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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TQ THE UPBUILDING QF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INPUSTRIES.
VOL. IV.
BURLINGTON. N; C., SEPTEMBER 6,1911.
NO. 17
ma OF mm
CLAY BEATTIE, J8.
Chesterfield Court House Va,
Aug. 31.—Henry Clay Beattie,
indicted for the murder of
hissobbed like a child to-
(iav v\iien his gray-haired father
in k io.v trernuious voice told of
the uomestic felicity of his son
gnd tne slain woman, Louise
Owen Bdattie. It was the first
time tiiat the calm prisoners coun
tenance had given \vay during the
tnai. i'ne testimony of the fath
er in behalf of his son came as
the aramatic close of a long days
bailie by the defense against the
evidence heaped up by prosecu
tion, Tomorrow the accused him
sell will ^o on the stand;and the
defense will rest its cas^.
Battering constantly against
the testimony of Paul Beattie,
cousin of the prisoner, as to the
purchase of the gun, his delivery
of it to Heni y and his subsequent
convei'sations with the accused,
tne cieiense introduced several
witnesses to cast doubt upon the
Yeracit!;^’ of Paul.
It emphasized that point when
it produced David D. .Beattie
Pauls grandfather and the uncle
of Henry, who testified that Pauls
character was not good. It was-j
another intense period in the
trial for with apparent regret
the aged man told of his grand
son’s shortcomings.
The most surprising refutation
of the day against Paul's testi
mony came when Ernest H. Neb
litt. superintendent of a paper-
mutving piant, said that on Sun
day, July 16 he saw Paul Beattie
on the bridge where he worked
handling a single barreled i^hot
gun. Paul had maintained ever
since the coroner's inquest that
he dispoaed of the shotgun thp
same day he bought it. Satur
day July 15. by giving it to Henry
Subsequently the defense brough
many witnesses to tell of Mr.
Neblitt’s good character and
brought others to attacK Paul's
veracity.
E. H. Lewis an employee of
the Beattie store in Soyth ‘ Rich
mond declared that people spoke
of Paul Beattie ‘as the biggest
liar in town.'
Henry Clay Beattie Sr., father
of the accused v/as interrogated
for an hour just before court ad-
journed for the day. As he step
ped to the witnes stand the pris
oner, s face flushed. The white-
haired man, his face deeply
wrinkled and pale spoks in a voice
scarcely above a whisper. Coun
sei leaned forvy’ard over the bench
to listen to him. He talked with
great effort, repressing an ever
recurrent emotion.
He told how his life had been
saddened by the death of sonie
of his children, how Henry in his
infancy had been neglected 1^-
cause twins came into the family
during his boyhood, and describ
ed how on this account and the
death of his own wife he had
grown closely attached to his son
He described the strong love that
had existed between Henry and
his ill-fated wife testifying that
he himself grew to love his dau
ghter in law as one of his own
children.
When her baby was bom, said
he, it was like starting life over
for me to see the grandchild. It
drew us all together very much.
The father spoke highly of his
sons character and controverted
the testimony of many witnesses
for the prosecution that Henry
showed no signs of grief after
his wife's murder. He declared
he sobbed and moaned almost all
night after the tragedy.
Henry Clay Beattie, Sr., fath
er of the accused stated his age
at 58, said that his wife was dead
and that the prisoner was his son
and was 27 years old..
What age was Henry when his
mother died? asked Attorney
Smith.
About 16, said the elder Beat
tie.
. Have your relations with him
since become closer or more dis
tant on that account?
‘Certainly closer'
Why did they become so
He was one of the twins and
previously more or less neg-
>ected.
Do you know what his reputa
tion for truth an& veraci^ity was j
among the people with whom you i
associated?
‘Good.'
How long has he been with you
in your stoie?
Eight years. He has charge
of the'shoe and gents’ furnish-,
ing department, and does the
buying.
Did you know about Henry's
being involved with this woipan
Beulah Binford, two or three
years ago? '
‘Yea' , .
