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BBATTIE'S LAST HOPE FAILED. Virginia Governor Declines to Grant Itespito to Wife Murderer. Richmond. Va., Nov. 15.-With tho frank and emphatic statement that he believed absolutely in the prisoner's guilt, Governor Mann to day doclined to grant a respite to Henry Clay Reattie, Jr., convicted in Ghesteifield county, September 8, of wife murder. The refusal of the Gov ernor to Interfere with tho sentence, which the Supremo Court declared on Monday to be plainly right, means that Beattie will die in the electric chair at the State penitentiary on Fri day, November 2 4th. Being aware that a final decision wou.d be reached in his case to-day. Reattie, in tho death cell, waited ex pectancy for some word from the Governor's office. His gray haired father, utterly broken in spirit and strength, who notified him on Mon day that an appeal had ben donlcd, was spared the ordeal of conveying a second message that all hope was lost. Rev. Renj. Dennis, an Episcopal minister, who had interceded in the young man's bc vlf, went quickly and quietly to the prison to inform him that every possible effort to save him had fa lied. Reattie heard the an nouncement in silence, though he*was visibly affected. Later in the after noon his father, his brother and his young sister called to see him. Unlike the Supreme Court, which filed no written opinion in refusing a writ or error. Governor Mann gave out a statement in which he said that Beattle's appeal was made "with the purpose, if possible, of avoiding j the consequence of a crime, of which he knows he is guilty." Tlie Governor's Statement. The Governor also stated that the so-called affidavit of Paul Reattie was not worthy of consideration as evi dence. In a signed statement to Beattle's lawyers and the public, Governor Mann said: "While I sympathize very pro foundly with tho father of H. C. Reattie, Jr., and would he glad to help him, if I could do so with proper regard for the public Interests, I can not, with any consideration for those Interests, interfere with due execu tion of the sentence of the court lu the Beattie ease. "I followed that ease during the trial, and as its horrible facts were developed regretted that a crime so cruel and malicious should have oc curred within the confines of this State. In the decision of every ques tion which was presented to tho able and impartial judge, who presided at the trial, he was careful to give ibo benefit of every reasonable doubt to Ibo prisoner; bis inst nwt ions w MV as favorable as counsel for the pris oner could have expected; that he did not err in (ho admission or ex-! elusion of ?vidence?, or in his inst ruc- ' lions given to the jury, ls shown in the refusal of the Supreme Court, of Appeals to grant a writ of error. "There is no question of the hon esty and fairness of the jurors try ing the case, nor ls there any ques tion that the defense made by law yers of character and ability obtained for H. C. Beattie, Jr., every advant age guaranteed by law to persons charged with crime. "That Beattie is guilty of the wil ful, deliberate and cruel murder of bis young wife I have not the slight est doubt, nor is it insisted that there shall he any greater relief offered than tho commutation of his sentence to imprisonment for life. "I do not think tho affidavits of Paul Beattie, printed in the papers, or any other evidence or considera tion brought to my attention, suffi cient, for that purpose. Xor do I question the wisdom-I might add, Hie necessity -of capital punishment in cases where human life has been quickly and deliberately taken. On Hie contrary. I believe that this pun ishment is necessary for the protec tion of society, and, if on a jury, would not hesitate in a proper case to agree to a verdict requiring life for "To Kian! a respite in so plain a (ase would be lo set a precedent, would be to temporize with Hie law and to encourage appeal, to tb.- Sn pic rn*- Court willi Hie sole purpose of gaining time. I believe the best way to prevent such crimes as Ibis is lo punish 'lu m adequately, certainly. ?- peodily, "Therefore the judgment of the Circuit fouit of Chesterfield will be carried imo effect without Interfer ence from mo." . ?~ Heavy Penally Imposed. Columbia, Nov. IC?.