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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19

Of YOUTHS
George Lowe and Gertrude Hixon
Slip Away From HOinefolks
and Wed.

George Lowe, son OF Engineer D.
Lowe, and himself an empioye of the
tise Southern Railway, eloped Sunday
night with Miss Gertrude, the pretty
year old daughter Of. Mr..
ana. Mrs. j. u. Hixon. There had
been objection from the parents of the
young lady because of her tender age,
and so the young couple took advant-
age of the absence of Miss Hixon's
parents at church Sunday night, slip
ped over to the home of Esquire Win
field Kyker, where they were quickly
made man and wife and then they
boarded the Carolina Special and
went to Knoxville, sending word back
to the young lady's parents in order
that they would not be alarmed at her
absence. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe return
ed to the Lowe home Monday morn
ing, however. because of the very SER
ious illness of Miss Pansy Lowe, who
is down with the fever.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19

RIDGE and is the leaderof the Allen
clan, whose members have been at va
rance with the law for years. Floyd
and claude Allen are under sentence of
death i'm Virginia now for the shoot
ing at the trial another member of
the family. Floyd is brother of Sidna
A Allen and Claude is Floyd Aliens SON.
Two other members of the gang,
Friel Allen and Sidna Edwards, the
latter brother of the man captured
here, today, have been sentenced TO
long prison terms. Victor Allen, an
other defendant, was aquitted in Wy
tn svil lie yesterday.
Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards
were hunted through the Virginia
m ,untains with bloodhounds for
weeks until al. trace of them was lost.
Sidna Allen will not only go back TO
face the charges against him there with
,outextradition papers but he feels that
he will be set free If he can get trial
before fair jury.
On March "A, last, the Allen clan of
Hillsville, Va. in trying to free Floyd
Allen on trial for assault, opened fire
on the courtroom and killed Judge
Thornton l.. Massie. Commonwealth
Attorney William NJ. Forter, Sheriff
Lee l.. Webb, Juror Fowler and Miss
Elizabeth Ayres.
The,Allens, seven or eight in num-
ber, shot their way out of the court
room, mounted their horses and fed
to the mountains on the border be-
tween Virginia and North Carolina.
Posses heavily armed and accom-
panied by bloodhounds started in pur-
suit. Time after lime 1t was said the
outlaws were surrounded and capture
was near, but each time they escaped.
At last, after weeks of hunting, one
by one they were caught or surrender
ed, until only Sidna Allen, leader of
the clan, and his nephew, Wesley Ed
wards, were at large.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19
Had Been Sick for Some.
Time But is Much
Improved.
COURT AGAIN NEXT WEEK
Only Misdemeanor Cases Tried
This Week-The Hixon Muir.
der Case is Set for Tuesday
and a Special Panel of ESQ
Men is to Be Summoned By
the Sheriff.

Judge McHenderson, who has bcem
i'll fer several months, was able to hold
court here Monday much TO the grati-
fication of hosts OF friends who have
regretted his absence from the bench
The Judge found heavy docket, bnt
because he did not wish TO keep any OF
the good citizens from the fair because
ofjury duty or because they were sum
moned as witnesses, he decided to try
only the misdemeanor eases and the
Hixon murder case which will prove
the most interesting case of the courts
as well as to be the most stuBbOrnly.
fought was continued TO Tuesday OF
next week, it being made a special orr
der for that day. A special panel OF 4
% men was selected and will be sum-
moned by the sheriff TO be in.atteslsi--
on that date.
The Hixon murder case which grows
out of the killing of Jesse b. HUFF, n.
member of the county court and
member Of one OF the eounty's best u
families has been twice continued, bnt
all indications point to being tried at
this term.
The only other murder case on the
docket is that of Euretha and Josie
Reese, mother and daughter, charged
with the murder of young man nam
ed Davis in fight between Davis'wifes,
and the Reese women. This case was
continued by the defence because Of
the arrival of baby in the Reese home
just a few days previous.
The case of felonious assault against
Harry Green and others was contin- +
ued because Mr.. Green is at present
confined to his bed suffering frem al
pistol wound which he received sat
urday at the hands Of VIII Timmons-
The following compose the gran4
jury which summoned large num-
Der of witnesses to appear before III.
Joe Burnett, foreman; Isaac Henry, j. Y
G. Ellason, Ash Wood j. A. Neither
! ton, I. J. Gillispie, Joel Dennis, Dug
Blazer, NJ. A. Presnell, J. i. Marshall,
Hunley LaRue, c. 7. Marshall.
Misses Sue and Mamie Jones 0f
Sweetwater, Tenn, are expected 10
arrive i'm Newport this week. They
will be guests of Mrs. b. ID. Jones.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19

