fcgpsrte]SIStUutt iHF--?'|! l3g^^M ,11 W& ESTABLISHED 1894 THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY >IORNlN<;, J AM \RV 20. 11)21. VOL. -!7 NO. J J). V. I MAIUON MURDERESS V ' TALKS FREELY. In th? nail If ^loor of Lizzie Jones who is alleged xJiave poisoned her husband B. I) Jes, an elderly farmer, living on Ij It lie Gallivants Ferry road about six ^ ./miles southost of Marion. Presently t a small, tired face appeared at the J , opening and two large gray eyes J? looked through the bars. " Would you mind having a visitor for a little while" the reported inquired. "No", she replied, "I'm tired of 1 being all alone." Her voice was listi\ less. When the door had been unjl'> locked by the attendant, she invited the visitor in, and offering the lone i chair, seated herself on the edge of the cot. She looked at the reporter h # with an inquisitive expression and lto/?tly waited for him to begin, her ^vhands folded in her lap. Her dark hair parted simply in a( I * i |S 1 d 1 e was drawn tight over her towm/ul tucked in a massive pile ovnap of her nook. She wore a Simple dress and shirt waist of dark M material. On her small but pretty tice was a tired hopeless expression Ik the large gray orbs looked out ^gAintK'hiiily. heavily upon her she began her story, \ "Mr. Amnions, that was Jim's fa) tlier, and uiy father were both far? ' mers living near each other. I saw a f great deal of Jim and became fond ol him when we were only children. He i liked me, but I am afraid he never I J considered me seriously, for when li f / grew up he married another. / "For awhile it seemed like life wasn't worth living. Then Mr. Jonci began to court me. I never cared a great dtal for Mr. Jones. He was almost throe times my age. But at last I married him. "Then, he treated you cruelly?" the reporter asked. "No, lie treated me well enough and for u while things ran smoothly Then Jim began noticing nie again wiiuiuww Miy rius-,nana was away iron honiet^ JE*w?ne to see me. Before 1o"K X~. r> for my husband 3J~M-"xcuses " ^ yoflffif I hen?as a mat|f Sf t, i am only twenty-four now and r 'men n.anii j for eight years. Mr Jones was so much older than me. 1 never could think of him as my husband. It was always as parent 01 guardian that I looked upon him. "Children came into our home There are three of.them. Poor littW things. And she came nearer tears at thi? juncture than at any other time dur lug the interview. "Before long my husband learned of my secret meetings with Jim and he abused rue frightfully, declaring that ho would kill us both. Put in ^ V stead lie moved out of the neighbor ^ .^^boo.l, where we hu(j been living, to t -- v7v.nii ?<*s:; i'ccebhioie to .iiiii ana Kept \, under constant surveilance. , '"This * as maddening. Then his ?'"' health began to fail. The past twt years of our married life was tortur< ) for mo. Mr. Jones never lost an op . portunity to upbiaid and abuse ni? * F?ut I ask you, how could I help mj feeling for Jim?" She had worked herself up to ar excited state and her breath canu fast. She paused a moment in her nar rative and when shc began again ii was with the calm that had first characterize^ hc-r. * "I never could quite bring myself tr the point of giving my husband th< poison, though. Rut on last Fridoj Jim came to see me, though he de nies it now, and after a frenzied hall an hour I decided to do the thing ] had so long feared to do. I A W ? T a uiui uifcin mi. juncH was iceunf % v/orse than usual and asked me tc Ma^L f;X hiui up a dose of soda and salts. ] r' "yjr went straight to t!?o cupboard where kept the little brown bottle ol ^jr strichynino. I emptied half of It in s glass. On top of it 1 poured a dost of salts. Adding the usual amount of water, I stirred- the mixture unti the medicine had, dissolved. "I carried it to my husband. Hf was in bed at the time. Raising or his elbow he took the glass and dranb thc concoction down without a word I watched hi.n with strange emotion At one second the impulse to seize the glass from his hand and cry out came orvei' ir.e and th* next a feelinjt of triumph filled me/And so I stood ^ i\ Wv L.OOKING BACKW A III). Items of Interest Taken front The Herald Files of 10 Years Ago. The dispensary was closed last Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Two tnpectors came over from Columbia and checked up the stock which was found to be correct in every particular. The goods were shipped to the Florence Dispensary. The stock invoiced about $1000, mostly in wines. aR there was a great rush to secure the heavier stuff when it was learned that the dispensary was to be closed. W. T. Bethea received a wireless telegram Sunday from his brother, j Paymaster S. Legare Bethea, who is enroute from New York to Porto I -?.vv. ui? iue tiuiser rnuaaeipma. '1'he j telegram was sent from somewhere in | mid-ocean and caught at ihe wireless : station in Atlantic City. Mr. Ilethea I has been assigned to duty at the naval station at Cullebra, Poito Rico. Mr. J. S. Galloway has sold his plantation near town to Mr. T. W. ! bethea. 