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W " ' A - A I B-- DISPATCHES LAST EDXTICIT 4:00 P. II. Weather Forecast: SHOWERS. . VOL. XVI. NO. 176. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911. So PER COPY Li. .. . . ""SPSSST II Mr jmtW JF- I 1 ' mw m BF W jS" S X. V X. .V T j Xk. I .as" m SW -V r am .T X A mmm w ' HIS WOTION TO Testified to by Beattie'g Father j and Brother Gave Ev- , idence of Deepest Grief. WITNESSES DESCRIBE YOUTH'S REPUTATION Prisoner Breaks Down and , Weeps as His Father Tes tifies as to the Family Relations. . : Chesterfield Court House, Vs., Sept 1. To show the good reputation of Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., charged with wife murder, the defense called addi tional character witnesses when the trial was resumed this morning;. The defense also sought to show the good character of E. H. Neblltt, whose tes timony yesterday presented an Impor tant contradiction to Paul Beattle's story of the time of delivery of the gun to Henry. Douglas Beattle, the prisoner's eld est brother, took the stand and testi fied that the relations of Henry Beat tie and his wife were perfectly hap py. Beattle and his wife once lived at his home, " : ' - ''How did he greet her when , he met her or departed from her?" Dauglas was asked. "He always kissed her the few times I saw him greet her," respond ed the witness. The witness corrob orated his father's testimony of yes terday about . Henry's manifestations of grief on the night of the murder. , Douglaa said he heard of' the murder 'When he received telephone message from Dr. Mercer,' saying Henry had been hold up and shot Douglas testified, "I told other people In the house and my father, sister and f went to Tom -'Owen's house. Henry was In the room to the rHrM of the be.lL He was .lying on reclining chair and tny father kneel-' Ing by his side. Henry was sobbing, moaning tin it fondling his wife's su per." - . . - Menry Clay Beattle, Jr., sobbed like child yesterday afternoon when his gray haired father, in a low, tremu lous voice, told of the domestio fe licity of his son and the slain woman, Louisa Owen Beattle. It was the first time that the stoical calm , of the prisoner's countenance had given away during the trial. The testimony of the father In behalf of his son cams as the dramatic close of a long day's battle by the defense against the evidence heaped up by the pro secution. , As to rani's Character. Battering constantly against the testimony of Paul Beattle, cousin of the prisoner, as to the purchase of the gun, hit delivery of tt to Henry and his subsequent conversations with the accused, the. defense Introduced several witnesses te cast doubt upon the veracity of Paul It emphasised that point when It produced David D. Beattle. Paul's grandfather and uncle of Henry, who testified that Paul's character was not good. It was another tense period . In the trial, for with apparent regret, the aged man told , of his Tndson's shortcomings. K. H. Lewis, an employe of the Beattie store la South Richmond, de clared that people spoke of Paul Beattle as the "biggest liar In town." Henry Clay Beattle. sr., father of the accused, was interrogated for an hour Just before court adjourned for the day. As he stepped to the wit ness stand the prisoner's face flushed. The white-haired man, his face deep ly wrinkled and pale, spoke In a voice scarcely above a whisper. Counsel leaned forward over the bench to lis ten to him. lis talked with great ef fort repressing an ever ; recurrent mtir. He told of how his life had bee, saddened by the death of some of his children, how Henry in his Infancy had been neglected be cause twins came Into the family during his boyhood and xVjicrtbed hor, on account of this and the death of his ewn wife, he had grown close ly attashed to his son. He described the strong love that had existed be tween Henry and his Ill-fated wife, tesfvlng that he himself grew to love his daughter-in-law as one of his own children. "When