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NO. 1
OFFICERS MAKE RAID
. CARROLL.
IN
Receive Much Assistance Frcm
Law Abiding' Citizens Who are
Determined to Suppress Law
lessness in that' Section Still
Located on Victor Allen's
Farm.
Roanoke, Va., July 6. Messrs.
H. C. Weaver ami (I. (). M
Alexandr, speecial employes of
the government, accompanied by
Deputy Marshal S. C. M. Faddis,
and Possetmeni J. M. Faddi, made
a raid through Carroll county
during tho past few days which
is regarded as one of the most
successful of recent - weeks by
revenue officers, in aa much as
the officers were ably assisted
by the law abiding citizens of the
county in the way of direct in
formation which enabled them to
work with celerity
Messrs. "Weaver and McAlexan-
der returned to Roanoke ytester
lay ana are highly elated over
the success of the trip.
They located a large distillery
on the lands of Victor Allen and
about a half mile from the home
of Floyd Allen in the Fancy Gap
neighborhood. It was a large
plant, and while the still had
been removed, all of the fermen
ters and other equipments were
in place. The largest fermneters
ever seen at a "moonshine" plant
were four here and destroyed.
Some of them were of about 800
gallons capacity
The officers '' ,rned that this
was the plant w ,ch Claude Allen
was operating ( ; the time of the
Ilillsville tragedv. The large
copper still loiod afterwards by
dtecetives in Ijoyd Allen's hame
is said to be in same "copper"
that was used at this plant.
The officers had information
mat an illicit plant was iing
one
.Ma
dou
ing MlrlmTn
had been made the evening be
fore, and the still pulled out and
hidden. The tubs had also been
iivoved to places of safety hut
been hauled by the barrel con
ceiiled under 'this box for two or
three years. Tin moonshiners
would place a barrel on the end
in the front part oif the wagon,
turn the box over it, and then sit
on the box. Other boxes of gox'l
were hauled in the same wagon,
in this way officers were alwavs
thrown off the track, as the wag
on would have every indication
of being like hundreds of others
hauling good and produce to and
from the depot to some country
store.
The interior of the box had
almost been worn through in
places by the hoops on the barrel,
so long had it been in use hiding
from the prying officers the con
traband liquor contained1 under
its innocent looking exterior.
The full barrel, which is said
to be of fine quality was taiken
to Ilillsville and placed in the
Carroll jail for safe keeping un
til it can be sold at auction by
the government.
The ofifcers noted that at the
present time not a single pris
oner is confined in the Carroll
jail, a condition which has not
prevailed before in years. They
declared that since the Ilillsville
tragedy that the better element
of law abiding citizens were tak
ing a hand in the conduct of
affairs and that they are going
right after lawlessness with a
vim. They do not hesitate to
inform on moonshiners, and will
cooperate in every way with the
officials in their endeavor to put
a stop to the illicit manufacture
and sale of whiskey in Carroll
county.
COLONEL ISSUES THE
TO BATTLE.
CALL
Bubonic Plague Case Found in
Havana City.
Havana, July 6th. A special
board of ohysicians appointed
to investigate the suspected case
of bubonic plague at Las AnLmps
the officers were "too many"
for the moonshiners. All the
slop had been taken to the home
of Sam ami Jessie Janes and they
were feeding hogs ami coys on
it.
As the officers approached,
Jessie Jones, who is a country
merchant, gathered a sixteen gal
lon barrell of whiskey and made
for the mountains. The officers
pursued and he was forced to
drop his burden. The whiskey
was poured out and nearby) a
second barrel was found contain
ing a like quantity of whiskey
which was aLso destroyed.
A search was then instituted fo'.
the missing still and the ferment
ers. These were soon found hid
den away in the brush, and the
"devil" was brought into action,
and soon all of the equipment
was reduced to ruins.
Although a prosperous mer
chant, Jessie Jones, will have to
stand trial on charge of conceal
ing illicit spirits, which offense
is more grave than the manufac
turing of whiskey in violation of
the law. This was in the neigh
borhood of Cana, Carroll county.
After locating and destroying
the plant on the farm of Victor
Allen, the officers went to tho
home of a man named Edwards,
u short distance away, where
they found and destroyed another
plant. The plant destroyed on
the farm of Victor Allen had a
rapacity of about a barrell a day.
When running it is estimated
that the government was de
frauded out of .$50 per day of
license tax.
The raiding party then re
turned to Ilillsville where they
had information that a man nam
ed John Dalton was selling liquor
in large quantities to bootleggers
and retailers. They went to Dal
ton 's whore they found and de
nt roved a fine copper outfit. They
then begar a sejirt-h of the prem
ises for whiskey, and while Mr.
