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. jpp^V'' * ... . \If \ y- * > J i y >m ; lanthrrg Sjrralii . , ? Jj $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 18,1922. Established in 1891. . j V- ??^^???????? Columbia Man Partner For I Columbia, May 11.?Frank M. Jef-j fords and Ira Harrison were held as iT _ principals and Glenn Treece as an accessory in the death of J. C. Arnette ? by the coroner's jury investigating i the killing last night, the verdict being reached after a few minutes' deliberation over testimony that had required approximately two hours ana a half to be heard. Jeffords was a partner of Arnette's in the operation i of the Elmwood filling station at the corner of Elmwood avenue and Main otroot where the crime was commit ted, while both Harrison and Treece were employees of the filling station. f The case against the three men, as presented before the coroner's jury, is 'bottomed largely upon the testimony of officers as to admissions they ^ said were made by Harrison, Treece and Jeffords, following their arrest yester^y morning, all three men, officers said, having voluntarily admitted complicity in the death of Arnette. >. Confesses to Officers* This secondary evidence serves particularly to bolster up Harrison's and ' Treece's statement of the motive of the crime, as retold by officers at the inquest. The two men, officers testified, said that about two weeks ago Jeffords, Harrison and Treece plotted to take Mr. Arnette's life, Jefi, fords, Harrison and Treece told offix '? eers, having promised each of his two confederates a third interest in the filling station and a third for of the v insurance money, which would have been paid Jeffords upon Arnette's ? death. Treece, officers testified, Jpld them that |iis family was in poor circumstances and that he saw in entering the plot an opportunity "to get into business." J. L. Seegars, insurance agent, testified in partial corroboration of these statements that i Arnette and Jeffords had taken out j three policies for $2,00-0 each with his company. One of these policies1 for $2,000, Mr. Seegars said, was takp en out by Arnette with Jeffords named as beneficiary. A second policy far $2,000 was taken out by Jeffords wM-h Arnptt#? as heneficiarv. The {. third policy, also for $2,000, was a joint policy, Mr. Seegars said, and was payable to the survivor upon the death of either Arnette or Jeffords. I Thus, Mr. Seegars said, Jeffords would have been able to collect $4,000 in insurance upon Arnette's death. ' These two policies, he testified, are nbw due and payable. ' Details of Crime. r It was this insurance that the trio particularly wanted to secure, according to Harrison and Treece, officers said. Payment on one of the policies was due and, according to Harrison's and Treece's story as retold by officers at the Inquest, Ihe three men met at Logan s.ohoolat 7:30 o'clock . Tuesday night and decided that they would postpone the deed no loniger. The three men, Harrison and Treece told officers, then at about * 11 o'clock went to the filling station, Treece remaining at the front to cut off the lights and to keep a lookout for any one who might .pass, while Harrison and Jeffords entered the *- rear room of the building through the side doer, which Treece had, according to the story, previously open ed. Harrison, officers testified, said that Arnette walked to the rear of * the filling station of his own accord: Harrison, it was also testified, admitted that he had struck the first Wow, hitting Mr. Arnette on the head with a stick. The blow, Harrison * said, according to the officers, failed to knock Mr. Arnette down and Harrison then, according to his story, became frightened and moved away to be called back by Jeffords. Jefv fords, Harrison told the officers, after the first blow had been struck, caught Mr. Arnette by the neck, dragged him over a few feet and then, according to Harrison's tale, - hit him several times in the head 1 ? This B is busy, So should you B, And win a prize Quite easily. I Kills His Life Insurance COPE SCHOOL CLOSES. ?r? P. W. Bethea Delivers Address to Students. Cope, May 13.?Another successful school session came to an end Thursday evening, when the com mencement exercises were held at the school house. The hall was filled to overflowing and many failed to gain admittance. A play by the boys, and several songs by the high school girls were enjoyed, as was an essay by the only graduate at this session, Miss Nettie Lee Kittrell. Prof. P. W. Bethea, state superintendent of rural schools, made the address of the evening. His subject, "Preparaton and Education," was appropriate and well delivered. W. A. -Schiffley, county superintendent of education, presented the graduate with a diploma with