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Seotiok-One V O XJ X L I * - M A N N IN G , S . C ,, W E D N E S D A Y ' D E C E M B E R 20, 1922 St ANKSMRAIDED BY MASKED ROBBERS n Armed With Sawed Off Shotguns Make Rich Haul at' Branch of Iansas City Federal Reserve and Escape Despite Shots From The GIards. "Awfully Kind" Cashier " Los Angeles, Dec. 18.-The South .westerni States bank was robbed of $1,000 today by. a young man with his hand drapped in a bandage who walked into the bank. z'' He presented a check for $1,000 .'nd a letter to B. R. Brundage, the 'cathier. "You are looking into the barrel of a revolver in this bandage," said the letter. . "I want you to o. k. this check; go to the paying teller with me and get the money." 'Mr; Brundage stepped with the man to the paying teller and di rected him to cash the check, which 'he did. "I Want you to go with me," the en told Mr. Brundage, and he walked the latter a block down the skeet, passing three policemen who stood chatting on the corner. "You may go now," - said the ban t dit, "and thank you, you've 'been awfully kind." With that he dis appeared around r corner. Ignor. .e is Bliss Los Angeles, Dec. 18.-The Wal nut State bank at Walnut park, a suburb, - was robbed late today by three masked men who escaped with between $2,000 and $3,000 in cur rency. 'Io of the men pointed revolvers at the tellers while the 'third piclend up the money. The '# bandits escaped in an automobile. Stockholders of the bank were meet ' ing in a back room of the building at the time, but knew nothing of the robbery. Denver, Col., Dec. 18.-Masked ban dits, armed with Rawed-off shotguns and without regard for~ human life, today fatally wounded Charles Linton, guard of the Denver branch of the Kansas City Federal Reserve bank, stole $200,000 in currency of $5 de nomination at the doorstep of the gov 4 efiment mint, and escaped. The rob bery 'occupied less thafl a minute's time. Tonight every highway in the state is guarded and police and federal authorities have dispatched armed squads in pursuit of an automobile occupied by seven men, who were seen speeding northward shortly after the robbery. One of the occupants was bleeding profusely, according to the report. The robbery occurred while the money was being transferred from the mi"t to a federal reserve delivery tri k. Fifty packages of currency of $4,000 each was seized by the robbers. Witnesses differ as- to the number of men participating in the holdup. Denver police unhesitatingly declare the holdup was the laigest and the most sensational ever executed in Col orado. With sawed off ...,otguns, two of the bandits bombarded the front door of the mint as they leaped from their automobile. Many Shots Fired Fifty government employees sum moned by no alarm bell seized shot guns and rushed t4, the doors or win dows of the mint shooting at the hold up men, who returned the fire and at the same time calmly proceeded to load the 50 packages of currency into their own car. The four members of the federal reserve bank crew employed in the transfer of the funds, J. E. Olson, cashier; C. T. Linton, J. Addams and William Havener, had just left the entrance of the mint and were wvalk ing toward their machine standing near the curbing when another car containing the bandits drove up along side the wire inclosed truck. According to witnesses two or three men carrying guns leaped from the ee cr .and with a shout of "hands up" opened lire on the reserve bank cm ployees. Guards of the mint and other In side employees then rushed out upon the steps of the government building to shoot at the robbers. Linton, according to the police, at temptedl to throw the money into the grilled back compartment of the re serve truck at the holdup's command and he wvas' shot by the leader of the bandits. Linton was later removed to the county hospital. Where lhe died without regaining consciousness. Employees and government guards employed at the mint were afraid to shoot freely at the bandits for fear the ymight kill members of the re serve bank ciaw. Their work of transferring the cur rency which they had. taken from the guards to their own car coqipleted, the bandits reentered their automobile amid a rain of bullets from guards In the second stor yof the mint and sped toward the civic center.. As the carg athered Impetus the leader .of the highwaymen, standing on the running board, turned toward the government building as though