The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-19
S. B. Sigh Gets In Bad.
Again With Florida Growers
New York Paeker.l


Sigh, who has been arrested severa
times, has been written up in tn
Packer numerous times and has BEEF
the subject Of complaints from man,
shippers in Florida and Georgia dur
ing the past ten years, is again ii
the limelight. This time Sigh is op
Grating at Wauchula, Fla, under tn,
name Of s. B. Sigh & Co. Sigh ii
wholly unreliable and as a water
melon shipper from the Whuchuls
district he continues to get the
money of innocent buyers In the
northern markets without fulfilling
his end OF the contract.
l.. NJ. F. KliHgenberg, commits
sion merchant of Charleston, s. c.,
is the complainant against Sligh
this time.
Sligh's circular letters quoting
watermelons for sale +. o. b. have
been going to the trade for some
weeks. Mr.. Klingenberg, on June
IL, wired Sigh offering 800 on a
car Of fancy 80 to 40 pound average
Watson melons for shipment June -,
which was Monday. Sigh wired
back, saying that he had new car
of 80 and 40-pound melons on track
ready to move for 1925. provided the
buyer would wire bank guarantee.
Following closely on this wire, Sigh
offered another car of 22-pound aver
age melons to be shipped June 10
at $50, bank guarantee. Mr.. Kiln
genberg bought both cars and then
wired for car numbers, which he did
not get. This wire for the car num-
bers and asking routing was sent to
Sigh June 13, which was Tuesday.
Sigh wired Wednesday, June IA.
that the melons were trolling Coast
Line" and that he would wire car
numbers tomorrow"
The bills of lading which Mr..
Klingenberg hold show that the car
that was to move June IL was not
shipped until Friday, June Is, and
the car that was to move June 13
was not shipped until Saturday
June II, despite the fact that Sligh
had wired several days before that
the cars were rolling.
The ear Of melons which Mr.. Glin-
genberg received and which were to
weigh 80 and 40 pounds average,
were nothing but culls Weighing
from 20 pounds average down. The
% pound average melons ran 20
pounds and less and were principally
,ulls,
"sid" B. Sigh has operated I'M
Ter various firm names throughout
the South for years. He has made |
MS headquarters at Jacksonville,
Leesburg and other points |
N the State. He has been arrested |
several times on complaints of ship
pers, and while working a deal at |
Ca, two seasons ago,
got out just in time to avoid arrest. |
n the winter Of 1914 he was operat-
ng as the s. b. Sigh Company at
Fla. He got money from
lorthern produce merchants either
IN bank guarantee or as advances,
much to their sorrow. William Gull
er. the Newark merchant, was one
( these, and after Culber had given
% to the s. b. Sigh Company and
ould not get any more letters from
hem regarding what was due him,
10 suddenly began receiving quota
ions and letters from the Globe ]
'ruit Company, Lakeland, Fla" An
made by The Packer at
he time developed the fact that
ligh had just started that concern,
pparently for the purpose of again
cooking the easy ones that he had
lready done business with as the
/. B. Sigh company.
One of Sligh's first experiences
nth the law was when he was
auled up in court on one of his nu-
lerous bad deals. The courts de-
ision was that Sigh should pay
200 or go to jail. He pulled his |
heck book out of his pocket and
Trote out check for the amount.
he Judge demurred but finally de-
ided to take a chance on the check.
he check proved worthless. Sigh
ct out of the trouble later by set
ling with the shipper.