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THE UNIVERSAL CAA
ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. Edsel B. Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company, gives out the following statement: fi
"Another reduction has been made in the list pric? of all types of Ford cars and the Ford truck toltake J?
effect immediately. . The list prices f. o. b. Detroit are now as follow's :
TOURING CAR .. $415.00 SEDAN... . $760.00
RUNABOUT .... 370.00 CHASIS . ..... 345.00
COUPE. 695.00- TRUCK-CHASSIS . 495.00
' TRACTOR ... . ... . $625.00
".The big reductions last fall were made in anticipation of low material costs, which
we are now getting the benefit of, and this fact together with increased manufactur
ing efficiency and the unprecedented demand for Ford cars, particularly during the
past three months permitting maximum production, have made another price reduc
tion possible immediately.
"Ford business for April and May 1921 was greater *by 56,633 cars and trucks
than for the same two months in 1920; in fact, the demand has been even greater
than the supply, so that our output has been limited, not by unfilled orders, but by
manufacturing facilities.
"During May we produced 101,424 Ford cars and trucks, for sale in the United
States alone-the biggest month in the history of our company-and our factories
and assembly plants are now working on a 4000 car daily schedule for June.
' 'The Fordson tractor is still being sold at less than the cost to produce on ac
count of the recent big price reductions, and it is impossible, therefore, to make any
further cut in the price of the tractor."
Can you afford to go without a car any longer when Fords are selling at these new low prices? There is no reason now why you should delay pur
chasing a Ford car, Ford truck, or Fordson tractor. We will gladly advise you concerning the delivery of a Fordson tractor or the particular type of
uar in which you are interested. Just phone us or drop us a card.
WE SELL ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES
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Johnston, S. C.
F*"" The Silver River.
Silver River it is called, which
seems to me a particularly appropri
ate name, as it is entirely the out
pouring of Silver Springs and not in
creased by any streams flowing into
.'it, or to any extent by surface drain
age along its nine miles of length.
Having transferred from the glass
/bottom boat to a larger passenger
boat that runs from the springs down
the river, we broke through the trees
and started to explore this river. ' I
felt that we were intruding into na
ture's secret places disturbing the
peaceful order of things. The sur
face of the water was smooth and
quiet, and the trees very dense on
both sides and ahead of us. I wonder
ed at the size of the boat that ven
. tured into this stream, no wider than
the average street, for I was accus
tomed to rivers, several times as
wide, that were navigable for row
boats only, but "still waters run
deep." Mossy pillows, ever ahead of
me, the colors were reflected from
the water, and the bottom of the riv
er was as clearly visible as that of
the spring, and just as wonderful in
its formation. Right in the middle of
what seemed to me to be solid white
rock of some kind forming the bot
tom, I would see a perfect pillow of
' the softest kind of velvety moss. It
would be perfectly formed, smooth
edges, and seemed just ready to be
lifted right up. A fringe of the same
velvety growth-moss, I imagined
would line the banks under the wa
ter, and its beauty was greater, I am
sure, on account of being seen
through the water than it would have
been growing on land. I would look
up and see land just ahead with trees
so near Icould touch them, and find
that we were swinging right around
a corner, and almost by the time we
were around that we would come to
another. Each one presented new
scenic effects, both in the wonderful
formation of the bottom of the riv
er and in the foliage and trees that
lined the bank.
Never before had I seen the alli
gator in his native home. Here and
there one would swim across ahead
of us, having been disturbed from
his peaceful sunning' by our boat.
Fish in size, variety and quantity to
excite the most ardent. angler were
swimming about under us in plair
sight.
All too quick, we approached th?
point where the Silver River joins
the Ocklawaha, that other wonderful
river, which has its own startling sur
prises and delights. The blending o?
the crystal-like water of the Silvei
River with the mystic, darker mirror
surfaced water of the Ocklawaha was
intensely inteesting as each strug
gled to keep its own characteristics
and to prevent the other from getting
in its influence.
Here in Florida Silver Springs is
very little known and there has nev
er been any special effort to inform
the tourists of the wonderful beauty
of these springs and the Silver River.
I have just returned from a trip to
Silver Springs and down the Silver
River, and it has been a revelation to
ms. I know of no place more won
derful, more extraordinary, or more
beautiful. It is something that one
can talk on for hours, and not do it
justice.
