Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SKELETON ON J)ISPLAY. | ( Mrs. Lavinia Fisher Was Only Wo- J man Hanged in South Carolina. Because of the many people who visit the Charleston museum and who : bring friends to the museum to see ] t?he skeleton of Mrs. Lavinia Fisher, ] the only woman to have been hanged ] in South Carolina, and whose skele- 1 ton was exhibited at the museum ' some time ago was removed because ] it was out of order, the museum has ' decided to again install the skeleton < and it is now being put in order, re- 1 lates the Charleston News and Cour- 1 ier. It is expected that there will be wide interest in the fact that Mrs. ? Fisher will come out of her hiding ( place and will again be seen and pub- ( licity will be given to the dajte on ] which she will be placed once more ] on exhibit. j Mrs. Fisher and her husband. John Fisher, kept, the Six-Mile House, er- j roneously confused with the Four- : Mile House, about IS20; and con- ( siderable curiosity was ajroused over j the continued disappearances of those who stopped over night at the hostelry. Investigations were made . and it was found that the guests had been murdered and their bones buried in the cellar. The guilty pair were arrested and tried and sentenced, the woman being the first and only woman hanged in t?his state. Desperadoes Very Active. The'following account of the case is taken from King's "Newspaper Press, of Charleston, South Carolina." 1 4 "Too frequently the torch of the incendiary, together with the machi- 1 nations of the desperado, give scope for individual condemnation. Not c _. i less frequently were tne warnings given by the city journals to the authorities to suppress the then existing evils. This condition of society, bad as it was in the city, w*as much worse in the environs. Gangs of white deperadoes occupied certain houses, and infested the roads leading to the city. To such an extent r. did these outlaws carry their excesses, that wagoners and others coming into the city were under the necessity of carrying rifles in their hands for defense. Travelers passed these >; houses witti fear and trembling. More 1 dreaded than others of these haunts t were that known as the Six-Mile House, occupied by John Fisher and * ?' . f < Lavinia, his wife. State sheriff, N. 1 G. Cleary, was forced to move against ( these highwaymen. With a number i of mounted citizens and detachments .( * -\ from the Charleston Riflemen, WashI F ington Light Infantry and the North- ' ern Volunteers, he started on tn? errand of extermination. Great Fear of the Gallows. "The City Papers of January and h February, 1920, give accounts of the ] capture of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher. The 'Constitutional Court' of the 19th of 1 t January, 1820, had refused to grant new trials to John and Lavinia Fish- J qr, convicted at the previous court of highway robbery, and they were sentenced to be hung on Friday, the 4th day of February, following. They 1 were, however, respited until the 18th t on their petition imploring the oppor- 1 tunity for preparation, and asking * but for 'time to meet their God.' On Fridav, 18th, at 2 o'clock, just with Q in the lines of a hill east of the Meetin street road, about 800 yards north of the street now known as ine street continued, John Fisher and 3 his wife met their fate, the former v with calmness and composure, and * the latter with fear and trepidation. 1 '"Mrs. Fisher appeared, from the 1 time ui her Trest, to be under the in- * fiuence of wrong passions and feel ings. It i ns evident that she flatter- s ed herself with the expectation of t pardon from the executive. Mr. Fish- s er, on arriving within sight of the 1 t ^ .. d fw his wife convulsively to f h ^ ' >roin, and speedily nerved him- v <elf to the issue. The unhappy wife c ' lis* *?ot believe it possible that she > was so soon to die. She called upon * the immense throng assembled to r .cr and implored pity with v rtstreNhed and trembling hands. I No scene could be more appalling as ^ the ill-fated pair' stood between time c and eternity. The platform gave ? way at a given signal from the sher- I iff, then all was hushed and still? c U.-Q5 mrvrtal had DUt On 2 tUUV U litx.M MM ? t immortality." Th-3 skc 'eton of Mrs. Fisher was at 1 first owned by the Medical college, by * which it was given to the Museum. * Them Was the Days. c / "Sorry, but I can't insure you? you're too- tall," said the agent to the man who waanted to take out an accident policy. i1 "Too ff-Il ? What's the matter j with that?" protested the applicant. J "And, anyway, I'm not as tall as my < father was and he had no trouble getting insured." ^ "But your father," the a?ent ex- t plained, "was insured years ago when ' therp va<? no danger of a fellow hav- i ing his head knocked off by a skid-{ ding airplane."