The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 18, 1909, Page 7, Image 7
PEOPLE NOT SURPRISED. E
Comment on the Bigham Case from ft
Laurens County.
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Laurens, Nov. 12.?Little surprise
is expressed here that Dr. G. C. Big- E
ham is not to be found. When the f]
news was received in Laurens the t<
general comment was: "Well, that s<
is just about what might be expected, g
when the bond was so light; I think b
I'd have done the same thing." r<
Underlying this sentiment is the is
fact that in Laurens and Laurens H
county Dr. Bigham and his friend, P
Avant, are believed to be guilty of h
foul murder. There is absolutely no o
sympathy for them up here; the Is
t people believe them guilty of murder
or not guilty. Hence when both 1*
1I-. ~e .v^ 4.. A .v.^ Ql
I lie vcruitl UL ti?c JUIJ* aiiu LUC ocuv- ?
ence were known, and when the bond tl
was reduced from $2,500 to $1,500, tl
severe criticism was heard on all A'
sides. In the Mountville community,
where Dr. Bigham resided for a
while, people are almost unanimous
$ In their dislike for the man, formed ai
before, long before, the tragedy. S
, One young man, who knew Dr. ^
Bigham very well, while in the city
shortly after the trial, being asked o]
what he thought of the man, said: a]
"He was a rough, mean fellow; full
of braggadocio, always talking about w
what he would and could do; he told y<
me about buying a special pistol to
kill another fellow with. I had very
little regard for him." m
From the newspaper accounts of
tne trial ana tne testimony uruugut
out, surprise was caused here on account
of the sentence imposed by ^
Judge Watts. Because the defend'
ants did not go on the stand to tell
the world just how this awful mistake
had occurred, as mistake they .
claim it to be, the people here regard J.1
it as a fear of being cross-examined .
and decidedly against the defendants. B!
Dr. Bigham is a low, heavy-set
man, possibly five feet, nine inches JJ,
in height, dark red hair, parted in J*
the middle, medium low forehead, '
ruddy complexion; eyes of light S!
brown, reddened as if by dissipation
and granulated eye lids. He is ?.(
rather boyish in appearance, clean ^
f shaven, and when his face is in repose
he appears rather a mild man
nered man. in appearance ne is ~
rather younger than his age, 28
years.
Before Dr. Bigham's trial, M. L.
Crisp, his brother-in-law, who lives
at Whitmires, was one of the bondsmen.
At that time there was no l
* feeling on the part of the Crisp fami- k:
ly except that the shooting was a P
y terrible mistake; later, upon investi- P
gation, the Crisps withdrew their op- bi
position to the prosecution. The fact w
that Mr. Crisp was on Dr. Bigham's in
bond was stressed by the defendant's m
i attorney. However, after the trial, si
Mrs. M. M. Bigham, mother of the e*
defendant, signed his bond. di
m bi
SUIT ON COTTON CONTRACT.
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Sprnnt & Son Enter Suit Against
Chesterfield Firm.
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Charleston, Nov. 13.?A case grow- re
ing out of an alleged contract to de- T1
liver cotton, the contract, so the ne
plaintiffs claim, having been made re
last May, the allegation being that it in
A was not completely carried out, has in
been filed in the United States Cir- th
cuit Court by the cotton firm of Alex- bl
ander Sprunt & Son against Hurst- ar
Ct.Qo+ft. PAmnanr r?f P!hf?st.erfleld. nc
The price to be paid for the cotton, so fla
> the plaintiffs allege, was 10 fents for tu
middling, and that at the expiration he
of the contract the price was 14% ni
cents per pound, and that the differ- ca
ence in the price totalled $8,146.86 fla
on the 300 bales called for in the fa
i contract, less the amount delivered,
| for which amount the suit is brought, fo
The outcome of the case will be ca
watched with much interest by farm- Hi
* ers generally. It is known that some cu
farmers lost by making contracts before
the season opened, as the price
of cotton took a phenomenal rise
f j from the start, and the high price was pa
j not forseen.
The complaint of Sprunt & Son is
in part as follows:
"That on the 17th day of May, B]
1909, the defendant executed its contract
in writing with the plaintiff,
> whereby it sold and undertook and
' j agreed to deliver to the plaintiff between
the 15th day of September, ,
' 1909, and the 31st of October, 1909, f<?
300 bales of middling cotton, el
;v. to 'weigh five hundred pounds each, p
4 5 per cent, more or less,' for which w
plaintiffs were to pay the defendant
ni-ino rtf tern fOnta Tlf>r TimiTlfl for ^
'middling and % cent difference for
grades above. American classifica- 111
} tion.'
