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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26

Texas. ut Rockwell Field. ut Issoudun and Mt
Cnzeaux. IN France; Joined the 9th aero squadron
near Cliatenu-T liierry late In July. 1918 had mn
Unsuitable appetite for flying. defied all rules OF
formation and safety In the mir.
IF any laynan or landsman reading the his
tory Of iuke's career is inclined to fancy that
balloon s%trafing is mn easy trick. no experienced
pilot shares that Illusion" says Colonel Hartney.
an reality II Is the most dangerous exploit any
man in any branch Of the service can undertake.
The concentration Of anti -nircraft fire from the
ground makes II much more hazardous than other
fighting. On every occasion Of such attempts
Iuke's machine was literally riddIed with bullets
and twice he was compelled to abandon his air
plane and break In n new one.
"Iere Is n sample of the work Luke did: Sep
tenbpr II, 1913. the enemy succeeded In getting
another balloon up Mt Boinville, and n second Mt
Bots d'Hingry. Like had been watching like u
hawk this arca. and the moment II balloon assembled
he spotted II and returned to his own aerodrome
with data and an appeal to be allowed to de.
stroy II.
"Before Luke went ont on that afternoon, there
fore. new tactics were decided upon. Three friend
~ escorting patrols of FIVE machines were to dart
to Laike's rescue. timed to arrive Mt the objective
90 seconds after Luke. our balloons were advised
by courier that Mt 3 .O5 that afternoon Luke would
shoot down the Boinville balloon and asked to be
on the lookout. Almost to the second Luke was
perceived diving homeward with u formation of
Ave enemy Fokkers sitting on his tail and n burn
inr balloon falling In the background. He man.
aged to dodge the fire Of the enemy and landed on
his own side of the line and not fur from the most
advanced American troops. Those on the ground
thought that he was lost. He had. In fact. landed
to get his own bearings and those of the second
balloon. which he had seen Mt n distance.
without getting out Of his machine. without
even stopping his motor. careful only Of hidden
shell holes which might smash his undertakings.
he took of s~killfully from ground which was never
intended as a takineon place for airplanes and
made straight for the balloon at Bots dHingry.
"Without escort and with no companion. at ex-
actly 20 minutes after shooting down his first
balloon. the second fell actually under the noses
of the enemy formations near by.
Later observing north Of verdun and east OF
the Meuse nm attempt to send up another balloon.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26

H.. hurried ,,ock to his s%oundron and begged to he
ordered 10 20 out in the dusk of the evening. sur
prise and destroy II.
ct WINS found that his machine was not In con
dition for this flight. Luke got another airr'hne'
and though he WINS unfamiliar with this machine
and uncertain Of the reliability of Its motor, he
determined to risk II for night flying.
"With EXPRESS instructions not to attempt to go
dawn on the balloon Until 7 ~, Luke left his home
field Mt Iiembercourt. accompanied by Wehner. AZ
before. and precisely ut 80 In the dusk OF the
evening. his comrades on the aefodrone watched
tha balloon fall In flames. giving Luke his third
official victory OF the any.
az hive all the details Of his meteoric career.
yror his glorious work ON September ~, 1918, the
,,av ~ bis death. he was awarded the medal. He
started ont TO destroy three Hun observation bal
,,.,s When nenrIy overhead he was attacked by
ton enemy machines. He engaged NIL Of them
.;,vla handed and crashed two of The ten. Then
no dropped-ont Of control, as 1t seemed. but most
likely only pretending tn be So. When ne rencheo
tho level of The balloons he shot them down one
after another In fnmes-nll three Of them. The
,nti.nircraft guns were very busy about me sec
and balloon. After that he disappeared
,h. Americans made every effort to solve the
nvsterv of Iuke's disappearance. The report of
ceptnln staten and the affidavit OF citizens of
Nurysux given herewith. show the situation OF
one stage Of the proceedings.
Tho remains of the intrepid mir fighter were
buried close by In a grave marked MS that OF nm IN
known American aviator" II was stripped. IA the
cermons thought. Of everything that would iden-
tifv II hut they overlooked n wrist watch. which
was found later and sent to the Identification
bureau nj Paris.
Then CAPTAIN r. w. Mnn IT The air service
uen, tn Murvsux and made mn investigation
which seemed to prove conclusively that the DOdy
was that Of Lieutenant Luke.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26

