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ARRAIGN THREE MEN IN HOMICIDE CASE JEFFORDS, TREECE AND HARRISON PLEAD IN COURT Fie?d "Not Guilty" in Court Forty Hours After Crime?Show Little Emotion The State, 12. Frank M. Jeffords, ira Harrison an-1 Glenn Treece, self-confessed ce? .ral figures, according to officers, in the slaying last Tuesday night of J. C. Arnette, will go on trial on charges of murder in the cuort of general sesrions in Columbia next Tuesday morning. The three men, true bills having been returned 2gainst them by the grand jury yesterday morning, were arraigned on the charge of murder before Judge W. H. Town send yesterday afternoon, their pleas of "not gulity" recorded, and the date of the trial set. The case, under present plans, will be called at 10 o'clock May 16, the trial of the three men being begun therefore within six and a half days after the crime was committed. The three men were brought to the court house at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon and at 3:42 o'clock were placed in the dock and their handcuffs removed. None of the men * i showed any s^gn 01 I'muuuu as mc indictment charging them with "wilfully and maliciously and feloniously slaying Arnette was read to them by Clerk Hinnant. Their answers of "not guilty" to the question, "Are you guilty or not guilty?" and their responses to the other usual questions of the formal arra g/iment were barely audible five feet away. John Hughes Cooper, who is acting as attorney for Ira Harrison, served as counsel for the three men in the arraignment. R. Beverly Herbert, attorney for Glenn > Treece, being absent from the court at the time. Frank M. Jeffords, the third member of the trio, told the court that he I had not engaged an attorney and tr TTommnnH ws; named bv gflU O aiUCd XX. Judge Townsend to conduct Jefford's A defense. At Mr. Hammond's request John F. Quinn was selected by the court to aid Mr. Hammond in the Three Men Handcuffed M The three'men were then handcuced and placed in an automobile with officers and carired back to the B? state penitentiary, where they are <be;v. ing confined since the city jail is now V being repaired and the county jail is fN* overcrowded. Over a score of city and county officers were in the court - room and grouped around the three men during the arraignment. There was no sign of disturbance in the ccurt room when the three men were k known only to a few persons ? prerent were taken by surprise when ' rthey learned wnai was pwv.c. The fact that the men were to be arraigned yesterday afternoon had k been kept secret by officers, who reL ' called the record crowd which attendK ed The inquest, and with the fact p known to only to a few persons ' there was only a small crowd at the court house when the men were (brought there to make their pleas. Solicitor A. Fletcher Spigener presented the indictment charging the trio with the murder of Arnette at 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning and at 10:37 o'clock the grand jury returned true bills against the three men. The arraignment of the three men yesterday afternoon, approxmatelv 40 hours after the commission of the crime, probaby establishes a new record for speed in the Richland counts. The grand jury brought in true bills against the trio at 10:37 o'clock, less thna 35 hours after the crime had been committed and hardly more fthan 30 hours after their arrest. Record for Speed Mr. Arnette was killed at his filling str.tion at 11 o'clock Tuesday night: at 11:30 o'clock the body was discovered by the bridge on Kirkland avenue by six national guardsmen; at 12 o'clock midnight Sheriff T. A Heise and Deputy Sheriff Thompsor were notified and began work on the case; ' at 1:30 o'clock Wednesda\ morning it was discovered that the crime had been committed in the filling station antf Chief of Detectives S. S. Shorter and Detectives Jin ? - ? ? *** m rr _ii._ , Broom, Bob Broom and w. i. jvene\ were called in; by 2:45 o'clock Irr Harrison had been arrested ant shortly afterwards city and count} officers also took Glenn Treece intc custody, both men being found a' t\tir residence. 