a short but fitting address; he said he was disappointed in*not seeing the boys in the graduating class. Master Edward Griffith, a sixth grade pupil, was given a certificate for perfect attendance for eight months, he having been present every day and not late one time. Little Lois Valentine, the smallest pupil, a frrst grader, was also given a token for attendance-. She never missed a day and was late only once, through the fault of an automobile causing the delay. Prof. Cartrette and his efficient corps of teachers, deserve the praise of the patrons of the community, for this, another successful year's work. with a Ford axle. Placed in Automobile. Arnette's automobile, according to * 1 ?4. ? i.l J 1 I it. tin..: tue story tutu umrers uy uutu na? i ison and Treece, was tnen backed into the rear room and the body placed in it. Harrison, the officers testified, admitted that he acted as driver, the body being .placed in the front seat beside him, Harrison told them, they said, while Treece sat in the back seat, holding the body upright. Harrison then, according to the officers, told of his driving the car with its gruesome passenger out Elmwood avenue to Price street and thence to Camp Formance and then back to Main street and later to the Bay Creek bridge on Kirkland avenue, nr>iAra <o AAnrdinor frt Worriertn tho n uui avwiuiug vv aama i vuv officers said, it had been agreed that the automobile should be run off the road as if by accident. Treece, according to both his own story and the tale told by Harrison, it was testified, jumped out of the automobile near George Newman's residence. The remainder of the trip to the bridge, Harrison admitted, according to officers, was made with Mr. Arnette's head leaning on Harrison's right arm as he drove the car. This fact, Harrison told the police, would . explain the bloodstains found upon the sleeve and right hand pocket of ihis coat. Harrison, the officers said, also told them that he pushed the automobile off the road into the ditch unassisted. No Knowledge of Fire. Both Harrison and Treece denied i any knowledge of the fire in the filling station, officers testified, while Jeffords made no statement as to the fire, which apparently broke out either while Harrison and Treece were taking the body away from the garage or later when the trio were presumed to have gone to bed. Both Harrison, who was first arrested, and Treece. who was taken into custody a few minutes later, officers testified, were found in bed, Harrison apparently asleep with his bloody coat hanging on a nail above the bed. Harrison, the officers said, admitted the ownership of the coat and when he was taken to the station voluntari1v his stnrv imnli ratine hr?th Treece and Jeffords. Jeffords was arrested in front of his filling station at about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, the officers said, and when brought to the police station confessed to complicity in the crime, they claim, admitting that he had changed his clothes since the killing. A dark suit, which the officers said, Jeffords admitted was the suit he had worn at the time, was later brought to the police station. The coat of this suit, blood stained on both sleeves, was shown the juiv as was also the suit found in Harrison's room. Officers also exhibited a pistol, which they said was taken from Jeffords after his arrest. COOPER GETS PLACE ON FARM LOAN BOARD. Washington, May 11.?The president today nominated Robert A. Cooper, governor of South Carolina, to be a member of the federal farm loan board. Governor Cooper, who conferred with the president yesterday, stated, before returning to South Carolina, that if he received the appointment he would tender his resignation as governor and enter upon his duties in Washington as soon as he was con firmed by the senate. Governor Cooper will succeed former representative A. F: Lever, who resigned some weeks ago to organize a federal farm loan bank in Columbia. The unexpired term will run two years, whereas the term tf Governor Cooper as governor would have expired next January. It is said to be reasonably certain that Governor Cooper will be appointed for a full term at the expiration of the unexpired term. The appointment of Governor Cooper came in the nature of a surprise, as it was understood that the president had virtually promised the place to Richard S. Whaley, former member of congress from South Carolina, with whom he frequently plays golf. It is understood that when Sen * ? vr T5 TVol Qv-mth Carolina <X LUT i^i, u, i/iaiy vl uvwbu wmi* two weeks ago suggested the name or Governor Cooper to the president he was left under the impression that the place had been promised Mr. Whaley. Senator Dial informed the president that he had no desire to interfere with the effort of Mr. Whaley to secure the place, but that if Mr. Whaley were not named, he would like for him to consider Governor Cooper. The president was delighted witn Governor Cooper yesterday. He had the advantage of Mr. Whaley in that he was represented as a "dirt" farmer familiar with farming and banking, as well as financing institutions and states. In the afternoon he attended the local tennis tournament with the president. 