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LYNCHERS ARRESTED VENTEEN MEN OF BARNWELL PLACED UNDER A BOND SOME WERE RECOGNIZED Killing of Xogro Murderer Walter Best Is Laid to Prominent Farm- ers and Business Men—Testimony Taken—State Is Represented By Attorney General Peeples. Seventeen white men were arrest ed in Barnwell County Thursday and brought to Columbia and placed un der heavy bonds for alleged parti cipation in the lynching of Walter Best, a ' negro, near Fairfax, last Saturday afternoon, who earlier in the day shot William Wilson, a young white man, to death. Five of the defendants were plac ed under bonds to the amount of $7,500 eaqh, and the 12 remaining defemlaiits at $5,000 each. Th<pe whose bail'Wa^ fixed at $7,500 each were: C. H. Sanders, John Dunbar, O. 1 B. Lynes, K G. Connelly and Oscar Carlton. The 12 who will be asked to pro vide hail of $5,ooi» each were: J. R. Blount. W. 1* Sanders. U. A. San- der». II. Ilehf T<h|(|, Lawient •iwamp Vere.John Dunbar. E. O. Connelly. Oscar Carlton, and several garage men, -Jr R.^ Blount. O. P. M.ynes, C. H.. Sanders, Audrey or William Sanders and B. B. Best. The names of thosfc that did not do any thing were Jimmy Boyles, A • B. Harter, Frank Harter; James Boyles and Morrall Strange.” /J. F. Grubbs, deputy sheriffs sub mitted the following' affidavit: v • “I was with the sheriff and do corroborate what the sheriff Says about the case and can only add that l know the man that pulled the negro out of the car. His name is C. H. Sanders, and with this excep tion the hseriff’s testimony is abso lutely correct.” J. B. Ross, the other deputy, also corrobrated sheriffs statement. “I can’t mention the names of the men whom he names, but his -state ment is absolutely correct.” Many of the defendants are prom inent in business and agricultural interests, some of them operating farms with as many as 20 plows. Grady Harter is 25 years old and is a merchant at Fairfax; Lawrence Harter is a farmer; Frank Harter, farmer lives four miles from Fair fax; Simms O’Neal helps with the management of the extensive fann ing interests of F. M. Young; B. B. Best clerks in Fairfax, J. R. Blount conducts a restaurant; 'C*.- A. San ders, automobile business; H. H. Young, telegraph operator; K. G. Connelly, merchant; C. H. Sanders. Government to Reliabllltate System to-* Insure Shipments to. < Pershing in France Rehabilitation of the Spanish rail road system is planned by the Unit ed States to make possible the ship ment of large quantities of supplies from Spain to General Pershing’s forces in Europe. An offer of,Amer ican railway materials has been made as a part of negotiations the United States is conducting to in* Iduce Spa^n to lift her embargo against the shipment of goods into France, placed, according to the Spanish government, because of the broken condition of her roads. While a final agreement has not been signed, a conclusion of the negotiations are near and Spain again , has been notified that ^11 ports are free to sail as soon ^as they discharge the parts of their car goes for which licenses have been denied or revoked. It-was reiterat ed that there is no disposition to hold Spanish ships to exert pres sure on the American ports some six Spanish steamers and half as many sailing ships. The American government, it was farmer and merchant! John Dun-' * earnf *^ today. In Its latest proposal bar is a resident of Allendale; Os-i *° ®P a:n - ^ as asked for Ike use of C4ir Carlton lives at Kline and is a rnns ^ t,ra * > * 4 *' Spanish tonnage on farmer. ' % ' j similar to those on which it The killing of William Wilson ‘ obtained ships owned by the north- S W Dominick took P |a " «* J T, Wilson’s shop •’'T* Koropesn neutrals This ton- llarter. Grady Hampton Avenue, one of the nou!d be paid for at high rat** Harter. II II. Young. rfimnniONeai.! maln thorough fa ^a of the town. George Hogg and Frank Harter Inhere young Wilson, a cousin of * Th# warrant* »rre »«<j AMERICANS TO REPAIR THE SPANISH RAILWAYS HOWLDOWNBRYAN CANADIAN SOLDIERS REFUSE TO HEAR THE COMMONER -f*. MEETING IS BROKEN VP BherUi Holm* >n a lion Ilia* Th* ft t urn out by j fore K. W I n infoima-1 __ the owner of the shop, was employ ndaat in the | Imp Naruu rapes at w ottora* i i Walter I*e<r% I • nd fot the mo«t part would be u*ed by the I nlted States in the non hux- ardoos trades • Th * ear trade hoard*’ plan for re- W.liter went t<* th»* *bo|» w.;’i t‘< r !. able «ut in th* omportalloii of Span- Ihh |>r« darts As the Amerlraa gov I«Islaitag that J. T Wtlaoa* Jr., who erameat s ova aertla aad those of .