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IWEEPS NEW YORK CITY BIGHAM COUNSEL ASKS NEW TRIAL Alleged New Evidence Presented to Vourt. In Form of Letters. Florence, .une 5.-In the court of general sessions bere today A. L. King attorney for .0dinund 1). iligham, gav notice of an appeal for a new tria on the ground of alleged after-dis covered evidence. Jurge S. 'W. G Shipp set Friday to hear the motion The after-discovered evidence is it the shaie of letters alleged to have. been written by L. S. Bigham to li brother, Ndnund, while the latter was in Georgia, and it is contended by the defense they will tend to show thal Smiley Bigham killed his mother and sister and the latter's two childrer and then himself, the killing of Smiley Bigham being the crime for which 1Idmund has been convicted and sen tenced to death. Formal notice was given .by the de fense this morning to L. M. Gasque solicitor of the court of the approach ing contest. At the same time, the de fense files with him a copy of the let ters, affidavits and other data, whici will be offered to the court. as after discovered evidence. 'Mendel IL Smith of Camden is expected to assisi the defense in arguing the motion foi a new trial. Chief among the letters, all of which are contended by the defense to have been written by Smiley at Pamiplict to '(110d1un ind fit'south Georgia, is the following: ".Mother and Maggie hlad the tav< Fignevd deeds that had disap~peared III their possession. Causing trouble seemlis to be their pleasure. They tool the m1oney that the post office de partmient has me 11charged with and were the cause of Cleveland running off, and I hiad to pay t.he bond. Foi years I have lad to leave home and pay board to be in rpeace to make my calculations and plans. "They poisoned father and tried tc poison Leatha's child after -her deatli when I found them with tile deeds. decided to kill the last oneof then and leave no one to tell the tale. "I am writing this to explain why (lid this act. You will nevor see 1m1 again alive." Signed % 8. igliam. This letter 1. one of a series whici it is alleged nwere written during th( summer and the early fall of 1920 lead Ing up to the return of 0dnund tt Pamplico in the fall of that year. Thi. varticular letter does not bear- any (late though all the others -bear date: through June, .1lly and August, pos sibly some of theml being inl September Also, all of them are tpIe-written an signed in nk. At the same timl1e, the defelse is of fering a numuber of alfidavits, whiel would tend to substantiate the letters and the statements contained in them Some of these atidavits relate to tlit genInl~enless of the signature. FOUlR KILLED) AT R1AIL11104A) 'ISSIN( Tlwo Yonng Womienl anid Tlwo) YouI 31en IDle Whten Carolina Specla ('rashes Into Auto at Union. Union, Junie 4.-F4our people wver killed anld two other's ipossibly fatalil inIjuIred Saturiday a ft einooni wvhc southbound Carolina Special struci an automobile hlalf a m~ie above thit city limits. Two others are po0ssil fatally in1jure'd. Of tile dead two art yOunlg menCI andi tiwo yong womlen, Inl ages ranging from 19 to 23 years. The dead are: Jamles Vaughn, B. J1 V'aughn, Miiss Laura Austin anc Mliss 31inniie Austin. .John McKeown and Ben Aito-Wit lock arc in the Union hlospital an. are thought to be fatally injured. James Vaughn wvas killed outrighlt Laura Austin (lied on the way t thle ho~i'titai. .B. J. Vaughn died im mediately after being .taken into thl hospital arnd Minnie Austin lived foll hour's after being taken to the hos pital. The tragediy was where a communi ty road crossed tile railroad. At thi point the track extends from 200 t, 300 yards in a stralght line. 7l'he engine struck the auitomiobih sugairely and piled it in a tangle. mass' by-. the side of the road. Two c tIA occuglantg were pinned to the ie comotivo. by parts of the automobil and were fastened to the pilot whei the train was brought to a stop. One o. the platients at the hospita hlas a fracture of the skull, and th other is sttffering from internal in juries' Physicians entertain 1itth hope for the recovery of either one. - Surgeons ca-ore rushed to the scen. of the .tragedysand rendered all pos siblie at#l to;the, Injured. A grea crowd of ceppeyisited 'the scene tre mediately after the wreck, -Helium Atems Friom I ad1im. A grazn of ra4ltam oEintonusly ends off helium R* .