A Massachusetts paper has TINS
"Reminiscences Of the poet Inngfallow
u story Which he related himself;
Zone or The many visitors who came
10 his house rushed III to him VIII
the exclamation. MIR. LongfelloW,
have long desired the honor Of know
Ing yen. sir. I am II If the few
men who have rend your "Evaiise
lina."' And another minor bard VIII
was visiting him, noticing the hhnd
some trees OH his place, said. i see
Mr.. Iongfellow. that YOU have many
handsome trees. ! love trees. conde
scendingly. IN telling of this incident
Mr.. Longfellow remarked. 1T was ~
II the man gave n certificate to all thu
ne%iphboring vegetation An EnElis'
visitor, without letters Of i~ntroduc
ton. gave The following etnhnrrnsset
excuse for his visit Is this Mr.. Long
fellow Well. sir. MS you have M
ruins III your country ] Thought
thought would call 10 see you
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
He SLEEPS ON WINDOW LEDGE
Thousands Watch New Porter Stun
Der on Perilous Couch
In Philadelphia.

Philadelphla Office workers IN the
building near Broad aud Chestnut
streets and thousands Of pedestrians
IN the street bad the chill of their lives
as they watched . mHn lying on tIe
edge OF a window OF tte Land Title
building. taking q siesta,
Entirely obilyious to the commofi0s
lie was creating he slept peacefully
on, his arms outstretched in luxurious
ense. his feet sticking over the edge
Of the sill from which was a sheer
drop OF forty or fifty feet To the pave
ment.
His slumbers, however. were Room
brought to All end when repeated tele
phone calls to the building superiH
tendent's office told OF the sleeper n
his perllous couch. The man turned
out to be q new porter and John, the
head porter. climbed out, woke him.
and soon brought him back to EARTH"
both fguratively and physically.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26

bert In Worlds Work. One has only to men
ton the names Of Notre Dame de Paris. Bourges,
Re,ms. Cbartres. Rouen, Amiens. Beauvais and
coutances to bring up memories of miracles OF
creative design which no words can httlngly
characterize or describe.
Wonders of constructive ingenuity as they are.
they have ms n yet more supreme Significance an
evidence of the refinement and taste OF o people
instinct with emotion and ennobled by idealism
IN Its most exalted phase. These great buildings
~ivc expression TO the spiritual aspirations of a
grent people. {.
1hey IRE constructions of superb scale AID
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
Wouldn't DO at All.

Gerry had m unreasonable g n 81
dogs. Thinking TO cure him OF this his
father decided to get one for him. Ger
nv didn't much like the idea, but new
ertheless he was greatly excited wl'ef
his father telcphoned the new pei
would arrive ut noon. Visions OF the
butchers collie that had tried to sernps
acquaintance with him. and OF TN
Newfoundland puppy belonging to {
cousin filed his mind. so that whei
his father arrived Gerry nearly rel
bcpdlong down the stairs IN his eager
ness to see his new playmate. Whet
his father produced from q sinai bas
ket n stubby-tniled Boston bull, Gerry
eyed II %fenrfully. then said with :
pout. ''That amt no Kind OF a dawt
10 have. how'm | gonna tell when NJ
amt gonna bite7 want a dawg win y
long wngr
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26

