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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-30
AWFUL DO[NS!
Newer In the History of BingviIIe
Has There Been Sich SkandaI-
iOus- Proceedings as Took
Place at Last Town Meeting
Full EXPOSURE Of Just What
Went on as Per Below
the Sickening Details

AS promised IN the eddytoria1 per-
ceeding we herewith give as folIers the
full details of what TUX place at the
Annual Bingvi1le Town Meeting yes
terday wk ago at the Town Hall.
1t was intended to hold this meeting
early in March as ushual, bat owing to
the infloocnce of certain citizens who
was running for offs and wanted more
time to eleckshineer for theirselfs the
mtg was postponed.
The Offices which was filled Is as fol-
lers: Three selectmen-one town con-
stubble-one treashurer-three assessors
one board of he1th consisting of three
men. and that's ALL
There wassent much strife for the
offs of selectmen, being as its all work
In this capacity and no pay-that is,
its all work perviding the selecktmen
do their duty, which they aint, for 10,
these many years. If we could git
board of selecktmen into offs in Bing-
vile who would be awake and live to
the best interests of the town instid of
being no better than three store clothes
dummies this town would long ago have
took her place among the metropolisses
of this country, but what can you ex-
peckt when you elecl1t men to offs who
2 wks afterward forget they are town
selectmen unless somebody reminds
them of same7 You can't expeckt
Cy Hoslcins, who has been selectman
for 10, these many yrs, a nounced some !
time ago that he would not run agin. |
Cy said that he had been serving Bing- |
vile for ii yrs as town selectman and |
thort he had did his share and now to |
let somebody else shoulder the response |
oilitty & have a whack at it, for instants.
This sounds turrible funny to Bingville |
folks becuz everybuddy knows that dur
ng the II yrs Cy has been selectrnan he
Amt turned SO much as a finger for the
good of Bingville
The other two selectmen, consisting
IF Plutarch Stone and Lem Brown, Our
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-30

| expert carpenter, said that as for them,
they was willing to run agin-they said
they hoped the citizens of Bingville
wouldn't think for a minnit that they
was deserters like Cy Hoskins was and
! that so long as they could serve Bing-
vile with the last drop of their life's
blood they was willing to do SO and
would do so cheerfu1ly, and that all the
offs had to do was to call them and
they would work their finger nails off
for the good of the town without pay or
emollununts, pay or even thanks This
sounded purity funny also, becuz Plu-
tarch and Lem in all the years they
have been selectrnen amt done nothink
tall and probably never will. How
ever, both was eleckted.
Bill Hepburn, our artistick black
smith, was candidate to take Cy's place
Consternashion rained soopreme when
the news got out that Bill was a going
to run. 1t seemed turrible to think of
the possibility of man running for
selectmen who has a reg1ar habit of
going to the Co. seat every Saturday
and coming home full as ushual. 1t
seemed awful to think of Bill under the
lnflooence of Ticker collaborating at a
mtg of the selecktmen on deep problems
which affected the future growth &
posterritty of Bingvil1el
Bill worked like a beaver among our
citizens and almost before ennybuddy
knowd it he had pledged to hisself %
votes. Bill promised them as said they |
would vote for him that if they didn't |
keep their word he would give them the |
doggondest thrashin they ever had, and |
as result we calkilate everybody who |
promised Bill their votes voted as they |
promised. The Ticker element of Bing-
vile worked tooth & nail for Bills |
This ticker element con-
sists of Hank Dewberry, Deacon Snod-
grass (who has barrels of hard cider
in his cellar), Ranse Smiley, who says
he can take it or let it alone, but he
can't let it alone, & Scion Jones, who
drinks alkahol split exclusively
The church element worked agin Bill
like everything, because as they said,
what turrible calamity would it be if
Bill should git hisself eleckted and then
use his inflooence to start a saloon in
8ingville PERISH THE THORT!
And if Bill didn't have enuff of infloo-
,nce and argument with the other two
;elecktmen to do so like as not he'd
Use brute force and threats to intimrni-
late EN- to do as he wanted EN- to.
But in spite of everything that could .
,e did Bill was eleckted Selecktman of ,
3ingvifle. Amt it awful
There was awful fight for constable r
Seth Dewberry has been town constub- :
lie for so long that there amt no rec :
,rd of how long he has been, and Seth /
int never had any opposhition in the /
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-30
EDDYTORIUL

