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HOLDS UP MAIL CLERK IN COLUMBIA LITS Daring Robbery on Atlantic Coast Line Train-Work of an Expert. Columbia StaLe, 25th. A masked white man robbed the mail coach on Atlantic Coast Line train No. 55 last night about 11:25 o'clock between the block office at Royster, just south of Columbia and Lower street, the southern boundary of the city. The robber held H. L. Meredith, the mail clerk, and his negro helper, B. 3. Dreher. Lt the point of a pistol -nd took possession of the register--d mn.il Thel, he pulled on the emergency brake and leaped off the train just beforc it reached the. crossing at the corner of Whaley and Sumter streets. It is impossible to state the value of the registered packages gotten by the robber, but it is believed that they are worth thousands of dollars. For boldness and daring, the robbery of Atlantic Coast Line trian No. 55 within a mile of the State house equals anything in the annals of train hold ups. Registered Nail in Pouch! When train No. 55, due in Columbia from Wilmington, N. C., .at 11.30 p. m. reached the block office at Royster it was running 11 minutes late. Mr. Meredith, the mail clerk, had just fin ished putting the registered mail packages in a pouch in readiness to carry them to the mail transfer office at the union station. J. D. Minnis, the conductor of train No. 55, got off to register at the 'block office and then signaled his train ahead. Soon after the train began to move, a masked man threw open the frontl door of the mail car, the second from the engine, stuck a pistol in the mail clerk's face and demanded the regis ters. "Give them to me," he said, "and be quick about it, or your head will have a hole through it!" Backed Out at Door. After he got possession of the pouch containing the registered mail, he sorted over the packages taking the most valuable ones and leaving a few which contained only merchandise, all the while .backing toward the door by which he had entered. While he wasj preparing to make is exit, Dreher, the negro assistant to the mail clerk, moved and the robber shifted his gua on him, and demanded that he hold up his hands. Then the robber seized the cnrd governing the ' emergency brake and pulled it. 'In less than a minute the train, which ' was moving slowly, came to a stop ~ just at the corner of Whaley and Sum- ~ ter streets. As soon 'as it began toji slacken speed the masked man jump-1 a ed back, slammed the door and made I off.I Conductor Minnis was in the third car from the engine when Mr. Mere-1 dith rushed in and told him that a maskesd man had held up the train and taken the registered mail. Bloodhounds Fal.L The train pulled on Into the uno station, where the robbery was com municated to the police by telephone. *They in turn telephoned to the peni tentiary for bloodhounds, and in less -than half an hour after the affair the dogs were on,.the spot where the rob ber is supposed to have leaped off the train. They failed to strike a trail. H. L. Meredith, of Wilmington, the' mail clerk, is positive that the maskedI robber who held him up is a white man. He noticed his hands and his nose and eyes, whch were not coy ered by the mask. The coolness and deliberation dis played by the robber suggests that he is an old hand at his trade. His knowledge of the registered mail and, the emergency brake also go to prov~e that he was no amatearc. Robber Described. lHe is described by those who saw himn as a man of medium height, rath er frail, with dark hair and probably dar-k eyes. Conductor Minnis is positive that not more than five minutes elapsed after he signalled his train ahead at Royster before Mr. Meredith came to him in the third coach and told him that he had been held up. Conductor Minnis and Mr. Meredith both stopped in Columbia. At 2.30 a. m. this morning the po lice had got no trace of the robber. Columbia, Nov. 25.-Interest centres in the identity of the bandit who held' up and robbed the rmail car on Coast Line train No. 55, at the city limits last night at midnight. No clue to the robber has been obtained, al though detectives are on his trail and every effort is being made to appre hend him.I The fact that the robbery was pull ed off right at the city limits leads the' $500,000 offered for the return of the Great Red Ruby known as THE POOL OF FLAME For particulars read the remarkable tale of romance and adventure by LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE Author of "The Bronze Bell," "The Brass Bowl," etc. about to appear in this paper in serial form. A story that critics have ranked - with Wilke Collins' famous novel, "The Moonstone." Full of life and color, dash and go, thrills and throbs. 