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RALEIGH, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,1911.
LAST EDITION
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Henry Beattie Says He Feels His
Story Impressed the Jury and
That He Will Be Freed
NO COURT HELD TODAY
The Accused Mini Says He Believe
the July Will ;ivo IMiu a Squuro
and That He Will lie Home
... Sunday- All the Evidence In Vc
terdny the Judge Adjourned Court
Until Tomorrow to Give the Law
jern an 0Hrtunity to (Set Their
Argument Together Defense Fx.
HH'ts to Make its Strongest Tlea
on the Dangers of Accepting: Cir.
t-iiiiistaiitiiil Evidence.
Chesterflold, Va., Sept. 6 "I cx
pect to be home Sunday. I feel my
story impressed the jury and believe
they will give me a -square deal,
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., indicted for
murdering his wife, made this confi
dent remark, seated in his cell gaz.
lug in retrospect at eleven days of
evidence, taking which was brought
to a close last night. Uneasiness or
nervousness were not visible in his
countenance or manner. He pos
sessed the same outward calm ex
hibited sinco the trial began.
The court house was clothed in
quiet today, Judge Watson having
adjourned court until tomorrow
The jury has heard all the evidence.
It now remains for counsel on both
sides to knit together the relevancy
of various bits of testimony to con
sistent argument. The defense ex
pects to make its strongest plea on
the danger qI -'accepting circumstan
tial ' evidence. , The prosecution's
main broadside will : be delivered
along the same lines as characterized
its, rigid, cross-examination of the
prisoner and will predicate the one
question of how did the same gun
Paul fioattle bought for his cousin
Henry, Saturday. July 15th,.- come
Into the hands of the, alleged high
waynian on Midlothian Turnpike
Tuesday night, July 18th.
The defense has attempted to
puncture the, story of Paul, who not
only described the purchase of the
gun, but testified about Henry's al
leged confession of killing his younj
wife. . . '.': :
Will Release Blnfoid Girl.'
Richmond, Va., Sept. ft Judge
Watson declared ' unless something
unforseen developed he would issue
an order for Beulah Binford s re
lease tomorrow. The girl received
the newB Joyously.1 When asked if
she know anv reason why Bhe ha'l
not been' allowed to testify she guess
ed they found out enough through
other witnesses, "ff Henry Beattie
is guilty," she Bald as she leaned over
a banister In the jail and talked with
several newspaper men, "I should
like to soe him punished. I'd say
that about any man whether I loved
(Continued on Page Five.)
Ml HOSIERY 111
FOR HIGH POINT
A charter -was issued today to the
Ebony Mills Company of High Point,
the objects of the corporation being
to manufacture, buy, sell or ot.her
w'&e dsal in all kinds ' of hosiery.
knit goods, yarns, fabrics, etc. The
HE SiD
nutborlsod capital is $125,000, but
(ho corporation may organize and
' begin business when $10,000 is sub
. serbod. Tho incorporators are
J.'lillip T. Goodwin, J. H. Adams ana
' - Samuel B. Keen, New Orleans, La.,
and J. E. Mills, High Point.
Court to Settle Contest for Office.
Denver, Colo., Sept. 6. The con
test between Frank S. Hoag and F.
S. Kendall for the office of State
railway commissioner of Colorado,
came up for trial today before Judge
Shattuck. Kendall contends that he
should have'tbe office because of his
election last November, selected for
the place by the people of. Colorado.
Hoag claims he Is entitled to tt by
reason of an appointment by Gov
ernor Shafroth under a, law passed
by the last legislature making all
members of the commission appoint
ive. 1 Very few women can take their
figures in swimming with them.
URGE FARMERS
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10 ACI WISELY
Officers of Wake County Branch of
Farmers Union Strong Circular
- Letter to Members
HOLD COTTON FOR REPORT
Producers I rued to Await the De
cember He-port ' of Glnners Hclore
Rushing Staple to .Market to Feed
Hungry Maw of Gamblers Hears
Have Contracted for Cotton at II
Cents and Farmers Are Warned of
This.
I'nder date of September 4 Dr. .1.
