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Wili VOLUME XLIX, NUYBER 67. W~E17BERIRY, SOUTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1911.TWCAWE,$15AYAR IVOLME XIY4 UMBE 67 EATTIIE, SMILUN%G9 AWAI---S TRIAL tate Anxious to Proceed, DOfence's Plans Not Disclosed. chmond, Va., Aug. 20.-Unless an night death in the family of thI presiding judge interferes, Henry Clay 'Beatie, Jr., will be arraigned tomor w morning in the court house at hester, ta., charged with the murder f his young wife on the night of July last, near Richmond. rene and smiling, Beattie lay wn in his cell here tonight prepared -for the ordeal. The Commonwealth has its witnesses at hand and is eager to go to trial, and unless some legal obstacle is -interposed by the defense, ,or death claims W. T. Tinsley, the ag-. ed father-in-law of Judge Watson, of hesterfield circuit court, indica-1 re that the selection of a jury eatt;e for his life will be under re noon tomorrow. . Cause Brief Delay. Mr. Tinsley has been crit for several days and Judge n was unable to 'leave his bed tonight, and if the end comes be fore the convening of court tomorrow a brief adjournment of the case may be',necessary, although the Common 'wealth's attorneys said tonight they looked for no delay of 'any sort and expected to see the selection of the ury begun soon after the youthful risoner's arraignment. More than sixty witnesses have been poenaed by the Commonwealth d it is planned to have a majority them on hand- when Beattie is ar ' ed. Among them will be Paul attie, the cousin, who swore before e coroner that he purchased the otgun with which Mrs. Beattie was led. He and the defendant will be en from the Henrico county jail removed to the tiny jail at-Ches Id, there. to await the prceedings. Belah May Testify. eulah Binford,,tlie seventet-year d girl, who figures as the "other wo n in the case,"- will probably be a itness at the trial. In Jail as a ma rial witness, she is as .cheerful as er, confide-t of Beattie's acquitta7 Henry Clay Beattie, Sr., the mer ut father of the prisoner, is ex to be in court tomorrow, al ough he did not put in an appear ce when the indictment was read 'st his boy last week. He has been almost daily .visitor at the jail, wever, and it was understood to ht that he hopes to follow thie trial closely as possible and to lend his oral and fatherly support to Beattie all times. None of Beatie's.wife's family-the wenses-will be in court at the ar 'gnment, although several have been moned to testify. .The father, ames Owens, was in Richmond on the ight of the killing of his daughter. Defence Keeping Quiet. The defence has not disclosed the umber of w-itnesses it will summon, or. the outline of the case it hopes to esent in Beattie's behalf. An insani plea hias been suggested, but this been generally discredited. The pular belief is that his lawyers will ely on the fact, that no one saw the ime committed and. attempt to break wn Paul Beattie's story that he pur sed the gun for the prisoner. Both s have tentatively conferred with nists, with a possible view of the oduction of insanity into the case, so far as can be learned no alien will be called tomorrow. ttie is now 26 years old; his red. wife was 23. She left be 'a five-weeks-old babe, now in are the Owens family. Mrs. Eunice Kibler. Due West, Aug. 19.-After an ill ess of se'eral weeks, Mrs. Eunice 'bler died last Tuesday afternoon at the home of her father, Rev. J. B. Muse, here. She was buried Wednes day afternoon at the family cemetery at Cedar Springs church, near Green wood. Mrs. Kibler was just 20 years of age at the time of her death. She was married last May to Chas. P. Kib 1er. Besides her husband and parents, she is survived by one brother and fi~ve sisters. One there was a woman who ought her feet were too small-so hea o keep her in a padded cell. ATWOOD 104 ]VtIES NEARER. Makes Substantial Progress on Flight! to New York. Lyons, N. Y., Aug. 20.