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e btatcijinui f1i\m% V01ITU WATCHMAN, ENtabftjhtM April, mo. Ctoniolidated Aug. 2,1881. "Be feet and Fear not?Bet o? the ende SUMTER, 8. C. 8ATI mm WANTS PEACE. TAGEBIXITT KAY? TIME IS NOT FAR OFF. MMff ANAdoninc Idea of Annexing llefclngg as the Prise of Victory. Ixmdon, Doe. 5.?An article predict? ion tee approach of peace negotia? tion* luu appeared In the Berlin | Taireblatt end la quoted In an Amster? dam dispa tch to the Exchange Tele? gram company. The Tageblatt says: ' Tfie moment Is near when a buai neis peace will be poeslblo-T^a peace wl ich the allies and the central pow? ers ean discuss in view of the securi? ties they possess. Of course those wl(> consider euch a prowsai must net he allowed to return home entipty herded. The status quo ante bet lum is Impossible since thu Inde? pendence of Poland le proclaimed, but it ;e remarkable that the number of Qeiinane yho wish to annex Belgium ha* shrunk recently to almost noth? ing while many Pan-Germans are ready today to listen to the word patfllcsra without proteau" ?She Tageblatt says that tie fact the. Germany wants a business peace le ? saga not of weak nee but o f com Tho Yelastache Zeltung also prints ssa urtlsle diecueatng the possibility of paare, It says: "Probably Ambaaaa dot Qererd la returning to Germany witl i some peace proposal." If luch Is the cues, the paper gees on, America Is an uaseHablo mediator and it warns Oennnny to accept the services of Prejident Wilson only ae a meencnger end not as an arbitrator. GERMAN SPY ARRAIGNED. I JhmpcmtA Pnttl March 10th? ahmeee Bays Qcraaenn Afraid to Pioseoaae. Wenning! >n. Oec. ?,?Armiiuard K^a Grrmaa see wee arraigned tagtet* Unit ad SUtea Ceimnnu loner teeny. Pa charged than the that embassy of! dais i red ajke consent et* Berlin etettfy ju* mrtwm* convicted. Caaawy Fbanad Guiky of Rifling A. O. Ttaosnpaoa. Thosspssn Falle, Hont.? Dee. ?.? Edith * Colby, a newspaper woxian. was l>day convicted of the murder of A. c. Thompson, a politician. The verdWt carries a penalty of ten to twelve years hnprVaoament. PEACE PLAN proposed. I at Synapatrdscr Would Cut Off Cnanascepe With Europe. Waihlngton. Dec. f.?A plan to farce peace by threatening to cut off Aimri ?n financial and commercial aid to the warring European nations wae p-oposed today by Representa? tive Lndborcb, of Minnesota. LAX BING DEMANDS FACTS. Shaklni: of Italian Ship by Snbmauino assets Another Investigation. Washington. Doc. 6.?Secretary Lansing today ordered the American embassy officUils in Madrid, Vienna and Btrlln to obtain all possible In? formation concerning the/ sinking of the Its Han steamer Palermo and to forwur all facts to Washington Im? mediately. The nationality of the tiubmar ne Is not known. CA NDLEK CARRIES BAY. ?Vneocruftc Nominee Elected Mayor of Atlanta. Atlanta, Oa.. Doc. f?Asa G. dul? ler, Democratic nominee, was elected mayor of Atlanta today by a majority of about 2.00(? votes. He was op? posed l>/ A. M. Corrlo. independent candidate. Democratic candidates for other city oftlrea were elected without >pposlton. FlXIX DIAZ POFND. fffe faa In U sateens la Preparing to In? vade* Mexico. Washington, Dec. 6.?Secretary Lansing announced today that n fed? eral ug*?w h.is located Felix Dlaa af? ter scan h of ueveral months. D ax In In Ouatenahi with a thousand met preparing to invade Mexico and star", a now revolution. rsfa-c. gnlet In Ft London, Doc. t.?There was in term ttent shelling on the Anrre sec let Of the Somme front today, hut otherwise 'he western front was quiet the aar ofllce announced. , POLITICAL CRISIS IN ENGLAND RESULTS IN CABINET ' CHANGE. Premier After Eight Years Service Quits and King George Asks An? drew Bonar Law to Head New Cab? inet?Ha>d-George May lie Called on if Low Fulls to Form Cabinet. London, Dec. 6.?Tho political cri? sis in Great Britain has resulted in the downfall of the coalition cabi? net, headed by Herbert H. Asqulth as primo minister. The resignation of Mr. Asquith has been accepted by King George, who has tendered the portfolio to Andrew Bonar Law, Un? ionist leader in the house of com? mons. Should Mr. Bonar Law de? cline the appointment the feeling in London Is that David Lloyd-George will receive the tender. In Roumania the forces of the cen? tral towers are continuing their drive toward Bucharest. Already almost encompassed on the south and