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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1840.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 IVr Annum. Advertising Kittos Heusen abb.. -By ?TECK, . m IAtH & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char acter charged for UH advertise ment H. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number mus) be paid for at tho rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: wi; i >\KS HA v. \ rici ii 2, nil il. w i; .MI'ST IIAVK rr. Thc question of i suitable audito rium in connetcion with the Wal halla High School Building ls one that b receiving no little thought and earnest consideration, and wo believe it will be satisfactorily ?ind speedily sol t led. (Vilain il is that this district can no: afford to consider for a moment a small room as a substitute for an auditorium. We might as well look the situation squarely in the taco, if a chapel or small assembly room is built now wo will sit i 11 be confronted with the necessity Tor an auditorium. Tho former cannot take the place of the latter, and to spend $."1.000 for the assembly room would but weaken our chances tor an auditorium. Let us have an ampio, commodi ous and creditable auditorium, and let every' citizen ol' Wallialla School District stand ready to assist the trustees in getting it. ? Tho district is big enough to need it: l< t the citizens of ithe district provo themselves broad enough and patriotic enough to see that we get it, even if we have to raise additional money lo do so. There are not a few men familiar with the cost of build ing who believe 'that the building, adequate to meet all demands, can be hf.d for t'ho money now in hand. Hut let us hold ourselves in readiness to each do a part should there be a call for additional funds. Whatever is done, let lt be done right; or let us defer the work for the moment that it may be proi>orly done when tho time comes to do it. .1. PIERPONT MOKOAN. America has lost a great man In the death of J. Pierpont Morgan. We have become accustomed to cry out against the "malefactors of groat wealth:'' it is a sor*t ol' American second-nature to do so. and probably no man more than Mr. Morgan was the target for such assaults that come to the very rfc'h. > 1 .1. Pierpont Mor gan was a man as ?MK in his brain and soul as he was in body. Faults In had doubtless, as we all have, but they were magnified hy the promi nence <>l the man and Ibo mightiness ot' his millions. Kew ot' us doubtless, should we halve hoon m? fortunato as to posse-s his financial powers, would ' have measured up to his standard of. manhood. With al! the fearful power he held, controling men and able to dictate to nations, he was at last a man of simplicity in many I binns, magnanimous in hundreds or in stance- and in ways ol' which many of us; shall never Know. "Malefactor ' j he maj lia ve been whore he threw his j urea! weight and prestige against the opposing forces ol' other great finan cial (lowers, hui long lief o re the name of I. Pierpont Morgan shall have consol! to bo familiar we will, we be lieve, learn tba' his Influence was beneficent a hundred limes where it prov ed bnlefll I once. The Chinese government, in an en deavor lo suppress ibo uso of opium in thc Celestial Kin pi re, has ordered thc (Ko!ruction ni ino poppy plants. I thc growing of which is ?1 national industry. In commercial A mer'-a such drastic measures would doubt less lu c ailed "poppy-cock." Dispatches state''thill a drug con cern in New York bas offered Dr. Fricdmaun $2.000,000 for the se cret* o- hiv "??trc :';;;? consumption." it ali accounts he true, it is pretty certain that the physicians of that city would be willing to pay double thal amount for tho Doctor's scalp. As fhe weather opens there will be much "spring cleaning" dono about premise* in Walhalla. We would suggest that citizens take time to think a moment as they do this work. For instance don't clean your prem ises ai the expense of tho town, or to the inconvenience of citizens of the town, by dumping trash Into the streets, dralnwsys or on sidewalks 01 ?ide streets. This is a most abom inable practice and a flagrant viola tion of the local ordinances. Clean tip by all moans, but let us do so in .the right way. Tho burning of trash In the back yards of premises is the quickest and most sanitary manner of disposing of accumulations of re fuse. ____ The latest piece of automobile par aphernalia consists of a combination foot-etool and lundi basket. PATH KU AM? SON MK KT HEATH. Allens Klecfcrocuted-<'H.SO Continued Sensal ional to Klld. Richmond, Va.. March 28?