The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 06, 1916, Image 6

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-j BOW HOREf ESCAPED fAm iELLS IO WlEMWED . MEXICANS IN BRUSB NO CRITICISM OF ACTION Aa Oonunandw Walks Down Com pany's Street TTvose Who Thought He Was Among the Slain Grasp His Hand—Thrilling Story of March 70 Miles to American Lines. K MEXICAN KEPLY EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT ANY TIME Capt. Lewis S. Morey S. More;, K troop. Tenth Cavalry, sole officer to sur vive the fight with Carranzlstas near Carrlzal, sat on the edge of a bunk In a thatched hut at headquarters of Gen. Pershing’s column Monday Just after his return, and told an atten tive group of fellow officers who had gathered to congratulate him as one risen from the grave Intimate details as soldiers saw them of the first real tragedy of this campaign.' Capt. Morey had spent the night In the hospital after his arrival by motor late Sunday evening, and his blood-stained shirt removed, his body cleansed, and refreshed, he was able to be about camp, with his left shoulder, through which a Mauser bullet passed, swathed in bandages. He first herld a conferent* srith Gen. Pershing, and then visited his regi ment In what was probably one of the most remarkable reunions of this campaign. * As the captain walked through the company streets, flanked; by tents and curiously woven brush quarters the men and officers have built, there was no cheering, no music, but from each group he passed some offi cer with eager face walked out and grasped hts free band and said: “Glad you're back. Congratular tlons." Those were simple words, but they were fervent, for no man of this command believed Morey ever would be with them again. Capt. Morey Is* a studious-look ing man. with whiakaml. lean face, and spectacled. Telling his story he spoke slowly and ly, without exaggeration, 2S7 superb restraint and modesty. He blamed no one, drew no oonelu- aious, offered no "hindsight," sug gestion* sa to what should have been done. His voice was almost emotionless, rising In pitch and tone only when he referred to the time he went without drink from six o'clock on the morning of June SI, the day of the fight, until four o'clock the follow ing day. Wounded and blistered by the rays of the sun, he found that day tl\p longest day of the year. Morey suffered s thirst that will leave an Impression for Ufa. He ask ed that canteen water be handed to him while he spoke. How those two troops of ths Tenth left Santa Domingo early that Wed nesday morning and rode toward Carrtsal, how Capt. Boyd conferred with Gen. Gomez, and how, flanking the American right and left, the Car ranzlstas opened fire, already has been told, and these details, hereto fore related, Capt. Morey confirmed. He atMetl little to the story of that light, except to say that Capt. Itoyd and lAeut. Henry Adair died like gentlemen and soldiers, that the Carranzlstas started hostilities by opening up with a machine gun, and that In the firing which Imme diately followed the enemy seem ed to bo centering fire on the white officers, of whom there were only three. Morey’s troop, cqpslstlng of only thirty-six men, was on the right flank when “hell opened," as he put Rodgers Says Carranza Is Investigat ing the Oarrisal Affali——Wilson to See Congress Thursday. Special Agent Rodgers, at Mexico City, in a brief telegram dated Tues day and received at the state depart meat early Wednesday, said he ex pected to be handed Carranza’s reply to the American note demanding the release of soldiers taken prisoner at Carrixal. ) .. * The message, containing only two sentences, vfas the first word the de partment hkd had from Mr. Rodgers since he reported the dellyery of the note, It said It was believed the Mexican authorities were investigat ing the Carrlzal affair, but gave no indication or what would be the re ply to the American demands. There was nothing to Indicate that the Washington government’s posi tion had undergone any change. Of ficials still expected President Wil son to go to congress Thursday if Carranza filled