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SHELBY. N. C. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12 1911
InLXON IN A jYOUNG BEATTIE
LONUUIN rULrii TO BE HANGED
$1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
dARENCE DIXON UN
SPUR- GUILTY
OF MURDERING
PRETTY WIFE
HIS
rUvalanrt f!nimtv ic D1.I1 V.. lr " .. "
itive 01 n-.v.-.. - v " muiig Virginia Laa is round
Worthy to wear ine manue 01 Ouilty by 12 Farmers of Murdering
the Famous Spurgeon in the Taber- His Wife-Took her out in an
ride Church in the Largest City . Automobile and shot her head off
of the World.
Lsand Observer
Hinford Girl was Other Woman
In The Case.
Elsewhere in today's paper is Henry Clay Beattie. Jr.. drove
jinted the story of the recep- his motor car into Richmond.
r n,r A C Divnn trip Vo U : i e t , .
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tew pastor of Spurgeon's church unloaded the dead body of his
aLondon. uwin ue rcau wiui wue.
leasure by all people elsewhere The young husbands story
,'hoare intereslea in me great mat the murder was committed
,nrk which the church has in, by a rough bearded stranger and
and of reaching the masses in that he wrested from the mur-
freat cities, bpurgeon reacnea aerer a single-barrel shotgun
em in London as no man has was discredited by police au-
in any generation, and thorities.
ben, after trying other men of The State showed that young
who could not nil the Beattie killed his wife in order
eed, the congregation came to that he might be free to con-
Lnerica and elected Dr. Gar- tinue relations with Beulah Bin
fee Dixon, after hearing him ford, a young woman of under-
their pulpit and studying his world.
Istory. It was a compliment to Meanwhile Beulah Binford
North Carolina born and bred left the scene of her notoriety
eacher such as has not hereto- and after being released from
been paid to any North jail hurried to New York to ac-
blina preacher. Mr. Dixon, cept a stage engagement.
iter winning first place in the The jury last night returned a
Iptist pulpits of North Caro- verdict of murder in the first de
fy, for a term of years succeed- gree. Beattie was condemned
in Brooklyn, and then was to death by electrocution and
lied as pastorto Moody church November 24 fixed for the exe-
Chicago. No tribute of him cution.
a be higher than to say that he Chesterfield Court House. Va..
is equal to the call to Chicago. Sept. 8. Twelve Virginia far-
is worthy to wear the man- mers knelt at dusk tonight in
of Spurgeon. the obscurity of the small jury
About thirty years ago Clar- room of Chesterfield Court
ke Dixon, son of a Baptist House, praying fervently that
jeacher who had never had a they might pass judgement
Wh except in rural districts, aright on Henry Clay Beattie,
nt away from his country Jr.. indicted for the murder of
be to Wake Forest College to his wife Grmly determined they
spare himself for his Iifework. arose a moment later and silent-
tie then did any of his neigh- jy, one by one, recorded the unan-
who even then recognized imous verdict of "guilty."
ability and capacity, associ- Pausing in solemn contem-
the name of Clarence Dixon plation for fifty-eight minutes.
that of Spurgeon- His weighing carefully the meaning
aderful success in the great- of their decision and once more
cities of the world show that on bended knees beseeching
forth Carolina boy who has Divine assistance that they
fray matter and determi- might not err. they filed into
oncan ascend the topmost the hushed stillness of a crowded
Mof the highest ladder in courtroom and with startling
world, suddenness twelve voices in-
this not another proof that stead of the usual one of the
country home now. as in the foreman, spoke the single word
must be relied upon to "Guilty."
the great religeous leaders It was almost a shout. The
Political thinkers who are to specter of death which stalked
the rudder true in thought Midlothian turnpike on July 18
in life? last when the life of Mrs. Louise
x . 7 Owen Beattie was taken away
Invite Convention. y.ith the single report of a shot.
C J. Woodson gave ctnrerl hard at the vounU
; m the First Baptist Bapt- husband, ready to claim its vie-
"lurch yesterdav that he k !m
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make a motion at the Kar- OA P.nt trip nriennpr
conference to invite the
wv.ii.vi.uwi. ; ana unairaiu.
w-re in December 1912. The court of appeals, to be
convention has not met
SCHOOL OPENS
Large Attendance and Five Corps of
Teachers
The Shelby Graded school
, opened Monday with the largest
I enrollment in its history, beginn-
ing with nearly 400. Prof. R. T.
