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CAMDEN COTTON MARKET HIGHER THAN OTHER TOWNS. MARKET YOUR COTTON HERE The Camden Chronicle VOLUME XXXVI, CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1924, f NUMBER 28. THE WORLD'S SERIES. ? Two Great Tearoa Claim Attention of Kaseba>l WorUJ. ' . . .?* ?? 't Washington, October 4.? the New York Giants fought their way to vic tory today over the Washington Sen ators in the opening game of the 11)24 world's series after one of the most thrilling, dramatic battles baseball has ever known.' The Giants won by the narrow margin of 4 to 3 in 12 bitterly con tested innings and "conquered Wash ington's heroic moundsman, Walter Johnson, but the Senators, though beaten, in the first bid they have ever made for the game's greatest crown, covered themselves with glory in a fighting finish that drove a crowd of over 35,000 into hysterical frenzy. Coming from behind when it seam ed that two smashing home runs by George Kelly and Bill Terry had clinched the game for the National league champions, Washington tied the score in the ninth with a spectac ular rally and then, in the 12th, after the Giants had gained another com manding lead, scored their third run off Art Nehf, Giant southpaw,' and threatened once more to deadlock the pime in a final desperate spurt. ^M^The.Giants triumphed by the sheer, relentless power of an attack that Johnson and the Senators, despite their most heroic efforts, could not check, But the American league champions, though they emerged de feated in this gripping, three hour struggle for supremacy, left the field amid one of the most remarkable demonstrations any team, victor or vanished, ever received. The first citizen of the nation, President Coolidge, chief among a host of notables, forming the bril liant gathering, threw restraint aside at the end of that pulse quickening 12th inning as he waived his hat and joined in the mighty tribute to the Senators, who had fought their fight courageously and come within an ace of turning the tide that throughout the game had seemed irresistibly against them. Washington Wins Second. Washington, October 5. ? Battling with the indomitable courage that carried them to their first American League pennant, Washington's Sena tors today turned the tables on the New York Giants and won the second game of the 1924 world's series arid put themselves back in the thick of one of the most stirring struggles ever staged for baseball's honors. In a flashing finish that was equally as spectacular as the clima^ to yesterday's open tussle and twice as thrilling to another capacity home rowd of 36,000, Roger Peckinpaugh,, veteran Washington shortstop, lifted himself to heroic heights by driving across the winning run in the ninth after the Giants had knocked Zach ary, southpaw star, from the'box ami tied the score with two tallies in their part of the final inning. The final score was 4 to 3, the same margin by whicl^ the first game was decided. New York Takes Third. New York, Oct. G. ? Out of one of 'he wildest baseball maelstroms that any world series ever has witnessed,' he New York Giants emerged victo rious today over Washington in the third game and 1924 championship struggle. Fought out on a new battlefield be fore the greatest crowd that ever Mocked to the Polo Grounds, lair of 'he four- time National League cham pions, the Giants won by a margin of j '? to 4, but the outcome was in doubt mtil the final play in the ninth in ning when the Senators were checked unly after staging a typically spec tacular finish. Three runs behind, going into the ninth, after a luckless battle against heavy odds, the Senators scored one '"n and had the bases full with only one out when "Long John" Watson, 'he third Giant pitcher of the inning, -toppod the rally and saved the game for the McGraw men. This was the Himax to a game that, though spark mg at times with the most brilliant sort of play, ^also was largely of the ^and-lot character, punctuated with j loose work, missed opportunities and marked by the most ineffective exhi bition of twirling any series contest n?s witnessed in year*. In a "pa rade of_ the wooden pitchers" four roundsmen were called into the hec fray by each of the riral mana ger?, while the roah of other re pvotead rf total of twenty combatant# before the tmokm of Washington Ties Scries. No>v York, Oct. 7.?The "Goose" hangs high in Washington ^onight, lor I. ton (uisiin, slugging; pride i>f the Senators and favorite of Jheir fans, eluhb<*ti the Now ? Y'ork Giants into defeat today almost single handed and put the American League champions back in the thick of one ol baseball's greatest t^hampronship battles. Another record-breaking crowd ex ceeding 50, 000. stormed the Polo Grounds and cheered the Senators as they pulled themselves together in spite of a makeshift infield caused by the loss of Peekinpaugh, battered three Giant