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VOLUME;~ XXXIII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESD)AY, OCT. 24, 1917. UH 1 AM RICAM TRANSPORT SUNKIN TK ATIMIC Submarine Makes Su :ess ful Attack During the Past Week. ABOUT SEVENTY MEN ARE LOST Ameriejtn Transport, While leturning Under Convoy from European Port, is ''orpd(oed by Gierman Submarino Which Succeeded in Eluding Ameri can Convoys. Washington, Oct. 10.-The American army transport Antilles, homeward bound under convoy, was torpedoed and sunk by a Germttan submarine in the war zone Wednesday. About sev enty men are missing and probably are lost. All the army and navy ollicers aboard and the shiip's master were among ilthe 167 stir' ivors. The ms are lm1'tohers of' tl .'rew. three civil ian egin.er:', :on.. enlistei met1n of Ihe navy and 17 of ::oldiers rret un ing homte o'r variouis reasons. Neith er the submarine or the torpedo was seen and the itIasport, hit squarely anlidahips, sank in live minutes. 'T'his tragedy of the sea, the tirst in whichi a American ship engaged in war duty. has been lost, ii; the first, of it:; miagnitmtle to bring home to the People of the tnited States the rigors of the war in which they have engaged against G ermany. It carries the larg est casualty list of the war, so far, of Ame ran li,1 antd marks the tirst. success o.f (erlan submarine attacks oit American tran'ports. That tie loss of Ifie was not great er is du" to the safeguards with which the navy hts surrounded the transport service, altil the quick work of the con voying war chips. Secretary 1)aniels announced the disaster tonight it a statement based upon a brief dispatch from Vice Ad miral Sims, which gave fow details and lid not say whether It was a lay or night attack. An accurate list of the missing cannot he issued until (ener al Pershing roorlit.s the names of the arm: met (n f te bessel and the list of the merchant crew. Following is tle an nounicemlent: "The tr'anspo't Antilles was tot' pedoed in the war zone O(tobC'r 17. The ship, a former Morgan liner, was imder eonvoy by a naval piat rot whet attacked. The sitbtarine was not seen nor was the torpedo. "All naval and army offileers aboard were saved and all but three of the ship's o1l('eers, but lIi rkdiers ouit of :3:1 aboadI were lost." A brief dispatch to the war depa rt ment late today brouglht Ithe nows of thle disaster giving few details. It is understood that no casualty list hatir been cabledi andl even If available in Eturt'ope it probably will not he received htere tonit !)inIl t Iime fotr publIteation. ;G'r'ef at thle war d epartttmentt overt (tie hadl news "'a; mitigated by relief at (lie thought that had thte enemity got tetn the shtill ont her otutward r.oyage it wouttlId hiav~e been linf1iitely wvorse. I130 tails of (lie enemy attack and( thle r'es cue of sourvi vors areo aw'a 'ie withi imi paticec. Thel nmesi of thle soldilerls andI of' the mt ehanlt e crw iising t anTnot lse deteri'ttInedl unt i thle mu11Ster'I roli is made p;,bl eb- hvIsh navy de(parItmettt Friancee of thios;e ont hoard has been examiined. l'tbethe details 'will he' as soon as they are received. No army unltits wter' aboard the ves.. sel. Such'l otl tot's andl ment of the armty as wvere ab~oard( weire biig sett home Onl special assignments, inital id (ed homte or those to be dlischarttged for some reason or other. Trho list of these will not he available tint il it enn he obtainted fronm Goneral Per shing in Friance. 