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' 35. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. 1919 ~ No 24 BANDITS RELEASE , U. S. AVIATORS ONLY HALF OF RANSOM PAID FOR TWO LI El TENANTS 3Y CAPT. MATLACK. -v Marfa, Texas, Aug. 19.?Spread \ out fanshaped over a wide stretch ^ of Mexican country south of the Rio Grande, United States cavalry troops aided by airmen as scouts are combing the mountains for the bandits who held the two American aviators for $15,000 ransom. After the forward dash over the border Tuesday, the troops probably were being handicapped by a storm which was reported inunessages by field telephone to be raging in the mountains below the border. r.. It w:ts feared torrential rain would v, obliterate trails left by the bandits. eipe'ditiona.^ lor"(: for a time moved forward in the face of high **** wind?, according to the reports. The two lieutenants, H. G. Peterson an-i Paul X. Davis for whom ransom was demanded and who were released early Tuesday, guided the Americans in their quest of the Mexican outlaws. With nearly six hours start on the punitive expedition the bandits are believed to have scattered in the mountains passes and canyons, and it probably will be necessary to search every square mile of the rough country below the border to find them, is the opinion of military men. De^pive the difficulty in locating the .'.ndiis from the air, American aviators who left the flying field here >-ariy iuesday, scouted almost the ofuire Oj'eniga district. It v us known how many are in the bandit band. Lieutenant Davis and Lieutenant Peterson said they saw six men. There were 20 other bandits at the ranch where the outlaws stopped. American aviators were toid tiie band numbered 60. Arrangements for nurses, ambulances and surgical dressings for the N punitive exposition troops wi-ie ucing made by Elmer Donnell of St J Louis for the use in case of emerg4$ ency. A report from the expedition indicated that pursuit has continued throughout the day but that there had been no contact with the bandits. H. X. Fennell, a banker of this city, arrived late in the day and announced that the amount of ransom actually paid for the release of the aviators was $8,500, Fennell took the $15,000 demanded to Candelaria . He declared a recount of the money brought back by Captain Matlack after release of the aviators showed $6,500 remained. Fennell brought the $6,500 back to Marfa this afternoon and deposited it in a bank. The money was in $50 bills. Fennell said the army would reimburse the cattlemen who i subscribed the ransom money. Fennell told the first connected story of events preceding the crossing of the American aviators to the United States. He outlined preliminary negotiations Monday between Captain Matlack and the Mexican brother in law of Renteria, who acted as go between. He aid the bandits insisted the deliver of the aviators be made af ter da1 < so flares might be seen. The go be* ?*een crossed to San Antonio, Chihuanua, opposite Candelaria, and selected the spot where the aviators were to be delivered. It was at an old cottonwood tree a mile and a half south of San Antonio. The go between had returned to the American side and said arrangements had been completed. When the flares agreed upon failed to show after midnight, Captain Matlack crossed. He was gone more than half an hour returning with Lieutenant Peterson. As he rode into Cardelaria, Captain Matlack said: "Here's one of them, thank God." Returning to the old cottonwood tree, Captain Matlack told Lieutenant Davis to get on behind. Then . the captain spurred his horse with* put delivering the balance of the money. "You can go plumb to hell. I'm going back," the captain shouted as he galloped across the river. When Captain Matlack dismounted.Fennell said he shook the money in thou faces "Look at that; I'm going back tomorrow and get the rest of that money," the captain told them, cennell said. "'ihe aviators were elated over their experience once across the river," said Fernell. "We asked them if they had a good time, uavis saiu: Til say I did"' "Neither man was hurt by the fall of the biplane. The aviator* relieved the aceident was caused by the fact that their oil supply had been exhausted. The men had only a quart A^ canteen full of water, but drank from the Concho river. "They said the bandit Renteria * forced them to write messages asking for the ransom and read the messages to see if they were correct." Saddle weary and rain soaked the troops of the Eight Cavalry continued pushing forward despite the storm that swept the mountainous