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1 Jssoct&ted A n I . I "T Service XaiAViA mum Jsscchted Vol. LXX. No. 49. WEATHER Threatening. RALEIGGH, N. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1911 LAST EDITION ?RICE yiVE CENTO Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper : V, r H Accused Man Will Testify In His Own Behalf His Lawyers Say PAUL BEATTIE SENT TO JAIL Paul Keflttie on (lit- Stand Again To day, I'lider Cross-Fxamiiuit ion Defense' Trying to Break Down His Strong llviilcncc Ky Attacking His Character mid Truthfulness Some Vurintlons in His Testimony Itiit Paul Remains VH mid Tries to Kxplnin Them f-Admits Ho Was ' in "Hud Fix" When Gun Wim Found. Chesterfield Court House, Va., Aug. 29 Henry Clav Beattle, Jr., will go upon the stand In his own defense. This statement was made by Harry M. Smith, Jr., one of Beat tic's lawyers, outside the court room before court, reconvened. Smith characterized Paul Beattie's testi nionv yesterday as "overdone," de 'daring it was a plain case of the wit. ness "lying to save his shirt." To shatter the story of the alleg ed confession of Henry Clay Beattle that, 'ho -'murdered his wife, the de fense began a minute cross-cxamina Hon of Paul Beattie, when the court . reconvened at 10:30. The defense is making a supreme effort to break down . Paul's -testimony. To accom )dish this they are making a general attack on Paul's character and hi truthfulness. " Attorney Smith directed a fusilade of questions against Paul, pointing to varying statements in his testi mony before the coroner's inquest but Paul maintained he was in poor mental condition when he testified there. Paul said Henry said noth lug about keeping the matter of the purchase of the gnu a secret until after the murder. "You didn't tell a living soul about flirt gutii though under no pledge of secrecy, from Saturday till Thursday night?" Paul replied: "No, I did not tell anyone until then."' "Then you have made two con flicting statements in your previous testimony, as you said you told your wife Wednesday night and also Tnursday," said S.mith. Paul affirmed that he told his wife Thursdav night . He admitted lie realized lm was in a "right bad lix when it was found out lie houglit the Kun, but that now he feels better "with that story off my mind." "How long had you known Ueulah Binford?" . "I didn't know her, except that I took .shoos and things to her from .Henry for four years." "Did you cal llier Boulali?" '. 'No." . ' "Did her mother livo with her? "I don't know anything about her motLer. I don't mix up with those people," added Paul resentfully. "Did you know who Mrs. Fisher was when Henry asked you to deliver messages?" "No, but I recognized her as Bou l&li when I saw her." "'Then she didn't know you except as a messenger?" So." "You never ran around with her? I i 1 1 1 1 HI HI H 1.1 1 1 DU'UH 0IHI1U , .."No, I don't run around with such people." ..-' . "Quite a safe position for a mar ried man," commented counsel. ""Are you epileptic?" ' "What does- that mean, crazy? . No." , -' "You went out on the side porch of Henry's home Thursday night af tenthe murder 7" asked defense coun sel. : "I did." "He "never- asked you before Thursday night 'to stick by him?'" "He had no reason to, because he didn't tell me until Thursday he did ..It' ' , "But you say you couldn't stick by him and would tell all, yet youdldn't tell all at the coroner's inquest next day?" "1 hated to tell against my own flefeh, and blood and I hate it now." ''.When Henry called you on the 'phone and asked if you had.