The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 04, 1927, Image 6
GOAT BONUS OK HUMAN
hcntcH Grave Held* Key To Myntery
of Man 'Hiought Hurled
(Special in Greenville Piedmont)
Seneca, Jan. 20.?What reata beneath
the dlrt-cevered mound in
Mountain View cemetery in which
friend* ami loved uiivh thought they
placed all that was mortal of llarry
K. Sligh, prominent young: man of
this section?
Does the grave contain the bones o 1
a human or those of a goat? Will j
he secret locked in the casket ever
become known 01 will it go down in'
'tie annals < f Seatth Carolina history
as one of the most mysterious things
which ever happened in this state?
For the present rio one can answer
those questions, Gertninly, however,
i i?e friends who stood at the graveside
last September 20 M/el shed co- j
pious tears over the death of young
Sligh wept in vain. The young man j
arrested in California at the instiga-I
Hon of the insurance company in !
which Slight earned policies is now
in jail in Ocilla, Georgia, thus |iutting
at rest the theory held hy those that j
Slight v\u-i hui ned to death and liiat
it was ins remains interred here.
Harry K. Slight's life lias been a
i olorfui one. Hfrn near here and
educated in a South Carolina college,
he is declared to have been n model
young man, with neither faults nor
enemies. The worst thing Seneca
folk can recall about him is thut he
spent money rather freely and that he
"never seemed to get along well in
business." Beyond that, however, no
one arises to lay ouffht against the
\oung man who has made Seneca the
center of this mysterious story.
Young Sligh's father died when he
was a small lad. His mother died
about 1 f? years ago. Hie youth is
siud to have had plenty of money in
I hiii early day* and to have tipeot it
I freely, but not unwiaely.
(Join# to Georgia about 18 yearn
ugo, he' married a young woman there
who i? aaid to have been endowed with
a fair num by her fofcter parents. At
I their death young Sligh and hin wife
came into po??es*ion of a much larger
num, naid by Seneca friends to have
been uround $200,000. Sligh came
back to Seneca and for neveral yearn
wan engaged in the implement and
hardware buninenn. He wan alno an
automobile dealer in a Georgia town,
having approximately $00,000 worth
of <ar.s destroyed by fire in a Mingle
night. No insurance wu? carried or,
the burned earn, it naid.
Sligh wan last ;n Seneca on Seplember
20. lie attended a football
game at (ieimsoii college on tin* afternoon
of September 2.0. ile wan in
Sen ecu that night, it in naid, and left
here on Sunday afternoon, September
2b. The following night fire do- 1
Mtioyed the frame house in which lie 1
wan supposed to be nleeping near
Kitzgcrald, (ia. His wife was in Tal.
wl ah, (ia., at the time of the fire, and
the theory was advanced by friends
and others that Sligh wan burned to
death. This theory was further
strengthened by the fact that bones,
believed by some at least, to have
been those of the burned man, were
found on the bed-springs in the ruins. 1
The remains were placed In a casket
and sent to Seneca for interment.
On Wednesday afternoon, September
2i>, what was thought to be the earthly
remains of Harry K. Sligh were
lowered into the earth in Mountain
View cemetery. The services were
conducted by the Rev. A. G. Harris,
of the Seneca Presbyterian church,
agisted by Rev. D. W. Keller, of the
S< neca Methodist church. Only the
fact that the Baptist minister was
out of town at the time kept him
from being present at the service, as
it had been planned to have him also.
Young Sligh had many friends and
idatives here, and hundreds of these
were present for the service.
Karly in November the first inkling
that it was not Harry K. Sligh after(
all who was buried here came to Senj
oca folk. A detective representing a
New York insurance company came
! to Seneca and held a lengthy conference
with M. A. Wood, local undertaker,
who had charge of the funeral
services. Mr. Wood could furnish no
information as to the contents of the
newly-made grave, saying the casket
had not been opened and that he had
merely acted in accordance with the
wishes of those he attempted to
serve.
The detective, however, told Mr.
