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BANDITS BOLDLY ROB OFFICERS OF BIG SUM HUNDREDS I> CHASE FOR HIGHWAYMEX. Three Men With Blacked Faces Secured $16,000 at Parr Shoals Station. Columbia, Sept. 6.?Three highwaymen, alleged to have been disguised with blackened faces, yesterday afternoon robbed three officials of the J. G. White Engineering company of over $16,000 near the Parr Shoals station. J. C. Joyner, deputy sheriff, was slightly wounded. I "It was pulled off just as if it had "been planned for 99 years," said an official of the company yesterday. The money was sent out from the National Loan & Exchange bank of Columbia on Southern passenger train j No. 13 of the Columbia and Spar-j tar burg division, which is due at Parr j Shoals at 2.19 p. m., and was addressed to J. T. McLellen, superintendent of the J. G. White Construction company. The money had been receipted for by H. W. Mahar, the cashier of the J. G. White Construction company. A j few nr.nutes later as he, with Fred Bultman and J. C. Joyner, Fairfield county deputy, were on their way td the offices c? the company, they were confronted by three white men, each armed with two revolvers. Deputy Wounded. Deputy Joyner hesitated to raise his hands and reached for his pistol. As he did so he was shot, receiving a painful though not serious flesh wound in the thigh. Three other shots wor^ fired, it is said, but these "went wild. mAMAT* TT'rt r. i r? 'hnnlrO OTflP 1 11C 1 'yjlCJ <13 lit clli cc i/avna^^o, tme containing $3,000 in gold, another $12,655 .'n currency, and a third filled "with $353.11 in small change. After the holdup the robbers dashed across the rnilroad and into the woods on the east side of the track. Tne entire p^.nt o* the construction company v/a? shut down that the men migLt assist ir scouring the woods. ?. 3Iany Join Search. ' The searchers were divided into parties, each headed by a captain, I and as many as 2,000 men are believed to be hunting the robbers. The S3.000 in srold was made ud of $5, $10 and $20 pieces. Of the cur- j Tency. $1,500 was made up of $1 and $2 hills, and $11,200 in $5, $10 and $20 bills, the larsrer portion being of the two latter denominations. tv,iTr? linkage, one of silver, contained $353.11 in small change. Three Highwaymen. The monev was in charge of H. "W. lHahar, cashier of the engineering company: Fr^d Bult "nan, assistant casnier, ana uepuiy .joyuer, a pu:iucman at Parr Shoals. The robbers were also three in number and had blackened their faces that they misht ap- : pear like nesxoes. As the bearers of the money were passing throueh a railway cut between a string of box cars and the side of the cut they were confronted by the highwaymen and had six pistols thrust in their faces. At the command to throw up their hands, Deputy Jovner hesitated and made an effort to pull his pistol. As he did so he was shot through the thigh, the bullet inflicting a painful though not serious flesh wound. Mahar and Bultman did not offer resistance, it is said, after the deputy J 4-Vi r\ ildU UCtJUL oiiUL uuwu. tJJL^ packages of money the robbers dash- j ed down the railroad track by the station and on into the woods down the Mayo creek. Shot at Camp Boss. i As the robbers passed the station J. A. Hancock, the camp boss, attempted to intercept them. He was fired upon three times, none of the shots hitting him. There was nothing to indicate that an intensely dramatic incident was to be enacted when train No. 13 of the Columbia and Spartanburg line drew up at the Parr Shoals station at 2:20 o'clock. The money was received by J. M. Campbell, the express agent, and was immediately transferred to Mr. Mahar. Two minutes later the j whole camp was thrown into con- ! fusion by the news of the daring deed ; of the bandits. The news flashed in- j st^ntly to all corners of the camp, and tbe 700 laborers were at once released that they might join in scouring the waods for the highwaymen. The men "WHre organized into small companies, each directed by a captain, and were sent out in every direction to patrol ] -roads and to keep a sharp lookout for ' .any suspect. Telephone messages were sent to the police department in