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SHOCKING STORY OF BICHAM CASE tawfttiffttioQ of Killinii of fam? ily Leads to Arrest of Edmund CORONKK STILL WOKKIM; ON ( ASK Statements of One of Murdered Women Implicates Surviving Brother Fit?.?Micr, Jan. -The traced)} n? ur Pamptivu last Saturday .1 rt* ?? - ssasn which coat the liven of thvte mem ''is "f th. | liuhuin laniil.. ad ittn adopted child "en, u???k a aenatV i "iki i am t his a le 'noon a hen i! I? niumi Bin Ham, on of the Iwo aur? VtVtna i. minis ot the family und t %i in st to Oppen an I hit aoene of the ti iiK' dj . hi l oi li MJ to his st.it? niont was arranted at the plantation home and brought to the count) Jail hero, Hla urlfe acoompanled him to Um ..?Ii. Bdmund Bisjhsm wua nr rented ??> Ueput) Sheriff \v. M. Bureh on a amrrani iworn oul by John W< \\ I v i ... n, the ather of i ha two hildr n killed. Coroner Smith and ''. m Root, an ofacer of Pamplleo, am b panted him. Ilia ham la chut god wuii murder, He tubmltted to the ?t t|ulell> am manifested lltth ? >r no eon< em h i efueed to me ke ;nis itatement tonight arhen seen at t?ve jail Tbn persona klhVd on the Blgham plhnta\lon last Satin la) were: Mm m. m Harham, her tteuajhter, Mis. \i irsjtf nia< k; i.? o and John Me ? 'iiH'krn, two adopted children: ami I., s. Blgham, brother of Mis Black, FIN f mill i .1 ad t 1? daasjhter and oi?f v* tin* ? biidn M urere anisirently killed instantly. Tin- youngest child ' died at I o'rloek the following morn ln#, nid 1, S. [tlghnm, who was thought at the tun to have com? mitted tb ? crime, w.is found dead in thrb w- <m1h ahotit a mile from the home at 11 o'clock the following mertPmg. lit grasi ? d a pistol in his hnfedrand .w bullet had pierced Ihe nrht femple. The othei four victim* I ISO died ?>f pistol slmt w?amls Coroner Smith a*. Id this afternoon that several aegnroei would be *r i??t?#?r! and held ih material wit? nesses It \n his opinion that now th.it Itbrhum Im ur der arrest othe r testimony bearing on the case may be for beaming. in making the arrest of Blgham on thft warrant of McCrackcn, the affi davlt of . Philip Airowamlthi an a: torne> of this city, wax given great ' consul ration, in hit affidavit Arrow lolf h dec is res ? hat I . hud been the attorni > for M's III irk nnd for L. S. (fhntley) Klgham. ts'o ol the peraona killed, ilnc* the tpi Ing of 1920 und j that, therefore, he hud. become Inti? mate^ aruuninted with their af- ' fairs At the outset of tie affidavit, which WSS BWOrn to tu tor* the eorom r. Mr Arrowamlth declarei thai Bd? n-und Blgham i??s? ei Interest in the estate of tho late Ik rmtor b. S ltiK ivnm. this 'having boon conveyed to hl? aiother nnd brother, Ha also deClares that the payment of the bond roeheated by i>r. Cleveland Bag* ham v. ho wua COnvteted for the murr j. i el lux wife and aenteneed lo three .f?r? in tin state penitentiary.' had been provided for by deposit of amount sutfiei. n! lo eo^ST th?> bond in a l-ank The moncv was t Im pi m ' - da Of ? HI 11 IgOgX on tho .state lands and that Solicitor T*. m. Onoune or this |mih-tal otitrtflt had in hla possi aalot th. i i rtlflt ate of sopostt Mr \i owumlth ais>> aver* that h. has In his possi s*ion atl ot the original deeds irelntlng to the Blgham landi Continuing, th. nt s t \ s t h.(? on .1 a nuatf I, Iftl. L s 111 chain an I Mrs Margie Plack came to bis homo and at Iholr rei|Uent he accompanmd tie in to tils oitire where Mrs mack, who was1 great I v agitated, made the following , geattoment: '"I nuned thrio blank deeds in thej preOenre of witnesses and left them with Smiley no that If anything hap sensd to me my fath< r'a estate could . ?..? h \ ?Ias m\ mother and Smi- | le> de?hed All these papers Wore stolon t'roni Smiley. I found them In Kdniund's posseaston. When I at tempted to seeure posseasion of them Kilimiiiil It. w Into n passion and threatened to :ak. mv life na woll as ttiat <>f mv mother, I gave up all hope of Bettina tno deeds hack and hh' conduct Is sie h that I am afraid ho will kill i ic at any mo? ment <?"?! I want you to prepare my i will, alvlnir nil of iii\ property to my hr?thoi Smiley, and charging BLlalm, n* I know In will, to take euro nf m> mother and my two little aidopted b*?ya." Mr Arrowamlth further declared that he drew the will as Inatriieted and it wan witnessed b) hlmaeir, 11. ' T. alryee and Marshall \V llrkdgea /ind that b?