?The American Le-| gion Weekly. J < GASQUE TO MOVE FOR DIMISSAL. Piles Petition in Edmund D. Bigham Case?Xo Merit in Appeal. Solicitor L. M. Gasque, of Marion, yesterday filed a petition with the supreme court to have the appeal of Edmund D. Bigham, convicted of the murder of his brother, L. Smiley Bigham, dismissed on the grounds that 'it is manifestly without merit." The petition to have the appeal dismissed was filed along with the case and exceptions of the appeal itself, the latter being filed by A. L. King, attorney for Bigham. Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary has 1 o 9 fi 561 ? naay, oepiemuci ?, at s.ov )'clock in the morning for Solicitor Basque to make his motion for a dismissal under rule 30 of the court, j Rule 30 provides for the dismissal by the court of all criminal appeals vhere there is apparent lack of merit in an appeal, the motion for dismissal to be made by a solicitor. Un-1 ler the rule Mr. Gasque hopes to lave the Bigham appeal dismissed. Number of Appeals. Edmund D. Bigham was convicted n March, 1921, of the killing of his brother, L. Smiley Bigham, at the 3igham homeV near Pamplico. He vas sentenced to die in the electric ihair, .but appealed to the supreme :ourt for a new trial, this autonatically staying the death sentence. Pending this appeal Attorney King vent before the supreme court on labeas corpus proceedings, alleging hat Bigham had never been legally ;ried and convicted. The court delied Mr. King's petition. Mr. King hen completed his regular appeal md tho court also denied Bieham a lew trial on this appeal. After this lenial Bigham then moved for a new rial before Judge S. W. G. Shipp of he circuit court, claiming that after liscovered evidence warranted a new rial. Judge Shipp refused the new rial and Bigham appealed to the suireme court from this refusal. This s the appeal that Solicitor Gasque will ask the court to dismiss one veek from today. Solicitor Gasque gives all facts in egard to the various appeals in his rt rl y C TV* iccol A f f\l* T? Q V /CHHUll lUi CL UlOUXIOOUl. iivtuiuv; Zing has accepted service of the peition. In the case and exceptions filed by dr. King a number of affidavits are ?iven, purporting to show that new evidence was discovered since the former trial and that it was no fault >f the attorneys that this evidence vas not found prior to the first trial. The alleged evidence consists of 12 etters, post cards and other papers, ;he attorney declares. These letters, illeged to hivve been written by L. Smiley Bigham to Edmund Bigham, vere, it is said, in furniture stored tway on the Bigham place and had lever been discovered until after the rial. They were in dresser drawers hat had been shipped from south Georgia to Pamplico, Edmund Biglam having moved from Georgia to 3amplico. These dressers, Attorney ?ing says, were stored in a house on he place and had never been opened mtil sometime after the trial when drs. Edmund Bigham found them. The letters, Mr. King says, are signid in ink "L. S. Bigham." The body >f the letters is typewritten. Important Letter, Maybe. Possibly one of the most importint of the group of letters is one in ^hich Smiley Bigham is alleged to tave written that "1 decided to kill he last one of them and leave no one o tell the tale." This letter, accordng to Attorney King, is as follows: "Mother and Maggie had the two igned deeds that had disappeared in heir possession. Causing trouble :eems to be their pleasure. They ook the money that the postoffice de?artinent had me charged with and vere the cause of Cleveland running >ff and 1 had to pay the bond. For ears I have had to pay board, leave Lome and pay board to be in peace to nake my calculations and plans. "They poisoned father and tried to >oison Leatha's child after her death. \Then I found them with the deeds I lecided to kill the last one of them ind leave no one to tell the tale, am writing this to explain why I lid this act. You will never see me ilive again." When the court meets Friday of lext week an en banc session will be leld on the William Thompson case md the case of the State vs. Lee is to >e reviewed in connection with this ase.?The State, Friday. Her Way Out of It. Masie was being washed and was lttering her customary protest. | "1 wish," she said earnestly, '"that j l need never, never have to ue washed again." "I'm afraid, said her mother geniv. "that as long as you have me to ake care of you you'll have to make ip your mind to be washed thorough[y every day." .Maisie pondered for a moment. ' Then," she said, "I shall marry ?arly." U HOW ABOUT THE GANG AND PEN Instead of Fines for the Rich Speed Fiends? a: f< News and Courier. th The tragic end of William Hood, bi Jr., contains another lesson beyond is that which we sought