Faddis and Mr. Weaver were
searching ke barn and out
houses, Mr. McAlexander found
a full barrell covered by a large
dry goods box in a wagon near
the wood house.
It was said that whisker had
conclusive! v
he esnistence of the plauge. Th
existence of this cast is taken
as an-indication that there are
probably a number of others. The
most strenuous precautions have
been ordered, including the gen
eral cleaning up of the city, hcjie
to house visitations, the destruc
tion of all disused furniture, and
other rubbish and the extermina
tion of all rats.
No decision has yet been reach
ed as to whether the govern
ment will declare interior quar
antine against Havana!
State Delegations Will Meet in
Convc&l&cn in Chicago August
5th.
v
New York, July 7. A call to
the people of the United States
who are in sympathy with the
"National progressive movement'
to send delegations to a national
convention, to open in Chicago
August 5 was given out thi af
ternoon by United States Sen
ator Joseph M. Dixon of Mon
tana, Theodore Roosevelt's cam
paign manager. The call is sign
ed by members of the committee
chosen at the meeting held in
Chicago. And also includes sig
natures of the Roosevelt follow
ers in forty States.
"The Territories has no place
in a national convention and will
not be considered," declared Sen
ator Dixon, in commenting upon
the signatures. "As for the miss
ing eight States, the most of them
probably will send delegate al
though they have not taken part
in tlie call. Maine, for instance,
postponed definite action because
there is now a strong fight on in
the primrak's, with the sympathy
running in favor of the progress
ive movement. Delaware, North
Carolina, Arkansas and Nevada
probably will take part in the
convention. Mississippi and North
Carolina may possibly be un
represented "Each State will be expected
to select its delegates by its own
paraphernalia. The representa
tion will be cut down to just one
half that of the previous con
ventions. This w as considered ad
visuble since this convention is to
be notably a deliberative body
and will certainly be composed
MANY WITNESSES IN ALLEN
TRIAL.
j?c;stimcny Very Similar to That
Given at Previous Hearing.
Wytheville, Va., July 5, The
case of the Commonwealth agaios
Claude Allen for killing William
M. Foster in the tragedv of
March 14th at Ilillsville, was re
sumed this morning at 9:30 and
j. neudie was introduced as a
witnen. This witness testified
that Floyd Allen told him that if
he was convicted he would kill
W. M. Foster before sundown.
Inaac Martin testified as to
Floyd Allen's statement that he
could not get a fair trial in Car
roll and that he would compro
mise and pay, but if they sent
him to the pen, they would have
tu make a hox for him.
These question and answers
were accepted because they were
intended to prove conspiracy and
that Claude Allen, the prisoner,
was not present and there was no
evidence that the statements
had ever been communicated to
him.
Sidney Shrecker tesitfied that
the evening before the tragedy,
and while the jury were out and
expected in court with their ver
dict, Claudo Allen went up to
his father, Floyd, took him by
the wrist and said, "Let me feel
your pulse," and having done so,
ail, "It beats regularly," and
the father with hand to his
mouth, in a whisper asked Claude
if the boys were ready.
Lawman King's evidence corro
borated Sidney Shrecker.
Joweph A. Hanks, a witness not j
examined in former trials, gave
evidence which corroborated the
last two as to Claude Allen tak
ing hold of his father'a wrist, and
to their whispering,' hpt witness
WHITE HOUSE NOT IN VERY
CHEERFUL MOOD
President Taft is Not Talking
But It is Known He Hoped
Fcr Weaker Opponent.
Washington, July 4, There was
little cheering and few smiles
about the White House today.
The chief cause of the depressed
political atmosphere was the no
mination of Woodrow Wilson by
the Democracy for President.
President Taft, while he Bawl
nothing for publication, had hop
ed f.'om the beginning that the
Democrats would nominate
Champ Clark, Underwood or
Harmon. In fact, ho and some
of his political advisers discussed
plans of campaign figuring 6n
someone else than Wilson or Bry
an as the candidate.
President Taft and his most
enthusiastic supporters fear
Woodrow Wilson as a candidate.
This statement was made to
the correspondent of the World
today by a close political friend
and adviser of the President.
This friend admitted that with
the selection of Governor Wilson
the President' chances are not
near so good as they would have
been had the Democrats nomina
ted some other man.