-Mum bling a prayer and crying, half audi bly, that lie was ready to KO. Floyd Allen, whose refusal to accept a short prison lorin l'or a minor offense led 10 i bf wholesale court mulder in Millsville ono year ago, limped to Hie deal li chair in the State peniten tiary to-day il minutos ahead of Claude Swanson Allen, his son. The sentence of the court, held up tor six bonis while desperate and dramatic efforts were being made lo save tin* condemned mon by eleventh hour appeals to the Lieutenant Gov ernor, was speedily ordered to pro ceed when Governor Mann hastened back to Virgina soil io take r-haige of a sii nation which was sensational and exciting to a degree. The prison superintendent, acting entirely with in tho law, agreed at ii o'clock this morning t<: lefer tho execution, giv ing Attorney General Willama an opportunity meanwhile t . ...ss upon i be const it nt ional righi of Lieutenant Covernor Kllyson to interfore. Governor Hurried Huck. Hut the young son of Governor Mann reached bis father in Philadel phia by pilone less than an hour af ter the delay bad been ordered, and by 8 o'clock to-day the Governor was again on Virginia soil. Incensed, as 11 afterwards appeared, by the unex pected effort to take advantage of lils temporary absence, when he bad repeatedly refused ('leniency, the Governor boarded an early morning train, arriving in Richmond at 11.30 | o'clock. On the way he telegraphed the Secretary of the Commonwealth that bo would be in Virginia by s o'clock. Ibis information suddenly checking the plan ol' Allon sympa thizers in further urging tho Lieuten ant Governor to intercede. While every proceeding had halted, pending tho Governor's arrival, word roached |>olico headquarters that a crowd had assembled at. 'bo station. Patrolmen, detectives and plain clothes men were hurried there to prevent any demonstration. When the Governor stepped on the platform ho was quickly surrounded by offi cers, who escorted him to a taxicab, which took bim quickly to the capi tol. In his office at tho State prison, Superintendent Wood was pacing the Moor, nervously awaiting develop ments. The situation there had 'be come more tense. Precisely at noon the suiiorintondent was called to the telephone. "The Governor of Virginia is at his desk," was tho message he re ceived from tho capitol and instantly preparations were made to obey the mandate of the court. The witnesses who had assembled at 7 o'clock, the hour announced for tho execution, had left the prison with instructions to return at 1 o'clock. Just after sunrise the Allens prac tically collapsed when informed that a half-day rospite had l>eon granted by a combination of legal technicali ties as strange as ever presented to a court of justice. Claude Allen, who ?had retained his nerve throughout the trying ordeal in his behalf, gasped and trembled, but he regained his composure as he noted the hopeless and dejected appearance of his aged father in the cell across the corridor. As the morning hours passed they sat with their spiritual advisers, but they nerved themselves again for the end 'when they '.eard that Governor Mann had returned to Virginia. Mon prominent in official circles of the State who waited In the capitol for a tina! plea to the Covernor wore turned away, as Iiis secretary handed out this statement from tho Execu tive: Would Not Interfere. "Hearing at Ave minutes to 3 o'clock this morning of the action taken in the Allen case after I left ? li*? city, I considered it my duty to hurry hack. I simply desire to re peat that alter the most careful ex amination of the evidence in this case. I have not the slightest doubt of the guilt ol' Royd and Claude Al len, and I will not Interfere. The law must take its course." What brought lort h tho greatest indignation from the Governor was the reported fact that tho plan to ap peal to the Lieutenant Governor was agreed upon a week ago. While there was no intimation from Lieutenant Governor Kllyson thal he would in terfere, his willingness last night to await a written opinion from the at torney general, who bad already ruled verbally thal be was without authority, was accepted outside to mean thal the life of ('laudo Allon might he spared. The jury, which under the law is required to witness all executions, assembled outside the penitentiary gates shortly before 1 o'clock, ming ling there with the crowd. The pro gram as originally announced was carried out without change. While two ministers who have been unfaltering In their loyalty to the condon med men were telling them good-bye. the prison superintendent stepped into the corridor which sepa rated the cells of father and son, and road the death warrant. Floyd Al len, still limping from the wound? he received In the Millsville court, bat tle, said the last tearful farewell to his boy and went with the prison guards to tho death chamber. A groan escaped liim as ho sat In tho chair while the straps