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Volume !6 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. S. C., NOVEMBER, 30, 1911 Number 5if}?
BEATTIE MAKES CC
THE MURDER 0
Expiates the Crime in the E
?Was Executed Earl
Kept His Nerv
S
Richmond, Va., Nov. 24.?Henry [1
Clay Beattie, Jr., before bis death t
lu the eleetric chair at 7.23 a. m. to- i
day confessed to the murder of his. t
wife. The statement which was giv-'t
. en out in the rotunda of a down to?vnlt
hotel follows: |C
"I. Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., deslr-jt
ious of standing right before God and f
man, do on this, the 23rd day of No;
veraber, 1911, confess my guilt of the c
crime against me. Much that; was i
pubMsiied concerning the details was ?
snot true but the awful fact, without1!
the harrowing circumstances, re- t
mains. For this action I am truly e
pfit .sorry, and believing that I am atjl
peace with God and man and am soon
tn nass into His presence, this state-,1
ment is made." If
Mi^stei^s Statement. c
Seattle's confession was followed1!
by this statement by attending min- 1
latere: * t
/'The statement was signed in tbe t
presence of the two attending minis
4ers and , is the onty statement t
that can ahd will be made public by i
them.". i
Thanks U Friends. t
^ ^ ^ desired to^ 1
in Fouth Richmond the father, surrounded
by his other son, Douglas, bis '
daughter, Hazel, and two aunts of
the condemned man. awalfp<J w<ord:j
< that all was over.
Death Was Instantaneous.
The shock that killed Seattle was
given at exactly 7.19 o'clock this
morning. Three di^dnet; and separate
times the current was turned 1
on and at 7.23 it was shut off. Doctors
\V. T. and St. Julien Oppenheiraer
a minute later announced that
death had been instantaneous. The
twenty-two persons in the death
chamber thereupon filed out, and the
end of a lengthy and costly battle for
justice had ended.
in addition to the two physicians
there were gathered in the death,
house when Beattie appeared, the'
twelve witnesses to the electrocution,
required by law, the Revs. John J.!
Fix and Beajamiue Dennis, Maj. Jas. j ,
15. Woods, superintendent of the pen-!
itentiary, the electrician and four deputy
wardens.
When the preliminaries were over,
superintendent Wood, accompanied
by two deputies, threw back an iron-!
studded door and started for the'
death cell. Instantly vthe death chamber
was plunged in blackness with
the exception of a vivid ei < ie i f light '
from the hooded and powerful lamp '
above the chair. The chair, an oaken '
bit of furniture, which except for its'?
straps and steel bands might grace *
any library, was on a rubber mat.
All but it was obscured, the dazling!
I ' l/?tl UJf 1U\. JIl?Illg .JLIUV | throwing
everything else into dark-j1
ness so dense as almost to he felt. '
Did Not Flinch. 1
The little party in tUe chamber
heard the superintendent a few feet
away droning out the death war- 1
rant. Reattie listened to it with in- 1
tensity, but did not flinch. He stood 1
during the reading, as is the custom,
and when it was ended he swayed a
trifle but quickly recover^. Then, (
without assistance he took hi3 place (
"between the guards and began his
march to the unknown.
His entrance to the death chain- I
he" was as d a-.ial:c ns anything he^i
INFESSION OF
F HIS YOUNG WIFE
lectric Chair in Richmond
y Friday Morning?
e to the End.
iad done since first he commanded
he public eye. He halted for a brief
noment on the threshold, looked on
he chair with an Inscrutable smile
hat had in it the hint of a sneer and
hen walked briskly forward*. Not
.nna rli/1 Via rlnio-n Btrivn tn nJprOf
he blackness outside this circle of
jlowing light.
It had been feared that the pris>ner
would flinch when the dreadful
noment came to seat himself in the
:hair. There was no trepidation and
lot a hint of hesitation in Beattie's
ittitude. 'Still wearing his peculiar
imile, half amused and half cynical,
le stepped lightly into the seat, setled
himself as though he had been
ooklng forward to the rest and assisted
the attendants in adjusting the
itraps and clamps by placing his arms
md handB in the proper positions,
rhe only indication that he was under
l nervous strain was disclosed by his
ightly clenched left hand.
Y^hen the law was avenfeed and
he wltneses were gone, the prison
ittendants removed the body to the
nortuary room, which adjoins the
leath chamber. There ft lay for tour
tours until an undertaker, authorsed
by th? Beattie family to prepare
t for btirlal. removed it to hts morgue.
to 4h^ Bqattle
"TI Deposit
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The Bank
Ckera.v
STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER B,
40 compoi
0 in savii
l-'uerrj Will lie In Chennv
\>xf Sunday.