-Nine hundred and thirty miles from his starting point, Harry N. Atwood, the young jBoston aviator, who is fast approach ing the world's long distance record in :iis flight from St. Louis to New York, landed in a field in Lyons this aftrnoon, after flying 104 miles from Buffalo without a stop. "scending in Buffalo at 3.20 o'clock this afternoon, Atwood, who has flown several days without a mishap, climb ed to a high altitude and headed east ward and shot over towns and villages at a high rate of speed. He alighted in Lyons at 5.31 p. m., having covered the 104 miles in two hours and eleven minutes. In one instanc'e, he went four miles in three minutes, and on reaching Rochester, 69 miles from Buffalo, he went around the outskirts of the city so fast that people standing on office buildings could not get more than a glimpse of ~him. Beats Train to Rochester. A train which left Buffalo at ex actly the same time that Atwood did, ran in sight of the aeroplane almost all the way to Rochester, but arrived there eight minutes after the aviator had passed around the city and had disappeared in the east. The train, however, had made a stop en route. Atwood is now 335 miles from New York, having made almost three fourths of his 1,265-mile flight. By Tuesday night he hopes to reach Al bany and on Wednesday, in a one-day flight down the Hudson river, he ex pects to break the world's record for the distance and finish his trip, land ing at Coney Island, in New York, before -sundown. For the 930 miles already covered, he has been in the air actually 19 hours and 58 minutes. Soars Above Many Towns. Eighteen towns and villages saw the aviator today, as he swept over them, sometimes flying as low as 150 feet so he could read the names of the railroad stations as he passed. A few miles out of Buffalo, wher he ascend ed from a race track in a breeze off the lake so strong that .it carried him around in circles of miles before he could get his speed. Atwood struck out eastward over the New York Cen tral railroad tracks, which are to fix his course all the way to New York. It was between 'east Palmyra and Newark that Atwood made the best re corded time of the day, covering the four miles between these 'two points in three minutes. Getting toward Lyons, Atwood found he had not sufficient gasoline to carry him on to Syracuse, so he picked a clear field on a hill near the town and glided down to the ground. Atwood's flight tomorrow will be to Syracuse and Utica, with stops at each of these cities, and a possible detour to Auburn. To Fly Across Continent? He intends not to reach Albany be fore Tuesday night. Soon after he re turns to Boston, Atwood said, he would prepare for a trans-continental flight this autumn, prob'ably from Los Angeles to New York. He said lie thought he could make 3,500 miles in fifteen days, taking .a southern course to St. Louis and com ing north by way of Cincinnati to New York State. Saturday's Summary. Summary of the seventh day of At wood's St. Louis-New YQrk flight: Left Buffalo at 3.25 p. mn. Passed over Batavia, 37 miles, 3.58 p. m. Passed over Rochester, 4.42 p. m. tLanded at Lyons, N. Y., 5.31 p. m. Distance travelled on seventh day, 104 miles. Actual flying time, 2 hours and 11 minutes. Distance from St: Louis, 930 miles. Total flying time, 19 hours and 58 minutes. Distance still to go, to complete 1, 265 mile trip to New York, 335 miles. "I can twist my husband around my little finger," said the Circassian beauty. "That's all right," replied the fat lady, "but if you had married the os sified man instead of a contortionist you'd find him a harder customer to deal'wth."-.Chican Record-Herald. ACCIDENT TO CAROLINA SPECIAL Engines Pulling Train Plunge Through Burned Trestle Near Alston, Fireman Killed. Columbia, Aug. 20.-Fireman Luth er W. Bennett, white, of Columbia, was crushed to death today in the first wreck that has befallen the Southern railway's Cincinnati-Charleston flyer, the "Carolina Special," since that train was established about six months ago. The wreck occurred at 4.45 o'clock, just when the train was due here, both locomotives plunging into a ravine, where 150 feet of a frame trestle had been burned away, at Sueville, an in dustrial siding four miles north of Alston and twenty-four miles north of Columbia. Nobody except Fireman Bennett was hurt. The passengers were not even jarred. Belief Train Sent. A relief train, sent from Columbia, returned at 9.15 tonight, with the pas sengers and baggage, and departed shortly afterward for Charleston. The bridge will likely be replaced by noon -tomorrow. Meanwhile, traffic is being detoured by way of Charlotte. The train was crowded, a large number of the passengers being Co lumbia and Charleston business men returning from a Sunday visit to their families sojourning in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Fireman