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?HB AFTER jj YEARS.
T. A. LFWIN III .LI? roll KILLING
IV 1N9.V
Located by Brother of Perry, Sluln
Man, Prisoner Admits Identity.
Taken to Npartanhurg.
Oreenvllle, Oct. 12.?Nonrly 20
years ego T. A. Lewis, who has boil
living about three miles from Greon
vllle. killed Altert S. J. IVrry near
CsmpooHIo, nni from the time of the
kllllnfr. which v as on Christmas day,
until tonight I*ewls has been a fugi?
tive. A brother of the dead nvin
ftnslly located the sluyer, having
hunted for him all thvse years, and
tonight Sheriff fleeter of Greenville
and Sheriff White of Spurtun>>urg
placed I .owls under arrest. He made
no resistance aid at the jail faid he
was the man wanted. He ex d- ined
that he and Perry both then In their
t**ns had a uuirrel over a girl; that
Perry best him and llnally he threw
a rock which utruck Perry in the
head, inflicting fatal wounds.
Lewis said he would have given up
and stood trial long ago but was
urged by his parents to avoid this.
Their tmportunlngs resulted in his
keeping out of the toils of the law
Until tonight. Lewis has a wife and
five, children a ho lived with him at
his home near this city.
It was Chris.mas, 1895, that the
tragedy occurred. The young mm
killed was 19 years of age and so
was the slayer. Lew is left the country
when, nine days after the light, Perry
died. Two of Perry's brothers, Wil?
liam L. Perry and E. R. Perry,
searched for him. The latter gav<> up
after a time, but the former has con?
tinued to be on the lookout. Finally
he received Information that Lewis
resided near Oreenvllle. He got the
sheriff of Spartunburg, as the killing
occurred In th it county, and then,
with the sheriff of Oreenvllle, the
two brothers went to Lewis' home.
W. L. Perry had with Mm the orig?
inal wsrrsnt. Sheriff White had se?
cured seversl old wa rants and also
the bench warrant Issued when a true
bill charging murder was brought In
sgalnst Lewis, The prisoner was quite
calm snd told his story, which in
many ways corresponds with the
story told by the Perry brothers tg
the officers. He said he had b.en
drinking slightly and that both he
and Perry, when they started to re?
new the fight, reached for rocks.
The Perry brothers agree that the
dead brother beat Lewis, but claim
that he was befriending Lewis und
RUSSIAN CRUISER SUNK.
GFBMAX si'UMAltlXKs ?CORE
ANOTHF.R siccixs. I
Pallndu, Tor|?cdocd In Baltic Sea,
(?ocs Down With lice Complement
of 3H8 Men.
Petrograd. Oct. 12.?An official
statement issued today announces that
on October 11 the Russian armored
cruiser Pullada was torpedoed in the'
Haltlc sea by a German submarine
ami sank with all her crew. The text
of the communication, which was
made public by the marine depart*
ment, follows:
?October 10 German submarines
were sighted in the Baltic sea. The
same clay, early In the morning, the
submarines attacked the cruiser Ad?
miral Makarov, which had stopped to
search a suspected bark flying the
commercial flag of the Netherlands.
"A submarine of the enemy launch?
ed several torpedoes which luckily
missed the mark and caused no dam?
age whatever to the cruiser.
"On October 11 at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, the submarines of the
enemy again attacked our cruisers,
Rayan and Pallada, which were pa?
trolling the llaltic.
"Although the cruisers opened in
time a very strong tire, one of the
submurines succeeded in launching
torpedoes against the Pullada, where?
upon an explosion resulted and the
cruiser sank with all her crew."
The armored cruiser Pallada car?
ried a complement of ?158 men. She
measured 4 43 feet and had a displace?
ment of 7,775 tons. Her speed was
22 knots. With the Admiral Makarov
and the Hayansi, she constituted a
group of cruisers known as the
"Rayan class."
The Pallada cirrled two eight-Inch
guns, elgh* six-inch guns, 20 two
pounders and four throe-pounders, in
addition to torpodo tubes. She was
laid down in 1905.
TO FIGHT ROLL WORM.
Washington, Oct. 14.?Congressman
I*ever today Introdced a bill pro?
viding an appropriation of $15,000 to
exterminate the pink boll cotton
worm which Is said to be doing much
damage in certain parts of the coun?
try, especially Florida.
was trying to take him home when
the fatal wound was Inflicted.
The prisoner was taken to Spartan
burg tonight.
THE BOER REVOLT.
ENGLAND ATTRIBUTES TROUBLE
TO BERLIN INTRIGUES,
Germans With Rebels, Soccdcrs Also
Reported from Capo 'htwa to Have
QMWM Guns and Money?Majority
or Africanders Alleged to Be Loy?
al.
