The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, January 17, 1920, Image 1
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The Florence Daily
\ THE LATEST ASSOCIATED DISPATCHES
26th Year.
Florence, S. C. Monday Aftcrnogn, January 17, 1921.
$6.00 a year.
FIVE DEAD IN THE I WELFARE BOARD
BIGHAM TRAGEDY! VISITS ASM
ASK LEGISLATURE P.V0 CANDIDATES CHARGE KATIOHAL
TO INVITE SAPIRST ANNOUNCE FOR THE GUARD SOLDIERS
L. S. Bigham Supposed to Have Slain
Mother, Sister, Two Adopted
Children and Himself.
FINOS QUARTERS FOR NEGROES I
SHOCKINGLY INADEQUATE. |
RECOMMENDATIONS. ^
FROM SOVIET RUSSIA
FLORENCE CHAMBER OF COM-
; MERGE TAKES MATTER UP
WITH SENATOR. G. D. BAKER
WITH LYNCHING
<, 4 »•, 4. 4. .j. 4< cupations, unci the childien at play
❖ Then* \T<*ro no dovolopmenta'«I*| as far a a I know there had hc'jn nt.
♦ today in th > l.l^nain +| q U a r r?Hug during the day. Inst >a i o< 1 tfoV t for the entire year
Coroner Snuth is Etlll at going 6tia!ght to Pamplieo 1 went up Stpc.oi. , i
£ ® c9 j e ;... J 1C . ur T.. .. ias . 1 the road to see Bob Foxwortb f ir l 1 The r°:v>rt refers io rhe T^crraiim -
As v.e came back we
(Wyatt a. Taylor) United Sta cs Claim That; i n the interest of improving the 1 Cothran and Rucker Aspire Eleven Members of Alabama
i Columbia, ajn. it.—Report of itsj Country Has No Sov- ! marketing conditions of south Caro- 1 To Place of Late Jus- Company Lodged in
!Xrl.‘ , S : “.w!c l wdw I 'by‘S| ereign Sights There. ds.u-ui-.uru product,. tt,e nor ticeHydrick. jail.
' state Board cf public Welfare, fol I J Char.ibor of Commerce today j '
, lowing its inspection cf the instltn- LANGD PN INCIDENT, wired Senator !). Gordon Baker, re LEGISLATURE ELECTS WEST CONFESSES
i tion recently. i ' euesting that he and the Florence j i
^ntV.oTre fo^Text of Am erican Note Has;cownty dHesation exert their infill Ail Interesting Race is Fore-Driver of Taxi Swears He
State Hospital SC.CS eenia to care foi
a patient per day last year. The pe: j
j'’arira cost to the ftate of each r.a -
1020 was,
Not, ■ den Made
•ublic.
once to nave
general assembly;
Cast According to Pres
ent Indications.
Drove Soldiers to
a.
scene.
♦ rendering a verdict pending the +, n )j uut ."
♦ securing of additional testimony. ♦:
♦ It is stated that the Jury will ♦
♦ make a thorough investigation, ♦
♦ and that it will not report for ♦
♦ two wesks. It la understood that <«
♦ this investigation Is being made ♦
♦ in the light especially of the bo- ♦
<• lief on the part of some that L, ♦
♦ Bigham. whose body was found
♦ in the woods apparently a buI-♦, ..g he safd Sra me ^ Klsot me. or
mother stagger out of the yard.”
*T then turned and caught a gl. r.y.a-.
of Smilie (L. S. Bigham) turnin'.:
to the woods almost in a run. H-
had his right hand up toward hi.
breast as if he bad something ia i:
but l did not see any pistol. .My ; o '
Vckio, Jan. r
a: features of tb<» hospital manage have not yet
meat, athletic sports, dtuicis. moving nib Anvericat':
■ l *■;r,-'-, eo};eorts. rbec!:e*r..
t ’ml, and baseha’l. Th« patient? are
r i«o r’v»n u? aul eccupatien, and,
f.i'Out 3:, per o.’”t of them are re ington not on 1
’ r d mvcially, Ll'.roii;;iT the O'
\ and recreation. There arc r
Columbia, Jan. 17.—Already th?. Birmingham, Jan. 17.—Eleven mem-
invite Mr. Aaron Sapiro to addreso
that body relative to marketing plans
Cov'rnment oOcials 1 and legislation, 'l ie association also 1
;, p.jt-iJc tb.e trxt or wired the Spartanburg Chamber o! ’rames of two candidates have b e:-, hors of Company M, Alabama Xatlon-
protest against the C iunrerce, retiirsting that it join the adva ,, ccc i by friends for election to.al Guard, .are in jail here today charg-
,)rarr shooting of Lt . truant Langdon. Rub-' on the Supremo bench inado|cd with lynching William Baird, a
with guaranty* •..■moving the prona- any movement to have the .assemblylent legislature.
