Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I Half Pr Close Oi Just two Suits, a f< I Trunks, Stoves, so etc. left on hand, them at HALF P Great reduction c and Machines for t on time and installi \ S. M. Ri I Quick 1 & j| The Southern Stc ? Company, of Gree S the first Comnanv 8 the fire of The Un c It pays to patroi ? pany. We represi ? 1 CITIZENS REAl E ? D. Fant Gi | " The Strain I ...S U C I "If you are endowed dustry will improve th ^ are only moderate, ind .JSt -J _ J?* _ S n a a ** ueuciencies. inausn ^ tematic money deposit son on the straight ro; ^ in your financial matt & be industrious, and ru ? check account sysetm (The Old ? % Merchants & Plan ? OF UN li 4> ^ F\ M. FARR, Pres. / + J. D. ARTP1 ? CAPITAL AND S ? ' | "BrighVe I Tim + The time to clean up s @ vate, and make the old clean again. We can ? with our line of Shertefir\% "Paints at ? We carry a complete @ and Painters Supplies. + Painting this spring, cal I Union Har ? ice I jt Sale | sw Beds, Dressers, me "odds and ends" First comes gets RICE. >n Pianos, Organs Hash; will sell them ment also. ce, e. u. Returns | * >ck Fire Insurance ? nsboro, N. C., was to pay the loss in ? ion Times. x lize a Home coment them. 8 I STATE & LOAN CO. | illiam, Pres. ? * rZ'TTTTTTTTTr'rCTi! w Y ** T fht Road to | C E S S... | with great talents, In- J lem, but if your abilities + ustry will supply their ? rious habits plus sys- $ :ing keeps many a per ad to success. Be clear ^ ers. Use your talents, ? n your finances on the * of this bank. Reliable) % A I a A iters National Bank ON, S. C. * H. FOSTER, Vice-Pre.H Z UR, Caahier. $ IU8PLUS &IOO.OOO. X ^ IT-." t iv vp ? e is Here I about the house, reno I things look neat and X help you in the work J * - Williams * id Varnishes ? line of Paints, Brushes 2 If you are thinking of $ II on us. i dware Co. ? \ PRIME CAUSE | OF TRAGEDY BY ALLEN GANG FROM FIGHTING FORBEARS W48?j' ED INCESSANT BATTLE A GAINST | LAW OF THE LAND?SIDNA LEX, LAND OWHI^ XpWim POPULAR, IMPERIOUS KINB A SMALL PRINCIPALFJT AH* TRON OF ILLICIT MKmjHI ENTIRE CLAN RESENTED P(fl| ICAL DEFEAT BY ATTORXB^K M. FOSTER. ^B>! Writing under a Hlllsville date^Br Alfred B. Williams, editor of the noke Times, in something over a story for his paper, has this toB^ in part, of the Allen clan and Hti| Carroll county horror: ^kB To understand the full' Story ) must go back a good many yeani^HB try to get the surroundings oiear*SjH mind. The father of the Allent#B% originator of the family, was JeBB Allen. Some of the oldest veopleVH Hlllsville have been consulted'regala ing the family descent, but noboV seems to know of It further batik tium I Jerry Allen. Juderinr from hie Tin An ' and from some of (he family dura?- ; teristics, he was of Scotch anoestgfr, < but is seems Impossible to aaOftrttilB, 1 when he came Into thie oountryor 1 from what section, or whether he was ( born here. He was a man of excel- i lent character and a Confederate acftdier who served through the faithfully and bravely as a private. In civil life and in the county he vraa i known as a man of very quick tamper and a fighter, probably the champion of the county, but always using < his fists. He wa- not ferocious or ' savage, bat be was ready to take of- < fense on small provocation or to ae cept anything that could suggeet Itself to an eager mind as a challenge. In a cove of the moon tains he 1 brought up seven boys and two girls. All these sons and daughters of his grew up to be thrifty, of very much quicker mind than their average neighbor and given to battle. All of Liit?ui gtreuiB w nave irruByerou auuauantly according to the standard of their eection. AH the boys acquired land and homes and proved thenselves to be good business men. Naturally .they established strong; and wide Influence. They had tha eombined force of brains, unusual oovrage and aggressiveness and a strong family or clan feeling which hold | them together, and enabled them .4b act practically &ajgBh^>rgan^^yL | fighting Aliens". Their would light r< singly; when It became necessary to 'i maintain their family tradition, of ' supremacy they fought togethsr. On occasions when their tempers,- which ( they seemed rather to cultivate, broke over all bounds they would fight etch 1 other. A Battle of Brothers. , A ITHmit/I T? AV A iow Joaio a^u riu/u ouu ?. Allen, brothers, became Involved in 1 some dispute and Jack shot Floyd 1 through the body. Floyd fell insenal- , ble or fainting and Jack, in a fury < of rage, beat him about the head with the barrel of a revolver until 1 actually the blows on his skull or