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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25
KIDNEY DISEASES ARE CURABLl

KIDNEY DISEASES ARE DURABLE
under certain conditions. The right
medicine must be taken before the dis
ease has progressed too far. Mr.. Perry
A. Pitman, Dale, Tex, says: 81 was
down In bed for four months With kidney
and bladder trouble and gall stones. One
bottle of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured
me we'll and sound" Ask for 1t. A. 4.
Shurtleff Co., South Paris; s. E. Newell
d Co., Paris,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25

HAPPIEST GIRL IN LINCOLN.
A Lincoln, Neb., girl writes, ~ had
been ailing for some time with chronic
constipation and stomach trouble.
began taking Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets and In three days
was able to be up and got better right
along. l am the proudest girl in Lin.
coin TO find such good medicine" For
sale BY all dealers.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25

.Are you able to keep your servants
any length Of timer"
"Let me see. I've had my husband
six years."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25
Ma. ,4os.-ch.nasd InltiaIa

Change home. to finest. a trial
vim. a trouble. unless. joke. remain
der. point Of compass.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25
No. 1410.-Enioma.

I'm found In seam. but not In mend.
And church always must attend.
I bide with house and hope and home;
From good itself | never roam:
In onward. too. you will me find;
I'm not In eyes. alas! I'm blind.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25

"Would she love me II we're penni-
lessp" faltered the young man who was
about to risk bis worldly oil.
"She might" answered bis wise
friend. "But NO ono would ever know
II, my boy"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25

When you drive . nail into . wall,
clothes press or closet, TO hang thingl
on, drive It through spool up to t6s
bead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25

Wife-What darling you are to ad-
NIT that you are In the wrong!
Hubby-Yes; my mother taught me
that It was easier in the long run to give
10 to q woman than to argue.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25
the LAND OF
PUzzLED0M.
No. 14o4-RIddIs.

No. 14o4-Riddle.
They come when you had not bade them
A score In q month you've had them.
You never can seek them nor choose them
Yet it's not In your power to refuse them
No fragrance. no form. no hue:
Seldom q one that's true
Bone funny. some dark. some deep.
But none could you ever keep.
No source and NO goal and no name;
No two In lifetime he sana
Yet till the heart IL dust
They shall be mans. we trust
No. 1406-charades.
L
Ny first Ia little word
OF letters only three.
Sentences to correct
That seem to disagree.
NV second, a certain weight;
A kind Of cave my third,
Yet sometimes In q stocking
It's found. SO have heard
My whole alone IL worthless.
And you'll and It useful quite
II to my first and second
You make my whole unite
Ny first 10 q bank Of obstruction;
The second Is one hundred yearsi
Ny whole Ii allied to destruction
And oft causes sorrow and tears.
Ill.
Ny first Is q word that means to sniver:
My next to deviate from right In oeeo'
My third Ii letter not found In QuiVer'
My whole woman OF well known creed
-Youth's Companion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25
HOMEMAKERS COLUMN.

Correspondents on topics Of interest 70 the ladie!
COLUnN, Oxford Democrat. South Psris. Ne
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25
THOSE WHO TAKE FOLEY KIDNEY
PILLS

PILLS
For their kidney aud bladder ailments,
and for annoying urinary Irregularities
are always grateful both for the quick
and permanent relief they AFFORD, and
for their tonic and strengthening effect
- we'll. Try Foley Kidney Pills. A..
E. Shurtlef Co., South Paris; 8, Z.
Newell d Co., Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25

