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% Hamtorg Ijcratt j $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1922. Established in 1891. f:|| Loyless Guilty of % The jury at 7 o'clock last night re-11 turned a verdict of guilty of man- i slaughter. Sentence was not passed. ] , The taking of the, evidence in the 1 Goodwin case began just before noon f Monday, and at 5:30 Tuesday after- ? noon the state rested its case. The j testimony was long drawn out, and 1 the case was hard fought, every inch of ground being keenly contested by ( the attorney for Go5dwin, R. M. Jeff- t eries, of Walterboro. The prosecu- ( tion was conducted by. Solicitor Gun- t with tho assistance of J. Wesley ( Crum, Jr. | ( Dr. Robert Black described the 1 wounds found on the body of the de- < ceased, Jacob E. Carter, and a num- ] ber of witnesses testified to the surroundings. 1 Vandy DuBois, a witness for the s state, was the first person to reach c the body after the killing. He stated that he was employed at a saw mill s and that he heard the two shots, c being about five seconds apart, the i contention of the state being that t Carter was killed with a single barrel shotgun, it being necessary to re- t load the gun to fire the second shot, t Shortly afterward, he said, he had 1 occasion to go to Carter's house on 1 an errand, going a near cut and com- i ing suddenly on the body, which i frightened him and he turned and J went back until he found some other i persons, and together they went to I the body and found it still warm. t Magistrate L. G. Yarley said that < Carter had come to him in regard to < a peace bond against Loyless Good- ( win, stating that Goodwin was going 1 to kill him. The warrant was not \ ? ~ ? Vk/vAttnea Portpr i issued, UUWevei, V ? thought pfter Goodwin's trial on an- 1 other charge he would not press him i for the money Goodwin alleged Car- i ter ov^pd him. Most of the testimony i of Mr. Yarley, however, was not al- 1 lowed to reach the jury, being re- < lated subject to objection in the ab- ' sence of the jury. ? 'Mr. Yarley also'told of getting a 1 ' single barrel shotgun from Goodwin's < home the next day, which, according 1 to his knowledge of guns he w.ould i say had been fired soon before. I Miss Ella Goodwin, step-daughter- * of Carter * who lived with the old < gentleman, told of the events sur- 1 rounding the killing in considerable detail. Much of this testimony was 1 ruled out as incompetent, but the I , story as told was about as follows: < Goodwin Vame to Cartel's some days 1 ' * ? A1 and an era croH in fl ] prior IU LUC JVi 111115 auu rather animated conversation, as a 1 result of which Mr. Carter was quite ] uneasy. In this conversation it ap pears that Goodwin demanded pay- J ment of certain money alleged to be i due by Carter to Goodwin's wife, 1 which Carter alleged had been paid. < He came again a few days later and < 1 hi^ attitude was very unfriendly. 1 Witness was not permitted to say 1 more than this. The night befora the killing, the witness and Carter, she < . testified, sat up all night with the ? shot gun, evidently expecting trouble, ' but none came. ] The next day after dinner she and ( Carter and the little girl whom wit ness adopted went to the, house of 1 B. B. Goodwin, her brother, and after about two hours Mr. Carter walk- ( ed home, sping the near way which carried him through the lane. Wit- ' ness heard two shots in the direction 1 ^ of her house, and she immediately exclaimed that Goodwin had killed her step-father, although this latter statement was ruled out by the court and the jury warned to disregard it. She returned home soon after, and failing to find her father in the house, 1 hnstiiv instituted a search, and found him near the lot, lying on his right side at, the woodpile. He V?s dead. Soon after Constable Carter,- who in company with Mr. Ehrhardt and DuBois, who previously visited the body but who had left to go to Good- ( win's house to serve a warrant on him, returned with Goodwin. Goodwin went into the house with them, < and the witness exclaimed "Take the dirty rascal out of my house; kill him and burn him. He has killed my papa." This statement, made in the hearing of the defendant, was allowed to go to the jury. Goodwin heard the statement, but made no reply, according to other witnesses, i Witness is a first cousin of Loyless Goodwin. < H. M. Carter testified to seeing tracks in the lot, but it rained soon after and he was unable to follow them. J. E. Fender corroborated the / ' r. i - In Found Manslaughter estimony in regard to the tracks, and >aid they appeared to have been nade by a No. 7 or 8 shoe. Attorney Fefferies at this point had the defendant take off his shoe and it was. found to be a No. 10, and on cross wn rvn !