- For refusing to pay corporation license tax, the Charleston Union Station Company bas I".en penalized $ 1,000 by the State Hoard of Assessors. Comptrol ler General Jones and Attorney Gene ral Lyon wished to make Hie penally $2,000, The attorney general bas been authorized to bring suit to col lect the money. NEWS UP ON LITTliE HIV EH. | Death of HOV. D. Hudson (Mid John Sims-Other Items. Little River. Nov. io.-Special: Tho huntsman's horn and yelp of his opossum dog are very familiar Bounds at this time. There is a full crop of the night prowlers, which give line sport and delicious meat for the far mer and his family, Rev. R. R. Doyle preached his last sermon at Whitmire on the first Sun day. This closed his four years, which is the limit according to the rules of the Methodist Conference. Ile has the host wishes of many for his every success in his new field of tabor wherever his lot is cast. Tho sad news of the death of Rev. D. Hudson, of North Carolina, roach ed this section a short time hack. Ho died at his home lu North Caro lina on November 3, and the re mains were brought to Little River and buried on the 4th. after a short but very appropriate service held by Rev. Wade Nicholson. Just at the close of the dreary, rainy day his body was horno by gentle hands to tts last resting place. There was a large congregation of sorrowing rela tives and friends present to pay the last sad tribute to lils memory. The deceased was 6 2 years old last May. He was a faithful worker in the Mas ter's cause, a loving husband, a de voted father, a generous friend and a good citizen. The bereaved ones havo the deepest sympathy of many friends In South and North Carolina in their time of sorrow. John Sims, a very aged man and Confederate soldier, died in the Cheo hee section a short time back and j was buried at tho family cemetery near Jordan Alexander's home. In the Cheohee section, after appropriate services conducted by Rev. Joseph Hudson. The sorrowing ones have the sympathy of many friends in the loss of their loved one. \V. A. Grant. W. M. Perry. W. H. Talley and daughter, Miss Ola. at tended the fourth quarterly meeting of the Walhalla charge, which met with Zion. The reports were gene rally good, with a new church organ ized at Salem with 23 members. A large part of the membership was drawn from Whitmire. MisB Kate K. Harrison, who ls teaching tho Smeltzer school, spent last Saturday and Sunday with home folks In Walhalla. Will Send Troops to China. Washington, Nov. 16.-The State Department has practically decided to send a regiment of troops from Ma nila to Cllinwiugtao, a seaport in China about 250 miles from Peking, on the (?ult' of I'echili. The purpose is to perform international duly un der the Hexer treaty in keping open the line of communication between Peking and t be sea. lt is said at the State Department that request for troops has not yet been made on the War Department, hut it was momentarily expected. The odie dals were careful to make it appear that the dispatch of these troops to China would be absolutely without any political meaning, and the movement was not to be con strued as intervention. Neuralgia Pains Sloan's Liniment has a soothing effect on thc nerves. It stops neural gia and sciatica pains in stantly. Here's Proof Mrs. C M Dowkcrol Johannesburg, Mich., write? Slo.m's Liniment n the liest medicine In tho world. lt has relieved me of Neuralgia. Those pallis have ali gone .iiul I (.tn truly say your Liniment did ?top them," Mr. Andrew V. Lear of CO Gay Street, Cumberland. Md., writes: - ''I have used Sloan's Liniment tor Neuralgia and I certainly do jir.ii.c it very much." SLOAN'S LINIMENT is the best remedy for rheu matism, backache, sore throat and sprains At all dealers. Prlco 2Sc.,50c.and$I.OO Sloan's honk on Moises, Cattle, flogs and Poul try sen* tree. Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan Boston, Mass. THE TOBACCO TRUST'S PLANS. Attorney General Accepts Trust Re organisation Schein*-. Washington. Nov. 16.