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/ % VOLUME mnrr RUSSIANS OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT Duma Forces Czar to Abdicate i / ?Brother Chosen Realm's Regent THREE DAYS' FIGHT RAGES IN CAPITAL At End of That Period Forces of Duma Completely Conquer. retrograd.?Emperor Nicholas of Russia has abdicated and Grand Duke Michael Alexandiwiteh, his v< uncer brother, has been named regent. The Russian ministry* charged with corruption and incompetence, has been swept out of office. One minister, Alexander Protopoff, head of the interior department, is reported to have been killed and the other i ?11 4-u~ * i.aiiiowio, ao vvcu ao uic v# the imperial council, are under arrest. A new national cabinet is an. nounced with Prince Lvoff as president of the council and premier, and the other offices held by men who are close to the Russian people. For several days Petrograd has been the scene of one of the most i remarkable uprisings in history. Reginnnig with minor food riots and labor strikes, the cry for food reached the hearts of the soldiers ( shd one by one the regiments rebelled until finally those troops that had * for a time stood loyal to the government took up their arms and march- 1 l. en into tne ranks ot tne revolutionists. 1 f THORO ORGANIZATION , BEING EFFECTED NOW ?1 * Colleges Will Be Greatly Help[ <ed by Methodist Educa' tional Campaign. ' t South Craolina Methodists are i busy preparing to put on the great l est educational campaign in April 1 that they have ever known. Three 1 hundred thousand dollars will be < raised for Wofford, Columbia and [ Lander Colleges and their prepara) tory schools. Over six hundred e<lu- i cational rallies will be held all over : ' the state in April whieh will be ad- s dressed by a large number of leading t ministers and laymen. The Educa- j tional Commissioner, Rev. F. H. | i Shuler, has the organization well in ( hand, and erverybody familiar with the details of the organization is confident that the campaign will be a great success. It has been five years or more since any general ef- ( fort has been made to raise funds < for the Methodist colleges in this ] i state. < r Wofford College was founded in ' 1 Sf>l and now has in nronertv and < endowment over $600,000. In the ' ^ college and fitting school there arc ! about 400 students. Everybody knows what a mighty force Wofford 1 has been in the life of our state. No institution is more worthy of having its facilities enlarged for greater f usefulness. Columbia College was founded in 1864 and its holdings are now worth nearly a quarter of a million dollars. About 250 students have been enrollde this year. The success of this Campaign will add $6,000 to the annual income of this institution, and thus vastly increase the opportunity it has to bless the womanhood of South Carolina. This institution loI cated in our state capital is' of I strategic importance. lender College was founded in 1872 by the late Samuel Lander. It is located in Greenwood, and now is worth over $175,000. The enrollment this year exceeds 2b0, and its usefulI 9 ?tf* MH( C S. S. CONVENTION MEETS AT TODDVILLE Eighty-seven Delegates From Different Parts of the County Present. The eleventh annual convention of the Horry County Sunday School Association met at Union Church, near Toddville, Wednesday and Thliraftnv nf Incf Vinl.li> ..% ? VA iUW V fl "i3CVw en delegates from Sunday Schools in different parts of the county registered at the convention. The good people of the Toddville section showed their usual hospitality by giving the convention a royal welcome. Dinner was served both days on the grounds in fine picnic style. The program was also a feast. Besides a number of local Sunday School workers Miss ltavenel and Mr. Webb, of Spartanburg, officials of the South Carolina Sunday School Association, were at the convention and gave many addresses full of help to those doing Sunday School work. Wednesday night Mr. Webb and Miss Ravenel spoke at the Methodist Church in Conway. Mr. Webb extended to the Sunday School people of the county an invitation to attend the State Convention that meets in Spartanburg the first three days in May. He said the railroads, on account of the big convention that was held last year at Charleston and the fine prospects for a great Convention in Spartanburg, had granted the lowest railroad rates ever given a convention. j The following officers were elected: President, Paul Quattlebaum; Se retary, Will Goldfinch; Treasurer, J. C. Spivey; Adult Department Superintendent, E. S. C. Baker; Secondary Department Superintendent, A. H. Long; Elementary Depart-1 ment Superintendent. Mrs. J M ' Lemmon. ?Subscriber. MYRTLEBEACH HOTEL IS BEING REPAINTED Painters went to work recently to j repaint the Myrtle Beach Hotel at Myrtle Beach, and this work will be finished in readiness for the season of 1917 opening about June 1917. This popular seaside resort had a good run of business last season until the season was almost ended by 1 the storm and the false reports that! went out from there concerning the effects of the storm. The Myrtle Beach Farms Co., will make every effort, it is stated, to give the public a nice nlacp? this am. son to spend the hot Summer months at the seaside, BRITAIN PROHIBITS EXPORT OF COTTON Washington.?Prohibition of the export of raw cotton from the United Kingdom, forecast in London press dispatches, will reduce American imports of Egyptian cotton, but will have no other effect here, officials said. Much of the $28,000,000 worth of the Egyptian staple bought t>y American purchasers last year came through the port of Liverpool. Officials believe the British order Aill inconvenience Americans only for a time, aa shipments will be start ed from Egypt soon. Egyptian cotton is used in the United Statee in the manufacture of automobile tires, thread, tape and underwear. Much of it, it is declared, can be replaced by sea island cotton, a somewhat more expensive staple. ness is growing each ylear. Rev. M. W. Hook, the presiding elder of Marion District is securing a fine organization of his forces for the Campaign. He and his associates expect to get at least $30,000 from the District for thia education work. Bishop Atkins will b* on hand to lend Off the Campaign, reaching the lead ing Churches. PW )RRY COUNTY AND HER PEOfLE JON WAY, S. 0., THURSDAY, THREE AMERICAN SHIPS SUNK BY SUBMARINES London, March 18.?The sinking oi the American steamships City of Memphis, Illinois and Yigilancia was announced today. 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 has gone in search of the other members of the crew. The Illinois, from London for Port Arthur, Texas, 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 second mates, first, second artd third engineers and 23 men of the crew have been landed at the Sci 11Islands. The fourth engineer and 12 men are missing. RAGSDALE T0"SPEAK AT WAMPEE SCHOOL Hon. J. W. Ragsdale has accepted an invitation from Prof. F. R. Hemingway, principal of the Wampee School, to deliver an address at the commencement exercises there on the night of April loth. On last Friday night, Mr. Ragsdale was the orator of the occasion at an Irish-American dinner given by the Irish-American Association at Scran ton, Pa., where he delivered a most patriotic and rousing address in behalf of his country. He is much in demand now for addresses in different parts of the country. A large crowd is expected to hear him at Wampee on April 13th. , * SLAVS REBELLED IN ORDERLY WAY Unorganized Crowds Took Pride in "Doing Things Regularly" London?One of the most remarkable features of the Russian revolution, says Router's Petrograd correspondent, has been the speed with which the people have reamed norma! life. Order is the watchword of the day. The correspondent continues: "Still more remarkable, looking back over the events of the past fewdays, is the way in which the same spirit of good order prevailed throuout the hours when the revolt was at its height. Unorganized crowds of revolters seemed to take pride in doing things regularly." For instance in all sections of the city the crowds commandeered all motor cars on the streets, but in every case took the names of the occupants and promised to report the names and circumstances to the Duma committee and facilitate the return of the car. HAND0F6ERMANY SEEN AT WORK Washington? Confidential Diplo-| matic reports passing through here from the representatives of a neutral government in Mexico on their way to Europe say the German bank, in Mexico Gity and the German lega- j tion there are guiding virtually the! entire finnnpiol onH ?'' i .w.v> M. MUM Ul^lVIUUtlt U1 * | fairs of Mexico. According to these reports, the action of Mexico in sending recently to the American republic a note on the subject of peace in Europe was directed by officials of the German legation. o? The