to act or replied un favorably. ‘Anything short of Imme diate release of the American troop ers will be unsatisfactory. Nn sug gestions or proposal of negotiations <in this regard will be accepted. It was pointed out Wednesday that Secretary "Lansfng’s hole presenting the demand sought to open no discus sion of the Carrlzal incident. The fact that the men were captured and were being held was viewed as a hos tile act requiring immediate repudi ation by the d« facto government through release of the prisoners. Mr. Rodgers’ statement that Car ranza officials appeared to be con ducting an Inquiry Into the Cirrlzal clash was Interpreted as Indicating rather than the reply would support previous assertions that American troops were Responsible than that a change of attitude was to be ex pected. wall noticed the Carranza-horsemen riding out to flank them. It was apparent that the Carranzlstas had seen some of us take refuge behind the wall, and, noting four trying to escape uphill, went in pursuit, leav ing us unmolested.’’ With the enemy beating the coun try on all sides, Capt. Morey and three blank troopers lay in the hole ftluir. or bahlnd the wall all nf-tkat Hay Without Mater. Right came. Mid with It a drop In tefflfwratare, and ■Cars, so the wounded officer and bU men started trailing west In the first relay of a seventy-mile Journey to our line. Morey was so weak that bs could walk only a hundred yards or so at a stretch, and as night wore on he concluded It was humanly Impos sible for him to go further. Bo he first requested, and, when they re-1 fused, ordered the three negroes to leave him. "I reasoned,'' he said, "that they could go on and I couldn't, so I made them go." BANDITS lUUEl COUPLE AND ESCAPE INTO MEXICO Cavalry Pursuing Members of a Gang . of Stock Thlevea—Will Grose Border After Them. Excitement at El Paso, Texas, over the Mexican. controversy was renew ed Tuesday night with the receipt of news of a new bandit raid across the border near Hatchita, Ni M., result ing In the murder of William Parker, an American ranchman, and his wife. The general sentiment seemed to be that the Incident demonstrated anew t£e Inability of ,the Carranza government to offer any protection to the American frontier^ and Would serve to bring matters to a head quickly. Military authorities doubted that the marauders, who are believed to have been members of a band of stock thieves known to have a lair in the fastness of the Slerre Madres south of the New Mexico bo.r4er. would be overtaken before they cross ed into Mexico, pointing out that the ranch is only four miles from,the line. Officers of the American border patrol had been unable to learn whether any of the cavalry detach ments ordered in pursuit had crossed the border because of the isolation of the district. The belief was express ed, nowever, that If th» troops had discovered tb« raiders’ trail, they fol lowed them into Mexican territory. It Is not believed, however, In the event they have crossed the border that they will encounter any Car ranza troops, all available reports in dicating that the larger Mexican forces have been concentrated east and south of the district in Chihua hua and westward of it in Sonora. TO ABANDON COAST it, and he couldTOTTow the charge of adobe building where, h> If by a C troop under Capt. Boyd and Lieut Adair only to the fringe pf brush into which men and horses disap peared. “C troop men tell me.” he went on, "that Adair died In an irrigation ditch, his head held by a non-com missioned officer. There was water In the ditch, and. dying, Adair would pitch forward into It without sup port. I understand the non-commis sioned officer left Adair wounded at the ditch at Adair’s order and weqt toward Carrlzal. Then, looking back, he saw his officer, with eye glazed and head wobbling, against the side of the ditch, and he ran hack and re mained with him till Adair died. “Capt. Boyd was killed when his troop made a rush for a trench in which the Carranzlstas had machine guns. Just how he died I don’t know." Caught In a right angle of fire, Morey’s small detachment, as previ ous