and electrodes were being fastened about him. The cur rent was turned on at. 1.2 2 o'clock, and in four mi.iut.es tho surgeon mo tioned to the superintendent that he was d 'ad. Tho body was speedily removed. Nerve Was Great. Again the chair was tested while (Maude Swanson Allen, namesake of a United States Senator, was being led thro-.'sh tho corridor to the cham ber door. Though a trifle pale, he marched with measured stride, lils head held high, his wonderful nerve with him to tho end. As he took his seat he moved his arms to assist, tho guards Who were adjusting the straps, and. like his father, he went silently and unafraid. When tho au topsy had been performed thc bodies wore given over to Victor Allen, Floyd's son, by >/hom they were taken to the mountains of Southwest i Virginia for burial. The Minis' Crime. On the morning'ot March 14, 1912. Floyd Allen stood before tho .bar of the CarroH county court house at Millsville, to receive sentence fpr his part in ?aiding the escape of another mountaineer fiom tho custody Of the sheriff. A crowd packed the little <ourt room, for the'character of the prisoner was well known. Members of tho Allon family were known to be in court and trouble was thought Imminent; The jury having announced a ver dict of guilty, Judge Thornton L. Massie sentenced the prisoner to one year at bard labor. With the last word of the .sentence, a crash of tire arms broke from tho spectators' benches. Floyd Allen, the prisoner, with a smoking revolver in his hand, leaped from the prisoner's dock and joined the rush of tho gang toward tilt? door. When the court room was cleared the body of Judge Massie, riddled with bullets, was found lying over his desk; Commonwealth Attorney Wm. M. Foster and Sheriff L. F. Webb lay dead on the door; Augus tus Fowler, a juror, and Elizabeth Ayres, a spectator, were bleeding from wounds which proved fatal the next day. and Dexter Goad, clerk of the court, was shot through the neck. Goad was one of the principal wit nesses for tile State at 'bo conviction of the prisoners. When the court room was examin ed later it was found (that more than 200 shots had been lired. Twenty seven shots look effect upon (bose killed or wounded. An anny of detectives and news paper correspondents soon was scour ing the muddy roads of the moun tains in search for the prisoners. Floyd Allen, the cause of the shoot ing, who bad been wounded by She riff Webb in tho court room, was taken tho day of the crime, together with his son, Victor Allen, and his nephew, Hird Marion. Sidna Edwards, a nephew qi the Allen brothers,, was captured In a hut in tho mountains March 22. Ed wards, who is lame, had eaten no thing for several days and was very weak when found. Claude Swanson Allen, another son of Floyd Allen, walked up to a posse in the moun tains and surrendered himself on March 28th. The next day Frlel Al len, youngest member of th? psng, was taken at his father's home, Floyd Allen, charged 8] eclfj with the killing of OommOUV Ith Attorney Foster, was found gui) of first degree murder May l?tb md sentenced to death. Claude bis son, was tried on a chi ; lng Judge Massie and co:' zit murder in the second degree. I'he jury recommended a sent nee years in the penitentiary. I'he ; demanded a new trial an of guilty in the first deg re? turned on July 27th and tenced to death. Frlel Allen pleaded guilty o'. der in the second degree, ind Ai 14 was sentenced to 18 prison. Three days latei Sldl Sd wards pleaded guilty to a like and was given a sentence nf 16 Victor Allen was ivcqu charge of having parUcii murders. Sidna Allen, brothel o len, and reco'gnized lead i clan, and his nephew. Weale) Ed wards, eluded pursuit for mai weeks, and eventually esc the Virginia mountain" 1 . mad their way West. They w- .< | ed at Des Moines, Iowa, Se '.en 14th, as the result of a lox tl of young Edwards. A lette in was lost by .Maude Irolei. o: Mon ni Airy, M. C., and detectives How? ii its information and cap tu ed L'ne two men. FROM THK NEW HOP* SECTION. interesting Personal Paragraphe Preparing Program. New Hope, April 1.-Special: Our Sunday school observed missionary day last Sunday, but owing to rain and the fact that several of our num ber attended the union meeting' at ('oiieross. the collection wasn't what it ought to have been. However, on next Sunday those who did not con tribute will have another chance, and it is earnestly desired by the super intendent that ali members be pres ent, and with what we have on hand the collection will amount to at least $lu. Our Sunday school can well afford to give this amount to foreign and home missions just now. so let every one remember to bring some thing for tlie collection next Sunday. The many friends of Mrs. Henry Glazener, who has been very ill with grip the past two weeks, are glad to know she is much better. Miss Julia Hoggs, who is taking a business course at the Draughon school in Greenville, bas boen taking n two weeks' vacation al ho mei to the delight Of lier many friend* She will return to Greenville to-day. We wish her m neb success. friends of Mrs. 1). H. Kenn?ftlttT, of Liberty, are glad to know she will soon visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kelley, for a few days. Owing to so much wet weather very little farming is being dune and some <?