7
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SUBSCEIPTION $1.00 A YEAR.
WILSON, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1911
VOLUME 17 NO. 164
Wilson
1HE
CALLS PAUL
A LIAR
RECITES. STORY OF THE CRIME
KNEW NOTHING ABOUT PAUL'S
GUN
MADE GOOD IMPRESSION
Chesterfield Courthouse, Va., Sept
3. "I am willing to stake my life
on the story that I shall tell the
jury when I take the stand today".
said Henry C. Beattie, Jr., shortly
before the court was called to order.
"I am confident my story will con
vince the jury that Paul is a liar."
Aside from what he has said there
has not been a word of direct evi
dence adduced against me. I had a
long talk With my attorney, Harry
Smith, Jr., and he is as confident as
I am that when the last word is said
I will be free."
After Beattie, Sr., Lee Haschall
and Charles H. Kastleburg testified
about unimportant matters. Henry
Clav Beattie, Jr., took the stand at
10.41.
Beattie said he was running 20
miles per hour when "he saw a man
oil the left side of road. I applied
brakes" to the car and he said, "what
in the H 11 are you trying to do,
run over me. I reached over to fix
the brake and he pointed the gun
at me. He fired and Louise fell over
toward me. On the spur of the mo
ment I jumped out of the car and
grappled with the man. He raised
the gun and I broke the blow, but
it cut my nose. After wresting the
gun from the man, I threw it back
into the car.
The first person I said anything to
as to where the man went was to
Mr. Owen to whom I said the man
went up the road and got into the
woods.
The witness said the ' detectives
told many conflicting details of the
crime. "Tom Owens he said," told
an accurate story.
His next thought was Ms wife and
placing left arm around her drove
with his right." The state-made a
strong point insisting that Beattie
could not drive the car with one
hand round over the o ' turn in
the pike. He described . the man as
large and dark.
Beattie gave no signs of perter
bation when asked . the usual " prelim
inary questions by his counsel.
"How long have you known Beu
lah Binford?" Beattie answered
"Since Aug. 1907" as a woman about
the town. "I never had intimate re
lations or trusted Cousin Paul" "My
relations with Beulah- continued un
til the fall of 1908. when he said
her folks tried to blame him with
the child that was born but he was
not its father. He broke with Beulah
in March 1909 the year before he
was married. He had known his
wife 15 years, had always loved her
and never exchanged cross words.
She knew his relations with Beu
lah. He said he wTanted to help Beu
lah and that's the reason he offered
to furnish her a nat.He told his story
without a quiver of the voice direct
to the jury. "Did you have any real
love for Beulah? " "No, I couldn't
love a woman I could not respect or
trust".
"Did you meet Paul the night be
fore the murder and commission him
to buy a gun?"
"No, I wouldn't have gone to him
if I wanted one."
"Did you (know anything about
Paul going to the pawn brokers to
buy a gun and did he deliver it to
you?"
"I never saw him with a gun, nor
did I see any gun on Saturday night
before the murder."
Henry then detailed the route tak
en by Paul and he the same night
and told of meeting a policeman, and
asked him to take a ride, saying if
there had been a gun in the auto
mobile the policeman would nave
seen it.
He said he took Beulah out that
night, and had two punctures. Beu
lah got the pump and would have
seen the gun had one been in the
car. The statement by his mother-
m-law that Louise's life was unhap
py is not true. The story, made a
strong impression on the jury. .
Another Man on a Larrk.
It transferes-that the man who was
seen fixing his car and the woman
was standing on the running board
were not Henry Beattie and his wife
at all but Charles H. Keselberg, a
wholesale meat merchant of Rich
mond, who Saturday gave an . ac
count of the motor ride he had taken
on the Midlothian turnpike on the
night of the murder and presented
information contradicting a theory of
the prosecution that Mr3. Beattie
w&s standing either on the running
board of the machine or in the road
when she was killed. He testified
that the woman with. himT occupied
such a position .on the running board
when he stopped his machine to fix
It and when a machine load of boys
who already have testified for the
Commonwealth, passed him.
