The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-14
Mcleod Nominated Governor
Kills -Four Children;
Wounds 7wo Others
staff Correspondent Yorkville En-

Staff Correspondent Yorkville En-
quirer.
Glover, Sept. 6.-Remarking to
Tom Perry, a neighbor, that II might
as well settle this now," William Far
ris, 60, shot and instantly killed
Claude johnson, 20, mortally wound
ed Leila taylor, Is and Newton Tay-
lor, II, and seriously wounded three
other children of James NJ. Taylor
at their home in the Glover mill vii
lage about 2::S0 this afternoon. The
little girl, Leila, and the little boy,
Newton, died in Gastonia hospital
tonight. Standing in the door OF
his own home forty feet across the
street from the. Taylor home and u.s.
ing double barrel shot gun and a
single barrel gun loaded with back
shot, Farris began his slaughter of
the unarmed. Claude johnson, a
nephew of James Taylor, fell dead
at the first fire with buck shot
through his cheek, heart and arm.
Gertie Taylor, 20, was shot in the
neck and side; Newton, II, was shot
in the stomach; Dolly Taylor, 10, was
shot in the right arm and Leila Tay-
lor, 16, was shot in the arm and
stomach.
Farris, according to the witness,
Tom Perry, was not content to rest
with the shooting of FIVE, three Of
them girls. When the shooting first
began, Fred Taylor, %, ran toward
the Glover mill for help. After
shooting five, Farris rested his gun
on tree in his yard and proceeded
to draw bucket Of water from the
well. About that time he saw Fred
Taylor coming back to the house
about hundred feet away. Don't
you come any further or I'll kill
you" he is alleged to have told Tay-
lor.. The young man paid no heed
and he fell with a load of buckshot
in his stomach.
James Farris, son of Will Farris,
happened to be near and he took the
shotgun away from his father and
kept him in charge until Chief Of Po-
lice John Jackson arrived,a
Spirited Away.
His lips closed tight, Farris was
carried to the county jail in York
vile, where he was locked up. A
telephone message to Sheriff Quinn
from Glover little later on advised
him to get the prisoner out Of York
county since feeling was strong
against Farris. In custody of Sheriff
Quinn and Chief of Police Steele Far
ris was carried to the state peniten-
tiary tonight.
The tragedy occurred about 2:30
this afternoon. Ill feeling between
the Farris children and the Taylor
children is said to have been at the
bottom of it ALL Mrs. Farris has
been in bad health for some time, it
is said, and it is claimed that the
Taylor children worried her. They
have been having little spats for
some time, it is said Just before
the killing one of these spats was in
progress. The Taylor children, it is
claimed, were railing at the Farrises
and there was return from the
Farris side. Tom Perry, friend of
Farris. was nearby and heard it all.
Goes After Gun.
Remarking to Perry, 81 might as
we'll settle this now," Farris went
after his gun and came out the door
shooting. The Taylors and John
son were in the porch of the Taylor
home facing the Farris home. How
long Farris continued the fusilade
cannot be said positively. Buckshot
ratified through the Taylor home.
The screams of children were heard.
Their bodies were on the porch floor,
in the house and on the ground, out
side, it is said.
Then there was a lul1. Farris, as
cool as you please, proceeded to
draw a bucket Of water from the
well between his house and Perry's
house. Then he saw Fred Taylor
come back toward the house. Fred
needed not the warning to come no
further. The sixth victim fell.
DR.. Waldo McGiN chanced to be in
the neighborhood and he came to re-
1ieve the wounded as soon as hel
could. Buckshot from Farris's gun
struck his Ford coupe which was
parked op the Clover-Gastonia road
more than 200 feet away. The dents