1 ho plantation is in a high State of cultivation and was sold for i $10,000. | Although the highest price paid on this market Saturday for cotton 'was 10.t>2Vs, Mr. M. S. biitt refused an offer of 11 cents for 100 bales : of middling cotton. One of the largest deals in real ! estate ever recorded in this county j was made last week when the Tilghjman Lumber Co., of Sellers, purchased ail the lands belonging to the estate of the late Jas. Berry. The estate contains about 3,700 acres of land and it is said the purchase price jwas in the neighborhood of $120,I 000.00. The lands contain a large I amount of virgin timber. A splendid example of the valAe jot diversifying on the farm is offered by Mr. A. L. Wallace who owns a lertile 60 acre farm not far from town. This year Mr. Wallace planted a few watermelons between cotton ! l'OU'o ivlii?h nuHuH c. 1 r . Ira Turbcfield and Will Wood ley . %-unn nunc men, tx i V- ill I lit/ UUUIllv - jail charged with having robbed tht I Little Rock Cash Store a few nights . a: o. The store is owned and operatitl [' by Mr. It. II. Cain who runs tiie post office in connection with the store , Turbefield and Woodley, it is alleged secured merchandise to the value ol . about $300. ? i with sealed lips and watched bin - drain the glass. "I sat down in the bedroom ant! I waited. Soon violent pains seine'.1 I him and lie began to writhe am groan. With uncanny perception, lit -Jknew he had been poisoned, althougl ; many times beforc lie had been verj i si<*ft. tj "You poisoned nie! You poisonet jnte!" he began to shout and getting t out of the bed he struggled to hi; ijfeet and staggered to tlie front porch i He- leaned over the banister rail ant began screaming and shouting at tht . j top of his voice. His hoarse cries ol r; "murder" could be heard a half milt away. I am a weak woman and wa: i J powerless to do anything. * Tht i! guard from the chain gang which was -i encamped not far away war first tt t.--.rrive on the scene, t "My husband was in a dying con jdition then, but he was able to tel1 iithe guard that I gave him poison j'what could I do? If I ran away the) wuuiu sureiy caicn mo. Ap I saw H - there was nothing to do but give mj r self up and tell the truth. Soon othei [ people came and they sent for th< sheriff. They took me away to jai ; tiiat very night and I've been her< > ever since. [ "I told them about Jim. They ar ? retted him the next day." f , "He is out on bond, you know, am i denies his part in the affair," the re ? porter told her. t "Yes, I know," she said. For a fev I seconds she did not speak. Then sh< continued: "I am a frail woman i maybe I won't have to worry long i I sit here and think and think am : think. But what's the use?" The reporter suggested reading ai . a diversion and rising to leave prom ? ised to send her some magazines. Sh< t thanked him and for an instant th< f care vanished from her pretty fac< I with a bright smile. s S0U1H CAROLINA OF FIVE FLOHKX( E TIIACJEDY TAKES FIVE LIVES. L. S. Uingham for Whom Officers Fout^i Dead in WimkIs ? Thought to '-V Suiehle Following Killing of Mother, Sister ami Two Adopted Children. Florence .Inn 1 fi?Tnninf.m?ii.. i , l||isane from brooding over financial difficulties and embittered by family 'troubles in which un estate worth probably $75,000 was al stake, L. S Binghant yesterday afternoon, according to the best information and be lief, shot his mother, his sister, the latter's two adopted children and sent a bullet, crashing through his own brain. The dead are: Mrs. M. M. Bingham, Mrs. Marjorie A. Black, Leo McCracken and John McCracken and L. S. Bingham. All were evidt ntjly killed instantly, except Mrs. llingjham, the man's mother, who lived !a few moments and the ohlest child, .who died at 