region south of the Rio Grande-Big Bend districts. Torrential rains fell in- the Oiinaga district and low visiV\ SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Wray, Promin Ridgewav Citizens, and Lad De Ridgeway, Aug. 18.?C. P. Wi a prominent merchant of Ridgew was instantly killed late Sunday ternoon arid his wife received ir lies from which she died bef reaching the hospital, when the tomobile he was driving crashed to a freight train at Smallwood. Other members of the party we Mrs. Joseph Parker who was pt full** knf if ie V?nr*v? Tint fiprini) injured. Mrs. Parker's two daujs ers, Louise Cozart, granddaugh of Mrs. Wray, and William Nels who escaped with minor bruises, i Eugene and Arthur McCarroll Concord. N. C., both of whom w seriously injure<l. Eugene McCar dying soon after reaching the ho: tal and his brother being now ii critical condition. The party had been out pleas riding and were returning when accident occurred. The car was di en by Mr. Wray and it is thoughl did not see the approaching tn _j5aid_Jhat the automobile on the "track immediately in front the engine. The injured were sen' Columbia hospital on the even train where the survivors of the cident are receiving the best of tention. Mr. and Mrs. Wray were am< Ridgewav's most prominent and u ful citizens and the accident has c a gloom over the entire commur where their untimely deaths are plored. They are survived by < daughter, Mrs. John Cozart of C umbia, who was visiting in N York at the time of the accidenl o COTTON FARMERS MEF.T HE To Hear Interesting' Talks Made Promoters of Organization A meeting of the county cot association ves held at the co house hove 1 ?y for the purp of fui*'u.:ng tue organization Williamsburg county. Several in1 esting talks were made. Mr. J no. K. Breeden spoke of organization as a" necessity, stat the many advantages to be deri from it. A!r fi M. Beaslev advocated organization, saying that the farm were not desirous of obtaining horbitant prices for their cotton, that they were entitled to remunc tive price*. Hon E. C. Epps urged the co-ope tion and better understanding tween the farmers, bankers and parties interested in more remune tive prices for cotton. He sugges the adoption of a loan system t would avoid call loans, so that would not be necessary for the f mer to sell his cotton when the m ket price was below that set by association. He also laid stress becoming a member of the orgs zation. o Sumter's Eirst Bale i The first bale of this year's cot 'was bought Monday by O'Doni & Company for 30 cents per po\ from William Keith. It weighed pounds and was classed as middli bility prevented good airplane sc sendee. I It was believed the comparativ small number of bandits under Je Renteria were hidden in the mo tains and that every pass would h; to be searched. The district withiu the angle foi ed by a junction of the Rio Grai and Conchos rivers is the wild i section of Northern Mexico, noted rugged mountains, deep canyons : ' barren deserts. The Conchos ri j flows into the Rio Grande n jOjinaga after tumbling through i jJuan pass from Cuichillo Parado San Juan del Rio. Both rivers lined with cottonwood trees. L< land 'arms in Delto Conchos are I only green spots to be seen in ' entire district, where pale vei '! mesquite and cactus grow. Bar I hills, rocky canyons and mounta are superimposed on meas bey< the border over which winding tn are traced in white. Along these trails the cavalryn were making their way. The < umns often were forced to br< into detachments and wind slo> up the sides of mountains, down 1 canyons, always alert for a bar ambush. .Soldiers and officers w wet uniforms, caked with dust. Th horses were tired from the long f ward march. The troops are on field rath from mule pack trains as no fi kitchens were taken. The commu cation line is being maintained the border along with supply tra - 1 r.. Vocn and carriers pases uum me uaov the American side to the columns the field. A field wireless pack and airplai are maintaining. The storm interf ed with field telephone communi tion through the district. The line to Presidio was out of der and nothing was known of i movement of Carranza troops fr Ojinaga opposite that point. Ord were issued at headquarters to commanders in the expedition to 1 every care to protect peacea Mexicans. It was said that it virtua was impossible to earn- < Major General Dickman's or< instructing officers to pay the b; dits the full ransom, unless the b; dits are overtaken and captured American troops. J ' - - . _.A 6 CENTS DAMAGES s FOR HENRY FORI -ay, ay, af-.SUED