North Carolina Newspapers

Tf... r..-': - Jssoci&ted Press Service JssoctAted Service VoLLXX. No. 59. WEATHER Unsettled. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1911. LAST EDITION PEICE FIVE CENTS Doible the timber of Paid Subscribers in FLaleigh of any OtI?f r Newspaper QUIET ABOUT WTTIE CEll The Little Town That Has Been Filied With People so Many Days Deserted BEATTIE TO THE PEN The Convicted Prisoner Will Prob ably He Taken to tli- Slate Peni tentiary Today to Await Kvecution November 24tli, or I lie Possible Granting of a Writ of Krror by the Court of Appeal Many Lawyers Believe Writ Will Not be (.'ranted Community Received Verdict With Little Surrlse Sympathy For Father. Chesterfield, Sept. 9 Severe repu dation of Beulah Blfiford as the girl from whom he tried vainly to detach himself, and direct imputation that the jury judged him mom for his In discretions than the', .tragedy - Itself came today -from the lips of Henry Clay Seattle, Jr., convicted of wife murder. . V He lamented bitterly that any oth er Jury, composed of city folks with worldly views, would- have been more merciful. "Fearfully unfair," ho muttered in his cell, when asked nia opinion of the verdict. "Beulah Binford, ne added, "figured largely in the verdict more than the testimony of the kill ing. These country folks cannot understand' how women of the world can he crazy about you. "They don't know when that hap pens, how very hard it Is to get rid of her. I have been drifting (.long. hoping. against hope that something would occur to enablo m9 to rid myself of that Binford girl. And once a woman of that kind feels you no longer take any Interest in her she usually seeks solaca in suicide. 80 I drifted along, waiting for a chance to break off relations with her without her hurtlu? herself. I tried hard to persuade her in t;;e meantime to live a proper life. 1 have not given up hope. I cannot feel an Innocent man will be per milted to suffer for this hideous crime." Rumors are abroad that Beat tie would never die in the electric chair hut would find means of committing suicide, as a last resort. Scene About the Jail. Chesterfield, Va., Sept. !). The guardsmen who patrolled the little stone Chesterlleld jail today, were the only persons Hepry Clay Beattle, Jr.,-convicted last night of murder ing his wife, saw as he looked out upon the pastoral scene which until last night was dotted with hundreds Vjf lis fellow townsmen. The quiet . landscape of Virginia rielda that met ..Seattle's ey3 utilised to the excite- juent of a murder trial. Today it was deserted. Jailer Cogblll brought , the prisoner breakfast. He ate It In silence. His thin, pallid face, wore a flickering smile as ie gazod through the grated windows at two newspaper men lolling on the grass. Some time .before night fall it Is expected Beattle will be taken to the , Continued en Page Four.) TARGET PRACTICE FOR THE COAST ARTILLERY .Washington, Sept. 9 realizing that a "foreign enemy in war might creep to the coastline and destroy 'our defenses. The war department Is planning an extensive night-tar-get practice for the coast artillery: One of the most Important drills will be at' Fort Terry, N. Y., Septem ber 16-21. The soldiers will Are at moving target at Long Island Sound with three inch guns, the projectiles having tracers, Chief Coast Artil lery Brigadier General Weaver and other officers have been detailed to observe the practice. It marks' n changed policy. Glmilar exercises wilt be made later at Fort CaSwell, N. C. ,f : I' Died in Dentist's Chair. .New. York, Sept. ; 9 Olln A. frranauan, a mechanical engineer, of international reputation, died sud denly while' in, the dentist's chair 'undergoing an'1 opefallon toV an 11b frcessed tooth. ;. . s ' TDEMOCRAT Republican Insurgents on Nomination of Taft Say That it Would Mean the Election of a Democrats Are Sending Out Statements From Their Headqimr ters in WaslUiigtoji to That, ft fleet Figures as They Give Them Out. Washington, D. C, Sept. 9- Sta tistics intended to