Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DENY[ BANKS . RAJ) By ASKED ROBBERS (Continued from page ;One) Smint merely being a depository for it due to the lack of sufficient vaults 1n the bank building. Manager BEt k;, Fardt of the reserve bank later i$ suied .. tatement, saying the entire amount was Covered by' insurance Director Grant also, announced that the numbers of every bill in -the con 1 signnient was on recold. So terrific wias the gunfire 4uri the cloihes .that 40 bullet 'ho e mi in' d nti the t saponiabd' the windows of the 'second. story of the building. The granite walls of the government building likewise are chipped where , the bullets struck B uldings across the street likewise show the intensity of the fire of the guards.. Windows in various stores and- apartment houses over the stores were riddled and many narrow escaps from bullets on the part of the room era were reported to police head quarters. "I had just come out of the mint with a sack full of currency when the bandits' automobile drove up be side our truck," said William Haven or, driver of the - federal reserve truck, "I heard somebody say "Hands up' and then there was shooting. I .dived under my car to escape the rain of bullets. They could have shot me easily enough. It was al lover so quickly, though it seemed a long time, The automobile drove away and I came out from under my t'uck and got in it. I was afraid the mint guards would shoot me, as they were shooting in my direetton at the ban dits.". J. E. Olson, cashier of the Denver branch bank, in charge ,of the - guards, who were transferring the money from. the mint to the truck, probably had the most precarious - osition of any one participating. We had just gotten the money from the mint when a car drove up and I heard some one say "Hands up.' I started to rush into the mint, for help. The guards inside the mint started to shoot at me. I'I never held up my hands. Af ter one of the mint guards had shot at me, I screamed for him not to -shoot me but to shoot at the b-ndits. "Who are you?' he asked. I told him, and he' then directed his' fire in the direction of the bandits." Mr. Olson collapsed shortly after the robbery and had to be removed to his home. Denver, Colo., Dec. 18.-An impulse to fire a final volley at the guards of the mint and federal reserve guards may have cost the youthful bandit, who directed the robbery, his life, ac cording to Peter Kiendinger, a mint guard. "Less than'a half block away from 'the mint the leader, poised on the running board of the car, emptied his revolver at the guards," said Kien 'dinger. "His figure stood out clear ly. A bullet from a mint guard struck him. The bandit swayed and collapsed. automobile door open ed and he wa1 pulled in as the' car sped on. "I believe he was the man that shot Linton. "The robbers' car pulled up along side the federal reserve truck. The leader was in the seat with the driver. He carried a revolver. One of the men in the tonneau had a rifle, the ethers sawedoff shotguns. "I fired a couple of shots and then dropped my revolver and grabbed a rifle. After Linton had been shot the Manni To The Citizens of Clare We beg to notify yo .P. Barron, as Secretary tion to succeed the late li This association -is i tions on farm property * half per cent interest, tl the most liberal terms. either write or call on I Manning, S. C. Very tri Manning Farm Loan H. C. 130ffJOS( We offer our duction of 1 All Bath Rol BE ON TI MEN'S ALL WOOL SUITS In Conservative and Sport Models, Blue Serges, Grey, and Fancy Worsteds. $18.50 Suits -1-3 Off ---------------------$12.33 $22.50 Suits 1-3 Off ----------------------15.00 $25.00 Suits 1-3 Off ----------------------16.67 $27.50 Suits 1-3 Off .----------------------18.34 $30.00 Suits 1-3 Off ----------------------.. . 