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fiDN WAREHOUSES ON iRE IN UIYRPOOL Total Damage Will Run Into Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds FIRES ARE SIMULTANEOUS Fleeing Men Shoot Youth Through Heart-Five Suspects Arrested Liverpool, Nov. 28.-Fifteen ware Ifousts in Liverool and Bootle, a suburb, principmy cotton warehouses, of Liverpool were set on fire last night. Two of the cotton warehouses in Liverpool were burned out. Gaso line cans and paraffin* were found about the premises. It was stated In lice quarters there -was strong evidence that the fires were the work of Sinn Feiners. Some shooting occurred after the outbreak of the flames. Constables on the scene were fired at and bullets passed through the clothing of some of them, but none was injured. One civilian was shot dead. Five men were arrested in connc tion with the incendiary outbreak. Eighteen Fires London, Nov. 28.-A dispatch to the rns association from Liverpool says: "An alarming outbreak of Sinn Fein 1 violence occurred Saturday night shortly before 9 o'clock. Fires broke out simultaneous both in the south and north ends of Liverpool and also in Bootle. "There -were seven fires, in Bootle Co FiftA Aveau "11 I STO a and look os a have to si aour line ne come to to' Sbe you are Imarket ju Iwhat we h Ibut would Iprivilege a of showing a anyway.XA Iyou only s Iwill give 3 IPrices and Iways in hn us when in 'II aBr and eleven'In various parts of Liver- oi pool. w "Subsequent discoveries revealed a wel- lanned Sinn Fein plot to spread a holoaust of fire among the ware- in houses in the ddek *ea. The fires ) were spread over ailmot all of the -i whole seven miles of the dock area." W "Owing to the inflammable 'nature p of the contents of the warehouses the flins quickly gained a strotig hold es and by 1 o'clock in the morning the w whole sky being lit up o th "The local fire brigAdes were unable a1 to cope with the situation and were t< obliged to call brigades from 'other fl suburbs. The police commandebred h all telephone wires and took all steps W to prevent further outbreaks by con- o centrating policemen along the line of ir docks. Heart Pierced by Bullet U "Three youths, watching the sus- ir picious movements of two men at the cotton warehouse in Parliament' street, eE warned the police, who challenged the ti suspects. Thereupon the latter bolted and fired upon the police who pur sued them. The policemen were un hurt, but a bullet pierced the heart of a youth, Daniel Ward, who was F among those who had warned the I" police, and he fell dead. "The fires in some instances were b quickly quenched. Others, in cotton warehouses, burned fiercely the night ti long. One in the south end and an other in Bootle, at the north end, are taken as proving that there was care ful organization. It was found that all the locks on the warehouses had been cut, with bolt-cutters. Many empty petrol cans were found on the scence. Each fire started at more than a h C( C h] c t 1" C [even" b cl .Y~t t a: 01 xt ti eyo4 I st Nowfrk ave fosae letyou thr e willshow y ch godsa ou serice. town. ke place. At o -e timber yard there ore three separate outbreaks. Gang Appare tly Allotted "It appears that for each building arked for destruction there were at tted gangs numbering from four to le men, one of whom stood sentry hile the others cut the locks and ap ied the inflammables. "Many fires were suppressed in their irly stages, and in these cases there as clear evidence of ir:en-liarism iN e finding of rags soaked in paraffin id empty petrol cans and bolt-cut re left behind. The nost destructive ces were in two large cotton ware )uses on either.side of Jordan street hich were not extinguished until 7 clovk this morning, when the build gs were completely destroyed. "It is impossible to estimate the to I dana,;e, but it is known it will run to hundreds of thousands of pounds. "The man who shot Daniel Ward caped, but the police chased and cap tred hi s.complice." Outrdge and Destruction London, Nov. 28.