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FAMILY ALMOST WIPBD OUT. Story of tlio Horrible Murders Near 1'amlico, This State. Florence. Jan. 10.-Discovery to day of tho bodies of Jive members of the Ulginuli family revealed that the entire family, living about live miles from I'amllco, in the southeastern pori of Florence county, was wiped out some time yesterday afternoon, a total of five persons being killed. L. S. Highnm. aged about -15 years, is thought to have shot and killed bis mother. Mrs. M. M. ltigham. aged 110; his sister. Mrs. Marjorie A. Black, uged and the latter's two adopted children. Leo. McCracken, aged 9, and John McCracken, aged 5. Alleged family troubles in which an estate valued at about $7.">,0 00, was at stake, is reported to have been thc causo of tho tragedy. H. S. ltigham has not been ofii cially charged with the crime, as the coroner's jury will not make a re port for about two weeks, but the theory is that he was the murderer and a suicide. The father of L. S. ingham was the late Senator Dignam, and the family is a prominent one in the county. All of those who lost their lives were evidently killed instantly ex cept Mrs. Dignam, the man's mother, who lived a few moments, and the oldest child, who died at f> o'clock this morning. The tragedy took place at tho old Dignam home five miles from Pamplico, Florence county, and 2? miles from this city. After slaying all within the home at the time, it is alleged, Blgham went deep Into the woods surround ing the place and fired a bullet into his own brain. When his body was found at noon to-day his right hand still grasped the pistol, lt was stated hy the physician who examined the body that Blgham had been dead for mero than 12 hours. The murdered persons were all shot in the head, the bullet in each case entering Just beneath the tem ples. None was shot more than once, although two balls that had. miss 3d their mark were found near the back door. The large pistol used by Big ham still contained an unexploded cartridge, which Indicates that the man reloaded his weapon. The Blgham home is more than half a mile distant from any neigh boring house No ono could ba found to-day who bad heard any shoot ?UK . bout thia place. day and passed from room \o room viewing the dead. The sight wa?" a ghastly one. On a bed in a down stairs room lay the aged mother ami the youngest child, their facei cov ered with blood, in the ad)ointnp room the oldest of the child. en lay on a bed, where he died at .", o'clock this morning, and beside him the body of Bingham was placed when the searchers returned with it to-day. I'p-stairs in tho room she usually oc cupied was die body of Mrs. Mar jorie Black, the oldest sister of Big ham. lt lay on the lloor, just in front of the dresser, l'util late this after noon, when the coroner's Jury com pleted the taking of evidence, the bodies were undisturbed. The jury will defer for about two weeks the rendering of their ver dict, preferring to walt further de velopments and the hearing of any other evidence that may come to lite surface. Not Known for Some Time. Although the tragedy is said to have occurred at 3.30 o'clock yester day afternoon, it was late last night before word of it roached Florence county officials, and they immediate ly sent out dispatches asking officers In other towns to watch out for Big ""California Syrup of Figs" Child's Best Laxative Ghastly Ono. gathered during : ti Accept "California" Syrup of Figs only- look for the nanto California on tho package, then you aro sure your child ls having the best and most harmless physic for the llttlo stomach, liver and bowels. Children lovo its fruity taste. Full directions On each bottle. You must say "Cali iornia."-adv. ham. First reports of the tragedy were conflicting, duo to the fact that it waa impossible to secure telephone und telegraph communication with Tamplico last night, and it was not until to-day that the facts became known. Uigham's brother, Edmund Big ham, had loft tho house with his family in an automobile at 3.10 in the afternoon. Ho returned front a short visit to a neighbor's house lu about lib minutes, and found his mother staggering toward the retad. Mo jumped front bis car. but the aged woman died ainu?