The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 18, 1919, Image 1
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68TH YEAR. NO. 76. SE
; HOB ORDERS MAN
TO LEAVE COUNTY
Father of Hoy Paroled by Governor
Visited by Disguised
Crowd.
DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE
Union County, N. C., Citizen Told
the Crowd He Did Not Know
the Whereabouts of His
Son.
Monroe, N. C., July 17.?Twenty
or 30 men disguised so as not to be
recognized, drove to the home of G.
1). Stegall. in Lanes Creek township
about midnight Friday night and after
asking for his son, Roy, who was
conditionally paroled on June 30 by
Governor Rickett after having been
sentenced to two years on the chaingang
for an assault upon a white fe
male, and being told that the boy'g
whereabouts was unknown, informed
Mr. Stegall that he must get out of
the community by January 1.
Marked by (Quietness.
The affair was marked by its quietness.
The men acted in an orderly
manner, did not seem to be drinking,
showed no firearms and allowed one
who seemed to be the leader to do
all the talking. To forestall any efforts
to summon officers or aid, the
telephone wires had been cut in three
places before the party approached
the house.
Mr. Stegall gave an account of the
affair. He said that it was nbout 11
o'clock Friday night, old time, when
he heard several automobiles stop in
front of the house. He said that
neither he nor his wife was asleep
as they had got word that a party
was coming to make demands that
night. Officers, he told the correspondent,
had been informed concerning
the visit by a party of men bef
' lieved to be impending, but placed no
credence in the.report and so were
not there to meet the disguised ones.
Mr. Stegall declared that when he
thought he heard automobiles stop he
inquired of his wife if she didn't hear
them. Upon her replying that she did
he said that he made his way to the
room of his 19-year-old son, Frank,
woke him and told him that somebody
had stopped in front of the
nouse. Air. siegau aociarea that before
his son was fully dressed someone
approached the front door and
said:
"Open that door or we will knock
it drfwn."
Upon this Mr. Stegall opened the
door, stepped out upon the porch ana
leaned against a post to talk with the
party.
As to who composed the party Mr.
Stegall said that he could not tell. He
* said that he had defective eyesight
and that in the moonlight he could
not recognize any member of the callers.
Their faces appeared pastry
white, and blue and colored, he asserted.
From this it is thought that
the members of the party must have
daubed their faces with some coloring
matter. Asked whether they seemed
young, old or middle aged men, Mr.
Stegall declared that he could not
tell. He thought thero were 20 or 30
in the crowd, which seemed ominous
in its silence and quietness. The correspondent
wanted to know if the
men seemed to he drinking or displayed
any firearms. Mr. Stegall replied
in the negative.
Asked for Hoy.
When Mr. Stegall stepped out on
the porch and leaned against a post
a man who appeared to be the leader
addressed him in words reported as
the following, "Where Is the boy?
You have moved him?" The hoy referred
to was Hoy Stegall. 16 years
old and recently conditionally paroled
by Governor IJickett. Mr. Stegall replied
that he did not know where ho
was, and the leader reiterated the
question several times.
The man doing the talking for the
party wanted to know where Koy had
been moved. Mr. Stogall repeated
. that he had not moved the boy and
did not know where he was. The
leader then referred to Kev. R. M.
Uaigler, who was one of a number
who appeared before Governor Rick
ett and urged that he pardon the boy,
Roy. According to Mr. Stogall. the
leader could not recall the name of |
the minlater at the time saying, "You
tell that preacher (here he hesitated
(Continued on Page Three.)
'Mr If A Mr
JLL JLJL-^1 JUl/nVJL ^
MI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S.
DEBATE IS SHIFTED BENJAMIN D. HI
TREATYTOSHANTUNG DIES IN CHAR
Fight Breaks in Senate With Father of Mrs. C. I). J
New Fury Over This Mrs. John Crawfo
Provision. This City.
WAS "PRICE PAID JAPAN" WAS LEADING FI>
Chairman Lodge Says as Much Mr. Heath Had Heen
in Connection With Japan's Health for a Number
Acceptance of the League of But Was Seriously
Nations. Short Time.
