Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FATAL BATTLE IN ILLINOIS PRISON Officer and Inmate Killed When Form er Went to Prevent JaW Delivery. Poniiac, 111., Sept. „7.—One officer and one inmate were killed and two officers and an inmate were wounded today in a revolver battle in the state rnf^rmatnry llfllfl aftttr.t.WO nrisnnfifra had attempted to escape by sawing the bars of their cell. When two officers tried to enter the roll the prisoners, who had secretly armed themselves with revolvers, fired upon them, killing one and wounding the other, and fleeing from the cell. to warrant an efflrt to seize the out fit and arrest the operators. He.called o his assistance Sheriff Patterson, who provided a posse composed of Deputy Sheriff Hubbard, Chief of Police Cun ningham, Rural Policeman Jackson, State Officers Kelly and Special Con stable Peele arid also Special 'Con stable Walter McCall, who had been oooporatintf and assisting-P. B. Reg car and chatted for an hour with the newspaper correspondents. He dis cussed details of the trip and of the treaty, and told many stories of hu morous Incidents connected with prev- ous speaking tours and with the Paris peace negotiations. The President said he • was well pleased with his reception in Colum- bwa and made clear his Intention as ers. Kelly joined the party after mid night last night and Sheriff Patterson was taken ill with an attack of ap pendicitis and Deputy Sheriff Hubbard had to return to Bennettsville with Sheriff Patterson. ft was thought that the parties were There followed a battle in the!j n a house near where the distillery grounds, where one of the prisoners , was an( j j^ 0 ]| v anf j Jackson were do wns killed and the other wounded. A ; tailed to approach from the front while third officer was shot in the foot. The R 0 g erg( McCall, Cunningham and Peele made a cireirif hdute and man- the trip goes on to follow out his plan of taking up details of the treaty one after, another and laying them before the people. He indicated that he be lieved the bst argument for the treaty was to explain In clear language just what it contained. dead: Charles Kruger, dormitory officer, shot. (the inmates threw open the door and John Kelly. Chicago, inmate. | as he did so, .had his pistol in hand The battle followed the discovery anfJ covered' Chief Cunningham, buV by Officers Krueger that one bar of the : McCa u and ot hers had him covered cell occupied by two inmates had been ' wilh a shotgun and seeing the situa- sawed ...in _two and;. another..har„ Jad ,.his-nhST.. been partly sawed. Krueger called ; (0 i After the arrest of those men. Officer Cal Hancock and they pre-| whp are said to be from Robeson pared to remove the prisoners to the County. North Carolina, and from what Negroes.to Offer Candidate. Columbia, Sept. 4.—L. A. Hawkins, negro chairman of the Union Republi can in the seventh congressional dis- :agcd to surround the house. Ohe of,' trict sald tonjght a candidate for the party will offer for A. F. "Lever’s seat in the general election to be held m the district October 7. Executive com- * coomen from the six counties met in Columbia today and decided to put who- -w t solitary department. As the officers unlocked the cell door they were fired on and Krueger was killed. . The prisoners rushed out and exchanged shots with Hancock, who was wounded. Then the armed inmates fled to the prison yard, where more shooting occurred when another officer arrived. The inmates then sealed a porch and waterspout and reached the gate by which they evidently planned to get outside the grounds. They fired at the officer and then descended on the grounds and continued the shooting in which Kelly was killed and the other inmate wounded. Meantime police and armed citizens reached the reformatory in response to reports that there was a riot among :he inmates. By the time the trouble was over Supt. Soouler arrived. is known as Scuffle Town, the scene of the operations of the celebrated Lowry gang, the distillery was seized. The distillery was located some distance in the swamn, which was almost im passable. An inventory showed 60 gallons copi>er still, 500 pounds of sugar, 1,000 gallons of mash, ready for distilling, two automobiles, a Ford and Buick, and several pistols. One of the men escaped, the other five were brought to Bennettsville and are now in jail. another meeting of the committee next "Wednesday. The second Democratic primary will be held in the district next Tuesday, when the voters will choose between Geo. Bell Timmerman of Lexington and Ed. C. Mann of St. Matthews. ' JAP CRITICISM IS NOT JUSTIFIED Resident Sp**aks from Rear of Train to Small Crowd at Urban*, Ohio. Richmond. Ind., Sept. 4.—-Criticism of Japan because of that country’s at titude toward the Shantung question is not justified. President Wilson told a small crowd that gathered at the rear of he train at Urbana. Ohio. Japan can not act in the matter of Shantung, jthe P-esident said, until three, months alter peace comes. “Then Officers Locate Big Distillery Near j I am sure sne will do so. Criticism Bennettsville. jof Japan is not justified,” he added. Bennettsville, Sept. 6.—A big dis- ; "I think you will beat them,” some tillery raid was made Thursday night (one in the crowd said, icferring to the in the lower part of Marlbn™ Pnimir, : —~ “ How the inmates obtained their saws and revolvers had not been learned, the superintendent said. L \ROE PLANT FOUND. near Cashua Ferry, on Pee Dee River. ! “Their ease is so weak,” the <Presi- For some time P. B. Rogers, rural po- jdeut repked. “they are not hard to 1 iceman, has been at work trying to !beat.” ’ - locate this distillery and a few days ..go he obtained sufficient information After the President’s^ train left Ur bana, Mr. Wilson went into the club TRESPASS NOTICE. AVo. the following* citizens for bid any fishing, hunting or tres passing on onr lands. R F. Copeland. .Toe R. Adair. O. T). Young. P. M. Pitts. Mrs. Sallie Ferguson. < ' J. A. and P. S. Bailey, W. H. McCrary. C. IT. McCrary. E. F. Ray, Mrs. Minnie Hatton, W. S. Hatton. Fred Johnson, J. P. Johnson. T. R. and Ev S. Johnson,. J. C. Johnson. C. B. Johnson. Letch Bell. See our new patterns in Cut Glass. S. M. & E. H. WILKES L CO. Needles for all makes of Sewing Machines;, also best quality of Machine Oil. S. M. & E. II. YULKfcS & CO. Just Received A Car Load of THORNHILL W E HAVE just received a shipment of a car load of Thornhill Wagons -^the—wagon made irrthe heart of the naae—in~tne neart o; hardwood region of tough highland oak and hickory'. These arc the long wear wagons with many patented features. Made with the old standard track. Not the lowest priced wagons but the best and in the end the cheapest. t6ll . Nl FARMERS MERCANTILE COMPANY Clinton, S. C. ip; - j .• * - • — *- E HAVE purchased the entire stock and fixtures of King’s Cash Grocery from B. L. King and will do business at the same stand. “ We will strive to conduct a Clean, Sanitary Grocery Store—handling all Fancy ’ > * and Heavy Groceries—giving particular attention to the Fancy End. You can ex- ^ j**-—>• ^ pect courteous treatment and square, fair dealings. Our business Ayill be for Cash, j, , i i.— ■ ■ the same as our predecessor, and we promise to give you close prices on everything. ■* y* ✓ * Service with pleasure will be our motto—and no matter-when or where--we will * - endeavor to please. Now Folks of Clinton and vicinity we ask you for a trial. Let this friendly, live wire store supply your wants. TRY US—TEST US. JOHN W. LITTLE