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ARMY TRANSPORT ANTILLES M SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE ! v- firnn At flio ProepKfP 01 ->V Training mmcu VI mv i* , the Fnemy Until Torpedo Ex- i ploded in Engine Koom?Sliip i Sank in Fire Minutes With * Loss of Seventy Lires Washington, Oct. 19.?Seventy 'American soidiers and sailors lost their lives on Wednesday .when a German j submarine torpedoed the army trans- , ' port Antilles. } News of this first heavy blow struck j against America by Germany reached the Navy Department from,Vice Admiral Sims this afternoon. K The Antilles was torpedoed while returning to this country from Frace. She was under convoy at the time, but ^ neither the torpedo which sent her to the bottom nor the destroying sub- ^ ?"?w'na was sisrhtel. The men had no chance for their J lives. Struck abreast the engien-room bulkhead, the (Antilles sank like aj 1 - plummet, going down in five minutes. ] There were aobut 237 aboard her, 1 and there was little or no chance to 5 take the boats. 0 fthse 167 were sav- ' ed, many being reported to have been * fished from the waters by vessels of the convoy. The death list includes ( three na^T officers, four sailors and J ' sixteen soliedsr. The rest or tne vie- tims were members of the merchant 1 ^' crew. Known Lives Lost. ( Secretary of the Navy Daniels to. [ night authorized the following state * ment: * "The department is in receipt of a 1 dispatch from Vice Admiral Sims which states that the S. S. Antilles, an army transport, was torpedoed on Oc. , tober 17 while returning to this country from foreign service. This vessel was under convoy of American patrol ^ vessels at the time. L "The torpedo which struck the AnI tilles w^as not seen, nor was the subL marine which fired it. The torpedo , hit abreast of the engine room bulkL head, and the ship sank within five i, B minutes. One hundred and sixty- j seven persons out of about two him- , dred and thirty-seven on board the ] (Antilles were saved. About seventy ( men are missing. All the naval officers , and officers of the army who were on , board the ship at the time were saved. { as were the officers of the ship, with } ^ the exception of the following: Walker, third engineer officer. Boyles, junior enginerr officer. , O'Rourke, junior enginerr officer. The following enlisted naval person- , ueis were lost: j B. L, Kinzey, seaman, second-class; k^ext of kin Thomas M. Kinzey, father, j Water Valley, Miss. \, ~ ~ nlaea I ^ J W. Hunt, seamau. ,. ( r next of kin Isaac Hunt, father, Moun-11 tain Grove, Mo., R. F. D. No. 2, Box 44# J ( C. L. Muburn, radio electrician: j ( first-class; next of kin, R. Ausburn, ( mother, 2800 Louisiana avenue, Xe^ -Orleans. [ H. F. Watson, radio electrician , third-class, next of kin Mrs. W. L. j k Seger, mother, Rutland. Mass. about thirty-three i f? ^ ?. -w- v, I of The army enlisted personnel on , 1'Oard of whom seventeen were saved. The names of the missing army enlisted personnel and of the merchant i crew of the ship cannot be given un-11 til the muster roll in France, of those; , on hoard has been consulted. As soon ; f as the department is in* receipt of | . further details concerning the casual v?o marip nublic immed-! XJC5 Uixcj trni wn, f iately." | ( Shock to Washington Coming on the heels of Vice Admiral < Sims' report of the torpedoing of an ^ i.American destroyer, the sinking of the ] B Antilles, caused a distinct shock 1 fc the military and naval establishment. , The Sims dispatch reached the bu- , W reau of communication ai the navy ^ ft department shortly after 3 o'clock this , ^ afternoon, at a time when the pres.: i ^ ident and his cabinet were in session j and discussing, it is stated, the report j ^^of Admiral Mayo as to the real situation abroad. Over a private telephone into the . cabinet room, the news was transmit- ? _iAA ted to Secretary Daniels. He and Secretary of War Baker immediately left the White House and hurried across the street to the state war ann navy building. They went together to .Mr. Baker's office and within a few moments a message was sent out tc bring the committee on public information's representative at the war department there at once. Within 10 minutes the "inside wireless" of the state war and navy building had the report spread in every quarter