-! bef?te be ' reached her. Others happened to j drive by the house at thal time, and when they bore the body of Mrs. Bighnm Into tho house they saw evi dences of blood on the tloor and be gan an investigation, which revealed the slaughter of three others. At the coroner's inquest to-day Ed mund Bighnm testified that ho had been away from the house only about 20 minutes. He had left his brother standing in the yard. He had been acting strangely for several weeks according to the testimony of Ed mund Bighnm, but did not appear tc be any more depressed yesterday than usual. "When I got into the car with m> family to go to PampliCO," Edmund Bigham testified, "I left my mothet and sister and the children at theil various occupations and play. As fat as I know, there had been no qttar rellng during the day. Instead ol going straight to Pamplico, 1 wen up tho road to see Bob Foxworth foi a minute. As we came back we saw mother stagger out of the yard, then turned ?md caught a glimpse o: Smilie turning into the woods almos In a run. He had his right hand U] toward his breast as if he had some thing in lt, I)ut 1 did not see any pis toi. My mother died as we were Car rying her into the house. T. n. (?ar risen and Hoyt Bostick had como ttl In the meantime . 1 called my sister I Mrs. Marjorie Black, but she did no answer. Finds Voungest Child. "I then went out on the back pi a/.za and found John McCracken, th youngest child, dead there. My ino titer's cap was also on the lloor Jus by the back door, and there wa blood all about. 1 believe my mothc and the child were shot on the pinzz and that she tried to get Into th road for help. "We 'lion . Un ted (. v.<)k for ni sister and tho otiter child it wa.-: a most duvk, probably ?>v" hours a tlc wo rev ohed home, (hat we foti nd Mt Black dead in her room up-stairs. "Later some one found the chili Leo McCracken, oj) a pile of stra1 behind a potato bank, out In th yard. He was still alive. We calle Dr. Boston ?is soon as possible. Th boy died about ."? o'clock this mon ing. lt is evident that the hov wa running when he was shot." Mr .Bigham could not say why th room of Mrs. Black was not searche sooner. "It just happened so," h said, "that wc did not think abott it." Some one had asked him to go Ul stairs, but he just did not do it. Mi Bigham also declared that his br< thor had been in financial trouble and had often spoken of them. Tw years ago. while he was postmastc at Or um, he was charged with shor age. There had always been a que, tion about this and it had never bec settled. He had also spoken of ce tain people who had been trying I do him wrong, he said. "That morning about 12 o'clo( wc had paid off the hands togethe and I noticed that my brother w; awfully depressed. He would star up and gaze about In an abstr?ete manner. He did not have a pist thal 1 know of. The pistol he did tl killing with was mine, and was in n bureau drawer when I left hom There was another pistol somewhe in the house-itt my mother's root I think." The testimony of Mrs. Bdmui Bighnm and her two little daughlei who accompanied Mr. Bigham in tl car away from the house just befo the shooting, tallied at every poi with that of Mr. Bigham. There were some at the scene the shooting to-day who were i dined to doubt that Smilie Higha had done the wholesale killing thal he had killed himself. All the evidence which could be foil) to-day. however, pointed toward hi as the murderer and suicide. Tl complex situation in which the Bi ham estate has been involved for tl pas I year or two gave rise to t doubts expressed by some of the pe pie living in the community, Killed Mrs. Black First. From the situation at the scene the shooting it ls believed that t murderer shot Mrs. Black first. Frc the cleanness of the bullet wound evidently crept Into the room ai snot her before she even knew his presence, li i., thought that t man then rushed down tho stairs ai met Mrs. Bighnm, his mother, ?it t back door on tho p'.azsa, which con nects the kiichcn and dining room with the mn in house. There he shot hoi* and tho youngest , ot tho two children. Tho boy':* body was hall way down tho slop.