CHICAGO TRIBUNE FO MILLIONS DOLLARS? au- FORD SATISFIED, in >re: Mount Clemons, Mich., Aug. 14lin A jury awarded Henry Ford s isly cents damages against the Chicaj Iter lrit)une lor caning mm an anarc >on, 'stand Orvy Hulett, foreman of the jur of said that they took "nine hallo that 1 can remember," the first on .pj. according to Leonard Mease!, anot i a er juror, standing eight to four favor of awarding Mr. Ford son ^ damages. rjv^ Attorney Alfred J. Murphy, f the Ford, said: ain. "The important J-Ssue in this ca: ^ has been determined favorable 1 t to the plaintiff. He has been vindicate ing Money damages were entirely sul ac- ordinate and were not sought t at" Mr. Ford. He stands not only vind )nff cated, but his attitude as an Amer ise- can citizen has been justified aft< ast a trial which raised every issi against him which ingenuity and r one search could present. His frien< lol- are entirely satisfied. few Weymouth Kirkland, of couns of the Tribune, said: Hg "We consider it a victory for tl reason that Attorney Alfred Lucl bv ing, in closing for Mr. Ford. stat< that anything less than substanti damage would be a defeat for h ton client." It was on. June 23, 1916. aft' ;n Mexican bandits had raided Colur xr- hus, \. M? and military prepare' ness was a burning issue, not on becaus of the Mexican menace, b> ing VC(j because of the conflagration in E rope, that the Chicago Tribune prin ine ed its famous eaitoriai neaue ei<; "Ford is an Anarchist." exbut Editorial writers of the Tribui ra- testified that they had followed M Ford's pacifist propaganda, but hi not recognized it as a real dangi all to the country until a news ite ra- was received from Detriot that M ted Ford was trying to discourage tl ^ recruiting of the guard which hi ar_ been ordered to the Rio Grande. Tl ar- item, authenticity of which was d tbe njed by Ford witnesses, stated th; ini" ^ord Company would not pt salaries of employes who went 1 the border, hold their places f< them nor care for their dependent It was then that the editorial wj written. It called Mr. Ford an "i| md norant idealist" and remarked th; 510 his views on disarmament might 1 pg- j different if his factories were on tl Rio Grande instead of the peacef Canadian border, ely Counsel for the manufacturer ,* sus first filed suit in the federal cou !^?e' at Chicago, but later withdrew : and instituted proceedings in. tl rm- State court at Detroit. Here tl i Tribune applied for a change < ; venue and Judge James C. Tueke md of the circuit court of MacomD coui ver 4y, at Mount demons, was agrct ?3r upon to hear the case. Sel-ction < to a jury began May 12. It .onsistt are of eleven farmers and one row >w- buik'tr. the the o de, ren NEGRO DIES FROM WOUND ins >nd Dave Cameron Victim of Fight J lils Church Near Lake City. len As a result of an affray which o :ol- cured, at a church a few miles fro :ak Lake City Dave Cameron died at vly hospital in Florence. Cameron ar x>x two other negroes got into a dispul idit and soon fell to fighting. Camerc ore be:ng attacked by his two opponen icir so fiercely that he received mort; or- wounds. The man was taken to Flo cnce as quickly as possible but d 3ns not live long aftev reaching ther eld Magistrate Baldwin conducted tl ni- inquest, the jury rendering a verdii to in accordance with the facts i ins stated above, on i in 0 Will Hirctrt PfiTICIIC T? Ill 4^11 WV wupmo nes c*~ Additional supervisors announce Cl" for the 1920 census include: Virg nia-third district. John H. Bococl lv" Richmond. South Carolina: First distric Montague, Triest. Charleston: Sixt ajj district, Phillip Y. Beathea, Marioi use o hie Discharges From Army illy out Discharges from the army no ier total 3,208,759, the War Departmer an- announced, leaving a net strengt an- on August 12 of 500,699 office: by and men, of whom 109,939 are sti in Europe. \ WILSON DESCIBES i: ? PEACE PARLEYS ;( R DECLARES, COVENANT IMPOSES;( NO LEGAL OBLIGATIONS FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCES i( _ Washington, Aug. 19.?President I \ Wilson, interpreting the league of j1 ..nations covenant today for the sen-ji ?? ate foreign! relations committee, de-! h- clared it imposed no legal obligation 1 ] for the use of American military j ( forces in protecting territory in any ( nation. < But he added that the covenant < ;e, might involve in certain circum- j h. stances an absolutely compelling j moral obligation which might be < even stronger than a legal promise. < ie Pressed for a more exact definition ( by committee members who insisted | or that the whole arrangement was "a j rope of sand,'' ne assenea mar on < ^cnfrajv he considered it as 5e placing the "ruJvdTTs"' ITT attitude ] to of comradeship and protection" which i d. would compel respect for the prin- j ciples of -justice and liberty. i < Meeting the committee in a round j ?