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Bjf UNION TIMES. ? No. 15. UNION, S. C- FRIDAY, APRIL 12. 1912. ?' "" - v? AlvLEIN GONE WES1 "* _______ NEWSPAPER MEN FROM HILLS YILLE, SAY THAT DETECTIYEJ HATE LOST THE TRAIL?STATI OF YIRGINIA TO DEMAND THI EXECUTION OF THOSE WHC HAVE BEEN CAPTURED. "All the newspaper correspondents have left HUlavllle," said E. K. Meade, the correspondent for the New York World, who stopped over In Spartanburg today. Mr. Meade made a seventy miles scout with a posse of detectives yesterday and was convinced later that there was no immediate chance of a capture. He writes as follows for the Journal: Km a matter of fact Sldna Allen has succeeded in his attempt to leave Carroll County. There is every evidence to show that he broke through the lines of the detectives two days ago, escaped through Mount Airy, N. C., and from there went west. Detective spys are hot on his trail and It is only a matter of tim? k fore he Is captured. Sldna deserted , "Wesley Edwards before he left the 1 mountains and the capture of the latter is expected at any time. While martial law has not been declared In Carroll county It exists practically there. Detectives who have * been lead on many wild rides In stormy weather through Intentionally 1 given misinformation planned to withdraw them from some particular place quickly learned the lesson and n In Carroll of late it has proven a pretty unhealthy business to mlsln- y m - torm toe detectives They have a n way there of retaliating. The last real track that the Bald- n win-Felta people have had of Sldna " Allen came two days ago through a a typical moonshine signal. Detective 19 Franklin was scouring the country dl accompanied by the World oorre- rl spondent Jaack of Ward's Qagk MtOk " this party were detectives Brim. 1^ m Zt. o! White ?, tlrf te 8 bu.h With two |n knots pointing up a ragged peak He dismounted and exammea tne knots. A "Boys get through that hill" he H told the posse. "Within less time that it takes to 6 tell the possmen had left their horses and with rifles held in front of them and revolvers loosened in their holsters were going up the hillside, tak- '' lng advantage of every tree stump a and i>o8Bible fortification as they ran. 1 T* ".on O vo(n asnrch hnWflVAr. ^ There were no outlaws, but down In ' a clump of laurels, not far from the obscure mountain trail was a basket * filled with provisions. In gulleys, 1 under shelving rocks and in ditches ' detectives lay throughout the day 1 waiting for the clansmen to appear for their provisions It was a use- < less wait. They had been "tipped off" by blockade runners. There are many false and wild reports from Hillsvllle. But the World correspondent is reliably informed that Sidna has left the country and If he is captured it will be somewhere outside of Carroll County. B. K. MBADB. Mr. Meade left at 1 o'clock for Aiken, where he goes to handle the Beach case for hit paper. Outlook Bad For Allen Clan. J. J. O'Noile, correspondent for the New York American, who has been In Hillaville, Va., for the paat several weeks, passed through Spartanburg this morning enroute to Aiken, 8. C., where he goes to handle the Beach * *-*? *>???? U? wvltol AR fnl - case ior hid im^i. ..c ... ? lows exclusively for the Journal: "No matter where tne trial is held, it looks pretty bad for most of the Allen clan. The elder ones will in all probability get the olectrlc chair, and not one of them will escape punishment of some sort. "The state officers claim to hav< positive evidence that Sldna Allez flra/i the first shot at Judge MassU and that both he and his nephew Claude Allen, emptied their pistole a the judge and at Clerk Dexter Goad Stdaa, it will be contended. Killed ui judge, while Claude probably alio hi him and wounded Goad. "Floyd Alien, who*? conviction an jail sentence, brought about th hooting, fired at Sheriff Webb, wb was also killed, and so did Victor A len, his youngest son. Victor had tb oply 33 calibre pistol In the lot, an !* % FA. A. UF H. GRAND LODGE p WILL MEET IN LNIOl On April 22nd and 28rd the Gran Lodge K. of P. Will Meet Wit ! Home Lodge No. 1117?The Pabll , and All ? ?