The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, January 19, 1921, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXVI. NUMBER 27
IAMILY Of [IY[
WIT STRAGEDEATH
Mother, Daughter and Three
Sons Killed
INQUEST DELAYED
TWO WEEKS
IIie MleIbers of Prominent Florence
(on0010y FIamiliy 31m1 Death III Mys.
feri'ous Mu1rder miln Suicide ThIeurv
Not Aceepted as Final,
Paimplico, S. C., Jan. 16.-Discovery
today of the bodle; of two other imemi
bers of the lighaim family. revealed
that the en tire family, living about. four
miles from Paimphleo, was wiped out.
solietime Saturda.y afternoon, a total
of five l/eing killed.
Mrs. L. S. 1ing01ham, GO years1 old,
was shot through the head and her
body was found In the yard of the,
illgham hom(1, near a woll; her daughi
tel, Mrs. Mla i'gor'ie 11lack, 35, 1as found( I
lying in it pool of blood in her rooll
on the second floor of the home with a
buillet hole, inl her head; Mrs. Ilc'
adopted son, nine yeals of age, was
found near the back of the hous;e, h
forehadi having been pier(ced ly a bul
' let at 'lose ran \'rs. Bla('k's; other
adn:i id son, five y'rLIs of ae, evidently
trid to escap je from his assailant. for
, e was found near a fence in the ha.
yard witi a bulI let in hils liad. Ilie died
about 5 o'clock this morn in :-g. The body
of the otler member of the family, L'.
S. Hinghamn, .10 years' of age, son of
Mrs. L. S. Bigham was found today
'bout It o'clock In the woods about
no half n-ile from the house, lying
in an obscure spot ,surrounded by
bushes with a wound in his right tni
ple.- His -hand was holding a revolver
in which there were tiwo bullets.
An inquest Is being held but the re
port of the Jury has not been received.
The-Pfamily has long been promi
nent in this part of the state, the fath
er having been a member of both
branches of the South Carolina gener
al assembly and at one time was a
candidate for Con';Vess.
E. ). liighain, rl'otler of tlhe dead
lan and lis1 family, consisting of lils
wife and two ldidreln, had recleitly
moved to South Car-oina from Gf er--i;
or Alabama aid wero oceupI;:ing rooms
in the liome. 'iey were out. driving
l5m 1.i .n on1e seemil.; to have wit net-s ed
ihe shootin-. i. E'. I igham, r'tur'ninig
abou t 11hr,4eo o'cloeck in te afternoon
l, ' th" irt on the sconv and with th,
: htaoe of a rural mail vai'rier ca;
riel t!e (Ady of .\lri. iHig'lamzs into tle
hou s.
Not Cleared I'p.
Florence, Jan. I7.-Ihe will b)e no
coroner's verdi'et In the case of the
'illing of the five members of tle Big
ham family, at Pamplico, tAenty-flve
mile; from Florence, Saturday after
noon, for two weeks yet. Coroner \V.
M. mIih of Florence, spent Monday
at Pamplico, mnaking a thqrough inves
tigation of the situiation, espieciall y in
viewv of the belief on tho part of siomei
citizens that L. S. Ilighiam, whose body
was found In the woods near the home,
at2)parently a suicide, was not the per
pet rator' of the terrible crime, but that
someioneC else killed the. me~mbers of
the Bigham family. This theory i
not generally held, bult there are
505me in the Pamplsico community who
doubt the suicidei idea.
The dead members of the Higham
famIly are: L. S. Bigham, age 45; his
mother, Mrs. 31. M. Higham, wife of
former Senator (Bigham of Florence
county; his sister, Mrs. Margorie A.
Black, and Mrs. Black's two adhoptedi
children, L.eo McCracken, 9, and John
McCracken, 5.
