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BEATTIE VERDICT OF ONE HOUR.-M STAY OF SEK WEALTHY YO CHAIR-PLEA *!.'!".? :?* "1**1**1*.J??|*?I??JMJ??J? *!?. .J. "We, the Jury, find tho ac- A . J. eused guilty as charged in the ?J* A Indictment." A *I* "1**1**1* ?|*?|"t??I*'t* .*??J??f??"??J? ?.^?J??*^?J???? Chesterfield, Va., Sept. 8.- ? Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., has been found guilty of tho murder of his wife, MrB. Louise Owon Beattie. Under the law of Virginia, the penalty for murder in the first de gree is death in tho electric chair. The verdict was returned at 0.29, exactly one hour after the delibera tions began, although tho jurors consumed only a little more than a half hour In actually deciding hist fate. Henry Beattie faced the men in thc dim light of throe little kero sene lights. "Gentlcmpn of the jury, have you agreed upon your verdict?" asked Clerk Coghill. "We have!" said Foreman Parley. . What is it ?.. "Guilty!" announced the foreman. Beattie stood and heard the ver die! announced. Ile rested on his right hand, which he held to the desk before him. His left hand was placed on his hip. NV Irnce of fear or emotion came to his face. The lips of his father trembled and the old man settled back as tal as he could in his chair. A burst of approval of the verdict came from the people packing the court house. The judge rapped for order. The jurors were sent back to their room because they did not say in what degree they found Heat tie guilty. The foreman's verdict read : "We, tho Jury, dud the accused guilty a? charged in the indictment." .Mr. Wenden burg asked the court to have the verdict amended to read, "Guilty of murder in the first de gree." The ini'v returned to thc -ni 1 made i 1M vifuvdlcl road ns instructed. { i he- (lofent* Immediate)} made a! motion to et aside, tue verdict, judge Watsbh declined to enter- j be i o out asme the ver dict. Attorney Carter, after the refusal, nsked the court for ninety days In which to file a hill of exceptions. Judge Watson granted the stay of sentence for ninety days. IwiNt Words in thc Trial of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., for the murder of his wife, were spoken this afteronon. The closing speech was made by Assistant Prosecutor L. O. Wendenburg, who began his argu ment as soon as the afternoon ses sion convened at 2.50 o'clock. The prosecutor's speech was a terrific at tack on the defendant, who sat with bis chin in his hand, closely watch ing his accuser. "This ease, born in Iniquity," said the prosecutor, "has trailed Itself with its slime through the history of this grand old Commonwealth too long. I only ask that you settle it, and that the virtue and decency of thc men of this State will no longer have tho affront this case offers them. You will have the thanks and lasting gratitude of all good men and women when you bring your verdie! and this matter has been ended. You will not have the plaud its of such men and such women as you have heard of from the counsel and the witnesses for the defense. MY ENTIRE LINE OF LADIES', MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S OXFORDS AT COST. NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. M. S. STRIMING, WESTMINSTER, S. C. F?R.ST JU! OTION FOR. NEW TR ?TENCE GRANTED f ?UNG VIRGINIAN, FA( OF STATE'S ATTOI ?J. CHUONOIAXiY OF CASK. ?J. .J. - * .J? July 18-Young wifo of ?fa .fa Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., nun- 4? 4? tiered while automobiling with ?J? .fa her husband on tho Midlothian ?J. .J? turnpike. ?fa .fa July 21-Heattle arrested *fa .fa on tho charge of murder. .}. .J? July 22-Coroner's jury ?fa .fa renders verdict holding Beat- ?fa .fa tie responsible for his wife's .J. .fa death. .}. .fa August 14 - Beattie indicted ?J? 4? by grand Jury. ?fa .fa August 21-Trial of Beattie .j* .fa begun. ?fa .fa September 5-Taking ot* tes- ?fa .fa ti in o ii y ended. ?fa .fa September 7--Jury charged ?fa .fa and summing-up of counsel ?fa .fa begun. ?fa .fa September S-Counsel con- ?fa .fa (duded argument about live ?fa .fa o.'clock p. m., preliminary to ?fa .fa the case going to jury. At ?fa .fa p. m. jury returned ver- ?fa t- diet of "Guilty ol* murder in ?fa .fa ll rs I degree." ?fa .fa?fa?fa?fa .favfa?fa?fa?fa?fa ?fa?fa*fatfarfatfa ?fa?fa?fa "God frowned and the law shud dered when this poor woman, de fenseless, just a mother a few weeks before, screamed In that dark spot on the