* " <, vi x taierau wr ! dent are Invited to Be Present a the Opera House on Monday NIgM April aSnd. The Grand Lodge Knights of Honoi of South Carolina, will meet in Union April 22nd and 23rd, with Home Lodge No. 1117 Knight* of Honor, of Union. Union will have the honor of being the first city in South Carolina to entertain the Grand Lodge under the present plan of holding the Grand Ix>dge session*. Formerly all the meetings of the South Carolina Grand Lodge have all been held in the city of Columbia, but under a new regime instituted un- < der the leadership of the late Dr. M. W. Culp, a loyal an devoted knight, the Grand Lodge Is to meet with Home Lodge No. 1117 of Union, and Lodge will entertain the delegates to the Grand Lodge. Union will be highly honored in having this body ot South Carolina's finest manhood to meet in this city, and this session will be of peculiar nt.erest in that Supreme Representa.ives of the United States in the per- i ?on of Hon. Edwin C. Wood of New fork city, Supreme Dictator, and 8utreme Reporter Frank B. Sliger will < >e present and will make short adIresses of peculiar Interest to all 1 itembers of Fraternal societies. i The public, especially the ladles, oung men and members of all frater- t al societies are especially Invited to t tie Union opera houae, on Monday ight, April 22nd, at 8:30 o'clock p. q i. Most of the delegates will arrive e fter mid-day Monday afternoon, and a ill leave Tuesday afternoon. Mon- l( ay afternoon will be devoted to ? ous committee meetings. PubdgH acting in Opera Houda at 8:80 p. "B At th. mHtltl ot * SUA- ? iy school convenUon. the following a Beer were elected to serve the comiff year: ? .. . J. L. Hodges of Kelton, president, . O. Alleon of Union, vice president; v [ E. Brewington, Union, Secretary. a The next meeting will be held the v th Sunday In June at Brown's Creek. c ?? f Pipe Organ For Episcopal Church. 8 The Church of the Nativity expects r o install within the next six weeks \ fine pipe organ, half of the purchase | >rice will be given by' Mr. Andrew 'arnegie, the well known financier of t Cew York city. , The members of the congregation < ook up this matter with Mr. Carnegie ] iome time a??o and he agreed to give tialf if the church would raise the remaining half. Beveral .32 bullets were found in the sheriff's body. "Wesley Edwards?who with Sidna Allen, is still at large?is known to have shot toward tn? jurors, ana ne probably killed Augustus Fowler, according to a score of witnesses. "Young Frlel Allen, who is only 17 years old and a girlish-looking little chap, was, according to all accounts, the hest marksmen of all. He admits that he was "shootin' tolerable peart" and emptied his gun In the court room when he saw his relatives begin to shoot. "The general belief Is that Floyd Sldnn and Wesley (if captured) and Claude and Victor Allen will receive the death penalty, and that Frlel and Byrd Merlon, a retainer of the family, will perhaps get ten years In the penitentiary. "Carroll county wants to have the trial in Hillsville, so that in the spol where the Allen olan perpetrated their slaughter may be the same spo , which will see the end of their law lees rule. The trial probably will b< held there, too, although with a Jur; ) drawn from some other county, i "The Hillsville people are hosplta 3 hie, sensible, and eager to rid thel , section of the blot which these ryran t leal domineering Aliens have cai [. upon It They run things their ow e way for 20 years, and it's about tim t thair rwav was ended. It would all be a good time, in the opinion of d northerner, to put a stop to the "gui e totln" which Is general in the Carro o section. That and the moonahii I- liquor combined causes most of tl ie trouble np there."?Spartanburg Jon id si. WILSON AND 1 * BY CLARK_A h COLONEL'S MAJORITY IS 11*00 * OTHER RETURNS FROM PI j NATED?CANNON WIN * Chicago, April 10.?Theodore Roosevelt defeated President Taft in the r preferential primary in Illinois yes, terday by approximately 110,000 votes. Charles S. Deneen was renominated for governor by the republicans, his plurality being 76,000. Edward F. Dunne, former mayor of Chicago, received the nomination for Invowni. 