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[reck Plays Part fin Solving Mystery ttutomoble wreck in the prest age in which we live is net an usu*l occurrence, but when an auto -etk aids in the solution of a mys- j ry?that is a good story and a re occurrence. By Tuesday four white men were , the Sumter county jail charged th the robbery of the safe of Mont- . 0ery Ward and Company here oa t night of March 29th, and from police standpoint the case is comand a closed chapter, thanks the efficient work of the Sumter ! d Columbia police departments.' ?0 of the men made a full con-' is tun and implicated others. X. K. Younginger, Pat Brewer, Sam ! nith and A. G. McAteer, all of Co- j nihia, are charged with robbing the ard safe. Brewer was arretted lust j ?ek in Columbia on another churge, i >ungi"ger was ipicked up in Sum r Saturday, Smith was captured I inday in Columbia and McAteer' is arrested in Columbia on Tues- i v. Smith, although implicated by wnginger and Brewer, maintains s innocence. jn the solution of the robbery a recked automobile in the Wateree ,amp on the early morning of arch 30, plus hard and consistent ark by members of the Sumter po:e department and invaluable aid ven by the local department by Combia officers, were factors of imirt. While returning to Columbia earSunday morning following the rpbry or on the morning of March , the car occupied by the four men Hided with a car belonging to JaIh Palmer of Sumter, in the Wate river Swamp, The tars were so badly damaged it Mr. Palmer's car had to be ought to Sumter by a wrecker of p John Evans Welding and Mnnufcturinp company, while the four In secured the services of Harvin'B vage at Columbia to tow their carI Before going to Columbia they m two repeating shotguns and the Ho stolen from Montgomery Ward II company in a nearby ditch. Later Inday morning.J/Lr. Smith, of SumI, stopped in the swamp to se? I wreck and noted the guns and fie, which he secured and turned fer to Chief Barwick. Chief Barwick and Special Officer handler went to 'Columbia the early part of last weak on the case and aecured the service** of the Columbia police department. Lieutenant W, H. Rawlinson and DctocUvfe P. W. Knox, of Columbia police department, and Chief J. W. Richardson of the governor'* detective force aided the pair of Sumter officer* in the case. . The wrecked machine was found at Marvin's garage and upon investigation the money bag stolen from Montgomery Ward and company's store was found. Saturday afternoon Officer Chandler and Sergeant Cummings of the Sumter force picked Younginger up in the 'Montgomery Ward and Company store here, he having fallen into a well arranged trap. After being quizzed by the officers considerable, Younginger made a complete confession and implicated Smith, MeAteer and Pat, but he did not recall the last name of his companion named Pat. Later Younginger recalled the lust name of Pat as Brewer. Columbia officers had arrested Brewer earlier in the week on a different charge, and already had the man Younginger had named as one of his accomplices. Smith was arrested in Columbia Sunday by Columbia officers, assisted by Officer Chandler and Rural Officer Bollard of fJumter. Smith and Brewer were returned to the city Sunday by the two Sumter officers and lodged in the county jail. In his confession Younginger, who had previously done some sign painting in the Montgomery Ward and company store and knew the layowt of the building perfectly, told of the planning of the robbery witn Brewer, Smith and MoAteer. MeAteer borrowed the car from a friend and the license on it was stolen from another car. On the night of March 29, shortly before 11 o'clock, the four men drove up to the side of the Ward store and parked' their machine. McAtocr remained in the parked car while the. other three entered the store via the coal chute after twist-! ing the lock off. Tools from the hardware department and guns for protection were secured. They easily forced the safe with the tools and I secured a^out $400 in checks and cash. Younginger said he only received $15.00 of the money at the time as it was agreed that the balance of the loot would be split the next day. But the next day he met tun companion* and naked them for hi* share, and they informed hipi the remainder had been spent. The guns were hidden in the ditch after the wreck, he said. Mc A tec r was arrested in a house in .the 500 block of CServais street in Columbia Tuesday by Iieut. W. H. Kuwlinson and :8ergeant E. 1>. Harrell of the Columbia department. Officers Chandler and Gumming** of the Sumter department rode over to Columbia upon being notified of his capture and returned hint here and placed him 4n the county jail with his companions. Yesterday late the four men were still in jail, no bond having been set. .Sumter Herald. I). Berry Smith, 45, well known citizen of Mullins shot himself to death in his home Wednesday, using a .22 calibre rifle. Friends say he did it because his health was popr. Cap Duncan, 57, negro farmer of the Dinbar xeetion of Chester county, j met death this week when a news- I paper