into the air when ( I the car made a quick turn and landed ( against a tree. Death was instanta neons. Was From Sumter. Columbia.?The body which has lain ! at the MeCormick undertaking estah- i lishment since the Southern Railway wreck, the identity of which had not been established, was found to be that ; | of John A. Calhoun, Jr.. of Sumter, i A bill container. bearing the name of ; ! J. F. Mathias in gilt letters canned ( that name to appear in the list an the ( probable name of the young man when I ! the bodies of the 12 men were ldenti- r i fled. He was 25 years old and was to r j have come to Camp Jackson with a r group of Sumter boys within the next few days. Knowing that he would be ; ( , called into the army within the immo- ! r diate future, he had gone to Ninety- I a Six. his former home for a brief stay. ; ? I i SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS Four hundred bales of cotton and r several cars of seed were burned at ( Wagener when the warehouse of D. p K. .Clantt was destroyed by fire. ^ Governor Manning has api>ointed the military board which will have general supervision of the state reserve militia. The board is compos- < ed of Governor Manning and Adjutant ; General Moore as ex-officio members. { and Col. Henry T. Thompson. Lieut. , * in. juiius iv i ogsweil of Charleston , nnd ("apt. 3. T. Lanham of Spartan- , burg. j St. George was visited by a di.sas- . trous fire when the Methodist church j and the Ctsey hotel were destroyed. | The loss is about $10,000 with one- | third insurance. t The Grand Lodge K. of P. will meet in Columbia May 28. The war department Is preparing to ship 5,000.000 feet of lumber through the port of Charleston immediatelj * for construction work abroad. This is I ( the first practical use of the port of f Charleston on a large scale as a re- I suit of recently announced plans. I The 11 months old baby of Mr. and 1 Mrs. William Steele of West Liberty I Street, Sumter, died as the result of \ burns from a pot of boiling water, v The child was playing on the floor 1: when the kettle was overturned on r the lower part of lta body. I . : $ - # V/TOjS S1.25 Per Year. PEOPLES ONES ~ INTERPRETATION BOUNTIES MUST BE REPRESENT. ED ON THE DEFEN8E COUNCIL. LIMITED TO SUM OF 025,000 rhree Members to Be Appointed From Trades Unions?County Delegations to Nominate. An opinion has been given by Thos. H. Peeples, attorney general, to Gov;rnor Manning, relative to the personlei and financial features of the coun;il of defense act. passed at the recent lession of the general assembly. The >pinion follows: I have examined the act creating he State Council of Defense, approved by you on the 14th of February, md beg to advise that the provisions )f Section 2. which provide for the appointment of members of the coun*il on recommendation of the county lelegation in the general assembly 'rom each of the counties not repro tented on the council by some person ipecifically named in the act. contemplate that every county in the State thall have a representative upon the ommlssion. and this provision is in:ended to he in addition to the pro irislon of the section declaring the membership to consist of 34 persons, which are named In the act. I therefore tHInk that you should iscertain what counties are not now epresented upon the council and call lpon the county delegation from such counties tq recommend some one for lppointment by you. The act also contemplates that you diall appoint three members of the ouncll from the trades unions afflltited with the American Federation of Labor upon recommendation of the ?xecutive council of the South Caroina State Federation of l abor, no two 5f such appointees to be selected from he same trades uhion. These appointments by you are in addition to the 34 unuiuciii uauicii in me arr. As to the appropriation for the use if the commission in Section 12, this is limited to the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, ivhlch is appropriated out of the current revenues of the yenr 1918, and lut of this $25,000 the State treasurer is authorized and directed to issue the aim ol $5,000. which was borrowed tor the use of the council of defense tiy its chairman in the year 1917. But tor this expressed provision for the layment of this back debt the appropriation could only be used for current icpenses in 1918. As it is now $5,000. f so much he necessary. Is to he ised hy the State treasurer in paving iack indebtedness and the remainder if the $25,000 is subject to use by the ouncil. If this remainder should be nsufTicient to carry out the purpose if the council, you. as governor, are luthorized to borrow upon the credit if the State the further sum of $15.)00 for such purpose. Places Blame on No. 18. Columbia.?Responsibility for the Southern Railway wreck at Frost, vhen 12 people were killed, was ilaced by the coroner's Jury on the rew of train No. 18. who, it alleged, 'ailed to properly observe the rules of caution. The verdict road: "That the 12 persons came to their leaths by train No. 42 from Spartan>urg to Columbia running into train STo. 18 from Greenville to Columbia at >r near Front, occasioned throi^th tho ules of caution being not thoroughly arrled oui by crew of train No. 18." A thorough investigation tfas also onduced by railroad official* and imnediately thereafter the following itateme.it wan Issued by F. S. Collin*, luperintendent of the Columbia divlilon: "Investigation developed some conradlctory statements between some nembers of the crews, but it is clear hat if the flagging rules had been oblerved hv train M/? 1# ?IJ?' -J ....... ..u, iu, inn aui'iuril'. vould not have ocrurred." Captain Maxwell Killed. Columbia.?Jesse Reld Maxwell, conductor on Southern railway freight S"o. 55, operated between Columbia ind Savannah, was killed at Blacktllle when he fell between the ears of he moving train. Mr Maxwell was walking along on top of the ears, passng from the caboose toward the. engine and the supposition is that he ost his equilibrium and fall directly letween two of the cars. Death was nstantaneous. The body was taken o Walhulla, his former home. Die With Child in Arms. Allendale.?Ren Howard, his wife ind two children, negroes, were burn>d to death In their home a few miles rom Allendale. Awakened by the Are, toward and his wife became demnrai. xed, it is supposed. and took out noma lousehold effects, and two children. "Jiacovering that two other children vere atlll in the burniag house they rent back in and were overcome. It s thought, and perished In flames. The emalns of the parents were found n the ruins, each with a child i