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' l ,1 ’ ■ r-’ > * BANK AT NICHOLS BLOWN UP BY • GANG OP FIVE MEN. MANY PEOPU SINT AT — i Throe Men Arretted on Saeplcion— As Baadlts Pass Down Road They Shot at Everybody They Caught i Sight of—Dogs Do Good Work in . Trial Chase. ( 1 "f A telephone message to Mullins > from Nichols at an early hour Wed nesday morning stated that the Bank of Nichols had been robbed. Rural Policeman Hunter left by daylight for the scene and Sheriff Dozier and Officers Berry and Deans went to Pee Dee, hoping to head the cracksmen off should they attempt to escape by train. Shortly after daylight Officer Byrd noticed two men coming down the railroad from toward Nichols, and locked them up under suspicion, pending an Investigation. 1 It was not long before Officers ifer- ry and Davis reported from Pee Dee that they had picked up a suspect there. The officers boarded the Wil mington train and carried their pris oner back to Nichols. On the same train was John Robbins, of the peni tentiary, with his bloodhounds, hav ing beep reached over the long dis tance telephone In time to catch the train from Columbia. The bank building had been roped off, and when the dogs were carried In the bank they readily took the scent and ran down the railroad for some distance, and turning to the right, followed a trail over the public road near the new bridge, where It was lost. This led to the belief that the robbers escaped by a vehicle in waiting for them. After the dogs had failed to carry the trail further Guard Robbins re turned to Nichols and left the dogs in the opposite side of the street from the bank. By this time there was possibly three hundred to four hun dred persons in the crowd. He then Instructed that the man arrested at Pee Dee be taken out In the woods and made to climb a tree. At the same time several other partiee were instructed to go off In different directions from that taken by the person suspected. Robbins blew his horn and a dog was releas ed. He ran through the crowd to his master, passing over the hundreds of footsteps; finally he ran back, and the moment he scented the tracks made by the man arrested at Pee-Dee he dashed off through the field and followed the trail straight- to the tree. The prisoner was brought down, protesting his innocence. Sev era! trials were made, but the dog re fused to follow any other trail. The prisoner was afterwards car ried to Marion and placed In jell to await farther developments. He gave his name as Tom Reynolds and claim ed Richmond as his home. He was apparently about 30 years of age. His left arm was off Just below the shoulder. He had blue eyes, light hair, was fair-complected, with high forehead, and seemed rather Indlffer ent to the serious predicament he was in. only claiming that he was In nocent of the charge. The burglary happened about 2:30 oclock Wednesday morning. There was an explosion in the bank build Ing. In the adjoining building on the second story In the telephone ex change the operator was asleep, and in a room almost over the bank negro barber was sleeping. , The force of the explosion almost three the barber out of bed. The operator and barber state! that they rushed out and saw three men on the ground. In a Jew sec onds residents living near were up and groping through the misty dark ness toward the bank. A second ex plosion convinced them that safe crackers were at work In the bank. Dr. Ayers, who lives Just across the street, ventured out with his shot gun and fired three shots In the direction of the bank. One of them struck the end of a freight car and the others were said to have gone through the bank window. The shots were promptly returned by the intruders and so far as the reporter could learn no one else ventured out untlrthe Job was completed and the cracksmen left, not until, however, they had fir ed the third charge. It was claimed by some that there was at least thirty minutes between the first and last re ports. While all this was going on the operator and barber remained In the building, panic-stricken. They were afraid to leave on account of the guard and expected every moment that the building would be blown up They called to those In houses near by to come and carry them away, but could not get any one out. Shortly after the third explosion the safe-blowers came out and all went up the railroad. Karl Griffin, Who lives Just beyond the depot, says a sthey passed his house - he was standing on the front porch and ask ed what the trouble was. They fired one or two shots at him and proceed ed on down the road. A negro liv ing near Nichols stated that he pass ed five white men on the railroad about 12 o’clock and that