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*< me r?tomcm at Kumter, a gj FM80NAD NEWS. Mendel L. Smith. Ksc of Cumden. le In the city attending court. Mr. J. V. Wilson, of Columbia, is In the city on business. J. B. McLauchlin, Esp, of Colum? bia, Is In town on legal msiness. Mr. S. F. l'urrott, ol laffuey. is In the city. Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Manning have returned from Florida. Mrs. W. F. Robertson who has been MsitinK relatives in Wilmington, X. C, has returned home. Mis* Yielu lienbow has returned from a pleasant visit te Summerton I hate she was the guest of her cou? sins. Mr K. W. l>ubbs. Jr . of tho Cita? del at Charleston, in in Ihe city in at ?? mlanee upon court in the Dablw lietts case. Mi. 11 m Sanders, of Wintson Salem. .V. C. Is In the city for a few clays stay. This is Mr. Sanders' first visit home for eighteen months and hs is amazed at the improvements In the old town wince he was last here. CITY COUNCIL MEETING, Few Matters Acted on st Tuesday Night's Session. City Council held Its regular semi monhtly meeting Tuesday night with ell of the members present. The meeting was a short one and few matters of general interest were act? ed upon. Mr. James Crosswell requested that the license of the Southern Express Company be reduced. Ho gave a statement of rec eipts during the past year showing how their traffic had been cut down, as compared with the ysar before. Council decided to re? duce the license from One Hundred and Fifty to One Hundred Dollars. The usual exemption of Building and Loan Associations from taxes was granted. p 44sHfl Council authorized tho extension of IVar Stre.-t hrough the Water Werks property to connect with Corbett Jennings reported that he ined into the matter of to Haynsworth street and had . ted the title on behulf of the city. He stated that he had also accepted from Messrs. D. James Winn and William Yeadon an offer of land to extend Calhoun Street westward to the ltlchardson estate. Mr. Rowland reported that he had examined the Clerk and Treasurer's reports for February and found them correct. In anticipation of the paving to be done on LtUrty street Council order? ed that all water and sewer connec? tions which would be needed on two blocks be done now and that a fee of Fifty Dollars shall be charged for all such connections after the pu\ing Is laid. Council decided to MQSfjl the of? fer of the First Nutlonai Hank to buy their office furniture and llxtures for tw hundred and fifty dollars, pro viued lhe> also include the fan here? tofore reserved by them. Mr. Row? land opposed paying more than two hundred dollars for the outht. Wit I it K ON" COAST LINK Tie* Torn Loose from Hall* Between Wilson s Mill and Manning. A very unusual railroad accident is reported to have occurred on the Coast Line I,et v?m n W ilson's Mill und m.inniriK SSI Wednesday morning, causing a great deal q| inconvenience to regular trains between Sumter and Churleston duri:ig the remainder of the day and ? d tour over the North? western from Sumter to Wilson's Mill by way of Summerton. It seems from reports that the tnu ks of SM or t\so SSjfl of a fer? tiliser train JOi Sei tin Iffy , at Wil son's Mill and ran along IStSJ ||SS ill the way to Manning before it wai dhv "covered. At Manning, however. SSV? eral cars b ft the tr.uk and the in ? cident was discovered. Rn running on th?* ties the spikes were pulled loose or broken off and a nur had to Ko behhW llM Nam and rcp.ii" tie d 'n ... ? to t be line. A delav of several hours was also reported on the train between I ?r ansehurg and Denmark, caused by a breakdown of the enmne. Marriage LsSSSSjkB Record. The following in.Ullage licenses Were issued Monday and Tuesday, all of th?