-Satistled I that the decree entered In the circuit j court at New York to-day providing for tho disintegration of the Ameri can Tobacco Company lr to fourteen corporations will terminate a mo nopoly and substitute an equal com petition, Attorney General Wicker sham will not appeal the CUBO to the Federal Supreme Court. He will ac cept the circuit court's decision, al though the government possesses tho rlgnt to carry tho plan of dissolution to the highest tribunal at any time within a year. Tho government's approval of the plan was made known by the attor ney general in an official statement issued to-day. S?7.0 No Objection. The size of some of the corpora tions Into which the company will bc sepnrnted constitutes no valid objection to the court's decree, in the judgment of the attorney general. "The public at large will be more npt to benefit." he declares, "from comp?tition between a number of large, solvent, well organized com panies in strong hands than from the general demoralization of business which would ensue were the business to oe distributed between a large number of small, weak organizations with insufficient capital to maintain themselves in active competition. Criticises Independents. "Some of the representatives of the so-called independent retailers' association urge the distribution of the business among 7 0 corporations instead of l l. The suggestion might as well have been r>0 or 200. For the government to have supported any such contention would have un doubtely resulted tn a receivership and enormous and widespread injury to the general business conditions of the country." The objections to the dissolution scheme on the ground that the same body of shareholders would substan tially control each of the separated companies are met, the attorney gen eral says, first, by conferring voting rights, which now are vested in the common stock alone to the preferred stockholders also, and, secondly, by the restrictions upon the actions of the respective corporations. Coughing at Night means loss of sleep, which is bad for every one. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound stops the cough at once, relieves the tickling and dryness in the throat and heals the inflamed membranes. Prevents a cold devel oping into bronchitis or pneumonia. Keep always in the house. Refuse substitutes. J. W. Uell. Northern Bishop Passes Away. Philadelphia, Nov. 16.-Rev. Alex ander Mackay-Smith, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal 'H?cese of Penn sylvania, and one of the most promi nent einnehmen in the country, died suddenly at the Episcopal residence here early to-day. Death was due to heart disease. He was 0 1 years old. Owing to poor health the bishop was to have retired next February. Bishop Mackay-Smith was born in New Haven in 18f>0 and came of a distinguished Now England family. He was graduated from Trinity Col lege in 187 2, and studied at theologi cal seminaries in New York and In longland and Germany. He was or dained to the priesthood in 1878. He served asa city missionary in Boston, rector of Grace church. South Bos ton; was assistant rector of St. Thomas church, New York, from 1880 to 1880, and from 1886 to 1893 he was first archdeacon or mission ary superintendent of the diocese of New York. In 1893 he became rec tor cd* St. John's church, Washing ton, and while there was chosen bishop-coadjutor of the Pennsylvania Diocese, succeeding Bishop Whitaker upon the deatli of the latter in Feb ruary of this year. Bishop Mackay-Smith leaves a widow and three daughters. His wife was Miss Virginia Stewart. Southern Adds lo Equipment. Thal the management of the South ern railway is opt i mist ic as io indus trial conditions throughout tho coun try is admirably borne out in the re lent announcement that this railway has contracted for some 2,150 new freight cars. These additions to the freight equipment of the Southern Hallway Company arc; all in addition to the purchase, just consummated, Of seven Mikado engines, 665 new freight cars for the Virginia & South western Railway Company, The contract just let by the South ern Railway Company provides for 1,700 all-steel, fifty-ton, double drop bottom gondola coal cars; 500 steel l.nderfrnmc, thirty-ton ventilated box cars and 250 all-steel, fifty-ton flat cars "Dean's Ointment cured me of ec zema that had annoyed me r. long time. The cure was permanent." Hon. s. w. Matthews, Commissioner Labor Statistics, Augusta, Maine. DYING PINE-CAUSE, REMEDY. How to Iwicute Tree?. Infested by the Southern Pine Hectic. Washington, D. C., Nov. 17.