1529 Hampton street at 4 o'clock Frank M. Jeffords wa: also arrested and a few minutes latei admissions of complicity in the crime had been secured, according to of fiecers from each of the men; at 7 :SC o'clock Wednesday night the inqoest was held; at 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning the cases were given to the grand jory and at 3:42 o'clock the men were arraigned. Next Toesday morning the trial will have been bef. gun. The three men, Jeffords, Harrisoi and Treeee, are now confined in th< regular cell house at the state pen: tenitary, their cells being in the up per tier, each member of the tri< being several cells apart from his ai leged confederates. Treece at th penitentiary yesterday afternoon ap peared to be the least concerned ove the affair, while Harrison, the small ! est and youngest of the trio, showe< the strain under which he must b< laboring by an almost nervous eager fiess to talk. Jeffords appeared to b< somewhat morose and moody. Native of Columbia i Jeffords is a native of Columbi; and will be 29 years old May 25, hi says. He has lived in Columbia prac tically his entire 'ife and at the tinn of his arrest was living at 1108 Pric I avenue. He was employed at thi Columbia compress company fo about 13 years, of which Mr. Arnetti was at one time foreman. About si: months ago he became associate< with Mr. Arnette a? the now dea< man's partner in the filling statioi at the corner of Elmwood avenue am , Main street. Jeffords is married an< i has one child. f Harnson, who first told the stor? of the crime to the officers, admit ting, they say, that he struck the firs blow, was born in Hampton icountj ! and is Only 21 years old. His family however moved to Columbia whei Harrison was only two years old an< he has spent 17 years of his life ir ' Columbia. Harrison served in thUnited States havy two years, eniist ing in Columbia in 1919. His er.list ; ment expired last December and h< >tthen returned to Columbia, oeginninf work for Jeffords & Arnette at the filling statoin last February. Harri' son- has known Jeffords and Treec< about four years, he said^ Has Prison Record Harrison is the only one of th( , trio known to have a prison recorc ' and is now in the penitentiary foi | his second time. He was sent to :h< state prison February 19, 1919, fron the mayor's court in Lexington coun ty to begin the serving of, a sij months sentence for various mino] t . offenses. At that time, the prisor i records show, he gave his age as 18 ' *--1- V> i O cffn Q*< . wnne HIS lailllij Jiaicu UJO | under 17, according to penitentiary 'officials. Ke^was released under ha beas corpus proceedings July 10 1919. Glenn Treece is 22 years old am : is a native of Asheville, N. C., bu' has been living in Columbia since h< ; was four years old. Treece went t< 'work as an employee at the filling station last December, having, lik< : Harrison, had some experience in au ' tomobile repair work. Treece, alsi I like Harrison, served in the navy, en i listing in 1918 from Asheville. Hi i enlistment expired last August. Only one thing, the fire in the fill ing station, remains hnexplained B; the alleged admissions made to offi ! cers by the three men. The blazi . was started at about 12:20 oclock, of ficers think, in a pot of gasoline ii ' t'*- n-t fillincr o t a t i n T* ' lilt? ic<ii luum vi tii^ iiiiing : the pot being placed almost directl; over the spot where Mr. Arnette hai | been killed.. This fact leads officer 1 to hold to the theory that the fire wa * started in an effort to destroy evi dence of the crime's having beei committed at the filling stut.jn. Botl Harrison and Treece denied an; knowledge of the fire, Officers sa$ | while Jeffords, who has had very lit | tie to say to officers about the crime has told officers nothing about t_h blaze. I The body of J. C. Arnette was cai ried to King's Mountain', N. C., yes i terday morning, funeral being hel 1 at King's Mountain at 5 o'clock yes , terday afternoon. Mi. Arnette i | the three years that he had lived i I Columbia had made a large numbe I of friends. He was a native of Mor ' ticello and was 45 years old. .1 . In Loving Memory ^ i Of our dear mother and wife, Po > lie Ann Frances Shealy, who depar * ed this life April 5th, 19?2. i And art thou gone, our dear one? Gone to thy peaceful rest above, Couldst thou no longer tarry here To bless us with thy tender love? ! 