OXFORD, ss.
70 the Honorable Justice Of the supreme Judi.
and for the County of Oxford. on the second
Tuesday Of October, A. d. 1911.
Respectfully represents ka.h,yn Chattos TO-,
state Of Maine, that she was lawfully married to
your ibeant, on the 9Th day Of July, 1892 In the
city of Toronto, Canada, where they lived
and then In the State of New York, and also for
short time In the city of Portland, In the State
Of Maine; that she has always conducted herself
as faithful wife toward the said Emerson r
and duty, utterly deserted your said nbellsnt on
the 25th day of December, A. d. 1905, which said
utter desertion has continued TO the present time,
being for more than three consecutive years
next prior to the fling Of this libel. since which
further alleges that the said lbelee has been
guilty Of adultery. That they have one child. .
daughter, named Mavis Kathryn Morton, aged
six years. She further alleges that she has re.
good faith, for one year prior TO the commence.
ment Of these proceedings. She further alleges
that the residence Of the liDelre 10 not known to
your hbellant. and cannot be ascertained by
to ASCERTAIN his residence and failed.
wherefore she prays that the bonds Of NATL
mony existing between her and the said libellee
be dissolved, and the custody Of said minor child
decreed 10 her, and her name be changed TO
Kathryn Chattoe.
Dated this 18th day Of June, A. ID. 1911.
KATHRYN CHArTOE MOTION.
DOMINION OF CANADA.
18th June, 1911.
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.
Personally appeared before me, the above
named Kathryn Chattoe Morton and made oath
that the foregoing declaration made by her and
particularly to that part relative TO the resi-.
deuce of said Emerson r. Morton, 10 true, and
that she has used reasonable diligence and can.
not ascertain bis residence.
7. WILSON,
tsxAL Notary Public.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25
PARkER'S
HAIR BAlSAM

CleanSeS and beautilleS The hat.
Promotes Q luIurisnt growth.
Never Fails to Restore Gray
Hair TO its Youthful Color.
Curss scalp diseases . hair falling.
Soc, .od tl.O q DruEEiss
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25

The soft, pretty Madras curtains
which lend themselves 20 nicely to
graceful effects are discarded by some
bousekeepers because they arc 20 readily
soiled, and, 1t IL supposed, are not easily
cleansed. Bran water without soap 10 &
perfect bath for these draperies. Use q
wooden pailful OF bran to wash boiler
Of water. Let It boil half IN hour OF
moro, strain part Of It, and use for wash.
ing the curtains; let the rest continue to
boil, then strain IL and use for rinsing
water.
To brighten the inside Of . coffee OF
tea pot, FIJI 1t with water, add email
piece Of soap, and let It boil about As
minutes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25
Pulp Wood Wanted.

Delivered at any station on the
Grand Trunk betwsep Berlin and
Portland. Also WYE Ash colts.
|43H %'sioSi I'd, Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25
FOR SALE.

Three acres OF land 10 South Paris
mostly In small fruits. Frontage and
house lots on both Pleasant and Gary
Streets. One and one-half acres rasp.
berries, one half acre straw berries, &c,
l7sf CHANDLER SWIFT, South Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25
Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.

banMuprs reunion TOR Uisenafge.
In a e; Rsi'iE Il L T s.ss.., bankruptcy
trics Court Of the United States for the Distric
Of Maine:
uERBERT L. WOOD. of Rumford In thu
u County Of Oxford, and State Of Maine
In said District, respectfully representa-. tha
on the 10Th day Of JSy islS ns sa' duly Soa
gress relating 20 Bankruptcy; that be In,
duly surrendered al his property and rtghts o.
property. and has fully complied with all ths
requirements Of said Acts and of the orders Of
Wherefore be prays. That he may be de
creed by the Court 10 have full discharge from
all debts provable against his estate under sail
bankruptcy tcts. icept snch debts ~ aye OK
ceptcd by law from such discharge.
Dated this l0th day Of July. A. d. 1911.
HERBERT L. WOOD, Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DIsrMcr OF MAINE. IS.
On this l5sh day Of July, A. ID. 1911. on read.
ing the foregoing petition, it Is
Ordered BY the Court, That hearing be had
upon the same on the S5eh day Of Aug. A. d.
1911. before said Court at Portland. In said Dis
notice thereof be pubfshed In the Oxford Dom
ocras, . newspaper printed In said Distxict. and
that al known creditors, and other persons In
interest. may appear ~ the said time and place,
and show cause. II any they have. why the pray
or Of said petitioner should not be granted.
And Il 10 further ordered by the Court. That
the Clark shall send BY mail 70 al known cred
tors copies Of said petition and this order. adj
dressed 70 them Is their places Of residence ~
seAtod.
witness The Hon. CLARxxCE HALE. Judge
Of The said Court, and The seal thereof. q Port
land, in sa1d Distxic<, On ths l0th day Of July,
r. 81 JAMES Z. HEwEY, Clark.
tue CODY Of pee1t5on md order thereon.
At160s1AAE8 = HBWxY, ClaEk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25

FOLRY'S HONEY AND TAR CON
POUND
IL effective for coughs and colds IN
either children or grown persons. No
opistes, no harmful drugs. In the yel-
low package. Refuse substitutes. A.
3. Shurtlsn Co., South Paris; 8. :.
Newell d Co., Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25

No. 14oS.-Pictured Word.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25
IL.