M. Tcmpleton, president, and Mr. T.
N. Ivey, secretary of the Wake county
branch of the Farmers' Educational
and Cooperative Union of America
are sending out circular letters urg
ing In strong terms the farmers not
to sell their cotton- for the low price
offered and scoring the July crop re
port issued by the government. The
tenor of the letter is to save the
profits the gamblers expect to make.
The circular is as follows:
Farmers listen!
Wo want to call your attention to
what you already know as well as
we, not for purposes of Information,
but to suggest thought and action.
1 no cotton harvest Is upon us. In
few weeks the fiendish market will
be Seeking to fill Its great maw. The
bears have gained much vantage and
are hllarous with the anticipated
carnival of low prices. The July
crop report, fictitious and unfair to
the farmer, served the bear specu-'
lators and spinners a good turn. They
at onco Inaugurated the strongest
campaign of thclrMivcs and are de
termined to buy this crop for much
less than Its valuo. In twenty days
they boat "down the price of cotton
nearly $20 per bale. It Is'wcll known
they havo sold cotton on the New
York Exchange for future delivery
for 11c, this they expect to buy for
(Continued on Pace Five.)
IN INTERESTOF COOKE
Greensboro Gentlemen See
Governor Kitchin
Delegation Presses Claims of (.'nil
ford's Cundiiltc All Four Men
Well Qualified and Appiiinment of
Any .Could not lie HadThe Ap
plicants.
Another delegation from Greens
boro camo to Raleigh today to press
the claims of Mr. A. Wayland Cooko
to succeed Hon. J. Chawford Biggs
who reigned as judge of the ninth
Judicial district. Mr. David Stern
Baw Governor Kltchln yesterday. The
delegation today was composed of
Messrs. C. A. Hlnes S. Glenn Brown,
W. B. Merrimon and W. H. Swift.
Governor Kitchin was told that Mr.
Cooke was well Qualified for the
honor, that Guilford was tho most.
prominent county in the ninth judi
cial district and that it did right
nobly by him in his contest for gov.
ernor. Of the six counties In the
district, Guilford produced nearly
4,000 votes, which was nearly one-
third of Mr. Kitchln's strength in
the district. In addition to this the
governor was assured that the
Greensboro lawyer's support wdb Bttll
strong.
Governor Kitchin Is up against
strong arguments from tho friends
of each of the four candidates and
he Is necessarily having a hard time
in selecting a judge out of such
splendid material. The other appli
cants are Messrs. Jacob A. Long, of
Graham; . Howard A. Foushee, of
Durham, and A. A. Hicks, of Oxford.
. Swain the English Channel.
London, Sejt. 6 William Bur
gess, of Yorkshire swam the English
channel from Dover to Cape Grisner.
The swimmer landed at Cape C.rls-
noz at 10:30 this morning, exactly
twenty-four hours after leaving
Dover.
Another Death From Mushrooms.
New York, Sept. 6 Poisonous
mushrooms caused another death,
making ia total of ten victims since
the first of the month. The recent
heavy grains brought out an Immense
crop of mushrooms, both edible and
poisonous, , ;.
PLAN FOR FOE
SAdE HOMES
Sage Foundation Has Broken Silence
About Its Plans For model
Village
IS NOT A CHARITY
Homes Will be loi ..People o! AI'Mler
ale Means ml ' In -Not a liarity
Scheme Rents Will lie Moderate
Fiit.Slillirieiil to Make the -Village
Sol f-Kiistii'iiing -Homes Will. --he
lor People Who Have - t'
Choose llctwccn n ( iy A'iai tment
and a It. (me I' ins in the Su
hiii I.s.
New York, Sept. 0 The Sage
Foundation has at lust broken its
silence regarding lis plans and 'uir
Pobcs for the Forest Hills Gardens
land development in -Queens, a few
miles from Ijong Island City. John
M. Glenn, secretary of the Inundation
gave out today the first statement on
the subject coming from anv one-'connected
officially with the Sace Foun
dation and having inside iiifornuinoi
of lis plans.
Mr. GlennStates emphatically Hint
tho Sage Company is not in the h-asr
decree a charity. Ho savs that it
vill not. he conducted as a charity
or-even for people, of the .laboring
class. It. will bo the home of people
of moderate - means who want a ro:.l
home and have now, he savs, :o
choose between a cit.v apartment or
a frame house m a suburb.
