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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-20
sweetheart, Edwards.

sweetheart, Edwards.
Detective Baldwin corroborated
their statements and told the story
of the events leading up to the cap
ture to prove that the girl was no
traitor to her lover. He stated that
when Edwards left Mount Airy, N. c.,
he had left 30 with the girl to be
used to join him when he was safely
secreted The money was stolen and
then replaced, and in this manner
Miss Iroler's father learned Of it. De-
tective Baldwin stated that he had
two Of his men working on the Iroler
farm and in this way learned of cor
respondence between the girl and Ed
wards.
"The remainder is easy" said
Baldwin. eve watched her. When
she left these two men, Lucasa and
Monday, followed her, and I was
right behind them on the next train.
"You know the story of the arrests,
and that is all there is to it,"
The party took supper in this city
and left for Roanoke, Va, at 8
O'Clock tonight over the Norfolk G.
Western railroad, expecting to arrive
thSr;nstpmorrow IN at noon. E
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Arrests Confirmed.

Greensboro, N. c., Sept. 14.1A C.
Buxton, of Winston-Salem, cous Jel
for Sidna Allen in his recent countar-
feiting cases here prior to the Hills
vile tragedy tonight confirmed the re-
port of the arrest of Allen in Iowa.
Immediately after the Hlilsville >af-
fair relatives of Allen retained Mr..
Buxton to look after his interests.
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soo'ooO.OOO Lost Annually by Wage
Earners.

Or. Sadler estimates that about
$SO,OCOO.0O0 in wages is lost annually
TO the American people as a direct
result Of colds. Lost time means lost
wages and doctoring is expensive.
Use toley's Honey and Tar Com
pound promptly. 1t will stop the
cough, and heal and sooth the sore
and lntiamed air passages. The Rice
Drug Company.
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Masters Sale.
State of South Carolina,
County of Union.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
r NJ pno+,,
T. M. Beatty, Plaintiff,
Against


L. M. Beatty, Plaintiff,
Against
c. H. Peake, ct AL, Defendants.
In obedience to an order made in
the above stated case / will sell at
Union, during the legal hours of sale,
before the court house door, October
1th, 1912, the following land, to wit:
All that certain tract of land lying,
being, situate in Jonesville township,
County and State aforesaid, contain
ing two hundred acres more or less,
and bounded by lands Of A. II. Foster,
lands formerly belonging to the Es-
tate OF John Kennedy and BENJAMIN
Kennedy and others, and by the
waters of Fair Forest Creek, it being
the same land conveyed to Robert
Beatty, deceased, by Robert McBeth.
Sheriff, on the TIN day of November,
A. d., 1888, and by him subsequently,
conveyed to Martha j. Glenn, and
commonly known as the Martha j.
Glenn home place.
Terms of sale: One-third cash, the
balance to be paid in two equal ir
stallments together with interest
thereon from date Of sale at a legal
rate of interest, and to be secured by
bond of purchaser or purchasers, and
mortgage of the premises sold, the
purchaser or purchasers to have the
option of paying all cash, the pur-
chaser or purchasers to pay for all
papers and recording same
r. c. Williams,
Master Union County.
38-3t
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low it must JOLT mother when
the son she thought was tied to her
apron strings gets tangled up in some
girls shoe strings.
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and North Carolina for about q
month and then got over into Ken
lucky, going to Louisville, where they
spent several days. Their next stop
was in st. Louis, where they remain
ed week. They had sufficient money
for their needs and travelled as first
class passengers.
II don't know why we came to
Des Moines," said Allen, "unless it
was that thought we would be safer
here. Several years ago I was in the
klondike and I figured that officers
would think had gone back there. So
we came to Des Moines and got
work as carpenter and expected to
remain here until it was safe back
home.
Blames Court Officers.
II would have given myself up long
ago if l had thought we could get a
square deal. But see what they have
done to Floyd, my brother, and
Cldude"
Allen declared that the court
mouse tragedy was the fault of the
officers, who he said, began the
shooting.
eve heard few days before Floyd
Aliens trial began that Sheriff Web,
had bought hundred rounds of cal
tridges and had made the remaf ;,
that he was going to show that n,
len gang some real court but
did not expect trouble that day,
there would not have been any i'll
officers had not begun it."
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Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 14.-Sidna
Allen, leader of the Allen clan which
shot up the Carroll county court
house at Hillsville, Va, March ID,
killing Judge Massie and others, and
his nephew, Wesley Edwards, to-
night are manacled in cells at the city
Jail as result of love agairs which
led detectives to them. Both have
announced their willingness to return
to Virginia without requisition.
Edwards, for the love of whom
Miss Maude Iroler of Mount Airy, N.
c., had innocently led detectives to
Des Moines, was captured tonight as
he was returning to his boarding
house, after having worked all day
with a paving gang. Just as he
boarded street car, detectives and
officers surrounded it. Edwards was
trying to escape by crawling through
the front end of the car, when officers
caught him. The arrest of Sidna AL
len was effected earlier in the day.
visit by Edwards to Miss Iroler
In her Virginia home about a month
ago, and the accidental loss of a let
ter put the detectives on the trail.
The fugitives had been in Des Moines
since April %. Allen, under the
name of Tom Savre, worked as
carpenter and Edwards, under the
name of Joe Jackson, was employed
with city paving gang.
How Arrest Was Effected.
Allen was arrested at the home of
John Cameron at 18th and Locust
streets, where he and his nephew
had been rooming, by Detectives
Baldwin, Lucas and Mundy of Roa
noke, Va. The arrest occurred a few
minutes after Miss Iroler stepped in
to the Cameron home to meet Ed
wards whom she was to wed tonight
according to an arrangement made
when he visited her in Virginia. De-
tectlve Lucas was at her heels. Allen
was In an upper room. When in
formed that visitors wanted to see
him, he came down stairs. AS he
did so Detective Lucas covered him
with revolver and asked him to
surrender. Allen hesitated and then
threw up his hands, remarking as
he did so: 81 guess I'm your man."
Allen was handcuffed and placed un
der guard of city detectives, while
Col. Baldwin and Chief Jenney of the
local department went in search of
Edwards, who was said to be at
work in the western part of the city.
Apparently Edwards heard that his
uncle had been captured because he
was not to be found until tonight.
Miss Iroler arrived in Des Moines
TINS morning, unaware that on the
same train were detectives who want
ed her sweetheart She went straight
to the Cameron home having pre-
Vlously been provided with the adj
dress and these officers followed.
Girl Keeps Nerve
Although surprised, she took the
arrest of ALLEN and the capture of
Edwards with little show of concern.
wesley was down home month
ago." she said. eve were to be
married. He gave me the money to
come to this city and this address.
l had no idea that any one was fol-
lowing me-"
Sidna Allen, in his cell tonight
talked freely of the events of the
last few months, but declined to say
much concerning his movements i'm
mediately after the court house trap-
edy. He and Edwards remained in
the mountain country OF VIRGINIA
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ALLEN CLAN LEADER
AND HIS NEPHEW IN
HANDS OF THE LAW
SIDNA ALLEN AND WESLEY ED
WARDS CAPTURED BY
:: VIRGINIA DETECTIVES