How did you learn of it?
(Objection was made by the
prosecution that this was not evi
dence for the defense. The ob
jection was not sustained*)
I heard rumors and asked him
all about it, finally answered Mr.
Beattie.
Did he tell the whole truth a-
bout it?
Yes
Now, Mr. Beattie that was be
fore his marriage?
Yes.
Had his relations with the wo
man prior to his marriage been
broken off?
Yes
Was your son’s marriage a
source of happiness to you and
your family ?
It was not only on account of
the girl herself, but because Hen
ry was going to marry.
What was the relation between
you and your daughter-in-law?
When she came into the home
she grew’' upon me and I came to.
love her as my daughter. She
was of a loveable disposition.
Did you show any distinction
between her and your other child
ren?
Well I wasn’t demonstrative,
but I looked upon her as one ol
my children.
When theSbaby was born how
did that affect your relations
with your daughter?
It drew us ail closer tpigether.
What were the relations be
tween your son and the daughter
in law?
All that could be desired?
As the father spoke the prison
er flushed and rubbed his eyes
constantly. Soon he began to
weep. It was his first break
down during the trial.
I never heard a cross word be
tween them, was the answer the
father intently watching his son.
. Here the prisoner wept audib
ly and his father was much af
fected speaking in a low tremu
lous voice.
Mr. Beattie do you remember
what time your son left the store
with Paul on Saturday night just
preceding the homicide? Attor
ney Smith continued.
I couldn't tell other than that
it must have been nearly half
past ten.
Did you see Paul early that
evening too?
Yes
Do you remember what time
Henry left your house Tuesday
night, the night of the homicide?
I wds out on the porch and had
read as long as there was light to
read by. I saw my son tek out
of the garage with the machine.
It must have been around half
past eight
What was the first intimation
that you had of any trouble that
night?
After reading some time some
one called on the 'phone. My
son Douglas went to the 'phone.
I understood from the conversa
tion that Henry or someoiie was
shot or killed. I 'phoned to Tom
Owens and found that Henry had
been held up. I went to the
house and saw my son with his
dead wife. I saw my son's face
bleeding and asked him if he was
badly hurt—
That isn't evidence, interrupt-
en Prosecutor Wendenburg.
(The court ruled that the wit
ness could only relate conversa
tions at which others were pre
sent and Mr. Smith changed the
question.)
Your son was lying on a sofa
when you first saw him? asked
Mr. Smith.
Yes, I didn't know then about
his wife.
What did you say?
I asked my son if he was badly
hurt. He was sobbing, moaning
low and crying. My next thought
was about Louise. He told me
she was dead.
The father here ^escribed the
grief demonstra^d by his son ov
er the tragedy.
He moaned andsobbod all night!
the elder Beattie said.
Some Vi,’itness€s saw no signs
§ses Florine and Ella Fvobert ’
soil'delightfully entertained the !
of.grief. Wd ym see any phiiari,ea
cular manifestation? asked Lave- ^ Rj-ont Street, Methodist Church
yer Smith.
1 was noticing him I think
more particularly than the others
IN THE BEST Of lillllOR
He was grieved sorely grieved I
know.
Did you see him pt3.t anything
in his hand belonging to his wife?'
I was kneeling by his side. He
was fondling one of her slippers.
He was grieving over it.
He wa§. grieving over it ?
He was moaning.
Now bid that state of snguish
continue when he was alor.e with
you? .
Yes while we were together
several times that night.
Was your son attentive to his
wife up to the time of her death. | ioved
He was. I found no fault with
hiis attentions to her.
What was his custom with refer
ence to his wife when he left her
at morning dinner or night?
Always kissed her.
Do you recall seeing or kDown
ing anything about a gauntlet be
ing found in the machine ?
.No,
Has Henry or any one in your
family kept back any clothes or
information?
Our attitude has been to give
everything asked for,
Did you ever see that gan be
fore the coroner’s inquest'
No.