- been summoned . by the coroner ' he chuckled?". ( "Yes, he laughed 'ha, ha, ha.' " The cross-examination ended here and Prosecutor " Wendenburg took ' " (Contlouod on Page Five.) BOTH LEGS SEVERED Negro Man Falls Under Moving Shifting Engine Tried to Jump Shining F.ngine to o To Wk, When He Fell Bofh Legs Cut CKf Just Below Knees. Walker Not Found Yet Reward Offered. (Special to The Times.) Wilmington, Aug. '" 2 St Walter Brown, a young negro employed at the Camp Lumber. Company, north of the city, was seriously, possibly fatally injured yesterday morning when he fell under an Atlantic Coast Line shifting engine. Both of his legs were cut off just below the knee. The negro was carried im mediately to the Walker Memorial Hospital -where the necessary atten tion is being given him. The acci dent occurred at the intersection of the Atlantic Coast Line tracks at the comer of Eighth and Brunswick streets. Tiiis locality has been the scene of a number of accjdents it seems during the past few years. From the details of the accident it seems that Brown was .standing at the corner referred to when he noticed a shifting engine '.-approaching.;-.. The engine was outward bound, going in the direction of the plant where the negro has been em ployed. It is stated that Brown evi dently determined to take a ride to the plant to save the long walk which was before him. He therefore tried "to jump" the engine. : In some manner it is said that his foot be came entangled in the switch and the man fell with his feet extending across the tracks. The engine pass ed within a moment. When byst'and ers rushed to the Buffering man's as isstance it was discovered that both his legs had been completely severed just below the knee. Brown bled profusely and was very weak when he was carried to the hospital. While the negro of course is in a desperate condition there is a chance for his recovery if the shock of the accident does not prove too much for him to withstand. Nothing- of Walker Yet. The body of young M. R. Walker who is reported to have committed suicide last Wednesday night on the Banks channel trestle at Wrightsville Beach by shooting himself has not been recovered and the chances grow dimmer for the finding of the re mains. High seas prevailed all day Sunday and night at the beach' but the body was not washed ashore. The only development of interest 'Satur day afternoon in the matter was the offer of a reward of $500 by 'Mr. J . Rowe, a brother-in-law of the de ceased, for the finding of the dead man's body, Mr. Rowe was with the deceased at the time of the tragedy He returned Saturday from Burgaw where lie was detained on account of the illness of Iw wife. Mr. Rowe made a statement as to the affair. He said that he, Walker, and Mr. Nick Stokes were in the city at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday night last and separated to meet at the beach, or Hammocks. Mr. Rowe, Mr. L. Turner and S. S. McDaniel left the ity on the 9 o'clock car and went o their cottage on the Hammocks. Later In the evening they got off at the pumping station and saw Walker standing on the end of the tresfle. Walker walked out on the .'-trestle and said he wanted to cool off. He int down on the south side with his feet hanging down. Walker said that he had a letter. Mr. Rowe said that he took the letter and walked a few steps to the light. The letter was addressed to M, R, Walker. Mil Rowe said he was trying to take the letter from the envelope, he heard a pistol shot behind him, he wheeled just in time to see Walker fall into the water. Mr. Rowe said the de ceased's hat was floating In the wa- ted. He and Turner lay down on the side of the trestle but could not see anything which resembled a body. Mr. Rowe stated that he did not know" "Walker carried the amount of insurance mentioned In the papers; that he thought the policies had been cancelled. The only policy he knew the deceased had was one with the Woodmen of the World for $3,000. Walker's mother was named as the beneficiary in that policy, stated Mr. Rowe. Cobb Goes on Stage. Detroit, Aug. 29 Tyrus Cobb. the world's champion batsman, has signed a contract to go on the stage as the star in one of George Ado's omedies. The production will be a baseball plot. , Togo Sails For Home. -Seattle, Wash., Aug. 29 Admiral Togo boarded : . the Japanese liner Tambu Maru, today and started on the last leg of his tour around the world. .- v - . ; ' ...-.. : . " ' ..