, bility of simil in-idents in the fu-, Invite Mr. Raplro to address If
, ^v. - — v * i * - i it'» j' nv.s/**. * * a \ , i A • • • . Ill *.*“
er aied as we wore carrying her lute i I'glors services every Sunday, h, ,ure > but aisw again pointed oiit to. This action was at the irstanr'c of
N'd.f.'Li 17,nineri’.L’ndont, Dr. 0. E J'fP^n the \\L
. withdrawing
♦ of the dead women, last week ♦
♦ made her will leaving all of her ♦
♦ property to L. S. Bigham. The ♦
♦ coroner’s Jury is composed cf I*. ♦
♦ A. Hyman, Jr., D. T. Font ere. P. ♦
♦ E. Kirven. J. A. Dobson. F. P. *
♦ Swann, II. \V. Lewis. •?'
♦ + ♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦ I
I then wont cat on the back piazza.a* "at'raeavo ii; annearance and elfi
and found John McCracken, t' ! - 1
ie'ert in orraneemelt as a congieai’te
youngest chile!, dead there. My troth ,i n titution could reascnably expect to
er’s cap war, also on the floor just by be.”
the back door and there was blood i Th” report snvs that the one build
all about. I b r ''icve my mother and;jpg that doe r , net ve r rone unto iTieiii ^
] the child w-rn .’hot on the p'azsa and | oypoctatlons ?- the Thompson build
that rhe tried to get into the road inr. f^r negro irrmntes.
Temporarily Insane from brooding! fo ‘\ h . elp \ , , . ., Th® hoard reeon.n-.mds that more
„ , , ... , ,We t’mn sfcrtsd to ) ;o:c for mv rro*‘o’is{o’’rl bele h- emoinved r.f is-
. , suier are me o ne, f. .ui. it v ..s „i , n-sni!r,l. Tnric arc now 17 nn-so-
tered by family troubles in which ar^at dark, probably two hows afte: 133 o^endrn's, in rare cf the
estate worth probably $7fj,CG0 is a; ] we reached homo .that we found Mr "ijy) jn<-ntai!y d’--eased patients. TV
stake. L. S. Bigham Saturday after dead in the ur.sVrs room. La heepita! has in recent years found i‘
ler some one found the child, IiCf jdifTrult to get nur c- ard attondvita j( . ( . ,
- and ennfortahle nnnrtcr® ’
was still alive. We celled Dr. Posifrr the negro patients. “ShorVinglv
ton as soon as possible. The boy; inndeonate" are the neiro qunr'e-s at' Keen r> '.rV •
died about five o’clmk tliis morninr ’,tho Hospital and also at the State ^
Mr. Bigham could not say why the‘park, says the report . ro,n. ....t.ees 1
room of Mrs. Black was not searched] TJ , rt r! ; pr>rt of . ho ’j-oard also sug J Pr ° ' U
sooner. Tt Just happened .«o_ he _said that the state provide a ward'^k
omr 1 rt the state hosnital for psychopaths. ' There hn-i
Bigham. jeno had naked him to go up stairs Tt r „f Prs to psyeboraihs as a n-naae!
All were evidently killed instantly i hu* he just did rot do it. Mr. Big I to good order, for they enter into rb i
Heists expres... a belief that Wash-, w . Long,' director of extensfou/stat j vacant by the death of Associate Jus- miner, at Jasper Thursday night. Tae
n ked for reparaima ^ing that the associaticn joined him in lice Hydrick, to bo f iled by the pres-, soldiers, five 1 o::<onimissioned cill-
jeers an dsix privates, were arrosten
The two candidates are Speaker:last nisht after Leslie West, a taxi
of reducing, if not Mr. T . Benton'Yonnffrdistrict“Iem^ Thcou ' 13 P ’. C5thran ’ tf lIie Greenville driver, is said to have made a com-
1;together her ti’oopn onstration agent of the extension scr 1 d. i-gation in tiie House of Represi'n- pletc confcsion of the pa.t he took
she possesses vi c0> who received a wire UTs morn datives, and Prof. E. Marlon Rucke* and named, the soldiers. West is raid
which sne j n or f,-om Dr. Long asking for this co ; 0 £ j a w school at th- l mverslty. !* ( > have conressod that he drove on*
power. oporat'on to this end. Florence and i |j id h men have good qualifications two cars the soldiers used. Bairc
Sr)arta r biirg are leading the mov- f or t i 1P jer ticeship, and an interesting was In jail awaiting trial for killing
1 nv-nt because Mr. fiapiro spoke rnK 1 race will be witnessed, it is thought. Private Jauv's Morris, of Company M, ,
rt. these two p’aces in South Caro ! prof, iaicker is a native of Antler- after Morris shot and killed Daird's
Unit. j son county, lie has sat on the gu-■ ather-in-law.
