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ALLENS PAY COST "
OF CIVILIZATION
Father and Son Electrocuted at
Richmond Friday Afternoon for
Shooting Ip Courthouse—
W as Hay of Sensations.
Richmond, Ya., March 28.—Claude
Swanson Allen ami his father,
Floyd Allen, were electrocuted
shortly after 1 o’clock this alter
noon.
The men gained a few hours re
spite this morning, their electrocu
tion having previously been llxed
for 7 a. m.
The respite came because Gov
ernor Mann left tile state last night
and the lieutenant-governor was
thereupon appealed to to save the
Lives of the condemned men.
The son of Governor Mann tele
phoned to his father at Washington
the steps that were being taken,
and tin* governor hastened back to
Richmond, arriving about noon.
This ended the respite and the men
were executed shortly thereafter.
Floyd Allen went to the chair
first. He was completely unnerved
by the delay incident to the brief
respite, and when the son. Claude,
whose nerve bad never before
failed, beard of the respite, he broke
down and cried.
The case of the Allens lias be
come one of the most famous in
the annals of crime. It resulted
from a political feud as much as
from a light between the moun
taineers and government prosecu
tors. for the Allens are really not
of the class known as outlaws. The
Sell It III. c ' v\ uui ui buc
murder "1 five persons, who were
killed after l-'loyd Allen, convicted
of a felony, refused in court lo ac
company ill" sheriff to jail. When
Hi" latter attempted to remove him
from He court. Allen started to re
sisl. then from the northeast corner
of Hi" room there came a shot. The
jtnlg" toppled over from his chair,
writhed in agmiy on the floor and
lay in blood that flowed from a
wound m liis right shoulder in
front of the arm. The sheriff fell
limply lo 111" floor, shot through
ific head, his revolver falling from
his grasp ere he could defend him
self.
The first couple of shots tlini
struck down these two court of
ficials were followed by a fusil
lade from every direction, in which
the commonwealth’s attorney, the
clerk, the deputy sheriffs and clerks
joined against the clansmen who
had op"ned lire from all sides. The
state's attorney was mortally
wounded in the head, but bravely
continued to lire toward the clans
men. Soon lie stumbled into the
grand jury room and expired, liis
Scad resting on the Code of Vir
ginia. tlie hook which contained
the law 11" had died defending.
The clerk was shot through the
cheek, I he bullet plowing through
Hi" neck and tearing away his col
lar button: but lie, too, fought on
and finally succeeded in driving the
last of the clansmen from the
building, though his clothes were
pierced by 11 bullet holes in the
hail that struck around him.
Three or four jurymen who had
fml a few minutes before adjudged
the prisoner guilty, were hit by
bullets; one of them died the next
day. An innocent young woman
who had testified for the slate
against the prisoner, was mortally
wounded in her frantic efforts tc
escape, and she, too, passed awaj
the day following.
The capture of all the Allens was
an undertaking that lasted si?
months lo the day from the time
(if Ihe tragedy. Sidna Allen am
fiis nephew, Wesley Edwards, wen
the last to be arrested, being caugh
in Des Moines, la., September 14
Floyd Allen, li is son Victor. Ryrr
Marion, Cabell Strickland and Join
Moore were arrested in Hillsvilh
the day after the shooting, but fhi
last three were released later.
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When you have that awful pair
in the back don't delay, but go anc
buy a box of Bloodine Blood anc
Kidney Tablets. They make sicl
kidneys well. They even cure
Bright’s Disease and Diabetes.
Fa rrn FeFphone
Saved Child’s Life
One of the Children fell
into a water tank and was
rescued unconscious and
apparently lifeless.
The frantic mother tele
phoned to the doctor six
miles away, and he started
at once. In the meantime
his assistant telephoned in
structions and the mother
restored the child to con
sciousness before the doctor
arrived.
The telephone service
saved the child’s life.
LIBERTY THROUGH A SEWER.
Chicago Motor Bandit Escapes From
Prison by His Favorite Method.
Leavenworth, Kas., March 30.—
Clyde Stratton, known as the “Chi-'
eago motor bandit,” escaped from
the federal prison today by crawl- |
ing through a sewer. Two other
prisoners who attempted to escape
with him gave up the struggle after .
being almost overcome by gas.
An immediate search was made
and one of the storm sewer openings
was found to be uncovered. John
Hughes and Frank Fernsdorf, the
prisoners who gave up the attempt
to escape, were found standing in i
two feet of slime, very anxious to
get out.
