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Carolina, llsws, Who If!» on the Scene Shortly Alter
the Shooting Occurred '
The following sit-count of the lush-3 the reports thst had come to this
sure of the court amour: st Hills“ town were fslse sad that nothing de-
vilie, Virginia. In tailoh from the1 llnlto was known about mu liitht. oih
Mount Airy News, published by .1. E9. or than that several men wore dcsd
Johnson. at Mount Airy. North Csro That the people might know the facts
lino, and is the first detailed account9nt thd’ wheat possible moment, the
of the affair to be printed In any 0!, editor secured 1 team sud drove to
the liorthren newspapers. Residento' Hllisviilo slid solidly heroin] visit-
of The Norwslks will he esiltchIllv in ad the Court House. saw the blood
tel‘esled In lI as Dennison Baldwin. on the floor, as bullet holes in the
of tho Baldwin-Felts lietectlveAgtlncy.§ wulil, made a diagram at the whole
in u hrothenltlluw 0! Dr. Charles G.‘ 39mm HllOWlilfl Wht‘i‘e [1m court om.
Builonnnn and Attorney W- J H 30 clslu and jury wero when the more
human. of 300th Nornlk. ucro begun and where the dead men
Not, even on the dime novel do lot-91”, when it ended.- we talked with
road whom an effort was ever mudo l09 men mm were In Imp mm find who
Wipe out Of eIlslfillcfi I court of jud- bare the muk‘ upon their bod‘og we
tice us Who the case at Hilisv,lllo Vu.‘ tallied with men "”04“,“; on the
at eight o'clock in the worms Thur» ,strootil of Hillnviiie while the ught
My. March Hill 1912. _ The Ill'al'lflflflh W113 {3°an 0‘“ in ‘h‘ 00“" hOU” .gd
[)Ill'l of U1” Illld fiflflll‘ ll) that the (Mk ‘Wlllleflifl'd ll“! M36119 on ”w 60“”
Iwhlch he. found two of his nephews.
‘Lhiclug‘ the
bar. The Cisrli hos“, dork Moot ten
feet left of where the Judge site. The
Commonwealth Attorney has n dull
In Ihsoflotthohu'mllllltlnc
IM' doll-hunts. the lswyeru tutu the
use BM their witnesses oocupw
in] the other end of the bur. People
who sttud the court as spectators sre
supposed to stand in the room unless
they lugs fortunate enough to set,
s sest on the single r‘ow ot benches
next to the wslluiaug the north side
of the room. or on the half-down
benches on the out side. With this
description one will he better prepop
ed to undontsndtbe account of what
follows,
Origin or the Present Trouble.
Tho present trouble dates back to
Mu, lilil. Garland Allen. l1 Primi-
tive Baptist preacher, and brother to
Floyd and Sidlls. was holding services
at Thomas school house In that coun-
ty. A disturbance was ruined out in
the yard and 1 row was In progrl-es.
The preacher left his pulpit and went
out Into the yard to stop the ill-'hl, in 9
Wesley Edwards sud Sidney Edwards
'enzued. When the preacher tried to
I stop the. light. Wesley Edwards
limit-m him down with u rock. Lut-
indOCB prsotlcaliy accomplilllied lawn and on the streets, and saw the
their purpose. The State of Virginia efforts to shoot down the ageing 1,".an
is amused and justly so. as it hss not 9 mm, after they had “ed from thel
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Eureka Rebekah Lodge will hold its Routine business WEI! dispensed at
9 biweekly business 9 meeting Friday the meeting of tho Carpenters‘ Union
’ held last evening.
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MONTH-END SALE
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boon since the armies of the North
de South [ought bloody battles with-
in her borders. in the massacre for
such it was mod the bloodiest In the
history of the country, tlvu
were kiilod and a number wounded.
The Victims.
Judge '1‘. In. Music. one or the flrtl9t9
Judged of Virxlnls. received three
bullets in his body. one in the ion. and
one In the arm. and one directly
through the lungs from which he bled
Thursday’ 8 Specials .
,,Dfaiieries & Particles
PORTIERES
82.25. 'anue $2.98
$2.98. Value “.00.
83.98. anue $5.00.
COLORED SCRIMS
8c. Value 12 Mo
14c. ”Value 19c.
