Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rDARING BANDITS HOLD UP SOUTHERN TRAIN ]DYNAMITE EXPRESS SAFE AND SECURE ABOUT $700. New York-New Orleans Limited Brought to Standstill Near White Sulphur, Ga. Greenville, February 18.-Southern Railway train, No. 36, New Orleans to New York, which passes Greenville at ;.20 a. in., was held up by five masked bandits one mile north of White Sul phur, Ga., and 100 miles from Green ville, at 2.15 o'clock this morning and; the express car dynamited. A bandit entered the express car and attempted! to blow open the stationary safe, con taining thousands of dollars, but the attempt was not successful. He then placed a stick of dynamite on a small safe, covered with dirt and touched off the fuse. TDe safe was blown to atoms and some -700 were secured. Their Ruse Successful. On a straight line of track just north of the 587 mile post, Engineer D. J. Fant was induced to stop his en gine by the waving, of a red light across the track, some three or four hundred yards ahead of the engine He applied the brakes and slowed down, picking up a man, who told him that there was a broken rail ahead and that the same was being repaired. At the same time a bandit climbed up on the other side of the engine and the two covered the engineer and fire man with revolvers, ordering them to hold up their hands. One of the ban dits informed the 'engineer that it meant a hold-up. Leaving his part ner to guard the' engineer, the bandit then got down- and went back to rob the express car, telling the engineer before he left that when a certain signal was given for him to start the engine. Express Messenger Threatened. The bandit attem-Pted to cut loose the express car but failed. He then severed the air pipe and went back to to the engine, when *ae ordered the en gineer to get down and bring along a shovel.' Going bacic to the, express car once more, the express messen ger was ordered to open the door. When 'the messenger failed to respond to the order, the bandit threatened to~ blow up the entire car .vith a stick o1' dynamite, which hie held in his hand. The door was thrown open and the messenger was covered with a revol ver and ordered to throw up his hands. A bandit then entered the car and placed a stick of dynamite 'on the stationary safe and , touched off the r ~ fuse. The explosion failed to accom plished the desired result, and he turned his attention to a small safe close by. .Small Safe Dynamited. A stick of dynami-te was placed on top of it and dirt piled on top. The exlosion completely wrecked the safe, damaging the car and express matter. Anumber of packages were taken out of the demoIsnIed safe by two bandits, a second one hbaving en tered the car in the meantime. After having looteg4he safe, the en gineer was told that he could go: He went bacik to his engine and pulled on to Lula nmiraIs a fireman and a flag man. The former, a colored man, was made to get down from the engine and flee through the wooas, by the bandit 'who was left in the cab when the en gineer was carried back to the ex-1 press car. When th,e train stopped .the flagman dismounted and went tack to flag later train-s. Conductor Also Helpless. 1 When lEngineer Fant was carried 'back -to the express ear by the bandit, lie called to Conductor Mooney, who be thought was in a coach a short dis :tance iback. The conductor, however, was under cover of a bandit's revolver irom the time .the train stopped. When~ the train first stopped Conductor Mooney stepped to the ground to see what the trouble was and was im mediately covered by a bandit. Hay ing looted the express car the bandits backed off, keeping their revolvers on the trainmen all the while. When they had gotten into the wods rney turned about and beat a hasty retreat. At 7 o'clock this morning No. 303 rolled into the Southern passenger station, on Washington street, only 40 - minutes lte. Express Car Badly