The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 10, 1914, Page TWO, Image 2
NEWS NOTES FROM
SCRANTON TOWN.
ARBOR DAY OBSERVED?POPULAR
PASTOR RETURNED-BETHLEHEM
UNION MEETS- PERSONAL
(Received too Tate for last week's IssueT.
Special to The County Record.
Scranton, December 2:?Arbor
day was fittingly observed by the
school here; a number of trees were
set out on the two-acre play-ground,
walks laid out and street lamps and
hitching racks erected.
His many friends will be glad that
Rev J B Prosser will remain on this
charge another Conference year.
Mr and Mrs Winslow Wright are
visiting relatives in the "Land of
Flowers".
We are glad to report that little
Ruby Baker is convalescing from
her illness of typhoid fever; also Mr3
Hilliard Baker is improving from a
"spell" of chill and fever.
Mr E Max Husbands of Florence |
was in town Tuesday a short while.
He is back from a recent sojourn in
Florida and reports that times are
hard there; that more people are
loafing there than are noted here
out of a job.
Tm vnnnp men from town have
gone to Columbus, 0, and joined
the Coast Artillery, viz, Messrs
Alexander Fountain and W Reddin
Wall. Guess they can give the countersign
when they return for a visit.
Any youth who is thinking of emulating
their example should commit
to memory O'Hara's "Bivouac of
the Dead," and repeat it before each
rising of the sun for a week before
finally deciding. It will no doubt
make a patriot of the fellow, and he
will "double-quick" to the recruiting
officer and become one of "the
boys."
If it be not asking too much of the
u?ill hp nlease tell the won-1
dering public what day in next
month, or what month in next year
will the price of cotton be ten cents?
Or will it ever be? And when will
the war cease? And how many
more days before an empty house
will be announced?
The Bethlehem Union convened at
the Baptist church here last Friday
and the sessions continued through
Sunday morning. Eight or nine
churches were represented, and the ;
difoussions were timely and interesting.
Resides the pastor of this <
church,Rev J W Truluck, Revs J C i
C Gaskins and E P Easterling were <
present and preached forceful sermons.
IMG. 1
NICHOLS BANK ROBBED.
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Burglars Wreck Building and I
Dynamite Safe.
x Mullins, December 3:?The bank '
building at Nichols, five miles from !
here,was practically destroyed when <
the safe was blown open by yegg- ?
men at 2:30 o'clock this morning. I
Portions of the heavy safe were
blown into the ceiling, tearing
through the roof. All the windows 1
in the bank were shattered and the 1
building was generally demolished. '
Just how much money was taken
cannot yet be determined. The final
charge, which was to open an inner 1
chest containing the mbney, was so 1
powerful that 1,300 one-dollar bills '
were torn into shreds. Of the $1,854 *
in currency in the safe, $36.64 was >
picked up in the debri- this morning. 5
Three men have been arrested. '
Two coming from the direction of 1
Nichols were arrested early this (
morning by Policeman Byrd. Another,
giving his name as Tom Reynolds
and his home as Richmond, Va, was
arrested at Pee Dee by Officers Ber- I
ry and Davis. Reynolds is apparently
about 30 years of age. His left 5
arm is off just below the shoulder. <
He vigorously protests his innocence, i
Several shote were exchanged with 1
the robbers when the bank was be- ]
ing robbed. Later, when the yegg- i
men were leaving, Karl Griffin came 1
to the porch of his house and in- 1
quired what the trouble was. The 1
answer was one or two shots fired c
at him by the escaping safe-blowers. 1
Rural Policeman Hunter withsev- t
eral deputies left here by daylight
for Nichols, Sheriff Dozier with Of- i
ficers Berry and Davis going to Pee s
Dee, believing that the yeggmen j
might possibly attempt to board a t
i train at that junction. Shortly after J
daylight, Officer Byrd arrested two |
suspicious characters,v.-ho were lodgjedin
the Mullins jail. These were
coming down the railroad from Nichols.