Midlothian turnpike. This man silenced her cry with the shot gun he had had bought for him. He killed her and threw her body into the ear as he would have thrown a piece of freshly slaughtered beef. Think of it, gentlemen! Any man who could have done such a crime is a fool as well as a murderer. All in Henry Beattie that is not murderer is fool. "First he killed his wife: that was tho murderer. Then the fool beena t >. i ead body, he said that tho maa In the road h-?d '?hot from in front of th? car. tl . way ft jool tb.tire. He f( gol 'h' gi h s's wiudahJoid In front of him. The shot would have shat tered the glass. "Falsehoods," the prosecutor said, "first caused the detectives and tho public to suspect the young man. He returned with tile dead body of his wife. He told varying accounts, so evidently suspicious that no one could tail to fix tho responsibility upon the husband.'* Analyzing Hie several accounts given by the accused, Mr. Wenden burg pointed out what he charged to he glaring variations which had branded the prisoner not only as a murderer, but as a fool. "Il" some unforseen power would have. destroyed that gun, Henry Beattie would, as he told Paul, have given millions, but God never helps a murderer, and Ile never helped this one." "One of the worst points of the story ol" the prisoner," Mr. Wenden burg declared, "was the explanation of the wound on his nose. The wound was never inflicted by the highwayman, but was a result of a sclf-inllicted blow either purposely or hy accident, and the blood which flowed from it barely stained his face." Calling then for the clothes worn by Beanie on the nigh! of the homi cide, Mr. Wcndenburg held them up before the jury and asked If the blood spots could have been caused as was related by the accused. "The prisoner asserts that when his wife was shot she fell back against his shoulder and then slipped back behind him. Where is the stain on the shoulder or the seat? \'o. stain is there. What is the neces sary conclusion'.'" Meanie spoke half aloud in angry protest to his counsel, I). M. Smith, when Mr. Wendenburg called atten tion to Hie evidence that he had stopped on the way hack to the Owen home to fix the lights ol his ?a I". "Ii is man," said Mr. Wendenburg, "says he did not know his wife was dead and was rushing home to get a physician. He explains why he slopped at tho Belt line where the mm was found, saying that he had to lix his lights. And yel the next nigh! winn he is with the detectives in his machine and the lights went ont he cried: 'Damn the lights; go ahead.' "Book at the shirt, look at the hideous stain on the lower hem of the garment. And how came it there? Why. gentlemen, when the murderer, an unnatural husbaifd. was carrying his wite back lo the Owen home, he laid her across the EOT OUT ONLY IAL REFUSED. OR DAYS. CES ELECTRIC WEY. ?|?.^..^.?|. ?|<?|??|??>J??|..>|??fr.|??J? 4? Defense makes motion for ?J? ?J-? new trial, which ls set aside ?J? .J? by Judge Watson. 4? .J. *|. *?* .!* *?* "?* *J* *?* *?* "I* seat and sat upon tho lifeless body to keep lt from slipping to the floor. "Tho wholo murder," the attorney declared, "had a sickening element of cheapness. When tho young man lured her off on the fatal ride he bought a 15-cent box of candy, when the poor woman had begged for a pound of chocolate almonds. When the murderer wanted a gun, what kind did he get? An old, dilapidated weapon of antique design. How about the ammunition ne carried with which to execute the murder ous idea. Five cents worth of shells!" Attorney Wen den burg concluded his address at 6.00' and tho jury re tir -j at .">. ' 0. Before th? jurors began their d? lib?rations Judge Watson allowed them to go on the court house green for a few moments' exercise. As the Jury retired Henry Clay Heat tie sank back In his chair as If exhausted. The defendant, showed no emotion, but the steel glint in bis eyes disappeared when his father leaned over to him and half embrac ed him. The jury began Its deliberations at ."J.29 p. m. "I suffered habitually from con stipation. Donn's Reg?lete relieved and strengthened the bowels so that they have been regular ever sflce." A. E. Davis, Grocer, Sulphur Springs, Texas. j In Memory of Burt Shocliley. West Union, Sept. G.-Editor Keo wee Courier: To the bereave! par ents, brothers and sisters of I Burt Shockley, who was drowned Septem ber Sd. wt extend ?. slnceTej y ni pa*. ?ns, and wi: i lo know! j youi ".'