Mr.- Glenn explains that ..tho ..Satin
Foundat ion -and the Sage Foundation
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, .-i "' AMdf-v. ."f ...... :. : $&mmmimmt
Slix. Hussell Sage, nidow of the tanioiis niillicniaire, who has hern (hrei lum llie application til' the "Sage
Foundation" ,f $ 10,01)0,000 iiimI views of the mixlel viMaie, (he latest priijeet fiii.-uii i! Iiv l!ie "I'liundatioii."
Itelow is a photogrnph ol a row of houses mill f (oii-l'iictiiiii in the "model village antl a!iove it a skettli ol the
tower of the central building of the coiiiiniinifv. I he model building is ilesi'Mii'd to lie a .suburb of Ni-w oi k
that will perfectly fill all the demands and nerds ol the average l.-iiuilv. (lie ap'.ii iincnls rent iiiu us low as can
be arranged and get a small pn)llt to (he "foundation" which was set aside lor (!ie hriiclil o hiiiiiaiulv without
resorting to charity.
POLICE AFTER BLACK
HARD WITH NEW LAW
New York, Sept. C With a well
dressed young Italian, believed to be
one of the country's master crimi
nals, In their clutches, the police are
spreading nets for a gang of bomb
throwers, blackmailers and kidnap
pers who have terrorized the Ital
ian settlement here for the past four
years. Giuseppi Cnstabilo, who was
arrested with a dynaniite bomb se
creted under his coat, will be ar
raigned today under the new " law,
making the mere possession of u
deadly weapon a felony. .
Retirement of Colonel Taylor.
Washington, D. C, Sept. ti Alter
torty-four years' service, Col. Syd
ney W. Taylor, of the Second Field
Artillery, was placed on the retired
list today on his own application,
Col. Taylor is a native of tho District
of Columbia, but was appointed to
the army trom New York in 15f7.
With tho exception of tliioe years'
service in the adjutant general's de
partment, his entire service of near
ly forty'-flvB years has been In the
artillery army. His last command
was that of the Department of the
Columbia at Vancouver barracks,
Washington. - ,
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JUL H &
ZEPPELIN DIRIGIBLE
ON ANOTHER TRIP
Ihiden-lliidrn, Germany, Kept. ("
The - Zeppelin- dirigible balloon
SchwaliDii h'H with seven pnssenge
.tins morning on an air vovime.to
Berlin. - -The d'snuice ol the promis
ed flight i.s three hundred and hltv
miles.
s s s $ s s
:.ci ksiox mucca.
AX
Among the many points from
which excursions have come to
llalelult din ing the present sea
son ure Slalesvillc, High Point,
Graham, Durham, Pntshei'o.
Frnnkliiitoii, I.onisbiiru, Ham
let, ( lay Ion, V, endell. I.illiiiv'inn,
niinpivillr. Wake Forest. San
ford, Apev, llillslioro, lliii-liug.
ton, Jlet'iillers, (irrens'ioro, lny
etteville, ( haljiieate, Middlesex,
L'Csville, llrnderson, YAHdoii
Oxford, Wilson, and others...
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Killed in Auto Wreck.
Lexington. -Ky., Sept. Riiling
ot high "speed in an automobile,
which struck n telephone oole, Glenn
Elkin was killed,, and three ntlier
members ot tao party seriously in
jured, '..
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.- fa ks x - . ss3ef ;ir" c seaesK-? Him
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BAILEY HILL NOT BE
E
Caiiiesville, Tex.,.. Sept. I! T i:itod
.Stales Senator Joseph ' W. ..Bailey1 con
finned the announcement' last nifht
thai he would not be a candidal-; f:r
re-eiect ion 10 the I ni'od Stales t.en
Mis term expires March 1!tl3.
I'ch- persons knew ol I he seuatirs
deierminauon until lodav. It is "aid
Halli v Ko to New ork Cll.v to
prawice law.
'Announcement of Senator ('.alley's
retirement, to. private ''life foree'asls
an -usiporlaiit poliliral . el.tiiiKe . in
Texas.