Keselberg was of course disinclin
ed to give the testimony and asked
Mr.,, Smith to see his wife who
weighs 300 pounds and get him out
of his trouble.
Babeas Corpus Proceedings.
Hon. C. C. Daniels left for Snow
Hill where he appears before Judge
Frank Carter in Habeas Corpus pro
ceedings for the purpose of liberat
ing Mr. J. R. Brown a young machin
ist of this city who was charged by
a young lady of Walstonburg with
assault.
The evidence was plainly that of
consent on the part of the girl and
the trial justice remarked he did not
believe the court would ever con
vict but that it was his duty to bind
over, so he had Brown sent to the
Snow Hill jail.
The case will be heard at five
o'clock this afternoon.
-This Would Make a Very Hot
Summer
New York Journal.
This has been a very hot sum
mer all over the world. For the
first time in" years there has been
no floating ice off the coast of Alas
ka, and Switzerland's glaciers have
shrunk astonishingly. Everybody has
been more or less uncomfortable.
But there could be much hotter
Summers as the accompanying puc
ture shows! Our Summers are hot
mainly because our sun is hot. Our
sun is 95,000,000 miles away from
us. If the star Arcuturus should sud
denly change places with our sun,
the Summers would be much hot
ter. Arcturus is probably the most
powerful . sun visible from our earth,
and , gives one thousand to three
thousand - times more light than the
sun does. It is visible now in the
"Western half of the Southern sky,
and is easily distinguishable be
cause of its ruddy or orange cclor.
If Arcturus should suddenly change
places with our sun. Venus and the
Earth would melt like snowflakes at
the mouth of a furnace, and even
far away Neptune, which, only gets
a thousandth part of the sun's light
that we do, would swelter in torrid
heat. :
Naturally no one would last long
enough to know how uncomfortable
the transposition would be. Astrono
mers say that even if Arcturus's out
er rim were as close to us as the
sun, it 'would still load the earth
with asphyxiating fumes comparable
to those given off by a lump of white
hot iron weighing 375.000,000 tons,
while the noise of its explosions
would speedily deafen everybody.
So it would seem that even though
the sun has been hot thisSummer,
we could have worse suns
Think of that the next time . a
moderate heat wave comes . along
and remember how comparatively
cool you are.
Mysterious Disappearance.
Fayetteville, Sept. 4. Samuel Hur
ley, a prosperous young farmer of
Cumberland county, has mysterious
ly disappeared, leaving a 'disconso
late young bride of less than a year,
who is utterly unable to account for
his strange disappearance. Thursday
morning Hurley's wife, who moved
here with her husband from Gas
tonia shortly after their marriage,'
returned after a visit to a neighbor,
to their home in 71st township, when
she found her husband preparing to
go to town. He kissed her and de
parted, and the young wife has not
seen him since.
Her inquiries have elicited the in
formation that he came to this city,
sold his horse and buggy for $115
and was not seen since 2:30 o'clock
that day. He had money in the bank
but did not draw it. There is ho
apparent reason for his disappearance,-
though he told his wife after
moving to this county that he might
be suddenly called away from home
for a few days. She is confident he
will return. .
Not to Be Dissolved
Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. 4. J. - H.
McLaurin, president of the Southern
Wholesale Grocers' Association Sat
urday gave out the statement that he
had telegraphed to the Department
ofvfustice and had received a reply
that the department was not respon
sible for the published report that
the association was to . be dissolved
and that Mr. Street, United States
district attorney at Birmingham, Ala.
would give out a statement correct
ing the error. Mr. McLaurin further
states that he has a letter from the
Department of Justice under date of
August 31, which declares that no
decree had been agreed upon be
tween the United States and the
Southern Wholesale Grocers' Asso
ciation which provides for the deci
sion. Mr, McLarin reiterates his
statement that the association will
not be dissolved or its methods of
operation be in any manner chang
ed or disturbed.
