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("Rooking backwardI From the Filee of The Chronicle Fifteen end Thirty Yeere A^o Wt~~T\rVW* YBARS AGO ' October 18, 1918 B President Wilson,* in a few words, turns down Germany's peace pro Allies continue to drive German force* from Belgian and French* terHritory , , I Ten-room house belonging to Mr. Hind Mrs. Leroy Davidsoft destroyed is North Lyttleton street. ^William L. Good*U? goes to the B|(icer? training camp from UniverI iity of South Carolina to Camp GorI Jon, Atlanta. I Miss Elizabeth Gaskin, 16, daugh lir of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gaskin, dies at home of her parents in Flat Bock community, I John Tjanthhm, of Cnmdeq, mar ried to Miss Fleda Tillotson, of Bgartsville. I J. R. Belk advised his son, Leroy fl Belk, is made a second lieutenant. | Dess tJoodale and Kistler Sinclair Ward from in FVartce. ^ I James1 H. Hamel, 84,'?onrly son. of ' Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hamel, dies at Kershaw after an Illness from in Duenza. I Lieut. O. 'I'. Sanders, of Hagood, dies of influenza at Fort Sill, Okla. I Deaths h-obt influenza include Bonnie Conyers, Willid Frietag, Wad dy Thompson Chambers, C. C. Lewisj Levi Bradley, Mrs. Kate Jarr, Sam B-Unoir, Mrs. Florence Munn and J. E. Campbell, a mail carrier on route 5. B City requests that lights be turned off each night for one minute so that Beitizens can bow their heads in silent ; I prayer for ceasing of hostilities in the World war. ts B Funeral of young Stephen Richards who died in Iowa held at Liberty Major Calhoun Ancrum writes inI foresting letter to his mother from port Au Prince, Haiti. He is with dtt United States Marines stationed there. J Mrs. Gu^tgHirsch improving from illness caused by pneumonia follow ing flu. ... I Mrs. M. L. Smith and daughter, B Miss Dorothy, join Major Smith at ; ' - H " THIRTY YEARS AGO October 2V1903 A dispatch from Plattsburg, N. Y? states that northern New York saw its first snowfall for the season on Sunday. >? Mrs. E. J. Man, aged 84, mother of the late J, C. Man, dies at her home on Mill stro^t. C. M. Coleman and Miss Tinie Rhame, of Camden, married, the ceremony being performed in Orangeburg at the home of the bride's sister. Lawrence Strak, 63, native of Budapest, in Austria-dlungary, a former employee of the Southern railway, dies suddenly of heart failure. W. R. I^Loache married to Miss Louise ZOmp with the 'Rev. A, B. Ekrle officiating. It was. a brilliant wedding in tbe Methodist church. Mrs. Frank D. Lee, of St. Louis, on a visit to her sisters, Mrs. C. J. Shannon, Sr., and Mrs. Sam Boykin. Her husband invented a torpedo boat during the Civil War. ?V """By the breaking of a rope over a bridge on the Monongahela river on the Wabash system, tons of iron fell upon workmen killing more than a dozen men. Camp Meade. Miss Dorothy will enter schooj in Baltimore, . Miss Helen Phelps, Miss Charlotte Kershaw, Miss Alberta Team, Miss Maude Moore improving from influenza. W. R. Hough returns from Greenwood after visiting his son, Charlie, who was critically ill from pneumonia.'' Private Milton Phillips recuperates from extreme illness from pneumonia at Gamp Jackson. Rev. R. E. Turnipseed, prominent Methodist minister, 4|es at his home in Greenville following influenza. Total American casualties reported to October 1 were 28,000 wounded or missing. Killed in action on land and sea, 8,000; 5,000 died of wounds, disease or accident. Jack Whitaker sends his mother a bayonet captured from a German soldier while he was a member of the Rainbow Division in France. . _ d ' is [ Honored On 75th Birthday On Sunday, October 15th, the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of Mr. H. J. Tidwell celebrated his 75th birthday a? the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex West, all his children being present except one. A large number of grandchildren and great grandchildren were present, as well as -a host of other relatives and friends. At noon the crowd assembled in the yard where a large table was apread picnic styfle. A large birthday cake, iced in white and topped itwith 75 pink candles, centered