'lThe army person itel aboard thie r'eturning ship Is itot "ommuittnicatedl to the war depa)frtljenlt in advaitce. litton receipts of thte cablegram fr'oim Admfira'Il pims, (lie governmltent kept its promise not to withhlold bad news from thto ptublic. The issutante of thte attemtentt was dlolayed only uni til the navy coutld telegraph to thie families of the men known to have M1r. D ,H,. Cotints heft Monday morn lng for Atlanta to buy mules and hrors for hbtS bilineon which he hats Onenod un horo. FATIERli DIED WEDNESDAY Of F'xteisive Family Conneetton In, (Gullford County, N. C.. Confederate V1eterain. Iter. C. F .Rankin ,whose plan to attend the Sonth Carolina Presbytery t'Tuesday was suddenly disar ranged by the news of his afther's ill Iness at. Greensboro, N. C., only suc ceeded in reaching his father's bedside a few hours before his death, which occurred Wednesday afternoon. The news of 'iev. Rankin's bereavement, coning at a time when he was deeply engrossed in his change of pastorate, was received here with great sorrow and brought out many expressions of sympathy and condolence. An ac count of the death,, appearing in lie Greensboro Daily lRecord, was as fol lows: "The death of Mlr. .John Iiarrison Rankin, which occurred yesterday af ternooni at St. Ieo's iospitii. remm'we.; done of (Grcensbolro's oldest and most highly esteemed citizens. Ils brief illne s -coverl ia only a few days vaS nlts cinisideric'cd of a serious naturi and his sudden gassing was a shock to his ftiends w lio, on n(ecionit of h1is uniusuai'liy r olust health, believed hime to be good( for' a ripe old a:. T1hougth nearliy >.1venlty-six hle was wvell Ipre .:erved, ex\11hiil:', none of the( Intllrmi tie: of 'e. On :-aturday ni.lt he suf "r~ d'. 1 "(i ;' ittack (Igntot <e1 as .:'i lendlicicis. lie was taken to the hos pital mI .\londay and operated upon that niht. \While sCeeming to siendci it as well as could have been expected he Confirued to grow Worse until the time of his passing. "Mr. Rlankin was a native of Gui! oi colnty and traie at e\tensive laim ily 'o111tion in this part of the state. I'erhaps no other man in the cotopl) 1 ad more relatives in Guilford, whelmcre he had always made his hom1e. H is father was Alb:'rt liankin, of tIh' hlif Ialoi Prer hylerian church section, who married .\Mary McMurra.y, of .\i - e anee' eunty. On lecm her 1R, Ismi, Mir. llankin was married to .\lis. ('ai. oline ('lemintina Ilnehanan, of' I ;i'l ford, and from this union litre :-' eight, surviving children. These are: W. 1i. Ilankin, of Summit avenue; Rev. C. iP: Rankin, pastor of the iirst P'reshyterian church, of Laurens, S. C.; G .A. IRankin, agent for the Jelifer . a:1 Standard Life insurance company, at Macon. (7a.: .1. ii. I;lank in, .I., ': South .\she street, and who is asso ciated with J .M. lendrix and compa ny; J .-M. Rankin, of North C'edar I street, with the National lItiscuit (lom pany: J. I. lankin, of the Atlanta, (la. Rental Su pply company; T. F. T;:'akin, with the Vick Chmical In i nsy. and Miss Margaret iankin also of Greensboro. Mi's. 1 ankin died about, three years ago, since wc clh time the deceased had made h1 is home with his son, J. II. lankin, .l'. ".