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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
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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.
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f THORO ORGANIZATION
, BEING EFFECTED NOW
?1
* Colleges Will Be Greatly Help[
<ed by Methodist Educa'
tional Campaign.
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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
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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>
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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
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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
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, 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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Miss Britt has many friends who '
svill wish her a long and happy mar- (
l ied life.
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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.