that "somehting had happened." i More hurried conferences took place rAtiirnOr] f a ln'c A \X'ti jcwcvai y j-'auicio i^iuiu^u tv/ v'? u office and immediately Lieutenant Commander Belknap, navy censor accompanied by two representatives of :he Creel censorship bureau, rushed n Commander Belknap carried in his iand the original of the Sims dispatch. Immec-ately upon their leaving the -oom it was announced that "a statencnt will be rea'ly by the committee n 30 minutes." No hint of what tlie statement contained could be obtained, ilthough it was said that "it's along ;ke line of disaster." Awaiting Verification. Secretary Daniels received the newspaper correspondents immediately ifter Commander Belknap left the i-oom and declared he had no news, ^.sked about the statement which was coming out he smiled rather sadly ani, limine to the man who inauired. made i circle around his right eye with the n imitation of a telescope, in itimation of a telesco1 e "There is nothing I can say now, gentlemen," he declared. HE DOMIMCK WORKING FOR AVIATION CAMP Congressman On a Business and Social Visit to Anderson?Talks Interestingly i A bout Many Matters Anderson Mail# The Hon,. Fred. H. Dominick, congressman from the Third district, arrived in the city Friday afternoon, ind after calling on a number of buslless men concerning the mail facilities of Anderson, the location of ?n iviation camp here, and other public natters, and after pacing social cails :o other friends, returned to XewbertViitj mnrn-'nof "Mr nnminirlr looks A-ell and seems to have weathered tvell the long, strenuous session of congress which has just closed. Asked about Anderson's chances of securing an aviation camp Congress* man Dominick said that he stand? ready to exert his influence in land, ing one for Anderson. He stated that as soon as he returned to his office in Xewberrv he would write to the department in charge of thes? camps, and request a complete, de tailed report of tne location or tnese :amps, and would make a vigorous fight to obtain one for Anderson, lust as soon as he received the report as requested he will confer further with the people of Anderson. Congressman Dominick was asked lo express his opinion about th? length of the war. He stated that any statement from him as to the Juration of the war would De oasea }n guess-work entirely He was toll that another South Carolina congressman had been qouted as sayin? the members of congress in voting these huge appropriations for the war knew that all of this money will not be spent; that they (the ?ongressmen) believed that hostilities would cease before any great amount this money would be spent. "I don't agree with that congressman. if he is oronerlv quoted." replied Congressman Dominick. "T believe that every bit of the monev re. + frA.y, ^nr-v rrrncc' * csl 31 TOT) Stilling) ll'-'lll v.' .? bo spent Pnt. I do Relieve that tb;c cpnr'^ expenditures v. i'] be larger thnr [ /* ? f> ^ O Of pif vf>"r jr of fc v;f!T po Tnnrth of t^i"1 ->v ro-rc >io:irr sp?nt is in pre1",^. T*P tfo^e! Q1*/?V| OC p ~ .-1.-; ?+/* , "rt fhr?e:<i fVifrto'c; <?rp ^Onipleted. It will not be necessary to pro i lieve the appropriations of congress will ever be is large during the j ' present wa^ is they are this year." i "What uo you think of the success of the Second Liberty Loan Bond drive? Will it succeed, in your opin 'j ion?" the congressman was asked. | "Most assuredly it will succeed," ?aid Congressman Dominick emphatically. "You must take into considera. 1 tion that the organization for the drive is just now being perfected, anl 1 you can count On results from now o:i. 1 1 have noticed where the treasury has issued about $1,500,000,000 of treasury certificates. These certificates, in my opinion, will be converted into the TP this is: rlnnp. then WG will hnve already- secured one-half of th* minimum amount of the bonds?