Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FAMILY WIPED OUT d< NEAR PAMPLICO m pi (Continued From Page One) b< s, which connects the kitchen and dininp ja room with the main house. There h? 0, shot her and the youngest of the two w children. The boy's body was half fc, way down the steps, indicating that he q was trying to escape. In the meantime tl the other child evidently had made his t) way into the yard and was run dov n. It1 heng overtaken near a potato bank at Cl the rear of the kitchen. Fron all that {} medately bured hmself n the thcK ;ij can be gathered Bigham must have imwoods a mle from the house where he took his own life. Bigham was about forty years old. He was unmarried. He was a son of the late Senator L. S. Bigham.. who served several terms in the Senate ei from Florence County. Bigham was a civil engineer. The j only sun'iving members of the Bigham family now are Edmund Bigham J who lives at the old home and Dr. v( Cleveland Bigham, whose whereabouts are unkown. Dr. Bigham was convicted in the Georgetown County court se- f!i eral years ago of the murder of his ^ wife. He was sentenced to three ^ years imprisonment in the penitentia- ^ prison, jumped his bond and has no: ry, but before he could be taken to ^ been heard of since. The amount of the bond was $10,000. * . Still Uncollected. P The State of South Carolina has jj never been able to collect the bond jn money and the matter is now in the ^ hands of the Attorney General for settlement. It is understood that the g} Bigham estate is responsible for the money, all the members of the family w having signed the bond except Mrs. J. Bogan Cain, who died rather suddenly g( during the influenza epidemic, leaving ^ a husband and one son. As a possi- ^ ble motive for his deed it may be stated that L. S. Bigham has been a] suspected of mutilating the county re- p cords for the purpose of getting holl ositota lanHs This matter is being investigated. It seems that ^ about the time Dr. Cleveland Bigham g] left Florence the Bighams transferrer their interest in the estate to the late Mrs. J. Bogan Cain, the only member of the family not on the bond. All the ir deeds to the thousand or more acres a of land bear her name. "1 Since her death, it is stated, that tl Bigham has been attempting to get a settlement from her husband who is a pi ; I'M M Mi n*t mil III I I nil 11 Closing Out At a j | 50() pairs Men's Heavy 1 ;; 1 )ress Shoes, were $9.( < | All Ladies' and Chi ? 1 below cost. j; The best blue Denim 0^ ;; $T75 and ?J All Men's and Boy's ;; cost. ; j Men's and Ladies' V ;; less than cost. ; | Best Feather Tickings, t :: Best Mattress Ticking, tl ;; The best yard wide, goo< :: * the vard %/ \; Also good Bleach at, th< !I Best blue Denims, were ;; Best Cheviots, were 40c t ;; Dress Ginghams, were 35 :: Best yard wide Sea Isl : was 35c the vard, now ;; nest uress umgnams, w< 11 now going for ; | 50inch wide, all wool u :: $5.00 the yard, now... *' Best all wool navy Storm ;; the yard, now ;! A large line of Blankets 11 100 White Bed Spreads, ;; going at, each ;; 10-4 Bleach Sheeting, th j I the yard, now ;j 500 pairs Mens heavy \V ;: $9.00 the pair, now ? ;; Three thousand yards ;: Plant Bed Cloth at 4c tl ' ' you to buy this cloth, as ;; bed from cold winds anc i T n :: plants earner, i*ei \on ?| secret of success. :: Five thousnd ^'rsli Cafc :' rive each week at 30c th <? :: Don't forget that we are ; line of $9.00 "Work Sho | W. E. JEN miiiiiiiiHuiininmiii jputv sheriff of the county but ihe l latter has not been closed. Several, i ages have been torn from the deed | >oks, the indexes indicating, it is s lid, that they relate to the Bigha'm j' nds, and it is also said in more than i ie case the wording of the deeds i here the record is in long hand has 1 ?en crudely altered to show that Mrs. ain was entitled to only half or a i lird interest as the case might be in 1 ie certain tracts referred to. The utilation of the couit house records ? lused something of a sensation and 1 ie matter has been kept quiet until j solute evidence. < o ; News From Salters, Route 1 i 1 Salters, Route 1, Jan. 12.?We are ( iving real spring-like weather, farm's are preparing their tobr.cco and ' ?tting ready to begin another crop J i spite of the fact that they still ive their last year's harvest unsold id the prospect for selling is still ;ry discouraging. Rev. W. R. Jones of Greclyville >ent yesterday here with members of ? s church, and in the evening a num;r of the neighbors gathered at the Mne of Mr. ar.d Mrs. G. W. Scott. ' mission study class and prayer ^ eetng was organized by Rev. Jones. ^ re pray God's bessing upon this work | iat much good might be accom- j ished. 