5 o'clock this morning. I The tragedy took place at the old j Bingham home, five miles from I'am'plico, Florence county, and 25 miles j from this city. Auer staying ail within tiic house at the nine, it is thought Bingham went deep into the woods surrounding the place anj fired a bullet into his brain. When his body was found at noon today his tight hand still grasped the Pistol. It was slated by the physician, who examined the body that Bingham had been dead more than 12 hours. The dead persons were |all shot in the head in each case, the ; bullets entering just beneath their 'temples. None were shot more than 'once, although two balls were found | near the back door that had missed their mark. The large pistol used b> ! Bingham still contained an unexplodjed cartridge which indicated that thf 'man reloaded during his orgy of 1 slaughter. 11 Homo Far Removed. ' The Bingham home is more than [ half a mile distant from any neigh 'boring house. None could be found 'j today, who had heard any shootiiu ' about the place. A large crowd gatli jered during the day and passed fron 5, room to room viewing the dead. Tlu 5 sight was a ghastly one. On a bed ir ' a downstairs room lay the aged moth :ei and the youngest child, their facet covered with blood. In the adjoining room the oldest of the children lav ; on a bed where he died at 5 o'clock this llllirnine and hi-uifla liii" 111" linili if-C7l 11 i 111 ? ?H' L/vrv.lj' of Bingham was placed when the | searchers returned with it today. Up' stairs in the room sho usually occupied was the body of Mrs. Marjorh 1 Black, oldest sister of Bingham. It ' 1h> on the floor just in front ol the dresser. Until late this afternoon, *. when the coroner's jury completed i taking evidence, the bodies were undisturbed. The funeral will probably bt held tomorrow. The coroner's jury will not render a verdict until furthei investigation has been made. Although the tragedy is said tc have ocenred at 15:30 o'clock yester> day alteinoon, it was late last night 5 b* fore word of it reached Florence 1 cotuuy officials and they immediately . seat out dispatches asking officers in other towns to watch out for L. S. Bingham. First reports of the tragedy r v.tie conflicting and di\ the fan .that telephone and telegraph communication with Paniplico last night was impossible to .secure. It war. not until today that the facts became known. L 'Jr< fluv A v. ay at Time. I! Bingham's brother, Edmund Bigi ham, had If ft ihe house with ii is j o"cloek. He returned from a short i'family in an automobile at 15:10 r.visit to a neighbor's house about 20 |minutes hiter and found his mother i staggering toward the road. He j j jumped from his ear, but the aped j wt man dfed almost before he reached . jher. Others happened to drive by the I house at that time and when they ? bore the body of Mrs. Bipham into f the- house they saw evidences of blood ? on tlie floor and bepan an iuvestigaj tion which revealed the slaughter ol 5} three others. At the coroner's inquest i, today Edmund Bipham testified that )!h(, had been away from the house only about 20 minutes. H.- had left his brother standing in 1 ih. yard. The brother had been act.ling strangely for several weeks, h? r said, and did not appear to be an> l, more depressed yesterday than usual ! "When 1 got into the ear with m> r family, to go to Pamplico I left mj t brother and sister and the ohlldren ai I their various occupations an(j play s As far ns 1 know there had been nt Iquarreling during the day. Instead ol -1 going straight to Pampllco I wont ui jthe road to see Rob Fos worth for a ! minute. As we came back wo aav - mother stepper out. of'the yard. 1 turned and caught a glimpse of Snub f :.L.S. Bigham) turning into the wood: ? almost in a run. Ho had his right hanc , toward his breast as If ho had some . thing in it but I did not see any pis 1 tel. My mother died as wo were car Tying her into the house. T. D. Car s rison and Hoyt Bostick had come uj - in the meantime. I called my sister a Mrs. Marjorie Black, but she did no a answer. I then went out on the bacV a piazza and found John McCracken the youngest child, dead there. Mj FAMILY SHOT TO DEATH! ' a? ! | mother's cap was also on tlip floor I just by tlie back door and there was | blood all about. I believe my mother' jar.d the child were shot on the piaz-1 | /a anj that she tried to get into the road for help. It was almost dark. Ipiobably two hours after we reached home, that we found Mrs. lilack i dead in her room upstairs. Lateri some one found the other child. Lee' McCracken, on ti pile of straw behind a potato bank out in the yard. He) was still alive. We called l)r. Poston unnn nc nn-cil>l/> 'IM... -1' 1 ' /?