her baby was born." said Beattle, speaking of the dead woman, "It was like starting life over for me to see the grand child. It drew us all together very The father spoke highly of his son's character and controverted the testimony of many witnesses for the that Henry showed no .i,. r Brief for his wife's murder. II. declared he sobbed almost all night . ri ihn tragedy. ii. atHted his age at SI, said that ,:. wir. wh dead and that the prlHoner was his son a.id was 1 years oll. " What Mi was Henry when hl mother dl-d?' aaked attorney Smith. "Abuut the elder Beattla re plied. "Have your relations with him since then le Ml thnt rium-r or more amain 1 ri p f r WIFE Out of Class of 93 Two Bun ' combe Men, One Lady, Mrs. L. R. FRY. Oazette-News Bureau, The Hotel RaJelgh, . . , Raleigh, Sept 1. Eighty of the applicants who stood the examination of Supreme court Monday were today granted license to practice law. Included In the list were Mrs. Lillian Rows Fry of Swain coun ty and Franklin W. Williams, colored, of Davie county. Nlnenty-three stood examination and IS failed, this being considered an unusually 'good record. Among those to pass were Roach Stewart the famous Carolina football player of Lancaster, 8. C; Tom Moore of Jacking county; Robert O. Gold stein of Buncombe county, Thomas A. Clark of Haywood county, Bascomb Blackwelder of Catawba county and Will Horton Daniel of Buncombe. Third in 1909-1910 This Year v Replaces Mobile and Pensacola. V Kow Orleans, Sept L An Increase of t,772,0efl feet In lumber exporu tm'm Southern ports for the 1910-1111 season oyer Jn-ll is snown oy tne re view, f -statistics of the-esports of forest products published In the Lurm ber Trade Journal of this city. Gulf- port, from being third place in 10- 1910. stands first In the season Just closed .with total increase of 129,- 911.700 feet or shout at per cent Mobile, which was first in 1909-10. Is now second place with a loss equal to about seven per cent, or I,3J8,- S5I feet Pensacola, with a loss of H per cent, has dropped from second to third place. ' New Orleans. Is still fourth but with an Increase of 19 per cent,' or 41.S1S.S4I. No other south ern ports are near enough for com parison. The total for the four ports 1910-11 Is 1.SS4.74S.00O. for EOF 15 "Cheaper Butter or Revolu tion" is One Cry Riots , , Occur. Paris, Sept 1. A campaign which has for Its purpose a protest of the high prices of food was started yester day in Paris. Ten taxlcabs, their oc cupants carrying devices on which were Inscribed demands that the cost of necessaries be lowered, paraded through the Champs Elysees and other thoroughfares. Open agitation, with some violence, is going on In SO or 40 towns and cities in the nortliern departments ami the movement Is spreading to otnor parts of France. i Energetic demonstrations are Deing held at Orleans the capital of the de partment .of Toiret "Lower Bnuor or Kovoiuuon. Doual. Department of Nbrd, France. Sept 1. Banners hearing the Inscrip tion. "Butter at JO sous or revolution, were borne In a procession of 1,000 Demons mostly women here yesterday. As they marched the manlfestants aans- revolutionary hymns. Ibnr Against High Prlc) of tooa. Lille, France, Sept 1. The general confederation of labor has taken up the agitation against the high price of food. Six thousand metal workers voiced their protest yesterday by par ading through the streets. Hliris oct-nr at Ht Qucntin. RL Ciuentln. Sept. 1. Serious riot over the high price of food occurred here last night The mob wrecked and ulllaged several butcher shops and set fire to one of them In spite of the effort of the police ana sol diers lo maintain order. An urgent request has been sent to the govern mint for additional troops. Court l rk Found Dciwl In Bed. Savannah. Sept. 1. J. K. P. Carr, for a quarter of a century clerk ol i h Hut.crior court was found dead In bed tlil" m.irnlng. 1 to I!.. I'.tHi ri.k. EIGHTY LAWYERS GRAnTED LICENSE GULFPQRT LEADS IN EXPORTOF LUMBER SEARCH FOR OTHER SHIPS THA T MA Y BE IN DIS TRESS - 1 1 ' ..