the ' flow of blood revived the wounded ; man, and with some weapon, knife or pistol, he wounded Jack desperately. Floyd Allen did not recover from hla wound in many months, and he and his brother were regarded as at deadly feud. Everybody expected that they would kill each, other. One day < they met in the court houee yard at 1 Hillsvllle. One of them Immediately drew hie revolver, but the other 4 quietly beckoned him aside and they 1 had a conversation in undertone; the ! final result of which was that they ^ became firm friends. / Backing Moonshiners. Nobody knows positively, 00 far as 1 can be learned here, that the Allena ' engaged directly In moonshlnlng. It was suspected through the county, i however, that they were the backers 1 of many email Illicit distilleries, help- i ed the moonehlners by giving them \ protection and warning and In placing their product and took consider- 1 able shares of the profits. Sldna Allen, for Instance, owned a thousand acres of good land, has a handsome oountry home?although the Imaginative correspondents have exaggerated Its value very largely?and a etorc, sttpply- 5 ing the neighborhood with goods. It is said he has a number of tenants j on his place and that he has lent < money and advanced goods to many ( or DiB poorer neignoors. Naturally these conditions make ] him not only powerful, but popular. \ He Is a kind of a king of a little prln- 1 clpallty with his dependents bound to him by obligation and affection; for 1 he Is a good and kind If Imperious , neighbor, liberal and hospitable, his > home and bounty always ready (or 1 those he does not dislike. Homes of the Aliens. Floyd Allen, oldest of the brothers, I and apparently regarded as the head , of the family, lives six miles west of (Continue don page 7) I ??? Bares Leg of Boy. "It soomed that my 14-years old boJ would hare to lose his leg, on aooount of an ugly ulcer, caused by a bad bruise," write D. F. Howard, Aquone, N. C. All remedies and doctors treatment Celled till we tried Bucklen's Arnica Cairo, and cured blm with one box. "Cures burns, bolls, skin eruptions, piles. 21o at The Rice Drug Qompany. movement la on foot in Cheater ( Ring to en attempt to vote the dlnKJsary bach into that county. mfjr. J. T. R. Neal, Prop., Riverside Eiig Company, Qreenville, 8. C., I iently: "I have been a practicing > (LJjrslclan and druggist for over 36 , |r ars and have sold and administered many kidney medicines but none to 1 equal Foley Kidney Pills. They are < superior to any I ever used, and give , he quickest and most permanent relet." Jonesville Drug Co., and ^lymph's Pharmacy. Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin, Is )elng/trled by the United States Sen? ate on charges involving the validity of his seat. It Is claimed that he used money to buy his election. Saved By His Wife. She's a wise woman who knows Just what to do when her husband's life is ... u?ubci, vui ran. k. j. rant, Braintree, Vt., is of that kind. "She inslsted on my using Dr. King's New Discovery," writes Mr. P. "for a dreadful i cough, when I was so weak my Friends all thought I had only a short :Ime to live, and it completely cured me." A quick cure for coughs and colds, it's the most safe and reliable medicine for many throat and lung troubles?grip, bronchitis, croup, whooping cough, quinsy, tonsilitis, hemorrhages. A trial will convince you. 60 cents and $1.00. Guaranteed by Rice Drug Company. H. M. Wingard, a prominent merchant of Lexington, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon of acute indigestion. He was 42 years old, and is survived by his wife and two daughters. A Log on the Track, of the fast express means serious trouble ahead if not removed, so does loss of appetite. It means lack of vitality, loss of strength and nerve weakness. If appetite falls, take Electric BitterB quickly to overcome the cause by toning up the stomach and curing the indigestion. Michael Hesshelmer of Lincoln, Neb., had been sick over three years, but six bottles of Electric Bitters put him right on his feet again. They have helped thousands. Thev irive nur? blood. strong nerves, good digestion. Only 50c at The Rice Drag Company. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Premier Carrier of the South. SCHEDULES: Weetbeands Mo. 9?Lv. 9:20 a. m. tor Spartanburg, Ashv111e, Knoxvllle, Louisville, ImcinutifatiLoula and noints Weata ^o W-L* S?07 p m. Carolina SpeoLal, for Spartanburg, Ashvllle Knoxrllle, Louisville, Cincinnati, St Louis and points West No. 18?Lv. 3:45 p. m., for Spartanburg, Asheyllle, Knoxvllle, Chattanooga, Memphis and points West No. 41?Lv. 6:35 p. m. for Spartanburg and way stations. Eastbound: No. 42?Lv. 9:00 a. m., for Columbia and way stations. No. 14?Lv 11:55 a. m., for Columbia, Orangeburg, Charleston and all local points. No. 28?Lv. 2:37 p. m. Carolina Special, for Columbia, Orangeburg and Charleston. No. 10?Lv. 9:22 p. m., for Columbia, Savannah, Charleston and way Stations. F. L. MEEK, W. E. McGEE, A. G. P. A. D. P. A. Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, 8. C. EXCURSION BATES SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Premier Carrier of the South. Washington, D. C.?Account American Gotton Manufacturers Association. Tickets on sale March 31st, and April 1st. final limit April 7th, 1912. Nashville, Tenn.?Account Southern Commercial Congress. Tickets on Mile April 5th, 6th and 7th, with flaal limit April 20th, 1912. tew Orleans, La.?Acconut National Drainage Congress. Tickets on sale liprll 7th, 8th and 9th, final limit kprll 25th, 1912, unless tickets are exended until May 6th, which extension mv he had hv denositine tickets and jpon payment of $1.00 per ticket. Atlanta, 6a.?Account Atlanta Music ' Eneatlval. Tickets on sale April 21st i x> 26th, Inclusive, with final limit < April 3t0h, 1912. i For rates, tickets .etc., apply to leket agents or address: 1 W. E. McGEE, 4 |? L. MEEK, Dlv. Pas. Agent, < < A. Q. P. A. Charleston, 8. C. , Atlanta, Ga. ( EXCURSION RATES VIA ' SOUTHERN RAILWAY. ; P-wJw Carrier of the South. Account of unveiling monument < somen of the Confederacy, Southern fcallway announces greatly reduced ( ixcurslon fares to Columbia, 8. C., 1 !rom all points with in the state, on , mIh nf three cents ner mile, pins twenty-flve cents for individuals, and for parties of twenty-flve or more gravelling together on one ticket, a rate of one cent per mile will be , panted, tickets to be sold April. 10th, uid 11th, good to reach original starting point returning not later than nidnlght of April 13th, 1912. Extra coaches will be provided on 111 trains Arriving Columbia to com" ' * -a-a- -i-ii? [OrtftDiy aocommuamv fimun >ui wi? cession. FY>r further information apply to rick erf Agents or address: W. E. MeGEE, I. L. MEEK, Dlv. Pas. Agent, A. O. P. A. Charleston, S. C t Atlanta, Ga. i ? O?O?O?O?o*P???O? | The Sttpertoi | Spring 1 | CLOT I Over the ordinary is apparei ^ cost no more. Enough var ft suit any taste, fit any figure, X any purse. - SUITS $t.SO SPECIAL SUI Everything new in the furn New Straw aricl Panama Ha ? Hats, Ties, Shirts, Extra 1 X and styles in Low Cut Shoe I J. CO Why Worry About Lunct A LOOK over GOODS will your trouble fore' ?ybf tempting eanned meats a this store in great variety, never have old stock. Corn of that fresh natuisl taste?< petizing flavor caused by cai Those meats are delicious? Canned and retailed under Food act. Chose a trial < the following t Finest imported French Sardines, tage Beef, Franco American Pott Sliced Beef, Beech Nut Wafer Meat, Lobster Meat, Boneless K Salmon and Salmon Steaks, Devi ted Chicken and Turkey, Boneles Roe and Fish Flakes. We challc assortment and the quality of our The Union < THE PURE FO PHONE 100 I U. C. V. F i Macon Ga.t M | SEABC @ Round trip tickets will be i # and 8th. Limit May 15th, until liinfl fifh 191 at Macon and paying fee o lowed at all principal station J* Very low rate round tri X Maeon to points in Southern ^ union. ? RATES FROM CA Via Athens $5.25 * Ask SEABOARD i | FRED GEISSLER, A. 6. rW WWW WWW ~t\y of our f J fie of | HIJVG i nt at a glance, yet they J Safiy /> r%Vi AAflA f/\ - 1VVJT IV/ VIIVV/OV IIVlll iV jp k meet the demands of ijl ' TO iSS.OO X T AT *15.00 * ishing line for Easter. its, Soft and Stiff Stetson q rousers, and all leathers HEN. I 'I ? ? ll fined [eats 1? our CANNED chfl.<e flwflv ver. All kinds ind fish are carried by We sell quickly and sequently you are. sure.^ combined with the aplining?in every brand, as kept, and sold ,t>y us. the Government Pure , ^rder from special offers : T toe, 15c, 20c and 25c Coted Beef, Beech Nut Wafer Sliced Bacon, Choice Crab [erring, Kippered Herring, . . lad Hatn tind P.htrlran Pot. I is Chicken and Turkey, Fish tnge South Carolina on our Tinned Meats and Fish. (irocery.Co, OD STORE , v MAIN STREET BfiSBSBBSBBBBBBSBBfiMfik j 13 tEUNION | 'ay 7-9.1912 I )ARD x sold May 5th, 6th, 7th ^ 1912. Limit may be 2, by depositing ticket 49 f 50c. , Stop-ovsrs al? + s. 4> n tickets will be sold at i States during the Re RLISLE, S. C. + Via Atlanta X' $6.20 < \ ^ Vgents or Writ^- #T V* 1 1 ifl i. ? r. a., Auania, m.s * ,'. ' ?/ 1 ^ . v '