- iueo poruted In tin Will Ihe Muteiio nt of Mm Itlaek lo him v regsid ik' the threat- auai i^t le i Iff At the f.iu'h.i m Im 10 ilo? i 1 i noon officer* inadi a ? in h foi ( |M?m re u'ho to tie ?? ? *'<? lamb in I i n i he V ill im ntiom d in t he A: rowomP h ?itll?li\it. hut did noi i| Nat, Mlaha in stated ' hat le b id i 1 but uft?-r look Ion '?vei hin i-.i ps remarked thai lo ' i'??ubl not IIml now ' It w.??? ti si 1 . ? v. .1 ? Ii i* S. Msjham, win- ituppnaedl In had whoi and kit ? d Ins mother, If M HiKh no. ,l- aster M ? N e lllack. and tie* latfoi s two 'children, l?eo and J ?bn Me , and bad tb? R gone Into the i holt* ii i ? iron tie b . i ? ami gSelf to d< it li Tie i ? v ? the minds o' tin enrol iL. S ISitfhiiM w lie- p? ^ Ih i i.n ,i nd i: w as Slay read? rinK >* verdn t ggial evidence could be s arreit of his hi oth< i m, hAs givoa the ease i most Interesting aspect. with rareren?? to ihc estate lands It appears thai a rets days before her deathi Mrs. .1 Bogan Cain, fl sis* tor, Is alleged i" liave siku? .1 deeds transferring eeraln nt tin- lands to Mrs. Margie Blo< i< This is said t-> bars been after the Cleveland Big ham bond had been arranged for. In view ,.1 the fact, as presented, In Mo Arrowsmlth affidavit, that L s. Blgh?tn had not only been made the beneficiary ?>f Mrs. Black's will, but he bad In ids possession deeds Signed in blank S/hleh hi' COUld have used a? ho desired, it i-s urged that the question ot motive for the mur ? o fs 'Oi tin- par? of L> S. Blgham, as tar as property consideration wan concerned had been removed. The affidavit of Philip Arrow smith, an attorney of this elty, taken by Coroner w. Marvin Hm Ith, is as follows: "i was attorney foi Mrs. :.: m lUgham, L s. Blghnin ami Mrs. Mai gle a. Blocki ami have, therefor* been rather Intimately associated with them sine? opening of the spring of I sso. My employment was with regard to ih? estate lands of l. s. Blgham, Sr., deceased, and in which Bdmund Blgham had no interest, having conveyed to his mother and brother, "Pursuant t<? my employment 1 nr ranged With the First National bank, of Florence, h| mortgage of the prop- j erty, tor the bank to issue its cor- 1 innate of deposit for an an ount ! Blfltctent to pay to thS state of South ! Carolina the judgment which had | been rendered on tlie Pond escheated 1 upon the default of Dr. Blgham m Itlg, 'Phis mortgage is duly re? corded and the certl#oate of deposit is in tin- hands of Solicitor Gagqus, "During the last term of the crim? inal court, as county attorney. in connection with the investigation then being conducted by that bod) Into the mutilation of the couuta records of which were alleged to hav< before them, whieh 1 dill. As county' attorney I had no information in re? gard t?? the matler which they wer? Investigating, hut as Mr. Bighorn's .1 tomey it was my pleasure to ad Vtse the gland jury that 1 had in m\ possession the original deeds, the records of which was alleged to have been torn from the books, which 1 would be very happy to dlspla) to lbs ^rraml Jury or any one else upon request. "Subsequently some members of Dm i?>dy ealhd at my offlCC ami In? spected tin original deeds, i ven? tured the opinion to the grand jury , thai Mr, Blgham could hardly be guilty of destruction of the record i the retention of the original ? It eda as common sense ami pr?dere, would have dictated tin destruction of tie original deed and the preser \.: |Og at all cost, of the records. As 11 matter of facti i have in my pos? session ail of the original papers re? lating to the Highani lands. "Although 1 was frequently in con ferenee with Mr. Blgham, who was lather Inclined to discuss frequently I ami at length matters affecting him. I In BPVer at any t'llle mentioned the postollic, math r to me. ? < mi Saturda) night, the Ith of Jan saury* 1111, between 1:90 and *? o'clock. Mrs. Margie a. Black and her brother, 1* s. Blgham, came to my hum.' ami requested me to go with them to the ofHco, as I hey I wished me imnmdiatidy to handle a matter of great Importance