1 Mr. San! 10 pmde a most profound 1 pram ' bjnch as special Justice in a. _ _ ^
imp’-’sefon in Florenee. as he is r- Inumber tf instances. Birmingham. Jan. 17.—l our non*
’’orted also to hu-'a done in Fru’dan- { cormnissioRied ofllcors and three pr*-
J nrr. He It ntt.yrner for 14 of th.e.T A'ni'PQ r rO T-IT7 T P vales of Company M., Alabama. Nat*
Biggest r”i most, successful grower • • 5 a fr^TTrerp. tional Guard were bcld in ,h - • T?ffor '
STATE SUDS:'* FOR 1 f -21 WILL BE o'mui”—Cve selling organizations on! WITH BANQUET son county jail here last night in cen-
SUE: TED DURING the Parlfic coast n-d is rare,] nre-e-'i ’ — ' jnection with the lynching of AVilliam
, "I ! Ci vVEE 1C. Juent. on t v, e stibi^et of co-op'’rafive• WOMAN’S AUXILIARY OF AMER1- Ba id, a. Jasper, last Ihursuaj morn-
marketfrc of agricultural products.
CAN LEGION TO HOLD MEET
ING THIS EVENING.
noon, according to best information
and belief, shot his mother, his sis
ter, the laitor’s two adopted children,
and then shot a bullet crashing
through his own brain.
The di-au are, airs. m. M. Bigham.
Mrs. Marjorie a. Black, Loo McCrack
en ana jonn McCrackon, and L. S.jGiat we did no' think about it.
McCracken, on a pile of straw behind! The board also recommends more
a potato bank out ’n Ibc yard. Heiadeomte
(WyiH /g Taylor.) ^ | j„-.t row the assemble i* debited
Coluinola, Ji 1*. ■ ■ 'U’.ocj of tc ’ v.-!tb multiiudee of rertotFs prsuosat- —
u’. r.ir.g t > Con'.mluii f or ro en r ra , l r >rr marketing lecislatlon | In aeeordanc • will
1 no s.cond week ot rr row fa’low bss bis own M a a. andiment previously mad
. session that piom-.jj. to ji ,n naerouPlv acaiust a ,,! ‘- < m
I in many resp mts. >omers. ' So that no one reoms to 1 the
; legisla
; LbiF afrernoo
! the U'21 ses;
ing.
Arrest of the soldiers followed tea-
timony before Judge Horace C. W:t-
tin a-’uounce- kinson, special investigator, by a pry
Fr-d H sex-1 vate i:1 tbe company. Neither the na«
Post No. 1 will give a supper at ture of tha soldier’s statement nor--
Central Hot?! on Wndncslay even- identity was.
Bigham homo live miles fiom Pam IGicre had always been a quer.Go
lico. Florence county, and twenty-five,;^ 11 tb ‘ 8 * *“ d -£ |’ rd n . ft , vcr f 0 '- 1 ** - - --- ,»» .. uuxuur-. mc«
miles from this city. itud. Ho ai.-.o .1 id •pokui of rvila.! q or ; a ; a « ( | rnontnl rcartio:’;; lo the or , s utative Brandott. of
Dcop.c W.10 had been trj.ng to do ■ihbjnlnnry conditions of Ufe. XT'* is no* f bad a resciutlon limiting
lu'-hir Jrn
T T ern” Lewis
• ■“ * * •' . . . •• - £wvt;i iu.i 'm«u i mf nv,i>l .. ...
Ice hoard Beys teat. - psychopaHi • i (veul; wrs marked by the introduction . .
•* person li’:* has elironic nduornret n e - .... - ..*> tent ton or tee
revealeds Every
is this evening, the! t.„ ow w p pt f.. rri „ r ^ rnn !]v. wan j , ing, January Hi, at 8:30 o’clock, sharp member of Company M was questioned
morning at 11. i q eFr , t , p ,,' tftrtn MaimlP” to b-icomplinentary to ex-service men. The *»' the investigating officers yesterday,
k of the session has.jp,^ r ^ f prn ,’ f , rp rbsrnpioulnr ;m-mbers of the Pont and their guests| as wall as a number of civilians who
Inly by organisation.^,; d , ?r , a ^ n Those ncreon S w-hc! will assemble at the American Legion, ^"ide In the neighborhood where ttxm
'■.e two houses havintr ”, c- Pr| t rn h,jf PV0 i lub rooms on the Etccond floor of the ; ljncll * ns ° cclir! Springer,
and their chairmen j,,7^," „ r \ "TJ.ip- Burringrr bulldimr, and will leave' <> f the detachment who-wa.
