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RADICAL CIRCULARS MAY CLEAR MYSTERY. First Definite Clue Found In In- i vestigating Explosion?Work j Of Anarchists Tkinks Chief Flynn New York, Sept. 18.?Receipt by j t department of justice agencies to- t night of five radical circulars, sign- ] ed "American Anarchistic Fighters,' s which were found in a mail box at 1: Cedar street and Broadway at 11:58 a a. m. Thursday, furnished the first r tangible clue, they said, to the r identity of the persons who were t responsible for the explosion in c Wall street which three minutes a later killed 35 persons, injured 200 a others and caused property damage t running into the millions. In making public the circulars, f which were printed on cheap paper, r 7 by 11 inches, Chief William J. i Flynn of the bureau of investigation c of the department of justice called t attention'to the fact that the bombs t sent in the nationwide plot on June 2, 1919, were wrapped in circulars c announcing the coming of the revo- 1 lution and signed "American Anar- i chistic Fighters." The circulars, to 1 which, he said, he attached the ut- ? ' J. i most importance, re?u. ivciucm>?... We will not tolerate any longer. Free ' the political prisoners or it will be J sure death for all of you." < The circulars were not inclosed in ?' envelopes, nor did they bear ad- 1 dresses. Some of them contained misspelled words. The time at which ] the circulars were placed in the mail box was. fixed at between 11:30 Thursday morning, when the box was emptied, and at 11:58, , when the next collection was made 1 and they were found. Chief Flynn made them public soon after he had , conferred here with Attorney Gen- , oral Palmer and Assistant Attorneys , General Gavan and Hoover. , "In my opinion this was not an , attack on J. P. Morgan & Co," < rhipf Flvnn declared. " I believe |j that hose responsible picked out the i financial center in order to create j a demonstration." ] Discovery of the circulars, Chief 1 Flynn said, "makes the plan of the . bombers fairly clear. "They left the wagon with a horse attached in Wall street, having set . the timing device for a few moment | ahead," he explained. "They didn't ^ want to take a good chance of mail- , ing the circulars. They did not want ( to throw them into the street as they walked away from the scene . of their crime, so they stuck them in < a box. Three minute s later their ^ bomb had exploded. ( "There is no doubt at all in my mind that is about what happened. The fact that the box was empty when the letter carrier visited it at ( 11:30 and that the circulars were in it at 11:58, so close to the time of ^ the explosion, and so close to the scene of it, carries conviction. i Hope For Identification 1 "This is one of the most impor- ^ tant clues we have, but, of course, the identification of the horse and wagon that carried the infernal ma- j chine to Wall street is parmount. If , we can identify that we shoiild have j clear sailing. j "No clock work has been found? { and it should not be expected that ^ any would be left. No metal parts ^ were found in the debris left by the bombs on June 2, 1919, either. But ^ we are reasonably sure that a time device was used. A fuse would have ^ smoked. Some one might have smelled it. The clock arrangement would be the safest. "You might add as an expression j of my personal opinion that the ( bomb was not directed against Mr. j Morgan, any member of the Morgan ^ firm or any other individual. It was placed in the financial heart of Am- ^ erica as a defiance against tne American people and the American government. That is my opinion. "The other circulars we have found have been signed simply "An- . archist Fighters." You may see from these copies that they have added "American" to their title now." Official opinion, as expressed by William J Flynn chief of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice, and Fire Commissioner Thomas Drennan, is that the dis-1 ,ister was caused by a time bombl loaded with high explosives and reirforced with metal slugs. The early theory that the blast was caused by ( : collision between an explosive Inden wagon and another vehicle' ZLZMSON FIGURES GIVEN BY COURSES ' ieven Hundred and Ten Young j Men Attending?Others To Report ? : Clemson College, Sept. 18.?The .otal enrollment at Clemson College': o date according to figures of.I Xegistar J. C. Littlejohn, is 710 j* itudents not including 23 who have I >een accepted to enter the one yearj1 igricultural course October 1. This j4 nakes a total of 743, which theli egistar says will easily be increaed!1 o over 750 through the enrollment j1 >f a few students who have been j' iccepted but through one reason or 1 mother have been delayed in mariculating. ' The enrollment by courses is as 'ollows: Agricultural students, 291; nechanical and electrical engineerng, 268; civil engineering, 46; ar- ' :hitecture, 9; textile industry, 69;}' * jr j?i i? i |' inemistry, zvy ieaerai uimm yuw ;ional course, 