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The Camden Chronicle "" .r.r ?' : irr ? " ? m . . . ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? .??? i ^ mrngmagggmmmm ?' lamggmmmggm , ? 1 1 i | . "I 1 1 | 1 ? ??? i i i i . ggflggggaw n i < i. i ? | VOLUME XXXVII. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1926. NUMBER 45 HIGH AM GKTS NKW TRIAL \ ? > Camden Attorney Successful in Kf iorts for l 'a in mi s Prisoner Columbia, Feb. 1. ? The supremo vourt today unanimously granted a new trial to Kdmund D. Bigham, and in a majority opinion severely criti cised the conduct of his trial in Con way that ended irj the death sentence being imposed upon the Florence county man for a third time in con nection with the slaying of five mem bers of the Bigham household more than five years ago. Bigham was tried for the murder of his brother, J^miley, and is also charged with mur dering his mother, sister and the lat ter's two adopted children. Associate 'Justice R. C. Watts wrote the opinion, which condemned (^specially the method of cross>-exam ining the defendant pursued by Philip H. Arrowsmith, of Florence, who assisted Solicitor L. M. Gasque in the prosecution, and found error in the course of Judge II. F. Rice, who presided at the trial. Chief Justice E. B. Gary and Associate Justice T. P. Cothran concurred un reservedly in the Watts opinion, while Associate Justice J. H. Marion and Acting Associate Justice R. O. Purdy concurred in the result. - Arrowsmith's cross-examination of ttigham about alleged murders in Georgia and Florence county, with which the defendant had never been charged but in which . the attorney intimated he had been concerned, itras declared "highly reprehensible." in the main opinion. At the time of the trial, in the fall of 1924, the ques tions about these alleged crimes led to a personal difficulty in the court room between Arrowsmith and Men del L. Smith, of Camden, who was associated with A. L. King;- of Flor ence, in the defense,. "The action of the assistant state counsel was highly reprehensible," the opinion said, "and deserves the highest condemnation anftl censure; his honor should have stopped him and required him to adhere to the rulings of the court. The attorney disregarded and practically defied the rulings of the court and should have been stopped and brbught tip and made to respect the rulings of the court. He, by his disregard of his honor's ruling, nullified the effect of the court's ruling by his persistent violations of the same. He should have been brought up in short order and made to conform to the court's ruling." "We think it a pity," the opinion continued," that the very capable and hlgh-min4ed solicitor could not have conducted the whole examination of the witness. We feel assured that if he had been able to do so, no such exceptions as are presented by these exceptions would have been neces sary." Of the cross-examination, Associate Justice Watts wrote: "It was not competent, it was unfair; in viola tion of the rulings of his honor, and most deeply and highly prejudicial to the defendant/' , The action of the attorney was characterized as "insinuating, sug gestive of other murders, unfair, in violation of the rulings of his honor and in violation of the decisions of this court." "While his honor ruled the ques tions incompetent," the opinion said in further discussing the interroga tion of Bigham with regard to the al leged murders, "yet he allowed other questions to be asked that conveyed to the jury the impression that the defendant was a wholesale murderer 'with blood on his hands and panting for more,' as it were." Judge Rice should have ordered a new trial as the result of the sudden death of*George J. Steele, a prosecu tion witness, while testifying, the su preme court held. The fact that the defense made no motion for a new trial at the time, it declared, did not render the presiding judge's duty different. The defense had contended that its case was prejudiced because the witness had died after giving im portant testimony for the state but before the defense had an opportunity to cross-examine him. This conten tion was upheld by the court. With reference to the admission of testimony regarding the deaths of the five victims of this homicide, the opin ion said: "The defendant was on trial, for killing one person, yet every