two hours later he saw them coming back from Nichols. The beautiful little Bank of Nich ols Is almost a complete wreck. The entire front of the safe was blown away and part of it hurled through the ceiling, carrying off the top of the house. Every window in the build- Ing was shattered. A sledge hammer entrance was made. Inside the safe the cracksmen found an iron chest in which the meaejr was stored. It was this that In the third charge of nitro- In the strong hog was sad fifty dollars in , GERMANS ARB PREPARING. Looks for Another Drive Along Const Towns—Belgium Has Been Heer ily Fortified by Teutons. A correspondent of the New York Times writes from “A Town in Bel gium”: In spite of all the state ments to the effect that the Germans are retiring on the line between DtX' mude and the coast, I am not yet con vjneed that they will depart without making another attempt to break through. What may be said is that the longer they delay the harder their task will be. As it is the German heavy guns have disappeared from the firing line, In all probability because the mud is fast making It Impossible to move the heavy pieces in haste. Now the Al lies have only the lighter artillery to face, and theee are particularly ac tive only at intervals. Recently the German artillery be gan with extraordinary suddenness a terrific bombardment of -tfie French Intrench menta. It started about 7 o'clock in the evening and lasted un til nearly midnight. From a consid erable distance It was possible to see the flashes, which occurred probably at the rate of twenty a minute, and to hear the incessant booming. Along the rest of the line the German guns were quiet. The French batteries, most excel lently concealed, replied with less violence but with considerably more precision. The continuous flashes gave away the German positions, and the French artillerymen went about their work coolly and steadily. Next day showed that 'some German guns had been silenced once for all. This little Incident serves to show how erratic is the foe with whom the allied armies have to deal, and It Is because the Germans do not hesitate to attempt the impossible that I think that even yet there may be a renewed attempt to break hrough the Dix- mude-Nleuport line. Their only possible hope of success depends upon their big guns. At the present time Flanders Is a sea of mud Into which the big guns would Inevit ably sink. Soldier for soldier, the Belgian and the Frenchman are quite equal to the German, and the light artillery of the Allies Is very plenti ful. Robbed of the use of their big guns the German offensive must fall While the Allies have been making sure of their defense they have at the same time made possible an advanoe In force, but the retaking of Belgium la going to be a long and terrible bus iness. I have the best possible authority for stating that the defenses behind the German lioca are singularly com plete. British airmen have inspected from above the formidable defense works, built of concrete, which ex tend from Eccloo to Brussels, a dis tance of approximately sixty miles. ARMKD NEUTRALITY. Italian Premier Once Again Oatlines Coarse of His Country. The Italian parliament Thursday with sittings of both the chamber of deputies and the senate witnessed by hundreds of deeply interested specta tors. Italy's position was set forth In a statement by Premier Salandra, who advised that she maintain a watchful and armed neutrality. He was frequently applauded. The premier said the European conflict broke out suddenly without Involving Italy directly and In spite of her efforts to avert the war for the sake of peace and civilization. A- careful study of her treaty obligations and the causes of the conflict con vinced the government that Italy was not called on to participate and she accordingly declared her neutrality In view of the necessity of protecting Italian interests, however, a declara tion of neutrality alone was not suf ficient to guard against contingencies The political division of the con tinent of Europe, the premier pointed out, perhaps were about to be modi fied. Italy, he added, has vital inter ests to protect and aspires to main tain her position as a great power and to preserve intact her policies. Sha therefore must be watchful, powerful and ready for any eventuality. The supreme task of the government was to bring the army and navy to a state of preparedness since, when law ceases to govern, the only safety^of a nation is in force. Italy must be ready to protect herself. VALUE OF AIR CRAFT. Captain Bristol Calls Attention to Its Service in Fighting. Aircraft and their great part in modern warfare were discussed to day before the house naval committee