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Dcmble the AMU III BEATTIE CASE Women Not Allowed to Hear the 'Argument By the Lawyers of the Case BINFORD AND PAUL OUT Last Stage of-- Famous Benllie Trial .Entrml 1'hh Today When The Lawyers lieguii Argument Beattie Listened Intently to I lie Instructions to Hie Jury by Indue Watson mid Smiled N'lien He lltxl FinlBhed 'lawyer IJifary- ,lp First Speaker I'm til Will ihitcr Vaudeville mid lloiilah !' fur ' Moving Pictures. ' : . X Chesterfield, Sept. 7.- Casting aside as unnecessary the eleventh hour information from an alleged eye-wKness, the Commonwealth of Virginia began the final argument apalnst Henry Clay Beanie, Jr., In dieted for wife murder. J. M. Gregory, for the prosecution, and Hill Carter, for the defense, treasured rhetor.lc In the morning session in alternate scourging find lauding of the character of the ac cused. Though there is a possibility tint the argument will be concluded lafe today and the verdict rendered be fore midnight, E. O, Wendenbur,?, who Is to close for the prosecution, predicted at noon that he would not finish until tomorrow. Judge Vat. son dot? not expect the Jury to rc cut untjl noon tomorrow. Gregory's speech occupied nearly an hour and a half, and was a scath ing renunciation of the- prisoner. Appealing to the religious and moral Bene-oC the Jury, Gregory painted a rh'Hire of immorality, revolting in details. Then he emphasized tlic cumulative evidence of the Commoti 'veaHh, and pointed to what he car ed "the Ballent, Incontrovertible fact in the case," namely, fhe purchase of r. shotgun by Paul Seattle, which fon days later killed the wife of his cousin, Henry Clay Beattie, Jr. Hl'l Carter began the plea for the defense. He argued that was no motive for young Beattie to kill his wife, as his father had pictured warm affection between the couple, He arraigned the detectives who, he declared, "mercilessly worked un theorlee and cast unsupported sus picions." - Repeatedly pointing to the In structions to the Jury as to circum stantial' evidence and "reasonable, doubt," Carter assailed the veracity of Paul Beattie. Carter had not finished when court, at 1:10 p.. in., took recess. - " -."' v Beginning of Court, Chesterfield Henry Clay Beat tie's trial for wife murder entered .upon its last stage today, when court convened at ten-thirty. Judge Watson, Soon after taking his seat, consented that the counsel in their argument, might refer to portions of the testimony "not fit for ladies to hear,' and requested the women in the court room to leave. The Judge then read the instructions to the jury. Beattie listened intently to (Continued on Page Five..) -. BIG REWARD OFFERED FOR CAPTURE OF UAN Governor Kitchln today offeretl a reward of $250 for the. capture of tho unknown party wlio, ' on the night of August " 20, .assassinated C-Bborn W. Rogers, prominent , col ored merchant of WlU'lamston" Mar tin county. Rogers was found with his neck almost blown off, the wound having been inflicted With a shoc gun. A few nightB before this kill ing, the chief of police, of the tovn was murdered, The officers have not the slightest clue as to who killed Rogers. , ..V"-' i , Atlanta' Bankrupt Arrested. Atlanta," 6ept. 7--Uncla Sam's long arm has reached out and grabbed W. M. Mulkey, the Atlanta contractor who recently went Into bankrupt6y and concealed part of his assets, ac cording to the charge against him. Mulkey has been released on a 12,600 bond, and the case will come up for a preliminary hearing Friday. He was arrested on an affidavit sworn out by E. V. Carter, trustee In bank Euptcy. , 'x;...-..'; ' . 1 '?.": . . !?.,, , .: '-.: ?.':. - 1 -v '.. .:' .