%Iplb petie~f *4 $d 400blttb~a Aa VIOLENT STORM S OVER Torrential Rains, Lglitning and 88 Mile uaie Take rol )f Over 50 Known Dead and 100 Injured. Ites cuers Searehing Waters of New York for Further Victims. New York, June 1'l.-A violent storm accompanied by shifting winds that reached a velocity of 88 miles an hour, took the lives of more than 60 per sons, injured more than 100 and atised ,norious property damlage in the metropolitanl section late today. korty peisons were reported to have ilost tpeir lives while boating in Long Island lounid, and many persons were kiljeg 'by falling trees, lightning and acelIents caused by the wind. Ten bodies of the drowned havo been re covered and the waters about New York.are being searched tonight for :0 missing. k 1A The 9torn came at the close of one ;of themost torrid days of the season. Tho wind, coming gently from the south and southwest, shifted suddenly in the northwest and -increased in ve locity. to eighty-eight miles, and sweep ing through New Jersey. West Chester county, across the City Island, The Bronx andi Manhattan, left death and (est ructfon in its wake. Torrential rain's, then fightni ng, followed the wind. Ilundreds of thousands of New Yorkers were on the beaches and the various outlying resorts seeking relief from the heat, *whent the storim broke, and it was from these that the stormn took its d(i-athi toll. Six ''etrsons were killed and itiore thanl forty hurt when -the wind c(aught a huge ferris wheel at tile (Ilason Point amnusemeint park and it crashed to the ground. A woman and lier seven year Old daughter were crushed to death andI several other persons injured when an oak tree blown hy tile wind crash ed through the roof of the crowded dining room of the Red Ilon inn, on hloston Post road, carrying -with it an old-fashioneid stone chimney. The bodies of seven canoeists caught in LAg Islan1d Sound off City Island at the height of the storm .were washed ashore after nightfall. Miss M dna Smith, 1-', walking with a companion along the reservoir road at Ossining was blown into the water and drowned. Charles Emerson, New Rochelle clothing manufacturer, was rowing in E'cho Bay with -his wife and three children when the storm broke. lie managed to row to shore, then died from a heart attack. A tree fell across a party of motorists seeking sheher on the Hlrookville road. near IAelnust ValIley, I'lmg Island. killing iHarry IHalloran, of Oyster Lay, and -riously injur ing his three tmale Comi!ons. Unable to reach .shore In the stiff win(, Jack Iowneinbal, 20, was drownied while .swiuming inl l'ast luver. Concenitti lIasiaD?.' utoi his ten year (ohi son,. Athtotiy, of Mount Vernon, v:cire killed wvhen a ti-ce undtter wvhich ''cy I ad found shelf--*i in The lironx was struick by 1lightning. Two( men were killed in Newark, N. .1., when they camne in contact av ith electie w ire torn down by the winnd. A massiv'e, decayed tiree .on the New Yor'k-West Chester county line at Mount Vernon fell, crushing 'to death Mr-s. Cassie Cavallo andI her' infant son. . M. 0. Er'skine of' a party of ea noeists in Reh bay was drowned. SThree others, members of the par-ty, swam to shore after the canoe caps sized. ~,Ten excursionists on the fer'ry boat Mildegradl, retur-ning from Interstate 'Park, N. J., to WVest 158th street, were ~ njured wvhen the 'wind tore a life boat fr-onm its davies. In falling the boat struck the railing of the lower deock at a spot wvhet-e arbout a dozen pas senigers had gathered for shelter, then it sild int'o t'he'river and disappeared. Sidney Jacob, 14, was badly hurt and was take'n to 'a hospital. Others in jured were able to go'to their homes. Extensive ieroperty damnage firom wind and lightning was reported from all boodedde o'the city; and outlying district&- : , . Central &#rk suffered t'eavily, doz ens of treek'haviga beest uprooted aia hurled across the I::'-Ivways -hi)oc:'. utomobi- 'traffo. --. 