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OFFICERS RECOVER MANYSIOLEN CARS ^ RICHLAND COUNTY AUTHORI- 1 TIES ROUND UP ORGANIZED GANG OF THIEVES AND ARREST FOUR WHITE MEN, WITH MORE SOON. Columbia, June 23.?Richland county officers delivered a hard blow ? against what they term a section of \ an organized gang of motor car 1 thieves when they arrested fovur r white men and located 15 stolen ma- a chines. A confession from one of the c alleged robbers shows that the sys- t +o nmpirnfinns over One 2 ' year ago at Spartanburg when a F Ford car was stolen from in front of the Gre9ham hotel. Emory R. " Rikard's place, two miles from Sum- t ^mitt, Lexington county was ;he V "fence" for stole cars, the officers C 6ay, a big barn being the nding e place for stolen gas wagons. y Behind the bars in the county jail t are Will Burns, formerly of Ashe- t< ville, N. C.; Emory Rikard, of L*x- s - - t n * A mgto couniy; j. ej. ?? uiuuus w u Asheville and Will Calhoun of 5 <5reensibc*ro, N. C., These men are being held for investigation pending s< vhe recovery of cars and the arrest li of eight other men. The machines re- ii covered to date include nine Ford n cars stolen from Columbia; two cars n /from Spavtawburg; one from Greens- o boro; -one from Hgh Point; one from Randleman, NT. C., and one from n Batesiburg. r Sheriff Heise, Chief Dunnaway of c the county police force and Deputy e Sheriff Thompson have worked un- o tiringly on the case sice May 19 and long trips and all night runs have v been made since the arrest of Will a Bums Saturday, June 4. Burns was n taken in Lexington county and in a h few days''three others were lodged in b jail. Machines' were located one af- a ter another until 15 were rounded I - up. ' ' . r J. E." Williams in a signed state- o ment said he joined the gan>* over a a years age while he was a clerk in a cigar store at Spartanburg and that lie ad his pal stole a Ford car, chang\ . ed the number and sold the machine ? in Columbia. While in the capital t city another Ford car belonging to j, tfoe Edison Phonograph company was g stolen, he said, and carried over to ^ > Emory Rikard's place near Summitt j where the body was take off and an- B otheir substituted in tis place. Wil- r * ^ . i liams says tnis was nis nrst trip iu Rikard's place/ Another Ford car t was stolen at Spartanburg and sold c in Columbia according to the confes. ' sion. The next move was made on the 1200 block of Hampton street t where a Ford touring car with a j nickel plated radiator was taken. c Williams says this machine was car- ^ iried to Charlotte where it was sold * / for $300. Another Ford was stolen j from the vicinity of Gfbbes court j and an Essex machine was taken | from some point in North Carolina j and cairried to Cow.pens, according to the confession. Williams names j his pals in each transaction. z Sheriff Heise said yesterday that eight white men are being sought and about 20 more machines are to be recovered. The sheriff said the arrest of Bums at Sbandon Annex on the morning of Saturday, June 4,. 1 smarted the weaving of a we<b around what he believes to be an organized t gang. The first car to be recovered was found at Rikard's place in Lexington county, according to the ^ sheriff. This machine was the one 1 taken from the phonograph company and the original body is said tc have been found in a mill pond. A touring car body had been placed on ] the chassis. A Cadillac car was lo- 1 cated at Rikard's which was claim- ] i i 1?-'-a n iv xr n eu oy a party at Jtvamuieniaii, in. . Another Ford car was taken at Ri- i kard's and this machine has not been J identified, as the officers say the < numbers were changed. i Leaving Columbia last Thursday s Sheriff Heise and Chief Dunnaway 5 weet to Rockingham, N. ,C., where Sheriff McDonald joined the party ; n for a trip to a saw mill near Ellerbe. 