south? west by the invaders, the capital ap? parently is being rapidly approached ! from the west and the northwest, with the Roumanians and Russians* no? where able to stem tlfe tide. The en? circling movement to the northwest from the regions of Tergovlstea and Petrosita Is dangerously threatening tho town of Ploschlti and the only railroad running from Bucharest ex? cept to the east. If the pressure of the Teutons Is maintained, the indi? cations are that they soon will be at the doors of the capital. In the northwest, from the Carpa? thians to the Moldavian frontier re? gion, the Russian offensive is making little if any progress. While Petro? grad announces the capture of anoth? er range of heights on the Moldavian front, the Russian war office admits the recapture by the Teutons In tho wooded Carpathians of a height south of Voroneehka. Berlin says the Rus? sian attacks everywhere have been ?t ?Wall. ?l_ an eddltlonal fertlflsd petfPRflH! the Bulgarians. The Bulgarians li this region are said to be retreat? ing. Artillery duets and various email at? tacks by Infantry continue on the Western front In France and Bel glum. The Auetro-Ttallan and Russian war theatres have been barren of im? portant events. The Italian steamer Palermo has been torpedoed and sunk off the Span? ish coast .according to dispatches from Madeira. The steamer is said to have had !I5 Americans on board. One sailor, reported to have been an American, died as a result of wounds. After December 18, under an order of the British Board of Trade, no meal In the evening exceeding three courses, or two courses at any other time, may be served in hotels, res? taurants or public places. Meatloss days In the British Isles also are In prospect. Supplies of coal In Great Britain to vessels other than British or en? tente allied craft and neutrals "who have undertaken to use their vessels in such a way that British or allied interests are benefited" can no longer bo guaranteed, according to an an? nouncement by the British embassy in Washington. The shortage and In? creasing scarcity of tonnage Is given as the reason for this action. ACQUITTED OF WIFE MURDER. Missouri Man Now Begin* Search for Murderer of His Wife. St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 6.?Oscar Mc? Daniel, who was last night acquit? ted of murdering his wife, today be? gan making plans to expose the real murderer. The verdict wss returned late yesterday after the Jury had de? liberated an hour and fifteen minutes. SUNK WITHOUT WARNING. Another American Ship Sent to Bot? tom by German Submarine. New York, Dec. 6.?Sixteen of the cr?Mv of the American steamer John Lambert, arrived today on tho French liner Espngnc. They reported that the Lambert was attacked and sunk without wnrn'ng by a German submarine on the morning of No? vember 22 twenty-five miles south of the Isle of Wight. Serbians (?sin Ground. Paris, Dee. -A further advance for the Serbinns north of Grunlshte is reported by the war office. Nothing of Importr.ne" is reported from the western front. COMPANIES PAID OFF AND* PART FOR THEIR HOME STATIONS. Over Forty-two Thousand Disbursed at Camp Moore und tu ins Have to Be Faid Later, Accounts arc Settled. Columbia, Dec. 7.?More thanj 000 was disbursed yesterday process of paying oft the First Carolina infantry, preliminary muster out of the federal servh the departure of the several c nies for their home stations; btnSJ a cent did any of the captains because the company command* liable on their bonds for every it government property issued men and as yet no accountii been had in respect of this li Every officer and man with ception of the captains waa pal 36 days of service, the indli payments ranging upward froi $18 allowed a private. Some men had deductions for/ fines. It was 6 o'clock yesterday when the pay squad left Col Camp Moore, bearing the and by 11 o'clock the regit been paid off. The strength 068 officers and men. The was done by a party comj MaJ. Glenn, the camp quartei Capt. Seybt, commanding the company; Lieut. Watson, U. jH Fort Oglethorpe and Hal Kohlt; lamb.a, first class sergeant, qi master corps. "Boarded like the pard," were not, for the face folk of them affected during the period had in most cases been^ away; but numbers of them turn from the border "full of oaths," mostly of near-Spanlsl ; nocuous though mouth-fllHi sonorous. They were happy ing their "dlnero" and