*, n + fVltt rrrif r> Odd QHmittPf? /AaiUiiiatlUU IUU nn/uvkju ??? shoe might have made the tracks; he vas no expert on tracks. B. B. Goodwin, a cousin of Loyless joodwin, and step-son of J. E. Carer, testified that the surroundings iniicated there had been no struggle vhen Carter was killed.? Tracing the lirectioiv of the shots indicated by )bjects struck, indications were that he person firing the shots was located about the center of the lot gate L6 1-2 feet distant from the body. At the conclusion of the state's :estimony, Mr. Jefferies moved to strike out several parts of the evilence, which was overruled. The defence closed its testimony ihortly before noon Wednesday. The . nly important witnesses for the de'ence were the defendant and the de'endant's wife, Mrs. Vena Goodwin. Mrs. Goodwin testified that on the ifternoon of, the killing of Mr. Car;er her husband wras at home: that le came home after a visit to Vandy OuBois at the log camp about 11:30 tor dinner; that they ate dinner ibout twelve, and that he did not eave the premises again until he was arrested some time after Mr. Carter's bod^ was found. She heard vo shots fired about 2 or 2*30 o'?!ock^but she could not tell in which lirection they were; that when the )fficers came to arrest Mr. Goodwin tor alleged violation of the state automobile license law, he was at ;ne barn feeding his stock, and that ;hp officers arrested him at the iot. She *as positive that Mr. Goodwin .vas not off the premises. The witless testified that ther$ were no ill Vielings between her family and that it Mr. Carter, and denied tha: thert ;vas ever any trouble with Mr Carer concerning any money alleged to >e due her by Carter. She denied Mnveying any threats to the Carter 'amily. She admitted that she did not gc to Carter's home after the filing, explaining that it rained all :he afternoon, but did go to the home if defendant's brother, Phil Goodwin, -where she spent the night. The defendant, E. Loyless Goodwin, denied in the first question that le killed Mr. Carter. He corroborated the testimony of his wife in practically every detail, stating there had never been anything but the best of feelings between him and Carter, and tie also denied that he even knew Mr. Carter had sought a peace bond against him, or that Carter had visited either the sheriff or the magistrate in this connection. He explain 3d his failure to meet the magistrate court at Ehrhardt the afternoon of the kiljing by saying that he thought the trial was set for the next day. He declared that he was at home all the afternoon until the officers came. He saV Mr. Carter'and his step-daughter, Miss Ella Goodwin-, pass going to B. B. Goodwin's, but denied that he saw Carter \return h6me later in the afternoon. At the time of his arrest he had gone to the barn to give his stock some mutton corn he had cut earlier in the day. Defendant said he heard two shots about 2 or 2:30 in the afternoon in quick succession; sufficient time did not elapse, he said, between shots to permit reloading a gun. He said that when he stopped at Carter's house after he was arrested and was accused by Miss Goodwin with the killing, he was immediately carried out and that he did not have time in the confusion at the time to make any denial, but that he did deny the accusation to the officers later. Asked if he saw Dr. S. P. Rentz that afi. a /^Ani if a KoaIii IaItt T-T a leruuuu, 110 ucuicu it auouiuicij. xi.w denied making "any threats against barter at any time and said they were the best of friends. The solicitor brought out in the cross examination the fact that Dr. Rentz, who has tragically met his death since the last continuation of the case, made an affidavit that he was passing that way that afternoon and that he saw Goodwin coming from the direction of Carter's home with a shotgun in his hand. The court rules however would not permit the offering of the affidavit in evidence. The case was given |o the jury yesterday afternoon, and at the time of The Herald going to press no verdict had been reached. . * McLEOD TO THE PEOPLE. Governor-Elect Issues Statement of Conduct and Policy. Thomas G. McLeod, nominated for governor of South Carolina in Tuesday's Democratic primary, issued the following statement, immediately following assurance of his majority. "My first impression is a feeling of! profound gratitude to the men and I women of South Carolina for their zealous and unselfish support during the campaign. "To the people of South Carolina, I desire to say that the deep interest shown in the issues of the campaign makes the ' result an endorsement more ofy the principles that I advocated thfen of myself *1 shall endeavor, as far as witfcin me lies, to see that the affairs of the state are economically managed. We arp living in times of deDression and the hand of adversity falls heavily upon many. There must, therefore, be a fair and just discrimination of taxation. We must not take