Bailey s successor will lie tchirled
at the .1 ii I v pninaiy. Inwe nien-tsontd-
as eaiidulalos nirlade Gov.
CoHjuitt, I'onner Governor Canijibell,
Colonel Jake Woltcis, lender of the
anti-iirohlhltionh tt Th tunas.-. 'Mall,
leaders ol tne . 'di vs !, v'onressniaa
.KanTiell, ("one 'Johnson' and .1 udge
William Poiadexter'.. The latter two
were randidate;- for governor at tho
last election.
. Ajtfd Preui her Dt'ad,
Hudson, Mich., Sept. 0 Rev Don
ald II. Sliier, of Latidrum, S. C, w-ns
found dead in bed at a friend's home
here. Shier was 70 years of age. He
was a member ot the . Methodist
Kpiscopal coiUorcucc for many year$, .
F
Commissioners Say They Will Listen
tc Compromise From County
Board of Health
THE MATTER DISCUSSED
l.isoliKions Pas-ill Iiv J'oavd ot
lie. ill ?: Not Presented Ti'd-iV, lint
liisleail Mr, Jurtd Anpeareil as
( Kieir a ml Asked il Frzhl Could
Xol lie I ii.'ii'd oniiiiissioiiers
. V.av llereive lniposMi'iu.
: If the Wake county board of health
has a definite, proposition' to submit
to the.. Wake. county board ot commis
sioners. Jet n. bring the propositions
lorward; - otherwise, there is little to
lie expected.
This in brief-was the situation this
aMeriidon wnh reg-"-l to the fight
being waged between - the , commis
sioners and health board over the
mtuler ol a count v -superintendent of
lu.-alih. The resolutions passed at
Hie meeting of the board of health
yesterday were not presented today,
Mr. 7.. V. Jiidd, superintendent of
public instruction, coming belore the
coin niissioners and asking if there
was not sonic ground on which a
compromise satisfactory td ail parties
could be affected. .
('oiiiniiMsioncr Ilrewer suggested
that two members l'rcjin each-board
meet and' work out. a - compromise..
As for himself he thought. StiOO v;u;
enough to liay the county physician,
hut for : the sake ':;of. harmony, lie
"vouiil lie aide to go a little bit
more."-
Mr. 13. ('. Beckwttli. county at
torney, suggested that the two boards
might have a sort, of Portsmouth peace
conference, except in this case that,
tile .members, meet, as patriotic citi
zens and not in their Official Capacity.
Then if any forward steps were taken
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Colored Bellboy Plays With
Loaded Pistol
Waller Saunders,' Colored. Presses
Trigger m Kxpcrt .'Mai.ner, lint
Weapon Discharges Hull Into His
leg as .Native ol ( lavton.
Waller Saunders, colore-,!'. ..'bellboy
at . the Kaleigii Hotel, Was deiiion
sirating his prowess with a pistol
Sunday morning... lie would pre. :; the
trigger . just,, enough to cause, t:ie
liLiininer to sti'iliii,. the can . oi the
cariridge wilhoiil . liriiig the bullet.
Walter did this several . t iiues, : and
nil the time the weapon was pointing
at his leit leg. At. the Ihs!. demon
stration .the bullet, fired. ' l:c ball en
t (M ing ".lis. left ieg just betow , t lie
straddle and Walter was carried to
St. 'Ascnc "Hospital to be trealed.
Ai il ; i;ii. ii'clocl; last ''night Waller
Saui'iti'ers (lied as the result' of lils
wound, heiiibrriiage .causing. deal h.
Karly in tiie nflenioon . he . Was
thought to be dohg well, but his -'condition,
crew worse as night came cli
and at tr.n the end cam".
'Walter was a native o' laMon,
Johnston county and came here trom
New Hern, where his people live.
He was about "1 'years-old. 1 ho
body-was taien to' Clayton this at
ternoon. for burial.
l:i:.l) AI Tllll TFX-D.VY Sl.l'.liP,
FPorls to Waken Singer Futile and
'Irance Proves l.'atal.
