The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 21, 1922, Image 8
UNUSUAL SUIT I
U. S. COURT,
A suit of a unique nature, arising*
out of the strike of railroad em- i
ployees last summer, has been filed in J
the U. S. eastern district court by.
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Edward Lee Carter, of Florence
county, against the Atlantic Coast j
Line Railroad Co., the plaintiff al- j
log-ing that he was damaged to the
extent of $10,000 because the de- j
fendant induced him to accept employment
during the railroad strike,
promising him that his employment'
would be "permanent and profitable"
and later discharged him. I
The plaintiff alleges that on or I
about July 1 the defendant solicited ]
him to abandon his farm and accept
permanent employment in its shops
and yards at Florence, and that this
as an inducement was assured that
his employment would be permanent.
He alleges that in addition to the
usual hazards of the work, the
union employes of the defendant were |
striking: and that he was advised and ;,
i.t nersiood that he was placing hit
lire and health in jeopardy at the
l ands of strikers by undertaking the 1
employment.
In consideration of the repeated
premises made to him as to the permanency
of employment, he alleges
that he became a staunch, loyal and !
enthusiastic employee at the rate of ;
47 cents an hour, and that suddenly, !
without any cause or justification. '
was discharged and refused other ;
employment by the railroad.
The plaintiff further alleges that ,
since the discharge he has made
numerous and repeated efforts to
obtain employment in, around and '
near his home, but that he is always
met and confronted with the charge
or accusation of being a "scab" and
employment i^ denied him, "all of ,
which defendant well knew, understood,
and appreciated would be the '
situation, plight and predicament of
the complaint when it induced him
to accept employment, when he was
without cause or conscience discharged
therefrom."
He alleges that he has been idle
six weeks and that he will never be
able to obtain employment where
union labor is engaged, and hence has
suit'ered damaires and iniiurv to the
extent of $10,000.
Another suit filed in the district
court was by the Palmetto Guano
Corporation, of Virginia, against E.
W. Black, of Barnwell county, judgment
in the sum of $7,818.97 being
asked.
counties' lacking
Rock Hill.?In an interview with
Miss Christine Smith head of the
home demonstration work in South
Carolina, with headquarters at Winthrop
College, in regard to the progress
of home demonstration work
in the sta>te, she said that:
"Men and women in counties
where there are no home demonstration
agents are manifesting great
interest at his time in securing appropriations
from their legislative
-delegations for the employment of
these agents for 1923. In the last
few weeks requests have come to the
state office at Winthrop Collee for
information relative to the cost of
employing a home demonstration
a;:ent in three counties now without
agents. Since there is money available
at headquarters for financial
assistance in employing1 only ,'iG homo
demonstration agents, and and 36
counties now have these agents it
looks as if thero will be a scramble
-among1 the counties as to which ones
will get assistance from the state and
federal appropriations for this purpose.
IN RURAI^DISTRICTS
If the death rate in South Carolina
is to be materially reduced, the secret
lies in the rural districts, according
to Dr. L. A. Riser, head of
the department of rural sanitation of
the State Board of health, who says
Sn his annual report that "If we are
to reduce our death rate, we must
direct our energies to the people in
the rural districts."
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GO THROUGH
Edenton, N. C.?A coastal highway
from New York City to resort
points in Florida, passing through
Norfolk, and 200 miles shorter than
the present highway system farther
inland, is proposed by local business
men, co-operating with the Edenton
Chamber of Commesce, and negotiations
with other Chambers of Commerce
along, the route projected will
stiortiy l>e under way, with a view to
securing the paving- of links in the
system not already hard-surfaced.
The road planned would follow the
eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia,
through Accomac Courthouse
and Cape Charles to Norfolk, and
thence through Elizabeth City and
Hertford to Edenton. A ferry service
already in operation here would furpish
transportation connection with
Mackcys, across Albermarle Sound.
From Mackeys, the proposed highway
would run through Washington,
New Iiern and Washington, and
thence along the coast of South Carolina
and Georgia into Florida.
Advocates of the highway point
out that the paving of the North Carolina
segment of the road from Edenton
to the Virginia line is already
*^ntra"ted for by the State Highway
Commission, and that a third of it is
already completed or under construction.
A similar hard-surfaced
road from Mackeys to Washington,
N. C., is projected, and the New
Bern-Wilmington link is now being
built as a part of the proposed high
way from the latter city to Elizabeth
City via Winston, N. C.
On the Virginia side, steps have
already been taken to build an improved
road from Suffolk to the
North Carolina line seven miles north
of South Mills, N. C. Suffolk is connected
with Norfolk by a concrete
boulevard . Two miles south of
South Mills, a paved road begins
which runs to Elizabeth City. Advocates
of the coastal highway to
Florida point out that in another year
Edenton will probably be connected
with Norfolk by a complete hardsurfaced
highway system and this
part of the proposed road will be
completed.