dispatches related, was forced to retire. Its mounts had been sent to the rear; and every man, including the leader, was afoot. Alternately lying flat on their stomachs and ris ing, fighting desperately, the little band withdrew till Capt. Morey and a corporal wearing Capt. Boyd’s hat found themselves with seven privates behind an adobe wall and near a dry Tiole, offering protection from bul lets but not from the run. The cap tain was wounded In the shoulder. Three hundred yards to the south were Carranzlstas, some mounted, some afoot, advancing, firing, yell ing, emboldened by the Americans’ retirement. “Whan I got bebfn* that wall,” resumed Morey, “ as a matter of fact I told the men I proposed to * stay there. Those who wished to go I told to go." Four men, including one wound ed, elected to make a try for escape, and Morey tells how he saw them ascend a hill which stretched away to the north. ‘*1 never saw men act so strange ly,” said Morey. “They didn't^run or aeeoi to exert themselves. , r and by so doing probably saved as. We who remained behind the have been taken. The three west, and Morey, with his wound bandaged as best he coaid do It, lay down In the des ert and slept. The stars were still out, bat dawn waa touching the sky, when he awoke, strengthened by sleep. Alone, he forced himself to his feet and staggered on In the direc tion In which he thought lay Santo Domingo ranch, eight miles from Carrlzal, and a point where the com mand had bivouacked the night be fore the fight. He traveled without compass, having given to the men who left him his compass, a telegram to his wife, and a dispatch to Gen. Pershing. About 4.30 o'clock In the morning the Captain reached the ranch house, which he found deserted and deso late. Manager J. T. McCabe had fled, as had the Chinese cook. Morey sprawled face downward at a mud- hole near the ranch house and rinsed his parched mouth, drank s|>aringly, and, rejuvenated, staggered into the miracle, he found beefsteak, coffee in a pot, and corn bread He ate and gained strength and spirit. Near the ranch he found five troopers of the Tenth Cavalry, strag glers from the confused fight, and. gathering them, he prepared to march on. They found Jerked beef, and stowed it In their pockets. Those who had canteens filled them, while Morey carried water In an old bak ing powder tin. “I had learned my lesson.” he said, “and determined never'to be without water again." After washing his wound and stuf fing jerked beef. Into his first-aid kit, Morey with his men set out. headed for Rancho San Luis, thirty-five miles to the east. Ten miles were accom plished in fererish relays by moon light. Then they encountered Mc Cabe with a mule team near a wind mill. These were a god-send. All piled Into the wagon and rode to San Luis ranch, where they arrived on Saturday at midnight, and were join ed by Major Robert L. Houze’s squadron of the Eleventh Cavalry, which had been sent out by Gen. Pershing to their succor. With the squadron was a motor truck train, and in the t/uck Morey and hhi men headed for heqdquar^ ters. Thirty-five miles from the camp Gen. Pershing’s aid, Lieut. James Collins, with four autos, met the trucks, and Capt. Morey was trans ferred to a smoother and smaller car, in which he reached the camp at dusk.,. , 6ERMANSCAPTlHtE 11,000 % r " 7v Claim Success Against Russians Northwest of Kovel. Heavy fighting continues In the district west of 8okul?o% the eastern front, whera the Russians are at tempting to strike porthwest^to Kovel. The German war office re ports successes for the Germans near Zaturge, In. this district Since June 16, it Is announce^^^^ "WWfeers, two can non, and flfty-fonr machine guns Carranza Plans Long Fight From In terior of His Country. Refugees from Mexico say they saw the active military preparations of the Carranza government, which included plans to .evacuate coast towns and fortifications, and to occu py strongly intrenched positions far enough Inland to be out of range of the guns of a hostile battle fleet. and Progresso are crowded with Americans who are anxious to leave, and that