-, indicating Hutt he was trying lo cac po. ':: the mean time- tho other chin! evidently liad made his way to Hu yard and was run down, being overtaken near a p?talo bank nt the rear of the kind on. From all that can bo gathered Dignam must have immediately ht: . led himself in the thick woods a milo from thc bouse, where ho look Ui own life. Dighain was about 10 years ol' ago. Ile was unmarried. He was a son of tho late State Senator L. S. Bigham. who served several terms in the Sen ate from Florence county. Bigham was a civil engineer. The only surviving members of the big-i ham family now are Edmund big ham. who lives al the old home, and ; Dr. Cleveland Blgham, whose where abouts is unknown. Dr. Blgham was | convicted In the Georgetown county I court several years ago of tho mur der of his wife. He was sentenced lo three years' imprisonment in the pen itentiary, but before he could bc ta ken to prison, jumped his bond and has not been heard of since. The amount of the bond was $10,000. Bond Still Uncollected. The State of South Carolina has never been able to collect the bond money, and the matter is now in the hands of the Attorney General for settlement, lt is understood that the Bigham estate is responsible for the money, all the members of the fam ily having signed the bond except Mrs. J. Hogan Cain, who died rather suddenly during the Influenza epi demic, leaving a husband and one son. As a possible motive for his doed yesterday it may be stated that L. S. Bigham had been suspected of mutilating the county records for tho purpose of getting hold of the estate lands. This matter is being investi gated. It seems that about the time Dr. Cleveland Blgham left Florence the Bighams transferred their Inter ? est in the estate to the late Mrs. I. I Bogan Cain, the only member of the family not on the bond. AH the deeds to the thousand or more acres of land hear her name. Since her death, it is stated, big ham had been attempting to gd a settlement from her husband, wlo ls a deputv sheriff nf this countv hut tho matter had never been rifted. ?Several pages have been tori, from' tke deed "nookJ. tho lridexcs^&l?,nt :r;g, it ls said, that t ,. v relate tc ?hi Bigham lands, and it Is also said that in more than one case the wording of the deeds, where the record is in long hand, has been crudely altered to show that Mrs. Cain was entitled to only half or ti third interest as the case might be in the certain tracts referred to. The mutilation of the court house records caused some thing of a ' .tatton, and the matter has been being kept quiet until ab solute evidence could be secured. CASC?RETS 'They Work while you Sleep* All shot to pieces"? You are bil ious, constipated! You feel head achy, full of cold, dizzy, unstrung. Your meals don't lit- breath is bad. skin sallow. Take Cascareis to-night for your liver and bowels and wake up clear, energetic and cheerful. No griping- no inconvenience. Children love Cascareis, too. 10, li."?, .",(.) cents. - adv. State Directors Must Approve. Washington, Jan. 20.- To lessen (he possibility of abuse of liquor per mits, Prohibition Commissioner Kra mer directed lo-day (hal all appli cations for new permits or renewal of old permits lo sell liquor at whole sale, or to use lt in the manufacture Of alcoholic preparations, must be approved by State direr lois and su pervising Federal prohibition agents. Heguiations requiring similar ap proval of applications for permits for retail druggists also will bo issued soon. Mr. Kramer anounced. "lt <la important." the commis sioner said, "that di odors and su pervising agents co-operate to the fullest possible extent In this mader, as it is fell that by securing their joint recommendations on applica tion for permits of this nature, the possibilities of issuing of permits to persons who will abuse the privileges conferred thereby will be very ap preciably reduced." Boasted dandelion roots arc used as a substitute for coffee in some par's of Europe YOU CAN'T DODGE IT I Once in Awhile i our Blood Clogs und Vom* Vitality Runs Duwil. TUKN ?A.;;: ?1?:?'TG?.?.AXGA.\. . You'll I lei: rp Alcuin Oulckly, with i... l<i lieu! i.;..:!?<! v {tu ( .< -, Physicking nowadays lake blood lest when you arr run-down. They count tho rod corpuscles in your blood. If I hose uro too few they give you a tonic for your blood. ?1 ban nons right along. They aro always OH tho lookout tor indication.-; of weak blood. Why? Because they know when your Idood is weak your resistance to disease is low. Your vitality and energy quickly run down. You can tell when your blood i.s weak. You look pule, feel tired. You are not 111. but you don't feel right. You don't want to do things. That is tho time to take the well-known tonic, Pepto-Mangan. Pepto-Mangan builds red blood cor puscles. Physicians have prescribed lt for thirty years. Pepto-Mangan ls sold in liquid and tablet form. The medicinal value ls exactly the same. Take either kind you prefer. Hut be sure you got the genuine Pepto-Mangan - "Glide's." The full name, "(ludo's Pepto-Man gan," should be on the package.