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tragedy narrowly avrrtki)
official of AMftrkaa Bank ft Trusi
Company Waa Near Death
(By'Jas. D. Grist in The Yorkville
'-v-y Enquirer) , _
Columbia, July 19.?A killing that
would have shocked and horrified
South Carolina, wait narrowly averted
June 2d, the day that the American
Bank and Trust company of Columbia
closed its doors. A high official of
the rlosed bank that day wiuf nearer
death perhaps than he will ever be
"again untjl the final hour does come.
Unfortunately, names can not be
mentioned in this interesting story
told the correspondent of The Yorkville
Enquirer (by the man who had
been -worried and worked up to such
a point that he would have taken the
life of the high bj^yoiXkiglilmatrj
ters had not worked around his way.'
It is not proper that names should
be used at this, time. The wfiole
thing will come out later in the legal
record; 'because it appears pretty certain
that there will be a law-suit over
it all.
All that c*n be tqld now is about
like this;
A wealthy South Carolinian, who
is president and owner of a bank In j
I a small country town, had sold the'
American Bank & Trust Co. a bond I
issue totaling more than $50,000'
which he had bought The correct'
figure is much more than that.
This gentleman who lives in the
sticks and staya pretty close home
ordinarily, had not heafd the whU?j
perings and {he rumors that had been'
going on for weeks relative to the'
American Bank & Trust Co. He had'
implicit faith in the officers of that'
institution.
He sold them the county bond issue
-he had bought; and worried not about
his pay, j
The'day before the bank failed to
open for ibusiness he thegap to small
a rat and hfe rushed to Columbia. He
demanded of the banker that his
bonds be returned; or that he be paid
for them or &iven ample security. !
"But I have sold the bonds," said
the American Bank & Trust company
"Well, give ifte my money." |
"I have used that money to take
care of other obligations," replied the
banker. - !
"Wedlryou give mFTseewity good
and plenty or you will never leavethis
room," was the reply; And a
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grot big revolver loomed ominously.
The banker gave them. They are
good and plenty.
The correspondent of The Yorkville
Enquirer knows; because h? w**
permitted to look them over. An effort
may be made to take them away
from the holder in the interests of ,
all those who are stuck. They will
not be taken away without one of
the greatest legal battles this tftata
has witnessed-in years.
Hut unyway, that's how close one
of the high muck-a-mucks in this
bank scandal came near to meeting
his Maker ahead of jtimo.
Shlek Gunman lladly Beaten.
Chicago, July 25.?In the bull pen
of "murderer's row," in the county
jail today, 68 prisoners formed a ring
inside which Martin J. Durkin, shiek
gunman facing a penitentiary sentence
for the murder 'of a federal
agent, was beaten severely for mafer '
ing alleged insulting remarks about
women. When guards arrived, Durkin's
face was severely battered,,but
none would say who did it or the ex*
act cause of the fight.
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I>eroy Jeffers, noted author and lecturer
of New York, was killed in Calj
ifornia, when an airplane in which he
was a passenger crashed to the earth.
The pilot of the machine, Dr. Dunnell
of San Francisco, suffered a broken
hip'' _______
According to figures compiled
by the' Metropolitan Life Insurance
company of New York, there
was an increase of 25 per cent in the <
number , of alcoholic deaths in the
United States; during the first six
months of 1026 over the same period
P?192l>. .
1 [ . i- i ' * .1 . Notice"
of For m ation of Corporation.
Notice is hereby given thkt after
the expiration of three days from this
date, the undersigned intend to ,
apply to the Secretary of State
of South Carolina for the formation
Of-a business (Corporation, And ^Will
file with said officer a.written declaration
pursuant to the provisions of
Section 4801, of the Civil Code of
South Carolina, Volume 8> 1922.
The name of the proposed Corporation
is Betty Thomas Coffee Shop, with
its principal place of business at
Camden, South Carolina. The amount
ox the proposed corporation's stock
it $10,000.00, divided^ into ten shares
of the par value of $1,000.00, payable
In cash. The nature of the conduct
Of the business is the making and
selling of the various kinds.-of-soft
drinks, ices and creams usually dis- .
pensod at soda water fountains and
in sufch establishments, sale of cigars^
cigarettes, 'tobacco, toilet articles of
all kinds, the operation of a tea room
and cafe, and a general confectionery
business. ?
* Elizabeth Rabon Thomas,.
. Wheeler Price Thomas. _
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Murderous Raid Mode Upon Texts
Prison Near Hufctaville.
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Huntaville, Texas, July 22.?Two
men, believed to be former inmates,
shot and/killed a guard at the Ferguson
prison farm near here early today
and freed aix convicts, in ode of
the most sensational prison deliveries
in the hirftory of Texan.
The eight men escaped in a motor
car under fire of other guards. All
had eluded ritptufre tonight. ?
After an investigation Warden N.