. Omaha, Neb., Sept 4. At a spec
ial election Saturday the city of
Omaha adopted the commission form
of government by a vote of 5,341 to
2,345. Those opposing the plan point
out that less than one-third pf the
registered voters of , the city east
their ballots. . t
BIG FIRE
IN ENGLAND
THE HISTORIC TONTINE HOUSE
AND MUCH OTHER PROP-
ERTY DESTROYED
THE LOSS IS $3,500,000!
Glasgow, Eng., Sept. 4. $3,500,000
damages were sustained as the re
sult of two fires which raged here
last night and today. ' It destroyed
the historic Tontine House and
many warehouses. "
NEWS ITEMS OF
GENERAL INTEREST
Chicago, 111., Sept. 4. Eight men
and two. women were arrested here
last night in a riot resulting from a
clash between a crowed at an open-air-
Socialist meeting and the mem
bers of a church in front of which
it was held. The members of the
church became incensed by the So
cialists' criticism of religion. The
two women, it is charged, led an at
tack on the meeting in which eggs
and vegetables, were hurled by both
sides.
New York, Sept. 4. The American
farmer is not helping, himself as
much as he might and as much as
the farmers of many other countries
are helping themselves. Such was
the opinion voiced by Governor Wood
row Wilson of New Jersey in a
speech delivered at the Statfen Is
land country fair Saturday afternoon
Governor Wilson suggested a reme
dy for this a closer cooperation
among American farmers, the coun
try church being used as a medium
for bringing this about.
Miss Eleanor - Peregrine was the
nurse and attendant of Walter E."
Duryea throughout the. long illness
that eventually resulted in his death
and by -his will filed at Upper Mont
clair, N. J., where he died, inherits
the bulk ' of his $1,000,000 fortune.
Mrs. Eva Duryea Thalbord, his sis
ter, who came all fia.e way from
Sweden to contest the will withdrew
her opposition at the - last moment.
During the years of his illness he
lived long 'after breaking Ms neck
the millionaire often asked Miss Per
egrine to marry him,-but she refus
ed. Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 4. Reports
coming in from the grain fields con
firm the first reports that rust and
frost have greatly deteriorated the
grade of western Canada - grain this
season. The West will have an enor
mous quantity of low grade wheat
to sell with no market in which to
dispose of it.
Statue of Von Steuben.
Berlin, Sept. 4. The gift of the
American people to the German na
tion, a replica of the Washington
statue of General Baron von Steu
ben, the Prussion-American general,
was unveiled at Potsdam Saturday
in the presence of members of the
German imperial family and a large
assemblage of foreign diplomats
and German statesmen. The monu
ment was presented to Emperor Wil
liam by Congressman Richard Bart
holdt of Missouri and C. B. Wolf
fram, of New York, tne special am
bassadors of President Taft.Both Mr.
Bartholdt in his presentation speech
and the Emperor in accepting the
gift, emphasized the blood relation
ship of the German and American
people and the long friendship ex
isting between the two countries.
The unveiling of the statue was one
of the features of this year's celebra
tions of the battle of Sedan, one of
the principal national holidays in
Germany.
GREAT CHICAGO
WRESTLING MATCH
WHEN THE CHAMPION AND RUS
SIAN LION FACE EACH OTH
ER.
Chicago, Sept. 4. There was an
epoch in the sports today when
Frank Gotch the champion and Geo.
Hackenschmidt the Russian Lion
faced each other for the second time
in the great wrestling match for the
championship of the world. Chicago's
hotels are crowded. The mill will
come off in White Sox ball park. The
conditions are two downs out of a
possible three. Gotch is to gt
000 and 50 per cent of "the moving
pictures. Hackenscrmidt $11,000
30 per cent, of the) moving pictures
There are 30,000 .people in attend
ance.