20.00 $35.00 Suits 1-3 Off -- ... -......-.........23.33 $37.50 Suits 1-3 Off ------------------------25.00 $40.00 Suits 1-3 Off ----------------------.. 26.67 A Clapp Shoes -Reduced to -----------------10.45 ,MEN'S HATS in all the latest styles. $2.50 Hats at ------------------------------1.75 $3.00 Hats at --------------------------2.25 $4.00 Hats at ---------------------------3.0 $5.00 Hats at ----------------------------3.85 1-3 Off Jos1 bandit leader devoted his entire at- in front of the guards comin tention to getting the money into his the mint and then the guard automobile and left the firing for the the mint started shooting and men that remained in the automo- forced to go back." bile. When the money had been safe- Miss eFist was emphatic ly loaded into the car he shouted to 'statement that the bandits wit the driver to start the car and jumped car were assisted by two othi on the running board." who hid behind telephone pole, Louis Albi, a chemist employed by car drew up alongside. a wholesale drug company across the, street from the mint, declared he witnessed the robbery from a fifth BANKRUPT NOTICE story window and that there were four bandits, one at the wheel of the District Court of the United car an dthree on the sidewalk. for the Eastern District of Catherine Feist, a waitress in the Carolina. In Bankruptcy mint restaurant directly across the In the matter of street, said she heard the first shot Joseph E. Davis and Clar and rushed out of the front door. "I Sprott, individually, and as < saw two men behind telephone posts ners trading as C. M. Davis So of Davis Station in the Col Clarendon and District afore ~ bankrupt. Tro the- Creditors of said Bank Notice is hereby given that 15th clay of December, i9 above named was duly a< bankrupt; and that the firsti of his creditors will be held office of DuRant & Ellerbe, M'v S. C., on the 30th day of De time the saidI creditors may prove their claims, apopint a A ~s C1 IIO II, examine the bankrupt and 1 such other business as may i Ig, . C.other Personal property of th rupt, without further notice t< tors. Claims must be -'filed ndCut:manner prescribed by the rule: bankruptcy. F'lorence, S. C.,- Dcc. 18, 195 that we have elected B.RbetJKi it-c Referee in Bank: I'reasurer of this Associa- ------- Ir. S. W. Barron.DitctCut Ute 'eady to accept applica- InC ohaIfBnkuty for loans at five and one- an FrceG.Dvs ini liese loans being made on Cony fCardn ad For further' informationNoieshrbygvnta i. P. Barron, Secretary, adta h is etn creitrs youbrs,~iatth onahe30to(ayoflecmb ats2soclcknontiowic Disyyorlic Cpoirt of theU nited forshe astern Distrlyctofl saoein. At Bankruptcti National~~I alohe mattiere thfl stokdo erachsGais andivt out furthpterstc t reditors. A s~o iaioD- vs Sbn &ie in. thf Smmerto Counity1 u of thsurendo n afrsad ofain bankru 15thence, S. C.,ecmer 19, th and thatthe ofirt meeting citor Relree inl atne! Pre idesa io credioos aTey pro coaimseeppin aorutefxa ph M. Chan CLOTHINO S ich Will Run Throi Saturday Night entire stock of Men's Suits and Overcoat, 3 off, so everybody can have a new suit fc es, Suit Cases and Trunks Reduced. ME AND GET YOUR SIZE BEFORE IT MEN'S ODD PANTS In Serges, Fancy Worsted and Cassimere. $3.50 Pants 1-3 Off --------------------- $2.34 $4.50 Pants 1-3 Off ----------------------3.00 $5.00 Pants 1-3 Off -----------------------3.34 $6.00 Pants 1-3 Off -----------------------4.00 $7.50 Pants 1-3 Off --------------------5.00 $8.50 Pants 1-3 Off ---- -------- -----5.67 Auto Gloves at Cost. BOYS' SUITS In Blue Serge, and Fancy Cassimere, with 2-Pants. $7.50 Suits 1-3 Off ----------------------$5.00 $8.50, Suits 1-3 Off ------ -----------------5.67 $10.00 Suits 1-3 Off --------------------6.67 -Boys' Union Suits at Cost. eph M. Chan< SUMTER, South