The first theory advanced was that
L. Smiley Bigham killed h's mother
and sister and the boys, Edmundil~ Big
ham-, brother of the (lead man, 'was
the first to tlndi the deadl people, ae-.
cord(ing to first evidence prloduiced. lie
says that lie had1( been away from the
home for a half hourt, and on retutrn
lng saw his mfotheri staiggerIig towvairds
the roadl. lie ran to hIs mothewr's side,
buit she died before sue couldi be gotten
to the house, At the bousc lhe found
the body of John Mc'Cracken on the
back piazza. Leo McCracken's biody
was found on a pile of straw behind
the house. Two hour's later the body
of Mrs. Black was foundl in her room
on the second floor, All of the dleadl
,had been shot,
Ndminr1 Big-hna tied nat h saw..
EA'TERN STARI OFFIC0E1S
INSTALLHD LAST NIGHT
Impressive Cerenionles Mark the .0c
casioh1. Social Hour Follows.
Impressive services marked the In
stallation gf 1921 officers of Adah
Chapter No. 6, Order Eastern Star,
which took place in the Masonic hall
last night. Worthy Grand Matron 'Mrs.
Naomi tiun"inger, of Greenville, was
present and presided over the core
monies. After the ceremony was com
ileted refreshments were served and
then a social hour enjoyed.
The following were the officers in
stalled:
Worthy Matron, Sara Dorroh.
Worthy Patron, 'r. L. Monroe.
Associate Matron, Niss Minnie Wallace,
Secretary, 'Miss Lillie Miller.
Treasuror, Miss liizabeth Switzer.
Conductrbss, Mrs. Madge M. Taylor.
Associate Cond., Mrs. Roberta D. Smith
C(haplain, Mr. S. 4. McIaniel.
Marshall, Mrs. Norcom Richardson.
Organist, Mrs. Agnes Rt. Swygert.
Adlah, Miss Marie Philpot.
Rluth, Miss Frances Garrison.
sEsther, Mrs. Lois N. Simpson.
Martha, Mrs. 10sther F. ilarksdale.
Electa, .Miss Maggie Peterson.
Warder, 'Mrs. Jean B. Barksdale.
Sentinel, Mr. Fred Medlock.
FiRE TUESDAY NI'iT.
HInt't-ey Electri(' Company Snifers by
Fire and Water Tuesday Night.
Fire sipposed to have beeni 'aused
by electric wir i ne ill the halte'y' ser
vice department of the larney 1."Ic
trie Company opposite hIle Post Ollico
gut ted the interior of the entire store
Tu'lesday ni1,4ht shortly before '11islini t
and did considerable daniage to nearly
everything that was not entirely d.
stroyed. Mr. Harney was sick in his
)ed at the time of the fire, but got uip
anyway and arrived on the scene just
about the time the blaze iwas extin
guished and danger of a larger blaze
was passed. The fire department re
sponded promptly to the alarm and
with the aid of volunteer helpers soon
had the blaze under control. Several
colored men, among them Jack Ken
nedy, who always hapipens to be on
hand when the fire alarm sounds, did
praiseworthy work in handling the
hose.
Air. I1arney has not been able to c
Ilr~ i,, lo.-s- as y t Ih\ caried In
Sn 1 on ihis stock and fixturtes, but
ti1 adjinteris have not yet fixed tihe
otnotunt of the damage. The building
is owied by Dr. W. If. l)ial aml while
It carried in'rance his lo.. is not
y- st111ated.
Box Suplier i l(c(ory Taiern.
The!re wvill beo a box supperw) atHik
ory Tavern next Frilday evening, Jan.
21, 1921, leginning at 7:30. The pro
deeds of the wvening will go for the
boellfit of the school. The public Is
cordially ilvited.
his brother leave the house as he drove
1up to find his mother shot. The body
of L. S. S.Bigham was not found in the
woods till Sunday noon.