detail of the five homicides was presented to the jury; even to the skull of hit mother; the defendant was not being tried for kllHnff her, bat for killing BETH UN K NKW8 N OT MS lteuiH of Intermit us (fathered By Our Regular Correspondent r ' ,L ? . ? / Bethune, S. C., Fob. 3. ? An operetta was given in the school auditorium Friday evening under the supervision of Miss Riley, teacher of music. The proceeds which amounted to more than thirty dollars will be used for improvements in the music room. A minstrel will be given in the school auditorium Friday evening by the high school boys under the aus pices of the athletii; 'association. A pageant was presented by the Christian Endeavor society in the Presbyterian church Sunday evening. The pageant was proceeded by a special musical program and a t:i!k by Rev. J. M. Fovbis. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Hester enter tained a few of their friends Sunday with a turkey dinner. Dr. E. Z. Truesdell and family were guests of the former's mother, Mrs. iM. E. Truesdell, at Lugoff Tuesday evening. Miss Elise Hook was the week-end guest of her sister in Columbia. Miss Kathleen McOaskill of the Marion school faculty was the week end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCaskill. Mr. J. G. Itichardfi, of Cheraw, was a visitor here Sunday. Miss Frances Severance, of Coker i college, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Severance. Mr. Henry Robertson, of Wildwood, Florida, spent several days ^vith his father, Mr. L. D. Robertson, last week. * Mrs. S. H. McCaskill and children,! of Florence, were week-end guests of j iri^nds here. v^lSHrs. Mary Bethune returned Fri day from an extended visit to her son, Mr. R. M. Bethune in Cheraw. Mrs. Lorixig Davis very charmingly entertained at a bridge party Monday evening. Mr. D. T. Yarbrough returned from Madison, Fla., last week where be has business interests. Mrs. Elizabeth DuBose Boykin, county home "demonsttati^p agent of Camden, was a visitor here Monday. L. Smiley Bigham." Another contention of the defen3e upheld ; was that the testimony of Mrs. Ola Kirton, a neighbor of the Bighams, relating a conversation with Smiley in which she quoted the latter as saying that Edmund had made threats against the family, was hear say and inadmissible. Justice Marion devoted his concur ring opinion largely to an elaboration of the court's reasons for holding tl\at Mrs. Kirtori's evidence was inadmissi ble and prejudicial to the defendant. His opinion stated that the matters involved were largely for the discre tion of the presiding judge. Acting Justice Purdy discussed in his opinjon the exceptions of defense that5* were not covered in the main opinion, inasmuch as Justice Watts had already found grounds for con-* sidering any except the exceptions noted in his opinion. It was held in this opinion that Judge Rice did not commit reversible error in permitting witnesses to describe the wounds of the other members of the family, ex cept Smiley. He "allowed wide lati tude" in this line of evidence, the opinion said, but the matter "was in his discretion." Chronology of Bigham Case Probably between the hours of three and four o'clock in the after noon of January 15, 1921, near the little town of Pamplico,' in Florence County, this deplorable tragedy oc curred. Mrs. M? M. Bigham, he mother ofi the accused, was found dead in her back yard with bullet wounds in the neck and head. Mrs. Margery Black, a sister, was found dead in her room in the upstairs of the house with a bulleii wound also in her head. She was dressed* and lying on the floor. On a covered porch leading from the I rear of the dwelling house to the kitchen, a boy of tender years, little John MoCracken, an adopted son of Mrs. Black was found dead with a bullet wound in the center of the head. About fifty yards from the rdfcr of the house on a pile of straw little L.eo McCracken, a brother of John, also a boy of tender years, and an other adopted son of Mrs. Black was found fatally wounded. Though com pletely unconscious he survived until j about five o'clock the following morn ing. Ho was shot through the left wrist and head, both wounds being probably made by the same shot, the left hand being. thrown up in a de-j fonsive attitude at the time of the fatal shot. I,. Smiley Bigham, for whose deatn the accused was held legally respon sible in the trial, was found the next day about noon. His body was dis covered on a ditch bank in a dense woodland about one mile from the (Continued from first Paga) -v.