Orangeburg, S.C., Dec. 21—Mrs. Dora B. Way, prominent in local politics, was shot and killed today by her husband, Allen Way, at their home in the lower part of Orangeburg county. Way then shot himself twice and is now in a serious condition at the city hospital here.
After shooting his wife with a pistol, Way turned the weapon upon himself, but a son, Allen Jr., grappled with him in an effort to prevent him killing himself. He inflicted a serous wound, however, and later secured a shotgun which he fired into his right shoulder.
A dispute about the sale of some turkeys brough on a quarrel between the couple, according to information received here. Way was placed under guard at the hospital, where he is receiving medical care. Allen Way Jr., a married man, took the younger children to his home.
Young Way described the tragedy to officers who were summoned shortly after the shooting.
Mrs. Way had twice been a candidate for the legislature, and was active in public affairs generally. Her father, Dr. W.S. Barton, was prominent in South Carolina affairs during the Tillman era of the nineties when he was a state senator.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Dec. 22, 1925
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