Bennett's body was brought here on the relief train and taken to his home, 1410 Barnwell street, where his wife and babies were awaiting him. Both Engineers Escape. Engineer IeLand G. McAllister, of No. 1217 Blanding street, driving the head engine, No. 1,019, saw the gap in time to apply the emrgency brakes and to jump to safety, with his color ed fireman, Hal Robeitson, but not in time to warn the crew of the second engine. Mr. McAllister's locomotive plunged into the ravine and turned upside down, and Locomotive 1,006 also top pled over the brink. Engineer Wil liam H. -Green, somehow, escaped in jury, but Fireman Bennett was in stantly crushed to death beneath the ponderous machine. The train was in charge of Conductor . James F. Weaver, of No. 1,620 Qregg street. En gineer Green lives at No. 1530 Hender son street. Baggage Car Ablaze. Prompt applicatign of the emergen cy brawes so checked the momentum of the heavy train, without injurying any of the passengers; that the coach es were barely moving when -they reached the trestle. The forward end of the baggage car however, projecting over the brink, took fire from the blaz ing timbers and so endangered the rest of the train that it seemed like ly nothing would do but to uncouple this car and push it into the gulch, on top of the wrecked locomotives, but the fiames were put out eventually by the labors of a bucket chain, formed by members of the crew and volun teers from amop1g the passengers. In the list of workers were: Sydney 0. Izlar, of Charleston; Travelling Passenger Agent Jenkins, of Augusta, and several Columbians, including R. B. Cooner, wholesale provision dealer; R. J. Blaclock, city councilman, and Charles H. Barron, lawyer. Fireman Bennett is survived by his wife, the daughter of 'Hiram B. Mitch ell, recording clerk in the office of the secretary of State, and by sevral chil dren. Leaves on Time Today. The "Carolina Special" equipment left at the wreck is tonight being tak en to Charleston, by way of Carlisle, Chester and Columbia, so that the train may leave Charleston for Cincin nati tomorrow morning at the sched uled hour, 9 o'clock. As required by law, in cases of ac cidents involving loss of life, the wreck was promptly reported to the South Carolina railroad commission, which will make the usual investiga tion. The company's investigation on its own behalf has already commenc Some history repeats itself, but your ,wn private history is apt to be re peted by your neighbors. A LONG AND USEFUL LIFE. Death of Mr. M. N. Holstein Brings Sorrow to Many. Edgefield, Aug. 18.-Mr. M. N. Rol stein, who died here yesterday at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. M. A. Tay lor, had reached the advanced age of 80. It will be recalled that some weeks since, while on a' visit to Glenn Springs, Mr. Holstein fell and broke his hip and one knee, or injured one knee, very badly. He was brought home and soon after reaching here he had a stroke of paralysis, 'affecting his entire left, side' and depriving him of speech. 'He lingered on, suffering much till death relieved him. He was born near Monetta, in Aiken county, where he spent his whole life. His wife died several years , since. After hed death, Mr. Holstein came to Edge field to make it his home, where near ly all of his children and grandchil dren live. His surviving children who live in the town of Edgefield, are: Mrs. Kate Lynch, Mrs. A. S.. Tompkins, Mrs. M. A. Taylor, Miss Lena Holstein and Mr. J. D. Holstein Jr., and Mrs. Sallie Hill, of Greenwood, S. C. Mr. Hol stein was a man of most pleasing per sonality, cheerful, polite and pleasant to all, and he had :. irry large number of friends. His life work was that of farming, of which he made a success, 'attending to his farm affairs regularly up to the time of his death. Mr. Holstein entered the war of 1861-1865 at the beginning and served the whole time. On the 18th day of December, 1861, he was commissioned a second lieutenant -by Governor F. W. Pickens, in Company Y, 19th' regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. He made a gallant soldier. Mr. Holstein was the. graildfather of Mrs. Jno. K. Aull and Mrs. Frank C. Sligh, of this city. XT. PILGRIM PIClIC. Annual Sunday School Picnic.-Good Attendane and Interesting Ex ereises.