- - .V, . .. * :,T J THE MONTH'S HON OH ROLL Student* of Distinguished KatinR in The Camden City Schools Grade 1-A --Minnie Sue Bruce, Lil lian Davis, Catherine Dempster, Huth Evans, Nancy Thompson Watts, Al bertus Shaler, Jean Wilson, Sidney Kirkland, Lylea Munn, Jack Mogu lescu, Isaac Pitts, Andrew Whitaker. Grade 1-B? I<eo Snyder, Billte Net tles, Guy Love, Jean VanLanding*| ham, Ellen Little, Hazel Shirley, James Godwin. Grade 2-A? Sarah Bissell, I^Ha Christmas, Sadio Frletag, Elizabeth Goodale, Mary Purser, Emily Sheorn, Lillie Mae Smith, Lena Stevenson, Thelma Stokes, Edna Strak, Helen Tindal, Belton Beard; Ned Board, Jack Brown, Everett Goodale, Jack Ilalsall, Ray Moore, McKain Richards, Robert Shaw, William Henry West, Clyde Brown, Marion Smith. Grade 2-B? Carl Scarborough, Fleta Horton, Dorothy Lewis, Hoyt Players, Grade 3-A ? Katherine Bruyshaw, Charlotte Brown, Mary Burnet, Ruth DeLoaehe, Charlotte DuBose, Eleanor Hopkins, Annie Kelly, Ruth Moseley, Estelle Myers, Frances McLeod, Mary Richey, Dorothy VanLandingham, Mary Waters, Eleanor Watts, Jack Haile, Jerome Hoffer, Everette Mont gomery, Roland Moore, J. A. Rast. Grade 3-B ? Etta Scaffe. | Grade 4- A ? -James Clyburn, Har vey Davis, Cecil McCaskill, I* letchei Moore, Jr., Hamilton Osborne, Luther Shav, William Thompson, Mary Lee BlaWeney, Mary Kirkland, Golda Shir ley, Lonnie Strak. . Grade 4-B ? Vivian Stokes. "?~*v Grade 5-A ? Katherine Kennedy, ^Samuel McCaskill, Meta Mogulescu, Joseph Lang, Elizabeth Gardner, Sarah Kirkland, Virginia Drawdy, I James Moore, Nancy Browne, Betty Garrison, Jack Boyd, Reuben Pitts, Grace Love, Homer Baldwin, Leonard Storey, Margaret Barnes, Olivia Bud din. Grade 6-A ? Grayson Shaw, Grace Robinson, Margaret Goodale, Bffar j garet McCoy, Alice DePass, ? Marie ; Haile, Lois Turner. 1 Grade 7- A? Elizabeth Zemp, Emily Pitts, Carolyn McKain. | Grade 8-A ? Benton Burns, Arthur Davis, Frederic praham, Robert Ken nedy, Duncan Lang, Rochelle Sheorn Maud McTeer. Grade 8-B? Catherine Boykin, Bet- j ty Cureton, Caroline Richardson,: Carolyn Burnet, Sarah Mills. Grade 9-A? Mary Boykin, Joej Mogulescu, Louise Trapp, Evelyn ' Moseley, Elmer Watts. Grade 9-B? Evelyn Bruce, Virginia Haile, Mary Brown, Ellen Stewart. Mendel Robinson, Molly Blackwell. Grade 10-A ? Louise Jennings, Wil-" lie Porter, M&rgaret Rast, Carolyn Heyman, Robert Davis, Moultrie Burns, Mary Thompson, Louis. Lang. ? Grade 10-B ? John Richardson,! Loma Gladden, Cora Williams. Grade 11- A ? Carolyn Wooten, Susie Watkins, Jemel Rabon, Maud Dabney, Margaret DeLoaehe, Fay Kirkland. Grade 11-B? Harriet Whitaker, Martha Singleton, Sarah DePass, Jumelle Haile, Mary McCoy, Sara Gettys, Margaret Billings, Charles Lorick. Com maud ery to Meet The Sir Knights of Camden Com mandery No. 12, Knights Templar, are requested to attend a stated con clave of the Commandery on Tuesday evening, February 9th, at eight o'clock, when the Red Cross ' and Malta degrees will be conferred. Has Chevrolet Agency The Welsh Motor company, with temporary headquarters in the old Clyburn Block on lower Main street, is the name of Camden's newest auto mobile agency. It will be in charge of Sheriff G. C. Welsh and will sell the well-known Chevrolet automo biles exclusively. He will also carry a full line of parts and have a service department for these cars. Mr. Welsh is well and favorably known not only in this county but in adjoin ing counties. His field for making sales will comprise the two Carolina* exccut in incorporated towns where there is a regular agency and he teMs us that he already has many sales made as soon as he can got a ship ment of cars which are expected daily. Meeting of Civic league The regular monthly meeting of the Camden Civic League will be held Monday afternoon, at five o'clock, at the Camden high school auditorium. A. fall attendance is desired. AMONG THIS TOURISTS S Polo and Hunting Chiof Features With Visitors Here The shooting Around Camden al ways attracts large numbers of hunt- ? era, the various preserves being un- J usually w>'U stocked with game of j all sort. Covies of quail and doves' abound in the uplaud, and in the low lying regions about the Wateree river