Investigation showed that Strat
ton and tiis confederates, after,
leaving the doctor's office, went j
directly to the sewer manhole, re-j
moved the cover and dropped into,
the pit, a fall of fully 15 feet. The j
main sewer leading from the man- |
bole was protected by 1-inch steel j
bars. The prisoners evidently had j
hack saws, for two of the bars were
sawed off and wrenched out to per
mit exit into the main sewer.
The sewer tapers from about 24
inches to 15 inches in diameter, and
is continually full of sewer gas and
live steam, besides water and filth.
Fernsdorf and Hughes admit they
tried to follow Stratton, hut had to
give it up.
Stratton’s tracks were found at
the mouth of the sewer and he was
followed by his footprints to the
woods west of the prison.
While in the Cook county jail at
Chicago Stratlon almost escaped and
it was found from his record that
he had twice escaped from the state
prison at Columbus, 0., while serv
ing sentences, once in October, 1911.
and again in October, 1912, each
time by crawling through a sewer.
CONVICTS WILL AID
TO PROTECT LEVEES
Despite Plain Wording of Law, State
Prisoners Will Be Used Away
From Farms in Emergency
—Moose Benders Opinion.
Little Hook, March 28.—In open
violation of the law, backed by the
aiding governor and attorney gen
eral, the Arkansas board of peni
tentiary commissioners will send
200, or as many convicts as can be
spared from the stale farm, to tin
laid of the St. Francis levee. Loard
in saving the levees on the Missis
sippi river.
The convicts will be ready to
leave the farm today, and will go
to Varner, thence to McGeiiee or
Pine iilulV, to he taken to the point
designated by President O. iL Kil
lougti of the levee board.
President Killougli sent urgent
message- to Acting Governor Fu
trell and members of the peniten
tiary commission Thursday after
noon, asking for convicts to help
protect the weak places ill the le
vees. As the law requires all con
vict:- to he worked on the state
fauns and prohibits leasing of con
victs in any way, ttie commission
ers appealed to Attorney General \\ .
L. Moose for advice. He informed
the commissioners the law is very
plain, but as this is an emergency,
be thought the people of the slate
would commend, instead of con
demn, the action of the commission
if the convicts were made use of in
lighting the rising waters.
Acting Governor Futrell, when
appealed to, also said the law was
plain, but the only power the gov
ernor had in dealing with the peni
tentiary commission was to appoint
its members and in case they did
not do their duty to remove them
for cause. He would not consider
the violation of the law, such as
taking the prisoners to the levees
11 to protect property of the state, lie
stated, sullicient reason to remove
any members of the board, but one
j for approval.
J. A. Turner of Jonesboro, a for
mer member of the levee board,
called on Acting Governor Futrell
in the afternoon and with the aid
of a map showed him all the weak
places in the levee, and urged as
sistance. After the conference
Acting Governor Futrell sent a mes
sage to the war department re
questing permission to use tents
now in possession of the Arkansas
National Guard to give shelter to
flood sufferers in the eastern part
of the slate.
While he was settling this ques
tion, Attorney General Moose also
informed the penitentiary commis
sion that while the law required the
working of all convicts on the state
farm, Ihe act did not contemplate
that the protection of state prop
erly was to he withdrawn, and he
did not consider it illegal for the
commission to work a number of
Hie convicts at Hie state heating
and lighting plant, and to do janitor
service at the state capitol.
A prudent mother is always on
(he watch for symptoms of worms
in her children. Paleness, lack of
interest.in play and peevishness is
the signal for WHITE’S CREAM
VEIlMIlT’GE. A few doses of this
excellent remedy puts an end to the
worms and the child soon acts nat
urally. Price :Tir pci' hot lie. Sold
by McNerney’s Pharmacy.
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Filly Strayed—$5.00 Reward.
Weight about 000 pounds, bay,
reached mane, cropped tail, small
white speck in left eye. $5 reward
for return to owner.
Charley Goodman,
dw Board Camp, Ark.
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Bring us your country produce.
We pay the top market price for
ehiekons, pggs. butler, etc.
J. F. Averitt.
400 hales good Alfalfa Hav at '
RTDLtNG’S,’OOe hate.
“Our Personal Guarantee
to all Skin Sulterers”
DAVIS DDK. CD.
We have been in business 1n this town
for some time, and we are looking to
build up trade by always advising our
patrons right.
