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-. -s v r ' it SUBSCEIPTION $1.00 A YEAR. WILSON, N. 0., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 19kW VOL. 17. NO. 163 Wilson Times. THE BEARDED HIGHWAYMAN WAS THE MAN BEATTIE DESCRIBES AS THE SLAYER OF HIS WIFE A SQUIRREL HUNTER JUROR'S ACHING TOOTH Chesterfield Courthouse, Va., Aug. 31. Counsel Smith states the de fense will rest its case upon the story of the boarded wayfarer who shot Mrs. Beattie. There was no in tention he says to plead insanity. A physician and dentist were necessary to visit juror J. H. Purdie for neural gia for an ulcerated tooth during the night. Gossip has it that the defense will have good basis on this fact to order a new trial if Henry is convict, ed. The prosecution it is rumored have located a witness described by Beattie as the wayfarer who was near the scene of; the murder but was squirrel hunting. David Weinstein a pawn broker tes tified to selling a gun to Paul and de livering it to him. He said Paul want ed it to use as a watchman on the Mayo bridge. The state tried to tangle the witness as to the exact time he sold the gun but the wit ness stood firm. Jacob Weinstein succeeded his brother. His evidence conflicted. Said Paul came to the store at 2 o'clock where as Davis said it was 10 o'clock. Henry appeared well pleased with the days developments and chatted cheerily with his counsel. ' - C. H. Nevelett, Sept., of paper mill caused consternation by saying that he saw Paul with a gun on the day following that upon which Pacl swore he gave the weapon to Henry, thus contradicting Paul's very material tes timony. D I . Teriey, character wit ness and W. B. Bradley gave the prisoner a good name. Proceedings Yesterday. - Chesterfield Courthouse, Va, Aug. 31. Testimony corroborative of the Etory told by Henry Clay Beattie, Jr. that a bearded highwayman killed his wife with a shot gun was in troduced by the defense in the Beat- tie trial yesterday when W. R. Hol land, who lives in the vicinity of the Midlothian Turnpike where the mur der occurred, declared that he had eeen a bearded man with a shot gun there about five hours before the tragedy. It was the first move of the de fense after the prosecution rested its case at noon to establish the veracity of the prisoner and besides Hollands statement concerning a man with a Phot gun, Eugene Henshaw, a farmer who travels the Midlothian Turnpike daily testified that he saw a strange looking man prowling around on three different days before the murder. It is reported tonight that the prosecution is ready, when Its time for rebuttal arrives, to put on the stand the man who passed along the railroad tracks where Holland said he saw a man with a shot gun and that the new witness will say he was squirrel hunting that day. How the Gun Got Out of the Car. The defense summoned many wit nesses. Besides the testimony re garding the bearded man, expert testimony was introduced as to the bouncing qualities of automobiles similar to that driven by Beattie thereby accounting for the jolting out from the car of the shot gun placed in a rear seat by Beattie after the en counter with the alleged highway man. The prosecution attacked this line of evidence on cross-examination. It contended that the railroad crossing here Beattie claims the gun must have been ejected from 0 the car was a smooths one, and that the jolCwhich might have resulted from crossing the tracks where the rails are ex- Posed necessarily would have tossed the weapon forward from the crossing instead of directly sideways parallel with th track, 'where, the gun was found. The idea of the prosecution" has been to indicate that Beattie himself slowed down at the. crossing and threw the gun to one side, on his way to the Owen home with his dead wife. . r . . . The defense sought to show that being held up by highwaymen while motoring in this vicinity was not an uncommon occurrence and put on the stand a chauffeur who related an experience with a highwayman a year ago. The Commonwealth attorneys ob- ected to the testimony as irrelevant. Judge Watson ruled that unless a great many instances could be point ed to showing hold-ups of a similar character to the one described bj the prisoner, evidence as to a single ncident of the kind would be ruled out. The defense announced that it ntended to give other instances lat er, i Beattie's counsel attacked the dec- aration of Sam Talley that he heard on the night of the murder a shot and the scream of a woman on the Midlothian Turnpike. Several wit nesses testified that the morning af ter the murder when Beattie talkeo with Talley and others, nothing was said about a woman screaming. An Amusing Incident. An amusing incident occurred when the defense put ' on the stand Wil- iam Pemberton, a man of 45 years of age, to attack the truthfulness and character .of Talley. Pemberton's own mentality was questioned by Prose cutor Wendenburg, "Are you right in your mind?" asked the prosecutor. "What