1 The sheriff said two Ford cars were < located there. One had been stolen < from T. W. Sanford of Columbia. ] The numbers on the other machine 1 had been changed. Going to High 1 Point, the chief of police aided the < South Carolina officers and two cars < were located. The officers visited : MISSING VESSELS j MEDIO RUSSIA' 3ELIEVED THAT RADICALS MAY HAVE HAD HAND IN DISAPPEARANCE OF AMERICAN SHIPS?CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES TELL OF ACTIVITIES. New York, June 23.?Disappearince at sea of several American ships vithin the past few months was inked by the New York police totight with plans, revealed to them in i series of raids on radical headluarters a year and a half ago, for he seizure of these vessels at sea ,nd their diversion to Russian Soviet torts. The police said thejr were informed through certain confidential sources' hat officials of the Union of Russian fni'V/.rc r>f thn United States and Canada, an organization since brokn up, had urged its members who /ere out of employment, especially hose with a knowledge of the sea, o seek employment on American, , hips, overpower the other members ( f the crew and direct the vessels to < Lussia. The identity of these "confidential . ources" was not revealed by the po- , ,ce. All the information which came ito their possession, with the.enorious amount of literature and docu- , lents seized, they said, was turned . ver to thp Department of Justice. I , ^ m r^loric w0va I OU Xttl as niivnn Wiivav ever put into execution prior to the ! aids, but police said they formed the hief subject of 'discussion at sevral secret meetings of the Russian rganization. The,organization, police declared, ras composed largely of Russian anrchists who used the labor union lovement as a camouflage. Their eadquarters were repeatedly raided y the#police during 1919 and 1920 nd numerous arrests were made. Eventually the majority of those arested were deported to Russia, most f them aboard the United States rmy transport Buford. Many Radical Plans. TT Ttinn 95 Ho-norf W Cl?lJlllg I/I'll, *J Uiiv. MV??J lent of Justice officials said tonight! hey would communicate with their Jew York office and with Detective Sergeant J. J. Gegan, chief of the ?omb squad, to obtain all available nformation on the reported seizure nore than a year ago from United lussian Workers of the United Stats and Canada of documents conaining plans for capture of Amerian ships and their diversion tc> Rusian ports. Raids upon communistic organizaiorfe in November, 1919, and in May 920, officials said, had netted tons ?f documents revealing many radical ilans but there were no schemes so ar as they could recall. MAKE THE MOST OF IT -,ife. Wayne B. Wheeler, of Anti-Saoon League declares tha the organi:ation of wine and beer leagues in Ms country will lead to anarchy. "If that be treason?" EXPERT OPINION Jfe. "Did the man who sold that suit ell you it was all woo>J? "Yes. Why?" "I shuder to think what a boll j areevil would do to the sheep that j >ore that wool." Watch the label on your paper[landleman ad found a Ford coupe ivhich was stolen from the Adluh Milling company or coiumDia may 13. Another Ford touring car belong ng to G. C. Shealy of Batesburg was seized at Randelman. At Ellerbe the jfficers found a Ford machine with a nickel plated radiator which was =to!en from Paul Morgan of Columbia. Sheriff Heise said yesterday that in Essex car stolen at High Point lad been located at Cowpens. The :ars recovered so far are 12 Fords, sne Essex, one Cadillac and one Dodge touring car. It was said yesterday that one of the prisoners ini the county jail had stated that he! :ould locate at least 20 stolen ma-: :hines between Richmond and Jack-j - onville. SPEAKING FOR THE GIRLS Spartanburg Journal. Some days ago the letter whicl follows was received by the Editoi of The Journal. It was mailed a Spartanburg and was signed by th< name of the writer, we presume. W< print it without the signature for th( information of the public and th( careful consideration, let us hope of the young women who do nol think it necessary to wear anj clothes to speak of, and in whose behalf, apparently, the letter was written, to wit: Spartanburg, S. C., June 17, 1921. Dear Editor? ^ Speaking about Short Skirts I hope you dont class SparAnburg with New York let them lengthing theii dresses I wonder if the person that suggested that fool Idea ever went out of S. C. What's the Matter with Mother? the girls in the