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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-11-22

| ne 0ao Si0neo WITHOUT Looking.
Let us hope the doctors are mistaken,
and that you will live many a year
yet"
Let US do nothing OF the kind.
but get ready for business. Sarah.
you know what breach-o' promise Is.
of course?"
YES"
IF you have a pretty good case
agin man he'll settle for cash"
But how can l have a breach-of.
promise case?"
That's what am going to pro-
vide you with-several OF them.
Bring my pen, ink and paper and
then run over and tell Deacon Harri-
son want to see him."
The deacon was a widcwer and
well to do. He was one of those who
had spoken of tar and feathers. but
he had a neighborly feeling, for all
that. When he had come in and ex.
pressed his sympathy. the dying man
said:
Deacon, Sarah will soon be left
alone"
Yes"
Il want folks to be kind to her when
I'm gone"
They will be. Jim-they will be-"
I'm not so sure Of that. Folks get
tired of being kind after awhile I
know how good you are. but IL you'd
only put 1t in black and white that
you'd be kind to Sarah after I'm
gone should feel heap easier
about going. Here's paper I've
drawn up that says you'll be kind"
why. I'll sign that. of course"
was the reply; and the deacon, for
once In his life. signed a paper with.
out reading 1t and looking for traps.
He did more than that. He offered
to boss the funeral when 1t came or
and to be one of the pallbearers.
Then Cyrus Barnes. another wild.
over was sent foi. He was awfully
sorry to find Jim so near the grave,
and he was going 10 pull out dollar
bill and leave 1t with him when-he
didn't. He INDUCED in further words
of sympathy. which maze 1t SO per
cent. cheaper for him.
Cyrus. I've been a poor stick of q
man." said Jim.
You have that" was agreed.
Il ought to have been at work
every day."
I'VE all know that" /
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-11-22

we nut on the tar and feathers you'd
be too ALFRED lazy to scrape EN-
off, and your vito would have the
Job"
That's right. She is good. Cyrus"
"None better"
"And that brings me to what
want to ask. She won't have dol
lar after I'm gone"
"Of course she won't"
She'll have to depend on the kind.
ness OF the neighbors."
"She will"
Cyrus. you don't belong to any
church, but you believe in heaven.
don't you?"
Eyes, kinder"
"Youd like to feel that was look
ing down on you and acting as your
guardian angel. wouldn't you?"
"If you are going to keep up your
laziness-"
but I'm not. Cyrus-I'm going to
hustle. I'll do all that ! can for you
II you'll sign this paper"
What Is III"
"Just promise TO be kind to, and
that you will look after. Sarah. We
shall both feel a great deal better IL
you will"
The caller looked upon II as dy-
ing mans within; and signed. When
ready to go he said:
II hope you will get hustle on you
up there. jim"
Then three more widowers and one
old bachelor got the word to call.
and In the course Of three days the
business was wound up. Then
lawyer was sent for. the signed pa
pers handed over to him, and
great calm fell upon the dying man.
He smiled every few minutes. and
made no understandable explanations
regarding what he had been up to.
A few days later he passed away.
and almost his last words were:
Sarah. ii they want to be kind to
you. let 'em go ahead"
There was kindness from every d.
rection, from contributions TO pay
the funeral expenses TO groceries and
provisions sent In for the widows
elapsed Deacon Harrison received
letter asking him to call at the law
Office of the attorney who had the
dead mans papers. When the good
man came strolling in only mildly
curious as 10 why he had been sum-
moned. he was greeted With:
"Of course II won't take place for
ls.,, fs.tt % nftt1s IN
you In advance"
What dye mean?" asked the dea-
con.
Your marriage with the Widow
Bushwick.''
"Shoo. What ye joking about?"
"Oniy this"
The paper he had signed for Jim
Bushwick was handed him. Hehad sign
ed without reading. and now behold:
II not only promise to be kind to
James Bushwick's wife after she be-
comes his widow. but to marry her
one year after his death
SPY thunder" exclaimed the dea-
con as he danced around
"No better evidence wanted In q
breach-ofpromise case" quietly re-
piled the lawyer.
"She can sue and be hanged"
Better settle for couple Of hun
dred. deacon. and carry of your pa
per. It wouldn't sound well to
have people saying that you had
your second wife picked out while
her husband was alive"
The deacon hung OF for week
and then came down. One by one
the others followed suit. Each one
was financially well able to do so.
money contributed by your good
friends. and nothing Is to be said
about It, remarked the lawyer to
the widow as he handed her $3.50 of
the thousand
To this day she has no other idea
about II. Now and then some one
says something about Jim Bushwick's
laziness In Deacon Harrison's hearing.
and he turns and replies:
why. there wasn't lazy bone In
his whole carcass! He made more
clean money in the last two weeks
OF his life than I did In the hull year!
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-11-22
s'Money Can Make U.s."