Mountain Sweetheart Proves Undoing
of Clansmen Who Have for Many
Months Successfully Eluded Of
ficers-Allen and Edwards Admit
Identity and Will be Returned to
Virginia Without Requisition.
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Business today will not wait for
body. 1t is always progress;ng-al-
ways few steps ahead :, =
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THE APRON MOTHER WORE

Two been waitin' for the poets who
rave at so much per,
To mention one loved objec' that
they've somehow miss,tl so fur;
They've praised the oaken bucket, an,
they've blarneyed Fathers hat;
They've sung the old red cradle, an
applauded this an that;
But the familiar article that's in my
mem'ry more
Than them things is the checkered
gingham apron Mother wore.
When wus little fellar, an COM
pap'd come in,
Motherd dust chair off with it
already cleans pin;
An when they'd set down on to it,
their eyes would light on me.
1t made me mighty bashfu to be
noticed much, you see;
But | allus had a refuge in them oil
days of yore,
I'D get behind the checkered gingham
apron Mother wore.
When Mother wanted apples from
down cellar in the bin,
I've often seen her use her apron for
to get 'em in;
Am when she was cookin,' an the
things wus like to burn,
To use it for holder wus another
trick of hern.
For getting chips to start the fire
q that should've been my chore-
iitut sometimes shte would get EN- in
VI the apron that she wore.
Sometimes she'd gathe eggs in it, an
- sometimes 'tHus, The thing
71ne Der y IA mighty quick
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The trio were in charge az Ghief
of Detectives Baldwin. ~
Sidna Allen laid the capture to
the fact that Edwards, his nephew,
had insisted on going to visit Miss
lroler at her home in Mount Airy,
N. c. Allen talked of his wanderings
with his nephew through the Virginia
mountains and in Kentucky and in
Missouri. He Indignantly denied that
he and Edwards were outlaws.
II never saw an outlaw until we
got away from home," Allen said.
I'm Virginia we don't have locks on
our doors and nobody ever thinks of
anybody doing any harm. But during
our travels we saw number of per-
sons who would kill man for a dol
lar"
The deputy forced handouts on
Wesley Edwards and his cousin. !"
said Allen, referring to Wesley's ar
rest in Virginia. at was the first
time handouts were ever on an Allen
and it made us all wild. That caused
all the trouble"
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G~A Afest sthin No me '
When | had got in trouble an wus
4 grievin' sad. You see,
hile Mother softly stroked my head,
~ my heart quit bein' sore,
MY face all safely hidden in the apron
that she wore.
There come time when it stayed
there, just waitin', waitin' so;
1t made my heart ache just to see,
an / would soft tiptoe
Up there an hide nv face in it. some-
how 'twould never fail
To comfort. But she never come to
take it from its nail
An III be disappointed, when I reach
the golden shore,
IT the first thing that see is not the
apron Mother wore.
Jessie T. Clapp.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-26