the table. After the dinner hour the crowd was favored with some special music which was enjoyed by all, everybody having spent such a delightful day and wishing "Uncle limmie" many more happy birthdays. George F: Crawley, SO, native of Charleston, committed suicide at Somerset. Md. Until recently he was 1 naval observatory mathematician. T>eath of Mr. Truesdale. Friends throughout the county of Sidney Hampton Truesdale will be grieved to learn of his death Wednesday. He was in his fifty-seventh year and for many years had been a store-keeper and farmer at DeKalb. Death came very suddenly, while he was on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Hilton, Jf., at Westville. Funeral services will .be held at his late residence, DeKalb, on Friday, at 4 p. m., with interment' at DeKalb Baptist church. Surviving relatives are: Mrs. Truesdale, his wife, and the following children, Colie Truesdale, of Philadelphia; Mrs. S. W. Clyburn, Mrs. i J. C. Hilton, Jr., Mrs. Henry Trues-.) dale, Mrs. Hoyt McCaskill and Miss Cora Truesdale; one brother, Claude Truesdale; three sisters, Mrs. R. B. McLeod, Mrs. Mattie Truesdale, Mrs. L. D. Huckabee, all of Richmond. Kornegay Funeral Home was in charge of all funeral plans. I Turkeys For Sale I I Bourbon Red Turkey Farm I Owned and Operated By I N. C. BOYKIN, T. McKEE GRAHAM I and IOS. M. SMITH I ^ Telephone 2402 I ^^????? - ? * rHill ion Loan For Relief 1/ Clotted Ranking Houses h! I,ii m i ii I Washington,, Oct. 16.- President I Roosevelt announced tonight the ere- t at ion of u deposit liquidation board e to bring immediate relief to depoa- ? itor.s in closed national and ,?tate ?' banks by lending approximately fl?000,000,000 on the assets of those a institutions. c Funds will be furnished by the r Reconstruction . corporation in which a special division will be established, J t headed by C. B. Merriam, a corpora- J tion director, to make the advances, t So that this division may work in q close cooperation with the treasury, y the comptroller of the currency and t the deposit insurance corporation, the deposit liquidation board will over- J | see its work. w o Merriam alBO will head the liquida-1 h tion board,. Other members are to a be Jesse H. Jones, chafrYnaii "df the \ Reconstruction corporation; Dean. G. I a Achesqn, undersecretary of the treas-Jh ury; l^wis W. Douglas, director of| the budget; J. F. T. O'Connor, comp- L troller of the currency, $nd Walter J. Cummings, chairman of th^Jeposit r insurance corporation. 11 A formal statement by the presi- J a dent said the "object of establishing r this deposit liquidation division and B trying to stimulate assets is: First, J r to place money in the hands of de- J ^ positors with the least possible delay,] and second, to bring about mpro or- ] t derly liquidation of v the assets of c closed banks; this will prevent dump- fc ing of assets at sacrifice prices." ] . "I am particularly anxious," said 1 ^ Mr. Roosevelt, "that this matter be L handled with dispatch and to that end | solicit the cooperation of all who may t have official , or other authority inh connection with any closed bank." ] j The president pointed, out that the L United States government had au-L thority only over national banks and | { could speed up distribution in those L banks "if those directly (interested K will cooperate," adding the govern-1 ment was without authority over ( closed state banks. * 11 "If delays occur in the case of I ( state banks," he said, "they will be j due to reasons beyond the control of j the national government." 1 Under the plan, the special division ] will make loans on the assets of closed banks up to a maximum of , 50 per cent of their deposits, includ-| ing distributions heretofore made, h "This does not, of course, mean ( j that in a bank whose remaining |; I assets are worth less, the depositors 1 will get *50 per cent," the president | said. "They will get in such case only their share in the remaining] assets," he added. 0 - # f '? T; i "It is not intended that such dis-r tribution will be uniform, but th4f | j they will be limited to the orderly liquidation value of assets on which j loans can be made, reserving /.only what will appear sufficiepU <x^pay.