\lr. It:c'kin served in the ('onf'der :u army with the loyally :Int bravery ti'-t 1'"'1iked hli, life and was held in affect elite eslceem by his c'omiri':il !i' vas in lite -15th North Carolina regim"ent, t' swt'i's Corps, Da~niel's I ri gale. lhode:s (ivision. IeI was promi nent in the local organizatonl of C oin federrite veterans and interetsed in everything Colnnected4 wit Ih the tIlg sic ler wiichi lie fought. Ii' was a lls long Pres.iyferian ,gi'ing a son to Il' mlinist ry of that chiurich. Ile held cmbiir:hlip in the i' rlrt Piresbyteoriasn Church (,f Greensboro. 11c was at good man and a iuIseful c'itizen. "'t'i'e funeral will he held this after noon at :o from the resh!leclie of his Son on Souith \'he street, services h Ins cid onductel br y lRev. Charles F. Mly ers, l'astor ofth' F u'Iirsl Piresbytriani iWi'iSTi ('ON FERENC'E. .\ uua Mee't Iing wvill be4 hllid in aiu. reius October 27. 'Thce ('itelyve ('ommiiiltton of the Lacu rens:,li ipt ist a'ssoc'iation1 hias ann.lounei( 1Sd I hat an) adsociational con ference ''Ill be hch i ait the First Iaptist churii'b in this city Sat urdhay, Octobcer 27. h':eh Iiaiptist ecurei iln thle act 50o'ia tionu is rl'ueiicstedc to( sonud tihree or' -1 deilegaS'te. Thle object of the con feece is to annilounce and discuiss the apiportionments for thIs assoeiationiah \n icnteirisl ing' pirogr'am has beeni ar r'anig(c for the muoirniing service, a fter wIhiicl dinner w i li e served by thle miembi r I o'5(f thle FIr st. ehuirehi. Diing t his mlorn?)in g ser'vlce ' Rev. Edcwardc Long, of1( Clintoni, will addr'ess the Con ference 0on Stewar'dshipi and fev. Gra:ves 1,. Knight of this city, wvill dis ('11s Systematic (living in Coilntr'y Chuiirelies . liesiide these, it ia proh able t hat an addrliess will be made by conie promInent laymen out side the ass;oc iat ionl. 'lThe annuual confeirence is usually held in Ja nuairy, but1 it wvas thought be~st to hold the meeting earl ier this year in orderi to give the churches an opportuilty to begin their work at once' Mrs. C. L., Mooro returned to Charleston Thursday after visiting Dr. and Mrs. 1r, K. Aigcen for sevoral Weeks. GOVERNMENT EXI TIC RESPONSE T1 SALE IN' CAMI Laurens County Apportion Not Yet Reached $100,0 Expected to Make Magni Today has Lbven et apart, by the President as liberty lond (lay and etV ery man is expected to express his fealty to his governmnt by subscrib ing to the loan which will gnarantee the comfort and (tllimient. of its sol diers durint the ardn on1s caipaign in defense (if liberty and free govern ient. Laurens county, as anl integral part of the counttry .hals been appor t ioned in the neighborhood of $100,000 as its share et lie liiiunioth loan necessrly to carry on tilh' war. Ofi this almount less than s f10000 ias bee' s lb;jcribeid a1nud a !ar re + part of 3 the Elan 4'is e It'd 3,h a~dtdy The locnl t,ih'rty linnet e(1n ilmitceC, .+f wh.1ichl I)1. I1t.I' .A\ike n1 I. , h:irmuan, i:; planning a hand dlays stork lloday P1d holes to brin: n. p ti Is ('it'Y aip portionment before the shadows fall. Clinton is -plantitg a i g ral!y fIor to <i:'y :(h-" v:!