Howerton of Durham is principal
and says the outlook is bright for
a most successful year. The
school house is a handsome
$75,000 brick building, just com
pleted a few years ago with all
modern conveniences. The teach
ers are Miss Agnes McBrayer of
Shelby, first grade; Miss Jennie
Lee Craig of Blackstock, S. C,
advanced first; Miss Olive Ham
rick of Shelby, second; Miss
Nancy Tiddy of Shelby, third;
Miss Gertrude Honeycutt of Bel-
wood,
Leon
MRS. ELLIOTT DEAD
Mrs. Barbara Elliott Died at The Age
of 69 And is Buried at New Pros
pect.. '
Last Thursday afternoon at 5
o'clock the life of Mrs. Barbara
Elliott, wife of Mr. E. N. Elliott
of Shelby, passed to the great
beyond and her suffering body
was allowed to rest after an ill
ness extending over several
years. Mrs. Elliott had cancer
of the liver and had been prac
tically an invalid for some
years. Recently she had been
very low. She was buried at
New Prospect Friday afternoon
where she has been a life-long
member. Rev. Mr. Harrill. pas
tor, conducted the funeral. Mrs.
Elliott was a good christian and
third and fourth; Miss j respected citizen. Surviving
Battle of Greensboro, are her husband, three brothers
fourth; Miss Eunice Roberts of j and three sisters, The brothers
Shelby, fifth; Miss Mamie Roys- are Messrs. David A. Beam. V.
terof Oxford, fifth and sixth;1 A. Beam and Dr. J. A. Beam.
Miss Ora Flack of Gaffney, S. C, The sisters are Mesdames Mary
sixth. In the high school de- Botts, B. J. Eskridge and Susan
partment are Miss Mary Agnes Eskridge.
Chalmers of Charlotte, teacher!
of History; Miss Selma Webb of j AT THE HOSPITAL
Shelby, teacher of Mathematics!
and History; Miss Elizabeth Rae All Patients Convalescing Several
Gill of Statesville, teacher of to Leave.
Latin, and Mr. Howerton, teach- All patients at the Shelby hos
er of Sciences. pital are convalescing and several
LADIES MEET
Women's Missionary Union of Kings
Mountain Association to Meet.
. Mrs. William Archer, vice
president of the Woman's Miss
ionary Union says the annual
meeting will be held Friday
Sept, 22nd at Elizabeth school
house, during the session of
King's Mt. Association which
convenes with Elizabeth church
Sept. 21st. .
The woman's meeting will be
gin promptly at 9.30 on Friday
morning at the school house.
Arrangements have been made
to convey all delegates
and visitors from the church to
the place of meeting. Each
church in the Association is re
quested to send one or more de
legates to this meeting, whether
there be an organizetion in their
church or not.
At the last annual meeting it
was decided to hold this meet
ing at a seperate time and place.
Therefore invitations for the
meetiug for 1912 will be in or
der. BOILING SPRINGS
tBAND MUSIC
are able to go home this week.
Miss Winnie Baber who was op-
Merchants Should Support Band and erated on for appendicitis and
have Saturday Concert I Miss Lucile Poston went home
The Shelby Cotton Mill band 1 yesterday. Mrs W. S. Moore
is a 15 piece organization which ' J"?6 next Saturday. Mr
makes splendid music and we!W; Cie who, had ,tonsils and
want to call the attention of the adnoid removed went homeyester
merchants to an idea that would da Mrs. G. W. DePnest took
liven up matterson Satwdays suddenly tuck las t weekwithper
and cost them so little. It would ;itoniti8 and had to go to the hos-
hP s ranital nlan tn KavA ovPrv P1. She Will be Operated On
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store in town contribute 25 cents
later. Mr. B. O. Hamrick who
a 23 years and since the
sure, will be asked to grant a
writ of error and a new trial.