person who makes little of the dangers a girl is subject to is not next to the vice lurking at the door of every girl at Pastime Theater Tuesday, March 27th.?adv I ft0 , FIRST, LAST. NOW AND FC REVE MARCH 22, 1917. ARMED NEUTRALITY MAY CHANGE TO WAR Washington, March 18.?With the announcement of the ruthless destruction of three unarmed American merchant ships by submarines, it was unofficially admitted here tonight that virtually a state of war exists between the United States and Germany. Technically the United States remains in a position of armed neutrality. Whether this shall be changed before April 10, the date fixed for a special session of congress, the war making branch of the government, President Wilson has not decided. One step the president is contem plating is a call for an immediate session of congress to Hear an address asking- for authority to adopt aggressive measure against the submarine menace. Already American ships are being armed to defend themselves. The nettt move must be to send warships with orders to seek out submarines and clear the transAtlantic lanes. IS RAISING FUNDS IN AID OF PARTY Willie Jones, treasurer of the South Carolina Democratic executive committee, is making an effort to raise additional funds t0 meet the deficit incident to the campaign for the reelection of President Wilson. He has sent a letter to the county chairmen and members of the State executive committee, urging that contributions be secured to meet the deficit; Joseph A. Berry, member of the committee from Orangeburg county, raised $200, a check for that amount having been received last by Gen. Jones. NEW COMBINATION AMONG MEXICANS?, Obregon Said to Be Heading Movement Against First Chief. El Paso.?Mexican and foreign ' refugees arriving here and at Juarez" from the interior bring reports of a new political alignment in Mexico with Gen. Obregon, former minister of war, leading the opposition to Gen. Carranza. The reports were emphatically denied by Carranza officials, who said Obregon was loyal to the first chief and that his retirement from the cabinet was the result of ill health. Officers of the American punitive expedition while in Mexico found letters written by Villa and addressed to Obregon offering to form a coalition against Carranza. Other letters of a similar nature addressed to Zapata also were found. Recently there has been unusual activity among the old federals who were known to have been friendly with Felix Dias. Rebels operating against Gen. Gomez in Sonora arc j said to be under Reyena, former Villa commander, and former federal oflicers loyal to Dias. The Dias or Pelicista movement has been under , way in Sonorn for several months. ] Ohrcgon's friends were said to have had a part in it in that State, which is intensely loyal to Obregon. Rumors that Yaqui Indians from. SfU'.flVn urnt'/l !n " . - A 1 I uv.>viu n viu in icvuil 111 SUU LIlt-TIl I Chihuahua and declared for tho new revolution, were denied. Those Yaquis are a part of Obregon's old command. GALLS ON CITIZENS TO OBEY NEW FORCE: London.?Grand Duko Michael has I accepted the throne of Russia, conditioned on the consent of the Rus- < sian people, according to a statement < that reached here from the somi-offi-J cial Russian news agency. ! raid. JR.1 CIVIL COURT BEGINS l MONDAY APRIL 2ND With Judge T. H. Spain Presiding and List of Jurymen Follows. The jury commissioners met this week and drew the juror* who will attend the approaching term of the Court of Common Pleas beginning on Monday April 2nd, 1917. Judge T. H. Spain will preside at this term. The roster of cases for trial was published in a recent issue of this paper. The names of the jurymen follow: J. E. Holmes, A. R. Bullock, E. W. Jernigan, B. R. Gaskins, J. S. Hardwick, R. J. Beverly, J. K. Strickland, W. E. Heneford, D. H. Baker, J. WnlL-nv Uiiirhnc 1 Vt xir 1 * f Mmvi i i Ut ATI* OVU VUllSj YV I B. Clardy, K. B. Floyd, D. E. Hewett, R. Me. Owens, E. E. Small, I. T. Cook, B. F. James, W. F. Mishoe, R. C. Anderson, A. B. Altman, S. W. Vereen, F. L. Edge, N. T. Dunn, W. D. Anderson, Bert Johnson, T. A. Harrelson, W. S. Rabon, C. C. Jernigan, Geo. W. MeCracken, J. E. Coopei\ J. Wade Hardee, S. O. Prince C. Me. Smith, W. Chap Martin, Julius M. Johnson. IMPORTANT GAIN FOR THE BRITISH London.?Another important gain has been made by the British troops between Peronne and Bapaume, according to the official statement issued tonight. Trenches