-. ...,,;; . ': mfWfe:;i---''- ' 'Saill ' fe:;'S;H;'i-? . :';v;fe;jgifeA w"f . ; vV , W vl i V .Mil 'Mi W I Ilk VI Villi! I ;..!. Great Damage From Charles- ton to Jacksonville .t" imil.-cr oi osm'Is Avn'iiml or liriltiiiVliiii'i's 1 1 ! I p Wilis ili.un and ' liii-uN as!i,-. Away trips Badly Daiiimn'ii Worst in liaiiestou. , Macon, Aim. 2!t A telegram -Jrom Savannah over the (.'(Mitral of Georgia Railway wires savs: ' All vessels 'it sea are reported sale. New hotel at Tybee utirooled.bv storm. Many houses on Tybee Island lifted from foundations." In Savannah the property damage is great. -.. Passengers arriving from Charleston report untold damage Many lives. It is said, were lost. ' Striken ?tlac"ii. Macon, Aug. 2! -The tail end or the hurricane struck Macon last night. Croat damage -was done to the cotton crop in this section as a result ot open cotton .-being blown from the bolls. Kenorts Me:ijre. Wasingtoii, Aug: 29 Reports to the weather bureau from soul hern storm hound points are still meanre. The storm center passed westward and southward, and was this morn ing -over.-, west central Ceortiu. In tensity ot the wind is ureal ly diinin ished. T he bureau is unable (odav to get in touch with Jacksonville, Savan nah or other const points. SuilcriMg at Isles ol IVilms. Augusta,- Aug. 2!l -The intense suffering of 7." persons marooned on the Isle of Palms was described hv one of the refugees reaching Charles ton on a tug, according to .-man ar riving here trotii Charleston. No lives were lost, but much poverty. Damage to Navy C;inl. Washington, Au29 Six torpedo boats were swept, ashore and the Charleston navy yard damaged to the extent of $20. (MM) by the storm off the Georgia and South Carolina coast Sunday according to a telgraphin report received bv Acting Secretary Of the Navy Winthrop. Wind there was estimated at -eighty to ntnetv miles an hour. Fortuiiii In Distress. Washington, 1). C, Aug. 29 The revenue cutter Seminole Is steaming to sea at lop speed from Wilming ton, N. C, to rescue the schooner Fortuna, disabled in a gale oft the south Atlantic coast. The Fortuna Is now helpless with a crew of seven men, sixty-elgnt miles trom the mouth ot the Capo Fear river. The Fortuna Is from New London. Clyde Liner In Distress. New York, Aug. 29 The Clvde Line office is unable, to get -direct word from the steamer Apache, re ported in distress off the Georgia coast, on the wav to Jacksonville. The Apache, with twenty passengers left Charleston Sundav morning and ran into the hurricane. The Apache was due in Jacksonville vesterdav. A report here states the steamer was sending S. O. S. messages, signall ing she was being drjven ashore. No Tidings From Charleston. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 29 Wire com munication with Summerville was In terrupted this morning. It Is Impos sible to get tidings from storm swept Charleston., The latest reports (.Continued on Page Six.) - - jg-f , ! Ill I mmmsm. I lu ce lawyers.: who m c taking an uctivf part iTj,in.$ deiihen tioiis .! V.r. AiiH'iicml Bar ,i.s.soc::it:(-n i;o v ;n nchsH'II in Boston to devise .ways to I! niedy delcits of the cm! .law Ot the I oiled st:;!c.-v A I the -riglit Jmlue Siiucoii I-.. i:.ild in. of ek I!itv ij, ( imiii. (Iireetor ot the com pavative law liiirciii:. (In the leli is i'.d'ar II. l airar ot New (li-Iean, La., l'resldi lit r.t the 'American line Association and at the hnitoni is jl- liiini 15.. V"'"''hwei-, (it New i i;, who is to deliver a naddress on "Ann 1 lust Lcmslat ion and Litmntioii." FOR TRUSTC0NTR0L President Farrar Advocates Uciform State Laws I'HSiileet ot llie AlnelM'iiii l,.ir s-n iati u on ( - I-1 '.- i 1 1 ( i. iii .-ill--Dcoui.iii-es in isiinuiK I -i-fii-i id l'i'0ilisilloii lor (lie Iteca-ll'.- n Indues- I lie .Money Irusl. .. Boston, .-'-Aug. 2!i.- I ' n ! !:!! n il laws .- governing corjioi:a!,loiis; r;.tl lier than f-vderal -ciirporation eenlr ! wiiri adve.iaicil liv l-idgnr II- cirai", oi New Orleans. La., president (.1 I In American' liar Asocial ion, in an i.. dress lo th-' delegatOH to the. 