Columbia and to Sheriff McCain of Richland county for bloodhounds. Richland county\happens to have no dogs of its own, but the message was trans- j ferred to the State penitentiary, and ; William H. Sondley, captain of the j guard, dispatched the dogs kept at the penitentiary. They left Columbia at 4 o'clock and were under the super vision of J. C. Robbins, guard, who has led many chases in South Carolina for fleeing criminals. Sheriff Miller of Lexington county was also notified and he also went to the ecene. Three Packages. The money was sent out yesterday from the National Loan and Exchange bank in three packages. One contained $3,000 in gold, consisting of $5, $10 and $20 pieces. In another was j $12,655 of currency; $1,500 of this be| ing in $1 and $2 bills and $11,200 in $5, $10 and $20 bills, the larger por| tion being in $10 and $20 bills. The third package was of small silver ; change, there being $353.11. The .total amount stolen, to be accurate, iwas $16,008.11. The money was consigned to J. T. MoLellen, superintndent of-the J. G. White Construction company, and was i carried out of Columbia' on Southern train No. 13, of the Columbia and Spartanburg division. This train leaves Columbia at 1.10 o'clock and is due to arrive at Parr Shoals at 2.19 o'clock. There is a large force of hands engaged in the construction wnrV at Parr Shnnls and that nav ment is made every two weeks is generally known. When the train from 'Columbia ran into the Parr Shoals station yesterday afternoon, H. W. Mahar, cashier of the company, signed the express messenger's. receipt, and, with Fred Bultman, assistant cashier, and Deputy Joyner started to the offices of the company, which are about a quarter of a mile up the hill. There is a steep embankment on the west side of the railroad track, and a stairway leads to the top of this. As the three men in charge of the money ascended the stairs, they had to pass between a part of the embankment and a group of box cars. It was while in this narrow gorge that they were confronted by three white men, who had blackened their faces. Each of the assailants carried two revolvers, and these were thrust into the faces o* the bearers of the money with th*e demand that their hands be thrown up. Deputy Joyner hesitated and reached for his gun, and as did so he was shot in the thigh. Reward is Offered. Columbia, Sept. 6.??H. Q. Kennedy of New York, construction supervisor for the J. G. White Engineering com- j pany, was on his way to New York j from the Stevens Creek development, j near Augusta, yesterday afternoon, and while changing trains at the Columbia union station he was told of the robbery at Parr Shoals. Mr. Ken nedy, at once gathered his baggage and stopped here. Last night he announced that his company would give a reward of $600 for the capture and conviction of the highwaymen; or, if but one or two be captured and convicted, $200 each. Mr. Kennedy got in touch with Parr Shoals over the long distance telephone and last night gave the following account of the hold-up as it was told him: "mi? ?. ennf tn Parr Shnals X lie 1I1UUCV YYCIO Otui, w .. by the Southern Express company and was received from the agent of that company and receipted for by our j men. H. W. Mahar, our cashier, and ! Fred Bultman, assistant cashier, ac- I companied by our deputy, then start- j ed for the office. They had to pass a: 'box car on a siding and a deep railroad cut in order to reach the steps I leading to the camp, and so far as I can learn the three highwaymen j armed with two revolvers eacn neia up our men at this point, shooting I Deputy Joyner and disarming him and the cashiers. "As the highwaymen went by the station they stood off with their guns j a crowd, mostly negroes, gathered j there, and made their escape down the j railroad track in the direction of Mayo j creek, about 300 yards south, and up the bed of the creek in the direction } of the transmission line. The holdup j men shot at J. A. Hancock, the camp boss, as they left the station, I was told." The construction supervisor said that the plant at Parr Shoals was shut down and the workmen, num-1 bering about 700 men* took a hand in j the