pitchers and captured the fourth game of the 1024 world's se ries by a score of 7 to 4, the most de cisive victory of any game so far. The series now stands at two-all and the fifth game, which likely is to witness a repetition of the opening struggle between Walter Johnson, the Senator's wonderful right-hand vet eran, and Art Nehf, brilliant Giant south paw, will be played tomorrow at the Polo Grounds. The battle ground will shift back to Washington Thursday, for the sixth game is now assured with a likelihood that the series will go the limit of seven games. Five of the Senators' runs today were accounted for by "Goose" Goslin who hammered out four hits in as many times at the bat, including his second home run of the series, which scored two runs ahead of him in the third inning, and gave Washington a lead which it never relinquished. New York Wins Fifth. New York, Oct. 8. ? Walter Johnson the "old master," buckled on his armor today in a final fight for the glory of world's series victory that he has sought for eighteen years, but fate, it seemed, and the mighty bats of his foe, turned him back. Unlashing a furious, ruthless at tack, the New York Giants battered the great veteran into defeat for the second time, captured the fifth game of the series from the Senators by a score of G to 2 and left tonight for Washington with*"/?!he 1924 world's championship within their reach. The Giants, coming back today with the powerful type of attack that ?carried the Senators to triumph yes terday, now hold a formidable edge of three to two games. They need only one more victory to clinch the series and give their leader, John McGraw, his fourth baseball crown and a new major league -record The forces of McGraw, who share the present record of three world's series victories with Gonnic Mack and his Athletics, are heavy favorites tonight to carry off the major honors in one of the game's most spectacular battles, for today they spiked Wash ington's big gun, and left the Sena tors with shattered resources for the rest of the fight. WASHINGTON LEADING Up to press time yesterday after noon (4:30) (by radio) the score stood in the sixth game of the world series 2 to 1 in favor of Washing ton in the 7th inning. Neff was pitching for New York and Zachary for Washington. Should Washing ton win Thursday it will necessitate a seventh game at Washington to day (Friday) .Marriage at Catholic Church. Mr. Butrus Santon and Miss Ann Esielle Reed were married in Cam den on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the cercmony being held in the Cath olic Church, Rev. M. J. Redd in offi ciating, the ceremony being witness ed by members of the church and other friends. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nero Reed, of Camden, and has spent her life in Camden wher ? ^he is well and favorably known. Mr. Santon is from Princeton, West Virginia, where he is proprietor of a large department store. He was accompanied to Camden by Mr. Fred .J. Wheby, who acted as best man. Immediately after the ceremony the couple left by the Seaboard for Washington, New York and other ?Mnrti'rn ritifa After the bridal trip they will return to Princeton, West Virginia, where they will make their ?home. Jew Store* Closed Wednesday. Camden Jewish merchant* all cloaed their stores Wednesday to ob aerva Yojm Kipper, or the Day ot Atonement. It ia a day of fasting and no boainoea It cunduetod by them from ami to mo on thfa da to. I VOl NG STUDKNT MMLI.EU. Camden Hoy AIho Hurt in Auto Ac? cident Near Anderson. ' W" ? 'i' ' Alidersonjjf^Qct.. .'i.-^C, C. Owen, Uolveiilly uf South Carolina student, died within a half hour after he was brought to the University sanitarium tonight, from injuries he sustained in an automobile accident, which oc curred about t:90, Oil the highway leading to Hartwell, Ga., about 15 miles southwest of Anderson. Young Owen received a crushed skull and several fractures of the right leg as a result of the mishap. According to reports, Oweirt and two other young men, also students of Carolina, were hiking to Athens, Ga., to see the football game be tween the Gamecocks and the Univer sity of Georgia, which will be played tomorrow, when they caught a ride with Dubois Boyleston, Charlie Gate, Benny Smith and Pinekney L. Cain, who welre en route to Athens in a large coupe. The three men got upon the running board, Owen on the left side and the other two on the light. After the car had gone about a fourth of a mile, the right rear wheel gave way under its excessive load, the machine swerved into an embank ment, pinning Owen beneath it. Passing1 motorists thinking that they had all of the injured, hurried to the Anderson county hospital, but in the rush, young Owen, who was pinned beneath the car, was overlook ed; Other persons passing along the scene discovered him. He died short ly after being brought to the hospi tal. ' ' The young men who