.ear! , ure pierced with'\ J ! remember (.ha! lt ls the bane' a l loving father t'uar lias removed , u, aim tie do?th all things well. When ! you have thus resigned yourself to His will, then you can say Sleep on, dear Burt, sleep on; We would not have thee wake Erom thy peaceful slumber. Though our sad hearts break. Thy Father called thee hence; We consigned thee to Ills keeping; Why should we mourn thee as dead When thou art not dead, but sleep ing? The summer winds are singing Softly o'er that lonely bed Where thou, dear Burt, are lying, Calmly sleeping, but not dead. Sleep on; thou little beeriest 1 Summer's sigh or winter' 'ist; Thou hast reached the han. safely, And the stormy voyage is past. -A Friend. Two Heaths In Oconcc. (Farm and Factory, (>th.) Mrs. J. E. Woolbright died at her home near Townville Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, after a long illness of typhoid fever. Mrs. Wool bright was 21 years old and was a good woman. She was a member of the Baptist church. She leaves to mourn her death a husband and two little children, a father and fl ve sis ters. Her mother died about two months ago and her husband and little child are very sick with typhoid fever. The bereaved family have the,sympathy of the entire commu nity in their loss. The funeral ser vices were? held nt thc Baptist church Thursday. After having been sick for some time, confined to ber bed for three months, Miss Mae Turner, eldest daughter of W. M. Turner, died at Jordania Sunday morning ai i o'clock of pellagra. Attending phy sicians say thal the disease had been with ber for tho past thirteen years. Miss Turnor was 2!1 years of age and a member ol' tho Jordania Baptist church. She was a faithful worker in tho Sunday school ai thal place and held the friendship and high esteem of a largo circle of friends, Funeral services were held Monday nt Rocky Knoll church, a mile (ind a half above Walhalla, and Inter ment was at the old Neville burying g round. Before Von Reach the Limit of physical endurance, and while your condition ls still curable, take Foley Kidney Hills. Their quick ac tion and positive results will delight you. For backache, nervousness, rheumatism, and all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. Barton's Pharmacy, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. ? * PA Vii AND BEULAH DEA VE. ' Woman to Pose for Moving Picture?. Mun Into . ?nuloville. Richmond. Sept. 7.-Paul Beattie and Beulah Binford, detained ns wit nesses for tho Commonwealth In the Henry Beattie case, were released from custody Iii tho Hen rico county jail this morning by order of Judge Watson, of the Chesterfield circuit court. Paul Beattie went at once to his home and remained there all tho morning with his family, neighbors and friends and enjoying his liberty to the fullest degree. Ho says he intends to do nothing else for a month and then ho is going to New York to go into vaudeville, having received offers that he ls "too poor to refuse." Beulah Binford remained In the prison until later In tho day, pack ing her clothing and toilet accesso ries and walting to decide just what course she should pursue when she actually walks through its portals into the next chapter of her checker ed career. Shortly after 1 1 o'clock the cause of Beulah's delay was disclosed In the appearance at the jail of agents for a Now York Ulm company. They held a private conference with the woman, and In a little while she answered that she had signed a con tract with thom, and would leave with them for New York on tho 12.01 .p. m. train to pose for their moving picture products. Beulah Binford left the Honrlco j county court house in an automo bile ?it 11.35, accompanied by an agent of the Ulm concern, and was driven, with her light luggage, to the depot. Women Rise in Revolt. New York. Sept. 7.