show the -danger of renominating President Taft are to be circulated widely throughout the country by the Insurgent '.repub licans' These new figures were ob tained at the new headquarters of the progressive republicans hero to day. The electoral vote under the reapportionment act recently passed Is analyzed, giving the democrats a big majority in the electoral college if Taft Is'tho candidate" "they have to beat. First, the states which went demo cratic in 190N are listed ua surely democratic under any circumstances, and those which were won away from the republicans in 1910 are listed as very probably democratic if Taft runs again. This would give a total as sure democratic and probable democratic, 318. !;; .... Surely Democratic. Kltytoral States. Vole. Arizona 3 Alabama . . . . ... . . .'"..' 12 : Arkansas .. .. .. .. .. .. , 9 Florida. .V . ... '."..-. .'. ,', . -. ('. Georgia, . . v ....... v 14 Kentucky y. . . . . '... . . . 13 Maryland .'.' ,-, . ... . . . . '.';. .8 (Continued on Page Six.) COTTON ESTIMATE PLACED AT 650,000 Maj. W. A. Graham this afternoon made public the estimate of the North Carolina cotton crop, as fol lows:; ':'..-.-''' "Estimate of the North Carolina cotton crop for 1911, made by . the State Department of Agriculture, upon reports made by delegates to the Farmers' Convention at Raleigh August. 29, 1911 ult., and corre spondence with counties not report ing, 650,000 bales. x Reports since the session of the convention have add declined." - ' TO RKSCTK SCHOOXKIt.-. Derelict Destroyer Seneca floe's From New ork to Render Assistance to Annie P. Highrltter Makes Stop at Southport for Supplies. ( Special to The Times. ) Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 9 -The United States derlict destroyer Sen eca, with headquarters at New York city arrived at Southport yesterday n orning on the way south to render assistance to the schooner Annie P, F'ghFltter, which Is ashore off Cape Homalne. This is the first trjp of the Soneca to the Cape Fear River section. , It was stated In marine circles that so far as is known. This Is the first southern trip of the dere lict destroyer. The Senaca is one of - the finest boats in the govern ment service used for destroying derelicts on the Atlantic coast. A message was received here yesterday morning stating that the Seneca had arrived at Southport harbor and ask ing that supplies be sent. The ma terials as ordered were sent to the Saneca on the steamer Wllmingtou, by firm of C. D. Maffltt & Co. Advices were received here Thurs day that the 'schooner Highrltter is in distress off Cape Romalne, This cape Is one of the South Carolina coasts between Georgetown and Charleston. It was stated that the essel which. Is a large four mast schooner la hard aground on the shoals. The , Highrltter Is loaded with a cargo of brick, bound from New York to Charleston. It Ih hoped that the weather will remain favorable and that the Seneca will be able to release the vessel. llrlbcr Sentenced to Three Years. Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 9 Rodney DIegle, former sergeant-at-arms of the Ohio state senate, recently con victed of aiding and abetting in the alleged bribery of State Senator An drews, was fen tenced to serve three years ih the penitentiary. - : ( : i Kidnapped Child Murdered. Madison,' Wis., Sept. 9 The body of seven-year-old Annie Lemberger, kldnapp'ed Wednesday bight, was fourid in Lake Monona today. She was murdered. I Ik ill Mi-s. Jeliu II. Ilaiiiimi, of New oi-k, whose reception at Naiiugaii- sett Pier, It. I., oil Labor Day night mis the closliift- event of the season at that fa.shlonuble resort. - The at- full- which was held at. the Casino, proved the lilnuost l the year, more than 1500 of the select ot society I'riiiii all parts ot tl' country attend-l"ft- SOLD TO DAILY NEWS ' 'Special to The Times.) Greensboro, Sept. 9 The Daily Telegram, this afteroon will announce the sale of Its subscription list, good will and part of its plant to the Daily Nows. This will be the last