Wood many things. ,
"That was not Harry K. Sligh you
buried here and 1 am going to prove
it," the detective asserted. "We have
seven years in which to fight payment?-of
that insurance claim, but I
won't need that long. In less than a
year I will have Sligh located and the
folks here will know that they have
been deceived."
The detective's prophecy came true
in part at least. Sligh was apprehended
in Los Angeles several weeks
ago and brought buck to Georgia,
probably to face charges preferred
by or at the instigation of the insurance
company. How ho was located
is a mystery to Seneca people. Some
s:;v that a letter was mailed to Sligh
and that it was intercepted, but few
I persons take any stock in this belief.
Mention of "goat bones" was first
, made by the detective when he came
1 here early in November. He said, ac'
cording to Mr, Wood, that he would
j prove that it was "goat bones buried
I here in Seneca. He pointed to the
: fac t that no sPoll or teeth were found
1 m the ruins, and that it was most
improbable that these would have
t . been burned up in a small fire. He
clung persistently to the theory that
it was goat bones, saying he had some
^ information obtained in Georgia
j which would substantiate his claim.
1 It is interesting to note, however,
r that the sheriff of the county in which
2 Sligh is now held contends that the
bones are those of a human and not
I of a goat.
Just what will be the final disposif
tion of the mound of dirt in the cent
etery here remains to be seen. R. F.
7 j?!Whh c\r Ahdei son, sold half of his
f plat in the cemetery and it was in
i part of this that young Sligh is sups
posed to have been interred. Now
'I Mr. Jones threatens to bring some
. ! kind of suit, saying he objects to the
! | presence of the mysterious grave in
j a portion of what was once his plat.
1 J lie also contends, it is said, that he
-ins received no pay for the plat from
! : '.he Sligh family.
t Mr. Wood, who rendered his scrk;
vie^s to th7 supposedly bereaved fam'
' ily. says he would not think of oponv
r.g the grave without orders from the
court. He has no authority nor ine
j clination to taki^j^ny steps unless or.
if rod to' do so, he says. Therefore,
^ i no early steps may be taken, ?rven
s, though it is now certain that H$rry
if K. Sligh does not sleep beneath the
c little dirt-covcred mound.
j No marker has been placed at the
y ! tfrave, only a brick resting at one end
and a flint rock ut the other. The
paper placed there by the undertaker
showing the uame and age of the deceased
ha? been torn away by the element*.
John Meyer?, aged keeper of Mountain
View cemetery, aaya hundred? of
persona have visited the cemetery
during the past few week? to see the
td range grave. Not a few brought
camera?. There ia little to ace, however.
The mound of dirt i?, in ap^
pea ranee, the same a? any other
grave, except for the publicity which
has hern given it. No one knows
the mystery which is locked in the
casket, and no one venture? an opinion
a? to when, if ever, the mystery
will be solved.
In the event Harry Sligh is a victirp
of amnesia, as some of his friend?
here believe, the mystery as to the
bone? which were interred here may
i evar be known. In that event the
Seneca-Sligh burial story may go
['.own as one of the strangest ever occurring
in the Southeast.
I.arge Corporation Chartered
Columbia, Jan. 20.?One of the
largest corporations chartered in
South Carolina in recent months was
granted a charter today by Secretary
of State VV. P. Blaekwell to the Appalachian
Lumber corporation of
Pickens. It is capitalized at $1,000,000.
I-eon Isaacsen is president}
W. W. Von Bremen is vice-president,
and treasurer; E. L. Lambert is secretary.
These officers and John E.
Buckingham, J, W. M, Stewart, Henri
Isaacsen and Thomas L. Zimmerman
are directors.
Doors of Colutnbiu Bank Closed
Columbia, Feb. 1.?The Columbia"
Savings Bank and Trust company of
this city was closed and placed in the
hands of the state bank examiner today.
The bank was capitalized at
$100,000 and had deposits of $300,000
of which about $170,000 were funds
of Richland county. B. F. Ferry
Leaphart is president of the bank.
MASTER'S SALE
Stiito of South Carolina,
County of Kernhaw.