'Senator Dial expressed himself today as delighted with the Cooper appointment. He characterized Governor Cooper as a man af the highest type who would render the country excellent service on the farm loan board. He was congratulated by bis senatorial colleagues as having "put over" his friend in the fact of what in the beginning appeared to be insurmountable obstacles. There is no doubt respecting the confirmation of the nomination by the senate, at which time Lieut. Gov. Wilson G. Harvey will become governor of South Carolina. MUST SERVE TIME. Charleston Tigers Will Have to Work On the Chaingang. After a lengthy hearing before Circuit Judge Edward Mclver, says a Charleston dispatch of last Friday, the well known jurist decided that both Joseph Chicco and Willie Hills had violated the conditions of their suspended sentences awarded them during June,-1919, and should each serve out, either on the countychain gang or in the state penitentiary, eight months, it being felt that they were in a measure at least engaged in violation of the South Carolina prohibition laws during last September. Notice of an appeal was served by Attorneys Waring and Brockington and bond placed at $2,000, the defendants being In the custody of their attorneys until after the order is signed this morning. The two men, Joe Chicco and Willie Hills, pleaded guilty to charges of violating the state prohibition law on June 7 and June 6, respectively, 1919, and Judge R. Withers Memminger outlined the sentences in the cases. He sentenced the defendants to twelve months in the state penitentiary or on the county chaingang, AX-,~ A? v? HarTitor nrt insvmPTlt IIIU3 IU UC uiauo i&gubwi vu ? of $300 fines, with eight months service, each to be suspended upon good behavior. Money Allotted to Bamberg. W. E. Free, secretary and treasurer of the Bamberg National Farm Loan association, states that the local association has been allotted $13,500 at this time, and this money must be applied for before the 5th of June. Mr. Free also wishes to remind all prospective borrowers that none but "simon pure" farmers are eligible to participate in this money distribution. Any parties interested in this matter will do well to consult Mr. Free about it at once. JURY IX AIKEN CONVICTS LYLE. % 4 Aiken, May 13.?While Judge Hayne F. Rice was passing sentence upon Milton Lyle, convicted of forgery and uttering a forged instrument on an Aiken bank, before a crowded court room this afternooon the fire j alarm sounded and through the windows of the court room a cloud of moke was visible three or four blocks away. Immediately sentence jiad been , passed some one announced that ' t 4.U T"> ~ J ' judge ruce s aoiue uu suum ouuuuary was on fire. Court was hastily adjourned and the crowd went to the scene. The roof of Judge Rice^s home was burned. The origin of the fire is not known, but possibly came from defective wiring. The jury had been out since ~I o'clock. Shortly after 4:30 o'clock this afternoon it was announced that a verdict had been reached. This was rendered as guilty. L?yle then went into the dock to receive the sentence of the court. Under the law Judge Rice told him the extreme penalty was seven years. The sentence of the court was four years at hard labor on public roads of Aiken county, or in the penitentiary. T ?1 - J nrvAn .uyie 'fleam sememe paaacu uvuu him and his counsel immediately { gave notice of a possible appeal. 1 There are two more charges against Lyle, both similar to that on 1 which he was today convicted for ' passing forged instruments upon the 4 First National bank and the Bank of 1 Western Carolina here. In addition there are charges pending against ' him at several other points in Geor- ' gia and South Carolina. The con- J viction of Lyle means that J. C. Westbury and Sam Padgett will also be 1 tried for forgery, passing forged instruments and conspiracy. * DIAMOND HELD UP FOR P. JOYCE. 