t<? them ' At that time Mis. Black appeared to] be greatly agitated, i was already preparing tu leave home to go t<-> i the office with W. Marshall Bridges mil O, T. IIrj ce, l. therefore, ace ?m panied Mrs, Black ami Mr. Blgham to the ofliee and Mrs. Black theil mads 'his statement to me, (She i id HI Woi tls to this effect ? \ 1 Bsgned three blank deeds in the press ace i<f witnesses and left them with Smiley, so that if anything should happen to nie my father's es? tate COUld be handhd as my motln r ami smdey desired, All iin s,, papers Were stolen Dion Smiley. I found them in Edmund's possession. When i attempted to secure possession or them gHnund Hew into a passion and threatened t.. take my lite as well ai that or my ne.ther. i gave up all hope I of getting he deeds bock, and his coltdUet is such that 1 am afraid he will kill me at ;^r> moment, and I want you to prepare my prill, giving all of my prop* t> to my brother! Smiley, and charging him, as I know he will, to take <are of my mother and mj two Itttlu adopted boys.* "1 said to Mrs. Black that It was inconceivable t?i me that her life was in danger at the hands of her broth? er, ami Smiley, a' that time, said if the matter weiy left to him he had no dOUbl but th; t In- could prevail [ up*>n Bdmund to give up tie deeds ami the winde ma tor would be there by settled. Mrs. Black however. In Si t ad thai her life was In dangei and requested nie t'? draw the will. I ' i was after office hours and there1' weir m? stenographers present, go i . then fore wrote out on three sheets j of our eorreapondenee stationery u will, by which i gave all of her prop* ' i-rty, of every hind and description,! wherever situated, by her owned, or' to which she might he entitled it the , lime of her death, to her brother, U S. Blgham, m fee simple. charging: h m with tin duty so to use Dm prop- ' .i??< h<> as to provhie u home for his! mother und th two little adopted hoys, naming them. and providing! them With SUltabh education 1 also ; -.lot. m the will the reason, as above stated, wh i WOI made, and when I he will is produce.1. if it Is. it will | . it oi d I hi rviili hit Of I hs 1 hi ? utS which hud been mide against ths * * t' ? - oi Mi Rlark by her brother. Rd nuind This will ?vas read over <?? Mrs Illach In Do presence of Mr. , l'rids< i and Mr, I ryci She signed It II lid we three sr|t||< Wed It, indorsing the margin of each page with our in? itiale Th? will Wa* Ihen turned over tu Smiley, who placed it in s ted cardboard envelope, and, putting It In hat pocket, in .net Mrs. I thick with? drew II nd I ha' I" nelt lnr in or hoard from them slnee, and '>n's of them through Ihe reports that havt ? mi i' in me of Ihe horrible tragedy, i g|gn< 11 i "Philip D Arrowsmlth." The ringed boo snake was anclvnil) worshipped by the Mexicans. ON A BUSI? NESS BASIS Government Col Ion (iradw To Be Paid By Those Who Re quire His Services The county of Su niter having de? clined i<? make an appropriation to assist in the maintenance of Ihe government cotton grader ut Bumter and for the expenses <>f keeping up the neeeaaary ohice force, rent, and uther expenses, it has been decid? ed :>> the officers of the Trl-County Cotton Marketing Association to en doavor to keep a government grad? er here and i<> keep the offices open !?> charging the small stun of ten i er.ta pc r hale for grading to be paid by the cotton producers who have |hcir cotton cut, graded,' stapled, and ??corded. !2ach of the state cotton u. chouses In Bumter county will be naked ; -o to contribute ten cents pi r bale for every bale stored in these M houses. The government grader at Bumter will guarantee that all cotton grad? ed by him will be delivered from the warehouses of the county strictly to grades, .and If it is desired wHl per? sonally be presc nt When cotton is withdrawn to see that the WUlel/^USes deliver the cotton ts per government graders' record. The government cotton grader at Bumter has proved of much value to thousands oi cotton farmers through? out Bumter, Lee, Clarendon and Wil llamaburg counties judging by the tin .and..; who haw cotton graded and who expressed themselvea as be? ing satisfied that tnis is a great edu? cational proposition