"That the defendant has failed and
(refused to comply with its contract
and has delivered thereon only the Ca
amount of five thousand, Three hun- m
^ dred and sixty-eight pounds of mid- ir
^ dling cotton leaving a balance of one m
hundred and four thousand, six hun- se
dred and thirty two pounds undelivered,
and plaintiff having contracted th
Pf and sold the said cotton to their
customers were compelled, in order R;
to replace the cotton so withheld by tt
the defendant to go upon the open 01
market and after having first de- ot
manded that defendant deliver the
| cotton, and buy said cotton at the
) price it was bringing at the close of
r said contract, which price was fourt
teen and one fourth (14%) cents ^
per pound at Cheraw, S. C., where a1
I the same was to be delivered; causJing
to the plaintiffs by their breach
of contract a loss of six thousand, ly
$ one hundred and forty-six and 86- ai
100 ($6,146.86) dollars, which sum . 1
has been fully demanded of the de- *r
fendant, and it has refused to pay d
the same. T(
"Wherefore plaintiffs they demand a1
f judgment against the defendant for
%\ $6,146.86." u
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A Scalded Boy's Shrieks ,
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horrified his grandmother, Mrs. Ma- ir
ria Taylor, of Nebo, Ky., who writes tl
that, -when all thought he would die. c<
./ Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured g;
f . him. Infallible for burns, scalds, si
cuts, corns, wounds, bruises; cures ir
fever-sores, boils, skin eruptions,
chilblains, chapped hands. Soon routs
piles, 25c at Peoples Drug Co., Bam- ai
berg, S. C. w
1ERKELEY FARMER A SUICIDE
[r. Lee Rast, of Near Holly Hill
Shoots Himself with Shotgun.
Holly Hill, November 10.?Mr. Le<
last, a farmer living three milei
rom here, committed suicide yes
srday afternoon by shooting him
slf through the heart with a shot
un. No reason for the deed has
een learned, except that he had jus
^turned from Charleston, where ii
; said he was to have been married
[e returned without his bride, anc
ossibly this disappointment causec
im to kill himself. He was a wid
wer, about 40 years of age, anc
;aves six small children.
His mother, who lived with him
;ft him in his room apparentlj
Sleep a lew minui.es Deiore nearxxit
ie noise of the gun. On entering
le rom, she found him dead on the
oor with the gun by his side.
"Misunderstood.
When Mark Twain was a young
ad struggling newspaper writer ir
an Francisco, and had only toe
lany idle hours to while away, a
idy of his acquaintance saw hin:
ae day with a cigar box under hie
rm looking in a shop window.
"Mr. Clemens," she said. "I alays
see you with a cigar box undei
Dur arm. I am afraid you are smokig
too much."
"It isn't that," said Mark, "I'm
loving again."
CONFESSES VARIOUS CRIMES.
egro Boy Admits Having Commit
ted Murder and 22 Robberies.
Atlanta Knv IS. Coollv confess
lg to one murder and twenty- twc
ibberies, all committed in Atlanta
nee October 1, Frank Brooks, ?
neteen-year-old negro, was captured
ere to-day. Brooks admits killing
teve Morris, a negro servant at the
ome of Miss Nettie Sergeant, prinpal
of the Girls' High School, or
ovember 3, after Morris had disivered
him in the act of bulgarizing
le servant's house, in the rear ol
ie Sergeant home. Brooks also gave
le police a list of the places he had
>bbed, his attentions having beer
>r the most part confined to ser ints'
quarters.
Killed by Brother-in-law.
Abilene, Texas, Nov. 14.?S. Hacksy,
aged 72 years, was shot and
llled here this evening by Rubej
ayton, his brother-in-law, aged 62
ayton had boarded with Hacklej
at they did not get along so verj
ell. To-day Payton had been drinkig
heavily and after supper the
len began quarreling in the
tting room and advanced toward
ich other. Mrs. Hackley and hei
lughter tried to separate the meu
it Hackley pushed his wife aside
id Payton fired at him with a 32
ilibre pistol, shooting three times,
ackley died without speaking.
Haofnaca Connnt ha Pnra/I
JL^V?4AUVaa VU?IJUW WV/ VMM w
r local application, as they cannot
ach the diseased portion of the ear.
lere is only one way to cure deaf>ss,
and that is by constitutional
medies. Deafness is caused by an
flamed condition of the mucous ling
of the eustachian tube. When
is tube is inflamed you have a Turning
sound or imperfect hearing,
id when it is entirely closed, deaf!ss
is the result, and unless the inimmation
can be taken out and this
be restored to its normal condition,
taring will be destroyed forever;
ne cases out of ten are caused by
tarrh, which is nothing but an inimed
condition of the mucous surces.