were riding on the right running board of the ma shine were unhurt and continued their trip to Athens. Their names could not be learned. The extent of injuries to the other young men was reported as not seri .ous, according to information from the hospital. Boyleston, driver of the car, received injury about the head. Gate escaped unhurt. Benny Smith, son of Jurge Mendel Smith, sustain ed injuries about the head. Cain was badly shaken up and is on verge of ? nervous collapse. Charles Chandler Owen, Jr., who was killed last night near Anderson in an automobile wreck while enroute with several comrades to Athens, Ga. is a member of the first year law class of the University of South Car olina. Mr. Owen, born March 15, 1905, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chandler Owen, Sr. His father is a Columbia mail carrier and lives at 814 Oak street. Before her marriage his mother was Miss Leila Weir, daughter of the late J. C. Weir and Mr?. Laura Weir of Columbia. Besides his parents the young man leaves one brother, Robert Owen, and one sister, Helen Owen, both stu dents of the Columbia high school. Robert Owen graduates this year. Bcnnie Smith Returns Home Bennie Smith, who was injured in ?the accident near Anderson Friday night, returned home Sunday night and was able to be up and on the street Monday. He is suffering from several bad cuts on head and face ? the worst being on his chin where the wound went clear through to his lower jaw, causing him to lose one of his teeth. Numerous stitches had to be taken both on the inside and outside of his jaw. Mr. Smith says that it would ap pear from newspaper accounts that the injured boy?? left their dead com rade under the overturned car, but he says that the entire party was in jured and dazed, and in the darkness they were rushed back to Anderson to a hospital and when they left thought all had been accounted for. According to Mr. Smith the acci dent happened at a sharp turn in the road known as "Dead Man's Curve" and where several fatal accidents have occurred, on account of drivers not knowing the road. Mr. Smith tells us that he along with the other members of the party are loud in their praise of the treat ment given them at the Anderson "h'?-p(t?I, and numerous eTtt^enT o T Anderson called during their stay there to offer their services and show their kindly interest. Except for a near on his face Mr. Smith tfill suf fer no permanent injury. Young Smith is a popular young athlete and has numerous friends through out the state who will lje glad to know that his injuries are not of a serious nature. BIGHAM AGAIN FOUND GUILTY, j 1 r i ? i ii . i i i I Judge Rice Sentences Him To Die ' ~T.ast Day of October. Conway, Oct. 7.-r(By the Associa ted Press). -For a third time, Ed mund Bigham, Florence county man, I was sentenced today to pay the death penalty for murder in connection with the slaying of five members of the "Bigham family nearly four years ago. A jury of Horry county farmers found him guilty of the murder of his brother, Smiley, after deliberating two and one-half hours, and Judge Hayne F. Rice set October 81 as the date of execution. Notice of intention to uppeal again to the state supreme court, given by A. L. King, of defense counsel, will, however, automatically fetay execution of thP sentence pend ing action upon the appeal. "I am innocent, gentlemen, "as in nocent as a new born baby," declared Bighani, who made a remarkable ora tion to the court and to the massed ranks of the spectators who crowded the little court room lo the overflow point. The composure that had mark ed his demeanor from the opening of the trial 12 days ago, the iron nerve that enabled him to gaze upon the bullet searrod skull of his mother, offered as evidence against him, did not desert the 39. year old defendant in this latest of the crises that have marked his long legal battle for life, In a clear and unimpassJIOned voice, he called upon God to witness his pro testation of innocence and th^n charged Philip H. Arrowsmith of Florence, associated prosecutor, with having bribed the state's witnesses to bear false witness against him. Besides his brother, Bigham was indicted for murdering his mother, Mrs. M. M. Bighani, his sister, Mrs. Margie Black, and Leo and John Mc Cracken, adopted sons of Mrs. Black. The defense contended that the trag edy which occurred at the Bigham plantation, near Pamplico, in Flor ence county, January 15, 1921, was the work of Smiley Bigham, who, it was alleged, had shown signs . of being mentally unbalanced. Edmund attempted to prove an alibi in his own defense. The jury returned its verdict at 12:45 o'clock. Bigham, sitting alone in the prisoner's dock, looked toward the foreman as the latter handed the verdict to the clerk of the court. "Guilty," signed 4W. A. Page, fore man,' " read the clerk. A barely perceptible expression of surprise seemed to cross the