Some curious and interesting infor'
NATION regarding gipsies IL to De
found In an old book dated 1915. II
mentions n report freely circulated
=, that time. that a member OF tins
English parliament had stated to the
house Of that there were nc
less than $4,000 gipsies In Great Brit
ain. n gives n vocabulary of man,
Of their words. They call the sur
..chnm." the moon schun." bread ant
butter "knlmnro." drink "levin dal
mkou," beer ''limbar.' old day "shl
dewes." silver "dupe," hot day ia
dewes." and night "raut.' Al ina
time. II is stated. not n gypsy In q
thousand could read.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26

over that. He aln't on earth.- he
told her slowly.
"Ile's never been listed dea,I"
Tuck toed the ground inlustriousiy
and looked Mt the pattern he traced.
II didn't want to tell you. hut Iinr-
ley Evans rame hnrk last night, aud
he wns itnnty's bunltle for months
after they vent over. lie says he saw
Randy die Just before they picked him
NJ, to take To- The hospital. They left
Randy behind
lie stopped short. She Ind dropped
her face in her two hands and her
stiffness startled him. lie laid his
hand on her shoulder nppcnlingly.
"I1l he good to you. Eiva.''
The day before the wedding she snt
with her father IN the sunny little
side room whose windows overlooked
the valley. One by one the women
ncighbors dropped IN nnd her girl
friends. but Elya was like "one called
ms old Miss Carter put II.
"t!ut Il look In her eyes never was
IN lind or sea. Bet two cents to n
Cullnr button she's sorrowiug after
Randy yet
II was nearly ten Tint night when
she slipped out of the house. II was
n good mile down The valley road "a
the shwmill. but she followed II pusily
IN the moonlight. II was just e. take
u last look ~ his home. 1T the river
winding through the valley meadows
where they had played us children
and the falls whose music she had al
wHys loved. There was n point 81
land that iutted ont above them with
4 clunr of short, sortih piues On IT.
nud q little curve Of sandy shore
Here Handy had always kept his boat
on nll, red. Hat h%nttnnptl oue. nnt
tlo4 had r0uetl out IA II. sle Inlinl
VAtcl WITH nn Old sardirr ral. be tip
ping II un ns ~ stood on the sterl
seat. ana itahad fer perch and suntisl
ana tlio slippery plescrvi.
She went dYwil to the beach in'
found his boat hair buried III ia
drifting enti,t. nni white she Encl
there, her ho1d against H., She hrhtt
Randy singing fnr down ne Nalle'
ran,l. II came "a her like 4 dream
Tho clear hoYish TIT. Ana II WIS ~
new song he sang. but u little old mel
ody they had both known years ago.
"rakp The long. long rond with me
dear.
AMI I'll be true ia YOU.
For I'm going far away, deor.
Upon the waters blue Z"
"Itnniy /" She held her hands
against her breast, tho tears blinaini
her. ms she stumbled out If the pine
to face him. and Randy covered th'
Inst lap on the honpstrctch in quicke
time tllnn he ever had any marcl
abroad.
"Tlionght I'd get here IN time. y
said finally, releasing her md iInldini
hpr AWAY So he could see her face
Dad wrote me you were going 7
mnrry Tuck. aud the blame letter fol
Lowell me around til II hit ne FINAL,
lust rs Ne were leaving the last hos
. pltal."
"Nhy did he tell me you wer
deadI'
, Maybe he thought SO" Rand
grinned hnppily. ~ found out how {
, play 'posstim good many years agt
I tell him
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
THIS IS REAL FOWL STORY
Believe II or Not, This Long isIsns
"Chloken" Had -Four
Legs.

Sayvilie. l.. Capt. John Hodge
suffered q severe blow when Bedposf,
his famous four-legged eockerei, waa
found dead.
out Of Bedpost. the only foiir-legged
chick ever seen In Sayylile. the cap
tain had hoped TO found q breed ~
four-Ieggeds equivalent to four broll-
ers a chick.
Captain Hodges next venture VIII
be 10 feed sa wdust mixture TO n &c
lecied flock OF Rhode Island Reds,
with the idea of getting chicks with
wooden legs.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26

Brown rats are increasing so rapid
~ In rural England that they have
become a plague and the board OF ny
r,culture il preparing for a campaign
against the rapacious rodent. I'm
mepse loss of wheat has been caused
nv the rats. In some districts un.
tbreshed stacks have been riddled
with rat runs and are almost fallen
In. II is estimated that a grown raj
car M two ounces Of wheat a day
and spoil much more.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
Barber Cuts Throat
Of Sleepy Customer.