ch1lak fear poverty in itself? I
eoasy@" She paused as If powerless
I'D SYpceed.
-Acwever you express it, Evelyn"
lnx said more kindly, you cannot
si5cry that 1t is money-or rather my
izEf 81 it-that is separating us. But
perhaps. as you say, it is better now
s1ssz later. suppose men do not
.A,wzays understand such things. l
l:Ss7w ] never dreamed of my mother
XII being unhappy or overburdened."
That evening Frederick Woodland
sat In the silent little white house.
Everything was as his mother had
ssft ii, Perhaps only those who are
.csessed with such a mother as his can
realize what home means. How
ns15s hours he had spent here since
s3.e house was tenantless! And now
Evelyn had said she could not come!
Ee did not moan or bewail his fate.
$zs damned his hands deep into his
-csseis. and looked straight ahead
ysl,s hard, unseeing eyes.
We're all the finer things Of life
2i9.fGseryient to money after all? Must
"A man buy his wife and their subse-
.-lHept happiness with the sordid cur
1--pcy OF the country? Was his moth
- q disappointed woman crushed by
"A relentless poverty?
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-11-22

TIE early December twilight gath
9sre6 in the room where Evelyn Baird
KRIS seated She felt very curious
-isAoit this room. the abode of busy,
seJf-sacrificing nurse.
Upon her return home from a pill
srimage in which she had endeavored
10 forget Frederick Woodland and their
unfortunate affair, she was surprised
.and delighted to find her old friend
Mary Dawson so near her.
Yet their first visit had been broken
IN upon by hurry call from the local
physician.
You stay here" the capable nurse
f1sd said as she hastily donned her
xarm wraps. If It is anything that
ein detain me, | will call you up
Otherwise. I'll be back in half an hour.
Won viii end things to read if you care
Ior them. Goodbye. dear"
So Evelyn sat in the room SO differ
ssz.s in its simplicity from her own love-
" apartments, and wondered what 1t
.nnst seem like to be always ready for
"a call.
Presently the telephone rang.
Hello, Evelyn" called Marys cheer.
fpl voice. I'm sorry. but You may AS
sSsal so home. | viii not be back to,
raisbt. Come In and see me tomorrow
"a TWO. that is my hour off. and ] will
loe at my rooms. Good night"
Evelyn went next day. cage. most
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01

they believe Senator Cullom should
be reelected. c. r. Vincent is presi-
dent of the club and J. T. Hunter is
secretary.
The gist of the resolution follows:
I'VE believe that Senator Cullom,
by reason of his long and notable
services in the United States Senate,
covering more than twenty-nine
years, is deserving of the loyal sup
port of all Republicans who believe
in maintaining the high place now
held by Illinois in the greatest delib-
erative assembly in the world.
I'VE commend the action of Sena-
tor Cullom in using the influence OF
his high Office as chairman of the
committee on foreign relations in the
United States Senate for the abroga-
ton of the Russian treaty in 1882.
Commend His Patriotism.
I'VE commend the patriotism Of
Senator Cullom in remaining at his
post of duty in Washington during
the pending campaign instead Of de.
voting his time to a canvas for In
dorsement at the April primaries.
I'VE demur to the plea Of old age
made against Senator Cullom by his
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01
YOUNG MEN ARE
OUT FOR CULLOM

