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New York Bandit Machine Gun Victim New York, F6b. 8.~Young Vincent Coll, who was poison with a pistol and most fearod of the CJotham 'XJuns," got his load of lead in a telephone booth at 12:46 a. in. today. ' A machine gunner chopped him down cooly and deliberately in a West 28rd street drug store. A single slug tore away the nose the 24-year-old hoodlum so often had v turned up at his deadly rival, "Dutch" Schultz, and the Schultz beer-peddling domination in the Bronx, A line of lead, moving like A sabre, cut through the flash coat and vest, and into his chest. No murder more carefully planned has been done in New York in years. The killer entered the little drug store as Coll (recently acquitted of the "baby murder" chaise growing out of the, Michael Vengalli slaying last summer) stood in a phone booth at the rear. Several customers were ; in the place, Seated at an ice cream table near the phone booth was Coil's bodyguard. The killer, a sub-ntachine gun slung carelessly under his right arm, moved slowly toward the rear of the store. He said: "Everybody keep cool. Keep calm. This ain't no stickup. You won't get hurt," He shuffled steadily toward the rear, not taking his eye from the booth?one of three at the rear of the storo?in which Coll was engrossed in his phone call. Coil's bodyguard arose quietly from his table, circled noiselessly out of the range, and slipped through the door, to the street. The killer paid him no heed. Standing within ? a few feet of the phone booth, the man lifted the barrel of the machine gun, rested it carefully on his left arm and pulled the trigger. It was seconds only for thoHe who saw it?and eternity for Vincent Coll. His body slid down, almost doubling up, and wedged in the booth near the floor. The slayer backed out of the store. A companion, armed with a machine gun, was awaiting him there at the door of a sedan at the wheel of which was a third man. They drove away, going west to Eighth avenue and then north. A patrolman saw them and gave v pursuit in a commandeered cab. An: other officer, stationed at Eighth avenue and West 23rd street, joined the chase in another machine. Each fired at the racing car, but ineffectually. The killer's car was lost in traffic at Eighth avenue and 60th street. Police expressed no regret over Coil's death, but they ordered all gangsters brought in immediately. Principally they wanted "Dutch" Schultz, avowed foe of Coll and the man who police said had offered $50,000 to the man who "erased" Coll. Coll quit the "beer racket" a month ago, police said. Since then, they learned, he has been living by the fruits of strong arming and "chiselling"?forcing gamblers, dive keepers and other criminals to contribute cash to the t oll bankroll under threat of being .slain. Baptist Church So r\ ices The following ser\ices are announced for the First Baptist church: Sunday >ch..?d !<> o'clock. Mr. C. O. t Stogncr, supei intondi-gl; public worship by the paster at 1 1 :1 .*> a. m. and S p. m. Morning subject. "Winning the Soul." Kveninj subject, "The Two dates." l'-a\ti meeting Wednesday evening at S o'clock. Senior B. V I'. Id Thursday evening; Junior B. N 1'. Id Sunday evening at 7 ]). m. The publu is cordially invited to attend all tlie >crvice- of this church. Had Surprise l*art> Airs. J. II. Sinclair wn> given a surpri-e par!} uii Aloi.dav, February Sth-, her fifty-first natal day. Many lovely and useful gild- were pre-onted her by he- !'i .end-, .hddren iand g- and hiidrcr. A del;. u- .-inner wa- . .1. (in t'.- 'empt.rg menu ua- ar. ? :>< .?.d ' ut. Th -e ,?/ present were Mr :i M -. W;d I?. n ton ??>' fiaug?M, \ , non Sinclair an t chi-hd-rr.:' .Mr. and Mrs. 1-anc ( Su.-.w and daughter; Mr. and .Mr-. \\ Ha :> and ? h.l?. dren; Mr. ami Mr- far! Sinclair. Mis- I a na Si i.c la. r. Mi.-.- Margaret S.nclair. f __ _____ Milt Tolbert Flayers at Nit. Pisgah The Milt Tolbert I'layers from 8" Monroe. X. will appear al the fr Alt. Pisgah high school auditorium on Wednesday night, February the By- 1?t?h at H o'clock. They will present "The push," a three-art play. This is a return engagement for the Milt ft- Tolbert Players, they having presentK.?, ed "Jim Bailey" on January the 27th Y These are professional players and L. guarantee firat class entertain8ft want. Price* fifteen and twenty-five ft cents. WL . ' " 11 I t I No Tax Extension Beattie Announces There will *>< no extension of time for the payment of tuxes in South Carolina under the terms of u concurrent resolution adopted last week by the two houses of the general assembly, according to A. J. Beattie, comptroller general. I^ast week the comptroller general said that it would be a "breach of faith with holders of the state's notes" for an extension of time to be allowed. Yesterday when asked what he intended to do about the matter he stated definitely that the exension could not be allowed. "I have the utmost respect for any suggestion or recommendation of the general assembly," Mr. Beattie said. "At