-if the pro tests that are going up from promi nent club women, actresses and other women well known here are to he taken as a criterion of tho feeling of womankind in general, Beulah Bin ford will not bo heartily welcomed to the metropolitan stage as "an ac tress" or anything else. When the news reached here to day that the young girl who had be come notorious through her connec tion with the Beattie murder trial at Chesterfield had been liberated from the jail at Richmond, and had ft ta rt tu] North to "go on the stage," many bf d > leaders bi? women hi this ? ty protected Miat such tir. ex', position ot Mies Binford would bc an i I nt ult to all wo mankind,. Among the womon In the move ment are: Miss Belle De Rivera, the well-known club woman; Mrs. A. M. Palmer, widow of a prominent theatrical manager and president of the Rainy Hay Club, and Alma W. ster Powell, the singer. A local hooking agency is credited with the statement that the Binford girl will appear at a Philadelphia ? theater next week. Asked as to her hist ronic abilities, the agency say i they probably will consist of a couple of songs. "It really does not matter what She does," Bald the agent, "so long as the people have a chance to look at her." How to Cet Ititi of Nut (?russ. (Progressive Farmer) A friend wants to know if 1 have conquered the nut grass In my gar den. Yes, I have nearly finished Ii, and this summer it is the rarest weed In my garden. Last year was the first year the garden was culti vated, as lt bad been lying out as a vacant lot. One mid of the lot was well set in nut grass, and I deter mined that lt should go. I did not dig lt out except whatever turned up in the plowing of the land and was raked out. Then BVERY DAY I chopped off that nut grass. Cut off to-day it was up to-morrow, but I knew that no plant can long sur vive if not allowed to make green j leaves above ground. So l chopped it off daily, lt got thinner and thin ner by frost, and as none was allow ed to seed, 1 lind few plants Ibis summer and have simply been pull ing them out as last as seen, and have not oven had lo use the hoi? on them. This is equally applicable to tiny persistent weed. Keep them chopped off and they must die. The same ls true of sassafras sprouts. These will simply increase if dug and the roots cul, bul chopped off or mown off rogo la ri y willi the mowing! machine they soon give up. The mower is the best Implement to rid land of sprouts and briers. A (?rent Advantage to Working Men. J. A. Maple. I2f> S. Seventh street. Steubcnvllle, ohio, says: "For years I suffered from weak kidneys and a revere bladder trouble. I learned of Foley Kidney Bills and their wonderful cures, so I hogan taking them and sure enough I had as good results as any I heard about. My backache loft mo and to ono of mj business, expressman, that alone ls a great advantage. My kidneys acted freo and normal, and thal saved me a lot of misery, lt is now ti pleasure to work where it used io lui a misery. Foley Kidney Pills have cured me and have n.y highest praise," Barton's Pharmacy, Wal halla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. SIDELIGHT ON BEATTIE OAHU. j. M. Gregory was Defeated a? Com? m on wm Ith Attorney. Richmond* Va., Sept. 7.-One of the sidelights of tho Beattie trial to-day wa? the defeat of J. M. Greg ory in the D?mocratie primarles for renomination as Commonwealth At torney for Chesterfield county. L. O. Wendonburg, technically the as sistant to Gregory, but as a matter of fact chief counsel for the State, fared better, aB he was elected to the Senate from tho Third District. Wendenburg's service in the Beat tie case was gratuitous. He volun teered at the coroner's inquest, hav ing conducted all examinations of witnesses since then. Neither has been able to devote any time to cam paigning on account of the trial. lt was stated to-day that Attorneys H. M. Smith and Hill Carter, of the defense, would receive more than $25,000 if they secured the acquittal of young Beattie. Kelly I mc la it si Not Guilty. Greenville, Sept. 7.- In the Court of General Sessions to-day, M. H. Kelly, a well known white citizen of Greenville, a man of some promi nence, was acquitted on a charge of murdering .lames Hoyle, also white, and very well known. A few wit nesses were Introduced to show that Kelly flrod the shots in eslf-defense, after which the solicitor stated that he would not ask for a verdict. Boyle was shot down on the sidewalk in front of the United States post ofllce building shortly after dark. one evening last June. Kelly, it is un derstood, was in company with a young woman whom Boyle fancied and Boylo lay In wait for Kelly as he returned home with the girl, lt ls alleged that as Kelly and the girl turned the corner at the post ofllce and started down a dark street, Boyle lomed up out of the darkness and dealt a blow nt Kelly with a pair of brass knacks. Kelly says he dodged in time to break the force of the blow, and then pulled his pistol and fired twice upon Boyle. Beware of Ointment? for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely de-. if. - -vhnlr system when enter-| lng through thc mucous surfaces, j ( J tte ii .?'