issue of The Telegram, which has been con ducted as a daily for 14 years. First a an afternoon, then morning and recently again as an afternoon paper. Editor Fain will engage in newspa per business elsewhere. This leaves the field here to the Morning News and the evening Record. Howard-Jefferson Weddim;., . Buzsards "Bay, Mass., Sept, '. Miss. Cornelia . Frances Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and granddaughter "bf the late Joseph Jefferson, the famous actor, wa3 quiefly married today to Carrington Ho-vard, boii of Mr. and Mrs. John. P.. Howard, of Montclair, N. J. Thu bi'lde is an actress of considerable talent, having been on the stage since her tixteenth year. In her profes sional life she has been assoc'atf (1 with almost wholly with her father. Pig Tailed Sailors in New Yolk. New York, Sept. 9 Four hundred pig tailed sailors holidaying along Broadway, the Bowery and the nar row streets of Chinatown, will furn ish novelty for New Yorkers next week. They arrive tomorrow on the Chinese cruiser Hal Chi. For one week they will have short leave and freedom of the city. IDEA OF ANNEXATION CAUSES NEAR-RIOT Detroit, Sept. 9. -Windsor, Cana da, had a near riot yesterday as the result of the' display of the 'Australia New Zealand dig in decorations in honor of Laurier. The populace grew excited, suggesting annexation, after reciprocity. Cruise of the Blink Cat. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 9 Four hundred lumbermen, with their wives and friends, departed from Detroit today on the steamship City of Cleve land for a Ave day's cruise on the upper lakes. The lumbermen are members of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo and the cruise Is 'In connection with the twentieth annual convention of that fraternal order, tbv sessions of which will "lie held on board the boat The cruise will be through Georgia Bay to the Soo. returning down the east shore of Lake Huron. r ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY The Witnesses Testify that Property is not Assessed at its True Value CASE OF THE RAILROADS seven Witnesses Hi-mi,, the Slate lav t (.iiiiriissii'ii, ill '.lie ticqiicsl lit Ilie S. A. OIlKi.ils TeslifV-int- lis to the 'line ami Assessed iiliialioii of Proper! t- m Several Towns and 'oimlu-s-.-W itnesses I-rom New Hanover, Durham, Moore, Meeklenluirn ami Clinlliaiii Couiities. beven witnesses, saiiinicneu hctore the state tax coiuiiiis'siou at the ru quost ol olficials ol the sealioard Air 1. me Uailwav, -.teamed toclav as to the valuation, iriu- aiol assessed, ol property in their towns or coun ties. The evidence ol tliose witness es was to the effect tnai real property lias not been .-assessed . at its., true worth. - - . Mr. H.'K. Wilder and Mr. W. M. Ctiininiuks,: of Wiltiiilikton. .Btittet! that real property 111 .New Hanover ecuniv was assessed at-about do per cent, ot its true .value.-though teev itud that, the question ol .values was one about which then; is ditttrence of opinion. Siieriff J.'f. Harwai-A! and Mr. K liott, 'of Durham, saul that -property in that county was asse.-iseil at. about tin per cent, of its li'.io vain-.1 State Senator 1$ A. Mcllotialii, of. CarthaKe, Moore county, " gave' evi dence as to the value of farm 1 '.mis in his count y. He said t!io .ihc'reaso had been from 20 to. ! per cent, and that 'property!' was.-.assessed at from 60 to TO! per ..cent, ot its r.t til value. Mr. - A. - Wi Urown, real (.-state man of Charlotte, said tiie assessment' 'in Mecklenburg '..-county was on mi aver age of from ! to 50 pot' cent., soine of the property being assoAe:! hit;ber than this and other .piece v lower, lie said he was a member of the tax board in 1907, and was t.lso a Mem ber of the -'hoard 'of -equalisat ion. I h increase in assessments .v. as.' greater in the county titan lit Chariot it. i'ar ticnlarizinR, Mr. Brown said the Helwyn hotel was assessed at about $73,000. ten t efl fo r ; $ I S , 0 0 0 ;i yea r , was mortgaged for $100,000, and was worth between'-. $150,000 and $200,000. The hotel pays no divi dends and lias never been a money maker. The Commercial National Bank paid $." 