(Court of Common Pleas)
A. (i. McLanahan, Plaintiff,
versus
Jessie Nelson and W. Daniel N'elson,
Jr., Defendants.
Under anil by virtue of a decretal
order herein, of date January ....
1927, I will offer for sale to tho
highest bidder, for cash, before the
Court House doer in the City of Camden,
State of South Carolina, during
the legal hours of sale, on the first
Monday in February, 15)27, being the
7th <iay thereof, the following dose
ribed property:
All that piece, parcel or tract of
land situated in the County of Kershaw,
State of South Carolina, on tho
west side of the NVateree River, containing
two hundred and sixty-five
acres, more or less, being bounded
north by Sawney's Creek; east by
lands now or formerly of estate of
Henry Smith; south by tract "B" of
the subdivision of lands of Mrs. Jane
C. Nelson, deceased, allotted to Margaret
N. Bnuakrtt; west by subdivision
"D" of tiic land of Jane C.
Nelson, deceased, allotted to Fannie
N. Bauskett, now belonging to Margaret
N. Bauskett; the tract of land
herein conveyed being tract "C" of
subdivision of land of Jane C. Nelson,
as will more fully appear by
pint of T. Howell Jones, Surveyor,
<>f cate September 10, 1905, anil l>eing
the tract of land conveyed to W. I).
N'elson by T. S. Nelson Margaret N.
itauskett and Fannie N. Bausketi, by
deed of date August (5, 1908, recorded
in the clerk's office of Kershaw County,
in Book 'R.R.R.," page 756.
R. H. Hll/TON,
Master Kershaw County.
Camden, S. Jan. 19, 1927.
MASTER'S SAUK
_
State of South Carolina,
County of Kejshaw.
(Court of Common Fleas)
W B Threatt. Plaintiff,
against
Ada Stufferben. R. A. Napper, et al.
Defendants.
Under and pursuant to a decreet*!
order of the Court of Common Plea;
for the county and state aforesau
heretofore made io the above entitlec
ease, 1 will sell to the highest bidde
at public auction for cash before flu
Kershaw County Court House door
Camden, S. (\, on salcsday in Febru
ary, 1927, the following described rea
estate, to. wit:
All that piece, parcel or tract o
land, situa'e in the County of Ker
shaw and .state.. ai?South?Ctiiulina
containing two hundred and twenty
one and one-half (221 1-2) seres o
land, bounded on the north by lam
of Mickle, lamia of Russel and land:
of T. N. Napj?er and lands of Kel'.ey
east by lands of estate formerly o
Love, an 1 by lands of Manigau'.t
southeast by lands of J. F. Kitkland
w( at by lands ot T. N. Napper am
Helton Mickle; being the tract of 1 uv
conveyed to (uistav Hirsch and Lou*
L. Block by John F. Kirkland, by dee?
dated the 10th of November, 191t
recorded in the office of the Clerk o
Court for Kuibhaw County in Bool
A.R., page JflH. with the exeep'ioi
of seventy-fife (7D) acres of sai
tract heretofore Conveyed by tiu-ta
Hirsch and Louis L. Block to Kliz
Nnpprr; all of which will be moi
fully shown by plat of Joseph Palmet
Surveyor, <?f date November 1, 19 If
being the property conveyed to m
this day by Oustnv Hirsch and Loui
I/. Block, and this Mortgage boini
given to secure the purchase pric
, thereof.
R H. HILTON,
v Master Kershaw Count;
Januaiy 19, 1927.
MASTER'S SALE
____
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
(Court of Common Pleas)
Adam Morgan, Plaintiff,
versus
K. T. Estridge, in his own right and
as Administrator, et al., Defendant
Pursuant to a decretal'Order heretofore
made in the above entitled case,
I will sell to the highest bidder, at
public auction, for cash, before the
Kershaw County Court House door,
Camden, S. C., on salesday in February
11*27, the following described real
estate, to wit: ^
All that piece, parcel or tract of
land lying, being and situate in Kershaw
County, South Carolina, containing
five hundred and twelve (512)
acres, more or less, and bounded on
the North by lands of W. S. Moore
and Mrs. Chalmers Moore, on the
East by lands of C. L. Dye or of
W. S. Moore, on the South by lands
of W. S. Moore and estate lands of
Mrs. Nannie Kirkland, and on the
West by lands of J. E. Williams and
by lands of Robert Stewart.