'Lightning struck a Br-ooklyn tirol hey ear,,and h'anf a der- et - *were htbined'ii~u a to t'.o flo:. Lightning also struck a barn in tra'hing and'ten'horses Were burned o death. -- Coney Isalnd, where a throng of 50.000 had gathered including 100, he , otnately -received onlfy th bfusogh't'thee tesort w#a en -hen t~te *startled crowd. foebe .er, WILINGIAM TO SERVE ONE TEAR Draws Tkis Sentence for the Larceny After Trust of $168,475. Macon, Ga., ?Jiune 9.-After beiig out three hours and a half, a jury in Ilibb county surperior court late this afternoon returned a verdict of guilty of larceny after trust against Richard IF. Williugham, former Macon capi talist and cotton factor. The jury recommended punishment of from one to two yeas! Judge HI. A. Mat-hews, before wlwu the case was tiled, limi mediatelf sentenced Willingham to serve twelve months at the state farm. The court room was filled with people -when the jury reported, but there was no ,scene. The jury was polled, each juror announcing the verdict as read by the clerk, correct. Motion for a new trial was filed inuiediately, hearing being set for July 29. Willinghani was released under bond of $2,000. lie also is un der $.130,000 bond covering thirteen other indictments in connectio' with his gigantic failure in August, 1920. The indictment under which -Wil linghain was convicted accused him of diverting to his own use money col lected .by the Willingham warehouse, of which li- e was president, for the organization of tihe ShIppers Con press Comnpany, the amount named .be ing $163,475. ADM llIA.L, MeGOWAN ATTENDS MEETING IN CLUMBIA Mc10owan Fanily Publication Commit tee Meets to Consider Reied Edi tion of "History of McGowan's 1r gade". Rear Admiral Samuel McGoawnn, U7. S. N., retired, caie down to Columbia last Wednesday from Washington to attend an executive session of -the Mc Gowan family publication committee, in regard to the issuance of a revised edition of the "hlistory of McGowan's Brigade," of which Maj. J. F. J. 'Cald well, of Newberry, is the author. Otheri members of the committee present were Prof. Yates Snowden, of the UIniversity of South Carolinn, and James G. hlolmes, of Columbia. The new edition of the history of this fa mous old brigade is completed and will 'be out in the near fature. accord ing to an announcement recently made Beyond the Pale. It is plain that there are books which are not fit subjerts for criti. eism, which do not rise into the field of artistic being, quite irrespective of thie number of editions through which they have passed.-Jules Lemaitre. SWEEPI THURSDAY, Minter Co.'s Barn of this week. All me Look over this list not advertised. Corn Ginghams 10Oc Value; Sc Yd. A few hundred yards of G sirPie and' 11( solid colors, .suitaI)l Special 5c 40 Inch Voile ol ill *Ends-ext ra qualtity, - we value 15eYd Nainsook 1 8e value, pink and white, Special 10c Yd Fancy Voiles - One lot fancy Voiles, forme to 50e, solidl colors, stripes an signs. Special 19e Suitings One lot. solid colored Tine e S4uitings. A very .desirable Jumper Dresses. 