19c. Value 25c.
Flounso ewes» “'9‘ W" “'00-
short length, nun-15o CURTAINB
' 25¢. :Vslue Iihc.
'Bc'trgvalll‘éfi :5? 49¢. Value 59c.
' ' 64c. Value 75c.
“”7“” "573- m. Vuiue 31.00. 9_
8mm PM" NQTTINGHAM cuanms .
lit Special l’rlcor.
COTTAGE CURTAINS
at Special Prices.
BILKOLIN E5. 8c.
Short lengths.
BARGAINS IN CRETONNES
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U, ‘I'm -1~ ~4’-p “MIDI- 0, fl.
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Fashion reports Indicate it big Lace neuron. We are Ill
showing on ex dingiy attractive \ariety of the 9'!
9 touch desires kit has. so luvilihiy used for trimming ”
' I gowns, millinsry.eic.
Huivv insomnia and women BANDS are the I!
season's most desirable lmcee. There are three 9’ U
diligent widths in every handsome designs, at 25c . ‘
'MLOV‘B L’AOII. in shadow designed at The to II
Ginny liover‘li", Bandinge and Edgings are popular ‘9‘
was and one in véry effective patterns; rent
barium sud also the machine made Imitations.
‘ I! WAOI-IINOTOM #7., - ' OBIITH NOBWBLK ,
9 fought in
This town is the home mat-lint for all
the Aliens. They do their trading
bore They buy their line lumber and
building material here. They coins to
this point to mice the troll: to so to
Their reistlveil live
distant places
here. runny of them. The tether-in.
litw of one of tho Aliens lives here.
' may or their cousins and intimate
friends live here. And ii is not sure
prising that there should be great in~
tereet among our citizens. So Intense
was the excitement, and so eager were
tire people to know all the details at
the massacre that The Mount Airy
News issued a. special edition the
some day. Hundredll of copied were
eagerly bought. midst and attorney
the excitement increosed rather than
. subsided and the wires 9 were kept
busy trying to llnd out more oi the
details. All kinds or reports ruched
here about companion of mllltll corn
in; into the country by way of Betty
Baker, from the North and Mount
Airy ‘from the South. A hints In
album All-y. where umpiunitioa still
pistols are kept, was broken Into not!
robbed ll‘rldny nllh't, snd it“ well
‘ ’ gtthought that possibly the Attend were 99
Winds loving to n Wile shortly of trillion ‘
‘ Aliition.
“ bought up so nil. looting st lime
‘ rillo grid the rim “$wa in W 90th; ‘
yer. dlrocllion lieu where live. it W99“
It. was known that thorn“
known tint they were in tho mound
thin Institution south of Hillsvlilo.
During Bnturdsrpropprls Mine to this
town thilt ‘ hull hill b
9eourl room; we tallied with mun who
saw the Aliens hastily mount
horses and dash down it back alley“
sud off to the mountains: we talked
their l
or he had both the Edwards boys In-
dicted for disturbing public wolshlp
They left the state of Vilginla and
3cnme to Mount Airy, .\'. (‘.., and so
toured Will. The papers ‘lor them
3 were sent to the Sheriffs of this coun-
iiy who placed them under arrest and
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with B. ill. Real! (nominally
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FAIR WEEK
The Si“: Loom'9atiracis many people. This loom is‘ ‘
operated by Mr. Tsuheo Tamba, formerly- of Youezawa,
Japan. and is the only japanesc llalltl-IQOIII in the country.
It is fascinating to watch .Vlr. 'i'allibzl's work, from the
wiiitliilg‘uf Illt‘ filmy threads of silk mt spools. t0 the wov-
til design rolled upon the loom. Mr. 'I‘amlla very cordially
gives interesting information regarding the sill: industry
of Japan from the growing (ll silk \wrliis. Illiougll .dlle
coloring. spinning and wearing of the falll‘iis. This is a_
rare opportunity, and Bridgeport is the fifth city in Amer-
ica to witness the tlciiicliistratioii. 'l‘iic lmlli hills never.
been licycilld New England.
PAINTING OF DELDARE WARE.
Miss Anna Delaney, from The Buffalo Pottery Co.,
is busily engaged ill decorating plates. vases, and other
articles ill the artistit‘ Deidre Ware. This pottery is in
demand for the dining room plott- roll at.» wuii as for ordi-
nary Ialllt‘ use.