mai mented on the fact that mostly in bine, whevw e First regiment wag s^ej^wetfou of ihn federal service yeejeifday. ,Thc companies left during the morning and afternoon by special trains for their home stations. The movement of the troops scheduled to begin at 10:15 o'clocV^peHterday morning was de? layed slightly because all of the.men had not been paid off. The troops were mustered out by Capt. J. M. Graham, U. S. A. The several army officers who were ordered to Camp Moore by the war department to as-r sivt in mustering out the regiment have returned to their stations In the various sections of the country. Practically all of the companies reached their home stations yesterday afternoon and last night. Celebrations for the -eturnlng trops were held in several towns of the State. The movement of the troops was handled by R. B. Pegram of Charles? ton, general agent of the Southern railway, who was designated for duty at Camp Moore by the war department when the National Guard was called out last June. The supply company will leave Camp Moore today. The property of the regiment will be stored In the buildings at Styx. No Information has been received at the governor s office astowh^ *10 Second regiment will be ret -??d from El Paso. LOSS OF BUCHAREST ADMITTED. Russian War Office Officially An? nounces The Capture of Roumanian Capital by Germans. Petrograd, Dec. 7.?The fall of Bucharest was officially admitted by the war office today. TRIBUTE TO NEW BISHOP. The Washington Times Speaks High* ly of Rome's Designation. Washington, Dec. 6.?Under the beading, "Bishop Kussell," the Y/ash ington Times this afternoon prints the following at the head of its editorial columns: "The designation of Bight itev. Mgre. William T. Russell, to be bishop of Charleston, Is Rome's rec? ognition of a fact that Washington has long recognized. Mgre Russell In his long pastorate at St. Patrick's has earned wide repute as scholar, eeelesiastic, humanist and adminis? trator." Many Prisoners Captured. London, Dec. 7.?One hundred thousand persons have been captured by tho Teutons since Koumania en? tered war, according to dispatches from Copenhagen today. intcndent-elect, IL. D. Martin. Superin? tendent Harmon's resignation be? comes effective January 1, shortly af? terwards he will assume the duties of clerk of court. "State Superintndent J. E. Swear ingen, ex-officio secretary of the board, submitted an outline of his forthcoming report to tho legislature, covering the scholastic year 1915-1G. The board discussed at length the problems of school funds, a State school tax, public school appropria? tions, compulsory attendance, Illit? eracy and night schools, Industrial education, agricultural work, and a universal Interest of the people In better definition of enrollment. The better schools was strongly empha? sized throughout the discussion. "The members in attendance were: Oov. Richard I. Manning, Dr. H. N. Snyder, Prof. S. J. Derrick, Superin? tendent S. H. Edmunds, Superinten? dent E. A. Montgomery, Superinten? dent W. Jay McGarlty and State Sup? erintendent J. E. Swearingen, ex-of flcio secretary of tl\e board." VILLA HAS FREE HAND. The Bandits are Making Baring Raids Throughout Chihuahua. El Paso, Dec. 7.?The Villistas are performing daring raids north and south of Chihuahua City without fear of capture by the Carranzlstas. They defeated the Carranza forces under Gen. Herrera near Fresno.' Gen. Murgula refused to send help, fear? ing that Villa was trying to entrap him. It Is reported that Durango has fallen into the hands of the Villistas, the Carranza garrison having desert? ed. The Villistas robbed a train near Cnllego yesterday getting three thou? sand dollars worth of food and sup? plies. Gen. Gonzales returned to the border last night. POWER TO LLOYD-GEOIUIE. Influential Newsi>apor Advocates Free Hand for Premier. London, Dec. 7.?It was suggested today by the Westminister Gazette that the cabinet be reduced to live or six members, it also stated that Lloyd-George should he given the fid laet opportunity to carry out his aims. The Gazette is regarded as having much political iniluence. El Paso, Dec. 7.?A deidal thai Gen. Pershing iH moving to attack Villa was made today. Villa is near Guerrera, 68 miles from BlValle, Gen. Pershlng's most advanced out? post. the government has issued a circular permitting he use of American money IB legal