to fire a final volley at the guards.. As he did so, Peter Kiedinger, uf guard who was on duty at the main en trance, fired with a rifle at the bandit, who was aeon to crumple up on the running board and pulled inside the ear by the driver. Kledlinger is pesl tive he wounded the fugitive. Property of Bank The money was the property of the Denver .ederal Reserve bankc, the (Continued on page Five) PAXVILLE XTEMS P Miss Ruth Kyzer camie . Tuesday riom .Anderson ColJege to' spend the Xmas vacation with her parehts, Rev. and Mrs. M. J. Kyzer. Mrs. W. R. McLeod has called to Charleston latter part of the week on account of the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Howell Jones. Rev. Morris, the newly appointed pastor to the Pinewood charge will not arrive until some.time during this week,' The morning appointment here on Sunday was filled by Rev. H. L. 1CCoy, presiding elder of Summer ter district. He preached a , great sermon and much tQ the pleasure.and instruction of everybody in the con gregation. He si a thoroly consecrat ed man, and preaches with great pow er. The entire- district is rejoicing over his return, and feels that the district will "go" under his supervis ion. The graded school will close on Wednesday for the holidays to be ad journed two weeks. Home Branch school will be in session through Fri day. .They will also enjoy a two weeks holiday. Mr. R. T. Touchberry and family left Saturday for Florence, where they will reside permanently. Mr. W. P. Herlong of Florence speout a few (lays of this week with his family here. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pritchard of Spartanburg will come latter part of this wee to enjoy the holiday period with her home folks, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Corbett. Miss Una Broadway who has been in the employ of the Sumter Dry Goods Co. is at home for a short while, oe for the between seasons. Mr. Morgan Ridgill expects to leave immediately after Xmas to a farm above Sumter. The place being made vacant here will be farmed by Mr. H. J. Tisdale. Rev. C. B. Smith of Ashepoo has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Jesse Sprott. Those expected home this week for the holidays are: Misses Pearl Broad way of Green Sea Lucile Geddings, 'from Columbia College, Ica Geddings, from Hemmingway, and Herbert Kyzer from Furman University. Miss! Eimma Brown from Charleston. NOT TO M6VE PATIENTS UNTIL AFTER HOLIDAYS Washington, Dec. 18.-Dh. T. H. Scott, acting director of the veterans' bureau: late today issued. instructions cancelling the order for the im mediate removal of patients from the government hospital at oFrt McI-enry and the closing of that post. He acted upon protests field by the Am-r ican Legion and the disabled Am'-. can veterans, who objected to the soldier patients being distu~bed dur ing the Christmas holiday. It was understood the removal of the pa tients and equipment to- other and permanent institutions would be mane early in the rew year. PROI'OSE TO ADMIT CERTAIN ALIENS Washington, Dec. 19.-Colorful stories of the privations and per secutions suffered by Christians in Turkey were told before the House immigration committee today in support of the White Bill propos ing to admit certain cmisses of r.ear East refugees into the United Sta tes. One of those who testi'lied was Eliza Shakinian, herself a refugee whose flight was stopped at Ellis Island. Released on bond by the immigration authorities, she came to Washington and, between sobs, re lated how she had been carried into captivity by the Turks, how her near relatives all had been killed one by one, andi how she had made her way to America only to find the dloor clos ed1 in her face. -Hlorton Favors Bill George Horton, who was Ameri can consul at Smyrna during the re cent Greco-Turkish hostilities in that region, corroborated many of the as sertions made by other witnesses re garding the tribulations of the Chris tian mmnorities in Turkey. lie said he was speaking wholly for himself and not as a representative of the State Department but could not refrain from saying a wvord for those who had suffered so patiently in the Near East. When one committee mem ber suggested that the refugee's had occupied a -district 'fertile in natural resources andl should be sent back there to work out their own salvation, Mr. Horton replied: "For God's sake don't do that. You would be sendling them to their dleath." Representatives of the Near East relief, the Federal Council of Churches the Y. M. C. A. and the Young Wo men's Christian Association, were among others who appeared to ask for passage of the bill which wouldl admit only near relatives of American citizens among the refugees and whose provisions would extend only until June 0, 124. COOLIDGE IN CHARLESTON Charleston Dec. 19.