Carolina g from NOTICE s from N I I was Pursuant to order of J. M. Wind in her ham, Judge of Probate, dated lecem hin the ber 12th, 1922, the undersigned will er men, sell on the premises in Clarendon s as the County, known as the Benbow Place, and owned by the late Thomas Wilson, and being the place where C. M. Wil son resided at the time of his death, for cash, on the 2nd (lay of January, U 1922, between the hours of eleven v States o'clock, a. i., and three o'clock, p. , South in., the following described property, to-wit: g to One lot seed cotton, approximately if ence N. six tons. - o-part- One lot of corn, approximately W1 n & Co. twelve hundred bushels. kn anty of One lot of oats, approximately an 'said, a twelve hundred bushels. rupt: One lot of hay approxEimtely VlC on the twventy tons.U 22, the One lot of peas, one F'ord Automno- *~ Ijudged bile, Thirteen mules, One horse, One O neeting cowv, Ten pigs, Two buggies, three *AI at the two-horse wagons, two( lumber wag anning, ons, one log cart, one grain dr ill, one UMi cember, hay press, ten plow stocks, thirteen which sets of gears, nine Dixie Point Plows, *DC attend, seven twvo-horse plows5, two-)setion*G trujtee, spike-tooth Harrow, six distributors, ransact three cotton planters, one (cornI plant- Sb Iroperly er, and one lot of household furniture. At thik The Sumter Trust Compainy, U Be r'ed the Administrator, Estate C. M. ise and Wilson. 2t- Ge e bank- IU S a credi-a in the "Movies," says a director, "are aW .of the gamble." They usually win bya alims in full house. EE . 2. _ *uptcy. rt::u::tttt ::tit:tttit tuu:::::::ustittt:tt::t:t::t:t::tu States! South, Sprott idlu'dly, I C. M. in the District upt:W on the. e above nkru pt; of his >ffiee of S. C., r., 1922,' . /. . me the '.Ou lo their lne the Oee Ii other g before of the ti t, with Clims115 rejcrib D. J. Cha11 riuptcy. -k Sno ok fine U tunutw~utnu~hunt 1 lET iler 1-3 Off ugh at a Big Re r Christmas. IS GONE. MEN'S OVERCOATS In a big variety of patterns and styles. $15.00 Overcoats 1-3 Off -------------------$10.00 $18.50 Overcoats 1-3 Off -------------------- 12.33 $25.00 Overcoats 1-3 Off --------------------16.67 $27,50 Overcoats 1-3 Off --------------------18.34 $30.00 Overcoats 1-3 Off --------------------20.00 $35.00 Overcoats 1-3 Off --------------------23.33 BOYS' PANTS In Serges, Fancy Worsteds, Corduroy and Moleskin $1.00 Boys' Pants at -------------------------75c $1.50 Boys' Pants at ------------------------$1.10 $2.00 Boys' Pants at -_--- _1.25 $2.50 Boys' Pants at _--_--_ ----- .....----. .1.67 $3.00 Boys' Pants at -____-- - - ....._- .......-2.00 $4.00 Boys' Pants at ---------------------- .2.67 iler 1-3 Off *EEEsEEEEEEEEEEEsEEEEEEEEEssa FOR GOOD MEATS PHONE No. 235 U eatson's Market I The Sanitary Market NVe use every means to keep a sanitary and up date market, and handle only first class meats. at any time our meats are not first class and at we advertise, you will do us a favor to let us Dw it. For it is our aim to give our customers U a friends entire satisfaction in meats and ser- U e. D~ue to reduc.tion in expeCnCs we nOW announce U r' new redluced prices as followvs: Pork Country Sausage--- ------30c *M xed Pork and Beef Sausage-------20c * st Steaks --- - - - - - -20c * odi Steaks---------------15c U sw Meats ----. - - -10 andl 12%/c E st Pork .-- - - - - - -20c U od Pork .15-- - -- - --l c sw Pork--------------12%2c U 3 Also Handle Casings-----.--- 75c mEEEEEEammaumsumuuuumssaua.. L man's gift for a man e're Ready hen YOU Are! ifts too numerous to mention. You wvill findJ Holiday stock( this season most comle~lte in 'y detail. Tfhe newest andl best in Men's Wear Apparel, just the kind he buys for himself 's wvhy he wxill applreciate a useful gift from store. iler Clothing Co. inter, S. C.