So when we tell you that wc have
found the eczema remedy and that we
stand buck ot it with the manufacturer's
iron clad guarantee, backed by ourselves
you can depend upon it that we give our
advice not in order to sell a few bottles
of medicine to skin sufferers, but be
en us** we know how it will help our
business if we help our patrons.
We keep in stock and sell, all the well
known skin remedies. But we will say
this: If you are suffering from any
kind of skin trouble, eczema, psoriasis,
rash or tetter, we want you to try a full
size bottle of D. D. D. Prescription,
if it does not do the work, this
bottle will cost you nothing. You alone
to judge.
Again and again we have seen now a
few drops of tills simple wash applied
to the skin, takes away the itch, in
stantly. And the cures all seem to be
permanent. , . ..
D. D. D. Prescription made by the
p. P. D. Laboratories of * 'hicago. is
composed of thymol, glyuorino. oil or
w intergreen and other Ik .1 liny • soothing,
cooling ingredients. And if you
just crazy with itch, you will feel
soothed and cooled, the it< h absolutely
washed away the mom ;nt you applied
this D. P. D.
We have made fast friends of more
than one family by rec- intending tms
remedy to a skin sufferer here nnu
there and we want you to try it now
on our positive no-pay guarantee.
PROM BILL MAY
NOT BE EFFECTIVE
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So Claim Leaders of Liquor Forces
—Say Emergency Clause in Bill
Is Not Effective—Warm
Eight Predicted.
Little Rock, March 28.—Unless
here is contrary ruling by the
■ourts, saoolns in the wet counties
tu Arkansas will be doing business
the same as ever after January 1,
1914. Many of the most prominent
attorneys of Arkansas have ren
dered opinions for the leaders of
the liquor forces, declaring the
nnergency clause which usually
makes all bills passed which have
it attached effective immediately
after being signed, to be non-active
m Senate Rill No. 118, because in
the budy of the bill it is specifically
dated that the bill is nut effective
until December 31, 1913. The emer
■rency clause was placed on the bill
to prevent the circulation of a pe
titi'on to refer the bill'to the people,
ind if it can be knocked off in the
.■ourts, the liquor men, by getting a
petition with about 10,000 names,
■an have the bill voted upon at the
next general election. The courts
will have the pleasure of passing
upon the matter, anyway.
Should the courts decide the
emergency clause non-active in this
lull. I he liquor men state they can
*1 the required number of names
an the petition in three days. The
bill would not then go into effect
hi December 31, and the present
local option condition would not be
disturbed until after the general
election in September, 1914. With
such a delay, the fight for and
against I he bill would be a warm
one, and the anti-prohibitionists
claim they will win out before the
people by a larger majority than
they did in I he last elect ion when
slate-wide prohibition was defeat
ed.
Look to Your Plumbing.
You know what happens in a
bouse in which the plumbing is in
poor condition—everybody in the
house is liable to contract typhoid
or some other fever. The digestive
organs perform the same functions
in the human body as the plumbing
does for the house, and they should
be kept in first-class condition all
the time. If you have any trouble
with your digestion take Chamber
lain’s Tablets and you are certain
to get quick relief. For sale by all
dealers.
Business Building for Sale.
The Racket store, brick building
and goods, or goods alone. Might
trade for a farm. Call and see me
or write for particulars.
John A. York,
Box 64, Mena, Ark.
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We buy eggs, chickens, turkeys,
butter, etc., and pay top market
prices for same. J\ F. Averitt.
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400 bales good Alfalfa Hay at
RTDLIN'G’S, 60c bijle.
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Go to J. B. GOSS for Hardware
and Furniture.
CONFEDERATE MOM MENT
AT LITTLE ROCK \CCEPTED
Little Rock, March 28. The com
mittee of Confederate V<■ t• ■ r:ui-. ap
pointed for the purpo- of inspect
ing the monument jus .-ompletedon
Hie state eapitol grounds to Hie
women of the south, viewed the
statue Thursday afternoon, after
which they accepted Hie structure.
The report was mad hv Acting
Governor Futrell, who uithorized
the state auditor to il- -w a warrant
upon the treasury f-- si<',000, the
amount appropriated l>> the legis
lature of 1909 for till- purpose. t he
monument will be un\< ed at the
Confederate Veterans. Sons and
Daughters of Confede: • - Veterans,
at a date to be selected later. Gen
erals Coffin and Cook -f Batesville
and Green of Pine R ik. and .1. M. ^
Lucey of Pine Bluff wen' out-of- .
town members .of lie committee
which viewed the si - Thursday *
afternoon.