MORROC
0 AND
ITS POSIT
OF GREAT STRATIOIC IMPOR
TANCE TO SEVERAL EURO
PEAN NATIONS
COVETED BY NATIONS
New York, Sept. 4. The Morroc-
can. question, though frequently re
ferred to in the daily press of late,
has little significance to the ordi
nary reader. It might appear that
Germany was making a big fuss
about a very small matter and
"bunting in" and creating a distur
bance over a trifling and insignifi
cant part of the- earth's crust.
But when it is known that Moroc
co is larger than the German em
pire itself, it takes on a new light
and gives reason for the concern of
the other powers.
The greatest German authority on
Morocco, -Professor Fischer. de
clares after thirty years' occupation
witn Moroccan affairs and. after
three journeys . through the country
tnat he has arrived at the convic
tion "that the world political nosi-
tion of Morocco is so great that the
btate, wh'ch succeeds in takinar it.
will, through its possession, receive
such an, enormous increase in pow
er that, all other States, especially
Great Pritian, Spain and Germanv.
wrill feel it as an unbearable hard
ship. Per contra, the possession of
Morocco would be of particular ,al
ue to Germany, especially if she
should wish to strike at France,
Great Britian or the United States.
In the absence of ' any such appar
ent intention the chances of Ger
many being content with something
less than a foothold in North Africa
must be regarded as fairly good.
-A comprehensive and enlightening
account of the reason for and th.
causes in the Morocco, dispute are
contained in the following from the
New York Journal of Commerce :
v The recurrence of the question of
Morocco as a source of internation
al disturbance is a reminder of how
near exhaustion are those sections
of the earth's surface which have
net been pre-empted for the finan
cial and commercial exploitation of
the great powers of the world. The
partition of Equatorial and Southern
Africa was justified on the ground
that barbarous or semi-barbarous
rule does not carry with it any right
of possession that a race that ranks
low in the scale of what is called
civilization must perforce be sub
ject to one occupying a higher
plane. There can be no question that
regions in Northern Africa, which,
under Roman rule, were among the
known world, have relapsed under
the rule of Moslem Turks, Moors and
Algerines into a condition of com
parative barbarism and poverty.
Early last century Great Britian,
Holland and the United States had
to extort by force of arms respect
for their flags from the pirates of
the Barbary States. "But France- was
still openly defied by the Algerines
and Moors, since the Turkish deys
and beys of the Algerian Coast
and the Sultan of Morocco believed
that France had not the requisite
naval strength to punish their in
solence. Petty attacks on French
shipping' continued for some years
after the Napoleonic wars were over
and French consuls were treated
scant respect. Reprisals began under
the government of Charles X. and
were continued under that of Louis
Phillippe, so that by the close of
1830 the French had taken posses
sion of all the leading seaports of
Algeria between the frontiers of
Tunis and Morocco, and by 1834 the
French government had deliberately
assumed the responsibility for con
quering and administering Algeria
from, the Mediterranean to the Sa
hara. It was found necessary in 1844
to " administer a sharp lesson to the
Sultan of Morocco. This had the de
sired effect, and from that time on
no serious interference in Algeria
was attempted from across the bor
der. Thenceforth, as a competent au
thority declares, and until 1904 onl
the opposition of Great Britian and
of Spain stood between France and
the. conquest of Morocco. With the
conclusion of the Anglo-French un
derstanding even that obstacle was
removed, and it seemed as if France
was at -last to have a .free hand in
North Africa.