-. . . ' " t r ft r ' i ..,-:'. . :' a " V ' BAY STREET AND A PORTION ; TH& HARBOR. 5AVANN. Messages Come in of Wrecks and Heroic Rescues Many, Vessels Not Acount- ed For. ' Charleston, Sept J. Further report of damage to shipping by the hurri cane of Sunday Is anxiously awaited. The revenue cutter Yamaoraw, which rescued tho Lexington's passengers and the people on the schooner Bes sie Whiting, Is Intent upon ascertain ing if other vessels are In distress off the coast Upon every hand there Is evidence of quick rebuilding of destroyed struc tures. It is thought the oyster fac tories here and at Beaufort will be out of commission this season. The plants were wrecked and oyster boats badly, smashed. Additional reports do not change the damage estimate of 11,000,000. t .. . THE AUJANCA, BROKE DOWN, , UE1.U TOWED BY YJMACRAW ' - - . - - , ,Tfew Tork, Sept 1. A wireless mes sage gives Information that the Pana ma ljne steamship Alllanca, which broke down off Cape 1 1 at t eras yes terday enroute to Solon, Is proceeding to Norfolk in tow of the revenue cut ter Tamacraw. Capt Hayes of the Alllanca thinks the machinery ran be repaired in Norfolk. . The Alllanca had seven passengers when she left New York Wednesday. HAD WORKED AT THE PUMPS ' FOR TWENTY-FOCR HOCRS 'Philadelphia, Sept. 1. The coal laden schooner Henry 8. Little was today sighted in distress several miles out from the breakwater. In the At lantic ocean. 1 The steam pilot boat Philadelphia went to its assistance and, took off Captain Haskell and his crew of eight men. The schooner left Newport News August 2J ' Tor Boston and was caught In a north west storm. , The Captain and crew had been at the pumpt 14 hours, working hard, and were exhausted when rescued. CREW OF THE SARAn D. PEIX RESCCKD BY A WHALE BACK New York', -Sept 1 1. Six ship wrecked sailors of the three-masted schooner Sajyh D. Pell, which was dismasted In the gale Saturday on the south Atlantic coast, were today brought Into port on the Standard Oil haleback City of Everett Captain Gilbert of the schooner, which was loaded with lumber from Belfast Ga,, for Boston, said he was struck by the gale August J and next day the schooner began to go to pieces. The mast went by the board and the crew had to take refuge on the poop deck. Without water or food, ' they were about ready to give up hope after three long days and nights, when they sighted the Standard Oil whaleback. MANY TALES OF SHIPWRECK AND HEROIC RESCX'E WORK. Washington. Sept, 1. Relayed "8. O. 8." messages continue to reach revenue cutter headquarters, telling of loss of vessels In the gale which swept 1 the south Atlantic coast Sunday and Monday, and heroic work of ships which went to give asulstance. The schooner Malcom B. Seavey of Bath, Me.,, was abandoned by her crew who were taken aboard the Clyde liner Mohawk, has been located, sunken off Charleston. The derelict destroyer Seneca was ordered to remove from the path of navigation the wreck of the schooner Josle R. Burt of Norfolk, which foun dered last night off Barneget N. J. It Is believed final reports will show the toll of the hurricane greater at sea than was first supposed. Many disabled or abandoned vessels yet un accounted for are believed to be drift. Ing north with gulf stream. Revs nue cutters are standing to sra oil along the coast from Key West to Norfolk, to assist these. Other VcwH'ls That Suffered. Wilmington, Pept 1. After Jettl toning part of her deck load of lum ber the tug Tormentor again &ade an effort to float the schooner Ormrlea H Vali'iitlne, previously reported anhore in th rst ell of the Oipe 1-Ynr bur, but en tu'i'i'iitit cf p -Ma.! and a vt-ry I,!.;' V (, . . IS' til lt:"VH t' '' - if . If i I ! . . TvEe rr"ii unrri if PARTI.UXY DESTROYED BY THE HFRRICANE OF '. . MONDAY. . . COTTON CONDITION REPORT IS ISSUED Crop Aug. 25 Was 735 Per Cent of Normal and Unofficial 1 ' ' 'Estimate Is 12t918200 Bales Month's