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DEATH PENALTY FOR FLOYD ALLEN Guilty of First Degree Murder, Jury Finds in Trial of First Case Inrolring Assassination of Court Officials. Verdict a Surprise, Mistrial Being Expected?"Fair Trial", Says Allen's Counsel?Prisoner Picture of Despair When Verdict is Read. w< / J g v r Wytheville, Va., May 17.?Floyd ' f } Allen, first of the Hillsville mountainAArR triAll for tho Parmll Court House murders, was adjudged guilty here today and will pay the penalty o fhis crime in the electric chair at Richmond. The jury was out all night and it was not until after 10 o'clock this morning that the twelve men had been brought into agreement. When. Court opnd 'today the jury wus celled in tnd the.foreman questioned by Judge Staples. The jurors declared there were a number of points of difference existing and it was doubtful whether a verdict could be reached. Judge Staples declared the case was of such magnitude that he felt he must send the jury back with caution and advice. Verdict Announced. The jurors again retired and it was only a short* time before they announced they had agreed. Court reassembled and the foreman read the verdict of "guilty as charged in the indictment." Judge Staples held that was not the proper form. The foreman then explained 'that the verdict was one of guilty in the first degree, the penalty being electrocution. Floyd Allen was charged specifically at this time with the murder of Commonwealth's Attorney William M. Foster, prosecutor in the Carroll County Court House at Hillsville, last March, when the trial of Allen culminated in the killing of five persons ?Presiding Judge Thornton L. Massie, Prosecutor Foster, Sheriff L. F. Webb, Miss Elizabeth Ayres and Juror Augustus Fowler. Leader Still at Large. The tragedy created a panic in the little mountainside town of Hillsville. The inhabitants had always held the Allen clansmen in deadly horror. Arrests of several of the Aliens followed the shooting, but five of the principals escaped to the mountains. Rewards for their arrest resulted in three of them being taken, but Sidna Allen, lnorlnr - fL/* ?1 ? ' ?1 - * .v?u?> vi - uic (.-mil, ana wesiey upwards, his nephew, still are at large. The other prisoners, it was expected, will be tried at once. The verdict was a distinct surprise. It was thought the jury was hopelessly divided. One of the twelve men is known to have said previous to being summond for jury duty that "you can't always get justice in Courts and may be .the Aliens were not far wrong." The Commonwealth's attorneys had made arrangements to arrest him on a perjury charge should he bring about a disagreement. Claude Allen Tried Next. The Commonwealth will next try Claude Allen, on an indictment charging the murder of Judge Massie. This trial begins Monday. The defendant's attorneys announced after Court adjourned that they would ask for a writ of error. The prisoner's wife sat with Allen when the verdict was brought in. She was dressed in black and wore a large poke bonnet, so her face could not be seen. Allen seemed brighter this morning, evidently expecting a mistrial. He was the picture of despair when the verdict was read. Sentence Deferred. Sentence was deferred, as Allen may be called as a witness in the trials of hje kinsmen, who are also charged with the five murders in Carroll County Court House. In his cell tonight, surrounded by guards, Allen broke out in a tirade of defiance of the law. "I am not going to the electric chair," he shouted. "I've still got some friends in Carroll county." The guards are fearful that Allen may repeat his attempt to commit suicide, and one or more are always locked in the cell with him. Killed by Fast Mail Train. Florence, May 20.?Henry Powers, a well known young fanner of the Mars Bluff section, was killed by a ?;i *?j- ? - * - wv am uaiu vn u crossing near Mars Bluff station last night. .It is supposed that the young man Was dazed by the electric headlight, and as there are two tracks on that section of the road he got on the wrong one to let the train go by. The inquest was held this morning, the railroad company having taken 4W. U-J-. ? ? * muc ui me uvujr 1H81 nignt. $50,000 Fire in Atlanta. Atlanta, May 20.?Twenty-five or thirty gtrl operative* were driven panic-stricken to the street, and property loss estftnated at $160,000 caused by # fire which broke out late today at 0 6,860 Mitchell street, near the terminal station. The building was ocucpied by the Warren Manufacturing v Company, manufacturers of suspenders. ' ' ^ 4 % V*. ' ' ; ' i '/ ' jrn* '.. v , - Mr. Browning Withdraws From Race. ] Mr.