Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Detroit, March 31.— Although ef forts were made today by local agen cies to discredit the story-of the at tempted assassination of Henry Ford, whom Henry Ford hospital reports In the Cameron statmeent, which was scanned by a legal staff before given to the press, it was said that Mr. Ford “strongly deprecates the to be improving, the actual facts were suggestion that the accident wtbs the nhtnin«ui hv thi« rpnnrtcr from an un- result of intent on any one 9 part. explain 1 obtained by this reporter from an un 1 impeachable source. The facts are that it was Henry 'Ford himself who believed an attempt had been made upon his life in a nov el and sinister manner. Mr. Ford had no doubt that the two driving upon Michigan avenue to his ▲ t. 1 1 a Knt*a ac ho enur t ho QtlvfoFlSllrPI* IT HAD TO GET TO BE .GOOD WHERE IT IS Watch Elimination! Good Health Depends Upon Good Elimination. R etention of bodily waste in the blood is called a “toxic con dition.” This often gives rise to a dull, languid feeling and, sometimes, toxic backaches and headaches. That the kidneys are not fimetioning prop erly is often shown by burning or scanty passage of secretions. Thou sands have learned to assist their kidneys by drinking plenty of pure water and the occasional use of a strangers in the Studebaker car de liberately bumped him off Michigan av r.ue and that their intention was to bump him off in the slang sense. ’1 he subsequent decision to blanket jlhj whole story arose from reasons • ol expediency. Thus far the billion- . e has been singularly free from the evank menace whkh circumscribes the movements of other men of wealth and power. He has been free to move about his immense grounds and fac tories, more as a boss workman than the capitalist behind it all. Local newspaper men going out to the Ford plant often ran into the quick, wiry man and he never hesitated to sit down anywhere and chat with them. However, when Mr. Ford regained consciousness by the bank of the river 4t was through endeavoring t this -gratuitous hint that the facts were exposed. When Mr. Ford left his Dearborn home Sunday evening and started laboratories he saw the Studebaker car outside his residential gate. The car was stopped and the two men ap peared to be watching him closely. Mr. Ford Is a keen observer of de tails. However, it was not unusual to see cars halt there out of curiosity and, true to his custom, he threw up his arm in salute. The incident then drifted out of his mind. Mr. Ford likes to drive fast and he spun down the road to his plant about a mile and a half from gate to gate. The only deadly spot for a car to leave the road in this stretch is on either side of the concrete bridge over the river Ruoge, a stream about fifty feet across. At those points the em bankment is steep and high. He spent an hour in the long, gray I I 1 s Rouge last Sunday night in a drizzling laboratories building where the mys- rain and dragged his racked body at terious new model he is reputed to be last to the gatekeeper’s lodge down' building is being assembled behind Michigan avenue he was convinced he heavily guarded doors. The laborato- had been the victim of a vicious plot I reis are a strange place indeed, the , and he learned if this story was acres of flooring all polished maple, •timulwit diuretic. 50.000 users give , spread abroad, it would be planting ! a private dining room and tailor shop Doan’s signed endorsement. AsAr dan g erous ideas in unintelligent < at one side, and a private ballroom on vournmithhort - ‘the other. Ah outside over the door way through which Ford left about 8 o’clock Sunday night is carved his own saying, “Mankind passes from the old to the new on a human bridge formed by those who labor in the three principal arts—agriculture, manufac ture, transportation.” your neighbor! DOAN’S e 'a? Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidney , O.. Mf*. Chcm-. Buffalo, N. Y. D. E. TRIBBLE CO. CLINTON, S. C. UNDERTAKERS & LICENSED EMBALMERS All Calls Promptly Attended To Day or Night AMBULANCE SERVICE ALL MOTOR EQUIPMENT Day Phone 94 Night Phone 205 or 24 minds. That was the factor which made him determined to suppress the story. It was the excessive caution of his j spokesman, William J. Cameron, which possibly spurred inquiries on to pene trate the bottom of the facts of the mishap. BIGHAM GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE 6 6 6 is a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flue, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It kills the germs. Compromise Reached. Directed Ver dict Follows Agreement of De fense and Prosecution. Conway, April 4.