We set down in Our offs chair
(Which by the by amt much of q
chair being as it only has 8 legs &
is what you might call wobblv-
onct or twict, we forget which, we
have set down on this chair mad
vertantly and owing to its unstable
equilibrium have been split on the
floor suffering a severe Jolt &
shock but injuring Our feelings a
good cal more than we did our per
son where we struck, but this has
teached us a lesson SO that now
when we set on this chair we are
pretty blamed keerful how we set
& Deposit ourself on said chair in
SIGH manner that we don't take no
chances of falling and breaking a
leg or a ankle or maybe our fool
neck)
To go back to the beginning we
set down in Our offs chair and
take our eddytoriu1 pen in hand to
dash off a red hot eddytoriul rela-
tive & appertainin to the An
nual Town Meeting which was
held in Bingville yesterday (sat-
terday) wk ago.
We would fain not write what is
In Our heart to write about this
Town Meeting which was a dis
erase to the enterprising City of
Bingvi1le and will go down in his
tory as one of the most contu-
mealious episodes which ever took
place in Our midst. We repeat that
we wisht we could be spared writ
Ing this burning eddytoriul about
the Town Meeting, becuz being
upright and honest &
gile and above reproach
and full of integrity, as we might
say, it of course goes against our
grain to even dip our untarnished
pen into this miserable mess.
A full acct of just what took
part at this Town Meeting will be
found in another collurn, that is to
say the news of the meeting will
De found elsewhere. What we wish
o say here we wish to say eddy
oriully which is as folders:
We believe we voice the senti-
nents of the better element of
3ingville (Which by the way is
urrible small elenent) when we
ay that in our eddytoriul opinion !
3ingviile is disgrased for life by ;
ust what took place yesterday a .
vk. ago. My goodness, how has
he mighty fell in Bingville when
ONE of our citizens (sorne of 'ern
.lso n'ernheEs and regarded as 8
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-30
DISAPINT MENT
notice.!

We desire to state herewith tfiaR
we are a good cal disappointed not
to be able to give much if emmy
think in this ishue of the Booglo
except a Eddytoriul & a full acct
Gin another colltnn) about the dis
graseful town meeting which took
place in our midst recent.
We are not only disappointed to
devote the almost whole of this wlSs
Bugle to town meeting news, but
we fear you will be also and if this
is true we will be more disappointed
er than ever, but. be that as it may
we couldn't do otherwise becuz we
Jest had to say what we had to say
about this town mtg no matter how
much room it took up in the Bugle,
but goodness knows we didn't think
it was a going to take up the whole
entire paper or we would of mads
a effort to of expresd ourself in
fewer words - however, what we
have said we have said and we only
hope that it will do some good. but
we doubt tive have wrote purity
sharp things in the past, hoping
hey would do some good, but they
1idn't, and we call1ilate never will,
70 we amt got much hope that this
will this time.
Watch the Boogle next week BY
hat time we hope to have a whole
ness of local items, personal ment-
hion, country correspondence,
irths, marriages, soshial news con-
erning the Bingville smart set and
Their things too numerous to ment-
hion in the paper.
Look sharp then for next weeks
'ugglle
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
CATCH ANOTHER
Of ALLEN GANG
Youngest Of MOuntaineers Who
Killed Court Officers
Bring Def.
Western Newspaper Union News Service,

Western Newspaper Union News Service,
Hillyille, Va.-Frel Allen, a blue
eyed stripping of II, youngest OF the
eight of the Allen gang, each indicted
for the five murders in the Carroll
county courthouse a fortnight ago,
was captured in a carriage shed at
the home Of his father, Jack Allen,
eight miles from here, He cheertully
submitted to arrest and now occupies
a cell in the Hillyille jail with his
cousin, Claude Swanson Allen, who
surrendered without resistance to the
detectives.
Only Sidna Allen, man Of middle
age, and his young nephew, Wesley
Edwards, both bold mountaineers Of
reckless daring, are fugitives. They
are the last of the outlaw band whose
fusilade of bullets killed Judge,
sheriff, prosecutor, Juror and by
stander on March A.
Friel Allen deserted the two men
still at large, an brought back their
ultimatum of defiance, Both are pre-
pared to resist until death.
A fathers anxiety to have his young
est son spared a terrible death in
the mountains is assumed to be the
cause of Friel Aliens capture, Jack
Allen was not involved in the court,
house shooting, but it is known that
since his son Friel Joined the outlaws
he has been trying to advise him to
submit to the mercy of the law.
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
NEVER FIGHT WITH BURGLAR
Upset a Chair and Friuhten Him Away
THAT Is the Advice Of City
GAIiceman.