Ny first IL a bank Of obstruction;
The second Is one hundred yearsi
Ny whole Ii allied to destruction
And oft causes sorrow and tears.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-06-14

principals, and the lonely beach twen-
ty-five miles from Georgetown on
Murrell's Inlet
1t appeared for awhile as if no trial
would be had the death being. shroud-
ed in mystery.
But on October 81, 1909. the two
men. G. c. Bigham and W. Il. Avant,
faced a jury.
The husbanl and his friend sought
to show that they We're sitting on the
porch of the cottage on the inlet and
that they saw an object" some dis
tance from them coming around the
house; that they hailed this object"
and not receiving any response Avant
fired. Relying upon the section of the
code where it is stated fleeing per-
son may be hailed and if no response.
dealt with, the defendants sought to
show that this was what happened at
that close of day when pretty Ruth
Crisp Bigham went 10 her death.
The State was handicapped, as much
could not be brought out at the trial
that was whispered around the com
munity.
Verdict OF Manslaughter.
After trial of nearly three days.
at 4:l0 o'clock in tie afternoon of
the third day the jury returned a YER
dict of guilty of manslaughter: there
was added thereto the effect of rec
ommendation to mercy, when the two
defendants were each sentenced to
three and q half years behind prison
bars. 1t was recognized at George
town during the trial that clear
case of murder had not been made
out, even though in the MINDS of many
people that was what the two de-
PENDANTS were guilty of. The one pos
sible motive WIS advanced that Mrs.
Bigham knew too much about case
in Florence that AVIAN; was involved
in and that it was desired that she be
out of the way.
Never Served Sentence.
Released on $l,500 bond. pending
appeal, the defendants have never
gone within the Penitentiary save for
short while. AVant was there for
safe keeping, being later released on
habeas corpus proceedings, and his
bond increased to $4,000
The Supreme Court confirmed the
verdict of the lower Court
Where DR.. Bigham and Avant are
is not known here. At least one OF
their bonds was estreated
Mysterious Case.
This was most mysterious case
From the very moment that Mrs Big
ham drew her last breath as she lay
on the beach at Murrell's Inlet to this
day, the case has been enveloped in
uneXplainable circumstances.
AS a new chapter is written in the
case one cannot help going back and
wondering bit why DR.. Bigham. to
whom his beautiful young wife few
days before had written, Am just
wild to see YOU" should have wished
to put her out Of the way. That he
did so desire was proved by the adj
/
the fatal shot was fired and then he
cried out: You've killed my little
wife" And Ruth Crisp Bigham was
said to have been a pretty girl. She
was just % years of age, a graduate
of one OF the leading female colleges
of the State, and was said to have
been possessed of a charming man
ner.
The refusal of Governor Blease to
pardon Bigham at this time. in the
circumstances. does not at all mean
that the case would receive faborable
action if Bigham were in the State
AS matter of fact, Governor Blease
intimated to the contrary. He made
no definite statement as to this, how
ever as the case was not before him
in that light
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-06-14
Came I'm Person.

The old mother of DR.. Bigham came
In person to the Governors office
bringing her sons petition for par
don with her. She sat with others
awaiting their turn in the outer room
OF the executive Offices and finally.
firing of the long wait, left the pa
pers at the office and went home. IL
was she who also sat through the
three days trial in Georgetown, and
when the verdict was announced an
Deared to be the most affected of all
In the Court room.
Governor Blease did not consider
the petition long. He had announced
his determination not to take up this
case unless the fugitives were I'm the
hands of the law.
Killed Young Woman.
Mrs. Ruth Crisp Bigham. a young
woman % years old the wife of DR..
G. G. Bigham. was killed at sundown
on September 4, 1908. There we're no
witnesses to the deed other than the
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-06-14
A PARDON REFUSED
FOR G. G. BIGHAM
Governor Bleasc Turns Down Plea OF
DIR. Bingham's Mother, Whose Son
Was Convicted OF the Murder OF
His Wife, II Laurcns County WO-
cFrom News and CourierD