may be seen numbers of wild ducks, turkeys and geese. The ubiquitous raccoon and - opossum still lure the native colored folk, and on the full of the moon visiting sportsmen . find much fun in the quest of. these deni zens of the forest, Mr. Henry W. Sage of Albany And New York, who owns one of the best stocked preseftrea South of Camden is now here stopping with Mr. Allen J. Boykin, a veteran sportsman of the locality. Mr. Walter Ferguson of Stamford, now occupying Mulberry plantation, is another keen sportsman, and haft i been taking with him almost daily Mr. W. J. Hutchinson, Mr. Reginald i llalliday and Mr. W. B. Scarborough | of Fnglewood, N. J. They have a i string of excellent dogs with -them, land are enjoying shooting in the I Spring Hill section, where there are about ten thousand a<jres of wonder j ful shooting grounds. I Mr. Charles M. Tuintor, of New York CHy, has also a shooting club in the vicinity, and Mr. A. A. Forrest ahd Mr. W. J. Knapp, of Rye, have been here for several weeks shooting daily, as has also Mr. A. A. Lock wood, of Utica. Making their headquarters at the jlOourt Inn, Messrs. Arthur E. Whit ney, E. D. Gerard, B. D. Ticknor and W. B. Nisbet with Mr. C. H. Yates, ,of Camden, and Dr. H. Dodge PetejyS, of New York, are daily out for shoot ing on the weil-atocked preserves of the Lausanne Field and Stream Club \about six miles east of Camden. II Mr. William H. Kirkbride, of Bos ! ton and Camden, has from time to litime friends here with 'him at his j country home, Cool Spring. Mr. Kirk I bride's preserves include much low ! land around the Wateree as well as ; acres of well stocked' upland abound ing with quail. Mr. and Mrs. William G. Kelso, Jr., I of Brooklyn, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. i Whitney of Garden City and Mrs. Henry G. Piel, of Woodmere, L. I., are at the Court Inn, and Mr; Alex ander B. Trowbridge of -Flushing has joined Mrs. Trowbridge there this ; week. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Joyce of | Brooklyn who are passing the winter ! at the Court Inn entertained Mr. and Mrs. David E. Williams, Miss Emily N. Hamersley and MV. E. N. Hamers ley, of Philadelphia, and several others at tea recently at the Sars field club. ! ' Mr. and Mrs. Dyer Smith, of Mont ! clair, are building a home on Lyttle tori avenue, one of the best remaining lots 1n the town. Joining the colony from Philadel phia at the Court Inn are: Mr. J. J. Sheble and Miss A. A. Sheble, Mr. Reynolds D. Brown, Mr. Henry I. Brown and Mrs. Henry I. Brown, Mrs. H. D. Booth, Mrs. Henry D. Booth, Mrs. William Lorid Sexton and Mr. James B. Ladd, of Ardmore, Pa., and Mr. T. R. Tunis of Paoli. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Corse of Wyom ing are with Mrs. Corse's mother, Mrs. Jesse Nalle, of Philadelphia in her cottage on Fair street. Mr. R. G. Van Name, who has been at Hobkirk Inn for severel months returned (this week to Yale university to resume his duties as Professor of Chemistry. Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Minor have arrived for a visit at Jfobkirk Inn: Dr .Minor is among the leading spec ialist* in Asheville, N. C., and is here to recuperate from a recent severe illness. Mr. Karl P. Abbott paid Camden a flying visit this past week coming up to the Kirkwood from one of his other hotels, the Vinoy Park, at St. Petersburg, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Faulkner, who own a resort hotel at Blue Mt. Lake in the Adirondacks, were at Ivy Lodge this week on their way to Florida, and were delighted with Camden. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gallien of Montclair, N. J., are recent arrivals also at Ivy Lodge. Match games of polo are placed three times a week now on the Kirk wood field, the number of players having been greatly augmented with in the last few days. The most recent comers to ehter the polo colony are Carl Foster and Arthur Vignoles of Roston. Tuesday afternoon the Cam den team mat the Freebooters in a snappy contest resulting in a victory of 7 to 3 for Camden. Captain H. A. C. Musters of the British army acted as- referee. The line-up was: Cam den, A. Vignoles, F. Brennan, God frey Preece, Terehce Preecc. Free booters, Ralph Chase, C. Peerless, Stuart Preece, W. Yowl. Paper chases and drag hunts have also been run off and will continue to be among the winter