* .-1 „ SKST t > -v at '■'iS' .■? iM I •-. -t ■w i W'/ te: .'i%r 1 * iTTTr BARNWELL. S. tX. THURSDA' Wk IER 14.1011 WAS PA® 'V frilis Tbl He S«w B iWit CU «b1 Thu Shttl His WHt. IF-' DESCRIBES THE SCENE mi K-jiwr COMMISSION WILL OIVB PVBUC NEWS VERY BOON. That Will Be of FewIMe Interest to Mr. T. B. Felder, So DectarM Mr. Domlnkk, Kxtraordnai lly Sensational Torn In the Noted Virginia Murder Trial of a Veiy Rich Man far Killing Hl» Jfourg Wife on a Lonely Road - Late at Night, ^th all the evidence closed which nm entirely of a cihcumstantlal character In the famous murder trial Cheeterfield, Va .'bf H. C. Beattie. Ir., for the murder of his young and nnd beautiful wife a few months ago on a road some miles from Rich* ud, all calculations were upset in to when the case wmiid end by Spec- Proseeutor Wendenburg’s an nouncement ua Tiinisday that he ask the court to re-open the case admit the testimony of a man Who claims to have been an eye wit- tragedy. MA^Wcudenburg received the In- formanbn which may change the whole aspect of the case in a recent mall. Th% writer, who until a few days after the murder of Mrs. Beat- tie was a farm hand employed on a place near the scene of the crime, said that he actually saw young Beat- tie kill hj.§ wife—saw him knock her from th# automobile with the butt n and shoot h^r as she Ible on the ground. He {tat Beattie had threatened he found that he had wit- «\ deed and the following him a suit of clothes and h which to get away, he kept quiet at first be- cauMS'he was afraid, the man says does not want Beattie to es- ishment and is willing to ■ The Chesterfield farmer men- In the letter acknowledged an by the name used by the was employed by him until a after Che murder, and fur lared it was a fact that the d was chasing a runaway the night of the murder. Is Ills story the Tng* for a cow when the man and woman in .on the (Midlothian me time after 10 o’clock, the accused husband says and his wife wera out the Midlothian turnpike, aid up by a man, who d killed his wife who his side in the front utomobile. This story; and Beattie was ar^ n trial for murdering tate had made out a against him, based ircumstantial evl- omes In this new part: le woods on. the the Midlothian k out from Rlch- |t. As 1 walked “At the naxt meeting of the com mission there will probably be some thing to give Out of particular in terest to Mr. Thos. B. Felder,” said Mr. Fred H. Dominick, following a meeting of the dispensary windlikg-up commission, held in Columbia Tues day at about noon. Only three members of the commis sion were present, Messrs. J. V. Wal lace, chairman; Fred H. Dominick and E. M. Thompson. The commis sion held another session Tuesday night and then adjourned until the r.ext meeting, which it Is stated will probably be in the next two or three weeks. When Interviewed regarding the work of the commission the three members were in ‘Mr. Dominick’s room at the Columbia Hotel. “We are. still at work on the voucher mat ter," -said Mr. Wallace. “There ^s very little to give out at present. We have been delayed by the slck- pcsa of our accountant or we would have been further advanced in our work than we are. “However, there will probably be something of Interest to the public to give out at our next meeting la a few weeks from now—something of particular interest to Mr. Thomas B. Felder,” said Mr. Dominick. Some interesting figures as to money got ten by him, particularly some that was overpaid, a portion of which he now has on hand and which runt In to a good many thousand dollars. After a pause Mr. Dominick add ed; “According t> the partial re ports of our acountant the amoantq paid for attorneys’ fees by the form er dlspeneary commission exceeds the amount collected from the graft ac count by about $ 15,000 In round numbers. There will be something doing at our next..meeting,” he con cluded after a few seconds. OFFICE A PERSONAL ASSET. i— tha rldl the shot' was seat seat of was not beE rested and his wife. T very strong altogether on 7 ; dence, and not witness, who saj “l was In the did not • want the man to be cruerto her. The man answered roughly. “At one time Iheard him say, I’m “At one time I heard him say, ‘I’m this.' Then I heanythe_woman say, ‘How are you gol man said sdmehtit man said somethir !you how I’m goii to end it?’ The could not hear I could not hear to end It.’ He got out om the machine and walked acrosssKW ^opposite side ol the road from ‘EM fe I was and then after he had there a minute he came back something In his hand. I couldjfllt s ee what it was in the dark. Tm&Di nan was standing in the m&ct^^H front of the lert hand seat mt part of the au- tomobile wmm the man came back. Both hadj ling in the front seat beforeHp:Wen * of the roadm t away to the side “Just wbSHB man came back I heard the Bream once. Then the man w^HmK standing in the road swung ph&d In his hand and hit the t on theVrlght side of the face. MEa laU front the ma- chine to the load and shi did not make a sound* For a minuf^H Htean stiod look- •mg at her aBd « pT heardjhim say. 'Damn you, youl ■P dead yet. I’ll fix you.’ Tnen VOL Jpgp will a gun, which was what R Idtadhlt mr vith, and he shot her w iCT|fch* 1« in ths read by the fronj sMMsof tli auto- mobte. 1 did not] where le shot I CHEAP COTTON IS DISASTROUS TO THE COUNTRY. msmi GOES FOR 10 M: V AMMAN ID MAKE EM START ■ ; t'; DURING OCTOBER. CoMBifi, A FrsfriMivt SttdW, §p» High Prices Essential to the Growing of the Staple ns Other Crops Are Just As Profitable. J ? 'J lu . • In an Interview on the cotton sit uation, RlchaiM H-. Edmunds, Editor of the Manufacturers Record, la quot ed by the Boston Transcript as saying that “a permanently high price for cotton is eeentially to the best inter ests if not to the* very life of the cot ton manufacturers who are andioua to see lower prices by reason of the probability of a larger crop this year would Inevitably drive cotton grow ers to other pursuits, and the smaller yield next year, with consequent ab normal high prices, would bring back all the evils from which the In dustry has suffered during the last few years ia Which it has had to con tend with the high coat of raw ma- terial and low price of finished goods. * _ , “The world must adjust itself to paying a higher price for cotton Notaries Pabhc Must be Friends of the Governor. Governor Blease seems to regard public oAcs aa a personal asset.. He recently Vrota the following tetter to Hon. a W. Sullivan, Senator from Andersoq county: State of South Caroline, Executive Chamber, Colombia, Sept. 2. 1911. Hon G. W. Sullivan, Wllllamston, 8. C. Dear sir: I have received an appli cation from James Walter Kelly of Pelzer, S. C., requesting that I ap point him a Notary Public. I notice that you signed the same. 1 have just had to revoke the com missions of two men at Pelxer, and unless you can personally certify that Mr. Kelly is a friend of mine I can not and will not commission him; and in this, I wish you would make a thorough examination, so as to make no mistake when you give your cer tificate. Very respectfully. Cole L. Blease, * Governor. — — =—— FIFTY KILLED IN FIGHT. Home More Fighting Going on Over Among the Mexicans. A battle Is reported to have occur red between federal troops under General Morales and a force com manded by General Zapata, near Chlnamoca, M&rales, in Mexico. News reached the department of the inter ior that fifty Zapatista were killed. Zapata is said to have been seen to fall from his horse. Gen. L. Zapata, who was formerly an adherent of Francisco I. Madero, is reported to have gathered several hundred men at