to bring out a the other day. This rich young man, w it will be recalled, son of William n: M. Wood, the wool magnate of .Mas- si oonhncottc cmiffpri nut his own lifp o and that of a companion when he tl drove his automobile into a telephone a: pole at the end of a mad race in the m course of which he smashed into two tl other motor cars on a Massachusetts T road. There was an element of dra- " m&tic irony in the fact that he him- f( self met the fate to which he had ex- li posed innocent travelers along that a road. 1< Therein lay a striking warning to a: speeders. It turns out that there is in the euisode instruction for the au thorities also?for those whose duty it is to guard the public from such men as this unfortunate youth. n Young Wood, it appears, had a long 11 record as a reckless driver. Many ir times, it is stated, he had been b brought before the officials in differ- & ent towns because of this disregard of ordinances and laws. Sometimes he was compelled to pay a small fine; but fines meant nothing to him. Once ^ his license was suspended, but it was soon given back to him by the state highway authorities on his promise to be good. lc The outcome is an emphatic demonstration of how ineffectual such a ^ policy as this and must always be w as a means of protecting the public F against an all too common menace of PJ the highways?the reckless motorist J-, who is willing and able to pay for his fun. For such men petty fines = only add to the zest of the sport. The Wood case should be of interest to those who are charged with the making and enforcing of laws to protect the public on the roads. When to Marry. < Marry when the year is new, Always loving, kind and true. When February birds do mate, You may wed, nor dread your fate. If you marry when the March winds blow, Joy and sorrow both you'll know. Marry in April when you can, Joy for maiden and for man. Marry in the month of May, You will surely rue the day. Marry when June roses blow, Over the land and sea you'll go. ' They who in July do wed, Must labor always for their bread. 1 All who wed in August be, Many a change are sure to see. Marry in September's shine, Your living will be rifch and fine. Tf in October you do marry, Love will come, but riches tarry. If you wed in bleak November, Only joy. will come, remember. When December's snows fall fast, If you marry, love will last. ?Weddings and Wedding Anniver- ' saries. I To You. * W My lo^e for you is a splendid song Aglow with fire and gold. A song that thrills with the love of life And the good that life can hold. Sweet as the blood of. the rose's -u ~ ~ iiecu L, Pure as an angel's soul, Wide and deep as the world's great sea, That flows from pole to pole. I know when my span of life is spent, In the starry ways above, There can be no song in that wondrous world Like the song of my deep, true love. Midst flowers or showers or changing clime, 'Neath skies that the gray or blue, My heart is yours till the end of time So I sing my song to you! ?Peoples Home Journal. Dad's Old Breeches. When dad has worn his trousers out, They pass to brother John. rnen motner turns tnein rounu auoui, And William puts them on. t When William's legs too long have grown, The trousers fail to hide 'em, So Walter claims them for his own, And stows himself inside 'em. ? Xext Sam's fat legs they close insert, And. when they won't stretch tighter. They're turned and shortened, washed and pressed And fixed on me?the writer. Ma works them into rugs and caps When T have burst the stitches. At doomsday we shall see (perhaps) The last of dad's old breeches. ?New York Weekly. The thimble used by the late Queen of Siam was worth $60,000. Prohibition is in Danger. | Tr Let me solemnly warn every wife j ? nd mother that a tremendous ef- j )rt is going to be made to override .e Volstead Act and restore wine and to eer as a common beverage. If that cj i done the hated saloon will inevit- Ba bly come back. The so-called light ha rines and beers will gradually be lade stronger and stronger, until we lall have John Barleycorn and the of Id liquor evil back again and worse ec* CO" lan ever. Many unthinking persons ^ re in favor of modifying the law, ot seeing or not caring perhaps what sa lis modification inevitably entails. lt'h< hey are greatly strengthening the ^ wets'' all over the country. The! })e )rces of prohibition may as well rea- de ze that the booze snake is not dead 2 fi nd that it will surelv crawl back un- , I01 jss they keep fighting vigorously ua tid unrelentingly.?Exchange. ini Me too. Washington has been trying to ame the 12 greatest American woien. I should have some hesitancy 1 making such a selection myself, ut I think I can name the greatest .merican woman. Her name is | motner.?n,xcnange. In Zuland a wife can be purchased )r about fifteen oxen. NbTICE. If you need money and wish it on >ng terms in amounts less than ten lousand ($10,000.00) Dollars, I can lake your application to the Federal and Bank for such loans. For the hite people, the Denmark National arm Loan Association; the colored eople the Edisto-Savannah River ational Farm Loan Association. S ome at once and sign your appli- I ition. S. G. MAYFIELD. I [FARM 1 ?