Deteri- ; oration 15 Washington, Sept 1. A total pro duction of 1 5,9 19,200 bales of. cotton as the linal yield this year Is Indicated b ythe department of agriculture's official report on the condition of the, growing crop August IS, whkJi the crop- reporting board from its cor rfespondents and agents throughout the cotton belt estimates at 7S.S per cent of a normaU i . This estimate, based on the rate of average yield for the past ten years to tho average condition of the crop on August 25, for the past ten years. would mean a final yield . of 1(1.65 pounds per acre on the planted area of approximately S4.000.000 acres, al lowing for abandoned acreage or J. 00,000 acres and provided the crop does not decline, or Improve from the date condition was estimated to the time of picking. . ; " , IkHtiniaUS I nominal. These estimates of production while unofficial, were reckoned by the om clnl method adopted by the depart ment of agriculture and used by the crop reporting board In its monthly estimates of the final yield of the. Im portant cereal crops of the country. Unofficial advices from the cotton belt Indicate the most Important declines in the crop - were due to severe droughts, hot wind and worms. The reports Indicate that heavy shedding, caused by not weather, was the chief factor of deterioration In practically all states except Louisiana and Missis sippi, where there was too much rain. In all other states heat and drougni greatly damaged cotton . during- the month, especially In Texas and Okla homa, ' Since the date on which con ditions was taken, August 21, there have been general, rains which greatly relieved . conditions and considerable improvement Is looked for when the October report Is Issued. f Condition by state: , Virginia 99. North Carolina It. South Carolina 74. u Georgia 91. , ' ; i ; Florida 95. . ; , 1 Alabama SO. Mississippi 70. , t i Louisiana 19. Texas 69. . . . . Arkansas 78. Tennessee 98. . Missouri 88. Oklahoma (S. ; California 100. , COTTOX HAS DETERIORATED Z3.S PER CENT. I.V OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City, Okla.. Bept 1. A drop of 93.3 per cent In the condition of the cotton crop as the result or in tensely hot and dry weather and ac tivity of boll worms Is shown by the monthly crop bulletin of the state board of agriculture. The cotton con dition Is given as 6J.7 per cent com pared with 87 per cent, a month ao. Board officials estimate the total cot ton crop of the state this year will not exceed 80,000 bales.- A month ago there was a proapect for more than a million bales. nrfottT ws MoitK, 1 1 1 t.iit 1IIAV MU M f II M I Ml l"T!"l) 4.. f) SCNDAY A.ND Per Cent'. ' tlon; prices eased off from the best during, the early trading. . . v :. The market became more . aotive just before the government report was Issued, and prices sold off to a net loss of 10 to 13 points under liquidation and stop loss orders. - The report making the condition 73.9, per cent against 97.1 per cent last month, 72.1 per cent last year, and 76.1 per cent in the last big crop year and the ten year average of about 73.5 per cent, was more bullish than had been ex pected. . Prices shot up 16 or 17 points from tho lowest within th first four or five minutes after Its publication. SETTLES FIVE The force-Astor Wedding to Occur Soon May Live a Year Abroad. r- - New York, Sept l.-ol. John Jacob Astor's settlement upon ms fiancee, Miss Madeline Force, In the marriage agreement signed at New port was 86,000,000, according to the Herald, today. . ' It Is generally understood the wed ding will not be long delayed. It Is said they will go to Europe for a year after the ceremony. Ills Pastor evades question. Rhlnebeck. N. Y.. Sept. 1. The Rev. Ernest C. Saunders, rector of the Church of the Messiah, of whlon UOI Astor Is senior warden, returned from England on the Oceanic. When Inter viewed on the subject of the Astor en gagement and . proposed marriage he refused absolutely to 'make a state ment or to comment