TLhe trouble is bliieved to have been
brought about by famtily troubles, in
volvitng an estato valuedd at about $75,
l)'30. 'l. S. iighuamt had been charged
with attempting to muitltilaite court
r'ecorda~ in connection ne'ith the estate.
ii dleveloped today that Mrs. Black
last a eek made her will, in which she
left her lproperty to L. S. Ilighamn l.
deead man.
lHealdes Edmutnd Blighamn, the only
othet' member of the family is Drm.
Cleveland Bigham, whose whereabouts
are unknown, lie having jumnpedl bond
to the amount of $10,000, imposed when
he was conlv~cted of killing his wife
several years ago in Georgetown. Mem..
hers of the fligham family 'had signed
the bond, but it has never been coi
lected by the state, the attorney gen
eral now having the matter in hand,
A sister, Mrs. J. Bogan Cain, 'who died
rather sudd~enlly sotme monthsh ago, was
the only member of the family who had
not algned the bond, andl before htem
dleath ail the IHigham prtoperty had
been dleeded to her.
-Since Mt's. Cain's (loath higham htas
behn attemtinjting to get a seil lemeni
fr'omn Cain, whio is a (depuity sheriff. Re
cently several pages (of the dleed booksa
have been torn out and rude aiter'a
tions have been made in the wor'ding
of the deeds1, -these beitng charged tc
L,. 8. hlighatm. Th'Iis matter' has been
kept. quiet lately,
Tfhere were no witnesses to thc
tragedy and the coroner proposes tc
make as thorough investigation1 as is
possible. The gun used belonged tc
i(lhIgun nighanm
LOCAL DELEGATION
HARD AT WORK
Planning ge-veral Measures of Imi.
portance to lleople of This Cotunity.
The members of the Laurens delega
tion In the legislature spent the week
end at their hons in the county, Sen.
0. ]. Goodwin, near the city, Rep. C.
M. Babb, in Laurens, Rep. . D. Nance,
In Cross IM1, and Rep. Towns A. Wil
its, Jr., at Gray Court. All of them
jeturned to their duties Monday. Ii.
S. Blackwell, solicitor from -this dis
trict, who also is required to attenidi
the sessions, also spent the week-end
at home.
The local delegation Is preparing
several measures of Colliderable im
portance to the comity, according to
Mlr. lllackwell, who was seen AMonday'
morning, One of these nicasures Is to
provide for an addilional $50,0001) bond
issue to complete the Kinards-Owings
toll-soil road and the South Rabun
creek bridge on the 'rinceton road. It
is undorstood that the :Policy of the
county authorities, after this work is
completed, will be to continue the
permanent road work out of the auto
mobile tax money and the funids de
rived from the state road tax of two,
mills, which is turned hack into the
colty treasury.
Se'nator Goodwin lhas a hill intro
(iltced to challge the time within wvi hich
it ' ill be lawful to soll 5 (eer eotton. Ito
would allow thi sale between .Janum
I amid April I. rather than bwn
April I and Augu t 1. .a it'n1ow i-.
Another bill introdliteed by the fhle
gation providi es for tle red1101i of:
the collnty collilul ation tax from :::00
to $3.00. The $6.00 commu11tatlion tax
Vas a big issue in thie suillt'er cai
paigi alid milch oppo ition was ex
pressdd to It by voters over the county.
It is also understood thrt the delega
tion has in mind the discontinuance of
the appropriations for the home dem
onstration work, that of the county
farm demonstrator and also the
county's truant offilcer. It has been
rumored though not stated omcially
that an increase in the salary of the
sheriff Is contemplated.
The delegation also has in mind, it is
tinderstood, to change the basis oii
wichi th'e rural policemen are pai(.
Under tile presen t plan each policemanl
pays his own expenses an(1 iatirllyi
ile one w1ho does the ml1ost work hia*
I lit Iarget expen se acco1nt. A cha'ng
is cont(Illempi-lattd b% which 'k h1101dhip
will not ho worked oil the -o t ivo
official.
