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* -J J-v" " j'Jf " ,/mm ' *' v ] ^ , ' ; :. ' ' ' ' ' . ' . .. . ^ ^ | f.. '&*&&* : ; ' -'>^K * " .V- ' ' ' v "' ' 11 i;WSrini i ? ? ? :? ? ? ***. 1 ' ? V ;v* X * "e^, ?*..'. - ' i- ' A Representative Newspaper. Covers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties Like a Blanket. - tf VOL. XXH. X LEXINGTON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1911 4 I' - ? *w. is- MoasrcKraro^T, TIES.., j^?^:&T?<a*Q-ES3, ^ ia^O MAIN STREET, - - - COLUMBIA, ?. C, J'-f- I Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. nmaoer IStf Ill WE Pay You to Sau. 1 jSjlJChe I Recommendation I v. -v.. You can have is a g I Savings Bank Book I '-*1 in your pocket. It brings the | . > smile that stays. B flj Qttzens Bank of Batesburg, I . If BATESBUKG, S. C. I Br Resources /- - - $175,000.00 | II OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: I II U. X, CUNTER, Pres. A. C. JONES. Cashier. 9 8] M. U. BOATWRICHr, Vico-Pres. L. W. FOX, Askt. Cashier | 11 CEO. BELL TIMMERMAN, Attorney. B ' . : 8 "*T" ? - ? H ??-CALL AT-i?^ I'W. | UNION NATIONJ BANK |l Columbw, a a ll Directors A. F. LEYBR JOS, NORWOOD N. H. DRIGGKfiS U J. H. M BBATY C. L. KIBLER JE. Q. COOK I a P. LOGAN J- #. KORWOOD W. *? HAMRIck A R. O. BLACK & A.8PIVBY C ,H BARBOR i ?? 1 " ' ' ' . * , ; /- . . V - ; / 1 ? # , / w >. ; V I <.*?:' > ' - - . ; ' sf i ...'*? *' < ' * . . r ' tor- ' ' ." ' ' * J X - To The Public; > |.; RESPONSIBLE Bankinj s., | were opened. = v| That this policy it appr M' . . .x Organized as a National ii' 1 '* ' ' ifc %i.. *m Opp?ii* of, ^ " Nov. fft, 1909 we had M . in?*- <3| imo w? .iuki. 1 Hov. 13 1911; we had "M (Our Resources Nov. 1$ 1908 1 Resources Today t It is the desire of the officers o . * ' - pi * * k Service and , h I On our record of RESPOSIBIL > We pay interest on savii XX THF. H JKL Ji. J5L Jm?M aSbaMU / * i > / } f L.f* V , SAMUEL 3. GEORGE, President ^ DR. J. J. .vlkGARD, Vice Pres ; ?-'j*- ??? --- ? HOLDS UP MAIL CLERK IS COLUMBIA LIMITS* 1 Daring Robbery on Atlantic Coast Line TrainWork oi an Expert?No Arrests Yet. Columbia State, 25th. * ?' ?Li 1 ?L massed wnue man rouueu tut; mail coach on Atlantic Coast Line train No. 55 last night about 11:25 o'clock between the block office at Royster, just sourh of Columbia and Lower str* et, the southern boundary of the city. The robber held H. L. ' M redith, the mail clerk, and his ne gro helper, B S. Dreher, at the point of a pistol and took possession of the registered mail. X"en he pulled or. the emergency brake and leaped off the train jast before' it reached the crossing at the corner of Whaley and Sumter streets. It is impossible to 9tate the value of the registered packages crorten by the robber, but it is beiieved that they are worth thousands ot d >llars. For boldness ar.d daring, the rob bery of A lantic Coast Line Train No. ?5 within a mile of the State house equals anything in the annals of train | hold-?p*. Whoa train No. 55, due in Columbia I from Wilmington, N. C., at H:3Q p. I * Manhcut f.VlA Wiv>V ^ tor it was rtromBg tl minutes* late. . r Mr. Meredith, the mait clerk, had juat finished fatting the registered mail * i package* if a pooch la readiness to . carry these to the mail transfer office atthtuuion station. J. p. Minnie, the coadwtor of train Ko. 55, got off f to register at the block office and then signal >d hi?* train ahead. \ - * **\ v<; t ri a m f~ \J IN . ;..s v%. *''m' l is the policy under which eclated is indicated by this t Bank under Government Su i ; , A^WWWWWWWWW^AAA 'V* f this Bank to continue addin RESPONSIBLE ,ITY your patronage is invited, lgs accounts quarterly. OME LEXINGTON, ident i m !miimu'mjem Soon after the train egan to move, j a masked man threw open the ront \ door of the mail car, the second from th? engine, siuofc a pi ol in the m il clerk's face and demanded the registers. "Give them to me." he said, "an! pe quick about it, or vcur head will have a hole through it I ' After he got possession of the pouch contaiuining the registered mail, he | sorted over the package taking the taost valuable ones and leaving a f*w which contained only merchandise, all t*<e while backing toward the door by which he had entered. I While he was preparing to make his exit, Dreher, the negio assistant to the mail clerk, inoyvd aud the r ?bber shifted his gn? on him, and d? maa led j that he hold up his "acds. Tnen the > robber seized the cord governing the ft i emergency brake and pdlled it. In ! lesr. t.ian a minute the train,' which was moving slowly, c.<ma to a scop just at the corner of Whaley and Sumter si reefs As soon es it began to slacken sj)eed the masked mm jumped hack, slammed the duor and made off.. - - . Conductor Minnis was in the third car fron? the eugine w ien Mr. Meredith nubed iu and told him that a masked man had held up the train aaa takrn the registered mail. . The train pulled on into the union station, where the robbery was communicated fekAh*police by telephone. They, in-tarn telephoned rb the p nir teatmry*tor bloodhounds* nod in - U g than half an hour ifier t^e. aff dr the dogs were on the spot where the rob- : btr is supposed to nave l?a<->ed off the r train. ii They Xailed to strike a trail. v The coolness and deliberation displayed by the robber suggests that he ' is a i oid hand *t his fade. His knowledge of toe registered, wail and the emergency brake also go t*- prove that ha-was no amateur. '} ' " * . ' this iastitutioa has been m nagnificent and gratifying j ipervision on November 131 ? # * . . . * k t g new accounts o* mose in E BANKING 5 per cent interest paid lTIONAL S? Cv AL zc&ztnqdon,&*. 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