Also all that tract of land lying,
being and situate in the County of
Kershaw, state aforesaid, containing
one hundred and ninety-nine (199)
j acres, more or less, and bounded
North by lands of Joe Hough, East
by lands of Frank Catoe, South by
lands formerly owned by D. K. Hough
and G. C. Welsh, and on the W*st
by Shropshire and lands of Robert
Vaughan.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
Should the successful bidder fail
to comply with his or her bid within
three days, the Master shall resell
said lands on the following salesday
at the risk of the former purchaser.
R. H. HILTON,
Master Kershaw County.
Jnnuary 19, 1927.
MASTERS SALE
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
(In the Court of Common Pleas)
W. J. Mayfield, Plaintiff,
against
Emma Lawhorn, John Lawhorn nnd
R. B. Elliott, Defendants.
Under and by virtue of a decree of
his Honor, John S. Wilson, presiding
judge Fifth Judicial Circuit, of dato
January 13, 1927, I will offer for
sale in front of the Court House doory
in the City of Camden, on the first
Monday in February, being the 7t.h
day thereof, during the legal hours of
salt1, 16 lh6 highest Didder lor cash,
the following described real estate:
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land situate, lying and being
in Kershaw County, South Carolina,
on the western side of Big Pine Tree
Creek, about eight (8) miles northeast
of Camden, containing two hundred
fifty (250) acres, more or less,
bounded north by lands formerly of
Price, now of Mosier, east an'd southeast
by the run of Big Pine Tree
Creek and West by lands formerly of
Savage, but now of Jim Lawhorn and
west and northwest by Camden and
Cheraw public road, known as "Wire
Road," extending along said road a
distance of three thousand seven hundred
and fifty (3750) feet and along
Pine Tree Creek a distance of throe
thousand six hundred (3000) feet.
Any person, desiring to bid at said
sale, shall deposit with the undersigned,
in money or certified check on
some responsible bank, the sum of
one hundred ($100.00) dollars, as a
pledge to make good his bid if accepted.
R. H. HILTON.
Master Kershaw County
January 19, 1927.
1 w I I I l? lljlpplll I
Since the invention of the printing
press 660,000,000 copies of the Bible
have been printed.
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MAHTEK'H SALE
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
(Court of Common Pleas)
Loan and Savings Bank,- Camden,
8. C., Plaintiff,
versus
S. P. Brasington, Aunie K. Hrasington,
American Agricultural Chemical
Company, Springe A Shannon,
Palmetto Guano Corporation, Bank
of Charleston, National Banking
Association, Southern Cotton Oil
Company, Planters Fertiliser and
Phosphate Company, Bank of Camden,
Bishopvilfe Mule Company,
James H. Burns and Bennett and
Brasington, Defendants.
?
Under and by virtue of a decretal
order of the Court of Common Pleas
for the County and State aforesaid
made in the above entitled case and
dated January 19, 1927, I will sell to
the highest bidder at public auction,!
for cash, before the Kershaw County
Court House door, Camden, 8. C., on
salesday in February, 1927, ihe same
being the seventh day of said month,
the following described real estate,
to wit:
Tract "A": All that piece, parcel
or tract of land, situate, lying and being
in Kershaw County, South Carolina,
about three miles east of Camden,
containing thirty-one and onehalf
(31 1-2) acres, more or less,
known as the Home Place of the late
Mrs. E. C. Roberts, bounded north by
lands now or. formerly of Bessie Roberts,
east by property of Brasington,
formerly of Sheorn, south by lands
of W. R. Roberts, west by lands formerly
of Winkler, later of Wiley and
James Sheorn, the same conveyed to
Annie E. Brasington by heirs at law
of E. C. Roberts dated December,
1923.