1 T? 1 O ll ] master reeier OLUH uu.U isses Daisy and Helen very charm- ( gly entertained a number of their 1 iends on the evening of New Year's. ' ith a candy pulling and outdoor 1 imes in honor of their little cousin, iss Pearl Player of Kingstree, who \ ho was their guest for several days. 1 The little Misses Helen and LYelyn 1 :ott spent last Saturday with Mas- 1 :r Keath Gourdin Wolff and his little 1 co-year old sister. 1 Mrs. Frank M. Buddin of Lake City, ! id son Rev. Francis A. Bucdi x of ^ amplico, spent several of the holi- ( lys with relatives in our community. 1 Mr. G. M. Scott and family visited [r. Scott's mother, Mrs. S. A. Scott unday. "Owl" 1 1 Salters, Rt. 1, Jan. 20?We are havtg real cold winter weather now and ] cozy fireplace with a good old-time < og-fire" is the most attractive thing lere is at present. Our weekly Mission Study class and rayer meetings are progressing very ? nd Below Cost ; iVork Shoes and II ! )0, now... $5.00 J ldren's Shoes at and I! < eralls, the pair, :: ! $2.00 j 5 Suits at and below !: . Winter Underwear at II I he yard 35c 1! < le yard, I5c and.. 20c :: ] tJ 7 J ^ qo ornlrl < JL CIO ^VAVi JL^JLVM/VA* 20c :: e yard 10c 60c, now 25c ;: he yard, now.... 20c j; ?c the vard, now.. 15c !' " i > and Homespun, 15c :: ere 50c the yard, 25c :: iayy Serge, was | . $2.00 ;; Serge, was $3.00 :: $1.25 :: at less than cost. ;; were $3.50, now !! $1.75:: , e best, was $1.25 ;; 1 \. 60c :: ork Shoes, were $5.00;; 1 uesi giciur xuuatw ' ie yard. It will pay j ; it will protect your !! 1 I you will have large ;; : ir plants arly is the :: ! >bage Plants to ar- :: , e hundred. ! I ! ; closing out our :: es at, the pair.. $5.00 j j j KINSON I timi Hiinn * . t* \ ' nicely. Attendance is improving and much interest shown.' , Miss Mellie Cannon is spending some time with her grandmother near Manning. Mrs. Lewis of Greelyvillc is spendng this week with her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Carter. Mrs. Annie Chandler of Geo;-getow p is with Mrs. Herbert Chandler for a few days. The most deplorable thing that has occurred in our community for years ivas the burning of the home of Mr Morice Burrows last Wednesday night about nine o'clock. The family had just retired and when awakened by :he heat, narrowly escaped in tl^eir light clothing, lost absolutely every:hing they had in their home. The irigin of the fire is unknown. Miss Geneva Cannon and little jrother William were guest of MasLer Puler and little Miss Daisy Scott ruesday night. Mr. Johnnie Bradham and family visited in this vicinity Saturday. , "Owl." o 5honograph Needle Now Made of Gay Like Adam, the latest talking ma:hine needles are shaped from clay, [t has been found that clay of a cer:ain kind, when cut from the shale)anks and properly dried, can be made nto perfect needles capable of producng marvellously clear tones from 3honograph records. Without grain >r grit these needles, after being fired it a temperature of 2,000 degrees F., >ecome sufficiently hard to play a -ecord two hundred times. The shale is first cut in sections ibout six inches square, and stored ? ?4?J 4-rx r\rn\?nnf tftA n parainn-cuawiu sauia w -?? rapid drying by exposure to the air in iheir moist condition. Then the sections are placed in a drying compartment where they are slowly dried. "A saw afterwards cuts them into strips three-quarters of an inch long and Dne-eight of an inch square, after which they arae ground to the perfect form of the ordinary steel needle, rhe are put in an electric kiln and heated to the intense degree necessary to harden them. o Just received another car of nice Mules and Horses. Ham Live Stock Co., Hemingway, S. C. o Imigration Could be Checked. Washington, Jan. J 3?A new plan for regulating immigration to the United States and differentiating desirables from undesirables at the source, was presented to the Senate immigration :opimittee today by Harry A. McBride :hief of the vise section o? the