-:'': ' . i.:' -'': ',, : '.. C .''-.' . : "... - y ; .cr-5 . - ', ', . .' i-' . ". ' ".'-''" . ' Number of AN ESCAPE T Belongs to Palmetto State Prison, Caught In Wilmington t ' Major Chillies, After Sirviiin Four teen Mi.ntliH In South Carolina Prison KstaiH'd Seiilened It) l ive Years for Highway liohliery Caught in Wilmington C.niying t'tmeeiileil WeaiMiu. (SpeciaPto The Times. I Wilmington, N. C, Siept. i . - in Hie arrest ot Mujtir diaries, a negro, Sunday nllemoon, it is oelieved dial an i in i riant capture has been made ol a lormor ..tSoiith Carolina convict w.io has lieeu serving a loin; leiiu sentence lor the. crime ol lngliiv.iv robbery. Charles-swas arrcsled Mere Sunday with thre ol :ier negroes, charged with disorderly conduct on the streets. The 'others were re leaned but Charier; was .hold on tire charge ol carrying a ; ronmiletl weapon. Tae plslol which the neuro had was later Identified as one vvhn li was- siclen Irom Mr. S. !J. llryam, nere several weeks ago. When he was questioned at the police- station, Charles adiintled to Chief of Police Fowler that he had been an inmate to the South Carolina siale prison for some time. 'I iiis statement aroused the curiosity .)) Chief Kowler and he communicated with 'Mr. D. J. (irlftith,-superintendent of the South Carolina peniteti tary. Mr. Fowler received yesterday a circular which shos that a negro named Major Charles whs in carcerated there in 190'-'. on t:.e charge of highway robbery, and was Kentenced to five years in the peni tentiary. Tiie negro was convicted in Florence county and made Ills es cape twelve or fourteen months later. The circular contained a minute de scription of the escaped convict. As Charles has admitted t-.iat he has been in the South Carolina prison it is believed:' almost beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is the escaped convict. Should this prove to be true the authorities of the adjoining state will probably be allowed ' to take charge of: the negro after he has been tried for the offenses pretercd against him in the recorder s 'court of this county, KliOX COIjLMJK opkmmj. Registration Hooks Show Increase, of 22)J Per cent. Increase Regular 'Iiecture Work Begins Today. (Special to The Times.) Klon College, Sept. 7. The twenty-second annual session of Ulon College opened Tuesday morning un der mos't favora)l circumstances. Immediately after the chapel serv ices which' was conducted by )Jr. J. U. Newman, and Rev. J. W. W'elloms the wfrk, matriculation and registra tion began and when ttie registration books closed a Ave ociock it was found, that the number of students enrolled exceeded the number en rolled on the opening day last year by twenty-two and one-hill' per cent. and last year's enrollment was the largest up to that time In the Insti tution's history, every train tor the next several days is scheduled to bring an additional quota of stu dents. The regular lecture work be gins today. 8CH(XL OPHJilXG Atkinson Graded School Has In creased Attendance -Xew Teacher Other News. , Atkinson, N. C, Sept. 7. The At klnson high school opened Tuesday with an enrollment of 80. Thla is iiulte an increase over the opening of last year. Miss Howell, of Hobgood, Is n new teacher this year. She ' has charge of the primary department. The indications are now bright for a -good, school and a sucessful year. , Rev. Mr. Rlvenbark filled his pul pit In the Baittlst church at this place Sunday, both morning and eveulnf , it being his . regular ap poiniment.' Mr Rivenbark Is highly esteemed by the people of all deomlnatlons here, and preaches the true gosnel In ,i forceful way. Excavation has begun on the foundation of the handsome resi dence to be erected by. Mr. D. B Johnson. . . Voung Woman Found Dead, . Chicago, Sept. 7. A vounir wnZ man with a prayer book In hev hanl was found dead bealdth I'hieuM and Northwestern railroad tracks. She was probably-accidentally killed the police believe. Paid Subscribers in k N W 1r ii. J V? . i ' M 5 It J1 LWiTtaniirnlifilWWilhiii'i'i'V-fli fr,!lffiJ1fnifrhtl The niemnricl f Kdv.in M. Stanton, l.i.icolii s VV--, t;i tai'V, whiel) was aoveded. nt .SlMilM'ii'.il)t. Olutv. his birthplace , today; Alevander Doyle, '.