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WILL EXAMINE 1 MAN ARRESTED White Plains, N. Y.?Examination >f James J. Cunningham, a race track follower, arrested in connection with ;he killing of Clarence Peters under nysterious circumstances that have .nvolved Walter S. Ward of New Ro:?fclle, was planned by District Atjorney Weeks. Cunningham, after a three-hour Conversation with the West Chester sounty authorities in New York, was! Arrested as a material witness. He stated the man wounded by Ward 11 the battle following attempted >l4ckmuil, has been taken to his mother's home and that the man toid him ibout the blackmail plo$ to force noney from Ward several days be'ore it occurred. Detectives are searching for Ihe vounded man, whose name, as well is his probable hiding place was repealed by Cunningham, according to he authorities. The arrest of Cunningham revived tories of plunges made by Ward at furious tracks and his acquaintanceship with many well-known horsemen and gamblers. One story was mat Ward disappeared some time ago ind that detectives sent oat to find the missing man discovered him at a ;<?Ce track near Baltimore. Details* of the information West "hester county authorities were able 0 force from Cunningham have been withheld by Mr. Weeks and sheriff. )utside of the brief statement of the ||rrest and the fact that Cunningham ;td told the wounded man's name, ic only comment by Mr. Weeks was lat Cunningham had not been at Hie scene of the shooting, according A TONIC * irovc's Tasteless chill Tonic restores nergy and Vitality by Purifying and nriching the Blood. When you feel its \rengthening, invigorating effect, see how brings color to the cheeks and how j t improves the appetite, you will then ppreciate its true tonic value. irove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply 'on and Quinine suspended in syrup. So leasant even children like it. The blood feeds QUININE to Purify it and IKON to Inrich it. Destroys Malarial germs and -rip germs by its Strengthening, lnvigor* .King Effect. GOc. ti . - * FLUES For Curing * TOBACCO i .My force is making up a big ? supply. Goad workmanship and + best materials. T Ol ICK SERVICE, * LASTING FLUES Z Write or leave orders with ^ CONWAY JIRON WORKS | MILTON PITMAN, Lessee J LET1 RRST \ ===== F Mailing Envelo IJS j! % *- ?? Ml * ** ** L ! % * -x- -x- x- -x- >: -x- v:-y- -x- -x- -x -x- -x- -x- -x- * -x- -xFile Pockets tl make it easy tc HP R L. It i *? I I BIGHAM MOTION SET OH fRIDAY Letters on Which Motion For New Trial is Based The next big chapter in the Bigham case will be written on Friday, when Judge S. W. G. Shipp, in criminal court in Florence will hear a motion of A. L. King, attorney for the defense, to give Edmund D. Bigham a new trial on the charge of diaving killed his brother, L. Smiley Bigham. The motion will be on the ground of after-discovered evidence, which would tend to show that L. S. Bigham killed himself, instead of being killed by Edmund, and further that L. S. killed their mother, their sister, and her two adopted children, for whose murder Edmund is also indicted. Formal notice was given by the defense to L. M. Gasque, solicitor of the court, of the approaching contest. At the same time the defense filed with him a copy of the letters, aflidavits and other data, which will he olVered to the court as after-discovered evidence. Mendel L. Smith of Camden is expected to assist the defense in arguing the motion for a new trial. Chief among the letters, all of which are contended by the defense to have been written by Smiley at P/.implico to' Edmund in south Georgia, is the following: "Mother and Margie had the two signed deeds that had disappeared in Iheir possession. Causing trouble seems to be their pleasure. They took the money that the P. O. department lias me charged with and were the cause of Cleveland running oil'. And 1 had to pay the bond. For years I Ivive had to leave home and pay board to bo in peace to make my calculations and plats. "They poisoned father and tried to poison Leatha's child after her death. When 1 wound them with the deeds I decided to kill the last one of them and leave no one to tell the tale. "I am writing to explain why I .lid this act. You will never see me ag/iin alive. "L. S. Higham." This letter is one of a series which .vere written during the summer and early fall o'" 11)20, leading up to the return of !