■Is a sohlter at Camp Jarhsua. had it# a»#«irlatee la the war will absorb b« id before Jadge I the lira aaaie tiaie ago aad aioaf of the export rwasaiodltlas, pro* Towasead The dafusduuta I gaaraataed it. J. T. W’ltano. hr a I duead la fha I’alted htataa exports 1 i nr H*r .j . >r.,. biuty'tai rafas Bpom a HI also he llaHtad This FMssr % ^ ' b ad to repair the Ilf# without he* I lu the view at offtrtai* ahouM re • tug paid for the work abereapoa lease a aumbar of dpaalsh •Hips aow . Hr tag batweea tbo tatted fttates aad Hr WHmni oi blot to laata, aed Hpaia whlrb the‘ Aaiertraa gov- Former Secretary of State Is Unable to Make Plea for Prohibition-— Refuses to Allow Force to Be Used Against How lers—Defends HU Patriotism to Reporters. William Jennings Bryan was re fused a hearing w'hen he appeared tot Massy Hall at Toronto, Cana da. Thursday to address a prohi bition meeting under the auspices of the Dominion glliance. Returned soldiers caused the dis turbance by shouting various epi thets “What about the Lusitania?” they also demanded in chorus. The first disturbance came before Mr. Bryan's entry when the chair man told the audience they were to be honored by lietenin* to the fraternal delegate of the Anti-Sa loon League of America, ’‘one of the foremost citizens of our ally.” The chairman refrained from mentioning Mr. Itrvan's name as he fouhl. hut when it came i- greeted hv a AUSTRIA IS AfAINST ; INVASION OF RUSSIA long t*' out at rhoru« # *Wr a of Most bearing uai the shop wi|b tiro and demanded bo repaired free of charge. it d thin if he the n and The op jr >*# of man W SJf they pan two Mu % -A % • him. bu< u tbo of ■g#r» a ad r f ,r • ll ba« TIn bg ThutHua Ha ser «| |«ooplsw. 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Morris ”1 was rallX over tb* phono to •come to Fairfax at coco; that a negro bad shot a man by tbo name of Wilson and there waa danger of lynching So I wont to Fairfax my self and carried J. F * Grubbs and John H. Ross with me. Some people said they did not think that there would be any lynching, as they had had time to consider, and some one said If they could get an immediate trial that would satisfy. So I took the negro and started toward Barn well with him and got on this side of Fairfax. I knew if I could get to Allendale I could dodge them. I told Grubbs and Ross when I got in sight of the bridge (Duck Branch) that they were tearing up the bridge and told them we were going to have trouble right here and to keep cool and know what they were doing. When we got to the bridge we found an auto on the bridge and several others off the bridge. Until I could get out in the crowd there were from seven to 12 autos behind me. I kept them off hynalking to them and the other men keeping them out of the auto. One man threw the ropes to the hack of the auto, but Ross pulled it back in the car. In that time they w'ere crowded all around the auto. Some of the crowd did not do anything. At that time they pulled the negro out of the car. All went into the creek in a pile. They then took him and carried him off into the swamp and in a few minutes .1 .heard shooting. I could not name all In the crowd. One or two of the men on the bridge told me that they were doing me wrong; that they should have done this be fore I came. The names of the men I remembered that went into the of A Pi • cbm P IP** rest* lo O* ftp dpriorX Ihp HfhpeaoX < Icpp *OPOf**M*l tppprgs Hlbevpl pglfcT *<1.