-. fii);:(ir '..-:( l-nilt it, an! t::e !:ose in Stt'Boenvilte. wlieie Si'fre tary Stanton was htirn on Deceinlier If?,-: iti). ' I i:e slati.'e, til -hrotie isseven li'M '.limh, and the jM'tleslal, of Rianitp', eislit feet. Monument Unveiled to Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War Under President Lincoln Steubenville. O., Sept. 7. kdwiu M. Stanton, Secret arv ol - War under I'lesident" ...Lincoln during the Civtl War, who held, perhnos, the.-nvitt ( " ins position of all during tnose troublous ..times, was honored ly Sleubenville, his place of birlh. hv the .unveiling-cit-n brone statue that (vIK . perpetuate - his features lor all time. President Tall. Covenior Jur.so.i Lartnon, : Jlajor-tieueral Frederhds Dent Grant, noncrnl- -llaniel K. Sickles, Jifdge William U. I):iv :v.) the sons of the war provident inid war secretary, Robert T... Lincoln alui Lewis H. Stanton were anions (nose who participated in the cerenioiiif. which formed the principal event of Siantrn Memorial Week. Some 15,000 persons were assem bled outside the courthouse-:" In Iront of which the monument stands It I" of bronze, seven feet, bight nu 1 rsts on a granitt; pedestal, el-rht lcet high. It is the work of Sculp- PLOT TO BLOW UP BOSTON NAVY YARD Boston, Hpt. .".--- I lie police are Investigating whal nupcars 1o lie tin atteny)t to blow up I lie Chai'leslow n navy yard rth dviiai'iiti-!. 'three large sticks of xploijive were loiinti yesterday,' .secreted at the Iranie work.of a hiige.iftoatrng derrick. A plot to wreck the iiln.iu nunht have caused. two hundred deaihs. . Presklent Taf t nt llait roid. Hartford, Coun., Sept. 7. At Charter, Oak Park this uflernoon President Taft spoke before a large gathering assembled for the Con necticut State Fair. The 'President was introduced by Oovernod Bald win. 1 Previous to going to he park the President moi the members of the Conecticut . . General Assembly and was entertained at a luncheon given by the State in Memorial Hall. The Governor s. Foot Guards and the local battalion of the naval militia furnished the military escort for tho distinguished visitor. Immediately after concluding his address at the State Fair the President departed for his summer home at Beverly. ' - illSI 1 1 ."v;" k1 v a OTP i J ! A ft 4 ' tor A'esander Dov-le," of New 'Vtd'k. .in of Steii'ifiiv.l!,?. ouram began . vito a a mi n 'I he dav s pr ).:?:;; paradt participated-. ..in hv Ln'ied plates regulars and fs ii 1 1 n 1 1 ii I (jiKiril. Later spoi J lil.i.) on the Ohio. Kiver. i :i.-ii.iliiir, and ii i-alloon . asceas i .iiililK , hv men I vfiiaht In ndins . swuni iiii!;. H'Hir- boat . -races, a iioii and exiiinii 'iiii .!)-rs ot the icam ti hei'.-imtivyf; nt O'.io. i:ie linveilnrr ol die ml statue took pl:w tollo'.ved. and Slanlon liienifM'i: in i.he afteniooi ila .' tonU':ht. - ic A. firework t cs lowed bv a. gi'.in.! niil'.larv hall, pai'tu'ipated .;n l..y .1 c ee tiignnarics gathered ther:. w 1 1 ! (nelude the (lav s events. Aitor tin; unveiling . of tho: Stan-, ton monument, it was foruiiil!" ae e (e-1 !:v Attorney Carl Smit.: in bi; iia!; CJ the count v. . The man honored by the memorial, Ldwin Aic.VIasiers Stanton, lw.it one of (nt ii;ci uiiiiiue .public carcus o1 : n v i:,: n in ilie history iif tne .'oi nlrv lie was appointed to ilic nbinets of three 1re8idonU--rllu,u-nnaii, Lincoln' and Johnson and was appoinied bv a fourth, dram, to Ihe position ol associate jijn:;et: if .lie Snnreine ( tmrt. Me na.i one r.t the chiel n:'.ii;V m the . 