Oil ’lllC lUWCl' floor.
people '
ll ‘d m mgnoullod the, authorities of Carroll
w ti men who oompoot e we: County Denim p B. 399999999999. came 90
grand Jury Who returned true bu“ oi" this town nitel the prisonoro and
'iutllctmcilt for murder against the9 halftuffed them Mm” leaving for
men who ”8 chimed with ”"1um lerroil. When he reached the home
Ina inlhe nlussoro; we lslked with3m Sid
on Allen, which is on the pub
WWW" '1“) live in the town of Hills lit: road to Hillslillo ho was stopped
vilie9lind VJNI virility (91:9“lflrge‘mf’ by Floyd Allen and name other men.
porter. on W” e “6 s P a who accompanied him Floyd Alton. I
THE POTTER'S WHEEL.
Mr. Frank J. Dugan lilziliiiiiillliw clay in a wonderful
manner. lilrliillg out artistic jal'rs'.A\'ll§l‘$, zilid urns of bis~
colored clay.
In the Crockery Store.
GLASS ENGRAVING.
know tint they Ire not inferior to
other people of other nectlone, and
they are not to he thought of. if one
cares to do them lull north so in-
ferior people because at this time
there hoppened to be within their hor-
dera men who are twins and know
no tour. In sli‘airu onion; nil poo
pie there have been duliaws‘i‘tnd men
against whom it our nocoulry fur
society to protect. illicit. Hillevllie Is
twenty-live. roller north or Mount Airy
lit abouttho corner of Carroll County.
To drive through ”the town one would
think the. population to he 'u‘much
all 500. ' Thelfown is bullt‘principol-
lyl along one ninth street with the
court house near the center of the
town.
The Court House.
Msln street runs north and south
and about the center or town ls local.-
ed the court house on the out tide
of the street on an elevation eight or
ten feet above the streht Ind Isl-
publish book to allowilor ll lawn about
titty loot wide boiwm tho nourl
house and the street. A night or sev-
illlts our on the lawn,
ersl steps front the ride-well: of tile
The
‘ .ulilhhco on Floyd Alien might 'pl‘eol-
l
charged the pup and instructed them3
that under the lows of Virginia it.
was not only their duty to say wheth
or or not lilo. prisoner at the bar was
guilty but to llx tho penalty. In this
case where the prisoner woe charsedi
with interfering with an officer In the‘
discharge of Ills duty, they could not9
moire the penalty more than die;
years nor less than one year In the
auto prison. The jury took the one~
late in the afternoon (or oonsldera
tlou sud returned their verdict us
soon as oourt‘ convened Thursday
morning at 8 o’clock.
it was known that Floyd Allen on;
former occasions hold lotimidnledi
courts to that some room by refusing
to nerve eentences that were imposed. i
It was known that former Judges had
impound lines upon Floyd Allen roih
or thsn lillm chances with him byw
sentenclns him to prison, as he would
have done my other min under like
chorus. .9“. min “on that Floyd Ill»l
ten hadron iusn‘y millions, word
that he "would die slid no to bonnie.
lore any of his blood should ever he
looked behind the burs. It was
lutolvu that he wss n than absolutely
without rest- or caution to resold lor‘9
m min when his own intemts were
It suite. it won known rim to pm
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l
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I‘plthte s‘ “limits illlit. Before id
ills Into the court house Thursday
looming" friends or the Judge warned
”rip out his llIe will In hunger and
tried to prowl trill! him to arm him-
A I ‘ , . islet» coinmonweslth
lthoughts about the tragedy that mostl wore, no if in an effort to get
internally and dim if a :99" must: count we are today printing iii no at- l m a threatening manner demanded llllS interesting exhibit is tllilllllClLIl In Mr. Wm.
4 w r 0 er 0 . -. '
Colunl‘l trellio‘llmh 55on received I Enroll-I as could be muud M m“ that he remove the handcuffs from Elam “1’7“"!de ”0 on "1‘ I" MW” "ionnfil'aiiis
allot direoili through the heart that M The emu Pearle. ”rt: 33:“? illkmil 3:331:qu and dmigns on tumblers and gem”. $9 “'5
ended his life Instantly. Carroll Count Vs or which m. “ emetic 9 cu 5‘ m ART E BR I I TI . .