'iVn.iiUiil couvenlion ol tliat. Iiodv w li t-i- open ed in this city today. Mr. l-ariai denounced iii vigorous tertus pro-, pesii ioii. '.for the recall of. judges' liy popular vole and the lile.i ol li led- eial coin mission to fix the prices ol merchandise. He favored ilio limit ing of the capital, stock of netioral Uaiiks and the proliib'itins 'of roiisuii (laliim ol i'.uc.i hanks or their (otitivl liv anv corporation. .' Regarding the proposed recall . rt judges,..-: Mr. k'arrar s.iid: If the judiciary ol tin-: coiimrv were in any material part corrupt, or jf there were in our svst.-ie. ot p'.-.v no effective: means to .remove -corrupt or ignorant nidges: or it fht-. meiin;'. proi(led had been appealed ton in vain and could not be niiiie opera tive, then. 'there, might bo .oonit- cuse for a revolutionary n:easure ot this character. But none ni 'liese things is true. Tae coii''inutn.iis ot the states provide theni'-elven ai i plo machinery tor the rctima! ot judges, either by address out ol oi fice, or bv impeachment. " I he proposed nieasme Is a:i at tempt to destroy the indcuepdenco ot the. judiciary, w it.nout which. I rue li bertythe liberty which is regulat ed by law, enforced with reason inui deliberations, cannot exist, an.i to substitute the opinion -and. the as slons of the mob.' "It is more probable,", continued ! (.Continued on Paje Five.) a I I5S3I wmmmmw HHP Fala! Shooting Affair In Which One Negro Is Killed Id. -!i i;:-s I-ins I'.uilet Into I uriicr V. m;:nm I Jii.t ( niises Deaths A !'-i;ui- I!:iiiiened oji Hie (ii'ny I'arin Jones - a. Desperate ( haracler "Unman in (lie ( use." .; t.Spci'ial fo.Tlie. Times. I ; . ... ; Scoiii.i-d Xei'.i, Aug. 2!i There was. a fatal shooting affair on the (May tarrn, adioining the town Satur day night. -when Kd. Jones a negro, shot itiul fatally wounded : Tunie. Wiiiis, another negro. Wiggins dy ing about 111 o'clock Sunday night, about 24 hoiirs after being shot. . There are . conflicting statements as . to the cause of thu' shooting, 'the wounded negro telling, so . we hear, ' u liferent'' stories regarding, the ..mat ter before- he-died. Hut about the lu st iii formation wo' have been able to .;-: Is tl'.t on .Saturday night, redo woman, said to be the wife of Kd. Jones, who lues on the Gray farm, sen' for Turner Wiggins". to consult with bint in regard to gef iinu a house on the lanu of Mr. O. IVravlor. with whom Wiggins work id. being one ol Mr. Taylors most trusted bauds. It seems that Jones for vJi.im -there had. previously been :i wairanl issued lor stealing, and who. -its is said, was scorning about evading- the otlieers, did not stay at Lome, -or with the woman,- but. very little, and was away when she sent lor Wiggins. ltor Wiggins had gotten through with his work he went over to the woman s house., which was near bv, .the (!rav farm and the "Taylor farm adjoining, and wit Inn a few moments Jones came in. W hether there were anv words between the I wo men -we have not. been able to learn, but. Jones began to pump lead at Wig gins, who ran. Several shots were hied. hut. they all went wild, until as Wiggins stated, he jumped to clear a wire fence, w hen he was hit the ball entering his hack consider ably below the -kidneys, passing through his body, and lodged just under the skin within about two or three inches ol the naval, being re moved bv Ur. W. I. Clark, who was summoned to dress the wound. After being shot Wiggins made his wav home, when he asked some one to send for the doctor, who respond ed promptly and rendered all aid possible, but. the phvsican feared then the-wound would prove fatal. Posses were organized and went in search of Jones, but he had got ten himself bevond the reach of of- hcers. and up to this time has not been apprehended. Kvery effort will be used to capture, the murderer, and Rive him his just deserts. From what we can learn It was a cold-blooded act on the part of Jones, Wiggins going lo the