The big feature will offer several good
contests during the days. There are
over thirty horses quartered in the
grounds and Wednesday, the opening
day, found them ready for the speed
contests.
The Wild West show; perpetual
motion machine, hippodrome, Indian
mummy, snake show, the trained
bear and the merry-go-round are some
of the amusements which are attract
ing atttenion and then. too, there are
numerous takers on the grounds who
offer ever advantage to the people TO
be amused. In town there IS fine
and Millers big shows
are exhibiting and II Newport does
not break all attendance records today
Thursday 1t will be because the
weather man has interfered and al.
present, indications are that he win be-
kind.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19

EVERYBODY WANTS AUTO
The Contest. Of The Newport
Plain Talk viii Attract More
Attention Than Anything Of
the Kind Ever Attempted Here
and the Contestants Are Al
ready Getting Busy.

The big autom obi!e contest announc.
ed last week by the PLAIN TALK is
attracting much attention and there
will be "A large list of contestants in
the first announcement. The larger
the list the smaller the number OF
votes it will take TO produce the vim
ner.
The contest will be the first held in
Cooke county in which will appear
contestants from bolh sexes. There
are several young men who say they
could use the Metz automobile, we are
Offering, in their business and there
are several young ladies' who would
like TO be the drivers OF their own
machine.
This will mean that the competition
will be keen and that the contest Will
be one which will hold the interest Of
the entire county,.
Cooke county is not TO have clear
field, for we understand that there
will be contestants from other coun-
ties and this will mean added interest.
The Metz car which we have offered
will be a ''l9l3u model and IL will be
uae first of the cars of the new year to
ieave the factory. This car is equipped
complete with = windshield and has
center control, these being features
which were missing from the 1912 car.
Whileitls two passenger car. it car
ries seat which is attached to the
rear and is therefore really a tlAree pas
senger ear.
The hill climbiRg abilities Of this
car are ungueslioe,ed and with its
four cylinders il has as mueh power
as the high priced cars and should last
life time.
We urge al! prebable cantestants to
turn in their name. early Clip the
coupon appearing in the page adver-
tisement and make them start you off
toward victory. Ne haNea list Of con-
testants already and you should have
your name OH the list before he first
Of October when the contest officially
opens. See ycue friends during the
fair and get as many pie aged TO help
you as possible. Your strongest as
set is your friends and you should use
them. Call at the office and sub
scription receipt book.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19
JUDGE McHENDERSON HERE
HOLDS CIRCUIT COURT
SPECIAL live
STOCK TRAIN
Will Be Run Through Newport
By Southern Every
Thursday.

Atlanta, ia, Sept. l6.-.arransc-
ments have been completed by the
southern Railway for the special live
stock service to be operated Thursday
of each week from September I2th to
November 2Sth for handling cattle
from East Tennessee and western
North Carolina points TO Eastern mar
kets and the Virginia feeding grounds.
On Thursday of each week during
this period trains will start from fBris-
tol at 7:30 A. NJ, Hartman Junction
at 7:A. NJ and Ooltowah at $50 A. NJ,
and will be consolidated at Morris
town, leaving the New Line yard at
2:45 p. NJ and arriving Ashcville al
.; % p. NJ. Trains will leave Murphy
at 700 A. NJ, arriving Asheyiile al
700 p. NJ, and will leave Rosman on
the Pennsylvania division at 1885 A.
NJ, arriving Asheville at 405 z. NJ.
At Ashevil,e The stock will be made
into trainloads and run special to
Spencer which will be reached by 10
A. M. Friday. Here ample lime will
be allowed for feeding and the special
stock trains will proceed again in the
afternoon, giving arrival at atGreensboro
at 7:l0 p. M. and Danville 9:55 p. NJ
Friday, Raleigh l:55 A. NJ, Goldsboro
1l:OO A. NJ, Richmond 1903 A. NJ.
Lynchburg 4:40 A. NJ, Charlottesville
10: 80 A. NJ, and Potomac Yards 6:45
Z. NJ. Saturday.
This service shonld prove OF great
aid to cattle growers in East Tenn
essee and Western North Carolina
and to farmers i'm Piedmont and
Valley Virginia who draw cattle from
this section to fattcn for market and
is being undertaken by the Southern
Railway for the developmeDts Of the
live stock industry in the Southeast
The approximate leaving time from
any station will be furnished by the
agent. Any genecai information de-
sired will be gladly given by Mr.. +. l..
Word, Live Stock Agent, Atlanta, Ga
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19
NEWPORT MOST IMPORTANT
OF THE FREIGHT CENTERS
FREIGHT Revenue Local Office Averages $4,000 Per Week
Being Exceeded Tennessee Only by Knoxville Chat
tanooga and BrsoOyer 700 Cars Handled in Local Yards
Last Week

