The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 11, 1922, Page 5, Image 5
Visitors in the Town
And the Community
'?Willie Ott McCue, of Troy, S. C.
spent a few days in the city last week
?Mrs. Paul Whitaker is spendinj
some time with relatives in Green
wood.
?Mr. and Mrs. Hair, of Charles
ton, visited Dr. and Mrs. Robert Blacl
last week.
Vf i?o nf PittS
1U1 O. +.1X VOVlig *_/ v* * - y ?
buTg, Pa., is visiting her mother, Mrs
J. IX Copeland, Sr.
?Rev. M. W. Hitt, of Punedin
} Pla., is spending a few days in th<
city with relatives.
?E. C. Bruce spent several day
last week visiting relatives in Atlant;
and other Georgia points,
i ?Mrs'. Frances Folk returned las
week after spending several week
with relatives in Charleston.
?Miss Vista Brabham spent se"v
eral days in Spartanburg last wee:
attending the music festival.
?Miss Eunice Hunter left Tuesda
morning for Chesnee, S. C., to spen
/ a week with Miss Ethel Strom.
?Rev. S. O. Cantey left Monda
for Hot Springs, Ark., 'to attend th
"otiotqI MinffiTPTlPP ?C 9 vis
itor.
?Major William R. Watson wa
called to Ridge Spring yesterday o:
account of the death of his grand
mother.
?The Misses Inabinet, of St. Mat
thews, spent the past wees-end i]
the city visiting their brother, Re\
T. A. Inabinet.
?Charles F. Ayer, of Seneca, wa
a visitor in the city Monday. Mi
Ayer moved from Bamberg to Senec
several years ago.
?Louis G. Poliakoff, of Baltimore
a former citizen of Bamberg, spent i
few days in the city^last week wit;
(his sister, Mrs. Milton Shapiro.
?Dr. G. W. Garland left last wee;
for Long Island, N. Y., where he wil
spend the summer with his sons. B*
Minn' Tytns Tcland ho ic ononi^
1V1 X> IV X^VU5 AOittilU uv AO o|/^uv
ing a week visiting relatives in Cano
den, Hartsville and other points.
Presents Confederate BflL
Monday morning a young negr
man, who said that he came fror
Orangeburg county, walked up to th
teller's window of the First Nations
Bank and presented a fifty-dolla
hill, for which he asked change
l&rs. Eulalie Morris, to whom h
ihanded the bill, at once saw that i
was not the "real goods," and show
ed it to other members of the ban
force. It was recognized as a Cor
federate bill, and wafc, of course, at
solutely worthless except as a reli
of the days of the Confederacy, no^
past nearly sixty years.
The bank authorities had the ma
held pending an investigation. Th
United States commissioner was ar
thority for the statement that n
federal law had been violated, an
no action was taken against the maz
but fhe received a rather sever
scare. The bank officers are incline
to think that the negro di,d not rea
Hze he?was trying to pass worthies
money.
Makes Shipment of Beans. .
Monday morning the Bamber
County Truck Growers associatio
made the first Shipment of the sea
eon of string beans. The beans,
fine quality of green variety, wer
grown by Henry Hurphy, of Orange
burg county, and the shipment wa
made through the local associatior
The northern onotation on strin
beans Monday was $2.00 per crat
v for good quality product. This pric
is said to be very satisfactory.
The association officers are urgint
upon the members of the associatio:
to stick close with the marketin
plan. The association receives north
ern quotations daily, and is connect
ed up with jobbers who guarantee
market at all times. The individua
shipper has little hope of being abl
; to dispose of his product to satis
factory advantage.
French Family Locate Here.
Bamberg's newest residents ar
Monsieur and Madame cnanes nr
ault and their vivacious and attract
ive daughter, Madamoiselle Margue
rite Pinault, of Saint Nazaiire, Franct
The Pinault family came to this coud
try some tame ago and the Smoak
post of the American legion was in
strumental in them locating in Bam
berg. They are all musicians by pre
fession and for some time past hav
been seeking a location. Monsieu
Pinault was officer of public instrue
tion, director of an orchestra for 2
years, and director of a music schoo
for 15 years and also director o
music in the schools of Saint Nazaire
They are very attractive people of cul
ture and refinement and are makinj
many friends in the town.
Seventy-five per cent, of the wome:
in Japan earn their own living.
BAMBERG GIRL CROWNED
MAY QUEEN AT LANDER.