1 # 1 Custom Officials Close Lid on Vain* able '^Sparkler." ] New York, May 12.?Custom officials late today seized a diamond and 11 emerald plaque valued at $24,000 belonging to Peggy Hoipkins Joyce, ] which they asserted the actress had not declared when she returned today from Paris on the Mauretania. They returned to her, however, 3 twenty-four other pieces of jewelry, ' nduding rings, with diamonds weigh- 1 ing forjfy-one carats and two strands of pearls valued at more than $400,- J 000. " J These'were promptly turned over 1 to a private detective whom the actress had engaged by wireless to serve 1 as her body guard because of the crime wave which she said she* had 1 " \Tawt Vai?V read was sweeping wei non x^a.. Peggy, frothing with indignation | on her trip when she learned mo- 1 tion picture house owners, meeting in Washington, had banned "for the good of the screen" any pictures in which she might be shown appeared not in the least concerned when her 1 trunks were taken to the custom house for examination. Puffs Cigarettes. '1' In a costume featuring sables, champagne colored stockings and a blue turban, she followed her belong- , ingS'from the pier, and watched the ; examination. She puffed away half a , box of cigarettes and chatted with the force while appraisers plied, her with 1 questions. Her attorney, William J. Fallon, who accompanied her, later issued a statement in which he asserted that "there would be other developments" when the examination was continued tomorrow. In the course of the day, the actress, whose name has been mentioned in connection with the ^ui- . cide in Paris of "Billy" Errazurig, attache of the Chilean embassy, denounced as "lies" many statments ' concerning her. She vehemently de- ' nied that she was a "vampire" or that she was of the "butterfly type" and she made it quite plain, as did * her lawyer, that she intends to fight any proposal of movie house owners to keep her off the screen. "I expectT to stay in this country about six weeks," she said, "during . which period I espect to hop over to California to look the place over and ' perhaps do pictures." - -a i m 1 Woman Notary Unites Couple. ( i Miss Joan M. Caughman, clerk in . the office of the judge of probate, is . the first woman in Columbia to mar- 1 ry a couple in Richland county.. Miss Cauighman is a notary public and yesterday she united a young white i couple in the presence of a few wit- < nesses.?The State. i Herald Offers ( For Solutic $15,000 FOR LOVE tfOTES. cl [ndian Guide Sells Out to Stillman Lawyers. 01 ol Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 12.? _ restimony that two letters written H oy Mrs. Anne U. Stillman ro i red E Beauvais, Indian guide, had been w purchased last week from Beauvais for $15,000 by one of the lawyers y< representing James A. Stillman, divorce suit plaintiff, was understood 0: to have been given late today in the ir trial of his case. e: The testimony was attributed to p Edmund Lee, former New York po- r( liceman now employed as a detec- ^ tive for Mr. Stillman. The two letters were those which ended "lots of t( Canadian love" and were signed t( "Kathitio," the Indian word meaning p TTTnmn. " n UX5ttl 1' 1U TY \ I Mrs. Stillman was asked yesterday t( to admit authorship of them. Met Indian Guide. According to Lee's testimony, he md Severidge Johnson, investigator for the plaintiff, went to Montreal with a newspaper man and after coniucting negotiations with Beauvais, 3ne of Mr. Stillman's lawyers followed them to Canada and paid the guide $15,000 for the letters. Lee's testimony was an eleventhtiour surprise. Both sides tentative- y [y closed their cases shortly after he .eft the stand. Mrs. Stillman, who was not in the hearing at the time, said "outrageous, preposterous" when informed of the report, and ^ idded, "it's framing by detectives." w Emerging from the hearing, the C] [awyer said to 'have paid $15,000 for the letter began arguing with a tj taxi driver who wanted $15 for a round trip to a country hotel several miles away. > m m T 3RANOHVLLLE MEN IN ACCIDENT, Picnic Party Was in Car Which Turn- ^ ed Over Completely. S1 o Branchville, May 15.?In an automobile accident Thursday afternoon f, near Cordova, D. L. Rhoad, Jr., way u painfully but not seriously injured, v The accident happened about a mile t< from Cordova between the picnic a fnn?n Horrtr Rorra _ 51 UU11U9 dllll lunu. AAlkt A J WHtlW) y driver Qf the car, had started to s; town to get some cigars. Jack Wat- s. son had already gofte to town in Mr. n Barr's car so he drove the car of one f of his friends, who.was over to the S( picnic. The steering wheel was a ^ large one and the car was hard to steer. Mr. Barrs was driving slowly a but hit a sand bed and lost control of s the car, it is said, and it ran into a b pole and turned completely over. The $] ? ?nnhrin cx c. r (?HglLlt} VV da Sllll 1 uuuiut) X'UVU uw p sistance came. Five of those in the jj car were pinned under it and were p unable to move until the others turned the car back up. Mr. Rhoad was the only one to get hurt. Harry u Barrs, driver, Edison Buie, Tom Von tj Lehe, Ralph McCracken, Will Wat- f( son, R. C. Jones, and D. L. Rhoad, Jr. c