-Vice Presi (lent Coolidge will be the principal -speaker here tonight at the annual England society dinner. He arrived this morning and spoke at the Char leston College and orphan home and then toured the city and harbor. Turkey refuses to place a limit on her army which is the limit. The *Manning Library will not be opened noxt Saturday, December 23. Library memberg please take notice of thin. Gr CERTAINLY GLAD TO NAVE YOU WITH US SANTA! 'NI '-AU) JORDAN JOTS (By Jean.) Miss Hazel Hanna, of Cades, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. A. A. Ridgeway, has returned home. Mr. David Plowden of Greenville, spent last week-end with relatives here. Mrs. H. C. Mpllette, who has been at the bedside of her father for the past few weeks returned to her home in Columbia, last Wednesday. Miss Caro Thompson is spending a while with friends in Summerville. Mrs. Morgan Sprott, who has been visiting relatives in Winston-Salem, N. C., returned home last week. We are glad to report that May nard, Jr., the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Davis is better after a few (lays illness. Mr. Robert Plowden who has been ill at his home near here for the part several weeks is slowly convales-:ing and his many friends wish him a speedy recovery. Master Hawley Rawlinson who has been confined to his bed for several days is able to be out again. The Jordan school closed its doors for the Christmas holidays last' Tues day and will open again on January 3rd, 1923. Quite an enjoyable affair was the entertainment given last Friday night by the members of the Jordan Ep worth League for the members of the Manning League. Games were played until supper was ready. A delightful cat-fish stew was served by the ydur.g ladies of the Jordan League, who de serve much credit and praise for their untiring efforts in making the occa sion one long to be remembered by all present. "THE SPARKLER" The' pupils of the Manning Public Schools issuedl the first number of "The Sparkler" this week. It is a bright newsy little paper of eight pages, brimming with school news of the very best kind. The aim of the school is to issue the paper quarterly this ternm andl every month (luring the ternm of 1923-24. The merchants of Manning have helped pay the cost of 'printing by using the advertising columns generally. We wish "The Sparkler" much success. BILL DOWDY DUPED) Last F"ridlay morning Bill Dowdy, a prosperous colored farmer living near Davis Cross Roads, came to Manning, very likely to buy Santa Claus. When he reached town he was joined by a darkey, who turned out to be a "slicker." This crook helped Bill take his mule out, and then asked him if he had any change, Bill thinking the fellow wvas a goodl honest "gem-man" he told him he (lid. Whereupon the grook said he was working for a gov ernment man who hadl his office over the Bank of Manning, and his boss had a hundred (dollar bill, but lhe could not pay him until ho got the hundred changed, and If he "Bill," would let him have a hundred dollars in change to take to his boss he would give him five dclFrs for his trouble. Bill fell for the trick, shucked out the hund red. The negro went off, and in a few nminutes returned, tollinig Bill his boss had gone off and would not be back until the next morning, and for him to come back Saturday mor-ning and he would give him his money. Bill seeing where he was some financier, andl was about to realize five dlollars interest, went home without money or Santa Claus. He returned Satur (lay, but to his chagrin and surprise, the fellow had (departed and 13111 is out a perfectly good hundred and in terest. - There is no government of fice over the Bank of Manning. .atest Of Them Al -\ ms4 BINGHAM REMOVED TOC[tl BUlDING Quit Death House Yesterday After. Twenty Mlonths OTHERS WILL LEAVE Only *Those With Definite D~ay Set to t Ile Kept 'There Hereafter New Planr Edumund D. Bigham, the Pamnplico man who has been in the denth house at the penitentiary for 20 months, was I removed to the main cell building, t where he will remain until disposal of II his appeal to the supreme