-Good Dinner. It was my pleasure on last Friday to attend the annual4 Sunday school picnic and exercises' at Mt. Pilgrim church. This is an occasion always looked forward to with much pleasure and delight by the people of the sur rounding neighborho6od.- Early In the morning the people began to gather and by ten o'clock a good crowd had assembdled on the grounds. At 10.30 the exercises commenced with a few songs by the Sunday school children after which prayer was offered by the Rev. E. W. Leslie, of Prosperity.I . The exercises consisted of songs, speeches and dialogues by the Sunday school children each one acting their part with credit to themselves and their teachers. The exercises of the day being in charge of the superinten dent, Mr. J. W. Hartman, who is aI good worker and has done much for the Sunday schiool at Mt. Pilgrim. I was glad to see so many of the young men and young ladies in the ex ercises and ,we were told they all felt an interest in the Sunday school and attended regularly. Indeed, it can be said Mt. Pilgrim has a model Sunday school and we hope the same can be said of other schools.. After the exercies by the school two interesting addresses we.re made by the Revs. E. W. Leslie and S. P. Koon each address being along the line of Sun day school work showing the impor tance of and our duty of attending Sun day school. After these addresses next in order was dinner and the table in the shady grove near the church was soon filled with an abundance of nice eatables just such as the good la dies in the community know how to prepare for such occasions. Thus in deed a pleasant day for Mt. Pilgrim and one that will long be remembered by all present. Mt. Pilgrim Sunday school meets every Sunday and is attended by old and young which speaks well for the school. Sigma. The cultivated hyacinth is a native of Persia and Asia Minor. About 32,000 persons die of old age NEWS O PROSPERITY. A Romantic Xarriage.-Cotton Weigh. er Chosen.-Personal Mention of Many 'eople. Prosperity, Aug 21.--Miss Erin Kohn, of Columbia, is the guest of Mrs. C. M. Harmon. Mrs. M. C. Morris has returned from Lykesland. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Browne and daughter, Elizabeth, have gone to Cherryville, N. C., making the trip in Mr. Browne's Ford car. Mr. Charles Epting, of Pomaria, is. visiting his sister, Mrs. G. M. Able. Rev. W. E. Pugh, of Florence, .will preach next Sunday in Grace church. On Sunday evening the missionary so ciety will hold a public meeting. The address will be made by Rev. Mr. Pugh. Mr. J. P. Wheeler has been elected cotton weigher. The rollowing delegates will go to Little Mountair to the Sunday school convention from Grace church: Mr. S. J. Kohn, Misses Edna Fellers and Blanche Kibler. Mr. 0. S. Miller brought the first bale of cotton to town Saturday, which was bought. by Messrs. J. L. & A. G. Wise for 11 1-4 cents per pound. The Prosperity Wholesale company has received its charter from the see retary of State, the capital stock being $5,000. The officers are: President, G. W. Kinard, vice president, secretary and treasurer, G. M. Epting. As a happy consummation of a childhood's affair of the heart, Mr. Chas. F. Schumpert and Miss Rosabel Harmon, of this city, were joined in holy matrimony at Columbia on Sun day pfternoon. Miss Harmon was en routt for home from HendDrsonville, where she had been summering, and was met in the capital city by Mr. Schumpert. 'She is the youngest daughter of Hon. and Mrs. Godfrey Hai mon, and is a charming young lady of many ac complishments. Mr. Schumpert is the popular salesman of Bachman Morris Co. of Atlanta. This happy couple have the good wishes of their many friends for a long and prosperous life together. In Kemoriam. Whereas, God in his all*rise provi dence has seen fit to remove from our society our president and co-worker, Mrs. Mattie Sligh, Resolved, That by her death the missionary society of Lebanon chur-ch has lost one of its most consecrated memers. In every relation in life, she was the same true and tried Chris tian. Sweetly and patiently she wait ed the invitation to "come up higher." Resolved, That we extend .our deep est sympathy to the bereaved family and commend them to the God that doeth all -things well. Resol ed, That these resolutions be published in the county papers and a copy- sent to the family. . Mrs. Nora Cromer, Mrs. Martha Henry. Mrs. Mary Oxner. Farmers' Union Warehouse. In ,'accordance with a resolution adoped by -the South