*' Editor: - Naturally it is a source of gratification to me that < some of my fellow citizens are so well pleased with my record as their representative that they have announced me as a candidate for reelection, although I have stated for more than a year that I would not * be a candidate for this position at t this time. Since this announcement I appeared, I have thought very se- * riously of the matter, and regret that * for business reasons, and on account * of the conditions of my mother's a health, it will be impossible for me to * make the canvass. 1 Some criticisms of my course whi)p T a Representative, and especially of * the financial policy of the State for the past two years, make me v#y 11 anxious to meet some of the distin- v guished gentlemen who desire to 6 represent you, and to show my fel low citizens that State taxes have v not been increased in the past two 8 years, and yet, during that perior, 8 we have finished paying off the old 0 State house debt of $175,000, which * was contracted years and years ago. t We found that the State was an- fl nually borrowing $600,000 for cur- v rent expenses. This year she will on- ^ ly have to borrow $300,000, ana next * year, if nothing unforseen occurs, she will be on a cash basis?a condi- * tion she has not known since 1860. r Thus a burden of considerably more 0 than a half million dollars has been wiped out in a period of two years, ' and I reiterate, State taxes have not been increased one iota. t F There are several other phases of c the finanuial policy of the State, that it * would give me pleasure to discuss be- * fore the voters of the county, but in * justice to Myself ^n dmy family, I 8 shall be unable to do so. 0 Again thanking my friends for the confidence they have shown in me, 1 and also thanking my fellow citizens c for the liberal support they have giv- ' en me in the past, I am forced to ' request that the announcement of my- * slf as a candidate for the House of ' Representatives be withdrawn. Very respectfully, Lowndes J. Browning. v May 20, 1912. 8 Negro Convention to Be Held Here. " I The twenty-ninth annual session of 8 Woman's Baptist Educational and. f Missionary State Convention of South 1 Carolina, will convene with the Cor- : in the Baptist church of this city, beginning Thursday, June 6th. and end- r ing Sunday night, June 9th. The a Baptist, family among the negroes of this State number 220,000. and is * divided as follows: Educational find Missionary (mostly men), Woman's * Educational and Missionary and the * Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. State ? Conventions. * The Woman's State convention, which will meet here June 6th, will c be composed of about 200 delegates a fiom all parts of this State. These women are consecrated c Christian workers. They do house * and foreign Missionary work. Their objective work along educational f lines i3 Morris College, an institu- c tion at Sumter, S. C., owned and op- * erated by the negro Baptists of this c State. All eyes are looking toward Union. Wo Ql>a iVl- ill I - '' ?v ? v ..isf/iug biiui bins win ue me greatest session in its history. s The watchword of all negro Bap- t tists in South Carolina now is, "On 1 to Union." r I feel and know that Union, the "Pearl of the Piedmont", is equal to j the situation. I earnestly ask the co- c operation of all christian workers, irrespective of race or denomination, t to help me make this convention a > great success. I Our magnamimous merchants can J lo me great good along the line 01 t assisting me financially in entertain- I ;ng these delegates?as this has been a hard year on us all. * t We cordially invite our white min- 1 isters, all to call during the conven- r tion. and say a word to us. t I am yours for righteousness, J. C. White, Pastor CJorinth Church e The Man and the Bee. F I "That get-rich-quick man is as i, busy as a bee." j "Yes," replied Mr. Cumrox. "He's one Of those _ busy bees who can't j| manage to gather honey without in- a cidentally stinging somebody."? v Washington Star. 8 t Her Address. a Husband of Militant Suffragette i, (to his secretary)?Take this note around to my wife, please. s secretary?Certain^ sir. At which I er-jail is she stopping??Harper's p Bazaar. a a Dr. J. T. R. Neal, Prop. Riverside h Drug Co., Greenville, 8.' C., writes recently: "I have been a practicing ? physician and druggist for over 35 years and have sold and administered a many kidney medicines but none to Vi J ? bmuui rmey jvianey ring. They are superior to any I ever used .and give a the quickest permanent relief." Jonesville Drug Co. and Glymph's Pharma- * cy- J DID NOT CHALLENGE PHYSICIAN TO DUEL Jtory in New York Papier* About Cadet Littlejohn. of Joneaeille, waa Groaaly Exaggerated. | Samuel ' Littlejohn, of Joneagille, tas written to a friend in Spartan>urg in regard to the story recently published in the New York pipers ;o the effect that his son, Robert Mclowan Littlejohn, a cadet at West 'oint ,had challenged a physician to l duel because, according to the >$ory, he physician spoke sharply to Cadet