ami money-sav? ing arrangement for cotton produc? ers. The hist on of the government cm ton grader in Bumter is as fol? lows: in l!?14 the Bumter Chamber of Commerce requested Congressmen \. I'. I. \ei to have the department of agriculture supply Bumter with a grac er, the t hamber of Commerce providing for the drat year the of tlee room and fixtures ami other as stam '- As suggested by the farm Icnslon division of Clcmson Col the Chamber of Commerce or? ganised what is known as the "Tri County Cotton Marketing Associa? tion' composed of members and di? rectors from Bumter, Lee. and Clar . ndon counties. For two yean the : nitCtl BtatOS department of ugrieul d of rayed the expenses pf the grader's salary, the other expenses s e h as office rent, janitor, clerk, etc . i" Ing paid partly from annual dues Df one dollar from the members, and money received from cotton sam? ples donated by the cotton sellers. Keeently a farmer was offered 15 ? ? fits for a bale of cotton. The Suin lor government cotton grader got him twenty cents for the cotton after properly grading it. About two years ago the United Bti t< i department of agriculture re quired an appropriation from the . Mint} of Bumter or guarantee* from tome one thai ]?:ut of the grader's sitlan would be paid by local inter? ests, From September 4th. 1920 to Jan Mary 10th, 1921 the Bumter grader ha cut. stapled, and graded thirteen thousand bales of cotton and recorded >;a me, Hundreds Of intelligent botton growers have said that the govem nn tit's disinterested, expert, efficient grading has taught them a great deal about marketing their cotton and that they saved from one and .. half t" four dollars per hale by hav ng their cotton properly graded, re? corded, lagged, and cerltlied to on their cotton warehouse certificates When stored and borrowed on, or when sold immediately after govern? ment grading. The cotton growers will do well to back up the government cotton grader nnd keep this oecessi ry1 oili clol t)n duly. The United Stales department of agriculture and the county of Bum? ter have clone their fuull duty In es? tablishing this Important position and ' is up to the cotton producers t*? lave their cotton graded and to keep Up this institution Which means so much to them. The" officers of the Tri-County Cot? ton Marketing association arc J, M. Kolb, president; J. Prank Williams, secretary; ?;. A. Uemmon, treasurer. ISvery farmer who Joins and pays one dollar helps to keep up an Import int and money saving institution in this association. Any one, however. may have his or h? r cotton graded for ten cents pe r bale whether members ul the association or not. SILK MARKET DEPRESSED Shanghai, -Jan. 20.?To tide over 111*1 effects of the depression In the silk market, the Shanghai ailk and cocoon guild bus sein an appeal fur lid to the 1'eking government. Due to the dull market more than lO.OOti hi!k Workers were- Idle this month and .'? liltaturea in Shanghai had been 11 t>sed Customs returns hore show that D,662 bah s Of Silk Wen- exported oni .Mine i to November !??. against it.'17 bales ror the same period In IUI!?. Mo ,? than 10,000 bales wen held in godowus (warehouses) ?>?' Chinese and foreign exporters. la this period the price of first-da >< Ii lature silk fell from $1,120 per be u to |080-odd, with n<? buyers In t':..> market. The appeal io the government fro i Shanghai was based <>n action take i . t Tokio In helping Japanese pi >? ducers, Mount Vernpn, in, Jan. 21 VI t null* all of tin- * 186,000 obtaIn? d i the theft ot thirty-one packages of reja stored mail heir last Friday w. s recovered today by posloffici Inspe - tors in several raids in Mount Ver? ne n. cine en i in four persons u - rested on suspicion of complicity in i '?ii v h Ite \. Guy st) le, o ? 