-9* *>« XALSI FOR LABOR Aft Huh Frvldrpi Toft mm Ip* Up^lfisl KHsliiiPP < oi—ltt** I beep hX frwpbbs pi Dpc* Hrpprt. be wpwi to tbo troop X the hilltop w|«b o mmm other pern— fro— Fsirfst s I here k—g after (be mm^o had be*— hlllX Frooh Morter sold be wpp olae pp wpy fro— Fairfp^ to A Heed ale a be coMe upon the mob at Dock Bra orb The hllllpg. he at Id ore a r red an hour before bla arriv al. SI——» O’Neal swore mat he wna Franh P. Walsh of Kansas (Tty. another who went to the bridge after formerly chair—aa of the federal la the news of the killing had reached dust rial relations commission, was the town. j selected by labor as Its represonta- B. B Heat Is a clerk and swore tftve In public Interest on the board that he did not leave the atore fur- framing a national labor policy for (her than to be around at the front, the government, employers already J. H Blount’s affidavit was that , Having selected Former President he did not leave his restaurant tin- Taft to represent the public Interest til hours after the killing. j for them. O. A.‘Sanders swore that he was! ♦ ♦ ♦ - ^- out demonstrating a new car for O. B. Lynes. Joint affidavit was made by the two that they came upon the crowd on the highway at Duck Branch. H. H. Young swore that he was invited by E. G. Connelly, a travel ing man. to ride to Allendale with SUBS SINK 18 SHIPS Fourteen Were Over l.fMMt Tons Says British Report Eighteen British merchantmen him. Connelly substantiated this In were sunk b - v ralne or submarine in another affidavit. George Hogg swore that at the time of the killing he - was at the home^of his sister, Mrs. W. G. Kemrse. in Fairfax. ‘ W. B. Sanders made oath that at the time of the killing he was driv- .. . A ^ ing the family of Lawrence You- b, ^ au,orr,obl ^ at0 PP e( ^ the bridge mans from Fairfax to their home in 1 arir | great number of other auto the past week, according to the Brit ish admiralty report Wednesday night. Of these 14 were vessels of 1.600 tons or over and four w’ere under that tonnage. Seven fishing vessels were also sunk. mobiles coming up from the rear: that in an instant there seemed to be probably H)0 men around.” Shortly thereafter the crowd-was scrambling over a negro and a few minutes later many shots were heard in the swamp. _ A. H. Harter swore Best had been killed when he arrived at Duck Branch. John Dunbar swore that he was In Allendale when he heard of the killing of young WTlion; that In company with Oscar Carlton he was driving to Fairfax when they ca—e upon the mob at Duck Branch Th* was substantiated by Carlton. tb# ssAg—rs In lb# pplftprto— X TohP flrypo Ml p—g we II s—I MTpTI M pop oho t*soh bot p pv—•OpfHon *~ A tier lb# bobd bod plnyX noolb* 99 oAr Mr MfpMP mods o bvtof. b*t full I# oil#—pi Ip —ok# bt—self beord Tbo* bo toob a rbolr to tb# •do* pf the plsffor— SPd tplbx to lb# report era. the aejee pevs top for no tootnot **! a— bore by lovttotioo Mr Bryan **! root# as tbo •ootptlko S&.ftfto.Pft# of tbo A—orl- rpp people who have banded the— solves together In various organi sations for th# promotion of pro hibition I hov# spoken In on# boll tonight before on audience that gave —# not only respectful but enthus iastic attention ”1 find that less than & per cent probably more nearly less than 2 per cent of this audience refuse to allow the rent of the auditors to hear me speak. Ordinarily, those who interrupt a meeting are put out because they refuse a majority the right to hear. In this case. I am not willing that force should he used to eject the men from the halt. I would rather that the meeting should break up. ”.My patriotism is satisfactory to the president of the United- Staten, is satisfactory to the cabi net of the United Staten; it is sat isfactory to the conjgress of the United States. There Is not one single person in the United States who can say that one drop of blood in my veins is not loyal to my country.” French Dispatch Tells of Increasing Friction Between Two Teutonic Empires Over • Eastern • Question Further evidence of the growing strain in relations