When Beattie had finished and
was ready for cross-exarrination
by the prosecution Mr. Wenden
burg, in a husky voice, waived
the opportunity. It was t he first
time during the trial that t his had
occurred.
On Friday morning a eontro-
yersy ensued as to whether the
defense would conclnde il s case
Saturday when one ,of t^ e wit
nesses said, “Please consider us,
Judge,” and the court immedi-
^^tley asked H. xM Smit.i, Ji'.,
council for the defehs;;, how
many more witnesses he would
introduce. ,
“Just a few more," said Mr.
Smith, ‘‘but we will close our
case to-morrow by placing the
prisoner on the stand.”
Judge Watson announced he
would hold court later than usu
al to-morrow evening, if neces
sary, to finish the case, but an
agreement v/as reached lo sus
pend judgment as to holding the
session until the testimony of the
accused had been preSentt^d.
Those who testified as to the
happy relations between the cou
ple were Miss Bessie Wells Miss
Louise Reams, maid of honor at
Mrs. Beatie'si wedding. Mrs.
Traphagah, a lister ^f Heniy C.
Beatie, Sr., Mrs. ^llla J. Bow
man, a sister-in-law and house
keeper to Henry C. Beat e, Sr.,
for many years.
Except for the impromptu ad
mission of Douglass Beiittie, a
brother of the accused, that he
would have destroyed e vidence
of the murder had he known his
brother was to be ch^ed with
the crime, the most interesting
development of the day was the
discovery of a new witrsesg by
the defense. Joseph Caseelberg,
of Richmond.
Gaasellberg, it has beem rumor
ed for some time h^ miste-
riou& knowledge of the ^ae. lie
is reported to have been on the
Midlothian turnpike with anoth
er physiciian about the sariiie time
that the murder occurred, and is
supposed to be the man who stop
ped to crank his machine and
was seen by the group  f, boys
on their way from the dance at
Bon Air.
The question of whether Mrs.
Beattie was shot while s anding
on the running board or in the
road, or as her husband insists,
while she mt in the front seat to
the left of him, again wa j raised
to-day when several automobile
experts testified that a large
pool of blood such as was fOunc
at the scene of the crim/) coulc
have trickled through t!ie ma
chinery of the car and, fiowec
from the drip pan und jmeath
the car to the ground. T ae test
imony of the automobile experts
was in line with the corftention
also that blood dripped from the
machine in many places from the
scene of the crime to the Owen
home in Richmond, where the
bles vi^ere.arranged jii a
The, guests were gj>-eu'd,,
the hostesses .and conducted
the tables. The chief game of
the evening was ProgVessive
Hearts in which Miss Nellie Mit
chell and- Walter Story tied for
the largest scpre which went to
it!r. Story who won the prize a
beautiful oook.
Two solos were rejidered by
Mrs. W. A. Carter, two recita
tions each by Miss Dora Horna-
day and Mr. Jno. Lashley.
The occasion was largely en-
: Little Brother—Where's my
fishih'pole gone to?
Bigger Brother—Sister’s usinV
it for a hatpin 1—Puck,
Knicker—What is the only way
to deal with a roughhouse?
Bocker —• Make it cost more
than the architect's estimate.—
New York Sun. >
Williams;— This is a queer worlS
Walker-^Right you are. A
man’sshoes will often get untied,
but never just as he is ready to
take them off.--Judge.
Phiiathea Entertainment. W. E. SkarpCj Bui^ington, N. C.
Upper Twenty Club.
You have read of born
and musicians and writers and
ed for tte occasion and
insurance and Realty Company^
and be w^ll iii formed of the fact
that you are reading about a live
wire, or a bundle of wires for
there's nothing singular about
Sharpe. , He is just about all plu
ral. We have afwaiys been told
that the early bird gets the worm
and have been taught that one of
the secrets of success lay in the
application of that trite saying.
That might do for most of us,
but Sharpe, not exactly I He fig
ured it out long ago that , the
bird that was both early and late
could get many more worms than
the bird -that was merely early.