$3,000.000.o00. I firmly believe that the ^".000.000.000 of bonds will be subscribed; in fact, I believe they will be largely over-subscribed. I hope the people in my district will subscribe liberally to the bonds. It is their duty to do so." I W AMERICA* FLAG FOR BOY SCOUTS Columbia. Ot. 17.?President Wilson will present an American Flag, a;;, propriately inscribed to the troop of Bov Scouts in each State securing the largest number of subscriptions to the second Liberty Loan during the four i day campaign which the organization ( will inaugurate on October 22nd: Cfinnts n-511 hp 1 UC UXJJ U^/UIHO I?UI Wi*ww h/%/ upon to give assistance in the food i rledge campaign. In practically all the counties the Scout? are now engaged in placing posters in stores and other public places. In the first Liberty Loan C impaign the Boy Scouts secured subscriptions amounting to $23,000,000. ,mm WINTER BARLEY?Seed Rye. Xorth( Carolina Potatoes. Get them at .Tohnson-McCrackin Co. 10-2-tf. I Mil ? I I ! ?I?I? 10 i j ' I j Many distressing Ai I by them are Alle | Pinkham's Vegei Here is Proof by W n iimiumsii Lowell, Mass. BrnOi been troubled wi feelings common deal of the time s friend asked me \ | ^ ^mPOund,w She Tells Her Friends to Take ] North Haven, Conn.?" When I i rrrVii/->Vi ia o ftYYiiVklck iill wnmATI Vin.1 TT XO L? VXVUi<SJL\y ? VAA?W?* ?.<%? but after a while I got bearing do) told me to try different things but day my husband came home and s; | Pinkham's Vegetable Compound r them and took about 10 bottles of | feel myself regaining my health. i Sanative Wash and it !:;>.s done mi 1 coming to my house who sufrVrs i'r ! Life, I tell them to take tUa Finkhi of us here who think the world of -r\ a- . i -t r /~. l3ox i'J<, JNonn iiixvci1-, You are ir-viteii tj> \V No other merticinc has been > > suffering- as has T.<yd:a E. !": Women may receive fretard5. . E. Pink ham Medicine Co., Lyr- n, ill i ii i " ?n n i n ii UWI miii i ?! ! I Mil nirrw TO THE PEOPLE OF NEWBERRY AND COUNTY Atlanta, Ga , October 13, 1917. To the People of Newberry and County: t ~ j~ m t v. i am uuiug uil iu idi\uig tins | management of an optical department, relieving two good Americans who went "to make the world safe for j democracy"?hence it will be impossible for me to be in Newberry this fall. I thank the good people of Newber-1 ry and County for their past patro-1 nage. I have the names and prescrip-j ? tions of the glasses I filled for thej last 18 years and if any of yoc don't get the satisfaction of the glasses I fitted, or if the frames are faulty. i please send tne glasses to me (en i closing return postage) and I will exchange the lenses, frame, or both, free of charge. If you break your glasses send. them to me, will duplicate at a great; saying to you. If you come to Atlanta come to see me. My services in any capacity is at your command. Respectfully, I. E. CRIMM, 65-67 Whitehajl St,, Atlanta, Ga. .1 INSYDE T?RFS VS HE LINERS. Once in a groat while some person; to whom you may ral.c about Insyde, Tyres may say "I can buy reliners for1 less money." Anyone who makesj this statement does not appreciate the difference between Insvde Tyres ana! ordinary reliners. Insyde Tyres are rnoae o-.it of gen-! uine tire fabric, thi kin i oT ' fabrk | that must be used in tires. It take?] good fabric to stand up in an automo-! Vie tire. Tlr's genuine tire fabric of J which Insyde Tyres are made, has the ^ same kind of rubber between the plus j which is used in automobile tires. The plies of fabric in Insyde Tyres! are actually vulcanized :ogerIier over J tire cores or moulds, making it practically impossible to pull the plies I ??! W/3T /S? ri vi i ?????? Iments experienced iviated by Lydia E. :able Compound. ; ^omen who Know. ?"For the last three years I have th the Change of Life and the bad at that time. I was in a very nerwith headaches and pain a good >o I was unfit to do my work. A :o try Lydia E. i^kham's Vegetahich I did, and it has helped me in n not nearly so nervous, no head- i nust say that Lydia E. Pinkham's ound is the best remedy any sick Mrs. Margaret Quinn, Rear | Lowell, Mass. Lydia E. Finkliam's Remedies. >vas 45 I had the Change of Life 'e. At first it didn't bother me ,vn pains. I called in doctors who they did not cure my pains. One ;i;l, c Why don't you try Lydia E. ind Sanative Wash?' Well, I got V .votable Compound and couid I also used Lydia E. Pinkham's 3 a great deal of good. Any one oin female troubles or Giange of iiii remedies. There are about 20 " ? Airs. Florence Isella, i rite for Free Advice, successful in relieving woman's mi's Vegetable Compound, /ui ad vice by Writing the Lydia Krnsa. Sivli letters are received a ta nys s #v? i ' r : miiM \i ? ii t * < i f >e Polish is made tor every ick Shoes, "2 in 1 Black" 2 in 1 Black Combination" liquid); for White Shoes, hite Cake" (cake) and lite Liquid" (liquid); for e 2 in 1 Tan" (paste) and I Combination" (paste and 3 t v i IY CO. of New York, Inc. BUFFALO, N. Y. 3 o ii apart with your fingers. The pli^r. of fabric are all full width, giving strength to side wall*. Compare this construction with the construction of c^eap reiiners. Tiiey-j 1 ire made of cheap duck fabric which! j would not stand up in an autorsobilel , tire construction for t*>n niil-es. These! 