TK, acM-or, , S ^
, ru v ’^ K""** benefit to Fouth Carolina ; “ •‘ ot u ‘'/’ A ‘ wom : n v ..o crn in r o nrr°F,ted la«t night
n i oticeable trend ot . Ithe service are specially invited, as i _ ... . ^
■Mon thus far. Many .. __ i are al , nu!jnbws of other Posts of the ! Springer with the seven men arrest-
ante to the capitol. i Jim Ham L-vz/t« To ^ i American Legion who happen to be In od last Wl11 be Fcnt 10 •»««««*’
'Florence, It goes without saying that
■tviH on» rtn ■•r
prtparoj
So»ak In Cplumbi^
teduy to appear before the corcne?,
who will resume his investigation, !t
was Mid laei higiit.
After slaying all within (he hourr !)C °Pl
I an
Itut
unit the total levy to nine mills. A| am , be fe.lowed hv the au- j f mest ever given in Florence. All ex-1
solution was introduced in the Sen-11'’ 1 ' 1 af '' ° ^ ? ansociatinn s pres ; service people may obtain tickets with I
ate, by Sen: tor Wells, to limit appro- ^ ob t on » of Co!umb.’a. J out co , it j,y applying to A
at the time, it iodhought, Bigham went wr P n S , . . .. .
deep into the woods surrounding thej “That morning about twelve o c’ock nienta! defective,
place and fired a bullet Into his brain.I we b ‘ ld paid off the. hand.; together
When his body was found noon Sunday ; and ^ noticed that Try brother was
the right hand still grasped the pistol.i aw fully depress’d. He vvne.td s’.’.mi
It was stated by tlte physician who 1 ’! 1 and gaze about is an abstracted
examined the body that Bigham ) ia d manner. He did not have a pist-d
b*‘en dead more than twelve hours. lba !. 1 know e,. the p’-tol he d:d tm
The murdered p r oar, vveie all she j'-dht’g with was mine and was in ny i rjmikL.Ul {SIU IJSSI'SfU I ty. until Apr!
in the head ,n each case, the belie j bureau drawer when i left the hotis''. I ; introduced bills aiming at abolition!
entering just beneath the temple 1} hf T' v, ’ aa another r stol somewhere' jol the tax commission, ol the state A$l^| DH
None were shot mon* than once a! m house, in my mother’s room I pcRMS HIS SEVENTH CABINET. welfare board, of truant offic-rs and It! AVAL SUAllU
though two balls were found near thei'“IT, ’ . * - , AND PRESENTS THE LIST TO ireducing all slate and county salaries
back door that had missed their mark. |. ‘ ir testimony of Mr? ; Ldmund Big i THE FRENCH PRESIDENT. fifteen per emit. Nearly every speech!
1- — Fx Te-m*0-l b b?iu " rr. pan>d under the super-;
r.f r>'.---n V-I’l l,J- isira '- o£ Dr - T D - ’•' T h : 1 nn T2TTCTMTTCC nr\X T l?nT?
... „ . . ,, . 1 expert in sue.i matters. Tho Womens oUSINLSS COLLEGE
tree rntef rrwri-rr foi- fh^ qr-ir.ii ren-! ... r » • ■ • ■
~ ... „ Auxiliary of tho American tu-glon is
ad 'ornr.’.! of a number of such measures. Rep- V" 1 ' 1 ,, j ".'t - 1 holding a meeting this afternoon, to
Greenville, to ho held In the Hill of, ” . , r t for s , rT .
re, rrnure of ReoreseptuMves. Oobtm ]Jng tho supper A fine musical pro .iPROF MOTTF.. HERE TODAY, AN
READY TO OPEN
total appro-
iasare prraon. a nouroeos or a ■ pn v .tJons llvo rnilliou. Ilspreaen-i ' ; rO’^rn^r oniv''!*: m j :as |, 0?n prepared, and the cn-
Mow -: offered a resolution to' r ’’‘J ' , .a< cross of we.rone U or t a i. ini ,-. a t bids fair to be one of the
NOUNSES FACULTY FOR
' INSTITUTION.