sporting events. Mr*. Dwight Partridge and Mr. and' Mrs. Ralph Chase went up to South em Pines, taking part in the drag hunt there on last F*ujay. Dr. and Mrs. George St*el,"Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Sutliff#, of New York, Mrs. William Lord Sexton, of Phila delphia and Mrs. IL A. Strong, of Rochester are among recent arrivals at the Court Inn, and doming to Hob fclrk are: Dr. and lfrs. JTrlt* Nilson, Miss Carolyn Corell, of New York and Mrs. John Re4d and Miss Ellen I. (iKOH(iK H. COOK DKAl) Watt Native of New Jersey, lint W*h h Winter Resident of Camden Fi iouls hi ( ani.U ii and i-Uewhero, were maddened Sunday afternoon when the announcement was made 'that Mr. (feorge U. Cook had passed away at his winter home on Groou street in Kirkwood Heights. While a native of Trenton, N; .1., Mr. Cook had spent many Winters 'in Camden where he owned considerable real estate, lie was an affable gentleman and had made many friends in this city during his annual stay here, The remains were sent to his north ern homo Monday afternoon over the Seaboard where the funeral and burial was held Wednesday. The following friends acted as pallbearers in con veying the body to the station; L. A. Kirkland, J. H. Bums, Willis Cantey, George T. Uttle, C. It. Yates,. New ton C. Boykin, W. I,. DePass and . Ralph N. Shannon. , The following notice of his death and funeral Was carried in the Tren ton Kvening Times of February 1: "Funeral services for George. R. Cook, Gf> years old, who died yester day afternoon at his winter estate 1 near Camden, South Carolina, after i an illness of three weeks, will be held ' Wednesday afternoon nt 2 o'clock ! from his Trenton residence, 1183 West 1 State street. Interment will bo in i Riverview cemetery, under the direc- 1 tion of Irvins & Taylor. "Mr. Cook's death was due to in- ; ternal complications which followed treatment he underwent a few weeks ago in Philadelphia. At hifc bedside at the time of his death were Mrs. Cook, his eldest son, Horace T. Cook, and his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Young, of Law ' runceville. Mr. Cook had another ! son, by his second marriage, Master John Hutchinson Cook. Mr. Cook was the son of the late Edmund Burroughs and Sarah D. J Cook. He was born at Millstone, N. ? J., and* his education was acquired tlyough the teachings of- a tutor, i "Noted for his remarkable execu; tive and business ability, Mr. Cook with his brother, the lpte Edmund D. Cook, founded the old Cook Linoleum company, of which he was president for many years. He and his brother, together with the late John Haver stick and Surrogate Samuel Haver stick, organized 'the old Standard^ In laid Manufacturing company. These .business concerns fn which Mr. Cook and his brother, Kdmund, were equal partners, were acquired a few years ! ago by the Certain-Teed Products ! corporation. "Mr. Cook was the president of the Hamilton Rubber Company, the Com bination Rubber Company, the0 Cook Security Company and the Acme Rubber Manufacturing company. He was a director for )*evcral years of the Trenton Saving Fund Society, but resigned. ? . "While much interested in the New Jersey Children's Home Society, Mr. Cook was of a very retiring dispo sition and was neither a lodge mem ber nor actively affiliated with 4 a church. He was of the Presbyterian faith, however. "When a young man, Mr. Cook moved from this vicinity to Princess Ann, Md., where his father had pur chased a plantation, but later re turned and entered the employ of Al paugh & M ago wan, pottery manufac turers. He then went to the Empire Rubber Company. After being at tached to tho Empire Rubber Com pany, Mr. Cook, With the late Frank A. Magowan and others established the Trenton Oilcloth Company in 1887. Mayor Magowan was the pres ident and M?f Cook treasurer and general manager. In 1K94 Edmund D. Cook became a member of the firm. He met a tragic death approximately thirteen years ago while horseback Reid of New Rochelle. Mrs. Katherine Baker Houston is also a recent arrival at Hobkirk, where she has been joined by Miss Caroline Crane, of Augusta, Me., for a visit of several weeks. The Holly Tree Tea Room continues to attract many motorists for an af? ternoon's drive and a cup of Mrs. Cantey's fragrant tea, accompanied by delicious home made dainties of all sorts. The Woman's Exchange is