the same time our financial pledges are such that I cannot issue an executive order postponing the collection of any revenue due the state. "Moreover, we had already collected, prior to January 1, when the penulty went on, $11,500,000 of the 1931 assessment, which was paid to avoid the penalty. "It is manifestly unfair to those who have already paid their taxes to make an extension for the benefit of those who have been waiting to pay without the penalty." Tho officer said the state had notes in the sum of $500,000 maturing weekly during February, March and April. When renewals were secured on these notes state officials gave their pledge that additional renewals would not be asked and sueh requests would become necessary should extension of time for paying taxes be granted. Mr. Beattie said the 5 per cent, penalty would become effective March 1, on all taxes not paid and that the books wopld close March 15. I^ast week the house passed a resolution asking that time for payment of taxes be extended to May 1. The resolution went over to the senate, where it was amended to read as follows: "That the comptroller general is hereby authorized and directed to extend the time for the payment of all state and county taxe% to June, 1932, with 2 per cent, penalty to May 1, 1932, and 1 per cent, added penalty for the month of May, 1932, and from nnd after June 1, 1932, the same penalties shall attach as now provided by law." The house concurred in the amendment and copies of the resolution were sent to the_jcomptroller general. ?Wednesday's State. Contraband goods smuggled into Germany and seized by customs-.officers and heretofore destroyed, will hereafter be turned over to organizations for distribution among the poor. Provincial authorities have also been given authority to in future turn over all tobacco, cigars and cigarettes seized to the disabled war veterans. Annual Tag Pay for the Camden Hospital, Saturday, February 13th. Blue Jays Defeat Wild Canaries (By John W. Lyman) Stinging under two defeats administered by "Jerry" Smith, the Wild Canaries, the Blue Jays, ltd by Dick Allison, had eweel Saturday ufternoon to tihe tune of ly t0 4. It was a Blue Jay day, every player of the blue-shirted contingent getting in at least one tally, while one of t|?e ponies, not to be outdone, added an extra point to the score by booting the bali between the uprights" in the fifth chukker. On paper the Wild Canaries looked like easy VictO**, with Smith. Watson Pomeroy and "Denny" Baldwin, ail land and )?grd hitters, but it was not * I^the* tirii chukker neither aide scored, and it looked as if the Wild Canaries would come through with several "tallies, for they were playing about the Blue Jays' goal ports from the start of the bell. In the second period Allison, Carroll Bassett and Charlie Little got the range of the Wild Canaries breast works, and1 for a while it looked like the Japanese doing an unobstructed march up from the river to Shanghai. Admiral Allison and his men werg pounding the Wild Canary defense with heavy mallets-artillery. Three times Willow wood projectiles went through for counts. In the third round Samuel Russell, leading the outpost position, made ft "hit" from a hot skirmish in front of the goal. Then to add more than due, a Blue Jay pony took a kick at a Wild Canary for a goal. In the fourth round b^th sides did a lot of wild firing and no one was hit. Field Marshall Smith in the I1**' then got busy, and with the aid of Major General Watson Pomeroy, took a mighty slam at the oncoming Blue Jays to the tune of one tally. ^r" roll Bassett evened it up by slamming a goal for his side. The Bassett and Allison combination continued to pour goal shots between the Wild Canaries goal in the seventh, while Smith brought in two more scored in the sixth and eighth chukkers. In the eighth chukker, Watson Pomeroy came through for a well-earned goal, when he outraced the Blue Jays to the trenches. The largest gallery of the season was 'on hand to watch the game, which was fast and exciting from start to finish. The Wild Canaries were just off form, several times they had easy chances to score, losing by either inaccurate hitting or topping the ball, leaving it for their opponents to hit out of danger Several new players will arrive next week, and games will be played Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The score: Blue Jays (10) Wild Canaries ^4) Russell No. 1 Tupper Bassett No. 2 Smith Allison No. 3 Pomeroy Little Back Baldwi* Goals: Blue Jays?Russell 1; Bassett 4; Allison 3; Little 1; Pony Goal 1. Wild Canaries?'Smith 3, Pomeroy ?i SOCIAL AND BUSINESS STATIONERY BLANK BOOKS SCHOOL STATIONERY FOUNTAIN PENS VALENTINES, PLAYING CARDS, POKER CHIPS, TALLY CARDS CARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS WAX CANDLES, many colors and lengths SPONGES CHAMOIS SADDLE SOAP VETERINARY MEDICINES ! W. R. ZEMP S DRUG STORE - Phone 30 Prescription work by Pharmacists only. i" 3M Eight 7 tt-minute chukkers, Kefen > . Ui* 1 i>J? Little. Wild Canaries Get tUvenge Recovering from the staggering defeat of last Saturday on KirkwootJ Plains the M&td Canaries {urned tables on the Blue Jays the following Monday by a score of 9 to 6, and on Wednesday afternoon cleaned the enemy from off the field at Sandy Dune. With a score of 16 to 3 in their favor, the Wild Canaries lived up to their reputation. It was a wild afternoon for the Blue Jays who could not get started to any effect. Both teams were minus one batftillion, and this meant much to the Blue Jays, who maneuver best at full strength. Then the field of Sandy Dune U not an area for swift and rapid movement of horse artillery. The Wild Canaries started out by sharpening their bills with three goals in the first chukker. 