Newport is the most important
freight center in East Tennessee bar
ring Knoxville, Chattanooga and
Bristol. In fact IL ismore important
.tnan the Tennessee portion of Bristol.
The freight receipts of the local Of
flee average overSl5, 200 perday which
exceeds that of any Office in East
Tennessee barring the above mention
ed cities.
Morristown with it's boasted five
Thousand populstion; Greenville with
it's many claims and Cleveland with
it's recognized population of over five
thousand and johnson City with it's
seven thousand, handle but small
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19
SIDNA ALLEN
is CAPTURED
Love Affair of Yves Edwards
Leads to His
Arrest.
WlpKIMr I'M nee MlfNCc
WORKING In DES MONIES
Detectives Followed Girl EYon.
Virginia Who Was on Way to
Marry Edwards and the Ar
rests FOllow-The. Last of the
Aliens Have Now Been Cap
tured.

nes Moines, la. Sept.-Led by an
1S-vear-old girl, wco unwittina!y be-
tra.ed her sweetheart 10 tho hands OF
Justice, Detectives Baldwin, Lucas
and Munger of Roanoke, Va. today
arrested Sidda Allen and Wesley Ed
wards, leader and member, rsspec-
lively, of The Allen gang Of outlaws
who killed Su,lge Massie and several
other men in court in Hilisville, Va,
last March
Maud Irolcr of Hiilsviile. sweet
heart of Edwards, came here today TO
marry him she was followed on the
same train by detectives Baldwin,
Lucas and Munger, who trailed her 10
alodging house, where both men were
living and where Allen was arrested
after he had attempted to draw a re-
yolver ON the officers. Wesley Ed
wards was caught late this afternoon
as he was working with street paw
ing gang in one of the suburbs of Des
Moines. Allen has been known here
by his real name, but Edwards has
been going rs Joseph Jackson.
Letters from Edwards To the Iroler
girl while she wasstii in Hillsville led
TO the discovery of the mems where
abouts. In Virginia Sidna Allen Is
known as the ..Old Fox of the Blue
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19
NEWPORT CONVENTION

~ - " . wv 49, a]AS > oAS
Two conventions were held in the
courthouse at the samehour Saturday,
one of which named delegates favoring
the nomination of Sol Rollins for rep
resentative while thecther named del
egates favoring the nomination Of For
iaer Sheriff G. +. Boyer.
The convention was called to ordes
hy Arthur Gates, secretary OF The coun-
ty committee. The first in order was
the naming of a chairman, and here
developed the fight, for the chairman
had the privilege OF naming the cons-
mittee on delegation which in turn
Mamed the delegates. Winfield Ky
ker's name was placed before the com
wention by Judge Cate while Mr.. Bo-
yer nominated j. NJ Rutherford. Mr-
Boyer was quiet enlogistic Of his cath
Gidate, saying that he was friend ol
the people and that he had not gone
about buying MEN To attend the com
venlion and vote for him, that he vas
q man who, like himself, had felt tsae
fangs of poverty.
A rising vote was then taken and
Mir. Cate the acting chairman declar-
ed Mr. kyker elected. The crowd Was
very evenly divided
Mr.. Boyer demanded division. He
asked that his friends be put on one
side OF the house, the friends of Mr.
Kgker on the other and that the Dena-
oeraus and non-residents of the dis
trict take the seats in 1he middle OF The
h0lse.
ia. Fisher and q. r. Hughes were
nasled tellers and after the division
had been made, it showed that Mr.. KY
Continued on Page p
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19
One man SHOT
DURING MELEE
Harry Green of Bybee Suffers
a Very Painful
Wound.
TIMMINS USED HIS GUN
Rollins and Boyer Crowd Have
Split Conventions, and While
Rollins Has Enough Uncontest-
ed Delegates to Nominate, Two
Nominations Are Assured Next
Saturday.