State Department. He recommended the creation by the government of a commission to have general supervision af immigration and to work in cooperation with the existing agences of the State and Labor Departments. The commission would direct immigrants to places in the United States (vher^ they are most needed. The problem of selection would be solved ay using the vise system and having American consuls abroad write the prospective immigrant's occupation, destination and other qualifications is a part of the passport vise. "For instance," said Mr. McBride, 'the commission would receive an orier for 2,000 farmers from some section of the country where they were Host needed. That order could be eabled to a consul in Europe, having charge of a good agricultural section, instructing him to vise passports for that number of farmer*." Mr. -McBride declared there was a 'flood" of immigrants in Europe tryng to reach the United States but :hat the Johnson bill would not reduce :he number of arrivals in the United states. He declared the exceptions ;he measure allowed would "fill the >hips to their capacity." Commissioner General of Immigra;ion Caminetti is expected to each ;he United States Saturday after a study of conditions in Europe relatng to immigration and Representa:ive Johnson, Republican, Washingion, today requested the committee ;o secure his testimony before concluding its hearings. LOOK! We pay your Railroad Fare both ways on a purchase of $25.00 or more. STEELE FURNITURE COMPANY The Man in Charge, o Justice is a blindfolded woman is i mother hubbard wrapper, carrying an Indianopolis household scales in one hand and some kitchen cutlery in the other Visitor's Day will be a big event when the bigamist stands ennorior Q/>\* Heretofore, bigamists have been humanely sentenced to a life of indolence in a bachelor cell. Now, he will have to serve out his sentence with his forty wives and let 'em surround his weekly pay envelope like minnows mapping at wet bread. o Just received another car of nice Mules and Horses. Ham Live StockCo., Hemingway, S. C. o The County Record is the only newspaper published in Williamsburg County. Kernels For Poison Ivy. H I The American Botanist records that W. L. McAtee of the U. S. Department! I of .Agriculture has collected a list of 244 alleged cures for "ivy" poisoning Among the vegetable substances re-, commended to be taken internally are ' extracts or infusions of sweet fern.-' snakeroot, pasque flower, aconite, i spice bush, coffee, poison sumaach ( ?) pipsissewa, yellow jasmine, belladona (H i and bryony. It is pointed out that K "poison ivy probably has a reputation 11 for hannfulness all out of proportion R to its abilities; a few people aie rath- Ij J er severely poisoned by it, but the J i majority seem to be immune or nearly f so." We should like to add that a i ' great deal of supposed "ivy" poison- I ing may be due to other plants, since there are scores of plants tv are capable of causing more or less severe dermatitis in susceptable people. Cop! ious information on this subject was | published in 1887 by Dr. J. C. White i in his book "Dermatitis Venenata." cao au are etaoni etaoin etaoin.ta o $50.00 FREE! The Opening Day, at 10 a. m., we | will give $50.00 away to the first 50 v people entering the store., STEELE FURNITURE COMPANY The Man in Charge. ^ o Fertilizer Sales Indicate Acreage will be reduced. Columbia, Jan. 14.?A straw which officials of the South Carolina division of the American Cotton Association say shows which way the wind is blowing in regard tS the reduction of cotton acreage is the sharp decrease in fertilizer sales during the months of November and December this year, as compared with last year and all previous years. Figures secured by officials of the Association today from the office of the state treasurer indicated that dur fi ing the month of November and De- ? cember this year only $6,678.31 worth of fertilizer was bought, as compared with $43,071.69 for the months of November and December last year.; The sales for the two months last year were what might be considered around normal or a 10 year average. Officials of the cotton association say that this would indicate that the farmers are planning a very heavy reduction in their cotton acreage next year. it is claimed that the sales for