Washington. July 17.?The stormy Charlotte. N. C., July 1
i senate flght over the peace treaty min Dawson Heath, a lea
has shifted away from the league of lotte business man for a
nations covenant and broko with a a century and one of
new fury about the provision giving wealthiest men, died yestc
i Shantung peninsula to Japan. noon at 3 o'clock at
In Ave hours of debate the treaty "Heathcote." on Central a\
opponents charged In bitter terms heart trouble. Mr. lleatl
that the Tokio government ban In poor health for a numb
wheedled Shantung from China at the but his condition had b<
i peace table without the shadow of a er<*d serious only for th<
cause except the ambition of conquest weeks, llad ho lived unt
and supporters of the treaty defended he would have been 70 ye
the course of President Wilson in the Mr. Heath was widely I
negotiations by declaring the only cotton mill owner and Ana
alternative was failure of the whole ginning life without adv:
pence conference. fought all obstables in the
Chairman Lodge, of the foreign re- and was reputed to 1
1 lations committee, declared Shantung more than $2,500,000 at 1
was "a price paid'" for Japan's ac- his death. Mr. Heath wa
ceptance of the league of nations, lantliroplc nature and i
1 Senator Norris, Republican, of N'e- Rifts to deserving cause
braska, charged that Japan in 1!?17 them was a donation of
secretly had inveigled the European the Methodist orphanage t
allies into a promise to support her Salem, and the property oi
Shantung claims. Senator Ilorah, Re- Hawthorne Lane Method
publican, of Idaho, asserted that if and the parsonage are lo
the United States must either under- was a steward in Tryon S
write the Shantung agreement or ac- odist church for over 20
cept the chnllenge or another power, was one of the organizers,
the country would choose the latter ago. of Hawthorne Lane c
course. Until the death of his
Won Fairly by Japan. H Heath- hft wa8 R moni
o . *?.. ?. , . . cotton Arm of Heath Brot
Senator Hitchcock. Nebraska, rank- .. ,, .. . .
' . ~ ? A. , 1012. Mr. Heath has devot
ing Democrat of the committee. r<*?
. ... .. _ .... to his extensive cotton ml
, plied that the German rights in . ..
0. . ..... ... He was president of the
Shantung wore obtained legally bv v. .. ...?
1 . . * mon . ... National bank for lo year
treaty, in 19 89 and were won fairly
from Germany by Japan long before Funeral This After
the United States entered the war. Funeral services will br
Senator Williams, Democrat, of Mis- at Hawthorne Lane Metho
sissippi, said the president had to ac- afternoon at 5 o'clock
cent the Shantline sell lenient r?r Mnrr the n.l niol,
home without n general treaty of Kilgo will officiate. Inte
peace and that Japan never would lake place in Klmwood co
give up the peninsula unless forced Mr. Heath was born in
to do so by war. county, South Carolina
In the end the senate adopted with- 1^49. He was H*e snn ^
out a record vote a resolution by Sen- an<' Mary Morrow Ileal
ator Lodge asking the president for onc ?' a f:un'ly of 1T> chi
any available information about a Heaths mother came iron
secret treaty alleged to have been Morrows who hold an
negotiated between Japan and Ger- b'arp 'n Hie militar\ histoi
many in 1918 embodying a plan for 'ca- Heath is an old and
Russian rehabilitation and promising name, borne In eailv Norm
Japan's indirect protection of German ^H.lam Watte Ilethe, J
interests at the Versailles conference. Hothe and in later times
. , . . Heath. The Heaths settlei
A sweeping request for information ,
.... .. , ? ... umberland county, V lrgii
about tlie conversations at Versailles .
i . . . la'p seventeenth century,
also was sent to the White House by , ? . ,,,
.... , . ed Heathville, the pres
the foreign relations committee,
. . . , . , . ? seat. The Heaths were
which adopted a resolution bv Sena- ? ,
. , ..... ' .. .. first to receive land grants
tor Johnson. Republican, of Cali- , ....
