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r ----- WOUNDS SISTER AND KILLS SELF TALMADGE SIGHTL.ER TAKES OWN LIFE AT GASTON W P. Rnrn? to Baotisi Hosp.ta! Last Week. Shot in Neck The State. Gaston, April 18?Talmadge Sightler, about 2o years of aire, shot and seriously wounded his sister. Mr.-. W. G. Burns, and then committed suicide, at 6 o'clock this afternoon. ^ The tragedy occurred at the home of A. T. Guignard about two mil s north of Gastno. Mrs. Burns inci Siguier " nrD vici+'nc Mr. Guiernard. who ;s ' their undo. The pistol ball entered Mrs. Burns' neck, causing an ugly wound and occasioning considerable loss of blood. Mrs. Burns was carried to the Baptist hospital in Columbia tonight. Mrs. Burns and Sightler were alone f in the hou?e at the time of the shooting and Mrs. Burns has been able to give but few details of the affair. Sightler is said to have asked her for some money whcih she refus '! him. "Whereupon he drew his pistol, shot his sister in the neck and then turned the weapon, upon himself, shooting himself in the head. Mrs. Burns staggered out of the y,' house into the yard and fell there I where she was found later in a pool of blood. Physicians were summoned immediately and Dr. L. C. Brocker of Swansea reached the house about 6:45 o'clock to find Sight!er dying and Mrs. Burns in a serious condition. 1 tx-OC o'iven ;vi pri'_ lyx CUlt Ai ti ?? f,* ? ately and Mrs. Burns was then taken to Columbia via railroad to be given hospital treatment. Sightler was M wounded beyond any hope of recovery, dying at 8 o'clock tonight. The cause of the tragedy is unknown and it is suppsed that Sightler was insane at the time, members of the family having noticed that he had been acting peculiarly ior tne pasi few days. He had been visiting his uncle only about two weeks while Mrs Burns, a widow, formerly of Charleston, had been at Mr. Guignard's residence for a longer period. Sightler is said to have formerly lived in Brookland and is well knowr. in Lexington county, r Mrs. W. G. Burns, who was shot Come > For Goo^ New style neat stripes c eeds. New shipmen Low If Genuine Pain Newest si Tailored See Oi b Straw I a New styles for y< * $1.50 to $,' ) r \ "Th \ : land seriously wounded by her ;>ro-, ther, Taimadge Sightler, near Gaston i . ? . jr.! :n Lexmgtno county yesterday afternoon, was brought to the Baptist hos-piiai about 10:30 'clock last night. ; Mrs. Burns was shot in the nock. ; the ball entering on the side and near" i the back of the head ranging upward toward the mouth and nose. The v>ound caused loss of considerable blood and Mrs. Burns is thought to be in a serious condition. Xo operation was performed last night and early this morning she was" reported resting as well as could be expected. Physicians at the hospital. expect to operate today, if such is thought advisable. Mrs. Burns was brought to Columbia by Dr. L. C. Brooker. hi wltm "FIGHTIN' IV1AD" IS FAST ACTION FILM1 | Shows William Desmond as a Hard Riding Seeker of Romance "Fightin' Mad,'' which comes to ; the on era house on Tuesday, is a p:clure of red-blooded young American who finds the course of ordinary life rather too prosaic and seeks adven-, ture by becoming a member of the ] B >rder Patrol. ! In this Metro release for William Desmond productions, from the origi-' n?! story of H. H. Van Loan, who wrote "The Virgin of Stamboul," and many other screen successes, William . Desmond, star of the stage and screen, has another of those thrilling* outdoor pictures, filled with love, romance and adventure. In the character of a hard-riding youth, he shocks the passengers on the overland limited, fights his way to friendship among his comrades in the Border Patrol and then furnishes many thrills in his daring rescue of the girl of the tram irom a Dapuit 1 gang. In the notable cast supporting Desmond are Virginia Brcwn Faire. as hading lady; Rosemary Thelb.v, who the leading feminine role in "A Connecticut Yankee:" Dor# Pawn Joseph J Dowiing, William Lawrence, 1 Einmett C. King, Jack Richardson, William J Dyer, Bert Linaley, George Stanley rnd Vernon Sniveley. "Fightin' Mad" was directed by Joseph -T. Franz and photographed by Harry A. Gersted. Seme men are great, and others grate on you. i i To Us 9** ^?ir -V u W is in Serges, / iid sport tw- If *- \ ts every week ji i Fnce / liiiiji ___ f I II; i Beads Suite J| hades out lil ? bv .Blocks *11 C"/ ir Line iats i Summt # Dung Men All si: 3.00 89 i The Horn* Solid Leathe lorris & ie Store of Satis fact mmmmmm*. mmiiimw ? ! m i i i u i \ A Memory In memroy of Felix Capers (Ira-, ham, son of Mr. and M('. 