* safties named being oolored? Josh Maples and Ethel McQullhV ?sjssjtsfs Mach Watt* ami Bmaltne Y? eng. Iteml.ert. James Kemp and Rosalia McDonald. Sumter. Mwafd Seals und /elm Nelson. Sumter. I.c'o ard Tli"iM ps> M and Wilhelmena .la Htutehurif, a ii m< Lsary, of M< .du and Mail V ?lit. of Surnb i ; Toni Willia.os arc" II itlio Mit< hell Sumter. ( i:\srs EXPERT says 1 K.l III s snow DECLINE, Immigration of Whites und Slumps in Hagvo lUrtn Rate Held Ac* countable. ?olutlon of ihe negro problem through tho difference in natural in? crease of Ihe white and black races In the United States is foreseen by Wal? ter F. Willcox, special agent of the t'nited States census bureau and chief statistician of the j2th census. lie points out in a report that the ne? groes are steadily losing ground throughout the South, both by immi? gration of whites and by their own tic lining birth rate. They are losing ground still more rapidly in the North, and there is thus reason to be? lieve that nature will solve the race problem in her usua' way, by the survival of the littest. "That the white race is slowly dis? placing the negroes in. the United State? is now well known," Mr. Will? cox writes. "The more rapid Increase of the whites is due not only to the influx of hundreds of thousands of white immigrants, but also to the fact that in the registration area of 1910?an area including three-fifths of the whites and more than onc-llth of the negroes, and so a fair index of conditions in the country at largo ?the negro death rate exceeded the white by about two-thirds." Furthermore, "during the years since 1880 . . . the excess in the pro? portion of negro children over white children In the country has likewise been falling. Tr e present difference in fecundity between tho races is lit? tle more than one-fourth of that in 1880, and at tho present rates of change it will have disappeared en? tirely before the next census is tak? en." The decline Is largely due to negro emigration to the cities, the writer thinks. "The fecundity of city negroes1 is only about two-thirds that of city whites, but the fecundity of country, negroes is much ibove that of coun? try whites." The negroes' loss of ground is further hastened by the*r tendency to migrate North, where the fecundity of all races is lower than It is in the South. "The evidence, then,1 Mr. Wille >i concludes, "points to a different!.? natural increase as an important fac? tor, a factor, in my opinion, at least as Important as immigration, in de? termining the present and future rel? ative proportions of the two main races Of this country.'' i HOWM USE OPENING DISPLAY. ItUers-llultnmit outlining Co., Pre? sent "Tin; Season's Newest." Last night from 8 to 10 the fair sex Of Sumter had another opportunity of witnessing a big style show when the Uivers-llultman Outlining Co., had their otturial spring opening. The mil? linery department on the second door was a scene of brillanee and gayoty. bedecked as it was with faehionabls I'aris and New York hate, also home trimmed models. Everywhere the fair sex alone and in groups were heard admiring the hundred and one little things about the new hats thai only a woman can appreciate the cleverness of. During the exhibition excellent mu? sic was furnished by a large player piano. Especially i retty was the win* dow decorating which greeted the oy< of the visitor at tho opening. One window represented a spring bride ready for tho ceremony, and her beau? ty and tasty adornment could well have been railed upon to turn even a staid bachelor's thoughts from tho world of tingle bliss ( I) CIVIL COURT UUOJNS. One Case Disposed of Moiuluy?Sec? ond One Now Doing Argued. The spring term of tho court of Common Fleas opened Monday morn? ing, Judge Frank B, (larv. presiding. The brst ease called was that of Irby vs. the southern Express company, la a former verdict Irby was awarded Tie? raae ihen went to ihe su premc Court, and Monday on retrial in Common Pleas court Irbj was glv? eg a verdlt I Of only tJ.'.n. The suit e t<.r dan ages against the express company f<<r having leal a plat be* longing to plaintiff, in the ??.nit of common pi is Thursduj afternoon, H Prank Parrot! was awarded ? verdict of $7<>?i as the result of his suit againsl the Nc-.h weetern Itallroud Company for dam? ageS sustained While he was a pas ?anger on a trip ovpi i hat road, M r Parrot! hud several ni.s broken. I ndernood In l ight to Finish. Waehlngion, March 85, Majori!) Leader Underwood today emphutical is- denied reports that he had docid? ed to drop t he fight against t be 11 peal of His free canal toll bill, Ht urged 111:11 bis denial be given ihr tuiiest publicity, THE ULSTER FIASCO. ENGLISH CABINET TELLS PAR? LIAMENT OF ITS MISTAKES. Secretary Of War Soely Assumes l ull Responsibility lor Situation and Offers to Resign?Unionist Lenders 1 Attempt to Make Political Capital Out of