Cape Town. Union of South Africa,
via London. Oct. 13.?it has been of?
ficially announced here that a com?
mand under Colonel Marita has rebel?
led in the Northwest Cape provinces.
Martial law has been proclaimed
throughout the Union.
The rebellion has been brewing
since the resignation of General Bey
era as comtnander-in-chief of the
Union forces.
As soon as the government realiz?
ed this situation it sent Colonel P.rits
to relieve Marlts of his command. Col
Brits then discovered that Marlts
was commanding German troops as
1 well as his own, and that he had Ger?
man guns in his possession. Marlts,
who had been given the German rank
of general, had arrested those of his
olflcers and men who were unwilling
to join the Germans and had sent
them as prisoners of war to German
Southwest Africa.
According to an official statement
an agreement was drawn up between
Marltl and the governor of German
Southwest Africa guaranteeing the in?
dependence of the Union as a repub?
lic, ceding Warflsh Bay and other
parts of the Union to the Germans,
and undertaking that the Germans
should Invade the Union only If Marlts
asked them to do so.
Marltl boasted that he possessed
large supplies of guns, rifles, ammu?
nition and money obtained from the
Germans, and that he would overrun
the whole of South Africa.
"In view of this state of affairs,"
concludes the official statement, "the
government is taking most drastic
steps to quell this rebellion and pun?
ish all rebels and traitors according
to their deserts."
Want Total Elimination.
Manning, Oct. 13.?A large delega?
tion of Clarendon farmers and busi?
ness men will go to Columbia Friday
to appear before the legislature in be?
half of the movement for total elimi?
nation of cotton.
Invitations have been sent to twen?
ty-live representative men of the
county, and they in turn may invite
others. The sentiment is for "no
cotton" in 1915.
FEAR INTERNATIONAL TROUBLE
SITUATION WITH REGARD TO
MEXICO CONSIDERED SE?
RIOUS.
President Asks Governor of Arisonn
Not to Send state Militia to Bor?
der?righting Continues at Xaoo
ami American Soldier and Child
Killed.
Washington, Oct. 14.?After an ex?
tended Conference with President
Wilson, Secretary Garrison today re?
quested the governor Of Arizona not
to send the State militia to the bor?
der, because the action init; 1)' preci?
pitate '"grave international complica?
tions."
Government officials today admit?
ted the situation on the border to be
the gravest since the occupation of
Vera Cruz. An American soldier and
B child on the American side have
been struck by bullets from the Mex?
ican side at Ague Brieta. Fighting
continues around Xaoo, Bonora. Bul?
lets are falling on the American side
Y. M. C. A. EXHIBITION.
To lie Given at the Gymnasium on
Monday Night.
An exhibition of Y. M. C. A. work
Will be given at the Y. M. C. A. gym?
nasium on Monday night at 8 o'clock.
The exhibition is free to the public
and promises to be an interesting fea?
ture of the Y. M. C. A. physical de?
partment.
Various exercises will be conducted \
and the exhibition will close with a
fast game of volley ball.
HOLIDAY EVE CLUB MEETS.
Officers Redected and Committee Ap?
pointed to Arrange Dances.
At a meeting of the Holiday Eve
Club the former Officers were re
elected, as follows: President, H. A.
Moses; secretary, K. Murr Hall; treas?
urer, P. M. Brown; chairman of execu?
tive committee, J. H. Levy t/Jr.; mem?
bers of committee, J. Z. Hearon and
M. Del.orme, Jr.
A committee was appointed to
make arrangements and dates for the
dances to be given by the club this
! year.
William Penn, in his Charter of
Iiights, provided that for every five
acres of forest cleared one acre
should be left in woods. Foresters to?
day maintain that on an average onc
flfth of every farm should be in tim?
ber.
Geilnau Liner Sunk.
London, ?let. i j. Th? British
warship Vamouth hassunk the Ham-j
burg-American liner Markomannia,
near Sumatra.
AN Tl-Till/ST BlIJi B1GXED.
Washington, net. 15.?President
Wilson today signed tin- Clayton anti?
trust bill.
^EEEEEl DAY^EEE
SHOE SHE
q Broken sizes in Men's, Wo?
men's and Children's Shoes at
almost your own price. 7 tables
?every one loaded with real
bargains. Note these prices and
come while your size is here:
1.00 and 1.25 SHOES AT . . . $ .69
1.50 and 1.75 SHOES AT . . . ,9 8
2.25 and 2 50 SHOES AT . . . 1.19
2.50 and 3.00 SHOES AT . . . 1.39
3.25 and 3.50 SHOES AT . . . 1.9 8
4.00 SHOES AT. 2.48
4.50 and 5.00 SHOES AT . ._. 3.48
^ Sale Starts Friday
Shaw 6 McCollum
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