"Flared here hy a friend and
citisen «f Virginia."
(A Um front of the monument la
the family mum "Allen." On the
laft aide la cat tlM mm "CUwde"
and on the right aide that of Ma
fathar, "Floyd." Thu* tha Mm
awfui fata tha* thaaa Ma mat. From
tima to tiaae thin haa bam much
comment orar tha i—> i iption that waa
placed upon tha marble alab. Dw
Ing tha Tiatt of Governor Trinkla to
thia city, whan ha mat Covtrmr Mar
riaon at tha food roads nuatlag bare,
tha Virginia Governor stopped and
viewed tha gravea of tha two Alien*
He bad heard about tha inecript.on
and whea ha aaw with hia own eye*
tha full maaninc of It he is said to
have remarked that ha expected to
take some action to have tha inscrip
tion removed, bat ahaoet daily people
visit the (raves and view with a shud
der tha spirit that liea behind the
proteat aa will be voiced through the
agea by tha cold word* en craved on
the enduring marble.
. On j»Ij» day of tb e tragedy at HUls
villa Floyd Allen noatained • broken
leg and was on Ale to make his es
cape. Clauds returned to his hme
home at the foot of the Blue Ridge
and remained in hiding far several
days. Growing tired of having to
dodge tha oflerre ha sent word by)
friend* to Sheriff Haynea, of thia|
city, that he waa ready to aurraadar.
So Sheriff Haynea in company with •
Felts detective went t* Claude's hid-1
lag place, took him In tpetady and
aarried him U Roanoke jail All tha
«M*r msmhiri sacapsd and In the
trial. By that time —iiilnunt teem
ed to haw softene* toward them to
n certain degree and after a long
legal battle in the cewrta they eerap
•><1 the death sentence, but received
•oiitrnce* equivalent to life imprison
ment. All the members oa enter
ing prison announced their intention
of making model prisoners and all
during the years they lived op to that
declaration. Those who visited them
regularly were oonvijjrod that they
had reformed and during the past ftve
or sis years this rhange in them has
ever been urged aa a reason for their
pardon, the argument being advanced
before tlh "Utter wu defrvered. Mr.
Cook haa «ivw> all hi. ckiUm ioo4
farms and when hi* laat anniveraary
dull have been celebrated ha will
leave a reputation that mtiht wall be
imitated by bin neifbbon and ha will
Ion* he remembered by hia help for
the needy.
Boaaie Durham lout hia homo by Mr*
Tueaday. Mra. Durham waa at the
■print wanhitHr and two children
adleep in the houae barely eacaped.
They loat ererythint and had no in
lighting the
part of them have
to laae* their
will whee county
authoritiea romhbtad to
at the tan. An
of itsmagwi hu been
and. at a lata hoar toaight m
para at haitlnc the advance at the
by ob
to Asheville.
Valuable property U maaacad by
the flaama. which the men ha™
baa* unable to check. Two of
firefighters baefaae entrapped
today bitww the advancing
of fire and the llamss from the
burned h rtMihc tkea from
trap.
LmU today the flames croaaad the
Buneombe county line and tonight
were advancing hungrily Into the
finest timber in that section of the
county. Appeals for aid hava been
seat to neighboring town* and it is
expected that before morning more
than a thousand ram will be lighting
the lire with scientific methods under
the direction of the local foresterx
OOcmc Kills Sail After Shoot
ing lnmocMt Man.
Norton, Vh., April 17.—Because he
thought he had shot an innocent maa.
Ellis Dye,. Wiaa oeuaty prohibition
odSoer. {, dead from a selMnflk-tcd
George HiU. a
la •
black spot* on each wine cow, and
la about one-fourth of M inch kmc.
Tfca larva ia oranjr* color**) and to
frequently daarribad M
•fhi* Inaact feeda on the plant* of
all kind* of table bean*, rowpeaa, any
bean*, bergarwead, and other* of laa
ier Importance. The principal-injury
'a dona to the foliar*, bat in c**e*
at haavy infestation rreen poda are
foatroyed.
"Marneaium arsenate, uaad aa a
■pray or a* a dnat to th^ moat proaria
ln» huactlctda. Calcioa* araanata