1 Yes, thou art gone! Pale is thy chee) And cold is thy brow as winter sno'w 1 Death has forbidden thy lips to speal * And stilled the heart that loved us si } But, dear one, we will think of t-he< ^ nd bless the Lord of all your car* ' We'll think now oft' you counselle J us> And gave us to the Lord in prayer. * I I And, dear one, when our breath sha cease, * r And when we must bid the worl adieu, May we, like you, depart in peace, r And ever live with Christ and you. Written by the Family. i 'flood makes gain n in louisiana town i e, - - Levee Protecting Old Portion ol Jonesville Breaks, Permitting D Water to Flow in Street* Natchez, May 8.?The levee proe tecting the old portion of Jonesville, La., about two thirds of the town r broke today. The new section outside the levee was already flooded ^ The water is said to be from two tc e four feet deep in the streets of the town. Jonesville is in Catahoula par ish on Bia-ck river and has a population of about 1,500. i ! Following the crevasse ii. the Mis a sissippi levee abuot Ferriday, La., a ? hard fight was made at Jonesville tc - build up the private levee protecting ? the main po'rtion of the town aheat ? of the rising waters which have beefi ? coming up at the rate of four inches r a day. Sacks and flood fighting ma? forijil wpr<> riishe d from Rhinehart, < the nearest point of railroad commui nication. and every^available man wa; 1 put to work. Residents of the town 1 had been apprehensive for severa; i days that the dike could not oe held 1; Arrangements have been made tc ' send a steam boat with supplies sufj ficient to last for two weeks to the - 429 refugees marooned at Artonish. t Miss. When a survey of conditions r was made at Artonish it was found / immediate relief was essential. iRations have been distributed tc i approrimately 5,000 people from the i barge of supplies sent to Ferriday, ? La., to give aid to those in the imme diate vicinity of the crevasse. B. C. Brown, president of the Con? cordia parish police jury, left today r for Baton Rouge to make an urgent > appeal in behalf of the flood sufferers . in other sections of the parish and ? also for the lower part of Tensas parish. i Practically all of the people who > are willing to leave their homes have I been taken out of the area inundated by the Weecama crevasse. The Mis> sissippi river is still on a stand here 1 at a stage of 53 feet. The gap in the levee caused by the crevasse has not widened to any great extent for sev? eral days and the' swiftness of the t current going through has greatly decreased. ' At Ferriday and other points in , Concordia parish the rise of backwater has decreased to about onetenth of a foot 2. dav. ^ J j | New Orleans, May 8.?Official an> : The C i .! i S ^ e! Statement ,'! _ i i n i "I y, sj Loans and Investrm \ Liberty Bonds, Unp n I hi y Overdrafts, Seeurec r > Cash on Hand and I '9 e > d 5n Capital Stock Surplus and Profits Bills Payable T\ '1 i ueposits it - .i9 Newberry Count: mers pledging more /\v\ rtnAr\ W UUI CUllUII LIU^. vv J pie of Newberry Co [\ possible the above s 3- advice and assistan extend the very bes' d' vice. "The Banl11 Jno. M. Kinard, Presic Floytl Bradley, Asst. C; C. W. Sanders, Bookki Jno. C. Floyd, Collectoi Jiouncement was made today by relief A f organizations that approximately 70,000 persons had been rendered i F i homeless in Mississippi and Louisiana L |by the floods along: the Mississippi! j river. Forty thouand of these are being cared for by vairous relief ag- j jencies and 30.000 others are seat-' itered throughout the flood areas, the .si . announcement said. 'ti i Representatives of commercial and b , icivil organizations in New Orleans, tl ;!working under the state flood relief 1 . committee, began a campaign today c< in this citv for the collection of mon- j* * ey, provisions and clothing for the w thousand or more persons driven L from their homes by the crevasses in a > the Mississippi river levees at Poy- c< . dras and Myrtle Grove, below New if I Orleans. j a L ; A majority of the families affected e< ; by the inundation of the territory ad-j . jacent to the two breaks have been tl transferred tc Jackson barracks in n 9 . New Orleans. Some stragglers, how- c , ever, have remained in their flooded I: t homes. J ^ [ j Maj. R. T. Coiner, chief engineer ' a of the fourth levee district, today S' , branded as improbable an idea enter- n . tained in ?ome circles that the Miss- "w , .issippi fiver might change its course i fi i to the Gulf of Mexico by seeking an fi outlet through the Poydras crevasse ' h [ Due to the fact that the break has f. : widened to 800 feet, approximately ( , one-third of the width of the river at j n , that place, and that the water has . b 'washed a hole about 45 feet deep im-; . mediatel yback of the site of the de- j j stroyed levee was reported to have ! . caused some fear that the river might * - desert its old' bed for the shorter * course to the gulf. ^ .' Major Coiner said he did not be-' 1 I