And during all of these - waking
hours the grey matter must be
working for he is^l way s. spring
ing up with origiha:Hdeas,, which
are executed with rare business
ability. In spite of all, the above
Sharpe has time to be married
and is blessed: with a happy; fami
ly. The Alamance insurance &
Realty Company; is one of the
best and consistently successful
agents with virhich we are connect
ed.
For f-ear that from reading the
above you may have the idea that
Sharpe is advanced in years, let
us hasten to state that he is a
young man; If he keeps on at
the preaent succ.essful pace—^ well
J. Pierpont Morgan, was also a
financier at Sharpe’s age.—Insu
rance & Real Estate Journal.
Machine Hugs Wagon - Wheel
Mr.^ Alex Walker who was,
speeding his auto iVlonday morn
ing ran into the front wheel of a
one horse wagon standing in
front of the First National Bank
Building, one rod was broken
under the body of the machine
otherwise it was not damaged.
Althothe machine gave the wheel
several blows, the wheel w'as not
hurt as the machine was a light
one. Mr. Walker appeared the
least bit nervous while telling the
boys Who had gatnered how it all
happened. '
Services at St. Athanasius Church.
Services will be conducted next
Sunday at St Athanasius Church,
Reverend John Benners Gibble,
Rector] as follows:
Sunday School 9 ;30 A. M. Morn
ing Prayer, 11:00 A. M. Even-
mg Prayer, 7:30 P. M.
almost daily by business men
seeking your services, if you .be
come qualified and show ambition
to rise. No matter what your
future occupation may be, your
earning power will be greatly in
creased if you take the Draughon
Training. It will equip you for
better job-BIGGER PAY.
More than one hundred and fifty
housand have taken the Draug-
non Traiijing during tne past
twenty-two years. For cata-
ogue, address,
Cbariotte or Haleioh^ N. C., er
Knoxville or Nasbviile, Teno.
Close of 13th Pastorial Year.
August 31st closed Rev. J. D.
Andrew's 13th pastorial year in
;he Burlington Charge of the
Reformed Church. Following is
a summary of the 13 year's work:
1576
276
238
12,014
Pass Law Examiiiation.
Eighty out o| nin:tyitfe^e pass
ed the examihatioh and were
rded certificates to practice
'the Suprieme Court Fridlay.
mong this ’noitnbca* was Ira
Ward, of the southeastern part
of'Alamance, a brilliant young
man of excellent qualities; one
lady, Mrs. Lillian Rowe fVy, of
Swain county, and one negro.
Annual Picnic.
The regular annual ^picnic of
Whitsett institute vHIl be held
Saturday September 9. The day
•11 1 ' *1' ^11 J ' • 1 i*
When the last speed record's
broken.
When the greatest deed's out
done,
The best song sung, the best
word spoken.
There will be other kinds of fun
’ —Chicago News.
‘!What is the hardest work yoa
do?’’ ■
“My hardest work," repUefi
the senator, “is trying to look
like my photo;g^aph and talk like
my speeches when I get bade to
my home town."—Washington
Star.
“My husband is the most cace*
less man on earth."
“How now?"
“We went away :fish!n@^niU
left the cat a supply -of canned
meat to subsist on. JPittfiburK
Post. ^
‘'How doeis she get rid of her
undesirable callerst' ’
‘. Why she has made upTi‘«eiap-
bOok of magazine poetry, and
she gives it to the callers to read
while she is out of the room.'
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Young wife—Arthur, dearest,
how do they arrange these pick-
els in the bottle so nicely ?
Young Husband—They pile :h€
pickles up, Petsy, and then blow
the bottle around them. —Philar
delphia Evening^ BulletiiL
‘ ‘The first time Biilson stay^H*
Outwith us he to^ his shoes off
when he got to the corner, in
will be crowded with interesting | stead of waiting, as most men do,-
events.
Everybody cordially invited.
HELD FOR BURGLARY
I until he had reached the doori"
“Poor man."