. w M ”0“” “1° C°'““‘°“‘°‘“" town of illilwlllu is the county sell m um we made a mum“ M M O DER? NSTR'UC ON"
‘ it to draw his pistol. Before he could . ,u , , . . ~ . -
Attorney. was shot four times In the h“ attained no ”mm “mm“, 3,,3 draw 99 911ml Fluid Allen “um hold Miss Martha Alden in l hi .ll tilt .\it betlion
hm“, and twice Ihroulllt the halo. this mo“ and nlloir, “d lnexperleoc- of him puile d him out or me mhme throughout the week to givcuiiy information in embroid-
9::‘h§;e°“° °l which "W” M" “a"! ed neupaper reporters or some 0th 9 in which he "a “(mm m the “me cry. She will assist customc a»: in selecting materials,
' , 9" l'i‘e‘mflm parties M" d""'- ”“9 time beating him om the head with show them the different slitc'ics. culiililclice pieces for
Augustus 9ll‘owler, n jlirimon was worth of Carroll (Bounty great ”‘me _ 9 _ 9 _ 99
shot in the bend and only lived two ”"9 by “9999”“ out certain ”pom n 1"th Sfimimlfi flnllll‘ EOI WI bis them. and give advmc ill all .llilcsm art needlework. baili—
9m” 8 pistol and Allen promptly knock“! ll pics of Miss Aldcn's work arc nii t-xliillitioil ill lllt‘ Linen
that all" not m" ““5 greatly mlsrep out of his bond and released the pris. . .
W“ ““9" Elisabeth ”er" a resent the people or course ‘henlonorli The “my“ b0” were hm Section on the lower floor.
Wm"! “my 19 ““5 °m “m “a " nro moths in that country. and may ”mm“ "3..., and “Imam.“ .0 six The Afternoon Concerts.
witnosu In court. was allot through the or them. it“! " mm sr‘o Mm“ ml months .lu lull whlth term the how
”0"“ “d “‘95 "'° “a" me" other ports or the country. Reports! “m, “rm, 9“ wilsviile inlet- ”9 Bentley’s Orchestra an I the Bridgeport Ladies‘
. ”he" iiowlett. ‘ lurymsu was nhst hsve gone out would have the pen were 3.8m tor Floyd Allen Qllarlettc present all eiijoya'lli: l'ii‘tig’l’fllllilil‘ every after—
Ihm m the New“ mm the mm“ re- ”"‘do ‘0'” bellow W“ “l“ °‘“’"“‘ cumin; him “with interfering with noon. Concerts begin at l\\() n‘tlmk.
moved from his book. ills chances slit of t‘nrmll Iii composed of ‘ low-l
b I not It ’ "i"! We“ to "W dlm‘i’le 0‘ h“ dill? Afternoon tut is served in the Japanese Room between
‘0' ”“90“" "'° ““"v ’ u; “ less element nwlthsl- the people are, n), this til-rue no u. m“ " Hills-
throush the lung. pom. end manna“, «tenured A“, 999 int Wed 9 9“ 9993999 “969 two and five o‘clock. .
Dexter Good, the Clerk of the Court. m” who 9m,“ through a“, country‘ :99“: ill“ naps“); sore The Fair W cek Souvenir is given to all \VllOSL‘ pllT“
was shot, In the free and lhlsll. “a “m ‘3“, W and {Hum fields Thu: 1.“ rial Before the Massacre. chillies amount to $2.00 or (.l‘.'t‘l'.
“0" Allen. ”“9 d“‘°“d‘“‘ ‘t 1“" well fenced with wire; to“ the lsrgel . Ou Wednesdsl morning the 13". 3
3 ti plot and in lilo ' ' . . . . «-
_9 :3: "m in u“ k 0“ :Ommmble "“999“: “will“? “m .wlth twelve men in the jury box and. All decorations in the Japanese room are lnr sale.
' . a room . . 9 9 .