The visit of the Kaiser to Tan
giers in the spring of 1905 brought
a new and disturbing element into
the situation. A declaration from the
Emperor of Germany that the inde
pendence of Morocco was a matter
that, must ever remain the object of
his keenest regard not only, fluttered
the dovecotes of European diplomacy
but precipitated a ministerial crisis
from which France emerged not a
little humiliated and - cowed. " - -
The Trench Minister of Foreign
Affairs, M. Delcasse, proposed to deal
agressively with German ' interfer
ence in Morocco, only to be sacrific
ed to avoid the grave and imminent
danger of European war. Then fol
lowed the conference . of Algeciras in
1906, which patched up an arrange
ment that saved the face of Ger
many, admitted to some extent the
claims of France and Spain to In
terfere in the affairs of Morocco,and
yet tied the hands of France in re
gard to the absorption within her
own dominion of the unruly Berber
btate that is to say, when the con
ference broke up France and Spain
naa received a special mandate to
preserve order in Morocco and the
rest of Europe was to remain con
tent with equality of trading rights,
the assurance of Moroccan indepen
dence and the absence " of fortifica
tions along the shores where the At
lantic and the Mediterranean meet.
The Algeciras agreement did not
work out entirely to the satisfac
tion of Germany, and a new under
standing was reached between Ber
lin and Paris in 1909, under whio
it was declared that the imperial
German government has only econo
mic interests in Morrocco; it has rec
ognized that the special political in
terests of France' in this country
make for the firm establishment of
internal peace and order, and it ir
resolved not to impede the represen
tation of those interests. Thus by
the declaration of 1909 France was
recognized by Germany, having al
ready been acknowledged by all t
other powers as the official protec
tress of the subjects of all those
States wrhose interests in "Morocco
fare economic, not political.
Thus when Germany sent a war
ship to Agadir to protect the rights
of certain German firms whose ex
istence had been disputed against
"a certain ferment" among the local
tribes, which is said to be non-existent,
her act of intervention amount
to a complete disavowal of the ordi
nary interpretation of the Algeciras
act and also of the France-German
declaration of February 1909. Noth
ing seems to have happened in the
interval to make the commercial in
terests of Germany in Morocco more
extensive than they .were two, or
even five years ago. According to
the latest returns German trade
with Morocco has rather decreased
than increased in the last few years
and at the best it never represented
more than 12 1-2 per cent, of the
total. -For 1909, being the last year
for which returns are available, Ger
many's trade with Morocco wr.3 only
9 1-2 per cent, credited to Great
Britian and 37.1 per cent, to France.
Germany's trade with Morocco in
1909 was exactly equal to 1-15 of 1
per cent, of her whole foreign trade,
and although of the tonnage which
entered Morocan ports in that year
16.6 per cent. wras German, the re
turns from the port of Tangiers
would indicate that four-fifths of it
was in ballast. While it seems incon
ceivable that Germany should delib
erately provoke a European war in
defense of interests so slender as
these, the fact should not be forgot
ten that the official publications, like
the Naval Year Book, through which
Germany instructs her people in in
ternational ffairs, ,set a very high
value indeed on the possession of
Morocco.
No Dearth of Candidates.
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 4. Although
telegrams and letters are oming in
to Governor Kitchinfi urging the ap-
pomement of one and another favor
ite to the superior court judgeship
for the ninth district, to succeed
Judge J. Crawford Biggs of Durham,
the latter's resignation has not yet
reached the Governor.
It is announced from Durham that
Judge Biggs had forwarded his res
ignation and that he is retiring from
the bench on account of the great
amount of time that his duties keep
him from his family and that he ia
to resume his Durham practice and
join the law faculty of Trinity Col
lege. H. A. Foushee and A. H. Sykes,
now recorder of Durham, are being
mentioned for the place. No inform
ation as to who are being urged for
the place could be obtained from
the Governor's office, except that
numerous appeals for a number of
prominent lawyers of the district are
being received.
Solicitor Sam Gattis is not asking
for the appointment, but he has
friends here and elsewhere in the
district who are urging his appoint
ment. Many of these are in this
town and before the suggestion ot
Mr. Foushee -they would have been
for -Gattis against the world. The
solicitor would like to step up to
the bench, - of course, but does " not
intend to make any race for it. Hi?
position as solicitor has not been
what it was before the recorderships
at Greensboro and Durham were
created. The fees in Durham are less
now than they are in Person or
Granville and solicitors had submis
sions that amounted to more than a
whole court now.
