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I Mill X We now carry only Patte X inery houses in the Ui AT YO * T? % r anc> V T A Just received today mc( v colored borders. A1 | 35c | Ta 36-in. Taffeta, black onlv. | qualit $1.00 *?* Other eol r $2.00 f y? Apron Checks all colo ^ and size, checks, speci 15c the yard 4 TELEPHONE W$t ^amtjerg ^eralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. ~ 32.00 PER YEAR. Volume XXXI, Number 47. Thursday, Nov. 23, 1922 The people of Bamberg county were delighted to greet GovernorThomas G. McLeod. yesterday. The governor-elect is papular in this county, which ranked fourth in the etate in the votes given him in the second primary election in September. Mr. McLeod is a delightful speaker, and ctharmed his hearers, as he invariably does. Advertising is nothing new or even recent. In ancient times the people knew the value of advertising. In Numbers, 24th chapter and 14th verse, Balaam said unto Balak, "I will advertise thee." This occurred 1,490 years before Christ, or nearly 3,500 years ago. And yet some socalled modern business people say advertising does not pay. The county fair must be better taken care of next year. It (has entirely outgrown the warehouse building and adjoining lot. The fair must be properly housed on a site big enough to provide an athletic park and race track. It is not well to have these amusements at places other than the fair grounds. The Herald understands that President Thomas has worked out an admirable plan whereby the fair can be given plenty of room and at practically, if not entirely, no cost to the fair association, provided the people of t)he county will supply sufficient money for the erection of the necessary buildings and the building of the race track and athletic grounds. A subscription list is open in the exhibit building at the fair grounds this week. The shares are Dlaced within the reach of all. Don't fail to place your name opposite a generous stock subscription today. mm <<!>? 1^ President LaVerne Thomas and every one who contributed to the success of the Bamberg county fair in time, thought, money or merchandise, deserves the thanks of the people of this good county. The fair is a success. It is a success even beyond the fond dreams of those who have worked so incessantly for it. Three months ago it seemed utterly impossible tc have a fair in Bamberg this year, and only six weeks ago was it found at all practicable to attempt it. This goes tc show what cooperation will accomplish. There is no disputing the fact that the people of the entire count} have cooperated in a fine spirit foi the success of the fair this year. Sc far as this writer knows there has not been a discordant note. The peo pie have ~iven liberally in whatsoever manner they have been asked? "with the exception that entirely to< much work was devolved on th< shoulders of a most willing few. .J better working organization must b< jtk At i^il A* ^fiy T^fly T^f y fy ^ inery rn Hats, from the leading Millited States. We have what >u want UR PRICE. r Tnwels 4^ W W ? ? 5 selection fancy Towels with so attractive towel sets to $2.50 ffeta , limited supply to offer, good y, Special THE YARD. ors in Taffeta THE YARD 74 - - - * * A A A A A 4. .4. had next year. As this is a countywide fair it is not exactly right tihat a dozen or 90 people should have to shoulder the entire responsibility. | However, we have no doubt a larger I working force could have been assembled if there had been time in which to have perfected such an organization. The farmers, business men, stores?in fact everybody, have shown a real and genuine interest in their county fair, and it is not only a credit to Bamberg; it is a credit to South Carolina. The Herald is greatly interested in 1 the conference in Columbia Saturday, held for the purpose of considering a concerted campaign against tJhe boll weevil. The Herald has felt for some time past that there is too much con fusion in tfie Dauie aues <3.1 1 OJCU again the weevil. There are too manyplans, too many remedies. It is imposj sible to keep track of them, the prej scriptions for ridding the weevil have j been so numerous. The idea of hav| ing the actual dirt farmers of this j state get together on the best known | plan of growing cotton in the prej sence of the weevil is the best move j that has been made in this state in | the direction of restoring our cotton ! production to normal. It is impossible to ever get the production up to i * the same figures as before the weevil appeared perhaps, but we are convinced a little bug cannot outwit the brains of the people indefinitely. A ; fair production of cotton can be real! ized with weevils present in