--ad. ?IM* TO (JIV 10 WOMEN RIGHTS. Representative Supp Introduces Hill for Changes in Present l<mv. Columbia, Jan. 21.-A bill to con fer on the women of the State thc right to vote in all elections was In troduced yesterday in the House of Representatives by Representative Claude N. Sapp, of Columbia. This makes the laws of the State of South Carolina conform to the recently rat ified nineteenth amendment. The new bill would allow all wo men over the age of 21 years to vote in all elections, on their complying with the provisions of the constitu tion dellning the rights of qualified electors for men. The bill would also make the same disqualifications ap-1 nly to the women as to the men. The bill will bo consid? . < ,i by the Jud' . ; ;. .< m ml Hon >.( tho Houao bofoi geti ou tho calendara '"r 11 Vf,ti;' b<it the ?ooo?sa of its passage la not doubted. Wages KIHI Higher (lum in Itt 18. Washington, Jan. 20. A depart ment of labor table published to-day 1 said that if the maximum wage cut of 22% pei* cent so far reported from any cotlon mill were applied gene rally in the industry to the 1920 scales, it would leave an hourly wage 2.5 timi's as high as prevailed in 1013, or 1.1 times as high as in lit 18. Th 1920 liguro8, the table showed, were 3.6 times as high as 1913 and 1.8 times as high as in HHS. At the same time, the average full-time week for male frame spinners in 1020 was 50.7 hours as compared to 59.4 In 1917 and fit?.9 in 1913, and for female frame spinners 51.8 hours in 1920 as compared to 61.0 In 1917 and 57.8^1 n 1913. Columbia to Fight Crooks. Columbia, Jan. 20.-A resolution adopted to-day at a meeting of the Minute Men of Columbia, a business men's organization, witli the chief of police, tho county .slier I ff and the chief of military police al Camp Jackson, gives notice that Columbia will not consent to be a dumping ground for criminals driven from other cities in the crime wave now prevalent, and that vagrants or poi sons without visible means of sup port must either go to work, or to jail, or leave the city al once. Maintenance for National Highway. Columbia. a.In. 20.- The national highway passing from the North Car olina line through Sparlanburg and Greenville and adjoining counties to Hie Georgia line was taken over yes terday by the Slate Highway Depart ment for continuous maintenance. A resolution to this effect was adopted by Ibo State Highway Commission. This highway is l."0 miles long and is the first complete highway to be taken over for maintenance. Wealthy .Mun Died on Train. Chicago, Jan. 2 1.--Samuel Kahn, GI years old, a wealthy stove manu facturer of Cincinnati, Ohio, was found dead in his berth when a train arrived at Chicago this morning. Mr. Kahn had been ill for several months and was on his way to California lo seek benefit for his health. Blasphemy was punished with death by the law of Moses. Here's Y?i Progressive Farme $1.00 year, The KeoweeCourie $1.00 year, Either paper well \ Price of Both. C MYSTERY HIDES THE IDENTITY Of Woman Killed in Columbia-Be lieved to bo from SparUuiburg. Columbia, .ian. li). - Korney C.; Houknigbt, a young white man, Moai-1 day committed suicide after having killed Mrs. Clara Graham al the, home where Mrs. Graham was stay ing, in Assembly stree: .Mrs. Graham's identity has not yoi ' been definitely established, but at ] the inquest one witness testilled that j she was from Roebuck, Spa nan btu g | county. She was about 25 years old. She had come to Columbia since Christmas, and the people with whom she was boarding declared they knew but very little about her. Witnesses testidcd that they had heard that Mr. Bouknight had threatened to shoot .himself if Mrs. Graham refused to marry him. The young man was employed hy the Masters sporting goods store in Columbia. Ile went to the home and ? I called Mrs. Graham into thc hall, i saying he wanted to tell her good I bye. As she stepped from the door of ; uer rom ii" shot her tu* . , mt bul let entering tlu head ai <i tho othor the chest. Me tamed 'ho pistol nu himself and sont a nullet into his right tem ple. The two were rushed to the Bap j tist Hospital, but both died in a few minutes after arriving there. The inquest verdict was that the j wounds from the hands of Bouk night, and that Bouknight died of self-inflicted wounds. The shooting caused much talk in this city, following so closely