\d:nund to Pamplico in the fall of that year. This particular j letter does not hoar any date, though all the? others hoar dates tmougn .June, July and August, possibly some ol" them being in September also. All of them arc typewritten and signed in ink, as L. S. IJigham. At the same time the defense is oll'ering a number of affidavits, which would tend to substantiate the letters and the statements contained in them. As to the genuineness of the signature of L. S. Higluim, compared to signatures of L. S. Bigham on his paid checks, the defense has the sworn opinion of C. W. Wilkinson, agent at lVunplico for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, who says also that Smilev frequently used his typewriter at the office; l'i. M. Singletary, clerk of county court, who says he believes that the person who wrote the signature on the checks also wrote signatures of the letters; a local bank official, who passes the signatures as genuine; J. It. Connatser, principal of the comrER F = Flat Opening ? rOU EVEI OR ONLY $1.0 pes?-Any Kind to 5 :i BUSY LAWYERS f* IS * n j AND IS mi 1 { * L * \ | | if BUSINESS IN L liat will hold paper get at their content the best ever made. ALD S THE HORRY HERALD, CONW mercial course in Draughan's Business College in Columbia, who says unqualifiedly that the signatures of ?he letters appear genuine to him; William M. Gibbs, cashier of the Palmetto National Bank in Columbia, who says he would give great weight to the opinion of Mr. Connatser; H. M. Pleasants, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Pampfico, who says the signatures on the canceled checks are genuine. In supporfHjf the sentiment Expressed in the letter, which is published herewith, Mr. King has an alli| davit from J. G. Miller, formerly of DommIUA ...?K.,4. n.:. v?iv *. fuiif/nvu nut IIU W ill Ull> vicinity, to the effect that in the fall of 1920 Smiley cursed all his family and threatened to kill every one of them. He recites that he had bargained with Smiley to buy a sawmill and met him in Florence a few days later. On meeting Smiley, Mr. Miller says that Smiley appeared greatly agitated and angered and without waiting for any preliminaries, said, "I can't sell you that mill, Mr. Miller. My people are trying to steal everything I have and I am going to kill every ? one of them." Mr. Miller cautioned him and admonished him, he says, but says further that Smiley showed he was deadly in earnest and under stress enough to carry out his threats. Mr. Miller did not volunteer this information and affidavit to the defense, but the information came through another source and Mr. King hunted him up. Also, there is an affidavit from Jim Cain, oro'her of Bogan Cain, who married the sister of Edmund and Smiley Bigham. He re'ates that just after Edmund had returned he met Mrs. Margery Black, the murdered sister, and she told him, "Oh yes, we had to send for Edmund to come bark Tor protection" from Smiley, whom he swears was addicted to the use of intoxicants and in his sprees was very dangerous. Hicham was brought hack to Florence on Saturday afternoon. He is now in the Florence county jail, where his wife caller! to see liirn. Mr. Kind's attorney said that Fdmund had told him during the trial, of those letters, hut that they had been unahlo to find them and therefore did not mention them to the court. The letters were not taken care of and happened to survive merely through chance than for any other reason, as Fdmund says in an alTiclavit. All tho letters reflect a muddled condition of affairs at the Bigham home near Pamplico about the time they were written. After receiving the notice of the defense in Bigham's .case to try foi a new trial, the solicitor immediately associated with him a number ol I'loi'cnco attorneys, whom he has asked to assist him in handling the hearing on Friday of the motion. Me has indicated that he will make the hittoresl fight yet to sustain the verdict which the state has procured against Fdmund. One of tlie attorneys associated with Mr. Gasquc made the following statement: "The solicitor states this is the poorest attempt ever brought to hi attention in an effort to get a new trial on after-discovered evidence since he has been solicitor. As a mattei of fact the record shows the desperate efforts of the defense to obtaii a new trial and the affidavits show on their fact it rs not after-discovered evidence in any sense as alleged. The letters alleged to have been written ==?