0. Gra-) nan . horn January oth, 1921. died February Oth. 11)22. A pure and lovely child He gave it to their keeping To cherish undo filed. I But ;u.-' as the bud was onening i To the glory of the day, Down came the Heavenly Gardener j And took the -weet child away. I I I The little cradle is empty now, The little clothes laid by; A mother's hope, a father's joy. In death's cold arms doth lie. ; -1 mm\ Go. blessed angel, to the home On vondor blessed shore; I We miss you here but soon we'll j i come Where thou hast gone before. If we had only known in time That you would part from us so soonlj It was hard, so hard to part with you, i But it was for the best. And a place- is vacant in their home That never can be filled. Written by Mae Graham and Rosa C. j FOR STORM VICTIMS " i Money Sent to Red Cross Chapter I I i The State. i Aiken, April 21.?W. W. Edgerton, J treasurer of the Aiken chapter, Am-j erica r, Red Cross, has received J through Walter E. Duncan, comptrol-j ler general at Columbia, a warrant j fr $1,000. this being the amount of j the appropriation made at the recent j session of the general assembly forj the relief of the storm sufferers in j Horse Creek valley. The money is i now available for the use that the! Red Cross chapter sees fit. In addi-1 ticn to this amount several thousand j dollars has already been distributed j through the Aiken Red Cross for the! relief of the sufferers from the tor- j nado at Warrenville and other points I In He:so Creek valley. Relief funds; were raised by the Aiken Standard | and the Aiken Journal and Review*,; and in addition there were many in-; dividual Subscriptions made. A spe-1 cral polo game was played for the ben-! cfit of the mill people who suffered,! at whieh something1 more than SI,000 was raised. All funds were distributed through the Red Cross. , i ? ! I /f\?iv l\ Underwear zes and styles J ? T cents 3 Of r Slioes ton DANGER iN BORING FOR OIL Fluid Frequently Comer* With Force 3 <1 ct S i? ci ?.l - oTiip.t Workers Fiat Hard to Control. Furl ??i!. jis a mf-yiis of jirnjm'sion, has !>? ( :; ^r:!(l;i:iljy < .?i:un^ into f.ivor for :t irnnbvr <u yoars. TLm- var incr?'as<M its us* in nu;i?y v.::y>. :iii<l !!:: coal stril;*.' ^ave u tluit usay ?;is!y ht; < .\ v.' 11 L-n T lio <- 11 ve 00*1 between < (?:;! and f?:?I .>ii Kivrs the fonnvr tho a >v: n}a;?v. iioriv; for oil iv ol'teri acio.v'plishvd v.iili dam;?:r to iiit* men from ti.e pont-np fop*? whicii is released. The first ion that oil has hoen reached i> a rush <>f gas and then comes :!!. sometimes with such torrhic '.'<;ree ;i:at It has been kr.own Lo ry tools, gear and loose .stones and earth t>> a groat height. Large qi: Hi!i?:< >. of oii are ol'tfii lost ot?f*>I'e a V; Ive < :?! he j?!:i.;{*d over the hole andv a chc'<'k put upon the gusher. So gr? nt is tin* pr< ssure? it varies from L'-J pounds to pounds?that oil may sputit hundreds or feet into mo air. jh .utwico. a j?-w years ac'>, a column of oil reaehod GOO measured feet. It is unsuitable for use when lirst pot out of the ground, owing to the mud it contains, but when this has settled to tin* bottom of the settling tank it is refined, i'irst petrol and benzine are extracted by distillation before it is sent to the storage tanks to be used as crude oil. s*.? i:ir the method which finds most favor fur burning oil In furnaces is J:j;own as the low pressure furnare, and is forced through pipes to the burner under the boiler in the form of a fine spray. RAP AT MODERN PREACHERS Bishop Denny Teils Good Story in Which Distinct Moral Is Net Too Ws!l Hidden. Bishop Coiiins 'Penny said in an address in Richmond: "I heard a. story the other day that hits a good many preachers. Jt seems * h:it the ianitor of a fashionable church was showing his wife through tlie edifice. At the oiici of the inspection l>e said to her: " 'Would you like to hear ine preach?' " \io on! You can't preach!' she oh.ie.red. "'Can't I. thoughV said the janitor, and he went up into the pulpit and ranted and roared and racr^i a irood I'd minutes or mure about the vile sins committed daily by the heatheu in (>??:::?torial Africa. "Then when he finished. said, as he came down, wiping his k?t face: "There; how was that a sermon?' " -]t was mighty fine,' said liis wife. 