do you mean; am I crazy?" Pemberton asked. "Well, no." Never Had Nine Chained Cats. "Didn't you have nine cats chain ed in your house once?" asked the prosecutor. "No." "Well, were'nt there pictures taken of those cats?" "Maybe." Here the witness fidgeted and be gan to show signs of embarrassment He turned on Mr. Wendenburg sav agely,' exclaiming: "Look here, man, are you trying to cross-examine me? You are talking out of your head" The witness continued talking rap idly but his remarks - were drowned in the laughter of the court room and even after Judge Watson had re stored order the witness talked on in lightning-like speed until the court ordered him to stop. Even the pris oner joined in the laughter and was the 'last in the room to regain his composure. When Eugene Henshaw a farmer of Bon Air, who traveled daily on the Midlothian Turnpike just before the murder was put on the witness stand he was asked to testify if he saw any stranger . on the road ' on the days before or after the murder "I met a man walking on the road whom I thought was a lunatic " "Don't give us your opinion "- "I saw the man," continued the witness, "three times, the Wednes day, Friday and' Monday before the (Continued on-' last page.) ' THE WEATHER m $ & .9 p Showers tonight and probably Fri day with moderate south to south west winds. . Weather Yesterday Over Cotton Belt The Charleston and Savannah re ports not received on account of wire trouble. Rains of a general character have fallen in the eastern districts and some scattered in the Houston, New Orleans and Montgomery districts. Moderate temperatures prevail. The following . heavy rainfalls are recorded: Lumberton, N. C. Toccoa, Ga. . . . Lolling, Tex . . . . Blackville, S. C. ...... Columbia, S. C. ...... .. Waynesboro, : Ga ............. Cneneyville? Ga. ....... FOOD RIOTS INJRANCE ASSUME THREATENING PR0P0R PORTfONS IN DEPARTMENTS OF ORD AND ARSINE PEOPLE ARE STARVING Paris, Aug. 31. The food and bread riots are assuming considerable pro portions in the departments of Ord and Aisene where- thousands are on the verge of starvation. Cotton Picking Machines. Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 31. Three Price-Campbell cotton-picking ma chines have arrived in Charlotte awaiting the arrival of. Theodore H. Price who will be here about Sep tember 10 to make a public dem onstration of picking cotton by his latest invention. The demonstration which will be under the personal su pervision of Mr. Price will be given on some farm yet to be selected, but one convenient for as many as pos sible to witness the event. It is. claimed that the new system is a practical success and several ma chines are now in operation in Texas under the direction of Mr. Price. Can Hold Tobacco Stock Awhile Longer. New" York, Aug. 31. The time for depositing stocks and bonds of the American Tobacco Company, prelim inary to the reorganization ordered by the supreme court has been ex tended to. September 15th, for stock and to September 27 for bonds. A conference of the ,members of the committees appointed to protect the interests of the holders of the tobac co company scurities agreed upon a postponement. Morehead Season Closes. Morehead City, Aug. 31. The At lantic hotel closed its doors yester day winding up .the most successful season in the history of the State's oldest and most popular summer re sort. From the opening of- the hotel until its close it has been taxed tto Its capacity, and for the first time in many seasons it has netted its owners a profit. Quite a ncmber of fishing parties who wrote or wired for reservations during" September; when the fishing is at its hest wereturned down and many of these will find accommoda tions at Beaufort. It is surprising to people here that summer visitors should regard the coast season closed the 1st of August. As a matter of fact the fishing is best during An gust and September the temperature lower and conditions altogether plea-3- anter. , With these facts in view it is expected next year the hotel will be kept open until the middle of Sep tember or even later: The manage ment feels it incumbent to begin a campaign of education to convince the people'Yhat August and Septem ber are the pleasant months at to seashore. Mr. T. Alexander Baxter had charge of the Atlantic hotel the past season With his charming wife and the ii of jMJ'.s Clyde Willis of Georgia oi ciai bortess, every guest has bee.i made to feel at home in fact the guests have formed one delightful social circle -to the mutual advantage of all Mr. O. S. Cummingham, the chief clerk and Mrs. Cummingham 4 - have added much to the pleasure of the guests and the efficiency of the office force and in the inimitable "Billy" Hudson and Mr. Rollins he had strong backing from both social and business standpoints while Mar tin Burke, the whole-souled hearty chef, put :up menus that tickled the palates of the most fastidious and sustained well the reputation that THE FLEM ING CASE JUDGE PEEBLES