4L " ? yju tu 13 democratic ticket by 30,000 plurality. Owing to the length of the ballot, It 1 s expected another twenty-four hours will be required to complete the count. Lawrence T. Sherman, president of the state board of administration, received the Indorsement of the Republicans for the United States senatorshlp over Shelby McCullom by 80,000 plurality. McCullom's term expires March 4, next He leaves the senate after 80 years of service. He is now 82 years old. James Hamilton Lewjg had no op- < position on the Democratic ticket tor j the senatorshlp indorsement. i Joseph Q. Cannon, former speaker, ] was nominated for congress by a , vote of two to one. W. B. McKinley, Taft's campaign ( nanager, was renominated in the T ilnteenth district. f Socialists and prohibitionists noml- B lated full state and congressional g ickete. t Presidential delegates were EE ?n tbe balIot8' and "ill ~uL lected by congressional districts and!, t btrje, the effect* of the vote be-Li * tadioattn^v+rtrt? ix hoars after the polls closed indi-|c' ate Governor Deneen had won from 71 JUDGE JONES IN UNION. Judge Ira B. Jones spoke In Jones11 le Friday and at Sedalia, Union nd Lockhart on Saturday of last tJ ireek. He was well received In Union ^ ounty. He was accorded a respect- a ul heating at Jonesvtlle, at Sedalia t; tnd at Lockhart. There was a move- j, nent at Union to "howl him down" 8 >ut It made him win more votes than c t lost him. i At Sedalia Judge Jones was Intro- { luced by Hon. L. J. Browning, and f it Union he was Introduced by J. A. t Sawyer, Esq. several nuuureu vwyn ( beard him at Sedalla and something y like twelve hundred heard him speak 1 In Union. There was a good audience out to hear him at Lockhart on Satur- ( day night. Judge Jones expressed < himself as being very much gratified with the reception accorded him in the j county, and promises that he will come again at an early day. He is "white clean through." Killed By Train. I Mr. W. W. Huggins, a man about sixty years of age, was Instantly killed about noon on Saturday by Southern Railway train No. 14. The accident occurred near the crossing in front of Dr. Sarratt's residence in the northern soction of town. Death was Instantaneous, the neck being broken. The dead man leaves a wife and several children, all of whom are grown. Mr. Huggins was a carpenter by trade and was engaged at the time of ( his death on a building which is bein <r Arreted in the northern section of t "" <? I the city. Ke is said to hare had det fective hearing, and that tact maj have been the canae of his death. 9 The remains were taken to Aahvill< Y tor burial. " '* ??? ? man anil Mr. HUggWB -wmu m rwu . his death ?u a great shock to hli r family and friends. iit Bays Ost Interest. n ... e Messrs. Perry T. and B. P. Hawkln 10 of Oaffney, have bought out the it a terest of Mr. Allen In the Unlo ?- Steam Laundry here. Mr. Perry Ha* 11 klne, who formerly lived here, was 1 ?e Union this week closing out the dea ie They expect to make many lmprovi rl ments in the plant and to put it in fit ' working ordtr. AFT BEATEN ND ROOSEVELT ? 0 AND CLARK'S 14<M>00 IN ILLINOIS II MARIES ? DENEEN RENOMI8 IN M8 DISTRICT. r" SmaA about- 5 to 8, In the states. 1 John' E. W. Wayman also made a stroffg fight, leading Small In Cook county, which contains 1.492 of the Stata'* 4,260 election precincts. De neon's Indicated majority in Cook county was 28,000. Against Snffrage for Women. Chicago voters voted two to one against woman's suffrage In the preferential primary. The question was not <m ballots outside of this city. Roosevelt carried the home ward of Congressman William B. McKinley, Waft's campaign manager, in Campaign county; he was successful in the sixteenth congressional district. wfcer? Col. Frank L. Smith, the .??, iwve manager lives, and In Speaker Joseph O. Gannon's home city of Danville, Roosevelt polled 1,- ' 844 to Taft 1,237. Senator Robert M. LaFollette, of ( Wteoonsln, polled a small vote. In 1 Cook county where It appeared heav- 1 lest, the Mlsoonsln senator had an apparent vote of 14,440, where v Floosevelt'a apparent vote was 89,114, 8 md tihat of Taft 62,064. While Colonel Roosevelt's lead In G >ook eoonty was on a basis of ap roxlmately 8 to 6 over Taft. returns rom out in the state Indicated he ran "V tronger there. In places as high aa to J. bringing the estimate overage !> 6 to i y Champ Clark's candidacy met just J< ie opposite results. In Chicago his ppareQt majority, based on more b] mds three-fourths of the total num? -* " * 7^v>" ?wtb ju,uw), or ?ver 1U htodgo on w&nan's suffrage: Yes, er 1,864; no. 186.41*. Gittiif tolpa Wade Fowler cut Emeron Bussey in le head and face. Inflicting an ugly round Tuesday afternoon Just after ^ game of ball between the boys of ^ he Central school team and the West !nd team. Both boys are about t? ixteen years of age. The cutting ocIn #nnn? a# Ifnlvllt'a atftFA llMt UI4W " MW Vi. - >eyond Toshes' branch. The difficulty u irose over base ball bets. Fowler isked Bussey: "Did you say 1 stole ? he bat?" Buesey answered: "No, I lid not say that yon stole the bats, h