on the subject. He said: "I have lust returned from England and know nothing of the Aator-Force matter except for a note In a London paper. I have heard nothing of the discussion following and have not seen the statements of the bishops or of Dr. Richmond." ' When asked If he would consent to marry Col. Astor outside the state of New York he said that he Would not be asked and that therefore the question wss a hypothetical one and of no value. No effort would induce Dr. Saunders to make a further state ment at this time. Dr. Saunders has been Col. Astor's rector for many years. ' . HOTEL BURNED The White Hoiihp, Quitman, Ga Com- ilrt! DcHtroyed All the CJucat.1 I'io'apcd. Quitman, Oa., S(pt, 1. The hotel Whltehouso was burned today. It la a complete ls. All the guests lima UP0E e- !."). HUFF IS FOUIIB nurion states Negro Answering Well De scription of Slayer, of Ashe- ' ville Officer Said to Be Under Arrest ARREST IS ADMITTED BY CHIEF OF POLICE But He Says He Has Not Suf- ficient Description to War- , rant Making a. Statement. There Is a persistent rumor on the streets of Asheville today that a ne gro answering the description of "the negro known as John Huff, the slayer of Patrolman McConnell in Asheville several weeks ago,-had been arrested In a small place In either West Vir ginla or Virginia. The street rumor had It that the negro answered well the description, and that it was believed that Anally the right man had been captured. When - asked about the report hlef of Police Lyerly appeared reticent He admitted,, however, that a-man had been arrested In a Virginia or West Virginia town and that the local authorities were alive to the situation. ' ;. The : chief said, however, that he had not yet sufficient description or evidence to warrant the making of statement In the matter. He said that the police were investigating and that, he expected to learn something definite one way or another within short time. , l IS AVOHHYiriB FRr:CE y.v'.CL... Anxiety ' Among the People Over Possibility of Rupture .' - i ' With Germany. ? Paris, Sept. ' 1. Prance still re mains In a state of suspense over the outcome of the negotiations between France and Germany relative to Mo rocco. . v While In official circles an optlmlstlo attitude la maintained that the netro tlatlons. which are to be returned shortly, - will lead to a satisfactory settlement there Is certain anxiety by the people over the possibility of rupture and the consequences of such a result are the subject of much dls cussion. V, . . . . -1 , On tho bourse yesterday some ap prehension was manifested and in business circles in general there Is tendency not to enter upon any new ventures until some definite Indication Is given of the way matters trend. Brussels, Sept 1. The Belgium government continues actively en gaged In completing the armament of all the garrisons on the German and French borders. Several trains have been dispatched with ammunition and guns from the Liege arsenal to Na mur, Liege and Vervlers. All the forces are being Inspected. At Antwerp, the engineer corps ii transporting all campaign material from Tete de Flandre to the Antwerp aide of tho , Scheldt The Belgium newspapers explain the activity by the statement that the talk of European hostilities has awakened the Belgium war ministry to the unpreparednei of the Belgium army and defenses. EPIDEF.IIG OF CHOLERA B8THi;;OT,EBilD In Turkey 70 Cases and 25 Deaths in Constantinople to August 31. Constantinople, Sept' 1. The chol era epidemic is obtaining a firmer hold In Turkey. Partial returns show that on August 91 there were 70 chol era cases and hold been 15 deaths In Constantinople. At Uskup, In the vilayet of Kossovo there la an average of 60 cases dally, while at Monastlr, In Macedonia, the disease Is equally virulent GASOLINE EXPLODED Six Member of Revenue Cutter No- , hawk's Crew Have Narrow Eacape from Death. - Baltimore, Sept. 1. Six members of the crew of revenue rutter Mohaw searching for a deserter