We will give one hundred dollars
r any case of deafness (caused by
tarrh) that cannot be cured by
ill's Catarrh Cure. Send for cirlars
free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's family pills for constition.
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY.
rooklyn Lawyer Comments on His
Own Candidacy.
New York, Nov. 12.?Franklin
lylor, a Brooklyn lawyer, who ran
r municipal judge at the recent
ection and lost, has filed his exmse
account, which totaled $832.23
ith the county clerk.
"All of which serves to demonrate."
Mr. Tavlor reflectively com
ents in his paper* "that a fool and
s money are soon parted."
The Kind of Critter He Was.
It was at the Cliff Dwellers, Chiigo's
literary club, and one of the
embers had just made a terrible,
remediable break about another?
ade it in his presence and that of
iveral other members.
"What ought I do now?" asked
ie break-maker, much embarrassed.
"If I were you," suggested Fred
ichardson, the artist, who had heard
Le whole proceeding, "I should gc
it and wiggle my ears and eat an,her
thistle."?Success Magazine.
Then She Hurried Back.
Irving Berlin, the author of "M>
life's Gone to the Country," said
: a recent dinner in New York:
"A true happening was the inspiition
of this song. In July a Brookn
woman set out for Ocean Grove
ad on her arrival discovered thai
er watch, a small affair, was misstg.
She thought it had probablj
ropped on the thick, soft dining
>om rug, so she wired to the maid
t home.
" 'Let me know if you find anyling
on rug in dining room.'
44 a e j 1 ^ A
A iew uays lcuei sue gui nuui
ie maid a letter saying:
" 'Dear Madam: I was to let von
qow if I found anything on the dinig
room rug. This is what I found
lis morning: Three champagne
irks, eighteen cigar butts, five ciarette
ends, four blue chips, thirtyx
burnt matches, and one pink sat
t slipper.' "
Full line sausage mills, stuffers
id lard presses at Simmons Hardare
Co.
BIGHAM CANNOT BE FOUN
, Georgetown Sheriff Seeks for
in Vain.
5 Georgetown, Nov. 10.?From
3 velopments within the past few
- it seems likely that Dr. C. G. Bigl
- who with W. B. Avant was convi
- at the last term of court for i
s slaughter for the killing of Mrs.
t ham on Murrel's Inlet, will yet es
t the penalty of three and a half y<
. hard labor in the penitentiary,
I posed by Judge Watts. The n<
I of appeal made by the defend*
- attorney, J. W. Ragsdale, not ha
I been filed within the ten days
lawed by law, Solicitor Wells w
, Sheriff Scurry to apprehend the
r vfrtPrl narties at. nnne. thev being
; on a $1,500 bond. On Satu:
j Avant, learning of his being wa
i by the sheriff, came to town fron
home at Harpers and surrend
himself. He is now in the coi
jail. Sheriff Scurry wired Sh
; Burch, of Florence County, to ai
i Dr. Bigham immediately, but 1
> information so far received it se
l that he cannot be found. The
i mise is that he has fled the State
5 There seems to have been som<
consistencies in the bonds require
Bigham and Avant. When the
were first arrested on the warr
issued by the coroner, the bonds ^
fixed at $500 each, being later :
i ed, at the instance of the solic
to $2,500, under which amount
appeared for trial. After convic
and sentence the men were tui
loose under a bond of only $1,
v. j1 *1, ?
trctuii ycuums iuc icaun ui au ay
to the supreme court. It is said
as Dr. Bigham's family is well-t(
the forfeiture of bond is of s
- consequence.
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1 Kills Her Foe of 20 Years.
i
I "The most merciless enemy I
r for 20 years," declares Mrs. Js
? Duncan, of Haynesville, Me., 4
- dyspepsia. I suffered intensely i
i eating or drinking and could scai
- sleep. After many remedies
; failed and several doctors gave
I up. I tried Electric Bitters, w
i cured me completely. Now I car
I anything. I am 70 years old and
i overjoyed to get my health
strength back again." For indi
tion, loss of appetite, kidney troi
lame back, female complaints, its
equaled. Only 50c at Peoples I
Co., Bamberg, S. C.
I The Wisdom of Silence.
The late Judge Silas Bryan,
r father of William J. Bryan, once
r several hams stolen from his sm
house. He missed them at once,
said nothing about it to any one
4 few days later a neighbor cam*
I him.
"Say, Judge," he said, "I he
1 yew had some hams stole t'o
' night."