BIGINS WORK ON IT FRIDAY HORNING OTHER RALEIGH NEWS , Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 31. State Food Chemist W. M. Allen, of the North Carolina department of agri culture, has returned from Duluth, Mich., Where he attended the Nation ai Ass6ciation of Food Officials Jn session there the . past week, he be ng the secretary of the association. He fays the Wiley-Wilson contest that has been stirring the country for some time was clearly in evidence n the association with the two fac tions very closely divided, so close- y, in fact, that resolutions for neith er Wiley nor Wilson could be gotten through the association although the friends of both introduced Resolu tions however, when it came to the election of officers the Wiley wing of the association elected its candi dates, headed by L. P. Brown, of Tennessee as president. This is Mr. Allen's third term as secretary. The general view of the Wiley-Wilson contest taken by the association of fdodi-flieial3 is that Wilson is con tending for the protection of a few favored manufacturers of food pro ducts and Wiley is standing for the strict : enforcement of the pure food laws and the protection of the con sumers. The contract for furnishing Ral- eigh's new $100,000 mcnicipal build ing just "completed was awarded to day 'to The -Parker-Gardner Co., of Charlotte by a special committee from the Board of Aldermen subject to approval by the full board which 1s certain. There were twelve bidders in, and out of the state and the con tract is for all the wood furnishings which are' to be of fine quality, quar ter-sawed oak, much of it hand carv ed. The contractors say there is not as handsome an equipment in any similar building in the two Carolinas. Every piece is to be especially de signed and the equipment is to be in place by January 1. Friday morning Judge R. B. Pee bles, of the superior court, will be in Raleigh to give a special hearing in the noted Fleming case in which the possession of the . two children of Mr. and Mrs. Percy B. Fleming and the question of alimony and the sale of the Fleming residence onT31ount street will be especially considered pending proceeding for divorce that Mrs. Fleming has started on the ground of habitual drunkenness, cruel ty and other causes on the part of her husband. Judge Peebles is to be asked by Mrs. Fleming's counsel to modify the recent order of - CIp Justice Walter Clark in leaving the two children to the care of Dr. Ar thur Fleming of Louisburg because he was able and willing to care for them and without prejudice to the case of Mrs. Fleming in seeking di vorce and final custody of . the chil dren. Clark -intimated information that Mrs. Fleming was not able to lrovide for the children. She now sets out that she is able and that ali mony from her husband's income that is ample will still further enable her to provide for the children and that she will give ample bond for the care of the children and for their, reten tion within the jurisdiction of the court pending the settlement of their final disposition. It is not known whether Judge Peebles will go into al the evidence that Chief Justice Clark heard or not. The Rhodis Manufacturing Co., of Rhodis, Caldwell county, filed today an amendment to its charter increas ing the capital from $300,000 to $400 000. George B. Hiss, is president of the company. , - Out of about twenty local and distrifct , fair associations. Charlotte. Raleigh, Asheboro and Oxford were represented here today in' a confer ence called by Commissioner v of Agriculture, W. A. Graham for the purpose of getting together in the matter of uniformity of rules for udging exhibits and awarding the premiums. The regulations that are proposed by Commissioner Graham to be applicable to all fairs in tne state were read and approved, with the understanding that copies will be sent to all the other fairs that had no representatives here with a view to getting an agreement In time for uniformity to apply to the fairs that are to be held during this fall. Jos eph E. Pogue, Raleigh, Edgar B. Moore, Charlotte; George R. Ross, Ashboro; and J. F. Webb, Oxford, were the representatives of fair as sociations here for the conference. The second day of the State Farm er's Convention opened this morning at 8:30 o'clock with a . demonstration of stock. Judging by J. C. McNutt of the A. & M. College; then follow ed an address at 10: 30 ..o'clock by W. H. Merriman of Illinois xm ex perience with hogs and by W. H. Caldwell at 11 o'clock on The Guern sey Cow and Her Island Home. At noon there was a talk and exchange of idea on the feeding of farm ani mals, led by J. C. McNutt, of the A. & M. College. Dinner was served in the college dining hi 11 at 12:30 and was followed by an auction sale of pure-bred Fir shir hogs by the North Carolina Birkshire Breeder's Association. To night at 7:30 Ernest Starnes, of Hick ory, N. C, told the farmers how he raised 146 bushels of corn on an acre of ground last year. The young man's