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Ithe Fort MSi.l Times. Established in 1691. FORT MILL. S. C? THURSDAY, A|'pR1L 3 m3 - _ ^- ^ IBMiaasBanaBBa^ , FLQYO AND CLAUDE ALLEN n PAY PENALTY IN THE CHAIR The execution Friday shortly after noon of Floyd and Claude Allen, who had been the principal actors in the "shooting up" of the Carroll county court at Hillsville, Va., March 14, 1912, marked the closing chapter of one of the most sensational murder tragedies ever enacted in this country. Some time in February, 1912, j two nephews of Floyd Allen were arrested for some minor offense by a deputy sheriff. While they were being taken to the jail, Floyd Allen attacked the deputy, knocking him senseless with the butt of a revolver and rescued his prisoners. He was arrested and indicted and his trial began in the early part of March. Floyd Allen had openly boasted that he would never go to prison and it is said that the Aliens had made frequent tm taw a^aiiiot liic tuun, ctuu everybody connected with it. He was tried March 13, but the jury did not bring in its verdict until the following day. The prisoner, being a man of promi nence, his trial attracted a great deal of attention and on the morning of March 14 the court room was crowded with spectators, among whom were half a dozen or more of the membtrs of the Allen family. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty and the court sentenced Floyd Allen to one year imprisonment in the penitentiary. When the presiding judge, Thornton L. Massie, turned the prisoner over to the sheriff, Floyd Allen, exclaiming that he would not go to prison, drew a revolver and opened fire. The other members of the Allen family, who were in the court room, followed his example and 4 for a few minutes bullets flew thick and fast. Judge Massie, gate's Attorney Foster, and ^Sheriff Vv ebb were shot down and kiikd on the spot and* a number of other persons who were in the court room at the time were injured. Two of them, Augustus Fowler, a juror, and Nancy Ayres, a girl of 19, died from their wounds after a few days. m i AH 1 -J ? I r luyu Alien was arresieu on the following day and two days later a special grand jury returned indictments against Floyd Allen, Claude Swanson Allen and Victor Allen, sons of Floyd; Sidna Allen, a brother of Floyd; Friel Allen, Wesley Edwards and Sidna Edwards, nephews of Floyd; Bird Marion and John F. Moore. The latter was merely indicted for having assisted the Aliens to escape. Victor Allen and Bird Marion were arrested at Pulaski, March 17 and taken to Roanoke. Sidna Edwards was captured near his home March 22. Claude Swanson Allen, almost starved by two weeks of hiding in the mountains, gave himself up near Hillsville and on the following day Friel i Allen followed his example. Sidna Allen and his nephew, Wesley Edwards, managed to escape, but were captured at Des Moines September 14. Floyd Allen and his son, Claude, were tried separately for the murder of State's Attorney Foster and found guilty. They were sentenced to be executed on November 22 of last ' year, but obtained several respites, the date being finally fixed for March 28. Sidna Allen was given 35 years, Wesley Edwards 27 years, Friel Allen 18 years, Sidna Edwards 18 years in the penitentiary. Victor Allen, Bird Marion and John F. Moore were acquitted. Senate is Democratic by Six. The election last week of two United States senators from Illinois fills all vacancies in the Senate. The Democratic strength the Senate is now 51, against L total opposition of 45, composed of 43 Republicans and two Progressives. Democratic defections have been rumored on some phases of tariff revision but it is claimed the addition of Mr. Lewis to the Democratic ranks gives a safe majority for the tariff bill. * ' l 1 " i- i p ........ i PRESBYTERIANS OF STATE HAVE RAISED $200,000 The Presbyterians of South Carolina are rejoicing over the victory they have won in the endowment fund campaign they have been conducting for some months. The joint committee, representing the three institution of the church in this State, that has been managing the campaign met in Columbia yesterday, when it was found by the reports made that the $200,000x they had set out to raise had been subscribed in full, with a margin over, it is ieit that this is no little achievement for the 26,000 members of this church to subscribe for its colleges in addition to the large amounts they are regularly giving for current church expenses and the extensive benevolent work they are interested in. At the outset the church did not have as an incentive the promise of any large gift from any outside individuals or boards to be paid upon condition that they raise the balance. There were many in the church who did not have faith in the ultimate success of the enterprise but those nearest to and especially those leading the project believed that when the Presbyterians of the State were brought face to