The ferry here now operates on a
twice-a-day schedule, with boats leaving
this city at 8 in the morning and
3 in the afternoon. Returning, the
boat leaves Mao.kevs nf <1-30 ? m
and 5 p. m,
A CHRISTMAS STORY
Once upon a time a little boy lived
with his mother. She was an invalid.
The little boy's name was Joe,
and he sold papers and did odd jobs
for the neighbors in which to make a
living. With all his work it was all
he could do to keep the wolf from
the door.
One cold night .after vainly trying
to sell his papers, he decided to go
home. It was Christmas eve night
and everyone seemed to be in a big
rush. No one had time to stop and
buy papers from the little ragged
street urchin. Finally, tired, hungry
and discouraged, he started toward?
home, sadly thinking* of what a lone
some Christmas he and his mother
would have. Oh! what a sad sight
met his eyes as he opened the door
there lay his dear mother with th<
seal of death on her white brow. Joe
was almost crazed with grief.
Some of the neighbors came in and
found him lying senseless beside hi?
dead mother.
A rich lady was going the round?
among the poor children, dispensing
gifts, when she heard the sad story
of Joe. She asked to be shown where
he lived. When she got there she
found him very sad indeed. Then she
told him how she used to have a little
boy and that he had died one
Christmas eve. Finally, she asked
Joe to go live with her and be her
little boy always. He went to live
with the kind lady. The next morning
when he came down to breakfast,
his kind foster mother told him t(
look in the library after breakfast.
You may be sure that w,as the first
place he looked. What do you sup
pose he saw? There stood a beautiful
Christmas tree, all loaded with
presents. Later the kind lady, 01
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coming into the room noticed the sad
expression on Joe's face. "Why Joe,
what is the matter?" she exclaimed.
"Aren't you pleased with the tree?"
"Yes, ma'am,"'said Joe. running and
throwing: his arms around her neck.
It is too lovely for anything, but I
was wishing that mother could be
here to help me enjoy it all. The
kind lady took him in her arms and
explained to him how his mother was
happier where she was than she was
back on earth. He looked up through
his tears and said, "I am happy
then."
"A SUBSCRIBER"
BIGHAM FAMILY
COMMITS CRIME
Edmund Bigham, now in the de.nth
^ouse at the state penitentiary for
the murder of his brother, Smiley
Bigham, knows nothing of the plans
of another brother, Dr. G. Cleveland
Bigham, to give himself up and serve
a three years sentence which is hanging
over him for the killing of bis.
Cleveland Bigham's wife. Ruth Crisp
Bigham. at Murrell's Inlet, according
to a statement made the other
d.av by Edmund in reply to inquiries.
Edmund Bigham recently received
through the mails a part of a copy of
a newspaper. The Weekly News Review
of Florence, in which was a story
to the effect that there were rumors
current thatJDr. G. Cliveland Bigham
I had written Bogon Cain, a brother-in-1
law, that ho intended to give himself
up and serve the three year sentence.
The Columbia State tells the story
as follows:
It will be recalled that many years
ago Mrs. Big-ham was shot and killed
at Murrell's Inlet, and that her husband,
Dr. G. C. Bigham, and a man
named Avant, were sentenced to serve
three years in the penintenti.nry bocause
of the death, the defense claiming
that the men late in the evening
saw something white and thinkintr it
a ghost. fired, thus killing Mrs. Bigham.
The two men appealed for a
new trial and when it was announced
that a new trial had been refused the
men left. Later Avant was captured
in Texas and was brought back to
serve his time; the other man, Dr.
Bigham, was never apprehended,
hence the Florence story that he is
coming back to serve his time has
aroused considerable comment Edmund
L. Bigham, no at in the death
house for the slaying cf h;s hv ther,
Smiley* said he knew nothing of the
plans of the fugitive.
Another paragraph from the Florence
paper is as follows: "the folk of
the Pamplico region are getting excited.
It looks like Bigham will he
at the old home place yet. Some think
of that probably with -fear and
tremblintr in their hearts."
Bigham's Comment.
Bigham, in the death cell, in commenting
on this reference to "feaY
. and trembling," said, "When this!
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tragedy happened 4it wan said that
some of the people said: 4Now is a
(rood time to get rid of the Bighatns.'
The people who said tlv*t may be suffering
from this fear, but I have no
ill will for them.
"This news in the Florence paper
is the first I have heard of Dr. Bigham
since the Christmas before the
tragedy. There were rumors that he
was around the home place then. I
hive received no letters from him.
He is three years younger than I
am."
The news article referred to says
that Dr. Bigham visited his mother
and that he had written her telling
of his marriage and of his three children.
Mrs. Ruth Crisp Bigham, who was
shot and killed at MurrelPs Inlet,
was from Waterloo, in Laurens county.
Edmund Bigham, now in the death
house, has an appeal before the state
supreme court.