LONGVIEW NEGRO
GIVEN HIS DESERTS
Attempt at Assault I pan Daughter
of White Farmer Is Followed
Quickly by Death of Black
—Girl Suffers No Injury.
Longview, Tex., M i 28.—A ne
gro employed on the ;n of Albert
Smith, six miles noiii ,,r this city,
was shot and killed yesterday afL
ernoon by a crowd I infuriated
farmers, following , attempt on
the part of the negi o criminally
assault the Ri-year-oi l daughter of
his employer.
The name of the negro has not j
been learned here., fAVhen lie al-j
lucked the girl she fought him lies- ;
perately, and her screams dually
caused the negro to abandon his
purpose and attempt to escape.
Neighbors had been atlracied by
the screams, however, and * lie ne
gro was pursued, many shots being
tiled at him. Some time later the {
body of the negm was found in a j
cotton house, where he had crawled
h*r safety, only to die as a resuli
of his wounds.
The girl suffered no injury beside
the shock. The negro had threat
ened to kill her it she told any one |
of the attack made upon her.
Found a Cure for Rheumatism.
I suffered with rheumatism for
two years and could not get my
right hand to my mouth for that
length of time." writes Lee L. Chap
man, Mapleton. I -wa. "I suffered
terrible pain so 1 could not sleep
or lie still at night. Five years ago
I began using Chamberlain’s. Lini
nienet and in two months I was well!
and have nol suffered with rheu-1
malism since." lor sale hy alii
dealers.
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Send Postal for Towngend’s 20th
Century Strawberry Catalogue; i
worth its weight in gold. Tells how
to grow big crops of big red her-,
ries. A copy free to every reader
mentioning this paper. E. W.
Townsend, Salisbury, Md.
2000 bales nice bright Prairie Hay,
15c bale, at RIDI.ING’S.
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For Sash ami Ifoors see J. R.
GOSS.
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Grow V/2 Bales Cotton
Where Only 1 Grew
Before
One to ono-and-a-half and even two bales of cotton, or 60 to 90
bushels of corn per acre, require little more labor than smaller yields.
Simply use liberally the right fertilizer or plant loud to the acreage
you plant, and cultivate1 the crop more thoroughly and oftener.
You cannot be too careful in selecting fertilizers and seeds.
Your soil deserves the best plant foods which are
Virginia -Carol i na
High-Grade
Fertilizers
They are made to give Available Phosphoric Acid, Ammonia oi
Nitrogen, and Potash in the right combination for greatest yields.
These fertilizers produce big crops of COTTON, CORN RICE
TOBACCO, FRUITS, PEANUTS and TRUCK.
Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Co.
Box 1117
RICHMOND - VIRGINIA i
U
Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers
For Sale by
W. W. TOWNSEND - - - G. W. PETTY
$60—Sixty Dollars—$60
TK PREMIUMS AND FREE FEKTILIZER
The United Oil Mills of Hope, Ark.
ton'upon tw^acns^n* Polk° county‘wit^h^ope^rand^FerHlizer
$35.00 IN CASE L°^°.nd $25^0INCASH
The persons wjonin^these premiums ^Fertilizer
The doors of our Fertilizer Plant at Hope, Arkansas are always open to visi
tors and we make onlv high-grade Fertilizers. If you do not find among our
brands the narth-ular analysis von desire, tell us what you want and we will
make It foryou Or if you want to buy the ingredients and mix your own Fer
tilizers, we will sell them to you.
*.:j phncnhai-P available 16% Kainit (Potash available) 12i%
Muriate of Potash available, 48% _ Sulphate of Potash available, 48%
Nitrate of Soda (nitrogen available) 18..%
Cotton Seed Meal (nitrogen available) 7 to 8%_
Our Fertilizers can be obtained from the following dealers, others will
announced later:
TOM ALLEN, Mena, Ark. L* OLIVER, Potter, Ark.
WADKINS & SONS, Vandervoort and Hartley, Ark.
C. H. 1ETT & SONS, Wickes, Ark. J- M. NEAL, Grannis, Ark.
H. E. CHAMBERS, Ink, Ark.
$50,00 Premiums f
' Fertilizer FREE \
We are offering fur the best acre yield of cot
ton grown with our Fertilizers
$30.00 In Gold
For the best acre yield of corn grown with
our Fertilizers
$20.00 In Gold !