chase. Telephone messages were j sent in every direction, he said. The j roads were patrolled. Train crews j and station agents were notified to be on the lookout for the highwaymen. Sheriffs in all the adjoining .counties were notified, and dogs were called for to take up the trail. "Every available means of cutting off escape was utilized," said Mr. Ken-! nedy. Organize for Chase. Columbia, Sept. 6.?Parr Shoals is ' on the main line of the Southern rail- j way to Spartanburg, and is about 22 j milps north nf Pnlnmhia Here is be- ! ing developed the greatest hydro-elec- j trie plant in South Carolina. The j massive dam is to be elevated approx- j imately 35 feet above the low water ! stage. Its crest is more than 2,200 j feet in length. The work on the dam ' is being directed by .T. G. White Engineering company of New York for 1 the Parr Shoal company. The dam is : J ? I*r i?l ti ??r? th?I : 1 to be constructed entirely of cyclo pean concrete masonry, which is large blocks of granite mixed in with the concrete. The water will be backed up the river more than 12 miles, and the surface area of the pond will cover, it is estimated, 2,400 acres of land. A task of these proportions calls for large crews of workins:men j I and there are at all times from <00 to 1,000 laborers engaged in different angles of this undertaking. Just: now there are about 700 at work, and immediately after the robbery yesterday these were released that they might join in scouring the woods for the robbers. The men were organized into small companies, each directed by a captain. v The camp is under police regula-! tions, the force consisting of a chief , and several deputies. These officers . of the law are deputized by the sher- j iffs of Lexington and Fairfield coun-1 ties. The work at Parr Shoals is being j done by the South Carolina Develop- ! ment company under the direction of engineers and construction compa-i! ny of New York. The officers of the Parr Shoals Power company are: Edwin W. Robertson, president and treasurer; Guy K. Dustin, vice president and general manager; R. Charlton Wright, secre*?-" ^VvAT Totj- .onrlifnr larjr , uuai *u. jl j uuuiwui , I William Elliott, counsel, aU o? whom are Columbians. Statement by Bank. Columbia, Sept. 6.?E. C. Cartchart, asssistant cashier, National Loan and Exchange bank of Columbia, last night > issued the following statement regarding the money sent co Parr Shoals by his bank, and which was stolen by the bandits: "A/Tr> Mo/hor fnr . th P mflTieV I XTJLX . 4uufuui giguvu ^ from the agent and started up the hill , from the express office, accompanied i by Fred Bulton and Constable Joy- j ner. In going up the stairway they j had to pass over an embankment and i by some box cars. The stairway leads up the embankment. Three white men blackened up as negroes walked up to j them and demanded them to put up their hands. The cashier and the assistant obeyed the orders, but the deputy did not. The deputy was shot through the side, but not seriously. The money was taken and the men ; got away across the railway in the woods." Thaw's Costly Careen .Born 1871, son of William Thaw, of ' L Pittsburg. En Forced out of Harvard University in mam 1891 for playing high stakes at poker. and iFroir. 1891 until 1901. toured Europe. mad Met Evelyn Xesbit in 1901, when she rou* was a chorus girl. | met; Entertained chorus girls and ac- jnes tresses lavishly from 1901 to 1906. Married Evelyn Nesbit in 1905 Qge] against mother's wishes; father prac- assc tically disinherited him, mother set- ^ tied an income of $60,000 a year on ,5Upj Joh] Started campaign against Stan- ; ford White in. 1905, spending thou- ^ c sands of dollars for detectives. m Killed White at Madison Square Roof Garden, June 25, 1906. ^ Tried for muredr from February un- : til April 1907, the jury disagreeing; , ^ cost of counsel estimated at $200,000. | Tried again for murder in January, i t 1908, the jury acquitting him on the ^ ground of insanity. Estimated cost ^ of counsel fee, etc., $150,000. ^ Committed to Matte;uwan February wag 1, 1908, by Justice Dowling; commit- . meat confirmed by Justice Morchauser pro^ in Poughkeepsie in 19(^8; estimated j.Qh. cost of proceeding $65,000. 