CHICAGO, March 16.-Republican
Senatorship politics in the race for
the advisory vote April 8 in the pri-
mary battle livened up today. Sena-
tor Culloms managers got busy with
session of the Young Mems Cullom
Club that is to do the field work for
the odd war horse" in Chicago The
l.. Y. Sherman campaign directors
turned their attention to organization
of the real estate men.
Meantime Hugh S. Magill, Jr,, the
progressive entrPnt, continued his
stumping out in the state, where Mr.,
Sherman is travelling on a special
train, pushing his speaking canvas.
Young Men Boom culIom.
The Young Mems CullOm Club, with
charter membership of $50 mem
bers, held a meeting in headquarters
in the Hotel Lasalle and adopted res
olutions setting forth reasons why
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01
"DETAILS OF THE MASSACRE
IN HILLSVlLLE COURTHOUSE

Hillsville is in a remote quarter,
fifteen miles from Barren Springs, the
nearest railroad station, and outside
help will be late in arriving.
This village was thrown into fer.
ment. The wiping out Of the law OH.
GERS left affairs in the hands of un-
trained citizens, but nearly every man
in this section of the county has join
ed in the hunt.
Scene Old Fashioned Red Courthouse.
The scene of the Wholesale murder
was the quaint, old fashioned, red
brick county courthouse, dillsville be.
ing the seat of Carroll county. There
had been reports that an attempt
might be made to rescue Floyd Allen,
who himself had aided q prisoner
friend recently to escape from the
county officers. The trial had been
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01

opponents and contend that his eff
cheney and official integrity entitle
him to the unqualified approval of his
party and the people of Illinois.
"In our thought the Endorsement Of
Senator Cullom at the primaries next
month will serve to impress upon the
young men of the Republican party in
this state and throughout the nation
the fact that old age is no bar to hon
orable public service when performed
with intelligence and honesty"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01
q 81

Sheriff Lewis Webb, making fran
tic effort to reach the ringleaders,
was shot dead before he had taken
ten steps.
Several of the jurors who had tried
the case we're seriously wounded, J..
H. Blankenship probably fatally.
Aliens Dash for the Mountains.
The Aliens, including the prisoner
and their friends, after the killing of
the "heriff, backed slowly out Of the
courtroom, holding all wOuldbe pur-
suers in check at the point of re-
volvers. Once outside they made a
dash for the mountains on horseback.
A posse of citizens SOON was in pur-
suit and reports have reached here
that one of the Aliens has been seri.
ously wounded in a battle fought with
the posse.
Special officers are being rushed in
to the county to help in running down
the murderers.
Militia Is Ready to Move.
Gov. Mann is holding two companies
of militia in readiness in case the Al
lens and their friends gather recruit!
in the mountain fastness
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01

HILLSVILLE, Va, March l4.-The
entire Carroll county Circuit court in
session here today was wiped out by
assassination in a burst of almost un-
precedented outlawry Just as Judge
Thornton Massie had sentenced Floyd
Allen to one year in prison for aiding
in the escape of a county prisoner, two
of Aliens brothers and several of
their friends opened fire with revolv-
ers. Judge Massie fell dead in his
place on the bench on the first vol
ley.
Kill Prosecutor and Sheriff.
Then the weapons were turned on
Commonwealth Attorney William
Foster and he sank to the floor with
several bullets in his brain, death be.
ing instantaneous.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01
Stearns' Wine of Cod Liver Extract

medicine
question enohes the blood restores flesh to the emae and
pleasure Get it at your orugsts and be sTEARNs
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01

mean the wiping out of the last YES
tige of the courts officers.
Seventeen Outlaws in a Barn.
Seventeen mountaineers who made
their escape from Hillsville amid
shower of bullets after the courtroom
tragedy are said to have taken refuge
in an old barn in a mountainous spot
and to be preparing to resist efforts
of any posse that may catch up with
them. All are said to be plentifully
supplied with ammunition, and from
the advantageous position of the barn
could withstand a much larger body
of men.
Judge Massie was one of the most
prominent jurists of the state. He
was appointed to the bench by Gov.
Swanson in 1908, was forty-eight years
old, and is survived by wife, two
sons and a daughter. Judge Massie
had been considered recently for pro-
motion to the state Supreme bench.
Commonwealth Attorney Foster
had held his Office eight years. He
was forty years of age and known as
a fearless prosecutor He was re-
publican leader in the county.
Sheriff Webb had been deputy for
fifteen or twenty years before being
elected sheriff last Novmber.
Juror is Said to Be Dead.
ROANOKE, Va, March Alt is re-
ported here from Hillsville that Juror
Douglas also had been killed and that
Floyd Allen, one of the mOuntaineers,
had been mortally wounded and is un'
der arrest,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01
one Hundred Shots Fired.