practically all American en terprises in Yucatan have been ius- pended. PLAN SECOND REScWlRIP Uruguayan Government to Try Again for Shackleton's Men. Another attempt to rescue the tnatn body of the Shackleton an- arctlc expedition may be made by the Uruguayan government, which fur nished the steamer with which Sir Ernest made his recent futile at tempt to reach Elephant Island, where the party Is marooned. The government has given orders for the relief expedition to remain at Punta Arenas, Straits of Magellan, to await the first favorable oppor tunity to repeat the effort. FOR SALE-IBCELLANEOBS For Sale—56 jour miie ui'n scnooi; nan cleared, balance timber; good four room frame house, 400 young fruit < trees planted. Thla is the beat Utile farm in this neighborhood. W. E. Hudson, Concord, Va. Wanted—Ladles, If stopped ot Ir regular, use Turner’s Science Tab lets; results or money refunded. No harm or Interference i 1th work. Mall $1. Turner Medicine Co., Montgomery, Ala. For Salo—Florida Farm, i60 acres, all. fenced, 85 acroe cultivated. 6 acres pecans, about 64 orange and grapefruit trees bearing, few bear ing poach and pear trees and grape vines, between 300 and 350 head cattle, about 150 hogs, 5 horses In cluding colt, 2 wagons, 1 buggy, good 7-room house, .plenty out houses, Including 2 potato houses, 2 large cribs, 6 str.bles, 3 wagon shelters, 1 smoke house, cane mill and broiler farming Implements and houso furniture,. good shade trees, some chlckeD'- present crop of corn, peanuts, sugar cano and sweet potatoes included, short dls tence by .rail or auto from Gulf. This Is an exceptional opportunity. If you wish wire $500 for a 15-day option to allow time for examina tion. Price. 412.600. E. Bean and Son Company, Jacksonville, Fla. Hemstitching, 8c yard; Accordeon, Side, Box Pleating, Skirt, 20c yard; Buttons, 10c dozen;, pecoting, 9c yard. Altman Pleating Co., 73% Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. Agents wanted in each town. Mrs. McCormick’s Beauty Cream—It Is exactly what Its name Implies. Makes you beautiful by giving you a beautiful complexion. If you can not obtain from your druggist send 50c for large jar. Lady agents wanted. Write for particulars. The Behrens Drug Co., Waco, Texas. For Saif gine, pump feed fi 15 HP Witte gasoline en- fL _—, attachment and 'riction pulley. Has been used about nine months. Also, Fay Egan 6x14 flooring machine with all bits, belts and Shimer heads for flooring and ceiling. Buildera Supply Co., Greenwood, S. C. Notice!—If you contemplate purchas ing, a monument or tom^tone and want the best material, artistic let tering, and low price, wrPe to our agent who will call: The Mecklcn- Marble and Granite Co., Char lotte. N. C. H. M. Gary. Agt., Sum ter. S. C. Eyesex* price list. Eye cups, special 25c Reliable agents wanted. Brnte- Cole Co., Box No. 9. No. 5 South Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. British Prepare Offensive. Dispatches from the British front Monday In France and Flanders lay emphasis upon the intensify of the bombardment which Is being brought to bear upon the German lines. No Important move of the Infantry, how ever. has yet been reported. J CLASSIFffiD COLUMN AND % X FARMERS EXCHANGE J FOR SALE-FARM PRODUCTS * j and Sons. Cameron, S. C MISCELLAN EG 18. Sudan Grass—The big follow crop for the wheat and oat stubble. Get a big crop of hay and the finest fall pasture you ever saw. Best . quality Sudan seed. 10c lb. f. o. b. Lubbock, Texas. Wheeloch Seed and Grain Co., Lubbock, Texas. FOR SALE—VELVET BEANS. For Sale—Early Speckled hand nick ed Velvet Beans, $2 pevbu. Guar anteed 95 per cent, germination: Not hand. $1.50 per bu. Sunnyside Farm. Chintu. Ala. Old Fashioned Florida Speckled Vel vet Beans $1.25 per bu. Florida running peanuts 85c per bu. Two three-quarter Holstein bulls 2 years old. E. C. Beuchler, Anthony, Fla. Mixed Peas $1.45; Cla^ Peas, $1.60 Null and Co., Mai4en N. C. FOR SALF—SEED SWEET POTA TOES AND PLANTS. For Sale—N’a'ncv Hall potato plants, $1 per 1.000; ready for immediate shipment; large and healthy; also Brabham and iron peas, pure seed, $1.25 per bu. f. o. b. Fort Motte. Claffy Brothets,' Fort Motte. S. C. Ixioknut Mountain Potatoes, 10 bu. lots. $1.50; 1 bu.. $1.75. Profitable fall crop. W, P. Harris, Owings, S. C. - Potato Plants, $1.25 per 1,000. Porto Rico, Triumph, N^pcy Hall. O. E. Watts, R. F. D. No. ", Box 141, Bartow, Fla. Tw o million Porto Rico, Nancy .Hall and Triumph potato plants for sale at $1 per 1,000. B. T. Rape, Waldo, Fla. Eastern Yam potato plants. $1.25 per 1 000. Nancy Hell and Triumph, $1.50. 