=?' ? Z3MCZZHM laLZJV ILES | I SAW f t >uit Your Needs 11 ********************* U 5 I ! U)?( ' jlj 1^1 * K * s tt* *** *************** * s flat and thus s. Law Blanks, 0 IHOP \ 'AY, S. OJUNE 8, 1922 by L. S. Bigham were in tlie possession of Edmund before the trial. They were mentioned to his attorney and they apparently made a half-J hearted search for them. "In the opinion of the solicitor there is really nothing1 whatever in the record to indicate the letters are genuine, when every circumstance in connection with the matter negates this idea. The requirement pF the law that a man desiring a new trial upo^ after-discovered evidence is' that he should exercise due diligence in obtaining evidence and presenting it to the court, and in this connection Mr. King's affidavit is to the effect that he received the letters on April 12 and his notice of intention to move for a (new trial was served only recently on the solicitor, at :i time when h e is confronted with the heaviest criminal docket on record. The solicitor further says that the defendant, Bigham, testified on trial in substance what he now contends his deceased brother wrote him, and this evidence is purely cumulative. He expressed his confidence that the judgment of the lower court, already affirmed by the supreme court, will not be upset by any showing which the. alleged after-discovered evidence may make." SUMMONS FOR RELIEF (Complaint served.) .State of South Carolina, county of Horry, in the court of common pleas. Merchants National Hank of Kaleij>'h. a corporation, plaintiff, vs. John A. Bell, Viola V. Bell, Thomas Bell, Helen G. Bell; Stone Company, a corporation; Butler Bros,, a corporation; Conway Savings Bank, a corporation, and American Bank & Trust Company, a corporation; R. L. Bell, ,J. I,. Bell and O. J. Hell, co-partners as Bell Bros., defendants: To the defend/ints above named: You arc hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you. and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber or subscribers ai his <>i- their office at Conway, South Carolina. within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Mav <?, A. I). l!*22. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attornev. ^ W. li. BRYAN, C. C. C. I\ To John A. Bell, Viola V. Bell, Stone Company, Butler Bros., and American Bank & Trust Company, absent defendants: Take notice that the complaint in the foregoing stated action and the , summons, of which the foreti'oin^ is , a copy, were filed in the office of the , clerk of the court of common pleas in and for Horry county, at Conway, S. C., on the 2nd dav of June, A. D. ' 1022. W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.) C. C. C. r. H IT WOODWARD j (>-S-3t Plaintiff's Attorney. TOO MUCH RAIN ; CAUSES BLUES Lands Not Naturally Drained I Show Bad Effect on Tobacco Crops r The rains which have lasted for more than a week have done untold damage to some of tlie growing crops of tobacco, corn and cotton in this county. Tobacco on lands not well located as to natural drainage has been damaged to such An extent on some farms that it may not recover from the flood in time to make a crop worth gathering. This condition does not prevail in all sections. While the situation is gloomy for a number of planters where the lands are low and not well drained, the crop as a general thing is either untouched by the excess moisture or it will quickly recover and is likely to make good. On some farms the damage has been done in spots. This has occurred where hills and valleys make 'up the farm. Last Sunday there was a great difference in the appearance of the tobacco in different ends of the same field plantations as it was wilted down in one end of the fields and appeared to be in perfect condition in the other end. I'erhaps the most of the damage has l)oeti done to the growing tobacco. Corn and cotton will recover the more quickly from too much water in the soil. Last week the work on the farm BOY WANTED Somewhere in this town is one !bo> who is a "go-getter" spirit, full of grit and ambition, and absolutely honest. We want that boy. He will l>e the only boy a^ent in this town for the famous M )VIK \\I0KKLY MAC \- j /I Ml. lio will work after school and other spare time. His pay will be what he makes j*; besides f'.ne prizes and Free Movie Tickets. When he makes good he will be promoted. If you are bet worn 1 1 and 19 years old, determined to "make good" ami truly think you are the boy for this job, then apply by^ letter to Mr. 10. L. Gilbert, "Personal," 3rd floor, 119 West 40th Street, New York City. (live full details of any past selling experience; your age; parent's full name and busine S"! your I school grade and at least two references. 