| taxes, expenses and interest during the liquidation period. C-4 "In some cases further distributions will not be possible because assets remaining in Uae bank will no warrant any further dividends than those heretofore made. . "Distributions in any case will be possible only to the amounts of the loanable value of the assets which have not already been pledged or otherwise disposed of. "In cases where the condition Ofthe closed bank will justify, it, proper consideration will be given to a larger distributipn than 50 per cent. More than one distribution will be made as and if assets imprtwe in vplue." The president said the "exact amount" that can br distributed will be governed by the appraisal of the actual assets of each bank closed since.last January 1 and until that appraisal is made the amount involved cannot be more accurately It was estimated, however, he added, that the maximum available loanable value of the assets of:.,banks closed during this year "will not exceed $1,000,000,000 and it is hoped that the distribution will approximate that amount." Chairman Jones, of the Reconstruction -corporation, told newspapermen the president's statement should "disabuse" the public mind on the amount, of money that could be freetl from closed banks. "Reports have mentioned the figure at $4,000,000,000 or $5,000,000,000," he said, "but this is just not in the cards."0 Argument over his right to take dogs with him into a grocery store at Chattanooga, Tenn., resulted in the death of Hershel Wilson. Tom R. Green kurrendered to the police after allegedly shooting Wilson to death, when Groan complained Wilson became abusive. Frank Connor," truck farmer, was shot to death at Birmingham, Ala., by Ernest A. Hudspeth, jobless railroad fireman, who accuses Connor of stealing his wife, the killing occurring as Connor and Mrs. Hudspeth were moving furniture from the Hudapeth borne, ? " v" '* [* Slayer of Three Women ihot Hy Firing Squad Sprats, Italy, Oct. 13.?A volley of mllct# in the havk at dawn today i.n^ed 47-year-old Cesar? Serviatti's gruesome career us Italy's' modern Bluebeard." <ServiutU,.*yas tied to a chair and hot in spine by a squad of arabiniere. A huge crowd wittessed his death. He was convicted and sentenced in he court of Assises on 11 counts uly 7, all connected with the myserious disappearance and subsetuently confirmed deaths of three 'oung women who had given him heir affections and life savings. Swarthy, heavy and personally ticking all the accepted attributes f a Cassanova or Don Jqan Tenorio, ? made a sickly effort at jauntiness s the white-faced young carabiniere ied him to his chair, blindfolded him ,nd then levelled their muskets at lis back. Testimohy revealed that the modrn Bluebeard's victims were three. One was Beatrice Margarucci, fornerly of. 101 Franklin Avenue, Long Iranch, N. J. He made matrimonial dvances to her shortly after she arived in Italy. <Af*er obtaining the avings she had accumulated during nany years as a domestic, ho mur lered her October 30, 1030. Her body- was cut in pieces and hrown in the Tiber at Home, Some ft tho grisly relics \$$re recovered c >y police. o Another woman, Pasqua Bartolini, ( vas killed and disposed of in the ? iame way. . J The debacle in4 Serviatti's bloody imorous affairs came When he de- e dated from the river system of dis- ( >osal. Italy was arouse^ last November with the finding in railway 1 itutions of suitcases containing por- ( ;ions of a woman's body. Two of 1 .he suitcases were found at Naples, _ >ne at Rome. Finally, after 4ong ?earebr the con- i ents of the suitcases were identified is portions of the remains of Paulina I Sorietti. Authorities j^ere told she lad had a sweetheart^Kllled Serviatti < n Spezia. "iBluebeard" was arrested' prompt- 1 ly and confessed. < He said he kicked Paulina to death i luring a lover's quarreL Prosecutors, however, established i the pilfering motive of Serviatti's srime, and drew ?rom him full confessions regarding all three. 