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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1912
Page
8
Richmond advertises Frayser's Great Nerve and Bone Liniment for aches and pains with 25 cent bottles. Claims quick relief from stiffness and soreness of muscles or joints. Manufactured by J. W Frayser & Co. Richmond Virginia.
Fine pure strain of Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds offered by J Spencer in Blackstone Virginia. Describes birds as fine layers and prize winners with exhibition success at Richmond 1911 and State Fair 1911. Ready for reasonable prices.
In New York a Women Suffrage leader argues the men’s club endangers domesticity. She suggests a series of lectures on good husbandry for men in Fifth Avenue clubs while praising women’s and mixed clubs for their debates. The speaker mocks anti domestic ideologies as a “pussy cat” policy and cites views on women in Asia.
Norfolk hosts the Virginia Soft Drink and Bottling Association as representatives from major towns gather for the second annual two day session. President Klevesahl of Richmond delivers the opening address, followed by an welcome from Mayor Riddick de Prev.
An ad asks what is more terrible to mothers than common injuries to children and promotes Noah's Liniment as a remedy. It claims the product stops bleeding, deadens pain, and prevents blood poisoning and danger from wounds, presenting it as an antiseptic option.
An old advertisement from Richmond Virginia promotes Noah Remedy Co. liniment as the best emulsion for pain, internal and external agilization, cold and cough relief, sore throat and toothache. It notes production in Richmond and sale by all medicine dealers.
Pulaski VA reports detail the Hillsville Carroll County massacre aftermath. Judge Thornton L. Massie and Sheriff Lewis Webb were killed on March 14 while Commonwealth's Attorney William Foster also died. Wounded include jurors Augustus Fowler and C. Fowler, with Floyd Allen, gang leader, in dangerous condition. Arrests of Allen clan members follow as Hillsville braces for further violence. mass funeral arrangements for Massie proceed in Pulaski before burial in Lynchburg.
The 1912 General Assembly unanimously adopted joint resolutions denouncing Carroll County killings at Hillsville. The measure mourns Judge Thornton L. Massie and others, praises officers and jurors, and pledges to bring the perpetrators to justice while expressing sympathy to the families. Copies of the resolutions go to those affected.
Governor Mann announced that law and order is restored in Hillsville Carroll county with five murderers in custody. Baldwin Felts detectives aided, Sidna Allen's wife death deemed regrettable but necessary, AG Williams reported four prisoners held and more arrests in progress with court proceedings continuing.
Bettle Avenu a witness mortally wounded in the Al lens case dies at dawn. She is eighteen and daughter of Alexander Ayers. A fourth arrest, Byrd Marion, is captured. Detectives await reinforcements to confront entrenched outlaws in Pancy Gap. Citizens armed, town on edge amid speculation over the Allen family.
Long distance report confirms Mount Airy hardware theft by eight mounted men believed to belong to the Allen feud. Floyd Allen, his son Victor, and Strickland are jailed in Carroll county after a standoff in Hillsville. Authorities in Virginia and North Carolina coordinate to track suspects across Surry Stokes Yadkin Wilkes Alleghany counties and warn sheriffs. The Mount Airy raid triggers heightened cross state alert and a prize of 3000 dollars offered by Governor Mann.
In a rain soaked dispatch, authorities trace the gunmen to two suspects tied to the Alien crowd. Judge Staples or Roanoke appointed by the Governor to hold court at Hillsville. Attorney General Williams reaches Pulaski at 7. The pair then rides ten miles on horseback over the mountains toward Carroll County seat amid heavy rainfall.
The Carroll county desperado Sidna Allen, linked to the Hillsville massacre, is pursued by both Federal and state authorities. The article recounts his 1911 counterfeiting indictment, perjury conviction, and a U S Circuit Court reversal, with deputies and marshals deployed to avert trouble during his bail.
Carroll county Virginia, settled after Revolutionary patriots and named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Md. The former signer, who died at ninety five, was the last surviving signatory. He joined the Declaration July 4 1776 and signed August 24. He helped settle the Virginia boundary question and laid the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cornerstone in 1810.
London special. The government as cabinet approves a minimum wage bill drafted by Lloyd George after failed joint conferences. King George is believed to have approved the bill as labor circles report Federated Miners’ Union seeking cross‑industry agreement to tie up nearly 12 million workers.
CHICAGO ILIZ Special Two humble coal passers saved the crew of sixty and cargo of the steam ship Kansas of the Northern Michigan Transportation Company after the ship’s side was crushed by shifting ice. For four hours they worked through a two foot wide, icy passage as water flooded the hold, building a solid wall over the ten foot breach. Dragged from the passage four hours after entry they were ice encrusted and immobile, yet the ship was saved. Later the Kansas docked and the two rescuers were missing, suspected to have sought a drink.
Ottawa reports West advice that grain growers group seeks secession of Alberta and Saskatchewan from Eastern Canada in protest against manufacturers and trusts blamed for political control. The movement aims to split provinces from the east amid calls for reform.
Floyd Allen and Victor Allen were arrested in Hillsville Virginia and jailed after Floyd Allen cut his throat with a razor. Strickland also arrested. Mount Airy hardware store robbed. eight Allen gang members reported across the North Carolina line. Governor Mann pledged use of state resources to restore order and investigators pursued every gang member while local and regional rail and telegraph lines suffered flood damage.
Danville Virginia suffers extensive flood damage as freshet from Dan River and tributaries subsides slowly. The overwhelming rain halts city power and cripples industry while railways and telegraph lines to the south, west, and east are disrupted. exact losses remain undetermined.
The Lynchburg Bar Association with thirty members adopted resolutions on the death of Judge Massie at Hillsville on Thursday and decided to attend the burial in Lynchburg this afternoon upon the arrival of the train from Pulaski at oclock.
In Williamsburg on March 10 the inaugural gathering will be held at the Courthouse to organize, elect officers, expand membership, and raise funds for road improvement work.
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