jut that It looks suspicious that our a t>ats are gone." g From what could be gathered, Bus- ^ ley here turned to leave and as he did t bo, Fowler caught him by the arm and c Jerked him around, striking him with ( a large knife. The blade went through ( Bussey's hat, Into the edge of his ( scalp and laid open the side of his ( face to the cheek bone. 1 Will Purchase Pipe Organ. < I The congregation of the First Bap I tlst church here will, at an early date, purchase and install a $2,600 pipe organ. An effort has been made by somemmbers of the congregation to get a donation of one-half from Mr. Andrew Carnegie, of New York, who has made frequent donations to such objects. And quite favorable news has been received from Mr. Carnegie's agent; but whether he gives the half or nothing, the congregation proposes to put In' ; the organ. About $1,260 has already .; been raised b ythe congregation. This '(congregation Is also undertaking to purchase a carpet for the building j and haa already raised a considerable portion of the 9900 which the carpet 1 will cost. i Slogan Wanted. The Merchants' Branch of th< Chamber of Commerce wants a slo Kan for the town of Union and has of i- fered 95 in gold to the person sug n gesfng the beat one. All communlca tloni must he sent to J. Oordoi n Hughes .secretary of the Chamber o .1. Commerce. A committee of flv b- chosen from the Merchants Branch c ie the Chamber of Commr *e will mah the decision and give the award, WEST SPRINGS SCHOOL HAS CLOSING EXERCISE An Elaborate Program Was Arrange by the Teachers, and on Frldi Night About 500 People Witness* the Exercises, Which Were a Cred to the School?Governor BJease Dlt appoints Woodmen Circle?Othc Matters of Local Interest. West Springs, April 9.?The Wes Springs school closed on last Thurs day and on Friday night the closlni exercises were held in the auditorlun of the school building. A crowd o probably 600 or 600 people were pres cm. a. most interesting program had been prepared for the occasion by the teachers, Misses Rosa Wessinger and Lucy Gasque. The children all exhibited evidence of special training. The program, while somewhat lengthy was never wearisome. Each piece was full of life. Mr. Boyd Whitehead rendered In a fine manner a declamation entitled "Happiness and Liberty". Mr. Charlie Bogan as a "stuttering coon", made a decided hit by discussing the subject of "Politics." Tom Thumb's Wedding" by the scholars >f the primary department, deserves o be mentioned among the first and >est features of the program. For the benefit of those who might vish to see it, we give the full proram below: Snnf "Tnn?l?~ ~ '""nufi uu me uia uamp \ round." Dialogue?"Fairyland." Recitation?"The Minuet," by little Use Annie White. Farce?"Treble and the Cow." Song?"I Don't Want to Play in our Back Yard", by two little girls, JBlebelle Lawson and Mary Bogan. Exercise?"The Days of The Week" r seven girls. Farce?"From a Bright Family. Recitation?"Specially Jim" by Hal5 Farmer. "Stump Speech on Politics" by a ^rsrui.'^eeuuiiii Farce?"The Automobile RldV" Song, by Splgner Dawson. Farce?"Vice Versa." Dialogue?"Tom Thumb's Wedding." Dialogue?"Coon Creek Courtship." Play "The Country Kid." The play was one of the best gotin up of any that has ever been pretnted In this community. It It not known whether the same i&chers will have charge when school pens up again In the fall or not. The matees have not held a meeting yet 1 > elect teachers. The teachers have iven almost perfect satisfaction durig the past term. The ladles of the Woodmen Circle eld the installation of their officers t the school building here on last laturday. There were quite a large lumber of people here from a dlsance, who came with the expectation if hearing Qovernor Cole L. Blease. Jovernor Blease, though, found after tending an acceptance for the date hat he would be unable to be pres?nt. The ladles served a fine barbecue dinner. Immediately following ihe dinner the exercises took place In the school auditorium. Mr. W. T. Slaughter, the state organizer, of Hickory Grove, was the installing officer of tho occasion. Messrs. W. T. Slaughter and Hon. Ira C. Blackwood, of Spartanburg, delivered addresses on fraternallsm. Sheriff J. Q. Long also spoke briefly but his speech was devoted more to politics than to the principles of Woodcraft. He stated that he was not familiar enough with that subject to discuss it very well. At the conclusion of Sheriff Long'c speech the audience was dismissed. Misses