>' table discussion in the East Room j li- of the White House, in contradiction j j. to the precedents of more than a' s century and with the whole nation | J . listening through the medium of a!, 2e relay of public stenographers the! s e- * president went into many of the de- j \ ]s tails of the peace negotiations and j j touched on ali the hotly debated ( questions which have divided the j ( e' senate in its consideration of the j treaty. Jj je Article 10 of the covenant guar- < j . anteeing the integrity of the league,, * members against aggression, he r ?d clared would leave to each nation ^ al "complete freedom of choice as to ^ js the application of force." Even if the American representative on the'? council joined in a unanimous rccom- j er mcndation for military action the ( 11- final decision for peace or war must j rest so far as concerned the United . , States with Congress, he said. ' Whatever advice the council gaw . under its authority to take such ac- ] u- tion as is "deemed appropriate" ( must also be deemed appropriate by , . the United .States to be binding on t (' this government, he argued, though } in the background which would be .le such a potential moral force that he . r> doubted if the nation woulcl often ( # J decline to act. The President revealed that Ja- ( er pan's promise to return Shantung f m province to China was reduced to { r writing in the minutes of the peace c conference. He asserted he had < "every confidence" that the promise , ltl would be carried out and told the f le senators it was "the best that could s e. be got" out of the negotiations. Ja- J . pan having given notice she would . withdraw from the conference if her r . demands were refused! The Ameri- j to can delegates, he said, had tried to s 3r keep the nation free from obligations in European affairs "so far as c * ' LI . ft '. it was nonoramy possiuie w uu w, but he asserted that it might be I g- necessary to keep some American r troops in the Rhine district under c treaty for the next 15 years, j He declared the nation would be z *e its own sole judge whether its obli- c ul gations had been fulfilled under the j disputed withdrawal clause of the 1 . i league covenant; that purely domes- ^ i tic questions were safe from the < rt | league's interference; and that the ? it, Monroe doctrine was clearly preie served. \ ! The league, the president explain- s ie:ed, was built on the plan of General c Smuts of South Africa. 1 r. Mr. Wilson revealed that he had j rl. suggested the Unite*! States take no , part of the German reparation but z had asked that the conference re- z serve disposition of the German t ,?d Pacific island of Yap on a suggestion s j. I that it was needed for an American > ! naval station. 1 Some of the senator's questions z the president declined to answer on the ground of international policy, f (g How the American d^egation stood t on Japan's proposal for a racial r i. equality clause in the league coven- j s ant he said he could not disclose "in r the interest international good un- i derstandine" and for the same rca son he said he could not go into the negotiations over the French frcntier of give the committee a copy of j l the record of Japan's Shantung m promise. ... Early action on the treaty was Jj urged in a statement by the presi- ] dent at the outset of the conference, f j'(j This was necessary he held, so that c e a peace might be reached and theij ' other treaties under negotiation ;iow o at Versailles were being delaved t until the world learned what would s happen to the no rea-onaule oojec- 11| tion to senate retreaty *.v'th Germany [ ^ He said he saw serration but thought i f it unwise to incoporate them in the G ratification ieself. c v DARLINGTON MAN WILLED r i- s k* Lieut. R. G. Howard, M. C., Shot by Bandits in San Domingo. b - Darlington, Aug. 18.?Mr. Arm- d ;h strong Howard, of this place.Sundav a n. n t#>l<?