Napn, Cal.-James q. Maxwell
of this city Ind the exciting es-
perience Of starting to steep In
the barber chair when he was
startled TO find the barber cut
ting his throat.
He fought his way ont Of the
chair and ran 10 the police sta
tion. The barber Is under ar.
rest and In believed 10 be men
tally deranged.
/. He declared the razor slipped.
Nine stitches were required 10
close the wound.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
4 Pioneer Scout.

George Wyckoff, an Indiana SCOUT
executive. was holding a scout ex-
animation the other day and asked
Numoag the questions, "What Is q pio-
heer scoutf'
Now almost every frst-class scout
knows that n pioneer scout Is a scout
that lives out In the country too far
away from a scout troop to become z
member of IL, and SO he exists indie
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
Arualnu Herself.

Elizabeth and her mother went to
the city to spend the day. leaving
Aunt Eleanor, a house guest. alone.
rrpon their return Elizabeth question.
cd. "Aunt Nellie. did you get lonely
while we were nwavT' "Yes." was
the reply. w%hcrenpon the little miss
nskel. "Then did you tell Yourself !
nice story1"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
4 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

.~r.a Germans ore so relieved that their FIRST
-. :, tho American flag was Incorrect
"what was their first ideaT
.Srhey thought that when 1t came to De p'ah'ea
ov.r GERMAN territory they would see stars anu
fool stripes"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26


rae undersigned. ii,,ns !" The town "' M"'s"'s'
deparfue.t Of the Neuse, certify 4" have Hr"n' :" 4"
he xutt. Jo, Of September. tbtS. toward evening" "n
s,artr,p o.tatur, followed hF an earndrtHe OF
,yaus.,. descend suddenly nud verti"als t"wnrn
q. earth. then s,rutnhtsn nut rlose tn the sr""""'
and Ne, In the direction af the tri"rs f"rm' "enr
,,,,tcon where he found - ter,nnn "artttc hnt'""n'
x,htci, he burned. Following this he new '"wef"
,,,t,. ,N.uae,. where lac found nn"ther hnH"pni
Lt,.,ted npainst his machine. There he WIS mp
,.rrntty wounded ty ), shot fired tron rnnsh-"rs
.,.,,, prn., there he pe,tp back over NurNnuE'
ard a,,u viii, his mnchin. sun killed sis Ger"""
soI1Iera mud wounded ,nany more.
Eo,i,~lnp mis- lie landed ard got cut 81 hs "t"-
.p,.,.. ,,psnuttedIs Ia rurnch his thirst at - nenrhF
.t,..u, lie bnd aoue snrne Hr,y ymrbs, when. seeing
~ ,..vu,rra come toward him. stu hnd The stren.'h
,ueut after fell dP1h, t"ti"wl"s " n" """""
received In the chest
1..sif, eunniIs "a have aecn the tern.u cont
..,nt.,t os The village re fuse 80 have strnw placed
n, the cart cnrrsioe the dend nstmf"r y" ~ VI
-. ,..e,erv. TIss same officer drove AWAY a"u""
.xn,.a, ,,rtpeiue . sheet to serve ns . shr"nd For
~. here. mad snia. kicking the hndsi "Get TINT n"s
80 M way as urick as posaihl"."
rt.e newt day the aernsuns took arry The ntr~
.,... aud the inhabitants nlso saw another Amer
,rnn svintor ~ very low over the t""n. apparently
,,olstuo for the disappeared aviator.
stvvotures az the following iahrhitantsi
Tersn.. near eoltn. A"g"~te fu.y, Hcnvs Gus.
tsvr. Eugene totioe, odhe Pnt""he' H'"n"r"
,,rnr,, rortlae Deibart. Gabriel Didier. Camille
rt. woIers,psed themseI.c. placed the body ~
tp,e aviator On the wagon and conducted ~ Z" the
cemetery. !. q
SEEN far ieenIisation 81 sigsstures placed mh"ses
M~rv.us. January ~. 1919. THE MAYOR.
.s.nr ~ ,suvyaus1 AuGuste Garrc.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26