Ada Conrad and Ida Gamer of Clifford Seminary at Union, wer< the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bet sill the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Lancaster, Me* srs. Otis Lancaster and Graham Pool **? nr?o?inff#r nt ITnior ana miss may ?t, ? attended the school entertainmen here on Friday night. Mr. Jack Lancaster of Qlen Springs, spent Sunday here with tt family of his brother, Mr. W. D. Lai > caster. Mtos May Miller of Spartanburg wi - here the last of the week to vl? - her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Ml - ler. a Mr. Olln H. Bogan of Spartanbui t ?? neveral days the past we e to gee big mother, Mrs. W. P. Bogi >f Mr. Claude Turner, of Spartanbr e wag the guest of frlendg here li Y m. .uv a ICQI i SOUTH,C AROLIN A ? SHOWS BIG GAIN id i i. i >7 ?. J. WATSON'S REPORT AT THE JJ SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONtt GRESS SAYS THIS STATE RANKS '* THIRD IN AGRICULTURE?SEC,r OND GREATEST NlTMBER OF TEXTILE MILLS. lt Nashville, April 10.?Th? _ xy MUUWUCIU Commercial Congress today re-elected s Its officers: President, Senator Dun1 can U. Fletcher of Florida; first vice president, David R. Francis, of St. Louis; second vice president, Thomas 1 S. Southgate ot Norfolk; resident di5 rector, William H. Sanders of Washington; managing director, G. Grosvenor Dawe of Washington, Secre' tary-treasurer, Clarence J. Owen of Rlverdale, M. D. Statistics comparing the yield of factory and field in the South In 1860 and 1910 were presented by the secretaries of agriculture of various southern states at the closing sessions of the congress. Reports showed that nearly all the states now double and treble the output of the ante bellum days. St Louis and Jacksonville are leading for next year's congress. Watson's Report. With the department of agriculture of South Carolina cretated only nine years ago, the industry of the Palmetto state already has shown an awakening increase, outranking all save one state of the older commonwealths in the percentage of increase between 1,000 and 1900 and 1910. When ttio 'I"""-' * *? uuem was created the nnnua! . agricultural production was $51,324,000. In 1910 the production of chief crops only waB $100,000)00. In 1910 It was $140,000,000, in Increase In a decade of 173 per :ent 'The 1909-10 census total of all igricultural products omitting the rucking Industry and live stock, was i he state led the union tyf, :eptlon of Wyoming and Nef^_ ank far down In the list of actua*-? ?. _ rolume. In actual production South Carolina, with Its small territory, has umped from twenty-first to thlreenth In the list. The 1910 census showed 176,180 'arms In the state, an Increase of 13 ?er cent; values Increased 162 per cent, and values of Implements and machinery 112 per cent. Commissioner E. J. Watson says the rush to the city has been checked and that particular energy Is being con centrated on economic Improvement of the rural districts, where 32.2 per cent of the population lives. Third State of Agriculture. Among the ranking agricultural states of the union South Carolina stands third in value per square mile. Illinois leads with $6,122 and Indiana stands next with $4,736. No other southern state except Georgia reaches the $3,000 mark. One has a valuation as low at $267. Mrs. W. P. Duokett Burned. -C4 Mrs. W. P. Duckett was painfully though not seriously burned one day last week. She was helping her husband to keep the lire In the field from getting beyond control, and while so engaged her clothting caught fire and but for the quick action of her daughter, who seized a bucket of water and dashed It over her mother, the accident would have been a tragedy. As It was Mrs. Duckett was badly burned. i Mission Rally at Baptist Church. f ______ 3 On next Sunday morning the regular Sunday School and morning services will give place to a special Mlse slon rally. The services will he unx der the direction of the Sunday 1 School and wlH begin at 10:30 o'clock. Each class In the Sunday School n will be represented and at the close ie of these exercises the pastor will make an address. The offering will go to missions. is ' lit A Greenville lawyer named Tlllou 11- Von Nunes was arrested In Charleston on Saturday on the charge of obrg, talnlng money from a Greenville bank ek under false pretenses?giving a check *- -v,*v >?<! no funds in. I upon a banx in wuiuu ...? irgland saying he had funds there. He sst1 was carried back to Greenville by an J offlCbr.