1:1 nio'e! lini'i"'"lM'H'nt ease against p-wdeul Andrew Johusoii. Horn ai sieiilienville of Ouaker parentage on December lit, 1M), he was (Mlueiiled at Kefivon College, where be later studied law, ami was admitied to die I ar In 18;!(. ne triiininK practice at Cadiz; where he liecame prosecuting fiDor rev a vear laler, Ho then practtcetl In Steubetivillo and in Pittshui'.', and in 185(1; removed . to Washington, where he look up pleading lie f ore tho Cnitcd States Supreme Court. He was appointed At.tOTne.v-('.(!ii-urtil hv President Buchanan a' tne time of the reorganization of Inch-un-'Mi's cabinet in 18(0, "stico'etnns Jiivemfah -Black. Originally a Jack syfliau Domocrat, he- became a s.'utmch anti-slavery advocate. In lMll. upon the election of President: Lij.coln, ho retired with the rest of the cabinet, but. was immediately presented bv Lincoln with the port folio of War Secretary. The integrity, judgment, .determination and force of his administration during tike Civil War made him a popular fig ure among many, but he also had enemies whotcriticlKed him. After the assassination of Presi dent Lincoln, he tendered tyis resig nation, but was induced by Presi dent Andrew Johnson to remain in Raleigh of 7 U f,SH 7 IF t J -.-". .tW. h -f fr v7 -,iHgvy iS& Mill -;t 1) i n ; ; . .During' tlie. ' famous u-li. lieuvot'll tne I'resident and 1 (on lie took. sides against the I' si. lent, who (lien tailed for his lvsijEuation on tvi used i o wit 1 iiiterlere . with 1 l. eeonstriiel ion ilent Johnson August, iV. 18liT.. He ilrav.v saviiur it '.would Ihe execution of the Act. to which l'resi .i.i onnoscd. A week later .ft-1: n son suspended hini, but l:e again relused 10 wilhdraw. Ihe iT'Sideni -then removed .him in spite ol the tenure ol oft ice act and ap pointed a sereirv ad terim. Still lie re! used to (.lve up his olfit'e and held it uaul alier the-impeachment an I aciiuittal ot Johnson, when he resigned. He resnniei! the practice ot law, hut lis lie.'tltli beiran to wane. On December 1 Still:-President Grant nominated him an asoeiate justice ot the Supreme -Court, and tho ap pointment, was immediately con lirmed hv .the Senate. Lefore he could torinnllv accept, the -appointment he died, tour days later. (Continued on Pago Five.) IN VIRGINIA TODAY Richmond.' Sept. T.- -HaMolimr be gan todiiv in the titteen --hundred pre cinils ol Ihe state in I lie primary election to choose the Democratic candidales for two places in the I nited Mates -senate, - Senators Thomas. S. Martin and Claude A. Swanson, known as the machine candidates, are running against .-Representatives William A. .lones- and. farter .Glass, leaders ol Ihe insurgent faction in ihe state de mocracy. Definite -re.i.urns are not expected, before midnight. ( lilniiinaii lunged With Poenage. New Orleans, Sept. 7. A wealthy ('liinese fisherman ' charged with pent)gae mm conspiracy, was held, in fifteen hundred dollars bail for the Federal grand urv. The government wil lattlempt: to prove collusion be tween boat miliums and the fish erman.' World's Sunday School Convention. iJbndon, Sept- 7. -Zurich, Switzer land has been selected as the place for holding the world s seven! h Sun day School convention in 1913,; any Other IKBHRF TROOPS StaleLaw Prevent cial i rains Un Sunday :rave tuesf ions Raised Ii.H the Uigl l nt a .Slate lo I'c. tiiit the Miivcmeiit ol I coops on Sunday Will lie Kefeittl lo the MtnlHey Cei.ica! inid (lie lnieist..le ( t.in mi'l'ce oiiiuiiNSMiu. . W.