, , , , from Charles I.
fornia, calling for all proposed drafts
for a league covenant for the reports Saved to Go to Scln
of the arguments relative to the Henjamin Dawson lleatl
league, and for "all data bearing upon boyhood days attending
or used in connection with the treaty school and assisting in far
of peace." home. In 18f>7 his father
Committee Heads Treaty. v"ar ,i,tor younR Heath er
the mercantile business a
At its meeting the committee began
. a general store at Waxhaw
the reading of the treaty, covering i:t , .
? . realized the importance of
less than two hours about one-fifth of
education, and as soon as
its sections but passing over for fu.
permitted, took a commer
ture consideration the league covin
Raltimorc. After grin
enant. the boundaries of Germany, . , , , . , . ,
immediatelv returned to li
and manv minor provisions. . ... , ...
at Waxhaw, which occupier
There was ifn discussion of Presi- tion ?nti, 187} when ho
dent Wilson s offer to consult with general mercantile, cotton1
the committee on doubtful points o[ |n^ establishment at Monr
the treaty, nor was any attempt made ujnK this business until 1
to have the committee open its doors Heath then removed to
to the public. It was said these ques- vv horo ho has ros|,jP(| stnco.
tions might not come to a bead for h(. SOftn became a leading
H^vcnti ci ays. fliicr ino rcicd in^ of I ho the huslno's and civic life*
document was finished. There was a . .
lie was senior member <
<,f"lvlc.t. ' ???;<? ,hat ton and banking Arm of lit
should the president son the commit- ?rs ,s,,7 ?M|l
tee. it would be at the White House ? , .. ... , .
organized the Charlotte
and not at the committee room. bank. He was president i
when succeeded by Julian
MONTANA TOWN CIMI'I.KTKI.Y later was succeeded b
CUT OFF DY A KOHKST HUB Scott, the present preside!
Missoula, Mont.. July 17.?St. Re- In 1912 Mr- Heath foum
... * . . sary to devote his entlrO al
gis, Mont., which was partiallv do- . .
his industrial enterprises
stroyed In the forest fires of 1910. has 0,U()4.(l ,h(J Mane(ta Mil)s at
been surrounded by the Nigger hil c.; Jackson Mills, Monroi
fire, which has leaped fhe divide. Tlio Newton Mills, at Newton, o
town is completely cut ofT from help WftH president and general
... ... . . . . . . . Other concerns of which he
and Is declared to be in-danger of de
' ""
tructlon. (Continued on Page
C., FRIDAY JULY 18, 1919.
EATH f.
I HTTP President Says M
LU1 IE Must be Main
i ones and Streng A
rt* URGES ALL UNITED WAR WORK C
WELFARE WORK WILL SUF
SOUTH TO "SPEED UP"
DROP BEH
IANCIEK
Washington. D. C.?The need for tl
Campaign subscriptions has become so i
in Pool' the work of the welfare organizations
will be curtailed that a letter to Rayrai
of \ eai'S Commission on Trair'ng Camp Actlvit
111 Only been made public. This letter from Pr
other document, shows the great need
until the Army ol Occupation is wlthu:
pleted.
It la to back ap the President's re
.8.?Benja- for cash to carry on the work that "
din*: Char- August 4th, has been inaugurated so thi
quarter of pledge will do so at that time.
tho city's! I
The President of th
irday al'terhls
home, My Dear Mr. Fosdlck:
renue, from All that I have eeen and heard
l had been added to my eenee of profound appre
er of years. of maintaining In full volume and str
on consid- organlaatlone which last fall Joined
e? past two port?the Young Men'e Christian Asi
U j,,iv of) Christian Association, the National C
of Columbus), the Jewish Welfare
munlty Servloe, the American Libra
mown as a tlon Army, on behalf of our soldiers <
mcier. De- In addition to the needs which e
intakes, he war, there are now added and very
way of sue- work should be oontlnued during th
he rated at American people showed li
the time ot wholehearted support of the cause fc
. . Ing when they responded eo generoui
? <l '' 11 War Work Campaign last November,
nude man) whole amount then subscribed mey
s. Among this final helpful and still abeolutely
$20,000 to of the men who have given themeelv
it Winston- tbe nation's cause may be In every *
I which the spirit.
list church Cordlaly and a
'cated- Honorable Raymond B. Foedicl
tret t , et l- Training Camp Activities, 4S, Avenui
years, and
a few years
'hurch. ~
brother. O. TWO WARRANTS RESULT Ft
her Of the qF GASTON MEANS TRIAL
;hers. Since
ed his time .