The brothers and their friends must
have been well armed, for it semed
to spectators who escaped from the
bloody courtroom that fully 100 shots
we're fired In the first fusillade seve-
raj jurors had been wounded, Blanken-
ship probably fatally. Sheriff Webb,
whipping out his own weapon, made
for the prisoner, who had Joined in
the shooting with an oath and declara-
ton that he would never go to Jail,
but the officer was stopped by a per
feet hail of lead and crumpled into a
lifeless heap on the floor.
By this time the shooting in the
courtroom had become general, and
there was a wild rush OF the unarmed
for windows and doors.
Dexter Goad, clerk of the court, re-
ceived a bullet wound in the neck and
is desperately hurt. His death would
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01

in process several days, however,
without any indication becoming pub
lie of the carefully planned plot OF the
Allen brothers and their associates.
Floyd Allen had been found guilty
and had been called for sentence. The
stufy little room, with its coal stove
and Crude furniture, was crowded.
Sidney and Jack Allen were among
the first arrivals and were seen to
take their places near the rail mark
ing the enclosure for prisoners and
counsel engaged in the case. Stand
ing near by were a number of their
associates and friends from the Blue
Ridge mountains.
Judge is Shot to Death.
Judge Massie went about the SEN
fencing Of the prisoner in the usual
matter of fact way, but the words
"one year at hard labor" had scarcely
passed his lips when there came the
crack of a revolver. In an instant this
was followed by volley of shots and
the Judge, who had partly risen at thu
first shot, lay dead and bleeding on
the bench.
Commonwealth Attorney Foster
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01
RELIEF Ar HAND.

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have been surprised and delighted
with the prompt relief afforded by
applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
Not one case of rheumatism in ten
requires any internal treatment what
ever. For sale by all dealers. Ben
son, Smith & Co., agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01

was sitting directly in front Of the
bench and was next TO succumb to the
well directed shots Of the suddenly
turned outlaws, who had taken what
they deemed justice into their own
hands.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01

A lost boy is a waif from home.
No married man ever has more
money than he knows what to 30
with.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-01
DIE WORKER MUST BIZ WELL

Gays OF sharp
up 70 the highest pitch Of efficiency
than other
VINO do his
suhgu lacking and ambition
begin at oce to build the body normal condition
by use Of
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-08-02

Rev. w. NJ Memminger of All
Saints Episcopal church, Atlanta,
wants his Pensioners to feel at home
while visiting the rectory, and to that
end wants them to smoke and enjoy
themselves. Last spring he conceiv-
ed the idea of holding smokers for
the men of the church, nd gave two
of them. So successful was the plan
that he has announced that it will be
regular feature, beginning this fall.
The rector and his vestrymen will at
tend the smokers and every young
man who is a member of the church
or who feels an interest in it, is in
vited Tables will be placed in the
parish house. with chairs comfortably
grouped around them, and on the ia
bles will be plenty Of the best cigars
and cigarettes. Pipes may be brought
along by the men who have a fond
ness for taking their nicotine in this
way. One thing will be barred from
the smokers, and that is the discus
sion of money matters. The principle
and intention of the rector is all
right, but nevertheless he is encour-
aging a useless habit
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-08-02

his one term of office than Roosevelt
and Taft have done together.
For a man to start a political par
ty that had no more to say against
his opponents than Mr. Anderson
has to say against the democrats,
makes one wonder why he would not
join the democratic party, which We
all know to be pure, when even our
enemies can finnd no fault with it,
and it also makes a man that is a
democrat feel proud that he is a dem
ocrat
r. C. MUNCASTER.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-08-02

Mr. Charles, who has been working
for the o. K. Teapot Grocery for
some months, has resigned his posi-
ton with this firm and expects to
work for the postoffice department
hereafter. having recently stood the
civil service examination.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-08-02