35c value. Special 19e ,Cotton.Skirt Faby Formprly sold for 50~e, 75n Plaida, stripes and solid grey. Extra Speclkl 19 Minter A LAURENS DEFEATS FT. iNN. In an eleven inning game, featured 'by as many tight places, star plays and excellent 'pitching as could be put into one .game, Laurens defeated Fountain Inn by a score of 4 to 3 last Wednesday afternoon on the lo cal diamond. The esore was tied to three runs In the third 1nning, after which each team 'held the other dow'n,' -both re mnaining scoreless until the eleventh when 1ill, star leftnielder aid bats man for Laurens, batted out for a Texas iLeaguer with two men on bases. The real feature of the game was In the first half of the eleventh when the hurling of Bobo prevented the visitors from scoring with men on sec ond and third with none out. Bobo, pitching for Laurens, fanned 9 men while Ezell struck out two. H J :E IFountain Inn .. .. .. .. ..3 6 2 Laurens .......... ..4 1t 3 Bkatteries: Ezell and Kellett, for fountain 'Inn; Bobo and Oulbertosn, ,for Laurens. iBoth teams expect to meet again today at Fountain fifi and another good game is expected. You thought th while it is only puzzle on anol "stung"' even if worth your tim the fun and plei But someone is NG RED FRIDAY AND SA ain Department speciall ~rchandise grouped and a ~nd if what you want is e Thursday, Fridaiy and Curtal 15e to 20c values. inghamns in and white withi fanc; for aprons Special 12 1 Pe' 36 inlches wvide. Li1 terns and ,kirt Str white only, End. Special -Special 8'I Che 32inch :White iRifi 32-inch colors, blue, tan Arie rly sold up - 7Just ]1'fe.t61 a d floral de- last n *Minidhed IO rft hri fabrie for chance. Ie ' .MMen's Balbrim i and $1.00. Drawers, sizes 30to $1.09 to *14.' Syo 3 pe r Pension Checks The follewing named are reminded that they have checks uncalled for: Clem 'la-pton. 'Mary L. Lawson. Mollie ,Woods. Ilelotta Woodruff. Aaron Sherbert. ILevinia Weathers. 'Mary A. Jones. J.. P. OAiLDWEJL, Chairman. STARTLING E In 10,000 Examine Imperfe< From the Me The Eyesight Conservation Cou ,made public the results of a cai trial and commercial- workers ac ly in glood condition -of whom i slon uncorrected. It was found of inefficiency and- -earelessness Imperfect vision. The report urg school children to be examined, ages of 21 and 39 years should as was done in the case of the "See Hough . W. H. HOUG "Stung A is was the advertisement to call your attention to :her page of this issue. you don't win a prize in e from an educational sta ksure you get out of it. going to win it. Why.can UCTION: rURDAY, JUNE 15 *y arranged for Thursday pecially priced to make not advertised call for i Saturday. 2 n~ Scrim La 'Eeru, cream, white, One lot r 'borders. ISpecial and( mfilitar ds. for $1.00 #2.00 value cale gift ground Dress Pat pes. 20e value. Mill Sizes 31 t (de. for 99c lerial--khat viots , Mill lnds solid.. graf; AaV' 2|eJ of for 89c -a '. ertitched Spgeads ,. * rcir $2O ai 39 iderwear ~and E'lastic Seapi IBoys' lig .34, formerly Bold for of good gli 3jal sold wp to fer 99c Final Choice, Wifey (showing new bonnet to hub. by)-The milliner thought that flow ers were the inost becoming to me and I have always adored feathere, so we' finally compromised by 1,utting on some fruit. A Calico War. One of the first Indian wars in. the history. of early Kansas Is said to have originated because an agent sold some Indians a piece of calico with the stripes running the 9vrong way. YE DEFECTS d 53 Per Cent Had I Vision dical Record ell of Americ. 'vxs recently -eful ezaminatip- 100 indus Alve in their %, ! iw.i .upposed 3 per cent. r' .! defctive vi-. that many er, av - accused when 'it- Is entil a 2atter of % that just as it wer msary for so every individi-' ho ween the iave the ocular siti,! ascertained, army draftees. to See Well" I, Optometrist Lgain of some apiary, the "Bee Hive" You won't get this game. It's ndpoint and for t it be you? HERE. 16 AND 17 Friday and Saturday your choosing easy.' t; scores of bargains dies White Oxfords rdf Ladiesi' White Ox'fords, low y .heels; all sies 4 to 8 ; regular $1.49 loys' Wash Suits r 7, made of good quality ma <4 and white. 49c Men's Overalls extra good quality Denim, doui and, sold, for hard wear. 99c en'e IHarest Hat.. . afew ye thes ~eft, While ht colored Summer suits, made aliy Col Clth ndformerly $12.50 ; sizes 10 to 17.' it, Stot~