by Capt. Bristol, In charge of the naval aviation corps. Capt. Bristol explained the value of aviators as sea scouts and said while submarines might not be discovered from*the deck of a ship, they could be detected by airmen even If submerged 50 to 100 feet under the surface of the water. w-T currency and coin. In the box was thirteen oqe-hundred-dollar Mils be side other denominations. A careful examination convinced the president that very little of tne currency was secured by the burglars, as the ter rible jar seemed to have literally torn the bills into shreds. Only thir^y-aix dollars and sixty-four cents was pick ed from the debris. The cashier, B. B. Elvlngton, stated to the reporter that the bank was fully protected by uranee. W. McQ. Buck, of the inatittuion. MEXICAN CAPITAL IN TERROR DURING WHOLE WEEK. '1 POLICE WEOE UNHARMED Students Formed Pooee and Cleaned Principal Streets of the TrouMe- sotne Element—Zapata’s Forces L i * . Are Now Keeping Order in Ancient city. For one week Mexico City has been isolated from the outside world, so far as concerned the transmission of press dispatches. Wednesday com munication was restored by a wire from the capital to El Paso and It is possible to recount in detail the story of the last few days, only fragments of which hitherto havg passed beyond the border. When Gen. Lucio Blanco left the city earty Tuesday, November 24, f§w inhabitants knew of his departure Towards noon heavy firing was heard in the neighboring suburbs. Here the retreating forces of Gen. Blanco were deserted by their chief, j They fought the advance guard of Gen Zapata. During these engagements sixty men were killed and Blanco’s men retreated northward through Atzrapotzalco. It then became generally known that Gen. Carranzo had ordered both Obregon and Blanco to leave the city with all their men. The order also called for the d'sarmament and the dissolution of the entire police force. As Zapata's forces had not pene trated the city proper and as the Con stlUntlonalist plan called for complete abandonment of the capital, when the order to dissolve the police force be came known fear and rage divided the feelings of business and residen tial communities. Stores and banks were closed immediately and have re mained closed. Foreigners and Mexi cans kept close to their homes. At 5 o'clock Tuesday mobs began forming i i front of the national pal ace. It was evident that serious trou ble was brewing and the streets were cleared of all save four rioters. With cried of “To the arms store! there are no police.” the crowds ran from the open plaza to the places designat ed on the Avenida 16th of September Here the leaders forced the doors of one of the largest establishments selling arms and ammunition and handed out the weapons to the wait ing throngs. With these the rioters rushed down the streets, firing as they went. » This firing began at dusk on the evening of November 27 and resulted in the shutting up of all establish ments, both public and private, until the cause of It was learned. Excellent order is now being pre served In the city, bnt eleven firemen were killed Thursday night by Zapa ta soldiers, who, when the firemen answered an alarm, mistook their ap paratus for rapid fire guns and artil lery and pojrcd volley aftey volley Into the defenceless men. Seven fire men killed outright and four died on the way to the hospital. Many were wounded. Wednesday the advance guard of the Villa army, under Gen. Angeles, reached the outskirts of the city. There are 6.000 infantrymen In the detachment and they are encamped about a mile back of the Chapultepec Castle. These.men will not enter the city until the bulk of the artpy of Gen. Angeles arrives, which will be about the end of the week. A large detachment of Villa troops, under Gen. Jose Isabel Robles, ,s re ported to have defeated" the division of Gen. Pablo Gonzales and captured the city of Pachua. When the Car ranza forces deserted Mexico City they took with them one of the loco motives and all available rolling stock, so that for the past week the various railway stations and yards have been empty. Troops from the north are bring ing many trains with them. Tele phone lines connecting the capital with the suburbs had been working busily, however, and the Zapata forces on the outskirts w r ere asked to come into the city. They responded promptly. Meanwhile students had met and decided to arm themselves and dis perse the mobs if no assistance came from the besieging soldiers on the outside. The crowds heard of these preparations and broke up into small parties, spreading out over the en tire city. "When the Zapata forces entered Mexico City the students, armed with all sorts of weapons, already had taken possession of the principal streets. These manifestations awed the mobs, who confined .themselves to breaking Into small stores along th& unfrequented streets. Terror was added to the situation by the fact that the men of Gen. Blanco's command, in their hurry to get out of harm’s wt^, held up coaches and unhitched horses or broke into public and private stables and seized any animal that would en able them to escape. During these operations considerable firing was go ing on. ' Eduardo Iturbide, governor of the federal district under the Carbajal regime, led the reorganization of the police force, calling on all former army officers for that purpose.