I The many friends of Miss Elizabeth
Kirkland, attractive daughter of Mr.
,, and Mrs. A. L. Kirkland, of Bamberg, :
. will be interested to know that she i
* was crowned queen of May at the ;
_ senior class exercises of Lander col- <
lege last week. Miss Kirkland is the
president of the senior class. The fol- ;
. lowing is clipped from the Greenwood 1
Index-Journal: <
In spite of the fickle weather, Lan- 1
der .campus was a scene of festive
beauty Monday afternoon when the
' senior class held its annual class day ,
e celebration. The combination of May
day festivities with the programme ,
s made the occasion one of unusual ina
terest and pleasure.
At five-thirty in the afternoon, the
t west campus was alive with students,
s faculty and friends who watched the
procession of the May queen, which
was composed of the queen, Miss Elizk
abeth Kirkland, president of the senior
class, her young attendants, little
Misses' Corine and Eleanor Hodges,
^ Sara Sproles and Sara Jones, the seniors
and the May pole dancers. Coming
from another direction, attended
y by Mosses Mary Lawton.and Kathere
ine Tully, Prince Charming met the
5~ queen as she was surrounded on the
throne by the senior class, and crown
s ed her queen of May, as she had long
Q since been crowned in the hearts of
^ Lander college household.
- Following this feature of the programme,
the graceful youmg sprites,
u dressed in white, carrying gaily-colorr.
ed ribbons, did intricate and beautiful
May pole dances. They reflected creds
it upon their director, Miss Shelton,
of the faculty, whose training in this
a graceful art was evident during Community
Week, last year. All were then
4 led by the sprites around the college
^ to the new steps leading from the
k main campus down into the dingle
behind the college. Each year the senior
class makes a gift to the colk
lege; and a fitting part of this day's
^ programme was the presentation of
this massive and useful set of steps.
The presentation speech was made by
l* Miss Kirkland and Dr. John O. Willson,
in a happy way characteristic of
him, accepted them in the name of
the college..
Following this ceremony, the class
day programme was carried out al
most to completion on the steps. The
j class hymn: "O Love, That Wilt Not
Let Me Go," was sung, violin accom4
paniments bedng played by Misses
" Sprolefe and Eloise Kirkland; the .
thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians,
class scripture, was read, and
k Dr. Brunson led the prayer. Miss
^ Mary HaKer reaa me cmss mavuij,
which was accurate, interesting and
up-to-date; Miss 'Sara Harris read
' the will which caused much merriment,
inasmuch as members of the.
class bestowed legacies which they
do not possess, and t' >eneficiaries
are to receive gifts whicn they do not
0 need. The song:- "The Dearest
^ School of All," was sung by the class
4 with rare interpretation. The class
g prophecy must have caused great sat^
isfaction to those who seeing themL_
selves through Miss Antoinette Wil,s
Kams's prophetic eye, were found in
positions of great usefulness, living:
out in fact the ideas of service "which
t
have actuated the class of '22, the
Jubilee Class. Miss Margaret Reid
g (impressively read the beautiful class
n poem, which was followed by the
i- closing number, "The Step Song,"
a sweetly rendered to the old air,
e "Juanita."
Every one, including several of the
s town girls and other friends, then
t. enjoyed a delicious and satisfying
g supper prepared by the seniors and
e served by members of the sophomore
e class. Thus closed a happy and longto-be-remembered
day in the history
S of the Jubilee class of Lander colli
lege and their friends.
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t- Rains Cut Up Roads.
a Supervisor Smoak and the county
1 commissioners are working strenue
ously on dragging and repairing the
5- roads after the recent rains, which
have cut the roads up and some of
them are in rather bad condition.
The two weeks of almost incessant
rains played havoc with the highway
e system of the county, and some difficulty
is being experienced in getting
> all ofr the roads dragged. However, ^
the work is going forward as speedi5>
ly as possible under the circum -
stances. The Columbia-Savannah
s highway throughout the county siifr
fered greatly during the rains. In
- some places it has been found im
possible for vehicles to travel over
e the center of the road at all, and
r almost the entire distance is rough
s and badly in need of the road ma2
chines.
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f Mrs. Sarah G. Yarnell, Philadel- 1
>. phia's oldest woman, recently cele
brated 4ier one hundred and third i
g birthday.
From the beginning women have t
a stood on a level with the men in the
Phillippines.