Right Rev. W. A. Guerry, D.D., the
3ishop of the Diocese of South Caroina,
will be at St. David's church on
sunday morning next. He will preach i
md administer the right of Confirmalon
at the 11 o'clock service.
Mr. J. P. Stogncf, of Helena. Ark..|
eached Cheraw 011 Friday alter nis(
ather's death, and after spending a1
'ew days with his mother has re-|
urned to his home.
Big Line Sample Skirts?VoilsJ
"\anamas, etc.. $3.50 to $12.00. Great
jargains. Latest styles. H. W.
iarrall.
* * ?
Mrs. P. H. Joyr.er, of Princeton. X.
3., spent the week end with her moth-;
?r, Mrs. Laura S. Craig.
Pig line sample Waists?50 cents
$5.50 Great Bargains. Latest'
Styles. H. W. Harrail.
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NEWBERRY COURT '
INDICTS FELDER
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SOLICITOR HANDS OUT BILL
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Charge Is Atlanta Lawyer Offered
Chairman Evans Bribes Run*
ning to $250,000. ]
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Newberry, Nov. 27.?An indictment
was handed to the grand jury in the 1
general sessions court here this
morning, charging Thomas B. Felder, r
of Atlanta, with bribery. The charge 1
is that he attempted to bribe H. H. 1
Evans, in 1905, while Evans was
chairman of the board of directors of
the State dispensary. At that time
Evans was on the board with John
Bell Towill, of Batesburg, and L. W.
Boykin, of Camden.
Evans, Towill and Boykin werathisj
morning sworn as witnesses Irefore!
the grand jury. Governor Blease was |
in court at the time the indictment
was handed Qut by Solicitor Cooper.
The indictment follows a warrant
sworn out some months ago by H.
Frank Kelly, then secretary of the
dispensary winding-up commission.
This warrant was placed in the hands
of Sheriff Buford of this county ,who
went to Atlanta for Felder but was
powerless to arrest him, because Governor
Brown of Georgia refused to
honor the requisition issued by Gov
erztor Blease of South Carolina.
Tbb indictment comes after an investigation
by the winding-up commission.
Judge Gage charged the
satisfied them beyond a reasonable
>ur money
of Cheraw
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INKS IN THE COUNTY COMBINED
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inded quarterly
igs department
doubt; if not, to find' "no bill." In
addition to the former members of the
dispensary hoard sent before the
grand jury, it is understood that several
letters purporting to have been
written by Felder to Evans and others
were submitted to the jury..
The indictment is drawn under sec1
criminal PAHO nrwl pnn
IIUII 6U1 UA V lUlillUI WMV l*??M V was |
tains throe counts. In effect, it j
charges that. Feldcr, on or about Oc-1 c
tober 2, 1905, offered H. H. Evans of T
Newberry, then chairman of the State 2
dispensary board, a large amount of r
stock in a company organized by Fel- c
der, to influence Evans' vote to secure <
orders for liquor from the company j
so organized. The first count charges!
that on the date named Felder offered
Evans $50,000 of the capital stock of c
this company organized tinder - the c
laws of one of the States of the Uftited r
States, said State being to the jurors t
known. t
The second count charges Felder|r
with offering Evans $250,000 of the!
preferred'stock of this company and j
the third count "charges the offer bvi)
I
THE CHERAW BOA
HELD ANNUAL
Officers Elected For Anotta
osition Discussed?1
by Senator Joh
%
The annual meeting of the Cheraw
3oard of Trade was held in the Council
chamber Monday night. It was
veil attended and many matters of imjortance
were disposed of.
As chairman of the committee on
lew enterprises, Mr. William God'rey,
in his report, stated that after
he president, the chief engineer and
)ther officers of the Bluitt Falls Pow?r
Co., had visited Cheraw, they had
"commended to their company that
t ey run their wires into Cheraw.
ri Is, says Mr. Godfrey, assures the
oa;ie of Cheraw of the Bluitt Falls
jower as far as they can be assured
u;a stlii not nave 11. Mr. uoairey retorted
a new cotton mill proposition,
ind after several gentlemen had been
.. i!cd on for their views, a motion
was made and carried, that a committee
consisting of Messrs. William
Godfrey, S. T .A. McManus and E.
Walker Duvali be appointed* to ask for
twenty volunteers who would undertake
to raise $5,000 each in stock for
:he new mill, that being the amount
accessary for the citizens of Cheraw
to raise. The cotton mill proposition
Folder to Evans of Aha $250,000 In law'ul
money of the United S^ being
given to Oie press by Governor Bleoae,
is a letter written by Felder to Evans,
Dears date Atlanta, October 2, 1906,
and the indictmefit appears to be
grounded upon the matters set out in
this letter.