'plies of cheap fabric are cemented to- ; gether cold. You can puli them apart < vVith your fingers with little or no ef-[ fort. j ; A cheap reliner is in many cases : worse than nothing, lor as soon as It ] gets a little warm tbe cement get? < thin, and the plies slip, slide, wrin- j i kle, pinch, and cause endless damage.' < The plies, usually, are not at full 1 width. | ] The plies of fabric in Tnsyde Tyres i being vulcanized together are firm o ti /I Kfl o r? f i o 1 T"'Vir.-.r Ain anu ou i;oianuai , Hit' y , not come apart. Of course Insyde( aanHMmaMBMBBOBimn Soldiers A A Bible. Steei Mirror Soldiers Kit Folder for your Fathe: or Sweetheart's Phc Tooth Brush Tooth Paste Brush and Coir.b V/rist W atch. Boj Fountain Pen, Cuff Li Knives and many oth< Come and see my'li: for the War. R/r > o_ ivia)'es oc T! House' cf a T s "for < The John A Shealy home pi; rni!es from Newberry, coutainin and outbuildings. This is one < in Newberry County for sale price and teims apply to Frank R. Office Old Court House I | An Ambition and ^ ' ? * ? .t o? J I needs 01 trie oouui <u c mi. f J of the Soctbcm Railway: the growth f i tbc uptxlildin? of the other. ? S\ ' 1 The Southern Railway asks no faron J C accorded to other*. \l ? The ambition of the Southern Railwj f J nnhy of interest that is born of co-operan I ? the railroads; to see perfected that fair and / ment of railroads which invites the cc I agencies; to realize that liberality of trea \/ to obtain the additional capital needed for t J ealarped facilities incident to the detnan I acrvicc; and. finally? f To take its niche In the body politic 1? wirh no more, but t I CKUCI KIC41 -- --- -J I rifbu and equal opportuuiuci. " The Southern Servei I Scutherh^tail yre construction more expensive, hich makes them cojc :i little more, ut makes them waii ten times ai rich as any cheap imitation. For sale by iim innvftciv i- <ftv vriii. ?i\i2i.vi; i iv ?7v.i OTUE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. 1 will make a final settlement of the state of L. J. Watkins dec'd in the Tobate Court for Newberry County, . C\. on Friday the 16tli day of Xoembcr, 1017. at o'clock in the foreoon and will immediately thereafter sk for my discharge as Administrator l said estate. All persons having laims against said estate will preent them on or before that date to he undersigned. W. Q. WATKINS, Administrator. )ct. 17, 1917. BANKRUPT SALE. By order of Referee in Bankruptcy, [ will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder, on Thursday November 1st, 1917 at 11 o'clock A. M., the stock of merchandise and fixtures of Jas. W. Pitts, Bankrupt, at the stora house recently occupied by him on South side Main street, near Mower's Garage, in -Newberry, South Carolina. Phis stock of merchandise inventories $287.17 and consists of fancy and staple groceries. Furniture and fixtures were appraised at $225.75 and consists or snow cases, sraies, uasu register, safe, etc. Stock of merchandise will be sold as a whole, furniture and fixtures will be sold separate-}* and by the piece. Termi of Sale cash. W. A. McSwain. Trustee 10-19-6t. 1=1 " 1 ecessities 50c - - $1.50 r and Mother >to - - $1.00 - - 10c 10c 50c to $2.50 i Paper, Tablets, nks, Collar Buttons, ;r articles. ne, before"you leave ok Store l I T1 nousana mirgs 5 ALE ace two and one half (2^2) g 247 acres, large dwelling Df the btst m] re\td j laces - *- * t... ? r / r 4 XT A ? at Hit ]JC^tiiL Uiiivr. j.ui Hunter Newberry, S. C. I a Record : ntical with the needs J S\ A and sue. cm of one means ' j J t?no spatial privilege not' if iy Company Is to see that' ion between the public and frank po'icy in the manage- ' ) f mfidence of fovernmental \ tment which will enable it he acquisition of better an<? d for in ceased and better y I of the South aIon?r*ide o* j y with equal liberties, cqui* i s the South