“Yes, and the woret of it was
! that it was not his corner."—Buf
falo Express.
Greensboro, Sept. 3.—Yester
day while Turner May and John
“And how are these eggs?”
^ked Mrs. De Jay, gazing at the
contents of the crate through he^
Dawson were quietly snoozing in lorgnettes,
the Buffalo church burying ‘Tou can't beat'em, "said the
^ound, hid behind some tall {grocer
No. times preached
No. funeral^
No. marriages
No. calls made
No. Adult additions to
Church 418
No. losses 135
Total gain in membership, 283
No. CMldren baptized 101
In Mmt of service Rev. An
drew If inow the second oldest
pastor i« kis denomination in
North Caroling and perhaps the
oldest of any denomination in Al-
anmnce county^ The year just
closed was a very prosperous one.
Eiwciik^ockaf^
In the'old Stockard homestead
m Albright-s township a very
pretty marriaj^lwas solemniz^
last Wednesday, Aug. 30, when
jMr. Charles Enoch led to the al
ter Miss Jewell Stbckard, the
oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cicero Stockard. The service of
the Refowned Church was spo
ken by Rev. J. D. Andrew and
witnessed by a large number of
relatives. Immediately after
tJie ceremony a fine dinner was
served and then between the
copious showers of falling rain
the happy couple drove to the
home of the groom’s parents at
the Judge Ruffin farm, where
grass in the shade of some cedar
trees, a terrible thing happened
to them. ^ The tVKO men had come
from GibsOnville, and, having
walked all the way, they had lain
down to lake a much ne^ed rest,
when their slumber was rudely
“Mercy !*' cried Mrs. De Jay^
‘ ‘They'll nev«r do for me. I, want
eggs that you can beat for omH
Jets."—Harper's Weekly.
steohf
not be-
Rbllingstone Nomosfl—Wet^sia
broken up by a ghost appearing 1 *
in the form of Deputy B. 0. .
Clairk, who ^bbed them, hustl- ^ ® f frflow wot
ed them into an automobile and de love of
brought them to jail, where they ^ _
wore placed behind the bars. Nomow (^!
In a little while another little
act was enactod at Proxiinity;l^j^®®j^P*®^y* )^h*ladelfehia
Eugene Moore and Lesley 06hh
having gone to bed in broad open
daytime, were hauled out by the] ‘“Bien I'lh to tell the finn,'*
officew and placed in jail togeth- the bill collector swd, making a
er with the other two men from memorandum in his notebook,
the graeyard. All four of them] •'that you'll probably settle this
were greatly surprised at the
rough treatment thus accorded;
but their astonishment gave way
to fear when they were told that
they were the four men who had
robbed a number of stores and
some freight cars in Gibsonville ’
ITnd^y night. Turnerllay is an.
eseiaped convict from Alamance,
with 21 monthSiOiunexpired term
yet to serve.
account next week?"
“Well, I'd hiurdly pot it that
way," hesitatingly answered the
other. ‘ * "Probably' is a jpretty
strong word; bettermake it *pof-
sibly.' "—Ghicago
Scholarsliip For Side.
1 will sell at a discount a $50
Scholarship in ohct of LHE
BEST Business CoUeges in the
they will make their future home. | country. Scholarship is good at
College or fo** a HomerStudy
(Gontinued on pagje 8).
Several of our boys aiid girls
left this week for Jllon College
and Guilford College where they
will enter school. Others will
leave nes^t week for Chapel Hill
and the State Normal Greensboro
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The Philaidiea €1^ of
Avenue liL E. Sunday School ml]
serve ice cream to the pttblieafixt
Saturday night; Sept dtlt, metr
Doi^tt's store. The proeeeds
for benefit'of the churck. l&Viejry-
body is c6rdiiMlyinvitedtogg:oti^
land help in this goodcaiHe.
I Ywokg Mis
Fifty more youn^ ^en
wanted to l^m Telc^s^phy
Our Graded School which start* «
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