>.. fueling a iiliie niue. Hut If it is clear for a week or two now they will forgot very soon the rain and get some real farming done. Mrs. R. E. 'Collison, who bas been with relatives here some time, has gone to Pelzor to visit her daughter. Will Holden, of Plckens, was a welcome visitor in our community re cently. On the second Sunday In April the Woman's Missionary Society will have a program arranged in connec tion with our regular service, and the collection will be divided between the society and church. Public cordially invited to attend. Jorry Alexander, of Oklahoma, who has boen here on a visit for some time, returned last week, ac companied by one of our former boys, Crayton Hubbard, who has been working with Knox & Rarron, of Seneca, the past year. Their many friends wish for them much success In their adopted home. Thone who attended the union meeting enjoyed being there very much. The good Co ne ross people know just how io make people enjoy such an occasion. Several from the Keowee Graded School wflr attend the track meet at Seneca next Saturday. Howie Ceahorn. of Flckens. visited hi? cousin, Pau' Miller, recently. Drive Sick Headaches Away. Sick headaches, sour, gassy stom ach, indigestion, biliousness disap pear quickly after you take Dr. King's New Life Pills. They purify tho blood and put now lifo and vigor in the system. Try them and you will bo well satisfied. Every pill helps; every box guaranteed. Price 25c. Recommended by all druggists, ad. NOTION TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All poisons indebted to the Estate of .1. M. TARRANT, deceased, are hereby noll lied to mako payment to the undersigned, and all persons hav ing claims against said Kstate will present tho same, duly attested, within tlie time prescribed by law or bo barr ld. F. S. HOLLEMAN, Administrator. April 2, 1913. 14-17 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons Indebted to the Estate of Claudius A. Burton, deceased, are hereby notllled to make payment to the undersigned, and all persons hav ing clnlms against said estate will present the same duly attested within the time prescribed by law or be barred. J. ROBERT BURTON, Adminlst rator. April 2, 1913. 14-17 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that the undersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his ofllce at Walhalla Court House, on Saturday, the 3d day of May. 1913, at ll o'clock In the forenoon, or as soon thereaf ter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settlement of the Estate of Claudius A. Burton, de ceased, and obtain final discharge as Administrator of said estate. J. ROBERT BURTON, Administrator. April 2, 1913. 14-17 SALE OF LAND BY JUDGE OF PROBATE. State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. (in Court of Probate.) Pursuant to an order of the afore said Court. 1 will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, (in aid of assets) on MONDAY, MAY 5th, 1913. (sales day), in front of the Court House door, in Walhalla, S. C., within the legal hours of sale, the property de scribed below, <o wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and be ing in the County of Oconee and State of South Carolina, In Wagener Township, bounded by lands of M. G. Holland. Jacob H. Chapman, Wm. F. Moody and Miss M. E. Cantrell, containing seventy-one (71) acres, more or less, being the 'tract of land purchased by S. H. Y. Owens, now deceased, from C. W. & J. E. Bank night, and known as 'the home place of Christian Schl?ter. Terms of Sale-CASH. V. F. MARTIN, Judge of Probate. -March 21, 1913. 13-18 MASTER'S SALES. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant to decrees of the afore said Court, In the cases named below, I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, In front of the Court House door, at Walhalla, S. C., on Monday, tho 7th day of APRIL, 1913, be tween the legal hours of sale, the lots and tracts of land below de scribed . C. H. Miller, Plaintiff. against J. W. Smith, Defendant. AU those certain lots of land situ ate, lying and being in the Town of Westmintser, Oconee County, State aforesaid, being Lots Numbers eight (8), nlim (9) and ten (10) In Block Four (4)*, as shown by plat of East minster, made by W. B. Trogdon, Jr., dated May 20, 1910, said lots front ing on Piedmont Street fifty feet each, running hack each ono hundred and sixty feet. Deeded to J, W. smith this day by C. H. Miller. Terms or Sale: CASH. That In event of failure of the purchaser, or purchasers, to comply with tho terms of salo within live days from day of sale, the Master do re-advertise and resell said premises on thf following salcday, or some convenient saieday thereafter, at tho same place and on the samo terms as heretofore set out, at the risk of former purchaser, or purchasers, and that he do continue so to do until he bas found a pur chaser, or pu rc lia se rs, who comply with tho terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE. .Alaster for Oconee County, S. C. March 19, 1913. Boone R. Moss, Plaintiff, against J. L. Staloy et al, Defendants. All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being In tho Town of Walhalla, County of Oco nee, State of South Carolina, adjoin ing lands of John Moss, J. S. Colley, B. R. Moss ind tract next below de scribed, and the two acre tract be low described and North Broad Street, being part of farm No. 15, as shown by plan of the Town of Wal halla, and being Tract No. 3 as shown on plat of I. H. Harrison, Surveyor, dated February 6th, 1911, and con taining ten and one-quarter acres, more or less. ALSO. All that ?piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the Towq of Walhalla, County of Oco nee, State of South Carolina, ad joining lands of B. R. Moss, Mrs. Agricultural Implements. Wc have special prices to offer on Spike Harrows for a limited time. If you have never bought one, it is hard for you to realize what you are losing in a Valuable Farm Tool, John Deere Edge Drop Corn Planters have proven to bc the most perfect droppers in use. You can get down in the furrow with this Planter. We have, also, thc Ledbettcr One-Seed Planter, for both Corn and Cotton. Cole's Planters and Distributers, Seay Distributers and numerous other implements. HARDWARE STOVES ^-FURNITURE We have a special offer to make next week on Majestic Ranges. New shipment just in. This will interest you, if in need of a Stove or Range. Ballenger Hardware and Furniture Go., (Successors to SENECA HARDWARE CO.,) Seneca, South Carolina. >-,-/ Special Sale on SHOES All Sizes, Styles and Leathers For Men, at only $2.50 THE PAIR. Moss & Ansel, Cement Front, Walhalla, S. 0. Hay, Grain, Bran, Cotton Seed Meal and Shorts. FERTILIZERS I Adalerra Oelk'ers, Robert Miller and tract next described (No. 6) and the above described tract (No. :i ) and containing ten and one-tenth (10 1-10.) acres, more or less, being Tract No. 4, on plat of I. H. Harri son. Surveyor, dated February 6th, l it 11. ALSO, All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in Town of Walhalla, County of Oconee, State of South Carolina, adjoining lands of Robert Miller and North Broad Street, and Lots Nos. il and 4, being Tract No. 6. as shown on pial of I. H. Harrison, Surveyor, dated February 6th, 1911, containing two acres, more or less. Terms of Sale: Cach on day of sale. That in event of the failure of the purchaser, or pur chasers, to comply with the terms of salo promptly on day of salo, the Master do resell said prem ises on tho same saleday or some convenient saleday thereafter, at the same place and on the same terms ag heretofore set out, at the risk of former purchaser, or purchasers, and that he do continue so to do until ho has found a purchaser, or pur laserSi .?ho shall comply with tho terms of sale. Purchaser to pay ev tra for papers. W. O WHITE, Master for Oconeu County, S. C. March 19, 1913. James L. Alexander, Plaintiff, against Nancy M. Keesc et al., Defendants. Al! that certain piece, parcel or tract of laud, situate, lying and being in the County of Oconee, of the State of South Carolina, on both sides of Cane Creek, waters of Tugaloo River, adjoining lands of 10. C. Mar ett. Benjamin Whitfield and T. A. Waldrop, containing throe hundred and thirty-five acres, more or less, same being moro fully represented by pint of survey thereof by C. C. Myers, Surveyor, of date August 29, 1904, and known as the homestead place of Thomas B. Keeso, late of Oconee County, In said State. Terms of Salo: Cash. That in event of failure of the purchaser, or purchasers, to comply with the terms of salo within five days from day of ?ale, tno Master do re^advortlse and resell nald premises on the following saleday, or some convenient saleday thereafter, at tho same place and on the rame terms as heretofore set out, at the risk of tho former purchaser, or purchasers, and that he do.eon tlnue so to do until he has found a purchaser, or purchasers, who com ply with the terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. March 19, 1913. ?-U