from the ship, hl a narrow escape fro A STRING TIED Tuponty 800,000 Bequest for Mrs. Baldwin if She Will Marry , . Man Who Once ; Wooed Her. SHE IS MARRIED NOW; HAS FIVE CHILDREN And Wouldn't Swap Husbands for, the Cash, Although the Family Is a Poor One. New Haven. Conn.. Sept 1. Mrs. . May Deffney Baldwin, the black-, smith's wife who learned ten days ago that she was heir to a 9200.000 estate, finds herself in as strange a. predicament as ever Deieu a woman. . Mia hna hnnn Infnrmed that to in herit the bequest which will far ex- veed tne original estimate, ana is probably In excess of $800,000 as there is fully ioo,ooo or real estate -. she must marry, the eweetneart oc her childhood in Brooklyn, George D. Curtis. . - Mrs. Baldwin Is very much married , fill. Ohll- dron hour tout Imnnv. Furthermore. she is very much in love with her husband, even If he Is a blacksmltn and barely able to make a livelihood In these days of automobiles. ; Mrs. Rnldwin anil her husband OCCUDy a small cottage at Mllford, far from any train or trolley, where life's econ omies are practised to the last de gree. Hunks Mure of Children Than Money nut an far as any Indication has hoen alven since she learned of the hanimKt Mrs. Baldwin has not the slightest Intention of giving up her blacksmith husband.- . It : would be , necessary for her, to fulfil the terms nf ih. harm in nhtain a divorce and also obtain Curtls's consent to become' her husband. : mi. . . . .1. . . :lculattorisso much, as the first n . Mrs. Baldwin, : according to " he- frkinds, thinks more of her five chil dren than of money, even In such a large amount ', ' - Mrs. Baldwin's marriage to ina blacksmith was in the nature of a runaway' match, neighbors say. 'Her parents were fairly well to do In Brooklyn, N. Y., and it is saia uurus was looked upon as a likely suitor for her hand, put she met and loved: Baldwin, and when opposition to me marriage arose she settled matters In. her own way with an elopement rtotnitA th hard times that have befallen Baldwin during their wedded years, she has. never been heard-to murmur a word of regret for her Will Hade Before jnamage. Th uneia in Minneapolis. It Is said, left her all his wealth, with this string attached to the bequest al ways frowned on her marriage to , Baldwin, It is understood, and was partial to George v. uunis, n.k win I. tm HimnAMAfl.' was made before her marriage to Baldwin, and never changed. Lawyers rrom e York have visited Mrs. Baiowin, ana it i uld there' is around for a contest of the will on her behalf. There have been court aecisions .Hat vh,M imDosaibla conditions are attached to a legacy the legacy will stand even tlough no attempt is maue . . . . . mvi- to fulnl tne conaition impowu. xm Is particularly true In the case of con-, dltions enforcing the marlage of a legatee to a certain person where the legatee Is alreaay marneu. But until the will has been passed upon by the Minnesota courts Mrs. RaMwln'a nredlcament will remain one to fevor the brow of any dramat ist CUE-OF MS. REMIT: IS CO'IIIIED IT COURT On Account of Illness of Flem- ing's Counsel Hearing is to be Sept. 13. Qase,-Nws Bureau, , ? " ' The- Hotel Raleigh, ' 1 Kalelgh. Sept. 1. . Judge R. B. Peebles this afternoon continued the Flemmlng case until September IS, when the matter will be heard by him at Smlthneld. Only depositions, testimony heretofore In troduced and affidavits will be com petent . The custody of Fleming children remains with their uncle until the hearing and all other matters in dis pute are In statu quo. The continu ance was on account of the illness of leading counsel for Perry H. Flem ing. . AN ANNI3T01I DENTIST SHOT BY R00:.I HATE Annlston. Ala.. Pept. 1. Dr. T. L. Smith, a well known dentlat, was shot lust night and probably fatully mound ed by his room mute, Joe R. ThomaH, who I"' -. iok bi"i for n bmi,'!r. iHllon t' " d-"-. n! today, when tile i . '' '!- 1m iin' h f ;'!"'(!, for
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