The supporters of the President
figure that, notwithstanding Col
onerKooaevelt's statement thai
he will continue as the candi
date of the progressive Republi
cans he will not be in the race
on November 5, that many of
the men he has been and is count
ing on will support Governor
Wilson and efface themselves in
dividually as Republicans.
these views were strenthened
somewhat by the receipt of in
formation at the White Hause
that Governor Osborn of Mieha-
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One queer idea rather prevalent
in) the South is that when a
farm implement fails to do good
work on some man's farm ,it is
the fault of the machine. Now a
little thought should convince
anyone that nine-times out of
ten it must be the fault of the
man. All farm implements are
not perfect, of course, and no
one of thean is likely t be best
under all conditions; but it needs
only a moment s reflection to
convince a man who thinks, no
one can afford to make and sell
a machine that will not do good
work if given a fair chance
certainly no man or firm with a
large investment of capital or
with a reputation to lose, or
make, can afford to do so. I
have seen men harrow their corn
and drag out a lot of it, but it
wasn't the harrow's fault. It was
because the land had been poorly
prepared, because the harrow
teeth were not properly set. ami
because the driver did not know
his business. On land prepared
as it should be I can run a har
row all day and not pull up
enough corn for anyone to no
tice it at all two days later. The
man who does not get good re
sults with any standard farm
implement should first of all
make sure that he is handling it
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Progressive Fanner.
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obability the conven
tion will adopt the name "Na
tional progressive' for the new
party. Thus far ry insties hare
been authoritatively stated."
Th Call.
The call says in substauee;
"To the people of the United
States, without regard to past
political differeuces, who through
repeated betrayals, realize, that
today; the power of the crook ed
political bosses and of the priv
ileged classes behind them is so
strong in the two old parties that
no helpful movement in the rei I
interest of our country can come
i out of either;
J'Who believe that the time
has come for a. national progress
ive movement a nation-wide
movement n non - sectional
lines, so that the people may be
served in sincerity and tnvUi by
an organization unfettered by
obligation to couflictinginteresU;
"Who believe in the right and
capacity of the people to rule
themselves, and effectively to
control all the agencies of their
government, and who hold that
only through social and industrial
justice thus secured, can honest
property find permanent protec
tion; V1, iL. i
11 iuj ueiievr uim government
by the few tends to become, and
has in fact become, government
by the sordid of the influences
that control the few;
"Who believe that only
through the movement proposed
can rwe obtain in the nation and
the several States the legislation
demanded by the modern indus
trial evolution;
"Who hold that the com
mandment delivered at Sinai,
'thou shalt not steal' applies to
politics as well as to business;
"To all who are in accord with
these views, a call is herobv is
sued by the provisional committee, the day of the tragedy, next was
under trie resolution of the mass- introduced. His testimony was
meeting held in Chicago on June, brief and no new facts were
22 last, to send from each State I vealed.
a number of delegates whej II. K. Lindsey, the next wintess
ii'i.i 111 ui- roinemiou Mian j introdUCCM, W.'tS aSKCll OtUV fk
count for as many votes as the j few questions which revealed" mj
State shall have Senators and ! new facts. Cyrus Phipps, a civil j
Kepresentatrves in Congress, to j ensrinecr. win" next introduced.'
the convention in Chicago on the, His .estimonv relat-d c?
oth day of August, 1912, for the the facts and incidents
purpose of nominating candidate; shooting, and with a map he de
to be supported for the positions ; scribed the c6urt room at Hills-
said.
C. L. Howell, the foreman of
the jury which convicted Floyd
Allen and who was present at
the tragedy, gave a detailed ac
count of what occurred at the
time. Ills evidence was in line
with thos witneesses who have
heretofore testified as to the
facts and circumstanei.
Owing to the stormy wether
there were fewer spectator. Ji
on any previous day, Vt.
M. C. White, a member otA-
said Floyd Allen said he was not
going to jail. His statements
showed that the witness had been
more particular in taking care of
himself than in seeing what hap
pened. Court adjourned at one thirty
for dinner.
J. G. Ayers, the next witness,
testified regarding his position
at the time of the shooting and
the position of the persons doing
the shooting outside the court
house. He said he was an un
dertaker and saw 'Foster s
wounds. He described them, to
the jury.
Iloscoe Mabry corr6borated the
statements of former witnesses as
to the shooting and positions of
parties. His testimony was very
brief. He had been chiefly con,
cerned in getting out of danger.
The next witness 'was W. C.
Quesenberry, deputy clerk, who
was on the stand for one hour
and ten minutes. He testified
that the first shot came from
the northeast corner of the room
gan had announced he would sup
port Governor Wilson. Th Whit
was too far off to hear what was nearu aiso .uiat the pro
gressive Republican League of
Minnesota would support Gover
nor Wilson.
These same supporters of the
President who are worried now
j over the outlook are of the opin
ion that even if Colonel Roose
velt does go ahead with his third
party movement the only votes
he will get will be from the Re
publican party and a few per
sonal followers who will not be
of any material help to him,
while u. the other hand there
will be thousands of independent
and progressive Republicans who
will support Governor Wilson. It
is figured that as individuals
they can do this without impair
ing their Republicanism and th.Jt
in the event of dissatisfaction
with the Democratic party they
can come back into the fold
without causing any loud protest.