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RIKARD, etfo a fsl,tecei orneto.beoreeured others,nDefend rsAt O SOrder CAOLfA te Chaeoudamrtaeoftep COR the COON PatwerS. ~'d ihla' oteprh tonhe .Har,ii owrights idr aih nd ii:aepyet the'bn as Eheuri of a,n nacy, alesa-' ~rgg opoiefra t , Deeeober 4,er911nttof thelowing sect and lintndiff sintuate ~ r eigcllce twn-ive Ha 25 ancraes A.more chsrtoryfrpaesd aig, Dfenddbans ofJae n ae .H I * IG AUCI Tennessee & I bMonday[ Every horse i sented without b3 of horses will be g I Let everybody con saddle horse, han mare. :: C. S. Dave NOTICE OF ELECTION FOB JKAY0E ___m______ - AND ALDEREIEN,0F THE TOWN. ,efrel OF NEWBEERY, S. C. of Notice IS hereby given that the reg r4, ula.r annual election for a Mayor and l f Five Aldermen, one Alderman for te each of the fvye wards, to'serviie for a br- Iterm of one year, and a trustee of the t1g Newberry graded school district from ad Wards 4 and 5, respectively, will b ls, held at the Council Chamber, in the Smoc whh opera house, in the Town of oun- Newberry, South Carolina, on the S al br- second Tuesday in December, A- 1911, being the 12th day of said fo i11 tmonth, the polls to be opened at 8 te o'clock in the forenoon, and to close at A sr ias 16 o'clock in the afternoon. D. F. P1f- C bg er, A. C. Welch and Alex. Singleton OiT pt are appointed managers of the said g. irey election. is By order of the Town Council of Newberry, S. C., on this the 5th day of srto Septemiber, 1911. J. J. Langford, Mayor.P Attest: l J. R. Scurry, -C C. &T. T.C. N., S.C. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA' (balance on a et COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. 'the credit porti COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. bond of the pur Lucy W. Cannon, Plaintiff, of the premises against mortgage to prc e,I O. C. Leapha.rt, Mertie Leaphart, J. J. rate of 8 per ce bfre Langford and Sarah L. Foster, De- contain a stipu] S.C. fendants. of 10 per ceni Le o By virtue of an order of the Court thereon as atto 191, herein, I will sell to the highest bid- collection by e wn o der, before the court house at New- by an attorney s! berry, S. C., within the legal hours of principal and 11 wbr- Isale, on the first Monday in December, thereon to be nn1911, same being salesday, and the .may be necessa 4th day of said mot,tefollowingthinuae ltof jdescribed property to wit: purchaser to th ulaAll that lot of land lying and be- security. The ing situate in the Town of Newberry, quired to pay t to County of Newberry, State of Suhmdaeywe one Carolina, containing one-third of anevdneogo e acre, more or less, and fronting on chaser to pay fn ie-Nance street, 67 feet, and running same. rio back therefrom two hundred feet, and Master for Nev u-having a uniform width of 67 feet, November 7, land bounded on the north by lot of IN. L. Leaphart, on the east by lot of NROTICE OF F nd Sallie H. F. Pope, on the south by lot nys of Thos. M. Sanders, and on the west Notice is her, de,by Nance street, the same being the lot dersigned will anconveyed to the said 0. C. Leaphart as admiinistrat< ur by J. H. Clary by deed, dated Novem- M. Jamieson, de erd- ber 1, 1907. Court of New] DTerms .of sale: One-half.of the pur- Caro1Fm, on De ;.e 'anse nrice to be paid in cash, the 'cic?k in the [UION SALE 3F (entucky Horses )ecember 3 ables, Newberry 11 be sold as repre r-bidders. Catalogue iven out day of sale. ie that wants a good iess horse or brood n .4. irmers, Shave juist receiedfuIlne 6 iburg Turn Plows, lDsc and thing Harrows. The best Cutter on the market ready pection. ~ecial price on Stock Fencing. tplete line Wagons and Bug Please call. irGell &Scott edit of twelve months, mdaeyteefe pl o i S on to ibe secured by achrea uh amnttr. A haser and a mortgage proshlig lfsaantsi sold, said bond and ett yl iesm,a eurdb' vide for interest at thelw,adalprosiebdtoad nt. per annum, and to ett wilmk im eiestl ation for the paymentmin,wtth ndesgd0 sat .of the amount duetoe,EueeSBea,tNebry ney's fees, in case ofSot Cali. nit or foreclosure or C.PRY at law, in addition to Amnsrtr terest, and the houses Nwer,S . o.8 91 insured in amount a -d ry by the Master, and ________________ ylicy essrgned by the FN LC O AE e Master as awumonlal E .A dtr,eeuo frd purchaser will be re o the Master $100 ha im- no sat .C ites ee property is sold, as an e)ofr o aeta iepoutv i faith in his bid. Pur- cto n ri amkona Bn r papers and recording m"paeoButMilcekna H. H. RIKARD, ofaot40ar.Ifntslatp rberry County, S. C. vt ae bfr eebr (91 1911. slea,wl eptu tacino NAL SETTLEM[ENT. ta a 4hDcme,11)a by given that the un-sp decs.itd A rss make final settlement "Aoth feinheblce fte r of the estate of 0.orgnl6612aetac,sbett ceased, in the Probate alf dwr neetteen erry County, SouthJonDCapla, cember 12, 1911, af 11'ReltaeAonV ~~orenooa, and all pr e rsonS ne bted0 Bo sid esaewl aeimeit ete