5.000 and over, $1.15 and $1.50. H. L. Herman. Newton, N. C. • , personal: Marry—For sure success try an old responsible club, established nine irar - Wrube Box 26. Oakland. Cal. years; guarantees satisfaction; over 50,00(1 members; many wealtl-; Georgia Cane Syrup—New, pure, nn. adulterated; $14 per S5-gal. barre f. o. b. Cairo, Ga. Quantity limited Sbort crop Order quick If yon ax pact to get U. J. L. Mauldin, Cairo Oa. FOR SALE-LIVE STOCK Ready for Shipment—Several hear of big type Duroc-Jersey pigs. A1 registered. O. W. Doolittle, Sander* vlfie. “ Ga. Yorkshire Plg»—$5; old. 8. W. Hayles. seven week> Lenoir, N. C. Large Berkshire* at Stone Farm, Petersburg, Va. Gati WANTED-HIDES AND JUNK Hides—Mule and horse hides, $3 ■ach. Express cow hides, wool, tal low and oecswax to Athens Hide Company. Athens, Ga. Wanted—Rags, all klhds of rags woolen and cotton rags mixed. Also highest cash prices for old rubber, scrap metal, hides, bees wax and tallow. Try us with one shipment Write for price list. Capitol Junk Co., 331-333 Peters St., Atlanta. Ga. When It Comes to a question of war or peace those who are not capable of service should leave the question in younger hands. For Sale—60 ex»ra fine Poland Chins nigs. AH eligible to register and b Mill Creek Farm—Has fdr sale three pure bred registered Holstein Frie sian Bulls, ready for service, from mature cows. Sire grandson Pon tiac Korndyke. Irvin D. Graybill, Troutville. Botetoust Gnnnty, Va. For Sale—Twelve Poland China pig - '-. 8 weeks old eadh. 12 Duroc Jersey pies 8 weeks old $5 each, from prize winning stock* all can be registered in buyer’s name. Ref erence, Rank of Crocs Hill, Cross Hill. S. C. J. H. Atchison. R. F. D. No. 1, Box 44, Chappells. S C. Registered Holstein Calves—Finely bred bull calves for sale. Herd tuberculin tested bv U. S. govern ment. Write J. P. Taylor. Orange, Va. TREES AND SHRUBBERY Budded pecan tree** producing large, soft shell nuts, 50c to $1 per tree Special discounts for lots of 100 Top budding seedlings, unprofitable varieties, and native hickories by contract, Twelve years experierre^ In pecan culture. W. W. Watson “Peeanwond ” Orangeburg. 8. C. FOR SAir-EGGS AND POULTRY $16,000 yearly con- d sellers by necting land buyers am >al! l_l >., Windsor, N. C. > Wanted—To save you money on your magazines and papers. Give maga zines for Christmas., Write for my free catalogue showing all lowest iffers. clubbing o: Marion, S. C. W. B. McCall. I buy all kinds ow empty oil and Cola barrels, also buy bags. I hare for sale Barred Plymouth Rock Eggs, $1 per setting, Thompson strain, cockerels and guinea pigs. Walter A. Moore, 8 George 8t.. Charleston, 8. C. 8. ‘Imperial Hotel,” Landrum. Located on Southern BjLli _ Sa... Men place aer. Modem conveni ences. Scenery, water and breezes unsurpassed. Courteous service. Good fare. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Foster ... Boarders Wanted—Close, to churchea and amusements. Large airy rooms. Fried chicken galore. Rates rea sonable. Mrs. F. 8. Wetmur, 246 West Fifth Ave., Hendersonville, N. C. hire Insnmnce—Facilities for plac ing Insurance of all classee any where In South Carolina. Sneclal attention given risks In small towns and country. Cotton and gins placed readily. W. K. Sease, Orange burg, S. C. Cool country home offering Ideal life for rest, health and pleasure. Select fare; daily mall; teienhone; shady grove; three miles from Wil- llamston’s famous mineral spring. Mrs. W. P. Meares, R. F. D. No. 3, Pelzer, 9. C. Portman Villa—The ideal place ‘o spend your summer months. Write for rates. W. W. Whiteside, Black Mountain, N. C. Virginia Farms—Nice land, $20 Cool, delightful place to spend the ~ Charles summer, $/ to $10 a week. 