0,000.- for its building and site and this is assessed at $ IS 000. " Maj. H. A. London, editor of the Chatham ...Record, said he was an un willing witness, but stated that pro perty in his county was not assessed at its selling Value. He '! thought property was higher in the towns than in the county. . Property is as- sesed at about two-thirds of its value, that being the tacit understanding of the officials. Seaboard officials here today were Judge Legh Watts, general counsel. Portsmouth; Mr. W. L. Stanley, gen eral claim 'agouti Portsmouth, Mr. ,K. M. Coffey, claim agent at I'orts niouth; Mr. K, S. Burgess, tax agent ; Portsmouth, and Mr. Hugli llinde, claim agent at Monroe. Mr. Stanley presented petitions in an effort to substantiate tiie contentions of the railroad that real property is under valued for purposes of taxation. Mr. Jas. H. Poti, conducted the examina tion of witnesses, the cross-examination being conducted by Chairman McNeill, although Messrs. Lee and Travis asked questions. The Southern Railway and Atlantic, Coast Line were given a hearing earlier in the week. r .-. : '. Celebrute Church Fountliag. Qenesea, 111., Sept. 9 The sev enty-fifth anniversary of the organi zation of the First Congregational Church of this place will be cele brated with an elaborate programme of Jubilee exercises, commencing to morrow and continuing1 for three days. The society had its preliminary organization at Bergen, N. Yi, Sept. 13, 1836, just as the members of the colony which came to the Illinois praries were preparing to leave their homes here. Of the charter mem- bers there Is only one living, Mrs. I Harriet T. Miller of Geneseo. " ' viae C a, ! ; , V 'It St'1 Dowii'ier tiieen Maeyliollia, if Itillv, who, iiecui'iliu to lllllior, is soon to 1111111-. the sirealest 01 Kal 11111 poets, ( iiiiliii'ci. M:ie t'le death ol King liiitnliert. tin- quei 11 has been disconsolate until lately tlx1 visits lit the port to lu r lieuan. 'I !:- iiiatter is tilt- topic ol iliscasston l.urwuuhoiit Italy and 111 roval ni'il ("iii'l envies all over Kuiope. HIGH PRICES OF FOOD Paris. Si'pt. !i. !;-.-. .or, - It 0111 Va- loiK-ie'Jitui! say w'oiuen. -ire plirntlfti Hie streeis p'rote-sting against the itigli cost -.of ii.-.iii and i: - roMnhor elenient; is eiiiiaed in li.ind 'riiig shops. 1 " 1 1 o govern 'vent is rcnutng additional troops to 1 ' 1 i northern depat'tinents to meet t '.le-'V-liliatlon Ilattle at Cic-.!. llicst. France,: Sein. A. iicrce fiattle occ.ured w iien- ;i lar-; jn'ob. of elu-apcr food .niiitiil'esir.ui,-. enctiged tiie troops. Kori pet so.n-i. were in jured. '- .' '' V ; ' -.'' i:.i;l,Y .MtmviMi i-ini m T xo seniors r i uk. A small ljlazo in the cliirker ele vator which. 'adjoins -'J ho eoaf. 'chute of the Seaboard Air Line. Railway at 7:T0 today -.caused an iilai-tn ol" ..lire from box I 7..'i"iic lire ciinipi'inies were prompt to respond ami a lii i-: w a- tet' poured on' ..the . ti'oulil'.'d cliuKers did the work: The dahii'sje was nolh- iiiff ,: lint. tiie. alanii was titvned in for fear t .iv. (ire might i-eni-H- tint' coal chute ami soon el. beyouii eiintrol. ( OMA 1 1 ss 1 1 ) i-: it Yoryt; ii vi 1-: vium !ii.i.t ivi:i:. Mr. James It. Voun:;, instirance t-omnii'ssi.oner, returne.) . l ust, nig lit from Milwaukee, vvlteiv lie-attend--ell a ".conference. 'Of it'suratice com- mlssionei a. of t he verious -sttifes. This was otic of 'titer, host eorivetuions et' it.s kind ever lichl. .Mr. Vou'tig says tltere was great .'iuierest in the .si sions.' ', ' .;' TO TEST NEW YORK'S New York, .Sept.- !l. .-. --Henry Hack er, a Gerinaii . resident--of Seattle, Washington,-.-wns arresidd ;is lie was about to sail for Europe, because he carried .a shotgun- 'in . a, case.'. '.-The case is to test the new New. '.York law, making 'possession of a danger ous, weapon by an alien a ''"felony, punishable by seven -years imprison ment.. - Milwaukee llrido to Live Abroad. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 9 Two thousand guests attended the wed ding this afteroon of Miss Ruth Mitchell, daughter of the late Unit ed States Senator John I,. Mitchell, and William van Rbeinfelt van Breda of London. The wedding took place at Meadowmere, the country home of the bride's mother, on the outskirts of Milwaukee. The bride groom is a practicing lawyer In Lon don, where ho and . his bride will make their home. 1-.. t -K(?.Ui.Vi- : : n iS'asi)EE Of " 1 n 11 t . n rail term to Begin mi Splendid Prospects mober ol ( liililren Will he Ineligi ble Kccaiisc 01 11cc111.it 1011 Itules - ! eai liei-s Mold Meetlll-t to Per leet I 'hi lis lor Session. The Haleirli public schools wilt be ! in. the,, fall term Monday , morning VHli prospeels ol a fcuod school voui'. I he al tendance mav lie re duced .kiightly.-pn account of I in- new rule' -requiring thai all .children shall have been vaccinated lor small pox be 1 ore bein: admitted, but it. is expected that lite number of st udents will not be nititerially cliangeil one wav or another. The teachers met today w ith Su perintendent harper. Tor the last con terence before the opening and the Imal details were worked out. Slum!" evereises will be held at the schools and 111 a duv or t wo the pupils wHl get down to work. All children who have made honest pflnrts to be vaccinated mav soo Dr Jordan and bo will take steps to ad mit them to the schools. There will be exceptions to the vaccination rule of -course, but those-, exceptions-will be niado only in cases of children who have genuine excuses, and Dr Jordan wall pass on these. Over ou.litv percent of all the 1 school children have been vaccinated and manv of the other twenty per cent will of course be ineligible to attend. .Special efforts were made bv the school authorities to have the, l-entiiroments carried out and it is no fault of the school hoard or faculty if-children-are not admitted. E OF THE OLD RALEIGH Mr, ('. H. Edwards ha-i presented to Secretary Olds of the 'Chamber of Commerce some nhoioirrupiis of l!aleif."lt in former diiy.:. One of these was taken about 1 s 7 ." , and two others about 1 SHI,.; during the eel-? bra t ion of Raleigh's "cenientviiil. ;Sec retnry Olds d'sives to secure every old pliotograph of 'Uaiei-gh to be haxl, in cvdor t'.rat ruples may -be made lie has a ii:ap of the city in 1x72, r.m de liy a l'renclmian, Cu mil i f Drie. liiis ,beinc; a gilt, front.:-Richard-' H. Halt lc. lOsi. . Tli ere 111 ust be iiuile a nuniher cf photograidis of Kaleitfh taken-since the Civil iviu', say tip to ten. or til'teen years when "so many .changes 'began to be tntide. In J SS I a .uri.-.it many p;iotograpns were in eii iv and esjiecially exhibited in the Raleigh and Wake county section of the . stat; exposition. Thi:4 particular serk-s of -pictures, jilioul a hundred in number, or per. laps eveii inore, w ere made by Mr. Baldwin 'yon Hcrlt. tliep line of the state! elr-mists: now res-idins in New York. Secretary Olds will lie. glad to get. any pinnies ,11 did Rulcigii fretn liny source, or to secure any informal ioii regarding sueh . pict iires. .! Astor and Miss I-'ii-ce Mun-ie l Tudiij, Newport, K. 1., Sep'. !i. Colonel .lolin .lacoli Asti r uiid Miss Madeline l-'drce,; were 111:1 rried liy Uev. . I osefih Lambert, of t tie Cougregatlotial 1 liu 1 I'll. I'rovidelici'. The ceremony was at "ileachwood" ihivAslor siiin nier liomc W illiam Puree, the bride's fill her t'.ave. her away. -Lambert- re signed the' pastorale (if a small caureh several years ago. : Since then be has worked as carpenter, stipple nieutiug bis Wages with, fees, receiv ed front performing hiarriuge cere monies. ;' Busy Week 1'or Rival Leaders. Ottawa, Out., Sept. 9 With but one full week to run before the day of election, the political campaign In the dominion w ill be carried forward with a rush during the ensuing seven days. Both parties have prepared to put every reliable speaker In the field. The liberal standard bearer, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, will