—The state of South Carolina has closed the six year case against Edmund D. Bigham, in dicted as the slayer of five persons in a tragedy of 1921, which nearly wiped out the family of <M. M. Big- ham, late planter of Pamplico district and formerly a state senator. The state took its exit from the case when it agreed today with defense SEABOARD ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS 4 CLINTON, S. C. To and from SOUTH and WEST Arrive: Depart: 2:51 a. m. Atlanta-B’ham 1:48 a. m. 2:00 p. m. Athens-Atlanta 2:15 p. m. 5:50 p. m. Athens-Atlanta 11:30 a. m. by attorneys, Dr. Poston being ill at his home. Declaring that the defendant was a victim of circumstances, and that it was the duty of his counsel to obtain for him the best possible terms, Mr. Smith asserted that belief in Bigham’s innocence had grown stronger. - “He has always asserted his inno cence,” said Mr. Smith, “and here to day he has entered a plea of not guilty.” Presenting the view of the prose cution, Solicitor L. M. Casque said that though he had at first strenu ously opposed entering such an agree ment, believing that Bigham should be punished for the crime for which counsel to ask the court to direct the jury to return a verdict of guilty with ' he had been twice convicted, the case recommendation for mercy. A few had bewn long drawn out and the hours after Bigham went on trial a «t*te did not wish to appear to be third time for the alleged slaying,.pf; seeking^ Woodland finally agreed to his brother. Smiley Bigham, the in- the request. dictments charging that Bigham mur-j Turning to the jury. Judge Bonham dered his mother, Mrs. Margery Black, said that under a ruling by the South a sister, and her tw'o little adopted | ^ arolina Supreme court, a man had a boys, were nolle pressed. | ri Hfht to accept such a verdict if he Bigham, sentenced to life imprison-1 ^ ish 1 ed - and he instructed foreman ment, followingThe return of the di- of the J ur >’ to wnte a verdict in ac - . t . 0 D 0 0 0 0 0 m 0 0 * t BOHUMIR KRYL AND HIS —l- 'X — FAMOUS BAND TWO GRAND CONCERTS Redpath Chautauqua • • FIFTH DAY • • Mr. Kryl will personally conduct at both concerts CHAUTAUQUA SEASON TICKETS ONLY *3.00 g^gQ^SREDPATH CHAUTAUQUA ESBIgSiail CHAUTAUQUA WEEK HERE—MAY 5-12 i=«=tt=»i=n=»i=n=lr=ii=ii=<i=ir=ii=ii=ii=ir=n=li=lf=li=li=li=li=li=[! reeled verdict, will be taken back to cordance with the agreement. The the state penitentiary where he spent ! court , wa f soon adjourned, and the c cn „ u . OA 47 months in the death house awaiting crowds of 8 P^ uto " fded 0 L ut to re - 5:50 p. m. B ham-Memphis 11:30 a. m. j execution follow j n? his conv iction of turn home - Man - V of them had come To and from NORTH and EAST 'murdering his brother at the two pre- from d,stan t parts of the county and Arrive: Depart: vious trials. ' Florence. z:48 a. m. New \ork-Wash. 2:51 a. m., p a le and haggard from his six years j aruarv ’ .48 a. m. Rich.-Norfolk 2:51 a. rn. ‘ behind nrison bars Bigham received p. . J ^ ’ 1 ‘“ 1, . h ’ p.’ ^ Bigham, her daughter, Mrs. Black, m - 1 behind prison bars. Bigham received Vl:30 a. m. New \ork-Wash. 5:50 p.m. the sentence stoically and had nothing 11:30 a. m. Rich.-Norfolk 5:50 p. m. | to say before sentence was passed up- 2:15 p.m. Monroe-Hamlet 2:00 p.m. 0 n him. He told Judge Milledge L. C. G. LaHatte, T. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. Bonham, who passed sentence, that his W. H. Shands, Agent, Clinton, S. C. attorneys had spoken for him. The and the adopted children, John and Leo McCracken, were found dead in the Bigham home. Edmund Bigham, his wife and daughters were at th£ home when neighbors arrived and all Headache dizziness *T HAVE tiw.ri.rh. once in a ^ while, usually coming from g constipation or torpid liver,” says Mr. L A Morphia, of Pottsviile, Ark, "and the very best remedy I have found to correct this condi tion is Thedford’s Blade-Draught. It acta quickly and easily, and it just can’t be heat. "Black-Draught is the very best laxative I have found. I always feel so much better after taking it "My wife takes Black-Draught too. For dizrineas, costiveness and any little stomach