Disorder and confusion reigned
Saturday in the conventions to name
delegates 10 the county convention
next Saturday at which time Re-
publican candidate for the legislature
will be nominated. In five precincts
split delegations will be sent TO the
convention and in each case there was
a question as. to the number of men
each side had in attendance.
10 ascertain the number present
was impossible for each man
asked would express his opinion as
per his sentiment. IL he was Rollins
man, the Rollins faction had the
crowd and if he was a Boyer man the
Boyer faction had the crowd.
At fsybee there was bloodshed, and
a general riot in which numerous
parties were struck by stones. There
came up a division over the count and
one faction left the school house door
in order 70 get count, What these
iiguegs showed is uncertain, no two
persons giving the result the same, but
the Rollins chairman Z. Fl. Lowell,
took charge of the meeting. Then fol-
Z lowed the riot, stones were thrown
and in the general melee, Will Tim
Minis was seen To SO after Harry Green
with revolver. Green ran into the
crowd, but TiInmins fired just as he
reached the crowd the bullet piercing
Green's left hip, and passed down the
leg TO point near the knee. Timmins
in tarn ran and was pwrsued by a
crowd including Deputy Sheriff Herit-
age, who when he started had no re.
volver, but some one supplied him
with weapon and wRen overtaken,
rimnnins surrendered, and was
brought to Newport, being met at
Oldtown by Sheriff Dawson. Doctors
Holland and Barnett rushed to Bybee
in an automobile and frem Bybee they
went to Green's home where the
wound was dressed. 1t lsnot danger
Gus. Green and Timniins had some
treuhGe two years ago in the reign OF
terror which prevailed in Bybee at the
time and the shooting of Saturday was
the result Of the bad blood which de-
veloped at that time.
Two sets of delegates wese named at
Bybee Two sets were named at Del
Rio where both sides claimed the
crowd; two sets were named at Bridge
port uoader the same circumstances
and two sets come out of Read Hill
At Wilsonvile Rollins had y majority
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19

portion of freight as compared with
Newport.
Last week the local, switch engine
crew had to handle seven hundred
ears in the local yards and the work
became so heavy that for the first
time in two years, the switching crew
found is necessary to work all of last
Sunday, when over fifty cars were
dropped in the local yards, early sun
day morning. The local freight depot
is not sufficient for the needs of the
business and there is talk of petition
asking that the freigh depot be moved
to the lower end of the town and de-
cent passenger station erected on the
site of the present combination build
ing.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19
DISORDER, CONFUSION And
RIOT in THE CONVENTIONS
THE TIMMINS SIDE

According to Mr.. Tinmins,
the trouble arose in the follow
ing manner. He had been per-
suaded 10 attend the convention
but was taking no part. There
came up discussion, as TO the
count in the election of chair
man, and Mr.. Timmins says
that there were several more
Rollins people there than there
were Boyer men, the count
shoWing4 43 to %. &. III. Lowell
had taken charge Of the meeting
when Harry Green and some
otherstried TO drag him off the
school platform.
Mr.. Lowell asked for peace
and harmony and stated that
there was an easier way of set
tling The master. The fighting
was carried To the outside of the
building, and Timmins says he
followed the crowd and was
having no part in il, when Green
who was drinking, ran at him
CTimmins) with q knife and
that Green Knocked him down,
and that The knife made a black
and blue mark near his throat,
Green having used the butt end
of the knife instead of The blade
and that he thought he had
been cut. and as others came
running forward he pulled his
gun and that Green ran and he
fired. He said that it was not
safe at anytime for him TO go
about in that country without a
gun and for that reason he was
armed.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19
HAZING RESULTS
IN YOUTHS DEATH

Raleigh, n. c., Sept. 17.-Wm.
Rand, freshman at the State Univer-
sity was killed, being hazed by sop
homores. Rand, perched on a barrel
and surrounded by his tormenters, fell
off and gashed his meek on broken
pitcher. He died soon after. A cor
oner's jury is investigating.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-09-19
NEWPORT'S BIG FAIR IS
NOW in FULL BLAST

Col John NJ Jones Has Been Unng u His Efforts and Ale
That it is to Make This the Biggest Fair Ever Held in East
Tennessee Outside Of Knoxville Will Be Weather ana
Surely the Gods Will Be Kind
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-24
FOR SALE