1 ei' I'd t?? ot the f ree Methodlat < hurch here. FlalaltiN are given as medicine in India, CONSECRATION OF BISHOP COADJUTOR Hishop (iuerry is Assisted by Notable Divines of Bpig Columbia, .Ian. :'<? At an im? pressive hpi*vice and before u distin tlnguishcd e< mgrcgntiou, representing ? ?very part uf South Caroline, which filled Trinity Kplsopal church, the Right Rev. KJrkman Finlay, l>. D? of Columbia, rector of Trinity church, was today consecrated Biahop Coadju? tor of the Bpisocpal diocese of South Carolina. The consecration service was participated In by bishops from North Carolina and Georgia, who as? sisted the Itighl Rev. William A. tluerry, D. i>., of Charleston, Biahop of the Diocese of South Carollrth. I Forty clergymen of the diocese to? gether with the ministers Horn a number of the churches in Columbia were present. Clergymen biking part in the ceremony were tin- IVev. Wal? tor. Mitchell. D. D.. of Charleston, and the Rev. Ovtavlua Porcher, as attend? ant prieata; the Kev. Albeit s. Thom? as, as reglatrar, and the Kev. kT. Tracy Walsh, an master of ceremonies. The attending bishops were in addi? tion to Bishop Guerry, the Kight Hev. Josepii I!. Cheshire. 1). p., Hishop Of North Carolina; the Right Rev. Frederick F. Heese, D. 1)., Hishop of Georgia; the Kight Kev. Henry A. j. Mikell. 1). D.. Hishop of Atlanta; the Right Kev. Thomas C. Darst. D. D., Biahop of Eastern Carolina, and the Right Rev, Junius m. Homer. 1>. 1).. Hishop of Asheville. Bishop Mlkell preached the con Hecration sermon. As the prot ss Rlohal hymn was played tin ? rosa, the Hag and the choir formed a proces? sion. The vestry of Trinity church, lay members of 'the council lay mem? ber:-, of the standing committee, the tin* clergy of this and other dioceses, the master of ceremonies, the regis? trar, the Hishop Coadjutor-elect with attending priests, the presenters of the Hishop Coadjutor-elect, the coconse cratora and the conaecrator followed, taking their places. Following the sermon and the pre? sentation <?f the Hishop Coadjutor Clect, the reading of the testimonials were conducted by the Kev. A. S. Thomas, the Kev. A. R. Mitchell, Prof. .1 Nelson Friorson, Hishop Horner, BiahOp Reese, the Kev. John Ker s'naw. I). !>., of ?'haileston; Harold 11. .Jones ami the Kev. Maynard Marshall. The promise of eonformity by Dr. Finlay was followed by the examina? tion ami vesting. After this cere? mony tho act of consecration by Hish? op Qoerry, assisted by the other 'hishops. was performed. Dr. Finluy then took his position on the plat? form as Biahop Coadjutor of South Carolina. Bishop Coadjutor Finlay was elect? ed to his new position to assist Hishop C.terry at a special meeting of the Diocesan Council which nut in Co? lumbia, October IS, 1920, Hop? Makes Largest Revenue to The Waahlngton, Jan. it.?Corn* king of crops, produced an average only 120.98 an acre to farmers bused on December 1 farm prtcea while hops produced 1486.10 an acre, according to averagei f< r the country us a Whole issued by tin* department of ag? riculture. The value per acre of hops in 1919 was $874.75, while corn's av? erage value per acre was $18.40. With the exception of rye, cranberries, soy beana and sorghum sirup the aver? age value per acre las' year showed heavy reductions from 1919 because oi tin- declines in prices. Wide variation is shown in the val? ue per acre 0? the various crops, while tin- averages for different :<tute? show a broad range tor each crop. Tho average farm value per acre of the imp< rtant farm crops as estimat? ed by tin- department of agriculture for last yea'- and for 1010 follows: WARNING TO THE NOBILITY Madrid, Jan. Wake up or die" is tho warning addressed to the Spanish aristocracy in an oditorial of i:t Debate, which lushes tin- ancient nobility of tin- country for its ?lethal passivity" in all public matters. The writer adds: "In order not to succumb, tin no* hility must noli only dHspla> more democratic sentiments hot personal? ly partleliNite in tin lite of the coun? try. Otherwise, having already lost its ancient clasa prestige, surrounded by a materialistic bourgeoisie, a middle class without any defined ob? ject and a populace exasperated oy political deception and economic un? rest until it is ready for all kinds of violence, the ancient nobility will have nothing else to do than sue oumb, "The British arlatocrocy is giving an example o( what an aristocracy Khould do m order to merit its name, tor its members have gained distinc? tion in science, Industry and active polities and hohl an Important plan m the Intellectual, economic and so? cial life of the country. The Spanish nobility should take note of the sign? of the times, for it has only a brief moment to decide whether to wake up or dlfa." copal Church Acre, 1021 Income Tm\ i ans You should Know. 1 Due, in tin majority of rasen, to I misunderstanding of exemptions, more than 70,000 persons last year were .is. Isessed a nominal penalty of from $5 I to $lo t or failure to file an income tax I rot urn for 1919, although their in ? 