disorder, we find it most satisfactory, and consider Black-Draught a family medicine.” - * Constipation, with an inactive Ever, locks up poisons 'in the body and allows them to oo their dangerous work. Being purely vegetable and containing no harmful drugs, Black-Draught acta gently, help ing the system get rid of impuri ties and preventing serious sick ness. Get a package today. Sold everywhere. M cents. defendant waa also seen by newspa- test|fi< . d , h „ t ^ dv . perinen at the eounty ja.1 tonight, but j told Edmu „ d that Smj| had ^ would aay nothing for publ.c.t.on, and ^ thtm ^ d ^ bod of . bound then, all to silence. i Smiley found on a dju . h bank jn The announcement by Mendel L. some woods in front of the house. Smith of defense counsel, that the t The state contended that Edmund kill- state and defense had agreed on the , ed all five in an effort to gain the verdict brought to a dramatic close, property, but the defense as- the long litigation during which Big- j se rted that Smiley was the real slayer ham had three times escaped execu- ’ an d had afterwards committed suicide, tion by intervention of the supreme . court. Twice the verdict of the lower TEST O* TEN ANSWERS court was reversed, and another time j. first white child bom in the New when sentence had been passed, fol- England colonies, lowing refusal of the supreme court toj 2. One; South Carolina. ‘allow a new trial, the high a new trial, tfte high court • changed its decision when defense counsel contended that new evidence had been found. ^ Coming as the sudden climax to a long day which had been spent largely in selecting a jury of 12 men to re ceive the third trial, the request for a directed verdict completely surpris- 3. Philadelphia. 4. Edgar Allen Poe. “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.” 5. Thomas R. Marshall. 6. Michael Arlen. , 7. The Charleston. 8. A. policeman. 9. Bedloe’s Island, New York Har ed a large throng of country people bor. ‘and townsmen who had assembled in j the court room with the expectation that the testimony would drag along through a week or longer as previous trials. Great difficulty had been experienc 10. Irene Vernon Castle. Thedfcrds 11. LIVER MEDICINE FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 6th day of May, 1927, I will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as Ad- ! ed in obtaining the jury and two pan- J ministrator of the estate of Lud C. ; els of veniremen were called before Glenn, deceased, in the office of the the jury box was filled. Many of the ( Juudge of Probate of Laurens county, : veniremen who were disqualified open-' nt 11 o’clock a. m., and on the same ly declared they had formed an opin-; day will apply for a final discharge ! ion of the prisoner’s guilt, while oth-! from my trust a* Administrator, ers sakTthey would not convict upon j Any person indebted to said estate ; circumstantial evidence, upon which notified and required fo make pay- ! the state largely had built its case. ment on or before that date; and all | Five witnesses heard today before Persons having claims against said es- ,the directed verdict was sought, gen- .tate will present them on or before erally reiterated the testimony given s»id date, duly proven or be forever at the two earlier trials. The tesfi- barred, mony of Dr. W. H. Poston, physician who was summoned to the Bigham 1 T home following the slaying was read April 6th, 19*7—4-28-4tc W. D. GLENN, Administrator. \ \ 0 0 0 0 0 1 B i 0 B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 I Johns Manville Asbestos Shingles MEET THE TEST Last Friday’s hail was a record-breaker. The oldest citizens in our community said they had never seen any thing like it Considerable damage, approximately $30,- 000, was done, and we have been worldng day and night furnishing material for damaged roofs. With pride we are glad to report that not a building in Clinton covered with Johns Manville Asbestos Shingles was damaged. All buildings covered with this high- grade roofing stood the test and no damage has been reported to us by any one—oh the other hand the users of Johns Manville Asbestos Shingles have only highest praise for them. If your roof needs repairing^ we strongly recom mend Johns Manville Asbestos Shingles—they will please you—they spell economy in the end. Ask any one who has used them. “THEY MET THE TEST IN THE HAIL STORM” D. E. Tribble Company CLINTON, S. C. 0 0