man.
tFrom News and CourierD
y mothers pitiful plea was turned
down by Governor Blease. when he re-
fused to pardon c.. C. Bigham. the
young Georgetown doctor, who, with
w. B. Avant. his close friend was con
victed at the fall term of Court in
1909, of the killing of young Mrs. Big
ham. and each sentenced to term
of three years and a half i'm the State
Pententary, both Bigham and Avant
escaping from the community and be-
ing still at large
This is the second petition present
ed TO the Governor. this, however, be-
ing the first formal petition. When it
was sought some time ago to have
Avant pardoned, Governor Blease said
that before he would consider the pa
pers even, the man would have to be
in the hands of the law. He takes the
same position with regard to Bigham.
An Old Mothers Prayer.
The following is the petition of DR..
Bigham's mother:
THE humble petition of NJ. Medora
Bigham respectfully shows that she is
the mother of DR.. G. c. Bigham, who
was convicted in Georgetown County.
charged with the killing of his wife,
on or about September 3, 1909, and
sentenced to 3 1-2 years in the Pen
itentiary; that his wife was Ruth
Crisp, of LaIrens County: that
she knew the relationship be-
tween her son and his wife and knows
that her son would not have wilfully
and knowingly killed his wife or been
party thereto; that she is the widow
of the Hon. l.. S. Bigham, who was a
member of the State Legislature with
your EXcellency during the eighth de-
cade OF the nineteenth century; that
her husband was instrumental in the
passage of a certain fish law that very
materially affected the fishers i'm and
arounl Georgetown, and the people of
Georgetown County have ever since
Deen very bitter against her husband
and family. and this was the prime
cause of the conviction of her son.
DR.. G. c. Bigham; that she humbly
petitions your EXcellency to grant to
her son, DIR. G.. c. Bigham, a full and
free pardon, and your petitioner will
ever pray. Mrs. NJ. NJ. Bigham
February "a, 1911"
From the daughter:
H. Margie Bigham am the daughter
OF the petitioner. have lived and
taught school near GEORGETOWN and
know that the above petition is true
and join i'm it,"
"Am just Wild to See You"
y card is attached with the petition
this card being not admitted as evil
dence at the trial. The News and
Courier correspondent at the time at
tending the trial, printed a portion of
this card. The card addressed to DR..
q. {. Bigham from his wife while she
was visiting her relatives in Laurens
county just prior to the killing. reads
as follows:
Look for me tomorrow, Friday.
VIII be there sure Am just wild to
see You
Ruth"
From Senator TIllman.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-06-14
From Senator Tillman.

Senator Tillman wrote the follow
ing letter under date of March 80.
1911, from Trenton:
Mrs. l. s. Bigham. 5O7 Buncombe
street, Greenville, S. C-My Dear
Madam: have your letter of March
~ There is mistaken impression
going the rounds that / have become
influential with the Governor in the
matter of pardons. | presume this is
due to the desire of the newspapers
to couple Governor biease and myself
together. have asked for only one
pardon and that was for a white bow
at Clemson. whose stepfather accord
ing to the boys story was whipping
his mother and he shot him.
remember your husband very
pleasantly in the days that are past
and would be glad to help you. will
take pleasure in signing petition for
your son. if you viii send it TO me.
think Avant the guilty man ard
ought to be punished
Very sincerely yours,
-
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1911-08-19
r.l.,h......noHrz s,l
SATURDAY, AUG. 70, 1911.
PROPOSED DISTRICT TO
ACQUIRE RESERVOIR

