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
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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
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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
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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
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snipping uuctiu.
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A great educational picture
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Abbeville County, Two
l i Mill Work.
Bids will be receivd until 12
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| o'clock noon, Thursday, July 7,
| 1921, at the office of the Abbeville
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? 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-|
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800 cu. yds. rock excavation.
51,674.9 cu. yds. top-soil surfac-j
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] 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
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surety bond made in South Carolina
for Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),
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