11031E, SitiVIC 001.:Z
1ome1 ServIc1'e Departniit of lhe led
('ross (loses A fter Useful Period of
Activity.
After a service which lasted from
early after America's entrance into the
war tintil last week, the local lionie
Service deoartment of the Am rican
RIed Cross closed up its work last
week and the omoc has been closed for
further transaction of business. Aliss
Lui.se Simmons, who 'has been in
charge for a year or more, has made
her final report to district headi~iuar
ters and hias relieved herself of all
dullties.
The Itomei Service dleiartmenit has
been a scene of a great deal of -activity
since it first opened. Thousands of
cases have been handlledl for soldiers
anod their dependents. .During the war
the dieparltmient gave most oif its at
tention to the relief of dependent rela
tives of soldiers and keepinig the sol
diers5 in touch with their families, but
since the close of the war has given a
great decal of tIme to the straightening
out of claims for insurance and relief
of cases of disability (111 tO wounds
and injuries received in battle.
('harge A ttempt to net FIre to Store.
Anderson, Jan. 14.--Bob F'razier, a
negro oif Williamaston, was brlought to
the jail here today, having bieen found
in the Vandiver Grocery store last
nlight at 12 o'clock tryinig to set fire
to the ensh reglrder to open it. A lio
licenmn '-mas going biy and cat ching a
glimp5e oif the 1light invest iga ted and
caught Frlazier. 'Jihe chief of police,
who~ (aptured10( the negro, sta ted thiiat he
though t he had just galined entIrance
into the store. The cash register' was
a woodeni one, and t he negrio thbough t
that it (could h(le oipend 0(1a0sier' by fire
thanil any othier' way.
Meetinig oif Wlednesday ('lub .
The Wednesday Club meets with irs.
WV. iI. Dial oin Thursday aft ernuogn, at
3:30 o'clock, instead oif the usual meet..
jiag (lay.
JOHN A. FRANKS
ELECTED MAYOR
-Defeated C. I Bishop by Vote of 588
to 207 Yesterday. General Election
Next Tuesday.
John A. P'ranks defeated C. R.
Bishop in the second primary race for
the clection of a mayor to succeed W.
I. Richey, Jr., in the election held yes
terday. Mr. Franks lead his opponent
in both mill and city ,boxes, the total
vote being Franks 588 and Bishop 207.
Mr. Hishop, who Is alderman from
Ward 5, will retain his seat in the
council. -
'The election went off very (llietly,
not ,as 1many votes bin)11g Itolied as in
the first primary. The same Interest
manifestedi by), the women voters in the
first primary was shown In the ) pri
mary yesterday, a large number of
them turnruing out to cast their ballots.
The general election to confirm the
primary is ordered to be held next
Tuesday. Immediately after that, Mr.
Franks will take over the reins of of
flee.
The following is the total vote:
Bishop Franks
City lox ........ ..1..1.0 '1I
Mil Box ..6...........,7 10.
Tota l ...... .......(7
.i issiolnar1 So1ctyI of irst til st
chit4 t - I v 1 h,. F ~ r' I fe %I ('IIlI''
hr-hDranj U'y Msoluiflems in Pre
.\t he h ameing of, !!h( \.,w m '
.\9:inayI'nlife ofl ti-l V-ir.At !,'; t ist
(.h11r-ch, i he foilloxing re' oi ns ere
passed a n'l olleredl submittd to the
newspapers of the city -or i)tt 1)1 eat loll:
In view of the fact that n111.1v antd'
grave dangers thr,1ten th ,e wi,n and
religious lives of ou1r yotng peoplA, we,
the members of the Woman I Mission
ary Society of the First ih:ktiist Church
of Iallrens desire to p ae ourt'selves
on record as condemnilin. all evi
which tend to lower their moral and
religious standards. We appeal for
the old-tine restoration of parental
authority in the home, for righteous
noss, and for the uphollding of the Ia
Jesty of the law, for revernee for God's
Vorl, and a stricter observance of Itis
oltv Doy.