LETTERS MAY SAVE BIG- tal
HAM FROM THE CHAIR, lif,
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"I'm tired of this unpleasantness in
here and intend to end it all?you'll Th
never see me alive again," 01 words de
to that effect, L. Smiley Bigham is be*
alleged to have written from Pampli- ju<
co to his brother, Edmund D. Big- su;
ham, who was then still in Georgia
and is now held in the death cell of Co
the South Carolina penitentiary, in SU;
Columbia under sentence to be elec- no
trocuted for having kille Smiley, its
This, with much other iformation vic
bearing directly on the famous case en
is contained in letters which have Coi
come to light, are now in the hands as
of Edmund's attorney, A. L. King. th<
and probably will be made the basis thi
of a motion in the coming term of gr
criminal court for a new trial for ba
him on the ground of after discover- Co:
ed evidence. tri
The letters are understood to be co
typewritten, and signed by Smiley co
with either pen or pencil. The signa- en
ture on the letters, compared with
checks of Smiley that were paid
through the First National Bank of
Florence, has been pronounced genu- ^
ine by local authorities, who qualify
on
as experts in ihandwriting. Of the
signature on the checks there can be .
no doubt, of course, as long as .
mj
the bank accepted and paid them.
Mr. King declined today to discuss
in detail the letters, but did admit
sp
having them. He did not state either
what use he intends to make of
them, but to* seek a new trial on the .
in
ground of after discovered evidence. .
W]
As nearly as could be learned, ^
these letters were written during the
early fall months, chiefly August, in
1920 immediately before Edmund returned
to Pamplico from Georgia in _
September or October. The letters
were addressed to him in Georgia.
The killing of Smiley, his mother, his
sister, Mrs. R. Black, and her two
adopted children, came in January
1921, following.
In one letter, which is believed to
clear somewhat the record in the
case, it stated that the family owed
Edmund SO mucn money, aiuuuu
$26,000 in all, that Smiley had no
hope of their ever being able to pay ^
it. He said they could not even pay
the interest on the debt. It is stated ^
also that he family had had a deed tl
for the property made in Charleston
In August, and it was ready for execution
upon Edmund coming back t^
Pamplico. These statements, if confirmed,
would tend to clear up the E
alleged mutilation of the deed which yj
came to light aliout the time of the =
trial. Persons who followed the de- I
tails of the case remember that the fl
d^ed, which was alleged to have been fl
mutilated, was made in Charleston I
and the original date was ih August. I
One letter also stated that the fami- I
ly had practically concluded arrange- fl
ments to pay the bond of Dr. Cleve- I
land Biglham, who skipped his bond fl
of $10,000 while at liberty under the I
charge of having killed his wife. flj
Probably the principal letter of the fl
batch, is one relating to the unhap- fl
piness of the family. In this, over fl
the signature which is said to be fl
Smiley's, Smiley wrote that condi- fl
tions at the Pamplico home were fl
very unpleasant. He averred he had I
to board out all the time to have any fl
peace at all. In consummate unhap- H
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piness, tie wrote to tne eneci mai n? m
intended to "end it all?you'll never B
see me alive again." B
1 E. M. Sing.'etary, clerk of the I
court, has passed his opinion on the B
signature in the letters. When asked B
this morning relative to the matter, B
he was surprised the information has B
become public. He declined to di- fl
vulge the contents of the letters, as B
a confidential matter. Bait ihe did B
state that he had passed his opinion Jj
on the signature, in comparison with B
Smiley's proven signature on the B
paid checks. He said he believes the B
signature is genuine and stated fur- B
tber that the letters lhave created B
considerable doubt in his mind as to
the guilt of Edmund, of which he has B
never doubted before. fl
These letters have been just dis- B
covered, which is the reason they B
were not introduced at the trial of
Edmund here last March a year ago.
If accepted by the court as bona fide
letters, in which case tJhey would become
admissible evidence, they are
conceded as very strong evidence in
favor of Edmnnd.