Crisis. London, March -5.?The govern? ment today published its promised statement of its dealings with the re? volting officers of the Third cavalry brigade and the house of commons held another heated and disorderly session. Between the documents prc-| Sented and the various statementsj drawn from cabinet ministers, vital facts Of tho affair were made (dear. | They reveal a comedy, or tragedy, of errors perpetrated by Col. Sccly, sec? retary of war, and Sir Arthur Paget, commanding the troops in Ireland. Col. Scely took all the blame on himself. He frankly declared he had made a great mistake. His written as? surances to Gen. Hubert Gough that the government "must retain its right to use all the forces of the crown in Ireland or elsewhere to maintain or? der ami the support the civil powers in the ordinary exercise of their duty hut has no intention whatever of tak? ing advantage of this right to crush i political opposition to the policy or the principles Of the home rule bill/ was given without the knowledge of the cabinet and contrary to its policy. The war secretary tendered his res? ignation to Mr. Asquith but the pre? mier refused to accept it. The gov- j ernment has w ithdrawn Col. Seely's j guarantees, and Sir Kdward Grey told the house of commons that the gov? ernment's decision would be made known to Gen. Gough tomorrow. Thus' the situation with respect to Gen. i Qough and his 59 comrades who sent' in their papers is still in a state of J suspense. The most important revelations ofj the day wen' that the government did plan an important military and naval demonstration on Ulster. Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the' admiralty, confirmed reports that he had ordered the third' battleship squadron and a torpedo flotilla to; Irish waters but explained that when the military arrangements had not been carried out he countermanded the order by wireless?an explanation Which the Unionists received with J jeers. The blunder Gen. Paget made ap? pears to have been In giving a practi? cal ultimatum to officers of the cav? alry brigade, to say whether they would take active service in Ulster. The cabinet Monday framed a gen? eral statement of the officers' posi? tion and duty under the law, and Cid. Beely freely admitted that his error was in yielding to Gen. Gough's de? mand for a written assurance that the army would not be used to suppress the covenanters. Premier ASQUlth's statements that the officers should return to duty un? conditionally, it is declared, were made in good faith, since he learned of Col. Seely's amendments to the i cabinet memorandum only yesterday. The prime minister made plain to the house of commons the govern? ment's position regarding the army, declaring he would not assent to the claim of any body of men in the service Of the crown to demand as? surances of what they would be re? quired to do in circumstan es which had not arisen. Sir Kdward Grey q?oke even more strongly. He said: "The government IS prepared to use force to whatever extent is required to make the will of the country pre? vail. That is a contingency which can not arise for a long time, and we will labor to avoid it." Much of the debate in the house of commons tonight consisted of fiery denunciations of the military aristocracy. Government members ware placated by today's revelations, but there remains among Radicals and Laborites a strong and outspoken dissatisfaction with the whole affair. Many think the matter would have been allowed to rest except for the almost unanimous attacks by tho Lib? eral press and boastings of the Con? servative press over what they speak I of as Qeil. Gough's vi? ry. All talk of a compromise on the home rub- bill for the time is sus? pended. Conservatives hold that re? cent events have shown that no com? promise is possible, except on the un? conditional exclusion of Ulster. The Liberals say thai would not be com? promise, but surrender. Col, Body's transfer and the announcement ami acceptance of tin- resignations of Gen. PttgOl and Coll GoUgh Would be li<> 1 surprise, .1. Austin Chamberlain complained thai the government bad revealed nothing concerning the Instructions given by the army council to Gen. Paget. If. as had been stated. tin go\ ? i nmenl merely intended t he movement of troops to protect the ?ton