\\ ' .e Co'l for our1 boys and girls tite
(od-given) light to Christian training
w1Iici: wil . .) th1em for pla'es of hon1or0
in tle (ono11' it'y, in tile Church, and
inl th14 Stato.
A-ain,. we ur1ge wholesomei alinus
mets spr eially, outdloor spo,-I., and
less loafing onl the street.l
We pliedge ourslves, as far as.pos
:ile, to use our11 itiluences for the rv
moral of all thos' things which polsonl
ite mhids and pervert the morals of
our11 boys and girls.
Hecognizing the pietur show as aln
e(dtleitiolal factor' we plead for clean,
elevating and intstrtlctive shows.
Purthermore, we heartily Infdorse
every effort our beloved pastor has so
couirageously made both front the pul
pit and elsewhere for the advance
men'tt and~ entforcement of civic right
Coulsness; In our town and :piedge ourI
xcilves to stand by is sidoe In unltitedi
effort to make the city of 'Lautrens a
safer and better pla7ce for 0our boys
atnd gIrls morally, socially and re
ligiously.
STOREI IM ROJBBEID
Sheriff Asks Public to ifelp, If PossI
ble, In Apprehension of Thieves.
Greenville, Jan 15.-1-0 was r'e
ported to Sheriff Rector's omce
Thuirsday that McAlister's store
at Travelers 'Rest was br'oken into
Wednesday night or early Thutrsday
morning antd a numblter of articles of
constfiderable value ('ar'ried away by
the thieves. Omcers wor'ked on the
case ali of yesterday, buit up to last
night had made no arrests. The sher'
1ff has a partial list of the mtissIng
goods, and said he woul dask te .pub
lIc to help him, if possibl)1 in appre
hending the rtuilty persont or ;a'ersons.
Among the goods5 taken were: A pair'
of armyv shoes, size 7 1-2; pai r of
lIleasiey rawhlide shoes, size 10, 2 pair's
No-kick shoes, sizes 7 and (i; ;) I1air
chid'rn's shoes, sizes, I1, 2 and~ 9;
overalls of the Big WVIinst on, 111l1e
Iluckle and Ihonest Value brands, am!
Ci nco, i,anogo and Franklini eigar's,
schtool house Jianuary 2Sth. The ipuh
lie is invited .to attend. iThe admis..
slont fees wvill be ten and twenty-flve
cents
GOY[RNOR ADYIS[8
CHANG[_IN TAX[8
State Income Tax is Recom
mended
BOND ISSUE
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Governor Cooper's Mlessitre Iecom.
Iields Manly Chan1 V Iges In Tix Sys.
ifmIII and3 Met110hod of .Waingl Per.man.
ill IIIIprovelleits. Tax on (Gaso
line.
Coliibia, Jau. 12.--Governori oo
lier read his annual me;sage to the
two houss of thie general assembly
In joint session at noon today.
The ilessage deals largely with
state finances. It is the opiniion of
ithe governo. tat. the property tax
levy should he rediced froin twelve
and one-half mills to nine mijlis, and
the governor* suggests mfeasures where
by% the otheir three and one-half mills
iay b) ised from other sou -rces. His
rieolmien dalloin are for the enact
IlIeit. of a tax iln(olie, gifts and inherit
anees, anl increase of husiness and
privile(g li(ens's and a consuiption
lax on m eie
Nint ii l< property wmihi pro
duco pbout Pmi miilion ll1 rs.
A graduated scale is Smggostel for
the incno ' :inX prlj v1:A!ovid ix 1(1 j'tiu
yonnl.e ineni of paYnent oil $ .000 anid
narriei min o: .,,000. .\ tax of one
half of oiv a'r ('lit wohill he levied
oin net. incno ill to $3,000; '1e per'
cent from $:'..000 to i5,000; two per
eet. fromt $5,00 to $10,000; three per
cent from $10,000 to $50,0000; and four
per cent on all net incomes above $50,
000.