Chicago. Sent. f Alter a ten-day
sleep, trom which physicians were
unable to arouse her, Josephine Cor
bel known on the stage as Genevieve
de Forrest.-'died yesterday.
For three vears Hie swiger had suf
fered trom ulcer oi the siotuach. Ten
davs njro. while suffering much pain,
Miss de Forres! tell into a deep
slumber. At lust this was thought
to Jio a good sign.
Hour ntler hour passed, however,
and she continued to Bleep. Efforts
were made by nurses to awaken her.
Physicians were called, -but 'every ef
fort proved futilo.
Young man, beware of sweethearts
ORTH
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with sour dispositions,
FOR II
Entertainment Committee Met This
Morning and -Began Preparations ;
Opening Ceremonies
BUILDING ABOUT READY
Fntei'laiiiineiit Committee Met This
Morning' and Itegail Outline of
Plans for Fitting Observation of
the Opening of tho New Municipal
Itiiil(iiig--PIaiis are for Most Kiab
orate I'liiicdonsChalrninn Prawn
ol Commit tee, IKsirons of Receiv
ing' Suggx"' ions From Anyone
That Might Help Them in Their
Work HiiildliiK Will lie Heady.
Chairman.' Wade It. Brown, of the
entertainment committee of the
chamber of commerce, speaking this
morning .of the dedication ceremonies
and festivities attending the open
ing of Raleigh's magnificent audi
torium, said that tho committee met
at 11 o'clock this morning and be
gan active work, preparing plans
for the most elaborate functions ever
undertaken in Raleigh. Serving on
the entertainment committee with
Mr. Brown is Col. J. E. Pogue and
W. II. Bagley. This committee has
been vested by the municipal build
ing commission and tho board of
aldermen and chamber of commerce
with lull authority to take charge ot
and -prepare' for both ceremonies at
tending the dedication of tho state's
greatest auditorium and entertain
ments of magnitude for the opening
week.
'.'Chairman Brown announces that
the .committee is desirous of receiv
ing suggestions in wrltng Irom any
one believing that thoy have an lda
that, will aid in making the week a
greater success. At the, chamber of
commerce rooms tho committee has
opened headquarters, and will active
ly push the publicity work ns eoon
ai; details are formulated. The con
tract for the seats was awarded An'
gust. !Cth and a guarantee was given
by the state representatives of the
manufacturer that the seats would
be in position in the auditorium by
October 1st. The auditorium Con
tractors advise that the building is
practically in readiness, the only ad
ditional work necessary,, preparatory
to the opening is tho completion of
the wiring, and additional coat of
slain on a portion of the '. wool
work.
The municipal building commission
was created by the state legislature
and is composed of Col. C. E. John
son, chairman; Messrs. Josephus
Daniels, Jos. 0. Brown, John C
Preivry and Albert 1,. Cox. Tho com
mittee on the part, of the board of
aldermen, representing the city In
building matters, Is composed of
Mayor Jas. I. Johnson, Aldermen, W.
A. Cooper, C. A. Johnson and Jos. C.
Ellington. The auditorium will ac
commodate 5,000 people.
ADVERTISE RALEIGH
AND WAKE COUNTY
Secretary Olds of the chamber ot
commerce has sent to Mr. M. V.
Richards, the widely known land
ii nil industrial agent of the1 Southern
Hallway a very lino collection of
photographs illustrating Raleigh and
Wake county. These will be used
in making stereoptican viewtf to be
shown at the groat' exposition at
Madison Square Garden, Now York
City, and afterwards In many other
cities in the county. Secretary Olds
has made up two sots of photo
graphs which will be , used In tbe
same way in tho west and south
west. Raleigh Is certainly being well
advertised.
To Start Ii Follctte IJoom.
Minneapolis Minn., Sent. 6. Pro
gressive Republicans of Minnesota
ar0 expected to assemble in force
here ..tomorrow, for the State meet
ing and banquet designed as a send-
off lor Ux Follette boom tor Presi
dent, pearly all of the Republican
governors, senators' and representa
tives of tbiq section of tile country"
Who have aligned themselves with
the progressive win of. their oartv
have been Invitd to attend the earn.
ering and number of them haV ac
cepted Invitations' to speak at tha
banquet,
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