this i state. This has been proven by num; bers of individual farmers actually j accomplishing it. The trouble is, one ! farmer who has made a good pro! duction of cotton tells the farmers | how to do it; aonther comes along : with another entirely different meth! od, and so on, leaving the farmer who j is in the lurch just about as much in | the dark as ever, not knowing which j method to pursue. If these same | farmers who have made good pro1 ductions get together and between * * - ? j : them work out the best memoa ana j stick to that, the 9mall and average ! farmer will have something definitely to work toward. The Herald be: lieves that something tangible will result from this conference. I ..... m Qij Q*i A Question of Sex. Two negro quartermaster privates | were standing on Trafalgar Square a j few days before the Armistice, as a j battalion of Scotch Highlanders 1 passed. They wratched the column I approach wit-bout a word of comment, i i so great was their amazement at a | Scotch soldier's uniform. After the | battalion passed, one negro turned tc the other and said: "Nigzer, what wuz dat?" i i "T dunr.o. lesting they woz sojers.' i ! "What gits me is dis, day wan'l r men. 'cause dev was wearin' skirts ' an' dev ain't wimmen, 'cause (lev tiac > whiskers." ? i The other negro's fare brightened | then he said: "You is a po' fool! "i 'Course dev wnn't men. an' dev wan'l "jwimmen. Dev wuz one of dem Mid2j dlesex Regiments we done heard sc 2 much about!" l ! -a t w ?j Renew your subscription today. K"K"KK~K"K~:~K*< Drei Our dresses have been espec We still have some beauti that will su $20 to I She. it li np RTipp+s ! I^U^/VA AVJ. AJLUV rw'XA V $1.50 Pillow Cases 70c TH I Canton 1 40-in Canton Crepe, Black, 1 and other season's si I $3.75 TB I Attractive Bath Mats, limit I $3.50 P/ea For Bigham Heard on Friday Columbia, Nov. 18?For tJhe I fourth time the Edmund D. Bigham I case was argued before the supreme i court yesterday, this time on an ap| peal from the refusal of Judge S. W. I G. Shipp to grant a new trial when a motion asking for another trial was made in Florence last summer. At tfhat time Bigham had been carried: back to be resentenced. The appeal yesterday was based largely upon a plea of after discovered evidence, this consisting of a statement supposed to have been left i by Smiley Bigham, in which he declared he was going to kill the entire family and "end it all," and 12 letters claimed to fhave been written by Smiley to Edmund while Edmund was living in Georgia. All these letters and the statement were dis covered after the trial and conviction of Edmund, the defense claimed. A. L. King, of counsel for Bigham, opened the arguments yesterday. Mr. King asked for more time, but the i court declined the request. Mr. j King carried the court back to the incidents about the murder of the Bigham family and told of the attitude of the peaople in Florence county in reference to Edmund Bigham. He said Bigham had no friends, that the world was against him and remarks such as "now is a good time to get rid of all the Bighams" and "I don't think the evidence warrants it, but they ought to electrocute Bigham" were frequently heard in Florence county. Mr. King said at times he j had almost been swayed by the mob j spirit and had to fight hard to keep - his way clear and continue the fight | for his client, whom he believes to be innocent. Reads Affidavits, j Mr. King read an affidavit from J. i G. Miller of Florence, in which Miller j says he saw Smiley Bigham prior to | the wholesale killing and that Smiley | told him, "My family is worrying me | so much?trying to steal everything 11 have, but before I will let them. i /in it t will kill the last one of i them." Miller made this affidavit of | his own free will, Mr. King said. Mr. j King also read an affidavit from Jim i Cain, in which Cain said that Mrs. | Margery Black, sister of Smiley Big-' i ham and one of those slain, had tola j jhim that the family had to send for | Edmund from Georgia "to come) ! home for our protection." This was! i discovered after the trial, Mr. King j jsaid. I An affidavit was introduced to i ?; ' j show that Smiley had frequently used j ja typewriter at the railroad office in; , i Pamplico. All the letters and the . j signed statement were typewritten 1 and the state alleges Smiley Bigham J1 never used a typewriter. | Mendel L. Smith of counsel for the; j appellant followed Mr. King. Mr. j ; Smith also went over the Miller af-j tjfidavit and then took up the ar.t'on1 ! of Judge Memminger in allowing jlMrs. Curtain to testify that Smiley j Bigham ha dtold 'her that Edmund ! was acting queer and threatening to I kill the family," contrasting this