between Germany and Austria over the refusal of th^ latter to participate In the renewed attack upon Russia is given in an official dispatch received from France. It quotes the Austrian pre mier as formally reiterating on Feb ruary 22 that Austria-Hungary will take no ~~p a rt in military action against Russia or Roumanla and will not send her troops into Uk- ranla. The dispatch refers to the meeting between Emperors Charles and Wil liam February 22 and ^ says there seems little doubt .that a serious conflict has arisen between the two nations which Germany is determin ed to settle by violent measures if necessary. The dispptch follows: "Charles I paid a visit to.William II on February 22, Ludendorf was present at the Interview. If we are to judge from the time of the Inter view it must have ben lacking In rardiality. There seems to be little (lAuht but that a serious conflict has broke uot during the week between, the courts of Vienna and Berlin, and which Germany Is determined to set tle If need be by violent —ensures “The Internal situation of the dual monarch# is so* h that the Vienna government in order to avert a ca tastrophe has been obliged to dis tinguish bv means of public d** lam* flop ftta. oup policy fro— that of Germppy Th** report that of the r «»n f •* reft* •*% of Februarir 1$ Heft * I l.ndepdovf bad derided te attention to the Heesfsu do* Mii>biltfati«»h and to pveppfe to begin again th* ropfMft eg thg.Knet front rawed a greet etftf Ibfogghout Aoe- trte It one got si—ply tbo d—aee- t !«»• eat t**oa tilts* I be l % serbe. 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"A . . ’' Heavy Machine Guns Are Subject- ed to Thorough Examination la Order to Show Wisdom of Delay Necessary to Obtain Them. The latest American contribution to warfare, the Browning automat-* ic rifle, was officially introduced to congress Wednesday at a demonstra tion staged in a remote valley In the hills that surround Washington. For more than two hours the air was filled with the snarl and crash of the firing. Senators and representatives operating the new weapons for them selves under the direction of a squad of officers from the machine gun school at Springfield, Mass. High army officials. Including As sistant Secretary Urowell, Maj. Gen John Biddle, acting chief of staff, and a sro re of officers from the Brit ish. French. Italian and Belgian mis sion* watched the demonstrations with keep Interest. There wpa no target practice al though a Hue of figures shaped like men was battered to pieces by the ■quad of tep gunners Me—here oi r ongfees also scored repeoted hits, alt hough It was the first time pay of tbe— had bandied p weapon Pi mm mammm* As to tbe performpace X tbe tea guns used there wpp pot p stoppage # rota ms!fua« ttop despite th* f*. * huodrXs X fopadg were ftrX. ood tbe h*X fro— tbe arboal bX hover •eeo tbe fuoe •# last Mptgpii*. Wbeo ftrtog vtth th* ’u* epp re—plaiX BBS KwMMl heavy —arktoe goo# oafo put H or He* Tbouaooda X butleis were seot •» r*e—tag arfopg tbe vattey lo net I be daab leoptop op the far Apalp tPe«* ups put p aad 4»—eo—rutluu t X ottb an eablbitlep X tbo etty X eo*ptf*9ftoH pop X tbe lobe* apart re pea IX >9 H P MMMMbX Mb* Tbe— 9*o geos bMMVl •d A* the aegp uar depart—eo« os the *blrb tbo or—f la PX Tho Pi ftbfbprMB ebaeu tbo hlabpp X • eePs hoogfX util every day aod t| Thaf pf* |* ba tbo gooa X la—irvuo pp tbo FfPbtk too tbs SWEDEN At tlH Bolshevik headgaarterv roaflr—atioa la plvea X the report that SuXlab forces have seised the Aland liUads. Tbe laodlog forces have saltX tbe Aland Islands Tha landing force wap resisted stubborn ly by the •—all garrison of Bolshe vik trfkops The forwarding of 8 wed I ah troops to maintain order In the Aland Isl ands was reported unofficially, last week, although until the arrival of this dispatch, apparently delayed by the censor, no announcement had been received of the actual seizure' of the Islands., The Swedish parliament last week adopted the government’s proposal for military intervention. The Aland Islands, which formerly heionged to Sweden, are populated largely by Swedes, who have made several ap peals to Stockholm for protection and return of the islands to Swed en. out anyone being injured to give me a hearing.’