on the tragedy at the Dignam farm, near Pampllco, in which five members of the family were killed. To Stop a Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALING HONEY, a cough medicine which stops the cough by healing the inflamed and irritated tissues. A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Croup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES* HEALING HONEY. The salve should be nibbed on the chest and throat, of children suffering from a Cold or Croup. The healing effect of Haye?' Healing Honey In side the throat combined with thc healing effect ot Grove's O-Pen-Trate Salvo through tho pores of the skin soon stops a cough. Doth remedies are packed In one carton and the cost of thc combined treatment is 35c. Just ask your druggist for HAYES' HEALING HONEY. .Many Hoblers of Permita. Greenville, .lan. li?.-Of the 458 druggists, dentists and others in South Carolina who last year wore issued permits to keep liquor, 420 have already made application for 1 ill! 1 perm i ls, and these have been approved hy the State prohibition en forcement olllcor, Major Wm. I1'.Rob ertson, whoso headquarters aro in Greenville. Tho great majority of tho holders of permits are druggists. Take Dodson's L Tlere's my guarantee! Ask youi druggist for a bottle of Dodnon'i Liver Tone and take a spoonful to night. If it doesn't start your livei and straighten you right up bette than calomel and without griping o: making you sick I want you to gi Chance For Both For 12 Months worth Combination )rder yours now. PUSHING. "HU Y NOW" SLOGAN. Georgia Business Men Fool that Timo Is Hipo to "Desuni? lousiness." Allanta, (Ja., Jan. 21 - "Buy Now ' is Hie slogan in many Atlanta estab lishments and with many people. Lo cal merchants, more than ever be fore, are advising that every one buy now the things they need. Just al present, according to the close observers in business circles, the wheels of commerce are sluggish, business is dull and people are hesi tating. "Sn long as we deliberately culti vate this spirit Hiere will be a con tinuance of these things, and as soon as we open up and forget, things wl?* promptly right themselves.'- said a prominent Atlanta business man to day. Thc "Muy Now" campaign is at tracting attention in numerous places. As pointed out by those who are pushing the movement, buying now tho things that one needs wonts both ways: lt gives the people now the things they need now; it opens u)i tho trade lines and will :?O: the wheel., of manufacture In motion, which ii? lorn will star! com mon o to booming in many directions. lo buy now, as one morella nt- ex^-' plains, one does not have to rush out and buy recklessly or extrava gantly. That, he says, is just what is not wanted. Hut to go out. he says, and buy the things that one re ally needs- all doing this will start something and all things. According to Atlanta merchants, buying now the things the people need will empty the shelves of the retailer, send him to the jobber and manufacturer for more stocks, start the manufacturer to producing, and that will mean buying Hie raw mate rial-cotton and other necessities and start cars carrying merchandise all over the country. If all Georgians and Southerners were to start to-day and buy the things that they need now, there would be no such thing as depres sion anywhere of any kind, say the business men of Atlanta. "The way to do this ls for us to go do lt our selves," said a passing citizen who overheard the conversation between a group of merchants and the corres pondent who is writing this story. Habitual Constipation Cure?? in 14 to 21 Hays "LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is >\ specially prepared SyrupTonic-Laxative for ll ilutual Constipation. Ii relieves^ promptly but should bc taken regularly for M lo 21 days te induce regular acci?n. It Stimulates and Regulates. Very Pleasant to ? ncr bottle. Harrington St. Patrick drove? the snakes out of Ireland. Carrington Hut wasn't tho amendment declared unconstitution ;. 1 ? iel is a dangerous drug, lt is -quicksilver; and attacks your Take a dose of nasty calomel to you will feel weak, sick and nau omorrow. Don't lose a day's -iver Tone" Instead! r back to tho store and get your money. ? Tnko a spoonful of harmless, vego-' . table Dodson's Liver Tone tonight and r wake up feeling great. It's perfectly r harmless, so give it. to your children r any time. It can't salivate, ao let ?) them eat anything afterwards.