eaap him Tor work on the Commits
sion
N. 7 Loddermilk Of DcLcon. Tex
farmer and eV-presidcnt OF the
Farmers Union. lie has for years
been associated with organized Ct
forts for the hetterment Of the agri-
cultural classes and Is one OF the most
successful farmers In the state. lie
has always stood for cooperation be-
tween the farmers and ali other
classes OF occupation and industry
Nj. ". 7. n. McFaddin of Bcau.
mont Is a native TeVan and one of the
most progressive citizens in the State.
ile is a rire farmer and miller and
has led the development Of that sec.
ZION ~ he State He was one OF the
organizers Of the Commercial Secre-
tarics and business Mems Association
and has always been closely identi-
fled with its work.
Col. !. T. Pryor Of San Antonio Is
one OF the pioneers in ;he Cattlemen's
Association and his investments per.
meate almost every fibre OF the bust.
ness and industrial interests OF the
state. lie has headed many state and
national organizations for progress
and IS one Of the best known business
men In the southwest
Col J. y Simpson Of Dallas Is a
rice farmer and Is actively associated
.fh many business enterprises lie
mas devoted a large portion OF his
"'e 20 fhr public and is one Of the
o-r patriotic and progressive busi.
r..-. u.u m the state
Nr So. ". Turney of III Paso IS
.nte. and banker and close stu.
Isrr of the natural resources and
fha Developing agencies of the n
IH-1 section. lie has wide personal
a.uaiutancc and thorough knowl-
.Iaa of industrial conditions through
,' the state
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-26
WELFARE COMMISSION OF
TEXAS WILL MEET IN
HOUSTON DURING MARCH

Ia. Of the Panama Canal will flood
us with a new World Of opportunities
and we have MANY possibilities ye'
unde,e loped
Tie return of the tide Of COM
morce brings with % from the for
eisn factory lo0.ooo.0o0 OF finish
ed products per anrum and We shin
sevcnty.fivo million dollars Of feet
stuff per annum. goo car loads Of
cured meats per anrm, 2ooo acrs
Of canned goods and S25,oo0,O0o
miscellaneous items. an Of which can
and should be produced and manu-
featured In Texas.
There are many other problems
complex as civilization that must be
solved We have 5000 school
children IN Texas and the public
school enrolment - 6tS zoe and Oh"
average daily attendance 30 ,S37. In
Hlteracy We rank thirtieth in states
i'm the Union Our cities, as a rule
have few parks or play grounds al
though mXuriant vegetation abounds
'la entire year
We have 100000 miles of publ
highways that must Doc improved. We
need 100000 miles more Of railroad
aud ,,e have 1900 miles OF ua'i"ahle
rivers thlt ar. NOT used On commerce.
These end man, otac- question, big
q. Texas WIN come before the Com
mission.
: short biographical sketch of the
mon no are 20 deal with these prob
lem- follows
Hon. r e Duff of Houston chair
man OF N. Commission. So a close
student Of public questions and Of
wide experience iu business affairs
llc is an or-auIzor ~ ability and has
succeeded in intcrrstIng manymil
lions dollars Of capital in Texas pro-
iclts He is an executive officer In
many large industrial ard financial
institutions. he Is vice president o,
the Houston Chamber of Commerce
and a member OF the Executive" Com
mite. 1f tho Texas Commercial SEQ.
retarios' and Businoss Mems AssoUa-
ton.
Mr.. o T. Dunlap Of WaWhorhic.
Vice Chairman Of tho Commission. is
president Of the First National Bank
of that city and cy-presideut OF the
Texas Bankers Association. aud is
recognized as one Of the strongest
business men in the state lie has al.
way been CLOSELY identified with local
and state movements for development
and is now president Of the Texas
Good Roads Association. and Is large
" due 20 his personal efforts that
Ellis county now has her splendid
system Of public highways
Col Paul NAPLES OF Fort Worth
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-26