Jan. urary.. February and March will not i be as heavy in proportion to former years as they were in November and i December, although they were only i one-seventh as heavy in these months. o ' ? (LI Clerk Takes Own Life. 1 Greenwood, Jan. 3.?Bennie wilson, p | nineteen years old and former clerk at p at the Oregon Hotel, shot himself to p death in the room of H. J. Brinson, fe propretiar of the hotel, yesterday | afternoon about 4 o'clock following an j| interview relating to the ex-clerk's P alleged shortage in his accounts. A p verdict of suicide was turned in by the S coroner's jury at the inquest which M ' was held immediately after the ? tragedy. Just received another car of nice P Mules and worses. n;uu L?ive oiw.? m Co., Hemingway, S. C. SMILE?there is no tax on the E habit GETTING A GOOD | START EVERY DAY Red-Blooded Men and Women Are Up and Doing Bright and Early. FREE YOUR"BLOOD FROM POISON Take Pepto - Mangan, the Famous Blood Tonic Prescribed by j Physicians for 30 Years. Sluggish blood clogged with poisons makes you lazy. You never feel like getting up in the morning. And when I you do get up, you miss that feeling I of refreshing rest. You feel more tir ed than when you went to bed. After ? a good night's sleep you should get ~ up with a spring, feeling alive, renewed, refreshed. And you would too, if your blood l were full of red corpuscles. Your complexion would look fresh, your , eyes bright and clear; you would feel - * VlAftlfk mc warm uugc ui ^wvi ucwui. Look to your blood if you have that , lazy, heavy feeling in the morning. Begin taking Pepto-Mangan?the ideal tonic. It has blood-building proper, ties that pick you up and give you | strength. Pepto-Mangan ia ^videly and heartily endorsed by physicians. It is effective and easy to take. It is prepared in both liquid and tablet form. Both have the same medicinal properties. __ Sold at any drug store. But be sure ? you get the genuine Pepto-Mangan? ' "Gude's." Ask for it by the full name and be sure the full name, "Gude's jj Pepto-Mangan." is on the package. ? Advertisement! 9, \ cut "prices on meatsl i I wBHl Round Steak, Beef, 30c * I . ?8 Loin Steak 30c a 9M Roast 25c * 9B Stew 18c 'a m Pork Hams 32c 1 on Pork Loin 32c m. JH Pork Shoulder 30c 1 |H Ti I. n H ? ? U rorK kjds zi5c h Hog Head f .. 15c ^ Sausage .. .. - 35c CHICKENS, EGGS and VEGETABLES at All Times | The above meats are in first class * condition and are handled in a Lg sanitary manner. jflj SNIPE'S MARKET, I Phone No. 260 -> East Main St IB P. S. COURTNEY I 1 FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALUER ~ I keep on hand a large assortment of . Coffins, Caskets and Vaults of all kinds, and will gladly deliver them to any place in the county on short notice. > ' -. M I can furnish all kinds of shrouds?Ladies', * Gents', Boys' and Girls'. | I also have a nice motor hearse. \ In connection with my funeral business, I 1 represent three floral houses and can fur- * nish cut flowers and funeral designs * ~T L LZ oil snort iiuuce. * PHONE No. 91. KINGSTBEE, S. C. I 1 g| The People's Market / J AND Cold Storage Plant H. A. MILLER, Prop. On account of hard times we are reduc- A ing our prices on meats as follows: fl Old New 8 Price Price H Pork Hams, 40c 35c jB Pork Chops, 40c 35c H Pork Shoulder 35c 30c 9 Pork Ribs 35c 30c H Hog Head 20c 15c H Loin steak, beef, 40c 35c Round steak, 40c 35c Roast, 35c 30c | ? Fore quart er, 35c 30e First cut brisket, 30c 25c ^ Rib stew, 25c 20c We guarantee our meats to be tender and in first class condition and our cold storage i plant is always open to public inspection. Free ice water at all times to our customers. I HHnBBMBBanBMHNinMMB WET FEET MS COUGHS AND GOLDS j Until entirely rid of a cough or cold, look ooi. They ana source of dancer. I . _ a m I RP All Al A I ISnffMntkmhrakaon f liken aoao alter erpawra or V! _kf I |_R9 fl PMC-N4 and ita astonlah- mm flratmaniff atioa o< trooUa I 1 fill |l|H ing )> ? in Um rM of ? will usually break a cotd or IlW I 111 Tn 'i il r Tha pro- U dissipate in a hurry the most per madkiae to haws oe ha ad pwmstent cough. 1bNlMta|M|lM| for tv?ryday iQa. M TABLETS OR LIQUID L? SOLD EVERYWHERE 1 KEEP IT IN THE HOUSE > 9 The Record carries the largest line of printlg papers ever carried in Kingstree. Come in nd select your stationery. J aoWhii-k wm. in Til siin^MlM