1 General News Notes r 'f'-mmmmammmmmmm ^ ~ , Former Governor Max Gardner of North Carolina .has resigned as 1 Democratic national committeeman for his state. Mr. Gardner is now actively engaged in the practice p? law in Washington, D. C., and is out of politics. Franciscd *Wegoni, 72, fell dead at Pittsburgh, Pa., .while digging a ditch. Iden^tified hours later a search was made of, his weather-beaten j shack. Papers and bank books found indicated, that he had left a fortune of $100,000. The blue eagle sign has been removed fronl two stores at New Rochelle, N. Y.j on allegations that they continue to violate the terms of the presidential agreements after complaints had been made. Willie Jones, negro, convicted of murder, is to die in the electric chair in Tennessee on October 30, following a review of his case by Governor McAlister. - About 7,000 cotton pickers of the San Joaquin valley section dT California are on strike. Strikers and their families evicted from ranch cabins, camped along the highwayof King, Kern and Tulare counties. A "parrot fish," so caljed because of its red head, and whose natural habitat is the Mediterranean sea and the Indian ocean, was caught recently in the St. 'Lawrence river. The fish was three feet long. About 2,500 men and women leather workers at Gloversville, N. Y., are on a strike and asking General Hugh Johnson and Goverhor Lehman of New York to investigate working conditions in Gloversville. Four men are reported to have been killed and an unnamed number were wounded in a pitched battle between striking cotton pickers and workers who had refused to go on a strike in Kern county, Cal., Tuesday. The United States supreme court refused to review the case of Fuel Lee, negro, condemned to death for the murder of a white farmer near Ocean City, Md. A Virginia state prohibition inspector seized a large distillery in New Kent county, and founcl prominently displayed thereon h blag eagle Insignia, "We do-onr part." -_ Another South Carolinian killed his estranged wife and then himself, when B. Otto Crojrt>y, in a Charleston rooming house, shot his wife to death and than himself in the presence erf their etx-year old son, sick abed in the room and the only wltn? fn the tragedy. Charlotte Thompson News Mr, and Mrs. A. V. Smith are reeiving congratulations on the birth f a daughter, Molly Jean Smith, on Jptober 8th,^ at the^homo of Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. | foye, in the Antioch community. Friends, of Mrs. W. D. Bvanham ire delighted to know that she is re-' lovering nicely after a recent illness. Miss Prances Dennis, who is atending Draughton's Business College, Columbia, Bpent the week end at lome. Miss Elizabeth Gillis has. returned tontet after a visit to relatives in St. dharles. ... ?o? Miss May Rush had the misfortune of having her car stolen last Wednesday night from the Fair Grounds. Thus far the authorities liave no clue of the guilty one but It is hoped that the thief .will be zaught and dealt with and her car restored to her. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Mellette and sons spent -Sunday afternoon in Columbia. Mrs. Helms is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Cannon. A negro who had confessed the murder of a young white girl in a cane field was taken from jail at PI I'M1 I 'H ' iHUiPW^^Wi^f^ l?abadicv iiic, i.u,, and haiiged from I the girder of bridge, his body was found. The'mob cpntained^ about 100 men, and the deputy sheriff ,fro.m whom they took the jail keys, says they were all strangers to him. Two brothers and a sister were ,shot to death Sunday at San Antonio, ^ Texas, in an apartment, in which tho police believe to 'be a family quarrel over financial matters. A t sister, G2, and two brothers, 65 and 61, were the victims of the trio of killings< An Oregon City, Ore., woman was in her kitchen, An automobile parked on a hill, slipped its brakes, ran down the hill, hit the house at a bedroom and drove a bed into the kitchen and knocked the housewife down. An American business man, native of Maryland, was struck in the face in Dusseldotf, Germany, by a Nazi soldier when he failed to salute a Nazi procession as it passed in the street. 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