L.. Speer of the Ifuntsville penitentiary
expressed the belief that the
two men who engineered the delivery
were convicts who had escaped recently
from the farm. On information
furnished 'by convicts he is seeking
Harvey Ejrais, who escaped ten
days ago, ana Charles Frazier, also
an escaped prisoner.
The first inkling of trouble came
when three shots from an automatic
shotgun were fired pointblank Into
the body of the picket guard, Will Ra-<
der, 50 years old, the father of five
children. Rader was killed instantly.
When the shooting began the bpildi
m McCoy, 4 truaty,
switched off all lights in the prisoners'
quarters: The men who did the shooting
called out the names of six prisoners
and told them to strike matehes
rectly to the inner "compartment and
unlocked the door to the prisoners'
lockup, with keys taken from Rader.
When the first shots were fired
John Klttlebank, who was guarding
the outside of the building from a
point in the rear of the camp, made
a dash for the front door. He was
stoppe'df by a shot from a man stationed
JrKfrofifc of the" building,
Frank Dowlin, a guard, awoke with
the first shot and rushed' out of his
sleeping quarters. The prisoners and
deliverers had gathered in front of
the building by tbifL_time and one of
the men'fired at him. Kjttlebank began
firing at the fleeting party and
Dowlin also emptied his pistol atthem.
The convicts an$ their liberators
hastened to ar parked touring car on
the highway, fired two more shots
and fled. , '
None of the other-prisoners in the
building attempted to escape. ?
Warden Speer's. investigation revealed
that two men in a touring car
crossed BlStts Ferry between Midway
and'CJrofikett oh_ Trinity, river
early yesterday afternoon. He .believed
"they secreted .themselves near
the prison farm and waited until the
camp quieted down before staging
the" raid. ~
Among the men ,fho escaped are:
Charles Pryor, serving a term of 30
years for murder; George Dixon, up
fpr 30 years for safe robbery; O. R.
Holland, serving 28 ye&rs for robbery
with fiearms and assault to murder.
The others, serving shorter : terras,
are: Richard Naylor, Robert Bernhard
and Alyin Ireland. All have records
of previous escapee from prison.
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Not Afraid of Whales.
Saida, Syria, July 22.?Swimming
n:ar the place Where Jonah is supposed
to have landed after his adven%
tuie with the whale is'{j-owned upon
by dwellers iu the'vicinity.
Only recently a party of Americans
driving Beirut to Saida found a
particularly inviting stretch of.sand
on the Mediterranean neai* Saida.
"Let's have a swim here," proposed
qne of the party. The Syrian guide
looked horrified. "This is the spot
whefe Jonah landed." **We^dre not
afraid of whales/' came back the chorus,
and peeling off, the party went
fm- The water was flhe. ^
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Caught Bjg Turtle.
Myrtle Beach, July 22.?A hugo
turtle weighing approximately 600
pounds was caught at Myrtle Beach
this morning, and was brought to tbe
hotel in a truck, The guests at the
hotel are rejoicing that a plentiful
amount of turtTg~fcobp is included iii
today's menu. "This is the largest
turtle ever caught at this place so far
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Children Get Stuck in Tar.
Anderson, July 20.?Three little
children of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Heston had an unusual experience
Saturday afternoon. The smallest one,
a little fellow of four years of age,
teeing a glossy black pool, bethought
himself of stepping into it to see whati
it was like. After he put his foot into
it he could not extricate himself, and
went in deeper trying to get. out.
This was a pool of soft tar which was
being used in road building. When
the sister saw the condition ofthelit-,
tie fellow, she rushed in to try to pull
him out and she got stuck also. Then
the older boy. of eight . years came
along, and he thought he could
get theWT both out , and he was
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caught in the trap also. They were
all tar babiea*r and none could help
the~otheiv
Night was coming on and it seemed
that they were not going to get loose.
As dark came on the children were
missed and the father went out to
look for them,, finding them all stuck
in the tar pool. He managed to get
them out after quite a hard time pulling.
Then after he had gotten them
out he did not know how he was going
to get them home. . He could trot
carry all three,, and everything they
touched stuck to them, finally he
solved the problem iby geting a wheel
barrow and,trundling them home.
- It look gasoline, kerosene, aqjd lots
of water and soap to get the children
free from the tar. After spending
|8.60 to get them clean, Mr. Heston
said there were still signs of tar on
every one of thetti.
Was From Darlington.
Canton, N. C., July 22.?1Charles 1
Haroldson, of Darlington, was almost
instantly killed early this afternoon, J
when he attempted to open switch
at the lop of a pole carrying a 4,400 . A
volt wire and a few seconds later fell
from the pole, striking his head on
the pavement. HaroldBon was employed
by the Phoenix Public Utilities Co.
of Asheyille, was. 'married, and-.leavea
his widow and three children, who are ,
now residing in
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