'me for that year was not taxable. ( The revenue set provides s per Ht'iial exemption of $1,000 for single persons, $2.aoo tor married persona head* of families, and an add I jtlonal exemption of $200 for each person dependent upon the taxpayer for chief support, ii such person is under is years of age or incapable I of self-support. The deliquenta last year were persons whose incomes ex sctly equaled the amount of the al? lowable exemptions and who consid? ered it unnecessary t<. tile a return and others whose income, because of de , pendents, was nontaxable. but who nevertheless were required by law to make returns. The bureau of in? ternal revenue, therefore, this year is i emphasizing the fact that the re? quirements to Iii? a return are based solely On a person's marital BtatUS and the amount of his or her income for 1020. single persons with net i income f.-r 1920 of $1,000 or more I and married persons with net income of $2.000 or. more must tile a return Iregardless of whether their Incomes 'are nontaxable. I let urns ol Married Persons. The exemption of $2*000 allowed married persons applies to the com? bined income of husband and wife, to whi<h "must be added the Income of dependent minor children. A common ' error is for bo?i husband and wife to claim the exemption, which is de? signed to cover essential livin? ex? penses. This exemption may be '; claimed by either or may be appor? tioned) between them as they may j elect. if the Income of either husband or wife for the year 1!?20 was more ban j $5.000, each should file a separate re? turn. This is for the purpose of : computing correctly the surtax on in? come in excess of $5.ooo. which ap j plies sepaantely to the net income of : husband and wife, and not to the contained net Income. The surtax rates, which apply only to net income in excess of $5,000. are computed without benefit of the per? sonal exemptions. Matty taxpayers j make the mistake of computing tax I on the combined net income of hus | band and wife, to their own disad? vantage. As an illustration, in the 'case of a husband whose net income was $7,00d and thai of his wife $2. . 000, the total normal and surtax, if I the incomes were combined, would amount to $480, whereas if comput? ed on the income of each wo lid 'amount to only $250. In the drat In? stance, deducting the personal exem | ptton of $2.000 from the combined 'income of $9,000. the tax is on the re? maining $7,000. At the rate of 4 per 'cent on the first $4,<?oo and S per cent ion income In excess of that amount j the normal tax amounts to $t00. The j surtax, which is computed without tin benefit "f the personal exemp? tion, amounts lo $so, which is l per cent On the amount of income be? tween $5.0oo and $0,000, 2 per cent on the . amount of income between $0.000 and $8,000, and I per cent on the amount, of Inocme between $8, 000 and $9.000. if computed separately, the hus? band may deduct, the personal ex? emption of $2.000 from his income of $7,000 and on the remainder pay a normal tax of $-'4<?, being 4 per cent on the- tirst $4,000 and S per cent on the- excess. His surtax amounts to $30, being 1 per cent on the amount <>t his Income between $5.000 and $6.000, and 2 per cent on the amount of his income between $6.000 and $7.000. The. Wife re iceives no personal exemptton, and her entire incom. of $2.n00 is taxed at the rate of A per cent, being less than $4,000. The husband's; tax is $270 and tlm wife's $80. FxempticniH Not For All. Not every married person is entitled to the $2.000 exemption. The claim is dependent upon Whether man and wife are living together within the meaning of the revenue act. In the absence of continuous residence to? gether, whether a man or woman is T living wH.h wir?' or husUuid dr Ipenda ui?on the character of the erg" ? ra i ion. ll ot < asionally and temporarily the wife is iiway on a visit ur the hus? band is away on business, the joint home being rnaint.um d. the $.'