The Commercial Secretaries snd
Business Mems Association reyog'
nizing that a wholesome public senti-
mcnt Is the most powerful asset that
state or natiCn can possess, mas
launched the Welfare Commission
for the purpose az providing the peo-
pie with dependable information es-
Sertial IA a NOR intelligent analysis
Of economic conditions, to the end
that our citizenship as a whole may
be able 90 more ready distinguish
lines OF industry conducive % It's
progress and 10 mere easily recognize
and maintain pebble policies which
promot, the general welfare Of the
people
The Commission Nll. ruE it- first
session 20 Hous on. March 7->-', and
some Of The brainicst men OF the
state and nation will appear before
the Commission Swing their views on
subjects ~ vital importance 20 Texas
Tn. personnel OF thc Cummi sion
Is as ,jronl as DoulH lo fu.ud Boo
Te,as ana their individual experience"
and interest. torch every fibre OF the
states life They represent every
section 90 tho state and are interest
ed % cyery form of investment and
occupation. as well as 90 touch RIh
the educational moral ana social con-
ditiors Of 1eya.
This body of men N.l ..f o..
buual reviewing the material Nf, nf
the state and there viii pas before
e. for inspection some of tlc arand.
est. The most stupenduoIs and some
Of the saddest events OF the 21'1
century civilization
m this line OF march win Do Soon
the Texas farmer hauling sl2' 1000.
900 per arnum OF raw material t0
tho ofreier factory forming q pro-
ccssiou that will reach from the earth
10 tho moon; the Texas cowboy will
be there driving a herd OF sixteen
million head OF livestock 10 tho ulr.
ket our lumber mills loading \
hundred thousand cars Of their pro
ducts for the factories ~ the North
and Fast and millions Of dollars Of
other products viii pass on o.
Journey 10 the factory
More Important than tha mioh'
current Of comomrcc that is sweep
inc our raw material from our state
Is me mute pleading OF or powerful
resources Tor an opportunity 10 pour
collou stream of wealth INFO the
channel, OF trade We have less than
onc-fiiih OF our area under cultiva-
tiCu our mineral wealth Is sleeping
undis'urhed. our cotton factories can
hardlo only one bale of cotton ont
OF every seventy produced The open
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-26
BiNkEUrTCY NOTICE.

~ tue UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE NORTHERN
DISTRICT or TENAS.
IN THE MATTER or MlLBoRN
FREDERICK DEWITT. BANK
RUPT ~. IS IN BANKRUPT.
CN. To THE HON. EDWARD K.
MEEK. JUDGE or THE DIS
TRlCT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES. FOR THE NORTHERN
DISTRICT OF TFXAS. AMARILLO
DIVISION.
Milhorn Frederick Dewitt of ANA
rllo, IN the County OF Potter and
State Of Texas. in said District. re-
specially represents that on the 18th
dav of October, last passed. he was
adiudged a bankrupt under the Acts
of Congress relating to bankruptcy.
that he has duly surrendered all his
property and rights of property and
has fully complied with all the re-
qrirements OF said acts and all the
orders of the court touching his
bankruptcy
Wherefore ne prays that he may
be- decreed hv the court to have
full discharge from all debts prov.
able against his estate under said
bankruptcy act, except such debts as
are excepted by law from such dis
CHARGE. dated this 2lth day OF Jan.
rarv. l9l2.
MILIORN FREDERICK DEWITT,
bankrupt
Subscribed and sworn to by Mil
norm Frederick Dewitt before ne.
this 18th day of January 49,.
NAuDE :. HARVEY.
Notar, Public. Potter County
Order of Notice Thereon
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
on the 18th day of January l@!.,
on reading the foregoing petition It
is ORDERED
BY the Court that hearing he had
upon the same on the 26th day Of
February 1917, before said Court at
amarillo, in said District, at . o.
clock \. N. and that notice thereof
be- published in the Daily News, a
newspaper printed in said District
ami that all known creditors and
other persons in interest may appear
at the said time and place and show
cause If any they have why the prayer
Of said petitioner should not be
granted
And it is further ordered by he
Court that Notice shall be sent by
mail to all known creditors of said
petitioner and this order addressed TO
them at their place OF residence as
stated.
BEN IT, STONE.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Dated Ian. %, 1872
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-26
FLOYDlDA MAKING
STEADY PROGRESS