Briggs-what made you so silent mt our gath
erinp the other EVENING"
Griggs-why, confound II ALL / had n par-
ticrlarly funny story, had forgotten the exsff
uoi,t. and was trying to remember 1t.
J.rirgs-Why didn't you ask s?-Life.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26

fascinating beauty. embellished by tracery and
arabesaue. carving and inlay, stained glass, tap
estry. bronze and iron of marvellous craftsmanship
and exquisite design. They are the proouet OF .
thousand years Of ~faultless taste, the contribution
of ,nnumerable thousands of craftsmen devoted
to the glory Of God and the love of France.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
Broken Leo Didn't stop Wedding.

Manhattan. Ksn-Struck by a street.
car white speeding with his fiancee IN
n taxicab to a minister's home. jobs
Edmondson, was thrown from the cab
and suffered a broken leg. The next
day the minister and the bride-to-bs
called at the hospital and the wedding
eeremon was performed.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26

p%endently. But there was one whc
didn't know for he wrote as his an.
swer. "A pioneer scout Is n OF the
frst scouts to cross the Alps md come
over here to Indiana"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
WHERE FRANCE LEADS WORLD.

In architecture France Is supreme "" mug
ha AMID taat without Frunce there wouti awe
henr M Gothic architecture. Tile caflie1fils ~
t--1nrs ere absolutely u~nrlyaled. says eass ~
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
it, Fate.

"Sometimes ! am tempted to believe
Tint rs fur IA dignity Is concerned
legislative bodies have not a rag iert.
"oh. yes. they have; they're chewing
It."
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
you Should see Them.

Iorai1. Ohio. Mems swimming
trunks with lace fuffles II the iatesz
fs.i here. Carl Noel. returned soldier
iuatgurated the style.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26

rront Gtn,cs Registration of'ccr. Nc"'ch"'"""'
Arer Ne. 4.
t"t tt,ieE Ar service. \. ~ ~.
SuIipett GrnNr. = nh pnsn American Nfint"rs
D. Units ~ this service havr In"nted the er""e 90
mr. unknown a,Iator. killed au SUNDAY, September
~, 1919. In the village "f NnrN"us the""ei.
2. Ero,, the Inspection of the arpse m" inter
view held VIII, inhabitants az She town fhe fnt'"N~
Ing information" was ieurned !" regard !" the hH."-
lam Of this astnsar. Any assistance s"u "a" t"t"'sh
us t.at win enable 49, 4" property 'hfnfus '"'S
bady viii he greatty appreciated. III" '"h"~'"e
u,iel assist sou /. gnint.a for us this t"f"r","ti""t
Reported ma h..i.e lisht h"lr, y"una, 81 medium"
height mud heavy stature. nrpatfcd ny the ~
bai,itess- that previous ~ being Killed this "H"
br.uslt down three Gernnn balloons. tw" German"
pl.ura, aud droppea hand tonis. Killed eleven tser~
mn. soldiers mud wounded " number 81 others.
rc ~ wounded himself In the shoulder, and
.y,Jentty had 10 make ~ forced ia.dine, aud np"e
landing opened IRE with his automatic n.d fought
until he was killed. ~ ts ais" reported that the
Germans tanL his shoes, iresins, and money, ieas-
sng his grave unmarked.
TtIEsIEn ~. STATEN,
fnni. Of Infnntrr. q. ". s. nmeer.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
GIRLS HIDE AS
THIEF L0OTS HOME
Chocolates and Novel h~bandoned
for Flight When Bur-
ular Enters.