tender. This was construed as an admission by the Carranza gov? ernment that-ta.ll efforts to fO*re into circulation its issues of papei no .ey have failed. HIS ACCEPTANCE SURE. lielievcd First Chief Will Sign IMk Few Modifications. Mexico City, Dec. 6.?The general impression among high government officials here- Is that the protocol drafted by the Mexican and American commissioners at Atlantic City and having as its object a settlement of the point at issue between Mexico and the United States wtl] be signed by Gcn. Carranza if he has not already affixed his (signature to it. It is thought there may be slight changes in the wording of the document but that the main points of it will be agreed to. Alberto J. Pani, one of the Mexican commissioners, has been delayed here but is expected to reach Queretaro to? morrow e nd Will probably leave there immediately for the Unitd States with Gen. Carranza's reply to the pro tocol. BRYAN PREDICTS CORRUPTION. Forsees in Action of Railroads Break? ing Down of Power of Suites. Washington, Dec. 7.?Wholesale po? litical corruption with a general breaking down of the powers of in? dividual States was predicted by W. I J. Bryan today as "the inevitable re? sult" of the plan of the railroads j to centralize railroad control in the federal government, in testifying be? fore the committee investigating rail? road condition-?. Ho will appear la? ter to answer questions asked by the committee. PROPOSED PAPER EMBARGO. Bill Introduced in House by Rep? resentative Campbell. Washington, Dec. 6.?A bill design? ed to place a two years' embargo on exports of news print paper was in? troduced in the house today by Rep? resentative Campbell, of Kansas, and referred to the commerce committee. Penalties ranging from tines of $>i,ooo to $110,000 and imprisonment erf not more than ten years would bo pro? vided by the measure, Washington, Dec. 7.?The Slate de? partment today gave out. the note from Berlin on the sinking of the Arabia, it is maintained that the Vessel was an auxiliary warship and accordingly not entitled to protection. -thar-thr itte^arC'lh ameftflecF fbfm would >e passed before the March ad? journ ment. Senator Owen said Informally ho would withhold for the present at least, his resolution to direct a special investigation into campaign expendi? tures of all political parties In the re? cent national election because of tho assurances from Republican senators that they would aid in good faith to effect the passage of a measure that would prevent lavish expenditures of money and remove opportunity for corruption In future campaigns. PROPOSES TO INCREASE RATE. Railways Would Make Freight Charges on Cotton to Charleston and Savannah Higher. Columbia, Dec. 7.?If the interstate commerce commission grants the re qust, the railroads will make the cot? ton rate from Columbia to Charleston 29 cents the hundred pounds and Co? lumbia |0 Savannah 31 cents. The same application calls for cotton rates from Augusta to Savannah of 25 cents and from Augusta to Charleston of 25 cents. The Southern railway in a letter to the Columbia Chamber of Commerce says: "The Augusta to Savannah rate is of course made in competition with boats on the Savannah river." H. S. Kealhofe-, acting secretary, thinks this statement significant in that it shows that Columbia is not making the proper use of its river. The rate on cotton from Columbia to Charleston has been 27 cents, as has the rate from Columbia to Savan? nah. The rate to these points from Augusta has been 22 cents. Mr. Kealhofer suspects that proba? bly the advantageous rates which Au? gusta has enjoyed over Columbia ac? count for the fact that Augusta ships much more cotton than Columbia. The Columbia Chamber of Com? merce wil! oppose the granting of the railroads' application. RRYAN CAUSES STRIFE. Attempt to Dictate National Issues Angers Other Democratic leaders. Washington? Dec. 7.?W. J. Bryan's endeavors to dictate the big issues of the next national campaign will bo met with Strenuous opposition within Iiis own party was explained by Dem? ocratic leaders today. They state that Bryan made a tactical error in coupl? ing a nation-wide dry program to tho proposition tor woman suffrage by a national constitutional amendment. President Wilson refused to comment on tho matter, hut made it plain that he believed suffrage and prohihiton are local rather than national is? sues.