a hackward step and a fair and just distribution of the burden /means the maintenance of efficiency. "South Carolina has no foreign element, our white citizenship are all one people with the same traditions, hopes and aspirations, and I sincerely trust that there will be no lines^of division, but that together we may work out the destiny of a vigorous and valorous commonwealth. "I realize the great responsibility that I wiir*assume as governor and must earnestly beg the cooperation of all citizens, their sympathy and their prayers in my efforts to impartially administer the affairs of this state. "In the campaign I made no personal attack upon anyone. I am leaving it as I entered it?without; malice. I have no bitterness and covet the good will and sympathy of everyone. It is my purpose to work out our problems for the best good of all. I will b* the governor of all the people." HARDA\TCK-BLEASE-V A RKVIAN. i ??? ? < The South is Congratulated on Recent "House Cleaning." * # % Thomas W. Hardwick's service as governor of Georgia is to terminate in the same way as his service as United States senator was enSed in 1919, through the refusal of the Democratic voters of his state to grant him a renomination. In the primary thi^ week he was overwhelmingly hv Clifford L. Walker. That *" ~ I the Ku Kliyc Klan and Senator Tom Wiatson, with whom he was previously in alliance, had a hand in his defeat does not detract from Georgia's good fortune in being rid of Hardwick. For after being repudiated so decisively his chances of returning to the senate, on which he had set his hopes, are slight. In shelving Hardwick, Georgia has closely followed the recent example of other southern states. In the last few weeks the sojuth has profited by the opportunity to eliminate three politicians of the worst type it has produced. Yardman, of Mississippi, Cole Blease, of South Carolina, and Hardwick, of Georgia, are all of the same category of demagogues. Their capacity for working mischief in politics and in public office has been so often demonstrated that their states are to be heartily congratulated on having disowned them. The south is cleaning house, and in doing so it deserves well of the country.?New York World. In Bad Company. ;When a vote is to be taken on some important measure, a congressman who can not he present "pairs" himself with some representative who would vote "aye"".to the congressman "nay" or vice versa. Once a Democratic member of the house received a letter from an active politician of that party ih his district, calling attention to the fact that he was reported in Congressional Record almost every day as being "paired" with a republican. "I don't doubt your loyalty to the party," read the letter, "but I think the boys would j like it a good deal better if you pair- j ed with democrats instead of repub- j licans."?Harper's Magazine. m i?> ? Misused Figure of Speech. j A young writer, not much given to revision, recently sent out a' story " " wherein the loiiowing oauncu. "He called his son a spendthrift, and did not fail, as he had done before, to cast his recently purchased motorcar, a 160-horse-power touring machine in his teeth." j 5 1 FLAMES DESTROY HOUSE. W. M. Ritter, of Xear Cope, Suffers Heavy Loss. Cope, Sept. 13.?Wm. Ritter lost his dwelling and contents Monday night by fire. Mr. Ritter lives about one and three-quarter miles west of , Cope, near the A. C. L. railway, and , was awakened from his sleep by the roar of the flames just after 2 o'clock. He called his little son Henry, ran out into the yard and fired his pistol , to arouse the neighbors, and dashed , into the house to try to save some- j thing. His first thought was to get the piano out if possible, but upon . nnenin? the door saw the flames Com- , ing through the ceiling, he turned his attention to other things and j grabbed a trunk, and as he turned to . enter, the rafters fell, breaking in ( the burning ceiling. One trunk was . all he saved, everything else being a { total loss. The only theory so far, is that rats caused, the firdv Mr. Ritter had a little insurance but that will not replace his loss. ( One night last week a rogue broke , into a tenement house on W1 M. . Hughes's place, and robbed one roos- . ter of all of his wearing apparej, and upon leaving set fire to the bed. The bed being of iron, the bed clothes ; weVe consumed, the ashes falling on the floor, but not heat enough to . catch the flooring. The thief took ( that plan to hide his deviltry. He ] was tracked by his bare-foot tracks ( near to Binnaker's bridge towards , Denmark, but has. not yet been ap- . prehended. Two parties were missing from their work the next morning. , and it lies between one or tne otner { or both. ^ COPE GRADED SCHOOL. John P. Cattrette Will Again Have j Charge. ! Cope," Sept. 17.?The Cope graded j school will open