Active arrangements to open The
3 Lvnch. | Business College in Florence
ppjiLm ojipppprjQ kun t
UiSlIlllU UUUUL.LUII f'll'SU ] {-.rations'tlii's year Vo ”$4,600,000. “'two ' Af ‘ < ' p Se " r,,f1r lewis’ address on the |»o«t'Adjutanu’at "the‘ralmetto"Bank! commenced this morning with
• ■ a ■■■■a cum . ' resolutions wero introduced by post-, ’'ver.Ing of the 28th the annual ban-i md Trust Co., or to A. M. Duncan, I arriva l t’rof. Loon L. Motte, of
WRpJtV wfV POiso payment of taxes, under penal- 0,ir ' t wi,! 1)0 tendered at the JeffCttpl» 0S t Treasurer, at Ri*.'v's Drug Store. Wiltmngton. N. C., president of the
laMmL/Jl ISlO ty, until April 1. Senator Wlghtman FOn Hote ‘- ^3| Motto Business College. Inc. A large
fGtoJ-ost Treasurer, at
^CASHIER TC
m THIRTEEI
The large calib.td pistol used hv|^ n!; ar ^ ■ l ° r lw0 daughters who
Bigham still contained an unoxploded! act ' 1In b anlc;! , Mr. Bisham In the car
Paris, Jan. 17.—Artistid*
BEGIN INOU
■: rod to tin financial situation and
. Briand, the need for cutting down expanses]
cartridge which indirati’s tliat the av. ay from th<> house just before the j j o; . njer jy prime min'ster, rue ami appropriation".,
nan had reloaded during his orgy of t-hoctirg,^tallied at cvoiy point with:j-orterdny in the task under-! The legislators came with an idea
slaughter. ' j that of Mr. Il ghom. 'taken by him Saturday to form a eabi-' that their ot, ’ tiuty was to cut down FLIGHT OF THREE BALLOONISTSlcrimina! cases against U. P. Patricr.
The Bigham home is more than ! Fomund Bigham and fnmi.y had rc „ , t _ j„ sucresslon to the ministry of taxes and appropriations. Their first. 1NJO WILDS OF CANADA UN-k ; former cashiir of the Citizens’ bank anyone desiring to enroT may apply
half a rnllo distant from any neigh i 0011 *^’ mov.jd from Georgia and were| premier Loyguos. who resigned last;efforts have not amounted to much, DER INVESTIGATION. litre, are first on the docket for the at or,ce. Quarters have been retained
^session of Blcckly county superTor iti the Ilursoy building, 17 West Ev-
jeonrignment i f equipment arrived in
the railroad yards over the week end
O FACE
THIRTEEN CHARGES also for the '■olloge, and Mr. Motte Is
busy today having this moved into
ALLEGED SHORTAGE AFPROXll] the college building.
MATES ONE HUNDRED AND f An attractive brochure for tho col-
FORTY THOUSAND. , lego has Iren issued by Mr. Motte.
announcing Tuesday, February 1, as
Cochran, Ga.. Jan. 17.—Thirteen the opening date for the school here.
Th roster is open now, however, and
boring hot:-
who had h
t distant from anv neigh I ( ' c ' 1 dly moved from Gcargia and were; premier Leygues, who resigned last! efforts have not amounted to much,
>-e None could bo found! occu P yi,1K rooms at tl)0 0,11 homo. | Wednesday. * jnr.d it took tho first week to'get at
K>ard any shooting ahum There were some at the sreno of; Besides the premiership, M. Bripud hast part of the idea cut of their s .vs-]
Rnckawny, Jan. 17.—The naval boar
the place. A large crov d path>:r"t' ^‘ e shooting who ware inclined I rekes the ministry of foreign affairs. T ( ms, a prominent legislator remark-'appointed by Secretary Daniels me
Strike Bigham bad! Houis Bartbou bceontes minister o-] r, d. New th y are ready for business. Iter*- today to b’gin an investigation i an alleged siiortago ci* approximately tdty for the I'lorenco schooi. I’rof.
in the two branches take »f the balloon fl’ght of Li«titonan*s: 5140,000. Of the It. eases charging R. E. Streeter .formerly of Rochester,
him with embezzlement, 11 represent N. Y., has be-m encaged as bead of
time certificates and two cover drafts the school. He holds A. B. and A. M.
during tbe day and passed from roonC 1 ' 1 'hutht that
to room viewing the dead The sight <io!ie killing or that he had kniod]-vnr and Paul Doumer minister of fi-.aud lead' rs
was a ghastly one. On'a bed j,, D ! himself. AU of the evidence which ranee. i the position
downstairs room lay the ag’d mother P° ints 1,1 B-Kbam ns the ntur-j Shortly before 6:30 o’clock last n
and the yming“St child, their faces < -'- rtr _ and suicide. The complex Jm. Briand presented t!ie official 1
covered with blood. In the adjoining, Slt:iatl0n which the Bigham nm list to President Millerand. The which public funds
r<K>m the body of the o’her child| rstat0 ,ia:; h '' i ’ n for the pas* i ministry is mads up as follows: Jprialod.
lay, where ho died at five o'clocki J ’ car or ,wo - Rave rise to tk.n doubt 1 ’j Premier and minister of foreign a*- Jns* before adjournment Friday the
yesterday morning, and beside him ' rx l' r ossed by some of th > people llvj fairs, Artistido Briand; minister ot* Feno e receiv>d a resolution from Scm]
the hndv of Hicham was ninred whor 1 in g in the community The verdict ei ju tice, M. Bonnovay; interior, Pierre a'or 'Masc.n, calling for a dir,conti?
court this wo
have a' scoml d
Patrick is alleged to arts street.