'Spe cial by month and to parties. Mrs, W. A. Scott, 268 Chestnut St., acre. Reasonable terms. Wltmer. Nottoway, Va SUMMER RESORTS. J. , “La Veta’’—Beautiful surroundings; excellent table; reasonable. Mrs. A. L. Duncan, Horseskoe, N. C Asheville, N. C. v. f King's Cottage—Station 28, Sulli van’s Island, Atlantlcville, S. C. Open for guests, rates reasonable. Convenient to cars and beach. Boat at disposal of guests. Meals very best. Campobello Mineral Spring Hotel, located .20 miles north of Spartan burg on Southern Railway, is open for guests. In order to advertise the water we are making a low rate of $6 to $7 ner week. Fine cli mate. No better water on the market. Hotel under new manage ment. Address Campobello, S. C. LAUTER AMERICAS FINEST TONED PIANOS MARCHANT MUSIC CO 53 r*ST FUSSlfu. STFFET ORANCieBURG, S C WPITTE rORCAT^^i The Mountain Park Hotel And Hot Mineral Springs Baths at Hot Springs, N. C 'Tn aooesaibility of location; in absolute freedom from dampness of IttlftkllL-pvTnf^ffihwplfefbV' ana' the beauty and grandeur of its surroundings, the North Carolina Hot Springs stand pre-eminent among health and pleasure resorts of America.’*' * .A Golf—Tenni*—Open Swimming Pool—Mountain Trail*—Horseback Riding , The waters of these springs have been found to be practically a specific in the cure of rheumatism, gout, rheumatic gout, kidney trouble and all kindred ailments, ^Teetimonials on application, f Under Entire New Management For informotion and reservations write or wire "•* — * **•+ , , t FRED J. FULLER, Manager Mountain Park Hotel, Hot Springs, N. C. MODERN METHODS USE THE BULL TRACTOR Heavy laying S f relii Pen "Med Bun np** Duck $1 per dozen. F. M. White, Crewe, Va. Young Silver Camplnes—Four pul lets and unrelated cockerel, five dol lars. Will lay in September. N. R. Hamer, Hurtsboro, Ala. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. Wanted^-!ndYflMi;!mis men who can earn at least $100 per month and expenses retailing Rawldlgh oro- ducts to farmers. Must have means for starting expenses and furnish contract signed by two responsible men. For full partic-lars write or call on A. M. Wilson. Newberry, S. C. Wanted—All kinde. of 'houses to move, without tearing down chim ney'- Saves house ren and mate rial. Write Box 32. Ridgeway. S. C Wonted—Old magazines any kind; will pay 35c per hundred potaids. Ship them to us. We pay freight. G- J. Halter, 1117 Wayne St.. Columbia, 8. C. S645-THE BULL* WITH THE PULL~$645 Will do the plowing,’discing and seeding; will run the manure spreader, draw the heavily loaded wagon, the hay loader, mowers, bind ers, etc. Ten too it will do your stationary work, such as running corn shellers. feed grinders; small shredders and threshers, and ensilage cut ters. It will pull road graders, move small buildings, haul logs, etc. The JIull wheel runs in the furrow. This means crop increase. Pat ent leveling device by which the tractor is quickly and easily adjusted to side hHls and deep furrows. Does not pack the soil. Is a deep-tilling sub-soller. Plows within twelve Inches of the fence. Plows everything, corners and all. THE BEST TRACTOR ON THE MARKET. ONLY $645. Some desirable territory open. Write quick for proposition before yours is closed. , ; GIBBES MACHINERY CO. South Carolina Distributors. COLUMBIA, S. C. “THE ARLINGTON” " . HENDERSONVILLE, N, C, ■ Hendersonville is in “The Land of the Sky.” Always cool. It is a “Resort Town.” Visitors are entertained alrd made to enjoy a stay in th? town. . “The Arlington” is situated on beautiful Main Street, the wide boulevard which is the pride of Hendersonville. _ Beautiful, shady grounds and wide verandas make “The Arlington” guest envied. • ■ ' “The Arlington” is a modern, attractive family hotel. Modern plumbing. The personal attention of the manage ment is given to the table. Excursion tickets from all points. No trouble for in formation. We cater to automobile parties.' ' ' , ' :‘t LEON ST. JOHN, Manaj comlueieu nflTSt. JohtL” I' recently destroyed by fire. '