EVEN MONEY ON BOTH.
British and Americans Competing in
Boat Race
New York. Sept. 4. The American
boat Dixie IV and the British boat
Pioneer are even money as to choice
in the first international, motor races
at. Huntington, L. I. today. The weath
er is excellent.
Mr. J. A. Aycock of Fremont : is
In the city today.
GOV. DENEEN
BREAKS LEG
AND THE POLITICAL SITUATION
IN ILLINOIS IS THEREFORE
UPSET
DENEEN A LIVE WIRE
Springfield, Ills. Sept. 4. The pol
itical situation in Illinois has been
upset by an accident to Governor
Deneen who has broken his leg.
Fire Dstroys Ice Factory and Bot
tling Plant at Anderson.
Anderson, S. C, Sept. 4. Fire this
morning destroyed the nlant and
outfit of the Blue Ridge Beverage &
Lxtract Co., situated on the Blue
Ridge Railway right-of-way near
Manning street, entailing a loss of
$26,000 with $10,000 insurance. The
fire oridinated from the huge smoke-
stack which had become red hot.
The frame building was dry and the
fiamea quickly spread. Before the
fire department could arrive on tho
scene the building was one mass of
flames and it was impossible to savo
it or the contents. The nrinoinal
loss is in the ice factory and tha
bottled goods on hand. It is" prob
able that the plant will not be re
built.
STRIKERS ARE MAD
PULLING DOWN NOTICES
THE TEARING DOWN OF NO
TICES BY THE SECRETARY OF
BLACKSMITH'S MAY CAUSE
EARLY STRIKE.
Chicago, Set. 4.The impending
strike on the Harriman lines is
complicated by the posting of un
authorized notices in the round
shops to strfke tomorrow have been
taken down by the Secretary of the
Blacksmith's union may hasten the
strike.
Salem, N. C, Sept. 4. Whether
or not tho town of Salem shall Is
sue bonds to the amount of $75,
000, $50,000 of which is-to be used
in the establishment, of a good grad
ed school system, $15,000 for per
manent street improvement and
$10,000 for the extension of the sew
er system, will be decided on De
cember 26. This was the decision of
the board of commissioners Sat
urday night in regular meeting by a
vote of six to one.
Miss Emma Bailey left today lor
Norfolk.
? HOT FROM THE BAT. 0
Baseball Results Saturday
National League.
New York 7; Philadelphia 6.
Chicago 3; Cincinnati 1.
Boston 3; Brooklyn, 4 (first game)
Boston 2, Brooklyn 1 (second game)
St. Louis 8; Pittsburg 4, (first game)
St. Louis 1, Pottsburg 12 (second
game.)
American League.
Washington 11; New York 1.
hiladelphia 4; Boston 7.
Cleveland 5; Chicago 2.
Detroit 4; St. Louis 4 (called 9th in
ning.) American Association.
St. Paul 6; Minneapolis 4.
Toledo 4; Louisville 2.
Columbus 8; Indianapolis 3.
Kansas City 4 ; Milwaukee 2.
Eastern League
Rochester 0; Jersey City 4.
Buffalo 1; Baltimore 3.
Newark 7; Montreal 0 (first game)
Newark 0; Montreal 1, (second
game)
Providence-Toronto rain. . .
South Atlantic League.
Columbus 7; Jacksonville 2.
Savannah 0: Columbia 3.
Albany 1; Macon 0.
Southern League.
Nashville 8; Atlanta 5. ;
Montgomery 0; Birmingham 3. "
New Orleans 1; Mobile 3.
Memphis 5; Chattanooga 3.
Virginia League.
Lynchburg 5; Roanoke . 7 (first game
Roanoke 8; Lynchburg 2 (second
game.) .
Norfolk 8; Petersburg 1; (first
game.)
Norfolk 6; Petersburg 5, (second
game.)
Richmond 5; Danville 0, (first
game.)
Richmond 6; Danville 5 (second
game.)
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