All the way through the letters,
Smiley, if ihe wrote the letters, begged
Edmund to return to the family
home near Pamplico. They were generally
concluded with expressions of
due brotherly love and affection. H
Mr. King made only one statement B
this morning, hearing on the case B
and his connection with it. That B
was that he had tahert it with the ex- B
pfectation of exhausting every reas- B
onable possibility of Edmund's guilt. B
That, he expects to do before conclud- B
ing it. He reiterated what every- B
one admits, that Edmund was con- B
victed solely on circumstantial evi- B
dence, which he claims is contradic- B
"ory throughout. B
"If Edmund Bigham is executed," gj
said Mr. King, "the state will have B
ten what no man can restore?his London women
b. Should he afterwards he found partners owing to tl
locent, the case will be pointed to escorts,
murder trials for years to come.
ere is no telling how many mur- i^HHHI^HH
rers might escape just punishment H
cause of it. How much injury to B
stice and society might thereby re- j ? 8
It, no one can estimate/' B I _
Mr. King has just returned from I | *
lumbia, where he served upon the iffl m
preme court of South Carolina a! B I
tice of intention to appeal from B I Hi
recent judgment affirming the con- B _ H^j
ition of the circuit court in Flor- B I HH ^
ce. This appeal is to the supreme B I H
art of the United States. It acts B I H 1 j
a supercedeas to the sentence of B I HH4
b court for execution. However, H S
e motion for a new trial on the B 8
Duna 01 aner uiscvuveieu cviucu^c, 9H
sed on these letters, is expected to H MctyOD
me up before the appeal to the high SI Hi
bunal. In the interim, Bigham H
uld not be executed pending the re- B
nvening of court here and resent- 99
cing of him.?Exchange. B|
It Got Away. fij
A station master was suddenly H
irmed by hearing a terrific crash H
the platform. H PlBIlty
Rushing out of this office, he was S
st in time to see a train disappear- R
g round the curve, while among a R C
imber of overturned milk cans at H
e extreme end of the platform there R
rawled a hatless and disheveled H ^
ung man. H
"What's the matter? Was he try- R 8 5
g to catch the train?" asked the be- H * 1
Idered stationmaster of a small boy B ]
io was standing nearby gaping in H I ^?
mderment. H
"He did catch it," explained the ^
>y, "but it got away again." HBGhRSBE
TRUCKERS,
A meeting of the Bamberg 7
called to be held at the court
Wednesday
?r the purpose of discussing the best meth
id other truck. This is a most important
uck shall be properly handled to get the b
Everyjboci
very member of the association is urged t
ted whether members or not. The meetin
Hooton s Ladies Store an
.-COMMENCEl
NEW DRESSES, N1
New Dresses for Commencement
We have just received this week a
shipment of Dresses, among them
vou wiirtind dresses for all occasions.
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We are showing them in Organdies,
We are showing them in Organdies,
Swisses, Voiles, Georgettes* and Crepe
De Chenes. Come and let us show you,
we believe we can please you in a Dress
and Price. i
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New Piece Goods for Commencement
Another shipment of those New
Crisp Organdies have just arrived in
time for your Commencement Dress.
These we are showing in White and a
line of Colors. In addition to the Organdies
you will find many other materials
very appropriate for Commencement.
Come and look them over.
Make Hooton's 2
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E. 1H00T0N,"
now hire dancing A woman has been promoted to
ie scarcity of male lieutenant in the Turkish Nationalist
army.
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TRY THESE: I I
aise Dressing,
iwaiian Pineappe, sliced and grated. SB
Sherwood Herring Roe, jf|
. Halfhill's Tuna Fish, g
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Pork, Hams, Etc. I
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ALL PHONE 32?PROMPT DELIVERY H
MEATS AND GROCERIES I
A TTRNTION
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'ruck Growers Association is
house in Bamberg at 11 a. m. <
/9 May 17th
ods of gathering, packing, etc., of cucumbers
meeting, as it is very necessary that the
est prices.
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ly Invited ,
,v-|1
o be present, and all growers of truck are ing
is free. Don't fail to attend.
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id Ready-to-Wear Parlor I
!NT SHOPPING " I
EW PIECE GOODS I |
Skirts and Shirt Waists g ^
We have a well assorted line to show H
you in these most popular garments. In m
the Skirts you will find here the Sport |?
Models in a well assorted showing as
well as the more Staple Skirts in Black H
and Navy. A look will) convince you. IS
| In Waists we are showing them in Eg
Voiles, Crepe De Chenes and Georg- ||
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CULCO. J-> U W J.? IJLLC tmiCi jvC?.JL M^iu &CTC
mer Waists, and Hooton's is the place, IS
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Hosiery, Gloves and Small Ware!
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We believe we can fill your wants in
the Small Wares just as complete as we ||
can in the larger and more expensive H
articles, for we know its absolutely nec- m
essary to have the correct llose, U-loves
and such small wares to make your cos- 9
tume complete, so we invite you to come I
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