In addition to these, the Fertilizer so used
will be free. Crops judged under direction of County
Government Agent and nobody barred. We sell
blood and bone Fertilizers.
Watkins Hardware Co.f
Phone 40 IViena, Ark.
I
I kills lice, ticks, fleas, mitfs cirfs utvrp ,n
■..NOWC.™EVS‘ SS„?SAND<SeA^*B>
ut»M’ AND DRI\ ES AWAY FLIES.
NON-IRRITATING. effective, inexpensive.
TME IDEAL. DIP
fun hALA ST
McNerney's
_Pharmacy
ASK FOR FREE BOOKLETS.
We Want Your Country
Produce
and will pay highest prices. We have just unloaded
a car of Texas Rust-Proof SEED OATS. Get them
while you can. Wnen you want GROCERIES and
FEED see us. Prices and Quality Guaranteed.
Alexander Bros.
Phone 57. Corner Mena and Pickering
.“”•■"*«*«• - floors Kuiof I'Htj-s
Day Phone 247 \i0l,t Phone 4lii !'
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\ou are cordially invited to call and '!
inspect goods and equipment.
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I WANT YOUR HOGS
The market price paid at all times for I \T Wn <»•■• ..
- CARSON ADAMS. Acorn, Ark.
PARCEL POST ^Ve will mat , ^
l^u Wfl havQ tlio goodn—\V °n *U. w******
0 SHEA HINCH Hl.DW.., ” ~T |
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Mena business College
COURSES AND TRICES
Hook-keeping, Commercial Law,
'omnurcial Arithmetic, Kapid r.tLu
auon. Spelling, Heading, Ur.t ,\r
tnd I enmanship- Price for Sr' '.ar
ihip ii the above course ami good fur
• m >« ar, $5u. Cash; on Time u ith
ash payment, $6u.
Short-llaiul Courst*.
Short-hand. T>pewrlting. Litter
Wining. English, Spelling. Idiettlon
i tid Lunotuation, with free u of
T> pewriter for daily practice. Price
,t .d terms of this course. saim- a. in
i h* business course above. Fo* the
two courses, or for what we call the
i'.ui Mut'il Course. $85 Cash, or $100
"ii lime with cash payment on enter
ing School.
I’lte Business Course.
Time required to finish either t the
courses, from four to . en
■n tli- Typewriting alohe, $' for
two months. You can enter nt: 'ime
t d take as few or as many hr r hes
u desire If you onl> ant
>mi nine. Heading. Arithmetic and
lirammar. "r any one of these 1 • . h
es we will make you a mohthP rate,
and ulve you individual instruct, n.
School over Horner Bros. A > j»p’s
grocery store. Call on or addr*
t. W. JUSTUS, Principal.
Mena. Arkansas.
(ARKANSAS)
POLK COUNTY
•
rite Best County in the Best
State for (lie Fruit and Track
Farmer
Choice Farms and Bu~ icss
Opportunities.
Care oT Non-Resident Property
owners carefully looked after.
| Your business solicited.
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Fred Vah Wagner
MENA. ARKANSAS
DR. C.L. BAKER
‘Veterinary Surgeon •
Graduate McKillip's Veterinary
College, Chicago.
Deputy State Veterinary
of Arkausas.
Will have office at barn of Dan*
iels Transfer Co.—Phone 16 •
Now is the Time
to buy Alfalfa. Red, Sweet ami
Japan ('lover; all kinds of
Grass Seed
( ano, Kaffir, Millet, Milo Maize
and Seed Corn. We have com
plete slocks. If your local deni
er does not sell our Seed, write
us for samples and prises.
Arthur G. LEE,
SEED MERCHANT
Port Smith, - Arkansas.
DR. F. B. ELLIOT
Physician and Surgeon
Office Over First National Bank
^CHIROPRACTIC
Offers You HEALTH, nu matter
what Your Trouble is.
DEE A. HILTON, Chiropractor ,
OPn?^ «r Men* «t. and Maple "A
I llONKs ortu-e i#t»; Hwirteocf 3
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RELIEVES ted Cl'RES>fcte otfcers FAIL
DR. W. B. CRAWFORD
llSTem-tTHI,,! tlHCTkOT/tTH
'>fficoJllour»:'UJa.»in. to S p. m.
- . Mena, Ark
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