Here in the thick forest near Sil
-ver Springs Osceola, the great Semi
nole warrior, was born at what is
now Fort King, three miles from
Peala. Here a grand council was held
j between officers of the United States
and the chiefs of the Seminoles. Os
ceola, then a minor chief, and called
by his people the Sad and Silent
Man, sat mute and motionless dur
ing the deliberations, and when the
ranking chiefs had signed the treaty,
Osceola was commanded to come for
ward and sign. Walking to the table
surrounded by the counsellors, he
pushed aside the proffered pen, and,
driving his hunting knife through the
midst of the document, left it, walk
ing from the council room, leaving
behind him a deaf and dumb declara
tion of war.
The records of the human race fail
to furnish the name of any other man
born and reared a savage, who, for
.ten years waged a war against a great
a great civilized power. He was a
fierce and implacable foe, skilled in
all the Indian mode of warfare, a
savage, barbarian; but as great a pa
triot as the world has ever known.
He deserves to be classed as one of
our greatest generals. At last he was
captured while under a flag of truce,
by the United States, with eighty of
his warriors, and placed' in Fort Mar
ion at St. Augustine,, and on Jan
uary 1, 1838 Osceola with 209 other
Indians were transferred to Fort
Moultrie, S. C., where he died with
a broken heart.
J. RUSSSELL WRIGHT.
St. Augustine, Fla.
McCormick Posse Pursuing
Herbert Quarles Charged
With Criminal Assault
McCormick, June 18.-At 12
o'clock^tonight a posse of about 300
men, heavily armed, is still searching
for Herbert Quarles, a negro, who is
charged wjth criminal assault upon
a highly respected white woman
about 100 yards from her home, one
mile west of Plum Branch, McCor
mick county, at about 8 o'clock this
morning. While the trail has been
consistently followed at times, it
seems that the negro has success
fully evaded the possibility of being
captured tonight, although the party
in search of him continues deter
mined to capture him, and should he
be captured it is thought certain that
he will be immediately tortured to
death as a penalty for the alleged
crime committed.
The negro's alleged*victim lives in
a sparsely settled community be
tween the town of Plum Branch and
the Savannah river, about 100 yards
from her mail box, and it is reliably
stated that she went to the mail box
this mornning about 8 o'clock and
negro, Herbert Quarles, who also
lives nearby and who was at the time
working in a field nearby, left his
work and in some way caught the
woman and immediately choked her
and dragged her to a nearby wood,
where he is said to have accomplish
ed the crime. The victim is a married
woman, about 30 years of age. Her
husband was not at home at the
time and she was choked, strangled
or frightened into unconsciousness
by the brute, who, it is alleged, after
committing the crime, went to his
own home, obtained his best clothes
and immediately left with them un
der his arm, wearing the overalls in
which he had been working.
Former Service Man.
The negro, Herbert Quarles, is said
to be an ex-service man, aboat 30
yea. s of age, six feet tall, weighing
about 160 or 170 pounds and" bears
anything but a good; reputation. He
is said to have been accused' of a sim
ilar crime upon a negro girl in the
Callison section of this county about
ten years ago but escaped punishment
on account of a lack of evidence. He
is also said to be the first negro sent
to the chaingang in this county. He
was convicted, of stealing several
hundred dollars and served his time
out. j
. As soon as the alarm was given
this morning a posse was quickly or
ganized and went to the scene, but
it was found impossible to get along
through the woodland on his trail,
and Sheriff Cannon Blease of New
berry was wired for bloodhounds,
which arrived about 2 o'clock this
afternoon and immediately took up
the trail for several miles.
Thought Surrounded Once.
People in the community reported
having seen the negro pass going in
the direction of Edgefield. At one
time it was thought the negro was
surrounded, but if so he successfully
made a getaway from this woodland
in which he was supposed to have
been at the time. The dogs are still
pn his trail, although the woods are 1
very thick and it is thought that he I
is making his way to his father's, J
who lives near Edgefield.
Among those in search of the negro j
are sheriffs from McCormick, Green- !
wood and Edgefield counties and I
Sheriff Harrison of Lincoln county,
Georgia.. It was learned late this af
ternoon that the negro had gone to
the home of his father-in-law and
changed part of his clothing and ob
tained something to eat. Some men
appeared at the home, but he was
watching for them and left as they
approached the house and when they
were half mile away.