it never would have told Gerl, Pa gel to excuse from bi r\ Ice the officers domiciled in Ulster, it was j Inconceivable, he said, that when TALKS OF VILLA'S DEFEAT AN D VICTORY. Message from Governor Cbao Says Previous Message of Villa's Defeat Greatly Exaggerated. Late Report! says be Lost 2,000 Men In Battle at Torreon. Juarez. March 2?;.?Gen. Villa lias rallied his troops and renewed the attack on the federals who drove- the constitutionalists away from Gomes Paloclo, according to a brief mes ! sage received from Gov. Chao early today. Villa expects to retake Gomez Palado immediately and urged that, a shipment of hand grenades, order-! ed yesterday, be hastened. The mes? sage declares further that earlier re ! ports Of Villa's del\at were exag? gerated. He expects soon to be light j Ing in the streets of Torreon. Report or 2,000 Lost in Battle. .Mexico Cti.y March 20.?Villa, has been defeated at Torreon with a loss of two thousand. "Gen. Velascoj won a great victory'' was tho state- ' ment given out by the war depart? ment today, it was claimed to i>< I based on official advices from Tor- j icon though wires to that city have not been working since last night. the premier gave his statement to the press Sunday he knew that Mr. Churchill had ordered a battle squad? ron to Lamlash. "The honor of the prime minister is at stake in this matter,'' he said, j "and it is the first lord of the admi? ralty who has put it at stake.' Mr. Chamberlain declared it was known that the two paragraphs for which the secretary for war assumed Sole responsibility were prepared by him in consultation With Viscount j Morley, who was present throughout the proceedings in which the cabinet participated. Lord Morley would 1 not have assented to their Inch Blon, he contended, unless the paragraphs, were a fair interpretation of what the cabinet had decided on and the premier would not accept Col See lys resignation because he only had 1 dorn- what the cabinet members ^ themselves had assented to. "Lord Morley had no direct con? nection with the paragraphs referred, to. He merely happened to be with Col. Seely In the cabinet room when the dispatch case containing them was brought in. For that reason and because he is chivalrous, he as? sumed responsibility for them, bvit Col. Seely still accepts the sole and t 1 ullest responsibility." Mr. Labours' motion to reject the consolidated fund bill, which provid? ed tin- pretext for the debate, was defeated. 314 to 22 2. Lord Morley of Blackburn In his speech In the house of buds made the Important admission that the two un? authorized paragraphs added to the Cough letter were drafted by Col. Seely in consultation with Lord Mor? ley. Tiie Conservative morning pa? pers commenting on this admission, contend that Lord Motley, who holds the otllce of lord president of the council, also should resign. The house of commons buzzed with excitement and was crowded to its utmost capacity when Lord Charles Loresford opened the attack on the government by demanding informa? tion as to the naval movements In connection with the situation In Ul? ster. I "Was the battle squadron ordered to steam at full speed from Spanish waters to the Irish coast and ordered to embark t eld guns'." he asked. Winston Spencer Chun hill, tlrst lord ?f the admiralty, admitted that the battle squadron had been ordered to Lamlash "so as to be In proximity to the coast of Ireland In case of se? rious disturbance arising. When it was (dear that the military precau? tionary movements had been carried OUt Without opposition it W is decided 1 that this movement of the flei . could be delayed until the Easter leave pe? riod was over." The statement of the first lord was followed by a cyclone of questions. a Unionist member asked If Mr. Churchill expected that "this precau? tionary movement of troops would lead to lighting." In a moment the first lord llared up. "i repudiate the hellish suggestion," he shouted. When the consequent uproar bad subsided the speaker reprimanded Mr. Churchill) saying that such an ex? pression should not have been used. The first lorbf regretfully withdrew it and the storm passed as quickly as d bad arisen. Mr. Churchill, continuing his reply to Lord Charles Bercsford, said. "The admiral wanted the Held guns to exercise his men in case of 'bad