tomorrow morning : for the 1-922-1923 session, John P. fcartrette, of Conway, who was principal last year, tfill again be in charge, and he will have as his as- 1 sistants four new teachers, as follows: Miss Beulah Johnson, of Lowryville; Miss Elizabeth Darby, of i Chester; Miss Elizabeth Kirkland, of Bamberg, and Miss Black, of Millets- i ville. j A new school building for which bonds were voted some three weeks ; ago will soon be begun and will no doubt be in use before the close of this session. - 1 The following young women of Cope left recently to teach: Miss ? Mayy Thomas, at McColl; Miss Elise Gray, at Brevard, N., C.; and Misses Lucille and Lillian Tatum, at Bessimer City, N. C. The following left recently for col* - - "* *" * /''l A/ilrlAtr P Vi ? _ j lege: '.viiss iviargautt? vynTvxvioj, vm cora College, Columbia; Miss Evelyn Henerey and Miss Rita Barton, Brenau College Conservatory, Gainesville, Ga.; Carlton Thomas, Bailey Military Institute, and Murray Tatum, for the Citadel, at Charleston. SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS. ? Encouraging Outlook in Olar for Session. Olar. Sept. 16.?The Olar high school reopened Monday morning and , considerable enthusiasm was manifested over the encouraging outlook for a very successful year. After singing "America," invocation was offered by the Rev. C. M. Peeler, pastor of Bethel MethocUst church. W. L. Brannon, the newly elected superintendent was then introduced. Mr. Brannon was well received. He madd a very inspiring address and made a favorable impression on his hearers. Adresses were then made by the Rev. Mr. Peeler and C. F. Rizer, Mr. Rizer being a member of the board of trustees. ' These gentlemen gave some very wholsome advice. The faculty is composed of the following: Supt. W. L. Brannon, of ^Smyrna; Misses Maggie Milhous and Mary Neely, of Olar; Miss Mary Bufort, of Xewberry; Miss Charlotte Rivins. of Haddock. Ga., Misses Cor ! nelia and Kathleen Sanders, of Greens-Westminster. ^ Not So Bad. j "This is a good place to summer," remarked the boarder in a cultivated tone, "but it must be quite deadly to winter here." "Well,"drawled the native. "I'm pretty lively still and I not only summered and wintered in this town for seventy years, but I sprang and fell here too." s . / x ftfii General Sessioi Convened M The court of general sessions convened in Bamberg Monday morning. On account of illness, Judge Geo. E. Prince could not be present to fill his regular schedule, and Robert Lide, Esq., of the Orangeburg bar, was appointed special judge to preside in his stead. Mr. Lide is well tnown in Bamberg, having frequently practiced in this court, and he is presiding with the air of an experienced jurist. The preliminaries were gore through with rapidly, and before noon the court was busy on the trial of Loyless Goodwin, charged with tlje murder of Jacob E. Carter, an aged citizen of the Little Swamp section of Bamberg county, more than a year ago. Judge Lide delivered a strong charge to the grand jury, and the solicitor had a large number of bills to hand to the grand jury early in the day. The grand jury expedited its duties, and before night a mass of indictments were in the solicitor's hands. The court lasts only through this week, and as the court docket is one of the largest in some years, it is not likely that anything like a clearing of the docket can be accomplished in these few days. In addition to the regular schedule of liquor violations and other lesser crimes, there are several murder trials of more than * ordinary interest. The Goodwin case has been hanging in the court for a good while. It will be recalled that Mr. Carter was eJ J J A nk lirno LU Ullll UbdU ILL ills y CLL U. a OUUl (, '? nir. kfter he was shot to d?ath. When found, his body was still warm. TJie surroundings indicated that the old gentleman, a highly respected citizen, had been cutting wood in his yard. The axe was lying near his body. A load of sbot had entered thfc body from an apparently close range, as a gun wad was stuck in his body. Loyless Goodwin was arrested about the time the body was found on a charge of operating an automobile without a state highway license. He vas at his house near the Carter home at the time of his arrest. He denied any connection whatever with the homicide. ' \ The following jurors/were selected to try the Goodwin case: F. W. Free, ORANGEBURG HAS PISTOL DUEL. Policeman - and John Lloyd Wound Each Other. Orangfeburg, Sept. 16.?A shooting scrape here this afternoon near the corner of Middleton and Amelia streets about a block from the heart Of the pity, resulted in the serious wounding of Policeman F. G. Cannon and John Lloyd. Both parties are white and well known in this city. The shooting took place about 6:45 p. m. A large crowd gathered at once and the bodies of both men were rushed to the