-The Liverpool cor !spondent of the Evening Telegram, an untimed message today says: "An orgy of outrage and destrue on, believed to have been engineered Sinn Feiners, was carried out on velve cotton warehouses and several mber yards.. Several fires were burn ig at once, necessitating a call for ke assistance of outlying fire bri ades. Many of the fires still are burn ag." The newspaper says a suspected an, believed to have been connected ith one of the fires, when seized by policeman pulled a revolver and shot ie policeman dead. The man later 'as arrested. The descriptions of two men wanted i connection with the fires have been rculated by the police an.1 it is be eved, adds the message, that both are >nnected with the Sinn Fein move tent. iRAWS PISTOL ON HIGH SCHOOL BOY harge Faced by Florence City School Superintendent Florence, November 28.-Professor 1. E. Sawyer, superintendent of the 'lorence city schools, was arrested ere yesterday on a warrant charg ig him with carrying concealed ,capons and fighting, due to a difli Alty alleged to have occurred be veen the professor and Rivers Mc all, a student of the high school, in hich, it is charged, that the prin pal drew a pistol on the student. Bond in the sum of $125 was given y Professor Sawyer, which covered Ath alleged offenses for his appear nee in p6lice court tomorrow morn ig. The student was also arrested and '.arged 'with fighting. Hie was re ased on deposit of a bond of $25 )r his appearance. From what can be gatheredromn 'itnesses of the occurrence, McCall nd Coleman met Professor Sawyer n the street near thie residence of [. S. Rose on South Dargan street. IcCall is said to have told Mr. Saw er that he was ready to take up the hallenge alleged to have been is ted by the superintendent in a peech to the high school boys a fev ays ago. In this speech it is stated iat Mr. Sawyer declared that if the oys, especially those of the football am, did not like what he said, he rould meet each one of them outside, r meet then all at the same time, is also stated that Mr. Sawyer re arred pointedly to McCall. It is alleged that the party went > the school grounds, that Mr. Saw er denied the statement, used a harsh rord, wn.a struk by McCall and then rew a pistol. It is further alleged nat McCall and a schoolmate turnedl >go, that the principal ap~pliedl more ard wvords an dthe fight was on. leither was badly injured. NOTICE OF DISCHARGE I will app~ly to the Judge of Pro ate of Clarendon County on the 13tlh ay of December, 1920 at 11 o'clocl< L. M. for letters of discharge as Ad inistrator of the Estate of Augustui .Richardson, dleceasedl. J. S. Richardson. Pinewood, 'S. C., Nov. 10, 1920-pd. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Clarendon County. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SUMMONS (Complaint Served) .B. Fulton and E.. M. Fulton, Plain tiffs, vs. leine Fulton, Alma Bagnal, Alice Pendergrass, Louise Robinson Amanda Belle McCaskill, an infant undler the age of fourteen years, C. M. Fulton, in his own right and as Administrator of the Estate of Benjamin P. F'ulton, (deceased, Alida Dickson, Launah F'ulton and Tar quita Fulton, an infant over the age of fourteen years, Defendants. To the defendants above named and a Kenneth McCaskill, the Father of ad with whom the infant defendani Lmandla Belle McCaskill resides, and a R. B. Fulton, with wvhom the in ant defendant Tarquita F~ulton re idles: You are hereby summoned and re uiredl to answer the complaint ir his action of which a copy is here ,ith served upon you, and to serve r opy of your answver to said Complaint n the subscriber, (J. A. Weinberg) t his office in the town of Manning .C., within twenty (lays after th( ervice hereof, exclusive of the (lay of uch service; andl if you fall to answei he Complaint within the time afore aid the plaintiffs herein will apply a the Court for the relief demanded the Complaint. J. A. Weinberg, Plaintiff's Attorney. Dated March 1920. NOTICE: To the defendants Louise Robinson nd Amanda Belle MeCaskill: TAKE NOTICE that the Summona ad Complaint in above stated action crc filed in the ofien of the Cerk of roin th ierial and labor represent most of th etion. Cut down on these items ar i. Building materials cost pretty mu I the price cannot be greatly reduced ' be eliminated. Likewise there is nc it niodernemethods of fabricated const: equired in erection afid subsequently ti QUI1CKIq BUNGALA( Save Waste Every piece of material arrives already prepared tofitin its allotted place inerec. tion. There is practi iy no cuttinF, trimming, planing. With QUICKBIL dlungalows there are absolutely no piles of waste material. You