Th1e governor pointed out that a tax
of o11 per cent per gallon on gasoline
would yield approximately $400,000.
Cotton aereage reduction by force
of legislation is not. deemed expedient
by the governor, but the condition
makes it of su iliclent importance "that
tle fa rler must. Ile -impressed with
the absolute necessity of a reduction
of cotton a 'reage for the year 1921."
As to piermlanenlt iIll)rovemnilts the
;;overfn or recoloniends that he legis
laturet' as(ertai'n'tl ' what is ab1soliuely
ieCessary for a period of ten years and
slitilli to Ih 'h Ors of thw State the
<IluI.t1iol of a bond i.:sue a' SufOilci'nit to
1:0w ar of' :sneh imlpro(:vementl '. IHe
favors all ilwrvnareI inl approplriations
for law < 1 inforiceInt al asks hat. the
lwniSionl law he ich:nsed so that the ad
ministrat:!ion of 1h- 1.1;. will be placed
inth'r thw diEnctionl or the Crouptroller.
Guienral. and tha;rt peilolls h. Daihl on1lyN
to those Coflederate sfldieris atnid
sailors, or willows of .mihi, who are inl
need of financial assistance.
TIle joint ,esslon today lasted ap
p roxi matel y 011 hou'. (;ov. Coope'r
read his annual message, which creat
(d niuch favorable comment. h'lle it
nosphee is be ng graduall a-l-" ea red of
mnisap preheOnsioni as to taxes. Thei 0on
S0(1l01enc's in that the a pproi('natlion hill1
shioul d lie hel down to as conservative
figu re as poss1Ible, but there is little
dlsp)osi tion rife among the miembe'rs to
e ripl a))0 ny 1in stituion ori dI' epartment1.
MFFTING~ OF" I. Y. P. U.
To be Held with ('hestnut Rtidge
C'huirch Jnuary fu0lth. i nteresting
Prog~ram to be Carried Out.
Thew I. Y. P. I'. of Lauriens Associa
Lion will hold( its~ second qua rterlyv
miee ting at (Chestnult Iidge chur ich.
.Januaryv lIeh, 1121. 'The following
pirogram will be~ carrIed out.:
Cong regatilonal Singing--- Chorister.
tlevotional--- Mr. Scott (Georgie, Presi
dent of Chestnriut H idge Ii'nion.
Buiisin ess,
Speeial 'Muste.-L'Iauirens t (nion.
Talk---"The Mission of the 'I. Y. P. U."'
-Mr. George 1R(obo, of irnst
Vlinton l'nion.
Talk --"W \hy toe Need of a 8. Y. I'. I'."'
- Milss Emmaiiii lIeIndierson of
F'riendrhi.
All the young piolei of' Laureins
Assocliation ari'e uged to attlend thiis
nmet ig.
The usual dlivi serlvices will be
hield at I iorr oh Pr'esbyteilan 'li hrch
niext S~iunday a fternoion at o'clocek, an-i
nounc nes It(er. C. TI. Sulro 11 on pst (ei.
PRUNING DEMONSTRATIONS
PROVED SUCC'ESS
Four Demonstrations Were Given bfy
sExtensin Workers. M uchi I nterest
Being Manifested.
Regardless of bad weather all prun
ing demonstrations given by County
Agent last week, were well attended.
ir. Trevathan states than the interest
manifested by those in attendance w%.as
very gratifying. fie was assisted in
these deimonstratlons by Mr. .' E".
Schilletter, Extension li ortiCl ULrist,
and Mr. G. M. Anderson, Extension
Entonologist from Cilelson College. A
numher of rfarmers in att.'an c were
provided ' with pruning tools with
wIlielh they gained practical experience
inl bletter methods of pruning. Trees of
different ages and types were pruned
and reasons for methods used were
ex I n 1i ed.