Chtimmoch ( ln vlofitlon of an agreement with IMadero to disband his men. FARMERH FIX COTTON PRICE. I saw hit ' la the bite and I The man hla^ fe's Fourteen Ceuta Until November uadi Then Fifteen Cents. This year's cotton crop will be sold for 14 cents during September and October, 15 cents after that. This was the agreement reached Tuesday night by the cotton growers of the South attending the National Far mers union meeting at Shawnee, Ok lahoma. Little of the proceedings of the union was .made public, although the price the farmere ask for-their cotton,, good roads, parcels post and dabbling in cotton futures were dis cussed by the convention. ,f.‘......v• vvv~-ic-*. ,» :u « ' 11 and if I told qn him he would have me killed somehow. He said nobody Hie Airship HE GIVES BIS REASONS — r” Thao the 'X would belive my story if I appeared in court against him anyway, and l had better get out He said be would give ms oome jnoney sad a suit of clothes if I would to »wmy. • * “I told the man I would go away. Then bd told ma to come to store Ue next day and tberd woat| be some money for me. 1 went the next day and be got some, money an|j bought a suit of clothes. I stayed In South Richmond for two days then, but i was to scared and got so days I took the a higher price for goods. The sooner it is done the better It will be for al) interests and especially for the manufacturers. The time has passed when Southern far mers were compelled to raise cotton In former years they were forced by necessity to raise cotton, and cotton alone. Conditions have changed. Un leas prices be high, that is, high aa compered with former years, they can make more money doing other things. There is no moral obligation to the world to compel them to raise cotton, though many people seem to think so. - f i If New England could turn Its cot ton mills Into shoe factories and dou ble the profits on the investment, and pay better wages to the laborers, no body would say that New England must continue to make cotton goods because the world needs cotton goods. Now the Southern farmer can do a dozen thlngi more profitably than to raise an p. m. Sept. 12, Tuesday—Newberry, 10 a m.; Prosperity, 2 p. m. ' 7:: .. v ,\ Sept. 13, Wednesday—Union, 10*. m.; Columbia, 2:20 p. m. Sept. 14. Thursday—Winhsboro, 10 a. m. Sept. 15, Friday—Cb#*t*r f _10 a, m. ~7V'‘ - Sept. 10, Saturday—Rock Hill, 19 * m.; York villa, 2 p.m. Sept. 1», iMOnday—Lancaster IP a. m.; Camden, 2 p. m. Sopt 10, Tuesday—Sumter, 1:29 i. m. ' 7 Sept. 20, Wednesday—Orangeburg 9:30 4. m.; Bt. Matthew* 2 p. m. Sept 21, Thursday—-Bamberg, i 30 a. m.; Denmark, 2 p. m. Sept. 22, Friday—Berate*!!, IS m.; Allendale, 2 p. m. Sept. 23, Saturday—Bt. 9:30 a. m.; Summerville, 2 p. m. Sept. 25, Monday—Charleston, 10 am. Sept. 20, Aiken, 10 * m.; Edge- field, 2:20 p. m. Sept. 27, Wednesday—Batesbnrr, 10:20 n. m. ^ Sept. 28, Thursday—Lexington, 10 year Itats*" m souri. Obtain on*, Oalifon was 794.006 Atlantic Btat South Carol Kentucky. 1 224,000, r? ows in ■•opt. 20. Friday—Hephxlbah, Oa., 0rt0 a. m.; Wrens, Ip. m.; GUbson, 4 p. m. Sept. 20, Saturday—Senders*!He, Oa., f:4o a. m.; Warthsn, I p. Mitchell, 4 p. m. Free •bowing the roads and how to bufli keep them in repair at ■ary cost will be < by two road building sxpsrto of th* United Staton department of ag riculture, Messrs L. C. Boykin H. & Fairbanks, assisted by s resent*tire at the land and trial department of tho Railway. Tftf eoaehen of th* ato flltod wUfe lUuelrnted with roar. J J Arkansas. Florida. 01 Georgia, 1, year. year. ^ m last yeair. (North Can last year. South Caro 184 last year. amen :**" " -.1 ■pg* i Texas, '2,21 (MSaL Total «rop 10,610 last r *rii e tmunm ton of aH him tee, *gVt> He pate th American cott an tier and n i.iss.otr la the Sontl nsumption ! year and 190, amm was