9 TO CONSIDER OFFER _A&WlN; Washington.?Further conMnerMion ? of the (Inferences between tlie offer of Henry Ford and the proposal drafted by the House Military Committee for the development of the (Jovernment nitrate and power projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala., was ordered recently by Representative McKenzie. Illinois, acting chairman of the committee. A meeting" of the committeemen with W. B. Mayo and J. W. Worthington. representing Mr. Ford in the negotiations last week came far from bringing about an agreement. The only ofticial announcement committee members were willing to make Was that "thf? dixriw?i^n? nro io 1 - - V III ress anil will be continued." When the morning session was ended, meetings were immediately called, with the same persons participating1. Differences in language in the fertilizer provisions of the Ford oiler and that proposed by the committee were understood to form the chief topic of discussion. The question of the Gorgas steam plant, which was eliminated from the properties by the committee and is demanded by Mr. Ford, was not reached and will he taken up for consideration after the fertilizer provisions have been passed upon. o To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE HROMO QUININE (Tablets) It stops the Coutfh and Headache and works off the old. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 30c. JUNK FARM CALENDAR Things to Do this Month Agronomy Keep cotton and corn clean by destroying weeds while they are small. Put on side dressing of soda early. Plant a summer legume after all small grain. Make sure to plant enough hay crops to supply hay for next year. Learn how to grow soy beans this year. Animal Husbandry Breed sows for fall litters. See that the weanling pigs are well cared for. Breed beef cows for spring calves. Provide fresh water .and shade for all classes of live stock. Plan to raise ample feeds to food all the live stock you have. Plant Diseases Keep the sprayer going according to schedule. Spray tomatoes and melons with Bordeaux mixture to prevent diseases. Plan to get some reinstant crops into the/rotation on root-knot infested i soil. Buy or prep.are Milestone paste for treating watermelon stems so as to be ready at shipping time. Send specimens of all new or strange plant diseases or weeds to the botanv division for examination, n :i ir v i n <? Plan to build the silo and to remodel dairy barn or build new one. Plan sudan grass now for good pasture during July .and August. Still continue to feed grain to milk ' cows; they will pay well for it. Keep fly-breeding; places destroyed. Use fly repellant on your cows. Flics eat up profits. Write the dairy division, Clemson College, South Carolina, about starting advanced register testing. Orchard and Garden Keep both young- and bearing orchards cultivated. Rub oil' all suckers or sprouts which .appear on young trees. After newly-set peach trees have made a growth of I f> inches, pinch nul the tops of branches that are to be permanent. Give fruit trees one and two years old two te;i> poonfuls of nit rate of soda to force vigorous growth. Spray tomatoes with Bordeaux. Plant cabbage and col Lards for transplanting in early September. Keep the garden cultivated clean. Hoys' Club Work Begin immediately to plan a county short course and encampment to last about two or three days, for recreation, pleasure and instructions. Juno, July and August arc tho best mouths for tho encampments. had to ho stopped at many places in the county on account of the rains. Corn was not laid by as expected, and oven the work with the hoes h,ad to stop. The continued rains caused much discouragement on the farms. Others felt the depression brought about by the bad conditions. It is possible that the bud effects will bo overcome by good weather which may follow. Colds Cause (irip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine. E. W. GROVE'S siguuture on Ihjx. 'ilk:. Everybody Restaurant Next door to Coca-Cola plant. JOHN BlOSS'AXT, Proprietor Kl LY JOHNSON, Mananor IMcals served at all hours. Prices reasonable. 