*-. I uc uu> UU'll j about r> o'clock this morning. It is\ rvidont the boy was running when he was shot In b'inrtncial Trouble. Mr. Bigliani could not say why the room of Mrs. Black was not searched sooner. "It just happened," he said, "that we did not think about it." jSotneone had asked him to go upstairs i but he just did not do it. Mr. Bigj ham also declared that his brother I had been in financial troubles and had I often spoken of them. Two years ago I while he was postmaster at Orum he 'was charged with a shortage hut !there had always been a question ! about- this and it had never been setjtled. Ho had also spoken of certain 'people who had been trying to do ' him wrong. "That morning about ! 12 o'clock we had paid off the hands ! together nnil 1 - -r, ?... * |(V?l uru tillll 111^ ibiothrr was awfully depressed. H<> would stand up and Raze about in an abstracted manner. He did not have a pistol that 1 knew ot'. The pistol he did the killing with was , mine. It was in my bureau drawer . when I left the house. There was another pistol somewhere in the house, in my mother's room I think." The testimony of Mrs. Edmund . Bigliam and her two little daughters who accompanied Mr. Bigharn in the , car away from the house just before I th0 shooting, tallied at every point .with that of Mr. Bigll&m. I There were some the scene ot : the shooting today who were in1 clined to doubt that Smile Bigharn " had done the wholesale killing 01 that he had killed himself. ' From the situation at the scenr of the shooting it is likely that Mrs. ' Black was shot first. From hei i I position In the room and the clean 1 (i.e?s of the bullet wound the slayer " | evidently crept into the room and ' shot her before she knew.it. It is thought that he then rushed down 'the stairs and met the mother at the Ixiok door on the piazza which connects the kitchen and dining k * room with the main house. There lie ".killed her and the youngest of the two children. The hoy's body was half way down the steps indicating that h?. was trying to escape. In tic meantime the other child evidently 1 had made his wry into the yard and 1 v as run down near a potato bunk at the rear of the kitchen. I)is ham was alio.: I IT, years old. li" ! was a son of the late State Senator L. S. Higham. who sc'vod several | terms mi the senate, rfoin T'loi i nee ' county. Higliam was a civil liter. Two 'V. (her S i.'vivt'. ! The only surviving member or ! ho l'.:;:ha:n ?': til l.ow :?v0 I .rimund 1 r.igham, who liv? . at the old home, and Dr. Cleveland Diyhniu. whoso ; wh? i eahotrs it. Mtkno'.vn. Dr. Hijr hpni was eonvited in the Ceorgetown county court evernl > nr u-^o ' 1' the murder of his we II,> was . ontenced to three year's imp iron ' ineiit in the penitentiary hut before ; he could br taken t?? prison jumped hist bond and has not been heard of ; inee. Tin Minoun' of tli? ? bond was i >'?O.OeO. The state of South Carolina has never been able to collect I ilio boil,) !llOne\ and tb<> mote.. ! r.cw in tlio hands of the attorney ' j general for - ettlement. l! is under stood that the Bigham estate is responsible for the money, all members of thp family having s igned the bond 'except. Mrs. J. tlogrin Cain, who died i rather suddenly during the influi en: u epidemic leaving a husband and one son. As a possible motive for I his deed yesterday it may be stated 'jtbat L. S. Bigham lias be< n suspected i of mutilating the county records for the. purpose of getting hold of the > estate lands. This matter is being investigated. It seems that about i the time Dr. Cleveland Bigham left Florence the Bighams transferred >j their interest in the estatp to the mte .Mrs. J. ISogan Cain, the only .'member of the family not on the r bond. : j All the deeds to the thousand or tin.ore acres of land hear her name. .J Since her death it is stat<'d that Bip)jhani has been attempting to pet a risettlement from her husband, who is >la dejuttj sheriff of this county, hut i the matter has not been closed. Sev ;cral pages have be? n torn from th<* [; deed hooks, the indexes indicating ?