dam- j K AVA ATl ALJ^A] I sses ially attractive this season. C ful Models left at prices rprise you S40 ets Slx90, good quality, EACH ; to match E PAIR Crepe brown, navy, pekin, white nades, all pure silk l'E yard. ed supply to offer, Special each. aging: evidence with the refusal of < Judge Shipp to consider the Miller af- 1 fidavit as worthy to go before a jury. ! Mr. Smith said the 'Miller affidavit . and the other new facts should cer- ! tainly be allowed to be placed before < a jury. IMr. Smith said many circumstances of the wholesale killing i x i pointed to Smiley as trie perpetraior of the crime. If Smiley signed the statement with his name on it, in- i dicating that he would kill the family and commit suicide, the case would certainly take a different turn, and a jury should be allowed to see this statement, Mr. Smith urged. Mr. Smith took up the testimony at the trial about the imprint of a bloody "left hand" on a door of the : Bigham home, telling the court that Bigham had no left hand. This important point has never been explained away by Che state, he charged. Mr. Smith also went over the testi- ; mony where witnesses said Smiley was pacing his room one night short- 1 ly before the murders, crying out, "I want a pistol; I want a' pistol." This has never been explained away, tihe attorney added. Mr. Smith read to the court the alleged dying statement of Mrs. L. S. Bigham, mother of Edmund and Smiley, who it is alleged, said, "Smiley done it," and fell over dead in Edmund's arms. 'Mr. Smith said it was a foregone conclusion that Edmund had not written the statement attributed to Smiley, and Edmund was in tihe death house at the penitentiary. Seven experienced men, bankers and business men, testified that the signature on the suicide statemen of Smiley was genuine, Mr. Smih said. The clerk of court of Florence county also swore that it was genuine, the attorney declared. Solicitor Gesque for State. j Solicitor Lonnie M. Gasque took up j the case for the state. In answering) the statement of Attorney Smith j about the "bloody left hand," Mr. Gasque said that only one witness testified that tihe imprint was of a left hand, while several testified that it was of a right hand. He said blood i from a right hand had been found on a small pine tree near where the body of Smiley Bigham was found in the woods and this pointed to Edmund, j Solictior Gesque challenged the i statement made in the printed argu-j ment of Mr. King that Judge Shipp was "unconsciously biased against! the appellant," declaring bhat Judge Shipp had been extremely careful to consider the case from every angle in order that he would reach a just decision. Taking up the signed "suicide statement," Mr. Gasque characterized! this as a "remarkable document," giving the history of the j Bigham family in twelve lines,! The statement was declared bv. Judge Shipp to be a forgery,! .Mr. Gasque said. He told the court: that the signature had been retraced.! illustrating how a small part of the top of the "1" and the "s" had notl been retraced and how the new ink showed over the old ink. The 12 let-J ters were known to be in existence at j the time of the trial. Mr. Gasque said,; and consequently could not be ad-| mitted now. They would be purely' Cos }old Weather is coming and y< Coats now. We can fit the and let us sh< THE PRICES WIL nnnnHnBH Outin cr f 0 ? Heavy quality high and me each $1.00, $1.2 36-in. Pongee, 14 mum $1.50 the HnnnnnB New Table 64-in. table damask, 75c the 1 64-in table damask, looks si.00 the ? f" I 1 r 1,0 ^ BAM collateral and not material if they were admitted, he charged. All these letters were typewritten, but curiously enough all other letters written by! Smiley in the period of three years covered by the 12 letters to Edmund were in long hand, the solicitor pointed out. The same water marks were on all of the 12 letters, indicating that for tlhree years Smiley used the same box of stationery. Another vital point was the fact that not a single postmarked envelope was found along with the 12 letters, Mr. Gasque charged. These letters were not found until a year after the trial and in some mysterious way came to light within a short time after the supreme court had refused Bigham a new trial, the solicitor said. Mr. Gasque said he had never heard of a man preparing to commit suicide and Hiding a none ne >n<iu written erplaining his act. Experts :estified that t'he signature on the "re" markable document" was not genuine and they gave their reasons for making the statements wihile those testifying for the defense gave no reason, Mr. Gasque said. Mr. Gasque told the court that numerous checks and business papers of Smiley showed that he always