March, leaving Mr. Motte announced today his fac-
that the urgmt needs of Kloor, Farrell and Hinton, which e;
government and tho public wol-jed in the snowy wilds of Canada
must determine the limit to re several days.
shall be appro-' ——
y,..
Drowned vWherft
GangpbmTXollAt^
erday morning, and beside hinv rxr ' rf,SSf,(! *- v of people liv | fairs, Artistido Briand; minister or.Fena.o recohvd a resal
body of Bigham was placed wher in community The verdict of i justice, M. Bonnovay; interior, Pierre: a'or ^1 son, calling fi
the searchers returned with it. fn iv ' f ’ coroner's jury, hov eve;-, will ni J'arrattd; war. Louis Carthou: marin-. nance e’' pessimistic, hard times talk. FRio Janeiro. Ja
stairs in the room sin* uuul'.y occn 'ketht pdace the murders at the hand.' j Gabriel Guisthnu; finenco, Paul Dotr- Tha farms s arc net broke ho said, d«- poreens wero dn
pied «"ns the body of Mrs. Marjorie of ^ s - Blsham. imor; puhlic in^ruction, Victor Ttcv ;dating that he himself is a farmer, injured when om
Bla'-k. oldest sist t of Bigham If' From the situation at the scene ol, rnrd agriculture, Edmond l.efebvre D-.j and he urg*,i that, the senators put were thrown Into
Rio Janeiro. Jan. 17.—At least three!
drowned, and s'-venteen
n two r.Luco.i bunk.:, wit >re the local degrees and is a highly educated men,
bank had deposits for $lo.000. both aondcwlcn’ly an 1 vr ationnllv,
rente-; Mr. Motte.‘Miss B’u’ah Mizelle
of Wilmington, N. C„ will teach sten-
p ari - r\c Tri- 2 . a ; n , Ofirenhy. -Mrs. Motte he-seif will he
i ait UKIaillc lir-re ’o teach English and the class!-
Peasants Rebel In
<£>
1
London, Jan. IT.
one hundred passengers says Moscow repom.
cal linos of t.bo business course. Mr.
A B'ga dispatch | >,fotte, as a lawyer 'f many years and
serious poa.; varied experience, w ll teach
com-
broken out. ia !\ 1 ; nv’rcial law. More members will be
govern .added to the faculty as tho school
to the bay here bv the ant r..hellion
lay on the poor just in front of the tll ° shooting ft is likely that Bigham'Frey; commerce, Lucian Dior; labor,, their time to thair duty and step thetr collapse of the gang plank used tr dada, Ukraine. The soviet
dresser . Until late Sunday afternoon K * i0t Mrs. Uiack first. Fiom Iter po ! Daniel Vincent; pensions, Andre Magre Krennbling. Senator Johe.stono' of board the steamship. It is believed; merit f .a ; the revolt v- ill spread as jrjows. Tdr. Motto states that he has
the bodi“s were undisturbed. The 8ition ln room :in<' the cleanness not; puhlic works, Yves Lo Trouquor. Newberry, tirgod that each Senator many more lost their Uvea. ja result of the Ukrainian peasants p-ocured the very best talent avail-
... oyer the refusal of the soviets able In tho United States for the
row. *. v vici/i, i.nu uic ruo.u aim bhoi iiui / - - -.-..-.n.-.i. u—niaj TRAGEDY IN COLUMBIA
Although the tragedy is said to have before she knew it. It is thought'
occurred at -half past three o'clock > that the crazed man then rushed j 1
night before word of it reached FI or at ‘he back door on the piazza which!'My ministers and myself will >0 hus, .and to what extent r-uui action
erce county offic-a- 1 d they immr , rfili nects the kitchen and dining mom, 111 ™ looking after Francos internal hurt the administration of cot:
dlately sen* out dispatches asking of with the main house. There he inn,qiaffairs. Wo have confidence that tnreiatrs During the coming woo ........ ... „
• ' ’ ■' rbungest gif th-. two ’re.I American administration will loos two houses will doubtless begin con- f * cre here this mornirq shot Mrs
Idren. The boy’s body | a , fter J itR ? wn “^V. 18 - Please tell thcr-.structivo consideration o; their gigan- Clara Graham, of Henderson, N. C
down rue steps Indicct ^ Inerlca - _ i r 10 ' overshadowing problem, of state anc j then turned the pistol on himje; 1
/ns trying to e-cape. i 1 " 10 ** ave ,,r,( ' n in rrane^iuaucos. and sent a bullet through his tomple
into at dow n the stairs and met b's mother, aai< l Pi ' niior Briand last evening, of tax.