.(?00 exemption applies Cna voidable ab? sence of a wite or husband at a aaav atorfum on account of illneoa does nOt preclude a clslm for tin ?xent ption. if, h.?\v. vt r, the husband] vol? untarily sin?! e<?nt tr.uously makes his home at one place and the wife at another, they are not living together withfn the meaning of the irreome tax lav.?, rrgardfem of their peeves)'* si reis I loots. In cussa of SSfSafSt* tion by mutual agrusnienl each must [make a return of income of $1,000 or 'more. Tin same rule a|)ii!iis In e-tscs or divorce or legal separation, a maid or widow not the heed of a family and without dependents is en tilled only to a $1,000 exemption. How to Determine Status. The status of I taxpayer on the last day of the taxable year determines the amount of his exemptions, if on .December SI, 1000, he eras married [and living with his wife he may claim the $2.0"0 exemption, although the [marriage may have taken place on De 1 comber :>??. if on December :J0 he became a widower, he is entitled only , to the $1,000 allowed a single person unless the head of a family. King's Automobile loll Small Child. Brussels, Jan. 20.?The automobile of King Albert while returning to Brussels today from Louvaine, knock? ed down two children In the village jot Kreaaetdo. A girl of five years was i killed outright and a boy eight years old was seriously hurt. King Albert, who was in f.he machine, was greatly perturbed by the event and personally carried the body of the lit? tle girl to the cottage of her parents and sought to console them in their 'loss. The king fetched two doctors to attend the inured boy. It is said that the children dashed out into the road from behind a "truck which ; masked the oncoming machine and ; that they were under the wheels of 1 the royal automobile before its driver saw them. i Women's Manic Club. The Woman's Music club met with Mis. fashion on Hroad street Mon? day. January lGth. The follow..ig program was rendered: Vocal polo, "The Wind," Homer Partlett. by Mrs. H?ring. Paper, "Musical Appreciation," by Mis. Stuckey. j Piano solo, "Romance," Orunfcld, by Miss King. Pai>er. "Foreign Composers in America." by Mrs. Morse. Piano solo, "Minuet." Helen Hope kirk, by Miss McLeod. Vocal Holo, "Little Boy Blue," Kevin, by Miss Hurst. There were 19 members present at 1'his meeting. After the program re 1 freobmenta were served be the hoa . p : s and a pleasant social hour sa ! JO: ed. Washington. Jan. 21.?Forms for filing income tax returns on incomes of $0.000 or less will be ready for distribution Monday. Copies will be sent to all persons who filed returns last year, the internal revenue bu? reau stated, but failure to receive a I copy will not relieve anyone from ' making returns by March 15th. Nashville. Jan. 21.?The Tennessee senate judiciary committee has rer j ommended the rejection of the bill I proposing to stop the operation of I trains, and nowg SXpsrs on Sunday and ! deferred action on the bill which ex j cepts public utilities and acts of nc I cossity. , The house commj?tee de ; ferred action on both measures. He thankful your are paying an in? come tax to t'nele Sam and not an indemnity to William Hohenxullem. Haku, Jan. 21.?An Armenian up? rising against wheat requisition at Delijan was suppressed by bolshevik troops with much bloodshed, accord? ing to reports received here. Squirrels often steal nests from woodpeckers. NEILL O'DOKNEfX President ARcinr: china Viw President o. Im vaxes A NEST EGG Misfortune is liable to overtake you in money mattere. Then it is that a good sized "nest egg" in the savings bank comes "powerful handy." Over and over again have we seen com? forting relief COntO to those who had accumulated a fund in this bank. If you haven't started an account, now is the lime to do it. First National Bank Sum lor, S. C. The National Bank of South Carolina of Gtainter. 8. c. Keeouroee fi.WO.000 ?rona ?od Pro gl i?lio The Most Painstaking HER VI OB with OOtJlvT?SY Ulve es the Pleasrare of ssnlsm TOO The Bank of the Rank; and File o. q, ROWLAND, Prrotdesti KARLK ROWLAND, Cashier