{rraTvi from General t barnett. commanding the United t States Marine Corps, informing him d of the death of his son. Lieut. Rich- a ard Howard, in San Domingo, on the b vv 18th. His body will be sent to his b it father and interred in that city. 1* ;h This splendid young American was o ps twenty-two years old. He was a ii 11 Citadel man of the class of 1 n graduating with second honors. f 1 * . MEETING OF COTTON GROWERS ro Be Held At Court House Saturday At 11 O'clock. There will be a meeting at the :ourt house here Saturday at 11 /.clock of the cotton growers of Williamsburg county. This 'meeting **ill be for the furtherance of the :ountv association already under ,vay and a preliminary to the county membership drive to begin Tueslay, August 26, and continue through Wednesday and Thursday of next veek. A number of interesting talks by nen familiar with the cotton and inancial situation have been arrang?d for. Congressman W. F. .Stevenson of Cheraw will be here and make in address along these lines. Congressman Stevenson is a veil informed man, especially on these snhierts and is a ennd sneaker, ami jvery one interested in bettering the cotton market conditions is urged to >e present at this meeting Saturday md hear what these men have to ay to them. o 3LEASE NOW SAYS - HE. WILL NOT RUN Jays That He Never Had Any Idea Of Entering Race For Congress Columbia, Aug. 16.?Despite his statement of several weeks ago hat he was a candidate for Conjress from the Seventh Congressional District in the general elec;ion to be held October 7, Cole L. Please, former governor of South Carolina, in another statement issuid today, said that he is "not now, las never been and never expects to >e a candidate for that office." His ast statement says that he had a eason for making the announcenent that he did, and at present he viil let any man suggest to himself vhat that reason was. It was intimated in this correslondence last Monday that Mr. tlease wo hid run in the general 'lection. His friends have stated that le did it in order to get the white peo )le to register in his district so that ;hc negro registration, which is only ibout 2,500, would not be a menace. However, in his first statement he ailed on his factional followers to emain away from the primaries so hat they could support him in the ?eneral election if they so chose. Since Mr. Blease made his former tnnouncement he has come in for a leal of criticism for his stand, both >y newspapers and by individuals. Candidates now making the canvass 'or the Democratic nomination in he Seventh district have stigraatiz:d Mr. Blease's action as a "blot" in 'in effect an appeal to the negro rote". In reference to these candilates Mr. Blease, says that they ihould thank him for his announcenent, "for they would not have had my speech without it, as they havel't brains enough to make an inteligent argument upon important is:ues." The following is the ex-governor's statement: "I VinvA never had anv desire to >e a Congressman, am not now, have lever been and never expect to be a andidate for that office. "I had a purpose in making the innouncement that I did in refersnce to the Seventh district vacancy ind maysome day say what it was, >ut at present I will let each man suggest to him self my reason, and lon't care a finger snap for the reaion that he may accept. "My intimate friends knew that I could not be in the race, and I so itated by letter and in person to ?thers; in fact all of my associates cnew that I would not accept that ob if offered it unamimously. "I received by letters and personlily many assurances, of suppoit md some people would be surprised o know how many endorsed my portion and the names of men who vho promised support, they being, ike myself, tired of such primaries is we have had in recent years. "Certain announced candidates or the place should thank me for hat announcement, for they would lot have had any speech without it is tnev navent urams uuuugn tu nake an intelligent argument upon mportant issues." PHYSICALLY FIT OFFICERS lust Take Plenty of Exercise And Keep in Trim Washington. Aug. 15.?The war. laving demonstrated that physical itness is an essential quality of an fficient officer, hereafter this qualfication will be rated on the records if the army commanders, an order, o the army said. Ik jo peculiarly a sc.f-imposet luty of every olFicer so to regulate ijs manner of living and to prescribe or himself such course of physical xercise as to be at all times physi-, ally fit to perform any duty to ihich he may be assigned or to neet any reasonable test for deniontrating such fitness. All officers below the grade of irigauier general will be required to levote a half day in each week, in ddition to Saturdays and Sundays, o physical exercise, according to he orders. They must spend on that ay at least two consecutive hours t walkinc. swimminer. tennis, eolf. aseball,. rowing, medicine ball, hand all. horseback riding, football, bas;et ball, boxing, fencing, track events r