- Senor Iturbide. working In conjunction with Col. Saldana, of the Zapata forces! and by 10 o'clock that night 200 foot and 100 horse of theee volunteers were patrolling the streets. By mid night complete order prevailed in the NEW YORK FIREMEN AND FO- LJCKM&N SET ON BY 3,000. Arrest' of Black Artilleryman Start* Rioting in Harlem—Doctors and Wounded. Samuel Reeves, a negro coast artil leryman at Fort Slocum, drew a crowd of negroes about him In the middle of Lenox Avenue, between 137th and 138th streets, New York, early Tuesday evening while be aired his grievances against a restaurant proprietor acroso the way. Police man Rane of the Lenox Avenue sta tion shouldered his way through the crowd, and started to feel the sol dier’s pockets. He was struck on the Jaw and knocked down. Other members of the crosd fell heads to the right and left, and final ly made them clear a way for hiu: did his prisoner by firing two shots in the air. ‘ around the corner. T received a scalp wound, lowed and threw bricl at Rane. Ass: gethei^ and a crowd of orderlies, numbe altogether more than a dozen went to the gate to see the po man and his prisoner safely Inside. A crowd of 3,000 negroes show« them with bricks and bottles. Si of them were cut and painfully hr ed. Meanwhile Policeman Joyce and Kinnernan of the Lenox Avenue stg tlon, who had heard the two shoti fired, had come on the run. They arrested Herman Prieto negro, of 56 East 132nd street, and sought a refuge from the mob I themselves and their prisoner in saloon on the southeast corner 137th street an<U Lenox Avem When they entered the place th were assailed by the mob of negroes, still throwing bricks. Joyce was cut in the mouth and Finneran on the head. Both had the cut following the smashing large plateglass windows In loon. A call for the reserves was sent in to the l^enox Avenue station, and Capt. O’Neal- hurried twenty over to the riot, and with a patrol wagon collected all the available met on the post and sent them to rein force the reserves. A small fire in West 138th Street brought several engines and added to the excitement The firemen were showered with mis siles by' the mob. The reaerves were attacked, i nd several men were cut and bruised Nightsticks were flourished vigorous ly, and soon the mob melted away but not until Lhere were many bruis ed heads and bloody faces among them. Several plate-glass windows in stores and windows in passing street cars were smashed. HK1XJRADK CAPTURED. Many A: Petrograd reports that GO.QOQ Aua- triana are engagaed la th« campaign against tba Servian*. v Booty From Trtng Taa. The Japanese captured Tstng Taa 2,500 rifles, 100 machine guna. 30 field gees aad proviaioaa to feed five thousand soldiers three i Austrian Army Take* Capital of Their Hmall Antagonist. Belgrade, until the outbreak of the war, SOrvia's capital, was occupied Tuesdaw by Austrian troops. The Servians previously evacuated the city. Thus, on the 66th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Francis Jos eph, who again is’reported seriously 111, and four months after teh out break of war, his generals report one of the most Important successes they have obtained. Belgrade frequently was bombard ed early In the war and but for the neceslsty that compelled Austria t*) send troops against Russia must have fallen easy prey to Servia’s big neigh bor. • Apparently Austria miscalculated the nature of the Servian opposition and only after Bosnia was invaded did she send a sufficient force against the Servians to drive them back. Now they are being forced backward and are eagerly looking for the advance of the Russians into Hungary to af ford them relief. Russia has been sending Cossack raiding parties through the Carpa thians to dive * Austria’s attention, but the dual monarchy seemingly is determined to finish with Cervia first. HOLD CONFERENCE, South American Countries to Seek As sistance of U. S. Proposals for creating a neutral zone in the waters of the Western Hemisphere and conserving the rights of neutrals will be laid by the United States before the governing board of the Pan-American Union, which con sists of diplon Stic representatives of the 21 American republics. The general purpose of the meeting is to reach a concord of views on neutrality question so that the 21 American republics will speak as with one voice to the European belligerent powers whenever new questions arise. After conferences between Presi dent. Wilson, Secretary Brya n and Counsellor Robert Lansing,hit was decided that the only feasible plan at present was to lay the entire question before the Pan-American governing board.’ CLASSIFIED COLUMN Big Type Dnrocs Pigs for sole -1* each. Furnish pedigree. Frank Bend me sample and price of your cow peas. I will buy them. J. Lock- wook Murphy, Charleston, 8. C. ^ j Moan tain Cave Apples, direct from grower to the consumer for cash or exchange. Satisfactien guaranteed. T. C. Bryson, Sylva, N. C. Cabbage Plante—$1 per M. All va rieties. Cash with order. Farm Science Institute. 253 E. Bussell 8t., Orangeburg, S. C. Wanted—Colored agents to sell Magic Shaving Powder. It shaves without a razor.. Write Shaving Powder company. Savannah, Ga. For Sale—One brand new Rodgers Scroll Saw, complete. First $5 gets It! Karl Lescmann, 32 Broad St., Charleston, S. C. , “Wanted to Exchange”—Well train ed coon and possum hound for well trained pointer or setter. Write me. M. L. Craw lord. Tiger, Ga. Agents Wanted—Colored agents send 25c stamps for half-pound box pow der that shaves clean without razor. Quick seller. Southern Specialty Co., Savannah, Ga. Am selling beautiful White Runners $1 each. Black Minorcas, black and white Orpingtons, $5 trio. Extra fine birds. Satisfaction guaranteed. Mrs. J. M'. Underwood. Lafayette. Ga. Marry—Large list of wealthy mem bers wishing early marriage. Con fidential description free. Reliable club. Mrs. Wrubel, Box 26, Oak land, Cal. For Kale—Juniper fence posts, any length or size, Juniper telephone and telegraph pqles from 20 foot, four inch tops, to 50 foot, eight inch tops. H. C. and T. W Reeder, Ed mund, S. C. Ladle*, earn Xmas money addressing circulars and envelopes. Earn $8 to $10 per week. Send stamped en velope for reply. Webb & Thorn burgh Co.. Atlanta, Ga. Best grade Georgia Cane Syrup, new crop, direct from producer. $10.50 per barrel of 3 4 gallons f. o. b. Cairo, Ga. Sample furnished on re ceipt of 6c. C. F. Walker, Cairo, Ga. School Trustees We can supply you at any season with the best teachers available upon request. Write or wire at once. Carolina Teachers Agency, F. K. Graham, Manager. Klngstree, S. C. Foot Cycle Gasoline and Kerosene Stationary Engines. Guaranteed for life. Pumping, ginning, sawing, etc. Sizes from 1 1-2 up. Pumping engines. $35 delivered. W. H. Plep- er, 91 iXust Bay Street, Charleston, S. C. TALK OF LACK OF TORPEDOES exploded by report. EQUIPPED Georgia Cane Syrup—New crop, new 35-gal. barrels, $15 per barrel, freight prepaid to your nearest rail road station. Prompt shipment. First class goods. James L. Haul- din, Cairo, Ga. Fall Cabbage Plant*, ail leading vari eties, including Flat Dutch and Er.r- ly Jersey Wakefield, 90c per 1,000. Leaps' Prolific Wheat, $1.75; Ful- ghum Oats, $ .25 per bushel. \Y Y. McNeil, Walterloo. S. C. For Sale—One 20 horsepower Mc- Vicker gasoline engine; has been used a little in saw mill and gin work; guaranteed first class condi tion; cheap, on easy terms. Ad dress R. F. Anderson, Sycamore, S. C. We Have Farms in Honston County, Ga., of from 40 to 2,000 acres that we can sell on terms of 1-4 cash, balance in 1 to 5 years. Price from $25 to $60 per acreL Southern In surance ft Realty Co., 314 Georgia Casualty Building, Macon, Ga. A New Protective Undergarment for particular women; No women should be without same. Send for cata logue. Agents wanted. Territory allowed. Jesselyn I. Dunn, State Agent r 1116 Taylor St., Columbia, S. C. For Sale—Magnificent black fur set, latest model, never used, of excel lent quality, good workmanship and refined taste; $14.50, cost $45. Will be sent at my expense to any ad dress for full examination. Mrs. A. g., Apt. 8, The Astoria, Washing ton, D. C., Automobile l*ubllc—Oh January 1, PRINCE ENGINEERING-MACHINE WORKS opens Its Sumter plant for work on automobiles, parts and ma chine work. A FEATURE OF THE CONCERN IS AN APPRENTICE DEPARTMENT -FOR THOSE DE SIRING'TO LEARN AUTOMOBILE WORK. Application blanks on re quest, also list of second hand cars, parts and motorcycles. R«ar Admiral Straaa, Chief of B«- reaa of Ordnance, Proven State ments of Representative Gardner to be “Misleading''—Battleship* Am ’ WeR Armed With Torpedoes. What officials regard as popular ex aggeration of