house on a peaceable mission to render ser vice to the woman whom he called his wife. It is said Wiggins was an exceptionally good darky, while Jones was just the opposite, being no good and wanted by the officers for other, but less serious offenses. While there is no especial ex citement here over the affair, yet there is a determination evident among the people that the guilty negro must and shall be caught and duly punished. r FnlER$J RALEIGH State Convention Begins Three Days Session 'A Oman's l anu l.ile Convention Also Meeting Short Addresses of Wei eonie Delivered foday What Pro gram .Oilers. The., fstale- Farmers'. Convention and the Woman ! .Farm Lite (.onven tion auseiiihled at the A. A M. Col lege this morning lor a three davs .session. Short addresses of -wel come were delivered liv (iovernor Kitrlihi, ('omiiiisKhiner Graham and President Hill. Manv delegates ar rived vesterdav and others came in today. '1 he program lor the dav is as follows: . . . 1 n-;;! (i a. Tii. -Address of Welcome Governor W, W. Kitchln, Commis sioner W. A. Graham, President I). II. Hill, ll:h0 a. ni. Address. Clarence H. Poo. hditor Progressive Farmer, 11:4" a. in. The Farmers' Bal ance Sheet With his Soil. 1). W. Kil- oro, States ( heiiust. Discussion. 1 2 : .',0 j). ni. Dinner. 2:00 p. in. -Tobacco Coring. E G. Moss. I . S. Department ot Agri culture. Discussion. . 2:45 P- m Farm Seeds, Pure and Adulterated. Miss 0. I. Tillman State Department of Agriculture Discussion. 3:35 V m. -Tile Drainage, A. G. Smith, I . S. Department of Agricul ture. Discussion. : 4:15 p. in.--Demonstration of Va rious Kinds of Plows. 7:30 p. in. Annual Address by President of the Convention, Frank Shields, Scotland Neck, N. C. 8:15 p..- m. Cotton Standardiza turn. I). -K. KaiTe, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Farm Life Convention, Welcome to Raleigh Mrs. T. P Harrison, President Woman s Club Welcome on Behalf Department-.of Agriciilture--Mrs. W. N. Hutt, chair man. Response Miss Kuia Dixon, Ala mance CO 11 nt v. Woman s Instit-iitt.es Mr. T. B Parker. Director ol Farmers' Insti tutes for North Carolina. What the College Can Do for the Home and Farm Dr. 1). II. Hill, President A,. &-M. . College. The Paper and Magazine as In spirations in the Home Mr. Clarence II. I'oe. Beaut li ving the Farm Home Mr. .laciiuos llusbee. . The Girl's Tomato Club Mr. I. O. Schaub. suminarv (it Priigiam. A stinimai'-y.' of, thu program for he; three days 'will cover talks by lovciiior . . K 1 1 I'll in. . A. Gra ham, -commissioner.' of Agriculture; resident ih II. Hill of the A & M. pi lege; ('hii'etiee . H. . I'oe,. editor of the I'l'ogresi-iye -Farmer : Frank Shields,, in esideiit of -the' convention. lid Franklin Sliernian. Jr.. ot the tate . Deiiai'tinent ot Agriculture. Dr. II. W. Kilgore. State Chemist: C. li. Williams. Director ol the Exper iment Station: J. C. MiNutt, of the A. ,V M. College, and C. It. Hudson, of the ..State Department, will give 'practical -talks on "Soil," "Seed Corn Selection, - Feeding Animals, and Stale .Demonstration Work."- W. I . Garner, ot the L. S Department ol Agriculture.-, will give an address on " 'I obai i'o Curing: W .11. Mor- riniaii. a practical stock breeder ol Illinois, will talc mil - My Experience with i logs:" w. li. Caldwell, secre tary of t he. American ''Guernsey - Club, tells about .dairying and the Guern sey cow: A.M. Swiiinerton, of Pme hiirst tarni. will tell about the Handling of. Sandy Land;" Ernest Starnes. of Hickory,' will explain How I liaised 14 0 .bushels of corn on one acre: ' and O. B. Martin, ot Washington. IV C; will give an il lustrated talk mi 'Boys and Girls Clubs in the South. Hie session will be interspersed with discussion on the various pa pers and several meetings of the Breeders' Association. Farmers' conventions and other organizations will take place during the three-davj gathering.. Missionary Bodies In Session. Greensboro, Ga., Aug. 2. The Ladies Missionary societies of the Georgia Baptist Association