put in the week in Quebec. Mr. Borden, the opposition leader, Will continue his campaign in Nova Scotia. I nlllled' Steel Toiiunse. New York, Sept. 9,- -The United States Steel corporation announced unfilled tonnage on books August 31, was- -3,w,zo- tons, against 3, sL 085 tons July :;st. Lawn Tennis Championship. Philadelphia, Sept. 91.3. H. Whit ney,' of Harvard, won the Intercolle giate lawn tennis championship in singles,' defeating A. H. Mann, of Yale. Score, 6-1; ti-a; C-2. iif.i l niinniii iiihnr1 ni 1 11 inn n ltd iiiiiml UUnilHUI dUUUL , i. i . . ' - . V fc J Jl Governor Kilchin this Afternoon Named the Durban Man, ax Successor to Judge Biggs WERE FOUR CANDIDATES Thi'i-e Were Four Candidates, Mf. I'liiisln-e, Jacob A. Lon, of Ora- ....... 1 Intnl. A. ay land Cooke of Green lioi-o and A. A. Hicks, of Oxford Mr. hoiiNliee is a Native of l'ersoh Comity, Hut for Many Years Hat liecii a Heslileiit of Durhain I'artner of Judge Manning. Mr. Howard A. Foushee of DuN liam was this afternoon named by Governor Kitchln as judge of the linth judicial district to flit the vacancy caused by the reslgnatyoh of Judge J. Crawford BlgRS, who has accepted a professorship In the Trinity law school. Judge Foushee will serve until the next election lit 1412, when his successor will be elected. . The appointment of Mr. Foushee came after the most thorough con sideration by Governor Kitchln, who had four excellent gentlemen to con sider, any one of whom would hate dene credit to the position. The other candidates were Messrs. Jacob A, Lon4 of Graham, A. Wayland Cooke of Greensboro and A. A. Hicks of Ox ford. . Mr. Fonshee is a native of Rot-boj-o, Person county, but has for manv years been a resident of Dur ham, being a partner of ex-Judge 3. S. Manning. He was married to Mia Annie Wall of ! Rockingham, Rich mond county, several years ago. Mr. Foushee is 40 years old, is a lawyer of unusual ability, has served terms in the state legislature, and will as judge be a credit to the judiciary of tha state. PKFKF.K IS 80 YKAK.S OLD. Pictures of Kx-Senator From Kansas (Jives Vindication of His l'olicies. Topeka, Kas., Sept. 9 Former Senator William A. Peffer, who rep resented Kansas in the United States senate from 1891 to 1897, and who was one of Its most plcturesques members, will celebrate his eightieth birthday anniversary. For nearly a decade after leaving the senate Mr. Peffer continued to reside in Wash ington, but last spring he returned to Topeka to spend the remaining days of his life. It Is with a sense of the utmost satisfaction that the former senator reverts to the part he has played in public affairs. In the current trend of the people's will he sees a vindi cation of his theories and, in part at least, a fulfillment of what as a senator he demanded. In a recent interview ! ho said: "The country now hotly demands legislation it abused me for advocating, t antici pated the evils against which it now cries out." t J 2cpM-Iiii HalliMio Knils. . Gotha, Germany, .Sept. . 9 Zcp helin dirigible balloon. Schwaben, sailed with six passengers thia mom- ing on the first tsage of 4 trip (rom Buden-Baden to Berlin. T" -" Percey Jones, a colored man v.ho lives near Garner, Ignored a pub- poena Issued for Ulin by Judge R. B. Peebles, who Is presiding over court at Lilllngton, and Deputy Sheriff Fer- rell. of Harnett county came, and got him. Percey left bers last evening In charge of the officer. He Is want ed as a witness for the derense in the case of State against ack Marks, a while min, who is being tried at LUlington on the charge of murder. The crime ls alleged to have occurred several years ago, and Marks was ar rested on complaint of hla wife lb Florida, because ot some domestic Irregularities. '. , ... '. , ,; 1 Wilson Endorsed for Drenldent. Jersey City, Sept. 9 -The HudsOn county democratic committee unani mously endorsed Woodroow Wllsoi for president. .The action Is exsect- ied to be followed by committee throughout the state. IN HANDS OF SlFF