;ome new church has been1 vr,rf ntt; nunWant nf t.h
da the town has grown legal weapons yet at his dispo-
r Piously. Mr. Woodson
u we should h-AVP th
All dnATninnlmTit' will
Couot join in entertaining
fe Pple from everv nook
COfner0f the Sfatp if wp
pin getting them.
sal did noi surrenuer. m&icuu,
he consoled his broken-down
father, white-haired and wrin
kled, and comforted him as he
whispered: "I haven't lost yet.
father" L
Creamery Making Good
The Shelby Creamery is now
in a flourishing condition and
has found a market for more
butler than it can produce. Mr.
J. T. Gardner has worked it up
since going in as secretary and
it is breaking about even. He
has orders for more butter than
it can supply. The greatest
need is more milk. Farmers
can take the advice of experts,
a week to the band to hire a was ab?ut to lose hf fe 8!ht is
leader, buy new music and pay improving and will be able to
the rent on a practise hall and ave shortly. Master John
have them give a concert every Queen who 13 b.ein treated for a
Saturday afternoon on the court fractured arm is also improving,
square. The tax would be ' Mrs. R. M. Farthing s condition
light on the merchants and at the remain3 about the same.
same time would do them a v . .
great deal of good. , New Depot Opened ,
Mr. B. F. Moss is leader and After a delay of two months
Mr. W. P. Leister is manager. or more since the completion of
Both are enthusiastic men and the new Seaboard passenger de
anxious to have a band that will Pot here, it was officially open
serve on all occasions, Shelby ed Thursday and the first tram
needs one and should suDnort ;!made lts stP ttere- li is just
the one above referred to. across the track from the old
iT- TT7 r passenger and freight depot and
Mr. Wray s Meeting. is a very pretty mtle structure
Rev. John A. Wray has been veneered with white pressed
stirring the people as they have brick, covered with tin shingles
perhaps never been stirred be- and fitted up with water and
fore by his evangelistic sermons electric lights. It is supposed to
in South Shelby in the grove have cost $6,000 but there is
near the Second Baptist church, doubt in the minds of public
Immense crowds have attended spirited Shelby citizens that the
and there and there has been cost exceeded $4,000. The
great manifestation of interest, benches or seats are of the cheap
Quite a number have prof essed est sort of material and members
faith and joined the church. 0f the Cleveland commercial
Sunday afternoon the new club are writing to Superintend
First Baptist church was filled. ent W. A. Gore protesting
both main auditorium and Sun- against them. It is said the seats
day Schpol room to hear him. were shipped here by mistake.
Sunday night nearly 800 people Let us hope so.
gathered in the grove in South
Shelby. Mr. Wray will be here
only a few days longer.
Father Lives Here
New Shoe Store
Mr. Thomas W.Lattimore
raeamthfr Martin build
rebuilding has been re-
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Across 14 States
Reverly, Mass.. Sept. The
route along which President
Taft will thread his wav for 13.-
Mr.J.V, Simms, editor and ooo miles was definitely map
owner of the Raleigh Daily ped today and the pencilled line
Times has sold his plant to a runs trough 24 states, while
stock company, promoted by over m cities are red dotted
Mr. John A. Park. Mr. Simms showing pauses for speeches on
is the son of our townsman, tariff reciprocity, arbitration.
Rev. A. H. Simms and is a conservation and Alaska,
splendid newspaper man. He The President's trip will start
has been in Raleigh several from the south station in Boston
years and was connected with on September 15 and finished at
the Charlotte News about four- Washington on November 1 in
years. Mr. Simms is well- time to hear the verdict from
known over the State because someofthe states in the elec
of the fact that he built up - one tion six days iater
of the livest dailies in North
Carolina. He has not made pub- Will busting the tobacco trust
lie what he will be connected make chewing and smoking
with in the future. easier?
High School Has Nearly 200 Enroll
i ed Societies Organize, and Elect
I Officers Y. M. C. A. and Men's
' Prayer Meeting.
' The clang of the school bell is
heard at Boiling Springs High
School, and many are the boys
and girls who listen to it these
hot days and nights.
School opened Aug 15 with a
large enrollment and students
have been pouring in from every
where ever since. There are
now between , 150 and 200 stu
dents on roll. The boys dormi
tories are full to overflowing.
The Literary Societies held
their first meeting Friday night
Aug. 16th. The following offi-
cers were elected: Kalagathian
Literary Society elected T. F.
Harris pres.; E. V. Hudson vice
pres., T. D. Collins Sec, and R.