Negro Assailant of White Wo
man Dies After He
Confesses.
McCormick, S. C., June 19.-Grim
and determined, Judge Lynch sat
upon a summary bench at four
o'clock this afternoon and meted out
swift death to Herbert Quarles, negro
confessed assailant of a thirty-five
year-old white married woman who
resided near Plum Branch.
Two thousand representative cit
izens of contiguous South Carolina
and Georgia territory formed a drag
net through the district, after the as
sault, through which no human could
--?-?- -
possibly pass. And the black was ai
rested at three o'clock, his guilt wa
definitely established, his identity de
jtermined by his victim and his lif
! taken.
The negro confessed his guilt, am
told the posse: "Tell all the colore?
people that this is the wrong thinj
and tell them to try and be bette:
people and never try the deed that
I tried." After being identified by hi?
victim he was taken to a point with
in a graveyard in the clump o:
woods where the crime was commit
ted, just about one hundred yardi
from his home and about .200 yard;
from the home of the woman. A plow
line was tied around his neck and ?
trace chain around his body, and he
was directed by the posse to climt
a cedar tree selected for the hang
ing.
With the same degree of coolness
he would have employed in climbing
for an opossum the black seized the
trunk and mounted the tree. He broke
limbs and climbed until about fifteen
feet from the ground. When he had
reached this point a member of the
posse went up and chained and tied
him. A minute later as the white ( man
reached the ground a volley of jfehots
fully 5,000, was fired, killing the ne
jgro instantly. His body was com
jpletely filled with bullets.. He was
left hanging to the tree. Men from
*the crowd surged up and collected
souvenirs from the body and scene,
and scene.
The lynching was one of the most
cool and accurate executions in the
history of mob law. It was the first
lynching McCormick county has ever
seen, and this particular mob denion
stT r.tion has not been generally con
demned as have th? majority of oth
ers. Scores of negroes helped form
the 2,000 man mob, and only two
blacks were objectionable. These
were the father-in-law and brother
in-law of Quarles. When members.of
the posse went to their house, where
Quarles resided, and asked to search
the premises, they were repulsed.
.Whereupon they are said to have
stripped the clothes' from the negroes,
bound them to logs, and chastised
them with sticks until the blood
came from huge welts. The house was
then searched, but the two negroes
never did become entirely submis
sive.
The regular June term of court
of general sessions for McCormick
county commences here tomorrow,
and accordingly officers pleaded that.
the punishment of the negro be d?
ferre dso that he might be tried. But
their pleadings fell on deaf ears. The
citizens from half a dozen counties
were determined to carry out the
work, and this they did^quietly and
without show or demonstration.
There are said to have been several
Augustans in the posses who all Sat
urday night beat the hills for the fu
gitive black. Near morning hope lag
ged, but the search was not relin
quished. The dogs on his trail routed
him out of a clump of brush some
fifteen miles from the scene of the
! crime and about one mile from where
he was reared. When the posse was.
within ten feet of him he jumped out
of his hiding place, holding his hands
[up. Shots of alarm were fired, and
more quickly than the telephone sys
tem could spread it, news of the ar
rest was relayed to Greenwood, Salu
da, Edgefield, Aiken, Abbeville, New
berry and Lincoln county, Georgia.
Men from all these counties quickly
arrived but many of them too late.
From the spot where he was found
i he was taken to the home of his vic
tim and while there was no doubt on
the part of those finding him that he
was the right man, it was agreed that
he should be taken before his victim
for identification. When he confessed
he endeavored to give no reason for
committing the crime, but in his
statement warned his racial brothers
against committing such a deed.
The woman assaulted resides be
tween the town of Plum Branch and
the Savannah River. Saturday morn
ing, about eight o'clock she left her
house to go to the mail box, SOO yards -
away. The negro was working in an
adjacent field. Looking up, he saw
the woman, and ran toward her.
Seizing her, he overpowered her and
choking off her screams dragged her
to a clump of woods nearby.
After the deed was committed, the j
negro fled. Sheriff Blease of New
berry, wired for bloodhounds and a
large posse was formed. Men from
half a dozen counties, including Lin
coln county, Ga., joined in the hunt.
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