CAN YOU ASK MORE.
l'our Money Back for the Asking.
You Promise Yothisg.
We are so confident that we can
furnish relief for indigestion and dyspepsia
that we promise to supply the
medicine free of all cost to every
jne who uses it according to direc:ions
who are not satisfied with the
results. We exact na promises and
put no one under any obligations
whatever. Surely nothing could be
'airer. We are located right* here
where you live, and our reputation
ihould be sufficient assurance of the
;enineness of our otter.
We want eyery one who is tobled
with indigestion or dyspepsia in any
'orm to come to our store and buy
i box of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets.
rake them home, and give then a reas
mable trial, according to directions,
f they don't please you, tell us and
ve will qnickly return your money,
rhey have a very mild but positive
iction upon the organs with which
hey come in contact, apparently actnj;
as a regulative tonic upon the reaxed
muscular coat of the bowel, thus
>vercoming weakness, and anding to
'estore the bowels to more vigorous
md healthy activity. Three sizes, 25c,,
>0c.. and $1.00. Remember, you can
>btain Rexall Remedies only at our
kinrn The POTQII Stnro _a T.QHH'Q.
JIUI t 1 uu t^VAUIt UbVi V* > UUUU,|r
)rug Store, Cheraw, S. C.,
The B. Y. P. U. will meet at 6:45
in Sunday night. Topic?The Coming
if Christ. Leader?Mr. S. I. Cato. All
nembers are urged to be present on
ime. Special music has been arranged
>oth for the B. Y. P. U. and for the
light preaching service.
Sample Neckwear for ladies. H.
iV. Harrall.
RD OF TRADE 31
MEETING TUESDAY
? ?'-2&SA
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-> St
ier Year?Cotton Mill Prop\.n
Instructive (Talk
n L, McLaurin.
m
: $
was endorsed by the board of trade*
? - fi
and with the cooperation of the members
we hope to soon have a oottos
mill for Cheraw.
After other committees had reported,
including the report of the retiring
president, Mr. (E. Wallcer Duvall,
which is published elsewhere in
this issue, the officers for the ensuing
year were elected, as follows:
President?Capt. W. T. Thrower.
Vice President?L. M. Evans.
Secretary andt Treasurer^?D. IX.
Tillman. 9
When the business of the board was
finished, the president, In a few com"plimentary
and appropriate * remarks J|
introduced ex-Senator John L. Mc-?
Laurin, of Bennettsville, who talked
very interestingly and instructively < ^2
for a short time. The Senator seems '
to be afraid of the newspapers and for |
that reason we will not publish bis address
as we,, at one time, thought of
doing.
When Senator McLaurin had con- . V
eluded his addresB a rising vote of '.1*9
thanks was extended him for remaining
over in Cheraw and addressing ~Yi%
the board of trade.
"Sir
A PROGRESSIVE STEP TAKEM
Meeting Held Tnesdhj Ivenlnf W?9 ^ )%
Attended and Club Orgailsed MM
With Large XembewMp.
As per call issued last week, a meeting
was held in the town hall Tuesday
evening at 8.0ft o'cleck and the
Cheraw Municipal Democratic Cltfb
was organized. The meeting was organized
by calling Capt. W. T. Thrower
to the chair and the election of Mr.
'iSS
S'. G. Godfrey as secretary.
The object of the meeting was stated:
by J. N. Stricklin, and Hon. W. D. Evans
then introduced the following resolutions:.
Resolved, That we, ths citizens of
Cheraw in mass meeting assembled, do ? .
proceed to organize a political club to
be known as the Cheraw Municipal
Democratic Club, the purpose of which
is to nrovide for the adontion of tba
Primary plan of nominating a Mayor
and Wardens and such other officers as
may he desired, under such rules and
regulations as now govern the holding
of primary elections for county
officers.
Resolved 2, That after the enrollment
of such names of those present who
wish to join the Club, the following
officers shall be elected: President,
Vice President, Executive Committee
consisting of 3 members, Committee
on Enrollment, Committee on Registration.
Resolved 3, That the first Primary
Election shall be held
day of
that the President and the Ex
ecutive Committee shall have authority
to provide such rules and regulations
for the holding of the primaries
and fix the dates for holding1
the same, said rules not to be Inconsistent
with the rules adopted by the
Democratic County Executive Committee.
On motion the resolutions were
adopted by a unanimous vote, and in
accordance therewith the following