littlejohn when the tatter's horse alnost trampled upon the physician's >pnfhor Mr. Littlejohn encloses a newspa>er clipping, showing that the story vas greatly distorted and exaggeratid. He says there was nothing to it ixcept that those Yankee dudes vere making sport of the manners ind brogue of the southern boy." He idds that "he will get through with>ut this matter coming up at all; as here was nothing to it, only he told hem to come over to the academy ind he would find a private place trhere they could settle with their ists and he would guarantee him a air deal. Cadet Littlejohn will be graduated rom West Point this June. He is a lephew of Capt. William McGOwan, f Spartanburg. Following is the clipping previousy referred to, in part: "Denouncing as false recent newstaper articles reflecting upon certain adets who, a3 well as the academy, lave been placed in a bad light. Maj. len. Thomas Barry, commandant of he Military academy, has addressed i letter of explanation to Secretary >f War Stimson in Washington. > "The commandant referred to the ncident of Robert M. Littlejohn, a adet from South Carolina, who it vas reported in the newspapers on day 4, had challenged Dr. Thomas ). McMenamin, of Highland Falls, to ight a duel. " 'The statement was absurd,1r said Jeneral Barry. 'Cadet Littlejohn vhile riding in Highland Falls, had in altercation with Dr. McMenamin. This was due to the fact that the calet's horse became frightened at a tassing automobile, and the animal prang to one side, almost striking j )r. Mcnamin's brother, who Was alking to a woman on the sidewalk. )r. McMenamin remonstrated with dttlejohn, and the cadet admitted, to ne that, not being at fault, he .was ingered at the physician. . v "'The next day, accoi^ng Jtojyym hysician, Littlejohn wrote 'hit^ Br^ ng that if the regulations had not irevented him from dismounting off he reservation he would have feented the physician's language more orcibly. Dr. McMenamin showed the etter to me, but it did not contain a hallenge to fight a duel, and why this ibsurd report should have been ;pread I can explain only on the thetry that malice prompted its publicaion.' "According to cadets who were luestioned not the slightest friction sxists between the administration of .he post and the cadet cerps."?Sunlay's Spartanburg Herald. Death of Mr. J. Cv Jenkins. Mr. J. C. Jenkins died at his home tix miles below Union on last Thurslay, May 16, and was buried the folowing day at Cane Creek church, lear Santuc. Mr. Jenkins suffered a stroke of ap mi. s wjjieAy un inursaay morning and lied in two hours. He was 83 years of age, and leaves he following children: Mrs. Nancy ^.nn Bentley, Mrs. Mahaley Gregory, drs. Harriett Bentley, Miss Lettte lenkins, and Mrs. Lucy Bentley, and he following sons: Thos., B. J., and I. J. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins served four years in he Confederate army and was a men leld in the highest esteem by his teighbors. He was a man worthy of he respect of all who knew him. Notice. On account of the illness of Govmor Blease's wife, he was compelled to cancel all engagements to Jnion county Friday and Saturday of ast week. Monarch and Union Play Tie Game. In a game that was marred by kickng from beginning to end, Monarch md Union played to 5 to 6 tie Sat* irday afternoon on the laitet^e round. The game was featured by he pitching of Hames for Monarch nd the fielding of Thompson of Vnoij. In the ninth inning with the score tanding 5 to 9 in Monarch's favor, Jnion tied the score and when the layers and spectators ran On the 42mond and intarfoiwf ' rch players, they refused to play tm* bss the umpire called the runner out. Batteries, for Monarch, Hames and >arby; for Union, Harrison, Fowler nd Millwood. Williamston is making great preprations for their 1912 chataquo, rhich will be held the first week in une. jt Dots From Goshen Hill. I . * Mr. Editor: As per promise, I wi j try and give you the news from ov section, the lower end of Goshen Hi township. There isn't much to writ about but the weather and crops. Th farmers have been badly delayed i j their work by so much rain. Cotto planting is later this season than | have ever known it, and at this writ ing a good deal remains to be plant I ed. I hear of some who are nc (through preparing cotton land yet. think there is a good stand of upian corn everywhere, and it is lookin fairly well. Very little work has bee done on bottom lands. On last Wednesday from abou 7:80 to 8:30 a .m., we had the wors rain that I remember to have seen i many years, washing lands terribij I think cotton is fully three week late on the average. Most every on I know of has a good garden and yo know, Mr. Editor, that counts for , lot in these times of high prices. From my observation I don't thin! the farmers around here are usinj more than half the fertilizer