-Spe cial: According to tho expert on for est Insects of the Bureau of Ento mology. United States Department of Agriculture, the location of trees that are Infested by the Southern pine beetle ls the ilrst and one of the most Important things to do before defi nite plans are made for the active work of cutting the trees. Some of tho essential things to re member are as follows: a. Tho Southern pine beetle at tacks the upper and middle portions of the trunks of hoalthy trees. b. A freshly attacked tree may show pitch tubes on tho trunk, red dish boring duBt around the base, or there may bo no external evidence of attack until tho leaves begin to fade. c. Dy the time the tops are faded and tho bark on the middle and up per trunk is dead the broods of the beetles are In an advanced stage of development, yet at the same time tho bark on the lower third of the trunk may be living and show no evidence of attack, or may bo attacked by other kinds of insects, which are not responsblle for the death of the trees. d. As soon as the bark begins to die or any part of the trunk, it ls attacked by numerous other insects, including the adults of the "sawyer" borers, which do not attack healthy trees. e. By the time the tops have changed from palo green to greenish | brown, the broods of the Southern ? pine beetle are nearly all developed to the stage when they enter the outer bark to transform to the adults. f. By the time the tops have chang ed to a reddish hue, the broods have developed and are emerging or have emerged. g. During the warm months the broods will develop and emerge from a tree within about ?10 to 10 days af ter it is attacked. h. Trees attacked In November will usually carry the broods over winter. The foliage of some trees will fade and reach the reddish stage before spring; other trees attacked in December or later may not fade until the warm days of February, March or April. Therefore, lu estimating the char acter and extent of the infestation within any given area, or In locating infested trees and marking timm for utilization or treatment one has only to consider those with fading or greenish brown foliage or the first stage ot the yellowish tops. In other words, the dead trees with dead and falling foliage. or those with bare tops, do not. contain the broods of the Southern pine bee tle, therefore do not have to be cut. The next article will give the essen tial details of the methods of con trolling tlie post. A Mail Carrier's Load seems heavier when he has a weak back and kidney trouble. Fred Dock rell, mall carrier at Atchlson, Kans., says: "I have been bothered with kidney and bladder trouble and had a severe pain across my back. When ever I carried a heavy load of mail my kidney trouble Increased. Some time ago I started taking Foley Kid ney Pills, and since taking them I have gotten entirely rid of all my kidney trouble and am as sound now as ever." J. W. Bell. Virginia Coal Output Increasing. Coal mining in Virginia has made Important increases within the past generation. Although not a great coal State, Virginia produced over six and a half million tons in 10 10. The State is one of the earliest pro ducers, the ligures of the United States ecological Survey showing a small output as far hack as 1 S2Li. In 1850 the production was 310,000 tons and at that time only two States stood fl hove Virginia. While other States were forging ahead, the in crease in Virginia was slow until about IN!?."?, when I, li X, !5 2 4 lons were produced. In 1900 the produc tion was 2,S9?i,7H 1 tons; in 1905 1t was 4,275,271 tons, and In 1910 lt was 6,507,997 short tons, the great est in tim history ol' the State. Deafness Cannot He Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach tho diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deaf ness, and thal is by constitutional remedios. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Imper?le! hearing, and Whoo it is eat indy (dosed, deaf ness is the result, and unless the In flammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition hearing will be destroyed forovor; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an In flamed condition of the mucous sur faces. We will give one hundred dollars for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh ('ure. Send for eircu lars, free. F. J. Cheney & (io., Toledo, Ohio. Sold hy druggists, 7.">c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con st ?pa I ion. you spen and put your savings in fe ba? You can cut down your expenses, if you try-a little less for this luxury, a few cents less for that-and you have the beginning of a fortune, IF YOU PUT WHAT YOU SAVE IN THE BANK. All the time it is accumulating you are getting nearer to independence and to the goal of that ambition-for all things are easy when you have money, - Start to-day. Open a bank account with what you have. Even a dollar will do. The Bank of Walhalla, Capital, $50,000.00. Surplus, $12,500.00. Deposits, $175,000.00 Officers and Directors : J. D. VER NEK, President. W. Li. VERNER, Cnshier. S. L. VERNER, Asst. Cashier. J. I). VERNER, J. W. WICKLIFFE, W. Ii. VERNER, J. W. REIAJ, J. G. LAW, C. R. I>. BURNS, J. W. BHBLOR. [?OVERNOR SLATON, OF GEORGIA. President of the Senate Sworn Chief Executive's Office. Into MASTER'S SALE. Atlanta, Ga., ?Nov. IC.