san Trpnrieco A box of chcr5-
laios md q %uupulnf novel were enough
excitement for the evening. thought
Miss Agnes Driscoll, R32 Clayton
Frances and Miss Emma Mctsuley-
when they went to bed.
The Misses NcCpuley were spend
lug the night with Miss Driscoli. All
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
3 oZ7E11qY o8JInD4712Y A4LL0ay oUN1o Mo

IL Arizonn. not to say Colorado Sew
Mexico. Utah. Nevada and southern
California IT would he safer ~ IN
dude Wyoming. Montana AMI ldlho
nlso-is feeling u certain sort OF grim
satisfaction these days. For Trunk
Luke. ST.. of Phoenix Inns got the Con
gressional Medal of Honor posthttn-
ously awarded to Lieut.. Frank Luke,
LIZ oh Nna IL Mna nresnninl Win
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-30
How Red Cross Helps
Assisting Crippled Soldiers to.
Get Back into the Game

One thing the Red Cross depart
ment of Civilian Relief is doing these
days is to see that every crippled
soldier or sailor gets back into the
game" just as close to his original
self as science can make hlna-that
is the idea of the government.
The government provides for the
fitting. replacing. and keeping in re-.
pair of every artificial limb OF ap-s
pliance required by it's crippled fight
ers. and the Red Cross is helping to
see that all who need these things
apply to Uncle Sam for them.
The excellence of these artificial adj
juncts to the human body is remark
able Miss Mary Ann Abel of: the
Southern Division headquarters att
tended baseball game in Washing
ton recently in which every member;
of both teams had lost either a leg
or an arm and it was a good. close,
hard-fought game of ball. too.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-30
Personal Thrift Urged
American Home Economics AS
sociation Appoints National
Thrift Commission

Richmond. Pa. July 25.-Personal
thrift is to be urged among college
and university students by domestic
science and economics teachers all
over the country at the instigation Of
a National Thrift Commission recently
appointed by the American Home
Economics Association.
The appointment of the commits
sion came as result of a convention
at Blue Ridge. y. c., at which the
plan Of introducing the practical
teaching of thrift as corrective for
student extravaganza was brought for
ward by Benjamin Y. Andrews. vice
director Of the Savings Division Of the
Snited States Treasury Department.
State home economics thrift chair
man will be appointed by the com
mission. Of which Miss Ruth Wardell
Of the University of Iowa, is chairman.
In a resolution passed at its
business meeting the American Homo
Economics Association endorsed the
national thrift and savings movement
and called on all its work ers to far
ther the movement in every possible
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-30
Rural Cooperation
Editor Poe Suggests Six Kinds of
Team Work

Clemson College, July 24.-In his
address on Tuesday night of Farm
ers' Week at Clemson College N1r.
Clarence Poe, editor of the Progress
sive Farmer, discussed six kinds of
cooperation which should be practiced
to make the farming business and
country life more nearly what they
should be.
j. Cooperative buying of supplies
by the pooling Of purchases.
:. Cooperation in producing crops
by Joint ownership Of improved equip
ment.
Cooperation in putting raw
products into more finished forms by
joint ownership of gins, mills cream
cries, ETC.
4. Cooperation in the marketing of
crops.
5. Cooperation in financing farm
production
s. Cooperation for more and bet
Ter education of the kind. which is
really needed by the rural people.
The %ddress WAS full of practical
suggestions and examples Of how CO
operation in all of these phases of
rural life can be practiced by farm
ers for their advancement
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-30
Prisoner Takes
Gun and Rifle
Archie Perkins, Negro Convict
on State Farm, Escapes With
Arms and Ammunition

Columbia, July 26.-Penitentiary
officials notified the police yesterday
that Archie Perkins. negro, escaped
from the DeSaussure Farm in Sumter
county. The negro left the planta-
ton armed with repeating shot gun
and a Krag rifle.
Perkins made a successful break
for liberty. on Friday afternoon and
notices are being sent to police de-
partments and countX<oficers. He is
described as being five feet. eight
inches in height and dark brown col
or. He. was sent to the prison from
Greenville county.