weal lo r.' " Alter a brief sentence or two from Andrew Bonar Law, leader of tho op? position, asking for tho presentation to the house ol details whl< b hu< been omitted from tho "White Paper' Col, Seely opened ins defense, The Bccretar> for war declared In had nothing to conceal, and forcshad CABINET, PARLIAMENT AND KING UNITE TO QUIET MATTER. Officer* Mi;*I Fight Where Lawful Authorities Send TheiBf Say ChurcbllL London, March 26.?Cabinet, par? liament and the king today are using every endeavor to settle the army cri? sis over the Ulster situation, it is now be leved that Seely and Churchill will remain in the cabinet. A long con? t'd eneo was held at Buckingham Palace. In the house of commons, respond? ing to sharp questioning Secretary of Wttr Seely declared "troops shall not be employed to aid the civil power In districts with which they are ter rltorlly connected." Questioners then turned to Secretary of the Navy Chirchlll, who replied with great vigor, "naval officers and men ex? pected to obey without question the order of their lawfully constituted au? thorities." TOLL REPEAL WILL WIN'. Adi illustration Leaders Count on Ma? jority <d* Duo Hundred. Washington, March ?Word was takon to President Wilson by admin? istration leaders in congress today that the Panama tolls repeal bill will have a majority of one hundred in the house when the final vote is tak? en. These Kallers also told the pr< si mnt that the special rule limiting de? bate to fifteen hours, Will be adopted by ; majority of fifty. It is stated at the White House that the administra? tion no longer fear? the outcome of the tight in the house. I Besieged by requests for additional time the house rules committee agreod to grant twenty-four hours de? bate on tin free tolls bill instead of litte t n when the house met. Fixgerald of New York, called up tho conference report urging the de licit i cy appropriations bill, winch is privi eged, thus putting aside the riv? ers ami harbors budget This tem? porarily delayed the repeal of the bill. Th i Manning grad d school should raise quite a nice little sum towards the monument fund, Summerton Bhou d be the next in line, then Pine wood. Paxvllle, Turbeville and the othei schools in proportion to enroll? ment.? Tin- Manning Times. owinj; his impending resignation, said lie thought in v.. w id' the informa? tion received by the government it was lecessury to take certain steps to protect the government depots. He had issued instructions for this pur pose witli tile full authority of the cabin -t. Gen. Paget ' ennie to Lon? don o discuss the c methods of] carrying out tno movumtnt of troops.1 Col. Seely continued: 'it appeared; tp ti; government and to Gen. Pacet that a. state of excitement might be caused which might result in commotb n in all parts of Ireland. I therefore took the nec? essary steps to support the move? ment in the event of their being op? posed by armed force." Thea came a telegram from *ir Arthur Paget from which :'It ap pt ared to the government that these officers had deliberately defied the lawful orders of sir Arthur Paget andj also his authority. But subsequently it appeared that there had been a mlscoi ceptlon of the statement made by Gen. Paget at a meeting with his Officer*. These officers believed there was a plan to treat Ulster as an en? emy, overwhelm her by a concentrat? ed attack. This belie; you well can imagine must have been caused by I Wild rumors abroad. There was not a shadow of foundation for these ru i mors. "Tin authorities knew that direct? ly we moved troops these rumorsI would nrlse and that was the absolute justification for my action in accepting the suggestion of Gen. Paget thai we should be prepared for a state of dis? order fallowing these necessary move? ments. Glvlrg an account of his Interviews with Gen. Gough ami other officers. Col. Seely said: "The officers explained thai they had nc idea that they ware only g<?