Damaged. Every windowv in the handsome ex press car was blown out and a portion of the roof was torn off by the ex . plosion. Arriving in Greenville, engines were changed and a fresh crew, with the exception of Conductor Mooney, took charge of the train and proceeded northward. Enginee F'ant came down town about 7.30 o'clock and walked into office of~ the morning newspaper and told the story of the daring train robbery. Within a short time news boys were crying "extra" upon the street and the entire city kniew of the ramatic occurrence. SUMMER & HIPP'I * * * * * * * * * * * * Summer and Hipp Piano Contest. * S * In the piano cont-qst conducted by Summer & Hipp, the following is the standing of the candidates: Dosha Franklin, City .. .. ....34,720 Mary Hardeman, City.. .. ....11,230 Mary Yocome, Mollohon. . .. ..10,400 Daisy Milstead, Mollohon.. .... 7,000 Laura Lominick, City.. .. .. ..60,190 Lizzie Earhardt, City.. .. .. .. 1,000 Lossie Mae Boozer, City .. ....138,158 Willie Mae Wise, Prosperity .. 7,000 Annie Singley, Slighs .. .. ..101,076 Annie Mae Bedenbaugl, Slighs.115,804 Vera Boland, Little Mountain. 1,000 Ellie Jacobs, Little Mountain..14,041 Cora Steely, Little Mountain .. 6,248 Maud Setzler, Pomaria.. ....23,391 Anna Koon, Pomaria. .. ....21,180 Helen Hentz, Pomaria, R. F. D. 2,000 Annie Eargle, Pomaria.. ......1,000 Laura Suber, Pomaria.. .. .. .. 8,141 Jannie Mae Sease, Newberry, R. F. D..... .. ..-.. . ..13,954 oe Caldwell, Newberry, R. F. D. 1,000 ayme Cromer, Newberry, R. F. D.. .. ......--.--.--...37,892 ovice Brown, Newberry, R F D 1,000 The engineer then went to the head uarters of the Charlotte division of the Southern railway, in the Palmetto uilding, and made his report of the obbery. Many Violent Deeds in Piedmont. olumbia State, Sunday. Coming as the climax of a series of ensationally violent aeeds in the Piedmont section was the holding up esterday morning of the Southern railway's New Orleans-New York'tfast train at White Sulphur, Ga., 100 mieles from Greenville, and Easley, where a upposed yeggman wvas frightened way while in 'the very act of. robbing the safe of a store in that town. Ear y Friday morning an unknown man was seen in the Columbia and Green ville railway depot ut Greenville. He turned his gun on two officers-Gun els and Johnson-Who called on him o surrender. G-unnels was ki'lled and Johnson wounded. The unknown fled, eaving a sack of silverware. Subse quently two men were arrested near Asheville, but were tound to be inno ent farmers. Besides these epis,des there were the shooting of "Uncle Tormny'' Cure ton and the beating oZ a policemian, both in Greenville. Then yesterday came the two bold attacks-the one on the train at White Sulphur and the other on the safes of two stores in Easley. In the hold-up at least five rob berr were engaged. Tphey securled about $700 and fled in an automobile. So far the best efforts of all the au thorities in the sections in which the violene has been prevalent have re sulted in the arrest of some four or ive suspects at White Sulphur and the sending of Policeman .Johnson, of Greenville to that town to see if he can identify any of tn'e men in cus t6dy. The Greenville authorities sus pect that one of the prisoners may be the man who killed Officer Gunnels. The frequency of tnese violent deeds in that section of tne Piedmont led Gov. Please to call on the sheriffs to swear in posses and scour the coun try, sparing no effort to apprehend the guilty parties. "Organize posses immediately and capture, dead or alive. murderers and burglars at large and operating in that vicinity," was the message ad dressed to the sheriffs of Greenville, ~ickes and Oconee counties. follow ing a number of crimes and robberies in that section. Three policemen were shot in Greenville within two days and one was beaten up, while a yegg man made his appearance in Easley. Now is the time to suibscribe to The ;g-: - I-Ir .