‘ giant; Allen is thought to be wonlid- satiation? th‘n: “3:; “I; an“: Jud“ rnilzui’: Irmbznflknlm 9:92:99 This includes hCl‘CL‘ilb, lanterns. print.» lacquered tallies;
9ed In several pieces, lpltilot sol-lonely stock sud “me that am bred: woos; rattan do“; filter-twins withnuu ot— “(.9
inltnn EXCI‘GMQH‘ I. Mount MP]: the Men. church” .nd yahoo] “W“‘I floor 1, WI! a serious OHEDEQ an°9
A raging lire on the struts In the that here. and there dot the minim, penalty 3“. min a term of lmprlog
Mame“ mm of (own would not have one: the town of Hilisrille with ltsl content could be Imposed by the :w P m m. wah Gum an
cullilod more exolttlmllnt among our large and options hotel‘s. nice court All the a” witnceoes wore 0 9‘ ¢
citizens than the new: of the mom ohurches. splendid rusidencee. large examined and in the afternoon com- ‘ , ‘
acre at iiiiloviile creliwd. The dity oi stores and intelligent people any man monweslth Attoruoy w h: 90.“... for9 _ .4
the occurrence business pmctlcnlll' who mingle: with the people of the the “8936.9 and lawvero 'l‘lpton “a no- ‘ 3
Momma. men authored In group, av. county .1” [own 9110““ to be an. ion ‘0’, the defense, mldili 301119951 friends and ISIOClfllel, were attend-muesli 0f the .llll’lgl‘ The liltlL‘e immi-
erywhoro sud discussed the details. titled to on lntellliwnt opinion will, speeches before the illfl‘ The Judie his the court as interested spectators :dllltoly granted his request and turn
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It. was known that there biooknders ed to tho Sheritt and said: Mr.
were desperate and daring men and riff, take charge of the prisoner.
lwould .not hesitate to shed humunl The emigration or the Court.
blood at. the slightest bidding or their: 9 When the Judge made this old-r
lender snd hero, Floyd Allen. lFldyd Allen who we sllllilg llllmtll
When the hour osme to oouvone9 lutely behind his lawyer will till the
court the people were there. Men: bar. jumped to Herein and said lll it
stood in silence on the court bonito} loud and excited voice; “You‘ll never
lawn long betore the hour in groups do it, you'll hover do it. you ll newl-
"ilulo. and there. in low tones, they do it!" at the same .Ilmc pulling at
whispered to much other their; the bottom or a sweater which be
his
men expected would be enacted whenl pistol. Sherii! Webb. who was stand}
court convened. Dignltled, stately lug just Without the bar and possibly
3Judge Massey slowly walked from his ten feet from Alien. when he saw .III
room Ill the hotel to the court house. lens effort to draw a pistol, qulclzl
up the. steps through life room. up to dreliv his pistol. About the some tirue,
his club- on the bench and took his a man stepped bouillon Allen and one
seat. Silently the twelve lurymen til- 3Shoriff and thus possibly prevented
ed into court and took their resneo- an exchange of shots between thlm
tlvo chairs. The Shelli! and Commou~ at that moment The moment Floyd
wealth Attorney. and the lawyer: to” Allen jumped from his choir and h; l
the defense. and all the court omclulu lowed. "you ll neyer «to it," Sidna Al-
and the prisoner at the bar were all ten sud Claude Allen, who Wire
in their respective places. The crowd standing on s benchgioxt to the wall,
without pursued Into the little court to the right of the Judge, each were
“will. one women who who a witness seen to draw two automatic Calt' u
was there with a little babe in her pistols. By thrilmél Allen had said
lit-ms. Not a sound. not a werd, not3 "you'll heifer do it” the third time.
even a Mwhirper was heard The and before he could til-e his own iiiw
brood swotl ulotlonluilil sud silent as to], a volley of shots were fired or
ill collie awful doom who Impending. ISl’dns Allen sod other men who wire
our, “will! 1‘.“ all...” all ‘99“ p.94. “finding on the benches near him it
initiated that I number of men had
posted themselves on the low benches
slung the north hide of the room. on
one oi which stood plans and Clulld
Allah. ‘
emollient Bidna and Cloud Aiilm
‘ pistols and fired the that
other of othei men. Wile“
{with also turned 100MI '1
in the direction of the 99
“an up, bar, A perfect rein 019.999
eight o'
clock the Sherift opened court and
more Mushy asked the Iridium or
bird ,
Tito turmoil ill the ‘
Juditll’ that they.
came from that single row of
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