(! (I-IIh~ (-Ii Inw nls ini lilt'r entinty are diin i kwi1'.w. Iiow ('ver, -r. Aiken stapedl ysetu day that he hoped that. eitizens in C'vt'ry s tion of the cotin ty w'utid :;;:. together and ntaike a close emriv,e of ti('r (om1 ;(1uii(ie beoforeo ti -111)l of lite week whlen1 the Uanmpaign i(ii' e (lore. it 1a"; bwel ruIggestd(( that 1he1 li' ed ('ross comluulittees talke u thl O work o, pro marting ihe bond sale. hnt wherc t he cOlmittees do not act. it is hoped th.& nil other citizens : will c'erite' to et i' and Plantlan ampaignu:. ''he( alltloritis'5 at W\ainia:;tt+ nav' let it be known -that they ari expect ing a handsolne response to the sale of bonds from the farners. A few faru'mel's havie already made large stb s!riptious, but m:ny more have not yet been approached. Those who are not visited by committees may have their' subswcriptionsc sent in from any, aak in tie county and all of the banks are offering their services in whatever way I hey c,:n in making the lan a 1 it(c'es. Ma1 ny p(pl - are hor r'owt'ing money from the banks and counting the 'ifference bet ween ee th y !'.a'r'iv'('I 1"e ro i lite hmuilts a.nd the interst they pay .: the loan as a patriotic conitri'ibait'mi to the war. XT'm : .:!' are .h' : t o fn erommt adll)(ate' tub :e I he ' ini thiis w. .. 'lThe Peoples I .tnan ,' !t-an41 .:ank I., eiv' ed' yc.t(''day (I10.00 wl* orthl' i 1 ' htili it vill deliv' r to) thlos' w ho would rather h:v'e tle 1r ihnda wws than wait for fu:ture deliver . 'tie herd'(s are beiaulitiul spe lmt n, #if thle en,-;:rat r's andl prtiter's; ar1' and are( ::e I vorth1 seeing. The oI!ie'rs of the hank will be glad to show them to anyone interested. The Watts Mills made a hetantila -is to this (ontuiy's subsceript 11ions yr: terdaty by ilt t ing down\ ii or $1.~,,000 V.orith! of biondis. it aditi (n to te rub ('r U tins mtionellid in the !It i. in:imcs huave been add(ed( to h11:ha: 's. T. I. Saxen ...... . . .. . 1.0 Milss F"anunie ('. Vouilw are .. 2004.00 Ti. D. )arlhiiIti 5411n cmhioal) :gt0.o0 11. I,. Jlones .. ...........100.00I Wmi. Powell, -.141 Chnraieh St. 1001.00 .\rs. C.. F. T1eage .. .......100.001 W. ii. McPhail...............100.00 .\i r'S. A. K. R im jlSOn..... .. ..00.00 .\ !'5. Z. lK. Th'iet ford .. .. . ..400.00 .1. 8. Cri'ug (aditilonal)I . . . . 500.00 Aits. lI. N. itoyd ............100.004 The:' W\edn('aday Clnh. .. .. ...50.00 Mtrsl. T1. 1". .1 ones (a idditijonalI) 500.00 0. (1. T1h ompson.. . . . . . .... .00 JT. Wess D~onnan.. .. .. .. ..I 00.00 .\M Mra ll ie Sloan .. ... . .... 100 \Miss While 10. Jlones .. .. .....00.00 Mirs. Oyn tlia Jones. .. .. . . ...00.00 Wiek I,. (Oarret t. .. .. .. .. ..500.00 F. I I. Caine.... .. .. .. .. ....00.00 Mrs. 3. 1). Ch id ress. .. .. ..500.00 M Iss Dolly Itoland. .. .. .. ..300.001 IT. 13. inmnhert................t00.00 Mrs. ('arrie T1. Fleming . . . . 1,000.00 Mrs .Jlosephilne (Gary Watts. . 100.00 C. H.. Ilicks..................100.00 0. P. Little. ........ .. .....100.00 .T.'. IT. Sntliv~an ... .. .. ...1,000.00 Dr. A .JT. Ch ristopher .. .. ....200.00 Ti .0. Franks .... ..........400.00i R. F. Fleming ............600.00I J. W. Thompson .... ........100.00 .R. R. Nickles ................150.00 Miss Pnanfnrt . Coland~r .._ 10A.00 ECTS PATRIO ) LIBERTY BOND AIGN OF TODAY d Over $400,000 and Has 00 Mark. Rural Districts ficent Response. AlIss Mlary 11. Copseland .. .. 100.00 J. II. IRoper .. .. .. .. ..... 100.00 San). AcGov-an .. .. ...... 100.00 M1. A. ('unninghamn .. .. .. .. 100.00 W. C. 1 r(1 ...... .. 100.00 A. 11. .