-' ing to be asked to support the civil power in the event of disorder, and Gen. Gough expressed himself as ready tu go to Belfast." Turn ni; to the letter read by An? drem Bonnr Law. in the house of commons attributing to Gen. Pag< t the words. "Ulster will be in a blaze by Saturday.'' Col. Bccly said that Gen. Paget bad told him what he really said was "there might be a blase ml certainly will be a blase in t ho pri s.s." Proceeding to relate his Interviews with King George, Col. s?eh said he had mere!) laid the facts of the grcui army irlsls before his majesty, and a bled; "Any suggestion thai the king ha? taken an) Initiative in this matter Is absolutely without foundi lion in the broadest sense. His majesty took HO initiativ e the kind." OBSERVERS c INCLUDE THAT VILLA IIAs MET CHECK. Federal* K [tort sweeping Victory? Huertlataa* Claim to Have Driven Rebel Assailants Back With neavy Losses, El Paso, March Z?.?Out of the conflicting dlepatchee which come from the scene of operations before Torreont where Gen. Villa on Monday began in earnest hla campaign for t he reduction of the city, the infer i nee may be drawn that the constitu? tionalist forces ha ;e met with strong I resistance and that the lighting has been even. The battle at last definite accounts from rebel sources was raging fiercely in Gomez Palaclo, a suburb of Tor? reon, and the rebels were said to be fully Cdiifldont that they would be able to capture Torreon by the end of tho week. tin the other hand, Mexico City re? ports that the rebels have sustained probably their worst disaster of the yet r. Dispatches from the capital announce that the war office reports a great victory for the federals, tho rebels having in en repulsed with the loss of l*,00i> men alter heavy light" ! lug. The timley arrival of Geu. Maas and <h n. do Moure, it was announced played a great part in the victory. j BETTS COMPANY GETS VERDICT. Dabbs I ails in Suit Against Betts Kaiiroad Company. The case of E. W. Dabbs, as trus j tee, and Others, against C. Walter Betts and others, known as the Betts ; llailroad. ended in civil court today w hen a vet diet was returned by the jury in favor of tin- defendant?. The case was one for $1,U50 for alleged damaged done the plaintiff by oper? ations through land belonging to him and his children, for whom he was acting. Ho alleged that certain roads through his land had been used after the end of the contract and that a spur track had been used, when per? mission for this had not been granted in the contract. An injunction was first asked by DabbS, which was re? fused. The case was brought last year in Common Picas court and set aside as the papers had not properly prepared. The li of the jury Thursday for the d< endarit probably settles the case for good* The next case brocght up In Com? mon 1'1? as court was thai of Frank Covert against the Atlantic Coast Lino Railroad Company. This is a suit for SiVJlPJ alleged personal in? juries because of hurts received by the plaintiff, when he was knocked down in a car of hay, which be was unloading, by a box car running agu .si the ear in which he was work? ing*. A FORLORN HOPE. W. W. Wanna maker of Callioun County May Hun for Congress. St. Matthews. March 2."?.?It has been pretty definitely ascertained from express statements to his friends that ,v. w .Wannamaker, a Caihoun county man, intends to oppose Con gressrnan Lever for his scat in con mSBB at the coming primary. Mr. Wannamaker .it is understood, has been giving the matter serious thought for some time, and, unless he shall ( hange his mind, it is gen? erally understood that he will be in the race. AUTOMOBILE KILLS THREE. Fatal Ending or Joy Riders at Dallas, Texas, Dalles, Texas. March 2*.?An auto? mobile plunged down a forty-foot ravine near here early today. The dead arc Dr. Samuel Tipton, Mis. Kate Loving and her son. William. Three others were seriously injured. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK PELT. Michigan Miners Leave Work When They Peel Trembler. Houghton, Midi.. March Id.?Threo sharp earthquake shocks were felt lure today at eight o'clock. Miners left the copper mines, fearing further Shocks, None are reported injured. Real Estate Transfers. w. B. Boyle t>? The Far mal a* To baci o W ar? house Company, lot on Last Liberty street, $S,00t. Mis. Leila E. Wright to Charles W. Smith, lot on Wright street. $700. B, Dudley Hodge, trustee, to J. Itossard Britton, 34? acres in Sumter county, $12,110. T. IV. Boyle to w. B. Boyle, bis interest in lot on Libert) street, ^2, 500. Paul Grantham to Jerry Scott, i I-I acres in Concord township $30. c. c. Moore to Duranl P. Pen dergrast, loi on West Hampton ave? nue. $1,700.