|tliat they relate to the Biphain lands, Ci.md in more th-.in one care the word 11 inp of the deeds where recorded in .'lonP hand has been crudely altered -'?o show that Mrs. Cain was entitled -J to only a half or a third Interest as -jthe case niipht be, in the certain ^ tracts referred to. The mutilation of ,'the court house records caused sombt thinp of a sensation and the matter : has been kept quiet, until absolute , evidence could be secured apainst K. j S. Bigham, /' 1 \ I ! \ X I XTKKKSTl V(? <>!.! I.KT'l'Kll. While Koinn through some pap? rs recentIj Senator IJethea came across an old letter dated March 12. is-io, which tiov. 11. K. li"?e?ran wrote to a friend in Williamsburg District introducing Dr. Allied H< lea, then a youiiK physician looking tor a localion. l?r. Alfred lUtlua was tli* KiMr.d lather of Senator iielhea Th?. letter is written in the literal." style of the day. ami while th?? inn;;.tape used is not as clear and pointed as that of (he present day, yet it is strone and forceful. The letter follows: Brownsville. Mareh 12. 184M. Dear Sir: ? The bearer hereof, my friend and relative, Doctor Alfred \V. Bethea, has at uiy instance determined to visit your section of the country with the view to the selection of a situation in which to locate himself for the practice of m< dicine. 1 have direct ed him to po at once to you, who 1 have assured him will with tb,- greatest pleasure give him such council in I the premises us he may with the most ! unquest ionublc certainty r? 1 > upon. Doctor Bethea is a nativ, ot Mar1 ion District, of the most xemplary | moral character and iogeth?-t with ; mind every way constituted ongiujally for the profession of his choic? I'he same has been well cultivated so far as application and opportuni'a r have been concerned, having attended the Medical Schools both of l'hiliadelphia and Charleston at the latter of which he graduated at its late ! commencement. ! Should veil deem it advisable that h,. should establish hi insult' in youi i vicinity, 1 huve advised him should it he convenient lor you to receive him, to live with you. 1 would say "more in behall of m> young friend, but a;- I design this t< be an open communication, delicacv forbids it. 1 will however add thi> much, that should the eirctimstnnees of tlu> country justify bis residence anionc you, I feel every confidence that you will be abundantly p!ease< with hint, not ony as a Physician, bin also us a gentleman. Myself and family have for sever ' al years enjoyed uninterupted gooc ' health, and after making proper til lowance for the unprecedented pros isure in the monetary affairs of tin country we are getting along in oui v/orldlv matters in u manner whicl i will not allow of much complaining 'i Remember me affectionately t? ! yenr family and assure them, and hi ' assured yourself, that I have not for gotton all your kindnesses 'o m< when 1 was a young stranger so jourhing among you. As respects the general doings ant movements in this section, Doctor 11 ' r*.;n detaill them more circumstant iniiv [run r ae very eircumseriuev ) i in it s ;ti my command would allow iv my attempting'. In conclusion, air acts of friendship which you m. y '> * pleased to ext?nd to m> fieri will l> gratefully icmeinhcivd and duly appreciated li. your old and eoninued friend and well wisher. B. K. Hen- nan. William J< hnson. i?-ur. 'n "V?;??;i- rat,* Ha l?len,,? The., pasi weel: has l)?*e:i a b v si at tho sheriff's offit \ Nuke lit idKi (>? > : .. Kiri ; and Kd Ki 1>. wh . . t M.. Hi. ur?i . .. . . >i 11'. 111 (i v urn ii' mi'- ;111r been arrested. rhe shcrifi le? ves tonight ior Amu i. . Fa., t b. " ; s i i(!ny '. > i!i,. Slv rift <>; !?- Sot. cotii actinp under v 1 *'" " fro . . !'r !ii?i:ii y . \or h I" be'd i ile :i ;s ! i f i n t ,.r: . 1 \ \\ . . : .1 t o ?' .i * :< in ;;ii! iiv, .11'_c trial at th nov r- i t li?- << . (: < \ 1 St sions. 'l b" sheriff arid rural police man sen filled the pret is* s < 1 rl> . \i"e finding stolen property H' < rr description, ton:'1 of u oos'l> j- \\ r> which was identified !M . K. H '* fin a.