5-25-3t NOTED DOCTOR _ PASSES AWAY Walter C. Hemingway Killed by Gasoline Explosion at Office Dr. Walter C. Hemingway, promi nent phvsician and good citizen of Hemingway, in Williamsburg: county, died last Friday morning; as the result of horrible burngLhe received from the explosion of gasoline. He was working in his oflice with a sterilizer heated by gasoline. When the explosion took place Dr. Hemingway was covered with the flames. Dr. F. H. Mcl.eod was called from^ Florence to attend him, but no human aid was possible and his injuries from the flames proved fatal. Dr. Atkinson of 'lie Conway Methodist Church was called to Hemingway and officiated at the funeral. The funeral was held in the Union Methodist Church of Hemingway. Dr. Hemingway was engaged in sterilizing some surgical instruments in his cilice when the gasoline which ho was using ignited and exploded. Mo was swathed in the flaming fluid and wis burned terribly. Immediately Dr. Mcheod was called and responded as quickly as he could got to Homingway. The deceased was one of the most prominent citizens of Williamsburg county and one of tiio foremost families. Marly in the settling of Williamsburg county, the family located at Hemingway and through successive i eneradons lv.ul engaged in business and professional activities in that section. l>r. Hemingway was widely known in Florence as well as in Hemingway and was well known in business and professional circles throughout South Carolina.# A widow, who was Miss Pauline | Baker, and three children, survive Dr. Hemingway. Besides there are two brothers, Cieorge S. and J. Kd., both of whom live in Hemingway. His only sister is Mrs. I. ii. Mclllwinen of Fayetteville, N. C. Dr. Hemingway was about 12 years of age. Florence friends of the family said that the death of Dr. Hemingway will ho :i -rrioii- ii tin* ".? professional life ot W iliiamshuri^ county, lie w;i- lar.uvlv i n t? . <\-iO<l in nearly every enterprise .*11uI aciivity of his section of tho state. it mm i in ii?mini i in 1? n~r'r ' x- -x- -x- -x- * * -x- x* -x- -x- x- x- -x- x- :-x- -x- x- -x- -x- * -x- -x- ihorry county! ! trust co. 1 i ! *L. D. Magrath, Manager* * ? ;Ji * %Real Estate, Bonds and % * Insurance. ^ 1 * X-X- -X- X- X- * -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X -X- * -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- * announcements X-X-X- X- -X-X-X-X- -X-&-X- -X-X-X- -X--X-X--X-X--X-X- * * * ** s * ^ Cards in this column for H? * County or State Ollice, $7.r>0; * | ^ Magistrate, $5.00; payable in jj* k advance. X * * X- -X- X- -X -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- * -X--XFOR CONGRIvSS i Hereby 'innounco my tvindidacy for congress from the sixth district, .subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. W. R. RA RUING ER. Florence, S. C., Apri! 12th, 11)22. I 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for Congress from the sixth Congressional district, subject to the rules governing tin? Democratic primary. Florence, S. C. A. II. GASQUE I hereby announce myself a candidate for Congress, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. lv T. HUGHES To the Democratic voters of the (ith Congressional district: I hereby announce myself a candidate for Congress from the (ith Congressional district, subject to the rules of the Democratic part v. J. F. PATE 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to Congress from the sixth Congressional district subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. PHILIP 11. STOLL F( )\l S()l u rn \it _ _ - . ' . ? 1 V g \ r t\ I announce my candidacy for reelection to the office of solicitor of the !lith judicial circuit, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. May 23, 1<)22. L. M. CASQUE. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Solicitor of the 12th Judicial Circuit subject to the rules of the I >einocrat ic primary. ('HAS. W. MUl.DROW i rf PROBATA Jl lHlK The friends of C. llinson Spivey hereby announce him as candidate for the otlice of Probate lud.ue of Horry county, subject to the rules of the I)emocratic primary. FOR A1ID1^)R 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for Auditor of Horry county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. JAMES A. CALHOUN. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for Auditor of Horry county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. J. W. COOK.