|| We Have Unlimited Funds to 15, 7, O R 1 C 5g INTEREST PAYA1 Bj|j Inspection of prope gg commitment to loar Kg within a few days aft (submitted. STATE AND CITY BAN Former Old Dominion Ti Richmonc SEE OUR LOCAL R] CARTER, CART! ATTORNEYS, jgi?|| IM THE PRE jjjpj^^LEMS, AS I^^^STHESE ARE I ^^SADVICE, s: MAY BE OF It is the purpose of th many people ? Whether your problem be 1 be of service, we want} WELCOME YO Only 50 per cent. of the women in enton, X. J., are married. TAX EXECUTION SALE. ??? S In accordance with the executions me directed by B. F. Folk, Jr., city ^ irk and treasurer of the city of imberg, state of South Carolina, I . ve levied upon and will sell for t sh in front of the court house door, I :mberg, S. C., on Monday, Septem- [ r 11, 1922, during the legal hours n public sales, the following describ- ' property in the city of Bamberg, id lots to be sold for taxes due and 1 'inn. +Via eaiH oif-v of Rornhpr?1 One piano and household goods; id household goods to be sold as < e property of E. F. Free. Two lots, Xos. 24 and 25, in llock >. 3, situated in the Town of Bamrg, each 50 feet wide and 145 feet # ep. bounded as follows: North by ts Nos. 18 and 19, east by lot No. J , south by Broad street, wesr. by * t No. 23. The above lots are sit- J ?---> r./iz-.l nf lanH rl i v i H o r? ^ IGU III l Lie paikci ui IUUU uwtuvu . to lots and sold by H. J. Brabham. J J. W. McCORMACK, ! Chief of Police of Bamberg, S. C. m TiDccpjTimrc 11AIL47U KVAIW As good onyour aiitomobikasthev were onyourbigrcle i < J. COONER SONS J j i iWWHBHWHOnM ~ < r a h mci! LU/tllJI Loan for Terms of Wm ) years! 3LE ANNUALLY IS rty and definite ^ i can be made ||i ? ter application is |raj IK AND TRUST CO. 8 rust Company I EPRESENTATIVE I ER & KE ARSE E BAMBERG, S. C H SENT DAY PROBTHEY COME UP, ! TIMES WHEN OUR ERVICE OR HELP BENEFIT. is Bank to help as is possible. arge or small, if we can I rou to know that we I U GLADLY. I $1,000,000.00 I sgasg DE. THOMAS BLACK DENTAL SURGEON Graduate Dental Department Uniersity of Maryland. Member S. C. Itate Dental Association. Office opposite postoffice. )ffice hours, 9:00 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days >ruggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails o cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles, nstantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get estfoi sleep after the first application. Price 60c. [he Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. Of Philadelphia Will pay you an "Income" if you live ?your family if you die?you filiAiil/I ?-k.l ?.? aiiuiuu Aiiu ?> auvui 11115 piaii ?. W. REXTZ, JR., District Manager, Bamberg, S. C. Habitual Constipation Cured in 14 to 21 Days LAX-F03 WITH PEPSIN" is a specially, prepared S]Tup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual Constipation. It relieves promptly but should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days :o induce regular action. It Stimulates and Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 60c ?er bottle. Colds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. There is only one ' Bromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. RILEY & C0PELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. / Fire, Life Accident INSURANCE I Office in J. D. Copeland's Store BAMBERG, S. C. i To Stop a Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALINo HONEY,( a cough medicine which stops the cough by healing the inflamed and irritated tissues. A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Croup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES* HEALING HONEY. The salve should be rubbed on the chest and throat if children suffering from a Cold or Crouo. The healing effect of Hayes' Healing Honey inside the throat combined with the healing effect of jrove's O-Pen-Trate Salve through the pores of he skin soon stops a cough. ' Both remedies are packed in one carton and the oet of the combined treatment is 35c. Just ask your druggist for HAYES' SEALING HONEY. DR.G.M.TRULUCK SPECIALIST Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Bart" \ Bldg. Phone 274 { , Orangeburg, S. C. wMwmmw-ttMMwwff-iiti viwum I Inct Iauui Received shipment of Magna Rnnum IlSVlltftlll Apples Best Eater on the Market I We are receiving Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Daily Phone 15 I Tom Ducker QUALITY SERVICE . * < * I V -v- _ . _ . - " ^ - ? . _ > .