face of the defendant, already chalky white from long months of confinement. There was no other reaction visible, hi(s countenance returning quickly to the sphinx-like calm he had mani fested throughout the trying days of the last two weeks. The wife and daughters of the de fendant, who had sat with him during court every day, and who testified in his behalf, were not present when the jury announced its verdict, having left the court room about an hour earlier. Neither did they return for the afternoon session when sentence was imposed. ^J^?trhe one and one half hours between the rendering of the verdict and the reconvening of court, Bigham went to dinner,1 as us ual, at the county jail, with a deputy as his escort. After his return from dinner he chatted with his attorneys and with spectators standing and sit ting near him. The crowd in the court room fell into a deep silence, unbroken except by the fretful crying of an infant in a nearby room, when Judge Rice be gan to write the death sentence out in longhand. Women and children, many school boys "and school girls and some of tender years, were con spicuous in the throng that gazed curiously upon the doomed man, who sat unshaken as the judge's pen scratched out the lines that blasted once more his hopes of escaping the penalty twice before passed uj>on him. While it was the third time Bigham had heard the death sentence im posed upon himself, it was the first time in Judge Rice's experience of 13 years on the bench that he had im posed the extreme penalty. It was also the first time a man had been sentenced 10 die in the electric chnfr by a court sitting in Horry county. In making the attack upon Attor ney Arrowsmith and the state's wit nesses, Bigham referred to the law yer's mention of a report that h? hadj been suspected of a murder (n Geor gia, continuing: "There's a Died From Acute Alcoholism. An inquest was held bv Magistrate Nicholson Monday over the hody of John Outen, Sr., a negro, aged about J . ? <>2 years, who was found dvml Satur day night neav what is known as Muckhead in West Wateree. The ne gro lived on the old Nelson place, and it is said he and another negro drank nearly a half gallon of corn whiskey. Outon drove off in an au tomobile and took sick from the ef fects of the whiske^ and his compan ions laid him down beside the road where he died. There was no evi dence of foul play. The other negro suffered no ill effects from the li: .quor. A physician who made an ex amination gave it as his opinion that he died from acute alcoholism, and a verdict to that effect was rendered by the coroner's jury. Killed Two Rattlesnakes. Mr. J. K. L. Brannon, who resides on the Oglesby plft'Ce in West Wateree brought to our office two sets of rat tles taken from., Jav% rattlesnakes killed by him one day last week in the Wateree river swamp He was on the edge of the swamp looking after cattle and the snakes, were driven from the ridges in the swamp by the high waters. He says they are plentiful in that section and many have been seen and killed by other parties. Mr. Brannon was also telling us that he shot and killed a wild boar in the swamp a few days ago that weighed around 300 pounds. He says for several years the hog had been ravaging cornfields and has been shot repeatedly with small shot. He was killed with a load of buckshot, but not until the boar had killed an airedale dog, ripping him open with his tusks. or's permission, I will ask him now to get up and tell these good people of Horry, the truth, letting God be his guide." "Mr. Bighani, the time for that is over," Judge Rice interrupted the de fendant, adding that if there was a man present who could have helped him, he should have spoken before. "Then Philip Arrowsmith cast be fore me the charge of murdering a negro by driving a nail ijito his ear," Bigham went on in a respectful but earnest votco, "but that gray-headed old man there can tell you that I had nothing to do with that crime," He pointed to Sheriff T. S. Burch of Flo rence county as he spoke. Arrowsmith, the defendant de clared, had a mortgage now on the Bigham estate for $9,000. He corrob orated an earlier statement by Attor ney King to the effect that the de fense counsel as yet had received very small fees for their labors in his be half, expressing doubt that they had gotten enough to cover expenses. "This tragedy happened just as 1 said it did," he asserted, adding, "If I haven't told the truth, and my wife and daughters,"" I hope God will strike me dead right here." Another time he declared, "If God had struck them stone dead like Ana nias and Sapphira, when they lied on that stand, there would have been mighty few of the state's witnesses who would have lived to face cross examination." Judge Rice, udvixing Bigham to prepare to meet his Maker, told the defendant that in his opinion he had been given a fair trial, and that un der the evidence presented, the