! "Yes," replied the Judge, very
fidentially, "but don't tell any
You and I are the only ones
know it."?Success Magazine.
Young Girls are Victims
of headachy, as well as older woi
but all get quick relief and pre
cure from Dr. King's New Life I
1 the world's best remedy for sick
nervous headches. They make ]
blood, and strong nerves and b
tin vniir hpnlth Trv thpm. 9.K
; Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. <
Appealed to His Pride.
It was the most obstinate mul
the lot and refused to enter the
of a train held up at a little way
station. Threats, cajolery and bl
were alike useless. The mule refi
to budge, and the slant of his
i told those of the passengers
were familiar with mule ear
that where he was he intendec
stay. Then the aged African
was trying to load him said in ho:
ed tones:
"Whuffo' yo' behave dis way t
all dese strange people? Why,
fool mule, doan' yo' know dat <
people will jes' believe dat yo' n<
done trabeled befo' in all yo' lil
The long ears lost their aggres
slant, and the beast went sedatel]
the inclined plank with the air <
man entering a drawing room
for the first time and determined
to betray the fact.?Exchange.
Old State Dispensary Rented O
Arrangements have been com]
ed with the State sinking fund c
mission for the renting of the
State dispensary building in Col
bia to the firm of A. M. Metz &
for fruit produce business, tbe
being $1,200 per year. This m<
that for a time at least, there wil
some return on the investment n
by the State years ago when
property was purchased to be i
by the "great moral institution"
' wholesale supply house.
Efforts have been made from 1
to time to sell the property at a j
not less than $75,000 as fixed by
general assembly, but no bids 1
been received. At the last ses
of the general assembly it was
' ranged that if necessary fire spr
lers should be installed so that
insurance charges would be redu
These sprinklers will now be
stalled.
Your foods are i
j two classes: Fooc
; that please you by the
taste, and foods th;
i you depend on b<
| cause of what the
' do for you. Quakj
Oats has all the goc
qualities of hot
classes.
i y' \
Him | Remember the Place
de- i
days j| to get polish for the brass
iam, work on your car.
nan- Top dress^ng *or your top.
Bie- Compression grease in a dencape
sity tIiat suit yon*
jars'
*? Automobile Oil
viju5 i
al*re<*
that will please you by elimi"
con" nating half the trouble you
are now having,
rday Remember that the winnted
ning car in the New York1
his to-Paris race run 21,000
ered miles without carbonizing,
unty on this oil. We have oil for
eriff air cooled engines, too.
rest gayf have you heard about
rom oar gasoline contract to au!ems
tomobiles?
surin
I
d by
men We also rebuild any kind
ants of automobile and sell new
vere tops.
raisitor,
Son The Delk Motor Co.
rned
500, I
peal
that ???j-??
ma J.H.DIXON
Machinist and Engineer
had 5=
ime8 General Repair Shop.
'was
ifter We rePair a11 hinds of ma celv
chinery and carry a full line of
had PiP?? piPe Fittings, Valves, Inme
jectors, Lubricators, Oilers, etc.
Bring your engine and have the
L eat cylinder bored. Make it run like
t am new and give you more power.
and Bring your cotton gins and
igeg_ press parts and have them relble
paired before the busy season.
un<[ A stitch in time saves nine. We
-)r ~ repair saw mills, grist mills,
cane mills; in fact we run a
hospital for sick and disordered
machinery. Bring it in and
have it cured. Gas engines and
the automobile engine cylinders
had S hored, and new pistons and
oke- a rings made that won't leak,
but 1 Gives you more power and bet.
A | ter efficiency. We repair and
e to 3 charge storage batteries. Call
a when in trouble and see what
ar'd I we can do.
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As Many a Bamberg Reader Knows
nen, Too Well.
?mpt When the kidneys are sick,
ills, Nature tells you all about it.
and The urine is nature's calendar.
Infrequent or too frequent action;
uild Any urinary trouble tells of kid?
at ney ills.
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=ber long enough to justify a cure, from
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OF BAMBERG AND ADJOINING COUNTIES FOR THE
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which has been given to us since we opened our shop
April 1st, 1909. If we have failed to please a single
customer we have not heard of it. On the contrary we
have had nothing but good words and "repeat orders."
To those who have not tried us. we extend a
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4, The Bepair Man Bamberg, S. C. 2?
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HL indispensable for calling a physician; for
1 summoning help in a hurry; for ordering
wRkfj^ >?^ / . supplies when it's inconvenient to go to .
town; for talking to neighbors or friends;
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||wl The farmer without a telephone i
j] \ Is like a farm with no labory
saving machinery.
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