-.shiu I ion !iai 'tun. Sept. i .- (irave tines about '.he lit the move, troops by been rained I Stale to prev I lilted Hlales i'l-lll o ii ii. lit r p lit r - II 1 1 r.Mlroad f raiii-ipot'lalion on U'lii-n 1 lie ramp ol msl i tic - (iiuei "as held al t liicliainaiigc Park i.ivt veai . the ..arrival .ol th" I' in-t '.nh CariiJina Inlanlrv and Soiilli ( aroliiia Inlaiitrv was del tyed by tjie South ( arolina law prohi bu rnt! the-running oi sptfial traoi:5 on Sunday. A sinular law exists in Georvia and 1 v ti com pa n les ol coast aril lei-', moving bv special I rains Irom Mobile tt-Cliai'leston. were com pell ?d to he over at Au ens I a because, ot th? law. lirigarlief-tic-iieral . Mills.. con lVMiidiiifc the department of the gull, brought the inaiter to the War De partment'!) -attention with a view, to fi'.fh- action as will prevent unnec essary delavs. in .troop .movements, It is posible i lint, the matter wi'l be teterred to (lie -.Attornev-denernl and -the-'Interstate Conimerne-Com-, mission to determine what -.course sbail.be pursued. DCATII Ol' MltS. HOLLIXGSWORTl!. Tti"k I'lace ill rayetteville Til's Moi'imii" Survived bv Husband and lit I1 it'll. ... Kavetteville. N. C, Sept. 7.- Mrs tllzabetli Rovull" Hollingsworth, wile ol t). (i. Hollingsworth, died at h:ir home here this . morning just one vear after the burial of her eld est, eon, Major J. G. Holhngswortn, who avhr fatally Injured tn an auto mobile accident on . turnpike near Richmond, Va., Sept, 1, 1 910. Sinee (nut tragic event, her health has steadMv declined: Mrs, Hollings worth was horn in Sampson county. An!?. i'.". 1 844. and was. thorelore, ti 1 years old. She is survived bv her. husband and two children. Mrs. V,'. 'P.. Ledbetter and Alfred M, Hol lingsworth. ..anil eight grandchildren all ol whom reside in this cltv. She was a woman ot excellent, qualities, v Lose passing is mourned hv a largo circle ol friends. lo I'lght Roger Sullivan. C hicago, 11).. Sept, The undo ing of Roger C, Sullivan, the Illinois member of the Democratic National Committee and tor many years the acknowledged master of the party in this Slate, is the object sought bv a number of more or less promi nent Democratic leaders throughout the State, who asemhled at the Hotel La Salle today to discuss a plan of campaign,.. - The conference, was called bv the State Progressive Dem ocracy, an organization which seeks the support, of all Democrats who. in the lananage of the -o! final call, "are' 'disgusted with the trend ot their party affairs and tho biparti san affiliation which culminated in the election of William Lorimer as Dulled Slates Senator from Illinois.' Mavor Carter Harrison Is said to be at the head ol the movement. Fol lowing the .preliminary conference todav. it is proposed lo hold a great rallv ol Progressive Democrats at Ihe stale Kair at Springlield next month. Charged Willi lllecllou fratiiN. : Mav's Landing. N. J., Sept. 7, Sim oral ol the so-called election fraud cases which have stired AC lanllc -coiintv Irom center lo ciiciim ferein r were called -lor trial hef'.i to div hel'tire- Supreme ( oui't Jus:' (V Samuel Kalisth. As the lieletidanlu l -umber nearly a-, score and include run n v prominent and ..influential po litical workers, who are expected to make some vigorous defense, the probability is that the court will be l'cpt .busy for the next month or tv o in .'disposing' ot the cases The ehurges include conspiracy to bribe, Die joircbase ol votes, assaults on flection- officers and various otner violations ol the law alleged to have been t oii'.mitted in