the; used last year. The oat crop will b good, if we can get another rain ii a week from now. Very little whea sown, I am sorry to say. It does seer to me that high priced flour, corn an meat should make the farmers plan plenty of wheat, corn and oats an peas and raise more meat. Some are siding and chopping ou cotton and some preparing and plant ing. We have had the worst roads thi winter that I ever saw. 1 don't thin! they would have been so bad if w had gotten our share of the chain gang work on them last fall. Whe the time came for us to have the ganj it was sent into Fish Dam townshi to work the automobile hichwav (a I was informed). I know we didn' have them down in the lower end o Goshen Hill township. The count; scraper has been in the upper part o the township lately but didn't com below Goshen Hill. They did scrap the road from Goshen Hill to Whit mire bridge. I venture to say we hav the worst road in Union county. Well you know there are only seven o eight voters below Goshen Hill ani we are "small potatoes and few in th hill." I do think we deserve some at tention. I am glad that we go back to thre county commissioners. In looking ove the list of candidates, I think we cai get three good men who will giv each section its due share of chaii gang service. I don't hear a great deal of poli I was glad to see the county con vention endorse my friend, Browninp after he had been sat upon by hi own township, or a part of it. Ev ery man should vote for th? r .an bes qualified to tfll the place for which h offers, irrespective of persoal feeling or favors. Back to the Auto, highway: Wha good is that highway to people in thi section when we have a road fror here to Whitmire, (our market townThat has been almost impassable th past winter. It's all right to work th Auto highway, provided, all th other roads in the county have thei due share of work by the gang. Telegram. May 20th, 1912. Silver Half-Dollar Worth $2,500. Atlanta, May 20.?City Polic< man G. Allen Maddox has carried fortune in his frayed trousers pocl et for many years without suspectin it. Mr. Maidox, who is in modest cii cumstances, nas a pocket piece, a sii ver half dollar minted in the yea 2853. He supposed it might possibl be worth a little more than its fac value, because of its age, but neve took the trouble to inquire. Yesterday he found out by acci dint that there are only two othe coins of that vintage in existenci and that his is wovth at the lowes estimate $2,500. Maddox has refusethat sum and is holding his coin fo a better offer. But he doesn't eaiv it around as a luck piece any n-.oit It is locked up in a safety varlt in stead. It is worth more than hi house and lot. Porto Rico's New Wonder. From far away Porto Rico com reports of a wonderful new discover: that is believed will vastly benefit th people. Ramon T. Marcnan, of Bar celoneta, writes "Dr. Kings' New Dis covery is doing splendid work here It cured .me about five times of terri bio oeughs and colds, also my broth er of a severe sold in his chest an< more than 20 others, who used it 01 my advice. We hope this great medi icine will yet be sold in every druj store in Porto Rico." For throat am Ing troubles it has no equal. J trial will convince you of its merits 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free Guaranteed by The Ri>u? Drug Co. r.offns.. 4. A-l-i ? uaoiiv; is uikiiik Bi>?pn to extern an invitation to the Confederate vet erans of the State to hold their an nual reunion in that city in August. How She Knew. Mrs. Commuter?But how do yo know what kind of people the Brown are if you have never met them? Mrs. Mutler?I have heard thei phonograph selections.?Puck. IP VJ 9 ^4. A^A ^4. A^A A^A. A^A :: | EVERY IDLI 11 *l> * *$* Every Idle Dollar of you n to hard work. n When your money is inv I day and night?interest ac t- X ishing rapidity. Also the ,t X money is sa^e from thieves i ^ nights. d Why not start a Savings * A y?ur money earn future nr II & We pay 4 per cent inter lt JL, partment compounded eve AA t ? it *jl.vu starts an account. n ' J>+ > 1 e Respectfully Invit " i Citizens Nati k J t Y UNION, SOUTH y e Capital and Surplus . . ?* > d . t 4?4?4?4?4?4?4,4*^4*4*4?4?4?4? d ? 'KEEP YOUR MOr - | Standing of Twelve L s 4* Showing Per Cent, of M k 4* South Carolir Union Central -64% Mu 4* Prudential 52 Ne m. Aetna 46 Pei ? Equitable.. 38 Lif p 4+ Mutual Life 34 Mc o ^ Travelers 25 So f 4* The figures used in this leaf 4* Preliminary Report of the Insur f ?|t Carolina, ami are, therefore, au e This report shows that, in . comnanies dnintr iniQirmnj in f-bi e t 060.42 MO RE THAN THE I RT( I <4* IN THIS STATE. This is over ! Dollars more than the total cost ^ ^ Government during the same y< d 4* Patronize the Hon ' SOUTHEASTERN LITE e + OF SOUTH r W. D. GEORGE, General A*< II y F. VV. 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