30. The popularity of the agricultural :ourses continues to be great, 39 percentage of all students being n the agricultural courses. The j lighest percentage of agricultural students in any one class is found n the senior class where 55 out of 123, or 44.7 per cent are taking igriculture. In the other three Masses 92 freshmen, 62 sophomores, ind 52 juniors are taking agriculture. RECEPTION OF TEACHERS OF THE WOMAN'S COLLEGE Last Monday night a reception ~ ^ o **>"* nnri a T-T oil f n + Vl O W?as given ill vjamc^jc xaui * vv v?.v teachers of the Woman's College. Invitations had been issued to several hundred persons. All of the faculty stood in the receiving line with President and Mrs. Robinson at the head. The teachers were thus enabled to meet our citizens. A salad course and punch were served and very much enjoyed. The halls and parlors presented a scene of ^reat animation. The college is expected to overflow with students this year.?A. R. Presbyterian. seems to have been dispelled by] subsequent investigation, although | it has not been entirely discarded by official investigators. Chief Flynn, who arrived here from Washington last night to take personal charge of the federal investigation, declared, after leaving the ? t-2.- J >. f. Morgan omce late tuutiy, man 'from evidence obtained within the ,ast few hours it has been definitely istablished that the explosion was iue to a time bomb." Timed For Noon. "The bomb was taken to Wall street," he added "in the wagon vhich was blown to pieces. The internal machine was timed to go off it noon and apparently was placed n the wagon by a person who was vithin four blocks of Wall and 3road streets when the explosion >ccurred." . Six more deaths since midnight jrought the total deaths tonight to J6. The number of injured, includng those treated at the scene, in losprtals and t their homes were ipproximately 300. Nearly 100 of Jiese are still being treated in hospitals. The property damage is variously estimated from $1,000,000 :o $2,5uu,uuu. Eight separate investigations of :he explosion was under way tolight. They were being made by the iepartment of justice under the supervision of Attorney General Palmer and William J. Flynn-, chief if the bureau of investigation, the J New York police department under the supervision of Commissioner Enright and Chief Inspector Lahey; the fire department, the building department ,the September grand jury, the medical examiners office and two private inquiries by insurance companies and J. P. Morgan & Co. The key to the mystery apparently lies in the identification of the rickety old wagon drawn by an old horse, which was left standing at the curb in Wall street near the United States Assay office and across the street from the Morgan bank a few minutes before the explosion. Bears, especially the white species, are partial to bathing, and will comb themselves with their curved nails and also lick themselves to obtain a tjlossy coats. HARDWICK AND WALKER WILL RUN OVER OCT. s | I Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 18.?Georgia democrats will participate in a second primary October 6 to decide the contest between Former United States Senator Hardwick and Clifford Walker, former state attorney general, "for the nomination for Governor. A run-pff primary was ordered after the sub-committee of the democratic state executive committee yesterday threw out Senator Hardwick's protest that illegal voting occurred in Decatur county. This teft neither Walker nor Hardwick with a majority. NEGRO 111 YEARS OLD DIES AT PETERSBURG, VA. Petersburg, Va., Sept. 18.? Petersburg lost its oldest citizen to day when John Allen ,a negro, died in the city alms house at the age of 111. He was born in July, 1809, and has a son in Brooklyn over 75 years old. He has been in the alms house here for more than 25 years. BIG REDUCTION IS MADE Government Expenditures for August Drop 450 Million. Washington, Sept. 18.?Governmental expenditures in August were $450,000,000 lower than in July, according to the preliminary statement issued tonight by the Treasury. Ordinary disbursements fo: the month amounted to $447,57i.06 against (tone Km QQO in In 1 tr hot. navmpnts ... J, ~? i?J on the public debt during August totaled only $119,444,649, compared with $813,046,742 last month. Sweden's waterways are, on the average, open for 210 days each yeai1 and frozen for 155. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint not Served.) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Court of Common Ple^s. H. D. Reese, Fuller L. Reese, Nellie Dickerson, Margaret McBride, Caroline Wardlaw Reese, M. B. Reese, Floride Reese Page, The two latter in their own right and as trustees, Plaintiffs against Louise DeBruhl Reese, Charlotte, "P/-?