jury could have found no other vendict. In the course of his remarks, the judge was interrupted by the prisoner who quietly remarked: "As false witnesses swore against their Lord Jcaub Christ for 30 pieces of silver, what wouldn't they swear against a man for thousands of dol lars ? " Bigham was first sentenced to be electrocuted at his first trial in March of 1921 An appeal stayed the car rying out of the sentence, but was finally lost, and in the summer of 1922, for the ftecor*l time he heard a judge direct that he pay the ex treme penalty. Judge R. Withers Memminger presided at his first trial, and Judge S. W. C. Shlpp at the hearing, when he was sentenced the next time. During hks incarceration, The defendant, according* to ms own testimony, spent 26 months and 18 days in the death house. Solicitor L. M. Casque and Attor ney Arrowsmith conducted the prose cution. Associated with Mr. King in the defense was former Judge Mendel L Smith of Cemden end Sherwood ft McMillan of the Conway her. Bigham wee sttU to the eoetofty of Herrji county eatfcoriUee tonight. BETH UN K N KWS NOTES. llappiuin^M of Interest Ah Told Hy Our Correspondent. Pcthune, S. (\, Oet 8. Mr. II. C. Hall of tho Sandy Grove section died Monday oveninng at seven o'clock af ter two days illness. Mo had, been in declining health for some time, hut I arose Sunday morning, fooling no i worse t liuii-ilsual. Later ho w uh taken with a rhill when pneumonia devel oped. Mr. Hall was a member of tho Masonic lodge here and was 72 years of age,' He is survived hy a wife, three sons and one daughter, as fol lows: Mrs. f Rochcllo Hall, Messrs. ^Benjamin, Keeso ami Norwood Hall of the Sandy drove section. Tho latter being a student at University of South Carolina. He was buried with Masonic honors at Sandy Grove Methodist church Wednesday morn ing at ten o'clock. liev. W. V Jer man conducted the funeral services. The little nine months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Orie Baker died Thurs day afternoon of meningitis* Funeral services were held the following day at Pleasant Hill Baptist church. Bethune's hi^h school foot bail team defeated Heath Spring's high school team here Thursday after noon by a score of 33 to 0. Features of the game were three touch downs by June Truosdell and distinguished plays by Blackmon and Campbell. Messrs. Mayo Davis and Percy Mays were week end visitors at Great Falls. Mr G. Fowler spent the week end at Due West. Miss Elise Hook spent the week end at her home in Jrmo. Dr. E. Z. lTuesdell and family - spent Sunday afternnoon with Dr. Truesdell's mother at Lugoflf. Mrs. Hattie Hunter and children of Society Hill spent the week end with Mrs. Kate Gardner. Miss Mae Long who is teaching school heffc' 'spent the week end with her parents, in Prosperity. She was accompanied home by little Miss Margaret llearon. Mr. and Mrs C. L. Mays, of Car tfVsville, were the week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Mays. Mesdames A. K. and A. B. Mc Luqrin spent Friday at Chicora with the former's daughter, Mary Louise McLaurin. Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Yarbrough and Miss Ruth Estridge, of Summer, spent the week end wi?h Mr. and Mrs. K. T. Estridge. The family of Mr. II. W. Nortficutt left last Tuesday to make their home in Gary, N. C. Mr. K. M. Bethunc, of Cheraw, was in town Monday. Democratic Dollars. , We, the undersigned Davis-Bryan Democrats, hereby express our desire for the success of the party and con tribute the sum opposite our names to be used in aid of the Democratic cause: W. JK.. Boy kin $10.00, T. K. Trotter $5.00, David R. Williamsv$1.00, Ma rion B. Williams $1.00, D A. Boykin $1.00, ('. W. Yates $1.00, W. D. Bar rett $1.00, Lewis Moore $1.00, J. E. Copeland $1.00, Herman Baruch $1 00, John Land $1.00, J. S. H. Clarkson $1.00, R. B. Clarkson $1.00, C. S. Shannon, Jr., $5.00, L. J. Whit aker $1.00, A Sheheen $1.00, W. O. Hay $1.00, D." G. Joy $1.00, M. M. Reasonover $1.00, W. R. Gardner $1.00, W F. Nettles $1.00, Leon Schlosburg $1.00, J. Kafesh $2.00, J. S. Fiachel $1.00, H. C. Singletorv $1.00, R. W. Hcrfurth $1,00, F M.\ Zemp $1.00, W. L. DePass #1.00, Leonard H. Schenk. $1.00, G. II. Baum $1.00, L Schenk $1.00, M. J. Reddin $1.00, J no. T. Mackey $1.00, Cash 25c. Total $51.25. A Well Kquipped Store. Buddin's Hook Store, recently open ed on Main street in the store room formerly occupied by J. L. Moseley's cotton office, is a model of neatnesj. Mr. Buddin has equipped his store with the greatest care ? stocking it with everything usually found in a ^ hook, stationery and office supply room. There is hardly an article used in an office but what can be found in this establishment, and if they do not carry it in *took, they will not be long in getting it for you. They have Just received a lot of goods for the ~ ? Halloween trade and will be glad to show you their stock. - ^ Marriage. Mr.