Scale, boiers, and other insects were
foutnd in the field, and those inl attend
ance had the opportunity of seeing
'the actual danage these insects were
doing. They could also see the dam
age done by the brown rot on the mum
m(ed peaches Which still cling to m1an'
of the trees. Directions were given
for methols of control for the different
1in;ect; and diseases.
Mtr. toe Adair. at Itenio, plans to
get biusy oil his orchard at once al
hal sent in an orlder for a lira-in
outfit which he vxpects to ui co-op
erativvly in iI 'L coiioui ity. The
T hnii Orphianae has i'':ilo. oh.
tailed an outfit and ahked for1 fulriler
::i. i an in tho careo of 01- hail.
Thr~t flne frit 111y be produced in
tiL; count.y been provenl by pr
John)fi icks, who6 has for many years
produciel in her orclharid excelleiit
fruit and has made the orchard pay on
a ituali scale.
Mr. Trevathan states that he stands
ready to assist others desiring help
along this line.
GHEENWOOD RANK
WILL CLOSE AFFAIts
Directors of Peoples DIeide to LiqUi
dnte Trhroighi Bank of Greenwood.
Greenwood, Jan. 17.-The Peoples'
bank through its directors has ilecid
ed to wind up its affairs. A majority
of the stockholders have already ap
proved this action of the board and a
full meeting of the stockholders will
bo called in the neal future to ratify
what its heen din. The actiil Io
cess of liquidation will h tone thrm ouh
th i Blank of Greenwod a ist ed by the
other aks of the city, . P. McKell1ar
and C. E. Kngh of the l'eoplesc' 1anh
will have actii:1l charge of iolktetinii
nioteis and accounts.
The depositors will be ;id in fil
and it is believed that none of the
crditors .of the hank will sufer any
toss. 'Tlie assets and accounts are
suli ient to pa' all claiis if c'iot!Lit
er in full. The depositors of oure
colmie first, and will certatnly hio paitd
in full. So far il0 depositors or o t hers
have raised any objections to thIs
coursi which iwas inteindeid for their
ptrotection1 and which, if (aried out
will cleat' the whole situation,
Those best familiar with the situa
tion agree thtat thIs is the only coui'se
to adopt, Stato hank Eamniner' .lames
hU, Cr'aig, who has been in tiouch wit-h
lie situhatiton sinc'e it idevelotied, api
prioves the corwhi chtO has'I i, been'i
adopted,. Ntutiratlly any lnteCrrumpt ion
to the even course of bustiness here or'
elsewhere is to he regr'etted, hut in
the prompt measures whIch have been
taken fot' the pr'tctionttit of all tntecr
ests there should he gener'ah atisfac
tion anti the commitn ity congr'attuated
on escaping a hank failure.
PAlRT OF CHESTiER
VO)TES INTO YORK
Ter'ritoury Embracing Seventy-five
Squatre Miles Goes Over.
lhock H1ill, Jan. 12.-Accor'ding t~o
latest r'eturts from the election held
yesterday in eastern Chester, voters,
bty 117 to t15, voted to antnex to York{
county with 16 votes cotntested. This
gives a miar'gin of 17 over' the twvo
thuirds majority noenssar'y to carrmy, ex
utldin g conti ised v'ote As a resiult
oif the (ee'tion,~ Yor'k ('outOy has 7
sr iu're m0itls adi ttion at t ermrit ory~ an
incrmeased iiopuilat ion of 4,00 anil an
Increase in taxablc rope1)rt~y of a mil
lion andm a tit arte r dollar is. The torri
tory chmbraces sotme of the rich es t see
tion1 oIf (Chesteri county.
Mr., IT, Terryv, w~ho huas been qitle
slek at his home for' several weeks
is r'eptotrd 'to be gr'aduial ly imlprov'inig
andt his ft'tends hone for him in loerly