court. his :.pepal to the supreme court. Hereafter no prisoners under death i sentence except those who have a definit,, execution date set, will be kept in the dea th house, Col. A. K. Sanders, s i~terintendent of the prison, an- t nounced. Bradford Boyd, Richland county negro, and Otto Sullivan, Greenville negro, will be removedi from the death hous: this morning to 1 the main cell building. Orders for I their removal were issued yesterday. Frank M. Jeffords will be the only occupo mt of th - house after the two negroes ::re removed. Jeffords is sen-r tenced to die Friday. Bighami has been an occupant of the death house since April, 1921, and was very much pleased to be removed to the cell building. In this building 1 cOnlyidose Wuingth lle ay et ngt hewll e lked up' thereafte- nth otedupin er. BgateP lc mAlthougha removan maes ei~ scaea litthe esienryone20 onrsi, wes demoed upon the mneln buiering, tuhre cnsi1 eanin unti difosal tof 1c Hreftercn prisoners erdeathlsen setence axlittoe oppotnt havor xrcscLiein the death house, o.A .Snes p~trines. fth rsn,;n nrimina. assault inBiclad, Rcouandy aonty negrova wan cOitedof Sullin, Greva negro inGrevillbe reoved. fromthhae apealosbfr th surngmoe th Brussell bDec.ig.y Other fsor cter reoval-The issedga yesehay. berp ~of the t ousy apperoe the tencxto de Fw rida. s cncue the dth oueshin Apilerestan wa Therymc prateasfed to ee toithedcel bsidsinati buRlprn- I hentil atveseoon of the e tie, Beliors dheurigish (lay.re, Frngh hetal, baae lkdeptherande an th Althugh eovlmkelscp. lTle eair, Colne dSgners said hae gdelddU) the ght lan ftert ma China such t priors u nercourthse tencerauittl" moeOprtnt to uThe teonbd reatdp t the evi-th psonofer Ciessuto.taif Byd ogate mattes." ttmpe crilinal assalt iihand countyma E MOST POPULAR. MMBER THIS PAMOUS FAMILY WITH. S. AGAIN .A A . -r! 1TE - VINI'IItOP DA UGHITERS MEKETS The Clarendon Chapter, Winthrop )atughters, was entertained by Mrs. .E. Arant and Miss Tora Bagnal t the home of Mrs. Arant on- Satur ay afternoon. The mccting was enthusiastic and iteresting for wherever yon have a roup of Winthrop girls you find real iterest, enthusiasm and earnestness a well as gaiety and spirit. The meeting was called to order by he President and opened with a pray r by Mrs. R. R. Jenkinson. The first umber on the program was an instru enwtal solo beautifully rendered by iss Georgia Sauls. Every girl's mind was filled with emories and every heart swelled ,ith pride, as the secretary, Miss Rose .rvin, read the "Messages from Win hrop," written to us, by Miss Leihi tussell, Miss Marcum and our un nown Winthrop Sisters. They were plendid. Mrs. W. R. Gray our gleaner had ateresting news about the college nd some of the live Winthrop Chap ers. As this is a County Chapter ve though it fitting at this time to eview the history of Clarendon Coua y. The history written by lion. J. 1. Lesesne was splendidly read by 4rs. W. T. Iesesne, Jr. After all present had joined in ;ing ng the "Alma Mater" a social hour ollowed. When tea and crackers had peen served Miss Marie Dunlap gove beautiful toaste to Winthrop Col ege. The meeting adjourned after a hort business discussion. The next secting will be held on Dr. Johnson's irthday, January 10, 1923. LET'I'ER TO SANTA CLA US Summerton, S. C., Dec. 2.1, 1922. )ear Santa Claus: I feel that you have tre'atedl me no ood years before, now and I feel t hat wvill share with some of the pour hildren whlo haven't even an orn ge ri an applfe on Christm: s. I have' lwvays been saying for you to bring ne so much but now I b:~ve le'arnedl etter, so I will close wvith much love nad wishes for you a Merry Christ ns. Yours lov'eing, .Eunice TIouch'berry. TAX EXEMPT SECURITIES Wayshington, Dec. 19.--After a harli' preliminary skirmish the lous~ took up today a resolution pro osing an amendlment to the consti ution under which issuance of tax dxempt securities by the federal ~overnment and the State would be >rohibited. Backed' by the endlorsenment of 3residlent Harding and the Treas iry the prop~osal was the center of hard fight in which many Re mublicans opposed0( it. P'assage of lie measure offered by Representa ive Green, Iowa, ranking Republi an of the ways and means com nittee, which reportedl it wvill re luire a two-thirds vote of the louse. Opponents claimed tonight t wouldl be defeated although hose who caused it to be brought ip insistedl it. would go through. our hours of general debate al ottedI under a special rule giving he measure right of way had not 'een concluded on adjournment to light. SWIFT JUSTICE IN IRELAND D~ublin, Dec. 19.