! The former secretary of state spoke for quite a while on the prog ress of prohibition to those who crowded down to the platform but it is doubtful if many of them could **ty pfXntypp fee (be * TbaFa tbs fto wueti ** Whom tbe HtHX X tbe rang* ta4p? tbey fuuad ll —ee feu— tb# srbuet ep——ppgX b| Mol J 8 Matrber hue? fUMng aatpua p*d belts Tbe to* uapuebX aX lb# visitor InpIXX X tbe Hgklae— X tbo toe rtble ve*po*a Tbey —Xgb poeXs ftppdX with IP reuXa all ft which epp bs ftrX H a breptb “Fall la ’’ HHP tbe aXx aX tac X tbe hp* ateppX tots tbe fr**t rsak cat b carrying bla hfip omt about bla waist a heavy wnb belt ibo pockets X urbiab b*lgu4 wit I —agailnea carrying 10 rounds aach Behind hi— stoX bio p——paitloi carrier, plan baltX aad with tw< cross belti swinging fro— hla shoul dura As the Httle column swum •way toward the range, tha rifle—ei awung their guna up to a ahouldei as they would an ordinary stngh XX weapon. At the flrnt glanc< there was nothing to show the ex traordlnarlly deadly character o their equipment. The first firing waa aeml-nuto matic. a feature flrat developed b) the Frenfth in* the Chauchat ant which has gone far It la said, to wards revolutionizing trench war fare. The targets flew Into splinter as the squad got to work. Advancing fire followed, both au tomatic and semi-automatic. Th< first 20 rounds were delivered a the men were taking three pace* Back on the longer range, th' Browning machine guns were wait ing on their tripods with boxes o belted ammunition beside them. Ii blasts of ten to 250 shots at a tlm< the soldiers tore up the hillside op posite, a steady spurt of dust mari; Ing where the bullets fell. The the country. He did not know of the killing until he returned to Fair fax. A joint affidavit was submitted by C. H. Sanders. Leo Todd and S. W. Dominick. Todd and Dominick were invited by Sanders to drive out to the Sanders farm to tow into Fair fax Mr. Sander’s broken automo bile. Just as they reached the Branch the car whjch vas being tow ed broke loose from the lead car, which necessitated their stopping in the road, and while they were en- gaged In getting the car retied to the lead car, deponenta noticed a Mr. # Bryan told the reporters that his daughter was married to a Brit ish engineer officer, that.one of his grandsons was a British subject and that another was in the navy de partment at Washington. “I say this,” he added, “that you may know that I do not have to apologize to anyone.” Mr Bryan announced^ his readi ness to stay all night An the hall and try to talk to the people. He aaid he would have no coercion, however, **' “Enough men/*'he added, ’’are be ing injured in our fighting to make the world aafe for democracy with* hear him owing to the noise. His remarks were punctuated by 'the gallery spelling out “L-U-S.I- T-A-N-I-A” yelling “What about the Lusitania?” and singing “Hail, Hall the Gang's Air Here.” The meeting broke up when the audience joined once more In singing “God Save the King “ Mr. Bryan was given an atten tive hearing at the American Metro politan Church during the early eve ning. the audience llotenlng atten tively to hla addreoa and offering Jew. Interruptions. -At the conclu sion of hla address Mr. Bryan was greeted with hearty applause came the dismantling and reassem bling of the weapons and in this British machine experts showed great interest. Without any other tool than the rim of a cartridge, the guns were taken completely .apart. Some 20 pieces appeared scattered on the ground. A twist here, a snap there, and in less time than It takes to tell It. the gun was reassembled and back at work. Bandits Kill Anertcan. One American was killed and three were wounded in an attack by Mexican bandits on an oil boat at Tampico last Wednesday . # Send in Your Renewal to the People NOW