gymnastics. Tests will be given n January of each year to deternine whether officers have maintaind the reonired standard. LAST RETURNS GIVE HYDE MAJORITY RESULT OF MAYORALTY ELECTION IN CHARLESTON TUESDAY STILL IN DOUBT The last returns from the Charleston mayoralty election show that T. T. Hyde has a majority of one vote over John P. Grace. The vote stands: Hyde: 3,121. Grace: 3^20 Six Hyde Alderman were elected. Eighteen Grace Aldermen were elected. Seventy three votes were challenged. The Democratic Executive Committee will meet on Friday to go into the matter of the challenged votes, to canvass the entire vote, and to declare the election. No trouble of any sort occurred during the election. Mayor Hyde made the following statement last night: "While from the standpoint of ac, t'>al figures, the result of the primary Is -^appointing, yet so much is clear, that ~a3->the candidate of 100 per cent AmerhstflHfla-. apart from the question of challenges yet~tofce determined, on the basis of the official returns, I have been nominated for Mayor of Charleston by the the majority of the Democratic voters of Charleston. From a knowledge of the conditions as to the challenged votes, it is certain that my majority will be increased. "Every point is being thoroughly guarded and the public may be assured that every means provided by law will be invoked to protect ai?d guarantee the result.'" o ' EXPERT COTTON CLASSERS Will Be Stationed at Seven South Carolina County Seats. Washington, Aug. 16.?Expert cotton classers provided by the Federal Bureau of Markets will be sta- _J? tioned for the coming season at seven South Carolina county seats, announced Senator N. B. Dial, who has jbeen actively interesting himself in ; securing this service. This autumn graders will be sta' tioned not only at Darlington, Sum1 ter and Orangeburg, as last year, i but also at Laurens, Anderson, j Greenwood and Manning. Funds are ' derived from three sources. Part of ? * * Al_ _ , the money is suppnea Dy me ieuci1 al bureau of markets; part is pro jvided by the national government J under the terms of the Smith-Lever act, and the remainder is raised locally by subscription, by county ap! propriation or otherwise. TTie number of places at which the jwork can be maintained is limited both by the funds available and the scarcity of qualified men. Local co, operation includes not only a con! siderable cash sum in each case ; varying between $1,000 and $2,500, ; to help pay the grader, but also a ! grading room, a clerk and provision |for incidental expenses. County agents and others interest^"^"^*^ ed who have investigated the serjvice as operated last year at Darl- * ington, Sumter and Orangeburg have found the experience entirely satisfactory. M. D. Moore, demonstration agent for Laurens ^unty, wrote Senator Dial that farmers^of Darlington county told him *the expert ciasser had been worth to them many times his salary. Not many : farmers know just what grades of ! cotton they produce. j D. W. Watkins of Clemson College , is acting director of cooperative < tension work in agriculture and home economics for South Carolina, is in charge of the cotton classing sen-ice. Mr. Watkins has informed Senator Dial that all details have not been ; completed, but the local funds have I been provided for at Laurens and Manning. o MAIL DETAINED IN WAR England Surrendering Parcels Her Censors Help Up. London, Aug. 16.?The forwarding of mail detained during the war by the postal censor will be completed on August 30, the war office announced. The mail was held because its transmission would have assisted the German military and naval plans, increased the commer- , cial and financial resources of the enemy or aided the far-reaching German political and commercial propaganda campaign. The handing over of this delayed matter began June 23. It is estimated that 630,000,000 pieces of mail were examined during the war and that 1.300,000 were detained, of which 592,000 have been *e!easert recently. Approximately 150,000 pieces of mail seized originated in the United States or was going to the United States when it reached the censor's hands. o The many friends of Miss Li'lie Thigpcn and Carl D. Floyd were surprised Monday to learn that they had been quietly married Sunday evening, Magistrate 0. S. Baldwin performing the ceremony. The young folks left Sunday night for Charleston, where they will spend a few days before returning home. They will make their home with the parents of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. D. V.\ Floyd.?Lake City News. ? < 3 > v . .J