Don't ever hunt a burglar. Make
noise and frighten him away Upset
chair or slam a door
Almost all burglars carry revolv-
ers Of the frest kind. A pete man
or safe blower, the most dangerous
kind Of criminal usually carries an
automatic revolver, as it gives the
quickest action.
Every householder should have a
weapon in the house, but he should
never use It unless to save his life.
1T is the inexperienced man whose
use Of the revolver makes It danger
Gus.
"A professional or expert burglar
will never shoot unless to avoid cap.
ture A safe blower will shoot at a
policeman or any intruder, as for them
capture means long term in prison"
Special Officer Edward Brophy, an
expert, made these statements, says
the Pittsburgh Post 1t is only on
the very rarest occasions that he can
be induced to talk about himself, but
it is a fact that he is crack shot
with pistol He has made a study Of
weapons, and has a collection Of them
at his home ranging from little baby
hammerless" revovers to huge Win
chester rifles, a shot from which will
move a heavy safe. He has always
been interested In guns, and has ia.
ken special pains to learn about the
guns burglars and other criminals
carry,
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
Whine Of Good Manners.

Tho woman who amounts to any.
thing these days must have good man.
nors, There are exceptions, but tho
woman who would mako friends for
herself or business for her firm will
have u lot easier time and be more
successful II she has acquired personal
charm, An unfortunate manner nou.
trali2os the good a woman does, The
capable woman need not grow slack
IN her work because she leads, not
drives; because she Is soft OF voice
suoyc OF tongue, kindly Of heart, and
gracious to ALL Tho reason most OF
the women are otherwise than suaye
Is that the turmoil Of life gets tho up,
per hand They let their nerves 20
and good breeding folows
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
EXPRESSION IN MODERN HAND
Denotes Thoughtfulness TO the obserV'
er, as Well as Some Of the Ne"
Virtues.

There Is no doubt that the express
sion of the hand in higher civilized
races has changed, in a hundred years
said an obserVant woman the other
day, quite as much as that OF the
face The perfect hand of the paint
ers." says Richard Pryce in his novel,
christopher" "the Hand Beautiful OF
convention, lacked subtleties.' NOW
these subtleties may be preceived any
night at any dinner table where Su-
perior Persons are gathered together.
The modern hand is a thoughtful hand,
and makes use of gestures which de-
note the new virtues Of pity and altru-
ism, as well as an extraordinary feel
ing for the arts, especially that OF
music. If you took an audience at
one of the classical concerts and ex-
amined their hands, you would hardly
find one of the old, blunt, square-tin-
gered, brutal type among them Sir
Henry Irving had beautiful and essen
tally modern hands and he used
them with extraordinary effect in his
acting How often one would look at
his hands instead of his face in some
great scene-so expressive were they
of his emotions In medieval times
only saints and martyrs possessed the
kind of a hand which you see nova
days belonging to a high school teach
er or a celebrated physician. Yet Mr..
Pryce's heroine bellies her intellectual
hands She is an arrant coquette, and,
in spite of her superfne and modern
emotions, cOntrives to treat the hero
very shabbily These modern hands,
with all their subtleties, are therefore
not to be trusted. Indeed, their very
complexities are a snare to the I'M
wary observer.
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
MILITIA IS GIVEN
CONTROL Of TOWN
Mob Violence In Rock Island,
Ill.,, Had Been Running
Wild.
Western Newsrnper Union News Service


Rock Island, Ill.-Fearing a renewal
of riots which resulted in the death
of one man and the shooting or sew
eral others, two of whom may die,
Mayor Schriver has relinquished his
powers as mayor to officers of the
Sixth Illinois Regiment Of National
Guards, modified here
The soldiers now patrol the streets
and keep crowds from congregating.
Mayor Schriyer issued the following
statement:
81 feared trouble, and talked with
various citizens as to the best course
to pursue | did not want to inter
fere with free speech, but was anxious
to prevent disturbances and violence.
"The police we're particularly care
full to do nothing that would start
trouble. They stood brayely all kinds
Of taunts and ridicule on the streets,
submitted to assaults with bricks and
rocks, and finally when three OF them
were driven to the river bank, they
found refuge in the police station.
when the mob came down to the
police station the police did not open
fire until they found they were trap
ped, and then they fired several vol
leys over the heads Of the crowd, after
Commissioner Hart had gone out IN
front Of the station and urged the mob
to disperse.
ale was met with ieers and taunts
and fusilade Of bricks.
'"The shots were fired into the crowd
only after most Of the windows in the
city hall and station had been broken
and number of the policemen inside
had been hit with bricks and stones.
"The whole trouble from its incep.
tion may be traced to the fact that |
enforced the law against disorderly
saloons and chop suey joints
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
RemnrL Caused Annusnnent-