admitted defects In the American navy’s torpedo equipment was the subject of a statement issued Thursday night by Secretary Daniels*, embodying a special report from Rear Admiral Straus, chief of the bureau . of ordnance. • Specifically, the statement was pre pared to prove misleading a declara tion that “of long range torpedoes there are only fifty-eight in the navy,” quoted Bom a speech by Rep resentative Gardner, of Massachu setts, who is urging the administra tion to support his resolution for an investigation of the navy’s military preparedness. While the recent discussion of the subject has dealt only with the equip ment of battleships and cruisers. Ad miral Straus took occasion to point out that long range torpedoes are neither required nor desired for sub marines. He recalled that the British, armored cruisers Aboukir, Creasy and Hogue were torpedoed and destroyed, by a German submarine at a range of ‘ 500 yards. . - “This Etatement standing by itse^ Is calculated to. leave a false impi*J!iT|^. sion,” said Mr. Daniels. “In view repeated statements that the navy only fifty-eight long range torpedoes, the chief of theb ureau of ordnance has been asked to furnish r. statement concerning the torpedo situation';and has complied as follows: “ The fifty-eight long range torpe does so often referred to as the only ones the navy possess are of the '-’1- inchA 21-foot type, and there Is no ship in the United States navy yet in commission that is prepared to take them. They were manufactured tor new construction, beginning with the Nevada and the Oklahoma, and these two ships will not go into commission until about the end of next year. Their long range is obtained by an increase in length over existing types, and no ship prior to the Nevada and Oklahoma is constructed for torpe does of this length. So far as the bureau of ordnance can ascertain these torpedoes have as high a range, or higher, than any torpedoes manu factured abroad. ” Beginning with the Virginia class, which went into commission'* principally in 1906, and up to and in cluding the Texas, which went into commission this year, all the battle ships are provided with 21-inch, 17- foot tube*. Within the last two years. It was found possible to so Improve the 21-inch, 17-foot torpedo as to practically double Its range, and steps were taken at once to construct new torpedoes having the increased range. We already have a sufficient number of these longer range torpedoes to outfit the eight most recent dread noughts in commission, and that is the equipment that they will have on board. “ ‘In addition to the above, there are being manufactured at the gov ernment works at Newport and the Bliss works at Brooklyn a sufficient number to provide all of the battle ships of the United States navy, be ginning with the V’irginia class, with the long range torpedoes. The Ohio class, first commissioned about 1904, are fitted with 18-inch tubes and US^.. pedoes of the highest range can be submitted for the equipment noPtX furnished them without serious alter ations. “ ‘All of the armored cruisers, ex cept four, and all of the older de stroyers are provided with 19-inch tubes. All of the cruisers and all of the destroyers subsequent to destroy er No. 28 are provided with torpe does that were up-to-date In range, and speed one year ago. Since then a scheme has been developed for in creasing the range of the 18-b>ch tor pedo, and there now are In process of construction 18-inch torpedoes of the neVer type, which will ouflt all de stroyers from No. 28 with long range weapons. “ 'Long range ’torpedoes neither are required, or desired for subma rines. Submarine warfare is of such a character as to make it advisable lo use short range high speed torpedoes, and that is the’class that submarines are being furnished with. The Abou kir, Cressy and Hogue were torpedoed recently. It will be recalled, at-a range of 500 yards.’ ’’ COTTON TEN CENTS EER f #3 POUND • We give 10 cents per pound for cotton In exchange for tuition, Write us today for particulars regarding this fair propo sition. Don’t stand back on account of scarcity of money. Come ahead now. Naval Strategist Dead. Admiral Alfred T. Mahan, greatest modern writer on naval strategy, died Tuesday at the naval hospital at mm. - I MTAMCAL KANUfTctuIiHG COMPACT ..»iu«tts=ri>a3Su*fc. 4 ROOF1NG-ROOFING-R Bog of Lyddite Explodes. Hundreds of windows were broken and six men were killed at Bradford, [mma Eng., when a bog of Lyddite exploded tbs. * Wednesday. _ 10 foot k_GalT*$l>ed Corrugated «nd W-Oimped Hoofing in fl, 7, 8 and aks 10 cents per square extra. Only requited with V-Crimped Roofing. QMLP—A WffflT CMPJJIT, SZl Cwwb ft., Csinaba, L C ■■■ - IBM