1he Commitment again confirmed by Justice Mills after second attempt to ^ r gain freedom; estimated cost of pro- , ^ ceedings, $50,000. M rrt ? ? + n+tamntc tr? <rt> i T1 1 iVlPT iiliec IdlCI ailQUlybe w ty; estimated cost $125,000. Incidental expenses of Thaw's commitments, luxuries while in the tombs, etc., estimated $15,000. ^ol1 n Money alleeed to have been paid w Clifford W. Hartridge counsel for tom Thaw "to keep some persons quiet", $125,000. (ingt Expenditures of Thaw's mother in : the the proceedings, estimated $150,000. .^IeE Maintenance of Evelj'n Nesbit f*ot since the murder, estimated $50,000. ing* Hiring detectives, $15,000. one Alienists for the various hearings of tin which Thaw tried to obtain his ^00s j- AAA | ins freedom; estimated cost *o,uuu. Grand total spent bv Thaw's mother for him since he killed Stanford jsuc) White, approximately, $1,020,000. GREENWOOD GETS LIXE. ablj oth( Coinmbiia-Aliensta Road to Build ten Brlinch.?To Go by Edgefield. ! sen( priv The State, 5th. That a branch of the Columbia-Au- fice gusta trolley line is to extend from Johnston to Greenwood by way of | Edgefield was the announcement made; Che by G. E. Shand, engineer or tlie pro-j Gi posed road, upon his return to Co- gre? lumbiu yesterday. Mr. Shand. wit a J ;A James I*. Jackson, president of tho ther Carolina & Georgia Railway company,; B SCHO I have all for the Gra< County Scl and get yo fVip msri. ai to get the E I will not cl to any on< ask to have you do I wi Bitter Goc M ? maycs The Hou Mr. McGrath, the contractor, Don't let e an inspection of the proposed c e during the last few days. They Babies ] in conference with bodies of bus- Skin erur s men in^'the towns through which ' intense si line will pass and the proposition j growth, red by the Greenwood Merchants' ! OINTMEJi >ciation as an inducement to have lief and I system extend to Greenwood was babies w ported by a reasonable plan of the made thei iston chamber of commerce, was affiic iston is not to subscribe for any the skin j k, but is to purchase bonds, which Doctors a guarantee a sustained interest in ' help. We development of the road. With j Ointment line extended to Greenwood, Co-1 baby com] bia will have direct trolley con-1 was used" Tir;+Vi tho Pipflmont region of aue. Iowa .iUil mvu vuv ? - _ State, as the Piedmont & Northern em of interunban lines lead from To C 3nwood to Greenville, Anderson ' Tak?i,AXA' Spartanburg. | r. Shand said yesterday that it, e. w. gro impossible to tell just when field k on the line would begin. The ! NOTICE ( position of a branch line from1 CELL! nston to Greenwood has diverted I Wherea road from the route as origmanj j eiectors a med and new surveys will have to resident ^ nade before construction work can ! twenty_on indertaken. School D1 r. Shand believes that active work Qf Newbe begin within a month's time. na j,ave County B L Jno. K. Anil, Acting Governor, berry Co imbia cor. News and Courier, 6th. tioning a] overnor Cole. L. Blease leaves here tion be h orrow afternoon over the Southern on the qt [way for a ten-day trip to Wash- annual ta ? v,o orrtoc tn nttpnd ed on the U. V^., VV IlGi t ut ? National convention of the Red District: i, which opens in the New Willard Now, tl el in that city on Monday morn- j composing The governor is the chairman of cation fo of the most important committees Carolina hat Order, that on legislation, and Qf> -pruste ? ahead of the date for the open- District I of the convention, for the meeting on ga: is committee and the arranging of tax .1 other details as are necessary in perty j0C? committee's work. trjct rhile away the governor will prob- ^eld at j r make a trip to New York and saicj ?r Northern cities. He will be gone j "Wednesda A"+tt./v urooVe Hurinc h -? h- i __.j __ ua.vs ui uwv ? saiu eieui 2e from the State Col. Tno. K. Aull, seven (7) ate secretary to Governor Blease, m The m be in charge of the executive of- Triistees 1 and will act as governor pro tem. act as ma ly such e Rings the Bell. School Di ster Lantern. personal, ood roads are an index of pro- who exhi ;s.?Gaffney Ledger. j registratic nd likewise an excellent means \ in