began their annual convention here today, with an attendance of more than one hundred delegates and visitors tror.i various parts ot the btate. The pro ceedings Wil continue over tomoi- row and Thursday. Aviator Killed. I St, Petersburg, Aug. 29-LIeuten- ant Zolotnehln, military aviator, fell with an aeroplane today and was killed. HEETJI CITY Commissioner Graham Extends Invita tion to Various Associations lo North Carolina FOR UNIFORM REGULATION Purpose of Conference Tomorrow Is To F.flcct. Helpful Rules Whereby State Department, of Agriculture .May Bender Belter Assistance aittl To Assist Fair Officers to Better Conduct Their Kxliibits. Representatives of sixteen fair a- sociations are expected to meet here tomorrow for the purpose of consid ering regulations prepared for the consideration of the various associa tions by Maj. W. A. Graham, cortl mi.ssioner ot agriculture. The con ference will be held in the ottice ot Commissioner Graham a 10:80 o clock and It is expected to cofl- elude the business at one session, in his introduction the commissioner says it will be very helpful If the association will adopt as far as prac ticable similar rules and regulations Commissioner Graham says: I suppose each association which you represent has its characters and ules and hv-iaws adopted under its authority. The papers which are placed in your hunds . are not In tended as a complete set ot regula tions, but rather to call your atten tention to some which .may not havfc occured to you and which may be found useful. Each representative can carry th4 :iopy he receives home for the "on- sideration of his association. Any of the regulations whose purpose is not lully understood can be discuss ed and explained In oi)r sessions and iny representative can present for consideration any other matter, the adoption of which be thinks would be for the promotion ot the assocla- m. " It will be very helptul to,- the asso ciations to adopt, as far as practicable similar rules and regulations. '.'-District Fairs. 1. 1 lie district included In the ter ritory ot the Piedmont (or other dis trict) fair shall be the counties of . . . . . ,and competition shall be. limited to articles and animals rai 1, produced or owned in said terri tory, but the directors may otter awards lor other classes of animals or articles It they deem it advisable lor the promotion ol agrl-Millure. County Fairs, . Competition lor premiums shall be limited to uninials or articles pro duced or owned in ...... county. but the . directors may ofter awards tor other classes ot animals or ar ticles ll they deem it advisable and lor the .promotion of ugrlculture. 1. An annual entered in oiiu class cannot compete in another except in peed, pairs or herds. 2. No live stock entry accepted nn le.ss accompanied by registry num ber, .!. In judging animals the rules adopted and published by the Nation al or State Association to which the annuals belons shell prevail in awarding premiums. 4. A thoroughbred or standard bred horse or dure bred other ani mal Is one whose parents are ijoth ' properly registered- A grade animal is one whose sire or dam is registered or entitled t registration and a sire or dam not entitled to registration. All other wise bred animals are common or scrub, i , . - : fj. vAges of horses shal be recokenetl from January 1st. Ages or other ani mals from eSptember 1st. fcach shall pe rated one year old on this date succeeding his or her birth. 6. Premiums Will be Indicated by colored ribbons as follows 1st, blue; 2d, red; 8d, white; 4th. pink; Otn, yellow; 6th, green and championship or sweepstakes, royal purple. 7. No premium shall be awarded to an unsound or barren animal. 8. Fraud or deception on the Dart of the exhibitors forfeits all' pre miums v 9. NoT premiums on unworthy ex hibits. All animals or articles dom peting, mutat posess more than or dinary merit. ; Every exhibit of small grain snail Continued, on Pagt Tiro.X , its fc-. 1
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