Another indication that the
President's friends are much con
cerned was indicated today when
it became known that some of
the Taft managers already have
begun gathering paraphrases
from Governor Wilson's writings
which they will use in the cam
paign and which they hope will
alienate many of the foreign
votes in the large cities from
Governor Wilson. The Taft
managers are going to dig oilt of
Governor Wilson's writings, too,
everything they can find regard
ing religion and make an effort
to show that he is opposed to
Catholics holding office or tak
ing part in governmental affairs.
Wliile this uidercurrent of fear
Twc Sccre Die in Collisicjn.
Corning. N. Y., July 4. West
bound Lackawanna passenger
train No. 9'from New York, due
here at 5:47 this morning, com
posed of two engines, a baggage
car, three Pullmans, two day
coaches, was demolished at (Jib
son, three miles east of "here, at
5:25 this morning. Forty-one
passengers were killed and be
tween 50 and 60 were injured.
Many of the victims were hol
iday excursionists bound for Ni
agara Falls.
The wreck Is the worst in the
history of the road. Its cause,
according to Engineer Schreeder
of the express, was his failure
to see the signals set against his
train. The wrecked train stocd
on the main track, blocked by a
crippled freight train. There was
no flag out, according to the
engineer. The signals, which he
declared it was too foggy to see,
were just around the curve. The
express plunged past them, and
rushed into the rear of No. 9
bringing death to two score passengers.
Schreeder had taken No. 11 at
Elmira 15 minutes before. He
was a few minutes late. He sent
the train at 65 miles an hour.
No. 9 was supposed to be half
an hour ahead. He had no warn
ing until he made out the rear
coach of No. 9 through the fog.
Then he threw on the reverse
without shutting off the steam.
The jerk threw the train off the
track. The engine plunged
through two day coaches filled
with passengers and tore through
the last of the Iullmai.
Schreeder said the impact thre
Schreeder said the impact threw
him roadboad practically unhurt.
The engine continued, to plunge
through the middle of the train
grinding everything in its path
Rescuers wereucklv on the
STTeiTir"
inj'ured to the hospitals and the
dead to the morgues was im
peded by the ' blocking of the
road, which was filled with au
tomobiles and other vehicles.
Most of the bodies were badly
mangled.
and then from the direction ofi1 manifesting- itself, such old
Floyd Allen. The witness said he! party workers as Representative
fired twice at Floyd. He said
he came in the room armed be
cause of previous trouble with
Jack Allen. The witness was
subjected to a grilling cross ex
amination by Judge Hairston.
J. T. Cochran, at whose restur
ant the Aliens ate breakfast on
re-
Redenberg, of Illinois, Senator
Hurnham, of New Hampshire,
Representatives Anthony, of Kan
sas, Bartholdt of Missouri, and
ex -Representative Itennel of
New York, are talking Taft.
They say there is nothing to it
but Taft and that many conser
vative Democrats will support, the
President.
The full situation will be can
vassed next Monday when the
President will confer with the
MiWommittee of nine of the na
tional committee. These com
mitteemen will be the house
guests of the President and will
..! remain here until fcnmeth'inf. l.f-
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Notice.
By virtuo of a deed of trust
executed to me by C. II. Sim
cox and wife, dated the 18th day
of January 1912 to secure il debt
of $1300 due and pavable $700
May 31, 1912 and $100 annually
thereafter. Said deed of trust
being given to secure note ex
ecuted to S. G. Harbor and
whereas the fault was made in
the payment of the $700 at its
maturity. Upon the application
of S. G. Harbor, the beneficiary, I
will sell for cash to the highest
bidder, on the 10th day of Aug.
1912 at 1:30 P. M., in front of
Moore's Hook Store, in the Town
of Mount Airy the following real
estate towit:
Adjoining the lands of Wm.
Woodroffe and others and bound
ed as follows:
First tract: Beginning on a
maple North East corner of Iienn
Durham's survey, runs South to
Chas. V. Winfrey's line and a
stone West 1100 feet; thence
North to tho old line; thence East
to the beginning, containing 10
acres more or less.
Second tract: Beginning on a
forked post oak, runs South 16
chains to a white oak on bank
of Sage Creek, Wset 2U chains
to a red oak, North 41'-' chains
to a white oak, East 16.44 chains
to a chestnut and stake in the
old line; South 4'1 chains to a
stake in the old line; South 22.54
chains to a stake in R. S. Creed's
line West to the beginning; con
taining 92 acres more or less.
Lying and being in Surry Coun
ty, N. C. Sale made to satisfy
said debt, interest and cost.
This July 6th, 1912.
John II. Folgcr,
Trustee.
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