blew in the face of the mule he wus driving, frightened the animal, causing it to upset the buggy in which the negro was riding. Governor Richards on Tuesday ap' pointed the following nine citizens to represent South Carolina at the conference called by Governor Gardner, of North Carolina, to meet at Asheville on April 2(1 to consider the ag- : ricultural and economic conditions of | the seyen southeastern states: Dr. William Weston, Wu W. Smoak, W. J. Roddey, J. S. Wannamaker, Holmes B. Springs, T. C. Williams', David R. Coker, W. W. Long, and Fitz Hugh McMaster. W. G. Query of Welford, Spartanburg county, was re-elected chairman of the state tax commission at a meeting of the body held in Columbia, Tuesday last. Frank C. Robin-I son was sworn in as a new member , to succeed J. Kraser Lyon, the latter I being elected general counsel for the commission. The body of Horace Greeley Morse, 24, Ninety-feix, was found beside the Southern railway track near NinetySix, Monday night. Cause of his death re mains somewhat of a mystery, a coroner's jury finding that cause of his death was "unknown to the jury." Representative Britten of Illinois, is proposing that congress erect a memorial bridge over Rock Creek, Washington, to be named "Taft Bridge." : i i Married in Sumter Flint Rheim, star pitcher for the St. Louis iCardinals, and Miss Lula Dillartl, of Creer were married here Inst night by Rev. Ceo. T. Harmon. The young couple secured a license from Deputy Clerk of Court Cutfino late in the afternoon and were married shortly afterwards by Rev. Harmon.?Friday's Sumter Item. D. W. Shealy, 20, of Newberry, was killed Sunday morning te"n miles northeast of Newberry when the car he was driving collided head-on with another car driven by a man named Shepherd of Clintoa. Suits totaling $1)7,400 have been entered in the superior court of Robeson county, N. C., against Frank Lester, reputed millionaire of Newark, N. J., as the result of his automobile crashing into a wagon in that county last Thursday, and the killing of one person and the injuring of several others, all Indians. T ' j Mr. ami Mrs. L. Baker of (laffney celebrated their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary last Thursday. Where Are America's Most Lovely Mothers and Attractive C hildren? paid by The Photograph*!*' Aworlatlon of America. The Judge* are Mr*. Mary Itobertn Hmnhart of PiMbtmrKh. judges will he able to Identify Mm dlHttnrt American typea or motherhood and children which pho-. tngraphsrs in their wide experience have noted. Climate, home life, environment and education may have had an important part in forming these types. The judges will select thp lovIlent of there types in mothers FANMK HI RKT ' \?t?| abort story writer npHREE Judges, eminently <i?alifled for the task, constitute a Jury to select the 222 loveliest mothers and the 222 most attractive children in the fulled States and Canada. They will award $20,000 to those mothers and children for _ their photographs, to be made up Into an exhibit and displayed In the chief towns and cities of two rountrie?, and to be known as The Hall of Honor of America's Lovely Mothers and Attractive, Children. The awards range from $1500 to $25 each and will be <HAUI,I,S AYLKTT I'rcMlth'iit, P. A. of A. who by her wholesome and gripping fiction has written her way Into the hearts of the American^ public; Miss Fannie {lurst of New< York. who contribhtcs a dally short story to manV newspapers -and hi Said to he tlx* highest paid fietlort writer In America, and Charles Aylett. of Toronto, noted portrait photographer and lecturer and president of the Photographers' Association of America Having studied character in their professional work tor the purpose of portruyihg It. the I M4KV HOIIKHTS Iftl.N'KH.lTtT , Noted author nnd tho mont attractive in children. Until Saturday. May 10th. midnight. tho day before Mothora' Day. mothora. and children will mull thojr photographs to tho headquarter* in (JlovcluntL whoie they will be Judged. For Magistrate I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the election to the office of Magistrate of Lower Buffalo Township, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. Very respectfully, JOHN A. MoQASKlLL. Pension Money IIas Come The pension money for the Confederate Veterans and widows of Confederate Veterans for Kershaw Coun-. ty has been received and is noW ready for distribution". The amount this year is $12,375.00 to be divided as ' follows: Eighteen Veterans at $240.00 each, forty-eight widows over 55 years of age $160.00 each, and i three widows under 55 yoars of age > $125.00 each. It is necessary to call 1 in person or to send a wribten order for the checks. w. l. Mcdowell, Judge of Probate. April 11th, 1930. ? ? ? i?g i ' ?' i-??e Camden, We Are Grateful I QUALITY The trade-marks on the merchandise we represent is the same as "Sterling"*, on silver. It is the last word in VALUE and every item guaranteed: Electric Ranges Electric Water Heaters Electric Hot Plates Waffle Irons Percolators Smoothing Iron* . 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