use all you buy. QUICK13ILT Bungalows are not frail, n< lapsible. They represent the -most mode: construction, are much stronger than mi comfortable and convenient. Our nev catalogue shows in natu handsome, artistif bungalows; a home o Write for our cataloue today. Sent fret 4VuICKmaC Bungalow L A C. Tuxbury Lumber Co. Charleston, - South Cc Court of Common Pleas for Claren- b dion County, South Carolina, on March w 22, 1920 and are now on file in said lo oflice. S4 J. A. Weinberg, 43-t-c Plaintiff s Attorney. si V( A STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Clarendon County. . COURT OF COMMON PLEAS I Home Bank & Trust Company, Plain- C tiff, al against atI E. L. Wilkins, C. E. Wilkins, Walter lo E. Wilkins, Louisa Wilkins, Frank- B lini Bailey Wilkins and Navassa wA Guano Company, Defendants. R Pursuant to a Decree of the Court ID of Common Pleas for said County and ir IState, made in above entitled action ki Ito me dlirected, which Decree is dated F November 13th, 1920, 1, E. R. Plow dlen, Sheriff of Clarendon County, wvill sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash on Monday ,the sixth day of December, 1920, being salesday, - within the legal hours for judicial sales, in front of the Court House at Manning, S. C., the following describ ed real estate: "All that piece, parcel or tract of ti land lying, being and situate in the S; County of Clarendon, in the said it State, containing twenty-five and one- fi: half (25%k) acres, more or less and 4: Cotto State At Gerald' Your John DI e Forest Io ou D expense in House con. id your house will cost eh the same everywhere, but unnecessary wastes cheap labor to be had, ruction reduces the time z labor cost. 5"0 )WS Save-Labor QUICKBILT Bungalows arrive completely manufactured and ready for erection, and the extent of the fabric'ation elimi nates over half the labor cost Four men can erect an average QUICKBILT Bungalow in less thianl 12 days. >r are they portable or col rn, durable method of house )st bungalows, and are cozy, rat color many of the most f which you would be proud. on request. Address Pept. 47.J rrolina. . V1 munded and butting as follows, to STATE OF SOUTH CAROL it: North by lands of Calvin Tay- - County of Clarendon r; North-east by lands of E. Hoby; COURT OF COMMON PLEAS )uth by lands of W. Stephens, and est by lands of E. L. Wilkins. The The Sumter Trust Co., Plaintiff, id tract of land being the same con- against !yed to L. E. Wilkins by Deed of B- Boston David, H. C. DeLaine, and S. Johnson, dated January 4th, 1910'. E. Briggs, Defendants. ALSO: Pursuant to a Decree of the Court All that piece, parcel or tract of of Common Pleas for said County and nd lying, being and situate in the State, made in above entitled action unty of Clarendon, in the State to me directed, which Decree is dated oresaid, containing twenty-one (21) October 30, 1920, 1, E. R. Plowden res, and bounded and butting as fol. Sheriff of Clarendon County, will sell ws, to wit: North by lands of W. at public auction to the highest bid Evans; East by lands of estate of (er for cash on Monday, the sixth day 'illiam Johnson; South by lands of of December, 1920, being salesday, M. Evans, and West by lands of H. within the legal hours for judicial Evans. The said tract of land be- sales, in front of the Court House at g the same conveyed to L. E. Wil- Manning, S. C., the following lescrib ns by Deed of W. S. Evans, dated ed real estate: :!bruary 15th, 1911. All that parcel piece, or tract o. Purchaser to pay for papers. land lying, being and situated in th E. R. Plowden, County and State aforesnid, contain Sheriff of Clarendon County. ing one hundred an d ten and nine. tenths (110 9-10) acres, more or less Se Nart of "Cuddo plantation, bound d Nrs follows: North be lan s of Charlton DuRant; East by lands of All hunting, fishing or otherwise Gideon Ballard; South by lands of J. sespassing on any portion of the J. Cantey, and West by lands of D. llie Clark estate is forbidden. This a. Rodgers. ludes lands wAest of Avenue and Purchaser to pay for papers. iast branch stream leading to swamp. E. t. Plo<den, -Ot-pd W. M. Clark. Sheriff of Clarendon County. Al hutig fishin or,! otherwise tjf L in tor a e l Warehouse No. 361 e1Tobacco Warehouse Business Solicited. J0Id. Caty.ndWs0ylad fD M.aRadgers GueraldMannig, S n tr ge