connection with the elections in Atlantic City lust November. President Taft On Trip. Boston. Mass., Sept. 7 President Taft, left Boston this morning for Hartford via Worcester and Spring Held." . ' Crowd At the State Fair. Hartford. Conn.. Sept 7 Tart's visit to the state fair brought an Im mense throng Irom every-part of the statt . - . -.' , Newspaper OLDEST Ulili 10 CELEBRATE Raleigh Typographical Union No. 54 Will Be 51 Years Old On Sunday, October 1 STORY OF ENLIGHTENMENT Development of Printers' Art . He sioiisilde ftir W ondorful Strides in Kdiit-Htioiial Lines COI. John Nichols and Josiah .lones the Only Surviving- ( barter Members Com mittee Named to Make Arrange ments Some Old Member?. Haleigh 1 ypographleal Union, No. fil, the oldest organization of its kind in North Carolina, will on tsun dav. October 1st, celebrate Its Slit anniversary by a sermon, and a ban quet at some future day during the month. Ot the charter members of -tne union, (ol. John Nichols, United States commissioner and Josiah Jones survive though there are many active members" who have seen more than twentv-hve years of service, 'ihe union now has seventy-two mem bers. Since the union was organized there have been many advances in the printers art. When some of the older .members ot tne union were ini tiated all composition was done by hand the color press was a dream, Mergenthaler had not perfected his linotype, and instead of twenty ma-, chines doing the composition work in the large ol flees, one hundred men stood at the cases. All this has changed: the greatest progress has been made in this art; yet there are men in Raleigh who remember well each marvellous invention. In the composing rooms ; cf - tho Raleigh newspaper and job offices there are men today who can narrate a de velopment In an art that has edu cated more taan hall the world. And when the local union celebrates Its 51st anniversary many ot these things" 'Will be related. A committee on arrangements for the celebration has been '.named- Messrs.. J. C. Birdsong, C. D. Christo pher, It. 1). W icker and J. .1. Lewis. There are a number of men in Ral eigh who have been members ot the Ualeigii union for more than, ttventy five years, some ot thes being Messrs. K. S. Cheeli, J. J. Lewis, W. A. Kaucette. R. 1). Wicker and W. O. Scott. '.'." XKdltOHS ATTACK WOMAX. : 1 ruck Farmer's W ite In Colorado is lieatcii Into Insensibility. (anon Cilv, Colo., Sept. 7.- Mrs. Leonard itosuk. a truck farmers wile, was -attacked:, by two negroes while walking along he railroad tracks. I 'hey dragged her into the bushes and after she was beaten Into unconsciousness I hev ttUirted toward the river, possibly wltli the Idea of drowning her. but lied before reach ing tae bank. A posse is hunting the men. TWO AVIATORS ARE INSTANTLY KILLED MulliauRon, Germany, sept- 7- Lieutenant Newmann, German mili tary aviator, and M.Leccmte, French aeronaut, in a lligat toward Strass burg, the machines' gasoline tank ex ploded. The machine dropped at. Bilsheini from an altltudo of sixty feet. Both aviators were Instantly killed. : Aviator Hurl In Fall.--Karlsrupc. Sept. 7. Aviator Paul Sengo, with his aeroplane fell, while making a (light and fractured his skull. Mant Inteiiiiitlonul OfllcprV Com . mlttee, - Chicago, Sept. 7. Officials of the federated shop employees of the IK linols Central railroad who have been refused recognition by the rallroatl, were busy today communicating with the local officials of mechanical unions throughout the system, pre paratory to another conference for an International officers' committee. ,V '. t t l . r "'.-...,,.,.-,,; '-. . -" -,. ,., -- r
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