Special 90 pai.y Neus
Floydada. Tex. Jan. - During
The year 1874 Floydada received ~
immi.yant cars from eastern and
northern states. shipped by in imm'-
Grants who are located In Floyd
county. and will add 20 the CONNER
.ial wealth of the county In 1919.
The crying need OF Fllydada and
flcyd county in common with the
rest of Vest Texas is more capital
md more farmers. 90 develop the fer
I tile section surrounding, and every
ENCOURAGEMENT Is being lent by IA.
railroads as we'll IS by local land
/ holders 10 make the inducements as
area, as possible iur these two in
terest Ter the year 1872.
il"y'lada Makes Wonderful Progress.
Floydaia. little city nesting on
The broad praries of Floyd county.
in the south plains has made rec
ord during the year '9ll that viii
set a pace for future activities and Is
the envy Of all her neighhor towns.
During 1911 Floydada added in com
"vrrial improvements alone total
of Sloo. 600 capital, consisting Of \
brick business houses, a SlO,Ou1
grain store. S.0,o0O wholesale gro
cery S10.00O dry goods establish
r.ut iu public improvements COM
n.c'e' dHriue 1911 a $2o.oo0 puhIi
school Building ami Presbyterian
academr lands and Improvements
valued az S50,Co0. with S25.o0u
endowment from IA" church are pro-
minent 2s enterprises of local capl-
tai end civic pride
Floydada citizens have determined
to raise the total improvements IN
1872 to S200.O and are making an
excellent start as will be evidenced
by the following Already three br'ck
business houses have been ccntractc |
tor on the public square which az
grocate a cost of SlGnoo \ sln
AM oil mill are practically certain
ties al an Approximate cost of So b
ooo, and the early spring months pro.
mise &c add their quota of added i'm
rrnvemcnts.
The Floyd County court house. ac-
tive construction Of which will begin
this week, will also add greatly to
IN, p1hl.c improvements list. the cost
AT contract prize 10 be approximately
$50 600, and to be completed In the
early fall months of ills wear.
Otn"r prac'ich needs Of FloydadI
are am electric light and zee plant.
rrlin elevator. ana a $4,000 hotel
These improvements are confidently
expected nhe mddn within the next
Is months
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-26

Vice Chairman Of the Commission, Is
perhaps the best known business man
In Texas and has been associated ir
an official capacity with most every
successful state movement for pro.
grcss in Teyas during the past quar-
ter Of ceutury. Ne vas one NJ tn
organizers Of the Commercial Secre.
tarics. and business Mems AssOcia-
lion ana was for several years the
head OF the organiztion.
,haIE an Of 90 and one =
of the best known neN spaper men In
Texas lle has perhaps mere TO DO
With the molding OF public scnti-
ueut than any other man Ia the state
aud has for years been a close stu
dent 0f all public questions in Texas.
Or. 5 Brooks Of Waco. piesi.
dent OF the Eaylor University. has
lived in Texas since 1868 and was
raised on a farm near Cleburne In
Johnson county. lie worked his way
through college and has advanced
RAPIDLY IN educational work on the
Presidency Of Baylor University. lie
has been actively identified with
MANY movement for the states de.
volopmcut and has organized Good
Roads associations. Boys Corn clubs.
and other movements for the bet
f.rHeui OF Texas
MI r T.. HUFF OF Wichita Falls.
lawyer and banker OF that city. is one
70 fh. most progressive business men
TEXAS and has contributed hoa,
IN Iu time and money toward the
....u ul Wichita Falls ard the De.
trupmDt of the Northwest he has
been an officer Of the Commercial
Secretaries and Business Mems AS
esociatiou since It's organization.
tohn " Kirby of Houston. presi-
dent of the Kirby Lumber Company
is'a native Texan and proud Of It
Poe has travelled life's pathway from
20 loUlv farmer hoy To the tCpmost
pinnacle iu business and is recognized
as one of the most progressive busi.
ness men In the state. lie has per
haps contributed more time and mon
cy toward organized effort for the
states development than any ether
person IN the state
S. A. Lindsey OF Tyler is farmer
and newspaper man and has partici-
pated in all public movements Tor tn
good of East Texas lie has been an
active worker in 'hc Commercial Sec
retarios and business Mems Associa-
-reo b., organization
J. w. Lindsay of Gainesville is
president OF the Lindsay National
Bank of Gainesville and is one of the
strongest business men in Texas lie
is leader in local and state move
ments for progress and Is one of the
pioneers in development.
DR.. +. O Lovott of Houston, presi.
dent Of the Rice Institute. is an edu-
Gator Of National reputation and is
recognized as one Of The ablest stu
dents Of economies in America His
knowledge and experience especially