/-?JiMifh T?ooco M R i Pppcp Jr., Fuller L. Reese, Jr., Adrine Gantt, Floride Gantt, Mary L. Gantt and Mark Gantt, Defendants To the Defendants above named: You are Hereby Summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Abbeville Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated 7th day of September 1920. Wm. P. GREENE, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the absent defendants, Floride rinn+t Mnrv Tj. fiantt and Mark Gantt: Take Notice that the complaint in this action and the summons of which the foregoing is a copy have this day been filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville County, at Abbeville, S. C., where they are now on file. Sept. 17, 1920. Wm. P. GREENE, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the infant defendants, Floride Gantt, Mary L. Gantt and Mark Gantt, who reside without the State of South Carolina: Take Notice that the undersigned has applied to J. L. Perrin, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville County for the appointment of a guardian ad litem for you for the purposes of this action, and that he has appointed Albert Henry, who will act for you as such guardian ad litem, unless you, within ten days from the service hereof by three weeks' publication procure the apj pointment of some other person to j act for you as such guardian at lit! cm, as by the Clerk of Court duly ;ordered. 1 Sept. 17, 1920. Wm. P. GREENE. Plaintiff's Attorney. FARMERS AGREE TO HOLD COTTON FOR FORTY CENT Greenville, Sept. 18.?Typifyir the spirit of farmers of the Piei mont section, the Grove Station fa mers club of Greenville county mi yesterday and adopted resolutioi binding themselves to hold cotton i least until December 1 for a pric of 40 cents a pound. The resolutio also expressed the opinion that $5 bale was a price sufficient to cov? the grinning of cotton, includiri bagging. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Probate Court CITATION FOR LETTERS 01 ADMINISTRATION By J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge < Probate: WHEREAS, Elbert Beck ha made suit to me, to grant him Le ters of Administration of the esta and effects of Elizabeth Foster Bee late of Abbeville County, deceased. These Are Therefore, to cite ai admonish all and singular the ki dred and creditors of the said Eiiz ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" on Genuin "Bayer Tablets ' of Aspirin" genuine Aspirin proved by millio and prescribed by physicians f over twenty years. Accept only unbroken "Bayer package" whi contains proper directions tp i Iieve Headache, Rheumatism, Col< and Pain. Handy tin boxes of tablets cost few cents. Druggists t so sell larger "Bayer packages Aspirin is trade mark Manufactu Monoaceticacidester of Salicylic ?id. We are now showii that it has been our that we have in the are priced from $i. j GOR A new shiprr placed upon o\ come in and ii A ? ?11 fi moc mil* no ai an timuw the latest creatioi accessories?it wil vore purchasing tl MRS. beth oster Beck, deceased, that the 'S be and appear before me, in the Cour of Probate, to be held at Abbevill ig Court House, on Wednesday the 22 d- of September 1920 after publication r- hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon et to show cause, if any they have, wh; is the said Administration should not b it granted. :e GIVEN under my hand and seal o m the Court this 8th day of Septembe a __ ? I Three Nev J and a 1 : I ' or y an B is, 12 The McMur :a-' j [Neckj ng some of the most beat nvitriloflro fn BPTIlfft ("OF SO pi !TllVgV> vw?? m something very extraoi J22 to # :don silk hc FOR LADIES lent of this.extra quality \ lr shelves, and we cordia ispect them millinery department is i is in ready-to-wear hats, 1 be to your advanta&e to lat new head-dress for F JAS. S. CO1 y in the year of our Lord one thousand ;? ^ * nine hundred and twenty and in the 144th year of American Independ-*?! n ence* i, Published on the 10th day of Sept | y 1920 in the Press and Banner and fj e on the Court House door for the time - i required by law. f J. F. MILLER, r 9-10. Judge of Probate. ? J v Fox Trots , Waltz on | victor itecoras ' ' i+? v -> ? So Long Oo-Long"?FoxTrot by Van Eps Quartet j .ovely Summertime"?Waltz -x > by Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra Two dance numbers that are perfect umphs. The banjo effects in the 1 rmer seem pJWerful enough for a lole community fox trot.' The latter a languorous waltz number; very propriately named. Victor Double-ficcd Record, 18681 Hold Me"?Medley Fox Trot v by Palace Trio Wond'ring"?Fox Trot I by Selvin's Novelty Orchestra A new pair of fox trots that will be sat favorites with live dancers. In e first, the saxophone, accordion and -i ino try to outdo one another in their j iarious fantasies. The second is also rigorous dance number but depends on its musical interest rather than Dtesque effects. Victor Double-laccd Record, 18682 5 Come ia and hear any of the H sw Victor Records lor September j 8 ray Drug Co. I itiful Fur Neck Pieces I ine time, and we feel I _ dinary to offer. They J I i '",1 10*! I ISIERY ,| ll lose has just been I J Jly invite you to I I Fully stocked with all I shapes and millinery ra see what we have be all wear. I CHRAN |