II holdings. W arrants Charging Conspiracy Issued llei
s Charlotte for J. T. Dmding, of New York, S
s. and W. II. Miller, of Clilrago,
noon.
conducted Concord, July 14.?Charging condlst
church spiraey in the prosecution of tlaston mi:
Dr. T. F R. Means for the alleged murder of i est
iop John C. Mrs. Maude A. King and for suhordi-l Mi
rment will nation of perjury in connection with at
metery. tlie trial of Means in 1 17. warrantSjFo
i Lancaster were issued here today for John T.; a
. July 20, Dooling, assistant district attorney of frii
loses Chap- New York, and William 11. Miller, at- as
th, and wan torney of tlie Northern Trust com- enl
ldren. Mr pany, of Chicago. hoi
i me ngru- Dooling assisted Solicitor Hayden j Dr<
iinpoitant cienion^ jn tiJe prosecution of Means,
y of Amer- jn ueceniber, 1917, and representa-, Mo
aristocratic tives cf tjie Xorthern Trust company ov<
inn da>s l>v were witnesses for the state. Means, wa
ohn de la WftjJ ar(Juitted at the conclusion of a
by Robert sensational trial lasting three weeks. ' mu
il In North- ,, .... wa
. . The evidence upon which the warlia.
in the It,..
and found- ran,s were issued will be presented t
ent county and witnesses heard by the grand, j0|
among the jury of Cabbprrus county Supt rior am
in America courj here August 11 next, it was of- '?h
flcially announced today, and if a true ,m
no I. of
bill is found the governors of New
!i spent his . i son
counfrv ^'or^ an(' H,ino's will be asked to ex- of
m work ?t tra(M? the defendants for trial here.' bei
died, and a j ',ro
nbarked in WILL TRY TO REPEAL Ari
ml opened, THE SODA WATER TAX ti!
. N ( H0j I
a business I ~~ !
bis savings Itcpuliliran I.endoix llccidc to \t- Ro<
rial course tempt lto|M?al?Investigation of l"'a
luating he I'ostolllce Department.
is business! i an('
I his atten- . % lie
opened a Washington. July 1,. -Repeal ot jarj
, , , i the soda water tax was decided on by i,,,...
and bank- ? . . . ...
Republican leaders ot the bouse I he
oe, eontin891
Mr ('f,<'s'?n, which was made by the Ref'h
irlottc inuhliciin steering committee, w ill be ^
! . referred to the wavs and means com-;
and where
, , . mittee, which will draft a repeal T
factor in i '
measure Some leaders predicted that
the tax which levied an infport of lo
if the cot- ! 'esK
, per cent on soft drinks and ice cream
at h Hrot h- I ' 'rt'
would be repealed within a month. I .
others, he ? an<1
Iniroot 1 nro? lr\r? aT ' l?/v - 4,1 "" 1 ~
National I u?- atta
intil mil ' Par^men' was understood also to have t,,r
jl j / boon discussed by tho steering com-'
v Jolui M ,n',,('e without a final decision. Mem- ],.g,
" hers, however, indicated fhat an in- |nst
rl it necos- nuiry Wi,s Planned by the standing that
eiiflon to bouse committee on the department's ruir
which in- oxPon'"lares, headed by llopre enta- jn j
Lando, 8. tlve Zihlni?n, of Maryland. | wit!