PIANO FOR SALE-Good instru-
ment at a bargain. Apply to E. P
Pittman.
FOR SALE-A perfectly reliable
family horse, surrey and single buggy.
L. F. Blalock.
FOR SALES mules, wagons and !
buggy. DR.. r. III. Baskin, Anthony
Fla. 1025-4tw
FOR SALE CHEAP FOR CAsH-A
good secondhand cooking range. APP
ply to Mrs. G. E. Campbell, AZ South
Third street east.
FOR SALE-One 4-passenger Cad
lilac automobile, torpedo model, in
fine running order, with all new tires
The best bargain of the season for
$500 cash. Address, Cadillac, Ocala
Star.
For sale cheap, three-burner blue
flame oil cooking stove. Apply at the
Star office.-Ad.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-24
MORRIsTON

Morriston, Oct. 23.-Mrs. Morrison
expects to leave Thursday for a visit
to South Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brewer of Romeo were
callers in our town Tuesday.
We are glad to report the recovery
of Mr.. F. L. Allen, who has been suffer
ing with chills and fever.
Messrs. Tyson, Keeney, King, John
son and Withers attended the Wild
West show in Ocala Saturday night
Miss Lille Morrison returned to her
home at Inverness Sunday after few
weeks visit here.
Miss BERTHE Mcmillan spent a few
days in Gainesville and Archer last
week.
Beverly Bitch was in town Monday
from Blitchton.
Miss Mary Guess spent Saturday and
Sunday with relatives in Williston.
Miss Annie Mayingo Of Inverness
was a visitor in our town Wednesday.
Tomkies Hawkins spent Sunday in
Williston.
Quite crowd Of Morriston citizens
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Mitchell of Stand
ard were in town Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Jessie Barrow returned to her
home in Gainesville Monday after a
few days visit to her sister, Mrs. Wa
ters
Mrs. Tison is visiting relatives in
Savannah, Ga.
Mrs. H. Mcmillan spent the day very
pleasantly with Mr.. and Mrs. W. R.
Mckenzie of Standard, Tuesday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-24

In yesterdays issue OF the Star. Com
rade Schneider perpetrated a column or
more of socialistic doctrine, which, we
will agree with him. Is unanswerable.
We don't see how any busy man ever
took time to write IL, let alone answer
IL. 1t reminds US OF the passage from
THE Merchant of Venice:
"Gratiano speaks an infinite deal OF
nothing, more than any man In Venice.
His reasons are as two grains OF
wheat, hid in two bushels of cham:
you shall seek all day ere you find
them, and when you have them, they
are not worth the search"
SO far as we can discover, however,
comrade Schneider contemplates re-
placing the competitive system with
the cooperative one. Comrade Schnei-
der, like all other socialists, Is not
aware that cooperation has arrived.
The system of cooperation began
thousands, perhaps millions OF years
ago, when two men first found out Ii
was better to help than to fight each
ether It has been growing steadily
ever since, as fast as humanity could
grow up to 1T, and 1t will never grow
any faster.
All we men and women who work
with hand and brain. look first after
our own interests, and help each other
are disciples of the cooperative sys-
tenn, and we work at 1t without de-
stroying our own individualism, al
the state controlled machinery of So
cialism would do.
We have not fully learned the les
SON that the prosperity Of the indi
vidual is the gain of tn state, that the
injury OF one Is the injury OF all, bu
we are studying at 1t and realizing i
more and more every day. Our objec
ton to putting the socialists in full
control of the academy is based on thu
opinion that they are no better pupils
than any of the rest of us, and by M
means yet qualified to be all teachers
Confident in the merits of an untriet
plan and an improved scheme, it Il
easy for socialist to talk and t
write. Measuring character in quar-
cup and applying the yardstick t
human nature, he has no trouble II
arriving at conclusions.
Confiscation and not cooperation, il
what our socialist friends are striv
ing for. But they will find 1t take
capitalistic qualities to confiscate AM
afterwards to hold. The veal
brethren who can't sit in the game un
less the state stacks the cards 70
them will lose in either event.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-24
TEMPERANCE RALLY

Belleview, Oct. 23.-There will be a
public prohibition rally at the town
hall on Nov. 1st. A large attendance
is expected and an urgent invitation is
given to all workers. There will be
given a chance for any one to show
why he should not vote the prohibit
ton ticket. We want the public to be
informed. A man does not
vote intelligently until he has been in
formed along all party lines. We only
ask that you come and give US your
for a few minutes. The
meeting will open at 1880. We expect
speakers to fill the time who are capa-
BILE OF giving information. The pub
lie will be welcomed.