'Bat yon tolil ail about 'ho^is of the natives av%ay oJY in Africa and never word about the sins of J:he folks rijrht here at home.' "The janitor chuckled. I "'Ha! Ha!' ho said. 'I know the tricks of preachiii' too well for that.'" ?Los Angeles Time*.. How It Happen^ I Five villains, with gyves 'Spoil tlieii ! wrists, s;11 in durance vile/* [ "It is strange," .said lie, '"that you j five stalwart scoundrels, afier robbing ! the bank and maltreating all persons who sought to stav you, should have allowed , yourselves t<> be kuoeketi down and hog-tied hy a Ici^te eripplt equipped with naught but a crab tree cudgel." "Alas, sir.*' replied the most lowbrowed of i!ie Jot. "Our lack of fore thought was our undoing. We ox pect ! t<> encounter only tin- usual heavily armed gunrd. which could lioi run and capture :i io.-jr jr:?sliiiir. Ia stead, we met tins lame lad with ; [ club, who meant business-; and had n< | desire t<? show off. Of course, we di<: i :;ot know how' to comport ourselves.' ! ?Kansas City Star. Refused to Award Prizs. Eighty-three year.; a:;o the city o! Frankfnrr-am-Main. birthplace o| Goethe and home of Germany's great est bankers, established a Mozarl i.ri-/o ri? 11?> awarded annual!v for th( f 1 ~ best musical composition along am line that the competitors might fee disposed to l'ollow. Forty-live maim scripts wore submitted in 10:21. bill f.?r the first time in the history of tm prize, worth 5,000 marks, no a wan was made, the reason being inferio! (jv.ulity of all the works sent in. On* of the competitors was lOnjrelber Ilumperdinek.?New York Evening I'ost. Pope's White Mule. The coronation of Pius XI, whicl took place in Rome; was the last i ninity completing the election oi i a new pope. Prior to the loss oi j temporal power, in 1870, however, th< j papa 1 coronation was always preoedei by the "u \ ;;!cata. or procession ii state, v,i!!i which the now pope rod( forth to formal possession of tin famous i.aferan church. < >;i thi< o < ;; :?.;i < !)!_, ;n?* hoi\ father Would bt ridlnu a white m'.'le. Pius \'li Ilrst dropped Ihi custom in li>'J0, l>; * '- . .. .1 . i ; > (Hive in a vuru w;;iwi by <ix horses. his while mule beinj led lis hind. Destructive Landslide. The picturesque island of Moiin Saint Michel (Xormandy) appears t< he jeopardized as the lvsulr of a iand slide which has occurred there. Tin main street of '.he island has ^ivei way. leaving a uap -^('t wide hy feet h>n.c. Engineers have been sum moned to carry out an examinarioi >!" tiit- foundations of th<> beautiful oh abbey \vrJ 1 crowns th; rode, as i is fe.;i\~.i thai the landslide may e;c tend Jo ihe vaults on \\is" i: the a ubs; .. slands. AUTOCRAT HAD UNHAPPY LIFE i rj. Mighty Czar Cou'd Fir.ci No Or.2 in Hio Dorninicnc That WouSd ! Cc Te!I Him the Truth. i gc A drnmnfic little story that illuniiiK's in a ji;;-h the stran^r'v im% wholer'Diu"' liu that tlv czar <>f Kit?sia liaM to iivo ::i i!> _? old days, is to be 3 ia Mr. .lames L. Fail's book, S ' Forry-Oi!;l Tears in the Literary I Shop." Mr. F<>rrt Jin.fl an intimate a?v | quainianee with .Baron de Grimm. ' 8 i whose father had been tha tutor o? | Alexander iI <>t' Russia, ar.ci who hl:n-.j soli' 11:i?1 I>0.' r; an intimate friend of:| the czarevitch. From J -'<? Grimm, lie writes. I g::?ned an i<ie;; >!' rire isolation of an ,.ur:>crnt. and rl;:> atmosphere of dread. suspi- ; eion and uncertainty that surrounds : an autocratic court. When the Czar j Alexander II sent his son to the : Riviera f?>r the sake of his health l^jj received from the young man's at- j temljnts only vague reports in regard i to his condition, although couriers ar- 1 | rived daily with letters. On one occa- ;j i si<?n thr soldier wlio orougnt tne posr ; j bjig was ushered into the presenre of i the czar, who after a hasty glance at 1 j his correspondence exclaimed: 'There! i is no letter , from my son, and it Issome days since I have heard from ! him:" "liuf. sire," exclaimed the soldier, "he is no longer able to write!" "Nor able to write I" exclaimed the j i sovereign of all "the Russias. "Will i | nobody ever tell me anything?" And j i it may he remembered that Nicholas i ! IT uttered a like despairing cry when ; i the news of the January massacre, '< | wiiich his courtiers had sedulously I | kept from him, finally reached his j i ears.?Youth's Companion. 