ami the Immediate attention, the steering says
f which he committee decided, would lie given by faib
manager. ",G house to tho two appropriation iste
wan pres- b'll*. vetoed by the president, after atio
.? which the prohibition enforcement rled
5.) legislation would be disponed of. sent
News
SUBSCRIPTION $2
.'I COUNTY
Welfare Work Tu|
tained in Full HlAK 1 HI
len Overseas Execu(|vc ,;
_____ ..... __ fore SherilTs,
AMPAIGN PLEDGES PAID OR
FER?NECE8SARY FOR licitors II
IT8 PAYMENT8 OR
IIND
JAILS OVEI
te payment of United War Work
acute because of the danger that
for our soldiers still In uniform Crime is Incrc
ond B. Fosdlck, chairman of the
les, from President Wilson, has ernor, in H<
esldent Wilson, better than any Asks Co-OIX
for continuing the welfare work
rawn and demobllratlon Is com- forcement.
quest and to fill the great need
Speed Up" Week, July 28th to Setting a pr<
it everyone who has not paid his step that has sc
inundation of th
United Statee of America. Governor Coope
Parle, 18 April, 1919. gathering of sin
licitors and fori
over here In France haa but Gie hall of tin
elation of the vital importance tives in Colum
ength the service of the eeven manly, heart-to
In a united campaign for sup- uf South Carol!
sedation, the Young Women's enforcement is
lathollc War Council (Knights . .. .
_ . .. _ " ho did not exp
Board, the War Cjimp Comry
Association and the Salva
inu sailors. iiurni lull Ml 111'
xlated at the beginning of the great amount c
Imperative reaaone why thla th" state. "Th
e period of demobilization. of jaw j? ||,(s
y a remarkable manner their i morality tlian is
?r which their men were fight- interests of'the
ily to the appeal of the United ...
and I earneatly hope that the ernor in his add
be forthcoming, In order that ors ol the State,
neceaaary mlnletry on behalf Governor Coo
'ea with auch rare devotion to crease of crime
vay worthy of their wonderful on th?> unsettle!
the high price
Incerely your., conditions.
WOODROW WILSON,
k, Chairman, Commlaalon on Jails At
s Montaigne, Parle. The governor
( ing olhciuls thi
- many reports o
tOMINENT PLANTER stat0(1 that ,he i
, is on the increa
. DIES NEAR FORT MILL plain to the Rh(,
licitors and jur;
njaitiin I*. Massey Passed Away public sentimen
uildenly at His llome Wednesday their efforts, if
Morning. at ,he 8ame tln
public opinion ai
tion and suppr
Port Mill, S. C., July 17.?Renja- thHr roun(ioa h
n Franklin Massey, one of the old- en( a(iniinistrati
an<l best known citizens of Fort offices "
II township, died suddenly Monday Governor Coo
his home about three miles east of] imnninff
rt Mill. Mis sudden death came as | wVs "hmird whh
great shock to his hundreds of BOVCrnor.a poslt
ends in the town and community uaual meeting a
he was seen here Saturday appar- he hag pu, (ho
Ay in good health. The unusually tors boforo thp
weather of the past few days was 8ubject of mncl
>bahly contributory to his death, as ,, js be|jOVO(j th|
tried to do some work on the farm jn a be(fer CQn(
nday morning and was probably
sreome by the extreme heat, 11- Governor Poo
s in the 6i*th year of age. having ..j hayp req(I
mi born April 10. 1851. in the com- w,(h |hp shprjft
inlty in which he spent his life. Me . , .. .
v juries, solicitor?
s married January 1, 1 884, to Miss ,
t he purpose of d
ssie Mills, who survives him. to- , , ,. , .
1st ration of crii
her with the following children: . . ,
state I do not
in M Massey, I.eonidas II. Massev . .. ,
J pression that tIn
I Miss Isabelle Massey, of Char- .. . .
olma are lawles
le. N P.; H. F. Masse,. Jr.. of Mas- (hat (he gn.a( n
gs. Flu., and Ladson Mills Massey. | am, ,nw
Fort Mill. Me was connected \n it h , ^ ,. ,.
I eombination of
in- of the most prominent families . , . .
1 I have a lawless
Fort Mill bv blood and marriage.
i the state. The
ng survived bv the following ,
i liquors and evei
ilhers and sisters: Mrs. Mary M , ^ . .