Tract "F": All that parcel or lot
of land in the City of Camden, Kershaw
County, State of South Carolina,
containing one-third (1-3) of an
acre, more or less, being all the premises
formerly of the Methodist Episcopal
ChuVch, lying on the east suje i
of a line commencing one hundred
feet north of Hampton Park and two 1
hundred feet east df Lyttleton street, i
running parallel with said street one (
hundred and seventeen feet, bounded
north by premises of Methodist Epis- \
copril church, east by premises of <
M. F. Evans, south by residence of <
premises of S. F. Brasington, west by 1
premises of Methodist Episcopal 1
church, conveyed to S. F. Brasington 1
by deed of W. H. Zemp, et al, trustees <
of W. H. Zemp and others, Trustees 1
of said Church, dated April, 1924, ]
and along with the said lot an adja- J
cent parcel measuring east and west ]
forty-two feet; north and south fifty- !
two feet; bounded north and east by ;
lot of C. W. Evans, south by premises .
of G. C. Bruce, west by the adjoining J
lot of S. F. Brasington together with <
which it is to be sold as a single lot. <
Tract "B": All that parcel 'or lot
of land with residence thereon situated
in the City of Camden, County of
Kershaw, State of South Carolina, ly- <
ing between Lyttleton and Fair
streets, fronting on Twelfth street ii
and* Hampton Grove, measuring two ' 1
hundred feet frontage and one hundred
feet in depth, bounded. north by <
premises of G. C. Bruce and other
premises of S. F. Brasington, former- i
ly of the Methodi3t Episcopal Church;
east by premises of G. C. Bruce, I
aouth by Hampton Grove, west by
premises of Methodist Episcopal
Church. '
Tract "C": All that piece, parcel or
tract of land, situated in Kershaw
County, South Carolina, on the waters
Df ., Swift Creek, known as Dunlap
Place, containing three hundred4'sixteen
acres, more or less, as shown
ay plat of R. W. Mitcham, Surveyor,
lated March 12, 1919, bounded north
ay Swift Creek, east by lands of
Mitchem Ingram, south by lands of
Nancy Nelson and west by lands of
Nancy Coleman, the same conveyed to
S. F. Brasington by deed of A. D,
Dunlap, dated March 27, 1911, subject
to a paramount mortgage in
Eavor of the Federal Land Bank
lated June 9, 192L securing the principal
sum of six thousand dollars
($6,000.00).
Tract "D": All that piece, parcel or
tract of land, situated iri Kershaw
County, South Carolina, known as
Belmont Plantation, containing eight
hundred and one acres, more or less,
bounded on the east by lands of D. R.
Williams and H. S. Zeigler, and on all
uther sides by the Wateree River.
Tract "E": All that piece, parcel or
tr^ct of land, known as the Sheorn
place, situated in Kershaw County,
South Carolina, about five miles
northeast of Camden on the jfl
highway from Camden to Cm9
known at the National Highwa^l
taining three hundred ninetoj^l
and one-third acres, more or leafl
shown by plat of R. W, MitctsJ
Surveyor ,dated March 6, 1919, btifl
ed north by National HighwsyM
lands of I. J. McKenzie, east byJ^H
of J. P. Rasty and Langley, soutbB
lands of Hall and Poor House jfl
of Kershaw County, west by faridB
W. C. Roberts, the same conveyeM
Annie G. Brasington by deed of^H
ise Weeks and others dated Novofl
29th, 1915, subject to a paraoS
mortgage in favor of the FdH
Land .Bank, dated March 22, ISflB
curing the principal sum of
sand dollars ($10,000.00).
That no bids vfctftt he received ii^B
any person who shall not havefl
posited with the Master in monejfl
certified check upon the respsqH
tracts the following amounts: \
Upon Tract A, $100.00 H
Upon-Tract F, $ ?>0.00
Upon Tract B, $200.00
Upon Tract C, $200.00
Upon Tract D, $500.00
Upon Tract E, $600.00 11
R. H. HILTON, M
Master Kershaw CouB
January 20, 1927.
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