lieve it possible for the flood waters . to scour a new channel between the crevasse and the^gulf Through Lake r Lery which would become deep ;s , enough in the natural life of the I ^ flooti to attract the current from its j ^ . old basin. j a , I 1 I b j I r : Troop 1 held its last meeting Mon- j i P ', dav by moonlight. We assembled at.r ! j -c headquarters, and after dispensing 5 with the'business, sadjourned to the 1 ' outride, where we marched to John-1 ! stone's woods. There we enjoyed o : ourselves in' playmg games, and some s; ' of the scouts passed tne secona-ciass ; ' test. After the games, the troop was j ! assembled and the b^ys living in that n j neighborhood were dismissed, the j ! rest coming back^ down town. | k Commercial Newberry, S. C. of Condition Ma p :.?* RESOURCES snts .....$892,519.18 ledged $140,950'. 00 1 & Unsecured in Banks . j* ' a s - :* - ?. f LIABILITIES / 7 is to be congratulated or ; than our quota for coopei e are able, anxious and wil unty, who by their confidei splendid statement. Don't ce at any time. Our prim t possible Banking Service c That Always Treats You lent \ J. Y. McF'all, 1 ashier J. M. Kinard, , eeper Miss Tilla Wes p Hunt, Hunt, & CM?M?? I jg??? lLL are urged to ATTEND MEETING ecture Charts and Moving Pictures to Be Used to Help the People Illustrated lecture charts, demon:ration material and moving picires will be used in conducting the ig community meeting to be held a1 le court house on Monday, May 22 0:30 a. m., according to the local ommittees on arrangements. The nportant question of dairy farming ill be discussed. The program will be interesting nd instructive to both town and ountry people. The schools are beig invited to cooperate and women nd children will be especially invit d to atted. Mr. H. S. Mobley, a practical Sou lern farmer and successful dairylan, is being sent here by the agri ultural extension department, of the nternatioal Harvester company, Mr lobley is an able lecturer and will d( 11 in his power by talks and demon trations to be of service to the far lers in exDlaininer to them how anc rhy dairy cattle make farming pro table, why the South is peculiarly tted for, a great dairy section, ant ow easy it is to get a start in dairj arming. Everything will be free. No ad iission will be charged and every ody will be welcome. Keitt-Hart Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Keitt announc< he engagement of their daughter irina Coe, to Mr. Edgar Hart o: 'dgefield, the wedding to occur Jun< 5. The above announcement will b< ead by many friends throughout th< tate with great interest as Mis, Leitt and Mr. Hart are both widelj nown. Miss Keitt is a very populai nd attractive young woman and ii eloved by all who know her. Mr fart is a young1 business man o? leasing personality, a native ol Idgefield and a member of one ol Idgefield's prominent families. And sometimes when a man takeJ ut a fire insurance policy he is nevej atiified until he has^a fire. The man who rocks the boat wil' ever get to the top of the ladder. It is always easy for those whc now nothing about it to settle '< ?i?MB IBM 11 IMI?II?I ! !! I?I T~l "II Bank . i 1' > \ y 5, 1922 r ' -V ' I I . \ $1,033,469.18 9,404.82 .. 159,208.96 ? ? ? " ^ 'v $l,202,0S2.yt> 50,000.00 135,521.76 50,000.00 " 966,561.20 - $1,202,082.96 i account of our farnative marketing of ling to help the peoice in us have made fail to call on us for ;ipal purpose is to and then more SerRight." /ice Pres. & Cashier Jr., Asst. Cashier ,t, Bookkeeper Hunter, Attys. f I I j ' i i i ! :S MtTZ \ j The Bugs and Before they nil] US > < I Slug Shot ' j ! Paris Green J i - * :| Arsenate Lei Stone cyphers Climax Flower,! 1 . II ;> * * 1 - Ill ( ataanaaaaMMmHHaHaMHRia ' ' ? " ' i t ? ' * . ' 1 { ' . t V . > / Don't Spare " .t in time of sickn medicine must ' rtl- Tirol 1 4(Yain 1 gCl wen agaui) i depend upon t the medicine th< Bring your doc tion here and y< what his order < up of the pures drugs, with con and skill, yet ch ! reasonably. Pre i I Mayes Dr Newberry, I V i ! / Member Newborry Chi m , '-*3 ' V ' I -i 11 > J "Wurrums" Your Garden E j S- - -. I ; - - .i ' ' v\.i id Bug Kiier Spray etc. | ' ' . # ? WBSL| j ' : I : ? ' . . . a 'v. 'v- , " ' : \J ? \ > ' ' . * the Spoon ess. Doses of , / be taken to but a lot will ' J :he quality of e spoon holds. tor's prescripou will get just calls for, made t and freshest surnmate care iarged for most ?mnt service. r"*r tig Store South Carolina * i - " " / f0 N j imber of Commerce, wiesm M . ' \