face with the great need not simply of the schools for financial aid but of improving the schools for the sake of the church, that they would not fail to improve such compelling opportunity, and their faith has been rewarded. True, quite a number not members of the Presbyterian church have been magnanimous enough to lend their aid to the enterprise and also, at the last, substantial help was received from outside the State?two women believing in uenominational colleges, and in Christian education, making generous contributions. Pierpont Morgan, Financier, Dead. J. Pierpont Morgan, the New York financier, died Monday in Rome, Italy, a few minutes after noon. For months his health had been declining but the symptoms became greatly aggravated about a week ago, and since Wednesday last he had .been in a semi-comatose condition. Mr. Morgan came from an old New England family which dates back in this country to 1636. He was born in wealth and his father, Junius Spencer Morgan, left him $10,000,000. J. S. Morgan had accumulated his fortune in the dry goods business with Levi P. Morton and later as an associate of George Peabodv, merchant, banker and philanthropist. J. P. Morgan was Knrn A r?i?i 1 17 1 OQ7 1 ? * I win n.^1 ii xi, imi11 in tx uiuucai red briek cottage in Hartford. Conn. Mr. Morgan started his business career half a century ago on the board of directors of a large maritime insurance company. He, secured the position through the influences of his wealthy father. Cotton Picker by York Man. J. B. Neil, of Filbert, who has , patented a cotton picker which ' he is preparing to have manu-1 factured and placed on the market, is in town today. Mr. Neil exhibited one of the rolls from his machine to a number of people and explained the principle of the mechanism. Many of those who talked to him ex-"{ pressed the opinion that he has a practical machine, one which will nrnhahlv anlv*? tho nmKleni of cotton, picking, which has > confronted the growers ever since cotton has been produced.? Rock Hill Herald. New Hill for Yorkville. Yorkville is to have a new $250,000 cotton mill, according to reports in the newspapers. The secretary of State has granted a commission to J. W. Cannon and J. F. Cannon, of Concord, N. C., to form the Ancona cotton mill at Yorkville. The mill will manufacture cotton, I wool, linen and silk into yarns j and cloth. ESKRID6E MEETS DEATH AT HANDS OF A NEGRO Robert Eskridge, a resident of Fort Mill some years ago and well known here, was shot to death Saturday night by an unknown negro in a colored theatre in Charlotte. After shooting Eskridge the negro forced his way through the panic-stricken crowd to the door and escaped. Robert Eskridge was serving as a special officer for the city ot< Charlotte and with another special officer, John Wilson, had been station* d to keep order at cue negro meuter. iuskridge was standing outside the building when Wilson, on the inside, became engaged in a desperate hand-to-hand struggle with a negro. Eskridge rushed in to assist Wilson just in time to receive the fatal wound. A bullet, which may have been from Officer Wilson's pistol, entered Eskridge's head just above the left eye. He fell to the floor and a minute or two later expired. A strange fatality seemed to pursue Officer Eskridge, says the Charlotte Observer. About two years ago, while serving on a negrc excursion which was returning from Columbia, he was wounded in the abdomen so severely that his life was despaired of for months, and it was believed that at most he would never be fit for active service again. He had so far recovered, however, as to resume his duties as special policeman for the Belmont ssction. Policeman Wilson, who wss his companion in Saturday night's affair, was on .duty on the same excursion and was also wounded, but not seriously. The death of Eskridge is a blow to his family, for he is survived by a wife and a number of children for whom he was the sole means of support. It is said that his youngest child is 2 months old. He had been doing special police work in Charlotte four or five years and was about 38 years of age. His reputation was that of a faithful officer, unobtrusive and quiet, biit vigilant and fearless. Nr. Harris Won Oat. The second primary for the nomination of a magistrate for Fort Mill township was held Saturday, Mr. R. P. Harris defeating Mr. W. L. Hall for the place by a vote of 170 to 163. The friends of both Mr. Harris and Mr. Hall worked diligently throughout the day and it was known to no one which candidate had won the race until the ballots had been counted. It is expected that Mr. Harris will be commissioned by tne Governor during the present week. Congressman Finley Hi. Friends of Congressman D. E. Finley will regret to learn that he is seriously ill at his home in Yorkville. Mr. Finley returned to Yorkville from Washington a a few days ago and has since been confined to his room. His condition is such that the attending physicians have thought it advisable to permit only the members of his immediate family and those in attendance at his bedside to see him. Teachers' Meeting at Hickory Grove. The last meeting of the York County Teachers Association for this year will be held at Hickory Grove on Saturday, April 5th, at which time the following subjects will be discussed: Maury's Complete Geography, Manual Traininor vs Athloti/?a on.) _ 0 .?v*iivvivO UIIU 11IC Kind and the Value of Marking Pupils in their Studies. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, president of Limestone Female College, will deliver an address to the teachers on this occasion. A full attendance is earnestly desired at this meeting. F. W. Moore, _ Sec'y. Are You a Cold Sufferer? Ttike Dr. King's New Discovery. The Beat Cough, Cold, Throat and Lung medicine made. Do not hesitate ?take it at our risk. First doae helps. J. K. Wells, Floydada. Texas, writes: "Dr. King's New Discovery cured my terrible cough and cold. 1 gained 15 pounds." Buy it at Ardrey's Drug Store, Parka Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. , <1 LETTER OF CONh 'EDERATE SOLDIER. -f I In going thr^ )Ugh hi? old papers a few days aj ?0 Mr. J. H. Col: tharp, bf Goldi Hill, came across the following ? letter which he had written, ? while a soldier in the Confeder: ^e army, to his brother, J. Coltharp, of the towH|h!fr* Tarttiyijif,; Va., Jan 26, '63. "?a. Your letter bwi. -"yfngJ&fcae 18th inst. ^bc witv ei^ reoh? (pwnd. I was t.mU "};?ac* V| p-.leVilE^porn you all again. But was eorfJi xo hear of another 'call "ing b^ade for men. If you i. hould st><?ve to go to the arm ( vou yyc^hld do well to go to the \ <st, cotf/ou have no choice in thl mattilfft though you will not find y?# jpath strewn with flowers or aby .flowery beds of! ease. My health i3 good now 1 with the excai^tioTj of carbuncles, or boils. 1 Wtt\ now afflicted with the third orwrJ l have had within the last two^ (months, and they keep tne qvti^e busy grunting, groaning, etc^f and this will account for my not writing you oftener. I will start back in October and p^ive you an outline of the different moves I have made since that time. I was taken downwfjth mumps while in camp above VL'inchester and sent to the hospital at that place. While there I met with a member of brother Brantley's regiment (2nd Miag.) He gave me the firet notys I had of his wounds and 'death. This man told me that Brantley was wounded on the S^)th of August at Manassas an^ hacl died at Warrenton on the 17th of September. This was a seVere shock to me, as I had seen him but a few minutes sincei [ came to the war. 1 met wit) ?Jffm in April last, a few days bafoue the battle of Willamsbcigi ,^jHe was looking auite well aKZC?j ? ? ?** oocmeu very noptJt'ul of ou iicgftup#, and said he went intwfwBjBervice from a sense of (ifciph?pwed his country and i ftj|l it would he at ihe post o cluty. He gave me an accout^ t>jf Jus experiences at the bfftie fltf Manassas on Sunday, he >ejyt of July. He | said his rf^nnant went into the battle aloiMf^e\he Fourth S. C. reginu ntluM that he felt proud of havingw,ne his first fighting;, alongside. from his native Sta'e. 1 ? ,s4$id he was only a few feetl tftnvGen'l Bernard E. Bee, ot S* CT ,^hen he was shot down as^ fb was leading his brigade li ^ithe fight. While I was at V? tlhester I was agreeabiy stu'P'ied "when one morn-; ing Uncle Archie Graham and Andy Merit t. stepped into the ward wher i w:ls. They re-! minded t-*S of home so much that I oo'idn't help but shed tears. * I, I didn't stay at WinchestvJbut a few days until all the joldiers that could be moved v,,ie loaded on ambulances an.kvagons and started oft* down n. Shenandoah Valley on a 90-nm driVe to Staunton, where v.e |anded atter three days out. i would be proud to give youdescription of this I | valley, b*| \ alT1 not able men- 1 itiiiy nor wsically at this time. However. embraces several I counties jing between the Blue Rid^e an?Alleghany mountains and is t<h,(inest country I ever saw. A Ieat part of the valley | 1 between ^nchester and Staun1 ton has bn the scene of many ' battles sij'o the war began and! and eart-fc(yrics, bursted cannon, broken "rimd new-made; graves an* where many a poor I fellow ma? hist last stand. At a little toy Strasbunr, is where Jackson leaned up General Banks laSyear. Here he took several htdred prisoners and a 11 lot of m and seventf* hundred ! I pounds o^haeon. The cftizens of Winch*? *-o -- ecu an 8niusinp[ story on ?nks. They say he went btt through the city at break nee speed hollering that the (ievijTid a million of his angeljf ?e mi ter him. Hun- I dreds of crcs of this valley is fenced J ^/jt.h a stone fence, sometfclpd^e you have around Flint pi grave yard, only a much betj. fence. I didn't stay at StaQ??i but one night until I wa?