City of Success don't need any body to tell them what the style is? as you know we wont stand for that give me short skirts are give me death do you think we are going to dress old fashion to please one old chronic? . we appreciate his Insult but the more the men talk the higher they 2:0 all mothers encourage their :';<ughtei\s to dress stylish?and look :uta that's the only way we have to ramp a husband so we have decided i.ol to take any instructions fvom any one so you will never call the Spartanburg girls old Fashion girl's when a preacher takes that for a text, you will see the men rush in church for any jnpn use s 10 near about any thing's thats worth while I have never seen a girl in Spartanburg dressed endecently why not set a day and preach on? vvhats the matter with the old fashion boy's ' let the cow's eat them yes I hafter keep up with the crowd so up with the skirts and let the men know you are not afraid to put them orv-^Ship and sail under the Stars and Stripes to all parts of the world THERE was a long period when it was not true, but today it is proudly true once more ? trade and passenger routes are so established that you can ship your goods, or you can sail, to any part of the world under the Stars and Stripes. The program of routes is being carriea out with an eye to the future as well as present needs of American exporters and importers and all American pros. perity. See that the ships you use are owned and operated by American citizens or by the U. Si ? ? n i snipping uuctiu. Operators of Passenger Services Admiral Line. 17 State Street. New York, N. Y. Mataon Navigation Company, 26 So. Gay Street, Baltimore, Md. Munson Steam Ship Line. 82 Beaver Street, New York, N. Y. New York and Porto Rico S. S. Co., 11 Broadway, New York, N. Y. , Pacific Mall S. S. Co., 45 Broadway, New York, N. Y. U. S. Mail S. S. Co., 4$ Broadway, New York, N. Y. Ward Line, (New York and Cuba Mail S. S. Co ) Foot of Wall Street. New York. N. Y. Free use of Shipping'Board films Use of Shipping Board motion picture films, four reels, free on request of any mayor, pastor, postmaster, or organization. A great educational picture of ships and the sea. Write for information to H. Laue, Director Information Bureau, Room 911, 1319 "F" Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. SHIPS FOR SALE (To American citizens only) Steel steamers, both oil and eotl burners. Alio wood steamers, wood hnlls ind ocean-doing tuff. Further information obtained by request. For sailings of passenger and ireitht ships to all parts of the world and all other information, write any of the above lines or US* SHIPPING BQ\RD | NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. I South Carolina State Highway Department, Abbeville County, Two l i Mill Work. Bids will be receivd until 12 r | o'clock noon, Thursday, July 7, | 1921, at the office of the Abbeville J County Highway Commission, Ab beville, S. C., for the construction ? of 16.503 miles of the Abbeville-An. | , treville Road in Abbeville County, between the city limits of Abbeville ' and the Anderson County line. The ' work to be done consists of the folr lowing approximate quantities: s Necessary clearing and grubbing! i within right of way. 72,096 cu. yds. common excava-| tion. 800 cu. yds. rock excavation. 51,674.9 cu. yds. top-soil surfac-j ing. ] 10 lin. ft. Corr, iron pipe. 1,903 lin. -t. V. C. or pla:n_ con-! crete pipe. 499 lin. ft. V. C. or reinforced ' concrete pipe. 40 lin. ft. reinforced concrete pipe. I 'i 167.49 cu. yd?. Class "B" concrete in headwalls. Proposals must be accompanied by a certified check or corporate surety bond made in South Carolina for Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), S BANANAS' | D< j| ?JStr ji Ice Cream 1 ;i Abbevil [] 8 Trinity St. inn riririri tr? r?ir-i t-i rinrii UMMUMMUUUUMMUIJ !SfSfSJEJ5?3ISf3SJSJSOJSJ5MS(Si'SJ3JS?EfS!SMc I Souther I Summe |g I Froir I TO & 1 Ash evil Je. N. 0 !?a Klaok Mountain, N. C. ... !ra N. C Oniiton, N. G Flat. Rock. N. G Gaston ia, N. C Hot Springs, N. C Luke Junaluska, N. C. Murphy, N. C Sahula, N. C Swannanoa, N. G | Tuxedo, N. 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