1 I I "WHO'S WHO" WINS PASSPORT j ! ! Writer's Somewhat Caustic Comment! ^ on Authorities Would Seem to Have Seme Justification. * I A man who applied in New York | ! for a passport recently was told that i ; he must have a certificate of birth I ('hi (InMimptif roiild he Issued. I i He had a passport issued during: the J J war bearing the vise of several Eu- j i ropean countries. That passport bore the date of his birth. The passport i was rejected because it was issued i before 3017. j There was r.o time to send to Chicago for a copy of the certificate of i birth. A certiticate of baptism was j offered and rejected, the explanation j be;:;g that lie might not have been ; j baptized for years after his birth. "What is your business?" asked the I clerk. The applicant said that he was i n Tx-vitov vr>;t in 'Who's Who'?" g j was the next query and the answer j] ! j was in the affirmative. "That settles it," said the clerk. j *. i Ho got a copy of "Who's Who" and " found that the brief biography gave ii the dats of l)irth. The application was indorsed, "See 'Who's V. ro' edition of 10-1. page umpty uinp," and ! Hie document was forwarded to Washt j ingcon with the assurance that the passport would be back in a few days. ' The government." said the writer i afferv. ard, "will not take its own docu- j| i merit and won id not t:tk'e my woru, i: : hut accepted a printed biographical j i sketch which presumably I had writ- i ten." 1 After Pirate Lafitte's Chest of Gold. Two energetic young men have established a camp 011 the lower part of I'adre Island in the Gulf of Mexico - on the Texas shores, in an effort to locate the gold-iaden chests ?>? the I Pirate I.atitte who, according to the legends <<C .the country, frequented | those parts and it is supposed that i i some of the wealth whi'-h he aecumu> lated must he buried in the sands of I that shore. The men say they are there j to stay and they have brought some machinery with which the work will j he facilitated. It is said that they j have uncovered some interesting mate- j f rial which leads fhem to believe that ? they are on the right track. [ Oh, Boy> A filing clerk in a donwtown department store, one of those light jazz models whose mind is aiways out toddling at the last dance oL* the night j before, or (be next one to come. One day she went to the manager's desk with a salesman's report on a 1V.-.W11T o--l'L-?v flu* i CllY ril>|(U!lCi . jn> . ? customer's name ami bore the nc>t:i- | t ti??n thai he was "honeiessly ill." r ! "Mr. (ii'Mnf." she said indignantly. i j "I have locked through all tin* direc j tories nnd I can't lind any city like j j Hopelessly in Illinois;."?Los Angeles ; , ! Times. '; r Sorre Other Fellow's Sister. 1 .1 Our family consists ot my fathor i ? and motlie'*, myself and my sis for. who J I is several years younger ihan i am. i Returning home unexpectedly afte?* a > j Iimiu nl?cij< e in (.'liiii::. I \\.?!km 1 ;r, unannounced. Ahout the lime my . i father and mother and I were ihraigh i I hugging e".?-!i other, a young : ! of I ! nineteen entered the r? <>: = s. i grabbed J v j her ii: my arm*5, kissed her ami said. J -- ' ^ I ,V.Ms!4l I 1 il \ "U M fl f lll'l IH,i .'I 'n 4 i ..v,... . , r f:i!l in Io? ;- * with you." "I :iin not your sister." said a smoihered voire. An.I siir wasn't. I?ut I kept my promise.? I Exchange. t ) "Ca!!sv Telephone Ucers. A miniature "hour glass" is now * being used to time the telephone coni versa!ion, s;iys the S'_:entilic Aiwrij can. Ii> upper compartment exhausts itself of sand in just three minutes; i with one eye on the glass. the telei phone user sees when ih^ time is alt I most u;;, r.nd <an speeii i;;> his husi i noss 5.t'**r?r(iSnpiy, so that the talk may y- he ijnished within The specified three minutes of the long distance cell, ? it is reported that Lcnino is sick, j > borrow a thought from Irvin S.Is ?bb, we hone it is nothing trivial.? ' mill Bend. (Ind.) Tribune. IPAlMV DEI SATURDAY Expert paint men \ difference between th WTM.WTT.T.TA MS P/? NISHES and cheaper -This demonstratior taining and instructive FREE BA Every child accompanied be given a baioon free durii Renew the finish on-\ woodwork with f Iooiiac?tr I''- V i i:/ < - ':% * I ' :>r W ,1 ;/ ! 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