] find out. while
N , rend, what the sentiment among his
t it constituents was regarding the no-
-.r great cabinet t nave rormed.*’jeessity for postponing tho collection Salesman Shoots Woman Then T
Gun on Himself.
beers in ot : ''*r towns to watch out for * 1 ' r ar, ‘ ‘ !l " vhun
L. S. Bingham. First reports of the Cracken ciiildrcn
tragedy wore contl’cting and clr.c tc; vvas half way
the fact that it was impossible to geti lnK ‘- la ‘ ‘ l0 wafi - - — T frt _
In tlie meantime the other child or man J
with penalty, until April 1
xtent such action would
nty itf-i Colun-.bia, Jan. 17.—K. U. Do
k tho night, salesman for a sporting good
medy their numerous gra'vine.v;
ebrate Birthday Of
Benjamin Franklin
Pbiladeljthia, Jan. .7
i’d and liftoreith bat
t'’legrnph and telrubone comtminlea
Mon with FampHco, it was not until f ' vl( ‘° r ‘‘‘v ‘ 1:u ‘ made bi ■ way into thej
years understand that w. The coming week will ha marked by ■ B oth Bouknloht and Mrs/ Grahan
-The two hun
day of Beiija
ohserv. 1 through
country today. The grave of
ard lift - .' wcr. decorated
r.atn.ib: w
are not a militarist nation. We hnv- tho inauguration
the warmest desire to be on friend
farting with the British and America-|administeriag tlic oath
rrt'ons. but there is a pact, signed a- Cooper. Lieutenant
Sunday that the facts became known . vnr d and was run down hv Bigham
Bigbani’s brother, Edmund Birbam, w ' l o overtook him near a potato bank
bad left the house with bis family in nl 1 * ,f1 rear °f P ;f> kllcd’en. 1’rom ai!
an automobile at ten minutes past ‘hat can be gathered Bigham muai
three o’clock. Ho returned from a ‘ avo immediately but l >1 loti’s. If in
short visit ton neighbor's house about; “ 10 thick woods where he took Ills
twenty minutes later .and found his own
mother staggering toward the road Rg had fallen fot.watd upon his.
fie jumped from his car but the aged f- 100 - There was not a ■•'v: of blood I
woman di dt almost before he reached lIT)0!1 !,i « bands though hi:; face was
her. Others happen ml to drive by the eovered with ’t. jMARK CF RESPECT IN
bouse at that time, and when they Bigham was about forty five years! COUNTIES ACCOUNT OF JU3-
bore the body of Mrs. Bigham int • old. Ho was unmarried. He was aj TICE HYDRIDE'S FUNERAL,
the house th. y saw evidences of blood a nn . ‘b*’ l a ‘ 0 Ftate Senator L. S
re Um inauguration ceremonies at 12:30 die;, Portly after being taken to a FOOD AND FULL ACT
:y Tureduy. with Associate Justice Watts ho^nH,i h.L rn rr
to Coventor night ahet himssif in the temcle. .He
revernor- led ^ ac j ca || ct j tell Mrs. Crahrm pooc!
TO CE CONTINUED
\V;i! 1. : igion. Jan. 17.- A House res
■Versailles, which must be fulfilled. , Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston and T. u ■ V , , ' -ran, T . 1 r ' ,t 'V ,
.•rust that in the fullfilment of tba. Comptroller General-c-lect Walt?? Dim ,71 u 7^1 ST * T,\IT' T re • -! to
'• pact we come not in contest with ««r .can, of Aikon. are the only two new ot- 1% 8 -2 j day 'l>v ?.v;: :!• '.i-i.'i.' i; : y . einuiit
. ' > *’oe Ver’s i’'aiigmaI 01 'Ml!tr( l . L a i- Vi'i ^ " rf ' ,e w0,rian was in tha dinirvj room tee. Und r th" (•■ur.. itie • anven.l
si t t t i I." 1 0!1 cf her home,, on Asscnb'v etreet meat t!.>‘ o; eretl.n- o' the food mid
COURTS ADJOURN
will
-ho subject of education. or ner oume.. on Assenb'y etre-t m-at tl.
