The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-02

erately walked oil, telling Mr.. Player
to be careful and not give any alarm for
ut least 30 minutes, or his life would be
in danger. As oOn as Player thought
they had left he ran to Suits house,
which is directly in front of the dispcn.
sary.
Mr.. Suits says that after being
aroused he distinctly heard the buggies
going across Black river bridge, which
is on the west side of Kingstrcc, nearly
half q mile distant from the dispcnsary.
MIR. Suits says he went on to awake MIR
II. o. Britton, the county iailer and also
clerk Of the board of control Of this
county. Suits rCCited everything to
him, and then went on to arouse Mr.
Lemon, whom he found drunk in bed
and being unable to arouse him, he then
went back home, and he and Mr.. Payer
stayed there until daylight, when Mr..
Brittcn came and ordered the dispensary
locked up
MIR. Player has always been looked
upon as a straight man, and the business
people seem to have confidence in him
lie had not deposited any money for
about two weeks, and up to a short time
ago he had been dcpositing HE money
in the safe Of Messrs Hitler & Co..
which made it perfectly safe. The coun-
ty treasurer states that Mr.. Players
bond expired about the 18th Of Decom.
Der, and he promptly notified III. Brit
ton, clerk of the board, and Mir Britton
State board Of control, that MI. Player
was without bond, and they paid no at
t%ention. The county board, knowing
Mr. Player to be without bond, quietly
let him go on acting dispenser, in the
full discharge of his duties.
Mr. Suits says that he is confident he
knows the four men who robbed the
~dispensary that he has no proof. but
That M or the men wore q peculiar kind
OF macintosh oat that gave him dead
away.
If this wholesale robbery be allowed
to pass unnOticed as has been done in
the case OF every other robbery con.
nectcd with the dispensary here, the
people will vote to put it out of town.
The graded school is almost wholly run
by the profits Of the dispensary at this
place, and il the town wcrc to lose this
money 1T would cause the school to be
closed II year or longer
Capt w. II. Kennedy, mayor OF King
stree, has tried time after time to get
Mr Player to deposit the dispcnsary
money, as the law requires, once q week,
with tho county treasurer, but without
avail, as it seems that he deposited
when he pleased Mayor Kennedy fur.
ther states that he appealed to Mr.. Brit
ton, who is manager for the board, to
help him to get Player to deposit the
money, but was given NO satisfaction.
county treasurer, II. ID. Rollins,
states that he also advised Mr.. Player TO
be more regular in depositing money.
Mr.. Player had deposited only 1926 dur
ing the month Of December. 1t Is not
known how nuch the shortage will ag-
gregatc, probably 1900 or may be as
as $1,000.
Player has been d ispcnscr about a
year and in that time has had three rob.
berries, the last time being q complete
cleaning up. Every dispenser WHO has
been como ctcd with it here haG boon
MIR. Suits claims that he heard bur-
glars leaving town and yet not an officer
or any L else raised a finger toward
making an effort to catch them. Mr..
Suits, tho day before the robbery, told
hr. Player that this very thing might
happen.