D. Currence Treasurer. The
Athenians elected W. T. Tate
pres J. Q. Ware vice pres., G.
C. McClure sec, and J. P. Cal
ton treasurer. The Kalliergeon
ians elected Roveila Lovelace
pres., Alda Green vice pres..
. Eva Long sec, and Kate Moore
treasurer. The Ramseurs elect
ed Frette Huskey pres.. Zelma
j Huskeyvice pres., Leola Borders
secand Louise Beattie treasurer.
I The boys and girls are work
ing hard, and the debates are
full of vim and good nature,
j The Y. M. C. A. meets every
i Sunday afternoon and much
good is being accomplished
among the boys.
The young men's prayer meet
ing meets in the boys' dormi
tory every Monday night. These
meetings are largely attended,
and much good is resulting from
them.
The athletic association has
reorganized with Prof. W. J.
Francis president.
ine base ban team nas reor
ganized: G. C. McClure was
elected Mgr. and S. C. Lattimore
Capt. The prospects are fine
for Boiling Springs having a
winning team.
The first issue of the Arffus
will be out in a few days. The
editors are G. L. Wilson from
the Kalagathian Literary Soci
ety, and J. P. Jones from the
the Athenian Literary Society
with R. D. Currence Business
Mgr.
Negro Posed as White Man.
Spartanburg special to Columbia Stale
4th; .
C. M. Love, a negro who has
been passing off as a white man
and boarding in the home of well
known people here J was fined
J100 or 30 days in the mayor's
court this morning. Mayor Lee
ruling that it was disorderly
conduct tor tne negro to sit at
the table with white people.
THE MOTHER AND
GIRLS OF TODAY
GIRLS SHOULD DO DOMESTIC
SERVICE
Mothers Should Not Make Slaves of
Themselves in Order to Let Their
Girls Dress And Dwadle And Yawn
And Parade The Streets Without a
Care or a Thought of Home.
Charity aud t bildren.
Mr. D. P. McEachern. who
edits one of the departments of
the Red Springs Citizen made
some sober and timely remarks
recently upon the difference in
the training of the girls of to
day and those of a generation
ago. He referred to the useless
ness andhelplesness of the aver
age girl in our towns as contrast
ed with the vigor and domestic
intelligence of those of the
earlier period. His obeserva
tions are too true to be pleasant
Many a mother, well versed in
the important duties of t h e
household, is failing to impart
to her daughters the knowledge
that has been so large a factor
in the comfort and happiness of
the family: and when the girl is
separated from her mother and
is obliged to do her mother's
part in the world's work, she
will find herself overwhelmed
and unready. In our Southern
social life it is more important
than ever before that our girls
should be trained housekeepers
for domestic service is constant
ly becoming harder to control
and more unsatisfactory and in
efficient. . Besides, girls, like
boys, growing up in idleness and
living aimless lives,- cannot
measure up to what they would
have been with better training.
Everybody ought to have defin
ite systematic work to do. It is
exactly as essential for a girl as
it is for a boy. To dress and
dawdle, and yawn, and parade
the streets without a thought or
care of how things are going at
home is the poorest and empti
est life in the world, and the
worst possible preparation for
the coming time when these
same girls must buckle down to
honest work. For the most of
us are not able, even if we are
inclined, to dream the hours
away. We will wake up some
time, somewhere to the realities
around us, and it is a pitiful
thing to reach this period unpre
pared. Mothers ought to re
member these things, and riot
allow themselves to become the
slaves of their children in order
that they may have "a good
time." "
A High Position
Mr. Joe Lee who was born
and raised at Boiling Springs
and who has a brother and sis-
ter living there now has been
promoted to a very high posi
tion, that of general manager
for the Sepublic Cotton Mill
store at Great Falls. S. C. For a
number of years he was con
nected with the Gaffney Mfg.
Company's store and is a young
man of splendid business abil
ity. Friends are glad to learn
of his success.
Dr. Anderson President
Gastonia, Sept 4 The Rev.
T. C. Anderson, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church and
one of the most prominent minis
ters in this section, tendered his
resignation to his congregation
this morning. Dr. Anderson
has decided to accept the presi
dency of the Montreat Associa
tion' and will take charge of
the Presbyterian summer mis
sion resort in the North Carolina
mountains. HeisfromShelby
ville, Tenn.
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