\oore. .. .. .. .. 100.00 .1. 1. I(a ldw in .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 Mis. ar ie 11. Kennedy .. .. 200.00 Mliss W. K. Ilitidgens .. .. .. 50.01) W. IE. Wi lso .. . . .. .. .. 200.00 i;ss Ad(1ie enll I i)avis .. .. 100.00 .is. Aary E. Iavis .. .. .. .. 100.00 Miss C. A\Iillwee Davis .. .. 100.00 . .11 I . ......... . .. 100.00 n'I'l .1- I e n y .. .. .. .. . 50.0 '. y. 'r'.Id .. ..5......1 0.00 \. .1. Wilergt .. .. 2.. .. .. 00.00 T I . lir ler" 'o. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000.00 1-tin'er n:: (i n s Works .. 1,0(001! Sa TI'ay l(ir .. - --.. .. .. .... 100.00 Il. 1,. Cla dy . .......... 100.00 I'. Kendrick .. .. .. .. .. 50.00 S. 11. \\'ilkes . . .. . .. 1,000.00 W . 1.- lough .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.0( It. II. Itoper .. .. .. .. 110.011 W. 11. Gilkerson .. .. ..1). .0. 11:1r; N. (larrison .. .. ..... 0.1)0 1Irs. .I. i-. 1(nnet0 ... .........100.00 .. '. ull .. .....00.00 C. 1.. Boho' '.....1.... \\l'. Vin khwizer .. ....... 50.00 1'. P. Snoddy .... .. ..0.01) I :. D........orroh .......0.00 .\1 i::;b. Itobe~rta D)orroh . . ;0(1 -l. W. Thompson .. ......100.00 J. C. Owings .. ....0.0 it. A. bh.. .... .. 00.00 .1. C. 'la rksdal .. .. .... .. 2 0.0' athryn C. Switzer ... .. 1(10.00 W. P. McGowan .. .. ....... T. 1E. Iabb .. ...... . W. A. Simnpson ...........00.0) T ... Owings .... ....... .1 \I rs. . C. Owing............ 200.0) -Mis M.\ari Littlej ohn.......... 0.011 l'ahn(. .lE";5;ank ..............00 L. U. haulle. .00 I-ItII .'Terry .. . . 00.1+ ir. .Cno. N. Id . . ..000 .1. P. 'ob .. . . . dII . oper .. It. I". abbh ..... ... .1)11 \' r *. i . . . i .. ... ................ .... v.inS .......91.100) W. 1i. atoan ........... .\lr". 1. r\o . . 'l l 1 . ,, . .~)!(I '0) ). \. Itul.a. . .. . 50.00 .1.; l .. .ns . 5(1.00 I.:1 ... 'I' r. .. I j 0 .. . . . . .. 00.00 .\'. R. t."ea............ . . . 00.011 \ w1~1 'a 111..he..I50.00 it~ley 1 an. .i. . .50.00 Ii. . ~.~ge........ .. ..50.00 W. . Wlke.......... .. 00.00 W. ~. 1I.~inn........ . ....0.01 R. N.ils k1leyV ....... .. .. 50.00 \'. )A'. MuIIfOCk...... . . .00.00 V.'.B. flnule........... ..00.00 2. . iI.keey.... . . . .. . 'lii' 101) lil met.n o . th 00.0nt 't nl: VIn ovenlie. . e.e. of the.0 rdusoji~tin aren~h . to .a . 200.in *.i~iO an attnd o (l . l.e .d.te0.0 LAl (1'NS I'CLEV1'EN UlEA'' Ml)'N'T'AINEltHS liigh School Tieam Waliks A way with the (reen ille .Aggre'gltion onl Their Oin Soil. Blearing in mind the defeat. of two weeks previous, Lauren:; high school eleven left. honme Friday for Green ville determined to atone for the above mentioned disaster. The measure of their success can not be reached by a glance at the score which turned out to be 19 to 0 in favor of the lo Gals, for the leamn looked like a new a gg reratiol when they valkehd through (reenville's li)e an(d prancved round tlair flanks f o' a victory while at the .same inie they were holding. t he ir OpIpollnts fpow('r'lers. (ireen'ville won the toss and chose to defend the c'est of the mountain, for mountain the fi.-, looked to he, sloping frot one g.al line to the other ont a steep gra'. Cri:Ip Licked off to Gruenville who imt med'ciailely made two first <lowns1 anld ith(It lost the oval. ''hie lturet..: team thecn ler:!n hatiling; tit rIm: ..:. op slope '!1h by inch until at the en.d of h i fir:.