straight forward talk brought on a profitable discussion of problems in corn culture. There .were also held tonight the business meetings of the State Livestock and the North Caro lina Birkshire Breeder's Association. The association, will conclude its ses sions tomorrow. Clyde Liner Apache Has A Very fr. , Close Cajl. Charleston. S. C, Aug. 31. Plung ing towards apparent certain destruc tion on the beach of Hunting island In the midst of the hurrican that swept the Carolina coast on Sunday night and Monday the. Clyde liner Apache, with 125 passengers aboard was saved in the nick of time by a sudden change in the wind and came into Charleston harbor this morning badly racked by wind and sea, but not seriously damaged. For a tense five minutes the passengers of the Apache stood on the lower deck with life preservers around their bodies waiting for the vessel to strike and determined to make as stout a fight as they could for their lives.. Driven along by a wind the speed of which was estimated by Capt. William Staples of the liner at 100 miles an hour, the big steamer found herself helpless at about 1:30 o'clock on Monday afternoon. She was bound south from New York and haf. been blown past the mouth of the harbor to a point off Hunting island. The gale swept her inshore and it force prove irresistible. Full speed ahead into the teeth of the storm could not drive the liner forward and when two anchors were put overboard the chains snapped like cords. Helpless in the grasp of the hurricane the ship was being literally hurled to wards the Hunting island, breakers and the passengers with life pre servers on, hand well night given up hope when suddenly the wind shifted and the vessel was saved. Captain Staples told a vivid story. "From a terrible, wind which threatened momentarily our destruc tion, we had entered a3 calm a sea as ever nature made. But the calm lasted only a few minutes. Twenty minutes later the wind struck us with greater force than ever and the barometer began falling. The wind was from the southeast and I be lieve it must have been blowing at the- rate of at least 100 miles an hour. At Hunting island we ran a close race with death. To go toward land meant destruction but the wind WAR HANGS HEAVY i OVER EUROPE AS RESOLT OF THE MORROCCAN SITUA TION COUNTRIES PREPARING Paris, Aug. 31. War clouds hang heavy over Europe due to the Moroc can situation. The feeling is acuta between France, Belgium and Ger many and preparations for war aro being made by all countries. jj Terrific Storm Approaching. Washington, Aug. 31. A terrlflo storm approaches the United States from Cuba. It is reported to th weather department as being worse than that which cut Charleston, S. C. from communication with the rest ofc the world Sunday and Monday. Warn ing are being sent to "all seaports and revenue cutters all ordered to patrol the Atlantic Coast. Would Oust Madero. New York, Aug. 31. Serious at tempts ,it Is asserted are bding made here to engineer the Anti-Mad-ero movement to oust Madero front power In Mexico. 0 TO-DAY'S MARKET O 0 0 COTTON ... New York, Aug. 31. Jan. opened 1142; May 11.64; Oct. 11.39; Deo. 11.47. At 11.30, Dec. was 11.44. New York, Aug. 31. Aug. 11.95J Oct. 11.41; Dee. 11.47; "Jan. 11.43. New York, Aug. 31. 2 o'clock cote ton, Sept 1145; Oct. 11.27; Dec. 12.21 Jan. 11.25. ' J Close of the market: Dec. 35.36. STOCK8. Stocks opened strong. Union Paci fic was 1 1-8, Canadian Pacific 1 1-4, Southern Pacific 1 5-8, Lehigh Val ley 3-4, Reading 1, United States Steel 5-8, Amalgamated was 3-4, high er. The curb was steady. Americans in London are firm. i PROVISIONS Chicago, Aug. 31. The Opening ii$ Sept. wheat was 88 7-8, Sept. corn 68 5-8. Chicago, Aug. 31. Sept. wheat . 88 5-8, Sept corn 64 5-8. Chicago, Aug. 31. 2 o'clock grain Sept. wheat 89 1-4, Sept. corn 65. was too strong and we had no op-i tion but to be blown landward. Sud denly about 2 p. m., the wind shift ed from the southeast to the south, which gave us a chance to head east ward and get off into deep water." F. J. Doherty, wireless operator ot the Apache stated that the wind blew the vessel adistance of about seven ty five3 miles. "We came near Hun ting island at 1 o'clock Monday af ternoon where some of the crew sighfr ed what may have been the Lexing- . ton of the Merchants and Miners line which went ashore at that point. The . passengers on the Apache had on life preservers. They seemed to understand that death was starting them in the face but they remained calm. Just at the time when the end seemed to be at hand, the wind shift ed." Passengers of the 'Apache yes terday drew up resolutions express ing their thanks to Captain Staples and his officers an crew and appoint ed a committee to present to th Several passengers on the vessel sustained severe bruises during the storm. The damage to the Apache consists of the loss of her anchors and the soaking of every part of the j ship, including all her appartments, In sea water. h 'I L ii r I - rl !