4T>enny" " Baldwin, of aldermatic size, on two occasions laid full weight against the willow for two goals, while Marshall "Jerry" Smith, hailing from the City of Churches and George IK Ihuryery's stubbornly contended bailiwick, got busy with an added score. During the 8ame skirmish Dick Allison shot a goal. In the next period Smith came through with two more tallies, while Carroll Bassett rolled another point for the Blue Jays. In the third both Smith and Charlie Little hit for bull's eyes, and at the same time held the Blue Jays scoreless. Smith kept up his battering in the fourth, fifth and sixth chukkers for four gdded scores, some of them of the sensational order, one a beautiful nearside back hander. Bassett had another to his credit in the sixth and after that the Blue Jays' guns were silenced so far as scoring went. "Denny" Baldwin and Smith scored in the last chukker and the games closed with a total of 15 for the Wild Canaries and 3 for the Blue Jays. Goals: Smith 9, Baldwin 4, Little 4, Bassett 2, Allison 1. Referee George Little. Eight 714-minute chukkers. Personal Mention Mrs. Hubert O. Wilson visited her parents in Union the past week. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Mobley visited relatives in I>ancaster last Sunday. Mrsi James DeLoache, of Charlotte, is oii a visit to relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cole and Mrs. Purna Huggins, of Washington, D. C., visited Mr. and Mrs. R. L. 1 Stokes the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Pipkins, of , McCormiek, S. C., stopped over with ( Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Stokes on their way to Washington, D. C. Messrs. C. H. Yates, L. L. Block * and Miss Rosa Geisenheimer attend- < ed the funeral of Miss Irene McCoy < in Bishopville on Tuesday. < Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Creed returned ^ Tuesday from Miami, Florida, where Mr. Creed has been on business. Miss I^ouise Rose, formerly of Camden ac- < compnnied them home for a visit. < Wiley Sheorn has returned from < Lake City, Florida, where he has been undergoing treatment at the ^ government hospital. His friends will be glad to learn that he has been greatly benefitted by the treatment. < Mrs. G. E. Taylor returned Sunday J from Charlotte where she was called t on account of the illness of her son- f in-law, Mark Johnson. Mr. Johnson's friends will be glad to learn he is better and considered out of danger now, Miss Lenora Rhame, who is a student at Columbia college, spent last I week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W\ Rhame. She had as her guests Misses Iyouise Stone, of Little River; Barbara Blackley, of Anderson and Cornelia Rickenbaker,of Cameron. Annual Tag Day for the Camden Hospital, Saturday, February 13th. The word "xerophthalmia" appear?d in a recent report in the United States senate. It was too much for he senators to digest all at once, so I ' it was referred to a sub-committee. The word means an abnormal dry* ness of the eyeball, produced usually by long continued inflammation. ? ^ WE $4,500.00 NEED HELP Vv ' ;; ' . j nrijfir 1 uL DRIVE 0 . 1 .. 1 i " v 'V . - -j The ASSOCIATED CHARITIES . ??? TUESDAY WEEK OF MARCH 1 DO NOT FORGET i > ? I 1' The Gossapd Line of Beauty TUESDAY ; FEBRUARY 16th I 9 a. m.?6 p. m. Y Telephone 90 t for 1 Appointments You. 1ar>e most cordially invi ted f 4 !to visit a display of the Gossard Line of B?auli| in ossr ) conct department. Exquisite Gossord desiqns for the now Silhouette . . . Combinations, Solitaires,Tedetites, Step- ^ 1 ins, Girdles and (3rassieres . . . fop every figure A fashion representative o f the H. W. Gossord Ce. i will be in our store during fbis showing to give y?%i Y figure advice, if you wish it, an fit you penonollq. ( ' ' \ . ?? ""' | : ) THE FASHION SHOP i! | ^^^^tp^meatspecial^P " I IV EZ..RO FRIDAY AND SAT'DAY | I Round Steak, lb 20c Pot Roast, lb 17c Stew Beef, lb 10c Pork Chops, lb 17c FISH AND OYSTERS Pork Shoulder, lb 15c j Weinies and Smoked Sausage, lb * 15c j Roe Shad, lb 45c | Buck Shad, lb 30c; I | VEAL AND LAMB " | | ^??? P for quick nisn WAsnixo suns ,> SUPER SUDS 2 15< 4 Vj t In 1 SHOE r POLISH ?ox 12$ p r curws m iiM >i tots and pans M BRILLO 2 ?< 15 c AU FOR per: i:ct bakino trt L CRISCO a, 4 X9? 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