genera! eto.?Xewberrv Herald and News j to vote, nil's eye! J of such t; /vf 13 U1 U1C UUIUU1 JJed Schools, als hools. Come ur Books and < .J *11 iu yuu win uc looks that you i large School E e, so please d< i them charsec 11 have to refu ids at Same Mone Book St( se of 1,000 Things Baby Suffer With Eczema taining nd Skin Eruptions. printed aeed a perfect skin-covering posed )tions cause them not only lot cor offering, but hinder their or prir DR. HOBSON'S ECZEMA Give T can be relied on for re- August jermanent cure of suffering hose skin eruptions have ?? Ufa mioorohlo "fllir "hahv 1 111^ JJJ.lkJV'JL UUAV* V W4A :ted with breaking out of County all over the face and scalp, berry, nd skin specialists failed to l-aw-2 tried Dr. Hobson's Eczema and were overjoyed to see STATI pletely cured before one box CC writes Mrs. Strubler, Dubu- Cour . All druggists, or by mail. Thoma , Shea tare a Cold in One Day riVE BROMO Quinine. It stops tli . - ?-> -? 4v- o?i,: Bnhprf ii eaaacne aau wwu vu wc <*.? < efund money if it fail3 to cart i Johr VE'S signature on each box. 25* Matt )F ELECTION IS MONTI- Mett Shea SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 17 c S1103 s, one-third of the resident at ia ,nd a like proportion of the wll0? freeholders of the age of are . e years, of Monticella Amend strict No. 17, of the County pjajr rry, State of South Caroli- Tq filed a petition "with the v ~ oard of Education of New- ou a unty, South Carolina, peti- Qdlred ad requesting that an elec- plaint leld in said School District ln lestion of levying a special comico x of two mills to be collect- *? ser property in the said School sa^ a: scriber lerefore, the undersigned, " vice h ? the County Board of Edu. such 8< r Newberry County, South ^ do hereby order the Board ^ es of the Monticella School ^To. 17 to hold an election s ac the r6 id question of levying a two to be collected on the pro- amen(^ ited in the said School Disch said election shall be Monticella school house, In ^ate School District No. 17, on * y, September 17, at which ion the polls shall open at w},ftqp a.m. and close at four (4) p. , * ^ unknot embers of the Board of Df said School District shall Take nagers of said election. On- mencec lectors as reside in said Ianc* strict and return real or property for taxation, and ??ce 0 bit their tax receipts and P*eas : jn certificates as required ^1I elections, shall be allowed Electors favoring the levy ax shall cast a ballot con- 7-22 wrn l \ 4 looks | tfl >o the 1 Vj now 1 avoid ] sure I need. *j looks 1 o not 1 1. If J se. 1 ire, j J : the word "ves" written or I thereon, and each elector op- ^ to such levy shall cast a bal- 1 itaining the word "no" written ited thereon. n under our hands and seal ; 30, 1913. Geo. D. Brown, m J. S. Wheeler, x A S. J. Derrick, ' Board of Education for New3 OF SOUTH CAROLINA, >UNTY OF NEWBERRY. I t of Common Pleas. ,s B. Shealy and George W. ,ly, Plaintiffs, against ; S. Shealy, Luther P. Shealy, l G. Shealy, Lillian M. Wicker, ie Estelle Summer, Mary N. z, Chrissie Shealy, David LeRoy .ly, Annie May Shealy, Wm. D. ly, Sidney Shealy, and the'heirs iw of Phillip Sligh, deceased, se names, ages and residences unknown, defendants, ed summons for relief. (Comrf nnt oarvad ^ fcV UV W OV* ? VV?./ he defendants above named: re hereby summoned and reto answer the amended com- | fl in this action, which is on file ^ J office of the clerk of court of > A in pleas for said county, and l ve a copy of your answer to mended complaint on the sub', at his office at Newberry, S. hin twenty days after the ser- | ereof, exclusive of the day of srvice, and if you fail to answer .id amended complaint within ne aforesaid, the plaintiffs In | tion will apply to the court for lief demanded in the""said " 2d complaint. H. C. Holloway, Plaintiffs' Attorney. ^ d July 19, A. D.,' 1913. Ir| ;he defendant heirs at law of 1 aid Phillip Sligh, deceased, I names, ages and residences are A ML ' notice that this action is com 1 for the partition of the tract described in the amended comherei.n, which was filed in the f the clerk of court of common for Newberry county on July 3. H. C. Holloway, Plaintiffs' Attorney. ltaw-6t ; m