During th- coming week the snre ’ vhcn Bo‘"<^S h t called her out of the fm 1
budget will likdy be submitted to the th * P' sto1 hsr fac “ 1 , A M Cnf)N .o omco.,-,
TWo General As ;e: tl»Iv by thr 1 h...D-,.» re ,nd P' J,,ed ‘rigger. .There w.ao LANGDON S R JS8>A 1
tile food
rontinu d.
budget com-
Jmission. In th? House this week there
will 1) debated a resolution, already
another mon and another woman h.
the room at the time.
on the door and began an invesDga- Bigham, who served several terms in . Columbia. Jan. 17. f irctiit court'.
!o;i:--.il by the Senate, urging the rn»-
lion which revealed th
the otitcr three.
slaughter of ‘bu Senate from Florence county j adjourned here lorlay out of respect!
lo the memory of Associate Justice
ion;.] Congress to take action at tha! Will Stop In South
• present session continuing the plan of.
A. .be crenere EdmundinlSUe'of Tie R'ij’rt.b. C00UDGE thTs° VACAT '° N
Bigham testified that he had be mi bam family now are I-.dmund Bigham j Spartanburg tins nftornomi. ( oure n,,. n’.easm-' 'a tim Hoti-m’l
away from the house only about t wen i who b’ve; at tlie eld home and Br. A;i) * 0 bave been held at Lexington,! n Tuesday and Wednoxdiv after Vorthimntoa \tns” t-.n \
ing in the yard. He had been acting art unknown. ., ,, justice. shns of the South Uarrlina Life lin- President-elect Goolidire b’fer 1 1m re-1
strangely for several v,reeks and he - Bigham was convict. d In the -ru r u/ir a-rur-m derwt iu rs’ Association
.lid not appear to be any more do Georgetown county court nevmal . rME WEATHER. . vil | ,, . h j
pre«sed yesterday than-usttal. years ago for the murder of 1:1; wife ~',, .
He was sentenced to throe years itn '' nr ‘’ 0,, ‘b ( arolit'a: I .nr toaig 1
Manila, ajn.
of f.icntenat’t
Japane. e reuli
suicide upon 1
band’s death. -
from Vladivostok.
WIFE A SUiCiDE
17.- The Russian wife
I angdon. killed bv a
y recently, committed
•anting of lure bus
[• K> titer disnatcb
Premiers To Meet
Floreice seltool.
Also, Mr. Mott’ states that he has
gotten the best equipment the mar-
. ket affords. He visited plan’s in
Ohi’. Michigan and Wi-cousin look
ing for his furniture.
Incidentally, tho Motto Business
(’all’go i. another successful effort of
Florence Chamber of Commerce.
Cold Wave Coming
ft'ashington, Jan. 17.—Tho cron of
eperts about blossoming dandelions
and lunling trees .alwys incident to
a mild winter, is endangered bv frost,
|tle> wuilher bureau last night fore-
cast'ng a cold u, ve for the eastern
portion of the country.
c tl.l.re w athcr already lias mad#
it-, appearance in the state lying im-
m.'d at.'l; east of the Mississippi riv
er. the weather bureau said, and th®
C' Id area is expected to reach th®
Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida
by tonight.
T.-innerat.ircs throughout the east
ern half of the country, the bureau’®
foreeaster said, probably will be the
lowest of the winter.*
j Tlv> cold wave, however, will not
(hot longer than two or three days,
ithe bureau said.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET.
“When I got Into th” ear with tnyi
family, to go to I’ampiico, l left my|
mother and Bister at their various oc
(Continued on pace two.)
convention turns home from tho Southern T.nrif? Baris. J :>•. 17. Rremit rs I lo* I
.1 in the Hall of tit” House qongress fit Atlanta, whi'-h closes Jan- Georg’ of linglend and Briand o'
For South Carolhut • r.,; r toni^’, ; l U r ’pr.?spntative-. Several lutndrea miry 29. Sirs. Gooli.lg” sti.l lus: France, v. il meet far a (—.r n-t •; <bu n
. port Ion.' T u ekda v. coVd" wave!' 1 Fr?!!l! iUat t e . ! ' n ’ exl,c>cted to aUoml tho c0B v“ 0t do( '' k(l l" s ‘ w b'ro they
ito strong winds. ^ention. jspend tho vacation.
Jan. Mar. May July Oct.
. 17 67 16.’.Ti 16.24 16.40 16.12
men from til parts of tho night that sh” ami her husband had th’ question of German disarmament H'-h . . J7.92 16.40 16.lt 1i‘>.r».'l 16.66
woub’ "id other matter; on Jan iary tweaiy- Low . . 17.1." 15.96 15.“S 16.02 16.1fi
Hive. |Last sale L.KG Ib.uS Itj.-'.fi 16.16 16,o2