R. C. Jones, who was standing on the p running board was thrown complete- ^ ly over the car and barely escaped the turning wheels as he fell. The car s, was not damaged mucn. D CLAUDE J. RASJT ACQUITTED, Jury Returns Verdict After Being ? Out Two Hours. Orangeburg, May 10.?The jury / Is trying Claude J. Rast, former superintendent of education of Orange- ^ burg county, charged with assault fn T7ieVi oWor haintf nilt 1 aii-U. XUlCUt tu ICfcV OJLVVi about two hours, returned a verdict p of not guilty. During the morning strong arguments concluded the case. 11 Judge Mendel L. Smith, who closed s the case for the defendant, made an * address for his client. Upon the conclusion of this case s a negro named Sam Jones was tried, * charged with housebreaking and n burglary, and was found guilty and t Judge Bowman sentenced him to serve five years. 0 A case of interest will come up in s the morning. Four young white boys of Norway are charged with breaking 1 into the depot there several months a ago. Some cigarettes were found v about seventy-five yards from where the boys were camping on the river. a The man whom progress dropped m jehind some years ago finds some con- a solation in scolding about "ignorant fj majorities." 11 * Zash Prizes . m of Puzzle . ? How would you like to receive a. leek for *$50.00? Well, here's your aportunity. Look on another page >ls I The Herald today and you will je a full page announcement of The . erald's big Bee Hive Picture Puzzle. verybody likes a puzzle, especially hen you can win $50,00 by using aur head. This contest is different from the rdinary subscription contest, where1 the contestant receiving the high3t number of votes is awarded the rize. In the Bee Hive contest you sceive the benefit of your own brain, ou do not have to spend all your ;me working among your friends ) get votes. This contest is free ^ ) everybody, white and colored, and rizes are awarded to the six Winers, whether they are subscribers i The Herafd or not. However, if you qualify your ansver with one *or more subscriptions *? to The Herald, 4 * " your prize is : 4 " 4 * m increased ac* t a ? cordingly to the < scale published on the Contest |j| ^subscription is your answer, ^ winner receives a check for $3, but if one year- V S&j r subscription ($2.00) is sent in rith the answer, the first prize is inreased to $25; if two yearly suburiptions or ope two years' subscripon, $35, or if three yearly sub-> '. ' '-'M sriptions or one three years' subsription, the prize is $50.00. You do not /have to subscribe to he Herald, however, in order to and in your answer. .A The rules of the contest are simple* .ny school boy or girl can enter*by tudying the picture and finding all _ f the objects beginning with the >tter "B." Read over the rules care- illy before you start, so that you ill fully understand the conditions, fhen you mail your .list of words > The Herald, you may qualify your nswer with one, two or three oneear subscriptions instead of the Ingle subscriptions, which count the ame thing. In other words, you lay send in your subscription for wo years, which is tho same as | ending in two one year subscripions. ' No distinction is made between old nd new subscribers. In seDding in ubscriptions with your list, however, e sure the names are correct, with be proper postoffice address and R. * D. Toute. No matter where you W vnn mav enter the Bee Hive kf * 'uzzle Contest. It does not cost you a cent to ensr. No money payment is accepted v nder any conditions. Only subscrlpions to The Herald can qualify you or one of the larger prizes. The ontest ends June 20, 1922, and your 3ter must_ be mailed on that day or ^ efore. ' The winners will be announced as oon after June 20 as decision can e made. All prizes are cash!. DAD WANTS BONUS. . ,v i 'ather of Triplets Seeks Government Aid. The -happy father of triplets, Dalls W. Robinson, of Canton, N. C., has hrough a friend made inquiry to enator Simmons to know if the ederal government offers a bonus to arents of "three-lets." . "Thi9 is rather a peculiar thing in is,nature," the friend wrote to the enators, "but one of our democratic riends wants to know if there is uch a thing as a premium or prize iven by the federal government to he man or woman who is father or lother of three children all born at he same time. "His name is Dallas W. Robinson, f Canton, Haywood county. He tates to me that he read in a paper hat where parents have triplets of his sort, the government would pay premium of $100 for each child. 1 ill thank you for this information." Senator Simmons is writing the nxious parents to regretfully Inform hem that the government does not aintain a subsidy for such occasions, nd wishes for them and their new amily additions a long and happy