-. xi / , - 4= CONTEST PIANO Kate Henderson, Blairs, S. C. R. F. D.. .............. 5,260 Rena Whitney, Blairs, R. F. D.. 8,032 Mary Hardy, Blairs, R F. D. ..10,654 Nanny Eison, Blairs, R. F. D... 1,000 Frances Jeter, Whitmire, S. C... 1,000 Winnie Henderson Whitmire .... 1,000 Edith Folk, Jalapa .. .. .. ..115,374 Mary Brown, Newberry, R. F. D. 1,430 Marie Wendt, Newberry, R. F. D. 4,447 Essie Wilson, Newberry, R F D..5,260 Willie Riser Chappells, R. F. D. 1,000 Nina J. Atchison, Chappells... 9,060 Maggie Livingston, Newberry, R. F. D. No. 4.. .......... 1,000 Pearl Schumpert, Newberry, R. F. D. No. 7.. ..........3,342 Maggie Livingston, City .. .. ..17,224 Lillia Ringer, Pomaria, R F D.. 10,326 Maggie Bobb, City.. ........1,000 Ola Brown, Newberry, R. F. D. 1,000 Clara Gibson, Prosperity, S. C...10,604 Eula Ray Sligh, Pomaria, R F D 1,000 Ida Coleman, Silverstreet.. .. ..12,162 Lucia Hazle, Colemans, S. C... 1,000 Ethel Crumbley, Colemans, S. C. 1,000 Ella Summer, Newberry .. .. ..20,112 Ida Glenn, Saluda, S. C... .. ..4,490 Mattie Glasgow, Jalapa, S. C... 8,463 Miss Laura Eargle.. .. ..-.....2,300 Miss Bell Harmon. .. .. ....101,152 Miss May Lake Silverstreet .... 17,450 FLORIDA-- CUBA! "Why Not Take a Trip to FLORIDA or CUBA?" They have been brought within easy reach by the splendid Through Train Ser vice of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Write for illustrated book lets, rates or any other infor mation, which will be cheer fully furnished. T. C. WHITE, I ~ Gen.PJass. Agt. Wilrnington, N. C. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, IN THE DISTRICT COURT. In re G. M. B. Epting, Bankrupt. By virtue of an order herein of Hon. Jxio. .J. Ea'rle, referee in bankruptcy, consented to by all par'ties in inter est, the undersigned will sell at pub lic auctioni before Newberry court housie, S. C., on March 6, 1911 (sales day) to the highest bidder therefor s' All that piece, parcel or lot of land, upon which is -located a four-room dwelling, lying and being situate in the Town of Newberry, State of South Car(lina, and in that part of said town known as "Graveltown," bounded by lots of Guilford Snowder., Dr. James McIn:osh and land of the Southern Railway company, fronting sixty-three feet on street, above de scribed lot being heretofore known as th.e ".Josie Jones house and lot." IUpon the following terms, to wit: The whole of the purchase money to be paid cash; and the highest bidder therefor to deposit one hundred ($100) dollars with the trustee of G. M. B3. Epting, Bankrupt, within thir m rinuctes from the time bid is ac cepted in confirmation of his bid, pur chaser to pay for cost of drawing deed to said premises. Lambert W. Jones, Trustee of G. M. B. Epting, Bankrupt. February 2, I911. CHICHESTER S PILLS TEDIAMOND BIRAND. Take nao other. Buy .of your OFT Capiti Surph SUCI Give freed< monI tion I whici CA spenc accot expei er's~ ness can s $1.00; STA REPO: Con At the Lons and disco State of S. C. B Real Estate Overdrafts, secu and unsecure Cash on hand; with Banks WEP Trea JNO. 0. B. MAYER, Vice - THE nercial I IEWBERRY, - - $50,0( is - - $65,0( ISS IS Y01 lightness to your hi :m to your thought, - ;ense to your whims, to everyday life, and 'follows must be suc UTION is earning si ling less, having a I int, keeping a cheel iditures, asking the b advice .in doubtful I transactions. This 1 o serve you. Starts. a Bank A LRT ONE~ TO[ RT OF THE CONDITION OF imercial B OF NEWBERRY, S. C. Close of Business Februaryi3, idensed From Report to State Bank Fxamine IR CES: IIANi-IT ats $408,155.97 Capital Stock ads 1,000.00 iSurplus and Undivide ed 9,750.00 Profits rDividends Unpaid d13,660.20 Deposits 141,515.20 $574,981.37 AY00 kThatl/ ds You RI M. KINARD, Presid Preideut J. Y. 3ank s. c. 1 eart, :omiv ca that cess., :>me, )ank c on ank Lrusi count )AY. THE ank i 1911 I $50,000.0e 62,670 460,453.58 4t REST. Liways - ght lent. McFALL~ Cashier.