.leles should veer be used except bn prescriptions from repu-I table physicians, as the damagi ii?o> will do ls ten-fold to the good you ! ?un poosibi, d< v from icirt Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, 1 contains no mercury, and is taken I internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh. Cure be sure you get tho genuine. It is taken internally and made in . 1 Toledo, Ohio, by P. J. Cheney & Co. I Testimonials free. , Sold by druggists. Price 76c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Bills for con stipation, i Where tho Best lill nd Is. ( Progressive Farmer) In traveling through the South one ls moro and more Impressed with the fact that tho very best land In i nearly every State ls not yet In culti vation, lt has not been drained. ! Into these wet bottoms the fertility i of the hills has leached down, and I yet our people have too often balked at the little extra work of canaling ' and ditching that would make these lowlands outyield tho prairies of the West. Very likely on your own , farm, Mr. Subscriber, there are branch bottoms or creek bottoms I which, if cleared and ditched, would give you $3 for your labor for every , $1 the poorer hillsides will pay you. i And in that case isn't it folly to keep 1 hiring yourself to the unappreciative ' field? i Is Your Pis Mr. John Kruschwi man Tuner and F and Organs, who h sci? at Seneca with Abbot's Music ]tf solicits the patronag' public, promising pi execution of work John Kru Abbott's Music Hou IT MAY INTEREST FELDER. Dispensary Commission Will Have Now? for I*til>lio Soon. Columbia. Sept. 6.-"At the next meeting of the commission thero will probably bo something lo give out of particular Interest to Thomas H. Felder," so sahl to-night Fred H. Dominick, following a meeting of the dispensary wlndlng-up commission, held In this city to-day. Only three members of the com mission were present, .1. V. Wallace, chairman, Fred H. Dominick and E. M. Thompson. The commission is holding another Besslon to-nlglit, but will then adjourn until tho next meeting, which, it is stated, will probably be In the next two or three weeks. "We are still at work on the voucher matter," said Mr. Wallace. "Thero ls very little to give out at present. We have been delayed by the sickness of our accountant or we would havo been further advanced in our work than we are. However, there will probably he something of Interest to the public to give out at our next meeting In a few weeks from now." "Something of particular interest to Thomas H. Felder," added Mr. Dominick. "Some interesting fig ures as to money gotten by him, particularly some that was overpaid, a portion of which he now has on hand, a- 'I which imus Into a good many thousand dollars." After ti pause Mr. Dominick add ed: "According to the partial re ports of our accountant ibo a mounts paid for attorneys' fees by the for mer dispensary commission exceed tho amount collected from the graft account by about $15,000 In round numbers. Thero will be something doing at our next meeting." he con cluded after a few seconds. Soothes Itching skin. Heals cuts or burns without a scar. Cures piles, eczema, salt rheum, 'any Itching. Donn's Ointment. Your druggist sells it. _^ Pulntku Mosquito Stricken. Valdosta, Ga., Sept. 7.-Parties who came up from Palatka yesterday state that that town ls about to be come Infested with mosquitoes from the St. Johns mud banks and marshes. Every now and then they swarm i>> P?lallc'a in such ilrovea that, men an J women have !<> crear veils Church services tire frequently sus* ,?ended, store.* are forced to close, lind lt I'? said that nionquitoeM are af ten swopT up In basketsful as they settle upon the town. lt has been several years since a regu'nr plague blt that place, and they aro so thick since tho recent rains that lt ls feared they will come In droves as in times past. The stories that are told about theso mosquitoes aro almost Incredible. Efforts are being made to keep down tho threatened "epidemic." I.midi-um Minister Found Dead. Hudson, Mich., Sept. 7.-Rev. Donald R. Shier, of Lnndrum, S. C., was found dead In bed yesterday at the home of a friend lu this city. Rev. Mr. Shier was 70 years old and for many years he was a member of the Michigan Methodist Episcopal Conference. 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