OIOS6O LID MIL ~
ACQUIRE RESERVOIR
In an arid country the primary
consideration in the development
of agricultural land, presents, as
the first problem for its reclama-
ton, water, for without it the land
will remain arid, and with it it
may become productive.
In the early settlement of the
San Luis Valley the pioneers fol-
lowed the lines of least resistance,
that is to say in settling upon lands
they sought locations that were
adjacent to perennial streams, in
order that they might get the ben.
eft of the moisture that overhows
and seepage from those streams.
This has been the history of the
settlement of the entire country.
The most favored spots being first
sought out, and then began the
more laborious process of bringing
under cultivation the more difficult
sections of the country.
In order to secure to themselves
an adequate supply of water that
did not depend solely upon the
overflow from the streams, but
gradually acquired priorities for
the use of water in those streams,
80 that by the withdrawal of such
water, lands at some distance from
those streams could be reclaimed.
This process has continued until
substantially all Of the natural flow
Of the Rio Grande river and ito
tributaries has been appropriated
through one process or another,
and as result of this a substan-
tial acreage in the San Luis Val.
ley has been thus reclaimed, yet
there still remains a much larger
acreage that is unprovided for.
1t is fact, which no argument
can contradict, that additional
water for purposes Of irrigation
must be elsewhere sought, and il
is also true that in so called lean
years. that there is not sufficient
water to provide for the appro.
priations already made.
1t is we'll recognized that during
the flood period of the streams,
Thousands Of cubic feet of water
pass down the Rio Grande River
discharging their surplus into the
Gulf Of Mexico without having
served any useful purpose.
The most charitable criticism
that can be made on this circum
stance 10 that il 10 an extravaganI
waste OF water. and water to thu
ranchmen means money.
No water in any arid country
can b. gathered for purposes o.
irrigation unless there 10 q water.
shed that will accumulate ths
SHOWS with which to supply tn,
streams. 1t 10 likewise true tina,
there 10 but one method known e
conserve these flood waters. and
that method 10 70 impound them
by the construction Of reservoirs
This process will serve a tws
fold purpose; frst, It will withhold
the water during the so-oallei
food period and thus prevent dis
truotion 70 property BY floods, ant
second. this water when 20 storet
can b released for purposes q
Irrigation when most desired. AM
peovids water q . season whss
tho natural flow Of The stream
cannot b rolled upoa.
This important lest should 10
b ovss3ooksa, because water !,
nol oaly rsqsirsd 70 start TIE crops
bat Il = equally essential 70 M
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1911-08-19

00uesA AA AshkSoAs OASo ~ SNsAsy "osOes
and the only way it can be secured
is to impound it.
There are only a limited number
of natural reservoir sites that can
be made available for this purpose,
and many of those are under the
direct control of the United States
Government. Colorado in the
past, and il now, more or lees ham
dicapped in securing the approval
of the Interior Department to the
granting of reservoir sites, there
fore when one can be discovered
that does not involve the public
domain, by reason of the fact that
it is on patented ground, it invites
our most serious consideration.
Vast irrigation projects have
been undertaken, both by private
capital, and by the Government,
and experience has demonstrated
that the cost of such water per
acre Of ground to be irrigated is
from $25 90 to 5000 per acre. say
an average of 1880 per acre,
therefore any project that involves
less cost, the Company undertake
ing it, starts with a surplus or
asset for every dollar of cost per
acre. less than that figure.
There are several projects of a
private nature under way to i'm
pound the waters Of the Rio
Grande River, and at cost prob
ably somewhat less than the figures
herein given. These projects in
dividually considered, when COM
pleted, will serve an acreage of
from forty to fifty thousand each,
but at q cost for dam site and con-
struction Of in the neighborhood of
six hundred thousand dollars.
The reservoir site known as the
Vegas Sylvester Reservoir 10 Pc
culiar, because it stands alone in
90 far as cost 10 concerned. and
due to the physical conditions
which attach to this location.
That the reader may fully compre-
bend the meaning Of this state
ment, let it be known that at the
point whore it 10 proposed to con-
struct the dam. the hills tributary
to the Rio Grande River on both
sides come close together. which
makes the cost Of construction very
much less, because the number OF
cubic yards of material required
for the construction OF the dam. 10
reduced to correspond to those
physical conditions.
On the upper side OF the dam 10
a vast fiat plain now utilized for
the growing Of hay, which area
embraces about twenty mine hun.
dred acres. The engineers report
discloses that only about FIVE hum
dred feet of the structure will be
required to be Of height Of eighty
feet, and the remaining twenty two
hundred feet will be thirty feet
in height. making the dam approx
imately twenty.seven hundred feet
in length. with an impounding
capacity sufficient TO adequately
serve an acreage Of approximately
one hundred thousand. The en-
gineer's estimate Of the cost for
the dam construction. site, and
tiowa9e rights. will be . little ris.
ing six hundred thousand dollars.
and that bear in mind. 70 serve an
acreage twice a. great - the pro-
jscts under contemplation con-
structed at Q similar cost.
i Therefore the district that IL
fortunate enough 70 avail itsalf Of
the reservoir site undes discussion.
will have when completed IN asst
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1911-08-19

An ordinary case oi disrrhoes can. -
. rule. bs cured by singIe dose II
Chamberlaiu's Collie. Cholera and Diar.
rhoea Remedy. This remedy hes no
superior for bowel complaints. For sale
BY I'll druggists.