-Hon. John M. Slaton, president of the Senate, formally took office as Governor of Georgia this morning to till the unex pired term of Governor Hoke Smith, United States Senator-elect from Georgia, and spent a busy day. Governor Slaton was sworn in at 9 o'clock. Immediately thereafter In; went to the executive ellice of the Ho vernor and began to receive call ers, who had come to congratulate him or to seek officiai favors. This stream kept up until C> o'clock, at which time Governor Slaton left for his home. The ceremony of inducting Mr. Slaton in office was informal and was witnessed by about fifty of his rela tives and friends. Governor Smith, contrary to cus tom, was not present. On former oc casions it has been the Invariable rule that the retiring Governor hands over the great seal of the State to the incoming Governor. Former Gover nor Smith was absent from the city :>n a rabbit hunt. Backache, Headache, Nervousness ind rheumatism, both in men and ivotiien, mean kidney trouble, Do not illow it to progress beyond the reach )f medicine, but stop it promptly vit h Foley Kidney Tills. They regu ate the action of the urinary or gans. Tonic in action, quick in re mits. J. W. Bell. WANTED-Second hand bags and ?uriap. Write for prices. RICH MOND BAG COMPANY, Richmond, Virginia. f>2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, , COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant to a decree of the afore said Court, in Hie caso named below, I will offer for sale, to tho highest bidder, in front of the Court House door, at Walhalla, S. C., on Monday, the 4th day of December. 1911, be tween the legal hours of sale, the tract of land below described: .Martha A. Wilson et al.. Plaintiffs, against .lohn R. Wilson et al., Defendants. All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Oconee, in the State of South Carolina, on waters .of Rich land ('reek, waters of Coneross ('reek, waters of Seneca Ri vor, ad joining lands of Raul GUlison, Ben Tarrant, W. R. Lynch and others, and supposed to contain seventy-live acres, he the same more or less, and being the tract of land known as the Home Place of William R. Wilson. Terms of Sale: One-half cash on day of sale, and the balance on a credit of one year, the credit portion to hear interest from day of sale, until paid in full, and be secured bj a bond of tho purchaser, or purchas ers, and a mortgage of tho premises, with privilege to tho purchaser, or purchasers, to anticipate tho pay ment of the credit portion, with such interest as may have accrued at the time of the payment; that in the event of failure of Hie purchaser, or purchasers, to comply with the terms of the sale promptly that the Master do resell the said premises on the rame, or some convenient salesday thereafter, at the same place and on the same terms as heretofore set out, at the risk of the former purchaser, or purchasers, and that he do con tinue so to do until he has found a purchaser, or purchasers, who shall comply with the terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. November I .">, 1 i) 1 1. 46-48 BURRISS fl ETAL ROOFING We want to sell you Metal Shingles that never leak. With paint occasionally they will last a life time, Insurance less ; no danger about fire. Our Catalogue will give you ENPv.Ewor ..oe*-some fine testimonials from some of our customers. If you will write us same will bc sent promptly, We make tin shingles, galvanised; also barn roofing, galvanised, 2 to 8 feet long, with thc Burriss lock. Our goods do not require close sheeting-about same as wood shingles. J> This is a home enterprise, and we want your patronage. jf? ?fi ?fi Jt & S* ?tv* Jno.T. Burriss & Son. Manufacturers, ANDERSON, S, C. J. C. Garrison, Agent, WALHALLA, S. O.