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Columbia, May 11.?Frank M. Jef-j
fords and Ira Harrison were held as
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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
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COPE SCHOOL CLOSES.
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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.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
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Custom Officials Close Lid on Vain*
able '^Sparkler."
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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."
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Woman Notary Unites Couple. (
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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.
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Herald Offers (
For Solutic
$15,000 FOR LOVE tfOTES.
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[ndian Guide Sells Out to Stillman
Lawyers. 01
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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
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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. >
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3RANOHVLLLE MEN IN ACCIDENT,
Picnic Party Was in Car Which Turn- ^
ed Over Completely. S1
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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
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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 $]
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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
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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
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rdinary subscription contest, where1
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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