separated the "g" and in his last name, while in the 12 typewritten letters the "b" and "1" are separated. He also always placed a comma after his signature, but in the 12 letters no comma is found after the name. In reply Mr. King attempted to show the court that it was beyond the bounds of reason to expect Edmund Bigham to have selected such a time as when the killings occurred to carry out a plan to murder the family. He spoke of the coroner of Florence county saying, "Well, it certainly looks like suicide to me," when he first saw the body of Smiley in the woods. The court took the case under advisement and will likely render a decision within the next few weeks. Bigham is in the penitentiary awaiting the outcome of the appeal. He was convicted of the murder of his brother, Smiley, and sentenced to die in tihe electric chair. He has never been tried on the charges of killing his mother, Mrs. L. S. Bigham; his sister, Mrs. Margery Black, and his sister's two adopted children, John and Leo McCracken. Cause of the Trouble. Little Willie had been very naughty?so much so, in fact, that after having reproved him several times his mother was at last forced to punish him severely. When his father arrived home in the evening, he at once perceived that Willie's eyes were suspiciously red. "What's the matter, sonny?" he| cried. "Oh, nothing," responded Willie, uneasily. "Come, don't be frightened," said the father, in coaxing tones, "tell me all about it; I want to know." Willie remained silent for some time, then he suddenly burst out: "Well, if you must know, I've had a terrible row with your wife." its I oil had better select your ^ * children also. Come in i ow you ? L SUIT YOU. 4 * towns 4 dium necks, all sizes, i5, and $1.50- 4 my, best quality V ^ TT A T\ A, iiiXtJJ. V Damask ? pretty pattern Y fARD. J like linen, Special, y > YARD. f . I Jamberg County Fair A ov. 21 to 24 inclusive X <i> BlWWliltKWIIlllllllll II IIIIIHIIIII \? BERG, SC. ? NOTICE TO CREDITORS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ^ A EASTERN DISTRICT OF SOUTM CAROLINA. In the matter of Mrs. M. B. DanneHy, Ehrhardt, S. C., Bankrupt. > \ Notice is hereby given that the above named bankrupt has this day filed a petition for discharge, and that a hearing will be had upon the j same before this Court at Chaileston, S. C. at 11 o'clock in the forenoon on the 27th day of December, A. D. 1922 at which time and place all creditors and other persons in interest may appear and show cause if any they have why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be granted. RICHD. W. HUTSON, Clerk. Charleston, S. C. Nov. 20, 1922. 12-14 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. f UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. y In the matter of Mrs. Lula B. Dannellv, Ehrhardt, S. C., Bankrupt. Notice is 'hereby given that the above named bankrupt has this day fined a petition for discharge, and y that a hearing will be had upon the como hofnrA 4-his Court at Charleston, k}UU?V -V ? ? S. C. at 11 o'clock in the forenoon on the 27th day of December, A. D. 1 922 at which time and place all creditors and other persons in interest may appear and show cause if any ^ they have why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be gran-ted. RICHD. W. HUTSON, Clerk. Charleston, S. C. Nov. 20, 1922. 12-14 ?% ?% g% Cures Malria, Chills and Fever, Dengue or Billow UUU Fever. *-1 COLUMBIANS KURT Automobile Carrying Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Livingston Plunges Inlo Cut. Orangeburg, Nov. 17.?Mr. anil Mrs. T. M. Livingston, of Columbia, miraculouly escaped instant death * near Orangeburg last night, when they were returning to Columbia from the Orangeburg fair. Just above ..... c? o+iitnn ahnnt A tHe nine nag swuuu ui uiinvi*, ww-> i three miles to the North of Orangej burg, a portion of tfhe new highway "* ! is being constructed to cross the | Southern railway track by an over| head bridge, the approaches being , I constructed, but the bridge not built | as yet. There was no notice, it is said, J or anything to indicate where tihe | new highway left the old or to show j that the road was closed to traffic, the ? I road apparently being open and very I good, Mr. and Mrs. Livingston came j to Orangeburg by anofher route dur! ing the morning and had no notice or | this trap and when Mr. Livingston V I reached the brink of the 30 foot em| bankment. the car fell to the railroad track below. The Studebaker touring car was demolished and the I passengers severely bruised and cut ^ and shocked. Luckily Mr. and Mrs. * Livingston did not bring their chil! dren to the fair. m< >wrn 146 page ink tablet for f>c at Herj aid Bock Store. %