George Burrell, the room clerk at
the Imperial, was pu2zIing over the
laughter that followed a direction he
gave party that was on It's way to
the door the other night
Three clorgymen and the wife Of one
Of them had dlned IN the restaurant,
and one OF the guests, anxious to re-.
turn the hospitality, had come out and
asked the clerk to get him some seats,
This he arranged with the ticket stand
down by the door The party came
out and Burrell directed them to the
stand, Then as they turned away, the
clerk dosirous Of having them get tho
tickets he had bargaipod for, shouted,
Don't forget, doctor your seats are
in Ll"-New York sun.
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
Honor uttefer Of EnIaramA.

The japanese are great admirers OF
eplgrams and apt phrases Their love
Of such things Is carried 80 far that
when guest says something unusual
ly brilliant the host or hostess will
beg him TO write down his remark In
large ornamental script The sentence
ia thon mounted and hung on the wall
IA n permanent addition to itp orpa
ments much ae We might hang up n
text or motto, Naturally the author
OF bon mot treated In this way feels
hlmecf highly honored to be thus
placed on record But tho sentences
arc selected more for their wisdom
than their humori no that the funny
man N not much IN evidence,
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
POSTAL BANKS OF ARKANSAS
Statement Showing Business Done by
New Saving System.

Western Newspaper Union News Service,
WashingtOn.-On January 81 Of this
year, there were 90 postal savings
repositories in operation in Arkansas,
with deposits amounting to over S6I-
300, according to a report issued by
the postoffice department This
amount was deposited by about $50
depositors, or an average of $50 per
depositor.
Since the opening of postal savings
repositories in Arkansas there have
been approximately $50 accounts open.
ed and more than 2,l0O deposits made,
Or an average of over two deposits
to each depositor, and about $50 with
drawals, or an average of less than
one to each depOsitOr.
Compared with the number Of de.
positors and amount on deposit with
other states, Arkansas is thirtyfourth
In number of accounts remaining open
January 81, and twenty,ninth in total
amount remaining on deposit, show
ing that Arkansas banks are relatively
higher in amomt of money deposited
than in number of depositors
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
School Land Ship.

One Of the features of their public
school training which the boys OF Ber-
lin, Germany, enjoy most is the land
ship" on which young sailors go
through a regular daily training, The
Hts is the name Of the land ship
which has been built and which has a
crew OF 120 boys, The larger boys act
as officers When they are at work
on the land ship the boys dress in mid
dy blouses and caps. There IS gun
practice on the land ship every day,
and naval drill, and all the usual
work Of ship is done by the boys.
They have the greatest fun in climb.
ing the spars and hosting the sails,
and life on the Hts is so popular that
there are always more applicants for
the crew than there are places to be
filed.
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06

Angry, hurt, bewildered. he had
finally gone to her father, who dis
claimed any knowledge Of Marcia's
love affairs. His manner proclaimed,
politely enough, his unwillingness to
be told of them. But Stephen Wright
would be heard He was not man
whom even a narrowly escaped father
in-law ignores.
TITS sO-unfair!" he protested
hotly, summing up the situation, "and
so--unlike her One day she owns
she loves me and promises to marry
me A few hours after | am called
away by telegram for a week-before
could even speak to you about 1t,
sir" the old man bowed in recogni-
ton-"and on my return | find on
my desk, re-enveloped and addressed
to me in her hand, every one of the
frequent letters | wrote her while
away Not one of them had she Oren-
ed! Then | rush out to see her. and
have a servant tell me that she Is not
at home to me, and never will be! |
try the phone, and she refuses to talk.
send Mrs. Townsend, her best friend
and mine, to her, and am told that she
coldly refused to mention me' And
now you, sir, say you cant help me-"
Women are always-in some way
unfair" said the old man slowly,
as he rose defiantly. 81 know moth
ing about this. | am-sorry for you,
but | cannot interfere. ! will tell her
what you say. If she sends you any
word | will write you"
That had been all It was a pro
ceeding that matched the dullness Of
the November day.
Stephen had gone home, grilled
hopelessly over the matter for a weary
night, and in the morning had pitched
into his business to keep from think.
ing He hated a mystery. A mystery
between himself and Marcia was un-
bearable A month passed, two
months. Still he tried to think what
he could have done His clean young
life was unshadowed by anything
darker than the merest usual follies
He had always been decent. His con
science was clear And--he lad nev.
er loved any one but her He has had
a few ephemereal boysh fancies, such
as he had had for Kate Boyd, whom
he had been beauing about a bit be-
fore Marcia came home from college
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
Als Offer Of Services Genuine, Though
Under the Circumstances Are
humorous