also a favorite gathering place for tea par ties and the Friday afternoon ? talks and U<a* contiiluo exceedingly popu lar. Today Dr. William S. Rains ford will speak on "A Reformation Necessary ? Why it is and What it Will Be," and next Friday, February 12, Judge R. W. Winston in response to numerous requests will again ?peak. His topic "is to be "Abraham Lincoln." JOHN MRI/TON OONVICTE1) Fiye Men Charged With Burglary Also (Convicted Tin- February term of court com menced Monday morning with Judfri J. K. Henry of Cheater presiding for the first time in thi? county. As Is his custom, court was opened each morning with prayer by the Rev. J. P. Graham. Quite a number of pleas of guilty and several convictions had been made when court adjourned Wednesday for the- week, to recon vene Monday morning. None of the following who were convinced have been sentenced. Sentence will bo passed upon them next week. A. K. NVoodham, of l-ee county, plead guilty to a liquor charge. Willie Porter, a negro, was found guilty of shooting into a residence, Mannic Oca,* and Scion Dean were charges with violating the prohibition law. The case against the woman was Hot pro.s.-.ed. while Scion Ocas plead guilty. Joe ^landing and Willie Magbee, ? negroes, pleat! guilty to a violation of the liquor laws. Odell Hunter, a negro, plead guilty to a charge of larceny. Hunter is the negro who broke into the store of the Enterprise Mercantile company here and was*- captured in Columbia. He was sent to Jacksonville, being sus pected of committing a murder thorn twenty years ago, but proved to be the wrong man. It. C. Cross and Laura Muggins, both whitp, were found guilty on a charge of living in adultery. The jury fecommended them to mercy. John T. Melton, white man of near Cassatt, was tried on a charge of murder and founld guilty of man-' slaughter without recommendation. Melton killed Leland Anderson, a young white boy, while engaged in a game of cards. Sam Cody, Joo Karol, William Gap, Mike Thompson and A. B. Rush, all white men were convicted of house - breaking and larceny. The five men burglarized the store of the Blaney Mercantile company, at Blaney, and were later captured in Alma, Ga., where some of the stolent goods wero identified and recovered. ? Bennie Jones, negro, convicted of assault and battery and sentenced to serve five years and whose case was carried to the supreme court has been granted a reprieve until March 16th of this year, after which he will be gin serving his sentence. Walter Stokes, young white man, sentenced to serve one year for man- ' ufacturing whiskey, and who also carried his case to the supreme court, has been placed in jail to begin serv ice of his sentence. 4 R. S. Williams was named as fore man of the grand jury, but owing to the fact that more business will come . before them upon court re-convening Monday no presentment of the grand jury has been made. The jurors drawn to serve for the\ second week will appear for jufy duty Monday morning. A curious fact concerning the 67 "deeps" in the ocean is that all of them are near the land. riding in Cadwalader Park. "In 1902 Mr. Cook disposed of his holding: in the Empire Rybber com- _ pany and formed the Acme Rubber Manufacturing company, which originally was known as the Eureka Rubber Manufacturing company, the * plant boing opposite the linoleum works on East State street. On the death of his brother, Edmund D. Cook, who owned the Hamilton Rub ber company, Mr. Cook .purchased that concern and in 1904 he acquired the Combination Rubber Manufactur ing company of Bloomfield. The * Combination company was moved to a new plant built here ten years later. "Some years ago Mr. Cook was ? prominent horseman. At different times he owned some very fine steeds. Frequently he served as a judge at the foremost horse shows in* the East. Mr. Cook was twice married, his firwt wife being Miss Mary Taylor, daughter of the late Joseph Taylor, of Morrisville. Of this union there were two children, Horace T. Cook, of this city, who is associated with various business enterprises and who ? is married, and Mrs. Young. A few years ago Mr. Cook and Miss Alice Hutchinson. daughter pf-^John T. Hutchinson, of Chwerriela, were married. Aside from his three chil dren and his widow, Mr. Cook is also survived by one brother, Charles HffW&l Cook* of the Cdok Pottery company. r