- .bo prop y of . l.ii'l 'lo- k i nsii v tni. . Only one liquor ground with iust about six inches of the top exposed, i A preliminary has not vet h< en 'Kid in the case upainst Pete. Hub lend Barney Stackhouse, Landau Breeden and Grady Blue for larceny. This ens,. involves the theft of four hales of cotton belonpinp to Mi s Mary Carmiehoel. This was the result of quick action on th0 part of the officers who recovered the cotton and made the arrests while the trail was hot. Robbers Active in Billon. A few niphts ago robbers made a raid on the store of Blum and Blumberg and secured merchandise valued at several hundred dollars, and last Thursday night they entered E. T. Elliott's gent's furnishinp store from t hp roar n nH mnrln flu-ov wilh oKnuf $1.00 worth of suits, hats, ties, and 'handbags. There Is no clue to the rob1 be re. i . 5?___? W KI.WT BLACKWELI, H!?AD OF 1'HAMHKK. Hiietlors in Alarum < ontemnlnte liuildinu I'otatto Curing House. i Marion, Jan. 14 At a meeting of the director* ol the Marion Chamber I i o' Coinnieive last night, J. Whilden | lJlackwt'll was elected secretary. Mr. illa.-kwell is a gmduate or "Ahe University of South Carolina and nig house which is being operated in r? a no.irbv town to secure infoiination v ?"> 011 tli,. project. The report of the ** ' membership eommitt* e canvassing r ?' for women members revealed that 33 women members have been added <0 / the list. ^ fwi'.wi kv < < >?'! t r Tii;, ? Named li> lie *j> in Toueli Willi - .. ?' . V * i KliX Jj tiiul to advice with the finance com. lisittee of the Senate and Hous^ with regard to taxation from time to time. The committee appointed is as follows: J. Arthur Banks, St. Matthews; C. P. Hodges. Brownsville; Andrew J. I>othen. Colunibfa; A V. Snell. Charleston; J. H. Manning. . Lalta; J. S. M< Ken/do. Bannockburn; nd \V. A liahhs Mavesville. A member ot tin committee stated tonight thai th0 committee realized tin imperative need Tor tax reforms i:: South Carolina and would use tl.eir influence to this end MUL\ IN-! \CKSON. On Sunday morning at nine o'clock .Miss .Margaret .Melviti, eldest datigh( ter ot Mrs. S. P. Melvin and Mr. Owen , W. Jackson, were very quietly mar" tied at the home of the bride. ,I The liousp wag a scene of simplicity and beaufy, the hall being decorated in ever green and pot plants j At the center of the hull an arch was ioriued under which the cer? inony was performed. At the strains et the I v. edding inarch played by Mrs. Will . .Mel,in, sist'r of the bride. Miss l.i.uise Moore, the only attendant elite tad. ' Kn-ni an adjoining room the bride , and groom ontered together and took their stand before the improvised al- I ter. As the cereuion> wait perloruu 1 j In I/... !> ? v . >? ; . I Ji > I I Wild Rose" was played softly. Fhe bride was ver; be o i at- 1 l . . . ! I ' ; V t .. ! . f'? n.atrh. j...1.1 i i ntoi.y : ? li l?I > ? ) . t >> i) (i a .\l M ' .1 . I In. :.t? !" in-; u 1 j !:;? hv ! no v. a <-:.i ! n h hii. I'in*.. In ( < :t i' n - Wi t'li ( . . : : . a :ul \ir. niaw . . n "i i.i .L-ticonvtit of I. .. . r.'iiir. Mai iai:? it i . i t{ ' ;*l Oliv< i in i 'il! li r T? 'Ph. . .la uoarj ? j -'!;, i"J1( t) wit: the marriage of i,<- I'laudla K o.nui'h ?-i of 1 M'.-. Willi" Hop rs, to Mi Ke'ix V. avlcy Tr"sco?. Pallas, Texas. Just be ar" ii c :?i..on> little "v'is-.s Hums mr;.' "I Love Yen." LitMisa McCi >ud wa .g lean r. The cg- oniony wa. peri a: ie.1 by l r. Watson II. Duncan. / Miss Itopri rs has been a te n her Tur 1 onio time ami has a host of friends 2 not only in Di'a.i. but in ot(in parts A of the state Mv Tresc.ot bit? posi- D tion in tlie railroad with ne.idouarters at Dallas, Texas. H J The best wn lies of a host of friends go with the happy young couple. The 1 couple went through the eountty to . Lattn where they boarded the train I for their bridal trip. Fork. I This eontniunity hat been inrxpres- I Isibly saddened by the death of Mrs. ^ Kffie Rtila Moody. She was the datigh I tor of Alfred and I.?".rra Owens. She was born at Fork December ?rd. ilk?)"). In early life she was received into the church and ever remained a ,true and faithful member. On the _ii ii oi March. 1M6, she was happily m.vrifd to Van H Moody 'IP '1ms r.rirn w: ? born thr p children, 'we. pills and nrp hoy It scorned that their van; n happy lives Were Messed ^ "i !'.ut d<-ath t : I in -his home and * ' took this nrecloua mother en the 14th 1 of January, 192.1. In F'dons field en ''st.*rday before .1 ihc sun arns<>, God. mint have lost ' along tHf* way a diamond from his I icrown, and Iviving -.arched each I fragrant slope, and e\erv flowered t ( iglenn, lie must have given up all ' hone of finding it again. For -nddonly He turned apart, nnd took the richest gen among the jewels of our I hearts, to grace his diadem.