"You can't get man away from HIS
eetehsword," commented the dishev'
eled person who had just come In with
a broad swath Of city dust down the
length OF his clothes one side uf
him was anything but imn.aculate, and
he was very much out OF breath
"You sec" he explained, II fell
down was running for u train aud
fell, But what interests me most Ia
this eateh.wofd business, There's no
use trying to interfere with fellows
AebIts Of Me, llo's going to say Just
what he's always said He's got to
use hIs little phrase whether or no."
whats the story2" Inquired one OF
the men beside the Are, and the new,
.omer told IT, to prove bis point
II waN running for n train, as |
said" he began "and trlppcd on that
Internal boardwalk from tho subway
station to the Crane Central and fell
Hat | simply had 10 yet a package on
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
ARREST MADE IN
IN LYNCH|NC PROBE
Prominent Contractor Is in Jail
Charged With First Degree
Murder.
POSTAL BANKS IN ARKANSAS
While Deposltors Are Small in Num-
Der They Make Larger Deposits
Than others.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Fort Smith.-John c. Slower a we'll
known building contractor of this city
was arrested and lodged in Jail, charg-
ed with being the leader of the mob
that hanged Sanford Lewis, a l9-year-
old negro boy, to a street car pole on
Garrison avenue recently. Friends Of
Showers offered to furnish bond Of
$4,000 for his release, but this was
declined. Showers is charged with
first degree murder He was arrested
by Sam Smart former night captain
Of the local police force, who was sus.
pended from duty following the ne,
gro's lynchng because the police did
not prevent the mob from breaking
into the Jail, Smart declares he is
positive Showers led the mob
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
PENSION BILL IS KILLED
Measure Passed by House Defeated
and Another Is Substituted,

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washilgton.--The senate by vote
Of 81 to l6, rejected the Sherwood
dollara.day pension bill, which had
passed the house and enacted the
Smoot general age aud service pension
law. which, It is estimated, will in.
crease the pension roll by $2O,O0O0OO
annually during the next five years,
Reference by Senator Oyerman TO the
Souths great burden because Of pen
sion legislation brought a tart reply
from Senator William Alden SMITH OF
Michigan The bill requires benefi.
cIarics to have served 90 days and
provides pensions ranging from $lS
to $50 q month, instead Of a G0.day
minimum and Sl5 to $50 pension as in
the house measure, The bill now goes
to conference with the house,
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-06
She Was Very Constrained and Quiet,

From that moment Marcia had been all,
and Kate--a mere friend He was too
chlyalrous Of mind to have It come to
his mind that Kate might have cared,
She had been Jolly, Kate.
Christmas cold and snow and good
cheer all passed, stephen Wrigtt
felt numb His anger had left him,
and only helpless hurt remained, He
had given up going anywhere lest he
meet her, as he had done a few times.
Once he had taken Kate, in the old
way, to a little company Marcia was
there Somehow she managed to
avoid even speaking to him, and early
In the evening went homo with a
headache which he believed to be un.
real. Twice thereafter he met her on
the street Her dark bright eyes
seemed not TO SEQ him, Then he re-
Fused Invitations from the set to
which they both belonged He would
not trouble her nor torture himself
That was n bad winter. January
and February crawled by March
cnmo suddenly, unseasonably warm
The SHOWS melted to rivers In the
streets. People caught colds, but an
electric shock Of vitality passed
through everything, Spring was on
the Tay,
On such an afternoon stephen, his
face n little thin and drawn, left the
ovcrwork Of the once and strolod out
into the air He began for the mil
lIonth time to wonder why Marcia
had--thon he stopped himself Thai
way lay heartbrcak and sort OF mad