Carolina State Farmers' union at the annual meeting held in Columbia July 26-27, 1911, steps have been 'taken to organize the Farmers' Union Warehouse company of South Carolina. H. T. Morrison, McClellanville, S. C., B. F.. Keller, Cameron, S. C., B. B. Har ris, Pendleton, S. 0., Alfred Aldrich, Barnwell, S. C., members of the organ ization committee appointed at the State union meeting, met ini the office of the secretary of the State Farmers' unlon and made formal application to the secretary of State for commission to act as a board of corporators. The capital stock of this corpora aton will be two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) with the privilege of increasing to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), with shares at the par value o,f ten dollars ($10) each. The purpose of the corporation is to do a general warehouse business, in cluding the storing and ea-ling in cot ton and other farm products. An active campaign will soon be commenced in each county to raise the apital stock. Many Improvements Being Madew Large Lumber Market.-Fine Mineral Water. Pomaria, Aug. 21.-Nice shower Sat urday ngiht which was very beneficial to the crop. Anyone wishing to take a few weeks rest would do well to come to 1omaria and drink our fine mineral water which is equal to any of the mineral springs water. Pomaria has gotten to be the centr of lumber traffic. There are three mills, viz., W. E Koon, C. D. Shealy, and W. W. Berly who are sawing lum ber and delivering to different parties ,at Greenville, Chapin and other points. Mrs. Dr. Z. T. Pinner, Roy Johnson,, W. T. Hatton and Mr. Setzler have returned from . two weeks' trip to Horse Shoe, N. C. Miss Ida Murtishaw ,of Columbia is on a visit to Mr. J. B. Koon's family. Mrs. John Eddy, of Newberry, and-' little son are visiting relatives; in town. Miss Ida May Setzler Is visiting el atives in Newberry. We wish to correct an error which came out in the Pomaria news some weeks ago in regard to the furnish ing of the church of this place. notice that the press put it equipped with a piano and altar, which should - have been pews, altar, etc. Miss Lucile Crooks, of Walton, has been on a visit to relatives in town and country. Mr. Tom Easterling has- change o the- recovering' of the stores in to instead of O'Neall Setzler, who is day laborer. - Mr. W. ,Q. Hipp has purchased :hW-', Ford car. We have-fiYe in -town,no Pomarins nad Saluda baseball te crossed -bats on-Pomaria diamond o last Wednesday, 16th. The scor stood eight to seven in 'favor of Po maria. Our boys are getting so;.jA dent that they are thinking of cha lenging some of the, league teaMS.. Prof. ~and Mrs.- E.; B. Setzler hae been on a visit to relatives in to and country. Mr. Sidney Smith, o'! Fountain arrived a few days ago, and has taken charge of the books at the oil mill We wsh to extend a hearty' welcometo Mr. Smith. There will be a series of meetings' commencing next Sunday night, comm ducted by Rev. S. C. Morris, of Pros- e perity, assisted by other :preachers They will last for .some iays, services day and night. Miss Katie Wilson has returned from an extced'd 'fisit to relatives and friends in the cohdntry. Mr. J. C. Aull is buiilding a large dwelling house in town. The work Is -- under the supervision of Mr. E. A. Hentz. There hasn'r been any chills . fever in townt up to now, due to our pure mineral water. Everybody is gaining in weight most especially the writer. There was a large crowd in town on ast Wednesday to attend the picnic~ adto see the bass ball game. s. S.'w Appointments For Farmers' Union. The following appointments have been arranged for Mr. H. T. Morrison, and the committeemen: O'Neall-Monday, August 28, 10 a. m.-W. P. Pugh -and Pat Shealy. Monticello.-Monday, August 28, 4 p. m.-J. Brooks Warner and T. L Dawkns. Mt. Pilgrim-Tuesday, August 29, 10 a. m. A. H. M*-11er and J. B. Pugh. Excelsor- Tuesday, August 29, '4 p. m.-J. F. Wheeler and J. C. Sing Pomar'a --Wednesday, August 30, 10 a. m.-J. B. Bedenbaugh,~ G. B. Aull and T. A. Epting. Dead F'all-Thursday, August 31, 10 a. m.-B. L. Dominick and P. 5. Liv ingston. Syrna-Trhursday, August 31, 4 p. m.-J. E. Boozer and V. .C. Wilsonl. Jalapa-Friday, September 1, 10 a. m.-S. M. Duncan, .Geo. C. Glasgow, W. C. SHigh. Newberry (county meefing) Satur day, September 2, 10.30 a. m. R. T. C. Hunter, W. C. Brown, J. F. Stephens, Committee.