--tperiod t hey had Car iled the : -s(in fo't tiheir o'...'t ::o : ard lne' ," 1t"' live' rard Hl oIf 'lm !In ':.. La 1"at fn then carried it.' hail ;: ts: fr' i .:s fir - ore ofte :aa n. f - tr a ain, kicked to (Ireelivilo lie ho :Gain il!ed"t to nul:, k downs , deadly: t; ( ingil 1It Laur'(le forw\arib; andl ha .; modo ring v-t'ry a ft''ttllpt at a m:. Iti:Il gain. I.aircens took lt' hall ott Gree-'tnville's ownt Iw.ett'y-yard 11 n1(e )'1(1 p11om c"eded to march1,0 o al i' seco d louen idor nt. ilaurenl::. ater' hieli:i11: Ilfy to Gire-env1ille ain1 .proceetided: t~o r'.'t'e:t away the eflielt' of the de(f isiV( d :i from the L d anl Wih. ad had11 tl' ball on Iha 1(-'ard line, ready to scor(e mail?, whenl the whi i!l flew. lt' wlhole of the Tit-v! 2 V. i pecricti was p'layedl in opptme( n t~Is t.1 ritory. Istinencls went back1 into the' secondl half deterined not only to hold what they had, but to get ro ore. The hade fair to (10 this huti in their excitem)ent ver' pe'tnalized Iwice which kept 10he from accotmplishing their purpose. e l ca rie th i hall to their oppo eunts 7-yard lin only tt !oe it on downt'. The tilfing climtax for th fray can . !in the hist : minti tes of play 'vhI:la Dial the spe('etly righ! .Id for I.:nn-r as, u. oc;ied 11:, (;reecn-ilie futmblel and raced .t yar to Ilh' last lout hdlow'n (if the ,'amto. Tu- pgamei *n! ' V.ith the ball inl Laurn ' p t t h e (n''l''uf1' ft-i l '1'- it' n ( ii I f h l.'u, hu-hi i t I1 .:11 t .I'' t t \i o'812 .ii they ho: \e tam'l of their !('4 '1 f'b.!: - e! I !: -l ::''' " l - te I ('t a - . I' . \e t -I('at Ift'l V inth '' tk -Inl '141 i'' !( 10 !at". Itetfy1 \\'li atus, f 1 :1!f t':' ('ie tit "tt. ~ (t i' faih('. f bm-no -it U i., i\;'thtetr w, ~t~i Wh NJt tasllv tt !t~i'l t l f r' k of ('ri p aI ihte \'rk of - toe ., Atif 11w ' tin e ', ( ogi nt. T t were n' shnn ih:howev' Sthe whohll' t1'n~u was a tar in and hids fair to re !t ul( i! 4,1"tonbu In it to 1,-Jtatr or - yr~.-Ocober :aikth.Rc 1WO GERMAIN R410[RS. D[S1 ROY [L[V[SIP Two British Warships and Nin~e M~erc;hant Vessels to the Bottom. 135 OFFICERS ANN MEN LOST (~i(((led IFire' out il 1 rick Two llrIt (,g Latter' (4v'f.Iiig Awiay. ,N(\\' York:. 0 0. 20.- -U ''rinanv iwo'ed oin 1I1 he 'vi r I in jo a Ii lay'.i nlew (10 iuj. 111 of a ilicr'i'ianu convoy in tied e 7t~ '('1 er h} tI1l^' cilfi!i; to hati * il li 1' n Ce'' ! ma'i I e '!. ht1I thri0 !t~~~f iii;, ;. .i ;( ' 1\ ye I (lilt;, w o !:7t( h}" flt (~l47 717 1y:i7tple ll?.i thi 10t O.(it Ihe ( i -7a i I iii 11Ori).var(f ,Iiot 100" L~ 4Ia 144 h;1 :(:ar I ," ni s. l()e I! 1. It 171 I)IiI i'e N t I:ovei ( : :t \ . r ' ' i t i t ' f1- .i (' ; 1111) 1 V; k, re, o 1+( 1,!!\ .I~t : \''t! e . tP'. 1 Fhl'; S o c ' (" l: a pa e. '1'od ant ' i Ely.e~ w il '7.t 1. 7' : ( 1, ,1 - , o 1 7 Il . I' ! I Iii ,';1. 'I , r.( ; ' .' (S (')! 1 t . + \'.' '.i 1 T (i 11 iti !:?,;: I1 1111'. .J. I. Hl~. ......etfo .........1i'I'1 I."A ,,Yt.1 I ': .. TV' e~l 1)IE''( !u(tt.1in l v V ' F IIa{Iv ()I Kin< loig2a. gh-r 1)t001) iE1 Itte l fn01t '(1w No-tat. ' 7th a 114' 1 t't f 011 Elt I 1 h:17. llg t'' .'('r\"( . bi' l(f~Y eth1 't en t I'IE 411 ''ll ' '( mall ' i. :;, i0 'I'E '.4 ,I~ i t W5.1 to ('.1 X11; , It "'l fl I Siill .vent. "~ U lm a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~o (l,) ofrngwl 10 dera texpenses...1ler