-Seven men, wvho vere convictedl with interferring with rains in county Kildare, were exe uted today. Four were railway men nd three laborers. The men executed were captured (ovember 13th charged with train vrecking. Their deaths make 19 xncntin in a little nove a month. 1 t V. e)1. FORDS ALONE IN D[ATH HOlSE Awaits Electric Chair for Slaying of J. J. Arnette PLEAS MADE TO HAIVEY Many Persons Ask Clemency for Con demned Man, Saysleport Columbia, Dec. 19.--Frank M. Jef fords, convicted slayer of his busi ness partner, J. C. Arnette today occupied the death house in t h South Carclina State penitentiary alone. No footsteps of men condemned to the same fate that he faces--the electric chair-sounded through the corrid(ors. The only touach of human Companionship was that of the guards visiting the death ~ouco periodically or bringing food to the man who on Friday is doomed to pay with his own life for plotting and aiding in the slaying of an other. Penitentiary Afficials today moved all men under sentence to (lie and the (late of whose death has jot. been fixed by the courts, out of the death house into the ordinary cell blocks. The move, it was stated, was made to better the physical and mental condition of the men. This left Jeffords alone in the room where South Carolina keeps the men whose life has been claimed as a forfeit for their crimes. As no death watch is set. Jeffords will spend his (ay: and nights alone un til Friday morning shortly after 10 o'clock. Governor Harvey was informed today by L. G. Southhard, attorney for Jeffords, that Clint T. Graydon, a Columbia lawyer, was in posses 1sion of information which twould have an important bearing on the matter of Jeffords' electrocution. The Governor was told that Mr. Graydon would furnish this informa tion if he were requested to do so. Governor Harvey indicnted, how ever, that he would not call upon Mr. Graythm to furnish hin with any information, but that he would lister to any statement that Mr. Graydon or Mr. Southard cared to make in - connection with this infor mation. Idris. Julius C. Smith, ('harlestorn who yesterdhay made a personal plea to the Chief Executive on behalf of Jerrds, communicated with Gov ernor Harvey again today by tele phone. The Governor has received a number of letters from individuals urging him to extend clemency to .he man in the death house. REWA RD OF $10,000 FAILS TO BRING BAN )ITM TO Ll(HIT Denver, )ee. 1.-l) over State and federal authorities tonight after a day and night spqont in se:' rching for ilthe hi1: ts who yestiJy morniig shot and killed Charltes I inton , stole ai consign ment of $200.000I from fed-. eiral reser-ve gua rds and madle their escape in oine of the m se da ring and senisational (daylight hold-w) A (eer stagedl in the West, were wihamt tan. gible ('lewvs as to the ident ity of the handits. Pol ice, spn11rredl onl by th;e offer' ing of a reward of $10I,00t0 for the bndlfits, deadf or alive by the city and0 (counity of Denver, and by an add(1itionl reiward a ggregatig $5, 000 ofIferedl by the Kansas City Fed eral Reserve I lank~ admittedo that although they had many c Ies Ina t pr'omised possibilities, they weren still far from the solution of the honight. a sqluad of fonrt een de tectives are engagedl in watc'hing a rooming house in the immediate v'icinmty of the governm mint, where earlier in the dlay a car', evi dently lest on the street by the bandits to be usedl in caae of acci dent to their own machine duriny the hold-up was discovered thrtough information furnished by a woman. Th'le car', an i nve'stigati on sh owed, hadio been stolen. The automobile, according to the wvoman, had been parked on the street by three men, about an hour pr'ecedling the hold up andl subsequently gun fighting on the front step of the main en trance to the mint. That the robbery was ac'complished by Denver bandlits and not by outside highwaymen, is the belief of Chief of Police HI. R. Williams and the search for them is being condluctedl with that theory in mindl. ,Roadls leading into the mountains wveer thoroughly policed today lby de tails of policemen in an effort to) find trace of the escapeod men but all searching parties r'epor-ted to headI cquarters their tipsi had been futile. If you buy a tie nobody likes, ,ou can give It to somo man with whisk ern.