on a front o? two and a half miles, running from south of the St. Pierre Vaast wood to the north of the village of Saillisel, have been occupied. Southeast of Anas the Germans entered British trenches. DR. W. E. M'CORD DELAYED A MONTH Dr. W. E. McCord had made arrangements to move back to Conway about March 15; but owing to illness in his family was obliged to put off moving until about the middle of April. It is stated that all plans are now complete for his return, and that he will occupy the same rooms he formerly did in the Bank of Horry building. HAS HOME WEDDING FOR CONWAY GIRL Miss Nannie Britt, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Britt, was married on Wednesday afternoon of last week to Mr. C. B. Best of Guide, N. C. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride's parents here. The rooms were beautifully decorated in scheme of green and white, and ' the couple stood underneath a great wedding bell of roses to take the vows. The maid of honor was Miss Mattie Britt, a sister of the bride and ' Mr. L. Gore of Guide, N. C., acted as best man. The wedding march was 1 rendered by Mrs. J. A. Norton. I in- l1 mediately after the wedding, the couple left by automobile for their home in North Carolina. 4 Miss Britt has many friends who ' svill wish her a long and happy mar- ( l ied life. ( FRENCH OCCUPY GERMANS' LINES; Paris.?French advance guards i have entered the important town of < Roye, and the French have occupied i the entire front between Andechy and Oise, comprising powerfully for- < tified lines which the Germans have y held for more than two yeays. I This announcement is made in the official communication from the war < office which adds that at several ? points the road between Roye and 1 Nbyon has been reached. 1 NO. 48 GERMANY BANISHES THOUGHT OF PEACE t Thinks Only of Carrying Out Submarine Policy, Gerard Tells Washington SHORTAGE OF FOOD DECLARED SERIOUS Situation Has Not Yet Become Critical?Officials Disregard Possibility Washington, ? Former Ambassador Gerard, fresh from Berlin, reported to the state department that when he loft there was everv ovi - V _ . dence that Germany fully intended carrying out her ruthless submarine campaign regardless of the prospect of war with tlie United States and that talk of peace had been abandoned.. Mr. Gerard reported that German officials apparently considered the effects and consequences of submarine ruthlessness before proclaiming it and so far as he could learn were confident of its success. Food conditions in Germany when Mr. Gerard's party left were reported as serious but not necessarily criticaiL GRAND DUKE NAMED ARMY'S COMMANDER London.?A Rcuter's Petrograd dispatch says that \ prior to his abdication the Russian emprcor transferred the supreme command of the Russian army to the Grand Duke Nicholas.. SUBMIT BIDS FOR ~ SCOUT CRUISERS Contracts Will Probably Be Let for Six Vessels at Once. Washington.?Bids on six 35-knot scout cruisers received at the navy department probably insure immediate placing of contracts for all the ships. Four companies submitted figures: The Cramps, Philadelphia, lowest bidder, offered to construct two ships at $5,950,000 each, one in thirty months and the other in 31. The Seattle Construction and Drydock Company, which already has'* contract for one similar ship at less than $5,000,000 offered to build another in thirty months at $5,975,000. The Fore River Shipbuilding company proposed to build two ships in thirty and thirty-one months time at 115,990,000 each. The Union Iron Works stated in its prpoosal that because of high freight rates and labor cost on the h-- * - > atnu ciKu-u, tno ?mps couici not be juilt there within the $(>,000,000 limr t.. As an act of patriotism, however lu? company proposed to undertake onstruction of two at a flat price oi PtJ,000,000 each in thirty and thirty*>ne months. Seven of these vessels were aahorized by Congress to cost $5.00(1. )00 each, but as the department was ible to place a contract for only one it that figure, the limit of cost was aised to $6,000,000 each for the oth>r six exclusive of armor and arma* nent. Representatives of the ship build* >rs submitted bids in response to ad* /ertisements sent out for the third time by the President. The President is authoring in an nnergency to require private build* ?rs to construct vessels, but navy officials hoped that such action would not be necessary in this case.