I t ure of everv ki
Irev, wife of the late Captain , ? .' ,
' i to produce drunl
n W. Ardrey; Mrs. Sue Spratt, demn<ld> Xbis ?
e of the late John M. Spratt. Mrs. t|on_wi(lo 0wj]
>. Kirkpatrick and L. J Massey ol' . ...
* price which a gi
k Mill lie was a man of unim- ....
willing to pav
chable character, honest ami up- ? .... ...
ages, illicit dist
it in all his dealings, and honored ... ,,
I ii|i an over i nr s
I respected bv all who know him. , , .
' vices are heing i
owned and operated one of the; , .. . .
* l uro of intoxicai
test farms in Fori Mill township, . , ,. ?
1 I is to the effort
ited in a beautiful spot near the i _ ,,
narilv would not
awba river. ... ,
| any illegal praei
~ " J by the profits wl
\\IM.i: MINISTER SCORED that they en|
ll\ MIN In I hltl.X I, Sit hi.N I otls business ]
>anville, Va.. July 17.?A sensa-j mallors closely a
1 was caused here when Guy l.nw-l jnc from ti,js pi
. a ministerial student of the Hap- considered
seminary at Louisville, issued, "The populath
had published a long statement S(ate is on the
eking Rev. ('. J. I). Parker, pas- tho governor,
of Moffett Memorial church, also reports of imn
board of deacons for their tl- called to my attf
d failure t-. indorse him at that of ,his condition
itution. In his statement he says natural rea
his ministerial career has been war amJ |noidnri
led and that he has been "stabbed settled condition
he back" by the minister. The ,j(f> 0a1l!,o or t|lf.
lholding of the indorsement, he remains that tHe
t, was due to the fact that he ,,f jau jn tj,js
Ml to take advantage of his min- moralitv than is 1
rial exemption but joined the avi- jmerests of our
n service, also that he was mar- . "The governor
without first securing the con- ,
. of the minister. (Continue'
1
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.00 A YEAR
OFFICIALS
E GOVERNOR
ys Conditions IJe,
Magistrates, Soind
.Jurymen.
I STATE FULL
asing and the Goveart-to-Heart
Talk,
eration in Law En
;cedent and taking a
>licited the loud come
citizens of the state,
r laid before a great
sriffs, magistrates, soimon
of grand juries,
e house of represctitaIda
Wednesday, iu a
-heart way, the needs
na, in so far as lawconcernod,
and whilo
ress pessimism as to
he governor did call
fact that there is :i
)f crime practiced irx
ere is more violation
state and more iioconducive
to the best
people," said the govress
to the law enforcper
explained the inby
placing the blnnio
1 afterwar conditions,,
of liquor and similar
e Filling l*|?.
told the law enforcit
he had received
f immorality and ho '
>opulation of the jails
se. He made it very
riffs, magistrates, soy
foremen that whilet
must back them ir?
they are to succeed,
ic they "can create u
nd secure the cooperairt
of the people of
y a tactful and efli-fon
of their respectivener's
n?ldrn<j? ivn? ,?, ?
of the meeting. lit*
rapt attention. The.
ion in calling this un
nd the spirit in whirl,
la w'-enforoement m?rvnfticials,
has been the
i favorable comment,
it this step will result
I it ion throughout the
por's address follows:
ested a conference*
's. foremen of grand
i and magistrates Tur
iscussisng the adrninninal
laws of this
wish to create th< im1
people of South <"'ars.
because I am sure
lajorlty are law-abid ecting.
Hut due t<
circumstances we
condition throughout
sale of intoxicafirn y
compound or niixnd
that is calculated
{onnoss has been conit
ohihition is now nang
to the very higti
eat many people tiro
for alcoholic bevorilleties
have sprung
tate. and various dctsed
in ihe manufacits.
My information
that men who orili*
think of engaging (n
lice are so attracted
liich they may make.
^.iKinc in mis netai iUut
then are other
Hied with and result ractice
that must ho
ill ot the jails in t hid
increase," continued
"In various section?
norality have been
ntion. A great deal
is d on lit less due to
ction following tho
it to tho general unWhalever
may bo
explanation the fact
re is more ilolation t
state and more im[ onducive
of the best
people.
can not without tho
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