A few minutes later a message
was received, telling of the arrest of
Reynolds at Pee Dee. The same
train that bore the Pee Dee prisoner
to Nichols also brought Guard Robbins
from the State penitentiary
with his bloodhounds, they having
been called over the long distance
i telephone in order to catch the early
j morning train.
As a matter of precaution, the
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| The trail was readily picked up by
the dogs and followed several hundred
yards down the rail road .thence
into the public road to the new
' bridge. Here the trail was lost, the
conclusion being drawn that the robbers
had entered a vehicle in waiting.
Robbins then took the dogs
back to Nichols, where 300 or 400
people had gathered.
Instructions were then given to
have the 3uspect taken to the woods
and made to climb a tree. Several i
people were made to follow close by
to oruard the movements of Rey
nolds. The dogs were then turned
loose over the yard traversed by the
crowd. They at once picked up the
trail of Reynolds, which was followed
to the tree. Others were made
to strike trails, but the dogs repeatedly
refused to follow these. Reynolds
was placed in the jail at Marion
to await developments in the case. |
In the adjoining building on the
second story is the telephone exchange.
Here the operator was
asleep and in an adjoining room almost
over the bank was a negeo
barber. The impact from the explosion
almost threw these out of bed.
They rushed to the windows to see
what the noise was and discovered !
three men directly underneath them.
By this time many persons living !
nearby were up and were running
through the darkness toward the !
bank when the second charge was
touched off.
Dr Ayers,\vho lives directly across
the street, ventured out with his ?
shotgun and fired three cartridges 5
in the direction of the bank. One ^
struck the end of a freight car and jr
two were said to have gone through m
the bank windows. The shots were 5]
answered with pistol shots by the R
robbers and so far as could be learn- n(
ed no one else attempted to inter- in
w
cept the looters. By some it is claim- q
ed that there were as many as 30 minutes
between the first and the T:
last report.
Entrance was effected by breakingthe
heavy bolts with a sledge hammer.
It is believed that little money
was secured. B B Elvington says
that the bank is covered fully by insurance.
W McG Buck, of the Bank
of Mullins. is president of the Nichols
bank.
fumpKin ne necipt.
A valued friend has kindly sent
us a recipe for making pumpkin
pies. We pass it along for the
benefit of our readers:
Cut the pumpkin into broad slices I
(don't peel rind off). Put pieces 1
n baking pan and set the pan in
itove and bake until done, just as
pou would a loaf of bread. Then
Lake a spoon and scrape out all that
s Rood. Mix with cream and
sweeten and season to taste. Turn [
:he rind up while baking. If you ?
ffant pies, make thin paste and hake 57
iver again. j
The Church Militant.
The following is from The Spar:anburg
Herald:
"The long controversy in the
South Carolina Methodist Confer- if
nt-iar tKo cn.r?nllpfl VpttlpS CHRP l>
,vas the indirect cause of a street
Ight in Sumt?r Saturday, when
[lev A J Cauthen, formerly prosidng
elder of the Spartanburg district,
was attacked by Stephen Nettles
of Greenville, according to information
reaching this city yesterlay.
Stephen Nettles is a son of
rtev S A Nettles, former editor of
the Southern Christian Advocate.
"An Italian, a hand organ and a
nonkey, it is said, appeared on the
;cene about the time the affair be?an,
and relieved the tenseness of
the situation to such degree that
Big ]
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Jenkii
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This is a
ping. Old Si
little folk as
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older ones. 1
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large and wel.
of Dry Goods, Dre:
mings, Etc.
Handkerchiefs,r
ry, all bought espi
the wants of Chrisi
These make very
Numerous otl
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in our siore. i nes
Jenkins
ie combatants soon were separated,
iformation received here is very
eagre, but it is stated that several
ows were exchanged, and that
ev S A Nettles, who was standing
?ar, was on the verge of getting
to blows with a passerby over some
ords relative to the difficulty."?
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