CHANGEFOR
HOUND DOG
If you are the owner of a dog, pet
ready to comply with the law that
may be passed at the next session of
the Legislature to require all dogs to
be vaccinated, or rather inoculated
with serum to prevent going mad.
Compulsory inoculation of all dog's
in South Carolina as a step toward
the eradication of rabies was approved
by the State Board of Health, and
announcement was made that a bill
covering this requirement would be
prepared for introduction at the next
meeting of the General Assembly.
Decision of the board was taken
following a report b v Director H.
H. Smith, of the otate laboratory,
who declared:
"The rabies situation in South Carolina
never improves. It is growing
worse. The number of rabid animals
and the number of human beings bitten
are increasing every year."
Asserting that the killing of dogs
known to be suffering from the malady
and the muzzling and quanantining
of other dogs were preventative
measures that have failed to check
the spread of this disease, Dr. Smith
added:
"The only sensible, practicable method
for the eradication of rabies
would appear to be the comDulsorv
prophylactic inoculation of all dogs
once a year by a single injection of
rabies vaccine at the owner's expense."
The report said that this method
had been successfully employed in
J.apan, and directed attention to the
compulsory inoculation requirement
in Connecticut.
Three persons have died of rabies
so far this year in South Carolina,
according to the report, which states
that 725 have been given the Pasteur
treatment.
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UCHAF
UTH CAROLINA
ON PLANTING' <
YOUNG TREES
Interesting Work for Farmers
to Attend to Right
Away
UNDER ELEVEN HEADS
Instructions on The Matter of
Pinning the Young
Trees
1. The growth made by a young
fruit tree the first year in the orchard
is more important in determining
success tlian any other year in
its history;.
2. The soilv should be previously
prepared by deep plowing and pulverizing
.as carefully as for a seed
bed.
3. If the soil of the orchard is
well prepared', holes to receive the
trees need be only deep and wide
enough to accommodate the natural
spread of the root system. In setting
replants in an orchard, the holes
should be dug deep and broad enough
to cut back the encroaching roots of
surrounding trees to avoid compel
tion until the replant is established.
4. Medium sized one-year-old trees
or well grown June buds are to be
preferred to older trees for transplanting.
5. The roots of young trees should
be protected against drying out, by
avoiding unnecessary exposure of the
roots to air in handling.
6. The roots of young trees are
more susceptible than the tops to injury
from cold and should not be exposed
by handling during freezing
weather. A mere frost may kill
them.
7. It is better to cut the main
roots to six or eight inches 's' length
than to leave them long enough that
they may be bent or kinked in planting.
8. Usually the tree should be
planted no deeper than it stood in the
nursery. New roots start more
promptly where the soil warms first,
near the surface. Most planters set
the trees too deep.
9. Compact the soil firmly about
the main roots to avoid drying out,
but do not bruise the roots in finning
the soil about them. Bruised roots
renew growth less readily and are
more subject to infection by root diseases.
10. Early winter planting, while
the trees are fully dormant, is better
than late spring planting, when the
buds are starting into growth. If the
planting must be delayed, the trees
may be kept dormant longer by reI
moving them from the trench turning
them over, and again healing them in.
11. Prune the trees to single
"whips" by removing their side
.branches, and cut back the top from
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lateral limbs- well * spaced, the* requisite
number may be retained
as the frame work for the tree, when
it is well planted .
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Woman Drops Deadl
Mrs. Emma Dalton, a woman about
55 years of age, after working in the
Limestone mill of Gaffney for onehalf
day, left the mill Tuesday at the
noon hour to go to her dinner and,
when just opposite the mill store,
collapsed in the street. Medical aid
was hurriedly summoned, but the wo- I
man expired before the arrival of the
physician. An examination revealed
that her death was due to appoplexy.
She recently moved to Gaffney from
Cowpens.
Boils
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8. S. S. Will Prore to Yotr in Youv
Own Case the "How" and "Why"
of it* Remarkable Blood-Cleansing
Power!
There is a reason for everything that
happens. Common-sonse kills misery.
Common-sense also stops boils! 3. S.
Is the couiimm-sense remedy for bulls* be|P^
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thorltlen admit its power 1 S. S. H. builds,
blood-power, It builds red-blood-cells*.
That is what makes fightlng-bloock Fighting-blood.
destroys impurities. It fighta*
bolls. It always wins! It fights pimple*!
It fights skin eruptions I. It bu'ldsi
nerve-power, thinking power, the tightfisted
power that whirls n man up into^
success. It gives women the health, theangelic
complexion and the charm that
moves the world! These are the reasons
that have made 8. 8. 8. today the great
blood-cleanser, body-builder, success build-er,
and it's why results have made tears,
of joy flow from the souls of thousands!
Mr. V. D. Schaff, 657 15th St? Washing?
ton, D. C., writes:
"I tried for yearn to get relief from a bad'
cms* of boil*. Everything failed until J toohS.
Si. S. J am now abaolutcty cured* and it
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