- Phed in an old box car and staid to Richmond, and d , that eve ig we were lodged in I Howard rove hospital, east of ) the city. While there Cousir J. C. Coltharp, of the 2nd Miss, came to see me and brought m< brother Brantley's watch whict j he had left with John, he (John) i being sick in a camp near the i city. A few days here I was transferred toChimborazo hospital on a high hill below the city ' overlooking the river. A few days there I was piled in an old j box car with a lot of lousy devils and started to this place, where we landed about midnight more r\dead than alive. I think we are j now some 60 or 70 miles west of Richmond on the Appomattox 1 river and I reckon this would be a very good place to stay if a i-8 low was well and never wa'nted anything to eat. I got a letter yesterday from Cousin ' John Coltharp. Their rpo-imo.it is now at Goldsboro, N. C. John writes me that Cousin Newton has been discharged from the army, has gone home and married a 16-year-old lady and him 55. Don't you think two fools have met? I got a letter yesterday from iMr. Springs. He seems to be quite hopeful of our cause from the way he wriies. If mother has got home from Concord you can tell her that I am just boiling and bunding right along. It seems that if I should have another one on my neck all the sense I ever had would ooze out the back of my neck. It seems that I am precious little account here, yet they say nothing about turning me off. Ward Master Cobb told us of a funny affair which he said happened here sometime since. He said a preacher came around one day and had a long talk with an old soldier whom he thought was} near death and after talking and praying with the old man he gave him his hand saying, "Goodbye old man, if I don't see you any more, remember it is sweet to die lor *.ur country." The old fellow raised up on his elbow and replied: "That is mighty nice talk, brother, but 11 uiu ime sweet things." A! lady came in this ward last week \ all the way from Texas. She had been to Richmond and Petersburg searching for a son, whom she found in this ward. Their meeting together was a truly affecting scene and brought tears to many eyes. You now (Continued to Ta^e 8.) Why Tall The High Co When you can did CASH VAl 300 pecks seed or eating Sweet All kinds of Eating Beans and ] Antrim's Best Cheese, only 15< The best Fine Granulated Suga Nice country Cured Hams, onl Best Shoulders at only 14c por Fresh car Soft Winter Wheat I this market at $2.75 and Fancy California Peaches, 1211 Best Loose Coffee, only 20c the The Bitf Queen brand Tomatoes Fresh lot of all kinds of the hes Fresh Bread every day. THE Nice assortment Fruits and Car "Nes Pure Greystone Enamel Ware, i ity, Wash Basins, Dippers, Dai size, all at 10c each. Coffee an and 14 quart Dish Pans, also 1C and 35c each. See our Colonial Ice Tea Glas: If you can't come, call us up. ties and quick deliveries. E. W. Kimbi "THE PLACE WHERE C *j..zo rer Year. 1 WILL RELEASE YORK FROM ; QUARANTINE REGULAOIONS I The Times is in receipt of the 5 following self explanatory letter from M. Ray Powers, State r veterinary surgeon, of Clemson j College: ' Clemson College, March 29 ? As a result of cooperative tick eradi; cation work conducted by the Veterinary Division of Clemson Coilege and the U. S. Department ' of Agriculture, York county has practically been lreed from ticks and will be released from quar, antine April 1, 1913. New quarantine regulations for the control of splenetic fever in cattle will become effective on that date. This change in regulations will rploooo V.. ?I- ' v..x-ewv. a ui rs. county irom both Federal and State quarantine, thus allowing shipment of cattle from this county without restrictions which have frequently been imposed. That portion of York county north of the Kingville & Marion branch of the Southern Railway was released from quarantine July 18, 1912, and the new quarantine regulations, effective April 1, 1913, release the remainder of the county from Federal and State quarantine. With the exception of a few premises which remain under local quarantine, York county has been freed from ticks and these premises will probably be in condition for release by July 1, 1913. Tick eradication work, which has been conducted in York county, will prevent heavy losses of cattle, from which the county has previously suffered, and will open all the markets of the country to York county cattle. This should prove of great help to the live stock industry of the county. Mothers Can Safely Buy Dr. King's New Discovery and give it to the little ones when ailing and suffering with coughs, colds, throat or lung troubles, tastes nice, hartnless, once used, always used. Mrs. Bruce Crawford, Niagra, Mo., writes: "Dr King's New Discovery changed our boy from a pale weak sick boy to the picture of health." Always helps. Buy it at Fort Mill Drug Co., Ardrey's Drug Storo and Pittks Drug Co. (Advertisement.) ??? "i OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale at The Times office. 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