Orangeburg hospital. The cause of the shooting is not known exactly, but it is reported on the streets Mr. Cannon sought to arrest Lloyd. When Mr. Cannon approached him, he told Cannon not tc put his hands on him, and drew his pistol, it is alleged. About this time Mr. Cannon grabbed his pistol and both parties began shooting. It was reported that .both participants were shot six times but this couldn't be verified. It seems that Mr. Cannon is the more serious shot at this writing and it can't be told now whether either or both will recover. Mr. Cannon was shot once in the chest while Lloyd was shot in the'face and arpis. Mr. Cannon is well known locally and has a family and has served the city efficiently as an officer. Llyod has been in trouble before. BLACKVILLE MAN IS SHOT. y ^ Belton Fannftng Reported to be in Serious Condition. Blackville, Setp. 18.?Belton Fanning a young man here, was shot and nerhaDs fatally injured Saturday about midnight, by his brother-inlaw, A. V. Collum. Very little has been learned about what caused the shooting. It occurred in the lunch room of Fortesque's, an ex-policeman of Charleston, and who served as policeman here recently. Collum immediately went to Barnwell and gave bond. He is the man who shot and killed Frank Walker, city marshal here, recently. : : . . . . .V.:. ; \ ns Courl \ i onday Monring J . 0. Fining, F. B. Adams, R. A. Easterling, H. L. Kearse, Paul Whitaker, G. W. Freeman, J. B. Brickie, G, Laurie Sandifer, W. H. Carroll, A. P, Freeman, R. R. Kearse. The following extra jurors were drawn Morfday morning from the five mile box: H. L. Kearse, W. D Rhoad, Jr., J. E. Zeigler, C. E. Priester, Sidney Hutto, C. W: Rentz, Jr., W. A. Dickinson, J. L. Wilkinson. The grand jury found true bills in the following cases: Curtis Hutto, murder. John Dowling, rape. Nathan Washington, murder. Carrie Stevens, alias Whitmorer murder. . ' ?^9 Frank Johnson, murder. i Mincer Moye, assault and battery with intent to kill, carrying conceal- \ S -M ed weapon. V ^3 Lalla Esther Washington, housebreaking and larceny. * _, Seabrook Brown, housebreaking and larceny. > B. B. Williams, two cases, drawing checks without funds.1 Sheppard Sheldon, housebreakings ' 1 and larceny. \ 7 'B. D. Donald, violation of prohibition law. Monnie Kelley, Jeremiah Henderson and Clinton Stone, housebreaking and larceny. Judge Johnson, obtaining goods' under false pretence. * Peter Murray, violation of the pro- v fi hibition law. . John Fewell, violation of the prohibition law. . TTTilljA. nMlliomo Trlnlotfon ftf t.hft ??line TI luiaiun, ..v.*.*..'.. . prohibition law. Fred Carter, /wo cases, burglary and larceny. Isahc Way, rape. H. G. Delk, drawing check without funds. John Busby, violation of prohibition law. Seabrook 'Brown, who is a young j negro boy, pleaded guilty to housebreaking and larceny, and was sentenced to serve eighteen months on the chain gang. Judge Dide first sentenced him to the reformatory, but later changed it to the chain gang, with instructions to give him such, light work as he can perform. FORD PLANT CLOSES DOWN. About 80,000 Men Thrown Out of Employment. Detroit, ,Sept. 16.?'Henry Ford's industrial strike against what he charges as excessive coal prices was in full swing tonight and approximately 73,000 of his workmen in the Detroit district were out of jobs for an indefinite period. Thousands of others in assembling plants throughout the country alse were erdered to lay down their tools. I,n.addition, a * 1 score oi? more of small industrial * concerns here dependent upon the Ford Motor Company for orders were ^preparing to close. These employ ' uDwards of 30,000 men. The Highland Park and River 1 Rouge plants of the Ford Motor Com1 pany, employing about 60,000 men ! were deserted tonight save for a com parative small force that will be retained to keep cook ovens warm. Although many of them were smil!iing, the majority of the Ford works ers who passed through the gates of the Highland Park plant after turning in their tools today, expressed ' concern over the shutdown. Their foreman had handed down to them advice from Mr. Ford to buy as little coal as possible and cut their living" expenses to a minimum. Many of 1 the workers were met by wives and children, eager to learn how long the hea'ds of families would be unem- x ployed. Jogging His Memory. j It was a thrilling story that Mc- * | Gregor had to telfc ! "I had abandoned all hope," he ! said. "As I sunk for thetthird time i my past life seemed to rise before me ! in a - series of grim, realistic pici tures." > iA murmur of sympathy rolled from the lips of listening friends; hut in?t as McGregor was preparing . to resume, McTavish interrupted him. I sharply and hopefully. .! "And did you happen to notice," he asked, "a picture of me lending you a fiver in the autumn of 1919 V* The Continent (Chicago).