Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-18
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

the state department Of H",'irultilr
commerce and industries. This is IN
increase of $5U.O0U.GU0 over the hl%n
figure of 1919: Of $40. 100000 over 1918
and $lGS,GIa.O0O over 1917" accord
Ing In Commissioner Il. Harris.
There are twelve thousand soldiers
ut Camp Jackson now and tho payroll
runs over Il million dollars 4 month.
- The Spar;anbllrE city school Board
offered $500, 900 worth Of bonds last
Friday. but there were no bids. Rep
rescntatireS or three bond houses IN
hand said they were unable to make
satisfactory bids and advised that nc
bonds be not offered again until there
was ~ Improvement in conditions.
South Carolina cotton growers
have offered to contribute S2oO0O3
worth of cotton to the AmericHn' lew
ish relief committee and the Near
East relief and has called upon western
grain growers to contribute Il like
amount of their product. This an
nouncement was made in New York
hv Henry RI. Roscnfe!t. national d.
rector of the Jewish relief committee
who explained that the southern grow
crs had adopted resolutions expressing
their dcsii to help the poverty Strlck-
en- people in the Near East but setting
forth their inability 20. make cash CO.
nations and Offering their product in
stead.
-GHfrney January &c: While the
CITY taxes CT Gaffney will be the same
as last year. - mills. it has been found
necessary to increase the license lees
very materially in order to raise the
necessary revenue 10 meet the cNpcn-
ScS OF the municipality. The ordl-
nance has not as vet been published
but it is understood that Il number OF
licenses have henn increased, among
them being the license on public cars
which has been increased from SO
to $35 and substitute drivers i'll alSn
he required to take ont licenses cost
ing $50. The council is also consider
ing the advisah!lity Of requiring pub
lie car drivers TO give bond.
Hon. ID. +. 1Tydrick, associate JUS
tice of the supreme court, died in the
Raleigh hotel in Washington last Sat
urday morning of pneumonia. He went
to Baltimore during the holidays to vlS-
il his SON. DIR. John Lee Hydrlck. VINO
is connected with the Rockefeller foun-
datiun. He was stricken with diSOr-
der that first appeared in the form OF 4
bad cold: but in the belief lh&t ne
could make the trip set out Tor nome.
On reaching Washington, however,
was advised that he had better stop
over, His trouble there developed into
erip- and later il WAS evident that ne
was suffering from an aggravated case
of pneumonia. which did not respond
TO treatment. Judge Hyd"ick was ABOUT
co wears OF age. The internent was IN
Spartanburg yesterday.
- Columbia. January lG: because
of the vacancy on the state supreme
court bench. caused by the death OF
Associate Judge ID. +. Hydrick at
Washington. the question OF the de-
ceased juriSt'S successor has come
prominently to tic fore, the outSt2nd-
ing figures mentioned being lnunlaS
=. Cothran or Greenville, speaker OF
the house Of representatives anu f'rol'
T.. Marion Ruckcr, OF Columbia, Il
member OF the law department oi TIE
University OF South Carolina. and
Thomas =. Sc&Sr, OF Spartanburg,
Judge nf the seventh circuit. The three
men i'm question. because OF the TACT
that Judge Hy;lrirk had just died,
naturally would not violate the pro-
priclicS by issuing statement on TN"
matter However, there are well de-
ycloped movements by. the friends OF
the three distinguished lawyers look
ing toward placing their names before
.hc general assembly which Will nav"
20 elect.
- pampiico. January IL: Sum: time
during the afternoon ui Saturda? Nv"
members OF the lfigham family living III
the river section about four miles east
of pamplico in this tFlorGncc) coun-
" were killed outright. Mrs. l.. = Zig
ham, widow OF the late l.. 5. BlSh;in:,
about to wears u!d. was shot throuSii
the head and her body found III Inc
ward near the well. Hey daughter. Mrs.
Marjorie Eiack, about 80 years old. was
found lvin" in Il pool Of blood III her
room ON the SrcOEd floor OF the nome
with Il bullet hplc III her head. MIS-.
Blacks adopted son, about > years oiu'
WAS found near the back oi the mousse,
his head or forehead having been plcrc-
cd by Il bullet ut close range. Her aecon''
adopted son. about years "ld, cF!u"i1i-
IL having tried TO escape from the par
~ attacking him, was found by & ran
trnrr in the back yard with Il bullet
wound in his head. He died about D
O'Clock this morning. The body VI an
other member Of tho family. l.. s. Big
hn;n. son Of Mrs J.. :. Bi@lam. ihOu'
au wears of age. was found today ahOHt
II o'clock in the woods about onc-hii
mile from the house lying III q rather
obscure dense spot surrounded DE pusH-
rs with IN awful wound III ms rlghl
i,r,n,c, his hand clutchinS Il revolver IN
which there were two bullets. Inc IN
Quest is be!n" held but the jury mas not
lrnurtCd. The tigham family had pech
prominent in this section OF the stale
The father. l.. Smile Bigham. was 1T
one time representative in the !"ElSih :
tIIrc from Marion county before flcr-
cucc county was cut off. y brother ot the
dead man and his family, had recently
moved back 10 this state FROM Georgia
ur Alabama aud were "ccupyinE i'"'lhS
~ the home at the time Of the tragedy.
Thr brother. =. -. higham, ana ms
family. wife and two children. were "u'
driving. No one tmS To have seen
the shouting. The first on the seen"
WAS f.. -. I:iylrlm. whe returned about
:, u'clo,k in the afternoon. Then came
,inn,: tie r;,1;l mail carrier, who was
hailed and assisted III carrying M'S'
l:i.lr.m into the house. The ai!'.lr l.
r,u,.h discussed and there arc u!il"f-
.u,t.., nf opinion. The c'r'ni"i'S lhrE III
Inc ,.:,s,. is CONFUSED I'll l.. y. lErhh'
Ir,. -. =. t.ntrrS. l.. r.. i<irvt!i. J. ~
Dnl,;un. f. l.. Swan. and IL. W. l.""l"'
,.,,u,lrr Smith If l'lu:ctic" Is ci'adnr'- =
ii,.. ii,. in:IlluSt.