Wonder IL Alfalfa
homa. who vas such
ure In the convention art
tered the famous dse.arsf
homa votes under ile 1855
arately." Will support fae th#
Tampa Tribune
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-08-02

Miss Carol Perrenot left yesterday
for Jacksonville, where she will spend
a couple of weeks with Misses Sara
and Mary Verdery before returning to
her home in Andalusia, Alabama.
Miss Perrenot has been the lovely
guest of Miss Mary Burford.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-08-02
CALLING THE
WORLD DOWN

"Mafas tssnry" Says That II is An
e0He sheep " the Fold-A Strane-
81 to the True Gospel Of oemoc-
req
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-08-02

We make a specially 81 EfnE IHtfE.s
agement Of soil and crops. inelaf.af tH
troubles. a settler E
entirely your expeetauans aE#f
and its surrOudigs
S a HfetraH
trouble. The information which . seHa
years practical experience supl'f nrr' es sH
tihc study. Hundreds
reach stil greater aanetf
is the foundation Of prosperity ff 81.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-18

issuance of patents In conformity
Herewith. This biennial period marks
the expiration Of many contracts un.
der the ;wenty.year plan. besides
which a number Of contract holders
have taken advantage Of the constitu.
tiOnal amendment permitting pay
ment in full after Ave years. These
conditions have resulted In this de-
partment issuing, through the board
of university and school lands. pat.
ents to the number of seven hundred
and sixty.fve.1 thereby completing the
transfer of approximately n hun.
dred thousand acres.
This department has heretofore
shown about 10000 acres Of desirable
land-sections 16 and 36-%contained
n Indian reservations and not under
the control of the state. | take pleas.
ure in calling your attention to the
fact that since my former report,
lJuly list, 19l0) additional reserva.
tons have been opened to settlement
whereby, with those sections l6 and
IS not allotted to Indians, and with
indemnity selections made by this de-
partment, the state has added to its
quota of school lands approximately
$4,000 acres. would also call your
attention to the fact that the institu-
ton land grants are All more nearly
filled BY selections than az any pre-
vious time. the original grant Of the
university being complete and approx
ed in its entirety by the federal gov.
eminent. ..
Conditions have been such during
the past two years that ;he funds of
the various institutions under this de-
partment have found a ready market,
and as a result all available funds
have been safely infested in school and
municipal tonds bearing four per cent
interest, or in first mortgage farm
loans bearing five per cent.
Recommendations Loans.
In the matter Of farm loans | rec
ommend that the Legislature so
change the present law as to allow
the stae to take up existing mortgages
where the amount is not unreasonable
and the applicant desires state money.
Under the present law, should a Dor
owe desire a farm loan and already
have his land encountered with a les.
ser mortgage, he must depend on an
accommodating third party TO carry
this indebtedness long enough to clear
his title before the state can make the
necessary loan. | would further sus-
gest that in the manner of appraise-
ments of farm loans that a representa-
tive of the state be a participant,
thereby %lessening the likelihood of po-
litical, friendly Or %neighborly infiu-
ence that could result from the pres
ent mode of appraisement.
Drainage and Public Highways.
In some portions Of the state the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-18
Over Eight Sections Of Land
DISPOSED Of There at Ad.
vdnCed Price
Institution Funds H.
vested in School and
Municipal Bonds
Letter Of Transmittai.

Bismarck, n. D., July /. 1872.
To the Honorable John Burke, Gov
ernor of the State Of North Dakota.
and President Of the Board Of Uni
versity and School ianis.
S.r;-In conformity with existing
laws. | have the honor to submit here.
wit. tho iC%'h Eielt,a, rc,"ri Of The
Commissioner of University and
school lands, covering period
from July /, 1919, to June 80, 1912.
In former reports attention was cal :
ed more particularly to the acreage of
common school and institution lands
sold, and the funds derived therefrom.
During this biennial period, however,
but one sale of land has been helu--
that of Billings county, held in Jan.
uary l91l-at which there e dis
posed Of eight and one-half sections,
at prices ranging from the minimum
$50 up to $50 per acre-the highest
price yet secured for a full quarter
section of school or institution land
in this state.
Another feature Of development but
little touched upon in former reports
is the completion of contracts and the